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

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The ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SO CIETY will hold a GRAND FETE DES FLEURS, and MisceL laneous FLO WE It SHOW in the above admirably adapted Grounds, on Tuesday, June 14th, 1812, when SIXTY-I.OU tt GOLD and SILVER MEDALS will bo awarded for the best Specimens and Collections of Pelargoniums, noses, Miscellaneous Plants, Calceo larias, Pinks, Ranunculus ; Heart's Ease, Cut Flowers, Ericas, Or chidaceous Plants in Flower, Specimen Plants, Seedling Heart's Ease, Pine Apples, Black Grapes, \\ bite Grapes, Collections of Fruit and Vegetalves. lir addition tO the Prizes given by the Committee, Extra Prizes are offered by Members of the Society to Amateurs for the best collec inn of Pelargoniums—to Nurserymen for ditto—to Amateurs for the, best collection of Pelargonium Blooms, cut in busiehes of twenty-four varieties—to Gentlemen's Gardeners for the best collection of Cut Flowers. The Flowers will be arranged in Classes under the spacious and handsome Tents of Messrs. STAFF, and SON. Resides the Eihibition of - Floral and Horticultural products, which tram the fineness of the'season and other favourable circumstances, is confidently exrected to be unusually rich, varied, and extensive, the whole of the popular Entertainments for which this Establish ment is so widely celebrated, wilt be given on a scale of grandeur eclipsing all previous effort;. , Admission One Shilling. Gates open at One k oneert at six. Fireworks at half-past Nine. The Evening Fetes, with all the usua► attractions, on Monday anti Thursday. Open from 10 in the Pdornisig. Feeding Hour 5 o'clock TH vEA THELL.—N oort, JLNF. 10. 801 AL Q,ILLELtY op set Eric E, A DKLA IDE-STREET nermometer ...: 72 7 Highest • _77 . 1 Lowest 48 i'.otomCter 30.26.—Wind E. r ii,4,i vv +TIM AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAk.: 111..rnirg ..... 16 minutes after 3 1 Evening 38 minutes after 3. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or /Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of" The Suia." tibt _Suit ritt7Nt,-- LONDON bATURDAY MORNING, JUNE il, 1842. CHINA. NEWS. . - - The Oriental arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday, bringing a number of passen&ers and despatches from India, which miscarried by the Overland Mail. Among them are some items of highly important news from China, though not of a later date than those. already received, being from Macao to the 6th of March. The Chinese were assembling an immense army for the pur pose. of driving the " English barbarians" from Ningpo. The following extract .from a !otter from that place, of the 6th of February, shows the kind of reception it was likely to meet with from our gallant countrymen : “ . co n the 3d instant the Jupiter transport arrived, with 560 men, a most necessary accession to out force. Vre ana l julb now on the qui vine, es reports hare •.. been brought in that the Chinese .have been ,afsemh4ng forces from all quarters of the empire,. that they have I 80,000 men, and are advancing to make a last grand attempt to crush us. They are said to be within thirty miles, and advancing in several di visions, so as to attack Ningpo and Chinhae at one time. If even half the number of Chinese troops mentioned is true, the odds are certainly not in our favour, as we cannot assemble more than 2,000 men at Ningpo ; but the Chinese have never felt our grape and canister yet, and we are all in capital spirits. The General would like nothing better. Yesterday a white buttoned Mandarin arrived at Ningpo, and intimated to the General that some man of high rank wcs coming to negotiate with us ; but that is out of the question, except as concerns our not attacking llong-Chow-Foo, andit is very possible that it is only to throw dust in our eyes as to their real intentions." From a Bombay letter of the 2d of May, we learn that the Chinese Mandarins had assembled a very large mili tary force at Yu-Yao. The brava General Sir HUGH Govon, to whom the drubbing of the Chinese is as much a pastime as was the chasing of Egyptians in Syria to gallant old Commodore NAPIER, was preparing to disperse them. Nothing, therefore, could be more welcome or better timed than the arrival of the reinforcements by the Jupiter. The Ge neral had intended, on the arrival of that force, to make a movement on Hong. Chow-Foo, but learning that there was sport for him at Yu-Yao, he resolved to disperse the force assembled there first. Plenipotentiary Sir H. POTTINGER, on proceeding to Hong Kong had very pro perly given power to the Admiral Sir W. PARKER, and the Commander-in-Chief, Sir H. GOUGH, to act according to their own discretion. Im perial proclamations against the "fighting foreign devils" were extensively circulated, but they appeared to have little influence over the public mind. The excellent discipline of our troops, and the care taken to respect the sacredness of private property, by the Commander in-Chief, seemed to convince the peaceable Chinese that they had nothing in reality to fear from us, notwithstand ing the declarations to the contrary in the Pekin Gazette. The Chinese were fortifying the Canton river, but it was Understood that the Plenipotentiary would not attack them unless they attempted to raise works below the usual anchorage. Then, indeed, they were to catch it in style. It was generally believed that several Russian officers had arrived in China for the purpose of instructing the Chinese in the art of European war fare. Should these iellows succeed in making the Chinese familiar with the science of gunnery, there is little doubt but they will give us very serious trouble. The regular trade was exceedingly dull, but smuggling continued to be carried on rather extensively. The next mail from India will be likely to bring us the news of a regular battle between the " red-bristled barbarian fighting devils," and some forty or fifty thousand of the world-conquering inha bitants of the Central Flowery Land. Lord ASHLEY'S well-meant efforts to lessen slavery in mines, have obtained the cordial approbation of the bulk of the community. It is ,gratifying to find the Members of Parliament, driven by the loathsome con sequences of their own acts to try and remove them. It is doubly gratifying to find the Tories, who have la boured assiduously to degrade the people, who have de nied, and still deny, their political rights, and who have treated them as inferior beings, now astonished at the natural effects of that degradation, and obliged by their own feelings to remove them. The colliers, though some of the first to arrest their attention, will not, we will venture to predict, be the last. Crippled bodies, stunted growth, weak limbs, de fective forms, will be found almost in every class of our overwrought labourers, and compassion or philanthropy will carry them that relief which has been denied to justice. We will not exclude from the description agri cultural labourers, who, notwithstanding their advan tages of working in a healthy atmosphere, are very ge nerally broken down by excessive toil, by cold and ex posure to the weather, and by insufficient nourishment by the time they have reached 50, and pass a long win ter of decripitude, a prey to many chronic diseases. We look, therefore, for great benefit to all the labouring► classes, from the forcible manner in which some of the most intense hardships of their condition are now command ing the attention of even their political opponents. At the same time the honour of our country, the honour of human nature, and what is due to truth, to justice, and to the colliers themselves, require that their condition and character be not worse represented than the facts warrant. To some extent this has been done; exaggera tion is perceptible in the Report of the Commissioners on Mines ; in bringing the subject before the public, nearly all the circumstances which could give relief to the dark picture have been studiously kept out of view. We must state that in South Staffordshire, North Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Leizestershire , in the Ashby-de-la-'Duch district, in Derbyshire, in Oldham, in Cumberland (except in one mine belonging to the Earl of LorsDALE,) in the vast coat fields of Durham and Northumberland, in the west of Scotland, in North Wales, in the Forest of Dean, in South Gloucestershire, in North Somersetshire, and in Ireland, no females, no female child, and no young or adult woman works in any of the collieries under ground. Now, that statement at once relieves an immense part of our coal districts from the horrors which have been painfully and elabo rately set forth as indiscriminately common to them all. One fact is recorded of the Oldham people which we must quote, because it proves that much more may be left to the good feelings of the colliers themselves than Lord ASHLEY seems to suppose; if they be only placed in a condition to make less toil necessary. " No females, (says the Report, p. 36,) of any age, are em ployed in underground labour. The men unite in a dislike to their being brought into circumstances so disgusting, although their employment is common within a few miles of Manchester on the other side; and the only man who coming from that side has been known to take his wife into the pit was compelled to leave the district ; the men said they would leave the work if he continued. All classes of wit nesses are uniform and decided in making this statement." There is some other evidence to the same effect : George Carr, collier, Tankersley, said—" I make no more money than the colliers at •ilkstone, nor so much; but I would be hard put to it before I would bring a lass of mine into the pit,—no not if I were ever so ill put to it. It is a shameful practice."—P. 32. In many of the cases where women have gone into the mines to work, it has been the result of urgent ne cessity. That, or starvation, has been the alternative• Es-. gratia : Margaret Boxer, 50 rears old, coal heaver—" I bew the coal ; have done so since my husband faired of his breath ; he has been off work twelve years. I have a son, a daughter, and niece working with me below, and we have sore work to get maintenance. I go down early to hew coals for my girls to draw. The work is not fit for women, and men could prevent it were they to labour more regularly ; indeed, men about the place don't wish wives to work in mines, but the masters seem to encourage it."—Page 30. What a noble example of an honest woman submitting to such drudgery to get a maintenance ! MARGARET BOXER may put to shame scores of the pauper and pensioned hereditary law-makers, who, with health and strength, age and property, are not ashamed to quarter their sisters and brothers on the public purse, which is filled by extorting a great deal from such persons as MARGARET BOXER. Ann Eggley, at page 75, says—" Father said, last night, it was both a shame and a disgrace for girls to work as we do, but there was nought else for us to do. I bare tried to get winding to do, but could not." The father says—" I cannot do without sending my girls to the pit. I don't like their coming down, but I have one at home, and I cannot get any work for her to do. I have tried it." Margaret Gourley says—" I had rather set cards than go into the pit ;" but she could not help herself. Jane Sym— " I work day and night, week about. I don't like working in the night shift, but I must keep my turn, or elm (go without food)." So " Janet Cumming has no h king for the work ; father makes- me like - it." Asabella Read, 12 years old—" I do not like the work, nor do the lasses; they are mad e t o lik e it." " Agnes 1110ffat, began working at 10 years of age; father took sister and I down; he gets our wage s .' Margaret Jacques, 17 years of age—" I have been seven years at coal bearing ; it is horrible work ; it was not my Choice, but we do our parents' will." Alargaret Drysdale, 15 years old, coal-putter—. I don't like the work, but mother is dead, and father brought me down. I had no choice." Ann Harris, 15 years old, putter—" Heartily bates it; could get no other work, or would not go down." These quotations show that young women do not de scend into the pit from wantonness, or a love of ease ; they go from a sense of duty ; they do the will of their parents, and from the mere necessities of their condition . Sad it is that they should go to such. work at all, but when they are tempted by a "high rate of wages,' and when "legal restrictions," we quote the language of the Report at page 24, prevent mothers " from sending their children to the neighbouring factories, in which they would be exposed to far less hardship and hazard,' , they consign them to the terrific labour of the mines— the most dreaded punishment in barbarous countries for the worst crimes, in order that they may not " elern" or starve. Mr. Sub-Commissioner FLETenEn's opinion , that latterly children are sent into th e m i nes at an earlier ' age than formerly, is of great importance. The le gislation, already adopted by Lord ASHLEY and his friends, has had the disastrous effect of depriving chil dren of the light labour of "winding and setting cards," and such employments, and banishing young females from the factories, to work under ground. Lord ASHLEY and his friends, too, are, in a groat measure, the author s of this hard necessity. If they were not to debar the p an eo d p w le o f u r l o d m g ass e u t r t e in d g ly f e o n o j d oy the t y he w rn o s n e l i d te n s ot hl dre th a c the suit sut,ni„y, light on the surface of the earth ; but hc and they have made it necessary fur women and children to gather their bread, and sore work it is, in the bowels of the earth. Another exception to the general picture of wretched ness generally drawn of the collieries, relates to the Anode of working the mines. The dirty, wet mines the narrow 'seams, the children and women dragg;: g carts by chains, have all been emphatically dwelt on ; but the public have not been at the same time informed that there arc many collieries, clean and well ventilated, in which the temperature is delightful, in which it is impossible to employ either young children or females, and in which the drudgery is done by horses, ponies, or asses. Possibly dogs might be trained to the work, where the ways are very low; but the humanity of those who make laws which chain the people, would revolt at so employing the canine species. 'We quote some pas sages from the Report : Coalpits are almost always comfortably warm, and, in general, the deeper they are the warmer. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE— In the field the principal seam of coal is 10 yards thick, the roads which are cut out of the coal are seven or eight feet wide, and about nine feet high. In this district the coals are brought direct from the workings to the foot of the shafts in cars drawn by eight horses. A railway is laid along the middle of the road to make the work easier for the horses. Each horse is conducted by a boy, usually from thirteen to fourteen 3 ears of age. In situations where horses cannot be employed, the cars are drawn up hill to the foot of the shafts by a jig -chain, and are worked by the steam-engine. In the coal mines of this district the state of the places of work, to persons accustomed to it, is very comfortable. The coal-beds are sufficiently high to allow abundance of room. The mines are warm and dry. There is a supply of fresh air from ventilation, though less than there easily might be. In con versation with snipers, in the whole course of inquiry as to the state of the mines, I never heard a single complaint. The pits are usually of the temperature of a fine summer's day, or, as one of the witnesses expressed it, 'it is warm, beautifully warm.' Horses thrive well in the pits. Large, convenient, and comfortable stables, are dug out of the coal for them ; they grow fat, and their skins are remarkably smooth and glossy. The miners in the pit are not exposed to close, over-heated air, as in some manufactories ; and in winter escape the miseries of cold rain, snow, and frost. However unpleasant the coal-pits may be to persons who for the first time go down to see them, to those who are used to them, they are exceedingly agreeable." —Dr. Mitchell's Report. " In the Pottery district, the seams are of sufficient thickness to permit the employment of horses and ponies to draw coal along the main ways to the foot of the shaft, and no young chil dren are employed under ground." A similar description applies to the coal-mines in Warwickshire, about Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire, &c. ; and the public will learn with satisfaction, we think, that the whole of the collieries are not such miser able abodes of cruelty and slavery - as it has probably been led to infer from the somewhat partial representa tions of some interested persons. We are of opinion that the morality of the colliers has not received fair play from either the Commissioners or Lord ASHLEY, but we cannot now advert to that part of the subject. The friends of Mr. EMERSON TENNENT contrived that there should be no House on Thursday night. They were cordially supported by the Members of the Ca binet, not out of any personal regard for the Secretary of the Board of Control, but to avoid an exposure which might throw a taint upon the Ministry. The Tories don't like handing over Belfast to Mr. RoEstrcx's Committee, and they are apprehensive that any attempt to sift the unfortunate CROPPER'S petition would lead to that result. We trust, however, the motion for bringing the subject of that petition before the House will be renewed for an early day. The Committee on the Railway Bill, which stood for last night, was postponed till this day week, when the House will meet at twelve o'clock to discuss it. Mr. HtmlE will then move the insertion of the following very important clause, which we trust will be adopted with out opposition : That, whereas the public service requires that her Majesty's Postmaster-General should at all times be able to command the use of railways for the conveyance of the mails at the lowest rate of charge consistent with the actual cost of carrying the same ;--Be it enacted, that in all cases in which the Post master-General shall, under the powers of the said Act, re quire that the mails or post letter bags shall be conveyed and forwarded by any railway company on their railway, such com pany shall convey and forward the same on every day of the week on which the conveyance of such mails and post letter bags shall be required by the Postmaster-General, without making any difference on any such days either in the rate of speed, or in the cost and charge of conveying the said mails or post letter bags along their railway : and that, in the event of the Postmaster-General having on any day of the week occa sion to require from any such company the use of any special train or trains on their railway for the conveyance of the mails, the cost of carrying the mails by any such special train shall in no case be enhanced or increased on the ground or pretence of the same being a special train, employed to pass along the railway without pas• stingers, but the same shall in all respects be considered as a train for the conveyance of passengers, and be furnished with the customary carriages and accommodation for passengers, should any such offer to accompany the same." Mr. O'BRIEN is to have a clause prohibiting the lock ing in of passengers in railway trains. As the Rill is before the House, it is as well to make it as perfect as possible, and it cannot be perfect so long as the confine ment of passengers is left to the discretion of the Di rectors. The public have a right not to be left at their mercy. There is no political news of the slightest interest in the Paris Journals. The French can think of nothing now but the approaching elections. The Journal du Havre of yesterday says :—" We have just heard from Southampton that two English war steamers, the names of which are at present unknown, are going to be fitted up. The war establishments in that port are loaded with a con siderable quantity of artillery and ammunition for the account of the Mexican Government. These vessels, which will also take a number of seamen, are intended, it is said, to take an active part in the war against Texas. This news coincides with that of the grant of a loan of sixty-five millions of ft ancs by England to Mexico." • A journal says :—" Lord Cowley, the English Ambassador, is making preparations to go to Baden or Spa. This would be a kind of Mezzotomcine adopted by the Cabinet of London, for at the first the recal of this Ambassador was contemplated." It seems, too, that M. de Saint Aulaire is going to return to France in a fortnight. The Phare des Pyrenees of the sth says :—" A report was spread at Barcelona that Zurtano would shortly arrive there with a great force, and it seems even went so far as to say that there were letters at the Post-office directed to him. This re port is without foundation. We know that Zurhano was still at Bilbao on the 30th of May. However, this may be all co:n mercial business is suspended at Barcelona, nobody ventures on speculations, so long as the question respecting cotton is un decided."— Commerce. BO U IibE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8. • tlrst Highest Lowest Last Prier Price. Priv. Prier. !Tenth S per Cent. ll9 70 ... .20 ... 119 70 ... 119 95 4 per Cents. ...... 10! 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 3 per Cents... . BO 80 15 ... 80 ... 80 10 Lafflttc ra ik I.ooot. Si.aret 1055 ...1065 .1055 ...less 5,0001 Mlares 5070 .. 51 . 70 • 5070 ...5070 Belgian Bank 1841 Belgian 5 per Cents. *DJ II 3 3 .4 ... HBl% H 3% eer Cent., 1840 KS% ... 105% ... 10' Dutch 2% per Cents. t.a.str,r 4% ... 4% ... 4% 4 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 3130 3I 3154 1 , eapoittal 1(3% 1 3% 103% ... (O% finnan RAILWAY SHARES yersailles,R. r. L. 8.... ll2 50 .. 111 bil 110 111 25 Rouon 530, ... 53 , ... 5:8 75 ... 530 Orleans 3:ialburg to Bale 2lO 911 25 ... 21u ... 211 25 (4ELGIAN UNDS—BaumieLs, Juss 8. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lO3 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 9l -- 3 per Cent. 724 i (1840) 10414 Loan of City, 1232,4 per Cent. 343 Socletyet Conimvree,4;iperCent 66 Bank of Belgium, 5 per ...... 7oX National Society Exchange on Londeo (short) —Brussels Papers, June 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viarlua, Max 31 ,r Coots. Metalliques 0!4 lank Shares HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JUNE' 7. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Sank Shares. Thirty.seven , five per Fotar per Cents. Three per Cents B, S) Anglo-Russian Loan llO 10;;N Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certifipato., lo3i 1t3% Inscription, Ist series . Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 9th • Series 98% Ditto in Certificates 9B 9+ ii, New 4 per Cent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, *4 per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets . 170 Anglo-Danish Loin, 3 per Cent. MN '78% Spanish, New h per Cents. EXCHANOES ON LONDON. __ _ HAMIBUROH, Juss 7.-13 t" , , Two months 1 , 64. CUR WTI AMA, MAY 20.—Threc months, 458 STOCKHOLM, MAY 31. Seventy-five days, 12 7. Basun. Jetta 4. Three months, 6.21 . STEAMERS ON TILE RlVER.—Great complaints are made against the overloading of these useful vessels on Sundays and holidays, and if the proprietors or civic authorities do not adopt precautions so as to abate the nuisance, some dreadful calamity may justly be appre hended. It not unfrequently happens that one.third more passengers than the bo a t can conven i ently carry are allowed to embark, and the consequence is, when there is a move to one side—a very common circumstance —that the water is almost on a level with the deck, and is often as high as the cabin windows. Were a fatal accident, the loss of fifty lives, perhaps, to be the result of such wanton avarice, a Coroner's Jury would, to a certainty, assess a heavy deodand ; or were actions brought by individuals who had suffered injury, the damages might fur exceed the profits. It is for th e in terest, therefore, of the owners, as well as the public, that regulations should be adopted allowing only a certain number of passengers to a certain amount of tonnage. Independent, too, of damages, can not the owners see that any serious loss o f life would raise a greatj 'prejudice against that mode of conveyance, consequently injure their pro perty, and in the end lead to severe - enactments, like those found necessary to protect passengers by stage coaches ? We regret to see, from a letter in a Contem porary, that one of the CityAlderrnaii took such a bigoted view of a question of this import a nce. On being applied to for redress, this Sabbatarian said, "If people will go on the water on Sundays, they must put up with these things." Alderman Kelly, we have heard, travels in his own carriage on Sunday as well as other days, and will i:ot allow the poorer classes the same privilege, without exposing them to all the risks of a dangerous practice, which as a Magistrate he is bound to put down. Aldermen should remember that they are not perfect, and that some of them commit faults even greater than a Sunday trip in a steam-boat. Pos-r-OpEicE.—According to a return laid before Parliament, the payments by the Post-office for the conveyance of the mails by railway,' in Great Britain, during ,the last four, years, were as, follows :--1838, and 1841,. ./3,3801. ; 1839, 52,230/. ; 1640, 51,301/. ; 94,818/ The money-orders issued, and paid in Eng land and Wales, have increased within the same period to an enormous extent. For instance, for the quarter, ending the sth of January, 1839, the total amount was 92,734/, while for the quarter ending the sth of Jan. 1842, it was not less than 1,629,2761., or more than six millions and a half sterling for the year. The cost of management in 1839 was 686,768/, and in 1842, 938,168/, while the net revenue in the former year was 1,614,353/, and in the latter, 444,1151. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—A deputation on this very important subject, consisting of Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. Gaily Knight, M.P., the Earl of Love lace, Mr. John Martin, Mr. Hickson, Mr. J. Ivatt Briscoe. Colonel Sykes, Mr. George Godwin, Mr. J. Hume, M.P., Mr. T. L. Donaldson, the Honourable H. Fitzroy, 1)r. S. Smith, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Elphinstone, M.P., and some other gentlemen interested in the matter, attended by appointment on Sir Robert Peel, at Downing-street, yesterday morning. A Cabinet Council being unexpectedly summoned, the conference was postponed until next week. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS• CITY, FItInAY EvEnrna. The English Market has been exceedingly firm during the day, end prices, towards the latter part, finther im proved ' • Consols leaving off at 91% for the opening ex-aivi dend ; Reduced, 913.92 ; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; Exchequer Bills, 48 50 prem. The prices for Foreign Securies were—Belgian, 102 le3 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 53 ; the Five per Cents., 101 101%; Danish, 80% 81%; Brazilian, 66% 67%. Mexican was quoted at 36% 36%. In the Share Market, London and Birmingham were 177 179; liirmingham and Gloucester, 50 52; Great Western, 88% 69%, the Half Shares, 62 62% ; South Western, 62% 63 ; North Midland, 65 67, the new Shares, 32 33 ; South Eastern and Dover, 26 26%, the Scrip, 6% 6%; Northern and Eastern, 41% 42%; Bl•sekwall, 1014 11 ; Eastern Counties, 9 9 1 / 2 ; and Brighton, 35% 35i. The Foreign Exchanges were generally higher—Amsterdam, 12.5 12.5 1 4 ; Rotterdam, 12.5%; Antwerp, 12.4% 12.5 ; Hamburgh, 13.11% 13.12%; Frankfort, 151% 1513 ; Paris, 25f. 75c. 25f. 80c. ; Vienna, 9.53 1 / 4 9.5414 ; Trieste, 9.55 9.56 • Madrid, 36% 363 ; Cadiz, 36% 361; Lisbon, 53. The quotations of the Bonds were, Colombian, 26 26%; Peruvian, 18% 19%; Portuguese Five per Cents, 37% 38; the Three per Cents., 22 22%; Spanish Five per Cents, 22% 22k; and the Three per Cents., 23 1 / 2 23%. Money has continued plentiful, and has been worth 3% per cent. _ _ Accounts from Hamburgh, mention the failure of a large house there. This circumstance, the more unfortunate as oc curring immediately after the late fire, is simply owing to the late stoppage at Leipzie. (From The Sun of Last Night.) A further rise has taken place to-day in the prices of the English Fundt, although but little business has been done. Tke Market bears a very firm appearance. Consols, 914 9 for the opening ex-dividend ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 914 92; Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced, 1001 100,E ; Bank stock, 168; t! xchequer Bills, 48 50 premium. Not anything has been transacted in Foreign Securities be yond a few bargains in Dutch at 524 for the Two and a Half, and 1011 for the Five per Cents. Prices of the others remain nominally as yestei day. The quotation for Mexican is 36i 37. The Susie Market is firm, but with sales only in Great Western at 69; Brighton 35k; and Greenwich at 6. The Bonds also are quite neglected :—Portuguese Five per Cents., 37i 374 ; and :vanish, the Five per Cents., 22i 24 ; and Three per Cents., 23i 23g. The holders of these last - named. documents are now beginning to express some uneasiness lest the dividend may not be forth coming. Even the most sanguine are apparently inclined to believe that the 30th inst. will pass over without the promised payment, and it is painful to state, that their fears are, it may be expected, well grounded. The notice given by the Bank of England, that they will take light gold at 3/. 17s. 100. per oz., has to a small extent relieved the holders of iio/. and upwards. But to the usual current for mercantile transactions the system just adopted still offers the same impediments. Each payment is strictly examined, and at the Custom-house and other public offices, as well as to private bankers, the hindrance to business is very great, A tile — of Canton papers, to the Ist of March, have been re ceived, but contain no commercial jute ligenge. This is to be accounted for by the fact of Hong Rung being now the seat of trade, and it was supposed that such merchants as remained at Macao or Canton would remove their establishments to the first-named island as soon as possible. Some exceedingly heavy and continued rains had caused much d►stress among the inhabitants of the provinces south of the lakes, and many of them had found their way to Macao, and were begging for food. The Emperor had ordered the natives to retire inland, that the British might advance, this policy had been before pur sued, but without attaining the desired end. Papers from Rio Janeiro to the 9th of April have also come to hand, and are without information. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 9.—There is no change to notice in the state of the market to day. Specula tors and exporters purchased a small quantity, and the sales amounted to 4,000 bales. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 9.—The market had a much firmer tone to-day, )et the transactions were by no means extensive, and were confined to Eastern Counties New, 61. 14s. 2d ; Edinburgh and Gla , gow, soft ; New, 41. Is. 3d.; Grand Junction, 184 ; Brighton New, 7 ; and South Eastern New, 6i. MANCHESTER STOCK. EXCHANGE, JUNE 9.—With the exception of South Eastern New Shares, which are rather in request, at higher rates, Railway Stock generally is dull of sale. North Midland, Half Shaies, 321; south Eastern, Scrip, 16i; Manchester and Birmingham, 26 26i ; Manchester and Leens, 82 d 3 ; Ditto, Quarters, bi s. CLOSING PRICES. BRITIsh FUNDS. Bank Stock 167 India Stock —pm 3 per Cent. Red. .. 92 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons ..... .Ditto Old Annuities ... ai l per Cent. Red loci Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent... — l Ex. Bills, 1,0001 .... 2d. 48 pm New 5 per Cent . 1 Ditto 500/..... .50 pm Long Annuities to expire I Ditto Small ...... 48 pm Jan. 1860 ... l2g !Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Jan. 18L,0 — Consols for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. . . Austrian, 5 per cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent. 611 Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto Brazi;ian Bonds.. - Buenos Ayres6 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent. 1131 Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Aletallic.. Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, per cent. .... 22/ Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.— . 10A Danish, 3 per cent ;French, 5 per cent. —f.—c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c, Mexican, 5 per cent 36,- French, 3 percent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2/ per cent......, Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. loii SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)... 28 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ..... 9 Ditto New Shama ( paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 51 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 62/ Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... ..., , Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 44 I'd) 6 t London and South Western (431 15s odpd) 62/ London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.i Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltar . . . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 1 2 8% Genoa Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz l2O Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon Alarseilles ...... ..... . 25 90 Oporto 514 Bourdeaua 25 90 ; Rio Janeiro 26% Frankfort on Maine... 152% Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 ;Buenos Ayres Berlin-- ... .. .......... 7 New York, 21 days sight 46% Vienna, effee. fl. 3M. 957 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto 9 58 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ Madrid Cadiz .. _. oul Bilbao Barcelona Seville PROMISSORY NOTES. (From last night's Gazette.) An account of the average aggregate amount. of promissory notes payable to bearer on demand, which hay , been in circula tion in the United Kingdom, .distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by a'l other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bulk of Englai.d, during the four weeks ending the 2Sth day of May, 1542, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 : ENGLAND. Bank of England £17,891,000 Private Banks 5,365,364 Joint Stock Banks SCOTLAND. Chartered and Private Joint Stock Banks 2,951,383 I RSLA N D.., Bank of Ireland 3,093,000 Private and Joint Stock Banks 1,963,152 Total £34,366,629 Bullion in the Bank of England £7,383,000 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, June 10, 1842. M. Pinson, the ' mas t er o f a restaurant, in the Rue de la Vieille- Comedie, having at various times lost plate to a considerable amount, became vigilant in the hope of at last de tecting the thief. +n the day before yesterday, a well-dressed young man took a seat at one of. the tables, and was served with what he ordered on a silver dish. When the contents were eaten, the dish was first put aside, then covered with a porcelain plate, over which the guest held a newspaper on which he appeared to be deeply intent. At length he contrived to slip the silver plate down into his lap on which he had spread a silk handkerchief, and, wrapping the one into the other, con veyed both into his pocket, and, having paid his bill, was walk ing off. M. Pinson, having observed all his manteuvres, stopped him, and, calling in a police officer, the di:h was re covered, and the thief was immediately taken before a commis sary of police, who committed him to the Prefecture. - - - THE CIVIC ROOKERY.—Every person passing along Cheatside, during the last month or two, must have found the thoroughfare impeded by crowds of gazers on a tree in the Church-yard at the corner of Wood-street, wherein three pair of rooks have been building their nests, and rearing their sabl e progeny. A few days ago one of the young birds, attempting its first flight across the street, dropped upon the roof of a Pad dington omnibus (number 466), and suffered himself to be taken by the driver, without the slightest resistance. The singularity of the circumstance made such an impression on one of the outside passengers, that he immediately bargained for the bird, and confining him in a new wicker cage, provided with luxuries adapted to his carnivorous taste, the enjoyment of the ravenous animal could be compared only to that of an alderman at a turtle fea at. HEALTH OF THE M ETROPOLIS .---It is an acknow ledged fact that the health of large towns is much affected by the state of the drains through which the filth is, or should be, carried off. The recent instance of mortality in one family at Hampstead was traced to the effluvia from the meeting of the drains in a reservoir, and the present condition of the ditches, or drains, in the low grounds of Wa!worth and Camberwell l so co e n z a t e r g e i r a n e e n l c y es off o e f ns m iv a e la a r s ia to , giro rea son to namely, rnali g . a ar p e pr i e n h s e o n me d th P e ia u re su g a naut fever. Too much care cannot be taken to cleanse these I amps of, refuse of all kinds in this season of the year. MARY OF NE W t AND pubitt eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The consumption of meat in Paris during the last month was 6,332 oxen, 1,408 cows, 6,823 calves, and 37,739 sheep, being an increase of 583 oxen, 1,459 calves, and 4,919 sheep, and a decrease of 123 cows upon the number consumed in May, 1841. The French funds recovered on Wednesday; but little busi ness was transacted. One of the stockbrokers having been sentenced by the Court of Correctional Police to 5,0001. fine, and the party for whom he bad acted to one of 500 f., the mar ket was thereby affected, and speculation checked The King of the French held a Cabinet Council at the Tuileries on Tuesday after a fortnight'i absence. After giving several audiences his Majesty returned to Neuilly_ at half-pw t fire o'clock. A private letter states that the King's general health is good, but that he cannot stand long nr ride on horse back, suffering from a swelling of the veins of the legs. From the regularity of the King's system of living his medical ad visers entertained no uneasiness at the symptoms. M. Odillon Barrot, chairman of the Constitutional Oppo sition Committee, has addressed a circular to the electors throughout France. M. Barrot finds all the vehemence of exaggera•ion in hallooing the ignorant passions of his coon. trytnen against England, while he has nothing but the rotun dity of an empty phrase at his disposal when he has constitu tional liberty at home to lament or def nd. The Le;psze Gazette of the 4th of June states, from West Prussia (Dantzic, May 30)—" A report has been for some days in circulation in our neighbourhood of the discovery and suppression of a plot against the Empt ror of Russia. The Senate of St. Peterasurgh is said to have conspi , ed against the Emperor in consequecce of the publication of the recent law for regulating the relations of the peasants to their lords, and fearful measures are said to have been attempted. Details are related with great precision and free from contradictions, but it is certain that a nucleus of truth lies in the horror-thrill ing talc that has spread to us—of what weight must speedily be dtvulgt d." The ancient order of Constantine, says the Diario di Roma, is about to be restored by the Pope to all its former glory. It was founded by Pope Silvester, as a reward for merit in the sciences and literature. M. Raoul Rochette, Secretary of the Academie des Inscriptions at Paris, is among the newly created knights. , 4 rt ,„,-;." 6 A,Mll;' O .' • V 4t biie , .m v - ' •P , .43 • PfiIICLIAMENTA.ILY. Several petitions were presented to the Lords against the Income-tax. Lord Radnor gave r.otice of some questions con cerning building new gaols, and acts for keeping out corn, as if the Noble Lord were aware that a deficiency of, food is the parent of many trim's, and of enormous public expense. The Income-tax Bill was read a second time sub silentio, in consequence of the indisposition of a Noble Lord (Clarendon. we believe) who is to make so-ne motion on the subject, and the discussion is to take place next Tuesday, on going into Committee. Their Lordshps sat only half an hour. Mr. Hogg, from the Waterford Election Committee, with Mr. Divett from the Athlone Election Committee, reported that the sitting Members had not been duly elected, and that Sir T. W. Barron and Mr. Wyse, ought to have been re turned for Waterford, and Mr. Farrell for Athlone. The re turns are to be so amended. In reply to Mr. Fox Manic, Lord Eliot stated that Mr. St. George had not withdrawn his letter, but had given an explanation, which led to his re-instatement in the Magistracy. Mr. D'lsrae)i adverted to the blockade of Mexico instituted by the Texans, and Sir R. Peel said that by notifying the blockade our Government had not given an opinion of its legality, and he refire . ted very much that Texas had recourse to a measure so inconvenient to commerce. The sudden putting an end to the circulation of light sove reigns was reprobated by Mr. Childers, Mr. Bernal, and Mr. G. Palmer. Sir James Graham, in reply to Mr. Fox Maule, said dis tinctly that the Government had given up all hope of being able to introduce a measure to settle the di.putes in the Scotch Kirk, and he was understnod to say that the Government did not mean to support the second reading of Mr. Campbell's Bill. The proceedings on the Railway Bill were postponed till this slay week. Sir Robert Inglis moved that a new writ be issued for Nottingham. Mr. Gaily Knight seconded the motion. Mr. Roebuck opposed it ; so did Sir Robert Peel, to whom Sir Robert Inglis refused the title of his master ; and on a di vision the motion was rejected by 136 to 41. Nottingham, therefore, must be for some time unrepresented. Mr. Roebuck's Indemnity Bill was read a third time, and pissed with amendments, we believe, after a few remarks by the Attorney-General. The remain der of the evening was employed in a quiet dis cussion of the Tariff. Some objections wee stated on the score of the silk duties, but it w .s agreed that it would be wise to leave the matter in the hands of the Prime Minister, whose wisdom seems sufficient to satisfy bOth sides of the House. The schedule concerning silk was agreed to, and then the House resumed. It was agreed that public business should - begin on Monday at half-past four o'clock. At a Quarter before One the House adjourned. , PUBLIC 0i4xiv50..,,. The Times, in an article on the Slave Trade question, has the following remarks :—" It is admitted, we believe, on all hands, that if Great Britain had no concealed objects in view when she urges the other l'owers.to adopt certain public mea sures for the repression of the Slave Trade, those measures do met in themselves afford any just ground of apprehension. Every Power in the world, including France and America, has at some time or another assented to the principle of those mea sures; and the posthumous opposition which has assumed so strange and inconsi , tent a form, rests entirely on the assump tion that every Anti-Slave Trade Treaty contains some secret article, or at least embodies some secret consequence, which must infallibly, when it is revealed, confer on England that mysterious power which is called the sovereignty of the sea. What is meant by that expression is to us utterly incomprehen sible : in time of peace England claims no sort of right. over the sea which si.e does not recognize in every other flag ; her sovereignty is strictly confined to her own territory, and she knows of no privileges or limits on the ocean but those which all nations acknowledge and adopt. In time of war England claims no more sovereignly over the seas occupied by her fleets than over the land which may be transiently occupied by her armies. If her maritime forces are sucerior to those of her enemies, she sweeps the latter from the seas; but this result is achieved by the force of war, not by the concessions of other countries, still less by the stipulations of a treaty. It is of in finite importance to the peace of the world that these truths, which have been so grossly perverted abroad, should be under stood." '• The Post makes the following remarks on free trade : " We deprecate general cheapness of such articles as are pro duced by British industry, because there must be a preceding cause, and that preceding cause must be a low remune ra tion of ' British industry. If much be paid for producing a thing, that ' thing cannot be sold for little. We mean that such thing can , not happen except at a loss to the seller, and, therefore, cannot continue, though it may happen now and then as a climax of difficulty and d stress. And the reason we deprecate free trade (in such things as can be produced by British labour, do mea, is or colonial) is that foreign labourer, we know are much worse paid than i-ritish are, and if you bring their produce into competition with British, you must bring down the remu neration of British labour to their level, plus only the expense of bringing the foreign produce hem. We cannot deny that the result is cheapne,s, but the same process which is gone through to produce the cheapness, has the effect of diminishing the means of purchase iu the hands of British producers." We take the following from the Herald —" Mr. O'Connell having proved himself a false prophet in things temporal, has betaken himself once more to matters of spiritual import, with about an equal chance of success. At the annual meeting of the Catholic Institute, at the Freemason's Tavern (reported , in yesterday's Herald), where a notable number of Papists were present (amongst them Mr. O'Connell's sapient friend, termed by him that goo-e, Philip Howard'), the disturber Was delivered of a speech, which is worthy of something more than the mere report The Hon. Mr. Langdale, who ocei.pied the chair, kin.ily informed the meeting that ' his Holiness the Pope had expressed his sympathy in accordance with the institution.' 'this 'nformation was somewhat gratuitous, and with reference to the fact, Mr. O'Connell, appealing to his patron saint, a la mode Irlandaise, m , ght have expressed himself nothing doubt ful on the subject. But the gist of air. Langdale's speech lay in his statement that the funiis of the Institute were not in a very flourishing condition and that it was necessary some remedy should be devised by which the means of the Institute. should ,e improved.' Here was a theme ready-made for the pious and patriotic member for Cork, whose wish, like the curse of Midas, is to turn everything that passes through his hands into gold. Air. Langdale added, the remedy, would be sug gested to the meeting that day ;' and it was suggested, having previously been matured. Mr. O'Connell, therefore, ' got upon his legs,' and in a strain of papistical eulogy, recalling the pro cessional zeal of Marshal Souk at the Fete Dieu, or his own equally florid exhibition in the streets of Clare on a well-known occasion, proceeded to advocate the objects of the meeting. His desires—like those of Jack Cade—were simply expressed, all he wanted was •to hear high mass celete ated in West minster Abbey.' Jack Cade asked for a similar boon in behalf of liberty." The Chronicle comments as follows on Lord J. Russell's Bribery at Elec'ions Bill :—" Lord John Russell does not 1 ro pose to increase the penalties incurred by any of the parties guilty of bribery. The impolicy of severity towards the bribed we have . already endeavoured to point out. With respect to them we are very much inclined to think that the best way would be to remove every thing in the shape of penalty, direct or indirect. Let the whole of the punishment, whatever it is to be, fall on the real criminal, the corrupt giver of bribes. But even in that case we should be very much inclined to maderate the penalties in ordi r to increase the chance of in , Meting the loss of the seat acquired by bribery, and incapacity to sit for that place in Parliament should, we think, be the outside of the penalty. When you fine and imprison men of wealth and station for doi , g that whch the morality of wealth and station countenances them in doing, you only set the feelings of the tribunal in favour of the criminal, and lead, in fact, to general impunity. But if you simply frustrate the offender whenever y u det. et him, you enlist no compassion it. his favour. Everybody will agree that it is perfectly just that the seat won, oPittempted to be secured by bribery, should be taken away on detection." MONEY- TRADE—CO:WM=2CE. The Pin Mill Factory, one of the oldest cotton mills in Man chester, being the third or fourth first erected there, and the property of Mr. Willan, of Lancaster, was entir.'ly destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening last. The loss is estimated at 8,0001., and about 120 hands are thrown out of employment. At a meeting of the Shareholders of the Redmoor Consoli dated Mining Company, on Thursday in Finsbury-square, it appeared from the Report that the balance against the Com pany was 9531. 193. 7d. A resolution was finally passed for the dissolution of the Company. PUBLIC Z37I2PROVEDIENTS. The Bethnal-green new Workhouse is now nearly completed, It has cost the rate pay( rs about 30,000/., and is situated on part of the estate which was formerly the property of Bishop Bonner, and is called Bonner's Fields. NAVAL .A ND IVErIATILICY. Admiral Wolseley, the senior flag-officer in the service but two, died in Duke-street, Manchester-square, last Tuesday, aged 86. He commanded the Leostoffe at the reduction of Corsica in 1794, and the Terrible, in the expedition to Qui berun in 1798, vOtich composed all his war services. THZALTRICAL. Bubini arrived In town on We dnesday from P ar i s , i n or d er to ful fi l.his enagement for a limited number of nights at her Majesty's Theatre. We understand that the preliminaries of a matrimonial alli ance are arranged between Miss Add ide Kemble and a gen tleman of large private fortune, named Sart4is, of Spanish extraction. Tamburini, the singer, not being engaged for the London season, has made a visit to his native town Faenza, where he was well received by the population. COU, T—r.a.suION.A.BLE. Sir R. and Lady Peel arrived in town on Thursday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor. M. de St. Aulatre, the French Ambassador, visited Mdlle. Rachel on Thursday, to congratulate her on her arrival in Eng land; and in the evening Illadatue de St; Aulaire received the great tragedian at hmfaßily dinner-party. _ Earl No ion his e Trinity College, Carnbrh!ge, as ; freshman Of the seventh class; Viscount Fielding, eldest son o the Earl of Denbigh, as freshman of the third class; Slid Peel, son, we belies , of the Premier, us fresh , r an of tie third class; and the lion. Albert Willoughby as the senior ioph of the last class at the same College. 7erzscELLaNmotrs. Mendelssohn will play on the organ at St. Peter's, Cornhill, on Sunday next, during the morning service. ' On the removal last week of some mounds accurrulatel around Threave Castle, one of the oldest fortreascs 4n the banks of the Dee, in the south west of Scz tland. great 'quart ti ies of half decomposed bones, a gold ring, a cannon bad, and tber relics were discovered. COURT CIRCULA WlNnsott; FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked to Adelaide Lodge this morning, and returned in a pony phaeton. The Princess Royal rode on her little pony to-day, and also with the Prince of Wales in a pony carriage, accoinpaidei by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. • The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Ikleiningen, the Duke and . Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Buceleuch, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Jersey, Lord and Lady Stanley,. Earl of Aberdeen, Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, Earl of Dunmore, Lord George Lennon, Mdlle. de Kaas, and the Gentleman in Waiting on the DLke of Saxe Meiningen, left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode oat on horseback to day, attended by Lord Rivers, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater. and Mr. Ormsby Gore. The Countess of Dunmore, Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Miss Stanley, followed in a pony phaeton. The Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton have succeeded the I-Ton. Misses Liddell and Paget as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Ma ria Dawson, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., will join the Royal Circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. The Court will remain at Windsor until Monday next. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at three o'clock on Monday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Se rene Highnesses the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen and the Duchess. Ida of Saxe Weimar took an airing in the Parks yes• terday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. The Prin cesses of Saxe. Weimar, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, also took an airing in open carriages yesterday af ternoon. Their Serene Highnetses the Duke and Duchess of S.zxe Meinengen, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, Madame de Kaas and suite, arrived at Marlborough Howe at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, fl orn a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager on Thursday, at Marlborough 'House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke arid Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at , Cambridge House. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday after noon, at. the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chanceilor of the Exchequer, Earl of Iladding ton' Earl of Ripon, Lord Fit zgera ld, Si r Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat two hours. Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon were received yes terday at the Colonial-office. Despatches from the Governor of Malta, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were &so received at the Colonial-office. '1 he Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord and Lady Stanley, arrived in town yesterday from a visit to th..! Queen at Windsor Castle. SPORTING INTELLtiENCE. ASCOT HEATH RACES.—FRIDAY. Making due allowance for the Cup, confessedly the crack race of the week, there is nothing in the " Grand Day" here that will bear comparison with Tuesday and ,Friday—the Alpha and (hnega of the meeting, in the estimation of a genuine turfite. The running on those days is almost invariably of a superior character, and is free from those annoyances to which all are subjected on the Thursday. On the first day, too, independeat of other inducemenss, the most attractive features of the third I may be found by those to whom racing at Ascot, with out its concomitant—royalty, wou:d be 'incomplete. The Friday. however, is the pet day of the mere " spsriine " man. 'The fields are larger ; the horses better matched ; betting, as a consequence, is more animated, and the racing altogether assumes a business like shape. Su was it yesterday. The card displayed a formidable array of stakes, of which the Wokingham, in two classes, were the most prominent, and we had only to point to the list of starters fur each to prove that he who turned his horse's head home wards without a feeling of thankfulness to those who had ca tered so bountifully for his amusement, must have been exces sively hard to please. it would be an useless repetition to give the names of the fashionables present yesterday ; it will be enough to state that most of the stars of the sporting world were to be found either in the Jockey Club stand or in that mystic circle, y'clept the "rink" and that a few of the attaches of Royalty, not Royalty itself, occupied the principal apartment of the Queen's Stai.d, of the middle ranks the muster was more numerous than usual on the last day, although, of itself, inconsiderable. To enable " Hon. Members " to reach town early the first race was fixed for half-past twelve o'clock ; it proved, however, to be a walk over for The Dinner Produce Stakes of 100 sovs, each, h ft, fcr colts 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. Old Mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. • Greville's Gunter, 3 yrs (allowed 51b4) walked over. The Wi kingham Stakes of 5 sots. each, for three yrs old, &c. (handicap). Last three-quarteri of the New Mile. (38 Subs.) (First Class.) Mr. Gardner's Monops, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb (Chapple) I Mr. Payne's Johnny, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b Colonel Wyndham's Singleton, 3 yrs, sst 101 b The following also started, but were not placed :Lord Rosslyn's Cornuto, 5 yrs, Bst 91b ; Mr. -J. Stanley na Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs, 7st 12lb; General Grosvenor na. Knights bridge, 4 yrs, 7st 1011 r ; Lord G. Bentinek's Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ; Mr. C. Brookes's d by Zealot, out of Zillah, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; Lord Eglinton na. Victor, 4 yrs, 7st 21b; Sir. Wreford's f by Taurus, out of Escape. 3 yrs, 7st ; Lord Exe ter's Albion, 3 yrs, Est 131 b; Lord March's Teapot, 3 yes, 6st 61b; Lord Veruham's Gazelle, 3 yrs, 6st 91b ; and Mr. Pettit's Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, sst telb. Betting-4 to 1 agst' Johnny ;6to 1 agst Knightsbridge ; 8 to I each agst Monops, Escape ti:ly, Albion, and Singleton ; I and 9 to I agst Sweetmeat. Knightsbridge jumped off with the lead, and made strong I running for three parts of the distance, .111onups, Johnny, aid Singleton, then passers him, the former tiling the lead, keep ing it to the end, and winning by half a length. Singleton was a bad third. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. cash, for three years old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b; 501. added. The winner to be sold for 5l 0/. The Old Mile. Mr. Clark's eh. c. Vakeel, by Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia 1 Mr. Shelley's lole . The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Charl ton's Lasso, flit. Goodman's Rover, and Mr Philtimore's Solomon. betting.-6 to 4 against the Acacia colt, 4to 1 egst lole, 4to 1 agst Rover, and sto 1 agst Solomon. lole made play to the turn, where the favourite passed her, made the remaisder of the running, and won cleverly by a length; Solomon was beaten off. The winner was claimed. The Wokingham Stakes of 5 'ovs. each, for 3 yrs old, &c. (Second Class.) Lord Stradbroke's Jeremy Diddler, 3 yrs, 7st 31b Sir. li. Scott's Windsor, 4 yrs, ist sllb • '2 Sir. Gardner 'a cby Camel out of Cecilia, 4 yrs, 7st 41b .. 3 The following also started, but were not pplaced.—Slr. Clarke's Currycomd, 5 yrs, Bst 13Ib ; Mr. Balch n's Drome dary, 5 yrs, Sat 91b ; Lord Chesterfield's All Fours, aged, Bst 2lb ; Mr. J. Day's Slulciber, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Mr. Etwall's nd cby Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia. 3 yrs, ist 71b; Mr. Phdlimore's Solomon, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; Mr. Lichtwald's Trident, 3 y rs, 7st ; Sir. Robert's nd Decision, 4 yrs, 7st; Lord Exeter's Saros, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; Lord Exeter's Patchwork, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib. Betting-3 to 1 agst Windsor, 7to 2 agst All Fours, 6to 1 agst Vakeel ( Acacia c), and 7 to 4 each agst Trident and Solomon, ant 7 to I each -gst Trident and Cecilia colt ; the -winner not mentioned. This was too hollow a race to call for a description; Jeremy Diddler had it all his own way, and won by three length; every other horse was tailed off. Hate of 501. given by the Members for the borough, added to a sweeps of 10 sovs. each, for 2 and 3 yrs old ; the winner to be sold for 200/., &c. Three qrs of a mile. (6 subs.) Mr. Booth's St. -Jean D'Acre, 3 yes, 9st 21b (Sly) 1 Lord G. Bentincles African, 3 yrs, 9st 2lb 2 Ms. Lichtwald's Trident, 3 yrs, 9st 21b The hollowing also started, but were not placed : Mr S. Scott's f by G.aucus, d by Coinus, 2 yrs, 6st I llb ; Lord Exe ter's Patch% ork, 3 yrs, 9st 21b; and Sir. Goodman's Bother'em 2 yrs, 7st. Betting-7 to 4 agst Trident, 5 to 2 agst African, 3 to 1 agst Bother'em, and sto 1 agst St. Jean D'Acre. Nt. Jean D'Acre made all tile running, and won in a canter by two lengths, he was claimed. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 50 added ; three yrs old, 7st; four y rs, Bst 41b ; five:yrs. Bst 10ib ; six and aged, 9st ; winners once in 1842 31b twice, 6lb extra. The se cond to receive 101. and the win ne r tobe sold for 1501. ; Old Mile (9 lobs). Mr. Philiimm eS Rochester, 3 yrs (Chapple) 1 Mr. Forth's Camellino, 6 yrs . ..... • ... 2 The following were not placed;—Lord Exeter's Revision, 3 yrs ; Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Heathcete, 5 yrs ; Mr. Bal.. chin's Dromedary, 5 yrs ; Mr. Kling's. Dahlia, 5 yrs ; and Lord Rossi; n's Cornuto, 5 yrs. Betting-2 to I agst Camellino, sto 2 agst Miss Heathcote, and 4 to I agst Rochester. Rochester made all the running, and, after a good race from the stand, won by half a length. With this race closed the most complete meeting ever held on Ascot Heath; we say "complete," because there is no other word that so well describes its charactor. It was not wanting in a single feature necessary to its success; the pre sence of the Queen and her illustrious Consort, at tended by a brilliant Court, proved its chief attraction. The sport was abundant and of the must exciting kind, the weal her glorious. and the .company numerous and aristocratic beyond precedent ; nor was there a wrangle or accident to mar the general happiness. In conclusion—the arrangements for the week were drawn ur with a tact that proved Lord Rosslyn to be perfectly au fait to his duties, and were ably carried out by Mr. Hibburd and his subordinates. The "Judgment seat" was most satisfactorily filled by Mr. Clark of Newmarket, and a strong detachment of the police. under Superintendents May and Grinsell, and In spector Pearce, kept excellent order on the course. DONCASTER ST. LEGER BITING. 2 to 1 agst Colonel Anion's Attila--taken • 10 so 1 agst Mr. Ilamsay's Cabrera 12 to I apt Mr. Allen's Beleceur 12 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland 16 to I agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor. HAMBURGH, JUNE 7.—We are able to give our readers the gratifying information, that the' British Govern ment has been induced to grant to German emigrants to New Zealand, on certa'n conditions, equal privileges with English subjects. A free passage will be given to German emigrants, recommended by the British agents; and immediately on their arrival in the colony, they obtain their naturalization. To carry these measures into effect, the New Zealand Company has established at Hamburgh an agency for Germany, the official no:ice sf which may be shortly expected. RUSSIA AND POLAND.—(From the Leipsig Ailge miens Zeitung.)—For some time past a report has been eircu lated in these parts of a conspiracy against the Emperor of Russia, which was happily suppressed. The Senate, it is said, in consequence of the new law relative to the landowners and the l ieasants, formed a plot against the Emperor, and even a more atrocious attempt is said to have been made. Though all the details come from several quarters, and are given as posi tive, we think that, for the present, they must be considered as doubtful, as we have been so often deceived ssith such Russian nevi s. EXTRAORDINARY QUICK PASSAGE FROM HAM- M: ROIL—The General Steam Navigation Company's magni fi vnt Mail Steamer, the Counters of Lonsdale, Capt. H. S. Stranaek, landed her passengers and mail on Thursday off the Toner, after a passage of only forty-five hours from Hamburgh. The convict, whose escape from the cellular van, and re-capture on his way to Brest, we have mentioned, is the notorious, Picard, whose name a n d deeds have been so fre quently beforeibe public. I.ITE.RATURD. THOUGHTS 01V THE PURITY OF 41!:LEC, TION. BY A MEMBER OF PARLIAMSIVT. Though we differ essentially from Mr. Monckton • , Milnes, the avowed author of this pamphlet, the pe rusal of it has much raised him in our estimation. It proves that he is thoughtful and discriminating. We may say that he shares these characters with a num ber of young men of his party. Whether it be from the rise of Puseyism in the Church, or the hand of affliction, which . has latterly laid with wine weight and more apprehension on that body, it is undoubted : that she has latterly turned oat some welt-drilled youths. We speak not of their opinions, which are erroneous, but of their habits of thought, which are sedate and careful. They have been drilled to serve the Church. The majority of them will profit by their teaching hereafter, to be useful in putting down her authority. They are taught to obServe and reason, which must be fatal to her pretensions. Their present zeal in her cause will soon give way', and as .they ad - , • • , vance in life they will see the hollowness of her de mands on public approbation. In bestowing a just meed of praise on the principles of the Church, we have no fear 4, that we shall strengthen them to do battle against the cause.we advocate. We rely with confidence on .:: .:ete4 i its truth, and hail with satisfaction every appearanea",,r- rein of intelligence "in Young England, sure that it wilt,lol ultimately be on our side. , • , The object of Mr. M. Milnes is to explain and de- ' 4 iff f fine " purity of election," of which he takes a rational'rh v o' view. "As long as the motive is selfish," he says, " no modi. fication can alter its nature, and the difference between the hope of future profit and the enjoyment of present gain is intellectual rather than moral. The principle of purity of election is indeed just as clearly violated by any consideration of the kind.alluded to, as by a direct sale of a vote. There can be no dis tinction between money and money's worth ; and if any vote is tendered in a' spirit of selfishness, it matters nothing whether the object be the immediate possession of a few pounds, or the expectation of the means of making many." " Notwithstanding, however, the apparent identity of motive in the corruption of the idea of purity of election in all classes of the community, a distinction has been drawn by which the receipt of money, in consi deration for a vote, has been pronounced illegal and •, infamous. Even while boroughs were openly matters of sale and contract, and there was a recognised price in the market for a seat in Parliament, the poor man de tected in making use of his franchise to help him on li:e and better his condition. and the wealthy man who gave him the means of doing so, were liable to heavy penalties in the shape of fine, imprisonment,.and dis qualification : that is to say, a full and generous concep tion of the principle of purity of election was expected from the poor man, while the principle was avowedly set at nought by the great and powerful." Looking at the matter under the general aspect, he . does not, as might be expected, share all the horror which haS of late been expressed at bribery by money. He says "In the new boroughs the constituencies have some them escaped without temptation, and in none has a] habit of corruption by these means been generated : the old, the freemen are fast dying off, and the n, ten-pound constituencies have not laid claim to t money-privileges which the freemen have frequen' confounded with their political rights ; a sense of poi Heal independence is gradually asserting itself in th, few boroughs still dependent on the possession of local property by certain families, and yet at this moment t/ leading politicians in the Legislature profess themsel' so oppressed with horror and disgust at the amount money corruption, that they are prepared to pass t severest law to coerce into purity the tempters al the tempted. " Truly such a moral uproar as this is unfair as rega, the past, whatever it may be as regards the future: ti old maxims are passing away, and new ones are bein born, but let us celebrate their nativity with as little justice as possible. It was no doubt a great blessing tha. the habit of making presents to Judges was put a si to in England, but it would have been as well, if the . suit could have been obtained without the sacrifice. Bacon's reputation, and without all the calumny whi envy first, and ignorance afterwards, have heaped up , that noble name. Like other men, he has his own cure for corrui tion, and suggests partial disqualification and disfran chisement for a number of years as the punishment bribery. We will not discuss these remedies, for believe they would be fruitless, there can be no re medy for bribery but by making the interest of thi public and the voters identical, by enlarging the mil fragel. We have not thought it of importance su' cient for our readers to contest any of Mr. : Milnes's propositions ; we are content with saying ti we dissent from many of them, while we recognise . the author a gentleman of a cultivated mind and sober habits of thought. 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' r , , 1 ~ : ei ..., ' 1 ,1 , tou gr. th N , elf ih" sill this 4' ti,:vietc ne, ; 1 ti,, 1 4( lies ' tip, is itl' ‘ , 4 'an ' U.,. .4' ilt'' l 11 will . i 14 1U tlij, 1 ace. , Itu s t , I, y , tore -;;. tt„,,"t 1 eo f 1' ~ tit,' dt - o l .,"i it most , ,r h o t 14.. , r SO 1i t(, ,., claim Il e 4 'll hat ' ~. "6,, l i 'et; Fore ',;- ' l , t ,°6:4' the w i t i , tit -the ,;,;1 kitt 'eli , I -eat ,Il 11) 1 e lt ', I J 1 4 , i i I , re, . i mth ~, ti lt. , el, ner , i, e , e hat ',.f' w itL ,L , )1•C• 4 '4 41111 liar il 'l t . aa ~ ri A DICTIONARY of SCIENCE, LITERATURE and ART. The Twelfth Part, just published, completes this useful work. It is comprised in one octavo volume, with a . vast number of engravings on wood, supplies concise and authentic information on the various sub jects generally embraced in Encyclopaedias, and will be found a useful and convenient book of reference. The descriptions are in general, brief, .though there are several exceptions arising out of the importance of particular treatises, and in these instances the most ample information is given. We have, however, so frequently had occasion to make remarks on the plan and execution of the articles in the other Parts, that further notice would be superfluous, and we therefore conclude with brief extracts respecting two of -, most remarkable' works of the present time,- , —the Thames Tunnel and the Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway. Few of our readers, we belieVe, are aware that two attempta had been made in former times to form an archway below the Thames, and that one of them was actually to within 150 feet of the shore. THAMES TUNNEL.—On account of the peculiar nature of the difficulties to be overcome, the tunnel, which has recently been carried under the bed of the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping, may, perhaps, be regarded as the most remark able work of the kind which has ever been executed. A short account of this operation Will probably be the best made of conveying a notion of the extent and difficulty of such works. generally. Some previous attempts had been made to carry s tunnel under the river below London-bridge. In 1799, one was projected at Gravesend ; but the projeet was soon abandoned. In i 804, another was attempted from Rotherhithe to Limehouse. A shaft of 11 feet in dia meter was sunk to the depth of 42 feet, and continued at a reduced diameter of 8 feet to the depth of 76 feet, whence a drift was carried 923 feet under the river, a nd tit to within 150 feet of the opposite shore, where difficulties of so formidable a nature arose, that the engineer re- f . e ported farther proA . ress to be impossible. The scheme, ' however, continued to be agitated ; and in 1823, Mr. -,;„I Brunel proposed a' plan which has at length been carried 'f' successfully into execution. .1 i Box TUNYEL.—The establishment of railway com- -, 'll munication in this country has given ' rise ' to 'p some stupendous undertakings in the way of tun neling. One of the most remarkable, perhaps the most remarkable of all, is the Box Tunnel, on • ':!' l t‘ the Great Western Railway. This tunnel pierces through Box-hill, between Chippenham and Bath, part of which is 400 feet above the level of the railway. "Is is 9,680 feet long, 39 feet high, and 35 wide, to the out- side of the brickwork. The shafts for making and ven tilating it are thirteen in number, and vary in depth from 80 to 306 feet. The excavation amounted to 414,00 0 cubic yards, and the brickwork and masonry to more • than 54,000 cubic yards. The number of bricks u sed was 30,000,000; a ton of gunpowder and a ton of candles . • were consumed every week fur two years and a h a lf, and . 1,100 men and 250 horses were constantly employed." For a considerable distance, the tunnel passes through ,'', 'freestone rock, from the fissures of which there was -M. ~+;,i. / times an immense influx of water, whereby, on one occ...ti'l f ,fv g . ll ' sion, the works were interrupted for a period of nine3l." A 'months. On a subsequent occasion, after an irruptioil o ll 1 water was for some time discharged by the engine at til ( "0;b3 rate of 32,000 hogshutds a-day. This tunnel occurs op i d i.' if . yrt i l an inclined plane of 1 in 100. tl , eff NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND CAMPAIG IN CHINA. Bentley, London, 1842. • . The author of this slight, sketchy little - volurnel''' f ,lo„', Mr. Mackenzie, was Milit ar y S ecretary to the Cony' ~ 1 1 1";14 mander-in-Chief o f th e B r iti s h f orces in Indio'. ,o°,:,sl',# during the period of which h e t rea t s ; and as he 1% 114 19 moreover, present at all the actions he has describe:iv the. authenticity and correctness of his statemen t° may be relied on. His work may b e corgi', dered as a sort of continuation of Lord Jocelyn' 9 ''.- which was published last year ; but it is less i ne ' teresting, first, from its comparative dearth of CIW • t, racteristic sketches and anecdotes; and, secondlf , ; from the exceeding s l en d erness o f i ts materials' • :•.! The author tells us little more than the pnP ers , have already told us, respecting the attacks and car ' • ture of Canton ; and speaks of the distrust, treacherP and cowardice of the Chinese, in pretty nearly the sal ° terms that other authors have used, while describing'. this strange people. His account of the breakfast give ll by Keshen, to Captain Elliot, is perhaps the most en; tertaining passage in hi s vo l ume . Th e b rea kfast wa given in a handsome tent, lined with yellow, in whi c four tables were set o u t, eac h capable of ace"; modating six persons, a n d consisted, =long ot n „ recherche dishes, of partridge soup, and pheasa l Z breast sandwiches ; deli c i ous preserves and dessi , and bird's-nest and shark's-fin soup ; together with—in addition to the usual European wins a weak Chinese wine, he a t e d, an d handed round in ~,n small cups.. We could not muc h f anc y breakfas% , off birds' nests, and sho u ld d ou bt th e d e licate tin t i of soup manufacture rom the fins of a shark; b ut ' "ho the other items are unimpeachable, and the 4. t „to sant-breast sandwiches," i n p ar ti cu l a r, are v0 1. ,' figure conspicuously on a S co t c h b rea kfast table. -1. 17 4! o „jit ' f •t. POETICAL RECOLLECTIONS OF IN"" • HISTORY Curry, Dublin, 18 42 . . The design. o f thi s work is , superior to its ex ec .!, patriot tion, and th e au th oress s h ows h erse lf a better than poet.. Sh e h as vers ifi e d some o f the leading iix dents of early Irish history; hut we cannot congral_le late her on her s uccess , for though her rhym es smooth and correct enough, yet her thoughts images seldom rise above common-place , . • • THE SUN, LONDON, STAURDAY MORNING, JUNE ll, 1842. ae.„, j I