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

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HIS MAJ ES f Y the EAirEitutt of AUSTRIA, Diving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though t'ioy aro NO LOTTF,RIESI offer many possibilities of obtain. ing LARGE FORTUNES, BEINF, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now Selling SHARES for the said DIST ITIBU Pcimons desirous to purchase ally re7nive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS, , i , ICTUS and PAR I'ICU LARS. uron addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, . . or to HEINr. BROTHERS, at LUBECK. ,The NEN. DISTRIBUTION contains 700 MONEY DIVIDENDS, as follows:-- I . of 1 1 1,000 800 600 400 200 150 ......... ...... 450 120 110 100 ..... 500 90 ...... 540 80 70 60 50 5 20 43 593 700 Money Dividends, amounting t 0... £72,170 Sterling. HEINE BROTHERS beg further to state, that the NEXT POLISH DISTRIBUTION of „MONEY DIVIDENDS will take place on lst July. LARGEST DIVIDEND, £24.000; SMALLEST DIVIDEND, £lB. SELECTED GENUINE BONDS will be on Sale from 6th till 15th JUNE. The SELEC I lON of both Distributions is taking place on Ist of JUNE Hamburgh and Lubeck, 27th May, 1842. THEATRE-ROYAL. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 13. The Performances will commence with a New Musical Fairy Ro. manco, entitled THE KISS, t.lt BERTHA'S BRIDAL.— Aloxis, Mr. Barker; Hermann Mr. Clement White; Bertha, Miss Crisp; Berina, Misi Gould; tiddine, Miss Hughe4. With a New Farce, called UNCLE NIP. To which will be added the New Burletta, called THE WATER WITCHES, in wh:ch Mess.s V.ning, Oxberry, W. H. Bland, Bar ke , Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will'appear. '1 o conclude with LUCILLE. coxes, 45. Pit, Ss. Gallery, Is. Doors oen at Half past Six; comsne..ee at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Prira e Boxes to be had of Mr. Groga , , at the Private Box-office ; and of Mess' d. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Wick of the Equestrian Company. Immense success of the Italian Opeta Da. cers. THIS EVENING, JUNE 16. Will be acted Mr. I.ernan Rede's SIXTEEN STRINA JACK, with New Seenery and Appointments.—Kit Clayton, by Mr. George Wiid; the Dances by the t orps de Ballet of the Opera House. Alter which, in a snore extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, Introducing Mr. BATTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu tnereus and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Peneys, and the most talented Vaulters, Riders, Gym 'asties, and Contortionists in the kingdom. Gorgeous Cavalcade, novel acts of Equitation, and unri. railed Acrobatique Feats. To conc'ude with he grand Military and Equestrian Spectacle, en. titled MURAT—THE PEASANT, GENERAL, PRINCE, AND KING with Battles, Grand ~ eviews of Horse and Foet , and gor . getw aTableaux. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 13, The Performances will commencevith UN AN L,E AU SIX.EME ETA 14 E. After which. LES N'llgUX PECHES.—Monsieur Girard, by Mooei. ur Bontre. To co , cl .de with LE GAMIN DE PARIS —Joseph (Gamin de Pa is), Monsieur bouffe Boxy, us. ; Pit, 3s. tid. ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; 12s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per. formances commence at Half.past Seven. Applications fo Boxeg and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, tube made at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-sheet; Mr. Se. Lows, 13, Regent-sheet; Mr. SelllB'6, St. James's-street; and at the Bex.orliee of the Theatre, u hich is open daily, from Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN'. The First Flower Show of the Season TUESDAY, JUNE 14th. '' The ROYAL SOI.TH LONDON FLORICULTURAL So. CIETY will hold a GRAND FETE DES FLEURS, and Miscel. laneous FLOW ER SHOW in the al .ove admirably adapted Grounds, on Tuesday, June 11th 1812, when SIXTY-. OU A. GOLD and SILVER MEDALS will be awarded for the best Specimens and Collections of Pelargoniums, Hoses, Miscellaneous Plants, Caleeo.' tarifa. Pinks. Ranunculus, Heart's Ease, Cut Flowers, Lucas, Or. chittaceous Plants in Flower, Specimen Plants, Seedling Heart's Ease, Pine Apples, .Black Grapes, White Grapes, Collections of Fruit and vegetab es. In addition to the Prizes given bs the Committee, Extra Prizes are offtrea by Members of the Society to Amatuers for the best collec ion of Pelargoniums—to Nurserymen for ditto—to Amateurs for the best collection of Pelargonium Blooms, cut in bunches of twenty-four varieties—to Gentlemen's Gardeners for the best collection of Cut Flowers. The Flowers will be arranged in Classes under the spacious and handsome Tents of Messrs. STAFF, and SON. Besides the Exhibition of Floral and Horticultural products, which (rem the fineness of the season and other favourable circumstances, is confidently expected to be unusually rich, varied. and extensive, the whole of the popular Entertainments for which this Establish. went Is so widely celebrated, w.ll be given en a scale of grandeur eelipeing all previous efforts. Admission One Shilling. Oates open at Ono % oncert at nit. Fireworks at half-past Nine. The Evening Fete., with all the usual attractions, on Monday and Thursday. Open from 10-in the Morning. Feeding Hour 5 o'clock THE INDIA SUN, CONTAINING A MAP AND FULL ACCOUNT OF AFFGH.A.NISTAN AND THE THEATRE OF WAR IN INDIA, ALSO, THE CHINA SUN, ARE NOW' RE-TUBLISHIXG, WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM INDIA AND CHINA. THE WEATHER.--Noon, JUNE 11. R) AL CiALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer.... 77 I Highest 7B I Lowest 50 Barometer 30.27.—Wind E. Hititi V. 1' Mt Al' LONDON 111111JUE THIS DAY. Morning.-- 45 minutes after 4 e Evening ... 11 minutes after 5. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Inantorr,l Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." • I. . u Ly 4 4 40' =:t Vts • moi • e w, 7 41 • ' 1 L* 4l* :4re:Ve lr * l ; 2 '' • v ng itit. LONDON , MONDAY MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1842. Lord ASULET'S Bill is now printed. From a month after the Bill receives the royal assent, it will be unlawful to employ, or permit to be employed any female, in any min, or colliery, other than such as-Were employed in it at, or before the paSsing of the Act; from three calendar months after the passing of the Act, it wil; be unlaw ful to employ any. female, under is years of age, in any mins or colliery, and at that period it cancels and de clares 1041.01 indentures binding such persons to work in tmy colliery . At three months, then, from the passing of the Act, it hillremove out of the collieries and mines all females under 18 years of age. At six months after the Bill has become hos, it will be unlawful to employ any females whatseev er in the mines, and it removes, therefore, out of the mines and collieries, at the end of six months from the date of it passing, all the females now employed in them. The Bill - prohibits, at the end of one month, the further employment of all boys in mines under the age of 13, not now employed therein, and at the expiration of three calendar' months 'after the Passing o f t h e A ct , i t prohibits the employment of any youth under 13 years of age, 'and consequently at that period removes out of the mines and collieries all boys under that age . The third provision of the Bill is to put an end to all apprenticeship *Weyer in the mines. The fourth pro, vision is to make it unlawful to-place the engine or wind- lass, which raises and lowers the colliers, under the charge of any person except between the ages of 21 and 50. These provisions are enforced by penalties of 51., 10/., and 501. for every person employed contrary to these provisions. The striking feature of the Bill is, that in six months from the time of passing it, one-third at least of the labour, and of the labourers now employed in mines and collieries, will be peremptorily removed from them. In many cases, too, we are afraid that the total removal of boys and females will put a stop to the working of the colliery; for it is given in evidence, that without their assistance, as far as is at present known, the expense of working the col liery would be too great. If no other invention can be substituted for the little trappers, men or boys beyond the age of 13 must take their places, and either be paid like them, or if paid more, must increase the expense (.f working the colliery. Letting that pass, however, the proposition to remove six months hence one-third of the present labour and labourers from the collieries, in the present condition of the labour market, seems to us a very bold act of legislation. Is the supply of coals to be diminished to that extent? Is the amount of wages now paid to the collier popula to be diminished ? Or must the coal-owners pay the same amount of wages for one-third less produce ? Is the supply of coals not to be diminished ? The amount of wages not to be lowered, and the remaining two-thirds of the collier population to work one-third more ? How is this Bill, should it ever become a law, expected practi cally to operate ? In either of these cases, a consider• able alteration will be effected in the relations of the col lier population, if not injury done to one class or the other, and those who make the law will be expected to ascertain these points cleakiiy beforehand, and be pre pared to show how their measure is to affect the col liers and the owners of mines. We see that the Weekly Chronicle, in some courte ously-made remarks on The San, settles the whole ques tion at once, in the following manner, also adopted by Lord ASHLEY, who, as we have already mentioned, con templates punishing the male colliers fur their idleness and drunkenness, while he gallantly proposes to relieve at their expense their wives and children. Now, if The Sun (says the Weekly Chronicle) will take the pains to study the facto, and to ascertain the practice, of the best regulated coal districts, it will find that in nine cases out of ten, the earnings of a collier are the same, whether he grim pei his wife and daughters to submit to the humiliation of shar ing in his labour, or not. The difference is precisely this— that wherever the males alone d., the work, they work ten days, or even eleven, out of the fourteen. Where female la bour is permitted, the same wages are earned in eight or nine days, and the other six passed in drunkenness and debauchery. Why ? - Because the man has no home, and seeks refuge in the beer-house against the filth, and discomfort, of his own neg lected abode. That implies that the men are to do all the additional work, and be at once converted, by Lord ASHLEY'S Bill, into patterns of labourers and domestic attachment. Is not that somewhat of a Quixotic scheme ? Is it not a must unfounded expectation? Is it anything but a poor delusion, which all history contradicts? Yet the Weekly Chronicle says, " The Sun labours under a de lusion in imagining anything, doubtful, anythiug disad vantageous in such a regulation as this." Our contem- porary, which is perhaps natural, has a much greater confidence than we have in an Act of Parliament; and seems to think it is only necessary for the gentlemen at Westminstt r t 6 pass a decree, to attain at once the object of their wishes. " The disease," he says, "is un doubted ; the remedy certain and safe. Its complete extirpation, by Act of Parliament, is the first step to wards the introduction of those humanizing influences, to which we must look for amelioration of any kind." Alter the whole manners and lives of the colliers a once by Act of Parliament ! Is not that a delusion ? the foundation of the mistake seems to lie in transfer ring to the collier population the idea that they are slaves to some other persons, and that in passing this Act they will be liberated. The fact is, that this slavery' of the females and of the children is the consequence of the morals and manners of the people, and we be lieve that Lord ASHLEY is much more likely to produce an insurrection by his humanity, than reform the col lier population by his law. It begins by insulting them, because they sometimes drink, and go to cock fights, and do not work enough ; and he carries his own yearnings into effect, by depriving them of one-third of the wages of their families. Since we have seen Lord ASHLEY'S Bill, and read the remarks of the Weekly Chronicle, we tremble for the consequences, in the present state of the labour market, of withdrawing one third of the labour from the collieries, and depriving the colliers of one third of their wages. , A Cabinet Council was held suddenly and unexpectedly 1 on Friday. We have good reason to believe that it was held in consequence of some very unpleasant, not to say alarming intelligence, which yesterday morning reached the Home-office from the manufacturing dis tricts. The Income-tax sill was read a second time in silence last night in the House of Lords, and it is said that one strong motive for postponing all observations on so delicate a matter just now, of which Noble Lords on both sides were con vinced, was the dread of saying anything which might add to the excitement and alarm which exists in various parts of the country. Our information goes to the effect that something like consternation has been excited in the Cabinet, not only on account of what has already happened, but of what is plainly seen to be unavoidable. Letters from Manchester and other manufacturing districts, are written in a most de. sponding tone ; there is no hope of improvement ; the soup kitchens are besieged with hungry applicants for relief ; who congregate about them before it is day light, to get, if possible, something to cat ; white the hungry masses have given it plainly to be un derstood that they would rather be sabred by the sol diery—if needs must—than die of hunger, which they have declared they will not do if they can help it. Manchester, and the other manufacturing towns abound in Irish, and some apprehension is felt of the possible effect on them of the riots and loss of life at Ennis. They are a lively, sympathetic race, and when they learn that several of thk it countrymen have there been shot by the police, who are said to have fired without orders, their hun ger may be sharpened by indignation, and the peace of the country be endangered. . From Glasgow we are told that the accounts of the destitution of the people exceed all belief, and that on a late occasion, when a charitable gentleman distributed amongst them a few loaves, they could be likened to nothing but a band of hungry wolves seizing a very insufficient prey. GOD protect the commonwealth I for our rulers, we greatly fear, will drive the people.to desperation. The business of the Session is evidently drawing to a glom. No debateable question of importance remains, excepting, perhaps, the renewal of the Poor-law. Sir ROBERT Pzzi. has resolved to commence public business at half-past four o'clock every day. Orders of the Day are to have precedence on Tuesdays. Saturday is to be added to the number of working days ; every symptom betokens assiduity and dispatch, and in all probability, therefore, Parliament will be prorogued by the second, or, at latest, the third week of next month. This is a judicious regulation, both as regards the convenience of Members, and the passing of important measures. For many sessions one-half of the public business was dispatched in houses with all but empty benches; sporting Members had gone to the Moors, travelling Members to the Continent ; and a fe'ii Secretaries of State, with their Sub-Secretaries, and "some dozen working indefatigable legislators, were left to bring up the nu merous and generally important arrears. It is gratify ing to find that the Opposition, too, approve of the new system, for Mr. IlureE suggested that as no business had been done on Thursday for two weeks, orders should have precedence on that day also, and the suggestion met with general approbation. We trust Members will Garry oat the plan still farther, and put an end at once to useless opposition to the new tariff. By protracting discussion they only keep the public mind in a state of anxiety, without serving any one good purpose. Sir ItonEnT PEEL has made up his mind on this measure, at least for one year. He admits that some of the duties, such as those on wool and cot ton, are objectionable, bttt pleads poverty as an ex cuse for retaining theM; and we may therefore conclude, if he finds himself richer next year, that he will give us more reductions on raw materials, and perhaps also on sugar. The Tariff Bill is his work; he is responsible for it ; and as opposition to it is vain, the sooner it becomes the law of the laid the better. This is the general opinion throughout the country. All persons engaged in trade are anxious to have the question set at rest, and those who throw obstacles in the way only injure commerce, without the chance of producing the slightest beneficial change. Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. BERNAL, and Mr. O'BRIEN, are entitled to the thanks of the trading classes for having, on Friday night, represented to the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, the extreme inconvenience resulting from the absurd and unjust regnlatiou about weighing the gold coinage. - Sir ROBERT PEEL iS partial to scales. He frightened the country with his Corn-law Sliding Scale, and, as if to drive com mercial men out of their !senses, they. can no more move about without sovereign-weighing scales and weights in their pocket', than they can without shirts or small-clothes. His notifiCatidn respectingaral)e,sci all thew t e r ig na h ing of gold coinage, has completely paralysed e •among the poor retailers of the metropolis. proldetll4ithlVeights; AK unable to ascertain. the value of sovereigns and half torereigns, they refuse to receive THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1842. them, and thus people, with money in their pockets, are in - some districts unable to command absolute necessaries. In th&poorer disfricts of London it is impossible to ob tain change for gold, even with the temptation of con siderable purchases. The poor had surely enough to trouble them, without thus unnecessarily alarming them. They are filled with a vague sense of danger ; fancy every one who offers them gold in payment of wages or otherwise, intends to rob them ; and just in proportion to the extent of their ignorance is their inquietude. But the proposal itself recommends a robbery of the public. A great proportion of the gold coinage was issued under weight, to prevent its exportation, and a vast amount is depreciated in value from being allowed to remain too long in circulation. Nearly all the gold coins issued in the reigns of George the Third, George the Fourth, and William the Fourth, are in circulation. Now, how is it to be expected that sovereigns, upwards of a quarter of a century in circulation, should retain their full weight ? The Government kaows right well that they are all light, and yet seizes the mo ment of imposing an Income-tax for depre ciating, by proclamation, the recognised standard value of them Let the present coinage of the kingdom be called in at its nomimal value, and a currency of the standard weight issued, with a regulation fer its re-issue at intervals of seven or ten years, and then we shall make no objection to Sir R. PEEL'S weighing scales. The Moniteur of Thursday publishes the report of the discussion in the Chamber of Peers, respecting the want of religious education in France. Count BEUGNOT complained of the number of legal and medical students as being excessive. There were 3,375 medical students in 1841, and the annual number of lawyers qualified to practice at the French bar was 1,368. He further com plained that medicine was only taught practically, and that the works of the fathers of the science of healing were hardly ever seen in the professional schools of France. Count de SAINT-PRIEST, and the Marquis de BARTHELEMY expressed regret that the clergy were not allowed a sufficient share in the education of the young of France. The following extract from the report of the debate will be read with some interest : The Marqais de Barthelemy was also anxious for a bill, which would allow children to receive a religious and literary education, in place of a philosophy often opposed to the pre criptions of Christianity. The Minister of Public Instruction denied that the State establishments taught a philosophy contrary to Christian prin ciples. It the Noble Peer exam ed the programmes of the University, he would see that this assertion was incori ect. With respect to a bill on the subject of liberty of instruction, he could not say that the Government could promise to present one at any particular time, or in the Chandoer of Peers rather than the Deputies. Count de Alontalembert said that the system of instruction followed in the University inspired very serious uneasiness to that portion of the French population that were anxious about religious instruction. In his opinion the University only re presented indifference and scepticism in religious matters. Yet he should not attribute this to the University as a crime, it it was not a monopoly, and one not justified by the actual tendency of religious opinions. So great, in fact, was the insuffi ciency of religious education, that there ss ere at the present moment not less than eight hundred French pupils in the Colleges of neighbouring nations. The Noble Peer then de!ended the opinion of his party with respect to freedom of instruction, and declared that they had never, as had been erroneously stated, wished to exclude the Govern ment trom the superintendence of 'public schools, and that the clergy had never conceived the notion of substituting them selves for the University. He trusted that, at the approaching elections, those who had the right to elect representatives would distinguish between men who were anxious to preserve the barriers existing between the evils of society and their remedy, and those in favour of the liberty of instruction. The Mini,ter of Public Instruction must declare that the Noble Peer's inference, that public confidence was not vouch safed to the University, was erroneous. Conformably to the principle which guided its creation, that institution paid the ut most attention to the religious tenets of the pupils, and never attempted to interfere with them improperly. Napoleon, at its creation, appointed 6,000 purses for gratuitous education, form ing nearly the whole number of pupils ' • but at present there were only 1,400 purses, the free pupils amounting to 5,000. As the latter number were sent by the public, it would follow that the Noble Peer's argument was ill-founded. The Mi nister here entered into the question if the scepticism attri buted to the University, and adduced arguments to justify that body from the accusation. Count de Montalembert persisted in his former assertions, and declared that as his affirmations, and those of the Mini-ter, were at variance, their truth could only be proved by subse quent facts. He had no desire to see the University suppressed, but he thought snore religious establishments might very well be allowed to exist collaterally. After some other remarks the subject dropped. We agree in the opinion that there is too little reli gious instruction in France. But one of the greatest blunders made by the zealots is that of seeking to travel too fast. Theirs is the hot-house system of improve ment. Now, this is neither the wisest nor the best. The religious principle is rapidly gaining ground in France, and will strike deeper root the less it is inter fered with by legislation. Nothing is talked of in Paris but the approaching elections. M. ()DILLON BARROT is as busy as a bee, but his influence with the public is gone for ever. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 9. drat Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pm. Prig.. wench 5 per Cents ...... 119 80 119 85 ... 119 70 ... 119 70 4 per Cents. ... 101 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 3 per tents BO Id 80 15 ... 80 SO Lean lint or rganc.. Gartlite Lank 1,0001. SI area 1155 .1055 ~.1e55 5,0001 Shares 5070 507) ..„5071i 7..170ari flank Belgian 5 per Cents, ... 113% ... 1t,3% ... 11.3 , ,i .. ii 34, a per Lentt., 1840 105% ... 105% ... 10.. 1 ... 11 , 5 1 4 ...nigh Active 23% ... 23% ... 23% ... 23 4eapohtan a man .... R 4% ... 114% ...1(9% ... 104% KAILW a t aHARI.;:, Je►saillet.K, 1-. LB Rouen 550 ... 53 , ... 547 50 ... 527 56 Strasburg to 8a1e... THE QUEEN'S LETTER.—Sir Robert Peel's last hope either has been, or will be, a failure. The opulent classes cannot give, and they will not give, sufficient to palliate, much less relieve, the' public distress. Why, say 'many of them, should we subscribe to buy food fur the people on Which the landlords levy a tax ? Our money may relieve some distress, but it will also go to keep up the landlords' rents ; and we will not subscribe. There is no heart in the cause, and Sir R. Peel will get but little money . . If Sir Robert would pledge himself that all the money subscribed should be laid out in fo reign corn, and be imported, duty free, he would promote trade, lower prices, and probably have an increased amount subscribed. . COURT MYSTERIES.—Some surprise has been ex pressed that the Premier did not accompany her Ma jesty to Ascot Heath on Thursday last. We, however,. see nothing yemarkable in that circumstance, and it may be that he was not invited. The Right Hon. Gentleman came down with Lady Peel by the train on Tuesday evening, and had to wait for some time at the Slough station before his carriage could be got ready. There were none of the Royal carriages in waiting for him. He had in his hand an evening paper of that day, and the Standard will be shocked to learn that the " public in structor" which the Premier was so carefully taking to Windscr Castle was one of extreme Radical opinions.-- Observer.—[Why is our courtly Contemporary afraid to mention The Sun, and anxious to impute to us princi ples, which, in the general sense of the word, we neither profess nor advocate ? Is he afraid that the Radical " public instructor" should be preferred at Court to those tine-serving papers which are guided only by selfish in terests, and which would become Tory, Conservative, Whig, Radical, or "extreme Radical," if they could better their condition.] METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—A deputation on this very important subject, consisting of Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. Gally Knight, M.P., the Earl of Love lace, Mr. John Martin, Mr. Hickson, Mr. J. Ivatt Briscoe, Colonel Sykes, Mr. George Godwin, Mr. J. Hume, M.P., Mr. T. L. Donaldson, the Honourable H. Fitzroy, Dr. S. Smith, Mr. Yowler, Mr. Elphinstone, M.P., and some other gentlemen interested in the matter, attended by appointment on Sir Robert Peel, at Downing-street, on Friday morning. A Cabinet Council being unexpectedly summoned, the conference was postponed until next ireek. • THE NOTTINGHAM WRIT.—Sir Robert Peel votes against issuing the writ for Nottingham, it is said, be cause he dreads Mr. Walter's opposition to the Poor law, which might protract the session a week or two. He voted for issuing the writ to Ipswich, because there he was sure of obtaining two supporters, or two reason able opponents. The madness of the General Assembly during the late session, has precluded all hopes of assistance from the Government, in settling the disputes which agitate the Kirk of Scotland. Sir James Graham last night said he would not characterise their proceedings by any harsh terms, but he would be explicit on one point, namely, that it was the intention of the Government'to oppose Mr. Campbell's Non-Intrusion Bill. This of course astonished "poor" Mr. Campbell, who in utter amazement exclaimed, " I never could have expected such an answer from the Right Hon. Baronet." What answer did he expect ? That Sir James Graham would give more power to men who know neither mercy nor justice, who have defied the law, and trampled op their unoffending brethren, whom the Government had re solved to protect ? Mr. Campbell must labour under some strange delusion. MADLLE. RACHEL AND HER CRITIC. —A dramatic critic in a Morning Journal. while speaking of Madlle. Rachel's excellent acting on Friday night at the Queen's Theatre, falls into such paroxysms of admiration, as wholly to lose sight of common-sense and meaning. Thus, in reference to her famous scene with Valere and old Horace, he tells us that the effect produced "is here quite paralyzing-4t is almost dislocating !" 'l'his is the first time we ever heard that good acting endangered the integrity of one's limbs. We have seen Kean more than once in Othello, yet pur joints were never dislocated in consequence ? Even his famous curse in King Lear occasioned no injury to our angle-bone. We had no need to call in a surgeon to remedy the disastrous results of our admiration. If Mdlle Rachel's acting really have the effect of putting one's limbs out of joint, we should decidedly recommend her being taken up for a nuisance, and compelled to find sureties for her good behaviour, during the period she may remain in England. From the returns to the House of the number of officers and men.. constituting the effective yeomanry of Great Britain during the years 1840 and 1 84 1, it appe a r s and that amounted in the former, to 835 Irel t a h n e d y , officers, and 13,450 men ; for the support of whom, Parliament granted a ' sum of 92,9934 which was ex ceeded by an expenditure of •233 i. .14sio7d. In the fol lowing year, the officers numbered 840, and O. men 13,434 ; for whose support a vote of 82,266/. was granted, over which an excess of expenditure has taken plate of 1031. 6s. Id. SMUGGLED SPIRITS, WINE, AND SILK, 1832-41.— From the returns to the House of Commons of the quantities of the above articles and commodities at tempted to be smuggled into the United Kingdom during the last ten years, it appears that in 1832, 42,421 gal lons of Brandy were seized ; in 1841, 12,639, showing a decrease of 29,782. Of Geneva, 11,155 gallons in 1832 ; while in 1841, there were no more than 2,496. Of Rum, 702 gallons in the former year ; in the latter, 190. Of Wines, in 1832, 86 gallons ; during the next four years, the fluctuation is from 100 to 150 gallons, and in 1841 it had increased to 351 gallons, though in the preceding year, 1840, there were only 73 gallons seized. In the articles of silk and foreign manufacture, a great increase appears to have taken place in shoes, stockings, and gloves : of these in 1832, only 266 pairs were seized, and so late as 1839, only 31 pairs. During the last year, 1841, there have been 2,947. In all the other items, such as ribbons, velvet, crapes, caps, and bonnets, &c., there appears a very sensible decrease, amounting almost, comparatively, in some cases, to a nonentity. In lace an article more extensively smuggled than any other, a great decrease is observable. In 1832 the number of yards returned, as under legal seizure, was 6,813 : fur 1841, 1,413 yards. SPIRITS (IRELAND).-011 the motion of Sir Robert Ferguson, a return has been made of the spirits taken out for home consumption in Ireland since sth January to sth April last, and corresponding periods of 1840 and 1841. The decrease, as will be seen, is enormous. In the quarter ending April 5, 1840, the number of gallons taken out for home con sumption was 2,212,465 ; while in the corresponding quarter this year, it was only 1,682,548, a reduction of 529,917 gallons in three months. EXPRESS FROM PARIS• PARIS, JUNE 10. It seems that the proclamations of the Spanish Regent for money to pay the two semestres of interest were issued on an understanding with those capitalists who had engaged with Surra y Rull. That Minister's re signation will thus make no difference. All the various parties in the Cortes were consulted, and all agreed that faith should be kept with the Eng lish creditor, by whatever Minister should succeed to the finance department. The Fives, with 11 coupons, were 31 in Madrid on the 3d. Three per Cents. 22 for time. On the 4th, the Fives at one moment reached 35, but almost immediately afterwards fell to 31, and not a bar gain done in the Threes.' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday.) The English Market is completely inanimate to- day, and without business ; prices, in consequence, are not quite so good sa they left off last evening, Consols being 913 911 for the opening ex dividend ; 7 hree per Cents. Reduced, 913 911 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1003 1003. India Bonds, 22 24 ; Exchequer Bills, 48 50 prem. Nothing has been done in Foreign Securities. The speculators in Mexican are much disappointed that the Dee has brought no information from that country ; quotations remain nearly as yesterday, being 363. Business in the Shares has been very limited, and confined to Great Western, 891; the New Shares, 623 ; Eastern Coun ties, 93 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 513 ; Brighton, 353. A " rig" is now going forward in Spanish, and the fluctua tions to-day have been from 231 to 24k, and since declined to 233. When it is remembered that no money for the next nivi dend is yet provided, and that the Minister, according to the last advices, had announced his willingness to borrow it in small suns, the rise will be seen to be merely a speculation without a legitimate cause. The usual return of the weekly average circulation of the kingdom for the four weeks ending the 28th ult. shows a falling off of 483,1221. in comparison wit', the a:t ount of the 30t1i of April, which is composed of these items :—That of the Bank of England is less by 513,000/, the difference between 17,891,000/. and 18,404,000/. ; the English Private Batiks by 116,535/., the difference between 5,365,6541. and 5,482,1891. ; and the Joint Stock Banks by 59,360/., the difference between 3,101,540/. and 3,160,900/. ; forming i total decrease in Eng land of 683,895/., the difference between 26,358,1941. and 27,047,089/. The circulation of Ireland is contracted by 154,895/., the difference between 5,057,052/. and 5,211,947/., of which the Bank of Ireland is less by 6,725/, the dif ference between 3,093,9001. and 3,100.625/, and the Pri vate and Joint Stock Banks by 148,1701., the difference between 1,963,152/. and 2,111,3221. The private and Joint Stock Banks in Scotland have enlarged their issues by 360,6681., the difference between 2 951,3831. and 2,590,715/. The total circulation of the three kingdoms is now 34,666,6291. against 35,849,751/. on April 30. The bullion in the Bank of England appears to be rapidly accumu lating, being now 7,383,0001., an increase of 301,000/. above the last return, or 3,165,000/. above the lowest point in Nov. 1841. This decrease in the circulation, although indicative of an absence of demand for industrial purposes, is not so discou , raging as would be supposed at first. The Bank of England, at the commencement of April, to relieve a pressure on the market which then existed, increased their issue by nearly 1,750,000/. above what it had been in the former month, and are now gradually returning to their usual average. The increase in Scotland, affords a gratifying proof that a revival of trade there is going on ; and tne circulation, which, during some months past, had been narrowed from 3 383,006/. t.a 2,5907151.. is now again being expanded. The stock of bullion is also sa tisfactory ; and which, coupled with the present state of the foreign exchanges, would show, that if in the next two or three months any demand for it should arise on the Continent. it will be met, without to any great degree distressing the market. The few letters received by the Dee, add nothing to the in telligence in another column. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 9. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 99k , Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830... 991 Ditto 4 per cent ... Mt per Cent. Debs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 16.—The market exhibits no alteration since the former day, steady prices were obtained for about 4,000 bales. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 10.--There was an improved demand for South Eastern New Shares, but nothing of importance was done in any other description ; the sales we'e Edinburgh and Glasgow New, 13 premium ; Grand Junction, 185 ; New Quarters, 263 ; Liverpool and Manchester Halves, 84 1 ,i ; London and Birmingham, 178; Manchester and Birmingham, 263; South Eastern New, i 3 premium. MANCHESTER STOcK EXCHANGE, JUNE 10.—We have had a quiet market to-day. South Eastern are still inquired for. Our quotations are—South Eastern, Scrip, 63 to 63 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 53 ; Manchester Assurance, 93; Bank of Manchester, 33 to 43. CHRONICLE.—The receipt of gold coin below the legal weight in sums over 501. by the Bank of England at the Mint price of 31. 171. 101 Ad. per ounce, does not remove the com plaints of the public. Private individuals will not be able to take advantage of the notice, except by clubbing their gold, and transmitting it by one party, so as to make up the required amount. If this be done, those who end their gold to the Bank will be paid for light sovereigns at the Mint price, but they . will be sufferers for the deficiency of weight. A very large proportion of the'gold in circulation is below the legal weight, and thus a most severe loss will be suffered by the community by the depreciation in the coinage over which they had no control. It was the duty of the Government to have called in the gold before it was so reduced by abrasion as to i.e generally below the legal weight, and it is on the Crown, and nor en individuals, that the less should fall. The injustice in flicted on the country by throning the loss for deficiency of weight on individuals is so glaring, that we cannot doubt it wiil be made the subject of Parliamentary inquiry. Every one must see that the silver coinage, especially sixpencies, is much deteriorated, and that a nevi issue is requisite ; but here, again, the old coin will be allowed to circulate until the sixpences and shillings arc worn down smooth, and all marks of her Majesty's countenance obliterated; then we shall have a fresh blundering arbitrary proclamation, and individuals will be again saddledsith the loss incurred by Governm en t neg l ec t. Th ese are fitting accompaniments for a Tory Government to adopt as suitable introductions to the iniquities of their Income-tax. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock pm Ditto Bonds .... 24 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 48 pm Ditto 5001...... 50 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct — India Stock for Acct — Consols for Opg. FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .. 9ll 3 per Cent. C0n5....: 92i 3 per Cent. Red.• • looe New 3i per Cent — New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12i Oct. 1859 Jan. 18U0 FOREIGJ Austrian, 5 per cent -- Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds.. . • Portuguese, 5 per cent. { Ditto, New Ditto jPrussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 Rosman, 5 Per cent Ditto, Metallic...;..: Svanish, 5 per cent 22i Ditto, Deferred.... .. Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 36i French, 3 per cent. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1537 Dutch, 2i per cent. Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent...... 101 i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) Ditto New Shares (17i p ai d).. l3 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... 9i Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 504 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares . (50 paid) 62 _ . . , Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes (74 paid) London and South Western (431 15$ Odpd) 63 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds ( paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 264 Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) REPORTED DISTURBANCE AT BARNOLDSWICK.— On Wednesday last there was a report current on 'Change and elsewhere, that the relieving officer of the Skipton Union, while relieving the poor at Barnoldswick, a small place on the borders of Yorkshire, about four miles from Colne, had been attacked by a numerous body of paupers, the money taken from him, and divided by the plunderers amongst themselves, and the officer thrown into a ditch ; that the milit ar y were consequently sent for, and speedily arrived, from Eurtiley anti Colne; and one report s tated that several lives wer e l os t. O n inquiry, we have reason to believe that there is no truth in th e story, the fa c t being, that there having been some demand, on the part of a number of ratepayers of Barnoldswick, to be present at, a distribution of the money, and the Guardians declining to comply with such a demand, some disturb ance was apprehended, anti a few troops Ns ere ordered to proceed from Colne to that place, with a view to pre serve the peace; and we believe that their p resence proved e ff e ctual, and that not the sl ightest disturbance took place, and the troops returned to their barracks, at Colne, the same evening. A Chartist, namel Mooney, wh o h as o f l a t e been s e eki n g to distinguish himself in that quart er , p rocee d e d with the troops to Barnoldswick, and shortly af terwar d s re turning to Colne, which was left for a short time without mili tary, be sprung a rattle by way of asse m bli ng hi s b rot h er chartists, and then harangued them, declaring, amongst other • things, that one or two soldiers had been killed. However, the Chartist s speedily dispersed on the arrival in Colne, of some cavalry from Burnley barracks ; and the return of the soldiers from Barnoldswick, soon su ffi ced to expose M oone y' s f a l se h oo d. It is not difficult to see how, from these materials, the story gathering as it rolled, was swelled into a tale at Manchester. of nine men being killed. The Chartist meeting of Sunday next, we believe, is•-to be held at Accrington, and will be addressed by Dr. Alacdotiall, Mooney, and others of that claw.. ...Manchester Guardian, w der=g AND Vitbitt Optittoxt. " Who runs may read." FOILEXGINT. The elections and the linen thread que,tion are the only matters that excite any interest among the French journias. The National publishes a long article to prove that linen thread impaled from Belgium ought not to be subjected to the increased duty about to be laid on the same article imported from England. " Between Belgium and us," observes the National, "there exist an identity of position, a community of interests, a similarity of tradition and recollections, and ten dencies in common. Between Great Britain and us no com- munity of feeling, no point of contact exists during past ages ; and at present, more than ever, when the two nations meet they annoy, injure, and offend each other." The Courier Franrais says :—" By raising the duty on fo reign thread, the Ministry will not satisfy any party. The National thinks it not enough, and demands a prohibitive duty, as if a duty of 20 per cent., added to the expenses of commission and carriage, was riot, in fact, a prohibition. The consequence will he, that our merchants will be supplied by smugglers, and the only party who will suffer by this arrange , ment, except the consumer, will be the Treasury, which will lose two or three•millions of revenue." We quote the following important announcement from the Commerce. We fear withal that it is but a trick to lull the suspicions of the Regent :—" A rumour is current that a defi nitive rupture has taken place between Queen Christina and the heads of her party. • '1 hey, seeing that for some time past they had been the dupes of promises which were not kept, at last determined formally to demand from the Queen an effec tive support to a new attempt in Spain, and they allowed her four days to consider the application. At the end of that period, Queen Christina having again given an evasive reply, her partisans, the report says, broke off all political connection with her. The purchase of Alalmaison, after that of the hotel in the rue de Courceiles, may have contributed to convince her partisans that she has given up all political projects." La France states, that the contemplated journey of the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours to Luxemburg had been ar ranged between Louis Philippe and General Fagel, and relates to a marriage between the rrincess Clementine and a Pi ince of the House of Orange. MONEY-TRAME=COINSMERCE. The Austrian Gover►iment will make a new issue of paper money on the 15th of this month, to the amount of five millions of bring, in notes of various values. Another set of coliiers, to ►he employment of Messrs. Travis Horsfall, near Barnsley, struck work last week, owing to re newed reduction of wageq. At the 35th Anniversary of the London Female Peniten tiary, held pn Friday at Pentunville, the Report stated that since the f trmation of the institution, in 1607. no less than 2,640 females had been admitted. A magnificent donation of 1,0001. from an anonymous gentleman had lately enriched the institution. _ _ _ 'I he sale of Lord Lichfield's elegant property in St. James's. square, of wines, pictures, and plate, commences on to-day. ELECTIONEERING. The inquiry into the Athlone election terminated yesterday, declaring the Tory candidate, George de le Poer Here-ford, to have been unduly elected, and that Daniel O'Ferral, Esq., ought to have been returned as a burgess. Permiss.on, however, has been given to Captain Beresford, or other parties, to petition against the return of the latter. STATISTICS, From the returns made by Mr. Braidwood, of the brigade force, of the number of fires that occurred in the metropolis and its suburbs, it appears, that during the last five months, from the ist of January to t he Ist of June, no fewer than 36S have taken place. During the same period last year the num bers were 371, and the year 1:n fore 356 fires. AND JCaLZx /TART. A public examination was held at the Addissombe military seminary on Friday, when out of twenty-nine gentlemen brought forward, three were selected for the engineers, nine for the artillery, and seventeen for the infantry. 33 PO LaCe. _ A Commission of Lunacy was held on Wzdnesday and Thurs day at the Crown and Anchor t avern, on Hi nry Weir Spar. row, Esq., of Essex, and Norfolk-street, strand, at which former place he is possessed of extensive estates, and enjoys upwards of 5,6001. a year. As instances of his lunacy :—he put his font in the fire and burned it, declaring the Lord had order, d him to do it for his sins ; he imagined spectres round his bed ; that he was Loui , Philippe; and he once bowed to a dog, and said it was the Queen. The Jury returned him of unsound naiad since May, 1840. He hadleft his property under a will to Miss Daniel, the governess. The Six Clerks' Office, it is said, will be shortly abolished, the Lord Chancellor intendwg to bring a Bill into the House f Lords to that effect. It is purposed to appoint a board of taxing officers. record-keepers, &e., instead. At Kensington on Friday, Thomas Shores, who hu been in custody for a fortnight, ch rged with stabbing his brother, was fully • committed, and the witnesses were bound over to appear against him. At Queen-square, an old man named Rogers, was charged with begging. He had been servant to several Noblemen and Gentlemen in his younger days, and had lived as groom with Lord Castlereagh. The Magistrate expressed concern at his dzstitute condition, and thought it best to commit him for fourteen days. LITER.AnT AND SCIENTIFIC. A complete set of the works of the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, illus trated in a profuse and splendid manner, produced 4961. at the sale of Sir Henry Freeling's library. An opera, by Prince Joseph Poniatowski, has been received at Rome with prod pious eclat. The Society of St. Ceeilia the next day unanimously voted the Prince a splendid gold medal. COURT CIRCULAR: WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Counts Mensdorf, attended by the Countess of Dunmore, lion. Misses Stanley and Hamil ton, Lord Rivers, Hon. C. A. Murray, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Lord C. Wellesley, and Sir E. Bowater, attended Div:ne service in the Royal Chapel of St. George. The Rev.lMr. Gore officiated in the first part of the service. The Hon, and Rev. Mr. Cust, and the Rev. Mr. Markham (Canon in residence), took the communion service. The latter gentleman preached a most eloquent sermon, from the 4th and sth verses of the 15th chapter of St. Luke's Gospel. The "Te Deum" and " Jubilate " were Dr Boyce in A. The Sanctus, " flyrie Elieson," and Creed, King's in C ; and the Anthem, " Behold, 0 God, our defender, and look updn the face of thine anointed," (Elvey). The verses sung by Master Foster , Mr. Harri, Mr. Turner, and Mr. French. Dr. Elvey presided at the organ. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert, ac companied by the Duchess of Kent and the Counts Mensdorf, and attended by the Royal suite, reviewed in the Great Park, the Royal Horst; Guards, under the command of Colonel Richardson and Lieutenant-Col. Smith, and the 15th Regiment of Foot, under the com mand of Lord C. Wellesley. Her Majesty and the Prince wore the Star and Riband of the Order of the Garter. His Royal Highness was habited in a Field Marshal's uniform, and the Counts Mensdorf in those of Austria. . The Royal party returned at eleven o'clock to the Castle, and in the afternoon took an airing in the park and forest drives, her Majesty and the Prince being on horseback. The Hon. Miss Paget left yesterday, and Colonel Richardson. Lieutenant- Colonel Smith, and Major Draught, had the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle yesterday evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, the Here ditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, and the Prince and Princesses of Saxe Weimar, attended Divine . Service yes terday afternoon in Westminster Abbey. The Countess Brownlow, Hon. Miss Ann Gore, and Earl Howe were in waiting on her Majesty; and Madile. De Kaas and Baron D'Erffit were in waiting on the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen. The Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yester day morning in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The ser mon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley ; the lessens by the R -v. Mr. Hall, And the communion service by the Rev. Drs. Sleath and-Wesley-, and the Rev. Mr. Hall. The service was Boyce in A, the Sanctus in D, Dupin's. The anthem was. " The Lord is King" (Arnold). Sir G. Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, the Clerk, and the Dean of Herefor.l, Deputy •Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess or Brown. low, Hon. Miss Gore, and Earl Howe. Among the Nobility were the Duke and . Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lords Her rowby, Wilton, Effingham, Canterbury, Eliot, Norreys. Sydney, Duncannon, Alford, and Cantilupe. • The Duke of Cambridge, and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yester day morning in Gtosvenur Chapel. The Dueness of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens, went to the Horticultural Fete at Chiswick on Saturday. His Royal Highness afterwards honoured Lady Ravensworth with a visit at her residence at Fulham. The Duke and Duchess of Canibridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of . Cambridge, attended - by Lady Augusta Somerset, and Major Stephens, honoured the Marchioness of Ailesbury with their Company, on. Friday evening, at the ball given by her Ladyship. at her residence in Grosvenor-square. Mr. Lambert and Mr. Byrne had interviews with Lord Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colonial office. Mr. Dean, Chairinan of the Customs, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturtte at his official residence in Downing-street. Her Majesty has been pleased to present the Piper of his Royal Highness the • Duke of &mot with a very handsome Scotch mull for his performance at the Bal Costume. , It is shaped as a powder-horn, and is ele gantly mounted in. silver ; on the top is a splendiChtilitr gorum, set in a double border of the thistle TATildgct hi silver. The end is finished with a silver thiSde, having a large amethySt in the centre. Oa arrestrAcheon is the following inscription, "Presented bt ttie Queen's com mand to Donald Mackay, Piper to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, •in commemoration of his having played before her Majesty at the State Fancy Ball given at Buckingham Palace, Flay 12, 1842." The Pipers of the Dukes of Bucclettch and Sutherland have been honoured with similar presents. Lady Peel left town on. Saturday for Drayton Park, Staffordshire, TIE EILTILX C AM. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews leave Brompton-row in a day or two, on' a professional tour in the provinces. M. Duprez, the celebrated French singer, took his leave of the Paris public, at the tirand Opera, on Monday last, in the Reine de Chypre, and on the following day set out for London. The two first tenors in the world, namely, he and Hubini, are now, therefore, in the metropolis. Considerable exrctations have been raised in the dramatic circles by the announced appeaKance at the Theatre Francais of a young lady named Garrique, who is said to be a collateral descendant of the family of Garrick. COURT—FASHIONABLE. The Earl of Shannon has caused the whole of the splendid furniture and appointments at East Powis Castle, I,le of Wight, to be shipped for Cork, in order to be conveyed to the family seat, Castle Martyr. A brilliant season is expected at Baden-Baden. The Bri tish Ambassador w ill arrive there this week. The Earl of Wilton's yacht, the Xarifa, is fitting out at Ports. mouth, to convey his Lordship and suite to Hamburgh. The Duke of Devonshire gaze a sumptuous entertainment yesterday to the French Ambassador and a fashionable party. "XISIIta e LaIVEOUS. A number of stone-coffins, recently opened in the Cathedral of Lincoln, contained bodies all enveloped in the coarse hair cloth shirts of the Catholic times. Twelve Franciscan friars have lately gone from Valencia to Syria on a mission there. _ _ OLe of tke legislators now in MadrA, representing a mari time province, is said to have paid 40,000 dollars, say 8,0001., some time since to a former Minister of Finance, for the Grand Cross of Charles the Third; that is to say, the Minister owed him that sum, and bestowed the honour on him in full of all demands. His Excellency is well known in England. SOLDIER'S ROUNDELAY. When the beetle's drowsy horn Winds across the silent lea, Ere the rosy-finger'd morn Throws a bright tint o'er the sea: When the moon her orb displaying Beams upon the lonely night, And the wolf dog loudly baying Seems to mock her silver light;— Then we soldiers, ever cheery, O'er the rugged mountain roam, Briskly dancing, neVer'weary, To the merry peal of the hollow drum. :stow the song, the joke, the story Swell around and cheat the way; Feats of love and deeds of glory Grace the merry Roundelay. • Peals of laughter, care beguiling, Round their genial magic spread, Till the day-star sweetly smiling Tints the gray cliff's mossy head : Then we soldiers, ever cheery, O'er the rugged mountain roam, Briskly dancing, never weary, To the merry peal of the hollow drum. 'When the sun is fiercely beaming O'er the snowy-tented 'field, Of the morrow seldom dreaming, We to balmy slumber yield. Or, beneath the shady bowers, In the jungle we recline ; Strewing life's dull path with flowers, Cull'd from love and rosy wine. Thus we soldiers, ever cheery, - O'er the rugged mountain roam, Briskly dancing, never weary, To the merry peal of the hollow drum. —From " Savindroog, ' in the Metropolitan Magazine. Futz.—Last night, at half-past eleven o'clock, a fire broke out upon the extensive range of premi , es in ti e oc cupation of Mr. Moreton, furniture broker and general dealer, s►tuate at No. 36, New-cut, Lambeth, within a short distance of tilackfriars-road. Mr. and Mrs. Moreton with another person had to rush through the flames almost in a state of nudity, and were received by the neighbours opposite. 'I he fire was soon extinguished, but not before the roof had fallen in, and every vestige of combustible material destroyed, and etc.) great danger done to the adjoining houses belonging to Messrs. Betts and Lexton. _ The Earl OFlTiTton's splendid yacht, the Xarifa, is fitting out at Portsmouth, to convey his Lord-hip and suite to Hamburgh, whence the Earl proceeds to Dresden, to invest his MajeAv the King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter. His Lordship is not expected to embark for three weeks, andhe will be absent about a month on his special mission. The inhabitants of Conde-sur-Noireau, the birth place of the late Admiral Dumont d'Urville, have given his name to one of the streets of the town, and have opened a sub scription for a monument to be raised in it to his memory. TnE QUEEN'S LETTER.—The Philharmonic Society, of whose exalted character in the profession it is needless to speak. have determined upon giving a festival in aidof the bene volent object contemplated by the Queen's Letter. The ar rangements were made with the Trustees of Exeter Hall for the use of their room ; and as the programme consisted t f sacred music alone, and all the minor points were satisfactorily settled, no obstruction appeared in the way of a triumphant termination to the efforts of the Committee, and it only re mained fur the Sacred Harmonic Society to grant the use of their organ and orchestral fittings. The Committee, feeling assured that no obstacle could be raised on this point, con cluded their arrangements ; but upon application, their reason able request was peremptorily refthed.—Dramatic and Musi cal Review. A disturbance took place, a few nights ago, at the theatre of Nantes, in consequence of the theatrical grant b) the municipality having been withdrawn, whereby the theatre was prevented from giving operas. The authorities were obliged to call in the assistance of the military. The state of the manufacturing operatives seems getting worse and worse, and the numbers which this fine weather induces to perambulate the country, as beggars, is absolutely deplorable. In Kendal, we learn that in several branches more is doing, while in the fine trade, and in foreign goods, things were never worse. Wools are stationary. The fine fleece wools are selling at a very low price, and with the present demand for worsted, there seems no prospect of an ad vance. The fell wools are not yet clipped; but, in the York. shire moor fleeces, which are earlier off than in this country, very low prices are ranging... Kendal Mercury. LITERATURE. ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHY OF THE AGE OF ELIZABETH. 2 Vols. Bentley, London, 1842. In these volumes we have a series of brief biogra phical sketches of some of the most remarkable per sonages who flourished during the reign of Elizabeth. The sketches are introduced by a sort of preface, wherein the author apologises for the occasional sprightliness of his narratives, observing, " we have endeavoured to extend to the literature of fact, some of the gaieties which are more usually associated with the literature of fiction, without abandoning the gra vities which necessarily belong to diligent research, and minute accuracy of statement." Doctor Taylor has meted wisely in apologising for, what he terms, his " gaieties," for assuredly they are such as call fur an apology, being, in truth, among the heaviest por tions of his work.. Indeed, had he not directed our attention to the circumstance, we should never have discovered that there was the slightest particle of gaiety in his biographies, for bad puns, quaint con ceits, and ponderous attempts at drollery ought rather to take rank under the head "gravities." Doctor Taylor is a sober, sensible, and, generally speaking, dispassionate writer, who brings a fair share of know ledge to every questit n that he discusses ; but, as for sprightliness or waggery, he has just about as quick and relishing a conception of them as an elephant has of dancing a minuet. The very weight and verboaeness of his style are fatal to his attempts at the jocular. If we except this blemish, we know of no particular olfaction that we can urge to the volumes before us. They treat of some of the most bustling characters who figured during a trying period in English history, in a lucid and intelligent manner ; and though the additions they make to our stock of information are by no means extensive, yet . the matter is well digested, the different hypotheses ingeniously supported, and a creditable tone of im partiality is maintained throughout. Among the memoirs, is one of the Earl of Leicester, the well s known favourite of Queen Elizabeth, whose character —as D'lsraeli has justly observed—is one of the most mysterious in our historical annals. Lqctor Taylor, with praiseworthy diligence, has collected all that is known of him, and for much of his information he has been indebted to the singular and calumnious chronicle, entitled " Leicester's Commonwealth," which is supposed to have been written by the Jesuit Parsons, one of the most extraordinary men of the age in which he lived. The Doctor, with his usual clear, strong sense, exhibits a wholesome distrust of the calumnies of this man ; yet he does not wholly repudiate them—nor, indeed, can he with any pro priety, for they sbow a close acquaintance with the private habits of Leicester, and were pretty generally credited by his contemporaries. The memoir of Parsons is interesting, but the author has done but cold justice to the subject of his biography. This indefatigable Jesuit was a man of the most commanding 'energy and fortitude of character, and was hardly less wily and cautious. His influerice in the cabinet of Spain, and at the Vatican was, at one period of his chequered career, almost omnipotent ; and nothing could surpass his indomitable perseverance when he came over to England as a Missionary to encourage the spread of the Catholic faith. Beset by spies at every step of his progress, exposed to dangers of the most for midable nature, his order rigidly proscribed, and his presence in the kingdom more than suspected, he was forced to adopt all sorts of odd disguises—one day he was "hale-fellow-well-met" with a common soldier; the next, he was dressed as a peasant, and sitting among bigoted clod-hoppers in a village ale-house ; now, he was a country squire ; and now, he was disguised as a travelling pedlar. But amidst all his dangers, amidst all the strange chances that befel him—in all the trying situations into which he was thrown—his coolness and self-possession,. and above all, his determination to persevere in the objects of his mission, never once deserted him. He bore up manfully to the last, and only qu itt e d E ng l an d w h en the discovery and execution of his brother missionary, Campian, convinced him that he had not a chance left of success. As an author, Parsons was volumi nous, and by no means scrupulous in his assertions, or in the arguments by which he supported them. His " Leicester's Commonwealth" has been already mentioned; and of his work on the " Succession to the Throne of England," suffice it to say that it-pro duced a wonderful sensation at the time, and—to quote Dr. Taylor's appropriate observation—" was the storehouse whence the Regicides, in the days of Charles 1., drew most of their arguments." RICHARDSON'S GEOLOGY. Builliere, Loudon, 1842. In a modest and judicious preface, Mr. Richardson, after stating the reasons that induced him to under take the present work, says :—" in submitting this volume to the public, the reader is respectfully re minded that it is one of the most elementary cha racter; that it is designed merely as an introduction t 2 others of far superior merit ; and that the highest objects of the writer will be attained, if by means of its pages, the reader should become acquainted with the admirable reasonings of a Buckland; and many other geologists, of whom science and literature may be justly proud." Mr. Richardson's diffidence has here caused him to underrate the importance of his work. It is not merely of the " most elementary cha racter," but discourses in a learned and scientific spirit oa all matters connected with geology, and will instruct those who are conversant with the pursuit, quite as much as the novice. Another recom mendation that the volume possesses is, the uniform clearness and simplicity of its style; it is nowhere defaced by technical and pedantic terms, ouch as com. pel one to be constantly referring to the dictionary'..:, but it is written so as to be intelligible to the most ordinary capacity. The introductory chapters, where in the author endeavours to show that national pros- perity depends on geological position, are argued with great urgency and acuteness, and:contain the fellow - r ing statement, which is quite new to us:— " Not less than nineteen of the largest and most portant towns in England, from Exeter to Carlisle, are. I all situated along the line of one geological formation, , the new red sand-stone, which, in addition to it s own mineral treasures of rock-salt, gypsum, and ores, usually covers the invaluable deposit of. coal, " once yielding an incentive and supply to the vast and ea terprising population of this favoured district." In an interesting passage on the subject of mining? Mr. Richardson, while speaking ofthe different 01 401 ' of metals, and the torms in which they are found, tells: us that gold offers an exception to the general rule o!" , metals occurring in veins, for that it is disseminated' in minute quantities throughout those rocks, us uall r of a quartzose character, in which it occurs, and chiefly obtained in alluvial gravel, resulting from th o c i decomposition of such rocks; or from the sand s? rivers which, flowing over them, have washed n u j . the particles of gold. In discussing the questio n ' the modern date of man, as compared with that of tht world, the author shrewdly argues that, had 014 human race been really the aborigines of the physic j history of our planet, had they actually existed ivi,ll),, primeval times, their remains would unquestiona bly have been found scattered throughout its various der, sits, from the oldest to the most recent in the series. " No impediMent," says Mr. Richardson, " exists o their conservation; our bones, compost d of the same elsements as those of the animal races, are equally oalni fi of being kept from destruction ; he same battle•„ e has preserved the bones of the horse and his rider ;' : 71 same cavern which, in earlier acras, gave shelter du r 7 life to the hyena and the bear, and retained their ske'''..; tons after death, has alike preserved the relics of til e human . occupants, who, at a later period, found, in t . , same retreat, a refuge and a tomb. But it is obvinw i i, that if man hai really been an inhabitant of the earl during its early history, his skeleton, or' the mere 1 7a meats of his osseous structure, would have constitin the least of those relics, which he would have bequeatflii to the soil, of which he was an inhabitant. We sin have discovered his mighty an d ma j est i c w orks, Si) far transcend in duration his ovvn ephtmeral exist ence ' We should have found his Citi e s and his s t ruc turvs oc er t ; whelmed in the waters of ancient seas, or buried bent° the ejections of primeval volcanoes ; his majestic pg.:: tuids sunk in the bed of early rivers ; his monatit,,,, temples hewn on the surface of the deepest and .v , oldest rocks ; we should have encountered his bri ti f „ of granite aed of iron ; his palaces of limestone 8 0 L o i marble ; the tombs which he reared over the object6o: his affection ;- the shrines which he erected in hon nct rt his Uod. Bat in the absence of these or any other tr . ` o of man, in any, save the most superficial of depOsif'', lo l( are compelled to acknowledge the chronology of "4 Writ ; to recognise the conlpiOtP and satisfactory nen c ia ance of science with reVelation ; and to admit that, , f existence of Irian has not extended beyond those V e r o six thousand years upon the earth, which the ScriPt u assign as the period of his creation. This is a forcible and eloquent passage ; but o tt are many such in the volume, which--though, 11 14 the nature of the subject, it might be supposed tip, somewhat dry and heavy—is in reality as e ntert As it is instructive in its details. The chert in particular, on the fossil remains of extinct aid abounds in curious matters of information. l'i'e not often met with a Volume professedly scie n 'til which blends so happily the useful with the agree.fi AMBAS SADO: k"8 WIFE.-3 Bentley, London, 1842. rior l Though far from being the best of Mrs. v,, f i novels, the " Ambassador's Wife" is decidedly rior to any that she has produced since the P ° 1 , 1 1: get," whith was published, if we remember rig litbctikit two or three years since. The subject is ~A 0 eliosen, and the authoress's intimate and sar i ' quaintance with fashionable life, both here and Continent, has enabled her to give point and 70 and, above all, an appearance of reality, to her n rous sketches of character. Her portraits pompous old German Baron, Von Rehfeld, seem, from its truth and minuteness, to hito draw direct from some Jiving original ; and . LSO an individuality in the carefully sustained lanW' il l of his intriguing and ambitious second Wi rld would lead us to the same conclusion. The daughter, Ida, is less skilfully delineated ; t o o generality of heroines in modern novels, she is ful, accomplished, sentimental, &c., but e xhibi' er distinctive peculiarities. From the first chaP, v the last, the tale trundles easily and hurrie di. and as the scene of action is constantly varying'f r a new personages appear upon, as others disappe o o o the stage, it is very likely to be in request nov.l readers. RECREATIONS OF CHRISTOPHER .Nt Vol. I. Blackwood, London and E'din6ui gh. 1 We have been a long time expecting the rel)°, l tion of Christopher North's admirable series 0 1 1 cies in " Blackwood's Magazine," and cannot irn how it is that it has been so long delayed. o° :, o i better late than ever ; here it is, and a capita:l.l, it makes—full of fun, frolic, and pathos, quent description, and criticism of the acute' most enlightened character. The republicatioo4 seems, to be confined to three volumes. 01111 .`o why, we were in expectation of three tinicslo and cannot consent to be put off with a sorli cj io: when we were looking forward to an ample„ o . Are we to have no " Noetes"—none of those ccenaque Deum," which, duly as the rnoilw i l round, used to give such delight to the readers of Maga ? These papers alone will th volumes ; and then what space remains Iv a ff masterly essays on the Elizabethan drama, 11 0 ( especially on the genius of Homer, which s° 4( i i t or twelve years since excited such genera . tion ? We must really bargain for at leas' e , l O, lumes, for the genius of Christopher North .r p plenty of elbow-room, before its m oveMe e e l be seen to advantage ; it will not do t 0 ci d, down and pack it up in a An you might, with quite as much proPr i deV,l hope, of success, attempt to pack up a 91 in ( J':' in a fiddle-case. We know no living autheZliA who will less bear abridgment than Ci` os e, North. True, he is diffuse, but he is aiif Burke, from the abundance of his intellectu a l!" i f , and to curtail his writings is not to. c urt, o , words, but thoughts—to cripple a fancy r'" - culiar privilege and character it is, like a libertine," to run riot in its strength. Shav ol tif and his power is gone—abridge Kit Nord ?+ t ooi freest and boldest of imaginative writers btmr,eo4 tamest of twaddlers. The volume before 4 5 :Pltc;i propriately with " Christopher in his Sportkue, —a production ofso versatile an order—now r with its pathos, and now splitting. our 5 1 1 1 9 outrageous humour; in one passage stigge s ) striking, original thought, and in auotherO t rf) , in scenic descriptions such as combine thy jr/ the poet with the lustrous colouring of the r o i - 6 4 that it would seem to be the production °, but of a dozen, minds. In this deligh;fili" the author lets us into some of the 5 101 his unbewhiskered boyhood. He lea cls infer indirectly that y he was by 1 1,e a paragon of prim propriety—that bo d:;', himself up with gunpowder, before he thr, pleted the first year of his • breeches' to 0, Latin Grammar was no favourite with hi 4 4)0„ than as it supplied him with wadding for J ii e V, o f shoot cats with—that he was Partial' to 5 oll'utPl schoolmaster to his chair with pitch, so 0 0 , 1 1 , 4' 11 0 good man rose, he left the seat of his bowi,itc behind him—that he was no stranger to the fe kti cane, the flavour of which, however, str aot io never agreed with his constitution—that! iltf by the Devil, he was more than once l 0'; heinous atrocity of kissing pretty youl oj hind the hedge on half one remarkable occasion; he was t"; midnight by his agonized guardians '), 0 1 tially eclipsed or obfuscated, on the g i lbeli 0 6' 3 , garden gate, looking up at tke and quite electrified by the sight of tw o ' fis 04, Such, 'it seems—or somethi'.l like it' m ,,. ' bttb t ° 4 pher, the bOy ; but increase 01 years brolb c hri s / t 1 and wisdom, and fancy in their train, anplie g i l c` the man, became the poet the phil °3 t ic e "I moralist—the critic. He is now—alas , th le of 1 1 0 11;:: have to say so —far declined into the 1 07 bely, eighty winters have shed their snows 13 ° ro ip, r head, or rather left it as bald as a to digging wrinkles as deep as cart-ruts 00 0', eye ; and the " old man eloquent" may 0 0 .10 1 ,t1 informed, be occasionally seen creeping' ° br oe mer evenings with his crutch towards Ara of itooll?, to indulge in the unsophisticated luxurtfee il t o ( 1 13 ,1 ,' and toast-and-water, for he is a dec kle ices and when his infirmities will permit, lOW •ty I" ou ch at more than one Temperance Some to ti The article headed " Cottages" abound . :$ , er "Christopher in his Sporting Jacl' c r, h hig . '" o fy4 of fantastic humour, not unmixed 1 -‘ cieta ili co ttl i rarer requisites. How racy are th e . hi „ c l th e i d s l annoyance occasioned by a dead rat ne n its op 115 wall, and of the sufferings inflicted on i ll ,k`j the grubs, moths, slugs, gnats, „ so inind thr', o ! d harboured in the honeysuckles an d 311 0 1 ,, h e °' r i o u, ‘: g . tor twined so picturesquely round the F 0 their officious branches in at the p3_, 000_ 0 0 . our 0 o lio', Not less grotesque is the account °l' VeWf °ll " own adventure with a bee-hive• a t he dog," observes the venerable sage,--- " Once upset a hive in his " g u t) t r i z ie , s ;o al s i ; re ° 1 1 1) 0 53 , e f e i: swarm unjustly attacked us. allives "' e t 0 14 :10! roar, and for the first time in °lv an , cloud. Suoh buzzing in our hair ! es ° "_,,,u,st t ilou fifty-times washed nankeen breeches we " orr cle cr ` o le 6 o , dyi", in lancers ?, With our trusty crutdnd the I° `. % ti le r bd ;bel ie,! our r e the dust u a s i t ld ; sbtuutngtheusv,,-.oruaeir_oll:ienri At last we took to flight, and f 0 , 1: beeti i „ r ia house. But it seemed as if a new d out , sc , , in ve salue ..dora in that cool grotto. i„ puris. . gtinnent after garment, ; • .~., .. 1•f'~. _ ht t t, Ctil4) k !' ~'u j~R j~6: