The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

rbtrb Vbition SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. THE LATE ATTEMPT ON HER MAJESTY'S LIFE, MEETING IN SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) A requisition, signed by some of the principal electors of the Borough of Southwark, having been presented to She High Bailiff, calling upon him to convene a public meeting, for the purpose of presenting an Address to her Majesty. c ongratulating her on her escape from the late treasonable attempt upon her life, the High Bailiff called a meeting of the inhabitants, to be holden this dey, at the Town Hall, High street, Southwark. Mr. JACKSON, in the absence of the High Bailiff, took the Chair. Mr. Howrom rose to propose the adoption of an Ad dress to her most Gracious Majesty, on her providential escape from the late treasonable and atrocious attempt upon her life. Mr. APSLEY PELLATT said, although differing in po litics and religious opinions from the mover of the ad dress, still he felt the greatest pleasure in seconding it, and he silas.rely hoped the meeting would unanimously agree to it. Mr. BALLS rose to propose an addition to the address. The CHAIRMAN inquired if he was am elector ? Mr. BALLS said he was not. The CHAIRMAN said, then he could not allow him to propose an addition to the address. Mr. BALLS said he had a right to propose - an addition, as the meeting was a meeting of the inhabitants of Southwark. The CHAIRMAN said, he was entirely in the hands of the meeting. The meeting having decided that he should be heard, Mr. BenEs said he did not rise to oppose the address, but for the purpose of moving an addition to it. He Would yield to no man in his loyalty to the Queen. He respected the Queen ; but at the same time he respected the thousands of virtuous persons who were starving.— (Cheers.) He congratulated her Majesty upon her escape, and in doing so, he could not help but refer to the thousands who were annually assassinated by a system of class legislation.—(Cheers.) He thought they ought to inform her Majesty of the dis tress of the country. Her Majesty knew partially of the existence of the distress, as she had subscribed 5001. to aid its relief, but they ought to tell her Majesty that it was not charity that they wanted, it was their rights. —(Cheers.) If justice was impartially administered to the people, this country would become one of the hap piest countries in the world.—(Cheers.) They ought to tell the Queen that they were not to be longer tyrannized over by a set of selfish rulers, and that they were deter mined to have the charter of their rights.—(Cheers.) He would not trespass longer on their . time, but would move in addition to the address, the following words :—" that we beg to inform your Majesty that the present con dition of the people, arising fromithe enactment of bad laws, is most deplorablei; that thousands are perishing from iactual want. We, your Majesty's most loyal subjects, 1 tave in vain endeavoured to obtain our just rights from 3 - our Parliament, but our prayers were rejected and d e'ipised ; we, therefore, beg your Majesty to dissolve Oa. Parliament, and call to your Councils men who will 'mike the People's Charter a Cabinet measure."—(Cheers.) 'The CHAIRMAN said that as Mr. Balls was not an ek ctor, he should require some one that was to propose th. addition to the address. :llr. BOWLER said he should be most happy to propose that the words just read be added to the address. JaMES seconded the motion. Kr. PowELL suggested that the gentlemen who moved thee addition to the address should call a specific meeting for the purpose of agreeing to an address on the subject of the Charter.—(lronical cheers.) fir. MARTIN said he should be happy to sign a requi siti on to the High Bailiff to tall a meeting on the subject, and. he therlore hoped the mover and seconder of the addition to the address would withdraw it. dr. BOWLER said he could not do so. :11r. HEARNE wished to call the attention of the meet in.; to the object for which the meeting was called. He th':)ught the addition to the address was out of place.— (N u, no.) They (the Chartists) were perambulating the. country with an address, and yet they were not con ten t with this but they must come thero to interrupt the me eting. • Let them do one thing at a time, and do that thi eg will. In his opinion. what was worth doing at all, was worth doing well.—(Hear, hear.) The addition to the: address was a neutralisation of that address.—(No, no.) They acquiesced in the address, he believed merely for the purpose of using that addrees as a step pin;; stone to something else. He hoped they would withdraw the addenda, and merely accomplish the ob ject for which the meeting was called, namely, to con gratultee her Majesty on her escape. 3ltr. BowLER rose, but The CHAIRMAN said he thought it was not regular, as lldr. Bowler had spoke once. Msr. MAYNARD said he came there that day without the slightest idea that an amendment was to be moved to the address, but as it had been proposed he should support it, for he believed that the principles from which it emanated would be the ultimate salvation of this country. He would sooner drop into the grave than raise those principles upon assassination.—(Cheers.) He would most cordially support the addition to the .address. Mr. PARKER thought they ought to be careful how tli ey created a prejudice against a person under the ban of the law. They had denounced Francis as ,a base assassin, while every man was held to be innocent till a jrcry of his countrymen had proved him to be guilty. Talk of assassination, was her no assassination during the past week in Ireland.—(Cheers.) Was there no assassination in the cotton factories and in India. There was discontent throughout the country, and therefore they ought to call upon her Majesty to dismiss her pre sent advisers. Mr. DODSON thought there was but one feeling in that meeting with respect to her Majesty, but he ped the addenda to the address would be withdrawn. Mr. HORTON, as the mover of the address, felt anuch pain at the course the meeting was about to take, for he had hoped the meeting would have been unanimous on the subject for which the meeting was called. lie felt fur the distress of the people, but, as the mover of the address, he considered it to be:his duty to withdraw it, if the addenda was persevered in. The CHAIRMAN said he must put the address to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then put the original address, which was lost by a large majority. He then said he coved not put the addenda as the meeting was at an end. They had condemned the address.—(" No, no," and upis sax.) Mr. A. PELLATT thought the meeting did not under stand the question. The CHAIRMAN said he had adopted the right course, and appealed to Mr. B. Wood, who was acquainted -with the forums of the House of Commons. Mr. B. Woon said, he thought the course pursut xl by the Chairman was the right one. The address had ;been rejected evidently under a mistake, and he hop eel it would not be taken advantage of.—(Cheers). The meeting then became a perfect scene of uproa nand esaifusion, half a dozen persons speaking at the ss me lime, and all declaring that the address as ame in led should be put to the meeting. After great delay and uproar, The CHAIRMAN said he should act upon his own j utlg-- meta and put the address to the meeting, if they ag reed to it, he should then put the question that the prop osed words be added. If they negatived the first questiw 1, of course there was an end to the meeting, and they would ha,e themselves to blame. The address was then put and lost, amidst criess of " Don't vote for the address, vote for the addition." The CHAIRMAN then declared the meeting at an in 1. :They had rejected the address, consequently he ct al Id no 4 put the addition, as there was no address to add it. :4.0. The meeting, which was almost wholly composed. of Chartists, separated in considerable confusion at ab 4m it a quarter past three o'clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAI ;. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The panic produced by the proclar ni i .tion on the subject of the gold coin has occasioned e 2 tensive injury to the trading part of the communi ti ', and much public inconvenience and loss. We hi iv e .received several communications on the subject, sons C of which detail instances of serious difficulties ars I positive loss to individuals, and of extensivs embarrassments, to the traders and shopkeepers of the neighbourhoods. We are, therefore, in• duced to explain more clearly the real state of the matter, in the hope of allayingthe appreh ens i ons . -which have been excited. On Friday night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question p ut to him in the House of Commons by Mr. Chil d, bal., said—" The proclamation which had been re ce fitly issued, was a repetition of a proclamation w; Ric h it had been usual to issue, though not ve.ty recently, no doubt, warning the public of the weight below which gold coin could not be taken. Great coitiplaints had been made that the gold coin in circu lation at present was below weight ; and it was there- Yore thought necessary to call the attention of the public to the fact, and to make arrangements with i be Bank of England, by which they agreed to re ceive gold coin at the rate of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce, the . Mint price of gold coin." We cannot help thin 'king that the time chosen by the Government for issui.s g the proclamation was most ill-chosen. The amba i.rassments of the trading community were alreat i r sufficiently formidable, without having this additional impediment imposed upon their operations. Nor can we approve of subjecting the parties, who , way happen to be in possession of gold coin det:cient in weight to the loss, which ought to be' borne by the community. The amount of loss to the revenue would be comparatively trifling ; 1 while :tothe holder, desirous o f p a yi ng one or more 1 overe: gns away in trade, the deduction to which he is subjected is corsiderable. W e h ave reason t o k now that tli e panic has, in many instances, in different dis tricts al , f the metropolis, been employed to purposes of - dishonkst gain. So much as 7d on the sovereign, and. 4d. on. the half sovereign have been deducted, under .'1 pretex Is of deficiency to that amount in th e Stancturd.' l e amount of depreciation is cia.— : weight:. The average 'r 1 trifling, by no ceed mA •7 y means such as to war Gantt the clod uctions which have been made, or the diffi 1--, ties - which have been thrown i n th e way of trad &tubr the ,gen eral panic - which has been created by thi a air." time 4 ; roclamation. S! FA NDARD.—The excitement upo n the gold: g° , coin pr okelamation rose on Saturday to a very „ a ot heigl it i. 1 the metropolis, Saturday being the i j a y, „ 1 whicih th, a .humbler classes of the people usue jiy re ceive their wages and make purchases. It is certain that the Government could not be aware of the incon venience to which many thousands must be subjected by this routine announcement, or a provision would , have been made to guard against it. Tie lower class of retailers and the money-changers have had an obvious motive for augmenting the inconveni ence to an enormous extent. The depreciation of the bulk of the gold coin may be greater than we have described it, but it falls very far short of that which the parties referred to have asserted. Where they have taken gold, in some cases one shil ling has been subtracted from the sovereign by the re tailer or money-lender—in most cases ninepence ; while sixpence is the least deduction from a standing beam sovereign; and in many parts of the town, particular near the suburbs, threepence premium was required upon even sovereigns of full weight. Thus has a great robbery been committed upon the classes standing most in need of protection ; but this is not the worst —in many cases that have come to our knowledge, the sovereign would not be received at any premium, and poor people have been compelled to go without their Sunday's dinner, the proclamation in their case working a temporary forfeiture of the whole. A correspondent, upon whom we can rely, as sures us that in the neighbourhood of Islington and Hoxton, through a wide district, this was the case. Another correspondent mentions an in stance which proves the hardship to which the poor have been exposed, even in contact with the public offices. At half-past three on Saturday a poor woman applied at the Money Order Office in St. Martin's-le-Grand for an order for sixteen shillings to remit to her daughter, whom she repre sented as in a dying state at Dover ; she tendered a sovereign, which upon being weighed was found slightly deficient; the order was refused ; the poor creature implored to be allowed to pay the whole sovereign for the required sixteen shillings, or for even a less sum ; the officer to whom she applied re luctantly refused ; his orders not to take a light sovereign at any price were peremptory, he could only good-naturedly direct the applicant to a money-changer in the Poultry—but then it would be too late, and her dying daughter must have gone without relief; but that a gentleman present 'happened to have a new sovereign, which he kindly exchanged for that which had been offered. Now, cases like this, as far as the difficulty to the poor woman, formed the rule through the whole of Saturday—not the exception ; and as has been seen, the money-changers and small retailers had a direct motive for imitating the rigour of the public offices, or mitigating it at a high price. They had only to collect fifty sovereigns, say at 6d. premium each, carry them to the Bank of England, and they would realise a profit of at least 20s. Might not the public offices have softened the example they were compelled to set, by taking sovereigns at the actual value, or even a trifle below it ? Say that the actual value of the average coin is about 19s. 10d. ; if it was known that at the public offices a sovereign would be received for 19s. 9d., the panic would be at an end. Something must be done. At present, as far as we can learn, the inconvenience and excitement are limited to the metropolis, but they must soon extend through the island ; and, if no worse consequences are to be anticipated from them, they must be productive of a great deal of suffering to the industrious poor, a consideration that cannot fail to weigh with such a Government as Sir Robert Peel's. MARLBOROUGH. STREET: (THIS DAY.) John Kelly, a tall athletic young man, and Thomas Brown, of middling stature, were charged with commit ting a most violent and unprovoked assault upon the person of Mr. William Hudson, the proprietor of the eating-house, No. 209, Oxford-street, and also with doing wilful damage to the amount of 18s. The complainant stated that about twelve o'clock on Saturday night defendants, who were extremely in toxicated, rushed into his shop, and gave orders for some refreshments to be placed before them in such a boisterous manner, that complainant from a forebadinp that they were likely to kick up a row, refused to serve them, on which they became vastly indignant, and after much noise and disorder in the place, pitched into hill) both at once, and having struck him several severe blows, the defendant Brown grasped the bosom part of his shirt, and tore it completely out. The police were thee, called in, and they were secured. The defendant alleged that the complainant had first kicked them, and then knocked their hats off. This he did without provocation, or their even speaking a word to him. Mr. MALTBY said it was not probable a landlord would kick his customers out of his shop, especially if they pro perly- conducted themselves, and therefore to induce them to behave with less violence in future, he should fine them 20s. each, or fourteen days imprisonment to hard labour.—The defendants protested their inability to pay the fine, and were locked up. Elizabeth Turner, a good-looking child, only 14 years of age, and very showily dressed, was placed at the bar on the following : Police const a ble, No. 179 of the E division, stated that about half-past ten o'clock on Saturday night, he saw the prisoner in company with another girl about her own age, walking up and down Harewood-place, Picca dilly ; and the prisoner accosted several gentlemen, and laid hold of them by the arm in a familiar and impudent manner persisted in walking beside of them for several yards. One gentleman complained to witness of how mach he was disgusted with the prisoner's importunity. Witness directed her to " move on," which she refused to do, and commenced abusing him, and making use of abusive language so loudly, that the inmates of some of the houses heard it, and complained of the nuisance as being abominable. Mr. MALTBY asked what the girl was. The Constable said—" a common prostitute." Mr. MALTBY said, thai from her tender years, that was nearly incredible. The Constable said—he believed that it was the first time she had been in custody. Mr. MALTBY said, that he should then send her to prison this time, and discharged her.—She was accord ingly discharged. ACCIDENT TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. (From the Leeds Intelligencer.) On Monday last, his Grace the - Lord Archbishop of York left London for Sheffield, on his way to Ardsley, near Barnsley, to consecrate the new church recently erected there. On Tuesday, the venerable prelate consecrated the church and church-yard, and after wards held a confirmation at Ardsley, whence his lordship proceeded, shortly after two o'clock, by rail way, to the Palace at Bishopthorpe, accompanied by the Rev. W. H. Dixon. one of his Grace's chap lains. Before dinner the Archbishop took a walk into the fields in the vicinity of the Palace, accompanied by Mr. Dixon, and as they were crossing an ancient drain, arm in arm, the united weight of the two gentlemen caused the arch of the drain to give way, and they were both instantly plunged into the filthy water and mud beneath, almost up to their chests. Fortunately, Mr. Egerton Harcourt, one of his Grace's sons, who was walk ing at a short distance in the rear of the two Reverend personages, witnessed the occurrence and immediately hasten :d to their assistance. Owing to the perpendi , culta construction of the drain their release was a matter of some difficulty; but we are happy to say that it was effected without any other injury, either to the venerable Prelate or to his chaplain, than what may arise from their sudden and involuntary immersion. After undergoing the requisite lustration and changing his apparel, his Grace partook of dinner as usual, and was, we understand, not a little jocose upon the conster nation which their sudden intrusion into the domains of the frogs, porwigles, and tadpoles must have occasioned to the reptiles in the vicinity of the accident. His Grace consecrated the new church at Clifford on the following day, Wednesday ; and we are glad to be able to say that at that time his Grace had not experienced any unplea sant consequences from the accident. T.-(THIS DAY.) last market .day, 116. COAL NIARKE'. Ships arrived since h r. d. I s. ft Bowes Pontop• l3 6tWalls End Haswell • ... 90 t. Nelson's West Hartley IS 3I Walls End Hetton ... ..... .... :0 6 Old Tanfleld ............. ...... Pontop IN indsor l5 0 Walls End Russell's Hetton 11, 0 . 1 anfleld Moor IS b Walls End Stewart's 26 5 Townley 1 i 6 Walls End Caradoc 20 6 Walls End Gosforth Walls End Killingworth ... 16 6 Walls End Adelaide Walls End Riddell's l6 9 Walls Ei d Evenwood ...... 16 0 "Nails End Todd's Bensham 14 0 Walls End Seymour Tees... 17 0 Walls End Wharncliffe l7 3 Bulman Main ... 16 6 W. E. Braddyll'skietton ...'2O 6 IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. . I The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. The Clerk of the Crown attended, and amended the return for Waterford. The amendments of the Lords to the Dundee and A .rbroath Railway Bill were agreed to. The amendments of the Lords to the Kingstown Ma rin ers' Church Bill were agreed to. x tr. F. BARING brought up the Report of the Com mittco of the London Bridge Approaches and Royal Excht mge Avenues Bill. i Mr. MASTER - MAN Presented a p e titi on f rom th e i Ward_ of Coleman-street, praying for the opening of Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges. Mr. BELL presented a petition from the coal owners of DtelrhpalmoyeadndonNtohrtehmuminbeesrolarnt(hLos deectinigtietsh. 'A th at women were l m Mr. BERKELEY presented a petition from the Dis , centers of a parish in Gloucester, p ra yi ng f or t h e abo lition of Church-rates ; also, a petition from the Roman Catholics of Bristol. complaining of the grievances under • ....hid' they laboured. A Colonei T. WOOD presented a petition from the Vicar and other inhabitants of Staines, against the passage of trains on Sundays ; also, a petition from the congregation of Christ-church, in Enfield, against the grant to Mayneoth. An Hort'. MEMBER presented a petition from Win chester-for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mi. BROTHERTON presented petitions from Inde pendent Congregations in Salford and Stebbing, against the taking of oaths. Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from Lincoln against the Turnpike Roads Act. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. FLEMING presented two petitions, one from Mr. Maynall, and the other from Mr. Abrahams, relating to the late election for the borough of Southampton, and denying the evidence given beft,re the Southampton Committee by the witness John Wrenn. The Hon. Gen tleman moved that the petitions be read at the table. The petitions were then read by the Clerk at the table. As far as their contents could be collected, from the in distinct manner in which they were read, the petitioners contradicted, seriatim, the allegations contained in the petition of John Wrenn. Mr. FLEMING then moved that the petitions be printed with the Votes.—Ordered. The Hon. MEMBER then gave notice that he would, on an early day, move that the petitioners be examined at the bar of the House.—(Hear. hear.) THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1842. to keep the complement of its Members complete — (Cheers)—and, at the present moment, when the most important commercial measures were under discussion, it was not fitting that au important commercial city like Belfast should be unrepresented.—(Cheers.) He was aware that the Right Hon. Gentleman could not bring forward his motion for a Committee as a question of privilege. It was his (Mr. Shaw's) wish to give the Right Hon. Gentleman an opportunity of moving for his Committee at the earliest possible opportunity by moving that the writ be issued.—(Cries of " Move, now")—he would not move now, but he hoped the House would allow him to give notice for to•morrow.—(Cries of " Move on Saturday.") He would give notice that to-morrow night he should move for the issue of the writ for a new election for Belfast. Mr. O'CONNELL would move the appointment of the Committee as an amendment to the motion of the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. WALLACE gave notice of his intention of movieg certain clauses in Committ in the Church of Scotland Bill. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he should present a petition from the inhabitants of Cape Tewn, praying for a Representative Government. RIOTS AT ENNIS. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government if there would he any objection to lay before the House the evidence taken before the Coroner's inquest, relating to the late unhappy and dreadtul occurrences in Ennis—(Hear, hear)—and also the Report of the Commission, who had been stated to have been sent down to make inquiries into the circumstances attending that dreadful occurrence. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that immediately the Lord- Lieutenant had been made acquainted with the la mentable occurrence, he had despatched a Queen's Counsel to make the fullest inquiries, and to report to the Government the result. That report had not yet been received. Ile believed the Coroner's inquest had returned a verdict which would subject certain parties to a trial, and he trusted the House would, under those cir cumstances, see the propriety of not interfering. Mr. O'CONNELL had given notice of his intention of asking the question of the Noble Lord. He had understood that 38policemenhad beencommitted for trial.and of course he would not wish to do anything to prejudice them. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. The RIGHT HON. 'and LEARNED GENTLEMEN then asked the Right Hon. Baronet whether be had received any communication respecting the distress existing in three of the provinces of Ireland. Even in the county of Wicklow, which was close to Dublin, many persons were in a state of starvation. He wished to know if any relief had been transmitted by the Government to Ireland. Sir R. PEEL hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would be satisfied with his assurance that the Government were fully alive to the importance of the subject. He thought it unadvisable to say more at present. Every effort would be made to insure full justice being done. BRIGHTON ELECTION. The SPEAKER Intimated to the House that he had received notice from Mr. Coppock, who had presented a petition against the Members elected to serve in Parlia ment for the borough of Brighton, that it was not his intention to proceed with his petition. TEXAS. _ Mr. D'ISRAELI rose to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man, at the head of her Majesty's Government, a ques tion of great importance. On Friday the Right Hon. Gentleman stated, that if the blockade of the eastern coast of America, by the province of Texas, should be effected, her Majesty's Govern ment would be prepared to recognise it. He now wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whe ther, previous to the recognition of the blockade, he was prepared to recognise the independence of Texas by rati fication of the treaty ? Sir R. PEEL said there had bean cases in which this country had recognised a blockade, without having pre viously recognised the existence of the blockading country as a state. He had no hesitation, however, in stating that there were treaties completed with full authority with the State of Texas ; he had no doubt whatever that the power to conclude those treaties had been exercised. It was not necessary for him, as a Minister of the Crown, to say whether he considered those treaties to be wise or not, or whether he should have recommended them to have been concluded bad he at that time been in power ; but they had been concluded, and he felt it to be his duty, in support of the good faith of the Crown of England, to advise that those treaties should be ratified. Mr. O'CONNELL—But they have not as yet been ratified ? Sir IL PEEL—Not yet; till the Ist of August had been given, and he should recommend the Crown to ratify the treaty within that time. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. Lord MAHON wished to ask a question of the Noble Lord, the Member for London, with respect to his in tentions relative to his Bill for the Prevention of Bribery at Elections. Several clauses in that Bill rested on the supposition that the election committees would continue, as at present, under the jurisdiction of that House. The Noble Lord and every Hon. Member must be aware that that House would do well for the ends of justice to part with that jurisdiction. He wished to ask the Noble Lord therefore if he would consent to post pone the second reading of his Bill, until they could see whether the jurisdiction were still to remain with that House. If the decision on that point should be against them, it would be their duty to constitute some jurisdic tion which should be perfectly free of that House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, having received notice of this question, he had no hesitation in reply ing ; and considering that the jurisdiction had rested with that House for more than two hundred years, he thought he had a right to consider that it remained with them still.—(Hear, hear.) Of course if the House should at any time depart from that jurisdiction which it had so repeatedly and so solemnly asserted, it would take means to make all the rest of its proceedings con formable with that altered state of the law. He did not see, however, any reason why he should postpone the second reading of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) TARIFF (COALS). Mr. HUTT wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, at the head of her Majesty's Government, when he proposed to bring under the consideration of the House the export duty upon coals, and what proposition he then intented to lay before the House. Sir R. PEEL said it was his intention to have taken coals in the order in which it stood upon the Tariff, but if it would be more convenient to the House, he would name to-morrow absolutely for the purpose.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the second question, he would say that it was not his intention to make the proposal of which he had given notice some time ago of 4s. per ton on the export of British coal.—(Hear.) The proposal which would be made by her Majesty's Government would meet, he trusted, with general, though not, perhaps, with universal consent. It was to impose a duty on round coal of 25., and on screened coal, sub ject to certain regulations, of ls.—(Hear, bear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether there wouid be any exception on coal intended for the use of steamers. He also wished to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman would state to-morrow the reve nue he expected to derive from the modified duty, as his vote would very much depend upon the answer to that question. Sir R. PEEL said he had received a great many com munications on the subject of coal, requesting exceptions on behalf of coal used for a variety of purposes, but the difficulty of allowing a drawback in any instance was very great. He hoped the reduc tions of the duty to 2s. and is. would be sufficient not to render it necessary to give the inducement to fraud, which would be given by making a drawback in favour of steam-boats. From calculations which had been made, he reckoned on a loss in the revenue of about 50,0001. He might again state that, if there should be an opportunity, he would take the duty on coal to-mor row.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUTT gave nottce that he should, then, to-mor row meet the proposition with a negative, and divide the House upon it. GOLD COINAGE. Mr. CHILDERS wished to ask a question with regard to the gold coinage, the late proclamation having caused a great deal of distress and annoyance. In fact no poor man could get more than 19s. for a sovereign. There was also a difficulty in obtaining scales to weigh them, the Mint not being able to supply them. in sufficient quantities. He thought it was most de sirable that some mitigation should be made for the poor, and he would beg to suggest whether some arrangement could not be made with the savings banks to enable the people to receive from them the real value, what ever it might be, of their sovereigns and half-sovereigns. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was delighted to have an opportunity of answering the question, put by the Hon. Gentleman, relative to the value of sovereigns. He was anxious that the public should distinctly understand that a large number of sovereigns had been taken to the Bank, and it was found that the deficiency in weight averaged from to 4 per cent., and he could say that per cent, would fully cover the loss for every sovereign by deficiency in weight. He said this to prove how unjust some of the demands were that had been made on the public. Of course thel oss was considerably less in some of the more recent sovereigns, and it would be something more upon those of an older date, but taking one with another, it was about the average he had stated. He was extremely sensible of the inconvenience which prevailed from an improper use made of the proclamation. Persons for some time past had not been in the habit of examining whether the sovereigns were cur rent coin of the realm or not. He was then in communication with the Officers of the revenue, with a view of extanding the mode of testing the weight of sovereigns amongst the humbler classes of society. He was anxious to state that the demands made upon holders of gold coin had been most unjustifiable. With respect to that part of the question of the Hon. Gentleman which referred to balances being issued from the Mint be could hardly understand it. It was not part of the duty of the authorities of the Mint to furnish weights and ba lances, and he bad no r eason t o b e li eve t h at suc h a courbe was in contemplation. CHURCH OP SCOTLAND. Sir A. L. HAY wished to know if her Majesty's Government had received a document from the General Assembly of Scotland, intitled " A Claim for Rights," and if so, if it would be laid before Parliament. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was understood to say that document had been received, but as. yet he did not feel justified in laying it before Parliament. Mr. HUME asked if the Right Hon. Baronet had any objection to lay before the House the correspondence which had induced him to think that the matters in dispute with regard to the Church of Scotland might be satisfactorily adjusted, and on the faith of which he had been induced to propose that the Hon. Member for Argyleshire should postpone his Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM would not lay the corre spondence before the House, but he would have no, objection, as the motion for the second reading of that Bill, the substance generally of that correspondence. POOR-LAWS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL asked if it was the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to-morrow, to move that the New Poor-law Bill before the other Orders of the Day. Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought that, as it was pro bable some time would be consumed in the discussion, whenever the question of the New Poor-law should be brought in, that it would be better to come to some understanding as to the day when that discussion should really take place. He would therefore name Friday next for the New Poor-law. COLONIAL CUSTOMS BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE said, that if they made good progress with the tariff to-night, he should propose to morrow to proceed with the Colonial Customs Bill. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY wished to ask the Hon. Member for South Hampshire, if it was his intention to call the attention of the House to the petitions which he had presented that evening before the Hon. Member for Lymington mo,'ed for the issue of the writ for a new election for Southampton? Mr. FLEMING intended to move that the parties should be heard at the Bar of the House. BELFAST ELECTION. . _ _ Mr. F. SHAW wished to draw the attention of the House to a question of privilege, affecting one of the most important commercial cities in Ireland—the city of Belfast.—(Hear.) Ten days had elapsed since the Elec tion Committee appointed to try the merits of a petition complaining of an undue return from that city, had re ported that the sitting Members had not been duly elected, and that the last was a void elec tion. Since that time no writ had been issued for a new election for that important town, and Belfast was at the present moment unrepresented. Notice had been given by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, when he presented a petition, on Monday, of a mo tion for enquiring into a corrupt compromise alleged to have taken place, and the House had been of opinion that the writ ought to be suspended. He (Mr. Shaw) would not then give an opinion as to the propriety . Or impropriety of the proposed inqUiry. The Right Hon. Gentleman might make out a case for inquiry, but he (Mr. Shaw) contended that the writ ought not to be suspended.—(Hear, hear.) It was the duty of the House CORN RETURNS. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that having seen weekly returns of the amount of foreign and colonial corn im ported under the new Act, he ‘%ished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite whether he had any ob. jection to continue the returns, and lay them on the table ? It was desirable to bring up the quantity im ported to the latest period, and he therefore hoped the Vice-President of the Board of Trade would produce those returns. Sir R. PEEL bad not the slightest objection to have lhe returns of foreign and colonial corn laid on the table. CUSTOMS' ACTS (TARIFF). The House then resolved itself' into a Committee on the Customs' Acts, Mr. GREENE in the Chair. On a duty of 6/. on cables being proposed, Mr. MITCHELL moved as an amendment, that the duty be raised from 61. to 81. The Hon. Member con tended that the Government rate of duty would not give sufficient protection to the interests concerned. The shipowners, from his knowledge of the trade, did not want the reduction of the duty proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet. The CHAIRMAN having put the question, Mr. GLADSTONE objected to the amendment. Cordage was an article upon which he should not say that producers in England ought to be taken at a disad vantage, but respecting which care ought to be taken that no Pxcess of protection should be allowed. After a few words from Mr. A. CHAPMAN, Colonel T. WOOD said he considered the proposition of the Government a most excellent one, and he should therefore give it his support. He trusted that his Hon. Friend opposite would not divide the House upon the subject. Mr. MITCHELL replied. After a few words from Lord Sandon, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Hume, which were inaudible in the gallery, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared, For the motion . Against it Majority against the Amendment... The resolution was then agreed to. The articles up to British ships and vessels, registered as such, were agreed to without discussion. On British ships and vessels, registered as such, being proposed, Mr. WARNE moved that, instead of a duty of 5/. for every 100/. value upon vessels built in the British pos sessions, the duty should be reduced to 3/, for every 100/. After a short conversation, the Government proposi tion was agreed to. The remainin&• articles in schedule 15, were agreed to. Several items in schedule 16 relating to stones were agreed to. 163 35 [LEFT SITTING.] -128 HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. A message from the Commons brought up the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill, and a number of other pri vate Bills, which were severally read a first time. The Bishop of BANGOR presented a petition from a congregation in Carnarvon, praying for the repeal of cer tain parts of the Act for uniting the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES TOLLS. Lord POLTIMORE presented a petition for the abolition of the tolls or the metropolitan bridges. CALLING IN THE GOLD COIN. Lord BEAUMONT wished to put a question to the Noble Lord, the President of the Council, respecting the late proclamation issued for the calling in of the gald currency at present in circulation. That cur rency had been, much of it, a long time in use. Many of the sovereigns were of the coinage of George. the Third, and their weight had been diminished by actual use, and not by sweating. He wished to ask whether anything could be done to relieve the hardship and inconvenience which numbers of people of the humbler classes were suffering in consequence of the measure ? Lord WHARNCLIFFE was glad that the Noble Lord had put the question, as it gave him an opportunity of allaying the apprehensions of the public. He had been informed that great and monstrous charges were made in some of the public-houses, under the pretence of deficiency of weight ; they charged a shilling or eighteen-pence for changing a sovereign. He was happy, however, to have to state that the average deficiency of the coin which had to be sent into the Mint was found to be no more than 14 ; or 2 per cent.—(Hear.) The Government had turned its attention to some measure which should facilitate the exchange both in London and the country.—(Hear.) Tke Duke of CLEVELAND was glad that the Noble Lord near him had brought this subject before the House. He had heard that the greatest confusion prevailed among the working classes, and that the con fusion and loss wood be greater if something were not done The Noble Lord (Wharncliffe) had informed the House that the loss of actual value upon all the coin sent into the mint was no more than l to 2 per cent., which would be no more than 2d. or 3d, in the pound ; but what consolation was that to those poor persons who could not get a sovereign changed ? without paying a shilling or eighteenpence in the pound. —(Hear, hear.) Something should be dune to protect those people from so much losses. It was very evident that the lightness was not owing to fraudulent deface ment, but to common wear. The best way would have been to appoint a day when the coins should be called allowing them to circulate at their full value until that day, but not after. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he was aware of the hardships and impositions, and he would take measures . to remedy the.evil. ELECTION COMMITTEES INDEMNITY 811. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would to morrow, move for the suspension of the standing orders, in order to facilitate the passing of the Bill, which' he had proposed for the indemnity of witnesses before Election Committees. The Earl of 'WICKLOW presented two petitions from places in Ireland in favour of Scriptural Education in Ireland. PRISON DISCIPLINE. The Earl of RADNOR wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in the Prison Discipline Bill this session. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said it was the intention of the Government to bring in the Bill this session. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that he had received a very important petition from the owners of coal mines in Durham and Northumberland, relative to the employment of children in mines, and he gave notice that he should present such petition on Friday. INCOME TAX. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that as he under stood ,that the Noble Marquis, who had given noti ce o f his intention to move certain resolutions upon going into Committee on the Income-tax Bill, was still i n di s p ose d, he wished to know whether it would be convenient to postpone going into Committee till Thursday. The Earl of CLARENI)ON said he believed that it would be perfectly satisfactory to his Noble Friend, who intended to move the resolutions, but it would be incon venient to another Nobla Lord, who wished to take a part in the discussion, and he thought, therefore, that it would b e better to take the discussion on Friday. A NOBLE LORD suggested that the same course might be pursued as with respect to the second reading—viz., that the Bill be committed pro forma to-morrow and re ported, and then take the discuss: on on the third reading. The Earl of CLARENDON said that en the behalf of the Noble Marquis he certainly had no objection to such a course. He thought it would be convenient to Noble Lords who sat behind him to take that course. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he hoped if the Bill were allowed to pass these stages, that it would not be supposed that . it met with the approbation of those on his side of the House.—(llear.) Although the Noble Marquis hod given notice of his intention to move certain resolutions, he appreheAled that those resolutions would not Teed them to give a direct negative to the Bill. In one of the stages of the Bill, lie (the Marquis Clanricarde) was determined to give the Bill that negative—(Cheers)—therefore only wished that it might not be supposed that the Bill in any way met with their sanction. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lord would have an opportunity of opposing the Bill on the third reading. which, if true, were no deubt very much to be con demned. It was also said that he had some objection able books in his possession—Volney and Voltaire. These four witnesses made statements of which he had no notice, and which he could not have been enabled to contradict. The witness was himself afterwards examined. He then declared that he believed in the existehce of a God, in a future state of reward and punishment, in a God by whom he was created, and to whom he was accountable. The oath was then administered to him, and he ought immediately to have been examined in cause. Instead of that, how ever, he was again examined with the sanction of the Judge, as to his religious opinions ; and in answer, Lord KINNAIRD wished to give notice, that he should to-morrow move for the report of the commis sioners appointed to enquire into the distress at Burnley, Paisley, and Stockport. He had taken the opportunity some time ago of laying certain statements before their Lordships, and on that occasion he was particularly anxious not to exaggerate anything, but he had had his attention drawn to one mistake, which he wished it correct. On that occasion he stated that 54,692 pa- tients had been admitted to the Dispensary at Manches ter. This he found to be a mistake, as he found the numbers were 14,692. RELIGIOUS OPINIONS OF WITNESSES. Lord CAMPBELL said that in pursuance of the notice he had given, he begged to call the attention of their Lordships. to circumstances which had taken place upon a late trial in Sterling. He had received the ac count of the circumstances from the Judge who presided, and he had not delayed one moment in bringing the sub ject before their Lordships. It was a subject of the greatest importance to the liberty of conscience, and the due administration of justice. If there had been no de parture frem the law of Scotland on the occasion to which he referred, it would be indispensably necessary for their Lordships, in their legislative capacity, to remedy the law. But on this subject, their Lordship's judicially had no jurisdiction.—(Hear, hear.) The determination of the Courts of Scotland was final and conclusive. Not only the High Court of Justiciary, but the minor courts also, unless a point was specialty reserved. He would first lay before their Lordships, the facts as they occurred on the trial, according to the most authentic information he had been able to obtain, and he believed that information might be entirely relied upon. A person of the name of Samuel Henry was indicted for an assault on a constable in the discharge of his duty. The constable's name was William Simpson. The man was likewise indicted for a common assault upon a person of the name of Smart, and the only wit ness who could prove the assault upon Simpson was Simpson himself. He was accordingly called as a witness on the ,part of the prosecution. An ob jection was made to Simpson being a witness, which, if duly established was certainly a good objection. An oath was necessary before a witness could give his ' evidence, and an oath could be of no binding authority unless the party taking it believed in the existence of an overruling Providence. The evidence of Simpson was objected to on the ground that he did not believe in an overruling Providence. But the belief of the witness ought to have been ascer tained by examining himself upon the subject. Instead, however, of that course being pursued, Simpson was at once put on his trial for blasphemy without one question being put to him. Four witnesses were successively examined to prove that he had made statements to the questions put to him, he again stated that he be lieved in the existence of God, in a future state of re wards and punishmeents, and in Divine Revelation. He stated, in addition, that he went to church regularly but that he did not partake of the Holy Communion be cause he was under scandal ; that is to say, that he had committed some irregularity for which he had not made the necessary atonement. He stated, however, that if that scoundrel were removed, he should very gladly partake again of the rights of the Church. He denied that he had in his possession the works of Volney or Voltaire. The exa mination was then undertaken by the Judge himself who while he administered the law conscientiously, no doubt according to his opinion, instead of protecting the wit ness, asked him if he believed in the scheme of Christi anity as disclosed in the Scriptures? He said he did. The Judge was nut satisfied, but asked him if he believed in the Atonement. The witness said that he did. He then said that he did not believe in the whole of the Scriptures, The Judge having asked him in what part of the Scrip tures he did not believe, he replied that there were parts of them which he could not comprehend. After that examination the Judge did not, as had been stated in the public journals, reject the evidence of the witness, but he did what was more fatal to his reputation—he intimated an opinion that under the circumstances the witness could not be believed, and he recommended the counsel for the prosecution not to proceed to examine him. The Advocate-Depute adopted the suggestion of the Judge, and the witness was not examined. Now he (Lord Campbell) found fault with proceedings thus taken, in three main particulars. He complained, first, that extraneous evidence was given, respecting, the religious belief of the witness; secondly, that the witness himself was not examined in the first instance ; and thirdly, that the judge, instead of rejecting or admitting the evidence, had taken upon himself to intimate that the witness could not be be lieved. He (Lord Campbell) had taken considerable pains to ascertain what was the law of Scotland upon the subject of the reception of evidence, under such cir cumstances as he had detailed. So far as he could learn, the law ;of Scotland upon the subject coincided with the law of this country, and with which he con curred, ought to be the law in every civi lised country. He believed that according to the law of Scotland as well as according to the law of this country, the evidence as to the belief of a witness ought to be confined to the examination. of the party himself. The question to be determined was not what the witness believed in past times, but what he believed at the time of his examination. Now what was done here ? William Simpson, without notice, was put on his trial for blasphemy. Now the law of Scotland was very particular in this, that no man should be put on his defence for the most trifling offence, but should be supplied with an account of the charges preferred against him, and of the witnesses ; and it was necessary that this information should be given 40 days before. But here Simpson hail no notice, he was at once put upon his trial, and four witnesses were put in against him, and they were asked as to his professions an 4 belief as regarded the Holy Scrip • tures and the Trinity. They stated they had heard him in conversation deny the doctrine of the Trinity, and speak irreverently of the Holy Scriptures, and that he had lent to one of them books of Volney and Voltaire. This was contrary to the practice in this country and in Scotland, and in every country where law was a science. If a witness were asked whether he had committed an offence, and if he denied it, no witness could be brought to prove it against him, or he could not be prepared to defend himself, did not all the reasoning employed in favour of that principle apply a fortiori to the examination of witnesses on their reli gious opinions ? But he now came to another matter of more importance, relating to the examination, which ought to take place as to the religious opinions of witnesses, and he must say the law of Scotland was the same as was acted upon in this case, nothing like it was known since the Inquisition was put down. What a witness But no man haul a right to be examined, as to whether he be an Armenian, or an Arian—whetber he be a Socinian, or a Triniterian—a Puseyite, or a Pres byterian. This was the law of England. A Jew might be (LEFT SPEAKING.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, June 11. The LoaD CitArCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to day, and took appeal motions. JUDGMENT-TRELAWNEY U. ROBERTS. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued a short time since. His Lord ship observed that he had read the pleadings in the cause, and the Master's report, and had considered them with as much care as he was able to bestow upon them, and after having done so, it was his Lordship's decided opinion that if the case had come before him upon bill and answer, and upon the evidence that had been adduced before the Master, and he had been called upon to pro nounce a decree, he should have felt that he would not have been able to have done satisfactory justice between the parties without directing an issue for the purpose of trying whether the bond was given for the purpose of securing money advanced by Mr. Roberts to Mr. Tre lawney, or whether it was given for the purpose of enabling Mr. Roberts to borrow money for Mr. Tre lawney's use. The letters that had preceded the execu tion of the bond, and the whole of the correspondence by which the execution of the bond was followed, and the com munication between the parties all led his Lordship to this conclusion. On the whole, therefore, although the case had come before him upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of E: gland, as exceptions to the Master's report, he did not think he could do justice to the parties without directing the issue he had mentioned. That issue must therefore be tried, and the exception to the Master's Report must stand over till the result of that issue was known. That would be in effect affirming the decision of the Viee-Chancellor. The cost of the present appeal must also stand over till after the trial of the issue. CONDE v. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. On the application of Mr. RICHARDS, the appeal motion in this case from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, ordering the production of certain papers in the possession of the City of London, was ordered to stand in his Lordship's appeal paper on Monday, the 21st inst. The Court then proceeded with appeal motions. ADDRESSES TO TIIE QUEEN. — Meetings have been held throughout the country for the purpose of adopting Ad dresses to the Queen, on her Majesty's providential escape from the hant.l of the assassin, which has called forth one unanimous expression of loyalty and attachment to the person of our be loved Sovereign. 'TIE HAY HARVEST.—Haymaking is becoming pretty general and the crops are good, although the drought of the last fortnight has to some extent diminished them, and in many parts of the country the want of rain is beginning to be felt severely. It is said that General Rodil is to have the forma tion of the New Spanish Administration, and that General Saone is to succeed him as Commander-in-Chief of the army of the North. INCOME-TAX.---It is reported that the schedules for extracting this grinding and tyrannous tax from suffering trade, have been in the town some days. There is also a ru mour that Mr. Thomas Burbidge, (formerly town clerk) will be the Chief Inquisitor for Leicester.—Leicestershire Mercury. IRELAND. FATAL CONFLICT IN ENNIS-FRIGHTFUL PROCEEDINGS. DUBLIN, JUNE 9.—The Limerick Chronicle, received this morning, contains the following appalling detail; of the occurrences in Ennis, county Clare. The affair had been even more sanguinary than would appear from that statement. According to the Limerick Chronicle, which is a Tory journal, there was an " indiscriminate slaughter," and " every person in authority, Magistrates as well as police-officers, deny having given orders to fire." The inquest is in progress, and terrible excite ment prevails. The circumstances of the attack by the people on Mr. Bannatyne's flour -stores, and the riot and loss of life which ensued, we gave on Saturday. Subsequently we have learned the following further particulars The following is the hat of the casualties whieh, we lament to find so extensive. The wounded persons were brought to the county infirmary, and received every attention from the resident surgeon, Dr. G. O'Brien :—Catherine Fallon, shot in the head, died siiice admitted into hospital ; Peggy Kean, wounded in the thigh, not dangerous ; Peggy M‘Gennis, in the leg, not likely to recover ; J. Burley, shot in the arm, broken ; M. Leary, received three balls in the thigh, broken ; J. Tobin, shot in the calf of the leg ; J. Shanks, shot in ditto ; Edward Sullivan, shot in the groin ; J. Hennessy, in the thigh, not dangerous ; F. Noylan, shot in the arm, not dangerous ; Michael Mae namara, two shots in the calf of the leg, broken ; Thomas Darcy, wounded in the back ; Thomas MA rony, in the thigh, not dangerous ; James Fitzgibbon, a blind man, shot through both calves of the legs, not dangerous ; and D. Fallon, policeman, eye broken by a stroke of a stone. _ ENNIS, TUESDAY.—A man, named Leary, has just expired in the county infirmary, from the efkcts of shots received during the riot last evening. Ennis is in a very alarming state ; the bellman has been sent round the town by some evil emissaries, for the purpose of collect ing a mob at the market-place before ►he hour of two o'clock this day. The populace have refused all offers of pacification, openly declaring that nothing will satisfy them but blood! The cry through the town all this day is —Assemble, until we have blood for blood ! Large crowds had collected at the Market-place at two o'clork. Mr. Bridgman, the borough repre,enta tive, accompanied by Mr. Cuilinan, local crown solicitor, Mr. Knox, Mr. J. Magrath, and others, visited the grounJ, in order to suppress the spirit of revenge which was evidently brooding over the wounded victims of last night's disastrous conflict. Mr. Bridgeman said—Boys, I am come amongst you in consequence of having heard the bellman call a meet ing of the inhabitants ; that, in my opinion, was an in judicious course, aid I hope it wilt not be persevered in. I promise that you shall have a full and fair investiga tion of all the circumstances. Instead, there. ore, of as sembling in any unlawful manner, collect what informa tion you can, and let it be produced at the inquest. We will prosecute the thing in a legal manner—the law will protect you—and depend upon it you shall have justice. Mr. Cullinan—Fellow-townsmen, it is not often that I address you, but I believe you w ill admit that when ever you put your confidence in me 3ou were not be trayed.— ("No, no.") I never gave you any advice calculated to lead to bad consequences. —(Hear, hear.) I am local Crown prosecutor for this county, and it is my duty to punish you if you offend as well as those that offend you, and I promise that as far as I can go you shall have protection. There has been blood shed, I don't know b' whom, but I hear it has been shed wan tonly ; therefore, get all the information you can for the inquest. A Voice—We must have blood for blood ! Mr. Cullinan—That is no: the manner to proceed ; it is by quietness end firmness. We shall bring the case before the Crown, and then, if warranted, before the Judge of Assize. Appeal to the lr ws of your country alone ; for lest night's work will fully prove that. you have no redress to get by frcing an armed party of police.—(Hear, hear.) There is one fact which I wish to mention, and by 'which it appears the crowd were offering no resistance when fired at. Most of those in- jured 'ere wounded in the back.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Cullinen, in conclusion, assured the people that he would give every assistance in investigating the matter fully. The crowds dispersed, but only to settle themselves in other parts of the town. The excitement increases every moment, and it now appears that all the Magis trates deny having given orders to the police to fire on the night before ; nothing can equal the inflammatory excitement—the police under arms in barracks, and a party parading the town. Mr. C. O'Connell has just addressed the people at the co-art-house, and expressad his intention of convening a meeting after the inquest. There are two of the supposed rioters dead in hos pital, and more in a dying state ; in fact, all the uses in hospital, except three or four, are considered dan gerous. TUESDAY NIGHT, EIGHT O'CLOCK.—The excitement caused by last night's appalling catastrophe still con tinues unabated. This indiscrimnate slaughter has created a sentiment of horror in the public mind, as it is affirmed that no cause existed to warrant the adoption of such extremes ; no matter how conflicting the accounts given on the sad business, on this point all appear to agree. A detachment of the 85th, from Limerick, arrived here about three o'clock yesterday, special request having been made for that purpose ; they remain under arms at the police-barrack in Gaol-street. A short time previous to the opening of the inquest Mr. C. O'Connell addressed the people in the court house. He denounced, in most unqualified terms, the promoters of this " base and bloody murder," and ex horted the people to forbearance, as by that alone they could obtain redress. " They thought," continued Mr. 0 Connell, "that because their party were in power they could do what they pleased; but 1 say, though they are of a party with the present Government. that Govern ment is not entirely so unjust as to den: , fair, impartial, aye, retributive justice, to her Majesty's faithful, loyal, peaceable, and unoffending subjects.—(Cheers.) There are already two victims 'sent to their account,' and seventeen others lie without a hope of recovery. If we do not receive justice in this way, if quietness will not answer, I say, and 1 care not if her Majesty's Attorney- General heard me, that if we are denied justice for this reckless and barbarous murder, we are resolved, nay. ready to justify ourselves."—(Tremendous cheering.) Mr. O'Connell then went on to say that it was reported that others beside the police had signalised themselves in this cowardly attack. " Gentlemen amateurs," who, now that the season for shooting grouse and partridge is over, turned their murderous weapons to the destruction of their fellow-beings. Strange as it may appear, every person in authority, Magistrates as well as police-officers, deny having given orders to fire ; it is, therefore, contemplated to have every man who was on duty at the time severally exa mined. An inquest was held on the body of Andrew O'Neill, the boy, and Catherine Faby, alias Sheehan, and has been held by the Magistrates, who, after inspection of the bodies, separated till Wednesday. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SIX O'CLOCK.—The police patrolled the streets throughout the night, and though crowds were to a late hour collected in different parts of the town, no disposition to riot or breach of the peace was observable. Every other feeling seems to be lost in anxiety for the issue of the inquest, and at this early hour . groups of persons are sauntering through the streets. The Coroner was to take his seat at eleven, and proceed to business immediately. An express policeman rode into this garrison from Ennis yesterday morning, and, in half an hour after, Colonel Mansel had forwarded on the road to that quarter a detachment of the 85th, from the Castle barracks, under command of Lieutenant Grey. At five o'clock, last evening, another pressing letter from the Magistrates having been received by the mail coach, demanding more reinforcements, Captain Bell's troop of the sth Dragoon Guards proceeded hence at a smart trot to the scene of danger. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Never have we seen so large or so gay an assembly as was collected on Saturday within the grounds at Chis wick. The continued beauty of the weather banished those doubts and fears which so often arise in the minds of the English fair, when they contemplate an out-of doors entertainment ; and for weeks past, the office of the Horticultural Society has been assailed by longing applicants for tickets, Yesterday no less than 3,000 were issued, and the whole number taken amounted to 20,000. Indeed, the demand was greater than the supply, and some tickets which were set aside as a last resource, in case of need, were exhausted. The ex hibition was not, perhaps, so attractive to the eye of the general observer, as is frequently the case with the June show, as the display of the preceding month ; but all who understand the difficulty of culture, and appreciate the cost and labour necessary to overcome such difficulty would pronounce Saturday's exhibition excellent. The prizes and the names of the successful competitors are as follows : AWARD OF THE JUDGES, No. I.—Pinks.—N. Silver Banksian, Mr. Willwer. Pelargoniums (Large Collections)—Gold Banksian, Mr. Bell ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Bromley, gardener to Miss Anderson ;N. Gold Banksian, Catleugh ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Gaines. Pelargoniums (Small Collection).—Silver Gilt, Mr. Bourne, gardener to Sir E. Paget ; Large Silver, Mr• Hunt, gardener to Miss Trail ; N. Silver Gilt, Mr. Cat leugh ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. Moss Roses.—N. Silver Knightian, Mr. Rivers ; N. Silver Banksian, Mr. Cobbett. Common Garden Roses.—Large Silver, Mr. Milne , Silver Banksian, Mr. Heming ; Silver Knightian, Mr. A. Rowland ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Paul; N. Silver Banksian, Mr. Lane ; N. Silver Knightian, Messrs. De nis, Wood, and Cobbett. Chinose Roses.—Large Silver, Mr. Fleming ; Silver Banksian, Mr. A. Rowland, and Mr. Toy, gardener to Alston, Esq. ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Milne, gardener to C. Chauncey, Esq. ; N. Large Silv e r. M r . Lane ; N. Silver Banksian, Messrs. Cobbett and Wood ; N. Silver Knightian, Messrs. Rivers and Paul. Herbaceous Calceolarias.—Large Silver, Mr. Barnes; N. Silver Banksian, Mr. Catleugh. Shrubby Calceolarias.—Large Silver, Mr. Barnes ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Joynes, gardener to Mrs. Hall, and Mr. Jolleridge ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Gaines ; N. Silver Knightian, Mr. Catleugh. Seedling Florist's Flowers—Silver Knightian, Mr. Whomes, gardener to E. Foster, Esq. ; Mr. Beck, and Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus ; Silver Bank sian, Messrs. Pamplia and Lockhart ; Certificate. Messrs. Beck, Bassett, Barnes, and Green. No. ll.—Stove and Greenhouse Plants, in Collections of from Fifty to Sixty Plants.—Gold Knightian, Mr. Green ; Gold Banksian, Mr. Goode, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Tralll. Stove and Greenhouse Plants, in Collections of from Fifteen to Twenty Plants.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Barnes, gardener to Norme,n,EN. ; Large Silver, Mr. Goode ; - N. Gold Banksian, Mr. Catleugh ; N. Large Silver, Mt Pawley ; N. Silver Knightia.n, Mr. Jackson. Stove and Greenhouse Plants, in Collections of Six , Distinct Species.—Large Silver, Mr. Clarke, gardener to M. Smith, Esq. ; Silver Kuightian, Mr. Bruce, gardener to Miller, Esq. ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Falconer.; '- Silver Knightian, Mr. Frazer. Stove and Greenhouse Climbers.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Goode. No. M.—Fruit, Miscellaneous Collections of.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Dodds, gardener to Sir E. Warrender Large Silver, Mr. George Shields, gardener to Lord Blantyre ; M. G. Gold Banksian, Mr. Henderson, gs& dener to Sir G. Beaumont; M. G. Large Silver, Mr. Chap, inaiL Grapes.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Toy, gardener to E. Alston, Esq.; Large Silver, Mr. Judd, gardener to E. .ICn° tl ' Esq., F.d.S.; Silver Knightian, Mr. Wortley, gardener to 6. Maubert, Esq.; Mr. Atlee„crardener to H. Beauty'', Esq.; Silver Banksian, J. Campbell, gardener to Gene O'Loughlin ; M. G. Silver Gilt, Mr. Davis, gardener to Sir S. Clarke, Bart. ; M. G. Large Silver, Mr. Bell ; 31 "_. G. Silver Knightian, Mr. E. Mitchell ; M. G. Sil l ' Banksian, Messrs. Chapman, Pillars, and Brown. Pine Apples.—Siver Gilt, Mr. Brewin, gardner to • 11 ! Gunter, Esq. Large Silver, Mr. W homes ; Si- 11 F r Knightian, J. Fish, gardener to Oddie, Esq. Peaches or Nectarines, in Dishes of Six Specimens:" Silver Knightian, Mr. Fish, gardener to SoweriC Esq.; Silver Banksian, Mr. Mitchell, gardener to •b er -• Majesty the Queen Dowager, Sudbury; M. G. SilTr!" Knightian, Mr. M. Henderson. Miscellaneous Fruit.—Silver Knightian, Mr.Lotit gardener to S. Gurney, Esq.; Silver Banksian, Mr. Ser, gardener to Sir G. Stanton; Mr. Reid; Certificate, ci v i l J. Fish; Mr. Leslie, gardener to Fleming, Esq. i l . Elliott, gardener to J. Boothby, Esq.; J. Baldwin. No. IV. Cape Heaths— Twenty Species.--41 Knightian, Mr. May, gardener to E. Goodheart, Of 4 Silver Gilt, Mr. Barnes, gardener to E. Norman, Large Silver, Mr. Goode, gardener to Mrs Lawrer F. H. S., Ealing Park; N. Silver Gilt, Mr. Jackson. _2„- Cape Heaths—Six. Species.—Large Silver, Mr. 11° 1 7 N. Silver, Mr. _Fawley. Tall Cacti, in Flower.—Lare Silver, Mr. Bruce, t, i ' dener to B. Miller, Esq.; Silver Knightian, Mr. Falcnvr: gardener to A. Palmer, Esq. No. V. Six Species of Exotic Orchida,cete.—G --: Banksian, Mr. Mylam, gardener to J. Ruckes,_ F.H.S. ; Large Silver, Mr. Barnes ; N. Gold Banks Mr.Rollisson. Exotic Orchidacem—Single Specimen.—Large Mr. Mylam ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Bruce ; Banksian, Mr. Edmonds, gardener to his Grace the Pt silent, at Chiswick ; N. Large Silver, Mr. RollisLon. Single Specimens of Ornamental Plants.—Large Messrs. Veitch and Bruce ; Silver lnightian, Mr. Hor ing, gardener to the Rev. J. Beadon, F. 11.5., Mr. leugh, and Mr. Story, F.H.S. ; Silver Banksian, Guude, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S. ; Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Falconer. 4 Miscellaneous Flowers.—Certificate,• Mr. Barnes, Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq., Mr.. Sa4 gardener to T. Teales, Esq., Mr. Bruce, Mr. F - • ••4 and Mr. Gaines. • . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. >,- )1 (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) ,• .: The Isis, 44, was at Rio Janeiro on the 10th Ap: The Belvidere, 36, was at Cadiz on the 23d May. The Rodney, 90, arrived at Alexandria on the trio May, and sailed for the Levant. The Cyclops snive l / Beyrout on the 18th, and the Magicienne on the 2 1 7 the latter sailed again on the following day. ' kA J The Ringdove, 16, was at Bermuda on the 26th The Pique, 36, Captain Forbes, was paid off to,„, and is to be immediately re-commissioned by CaptaP A with all her fitments, spars, rigging, and arraagn merely returning unserviceable stores. The Lightning, Fearless, • and Monkey, are:ce )309 4tili relit ployed in the Downs, to assist in placing Mr. eassoon ; but the N.E. winds prevent their pr ,-.ii . with it. The Dee has arrived at Woolwich to fit for a 607 transport. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9.—On Thursday last, the 6, Lieut. R. E. Pyrn, sailed for South America ;,„, sailed the Falmouth lighter, with stores for Ports:P.. On Saturday, arrived the Raven cutter, 4, Lieut. ". Shiels, from Chatham, with the. Marines lately palA from the Comus, and sailed again the following mall for Portsmnuth. On Sunday, sailed the Malabtj Capt. G. H. Sartorius, for the Brazils, having on Pl,/ , supernumeraries for the vessels on that station.iOn Pll, day, arrived the Pluto steamer, Commander W' Blount, from the coast of Africa ; she left Sierra i the 9th of April, leaving only the Prompt, man-w,.' 1 schooner, at that place ; Pluto sailed for Woolsvic 9 next day. The Vulcan, Revenue Steamer, Li Crispin, arrived on Tuesday from a cruise. In Ha re San Josef, Caledonia, Philomel,. Confiance, DI .4 transport. • .4. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Assistant-Surgeons—Alexander (1830), Assistant-Surgeon of Portsmouth DockY74 and H. H. Hammond (1828), of the Britomart ; 41 ", J. Little (1836), to the rank of Surgeon. APPOINTMENTS. Comm anders—CourtenaY 0:1 , m! to the Wolf ; John Fulford, to the Camperdown., Lieutenants—G. H. W. Ross, to the Columb ia A. E. Scott, to the Madagascar ; Gerard Napier' , the Madagascar, to the Pique ; John C. Snell, t o :, Cambridge. 4 Second Masters—E. J. Gibbon ' to the Seafiower,' Davies ; W. R o bert s , from th e Dasher, to the Dee. .1. Master's Assistant—H. Woodham, to the Color/ n Surgeon—Dr. J. M. D eas , to t h e C o l um bi a s te m Assistant-Surgeons—M. C. T renc h, to t h e Pbil° Fysher Negus and Evan Evans, for service at . )47, Hospital ; James Mitchell, to the Albatross. _„1 Purser—C. Walker, to the S a t e lli te , vice WeiL",l Mates—C. T. W. G. Cerjat, T. P. Conde,' . Glynn, and F. B. Quin, to the Excellent. V Midshipmen—W. F. G. Fead, fro m the St. a ..o to the Satellite ; Augustus Chetham, t o the Alball Clerk-in-Charge—Mr. J. C. :Aldridge, to th.j l steamer. Clerks—H. Nettleton, to the Albatross ; G.lO O . skins, from the St. Vincent, to the Satellite. , 0 4 Volunteer Ist Class—Edward Haig, t o the Col -i1 The following Mates passed for Lieutenants 41 41 Naval College on Tuesday :—Mes sr s. G. W. 11 ;4 Alexander G. West, F. H. Short, Charles B. • J. C. D. Hay, H. J. Grant, H. B. King, C. J. W. G. Cerjat, H. F. W. Ingram, and Chal: 1 10 Vansittart. Mr. H. J. Tribe qualified for a C i .oo" in the Marine corps. ~ .... . . . VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Theodosia, Pau% , , North America, Ist inst., by the John Dunn, /. I t, 0, Port Talbot. Black Dog, Li ver p oo l to Gibrult„,ool oh., off the Burlings, by the Albion, arrived at F10m" 7 41 Corinth, Philadelphia to Rotterdam, lat. 49 i° l 4 ILlketromp, Oldendorp, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the ASof arrived offFalmoulh. 'Nimrod, Havannah to Nita; 23d ult., lat. 39, lon. 45 ; Lord Ramsey, Live New York, 26th ult., ]at. 43, lon. 32 ; Lady C of Waterford, 30th ult., lat. 48, lon. 19 ; a large ,60 standing west, 31st ult., lat. 49, lon. 16 ; by the arrived at Liverpool. Ocean Queen, of Londo 4 „- ult., lat. 39, N., lon. 15, W. ; I n d ustry, o f Fr o : 84 days from Alexandria, 24th ult., lat. 41,1, Duke of Gordon, Penzance to D emerara , 2811 1 ° 47, N., lon 8., by the Mary and Eliaa, arrived 51# Lydia, Pernambuco to Trieste, 2d April, off ` Galt, by, the William, arrived at Strum: REPORTED DISTURBANCE AT BAR, On Wednesday last there was a report turret elsewhere, that the relieving officer of the while relieving the poor at Barnoldswick, a borders of Yorkshire, about four miles from attacked by a numerous body of paupers, 1 from him, and divided by the plunderers ami and the officer thrown into a ditch ; that tl consequently sent for, and speedily arrived, Colne; and one report stated that several live inquiry, we have reason to believe that there story, the fact being, that there having bee) on the part of a number of ratepayers of Br present at a distribution of the money, an declining to comply with sash a demank ance was apprehended, and a few troops proceed frog Colne to that place, with serve the peace; and we believe that proved effectual, and that not the slightest place, and the troops returned to their barrae: same evening. A Chartist, named Mooney been seeking to distinguish himself in that i with the troops to Barnoldswick, and shor turning to Colne, which was left for a short tary, he sprung a rattle by way of assenr chartists, and then harangued them, declaril things, that one or two soldiers had been kill Chartists speedily dispersed on the arrival i) cavalry from Burnley barracks ; and the rett from liarnoldswick, soon sufficed to expose ML It is not difficult to see how, from these mates gathering as it rolled, was swelled into a tale of nine men being killed. The Chartist meeting - j 4 1 ,0 0 next, we believe, i s t o b e held , at Accrington, if tl addressed by Dr. Macdouall, Moo ne y, an d ot h e rs ° •: 4 . 1 4 i —Manchester Guardian. Alt, FlRE.—Friday night, at half-past eleven _.511 1 fire broke out upon the extensive range of pronli7 6 l4o cupation of Mr. Moreton, furniture broker and Be be ; 4 / situate at No. 36, New-cut, Lambeth, within a 1 i t b m it a of Blackfriars-road. Mr. and Mrs. Moreton 7.,' 4 1,171 T person had to rush through the flames altanst_l.7,7l#4 4 nudity, and were received by the neighbours 0 12 - j, " fire was soon extinguished, but not before the r'''" a!" dovo lv in, and every vestige of combustible ma t erial . b015",:.7 , also great danger done to the adjoining hous e° ~.- L d, ) Messrs. Betts and Lexton. .. p;~ 'lll, 1,1. "... ~ ~ i i ness. ,4 LwrtOLFS74IO tut on elnie l l le skiptoe o.f small plecy L om Colne, P,' the meow A t nongst tb ...di the milit g e r M from ro . . t ../1 Yes we is re l' ok no to' y l een soese.2, 3arnoldse, ( "'" and the , A # some. id, woe " 1 ;0 s were h a ei° 0 0 It their 0t ;t &Ate' 6 , , mks, at ~ y, who ' • ; quarter, . rtly aft. ..:, time wt . _., '' li n ue biin a g iori,„ ll 7 ,, • Cob; 09 0 4 ~. . Ai turn of r 4 , doonel I katerialAAOSif ale at 6 7 9., , 4 Wein% -A 49-11, 01 BIRTHS. the li On the 6th inst., at St. John's, Lower Can:tell, t‘p ic,,,,,st , Captain Browne, 85th Light I n f an t r y, o f a s on 2 0d ,iiip v On the 7th inst., at Yoxfo r d, Suffolk, the wife 0 ' D ;V Purser, R.N., of a daughter. t EA" 4 On the 10th inst., th e l a dy o f G eorge Vince ig , " th i mouth -street, Westminster, of a daughter. „ ar e, b On the 10th inst., at Y or k- street , P or tman- I '4" IP of John Wagg, Esq., o f a son . e Picl'oer On the 10th in s t., th e wife of WilliamToto,' o dia l " Swedish and On the 11th inst., in Hereto y rd-street, th e la" Nets bery, of a daughter. OV i .i f ; RRIED. e t her e lk, On the 7th inst., at SDI. Hilary, Cornwall, ve , i;Y: Esq., of her Majesty's 53d Regiment, to Ca idge , ' D 1 daughter of the late James Pascoe, Esq., of Kir ' g'br 1 011 ' DIED. the ltb 3 At his resid e n ce , on th e Marine Parade, Dev on, it , Ed•.vai d E)re, Esq., aged 36. d &tag btle On the 9th inst., Henrietta Albinia, the , e o e .T l ,,a do g tli / and on the 10th inst., Elizabeth Georgina, th to" R sa' 9 d of the Lord Bishop of Worcester. ller the • -e age. On the 2.2.‘1 ult., at Boulegne-sur-- , r , ro bri Suinmets Colman, 31. A., of Caius Colleges /( Rector of Rushmere, Suffolk. - --- lj ° _________----------- Y 0 014, j: l° VRDO St __,, , London : Printed and Published by i‘i ..,.. 11 ,2, .. tr" Nu. 112, Stran ~ at The Sun Otlice,ulNne 13, 0 42, the County of Middlesex, Monday, J