The Sun. — London, England, 1833-06-28 00:00:00

` ge I MI'E R lAI, RLIAI ENT eoh THIS DAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 28. re tg 111 • HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SP EAKER too k t h e c h a i r at t h e usua l time. On entering the gallery we fuund upwards of fifty members Present. DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. O'CONNELL moved the third reading of the ! u m ] Steam- packet Bill. He said it was not very ' 41,1 that the third reading of a Bill should be pro tired by other than the member who had be n ar ged with its progress, but he did so because Le g h 4 gbt the subi et was one of much importance, and one ie! he should e should himself have introduced to the House had he n ot been so much occupied with Committees. Active tr, i ean ' had been used to render an unusual attendance of ,Mbers at that early hour, hut he hoped the House would Rive the Bill a patient consideration, and decide upon it :din gto its tnerits. He feared that something b-yond Z'''ata interest had prevailed, and that national hostility it been enlisted against the Bill.—(Cries of no, and e l t .) Well, he thought so, and could prove it. The l imited objection to the Bill was because it provided for responsibility ; but this was already admitted by an r ia ll a statute, which permitted its existence in all companies w n 'eobjectwas not that of retail trade. And that statute had been of so much service to Ireland, that mmy men of En gland knowledge regretted that it was not applicable to also. The Dublin Steam Packet Company had ; - ' ll established upon that statute, but, wishing to have Privilege of suing and being sued, without being '' , iged t o h ave recourse t o cou rt s o f equity, which all men Relied to avoid--(Hear, hear)—wishing to have that I lth 'ilege, the Company obtained a Bill in that House in 4 28 ; and they now wanted merely an addition of 1 ;1 0 00/. to th e ir capital, for the purpose of carrying the an ginal Bill into effect —(Hear, hear.) Surely no man /paid insist that, because of this there should be any kiteration in the framework of the Bill as it 4 1t°°(1 .—(Hear, bear.) When the present Bill was %alit in it was met with a spirit of rivalry and hosti lit - N Y by other companies located on the Thames and on the and after some opposition it was determined to ax 'l e 9t these two rivers, by a special clause, from the opera tlna of the Bill ; but when the Government became pos. tMkd of this information it very properly objected to interference of any private interests with a matter 4 Public benefit, and the clause excepting the Clyde and ' 4O Thames was struck out. The opposition to the BM *4 now renewed. The House should know that before b e establishment of this Company, the river Shannon, h W hich was in many places expanded by extensive lakes, . 41 never been properly sounded, so as to be made pro. ~ „.r`,led thy navigable without risk; and that this Company had 4 7 proper soundings to he made, and already produced „ n ett improvement in the navigation of the river ; that flour which was now ground in Limerick found its wa, 4 4 oy water direct to Liverpool. It was necessary that t -e Improvements should be completed, and that quays ' a uld be erected at various parts of the river, to enable the farmer to bring down his produce, and to permit pas i.i'agers to be landed from the steamers. As it was, many ' r aters had now to cart their produce morethan a distance 4, 1 5 or 18 miles, although their farmsteads were within i i ( lnarter 'of a mile of the river. —(Hear, hear, hear.) i n ig was in consequence of the shores being composed of all uvial soil. Hon. Gentlemen should ao understand the •h object of the Bill, which was to render this beautiful hoer fully available to the people of Ireland, as not to per mit it to he thrown asi,le by any jealous feeling. ?gr. SPEAKER said, the Hun. Member for Dublin : e lated to have his mind impressed with an inference that : 1111 sual eagerness had been manifested in fixing the third rea ding of the Bill for that day; hut such was not the cafe. li ft er explaining the arrangements which had been made, e Right lion. Gentleman assured the Hon. and I.Learned Member fir Dublin, that they bad been made at 1 s (Air. Speaker's) suggestion, and that it did not flow n rn either party. 1), Air. O'CONNELL wis pleased to find that he had ~4 11 mistaken tin this point, and declared he was con i4iced that what the Speaker had done must have been done -1 ' a Perfect spirit of fairness and impartiality. Sir M. S. STEWART had heard with deep regret the ob aes vations of the Hon. Member for Dublin, imputing national ' t e . 4 tetisy as a cause of opposition to the Bill. He most empha -1,4111Y disclaimed any such feeling on his own part. The no use col linty bore the appearance of having been canvassed, but it was not difficult to see in whose favour the canvass 1 , 4 most likely to be. He considered that the Bill of OS should no t b e b roug ht forward as a precedent, eatise it was an excee di ng ly vicious one, as far as regarded limitation of liability. With respect to capital, 225,000/. ,as the amount then conceded, with a clause to the effect there should be no addition to tat amont. But the before the House, in direct contra h vention u to that clause, ed an addition of 74,0001. He opposed the Bill on this I,:unt, and also on the principle that all companies should C v e a fair stage and no favour. If the Bill was intended as an :ilProvement of th, river Shannon, why was it not confined to a t river ? He had received a letter from the Right Hon. ~t ulett Thomson, in consequence of that gentleman being u nable to attend in his place that morning, by which he learned th at the Board of Trade opposed this Bill in consequence of its limited res p on sibility. He moved as an amendment that th e t Bill be read that day six months. Air. RICHARDS--The House could not be satisfied with th ey did not at all go to show that the Bill would be of any t,nliary to the public. The fact was, it would be of public e nefit. It was stated in a report on the state of the River Shannon, hi 1S:30, that these very improvements alluded to ey 2 t he Hon. Member for Dublin were necessary, so that in 7 °l :rioting this Bill Hon. Members could not be charged with o'''Thoting anew or unnecessary object. He would ask, could any i t e doubt that improving the Shannon would be of benefit c ' / the country? recollected also that the report men t:'ned some of the improvements then carrying on by s pirited conduct of this very Company — (Cheers) — and tne 111 ought to be supported upon public grounds. O'CONNOR DON said, Mr. Grant, when President of the 'ataird of Trade, had given his assent to the Bill, which was th en only opposed by two subscribers of the Company. At th at time it was wished, that instead of 225,000/., the capital sh ould have been 300,000/., which would have enabiel the th 4, Pany fully to carry into effect their improvements of I. ° Shannon.—(Hear, hear.) To that the Honourable , leirib er for Dublin had stated he would add that it Roscommon, when they wanted goods from Dublin, al th -ugh they were only four miles from the river Shannon, „ "'eSe goods were obliged to be brought round by Sligo, making haunnecessary circuit of forty miles. He could not see ° W the House could refuse a Bill of this kind, which only ir ked for a small proportion of addition to the capital sub . ' yr ibea,—(Hear, hear.) 51 r. E. TENNANT seconded the amendment, which, he 'vn4 id assure the Hon. Member for Dublin, he did not do on b ' t tional grounds, but because it was opposed to the interests a p his constituents. The Bill of ISA was only passed after , -1°5 13 and arduous debate, on which occasion the increase of t read by 75,000/. was expressly refused, and the capital in ind of being 300,0001. was confined to 225,000/. If the object of Hon. Members for Dublin and Roscommon, was the 'Provement of the river Shannon, and they would bring in 8111 for that purpose, he would cheerfully support it— gear)—but the present Bill interfered with free trade, and , - Nd only be supported on specious pretences. Dr. BALDWIN would support the Bill, provided a clause mere introduced compelling the Company to lay out a certain 44 a of money in improving the navigation of the Shannon. k , Col. CONOLLY could not understand how Hon m . Mebers 1" 4 15 complain that sufficient attention was not paid to Ireland that House when there was to be found among them those who tn tie rs not ready to give their support to a Bill which would pro and If Hon. Members wished to serve Ireland, they should sue t'tt such a Bill as this, which was a first step towards her im '4ement and relief.—(Cheers.) Hon. Members should i! t tleMber that such was the state of Ireland, so great was t i't Want of capital in that country, that 74,000/. there would t ° more good than the expenditure of 150,000/. in this i ,%lntry.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Ireland wanted every 4 thing that could be bestowed upon her, and he wondered k : 1 hear of the inferred opposition of the Honourable Member 110 fast, Its Ireland there were already many canals, which ere waiting for the Improvement of the Shannon, before they be made available; and ho entreated the Hon. Members ;il l ° represented Irish ports to withdraw their opposition. the lion. Members for Dublin and Roscommon had stated the condition of the Shannon, and the obstacles offered to 1 4 1 Proper intercourse on the banks of that river. This : could fully confirm from his own knowledge, and his sole in supporting the Bill was with a view to improve the t ' t 4 ntry, and so take the best step towards relieving her dis. tPses. He hoped the House was s atisfied that he belonged no party—(Hear, hear)—and he trusted that it would Cibrac e this opportunity of conferring a benefit upon 41 and—(Cheers.) Sir 11. VIVIAN, in supporting the Bill, observed that he ir lt quite certain that the Vice-President of the Boa r d of Trade, he knew as much of the state of Ireland as he did, would NT give his opposition to the Bill. tOla.ior BEOUCLERK being of opinion that the effect of WOuld Bill would be to destroy the trade in the Irish Channel, give it his most sincere opposition. 4 1 7 1 % F. O'CONNOR suggested the propriety of adjourning b y ' debate for the purpose of introducing the clause proposed the Had. Member for Cork, making it compulsory on the I) l 4 qany to expend 74,0001. on the improvement of the t q 44 . O'CONNELL said he was authorised by the Compa n y s ay that they would bring up a clause making it imperative $ 1 them to lay out 74,000/. on the improvement of the A rmen. ‘ 1 r• W. ROCHE supported the third reading of the B ill . th :I r, HUME thought the debte should be adjourned till I,; e lause proposed by the Hon. Member for Cork should be r '''iticed, as many Members were willing to withdraw their P osition to the Bill. P ° ' 4 ‘ ' ., Mr. O'CONNELL had no ob:ection, provided the oppo sition was withdrawn to adjourn the third reading till Mon day, undertaking to bring up the clause to which he had al luded, but if the opposition was continued the debate must proceed. Mr. WALLACE, in objecting to the third reading of the Bill, said that he found among the members of this intended Company judges, merchants, bankers, and ladies.—(A laugh.) He must confess that was the first time he had known the dignitaries of the law descend to the characters of traders. Mr. M. S. STEWART moved the adjout nment of the debate till Monday. • Mr. HARDY objected to the Bill, on the ground that it would give to the Company a complete monopoly. Mr. O'CONNELL agreed to the adjournment of the debate till Monday, and begged that it might be understood that he should then introduce clauses leaving the 30,0001. for contio_ gencies as at present, and appropriating the 74,0001. capital to the improvement of the roads and warehouses on the banks of the Shannon. After a few words from Mr. HARDY, Mr. PoTTaa,and others, the debate was adjourned till Monday. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Sir HENRY PARNELL presented a petition from the Joint Stock Banking Company, established at Manchester. The petitioners stated that if Lord Althorp's plan was passed into a law their interests would be affected without inquiry, al though it could not be pretended that they had misconducted themselves in the slightest degree. He was of opinion that the experiment made by Lord Liverpool, in 1826, had succeeded, and that if they wanted a secure system of country bank ing, they had only to let alone that which had arisen in consequence of the laws then passed, under the sanction of which these petitioners had embarked a large capital. The petitioners also expressed their anxiety and alarm at the effects which would result from making Bank of England a legal tender, and they also stated it as their opinion that the monopoly of the Bank of England had been the cause of all the great fluctuations that had taken place of late years in the currency as well as the real cause of the failure of the country banks. Now this was a strong asser. Lion against the Bank of England, but he did not hesitate to say that if the Committee of last session had sat a sufficiently long period to have allowed witness to be adduced, to show the effect of the monopoly, and the conduct of the Bank of England, or if that Committee had been renewed this Ses sion, facts would, he had no doubt, have been brought forward which would have gone far to establish the truth of the asser tion of the petitioners, for he did believe that no great convul sion of trade, or fluctuation of the currency had taken place, in the course of the last forty years, in which the conduct of the Bank of England had not been a main ingredient. The petitioners stated that the only means by which, in their opi nion, a recurrence to those national evils could be avoided, was gradually to introduce a free system of banking. They also stated that, besides making the country banks subservient to the Bank of England, the effect of making Bank of Eng. land paper a legal tender, would be to prevent the remaining banks from accommodating the industrious classes, as they had hitherto done, and that power of accommodation would be confided entirely to the Bank and its branches. The petitioners, at the same time, expressed their readiness, if Parliament should see fit, to publish their proceedings, and pay up a larger portion of their capital, and do any thing else which might render the system, under which they were esta blished, still more effective. The Hon. Member said in con clusion, that he believed the allegations in the petition were perfectly well founded, and that it amply deserved the serious consideration of the House. The petition having been read, Lord ALTHORP rose and said, as the question was to come under the consideration of the House this evening, he should not feel himself called upon to enter at length into the different topics to which the Right Hon. Gentleman had al luded, because it would be impossible for him, without going into great detail, to state his reasons for differing from him on many points. He would only now state, in answer to his complaint, that the Committee of last session had sat during the whole of the Session; that his Right Hon. Friend was a member of it, and had an ample oppor_ tunity then of adverting and directing evidence to the facts now alleged in this petition. If, during the present Session, the House had thought proper, that Committee might have been reappointed; but he did not think there was any occa sion for it, and no proposition to that effect had been made by any Hon. Member. Besides, some of the Directors ofthat very Bank had been summoned as witnesses, and given in their evidence. He would only now further state, that when the discussion came on to-night, he should state fully the ground which led him to propose the measure to which the petition referred. Mr. M. PHILLIPS supported the petition. NEWSPAPERS—THE POST-OFFICE. Sir IL PARNELL then said he had a petition of consider able importance to present, on which he wished to say a few words. It was the petition of the news-venders, agents, and dealers, in newspapers resident in London and its vicinity. It was signed by upwards of 200 of that re spectable class. They complained very much of the inter ference of the post-office clerks, clerks of the road, and post masters, in their trade. They said that those clerks exercised their official influence, greatly to their injury, by becoming traders in newspapers. They possessed this influence, unlike the officers of any other department under Government, and contrary to every sound principle of trade, for every body must perceive that the filling of an official situation must give that particular class of officers a great su periority in carrying on the trade over others who were not connected with the Post-office. They further complained that by the privileges allowed to clerks of the Post-office, foreign newspapers were charged double their prime cost abroad—(Hear, hear)—and that this increased price went into the pockets of those officers, to the great detriment of the public revenue. They particularly complained that this practice was also allowed in the foreign post-office, and that the circulation, therefore, of English newspapers was very much, curtailed beyond what it would otherwise amount to, in consequence of which the petitioners suffered very con siderably. They expressed great regret at finding that the offers on the part of the French Post-office, to do away with the impe diments affecting the transmission and circulation of newspapers between the two countries, had not met with that readiness on the part of our Government which they had expected, and which was most desirable. The Right Hon. Gentleman said there would be great advantage derived from putting an end entirely to those rest - fictions on newspapers, not only extending information generally, but in point of revenew to the country. He himself had had an opportunity of con sulting the Postmaster in France, and he was ready to bear his testimony to the truth of the allegation in the petition, that individual having stated to him that they were quite ready to co-operate with the Government of this country in avoiding all difficulty at present in the way of carrying on correspondence by means of newspapers between the two coun. tries. The petitioners also comp Lined that the clerk of the post. office in addition to other advantages which they possessed were allowed to put newspapers addressed to their agents or customers into the mail-bags up to the moment of their de livery to the mail, while they (the petitioners) were obliged, upon each paper posted after six o'clock, to pay the charge of one halfpenny, and were also subject to total exclusion after half-past seven o'clock. The petitioners sub mitted they were entitled to the consideration of the Honse, from the monies which they paid to the support of the various establishments in the metropolis, and in contri. buting extensively to the revenue of the country.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman, in conclusion, declared his in tention to movefor a Committee to inquire into the circuin stances, provided some other Hon. Member did not take up the subject. The following petition was then read : TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE NE WSVENDERS, AGENTS, AND DEALERS IN NEWSPAPERS, RESIDENT IN LONDON AND ITS VICINITY, SHOWETH,—That your petitioners have embarked large ca pitals in their trade, as newsvenders, that no other species of property pays so heavy a duty, or requires more industry and exertion to insure success, or yields less profit for the risk of capital and return : That your petitioners have long laboured under great disad vantages in carrying on their business in consequence of the undue influence of the clerks of the roads, or clerks of the Ge neral post office, and Postmasters, who are permitted to deal in newspapers : . . That by the permission allowed to the officers of the post_ office to be dealers in newspapers, a property and interest im mediately tinder their charge, they are enabled, unlike the officers of any other department under the Government, to exert the influence derived from their official situations, for their private advantage as traders : That the officers of the post-office, or clerks of the roads, exercise the privilege of transmitting through the post office certain unstamped papers, as Lloyd's lists, Shipping lists, the Price Current, &c., which is injurious to the interests of your petitioners, and an actual loss to the revenue of the country, inasmuch as it insures to the post-office clerks, or clerks of the roads, an almost exclusive trade in these prints, and the charge for conveyance, which would, under other circumstances, merge into stamp duty, and contribute thereby to the revenue : That your petitioners are under similar restrictions with respect to foreign papers; French papers being charged by the clerks of the post office about double their first cost in Paris, of which addition no part, as your petitioners believe, is contri. buted to the revenue : That your petitioners suffer, in like manner, from the mono poly of the clerks of the foreign post-office, by newspapers for warded abroad from this country, on which, over and above the profits gained by the post-office clerk, as a dealer in newspapers an extra charge is made of 35-67-100, and even, in some cases, of 145 and per cent, upon a newspaper : That the aforesaid impost acts nearly as a prohibition to the circulation of newspapers out of the British dominions, with the exception of the East Indies and the British colonies, that it thereby tends to injure the revenue, and to fetter the industry and speculation of your petitioners ; whereas, were the con veyance of newspapers confined to a fixed and moderate rate of postage, as in the case of the before mentioned British colo nies, this source of revenue might be greatly extended : That the clerks of the post-office, in addition to other ad vantages which their office gives them, are allowed to put newspapers, addressed to their agents or their customers into the mail bags up to the moment of their delivery to the mail; that your petitioners, on the contrary, are subject to a charge of one halfpenny upon each paper posted after six o'clock, and total exclusion after half-past seven o'clock; that the post_ office clerks, or clerks of the roads, are enabled to correspond with their agents in the country, and through them with their customers, without any expense or postage, and that your petitioners and their customers subscribe in this shape to the revenue after the rate of three to five postages annually for each newspaper, or separate transaction : That your petitioners have also to contend against the pri vilege allowed to, or assumed by, the twopenny post men of the neighbourhood of London, who, as dealers in newspapers and almanacks, &c., are in the habit of soliciting orders on the customary route, of their delivery of letters, which they ex_ ecute to the palpable disadvantage of the public service so in trusted to them, and to the injury of your petitioners : That the post-office clerks issue printed circulars, with a view to increase their own trade, disseminating reports preju_ dicial to the stability of the private trader, by stating in their circular letters of solicitation, that their " official situation is a guarantee that the amount subscribed is secure ;" thus a public officer is enabled, without capital or risk, and out of the time which, it is presumed, ought to be devoted to official duty, to carry on a business of great magnitude, and to supplant the interests of the fair trader : That your petitioners humbly submit, that by the clerks of the roads and post-office clerks being permitted to deal in news.. papers, and to announce by public advertisements that every postmaster in England acts as their agent for receiving sub. scriptions, such postmaster being allowed a commission on the moneys so received, they thus hold out a temptation by which the postmasters are induced to deliver first to their subscribers those papers supplied by the clerks of the roads, and that each of those officers, therefore, have an obvious interest in delay.. ing the delivery of all newspapers supplied through any other channel, contrary, as your petitioners believe, to the inten tions of Government : That your petitioners, as regards themselves, respectfully represent that they are obliged, by the daily custom of the trade, to collect and pay into the Treasury, through the me_ dium of the newspaper proprietors, the whole of the stamp duties on the London newspapers, free of any expense to the Government in its collection; which newspapers are in twenty four hours valueless, unlike most other merchandise, taking all the risk on themselves as to their realizing a sale; while, on the contrary, the clerks of the roads and post-office clerks are in the habit of receiving their charges for newspapers in ad. vance, with other advantages which their official situation leaves your petitioners no means of competing with : That your petitioners entreat to be understood as petition. ing against the privilege, not against the individuals who exercise it. That your petitioners, with some exceptions, pay daily the greater part of the moneys which make up the several incomes of the proprietors, editors, reporters, clerks, publishers, composi. tors, printers, porters, servants, &c., of each newspaper establish ment, and are, therefore, they humbly and respectfully repre sent, not unworthy the protection of your Honourable House. May it therefore please your Honourable House to take the matter of this petition into consideration, and to frame such measures thereon as your Honourable House in its wisdom may deem meet. And your peti tioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. Here follow the signatures of upwards of two hundred Lon don dealers in newspapers. Sir F. BURDETT concurred with his Right lion. Friend who had presented the petition, that it was most desirable to give every facility to communications of the nature to which he had adverted; but he did not see any necessity for an Hon. Member taking up the question, and moving for the appoint ment of a committee on the subject. It appeared to him to be quite sufficient to have drawn the attention of his Majesty's Ministers to the subject, having all the means in their power of doing all that was wished upon the subject. It was desira ble, in every point of view, that every facility should be given to the communication. Lord ALTHORP said that, as his Right Hon. Friend, in presenting the petition, had referred to negotiations that had been concluded with this country and France and the Government of this country, it might be right for him to say a few words on that subject. In those negotiations his Majesty's Ministers had not been able to comply with all the propositions of the French Government. He was not com. petent to enter into many of the circumstances connected with the negociation, but it was thought impossible to agree to all the propositions. With respect to the particular point in volved in the petition as to newspapers, lie agreed with his Hon. Friend that that species of communication should be as free as possible, and not subject to restrictions, if restrictions existed. The plan, however, upon which this department of the Post-office was conducted, enabled the Government to carry on the business at a considerably less expense than it would otherwise be obliged to be at. If the fees of the clerks with respect to newspapers was abolished, it would be necessary or the Government to increase the salaries of the persons em ployed in the Newspaper Office. The question in his opinion must be looked upon as a balanced question and not quite so clear in favour of the view of the petitioners as his Right lion. Friend thought it to be. He agreed that every thing ought to be done to facilitate the communication between France and this country, but the difficulty was on which side the postage should be paid. His Majesty's Ministers had every wish to do this as far as they could consistent with the safety of thc revenue. Mr. BUCKINGHA Ii supported the prayer of the petition, and said that nothing could be more improper than that official men should engage in trade. It was particularly improper in the Post.office where it was important the vigilance of the clerk should be devoted to their duties up to the last mo ment. The practice of the Post-office, with respect to news papers sent to or from the continent, absolutely threw impedi ments in the way of their circulation.—(Hear, hear.) In the internal communications of England, however, the matter was worse. At the present moment the most intense interest was felt in the country on the proceedings of this House, and the consequence was that the greatest rivalry ex. isted between the newspaper proprietors to keep their press open till the last moment, rnd thus convey the latest intelligence to their customers. The proper dealers who undertook to trans mit the newspapers into the country were the news venders ; and it was literally true, as stated by the Right Honourable Baronet opposite, that they furnished all the capital by which it was done. Contrary to this prac tice, in most buisnesses a great sum of ready money passed on both sides. The stamp was the chief expense of a paper, and the general run of establishments tried to go to the stamp_ office with the money in their hands, whilst a very short credit, indeed, was given to the larger establishments. The news_ venders in this town came with ready money to the newspaper office, or at farthest paid their bills every Saturday. The amount of money which they paid in this way was perhaps about 100,000/. per week. The newsvenders were obliged to give their customers many months' credit. The clerks of the Post-office, o ❑ the other hand, had numerous advantages over the newsmen. They were not obliged to be furnished with a large capital, and had it in their power to receive papers at a later hour than the newsmen, who were obliged to p a y a fee of ld. for every paper after a certain hour, which went, in case of papers forwarded by the clerks of the post-office, i n t o their pockets. There was another evil of which perhaps the Noble Lord was not aware. There were certain literary publications which, containing no politics, were not obliged to have a stamp, but if a stamp was put upon them, they went post free. A news man sending a literary publication into the country, had to buy it stamped. Now he was informed by Mr. Johnson, who sup plied the whole of Ireland with newspapers, that numbers of the " Literary Gazette" were passed through the Post_ office unstamped. Of course this must occasion a great loss to the revenue.—(Hear.) Another advantage that the clerks of the Post-office had over the newsmen was in their being able to write to the postmasters in the country, who were their agents, free of expense, and the post masters to answer them in like manner, free of ex. pense. This enabled there to supply papers in the country at half the commission other people were obliged to charge. He thought, therefore, that the sooner the fee system was abolished in the post-office the better. Lord ALTHORP said he believed the Hon. Gentleman was mistaken in saying that the fee paid on newspapers, as the last half hour of admission was saved to the clerks of the post-office. Mr. EWART said he had seen it stated in some of the public journals, that impediments had been thrown in the way of the transmission of newspapers from America by the Post. office at Liverpool. He wished to know whether such was the fact ? Lord ALTHORP replied that he did not know whether it was or not. Mr. HENRY LYTTON BULWER asked whether the report of a convention with the Government of France was correct I' Lord ALTHORP said he had already replied in the affir mative. Sir H. PARNELL made a few observations in reply. He said it was quite clear the circulation of the papers would very soon bring in a full compensation for the losing of the stamp. The petition was then laid on the table. The Right Hon. Gentleman then presented a petition from the ship-builders of Dundee, in favour of the timber duties. Also a petition from the Magistrates of Dundee, requiring an alteration in the Dundee fisheries; from the Political Union of Dundee, against the Irish church establishment ; and from the bakers of Dundee, against bak ing on Sunday. Mr. RIPPON presented a petition from a parish in Nor thumberland, the purport of which was not understood in the gallery. Mr. EWART presented a petition from the sugar refiners of Liverpool, praying for an equalization of the duty on East and West India sugar, and other articles from the Colonies. He had great pleasure in supporting the prayei of the petition. Ile Hon. Member stated the import on East India coffee was one half more than the import on West India coffee, and, after making a few other observations, he concluded by hoping the importantse ugive eve r y ass i stance i n i ts power to this most wouldsubject to carry it t o a fi na l an d sa tisfactory con_ Io elusion. Mr. BUCKINGHAM said the people of England had a right to have that which they could get cheapest and in the best perfection front any part of the world. Mr. ROBINS.ON admitted that at first sight it might appear unreasonable that there should be higher duties on sugar from one place than another, but on consideration he thought it would be looked upon as gocd policy. Mr. It. TODD complained that after a promise had been given to inquire into the inequality of the duties on East and West India sugar, no attention had been paid to the subject. He could only account for the table of the House not being more loaded with petitions on this subject by the unwilling ness of the House to pay attention to them. Colonel Williams, Mr. Ewart, and Mr. Brotherton sup ported the prayer of the petition. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from Carrickfergus against the disfranchisement of that borough. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Salford against the Apothecaries' Bill. Lord MOLYNTEUX presented petitions from the neigh bourhood of Liverpool, against the Rating of Small Tene ments and Highways Bill. Also a petition from Ashton under-Lyne, Stockport, and other places, praying for altera tions in the Factory Bill. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from Preston, signed by Mr. Hunt and 6,000 other persons, complaining o the number of polling places (20) erected at the late election, to the great expense of the candidates. - Mr. STANLEY said the Mayor had appointed so many pol ling places to prevent the disturbances of which he had had no tice. The electors had since presented him with a piece of plate. Petition laid on the table. The SPEAKER then left the Chair. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) WADE V. COX. The Loan CHANcv.r.toa pronounced judgment in this appeal motion, which was argued before him a few days ago. The application was to reverse so much of an older made by the Vice-Chancellor as directed the defendants to pay into Court nearly 8,000/., the produce of Consols which had been transferred to them as trustees, and which they sold out. His Lordship said that the opinion he had formed at the hearing, had been confirmed by a pe rusal of the papers, and the consideration of the case he had been able to bestow, and thnt opinion was, that he ought to refuse the motion. It was clear from the admissior,s in the answers, that the Court could do nothing eke than order the money to be brought in. His Lordship, however, could not but regret that a writ of execution to enforce the Vice• Chancellor's order, had been sent down against the defendants to Oxford, which he understood to be the case yesterday. He considered it right to extend the time for the bringing in of the money for a fortnight from this day. COURT OF KING'S BENCH-(TEAS DAY.) THE KING V. WELLS AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against the defendants, Messrs. James Wells and John Drake, woolle❑ drapers, of Saint Martin's-le-Grand, and Messrs. John Payne and Ralph Wise, of No. 36, Gosweil-street, tailors, for a conspiracy to defraud Mr. Wm: Daniels, a woollen draper residing in Aldermanbury, of a large quantity of woollen goods. The defendants pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Poar.ocx (with whom was Mr. PLATT) stated the case for the prosecution. He said that it would not be enough to establish this charge by merely proving a false hood, because much was left to the ordinary prudence and discretion of parties to whom application might be made to supply goods ; hut when individuals set themselves together to the prejudice of another, and to produce an injury which neither of them could alone accomplish, so that the ordinary caution and jealousy of a tracer may be laid asleep, and so that he might be made the victim of a combination, then it became an offence punishable by a proceeding like the present. He stated that much i❑ order to arouse the jealousy and attention of the Learned Judge and the Jury to the nature of the in dictment, for he had seen much injustice committed under charges of conspiracy. The present charge in substance was, that Wells and Drake knowing the insolvency of Payne and \Vise, to whom they were creditors, combined with them, by means of false representations of the affair s of Payne and \Vise, to enable the latter to get goods from the prosecutor, in order that the goods so obtained might go in payment of Wells and Drake's debt, while all the other creditors went un paid. It would be proved that in July, 1831 a meeting of Payne and Wise's creditors was held at Wells and Drake's house, at which it was agreed that Payne and Wise should compromise with their creditors by paying their debts by instalments of 401. a month, and to give them a letter of license. Wells took an active part on that compromise, and, therefore, knew Payne and Wise's insolvency. Their affairs becoming in a worse state, the 401. a month was, after the payment of about three instalments, consented to be reduced to 201. a month. In the following November, another meeting was held at Wells and Drake's house, when, in consequence of the then state of Payne and Wise'a affairs, it was agreed that their books should be delivered up to Wells and Drake, i❑ order that they might collect in the debts fur the benefit of the creditors. Wells and Drake's debt which was originally 2861. 108. was by that time reduced to 2361. It would also appear that as it was still necessary for Payne and Wise to get some goods and enable them to carry on their trade, they applied to Mr. Daniels, the prosecutor, who, before he consented to deal with them, wanted a reference. Payne referred them to Wells and Drake, and, notwithstanding Wells's knowlege of Payne and Wise's affairs, he gave them a good character, stating them to he solvent, to have a good business, and as having regularly paid his firm. In con sequence of that recommendation Mr. Daniels supplied Payne and Wise with a considerable quantity of goods, the greatest part of which never were pail for. It would also be proved that after the goods had been so sold to Payne and Wise, on Wells's recom mendation, they were transferred from Payne and Wise's shop to Wells and D:ake's, and the consequence was :hat Wells and Drake's debt against Payne anti Wise w..•is paid, to the injury of the prosecutor and the other creditors ; fuel, in order to enable Payne and Wise to make an appa rent show of stock, Air. Wells sent. him a number of " dummies," which were so made up of straw and other rubbish covered over as to have all the appearance of pieces of cloth. The case was proceeding when our reporter left. Iu the Court of Exchequer this morning, Mr. CORBETT recovered 1001. damages against the Times for a libel inserted on the sth Janu iry last. The libel stated thrt Mr. CORBETT was an uncertificated bankrupt, and consequently could not take his seat in the House of Commons. ELECTION FOR ALDERMAN FOR PORT SOI:EN WARD.—The numbers at the close of th poll yesterday were—For Mr. SCALES, 121 ; for Mr. JOHN soN, 52—Majority for Mr. SCALES, 69. Party feeling ran so high, that two respectable inhabitants of the Ward had a regular battle near the Loan MAYOR. Mr. SCALES entreated his friends not to relax their exertions. He referred at sonic length to the proceedings at the last election. The LORD MAYOR here expressed some impa tience at being detained, as he had previously arranged that no speaking was to take place on that day. Mr. SCALES begged his Lordship's pardon, and expressed him self grateful for his Lordship's condescension in stopping, as his presence added so much dignity to his speech, ,vhich in his absence it would want.—(Cheers and lau4hter.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 26. —We Live had a most spirited demand for cotton tv-day. The sales reach 12,000 bags, one-half nn speculation, at an advance of ed. on the prices of yesterday, and of on those of the preceding week. The military sinecure of Governor of Land guard Fort r-mains vac int by the demise of Lieutenant• General Sir ROBERT BROWNRIGG. Only three of the arches of Waterloo-bridge are now passible, even in a wherry, at low water. The custom of giving the Author a Night is revived at the Queen's, the spirited Manager of which has accorded Mr. REDE a benefit on Wednesday next (3d July), in consequence of the success of " Faith and False hood." Mr. PARKER gave n,,tiee on Wednesday of a motion for the next Committee of Supply, " That a copy of th e printed re7orts of thc , Public C , mmittees of this House he sent to every vii.y or town in the United King dom, which returns P. Member or Alemb,rs to Parliament, for the use of some public library or other suitable institu tion therein." There has been lately exhibited in the Palace of the rfamedo, at St. Peteisburgli, a State bed, constructed it the Royal manufactory by order of the EMPEROR, to be sent as a present to the Schab at PERSIA. It is formed of solid crystal, resplendent with silver ornaments. It is ascended by seeps of blue glass, and has a fountain under neath, so contrived as to throw out on each side jets of odoriferous waters. The effect when the chamber is lighted tip is absolutely dazzling, as it has the appearanc e of my riads of diamonds.— Galignani's Messenger. FEES. —The amount of fees received in the Treasury far the year ending 1832 was 14,0481. 17s. 11d. the whole of which was applied in the payment of the established salaries of the department. In , be Home office the amount of fees for t',e same period was 15,1931. 74. yd. ; the allowance from the Post-office, as a compensation formerly enjoyed by the clerks of thin office for franking newspapers to Ireland, 1,25,0;.. and half the profit s of the London Gazettc in 1831, 3,6381. 3s. 9d. The whole amount was expended between the fee funds of the Foreign and Colonial. offices, and the payment of the salaries of the Home Department. The fees in the Foreign-offic e were 10,6451. Os. 10,1., expended in a similar manner. The lees in the Colonial Department were 10,3761. 16s. 6d, expended of which, in salaries i❑ the establishment, 10,0711. ss. 10d. The fees received in the Privy Council-office were 14,8141. 53. 2d., almost entirely en Account of fees received on the release of vessels ft%,m quarantine during the chulei a. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. With the exception of one bet of 13 to 1 agst Rockingham, nothing was done in the St. Leger yesterday to render a quo tation of the prices necessary. The July Stakes was the Stakes in which business to any amount was transacted ; two, r three changes in it are observable. Musquito, Malcolm, Er 1111.2, and Vidocq, have severally declined two or three points. I.( - gend and Stays, on the other hand, were in request, and left c t, setter favourites than on Monday. The closing odds were as follow : NEWMARKET JULY STAKE,. 5 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's Louisa colt 8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Musquito 8 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Legend colt 8 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Emma filly (taken) 9 to 1 agst Mr. Sowe•by's Malcolm 0 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Stays colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dike of Rutland's Jerboa colt 10 to I agst Mr. Greatrex's Trulla colt 13 to 1 agst Mr. Ridedale's Vidocq (taken) GOoDWOOD STAKES, P.P . 4 to 1 agst Windcliffe and Little Red Rover (taken) DRAWING ROOM STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge (offered) DERBY, 1834. 2000 to 100 taken about the Duke of Grafton's Olympic. 20 to 1 offered on the field. STOCKBRIDGE RACES, JUNE 27. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft,, for 3-year-olds. (Six subs.) Mr. Sadler's Dangerous Walked over Sweepstakes of 10 soy,: each for all ages. Mile and half. Mr. Biggs's Pounce, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Lady Elizabeth, 5 yrs. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft., for 2-year-olds. T.Y.C. (Ten subs.) Mr. Taylor's Myrina 1 General Grosvenor's Pigeon Captain Martyn's Mignon A Plate of 501. was won in two beats by Mr. D. Rad cliffe's Kittimus, beating Mr. Sadler's Eurycne, and four others. LUDLOW RACE'S', JuNE 26. The Ludford Stakes of 10 soya. each. T.Y. C. (7 subs.) Mr. Clifford's Kalnica, au(' Mr. Tomes's Harry, 6 yrs. Two oihera started. Produce Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft. Mr. Lacey's Caroline Sweepstakes of 20 sons. each, for S-year-olds. Mile arid a quarter. Mr. Tomes's c. by Sir Gray—Mishap Mr. E. Peel's Pacific.. A Maiden Plate of 50/. was won in three heats by Captain Phillips's b. c. by Champignon, 4 yrs., beating Mr. Fuller's Nell Gwynne and three others. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of this week are considerable of all kinds of grain, and of Flour tolerably good. The Wheat trade is very dull, and full 2s. per quarter cheaper than on Monday. Barley and Beans are each rather lower. Oats are abundant, and the buyers are shy. This article is Is. to 2s. per qr. lower than on Monday. Flour is dull and unaltered. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish 1370 18,020 Foreign 1,645 SMITHFIELD NIARKE'I This day's supply of Beasts and Porkers was limited ; of Sheep, Lambs, and Calves, moderately good. The trade with prime meat was somewhat brisk, but o herwise dull, at little variation from Monday's prices. Mulch Cows, which were rather nume rous, wnt off heavily at drooping prices, an useful Short.horns, with her small Calf, producing from 151. to 181. each. PRICES PER STONE OF HMIS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 10 3 0 Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 Prime Scot,, &c 3 8 3 10 Inferior Sheep 2 10 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 10 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 4 4 0 Southdown Wethers 4 4 4 6 c. d. toe. d. Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto 4 8 510 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 8 Large Hoge Small Porkers 4 2 4 8 Suckling Calves 12s. to 325. each. Quarter old Pigs 12s. to 18r.each SUPPLY, AS PER CT. Beasts. I Sheep and Lam': 396 10,140 URIC'S STATEMENT. Us. I Calves. I Pigs. 360 90 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Camas. s. d. to a. d. s. d.tos. d. Beet, inferior 2 '2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ... '2 2 2 8 middling 2 4 2 8 middling.. 3 6 310 mime large 3 0 3 4 prime 4 0 4 2 prime small— 3 4 3 6 Pork, large Veal '3 0 4 8 —small 4 6 4 8 Lamb 3s. 4d. to ss. 10d. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JUNE 27.—Wind W.S. W., strong breezes.—His Ma jesty's steamer Ferrit, from Calais, landed passengers here this morning. Arrived the Salacia, Henderson, from Trinidad; and Apollo, Garrett, from Grenada. The Amity, Gray, from London for New York, and the Manlius, Austin, for Boulogne, put back and remain. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 27.--Wind variable.—Arrived the Naide French frigate, from Cherburg. Put back the Rubicon, Daniell, bound to Van Diemen's Land. FALMOUTH, JUNE 26.—Wind N. W. to N.N. W., fresh gales and squally.—Arrived the African steam.packet, from Lisbon, left the 18th instant, and off Oporto the 21st. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25.—Arrived the Julia, Smith, from Vir. ginia ; Renovation, M`Dermot, from New York; and Curlew, Hanrahan, from Newfoundland. Sailed the Asia, Tonge, for Bombay. GREENOCK, JUNE 25.—Arrived the Borealis, Reid, from Barbadoes ; and Gipsy, Brown, from Newfoundland. CORK, JUNK 25.—Arrived the Wellington, Kelleker, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Off port the Kent, Jameson, from St. John's, New Brunswick. HULL, JUNE X.—Arrived the Mentoo, Moyer, from Memel. HAvRE, JUNE French frigate, supposed to be the Resolue, is on shore near Barfleur. The Industry, Sherlock, was driven on shore near Newha. ven yesterday morning—crew saved. The Mary, Smith, was totally wrecked near Brighton yes terday morning —crew saved. The Martin Luther, Allegre, from Havannah to Buenos Ayres, which put into St. Thomas's with damage, has been condemned. The Thomas Robinson, Smith, from Sierra Leone, put into Terceira the 6th ult., with five feet water in her hold—cargo much damaged. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal papers to June 5, and Quebec to June 2, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Quebec Papers.) The papers received yesterday contain many particulars of damages occasioned by the late rains ; at the head waters of the Hudson, and on the borders of Lake Champlain, people have suffered severely; the Hudson rose higher than it has been for the last 35 years. Accounts from Watertown of the 16th ult. state that every boom across the river has been destroyed, and many thousands of saw logs, together with timber, bridges, mills, factories, barns, dwelling.houses, &c., have been swept into the mighty Ontario. The Montreal paper says—We understand that Montreal Stock sold yesterday at 21. to 22 ; this is certainly evidence of the prosperous state of commerce. They state front Jamaica, that Mr. Myers, a planter, has engaged in a project for the introduction of white labourers into the island, not only as a natter of economy, but also to increase the security of the white inhabitants. For that pur pose he is about to repair to Germany to bring over families of peasants. A letter has been received at St Lucia, from Bermuda, which represents that island to be in great confusion, owing to the infliction of summary flogging upon a prisoner, who re. fused to take down the gallows upon which a felon had been hung. Popular indignation had been excited, the militia re. fused to turn out, the Governor was burnt in effigy, the Courthouse set on fire, and the whole island was in com motion. THE FUNDS. In the early part of yesterday morning the information re ceived from Portugal was of a gloomy cast, owing to the resig nation of General Solignac, which caused a general opinion that the cause of Donna Maria was at its last ebb ; in consequence of which the Portuguese scrip receded; but late in the after noon an evening paper received an express from Falmouth, with the important information of the sailing of Pedro's expe dition of 4,000 men, escorted by his fleet, from Oporto. This was an evident proof, by his despatching so many men, that Donna Maria's affairs were not in so desperate a state as repre sented, and raised the drooping spirits of the Constitutionalists, who are now all alive, and in great hopes that Lisbon will be in the hands of the Pedroites by next Monday. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday, 89 X to 90 for the Account, since which they have been selling at 89 % . HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further accounts from Portugal than what are already published, except that the cholera is making great ravagers Lisbon. II is stated that the Talavera, one of our 74-gun ships, which has sailed for the Douro, has orders to open a free pas sage for all ships in the Douro, Consols have been the whole of the morning at 89 7,‘, to 90 for the Account, with tittle doing. Great anxiety is now expressed tbr further accounts from Lisbon, which are expected on Monday next. It is settling day in the Foreign Market. There is little doing except settling the Accounts. Portuguese Scrip has ra ther improved. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, ai) % 90, We understand, from good authority, that Sir WILLIAM COURTENAY, Knight of Malta, will attend the City Session,, ~n Monday next, to stand his triai fur a charge brought against him.—Kentish Gazette. QUEEN'S THIATRE. We were very much pleased last evening with the per formance of The Heir at Law, at the Queen's Theatre; the cast was generally good, but the performance of Mr. S. Berfrierr, of the Covent-garden Company, as Doctor Pasglosa, and the Zehiel Homeepun of Mr. GARDNFR, of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, would have done creel the palmy days of either of the major theatres. Mr. BENNETT is already, though not sufficiently, known , o a London audience, and may be said, therefore, to be in the way of winning favour. Mr. GARDNIRp with equal merit in another line of comedy, does not at present s. se's the same advantage. On inquiry, after the perform ance was over, we were informed that Mr. Gsitomen is engaged for the ensuing season at Richmond, and we shall be much disappointed if is merits do not then secure him a chance of making a tangible impression at one of our large r theatres, supposing even that his natural comic talent should have to lie fallen in the interim. COURT CIRCULAR. His MAJESTY, attended by Sir H. TAys.oa, arrived in town about half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the Palace at Windsor. The Duke of GLOUCKSTaIt received the KING at the Palace at St. James's. Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY. held a levee. In the entrée circle the I.ll ,, wing preseata , ions to his MA• JESTY took place :—Count D'EirrarMlL, Minister of France to Columbia, by Prince TALtintAnn, the French Ambassador ; Lieutenant L. N. CARTER, of the United St tes Marine Corps, by Mr. VAIL, the American Charge d'Affaires. His MAJESTY gave audiences to Earl GRIT, Viscount iNfrutourtxt, Viscount Par,maaerox, Lord HILL, and the Duke of RICHKOND. Lord AMHERST and Sir JOSEPH WhiATLZY were the Loid and Groom in Waiting. At the entree levee there were present the Russian and French Ambassadors, the Neapolitan, Bavarian, Prussian, Wirtemberg, and Brazilian Ministers; the Baron de Was.. SENBUICI, the Austrian Minister, en a special mission ; the Austrian, United States, and Turkish Charge d'Affaires; the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Post-Master General, the Secretaries of state for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departnaents ; the Pay master of the Forces, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Commander of the Forces, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gen tlem, n Pensioners, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard ; Viscount COMBERIAZAK, Gold Stick (or Colonel of the Life Guards) in Waiting ; the Master •f the King's Buck Hounds, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Master of the Robes, the Master of the Ceremonies ; Sir Aucusrus CLIFFORD, Usher of the BI ack Rod ; the Attorney-General; Colonel BOWATKIL, Equerry in Waiting ; Master STEPHENSON, Page of Honour. Among the general comp any were-- DUKES—Wellington, Newcastle. M A RQ UISES--Bute, Ely. EARLS—Lichfield, Munster, Roseberry, Gosford, Caslogan, O'Neill. VISCOUNT—Loftus. LORDS—Dalmeny, A. Conyngham, Churchill, Killeen, G. Loftus, Belhaven, Calthorp, Dynevor, C. Townshend. RIGHT HONOURABLE—CharIes Tennyson, HONOURABLE—WiIIiam A'Court. SIRS—H. Brydges, G. Talbot, Bart., R. Codrington. REV. MESSIEURS—Sir W. Cooper, Dr. Sleeth. MESSIEURS--B. Lambert, T. J. H. Curteis, Fitzge rald, Spottiswoode, Gardiner, C. Wilkins, D. Turner, Judd, Brigstock, M.P., Poyntz, Calthorpe, H. A. Fellowes, M'Cor mick, C. Hammond, Philips, Courtenay, Homy. ADMIRAL—Sir C. Rowley. GENERALS—Sir H. Lowe, Sir H. Vivian, F. Gascoyne, Wulff, Brooke, Sir L. Grant, Sir R. Bolton, Anson. COLONELS--Sir C. Thornton, Rolleston, S. Dales, Wyn... yard, C. King, Sir J. Euatace, Reid. MAJORS—Cockburn, Deere. CAPTAINS—Mangin, J. Dick, R.N., Chichester, Lamont, G. Hamilton, G. Mansel, Sir J. Rowley, Bart.. E. Lloyd, R.N.. Codrington, J. Martin, A'Court, R,N., Prickett, Meynell, Wellesley, R.N. CO MMANDEII—J. Robb. LIEUTENANTS—Cadogan, Somerset, Stirling, Walshe, J. Lomax, Vandeleur, Fitzmayer,lte. CORNETS—Pattinson, Reynolds. ENSIGN—E Honywood. Mr. T. H. Curteis was presented to the King by the Marquis of Clanricarde, and received the honour of Knighthood. The following were presented to his Majesty:— Viscount Loftus, by the Marquis of Ely ; Lieut. Cadogan, on his appointment to the Ist Grenadier Guards,by Earl Cadogan ; Mr. E. Hammond, on his return from Madrid, by Viscount Palmerston ; Capt. Sir J. Rowley, Bart., by Admiral Sir C. Rowley, K.C.B. ; Earl O'Neill, by the Earl of Roden ; Capt. Wellesley, R.N., on his return from foreign service, by the Duke of Wellington; Lieut. Somerset, Grenadier Guards, by the Duke of Wellington ; Major-General Sir Lewis Grant, on his arrival from Trinidad, by the Right Hon. E. G. Stanley ; The Hon. W. A'Court, by Capt. A'Court, R.N. ; Colonel Rol leston, on his appointment to the command of the Royal Sher wood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Militia, by the Duke of Newcastle ; Sir G. Talbot, Bart., on his return from abroad, by Lord Dynevor ; Major Cockburn, 95th Regiment, on his return from the lonian Islands, by Sir J. Macdonald, K.C.B. ; Lord G. Loftus, on his appointment to the6oth Rifles, by the Marquis of Ely; Mr. D. Turner, by the Earl of Gosford ; Lieutenant Walsh, 50th Regiment, by Major Byam ; Major Deare, by Sir L. Greenwell ; Captain Chichester, by his brother, Mr. Bruce P. Chichester, M.P. ; Mr. Charles Wiikins, by the Earl of Munster ; Commander John Robb, by Admiral Sir E. Cod. ring,ton ; Captain Prickett, R.N., by Sir J. Graham; Lieut. Fitzmayer, Royal Artillery, by Gen. Sir J. Smith ; Captain J. Dick, R.N, on his return from service, by Sir J. Graham; Lieut. Tuite, by Gen. Sir J. Smith, G.C.H. ; Lieut. Vande leur, on his return from foreign service, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. 0. Vandeleur; Lieut. Stirlin, R.N., by Admiral Sir E. Codrington ; Cornets Pattinson and Reynolds, by Sir J. 0. Vandeleur. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kim., the Princess VICTORIA, and Prince ALEXANDER of WIKTEII - visited the exhibition of Paintings in Water Colours by British Artists yesterday forenoon. The Princes ALEXANDER and CHARLES of Sotms were at Almack's on Wednesday evening. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor, in Grosvenor-square, from a visit to their Majesties at Windsor; Lord Churchill, in Wilton.crescent, from his seat in Oxfordshire; the Earl of Besborough, in St. James's.square, from his seat at Roehamp ton ; Lady Palmer, at Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar.square, from the Continent; Plunkett, Esq., and Berkeley, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Voules, Esq., at ditto, from Windsor; John Read, Esq., at ditto, from Suffolk ; John Carroll, Esq.. at ditto, from Ireland; H. Wallace, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Dunlopp, Esq., at ditto, from Edinburgh ; the Dean of Nor wich, Mrs. Pellew, and the Hon. Misses Addington, at Batt's Hotel, Dover.street, from Richmond Park ; General William Fitzroy, at ditto, from a tour; B. Flounders, Esq., and Miss Flounders, at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the Conti nent; Miss Groves, at ditto, from Bath; Colonel Collins, at ditto, from Cheltenham; Captain Jones, at the Albion Hotel. Cockspur.street, from Chatham; Lieutenant Inglis, at ditto, from Bombay; T. Gill, Esq., at ditto, from Plymouth; IY, Rundle, Esq.. at ditto, from Tavistock. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Douro, from Piccadilly, for Dover Castle; Lord Molyneux, from Arlington-street, to Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool ; Sir Richard Vyvyar., Bart., for Bristol ; the Earl and Countess of Surrey, for Little Hampton, Sussex; the Misses Townshend, from St. James's-square, for their seat in Kent; the Earl of Eglinton, from Ratt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Eglinton Castle, Scotland; O'Connor Hinchley, Esq., from ditto, to Paris; Van Leon, Esq., from ditto, for the Hague; J. Pollard, Esq., from ditto, for Bradford, Yorkshire ; W. Boyd, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland; W. Knox, Esq., front ditto, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Halswell, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover street, for Brighton; Captain Howard, from dit gs, for Cheltenham ; the Earl and Countess of Dundonald, for their seat, Weston Grove, 'Southampton; Mrs. Conroy and family, from the Albion Hotel, Cockspur-street, on a tour; T. O'Shea, Esq., from ditto, for Wexford; Messrs. J. Leadbetter and Brown, from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Captain Howden, from ditto, on a tour; Alexander M`Gregor, Esq., from ditto, for Liverpool; J. Bundekin, Esq., from ditto, for Manchester; Captain Connor, from ditto, for Portsmouth. CITY CONSERVATIVES.—We understand that the City Conservative Club, of which such high hopes tvers entertained by the fanatic Tory party, is a miserable failure. To raise the necessary funds to pay for the building in Broad street, they have been obliged to open the subscription to the public generally ; and, even with this aid, it is fast declining to a pot house club concern. There ,is only one thing can save the Cub from utter contempt and annihilation. That is, to pray the aid of the Society of Tailors the jolly snips who lately cut such a figure in our columns, in detailing their entertainment in Threadneedle -street. Then the corps will be complete; and as most of the Conservatives are old Govrroment contractors and old women, they might troll the " Pickled cabbage with beef, Sir !" By the death of STEPHEN LAVENDER, the High• Constable of Manchester, and formerly an offi•er of Bow-street, a vacancy has occurred. The authorities at Manchester have made an application to the Metropolitan Police Commissioners for a fit and proper person to suc ceed the late High-Constable, expressing a wish that Mr. THOMAS, the Superintendent of the F division. rimy be i j,pointed• We underst an d t h at Mr. Tnomas hss ac cepted the situation, and that he will forthwith prncerd to !Manchester. The place, it ia said, is wt r.ll about 6001. per annum.