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1 ere it should rest with himself. He did not feel called upon onPase oropesitian of the G ivernment. aim,' that .:e had fiat a single &Lest on the important subjact now before the Committee. The proposition of liar Majesty's Government coincided with the opinions of men of the highest scientific distinc tion in the country, one of whom declared that to txpod Coat would he to waste the vitals of their posterity.—(Laughter.) He should cordially support the proposition of the Government. 'llr F. BARING opposed the proposition of the Govern ment, and supported the amendment of his Noble Friend. He - • was in no small degree surprised at the course pursued by the - -Noble Lord who had just sat down, because he said he shou'd vote fur this proposition because he thought it would check the exportation of coal, while with the same breath he stated that he believed it would have the effect of con suming the vitals of posterity.--( Hear, hear. ) It he Was to adopt the proposal of the Government he • should be blowing hot - and cold with the same breath. He owned that he felt some alarm when he found it admitted, on all hands, that 'we were now engaged in a neck-and-neck rate with the foreigner. That was admitted even by those . Hon- Gentlemen who professed themselses ready to vote with the Government. The result of imposing the proposed duty ' would be to give a great advantage to the foreigner in his competition with the proprietor of coal in this country. On these ground s he entirely coincided in the views of his Noble Friend the Member for Sunderland. Sir R. PEEL said that the prevailing feeling left on his - Mind by the speeches he had heard that evening, was - one of cordial satisfaction that the Income-tax had • bi en secured..—( Hear, hear.) The proposal of the _ ble Lord the Member for London was, that they should rai se 3 000,000/. or 4,000,000/. by taxes upon consumption. a : That was the obj ec t o f th e mem o rable resolutions dir ec t e d • . li g ai nSt the Income-tax by the Noble Lord, in which he tried to collect as large a force as he could under his banner. The Noble Lord had insinuated that 23,000,000/. of taxes had been • rePealed previous to the year 1836, and that they should now unPose a portion of those taxes for the purpose of increasing the revenue. That was the inference to be drawn nom the ‘ 2° ltrac pursued by the Noble Lord, although he might not have said so in express terms. Now, where he (Sir R. Peel) P r °Posed to raise by a duty upon coals a portion of the three Millions or the four milliocs to be secured by the Income tars he was met with an oposition that Made him rP •i'lice that the Income-tax was beyond the reach of - honourable Gentlemen opposite. It was admitted, however, that the present proposal with respect to the coal-tax was in • "eta better than that which the Government had originally • introdueed. Now, that which was infinitely better, could not -•'• - be. said to be very tad. If one system were infinitely better t han another, it must have been, at least, or, the high road to p er fection.—( Laughter. ) The Government proposal was sup • PGrted by the coal trade.- - (No, no.) He did not say it was aaPPorted universally by the trade, but it was pretty generally supported: • It was alleged, - however, that a compromise had • been effected between the Government and the trade, and that ss " la. he sentPr proposal had been the result of that compromise. when had heard that statemi sit he thought Hon. Members were abt tit to reret•the alleged compromise to the Committee (the Hon. and:Learned Gentleman the Member for Bath.— A lau g h . ) -But seriously, for his part, he could say he had entered inta no compromise.—( Hear, hear.) He had mei ely P ur sued .the course which he thought, upon the whole, it would be advisable to follow. The Noble Lord - oPpo , ,ite (Lord Howick) came over the pre ,. /tons night and made a proposition to his Noble Friend (Lord l ab d° ll ), and said, " If you bring your duty down to 6s. or 75., aaaltall'aupport you, but not above that."—(Hear and a laugh.) w hy should not the Government, in a case so much affecting the public interest, be allowed, as well as the Noble Lord, in the " s e of sugar or c off ee ?—( H ear an d a laugh.) All the nego ,.- t:ltbations that had taken place cn this subject were published in papers--( Hear)—and yet these negotiations spoken of as secret and unworthy compromises.—( Hear.) ; L ..a"' would return to another part of the subject. The state of an__! revenue wag embarrassed, and here was an article—not ea "lta r bl e of reproduction—in which this country had natural • i rages--( Hear, hear.) He would not say that it was de- - z4t_ arph o tto of prevent the exportation of English coal for the on putting dawn foreign manufacturea. He would 1,, • a saY do not altogether lose the advantage offered of aub .. t e t a lag it to revenue—( Hear, hear)—and he would show that duty Proposed would not tend to prevent the exportation. hthe years from 1836 to 1841, he exportation .. mt coal had en from 736,000 to 1,848,000 tons:( Hear, hear.) 'I hat . ° wed that it was an article which, would bear a duty, and he :Lould not t hi n k that a duty of ls. or 2s. would ply - an end to kes e _li an exportation.—( Hear.) And he had the authority of no ao economist than Mr. Warburton, for saying that it vtas ..• 2t desirable to encourage the exportation of British coal. But ha7l'9 , other hand it was said, that foreign countries would take t age at thi s attempt at restricting the exportation. Now, je"? was the poicy of foreign countries themselves on the sub- In the Mediterranean ports, Francelaid a duty of 4s. 6,!. on foreign coals imported in French vessels, and 6s. 3d. • L a ," they were i mported in foreign vessels.—(Hear, hear. ) j ars " on other parts of her coasts she charged 4s a ton on coals Ported in French, and Bs. in English vessels. In Holland a ar. ii c 7a..,tar was 6s. 10d. a ton. In the United States, which wi th su me of otir coals, -a duty of 6s. Bd. per ton. So it was ;l ora . Sweden, Sardinia, and Prussia. He thought that when e ah :g r l countries did this, they had no right to have the ad -•thermagtse of our coals, and to have an extensive revenue from ar i d; " es ides--( Hear, hear. ) Besides, this was not like silk butit.ther articles,' which could be reproduced almost without coal l low, it might be true th a t some f ore i gn coun t r i es h a d France, and look to the comparative extent of the carbonife . ;7* strata. The superficial area of the coal tracks in France, t•tobsmore than one two-hundredth part of the whole, whereas M England one-twentieth. He thought, therefore, that • Lai pa was to be feared from the competition cf the French '".pawhatever encouragement might be given to them.— te-hear.) N otw i t h stan di ng t h e h eavy d uty i mposed its out s coals by the French Government, still th e in V aa tal ion was la rge ; an d i n some t owns , as , f or i ns t ance , ' - lia - ;'"teat the consumpt i on was en ti re l y o f E ng li s h coa l . °old read a letter which he had received on this subject. name.) He could assure the Committee that it was ; - ated h"-",de letter, from a person engaged in manufactures, aa e noped he should not be called on to injure him by a a a „ h.. ) atire of his name. (The letter stated that the writer had Casti;;; Fe __tion to publish the fact that the coalowners of New -ete t 'and Durham had refused to let him have small coal to seetd'oe exportation, and that some time back they refused it scrap h int 200 tons, unless he went to the expense of having thr e me( ' at 4s. per ton and in consequence he did not get In tro ) • There was something, continued the Right Hon. • th„ e n et, in this, which he did not understand; hut certainly the e wa s a general i m p ress i on among th e manufacturers • a caii rattitry that th ere was a hi g h er pr i ce d eman d ed for small 'Ar ea t, : l ,t was to be u se d i n d omest i c manu f acture, t h an if i t titingeet u e exported. He made every allowance for theeltr. L e xpenses, b u t st ill t h at was t h e genera l i mpress i on. aae st t l "at was a rat h er un f a i r d isadvantage to w.hieht, the do tray' M anufacturer was exposed. —( Hear,,„ hear.) He . 0 4 q u ite aware that no duty coul4„, be impost d 1 t ."7,Y article without producing . tome. disadvantage, • th ea ;'"id trust that under all the particular circumstances' of • laatraesent time, seeing the great financial exertions the House ta a ,,, t re . en called on to make, remembering the duty now pro tareign "o he laid on was imposed on'the same article by every T un trYt he hoped the HoUse would not deprive them of ' l tot i tt a rP'Y to be derived from a duty that it was believed would - etna it il b a . re either the shipping or commercial interests of the A . J H 'aid ,VAIE rose amid loud cries of " Divide, divide." He %ti ro : VOW' 'Hon. Gentleman had mixed up two questions bl eat 0 C iff erent. The whole matter depended on an airange tiderocclue trade with the shipping, and ought not to be con the eb- at all. They had been told that science had assisted 1 144 e a ocellor of the Exchequer in the proposition he had ite la ' a tie thou g ht no one connected with, commerce could „ . , 4 1ata e. ; l e a proposal so contrary to all the sound principles of . * Poss e , WaS limiting the market of a commodity which they 4 tte sed in abundance. His objeetiorvato the proposition telf cm the declare tions the Right flo l o.'Gentleman had him ortde. Tbs•duty on exportation lessened the consumption, !Ike wh en the market forit ; they had a proof of what took pht to the duty , was formerly imposed, and had they not a lare roja e ct aPect that .the-same effect would be produced again ? Zaist ay , a ed t heaAight Hon. Baronet that no act of the Whig a„ - : 4 'bor ee /ao-aarelcomed as the reduction cf the duty on f t eY,„a t , , e °a l all the credit that England then gained • was . i tta-lose by the ro osition of the Government. ira gai por t . ist all sound policy to lay a duty on exports instead ` ietaa, f `s• Believing that there was no special ground its tay or departing from the neral rule, he would cer a.,l, vote for the e 1 1 ,7 e• laam„ n ire removal of the tax. tas ll 'arth of HINDE said the body of the coal trade in ht Gover_ En g la nd had agreed to accept the proposition of h. oe.si,ament. He agreed with the estimate of the Right Zoana rag w ll i t jeanan the late Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the F O'_,e.tl was likely to be derived to the revenue from this is`ght4u, old not think that it would amount, as estimated by the liepellt,ll..aronet at the head of the Government, to 140,0001. ld 4suetore they divided that the Right Hon. Baronet r epera " . t o y them as to the time when the duty would come 1 4:- ttrial ica l , l n ; that was a most important point to the brokers. p of ‘,to dispel the groundless alarm which, from the st ate are(' e !an Noble Lord the Member for Hertford, it ap eiza tested with re rd to the duration of the coal mines. i Nd ee h ga e held in his . hand he could state that one the North extended for fifty miles in length by fif e'lltie?,4itptliaorneaaftlEi ; that field would be sufficient to supply 1 14v i dcka la , " 1 % ; had been madet'gla n o d . for next . I,te.ono that the ea avers; r t a h 4 a n t th: t rlty..l o , ° ; Ihe coal was e l i o g n ht f e e a et 's , am ae l r o eas it was nearly eve ntf f - l eet—( Hear, hear)—and he would further state al gatist ea : . t, e coal fieldsof Northumberland and Durham were 7eo nsu sa a utF coal in the West Wold would be sufficient for turd j u :Ptlnn of the United Kingdom for 2,000 years. '1 Ili e a r is f i eor RU SSELL oas desirous, before the House went , of statilig the reasons which induced him with against the proposition of his Noble Friend, the al i p a tt- "annderland, and to oppose the views of his Right 14a tab efare od the Illember for Portsmouth.—( Hear, hear.) Rise, hi s vot he stated the grounds on which he was about to I t ght- H a e, he felt it necessary to allude to the speech of the tiat ai 4. Gentleman, at the commetcement of which the I...,eeet,sar„ Gentleman had, as he (Lord J. Russell) thought ;r t aa nd v7iL, alluded to the difficulties in which he had been he L i 'h had induced him to propose the imposition th at enMe•tax. The Right Honourable Gentleman i t .th e eione taXes which had been proposed in place aa a , l lo :tpos e n di rn _ e- taxt had been taxes on articles which, '1 411 1 . : that ar w t it i' llid have been the destruction of the L , tazi j ob ele- Now the basis of the propositions which west rie s h wa _ n Russell) had brought forward was a reduction ri on i '" on corn and sugar, Nowwith regard to the 6 de e ' mmediately b tpo i at ere hey ed solely efore the House, if the question were to upon the principles of trade, if the question ion discassi of rig was whether they should prohibit the ..x -.l4i;oreigo whether they should prevent the manufacture's ht ..euentries from deriving the advantage which they iii4tniensa eT a ultiropinropu:silitf our coal, he certainly should not conser.t th °a • But if the Right Honourable V ice - President of the Board of Trade, I , lla lt i s ed -Issae:ldede cal those attbaitet:thef theraifint'iralgt e of revenue—( arguments, and had at once object the Government had in view Hear, hear)—in the present 1414-";:e. :enreabtlh"e nea:aces s they had to consider if the tax was of so ,07 t , Ilst, i t. 'itgwnature that the House was bound to vote said that the trade would be destroyed. If h e a l tie k quzn, s ‘: the revenue could not be obtained, and the to e !!royednwtouldlnaelh., would go to show that the trade would w .- 0 0 u f d o to show that as a measure of reve -11411t" he raeasure :think hat i t tu at that ease h tieuiti heal t,rade w e useless. But he did not th woulti b e had been made nut. He admitted hipeclrous experiment. But he did not I .ety to be .decreaadsebtriliy itze•reparsi(n)pgosifotironmabneyfoyr-eeatri:e, ° Jar A duty f 41- might perhaps have fiscted a serious teal tax ' l ade- A statement had been made that tl.e a nd t w°llld amount t tai that that 0 a higher dut 0 a duty of 25 per cent. on round on small coal. He 'did not think ,4,)-bldishalaroapeirust manner ot computing the amount of the metrzod of c omputation was to curl icier what a be the '4.2":611 enalsP.ergonwtag.e. on the price of coals with ' the duty sne price of British coals at Marseilles th t4 a at "; at Irtitr that woultitert i lam it was 235. An addition of 225. .Jer That duty°wn-oYiadninunt to 9or 10 per cent. upon !.,;;;;I:t.410 German ',andl ;apernoia,lesset:.l sol}_ hie 1 837 the ex export not be destructive to the trade. Denmark, to America to Fr had increased, Under those ts inYu'es, the avenue 4 , t that pry to the trade, could be raised without 1:1 under those circumstances he ,tr,sit'v,.._ettltt'.e6;lllo4ll,;d,,,,not be justified in refusing the Government Ord a s Inj er tt.to/., which could be obtained without any la% be en He wished that the opinion of the coalowners influenced by the threat which had beer, held out _ - THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAI.7 MORNING, JUNE l5, 1442, [ to them. It had been said that the measure would inflict a ha; not suffered damage, they ar e a ll more or l es s the serious injary open France France was possessed of a n eas y 1 I maged. Sense, it is said, are scarcely habitable. The remedy. If she wished to have the advantage of English c ,al I facade of the Senate house, on which is seulpturiei the she could take off the import duty which she had im?osed arms of the ilepublic, surmounted he the tree of liberty, and she could derive the same advaniave With rega dto what were detached from the edifice and broken into pieces by had been said of the supply to be derived from the continen tal coal fields, they were at such a distance f rom any scapert ' the fall. The interior of the buildi ng h as a l so rece i ve d 1 that they could n o t compete with British coa l s except in t h e i r sme damage. own immediate neighbourhood. In the night between Saturday and Sunday, two Mr. C. BULLER was not surprised at the Hon. Gentleman shocks were again felt, but not so violent as the first, opposite saying he did not approve at all of the proposition of one at 10 o'clock and the other et 12. At 11 o'clock the Government, and yet he felt himself compelled in the morning of Sunday came another shock; mass at to vote for it. Hon. Gentlemen on the other side church was interrupted, and those officiating at it ran of the House had, frequently been placed in the same away and many females fainted. situation during the present session.—(Cheeers and laughter.) Monday, at eleven o'clock in the morning, another Throughout the debates on the tariff he had always sup- she k. ported the Government ; but on this question he felt bound ' to oppose them. The Nobl e L or d w h o h a d j ust sat d own The weather during these three days has had a low admitted that there was some risk in interfering with the ering and at times a threatening appearance. Monday trade. He (M r . C. B.) was not i nc li ne d to run so great a evening a little rain with i excessive heat before and after rtsk for the mere purpose of eking out the enormous amount of warts ; night cool. Tuesday, a change of weather, r - the Income-tax by such a paltry sum as 140,0001.—( Hear.) turn of the breeze and appearance of rain. There was a very streng argument which had not been met In the evening at eight o'clock, the weather was by the gentlemen on the opposite side, viz., the mis- stormy, and everything seemed to indicate an abundance chief they were doing to the interests of this country, by o f rain. levying a duty on articles of raw material, upon which the in- The hopes we entertained yesterday have not been dustry and wealth of the country depended. They were realised. On Wednesday we were awoke at a few holding out to foreign countries an inducement to levy duties minutes before five in the morning by another earthquake. on their produce. They were holding out inducements to Russsia to impose a d u t y on t h e export o f h emp; t h ey were Daring these latter days it appears to us as if the earth holding out an inducement to France and Italy to impose a on which we were walking was constantly quaking. duty on raw silk ;t o t h e A mer i can i n respect o f cotton ; and SAINT MARc.—A letter from this town, which has to the German a n d Sp an i ar d i n respect o f woo l . T o a ll been communicated to us, informs us that there too the these they were holdi ng out an i n d ucement to tax art i c l es upon ear th qua k e o f S a t ur d ay l as t was f e l t with the greatest which the manufactures of this country depended ; and they violence ; many houses have been so much shaken that were laying down this principle for the paltry sum of 140,0001. they threaten every instant to fall down. On some a year. plantations in the neighbourhood of the town very great Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Corn- damage has been done. mittee divided, GONAIVES, MAY B.—Yesterday afternoon an earth- For the Government proposition quake was felt in this city, which was so violent that Against it . most of the houses in it were thrown down. At the same Majority for the motion On the duty of 6d. per cwt. on the export of clay, China time, in consequence of the shock, a fire broke out in the stone, cement stone, and flints being propsed, a short conver- apothecary's shop of Mr. Invernezzes and consumed in a cation ensued, after which the item was agreed to. few moments an entire block. The flames destroyed Mr. GLADSTONE moved that the duties imposed in the everything that came in their way; there was not a drop foregoing schedules on articles other than spirits and timber, of water in the town. shall be respectively subject to the charge of 5 per cent., pro- All the houses which have not been burnt down posed by an Act passed in the third year of her prevent Ma- have been injured by the earthquakes, and this morn jesty, cap. 17, and the duties imposed in the foregoing schedules in , the shocks occur every qu a rt e r o f an h o ur.— on spirits sh a ll b e su bj ect to t h e a ddi t i ona l rate l a id on The shops of Madame John Joufferts and M. Dupu It spirits by the said Act ; and the duties imposed by the fore going schedules on timber be subjected to the additional duty have fallen a prey to the , flames . The shops of M. of 5 per cent. ' Bichardpauphin and M. Oster, built of stone and brick __ BOWRING opposed the resolution, on the ground that the Right Hon. Gentleman had himself acknowledged that these additional duties had proved an entire failure. After a a few words from Sir R. PEEL, the resolution was agreed to. This being the last clause of the voluminous tariff, the decision was received with loud cheers from the Ministerial Benches. An HON. MEMBER wished to ask the Right :lon. Baronet opposite when the new tariff• would come into operation. Sir R. PEEL sad the universal rule would be that the new duty would come into operation from the passing of the Act, He hopes! that now the general feeling of the House would be, that as the tariff had been fully and fairly discussed they should, as much as possible, expedite the passing of the Bill. There was no probability that any ma terial alterations would now be made, and he thought it was for the public interest that the Bill should come into operation with the least possible delay. TITHES COMMUTATION BILL. On the motion for the third reading of the Tithes Commuta tion Bill, Sir B. INGLIS protested against the principle of the Bil:, and objected to all compulsory commutations of tithe. Mr. HUME thought the compulsory process ought to have been more strictly Enforced by the Commissioners. Sir J. GRAHAM vindicated the principle of the Bill and the conduct of the Commissioners. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. ASSESSED TAXES BA.L. The Assessed Taxes Bill was read a second time. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Hoase adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'( lock. have fallen down. Houses and shops are inaccessible, and we write these hurried lines in the street. The whole population has passed the night in the middle of the streets. Of the m.,rehandise, which the merchants had been obliged to pile up in the public . square, a great part has been stolen. It is impossible at present to esti mate the extent of the loss. The church, the prison, the national palace, the treasury, the arsenal, and the house which was getting ready for the colonel commanding this district, are now nothing more than a heap of ruins. In short, no one has escaped the calamity. Now, while we are writing, the fire is entirely extinguished, but the sky looks threatening, and we are afraid of more shocks. If unfortunately our fears should be realized, there w ill be an end of the few houses re maining standing, and Gonaives will be no more. The first aad principal shock lasted about five mi -1 nutes and was followed, during the night by more than twenty others, which, though not so violent, were equally fearful. It is now eight o'clock in the morning. Not half an hour has passed since we had another violent shock. The number of persons killed and wounded is not yet known. All the prisoners who were not buried under the ruins of the prison, have escaped. God grant that the capital may not have been afflicted with a similar misfortune. CAPE HAITIEN, WEDNESDAY, SIX O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.—Most deplorable news is spreading through out the city. It has been brought by Mr. Otias, son of the General commanding the district of Plaisance. In consequence of the earthquake which was felt here on Saturday evening, Cape Town has entirely disappeared, and with it two-thirds of the population. The families which escaped this disaster have taken refuge at La Fwsette, where they_ are without shelter, clothes, or provisions. Such is the news circulating in town, and which un- AMERICAN NEWS ARRIVAL. OF THE ACADIA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORI LVG. The British and North American steamer, Acadia, arrived here last night, at midnight, after a quick voy age of only ten days from Halifax. She left Boston on the Ist, Halifax on the 3d inst. She has thirty-seven passengers. Her dates from New York are to the 31st ult. inclUsive. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, MAY 31. The most important occurrence since our last is the resump lion of specie payments by all the Banks in New ()titans. At ' first, three of the banks held back, the Consolidated, the Citi zens', and the State Bank ; but the depreciation to which their notes were immediately exposed, combined, we may presume, with the very strong indications of public opinion adverse to their course, and the evidence, as regarded the other banks, that resumption did not lead to any run for specie, induced them to come in ; and New Orleans is now, with all its ten banks, a specie pay,ng city. The effect of restoring the character of Bank paper was ne cessarily to depreciate all irredeemable paper, and of ,that cha racter were notes, amotibting, it is supposed, to nearly one million of dollars, issued in sums under five.tlollars, by two of the three municipalities into which the city is di vided, and which has been the favonrite • currency during the suspension, because the credit and pro; erty of the city were pledged for their redemption. But as they were not re deemable in specie, they ceasedleeirculate the moment specie payments were resumed ; and the holders, mostly among the labouring classes, became, clamorous, and committed some out rages. These, however,'Wie speedily checked by the police ; and arrangements being immediately entered into to fund or to redeem this floating paler, order was restored, and all will work smoothly,_,_ In pubic affairs there is little change to note. The States of Massachusetts and ,Maine have appointed Commissioners, with full powers to arrange with the General Government, the question of the North-Eastern boundary ; so that, it is to be presumed, this point in difference between the United States and Great Britain will be satisfactorily ad justed. fortunately is probably too tru. It is to be hoped, how - ever, it will not be confirmed in its full extent. It it said that the President of Hayti has given orders to the physicians and officers of health attached to the hospital, to set off this evening and give their assistance to the unfortunate victims of this disaster. The earthquake which proved so disastrous in Hayti it appears extended to the Island of Porto lied—as Captain Brown, of the schooner Franklin, arrived yes terday from Mayaguez, reports that on the 7th inst., a very severe shock of an earthquake was fe t there ; for two minutes the ground moved like the waves of the sea, and the inhabitants fled to the sea-side to take boats for the shipping. There was not, however, much da mage done. Captain Gould, of the brig Maria J. Estelle, arrived last evening from Guayanilla, states that there was a • • slight shock of an earthquake felt at that place on the same day. (From the New York Herald of May 30.) RANGE AND SEVERITY OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.— ' The earthquake which has recently desolated a large portion of St. Domingo, was one of the most severe that has occurred in any part of the world for many years ; and, perhaps, more extensive in the sphere of its ope ratioas, than any since the earthquake whi h destroyed Lisbon, in 1755. It appears that on the same day, and very nearly the same hour, the effects of this recent earthquake were felt at various places, ranging from Port au-Prince to the base of the Rocky Mountains. The great est explosion, from the force of internal pent up fir.-s, was felt at. Cape Ilaytien, St. Domingo, on the 7th instant ; here they had three successive and violent shocks ; and previous to the first of them a shock of the earthquake was felt at Porto Rico, on the morning of the 7th of May, which, as far as we have yet learned, was the most easterly point that the effects of it were felt. The internal fires, it seems, then took a north westerly direction, struggling to escape from their prison • house, and ultimately tore the ground asunder and • broke out at Cape Haytiens. It stretched clear acrose the breadth of St. Domingo, and was felt at Port-au- Prince on the same day, and at nearly the same hour. It also travelled on, and was felt at Mayaguez at the same time ; then to St. Martinsville and one or to o other places in Louisiana ; thence to Van Buren, Ar. kansas, and clear up to the foot of the Rocky Moun tains ; where it was also felt on the same day. It thus travelled at least 1,500 miles; and, perhaps, was felt even further. It is a sublime and awful thought ; here we have proofs of the existence of a body of internal fires, 1,500 miles long, and probably as many deep. - A menacing insurrection in one of the States (Rhode Island) has quietly evaporated without bloodshed, and the respect for law and authority, instead of receiving attaint, has rather de rived strength from this attempt to overthrow both. In money matters we are pretty much in state quo. The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States visited this city a week or two ago, and succeeded in raiste:g about two llions of dollars, of the three and a half millions advertised for. The terms have not been made public, but it is known the stock was sold under par, and probably with some stipulation that the Treasury should not appear again in the market before July, or possibly September ; and perhaps with an option to those who took this portion of the loan, to take a large portion within a spe cified time, at estnall advance. The stock is offered, and finds purchaseri in moderate amounts for investment at par. $50,000 were soldin one line yesterday at that rate. Congress has not touched the Tariff or either of the Ex chequer plans for months. On the 30th June the Compro mise Act has its complete operation, and a horizontal line of duties of 20 per cent ad valorem is to be the rule. But legislation will be necessary to adapt that rule to existing laws and usages ; and as it is now out of the ques tion that Congress should, before that time agree upon a Bill that will be so full of details, an d so largely discussed, as any Tariff Bill must be, recourse must be hal, as the last resource, to some comprehensive resolution, that for sixty or ninety days the present rate of duties shall continue to be levied. As to the Exchequer or any other plan of providing a uni form currency for the United States, our opinion remains, as it was expressed months ago. None such will be adopted by this Congress. Another issue of 7 per Cent. Stock, to the amount of 1,700,000 dols. is about to be made to the banks in this city, which have made temporary loans to that amount to the State Government; which it is more convenient to it to re pay in this way, and as money is abundant, more adv an t ageous to the Banks so to recei ve . The Banks have accordingly as sented to the arrangement, and the stock is to be issued in July next, and be redeemable in 1849. The Money Market is quite easy, or rather ate should say stagnant. Money abounds, because no ore knows where or how to employ it. Until the Tariff is settled, merchants cannot enter into operations of which the result may be ma terially varied, by the ,more or less of duties that may be imposed upon their return cargoes; manufacturers, for the like cause, can neither venture to revive old, nor give ex tension to existing factories, nor undertake new lines of busi ness, while uncertainty continues about the Tariff; and the con sumurs, the great mass, are, both .by the low prices of agricul tural produce, and the want of a general circulating medium, prevented from any purchases beyond those of instant necessity. Foreign Exchange is plenty and dull ; London at 7i a 8; and some good bills not endorsed here, are offered at lower rates, and with difficulty find buyers. Domestic exchange in most points are slowly but steadily improving, as the resumption of srecie payments ere long becomes imperative in all parts of the Union. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. $5OO Corporation 6's $2,000 Ohio 6's, 18C0 $4,000 Kentucky Bonds $5,000 Indiana sterling Bon& $2,000 Indiana Dollar Bonds 60 shares Bank of America 70 shares Mechanics' Back 5 shares Bank of Commerce (full) 25 shares Delaware and Hudson 75 shares Farmers' Loan .. THE BOUNDARY QUESTION. (From the Boston Attis.) NORTHERN EASTERN BOUNDARY.—MAINE LEGISLA TURE.—We have received the following letter from oar obliging correspondent at Hallowell. The proceedings of the Maine Legislature are deserving of great com mendation. We entertain little doubt, now, that the Boundary Question will be speedily and satisfactorily adjusted. The Board of Commissioners appointed on the part of the State of Maine are intelligent and judi cious men, and we have no doubt they will do all they can towards a pacific arrangement of the questions sub mated to them 13 shares Equitable Insurance Company 5 shares Auburn and Rochester 50 shares Mohawk RR 150 shares Harlem Railroad 200 shales Long Island Railroad..... 10 shares N. J. Railroad 30 shares Stonington Railroad The transactions to-day at the Board were but moderate, without much variation in prices. Kentucky Bonds improved 1 per cent; Indiana declined; Delaware and Hudson,i ; Mohawk improved 1 ; Stonington ; Harlem 39i-s6O EARTHQUAKE IN HAYTI. (From the New York Enquirer.) We gave yesterday, on the report of a captain of a vessel just arrived, a brief account of a frightful earth quake w hich has devastated some of the principal towns in the Island of Hayti. We have since obtained a Port au-Prince paper, from which we translate the particulars we.publish below. To those who have listened to the glowing description which the refugees from St. Po uting() were wont to give of its thriving, happy popula tion, its crowded cities, and abundant cultivation, it is painful to think of the present position of the once Queen of the Antilles.—What abolition and ks ands des noirs have leA undone, the inscrutable hand of Provi dence would now seem to have almost accomplished. (From Le Patriote of Port-au-Prince, Ala) 11.) On Saturday, the ith inst., at 20 minutes past seven in the evening, we experienced some severe shocks of an earthquake, t hich put the whole town in commotion. At mid-day a large meteor was perceived passing to the east. The heat was excessive, and thick clouds hung over the neighbouring mountain, going in a direction from the south-east to the north-east. The seamen who were in the roads report that they felt tin: shock before they saw the houses shake, which would indicate that the shock came from the east. Many persons, however, think they observed that the oscillations came from the north and went south. There were two very decided shocks, the first was not as long as the second ; the latter was the most violent and lasted about three minutes. All abandoned their houses, and the streets were filled with the affrightened population. But a little more, and Port-au-Prince would have been the scene of a disaster similar to that of 1770, a fatal year which occurred to the minds of every one. There is scarcely a single brick or stone house which pleakure, wore especially as I wish to give a solemn and public testimonial of the esteem you have gained by a conduct alike wise, prudent, and noble. I promise you, then, that you shall return to your country with tic citizens of the United States, who have not yet oba:ned the benefit of liberation. I hope, sir, your Gov, rnment • will duly estimate my sentiments, and the conduct on your part, that has merited the friendship and esteem of the Mexican nation." On the 9th of April, a fi re b ro k e out i n t h e town o f Tehuantepec, by which 206 houses, and many goods and chattels were destr o y e d . ('reparations are making in all the departments of Mexico, for the election of members of Congress. On the result, or the character of the men elected, mainly depends the stability of Santa Anna's power. General Houston's proclamation, declaring_the ports of Mexico in a state of blockade, produced considerable excitement when it reached Mexico. Not few, or mild, were the epithets applied to the Texians ; and the in terference of France and Spain to annul the blockade seemed to be counted on. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. June 14. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, a;:d tin Judges, sat in the House of Lords to•day to hear writs of error. FIR F. BURDETT, BART. V. DOE AND °TITERS. The arguments in this case, which were partly heard at the conclusion of Easter Term, were resumed and concluded to-day. The House propounded certain questions of law for the con sideration of the Judges, which their Lordships took time to consider. SKYNNER V. DOE AND OTHERS. This writ of error stood in the paper for argument to day, but she case involving the same question as the last, similar question; were put to the Learned Judges, who took time to answer them. RUTLAND V. DOE AND OTHERS. This was also a writ of error from the judgment of the Ex chequer Chamber, reversing a decision in favour of the p'ain titf, who claimed certain tenements in Norfolk, under au in- denture of lease, executed in Dl C. 1833. Tne arguments not having concluded at four o'clock, we're postponed till to-morrow. In the papers we have, any more than the letters we have seen, there is no allusion made to England the ses sion of the Californias, &c.—New Orleans Cou r ier. MURDER IN MEXICO. On the morning of the 29th of April, the city of Mexico was thrown into the highest excitement by a re port that' Mr. Egerton, a landscape painter of great talents, had been inhumanly murdered at Tacuhaya, together with a woman with whom he lived as his wife —of rare personal attractions, and who also possessed high endowments as a landscape painter. Tacuhaya is a small village some three miles from the city of Mexico, and is a place where many families of distinction reside, especially in summer. The palace of the Archbishop is also in Tacuhaya, as well as the summer palace of Santa Anna. ROLLS' COURT, June 14. Lord Langdale sat to-day, to hear unopposed petitions and consent causes. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 14. ( Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMA N and a Aliddlesc x Common Jury.) MILLIANKE V. GRANT. This was an aation brought by an apothecary, to recover 281. 10s., the amount of his bill. For the defence it was admitted that the defendant Edward Grant had been under the professional care of the plaintiff, but it was contended that as the defendant was not at that time residing with his brothe , , Richard Grant, of whose fa mily was the professional attendant, the credit had been given to Richard, who had subsequently compounded the plaintiff's claim, and gave him three bills of exchange f.o the ba ance cf the account, which bills, however, hat , , evei y one of them, since been dishonoured. It seems that on the evening of the murder, Eger ton and the unfortunate woman were walking in a large garden attached to their residence, as was their cuttom. While walking they were attacked by some person or persons unknown, and both of them murdered. The body of Egerton was found some distance from that of t ie woman, run through ap parently with a swori. Near him was — founcL his walking stick much hacked, from which it is evident he made a stout resistance. That of the woman was found, also stabbed and otherwise horribly mangled, and this induces to the belief that she also resisted to the last. She was enciente at the time, and within a short period of her delivery, and the perpetrator abused her in the most shameful manner before taking her life. Tier face was scratched and otherwise much disfi gured, and a large piece was bitten from her breast ; and the perpetrator, probably fearing that she might not be recognised, Wrote her mune upon a piece o:' paper, and pinned it to a fragment of her dress, tie most of it having been tore off in the struggle which ended in her death. The formation of the letters of her name wire plainly English, and this circumstance renders it certain that the murder was neither planned nor matured by Mexicans. Mr. Packenham, the British Minister had exerted himself to the ut most to arrest the perpetrators of these horrible murders, and he had also been assisted by General Valencia and the Mexican authorities ;, but up to the latest dates no clue to the authors had been discovered. As no robbery was committed, as the watch and money in the pockets of Eg* rton, together with the je‘‘ cl h of the unfortunate woman were left untouched, it is almost certain that the act, by whomsoever com mitted, was one of revenge. Egerton had a wife and family in England, and some two years since eloped w jib the murdered woman. lie has since lived with her as his wife. Rumour also has it that this female was engaged to a young man in England at the tone of the elopement. Whenever Egerton left his r e sid ence a t T acu h a y a , h e locked her ur, and never permitted her to go out except in his com pany. Tais circumstance was undoubtedly well known to the perpetrator of the Murder. The whole affair is shroud( d in mystery, and thou san d s o f spe culations are afloat in Mexico in relation to it. he one w hick receives the most credence is, that the murder was plan Led in England, and carried out by sonic acquaintance of the woman as a matter of revenge. Another story is, that Egerton had been involved in an amour with scone fair Mexican ; but this received but little credit. Time only will solve the mystery.—.N. 0 Pim/ene. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damage s 2q. 10s. The Court reserved leave to the defendant to move for a non_ suit, on the ground the plaintiff was not ertitled to maintain his action as an apothecary. Mr. Plitt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder for 11:e defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 14. ( licfore Mr. Justice CRESSWELL and a Common Jury.) C RIM. CON.-CA KEY V. HEWLETT. This was an action to recover damages for criminal conver -sation with the plaintiff's wife. Mr. Sergeant 13031 PA s (with whom was Alr.Watson) stated the ease for the plaintiff, who is a journeyman hairdresser, th e defenda n t b e i ng a h air d resser in Burlington Arcade. The wile of the plaintiff was an embroiderers for hairdressers, and the plaintiff became acquainted with her in consequence of his bu-i -ness, and in a short lime afterwards they were married. At that time his business was worth three or four hundred a-year. Subsequently he assisted her in the embroidery, and they re ceived employment from the defendant Hewlett. This seemed to have originated the intimacy which led to the injury of which theplaintiffnow complained. he marriage took place inAugust ; and, in November, Sits. Casey obtained the consent of her hus band to go into Kent vi visit her relations. In the met time, the plaintiff was informed that his wife was accompanied into the country b, Mr. Hewlett, and that they travellt-d as man and wife. He wrote to a mutual friend of his wife and himself, a hair dresser, residing at Deal, whose reply satisti, him of the truth of what he had heard. The Learned Sergeant proceeded to address the Jury upon the magnitude cl the defendant's offence, and of the injury which the plaintiff had suffered. The defendant, so far from regretting w hat he .had done, or dreading the exposure and the legal consequences, boasted that he was able to meet the plaintiff with n.oney, and that the exposure would do him more good than harm as it would give him notoriety. John Barrington, foreman to a hair dresser, knew the plain tiff and his wile. The former had served his apprenticeship with witness, and was always an industrious, respectable, you? g man. Mrs. Casey was a young woman of great abilities and personal attractions. The head-waiter and the " boots" at the Castle Inn, Rams gate, proved that Mr. Hewlett and Mrs. Casey came to the inn on the 17th of November, and remained until the 19111, occupying the same bed-roum and sittin s-room in the mean time. John Kelly, a hair dresser, residing at Deal, stated that he had known the pasties before their marriage. On the 19,h of November Alrs. Casey (who had been on a visit with the wife of witness at Deal before her marriage), called on them at Deal, and remained from eleven o'clock in the morning to five in the afternoon. In consequence of a letter hich he received from plaintiff, he went to the house when, Mrs. Casey was stopping, and found her there with Mr. Hew lett, occupying the same apartments. A witness, who was called to prove the expression attri buted in the opening speech to the defendant, denied that the latter said '• the exposure would do him good ;" but ad mitted that he heard him say he could inert the plaintiff with money. Mr. COCKBURN, for the defendant, at great length, ad mitted that a verdict must go against them, but contendo g that there was no claim fur heavy damages, fur the plaintiff had not ventured to show on what ter ms he and his wife had lived. But, on the contrary, there was every reas,,n to ' stir mi , e that his lose, had not been very great, when his wire le•ft him in the manner proved, within three months after their marriage ; the Jury would bear in mind that there was no evi dence as to whether they lived affectionately up to that time, or whether she had experienced good or ill treatment from him. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The Jurr, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—bamages, 1501. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 14. (Sittings at Ni i Prius. ) Before Lord ABINCER and a Middlesex Common Jury.) BRAITHWAITE v. HITCHCOCK. 'lhis was an action brought to recover the sum of 351., the ameunt of a quarter's rent, for certain premises now in the oc curation of the defendant. The plaintiff is the well-knov n engineer, and the defendant, George Hitchcock, is the brother of William Hitchcock, late of Regent-street, whose ease has been recently before the Insolvent Court. In the year 1840, William Hitchcock agreed with the plaintiff to take the house now in question at a yearly tent of 1501. The house was after wards assigned to the present defendant by his brother, and this action was brought to recover a quarter's rent, which had since become due to the plaintiff. The defendant s4sught to evade the claim made against him by denying, first, that the house had been demised to his brother, and next, that the property had never been assigned to himself. Some difficu:ties of a technical character arose upon these points. After a discussion among the Counsel, the Jury, by the direction of his Lordship, returned a verdict for the plain tiff, subject to a special case for tLe decision of the Court. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 14. IN RE DANIEL BRITTEN. The insolvent's petition to be discharged was opposed by Mr. Woodruffe. The Learned Counsel said the grounds of opposition could be best understood by giving a short outline of the case previous to calling evidence. In the year 1824 the insolvent became a bankrupt for a sum of about 25,000/., and soon after the issuing of the tiat got his certificate in consequence of the petitioning creditor, who proved for 24,0001., having agreed to sign. In 1831 a docket was again struck against him, and the statement he made in his schedule was to the effect, that he was made a bankrupt at the instance of Messrs. Perrot and Watts, with whom he carried on business in partnership as a calenderer and packer in Lenter street. Since the time of his declaration of bankruptcy he had caused proceedings to be taken against the as signees in Chancery, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, in the Court of Review, and in the Exchequer and Com mon Pleas, by which they wore put to law costs exceeding 2,5001.—he sueing in many of the cases in forma pauperis. There were certain houses in Basinghall-str,et which were mortgaged for a sum of 2,0001., and the counter parts of the leases of which were held by the insolvent, or by some person in trust for him, and which Mr. Woodruffe contended should be handed over to the as signees under the fiat of baunkruptcy, as well as certain household furniture accounted for before he should be entitled to his discharge by this Court. After evidence had been adduced, The insolvent said that the property alluded to by the opposing Counsel, was held under a deed of gift from his father in the first instance, and that a will had been sub ,;uently made by which the right became vested in his (it. • ‘ , l vent's) wife. Coininissioner REYNOLDS said he should order the case to stand adjourned, in order to procure the attend ance of the holder of the counterpart leases. Two days' notice to the creditors would be required, and the schedule lo be revised in the meantime.. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the REconnEa.) Charles Pritchard was indicted for stealing a quantity cf wine and other articles, at the Fishmongets' Hall, the property of the Fishmongers' Company. The case possessed no interest. The robbery was clearly protect against the prisoner, and be was sentenced to seven years' transportation. - THE CASE OF coorEtt. - It was understood in Court this morning that the trial of Thomas ( couer, charged with the murder of the policeman Daly, will take place on Friday next. The prosecution will be cem:ucted by the Attorney-General and Mr. Manic., Solicitor to the Treasury. THE CASE OF FRANCIS. It was also rumoured in the Court, but nothing was publicly stattd, that the trial of Francis will be postponed till the next session. The reason assigned for the postponement of the trial is the crowded state of the calendar. The Recorder sat from nine until five, and disposed of a number of cases in relief of the gaol delivery ; but none of them contained any feature of public interest. No definitive arrangements have been made with regard to the tria:s of Francis or Cooper, but the impression on the minds of the authorities is, that the case of high treason will stand over to the next session. NEW COURI'. A respectable-looking little lad, named George P raire, aged 14 sears, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a biscuit, value Id., trem Hugh ItGberts, a baker at Greenwich. In answer to questions from the Court, the prisoner stat e d that he had a father and mother living who were respectable people; he went to Greenwich fair, and having spent all his looney and feeling hungry he took a biscuit. He had been in prison now nearly a month. The COMMON-SERGEANT ordered him to be further im prisoned in Newgate for the space of three days, to be whipped with a bitch, and discharged. The prisoLer was then removed, apparently not at all relish ing that part of the sentence which re'ated to the whipping with the birch. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. (Before INIr. Baron PARKE and Alt-. Justice PaTrEsos.) Northampton—Monday, July 11. Oakham—Friday, July 15 Lincoln and City—Saturday, July 16. Nottingham and Town—Thursday, July 21. Del by—Montlay, July 5. Leicester and Borough—Thursday, July 28. Coventry and Warwick—Alot:day, August 1. ----- SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Baron ROLIE. ) Glamorganshire—Monday, July 4, Cardiff. Carmarthenshire and County of the Borough—Saturday, July 9, Carmarthen. Pembrokeshire Town and Ccunty—Saturday, July 16, Haver. ford west. Cardiganshire—Wednesday, July 20, Cardigan. Brecknockshire—Saturday, July 23, Brecon. Radnorshire—Wednesday, July 27, Presteign. Cheshire—Saturday, July 30, Chester. MESSRS. WIGNEY'S BANK- I An overseer subsequently attended, and the prisoner was IRUPTC Y. handed over to him, and taken to the workhouse. . BRIGHTON, TUESDAY- —Thi S morn i ng an adjourned meet- James Foster was charged w ith h aving attempted to stab Mr. ing took place in the large room o f the Town Hall, for the ex- Inn Charles Box, a gentleman re s idi ng i n King ' s-road, Gray's . sheet. aniin -squaee ation of the bankrupts, an d pro d uction of the balance- From the evidence it appeared that th e pr i soner was in the habit of receiving a weekly allowance of 75., which the corn . Mr. JAMES addressed the meeting at some length, and ob- plainant paid him ; that on yesterday he went to Mr. Box's served that a most important questi on isou id ar i se , as it appear d r s e ice to receive it, but the latter refusing to give hittt from the books at the date of th e l a t e M r. wi„, ' ,,, y , , d eath, in more than 6s. in consequence of his i rregu l ai i ty of conduct, November, 1836, there was a defi c i ency of 58,000/. It a'sa ithe prisoner took out a large earving• knife, and made a des_ appeared that a balance had never been struck since 1824. M pe l a - e tin u 4 at him. r. BENNETT considered the acco un t s h a d b etter not be put n default of finding competent bail he was committed to in, as the books of the Scotch concern were not forthcoming. pr i son. Mr. HALLETT, one of the assignees, said they had made an A lad, about eleven sears old, named James Divett, cha ged arrangement with Messrs. Houldsworth, which he hoped would Francis Loriott, his Master, a boot ant shoemaker, itsining be satisfactory to the creditors. in Brownlow-street, with cruelly maltreating him. Mr. Isaac en Wigney was then sworn and examined Ti e boy stated that on one occasion he had been knocked by Mr. N e wto nm 1836, at my father's death, myse f down by the prisoner; on another had his head laid open by and father were the partners. The deficiency at that a bless from the heel of a boot ; and on last Fliday his master time, according to the balance-sheet, was 54,8f.6/. 8,;. 7ti. had beaten him with a knotted rope's-end. I never knew of the deficiency until the accounts have Mr. GREENWOOD said he would punish the prisoner to the been recently gone into. The last b a l ance was struck utmost he was capake of. He should pay a fine of H., or go in 1824. Mv father took an active part in the bank, and the to prison for three onths the shd be canceed. books were tinder his revision. I joined the bank in 1830. and Loriott should return ; 1 9 /. indentures of the ')01. oul premium he ll had I took no capital in. At my father's death I took no account I received. of the state of the bank. On reference to the books, 31st Ike. 182.1, the whole claims were 89,342/. 4s. 4d. The accounts will not tell the state of our affairs. The assets, good, bad, and doubtful, are the same in amount, viz., 89,3421. 4s. 4d. I have not the least idea what amount of this was bad. Mr. Stanford and Mr. Valiance were partners. At their retiring I never took an account of the bank. The deficiency found at my father's death, amounting to upwards of 54,000/., com menced in 1824. In the year 1825, during the panic, the loss was nearly 9,000/. I speculated that year to the extent of 26,0001. That - sum was the commencement of the deficiency, as far as 1 was concerned. My father was aware of my losing 9,600/., and that amount was never replaced by myself or my father, but the bank went on with that deficiency. In 1826 1,147/. 10s. 3d. was lost. It, 1827 the deficiency was 1,499/. by speculations. In 1828, 2,007/. In 1829, 2,426/. 15s. 2d In 1830, 1,8511.25. 6d. In 1831,5901.'85. 6d. In 1832, 1,004/. (is In 1833, 559/. Ils. 4d. Up to 1833 the deficiencies were 19,746/. 12s. 2c1., of which I was the sole cause, and which amount was never replaced. There was a loss in hops. in 1.'20.'3, of 3,979/. From 1825 to 1833 1 lost 23,725/., and no part was replaced. Up to 1836, the time of my father's death, 49,357/. 1 Is. 3d. was the total amount of deficiency caused by me. I have spent about 4,000/. on the electi ms. The ten first cost 1,163/. ss. 6d. The two next 2,816/. The cost of the last 1,800/. The expenses of the last election are paid. .11y father from time to time knew of the losses. I carried on the concern with the deficiency unsupplied. When my brother joined in Jan. 1837, he brought in no money. I have not ap propriated any money belonging to my father's estate to make up the deficiency which arose whilst he was a partner. We have paid off the debts of 1836 by the subsequent deposits. The Court then adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, .411.41?L1301?0 UGH-STREET. A person of In ry respectable appearance, who gave his name as Thomas Hone, was charged with causing an obstruction and disturbance at the Caledonian Fancy Dress Ball on Monday night, at Willis's-rooms. Police constable, No. 13 of the A division, stated that about ten on Monday night he was on duty in King-street, his instruc tions being to prevent any person standing in the carriage way so as to obstruct the line of ear. iages proceeding to set down, when he observed the defendant standing in the carriage way, and on being requested to go on he refused, and made use of abusive language, calling witness a d—d scoundrel, and telling him that he paid for him. Several of the crowd followed his ex ample, and some of the carriages were obliged to turn out of the line and press against the persons un the footway, and it was a matter of astonishment that no accident occurred. The and inconvenience the defendant was creating was pointed out to him, but he persisted in remaining where he was, and became sa riotous and disorderly that he was taken into custody, and con veyed to the station-house. The defendant said that he had a ticket for admission to the hall of the rooms, to see the company sit down, but not being able to get in, thought he had a right to stand where he had placed himself ; he had, however, not the least intention of mush- g any obstruction, and was extremely sorry if he bad done so ; he shots?, have moved on, but that the police handled him very roughly. Mr. Icla LTBY—Pray, what are you, Sir? Defendant—l am the proprietor of an hotel in Albemarle-street. Mr. MALTBY—Then you ought to have known how to con duct ys, ursell in a better manner. I shall impose a fine of 40s. on you, and, in default of pay ment, commit you for 14 days. The defendant smiled at the idea of being committed for 14 days," and instantly p a id th e fi ne . FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF ROBBERIES AT TIIE ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE.—Yesterday two young men, who gave:their names as Francis Cook and Alfred Williams, were charged with stealing a quantity of glazed pink and yellow satin, glazed cotton, fringe, &c., the property of Mr. Thomas Wassail, of No. 67, Oxford -street, upholsterer. The prose, utor stated 'hat he was employed to fit up and &a corate the Italian Opera House, on the occa ion of the late fancy bail for the relief of the Spitaltields weavers. Vast quantities oftlifferent materials were supplied by hinm, for the purpose, and among t them several thousand yard of glazed satins, of different colours. Since the ball took place he had missed above 300 yards of satin. and other property to a very considerable amount, part of which he believed to have been stolen from the theatre, and part from his wareithuse aojoining his residence. The ar ticles produced were his property ; there :were abo u t 12 y ar d s of satin. The p r i soners were perfect strangers to hint, and a, far as he knew had na right to have the property in their pos session. After putting some questio s to Mr. Warren, Mr. AIA LT BY said he should remand the prisoners until Monday next, and in the meantime the constable would inform the Superintendent of ;he division how the case stood, and he o oulti, no doubt, take such steps as were necessary. Mr. Warran stated that he had discovered portions of the stolen property at different rag and female clo hes-shut s, which had, invariably, been sold for a mere trifle, pawn brokers refusing to take it in, as it had been used, and was not made up. Richard Foot," coachman to 'he Earl of Eglinton, who, with the Countess, is at present sojourning at the Clarendon Hotel, New Bond -street, was charged with causing- an obstruction in Bury-street, St. James's, on the previous night, at ten o'clock, just at the time her hiajesty and his Royal Highness Pt ince Albert were leaving the St. James's Theatre. Inspector Beiesford, of the C division, s'ated that the prisoner drove Lord Eglinton's carriage up to the corner of Bury-street, in King-street, and insisted on remainin g th ere, although he knew it was contrary to the orders of the Police Commissioners, issued and posted about in the neighbourhood for the regulating of the actang down and taking up of carriages at the St. James's Theatre, during the French plays. The position he had taken up caused a complete obstruction to the line of carriages, drawing off from the theatre, and also those from the Cale donian Ball at Willis's Rooms. Witness pointed out to him the dangerous confusion and serious consequences that would, most probably, occur from his persisting in remaining there, but he obstinately refused to move or give his master's name, and ultimately he was obliged to be pulled off the box by force, and taken to the station. house. He was at the time in a state of intoxication. The prisoner said he had had only one g'ass of ale during the day. Mr. MALTBY said it was well for him that he had committed no assault upon the police, and that no accident happened through kis misconduct; in either case he should have dealt ssi:h it in a very different manner to that he intended. As it was, he should fine him in the full penalty of 40s. for dis obeying the regulations of the Police Commissioners. 'I he prisoner grumblingly paid the fine and was discharged. CLEI?IOEA WELL. Mr. Charles Dunn, a So'icitor, of 33, Gloucester -street, Clerkenwell, was charged by Mr. George King. carpet-manu facturer, of 37, St. Rmlin-street-road, with having committed a violent assault upon him. Mr. King stated, that about a fortnight ago the defendant called at his shop, accompanied by his wife, and selected a Brussels carpet, which was sent to his residence, together ssith a bill and a receipt. In two days after a servant girl called to request witness wou'd attend at defendant's house to alter the carpet to the size of a room for which it was intended, and that a hearthrug to match should be sent. The rug was sent by a boy, with instructions not to leave it without the money ; and the boy, having been informed that the defendant was not at home, and therefore that the rug could not be paid for, brought the article back again. On Saturday evening the defendant called at witness's shop, evidently in a very excited state, and having used to witness's wife very gross and threaten ing language in reference to witness, demanded to see him. itness being in a back parlour at the time immediately went into the shop, when the defendant, repeating the language he had used, threw a half-sovereign on the counter, and then seized witness by the coat collar with his right hand, arid com menced beating him with his left hand upon the ribs in a vio lent manner. A struggle ensued, and they fell down, the de fendant being under, in which position witness contrived to keep him until the assistance of a policeman was procured, who, aided by the neighbours who had crowded into the shop, extricated witness from the grasp of his assailant, and secured the latter. This testimony was corroborated by that of Mrs. King and the servant girl. Mr. GREENWOOD asked whether the defendant was sober at the time ? All the witnesses said they thought he had been drinking. Police-constable. G 154, said that when he went into the shop, he saw several of the neighbours holding the defendant down on the floor, as if to secure him. Witness took him into custody. The defendant, in answer to the usual questions from the Magistrate, said that he felt exceedingly annoyed at the rug not having been left without the money, he being absent for a short time when the boy called. Thi; was treating him as if he were a cheat or a swindler. The complainant, he said, seized the half-sovereign, and took hold of him first. lie denied that he had keen drinking, or that he had used the bad lan guage attributed to him. Mr. GREENWOOD said that the complainant had a right to sell his goods for ready money, or as he thought proper. The defendant was not justified ie. conducting himself in the outra geous manner it was proved he had done. He would convict him in the penalty of 40s. The defendant immediately handed over two sovereigns to the clerk and left the Court. The Clerk—l really think we ought to have scales of some sort to weigh the sovereigns tendered to us in Court. Mr. GREENWUOD—I am afraid if you were to refuse to re ceive sovereigns from the class of persons by whom they are pay able here, you would incur greater risks than time loss arising from light sovereigns. I should think a light sovereign may easily be detected by its appearance. The Clerk—Then are we to be the losers ? Mr. GREENWOOD—NO ; I should say the Queen must re ceive them as we get them, and be at the loss. On Monday Win. Harmer, aged 18, was charged by Ann Harmer, his own mother, a cast-down, heart-broken woman, residing at 27, Cromer-street, St. Pancras, with having stolen a sown-piece, a suit of boy's clothes, and oth er p roperty. It was elicited that the prisoner was a dissolute character, who had frequently robbed his parents, and ill-used them in im her respects, until his father died of a broken heart. He ab sconded limn home some timla ago, taking with him a suit smf clothes belonging to his brother, which he sold. His father died on Thursday last, and whilst he was lying dead the pri soner entered the house and robbed it of the other property. The prisoner was traced on Saturday night last to a low hous in St. Giles's by policeman 5 E, and taken into custody. The mother said she did not wish to hurt the prisoaer, but she wished to save him from ruin. His father was now lying twat' in the house. Prisoner (clasping his hands and crying)—Oh 1 for God's sske do forgive me, mother. I did not know my father was dead when 1 took the property. Oh, your Worship, pray have mercy and forgive me, and I will go to sea and retrieve my cha rade r, and t r y an d b e a com f ort to my mot h er . Do not let a mother transport her own child ! The mother—Oh, do riot let me transport him. Do some thing to save him from ruin.—( She here fell down in a fit, and was supported from the witness box.) The motheright n being; o be enabled to speak a ga i n , begged that the prisoner prosecuted t o conv i c ti on , but summarily punished. m Mr. GREENWOOD said the auditory felt the deepest corn miseration for the unfortunate mother, and he ditected tha the prisoner should be locked up, and that the officer should call and request the overseer of St. Giles's parish to atterm o in order to be consulted as to the best course to pursue in the case, and if possible to get him to sea. ALL. EXTENSIVE BITIIGL A UNION- R V.—Thre H e men, named Brown, Ma son, and Ellis, were charged with breaking into the house of Messrs. Flint and Naylor, No. 63, Blackfriars'-road, and steal ing a quantity of silks, ribands, and drapery goods, to the amount of 250/. The prenaisca were entered between two and three o'clock on Monday morning, the burglars having gained access at the rear of the house over a wall 15 feet in height, which they surmounted by means of a rope-ladder. They then got in by the kitchen window, and from thence into the warehouse; and while they were plundering the place of silks, satins, and drapery goods to the above amount, they placed a large linen sheet over the fan light of the door in ti ont of the shop, in order that no discovery might take l lace by the policeman on duty. The prisoners were taken into custody in the vicinity of the spot. They were remanded. CI?OYDON POLICE. llillaarn Shearman, the master cf the National School at Croydon, was charged upon a warrant before Messrs. Suther land and Lucas, with having cruelly beaten and ill-treated one of the scholars, a little boa named Sammons, six years old. The father of the child being sworn, stated that he was in duced to bring the present charge in consequence of the cruel treatment his son :lad received at the hands of the defendant. Ile then proceeded to state that on Thursday last, when his little boy came home from school he appeared to be in very great pain, and was unable to sit in a chair. He did not make at y complaint at the time, but on his being questioned he said that his master had been beating him with a " pointer." His p , r, on was afterwards examined, and he was found to be bruised in a mast dreadful manner, and he was at this time hardly able to sit upright. The little boy was then brought forward, and the Magis trates said be was too young to be sworn ; but, in answer to questi , ns put to him, he said that his master beat him. The Mag;strat s then gave dia ections that the inspector on duty should take the boa into another room and examine his persoza, and this was arteui tin g!y dace. Thomas Elliott, a schoolfellow of the complainant's son, was then sworn, and he sated that the master took the boy and laid him on a ritsk, and beat him with the pointer. He said that he beat him severely, and appeared to be in a great passion with him at the time he was beating him. The inspector here informed the Bench that he had examined the boy's back and bps, and that there was now a brui:e larger than his hand, and lie appeared to have been very severely beaten. Mr. SUTHERLA ND asked the defendant what answer ha had to make to the charge preferred against him?—'fi e defendant replied th a t h e h a d 150 boys under his charge, and it scas necessary to keep strict discipline in the school. The complainant was the most tiresome little boy in the school, and he could do nothing with him. On the day in question he had inflicted a slight punishment. upon him in the morning, and as this did nut hare the desired v&ct he cer tainly did punish him more sever, ly in the afternoon, but he thought at the time he did not give him rnm.o punishment than he deserved. Mr. SeTHERLAND asked the defendant if he had seen the state of Cie child's person since the punishment ? He replied that he had. Illr. SUTHERLAND—And do you think Sou %x ere justified in ii,flicting such a severe punishait , lit upon a child six yfars old? Defi‘ndatit—l must say I do not think I shou!d punish him aga n so severely. The Alz,gistrate, he re b ot h expressed their opinion that the child appeared io have been punished in a most severe and un• ju , t fiab:e manner. The defendaot said he had filled the situation of master of the scho .1 for come years, and no complaint had ever before been mace against him. '1 he father of the comrlainant observed, that it was r otorious that the defendant treated all the boys very cruelly, and a great number of them were about to leave the school in consequence of it. The deendant here remarked that he was very sorry to Iv ~ .,ompelled to say that the boy was a very bad character. The MActsraATas told him it was nonsense for him to talk of the cha:a-ter of a and six years old. They considered he had treated the little boy very cruelly, and they a.ijudged him to p.ty a fine of 2%. and costs. Mr. Sutherland, at the same time, advised the father of the child to represent the matter and tin/ result to the Committee of the school, in order that they might be aware of the fact, anti act upon them as they might think fit. - _ SUICIDE BY A LEA r rnom A WI n in quest was held yesterday at the London Hospital. before Alr. Baker, the Coroner, on the body of Thomas t'arker, aged 49, a bricklayer. Catherine Forward said that the deeeastel was a lodger in her house in Crescent-place, Hackney -road. Um 1 three months ago the deceased was a particularly sober ma, , I hut since then he had drank to such excess as to tin duce delirium tremens. From the effects of that complaint he had been recently subject to fits, and whilst suffering from one on Sunday week last, he fell down and fraetu eel his skull. At nine o'clock the next morning, during witness's absence, he aro a flow bed, opened the window and jumped our upon the pavement, a distance of 30 feet. Ile was not rendered inseu. Bible by the fal, but became so violent that it to , k four men to secure and take him to the hospital. Ile diet from the effects of the fall on Saturday last. Verd.ct—" Temporary insanity." The Silesian Gazette states that the greater part of the manufacturing town .1 Belehatow ' in the dist r i c t o f Petri kanwart, was , last month, destroy e d by fire. We were gratified to hear from a gentleznan, who had an opi:ortunity of repeatedly seeing the Royal infants at Windsor choir g the last week, that they were both in excel lent health. As for the Prince ef Wales, he appeared the healthiest and liveliest little Briton in her Alajesty's dominions. The Princess Royal has quite recovered from a slight indis position, which a short time .go fed interfered with her usual healthy appearance.—Morniny Advertise-. MELANCHOLY AM) FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday week a melancholy and fatal aceident betel a person named Timothy Skully, who had been brought down from London to erect a Scaffold outside of York Cathedral, for the purpose of its repairs. It appears from the evidence adduced on the in quest, held More J. I'. Robson, Esq., that deceased, along vs ith others, were, cn the morning of the 3d instant, about eleven o'clock, engagedin erecting the scaffold at the cathedral, when, by some m. a: s, Skully overreached himself in endea vouring to fasten a rope to one of the poles, and unfortunately from a height near the top of the clock, awful to contemplate, into the church-yard, across a grave, which he deeply indented, 'I he poor fellow was seen to fall by several of the inhabitants. and was almost immediately picked up and conveyed to his lodgings, life not being quite extinct. He was instantly a tt en d e d by tour or five medical gentleman, but never spoke afterwards, death putting a period to his suffermgs in about an hour and a half, the injuries received chiefly being internally. It was said that Skully had (previous to ascending the dizzy height) par taken of several glasses of ale, but was not to say intoxicated, although it was affirmed that such was partly the ease. He was a man greatly respected by his fellow workmen, about 2S years of age, and has lift, it is said, a wife in London, and two young children, to deplore their loss. The Jury returned a verdht of " Accidental Peath."—Leeds Mercury. Lord Palmerston has added his name as a subscriber to the " Addresses to Youth," about to be published. Nearly 100 illustrious and noble personages are subscribers to the work, and a great many more are expected to patronise it. From a Parliamentary paper just published, it ap pears that the total annual cost of the Ecclesiastical Establish ment in the West Indies is 20,30C1., anti that the aggregate amount since the passing of the Act 6th George IV., is 341,261/. PRESENTS TOR HER MAJESTY.—An Arabian man of-war, the first that ever appeared in English waters, came up the liver on Sunday, in tow of a steamer, and was moored in the afternoon off the Victualling-yard, at Deptford. Mon day she was tossed into the St. Katherine's dock. The pennant was flying at her main-topmast head, and she had a red ensign hoisted at her mizen. 'I his vessel, which excited much cu. riositv, is from Zanzebar, and has brought over four valuable Arabian horses and other presents, from the King of Muscat to her Maj, sty Queen Victoria. The vessel presents a similar appearance to that of one of our own merchantmen of 500 or 600 tons burden, except that she carrier ten guns. Zanzebar, or Zaminebar, is a country on the east coast of Africa, between ..1 N. and 10 S. lat. It includes several petty kingdoms, in which the l'ortuptese firmerly had settlements, but it is now subject to the King of Muscat. DANtsit CLAnsis.—There are, we believe, several parties in Liverpool interested in what are called the Danish claims. We think it right, therefore, to communicate to them the following extract from a letter written by an influential Nlemb,r of Parliament, who had been applied to by a friend of ours on the subject :—" 1 thud that the Government will not pay unless they are forced to do it by a vote of the House of Commons ; and I hear that it is the inten tion of some Members to endeavour to get the House to direct the payment of them in the same manner as was done during the last session, when the Whigs were in power." It is time, therefore, that those parties in Liverpool who are interested in this matter should be stirring up our representa tives to use their influence with the Government to yield with a good grace to the demand made upon them. Mr. Creswell, a bile Member for Liverpool, was indefatigable on this point, and we have no doubt that Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Doug las will, if applied to, display equal energy and activity in fur thering the claims of justice.—Liverpool Albion. Tim TII 111IES AND TIIE TEA-DRINKERS.---FOT the decoction of the "gossip-shrub," - the Thames water is farsupe rior to that even of the river Tees; whilst from this circum stance, and from our city being built on a chalky soil, Landon has become universally famous for the manufacture of milk. When analyzed, Father Thames is found to consist of— Pure water r‘ I iscellanecus 100 This water is considered by the inhabitants of London a most delicious beverage, and they all pay certain Companies (who lay it on uncommonly thick) fur the privilege of drinkiag .t. —Punch. SALE OF TIIE EARL OP LICHFIELD'S PROPERTY. --The public sale of the costly and elegant contents of the Noble Earl's mansion in St. James's-square was commenced on Monday on the premises, by Mr. George Robins. The cata logue enumerates a large collection of valuable property, ar ranged in nearly 1,400 lots. The sale on Mnoday consisted of portion of the household furniture, continuing yester slay aid to-day. TUe splendid de sideboard of plate, including the massive silver gilt service uts:eadellleioriaaroyf memorable occasion, zte:r , e . ct i li l .l, l a,s b rdear; s :,, : e t tl i , m ahitot i thi i c t : e ti d div:4e, , i . i i : i (f t- r l i i i fa :i t a udr ' onSaturda y. pictures, will form The buyers : the subject of Monday's auction, and the sale concludes on prices. belonging i‘ion dtaoy wasthe sveerrvya numerous, uto' office oo a :if cdtjuix_,srieis.l:e,,edt:ltalieaul i des trg a e : l ; ; l :. g l t e lhi s ea ;srt nearal i t v e e s l i hs t oa l o i ld m e r t some bnyo.ha nTdh.es pi nninhabitantsl.spinning disturbances ani ol w a t h n o C l :a ai a )i rn P i weaving, in dignant at seeing some B e l g i an workmen from Salerno, set up a little establishment of the same description iu the place, attacked the house, and, after having destroyed what it contained, wanted to set fire to it; but the authorities, sided by the gendarmes, interfered, and prevented any further damage. A sumptuous entertainment is to be given to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Feel, Baronet, and the rest of her Ma- jesty's Ministers, at the Goldsmith's Hall, on the 29th instant. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS. HALLOWELL, MAY 25.—1 am gratified to announce to you the fact, that the Report of the Committee, re commending the choice of Commissionersto treat with the General Government upon the North-Eastern Boun dary question, and investing them with full powers, has pc ssed the House of Representatives, in concurrence with the Senate, with but eleven dissenting votes. This day, at twelve o'clock, both branches of the Legislature met in Convention, and selected with great unanimity the following gentlemen to act as Commissioners, viz., Hon. Edward Cavanagh, and Col. John Otis, of the Senate, Judge Preble of Portland, and Hon. Edward Kent, of Bangor. The selection is a judicious one, and gives great satisfaction. The gentlemen designated are admi rably qualified to discharge the trust confided to them— and while, on the one hand, they will guard the rights and honour of Maine, they will present no factious op position to an honourable arrangement of the important question in controversy. The people of this State are anxious that this vexed question should be settled, and never was a more favourable opportunity than the pre sent to accomplish that object. LATEST FROM MEXICO. We have been favoured with Mexican papers, and the perusal of letters from' Vera Ciuz to the 11th of May. Great complaint is made of the dullness of trade and hai d times in that country. Sickness prevailed in the city of Vera Cruz, and also among the shipping. On the 21st of April Mr. Ellis had his audience of leave, and General `Paddy Thompson was presented to President Santa Anna, as Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States near the Government of Mexico. The papers publish what was said on the occasion, and the tone of all parties contrasts singularly with that of some of our contemporaries in this country. " SPEECH OF MR. ELLIs.—Mr. President—l am in structed by the President of the United States to lay before your Excellency my letter of rccal as accredited Minister near this Government. In like manner, lie has directed me to assure your Excellency that say Government is particularly desirous of cultivating and maintaining with the Mexican republic the most friendly and frank relations. That our policy is that of justice and peace with all nations, and that th.s policy will Le manifested whenever the occasion may call for it. _ . " Before taking leave of your Exceh - ency, I beg leave to express my ardent hopes that your estimable spouse may. soon be restored to health ; and, in the meanwhile, I wish your Excellency to enjoy every felicity that can fall to the lot of the illustrious head of a great nation, labouring to tix her political institutions on a basis that may secure the happiness and prosperity of the country. offer to 3 our Exc( llency sty sincere thanks for the release of Mr. Houghtaling, and still hope that yen! Excellency will have the goodness to permit the other citizens of the United States I named in our interview on the 14th to accompany me on my retain home." REPLY OF PRESIDENTISANTA ANNA.—" It is with deep and sincere feelings I learn that your Excellency has re ceived his letter of recal, and nothing consoles we so much as the knowledge that your successor is worthy of filling your place. " The sentiments you have expressed in the name of your Government, are very gratifying, for I always wished that our sister, the great republic d the North, should preserve and cherish the most frank, sincere, and friendly relations with Mexico, and that the latter should demonstrate by her actions a disposition to reci procate with the same good will. " I appreciate, as I ought, the delicacy and kindness of the interest you take in my spouse, and I cordially receive your wishes for my success as the head of this noble and generous nation. " Anxious to oblige an illustrious citizen of the United you com mun i ca t e d hi s prayer f or r.Houghtaling, I conc e d e it w i t h grea t . the State,liberation why, o through A HAMBURG H. JUNE 10.—The representative of Austria waited the other day on the Senate, to present 60,000 florins, as the subscrip tion from Vienna, 40,000 of these being the gift of the Em peror of A ti,tria. 1 enclose you the copy of a letter from that Sovereign, together with the following flowery letter from THE SENATE TO THE EDIPEROR OF AUSTRIA. " Mort August, most Powerful, most Gra c i ous E m p eror , K rig, and Lord,—Your Imperial Majesty has been mos gra ' thously pleased to express, through the medium of your Ma jesty's embassy, the most touching sympathy concerning the conflagration by which God in his inscrutable wisdom, has laid a great part of our town in ashes. Your Imperial Ma jt sty has at a moment when your Majesty's subjects wet e trot spared from a similar calamity, been pleased to evince thissym pathy by a call for subscriptions within the whole compass of your dominions. Ovemlielmned with feelings of gratitude fcr the syrnyathy with which princes and people of the German Fatherland have made the re-establishment of the well-being of our city a national concern, we feel ourselves above all en couia,„,,ed to hopeful anticipations for the future, since the de scendant of the August Imperial House to which the citizens of Hamburgh were immemorially attached has seen fit to af fix his imperial seal to the sympathy of the Fatherland. On the mit oils wall of the ltathhaus the chiseled effigies of tt.e Emperors yet lock out from the ruins: so will also in our hearts the nand of the most devoted feeling which survived the dissolutMn of the empire, not weakened in prosperity, but invigorated anew by the sympathy shown us in the hour of ad versity. We remain, with profound veneration, your Im eriat Majesty's most faithful, the Senate of the free Hans '1 own, Ilamhurgh, (Signed) " BARTELS, Dr., President of the Senate." REPLY FROM THE EMPEROR TO THE SENATE OF HAMBLIRGII. Well Respected and Right Wise,— The letter by which you expressed to me your feeling concerning the measures taken by me after the fatal conflagration, has given me true satisfaction, inasmuch as it proves to me that my sincere desire for the well- being of the free city and its inhabi.ants is truly appreciated. My Minister will to-day acquit himself of the commissien of delivering to you the first results of the collec tion in my capital, in w hich I have mys If participated. Re ceive once mt.re the assurance of the painful . participation with which 1 received the tidings of the misfortune that has fallen upon Hamburgh ; as also, on the other hand, the expression of the cheering hope which 1 nourish that, with the help of God, and the whole fatherland, the ancient unanimity of the town, and the energy of her respectable burghers, will soon cicatrise t ese heavy wounds. Gladly do I renew to you also on this occasion the assurance of the most perfect esteem, with which I remain, (Signed) " FERDINAND." Vienna, June 2, 1842." IEER MAJESTY'S FIRST TRIP BY RAIL On Monday her Majesty the Queen, for the first time, re turned from her sojourn at Windsor Castle, accompanied by her illustrious consort, Prince Albert, Count Mensdorf, &c., by way ut the Gnat Western Railway. 'the intention of her Majesty to return to town by railroad was first intimated to the authorities at Paddington on Saturday afternoon, and in conse quence preparations on an extensive scale were ordered to be made for the transit of the Royal pair from Slough to the Pad dington terminus, which were carried into effect with the gnatest secrecy. Immediately after the departure of the day mail train from Paddington, at a quarter past ten o'clock, the Roy al train, consisting of the " Phlegethon" engine and tender, drawing the Royal saloon in the centre of two Royal saloon carriages, preceded by a secknd-class carriage, and followed by three carriage trucks, started from the terminus at Paddington for Slough, which station they reached shortly betore eleven o'clock. Previously to, the departure from Paddington, the Royal saloon, the fittings of which are upon a most elegant and magnificent scale, were tastefully improved by bouquets of rare flowers arranged within the carriage. At Slough, the Royal 'arty on their arrival at the station a few minutes before twelve o'clock in six carriages, were received by Mr. C. Russell (the Chairman), Mr. F. P. Bartrvr, one of the Directors, and Mr. C. Saunders, the Secretary of the Railway Company, and con ducted to the splendid apartments at the station designed for the reception of Royalty. Her Majesty, however, during the delay necessarily occasioned by the placing the carriages of the attendants on the trucks, &c., proceeded to the line, and examined the Royal Saloon, inquiring very minutely into the whole of the arrangements, and precisely at twelve o'clock the ' train left Slough for Paddington, Mr. Gooch, the principal of the locomotive department, accompanied by Mr. Bruner, the engineer, driving the engine. At Paddington by 11 o'clock the centre of the wide space apportioned for the arrival of the incoming trains was parted off fear the reception of the Royal and illustrious visitors, and covered by a crimson carpet, wh ch reached from one end of the platform to the other • the whole of the arrangements for the reception of the Royal being under the superintend.. ence of Mr. Seymour Clark, the Superintendent of the line, assisted by Superintendent Collard, of the Company's police. Captain Hay, the Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, and Superintendent Lincoln, and a large party of the D division were also present. Before 12 o'clock large num hers of elegantly-cressed ladies, consisting of the families and friends of the Directors and officers of the Company, were arrived from the ranged on each side of the part apportioned for the arrival of the Royal train, and at five minutes before 12 o'clock her afterwards a de tach command of t iN i a : 0 : y ! e l o s i t:. 'ts Mewsh carriage, r ta i h a t drawng ßi e io , i7a tol sahn b dyafo Hussars,lue four w r i‘ni hones,nudt minutes sr His Royal Highness Captain Sir G. Brown, arrived from the barracks at Kensing ton, for the purpose of acting as an escort to her Majesty-, &c. entered the Paddington terminus, having performed the dis tanceesty received with the most deafening demonstrations of loyalty Precisely at 25 minutes past 12 o'coAlositcaikeestohtnyedßio.lianldsinPegeimalatnrnaienr alight b in e g ing sh h e an w de a d s and a ff i e n . c 2 t ne r -elia minute,ve and ti returned the gratulations of the assemblage present. The o l u 'r t in o c f e tAhlebeßrtoaylaiighstaeldoofinr,st.in Haemr cheers were re-echoed by the numerous persons who crowded the bridge over the terminus leading to P addington -green, and ever onher experienced. aj lived the avenue towards the Junction-road, along which the , Royal cavalcade passed. Her Majesty, &c. reached Bucking.. ham Palace shortly before 1 o'clock, around which a large assemblage of respectable persons was awaiting I.er arrival, by whom she was loudly greeted. and dinner of th e S oc i ety of True to-morrow, at th e C openhagen . SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS. We perceive that h t l h a e n d a e n i n s u w al ill shinny take m p a l a t e c h e House and Fields. It is expected that there will be a very full meeting, and several persons of influence connected with the Highlands have intimated their intention of being present. The members of the Society will appear in the Highland cos tume. '1 he games will commence at eleven o'clock and con tinue till five o'clock, when dinner will be on the table. We teel convinced that all lovers of the truly national game of shinny will avail themselves of this opportunity of a day's en joyment, which thiswdmirable Society affords theta every year. REDUCTION OF WAGES. —We stated in our last that notice of a reduction of at least ten per cent. had been given by the employers to the operative cotton-spi nners o f t hi s . borough ; and we regret now to add, that the work men , ta ki ng into view the extreme pressure of the times, and th e num b er for r t t ; f h o present , employment , toa r have i fe d l a t o themselves ) c poen:. pell e d to submit, cent. fo r s i ng l e mules, and ]oi per cent. on double - decked on es . Th ey have, we in regard to m understand, submittedabatements , ro ts . a p to the em ployers re c e r t a i n grievances,n t i ces ,&e., of whi c h they have reason to complain, and which they hope and believe wilt be redressed. May tha' hope be realised, and a good un derstanding, to their mutual advantage, be the result.—Bolton Free Press. 10 - ' 4l Lett .Dg uty ( u t le. but ves jers:th, ye oo tY to et .g i►t