The Sun. — London, England, 1834-06-16 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. - (From Galignani's Messenger of Thursday.) We-understand that a contract has been signed be tween M. de Rothschild and M. Allende, by which the former engages to lend to the Spanish Govern ment a sum of 20.000,000 on condition of having an inscription in the 3 per Cents. deposited either in the Bank of France or in the CaisseHypothicaire. Of this deposit M. de Rothschild can make no use till the ex piration of six mouths, unless the Spanish Govern ment fails in its engagements. It appears, moreover, that at the close of this week there will be a public notice posted up at the Exchange, announcing that the dividends of July will be paid by M. de Roths child, who from this „time will assume the title of banker to the Court of Spain. M. de Rothschild and M. Allende set out last night for London, in order to come to an understanding with the principal holders of Cortes bonds, and regulate definitively the manifesto which the Spanish Government is to issue on JT:L y the day on which the Cortes are to be apene d, A n extraordinary courier was sent cf,' on frutra-as, for Madrid, with the ratificatir:„ t - o f t hi s coh tn et . (From Gtdignaltt's 111i9-sever of Saturday.) The Executive Council of the canton of Berne on the 6th instant sent a 'circular notice to the other can tons of the confederation, announcing its intention to apply to the 'Grand Council to call upon the Diet to recall from Vienna M. D'Effinguer, the Swiss Chargé d'Affair,n, as he has not performed his duties with propriety. It at the same time recommends the other cantons to instruct their deputies to support the appli cation. The Augsburg Gazette of the 10th instant an nounces the departure of the Queen of Bavaria with Prince Albert and the Princess Adelgunda from Mu nich on the Bth, on their journey to the baths of Kis singen. It quotes the funds at Vienna on the sth, Metalliques, 5 per Cents., 99 7-16 ; ditto 4 per Cents., soi ; Ba. k Actions, 1,281. The Journal de. Smyrne of the 10th ult. states, after accounts from Samos of the 4th, that a great part of the population were looking anxiously for the arrival of the squadrOn sent out by the Porte, and were prepared to s u b m it th e i nstant i t arr i ve d. Logotheti had lost his influence, and had retired with a few fol lowers to the fottress of Tigani, to the south of Vathi, whence he would effect his escape as soon as the squa dron arrived. Ihe A ustrian Observer of the 4th instant has the following of the 20th ult. from Constantinople : g , We learn front Smyrna that the squadron under the command of Hassan Bey, composed of one frigate, two sloops, four brigs, two schooners, and five cutters, arrived off Samos on the sth, and that a Turkish officer had landed to demand the submission of the in habitants. It was generally hoped that it would not be necessary to resort to extreme measures, and that submission would be made without resistance." A letter, dated Tripoli, April 25, contains the fol lowing :—" Mehemet, chief of the rebels, and nephew of Ali Pacha, being without sufficient money to pur chase a supply of ammunition, and being consequently unable to carry on the civil war he has raised with the view of obtaining the supreme power, is engaged in contriving means of flight, in order to escape the punishment which he knows will be inevitable if he falls into the hands of his legitimate Sovereign, Ali Pacha. All' his followers are equally discouraged." The Gazette du Midi of Marseilles, of the 7th instant, says—" The commercial brig Egyptien arrived in this port yesterday from Alexandria. She was on the 20th . ult. chased by two vessels, which were evidently pirates. One of them was a balaneelle, which kept up the chase from 8 in the morning till 11 at night, and the other a schooner, whose pursuit commenced at 3 in the afternoon, and ended at 5. The Egyptien was then a few leagues to the west of Gozes, in Candia. This account confirms what has been previously stated as to the recommencement of the depredations of the Greek corsairs. It is next to impossible to cure the inhabitants of the islands of the Archipelago of their propensity to piracy, but a power ful government may, as formerly, compel them to put to sea myrnall boats only, and not venture to show themsehres in balancelles and schooners." FRENCH FUNDS.-PAKIS, JUNE 13. Five per Cents., 106 f. 15c. 30c. 35c. Four and a Half per Cents., WIT. 80c. Four per Cents., 94f. -c. Three per Cents., 78f. 20c. 15c. 'Rank Actions, 1,623 f. licnte de Naples, 95f. 25c. 15c. 95f. Roman Five per Cents., 96N. Rente oi'Espagne, Five per Cents., 3814. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 48% 494. Bova? Spanish Loan, 8% 2 . Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 78% reigian Loan, 1931, Five per Cent., 991fi. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. tine month, paper, 25f. 3214 c.; money, -f. -c. Three months, paper, Tif. 2234 c.; money,-f. -Cours Authentique. FRENCH FUNDS.-PA its, Jlllll 14. Five per Cents., 106 f. 30c. 33c. 40c. Four and a Half per Cent, 100f.115c. Four per Cents., 94f. -c. Three per Cents., 78f. lc c. 20e. Bank Actions, 1822 f. 50c. Rente tie Naples, 1)41. 95c. 94f. 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 96% Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 384. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 49%. Royal Spanish Loan, 8714 . RentePerpet.d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 78%. Belgian Loan, 153', Five per Cents., 09. Haytian Loan, 265 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. tine month, paper, 25f. 224 c. ; money. -f. c. chree months,:paper, 25f. 32Syc. ; money, -f. -c. - Coll rs .4 uthentique. EGYPT. Extract of a letter from Alexandria, dated April 28 : —" The cleax-sighted men of this country cannot per suade themselves that the jealous enemies of Egypt have cordially granted their pardon. Though anxiously desirous of peace, they feel no uneasiness as to the consequences of a renewal of the war, if one should arise out of the machinations of Russia. It may be fully expected that in case this Power should attack us by sea and land, in concert with the Porte, which, unfortunately has become entirely subjected to it, Eng land and France would necessarily interpose, and ac knowledge Mehemet Ali to be independent de jure, as he is de facto. Notwithstanding all the difficulties by which Ibrahim Pacha is surrounded, and the numerous intrigues carried on against him in the provinces, he is in the way of putting affairs in a good train, and dis plays on all occasions both decision and talent. He is above all indulgence, is indefatigable, and, in fact, is destined to accomplish great things. The expe dition against Yemen will shortly be crowned with complete success. The navy is in a condition not to fear an encounter with that of Russia. It consists of nine ships of the line, eight frigates, and other smaller vessels. Numerous sailors are daily coming to man it. It is not worth while to notice the Turkish fleet, since all the world is fully competent to form a just estimate of it. In speaking of our land forces, I have to inform you of the departure of Gen. Dembinski. It is said he has quitted the Viceroy be cause his Highness would not employ his fellow coun trymen, and the true friends of Egypt regret that she should be deprived of these brave auxiliaries, each of whom is of inestimable value in a new army. But it is believed that Mehemet Ali has had his hands tied in this affair, and that the sworn enemies of the Poles have either directly or indirectly forced him to reject their offers. With Dembinski we have lost another Polo who was taken when very young by the Turks, and made a colonel, in which rank he served in the Ottoman army in the campaigns of Syria. He after wards entered the Egyptian service, and was known by the name of Nadir Bey. The presence of the viceroy at Cairo has given an impulse to commerce, and brought into the treasury some very consider able sums, which have been due for many years from merchants, most of whom are natives, and some of whom had falsely declared themselves to be in a state of insolvency. His Highness Las on this occasion displayed more lenity than many other creditors would have shown,and accepted compromises which any tribunal would have rejected, shutting his eyes upon many acts of fraud. He has sent to prison only a few outrageously-fraudulent bankrupts ; but even these are treated with a mildness and indulgence which shames the prisons of France. You will learn with pleasure that Abbi Effendi, the chief of the young men who were sent to Paris for instruction, has not only been pardoned for having manifested equivocal opinions while at Constantinople, but has even been created a Bey. He is about to be placed in an office which will afford him an opportunity of exercising to advan tage that knowledge which he acquired in France. Cultivation has been very much improved in all the • different districts since the tour made by the Viceroy last year, in consequence of the surveillance he then established. The produce will be much increased, and if peace continues the people will be relieved by a reduction of the taxes, as the Government so in tends as soon as the expenditure can be diminished. Pains are taking in improving the quality of indigo - by means of a new process introduced by M. Rocket, a Frenchman, who has found the art of rendering our indigo as fine as any produced in the Indies, and he has been appointed director of the principal manufac- ET) - tory established at Mansourale. M. Rootlet also in. troduced tHf chi ate of lime, which was so beneficial during the reigr of the cholera, and who sent to the Luxor a barrel, which preserved the crew from that terrible scourge."—French Paper. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Sock 216%34 17? 3 per Cent. Red 1 % 104 3 per Cent. Cons. 3! per Cent. — Ditto Red 9S 3d New 314 per Cent shut 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 4 per Cent. 1526 Assent 9914 A ___ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Roe& shut itto Bonds 23 ::8 pm outh Sea Stock lO3 Old Annuities 89% New Ditto — 3 per Cent Ann. 1751 — Ex. Bills, .£l,onO 52 53 pm. Ditto IL OO 52 g ••• Ditto Small Ditto Comm- . -•••• 52 53 pm. Di . .-clal pm. ~ ' - Advertised 'dank for Account.... .. India For ACContit .... — Cons. tbr Account ........92X( Ditto Dissented... .. 100 X; 1 Bank Long Ann. to expire . -- Jan. 5, ISM 17% 3-16 Oct.lo, 1R59 l7 1-16 Jan. 5, shut Jan, 5,1 R SO Aprils, 1f4.541 _ _ Jan. 5, iFtin ra.TEtt 01 , tooltkiliN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. X•istrati ROMs 10044 Peruvian 80nd5.......... 30 114 8 laan Borid4 0814 Ditto Account 3l bitto Account 9836 Portuguese Bonds 7934 Bra Allan Bonds 76 1 4% Ditto Account 78 1 4 9 Ditto Account 76 li Ditto New Bonds 7O 9% Buenos Ayres 80nd5...324 2 Ditto Acconnt79% 8 9ti, 8 Day , Account 32 Prussian Bonds lO 3l 3 Chilian Bonds ... ........... ... 34 Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 Ditto Account ... 35 (Russian Bonds, 1822... 10544 V, Columblin Bonds 2934 Ditto Account, Ditto Account Ditto 111 Ditto Bonds, 1824..34 53644 Sp a nish Bonds, 18Q1 50!6 I Ditto Account ...... 36 hii 5 , Ditto Am.... 5136 2 % P 4 Dinish Bor ds 7414 Ditto Bonds 18'23 Ditto Acts tint 7434 i Ditto Account 49 Greek B ind 5......... ........... , French Renter , sp. C. —t _e Ditto Bonds, 1825 3334 1-- Exchange —f —c. Ditto Account — ! 3 per cent.... -f -c. M xiean Bonds, 5 per cent 35 ----- Exchange —f —^. i)itto Account — Dutch, 24 p. c. 52%44 '''' 0, ''' per cent 4514 Ditto Account ... 5 .214 Ditto Account 46 Ditto, 5p c. 9736% 'eap01;tan......... ...... .... 9134 Ditto Account 97 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Nid. Alien Mining Company £9 %owl , —ex. 41Ii 4...0. .IgS. al :)i. plii floo ::.Innos Mining Comply . ), £lso Irazilian 'lining Company 5 :7,2i!:. '31, 3 ,. Min C. , 'iFg. at 5/ plit. £2O uhtt• Itiacailbas Cocaes 2O , );:rr. St mill,. net Rev 'ita Branca Mining Company 7.•••• i., tio n min,. ennalvtliv •riiiroli;.n liiiii , m Co. (Its. at 5L pm.` .5‘.3: 1 , ngli,h Yin.ing CorliPallY .neral , tinine Axs , eiation l2 Hibernian Mining Co. .£1.1 xi •xicaii lib:dog Co : . 4 1.1 pi Nl.nt, \lining cr , ....(unrog.) U ,tert 'i*ex. Min , o /iv. at 2!. • , m. 40 'itto New So in 5 Iliance Fire Insiirance Comp lO ~e tertor 1 rig:mance romp. Anxtralian Co. annon rniintxinv ..... IS General Steam Navigation Co. ...... ... 13 National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce •revincial Rank )t Ireland 25 Per Sliare lIN 127% 15 2014 64 84 9 30 1 4 10 1 , 23 94 12 AI 9 0 PRICKS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 13 iank , toch at I(k risttr.(l,6 rShare Consols, percent. • rm. Stock, 35‘ per cent 9B National Ditto 'itto, New ... .......... ~... 981 i ' 'Patriotic Ditto her Cent Hibernian Bank: 23% :r.v. Dch. 314 percent.... 90% Provincial Ditto' — Royal ( anal Stock ... ...... Royal Irish Mine ;rand Canql Stock ...... ... Imperial [Pine !:itv Deb. 4 per cent. Bl% !dining Co of Ireland 1 , "no niffre Deh_ 4 T . e_ commercial Buil:lint - -; -* Ar ired i ect 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 0 Brazil o Buenos Ayres OI 0 Jamaica 0 Carthagena. 0 0 Leeward Islands 9. 0.. .il3 ............ ~.... 0 I 0 Lisbon... ........... I Fla - Cc - - 0 I 0 Ma1ca....... ......... . 0 2 France. euern.sc:.. &,iersev 0 1 Sweden 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... minutes after 101 Evening...s9minutes after 10. THE GRAND FETE CHAMPETRE for the ROYAL DISPENSARY for DISEASES of the EAR will take place at Cremorne-house, Chelsea, FOR ONE DAY ONLY, on TUESDAY, the 17th June. Single tickets, 10s. 6d. ; Family tickets, 11. Is., which will admit three persons. Tickets may be had at the Dis pensary ; at Cremorne-house ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music Shops. Henry S. SMYTH, Secretary. Royal Dispensary, June 16, 1834. COMMUNICATION WITH FRANCE, BY RAMS GATE AND CALAIS. RAMSGATE STEAM PACKET COMPANY. THE Public are respectfully informed that the RAMSGATE PACKET, E. FOSTER, Com mander, fitted with 2 Engines of 25 Horse-power each, by Boulton, Watt, and Co., will leave the ROYAL HAR BOUR of RAMSGATE every WEDNESDAY and I SATURDAY for CALAIS, returning from thence the following days. Her time of departure will be so arranged that Passen gers may always embark from the Public Stairs, or by an accommodation ladder, for which no charge is made either at Ramsgate or Calais. On returning to Ramsgate, the Vessel will at all times be enabled to land her Passengers on the Pier ; so that the inconvenience and danger of land ing in boats will be avoided. FARES.-Best Cabin, 10s. ; Fore Cabin, is. 6d. ; Children under 10 years of age, ss. To Calais and back (same voyage), Best Cabin, 15s. ; Fore Cabin, 12s. ; Children under 10 years of age, Bs. For further particulars apply to Mr. George Hope, at the office of Messrs. Goodwin, Curling, Hodges, and Com pany, Goldsmid-place, Ramsgate. Ramsgate, June 11, 1834. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1834. We congratulate the country on the further progress of the Ministerial arrangements. Lord CONYNGHAM is appointed to be the Duke of RICHMOND'S successor at the Post-office ; Captain BYNG, nephew of the member for Middlesex, is to be a Lord of the Treasury ; and Col. LEITH HAY is to succeed Col. Ma- BERLEY as Clerk of the Ordnance, who is to take the vacant Commissionership of the Customs. , The Duke de FRIAS, Ambassador from Spain to France, landed at Dover on Saturday from Calais, and set out immediately for Lon don, accompanied by Mr. ALLENDI, of the Spanish Finance Department, and two Secre taries. It is supposed that the object of the Duke's visit is to join his Excellency the Count FLORIDA BLANCA, Ambassador from Spain to England, in endeavouring to promote some arrangement with the Cortes Bondholders in England, previous to the Assembly of the Cortes on the 24th July. By the almost simultaneous flight of DON MIGUEL and DON CARLOS, the Constitu tional cause in Spain and Portugal has achieved a greater triumph, and received a stronger impe tus than any it has yet known. There is now a fair chance of tranquillity for these countries, provided, at least, their respective governments move forward with a steady pace in the career of moral and political improvement. In Spain, however, the task of improvement will be a more difficult one than in Portugal ; for in the latter country the Miguelites, as a faction, are well nigh extinct; whereas, the Spanish Carlists, even though deprived of their head, are an active,nume rous, and malignant party, with wealth to sup port their pretensions, and bigotry to throw over them a false, but specious halo. With this intriguing party, it is impossible that the QUEEN'S Ministers, if they have their country's welfare sincerely at heart, can hold any terms. A wholesome distrust must be incessantly kept uptowards it, or the consti tutional sway of the Cortes will be as shortlived and as surely put down as it was by the French legions of the redoubted Prince HILT. Let tho Spanish Ministers but temper boldness with dis cretion, and we shall have no apprehensions of their success; but it they vacillate, or attempt by a series of temporizing, neither-his-nerLthat expedients to win over to their cause those who, from the very nature of things, must ever be their sworn itreconcileable enemies, they will be the means of plunging Spain into far worse cala mities than she would have met with even at the hands of unopposed Carlism. The motto the rulers, both in Spain and Portugal, should be—Be just and fear not. We perceive that a second edition is pub lished of Mr. LESLIE'S pamphlet, on the ad vantages arising to the poor by means of the workhouse system of relief. This edition con tains some additional and important facts, illustrative of the benefits that have arisen to the poor from this mode of relief. W e feel persuaded that if this pamphlet ob tain a circulation among the agricultural and labouring classes, it will convince them of the great advantages of this system, and thus defeat the clamours of those who are interested in a continuance of the gross abuses of the present administration of the poor laws. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) ( Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) THE ATTORNEY-OENERAL V. THRELFALL AND ANOTHER. This was an Excise information, filed to recover several penalties which the defendants had incurred by receiving and concealing soap which had not paid the duty. The defendants were large provision merchants in Liverpool, and, it was proved, were in the habit of receiving soap packed in bales to resemble bacon. On the 19th of November, 1832, one impor tation was seized, and the case was then made out. After the Crown Officers had spent three hours in proving their case, the Counsel for the defendant con sented to a verdict for the crown. _ Three other informations were disposed of in the same way, without their being stated. BOROUGH OF FINSBURY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In some of the papers I observe that the names of two gentlemen have been mentioned as likely to become candidates in the event of a new writ being issued for this borough : and you will oblige several of your constant readers by allowing them to announce, through your columns, that it is in contem plation, when the proper time may have arrived, to convene a meeting of the electors for the purpose of considering the propriety of preparing and presenting a requisition to Sir John Cam Hob house, Bart., inviting him to consent to be put in nomi nation as a candidate to represent this borough in Parliament. It is confidently believed that in each district will be found a very numerous body of highly respectable and influential electors, who will cheerfully aid in all necessary efforts to secure the return of so distinguished and pati4otic a statesman. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, AN ELECTOR. Finsbury-place, June 14, 1834. THE FRENCH PRESS.—The Court of Assizes has been occupied during the last three days with the trial of Dr. Gervais, of Caen, as the author, and M. Guilleminot, editor of the Messager, as the pub lisher of a letter, dated prison of Ste. Pelagie, April 22d, in which the treatment of the prisoners arrested during the disturbances of April was represented as barbarous and brutal in the extreme, Dr. Gervais al leging that, being at that time under confinement at the Prefecture of Police, he was an eye witness from his window of atrocious conduct on the part of the police officers towards the prisoners, when they brought thorn into the court of Prefecture. The two defen dants had already been condemned by default; Dr. Gervais to six months', and M. Guilleminot to three months' imprisonment, and each to a fine of I,ooofr. for the above letter, which was laid in the indictment as a libel upon the Prefect of Police ; but opposition being set up on their part to this judgment, they now appeared to take their trial. The pleadings occupied the whole of ThursdaY last. M. Phillippe Dupin being counsel for the Prefect, M. Moulin that of Dr. Gervais, and M. Mauguin that of M. Guilleminot. Dr. Gervais also addressed the Court in his own defence. M. Dupin replied, after which the President summed up, and the jury retired, and, after a deliberation of three quarters of an hour, returned a verdict of Guilty against Dr. Gervais, and of Not Guilty in fa vour of M. Guilleminot. Dr. Gervais was in conse quence condemned to two months' imprisonment, a fine of 500 fr. and full costs. The Auxiliaire Breton states, that at St. Servan a few days ago a young English lady, who had been observed for some time pacing along the shore, was seen suddenly by some labourers to throw herself into the sea. At the cry they raised, a woman named Bocault, who was at work at the ropewalk, immediately threw off her garments, rushed down the rocks at the risk of her life, and soon drew the unfor tunate young lady from the water, but it was too late, as she was dead. Her determined self-destruction is attributed to family differences. A NOVEL MODE OF AMASSING A FOR TUNE. —Died lately, at Warwick Castle, aged 93, Mrs. Home, who for upwards of 70 years has been the faithful friend of the Warwick family. During the time of her servitude, she has had the privilege of showing the Castle, by which it is supposed she has realized upwards of 30,000 I—Leicester Journal. A singular christening took place a short time ago in the department of the Oise. The god father was bent nearly double with the weight of 81 years, and the godmother still more curved, having to bear the burden of an additional year. The officiating priest was 83. The father and mother were both loaded with humps of the same magnitude and placed in the same position ; and the young Christian, who was two months old, bears the genuine stamp of his parents. The ceremony took place at nine in the evening, but the church was too small to hold the crowd which was congregated to witness it. OPTICAL ANECDOTE.—If the eyes be turned directly away from an object on which they have been long gazing, the image of the object will remain for awhile present to the sight ; the cause being that the retina of the eye retains for a few minutes the impression made upon it. A singular anecdote connected with this fact was once related to me by Mr. W., a gentleman eminent for his sculp tural performances. He once observed a man of noble stature and beautiful countenance standing on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, with his arms crossed on his breast, and his full, large eyes earnestly staring at the bright sun. Struck by the wild but commanding ex pression of the man's countenance, and his abstracted appearance, Mr. W. stood in admiration and astonish ment ; but, on the man's moving to retire, he accosted him, and solicited him to call at his house on the fol lowing day, that he might have the opportunity to sketch him in the attitude from which he had just changed. The man consented, and was true to his appointment on the next day. At the request of Mr. W. he advanced to an open window, and having assumed the required position, fixed his eyes on the burning sun while the sketch was being made. Thus he remained for some time perfectly still, without once closing his eyes ; until suddenly, perhaps from impatience, he turned round and looked at the artist, towards whom he instantly ran, brandish ing a dagger which he drew forth from his bosom, and exclaiming, " I see the glory of God sitting on your cheek like a red-hot ball !" was about to strike with his weapon. Mr. W.'s terror at that moment, had not, however, deprived him of his presence of mind ; so grasping his furious assailant's upraised arm, he arrested the intended blow, and bidding him be calm, he mildly assured him he would do all in his power to assist him in a matter wherein, during previous con versation, he declared himself to have been excessively ill-treated. This elicited a lengthy conversation, and had not only the good effect of quelling the danger, but permitted the delusion of a " red-hot ball" to vanish. The incoherency of the stranger's language, and the singularity of his manner, now soon induced the melancholy conjecture that the stranger was some poor maniac, escaped from a madhouse ; and such sub sequently was ascertained to be the fact.--Mirror. lIVIPERIAL PAIILIAMENT, THIS DAY, MONDAY, JUNE 16. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock. The reports of the committee upon the Limerick Bridge Bill, the Newry Roads Bill, the ttchen Bridge Bill, the South London Water-works Bill, the Ba nington Hampfield Roads Bill, and the Liverpool Court of Passage Bill, were severally brought up and laid on the table. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from the farmers of Huntingdon, against the Islington Market Bill. Mr. HALFORD presented a petition from Kings mill, in the county of Leicester, against the claims of the dissenters. Mr. H. HUGHES presented a petition from the parish of St. Giles, Oxford, against tne admission of Dissenters to the universities; and a similar petition from East Dewham, in Norfolk. Mr. FITZ SIMON presented a petition from Rath down, in the county of Dublin, against the Turnpike Roads Bill. As the bill had been withdrawn, he would make no observation upon it. The hon. mem ber presented another petition from the fishermen of Balbriggan, praying for relief. Sir R. B ATE SON presented a petition from the parish of Newtown-Barry, upon the subject of drunken ness, and a petition from Arden to the same effect ; also a petition from Drumcote, in the county of Lon donderry, upon the subject of the cholera, and com plaining of the pressure of the Cholera Act. Mr. R. DARE presented petitions from West Ham, East Ham, and several other parishes in Essex, in favour of the church, and against the claims of the Dissenters as far as they interfered with the privileges of the established church ; also a petition from St. Albans against the Municipal Corporation Bill. Mr. SC HOL EFIELD presented a petition from Birmingham against certain clauses of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. _ . Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the clergy of Ireland in favour of a more equal distribution of church property amongst the working clergy, and a petition from a parish in Cork, praying for some measure for the better observance of the Sabbath. BURNING OF ^ A BIBLE. The Hon. and Learned MEMBER then said that he had a petition to present of a very singular nature re lating to the Roman Catholic church. The peti tioners complained of a great outrage, the burning of a Bible at noon day, and in the most public manner. He did not wish to say a single word that could give rise to unnecessary discussion, or excite unpleasant feeling, but he thought it right that the facts should be known. The petition was mildly worded, and the petitioners were most respectable ; and he re gretted that neither of the members for the King's County was present to bear testimony to the respec tability of the petitioners, one of whom was Deputy- Lieutenant of the county, several of them were ma gistrates, and there were 600 others of the first respec tability, composed of individuals of all political parties. The facts were short, and were stated by the landlord of the poor man whose Bible was burnt, a gentleman of the name of Atkinson, upon whose testimony he (Mr. Shaw) could place the most implicit reliance. ( Hear, hear.) A priest was called upon to visit the family of a poor man of the name of Ma gennis, one of whose daughters was in the last stage of a consumption. When the priest entered the house, he observed a Bible, which was lying with a New Testament upon a shelf. He took down the Bible and inveighed against the mischievous tendency of the book in the hands of unlearned persons. This he (Mr. Shaw - ) did not object to, as every man had a right to express his opinion, but what he objected to followed. The priest required that the book should be burned. The persons in the house, viz., the young woman who was ill, her sister and mother protested against the burning of the book. The priest insisted ; and when they refused to burn the book, he carried it out of the house and called upon the neighbours re siding in the hamlet to bring him fire. He found some difficulty in procuring fire, till an old woman brought some lighted turf, with which he attempted to burn the Bible. He did not succeed at the moment, and he then carried back the book to the house, and burned it in the fire. To show how much value was set upon the book, the mother brought the New Testament to the girl, who was dying in the bed, and, though ill as she was, concealed it in the bed. The other daughter ran for the father, and the reason that was given for resisting the burning of the Bible was, that on the father's return from work in the evening, he found great pleasure in having this book read to him. The father, upon entering the house, saw the Bible on the fire and attempted to save it, but by this time it was nearly consumed. This was all that' had transpired, and the only surprize was that upon such a subject so much information had been obtained. The facts, however, were so notorious that it was not attempted , to make any denial. His object in presenting this petition was to prevent so gross an interference with the liberty of conscience. The occurrence, he was bound to say, took place before Christmas, and the petitioners took every method to procure redress from the Irish Go vernment before applying to Parliament upon the subject. They were informed that such an offence was not contemplated by the law, and that no punish ment was provided for it ; and they were, therefore, compelled to apply to the house as the last resource. Mr. SPRING RICE took the oaths and his seat for Cambridge. The hon. member on entering the house was received with loud cheers. Mr. Alderman C OPE L AND said he had taken some pains to ascertain the truth of the circumstances connected with the burning of the Bible, and could confirm the statements of the hon. and learned mem ber for Dublin. Mr. C. O'DWYER said that the Archbishop of Dublin had already paid every attention to this affair, and he thought the whole matter was to be attributed to the attempts of certain fanatical gentlemen of the establishment, one of whom had improperly in terfered with the priest, and the latter seemed to have retaliated in a very improper manner certainly ; but he begged the house to suspend their judgment on the case. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said, the fact that the priest could get no one to assist him in this act, was a proof of the morality of the people of Queen's county. Mr. FINCH said it was important that the people of this country should know the real spirit of the Ro man Catholic religion. So great was the influence of the Catholic priesthood in Ireland, that it was neces sary that public opinion should be brought to bear upon it. Every Catholic peasant who presumed to read the Bible without the permission of his priest, was refused the remission of his sins. ( Cries of " Oh, oh !") The hon. member quoted a passage from the Council of Trent in proof of his assertion. He only claimed for the Protestant clergy of Ireland the same rights which Catholics enjoyed, and it was well known that, at the present moment, a Catholic mission to Protestants was in full operation. He did not know whether any legislative enactment would be necessary to put a stop to such d o i n gs as burning Bibles, ‘. but it would be necessary t o g i v e expression to public opinion on the subject. Mr. FIT ZSIM ON denied that it was necessary for a man to have permission to read the Bible from his priest; whatever might be written in the Council of Trent, such was not the practice of the church. Mr. PL UMPTRE said it was an undeniable fact that Roman Catholics were mos t tyrannically de barred from the free use of the Scriptures ; that in itself was bad enough, but such an act which had now been communicated to the house ought not to b e passed over in silence, for it was a sin against the Author of that divine book, and the members of the Roman Catholic Church ought to be made to under stand that such an act was looked upon with indigna tion by the British House of Commons. ( Hear.) An HON. MEMBER deprecated this discussion as a waste of the time of the house. Col. PE RC E VAL could not conceive it any waste of the time of the house to discuss so important a question. It was a cruel thing to deprive man of the on l y guide to an eternal world, and what power on earth could assist the poor peasant, and protect him in the undisturbed possession of the Scriptures, but that house ? He trusted that the day was not distant when the Roman Catholic Priest would be under the control of the law, as well as the Protestant minister. Sir R. BATE SON was sur p r i se d, th a t after the calm manner in which th e h on . mem b er f o r Dublin hadintroduced this subject, it should be attempted to treat it with scorn. It was an act equally shocking to all classes of Christians, and it was an offence against the personal liberty of the individual. He was sorry to say such things were happening every day, and he hoped the Roman Catholic priest hood would alter their course, without being put under the control of the law. ( Hear, hear.) . The petitions were then laid on the table. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the Society of Friends, assembled at their yearly meeting, numerously signed, praying for the total abolition of tithes. Mr. C ALLENDER presented a petition from a parish in Argyll, and the presbytery of Mull, for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. A. JOHNSTONE presented several petitions from Dunbar and various places in Scotland, for the abolition of the corn laws, for the better observance of the Sabbath, and against drunkenness and church patronage. Petitions were also presented by the Lord Advo cate from the general assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, praying for the establishment of one extra school in each parish, as the present means of educa tion were not sufficient to meet the demands of the increased population ; also, from the school masters of several different presbyteries, for an increase of salary, and one from the Presbytery of Aberdeen, for a further duty on ardent spirits ; by Mr. Leigh Leigh, from the Dissenters of Sornersetshire, in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath ; by Capt. Wemyss, from the parish of Luchar Fife ), against church patronage ; by Mr. Duncombe, from Warwick, 'agreed to at a public meeting in support of the church ; by Sir Edward Codrington, from Mr. James Surry, of York-house, Battersea, praying that foreign corn should be ground in ports, by mills established on the principle of bonded warehouses ; by Mr. Foster, from the Reverend John Bayley, a clergyman of the established church, complaining of un equal remuneration ; by Major Beauclerk, from a poulterer, in the county of Surrey, complaining of being overcharged for his game license by the magis trate's clerk ; from the Thames Tunnel Company, for a bill to authorise the Exchequer to advance one-hun dred and eighty thousand pounds to complete the un dertaking ; by Colonel Seal, from the fishermen of Torbay, against the importation of foreign fish ; by, Mr. Dick, from Maldon, against the separation of Church and State ; by Colonel Leith Hay, from seve ral places in Scotland, for increase of salary to school masters, for the better observance of the Sabbath, and against church patronage ; by Sir R. Nagle from several parishes in Westmeath and King's County, for the abo lition of tithes ; by Mr. Bell, from Thetford, in sup port of the church ; by Sir E. Knatchbull, from parishes in Kent, in favour of the Beer Law Amendment Bill, and in support of the church ; by Sir R. Fergusson, from the city of Londonderry, praying that the Irish Society might be compelled to account for certain lands in its possession ; by Mr. Fazerkeley from a parish in Devon, in support of the Church; by Colo- Arbuthnot, from Kirkaldy, against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill; by Lord Ossulton, from Tweed mouth, against the Church Rate Bill. It being three o'clock, the SPEAKER left the chair. EXAMINATION OF AN ENGLISH TRAVELLER'S GOODS. First, the contents of the portmanteau were ex hibited. It principally contained Osmond's clothes. In succession were displayed, waistcoats, neckcloths, shirts, drawers, and stockings, which drew forth the astonishment of all present, for they wondered what one man could possibly want with so many things, the uses of most of which were to them incompre hensible. They admired the glittering beautie s o f a splendid uniform jacket, which its owner carried about to wear on appearing at courts and in the pre sence of exalted personages ; but when they came to inspect a pair of leather pantaloons, the ingenuity of the most learned amongst them could not devise for what purpose they could possibly be used ; for, let it be known, that Turk's trousers, when ex tended, look like the largest of sacks used by millers, with a hole at each corner for the in sertion of the legs, and when drawn together and tied in front, generally extend from the hips to the ancles. Will it then be thought extraordinary that the comprehension of the present company was at fault as to the pantaloons ? They were turned about in all directions, inside and out, before and behind. The Mufti submitted that they might per haps be an article of dress, and he called upon a bearded chockbadar, who stood by, wrapt in doubt and astonishment, to try them on. The view which the Mufti took of them was, that they were to be worn as a head-dress, and accordingly, that part which the tailors call the seat was fitted over the turban of the chokhadar, whilst the legs fell in ser pent-like folds down the grave man's back and shoulders, making him look like Hercules with the lion's skin thrown over his head. " Barikallah !" " Praise be to Allah !" said the Mufti, " I have found it ; perhaps this is the dress of an English Pacha of two tails !"—" Afeein !"—" Well done !" cried all the adherents of the law. But the Pacha was of another opinion ; he viewed the pantaloons in a totally different light, inspecting them with the eye of one who thought upon the good things of which he was fond. " For what else can this be used," exclaimed the chief, his dull eye brightening up as he spoke, " what else but for wine ? This is perhaps the skin of some European animal. Franks drink wine, and they carry their wine about in skins, as our own infidels do. Is it not so ?" said he, ad dressing himself to Bogos, the Armenian. "So it is," answered the dyer ; " it is even as your high ness has commanded."—" Well, then, the skin has contained wine," continued the Pacha, pleased with the discovery, " and, by the blessing of Allah ! it shall serve us again."—" Here," said he, to one of his servants, " here, take this ; let the saka sew up the holes, and let it he well filled ; instead of wine, it shall hold water." And, true enough, in a few days afterwards, the pantaloons were seen parading the town on a water-carrier's back, doing the duty of mesheks. But it was secretly reported that, not long after, they were converted to the use for which the Pacha intended them, and actually were ap pointed for the conveyance of his highness's favourite wine. The various contents of the dressing-case were next brought under consideration. Every one was on the look-out for something agreeable to the palate. One tasted eau-de-Cologne, another laven dar-water, both which they thought might or might not be Frank luxuries in the way of cordials. Whilst this was taking place, the Imam of the mosque, whose mortified looks belied his love of good things, quietly abstracted from the case a silver-mounted b pa o s x t , e- w li h k which he thought whas u b h s a t v an n c g e , therein the end of his forefinger, and scoo p in g out o t p h e e n s e m d, ell he of ther? discovered a straightway opened wide as much as it could carry , was too inviting to resist ; he therefore inserted mouth, and received it with a smack. Soon was delighted " to have he visited by repentance . He wou ld have roared with nausea, had he not been afraid of exposing himself. He sputtered — he spat. " Wh a t h as hseae r ?"ppenreodared the a Pasha,skedone w w h i o th wa a s gri Bak l— found a fellow-sufferer—" Bak !—see ! the Imam is s i c k?' The reader need not be informed that he had swallowed a dose of Naples soap. Meetings for the establishment of Temperance Societies are about to be called in many, and, it is to be hoped, in all the parishes of the metropolis and throughout the kingdom. We would suggest that the contributors to Savings Banks might be made useful auxiliaries to the good work under the auspices of the Directors of these excellent institutions. GIN-DRINKING.--This offence, for so it may be termed, is on the increase in the metropolis to an alarming and astonishing degree. Will it be believed at some future day that to supply one " gin palace" in the New-cut, Lambeth, nine horses, draw ing three large waggons, loaded with the baneful liquor, are seen every quarter of the year progressing in a sort of procession, and that it is boasted, that on a Saturday night " a guinea a minute has been taken across the bar." Private stills, too, for the manu facture of ardent spirits, also increase, notwithstanding the heavy penalties inflicted by the Excise. Several convictions took place last Saturday before the Com missioners. Some one asking the late Mr. Curran why a countryman of his walked about London with his tongue out of his mouth, said that he " supposed he did so in hopes to catch the English accent."—Mirror. HARVEST.—There is at present at Holly park, in the county of Limerick. a barley field in full ear ; it is the most luxuriant crop seen for many years in that part of the country. It is considerneditvbe fit to reap in three weeks, and was sow_nuirist Decem ber last by Robert Weir, a Scotch experimental pursuits while in Ireland h sitceessful.— Waterford Mail• agriculturist, been very SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY.) (FRONI LLOYD'S) DEAL, Jr NEIS. —Wind W. S. W.,fresh. —Arrived the Affieck, Ford, from Trinidad; from the River, and remain, the Coldstream, Burt, and Elphinstone, Dar nett, for Madras ; Mary, transport, from Hull, for Leghorn ; Fortitude, for London ; Mansfield, Wil liams, for Hobart Town. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Wind S. W., and S. S. E• —lsth, W. S.W.—Arrived off port, the Louisa Bail lie, Wildgoose, and George, Brown, from Demerara ; Salvatore, Antonia, from Gallipoli. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 13 AND 14,--Wind S. W.—Ar rived the Tantivy, Avis, from Malta. FALMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Wind S. W. to W. S. W., strong breezes.—Arrived the Restoration, Stobie, from Corfu ; Lady of the Lake, Banks, Dart, Ditchanl, and Greyhound, Rivett, from Messina. MARGATE, JUNE 15.—Arrived off port the Leslie Ogilby, Hogg, from Van Diemen's Land. DOVER, JUNE 15.—Arrived off port the Chieftain, Frith, from St. Vincent. , COWES, JUNE 15.—Arrived the Charlotte Mal* Frost, from Rio Janeiro; Sarah, Sadler, from Matag zas ; and Margaret Forbes, King, from New Orleans' JERSEY, JUNE 13.—Arrived the Adonis, Torque , and Medusa, Burnet, from Rio Janeiro. The Margate steam-vessel, the Royal William, h as failed in towing the barque Julia off the Goodwin Sands' The Julia, Barker, from Sierra Leone to Sunde', land is on shore on the Goodwin Sand, with mesa and mizen masts cut away. The Sarah, Dennison, bound to Quebec, struck on a breakwater at Plymouth on Friday, and was totally wrecked. A small part of the materials saved. The Dispatch, Elwood, from Whitby to London , pnt into Aldborough and must discharge, having been in contact with the Defiance, of Leith. The Boyne, Stroud, from Shields to Bonger, p ut into Harwich leaky, and dismasted. The John Stafford, Richardson, from Sunderland to Harfleur, was assisted into Harwich, with loss of bolc sprit. having been in contact with the Boyne. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, W LVE O'CLOCX: Our arrivals this morning are few, and most of th em , from the East, of old dates. The Philadelphia papers received a t the North a nd 'i South American Coffee-hou se , t o t h e 20th of May', state, that the Bank C omm i ttee w ill, it is expecte d, submit their report t o C ongress on th e 20th. The Baltim ore Ch ron i c l e ex p re sses the opinion that 1 Congress will sh or tly a dj ou rn without any arrangement k. in relation to the currency. By the French mail this m ornin g it a pp ears that the ~ Cabinet of the Tuilerie s wishes to interfere in the , politics of the North. M. de Ri g n y has add r e ssed a note to the Austrian Cabinet respecting the occupation of the free town of Frankfort. No answer has as ye t been given. Spanish ß yacc Ambassador ountsfrom i Malta a L lt o a nd we learn Accounts from Madrid state, that an English nlen of-war, of 80 guns, from Plymouth, entered the por t of Corunna; and landed 12,500 mu s kets, sent by the • learn that impo rt events will soon take place in the East, as the E n g lish fleet left that port on the 12th May for the L ever T J with a double quantity of ammunition on he ard ' is also said that a French frigate arrived with im portant despatches for the English Admiral, and that a steamer was instantly sent with them to hi m. THE FUNDS. The express from Paris this morning chiefly relates to the elections. The fabrication from Falmouth! an t ! with the unfavourable news from Lisbon, was received in the above capital, but had little effect on the French Funds, as the fraud was soon detected. Letters have been received at Paris from Madrid of the 7th inst., stating that some distu rbances had taken place at the Theatre in the above capital, in cone" but of the favourable terms g ranted to Don C arlo . ut in the. City all was quiet. The Spanish Stoei ! coming about 3 per cent. higher from Paris has cause,u , i, this morning a great animation in the above Stl:t which on Saturday left off at 491 i, and pllet" 51 to -.} ; at present may be quoted 5 1 i to 52, al]. buyer s. Portuguese Stock is also on the a vance, an d done fo ln n i s -e a s r p e ect at 78 to 78i. doing,tothoßwinritgishtomathrkeetireliatttlemoarnniao s n Pec th il :' above foreign securities. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 921. i for the Account, opened at the same price this morning, and continue at the above rice' i; lat P without animation. This is settling day in the Foreign Market, and I very heavy accounts are to be adjusted—Spanish a Portuguese. Owing to the late imposition on the public, received from Falmouth, it is expected tha is great number of persons will be great losers on tu . account, but as yet we have not heard of any defaulters No fresh intelligence as yet from Portugal. ate- A great tire took place last night in Bishopsg street ; about nine houses consumed. HALF -PAST TWELVE. I. Hobart Town papers have be en received at the Nat° and South American Coffee-house to Feb. 8. (From the Paper of Feb. 7.) native The recent destructive fires, no t only of the . g pasture and of fences, but in some cas es of standing lit Vol yf crops and buildings throughout all p arts t hheon been until arrested by timely rain on Monday , . most extensive, and must occasion a very considerable and general colonial loss. male NEW SOUTH WALES.—Nearly 8,000 persons, .01, _" and female, bond and free, have arrived in this col, e d to during the last yearthese, 2,500 are sum? . i:itnerto be free emigrants. The native population has . bond; borne but a small proportion to the emig:rant a an tn the fin- this disparity will gradually decrease, arising t e he Crown',; portation of upwards of 100,000 prisoners o f the colony in the forty-five years that have passed since the i, close was founded, while only about 60,000 of a 11... b o - The a now existing will be perceptibly removed. _ wr y to rigines of New South Wales continue, we are ulation. say, unabated in their attacks on the white P a cco rding , The total population of New South Wales, ~ / 94. to the census taken in September l ast, i's 90,ersat 5 5 ' Wheat is quoted in the last Sydney pap per bushel ; best Flour, 12s. per 100 lbs. he las t The total revenue of New S ou th Wales for t de. year amounted to 164,0431., of which 12,500/. was rived from the sales of crown land. HALF-PAST 00i s h A private letter from Lisbon states that a spa n o f line-of-battle ship at Vigo had declared in „ favour Don Carlos, and that the young Queen of Pc",1,7,A was going in state on board the Don John, t o the officers and seamen for their bravery ill i'" -- engagement. , r s to b e The settling in the Foreign Market app. -7 : the ' going off well, although the extreme fluctuation i ll b i ol t Spanish Stock during this Account has been 6 _,.; 0 6 14 per cent., from 38i ito 52,1. At the latter w yc ieb they were in the early lad of the day, since rde o they are not so good, and may b e q uoted at p 50 end of the month, and fo r moue i +5 , 1 ands; no w 78i I. Portuguese Stock had reach ed:l f or the account Consols continue steady at 9 with little or nothing doing - _ „. Portugal. Y . No further information from Spanish 501511• THREE O'CLOC u nt 92% %. Consols - for the Aago , o b coo tins country and France by vrk„ie twoto v ru oy n a t g o es a , ncl the fro fi m rst C w al as ais - ‘ , :a .. etw A new st l ll BOW" eam-vesse ca ed the S° Ramsgate. perceive that a fresh communication 1,5 f eh i a n dasy th bni r e e ag e du h en ours and thirteen minutes, t he s . forty she returned on Thursday in thr .... e r W ith a eco.- - o hmapp p gai jai e sans W e n ihuhna e etlea d e edr: s a; strong contrary wind in three hours an hours and seven cs i h m e inu h t a e d s, lipi br e i p n ta g or i ee n do g a French CO" — other passengers. that Mr• SUICIDE.--We regret to hea r was killed at Powell, the father of the gentleman Ascot races the other day, BIGAMY._A sailor jus t ton to New York was lately prosecute day he landed , , he having married the first spouse _h . . and his second three days afterwards. MorrisoP INQUEST. —Monday Alderman Hospital, Dub/iP' held an inquest at the Hardwicke ~. o ? , Dung woman,named alit on the body of Jones. It appearF7 t te child a short time befog' - d iiiegituna is livered of an nestingon Sunday, wrote a . 4 ) T ha t wt has e • : 1 1 ' : ' e a l n a n o r n t e h e d °: U- h t t o ad its bee : l2 , death, an.. la the evening with her. The man di t he and sPei fboafetlhipeeovsdroe,n, which, from various dru comp ly oapf ps with poiinrittesd, in her nede tbi ne request,becoming o mhadin g very e a r :fly return calt fromN h e i s w b r Y Ca : tin : tf: , w e h v e e n n for the th t e im l e as f t otto o r r :.ti t ' elapsed, de she drank a ti . dose jury found—" The deceased had come by her ' consequence of having taken poison." for her paranlOu r .i ga tb It s drunk, swallows 4