The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-17 00:00:00

~~-~ ste• bort' bing eject. bout OP- „.,,,, to support a religion which he believed to be erroneous. ; t ' : it ,i'et, •hers fore, the Pig's- Hermerable Ge. ficinsn's ; wn W' n e'lne? If to-morrow this Chut ch-rate were levied for the f ° mail Catholic Church, would the Right Hon. Gentleman eel his conscience at ease in raisin g it ? Perhaps there might be some ancient recol:ections about the Right Hon. Gentle man which would make him submit to the rate. The Right H° °. Gentle man h a d sa i d that t h e Ch urc h h a d b een as l eep f or centuries, but w as now awa k e ; per h a p s it was so . It wa s de parting more from dissent and coming back to what he humbly !ailed unity.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) must pro test again st any man being compelled to pay for a Church in whish he did h ot believe. ~.B i r J. EASTHOPE rose to reply. There was one fact Wuich strengthened his conviction of the power of the members of th e E stablished Church to support their own form of reli iftan• • In a small village in his own neighbourhood, the pews "ese found to be insufficient for the population; a subscription wanacsi entered into for the purpose of supplying the deficiency, tit from 6001. to 800/. was subscribed towards enlarging s e Church. Notwithstanding all that had been said, he be !ed that the abolition of Church-rates, in their present form, would be found advantageous to all parties. th? n tra erfi n gj e : , wreordered to withdraw, and the House divided, -- Fur the motion .. Against it Msjority against bringin g in the Bill THE SLAVE TRADE ohOk° furseturn to the gallery, we found Captain PEC HELL s ula s egs who rose to moveßeturn of slave vessels a i t u _Rnt before the several Courts of Mixed Commission for of.l.!clication between the Ist day of January and the 31st day ssueeettiber 1841, with the name of the capturing ship and the a'neguttnander thereof, describing the flag under which each , srid eil,„ was seized ; distinguishing those under the late treaty te.i otialn, and under the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 73; the regis sa'gtmulage of each vessel, as well as that by British admea reeraent, and if slaves on board; stating the number at the 1 , 1 Z,,uf =seizure, the date of the decretal part of the sentence, ofben forfeiture or restitution, with the amount of proceeds of tete, or of costs awarded ; the expenses of condemnation and t,' , qflkillg up of each vessel; the period whets the proceeds air atetribution were paid into the Registry of the High Court ki o A4 A wi raltY, and when the same was paid to the captors. i t ' - '•••egnunt of all Claims for the several Bounties or Ton hsge betrieeti the Ist day of January and the 31st day of De eentber 1841, and of all slave vessels that have been taken into isii:eAlajestv's service, under the provisions of the Act 2 and 3 ser a ” e' ,3; stating the appraised or estimated value of the suie e• the registered tonnage, as well as that by British admea neZents and the sums which the Commissioners of the Ad- U lu I have deemed a proper price for the same." He hoped sect the Right Honourable Gentleman would not ob het M furnishing the House with these returns; he hoped It ss . would be no objection at all to his itotion. „_ . nuld be satisfactory to know in what office, or in what de 47"roent, were the proceeds of all vessels which had been ,„_:n under ihe Act of Parliament of 1839. There were two 4e,,Taspurehased last year—one for 350/. and the other for is t ;v d ` Vessels of such a build that they could hardly be brought e r -the guns of her Majesty's cruisers on the African coast, iree...t they had been taken by the Board of Admiralty at a ts nominal amount. ' This was not just to the captors. He :_theVe4 Govsrnmen would seriously consider the nature of seeviee the navy was called on to perform, and that without , if. iline, or being scared by the treaty with Portugal, by At tatted States, or b shat might be said in the French li atit h 6 rs, but boldly act up to the Bill of 1839, and apply it as .. li:aecient intended. This great country ought to exercise a iesitii.e.:laeral power, by doing that justice which the ease re aeliZt, . The Hun. Gentleman concluded with the motion of lisse -tl e bad given notice, stating that he wished the returns ~.s r , fPven from January, 1840, instead of 1641. 7, e o e _reotion haying been put, be t.t irn • : COCKBURN said he never heard of any fault being lc with that p ar t o f t h e navy emp l oye d on th e co ast of ;O a :Wl'allil he had no doubt that what was done was right. A t i - tili.. ,ass happy to b e able to state that the slave-trade was di tt4 setUtg every day, and not a single slaver now left the Ha he,dia He would not go into the subject at large, because c not intend to oppose the motion. Ofer ein PECHELL was glad that the Hon. and Gallant aes,,, uid not oppose the motion, but he did not give any iti her, and that was what he wanted. He did not think the :MeV Hon- Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer 11; 11 ‘ to have left the House fill he answered the question. .ie s „ dri Ved he would be sent for, and he (Captain Pechell) A ' continue on his legs till he came.—(Laughter). - IC n El". MEMBEa moved that the House be counted out. ihytratallig eryers were orde re d t o w ithd raw , an d, on our re t urn t o e g h Th e WEAKER announ ce d th a t t h ere were f or t y M em b ers eresee t The . _ .I„,,motion of Captain Pechell was then agreed to. 4-116 TRESS IN THE MANUFACTURIa G D 15.... .... TRICTS. i la -Aj o r ts • ERRAND rose, pursuant to notice, to bring forward of , s l ' l for a Committee of the whole House for the purpose .h. s . - mang into consideration measures for the relief of the dis • he'''tniew prevalent among the working-classes in the menu ru districts. The Hon. Gentleman said that the exist ' of deep distress was admitted upon all hands, while the 4742e:.er in w hi c h that distress had been borne entitled the 11 7 ers not only to respcet but to a relief of their necessities. t _ ,as Prepared to prove that night in the House, that the azislature of the country had caused the distress that existed, te having done s o , h e th oug h t i t was t h e i r duty to assist in l i . 4 . tu ying it. H e s t a t e d thi s not on l y on hi s own authority, t 'tt a that o f t h e Ri ght Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majes tt Government, who, in February of the present year admitted bat distress had been caused by the emigration of the working asses from the agricultural to the manufacturing districts. hat had caused that emigration ? Why the Poor-law Rill. stkfter manufacturing districts a stimulus was given to trade • all w ent on pro s p e ro us ly, an d d ur i ng t h at t i me t h e H ouse of dont ••'aims voted twenty millions of money far emancipating the 11 Itic slaves, men whom he would venture to assert were better eft snore contented, far better provided for, and less slaves than 1, working classes of England, who were at the present mo- Zewt dying at the doors of their masters. Therefore it was he ',realed to the House of Commons, the representatives of the 7 4 : e Ple? to do something to save them from death and la ts. ,l 4 , lo u•—(Hear, hear.) The working classes of Eng- D e sie; ' h ad been robbed of their property—their only pro thieestai, was their hands. Did they find such a state of Th e 'isif e fore the passing of the Poor-law bill ? Certainly not. th e Cable Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, in asking s te H o me to grant fifteen millions for the emancipation, told ,thin g Gentleman who asked him why they should give any as, & at an, that it was because the laws of England forbad •Vg a iMe to take the property of another without compensation. /i etta t a,t !eotild lie say when he (Mr. F.) asked him to give corn e could to the working classes ? The landed proprietors of tog l ialo i i i,e. ti s t t n hse of y England had been relieved of a burden to the her% ." 0 ' 2,2 00,000/. b the emigration of labourers to the emigrated under promises that had never been ratd, and the state of the north of England at present was Ihataaetetful l thousand sess of the working classes, including many of I° ll th7.'grants, were now living on boiled nettles, and drink. Nee t i e t L iquor of them, and lying in bed all day in order to . 4 %14, eir bodies frorn ' the exhaustion of walking about. He le hte p both parties were to blame for this, in having con _N„. i t l ° Pass the P oor -l aw Bill . H e b e li eve d th at th e Right 4414 4 th 'ronet had done all in his power to rescue the reople 44011.1 e ir state o f d istress. In words that ought to be written I t 'lleit t ' he had said that he was one of those who had derived "Ap e d !tune from the industry of the working classes, and he * ti p ethers who owed their prosperity to the same cause A a k ia n Mel it their duty to relieve the public distress by their qier e ig ' o ° t hemselves the charge of the classes from whom -tral'- biting was derived. He would ask whether the s h eY s e e i o e= who made by the labouring classes the wealth '.ue r it i sa Yed. would desert those classes in their adversity ? the by tae facturers had stood by and seen the working-people ts•llef act e te _uad-side. Look at the amount subscribed by the ai ortb ) , of e . t!rs for the relief of the poor : it wasa sum utterly un teete d e s ad t,o,e case. It was disgraceful to think how the poor s fleas Of ti vu and oppressed by the manufacturers. The di s- i'tte, en, and ' People had borne heavily upon the mind of the p .. e 'l , th e , r , she had implored all classes to come forward and .rta' r °r • Had that appeal been responded to as it ought? din es ' s m Y not. the Queen Would herslf have relieved the t l it e l e t ! i elf the people, but for one obstacle—that obstacle was s ? Ilun e ;',, a° House of ( Commons. The Hon. Member concluded t r e at at - ' e 't"•••'' That it is the opinion of this House that imme ,,sstittt 'tires be taken to alleviate the deplorable distress and i t 'Atstsf ac ?,, n which now afflict many of the workine• classes in the p e e t •kaj es - t r , tri g districts ; and that an address be r presented to ...ear y tei).! beseeching her Majesty to employ for their tern ""ittl.that s l r a a_stun of money not exceeding one million sterling, , sir R. Ti r ,gouse . will provide for the same.. l°t t i ts r tsEL said his only reason for rising was the fear eatioa,e .decided opposition which he should offer to this Zi l .tgt I) i t it were unaccompanied by a single word, 2slre s , e construed into indifference to those severe e w e ist lia is h-- -s e l at ta se hieh were sustained by many of the i s eo ass. , s of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Bt wash could :e . t . th e ea v a lt to establish so dangerous a precedent as nvolved i t a t 'l th e I 'me of the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman i t ° l ta a eh t dholders in the . south of England had been relieved e et ge of two millions and a quarter. If that were true 41 41 n o Ino ilght that the burden should fall upon them. There s e t fail i de of reli ev i ng t h e poor b ut taxation, and taxation Se s --- t A,,a ilea great measure upon t h e l a b our i ng an d consum i ng 'AN 'ofto the rin e ; , r, hear.) Nothing could be mere contrary to all . I. t —Pie than to tax the great body of the community the e MPor • iluti;:titieli4ievaery relief of particular classes. One consquence so woai d . . be the suspension of local relief.—(Hear, hear.) those who were bound, by every moral and 4p teri a a 3 ;: e ti v :s Make every exertion for the alleviation Of the as re e f 4r oulld them—(Hear)—exertions from which alone lotion could be expected. —( Hear.) He would te,otral'urther into the subject. 'the Hon. Member for Knares- LZ t hed iss l ? a d acknowleded that one pathetic story with which I ;ear i ‘ h - e lt ied the feelings of the House was without foundation o i Ron. V — and Inc trusted that this would be a caution_ to .gti ear, h 5 entleman not again to make such statements.— vit tr ess was He agreed with the Hon. Member that the 'llent sss a s such that there was a strong claim upon the e entrib .( Hear, hear)—and however small had been the kit e .. 1 1tin ns f I v , ritg it • ew could have an idea how great a quantity of tb"dicl, ad , been relievell.—Hear.) He hoped that the the appeal well as manufacturing proprietors, would listen tg oracle , t hat had been made.—( Hear, hear.) He trustea PPosition which he made to the motion would not be (flea, e°l isito h e , ss h ear a want of sympathy with the distress.— de k a i est. • ) He could assure the Hon. Gentleman that t o vouri cs , alai her Alinisteis (although silently) ware en peh isZo'? distresshe sufferings of those who were exposed alki s ii) .. p . AjAal j —( Hear. ) kg • egged t LE concurred with the Right Hon. Baronet, Olts t t 0 caution the Hon. Member for Knaresborough te i' l ieh h e a p a,,,angerous tendency of those unfounded accusations Out thi s : made against that class (the manufacturers) to oh se r . : Rese Nr l t t n i tZY owed so much of its greatness and strength. Of ~Vatio r, io eLI s G would occupy the House with only one en i"'. ll toe, t ... defence of that excellent man, Mr. Ashworth, 4tiona;ejailwrio::o:owawdhvoieme,thieladHoenrn. Member ig for Knaresborough had , s, t 7uWo rt h,:'Y alluded.—( Hear.) The persons who, by Mr. " j. g' of great' and rated from the south, where e . mployment was scarce, were now in a I, o 4 ptai, ,„,9ruparative comfort.—( Hear. ) I_ l ' o ll4 w!-A-'1..1-IILL hoped the Hon. Member for Knares -lots L ae 'dd mithdraw his motion. He thought the Right als o ,. ro jeofn_et out if this proposition were negatived, advance 'ists is "ur- of the public funds, in his capacity as Prime al ' mareheeli'or hi Sir 11 ' PEEL said his Hon. Friend had certainly mistaken aril s altogether objected to any vote of public money to tiamr. vv.:illy) pg;seug Mi sch as a atin g r i e n a t t h e a r t e H di o t u t s o e. the üblic distress. He regretted that distress ••:4:4th*.earrlll'.!,.tudestre to ameliorate the distress but b il ut o h n e . thoughtßaronet sizakisernes eteeonet .7 4 to a :t: n of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough would arate‘he distress which the Right Hon. Baronet U se eonste oe,,,s' .rho" ard) had received a letter from one of e , e ' , ii e ue s i " ta e stated stated that no over estimate could be „tr,,, ii , ri , fi L .. . opread of distress throughout the countr. He s•t em :ight ', sa t . , s,aY that the tariff had taken a step' in the : t , poor _ s, mit it did not go far enough. It extended ,eatutrs.a4o,FineisBp,,e,eially the trade with the United States. Six 1 ; ; ground t:- •In' no operative was unemployed in Sheffield, '' 'etr e ° the uu s th.. s. No tetucet tohleosiprogress had been continually down tn.dusinry i h s a 3 d 6 been there able 7 to make good , t l. - .1 eyed f r o m ney had was no individual L it th e 'what was called a s t es ent ..__ r .the casual relief fund, and dur %last beess 29 ,,. year in One week the amount of relief granted sl t. th ree w _ .,. ', : _ t tn another 350 t, 370/., and 4001. ; and the s. , v iree e i ved ` fr a_ Ins amounted to 1,115/. This was the account s :° Was con e m a very eminent manufacturer of Sheffield, ea, t h at aunija=eted with the United States. His conviction t ti , g bat an altered line of pokey on the part of the Government could afford any relief ; and their only hope s that the Bight I too. Baronet would take the subject into his serious consioeration next year ; for the ruin or the rescue of the country would entirely depend on the line of volicy adopted by the Government. These were the reasons why he fund himself utterly unable to support.the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, as he thought the motion would do snore harm than good. Mr. VILLIERS said he rose in consequence of the Right Hors. Baronet having adverted to a statement made by him (Mr. Villiers) relative to the distress in a certain district of Scotland. It alluded to a poor Cathor c family, , who were found in such destitution, that they were actually eating a slog which had been boiled in the house. The Hon. Member'for Knaresborough, who was not in his place, stated that there was no foundation for that statement. He (Mr. Villiers) would ask the House to pause before they believed that there wa, no foundation for that, when he told them on what autho rity he made that statement. Seeing the Hon. Member inhis place—( Mr. Ferrand here entered the House)—he would again repeat that he hoped the House would pause before they supposed that that statement was without foundation, as the lion. Gentleman himself often made statements which were loose and turned out to be untrue. No doubt he believed them, but he did not take the trouble to inquire into them. Ihe statement he (Mr. Villiers) had made he had seen in a Scottish newspaper, and the paragraph had been copied into an English paper. This it was that he stated to the House, and he had since written to the Provost of Stirling, and he had received an answer, saving that he would inquire into the sub- ject. His Hon. Friend gave the Hon. Member credit for be nevolent motives. He (Mr. Villiers) ,lid not wish to dis pute his benevolence, but he did not agree with his system of personal attacks.—( Hear, hear.) Both from his manner, and the topics he introduced, he always seemed to have a party object. He had described persons who were going about the country lecturing for the purpose of mislead ing the people. He begged to tell the Hon. Member that the people of this country were well enough informed to appreciate the motives of such persons. He begged to remark that the Hon. Gentleman who had brought these charges had been for sane months resorting to every topic calculated to excite the common people both in that House and out of the House. He had referred to the ill usage of men by their masters. He had alluded in the most violent language to the mode in which the public relief had been administered.—( Hear, hear, from Mr. Ferrand.) But the people were in a far different state to wi.at they were in when he first began. The people's patience was nearly exhausted. He had stated these things so frequently, that the people now began to believe it, and he (Mr. Villiers) could not help thinking that the Hon. Member was beginning to be a little alarmed at the aspect and state of the country. He thought he had pretty strong evidence on his own Committee. It was there stated that one cause of the riots of Newport was the exciting topic of the truck sy-tem. Mr. FERRAND rose to order. The SPEAKER intimated that what had occurred on a Committee then sitting could not be alluded to by the Hon. Member. Mr. VILLIERS only mentioned this to show that the Hon. Gentleman was beginning to get alarmed. He thought he could not read a newspaper without seeing some cause for ap prehension from the distress and temper of the people. Coln plirnented they had been, no doubt, on their patience, but there was something different in their spirit. Now the Hon. Member came forward, without the most distant chance of suc cess, and in the most reckless and loose manner proposed that one million should be given to the people. Did he mean to say, that he even for one instant had an idea that the grant would be made, or that there was the slightest chance of the money being,. given ? Did he suppose that the people would not appreciate his motives and his conduct? What wss the course of the Hon. Member against every single measure that was calculated to relieve the people?—( Hear, hear.) If they were wrong in proposing that relief, they had also proposed to give them the p ewer to legislate for themselves. The Hon. Gentleman refused them that relief—he refused them the power of legislating for themselves. He had refused to repeal bad laws, causing a burden to the people of millions. The people came there and claimed their political rights, they claimed to have the power of redressing their grievances, and pointed at the character of the legislation which caused them. Where was the Hon. Gentleman then? Was he for extending that power? He (Mr. F.) condemned that House. He had said that the House was standing between the benevolence of the Crown and the poor. But when the question of reform of abuses came before the House, where was the Hon. Gentleman? Did the Hon. Gentleman think the people were so stultified as to give credit to his motives in proposing a measure which could not relieve the distress such as had been described? He (Mr. Villiers) advised the Hon. Gentleman to study the character of that people, before he attempted to practice on them. The lion. Gentleman said it would raise the indignation of the people against that House, if they refused the relief there pro posed ; so that he anticipated the refusal of the proposition, and he condemned the House. He ( Mr. Villiers) could not suppose that the Hon. Gentleman could believe that the House would grant it. He (Mr. Villiers) could not believe that he was earnest in his proposition. There were four millions in the country--say two or three millions—who required relief, and were suffering the greatest distress. What was a million of money to those people ? Every head of a famly was supposed to represent five persons. What was a million of money dis tributed amongst those people? The Hon. Gentleman was violent against the New Poor-law. What had the Poor-law to do wi h the distress of the country? Did not the Hon. Gen tleman know that before the present Poor-law was passed the agricultural labourers were much worse off than now ? Did he not know that those agriculturists were then treated worse than the people were in the collieries, as described the other night ? How then could he attribute the distress to the operation of the New Poor ? No, there was a more permanent cause than that. He would advise the Hon. Member to inquire into that cause, and he would see that there were other laws which had caused that distress. This was the opinion of more expe rienced men than the Hon. Member. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to him (Mr. Villiers) to come into that House as the champion of those laws, and in order to be consistent with that character, he asked for a grant of money, to save the people from the consequences of those laws, or rather to save the landed proprietors. The poor-rates were increasing in the agricultural districts, and the reason was, the people were go ing back, from the manufacturing and commercial districts, by shoals, to their parishes. He would find that the agriculturists were suffering ; and he would tell him another thing, that the consumption of agricultural produce was diminishing. Well might he come forward as the champion of the Corn-law, and ask for a million of money. Anything that was not a perma nent relief, was a mockery. This proposal was almost an insult to the people, and was making them paupers. Mr. J. HEATHCOTE said, the masters and manufacturers were in as great distress as the work people. Mr. WALL ACE exceedingly regretted the manner in which this question had been introduced to the House ; and the Hon. Member would see that the House did not approve of such a tone and manner on a subject so distressing as the want of food, and raiment, and every comfort among the working classes. He did intend voting with the Hon. Member, hut alter the statement he had made, and the allegations he had thrown out, he would feel himself compelled to decline giving him his support at present. He begged to express his dissent , from the principle laid down by the Right Hon. Baronet, the i Member for Tamworth ; for he (Mr. Wallace) was decidedly of opinion that public money might very properly be applied to relieve distress; and he was much mistaken if this very course would not ere long be forced on her Majesty's Ministers. He admitted that grants of public money should be a last resort ; bu in that view he was prepared to vote a .larger sum than that now proposed, whenever the proper time should arrive. Before he sat down he begged to express his conviction in the unprecedented extent and intensity of the distress in all parts of the empire, and his fear that the Queen's Ministers did not sufficiently apply themselves to ascertain in how far the distress really entered into every trade arid business in the country. He ' agreed entirely with what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, that as far as regarded the roposed grant, or tee sum expected to be raised from the Queen's Letter, they would be only as a drop in the bucket. If the Hon. Mem ber would divide, he (Mr. Wallatie) should, however reluct antly, divide against him.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. ESCOTT protested against the doctrine that, because there happened to be an extraordinary distress for a short time in the country, grants of public money should be made, which money must itself be levied from the pockets of the people. He thought the speech in which the Hon. Member had intro duced his motion to the House, was a most mischievous one. For these reasons, he should divide against the Hon. Member ; at the same time, he did hope that he, having heard the senti ments of Hon. Members on both sides of the House so strongly expressed, would not press to a division. Mr. AINSWORTH supported the motion, and would divide in favour of the Hon. ( Member for Knaresborough, if the ques tion went to a division. Mr. WILLIAMS was of opinion that the course pursued by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough that night and his votes upon every subject were strangely inconsistent. When ever a motion was made in that House to lower the price of the provisions of the people, had not the_Hon. Member opposed it with his vote? Had he ever once voted for any motion to lower the price of provisions ? Mr. FERRAND—CattIe. Mr. WILLIAMS did not think that the Hon. Member was in the division for the duty of is. a load upon prize cattle. FERRAND—I voted for a reduction of the duty upon foreign cattle. Mr. WILLIAMS did not think that the Hon. Member voted for the proposition of the lowest duty upon cattle.—( Hear. ) He was of opinion that the grant for which the Hon. Member had moved would only slightly alleviate the existing distresses, and it certainly would not strike at the root of the evil. Mr. COBDEN felt a great interest in the present distress in the country, and he should beg, therefore, to detain the House for a short time whilst he briefly stated his views upon the subject. He thought the motion of the Hon. Member was like playing with firebrands upon a barrel of gunpowder. In the first place there was not the slightest hope that the tariff would lessen the price of provisions, or at all alleviate the dis tress.—(oh, oh.) It was because he heard lion. Gentlemen say " oh, oh," that he wished them to know the facts. He said that there were more persons unemployed to-day than ever there were before; food was dearer, and commerce and manufactures were in a worse position than they had ever been befere. They had been told that the manufacturers allowed their men to starve at their doors ; what was the state of the manufacturers themselves? Let them look at Stratford ; there were 29 concerns closed there, and scarcely one of the proprie tors was an Anti-Corn-law League man, but they were nearly all supporters of Hon. Gentlemen opposite. He would mention one instance in particular. There was one concern in Stratford, which, seven years ago, was considered to be wo th 100,0001. ; the senior of the establishment retired, th nking himself worth that sum, and that man's son was now now in the receipt of parish relief. A 2s. rate now was not worth a quarter so much as it was a few years age ; it was not wor.h two-thirds so much as a 6d. rate was a short time since, and the reason was that the people were too poor to pay the rates. Out of a rental of 86,0001. a-year, rates were only paid upon 30,0001. a-year. The capital of the manufacturer con sisted almost entirely of machinery and appliances for aiding them in their manufactures. APCulloch said that there was 20,000,000/. sunk in that kind of capital ; but, however valu able that might be to the country when trade was prosperous, it was of no value whatever when trade ceased. He (Mr. C. ) told the House nine months ago that the capital of Lancashire was not then worth two-thirds of what it was six years ago : and now he told them, and he told it for a fact—for he did not makb statements without first inquiring into their correctness —that it was not worth one-third so much as it was six years ago. This was a most perilous state of things, and deeply concerned every Member upon the other side of the House who possessed an acre of land. In the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester, these things were fore told some time ago, a petition was sent from that Chamber warning that House of the evils which were seen to hang_ over the country, and that petition was the origin of the Anti-Corn law League. But Manchester now was not in a worse condi tion than other quarters of the country. Let them take the Midland Counties; there the men were not working above half 1 their full time. Look at the mining districts ; wages were cony stantly diminishing, and the colliers were ernrloyed, perhaps, twice a week. In te whole of the , a estern counties, people and things were in the same wretched state. Go to the glove trade, and they would find no machinery at work, all was dead there. Turn again to the watch trade at Preston, and they would find that 200 people out of 1,000 were summoned for the payment of rates, and though a complete watch movement might be purchased for four shillings and sixpence, there were positively no buyers. It became that House at once, and he exhorted them not to separate till they had done something avowedly to give contentment and relieve the digresses of the ' country. They must not, they could not, wait till next spring for relief; the lion. Member for Sheffield said that the Bight Hon. Baronet must reconsider the Corn-laws by next spring; he (Mr. Cobden) said they could not wait till then a starving people could not be put off till spring.--( Hear, hear.) He en tre.,ted the Right Hon. Baronet not to think of dismissing the Parliament till some permanent relief should be afforded. He entreated him to consider how different was the position of the country now to what it was list spring; then they had some hopes from the measures which the Right Hon. Gentleman had promised so solemn ,y carefully to mature ; now they had no promise of relief, and they had no hopes. But patient as the people had been, an much lauded as they had been for it, that House might depend upon it that the more terrible now would be their despair.—( Hear, hear.) Let the Right Hon. Baronet reconsider the Corn laws and devise some measure which would furnish a remedy for this crying calamity. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that if he had any fault to find with the resolution proposed by the Hon. Member for Knares borough ( Mr. Ferrand) it was that it did not go far enough. He (Mr. Duncombe) believed that five millions at least instead of one million would be required for the purpose of relieving the poor, and if the House would grant the Committee he would move an amendment to that effect. There were several pre cedents to warrant the House in granting those sums. In 1832 the House voted one million in aid of the suffering Irish clergy, who were affected by the operation of the Bill of the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley). Thirteen or fourteen thousand pounds were granted annually in aid of the Polish refugees. Silinilar grants had been made in favour of French refugees. And why not make grants of this kind in favour of the suffering poor of our own country ? The dis tress now endured by the poor was owing to the present Go vernment—( Hear, hear) —who would not attend to the state ments on this score. When he was on the other side of the House he had shown them that the poor were in many in stances obliged to subsist on carrion, but his statements would not be believed by Hon. Gentlemen opposite. Their only object was the attainment of place and power. It was the bu siness of that House to provide a remedy for the distress, and for that reason he would vote for the Hon. Gentleman's mo tion. He believed that they were not fully aware of the distress prevaiing in the manufacturing districts. They would not at tend to it. It would take 500,000 or 600,000 men to come up to London to convince them of it, before they would believe it ; and when t'...,ese men did come, the House would then lend an attentive ear to their sufferings, but not until then did lie think the House would listen to their woes. What were those poor individuals to do? Were they to lie down in the ditches and die ? They had not sufficient respect for the Government of the country to be satisfied to do any such thin. - for it. Admonitions in churches to contribute relief would have little effect; it would afford little relief. A better remedy must be applied. The House had begun this evening by refusing to listen to the grievanc, s of the Dissenters, and they were about to conclude it by refusing to afford the slightest relief to the thousands, the million 4, of the deserving, but starving, poor of the country. Mr. FERRAND would not enter into the question about the Church, but pass on to notice the observations of the Hon. Member for Stockport about free trade. It was not a year ago since the electors of this country were appealed to on that question, and they decided, as the large majority of that House showed, in favour of the Corn-laws. The Hon. Member for Perth (Mr. F. Maule) had stated that his (Mr. Ferrand's) addresses in that House were made for the purpose of exciting the people of the country. He begged leave to tell the Right Hon. Gentleman, that previous to his (Mr. Ferrand's) taking his seat in that House he found the manufacturing districts ex cited in the most unjustifiable manner by persons anxious to set them against the Government of the country. -Men the most wealthy were his ing persons who were reckless of all principle, of all honour, and all truth, to excite the working classes by the most disgraceful and inflammatory language. But although that course had been pursued for months, notwith standing the great waste of money, the parties had failed. He (Mr. Ferrand) had done more to put down hired agitators in this country than any other Member in this House, and the conscious tectitude of his conduct amply repaid him for what he had done. As to any statements he (Mr. Ferrand) had made, he would leave the House and the public to decide upon them, and thoroughly convinced he felt that whatever attempts Hon. Gentlemen opposite might make to throN a slight upon his statements, the people of the country would place greater con fidence in what he stated than in all the statements of all the Hon. Gentlemen opposite.—( Hear, hear, and ironical cheers.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion .. 6 Against it Majority against the motion —loo T.AGAN NAVIGATION BILL. On the motion of Lord ELIOT the following Members were nominated as a Select Committee on this Bill :—Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Vernon, Sir John Walsh, Mr, Christopher, Mr. Pringie, Captain Carnegie, Mr. Dickinson, Captain Jones, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Air. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Redington, and Mr. Patrick St ewart. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY CUSTOMS ACT. The Order of the Day for bringing up the Report on the Customs Act having been read, the Report was brought up by Mr. GREENE. _ . _ The resolutions having been agreed to, on the motion of Sir R. PEEL, leave was given to bring in a Bill, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, were appointed to prepare it. Captain PECHELL said he wished to ask the Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade a question respecting rough stones. He saw that there was a duty of 2s. 3d. on them, whereas he thought they were duty free. He thought there must be some misconception on the subject. Dr. BOWRING said that he believed the mistake origi nated in an incorrect report which appeared in one of the daily newspapers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER read over the various descriptions of stones which were to be imp )rted duty free—rough stline included.—( Hear, hear.) BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WARD said that he had not been able to attend the House for a few days, in consequence of indisposi ion, and havin g a motion fur Tuesday on the paper, in which many Hon. Members on his side of the House were interested, he t usted that the Right Hon. Baronet would be courteous enough to allow his motion to stand for Tuesday, as there would not perhaps be an opportunity of moving it otherwise during the session, Sir R. PEEL said when he gave notice of his intention, he adverted to the notice of the Hon. Gentleman's motion, so that if any objection was to be made, he gave an opportunity of making it. He thought the Hon. Gentleman might have appointed some friend to make the objection. But he was certainly unwilling to take advantage of the Hon. Gentleman's absence, and hearing that it would be an act of courtesy towards him and other Hon. Gentlemen opposite, he should accede to his proposition.—( Hear, hear.) But he hoped that courtesy would not be taken advantage of by others. DEAN t FOREST ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS BILL (ADVANCE OF MONEY). On the Earl of LINCOLN moving the Order of the Day for going into Committee on this Bill, Dr. BOWRING said that the hill took him by surprise. He objected to any grant of the public money for the purposes for which it was required. Mr. PROTHEROE supported the grant. The interests of the Church were the interests of the whole community.— ( Hear, hear.) The distriets in question were in want of accommodation. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not think they would be justi fied, after having just decided, by 106 to 6, against a grant of money to relieve the distress of the people, in now voting away a portion of their money, for it was that, for the purposes for which it was proposed. If the money was requisite there were the funds in the hands of the Eecle•iastical Commissioners and the Queen Anne's Bounty, and other sources, to which they might have recourse. He should oppose the grant. The Earl of LINCOLN was sure that the measure was es sentially necessary to relieve the spiritual destitution of the in bitants of the Forest of Dean, and if there was any responsi bility in bringing forward the measure he was ready to incur that responsibility. Mr. L A BOUCH ERE said, that as the Hon. Member for Finsbury had stated his determination to divide the House upon the question, he could not give a silent vote. He could not allow that the measure involved the principle of Church Extension. He conceived the question before the House had been placed on a fair ground, it was only enabling the Crown tr do that which it was the duty of every Government to do, namely to see that the *spiritual wants of persons living on its property should be supplied properly. The Crown possessed gre v at property in this district, and it was admitted there was great spiritual destitution. If the subject was forced to a divi sion, he should give his support to the Bill of the Noble Lord. Mr. HAWES contended that the Bill did contain the prin • ciples of Church Extension, and it appeared to him to be a manifest attempt to apply public property for the benefit of the Church. Every attempt to increase the extent of the Church at the expense of the public, he should firmly and strenuously oppose, because he believed it to be most unjust, and because the funds of the Church itself were amply soffi cient for every purpose, without having recourse to the pockets of the people. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contended that if the argument of the Hon. Gentleman were a just one, that whilst the Church had funds of her own, the people and the Crown were not to contribute towards her support, the landed proprietors might be equally niggardly anti refuse to support the Church; if that should happen the funds of the Church would soon diminish. He should support the Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know if the clergy would have to perfwm any increased duties? It had been stated that in this district there were 11,000 individuals and only three clergymen to admininister to their spiritual relief. He should like to know how many of those 11,000 were Dissenters, and how many Church of England people. He believed he was right in saying that the greater number were Dissenters, who would not avail themselves of the spiritual relief which is was desired to force upon them. Under these circumstances he should vote with his Hon. Friend, the Member fur Finsbury. Mr. HARDY contended, that the spiritual instruction te be obtained in the Church of England, was better or as good as that to be received at any other place of worship.—( Cries of Ques tion, question.") As long as they had an Established Church to which the Queen was obliged to belong, lie thought they were bound to support it. He should, therefore, support the motion. Mr. HUME could not see upon what principle nor Majesty's Ministers came forward with such an unprincitled proposal as that no.v before the House.—(Laughter.) The question now e w s - a t s a , bl is i , s h h et f h o e u r r tl n re e y w w i o k u ,i l n d , s v , ote a n d o ut at of the Exchequer . atime when the fun p d u s bl t i o c were called on to pay so heavily to the income tax ? Did the House know how much it had voted? It was a perpetual an nu:ty of 3001. a-year for the use of the clergy, and a further sum for the repair of churches, amounting in value to 10,5001. Was there a sufficiency of surplus in the public revenue for this purpose? They were told last night that it was the duty of those deriving revenue from land to provide for the religious instruction of those living upon it? Where did that doctrine obtain ? What owner of ten thousand acres ever acted upon it ? He, therefore, opposed the grant, as an unjustifiable appli cation of the pubhc money. The House then divided, when the numbers were, For going into Committee Against it Majority . -76 Mr. HUME wished to know on what principle they were to vote that this sum of 10,5001. should be placed at the disposal of the Church. _ _ _ Sir R PEEL said, although the matter had already been fully discussed, he had no objection whatever to answer the question. The principle upon which the proposal was grounded was this. They admitted that the public had temporary pos session of the property ; they admitted that the Crown had no right over it. The public, there represented by Parliament, was in temporary possession of an estate of 25,000 acres, containing a population of 11,000 people. There were three clergymen there, whose income 75/., and great' demands were made upon their services. They did not think it unreasonable that a revenue should be raised out of this estate in order to increase the incomes of the existing clergy to 1501. a-year. A ponula tion of 11,000 inhabitants if collected in a town might be pro perly attended to by three clergymen ; but considering that they were spread over 25,000 acres, they thought that four clergymen would not he an unreasonable number, and they did not tliink it unreasonable that they should each have 1501. a year.—( Hear, hear.) He very much doubted whether, apart from moral and spiritual considerations, they would not be amply repaid for expending the proposed sum. Unless it were proper to have a set of outlaws upon the estate, he thought that 300/. a-year was in a mere temporal point of view as wise an outlay as they could make. Air. WALL A CE said his Hon. Friend had stated yesterday in plain language that he did n o t a t a ll obje c t to the salary of 1501 a-year, if a fair proportion were applied to the Dis senters. If the Right Hon. Gentleman would promise to provide religious instruction for the Dissenters, in proportion to their numbers, he (Mr. Wallace) would not oppose the vote, whether it came out of the Church funds, or out of the funds EV ENI N G, of the Crown ; but he could not consent to devote the whole amount to the Established Church. Mr. PROTHEROE said it was stated by Mr. Elijah Waring, in the Report of the Commissioners, that the people generally were much attached to tl e Established Church. The question having then been put, that the Speaker should leave the chair, the House divided ; when there appeared, • For the motion Against the motion Majority for the motion --83 The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. Mr. IILTAIE thought it would be much better to apply the proceeds of the sinecures which had lately fallen in to the pur • poses of this advance. He should take every opportunity of opposing this Bill. Captain BERKELEY was surprised that the Hon. Member for Finsbury conid consent to vote for an advance of 1,000,0001. towards what he (Captain Berkeley) called a wild scheme for relieving the distress of the people, and refuse the smal sum of 3001. a.year towads the spiritual instruction of 11,000 of their fellow beings . Mr. BROTHERTON thought there were ample funds in the Church already, without railing any further advance, and some of that could be appropriated to the Forest of Dean. After a few words from Mr. WALL and Mr. HUME, the House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. Mr. FOX MAULE moved for the return of fees taken by Sheriffs in Scotland, and for an amended return from the Sheriff Depute and Sheriffs Substitute of Lanarkshire, He should not make any observation on the subject until the returns were laid before the Hou.e. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no objection whatever to the return being made, and to give every information on the sub ject in his power. The motion was then agreed to. The othztr orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past Twelve o'Clock. UNIVERSI T T A Y L D cO nsT L N L E E R G , E HOSPI- The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this excellent insti tution. took place yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. The Right Hon. Lord Brougham, Pre-ident of the Institution ' in the chair. A mong th e gent l emen p resen t we observed Sir Charles Lemon, M.P., Sir George Thomas Staunton, M.P., Commodore Sir Charles Napier, M.P., ptain Lamotte, Mr. Hume, M.P. Mr. Pemberton Hey wood, Mr. S. Rushforih, Rev. Dr Stabbings (Chaplain of the Institution), Sir Isaac Goldsmid (Banker and Treasurer), General Alexander, Mr. Prevost, Mr. Dugald Christie, M.P., Mr G. W; Wood, M.P., Mr. Martin Thackery, Mr. William Walker Drake, Mr. Thomas Gibson, Mr. Charles Richardson, Mr. C. A. Tulk, Mr. George Bishop, Mr. D. Salomons, &c. The dinner was served up in admirable style, and the wines were of first-rate quality and deliciously cool. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Professor Taylor, and Mr. Mainzer, Kith several of his pupils, were in attendance forming a most eff ctive and powerful chorus. Mr. Toole, jun., officiated as toast-master, and proved himself the wonky son of a worthy sire. The usual loyal toasts having been drank with all the honours— The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the toast of the evening— " Prosperity to University College Hospital."—(Cheers.) Before he did so, however, he thought it necessary to explain why he had broken through the rule which the state of his health had forced him to lay down of abstaining from attending all public meetings save those of a legi slative or judicial nature, at which it was his duty to be present. It has because he felt that, connected as he was with the University of London, it was - his duty to be present; and the same cause, namely, the forwarding the in terests of University College, had induced him to preside over the meeting assembled to perpetuate, by some lasting testi monial, the memory of one of the firmest friends the Univer slty College had ever possessed—the late Dr. Birkbeck. It might have been supposed, that as the Hospital was established in a neighbourhood where, more than in any other, such an Institution was required, a great part of its revenue would have bi en derived from annual subscriptions. such, however, was not the case—not more than one-tenth part of its revenue was derived from that source. Its main source of revenue was the fees paid by medical studen!s, which in other hospitals went into the pockets of the medical officers, but which the mei:deal officers of University College had liberally given up to the Institution. The Institution had existed for eight years, and in that time it had afforded relief to upwards of 110,000 per sons, of which number upwards of 10,000 had been in-door pa tients A sum amounting to 48,0001. had been expended in building and maintaining the Hospital, and he was happy to say, that with the exception of a mortgage on the building of ' , JAW., the Hospital was out of debt.—(Cheers.) The Me dical School of University College was the real patron and support of the Institution, full seven-tenths of their evenue came from the medical students.—( Loud cheers.) Ile would urge all to do their utmost in support of this excellent Institution; and he trusted that subscriptions would pour in in such a manner, as to enable the trustees to invest the beneficial bequests, which had recently been left to the Hospital by Jonathan Brundrert, Esq., Mr. Thom- s, and others, in such a manner as that those bequests might become a source of permanent income for the support of the Institu tion. A great prejudice had formerly existed against any hos pital in connection with a medical school. The establishment of this Hospital, he was happy to say, had been the means of doing away with that prejudice as completely as if it had never existed. The Noble and Learned Chairman concludAl a most eloquent and impressive address, by proposing, " Prosperity to University College Hospital." Drunk - with three times three. The Treasurer, Sir I. L. Goldsmid, then read the Est of subscriptions and donations, amounting to 6261. 10s. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of " The Army and Navy, and General Alexander and Sir C. Napier." General ALEXANDER returned thanks for the Army. and bore testimony to the efficiency and gond conduct of the Indian troops, whose fidelity alone we depended upon for retain ing our Indian possessions, so unpopular had we become in that country. Sir C. NAPIER, who was received with loud cheers, returned thanks fur the Navy. The next kast was "The Medical Officers of the Hospital." Dr. A. TflomsoN returned thanks. Song—" A life on the ocean wave," exquisitely sung by Air. Henry Russell. Various other toasts were drunk and responded to with great enthu.iasm, and towards the conclusion of the evening, The CHAIRMAN, in a speech foil of point and wit, proposed " The Ladies." . _ The toast having been drank with all the honours, Mr. lIUME ' amidst roars of laughter, returned thanks on behalf of the ladies. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the Hon. Gentleman on his fiat appearance in his new character as one of the fair sex.— ( Loud laughter.) Sonrr, Mr. Phillips—•" The best of all good company." The health of the Stewards was then drank, after which the company separated. Dining the evening it was announced, by the Treasurer, that Martin Smith, • Esq., one of the Directors of the East India Company, had placed an Assistant-Surgency at the dis posal of the Uaiversity College, as a reward for the most de serving medical student o f t h at I nst i tut i on. B o th Lord Brougham and Mr. Hume, in adverting to this fact, said they hoped the example thus set by M r. S m i th wou ld b e f o llowed by others. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAIIPTON RACES.—THUILSDAY. For two or three hours preceding the commencement of the first race the villages in the vicinity of the Hurst exhibited a miniature resembla.:ce of Eps )m on the Derby day. The line of carriages was immense ; some proceeded direct to the race ground, and, as a matter of coarse, were mulcted heavily for admission within the privileged enclosures; others, more eco nomical, discharged their cargoes at the waterside, and exposed them to the dangers of the ferry, in addition to these already encountered on the road. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, and a long list of the noble and the beautiful, to the credit of the races, were present. The first start took place for The Hurst Cup of 40/. in specie, a free gift by the Proprietors of the Course, for all ages ; three yrs, 7st 41b ; four yrs, Bst 71b ; five yr,:, 9st llb ; six and aged, 9st 51b ; mares and geldings allowe4 31b. The winner to be sold for 150/. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. C. Htsrnsb)'s b m Revoke, 6 yrs...(Owner) 0 0 1 1 Sir. Scat's Ellen (late Michaelmas Day, 3 yrs 1 0 2 2 Sir. 'rollett's Firey Oaks, 5 yrs Sir. Kingsley's Fame, 4 yrs Sir. Payne's Rapture, 3 yrs Sir. E. R. Clarke's'Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs 0 2 dr First heat:-2 to I agst Rapture, 4to 1 agst Firey Oaks, and sto 1 agat Sister to Glencoe. Won by a head, after a splendid race with three, Rapture heating Fama by a head only. The others did not go on for the heat. Second heat.-5 to 1 agst Ellen, and 4to 1 agst Firey Oaks. The latter made all the running, and won cleverly by a length ; Rapture a bad third ; the rest saved themselves for another heat. Having waited in thitssfirst and second heats, Revoke made most of the running in the next two, and won both cleverly 2to 1 was laid on her after the third heat. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas, for all ages, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ; 4 yrs,,Rit llb ; 5 srs, 9st 11lb; 6 yrs and aged, 10,t 21b. The winner to be sold for 5001., &c. Heats, two miles. Sir W. Si. Stanley's ch c Vakeel, by Plenipo, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 1 Mr. Nightingale's Ajax, 4 yrs Mr. Dawson 's The Biddy, 3 yrs Mr. Robinson's Miss Eliza, 3 yrs First heat.-6 to 4 ag,t Ajax, and 7to 4 agst Vakeel. Ajax made running at a good pace, followed for half a mile by Miss hliza, and afterwards by Vakeel, who went up at the distance, and after a pretty race for about 150 yards, won cleverly by a length. Second heat.-5 to 4on Vakeel. The running was again male by Ajax, Vakeel lying at his heels until near the distance; he then went ahead and won in a canter. The Biddy had no chance in any part of the race. The winner was claimed for Mr. Collins. The Albert Stakes of 5 says. each , and 25 added; weight as for the Strawberry Htll Stake s. T he winner to be sold for 12U1., &c. Heats a mile an d a q uar ter. (Nine Subs. ) _ Captain ake G fie a l r d tl ) no .... ...... ..... Camel, oat of Cecilia, 4 y rs , .... .................... ..... ......... Lord Rossl)ti's Cornuto, 5 yrs Sir W. W ynn's Remnant, aged ...... ..„.. ....... 2 0 Mr. Skerran's Lady Mary, 4 yrs ............... ...... Mr. Phillimore's Finchley , 4 yrs ••• ..... agst Cornuto. A Mr. D. Cooke's Tub Thumper, 4 yrs . ................. Sir G. Heathcote's Arkansas,3 yrs ..................... Mr. Stevens' Bavarian (late Distance) 5 yrs ... ...... First heat-2 to I asst Cornuto, and 4to 1 each agst Tub Thumper, Finchley, and Cecilia cult; Won by nearly a length, Bavarian and Arkansas fourth. Second heat-2 to I agst Ce cilc capital I , a i t , a 4 ) tora race a ; g li s t o nTbuyb halfT h u a m n p: e r k , a o n n d ly 4 . to 1 ti ro s; ' a v v it o h cations are con nected jeruaNblEe THE COUNTRY. — FALMOUTH, 14. —There are at least fro m 4,000 to 5,000 m en out of employ DISTRESS IN with the mines in these p arts. The want of employ_ melt arises from the stoppag e of several numbin t he e r mining e districts , and e d s t girls, of h u mines recently ; isome because of the low market price of tin ; others from the panic created among the shareholders by the new tariff duty on fo reign copper ; and by the natural workings out of the profitable levels in not a few of the remainder. No one can calculate on the results, the minds of the mining population having been for some time past in a critical state, and of which the authori ties are fully aware. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Joseph Ford, about 40 years of age, in the employ of Mr. Priceman, of Barnes, Surrey, while walking by the side, and driving his master's horse and cart over the Suspension -bridge at Hammersmith, stumbled and fell, and before he could scramble out of the way, the near wheel passed over his body, just above the ; h —ps, as he was lying on his face. He was directly conveyed to St. George's Hos pital. where he expired shortly afterwards. An inquest will be held on the body this day. INTENDED VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS TO THIS Co:INTB.Y.—WooLwIcH. THURSDAY.— Preparations have been made at the Royal Dockyard, Wool wich, for the reception of his Majesty King Leopold and the Queen of the Belgians. Their Majesties will leave Ostend this evening, June 16, in the Widgeon steam-vessel, and land at Woolwich at an early hour to-morrow (this day). A guard of honour or the Royal Marines have been ordered to hold them selves in readiness to receive their Majesties on tilt it landing. Several of the Royal carriages will be in attendance to convey their Majesties to Buckingham Palace. 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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Week of the Equestrian Company. Immense success of the Italian Oper a Dai cers. THIS EVENING, JUNE 17. Will be acted 11;.. -- Iman Rede's SIXTEEN STRING JACK. with New Seenery and Appointments.—Kit Clayton, by Mr. George Wild ; the Dances by the Corps de Ballet of the Opera House. A fter which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. B A TTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu mero•is and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most talented Vaulters, hiders, Gym . astics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. Gorgeous Cavalcade, novel acts of Equitation, and unri salted Acrobatique Feats. To conclude with the grand Military and Equestrian Spectacle, en. titled MURAT—THE PEASANT, GENERAL, PRINCE, AND KING, with Battles, Grand Reviews of Horse and Foot, and gor ge .us Tableaux. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 17, The Performances will commence with MICHEL PERRIN.— Michel Perrin, andel) Cure, Monsieur Bouffe. lb conclude with LE GAMIN DE PARIS —Joseph (Gamin de Pa is), Monsieur rouffe poxes, 6s. ' • Pit, 3s. 6d ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 3 s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per-. formances commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Se. ruin's, 12, Regent-street ; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at the llex-offiee of the Theatre, which is open daily, froM Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscrib3rs, and the Public, are respectfttlly informed tt at ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAY 4, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place of recreajon its peculiar celebrity, ,with additions and in trod Ictions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. por t a nt acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF BOME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical 'Tableau d'action, repre senting the Proce stout of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Th 3 BAND includes some of the most emment Performers, con ducted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES M,SIC A LES selectederom the noblest works of the great Masters. The I LLU MIN ATIONnf ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GI RA N DOI, A F ST. ANGELO, wi.h all the gorge3us Spectacles and magnificent i it roductions that have called forth ac. ckanmations of delight and i lir ration on each evening of their ex. bibiiion, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASCADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Piomeoades Mus cales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, alai Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. (.11 Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immaral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." LONDON! FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1842. It is justly said, that all systems are best tried by their practical results. The present distress of the country cannot, as our opponents say, however, be caused by free trade ; for that has, with only one excep tion, never existed in England. We have had free trade between one part of the island and another—between Aberdeenshire and Middlesex, between Lancashire and the county of Cork, between London (which has neither walls, nor an octroi, save on coals) and the country, and the manner i►► which that free trade has unques tionably promoted the prosperity of the whole empire is a sure indication that free trade with foreign countries must be equally beneficial. But we have had no free trade with foreign countries. Such natural diversities of soil, climate, and geogra phical peculiarities as give birth to the trade between Aberdeenshire and Middlesex, and make it advantage ous, are still greater between foreign countries ; and though they have different Governments, that cannot alter or influence those great natural relations on which all trade depends. The trade founded on them, which extremely beneficial, between the different counties of the same kingdom, cannot be injurious to the different kingdoms of the earth. Had free trade universally ex isted, it could no more have caused our present distress than the free trade between Manchester and Liverpool ; but it has not existed, and must, therefore, be wholly and completely exonerated from the unfounded charge. Nor can it be said that approximations towards free trade with countries under different Governments have caused distress any more than establishing free trade between England and Ireland, since 1800, has injured the two countries. The chief approximations towards free trade were made by Lord WALLACE and Mr. HUSKISSON between 1819 and 1826, and between the latter period and 1836 the whole empire increased rapidly in prosperity. The Whigs, in fact, did little or nothing to promote free trade with foreign countries. except with China, and that trade was much increased. They reduced taxation, as well as the Tories, which was a step towards freedom ; and while the influence of the reduction lasted there was prosperity in the land. When the influence of the beneficial alterations made by Mr. HUSKISSON and of the reductions in taxation ceased, when the Whigs began to levy more taxes, then the baneful restrictions on importing corn, and sugar, and wine met, and stopped our commerce on every shore ; we could no longer go ahead, and beggary, starvation, and discon tent spread over the land with frightful rapidity. At length the existence of almost unexampled dis tress is acknowledged on all hands. The Duke of WEL LINGTON admitted it last night ; the QUEEN'S letter tes tifies to it ; and the advance of public money leaves it unquestioned. It is not caused by free trade ; nor any natural calamity ; we have been visited by no earthquake or pestilence ; our artisans have not lost their cunning, nor is the skill of our agriCul wrists withered away. Prohibitions and restrictive laws meet us at every turn. We want food, and are not allowed to import corn, sugar, meat, wine, brandy, • butter, cheese, nor any of the staple articles of human subsistence. These laws are the plain, pal pable, and immediate barriers to our further progress. They are the causes of our distress ; and as all parties arc now, with one accord, seeking for a remedy, we know not why we should not again advert to the repeal of those laws, as the sure and certain means of relieving distress and lessening discontent. Last night the subject was brought forward in the House of Lords, and the repeal of the Corn-law, re cently passed, was referred to by the Duke of WEL LINGTON. Perhaps his Grace meant to be sarcastic, but but we can assure him that the only hope of the mul titude lies in that ; and precisely that, quixotic as it may appear, is . the object demanded by numerous bodies of manufacturers. What then, let us ask, would be the consequence of the total and immediate abolition of Sir R. PEEL'S laws to keep out foreign corn and sugar ? Let us not blink the matter, but look at it in all its bearings. If the Corn-laws were totally abolished, and the duty on foreign sugar reduced to the level of the duty on colonial sugar, all the corn and foreign sugar now in b.bnd would be instantly entered for home consumption. Great quantities of it would be immediately sold, and tho.,e who now hold it, would immediately send abroad for more: There would be an instant demand fur capi tal to a great extent ; there would be life in the money market. Our merchants would be immediately sensible that they would be' able to sell additional qnantitics of woollens, and cottons, and hardware, in the Brazils and in the United States. Gocds would be in demand, and there would be hope and life in the markets of Leeds, Manchester, and Sheffield. More work would be in stantly given out, mills would work full time ; wages would cease to fall, and there would be again life and hope in the labour market. More ships would be re • quired ; there would be a stir in all our ports ; and pro sperity and gladness would instantly return to every part of the empire. But it is said that the agrriculturists and the sugar planters would be injured. We deny it. The repeal of the obnoxious laws could not add a grain to the present quantity of corn and sugar in existence, nor cause any more to be grown this season. All the corn which is now in bond will'come into consumption in the course of a few weeks, at a nominal duty, without any addi tional demand for it. Repeal the Corn-law, and though not an additional grain of corn could be obtained, the demand for it would be greatly increased. Our people ana much under-fed ;we believe that twice the pre sent quantity would scarcely suffice them ; and with a free trade they would have the means of purchasing twice the quantity. Under the influence of hope the manufac turers would continue to set more hands to work, and the demand for food would increase faster than our own and other countries could supply it. There would be no fall of price, therefore, beyond the fall which will take' place after the harvest is gathered in ; not a soul would he in layed by the repeal, but multitudes would be saved from starving, the country would be secured from decay, and the monarchy from a great convulsion. _ . . The same argument applies to sugar. The quantity now grown would not meet the demand, and the planters would lose only a portion of the discriminating tax they now levy on us. They would cease, however, to compete with one another so eagerly as at present ; they would cultivate at a less cost ; and ultimately would lose no • thing. We have no hesitation, therefore, in asserting that the measure of repealing the PEEL Corn-keeping out Bill this Session, to which the Duke of WELLINGTON L:st night sneeringly alluded, is precisely that measure which would give the country instant relief, and on which, as we know—hopeless as it may appear—many manufacturers yet rely to save them and their workmen from ruin. When the Messrs. WIGNEY, the bankers of Brighton , e ere under examination seven weeks ago, on April 25th, drew attention to the conduct of London houses, which, taking great care of themselves, countenance hi uses which they know are unsound, in carrying on a business which they also know must he an injury, and probably a fraud, on some unsuspecting persons. We then said that the sort of business the Brighton Bank carried on, the nature of the payments for which it had to provide, and the kind of security it must have c,ntinually offered for advances, must have made its London Correspondents acquainted, years ago' with the true state of its affairs. Who can believe, if such were the case, had the Messrs. MASTERMAN refused the agency of the Messrs. WIGNEY'S Bank some years ago, that the delusion practised by those gentlemen could have been so long continued, or would have been so injurious to the Messrs. WrolstEy's clients ? We fur ther remarked that we have not heard that the London correspondents of the Brighton Bank are creditors to any extent ; they no doubt took care of themselves ; but whatever may be the case in law, it does not satisfy morality, that an opulent London house, which lends its countenance to a country house through six years of insolvency, in the end escaped without any loss. Reminding our readers of these circumstances, we now leave the following extract from the examination of Mr. J. N. WIGNEY, on Wednesday, to the common sense of the reflecting public:— In your 1 alance sheet there is an item of 27,5941. 3s. 104. in liabilities to Messrs Masterman and others, believed to be good. How much of that has been paid?— All except one bill. When all the liabilities have run off, Messrs. Masterman will be in debted to the assignees to the extentof 2,0031. 3s. Mr. George Wigney's name is endorsed on bills to the extent of 13,0001. He beean to endorse bills for me during the last year. My account was overdrawn, and Mr. Masterman said it was desirable to have a name on the bill. THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM. The Queen held a Drawing-room yesterday afternoon at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a party of the Life Guards, attended by the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting; Hon. Miss Stanley, and Hon. Miss Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Wait ing ; Lord Rivers, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting on his Royal Highness; Mr. Ormsby Go-e, Groom in Waiting; Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting; Major General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness, and Mr. Wilson and Mr. Wortley, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse, and also the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, received the Queen and the Prince at St. James's Palace on their arrival. The Counts Alenstiorf accompanied her Majesty and his Royal Highness from Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, arrived by the garden entrance, and was received by the Vice-Chamberlain, who conducted her Royal Highness to the Queen's Closet. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Colonel Sir George Couper, I:aronet. The Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Maids of Honour, and [he Women of the Bedchamber to her Majesty were in at tendance. The Qeeen and Prince Albert and their Illustrious relatives, attended by the Royal suite, entered the Throne. room, when the following presentations to her Majesty took place in the Foreign Di, lomatic Circle, before the general Circle. Madame lloutourlin nee Princese Stcherbatoff, by the Bai oness Brunow, the Lady of the Russian Minister. Le Baron de Barante, Ambassadeur de France a Peters boure, and Monsieur de Barante (his son), by Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador. Le Vicomte Gustave de Tonghe, by M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister. I.e General Boutourlin, and Le Chevalier de Habbe, Charge d'Affaires, from Russia to Brazil, by Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister. Monsieur do Orlich, Capitaine dans les Gardes de S. M. le Roi de Prussia, by Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister: Le Barom de Palsesay, by Baron de Neuman, the Austrian Minister. Son Excellence General Bustamente, late President of Mexico, by Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Charge d'Affaires. The Members of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps present were the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, and Comtesse de Flahault ; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Mi nister; Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; Count Pol lon, the Sardinian Minister ; M. Fortique, the Venezuelan 111i nister ; the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunow, and Count Chreplowitch, first Secretary to the Legation ; General Castecicola, Neapolitan Minister ; Count Kielman segge, the Hanoverian Minister; Baron de Hugel, the Wur temberg Minister ; the Grecian Minister and Madame Tri coupi, and M. Phocion Roque, Secretary of Legation ; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, and Baron Ckarles de Canitz, Secretary of Legation ; the Brazilian Minister and Madame Marques Lisboa; Mr. Everett, United States Mini• ster ; Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister, Baron Brock dorff, the Secretary, and M. de Bielke, Attache to the Lega tion ; Baron de Nieumann, the Austrian Minister, and Barons Koller and Lebzeltern, Secretaries of Legation ; the Spanish Minister, and J. Pizarro, Attache to the Legation; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister; the Mexican Charge d'Aff a ires and Madame Murphy, and M. Negrete, Secretary to the ; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires; the New Grenada Charge d'Affaires and Madame Mosquera, and le Baron Giordano. After the Foreign Diplomatic Corps the general Company were introduced, when the following presentations to her Majesty took place in the general Circle : Dvrarkanouth Tagore Zemindar, by Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci. 1 he Countess of Morley, on her marriage, by the Countess of Poulett. Lady Bruce, by the Lady Langdale. Miss Bruce, by her mother, Lady Bruce. Mrs. Rogers, by the Duchess of Buccleuch. Mrs. John Meek Britten, by her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch. Miss Shaw Lefevre, by Mrs. Shaw Lefevre. The Hon. Lady Bagot, upon going to Canada, by the Countess of Haddington. The Drawing-room was attended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamber lain, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen .at- Arms, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice-Chancellor Bruce, the Vice-Cham berlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Judge Advocee-General, Hon. Sir Ed ward Butler, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of Gentle men-at-Arms; Mr. George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard ; the Master of the Ceremonies, Captain Henry Hope, C. 8., Naval Aide-de-ramp in Waiting; Colonels Broke, Weare, Dyneley, C. 8., and Hon. H. Dundas, C. 13, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen; Lieutenant-Colonel Fitch, her Catholic Majesty's service; Mr. Henry Robin son, Standard-bearer to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Sir George Houlton, Ensign of the Yeoman Guard ; Mr. Sheriff Rogers, Mr. Sheriff Mag nay, Mr. Under-Sheriff Britten, Sir G. Hayter, M. A. S. L., pr.ncipal painter in ordinary to her Majesty; Lieutenant- Colonel MiDowalll Life Guards, Silver Stick ; Sir Archi bald Macdonald, 1111Pierry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies; Rev. Dr. Hook, Chaplain in Waiting; Mr. James Bunee Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Mr. Ellertherp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeoman Guard ; Captain S Saddler, Exon in Waiting; Mr. Beresford, Groom of the Privy Chamb er ; Captain Green, Gentleman Usher in Waiting; Sir Benjamin Smith ; Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in Waiting ; Colonel Sir John Morillyon Wilson, Gen tleman Usher to the Privy Chamber of her Majesty the Queen Dowager ; and the following Ladies— Ducts asses—lnverness, Beaufort, Roxburgh, Cleveland. MA RCH toNEss—Londonderry. Co uNTESSES—BeImore, Pembroke, Plymouth, Arran, Clan william, Chichester, Delswarr, Dowager Listowel, Eldon, Eg linton, Sefton, Egmont, Aylesford, Dowager Chichester, Brownlow, Haddington, Jersey, Verulam, Radnor, Poulett, Essex, Dowager Carnwath, Zetland, B. Metaxa. VISCOUNTESSES Galway, Dowager Galway, Bernard, Acheson, Howick, Folkestone, Ashbrook, Duncan. LA DlES—Gomm,Whetley, Ernest B. Bruce, Cowper, Lang dale, Dymoke, Flower, Maria K , ppel, Lovat, Katherine Doug las, Herries, Leigh, Waterpark, Talbot de Malahide, Osborne, Brabazon, Harriot Mostyn, Burnley, Cremorne, Clark, M Fitzalan Howard, Stanley, Geary, A. Poulett, Stewart Bruce, Heatheete, Caroline Duncombe, Wrottesley, Harriet Lane, Barton, A. Finch, Marian Alford, Sarah Finch, Dowager Arundel, Helena French, Elizabeth West, Mary West, Clemen tina Villiers, Radstock, Bowater, F. Vane, L. Cornwallis, K. Jel myn, J. Eliot, Wenlock, Carington, Lacon, West, Baker, J. Norreys, Maclaine, A. Arden, F. Sandon, M. Stanley, Williams, Heytesbury, A. Vane, M. Agar, Wilson, Willoughby de Eresby, Cust (2), Knatchbull, Gerard, Lyndhurst, J. Bols i verie, C. Towneley, E. Cornwallis, Graham, Hanmer, Dow ager Clinton, Montfort, E. Feilding, C. Greville, Leighton, Frances Hope, Belhaven. BARONESSES—De Rothschild, Charles de Rothschild. I lONOURABLES—Mrs. R. Cavendish, Mrs. P. Savile, Sophia Wheatley, Emma Leigh, Mrs. Milnes, Miss C. Clif ford, Miss Flower, Mrs. A. Capel, Mrs. Mackenzie, Mrs. Massy, Mrs. Rushout, Maria Rice, Lady Murray, Mrs. T. Kenyon. Mrs. A'Court, Mrs. E. Kenyon, Jane Lawley, Mrs. W. Grieve, Mi ss M onc kt o n, F. Rice, Mrs. Bowles, Lady Betlingfield, Mrs. Caulfield, Mrs. B. Percy, Mrs. R. Smyth, Mrs. E. Petre. E. Lionel Welles, Shaw Lefevre, Mon- MIST RESSES—....pry, Warburton. ew tefiore, Brame Elwyn, John . Dymoke, John Cary, y th De digate Ferrior, G P. Burgh,' Egerton, Thorn ton, Bullock, H. Franks, W . w W " Benett Grove, Barry, Wa3- N ee ite, G ritu y ile' e fl o o h lford, Icket a t, J. Thorn iodudtehl,l j fc C l l , n t A o l c a k y , n A e: J L o as hn ce A l l ie lo G lm : , G Ni r ad A d l i a n e g p t h o e n r , sc G n' eo V R g Hill, Sonar, Charles Earle, Charles Bruce, Outram, Whitmore, Claxton, Pasley, Glegg, Charles Simeon, Thomas Gladstone, Robert Cartwright, G. H. Vyse, H. Colville, W. Pole, Norton, Harcourt, Murray, Wyndham, J. N. Gladstone, Vernon Smith, Douglas, Ayscough, Bulkeley, Frobisher, Bagabaw, Caulfield, J. Abel smith, Talfourd, N. Bland, Broke, E. Rice, J. Bastard, M. R. Scott, G. St. John, W. Miles, H. hinde, Spicer, N. Sutton, Dugdale. MissEs—Fraser, Dennis., Mary Wheatles ' Horatio Sanford, Egerton. E. G. Manley, Laura Bowles, Ayscough, F. Lane Fo.x, Hinchman, Mid; a , d, Grove, Waddington, Oswald, Trotter, Trench, Maria Trench, Faulkner, Louisa Douglas, Riddell, Ja' e West, Struart, Emily Waddington, Bromley, Mary Spicer, Pugh. Spicer, Byrne, Georgians Byrne, Mary Bromley, Whitmore, Lucy Whitmore, Mills, Emily Glegg, Tollemache, Osborne, Berkeley, West, Colville, D'Henin, Ellen R. Bullock, Evans, Mary Oswald, E. A. Bennett, Rive, Percy, Glegg, Ussher, Adderly, G. Bushe, Helen W 3 ndham, Emil Bu lock, Proctor, Caulfield, Bastard, Mayne, M. Ely, Grey, E. Kenyon, Newte, Beresford, Wilson, M. Sey mour, A. Seymour, Fielden, Mytton, Sprye, Copley, Douglas. The following Ladies had the honour of being presented :o her Majesty : The Countess of Delmore by the Marchioness of Ely The Hon. Mrs. Richard Cavendish, on her marriage, by Lady Waterpark The Hon. Mrs. Philip Sas ile, on her marriage, by Viscountess Canning The Hon. Emma Lei ;h, by her mother, the Lady Leigh The Baroness Charles de Rothschild, on her marriage, by her mother, the Baroness de Rothschild Mrs. Sprye, by the Countess of Dunmore Mrs. E. Lionel Welles. by Mrs. Sprye Hon. Miss Constantia Clifford, by the Lady Lovat Lady Maria Keppel, by the Countess of Charlemont Mrs. Brame Elwyn, by Lady Maclaine Hon. Mrs. Manes, by the Dowager Viscountess Galway Mrs. John Dymoke, by Lady Dymoke Miss Egerton, by her mother, Mrs. Ege r t on Miss Horatio Sanford, by the Countess Paulett Miss Dennis ' by Mrs. Brame Elwyn Miss Fraser, by her mother, Lady Lovat Miss Oswald, by Viscountess Canning Nlrs.,Murray, by Viscountess Beresford Miss Waddington, by her mother, Mrs. Waddingto n Miss Grove, by the Countess of Pembroke Miss Hildyard, by Lady Bromley Miss HinAman, by Mrs. Newte Miss F. Lane Fox, by the Countess of Zetland Mrs. Robert Cartwright, on her marriage, by the Countess of Plymouth Mrs. G. Parker Bushe, on her marriage, by the Dowager Countess of Listowel The Hon. Mrs. Edward Kenyon, on her marriage, by Lady Err est Bruce Lady Caroline Greville, by the Duchess of Buccleuch Lady Carrington, by Lady Willoughby de Eresby Miss Lama Bowles, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Bowles. Mrs. Warburton, by Lady Brabazon Lady Caroline Duncombe, on her marriage, by the Cowstets of Eldon Mrs. Nevleeate, by Lady Bowater Mrs. Admiral Ayscougl* and Miss Ayscough, by the Hon. Lady Cockburn Mrs. Ferrior, by the Hon. Mrs. Mackenzie Hon. Mrs. Bei tie Percy, by the Countess of Beverley Mrs. Haygarth, by Lady Ifirriot Lloyd Mostyn Mrs. Samuel Thornton, by the Hon. Mrs. Mines Lady Leighton, by Lady Stanley, of Alderley Lady Baer, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs.. Nahum Sutton Mrs. M'Clintnek, by Viscountess Bernard Lady Harriet Lane, by the Countess of Zetland The Countess of Arran, by the Duchess of Inverness Lrdy Sarah Finch, by her mother, the Countess of Ayleskord, Miss Wilson, by her mother, Lady Wilson Duchess of Cleveland, by the Countess of Brownlow Mrs Waddington, by Viscountess Galway Mrs. J. T. Mayne, by Mrs. Gwynue Holford Mrs. Glegg, by Mrs. Egerton Lady West, by Lady Durham Mrs. General Cau'tield, by the Countess of CharlemOnt Mrs. Arthur Laseelles, by Lady Frances Hope Mrs. Barry, by the Couutess Listowel Mrs. G. Gordon Macpherson, by Lady Barton Mrs. Widdington Riddell, by Lady Gerard Miss E. G. Manley, by Lady Lovat Mrs. Ou'ram, by lady Clare Mrs Pasley, by the Countess of Haddington Lady Lacon, by the Countess of Oxford Lady Feary, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruce ' Lady Heatheote. by Lady Helena Trench Mrs. Frobisher, by the Marchioness of Ormond , Lady Helena Trench, on receiving the rank of an Earl's daughter, by the Countess of Egmont Mrs. G. H. Vyss, by Lady Marian Alford Lstly Stewart Bruce, by Lady Katherine Jermyn Mrs. Ilarte Franks, on going to India, by Lady Jephsoe Norre} s Mrs. William Penett, by the Dowager Lady Arundell Mrs. Grove, by the Countess of Pembroke Mrs. John Cary, by the Dowager Lady BedinWeld Mis. John Malcolm, by the Countess of Plymouth Mrs. George Hid, by the Countess Delawarr Mrs. Bonsr, by Lady Bowater Nils. Charles Earle, by Lady Saltoun Mt s. Charles Simeon, by Lady Knatchbull The Hon. Mrs. Massey, by Lady tutor, Miss Mary Seymour, by the Dowa;zer Lady Clinton Miss Percy, by the Countess of Beverley Miss E. A iina Bentiett, by her mother, Mrs. William Bennett Miss Mary Oswald, by the Viscountess Cannins Miss Ellen H. Bullojk, by her Mother, Mrs. Bullock Miss Giegg, by Mrs. Glegg Miss West, by her mother, Lady West Miss Tollemache, by Mrs. De Burgh Miss Berkeley, by Lady Charlotte Berkeley Miss Emily Glegg, by Mrs. Glegg Miss Miles, by her mother. Mrs. William Miles Miss Mary Bromley, by her mother, Lady Bromley Miss Spicer, by her mother, Mrs. Spicer Miss Mary Spicer, by her mother, Mrs. Spicer Miss Emily Waddington, by her mother, Mrs. Waddington Miss Stewart, by Mrs. Brownlow Poulter Miss Jane West, by her mother, Lady West Miss Louisa Douglas, by her mother, Mrs. Admiral Douglas Miss Evans, by Airs. George St. John Miss Helen Wyndham, by Mrs. yndham Miss Faulkener, by her aunt, the Dowager Lady Arundel Miss Maria French, by the Countess of Egmont ;Miss Trench, by the Countess of Egmont The following Gentlemen were present : Dtrees—Hamil , on, Buceleuch, Rotburgh, St. Alban's, N ,rfolk, Beaufort. MARQUIS—Bute. LA R LS—Chichester, Enniskillen, Morley, A)lesford, Arran, Egmont, Browniow, Leitrim, Sefton, Haddington, Eldon. ViscouNrs—Galway, Acheson, Bernard, Folkestone, Dun can, Alford, Northland: ARCHBISHOP—Armagh. Loans—Leigh, Lovat, Stafford, Clifford, Talbot de Mala hide, Waterpark, Wenlock, Carington, Wrottesley, Bloomfield, Fitzgerald and Vesci, Stanley, Wharncliffe, Brabazon, Al. Kerr, Radsteck, Cremorae, Belhaven. BA noN—Charles de Rothschild. COUNT—B. Metaxa. MOUT HONOURABLE—R. Vernon Smith. HONOUR; BLEB—Richard Cavendish, Rev. P. Yorke Savile, Rev. Edward Keppel, W. J. G. Chetw3nd, Edward Petre, 0. Duncombe, Edward Mostyn, A. F. Capel, C. Lennox Butler. Sias—Henry Smyth, M.D., Henry Dymoke, Baldwin Leighton, Montague Cholmeley, Edmund Lacon, George Baker, John Harington, William Heathcote, D. J. Norreys, AI. D., Thomas Ul,her, E. B. Baker, J. T. Lee, G. Jackson, J. Hanmer, J. Gerard, J. Hoare. DEAN—Chichester. REV. DOCTORS—CIaxon, Hook, Hawtrey, REV. MESSIEURS—J.Iin Dymoke, F. S. Trench, M. It. Scott, J. Carver, G. G. Stonestreet, -W. S. Rowe. D ,CTORS—Lazen, Field, Outram, Harrison, Jackson, Ludlow, R. H. Mackenzie, Hindley. MitsstEUßS—E. Lionel Wells, George Whitmore ' Keate, Alexander, H. Coe Coape, S. A. Donaldson , Bell, Bullock, A. Robinson, 0. Bateman, Mayne, Hicks, Tisdall, J. W. Stratford, G. P. Bushe, Drewe, H. B. Walker, Whitmore, G. Fitzgerald Higgins ' E. Kenyon, Stuart Farquharson, N. Bland, John Cary, Harcourt, Charles B. Buller, Colvile, M.P., Bullock, Johnson Neale, Darwin Galton, J. G. T. Sinclair, Gwynne, J. T. Gorle, J. Halkett, Egerton, Robert Kennedy, Belford H. Wilson, Newdegate, Thomas Bacon, De Burgh, John Tyndale, Challoner, Hamilton Story, Burton Borough, Dewar, Summers Harford, William Miles, M.P., Weddington Reddell, Spicer, W. T. Praed, Bulkeley, Colvin, Ferdinand Huddlestone, C. Sidney Hawkins, Alexander Os wald, Bumburg, M.P. J. F. Stanford, George G. Macpher son, Waddington, M.P ., Manley, Wm. Maxwell Dirom, Fre ekrick Seymour, Bonar, M'Clintock, Thos. Gladstone, M.P., Robert J. Bagshaw, Dugdale, M. P. , O'Moore, O'Connor Henchy, Robertson Barclay, Hodgson Hinde, M.P., Edward Rice, M.P., Hindley, M.P., John Copling, %% Mini Bridges, Ouseley Higgins, Benett, M.P., C. R. Wh'telock, Elliott, G. M. Hicks, Beckett, M. P., Charles Towneley, Whitmore, Hamilton, Milnes, M.P. FIELD-MA e.snAL—The Duke of Wellington. A DMIRA Ls—Douglas, Ayscough, Sir T. Troubridge, Sir John West, K.C.B. ('ENERALS—Sir Wm. Gomm, Sir Robert Barton, Sir Frederick Adam, Caulfedd, Shulrick, Sir Archibald Alaclaine. iggs, Pasley. Co N t.s —Fitch, H. C. NI. S., Sir George Cooper, Bart., Sir William Herries, Proctor, Peter Hawker, Hon. G. R. Trevor, ALP., Freestun, Samuel Dales, Trevor, H. Colvile, North, Discon, Ellis, Garland, Fludyer, Symons, Sir Charles Dance, Love, Gwvnne Holford, N. Aloes, Angelo. MAJORS Pugh, Way mouth, Cooke, Last, Pinckney, Raines, John Maclean, }lallifax. Drought. CA PTAINS—Sprye, Senoc Hawker, Hilliard, Berkeley, C. 13., 'Bateman, F. V. Cotton ' Harte Franks, Frobishe r , Aldridge, Grierson, Taswell, William Henry Haslewofid, Edward Stanley, Sainthill, Sandiman, Thornton, Wingfield, M'Cnmming, Moore, Howard Vyse, W. F. Hay, Chambers, Sir T. Fellowes, Samuel Pair, Maher, J. Willoughby, Hoare, Berkeley Maxwell, S. Price, Hathorn, Houston Stewart, C. 8., Wilson, Berners, H. Roberts, Emery, C. M. Caldwell, Mor gan', H. A.C. eOMMANDIRS—BradIey, J. N. Gladstone. Gordon G. Macdonald, Tennyson D' Eyncourt, T. G. Dick, Norcott, R.N., Broke, De Saumarez, John Gwyn Wigley, R. H. Fleming, Monypenny, Schomberg, G. It Ogilvy. LIEUTENANTS.—KendaII, H. J. Margarv, Short, H. Curling, Colin Campbell, Kane, Holland, Hpdgkinsion. R. Hughes, Capel Coape, Eardley Norton, Lord Frederick Kerr, Maitland, Churchill Spencer, A. Cumming, J. Stewart, D. Henderson, Humbley, Haygarth, Rattenbury, Wardlaw, Percy Hill, ENSIGNS.—H. E. Weare, L. H. Bedford, Mason. The Queen gave audiences to the Lord Chamberlain and Colonel Walton, Field Officer in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Suite, re turned to Buckingham Palace after the Drawing-room. The Mess of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at- Arms dined together last evening at Long's Hotel. 14 The Pique frigate, of PORTSMOUTH, ji.TNE with most of the former en Monday direct for Hong Kong, Athenian freight-ship sailed at this port upwards of 700 tons of 36 guns, was re-commissioned yesterday. r C e. a a p p ta po in in H te . d F . Forbes, Rear-Admiral Hon. P. D. provisions . having in command at this harbour, and superin- Bouverie, second nn dock-yard, returns from leave of absence to morrow, of the hoard China. IV. Henderson, C. B. The Admiral's period of gree f e o i r ve t d he fleet in morrow, and re-hoists his flag on board the Victory, 110 guns, Captain %V. • servitude at this port expires on the successor is not yet known. Report gives the appointment to Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart. The Volcano steamer, Lieutenant Featherstone commanding, left the harbour at an early hour this morning, and proceeded to Southampton for' the purpose of embarking her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who was expected to arrive by the noon train. At 230 P.M. the Volcano was seen passing through Spithead, with the Royal standard flying. At three o'clock her Majesty and suite entered the harbour, receiving the customa'y aalutes from the men of war and batteries; many persons assembled on the fortifications and beach cheering most heartily. The Queen Dowager visited the St.. Vincent, flag-ship of the Com mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, and pro ceeded up the ha.: - bour to steam round the Hastings, of 74 guns, in which ship her Majesty, on her late visit to Malta, embarked. At seven o'clock the Royal party proceeded in the Volcano to Hyde, where her Majesty landed, remaining the night at the Pier Hotel, proceeding to-morrow to the delightful village of Ventnor, where ire Queen Dowager, it is expected, sojourn so me d ays . Rear-Admiral Griffiths died at his villa, at Barnes common, on Tuesday, in his 73d year. will - • EA - V i I,t• ' ' i1 r0 :5 4 { . 411( .<? s• ' - • yetA•i*" t r alr' f6'tkiliffirCOlC utne