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THE INDIA SUN CONTAINING A MAP AND FULL ACCOUNT OF AF FGHANISTAN AND THE THEATRE OF WAR IN INDIA, WITTE ALL 'ME LATEST NEWS FROM .INDIA AND CHINA, IS NOW READY. .All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of "The Sin." THE SUN', LONDON% TETURSpAN 21. .16.‘ Jmg 1,1141, LONDON ' , NING, MAY 26, 1842. THURSDAY MMOi•. :ct consu mers We drew attention the day before este tender care which the T ories exhibited w rdahye to h in Newfoundland,. and to their equal dis7egard of the interests of the consumers in England. Last night brouglit a parallel case to that of Newloundland before the House of Commons, and exhibited another specimen of their shamelea's inconsistency. As *lig as this coun try must import food at all, such as bacon, butter, hams, the price given or obtained for the last portion of the ne cessary supply will regulate the price of all the bacon, butter, and hams in the market. If we require, for ex ample, butter from Holland, and hums from Ainer:ca, the price of American hams, and of Dutch butter, plus the duty levied oa them, will determine the price of hams and-butter. Accordingly, if American hams can be ha ported from Canada, on payment of half the duty imposed on ihose hams when imported di: ect, and we require, and can pay fbr hams directly imported, half of that duty will go into the pockets of the Canadian,.. ' Last night Mr. MILES showed' that the freight of salted meat from New Orleans would be Is. Gd. and the duty Bs. per cwt., together, 9s. Gd. Imported through Canada, the freight would be 4s. ld. and the duty 2s. Gd., making 6s. 7il. par cwt. Similar facts apply to bacon and ham, giving a different:o of Ss. per cwt. in favour of the Canadians. We are not advocating the imposition of a duty on salt meat, on bacon and hams, imported into Ca nada from the United States ; but we cannot see in what this case differs from that of American flour, on which the Ministers have placed a duty, because they would not allow the Canadians to gain 2s. per barrel by the duty when they carried American flour to the inh a bi tants o f N ew f oun dl an d. Th e two cases are identical, and they show that the lfinisters will not tolerate the Canadians in obtaining 2s. at the expense of the consumers or Newfoundland, and they will tolerate theta getting B s. at the ex pe nse. of the consumers in E le" land. As we have alre ady reawrked, the Ministers think the people of England la ir game to be plucked as long aa they will iubmit to it. Lord Ilowtca proprrly stated, that if Ministers acted sin their Own principle, they ought t o impose a duty all bacon introduced into Canada front the United ( St y on ates• The Noble Lord suggested a lower rate of ditty for all bacon and for all meat , but declined to p re ss lii* sug gestion, though he., was aware of the inconsistency of the Ministers. In one month they propose to tax American flour when it passes into Canada, in order to prevent the Canadians from sharing the duty •on flour . levied in :Newfoundland; and in the next month they pass a law to enable these said Canadians to share largely in the duty these very Ministers exact from the people of England, kni bacon, hams, and salt meat. Mr. WAKLEY'S motion to substitute a duty of five yew cent., ud valorem, on apples, for the proposed duty of Gd. per bushel, was lost on Tuesday night by a con siderable majority. The majority would not, have been much greater had he proposed to abolish the dUty alto gether ; anti lie com m itt e d a m i sta k e by not making that proposition , . ll* cou ld not poss ib ly have been in a Iv( wse . position than to lose his motion, and Then he would have appeared to every person who may hereafter consult the records of the House of Cimuon.s, as havi ng propoun d e d t h e genuine principle of free trade. As his motion was framed he will appear to have advocated, in 1842, the imposition of a duty of five per cent. on apples, not for the sake of revenue, but to give protection to fruit growers. Hereafter his motion, though proposed with the best intentions, may be quoted ag a i nst him as pro posing and defending a partial monopoly. From his failure, and from believing that in all other ,similar eases when the reduction of a duty is proposed by the Liberals they will be sure to be defeated, we draw the conclusion that they should stick to their principles, and never advocate or,propose a smaller protecting duty than the one proposed in the 'tariff: They ought to re sist the imposition of all protective duties, and, whenever they make any motion concerning them; they ought to pr Those their total abolition. They are sure, at present, we are aware, to be defeated, but by opposing all pro tecting duties, they preserve, by proposin ; to modify them they forfeit, their character for consistency. It is, we know, said that such a stubborn adherence to principle makes a man impracticable. But this is not a case. of compromise with a view to bringing about the combined action of many individuals. There is no hOpe of effecting any immediate change in the tariff by such propositions, and to leave the lofty ground of principle, is to sacrifice it without gaining any advan tage. The interest of the community will be better served by having correct principles and important truths enunciated in Parliament, than by making a bundle of new and imperfect laws, which, after they have inflicted all the mischief the people will bear, must be superseded by other laws. When men are required to act together, they must, perhaps, compromise their opinions ; but when they are discussing a subject, it is essential, even to promote their agreement, that each individual fearlessly and honestly express his own opi nions. Above all, when one man or one party is attacking the opinions of another, it is necessary that he take truth and principle to his aid, as the only arms by which he can conquer. We must insist, therefore, that it is the duty of Members of the Opposition, in submitting mo tions which they know will not be carried, not to consult the probable or conjectured opinion of others, but fear lessly to state their own, and to make no propositions which are not in strict accordance with their convictions and their principles. ' Mr. VILLIERS acted in this way when he proposed to admit cattle at a nominal duty. He carried out, consist ently and honourably, the doctrines of free trade, and though he lost Lord J. RUSSELL'S vote, and the votesof some of the Cavendishes, he had a respectable minority. We should not have been worse pleased had he even cast aside the nominal duty of ls., which was only proposed for the sake of the statisticians of the Board of Trade, who delight in telling off the.human race. The use of such duties is only to enable them to number and record the possessions of individuals, and put the country to an enormous expense by printing a prodigious mass of use less information. Their views, however, are, we know, not now to be slighted, and Mr. VILLIERS acted strictly according to his own principles, when he proposed the nominal duty. We hold up his conduct for the imitation of other Members. They can have no hope of modifying the tariff; and unless, therefore, a principle be at stake, they ought not to meddle with it. Protecting or discriminat ing duties they ought seldom to touch, unless it be to abolish them. Duties for revenue they may acquiesce in ; duties for protection are an abomination in the eyes of a free trader; and his business is to get rid of them, not b modify and continue them. Mr. M. PHILIPS, Lord Howlett, and Sir J. GUEST, were last night obnoxious to the censure we have cast on Mr. WARLEY. They each of them proposed a re duction on the duties on butter and cheese, intended for protection, and will hereafter have the credit of having wished to tax the butter of the people 10s. per cwt., and their cheese 7s. 6d. and ss. These are Duties which, for the sake of the people, whose principal food, after bread and potatoes, is cheese and butter, ought to be abolished. That Sir R. PEEL will not make these small reductions is another proof that he cares very little for the working people. A return has been laid on the table of the House of Commons, and printed, of the sums expended in the pur chase of fresh meat, &c., for the use of Greenwich Hos pital, from 1835 to 1841, and of the contract prices of salt provisions supplied to the Navy for the same period, which is well worthy of the public attention. While the working-classes cannot get bread or potatoes, while they are living on dead dogs and rotten cows, and while they are reduced to a state of actual famine, which is not to be paralleled out of India or China, Sir ROBERT PEEL and his considerate friends pretend to relieve them by a measure which is calculated to lower the price of meat, perhaps a halfpenny in the pound. The grounds on which Sir ROBERT PEEL proposes to make this poor reduction, is the gradual, and yet great rise, which has taken place in the price of meat. The public will recol lect how elaborately he proved, on the 10th inst., in order to soothe his agricultural friends, and demonstrate the necessity of allowing the introduction of foreign cattle, that the rise in the price of meat had been very extraordinary since the year 1835. Now these returns do undoubtedly show a great rise in the price of meat since that period. We shall content ourselves with quoting the beginning and the end of the series, observ ing that the change between the two was gradual and successive. In 1835 the average price of fresh meat purchased for Greenwich Hospital was 40s. ?-id. per cwt. ; and in 1841 it was 565. Old., showing 'an increase, speaking roughly, of 37 per cent. In 1815 the average contract price of fresh beef for the Navy was 11. 15s. 4d. per cwt., and in 1841 it had risen to 21. 9s. 2d., also an increase of 37 percent. In 1835 the. contract price for a tierce of salt beef, was 5/. 16s. id., and in 1841 it was 71 ss. 4d., an increase of 25 per cent. In 1835 the contract price of a tierce of salt pork was 41. 14s. 8(1., and in 1841 it was 71. 3s. 5d., an increase of 52 per cent. ; a very considerable rise. which amply justifies the cautious Sir IL PEEL in relaxing a little the restriction which confines our people to the area of these islands to obtain • their supplies of meat. 'Sir R..PEEL, however, did not, that we recollect, say anything at the same time about any corresponding rise in the price of wheat. At least we are quite sure that he never dwelt on any equally alarming rise in that be twen 1835 and 1841, as an all-sufficient reason for largely extending the area whence the people, who cannot com mand meat, who rarely or never see it, may procure a supply of wheat, flour, and bread. Now these returns enable us to complete that part of the picture which he left, we believe designedly, unfinished; and when we have laid them before our readers, we believe they will con clude with us, that if the rise in the price of meat be tween 1835 and 184,1 required Sir R. PEEL to enlarge the area of the supply, the rise in the price of flour ought to have been much more imperative on hint to increase the quantity of bread corn. In 1835 the average price of wheat flour per sack as purchased for Greenwich Hospital was 31s. and in 1841 it was 525. 5441., or an increase of GS per cent. In 1835 the average price of red wheat per quarter was 2/. Os. 4d., in 1841 it was 21. 9s. 2d., an increase of more than 70 per cent. Thus we see that while between-1835 and 1841 meat rose in the proportion of 37, 25, and 52 per cent., wheat and flour rose 68 and 70 per cent. Ali the arguments, therefore, which Sir IionERT PEEL has urged for admitting cattle at a comparatively low duty, tell with nearly double force in favour of extending the area whence our people can obtain wheat and flour. In one part of the Report of the Commissioners on Mines, it is stated that the food of the colliers consists chiefly of bread and butter and bread and cheese. A large number of those hard-working men cannot corn mand meat. They, however, are comparatively well P., and we therefore conclude that the bulk of the labouring' classes of this country now consum, very little or no moat, They are far I..ss interested, then - fore, in the reduction of the price of meat than in the reduction of the price of flour ; yet Sir R. PEEL, while he pretends to study the interuste t)f the working classes, takes no notice of the exorbitant rise in the price of their provisions, and takes no measure what ever, except the tedttetion of the duty on potatoes, to reduce the price of their food. Meat is con• sumed chiefly by the rich and, particularly in the present circumstances of the people, the reduction caused in. its price by Sir R. PEEL'S tariff; whatever it may be, which will, we believe, be very little, will be all fur the advantage of the rich, At the same time, it is clear, from the far greater proportionate rise iu the price of flour and wheat, the chief food of the labouring Pi 4.0 9 51 than in the rise of the price of meat, that a reasonable and just statesman would have directed his exertions rather l to lower the price of the former than the latter l t Sir R. PEEL has taken a different course , while he has pret en d e d to f eel for the poor, i s only another prof to be added to the many painful proofs we have already at different ti mes adduced, that be is one of the greatest deceivers that ever stood at the present t ese h n i t li . g p i i ..Z. of These statements warrant, head of nation's affairs. vation. They sh ow that the e t i t l 4 l l s m ( a )f di the ar l c 're p t a n r i t e s r, o t t h a e cattle, on which all th e C a l etd . b graziers, and the public h ave agricultural produce. A • e g a el L en t t i l r r e is fe e d i n w t i l t l e h Si r a i t ce pr o od f 2r,jr.the ' t , i L e be in some degree proportionate to the pri ce Whether any cattle or none be brought into England tiow foreign countries will depend, therefore, on our harvests and on the price of wheat in England. W e see no rea sou when the seasons turn, as perhaps they DM will, and when the population is nearly starved down, it , 44 P re: stilt, to the quantity of food produced in averageyear.,by England, why prices should not again decline till they reach the level of /835. On the contrary, we think there arc many reasons why such Should be the result Two successive abundant harvests, *itk P 9 exten sion of trade, of which we see no signs, We l 4 bring it about. Under those circumstances, the price. of cattle as well as wheat would fall to about the con tinental level; and the renowned tariff, for which we are to submit to an income•tax, will not introduce into the land a single head of either fat or lean lane, Which ever way our attention is directed to the commergisl measures of Ministers, the more firmly are we persuaded that the whole is a great mass of delusion, and thcs e who expect public benefit from such a complification of ignorance, inconsistency, and deceit, will find themselve egregiously mistaken. LITERATURE. DE VALENCOURT—A TRAGEDY. Mitchell, London, 1842. We learn from the title-page of this remarkable drama, that it is the joint production of two gentle men, rejoicing in the names of William Henry Hos kins, and Horatio . Huntley Hoskins, and that it has already been performed td the Norwich and Lynn theatres. In what form it was played there—whether as a tragedy, comedy, or farce, the authors do not in form • us, but as they style it a tragedy, we may reason ably presume that it was performed as such ; and truly there is much in it of a deeply tragic character, for common sense is assassinated in the very first act ; grammar put to the most wanton tortures ; and pro babilitysubjected to such grievous shocks, as might make even stones weep ! When we bear in mind that this surprising composition is a sort of Beau mont-and-Fletcher concern, _we feel a natural curiosity, in which the public will no doubt share, to ascertain how much of it is due to William Henry Hoskins, and how much to Horatio Huntley Hoskins : —who did the funny; and who the pathetic parts—who manufactured the prose, and who the poesy ; unfortunately, however, we are left in the dark, as to the exact share which each gentleman had in the piece ; and we are not a little uneasy, there fore, least while courteously protesting against certain portions of it, we may make William Henry wince, when Horatio Huntley should be the object of our mild objurgation.—The tragedy opens with a fight between Vitelli, an Italian peer, and Jacques, a foolish footman, which is interrupted by the entrance of Traversaro, a Judge of Ferrara, and Regent during the Duke's absence, who taunts the combatants with seeking "to untie each other's lives," whereupon Vitelli proceeds to explain theeause of the row, which originated—as most skriminages do—in a woman. It seems that Eufrania Galeazzo, a wealthy, and high born lady of Ferrara, had some time before been sub jected to the importunate addresses of Vitelli, which so annoyed her sweet-heart, Fernando de Valencourt, a prodigal peer, that he ordered his footman, Jacques, to pitch into him the first convenient opportunity. Hence the " disturbant riot," to quote our author's phraseo logy. In the next scene, we learn that Eufrania has been clapped in Quod for high treason, having ven tured to plead for the pardon of her father, who had been unjustly executed by the late Duke of Ferrara for a traitor. Feeling, as might be expected, exceedingly uncomfortable in her cell, especially as she is in chains, the disconsolate young woman pours forth her griefs in soliloquy to a bird, which is in a cage beside her, reminding the feathered warbler how kind she had been to him in happier days, and requesting him as a particular favour to tune up. On his refusing to comply with her strenuous solicitations, she expresses her astonishment at his obstinate silence, but immediately afterwards discovers that it is from a delicate regard to her feelings that he declines to sing her " requiem," and touchingly adds, "Oh, honest bird ! How like - the faithful dog ! How. different _ From faithless man !" • Generally speaking, there is unquestionably a great difference between a man and a bird, though we have known some men who bore a most marvellous semblance to a goose.—The next scene introduces us to Francisco, the Duke of Ferrara, and Eufrania's sweet-heart, Fernando. Both are in a high state of excitement, for the one is relating, and the other is listening to, the particulars of the lady's imprisonment. " Her arms," observes the indignant Fernando— " Which once lent lustre to fine polished armlets, were manacled with rusty iron to her silver thighs ; round her fair neck, which wore a carcarret of unexcelled mag nificence, a brazen band was coarsely gartered, and her pure and vestal temple ingil t with ruffians. In fine, her rank was paid no compliment, but in the common prison, there—there was she with Ferrara's scum vilely incar cerated." There is a pleasing ambiguity in this passage, which possesses all the charm of an enigma ; but as we are indifferent guessers at riddles, we shall make no further comment on it, than just to express our in dignation at the wretches who could clap rusty chains on a gentlewoman's " silver thighs," and tie a garter round her neck ! Had they possessed the slightest spark of sentiment, they would have died rather than have done so, for, mark, how the fair object of their brutality is described by her impassioned lover Fer nando ! " Oh ! her eyes do beggar Heaven's brightest stars in lustre—!ter hair long and luxuriant, dark as the jettest raven's—her fair forehead mild and expressive as iEgean Jove's—her mouth a paradise of flowers secured by gates of whitest ivory, made jocund by her nimble tongue, that ever and anon would warble strains of varied and of cadent harmony, which should outdo each feathered songster of the grove ! She is in form the very proto type of grace,—and then her mind !--Oh, it is a glass, whereat Truth and Virtue robe themselves when they would convert a protlivtte ! " _ This animated description so works upon the Duke Francisco, that he expresses the strongest sym pathy with Eufrania, and adds, addressing himself to Fernando, " As a man, I feel and share your sorrow ; but then my mind is so moulded, that I can whistle shallow sighs off to their native element, when action is required." .We would give much to have seen the Duke of Ferrara engaged in the occupation of whistling a sigh off to its native element, and regret that he did not inform us by what means such a perplexing feat was to be achieved. The result of the confabulation between him and Fernando is, that the latter resolves on pleading Eufrania's cause, •in the disguise of a doctor of laws, before Traversaro, the judge, who, happening to be an exceeding , rogue, is bent on pro curing the prisoner's conviction, as in that case, he will be put in possesion of her estates. Accordingly, after the case for the prosecution is closed, he declares Eufrania to be guilty, notwithstanding an energetic protest from Fernando; when, lo! just as Traversaro is about to put on the black cap, an order comes from Francisco, commanding him to quit the judgment.. seat, and stand at the bar as a criminal ! Of course he has no alternative but to obey ; and evidence being adduced against him, he is found guilty of corrupt practices as a judge, and sentenced to be hanged, while his intended victim is honourably ac quitted. Fernando, still disguised as a lawyer, now thinks himself entitled to his client's lasting gratitude ; and in a long and sentimental dialogue with her, thus alludes to a lady whom he deeply loved : " Her riches were as countless as the gnat Which, summer through, Teazes the reaper as he toils ; her mind• Was as a sacred Faille lit up with Truth, With Vir tie sentinelled, and fretted o'er With silver hieroglyphs of Innocence !" There is infinite pastoral beauty in the image of the gnat teasing the reaper, though it is•by no means im probable that the reaper himself may be of a different opinion. When Fernando has brought his speech to an anchor, Eufrania sets to ' • and candidly acknowledges that she -is in love with him, upon which he throws off his disguise, and tells her that, if she has no ob jection, he will marry her on the spot, observing, " We'll strait at Church Be confirmed in our loves, and in the glee And jocund jollity, with which from hence We will demean ourselves, we will inspire Ferrara all afresh dance but we Will mingle in, and track each other's steps All through the giddy maze !—no masquerade But we will there be seen in lover's guise, And thou shalt be my Juliet, and I 'l'hy Romeo ! No tilt, no tournament, But we will be conspicuons in for carriage, And for well governed steeds ! No theatre but Shall have can. patronage !" Fernando keeps his promise to the letter. After his marriage with Eufrania, he indulges in all sorts of fun--bets at horse-racei—games—gives splendid feeds—goes half-price to the play—and soon runs through a very pretty property. But mischief mean time is at work, for we find his rival Vitolll plotting in the second act with a worthy agent, one Cavigni— a horrid scamp—the young Benedict's utter ruin. ft seems that the D u k e de Guise and the Mar quis and Marchioness de Brion are shortly ex pected at Ferrara, on learning which Qatvigid waylays and murders them, and then, with \riteill, and a lady of easy virtue, by name Cleora, takes upon himself to personate them, and being introduced to Fernando, pip-mg ha t yl over ears in debts of honour. In the third act we 11n4 141441114 Finging far the footman, and asking him where her "L'ord replying that he has gone forth to hunt with his illus trious French guests, and threatening a long sp eec h on tio guhiept i or, cuts him short by remarking, tf .. Fr? YO 4R; PiF6 I OFR_PYP;' And orders him to go to PIP 14Rqic , CAP the ilPit room, and "Reach the English hook Upon the Art or Angling, writ by Walton !" Now, as the milk, of this.iragedy are supposed by the authors to have occured in .the you Ma period Izaac Walton was only five years old, we are puzzled to understand how Eufrania could have had his work on Angling in her possession ! But to re- SUMO. Thg IlAy is soon roused • from her piScatory studies by the abrupt OittfalliV of bor In4ll-407 having at length discovered that he is insobTlit? 411q4 not unlikely to figure among the bankrupt in tIW Gazette, flies into a rage with his wife—and form company, too, which makes the • matter worse . ThiOng ths disembarrassed himself of a portion of his sp!een, Nvr,kuiio 013.p4 to burro money of his aristocratic French friends ; `but 'they, having a natural objection to lend, except on good security, politely decline compliance with Tp(pest ; which so enrages him, that he t e lly them they 419 INlVhing but . gentlemen, and announces his intention of sh4rtli 0410Pfi tit ni g with th e severe st pains and pen a lti es . Accordingly, we discover him, in the fifth act, pursuing the voca tion of a money lender, living in an obscure alley, , 4.9l'gPF a beard like a he-goat's, growing stingier and stinsipr pyppy o,y, rninino• as many nobleine4 • ikt ' t •• c, " 4 / • 44 1 - 4Abi lk 0, .11, • • .17 41111. ‘ ,__,' , . AS H I )4- I'lo 2 - B3:0 1." ' - I 7 1,1 0 7 ' •kg % • by - ;11 , • ." EPSOM RACES. THE DERBY—YESTERDAY. " Tedious is a tale thrice told." Not half so 'tedious as a tale twenty times written by oneself, and yet the thing must be done ; we must still travel over the self-same ground', beaten by us for twice ten springs. But, perchance, this apology for our same ness—call it, if you like, lack of descriptive power—is superfluous, for why should we dread writing about that which our readers are never weary of witnessing. The annual gala of " the Derby day" is as sacred in the ob servance by us of Cockney land, and many lands beside, its is any moveable feast in the calendar (not the racing calendar) by the most rigid Romanist. We must, therefore, write a few words to commemorate its celebration. To say that the Derby of 1842 pos. sessed, in the eyes of the sporting world, an interest coin mensurate with the Derbys of former years, would be a palpable exhibition of ignorance as to what sporting people feel with respect to the disreputable circum stances attendant on the memorable race, in which Coronation was the winner, of 1841. Every man anxious or interested in the continued and honourable prosperity of the turf, will see, at half a glance, the untoward (we use any thing but a harsh epi thet) matters to which we allude. Before the ordi nary betting public they have been so frequently, and under so many different shapes, that even there they have wrought an impression nOt easily washed away. HoWever, the evil effected there is not without a remedy, but where it has taken deep, and we fear lasting root, is among the sheer sporting circles. This has been fully evidenced in what we may term " the turf money market." That, on account of the " Gurney affair," . has been sadly depressed, and, before it can recover its original buoyancy, there must arise some strong, stimulating, counteracting circumstance. Fortunately for parties whose interest it is to get up racing meetings, the effects which we have shown to be so pre judicial to mere sporting men, have not affected the good, sight-seeing public. The thousands who annually visit Epsom, are quite careless about the settlements at Tat tersall's, and whether Mr. So and So become a defaulter or not, simply furnishes them with small talk for a week or two, and is then forgotten. Ilowevar, it would be better for all parties, that the shameful squabbles relative to the settlements of d e bt s of honour were for ever put an end to, and no one ought to bet beyond his means, or incur engagements which, however chance may run counter to him, he would not be able to meet. •With these observations we will rapidly sketch the leading features of the Derby of this year. It is a very evident fact that horse-racing is becoming every day more and more a favourite amusement of the English public, and particularly with the me tropolitan portion of it ; and in order to render it more interesting to themselves, they have established in almost every public parlour —we had almost said tap-room—far and near, Derby and St. Leger Clubs, by means of which, and small weekly subscriptions, they i have pecuniary s t a k e depende nt thosese races.a slight on In. consequen ce of this, an extensive, though not deep excitement is kept alive ; and all those who have drawn a horse, or horses, at one or more of these Clubs, are anxious to see them run. Doncaster lies too far afield ror the million in London ; therefore, on the Derby Day, the watch wor d i s w i t h t h em " H e i g h for Epsom !' If a total stranger to our manners were to behold, on the morning of yesterday, the general move and all ey , t h at too k p l ace — t h e on foot, a ll in h o lid ay gar b , hurry insthousandssquare, persons the' railroad termini of the B r i g ht on an d C ro yd on , and the South Western lines—the multitudes on horseback, stt , the various rotatory vehicle's crammed with merry beings—the four-in-hand —th e sweeping-along chaise and four—the carriage, chariot, chaise, cart, and covered van—if ire were to see all these, probably he would ask in wonderment, " What are they going out for ? To see some mighty conqueror returning from the wars ? some favourite Prince coming back ransomed from exile ? some holy pilgrim bringing them blessings from the Holy Land ?" Pshaw ! Not a bit of it. They are going to see some four and-twenty gallant steeds contend for swiftness on the plain of Epsom. They are pressing onward in expectation of beholding their beloved Queen spectatress of the same sight as themselves, but not enjoying it a whit better than they ; they are Basting to gaze oil the nobles of the land, the pillars of the State, the surpassing beauties of these shores, and certainly a very great portion of the elite of " The inviolate island of the brave and free." And in many respects they were not slisappointed. The Downs were as resplendent as ever with thousands of " Fair women and brave men." But the thing would not b e E ng li s h ; t h e grand drama would- not be Shaksperian that is, it would not be true to nature—if amid the sublime and tha splendid were not a goodly mixture of the grotesque, and motley, and ridi culous. And so there was. It is unnecessary to repeat the doings in the gambling-booths, the thimble riwgers, the g ip s ies, the mountebanks, the th ousa nd tricks played off to entrap the unwary and strip them of their gilding. They were practised yesterday for nearly the hundredth time, as successfully as ever. Need we re peat that the road abounded with the usual incidents, funny enough to some, not equally so to others. There was the usual number of cracked conch pannels, broken poles, smashed splinter-bars, quarrels at the toll bars, patience-trying stoppages. More than once, alas ! we heard God's name taken in vain ; but we did not see one person struck on the right cheek hold out the other to be struck in the same way— on th e contrary. Halt* an hour before the grand race com menced, and when all were intent upon it, the course presented a most animated appearance —the excited ex pectations of a t l eas t 60,000 pergons on the tiptoe. From Epsom close t o T a tt en h am C orner , t h e s id es of the course were lined w ith man y t h ousan d s . The immortal hill was crowned with a cluster, close and ;Willer. ous, of fashionaLles in carriages and an horseback, and fl'oln th e s t, trt i lig post continuous suceessitin of horsemen and pedestrians unceasingly poured along to Tattenham C orner. Then there was t h e usua l pressure to see th e j oekies mount. After that to see each horse take hi s gallop, and scan th e appearance and action of the favo ur i tes. Shortly afterwardti annthPr. rush more' o*")!PflOnits O n wiis made $o see the start, and Move still the crowd hurried to the winning post. O nce more the mass was on the move to learn, the announcement of the winner, and then could he gMi Nvh g a P s P e l in 4 t:r a .e l st i:l t visages from which all hope had fled, PI the morning, in tio;lwanenpp the lain an 'Tuesday, q raVthal 4 ther sh tr o t' u st l eAl d be by a a la i r i g p e arties con course of persons on the course. This anxiety referred C:hicfly to the weather, which in the forenoon showed such steady symptoms of rain, that there could In Ao (114 day. lead a T,19. (IV liie o was—cold and clear— , quike npii_l4o to Its last broili ng anni versary. The eff:ct of this, was an ever-flowing tide of arrivals, and we never recollect seeing a more numele ous multitude spread itself over the Downs. TN L ;gh had been- circulated I . oive§iy, her hoyal PPriMrt ! gild tijc t r oiirt, V'ou c be present' to witness the race, a pretty general belief prevailed that the rumour was without foundation ? and when towat i t i the hour Of starting, thew was OR iudlcation of the arri val of Royalty, the multitude exhibited no marked dis appointment. About two o'clock Count Mensdorf, uncle by affinity. to her Majesty, and his four sons, aceompa ries, arrived from Claremont. wed elf()glow Arbqp, s t i (m e of the ( , :;ieen l 4 iNitter- They were introduced to Baron de Tessier and Sir G. Heathcote, who immedi ately placed the Stewards' stand at their disposal. Al though the number of the nobility and fashionable world present was as great as heretofore l eve regret ?list we pmild ROI !tit,11011'!, 1 4 get q sorifl i oe ny time, obta in m ore of their imams than we here insert : Dukes of Beaufort, Bedf or d, and Rutland ; M ar • guises of Exeter, Worcester, Granby, and Nor manby ; Earls of Uxbridge, March, Stradbroke, Orford, Chesterfield, Rossiin, Verulahl, 4114940 e 4,,ords VE"fririNcr t MA N i 06„ 1842. by his usurious prao:tieel 31.heTossibly. can. As for his,N - vife; though th'eauthiiretfci ntt'speCify the exact extent of her priyationST"'W fear, that her . husband does not allow her more than five shillings a week, On - which he evidently expects that she shall keep' herself and household. But .this is not the worst of poor Eufrania's sufferings, for, fallen though she is in fortunes, she finds that Vitelli .still persecutes • her with his odious addresses, and on one remarkable oc casion endeavous to rouse her jealousy, V'inventing the following diabolical Calumny on her husband : " But yesternight, as I lay stretched alOng . The river bank; in'the breath revelling Of balmy eve, at sunset's 'chanted hour, Approach there did a foot which broke my dream. As from a trance I startled into life, And viewed (oh, the foul horror, have I words To mention it?) the substance of my dream ! With a foul wanton I my master saw Kissing and cooing like a new-joined pair." _ _ _ To this malicious insinuation Eufrania makes a very proper and spirited reply, She knows well that a usurer, with a beard like a h e - goa t' s , an d w h o cares for nothing but the blunt, is not the man to go kis sing, and cooing, and caterwauling, so expresses her sense of Vitelli's falsehood in this energetic and im passioned style : " Most wanton liar ! Now thy soul is grimed And black as Hell to conceive such a thought ! Fool, do you think I am so great a slave To passion, that I'd let a jealousy Unfounded as a madman's brain, swoop down My rest of life into the dark abyss Of sharp, soul-cankerincr remorse?—Let not Your presence again offend mine eyes—begone !" But Vitelli won't go. On the contrary, he sticks like bricks to Etifrania, and when she flatly tells him that his " zeal is lust," the lewd wretch, struck by the apt felicity of her hypothesis, draws a rapier from his kickseys, and is just about to spit her therewith, when in rushes Fernando, and of course defeats his murder ous intentions. The tragedy now hurries to a close. After one or two more incidents of no great moment, Vitelli succeeds in stabbing Fernando, who dies in the middle of a long speech, but not before he has subjected several inoffensive metaphors to a serious compound fracture. The murderer is immediately seized and carried off to the nearest station-house ; and Eufrania is left, at the.fall of the curtain, looking as silly as a sheep, and expressing her decided convic tion that Fernando is as .dead:as mutton ! Such is a brief, hasty summary of the leading incidents of this very remarkable tragedy, which, we regret to state, is, in some of its passages, quite as incomprehensible as Sir Robert Peel's Income-tax Bill, and is likely to obtain just the same amount of popularity. As well wishers to the authors, we should strongly advise them to send a copy of their play to the Right Hon. Baronet, who, as a dealer in the unintelligible him self, can scarcely fail to appreciate this faculty in others. Maidstone, Miltoun, G. Bentinck,. Villiers, Forester, C. Fitzroy, J. Fitzroy, E. Russell, Portarlington, Kelburne ; Sirs D. Baird, W. Stanley, J. Shelley, F. Goodriche. E. Bowatei, G. Heathcote, R. Bulkeley, C. Coote, &c.; Count Bathyany and Baron de Tessier; Honourables Ge neral Grosvenor, H. Rolls, G. Byn,g ; G. Anson, G. Fitz roy, J. S. Wortley, H. Forester, - J. Westenra, C. Fo rester; Col. Peel, Messrs. Newton, Greville, Udney, Gra ham, Irby, Payne, Broadhead, G. Heathcote, Neville. Bush, Codrington, Beauchamp, Gregory, Corbet, Tre lawney, Pettat, Phillimore, &c. &c. The bell for saddling having been sounded, the course was cleared with surprising rapidity, and in a few instants afterwards all was in readiness for the exciting struggle for The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, li ft, for three years old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b ; the second to receive 100/. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 1001. towards the police and regulations of the course. Last mile and. half. (182 Subs.) Col. Anson's b. or br. c. Attila, by Colwick (W. Scott) 1 Lord Verularn's br. c. Robert de Gorham, by Sir Her cules (Cotton) 2 Mr. Allen's b. c. Beleceur, by Belshazzar Mr. Etwall's br. c. Palladium, by Defence 0 Mr. C-onnop's ch. c. The Oneida Chief, by Divan 0 Mr. Greenwood's (jun.) br. c. Lasso, by The Saddler 0 Sir G. Heathcote's eh. c. Hydaspes, by Velocipede 0 lion. S. Herbert's Nessus, by Sir Hercules Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Jack, by Touchstone 0 Mr. Goodman's ch. c. Proverb, by Maley Moloch Mr. Forth's ch. c. Policy, by Bustard 0 Mr. Meiklam's br. c. by Agreeable, dam by Sam , 0 Mr. Forth's ch. c. The Golden Rule, by Bustard 0 Mr. Osbaideston's br. c. The-Devil-among-the-Tai- lors, by The Saddler 0 Lord G. Bentinck's ch. c. Chatham, by The Colonel 0 Mr. P. Pryse's ch. c. Cheops, by The Mummy 0 Mr G. Clark's ro. or gr. c. Theliaronet, by Hampton 0 Lord Westminster's br. c. Auckland, by Touchstone 0 Col. Wyndham's Singleton, by Ernest Lord Westminster's ch. c. William de Fortibus, by Plenipotentiary Mr. Copeland's b. c. Combermere, by Bran Mr. Trelawny's ch. c. Cold re ni c k, by Pl en ip oten ti ar y 0 Mr. Gregory's ch. c. Defier, by Defence 0 General Yates's br. c. Seahorse, by Camel 0 Betting at starting :-11 to 8 agst Coldrenick ; 5 to 1 agst Attila (6 to 1 laid two or three times); 12 to I. agst Jack ; 12 to 1 agst Forth's lot ; 14 to 1 agst Seahorse ; 20 to 1 agst Agreeable c ; 30 to 1 agst Chatham ; 40 to 1 agst Combermere ; 40 to 1 agst William de Fortibus ; 40 to 1 agst Lasso ; 50 to 1 agst Auckland ; and 1,000 to 10 agst any other. It will be seen that Auckland was ridden by Lye, instead of Marson, the change having been made in consequence of anonymous letters received by Lord Westminster, as stated by some ; but from dis satisfaction at Satirist's race, as insisted upon by others. The race was advertised to come off at half-past -two ; and at that time most of the horses appeared at the post, but it is easier to get a large field to the post than front it, and so it proved to-day ; for two or three false starts, and several dodging attempts, caused an immense delay, and it was fully half•past three " by Shrewsbury clock" before the final start took place. This accom plished, and the horses fairly settled into their places, Combermere took the lead, followed by Attila, Lasso, and Belcceur, the second lot being headed by Auck land, Chatham, Seahorse, Policy, and Coldrenick ; to these succeeded a body of horses (in racing phraseo logy " the ruck"), and then the tail—viz., Defier, Ro bert de Gorham, Palladium, Hydaspes, and Jack, the hitter having lost a start of nearly one hundred yards. For the first quarter of a mile the pace was moderate ; it then quickened, and Lasso immediately vacated the third place ; but in other respects the race proceeded as we have described it, until near the turn, when Bel cceur headed Attila and Combermere, and, with the two at his shoulders, carried the running into th e s t ra i g ht course, the lot behind consisting of Chatham, Auckland, Seahorse, Policy, and the Agreeable colt, Robert de Gorham, who had gradually improved his position, lying next. The front rank continued intact to the road, but it was otherwise with that behind it. Coldrenick had already shown that the distance was too great for him. Chatham fell lame ; Seahorse, Policy, and the Agreeable colt had shot their bolt, and Robert de Gorham passing them in succession, took his ground next to Auckland. A few yards from the distance Corn bermere gave up in toto, and fell into the ruck, and immediately after Attila shot past Belcceur, took a decisive lead, kept it to the end, and won with the most, perfect ease imaginable by two lengths. Robert de Gorham ran by Auckland half way up the distance, collared Belcceur at the stand, and beat him for the second money cleverly by a length, Auckland being well up with Belcceur at the finish. The Agreeable colt and Policy were fifth and sixth, Seahorse dividing them from the crowd behind. Jack and Palladium were about the last two. The pace was good, but cer tainly not first-rate. Value of the stakes, 4,9001. Colonel Anson , Lords Chesterfield and Maidstone, and in fact, all the, gentlemen connected with Scott's ,stable, are great winners on the - race ; the Manchester men are also on the right side, the balances to be handed over amounting, according to report, to 70,000/. ! (Where is it to come from ?) Considering what favourable op portunities the Coldrenick party had of hedging their money, we take it for granted they have not been hit very hard ; albeit their confidence (in a very bad horse) was almost without a parallel in the annals of racing. The settling will take place on Tuesday next ; it must be heavy—we hope it may be a good one. The Epsom Stakes of 5 Sous. each, with 35 added ; 3 yrs old, 7st bib ; 4 yrs, Bst 11lb ; 5 yrs, 9st 21b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 61b. The winner to be sold for 1201. One mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. Forth's Camelino, 6 yrs (Bell) 1 Mr. Forth's f Trident, 3 yrs Mr. J. Day's br m by Nimrod, out of Busk 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Count Bathyany's Gammon Box, 4 yrs, Mr. Bushell's Jenny Jones, 6 yrs, Mr. Smith's Astronomer, 3 yrs, Mr. Bal chin's Gog (h b) 4 yrs, Mr. '!Teen's Haitoe, 3 yrs, Mr. Goodman's Miss Fidget, 4yrs, and Mr. Pryse Pryse's Australia, 4 yrs. The race was entirely between Mr. Forth's two, and was won cleverly. The Walton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 35 added; three yrs old, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 11lb; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st 61b. The winner to be sold for 1001. One mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. Forth's Knightsbridge, 4 yrs (Butler) 1 Mr. Jobson's Frank, 6 yrs 2 Mr. Savage's John o' Gaunt, 3 yrs 3 The following also st ar t e d b ut werenot placed :—Mar quis of Exeter's Patchwork, 3 yrs; -Mr. Garrard's The Dandy, 3 yrs; and Captain Cunningham's Mango Park, 5 yrs. Won cleverly by a length; a good race for second. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 35 added; three yrs old, Bst 21b; four. Bst 1llb; five, 9st; six and age d, 9st 41b. 11 inner t o b e sold for 80/. One mile. (12 subs.) Captaiii Daintree's bc by Mulatto, 3 yrs....(Marson) 1 Captain Rous's Nicholas, 5 yrs 2 The following also started :—Lord G. Bentinek's Bal co.ly, 3 yr_s•, Lord Exeter's Pat c h wor k, 3 yrs; Ilon. S. Herbert's Teetotaller, 3 yrs; Mr. Lichtwald's b m Dis tance, 5 yrs ; Mr. Price's Marshal Biron, 3 yrs ; Mr. Greville's Palmnion, 4 yrs ; Mr. Lawrence's Lampedo, 3 yrs ; Mr. Williamson's Wiltona, 3 yrs ; Mr. S. Scott's fby Bay Middleton, 3 yrs ; and Mr. T. Wal ters' Miss Whinney, 4 yrs. A short, quick run race, and won cleverly by half a length. THE OAKS.—The only betting we heard after the races, was 5 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Adela filly, and 3 to .1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Thl-bar. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in town ten minutes before five yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, from Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and their attendants, were in the next carriage, and Lady Port man, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Paget, Maid 'of Honour in Waiting, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert, followed in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at Bucking ham Palace by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Lord Cham-, bet lain, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Captains Meynell and Francis Seymour, the Grooms in Waiting. His Excellency Count Mensdurf, attended by Colonel Ar buthnot, Equerry to the QUeen, arrived at Buckingham Pa lace, from Epsom Race-course, at seven o'clock, folowed by his sons, the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf, in an open Royal carriage and four. The Royal dinner party last evening, in addition to the above illustrious visitors, and the Royal circle, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Marquis of Exeter, Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and Lady Anna Maria Dawson. The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in attend ance during dinner, at Buckingham Palace. The Earl of Morton and Captain Meynell, have sueeeeded . the Marquis of Ormonde and Captain Duncombe, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Ahria Dawson, returned to her residence, Clarence House, Rt. James's, on Tuesday night, from Claremont. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess and the Princess of Saxe Weimar, took an airing in the Regent's Park and Hyde Park, yesterday, in an; open pony carriage and four. His - Serene 'Highness the Duke Bernard of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by Prince Edward, and attended by the Earl of Denbigh, and Captain Koch, left town yesterday morning, to witness the Epsom Races. His Serene Highness returned to Marlborough House at seven o'clock. The Duke of Welliugton, Director for the evening of the Concert a Aiicient Muste, gave a dinner yesterday evening at ApgicY House, to their Royal Highnesses the D u k e and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cam bridge, (attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Knesebeck). The whole of the party afterwards accompanied his Grace to the Hanover-square Rooms. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge left town yesterday moruiug to witness the Epsom Races. Wortley, Mr. Denison, Mr. C. Wood, Mr. Protheroe, Me. Lascelles, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Busfeild, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Staunton, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. G. Wood, with a deputations from Leeds and H u d dersfield, con sisting of Mr, W, Gait, Mr. J. Brooke, Mr. S c h wa i n, Mr. J. H. Bropl, itwd Mr. Willans, had a conference with Sir Robert Peel on the wool duties, on Tuesday, at his official residence in Downing. street, a few days ago , a re - The quadienne states that, bel)iovi broke out in the Polytechnic School, which rose to such a height that some of the refractory y out h s were sent to the prison of the Abbay e. On inquiry, we find the circumstances to be as follows :—lt has hitherto been the custom for the pa. pits to celebrate tha close of the period d evote d to lessons in it i . 4 ‘, l Ang, which ends in May, by a discharg e of fireworks. This year, however, the Governor ot the school, by an order of the day, prohibited the exhibition. The pupils took no notice of the order, and let off the ir firew or k s as osual , in consequence of which breach of disciplkitelvia of the ringleaders have been sent to the milktvytnisiou, and the other pupils are confined to ih ix tot T e ologne Gazette states that the dervish who has accompanied the Turkish Ambassador to Vienna waolately presented to the Princess de Alotternicli. At his entrance into the drawing-room he Aupg a ;ose m the face of the Princess, w hi c h eweil sorry. surprise. This w as , h owever , s p ee dily dis op,*, w gp hh declared that it was the custom of his order Wi l es ot distinction in this manner. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTIAMEN, THE BALLOT for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR of the EAST INDIA COMPANY has.. ing been fixed for WEDNESDAY, the Bth of June, I beg to offer my grateful thanks for t he promised support of a numerous and influential body of Proprietors, and for the generous and unwearied exertions of my friends, which have placed me in my present prominent position ; and I earnestly request that I may be honoured with an early intimation of the wishes of such of my supporters as would prefer voting by proxy, that the neces sary papers may be transmitted to them. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged servant, JAMES OLIPHANT, London, May 25, 1842. Major, late of the Madras Engineers. Is is particular requested that any recent change of residence may be notified to Major Oliphant's Committee, which sits daily at the London Tavern, where communications from his friends will le thankfully. received. • THE ERA. DERBY PREDICTION. ~ VATES" RIGHT AGAIN! 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Robert Cadell, Ed inburgh ; Houlston a nd St oneman , Lon don ; and to be had of every Bookseller in Great Britain, Ire land, and the Colonies. Part 111. of Abbotsford Edition on 28th of May. THE WEATHER.—NOON, MAY 26. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET Thermometer .... 60 Highest 6l j Lowest 4: BarometCr 29.88.—Wind S.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning 52 minutes after 2i Evening 12 minutes after 3. ctk . * gbje ty' mu)) Xbition SUN OFFICE Three o'clock. A lengthened debate took place in the General Assem bly last Monday on a motion for the total abolition of Church patronage in Scotland. The Non-Intrusionists despairing of any aid from the present Government, and convinced, by experience, that their Veto Act is little better than a nullity when it comes in collision with the law, resolved to carry matters with a high hand, and rest satisfied with nothing less than the total abolition of th e patron's rights. This scheme, however, was very coldly i rt. - ceived. It was proposed by one of the leading fathers of the Kirk, and supported in very strong figurative language, by the Professor of Divinity, Dr. CHALMERS," but unfor tunately was opposed by the Procurator, the law officer of the Church, and if we mistake not, a Noa-Intru sionisrhimself, when, on a division, the motion was car ried by a majority of 69. This is a sad falling off from the majority which the same party had on the previous Thursday, when a division took place on the Strathbogie affair, and the Non•lntrusionists mustered 215 votes, their opponents, the men resolved to obey the law, only 85 votes, giving a majority of not less than 130 votes. There is evidently a division.in the camp. The threat held out by one of the chiefs that they would secede in a body and leave one-half of the churches empty, has alarmed those who prefer a comfortable manse and a good stipend to wooden houses and casual contributions, and the alarm was not at all assuaged by the speeches made on the occasion. The Procurator laid down the law on the question, and hinted that if the object of the motion were obtained, something like anarchy and confusion might follow. What, said he, would be thought of any Reformer of the Radical party moving in the House of Commons that the present system of repre sentation should be abolished without substituting some other in its place ?—" Would any man, except one as wild as himself, listen for a moment to a scheme that would throw the country, into anarchy and confusion ? " This roused the fears of the less staunch Vetoists. They shuddered at the very idea of losing their livings in the general scramble, and Dr. CHALMERS, in place of holding out any consolation, confounded them still more. He absolutely denounced the popular voice, and described the people as utterly unfit to choose their own pastors. Who, then, are to choose them ? The Church. This we have all along seen was the great ob ject of the dominant party. Under pretence of giving the right of election to the Christian people at large they would confine it only to a select few, whom they could- mould and control according to their own wishes. " I have no faith," said he, "in the entire infallibility of the popular voice, and believe a system of household or resident election, is as bad as high-handed patronage. To the Church Courts belong the highest and most important part , of this matter." This, to say the least of it, is plain language, easy to be understood by the People as well as the Parliament, and, we trust, will not be forgotten when the subject again comes on for discussion. But we advise Mr. CAMPBELL to give up his Bill. Has he the vanity to suppose that the men whom Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR described as totally unmanage able, will be ruled by him, or that he can carry through Parliament a measure opposed by great majorities in both Houses, by all the patrons of livings in England, and by the whole Episcopal Church ? We learn from the Manchester Guardian that the statements respecting the distress of the Operatives in the manufacturing districts, are so far from being ex aggerated, that they scarcely reveal the whole appalling truth ; and that, at Stockport in particular, nothing can surpass the extent and intensity of the sufferings under which the industrious Operatives are labouring, except the patience with which they bear their privations. Under these circumstances, permit us to ask what has become of the proposal—broached the other day with so much parade and emphasis by Mother Church—of preaching simultaneous charity sermons on behalf of the famish ing artizans? If the thing is to be done, 'tis absolutely necessary that it should oe done ut once. While the Church deliberates, the Operatives starve. We were never impressed with any very favourable ideas of the project, thinking that the richest Church in the world would be better employed in subscribing itself, than in exhorting others to subscribe, for its des titute flocks ; still, as some little good was likely to arise from it, we gave it our humble but ready support ; and now repeat our question—when are the charity sermons to be preached ? Are we to wait till the parsons are in a favourable mood for pa thetic composition? If so, the scheme had better be at once abandoned, and the poor be left, as usual, to the chapter of accidents. If churchmen would but show as much zeal in the cause of their famishing flocks, as lay men have shown in the cause of the burnt-out liam burghers, we should soon , cease to be horrified with details of the sufferings of the Operative; in the mann fActuring districts. The Levant Mail brings the startling intelligence that Egyptian troops have been ordered to Syria to quell the insurrection of the Druses. We can hardly bring our selves to credit a statement which, if true, proves the members of the Divan to be little better than lunatics. What, entrust the quelling of an insurrection in Syria to the deadly enemies of the Syrian people, whether Maronites or Druses ? If said of any other Government but that of the Porte, we should regard it as incredible. A letter from Constantinople of the sth instant, states that the SULTAN has sent a sword with a nishan of high rank to Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER. We are glad to have to announce this long-delayed recogni tion by the Porte of the Gallant Commodore's invaluable services in Syria. There is very little news of any interest in the French Journals. The public is weary of the Right of Search question, which is employed by the Opposition entirely with'a view to drive M. GtazoT out of the Cabinet. The French aro manifesting a generous sympathy for the distress of the people of Hamburgh, for which we cannot too much respect them. The Moniteur of the 24th of May publishes, in its official part, the law which gives to the Minister of Public 'Works a credit of four millions of francs, to lie employed in repairi n g th e damage done to the dikes on the b an k s of the Rhine, between Lyons and the sea, and also to the canal from Arles to Bone, by the rise and overflowing of the waters. This law is dated the 22d of May. BOUIiSE-PARIS, TUESDAY, MAY 24. hut Highest Lowest f.ast Price Brice. Priv. Priv t r no k t, per Cents 119 130 ... I 9 00 119 A 5 4% per Cent 5......... 107 50 ... 167 50 ... 107 50 ... 107 10 3 per Cent 5.........,... 81 70 81 80 .. 81 79 10 or trance Lathtte Bank 5,000 f. Skates 50 5 ...5005 1 21 5 792 50 792 aeirrian nank .............. ... 79c ••• "' 10 Belgian 5 per Cents. yer Ccnt!., 1840 105% ... 105 1 ,e ... 11614 Spanish Active i454 :;4 1 4 ... 24 ... 2444 . Passive ... ... Neapolitan! lO7 130 ... 11,7 VO ... 107 tiO 107 90 R man .:...., RAILWAY SHARE.%:. _.v - St. Germain Vets:Wit - 3.a. t :312 50 ... 3 3 75 ... 312 50 ... 31 31 5 L. '" Ronan 540 ... NO ~. 53 4 75 ... SE• Orleans 541 2i 25 587 25 •• • Strasburg to Bale 232 50 ... 2 2 50 ... 232 50 ... SPITALFIELDS BALL THIS EVENING.—The' (NCO 141 intimated her intention to leave Buckingham 1- 731 1 this evening a t h a lf- past n i ne. Her M a j es ty ' therefore, enter the Opera House a little before tei l, when it is expected a vast number of visitors will present to welcome her arrival. : '" SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 40tIblit Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The leading articles of the French Journals are ehieflyle, the discussion of y es t er d ay i n t h e C hamber of Deputies. !,70 of the opposition a tt ac h muc h i mportance to the observae..l of M. Odilon Barrot on the treatment of political prisonereip seem to consider that the explanations of the . Govern:o,, no means disprove th e reports wh i ch have been current this treatment. The Debuts, however, treats these odious and absurd. There is nothing else of the slightest portance in the original columns of the Paris Journals. f oe The King of th e F renc h h as placed in the hands oe, Minister of the Hans Towns the sum of 2.0,00 ff. to be mitted to Hamhurgh, towards the relief of the sufferers fruta, e . late fire. The Committee of Peers, Deputies, km for re7i ing subscriptions, h ave pu bli s h ed a fourth list, making 21 8 4 of 12,300 f. Am ong t h e l ast contributors we find the naulrgi M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, for 500 f. ' A se l ry list of subscriptions has been publis'aed by the Committe e r , merchants and bankers of Paris, making the total amoun t ceived by that C omm i ttee, i ncluding 15,000 f. , given 1: Bank, 125,954 f. Ali Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador to the Court of 6pB'land, has arrived a t P ar i s, on his way to London, accomPan by his first Secretary, Hair-Effendi. ' reJ The palace of th e El ysees B ourbon has just been prep s o of for the reception o f t h e D uke de .Mecklenburg, who is expected at Paris. The Chamber of P eers , on T uesday, was -taken up wit h i n Judicial Noviciate Bill, after an ineffectual attempt on tbeP: e of Count De Montalembert to postpone it tilt next ses''" which proposition was opposed by the Minister of Justice.. 4o The Deputies h ave got through the budgets of the MiuTte, of Justice, For eign Aff a i rs, Public Instruction, and the sa,, rior • that of C ommerce was being voted on Tuesday afterl, 111. Mortimer Terna ux h as b een elected Deputy for tit! il l dennes, in the ro om o f t h e l ate Marshal Clausel, by a 018.14g-01 of 317 votes, against M. Latour du Pin, an Aide-de• carte the Marshal, wh o h a d 116 , and M. Tanton, another candi of the Opposition, who had 63. The Presse says—" Despatches from Don Carlos le tbt bands now infesting Catalonia have been intercepted. I.hej show that the Pri nce s till ma i ntains the eharac•er of , One of the letters makes known to the King's army tha t a,; , Majesty had acc e p te d t h e res i gnation of Cabrera of his kr, as Minister of and confe rre d i t on G eneral Alzaa, The Madrid Mail of the 17th brings details of. the 0 , turbances which h a d ta k en place at Seville and at Chicly the suppression of which we have already announced. bi t Cadiz Defenses. del Peubl o ment i ons two placards that , been stuck up i n th e street of the Constitution at Ails° favour of Queen Christina. A Turkish steamer is daily expected at Constantinople f la ° Beyrout, with eight Druse chieftains re cent l y arr e sted by °co of the Seraskier, at Beteddin, near Dem. el - Kann% names of five of these well-known and influential Sheiks' 1 7, 0 Abou Nekib, Seid Djumbellat, Aehm e t Raglan, 01°5e Telhoot, and Kit r al Ahmed. PARLIAMENTARY. The House of Lords did not meet yesterday. The House of C ommons met as usual, and was engaged as, 4, whole evening with th e T ar i ff, in which, we are happy t°,si they made consider a bl e progress. Three divisions took P,wlef, the first on a propo s i t i on o f Lord Howick, to reduce the a 0 , on butter from 20s. per cwt. to 10s., which was lost by 115 s e 50; the second, on a proposition of Sir John Guest, to real'. the duty on cheese from 10s. 6d. per cwt. to 55., wh i ch ;If lost by 82 to 37; and the third on lowering the duty on ear ores to 1/. 10s., which was carried by 158 to 7. Mr. Palmer brought forward his amendment, to keep ()I ' o o the present duties on vegeta b les, exhibiting the Conservat',.. as anxious to withh o ld f oo d f rom the people; but his prori, tion was too monstrous, and met with so little suppers, tho , : of Hon. Member did not press i t. The House sat,till a qu, past One o'Clock, a n d get t h rough the tariff as far as the ol e. PUBLIC OPINION. u us° The Herald th us comments on the conduct of the of Commons, as regar d s t h e Affghanistan question regard to this war in India, it is almost universally agseedt",4 is impolitic, if not criminal; and Yet we prosecute it, _ l l, are so determined to prosecute it, that we resist all invTioi gation into it. Wh at would be said of any man who. act e d in his priv a t e a ff a i rs, except that he was one . at those: who maddened, as a step preparatory to destruction? India tt four years ago, flourishing and secure, pregressing.in lineal"; making, for the first time, strides in internal improvement ; produce opening to us new sources of rich and unlimited sel i l e And what is s h e now ? -Already a load and a bur exhausted of means, exhausted of treasure, and bringing olio England the necessity of impending sacrifices, not nierell o t meet her deficienci es , b u t t o re li eve her:embarrassments. , te r yet this subj ec t h as never once engaged. the attention of House of Comm ons . H av i ng neglected so essential a la of business, and one i nvo l v i ng such enormous consequer?c ef, ,„ for no intelli g ibl e reason, can we wonder that that should have disregarded the higher but' more difficult _a rests of England, compromised in the same ma nner, p d ,0 111 ; now, another party having succeeded to P" e u r f ,' noting the same designs, that both should b.' ftl nation to the inquiry, and to commit the whole body 0- f state, and absurdities which they have accepted* reasons o k to out Usu to the guilt which every man tnu,t denounee and see r who has not been made a participator in it." The Chronicle contains the following remarks, i n a leadit power., to still. article suggested by the bribery and corruption practiced ,4 eletions :—" When there is no longer any delicate ieseottl74 about the means of obtaining legislative power, why ' h false modesty and conventional phraseology be kept up In r, e irea tion to the objects for which that power is exercised ? barefaced bribery has excited its laugh, why should cup 1 1,,,, keep on its vizi or ? Si nce such forms as Placed here by free and indep en d en t vo i ces of unbought electors, , are gnnc o Iv tj why should not the frankness that follows say . plain come here, I hav e b oug h t my seat, to keep up my react and avert th e j us ti ce that would assign to the lab° , th the full quantu m o f f oo d which he earns.' This is they are sens e v i ew of the case !' We think t „ els, are some symptom s o f an approximation towards it. oat more independent p os i t i on o f the upper House marks it oa taking the lead in this extension of Parliamentary sineer t ' b ' s There is a manliness not always found in the hostility to a s tat iff, in what the Duke of Richmond observed on TuesdaY o o to its operation. One effect had already taken place i°„ ,t o reduction of wage s : i n consequence of the tariff, and 0 04 , 0 Corn-laws, agric u lt ura l wages had already been reduced. however, hoped the farmers would not reduce the vlagesopi-vo labourers, if they could possibly pay th em, f or there: ate ' worse economy th an t h at o f b adly paying labourers. seeing that, as Lord Kinnaird reminded his Grace, pricei oltS , been rising ever since the new Act passed, this as a ° ta r throwing overboard o f the pretence that hi g h pr i ces are ker for the sake of hi g h wages. ' The Morning Post ex p resses the following opinions, re-r ' l. t bsti to the questions o f f ree - trade and the tariff;— " We say 410 circumstanced as thi s co u ntry i s, we, the labourers, have e41,,s to our monopoly of emp l oyment, but we have nnright to bei' o „, tortioners. We all ow t h e general benefit of, some competi We do not object to the spur, if you do not apply it in an 11 suiting manner, but we utter l y refuse thegoad.s What'. ' o a d i we find the P r i me Mi n i ster acknowledng—and wisely t oo justly acknowledging —that he sees thi s remarkable iatlica,ol in society, that th e l uxury of one class, namely, the rich, or, the poverty and hardship of another, namely, the workinl( r aro growing and increasing simultaneously—shall we find=o ls io knewledged, and yet must we fold our arms and, look a ' oo es respectful acquiescence, while the principle of beating u ti ,e the value of th e p ro d uce o f labour, by calling in the eemr,ei. lion of all the un t axe d countries of the earth, is openly 01;0, tamed as the policy most fitted fur this age of liberality 110°_ A to lightenment ? Shall w e ca ll suc h a principle—en deavour7o. be applied under such c i rcumstances _ a rational or a just pi to ple? Shall we ca ll it sa f e? No, we shall not, for we her be it is the most directly ?evolutionary principle that coal°, t s acted upon in thi s country. When we look around us ari d' if the splendour of opul ence , w hi ch we rejoice to see, and whe°g find some of tho se w h o li ve i n the midst of it endeavourio of to encourage a system for beating down the remuneratie°4 labour, we are p a i n f u ll y reminded how apt too much presl' er. is to harden men's hearts." 'the Time s th us sl il y deprecates Sir - Hobert Peel's constan t i habit of truckli n e to expediency, instead of being guide" 1 .. principle :—" We approve, of course, of subjecting those ‘' e fi L i e eacies which are t ne exc l usive property of the rich to the sayets duty which is imposed on all that other variety of fi,li are likely to be partaken of by the poor. But we have complaint to make of one or two words of Sir R. Peel On `. • occasion. They are but one or two words, but they are Jo ther characteristic. Sir R Peel said most righ•ly, that u° the old existing tariff, the objection was to the admission turbot duty free, b ecause i t was an article of luxury, and c op' sumed by the rich. N ow , it , i n proposing a duty on t_er, reign fish, he h a d cont i nued tl.e duty on salted 10, rings, a n d em itt e d to p l ace a duty on turbot, there w 0 "0 he thought, have been advantage taken of that ilistinctiooo being unfair in principle, &c.' Very true, indeed ; but " io tio talk of an advantage being taken of the distinction, as if,, b s only object in removing the injustice were to satisfy Pa" opinion, and avoid giving a handle to a political adverserr # Why not say at once, that the distinction would have 6 ' , unfair in p r i nc i p l e, and therefore ought t o b e a b o li s h e d? s,r lt. Peel may depend upon it, he is far more likely to o '4 public o pi n i on w i th him by claiming to lead than by affeet i d to follow it—b y p l ac i ng before the world, as hon oura ble , 0 - % sufficient, th e t rue grounds of hit action, than by pretenti t l i o. that ho only d oes justice ou t of deference to the will of people, or of his opponents." .0 I%.TD MILIT the Three hund r ed officers of th ARY. e medical department o f army have presented a handsome service of plate to G. O ll Guthrie, Esq., F, R. S., intended to be explosive of their 0 re sense of him, as the companion of their early military Cl's and their instructor. LAW AND POLICE. un ief The second meeting under Edlin's bankruptcy, late oee i t be of the Gloucester Hotel, Brighton, was held yesterday, a t t ie Town Hall, when the balance-sheet showed the debts 1 4. amount to 4,870/. Os. 6d., the debts due to the estate 275/. 1 39 ' and no property. An action w as t r i e d i n t h e B a i l Court yesterday, brought Signor Benedic INegri, a professor of music, to re ceverr o f tween 3001. and 4001., for teac hi ng music to the eaughte the Duke of Normandy. The plaintiff was non-suited. t he The case of co lli s i on b etween the Volant, a co lli er , and fie Beatitude, in which the former has brought a cross actio°,, th e damage sust a i ne d, f rom a ll ege d unskilfulness on the part 01,4.- latter's crew, will not receive the decision of the Court of nairalty before next session. the '1 homes Shores, a farmer' s l a b ourer, was brought alL ai d les Kensington police-office, charged with having stal-wv rremandedal brother, John Shores, with a k n i fe in his s•oniach, on Su k o• last, at Hanworth, and remanded to th e N ew P r i son , Clel well, till the state of his brother can be better known. lure signedr song , e jo th .h. e n D i T : Rabbit on t h e Wall , " which is on panels FI NE ARTS. At the picture sal e l ast week at Messrs. Christie an d Itir°3ol Wilkie, 1816," was so l d. Of this favourite 1 o , a s Turner, Esq., was the original possessor, Ind ' so ds from his collection i t h as passed into a picture.dealer's h ap fur 700 guineas. THEATRICAL. Lord Mah on h as intimated that he will call attentie o, r s, Thursday, 2d J une, to the petition of the dramatic au:,, h t o he " complaini ng o f the present state of the law in reference. ' drama." The petition is signed by 46 dramatisti, beg , " with Douglas Jerrold and ending with Edward Fitzball. w alie The perf ormances at the German Opera last night; 'oiest' benefit of the sufferers by the fire at H am b urg h, were f the tunately but thi n l y attended, owing to the attractions . • Derby day at Epsom. Nth tht Pre L It 4 4 , , kite