The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-10 00:00:00

inquiries,ca!l iu c ustod. hou se, she Pr. OS :ctei-1; so doll* L C, o dr ere on 3 s ales d and the st , r s e h ri a u r e es <No t ' ran 31 o j,yonst • 13 reF ide 4 to e y, bavebut,i/ po it wil l s tes , e was japer. ,cico bv the 31 1 1 . 0 zeri Of M r ' o ut' the late, t r ial, ap tl y he , there 01.°e:4 ,013 10 t tine but it ste pe,The' ,be wile° Ibp Et 0 0 u ar t it dge e;(chav en t ' 2i Per to til e ) paP ers - ris e uch elit"P de diD. a f t or a cotL e err l . s , the M il die p s, w ith d thee, all of 10 of ane Be a re Consols,4ro ous t ou- erst o it a n' ad as irket SO• ill s have cc 1;;, Three -a/3 the Olga n d A ,19T firm 5 " Wa r", "oso l a in 012 r so a to 22bt o Top ped t han e . e rted N .t Cgeneent. rsvi . CLOC °' 1904g,z ush , . 99 0 9 , sh 961 cLO. 3514% to 1 3 0 e has 04 e r* (2 ,1314 00 , slf ' 94. NY.) AY' With 5' i ery ovei ite ocisY sf ier ,et V ile st 13 18 't ot l e , A po 11' 14 1 " Sta i ! Os , _.5 - j3eAP 63 0°0' 2: 0 1 2.50' 1 9 . to 10 re to:3 2 1 ' • a f„ ; „ to r o ; 0 , top 34s Seto t° s3' Se to 34 , to geo Quo' o ot "2.2bt t of itteteeP r 2cl• 35,• fi er 4.o l n r h g, er )011'11 I . tot d i ; 4 4 0 4 9 2 0 0 ipreillriek 11Iadras; Ninian Lindsay, Hutchings, Demerara t ; s:erpnee Albert Trinidad; Corinth, Smith, Matanzas for An - ; ea meo'na Christie, Port Phillip (sld. Feb. 9: . ; Ha' .)141', Buckle ' China • Carnatic, Hyne, Bombay; Mary, ese'rle, Monte ' rrat ; Cas"tins, Hinds, St. Lucia; Tropic, Bur ! and Spartan, Barclay. Jamaica; Catherine Elizabeth, 0; baltt,,St. Vincent. Sid. Wellesley, 111adras i Gwalior, Boin ti l\o Vincent. Briton, Calcutta ; CU} , of London, Cape of Goo e. The rest of outward-bound have sa , iled. ~. ~, ...... Ik,'...ORSNIOUTR, JUNE B.—Wind S.W. to S.S.L.-9. 6.W . • Kingsdown for South Seas. li 11 " 71.11 J " 8 ' 9 Wind W. and S.W. Off, NI Aibtrt: L.NE AND .- 01 WEI-mount —Persian Oppenheim, Sydney, New tit h• ' C or , Th ales. 4.k. C -...431 r 7 °1`rt JUNE 9.—Arrd. Lady Mary Wood steamer, , ibraltar, left 31st ult. ~'r , ,Atato u TH, JuxE 9 AND 10.—Wind S. to S.W., moderate. j:arrd. 'Welcome, Sunderland for Quebec, leaky ,• Margaretha, Tene.',.°;,cl for Batavia leaky. Sld.fLinnet packet, Madeira, P e and Brazil: Off, Superb, Trinidad; Elizabeth Hall, -31aInbuco ; British Isles, D. 1 )4? A P , =cz.a.xcE, JUINE 4. emerara —Hercules, Honduras; Downs ii,:lleXandria, out six months. ditto 74; JuxE 6.—Ar r d. Achilles, Havannah ; Encore, 11, '` , Pr„ ( X, JUNE B .—Arrd. Fanny, Robe, Barbadoes.. 9th. iu•Pitilne, Guvne, Nevis; William Miles, Cook, Jamaica. Aii;',' lB EA, J.i.:xt: 7.—Arrd. Auricula, Oliver, Cuba. r t tlC .°ll °, JUNE B.—Arrd. Palemon, Swansea, for Be - coa, with loss of mainmast, &c. t° a, g_ic,_juxE 6 .—Arrd. Iris, Marritt, Manilla. Off, Call -8 Hannah. .14,AsT, JulcE 6. —Arrd. Parsborough, Barbadees. 1 11,• •• ' b El'N, JUNE 7 —Arrd. Mayflower, Ichaboe. , Bethe ll l, 4 lll - st? 'l_l7llE 7 .—Arr . d. Woodhouse, Tate. St. John's, New •tietib,l'eK• Bth. —Lady Constable, Garbutt, New Orleans; l, Card, St John's, New Brunswick. 114 (14, bAt, J , St 5. Arrd Nina, Gillies, Tobago. 7th.—Ca k% eArthur, Trinidad; 4' Harbinger, New York; Scotch I ' l l, lhar2Y Newfoundland. Sid. William Hutt, Montreal. I,ut.la - " e, -tti ' e ; Hamilton ou Mitchell, Marshall, Antigua. k. 11° 1 3 e. -LL'f ' J I:NE 6.—Arrd. Amelia, Brown, Cape of Go . o n d l..iiejBth."--'Laurel, Wilson, Trinidad; Monarch, _Brims , heoi4; Odessa, Vesas, St. John's, New Bruns•wick. to -I ta t e e atr a °P i . GOOD HOPE, APRIL 16.—Her Majesty's ship 11;4' e p i s "as arrived here with damage, having been on a ; ° lt the coast of Madagascar, and whilst recovering aeve •",.‘ r , llsed in warping her off, Lieutenant Molesworth Atop ' Inen were massacred by the natives.. 'iii 1.4 , 1441 ., Malt 18.—The John Harris, Pascoe, from 411 MC 1 3 1 081, OR the eastward part of the banks of New tal, Sp oi , - - -ELTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) toile ; NEWTON RACES. w'ng stakes and plates closed on Saturday even- WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 soya. each. ktig, 33 Yrs--Fitzjames, 3 yrs— c by H amp t on, out of T 5 yrs—The Best. of Three, 3 yrs. 3),..44e lielate of 501 for horses that never won 501. ad ,' 3 yrs—Fenella gelding, 3 yrs—llampton colt., \C.c4 4 reY, 3 yrs—Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs—Lady Bell colt, t tl eva, 3 yrs—Sister to Clare filly, 3 yrs—Secret, 3 ist„,_ Robin, 3 yrs—Boniface, 3 yrs—Fair Ellen, 4 yrs -squat, 4 yrs. THURSDAY. 3lit int Plate of 50/. Heats, one mile and half. ai g . ,be, 4 yrs—Miss Miggs, 4 yrs—Merry Andrew, 4 .h. L 4 b B t4l'eY, 4 yrs—c h Hampton, 3 yrs—Godfrev, 3 yrs -804;4.1)111 4 yrs—The Best of Three, 3 yrs-Geneva, 3 1,3 a ce, 3 yrs—Cock Robin, 3 yrs—Sister to Clar e -a•-• Secret, 3 yrs.. FRIDAY. T,,,,he St. Helen's Purse of 50/., &c. tiZ? e i s t -tlighness, 3 yrs—The Best of Three, 3 yrs— hL 11 . i' l leY, 2 yrs—Pluto, 2 yrs—Beaumont, 3 yrs -Ntro°Y, 2 yrs—Doctor Husband, 3 yrs—Dog Billy, 3 iQl,i, of D.... at e of 501., winner to be sold for 150/., &c. e i " e he, 4 yrs—Pensive 4 yrs—Missey, 3 yrs—The 7 t h e - --1-I • ' s„, .„. udibras, 6yrs—Yarrow, 3 yrs— Sir Abstrupus, tlti e mlat . ',,zaddy, 3 yrs--Morpeth, 6 yrs—Boniface, 3 311-- 4 yr s. s—b It by Muley Moloch, out of Percy's • Ca AQUATICS. D' Qr. A p (JAL DOUBLE SCULLING MATCH OF Z o rl : 4 b SCHOOL —Th's interesting event came off on Is e t o'clock, the i distance being from Windsor 1 14, 4 th re illd the rushes, ' and back to the bridge, distance " waeemil.es and a half. There were twenty-two boats bijq in five divisions, as follows :- 44 911_ 1 i en e ,, t ' l "n—Hodgson and Pott, Lascelles and Green ,iori s t : pd Miles, Bl•Neven and Vansittart, Mirehouse iktimiai b. t!awrerice. e lsi on--Williamson and Stuart, Mr. Finch and Cl'q is`Po. ey and Heywood, Heywood and Close. k v ,,,,,-zion—Fitz g erald and Predericks, Winter and t t t ,i4ed !'d and Foster, Beecher and Clissold, Cooper and jiti`t4l,,,:ision—Murchison and Miller, Balguy and Ship- Adlington, Munro, ma., and Munro, mi. Thebe k ° and Sutherland, ma., Woodbridge start was Lutterell and Ethelstone, Sutton and Mosely. iktilho.f,,ven..3 excellent, and all kept . their positions to t leet ain neelles and Greenwood having the lead, w . hich ,Vey wined round the rulhes to Bargeman's-bridge, It t 74,:rer e „_' r e Passed by Woodbridge and De Kos. These It a ,tl42t). st 7t,elled to yield to Burton and Sutherland, Yteilth;lY three isttruggle., who passed them at the post, and i hiod e itos gantdhemoiodKv,iNcrlennslyonl;scaLicaeclyelleab and thir d--all the ruck being well together. r kltu rch, t ) PETE AT CHISWICK. • ; his Grace the Duke of Devonshire gave a cii'l'ilac at - '"'Petre in the splendid grounds of his magni k't,tt e hiswick, which was honoured with the pre -I:'ett/ Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, his 4 1 4, 4 ,,gief r i tlog of Saxony, his Royal Highness Prince \b t e t 'Se, C`Val Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of fid get seven Highness the Duchess of G . louceste!, kea t ,...., and eight hundred of the principal obi- I) the corps diplomatique, &c. &c. 74.Nt1 s, which are very extensive, were most taste with elegant marquees and tents, and the Q . of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) . and the eards, in their state dresses, were in atten tkiki4tl. 1 3' k o , -I d e at s ve minutes to two o'clock, the advance of ditselt, which consisted of a troop of the 17th N i 'V t ;l l lrid e `t , into the avenue, followed by two of the lh e. ,,lii eh t e , in scarlet liveries, preceding . the Imperial Vlot t 7ia 4 Consisted of six of her Majesty's private 14 4 k4 e Th e all of them open, the servants in scarlet ili s i tor4 r st carriage contained his Imperial Majesty r ,l'ussia, his Majesty the King of Saxony, It k 411ghness Prince Albert. The two former sat T to the horses, and Prince Albert on the op ttiLki,t oftlA4he remaining five carriages contained the 40t. t at r i: r espective royal suites. Immediately behind tt74i nh ge followed that of his Royal Highness the fol,l:4ll4irtilige, preceded by an outrider. 9k 4 l 'hy oiet te nq of a most gorgeously displayed dejeune tt, t let', 4 ll4 ' D t .. ,ne Emperor of Russia, with the King of it l i t t t kze at 'ince Albert, took their departure at a kS ah ° 9r o'clock, on their return to town. They li * th e ' th e] l ed to their carriages by the Duke of Devon :),' tiad:rger portion of the company, amid a royal sa- V 1,158,6 rePreeat!ng the national anthem. , _ The Eme pki. ac e ;:f 'I:lolls to entering the r . opil carriag le :Noble Duke, and shook him warmly by • - an bother of the high road from Chiswick to Hyde at id des of the road were nearly lined with 3kektilt; vehicles of different descriptions, filled with °l ' s to witness the arrival and departure of the 4 , 1 11 . '14, ~i e r th e Grace the Duke of Devon tit Ilk a Napoleon Museum this morning, accom k4it i et t - t kr t j,;te gentleman. PORGERIES.—Since the discovery VS, * re ,'urgeries, the Bank of England have adopted 1 1 , 1 74 fp for with reference to the granting powers k Ock t d e kle f or sale or transfer of stock. 'When an appli % Or a L th. Power of attorney, a letter is immediately Party or parties in whose name the stock of which th e f o ll ow i ng i s a copy :—" Bank I ltS t 't kt to ion has been made f o r a pow er o f at the th e " win :: 4,l er of stock standing in your name lt„3,,,,,z(ta e „'lgil and return the letter attached to this, I :' l 4t . ifY to be of stock to be On etransfrred, and the name N l 4 k 'N et . ue Your attorney." the off sheet is the e f t tt: t . 4 :....;‘,Ta_the outside of which a postage stamp is a w to ls c h k to gi h -e e a li p a o n e l - t e w r attorney for the pkit * r otit t e°Wer of attorney until answers have been 4:l'Ned e Parties to whom the above letters have 1il l " • VtO • 4e clt, fore 2 o'clock, as the ship Ruby, of Bristol, ti d ' on her voyage home from China, was t rte k rligh t e to proceed to London, when off Graves nilletist.ore„zer,, heavily laden with corn, ran foul of her, t;!k t l %) th e a , u lowing - at the time, such was the force . of 0,; 1 4 4t A 416_ 1 ' the lighter's bows were stove in, and in QIN 'lig O %N si;',,es, notwithstanding the exertions of the Ot t t vl b y 4 . N., went down in deep water, and the crew, °rk4i''l4 ad a t ekia,,`",en and a boy, narrowly escaped being r 11,,, t hat the boat attached to the stern. M e Sot istati Whilst the crew of a brig were putting off ''."c4e Whilst 11 b d ‘ R th, ,4 ed. of them, a youngfe over oar tit'te alis 4 teh n 2 s:o blame whatever attaches to the f i let tlitttat ; or,amm as she was at the time of the collision t4 ti /I Op t t vad a signal light hoisted at her bows Ytci, tip °e loeC L ACKWALL.—Last evening, shortly I,4tr ofe most painful occurrence took place J t litt e 3 thigati eh 4 J r lie ckwall-pier. A waterman, named l it tete cad ge of a barge used for supplying fresh k m hi, le g th_ Which was moored in the Thames im -14,4Ni. th e etart tntrance of the East India Docks, had 1 4 ;14 4 A . '• aie 'Ll a boat with his three sons, when he '4 5 I ) ,.'he puln steamer, No. 10, corning from k,th, °Nett er 91- Blackwell ' and the Coquette steamer on t o r t ler, and steering round with the tide so IO ist4ht ? B ,el s a reenwich. Seeing t he close proximity trios desirous of gaining the shore, Vi t r E t '" Prudent course to lay to, so that p°44 p r ,itt ! t, ~,,n e .e.! him ; for, by pulling out into the h eoin 6 w i :n g eit:ritif contact with the Waterman No. N th e he 8 n wi th ,? the water barge, he might also N s f , tn ° hie yar,'oe Coquette. The former steamer Vtt e trai t , a 'is, but the latter came in contact .1)e tag nard .as quickly capsized it, throwing h orn, ste"'d his three • • t the river. The toti g e ie ro, a nd _ sons o ot , v, ,rope was lowered from her bows 4 bale `"helieer, hire : o r caught hold of by Guard, r, t u l ° l4 t I ve -4 : 1( 11 ? this, how a ev o e at t r w l el e l a a t s o e n r e ce o i f i h n i g s ittiLhe I ' o y he the st C r un down pru r' de i n e tl e caught hold of c r i ope thae:iner, and ' thereby y reseued himself. Zs k. th ilt ep ti :!0 was LW,S . throw n to him round the body O t t k j,,Pth atiot ) ? side „ea„!elY haule , l on board, and heithen •rei k j W as 'ev of th e vessel vessel on to the deck. It was Ithi4 be a s t ell ti esti " ° Y! 3 was missing, and in the next i :W fle rvr h il a g d just by the paddle-box, and a t ( o t o t / trd s 8 ollgh _arrived at the spot, promptly . ltet t tilil;7 l , i _of the' _.arrived exhausted state. Nothing -tie " h ift The waterman and his th:,,t ! the pre,:r ore, and removed to their homes. head ,yli rt ery part of the Blackwell Railway Corn toof the afternoon, another vessel, YiP:4 l 'ke v elet i d eu irling i n til ! _same Company, was much 0,14 Ace steamer collision, off Blackwell, with the that iy,:bea t TENT itt,tt g with°CtkeaStidtehaegTairninstitya t Nt z hree o,ec TIER RIVER.—On Friday o,tiAdei 't whe n lighter 4 ► kt e l eh aid e off th e stronghus Tri n i ty-h ouse h a te e ate Royal Hospital, Greenwich, !1d wade ea , from Edinburh,?ssed, and the It of ` t ree in sect t he ht kl, dl .th e Mei eh _the act of . g 9 - to ship a vast body , , tacking between the Isle of sk ,', th° p a er'? ra n she went down in deep water. , 4 1 , ar s esb. Oft to Lilo th e ri 41 11 * llet t h at t heir re gging, and were saved by ithr) A the tun e L selle ; a fourth it is believed, t ett `' b °l4 t e she went down, a!nd must have " W ftity f eet Of the mast and rigging AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING. The fine packet-3hip Queen of the WeA, Captain Woodhouse, arrived here to-day from New York, with intelligence to the 21st ult., five days in advance of the last packet. The treaty for the annexation of Texas was still before the Senate ; but that body, feeling the inconvenience of discussing it with closed doors, it had been resolved to admit the press in order to report the proceedings. General Cass, one of the candidates for the Presidency, and recently Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries, had, in a published letter, &dared in favour of the an nexation. The President had addressed a message to the Senate, in which he declares that. he had sent a ma ritime force to the Gulf of Mexico, and provided a land force on the frontiers of Mexico, in case that Republic should have declared war against the United States on account of the annexation project. This message had been violently assailed by the opponents of Mr. Tyler, who is declared to have acted most illegally in doing all this in the dark, without acquainting Congress with his movements, and his impeachment is loudly called for. Bishop Hughes, of New York, had addressed a long letter to the Morning Courier relative to the Philadelphia riot, pointinv , out the political causes in which they ori ginated, and showing that the violent sectarian animosity of which they were the result, had been encouraged by certain parties for political purposes. The writer is the Catholic Bishop of New York. The various electi..neering manoeuvring to get certain favourite candidates adopted by the Baltimore Conven tion, which were about meeting in that city, increased the nearer the time approached. The annexation ques tion seems to have thrown both parties into an anoma lous position. As regards Mr. Tyler, who introduced it, no party seems inclined to take him by the hand, although it is clear that an eye to his re-election was the guiding feeling in that movement. In all probability Mr. Van Buren will be the democratic candidate—whe ther he will be the next President is another question. It is stated by parties who profess to look only at the result, irrespective of party bias, that Mr. Clay's chances of success have been strengthened by that apple of dis cord—the annexation. The Provincial Parliament of Canada is summoned for the 26th of June. The neighbourhood of Montreal had been the scene of two slight shocks of earthquakes. The Cotton market at New York was in a depressed state ; the Stock market, which had been very lethargic, was improving, and business upon the whole is repre sented as being in a sound, if not thriving condition. LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK, MAY 21.—Little business is doing in foreign exchanges, which are dull at 108 k to 109 on London, and 5 274 on Paris. Tile foreign advices received yesterday do not appear to have had any effect upon our markets. Cotton is inactive at former prices. The weather continues unfavourable for out-door opera tions, consequently the transactions in Flour are limited— prices, however, are firm. Genessee 4 dolls. 75c. ; Ohio and Michigan, 4 dolls. 62ic. to 4 dolls. 75c. ; Brandywine and Georgetown, 5 dolls. ; Baltimore, Howard-street, Richmond County, Alexandria and Fredericksburg, 4 dolls. 874 c. to 5 dolls. ; Rye Flour, 3 dolls. 12ic. ; Cora Meal, 2 dolls. 62ic. to 2 dolls. 75c. The market is well supplied with Southern Corn-1,900 bushels sold at 48c. measure, and 2,500 bushels at 49c. ; 150 bbls. Pot Ashes were taken at 4 dolls. 314 c. ; 50 bbls. Pearls, 4 dolls. 75c. (From the New York Herald, May 21.) Stocks advanced to-day very much. The sales were rather limited, but prices show a very great improvement. Norwich and Worcester advanced 10 per cent. ; Stonington, 4 do ; Long Island, Ido ' • Canton, sdo ; Ohio 6's, d o ; Illi no i s , ; Farmer's Trust, 1 ; Mohawk, 1* ; Pennsylvania, s's, i; Indiai,a, since last sale. Kentucky 6's closed firm at Saturday's prices. This rapid rise is almost unprecedented. It is undoubtedly caused by the course adopted by the banks in extending their discounts. There is very little else doing in Wall-street, but Stock operations and speculators are in ne spirits. A CONTESTED ELECTION. We quote the following clever sketch of a con tested election from the second edition of " Co ningsby," just published : " It was the end of a sultry July day, the last ray of sun shooting down Pall-mall sweltering with dust ; there was a crowd round the doors of the Carlton and the Reform Clubs, and every now and then an express arrived with the agitating bulletin of a fresh defeat or a new triumph. Coningsby was walking up Pall-mall. He was going to dine at the Oxford and Cambridge Club, the only club on whose list he had retained his name, that he might occasionally have the pleasure of meeting an Eton or Cambridge friend without the an noyance of encountering any of his former fashionable acquaintances. He lighted in his walk on Mr. Tadpole and Mr. Taper, both of whom he knew. The latter did not notice him, but Mr. Tadpole more good-naturedly bestowed on him a rough nod, not unmarked by a slight expression of coarse pity. " Coningsby ordered his dinner, and then took up the evening papers, where he learnt the return of Vere and Lyle; and read a speech of Buckhurst denouncing the Venetian Constitution to the amazement of several thou sand persons apparently not a little terrified by this un known danger, now first introduced on their notice. Being true Englishmen, they were all against Buck hurst's opponent, who was of the Venetian party, and who ended by calling out Buckhurst for his personali ties. " Coningsby had dined, and was reading :in the library, when a waiter brought up a third edition of The Sun, with electioneering bulletins from the manufactur ing districts to the very latest hour. Some large letters which expressed the name of Darlford caught his eye. There seemed great excitement in that borough; strange proceedings had happened. The column was headed, Extraordinary Affair ! Withdrawal of the Liberal Candidate ! Two Tory Candidates in the field !! !' His eye glanced over an animated speech of Mr. Millbank, his countenance changed, his heart palpitated. Mr. Millbank had resigned the representation of the town, but not from weakness; his avocations demanded his presence; he had been requested to let his son sup ply his place, but his son was otherwise provided for ; he should always take a deep interest in the town and trade of Dartford; he hoped that the link between the borough and Hellingsley would be ever cherished— (Loud cheering)—he wished in parting from them to take a step which should conciliate all parties, put an, end to local heats and factious contentions, and secure the town an able and worthy representative. For these reasons he begged to propose to them a gentleman who bore a name which many of them greatly honoured; for himself, he knew the individual, and it was his firm opinion that whether they considered his talents, his character, or the ancient connection of his family with the district, he could not propose a candidate more worthy of their confidence than Harry Coningsby, Esq. " This proposition was received with that wild.enthu siasm which occasionally bursts out in the most civilised communities. The contest between Millbank and Rigby was equally balanced, neither party was over confident. The Conservaties were not particularly zealous in behalf I of their champion; there was no Marquess of Monmouth and no Coningsby Castle now to back him; he was fighting on his own resources; and he was a beaten. horse. The Liberals did not like the prospect of a de feat and dreaded the mortification of Rigby's triumph. The moderate man who thought more of local than poli tical circumstances liked the name of Coningsby. Mr. Millbank had dexterously prepared his leading sup porters for the substitution. Some traits of the charac ter and conduct of Coningsby had been cleverly circu lated. Thus there was a combination of many favour able causes in his favour. In half an hour's time his image was stamped on the brain of every inhabitant of the borough as an interesting and accomplished youth, who had been wronged and who deserved to be rewarded. It was whispered that Rigby was his enemy. Bully Bluck and his mob offered Mr. Millbank's Committee to throw Mr. Rigby into the river; or to burn down his hotel, in case he was prudent enough not to show. Mr. Rigby determined to fight to the last. All his hopes were now staked on the successful result of this contest. It was impossible if he were returned that his friends could refuse him high office. The whole of Lord Mon mouth's reduced legacy was devoted to this end. The third edition of The Sun left Mr. Rigby in vain attempt ing to address an infuriated populace." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The visit of her Majesty, accompanied by the Emperor of Russia and the King of Saxony to the Opera, drew an audi ence more numerous than any that has been collected within this theatre for the last quarter of a century. By six o'clock a large crowd had collected round the doors. In Pall-mall and the Ilaymarket the windows of most of the houses were crowded, and the ends of the streets leading into the line of route were filled with carriages of various deseriptions. At five minutes past eight o'clock the Royal and Illustrious party left Buckingham Palace in eight royal carriages, each drawn by two horses, with the servants in scarlet liveries. The first six carriages contained the members of the suites of tke Emperor of Russia and the King of Saxony ; the seventh, which had two footmen, contained her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Saxony ; and the eighth contained the immediate attendants of the Queen and her Consort. The illustrious party were loudly cheered as they proceeded towards the Opera House, but much astonishment was expressed at the absence of all that pomp and circumstance which might have been expected on such an occasion ; two footmen were behind the carriage which conveyed her Majesty and her illustrious guests, whilst one servant only was allotted to each of the other carrriages. The untidy and dingy appearance of the Royal equipages, the horses, harness, &c., was the theme of general observa tion, and presented a strong and unfavourable contrast with the sumptuous displays of elegance, com bi ne d w i t h magni ficence in which our nobility are wont to indulge upon similar occasions. The appearance of the interior of the house was splendid in the extreme. Many of those whose boxes were placed in an unfavourable position to view the royal group removed to the opposite side. The Duchess of Beaufort, the Countess of Chesterfield, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, occupied the Melton omnibus box on the stage, whilst their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Leinster were for a time seated in another above. Nothing could be more brilliant than the array of ladies on this side of the house, dressed in the most splendid toilettes, scintillating with gems and diamonds. At twenty minutes past eight the arrival of the royal party without was announced, and at once began the beautiful overture of the Barbiere. A prolonged interval ensued before the en trance of the Sovereigns into the royal box itself, during which the audience seemed divided between eager curiosity and fear of disappointment. On the appearance of her Majesty and her august guests the whole house rose, and the re markable silence that had prevailed gave way to a general explosion of applause, accompanied by the most cordial cheering from the male parts of the assemblage, and the wav ing of handkerchiefs by the ladies. This scene was so pro longed as to interrupt the performance, and whilst it lasted the house presented the most impressive and animated sight imaginable. When the curtain fell after the first act, "God save the Queen" was unanimously called for from all parts of the theatre. After a short interval, the curtain drew up, revealing the whole operatic troupe marshalled bq- rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 18 • hind it, Thb whole audience immediately rose amidst plau dits, cheers, and waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The august travellers and the Royal Consort, from delicacy, re tired to the back of the box, leaving her Gracious Majesty standing alone in front, to receive the cordial tribute of re spect—each verse of the national anthem creating a fresh outburst of applause. Immediately after " God save the Queen" was over, and the curtain had descended, with the most commendable good taste, the national Russian hymn was played. It was, we hear, played at si g ht ; b u t it was executed with the most remarkable precision and feeling by the admirable orchestra, under its able conductor, and pro duced the most imposing effect. Her Majesty, with his Majesty the Emperor of Russia and his Majesty the King of Saxony, were attended by the Duchess of Buccleuch, Baron Brunnow, Count Orloff, the Earl of llardwicke, Prince Radzivil, Baron Gersdorff, General d'Adlerberg, Earl of Morton, Colonel Arbuthnot, Count Vitzthum, Baron de Reichardt, Dr. Carus, Prince Wassiltschikoff; Dr. Reinolds, Mons. de Minckwitz, M d'Alderberg, and Colonel Glasenard, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Gloucester, PriLeess Mary of Cambridge, were attended by Baron Knesebeck. Amongst the company we also observed the Dukes of Wel lington, Devonshire, Leinster, Montrose, Leeds; the Duchesses of Beaufort. Somerset, Montrose, Sutherland, Leinster, Roxburghe ; Baron Nieumann, the Marquises of Ailesbury, Normanby, Douro, Clanricarde, Worcester, Win chester, Granby, Huntly ; the Marchionesses of Ailesbury, Douro, Clanricarde, Westmeath ; the Earls of Pembroke, Aber deen, Liverpool, Jersey, Dunmore, Kenmare, Wilton ' Bruce, Sandwich, Falmouth ; the Countesses o f Jersey, Wilton, Dowager Pembroke, Kenmare, Dunmore, Chesterfield, Glen gall ; Lords Castlereagh, Foley, Cantalupe, A. Fitzclarence, Ernest Bruce, Macdonald, Alfred Villiers, Alfred Paget, Sondes, Aylmer, Ranelagh ; Ladies Alice Peel, Gardner, Vil liers, Lyndhurst, Ernest Bruce, Clementina Villiers, Somer set, Seymour, Southampton, Osborne, Alfred Aylmer, Edward Thynne, Miller, Meux, John Scott, Webster, Foulis, Pynn, Bulkeley Williams; Count de Noailles ; Sire W. Massey Stanley, A. B. Clifton, H. Willoughby, H. Webb, H. Meux, C. Kent, C Shakerley, J. Beckett, T. Hare; Honourables Mr. and Mrs. Yorke, G. Byng, C. Cavendish; Colonels D'Oyley, Wildman, Knox, Mrs. Colonel Fitch, Captain Meynell, Cap tain Lyon, Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Wombwell, Mr. C. Standish, &c., &c. COURT CIRCULAR. The Bishop of Norwich, and a deputation from the Linmean Society, had an audience of the King of Saxony, on Saturday morning, at Buckingham Palace. The deputation consisted of Sir William Jackson Hooker, Dr. Horsfield, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Robert Brown, were presented to his Majesty by his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, and the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting. His Majesty was graciously pleased to enrol his name as an Honorary Member of the Society. At twelve o'clock the Ring of Saxony held a Levee at Buckingham Palace for the reception of the Diplomatic Corps. The following were present :—Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador ; Count de Jarnac, First Se cretary ; and Baron de Talleyrand, Attacl4to the Em bassy ; Aah Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador ; Count de Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister ; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Mr. Charles Drouet, Secre tary of Legation ; M. Moreno, Buenos Ayrean Minister ; Baron de Cetto, Bavaritin Minister ; M. Dedel, the Ne therlands Minister ; Baron de Moncorvo, the Portu guese Minister ; M. Alejo Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister ; Baron de Hugel, Wurtemberg Minister ; le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Minister ; Mr. Everett, United States Minister, and Mr. Rives, the Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Nieumann, Aus trian Minister, and Baron Kolher, First Secretary of Legation ; Mr. Murphy, Mexican Minister ; M. M. Mosquera, New Greneda Charge d'Affaires • Baron de Thile, Prussian Charge d'Affaires ; M. ' de Tacon, Spanish Charge d'Affaires ; Baron de Brockdorff, Se cretary to the Danish Legation (in the absence of his Excellency Count Reventlow, who is in Scotland) ; and Mr. Colquhoun, Diplomatic Agent for the Hanse Towns, and Consul-General for the Ring of Saxony. Their Excellencies appeared in their different uniforms and official costumes, the members of Orders of Knight hood wearing their respective insignia. The King received the Diplomatic Corps in the Library. His Majesty was attended by Baron Gers dorff, his Excellency M. de Minckwitz, Count Albert Vitzthum, Baron de Reichardt, and Dr. Carus. The Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting, and Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting, were also in attendance on his Majesty at the reception. The Diplomatic Corps took their departrue from the Palace at half-past twelve o'clock. The Emperor of Russia, attended by Baron Brunnow, went on Saturday forenoon to the Senior United Service Club, in Pall-mall, where his Imperial Majesty alighted, and inspected the different saloons. The Emperor then proceeded to the new Houses of Parliament, where his Imperial Majesty was met by Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. The Prince accompanied the Emperor during the inspection of the new Houses of Parliament. His Imperial Majesty, attended by Baron Brunnow afterwards, went to Montague House, Whitehall-gar dens, in an open carriage, to visit the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, His Royal Highness Prince Albert re• turned on horseback . to Buckingham Palace, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. The Emperor of Russia returned to the Palace at twelve o'clock. The Duke of Wellington arrived at the Palace soon after twelve o'clock, to have an audience of the Emperor of Russia. The Noble Duke was habited in a Russian uniform, and wore the insignia of the Garter and of the Golden Fleece. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Sa turday, at Buckingham Palace. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Saxony, Prince Albert, and their respective suites, left the Palace at a quarter past one o'clock, to honour the Duke of Devon shire with their company,' at the grand fête given by his Grace, at his Villa at Chiswick. The illustrious party occupied five (open) carriages and four, and were escorted by a party of Lancers. The first carriagecontained his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and his Majesty the King of Saxony. The second carriage contained the Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater ; the Count Orloff; his Excellency Baron Brunnow ; and the Lord in Waiting on the Emperor of Russia, the Earl of Hardwicke. IRELAND. (FROM A MORNING CONTEMPORARY.) THE WRIT OF ERROR. DUBLIN, JUNE B.—Mr. Ford, the s o li c it or o f M r . O'Con nell in the State prosecutions, left Kingstown yesterday for London, in order to instruct counstl respecting the writ of error. I have learned that Sir Coleman O'Loghlen and Mr. Close, two of the counsel for the traversers, are about hi leave for London, to co-operate with th e nglish counsel during the argument on the writ of error before the House of Lords. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—YESTERDAY. TIIE QUEEN V. O'CONNELL AND OTHERS. The Attorney-General was in attendance at the sitting of the Court. Mr. CLOSE applied that the officer be at liberty to amend certain clerical errors in the assignments of error filed on the part of the several defendants. JUDGE BURTON—We had better wait until the rest of the Court sit. Mr. CLOSE—The Attorney. General consents to the ap plication. ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I do, my Lord. Application granted. The other Judges having entered the Court, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, I have to hand in, my Lords, the joinders in error in the Queen v. O'Connell. Mr. Kenunis, put your name at the foot of each of them. Mr. CLOSE—I apprehend there can be no doubt about the practice. My application is to have the case placed in the Crown paper, so that it may be disposed of here without de lay, and our writ of error to Parliament speeded. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was of opinion that these assignments of error could not be argued in any place but in that Court. Mr. Close said the case was to be argued pro forma only, and of course he (the Attorney-General) had no idea to take up the pubic time, but he thought it neces sary to make this statement to the Court. It was then arranged that the case should be disposed of on Monday. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was perfectly satisfied not to argue the question, if their Lordships did not think it necessary. The matter was then allowed to drop. MR. O'CONNELL IN PRISON. Yesterday and this day a considerable number of gentle men, many of them from various parts of the country, paid their respects to Mr. O'Connell and the other State prison ers. Several addresses were presented by deputations from public meetings. The Limerick Reporter says—" The resolutions adopted at the meeting in this city on Friday week, having• been re ceived by Mr. William Smith O'Brien, he communicated them to the Liberator in a manner the most courteous, and in a tone of feeling which alone could arise from his entire concurrence in the sentiments they contained. The reply of the Liberator, as nearly as could be collected, was to the following effect : " He said his heart was light, and his spirit full of hope. Instead of considering the prison as a disgrace, or even a punishment, he rejoiced that he had at length the honour and the happiness of suffering for Ireland. He loved his native land only the more intensely for that suffering, and that love would, he was convinced, be rewarded by the result of the trials and of the imprisonment. " ' The repeal of the union is certain. It is certain ; be cause the people of Ireland will preserve the peace unbroken —it is certain; because the nniversal people of Ireland will persevere in their peaceful but determined, demand for that repeal. Relaxation in the agitation for repeal is no longer possible. Neutrality is at an end. Every man must take a part. He who is not for Ireland is against her. "' II who is not a repealer—he who does not unequivocally show his disapprobation of the unconstitutional proceedings adopted against the friends of Ireland belongs to the camp of the enemy, and is ranged at the same side with the Attorney- General, and comforts and abets the prosecutors who had placed him (Mr. O'Connell) in prison. " 4 The men of Limerick—the descendants of the heroes and heroines of old—are amongst the first to prove them selves worthy of a crisis so imminent and unparalleled as the present. The men of Limerick will rally round the all but annihilated liberties of their country. They will secure the universal co-operation of every true Irishman ; for no Irish man can be true who does not co-operate to make his native country a nation again. " "ro him (Mr. O'Connell) the gaol was a paradise, as it secured that co-operation—a co-operation peaceful in its na ture, butsternly determined in its object—the Repeal of the Union.' " POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. A requisition is in progress for a meeting of the county of Meath, to address Mr. O'Connell and the other State pri soners, and to promote the collection of the repeal rent. Mr. H. Grattan, one of the Members for the county of Meath, has published the following address to his constituents " Gentlemen—After a painful and an unwilling absence, I have returned to Ireland, and have passed through London without entering the House of Commons. " Of this I think it right to apprise you, and as I am in • formed that a public meeting will be held on Monday next, at the Corn Exchange, in Dublin, I shall attend for the pur pose of explaining my conduct and my views to my consti tuents, on the propriety of which it will be for them to Beside. The third carriage contained his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, his Excellency M. de Minelcwitx, and the Lord in Waiting on the King of Saxony, the Earl of Morton. The fourth carriage contained Prince Wassiltsehikoff, Count Albert Vitzthum, Baron Radzivill, and le Colonel Gla zenap. The fifth carriage contained M. d'Adlerberg, the Baron de Reichardt, Dr. Carus, and Dr. Reinolds. Lord George Lennox, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lieut.-Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Lieut.-Colonel Wylde had previously left the Palace, in an open carriage and four, for Chiswick. Prince Albert, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Saxony, and the Royal Suite, returned to the Palace at half-past five o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Saxony, went on Saturday evening to her Majesty's Theatre, to honour the performance of the Italian Opera with their presence. A few minutes past Eight o'oclock, the august party left the Palace for the Opera House. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Saxony, being in one carriage. The Royal Suites occupied seven of her Majesty's ear -1 riages, and included the Duchess of Buccleuch, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Lister, Viscount Sydney, Earl of Hardwicke, Earl of Morton, Colonel Arbuthnot, the Count Orloff, le General d'Alderberg, le Prince Wassiltschikoff, le Prince Radzivill, Colonel Glasenap, M. d'Alderberg, Dr. Reinolds, M. de Minckwitz, Count Albert Vitzthum, Baron de Reichardt, and Dr. Carus. Yesterday morning the Emperor of Russia attended Divine service in the Chapel in Welbeck-street. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, and the Noblemen and Gentlemen of his suite, were in waiting. His Majesty the King of Saxony attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Bavarian Chapel in Warwick-street. His Majesty was attended by the Gentlemen of his suite. In the afternoon the Emperor of Russia, attended by his Excellency Baron Brunnow, honoured the Dowager Countess of Pembroke with a visit. His Imperial Majesty returned to the Palace at four o'clock, and afterwards gave audience to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia took his departure yesterday afternoon for the Continent. The Queen, who was attended by the Duchess of Buc cleuch, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Lister, took leave of her august guest in the Sculpture Gallery. The Royal Family accompanied her Majesty. The Great Officers of State, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse, and also Viscount Sydney, Lord in Waiting; the Hon. Charles A. Murray, Master of the Household; Sir Henry Wheatley, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting; and Colonel Ar buthnot, Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, were in at tendance in the Grand Hall, and with each of these gen tlemen the Emperor took leave. At five minutes before five o'clock the Emperor was handed into one of the Queen's carriages by the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse, his Royal Highness Prince Albert accompanying his Imperial Majesty. His Excellency Baron Brunno w , the Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's principal Secretary of Siete for Foreign Affairs, and the Count Orloff, occupied the next carriage and four. :Tiaare the honour to be, gentlemen, your sincere friend and very attached humble servant, _ HENRY GRATTAN. " Dublin, Saturday, June 8, 1844." CITY OF DUBLIN. ST. ANDREW'S WARD.—Yesterday a numerous and re spectable meeting of the inhabitants of this ward was held for the purpose of recording their opinions of the late State prosecutions, and adopting an address of condole nce t o t h e Liberator and his fellow-martyrs in prison. Seventy pounds were collected on the spot. ST. AUDEON'S WARD.—A numerous and respectable meet ing of the liberal burgesses of St. Audeon's ward was yester day held in Spitalfield Market, for the purpose of adopting an address of sympathy to the Liberator and his fellow prisoners, as also for the purpose of giving public expression to the feelings of the inhabitants of that district of the city with respect to the recent state prosecutions. CASTLE WARD.—A meeting of the liberal burgesses of the Castle ward was held on Thursday last, at the Royal Ex change, for the purpose of considering the propriety of pre senting an address expressive of sympathy and conidence to the Liberator and his fellow-martyrs. The Very Rev. A. O'Connell, D.D., was called to the chair amid loud applause. The very reverend gentleman said he warmly concurred in the object of the meeting, and thought the time had fully arrived when it was the im perative duty of every• Irishman, who had the welfare of his country at heart, to come forward, and declare his sen timents manfully and unequivocally.--(Hear, hear.) Who had a heart to feel, or a mind to understand, cou ld be silent when the man whom they all loved was confined in a prison —the man on whom the hopes and affections of an entire na tion were unalterably fixed? COLLEGE WARD.—A very numerous and respectable meet ing of the inhabitants of the College Ward was held in the Adelphi Theatre, for the purpose of.adopting an address to the Liberator and his fellow-martyrs in the cause of their com • mon country, as well as to express their firm determination to redouble their exertions in peaceably and constitution ally agitating until the repeal was carried. Alderman Rooney was called to the chair. Several subset iptionn were handed in to the amount of 501. A deputation s Astber...l4 pointed to present the address to Mr. O'Connell. MEETING OF THE FOUR COUUTS' WARD.—OR nurs day evening the inhabitants of this ward met for the pur pose of making arrangements for the more efficient collec tion of the repeal rent, and adopting an address of congratu lation to the illustrious Liberator and his fellow-martyrs. James Sheridan, Esq., T.C., presided. Several persons pre sent during the meeting subscribed 11. each ; but, on the chair being vacated, the scene that presented itself was most remarkable. Many rushed eagerly forward, and contributed shillings, half-crowns, &c., according to their respective capa cities. At the close of the proceedings the" subscriptions had amounted to a large sum. • CORK CORPORATION.—There was a most numerous at tendance of the members of the Council at the usual weekly meeting on Thursday, the Mayor presiding. An address to Mr. O'Connell, expressive of the Council's sympathy with him under his present trials, and their unalterable attach ment to him and to the national cause, for the advocacy of which he is so great a sufferer, was passed by an overwhelm ing majority.—Corkßeporter. CORK CHA3IBER OF COMMERCE. —The Corh Examiner of yesterday contains the following :—A highly influential meet ing of the friends of O'Connell and repeal was held this day at two, in the Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of organising the collection for the year of captivity. At the unanimous call of the meeting Aderman Daniel Murphy took the chair. Several resolutions were passed expressive of theunalterable attachment of the people to their great leader. At the close of the proceedings a subscription list was opened, and in the space of five minutes 200/. and odd was collected. There is not the slightest doubt but that Cork will forward 1,0001. to the national cause in the course of the next week. LIMERICK CORPORATION.—On Tuesday the town council met for the special purpose of voting an address to the Liberator, and to express their feeling of the conduct of the Government, and their own fixed determination to persevere in the struggle for a domestic Parliament. CITY OF LIMERICK.—On Thursday the citizens of Limerick assembled to record their sentiments in reference to the monster sentence passed upon the Liberator of Ireland and the other traversers who share his lot. The meeting was by far the largest, most influential, and respectable seen in this city for a length of time, and everyman wore a repeal button in his coat. KILKENNY CORPORATION.—The corporation yesterday (Friday) voted an address to Mr. O'Connell, which is to be presented by the mayor and almost all the members of the corporation, on Monday next. NENAGlL—Thursday evening a meeting was held at the Temperance-hall, the Rev. Nicholas Power, C.C., in the chair. Mr. Spain, treasurer of the fund, announced the amount of the collection to be nearly 1401., not including the contributions of the clergy, which are to be separately sent forward through the Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy. We may observe that the above sum has been exclusively contributed in the (own. .... Lord George Lennox, Lieutenant-Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, le General d'Adlerberg, M. d'Ad lerberg, le Prince Wassiltschikoff, le Prince Radzivill, Colonel Glasenap, and Dr. Reinolds, followed in three open carriages and four. The Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in waiting to the Em peror had preceded his Imperial Majesty to Woolwich in the forenoon. The illustrious party quitted the Palace by the marble arch, and was escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards. On arriving at Woolwich, the Emperor in spected the dock-yard, and afterwards embarked on the Black Eagle. His RoYal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord George Lennox, Lieut.-Colonel Drummond, and Sir E. Bowater, returned to town, and arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly before eight o'clock. The Bishop of London preached the sermon yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, read prayers. His Majesty the King of Saxony, attended by his Excellency Baron Gersdorff and the gentlemen of his suite, and also by Lord Charles Wellesley, honoured Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Duke and Duchess of Buc cleuch, and the Earl and Countess of Jersey, with visits yesterday, at their respective residences. In the evening his Majesty, attended by his Excellency Baron Gersdorff and the gentlemen of his suite, dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester and a select party were present to meet his Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, went yesterday morning to Kew, and attended Divine service in Kew Church. Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knese beck were in waiting on the Duke and Duchess. Their Royal Highnesses returned to town in the afternoon. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured the Duke of Devonshire with their company on Saturday, at his Grace's residence at Chiswick. In the evening their Royal Highnesses honoured the Italian Opera with their presence. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Rutland, and Sir F. Trench, attended the early service, yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St.:James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook. _ _ _ The Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquises of Salis bury, Northampton, and Huntley, Ladies Wilton, J. Eliot, and S. Savile, Lords Bandon, Harrowby, Wilt on , Dartmouth, Zetland, Eliot, Wrottesley. J. O'Bryen, and Ingestre, attended divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Hook preached the sermon. A deputation, including the Lord Ad voca t e, M r. Home Drummond, M.P., Sir Thomas B. H ep b urn, M .P. Mr. Loch, M.P., M r . W. F. Mackenzie, M.P., Mr. B an - Herman, M.P., Mr. Duncan, M.P., Mr. Sinollett, M.P., Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., M.P., Mr. James Morrison, M.P., Mr. P. M. Ste war t, M.P., Mr. Gibson Craig, M.P., accompanied by Mr. John Maitland from Edinburgh, and Mr. Melville Jameson from Perth, as a deputation from the Scottish Savings' Banks, with Mr. M‘Haßie,one of the Directors of the Glasgow, and Mr. John Harrock, jun., of the Dundee Savings' Bank, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A meeting of the Commissioners for the government of the Pentonville Prison, was held at the Council-office on Saturday. The Commissioners present were Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Devon, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Major Jebb, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Russell. A meeting of the Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements was held on Wednesday at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Earl of Lin coln, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Hope, Mr. Galley Knight, Mr. A. Milne, and the Hon. Charles Gore. Mr. George Hamilton had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a meeting on Saturday, at the Office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishops of Winchester, Lichfield, Ripon, and Salisbury, and the Dean of Westminster. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor-Ge neral of India, took his departure for India from his residence in Whitehall-gardens, on Saturday afternoon. Dispatches from the Governors of New South Wales, the Mauritius, aid the Cape of Good Hope, were re ceived on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. LITERATURE. NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.—No. I. Kennedy, Edinburgh, 1844. This is the first number of a new quarterly pe riodical which bids fair—provided it be continued with the same care and spirit with which it has com menced—to obtain no inconsiderable share of public favour. The articles have, in the first place, the merit of being selected with judgment, and secondly, they are ably canvassed, and are just of a fitting length. The first is on the subject of the late Baron Cuvier, of whom we have a minute and circumstantial memoir, and of whose surprising discoveries in natural history the Reviewer speaks in terns of warm, but certainly not unmerited, panegyric. " Cuvier's genius," he observes, "was confined to our own globe, but it ranged through periods of unlimited duration; it grasped in its syllogisms the ruins and regeneration of successive worlds; and it exhibited in their re mains the waving forests of our primeval earth, the huge reptiles that took shelter in its caves, and the gigantic monsters that trod uncontrolled its plains." The "Highlarids of lEthiopia" is an impartial and careful notice of Major Harris's recently-published work on this subject, whose chief defect, as is justly remarked, is its " want of precise information.' It has many spirited, and some few brilliant chapters, but a 3 a whole its information is not well digested. In the article headed " Tracts on the Corn Trade"— a subject, by the bye, which is handled with singular moderation—we are told, and told rightly, that the holders of capital, and more especially of capital vested in the preparation of export manufactures, feel that they have an immediate and direct interest in the abolition of the corn-laws. "Memoirs of Mrs. Grant of Laggan" is a good-natured gossipping account of an authoress whose reputation once stood higher than it is ever likely to stand again. Mrs. Grant was a skilful graphic writer, who excelled in the descriptive, but none of her works—not even her well-known " Letters from the Mountains"—have the elements of perpetuity. They were read—admired—and are for gotten. We quote from the " Contributions of Lord Jeffrey to the Edinburgh Review," which have lately been republished in three volumes, the following just critical estimate of this eminent periodical critic and essayist : " The most natural comparison, as we have said before, to which every one is prompted to subject these volumes, is to the writings of Sydney Smith and Macaulay : and on a first or superficial impression, the comparison is not in their favour. The quaint wit of Sydney Smith, and Macaulay's stately rolling periods, and glittering images, beguile the time more quickly, and rivet the attention closer. Those who exp, , cted to find Jeffrey's essays of a similar stamp, have probably read or tried to real!, the book, with a feeling of disappointment. It wants sus tained interest for the more indolent class of readers, and is not a work for a lounger to skim over of a morning. The difference arises in a great measure from causes we have already adverted to : for these articles are truly criticisms—intended to teach and instruct. But in other respects they have merits of a higher order, and in a higher degree than either of these authors. In the first place, as pure English compositions, we think Jeffrey's writings incomparably superior, not only to his brother reviewers, but to most writers of his time. Sydney Smith's style is careless, though effective. Macaulay's is an artificial costume. He is alwayss in full dress, and marches perpetually to the same majestic but rather pompous strain. We read through his three volumes with great delight, but as we read, the everlasting reverberation of his sentences, like a great sea wave on a sandy beach, mad e our head reel at last. Jeffrey does not drive over the ground so smoothly, but he is infinitely better worth loitering with. His choice of words is unbounded, and his felicity of expression, to the most impalpable shade of discrimination, almost mi raculous. Playful, lively, and full of illustration, no subject is so dull or so dry that he cannot invest it with interest, and none so trifling that it cannot acquire dignity er elegance from his pencil. He can rise to the heights of the most exalted argument, or gossip with equal ease with Mary Montague or Peps, and neither his flights nor his descents seem to cost him an effort, or to interrupt the unencumbered flow of his thoughts. Other writers have been more stately, more accurate, more witty, more florid, than he ; but few have ever combined so much facility and so much excellence in all. In playful satire he stands, in our opinion, without a rival in his time. It was his favourite and most dreaded weapon, of which his rapid fancy, quick sense of the ri diculous, and his command of happy expression, rendered him as complete a master as ever practised the art. In dependently, however, of mere style, and apart from the great variety of subject embraced by his pen, the distin guishing feature of his writings, and that in which he excels his contemporary reviewers, is the deep vein of practical thought which runs throughout them all. He is not what would now-a-days be thought an original thinker. He has no mysteries. He does not startle by unexpected fancies, or by every-day thoughts arrayed in half-intelligible language. On the contrary, he plainly eschews such things as offences against good taste and nature, and handles them unmercifully when they come under his cognizance." THE GREAT MUTT QUESTION; or the Mys tery Unravelled, in a-Letter from TV. B. Ferrand, M. P., to the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., 4-c.—ollivier, Pall-mall. This pamphlet purports to be a justification of the author, from the attacks made upon him by the Home Secretary, in relation to his conduct and as sertions about the Poor-law Commissioners, and the reports of Mr. Mott, as to the Bolton and Keighly unions. Its tone and temper are ala Ferrand ; and although we think that a less violent style might have served the purpose better, still, making allow ance for the cutting sarcasms which the author has been compelled to bear, we are not surprised that he should have used the vigorous, rather than the argu mentative. It is the distinguishing privilege of the present Government, in which it rejoices beyond any of its predecessors, that the most angry and ferocious attacks upon its policy shall proceed from apparent friends. Thus Mr. Ferrand, dating from the Carlton Club, and missives from the locality of Downing street are alike hostile ; and neither party nor situa tion are assurances of certain support. Monopoly has no friends in heart at the Board of Trade—and the most eager runners down of the Whigs are not the most sincere holders up of the Tories. Mr. Ferrand's pamphlet is worth a perusal. As a treat to the uninitiated, we subjoin his view of the question between him and Sir James Graham : " Recollect this is no affair between man and man, between one Member and another—it is between an honest, independent Member of Parliament on one side, and an unscrupulous, overbearing Secretary of State on the other. You may, it is true, still continue in office—still continue, like a true despot, to insult, and, if possible, to ' crush' every honest man who ventures to raise his voice in behalf of the suffering poor, whom you have made it the business of your office to oppress—your expedient chief may still find it in expedient to part with your valuable services—but the people of England will judge differently between us. It was in the name of the people of England that I pro tested against your late unconstitutional proceedings ; Sir, it is to the people of England that I now make my appeal !" "Audi alteram partem," is the motto Mr. Ferrand has affixed to his pamphlet ; which, in this case, may be translated, "Do not condemn Sir James Graham, unheard." A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF DEFAMA TION. By W. H. Cooke, Esq. Richards. Mr. Cooke, who is well known as an author of talent and judgment, has added to his reputation in the work before us. It is a condensed, faithful, and clear statement of the law upon which it treats, and is a valuable book for the professional reader, or for those to whom the law of defamation, written or oral, may be applied. It is a work that was much needed, and one of general utility. THE NEW CURRENCY BILL. A Letter to the Premier, in reply to his Speech on the Bank Charter Act (May 7, 1844). By "An Enquirer after Truth." London: Clarke, Pall-mall East, 1844. —(Second Notice.) We renew our extracts from this opportune and very sensible pamphlet. in the following passage we have the statement of the fluctuations " in the proportion of gold and silver in our successive coinages from 1601 to 1717, namely, in the year 1601 it was 1 to 10 56-59ths ; in 1604, it was 1 to 12-17ths ; in 1610 it was 1 to 13 1-sth; in -1663 it was 1 to 14i ; and in 1717 it was 1 to 15 2-15ths. This is the remarkable illustration of Sir Robert's intrepid assertion that the pound sterling' .of our monetary system, means a certain, determinate quantity of the precious metals." The Enquirer sums up this recapitulation with these words : "Thus, I an► afraid, Sir, I must again say that your statement of the case is not in strict accordance with the facts." This language may be thought somewhat " Tartarly " to a Prime Minister; but our author is not sparing of these epigrammatic interlocutories, in conducting his judicial investigation of the Premier's proposals. Thus :—" When the pilot to whom the vessel is entrusted is found to be so widely out of his reckoning, and breakers are ahead, it is our duty to pipe all hands, take in the sails, cast anchor, and en deavour to ascertain where we are, before we commit ourselves again to his guidance."—(P. 14.) " Unfortunately, Sir, for your consistency, our pound sterling underwent four alterations after that." This last illusion to the " Jack Cade Legislation, dis cussed by a Conservative Member at the beginning of the present session, is very happy. But who could have anticipated in 1819, this near approximation, in 1844, of the alarming "equitable adjustment" doc trine of Mr. Cobbett to the hypothetical results which are especially connected with the leading propositions of Sir R. Peel ? This affirmation is thus made out— " Now. Sir, with respect to your recommendation that they, who think that they are injured by the altered value of money since the :ounce of gold was re duced from 51. in paper money to 31. 17s. lqd. should endeavour to obtain redress by means of a separate en actment,—making that difference a discount from the debt—let me, in the first place, say, that though I have no doubt this is your meaning, your language bears a different construction. I take for granted, however, that you mean the reverse of what your words, as they are reported, imply • and that 31. 17s. 104 d., 'being, in the papment of a debt, equivalent to what' 51. used to be, all those who have contracted debts or engagements shall be allowed to pay their debts in that way.' This meaning is borne out by another passage, as follows : ' Observe, Ido not deny that that may produce matter for consideration. All contracts, during the incontro vertibility of paper, having been made through a differ ent medium of exchange, when you restore that conver tibility, that subject may demand consideration. But I only want to convince you what is now the mt.aure of value.' These, Sir, are indeed important words: they compel us to believe that you are not unfriendly to the principles of an EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT. so zealously advocated by the late Mr. Cobbett. What boundless triumph would have been his, had be lived to see this day ! " The view which is here opened out is too vast in ex tent, too mighty in its consequences, to be even touched upon at the close of this long letter. It has, moreover, so influential a bearing on your new monetary measures, that before I proceed to notice them, I should wish to know what prospect there is of the expectation being re alised which is thus held out. I hope some member of the House, who is sensible of the value of your answer (whether yes or no) to the right appreciation of the propositions which you have laid before the House and the country, will put such questions to you on the sub sect of this equitable adjustment, as will give you an op- _ portunity of setting at rest the hopes of some, the fears of others, and the anxieties of all. " THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. _ Bask Stock ----- 199 ii ineliiTitock........ ...... . pm. 3 per Cent. Red 96% Ditto Bonds .......... ..... pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red lOl% Ditto New A nnu iti es ... New 3% per Cent. EL Bills, 1,0001. I%cl ... 71 pm. New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7l pm. Jan Ib6o l2 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 — Consols for 0pg........... 1,8( Jan. 1860 — India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent ..... ....... Ditto New Ditto.. ......... Brazilian Bonds ............... !Prussian, 5 per Cent - Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... !Russian, 5 per Cent llB Chllian, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic - Colombian, 6 per Cent - 22 - % Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 33S Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred...........--- Danish, 3 per Cent ".. 681‘ French, 5 per Cent .... —f. —c. Greek, 18::5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f --c. Mexican,s per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — 'Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 61% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100,{ _ - - SHARES. 81 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) % Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Chester and Holyhead ( 5 pa id) Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties ( 23 11 % _,Paid) . „ 13 Ditto Registered (Kt t3s fad pawl) Edinburgh and Glasgow , 5 0 paid s p o icl) paid) 75 Gr D ea it t: H es a t i e f irn sha (L s Ditto Fifths, 12 paid 22% London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 7 London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes, 10 paid ll London and Greenwich (12t. 158. 4d. paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) ......... .... .............. S% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ................. . ...... 107 Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid 43% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) 57 South Eastern and Dover (33 25 4d paid) Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) Paris ylicrrn Trent nuikse naoaVnunadatdnhl Scarborough rde ?p nrros a eo i : u( d w2olgoi he pphanai (irddia)Bn . 10Z 7s p ce d ( ) 2 hi ;aid) 10% -€0„.„ 20' THE KING OF SAXONY.--We understand that the King of Saxony will leave Buckingham Palace on Friday or Saturday next for Scotland, attended by Lord Charles Wel• lesley, who has the honour of having been selected by the Queen to attend his Majesty. His Excellency Baron Gers dorff, his Excellency M. de Minkwitz, Count Albert %rift thum, Major Reichardt, and Dr. Carus will accompany their Royal master in his journey* to the north. After visiting Edinburgh, Perth, Glasgow, Stirling, &c., his Majesty intends to make a tour of Wales, and thence come direct to the metro polis, whence the King will shortly afterwards depart for Germany. _ . MAIL'S BY TnrEsTE.---The director of the post office at Trieste has issued a notice, stating that in future there will be three mails per months between Trieste and Alexandria. The letters will be sent from Trieste on the Ist, Rh, and 21t1 Qf each month, "Of these changes you appear to have been NAVAL INTELLIGENCE; I uninformed."-(P. 13.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 9.-The Arrow, 6, ketch, Lieutenant• "At all events, men of ordinary under s t an di ngs C omman d er W. Robinson, arrived on Thursday from Ele will draw a conclusion against you, when you say phant Bay, near Benguela (coast of Africa), which-she left" Ililttt the March, when the Winchester, 50, Captain Conway, 26, flag that this standard-this measuxe of value-which they o n Eaetnheof Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, C. 8., object to, as being obsolete and unfit for the altered the Captain R. Fair, K.H., and the Sappho, 16, circumstances of the country, has been ' adhered to , sloop, Commander the Hon. Gorge Hope, were lying at the ever since f while the truth is that it has been four mfo f r .A e p r ri p l, la a c n e 4 . dsa T tf h p e a A ya r ri o o w n t t o b u e c l h s ed th at of As m ce ay n f s o io r n wa o te n r t . he s l h s e t times altered since. Th e y will perceive that you are mistaken in your FACTS; while the others can only i g v s i ay, nv w a a li s so r i p l m l asthtoe preclude hopes op C es ap o ta f i r n ee F o a v i e r r , y. of A th d e . be tCnonn mistaken in their opinions."-(P. 20.) I miral Percy had appointed Commander Kelly, of the Win " You have evidently misunderstood the question chester, to command the Conway, which it is confidently ex at issue, as well as misapprehended the facts of the pected the Admiralty will confirm. The Hydra, Commander care."-(P. 23.) 11. B. Young, and the Sealark, 10, Commander T. L. Gooch, The pamphleteer points out Sir Robert's confusion were very sickly . the Sealark had lost her master, Mr. H. of Pope ; and the purser, Mr. James Pemberty, ' and' of terms in speaking of the "standard of value," in , several hands, Mr. Thomas, one of the mixed commission at this forcible manner :- Loango, had also died. " I would merely observe, that the indiscriminate use The Arrow has been six years and upwards in commission, of the words ' standard and measure' is embarrassing. the greatest part of which time she has been employed in sur- By the standard of silver we should conceive the purity veying the Falkland Islands, and for the last year and a half of the metal was the thing meant; by the standard of as a cruiser at . the C t ape be o r f tsotd she captured atnudretdhetwcooaos/ the same we might imagine you intended to express the Africa, Y 'largest s ' im e -e r r e s I t a aken ep th e e a r ' e for some years. p She has only lost same thing as the measure of value. Harris makes use of a convenient term which might be advantageously in- two g men during this long service, and those died from natural Though often in imminent peril she never suffered troduced into these di s cu ss i ons . Ties peaks not only of a ca n u a s c e c a ident or lest a spar, and has ploughed the ocean for the measure of value, but of the st a nda r d measure of upwards of 100,000 miles. She came into harbour on Thurs value, when he wants to point out that metal as the men- day evening to be paid off. sure of value to which the other is subordinate ; thus Since writing the above we have received intelligence of the he would say our present standard measure of value is death of Captain R. Fair, K.H., of the Conway, 26, which gold. You, Sir, may mean that the standard purity of ship this gallant officer fitted out for the Cape of Good Hope the silver coin was fixed in 1566 or 1567, but I cannot station in May last. His achievements in Majesty's service understand the drift of the passage, either in this sense, were ilen i l r istingui f sh ie d ß a e nd eminently mneatsoerii!,:asts. andln tl:3loo4se, sloop, in with or in that of a measure of value, or of a standard men the lie assisted aer cutting ' out the Dutch brig sure. There may be a mistake in the dates, and what Atalanta, of 16 guns, and while Master in the Amethyst he is placed in 1567 may be intended for 1557; this would received the praise of the Admiralty for his gallant deeds throw a little light on the- subject, fer then it might be at the captures of the French frigates Thetis, in 1808, and. conceived that you allude to the restoration of the purity Niemen, in 1807. Subsequently (when Lieutenant) he had of our silver coin which took place about 1557. command of a gun-boat in the Walcheren expedition, and "But can an interruptio n f or f our t een y ears , or I a ft erwar d s , w h en in command of the Locust gun-brig he might with more exactness say of eight years, in the drove a French brig-of-war ashore near Calais. and ulti preservation of the standard purity of our silver coin, mately succeeded in destroying her. He was at the siege from the Anglo-Saxon times to the present, when fol- and blockade of Dantzic in 1812. He attained his post rank in 1837. lowed by its restoration, be called a fixing of the stan- The Pearl, 20, Commander R. H. Stopford, arrived on dard ? You may perhaps think so; and if this is your meaning, lam happy to acknowledge that during this Wednesday, from South America, and sailed the same day from Spithead for Chatham to be paid off. She had been period, in such degree as our silver coin was concerned, eleven weeks on her passage from Rio to Falmouth, where she you have some foundation for your remark. But the put in for supplies of water and provisions, as she had only truth obliges me to add that during the same period our two days' allowance left, and had been on two-thirds allow, , gold pound, the sovereign; was unimpaired in weight ance some weeks. She brought a small freight on merchants' and purity, if tried by the gold pound of 1601." account, which was forwarded the same day to London to the On the principle assumed by the Premier, the ex- freight agents of Portsmouth, and afterwards sailed for Chat ception of eight years, is to ride over the practice of ham to be paid off. some eight hundred-an anomaly in the doctrine of The Prince George transport, Lieutenant E. Ward, agent, arrived from Bermuda, on Thursday morning, after a pas " exceptions to the general rules, " that cannot be al- sage of thirty-nine days, having sailed April 28. She brought lowed either in currency or grammar. It may be a number of naval and military invalids, and 140 convicts, recollected, that on the 7th, Sir Robert, forgetful of l o v_hose sis terms of tran n sic i ) . rt i ! s ti; have nearly 2 i t i l e )fred, in charge the vice of interminable speeches, was so ill advised t been tra t n a s t le t r - re a d r' ' ' t . o ee the hulks, Mason, ' the passenger c s e a n n v cri t n a val a i N ci a s as to speak very discourteously of interminable landed. She came into harbour yesterday afternoon to dis pamphlets." His very tone and manner betrayed the charge her stores. The Cygnet, 6, n Layton, ay a t r 0 - anger of a man who has got more to answer than he can manage. He certainly did not calculate the rived at t Si o neg fro t m o as S e s t r e n of Africant h slaw tra y penalty of insulting the busy, but irritable, inmates of the trad c e a . aa She takes a ' out Mr. John Duncan, the hive which he had the temerity to attack. In yeller, who will land at Cape Coast, and thence proceed to 1829-30, Mr. Tennyson d'Eyncourt provided, in the the Niger, by way of Coomasil. She also takes out presents unanswerable and righteous case he made out for the for the chiefs of the Cameroon river. title of the same Birmingham to the elective fran- w. :l' . The r Prometheus steam-frigate, Commander John I y ltnstant, when she will p i r a o .' chise, for the " out-door relief" of Sir Robert and his will u on the 12th to the coast of Africa, to assist in the suppression of the colleagues in Government, by compelling their re- slave trade. signation of office. Two or three times successively The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, is still alongside the was the Administration to which Sir Robert belonged dockyard jetty, fitting for sea and entering her hands. compelled to go through the same annoying process, No commissions have yet arrived for the experimental new on account of the still impracticable Birmingham. classTh The St d 12-gun Vincent,brigs. 120, Captain R. F. Rowley, returned to Sir Robert's attack on " Gemini," in particular, andnight, the wind having changed the Boeotian stolidity of " the town of Birmingham " tto ll u e r l a e b n lY s , e a n n i d V o e n dn T e h sd u a r y sday anchored at Spithead from the in general, on the 7th instant, cannot be forgotten by Channel,whither shehad been dispatched to relieve the home the reader. Nor is it by the " Enquirer after Truth," ward bound vessela detained by contrary winds. She was who says :- ordered back to Spithead. "As if you owed the town and it s wr it ers an o ld The Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles,Sullivan, is expected grudge, you select a volume on the currency, recent) at Spithead from the Mediterranean in a week, and will come 3 1 into harbour here to be paid off. She was in the Bay of written by two gentlemen of Birmingham, and lash the Gibraltar on the 20th ult., taking in supplies of provisions, place, and the authors of this work, with as much sar- and awaiting a fair wind to proceed hither. castic severity as could be thrown into a speech. I have The Rose, 18, tloop, Commander H. R. Sturt, left Jamaica not the honour to know either of the writers personally for Mexico on the 3d of May; the Hermes steam-vessel, -one, I have been told, is the s editor, and the other the Commander W. Carr, left the same day for Bermuda and printer and publisher, of a very ably conducted and well- Halifax; and the Scylla, 16, on the 7th, for Aux Cayes. supported newspaper, in which the letters of Gemini first The Griffin, appeared. I had read in that paper many of those Jenkin, i s ordered 3 brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Charlesfor service on the coast of Africa, to assist letters, and I must say that I differ from you in opinionßingdove, with the l6, Commander Sir William Daniell, the as to their merits. They are written, as I conceive, Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke, and the Wasp, 16, Com mander H. Bagot, in the suppression of the slave trade. with good taste, in correct language, with courtesy and The Pique frigate, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, gentlemanly feeling ; they are well-reasoned composi- was at Sacrificios on the 2d of May. tions, full of sound sense, honestly directed to the eluci- The Nimrod, 20, Commander F. H. H. Glasse, arrived at dation of that great subject on which you are preparing Madras, from Trincomalee, on the 19th of April, at which to legislate ; the writers appear to be actuated with the date the Pilot, 16, Commander W. H. Jervis, left Madras for best intentions of serving-perhaps of saving -the coun- Trincomalee. try. Can these letters raise such resentment in you ? The Champion, 18, Commander John Clavell, was at Ma- Your colleague, the Home Secretary, might perhaps be zatlan on the 14th of March. angry with their authors, because they have quoted so The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Freemantle, arrived at Barbadoes from Bermuda on the Ist. freely from his writings in support of their opinions ; The Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, and the Satellite., 13, but I cannot understand your cause of complaint. Commander R. H. B Rowley, arrived at Rio de Janeiro from ' First,' you say, ' they laugh at the notion of using as a England on the 23d of March. standard now that which was used 300 years ago. They The Spiteful steam-vessel, Commander W. Maitland, left say that the property of this country has increased- Bombay for China on the 2d of April. that the mercantile transactions of this country have in- The Harlequin,l6, Commander, G. F. Hastings,was at Sin creased-and to have that as a standard now which was gak', o i f e eiln o the a s t tl l f o ofMareh , Lieutenant-Commander P. Chetwode, was used in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, although it has i at Sourab4a ls o ' n the Bth of December, about returning to her been adhered to ever since, shows a want of knowledge station (Port Essington.) and illumination that is almost culpable.' Really, Sir, The Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir William Daniell, K.T., to complain of sentiments such as these, is more worthy was hailed or the 15th of May on her passage to the coast of of one of whom we have heard too much lately, than of Africa, from Bermuda. the leader of the House of Commons, the most accom- The Childers, 16, Commander G. G. Wellesley, sailed plished scholar of the age. from Hong-Kong on the 29th of February, for England, to " ' The Clerk of Chatham : he can read and write and be paid off. cast accompt. 0 mons t rous !-We tank him setting of 'The Dido, 18, Captain the Hon. H. Keppell, with a portion boys' copies. Here's a villain !-He has a book in his 9fthessth n ß t er e nir ti t i o o l f ! I n i r l d . , arrived at Calcutta from the pocket with red letters in it. Nay, then he is a Cl-on Mauritius The lb ` lon, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, arrived at Cork on juror.-Ho can make obligations, and write court-hand. Away with him, I say : bang him, with his pen and ink- Monday last. The flag (white at the main) of Admiral Sir Charles Row horn about his neck."' ley, G.C.8., G.C.H., &c., Commander-in-Chief at this port, has been shifted from the Excellent, gunnery ship, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings ,and re-hoisted on board the St. Vincent, 120, at Spithead. The Dee steam transport, Master-Commander T. Driver, is carrying the depot companies of the 74th Regiment from Kinsale to Dover. In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Rattlesnake, Prometheus, Collingwood, Fearless, Malabar, Echo, Sylvia, and Arrow. In Dock—Rodney, Prince Regent, Victoria and Albert, Athol, Lily, Pantaloon. At Spithead—St. Vincent, Cygnet. DEVONPORT, JUNE 7.—The America, 50, Captain the Hon. J. Gordon, sailed on Wednesday for the Pacific, via Rio de Janeiro, 'having been paid in advance and inspected by the Admiral. The Indus, 80, Captain Sir J. Stirling. is dismantling, pre paratory to being paid off on Tuesday. Her crew were in spected on the 4th, by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir David Milne. The Lucifer steam-vessel, Commander G. A. Frazer, sailed for Cork, carrying provisions and water for the homeward. bound. In the Harbour—The San Josef, Indus, and Confiance. In the Sound—The Caledonia and Nautilus. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—S. H. Usher to the Wasp, vice Bagot, return ing to England; H. M. E. Allen to the Imaum ; Edward Hawes to the Packet-station at Port Patrick. Lieutenants—W. Peel to the Salamander; J. Dornford to Greenwich hospital, vice Tucker, deceased; M. Burrows to the Sappho. Surgeons—Mr. Hampton to the Auckland, Mi. Lancaster to the William Jardine, and J. Munro to the Emily. Assistant-Surgeons—A. A. Jack to the Lucifer, J. J. Mon teith to the Prometheus, W. Crofton to the Royal Sovereign. Secretaries—J. W. Nicholls to Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.H., Commander-in-Chief on the Irish station ; Alexander Kent to Rear-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, Com mander-in-Chief in the Pacific. Acting Master—D.N.Welch from the Hermes to the Rose. Masters' Assistants—W. B. Edwards to the San Josef, J. M'Clure to the Victory. Mate—J. T. Parish to the Excellent. Naval Instructor—W. J. Fowler to the Inconstant. Naval Cadets—R. Yaskin and E. T. Bartlett to the Alfred, J. Twisden and C. Campbell to the St. Vincent, E. M. W. Carrington to the Cygnet, W. Andrews and C. Armytage to the Salamander, H. Pearson to the Spartan, H. Farrington to the Daphne, M. Bertie to the Carysfort, W. A. Barnard to the Collingwood, G. B. Goddon to the Blazer. COAST GUARD. Appointment—Lieutenant Chapman Wise to the station Seise' at St Captain Mould, of the Royal Engineers, is appointed Di rector of Works in Chatham Dockyard. Commanders Peter Fisher, T. F. Birch, and J. N. Strange, are admitted to study at the Royal Naval College. Mr. J. Graham is appointed to the Excellent to qualify for naval instructor. The new Houses of Parliament were again, on Saturday, the object of a royal visit. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, accompanied by Baron Brunnow and suite, arrived as early as a quarter before eleven o'clock, and were shortly afterwards joined by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Earl of Lincoln. His Majesty took the highest interest in the progress of the works, minutely exa mining the quality of the stone and its workmanship, and was much pleased with the regularity and orderly procedure of the immense body of masons and other workmen, as well as with the ingenuity displayed i n mov i ng the various ma terials. The Emperor and his Royal Highness having taken a view of the river front, ascended the temporary staircase at the Victoria Tower, and having walked for a considerable distance upon the top of the unprotected walls of the Victoria Gallery, proceeded to examine the interior of the new House of Lords (which is now just ready to reeeiyk the roof), passing over the ordi nary scaffolding to the housiflobby and the central hall, whence the royal and distinguished visitors proceeded to the model and sculpture -rooms. His Imperial Majesty evinced the liveliest interest in the whole of the works, and it was exceedingly gratifying to observe Vhe freedom and condescension with which his Majesty conversed with Mr. Barry upon the design and arrangements of the various parts. Mr. Barry bad the honour of escorting the royal party, attended by Mr. Grissell. DEPARTURE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.—On Saturday evening, shortly before seven o'clock, Sir Henry Ilardinge, accompanied by his son and his aide-de camp, arrived at Brighton by the railway from London, and immediately proceeded to the chain pier, and went on board the General Steam Navigation Company's packet the Fame, which was waiting to receive him. His Excellency's luggage had been previously shipped at Shoreham, under die direction of Colonel 'Wood, Sir Henry's private secretary. The Governor- General was received on board by Lord Exmouth, Sir Henry Ellis, and Colonel Wood, and precisely. at a quarter past seven o'clock the Fame started from the pier. It was expec ted that the voyage to Dieppe would occupy about six hours. It was not Sir Henry's intention to make any stay P e e a d r i a o o a n n e d e b then p o s t t o t o o r to o u n e s n ; w a n h d e r t e h ehr he and the next morning continue his wouldt takeoDo Dieppe, passi Cere buti h y otaoy night;proceed at once by post to Rouen, and there take the railway to o e journey to Marseilles, and there embark for Alexandria. A great number of persons were congregated at the pier -head to witness the departure of the packet ; but, as the Governor- General was'not expected to arrive, he was not recognised by them. _ _ It is currently stated in the circles of fashion that a grand fancy ball will be got up early next month, to be called the Waverley Ball, as the costumes are to be in ac cordance with the descriptions given by Sir Walter Scott, of the heroes and heroines in his delightful tales. Yesterday morning, about half-past ten, a woman, having the appearance of a respectable mechanic's wife, threw herself off Westminster-bridge, near the fourth arch, aid perished, attempts having been in vain made to save her by a policeman, She (lid not rise to the !tutu* of the water. 14 f l' e ! t r d ,no ,t 2 10 s $ 0 10 „ „ Of et bef ,t re F llr (110 ed Of De ; ,3cl; ,