The Sun. — London, England, 1839-06-19 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION men wretched and miserable, escaped with impunity. No inquisitorial tribunal could be established to inquire as to ) why a man's lease was n o t ren e w e d, or why a shoemaker ' or a tailor had been dismissed. Property, in fact, would cease to be property, if a man could not at will discharge a tenant er tradesman. Then in what position did the House stand with respect to an evil against which the sharpest inflictions of the penal law should be directed? No remedy had been suggested except the Ballot, and therein would be found the means of reconciling the right of property with the rights of the order. In that way alone could they enable both parties " to do what they will with their own."—( Hear.) All moral and civil law re cognised the principle, that men should so use their own rights as not to interfere with the rights of others. The system of open voting had been found ineffec tual in reconciling the two great principles of the rights of property and the liberty of opinion. If any mode could be suggested of reconciling. these two con tradictory principles, should they not readily adopt it. If the Ballot was found to give perfect protection to the • voter, if it was in that, and that alone, they found a solu tion of the problem, surely no slight objections should deter them from adopting it. The great difficulty, as it appeared to him, in the way of the Ballot was the moral objection that existed to it.—( hear, hear.) Much elo quent and ingenious argument had been used against the Ballot, but it was his belief, that if the moral objection which existed in the minds of the people to the Ballot was got over, a single session would not be allowed to pass without its being carried. The parties, however, who used the objection, did not well consider the moral evils which were the result of the present system.—( Hear. ) If it were immoral to tell an untruth, it was equally immoral to employ the trust the legislature had conferred upon a party dishonestly to avoid private loss. If it was un- English to tell a falsehood it was equally so to give a vote aga . nst the dictates of a man's conscience. Nothing in his mind could be more un- English—more opposed to the sturdy honest character of their country than to give a vote for a man praying all the time that he may be in the minority,—voting against the party one wishes to see chaired, and voting for the party whom he hopes to see ducked.—( Hear and laughter.) At present many dishonest votes were given—by the Ballot many honest votes would be given and denied. 'chhich was the greater cell ?-a( Hear, hear.) God forb!el that he should extenuate the guilt of falsehood, but why not make the same allowance for the rich as for the poor man?—( Hear.) Why should they see the mete in the eye of the 101. householder, and not see the beam in that of the Baronet or the Bishop?—(Cheers.) If dishonesty was to be con demned they could see enough of it without descending below their own rank in life. If it were criminal to utter an untruth for the purpose of guarding a seerst against prying curiosity, then he would say that they would find many men cridiinal as well as bakers, and farmers, and hosiere.—( Hear, hear.) Take, said the Honourable - gentleman, the case of anonymous writers. It is no torious that men of the highest class have written without their Lames, and have, on being questioned, denied what they have written. There is one name which readily suggests itself to us all—not only a man of the , first-rate geniue, but distinguished for his excellent prin ciples, his high honour, and the gentlemanly spirit he al ways exhibited, Sir Walter Scott—(Cheers)— who, we all know, published year after year that admirable series of novels of which I never think without gratitude, at the recollection of the innocent delight I have experienced in their perusal—constantly denying that they were written by him ; and, at last, when he acknowledged their authorship, he did to without any feeling of shame ; nor was it considered as at all reflecting upon his charac ter, by all that large circle of friends, containing many who now hear me—men of the most unblemished honour— prelates of the strictest sanctity,—not one of them con sidered Sir Walter Scott disgraced by the avowal, and all I btag is this, that we should, in our zeal for truth, think of other classes as well as those to which we have the honor to belong—that there should be one weight and one measure—_that we should extend to time untruths by which poor men attempt to protect themselves from the tyranny of gentlemen, the same indulgence which we most liberally extend to the untruths by which one gentleman protects himself against the impertinent curiosity of another. Sir, I pretend not to be a casuist, but assuredly if my opinion were asked by an elector, under secret voting, I should advise him to tell the truth, and take the conse quences, just as now I should advise him to vote accord ing to his conscience, and take the consequences. The "village Hampden," who now votes conscientiously, will un der the Ballot tell the truth ; the man who utters an un truth under the Ballot, is the man who is now guilty of the degradation of voting dishonestly--( Cheers.) The sane laxity of principle which now snows itself in the dis honest vote, will then show itself in the form of an untrue denial. In thy opinion, the latter is the better of the two._ ( Chees.) lam not for any breach of faith, but if there be men whose virtue is so weak, and whose fears are so strong, that they will not give a fair vote to his country tender the eyes of his corrupter, I wish for the system under which he breaks faith to his corruptor, and keeps it to his country.--( Cheers.) Thus much, Sir, as to the moral objection. With regard to the political objections they resolve themselves—with the exception of such as I have already adverted to—pretty nearly into this: that you will not disturb the representative system, as settled by the Reform Bill, which you assert to have been final. Now I never conceived that by supporting the Reform , all, any person gave any pledge whatever with respect to the Ballet,—( Hear, hear.) And as to the much talked of " finality," t regard the Reform Bill with reverence, not superstitious, but rational—(Cheers)—and upon the principles on which I supported the Reform Bill I think myself bound, good cause being shown, to amend it.— (Cheers.) I consider the question whether it should be amended or not is one which ought to be decided on the ordinary principles of the public good.—(Hear, hear.) And I airs ready to own that I see strong arguments against frequent and violent wpanges in the constitution of this country. The revolution of 1832, for a revolution it was—(Hear, hear)—and a most formidable and salt• guise one it would have been, at any other time, and in all; other country—was effected under legal forms, and without the shedding of civil blood—but it produced much exeitement and much danger—which lam not desirous to renew ; and I will bear with any anomaly, however f great, which is not also a grieva nce , rat h er t h an open k any of the grand questions which were then decided.— ] (Cheers.) Nay, I will bear with many grievances rather , than expose this country to the risk of the complete recon struction of our whole representative system.—( Cheers ) But, Sir, if you mean to have the Reform Bill final f you must look well to it, that it be real—( Loud cheers) you must suffer no part of it to be a delusion—you must not suffer the nomination system to be restored in a form yet more odious —you must not suffer that which ought to be a franchise to be turned into a mere villein service— worse than any ever executed in the fourteenth century by 1 the most ar bi tary l aws, an d t h e mess degrading servitude --(Loud cheers.) It was not for this that in 1832 the whole na ti on rose up l ik e one men, that bribes were re jected, and th rea t s d e fi e d, an d th e ar i stocracy de f eated on their own strongholds —( Che ers . ) I t ins; not fur this that in 1832 the Ch urc h, an d th e P eerage, an d t h e C ourt . stood owed into submission befor the irresis tible force of a united and determined people. (Renewed- cheers.) The o! jest of thst mighty move meat was net that ancient abuses might flourish under new names, and that Gauen and Old Swum might find tbeit representatives in counties and divisions of shires. —(Loud cheers.) Of this I am perstradtd, that the day is not far remote when this great nation, by a -ve ice as imperial as that which demanded the Reform Bill, will deemand that the Reform Bill be, to the full extent of its own principles, the truth.—(Cheers.) And when that most reasonable demand shall be conceded, as conceded it will surely be—when the franchise of every British elector shall be a franchise indeed—you will find, I am convinced, that s instead of leading to reckless changes and spoliation, and confusion, you will have maintained truth—strengthened the law —secured the just rights of property—and (hewn closer the ties which unite the various orders of society to each other, and which unite all orders to the Parliament and to the Throne.—( Loud and reiterated cheering.) Mr. MILNES was received with great I impatience and scarcely anythin g th at h e sa i d was audible . With 'diffi culty we heard him declare that the Ballot would, like another Reform Bill, speedily be made the signal for arty strife—the sign and symbol of political delusion. Sir G. 'STAUNTON rose with Lord J. RUSSELL, and the shouts for the Noble Lord were so loud and repeated that we could barely collect from the Honoura ble Member that he withdrew his amendment for a limited experiment of the. Ballot. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose, and began by declaring that he should on the present, as on all former occasions, vote against the Ballot.—( Hear, hear, from the 1 alinisterialists, and great cheering from the Oppositim.) And he wished that his Hon. Friend the Member for Edin burgh, before be gave the sanction of his distinguished talents to the measure, would have waited longer for the results of that public opinion on which he had formerly been in clined to rely, as a remedy fur the existing evils.—( Cheers. ) The great argument against the Ballot was, in fact, that it did away, in respect to the voters fo r M em b ers o f Parlia r.„Aent, with that influence of public opinion from which no other classes in the country, from which not the Judges, nor the Houses of Parliament, r,or the Sovereign herself, were exempt. No doubt there was a degradation in not daring to vita according to one's conviction, bat that was ntot to be compared to the moral evil of deceit, which would be eventually encouraged by the BEllot.—( Loud cheers.) At first, he was persuaded indeed, that the efermers and yeomen of this country would not be suffi ' ciently practised in dissimulation to be able to disguise the way in which they had voted—and that when John 1 Smith, fur instance, was asked by his landlord, " who did you vote far—now speak fairly"—that John Smith would tell the truth honestly.—( Loud cheers. ) But in process of time the great evil of social and political deception would be spread through the nation.—( Loud cheering.) The withdrawal of the check of public opi nion from the voters, would have a strong tendency to increase the dissatisfaction of those who were not intrusted with the franchise.—( Hear, hear.) He did not believe that really intimidation would be prevented by the Ballot. —( Hear, hear.) And it was worthy of remark that all his Hon. Friend (Mr. Macaulay) could say as to bribery was, that he did not think it would greatly be aggravated by the Ballot.—( Hear, hear.) They had for a long time Apure representative Constitution, and had had several of the Members nominated by individuals, at the same time many of them were elected by large cons- ituencics. He believed that fifty years ago the general opinion was that tenants should vote with their landlords. By the Reform Bill the franchise bad been greatly extended, and the pos sessors thought they had a right to exercise the franchise freely, while the landlords were still desirous of exercising their old influence. This produced a collision, and Ballot was suggested as a remedy ' • be did not think it would pro duce that e ff ect, but that if they were to permit this fermentation to work itself out, the good sense of the , people would apply the proper remedy. He would riot en ter on the discussion of th e question after the defence of hi s How. and Inkrned Friend. He had last year endea voured to inditce,f4aperson a l f r i ends to vote against the Ballot, an d ilfrooly consequ ence was that upwards of 200 Members "t:q!re . favour o f t h e Ballet, and after that be • houtoi pot fe b mn self justifi e d in pursuing such a college on the present occasion.__( Loud c h eers.) Mr. smigi, re i6 amid aloud cries of w Questio n , gises. tion, Divide, divide." He would not detain the House long—he merely rose for the purpose of calling the atten tioe of the House to certain facts. At a dinner at Gates head Lord Durham had stated that the arrangement of the Reform Bill had been entrusted to a Committee of Lord Grey's Cabinet, consisting of himself, the Noble Lord the Member for Stroud, Lord Duncannon, and the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke, he did not state what tock place in that Committee, but an allusion was made to it at a dinner at Edinburgh, shortly afterwards. An article appeared on the subject in the Edinburgh Review in 1834, the author of which it would be more easy to con jecture than it would a vote if the Ballot-box were introduced. But the Noble Lord at Stroud had ex plained the circumstances more fully, and had stated, that in the original draught of the Reform Bill the Ballot was proposed. Now for the sake of morality he would ask the Noble Lord not to vote against that question, for all the i arguments that could be brought against t now were of equal force then. With regard to the finality of the Re form Bill Lords Grey and Althorp had both declared that the measure was materially affected by the introduction of the Chandos clause, and Lord Wharneliffe had admitted that the abuse of power on the part of the landlords was likely to lead to the Ballot. All admitted intimidation, but no one proposed any remedy. And to make use of an expression of his constituents, he would say, What are you doing, Lord John, to provide a remedy for intimidation ? Nothing. And what are you doing, Sir Robert?—Helping him.—( A laugh.) Something must be devised to remedy the great immorality which was,the consequence of this in timidation, and believing that the Ballot afforded that remedy, he should support the motion.—( Cheers.) Sir JAMES GRA HAM would not have risen but for some of the observations of the Hon. and Learned Mem ber who had just sat down. He would state what he con sidered a sufficient answer to the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman. He would not deny that he was a Member of the Committee charged with the drawing up the Reform Bill. These disclosures of what took place did not seem to con tribute to that implicit confidence which ought to exist among colleagues. The Noble Lord had not been explicit in his expression of his views on the qaestion on the hustings, but he (Sir James Graham) had distinctly stated that he could not support the Ballot. The Noble Lord having obtained permission of his late Majesty to make these disclosures was at liberty to do so, but he having obtained no such permission, could admit nothing, explain nothing, or deny nothing, but he should have no objection to the Noble Lord carrying his dis closures further, and they should recollect that in that Ca binet they had the keeper of his Majesty's conscience, who had said that he had discovered an argument which amounted to a mathematical demonstration against tht Ballot. Ho admitted that with regard to events finality did not exist, but it did exist with regard to men, and he would contend that the pledge of finality of the Reform Act was not binding on the members of Lord Grey's Cabinet and on them alone. There was no question as to the fact of Lord Althorp's pledge as to the finality of the Re. form Act. In 1833, Lord Althorp, in answer to the Hon. Member for the City of London, said he appealed to every Member of the former Parliament to say whether the promoters of that measure had not always stated that, as regarded the representation of the people, this was to be considered as a final measures? He (Sir J. Graham) had invariably refused to support Vote by Ballet. Lord Althorp had stated to him that he did not con sider himself at liberty to vote in favour of the Bal lot in consequence of the pledges he had given. He was delighted to hear the Honourable Member for Edinburgh again, and he was sure he was expressing the sense of the House in s that they were delighted to hr.ve the benefit of his talents—(Cheers)—but he could not but be struck with certain parts of his speech. With regard to open questions, he had understood that if any thing could throw a doubt on the sincerity of Mr. Pitt, it was his conduct in regard to those questions to which he had alluded. There was a fourth course to be pursued by Members differing from th sir colleagues in the Government to which the Honourable Gentleman had not alluded, and that was to resign.—( Cheers. ) It was impossible after the Noble Lord's recorded opinion on this question, that he could treat it as a matter of in difference. He thought it would be safer to have a united Government in support of the Ballot, than a hollow specious opposition which was no reality.—( Loud cheers.) What was the consequence of that proceeding ? that those members of Government who supported the popular side, had a most unfair advantage over those who took the unpopular side, and would before long supplant them. Ha rejoiced in the gallantry with which the Noble Lord had fought this fight, but he was certain that his defeat was at hand. He would oppose the mo tion of the Hon. Member for London, and by that division he would stand or fall. Lord HO WICK rose amid loud cries of " question," and said, that there were some of the remarks of the lion. Baronet, from which he dissented so widely, that he could not permit the debate to close without reccrding his reasons for that dissent. He would not silently allow it to be said that any Member of Parliament had any right to bind himself by any pledges as to what he would do under circumstances which it was impossible he could forsee.—(Cheers.) What he thought was really binding on those who proposed the Reform Bill, was that they should have no intention at that time of carrying any further measure. He would rest his resist ance to any inroads on the Reform Bill on the ground which had been so eloquenily urged by his Hon. and Learned friend the Member for Edinburgh.: Believing that the Reform Bill had conferred great and inestimable benefits upon the country, he for one was de cidedly opposed to a proposition such as that which had been just submitted to the House, and which appeared to him to be carrying the principal of the Reform Bill much too far.--( Hear, hear.) One word with respect to open questions, of which the Right Honourable Baronet had said so much. He agreed with him in the general expediency of not making important questions, but the Right Honourable Baronet could not forget that when he ::at upon the other side of the House, the Catholic ques. tion, a much more important one, and involving much more important principles, was made an open question.—( Hear, hear.) He believed that by having the present an open question, they were taking the best course to prevent its being ultimately carried; and he would add, that if the Administration with which he was connected had made the Ballot a Government question, he would at once cease to be a member of that Administration.—(Cheers.) Sir ROBERT FEEL had so frequently expressed his opinion on the present qnestion, that he would not trespass at any length upon the time of the House. He would take that opportunity of congratulating the House upon the re ;urn of one of its most distinguished Members, to whose speech he had listened with the greatest attention and pleasure.—( Hear, hear.) Nothing he believed could be productive of more distrust and jealousy than the declaration of the Noble Lord ( Howiek) that leaving the Ballot an open question was the most likely means to retard its progress. How would that operate with the friends of the measure in the present Government ? Were they not impressed sz itb the belief that the leaving the Ballot an open question was the most likely way to promote its ultimate success. The Right Hon. Baronet then pro ceeded to quote the opinion of Lord John Russell in hi, address to the electors of Stroud, as to the expediency of making the Ballot an open question. He objected to the policy of making questions of vital importance open questions by the Government, because it must parallze their power as a legislative body. Why, the fact was, that if the system of open questions was fully recogniz there was nothing to prevent himself and his friends from passing over to the other side of the House, and assuming the reins of Government, with the understanding that they should not bring forward any question upon which they were not unanimous.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to the question now before the House, he could merely repeat his adherence to the opinions he had formerly stated. Mr. G RGTE replied ; but the buzz of conversation in the House was such, that little which the Hon. Member said could be distinctly heard. He did not believe the Chartists would ba rendered more unsatisfied with the present state of the franchise by the Ballot being granted. His gratitude for this measure having been made an open question was greatly diminished by the fact that the larger half of the Cabinet exulted in having thus thrown an impediment in the progress of the question.— (Cheers—Oh, oh, and great uproar.) Amidst inexpressible uproar, Lord HO WICK ex plained that he spoke his own sentiments only.—(Laugh t:r, and, if possible, increased uproar.) The House then divided, when there appeared For the motion 216 Against it 333 Majority against the motion —ll7 SMALL TENEMENTS BILL Mr. SANFORD moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt the occupiers of small tenements from the pay. :bent of the rates. Lord DUNGANNON would take advantage of every form of the House to prevent the Bill being brought for ward at such a late hour. After a few observations from Mr. ESTCOURT and Colonel SI BT H 0 RP, Lord DUNGANNON moved, that the House do ad journ, but the amendment not being seconded, the original motion was put and carried without a division. Mr. PRYME moved for leave to bring in a Bill to ex empt poor persons from the payment of teas. Lord D UNG ANNON would pursue the same course as he had done with regard to the previous Bill. After a short conversation leave was given to bring in the Bill. On the motion of Mr. CHRISTOPHER, the following gentlemen were appointed as a Select Committee on the Sewers Bill:—Mr. Christopher, Lord Granville Somer set, Mr. Law Hodges, Mr. William Miles, Lord Worsley, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Addams Williams, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Edward Rice, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Freshfield. Mr. FOX MA UL E moved that the House do resolve itself into Committee on the Metropolitan Police and the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill. Mr. LAW opposed the motion. After a short conversation, in which Mr. F. Maule, Mr. Law, and Col. Sibthorpe took part, Mr. BROTH E fi.TON moved that the House do ad journ, which was agreed to, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Two o'Clock. We understand that Mr. Calder has been ap pointed to the clerkship in the Treasury, vacant by the resignation of the Hon. Charles Gore. NOVEL POLICE REGULATION.—For some time past the Commissioners of the Metropolitan police have felt and expressed much displeasure at the slovenly and somewhat outre appearance of their men, compared with those of their br o th er guar di ans o f t h e peace i n t h e pay of the City authorities, and within the last week have caused a circular tobe forwarded to the various Superinten dents, to the effect that one man from each division shall attend every morning at head-quarters, Scotland-yard, when he whose neatness altogether attracts the greatest notice shall be allowed an additional day's pay, and the second favourite (two only being on each occasion selected from the many) twenty-four hours' leave of absence from duty, SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Yesterday the " Superb Waterloo Fete," as announced in the hand- bills, took placo at these gardens. A great concourse of well dressed people were present, attracted chiefly by the flower show of the Royal South London Horticultural Society, the promised magnificent daylight view of Mount flecla, and the " Promenades Musicales," performed by a band of distinguished instrumental per formers. Some of the flowers exhibited were in great perfection, and the richness of colour and the great variety of the geraniums exbibited by the Society, met with general approbation. We have rarely seen such a beautiful collection of these favourite flowers. The band went through their performances with good effect, and the menagerie, as usual, was generally praised. No man indeed seems to know better than Mr. Cross, how to keep the animals in a healthy condition, and to exhibit them in an attractive view to the spectators. We cannot, however extend the same praise to the assistants and keepers. Though vast crowds collected at five o'clock to see the animals feed, not the least hint was thrown out till after repeated inquiries, that in gala days that part of the exhibition took place in the morning, and consequently many went away greatly disappointed. OPENING OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The first portion cf this line, from London to Romford, was yesterday opened to the Directors and a large party of their friends, preparatory to its opening to the puLlic on Thursday next. The present temporary terminus of the Railway is at Devonshire -street, Mile-end-road, where the line crosses the northern extremity of Old Bethnal-green; but we understand that it will eventually be carried, upon a viaduct supported by arches, to Church-street, near Shoreditch Church, two miles nearer London. The sta tion which has been erected at Old BAhnal.green was gaily decorated with a variety of flags and banners, and from an early hour an immense concourse of persons were assembled to witness the departure of the first train. At ten o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord' Mayor visited the station, where he was received by the Ch4irman (Henry Bosanquet, Esq.) and several of the Directors of the Company. In consequence of his Lordship's having made a previous engagement, to attend the consecration of a church, he could merely take a cursory view of the line as far as Stratford, with the whole of which he expressed himself highly gratified. His Lordship, on leaving the station, made his acknowledgments fur the courtesy and attention with which he had been received, and we under stand 11._t also gave the Company great credit for the ex cellent police arrangements along the line. The Eastern Counties Railway has provided three classes of carriages —the first class being similar to those used upon the London and Croydon, the Grand Junc tion, and some other lines. They will accommodate six persons each, and are divided into compartments, with comfortable lining, cushions, &c. The second class car riages are without cushions and open at the sid es , an d a third class has been provided without any covering at the top or aides, and which we doubt not will, during the fine weather, obtain a fair share of passengers. The carriages are all painted a bright blue, with the arms of the Com pany emblazoned cn the sides, and are on the whole ex• tremely comfortable and substantial. The rails are five feet one inch apart, being an increase of five inches upon the guage of the London and Birmingham and the other lines in connection with it; they are laid upon transverse I blocks of wood, and the motion when going at full speed is extremely smooth and steady. The gradients, as might be expected in a flat and level country such as that which the Eastern Counties line traverses are, next to the Greet Western, the most favourable of any of the great lines out if London, and we have no doubt that the increased width o f guage and the power of their engines (which have been manufactured by Braithwaite and Co.) will enable them to compete in speed with any. At half•past one o'clock, the two trains which bad been provided for the accommodation of the Directors and their guests, left the station at Devonshire -street, amidst the discharge of artillery and the cheering of the assembled multitudes. There was an excellent baud of music in each of the trains, and the party proceeded at a moderate speed along the line, which is carried upon an rmbank ment, varying from ten to four feet in elevation, to the first station at Stratford. Here they were joined by the Per sian Ambassador and his suite, who had been invited to witness the opening of the line, but had arrived a few minutes after the trains had started The station at Strat• ford, which is almost completed, having been inspected, as well as its densely crowded state would admit, the Com pany proceeded to Ilford, the second station, thence on a line parallel with the high road to Rornford, where the Railway at present terminates upon an embankment about thirty feet above the level of the surrounding country. A large tent, capable of affording ample accommoda tion to all, was pitched in an adjoining field, and here the company, to the number of about 400, sat down to an elegant dejeune, provided by Bleaden of the London Ta vern. It is unnecessary to say more of the entertainment than that it was got up in Bleaden's usual style of excel lence. Among the company were the Chairman, Henry Bosanquet, Esq. ; the Deputy Chairman, Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq. ; Branston, Esq., M.P. ; Sir C. S. Hunter • Earl of Dundon a ld ; J. J. R oun d, E sq., M . P . for Southt Essex ; Round, Esq., M. P. for Malden ; Sir G. H. Smith, M. P. ; Mr. Stewart, M. P. ; the Persian Ambassador; Mr. Sheriff Wood; Quentin Dick, Esq., M. P. ; Sir W. Alexander; the Chairmen and Directors of the London and Croydon, the London and Brighton, London and Greenwich, and other Railway Companies.' The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given by the Chairman, and briefly responded to. 4. Prosperity - to the Eastern Counties Railway," and the 'healths of Chair= man and Directors, and of Mr. Braithwaite the' engineer, being received with loud and general cheering. The trains reached London about six o'clock, without any accident or impediment to mar the pleasurable feel ings which the excursion had inspired. We may add that so far as our observation went, the works of the line, including the bridges over the Regent's canal, the River Lea, &c., have been executed in an extremely solid and substantial manner, and reflect much credit upon the ta lented engineer Mr. Braithwaite. ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. HAWES TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—We shall be obliged by your stating, in explana tion of your report of this trial in this Evening's Sun, that these proceedings were commenced by the Board of Excise, for alleged arrears of duty upon yellow soap, amounting to 576/. 12s. 81., and upon mottled soap, to 3971. 19s. 61. That after the examination of the Com missioner's witnesses, the claim for the larger sum was attati loned, ar.d a verdict for the smaller amount only taken by the Crown, subject to a special case, as to the right of the Excise to charge duty in the manner claimed by them. We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, LAKE AND CURTIS, Defendant's Solicitors, 11, Bisinghall.street, June 18, 1839. REPRESENTATION OF MIDLOTIIIAN.—A re quisition has been forwarded to Mr. Ramsay of Wanton, ealling on him to come forward a 3 a candidate for the re presentaticn of the county, in the event cf a dissolution, in , pposition to the present member, Mr. Gibson Craig. Mr. Ramsay has intimated his intention of complying with the request. CIIUDLEIGII.—A curious discovery of a range of caverns was made last week in Chudleigh Rock, in con sequence of a terrier dqg getting into a fissure in pursuit of a rabbit. The dog was heard at various times to bark for more than a week, and as it was alnmst impos;ible to extricate him, it was attempted to destroy him by burning brimstone. On the Isth day after the dog's ento.v.bmenr, his moans were plainly heard by many persons, when a further endeavour was made, in vain, to extricate him, A lad on the following day had the courage with a rope affixed to him, and two lanterns, to enter the chasms, and after two hours, working a passage of 20 feet, ha des cended into a dry chamber about 30 feet square and 63 feet below the opening, where he found the dog dead, but still warm. From an aperture in this cavern gusbed a stream of air leading into another cavern, which is supposed to be still deeper, as the boy had not rope enough to descend. This range of caverns is beneath those where Professor Buckland many years since discovered some extraordinary antediluvian remains.—Exeter Gazette. Monday evening a person of the name of Wadey, a relation of Mrs. Quintin, of Sussex-place, Bridge road, Hammersmith, called on that lady, who perceiving some thing extraordinary in his behaviour, peisuaded him to remain there the night, during which period he was strictly watched. Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, he was missing, and on search being made he was discovered in an outhouse in the garden with his throat dreadfully cut. ‘ledical assistance was immediately afforded, but the wound is of that nature as to afford very slight grounds for his recovery. Difficulties of a pecuniary nature are assigned as the cause of the act. THE INDIAN MAILS.--The mail which wi , s to have been dispatched from Bombay, by the Hugh Lind ,zay, on the 16th of April, had not arrived at Suez on the 25th of May, and the Malta packet has come in without it.. The letters which were transmitted to Mr. Waghorn's care up to the 25th of April, from England, were sent on by him in a sailing vessel, from Suez, on the 18th of May. The Government despatches and mail up to the same date remained in state quo at Suez, after the departure of Mr. Waghorn's mail. Lord` William Frederick, second son of the Marquis of Downshire, is named as the candidate to be brought forward in the Conservative interest in opposition to Captain Winninaton, at the next election for West Worcestershire.— Worcester Herald. A HORSE IN TRAINING.—A horse in train ing, or quite up to the mark for hunting, is in a state bor dering upon high fever; a state not of nature, but one making continual demands upon the art which produced it. Constitutions must be studied, all symptoms carefully watched, nacaieine admiliistered, and changes of diet made according To circumstances, to keep the machine capable of performing the extraordinary services required of it. Not one horse in a thousand con go through a season without the use of any alterative or other drugs ; and those who know the value of the "stitch in time which saves nine," will not despise what may savour, to the un initiated, of quackery.—Delme Radcliffe's Noble Science. THE REV. DR. CHALMERS.—We have sin cere pleasure in announcing that this truly eminent Divine is about to pay a visit to this City. The interesting and important object which brings him among us at this time is to promote the great cause of Church Extension, by en deavouring to procure subscriptions and donations in behalf of the General Assembly's Supplementary Fund.— Aberdeen Constitutional (Tory Paper). MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—At Hatton-garden police-office, on Monday, Catherine Fitzgerald was re-ex amined, charged by Mary Joyce, of Water's-place, Isling ton, with having committed a murderous assault upon her. The prisoner, it appeared, had a quarrel with the prosecu trix, when she seized upon a chopper and inflicted a violent blow upon her temple, which wounded her so that her life was despaired of. The prisoner had undergone seve ral examinations, and was again remanded. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1839. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE 7, 1839. The Lord Chamberlain of Ler Majesty's Household has ap pointed Edward Hobhouse, Esq., one of the Gentlemen Ushers Quarterly Waiters in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Lord De Ros, resigned. WHITEHALL, JUNE 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Isaac Warner, of Win chester, in the county of Hams, Gent., to be a Master Extra. ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 14. . _ The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon. John William Baron Duncannon (commonly called Viscount Dun cannon), Alexander Milne, Esq. and Charles Alexander Gore, Esq. (commonly called the Hon. Charles Alexander Gore), to be Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings. WHITEHALL, JUNE 15. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Sir Edward Smijth, of Hill-hall and Horham-hall, both in the county of Essex, and of A . ttleborough-h a ll , i n t h e county o f Norfolk, Bart., her royal icence and authority, that he and his issue may take and henceforth use the surname of Bowyer, in addition to and before that of Smijth, and bear the arms of Bowyer quarterly with those of Smijth ; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's Office, otherwise her Majesty's said license and permission to be void and of none effect : and also to command, that the said Royal concession and declaration be registered in her Majesty's College of Arms. DECLARATIO',NI OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEPH VAUGHAN, oilman, Pratt -street, Lambeth. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM FISHER, Lincoln, and GEORGE FISHER, Newark-upon-Trent, wharfingers. WILLIAM HICKMAN, rag-merchant, Rutland-place, Upper Thames-street, City. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD JAMES HARGRAVE, victualler, Kin; ; 's Arms, Bishopsgate-street Without, to surrender June 23, at one, and July 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Miller, Dyson, and Havel, Bedford-row. JOHN NEWELL, worsted - manufacturer, Halifax, July 6 and 30, at ten, at the Northgate Hotel, Halifax. Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Barber, Halifax. JOHN GRIST, grocer, New Brentford, Middlesex, July 2, at half-past twelve, and July 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hooker, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. JOSEPH C H ANN IN U G UMM ER, wine -merchant, Hart street, Mark-lane, London, June 27. an d J u ly 30, a t one , a t Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Murray, London-street, Fenefiurch-street. JAMES WEBSTER and ROBERT BROWN, fringe a- d lace manufacturers, Liverpool, July 1 and 30, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-inn, London ; Cort, Liverpool. GEORGE WITHEY, grocer, Bristol, June 22 and July 30,. at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, L on d on ; oolden, Bristol. THOMAS HEDGECOCK, ship-owner, South Lambeth, June 28, at twelve, and July 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hadwen, Salisbury-square, Fleet-street ; Gib son, official assignee, Basinghall-street. EDWARD KNIBB, tailor, Liverpool, July 2, and July 30, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Philipps Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, London ; Partridge, Birmingham. , THOMAS DAVIES, tailor, Lewes, Sussex, June 24 and July 30, at. twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Bennett, 13righton ; Dax and Bicknell, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. JOHN WINSKILL, JAMES HARWOOD, and JOHN HUTCHINSON, carpet-manufacturers, Barnard Castle, Dur ham, June 29 and July 30, at twelve, at the House of M ar y Hunt, Barnard Castle. S m ith son an d Mitton, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; Barnes, Barnard Castle. 11A )BE I{T H Alt IL AND, farmer, Staunton, Worcestershire, July 1, at one, and July 30, at three, at the !Boothall Gloucester. Jones, Ledbury, Herefordshire; King and Son, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet -street, London. JAMES NEWSOME, worsted-stuff manufacturer, Tynsal gate, Yorkshire, June 25, at twelve, at the Court-house, Brad ford, and July 30, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds. Lawrence and Taylor, Old Fish-street, Doctors'-commons, Lontion ; Morris, Bradford. THOMAS SPENCER, victualler, York, June 27, and July 30, at eleven, at St. Leonard's Hotel, York. Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row, London ; Thompson, York. JOHN ROWBOTH AM, wheelwright, Bollingdon, Chester, July 11 and 30, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Macclesfield. Wil liamson and Hill, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Wormald, Macclesfield. DIVIDENDS At the Court of Bankruptcy, 13asinghall-street. H. A. Douglas, merchant, Old Broad-street, July 9, at twelve—W. R. Edwards, linen-draper, London-road, July 11, at twelve—H. E. Thompson, brewer, Chelsea, July 12, at twelve—W. 'Whateley, merchant, Lawrence Pountney-hill, July 9, at twelve--J. D. Metcalf, jeweller, Regent-street, July 8, at eleven—J. Wiggins, woollen draper, High H o lb orn , July 9, at half-past twelve — J. Lamb, victualler, Chancery lane, July 9, at half -past eleven—R. S. Firmin and W. King, button-manufacturers, Conduit-street, Bond-street, July 9, at twelve—J. Arthur, paper manufacturer, Colyton, Devonshire, July 11, at twelve—C. and It. Wallis, ship-builders, Black wall, July 11, at eleven. In the Country. J. James. wine merchant, Cheltenham, 'July 11, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham—J. Comely, cattle salesman, Compton, Hampshire, July 12, at twelve, at the George Inn, Winchester—C. Winte, innkeeper, Marlborough, Wiltshire, July 11, at twelve, at the Marlborough Arms Hotel, Marlbo rough—R. Cull, upholsterer, Ramsgate, July 15, at three, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Ramsgate—J. May, draper, Newport, Isle of Wight, July 10, at eleven, at the Bugle Inn, Newport —B. Spearman, grocer, Birmingham, July 9, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—J. Young. silk mercer, Brighton, July 11, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Brighton— A. F., .1., and F. O'Neill, merchants, Liverpool, July 16, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—G. Ric e hmond, miller, Raiton, Sedgley, Staffordshire, July lft, at three; at there Star . ayul Garter Inn, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire—J. Grc*s, prarisinn merchant, Bristol; July 13,• at two, at the Commer cial Rooms, Bristol—R. Hamilton, master-mariner, Liverpool, August 14, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—J. E. Dumont and F. Von arca - , merchants, Liverpool, July 15, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—T. and J. B. Steel, cotton-spinners, Stockport, Cheshire, July 17, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. CE R TIFICA TE S. —.Tu IN 9. _ H. Dawes, maltster, Great Malvern, Worcestershtre—W. Bunting, cotton-spinner, Stockport, Cheshire—G. Morgan, tanner, Dolvddbyrion, Carnarvonshire—R. Claxton, coach-. maker, Swafrham, Norfolk. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.. W. ,and.J. Blundell, millers, Lower Mitton Worcestershire -- It., T., and R. Clifford, plumbers, Littl e ' Rolton, Lanca shire, (as far ,as regards T. Clifford)—M, Hodgkinson, A. flicks, and S. Hoilgkinson, drapers, Launceston, Cornwall-., 11. Clapperton and G. Oliver, booksellers, Newport, Mon mouthshireJ. Bewley and G. Bowles, salesmen, .Newgate Market—G. and .J. Cowie, silversmiths, Long-acre—J. and, I. Grigg, maltsters, Treveglos, St. Columb Minor, Cornwall— F.. W. Luck and H. Wood, linen-drapers, Cheltenham.—J. B. Horrocks and C. F. Matthews, stretchers, Manchester—T. and W. Wilson, hatters, Manchester. THE LATE MR. MORI. (From the Morning Post.) Perhaps the death of no individual in the musica, world could create a greate r sensation in this country than that of poor Mori, our national violinist. He de parted this life on the night of the 13th instant, in the most sudden and unexpected manner. No one, how ever, who was acquainted with Morils personal appear ance but must have suspected that for many months past he was the victim of some obscure malady, and such now proves to have been the case.— On his merits as a musician it is unnecessary for us at the present moment to enlarge. Some recent defects in the execution and tcne of Mr. Mori, which close and accurate observers of his performances have not failed to notice, proceeded from a partial loss of power in the fingers of the left hand, in consequence of a slight paralytic seizure which he experienced about two years ago, and of which he afterwards had several re lapses, that temporarily more or less affected both his memory and his physical frame. F ew men have pos sessed the same degree of influence in the musical world that he did, or succeeded in obtaining so great a share of public patronage. Yet he was not generally liked by his professional brethren. The cause of the moral peculiarities which occasioned this alienation is now explained. They were not his fault but his mis fortune, the usual and inevitable attendants on the morbid condition of brain which, it has now been as cestained, embittered his life, and was insidiously cut ting short the thread of his existence. The immediate cause of Mori's decease was the rupture of a large blood vessel in the chest. He died in a few minutes. The origin of his mental infirmities was chronic disease of the brain, ossification of its blood-vessels, slow inflammation of its membranes, and softening of its substance. Over this slow and lingering state of disease he could have no control : no doubt it was much Aggravated by the con stant state of excitement in which he lived, ,and the her culean, undertakings he used to engage in. His morbid irritability, which at times amounted almost to insanity, often led him to act discourteously towards his profes sional brethren ; they will now forgive him. He was really not accountable for his actions ; they were the re sult of disease, and not of moral delinquency. Let his enemies, then, be sparing in their censure and lenient in their criticism. His disease, we are informed, must have been progressing for many years, and we are glad of the opp or t un i ty of rescuing both the private an d public reputati on o f a man of acknowledged talent f rom any obloquy w hi c h might otherwise attach to his memory. CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW NOVEL, cc THE PHANTom SHIP."-,NVe are del;kited with this singularly wild tale of the S ea. ha it Ca p tain Marrya has givon full play to his vari e d powers of description, w hich enables him to tell the marvels of the land, and with equal spirit the wonders of the great deep. The Legend of the " Fly ing Dutchman" tails Marryat has f pretty g en erally known ; upon it Cap'. ourded hi s " Ph an t o m Ship," and it has rarely fallen to our l ot to have to notice a more succoss ful attenat. Philip i 4 Vanderdecken, the beautiful Amine, and the malignant Schrifter, are all drawn with a masterly hand. The final liberation by Philip of his father from the fearful punishment which carries his " Phantom Ship" for ever beating round the Cape is narrated most impres sively—one Jeek the awfulness of the scene. It is not our intention to enter minutely into the various bea utie s Gf this tale, for we w ou ld net lessen t h e p l easur e with which it must be read. I n every variety of scene C a ptain M ar . ryat most deeply interests us, whilst the marvellous, the unearthly, and the more tender of the earthly passions are so depicted as to ma k e us regret that the " Phantom Ship's" voyage is o ver . —Age. we understand, be .honoured with the presence of an unusual number of distinguished persons. About 80 horses aro expected, i n _ eluding several of first-rate character. -------- We regret to say that the Stamp-oflice autho rities have decided that the Anti-Corn-Lau? Circular cannot be printed without the red tax-mark on its corner This ought to be an additional incitement to the friends of free trade to redouble their exertions in promoting the cir culation of the stamped sheet. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Courier thus speaks of the pending dispute between the House of Commons, and the Queen's Bench :—" The House of Commons is placed at this moment in a truly pitiable situation, and not one of its Members, apparently, is able to suggest a remedy. It is evident, now, that every notorious criminal whose infamy is alluded to in the proceedings of a Committee, or in a Go vernment return, or in a petition from those who have suffered from his crimes, will have it in his power to bring an action for libel against the printer of the House, if the present practice of allowing the public to 11::ve access to Parliamentary documents is persisted in. Sir Robert Inglis, indeed, supposes that the matter may be more carefully prepared for the printer, and all libellous matter excluded from every publication ; but such an opinion only betrays the worthy Baronet's inexperience in these matters." The Globe, alluding to the subject of National Eden tion, expresses itself to the following effect :—" Some of the most noisy and obtrusive opponents of the Government measure respecting National EducAtion, have boldly pro mulgated erroneous fallacies for the sake of misleading public opinion and exciting popular alarm, which re quire only to be accurately stated to be exposed to general repudiation and contempt. For instance, it has been asserted that no measure of national education ought to be sanctioned by the legislature of this country which does not involve the introduction of re ligious principles under the direction and control of the Established Church. But it is plainly impossible that any system of national education can be directed or controlled by any one religious incorporation, unless either an act of uniformity be successfully applied to all classes of the corn munity, or Government be allowed coercively to interfere between parents and their children, and tyranically to over turn whatever belongs to domestic sympathy and freedom." The Standard observes, in allusion to last night's debate in the Commons, on the subject of privilege— " What then is to define the duties and the power of the Houses of Parliament ? We answer the law ; that only true and comprehensive representative of the people for all purposes—the law, speaking through those Ministers whom the people have appointed. When Mr. Sergeant Wilde and others talk of the existing dispute as lying between the people and the Ccurt of Queen's Bench, they betray gross ignorance, or shameful cowardice; if the Judges have decided according to law (and we shall again incur Mr. Sergeant Wilde's charge of ignorance by saying that they have so decided), then the quarrel is clearly between the House of Commons and the law ; if, on the other hand, the Judges have, in that encroaching spirit most falsely and most indecently imputed to them, perverted the law, then it is the first duty of the House of Commons to address the Crown for the removal of these delinquent Magistrates. But if, as we have shown, the House of Corr.mons is not the people in the comprehensive sense assumed, neither is it consistent %%ith any theory of regular government that the people in their collective character can act in defiance of the laws that themselves have established." The Morning Herald of this day, in the course of a leading article suggested by last night's debate on the Bal lot in the House of Commons, makes the following inci dental allus!ons to Mr. Macaulay's speech :—" Clever. as Mr. Macaulay is—and stored with knowledge as he must be admitted to be—he appears to lack all the higher and rarer qualiles of a great speaker. His voice is indifferent in quality ; his delivery wretched. Fluent—volnble—he assuredly is ; but his volubility would seem to be unaccom panied with quickness—the secret—at least one of the secrets—of success in debate. By quickness,' we mean, of course, something very different from rapidity of enunciation :—we mean, in short, promptness in deal ing with the almost infinite variety of shapes which an ingenious adversary's arguments may assume. Mr. Mac aulay, during his harangue, displayed the air of a man who, in virtue of a vary strong memory, has fortified him self with a long essay. Now, clever as the essay may be, it is apt to prove a poor substitute for a living and breath. ing speech called into existence by the operations of that spirit, who,e province it is to brood over the chaos of a debate. Mr. Macaulay's spoken essay was a collection of ch,Nerly-expresstd common-places, excepting where it hai:pene:l to embody some proposition simply, yet emi nently absurd. Of the latter description was his defence of open questions.'" The Times thus summarily disposes of the discussion on the Ballot question :—" Before 9 o'clock the Ballot ques tion came on, and exhibited Ministers in another of those disgraceful positions with which they are now become fami liar—in the situation of abandoning their collective resis tance to Radical innovation, and leaving all their under lings to curry favour with revolutionary constituencies by a new thrust at the British Constitution." The Morning Post thus speaks of Mr. Serjeant Wilde's speech on the subject of the dispute on prhilege between the Commons and the Queen's Bench :—" In arguing with Mr. Sergeant Wilde a legal point which the Court of Queen's Bench has by the unanimous • consent of its Judges already decided in opposition to the Learned Ser geant's opinion, we should unduly exalt him and unduly degrade ourselves and our readers. The time happily is not yet come when a hard-mouthed lawyer, by dint of stentorian lungs and a reputation for dexterity in nisi pries practice, can revoke into doubt a question solemnly decided by the Court of Queen's Bench. We need only remind Mr. Sergeant Wilde of what every tyro in his pro fession knows, that the Court of Queen's Bench, by a de cision against which the . House of Commons has not thought it prudent to appeal, has settled the law to be the reverse of all that the Learned Sergeant said in his speech, and that no speech of his is-:likely ever to unsettle what has thus been settled." • The Morning Chronick, referring to the debate that took place last night in the House of Commons, on the question of the 13al:ot, says—" The question is, in truth, easily undagool, and the people do understand it well. The opponents of the Ballot are the opponents of liberty. An oligarchy loves to invest itself with the forms of free dom. Its delight is to delude the people with a semblAnce of independence, retaining in its own hands the power of controlling its exercise. The rotten borough system was a felicitous expedient, for the number of voters to be coerced or purchased before the Reform Bill made the task of controlling the popular voice comparatively easy and unexpensive. The Reform Bill is, comparatively, an expensive instrument; and it may be doubted whether the odiurn,to which the exercise of intimidation on a large scale subjects the oligarchy, will not, ere long, lead to the destruction of its power. The representative influences of the oligarchy end the people in the House of Commons are; we have seen, as. 335 and 218. But as at the next electiori it rney'be expected that every independent bo rciugli will make the Ballot a condition sine qua non, we may count a large addition to the popular influence in the House." The Morning Ae'vertiser comments as follows on Sidney Smith's late pamphlet on the Ballot :—" Gentle dullness' is said to love a joke.' The Rev. Sydney Smith, al ready celebrated for the j2cose character of his previous pamphlets, has addressed himself to the above weak side of the children of dulness at this very critical thee, by a pamphlet more amusing than convincing against the Ballot. The gist of his pamphlet is, that the Ballot i 3 a cowardly and insincere mode of proceeding. He says that the electors under the Ballot will become a set of deceitful wretches wearing the wrong colours, abusing their friends, pelting the man for whom they vwed, drinking their enemies' punch, knocking down per sons with whom they entirely agreed, and roaring out eternal duration to principles they abhorred.' We should be glad to know whether the intimidation to which tyranny resorts to coerce reluctant dependence (and against which the Ballet is demanded as a protection) be not a more cowardly and un-English proceeding than the alleged concealing of opinion imputed to the Ballot?" APPLICATION TO ADMIT MR. VINCENT TO BAIL. Mr. Roberts, solicitor, of Bath, and one of the Chartist leaders, who has been in Newport for the List day or two, making arrangements for the defence of Vincent, at the ensuing Assizes, applied to the Magis trates on behalf of his cheat, that he should be allowed to enter into his own recognizances to appear at the Assizcs, to answer the charges upon which he had been committed. The MAYOR—I understand your application, Mr. Roberts, to be, that Mr. Vincent be liberated on his own recognizance. Mr. Roberts—Yes ; and on your refusal I would desire to know the terms upon which you will liberate him. The MAYOR--I am here to listen to any application you wish to make on behalf of your client ; but cannot speak of terms further than to intimate to you the amount of the recognizances required by the Magistrates before whom be was examined, viz. : his own recogni zance for .5001., and two sureties for 2.501. each, to ap pear at the Assizes, and also to be of good behaviour for twelve months. Under these circumstances, he cannot be liberated merely on his own recognizance. Mr. Roberts---What you have just stated, is informa tion for me : I did not know it before, I now tender you sureties for the appearance of Mr. Vincent at the ensuing assizes, without the latter condition, viz., good behaviour for twelve months. The MAYOR—I will take bail for his appearance. Mr. Roberts—And dismiis the other condition ? MAYOR—No, no. I will not dismiss the condition, but I will take bail for his appearance. Mr. Roberti---Then, in fact, you refuse to take bail, and liberate .Mr. Vincent, until the assizes. .MAyou—l wish it to be distinctly understood, that I do not refuse to take bail for his appearance, but I can not release the condition required by the examining Magistrates. • Mr. Roberts—Will I f -ou discharge him front custody on his giving the required bail ? The NIAYoit—W here are the surities ? Mr. Roberts—They are not here. I did not know the amount of bail which would be required, and there fore did not incur the expense of bringing over persons who might be refused. The MAYOR again expressed his readiness to accept bail for Mr. Vincent's appearahce, but would not release him from any condition imposed on him by the exa• mining Magistrates. Mr. Roberts then retired.—Merlin. It is generally supposed that our Member, Mr. Chichester, is about to retire from public life, and to take up his permament residence at Arlington.—North Devon Advertiser (Barnstaple). ANOTHER MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--In addition to the marriage of Mr. Gladstone to Miss Glynne, Lord Lyttleton will at the same time lead to the hymeneal altar her younger Sister, Miss Mary Glynno. The marriage of Major Hawkey to the eldest daughter of Mr. Robarts, the banker, takes place in a few days. MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM. God is every where presentTbut his grace, which influences and supports all demonstrations of the clergy, was riot to be found last night in the Town-hall of Birmingham. The whole clergy of Birmingham and its neighbourhood were assem bled, with Sir C. E. Smith, Bart., M. P., at their head, as Chairman, to hear the annual report of the Town Mis sion Society, and to extend its operations. The meet ing opened at half-past six o'clock, and was chiefly composed of ladies. The business began with prayer, and went on very nicely for some time, the Chairman and speakers having assumed the usual long and sanctimonious faces. About eight o'clock a loud knocking was heard at some of the doors, or other barriers, and im mediately a flood of Radicals or Chartists entered the Hall, and a change came over the spirit of the dream— parsons and their friends became agitated, and their faces pale. The Rector of St. Martin's, Birmingham, was speaking. He was greeted with a universal hoot, as the first indication of the temper of the crowd. Again and again attempts were made to address the meeting and carry on the business ; but it was all in vain. The Chartists cried, " Give us the Charter," " Give us education," " Give us food." Appeals were made by the clergy to the justice and good feelings of Englishmen ; Let they were lie t with" No Clergy," " No cant," " No Established Church." At length Mr. Fussell stood up in a side gallery, and having so far gained the ear of the Chartists, advised them to allow the business to proceed. He said he was there to see that nothing should be done in public inimical to their interests, and that he was ready to oppose their opponents ia every way, even to rebellion, if they were not justly treated. He wanted a religion founded on love, kindness, and intelligence, and he thought that the religion which the present clergy upheld was " CONTE , PTIBLE." For a short time order was obtained, but neither the neiv-horn zeal of Dr. Redford, of Worcester, to obtain for every person the free utterance of their opinions, nor the Parliamentary or electioneering skill of the Chairman M. P., nor the passion of some of the other Re. serends, could controul the uneducated energies of the working men's minds, already roused to prevent the full-fed and well-paid clergy from having it all their own way. At length the resolutions of the Town Mission Society were hastily passed in dumb show; and whilst this was going on, Fussell was also addressing the congre gated multitude. An attempt was then made to make he collection in plates. A few coins were obtained under the jeers and laughter of the crowd, and the collecting-. boxes for Brown's and Fussell's defence were also well plied throughout the Hall. The most of the clergy having been thus hooted from the Hall, without any returning of thanks to God for his presence amongst them—one of the Chartists, in front of the large gallery, addressed the crowd on the necess:ty of obtaining first those things which were necessary fur their bodily wants, and they would tske the risk of the wants of the soul, or attend to them afterwards, They then passed a resolution to the effict that they ought first to obtain the Charter, and then education. and true religion, based on kind sympathies ; contentment, and comfort, would follow in a few months. They would not endure to be deprived of every place of meeting, nor allow others to meet, whilst they were put i n j a i) f or meet i ng in the epen spaces of the town. This occurrence will teach the meek and holy clergy a lesson they have never yet learned. Their zeal was to extend a town mission, now in the SECOND ! year of its existence, for the purpose of carrying the blessings —as they say—of religion to the doors of the poor and ignorant. They had forgotten the effects cf all their former doings, and their recent opposition to the plan of National Education, and callousness to liberty of thought and equality of privileges for the public, whilst they are con tinually raving that to " feed the hungry, clothe the naked, or give a cup of cold water to the thirsty," &c., if done in the name of Christ, to one of the poorer brethren, was done to Him. This outburst of feeling on the part of the oppressed, shows V 4 bat may be expected if they are to re ceive nothing but saintly words from those who have been entrusted with the training ef their mind and morals. I never could have anticipated such a complete set down to the united clergy of a whole city, met about a work which led them to congratulate each other most lovingly on the unanimity of feeling which pervaded their endeavours ; and it appears to me that, until circumstances very materially change in Birmingham, it will be idle for the clergy to attempt to meet in public. They must henceforth be con tented to concoct their schemes in holes and corners, and God be with them I AN EYE WITNESS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, JUNE 18. (Before the Judges—ln Error.) LORD HOWDEN V. SIR J. SIMPSON AND OTHERS. This was a very important case for Railway Companies, and those in any way interested therein. The plaintiff had brought an action against the defend ants, (who were proprietors of the York and North Mid land Railway) to recover the sum of 5,000/. on au alleged contract, under the following circumstances. The ori ginal line of railway passed through Lord Howden's laid, and his Lordship agreed, upon payment of 5,0001. by the Company, to withdraw that opposition to the Bill which he would otherwise have offered. Subsequently the Company resolved to apply to Parliament for permission to take a new line—avoiding Lord Howden's land by a trifling in clination—and they refused to pay the five thousand pounds. The Court of Queen's Beiicii had disallowed . the de murrer of the plaintiff to the plea of the defendant—that the contract was not binding because the plaintiff was and is a Peer of Parliament ; and that therefore he could not properly make a bargain respecting any Bill passing. through Parliament. The case now came upon a writ of error, and Mr. CRSSSWELL argued against the decision of the Court below, contending that defendant's plea was bad. because there was no ground for saying that a Mem ber of ci:her house of Parliament should not vote in any case in which he was interested ; and that the practice was the contrary, seeing that Members constantly voted on ques tions in which they were personally interested—as in cases respecting Bank or India Stock, or landowners voting against the repeal of the Corn-laws, or manufacturers for a repeal of fiscal duties, &c. An objection had also been urged, that the contract was secretly made, and was therefore unfair to the other proprietors. Mr. Crcsswell contended that a landowner was not bound to publish agreements as to the sale of his property to all the world • and that the arrangement respecting his own land cou ld have nothing to do with the property of others. Mr. ADDISON argued in support of the decision in the Queen's Bench. The case lasted nearly all day, and their Lordships took time to consider their judgment. We are informed with much satisfaction, that the most active measures are now being adopted to establish a direct Railway communication between Sheffield and Not tingham ; likewise, that a Company is formed for carry ing into effect another most important line from the same, to the Northern Lnci Eastern Railway, thereby connecting the Midland coal field and manufacturing districts with Rutlandshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, and the Eastern Counties; and, at the same time provide a su p; rior line of Railway between the whole and the metro polis, so that they may derive all the benefits resulting from fair competition, and indeed it is highly requisite to preserve and accommodate the current of traffic in its old, and obviously natural course. The construction of the proposed lines are undoubtedly essential to the prosperity of agriculture and manufactures, and will be highly bene ficial to the general interests of the country. The Newspaper Press Benewlent Society have their public dinner on Saturday, July 15. Lord Lynd hurst is to be in the chair. Yesterday Thoinas Bush, the man who at tempted, some days ago, to enter Buekinghum Palace from the northern terrace, was brought up for re-examination at the Home-office, when Sir Frederick Roe sentenced him to three months' imprisonment for being found in the Royal Gardens for an unlawful purpose. Christopher Donellan, who attempted to murder private Henry Turner on the 14th of last month, at the Wellington Barracks, was sentenced, on Saturday, by the Court-martial, to transportation for life. The Animals' Friend Society last week cauied Thomas Kirkham to be fined 6s. by Mr. Broughton, for cruelty to a dog, and Joseph Cole 9s. by Mr. Jeremy, for having cruelly beaten a horse on the head with a thick stick. And at Bristol, the Society brought several cases before the Magistrates, among which cases Thomas Nash, and James Saunders, were committed to prison by Messrs. Newman and S4unders, for having cruelly beaten asses on sores. A female, aged 22, respectable in appearance and calling herself Miss Cardon, has been lately swindling the innkeepers at Trentham, Macclesfield, and other places in that part of the country. She said she was the daughter of a tradesman at Macclesfield. At Trentham inn she contrived to steal about 15/. in a note and silver. The following is a description of her person :---She is low in stature, fair complexion, w;thout much colour, brown hair and eyes, had on when she left Trentham a black- and white Dunstable bonnet, lined with blue gauze, red silk shawl with light figured border, dark cotton printed gown, made full in the sleeves, a handsome treble red coral necklace, long drop gold figured ear-rings, black stockings, jean shoes with leather fronts, buttoned with plate glans buttons. She has a black silk dress with her. The number of free emigrant settlers landed at Sydney, New South Wales, last year was 6,829. The number of convicts in the same time, 2,935. This is a gratifying preponderance, and must improve the condition of the colony. A few days ago some labourers at Carrickfergus discovered a number of graves, full of broken urns, ashes, and human bones of a remarkably large size. They also dug up an arrow head, which, although corroded, was still perfect in shape.—lrish paper. KENTISH HOP INTELLIGENCE.—The bines in all the parishes of the Maidstone district have probably grown more rapidly in the la3t week than they have ever been known to grow in a week before. The hop-fly, how ever, seems to increase quite as rapidly, and in sonic of the very best grounds, which it was supposed were altogether free of these destructive insects, there may now be seen as many as thirty upon a leaf. The lice in many of the weak grounds under the hills are very numerous, and it is feared that without warm showers the bines will never be able to reach the tops of the poles. In the neighbour hood of Coxheath, Farleigh, Barming, &c., it is expected that the bines will produce only a " top- cro p," if the Mid summer shoot comes out kindly. In the Weald of Kent, complaints prevail in all parishes of the prevalence of the fiy and lice. The last two hazy nights arc supposed to have done much mischief, and unless some change . of wea ther take place, it is feared that " honey-dew" will check the bine and prevent a crop. ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SO CIETY.--The concluding literary m eeting of the seaso n was held at the Institution, on Friday evening last; a f ter an able paper, by Mr. Denby Fry, had been discussed an d g a excellent most successful character, Session; anddisc the ordered to be inserted in the minutes, a vote of tha n k s Was tarried to the President and Vice- Presidents for th e i r ur banity in the chair during n u a rin essays having been of sions kept up with great animation. EVENING ED irrioN. THE MARKETS.- (YESTERDAY.) (From the " London New Price Current" of June 16 ) SUGAR.-Since our last report there has not been much activity in the British Plantation Sugar Market, buyers pm chesing only sufficient to supply their immediate wants ; still there has been a fair business dane, principally for the scale, and although there have been several arrivals yet former prices have been supported for brown as well as for yellow qualities; the private purchases have amounted to 1,400 hhds and trs. At auction, 130 hhds Barbadoes were all sold at about previous prices; fine fetched 68s 6d to 70s, good middlirg good 66s 6 , 1 to per cwt. REFINED—Prices remain firm for Refined goods, standard Lumps are not to be bought under 325. Crushed has been sold at 353 6]; 10 lb Loaves at 45s to 475, and 6 lbs at 48s to 50s. Some parcels made from Foreign Sugar have again been sold for shipping at 28s to 295; for export 255 hiis been paid for a few parcels made from Manilla Sugar. Dutch Crushed Sugar 34s per cwt. NIAURITIES —The rates previ .usly established have been supported fur all descrptions, and there has been a ttc o4 demand, principally fur the scale; at. auction 9,865 bag' been off,red, the while of which found buyers, mid to good yeilow at 64s to 675, fine of a favourite matk 68s 6.1, good to fine brown 623 6! to 63s 6d, and coloury. crey 65s 61 to 665; the arrivals during the past week have been large. EAST INDIA.— On Friday 2,370 bags Bengal were taken in at fell prices, viz good mid. and good white at OS I 48s 6d, mid. 66s 6d. fine yellow 653 to 65s 61, damps and wash( d 65s to 67s 6d, This afternoon there were two public sales of BenLral , consisting of 4,175 bags; one sale of 600 bags wen t off at steady prices, good whit e at 6 83 6 d to 695, dingy 674 ' damps 675, washed 65s 6d to 665, mid greyish to good %%bite 65s to 68s, damps and washed 64i. to 66.; 6th FOREIGN. —lll whie and yellow Havannah bidders are not inclined to submit to lower rives. In Brazil the pri vate sales are 300 chests Bahia at 24s to 27s for brown and ordinary white. MOLASSES.—•WeSt India are held for full prices, but the transactions have been limited ; some small parcels have been sold at the quotations. COFFEE —This afternoon the public sales consisted of 4,000 bogs Java, imported from the Cape, and 115 casks Jamaica: the sound of the former were all taken in at stiffer prices, viz—good pale yellow at 823, there were buyers at 80s ; damaged sold dear, Ist class fetched 76 3 6d to 78s, second ditto 70s to 74, ; the Jamaica went at an advance of is 6d to 2s, fine middling of a favourite mark fetched 1545, middling 120 s to 1275, low middling 1175 to 1183, fine ordinary 107 s to 1083 6d, fine fine ordinary 1103 6d to I 1 ls, ordinary to good ordinary 97s to 1035 percat. PaovlstoNs.—Foreign Butter is steady, fine quality is selling at 86s per cwt. Lard dull, at the late reduced prices. Bacon, prime quality, 503 to 53s per cwt. Thero has been a brisk demand for Beef, for which a further advance is expected. India Pork as last quocd. W 77 rather dearer. Rum, BRANDY AND BOLLANDS.—In Rum the trausin tions have been limited since this day week.' There are buyers of Jamaica as well as of Leewards, at full prices, and 3s 7d has been paid in some instances for proof Lee wards; the market Kill, however, be shortly better sup" plied, some ships having arrived during the last - few days- Brandy, former rates are barely supported.. In Geneva , prices are the same. British Corn Spirits as last quoted. This afternoon, for the few parcels of Ruin offering for sale, stiff prices were demanded ; a small parcel of Dome' nra, 37 per cent overproof, was sold at 5a 8d ; and 6s W O , , taken For a small quanti t y o f J ama i ca 34 to 35 p e r t out overproof. Proof Lee war d s are not to b e h a d un der3s 7 ". St Croix Rum i s h e ld f or 2s 9 d ; 1-larnbro, 50 per col d ' over 2s Bcl to 2i 10.1; and East India at 3s Si] to 3 3 6 , for proof st rengt h. G eneva and B randy is dull o f sa le, and rath ar lower. - - Cocoa.-:West India has been in steady request, and has brcugbt forme r rates; f or a small parcel of inferior Afri can, 33s has b een pa id. Thi s afternoon 49 brls at public talc sold at 47s 61 a 51s 6d fur mid to good grey. B ALTPETRE.—British Refined is not cheaper, but the re er are not many or d ers . Of R oug h 4 989 b ags have h eel d i offered at auctio n , a ll o f w hi c h was sold, but prices suffe a further depression of 61 per cwt ; Calcutta refra ction 31- per cent went at 25 s to 25s 6d, 61 to 5 per cent at 249 to 255, 93- per cent at 23s to 23s 6d, unrefracted 23i 64; Madras refraction 201 to 153- per cent, at 22s to 23s per e wt ' TEA. —Further auctions have been declared, and the total quantity advertised is 21,000 pkgs for the 24th inst'' and 7,000 pkgs for the 15th July. In the market there has been scarcely any business doing ; in ',rim little change has occurred. TALLOW. —Rtnsia Candle Tallow on the spot first Vs: lit• at 47s a 47s 3d. New Tallow to arrive is held firmly at about 46s 3d. Town Tallow rather lower. 01Ls.—Seed Oils at previous rates. For Fish Oils • prices have undergone no change. Cocoa Nut at auction , 148 casks sold at 42s 9d to 435. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYDS.) VESSELS SPOKEN Wirn.—The Alexander Wyse, Sun derland to Quebec, 7th ult., lat. 4;,, long. 29, by t h e Lady Turner, arrived at Newfmnaland ; Mary Ann, Liverpool to Pictou, 6th silt., let. 49, long. 31, ,by the Lancet, Moncton, arrived at Newfoundland; Admiral Evertson, Kray, from Dordrecht ; East Indian, Blom, from Amster dam, :and Vrow Johanna, from Rotterdam, all bound to Batavia, March I, lat. 9, S. long., 103 E. ; a barque t . No. 217, March 4, lat. ' 12, S., long. 101 E., by the Neptunus, Warnsinck. arrived in the Texel; Ratteri. troom, Kuyper, Rotterdam to Batavia, and Isabella, London to the Cape of Good Hope, April 19,1 at. 31 S., long. 20 W., by the N erlands Kron Prinscs, Overgaauw, arrived at Helvoet ; Great \Vstern (steamer), Bristol to New Yolk, 25th ult., o lat. 45, long. 40; Clio of Newcastle, sth ult., 3.2 N., long 76; Brothers, Hamburg to Newfoundland, 4th inst., lat. 50, long. 27, by the Reform, Knight, arrived in the Downs; Snowdrop, of Fowey, bound to Gibraltar, Bth inst., 40 miles N. N. W. off Cape Finisterre ; Georgians, Gre nada to Leith, 29th ult., lat. 35, lon 38, by the Ca lypso, Melville,"arrived in the Clyde; Swan, Errington, Cork to Quebec, 19th ult., lat. 48, lon. 32, by the Agnes, Primrose, Morrison, arrived at Belfast ; Ann, Cafe, Hull to New York, Ist inst., lat. 49, lon. 30, by the Grenville, in. the Downs; Horatio, of Liverpool, bound to Quebec, 29th ult., lat. 48, long. 37 ; Deccan, frora London, 17th ult., lat. 45, long. 58; Symmetry, of Sunderland for Quebec, 18th ult., lat. 45, long. 54 ; Ganges, Clyde, to Resti gouche, 19th ult., lat. 46, long. 50, by the Renfrewshire , Hutchinson, arrived in the Clyde; Valuna, Padstow to Quebec, 13th ult., off Newfoundland, by the Mercury, arrived at Newfoundland ; Katherine Jackson, Liverpool to N CS' York, 17th ult., lat. 37, long. 44; Dromio, Havan nab to St. Petersburg, 4th inst., lat. 50, long. 30; We t, rho, Robinson, Limerick to Quebec, sth inst. lat. 50 ! long. 27, by the Antelope, Aspect, arrived at coves Jessie, Sligo to Quebec, 2 , 1 instant, lat. 52, long. 36. JOURNEYMEN'S TRADES HALL.—A Pr°s pectus has been publishad for the purpose of establishing in London a Trade's Hall, like those in Birming ham ; Liverpool, and Manchester. It is proposed to raise d small capital for the purchase of a piece of ground , al! the erection t h e r eon o f a Journeymen's Trades Ha ll in some central part o f London, capable of holding tt thousand per sons , w i t h comm i ttee rooms, wh i c h can be rented nightly or annua lly, an d w h en t h e H a ll i s not engage d by any of th e t ra d es , i t i s proposed to let i t it for concer"t and lectures, for the amusement and moral provisional committee mechanics after the labours of the day. A committee is in course of formation. Avoid arguments with ladies—in spinning 11 am among silks and satins, a man is sure to be worsted. PRICE OF A FRIGHT.--A tradesman in Lon don, not 300 miles from Regent-street, recently presented the following bill to one of his lodgers :—" Three Nites Frightnin My Wife By Loud Nois Of Shuting The I"),,,ar e In Mild Of Nite Wich is Verry (Inexcusable la Present Situation, At per Nite 7s 6d-112s 6d." SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLERS' A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silverstnithh 14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have for choice in their wa rerooms a S e l ect i on of PLAIN and ORNAr NIENTAL ICE I'A ILS, to which they wish to dirut attention. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), 81 . Ws ' the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 10/. Bs. the pair ; th e Victoria Patte r n, 15/, th e pa i r ; t h e Dresden Coo l er , 191. the. pair, &c., all of whi c h are s t rong l y mounte d w i t h Silver, and have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat of Arras-, A pamphlet i s p u bli s h e d, w i t h d raw i ngs of t h e a bove and other articles of plate generally, which may be had on applies' tion, free of cost. PLATE SUITED FOR PRESENTATION. -- Elegant or Splendid Silver Inkstands--Silver Waiters of e'l er Y f size—Silver Cup s , N ew an d S econd-hand—Fifty varieties 9- Silver Tea and Coffe e S erv i ces —G o ld Snuff Boxes—Sil/P Table Snufl Boxes—Silver Epergnes—Silver Bread gaskets. And many other articles of Plate adapted for Presentation as Testimonials, & c ., may b e selected from, in the Show Rooms at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silver sm ith, G o ld sm i t h , an d W atchma k er, 47, Corn - Working London (Seven Doors from Gracechureh-street). the N.B. By add ress i ng a pa id l etter stat i ng t h e amoun t of testimonial required, drawings and particulars of various articles suited for the price and object can be forwarded to any part of the country. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at South-place, Kensington-common, Mrs. Frederick Devon, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Tees Cottage, near Darlington, the lady of Thomas Brown, Esq., of a son. On the 15th inst., at Rowford Cottage, Cheddon, near Taunton, the lady of Mr. Thomas Ross, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Merton, Surrey, the wife of George Adams, Esq., Bengal Civil Set rice, of a son. MARR lE D. On the 14th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Thanet (the cere money having be e n plarerkvi e, Esq., of her ously' performed on th e 2d o f Jun m e,a t t C. A . C Dieppe), H. f L .Majesty' s 3d Regiment of Foot, and el dest son o Lie utenant -Colon e l Clarke, C.ll. to Esther Eliza, third daughter of William George Harrison, Esq., of Upper Bedford-place. On the Bth inst., at St. no —es's Church, Camberwell, Mr. Samuel D. Leatham, of Liverpool, to Eliza, daughter of John Bradley, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey. At'St. George's, H anover-square, Sir Joseph Henry e Hawly. Bart., of Leybourne-grange, Kent, to Sarah Diana, third daughter of General Sir John Crosbie, G. C. H., of Watergate , Sussex. I. On the sth o f January last, D at th e Glebe, Sydney, Australia, Fanny, the wife of Edward D. Betts, Esq. On the 11th inst., in Woburn-square, Catherine,w de of Ed ward Bullock, Esq , barrister-at-law, and daughter of Joseph Crips, Esq., M.P., aged 30. On the 13th inst., at Bath, Martha, the wife of the Rev" William Morgan Whalley, of Swerford, Oxfordshire. On the 15th inst., at Ramsgate, Amelia, relict of the late Mr. R. Wilkinson, of Grosvenor-street, London, aged 68. __a London : Printed and Published by 1111212D0 YOUNG , No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Offi ce . N o . 112, Strand' in the county of Middlesex.-.. Wednesday, June 19, 1839. ...: ~.. -