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,WITH TWENTY-TIP ILLUSTRATIONS, by GEO. CRUIKSHANK M.EECH, and CROWQUIL L. The JUNE NUMBER, Price HALF-A-CROWN, of B EN T LITYI•S MI S CELLA,NY. Contents: — THE LAY OF ST. CUTHBERT, or, the Devil's Dinner-party. A Legend of the North Countrie. By THONIAS INGOLDSBY, Esq. With an tllustration by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. John Bull in Tartary, by the Author of " Hajji Baba," " Zohrab," &c. Kee- Chee Megissee, or the Great Eagle, by aMan about Town. The Green-wood. • The French Cook, by Albany Povntz. A Chapter on Beards, and My First Shave, by Wil liam Collier. Precautionary Measures, by H. R. Addison. Old Companions !—where are they?• by William Jones. RICHARD SAVAGE, A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. By CHARLES WHITEHEAD. Illuttrated by LEACH. The Philosophy of Marriage, edited and Illustrated by Alfred Crow quill. Anacreonties. nullah-Balloo ! Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. Robins picking-up the Crumbs! Illustrated by Alfred Crow quill. Dirge, by William Jones. 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After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed, NEW kiCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. BATTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu merous, and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Pulleys, and the most taleated Vaulters, Riders, Gymrastics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. thirgious Cavalcade, novel acts of Equitation, and unri vahod Acroh,tique Feats. To cooeluue with an eatirely New comic Drama, entitled THE ontLET EYE. -------- ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. • The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAY , , GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all thosa ?popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place of recrem:ion its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in trod:Wools, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many wadable and lin. 4-tasit acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feuding Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF BOME has been repainted, and in some initances reanodiAled, with a Mechanical Table:u d'action, repre satieg the Pikeession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nelo4os,,to the Cootle of St. Angelo. Th SAW D includvs some of the most emalcut Performers, con dusted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES MUSICALES selected from the noblest works of the great Masters. The I LI.O A:110N of sT.gETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, And th. IGIR:tNDOLA of ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeous ;Spectacled and magnificent introduetieos that have call,d forth ac •clantnta Boas of delight and admiration on each evening or their ex.. hlleition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, Ike CASCADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily front Ten till Dusk. The Evening Vitas, with the Promeeades Muocales, Illumination of It. Peter's, Gown o f St. Angelo, &c., will be given ins Mondays, Tuesdays, rbors chqs. Admission One Shilling. And Disgusting Character, All Advertisements of a or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." .t- ''."l. lc r• • r , • , z , • 0 111 Ar 4 im=" 4 -1---'' 'ClAP),Witrllik • • It o ; -1 .. • 44, 63 9 , ; „,•1110. , "P r 413,- It * • • . gig tot LONDON • TUL:SDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1842. • It is with feelings of sorrow and regret that we an nounkte another attempt to assassinate her INIAJEsrr. At the 4ne time we announce, with feelings of gra -tit ade to file. ALMIGIITY, that the murderous attempt Wilk; happily a complete failuq. At the Home-office, And by all the authorities the strictest silence is pre served, and th-Jreforc is yet publicly known of tlm Dane and character of the assassin. We are only acquainted with the fact that, on her MAJESTY'S return yesterday from her ride, accompanied by Prince ALIMILT, in her pony chaise, an attempt ww..; made to fire a pistol at her by a young man, who was inune diately and conveyed in custody to one of the l o dges ‘n" Buckingham Palace. Ile was afterwards 'examined by the PriTy Council, and finally committed f o r the night to Tothill-fields pison, to be brought up en • rc- vunination'to-day. in this ease we f ear o that premeditation and deliberate design are too appa rent; for we do'ubl)•reg?ct to say that the attempt yesterday was the*pitition of l im attempt made the, day before, which, noikeiilgkiiOwil to her MAJESTY, was kept secret froiinhe public. The would-be assassin then remained undetected. Her MAJESTY, we are informed, was aware of the attempt that was made yesterday, and displayed her usual coolness and self-possession. The circumstance occasioned the greatest excite ment at the West-end. Both Houses of Parliament were immediately adjourned, and all the Ministers hastened to attend the examination by the Privy Council. Crowds collected round the Home-office, and at other places where information was expected, and the whole population seemed to take an intense interest in her MAJESTY'S welfare. To attack the life of a Sovereign is an awful affair; but when that Sovereign is a young and amiable mother, surrounded with all the enjoy ment as well as all the pomp of Royalty, it is at once an attack on what is most lovely and endearing, and most lofty and commanding. We cannot be surprised, therefore, that the attempt has excited intense interest and equal horror. We have several times had occasion to notice re semblances between France and England; it is de plorable that we find a likeness also in a disposition in some of the people to assail the life of the Sovereign in both countries. Such a disposition at home and abroad must have some similar cause, and we con jure our statesmen to make this a subject of delibera tion. When it becomes the practice to assail the life of the Sovereign, they may be sure that political so ciety is not in a sound condition. A man,• it is said, should live with his friends as if they were one day to become his enemies. Para phrasing this, we would hint to the upper classes the propriety of treating the people as if they were at tsome time likely to get the upper hand. It will only be acting on the admirable precept of doing to others zei you would wish to be done unto. To-day Lord 1 ASHLEY is to move for leave to bring in a Bill to make regulations respecting the age and sex of persons ad pitted to work in mines and collieries ; and it is apropos of that motion that we have referred to these n ixiins of civil wisdom. We do not for one moment doubt the humane and kindly intentions of Lord ASHLEY, and of his prompters and advisers; but between humane and kindly intentions, and the knowledge which ought alone be the foundation of laws, there is an immense difference. His generous impulses recommend him to .Our affection, but they do not qualify him for a legitl3tor. It is given in evidence by the Commis sioners to inquire into mines, that the well-intended regulations which have had the effect of keeping children out of comparatively healthy factories, where the work is easy, have made their mothers solicitous to get them employed in mines. Any kind of labour, they feel, is'better for their offspring than starvation or the poor-house. It is given in evidence before the sand Commission, that it is the poverty of the young rather than their will, which makes them con sent to de3cend and labour in the bowels of the earth. We must believe our legislators when they tell us, as they do constantly and inva riably, that they have made the laws not ibr their own benefit exclusively, but for the public advantage. Their motives, they assert, have lorn, like those of Lord ASHLEY, of the most .amial_le !chid, their intentions the most benevolent ; and the plain and palpable result is extreme poverty, g►reat destitution, and great degradation of the classes :hey have so benevolently meant to serve. Fear ing that such may also be the result of Lord ASHLEY'S well-meant, but perhaps not eniigi.tened intentions, we beseech him to weigh well, not merely the supposed material or physical come qu4! ices of his Bill, but all its moral consequences on he Inind.; of all those classes with whose industry and uccu litions he is about to meddle. As long as there is a bare possibility of the present upper daises not being always in the ascendant, they ought .to be careful how they set the example of in terfering with other men's business. Suppose the Chartists to get the upper hand, and issue a Commis sion of Inquiry into the occupations, amusements, and manner of living of the nobility ? Does Lord Asti- LET suppose that a Commission of medical democrats could not make up as harrowing a report of the con sequences of idleness and dissipation, as the Mine Commissioners have made of the consequences of I overworking and underfeeding ? Could such a Com mission not state that the muscular development of the idle and dissipated classes is imperfect—that they are the prey of numerous disorders which shorten life—that amongst them, owing to idleness and high living, licentiousness of the most revolting kind takes place, such as is quite un known to collier lads and collier lasses ? We are afraid that, deeply as we mourn over the de gradation of collier girls, worse scenes than disgrace the pits might perchance be unfolded were a Commis sion rigidly to inquire into all the practices of public schools and universities. We are sure that such a Commission, following a pampered youth of the rich classes from a school to college, from college to town, and in town to all the haunts he may visit, would paint such a picture that all the vice, and all the dirty, disgusting toils of the colliers would appear pleasant, as we are sure they would be innocent, by the compa- We have no inclination to follow out this comparison; we have hinted enough to justify our conclusion that a Commission of medical democrats' appointed by a Chartist Parliament, might find much that 1 . 4 s extremely reprehensible in the employments and amusements of the rich. If such a Parliament were to imitate Lord ASHLEY, and propose, on the Report of such a Commission, a series of laws to improve the moral and physical con dition of the opulent and idle, we are inclined to sup pose the lives of the latter would become unbearable. From the best intentions and the most kindly motives a Chartist Parliament, imitating Lord ASHLEY and his friends, might conclude that a very considerable portion of daily =similar exertion would be extremely beneficial to the opulent of both sexes, and might im pose tasks on them not half so hard as the colliers, both lads and lasses, voluntarily undertake, but which would be a torment to those accustomed to the indulgences of opulence. Let Lord ASULEY then, and his followers and friends, be careful not to make his own ideas the guide and rule of other men, lest it be hereafter mewured out to him and them as he now metes to others. rison. We see no reason why any class or description of men, whether Lords or labourers, whether BiShops or Chartists, should set themselves up as model men for all the rest of Mankind. We know not why their par ticular mode of 'living, their pursuits, their ideas, should be esteemed exclusively right and proper, and we know not why other men should 'be required to conform to them. In his sphere a collier is as useful as a Bishop, and a collier lass as valuable a member of society as a nobleman's daughter. The colliers, both men and women, therefore, ought to be treated the same as other people by the law. The personal independence of each individual ought to be held sa cred. Colliers and peers should be equally at liberty to go and come, to labour or not to labour, to play or not .to play, so far as the law speaks, just as they like. It is the perpetual meddling of the Legis lature with the poorer and humbler classes which destroys their sense of independence, substitutes regula tions for discretion, and makes them the mechanical, and almost degraded, beings we find them. To begin in a right direction, we should knock off some of their fetters ; remove some of the impediments to. the free and healthy action of their own natural powers, not impose new restrictions and place more impedi ments in the way of their cultivating their fatuities. Let Lord Asui.Ey and his fellows undo their own votes to tax the butter and cheese and bread of these .pej ple, and so cease to impose on them a nOCOS, Sit Vto labour twelve hours t o o b ta i n subs i stence, when, but for these taxes, six hours-might suffice. If the' Lcg.slature will only allow the people to have plenty of food as the reward of little work, we will answer for it that there will be no more need for re gulations in England to prevent childan and females from worl:ing themselves to death in coal-pits, than there is at present to prevent the negroes in Trinidad and Demerara front doing too much sugar hoeing for the planters. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuels vesterday laid the first sti.ne of a new Episcopal Chapel in the Broaa way, Westminster. PLYMOUTH, MAY 29.—We regret to learn that General 31uri ay, the Commander-in. Chief o f the district, %las taken ill at a private oinner party given by Admiral Si r David Mil n e, and was obliged to leave at nine o'clock for his own sceitlence. rnE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIXG, MAY 31, 1842: ATTEMPT ON THE QUEEN'S LIFE. From the Third Edition of The Sun of Last Night.) We have just been informed, by a messenger who left the Green Park in great haste, that another attempt was made on the Queen's life, by a young man of respectable appearance, about 23 years of age, just as her Majesty was returning in a barouche and four from her evening ride towards Buckingham Palace. Suddenly the flash of a pistol was observed by the bystanders, and instantly the young man who had at tempted to fire it was seized. Fortunately the pistol did not go oft; and before a second attempt could be made he was in custody. Indeed he did not appear to make the attempt, for he put the pistol hurriedly into his breast, endeavouring to escape detection. It does not appear from what we have heard that her Majesty was at all aware of what had transpired. Singularly enough, the affair took place about where Oxford made his atrocious attempt. The prisoner was taken to the Palace Lodge, under the charge of Colonel Arbuthnot, who was in attendance on her Majesty. An immense assemblage of gentlemen on horseback, and parties in the Park, crowded around the prisoner, and evinced the most lively anxiety to learn if her Majesty had sustained any injury, which we are happy to say she did not. It is also reported that her Majesty was shot at yesterday, but as the person escaped, no notice was taken of the affair. The attempt made this evening was communicated by Sir James Graham to Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons about half-past six o'clock. (From the Express Edition of The Sun of Last Night.) The assassin is a young man not apparently more than twenty-five years of age, rather short and stout. He is decently dressed, and his general appearance betokens respectability. it is stated that he exactly answers the description given of the miscreant who made an attempt to assassinate her Majesty yesterday evening. We were not inclined to credit this story of a previous attempt on her Majesty's life last evening, but, on inquiry, we learn from the highest authority, that it is but too true that such an attempt was made. It appears, that previous to her Majesty's return to Buckingham Palace this evening from her usual drive, the assassin attracted considerable attention, by making use of the most horrible language in the Park, saying that the Queen lived upon the vitals of the people, at the 'same time making use of the most abusive:epithets. Her Majesty was in the low pony phaeto►n,. drawn by four greys, and just as the phaeton reached the spot where the maniac Oxford made his diabolical attempt on her Majesty's life, the individual now in custody drew a pistol from his breast, and, presenting it at her Majesty, attempted to dis charge it, providentially without effect. The mis creant was instantly arrested, and amidst the execra tion of the bystanders, who seemed almost inclined to execute summary vengeance on him, was conveyed to one of the lodges of the Palace, and partially searched. The pistol with which he had made the attempt, and which he had immediately afterwards thrust into his bosom, was taken fi om him, examined, and discovered to be loaded with ball, so that the same dif ficulty as to proving the intent will not occur in this case that occurred in the case of Oxford. He was, subsequently conveyed to the Gardener's-lane Station-house, where he was sub jected to a most minute examination, but whether or not any other weapons have been found on him, we were unable to ascertain, as the strictest orders have been given to the authorities to observe the greatest secrecy on the subject. The prisoner does not pre sent the slightest appearance of insanity, and seemed perfectly calm and collected. We under-' stand he refuses to state his place of abode, or, indeed, any particulars about himself. At half past seven, he was conveyed from the Station-house to the Home-office, where he is at present under examination before the Privy Council. Sir It. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Lord Wharncliffe, and all the Ca binet Ministers, are assembled at the Home-office, for the purpose of being present at his examination. Mr. Mamie, the Solicitor to the Treasury, and Colonel Rowan, the Chief Commissioner of Police, are also in attendance there. We have reason to believe that the prisoner's name is known, but that it would frustrate the ends of justice if it were permitted to transpire for the present. The examination is a strictly private one, and no stranger is on any account permitted to be present. We sent our reporter to the Home•oice, for the purpose of watching the proceedings. His request to be pre sets , however, was met by a very polite but a very decided refusal. It is rumoured that the prisoner has associates in his crime, and that a clue has been obtained to their discovery ; indeed, it is reported that one of them, a tall indi vidual who was seen in his company in the Park, is already in custody, and will undergo an examina tion at the Home-office this evening. The whole of Whitehall is crowded with persons anxiously waiting to catch a glimpse of the assassin on his return from the Home-office. St. James's Park also is thronged with people, pressing towards Buckingham Bake to make in quiries as to the well-being of the Queen. Prince Albert was with her Majesty in the phaeton at the time the attempt was made, but neither of them seemed aware of what had occurred until their return to the Palace. About half-past six o'clock Sir James Graham was observed to enter the House of Com mons, and walk towards the Speaker's end of the 'louse, with a face evidently be. traying anxiety. As he got opposite to Sir Ro bert Peel he beckoned to the Right Hon. Gen tleman, who immediately retired with Sir James Graham. It was then the latter Right II onourable Baronet communicated to Sir Robert Peel the intelligence of which he soon after wards informed the House, when it broke up, the Members pouring instantly into Palace-yard, and dis persing to gather all the intelligence in their power. (From the Fifth Edition of The Sun of Last Night.) The prisoner after being under examination at the Home-office for upwards of two hours has been re manded to Tothill-fields Bridewell till to-morrow, when he will be again brought before the Privy Council. Shortly before the proceedings terminated, the Duke of Wellington left the Home-office in his cab to proceed, as we understood, to Buckingham Palace. After an absence of about half an hour, his Grace returned to the Home-office, shortly after which the Council broke up, and the prisoner was removed to Tothill-fields. The prisoner, was not taken out by the front door, so that the crowd assembled in Whitehall and Parliament-street; were disap pointed :.he was removed by the back way, and con veyed through King-street, and the streets at the back of the Abbey, to Tothill-fields. We understand that the report of an accomplice of the prisoner being in custody is incorrect, the prisoner being the only person concerned in this diabolical attempt that has yet been apprehended. The strictest orders have been given to the autho rities to permit nothing to transpire, so that no information can be obtained either f rom the police, or from the officials at the Home office. We have not been able to learn the prisoner's name, but have been informed that he resided some where in the neighbourhood of Tottenhana-court-road. When the Council broke up, we observed the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl a Aberdeen, Sir It. Peel, Lord Wharncliffe, and Sir James Graham, among the Privy Councillors leaving the Home-office. Sir G. Clerk, Sir Thomas Free mantle, and Air. Fox Maude, arrived at the Home office during the course of the proceedings. Several Noblemen and Members of Parliament attempted in vain to gain admission. Ainong those who failed in their attempts we observed Sir J. Guest, who was ac companied by his Lady. Among the numerous inquirers at the Palace were —llis ItOyal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl of Denbigh, and Lord G. Somerset. It is quite true that the prisoner was making use of abusive and treasonable expressions F murderous attempt ; a female who heard him utter expressions of this nature has, as we understand, given evidence to that effest before the Privy Council. Palace-yard at about nine o'clock this evening presented a very animated and rather a ludicrous appearance. It had been generally supposed that the division on the third reading of the Property .tax Bill would come on about that hour, and a stream of cabs, tilburys, and other vehicles, in which Honourable Members delight to ride, was seen pouring down towards the House, each containing its unit of the collective wisdom of the country. The occupants of theie " leathern con veniences" looked very blank on finding that the doors of the House were closed and these arrivals at length became so frequent that it was found requisite to station a mes senger at the corner of Palace-yard to in form these " Dividers," but not " Debaters," of that with which they would have been made acquainted, some two hours earlier, had they been at tending to the interests of their constituents, instead of their own dinners. Her Majesty was not aware of the attempt which was made yesterday, but we understand that both her Majesty and Prince Albert were perfectly aware of th 6 attempt made this evening, that in fact they perceived the pistol flash. Her Majesty, however, displayed her usual presence of mind, and did not betray the least symptom of alarm. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Yesterday evening, the metropolis was involved in a state of considerable excitement and agitation in consequence of a report that another attempt at the assassination of her Majesty, which was fortunately not attended with the slightest injury to her Royal person, had been perpetrated in the ride known as Constitution Hill, the attempt having been made, at a short distance from the spot which the mis creant Oxford chose for his murderous purpose. The report, upon inquiry ; proved to be too true, and, it was also ascertained that the circumstances con nected with the atrocious act, were nearly similar to those which were undertaken by the last would-be regicide. From the information obtained by our informant, it appeared that her Majesty, who was in her barouche, accompanied by his Royal highness Prince Albert, was . on her, return to Buckinghain Palace at about a quarter past six o'clock, with outriders. The vehicle was proceeding at the usual pace, when at the spot above alluded to, a person who was on the foot-path on the off side of the carriage, and at the distance of about three yards from it, he being on the same side, discharged a pistol, with which he took a deliberate aim at her Majesty, which, however, fortunately did not take effect, Prince Albert rose from his seat and having made an intima tion to one of the outriders immediately resumed his place. The outrider instantly got from his horse and there being a policeman muld a sol dier close' at hand, the wretch was taken into custody. He was conveyed to Buckingham Palace, followed by a crowd of gentlemen on horseback, and pedestrians, but he was soon afterwards taken to Gardener's-lane, where he was placed under the sur veillance of the police, through whom no information was allowed to be publicly communicated. Informa tion was forwarded to the Home-office, when Sir James Graham, Burt., and Sir Robert, Peel, Bart., had a report of the regicidal act made known to them at the House of Commons, subsequent to which the prisoner underwent an examination, the particulars of which have been as much as possible kept in secrecy. As far as reports of the evidence adduced have transpired, our informant is able to give the following particulars :—As soon as the individual was appre hended, he - was searched by the policeman,. who was assisted by Sergeant Laitgley, A 11, but there was nothing found upon him to lead to his identification. He was asked his name, which he refused to state. Had he any parent ?—Yes, a father and mother. Where do they live ?-1V ithin two miles of that place. Is there any other of the family ?—Yes, a brother and two sisters. 'What trade do you follow ?- 1 7arious occupations, adding that he would tell what he had to state to others. He made no attempt to escape, and no objection to the interrogatories, and showed no symptoms of insanity. There was only one pistol on him, and which had not' been discharged. ", A per son, Whose name is Mark Russell, who is occa sionally employed at Covent-garden Theatre, was in the rice at the time that the attempt was made on her Majesty's life, and who, upon the apprehension of the man, was of opinion that he had a knowledge of him. Russell, and a gentleman who gave the report of what took 'place to our informant, also expressed a belief that the individual was the person in question, whose name was stated to be John Francis, the son of Mr. Francis, foreman of the machinery department of Covent-garden Theatre, which si tuation he has occupied for about twenty years, being most highly respected in the establishment. In the course of the evening Mr. Francis, • who was at the Theatre, was sent for, to attend at the Home-office, where he saw his unfortunate son, who did not deny, his guilt. He is about 22 years of age, and from his youth, till about a year and a half since, was em ployed under his father at the Theatre. Shortly after her Majesty's arrival at Buckingham Palace, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,: Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, with various of the Nobility, called at the Palace. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) DEMONSTRATION OF LOYALTY AT TUE VARIOUS THEATRES. — The news of the atter.pt on the life of her Gracious Majesty was communicated to the Lessees of the various Theatres during the evening of last night ; and at the Olympic Theatre, the mo ment it was made known, Mr. Charles Baker, the stage manager, instantly addressed the au dience in the • following terms :—" Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to appear be fore you under most peculiar and exciting circumstances, with feelings of mingled pain and joy; of pain in announcing to you, that a fiendish attempt has again been made on the life of our beloved So vereign, and joy at having the happiness to inform you, that the miscreant has, thank God, been secured, (here the audience rose and cheered tumultu ously with waving of hats and handkerchiefs,) and I have further to add, that the assassin at this moment is under examination at the liome-office."—(Loud cries of " God save the Queen" from all parts of the house.) Mr. Baker—" You have but anticipated the intention of Mr. Wild, the lessee, who, yielding in loyalty to no subjeCt . of her Majesty, has desired me to state that the National Anthem shall instantly be sung."—(Load . cheers attended the delivery of Mr. Baker's speech.) The curtain then rose and discovered the entire joining he solos w ere g i ven w ith in the c h orus i n th e mos t tls the audience on the stage. The anthem was then sung, t i l e stc a i udielicejoin manner. g reat feeling by Miss Le Batt, Mr. Rhodes, and Mr. John Ryan ; an additional verse , written at the moment en by the latter gentleman, and sung by Miss Le Batt, was cheered to the echo. At the English Opera, Mr. Vining addressed the audience on the same subject, and the National Anthem was sang with a corresponding enthusiasm by the actors, and the audience. At the NeW Strand the band played the National Anthem without the vocal aid, the singers being absent. At the Queen's, Surrey, Vic toria, and , Sadler's Wells, similar demonstrations of loyalty were manifested, and in the bosom of every auditor and actor, a sensation of unmixed joy was exhibited at the safety of our youthful and beloved Queen. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS SUN.—Prices of the English Funds continued creeping up yesterday, and Consols left off at 92a 924 for Money, and 93i sellers f or th e Op e ning. Bank Stock, 1671 168 i ; India Stock, 250 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 40 42 ; Advertised 36 to 38 prom. In Foreign Securities, Belgian Bonds were 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. , 52/ 53; the Five per Cents. 101 101 i ; Danish, 8 0 % 81%1 and Brazilian, 67 68. The settlement of Shares has, of course, from the total ab sence of jobbing in these securit ies, p assed off satisfactoril y ; the market, however, was dull. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 179 181 ; Great Western, 91/ 92/'; the Half Shares, 621 63; Birmingham and Gloucester, 50 52; South Western - , 621 . 63 ; North Midland, 65 67 ; the New Shares, 32 33 ; South Eastern and Dover, 26, 1 4 - 261 ex div., and the N ew Shares, 6/ 7 : Eastern Counties, 9i 9i ; Nor thern and Eastern, 42 43; Blackwell, 11 ; and Brigh ton, 35 1 ; 354 per share. The quotations of the Bends were—Colombian, 26 27i ; Peruvian, 19 20 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 374 314 ; the Three per Cents., 22 i 23; Spanish Five per dents., 23i 23k, the Three per Cents. 24 24g. There have been no foreign arrivals to-day beyond the Cale donia, the intelligence by which appeared in The Sun this morning. Some attention has been excited in the City by a report that instructions have been sent to Devonport to prepare a steamer immediately to convey a Government messenger, with des patcher, to New York ; this proceeding, if core ect, is the more singular, since the regular Halifax steamer will leave in due course on the 4th proximo. The utmost excitement and indignation has prevailed among the merchants assembled tt the trillions coffee-houses, by a statement in the third edition of The Sun, of the life of the Queen having been again attempted, but the fart of it having teen unsucce.sful, has, to a certain extent, relieved the anxiety. oat tic months ago an elderly lady, named Laiidoire, Met with a severe accident in aligh:ing from one of the omnibuses, called Parisiennes. The conductor having pulled the string for the driver to go on. before Mme. Lan doire was fully off the step, she fell to the ground and 'broke her'leg. The conductcur laid hold of her and raised her up, but as the omnibus was still going on he lost his hold, and the lady falling a second time broke both arms. Although at length able to leave her bed, after long suffering, Mme. Lan doire, being a cripple for life, brought an action for damages against the omnibus company, before the Civil Tribunal, and obtained a verdict of 6,0001. Dissatisfied with this verdict she appealed to the Cour Royale, and the cause having been heard on Thursday, a decision was pronounced, raising the nrap . 10,V0Oft COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday after ncon in an open carriage and four, attended by Colonel Ar buthnot, the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, and Colonel Wylde, the Equerry to his Royal Highness. On the return of the Royal party to Buckingham Palace, and after the treason able attempt on her Majesty's Life her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by his Excellency Count Mens dorf, arrived at the Palace, and was followed by their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge, and by his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen. Her Majesty the Queen„Dovvager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester sent during the evening to make their inquiries after her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Excellency Count Mensdorf, Counts Hugo, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf ; the Duchess of Buecleuch, Lady Portman, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Hon. Miss Liddell, Hon. Miss Paget, Ba roness Lehzen. Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Earl of Er roll, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lady Peel, Baron Stock mar, Lord Rivers, Captain Meynell, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Colonel Arbuthnot. The band of the Royal Artillery attended during dinner. At ten o'clock the Duke of Ruccleuch (Lord Privy Seal) and the Earl of Aberdeen (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) who had been invited to dinner, arrived at the Palace. His Grace and the Noble Earl had attended the investigation at the Home-office. Liter in the evening, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, arrived at Buekingham Palace to make his dutiful inquiries after her Majesty's health. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday in a carriage and four. • The Dowager Lady Lyttelton accompanied their Royal Highnesses. Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson and Colonel Wylde, arrived at the office of the Duchy of Corn wall in Somerset House yesterday afternoon. His Excellency Count Meusdorf and his sons, attended by Colonel Wylde, visited the Tower yesterday morning, and also inspected St. Katherine's Docks. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Queen Dowager yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meningen and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, inspected the National Gallery yesterday. The Duchess of Saxe Weimar rode out on horseback in the Parks yesterday afternoon. Count Menstlorf visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. In consequence of some necessary arrangements, the state apartments at Windsor Castle must be closed next Wednesday, for a short time. The Queen visited the Duchess of Kent at her residence, Clarence House, on Saturday, and inspected a bust of her Royal Highness, executed by Mr. Davies, and was pleased to express her approval of the work. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, honoUred the Eat i and Countess of Wilton with their company at dinner yes terday, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. Their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince, visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. We regret to state that letters from the Hague, have brought intelligence of the death of Madame Dedel, wile of Monsieur Dedel, the Netherlands Minister at this Court. His Excel lency is not expected to return to this country before the be ginning of July. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharn cliffe' the Duke of Buecleugh, Ea r l o f Ab er d een , L or d S tan l ey , Sir J. Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Ripon, Earl of Haddington, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Lord Fitzgerald. The Council sat two hours. Messrs. ➢Mulholland, of Belfast, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the rais.ng of the duties on linen yarn imported into France. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr. O'Reilly had inter views with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, and Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Poreion- office. r_. Despat . Ches from the Governors of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and frem the Governor of Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the. Colonial•oflice. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Nothing particularly worthy of comment appears to have presented itself among the Railway matters this week. The opening of the portion of the South-East tern .line as far a 3 Tonbridge on Thursday, already sug gests to the minds of parties acquainted with the locali ties through which it passes the possibility of some set tlement of the differences between the Greenwich and Croydon Railways being brought about. In the mean while, however, the contest continues as fierce as ever, with as much show of justice on the one side as on the other. Ou the occasion referred to, the first train of the South-Eastern Railway started at half-past nine, arriving at the Tonbridge station, a distance of forty miles, by half-past. eleven. For a distance of twenty miles, from the• London station, the South-Eastern Railway runs jointly with the Brighton line, so that it is only that portion commencing at the point of divergence, Redstone-hill, which is entirely new to the public. The intermediate stations between this point and Tonbridge are three in number—the Godstone station, the Edens bridge, and the Penshurst ; and throughout the whole of this distance the railway follows one continued straight line, which is subsequently carried on to Ash-. ford, where the line makes a turn in the direction of Folkestone, and thence passes on between the cliffs and the sea to Dover. The works in that part of the line which is now completed present no feature of any importance, save a tunnel at Blotching ley, which is about three-quarters of a mile in length. The stations are constructed with a due regard to the convenience of passengers and the exigencies of business, but nothing more, the utmost simplicity and plainness ap pearing here as in the other works of the Company, which have been carried on in a wise spirit of economy, pro misin,,,r well for the prosperity of the concern ; and though this road presents in many places great difficul ties,, its total cost is estimated at not more than 30,0001. per mile—a notable difference from that of other lines. The largest and most extensive station is at Tonbridge, Which is intended to become the central station for the .county of Kent ; and here the manufactories fir the Com pany's engines and carriages will be erected; the latter will, for the most part, be constructed with what are called bow springs, the working of which renders the motion ex tremely gentle and easy ; in other respects they are most commodiously fitted up, and possess a very desirable quality in the height of their roofs. In the construction of the railway itself there are certain peculiarities deserv ing of notice=-first, as regards the unusual width of the formation level; and, secondly, in the plan adopted in laying down the rails, which rest upon sleepers only. The sleepers are triangular in form, four being cut out of one balk, and rest upon one edge ; the same bearing surface and strength are thus obtained as with rectan gular sleepers, together with great economy of timber, and facility of drainage. The rails are fitted into chairs cast with great accuracy, from which they receive an uniform inclination inwards with out depending upon the rail-layers. This system, al though it does not effect any direct saving in the mate rials used, ultimately proves economical from the extreme rapidity with which the work can be done. The whole of that portion of.the line which is now open is in a most finished state, and presents an appearance of great neat ness. The carriages move on the rail with considerable ease, •which, though not so great as use will subsequently render it, presents a great eontrast with the Croydon line. The next portion of the line to be opened will ex tend to Ileadcom, and will be completed in three months, and by next Christmas it will have advanced to Ashford. The completion of the entire line to Dover is promis'ed for the end of next year.— Times. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE RtvER.--Yester • day afternoon an inquest was held at the Magpie and Stump, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, before Mr. 11 akley, M.P., Coroner, on the bodies of Sarah and Hannah Graham, two iaters, of the respective ages of 18 and 20 years, who were , Lrowned in the river under the following. melancholy circr,mstances It ap peared, by the evidence of several witnesses, who were examined at great length, that on• Sunday afternoon, a party of six per sons, consisting of four females and two young men, pro• ceeded in a• boat from Vauxhall-bridge, with the inten tion of going to Richmond. The boat was rowed by the two young men. On arriving at Hammersmith Suspen sion.bridge the party altered their intention of proceed ing further and returned back. On reaching Chelsea, the whole party landed, and went into the Magpie and Stump public-house, where they partook of some refreshment, but were perfectly sober when they returned to the boat at eight o'clock, for the purpose of going to . London. It being per ceived by several persons that the young men were pushing the boat from the causeway near to the Cadogan New Pier, at which a steam-boat was then lying, with the intention of going outside of her, they were cautioned, as the tide was running very strong, to pass underneath the pier, but they unfortunately disregard such advice, and, owing to their unskilfulness, and the strength of the stream, the boat was carried between the dummy of the pier and the steamer, and in . a moment she filled with water, and went down stern foremost, leaving the whale party struggling in the river. Every exer tion was made, by a great number of persons who witnessed the aceidint to save them, but only four'of the party, whose names are Edward Hopkin and his wife (the latter of whom was sister to the ddceased females), a young woman, named Jane PrQll, and a young man, named Pinkerton, were got out. The two unfortunate young females having sunk beneath th,ssteamer, immediately went down, and did not rise agakr. The bodies were picked up in the mud near Mr. Thorne's malt-house, opposite the Red-house, Battersea, upwards of half a mile from the spot where the lamentable accident occurred. All the wit nesses concurred in stating that, had the young men gone under the pier, instead of attempting to go outside of it, the accident would not have occurred, and that it was entirely owing to their inexperience in the management of the boat. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." NEW lIOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The progress of this truly sdlendid pile !of building has been very active, con sidering its immense length, since the panic caused by the late disagreements and misunderstandings among some of the misled operatives. It is now arrived at. the first tier of apartments, and the corbels for many of the windows alreapy dial lay numbers of beater-shaped shields, charged with the Royal arms of England before and after the con quest, together with those of the loyal continental houses with which the present reigning family is intimately allied. Other' sections of the edifice are also enriched with innu merable escocheons bearing the heraldic ensi g ns of illus.- trious ancestors who had fought in Palestine, bled on the fields of Arragon, or who once had aided the s t ur d y B arons who compelled John to sign our. ever-memorable Charter. These exterior embellishments will sustain painted windows, " casting a dim religious light—a light as not of day," over the interior of a finer structure, ard one every way more conveni ent, censidered as the two Houses of Parliament, or one snore becoming the dignity of the nation, can scarcely be conceived. A remarkable passage in " the minutes of evidence (952) be fore the Select Committee of the House of Commons, °' on the subject of Member's accommodation, runs thus : The near approach to the library and a ct nvenient smoking-room are now of more importance than ever; in old times such aecommida tions were less necessary, Members came and sat a few hours in their seats, heard the debates, voted, and went away in reasonable time, but now a Member of Parlariament who at tends his duty closely spends twelve hours a day in the House, to say nothing of Committees. It, 'therefore, becomes im portant that he should have the convenience of a library, and what is called a smoking -room." A man, named Uueroult, was condemned a few days ago, by the Court of Assizes at Rouen, to 15 years' hard • • labour at the hu'ks, for hating committed. 71 church robberies.. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have reeeived several letters giving outlines of sermons preached on Sunday, respecting the general distress, and thank our Correspondents for their attention, but we cannot find room for them. THE WEATHER.—Noon, MAY 31. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer .... 63 Highest 6B Lowest 47 Barometer 30.19.—Wind S.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning l2 minutes after 6 i Evening 38 minutes atter 6. M ay§l33t *mutt ttton SUR OFFICE Three o' Clock. Nothing is more natural than the universal interest excited among, and horror expressed by, all classes of British subjects,, upon learning that a second attempt has been made upon the life' of one so dear to every British bosom as our young; and universally-beloved SOVEREIGN. Taking a cursog glance at the crime, and its consequences, had Heaved been less mindful of the protection of our QUEEN, vte repeat it was not only natural, but appeared only docent that the two Houses of Parliament should be adjoUrned, and that a meeting of Privy Qouncillors should be held to examine the mise rable man who could be guilty of so cruel and unpro yoked an enormity. But calm reflection can hardly defend such a line of proceeding. The great objedt to which the attention of the Government, the Legislature„ the Magistracy, and the public should be directed, is the prevention for the future of all similar attempts upon ;1, life so precious in the eyes of her people as that of Queen VICTORIA. Now the experience of all ages shows that by ex traordinary notoriety crime may be made as contagious as : a fever, the plague, or any other infectious disease. Ti As is peculiarly the case in great cities, where wretch( ts abound who care nothing for lye; provided they are mire of acquiring un bounded notoriety. The extraordinary trial of FIESCHI in France, for attempting to take th e lif t ! of King Louis PHILIPPE, was followed by repetitions of the crime, and which only ceased when the public tool; no notice of them, and the ICING declined to give the c limax to their vanity by cutting off their heads. The BURKE and HARE atrocities found imitators, and when a young woman, in a fit of insanity, threw herself from the top of the Monument, others, as insane as hers elf, chose the same place for " shuffling off this mortal c: Al," till even the City authorities became alarmed at the prospect of establishing a perpetual Coroner's Court in Fish-street bill. We arrive, then, at the conclusion, that the less no toriety is given to such crimes, and the less such criminals are parded before the public ,eye, the better for the safety of the Illustrious P arsonage thus rendered peculiarly the object of a natio .n's solicitude, The person guilty of such an attempt mu it be mad, or may safely be assumed to be so. No man in his senses, however wicked, however instigated by the Devil, could be guilty of such a crime, knowing, as :he must that, whether successful or otherwise, bent :fit he could have none, and escape would be imps )ssible. The worst men do not voluntarily thrust their necks into halters—do not court national execration— without some selfish notion . It is - men, crazed with a longing for notoriety i n any shape. They will connnit any crime merely to be t alked of. When, on a former occasion, the wretch OXFORD fired a pistol at the QUEEN, had he been sent to Bow street to be recognised, and thence conveyQ d as a lunatic to some asylum, there to be kept in strict seclusion for life, we should not now have to record the repetition of such an atrocity by JOHN FRANCI! '. Let some such measure be adopted now. Parliamer Lt is sitting, so that no time need be lost in preparing and passing a Bill for the greater safety of the Royal p arson. There are plenty of people we know who, in the I e:tuberance of their loyalty and the paucity of their sdom, would recommend the gibbet 'and chains ; but, us we observed before, this would only Serve as a provocative to the diseased imaginations of the crazed creature s who are to be found in every street of thiFi v. tst asylum of crime and madness. Make ,all att pmpts against the life of the SOVEREIGN convictions of .'llcurab le madness, and let the poor wretches be for ever dead to % the world, and there will no longer be any danger of red petitions of such crimes. But, except the Secretaries o:? State, no persons should be allowed to 'eisit them from without the walls of their prisons. T I J O violation of this rule in the case of OXFORD we deer,i highly objectionable, and of dangerous tendency. The French Journals a 7 :e in extacie! , at the mortifica tion which the English Press is expe3ted to experience from the result of 'the debate in the French Chamber of -- Deputies on Saturday, tpon M. LACRC tSSE'S motion for an increase of .1,240,000 francs upon thi marine budget. The Government had asked for 23,356,( )00 francs, which the Opposition considered too little, and moved and carried the above amendment, in ; order to keep in a state of immediate servio e for a war with England eight sail of ;th e line, which the Minister of Marine proposed laying up in ordinary. Now for our own part, we fo(r1 no mortifica. tion whatever that such a vote should be carried by the Opposition. A Government never refus es money when it finds the people such fools as to pour i t spontaneously into the Exchequer. The more France spends in this fashion the more she exhausts herself, and the less have we reason to fear her. In the co arse of the debate M. MAGUINN, who has latterly tal.ked more nonsense than any man in France, contender', that France wanted no army ; what she wanted was a good fleet, and she ought, instead of twenty, to hav sixty sail of the line con stantly on a war footing. Continental France without an army ! There is, a war statesman for you, of the modern Fren c h Sl2hool ! M. MAGUINN next attacked Mars',ial SEI:ASTIANI for signing the Right of Sev,reh Treaty without orders, when here as Ambassad'Jr of the Court of France. Crowded as are our coir.runs, we must endeavour to find room for the defenc,e of the illustrious Marshal. With what shame does it not cover the jesuitical policy of Count MoLE, hirmerto generally respect , A, because so little known in I ,nis country.. MOLE anti TRIERS are, in truth, a pre cious couple—as shamele;ss as dishonest. Marshal SE BASTIAN' said : He came to that tribune to defend an old treaty, that of 1831. He hoped the Chamber would permit him to speak of the English alliance, for i% was that alliance caused the treaty. When Minister for Fore ign Affairs under the Minister Perier he had been always care ful to preserve the alliance as the most solid guarantee of peace. He was also at that period engaged in a question which Interested humanity, the treaty fur the extinction of the slave . trade. At that time all France ap plauded the treat, since become the object of so many at tacks. The rigl'A of search, it is pretended, lowers France, and is control.); to the iiaterests of the nation. It would be so had it been, made in the' interest of England; but the treaty was reciprocal, and reciprocity humiliates no one. How could it be onerous for our comim:rce when we had the right of visit ing double the number of cur own vessels? He thought we ought to be proud of a treaty which was legally made, as the means of abolishing an infamous traffic. On quitting the Ministry to be employed a s Ambassador in London, said the Marshal, my whole the and care were to main tain peace, and that alliancc, the effects of !which would have been felt, and which I cannot but regret now. I was then doubly occupied in the maintenance of the English alliance and the extinction of the stave trade. I have said that I was in the Ministry at the time of the treaty of 1831, that I applauded the treaty of 1833, and that I supported that of 184 1, because the question is not of zones, more or less. 'When the right of search is granted and contested, it must be contest ed wholly. I signed also the treaty of 1831 ; I applauded those of 1833 and 1841. I have been consistent. 1 may. have been deceived, bUt I think not. In 1836 England proposed the extension of the zones. I sent to the President of the Council the pi oposition. • I could never obtain an answer, though it seem ed to me to merit one. In 1836 and afterwards, the President of the Council took it into his head to put into execu Lion one of the treaties of 1831, which consisted in making al I the powers of Europe ad here to the treaty. I own he treated with Portugal, that the instructions given to our Minister • at that Court were sent to London and communicated. Not hing direct. In 1838, M. Desages, first clerk of the political department of foreign affairs, was sent to London, which he rearihed on the 10th of December. I signed the treaty. I wrote on the 13th. We were then en gaged in a great negotiation. 'it was proposed to me to sign the protocol by which the Three: Northern powers were ca led io accede to the treaty. Why., said the British Minister, not continue the alliance? I was paced in the alternative of either engaging my responsibility, or of breaking the al liance. I signed the protocol, that is the opening of negotia tions. I communicated tkiese reserves ; you have the terms of my letter to the President of the Council. I engaged him to make some changes, siedie modifications in this protocol and in the treaty. I will 5a. , .; more ; from 1836 to 1838 I took two journeys to Paris ; frequently had occasion to see and to converse upon important business with the President of the Council ; he never opened his mouth to say a word upon the treaty. Conseqtently I thought myself authorised to en gage my own Tespontibility with respect to the Minister, nut being able to do so with respect to the State, for I spoke of modifications, of changes. and he replied not. I leave you to judge as you will, whether a Minister should be silent upon affairs of such importance; whether he should limit himself to sending a copy of the despatches which he has sent to our Ambassador in Portugal; if there was ever an Am bassador or a Minister independent by the will of the Minister, I think it is the Ambassador of your own country. • I certainly do congratulate myself for having signed that treaty, for with out that the affair would gave been immediately broken up. I will only say a few words upon the negro question, and the right of neutrality. These questions have never been taken up. The responsibility does not reach them. The Marshal here said that he felt too weak to speak snore, and would merely add that he would have followed his instructions had he had them. Not having them, he could only do what he had done. Marshal SEEISTIANI has acquitted himself like a brave man, whereas Count MoLt:, by his own previous boast in the Chamber, that he was all the time only hoaxing England, has proved himself a person so utterly false as to be an object of universal contempt. Royj ordi- The Moniteur publishes the following wince, ,countersigned by the Ministerof Finance, 3 LAC AVE LAPLACNE Septet *. " Having considered the 14th article of the Bth o f „ t to her, 1841, which fixes at 5 per cent. per annum the in ter- n - t he be paid to the Treasury in case of any delay in PaYl n g - 1 0 10 instalments of that proportion of the loan of 150 mill loos adjudged in pursuance of that order ;—having considered meaning of the second paragraph of the same article,frj that in default of payment in the course of one month. 7 0 4 amount of the sum stated in the certificate may be re q e gtof and that the Minister of Finance may sell it for the ben etor, the Treasury to the amount of the RUM due by the cocneterad, the, considering that the cash on hand inthe Treasury thq actual demand on it. and that, consequently, by In 0 " 0 " - i ., terms of the aforesaid article, so as to give the contractee 4 , 1 privilege of retarding their payments, it would r elief ' charge on the floating debt ; try " Decrees—That the rate of interest to which the c , ; ,. 3 te for of the first portion of the loan of 150 millions, adz s oh the 18th October l as t, as li a bl e i n ease o f d e l a y in the p a Y,4 ht is reduced to 3i per c en t. p er annum . This interest 11:1 required to be paid on the fifth day after the expirat i°P term without further notice. " The delay of one month, announced in the se , t 1 graph of the 24th article of the decree of the 18th of "r tier, 1841, is extended to three months. " Paris, May 28, 1842." The King and Queen, returning from Bizy, arrived at illy yesterday afternoon. We do not know what will become of the cOntinto6:ol when the Chambers have broken up ; but at this mettl e , ll ,, are scarcely 2,000 workmen employed on this part and in the fortification of the capital. Grass is already. f J o ; ing on some parts of the works which were abandoned la'.;jot It is not so with the forts, the erection of which is " 1 ;60 0 „ LApLANGSiOII; with great activity. We must also observe that the 1- 0 1 0 , of the continuous walls on which the workmen ale are those which will seems as points d'appui to the to 0 1,0 establishments, respecting w hi c h th e G overn ment 0 i! thought fit to give an explanation. Our reade r : a / remember that the military store s w hi c h were " .1 , 4 t1' in the ancient Abbey of Panth emon t were remov ed J o °7o winter to the building of the fo rmer e n t re p os o f Grorltvciej. which had been transformed into a barrack. church [of Panthemont was to be repaired, and to Protestant church ; the workm en h a d ev e n b egun thei r "( tions, but in consequence it is said o f th e remons trance' l ° o ,r , clergy, the work has been suspended. It is not O s ' what is to be done with this building. tile ° The Spanish authorities have lost no time in followillf r etO ample given by General Harispe, who hasforbidden the officers and soldiers to enter the Spanish territory. _ a d' A letter from Ainpoa to th e S en ti ne ll e d es Pyr es 2tith. says : te l "The valley of the E as t on h as j us t b een reinforefttel battalion of the regiment of bourb on , 25 h orse s net mules, loaded with tools, have just arrived at UrdOl'ero' thought it intended to erec t a corps d e garde on the e"',l frontier. The Spanish officers and soldiers are expressly forbid enter the French territory." Count Appony will retu rn t o P ar i s w i t h part o f his IA family by the end of June.— Commerce. UELGI AN b UNl)s—BaussEts, MAY Actual Debt, 234 per Cent..„........ 54 Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cent... ........ IO3 Loan ofThirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 94 3per Cent. .... :3 "fhirty.scv ,16,111,1, Loan of City, P-3:2, 4 per Cent.....eeeeeee, a ;: 5 3'* Society of Coranwrce, perCentee.eeee Bank of Belgium, 5 per ' National Society... ....... Exchange on Londe (shot t) ........ --Brussels Papers, May 28. - - - - - - - - AUSTRIAN FUND/J.—Vim/a, 21. 01 ftveper Cents. Metalliques 1( 0 Four per Cents, 764 Three p,r Cents. 1( 65 Dank Shares ( 11 PROMPTITUDE AND STI POWER. Last evening•we had th e me l anc h o l y d u ty, „1 with grateful joy, to announce exclusively Post-time the atrocious attempt on the preei° of our beloved Sovereign. The news was broil I P The Sul; office about a quarter before ser'e'r' 4 4 had our doubts of its truth, and despatched ' lle ', gers on horseback to ascertain the-fact. Ale l ' i ' lle o to save post, if possible, we wrote the account , curacy of which. was soon confirmed, and by 1 11 seven o'clock upwards of tw o th ousan d pa pers Third Edition were printed off, packeS l posted in St. Martin's.le-Grand, a mile frog,d Sun office. By half-past eight an Express asp` about fifteen hundred more, c on t a i n i ng the rise of both Houses of Parliament, and long d tional particulars of the askissin-attempt, off by the Railways to all thelarge towns" South, East, and West. .' We mention these things not -by wi The . Sun has no occasion to boast of but merely to show what can be do blued agency of steam-printin g and tint'. The Third Edition of The conveyed the news of pain and pleas 'This morning it was rea Yorkshire, &c.; to-night it will be Scotland ; and everywhere to the exl tEe United Kingdom to-morrow morni: for steam power—the power to go a-: THE THAMES TO THE EDITOR OF Tti Sta,—A gentleman signing himself " A,., Bell's Life of this day, giving a prophet . Royal Thames Yacht Club match to come next. lam afraid his prophecy will be Wu and "Agrippa" for the Derby. If you will allow me space in your value, endeavour to lay before your readers what the result. " Aquarius" places Mary first; Phantom nowhere in the first class, but adi with him) that the latter comes from POOl gerous spot for yachts to come from. No , Mystery first as winner, with Phantom cloi the greatest skill and judgment wiil be req, her Captain and crew to prevent Phantom prize from her—the keenness of the owner of the avail him for this match. In the other matches. differ from " Aquarius ;" he places in second class first, and then Spray, and in third class Sea Nyln and Rival. I must take the liberty of making sort (with " Aquarius's" prophecy) in what, I think, order of arrival at Greenwich. Sea Nymph will though a third class boat, carry off the second eta% lowed by Lady Louisa, Spray, Rival, and Brilliant. I am, Sir, yours, 'NA Li i May 29, 1842. M steYACHTSon ENTERED— g et CLAss- e t ry, 25 ts Ph y antom, 20 do. Mary, 25 do. ........ ......... SECOND CLASS. Lady Louisa, 13 tons Spray, 14 do. THIRD CLASS. Sea Nymph, 10 t ons Brilliant, 8 d o . .. . H. • Rival, 10 d o . .. . J. C. B E , cy e 11 e ; 1 0:" PARLIAMENTARY DIVIS / I (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Houseof CO" MONDAY, MAY 30. THE PROPERTY TAX B ILLS, DIVISION ON MR. S. CRAWFORP,'s Idv.we' Question put, That the Bill be now read . a third% AIAJORIT Y--AYES, '156. 9/ Acland, Sir Thomas Gladstone, W. E. A'Court, Captain Glynne, Sir S. R. Acton, Colonel Goulburn, H. Ainsworth, Peter Graham, Sir .1„ Allix, John Peter Greena 1, PC.cur Greene, T., G. O gle, °Ni4lNAlieuncwrnhrtidr7el:ll S- L:e:17 ?" 13agge, Wm. Baillie, Colonel arey, Sir 13, Paeke, a Baird, William Grimsdi cch. T. Baring, F. T. Groga a, Edward Barnard, E. G. Halfird, H. P Plia t a e titi l ne , en Sir7... sb r : A l i Barneby, John HP.rnilton; .1: Hans L Peel, J°"'" Pii Barrington, Lord l iamilton. W. J. Pendareeb),.' Beckett, William 'Hamilt on , L or d C . Plumpte' 1 " ~ llociain, W. H. H ampden, Rena Pollinggl"Lify Bolder°, Henry G. . Harcourt, G. 0. Pollock, Broadwood, H. Hardinge, Sir H. Ponsoorr Brodie, W. B. Hawes, B.Price, rr ok ir Cs Bailer, Sir J. B. V. Heathco,e, G. 3. Pringle, k'' Burrell, Sir C. M. Henley, J. \V. Sir %.0 Rae, Burroughes, N. N. Hepburn Sir T.B. Reade, „.''.1; 00 , Busfeild, W. Herbert, .Hon. S. Reid, ...S.`ti. Cavendish, Hon. G. Heron, Sir It. Rice, P... l Cayley, E. S. H excey, Lord A. Richards ' ~.. , Chelsea, Viscount Hodgson, R. Rose, S G .4 , - Chetwode, Sir John Hogg, J. W. Rbund, 4 .- 4/ Childers, J. W. Ho war d, C . W. G. Round, J re, , j A Cholmondeley, H. Howard, P. H . Rushbrot n ii y Chute, W. L. Hughes, W. B. Russell, Clerk, Clerk, Sir G. Huiriphery, J. T )e i l tr i Vi Clive, E. B. Hutt, W. in . • Cockburn, Sir G. Johnstone, Sir John Smyth, ' r Colebrooke, Sir T. F. Kelburne, Lo d Smythe', .1. , Compton, H. Knatchbull, Sir E. sornero"s . 0 , , Connolly, Colonel ',troy, Anthony Staotoo , sit j Corry, H. L. L eg h , George C. StaulitT h lol Craig, W. Gibson L emeak, Sir C. Stewar...,4.. , Dalmeny, Lord , Ld,,k4 ii, H. T. so(ton..,Tr , Donor, Hon. Dawson, Locoin, Ear/ of TharnhiVi Darby, Geor ge Lindsay. H. Trevor:2% a',l., Dawson, Hon. T. V, ! Li , tun, E. Veresijao' Denison, E. Beckett i Long, W',lter Vesel, Dickinson, F. H. 1 Lowther, J. H. Douglas, Sir C. E. Dinicombe, A. Allll a a c c ir k . r enz z ie e' W. F, s W W ‘Va o i l e , ;ij.C : l ; l% l ( ; Duncombe, 0. Ma ,t.an, bonsld Woody. ` 7 14 0 1,0" Eliot, Lord ‘ l actierichy, F. A. WorsleY. . 5; 1 ,1 Escott, Bichkam Mainwaring, 'l' Wortlef,,_ 1. i tzroy, Lord C. Manners, Lord J. Wrig h .Laenot Fitzroy, Hon. H. Martin, C. W. NVyncorij , .*) . Flolliott, John Flower, Sir Jars i‘i‘ ilil cia s a r s d t e e an r , i t nn ' a l t n '. , ,Wj Siro. 3h C .n . F lN: o 7 3;7 i' )0‘..Li.0. Fuller, A. E. Gaske!, J. a Morgan, C. Baring. '7 way of :l? such 1 : 0a. one by; the, I Sun of last asure all ove r ad in Lane e in Dubl in A xtreinest veo rriing.' 6o -head. t - CLU, HE. SlLYtti "lb , q uarius," ap9 , latic accoui 8/ off SO me on ,j,/ ke that of cable J 4 1111 ! it, Ibeli ct ers , (in tr Ids (in whicl! Dole, which Jltj ow, Sir, I LR ose to her bee t ", quired on the t io a front wr ,6 0 .4. 1 , of the larY . , atches lon ,1 1 , *1 4 : 1 ad class Lai, 4'4, k ea Nymph , 10 0' 4 F' 3 5 'king sortie S tf V . 1 4 , T +hint. WI", 44i I MI Bodkin, J. J. &wring. Dr. Brothertcn. J. Byng, G. Cobeen, Richard Drax, J. S W. E. Dunconibe, T. S. Ellice, E. iORITY-NOES, Ferguson, colonel Fielden, J. Holland, Robert Hume,' Joseph Leader, J. 'l'. Mirsland. H. Murray, A. O'Connell, Maurice 21- : A t e I,s Iplant v e - olliirj sew' ,e-iict,,,oo - g la- 1 ou w.i ;10 , 9 $ Via 0 0 4 $' . ll I • tyford l' i 1) I Cl's' °jel • __.---.____................. 0 , 0 0 . , * O r ' ~ a . _ h i: ALARMING FlnEs.,—Yesterliftv inoll3;7llrfrf)o ,wo as three o'clock, a fire troke out at the tif fo „o4o .111 r. Butler, flock-manufacturer, No. 1 5, '' o t P ;;0 0 01 1 Whitechapel. The fire bras got u n der, but „..as r.j' portion of the h ouse w h ere the fire orig inate"ea. i‘ oro malted, and a great qwustity of turuit ur e destinY r osi t ,„ e fP ler is insured.—Ahtlat a. half-n % st one o'clock Ye st ' e 07; Pe a fire broke out. on th,:, pier,,:„ a o f m t . L( ll Y 9 'bot - ,,10 ti 1l High - street, 114telitie, The Aire was subnu ed d ' ati_id 1' a i!uantity oc tie furniture was totally consume - ' 5 0 1°P ; o lor ( 'd i p part of the )tremises much injured. Mr. K 8)41 0 3 11- pi l iOr not insures/I.—On Sunday night, between o,i ne r ,,teftort! l dre a fire broke out at the residence of Airs. '‘,..,1'1 1 ;. ' l ol l S o lel prvperty, nearly opposite the College at D ul ltiot i(e , to the value of about 1001. was destroyed , 50 310- 'if rooms where the fire originated much tb e du e is insured. . 1 1 re • v It is rumoured that Government vi ll 01005, proposed export duty on coals front , Is. to 2e. i f! 0 11 0 i t oo ` st Butcher's meat was news dearer f a re t ifi l ,i o o 6 than it was on Saturday. Prime cuts of ric e .e k e en si' s f per pound, and lamb at the same urice. Hl' t o, °r o, I feeling any particular wish for Feel's Ineatti:j . H on' for his tari ff , which, according to his reitertto7da`y, cheapen flesh meat. —Lieferpool Albion of 1 injured. e • , y'_• ~.~ i ;11 . ~.