The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

I , ‘ct, 4:07. ottriti4 tit SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. ST. LEGER. Even on Flying Dutchman 10 to 1 agst Lady Superior 10 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 10 to 1 agst Uriel DERBY. 18 to 1 agst The Italian 25 to 1 agat William the Conqueror 25 to 1 agst Pitaford 30 to 1 agit Compass • 30 to 1 agst Blarney 40 to I agst Cyprus 40 to I agat Knight of Avenel 40 to 1 agst Sidus 40 to 1 agst Little Isaac 40 to 1 apt Ghillie CAllum 50 to 1 apt Tordesillas 50 to 1 apt John o' Groat LIVERPOOL CUP. 6 to 1 sgst Essedarius NORTHIIXBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 2 agst Mahon 4 to 1 agst Cossack AUSTRIA. VIENNA.—On the morning of the sth a great military festivity took place on the Burg Bats. Several soldiers of the 31 Jager and the Cuirassier Regiment, Prince Leopold, received the modal of valour, which was affixed by the Emperor to the breast of each soldier so distin guished, the gift being accompanied with a few words of encouragement and thanks. The Emperor was as usual received with great en thutiasm by the people. In his Majesty's suite was the new Minister of War, Field-Marshal Count Gynlai. Field-Marshal Gallas departed yesterday for Tran sylvania, in which province he is to undertake the com mand in chief. He will travel via Belgrade to the place of, his destination. According to letters from Venice, all the foreign 14.giuna at that place refused to fight against the Imperial treops. Tho Venetians seem to have lost all hopes, and the neg tiations will probably soon have a favourable termination. HUN GARY. On the 3d June 17,000 Russians entered Presburg from 'lyrnau. They came at the right time, for the Austrians have again had a defeat at Boas. At Oden burg ai4o there has been a severe engagement. After hard fighting and considerable losses on both sides, it terminated with the retreat of the Austrians. The force of the litinprians at the Upper Danube, and the Waag is.very much greater than it was, as the 30,000 to 40,000 men who have been rendered disposable by the conquest of Ofen have reinforced the line. Georgey has sent 8,000 by the south against Jellachich; he himself com mainis on the right bank of the Danube, and has his head- quarters at Raab. .It h not definitively fixed that a strong division of Russians, consisting chiefly of cavalry, is to operate on the right bank of the Danube. •-. During the last few days great numbers of wounded have been brought to Vienna, probably in consequence of the engagements on the Waag and at Odenburg. All the military hospitals, as well as the private bc.spi t4ls and houses which have been converted into military hospitals are full to overflowing, and there is no more room to stow either the wounded or the sick. In the south the Austrians aro advancing in good earnest.. On the 30th of May Jellachich was at Semlim, neverthe!ess the Wagyars continued to be victorious every where, even Perlaz is again in their hands. Count Gynlai is said to have brought with them from Trieste the intelligence . that Radetzky is only waiting for the fall of Venice in order to take the cr , rnmand in chief of the army operat ing in Hungary. lie will be assisted, as chief of the general staff, by Baron Ilev. The Ban will command the corps d'armie in the south, and Barou Haynau in the north. Field•Marsbal Schonhals has already received orders to take the command of the army in Italy. Respecting the Russian intervention, everything con tinues as vague as it wag. On this subject the Lloyd saya—" The Imperial Russian General, Luders, received an order from St. Peteraburgh on the 4th of May, to make an irruption into Transylvania with 24 regiments of infantry, 1 of Jagers, 2 of Schlaves, and 4 of Cos sacks, and 12 batteries of artillery." It is, therefore, beyond doubt that these Russian troops must long ere this have been on Transylvania soil. The Posen Ost Zeitung contains some striking obser vations respecting the Russian intervention; it rays— According to the original treaty between the Austrian and Russian Cabinets, the latter power agreed-1 That a Russian corps should enter Transylvania, Moldavia, and WallAchia, drive out the Hungarians, take possession of the country, and crush the enemy's move went in favour of the Hungarians. 2. That a second corps should occupy Cracow and G‘ilicia, and Nics, also put down or prevent every at tempt at insurrection, &c. 3. That a third corps should combine with the Austrian army, and take an active part in the war against the Hungarians. Since that time, however, the views of the Emperor of Russia, have undergone . some changes, in consequence of the announcements of Eng land and the change of political opinions in France, he has determined to give the promised aid, only to such au ex ent as appears indispensable to the security of Russia itselF, namely by the occupation of Cracow,Galicia, and, if requisite, the not yet insurrectionary parts of-Aus tria, in order to check the progress of insurrection and the encroachments of the ilungarians, thereby enabling Austria to turn her entire military force against Hun gary. The Emperor is said to have been induced to this reioive, not merely by the actual state of the kingdom of Poland, but by the prevailing sentiments of the Russian army and of the interior of his kingdom, which have caused his serious apprehension, and led him to deprecate any European war which might natur ally r?sult from his too active participation in the war against lituzary. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. DEFECIS IN LEASES BILL. • On the m tio.l of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was re ad a third time and pa*,ed. BANKRUPTCY LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL. Load BROUGHAM said their Lordships ;ere aware cf the unanimity with which this Bill had been passed, and that the Lord Chancellor had signified in writing hii approval Of the Bill, and that the Nl:,ble Marquis, the Presietnt of the Council, had expressed the approval and sapport of the Government, but their Lordships were not aware of the grtat exertions made by the clerk at the table to send the Bill to the House of Commons. Seven teen additional clerks were employed, and the Bill, by unexampled diligence was sent down to the other House on Friday. All understood the infinite importance of te:t losing a day at the present period of the session: The Biii went down on Friday to the other House, but it was not read a first time on Friday, and it was a matter of courtesy to read a Bill the first time so soon as it was sz?nt down. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—It was read a first time this afternoon. Lord BROUGHAM replied that his Noble Friend farcied he had said a very clever thing, but he nevtr was more mistaken. His complaint was that it had been read a first time to-day. He had never doubted that it would be read a first time to-day, and that it would have bes:tii without this additional labour of clerks; and he complained that there must be some underhand opposi tion to this Bill. There must be something wrong some- Whero. He had heard that it had been said it was a mass of job , . Neva was there a more unfounded accusation. 'lmre were no additional salaries, there were no compen sations ; and if these low, discreditable proceeding!, wt-re to be tolerated, there would be no chance of this Bill, upon which the mercantile community had set their heart, passing this tcssion. It was not his fault that the Dal had not goae down earlier. He had all the particulars in his pos.ession as to whose fault it was that this Bill di:l nut pa earlier this session. - The glarquis of LANSDOWNE was confident that ' 1 with regard to this omission, no blame attached to the Government. LEASEHOLD TENURE OF LAND BILL. Lard C.IMPBELL moved the in!roduction of clauses into this Bill presorvirg to the Irish Society the power which they at present enjo3ed ; and after the clauses should have been printed, tie woul give notice of the day on which he a ould move the third reading of the Bill, After a few worth frcm Lord BROUGHAM and Lord REDESDALIt, the motion for printing the clauses was agreed to. . TURNPIKE TRUSTS UNION BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. PETITIONS. Th© Bishop of NORWICH presented Feveral petitims in favour of the Bill for the Better Protection of Women. Eirl of ST. GERMAINS presented a petition from Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, praying for the adoption of more eff,ctual measures tor the ventilation of, and for the prevention of exclosiou in coal mines. [LEFT SPEARING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'lle SPEAKER to , k the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir DAVID DUNDAS took the oaths and his seat for herithchhire. Lord GUERNSEY took the caths and his seat forSonth Warwioitthire. • THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Wisbeach, Chattezis, Tid Gute, and Downbam-bridge Turnpike (Continuation of Act, Alteration of Provisions relating to Repair of Walr:erscy and South Side Banks, Ata,; : d,nroent as to Turnpike of Road over same, Con struction of new Turnpike Road) Bill. e and N av i gat i on Im "GreatYarrnouth 'Liven Bridi provetrunt Bill. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports on tie following B1!s were considered and agrees to : Binbrooke St. Gabriel and Binbrooke St. Mary In closure (Amendment and Extension of Acts, Alteration of An ands, settling Titles to Lands, &c., and defining Parish Bounearif.s) Bill. Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North 'Western Railway Companies (Transfer of Interest in the Preston aad Wyre Rs.ilway Harbour and Dock, and regu!ating Management of the - Undertaking) Bill. Rcncrewshire Justice of Peace Courts Bill. Surrey and Sussex Roads (Amendment of Act and Alteration of Tolls) Bill. Westhead's Patent (for Improvements in Alanefactur ing Fur into Fabrics) Bill. Mr. PATTEN moved that the report from the Com mittee on the Binbrooke St. Gabriel and Binbrooke St. Mary Inclosuro (Amendment and Extension of Act, alteration of Awards, settling of Titles to Lands, &c., and defining Parish Boundaries) Bill be now considered; that the Bill be re-committed to the former Committee, with leave to sit and proce!id to-morrow, notwithstand ing three clear days' notice has not been given of the meeting of the Committee.—Agreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. P. WESTHEAD presented a petition from the Wesleyans of York in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill. Several petitions were presented in favour of inter• national arbitration. Mr. LAKE presented a petition from a place in Scot land, praying for an alteration of the excise laws. Mr. F. MAULE presented a petition from the Gene ral Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, against the Test Acts in the Scottish universities; also a petition from the same body, against the Marriage Bill. Sir T. BIRCH presented a petition from Liverpool praying for a repeal of the Excise duties, and the sub ' stitutlen of some other mode of taxation. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition praying for the abolition of the Excise duty on paper. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from a place in Dorsetshire praying for the extension of county courts. Mr. E. DENISON presented a petition to the same effect. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. COBDEN presented several petitions in favour of international arbitration. Sir R. LEMAN presented a petition to the same effect from Penzance. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh praying for alterations in the scotch Health of Towns Bill. Sir R. H. INGLlS . presented a petition from a place in Warwickshire against the Marriage Bill. DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT BILL. Sir W. SOMERVILLE moved that this Bill be read a second time to-morrow. Mr. GROGAN asked for a delay till Friday. Sir W. SOMERVILLE could not adceed to tho re , quest. The motion was accordingly agrred tn. COMMON LAW COURTS. Mr. BLIEMRIDGE moved an address for returns of the number of causes entered for trial in London and Middlesex, in each year during the last ten years, in the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exche. quer, with the number of remanets left at the dose of each sitting in each Court; also, of tht• number of causes entered for trial at each assiz.fs in each circuit, during the last teu years, and the number of remanets left at each assize ; also, address for returns of the names and residences of all the acting justices of the peace for counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Walt s, and of the year in wi.ich each was swum in ; also, of all the stipendiary magistrates in Euglard and Wales, with the dates of their appointments and salaries. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, IMO. VENTILATION OF MINES. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE broLght in a Bill for the better ventilation of mines, wbich was read a first time. DISTRESS AMONG THE LANDOW HERS IN IRELAND. Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from several owners of land in Ireland stating that they were in the greatest distress, that they could obtain no proceeds from their property, that they were now obliged to live upon shell fish and such other edible substances as they could gather on the coast, and praying for a relief from the paymt nt of their rates. PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT. w Mr. J. O'CONNELL, amid roars of laughter from all sides of the House, begged to give notice that, on Thursday next, he wou'd more for a repeal of the standing order of the House which excluded strangers from the galleries of the House during the debate, as being unwise and unnecessary in theory and a fiction in practice.—(The Hon. Member carried up the notice of motion to the table, and was again greeted with the laughter of Members throughout the 1:11,11SP. FRENCH INTERVENTION AT ROME. Mr, HUME wished to ask the question of which he had given notiee, bat not seeing the Noble Lord the Se cretary for Foreign Affairs in his place, he would put it to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. 'The question which ho wished to ask had reference - to the affairs of Rome. He saw that by the Message of the President of the French Republic that the intervention of the French with the Republic of Rome had the countenance of the British Government. lf this were so he deemed it to be very objectionable. The Govern ment of France rested upon the opinion of the people. Our own Government also derived its power from the people. He wished to know whether it was true that this intervention derived any countenance from the British Government?—(Bear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had received no notice respecting this question, but he certainly con ceived that the message of the President of the French Republic was not at all liable to the construction which the Hon. Member had put upon it. He (Lord John Russell) understood the President to say, that England and France were on the best of terms, which was true — (loud and repeated cheers)—but wish the expedition to home we were in no way complicated.—(Repeated cheers.) The French Government had sent to ascertain • the opinion of her Majesty's Ministers, and as to their sending an agent to Rome, and no opinion had been ex pressed against such a Step, but with respect to the ex pedition, with that, he repeated, they were in no way complicated.—(Renewed loud cheers.) BANKRUPTCY BILL. In reply to a question from Mr. STUART, respecting the intention of the Government to proceed at once with the Bankruptcy Bill, which had been sent down from the House of Lords on Friday night, and which he said had been considered for two sessions, with the complete approbation of the Lord Chancellor, and other great legal authorities in the House of Lords, Lord J. RUSSELL said, that though he would not commit himself at once to so many and complicated de tails, he would proceed as soon as possible with the Bill, and hoped to see the measure become law this session. CANADA. Mr. HERRIES said Earl Grey had stated, in reply to Lord Brougham, that all the information which had been received by the Government with respect to the proceedings of the Legislative Assem bly in Canada had been delivered from the Canadian newspapers; and be wished to know whether the Government were in the possession of any private or official communication from Lord Elgin confirming those newspaper accounts, or were in the possession of any other inft.rmatios on the subject which they could lay before the house? Lord J. RUSSELL said he was not acquainted with what transpired in the other House of Parliament, but what he understood was this, that Lord Elgin had been generally requested to transmit to this country copies of Canadian newspapers containing an account of the pro• ceedings in the Legislative Assembly. Those papers had been received without, however, any official or private information from Lord El 4 in concerning the accuracy of the accounts; and under those circumstances he should certainly not be a party to laying on the table of the House a whole file of Canadian newspapers, con• taining a great mass of debates and proceedings,—(Hear.) FRENCH INTERVENTION IN THE PAPAL STATES. Mr. HUME said, the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had stated on a former occasion that he had received a communication from the French Minister with reference to the expedition to Civita Vecchia, and he wished now to ask him whether that included any reference to the march of the French army towards Rome; and alto if he thought it fit to state whether he approved or disapproved of that proceeding upon the part of the French, and what answer he gave to the communication? Lord PALMERSTON said he received the communi cation. With reference to Civita Vecchia in November rr December last, but no mention was made in it of the ulterior proceedings which were contemplated by that expedition. The answer which he gave to it was this, that it was not for them to judge of the pro ceedings of the French Government; that in their opinion, the differences:, — which had arisen between the Popo and his subjects might be well arranged by diplomatic intervention; that that intervention ought to his subjects, in view an b.jecbywhi understanding ehtbepop between eshoul h should secure s t ec e Popear.d ureto the Roman people those conatitutionalconcessiens which wete granted last year, and that there should be a practical andrea ft l u s t e h p o a r r i a ty ti . o_n (L be oud twecerniesthoef ~ tem ii p e o ar r , al he s a a r d .,,) the spi ritual Mr. HUM: said to nearly d wished to know wheth e r threencochmanirumnyieatotiotankse possessiontiateNtiha.titoTansotm. the intention of the French l Lord PA LMER.6o he had received no infer ! MatiOn to that Effect. Mr. J. O'CONNELL wished to know whether that reply was rite consistent with the principle which had been professed, not to intermeddle with the affairs of foreign countries? And also, whether there was any degree of alarm as to the sincerity on the part of his Holiness the Pope?—(Oh, oh!) Lord PALMERSTON said he had received intima tions from various continental States, that their concur rence in the negotiations about to be entered into at Civita Vecchia would be well received. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL—Where from? Lord PA E RST ON—From Austria, Naples, France, and the Nuncio at Paris.—(Laughter.) It was intimated to the Nuncio by Lord Normanby. at Paris, thatthere would be no interference, by her kt,ijeit)%l Go vernm- nt, between the Pope and his subjk cts.— (Cheers.) THE'RECTORY OF BISHOP WEARMOU In answer to a question from Mr. HORSM.AN, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it would be highly improper to bestow any professional advice on that subject; but if the Hon. Member asked whether he (the Atturney General) had made up his mind as to the powers of the Commissioners, he had only to say he had.— (Laugh ter.) Mr. HORSMAN would ask the Nate Lord at the head of the Government whether the arrangement with respt ct to the rectory of Bishopwearmouth would be carried out by an order in Council, or by an Act of Parliament ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I have not yet received the opinion of our Attorney-General.—(Loud laughter.) CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Mr. SPOONER asked the Solicitor-General when the Charitable Trusts Bill would be brought forward? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL could give no definite answer; that would depend on circumstances. PUBLC BUSINESS. Mr. DISRAELIiave notice that on Thursday he would make inquiry of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government as to the probable routine of public business during the session. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. On the ny.:,tion of Lord J. RUSSELL, that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. LAW rose to move that the Bill be read a third time this day six months. The opening sentences of the lion. Members speech were wholly inaudible from the noise occasioned by Members leaving the House. The main object of the 13d1 was the admission of Jews into a Christian legislature ; but the real object of the Bill was not stated until they came te the latter clauses cf the Bill—which was a very short one. He objected to the tenor of the Bill, and to the form of oath which the Bill prescribed, which was the same as that propounded to the Roman Ca tholics, except " on the true faith of a Christian." But the oath taken by Roman Catholics declared that they would do nothing to subvert the Church as established by law. Why should not the same oath be required of the Jew. The recognition of the admission of Jews to Parliament, in common with all free-born citizens, was a modern principle, since they had been treated as villains, to whom a certain class of laws were applied, and indeed only as merchant traders. He was extremely glad that this idea which had obtained for centuries, was no longer enter tained, though it was quite evident Lord Coke had clearly laid down the law of his day. In later periods privileges were conferred upon them as merchant strangers, but in a subsequent reign the Jews, to the number of 17,000, were banished. They remained so for 300 years, and it was not until after the martyrdom of King Charles I. that they reappeared in this country. Then the Protector allowed them to return as merchant strangers, but no new privileges whatever were conferred upon them. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman having traced at some length the course adopted towards the Jews up to the present period in this country, observed, that one of the strongest arguments against the admission of the Jews into Parliament was, that such an admission would be against the Christian religion and faith. The arguments against that proposition of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government appeared to him to have entirely failed, namely, that Christianity was the fundamental principle of the common law, and in proof of that the Hon. and Learned Gentle man adverted to the opinions of Lord Hardwicke and other eminent legal authorities. They were told that by the scheme of the present Bill that the only impedi ment to the admission of the Jews were the words which lay at the foot of the oath. The powers ot Parliament extended to a wide scope, but it was not within the competency of the Legielaturo to alter the original bounds of our ancient Constitution, and he did think that it was a very strong assumption of the powers of Parliament to place Jews in municipal, and official, and judicial offices. At every new step they were asked to take, they were reminded of every one of their previous concessions, and it was said that they bad only to go a little further, in order to complete their work. The Hon. and Le,rued Gentleman then went through the gradual abolition 0. first, the Test and Corporation Acts, and then of the several advances which had been made to extend poll deal and municipal privileges of those without the pale of the Church of England, and ultimately to the Jews. He was ready to admit that this Bill would not intro duce many Jews into the House, but it would deal a heavy blow to the character of that House, who, it would be said, had lost sight of their Christian faith, end afforded the Jews the means of scaling the wall of the Constitution. He denied that the statement was true that by the Act ot the Ist of William and Mary. Jews might have sat for thirteen years in Parliament, since they had on record an Act of Council of King William, refus ing to remove the laws which dealt with Jews as aliens. During the dispersion of the Jewish race they had the command of the money market of the world, and that was the secret of the attempt to introduce them into the British House of Commons. He would confirm all their existing privileges; hut he implored the House to pause before it took the last step of all, that of breaking through the fundamental principles cf the Constitution, and admitting them to share in the Legislature. (LEFT SFL'AEING.) SPORTING. " Men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes."--Shakspere. TO THR EDITOR OF THE SUN. 'udgment was tolerably correct on most of the stakes run for at the right royal meeting on the Heath of Asoct just passed away, but particularly so on the race for the imperial gift of the Emperor of all the Russias, for in my observations on this race, published on the 22d ultimo, I placed Van Tromp first, Chanticleer second, and Cossack third, exactly the order in which they passed the judge's chair; the struggle between ".the grey" and " Val," was intensely exciting, the lat ter winning by sheer gameness by half a length. Cos sack-was well up, being beaten a short length from " the grey," and having only a neck the advantage of Collings ood. _ _ _ The Ascot Triennial Stakes riddle I cannot solve ; Borneo's victory over Nunnykirk, Honeycomb, Osterley, Elthiron, Vatican, and Hotspur, completely sets at defiance all my calculations. Of one thing lam con vinced, that Borneo is superior to Hotspur, the acci dental second of the Derby, but decidedly inferior to Nunnykirk and Honeycomb, whom he, however, by some extraordinary means managed to defeat easily enough on Tuesday last. Mr. Dixon's Blarney, by Mulatto, or Ballinkeele, out ( f Bohemitnne, by Confederate, made a triumphant delnit, by defeating the " Derby premier." by a neck, for the New Stakes; Lord Chesterfield's Penang, only succumbing by a head to William the Conqueror for second place; all three will fi gure prominently in the Derby market, but are in my opinion at the present time, not good enough to do the " deed of note," next year. For the Derby of 1850 my fancy points to Pontifex, by Touchstone, out of Crucifix, by Priam; and Tile Italian, by Touchstone, out of Florence, as the most dangerous nags to be against; but the following lot, one and all, will make a noise before the day, viz., Sidus, St. John, Blarney, William the Conqueror, Witch craft, Penang, Sergius, Compass, Ghillie Callum . Decoy colt, Windbound, Crossbow, The Rat, Hardinge, Sting.), colt by Ballinkeele, Earl of Strathmore, Flare-up, and the Knight of Avenel. The present wet k contains two meetings of but little race, Hampton and Newton. At the former, on Wednes d.ty next will be run the Surrey and .Middlesex Stakes, which has an acceptance of eight, and will probably have six starters, with either Durdans or Chicot for winner, the Dark Lady bring close up ; and on Thurs day the Claremont Stakes for two years old, which ought to be won by Royal Hart or Ballet Girl. Mr. Green is in' immense force at Newton, it is just "on the cards," he may win the Golborne Stakes with the Seignor of Holdernsss ; the Gold Cup with Swiss Boy or Westow ; the Borough Cup with Westow ; and the St. Leger Stakes with Garrick; the last named the most improbable, as Strongbow and Magician figure in the race. Duxbury will be very forward in the race for the Golborne Stakes, and will in all probability win the Drawing Room Stakes. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. June 11, 1849. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY NIGHT.—To-day a very nu merously-attended meeting of the lando sners, farmers, and other inhabitants of GloncEstershire, was held at the Shire Hall in this town, to take into co nsideration the digressed state of the agricultural interest, and to determine what steps should be taken thereon. The Shire Hall, which is calculated to hold about 3,000 persons, was densely crowded, and on the platform we observed Earl Ducie, the Marquis of Worcester, M.P. ; Sir Wm. Codrington, M.P.; Sir H. Crawley Bower, Grantley B.:rkeley, Esq., M.P.; Humphrey Brown, Esq.. M.P.; the Rev. J. Edwards, the Rev. E. Lyons, Capt. Somer set, D. Bowley, Esq., S. Bowley, Esq., C. B. L. Baker, Esq , E. W. Josephs, Esq., W. Hartland, Esq., W. Allen, Esq., C. Buller, Esq., &c., &e. On the motion of Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, the . High Sheriff of the County, W. Griffiths Price, Esq., was called to the chair. The UNDER•SHERIFF having read the requisition con vening the the meeting:, The CHAIR3IAN briefly opened the business. He said that a heavy amount of distress weighed down the agri cultural as well as the manufacturing interests nobody could doubt, though there might be a difference of opinion as to the mode of alleviating that distress.— Cries of " You are a Free Trader.") Eie was no pint , to express his own opinion on that occasion, but he begged that a fair and impartial hearing should be given to all the speakers, whatever their opinions might be—(Applause)—and should that not be the case, a legitimate interence might fairly be drawn against those who opposed such a fair expression of opinion, that they were afraid of hearing the truth. The Chair man then read letters from Viscount Camden, the Duke of Beaufort, Eeeoh,rt ndoth L er od Re gentlemen, rdesdal e e Lord x , preesing Dyor, t n h e o v irreg S r i e r t M. at beingrunable mtoalwu attend. Mr. PETER Ews, a tenant farmer, came o for ward, amidst loud c h eers , t o propose t hefirst All the farm ers wante d was equal-handed es j l u u s t t i i o c u .. L h t e he y were,s demandwn a o g t e tsh ef going or r o rights. Parliament pining and wining. h ti o r day's work. t Lair he poor-rate day in his neigh b ourhood h i} year ending in March, w w o a r n k ted t l o n gi l v B e 42 a g 4,37 u o r l hood was, for the half the last half the price of corn provisions was 5 3901., and the price of cor n n e so a rww r . the poor 475. per quarter ; at ((!fthfreee trade . —(Uproar, poor - rag s 3 o o o s w per quarter.—(Cries of 325.) The wards of 40 percen w e a c s h: h ape eff r, e a c u t cent. higher. T hat ( s U 3O r 13"' and cries of" Nonsense.") The speaker here procee ded read extracts from speeches of Sir Robert Peel, delivered prior to intrceiecieg his free trade measures, to show the disadvantage of free trade. Sir R. Peel admitted that the farmers were overtaxed, and yet:he afterwards put the property tax on them.—(Cries of " Serve you right.) . ' After opposing free trade Sir Robert Peel sold the farm ers to free traders.—(Uproar.) What had Government done since that time? They had not taken di any taxes, and it therefore became their duty to erra nd cheap got - vernment.—(lmmense applause.) Th —er must n be luxury to the idle, and slavery to the indus trious. And if they were to have free trade i u n corn, they must have cheap government. They mst com mence at the root of the tree, and reduce the allow ances of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Ministers of State. All sinecures and useless offices must be abolished Their local taxation was always increasig, and they lately had saddled on them a police, which cost him more in a year than had ever been stolen from him in thirty years. Then, again, iliac were expensive gaols, in which the prisoners were so well fed as to give a premium to poor labourers to commit crime. The fundholdfr paid no portion of this taxation. The manufacturer doing business to the extent of 80,000/, and employing 800 or 1 , 000 men, did not pay local taxation equal to the farmer rented at 8001. a year.—(oh, oh, and uproar.) And then, when they did not want their hands, they turned them off to be kept by the farmers .—(Cries of "False, false," and uproar.) They were told that they must call in science to improve their farming, hut they must leave off improvements if they got no remuneration. Glou cestershire was celebrated fur improvements, and .Earl Ducie set up a farm for himself to try those im provements, and took part in a farce at Covent gaarden Theatre, called " Gammoeing the Farmers," and said wheat could be grown at 33. 6d. a bushel. Now they did not hear much of that farm nom, and the balance sheet had not heed produced. Then there were the scientifiic farmers at Cirencester Col lege, the London shopkeepers, and others, wno had tried farming in Gloucestershire, when wheat was at seven shillings per bushel, and failed ; and yet the poor clay headed farmers, as they were called, were expected to carry on their farms when wheat was only five shillings per bushel. Now he found that manu facturers had some protection; ten per cent. on cotton, ten per cent. on silk, fifteen per cent. on velvets, &c. If they were to have free trade in corn they ought to have free trade in everything, with great re reductions in rent and taxation, or they could not go on. Parliament refused to listen to them, and if they con tinued in their present course they must wait on the Queen 100,000 strong, and telling ler that the Ministers were ruining the best strength of the country, call upon her to dismiss them, and call upon her to dismiss them, and call to her councils men who would pursue a system of government which would give the people employ ment. The speaker concluded by moving a resolution, to the effect that extreme distress prevailed among all classes connected with agriculture in this country. Mr. DAFID BOWLEY seconded the motion. The resolution was then put, and declared to have been carried, amidst huzzaing and clapping of hands. Mr. J. KEARSHLW moved the second resolution— " That the distress coul I only be attributed to the effects of recent legislation, which I. , ft the occupation of land to bear a larger share of local and general taxation than other d asses _(Chlers, and cries of " No")—though it left him open to competition from the foreigner." It they could put their taxation upon a footing with that of the continent, they could compete with the whole of the world.—(Cheery.) Distress equally exist7d in the manufacturing and agricultural districts; but the menu Tac tu r ers employed women and chit:tree, while the far mers employed able-bodied men.—(Cheers.) The far mers never employed people without having the money to pay them, while the mantvacturers paid 3s. or 45. in the pound. time after time, and went on as before. — (Hear.). He.mairitained that they must have an -equali sation of taxes, or they muse nil be ruined.—(Cheers, and cries of "pp, oh.'') Mr. 0. F. ONBLow s'econdod the res:llu:ion. EA.' DIXIE then came forward amidst the loud st cheering and uproar. The meeting had been convened ..o take into con,ideration the cause of agricultural dis tress. lle had never heard of the requisition till he saw it advertised, though he would have signed it with pleasure.—(Cheers.) Those who knew him could eardly suppose that he did not feel fo the auffertogs Hof his fellow-men. He had not been invited to the meeting, but he had come lest resolutions should be proposed to which he. could not assent--(Cheers.) Farmers were very susceptible people—they were easily elevated and easily depreseed.—(Cheers and uproar.) Oh, he was in good temper, and he would try to put them in one elso.—(Cheers.) One day a few years since he went into an agricultural district to have his hair cut, aed the barber said that he appeared to be better than usual. He asked him on what he grouded his opinion, and he replied because his (Lord Ducie's) hair was so crisp. He said that he cut the hair of a good many farmers, and he could always tell the state of the market by it. When the market was bad their hair was quite limp, but when the market was good their hair was beautifully crisp. That proved their susceptibility. Well, knowing how eusceptibt( the farmers were, he thought they might be misled by party leaders, if he did not attend to warn - them of their position. They were led in 1841 to reject a fixed duty, which arts than praposed.—(Cries of "Sold.") Well, if they liked it Letter, they were sold in 1811 by parties who induced them to reject a fixed Ss. duty, in order not to benefit the farmers, but to step into the shoes cf the Ministers. It was a comfortable position to be placed in, to find that in moving an amendment one had nothiog to say against the previous speakers ; in fact, the first two were the jolliest free traders he ever beard. He was now about to move an amendment to the re solution before them, because it attributed the dis tress to the repeal of the corn laws.—(Cries of " No, no.") Then, w hat did " recent legislation " mean? Nuw, Mr. Matthews con4lained of the want of cheap Government. So did he. That gentleman wanted to have a reduction in local rates. Su did be. Well, to do that, they ought to petition in favour of Mr. Hume's Bill fur joining the ratepayers with the magistrates in their government. Then Mr. Matthews was against church - rates. So was he.—(Appl arse.) They said that the present distress was owing to the corn laws of three months old.—(oh, oh, false, and a cry of three years.) Three years ! why, they had had corn at 1053. within that period. The real cause of the distress was, the bad crop, and infamous quality of last year.—(Cries of " False, good corn was now worth 5 .Os --(Cries of "False, false!" " Oh, oh I") Why, false, we cannot get it.") They had no good corn to sell. He was talking to M. Guizot the other day about the anarchy and revolu tion existing on the Continent, and that great man had said, that if they bad not removed that mon •.ter grievance, the corn laws, this country would have been in as bad a state as any other. Now, if the corn laws bad not been repealed, and they had been forced to feed the population on their own damp and unwhole some wheat of last year, they would have been subjected to the cholera.—(Cheere, uproar, and cries of " Notsense, and the cholera is not hare.") The cholera had been ravaging the Continent, and the seeds of it were in Fag land, aye, even in that town, and that ford would have made it worse.—Uproar, cries of " Question, Scc.") He begged to conclude by moving his amendment, viz , " That this meeting regrets the depression under which the agricultural interest is labeuring; but believing that ie. will revive with the general improvement of trade and commerce, has only to express his gratitude to God for the continued peace and security this country has enjoyed, ar.d the present prospects of an abundant harvest, se essential to the general prospects of the country." Mr. SAMUEL BowLEY rose to second the amendment. lie could not understand why the question could not be discussed in quietness, as the interests of all par ties were equally concerned. Could any one sup pose that the country could have gone through the revulsion it had without occasioning considerable dis tress? The tradesman had suffered in his profits, the manufacturer had suffered, the railway speculator had suffered. Well, it must be felt through all classes, and the farmer could not expect to escape. If the farmers were in such miserable distress as they stated, it must have been brought upon them by protection. Well, as free trade had only existed three or four moeths, if that had caused them to lose all their money they must have had but very little to lose. Now what was protection to do? Was it to raise the price of corn! —(Cries of "Yes.") Well, if a man had 9s. a week, he had to pay 63. a week for bread, and if the price of corn was raised one fifth, it would tax the poor man to the extent of 3. 2s. 4d. per annum. If a gentleman had 1,000/. a year, he generally only spent 1 40th for bread, which was about 251., or a tax of about 5/., as compared with the poor man's 31. 2e. 4d., whereas, to be equal to the tax of the poor man, it ought to be 153/. 3s. 911. Now as to their saying that they did not send out their manufactures for corn, he wished to know whether gold was produced in this country, and if it was not, how did they get it, except in exchange for their manu factures? They were told that free trade would ruin the agriculturist, but they had heard the same prognos tics with regard to other trades, and they failed. If the manufacturers of cloth t c h a e rr f id a e rm o e n rs t d h i e d ir th tr e ade in the same raising of corn.—(Uproar, cheers, and cries of "Turn him out," which lasted soma minutes.) Mr. °snow called upon the meeting to hear Mr. Bowler. Mr. BoWLEY Was afraid he had spoken too plainly.— (Renewk d uproar.) He could not understand what they were hissing at.—(Uproar, and cries of "Go on!" " Don't be four hour!"—" Let's have fair play!") lie did not mind a sentiment being objected to; but if he was 'stating anything that was untre and foolish, the bettor it was for those who opposed him. In- stead of the country hying out so - much money in railways, which would only give them two or three per cent., it would have been better laid out on the land at five per cent. He knew tenant farmers who would gladly pay that amount for money to improve their farms. The landlords should do this instead of keeping farms merely to create political voters to be driven to the pall.— (Cheers.) Let them carry out free trade to the full, and get security for the tenant, and they might be all happy and contented together.—(Cheers.) Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, M.P., as a colonial pro prietor, said that their intereet had been leading a forlorn hope against free trade for some time. He did not com plain of free trade, but he contended, that before it was ever introduced the Ministers ought to have made a general and great reduction of taxation both the colonies and England ought to have been put into preparation for the change. if there had been a reduction of the malt tax, and the expen diture of the country modified, they would have been prepared to have given a fair trial to free trade. He did not think that free trade was yet half felt in its effects, or that the farmers had discharged half the la bourers they would have to do. There must be a great reduction in taxes wed e xpenditure before they could compete with Russia and other countries. Mr. Cobden was feted in foreign countries because the cunning foreigner was aware that England was not pre pared to compet e w i th fore i gn countries in the market he had open e d. If t h ey were to continue in the pre sent system he advise d the tenant farmers to strike fer a r e d uct i on of rents , that the ri c h man might feel the effects of free trade as we ll as the poor, and by that means, and that only, they would raise a party, both in the Lords and Com mons, who would compel the Government to make a reduction in taxation. The manufacturing and agri cultural interests m us t s t an d a nd fall togethr, and that had always been his opinion. He could not agree with were the g h t N l the amendment o f th e N o ble Lord, because it did not allude to th e f act t h at th o Government h a d not ith tim h e i s . Ho wondered lightly th e country for f ree t r ade measu res b y a thefarmers barbercircumstan ces Lord at not go on presen t w griculture suffered to the " shaving of the ladies.' He called upon the meeting to adopt such resolutions as would restore . to old England that upright, honest, and merry name she had hitherto delighted in. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by snoring, as an amendment, " that the die tress felt by the agricultural interest was chiefly attri butable to the no-introduction of a s'stem of reviatd taxation, vrhieh would have secured a fair trial to the principle of free-trade, and rendered it a, benctit to the people. Sir W. UODRINGTON, M.P., then presented himself amid loud cheers. Nobody regretted more than he did the t eccs s iy for that meeting, and he highly approved of the original resolution then before them. He thought that all taxes pressing on the farmers ought to be removed, and thus free trade might have a chance ; but under existing circumstances it was impossible to compete with the foreigner.—(Cheers.) The Marqeis of WORCESTER, who was also received with loud cheers, supported the original resolution, and contended that the opinion of M. Guizot, with regard to the government of this country, was not worth much, seeing that he could not govern his own country. Mr. HUMPHREY BROWN, M.P., seconded the amend ment o! - Mr. Gr.nticy Berkeley. He had always been a free trad* r, and he hoped he should see the system car ried fully out among all classes of the community. Under a system of protection they had had Committees to inquire into agricultural distress both in 1821 and 1829, and in neither instance could they come to any de terminati,.)n on the subject for its relief. Lord DCCIE having withdrawn his amendment in favour of that of Mr. Grantley Berke y. The question was put, when the show of hands sp petired to us to be as nearly as possible equally divided. but The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with other gentle men, declared the amendment to be negatived, a result which was received with loud cheers and counter cheers. The original motion was then put and carried. Resolutions having been passed, pledging the meeting to use every e tior t iu endeavouring to obtain an altera tion in the present system, p ti!ions were adopted to both Howes of Parliament, in acc ,rdance with the resolutions; a - id thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. EXAMINATION FOR THE MER CHANT SERVICE. . A List of the Masters_ and Mates of the Merchant Service who have voluntarily passed ,an examinetion and obtained certificates of qualification for ilie'ciass againit each assign: d, under the regulations issued by . the Board of Trade since 30th Aprilast. MASTERS. FIRST CLASS.—John Nixon, David Balderston, Mat thew Grawrord, John Whartt.n, Itobei t Steels, 'I homes William Sawyer, Gilbert Scott Mar hall, Daniel Heat ley Barnes, Lewis Bilton, Frederick Smith (extra), mug Williamson Hall, Thomas Dunn, James Baird, Jr.nr-s Killick, James Brown, Andrew Cheyne, John Ogilt ie, James White, Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson (axial), Henry Coriass, Rii.‘ert Miller, SECOND CLASS.—Arthur Parker Turner, William Taylor, Samuel Radford 'Thomas, William Henry Bent, James Hay, William Deane, William Edward Ward Gs iggs, James Brack, James Raitt, James nudge Augus tus Bergh, Charles Harty, Edward Piton, Geo:Skinner, Mired Matson Cleve and, John Horatio Woodham, Robt. Thompson, John Jardine, Stephen Fletcher Stansmore, Laurence «illiam Valle, Alexander Stracham, Richard James Reynolds, Hugh Ross, John Thomas Jones, Ro bert Hildreth, Henry Denny, Charles Gordon, Thomas Chaplin, Peter Brown, Edward Duncan, William Dun das Cioete, John Henry Travers, 'Thomas Humphris, Henry Archbold, Robert Gleacow, Robert Carter Hatchings,:John Armon, Michael Young, Charles Hyne, Frr derick Arrow, William Spencer, Hugh Macmeikan, David Gray. THIRD CLASS.—Thomas Clarkson, Thomas Watson, Thoma. Rawe, •Richard Henry Barnes, Thomas Preist, John Edward Fhilpoi, *Edgar Child, James Purnell, John Tinn, Martin M'lntyre, Thomas Gray, James Connell, Samuel Evans Smith. MATES. SECOND CLA.SS.— * John Charles Almond, Arthur Withy, Thomas Dallas, John Wilson, Arthur Kingsford, John Venablee. THIRD CLAss.—John White, Francis Hayes, John George Thomas, *Charles Henry Tn. , wceke. * Qaalified !or steam vessels only. Board of Trade, Whitehall, June 7. Flan IN OXFOIM-fiTHEET.—Last night (Sunday), shortly before eleven o'c ock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. *. Leaver, a hat manufac turer, No. 5, Oxford-street, adjoining the Boar and Castle Hotel and Coach-office. Several engines were kept in full operation until past twelve o'clock, when the firemen at 'length succeeded in extingui.hing the flames, but not until the whole of Mr Leaver's stock in trade was reduced to ashes, and every room in the building burnt out. The Boar and Castle, although it has es caped destruction by fire, has received serious damage by water, the cellars and several of the rooms being so flooded that an engine was obliged to be employed to pump the water out. The premises of Mr. J. Ewing, upholsterer, Nos. 3 and 4, Oxford street, are also seri ously damaged by water. RUFFIANLY ASSAULT.—At the Marylebone police court this morning James Martin was charged with cum mining a violent assault upor, a young man of the name of Lyon. From the evidence adduced it appeared that Martin, on Saturday, went to the Coach and Horsey public-house, Edgware•road, made a disturbance, and struck Lyon, the barman, iu the face. A policeman having been sent for the prisoner was given into custody, When he said " He should only have a month for it, and that when he got out he would knock his (Lyon's) b--y brains out. The magistrate fined him 305., or one month's imprisonment. Mr. Thomas Blaney has forwarded this week, per Seagull, to Rotterdam, a fine bull of the short-horn breed, from the celebrated herd of Sir William Cooke, Bart., Wheatley Ilan, near Doncaster.—Hull Packet. COWES, JUNE 9.—Wind variable; 10;11 Condor, lit rsting, Calcutta, and sld. for Antwerp. DINGENESS, JUNE 7.—Off port, Sovereign, Holland, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Hail; Avon, St. John's, New Brunswick. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. NlSEl?.—Recent exercises of the privilege of excluding strangers from the debates in Parliament have oeca , ioned much oiscussion us to its origin. We have no doubt of its rise in the darker ages of our his• tory, but, unfortunately for satisfaction on this point, minutes of the proceedinge of public bodies were not recorded with much exactness or regularity in feudal times. The Rob& Parliamenti, continued from Ed ward I. to Henry VII., contain no mention of privileges, and Set ae believe that we can show reason for holding an opinion, that the claim to exclude persons from the national councils, on the ground that they were not Members, existed long before the first of the rolls in that venerable collection of Parliamentary proceedings. From the earliest assemblage of men to consult for tne common weel, there must have existed, by concession or assumption, a perfect freedom of speech. In order that this may exist, it is f asential that tee assembly shall hate the power of excluding ell persons who do not belong to the body in council. in small communities, like the early Germanic tribes, from whom we derive our Parliaments, there would be nobody to exclude but the natives of some other division of the great aoay. They were armed confederacies, and their deliberations were held, like council.; of war, sword in hand. The chiefs and the people having one common interest, could have no mo tive for secrecy as regarded either class. Sir Francis Palgrave, indeed, expresses an opinion, that the National Ass( tablas of the Teutonic or German bodies might oc casionally have been overawed by powerful chiefs. That, we may be assured, would have been a very sufficient reason for those enthusiasts of popular rights and free dom for expelling such chiefs from their deliberations, and deposing them from all authority. But there is no warrant in history for the opinion. People who enter a council with arms in their hands are ill prepared for submission to class legislation. islation. History, which refuses to exhibit facts in confirmation of Sir Francis Pal grave's hypothesis, informs us that an attempt to alter the ancient laws and constitution of Sweden, by King Ingi, was so strongly resented by the boors, and others ass - mbled in the Log-thing, or Legislative Council, that they ielently ejected him, and threw stones after him in his flight. There is another instance, in which au attempt by a chief, with the title of kiet,s, which was more common, and consequently less honourable than at present, ended fatally to himself, for the people in deliberation cut him down with their swords, and afterwards uttered him in public sacrifice. We could enumerate other facts, of nßich the tendency is to show that the national meetings, which are the generators of our more formal Parliaments, were jealously kept es free as they were instituted—councils ter the general good, to which all but foreigners had access, and in which the powerful who aimed at innova tion on the common right were coerced by the armed councillors. When the Normans came into England, there were two races of men to be ruled, and it was long the custom, when it was deemed nec scary to hold a Par liament, to send royal writs of summons to select persons, and thus both the owners of honours, as a concentration of several baronies in an individual possessor was denominated, and the owners of single manors, sat together ;n Parliament. It is more than probable that, under this arrangement, in timidation might be used by the more powe r f u l Barons by tenure over the less weighty Barons by writ. We pass on from these rule times to the Parliament of Oxford, in the reign of Henry 111., when the Barons, who hail succeeded in diminishing the authority of the Sovereign, sought to increase and p er p etua t e t h e ar i sto cratic power, by introducing persons into etehberation with them from the general body of the people. By this step they partly revived the free spirit of the Teutonic councils. The two class e s cer t a i n ty con ti nue d to s i t teg ! .the r in the same fame for a long time, though antiquaries are unable to settle the dive of their separa tion.. A third step brou g h t th e P ar li amen t i n t o i ts pre sent form of csnstitution, and introduced the claimin g o f privileges. We mean the origin of the right of boroughs and cities to send representatives to deliberate with the nobles anti knights of shires on the welfare of the whole. • In such an assembly, the very first question of taxation, or of public right, that arose, would eceasion a distinction in the business co Parliament, and convenience itself wont! suggest the division of classes, which took place and still subsists. At this stage of Parliamentary lii-tory the power of the Heuse of Commons was ceinnaretively small. On electing a Speaker, they were ohiigeti to send him with an humble supplication to the Sovereign the: they might have liberty of speech in their necessary consultations. It would also be just et the sitparation of the Parliament into two Houses, that the Commons would discover that the presence of great barons and courtiers might effect the freedom of thought and lan guage, s . vah . out . which they would be mere tools. We can easily imagine that now began a second time that jealousy of the presence of s t rangers , w hi c h ex i s ted in the early councils of the Getmaris. We are not pre pared to state ;he exact time waen a record was made in the journals that strangers were present and ordered to withdraw, though probably - somethiese of the kind may be found in Whitelocke or Rashworth. In all probability is was simply an announcement of the fact that was necessary to occasion expulsion. The privilege of debating unobserved, januis dousis, is es s: nti4l t , ) the due exmoi-e of the tanc:i,us of merit. oven now that the !louse of Cointnons is r, d from the thraldom in which it took its rise as a soFi!.ive body. But it seems extraordinary that it shoW exist in the very rude form in which it originated, when all taco were ignorant, and one part en-laved to an other. Tire presence of strangers has long ceased to overawe the body, and though it tray be desirable on some occasions, such as the introduction of Sunday 13111 s, or other fanatical measures, to conceal the nakedness of some of the Members from public gaz , , it certainly ought not to depend for its proper exercise on the caprice of as individual. So much of the value of the debates, both to the House and to the country, is owing to the presence of strangers, that while we that the privilege of excluaion is one that should be maintained, we are ovally positive that it should be ex ercised only by the whole House, atter a question and agreement, as proposed by Colonel Thompso!i. This course would destroy the fiction, which hoe now become absurd, of affecting to consider reporters as strangers, violating privilege, after accommodations bate been ex pressly provided for them by the House itself to violate the very privilege in queation. Members must see the necessity of having men experienced in the arduous pro fession of reporting speeches free to act, until the entire House find cause fur requiring their absence on some particular occasions. Such exclusions as have lately taken place lessen the dignity of tf - e House, and disgust or disappoint the country. No one will object to the exercise of a privilege like this with discretion, tut it becomes a public inui;ance when it is the weapon of spite, revenge, or Wen" etipric. NAVAL INTELLIGE:•ICE. MASTER SHIPWRIGHTS' ASSISTANTS —The tXaMi nation of forem,n to fill two vacancies fur the t,f11,.,e of assistant• master shipwrights commenced at Portsturutb on Friday. The bard of exiiteincrs is composed of Rear-Admiral PreseAtt, C. 8., bupe; iulendent of Ports mon It dockyard, president ; Captain Snr Walker, K.C.8.. surveyor of the navy ; and Isaac Watt:, assistant surveyor. The c:Jididates for promotion are Mr. Cradock, foremen, and Mr. Williams, ditto, of Ponsmouth. yard ; Mr. Finchani, !oreinan of Plymouth yard ; Mr. Moody, ditto of Pembroke yard ; Mr. Loyalty L P,ake, of Sheerness yard ; and Mr. Large ol Woolwich yard. They commenced their mathematical examination at the School of Naval Architecitire. in Poasmouth yard, directed by Professor Maine, M.A., R.A.S., of the Itiy al Nzval CAlege, and Professor Woolley, of .the Central Mathematical School, on Friday, and c,:ncluded it on Saturday night ; the examinatto: :appears to hare been a v.ry strict one. The practical examination COMM , need this morning, d,rteted by the following master shipwrights :—Williatn Edye, Esq., of Devour ort yard; Oiiver Lang, ESA., of Woolwich yard; and Francis J. Large, Esq ,of Ch,tham yard. (Neither Messrs. Finctain, of Portsaaouli; Read, of Shaerness; nor Abethell, of Pembroke, are engaged in the pro ceedings.) PROMOTION. Mate to the rank of Lieutenant—William Henry Fen wick, in charge of the Huila brig, at Portsmouth. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—George Swath (1832), additional to the Victory, for packet servive at Southampton. Lieutenants—The Ilon. G. 11. Douglass, from the Iliberfaia to the Calcdcnia; G. M. Smith, of the Grey. hound, to command the Active revenue cutter, vice G. A. Hire, to command a station; W. A. Manton, to be utcnant pro tern. to Rear-Admiral Dixon, at Cork. Master—G. L. Bradley (1839), late of the Fox. to command the Crescent receiving ship at Rio, vice Nicheux, Paymaster and Purser—W. 11. R1:C . 703 to the Clco• patra, at Pi} mouth, v_ice Hobbs, invallded. . - Mate—P. B. Shelley to the Centaur steam pendant ship, on the c cast of Atrica. Midshipmen—J. Campbell and H. Davie:, to the Southampton, 50, Meg-ship, at the Cape of Good Hope; R. R. Ilorertt), G. W. B.ur.lty, W. L. Wilson, and H. Waeon, to the Castor, 36, at Chatham; H. Rogers and E. F. Lodder, to the Centreat ; H. I. MauL to the Ocean flag-ship, at Sheerness; H. W. Fox to the Tweed corvette, on the Brazils stations. Nay..l Cadets—l. Irvine to the Centaur. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—WO have the pleasure to announce the promotion of Mr. William Henry Fen wick, Mate in command of the Rolla ex,rciie brig for the naval apprentices of this port, to the rank of Lieu tenant. This gentleman has had the command of the Rolla since July last, and has made her one of the smartest small craft in the service, although with a crew only of boys. He was in the Penelope's pinnace at the burning of the barracoons at Gallinas, under a smart fire for some hours, and was in charge of several pr;...2s on the coast of Mika, where he served five years. We believe Lieutenant Fenwick will keep the command ce the Rolla, as a further reward for the high state of effi ciency he has brought her and her crew to. The Sphynx steam-sloop, Commander R. S. Hewlett, of the Excellent (acting), arrived yesterday mornino from the Downs. She sent an anchor of Rodgers's pattern on shore by the Echo steam-qtg, which had been brought from the eastward, and sailed immediately for Plymouth, taking such supernumeraries to that port as quired a passage. The St. Lawrence, 50, American frigate, Captain S. Paulding, passed through Spithead at noon to-day, from Southampton, on her way to the Baltic. Sue saluted the Comrnander•in-Chief s flag with seventeen guns, which were returned by the Victory about an hour after with an equal number (Divine service preventing the return earlier), but the frigate must have bi- en long before out of hearing of the acknowledgment of her compliment. Winet—N.N.E , fresh gales end cloudy. EGYPTIAN FRIGATE SHARKIE. There is a time-honoured custom in this maritime country that when a new ship is completed and fairly embarked upon the element which is to be her home. the occasion shall be celebrated by hospitalities com mensurate with the importance of the event. The Egyptians appear to have followed our example in this respect, and to have bettered our instruction. The frigate of his Highness the Pasha, which is the subject of this notice, is not a new vessel, having been built many years ago in Alexandria, and having been brought over to this country to undergo alterations, and to be fitted with engines of 550 horse power, and a screw propeller. These objects are now accom plished, and this noble vessel returns to Egypt, a fine specimen of our skill in the details of naval architec ture, and in 'the construction of steam machinery. Previous to her departure Admiral Hafiz Bey, under whose flag she sails, justly regarding the Sharkie to be " almost as good as new," and having due respect for the custom to which we have already alluded, resolved to issue cards of in vitation and to give a numerous and distinguished party of friends and visitors an opportunity of in specting his ship and partaking of his hospitality. The gallant old Admiral carried his intentions into effect on Saturday, and that upon a scale of magnifi cence which has rarely if ever been surpassed. The frigate was moored off Poplar-stairs, and as early as 11 o'clock the invited guests began to arrive. From that hour till one o'clock the space between her and the shore was crowded with boats conveying parties on board. Ths ladies who came first were presented with splendid bouquets of flowers, and all the guests were received and welcomed at the top of the compa nion ladder by the Admiral, Mohammed Bey, and the principal officers of the ship. At one o'clock, when the Sharkie started from Blackwa:l, the scene which her deck presented was most animated and re markable. Under a spacious awning, which extended for more than half her length, and .formed an agree able shelter from the rays of the sun; were assembled about 320 gentlemen and ladies, and scattered among them and varying the effect which their own gay dresses produced were the dark blue uniforms and Fez caps of those in command and their attendants. There were also present some young gentlemen sent from Egypt to be educated in this country, and whose man ners and appearance formed a singular and not uninte resting melange of the east and the west. Passing forwards the scene changed. Europeans had disap peared, and the huge ship was in this part occupied by men whose swarthy countenances showed their eastern descent, who all wore the red Fez and the characteristic wide trousers ; and who, if they wanted the broad and muscular frames of our own tars, cer tainly looked wild and formidable enough to sustain the warlike character of any vessel of which they might happen to be the ship's company. Many of these were Arabs, and some were Greeks, but the majerity were from the valley of the Nile, and, judging by the deeper hue of their complexions, and the other traces of a more scorching sun, a few must have been born very far up the river. At the stern of the vessel waved the red banner, with the crescent in the centre, while at the mainmast head floated the union jack. There was an excellent band on prepared to fill up with music anv gap that might tike place in the amusements and festivities of the day. Below the cabins were all thrown open, and were curiously and admiringly examined by the visitors. The Punching and furniture of them were 'all of exquisite workmanship, being in many tarts richly inlaid with ivory and mother-of pearl, and exhibiting a total freedom both from the gaudy embellishmente of our merchant steamers, and from the Spartan simplicity of our ships of war. Here, too, on what will henceforth be called, and, perhaps, used as the fighting deck, were spread out in endless profusion the material which sustains and prolongs life, nut that which takes it away. No "smell of villanous saltpetre" there, but the perfume of rare fruits, and all the grateful odours of a well-provided and bountiful repast. But few had the courage to turn from these splendid preparations for solacing the fatigues of the day to penetrate bt low water level, and inspect minutely the splendid engines of Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill, with which the Sharkie has been fitted. They are of 550-horse power, with cylinders 74 inches in diameter, and a piston-stroke of 4 feet. Th e y are constructed on rather a novel principle, yet are found to act admirably in connexion with the screw-pro peller, which here is 14 feet 6 inches in diameter. In the engine room there are not less than 18 fires, yet so thoroughly is the ventilation that the heat is never felt to be inconveniently great. The trip down the river on Saturday is not to Fe regarded as in an any degree of an experimental kind, and it would be doing the sailing qualities of the` - o - RDO YOUNG , ° Sharkie great injustice to treat it as such. Yet,at London Trinted — a - nd _U ilk Na. 112, Strand, Printer, at 7 Ise San macs, No. , or different points i n h er progress s h e atta i ne d a very Strand, in the Precinct et the Savoy, in the couu4 considerable speed, and there is very little doubt, ,middimx. Alonlah June 11, 1849. ..4INCOLN' B INN, JUNE B.—The aftertnenticnte of th,, lion. Society of Lincoln's-inn s ",i .e o r culled t o the thgree of 13arri.ters-ut•Law, on rr l- t evening latiL:—Fuontain H. Elwin, Eq.; Edward If, field, E,q.; John J. Stuizer, M.A.; J°_,- 11fl i vil. Brasii!r, M. A ; cieorgp S. Fot,an, 8.A.; Hooper J. • 11, kioson, M.A.; William E. Jones, M.A.; lthi l P lir Popp, 'M.A.; Samuel Scott, Eq.; und Frederick Burnett, M.A. BIRTHS. r, o ttoo At Wandsworth, on the sth i ns t. , t h e w if e o f F. Finch, Esq., M D., of a daughter. On the COI inst , at Crome r , th e w if e of 11. E. Gu ri3eYP Esq., of Upton-llne, Essex, of a daughter. Esq 4 On the 7th ins:., at Bayswate r , th e l a d y o f J o h n Best, of a so:). , On he 7th inst C arley ~ at Sydeuham, th e l a d y o f H enr y ,-•••- Esq., of a daughter. 14 0 On the 7th inst., at College-terrae... 4 Islington, Mrs. Oa n Steer, of a so. areet On the 7th inst , Mrs. II D. Abercrombie, Stanhope•—• Regent's-park, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Fi ns b ury -place South, the wife o f flogg, Esq., of a son. MARIED. I, On the 7th inst., at St R . Thomas's Church, Winc..es r be' t , Francis Edwin /I , launsell, Esq., 4th ( v the King's Own) " e a' toe:: t, son of the Rev. of KiimurrY " Limerick, t o Ell en C ather i ne, only daughter of the We Stevenson, Esq., of Cohln;m, Kent. ev= On the 7th inst., at St. Pet -r's Chur c h, Pimlico, 001 j, Brymer etcher, M.A., to Cl ara C at h ar i ne, d aug hter 0 M. zandham, Eq., of Clans -place. Di On the 30th ult.. at Cambridge, John Nichol( LuN gln- re, aged 18, only child of th e V ery B ev the Dean o f St. A ; s ,tr „h of On the `2d at Ashby-d e -l a -Z ouc h , Eli za , the iv"- R. G. Festing Eso., of Bath. , of On the t,th inst., A, ar y, t h e w ife of G. E. Warren, 1;41" Thernmn• heath. Croydon, Surrey. At 11 , ghbury-place, on the 6th inst., aged sj, Abraham Lincolne, Esq. th At PreA A on, Sussex, o n tl, e Gth inst., aged 55, An wife of Mr. Gillham, of Hackney. etb i ; At. Hanii,ton Middl e s ex , on the eth inst., E ,a " -- b Thresher, relict of the late J. Th7csher, Es o f the Stra n, :_ At Southl au d,, of Wit;lr, on the 6th q., inst., lienr iettAr the wife of Peter Hunter, Esq. On the Sill inst., Air William Love, of Stoke Newingterfr. from the tees to whkh she Ills been already sub jected, that pave a wry fast frigate. The fact, is, that the boftia.)l,.-: disuo,ilion of Admiral Ildiz Bey was the oniy thing which was put to a severe aad searching trial on Saturday, and we are hound to say that it stood the tot without showing a flaw. Among the guests )'resent were the Earl of Ellesmere, Admiral Lord William Fitzroy, and the Hon. Misses Fitzroy, the Lord Mayor, Lady Fitz gerald, Mrs. Henry Ward, Mr. Anderson, M.P Mr. Lloyd (chief engineer to the Admiralty), Mr. Peacock, Mr. Cunlitfe, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Penn, Mr. Mandsley, Mr. Mare, Mr. MillEr, Mr. Ra venhill, the lion. 11. E. S:.toly, Mr. Ayrton, the Rev. Mr. Reeves, Mr. Leonard, Mr. George li:mdzeer, and Mr. Charles Lanleer. The Lords of fne Admiralty were among the gue.tts invited, but the did not appear. His Excellency the Tulkish Ambassador was also invited, but was prevented from being present by a prior engagement. The Lord Mayor and the Earl of Ellesmere left the frigate betere she had gone very tar down the river. After the company fiLd been made suffiaiently at home by the politeness and ettervion of Admiral Hatiz Bey, Mohamed Boy, and the other officers on hoard, dancing introduced, in which some of the Egyptian gentlemen present joined. This part of the proceedings and the music which accompanied seemed to give vast (1-11;01t to the crew, who crowded towards the quarter-deck to see ladies in public not only un veiled but dancing. At four o'clock the Sharkie, being within a few talks of Shierness, was put round and returned up the river a‘ -. era wry daghtful run, to the pleasure of which tile beauty of the weatthr materially con tributed. At five o'clokl the company proceeded to do ample justic. to the sumptuous chjeuner supplic-d for them. The heads of thr different tables were occupied by Admn - al Ilafiz I3r j r, by Mohamed I3ey, and the superinteuJent of the dockyard at Alexandria, and by M. Pasquali, commercial agent of his Highness Abbas Pa,oa. The two lager spt-ak English fluently, and were therefore able to do the honours in the language of their guests. The old Admiral used Mr. Ayttou as the intrpleter of his feelings to the company. Airiong the toasts proposed during the evening were " The Queen," " Prince Albert and the Royal Family," " The Sultan," " Mehemet Ali," " Abbas P.sha," and the " British Navy," Mr. AYRTON proposed the last toast, on betel f of Admiral llafiz Bey, in very spirited and highly cow plimentay terms. On returning to the deck pipes and coffee were handed round in the eastern fashion, and the former luxury especially was eagerly embraced by many of the gentlemen 'present. Whether the attempts at Oriental manners on the part of our countrymen were quite so successful as those at English manners by the Egyptians remained to the close of the even ing rather a doubtful question. At Purfleet the frigate anchored for the night, and the guests took their departure for town in the Jupiter steamer, highly gratified with their day's amusement, an d with the kind and hospitable reception they had met with. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. MANcnEsTER, JUNE 9 —With a continuance of most favourable weather, every branch of trade observes the greatest caution in purchases, which are restricted to the supply of re sent wants. To-day th e d eman d f or each article is slow , an d confined almost entirely to the beat samples, at about the rates of our last, any change in pi ices being in favour of the buyer.. WINCHESTER, JUNE 9.—Corn—Very little difference in • the price of wheat. Caro dealers and millers bought g o°- samples, without much pressing, at the highest, prices giv en last week. Hops—Reports as to the growing plant heir/ various, and in s o m e p ar t s un f avoura bl e, caused holders of last year's growth to ask an advance of 5s per cwt. for best Ferr i ' trims, Alton's and Sussex grown, yet purchasers were not dir posed to yield to the excess, consequeetly but very little bust' Hess was transacted. Farnhams at from 51 to 6 lOs per cw t ' country ditto, 4/ lOs to b 10s; Sussex, 3, to 51 lOs ditto. AEF:RDEEN, JUNE B.—Grain—Oats 15s 04 to 16s Od,401 1 ) Pe r Ino‘bel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel; bear, 23s to 2 4 :i 52 lbs per bushel ; wheat. 46s to 52 s ; oa t mea l , 11 s 6d to 12' " G per boll ; flour, 37s to 45s pe r sad. Provisions—B ee „ i bd to 74 per lb ; mutton, ditto, 54 to 74 ; veal, ditto , 7: to 6d ; pork, per stone, 4s Gd t o s s; lamb, r lb, td to 7 "' tallow, pe- stone, 4s to 4s 64 ; 1 otatoes, per peck, led to hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, eachl7 to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per Ib, 7d to 8 e eggs, per d0z,' . 64 to 7d ; cheese, p er stone, Os to Os ; h en s, pe r pair, 3s 94 to 4s Od ; chickens, ditto, Is Bil to 3s ; ducks, ditto; 3s Od to 3s ed ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 3E to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, us t o O s; b utter for exportation (Pres,,,-od cure), per cwt, 54 s to 58 s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen , to sitt ; 4b loaf, 64; 21b l oa f, 3d ; pork, per stone of 1 41 ' 3s 64 to Os (74; pork flee, small, 5s Gd to Os Od ; pork large: 33 6d to 4s 3d; ship p or k p er b arre l o f 20 4 lb s, Ø. t° us _ alleal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Is 44; bearmeal, is 3d to 15 reaserneal, Is 104 to 2-; cids, 7d to Od ; barley flour, Is 43 : Is .54; barley dust, 7d t o ; flour, is lOd to 2s; barley, per 11 Id to 21d. elss DALKEITH, JUNE 7 —Th e re l a ti ve we i g ht per four bush . 7st of the three prices of what were 18st 121 b, IBst 51b, and I , lb. 9:b. Oats, 13st lib, li s t 131 b, an d li st 10 1 b. B ar l ey , 16st 1 ,,h; leist 41b, and 15 s t 81b. P eas an d b eans, I Bst 11 1 b, le't and 18st bibs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. • 165 Wheat ... ..... £2 12 0 £2 9 0 £2 0 514 Oats 55 Barley 23 Pease and Beans 1 i 3 0 1 1 l 0 1 10 Ayes age of wheat 47s Oid. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, Ju x 7. - To-day the numbers v. ere-oxen, 615 ; sh ee p, 1360; lambs, 711. We h a d a good supply of cattle at o ur mar k et , an d pr i ces scarce l y maintained last week's quotati ons . B es t ox b ee f 48e per a ce o r second quality item 44s to 45s per do, cows and inferior beat from 37s to 42 s 6d pe r d o , sin ki ng t h e o ff a l. Sh ee p 11 ,f r. - more plentiful. Prices we re - s h ee p i n woo l 6id p e r Ib, clir ped sheep 5d to :id per do, sinkmg the offal. Lambs we very plentiful and dull of sa l e The prices varied from 9s to 18s per head, according to quality. BELFASI, JUNE 7.- Wheat sells at former prices. For ei g n not much inquir e d aft er , an d t h e f ew sa l es we Lave are 7., about former rates. Petersburgh, 81 15s to 91 5s ; g dee , 3 , r 915 s to 9/ lO s; B a lti c an d A mer i can, 10/ 5s to 11' 10 , ton. Flour u nc h ange d i n va l ue, b ut sales slow. Anic"e -24s to 24s 6d per barrel, Batt a slow sale, at former rates` Oats are Id t o 2d higher, and in fair demand.. Oa tine lt • ai i Fine fresh l o t s se ll at an advance of 3d to 5d ; other ( P i ti o w leis • sell pretty fre e ly at a b out f ormer rates. Indian cornt ; sale, at about form er rates Y ellow, 81 12s 6d to ,81179 6d' white, 8/ 10s to 8/ 176 64 per ton. CORE, JUNE 8.- the arrivals of foreign giain con tino : very small. Those of hom e - grown are searoN l y worthy of n i p tice, the receipts of wheat for the week amounting to 0 111 1 j a barrels. Some sale s , t o a f a i r extent, h ave ta k en place er Foreign wheat during the week, but at prices fully 6tl P. barrel in favour of the buyers. In oat s but very little WA ness has been done, ,and prices are nominally unaltered..f: fair consumptive trad e h as b een d one i n fine flour at late price o but there is still the same disinclination, so long not iced,' if , make speculative pu rc h ases , an d t h e market, it - . consequenCe, devoid of ac ti v i t y. Coarse flours are scarce and in derna n4, or At the close of l as t wee k, an d su b sequent to the pu bli ca tion our report, Indian corn made a still further advance 0 2s 6d to 5s per ton upon the prices which we named. peril ( the last day or two, ho wever , th e mar k e t h as become vero. quiet, with less business doing, and th oug h h o ld ers s till ask Id. extreme price of 9/ per ten, we believe a l ower figure, say 8/ 17 6 would be accepted. We quote prices, howev er , 8/15 s to 9 1 per t,°d; Flour-Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d ; extra 15i wi,;),• seconds, 13s ('d to 13s Gd; households lO s t o 12 s ; thi r ds 80 to per cwt. Oatmeal 13s Od to COs; Indian meal 93 to 93 3d; r/ 1) . 012 , meal, lOs 6d tolls per cwt. India n corn 8' 15 3 t o 9105 p 0 0,,, Bran 4/ Os to 4/ 5s per ton. H a y-F armers 15 s t o 30s; av er s nt fps 00s ; dealers 43s to 48 s ; av erage 45 s Od p er t on . Straw---Ff 0 j; 13s Od to 36s Od; average 00s; dealers 43s Od to 403 0; average 00s Od per ton. Bread-Wheaten loaf 6d W household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 93 per lb. Eggs -3ssdto 3s 7d per hundred. th. Newport 15s; Lydney 163; Landore 153 • Best - „ a w te Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40s 6d to Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial ' g °° allop p . e , r t s iCle- te a° -Beef 4d to 7d; mutton od to 60; veal ag per 7d ; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d t lb. Hops 6/ lOs per cwt. Bangor sla o te B s d 3, o s s au 6 s d a r s 3/ 55 P er ton. Bark-Barbary 81 to 8/ los; Valonia. 141 - to 0/; 7110 a; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 19 3 per ste n rei Hemp 31/ to 36/ per ton. Fish- Scotch herrings 173 to 18s ,• r ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland Ili/ lOs to 1 2/ P e g ton. Timber-New Memel 4110 x; old scarce; red pia e 15s ; yellow pine 3! per ton ; d ea l s , fi rst qua li ty, 2 0 / ; 001 0 , quality 171 per 120. Hides -Market 106 to I4s ; salted 11 1 b, l4s per cwt . calf s ki ns I.ld to 2id ; market lid to 2d per, Potatoes, white 14d t o 15d ; Mi n i ons 19d to 20d • Goan° Peruvian, 11/ to 11/10s ; lehaboe 9/ per ton ; Tar-ArcbaoSe 19s per barrel. I - - fed