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

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Feb. ; \• , Buckle, ' China ; Carnatic, Hyne, Bombay; Mary, QAlontserrat ; Castins, Hinds, SL Lucia; Tropic, Bur gtar'r,(l S;artan, Barclay,.Jawaica; Catherine Elizabeth, M. Vincent. Sld. Wellesley, Madras ; Gwalior, Born 11),I.Xorth Briton Calcutta; City s of London, Cape of Good pe The rest of l the • Mitward . -bound. have sailed. S.l4. ° l(r i outi-t; JuicE B.Wind S.W. to S.S.E.-9. S.W.- agsdown for South Seas. • °Sal T3:ou'ru. JUNE 8 AND 9.—Wind W. and S.W. Off, Aib er t. . . VEntouni. - Persian, Oppenheim, Sydney, New ale s . . (If JUNE 9.—A rr d. L a dy M ar y Wood steamer, I,4_raltar, left 31a ult... • Jrxr: 9 AND 10.—Wind S. to S.W., moderate. 1 ‘ .. 1 el egnie Sunderlind tbr Quebec, leaky ; Margat e ‘"'r Bata ' ri e 'l, leaky. Sld.BLinnet paCket, Madeira, I "tr and Brazil. Off,Superb, Trinidad ; Elizabeth Hall, ,b l t a t . 4ll) ,uc N o ; British Isles, Demerara.. AI' E ZANCE, JU NE 4 . —H ercu l es, Honduras; Downs- exandria, out six months. cleto.g6ty, JtNE 6 .—Arrd. Havannalt ; Encore, JUNE 8.- - Arrd. Fanny, 'Robe, Ilarbadoes. 9th. Guyne, Nevis ; Williain . MileS• Cook, Jamaica. 111;;', S U:A, JUNE 7.—Arrd. Auricula, Oliver, Cuba. 11114 14“ )111) ; JtncE B.—Arrd. Palemon; Swansea, for Ber e4 with losiof mainmast, &c. • 4 jt7N 6 .—Arrl Iris, Marritt, Manilla. Off, Cail t lt ti ;' 'Luna 1. 4 k4 ; ; Ar, JUNE. 6. —Arrd. Parsborough, Barbadoes. 11r'br'EXt JUNE 7.—Arrd. Maflower, Ichaboe. _ 11 % 14 ' jtPN E 7 .—Arrtl. Woodhouse, Tate, St. John's, New tter,k• Bth.—Ladv Constable, Garbutt, New Orleans; et. 111; 'ard, ' St. John'S" New Brunswick. l k 114 da, JUNE s .—Arrd."Nina, Gillics, Tobago. 7th.—Ca sa, ic P Artlitir, Trinid a d ; - Harbinger, 'New York ; Scotch ' t ki ear ne3', Newf oun dl an d . Sid . Willi a m Hutt, Montreal. DI, 'til Hamilton Mitchell, Marshall, Antigua. uNE 6.—Arrd. Amelia, Brown, Cape of Good 46 8t11 . ---Laurel, Wilson, Trinidad ; Monarch, Brown, ~e,11,,4; Odessa, Vesas, St. John's, New Brunswick. ship „,. 4 )p -„(-*,_ Goon Horr Amu. _l6.—Her Majesty's 'fat at '" has arrived here ' with damage, having been on a th e k t r ,e r ef on the coast of Madagascar; and whilst recovering sev eP used in warping her off, Lieutenant Molese h 1/ 11 men were massacred by the natives. f' 4l 4;, P ' A L , MAY 18.—Th e J o h n Harris, Pascoe, New from .°141 d1Z (1 1 . 8 lost on th e eastwar d par t o f th e banks of p INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWTON RACES. - ' )w 'ng stakes and plates closed on Saturday even- WEDNESDAY. b t roj4 4 The Trial Stakes of 10 sous. each. '; Yrs—Fitzjames, 3 yrs—c by Hampton, out of ',l'4—Flamingo 5 yrs—The Best of Three, 3 yrs. Thy Ai' ate of 50/ for florses that never won 501. Yr 3 Vile, 3 yrs—Fenella gelding, 3 yrs—Hampton colt, 3yr Sir Abstnipus, 4 yrs—Lady Bell colt, 't i's%,l. - " ev a , 3 vrs—Sister to Clere filly, 3 yrs—Secret, 3 R ubin:3 yrs—Boniface, 3 yrs—Fair Ellen, 4 yrs m k 4 yrs. . r ,:khr• Nz Pl h ate • THURSDAY. of 501. Heats, one mile and half. - . i t •':?:Eirdi e ve , 4 yrs—Miss Riggs, 4 -yrs—Merry Andrew, 4 Yr 4. 0 4tr i , 1 ;9 4 Yrs—c h Hampton, 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs— ''.l/4 10r1i4,4,8' 4 Yrs—The Best of Three, 3 yrs—Geneva, 3 .1.6 --See°ret3,l3B-3--Fs!ck Robin, 3 yrs=Sister to Clare - FRIDAY. The St. Helen's Purse of 50/., &c. tr Righness 3 yrs—The Best of Three, 3 yrs— 'll,-s, y r ie3', 2 2 vrs—Plntn, 2 yrs—Beaumont, 3 yrs— N4 r - 1 1., 2 yrs-:—Doetor Husband, 3 yrs—Dog Billy, 3 A ➢ PI : t 3 yrs. k 41 1111, ate ° f 50/., winner to be sold for 1501., &c. t)ztbe, 4 yrs—Pensive, 4 yrs—Missey, a yrs—The r 'll '"i r a s--- „, ll llcfibras, 6yrs—Yarrow, 3 yrs—Sir Abstrupus, - cIY, 3 vrs--Morpeth, 6 yrs—Bonifaee, 3 rs— , yrs b by Muley Moloch, out of Percy's Yrs. E l l itt 31 C o AQUATICS. p . k it -I, LoE--ANNUAL DOUBLE SCULLING MATCH OF e 4 al , °LE SCHOOL—This interesting event came . off on 440 , r0 ,.._ , a. oc oc , '}' ' after s i - ' 1 k the distance being from Windsor 4, 1 , 1 , 4 th r .' l,l the rushes, and back to the bridge, distance lid, ' e miles and a half. There were twenty-two boats 4 a °t V)s e l in .five divisions, as Pott, follows :- 0 toil e and is ion—Hodgson_ rev Lascelles and Green stLord st r and Miles, M‘..\ en and Vansittart, Mirehouse I tor,' . - Lawrence. t '" tk ro ' f , blv i 6 ion—Williamson and Stuart, Mr. Close. and Vhire' kniney and Heywood, Heywood and 11 1 1 - bi - ld nd Fredericks, Winter an k o N te I, slon—Fitzgera a Oetla,, l ford and Foster, Beecher and Clissold . , Cooper and , kb, - 4(1, N i N, Staplellhy. % 1„ i sion-3,lurchison and Miller, Balguy and Ship to'llh 1;'. 4 M1 Adlington, Munro, ma., and Munro, mi. ' ivlsion B t and Sutherland, ma., Woodbridge is h j. b e bo ur on tip t , tt [irt ; 8 , Lutterell and Ethelstone, Sutton and Mosely. 1 40. 1 , 14, , ,' 13 excellent, and all kept their positions to M l . ti , N4irt. Lascelles and Greenwood having the lead, which it t e tli ''ned round the rushes to Bargeman's-bridge, 1.4.,11 e Y were P assed by Woodbridge and Be Ros. These % 1.4 11.'1.e c ompelled to yield to Burton and Sutherland, Ili. ve''Y sever le who passed them at the post, and , kthll.llf thoughbridge,"strgg. winning by scarcely a boat 'a ' ll ‘‘ l 45,1 the dbridge second ; Lascelles and „ a° - `'ira a all the ruck being well together. ‘I.A -- Chi ,_ CHISWICK' pay' 0- 1, 113 FETE AT , grounds of his magni oun " tu rdav 1 • Grace the Duke of Des onshire gave a tZ4t;tl' cit einpet i r s c in the splendid 10 stlat Chiswick, which was honoure d Emperor of Russia, his Eq e tst s t.',18 Imperial Majesty the with the pre- Royal Highness Prince rt, toe Kiug of Saxony, his liiike and Duchessf kilitci',leir her Highnesses t Duchess of Gloucester, b. lity l ktlt' her floyal Highness tie of the principal no 1- I , l , 4l le';'a Seven and eight hundred _ e. sze. rlll ' i, 4 ~""ltrs', the corps diploma x tlq & te u n'sive, were most test "' 1 4 5411 ( 1 8, sv . hich ard ea v t er marquees e. and tents,and t and the C'144l11) ollt with elegant Horse Guards ti i „ , le te „ ands of the Royal dresses, were (Blue) in atten qte '4lllGnarde in their state t1:',441 ' of ' lock, the advance h 1 11 , - h e l r3' at flee minutes to two p c of the 17t troop l''‘Yets,lLescort, which consisted of a ed by two of the ! 4 e '' ' 41 I`, s hed into the avenue, follow ding the Imperial Vee,°,,,L,ri.clers, in scarlet live.ries, ofllWecre Majesty's privatet 101i1,,t ",.,101 consisted of six h servants in searle , %' a ges, all of the -open, t e . Imperial Majesty ore first s t contained his ... kii ,Ipp,ro_ rs carriages Majesty the king of Saxony, '40 14 It o r , nf Russia, his . Albert. The two former sat N , th th , 3 al Highness Prince Prince Albert on . the op -41 It e .ci faces to the horses, and the contained . d lli t tll , 4 e4 Q , the remaining Ave carriages Immediately behind 1) I N " tlße respective royal suit es. that of his Royal Highness the iiiore.trriage followed tlla, d b an oufrider. qklter pal`rni,hrldge, precede ) dejeune t. or eously displayed Kii lg of ,e,,,,,cieLatking of a mos_ g_ luss.a, i with We 111 4 , ° , 1 ', 4 1 ; . tl.se Emperor t o t f oo _ k their departure at a e r 'ter 14'm Prince Alber , Th heir return to town tec oh !t. four o'clock, on t bY the Duke of . Devon NO and ,Panied to their carria ges any, amid a royal sa 1,,,.t, th e „tat larger portion of the c P nm anthem. The flle.' or of. Vtids repeating the national .g i the royal carriag tZla,trettassia, previous to ente d hook him warmly by l i ked r aced the Noble Duke, an s ti ',,, l es‘s,,, to Hyde tall,•e,tle entire of the high road from Chiswick nearly lined with I);Neseer, both sides of the road . were sri d ptions, filled with tk,N41111,49 Vehicles of differen . al and departure of h hey . Nt ells to witness the arm l l' ~.4 1141' rt t,„ ---- ---------, ii• G race the Duke of Devon- N A l l N t rt'••• li.Aee.- Lits this morning, accoln- P bv e " t he Napoleon Museum tl ,,e t - a ,the gentleman. e the discovery latilt latel4l W F FRIES.—Sinc• adopted .1,, 4 ILL OEG . 4 1,1 ‘l,'Lli forgeries, the Ban o k of England haye h granting powers 4- "ra l' -'-' I . -' ireference to t e , titi e ,, ,r,tl atlons est s r an ap t,,,.:0 i a i i ; lor the sale or transfer of stock. NS hen . l a letter is immediate y Nshate sd E de fo r a power of attorney, hose name the stock p t 'I(1 4 ck to the party or parties ill e Bank 1 whose copy l— totllelati7aid) of which the following made for a power of at e,„'Ye,, „:"-Application has been in your name ;. 44tot ,041 e transfer of, stock standing attached to this, t r trl 0 . 11 will sign and return the letter r t 4 I te it and the name -01 l ell, 11l of stock to be transferred, o ft sheet is th . e ey rt v 4 _ On the , ‘l % N lett o b tt ney." e your a or .. w hi c h a postage stamp is tkreN er, on the outside oi for . the of attorney !iat: l ft Of ...."'" I wish to give a power will not in any m tt ,‘,' er i " ------ stock." The Bank . have been es - ctlf 4 ," a Power of attorney until answers ~, t I, -g n th the above letters have t " r lvas t i e parties to whom N I, sh4il<ke l l ' R.____ye4terday - 444, -11 g, sh --CCIEENT ON THE 1 , R h i i 'E ßuby, of Bristol, Il'atettistertlY before 2 o'clock, . p as th ho s me from China, was 41, 4 'tie for .rnaster, on her voyage London, when off Graves -444' 4 la r ‘l' tide to proceed to Lop co ' rn ran foul of her, Graves t 4 fret ghter, heavily laden with ch ' was the force :,f Itellces,, breeze blowing at the time, su re stove in, and in ettilltae t,nl, th at the lighter's bol e * vs w the exertions of the 4, e ! ha Nantes, notwithstanding water, and the crew ; . 'he 11it1..,,,tal and went down in deep escaped being att l :net.i'b,;' two m en an d a boy, narrowly to the stern. 14 e_ t ;l tiAt ti t j) b 3' to to the attachedbo c a r t el rn.abrig were putting if ord t1 ;: (1 , \ sil l' s 444 8 t a 1114 to Whilst f the young man fl ove t r e the Vi . ;t . Of 'r°lvned.' ea .No blame whatever attaches tbe collision 4 t the 11113 3, as she was at the time of her bows. 114.-:'n.eat,ll.l-nr, and had a signal light hoisted at i l evening, shortly ( c) 1 1 ti,,liee,',,-" OFF BLACKWALL.—Las. e took plae,e ' l lls t ', 4 ' li - °lclock, a most painful occurre t ne rmah, name(' It atp.4 -, , will‘'er, off Illackwall- . pier. Awa e fresh to kthtal eharge of a 'barge used for supplying th Thames im 4qtattelvph,s, and which was moored in Docks, had l'iit' lefty the entrance of the East India sons, when he \\•N t‘i craft in a boat with his three from lesl7.l,4ish" Waterman steamer, No. 10, comings 4, tollt tittn!ali-ing for 13 1ackwall, and C q the 1 () with the tide . so saf onet.,,roee,;attr per, and steering romu lose proximity I N, t) tw o -' to Greenwich. Seeing the . c . the shore, 's4'°llght44l6 and being desirous of gaining to so that ki, 'tes s ., i t the m ostprudent course to lay t ' into the le:4te, ilers Inight clearPhim ; for, by pulling e tl l rman No. 4s 4 ne h° Nght c in t• ct with the Wa e ig t , l , , y i . . come con a h also tie s la soi l ."‘ 9 , Ing clear of the water barge, hemight steamer Iv lt t r i ce 1, ti,dsion with the Coquette. The former contact ts "lc lf•-' f rail yards but the latter came in throwing t i) , edi4t,irati craft, and as quickly capsized it, 1 ll ett. Y Guard The ly , e oft}, an his three d - sons into the river. b y 1'1e,4 r,sr°Phed, and a rope was lowered from her os s f b • Guard, ii 'lle Illano,- to which was caught hold o ) one of his tls tt 'er 4, e1 l to keep himself afloat as well as perceiving tt ma i "a• Bei' this,however,eldest, , „0„, ore the hold of tiltnahsaa." wool be run down, prudently caught h . nself. ef 4(1 t' - "' S ° I the t . • itl reby rescued il , th led the 3 annel, am se , h'.l,,Q bol, tope that was thrown to bins round the bony k tts',, ll letl'i,'„ ‘‘„_ 11 0 was safely haute lon board, and . he then Is e s Th at -, the side of tbe 'vessel on to the deck. It wes . Net t i another of the boys . missing„ and in the next att IQ Was was Ile-box, and a bitk r ass it , s , seen floating just by the pad( wa g s 1441200 t, which had arrived at the spot, promptly Ng R,, ea aft er " . up, although in a very exhausted state. d his 'th e ~,vere 8 4 ( Is . seen of the skfff. The waterman . an es 1tat,,,,-;orpte4"!-bly taken ashore, and removed to their ho_ni m • ' 4 ll' • In ti e ) 1.3 the property oethe Blackwell Railway C ettte-4 ti le p i . e early part of the afternoon, another vessel, 4 4:(1 th , rt , , belonging to the same Company, was . mach e O r qr r-ti g i l conning icollision,if Blackwell, with th -.• A ' - aV seil ,, g n o oe 4t. Ti t. ~ . e steamer. I. t). 0t),,, aft.ccintivr ON THE RIYEE.—On . Friday 1.,„9, ~,,a , °OM three ,ON as the Trinity-house lighter 4 1 ; L b, ee . boath,,, 46 UP with tf tide against a strong south ,s*kov 1 4 e, and ~,,._ le . s al . a A del i Lien off the Royal Hospi a , t 1 Greenwich, ° f eat *w e l l , ade steamer, from Edi burgh,passed, and the kter Bile made caused the lighter ti to ship a vast body :11P an(Mds w hile in the act of tacking between the Isle of 1 . 1 64 t e( ' Of ttiLeeenWiell Hospital, she went down in deep water. Isti.,4', whiell crew ran into the rigging, and were saved by kl etz l lii tile c . 1 4 1.4 off to their rescue ; a fourth, it is believed, ttesowoo4ctin at the time she went dow, and must have - ' 4 It About twenty feet of the n Mast and rigging above Tatter. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING. The fine packet-ship Queen of the West, 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 hroce•dings. General Cass, one of the candidates for the Presidency, and recently Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries, had, in a published letter, declared in favour of the an- vexation. 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, pointing 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 electioneering 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 Stocksmarket, 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 1081- to 109 on London, and 5 27i on Paris. The 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. 87ic. to 5 dolls. ; Rye Flour, 3 dolls. 12ic. ; Corn Meal, 2 dolls. 621 e. 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. 31,1 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, 1 do ' • Canton, 5 do ; Ohio 6's, 4 do ; Illinois, 4 ; Farmer's Trust, 1; Mohawk, 14 ; Pennsylvania, s's, 4 ; Indiana, 4, 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 fine 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.it rough nod, not unmarked by a slight expression of coarse pity. " Coningsby ordered his elinner, 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 frbm 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 hisson sup ply his place, but his son was otherwise provided for ; he should always take a deep interest in the town and trade of Darlford; 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 of their champion; there vs as 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 •n 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 be - was prudent enough not to show. Mr. Rigby determined to tight 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 1 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 Haymarket 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 descriptions. 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 the 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, &e., was the theme of general observa tion, and presented a strong and unfavourable contrast with the sumptuous displays of elegance, combined with 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 placeAl 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 cheei ing 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 be- rtiE SUN, LONDON,. MONDAY EVENINB, JUNE 10, 1844. hind it. The 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 sight; but it was executed with the most remarkable precision and feeling by the admirable orchestra, under its üble 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 Brunno*, Count Orloff, the • Earl of Hardwicke, Prince Radzivil, Baron Gersdorff, General d'Adlerberg, Earl of Morton, Colonel Arbuthnot, Count Vitzthum, Baron de Reichardt, Dr. Carus, Prince Wassiltschikoff, Dr. Reim)lds, Mons. de Minckwitz, M. d'Alderberg, and Colonel Glasenard, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Mary of Cambridge, were. attended by Baron nesebeck. 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 Nipumann, the Marquises of Ailesbury, Normanby, Douro, Clanricarde, Worcester, 'Win chester, Granby, Huntly ; the Marchionesses of Ailesbury, Douro, Clanricardc, Westmeath ; the Earls of Pembroke, Aber deen, Liverpool; Jersey, Dunmore, Kenmare, Wilton ' Bruce, Sandwich, Falmouth ; the. Countesses of 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, Erne.st Bruce, Clementina Villiers, Somer set, Seymour, Southampton, Osborne, Alfred Aylmer, Edward Thynne, Miller, Meux, , John Scott, Webster, Foulis ' Pynn, Bulkeley Williams ; Count de Noailles ; Sirs W. Massey Stanley, A. B. Clifton, H. Willoughby, H. Webb, H. Meux, C. Kent, C Shakerley, J. Beckett, I'. iare ; 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. o The Bishop . of Norwich, and a deputation from the Unman Society, had an audience tif 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'clo - ck the King 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, Attache to the Em bassy ; Aali 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, Bavarian 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* Koller, First Secretary of Legation ; Mr. Murphy, Mexican Minister ; M. M. Mosquera, New Greneda Charge d'Affairii P • Baron de Thile, Prussian Chargé d'Aff a i res ; M. de Tacon, Spanish Charge d'Affaires ; Baron de Brockdorff, Se cretary to the Danish Legation (in the absence of his Excellency Count Beventlow, who is in Scotland) ; and Mr. Colquhoun, Diplomatic Agent for the Hanse Towns, and Consul-General for the King 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 G ers 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. nig 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 carriage contained 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 cn the Emperor of Russia, the Earl of Hardvvicke. The third carriage contained his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, his Excellency M. de Minckwita, 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 Glazenap. 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. Prino 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 car 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 Stat e , th e L o rd Steward, the • Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse, and Charles A. Murray, aster of the Household; Sir Henry alsowhe Wheatley, Keeper e S pe y r d Sydney , Lord in Waiting; the Hon. her M a j es ty' s Privy Purse; Sir R o b e rt Otway, Groom in W a i t i ng; an d Colonel Ar buthnot, Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, were in at tendance in the Grand Hall, and with each of these gen tlemenAt five minutes before five o' c l oc k the Emperor was handed into one of the Queen's car riages by the Earl of the Emperor took leave. J e rsey, Master of the Horse, hi s R o ya Highness Prince Albert accompanying his Imperial Majesty. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, the Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's principal Secretary of Siete for Foreign Affairs, and the Count Orloff, occupied the next carriage and four. Lord George Lennox, Lieutenant-Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, Major-Geheral 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. lo 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 Courteriay 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 yes•erday morning to Kew, and attended Divine service in Kew Church. Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knese• beck were in waiting on the Dake 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 ea rl y 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, hlarrowby, Wilton, Dartmouth, Zetlani, 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 Advocate, Mr. Home Drummond, M.l'., Sir Thomas B. Hepburn, DI.P. Mr. Loch, M.P., Mr. W. F. Mackenzie, M.P., Mr. Ban nerman, M.P., Mr. Duncan, M.P., Mr. Smollett, M.l'., Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., M.P., Mr. James Morrison, M.P., Mr. P. M. Stewart, 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'Haffie,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 Wharncliffei the Duke of Richmond, -the Earl of Devon, the Speaker of the House of Commons,-Sir Btinjamin 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, TA° r d Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Sir R. 11., Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. llope, 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 pres( nt 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 \Vales, the Mauritius ; mid the Cape of Good Hope, were re ceived on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. LITERAT URE. 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 terms 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 "Highlands of 'Ethiopia" 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, hut as 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 , 2cted to find Jeffrey's essays of a similar stamp, have probably read or tried to read, 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 ccstume. 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, made 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 Pepys, 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. Ile 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 MOTT QUESTION; or the Mys tery Unravelled, in a Later from W. ll'Ferrand, Esq., M.P., to the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P.,&e.—ollivier, Pall-mall. This pamphlet purports to be a justification of the author, from the a ttacks 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 tilt 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 Jariaes 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 possiblo, 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 1" "Audi alteram portent," 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 LA TV OF DEFAMA TION. By W. H. Cooke, Esq. Richards. Mr. Cooke, Nv'ho is well known as an author of talent and judgment, has added to his reputation in the work before us. It ieia condensed, faithful, and clear statement of the law upon which it treats, anti 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 Aet (May 7, 1844). By "An Enquirer after Truth." London: Clarke, Pull-mall East, 1844. —(Second Notice.) _ _ We renew our extracts from this opportune and very sensible pamphlet. ln the following passage we have the statement of the fluctuations " in the proportion of gold and silver in our successive coinages from 1601 t 01717, 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 141-; and in 1717 it was 1 to 15 2-15ths. This is the remarkable illu stration 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 am 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 ourseiVes again to his guidance."—(P: 14.) . " Unfortunately, Sir, for your consistency, our pound sterling underwent four alterations after that." . . . . . "-Of-these changes you appear to have been uninformed.,"—(P. 13.) " At all events, men of ordinary understandings will draw a conclusion *gnat you, when you say that this seandard—this measure of value—which they object to, as being obsolete and unfit for the altered circumstances of the country, has been adhered to ever since while the truth is that it has been four times altered since. They will perceive that you are mistaken in your FACTS . ; while the others can only be mistaken in their opinions."—(P. 20.) " You have evidently misunderstood •the question at issue, as well as misapprehended the facts of the case."-- - -(P. 23.) The pamphleteer points out Sir Robert's confusion of terms in speaking of the " standard of value," in this forcible manner :—. " I would merely observe,. that the indiscriminate use of the words standard and measure' is embarrassing. By the Standard of silver we should conceive the purity of the metal was the thing meant; by the standard of value we Might imagine you intended to express the same thing as the measure of value. Harris makes use of a convenient term which might be advantageously in troduced into these discussions. He speaks not only of the measure of value, but of the standard measure of value, when he wants to point out that metal as the mea sure of value to which the other is subordinate ; thus he would say our present standard measure of value is gold. You, Sir, may mean that the standard purity of the silver coin was fixed in 1566 or 1567, but I cannot understand the drift of the passage, either in this sense, or in that of a measure of value, or of a standard mea sure. There may be a mistake in the dates, and whit is placed in 1567 may be intended for 1557; his would throw a little light on the subject, for then it might be conceived that you allude to the restoration of the purity of our silver coin which took place about 1557. "But-can an interruption for fourteen years, or I might with more exactness say of eight years, in the preservation of the standard purity of our silver coin, from the Anglo-Saxon times to the present, when fol lowed by its restoration, be 'called a fixing of the stan dard ? You may perhaps think so; and if this is your meaning, I am happy to acknowledge that during this period, in suck degree as our buyer coin was concerned, you have some foundation for . your remark. But the truth obliges me to add that during the same period our gold poun, the sovereign, was unimpaired in weight and purity, if tried by the gold pound of 1601." On the principle assumed by the Premier, the ex ception of eight years, is to ride over the practice of some eight hundred—an 'anomaly in the doctrine of " exceptions to the general rules, that cannot be al lowed either in currency or grammar. It may be recollected, that on the 7th, Sir Robert, forgetful of the vice of interminable speeches, was so ill advised as to speak very discourteously of interminable pamphlets:- His very tone and manner betrayed the anger of a man who has got more to answer than he can manage. He certainly did not calculate the penalty_ of insulting the busy, but irritable, inmates of the hive which he had the temerity to attack. In • 1829-30, Mr. Tennyson .d'Eyncourt provided, in the unanswerable and righteous case he made out for the title of the same Birmingham to the elective fran chise, fOr the " out-door' relief" of Sir Robert and his colleagnes in Government, by compelling their re signation of office. Two or three times successively was the Administration to which Sir Robert belonged compelled to go through the same annoying . process, on account of the still impracticable • Birmingham. Sir Robert's attack on " Gemini," in particular, and the Boeotian stolidity of " the town of _Birmingham" in general, on the 7th instant, cannot be forgotten by the reader. Nor is it by the " Enquirer after Truth,' who says : " As _if you owed the town and its writers an old grudge, you select a volume on the currency, recently written by two gentlemen of Birmingham, and lash the place, and the authors of this work, with as much sar castic severity as could be thrown into a speech. I have not the honour-to know either of the writers personally —one, I - have been told,- is the editor, and the'other the printer and publisher, of a very ably conducted and well supported newspaper, in which the letters of Gemini first, appeared. I had read in that paper many of those letters, and I must say that I differ from you in opinion as to their merits. They are written, as I conceive, with good taste, in correct language, with courtesy and gentlemanly feeling ; they are well-reasoned composi tions, full of sound sense, honestly directed to the eluci dation of that great subject on which you are preparing to legislate ; the writers appear to be actuated with the best intentions of serving—perhaps of saving—the coun try. Can these letters raise such resentment in you ? Your colleague, the Home Secretary, might perhaps be angry with their authors, because they have quoted so freely from his writings in support of their opinions ; but I cannot understand your cause of 'complaint. First,' y-ou say, they laugh at the notion of using as a standard now that which was used 300 years ago. They say that the property of this country has increased— that the mercantile transactions of this country have in creased—and to have that as a standard now which was used in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, although it has been adhered to ever since, shows a want of knowledge ' and illumination that is oat culpable.' Really, Sir, to complain of sentiments such as these, is more worthy of one of whom we have heard too much lately, than of the leader of the House of Commons, the most accom plished scholar of the age. " The Clerk of Chatham : he can read and write and cast accompt. 0 monstrous !—We tiok him setting of boys' copies. Here's a villain I—He has a book in his pocket with red letters in it. - Nay, then he is a con juror.—He can make obligations, and write court-hand. Away with him, I say : hang him, with his pen and ink horn about his neck.'" _ _ -- 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. 101 d. 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. ' 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, I do 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 measure 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 ject 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 KING OF SANONY.—We understand that the King of Saxony will leave Buckingham Palace on Friday or Saturday next for Scotland, attended by Lord Charles We!. 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 Vitz 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. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE PIGOTT, BART., OF KNAP TON.—This venerable Baronet died at Paris, on the 23th ult., in his 80th year. He was the eldest son of Major-General Thomas Pigott, by the daughter of W. Carde n, Es q . ; mar ried, 1794, daughter of the Right Hon. Thomas Kelly, for merly Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, and is suc ceeded in his title and estates by his son, now Sir Thomas Pigott; married, 18.31, daughter o P. Brumnial, Esq., of Wyvanhoe, Essex, formerly Captaif n in the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). THE COLWICK TRAGEDY.--SiX other persons have identified the prisoner Saville, in Nottingham County Gaol, as being in the direction of Colwick Plantation, and at about the period the poor wom an and children were assassinated,. two of whom are boy s, who saw him sitting with his wife and youngest child on the spot where the murders were committed whilst the other children were playing at some distance, and who heard . a scream shortly afterwards, have identified the man. He still firmly persists in his innocence, and seems to have much thought about his working imple ments mu! other things belonging to him. PEEL's OWN.--At last it appears, by official re turns, that at least 70,000/., belonging to individuals whose annual income is beneath 150/., has been stopped under the Inc o o n n s i i e d - o t r a o x t i - o A n c ” t . to The e interest n o l f e n t s a h n a d s been no o l t lne ntrifling e c c e e t s s h viN a ,i v l e l g t o h u o s n been ong dipped ns n i n i e t o n . c e Stoppages a r a t n i e d s i w n !l o o n s v e Sir Robert Peel chooses to "do as he likes with his " own odious impost. FIRE IN SPITALFIELDS.—Last night, shortly after ten o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Brown. oil and colourman, at the corner of Felix-street and Wheeler street, Spitalfields, and immediately facing the line of the Eastern Counties Railway. It was first discovered raging in the dwelling-house adjacent to the oil store.;, and the officials on the railroad very promptly threw a vast body of water upon the burning premises from a tank on the line until the arrival of the brigade engines. The firemen then exerted themselves in subduing the flames, and in the course of half an hour they were got under, but not until the whole of the lower part of the dwelling was consumed. The cause was not known. The property is understood to be partially insured. Arrived at IVarren's Hotel, Regent-street, Sir George and Lady Napier, from the Cape of Good Hope. -MAILS BY TRIESTE.—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 op. the Ist, Bth, and 24th of each mon.th. • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POnTSMOUTII, JUNE 9.—The Arrow, 6, ketch Lieutenant- Commander W. Robinsbn, arrived on Thursday from Ele phant Bay, near Benguela (coast of Africa), which she left on the 14th of March, when the Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, with the flag of Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, C.R., the Conway, 26, Captain R. Fair, K. 11., and the Sappho, 16, sloop; Commander the Hon. Gorge Hope, were lying at the former place. The Arrow touched at Ascension on the Ist of April, and at Fayal on the 15th of May for water. She brings invalids from the squadron. Captain Fair, of the Conway, was so ill as to preclude hopes of recovery. Ad miral Percy had appointed Commander Kelly, of the Win chester, to command the Conway, which it is confidently ex pected the Admiralty will confirm. The Hydra, Commander 11. B. Young, and the Sealark, 10, Commander T. L. Gooch, were very sickly ; the Scalark had lost her master, Mr. H. W. Pope ; and the purser, Mr. James Pemberthy, and several hands; Mr. Thomas, one of the mixed commission at Loango, had tilso died. The Arrow has been six years and upwards in commission, the greatest part of which time she has been employed in sur veying the Falkland Islands, and for the last year and a half as a cruiser at the Cape of Good Mope and the coast of_ Africa, where in September last she captured two of the largest slavers taken there for some years. She has only lost two men during this long service, and those died from natural causes. Though often in imminent peril she never suffered an accident or lest a spar, and has ploughed the ocean for upwards of 100,000 miles. She came into harbour on Thurs. day evening to be paid off. Since writing the above we have received intelligence of the death of Captain R. Fair, KM., of the Conway, 26, which ship this gallant.officer fitted out for the Cape of Good Hope station in May last. His achievements in Majesty's service were distinguished and eminently meritorious. In 1804, , when Master of the Beaver sloop, with whose boats and those of the Scorpion he assisted in cutting out the Dutch brig Atalanta, of 16 guns, and while Master in the Amethyst he received the praise of the Admiralty for his gallant deeds at the captures of the French frigates Thetis, in 1808, and Niemen, in 1807. Subsequently (when Lieutenant) he had command of a gun-boat in the Wralcheren expedition, and afterwards, when in command of the Locust gun-brig he drove a French brig-of-war ashore near Calais. and ulti mately succeeded in destroying her. Ile was at the siege and blockade of Dantzic in 1812. He attained his post rank in 1837. The Pearl, 20, Commander R. 11. Stopford, arrived on Wednesday, from South America, and sailed the same day from Spithead for Chatham to be paid off. She had been eleven weeks on her passage from Rio to Falmouth, where she put in for supplies of water and provisions, as she had only two days' allowance left, and had been on two-thirds allow ance some weeks. She brought a small freight on Merchants! account, which was forwarded the same day to London to the freight agents of Portsmouth, and afterwards sailed for Chat ham to be paid off. The Prince George transport, Lieutenant E. Ward, agent, arrived from Bermuda, on Thursday morning, after a pas • sage of thirty-nine days, having sailed April 28. She brought a number of naval and military invalids, and 140 convicts, whose terms of transportation have nearly expired, in charge of Assistant-Surgeon R. D. Mason, 1,.N. The convicts have been transferred to the hulks, and the passengers and invalids landed. She came i n to harbour yesterday afternoon to dis charge her stores. - The Cygnet, 6, brigantine, Commander H. Layton, ar rived at Spithead from Sheerness on Thursday, on her way to the coast of Africa, to assist in the suppression of the slave trade. She takes out Mr. John Duncan, the African tra veller, who will land at Cape Coast, and thence proceed to the Niger, by way of Coomasil. She also takes out presents for the chiefs of the Cameroon river. The frinnetheus steam-frigate, Commander John Hay, will be ready for sea on the 12th instant, when she will pro ceed to the coast of Africa, to assist in the suppression of the slave trade. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, is still alongside the dockyard jetty, fitting for sea and entering her hands. No commissions have yet arrived for the experimental new class 12-gun brigs. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. F. Rowley, returned to St. Helen's on Wednesday night, the wind having changed favourably, and on Thursday anchored at Spithead from the Channel, whither she had been dispatched to relieve the home ward bound vessels detained by contrary winds. She was ordered back to Spithead. The Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, is expected at Spithead from the Mediterranean in a week, and will come into harbour here to be paid off. She was in the Bay of Gibraltar on the 20th ult., taking in supplies of provisions, and awaiting a fair wind to proceed hither. The. Rose, 18, sloop, Commander H. R. Sturt. left Jamaica for Mexico on the 3d of May; the Hermes steam-vessel, Commander W. Carr, left the ,same day for Bermuda and Halifax ; and the Scylla, 16, on the 7th, for Aux Cayes. The Griffin, 3, brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Charles Jenkin, is ordered for service on the coast of Africa, to assist with the Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir William Daniell, the Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke, and the Wasp, 16, Com mander H. Bagot, in the suppression of the slave trade. The Pique frigate, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, was at Sacrificios on the 2d of May. The Nimrod, 20, Commander F. 11. 11. Glasse, arrived at Madras, from Trincomalee, on the 19th of April, at which date the Pilot, 16, Commander W. 11. Jervis, left Madras for Trincomalee. _ _ -- ...... The Champion, 18, Commander John Clavell, was at Ma zatlan on the 14th of March. _ . _ The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. 11. Freemantle, arrived at Barbadoes from Bermuda on the Ist. The Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, and the Satellite, 18, Commander I.Z. 11. B Rowley, arrived at Rio de Janeiro from England on the 23d of March. The Spiteful steam-vessel, Commander W. Maitland, left Bombay for China on the 2d of April. The Harlequin, 16, Commander, G. F. Hastings, was at Sin gapore on the sth of March. The Royalist, 10, Lieutenant-Commander P. Chetwode, was at Sourabaya on the Bth of December, about returning to her station (Port Essington.) The Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir William Daniell, K.T., was hailed oi• the 15th of May on her passage to the coast of Africa, from Bermuda. The Childers, 16, Commander G. G. Wellesley, sailed` from Hong-Kong on the 29th of February, for England, to be paid off. The Dido; IS, Captain the Hon. 11. Keppell, with a portion of the 55th Regiment on board, arrived at Calcutta from the Mauritius on the 13th of April. The-Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, arrived at Cork on Monday last. The flag (white at the main) of Admiral Sir Charles Row ley, G.C.8., G.C.11., &c., Commander-in-Chief at this port, has been shifted from the Excellent, gunnery ship, Captain Sir Thomas Ilastings, and re-hoisted on board the tit. Vincent, 120, at Spithead. The Dee steam transport, Master -Commander T. Driver, i 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 Tuaday. 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; 11. 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. llampton to the Auckland, Mr. 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 Victory. Mate—J. T. Parish to the Excellent. Naval Instructor—W. J. Fowler to the Inconstant. Naval Cadets—R. Yaskin and E. 'l'. 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, It Pearson to the Spartan, 11. 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 at Selsey. 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. llis 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 i r er d N orderly vtr koheprocedure various sn as swell a t hi g hest interest in the progress of the works, minutely exa mining the quality of the stone and its workmanship, and was ith eingenuitypleased od displayed n t p l a i l e sao) i.lesand other regularity n moving oa e sf r t r ie als. immense b 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 receive the roof), passing over the ordinary scaffolding to the house lobby and the central hall, whence the royal and distinguished visitors proceeded to the model and sculpture -rooms. His Imperial Blajesty evinced the liveliest interest in the whole of the works, and it was exceedingly gratifying to observe the freedom and condescension with which his Majesty conversed with Mr. Barry upon the design and arrangements of the various parts. Mr. Barry had 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 Hardinge, 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 w th h e ie G h e m n . e a r s a u l ,a S it t i e n a g n t i o N re a c N e l i g v a e t i i l o h n n. C o ni t s n ia i e l y ei s le p n a c ; l . : s e l t u t 4 e ag . F e a r ia le d , been previously shipped at Shoreham, under the 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... t h e o d urs th . at lt tl voyage to Dieppe would occupy about six at Dieppe, but to proceed at once by post to Rouen, and there was C not Sir Henry's intention to make any stay take the railway to Paris, and then to Orleans, where he would pass the night; and the next morning continue his 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 t o arrive, he was not reco gnised 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 he in ac cordance with the descriptions given by Sir Walter &Ott, of the heroes and heroines in his delightful tales. Yesterday morning, about half-past ten, a woman, 'having the appei.rance of a respectable mechanic'swife, threw herself of Westminster-bridge, near the fourth arch, and perished, attempts having been in vain made to save her by a policeman. she did not rise to the surface of the wattr. IRELAND. (FROM A MORNING CONTEMPORARY.) THE WRIT OF ERROR. Duni.AN JUNE B.—Mr. Ford, the solicitor of Mr. O'Con nell in the State prosecutions, left Kingstown yesterday for London, in order to instruct counsel 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 to leave for London, to co• operate with the English 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 tiled on the part of the several defendants. JUDGE BURTON—We had better wait until the rest of the Court sit. Mr. aosE—The Attorney-General consents to the ap plication. ATTORNEY-GENERAL - 4 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. Kemmis, 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 public 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. " He 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. " ' 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, but sternly 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 ha ve p asse d th roug h 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 decide. " I have 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 condolence to the 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 conildence 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, anti 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, could 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 coin • 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 subscriptions were handed in to the amount of 501. A deputation was then ap pointed to present the address to Mr. O'Connell. MEETING OF THE FOUR COUUTS' WARD.—On Thurs 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 1/. 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 CORI•ORATION.—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 tinder 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.—Cork Reporter. CORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains the following 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 the unalterable attachment of the people to their fireat leader. At the close of the proceedings a subscription list was opened, and in the space of live minutes 2001. and odd was collected. There is not the slightest doubt but that Cork will forward 1,000/. to the national cause in the course of the next week. LIMERICK ConronATioN.—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 GoYernment, and their own fixed determination to persevere in the struggle for a domestic Parliament. Car 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 every man 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. NENAGU.—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 bee been exclusively contributed in the town. I I i