The Sun. — London, England, 1830-06-14 00:00:00

=Fr W_ THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY) CORN-EXCHANGE. There was a large supply of all descriptions of Corn last week, but this morning the quantities fresh up are very scanty. The weather being unfavourable caused our millers to purchase fine Wheat at an advance of ls. per quarter on the terms of last Monday. There have also been some extensive sales made to country buyers, at rather higher prices. Fine foreign Red obtains 2s. advance. Barley is heavy in sale, and full 2s. per qr. lower. Beans and Peas are unaltered. Oats do not sell freely, but the prices of this day se'nnight are maintained. The buyers of Oats hesitate to purchase, because the duty on Foreign will be down to 7s. 9d. pd quarter next Thursday week. In the Flour trade there is no alteration. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) -s. -s. Beans, Small (new)... -s. -s. .-----White (old) •-----.Red 1829) ... 48a. 525. - Tick (new).... 31s 355. ----..-.- Fine Ms. 625. - (old) ...3.',5. 375. .-------- Superfine.. 655. 683. - Harrow (new) 355. 388. a..----White (1829). 5os. 635. - Fine 63s. 70s. Brank 02 ?4 245. --------.-- Superfine.. 745. 78s. Oats, Feed..., ----Foreign free 465. 84s. New "Os. 245. Rye Barley 24s. 28s. New "2s. 28s. .---- Fine..... ......... 30s. 325. - I'otatoe ---- Superfine Malt 4ss. 565. - Scotch - 31s. -- Fine 58s. 635. - Irish ' 275. Pease, Grey -- Maple 34s. 38s. - nods , 55s --.- White -- Boilers 18s 23s ick) 60s 50s. litry 48s. 10s, Nort Bran 'G LA IF OTII 120-1 ER All Rapesec eds. 60. SMITHFIELD MARKET. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURI ,ST WE • •, Et. E . E From Whence. .; r • 6, ss : 5, r 'f , Qrs. Qrr. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs, Qrs. Scks. Aldbormigh 272 78 47 20 115 Boston Cowes Colchester l5l 201 447 217 10 876 t Harwich ..,' Leigh B2O 5 —11 l 14 4 Maldon 3lO 92 34 116 64 707 Gainsborough — 75 _ GI imsby /lull — =l9 Ipswich Kent 233 2(12 1030 100 79 1087 920 472 145 75 242 15 1355 Lynn — 1246 146 150 Rye — 15 Scarborough Southampton Stockton 1 Sunderland Wells lOB 62 152 Woodbridge l2 92 40 122 24 280 Yarmouth 2OB 2515 25 2458 4berdeen — 1337 Banff 416 4577 31 — lSerwick Inverness 7O 911 -- 3677 1492 5932 12704 970 303 SL'l63 IRISH. Ballina Londonderry FORNIGN. Bremen Callundberg — 1200 Dantztc Emden — 1131 _ Griefswald Groningen Hamburg Harlingen 1660 Horsens — 950 Konigsberg Lutzetiburg Newstadt New York — • 752 /dyburg — 1000 Petersburgh _ _ _ _ ..... ____ Pillau 1152 '— Randers .... Rostock Rotterdam Spain 650 Stettin Stralsund 950 Coastways — 1935 —...-. -- Total 19355 4822 5932 23240 970 676 9115 A OOREOITR Bye, o —Tares, QUANI 1 1-... Lil Musi PULSI •Brank, TITY 0 inseed, ; itard, DS 01 1, 451• 13- In this day's market, which was well supplied through out, each kind of meat met with a very dull sale, Beef and Mutton at a depression of full 2d., Veal and Lamb 4d. per stone ; Pork at barely Thursday's quotations. The supply embraced several hundreds of tolerably well made tip grass-fed Beasts ; those from the north were principally of this description. PRICES PER STONE OF SIAS. TO SINK THE OFFAL& d. Inferior Beasts d. to 1. 2 2 2 4 Second quality ditto 2 8 2 10 Prime large Oxen 3 2 3 6 Prime Scots, &c 3 8 4 01 Inferior Sheep 2 4 2 10 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Coarse.woolledditto 3 6 3 10 S outhdownWethen 310 4 - 0 s. d. to s. d. Large Lambe 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto 4 4 5 8 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 8 Prime small ditto 4 0 4 4 Large Hogs '1 0 3 4 Small Porkers 4 0 4 4 Suckling Calves 12. s to 325. each. Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER. CLZRK'S STATZSIENT• Beasts. 'Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. i Pigs. 2,545 23 , 030 306 260 About 350 of the beasts came up the different Nbrth Roads; about 100 from the western and midland districts ; about 1750 from Norfolk, Suflblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire; about 40 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, ea., in the neighbourhood of London. PiEWCATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. s. d. tog. d. Beef 'li 3 6 I Veal Mutton tt 6 0 ti Pork Lamb 4s. 9,1. to ss. 6d. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MARKET —June 12. We had a better supply of Wheat from the farmers to day than for some weeks back, for which there was a steady demand, at about the prices of last Saturday ; con siderable sales continue to be made from the ship and gra nary. Oats sell readily at our quotations. Nothing now doing in Barley, except for grinding. Fine Rye in demand. Few Beans or Pease offering. New. Wheat, Northumberland 58s. 695. ---- Norfolk and Suffolk 5Ss. 683. Berwick and Scotch 58s. 603. ,635. 665. Old. -S. —s.' —s. —S. -L -5. ---- Dantzig Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 3.2s 365. —s. —s. .--- Foreign —s. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk...—s. —s. —s. —s. .----- Grinding and Feeding 0 6s. 9.9 s Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk —B. —5....... !As. 60s. Beans, Small —s. —s. ---- Tick 34s 365. Pease, White —s. —s. - Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 10s. 39.5. —s —s. .... Feed 27s 295. Foreign —a. —5. Flour, Fine (per sack) --s —s. -9. —B. —s., 47s 495. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—June 11. There is a guod supply of Whet here today, both from the farmers and up the River. The wet and cold weather we have had for some weeks past, with the idea that holders generally of Wheat in bond will not pay the present high duty, but wait a few weeks for the chance of a reduction, have caused the factors to demand higher prices; "but the Flour trade being in a very dull state, the millers comply very reluctantly with any advance upon fine fresh quali ties, and in such only a moderate extent of business has been done, in some instances at an advance of Is. per quarter; ail stale and inferior sorts continue as dull as possible. There is rather more inquiry for Beans, but no improvement in prices. Wheat, Red, NOrtolk and Suffolk 535. 57a. to 62.5. fine 68s. New Ws. 655. to 61s. fine 721. -- White Old 5Ss. 63a. to 665. fine 70s. ----- New 60s. 655. to 61s. fine 725. --- Foreign, Red .535. 575. to Ns. fine 695. _ . - -- . . ---- White ... ......fits. 645: to 665. fine 71s. Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk 2Bs. to 325. fine 345. • .....-...- Lincolnshire '2Bs. to 31s. fine 325. .....,-,-,.. Yorkshire \Vold 26s. to 31s. fine 325. ..--...... Foreign -s, to -s. fine -s. Beans, Old .---- New 34s to 355. fine 38s. Oats, rotato 2Bs. to 3 1 s. tine 325. -- rOland 245. 9.55. to' Bs. fine 30s. --- Friesland and Small 22s. 245. to 275. fine 28s. --- Mea ling l3d. to 14 1 Ad. per Stone. Shelling 935. to 345. 6d. per Load. Malt 385. 40s. fine 435. per Load. Rapeseed The Pentewan rail-road, constructed by the late Sir CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS, is one of the most curious things of its kind in England. It begins at St, Austell Bridge, and goes on through St. Austell Moor, chiefly on an inclined plane, to its termination on Pente wan Pier. Considerable traffic is daily conveyed over the road, which is in itself of admirable construction ; but what renders it extraordinary is this, that four waggons linked together, with about 15 tons of china clay on them, are put in motion at the depot at St. Austell by two men gently impelling them, they then move forward, their speed gradually increasing, and-when they arrive at the lime-kiln lately erected, a dkance of two or three hundred yards, they proceed with the celerity of a mail coach. Sometimes, twenty persons are seen riding on them at oisce. They continue thus to proceed for upwards of two miles, the man who has charge of them having to put his horse to the gallop in order to keep up with them. Having ar rived at level ground, the speed of the extraordinary vehicles gradually diminishes until they at length stop, when the conductor attaches his horse to the foremost car• riage, and they are thus drawn to Pen tewan wharf, where a greater quantity of china clay and china stone is ship ped for Liverpool, Scotland, &c. than from any other port in England. By this means, forty or fifty tons are often conveyed, by the occasional assistanc e of one horse, at the mean rate of ten miles an hour.--,Devonpo r t Telegraph. THE KING'S HEALTH. (From the Court Circular.) On Saturday and yesterday the following Bulletins were issued : " Windsor Castle, June 12. " The KING continues less embarrassed in his re spiration. His Manny passed another good night: (Signed) " HENRY 1-IALFORD. " ➢IATTHEW J. TIERNEY." " Windsor Castle, June 13. " The KING has been less incommoded than usual in his respiration, and his MAJESTY has passed a good night. " HENRY HALFORD. " MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." Since Thursday morning his MAJESTY has experienced less difficulty in his respiration ; in other respects also the state of the KING has improved ; the swelling of the legs, in particular, has subsided. The disorder under which his N/AJESTY is labouring is not dropsy, and the asser tions that he has been tapped are untrue. The Phy sicians have received an almost innumerable number of communications on his MAJESTY'S complaint (doubtless sent with the best intentions), all of them, however, are useless, the parties mistaking the disorder with which the KING is afflicted, and also being in ignorance of his MA JESTY'S constitution. The Duke of WELLINGTON had an audience of his MAJESTY on Saturday. The Dukes of CLARENCE and CUMBERLAND visited his MAJESTY on Saturday, and remained a considerable time. Mr. 13aonrE did not come to the Castle or. Friday night, being the first time he has missed since lie has been called in. Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY left the Castle about ten o'clock on Saturday morning. Sir MATTHEW has not left the Castle before for a week. Mr. BRODIE and Sir MAThrEw both returned to the Castle about nine o'clock on Saturday evening. Mr. BRODIE lift the Castle fur London yesterday morning, and was expected back in the evening. The Bulletins were shown at St. James's on Saturday by Lord CLIFTON (Lord in Waiting), and Sir WILLIAM HOUSTON (Groom in Waiting) ; and yesterday by Earl WARWICK (Lord in Waiting), and Sir WM, HouszoN. Among the inquirers were—His. Royal Highness Prince FREDERICK of Prussia; Count MATUSCEWITZ, the new Russian Minister ; the Archbishop of YORK; the Speaker of the House of Commons; Chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas; the Recorder of London ; the President of the Royal Academy. Ambassadors and Ministers.—Prussian, Sardinian, Nether lands, Russian, Spanish, Hanse Towns, and Wirtemberg. Charge D'Atlitires.—Neapolitan and Swedish. Dukes.—Portland, Norfolk, Beaufort, St. Albans, Leeds. Duchesses.—Portland, Montrose, Dowager Richmond, St. Albans. Marquis.—Winchester. Marchionesses.—Dowager Salisbury, Westmeath, Winchester. Earls.—Belfast, Fitzwilliam, Eldon, Gower, Jersey, Hardwicke, Stamford, Malmesbury, Arran, Aboyne, Kenmore. Countesses.—Euston, Coventry, Belfast, Abingdon, Jersey, Ludlow, Hardwicke, Arran, Kenmore. Viscount.—Morpeth. Lords.—F. L. Gower, R. Spencer, Napier, Kenyon, Arden, Garlies, W. Lennox, Milton. Ladies.—Bloomfield, A. Cotton, Bertie (2), Burrough, Little ton, Graham (2), A. Vernon, Strong, S. Lennox, A. Lennox, Mackenzie, Mildmay, L. Peel, Palk. Bishop.—Rapl toe. . - -- Honourables.—A. Lascelles, NV. Bathurst. Sirs.—F. Baker, C. Campbell, G. Anson, NV. Littleton, J. Paul, J. Strong, F. Mackenzie, F. Freeing, J. Vedderburn, G. Smart, W. Stirling, H. Bull. Dean.—Siorwieh. Rev. Doctor.—Blomberg. Sergeant.—Wilde. .Alderman.—Birch. Admiral.—Sotheron. Colonels.—Cug and Walker. Messrs.—Mash, Bloomfield, Brent, B. Paget, Egerton, Lascas, G. E. Jenkins, Harrison Curtis, Fielding, and It. VVainewriliht. Mistress.—Colquhoun. His Royal Highness Prince FREDERICK of Prussia came to town on Friday night, from the Races. All the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers have Leen to pay their respects to his Royal Highness, at the residence of the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke of WELLINGTON and the Earl of ABERDEEN visited his Royal Highness yesterday. The Prince attended Divine Service yesterday morning at Westminster Abbey, and afterwards paid visits to all the different branches of the KING'S family in town. His Royal Highness heft town for Bushy, to dine with the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, together with the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND. On Saturday night the Prince honoured the Italian Opera House with his presence. The Princess AUGUSTA attended Divine Service yester day morning, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Divine Service was performed yesterday morning before the Duchess of KENT, the Princess VICTORIA, and their Royal Highnesses' Household, in the private Chapel at the King's Palace, at Kensington, by the Chaplain to the Royal Duchess. Summonses were issued yesterday morning from the Foreign-office for a Cabinet Council. At half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mi nisters assembled at the Foreign Office. There were pre s nt—the Loan CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earls BATHURST, ROSSLTN, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, and Mr. BERRIES. The Attorney and Solicitor- Generals were in attendance at the Foreign Office about an hour while the Council was sitting. The Council sat in deliberation about two hours and a half. Sir ROBERT PEEL bad an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON, at Apsley-house, on Saturday afternoon, after the return of his Grace from having an interview with the KING at Windsor. An Admiralty Messenger arrived in town, yesterday, with despatches from the Commander of our Naval Force in the Mediterranean, for the Lords of the Admiralty. The Alessenger brtught also despatches for the Colonial Offices, from the Hon. General PoNsoNwv, the Lieut.- Governor of Malta. Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial Office, from the Governors of the Leeward Islands. (From the Times.) WINDSOR, FIVE O'CLOCK SUNDAY EVENING. After the Dukes of CLARENCE, CUMBERLAND, and WELLINGTON had an interview of his MAJESTY yesterday, the Dukes of CLARENCE and WELLINGTON had a private interview of full half an hour. Last night Sir M. TIERNEY returned to the Castle, ac companied by Mr. BRODIE. Mr. BRODIE left again at half-past eight this morning. This morning his MAJESTY convened with his physi cians without any apparent difficulty, and up to this hour continues decidedly better, and enters into conversation oc casionally with those distinguished parsons who are in im mediate attendance. No arrivals whatever this day. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) WINDSOR, TWELVE O I CLOCX, SUNDAY MORNING. Notwithstanding the, favourable Bulletins which have been issued for the last day or two, I am enabled to in form you, from an authentic source, that his MAJESTY is in a very feverish and desponding state. A week ago the KING was enabled occasionally to take a hearty mea, but since that period his appetite has gradually diminished, and be takes now but very little nourishment. The Duke of WILLINGTON went to the Castle on Saturday, shortly before one o'clock, and remained alone with his MA JESTY for some time. The KING, I am told, was in a more weak state than on any day since Monday, the period when a crisis was apprehended. Of course the particulars of these interviews do not transpire to any extent, but I have every reason to believe that his Grace left the Castle with the melancholy anticipation that he should have but very few more interviews with his Royal Master. The late Bulletins mention that the KING bas passed good nights. Good nights they certainly have been, as compared with previous ones, when the KING underwent much bodily suffering, but still very far from being good ones in the general sense of the term, as the sleep procured was the result of narcotic drugs. It is curious that the people of Windsor, though I do not mean to impeach their loyalty or their sympathy for the sufferings of their Monarch, do not seem to take that undivided interest in the subject which is exhibited in London ; and, in fact, nobody appears to know much about the matter, and they seem to wait for the arrival of the London Papers for the desired information. There have been no particular arrivals at the Castle up to this hour to-day; but there have been numbers of anxious inquirers, to whom the authorized answer given was, " There has not been much alteration in the KING'S state." I can inform you from undoubted authority, that though the lit No's physicians seem fully aware that his Manny cannot, in all probability, live for any long period, the danger they do not conceive to be immediate. You will no doubt have seen the statement in the Papers that gangrene bad manifested itself in his MAJESTY'S legs. I have been at some pains to ascertain the accuracy of this statement, and, unfortunately, my information is of th a t nature that leads me to place but too much credit in it. It is quite true, as has been stated, that his MAJESTY is obliged to be kept continually in the same position. The least change of posture occasions him considerable incon venience, and brings on that " embarrassment of breath ing" of which we have heard so much in the Bulletins. You may depend that the Knio's state is shortly this, — his MAJXSTY might, by possibility, from the 'anxious care and watchfulness of his physicians, survive many days, perhaps weeks ; but according to all appearance the melan_ choly event which has been so long anticipated, wilt very shortly take place. (From the Morning Herald.) wptuson, SUNDAY EVENING. Throughout the whole of yesterday and to-day his MA JESTY'S health has continued to improve; and be is now comparatively free from that difficulty of breathing from which he has suffered so much ; indeed he is better in every respect; in proof whereof the physicians are now only in alternate attendance again ; and Mr. Baoorx, after leaving the Castle on Friday morning, did not return until yesterday evening; and this morning early he again went back to town.. But, as I hinted to you last week, it is but too true that this amendment in his MAJESTY'S health has been brought about by an operation of no ordinary kind—an-incision in the side, near the region of the heart. This operation some of the Journals inflicted upon the Royal Sufferer more than five weeks ago; but the truth is, it never was per formed until last Wednesday, when it was performed by Mr. BRonna, with great skill, in the presence of Sir HENRY HALFORD and Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY ; and, as it appears at present, with unexpectedly beneficial effect. The Dukes of CLARENCE and Cumuxurdoin visited his MAJESTY y esterday, and spent several hours in the Royal Chamber—the Duke of CLARENCE, as usual, re maining with the KING nearly an hour after the departure of the Duke of CUMBERLAND. The Duke of WELLINGTON had also a long audience of bnsiness with the KING yesterday (Saturday) afternoon; and at part of that audience, as I am informed, the Royal Dukes were both present. This mornir ° , the Bishop of CHICHESTE R a gain per formed Diviee Service in the music room, at which the whole of the Court attended ; and his Lordship afterwards passed some time with the KING in his private chamber. Up to this hour (five p.m.) his MAJESTY has not only had no relapse, but manifestly continues to improve. There have been no visiters at Court to-day. (From the Windsor Express.) WINDSOR, EIGHT O'CLOCK, SATURDAY EVENING. Since our last, his MAJESTY'S sufferings have been so intense as to induce the fear that the Royal patient could not possibly survive many hours. Under this impression the Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER had a farewell interview with the KING on Monday. It will be seen, however, from the contents of this day's Bul letin, that the apprehensions of immediate dissolution are again happily removed. His AIAJESTY has now made three or four vigorous ral lies, but in spite of this fact it must not be disguised, that debility continues to increase, while the disease appears to be taking a firmer hold. The termination of this truly melancholy state of things may now, therefore be consi dered, we fear, as reduced to a mere question of time. Every thing that medical science can do has been done towards mitigating his MAJESTY'S sufferings, and although he now experiences less pain and less uneasiness, the greatest apprehensions are entertained of his surviving an other attack. The accounts in circulation respecting his MAnzsTY's appetite are as unfounded as they are preposterous ; in the state of debility in which the Royal patient continues, it is natural to suppose that the appetite must gradually decline, which we have every reason to believe it does. His MA JESTY is not by any means confined to the bed, but usually occupies his chair during the greater part of the day. Me dicines are still discontinued, with the exception of opiates, which are administered pretty frequently, together with aperients. The Dukes of CLARENCE, CUMBERLAND, and Witt- LINCTON, have had long interviews of his MAJESTY to-day. The Bishop of CHICHESTER continues at the Castle. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sza,-I fully concur in the editorial remarks in your valuable Journal this evening, as to the probable course which will be adopted in the formation of a Regency to act during the minority of the Princess Victoria ; but it having been reported that the Duchess of Clarence is in the family way—an event not at all impossible or itnpro bable—of course the same measures would be pursued during the infancy of her child. But suppose it should so happen, that, prior to the birth of this child, both the King and the Duke of Clarence should die, on whom then will the Crown devolve ? If on the unborn babe, by what name or term will its Sovereignty be called or known ? and what becomes of the old English maxim— that the Sovereign never dies? Perhaps you may consider these questions, although ex tremely speculative, not unworthy of a notice in your columns ; and if any of your numerous legal readers can explain the law, it will give grehr sajtisfaction to, Si:F K sou r's, !cc.. 1, City, June 10. A READER. LADY LENNOX. A separation, formal and final, has been acceded to by Loud W. Lennox, who retain 4 the property he at present possesses, pay's all debts up to the time of the elopement, and leaves the lady henceforward the full bene fit of her professional exertions. It is at all times with reluctance that we allude to the affairs of private life, and particularly of those persons who devote themselves to the stage. They seem, indeed, with a very few ex ceptions, to have prescriptive right to act naughtily, without in the slightest degree endangering their reputa tion, and frequently command, through their peccadilloes an additional portion of public patronage and :commenda tion. It would be an ungracious task to enumerate the instances in which professional favourites have availed themselves of this disposition on the part of the public. It would be scarcely worth while to investigate its cause. Whether the general conduct of the beauties of the stage has rendered this indulgence necessary, or the licence allowed by the public has encouraged the lapse of morality, is scarcely worth inquiry. It is sufficient for us that it exists to a great extent, and we therefore take our leave of Lady Lennox, under the full assurance that there will be no interregnum of her power, or of the gratification we have always derived from her great professional exertions. The allusion to this lady, however, brings to our recollection another popular vocalist, whose uniformly steady and decorous adhesion to propriety and celibacy has excited much attention and conjecture. That lady, we believe, deserves all the encomiums that are bestowed on her, and we understand they will not go altogether unrewarded. A noble Lord, long an ardent admirer, awaits but the freedom of widowhood to confer on her the title of Countess.— Observer. The recent improvement in his MAJESTY'S symptoms is said to have been occasioned by the rupture of an internal abscess, which took place during one of the violent paroxyirns to which the Royal sufferer has been subject. THE DENOUNCED.—This production, by the distinguished author of the " O'Hara Tales," is, it seems, dedicated to the Duke of WELLINGTON. It de scribes the tragic effects of those unhappy disabilities under which the Catholics of other days, so long struggled.-- The opposition however manifested by many " stubborn spirits" to the vigorous measures employed by the Go vernment against the denounced Pap:sts, is pourtrayed with great effect in the pages of the present work. The author has unquestionably chosen a highly-interesting pe riod in the history of Ireland—a period marked by the most exciting incidents and replete with the most dramatic situations. Lord CHARLES TOWNSHEND has purchased Mr. W. E. WrAT's picture of " The Pride of the Village," which is in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy.- Mr. WEST ha• on the easel another beautiful incident from the tale of " Annette de L'Arbre," a fiction also, it will be re membered, of his highly-talented countryman Mr. WAsit- INGroN Invixa.—Athenceum. We understand that a very active opposition is getting up against the return of Colonel GORDON, of Cluny, at the next election for Weymouth, and it is said that Major WETLAND is the favourite candidate. This gentleman is married to Lady JOHNSTONE, whose son, Sir F. JOHNSTONE, is patron of the borough. The Observer says, that " on Tuesday, so thoroughly were all around the KING convinced of the impossibility of his continuing to exist much longer under the repeated paroxysms of the disease, that they actually gave notice at the Lord Chamberlain's office of the air, proach of the demise of the Crown, and Mr. MASH and other persons connected with that department went to Windsor to make the necessary preparations on the oc• sion." We really cannot bring ourselves to believe this to ny proceeding so shamefully i n decorous could scarcely Any from an office which i s , genera lly speak sry. ing, so well conducted as the Chamberlain's office.— Times.—This iudecor> we ourselves pointed out to the public last week, in an Uncle written expressly on the subject. En. Sun. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE HACKNEY COACH OFFICE. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Duties, Sa laries, and Emoluments of the Commissioners for regulating Hackney Coaches within the Bills of Mortality, and the seve ral Officers under their controul ; the present state of Public Carriages within the Bills of Mortality, and the Laws affecting the same; and who are empowered to report their opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, from time to time to the House—have examined the matters to them referred, and agreed to the following Resolutions : Resolved, 1. That it is the opinion of this Committee that the duties of the office of the Commissioners for managing the hawkers' and pedlars' licenses, and hackney-coaches,. chariots, and cabriolets, so far as the same r e l a t e t o th e co ll ect i on an d ma nagement of the revenue, be transferred to the Board of Stamps ; thereby effecting a considerable saving of expense, without de triment to the public service. 2. That it appears to this Committee that it is expedient that the present licenses of hackney -coaches should cease, and new licenses be granted by the Commissioners of Stamps; that such licenses be granted to the present proprietors of hackney-coaches, chariots, and cabriolets, and to all such other persons as shall agree to take not less than three numbers ; and that after the expiration of three years, the limitation to three numbers shall cease. 3. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that persons taking out licenses and obtaining plates, should be permitted to use them upon any description of carriage they shall think fit. 4. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the number of persons to be carried in each description of carriage should be de termined by the said Commissioners. 5. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that drivers and watermen should be registered, and wear a number. 6. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a plate with the number of the license, in distinct and legible characters, should be affixed on the inside and outside of every carriage. 7. That it appears to this Committee, that many persons are deterred from making complaints at police-offices, and drivers who have misbehaved thereby escape with impunity ; and that expence and trouble would be saved to the public, if for the purpose of hearing and determining complaints by or against drivers, one of the police Magistrates should sit at eleven o'clock every day, at one of the present police offices; and that a competent surveyor and clerk, who shall possess the admeasurements already made, and take new ones if necessary, should attend the person on whom the duty should devolve. .8. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that thepolice Ma gistrates shouhl have concurrent jurisdiction for hearing and de termining all complaints under the proposed Act. 9. That it is the opinion of this Committee that police con stables should be empowered to lay informations against drivers and others offending against the proposed Act. 10. That it is the opinion of this Committee that the limits of the metropolis should be extended and defined, for the purpose of ascertaining back fares. _ _ 11. That it is the opinion of this Committee that a new rate of fares, by distance and time, should be adopted. 12. That it appears to this Committee that it is expedient to repeal the laws relative to hackney-coaches, and to ask leave to bring in a Bill in conformity to the above resolutions. 13. That it is the opinion of this Committee that the clause prohibiting stage-coaches taking up passengers on the stones might not to be re-enacted. June 10, 1830. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAmmatncE, JUNE 11.—Sir William Browne's three gold medals for the present year were awarded as follows : ODE--James Hililyarti,Chiist College. LATIN ODE—Charles Rann Kennedy, Trinity College. EPlGRAMs—William Fitzherbert, Queen's College. The following are the respective subjects : GREEK ODE—IIySSi LaILL LATIN ODE—CILTDM. GREEK EPIGRA3I-2Egrreseit medendo. LATIN EPIGRAM—SpaLiia inclusus On Wednesday, Mr. Thomas Sheldon Green, M.A. was elected a Foundation Fellow of Christ College. TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMlNATlON.—Alphabetical list 'of the First Classes : SENIOR SOlMlS—Blakesley, Meller, Paton, Sheppard, Wallace, Whiston, Worlledge. JUNIOR Sopns—Alford, Bland, Ellis, Hamilton, Hawtrey, Heath, Hoare, Potts, Webster, Hon. W. Wentworth Fitzwilliam. FRESHMEN—G. Allen, NV. M. Barnes, Boteler, Brown, C. F. Bunbury, E. H. Bunbury, Campbell, Caton, Cavendish, Childs, Drayton, Feachem, Fowler, llon. John Grey, Hankin. son, Kemplay, H. Lushington, ydekker, Phelps, Stockdale, Walford, Walter, Wright. At the congregation the 31st ult., the following Grace passed the Senate : Placeat vobis, ut Dominus Procancellarius, Dr. French, Dr. Ainslie, Dr. Turton, P ofessor Whewell, Mr. Lodge, Mr. M. Thackeray, Mr. Buick, Mr. Jones, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Shelford, Mr. Sheepshanks, Mr. Graham, Mr. King, Mr. Studholme, Mr. Ilildyard, Mr. Cape, Mr. Dawes, et Mr. Gibson, Syndici nomi nentur, qui turn de Bibliotheca vestra amplificanda, turn do Audi toriis Museisque quibus opus fuerit exstruendis consulant, re spectu habito ad Gratias super hac re a vobis jamjam concessas ; necnon inquirant quibus potissimum rationibus facilitates idoneie ad ea opera etlicienda comparari possint ; denique de his omnibui, ant simul aut separathn, ante proximum terminum finitum, re ferant ad Senatum." At the congregation this morning a Grace to the following effect will be offered to the Senate:— " To add Mr. Willis, of Caius College, and Mr. Smith, of St. Peter's College, to the Syndicate for consulting respecting the enlarging the Library, and the disposal of King's Old Court." OxFoan,.TuNE 11.—On Thursday the following Degrees were conferred : BACHELORS OF MEDICINE, WITH LICENCE TO PREACH. Thomas Ogier Ward, Queen's ; David Badham, Pembroke. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Hon. and Rev. Charles Bathurst, Fellow of All Souls' College, Grand Compounder. MASTERS OF ARTS, Lord Clonbrock, Christ Church, Giild Compounder ; Rev. Octavius Swale Harrison, Queen's ; Itev. William Wheeler, Demy of Magdalen ; Rev. John Owen Parr, Brasenose ; Rev. Wm. John Bussell, Pembroke ,• Rev. Henry Vincent Sho r tl an d, Lincoln; George Anthony Denison, Fellow of Oriel ; Rev. James Aldridge, Exeter ; ltev. John Savile Hallifax, Trinity ; Rev. Edw. Grevile Ruddock, Trinity ; Rev. Charles Banna. tyne, Balliol. BACHELORS OF ARTS. The Earl of Selkirk, Christ Church, Grand Compounder ; Atkinson Alexander Holden, Christ Church ; James Mitchell, Christ Church ; Edward David, Jesus ; Sayer Stone Warmott, Queen's ; James Watson Stote onnison, Joseph John Alphonso Brown, Henry James Hoskins, and Henry Hodges, University ; William Edward Trenchard, Pembroke • 'Thomas Chandler Curteis, Fellow of St. John's ; Rich a rd Hollings, St. John's ; Edward Taylor Massy, Brasenose ; Matthew Hutton Chaytor, Robert Henry Cooper, and Francis Jenks Burlton, Worcester; Bedford, F. J. Willesford, Exeter ; Henry James, Balliol •' George Vigne and William Smith, ' Trinity; Henry Christ. \Vise, Oriel. The election at Trinity College, on Trinity Monday, terminated in the appointment of the following gentlemen : PROBATIONER FELLOW.—The Rev. Henry William Robinson Michell, M.A. SCHOLARS ON THE OLD FOUNDATION.—Henry Peter Guillemard (Blount's Scholar) ; Roundell Palmer, Commoner of Christ Church. _ —....-... BLOUNT SCII OL A R.—John Thomas, Commoner of \Vadham and Craven Scholar. __ _ —....,.. The new Statute, he Examinandis Grathrum Candidati.c, was this day again fubmitted for the approbation of the Convo cation, having undergone several alterations since it was lately proposed in Easter Term. It nevertheless shared the same fate as its predecessor, two out of eleven of the sections submitted to the House having been negatived ; in COIIieqUCTICC of which the old Statute of 18'2.5, 1826, remains in force. The class-paper has just been published, and is as follows ' Ncnnina Candidatorunt,termina Paschatis A D. 1830, qui honore digni suet habiti, in unaquaque classe secundum ordinem atphabeticum disposita. JN LITERIS HUMANIORIBUS. Classis I.—Bliss Jacobus e Coll. Oriel; Carter Thomas ex !Ede Christi ; Dudding Horatio e Coll. Exon ; liarrison Benjaminus ex /Ede Christi ; Wcxlsworth Carolus ex 2FAIe Christi. Classis 2.—Barrow Joannes e Coll. Reg. ; Cockey Edvardus e Coll. Wadli. ; Dyne Joannes e Coll. Wadh. ; Harrison Jasper e Coll. Vigorn. ; Massie Edvardu s e Coll. Wadi]. ; Pearson Thomas e Coll. Reg. ; Trenchard Culielinus e Coll. Penib. ; Twiss Travers e Coll. Univ. _ _ _ Class's 3.—Alexander Ricardus e Coll. Wadh. ; Rostock Hen. rims e Coll. Wadh. ; Cox Alfreclus e Coll. Line. ; Daniel Al. fredus e Coll Exon ; Godmond I saacus e Coll. Reg. ; Goodenougt Robertus ex }Ede Christi ; Halton Thomas c Coll. Yu. Hayward Josephus e Coll. Exon. ; Maitland Thomas c Coll. Oriel Malim Georgics e Coll. Line.'; Maurice Thomas e Coll. Mert. Money Gulielmus e Coll. Oriel ; Matteson Thomas e Coll. Exon. Randolph Herbertus e Coll. Ball. ; Rogers Joannes c Coll. Ball. Thrupp Edvardus e Coll. 'Wadh. ; Watts. Gulielmus e Coll. HMI EXAMINATORES IN LITER'S lIUMANIORIBUS. R. D. Hampden, J. Williams, J. Carr, J. Garbett, R. Michel: G. 11. Cox. IN DISCIPLINIS M►TIIEVATICIS ET PHYSICIS. Classis I.—Cockey Edvardus e Coll. Wadh. ; Denton Eaton e Coll. Reg. ; Hill Edv7aclus ex 'Ede Christi ; Selkirk Ilonmus Comes de ex /Ede Cnristi; Twiss Travers e Coll. Univ. Classis 2.—Harrison Benjaminus ex iEde Christi ; Nowell Hen ricus e C. C. C. ; Stocker Gulielmus e Coil. 1). Jo. Rapt. ; Watts Gulielmus e Coll. Univ.' Classis3.—Alford Gualterus ex Aul. S. Edm. ; Tomes Robertus ex Aut. Magd. EXAMINATORES IN DISCIPLINTS MATHEMATIC'S ET PHYSICIS. G. Kay, A. P. Saunders, G. Higgs. Summa quartz: Classis, sive emterorum omnium qui Examina toribus satisteeerunt, On Sunday last an Ordination was held at the Cathedral at Christ Church, by 1)r. Robert Gray, Bishop of Bristol, (at the request of the Bishop of Oxford, on account of his illness), when the folldwing persons were admitted— DEACONS. Wm. David Shcard, B.A, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Curate of Note; William Griffith, N. A. Scholar of Jesus Col lege; William Mo n kh ous e, 8.A., Taberdar of Queen's College; Francis Knyvett Leighton, B. A., Fellow of All Soul's College; Joseph Birchall, 8,A., Brasenose College, Curate of Aston. under-Wychwood ; Robert French Laurence, 8.A., Student of Fellow of Exeter Coll ege; Christ Church ; Jacobson, M.A., Fell ow o f E xe t er M,., Fellow of E xe t er C o ll ege; Richard Durnford, M.A., Fellow of 'Magdalen College ; Ch ar l es Prideaux Baring,.B.A., Student of Christ Church Henry Sanders, 8.A., J C o o h ll n eg Lightfoot, M.A., Student of Christ Church; Henry Cholwell Cooper, 8.A., Pem broke College, Cambridge, Curate of Stratton Audley ; Richard Grhnmett, 8.A., Magdalen Hall, Curate of Swalcliffe ; Hugh Poison, B. A , Exeter College, Curate of Charlton-on-Otmoor. PRIESTS. Thomas Barton Hill, 8.A., Wadham College, Curate of Bloxham ; John Henry Turbitt, M.A., Scholar of Worcester College ; Walter P. Powell, 8.A., Scholar of Worcester Col. lege; Philip Henry Nind, M.A., Student of Christ Church ; Win. Pullen, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge, Curate of Cit versham. An Ordination was held on supday, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Hereford, sit the Chapel of St. Mary's College, Winchester, at which the following persons were admitted to Holy Orders : DEACONS. Messrs. Henry Le Mesurier, B.A. Xelt , College, Oxford; J. Pearson, B.A. Magdalen Hall Oxford ; M. J. Lloyd, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge ; It. Armitage, B.A. Worcester. Col lege, Oxford ; Richard Bellamy, B. A. Pembroke College, Ox„ ford • John Meredith, B.A. Ch r i s t Church, Oxford; John Ilur. ton, 'RA. Trinity College, Oxford; T. Parry, B„ 1, Wadhani College, Oxford; M. Jones, B.A. Jesus College, Oxford, . . PRiESTei. Rev, Charles: Awdry, LL.B. New College, Oxford; Rev. Charles Wells, B.A. New College, Oxford ; Rev. 'Thomas James Roche, B.A. Downing College, Cambridge. The Lord Bishop of London held an Ordination at St. Paul's Cathedral, on Sunday last, when forty-three candidate, were ad mitted into Holy Orders. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. George David Faithful, 13. D. Fellow of corpus Christi College, to hold by dispensation the Rectory of Bygrave, with Hatfield Rectory, both in Hertfordsbirei patron, the Mar quis of Salisbury. • On Saturday;the sth instant, the Rev. George Stanley Faber, B.P. Rector of Long Newton, Durham, was installed into the Prebend of Netherby in Terra, founded in Salisbury Cathedr4, on the collation of the Right Bev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese- It appears from a Vadiameptary paper, that the net revenue from the duty on candles in tThgland and Scotland last year w•as 489 0 059/. Is, 9d. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SPORTINC4 INTELLIGENCE. CURRAGH JUNE MEETING. JUNE 9.—The sport continues to attract a numer ous and fashionable company. Her Grace the Duchess of Leimter, Lady Mayo, an I other distinguished per sonages, honoured the stand with their presence. The dense crowd on Thursday pressed se heavily on the r►ils leading to the winning post, that were it not for the ar rangements made by the stewards, in calling in the aid of the constabulary, the running could not have terminated as satisfactorily as it has dene. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., 20 added, for 3 yrs. old. Three years' old course. (Seven subs.) Mr. Hunter's ch. c. The Distinguie, Bst. 111 b.... ... 1 Mr. Malier's f. Trinket, 6st. 10Ib. Mr. Watt's ch. c. by Sam, Bst 3 Lord Clanmorris's b. c. Genoa, Bst. Illb 4 7 to 4 agst Distinguie, arid 21 to 1 agst Genoa. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs., h. ft. 20 added. One mile and a quarter on the Peel course. 111 r. Maher's br. c. Lapwing*, Bst. sth - I Lord Clanmorris nd. bl. f. by Whalebone, 7st. 7th 2 Captain Westenra's b. f. Kiss, list. 81b. The following also started, 'hut were n•wt placed : Mr. M'Donnell's ch. h. Courier, Bst. 61b. Mr. Hackett's Legacy c., Bst. 31b. Mr. Disney's b. f. Madame Dcvigne, 7st. 51b. 7 to 4 agst Coutier, 3 to 1 agst Lapwing, and 5 to 1 agst Kiss. Challenge of the Kirwan Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 5 ft. Post on the Flat. Mr. Kelly's gr. c. Regulator 7st. 71h Mr. Maher's b. c. Elk, list. 71b 2 2 to 1 on Regulator. THURSDAY.-His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. for horses, &c., not exceeding six years old, 12st. 41b. each. Four mile heats. Mr. Blake's b. h. De Vere Ni. I)oyle's b. h. Cup Bearer 2 2 6 to 4 on Dc Vere, and after the heat 5 to 1. Sweepstakes of logs. each, 20 added; for 3 yr. old colts; second horse to save his stake. Mr. Maher's br. c. Lapwing, Bst. Mb. 2 1 1 Lord Portarlington's b. h. Coeur de Lion, 95t... 3 0 0 The following horses started, hut were not placed. Captain Browne's bl. f. by Whalebone, 7st. Colonel Armstrong's brother to Sir Roger, Bst. 41b. Lord Clanmorrisis's b. f. I sora, 7st. Mb. Lord Portarlington's ch. c. Rasper, Gst. 101 b. 2 to 1 asst Whalebone filly, 3 to 1 agst Lapwing, aryl 4 to 1 agst Kasper. KING'S TIIEATRE.-SigIiOrLABLACHE ap peared here on Saturday night as Doll Magnifico, in the grand opera of La Cenerentola. lie went through the character with much archness and spirit. Madame 11 1 / 1 . Ltnaex was Angelina. The ballet of Flore et Zcphyre followed, and enabled Mademoiselle TAGLIONI to display her great and versatile abilities. The house was full. It is said that the title of the next heir to the Crown of England is to be " HENRY THE NINTH." As the name of the Duke of CLARENCE is WILLIAM HENRY, we should have thought that " Wzr.ranat THE FOURTH" would have been preferred.—Leeds Mercury. We are requested to state that the Sunday Times of June 13, is printed on a double sheet of forty eight columns in order to comprise a most interesting Memoir of his MAJESTY GEORGE IV. up to the present time. The Raper (price only 7d.) will be kept on sale during the week; and those who desire to possess them selves of this important record are requested to send their orders forthwith to their respective newsmen. The Hey. Dr. CHALMERS has been appointed one of the KING'S Chaplains in Ordinary for Scotland.-- The appointment was a!together unsolicited, and was com municated by Sir ROBERT PEEL to the Rev. Professor on Friday last. He preached his last sermon in London, the same evening, at the Rev. Dr. Pva SMITH'S chapel. at Homerton, and on Saturday morning left town. The o'iject of Dr. CHA LMERS ' S visit was to gi ve e vid e nc e before a Parliamentary Committee on the subject of the poor laws—a question which he understands so well. He was examined for three hours on three different days, and his evidence, which is of course extremely valuable, occu pies 60 folio printed pages. It is understood that he was treated with the most marked attention, rind particularly by the Duke of WELLINGTON, with whom he dined during the course of his visit to the metropolis.—Record. The name of Mr. RUSSELL, M.P. for the county of Durham, was by mistake omitted in the list of the Alajotity on Monday, the 7th of June, against the in fliction of death in cases of forgery. The Dean of LICHFIELD has announced his intention of immediately investing 3,0001. for the endow ment of five national schools in the parish of Stoke-upon- Trent. THE COOK'S DICTIONARY.—To all persons of taste the announcement must be peculiarly palatable that a new work on the combined arts of Cookery and Con fectionary, has just been provided for their express benefit and gratification. The host of " gr,od things" figuring in its pages have been marshalled in the efficient order of the alphabet--that is to say, the form of a dictionary has been employed, for the first time in a compilation of this nature, although of such extremely obvious utility. The principal caterer of this varied banquet (comprising every thing, from the plainest to the most sumptuous, that con cerns the table) is Mr. RICHARD DOLBY, of the Thatched House Tavern, whose ability to " rule the roast" is well known. Captain SMITH, of the 32d Regiment, the principal in the late fatal duel w:th Mr. O'GRADY, has resignel his commission. A military inquiry into the affair had been ordered, and Captain SMITH is reported to have adopted this course for the purpose of avoiding it. A NEW CANTATRlCE.—Mademoiselle VIO, of Vienna, betwixt whom and Madlle. SONTA G there is said to exist a striking resemblance in their vocal and dramatic endowments, has been engaged this spring at the Royal Theatre in Berlin. She made her de',ut in Bertha, one of SON vac's most successful characters, and acquitted her self of the part in so consummately excellent a manner, that SONTAG heiself was one of the first to manifest her delight and admiration by her enthusiastic applause.— Court Journal. Mademoiselle SONTAG was lately the cause of a duel at Berlin from the following trifling cireum stance:—The divine Prima Donna, who from tenderness in her feet usually wears her slippers down at the heel, dropped one of them on alighting from her carriage at the door of a concert-room, where a great crowd was as sembled to catch a sight of her. Two students seized the slipper at the same moment, one of whom secured it, and had the felicity of replacing it on SONT-kG'S admired foot, and receiving her thanks fur the service. A challenge from the unsuccessful competitor was the result, and a duel took place the next morning, when the student who pre sented SONTAG With her slipper was wounded in the arm. The students were both of good Prussian families.— Court Journal. Nothing has been definitively settled relating to the New 7 street from Waterloo Bridge, a work of great and indispensable public utility. Sure)) , the Chief Com missioner of Woods and Forests will not permit the Eng lish Opera House to be rebuilt upon its old site, and thereby for ever prevent this noble improvement from being carried into effect, except at an enormously increased cxpence. The petition to Parliament on the subject ought to rouse the vigilance of the independent Members, and in duce them to prevail upon the Government t) give its support to this obvious and convenient approach from Waterloo Bridge to the north-west part of London, and the high North-road. The property of the late Sir C. HAWKINS, Bart., in St. Ives, and which securel the purchaser a seat in Parliament for the borough, was sold by auction in Lon don, on Friday last, for the sum of 57,200/. The post of Scnday annourund to the friends of Mr. LONG WELLES LEY that he was the purchaser. Since that time, how ever, it has been reported that the real purchaser is the Marquis of CLEVELAND. His Lordship is said to be ft vourably dispnstd towards Mr. lIALsE, one of the nregent members.—Exeter Flying Post. On lriday week the whaha 01 the dresses worn at the late meailt at Stratford-on-Avon were sold by atlctiqn, lid Mr. TuomAs, King street, Covent-garden. They were of a very costly desetiption, but sold, as may be supposed, for a small part of their original cost. Th e sale was well atten d e d . Messrs. ELLISTON, Ducßgyi, DAvinne, and PEAKS, were the principal pu...chasers. Considerable merriment was excited on the production of a pair of inexpressibles, wylcn were worn by Madame ESTRIS on q i e fixt night of Hofer, and afterwards re ice .c. 41 by her, in consevienee of being a mis4-4, 7 t. S o little gall an t r y, h owever , was man if este d, th a t they were knocliel down to a gentleman eigh; shillings! The total produce of the sale ama - onted to 9,.80/. The foil for the amount recovered from the county of ltneaster, for damages sustained by various Ira nufaeturers and others, in cwvequenee of the riot's of the hand-loom weavers during the spring of last year, has just been i sued. It amounts to the sum of tea 314ousand one hundrid and eighty-4w° pounds five Millings and sixpence,..—Nanchester Gwirdian. We have observed of late, from the remarks o several of our cotemporaries, that they are not very.' intimately acquainted with the French law of ,elec tions, the qualifications of the electors, or the man ner in which the representative Chamber is'formed. Probably many of our readers may be in a si nilar predicament with regard to information on this sub ject; and as the electoral struggle now going on in France must in its consequences affect not only the interests of our neighbours but the general security of Europe, we mske no apology for giving a brief outline of the system by which so important a body as the French Chamber of Deputies is brought tc gether. The French elective chamber is composed of 430 Members, returned by bodies or assemblies of electors, who vote in colleges of arrondissement or department. Every Frenchman in the enjoy ment of civil and political rights, paying 300 francs a-year (121. sterling) in direct taxes, and having attained the 30th year of his age, is entitled to vote in one of these colleges • or, in other words, has a voice in the election o f a representative to an assembly which disposes of his own and the national purse. The direct taxes which are thus made the basis of the electoral qualification, are of four kinds, namely, the tax upon land, the tax upon personal property,upon doors and windows, and upon patentes or licences to exercise trades and professions. Of thee taxes the first is the most important, itmounting as the last general election (in 1827) to 154,051,889. francs (or more than 6,000,0001. sterling), while the whole of the direct imposts was calculated at 338,802,199 francs, or less than 14,000,000/. The tax on patentes for the whole kingdom did not amount to 1,000,0001. sterling, while that raised on doors and windows is not more than J 2,811,00,0 francs (or about 500,0001.) Thus, with the ex ception of a tax of 27,160,248 francs (or about 1,000,00 W) on personal property, the whole of the electoral qualification for all the departments of the kingdom is founded on the possession of landed. estates. But though every Frenchman who Pays 121. to the State in direct taxes is entitled to be au elector, all electors have not the same power in sending Deputies to the popular Chamber. The 12/. qualification is the minimum, and entitles its possessor to a vote in the Colleges of Arrondisses ment. But in France there are two kinds of Eke" fora! Assemblies—those called District or Arron dissement Colleges, and those called Colleges of Department or greater Colleges; the former amount ing to 258, and the latter to 172. In the Comer all persons have a vote whose contributions amount to the census above specified; in the latter; only the fourth part of the electors who :pap the highest contributions. The latter, in respect to their fortune, have a double vote; they can vote in their arrondissement, and they have . an, additional vote in their d e p ar t men t a l college. Thus suppose, as in Paris, that the number of elector* amounts to 10,000, the whole body have votes ht the district, arrondissement, or minor colleges, seal 2,500, (or one-fourth,) who pay the highest rate of taxes, vote likewise for additional members in the greater colleges, or colleges of department. Thr; number of Deputies returned by this aristoeratie body of electors is 172, or two Members for each of the 86 departments into which the country is di. vided. In order to enable the privileged voter to avail himself of his double advantage, a certain inter val is always allowed between the two kinds of election. Thus, in the present year, the general election for the arrondissements begins on the 23d inst., while the departmental colleges are convoked on the 3d of July, or ten days later. Such a systovo of elections, or rather such a division of the electa•ta.l body into separate classes of electors with separabi privileges, would appear arbitrary, capricious, or arti ficial, if we did not explain the occasion of its occur, rence and the motives of its enactment. Anterior to the year 1820 the French had only one class of der tors and one kind of electoral college. Therepreiei tation then consisted of 258 members, elected by all the persons who paid 300 francs (or 121) in direct taxes. In the spring of that year (the alarming period in which the Duke of Berry was murdered), the Ministry and the Court conceived that Alia Chamber of Deputies was too democratic in its ten dency, and decided that a new infusion of the aris tocratic spirit was necessary, by raising the club& cation of the elector. The Charter stood in the way of altering the electoral census of the exising. number of members; but like Peter, in the Tale of the Tub, the Ministers of Louis XVIII., if they could not find permission to change the obnoxious articles of his political grant, louden; verbis or lotidem literis, they discovered that an additioti was no change, and therefore grafted on the existing Chamber two delegates more for every department, to be returned by a fourth part of the wealthier electors. Thus were 172 members added to the popular branch of the Legislature by a single act, and a double rote created in favour of wealth tosd fortune. The whcle number of electors ~ s l i a se names appeared in the official lists of 182,1 at th e general election was 8.5,356; the wbso e number who actually voted did not ammo' to 77,000. Nearly 20,000 of these possessed * of course, the right of the double suffrage, and elected 172 mem bers, besides sharing in tba return of the other deputies. Thus a small body of 20,000 men, pos sessed of the highest fortunes in the country,--a body not amounting to the number entitled to vote at Covent-garden hustings,—return 172 Deputies by their exclusive ballot, independent of their hdlg . :. ence on the returns of the arrondissement col', eges . This leads us to mention, that in the Frersch elec tions balloting alone is used, and the lovers of li berty in that country are extremely emlous or ap prehensive o f an y c h ange . If our readers have at tended to the remarks which '.re have repeatedly made in this journal on the cer.cralitalion of power in France, and the extent to which every man's inte rests are exposed in cOntests with the local authc rities,—all removak4 at the pleasure of the Crown, and consequen4 all political agents at a general —tntrylkeYNill there v couldperceive be i h o a twithout etor a i ballot that e electi c o o n 4 , den,ce. In all tho instructions given to the elect Ore by their constitutional friends, either ;n the journal or through the circulars of the direeting Committees, the former are particularly reques',ed to be careful in writing their bulletins, to avoil.lthe inspection of the President or Secretaries of '.'ne electoral College. As the number of electors is li m it e d, and their powers extensive, it is C 4 the greater consequence to secure the purity of the list in which their names appear. P.,4eet taxation being the basis of the pri vilege, the means for accomplishing this purpose with an honest administration are comparatively easy. The elector may vote either in the depart ment where his domicile is fixed, or where his pre ' perty is rated. The receivers-general of taxes, who see on their rolls his amount of contributions to the State, thus can determine Isss electoral rights. a law passed under to late Ministry, the tim@ for publishing the. lists is determined, and a privilege granted ;Ist third parties to demand tho erasure of came which cannot justify a claim to the requi site fortune. If we may judge from the numerous notices in the liberal journals, the work of purifying the electoral lists from spurious voters, and gracing them with the names of persons entitled to the elective francl,tis, is now going forward with im mense zeal and irresistible success. If the qualifica tiou of an elector must be the possession of a con ' siderable independence, that of a deputy must be a respectable fortune, iu such a cheap country 'as France, Before a man acquires any tt.ie to cslivass his fellow-citizens for the honou r of re presenting them in the Chamber ni' Deputies, lie must figure on the lists of the receivers general of direct taxes, for contributions to the amount of 1,000 fraoCß, or 401. a year. This pre-supposes au independent income, arising from fixed property, and consequently relieves the Go vernment and the people front any apprehension of democratic corruption or violence as the fruit of legislative pauperism. It is needless.. to 'add, to those,at all acquainted with the composition of the late Chamber, that it contained the greatest landed ; ten Loa, 1 ill itioo e to pr•o vier. hoot on A e be hAVO ifser aeon Dulei iken cus- ttive The .sent )art. a to butt Mr. ngth L in meet 't 0 Buell fur r the e six Lord I in- set uced shed the nsel) •awn as it t the it to o the title, , for ben time days all a laps lesis, son by iticic SSIA. Dber, halt 'two the is so ence, thq