The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-17 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—Noorci JUNE 17. Ito,. Ar. LLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. li(t. , rinometer .... 61 Highest 69 I Lowest 53 B ,t()meter 30.13. —Wind S.E. DIGO WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ilorning l7 minutes after 9 I Evening ......:0 minutes after S. -_,y ; Ant fzletono92sttton SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock. Distress to a most Parini extent prevails throughout Fro:n ev:ry part of that unhappy country ac counts reach us of the prevalence of famine among the peasantry. This has attained such a height that all to g_rd tin• the rights of property is fast disappearing, and the people assemble in hundreds openly to violate the lag s. A few clays ago we had to record a massacre in Ennis, in the county of Clare, occasioned by the scarcity of provisions there. The Dublin Pilot of Wednest.y contains the following account of an almost similar scene, attended, however, with less disastrous results, at Gal way. The same Journal states that on that day Sir VALENTINE BLAKE waited on the LORD LIEUTENANT, a: Dublin Castle, to solicit assistance for the poor people, and was answered that the subject would receive his Excellency's best consideration. DREADFUL RIOTS IN GALWAY-CALLING OUT AND RETREAT OF THE MILITARY. " Just as we were going to press we were favoured with tl:e following extract from a private let ter from Galway, received in town this mornng, from which it will be seen that at the date of the letter ( Tuesday, June 14), the town was completely in the hands of the population : " Nothing can exceed the dreadful excitement here at pre sent, in consequence of the high price of provisions. During the whole of yesterday the town was perambulated by large bodies of fi,hermen, labourers, women, and boys. There was scarcely a store in the town, in which potatoes were thought to be kept, that was net broken open. The military and police were called out to check the people, but were obliged by overwhelming numbers to retreat to their respective barracks. The inhabitants were in constant apprehension that some of the unfortunate people's lives would be taken, as the commander of the military threatened several times to fire unless thy desisted from fling ting stones ; but, though he had the Riot Act in his hand, he slid not fulfil his threat, is consequence of the interference of several gentlemen of the town. At night the whole town was illuminated to celebrate the triumph of the d,stitute population. Though their conduct can not be justified, still it must be admitted that they had onsiderable provocation, as potatoes were raised in the morn ing to the enormous price of eightpence per stone. The great majority, however, through want of employment, would be unable to purchase potatoes were they even to be had at one penny per stone ! You will see by this to what a state of des titution the immense population of this place is reduced—all because the Government have refrained from adopting those measures which would revive the trade of Galway, and give employment to the whole population. Had they adopted the suggestions of our representatives, of making Galway the packet station, none of the existing evils would prevail.' " Only six Totes were given last night in support of Mr. FERRAND'S motion for granting a million sterling to re lieve the distress of the country. GOD help the poor, if hey find no abler advocate than the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. - - Whatever credit he may have with the country, he has none with the House of Commons— none even with Sir ROBERT PEEL. The Liberals almost to a man—including such staunch Reformers as Mr. VILLIERS, Mr. WALLACE, and Mr. WlLLlAms—voted against a motion which it was clear to the House was only brought forward for factious purposes. Mr. FER RAND has but one object in view, and that is to excite a rising of the manufacturing classes against their em ployers. He is a political incendiary, envious of the notoriety of FEARGUS O'CONNOR, and seeking to obtaia it by means more unscrupulous than ever were em ployed by that self-constituted champion of the work ing classes. It will, therefore, excite no surprise to find all parties uniting to reject any measure proposed by him. Besides, it is not charity, but employment, that is wanted by the working classes. Repeal the Corn laws, that they may have cheap food, and ab dish thosZ: monopolies, which restrict the extension of our commerce, and the people of England will stand in no need of either public or private charity. All they want is work, and work they can have in abundance, if the Legislature will only cease to protect class interests at their expense. Mr. FERRAND, and others of his class, pauperize the country with Corn-laws, and then court popularity by treating the victims of such laws as paupers. This is adding insult to the cruelest injury. We admit that there may be cases—extreme eases— in which it may be the duty of the Government to ad vanee money to relieve local distress. Where the people are visited by pestilence, or the ravages of fire, it may be just, proper, and merciful to alleviate the misery thereby occasioned out of the taxes of the State ; but general distress calls for a far different remedy. The evil in such a case is invariably created by what is called protective legislation—that is to say, legislation fur a particular class, at the expense of the_community. All parties in the House of Commons regard the Hon. Member for Knaresborough as a Parliamentary nuisan ce. a syllable now uttered by him is credited by any ss ,erson. His speech of last night did not elicit a single! cheer from any part of the House, although it was full of the bitterest abuse of the manufacturers. Mr. FER SAND has had his day, and must henceforth content him seif with being a political non-entity. There is no political news in the French Journals of WedLesday. The following extracts from them are of som interest to the general reader:— The National states that several of the wine-growers of Bordeaux, having been unable to pay their taxes, have been dis trained upon, their cattle and furniture being seized in prefer ence to their stock of wine on hand. • We find the following in the Presse, in allusion to the Go vernment despatch from Bayonne, announcing the parties who are expected to compose the new Spanish Ministry :—" For the clear understanding of this intelligence, it is necessary to observe that the name of Ramon, given as one of the candi dates, is only the christian name of Calatrava, brother of him Nebo was at the heat of the Spanish Ministry in 1836. The name of Labolada is not that of any Spanish political man, and is, no doubt, meant to designate Laborde. These ex planations given, the following will unquestionably be the wanner in which the portfolios will be distributed, if the coin bina+ion announced be actually formed, viz., that of War, to Radii ; of Foreign Affairs, to ,Count Almodovar ; of Jus tice, to Landero ; of Finances, to Ramon Calatrava; of th e Jnterior, to Lahorda • of the Marine, to General Capaz ; o f the Colonies, to Vadi llo, a new Minister, or rather a restoration from the Constitutional Government of 1822. None of these personages belong to the coalition which overturned the Ca, b . net of Gonzales, none of them has any influence in the Chambers, none of them took active or direct part in the re volution of September, a qualification for power deemed a rine qua non in the eyes of the new majority. To us it ap pears to be impossible that such a Cabinet should not be either compelled to retire on the first hostile manifestation of the Cortes, or resort to a dissolution." A letter from Tlemcen, June 2, in the Constitutionnel, states that not the slightest oppositi , n had been offered to General liugeaud since his late combat. The news of his ap proach was alone sufficient to disperse considerable numbers of Arabs. A bd-el-Kader, hearing that the tribe of the Beni- Hourni had some intention of submitting, repaired suddenly to their village on the 31st ult., and gave a dreadful example of o4tverity, decapitating 20, taking away 20 more as hostages, and levying a heavy sonttibution. He departed imme diately, declaring that on the slightest appearance of treachery, he would return and punish them still more severely. The ; Emir had published a paper which he declared to be prophetic, and which he got distributed by . a fool who was looked on as inspired. This document promises the speedy extermination ' of the French by a great Prince of the line of Omar, who, of course, is to be A bd-el-Kader himself. The letter from Tlemcen adds that the Emir was in great want of money, not having enough to pay his personal followers. , Felipo, the bandit of Catalonia, says the Emancipation of Toulouse of the 1 Ith inst., entered at mid-day on the 3d inst. the old ruined town of Ripoil at the head of 60 men, and seized the alealde, the captain of the militia, and several merchants and other pets ,ris of wealth, after disarming a post of 14 men v;hieli formed the whole of the garrison. The port of Catno.. , devanol being informed of the proceeding, immediately came to , Popoil i 7 a forced march, but Felipo, on its approach, made 1 off with tits captives in the direction of Vallespirahs. Wo have received the following letter : TLEMCEN, J uNE 2.—We have made many excursions of no importance since my last. The enemy has everywhere given wa y, and has often testified his peaceful intentions by bringing in provisions. General Bedeau, since-his last combats, has inspired the people of the extreme frontier with terror. The news of his approach have sufficed to disperse considerable bodies which would formerly have opposed us. A great deal has been said of the approaching submission of the Angead, or at least of the great family of the Angead HER MAJESTY ' S THEATRE.—Mozart's Don Gin" governed by Sidi-Ben-Karach, for a great portion of that • vannz was played last night for the benefit of Madame Frezzo famous tribe has already followed the Sultan Sidi-el-Chigir, lini, t b o . a . crowded house, she herself personating Grisi's cele and joined our ranks. If this d efection should take place the ratea character of D onna Anna. Lablache, as the Leporello, Eir will find it impossible to keep the field in the count 4 r y °- gave the whole play its strength. Persiani's Zerlina wa s , as Tl m emcen, for he will not have a-single friend there. Accord- it has ever been, a charming performance. Rubini's singing ingly he has endeavoured - to proceed by h a signal example of Yen . exhibited some of those matchless delicacies of intonation which range among the sweetest of notes. The Giovanni of Ronconi, ,geasice and severity. The Beni-Hourni, airing some intentipn . of and the Elvira of Aladlle. Moltini were equally happy. Be. submitting, and havina caused negotiations to be open e d with the tween the acts Perrot and Mademoiselle Guy Stephan danced General, Alsd-el-Kader, repaired in all haste, on t he night of one of their most perfect pas de deux, which drew down an the 31st of last month, to the territory of those unfortunate pet pie; caused twenty of them to be beheaded, levied a heavy encore. ELOPEMENT. —A t 1 I e y -eus,rtprbeye,t was police-of eh a re fi d c b e y , a D m U o b s - t contribution, and carried away twenty hostages, threateninp. lin, on Monday, a man na A T l e s n d r lll K that on the slightest treachery of which he should be informed, he would return and punish them more severely. 'I hese acts , aba ted rep respec table a b t l n e e wciodm"plalaintt's daughtienredii: with an havingelopement u.ith and a of cruelty may destroy a little the projects Of the Arabs, nut Mr. John Devereux. It appeared that Mrs. Kennedy, who is tae y will entirely and inviolab'y attach our allies to us. The sister-in-law of Sir John Kennedy ,he r three Johnstown Castle, in the Kennedy, daughters, a t p e Enlir, in the utmost di ffi culty of procurieg money to pay the few adherents that remain faithfu. to him, endeavours to make an a v ' m h o% o a t '. aged fifteen county of Kildare, resided with lt impression on the people's minds by publishing a paper, which co-heiresses of the late Mr. James e he declares to be prophetic, and wl.ich he has caused to be des- co-heiresses the youngest daughter, Miss Anne Kennedy, years, who, together with her sisters, is a aarnddinthCehapialcsseirL, Sr buted by a fool who was looked on as inspired. '1 his eocu- i went promises the speedy extermination of the French by a greet - Prince of the line of Omer, who, of course, is to be Al;41- hecame enamoured of Mr. John Dev ' erenz w , b. ing reciprocated, an elopement was the result. Th e loving el-K:4er himse f—C onst i tut i ouns l • par have for the present eluded detection. to Ts' • The Magistrates BOUltSE — Peats, 'WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15. First Highest Lowest Last abide his trial for decided on committing Mur h to rison Price Pric e. Price. Pair , . A r rer ,eii 5 per cents ....... .... 119 65 . 11065119 45119 5, participation SUDßUßY.—According to a return laid before Par . 101 75 .: 101 75 ..... 101 75 ... ... 101 75 3 per Cents 79 75 _ 79 7 5 ... 79 6j .. 1 , 75 liament this immaculate borough contains 123 registered 10/. Bank e France Ladiee ffignlc I,ooof. Shares 1052 go ..1052 50 .1052 a 0 .. le:2 50 149 ate registered as freemen whe reside in houses of the 'Newin Bank ... 775 .. '775 ... 15 Belgian 5 per Cents. •. ice -it 3•annual value of 101. and upwards. So that there are only 272 I. per Cent', 1840 10 5 , 44 .., 105% 7 .. 10 .. r 3 i i )5 -- rated as 10/. electors, while more than one-half (322) would be _Dutch 2.34 per Cents, - -1 3 d,sfranchised but for their rights as freemen. Not a little g p ,,,,sh =y e 2 - 3 N. ... mx 23 "' 5 % 4% ... 4% ... % - 23 4 leaven, therefore, leaveneth the whole lump. 11% ... 313,i 3 4 1 2 i - 4 % ra:tu gueee 5 per Cents. . LIGHTS AT TURK'S ISLAND.—A letter from the 105 ... 1.5 7 ' 31 % .. 105 tleapiNta n l 10.31 i ... 103,, .. 10 3 ,, ••• i'? Commissioners of Customs at Bermuda, states that the lights Eon an...-so ... 101 , ... 310 ' • ' - • with ti on ••• ItlJ! , i erected near Turk's Island by the West India Steam Packet v e anima. RAILWAY g.t............. S H . A. .I I : E mb. Com an ii - n y, ere on and after the 20th of Ap ril last, to have l a g, 5 p.... HS ... 115 ... ill 4 ...111 25 been discontinued, the exception of ,floisce - on` the north-east end of Grand Turk. that which is situated LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 17.—Wind this day at Noon, E. DEAL, JUNE 16.—Wind N. NV., moderate.—Sld. Margaret, Cour;ney, South Seas ; Blenheim, Grey, Port, Wellington ; Hector, White, Boston ; Waterhen, Dodds, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind W. to N.N.W.—Sid. Madagascar, Willer, Madras, &c. ; Bucephalus, Bells, Madras, and ditto. COWES, JUNE 16.—Arrd. D. B. Baudrot, Pernambuco; Tribune, Frederickson, Matanzas ; Hualco, Clark, New York ; Dart, A irth, Madeira, and sailed for London. FALMOUTH, JUNE 15.—Win,I, N. to W., moderate.—Arrd. Courier, Buesnel, Rio, with loss of topmasts and main-3ards; Quebec, Delawell, Odessa. OFF SCILLY, JUNE 7.—Louisa Maria, Jaski, Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Warsaw, Matanzas, for Hamburgh. LIVEEPOOL, JUNE 16.—Wind N.N. W., moderate—Sld. London, Calcutta ; Sea, New York ; William Goddard and Onico, Boston. Arrd. off, Lydia, Antigua; Prompt, Charles• ton ; Centaur, —. The John Kerr, bound to Sydney, Cape Briton, has put back, having been on Taylor's Bank. Coro:, JUNE 14.—Arrd. Lady Campbell, Power, Sierra Leone. Sld. Java (transport), Bermuda. THE MA IthETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals have been moderate of all kinds of grain. Wheat dui at Monday's prices. Barley firm in value. Very little done in Beans and Peas. Oats sold slowly, but well maintaMed former terms. The home trade still con tinues slack. SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts was moderate; of sheep, lambs, calves, and pigs plentiful ; trade in beef and pork much the same as on Monday. Other articles met with a heavy demand, and prices wtre somewhat L.wer. Beasts, 405 • Sheep and Lambs, 11,190 ; Pigs, 319 ; Calves, 566. Bell, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal,3s. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 2s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices firm, and a fair business done by the home trade ; but for ex port there were few orders. TEA MARKET. Prices firm, and a fair business done. Congou, Is. Bd. cash. Common sound THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1842. TALLOW MARKET. The market firm, and a fair business done at 48s. 3d. on the spot, and 495. 3d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. UMMARY OF NEWS AND public Opinion. " Who runs ma . y read." FOREIGN. The Moniteur states that the reports in circulation for some days respecting an alleged revolt of thb natives of the pro vince of Constantine against the French were totally un founded, the Government having received no important news from that province. On the subject of the French elections the Journal des Debats appears confident that the electors of Paris will return their representatives in the late Chamber, and holds up as unexceptionable characters, worthy of the confidence of tt.e capital which they have so many times and so satisfactorily re presented, Messrs. Jacques, Lefebre de Jussieu, and Jacque ininot. The Debats recommends also the new Conservative candidates, MM. Tarbe des Sablons and Legentil. La Gayenne of Bordeaux, of the 11th inst. publishes the following list of seizures made for Government taxes in the department of the Gironde :—" At )(quern a proprietor v , ho owed 700 f. for the present )ear, had a fleck of merino sleepseized, which were intended for sail at the fair of Villadrant. The same proprietor had SO hhds. of wine in his cellars, which the authorities refused to accept in payment of the taxes due. The same process was enforced at Sauterne, at Preignac, and other places, where the proprietors, who were unable to con vert their wines into money, saw their furniture carried off by the authorities." The Armorictrin of Brest, of the 10th inst., states that a ter rific hurricane burst upon that town the preceding day, which caused much injury. Heavy claps of thunder were followed by a fall of enormous hailstones, which broke the greater part of the windows in the town. Some persona were killed, and many severely wounded. We find the following in the Droit :—" An act of insubors. dination, which might have led to the most serious res,ilts, has just taken place at Narbonne, in a detachment of article; y, on its way to Africa. According to the report most current it appears that the mutineers commenced by demanding the liberty of a marechal-de-legis, who had been arrested the pre ceding day, and then formally refused to continue the.r route. Thanks to the energy of Lieut. Vinci, the commander of the detachment, the guilty parties were arrested to the number of 27, and lodged in the military prison at Perpignan." PAIMEAIVZENT.EI.I%Y. _ _ Lord Monteagle, to relieve his management of the Ex chequer from some odium, last night moved for an zecouot of Exchequer •bills purchased by Savings' Banks money. In reply to the Earl of I%linto, the Earl of Aberdeen stated that a clause was to be introduced into the Prize Act to ,is tribute the proceeds of pirate and slave vessels. The Earl of Radnor, in moving for the return of corn al lowed to be imported at a low duty, in 1826, called the atten tion of their Lordships to the present alarming distress of ti:e people. The poor of Sheffield had increased, to quote one in stance, from 261 in 1837, to 600 in the present year, besides 1,000 able bodied men receiving out-door relief. '1 he weekly payments to the casual poor had increased from 715/. in 1837, to 15,0001. at present. - The Duke of Wellington admitted tLe distress, but found no remedy for it. Lord Kinnaird expressed his regret that the Government would do nothing, and quoted a case of a man who had dismissed 500 out of 1,000 workmen, arid who said he could not long keep the remainder. Lord Kinnaird moved for the instructions givrn to the Ccm. missioners sent to Burnley and Paisley, and copies of repnrts, but withdrew his motion. Several Bills were forwarded, amongst others, the Bill for keeping out sugar was read a second time without comment. In reply to Lord Howden, the Earl of Aberdeen admitted that Syria was in a disturbed state, though not in so bad a con dition as when it was invaded by the Egyptians, English, and Turks. Their Lordships adjourned at an early hour. In the Commons Mr. O'Connell's Committee to inquire into the Belfast compromise was nominated. The motion gave rise to some fencing between the ex and the present representaii to of Oxford University. Sir R. Inglis again expressed l o s regret at the conduct of Sir It. P ee l, and the latter Legged rather haughtily to be allowed to vote without rendering an account to his Hon. Friend. Sir R. Inglis again reiterated, in answer to Mr. Hawes, that it is his intention to bring forward the question of Church Extension this Session. On the motion of Mr. W. 0. Stanley a Committee was ordered to be appointed to inquire into the doings at Sou h amptcn. Sir John Easthope moved for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish Church-rates. Sir R. Inglis opposed the motion, which was coldly received by the House, and, after a short debate, was lost by 162 to 82. There is no hope, therefore, that the Dissenters will escape the impost this year. Captain Pechell's motion for a return of the slave vessel, brought before the Mixed Court for adjudication was agreed to. 11r. Ferrand's motion for a Committee, an address, and a vote of money to relieve the distress of the people, was rejected by a very large majority. It, was only useful by eliciting a good speech from Mr. Villiers, and a good speech from Mr. Cobden, with reference to the present condition of the people. Only six persons supported the Hon. Member. The Report on the Customs Acts—the Tariff—was brought up and agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in. The House divided on the question of going into a Committee on the Dean Forest Eccles:astical Districts (Advance of Money) Bill, but the motion waa carried by 101 to 13 and the money voted. The House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. IVIONEY—TRADE—CONIMERCE. At the meeting of the Colombian Mining Association held yesterday in Austin Friars, it appeared from the Report during last year 8,700 tons of ore had been raised, and this year 3,300 tons more were expected to be producers. At the pre sent moment a quantity of ore. in value 3,8841., is now on its way for this country from the Pamplona district. Lord Spencer's marine villa at Ryde, on which has been expended more than 20,000/., is to be sold by Mr. George Ro bins next month. ECCLMSXASTICAT. The town council of Perth has voted the sum of 5001. to wards the establishment of the Episcopal College proposed to be erected near that place. The Rev. George Tomlinson, who was nominated on the recommendation of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Bishopric of Gibraltar, has been accepted by her Majesty. LAW AN - 313 POLICk.. An extraordinary case of extensive swindling came before the Liverpool Magistrates on Wednesday. The prisoner, an elderly man of the nacre of Thomas Parr Gilmour, being charged with having under the name of assumed banking firms obtained goods acid property of several respectable London, Birmingham, and Sheffield traders. One or two cases were substantiated, and the prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next. FINE ARTS. The palette of Sir David .Wilkie was presented last week, by the brother of Captain Basil Hall, to the Royal Scottith Academy of Painting, with a silver tablet affixed to it, bearing an inscription commemorative of the gift. The palettes used by Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds. are deposited in the Museum of the Royal Academy of London. A magnificent service of plate for the Count Woronzow Daschkaw is now completing by Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, the silversmiths, of Bond-street. In the services are no fewer than 34 canilelabra, having 400 branches ; some of the former are four feet in height, and the whole weighs about 120,000 ounces. This splendid service is destined for St. Petersburgh. It appears frt.m the recent Report on the present state of national monuments, made by order of Parliament," that the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey, " have given or ders for a portion of their ornamental fund to be laid out upon a splendid fainted glass window, to be put up immediately in the south transept." MIT E7/Z AMY 111711 SCIENTIFIC. Professors Jacobi and Bessell have been presented by the King of Prussia with 3,000 dollars, to enable them to be prk.- sent at the meeting of the British Association at Manchester. C 0 filitT —raslizo rt3EME. • • he Earl ar.d Countess of Ranfurly left London on Thursday for Ireland. The Dowager Countess of Carnwath's soiree will be held this evening. General Lord Edward Somerset arrived yesterday in Grafton street from the Continent. His Lordship has been abroad for some years for the benefit of his health. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms dined together yesterday at Long's Hotel. Yesterday, the Lady of the French Ambassador, Countess St. Aulaire, gave a brilliant ball and supper, on which occasion the whole range of splendid saloons was lighted up. The ball at Ahnacks was unusually well attended on Wed nesday. Lo;:d and Lady John Russell will leave Belgrave-square the second week in the ensuing month, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of 51into, at. Mint° Castle, Roxburghshire. NIZSCMLX.III:TEC.OO The election for Town Clerk of the city, will take place on Thursday next : the salary is to be continued at 2,000/. as before. Molle.Cerito has received from the Queen Dowager an ex quisitely enamelled brooch slat with brilliants of great value, as a testimony of her approbation of the fair dancer's performance of Le Pus Styrzen. The ,Soeiety of True Highlanders ceh brated their annual festival yesterday, by playing a grand match at the national game of shinny, in the Copeoliagun-fields, and afterwards din ing together at the Copenhagen House. The display of high land dresses worn by tha players gave the scene a lively and picturesque air. The venerable Henry Southard, father of the present dis tinguished President of the United States Senate, died at Baskenridge in America, on the 2d of May last, aged 95. The taxed bills in the case of the will of the late " Jemmy Wood," of Gloucester, amount in the aggregate to 17,3301. R u^n 517 50 ... 517 50 515 515 tlleans Strasburg to Bale 2OB 75 ... 208 75 ... 2(5 ... 206 25 THE MORNING POST AND THE "ESTABLISHED HA- I BITS" PRINCIPLE OF LEGISLATION.—The Morning Post observes, in an article on the subject of the Tariff changes —" The theorist who legislates in disregard of established habits, legislates in disregard of the creature for whom he is legislating, to wit, man." This is an ultra-Tory doctrine worthy even of an Eldon, and such as that staunch advocate of the stand-still principle of Government would have recognised as the most exalted of truths. It will not, however, bear an instant's con sideration ; indeed its gross absurdity must be obvious to the most ordinary capacity. Had it ever been seriously maintained and persevered in as a principle of legislation, not one of the great social and political changes that have taken place within the last three or four centuries, could possibly have occurred. It was is " disregard of established habits" that the Reformation was effected in England, and Popery, with all its super stitious observances, trampled under foot. It was in " disregard of establirihed habits" that witchcraft was alio • fished, and old women freed from the apprehensions th . being " done to a turn" over a slow fire, for their presume , 1 intercourse with Satan. It was in " disregard of established habits" that James the Second, the rightful occupier of the throne, was cashiered, • and the alien William called to the throne of England. Coming down to a later peri,d, we may add, that it was in " disregard of established habits" that the Test and Corporation Acts were pealed, Catholic Emancipation granted, hanging for forgery abolished, the statute law revised by Sir Robert Peel, arid the raew police system introduced into the me - tropolis and elsewhere. In fact, every beneficial reform that has been effected since the country was blessed with a Constitution, has been effected in "disregard of esta blished habits." To.legislate in obsequious deference to these " habits," is to put a stop to all human improve ment ; to countenance the monstrous hypothesis that the national mind is incapable of progression ; anh to act on the assumption that it must eve continue to remain in the same state of imperfect clever lopment in which it now is. What is steam—what, thas railway system—what, the spinning-jenny, and the hundred other scientific and mechanical discoveries that have of late years conduced so much to benefit the country I—what are all these discoveries, but so maoy bold innovations on the old order of things, effected in utter disregard of " established habits?" If our ultra- Tory Contemporary must needs talk nonsense, let him at least talk such nonsense as is suited to the prejudices of the day, and not the nonsense that belongs exclusively to an age of barbarism. POST-OFFICE.—On the motion of Mr. Wallace nume rous returns respecting this establishment have been laid before Parliament, of which the following are abstracts: —I. The total number of cases in which persons in the employ of the Post-office have been convicted of steal ing letters containing money, in England and Wales, f the four years ending sth January, 1840, is 52, and the amount 1,2381. Bs. 9d. 2. The total amount of cola and bank-notes contained in letters applied for through the Post-offices of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin as undelivered for the same years, was 94,936/. 165.; namely, at the General Post-office London, 68,1971., Edinburgh 1,498/., and Dublin 15,566/. The whole, or nearly the whole, of this large sum, we presume, was lost. 3. The number of persons dismissed under the allegation of having purloined money-letters, for the same period, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, was 110 ; namely, 44 for England, 19 for Scotland, and 17 for Ireland. 4. The number of persons who had actu ally defrauded the revenue department of the Post-office, and been dismissed, during the four years mentioned, was 28, all fur the first offence. MONEY and COM3IERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The market remains in the same stagnant condition, with the indisposition to enter into business which which has been vi sible now for many days. The prices, however, are firm, and Consols 913 914 for the opening ex dividend; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914 913 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Re duced, 1004 100#; India Stock, 23; Exchequer Bills, Old, 45 47; New, 40 42 premium. In Foreign Securities the price for Belgian is quoted 192 103 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent., 523 528 ; the Five per Cents., 101 - 1013; Danish, 803 813 ; Brazilian, 66 67. The quotation for Mexican is 364 563. The Share Market has been very flat, and sales to some ex tent have been made in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 1 A ; Grand Junction, 190; Great Western, 88; South Western, 61 1 / 2 ; South Eastern, 251; Blackwall, 103 ; Brighton, 363 ; land Counties, Quarters, 17. The prospect of a dividend has caused the speculators in Spanish Bonds to operate for a rise, and accordingly they are now quoted at 234 for the Three per Cents., and 213 for tin- Five per Cents. The other bonds noticed to-day are Colombian, 2.54, and Portuguese Five per Cents., 373. A proclamation has been posted in the city this morning, an nouneing the issue of half-farthings, which are to be a legal tender to the extent of six-penny-worth. It is difficult to per ceive the particular object this small money is to answer, though it doubtless will be a relief to the poorer class, who at prsent lose much by fractions in purchasing . small quantities of articles. A better feeling in the produce market is now visible in con sequence of the final completion of the tariff. The duties upon many articles are still considered to be very objectionable, and to require alteration, but the measure as a whole is generally looked upon as satisfactory, and now that all uncertainty is ended it is expected that trade will revive. The concessions made to the manufacturing interest by the reductions on the raw material will prove of great benefit to them, and especially on those articles, such as dyes, &c., which so largely elver into their consumption. Some large parcels of Gums have since been brought forward, and the good effect of the altera tion was plainly perceptible, as well as on many other goods o: a similar nature. The present year, however, may be re garded as a bad one, owing to the great stagnation which ex isted during the first six months, it not being to be expected that during the period which is to come it will be sufficientll brisk to counterbalance the loss already sustained. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 473- to 483 Ditto New ... Great Western Grand Junction 100 l9O London and. Brighton London and Blackwall London and Birmingham 90 Ditto New London and South Western 434 613 to Midland Counties 100 Ditto 4 Shares South Eastern and Dever. .. 50 Ditto Scrip JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster . - LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 16.—The sales to day were about 4.000 bales; the common sorts of American were offered freely, and rather lower than on Friday, but other sorts remained steady. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 16—Was extremely dull and languid, and the only sales reported at the Stock Ex change were Grand Junction at 185. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCH.A NOE, JUNE 16.—We have again to report a quiet market; the transactions merely com prise—Liverpool and Manchester Halves, 854; Manchester and Birmingham, 254 ; New Eastern Counties, 61. 14s. 2d. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JUNE 15.—The average price of wheat latt week was 23f. 77e., and that of rye, 13f. 52c. The Address of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Luxem burg is'now published. The following is the passage which was spoke of as containing an expression of disapprobation of the acceason to the Customs' Union :—" Since Luxemburg had the distinguished favour of your Majesty's first visit, it has ob tained manifest proofs of your solicitude for the welfare of the country, and if all the measures that have been adopted have not been conformable to the wishes of the majority of the inha bitants, ire attribute this to the pressure of circum stances, persuaded, that when the time shall come for the renewing the Commercial Treaty with the Union, now in forge, the experience of several years will produce a greater unanimity of views respecting it, and we doubt not that your Majesty will then cause an account to be rendered to you of the effects which the treaty should be found to have produced. The Journal de Bruxelles announces that General Prisse is appointed Belgian Minister at the Hague, in the room of the Prince de Chimery. The Journal de Flandres says We are assured that in several communes in our vicinity at Lootenhalle, liansbike, &c., bands of workmen without employ went ramble about the country, and levy contributions on the farmers We are told of a farmer of Lootenhalle, named Steguest, whose farm was occupied in the night by fifteen persons, who, with vehement threats, demanded bread and money." PIGEON- MA TO H.-(Fr0111 a Correspondent.)—A pigeon-shooting match took place on Long Room Hill, Stone house, on the 15th, between Mr. Langmead, of Tavistock, quite a youth, against Mr. Turns, of Plymouth, a well-known crack shot, at 11 birds each, 21 yards from the trap which was won by the former killing all his birds, and the latter killing 9. Betting 5 to 3 on Toms at commencement. STiitEn or WouxmEN.—On Tuesday Earlsheaton was a scene of some excitement, caused by the raw kmen em ployed in the blanket trade making a strike. Some of the mast« rs, having taken a Government order for a supply of blankets at too low a rate to pay the regular wages, gave notice to their workmen un Saturday night that their wages would be educed about 20 per cent. for the future. This became known in the other workshops in the neighbourhood, and early on Monday morning the workmen and boys from other shops went with a band of music, and the Chickenly radical banner, and called the workmen out of Little Royd Mill and the workshops be longing to the said Mill Company, and paraded the streets of Dewsbury and neighbourhood, to the amount of five or six I un til-ed. As yet there appears no likelihood of their differences being settled.— York Courant. The Royal Family have just subscribed for the mo nument which is to be raised to the memory of Cherubini, his Majesty, 500 f., and the Queen, Mme. Ad e l a id e, and the Duke• of Orleans, 200 f. each. TRIAL OF JOHN FRANC ;S FOR HIGH TREASON. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The occasion of the trial of this misguided, foolish young man, for shooting with a pistol a t our bloved Queen, whilst enjoying an innocent recreation, in which the meanest subject in the land is privileged to indulge in safety, when the labours of the day are o'er, convocated at the Old Bailey to-day all those individuals, who, venerating our Queen, for her private and public vi ties, for her feeling heart and the interest she takes in every thing which relates to the welfare of her people, and which on no occasion she has omitted to manifest, and being anxious to obtain a glimpse at the heartless miscreant who could harbour a thought of ill against her who reigns pre dominant in the affections of every loyal subject, could by in terest or other means obtain admission to the Court. And when we saw the feeling of mingled scorn and indignation ex hibited by every person there against that man standing at the bar, we regretted, though the Court was full, that its limits were not large enough to admit of more being present, that the pri soner and the world might know that the detestation of Isis crime and him was not confined to a few, but was general, nay, universal throughout the whole country. The arrangements for admission to:day appeared to be of an excellent order, and though the Court was early filled, it was at no time crowded to such inconvenient excess as on the oc casion of Good's trial. A few cases of no importance having been disposed of by Mr. Commissioner Bullock, who took his seat at an early hour, Lord Chief Justice Tindal. Chief Justice Pattison, and Mr. Baron Gurney entered at ten o'clock, and took their seats on the Bench, where we also observed Alderman Sir Matthew Woiel, M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.P., and Sheriffs Rogers and Magnay, and several ladles and gentlemen. John Francis was then placed at the bar, charged on the in dictment that he being a subject of our Lady the Queen, nd not regarding the duty of his allegiance, as a false traitor against our said Lady the Queen, on the 30th May, 1842, at \Vestn.insrer, within the jurisdiction of the said Court, mali ciously and traitorously did compass, imagine, devise, and in tend to bring and put our said Lady the Queen to death ; its order to fulfil, perfect, and bring to effect I is most evil and wicked treason, and trea-onable compassing, imagina tion, device. and intention aforesaid, he, on the said 30th May, at Weeminster aforesaid, maliciously and trai torously, did shoot off and discharge a certain pistol loaded with gunpowder and a bullet, which he in his tight hand held at and against the person of cur said Lady the Queen. with intent thereby and therewith maliciously and traitorously to shoot, assassinate, kill, and put to death our said Lady the Queen ; and thereby had traitorously and mali ciously made a direct attempt against the life of our said Lady the Queen. The second overt act varied only from the first by stating that the pistol was loaded with gunpowder and certain other destructive materials and substances to the persons unknown. The third overt act charged was the same, only for shooting off and discharging a certain loaded pistol. 'the fourth was the same, only for shooting and discharging a certain pistol. There were four other overt acts charged in the indictment, for discharging, firing off, and shooting a pistol, as in the four former overt acts, and alleging that he thereby and therewith traitorously and maliciously made a direct attempt against the person of our said Lady, the Queen, whereby the life of the said Lady, the Queen, was in danger. The prisoner looked very well, and was respectably dressed in a black surtout coat, which he wore buttoned ; his waist coat and small clothes were also black, and he wore a clean white shirt. The Attorney- General, the Solicitor- General, Mr. Wad dington, and Mr. Russell Gurney conducted the prosecution on the past of the Crown ; and Mr. Cla. kson appeared for the prisoner. The indictment having been again read, the question "Are you guilty, or not guilty ? " was put to the prisoner, when he replied in a low but distinct tone, "Not guilty." The Jury was then empanelled, and having been sworn, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to address them on the part of the Crown. He Said—May it please your Lordships, gentle men of the Jury, it is my painful duty on the present occasion to state to you the circumstances under which the prisoner at the bar stands charged with the crime of high treason. A more important investigation could not be submitted to vou. The crime with which the prisoner is charged is the highest known to the law of this country ; and I believe in every civilised community the crime of high treason is considered as being at the head of all other offences—that it is more atrocious in its nature than any other crime, on account of the extensive mischief and misery it may entail on the community if the attempt to commit it is attended with success. Gentlemen, the accusation of high treason is founded upon an ancient sta'ute, by which an attempt upon the life of the Sovereign constitutes the offence of high treason, even in intention. This trial takes place under a more recent statute by the provisions of which, when the overt act is a direct at tempt upon the person of the Sovereign, the trial is directed to take place according to the ordinary forms when a subject is similarly attacked. Gentlemen, the deep and important in terests involved in this question induces me to call upon you to pet form on this occasion a firm, a faithful, but a fearless dis .charge of the duty east upon me. I desire that you may forget every circumstance that may have been impressed on your minds or called to your attention before entering that box. 1 request of you to learn the law from the Judgeeeresent ; to take the facts from the witnesses who will depose to thew ; to listen to the arguments presented to you on the other side ; to exer cise your own unbiassed judgment upon the circumstances of the case, and ultimately faithfulle to discharge the great duty cast upon you ; to do justice between the public and the prisoner at the bar, whether that justice be to acquit or to find guilty. Gentlemen, the deep in terest that a question like this involves, induces me to ask at your hands a calm, dispassionate, impartial, and deliberate review of all the circumstances, end I must also ask you, on the other hand, to arm yourselves with that fearless manliness necessary to discharge the duty cast upon you. If in your judgment the person at the bar be innocent, so find him by your verdict; but if in your judgment he be guilty, shrink not from the manly performance of your duty, but pro nounce a verdict against him carefully. Gentlemen, avoid any pr e judices that may operate against him, but as carefully for the public interest guard against any weakness in his favour. Gen tlemen, on Monday, the 30th of May last, about the hour of six in the evening, as her Majesty was returning from her accustomed ride to her Palace, midway between the entrance to the Palace and Constitution-hill, a loaded pistol was dis charged towards the carriage in which the Queen was sit ting ; according to the evidence of several witnesses, a dili berate aim was taken at her Majesty, and the pistol was die chargedat the Queen. The individual who discharged that pistol was, beyond all eoubt, the prisoner at the bar. Ido not collect from anything that has transpired, that there is to be the slightest plea in defence on the ground of insanity. I col ect from all that has passed before this moment, and all at ound me at this moment, that it is to be admitted that the prisoner is, and was, at the time of committing the act, in the full possession of his reason. As I understand, no de fence is to be set up that he was not accountab'e for all his ac!ss that he had not the means of knowing the consequences of what he was doing, but that he was a sane person, is re sponsible to the country and to justice for the deliberate act of which he has been guilty. The solemn inquiry you are called upon to enter into—and a more solemn or se rious one cannot be propounded—is what was the character of the act, and what is the construction to he put upon his conduct in committing that act, which, beyond the possibility of denial or doubt, the prisoner is proved to have committed by a multitude of witnesses. Gen tlemen, in the first piece, the weapon he used en this oc casion was in its nature deadly and destructive. It was un doubtedly charged with some material of mischief. It was aimed at the person of the Queen, a spot was selected that would place the person asnear as possible within reach of her Majesty's person, and, unlike what occurred on former occasions, a spot was selected, net opposite to the wall, but from the wall, and she pistol was discharged towards the open space on the other side of the road. The prisoner placed himself in a situation as not likely to be interrupted by bystande rs ; and, above all, it mus t be recollected that this was not the first time the prisoner had attempted to do the mischief, which he seemed determined to effect, for, Gentlemen, on the day before, as her Majesty was returning from the Chapel Royal to Buckingham Palace, a person was observed to point a pistol to the royal carriage. It was not fired—what was the cause of that I cannot say. It might be that the persons surrounding prevented him from having the confidence then to discharge the pistol, or it might be from sentiments operating upon his own mind; be that as it may, the ac'ion was observed, and subsequently it turned out beyond a doubt that the prisoner at the bar was the offender. Gentlemen, of this transaction her Majesty was apprised the same evening. It was communicated to her Majesty by the authorities, and every precaution was taken to guard her Ma jesty's life from danger the next day; but her Majesty dis dained to immure herself fer the purposes of safety in her palace, or to conceal herself from the view of her loyal subjects, or prevent them from paying that tribute of loyalty and affection which she *ever so deservedly received. Her Majesty came forth as usual the next day to take her ordi nary ride, liut with that magnanimity which belongs to the high-minded courage of her Majesty, she refused to be accom panied by any of the Ladies of her Court, and singly, therefore, exposed herself to the danger which she thought it becoming in her to meet. Her Majesty, on the day in question, proceeded upon 'her usual excursion, and, on returning, the prisoner at the bar made that attempt which I have stated. The news spread through the metropolis like wildfire. Excitement followed it throughout the country, accompanied by sentiments of shame and indignation, that in a country like England, in ' the metropolis of England, the Queen, a wife and a mother, should become the objs et of so base an attack; and the ques tion, Gentlemen, for you to decide is, what is the character of that attack, and under what circumstances was it made ? I admit to you that the excitement that prevailed through out the country is not to sway your verdict. I men tion it only fie- the purpose of showing, that the loyal Fe. ple of England abhor so base an attempt. Gentle men, I will now call your attention to the few remaining facts connected with the case. I shall conceal nothing from you which the law officers of the Crown discovered. I shall discharge my duty as it appears to me to become me, and I shall ultimately leave the case to your deliberate and serious consideration, simply asking you to draw your own conclusions, and give no force to any remark a may make beyond that which is naturally formed by your own superior arid deliberate judgment. Upon inquiry it appears, that on th e F r id ay b e f ore this event, the 27 t h o f M a y, he prisoner at the bar purchased a pistol at a pawnbroker's shop in Tuthill street, Westminster, for which he paid three shillings in very small coin, chiefly in half-pence. his you will hear from the witnesses that will be brought forward, and from the nature of the payment the conclusion must be, that. the prisoner was in a state of extreme poverty. Ott the same evening, at another place, the prisoner purchased a flint adapted to the pistol, and there was also reason to believe that he on the same occasion purchased some coarse gunpowder. My Learned Friend will probably ask where he got the ball or the destructive materials; to that I answer, that although there is no evidence to show whether there was a ball in the pistol or not, there were ingredients to be found equally as darn. getous as lead. There were a thousand hard substances that might answer the purpose just as well—a child s marble, or some of the gravel on which the prisi nor was standing, ntight furnish him with the means of destruction. I w ill frankly ad mit, at this stage of the i nqu i r y, that I have no direct ev id ence whit re he get any of the destructive materials, or so hat it was that ~asin theh e put into th e p i sto l . I understand th a t it i s to be said, and thi s i s t h e d efence, that if you d on ' t prove that a bullet pistol you leave a doubt, and whatever doubt is left unaatiseed the priaoner is entitled to the benefit of it, and must dal efere be acquitted. I deny that to be either law or common sense, and I am willing to try the proposition, involving as it does in tin- highest degree the public safety of the kingdom, in wry wry try frietals niay think fit to submit it to your good sense, or by any ruling in point of law which the Judges stay lay down for your direction. 't he safety of the meanest individual in the country is not to be endangered t.r titled with, much less a life involving in it so much the safety, happiness, and in terests of the people at large. It never can be said that in such cases a life so valuable shall be so insecurely guarded that nothing short of the success of the crime is to make the accusation effective. Where, I would ask—where is the jus tice—where is the humanity or the good sense, of calling upon me to show what were the contents of the weapon discharged in puLlie, but loaded in secret. How can I, on the part of the public, be called upon to do more than prove the act of firing a deadly weapon, fir fshicli the prisoner at the bar is this day to give us some account. If the pistol was not leaded with destructive materials, the prisoner is bound to show that. Gentlemen, the law of treason makes the intention the crime, and not the overt act. The overt act is but the evidence of the intention. The crime with which the prisoner is charged is not the firing of the pistol, that is the overt act by which the treason is proved. The crime is the in tention to do that mi,claief which might take away or en danger the life of the Sovereign. If the doctrine which is in- tended to be laid down by my Learned Friend is to be consi dered as law, the Queen cannot have the protection which the Act intended to give, for unless the crime is fully per petrated, so as to take away the life of the Sovereign, no accusation could he preferred against the person committing it, except that of being gu ilty o f assau lt, and firing a harmless pistol. I understand, again, that my friends mean to assert that the prisoner had no evil intention in firing the pistol, but that it was done by him out of merriment, or as a salute to her Majesty. If such is to be the defence a more wicked or absurd one I cannot imagine. The question, Gentlemen, you have to determine, taking all the circumstances together, is this, which is the most probable, that the act was done in conformity with the intention imputed to the prisoner, not according to the statements and the defence he intends to set up. I believe that twelve gentlemen actin_ under the impulse of ordinary feeling and plain common sense, governed and directed by the law of the land. could come but to one conclusion, and that correlusior would be that the attempt was made to take away the life of her Majesty. Can my friend say, or can any person of sense say, that a man has a right to place himself ir. the most suspicious circumstances, to give to his conduct the air of having committed the most atrocious crime, and then ti; say all this was without an intention of doing harm, it was merely a frolic ? If such a doctrine was to be allowed, no man's life would be safe. The public institutions of the country would not be safe, and the Queen would be exposed hourly to all the perils of treason. I call upon you, gentlemen, in the name of common sense, in the name of the whole country, ti deal with such a defence as it deserves. I know not whether my friend is prepared-to answer this charge, but I say, under the circumstances, it is incumbent on the prisoner to ex plain his conduct. Should any of the points I have adverted to be brought before you, I trust you will listen to them with the utmost attention, and a cautious desire to give the prisoner the benefit of any matter he may adduce to your satis - action. He will, if there be no such evidence, have all the bent fit of my friend's great experience. and no man i , more capable of doing justice to the cause of the prisoner. I trust that you will remember the importance of the inquiry, not merely to the prisoner at the bar, whose interest I should be sorry to injure, but the importance of this inquiry to every person in the country ; to the first person in the State ; to the institutions of the country, which we value ; to the Queen, the head and representative of the Constitution ; to the public peace, the security, the lives and happiness of every member of the community. Gentlemen, I hope that I have not clone more than faithfully discharge my duty, and I look with confidence to you not for any particular result, but for a verdict founded on truth and justice, be it to acquit or condemn. In coming to the just conclusion, which I doubt not you will ar rive at, I fervently hope that you may be assisted by every light that is calculated to guide you through any labyrinth that may be presented to you on one side or the other, and that the Goo of truth, and of justice, and of mercy, may direct you to a safe and just conclusion. The first witness called was Colonel Arbuthnot, who was examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—On the 30th May 1 was in atttendance on her Majesty ; and the usual distance fo, the equerry to ride is about five yards behind the Royal carriage, but from what I had heard on the morning of Monday, I rode as close to the carriage as possible. Colonel SI yld, Prince Albert's equerry, also rode by the side of the Royal carriage. Between six and seven o'clock of the evening of the 30th Way. in passing down Constitution-hill, about half way down the hill, I observed the prisoner take a pistol from his side, and fire it in the direction of the Queen ; as quickly as I could I pulled up my horse, and gave the prisoner into the charge of a policeman who was standing by his side. The prisoner was not quite so much as three yards nearer the Palace than the pump on the Hill ; he was on the footpath, and about seven feet from the carriage. The pistol was fired as I was just in the act of passing by where the prisoner was. The carriage had been going at the rate of about eleven miles an hour, but being apprehensive of an attack on the hill, 1 directed the postilions to drive even faster, and I should think the pace was about twelve or thirteen miles an hour ; the horses were going as fast as they could. I had received inti mation of danger before the carriage left the Palace, and in consequence her Majesty would not allow the ladies usually in attendance on her to ac company her. Her Majesty was on the off-side of the car riage, which was nearest to the prisoner ; she w as sitting on the back side of the carriage, and I was close to the Queen. The pistol appeared to me to be pointed as near as possible in the direction of her Majesty. I heard the report ef the pistol plainly, and saw the smoke and the flash distinctly. There were no persons except a policeman very near the prisoner at the time; the policeman was about three feet from him, and to that policeman I said " secure him," pointing to the pri soner. Ile was then taken into custody by the po liceman, and a soldier of the Guards who came up. As quickly as I could I regained the place by the side of her Majesty's carriage which had not stopped. The prisoner was taken to the Palace and searched by the police man. I saw the prisoner at the police-station in Gardener's lane, where he declined to state anything. Chief Justice TINDAL—How long was that after the occur rence? Witness—About a quarter ef an hour. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I have been in the army since 1817. The carriage was an open one. The horse I rode was about 14 hands 3 inches high. Henry Allen examined by 51r.Aereeerrus—I am a private in the 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards. I was in tire park on the 30th May, from a quarter before to a quarter after six. I saw the prisoner there about the centre of Constitution-hill. He was leaning on the pump. I saw her Majesty's carriage come up. I was between twelve and sixteen paces behind the car riage, when I saw the prisoner step about three paces from the pump towards her Majesty's carriage, which was advancing. He held his arm out, and directly I saw the flash of a pistol and heard the report. His arm was directed towards her Majesty. I have been in the army about eighteen months, and have had experience in firing with ball and blank cartridg‘ . From what I could judge I should say that the pistol was loaded with ball, because the report of a piece fired with ball is somewhat sharper than when fired with a blank cartridge. The prisoner was about a yard from the carriage when he fired. I was on the same side as the prisoner ; her Arajesty sat on the same side. When he fired the policeman took hold of him. Cross-examined by Mr. Ceeeesoes —I was recruited at Abingdon, in Berkshire, last February twelve months. I was in drill about three or four months. I was a tailor before I joined the army. Colonel Arbuthnot recalled and examined by Chief Justice TINDAL—The report of the pistol was sharp and leud, but I did not hear the whiz of a ball in consequence of the noise of the carriage and eight horses ; my opinion is that the pistol was loaded with some matter, and I judge, from the sharpness and , loudness of the report. I cannot express that opinion with certainty ; but I think the report was that of a pistol well ammed down and charged. I will not take upon myself posi tively to swear that the pistol was loaded with anything more than gunpowder arid wadding, but it must have been well rammed down, and such wadding well rammed down would have produced injury to the Queen it it had hit her. Patrick Fitzgerald examined by Mr. Wee:Tie:Gem-I—l have served in the Spanish and Portuguese armies. I was on Con stitution-hill on 30th May, near the pump. I saw the prisoner at the bar there. I was near the wall of the Palace garden. I observed the prisoner particularly; he was walking about. was about five yards on the right of the prisoner when the Royal carriage came up; as soon as the carriage came in line with the prisoner I saw him raise his hand, in which was a pistol, point it at the carriage, and discharge it. I saw the flash and heard the report. When he had fired the pistol he dropped his hand down by his side ; I cried out " Seizo the murderer," and rushed at him. He was immediately seized by the policeman on the left side, and by me on the right. Cross-examined—The prisoner's left-hand appeared to be down, resting upon the pump. Colonel Wild examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I am Equerry to Prince Albert. I accompanied the Queen on the 30th of May. Her Majesty went out on that day in an open carriage, and sat on the right hand side. In the road from the Palace to Constitution-hid, there is a wall on the left hand side, and there is a space of about six or eight yards be tween the wall and the road ; and on the other side the road there are a footpath, iron railings, and then the Green-lark. I saw the prisoner at the bar after he had fired. He fired on the Queen's side of the carriage—the right side, which is the side on which she always sits. I was riding as nearly as possible abreast of his !loyal Highness on the near side. Some communication had been made to me which induced me to keep very near the carriage on this drive. The first thing which attracted my attention was the sharp report of a pistol. I wheeled round directly, and saw the prisoner with his hand hanging down. A policeman and guarehman seized him directly, and I gave in structions to have him taken to the porter's lodge of the Palace. I saw the pistol : this is it. It was taken from the prisoner by the policeman in my presence. This pistol would carry tro or 60 paces very well: it might carry further by al tering the elevation. It would be quite destructive at a short distance ; as much so as a larger one. I cannot exactly say how far the prisoner was from the carriage when he fired. At the distance of 7 feet, the wadding from such a pistol, if well rammed, would wound any exposed part of the person, and withal very likely set fire to the dress. The report was sharp and loud for such a pistol, from which I should judge that there was something in it to compress the powder very closely, either strong wadding or a bullet. The same sound would be produced if the pistol had been loaded with a stone or marble ; the wadding must have been well rammed down with something. 1 saw the prisoner searched. There was an empty pocket-book, some powder screwed up very tight in paper, ht. or 2d., I think, in money, and one or two things of trifling importance found upon him. He did not appear much excited ; he appeared very firm, but I observed some agi ation about his mouth and nose. I asked him his name, ehere he lived, and what he was, but he gave no answer whatever. I took him through the Palace, and gave him into the custody of Russell, the policeman, when he was conveyed Gardener's-lane. I rode by his side there ; he was then searched and stripped naked. lie said he had a father and mother and two sisters living, and that he lived about two miles off. Cross-examined —I don't know whether the barrel of the pistol had been unscrewed. I just tried, but could not un screw it at the time with my hand. It should have a key to unscrew it. Re-examined—This pistol is as effectually loaded by the muzzle as in any other way. By the COU ItT—The muzzle was smutty with powder, as if it had been recently fired. The barrel also was warm. William Trounce, A:53, examined by 3lr. R. Gultl4lCY—On May 30 I was on duty on Constitution-hill. I was there about an hour before the Queen returned to the Palace. I observed the prisoner there about half an hour before the Queen re turned. He was about the middle of Constitution-hill. I saw him go behind a tree, as if to hide himself before the Queen's carriage arrived. He was about one yard from me when the Queen s carriage came up. As it was passing, I heard the re port of a pistol. I then looked rcund, and saw the prisoner leaning over a plug, which draws the water, Kith his right hand slightly depressed, end a little way from his body. I then seized him. I took the pistol from him. I saw Inspector Huss, II search him. Lavinia Blanchard examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL -I live in Union-place, South Lambeth. I was on Constitu tion-hill about half-past five on May 30th, and waited there to see the Queen. I saw th© prisoner there. He was standing 'near a ptimp. I saw him there about a quarter of an hour be fore the carriage came Op, and he was then in earnest conver sation with another young man. I then lost sight of him. I afterwards saw him in custody, and recognised him as one of the two I eaw w a!king up and down. The young man who was with him was very like him; I took them for brothers. Wm. Richards examined by the ATTORN EY-GENERAL—I am a journeyman shoemaker, and reside in Newcastle -street, Strand. I cork for Mr. Squire, and have worked for him for the last twelve months. I was on Constitution-hill en Monday, .\lay 30. I entered the Park about six in the evening, which was about half-an-hour before the pistol was fired. I walked up and down on the wall side, waiting to se the Queen. 'As I was going up the hill I saw the prisoner leaning on the pump. I did not hear him say anything. J. Russell examined by Mr. RUSSELL G uaNtv—l am an In spector of Police. I was on duty on Constitution-hill on 30th May. I met Trounce, the policeman, there, with the prisoner in his custody. He gave me a pistol ; the barrel of it was warm. I observed the muzzle also, and I should say that, from its appearance, it had recently been discharged. Ilearchcd him at Gardener's-lane, and found on him the small cover of a memorandum-book, one penny, a portion of gunpowder, and two keys,—( The gunpOwder was produced in Court). There is enough to load the pistol once if loaded from tla ingn l o. ar there are about four; charges if the barrel were unscrewed and the pistol loaded in that way. Cross-examined—There was not a quarter of an wince weight of powder. George Pearson examined by Mr. Anoten US—I am an en graver on wood, and reside in Castle -street, Holborn On Sunday the 29th of May I was in St. James's Park, at the time when her Majesty's carriage was returning from chapel. I saw the prisoner at the bar there also, and I saw him present a pistol at the carriage. He did nothing more than present it ; he did not fire it. He was about four or five yards from the car riage at the time. The occurrence took place about the middle of the mall, and the prisoner was on the left side of the car riage. When the carriage had passed, he drooped the pistol, end said, " They may take me if they like ; I don't care. I was a fool that I didn't shoot." He then went away. I saw the prisoner afterwards in prison amongst several others, and recognised him. I have no doubt about his person. James Robert Street examined by Mr. R. GURNEY—I am shopman to Mr. Ravena, pawnbroker, of Tothill-street, West minster. I know the prisoner by sight. On the 27th May, he came to my master's shop, and asked me if 1 had a pistol to sell. I showed him two. The one produced is one of those two; he offered me 3s. for it, which I agreed to take. He paid me with three fourpenny pieces, a sixpence, and the re mainder in copper. The other pistol I showed was rather larger than this, but the same kind of pistol, having a screw barrel. I think there was no flint in the pistol when he bought it. 11. Fridges examined by the ATTORNEY•GENERAL—I am in the employ of an oilman in Upper Charles -street, West minster. The prisoner at the bar purchased a flint at my mas ter's shop on Friday, 27th of May, between three and five o'clock in the afternoon. The price of the flint we s Id. I said to him that flints were very rarely sold, hut at last I said I hail found one among some old gun flints; he then gave me the pistol to suit it with the flint, when said "there is no leather." He made no answer, and I cut a piece of leather and fastened the flint with it. The pistol produced is the same as I then saw. I also observed to him that the pistol was a very old one, and had no trigger, when he showed me that by putting the pistol upon full cock, the trigger came out. .lo not recollect that anything else passed. I saw him next at Newgate, where I recognized him in the yard amongst several niter prisoners. I have no doubt of his person. We sell gun powder at our shop. Thomas Goule examined by Mr. WA DPINGTON—I live in York-street, Westminster, and sell gunpowder. On 27th %lay, about eight in the evening, some one bought a halfpenny .worth of gunpowder at my shop ; that is about half an ounce m weight. I sold the gunpowder; it was of a coarse descrip tion. I should not knew the person again ; but the prisoner very much resembles him. Ann Briggs examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—My husband keeps a shop in Brewer-street, Golden-square. He se 1 , powder and shot. On the 30th of May, the prisoner came to our shop and asked for an ounce of gunpowder. He paid me twopence for it without asking the price. Cecilia Foster examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I live at No. 106, Great Titchfield-street. The prisoner lodged at my house from the 14th of January till the 27th. of May. He had half a bed with another young man, and paid 3s. a week for it. I believed him to be a carpenter by trade. He had been out of work for some time before he left my lodgings. George Gore was next called ; and as his name was on the back of the indictment, he was examined by Mr. CLARKSON— ( am one of her Majesty's grooms, and was present when this attack was made on her. I saw all that passed. Colonel Arbuthnot was riding close by the Queen. I was six or seven yards from the wheel of the carriage. I saw the person dis charge the pistol. He discharged it between Colonel Arbuthnot and myself ; it appeared to be pointed at the centre of the hind wheel of the carriage. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY GENERAL—I was behind the carriage, on horseback, at the time. The horse I rode was 15 hands 2 inches high. This closed the case on the part of the Crown. The Court then adjourned for a short time, and on its re• assembling, Mr. CLARKSON rose to address the Jury for the defence. He must confess that there was a great deal of the speech of the Learned Attorney-General of which he highly approved ; that there were parts from which he looked to the Learned Judges to protect him and the prisoner ; for they would recol lect that in his very argumentative speech he not only remarked upon the defence which would probably be set up on be half of the wretched man at the bar, but he im puted to him (Mr. Clarkson) that he would reconcile the act, perhaps, to a mark of respect to her Majesty, or as he said, he (I%ir. Clarkson) must say bethought somewhat inad vertently, as a feu de joie. They would hear, too, from the Learned Judges whether they were to convict men upon sus• picion—suspicion was enough to warrant an inquiry, but not a conviction. They must think how they had been solicited by the Learned Attorney-General to arm themselves with menli ness to discharge their duties, and not to permit any weakness to operate in favour of the prisoner. Why should the Attorney-General on the fifth day of the session call on them to arm themselves with manliness ? Were they not supposed to be always armed with the manliness necessary for the vindication of the rights of the Crown, the public, and the prisoners who came before them? or were they now to whip themselves into a degree of resolution, and to arm themselves with the manliness necessary (or the discharge of their duties? These wards conveyed more than would at first appear. No doubt every person must be bowed down with shame to think that any man should be guilty of the crime which had been proved against the pri soner ; yet was that a very different thing from the crime of high treason. with which the prisoner was (Merged. He thought he had obtained some little respect in the eyes of the Attorney-General for common sense. Why, then, should the Attorney-General say that it had been intimated to him that the defence meant to be set up .by him (Mr. Clarkson) was, that the prisoner was only expressing his loyalty by means of a feu dejoie, atsd that defence was so contemptible, that he would not insult the Jury by saying one word upon such a de fence? Where was the person who gave the At torney- General that intimation ? Who could it be ? Was not the ease bad enough, abominable, disgusting, sickening, without any feu de joie being mixed up with it ? He felt the interests of the country were deeply involved in an attempt upon the life of her Majesty. He felt that the inter ests of the country were deeply involved in the act which had been doubtlessly proved against the prisoner. The circum stances out of which the indictment had arisen were supposed to be considerably advanced by the fact that the prisoner had presented a pistol at her Majesty the day before that on which it was fired. If they should find that the act—the prisoner poverty-stricken and obscure—committed on that day was attended by no interruption, he thought that their eyes would soon be opened to the motives which induced him to act as he did, and they would not be left in the painful position in which they must be at present. The pistol he bought at a pawnbroker's shop, and it had been said by the excel lent officers who had been examined, to be able to I carry about fifty pactee, if elevated so as to have its full power. His Learned Friend said that a person in the prisoner's situation would not purchase a bullet, but that he would mould one himself. Where was the mould ? His lot ings had been searched, and nothing of the kind had been discovered. But his Learned Friend said that they were to infer that there was a bullet in the pistol ; not a bullet only ; they were to infer that there was a bullet, or a piece of lead, or a stone, which he might be able to pick up. Unless they came • to the conclusion that the pistol was loaded with ball, or same other hard substance, they could not find him guilty. He would submit, however, under the direction of their Lordships, that if the prisoner had even levelled the pis tol, laden with nothing whatever, he had been guilty of an offence, under a recent Act, which would render him liable to a long term of imprisonment. Lord Chief Justice Tirae!. said that it would be competent for the Jury to acquit the prisoner of the treason, and find him guilty of the assault. Mr. CLARKSON continued—He would beg now to direct the attention of the Jury to the evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot. The Colonel, cn this occasion, was riding close by the side of her Majesty so as to cover her Majesty's person, on a horse fourteen hands seven inches high, and the prisoner was about seven feet from the carriage. He did not appear to be at all disturbed or excited when he was taken into custody. Let him ask then whether it was not almost a matter of <ter ! tainty that if the pistol had been loaded some damage would • have been done to the Colonel or his horse, or some part of the carriage. His Learned Friend had not asked Colonel Arbtuhnot one question as to whether he thought there was a bullet in the pistol, or whether he hearth the whiz of a ball, and the reason for no such suggestion having been made must be, he (Mr. Clarkson) thought he might assume, because up to this time the Colonel, who was an old officer, and had seen five-and-twenty long years in the army, had never, up to that time, said one word about ball, bullet, lead, or stone. The man, however, who , had been only 16 months in the army, four months of which time he was in drill, was asked the question, and he was the 1 witness , and the only one, who said that the pistol containee any thing more than pewder and wadding; and his Learned Friend had not even asked him if he ever heard a 1 pistol fired in his life. Colonel Arbuthnot would not go further than to say that the pistol was loaded with powder and wad i ding well rammed down. He (Mr. Clarkson) must confess that this appeared to him to be any thing like evidence that the pistol contained anything of a destructive character. Colonel it itzgerald said not one word about bail or bullet, and Colonel Wild said nothing more than that it appeared to him that there must have been something in the pistol to compress the powder. Some allowance should be made, too, for the excitement of the witness, s ' who, seeing her Majesty crue ll y an d b rutally as sailed, gave him into custody, and were no doubt much excited against him The witnesses Trounce and Lavinia 11 anchard carried the case no farther. The next witness was Wm Richards, who stated nothing whatever relating to the case. Then came Inspector Russell, who searched the prisoner and found nothing of consequence, as Col. Will slid, except a small quantity of gunpowder. Suppose now that her Ma jesty's sacred lite had not been concerned in this case, as would to God it had cot, but that this were a cas t between two private individuals, and that the prisoner were charged with shooting at another perms with a bullet, he should, if such had,, been the case, he did not know, but he should have deemed it his duty to have submitted to their Lordships that there was not evidence enough to carry the case to the Jury. It was a notorious fact that the man Oxford, after w hat he attempted some time ago, was now better oft' than ever he was before. Might it not, then, he inferred that the prisoner, a young man in great dis tress, without a penny to pay for his lodgings, might be induced, by a desire for notori e ty, h e m i g h t almost say im portance, and in hopes of mending his condition, to act as he had been proved to do? Look at what he did on Sunday —he pointed the pistol at her Majesty, and said, " I don't care; they may take use if they like. 1 was a fool not to shoot." Would the Jury think that there was any bullet in the pistol then ? Would 'they believe that if there had been a bullet in it, he would have caned attention to himself and invited his own apprehension, lemming that the ball would be enough to constitute his guilt ? Or would they not rather believe that, unloaded, he presented the pistol with the desire of being apprehended, that his late sad and wretched life might be changed for a more comfortable one ? In that case the prisoner had asked wantonly and foolishly and richly deserved tohu punished, and no doubt he would be punished as he deserved. He, too, would then entreat the Jury to exercise their manliness, and protect the prisoner, anti he would beg of their Lordship s to steed between the prisoner and the Attorney -General's speech, A ,feu de joie! A symbol of loyalty I Had they not heard rung in heir ears from one end of the country to the other the base ness of this crime ? Had they not been told that Oxford should have beet, extuuted, and then this would not have occurred? Had they not been told that they (the Jury) must be armed with manliness to convict the prisoner. In conclu. sion, he begged of them to throw from them all inducements to convict, amid the prejudices which had been east over this ca e ; and might the Almighty arm them with man liness enough to stud between the Crown and the prisoner, between the man and the justice sf the country. The verdict would be theirs, and it would be handed down to posterity as theirs; the speech of his Learned Friend, with hit iuducements to them to convict, would also be handed down. He sat down in a firm reliance upon the clemenoy and mercy of the Jury ; and he had no doubt the justice of the country would be vine dieated by their verdict. This was the case for the defence. At this part of the proceedings the ,inry retired for a few minutes. ( We shall give the couclusion in our THIRD EDITION.) NR W COURT. The Cetumon Sergeant presided in the New Court to-day, lut the caws were all very trifling, LAW INTELLIGENCJ BENCH - - (THIS DAY) (Before Lord DENMA iv and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. VS - ALTON. This case, which was part-heard yesterday, and which s ag the repeal of a p a t en t t a k en out b y t h e d e f en d an t in 1834, for application of a fabri c o f c l o th an d I n di a ru bb er to the Purr c rot forming the b ac k s o f car d s f or car di ng wool and cotto n, — O ll on again before th e C our t t hi s morning. The allegation mr. that the i n v en ti on was not new, b ut h a d b een used Hancock so far b ac k as 1824. Th e answer on the put , 0 01 1 defendant was, th a t hi s mo d e o f manu f acture was differe to that of Mr. Hancock, and th a t th e manu f ac t ure d fabric In ° f bi g o ip consequence different, and that the invention was, therefore, the light of a new one. lb° The case fot the prosecution had not not terming , a , we want to press, so th a t it i s no t pro b a bl e t h e ca se said ""- eluded day. _ A .. Mr. g The Solicitor-Ge nera l, M r . Thesi er, Mr. Rich' — d Sir' Coning, and Mr. C ar d we ll were for t h e rosecu tion; 11 ;4. I'. Wilde, M r . K e lly, M r . Sergeant Ho p pa as, and sir. 11" son, for the d e fend ant . r EXCHEQuER._crhis DAY') SMITH V. PRICE. gel inerP The plaintiff i n thi s case i s a manufacturer are the and the de endant is a gentleman of fortune, resiclinf ; so of country. It sppeared that in the year 1836, a ge ilt d e ot far the name of Else had taken out a patent for A ma de t e st!' roasting corn for the purpose of malting-. The presee„ t „iota ant had advanced him 1,500/. in order that he might _74 the the invention, and it was agreed between them, that 100' patent succeeded, the defendant should have a share ip l z,, I r . tits. The patent, however, was turned to no account, e• e bstl Else had since left the country. The plaintiff in this cs " - *saa furnished certain machinery connected with the por t r the present action was b roug h t to recover from t he e be the cost of thi s m ac hi nery , on t h e ground t h at he 1.4-, considered as a joint p ro p r i e t or o f t h e patent. "Haiti' e i '1 h.- Jury, after a fe w m i nu t es ' d e lib erat i on, rettUr'",,.. diet for the defendant. . , _ `-'s POLICE INTELLIGENG -It MARLBOROUGH•STREET• (THIS DAY.) • t ht A young man of ver y respectable appearance, who itv, e sigh., name of... Tames Smith, which he admitted was not is one, and whose f ace an d eyes were frightfully turtio"`-', charged with being " drunk and disorderly." • agog Police const a bl e N o . 32 o f t h e C division, stated 1, " , * . t ti .41e 11,1 f past o ne o ' c l oc k t hi s morn i ng, while proceediwV"i i i is through Air-st ree t, h e h ear d a great noise and distnrb so Regent-street, and on proceeding there found sons, amongst whom were several notorious orderly women, assembled in front of the Regent in the Quadrant, and in the midst of them thi was bleeding so profusely from the nose and mot part of his clothes were completely saturated evident that lie had been brutally ill-treated. much intoxicated that he rt fused to give any self, but would persist in remaining where he • therefore conveyed hin: to the station-house to the way of further harm. Mr. HARDWICK asked the defendant if h, lection of how he came in such a plight ? Th, that he was on his way home, having drank rat' a female he met with inveigled him into the " to treat her with a glass of wine. They had sort of bar, and on asking what was to pay, 6s. him, and on his refusing to pay so extertiona. was menaced and abused by several well-dressed peared to bela ng to the house, and at length,l get ill-used, he paid the exorbitant charge. an, as possible making his way out of the place, wi tacked by the men, and one of them beat him and lied until he was so completely stunned that br' i , 'recollection of how he got into the street. - ktii Cl Mr. HAR DWICK i nqu i re d w h et h er this place tees ...:,',., the police ? tsit i° Police-serjeant, No. 10, of the C division, said it was,. 2.4* the ' r parties who had opened it dared the police to enter mises, as it was no t a li cense d h ouse. It had only bett, but a very short time, y e t every n i g h t disturbances _2°°, were occurring ther e , an d numerous complaints had Dev", • , ;, of the nuisance by th e i n h a bi tants of the neighb ourhoooOtt 01 , Mr. HARDWICK said he sh ou ld di sc h arge t h e de „tee who had evidently paid dearly for his folly, and the sa ° 7oo would no doubt be a caution to him in future. As t° 3 • of such a description as the one in question, he would =• • : see that immediate steps were taken to suppres it. MONEY MARKET and CITY 1 1 FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT : 4IO TIMES.—NI hen it was fi rs t un d erstoo d that the st o pit on Consols and ot h er secur i t i es, which will be due i n were to be taxed a s h a lf- year l y i ncome, though the aet;,ifis only from April last, it was scarcely b elieved ; but ntesele pretty generally ascer t a i ne d t h at such is the case, it is "'Aker ject of much conversation on the Stock-Exchange• l o ir post facto law is alw a y s regar d ed as an injustice, bat f:.00 trospeetive operation of the Income-tax Bid is looked, s ri f fr still more unjust, since it is remarked that while the 7„ertelf ture have made the ac t commence from a certain rorio the Government, unauthorized by the act, have n 30 44 apply to the th ree mont h s prev i ous. An explanat ioaill.° t which, however, f ar f rom sat i sfying the cotaphuno 0 0 r e the subject, rather increases the dissatisfaction, s i ?, 40 1 fectly inadequate is it considered. This explanation L W, when the income-tax ceases, it will be in the m onth of AP, and that therefore the holders of Consols at the time, w_ i ny titeir tax on the receipt of their dividends in January,,l, saved the three months' tax incurred between that per' , April. Thus the operation is considered to be one 7,.. i ,5ie the Government receives a quantity of ready money in '" sent year, en the plea of making it good at some in , petite!, and then, in all probability, net to the present ',, of stock, who may have sold it in the interval, ands i r, .- period of compensation is uncertain, without being able ticipate it in the price at which he sells. It is singular t, 1 much time has been suffered to elapse since the first t c ot of this report b e f ore t h e view of it above described sratleaelle There certainly i s a goo d d ea l of reason in what haa.l"7 . 4.4 ireoi been alleg e d. The Lest advises from Alexandria afford satisfacterl.- !- the desire of Mehemet Ali to cultivate and promote d'S - -; rests arid conciliate th e f r i en d s hi p of this country. tl• ' pliance with the wi s h es o f t h e O r i ental Steam Navigatinfe. . -' parry, he has allowed t h em to p l ace steam-vessels on OM/ , 5 of Alexandria—a point on which he had been hitbeT,„ tenacious. The Pacha had also given orders for cl3ar .. '"Or otherwise imp r o v i ng th e road b etween Cairo and t., fl building tran s it de po t s , an h ote l at Suez, and malts,"lo arrangements for fa c ilit at i ng i ntercourse with India eu• ~,, The -, best feeling is un d erstoo d to prevail between the . ~ and our Present C onsu l-G enera l , Colonel Burnett. 4' S UN.—The s ame uneasy f eel i ng which pervaded the ' 0 „ i , yesterday continued unabated at the close of businet 'illia„ best prices of Consols were 91i 91i; Reduced, 91 /',44.4f Bank stock 167 168; Exchequer 13,11 s bearing the intv'i j ' s ip lid. per day, 46 48 ; and these at 2d., 40 42 premium' •' ',! Scarcely any thing was done in Foreign Securities;,o reinained at 102 103; Dutch Two -and-a-Half per e - ,811 1 ,1 52 5 / s 52i ; the Five p er C ents , 101 104; Danish qua :!•;' and Brazilian 66 67. Shares were very flat, and generally lower, alth°o prices appear u nvar i e d . Th e total absence of all ils__lt . ei for a time w ill f u ll y account for this apparent coner" - tr aise, , ' wil The declaration of fo r f e it ure f or a large number of now. , the Northern and Eastern line has caused a further ele` . 4 their price ; but it must be remembered that upon the 0,!- part of them not more than 30s. per share has been Ps i /v ie the 451., and in no case does the Payment exceed 51. ~ , eikr, quotations for London and Birmingham were, 175 17 4.1E5_,. -; r ,,. miugham and Gloucester, 80 62 ; South Western, nit , ' the Half Shares, 61i 62i; North Midland, 65 67; l ' e ggil I Shares, 32 33 ; the Scrip, 54 6 ; Eastern Counties , Oa Northern and Eastern, 40 41; filackvvall, 10k 11 4. :e:' grighton, 35A 35i per share. 016 t, The quetatons of the Bo n d s were, Celombian, rl u s„, t e Ol' Peruvian, 17i 181, ; Portu guese Fi ve per Cents., 373‘, 1 Vogki i '' Three per Cents., 214 22i ; Spanish Five per Cents., it'S r ' e` the Three per Cents, 231 231. .: d oi A report was circulated during the afternoon that thilt o like tisement, announcing the payment of the dividend on 750,' Stock, which ought to have appeared to-day, would - 7tikit'i be pub:i,hed to-morrow. This had the effect of imPeri i ele (potation of the bonds. For the sake of the holders, it iS m tr ' ~ to be hoped that the report is tree, but too little relis s .,,,,' eill" .e . not he plac, d upon any such connected with these de c :ideer i experience having proved that nothing is stopped at in e l . influence the quotations. . k e 0,„,• .; The wide margi n w hi c h h as for some time been . '—j,-Trr, jobbers i n Chi ; i an stock, commonly 5 per cent., li-,, 0 1ete7. ! quently more, ha s , f rom t i me to time, been the subject. A O '• mark, as provin g a d egree of dishonesty to exist tosvardSiC, ts , " the buyer or the seller. Respectable dealers have lab ss . ':' probated such proceedings, and to-day, a party having i s :e lions to pur, hale this stock instead of going at once tns fif te-,.. 1 : ber, the price heir.; nominally 85 to 90, took the unttsr _ : . ,,s under the circumitances, perfectly warrantable method "' la kal , '',';e a public notice of his order, and requesting tenders. d had the eff e ct o f rendering parties more cautious, r i iii" i prices at the t erm i nat i on of the market were brought I e ' ':,' closer approxi mat i on o f 88 90. +... ,......., 1 ,,,,...,,,,,, • ,. /0 rit • O 't , ' hAO 10 ' MILTARY FLOGGING. —The 4th Dragoons .- - 1 ,-, 0 " rf,-, , ; : ! qt l' turned from India, and being too ful,, permission was gl _earP'e 'I itr`;; e 4 rr.T.e some to volunteer their services into other regiments. . 4 „ . e ve ingly, three of them had vo!unteered into the 11th }{ us' '"-„ gee ; ' the proceedings requisite for the transfer having hef" o t . pair pheed, they made a demand for certain alleged arrears 01 i and refu se d to jo nthe regime n t, us i ng, at the same tial ero s l ,. : ' abusiee language to the commanding officer. They ' ',NO,: c..nsequence, sent down as prisoners to York, where ,I, l o l.''' court martial assembled to investigate their conduct. ' ee rier tense and finding of the court was, that the vrorste ''' r leader, was sentenced to receive 150 lashes, and the ut Ti t' e ue e ~ to be confined, for a certain period, in Wakefield ''':d•iriP'. Correction ; and the punishment of flogging was ear r ' effect on Friday afternoon. —York Courant. ...........-......--......---______ - •------------- —7--- -=r-.-...-'''''r- if • ' . BIRTHS. t- - lie Ja_d,Li.. r n the 25th of Aril , Secunderabad, LieuOtenant-Colonel Ja p mes last Bell, at Ist Madras Europe° ment, of a son. 10 0 ; .1 On the 4th i nst., at Harting, Sussex, the wife 0 - f I I - . Curtis, Esq., o f a d aughter, , . r - ' - On the 14th i nst., at Lyrninster Lod g e, near Ar°ll- A e l 1 i '''''' lady of the R ev . Ed ward Hamer Ravenhill. of a son. f ie* •`;it On the 15th inst., in 'Whitehall-place, Mrs. Svl nfen '''''''. of a daughter. s p oltk „ Ott the itth inst., at Bytleet, the lady of James ' . t', r, i. 1) i L*(l.-, br a son. Mr. ~. ,' 4 On the 16th inst., it Stoke Newington, the wife of -", 0::' R. Vardy, of Finsbury-place, of a son. 1 1,, On the 16th inst., in Caclogmt-place, the lady of Lieu . , i; ,44 4 an d 11 , 1 1. ; of .;,. 4' Colonel N. Alves, of the Madras ' Army, of a son On the 16th inst., in Doughty -street, Mrs. C. W B3- ' ' '''::' ' . ji.'' • . ' li ? daughter. MARRIED. gl On the 15th i ns t., at S t. Ge rge's, H a nover- .... „tl are ,;ftbe •" ~ Ron an‘l Rev. Edward Ilarbottle Grimston, second 7 8 14 0 ' '. Earl and Countess of Verulam, to Frances H 01 4 , 6 4 1, ._, daugt ter of John Morier, E.q., late Minister at Dres" - curier On the 16th inst., at St. IN.laey's, Bryansten-squa re ' o f PO' . . Jenyns, Esq., secon d son of the Rev. George JenYn s i t oll° t;sham Hal, Cambridg e , to Louisa, eldest daughter 0 Walter Young, E sq . _--------.... . On the 18th of Jar.uary last s at Adelaide, DIED. A a r ; "af Thomas A. Forrest, Twlegstst son of the late Mr. Dal. ll rest, merchant, Edinburgh. eldest 01 o ,,f tb. On the 29:h u:t., W. Mitchell, Esq., Esq.,_ el — f est 6" . late 111;r:ha:I Mitchell, Esq. of Hornsey, 3liddleses, ag _ of t he On the 12th inst., at Jerso Julia Harriet, widow y, _ it Str late Henry [fatherly Price, civil engineer. .. Nireo , On the 13th inst., at W k Il ea. wick" ~, .t,, mersbt, M. Thomas Barrett. 00 4 On the 15th inst., in Regent-street, Mr. Samuel r` clt..A ti o' l .. : 4 0' of Cheap side, aged 63. BrDct° ' • ' North On the 15th inst., at Claremont Lodge, S4mu. 1 Thornton Anderson, aged 7 5 . .... ~....--....... _ Southe.,r. Londi 14 r m ctra No. ! StranJ, at 711 C Sui aifice, No 'l l2 ' Printed :-. IH I P u bli s h e d Ly MURDO YOU • the County of Itliddleses, Friday, Julie 17, 1842' _~ Al .~ ~~ ~.~:,~ •as • su -s, . dil .10 .4i( l e i • 121 J t Ntk tikit %NI kw, rat Ati rats, 44d ad clisturPn - 5 d a crowd oi he oath t e h t r h o i ut e h defend* ''Saloon, ght esl4l6and-t11 : 1 ;t He o Was, y aen/lit,' $-- was, su it ',.• to keep 111 w,, he had silts_ 'he defeo ether freer ' 0 Resat: : ;: # i one a pi, -,.., was d '' . $ , nate a .4. ' r . ' sed men , f ear ing b 4 td was at U,o, when be /TO in about v 25007 A 4i, ni , he'sl•-•