The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-11 00:00:00

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Rachel, commenced a s h or t engage litapment for six nights, at this theatre, last evening. The eha ) cho sen for her debut this season, was Camille in Cor rtade s t ragedy, Les .Tiovaces. This trag e dy, as mos t o f our Rural" 4 ar e aware, is fou n d e d on t h e o l d R oman story of the ) . 41 , ii ii and the Curiatii. Camille being the sister of the Ho- It h i ' an d betrothed to one of the Curiatii—the sister who is Rt u rn ' t elY sacrifi ce d b y her Nvictorious brothe r , bee , use she d ; ar ; me natural te a r s to t h e memory of one, whom she had de ur Y u lo ved. In order to appreciate all the beauty and gran • t f MOE,. Rachel's acting, in this part it will be necessary e°l,l through the tragedy almost scene by scene, to develope the „ihea.t:i beauty of the l a k ritoter, as it were with her to mark how she brings out each part, and at ' the same time to observe with ti lt , n i "fille art she hides the defects of her author, in more gad , fi e instance converting evcn those dcfects into beauties, .triim`retil proving how much more appropriate, how much mere t. 'lt a , 4 ' '''v much true to nature, is her conception of h. tn a i r. "r of Camille even than that of Corneille himself. After the Otroductory scenebetween ghat the wife of loratiusb and e, +tter of the Cur-tii and Julie, ' her ' confidant, in which w e sr,4l.Hatie acquainted - with tlie fact that war . exists between Alba Sr, I t vne aid that the armies cif the two nations a ds a t u tu . . to come to a decisive ba Ile under the Nsel ess , t , Rome, Camille enters. She enters q 1413aate noted hsc , '3—her footfall is scarce heard—her entrance . tlo bokat she yet from the in.tant she ap; ears . the spectator nsti m "ees as thsiugh by intuition, that she is the doomed is alrcad v entangled in the meshes of an . in thltrap,}_° fatss from which it is impossible for her to escap th e : t tte th e r moth fluttering around the lamp, and impelled by Itatod strati Broth ins itiet of its nature upon the very death it fain lbd :;‘")Bhc i fulfil her destiny. Never a ere grief " I 'de re r;,.7" a „ t inn more beautifully depicted than they were li 4 tlii r ,' l '"e Rachel ; at the commencement of this seez,e the liZ s t°4l 4 exceed the exquisite pathos with which she gave --. • ( 2° o l tele a peine a mes maux je pui,se resister She the line mieux l es sou ff r i r que d e l es mei i ter. ' e tsen et i „it, d escribes hyr h av i ng consu l te d t h e orac l e , w hi c h t , i .si .. kat she considered a favourahle answer, but Mille eta digs p e d es erreurs si charmantes ; t)alpltrtn4;eB mine images sanglant es, limas de earnsge et d'hurreur arriehe ma joie et rendu ma terreur tr : i v t u du sang, des morts, et n'ai rien vu de suite, It s s , e l) .!_etre en "croissant prenoit soudain la fuite, le; sfattoient l'un l'autre t cheque illusion, too t mon effroi par sac onfusi . on. L. at fe e h o es were given bv Mademoiselle Rachel with all irPire, Pt, horror which they were so well calculated to " • aPpe ss ' 441 4 could be finer than her manner of describing - Met h,* a4 ce of these awe-inspiring spectres-her low, tre tes i t elailehral tones-her averted eyes-her gesture, waving laaVv ere all w ere the supernatural beings who sought to torture b . it% ue, touchingly . true, to nature . . Beautifully /th e ti 7, was the expression of despair with which she (a tier ladmit attiatit re attends plus d'etres tin jour mon epoux, , 4 1 ' , 1t afte h r l ! .. d . :(1 it contist with the manner in which, an r genee received from that . ver lover himseli the t,.e lo s had th at the wsr would end witho y ut . a battle, as each st..,aiat f o r geed to nominate three champions, who • shoull fel" eff ec t r he rest. lhere was no transport, no attempt a -r 444 ough the situation was a very tempting one eat ()IT eihibition. Her heart was too full for transports. Rare. th e „ t ' e n: etre ce discours rends mon ame cpntente, et „Till she uttered, but from the tone with which . they 1, take s e - s m ss it Wei evident that a heavy load of despair had e4l h et : t ." 1 1 her heart, and accompanied by Curiatius she th t :' ll geue s ' ai s h er. In the second act she learns the dreadful t hat her three brothers have been chosen as the ee,i7wisittes of rtonse, and her lover and his brothers as the 11 4 4 eff Alba. She turns fiom her brother with an tells ft at disguising the disgust which she feels at his 4,lftl‘se sentiment left al Pres le combat ne pensez plus au mort ; killrid e „"e With Curiatius, in an exquisitely pathetic scene, _stir wh its in vain to induce him to resign the dangerous K ass " aft to his Countrymen have conferred on him, and vile n ''-sing °- d ""i,re vain, with a perceptible feeling of her own ap 1, • Is o eB . t tnY, she exclaims, es i Ls_ insensible arrant ordonne que je meure. h • too, did she give the lints in which, speak- Ileisstrtlw.:)the;, she says, lf oi J 'er7 si t at °ia aveugl e en mes vmux aujourd'hui i tht iw a - it, contra toi quand Yen ai fait pour lui. 1 14 ' 1 4 h er !Sabine then enter, and Sabine endeavours to trial cee ts b a lt t nthaed and her brother not to join county the unna rei74 fe re . s t °'which the choice of their respective ymen Ilt tt i r ," t ueto• Silent, but not expressionless, stands Ca era led - , 1 the conference. Never was the conflict between k,Z'oers ke l t aitair more beautifully depicted than by Rachel. % k liegs - o. ds s'amolissent " exclaims she with an almost 6 . - -• 1 he father ' of the Hi:NAB' enters, urges the tilt tants Isereannet to sacrifice love to honour, and Camille feels that tis ks that , e t ' e aPe her fate. In the third act news is brought si t ,%lt • t e two armies have interfered to prevent a % I ra fe e l wean those so nearly allied to fatesach other, but the et t.c* surely that the hand of is on her, and her I is.— touvrillegrement qu'il en hut esperer, th 4 : t at pleurer plus turd veux qu'il faudra pleurer." eT„Jel t , 4 " . the fath er of the Huratii, with Camille, Sabine, t he discovered together. News is brought that too 'n bu rst :" a re dead, and that the other is fled. I he old h ou.t. into a torrent of eloquent declamation ., t ICI' only es sS_ 0 . mes &eras," s ,7 l e th4_ '_•ganation of Camille, but the grief conveyed by w n. ords as uttered by Alademoiselle Rachel passes tilt : et t ee e b ee:Qrsdur23 himself have • th seen her he would e. feeling' which she threw into !hose . time lias climax now rapidly approaches- Zerificed s i t th:ne when the innocent victim is to be .efiofuirnthr4ieetd, jetwioensaluinlien,tohfe Rome's supremacy. Its of Rome and• ilink.itst:lworry)t.ving Curiatiia- iA_st his son, exhausting w H h o o ra h ti a u s s fiedi.ton.l t he ts: three Curiatii ss• messenger enters, informs him . of turn s ,Y ahe r l a i t st g. ' ate the surviving Horatius has slain latllst,'!aguage, betray the stunning, Camille is pi esent o du u r e ni n g features, bl n o s w oreelq t which has tr 4 ,ZFon her_ slight convul sive ng• m cr o u ti s o h r i s ng „f the fingers-a iw, ,..t, - C ° . s s ' unsteady movement of the b d a seeking of sup- Z' 41 1 4 ' ne hands not by the eyes, for ° sight - is gene - --a con • iA.4 4 :-. "Pin g . 4 the chair --a sinking into it as though %taring t o and all is over. Not a sound is uttered from be lt he ° e nd, and herein R hel h wed her superiority thZt,r. tabor. Corneille has in ac this scene introduced but one t slh .l ' l kel"-it entirely destroys the poetry of the scene. e tio s l ee i , t al the goo d taste to omit it, and. consequently m a k es It. '!to n ° , ll e 61 the most perfect exhibitions of despair in the " the drama. And here, as it s t ri k rs us, thu tt b , 4 lht to have ended That it did not do s o is th e faint lea d i- gisi,C7l, but of Corneille. A rhetorical soliloquy on love, 14tal . 4 1 ,, hat th .xquisite recitation of Rachel could have e e sep ti- 7 e e ; then comes the last :eerie, in which -ee,,w4a-ted b7 s he a r n brother. This scene, as given by Her curse on Rome k.'ee "grifically true to nature. tititkl i l i t i g hte tt lbef_ . io r to Kean's . celebrated curse on his daughter k e ,„' " 1 ' In Let, she is a female Edmund Kean, strik -t hes t s : Pna'ar, all his truth to nature, but without re his collection dm re w i , hout his defects. Never in our r' t t a en ,,ae tor or actress on any stage who cpuld at all be it : i d tee - ra demoiselle Rachel, and we assert this with ' It's, eetion of Miss O'Neill in her best characters. LtitZlettijottlltnelle to appear during her engagement ss 111 Tancrede and as Ariace in Thomas er i ca 1 41 y totr,agedy of that name. We look forward • ss tret e ` le r appearance in these characters, as afforotng e -j ers tos seope for the exhibition of her genius, as being tteuthawe true to nature than that of Camille, and the t he p itl etet t i„,„ v e the character is, the more certain is the triumph *44 l: ri ti a ,l 'e Rachel. Ske was called for at the conclusion cf Perr„.",,Y,r,,,teetiverl with all the honours. On this occasion she r ; s tat e - : mars rid by M David, a gentleman who murdered the - PProe," ;s ` t e a most butcher-like style. It would have been * kil l 4 ' CUrl;"` l e had she been led forward by M. Toussaint, i l r e4t NZ , was the lover of Camille, and who acted his part A •Zt,., and taste. F gran p, tet4„lll./4...._.ENGINE TO TRAVEL ON RAILWAYS.— bf aC illar e place sesterday (Friday) morning at the Ot t ' Ve l ' i ti o ll of the London and Birmingham Rail 4lisaittaip,hror.w‘e.rful fire engine recently completed for that Oath 'be tar al erryweather, of Long-acre. .The engine., c. .qh e st i fest ever constructed for land service in this or ph s dires is mounted on railway wheels, and fitted Wit sprig buffers for travelling safely upon the line to 14 0 4 Y Dir e)* Its. services may be required. A number of ,b.t4e iseiittterteeieuttir.,.Governritent ulcers , and scientific gentle- I tie o ke , witness the trial. Being manned by forty of ipd L 1 41 d 7 44 , the engine threw a splendid jet of water, subs !lila' ter in diameter upwards of one hundred k t 'se,i s tqu e ,, l t w eh and an eighth jet ' was projected still higher. '''"aresi - 1 two 'ete of thre-tsu . arters of an inch each, Chestate...e.ltanjeon'sly at a s s imilar elevatio . n. In the op t ) gone Was placed a hose reel (the invention of sigtettolat,WPon which four hundred feet of leather hose ,p Pti q l4 a f e i f i ) r eady for we, any portion of which can be q t!e, te l c i thi, roaseennds. The whole of the arrangements . for . ip t nt 0 ; Ita te tn e h-Tle to the particular service for which it is lisettes,rlOrest,,,,s•its general appearance, and the excellence q i tte t r i 7. T h `!era, Rave great satisfaction tt, the admiring ofth e t e ngin . e is intended more i.aiticularly tor the 41141eitteh menatve works of the Company at the Euston Ole i n ea s 7"On , ,, but its immense powers will be readily Zlite ss lte s Of fire on any part of the line. klte j t l Lt s th r ? a, ccording to a return in the 65 Dees -.erect Report on the Banks of Issue," p. 280, of gold_ ip ti eib t , sa)tthe Bank of England, from January I, 1 8 3 7, t t , l 4 00%0, r 184 0.--ffiur sears-ther were presented II: 0 „„ there were rejected, on e acconnt of being • es k al oee s "Y.9Co/. lt tra it . , or under then oe-sixth. . N . ow the light 41 b tlll s u ati s , wn e•half of entire circulation ! hut 1101. t h and others who can forward thousar U a nk of England, may . be able to obtain ares ki ;el ounce for the light coin, the public, who t t 4 ser s '" l 's have no such thence ; they must sell to o‘ 4 . z a3 hu e ben done very extensively, they giving as; fes t s'us Or, I oid. under the Bank and Mint kte s i •evti t h t s Punic will have no means of proceeding, Itt eeP la sine ; 1 ) '1 to bullion -bra kers the refused or light 11 4' tleuTat_ alf-stivereigns ; and persons skilled in these s, kn t w ti til l ose it)%that tin the 6,000,000/. of light weight the i t% Iso wit! Per cent. The loss, therefore, which will i s ni t ' 1 10 /. I t be sixpei ce per sovereign on the average, Il s l tVPPeedi z 'Pl'ears by the account above referred to, s thes e to the --port on Banks of Issue, that of were tendered to the Bank of England light.), wi nch amount 1,736,378/. was rejected as that was nearly one-ninth of the whole ,63, 5 s w hile e s 'le, wss that the 17 ,627,499/. tendered in 1640, s s se -s re',. t lelfth Ye ars th e '', eLed as " light," or under one-fifth. Thus, ‘44 4111, 1 4 " in thsYstem advanced from one-ninth to under .0 '". e eery next year to one-half-a fraud upon 11 '4l6o,oootihe public will have to pay, to the calculated 11 4 tATI , p • sestmoersi -xPLosics o ti . -- .01 th e AT APOTHECARIES' HALL.- 14 i % ~t urda , ate Mr. Henry Hennell is appointed to take le s t :f whieb3htleatt 11 all the chief officers of that insti- Css ow uins t , th e a s such a valuable member, will follow A sts buri a l grave. The interment is to be in the Bun • ttlpro,r o raa t n , t r 4RetTtkr)ilsoo_ I,,,lsnoTrtsyxunasdrt eili„iisrillahtethr;reoecot,sesli e o e n k. will move from the tr,t si,ti;itt;cturees, by progress for the performance ‘, l , t a et, Hall, its aid of the funds for the diss the Member s of the Sacred the eso s • fit• run arquis uonf.filne3_rtfri:re.dr, .• 1 las Ra,t ',e " street, d c ' h t3 a r : ge S d u , i , s i i t , h ce ern th be e zr s l t in e g w a ste l d arg o „, f , lk o f st , hel I t s t% the g !Its master, was committed to New , yes _ ,iean,y cesaes.stons commence on Monday next. , 1 1 41 st ;( .( 1 ltud r, of prisonere for trial .' i5.041110,."/(ltt,Yot°.L. " A:r.a-t-uftiPteo stuhrne u r ffi Ti s r a e n d d t m o en en la a t b e lk l ; e (`([ grant a r to zs a h 4.1 cisa.t of Syria is `the at 60,000/. The • 1114 11 d' s . "'en furnished' h 'the Admiralty, and the money sa t\ tli tee i .` ti buted in such raYanner as her Majesty in Council all " Av 10 ,894/. levied on t cot o tnty of e 11, th„tirr IGATION.—A return f th - p ß r o o s e p o o rn r 4114stelleti4rIrveineut of ilia Shannon, has been laid befure t:lttl'l4' ewila nms. It • • er e air payeble by sea baronies viz Ytooe, B oyle. F •, renchpark, , coen and TilE BFLGIAN STEANLSII IPS AND GENERAL STEA NAVIGATION COM (Prom the London Journal of Commerce.) In consequence of the attempt made. as stated in the Times of yesterday, to prevent the British steam-ship Rainbow from leaving Antwerp at the same time with the Belgian steam-ship, a strong representation was imme- Ldiately made, by the Directors of the General Steam Navigation Company, to Mr. Johnson, the highly respected British Consul at Antwerp, and the Captain.; of the Company's ships received orders to act under the instructions of that gentleman, in order that, while every care was taken to protect the rights of the Company, and of the passengers by their ships, and of British ship-owners generally, any undue violence or collision might be avoided. The result of these prompt steps, and of the proceeding forthwith adopted by Mr. Johnson, has been, that when the Com pany's chip. 'Wilberforce, Captain Stranach, left Ant werp on tVednesday, no interference was attempt( cl. It would appear, no doubt, that in endea.vouring to stop the Rainbow, the authorities at Antwerp had been misled V interested and unfounded representations, and that in future the British steam-ship 4 will receive the protection and support they are entitled to expect, as a due return for the services they have rendered to the trade and communication between Belgium and this country. (From the 'sayer (le Gond, June 9.) We mint be just towards all, towards even the Eno.- lish. It is an absurdity to accuse the . General Stearn Navigation Company of unhandsome conduct and of making an improper use of its power. The Company's stentn-boats leave Ostend f ;ur times every week. When the Antwerp Company entered upon the lines by run ning their ship the Brtays, ahy did they rot fix upon one of the days of departure w inch was open ? Nothing would have been more natural, and the Cempany itself, as well as passengers, would have found it beneficial. But no; it preferr‘d fixing upon one of those days of which the _English Company was already in possession. This was,. in truth, a downright declaration of war, that could not but cause reprisals. And, in tact, repri sals eetnincnced immediately ; the English Company lowered its prices on that day of which it was sought to deprive it, so as not to leave the Bruges the slighte,t, chance of success ; a measure that can only be regarded as a sensible and skilful understanding and protection of its interests. The position of the English has been attacked, and they have defended themselves. In all this the only unfair thing is, that the Belgian Government should foolishly mix itself up in the matter, in order to give support to the unitise speculation of the Antwerp Com pany. It seems that now some people wish that the Belgians should enter into open contention, that they should run the same number of ships on the line as the English Company, that they should carry on opposition in grand style. W'e, however, are of opinion that the Belgian Government has already done a great deal too much, that it is a profound error to have cast away large sub sidies upon the Antwerp Company, and to have meddled in a matter in which the interests of the public called for no such intervention. I. , gislate largely, and in a general manner, for the protection of the national flag, our hearty approbation will follow ; establish even steam-:,hips upon lines which do not at present exist, and of which the want is felt. Be it so I but the very supposition is as unreasonable as it is impolitic, that the Government should become specu lators in steam-ships, whether singly or whether in con nexion with the Antwerp Company, in order to oppose an establishment adequate to the wants of the public, because this establishment is in the hands of a foreign Company. We have only to state a general case to pro duce conviction. Foreigners come to our country to form establishments of industry ; -if Belgians exercised a similar industry, would there be any reason for Government to furnish assistance, to enable them better to support the compe tition ? English capitalists are for the most part inte- Tested in the Flemish Bank, recently established in Ghent ; if a rival Bank were to be erected in Ghent, with a capital exclusively Belgian, would it be either just or convenient for Government to support it with its money or its credit ? It would be a revolting interference ; and what will it be, and with what name shall we adorn it, if the funds of the Treasury are to be engaged in an enterprise which, by reason of the opposition it meets with, is, I and always will be, unsuccessful, and which, conse quentiy, will be only a useless waste of the funds to be engaged therein ? IRELAND. PROVISION RIOTS IN ENNIS.--TWO PERSONS KILLED. LIMERICK, TUESDAY.—The city this morning was thrown nto considerable excitement by a rumour having gone abroad that at a late hour last night, or early this morning, some per sons had been shot dead and several wounded in Ennis, by a party of military and police, which had been called out to resist an attack made by a throng of starving people on the flour mills of Mr. Bannatyne in that town. nom the rela tions made to us, it Appears that an attack had been made on Saturday on some boats belonging to Mr. Bannatyne, which lay in Care river, and that quantities of flour had been taken, but that the police being promptly on the spot the flour for the most part was re-taken, and the persona concerned in the matter ware captured and committed to prison. 'this had not the effect of appeasing the hunger of the multitude, be czuse the attack was repeated on the same evening, and signs of di,turbance manifested themselves throughout yesterday. At twelve o'clock, however, last night, a very great crowd, consisting of men and women, the latter, we . understand preponderating, surrounded the concerns of Mr. Ban natyne, and were endeavourin,7 to force them open, when the police and military arrived and resisted the attempt. We learn that previous to this the resident Magistrate, Lau rence Cruise Smith, Esq., a gentleman who has won golden opinions from all classes during his official connexion with the town and neighbourhood of Ennis, not imagining that his ser vices would be required, left for his residence, in the expecta tion that tranquillity would be observed. We have been informed that the command of the military and police was taken in Mr. Smith's absence by one of the local Magistrates, whose name has been mentioned to us; but we have heard also that the military and police were left without a Magistrate at all. Be this as it may, the attempt o: the people, many of them pining from hunger and unable to purchase food at its present ruinously high price and without employment—the attempt, we say, (Si the people, was met by the lire of the military and police, and, sad to relate, two persons were killed on the spot, and 12 or 14 wounded ! With the imperfect information fur nished us (nts more than the outline of the facts), we cannot trust ourselves this evening to comment upon this truly lament able affair, which, we are not surprised to learn, has caused but one feeling of horror wherever it has been heard. We cannot, for the life of us, understand why the military or police should be or dered to use their deadly weapons on such an occasion, and for such an objet, when it is notorious that alit tie forbearance, with firmness and discretion, would produce far more effectual results, and be the surest means of establishing order, as it appears that no exertion has been made in that quarter to reduce the cost of provisions and supply the necessities of the poor I Under any circumstances, it is a puzzle to us why loaded mus ketry should be discharged in front of a famishing crowd mad dened with hunger, even if they had proceed much further than we have been informed they did in this instance. FAMINE IN MAYO, The Rev. Richard Henry, parish priest of Islandeady, in a letter to the Freeman's Journal, dated on Monday morning, states that hundreds are on the brink of starvation in that. parish, and that many of them must perish, if relief be not speedily afforded. The Reverend Gentleman says—" Five hundred families have been, for the last ten' days, subsisting on green cabbage leaves , the only food under Heaven they can procure." A memorial for rtlies has been sent to Lord De Grey, and one also to the landlord, Sir Roger Palmer. COMMITTAL OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN. The following statement appears in the Londonderry Jour nal of Tuesday : " The Rev. Daniel M'Gettigan, R.C.C., was summoned to appear before Daniel Chambers, John Chambers, John Robert Boyd, and John Beers, Esqrs., the Magistrates assembled at petty sessions, at Letterkenny, on Wednesday last, the Ist of June instant, to give evidence touching his knowledge of a felony, alleged to have been committed by one Hugh Molloy, and attended on said day, in obedience to such summons. The circumstances of the case which led to the summoning of Mr. M'Gettigan , are as follow :—A person of the name of Harkin, was indebted in a sum of money to said Hugh Mulioy, which Mulloy could not recover, in consequence of the existence against him of certain legal difficulties. Harkin had a horse, which he sent to one Barrin, his son-in-law, who resides in Glen. Linn. Barrio's stable, shortly after Hawkin's horse was sent to him, was entered at night, and his own horse taken by some per son at present unknown, either by mistake for Harkin's hone, or because Barrio's horse was more valuable than Harkin's, which latter is believed to be the fact. Some time after the stealing, some of the parties came to the Rev. Mr. M'Gettigan or the subject, acd what transpired before him is not known. but the result was, that Barrin got his horse, and Mulloy was paid his money. Mr. M'Gettigan having been required by the Magistrates to be sworn, and state that part of the transaction of which he was aware, refused doing so, stating that he could not conscientiously reveal what was impat ted to him as a secret, the parties having entrusted him therewith under the impression that be neither cou:d nor would reveal it. The Magistrates read him a letter, purporting to have been written b 1 Mr. Lucas, the Under-Secretary, stating that no cergyman was exempted from giving evidence, in any case, no matter how his knowledge may have been ob• tallied; to which dictum Mr. 111‘Getiigan said he could not assent And stated, as an instance of the hardship of the adop tion of such a principle, that he had at. that moment a letter in his pocket from an individual enclosing a pound-note which he had stolen from another, and requesting Nlr. M'Gettigan to restore it, of which (if Air. Lucas and the Magistrates were correct) he would be obliged, upen a summons being issued, and served upon him at the instance of the person to . whom he would restore the pound, to give evidence as to how he ob tained, and who the party was that store the same. The Magistrates finally committed Mr. M'Gettigan for such refusal to give evidence, under the 9th Geo. IV. c. 54, s. 2, and he now lies immured in Lifford gaol. The following is an extract of a private letter received from him since his incarceration The propriety of the course which I have taken in this affair, no matter what may be the issue, appears to me every hour gi eater and mote just. ft I have great consolation in the plaudits of a clear conscience ; and, on mature reflection, you and every other man will com mend the course, and advocate the principle which has led me to this.' The excitement through all parts of the country is intense." ERRATUM.--In the first Leader ye6terday for " Patent oil" read " Palm oil." CAN IT BE POSSIBLE ?—(From the Tory Dublin e have heard it from a quarter that, under less startling circumstances, we should consider competent. autho rity—can it be possible that a Conservative Government—the Government of Lord De Grey—has advanced from the public money, on loan, a sum of 1,0001. for the purpose of building, or of fintshirg a ►roman Catholic chapel at Ennis ! We really ask this question in the hope, and with something like a confidence, of its being answered with becoming indignation in the nega tive. We can assure the Castle Journal that the tumour has obtained circulation, and, what we grieve to add, obtained credence. Unless there be a change of system in the adminis tration of Irish affairs, it may bo calculated that Lord De Grey will not continue at the head of the executive of this country. This (of course) will be stoutly denied by those who panegyrise Lord Eliot, and laud Sir Edward Sugden. We have our own reasons for implicit reliance on the communica tion that has reached us, and that one or other alternative will take place before many weeks pass over our heal. —Dublin grening 1 LEC, resent by ad ,r de , 'need fear s rainst lee on. .ranee t W 1 ,"! id de pis modi tweet) ant of The Ist as • Iluded io dis if any tatters ,essioe ans of entity ity . of netion. 2$ consi -11 and ters of ice in In de- 1,, on ill wha heavy d (Ls rawer- •,s, pected ily seC ; pct, he horror ioney- ome of • Ls any : in Ee neW :o the L uently poll* # in the I local 2nt the selves runt of Lss the 1 acid egard9 •e: the being ttle in ig that a stop the re- ifice of which 1 upon orrup isfran- tent of ?' for we .0j no re of the . 4 1) to suf suffi- [r. 4ac,; ng that i:1 ) nice in J ., 1 I sober ‘,*l ruRE , s this )Imne, applies ►s sub id will Tence. ► there ince of most ver, •so le plan ! 1' s, that. d ?refore of the,,,;:, Great elieve, 4 0 1 'ormer d that .!„.. shore.' s eculiiie 4 the er the j 1 Piling' !mark- • !d. A ie best iiculty arry s . niE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORN ING, JUN E 1, 1842. THE LA.TE FIRE AT HAMBURGH. HAmotracit, .TUNE 7.—The authorities ( Unterstu , zurers- Behorde) appointed by the Senate, yesterday printed the first sheet of a statement officially recording the amounts severall; received for the relief of Hamburgh, specifying the names of Sovereigns and places. This present statement is to be con fined to all gifts up to the evening of the 31st of May, and of these mention only (it is announced) being made of contribu • tions actually received. 'file list of places is given alphabetic ally; there is no English name as yet among them. The total amount received up to the evening of the 31st May is elsewhere officially given as follows : Mks. Banco. Received by the authorities, from without, about ... 1,600,000 Within Hamburgh territory Received by the Hulfsverein, in all about 270,000 A total sum of about The various denominations of money in which the severil gifts were received renders it impossible in reducing them to one standard to give the positive value—a value ever varying with the ra eof exchange. Ire the items of the following list of the Sovereigns, great and small, contributors to a benefac tion of so unexampled a character, this will be readily apparent. Hi. M. the King of Denmark lOO,OOO Atka. Banco. His N. the King of Prussia His R. H. the Grand Juke of Meck lenburg schwerin lO,OOO Thin N 2-3. His M. the King of Saxony His R. H. the Grand Duke of Olden burg. The Free State of Frankfurt H's IL the Prince Duke of Anhalt- Bertiburg His H. the Prince Duke of Anhalt • Dessau His R. H. the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine .. 4,000 Gulden. His R. el. the Grand Duke if Baden... kl,ooo Gulden. Her R. H. the Grand Duchess His H. the Margrave William 601) Golden. His 11. the Margrave Maximilian His H. Charles Egon, Prince of Fur steriburg His 11 the Hy. Ptioce Ch. of Fur stenburg 2OO Gulden. His H. the Prince Maximilian of Fur sienburg 2(X) Gulden. His AL the Emperor of Russia ...... 50,000 lily. Rs. His Al. the King of the French His H. the Prince Duke of Anhalt- Got hen His R. H. the Grand Duke of Meek lenburg-St relit z ... 300 L. d'Or. Hie 111. the King of Wurtemburg .. 10,000 Gulden. Her N. the Queen His 11. the Prince Duke Charles of Braunschweig The Prince of I burn and Taxi. 1,2:;0 Mks. Ct. The Landgrave Gottfreid of Hohenstein 300 Mks. Banco. The names of several of the Sovereigns of Europe do no', it will he seen, appear in this list ; among other., besides that of Great Britain, are those of Austria, Bavaria, and Holland, all of which have announced their intention to send subscriptions. There is no mention made either of the King of Hanover, the most neighbouring Sovereign, who derives so large a revenue from the commerce of Harnburgh through his illegal levy of the Stade duties, but, perhaps, though among the tardy donors, his name may appear in the next list. The state of Hanover has, however, liberally subscribed by a vote of the Chambers, suggested, it is said by the King, a sum of 200,000 thalers ; but whether as a loan or gift is not as yet clear. Among the dis tinguished nam, a given above there are some, certainly, whose dignity is not of a very European character ; but 1 state them to you as all those w hich this publication " delighteth to honour." The Hulfsverein acknowledges the subscriptions sent to it direct front several places in England, and communicates the measures it has taken already, and those it is in process of earning out for the relief of the sufferers. These may be briefly stated to be advances of money by way of gift and loan for the purchase of necessaries in the way of clothing, tools, and other things requisite for parties to be enabled to return to the maintenance of themselves by their own industry ; also the procuring and building of houses, which are springing 112 in delightful variety of all shapes and colours, wood as well as brick, in every open space within the town, as also without its gates. '1 lie Hulfsverein also report the great care and activity they have eaerci,ed to insure the proper application and beneficial intention of the generous contributors. Independent of the continual maintenance of a large population, and the works of utility and benevolence already specified, the Hulfsverein have afforded effective relit f already in 1,308 cases, and given to the amount of 94,920 marks current, besides loans to the further amount of 15,350 marks current, which is to commence to be repaid a year hence in small sums. DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL BY FIRE. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.-A serious fire broke out this morning in Manchester, at a very early hour, by which property to the amount of at least 8,000/. has been destroyed. The prverty in which the tire occurred was one of the oldest cotton-milts in Manchester. It was situated in Pin Mill Bow, and was known by the name of the Pin Mill Factory. The premises consisted of a long and lofty erection fronting to Fin Mill Bow, generally called " The Old Mill," the property of Mr. L. Willan, of Lancaster, at the western end of which was an engine-house of more recent erection, at once supplying steam-power to this portion of the premises, and also to some power-looms in a comparatively new building on the other side of it, erected by the present lessees of the mill, Messrs. J. Thompson and Sons, corner of York. street, Alanehester. _ The premises were discovered to be on fire about a quarter before five o'clock this morning, by a private watchman named Collins, who instantly gave an alarm, and great numbers of factories' hands being then on the way to their work, the news was spread far and wide about the town in a very short time. Alr. Rose was on the spot with an engine and its complement of men in rather less than half-an-hour from the time the fire was first ditcovered, and he had two other powerful engines brought to the spot in a few minutes afterwards. In the mean time, Air. Gallimoro, dyer, whose premises are situate near, having a small engine in hi possession, and having heard of the fire, volunteered its use, and it had been brought into the yard of the mill. Unfortunately, however, tile hose cou'd not he fitted on to the plugs of the street water-mains, which, in a la,ge town like this, contain the only water sufficiently free from sediment to be available, and being taken to a neighbour ing pool, the engine had no sooner got into play, and given pro mise of effective assistance, than it was choked with mud, and rendered useless. Under these circumstances, there could be no hope forthe ma chinery and property in that and the two stories above it, if for thoe below; and it is a credit •to the exertions of the fire men, that, acting under the sound judgment of their super intendent, they were able to prevent the flames entending to the engine -house and the new mill. The fire burned with such fury in the upper stories of the old mill, that the roof very soon fell in ; and crash after crash, rapidly and successively an nounced the falling of the different floorings and their heavy machinery, till the building was entirely gutted. The walls alone, in a shattered and dangerous state, remained standing at eight o'clock. The fire had been entirely got under by that hour. This afternoon the principal wall, including a portion of the front, and the gable overhanging Fairfield -street, have been thrown down, removing the serious danger to which thousands of lives would have been constantly exposed in the thorough fares at the end and in front of the mills, so long as they were left standing. The probability that they would fall outwards rendered their early removal necessary, and it has happily been accomplished without accident. MONEY MARKET and CITY SEWS TIMES.—The great interest which the proclamation re specting the light sovereigns has excited is illustrated by the number of letters which have been received on the subject from parties connected with various branches of trade, all of whom are complaining of the inconvenience to which they are sub jected. ,Some seem to be at a loss how to dispose of their sove reigns at all; so completely hare they been used to consider them merely as coin that they do not seem to have thought of the Mint, or of the bullion• merchant. (kiwis complain of the dif• ticulties they have met at the Custom-house, from the receivers exercising a vigilance which had not been known heretofore. The chief misfortune is, that the hardship falls to the greatest degree on those who aro engaged in retail business, and con sequently on many who are not in the most opulent circum stances, and have numerous difficulties to contend with. For merly the loss fell upon the bankers, but since the proclamation these hare reftved to take such sovereigns as have not the full weight, and consequently the tradespeople are left with them on their hands. The average loss on the light sovereigns seems to be, if we compare different accounts, about 6d, in the pound. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, show ing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending June 4, 1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-9.40-1 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Four I Four Springs 'Years Epidemic, Endemic. & Contagious Diseases 128 183 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 129 147 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Okseases of the Hea-t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, ice 9 9 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 2 6 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat. lOB 99 104 0 1 . d Age, or Natural Decay 6B 63 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern pei a nee Causes not specified 1 6 7 Deaths from all causes - Average Weekly Deaths B7l 912 Population Average, De.. t h en u. Weekly in DISTRICTS. merated Deaths tI e 1641. IS3'-ii-4‘.;-1. Week. West—Kensington, St. George ( Hanover-square), Westmin- Four I Springs. Four ster, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye mi St. James 300,705 135 136 120 North-- St. Mary-le .bone, St Pancras, Islington, Hackney 363,680 162 156 149 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London 373,806 183 1;9 155 East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,493 206 190 IZ:9 South—St Saviour, St. Olave, St. George( Southw ark ), Ber mond.ey, Newington, Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother hithe, Greenwich 438,060 221 210 177 Total 1,870,727 912 871 760 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—• And the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and It-'4l, was obtained by d►viding the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING Way 28. . une 4. 75° 81° 48 51 59 65 9, 1842. Highest Lowest Daily Mean . General Register Office, June 'The Worcester Magist. ates e ecide 1 that ii n u a n m b e u n e t h s e as n titheso t liable6 exx to e tl r ie pay rn f n t of Church-raft s, t. EUROPEAN POPULATION OF ALGERIA. The last census of the European population in Al •;eria gives the tbllowing results : De. - einber 3], 1841----Freneh, 16,497 ; Spanish, 10.790; English and Maltese, 4,576 ; Italians, 3,436; G(rinans, &e., 1,422 ;.t0ta1.„35,721. December 31, 18 40—French, 12,554 ; Spanish, 7.721; English and Maltese, 3,395; Italians, 2,753; Germans, 1,267; total, 27,680. . . . _ Out of -1,000 Europeans, 434 are French, 302 Spanish, 129 Maltese, 90 Italians, and 89 (iermans, and natives of other countries not specified. The French Pre in an absolute majority at Philippeville and at Cherchell, the Spanish at Oran, and the Mal tese have been for several years in possession of the relative majority at Bona. The intbriority in the number of women, compared with that of men, shows how much our establishment is as vet removed from the equilibriums which exists wheUfamilies are well constituted. The 35,721 Christians of the regency are divided by age and sex in the following. manner, 17,313 men. 8,207 women, and 10,201 children. For 1,000 men, there are found in the whole of the population 474 women, and 589 children. Bya happy compensation tbrthe insufficiency in number. E uropean women are more fruitful in the colony than in Europe, for births which are in France but one for 32.60 individuals, are in Africa one for 28 . 67. This comparative in crease has been maintained with very feeble varia- Coas since 1833, and this effect of a law well known in the increase of pop u l a ti on . w ill no t ' anne to a stop, until the number of inhabi tants shall approach the limits which' are as signed to it by the resources of the country.', The number of deaths continues unfortunately to be greater than that of births, so that the increase of the population is to be ascribed entirely to continued im migration. In 1841 the births were 1,246, deaths 1,588, the proportion being ore birth in 28.67 inha bitants, and one death in 22.49. The following re turns of the deaths in various places of Al geria contradict all the received opinions -as to the respective salubrity of several points occupied by the French. In Algiers there are 1.008 deaths out of 2085 inhabitants. Oran . 274 in 19.35. Bona, •131 in 30.76. Philippeville, •123 in 31.8. Mosta ganem, .013 in 3.5.91. Bugia, .009 in 48.00, and Cher - chell, .020 in 16 - 65. Very striking and very strange anomalies arc also observable in other respects. Whilst the civil population scarcely loses ono_individual . in„ 22, the army, which has neither women, children, nor old men amongst its numbers, and which is composed of men in the prime of life, loses 1 out of 7 - by disease, spleen, and nostalgia; the officers are attacked five or six times less than the common soldiers. In 1840, in an effective force of 62,331 men, 9,567 died in the hospitals alone. Soldiers, condemned to confinement for offences are, contrary to general experience, from being forced to live a regular life, much less se verely treated by disease, and escape better. In the Jewish population in the towns of Algiers, Oran, Bona. and 'Mostaganem, during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, the loss was one in 39.31, which gives, with an almost imperceptible difference, the proportion observed in France. The Turks lived to great ages at Algiers, and the natives, on whom death falls heavy in towns, ap pear to preserve in the country parts their ancient longevity. In the European population, also, very striking differences may be remarked according to the classes of society, the professions, and the manner of living. To quote a single example, in 1840 amongst grown men there was one death in 21.35, and amongst women one in 35.44. It must be then allowed that the vitality of the new population of Algeria, and of th e army, depends in a great degree on moral and political causes and shocks which require to be studied with great care. Perhaps when the European population shall be well settled down and have become accustomed to the climate, the present mortality may decrease, and the country become as it was in the time of the Romans. Sallust in his Jugurthan war says, " Pleros flue senectus dissolvit, nisi qui ferro ant bestiis nanr morbus baud swpe quemquam superat." (Old age wears out the greatest number, unless such as perish in war or by wild beasts, for sickness rarely destroys any one). THE BELGIAN AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—It appears that opposition has been got up by the Belgian authorities, in connexion with the Belgian Steam-boat Company, against the General Steam Navigation Company of London ; and some late proceedings of the former at Antwerp must call for the interference of our Government, if repeated, unless the trade between Bel gium and London is to be confined to the steam-boats of the former nation. Every possible obstruction is thrown in the way of the business of the General Steam Navigation Com pany's vessels running to Antwerp, fur the purpose of giving an advanta g e to those which belong to a Company formed in that city. On Sunday last the Rainbow, belonging to the London Company, having iegularly cleared out at Antwerp, and paid all port dues, was upon the point of starting in com pany with the Belgian ship Princess Victoria, when an endea vour was made to stop the Rainbow from proceeding on her passage. Captain Fife, however, resolved to proceed, and pro tested against this interference with the rights of a British ship. He ordered the Belgian officers nut of the vessel. The Belgian steamer, in consequence of this interference, had a few minutes' start, but the Rainbow soon overtook her, passed her in gallant style, and arrived in London two hours before the other. It seems that the Belgian Government are inte rested is the steamers belonging to the Ostend and Antwerp Companies, anti are doing all they can to drive their British rivals off the station, and monopolize the whole of the steam ' boat trade. A different course is pursued here. The Belgian steamers are allowed to leave the Thames at any hour, their owners think proper, and our Government would not for one moment interfere with fair competition. The people of Ant warp and Ostend have a perfect right to start s t eam -vessels of their own, but it is certainly not just on th e part o f th e Bel gian Government to use their influence, an d en d eavour t o crush a company by whose exertions A n t werp and Osten d h ave been greatly benefited, and who h ave a l ways carried on t h e i r operations in a generous spi r it o f r i va l ry. GRETNA G REE N.—A husn B ROTHER. —A .young sprightly The couyploeu,ntgo lady, lap i p n earan appearance addition n td.oe r a age,swain passed alike through this town on Friday, in a carri age an d four, en route to Gretna and likely, was accompani e d by h er brother, ail Irish gentleman of superior edueation, an d th e greatest frankness of mind and loving manner. In calling on a townsman to obtain a supply of sovereigns in Exchange for Bank of Ireland notes, be men tioned, unasked, his destination, and seemed to enjoy the idea of the trip amazingly. " What," said the Dumfriesian, " I hope you are not going to make a runaway marriage." " Not yet, at least, but my sister is, and that's pretty much the same seeing it's a family affair after all." " Indeed ! but why travel co far to get the knot tied, as if there were no altars and priests in Ireland ?" "As for that there are plenty of parsons, and ready enough to take the fee besides; but then, you see, my father reftt-ed his consent, and was like to break the hearts of Loth the darlings. But for my own part, 1 see nothing wrong in the match ; the bridegroom is a friend, and a fine young fellow, who may as well have my sister as another; and so I thought it best to jog along in company, and enjoy the spree." Gold was readily tendered for good bank paper, and the party took their departure across the border in the same clashing style they had arrived. On Saturday they returned, and Feemed quite delighted that they had got the job so well over. The lions of Dumfries, were, of course, visited, and many compliments paid to the scenery of Nithsdale; and, after a slight repast, the trio started for their native country, via l'ortpatrick, to beg forgiveness of an offended father, who re sides somewhere in the county Dublin.—Duzafries Courier. LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.—IIi consequence of the great number of light sovereigns and half-sovereigns now in circu lation, and her Majesty's Royal Proclamation on the subject, dated the 3d instant, calling upon the different Government officers who have the collecting of the public revenue, to en force the Orders in Council of his late Majesty George 111., dated July Ist, 1817, and the Order in Council of his late Ma jesty George IV.. issued the 6th of February, 1821, respect ' ing the weight of the gold coinage of the realm, the following n Ai, e was put up on nuts lay at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the branch offices in Lombard-street, the Borough, Charing-cross, and Old Cavendish-street:—" On and from this day no light gold will be taken at this office in payment of postage." The clerks in this extensive establish ment have w ights and scales at the money pay order office, and tae other bunches of the department, tor the purpose of weighing the sovereigns and half-sovereigns that may be ten dered for change; those that are found deficient in weight are marked. At the Bank of England, the Custom-house, Excise, and Stamp-offices the same precaution is adopted by the em ployes. At the different money-changers and bullion-dealers at the \Vest-end and in the city a notice is put up, Light sovereigns purchased here." The greatest precaution is taken by the bankers, merchants, and shopkeepers in the city and throughout the metropolis in previously weighidg the gold cur rency. as the deficiency in the weight has got to rather an alarming degree,- as many of the sovereigns now in circulation are not worth more, in intrinsic value, than 18s. 6d. to 195., and the half-sovereigns 9s. or 9s. 61. It is stated, that this order on the part of Government respecting the gold currency is the prelude to the issuing of a new gold coinage, as many experiments have been lately made by the Assayor of the Mint to discover some means to prevent the system that has been practised by speculators in defrauding the public and b r i ng i ng the gold currency of the realm into depreciation, not only at home but abroad, by " sweating" and " plugging." In the large commercial towns throughout Great Britain the loss to the holders of gold will be most serious, as . E _ngland.they will b e the leae:s, awl not Government nor the Bank o f THE W E ATHER.—PARIS, I VEDN ESDA y. — The tem wrat are has, whin these two days, greatly increased. At six o'clock yesterday mornir.g the thermometer was at 60 F a wen . heit, and by two o'clock had risen to 78 F which excited fire broke out at Warsaw OD the 23d tilt . himself repaired to the spot, great alarm. The Governor before 16 'll spot, and the lames were not extinguished s ouses (of damage done. wood) were consumed, and considerable e commune of N'n: • A primary teacher in the I re, named Lechere, was yesterday tried before the Police Correc ionelle, for severely beating with a r uler a pupil, fiv e years of age, on the hands, arms, body, and heal- He was sentenced to f fine, t and .00f damages, six days imprisonment, 50 . Wis.c.taiToN.—ln the village of Cueklinolon , near this town a few days since, some boys were of Mr. stones at f each other, when one of the party , the son Mr. C ross, was struek ten the pit of the stomach, and oaf instantaneousl Sherborne Journal. ----- A few (lays ago, M. Boivin, the c urate of the ecm- t rune of Busy-Saint-Martin, near Meau x, aged S 2 ye ars , threw himself into the Marne, in a fit of insanity, and was drowned. .N Ew yowl . . I six Or Wn;wr. 3 u'-',"': 9 . Tit'.' Indi an news was received here with much Forrrow, recol di ng as it did, the death of the lien-hearted Col. Re nnie, w ho was killed in the I.rilliart sortie from Jellalabad apinst the Aff g h an forces. Col. Dentlie belonged to the Isle of Wight, and his respected relatives live near this (own. Ile waN a brave and skilful soldier. his achievements under Sir John Keane were of the highest order of merit. Sir Robert Sale pal ticularly mourned his loss in his despatches. 11'onKsop.—During the last fortnig ht vegetation in this neighbourhood has made wonderful pr o gress ; the gra s s has sprung up as thou g h it h a d been forced into exist ence b y nia,yic; and such is the luxuriance of the growing Crops, coupled w th the presentwarm and salubrious weather , that..hay har vest commenced l a st wee k, a t S co tland Farm,.in the occupa tion of his Grace the Duke of Portland.—Doncaster Gazette. ' PRICES OF CANAL, 1)OCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SILUZES, &c. &e. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10. umi er Dividend Prier of per CANALS. Shares. Annum. Paid. Sr i are. . . sa , 4 70 0 7 per cent. A intonate Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh. 94 1 1.482 41. Ashby.de.le.Zouch Average 1131.5 h, 71 4260 Basingstoke 1001. sh. 5 • 1,045 51. Brecanock and Abergav ell ny l5O/. sh. 92 e,OO iI- 16th. 10/ Birmingham , 1.16 th share ...PI/. & 711. 194 7 .000 .. ..... .. Ditto S.: LiverpoolJunct.lloll. rh.loo pd 21 600 NI. Bridgewaterand Taunton.lool.sh. all pi -- 0 1 0 51. Cheimer and Blackwater ..... lool.sh • 101 500 32/. Coventry 1001.8 h. 305 .... ... Cr0yd0n.......... Average3ll.2s Iod. sh. - 2,060 51. Os. Dudley ... 1001. sh. 94 000 134. Derby lool.sh. 120 I'l.ooo I per cent. Dentine and Mayne ..... ....411.135. 4d.pd 31 3 .5 75 4 4 , Ellesmereand Chester Average 133/.6h. 69 231 et Erowasn - lool.sh. 720 5,4a5 811. Forth and Clyde lOOl. 's n. 1001. pd. 1:2 ,i 5.1 7s. Grand Junction.... ...... ......- 1001.sn 11/4 1,8494 255. • Grand Union 1001.6h 27 '.500 .0.... Grand Surrey lOW 11. percent . Ditto (optional) L oan 1001. 011 a .. Grand Western 600 13 12s. dd. Glamnrgainhire, Aver. cost I7ia. 196.4 d. 210 740 121. Oran t hit% ..... lsol.sh. teaii 6 . EP a. , Os. Huddersfield' A verag c Nit. Os. ed. sh. 19 100 ........ Kensington 100:h. allpd 10 3'0 , 29 It. Ins . Kennet 4mi Avon. Av. 39/. Ifle. 104. sh 17 11,6994 U. 10s. Lancaster Average 471.65. t3d 271" 4,n974 3W. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 680° , 5e451 11. Ina. Leicester 140/.11 141) ,837 51.1's Leicester & Norttiampton Av er sll. if* '74 2,109 11 1 1 Zifonmouthshire 1001.61 200 250 131. Melton Mowbray • ..... ..1001.6h. 200 lot •15/. Mersey and Irwell IOW. sh. 540 2,1410 U. 104. Macclesfield MO/. sh. all pd 16 241 171. Neath lOO/.4.. Sell 2,4t0 al. Peak Forest Avelage about 761.5 h. 53 1,418 %I. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.1 tiaBd. sh. 16 5,669 01. Rochdale Average eaLsh. 92 500 61. Shropshire 880 111. 10s. Somerset Coal I 501. sh. 170 3,600/. 6 p-r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10e. sh. 11'* 700 301. Stafford and Worcester. 140/.sh. 68G aOO 15/ Shrewsbury nu° 91. 3taurbridge ....- se. 145/ash. 396 . 8,647 91. us. Stratford-on-Avon et .er....791. 96. Oct. sh. al 339 1241 Swansea lool.sh. 265 I '''f.' 21 126 Severn and Wye &Railway Av. 261.95. sh. 41*! ~. J. . • 3 ill. 1 Ith . 221. 10s. Trent and Meracy, 4 share IOW sh. 475 .1 6,149 .... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191. 56.8 d. eh. 2 1,01105h.1 i v . Warwick and Birmingham lool.sn 200 . 1.,000i5h.3 940 10.. Warwick and *Lupien 1001.66. 119 7,000 41 Worcesit.r & Birmingham Av.7B/.61.5h. 56 4.000 266. Wilts and Berke Averaee 67/. lOs Bcl. sh. 20 dOll 6i. %Vyilev and Essington 1251. sh '74 .26 ..... Wistreacn . ....... ..... .. ....... ..... `.flal. ;h. 214 9(je ir Wey and Arun llol.ln. 20 DOCKS. 2 ' 6 " fit 1 3p' c. Commerc 3.1 •• ••••••••••••••••...••••• 1001.6 h. 61 1,16514 h. 5 per cent. Fast arid West India ...........Et ark 10 11 , 3,23d,31011. 341. p.ct. London ...........Stock 82 Ditto Bonda 2,209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 14'/.9x. sh . 75 69,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 tier cent. St. Katharine Stock 100 51101.,0 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 201,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ..... Deptford I'ier .....-. 201. sh. 202. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 IL Hammersmiti , 501. eli. 2 1 44 7,201 Southwark, Old Av. 031.25. Bd. sh. 3}., 1,700 11. 156. Ditto, New. of 7/ per cent., 'N. sh. 151 a,OOO 5,000 225. Oft Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 60/. p 4 '2l 5,000 19s. Sit Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 18% 60,000 e 5!. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,948 27s Vauxhall ........Average 701. 100.3 d. sh 2B ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/16s Albion ............„.....„„50 0 4 sh. 501. pd f 9 "'"n'„, c 6 per cent.] Alli a nceßritish &Foreignloo/.5h.11/. pd 13)4 " t and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5!. pd 5% 24000 f/. per Ph. Atlas 0 1 %01. sh. M. Fel IA 1!t!; 1,20046 h. 5/. Birmingham 1 ' ire.. 5O/. 5h.55/. pd 107 0 20,000 U. percent. British Fire 2501.6h. 501. pd 41 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial . .501. sh. 5!. pd 6 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, ICol.sh.2llospd 6% 4,000 31 Os County lOO/.5h. 101. pd 10 9,000 Ss. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 4N (5 per cent. ) oool. sh. 2501. pd 406 21 ' / i and 301 bs. Economic LiteL"e , 2,271 22s.per cent. European Li. ' all pd 22 50,000 2s. ' Ditto, New 20/.6h. 21. pd 17a .000,000/. 6 Lper et Globe Stock 125 20,000 51' Guardian 30,000 45.02. Hope 2,400 Si. 12s. Rd. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. lid 140 7.500 106. fd. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 11% 13,459 51. percent. Indemnity Marine l6O/. sh. 8/. pd 32 2,020 31 106 Kent Fire ........... ............. 50/.6h. all pd 91 31. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 10,000 253 Law Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 32)6 5,000 les. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. lbs. pd 17 3.900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 19.1. 10s. pd 17 1,000.000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 2:,000 U. per cent. National Loan Futic'__.. 201. sh 2/. 10s. pd Vii 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 21. pd 50,e00 5/. per cent. Protector 1 jfe .so 20/. sh. 2/. pd 19.0 d 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant laiseenters ....MO/. sh. 5/. pd 5% 2.500 1/. Prov(clent Lite lOOl. sh. IN. pd 20 Ye 1 ,1410 41. Od. Rock Life 49,220/ 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 17 0 0,003 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 5/. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100!. sh. 5/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS. • 25,000 Agric. and Com. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 461. sh. 401. pd DIA 10,00 n 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 50/.Bh. 10/. pd 13)4 10,000 10percent, Birmingham Bank 5O/, sh. 10/. pd 13 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ sh. 20/. pd 221 . v 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 13 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster ' 1001. sh. 20/. pd SO 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool. 100/ sh. 12e/. pd 19 50,000 74 percent. Manchester and Liver.] 501.5 h., 15/ pd 1914 pool Dis-onnt 20,000 7 per emit. Manchester 1001.,h. 10/. pd 4% 30,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 251. pd 4914 10.000 6i er cent National Bank of Ireland !SOL eh. 1711. pd 16% 10,000 6 per cent National Provincial Fng.loo/. sh. 354 pd 35 111,0011 Ditto New 301. sh. 10/. pd JO 10,1100 Glouceaters hire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 lOper cent. Hampshire 5O/. 3h. 5/. pet 9% GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Ott Bath 20!. sh. 10/. pd 22 5,000 British 40/. sh. le/. pd 19 a.OOO 1.41 1 . c 71:1 Ditto Provincial .... 2O/. sh. 191. psi 23 1128 51 106 Birmingham 50/. eh. 101 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36 2,250 3/101 Brighton 2O/.6h. 14 750 3/ 10s Ditto, New 2O/. sh. I/31. pd 9 2.471 44 per cent Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 9% 4,000 71. 101, Continental Consolidated ....751. 624 /. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... -.1001. sh. all pd 195 LOOO M Ditto. New lOO/.0. 75/. r d 150 4,000 31.05. Equitable, 5Ol. pd 20 10,000 3!. per cent. Imperial 56/. sin 08 800 51. per cent. Isle nt Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 19 3,350 6/. per cent. Independent . 0 0/. sh. Mlle. 56 2,000 M. per cent. Phoenix 'SOL sh. 39/. pd 30% 1,900 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. PO/. pd 61 4,000 Smith Metropolitan ..... .501. sh. 2334!. pd 17 9,000 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 4;1. rid 30 240 5/. per cent, Warwick ............ ................«..501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent WaGefield .... ... ....... .._...... ..........251.5h. 22 2,000 34. Westminster Chartered . ..50/.sh. 57 1 1; 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5 . //. Z. 10/. pd 115$ 780 3 per cont. Yarmouth 4O/. sh. 181. pd WATER WO •.: Its 4,81111. 345. Birmingham 251 sh. 25/. pd 21 4,433 71. East London lOW. sh. 179 5,500 21 151. Grand Junction Averaee 411 130.4 d. sh. 64 3,04)0, 21. Kent 372 161. Liverpool !tootle 2201. sh. 325 1,500 2/10s New River I.ondon Bridge Water Ann... 80 6,486 21 lOs Manchester and Salford. ..... lOO/. eh. 54 1,00 5 per cent. South London 100/.6h. 98 8,294 411. West Middlesex Average 6111.1121. Pd. sh. 95 1.360 . 11141 YorIRONk BuiIdingRAILWAYS. f,o. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby ....a...JON pd 50 fvoin 3 per cent. Birmingham and Gloucester...ACM pd 52 15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter .........1001. sh. 70 pd 43 7,500 Cheltenham& G.Wcstern ...1001.sh. 801. kili 3,004 .... ..... Clarence 1001.811. 1001 pd 20 8.000 ......... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 51. pd 60.005 Eastern Counties 251.611.231. pd 9 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of England 100/. sh. 1(101. pd 87% 10,918 12 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 186 :25, 1 '00 4 per cent. Great Western 1001. sh. 651. pd 89 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sin 501. pd 6.114 2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 160/. eh. lOW. pd 145% 8,090 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/. pd 40 2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 55 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10( Lsh. 1001. pd 188 1 % 7,908 10 per cent Ditto Half Shares ............ 5Ol. pd 91 11,495 10 percent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45 /6,000 ......... London and Brighton 50/.6h. 50/ pd 35% 24,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 25/. pd 10% 10.000 3 rer cent. London and Greenwich 9.01. sit. 20/. pd 6 25,000 94 per sh. London & Birmingham 100!. sh. 901. pd 1761% 25,000 2/. 76. lid. Ditto Quarter Shares ....251. sh. 5!. psi 31 31,2.50 W. Sr. 4d. Dit o New Shares 321. sh. 3 . 21. 1x1 3134 40,200 3 per sh. London and S. Western Av. 431,155. Od. • 62 33,000 ......... London and Croydon] 13% Av. 13 ! 15s. 9d Ditto New Scrip.... ' 13% 13,000 4 . per sh. Manchester and Leeds...loo/, fh. '704 pd al 13,000 ...... ... Ditto Half Shares 5O/. 30/. pd 3^34 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.6h. 40/. ifl34 Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2 10,000 21.108. Midland Counties 'OO/. sh. 100/. pd 7034 15,000 N. Os. North Midland 11.106. Ditto New 404 pd 33 10, 4 2',6 11.10 s. Northern and Eastern.... 50/. sh. 45/. pd 42% 4000 Ai...... Preston and Wyre . ...... ..501. sh. 1111/. pd 36 14900 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover Ol. pd 25% 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ..... loeLsh. 265 0,000 ... ..... Thames Haven 'W. sh 51. pd 6,000 10/.per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 92 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. h 24/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Alten 15/. sh 12/. ii :pd I % 10,005 ... Anglo 51exicainiss. 5/. pm.lool.lh. al 'l d 2 Ditto Subscription .251. pu 2% 2,060 Bolanos l5O/. eh all pd 4 10,000 11. lOs Braallianlmp. iss. 51. prn 35/. eh. 21.1. pa 9 6,000 ......... Macaubas & Locaes United 25/.5h.25/. pd 4 1 4 11,001) Ditto St. John Del Rey M. sh. 14/. pd 144 ,0,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 20/. pd 1 10,000 ...... ... Ditto Scrip .... 10/. sh. JO/. pd 2 2 0. 000 .... ..... British Iron IOOL sh. 70/. pd 8 ,008 British Copper 5/.sh. 441. pd 1% ......... Cata Branca 54/. pd 544 Candonga 7e/. pd 5 10,000 1 I Copiapo .... 2O/. sh. 13/. p 4 0 8,5114 . Columbian, ins. 51. P. - 55/. sh. 55/. rod ON 2,110 '4l. English IV. Cs. pd 2 20,000 .... ..... General 511 ning A ssociation2o/ sh. M. pd 3% 6,155 .... ..... Mexican Company 100/.sh. 601 p 4 . 1 3,001 .... ..... Polberou Console lO/. sh. 81. pd 4 :1.500 „,,,,,..,,,,. Real del Monte, Unregistered 2% Ditto Loan Notes. ISO/. pd 50 !moil ~,„...... United Mexican, iss. 2 pip. 40/.6 h. all pd ILA Ditu. Scrip ll4 Ditto New Scrip 4/ p.. 1 3% West Cork .. 501. oh 501. pd 38 LITER A ICY 1 . 1:17117A71 .: 1bN5. s,OOO „.......„ London, with Bronze Ticket ....Mg!. sh. 13 1,500 London University IOW. sh. all pd 7 790 King• College lOO/. 1934 511!3CELLANEOUS. 10,000 355. Australian Agrieultural.loo/.'sh. 28/ pit 1. 1 .1 41, 1 00 1. per cent. British American LandCompen) 3'..4i. pd 9 111,0110 61. per ceet. Canada Company 190/. sh. 3241. pd 30 10,000 51. per cant. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 par rent ICO 20 , 000 1/. Os. General Steam Navigation 151.. h. 141. pd 24% 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 1/. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. ch. 12% ..... ... Caoutchouc Company 12/1. pd 12% New Brunswick Land Compaoy,,,s6e. pd 12 5,387 41. per csnt. Rev ersitinary Int. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 95 sp a tial 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100!. sh. 100/. pd 107 4.000 . ...... a Thames Tunnel ...50/. sh. all F 4 7 10,000 65. Van Die.neri's Land.... 100/.41. 191. pd 10 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES JUNE 4, 1842. BANKS. 4' 11 0,000' 6/, p. et. Plank of Scotland...B3/. 6s. Bd. th . all pd /52 0,5'00,0001 et. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001 sh. all pd 155 580.000/. 81. p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd : 1 05 600,0001. 71. p. et. Commercial .5001. sh. lOW. pd 159% 50 (1 .00 , 7 1 . 6n. et. National lOO/.sh. 101. pd 14 5C03' , 00/. 81. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 79% 1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 401. pd C 8 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,11005 h. 6}p. ct. Scottish Union 9 0/.5h. 11. pd 24s OJ. 7,500 p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10!. pd 12% 10P,1000 10 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Sco tland .10/. sh. all pd 50,000 10 p. ct. North riritish 2.00/.sb. 101/.pd 10 1,000 Li) p. ct. Caledonian lOO/. sh. 101. pd 20 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Lite 100/. sh. 10!. pet 15 100,000 3} p. ct. West at Scotland .. ... . pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 ......... Edin. and Gies. Ult. Canal;4►/. sh. all pd 1 1 Ditto Allocated 90/. sh. all pd 4?.34 825,40 ri per cent. Edinb..loinrStPck Water 25/. sh all pd 3t 1.0000) Qi per cent. Shotta Iron Founderv 50/ eh 481 pd 26 0,000 Spec cent. Edinburgh 14 Leith GlaFs.2ol.sh. ICI. pd 4,5(10 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ..,., 951.!h. all pd 50 ►,4ho 10 per cant. Glasgow (las ...... sh • All pri /50 7i per cent - Leith Ccal Gas 2Ol. sh. all pd 25 1.154 Edinburgh and Dalkeithilatlwaysol.sh 30 The new approach to the Brighton Railway ter minus, from the upper end of North-street, is in a stare cf con sidersble forwardness. For some time the cut from the middle of Air-street through Petty France and Durham into North street, has been opened, and the continuation of the road along the front of Windsor-terrace into North-lane is nearly com pleted. It has been for some slays past open to_foot passengers, and the carriage-road will be finished by the end of the week. This portion of the road has been widened,"by setting back the western wall of the Hanover Burial-ground, and the road has been lowered several feet, making Windsor-terrace really what its name purported it to be —a terrace. The road across the field between North-lane and Gloucester-lane is also set nut, running into the open piece of ground directly opposite the terminus, and likewise branching off right and left into Surrey-street and Fredet Brighton Gazette. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. lOUS E OF LORDS, :1;;10: The Earl of Sn.trrEsnunv in the absence of the Lord Chancellor"; took his seat oa the Woolsack shortly after Five o'Clock. CHURCH EXTENSION. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petiti na in favour of Church Extension. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. The-RtcnT REV. PRELATE also presented a petitit against idolatry in India. OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS. The RIGHT REY. PRELATE also presented a petition, numerously signed, in favour of the Affirmations Bill. The Right Rev. Prelate stated that he did not concur in the prayer of the petition. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The RIGHT UM PRELATE then presented several petitions from various places in Ireland against the pri.- sent system of National Education in Ireland. INCOME-TAX. 'rile Earl of YAHBOIiOUGII presented a petition from Great Grimsby, in Lincolnshire, against the In gotne-tax. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition with a similar prayer from the parish of St, James, Westminster ; the petitioners stating it as their opinion that the tax was demoralising, tyrannical, in quisitorial, unfair, unjust, - and calculated . to lower the national character. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition with a similar prayer from the town of Beverley. LOUGH FOYLE DRAINAGE. The Earl of WICKLOW pregenteda petition from an individual named Dimsdale against the Lough Fayle and Lough Swilley Drainage Bill. NOTICE 01 4 QUESTIONS. The Earl of RADNOR gave' notice that on Monday he should put a question to the Noble Duke respecting; a Bill before the other House of Parliament, giving the power to the Magistrates in Quarter Sessions, to order the erection of additional county gaols; and that on Tuesday he should move for Returns of the quantity of corn entered for' home consumption, if any, under the provisions of 4 George IV., cap. 40 ; also a similar return of corn entered for ome consumption under the provisions of 7 George IV., cap. 61. He should more for these returns with a view of eliciting from the Government their opinion as to the propriety of relaxing the existing law on the subject. He gave notice of these questions us a matter of .personal convenience to the Noble Duke, without at all subscribing to the Noble Duke's doctrine, that it would have been irregular to have asked them without notice. TEN HOURS BILL Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the mill-owners of Bingley, in favour of a Ten Hours Bill. SLAVERY IN ,INDIA. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD also presented a. petition, complaining of the existence of slavery in British India. INCOME-TAX BILL. Lord MELBOURNE said that he had to state to the House, and for the information of his Noble Friend op posite, that his Noble Friend who had given notice of his intention to move that night, on the Order of the Day being read for the second reading of the In come-tax Bill, had been attacked with a sudden fit of indisposition, which would render it impossible for him to, attend the House that night. If it would suit the convenience of Noble Lords opposite, he had no objec tion to the Bill being read a second time to-day sub sik.ntio, with the understanding. that the debate on his Noble Friend's motion should be taken at the next stage of the Bill. 'The Earl of RIPON said that, as far as he was con cerned he could have no objection to the proposal of the Noble Lord. He doubted not that it would meet with the general concurrence of the House to move the second reading sub sileutio, and take the discussion on Tuesday precisely the same as on the second reading—(Hear)—ani I if it would meet the concurrence of the House, he would move the second reading then, and postpone his expla nations till Tuesday.--(Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM could have no objection to the proposition of his Noble Friend, with the under standing that the second reading should be merely taken sub silentio. If it were upon any other subject than a money Bill, he should say, un less it were something peculiarly important, that it would not be desirable to take the course proposed. es pecially on the part •of those who opposed the whole measure.—(Hear, hear.) It was well known he was not °tie. He had already had an opportunity of stating his views to their Lordships on this subject. This Bill, being a money Bill, it was a matter of almost entire in difference whether they took the debate on the second reading. or on going into Committee. Lord MELBOURNE begged leave to assure his Noble Friend that he was not aware of his Noble Friend's indis - position until a quarter of an hour ago. Indeed, his Noble Friend himself was not aware of it till a quarter of an hour ago. He had had a slight attack in the morning, but hethought he would have been able to attend the House. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on theWoolsack at a Quarter past Five. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. The Bishop of EXETER said that seeing the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, he wished to know whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring in the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, which had been spoken of in the Speech from the Throne. He .did not think it was desirable that such a Bill should be brought in at a time when it could not be fully entered into. ' The LORD CHANCELLOR said the matter was in the'hands of the Secretary of State, and he should com municate with him on the subject, and inform the Right Rev. Prelate of the result nn Monday. The Bishop of EXETER. said that it was his misfor tUne to be obliged to leave town on that day. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I can hardly eonceive that to be a misfortune.—(Laughter.) The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned, at Half-past Five o'clock, to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 10. The SPEAKER took the choir at the usual hour. WATERFORD ELECTION. Mr. HOGG, on behalf of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition presented against the return for the City of Waterford, stated that the Com mittee had come to the conclusion that William Christ mas and J. W. Morris Reude, Esqrs., were not duly elected as burgesses to serve in the present Parliament for the City of Waterford ; that. Sir Henry Winston Barron and Thomas Wyse, Esqrs., were duly elected, and ought to have been returned. The Honourable Member then moved that Mr. Christ mas and Mr. Reade be allowed fourteen days to petition against the return of Sir Thomas Barron and Mr. Wyze, the nowsittingMembers.—Agreed to. ' The Clerk of the Crown was then ordered to attend and amend the return. ATHLONE ELECTION COMMITTEE. , Mr. DIVETT, as Chairman of the Athlone Election Committee, reported to the House that George de la Pocr Beresford, Esq., was not duly elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Ath lone, and ought not to have been returned ; that H. D. Farrell, Esq., was duly elected a burgess to serve in Par liament at the last election fur the said borough, and ought to have been returned. The Hon. Member moved, that Mr. Beresford and all persons entitled so to do, have fourteen days to petition against the return of Mr. Farrell. The Clerk of the Crown was ordered to attend and amend the return. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from Clare against the system of National Education in Ireland. . . THORNELT presented petitions from places in Lancashire, praying for the reduction of the duty on sugar and coffee. LABOUR IN FACTORIES. Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions from Salford, Newton Moor, Newton Heath, Moseley, and other places in Lancashire, praying that the hours of labour in mills and factories, for persons between 13 and 21 years of age, might be restricted to ten hours a day for five days of the week, and eight on Saturdays. CORPORATION OF DUBLIN. Mr. GREGORY presented a petition from Dublin, relating to the levying of money for purposes for which it was not necessary, and praying the House to repeal certain sections of the Corporation Act ; also three petitions from Galway, against the system of National Education. NEWFOUNDLAND. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition, signed by 300 of the most respectable inhabitants of Newfoundland, stating that writs fur new elections were suspended, and praying the House to assist them in compelling the Go vernment to issue the writs. The petition stated several matters relating to the Bill of the Secretary for the colonies now before the House, and he (Mr. O'Connell) wished to know, whether he was entitled to have the petition printed with the Votes, that it might be ready • when he was to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, that the Bill be read that clay six months. • • • The SPEAKER said, that as the petition related to !natters in the Bill before the House, it cculd not be printed with the Votes Mr. O'CONNELL said, that though the petition re lated to matters in the Bill, it was not with that object it was presented, as the petitioners were not aware of the existencq of the Bill. He did not know if that made any obstruction. The SPEAKER did not think that constituted any difference. . . • TEN HOURS BILL. Lord ASHLEY presented petitions from Wigan, Bolton, Carlisle, end York ; also twelve petitions from ciifferent trade societies, signed .by upwards of 1 9 ,000 persons, praying for a Ten Hours Bill, Mr. FEHR AND presented six petitions, from different places in Yorkshire, to the same effect. INDIA SILK. Mr. lIASTIE presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Calcutta, praying that th e d u ti es on m a nufactured and unmanufactured silk for India might be equalised. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Mr. - RUSSELL presented a petith-n, praying that the metropolitan bridges mi;ht be opened to the public. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Lord I3Eri NA Ill) Presented; petition (ruinplace in Cork, - against the present system of National Education in Ireland. TEN HOURS FACTORY BILL. Mr. lIINDLEY preSZted ;;;;;Ipetitionsirom places in y,irkshire in f avour of this Bill. COMMUNICATION WITH BELGIUM. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition, signed by the Earl of Glengall, and upwards of 100 inhabitants of Belgium, praying for an improved communication be tween this country and Belgium, so that there might be a daily post between the two cOuntrietz, as there was between this and France. POOR•LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord ELIOT presented a pedant), praying for cer tain alterations in this Dill. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented siE peti dolls f:-ow tind • dersfield and its neighbourhood signed by :.1(1.4 1D diri duals, against this Bill. TEN HOURS BILL. • The:HoN. MEMBER presented severei p t aims from places in- the West Riding of Yorkshire ,in favour of this Bill. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. J. BAILEY presented a petition from eve Guar dians of the parish of Ross, in the county of , Vereford, aga.nst the introduction of the Poor-law Comm. 'lslihniers into that parish. TEMPLRANCE PROCESSIONS IN IREL. Col. ACTON wished to ask the Noble Lord, doe Se cretary for Ireland, whether he -proposed to adopt' any measure for the restriction of the parades of vast ho 4 les of men, called Temperance men, dressed in blue scarfs 4 d ribands, who were in the habit of promenading in vi lions parts of Ireland ? Lord ELIOT said it was not the intention of her Vs.- • jesty to introduce any measure fur the restriction of the Temperance parades.---(Hear, llear.). • He believed the* societies referred to were very beneficial to the lower orders; nor did he believe that outrages to the publics peace resulted from such processions. :At the same Uwe, he was aware that vast assemblages slid meet, and if soy improper consequences should result, he should put shrink from repressing those processions. . Mr. D. O'CONNELL said that'the'se processions had been in the habit of marching for the last three years; he %%ished to know if any representa!ionS-had been made to the Noble Lord of a breach of the law in consequence. Lord ELIOT was not aware that any such repro sentation had been made to him HUSH MAGISTRACY. Mr. FOX MALTLE wished to pat a question to the Noble Lord, the Secretary of Ireland, relative to some thing that he had seen in the public prints. • It appeared that Mr. St. George had been removed from the Commission of the Peace in' Ireland, in conse quence of a letter which he lied addressed to the late Secretary of State for the Home Department when he held the office of Viceroy of ;Ireland. Au attempt was shortly after made to restore Mr. St. George to the position he had previously held, and a representation to that effect was made to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, whose answer was, that if the letter Was withdrawn, or an apology were made, he should have no objection to restore' his name to the -Commission. The statemert which he (Mr. Fox Mettle) had received was that Mr. St.; George had been restored without apologising, or consenting to withdraw the letter. He wished to :teak the Noble Lord, first, whether Mr. St. George had been restored to the Commission, and, secondly, whether he had apologised; or•withdrstwn the letter in question ? Lord ELIOT. said, shortly after the Lord Chancellor of Ireland was appointed to that place in the Govern ment, a representation was made to him of Mr. St. George's case, and he was so strongly impressed with the impropriety of the letter already referred to, that be•de termined not to consent to his restoration to the Commis sion. of the Peace, till a satisfactory explanation was made by Mr. St. George ; such -explanation had been made to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor, and he had therefore re-instated Mr. St George. F. MA ULE was afraid the Noble Lord hai/ not quite understood his question. His question - ivos, whether the letter had been withdrawn, or an apolcai-v: , made. He might Aliso ask the Nob!e Lord whether he had any objection to lity tile letter, with the other cor respondence, on the table ? L or d ELIOT said the letter had not. been withdrawn, but such explanation had been given to the Lord Chan cellor as was satisfactory to him,. the having before re fused to reinstate Mr. St. George without an explanatiom —The matter then dropped. • The dropped Orders were then disposed of. • BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. • Sir ROBERT PEEL said that from the state of pub lic business, and the period of the.. session at which they were arrived, and there not being many petitions for pre sentation, nor. any great amount of private business, he thought it wouhl be for the general convenience, if the House should, from Monday next, begin the pub lic business at half-past four o'clock.—(dear, hear.) He should also move on Monday nexrthat Orders of the Day have precedence on Tuezday.F,:-: , (Hear. hear.) Mr. HUME hoped the Right Lien. Baronet would move that the Orders of the Day have precedence on Thursdays also, as for the last two Thursdays there had been no business done whatever.—(Hear, hear.) BLOCKADE OF THE EAST Go AsT OF MEXICO. Mr. D'ISRAELI said he wished to ask a question on a subject of great importance tn , the interests of the commerce of this country. In more than one of the shipping ports of this country' a • Conaerable num ber of consignments had been made to the East Coast of Mexico, and the greatest depression ;;Ini been caused by. the intelligence of the.blockade of that. coast by the Government of Texas. A week since, by• the sanction of the Noble Earl, the Secretary of State r proclamation appeared in the London Gazette, from to • person styling himself the President of the Re public of Texas, stating that a blockade of the Eastern Coast of Mexico had been instituted by that Government. Of this proclamation, that had been so inserted in the Gazette, no officiarcommunica tion had been received by the Secretary of State, from the person pretending to be under the authority of the President of Texas. The proclamation had occa sion great perplexity and alarm, especially among the merchants trading to the coast of Mexico. The question he wished to ask was whether it was in tended by the proclamation to sanction that blockade, or if not,. what was the intention of inserting it in the London Gazette? Sir ROBERT PEEL said he apprehended that the proclamation was inserted in the Gazette according to the usual practice in similar cases. The notification of the blockade' stated that a block ade was said to be instituted, and that expres sion was used because the Government had no official information from the Texas. that such a blockade had been instituted. But they had received a notification, on which they had every reason to rely, from her Ma jesty's Minister at Mexico, ‘vtio had sent the document containing the notice of the blockade, and he stated this blockade had been regularly issued. By the notification of the blockade, the Government did not in tend to infer that it was a legal one ; all that it stated was, that of two belligerent powers one had determined on forming a blockade, nor did the Government give its sanction to it. He might add, that` he was exceedingly sorry that the Government of Texas had resorted to a measure so inconvenient to commerce. LIGHT SOVEREWNS. Mr. CHILDERS wislied to put a question with regard to a proclamation that had been issued ft few days back, referring to sovereigns which were under the standard weight. This proclamation had caused .the greatest inconvenience, and, indeed, had deranged all commercial proceedings. He begged to task e nether this proclamation had reference to any ulterior measures; also with respect to the conduct of the Bank, who, when a sovereign was taken. there, weighed it, and if under weight, it was cut in two, and the person was told to sell the gold wherever he could, which left people to and out dealers in gold ; they were thus left to those respect able gentlemen, the Jews, to buy it at what price they pleased. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should confine himself to the question. put as to the proclamation ; it was a repetition of proclama tions that had been issued, though not very recently, from time to time; to warn the pub:ie of the standard under which gold was not the current coin of -the realm. Great complaints had been made of it portion of the gold coin being below the proper weight, and it therefore had been thought nece&- snre to call the public attention to. the.weight at which gold coin was current, and to make arrangements with the Bank, .by which they agreed to receive it at the Mint price of 31. 75.10-Id. per ounce f6r all light gold coin. Mr. BERNAL wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the . Exchequer, What should be clone with sovereigns which accumulated from time to time in the hands of small tradesmen ? _ _ -- - The CHANCELLOR of the Px - C • HEUER said they should deposit them with their private, banker, fur the purpose of having them exchanged. Mr. S. O'BRIEN asked whether similar facilities would be given for the exchange of gold coin in other parts of the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the circumstances there were different, and the evils had not been stated. Mr. 0. PALMER said such discredit had been thrown upon the gold coin of this country, that hardly any poor person dare touch it.—(Laughter.) lie wished to ask whether her Majesty's Government would take into eon .sidera t ion the inconvenience which every person through out the country was now suffixing from the discredit thrown on the gold coin ? THE SCOTCH CHURCH. Mr. F. MAULE wished to ask • the Right lion. Gen tleman whether the Government had made up their mind to take into their own hands the subject of the dif ference which existed in the Scotch Church, or whether they intended to permit the .discussion upon the Bill of the Hon. Member for Knaresborongh to precerd on Wednesday ? Sir , 'TAMES GRAHAM said the House would re member that at. the commencement • of the Session the question was put to him whether, on the part of her Majesty's .Government, there was any intention to bring forward a legislative measure, in the hope of healing the unhappy difVerences which flow dis tracted Scotland, with reference , to ecclesiastical affairs. To that question he answered, lhat von the most care ful review of all circumstances of the case, it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring forward any measure. So matters stood until his Hon. Friend, the :Member for the county of Argyle, m oved for leave to bring in a B r Bill. The overmunt dia not oppose the in trodoction of that mea sure, but a dns itesion tool; place, in which it was pretty plainly intimatel that. to its prin . ciple her Mr G overnme nt Were opposed, a and that, at a future stage, .they would consider it their duty to oppose its enactment. The consequence of that was, that, communications were i ti e, ho b l u w t , not very e on . made to the Gove rnmen t from Scotland, which led t h e vernment would b e a bl e still 3uch as t o eoc ouragc u. d re e s n e i n , t u • G s I he e r a m d e s n t a t t to e d hope that legislative measures, found e d on t a r ; te t r h t e ni tin 1., support, might conclave to the Tat ., of seet. told to the settlement of the I.li...eput d uch prtneiplea ns the Go point:. He bad so'l'd to the House that, matters mood at the bloc, he could not Fledge himself' to the introduction of such a measure, but that. it would be the duty of Go vernment very carefully" to ci , nilder . the represen• tationsmade to them on the stqeet. beforer n they inn y d„ t id e d. That sate, on the eve of the. meeting of the Ge• neral Assembly or Scotland. That .Ai,aetnbly etubodied the views of the .general Church ofScot la.nti. Prneeedinga took place which wero known to I he'llote,e, and which be might be permitted to - say he ere..fely ele,ploredi hilt at the same time, it did not beetite him at-the pre tent time to characterise thoe proceedings by any harsh Yet still, after a careful deliberation of thoto proccedingne 11(.3 W t , '. )1 1 11 4 xv 6t4te tp tho *we 1,441, 41 , bur? OS: -. i in ti , u ur tail ~; ~~