The Sun. — London, England, 1839-06-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. GOVERNOR—The Earl of DURHAM. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—JOSEPH SOMES, Esq. DIRECTORS. John Pirie, Esq., Alderman Sir Geo. Sinclair, Bart., M-P, John Abel Smith, Esq., M. P, W. Thompson, Esq. ,Ald. ,M. P. ISir Henry Webb, Bart. Thomas Weeding, Esq. Arthur Willis, Esq. George Frederick Young, Esq. FIRST COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND. CO3I3IITTEE, With power to add to their number. GEORGE SAMUEL EVANS, D.C.L., Chairman. Hon. Henry Petre Francis Molesworth, Captain Daniell E. B. Hopper, Esq. Dudley Sinclair, Esq. Under the above designation a Socitty has been formed, in connexion with the New Zealand Land Company, and consist ing exclusively of heads of families and others, intending to settle permanently in New Zealand, on lands purchased from the said Company. The object of this Society is to promote co-operation, in the numerous measures of preparation requisite for establishing a prosperous settlement. The Society already numbers a considerable body of gentle men, who have determined to emigrate with their families and property. Others, who may entertain similar views, are invited to join them. Qualification, of a member of the Society, the purchase of one hundred acres of land ; of a member of the Committee, five hundred acres, including part of the first town. The greater part of the purchase-money to be expended by the Company on the emigration of the purchasers, their families, and servants. Members admitted by ballot only. The Colony will depart in a body during August next, so as to reach their destination about Midsummer (in the southern hemisphere), when the site of the first town will have been de termined and prepared for their reception, by a preliminary ex pedition now on its way to New Zealand. The Committee meets daily at the offices of the New Zealand Land Company, No. 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, where further information may be obtained, on application (if by letter, post paid), to the Chairman of the Society. May 20, 1839. QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CXXVII., Will be Published NEXT WEEK. CONTENTS. I. T REIGN of FERDINAND and ISABELLA of SPAIN. 11. POEMS, by R. M. MILNES, 111. ATHENS and ATTICA, by the Rev. Dr. C. WORDS. WORTH. IV. OLIVER TWIST. V. The SILURIAN SYSTEM, by R. J. MURCHISON, F.R.S., I'. L.S. VI. POPISH PERSECUTION in the TYROL—The EXILES of ZI LLERTH AL. VII. RUSSIA, PERSIA, and ENGLAND. VIII. WILD SPORTS of SOUTH AFRICA. IX. The HOUSEHOLD and the MINISTRY. John Murray, Albemarle-street. 'EDICATED, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO THE QUEEN. Just ready, in '2 vols. Bvo., with Plates, T RAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, During the Years 1834,35, and 36. Including A SUMMER RESIDENCE with the PAWNEE TRIBE, in the REMOTE PRAIRIES of the MISSOURI; and a VISIT to CUBA and the AZURE ISLANDS. By the Hon. CHARLES AUGUSTUS MURRAY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROY pectfuAL, COVENT GARDEN . u The Pb is reslly informe, that the PRESENT MA lic T NAGEMEN WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON. ----- , uNE 15 Will be performed the EVENING New Play, J in Five , Acts, called RICHELIEU, OR 7HE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. After which, HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. On Monday, King Henry V., with Fra Diavolo. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. More Novelty.—Engagement, for Four Nights only, of th ose celebrated Dan ee r s , M r . Gilb ert and -- Miss Benin, Mr. Howell, Master and Miss Marshall, from the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. MONDAY and FRIDAY, The Extraordinary Drama entitled OLIVER TWIST. After which, LA - S YLPH IDE, By the Drury -Lane Ballet Company. To conclude with Haines' Drama of THE " CHAR. LNG POLLY." On Tuesday, Mutiny at the Nore, La Sylphide, and Jonathan B ra df or d. Wednesda,y, Hamlet, Day after the Wedding, and Gaspard Hauser. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. GRAND " PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHA.M PETRES! ! ! / On MONDAY and THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE.I7 and 20, By a splendid Band, composed of the most distinguished Instru mental Performers in the Metropolis, Selected and conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Commencing at Six o'clock, and terminating at Nine. On Tuesday, June 18, the superb Waterloo Fete, and First Grand Miseellaneous Flower Show of the Royal South London Floricultural Society for 1839, with a Magnificent Display of Flowers, Shrubs, Fruit, and Vegetables. I n a dditi on to t h e Promenade M us i ca l e, t h e Alpine Singers, and the Band of the Surrey Yeomanry Cavalry will attend. Gates open at One, The magnificent Day-light View of MOUNT HECLA, and the unequalled Menagerie, are exhibited daily. Admission One Shilling. ....., ,_.... OLt„. rel,,-, , ' •• 7 . , T , re. *MA.: , 4.74:' 4 :' ... 44 2. ZV,14,1? V . - , .7,7A , :: 3 t -,, -' 1 •I . 4 . 4' r -- - - aZ g , i , ~.4.,./.4- ~,, 4 : —..,1.-.. ', 4 .-Ipt ~."•* ht -Ul-X• LONDON : SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1839. The House of Lords sat only for a short time, and adjourned till Monday. Several petitions were pre seated, and Lord MELBOURNE gave Lord BROUGHAM an assurance that he hoped peace would be maintained in the East. The Noble Lord also gave a similar ac count of the intention of Government relative to print ing Bibles in Scotland, to that given by Lord JOHN RUSSELL in the House of Commons the night before last. The National Petition was presented by Mr. T. ATTWOOD, with some pomp, and the Hon. Member, contrary to the regulations of the House, was heard on it at some length. He also gave notice that he should, on the first supply-day, next week, move that the House resolve itself into a Committee to take the petition into consideration. Mr. FIELDEN seconded the motion for the petition to be printed. A considerable number of petitions were presented 1 on the subject of Education, chiefly against the Minis . terial plan. On Lord Jour; RUSSELL'S moving the Order of the Day for the House to go into a Committee of Supply, Lord STANLEY rose to move the Address we adverted to in our Evening Edition, which was as follows :—.. I" Praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to revoke the Order in Council of the 10th April, 1839, appointing a Committee of Council to superintend the application of any sums voted by Parliament, for the purpose of promoting public education." He objected to giving the direct controul and all but legislative authority over the moral and religious educa tion of the people, to any Board or Committee, let it be called what it might. He contended that the House was called on to delegate indefinite powers to an irresponsible body. He objected to making educa tion depend on and fluctuate with any change of Go vernment. He adverted to the jealousy with which 1 such powers must be viewed if possessed wholly by Churchmen. Ifit were wrong to entrust funds foredu cation to any Government, it was doubly so to entrust such funds to a Government struggling for existence, which might use them to support their Parliamentary supporters. So Lord STANLEY, who has been in office, and had the distribution of funds in Ireland, thinks a Government may act, and he will pardon the community for entertaining and extending the same suspicion. There was no confidence placed in the scheme, Lord STANLEY said ; he personally objected to it because the Board was composed of laymen, and he wishes education to be under the in fluence of . the priesthood. To make out his bask the N o bl e Lord did not disdain to go k to the time of HENRY ii., when the clergy were the only teachers, and did not overlook a poor advan tage he endeavoured to obtain by assigning to the French word e spfirituelle," as opposed to bodily, the E"nelili:l.2smea.n.ing o us.spiritual as opposed to lay or secular. n. cia lli a 1 T utt r eti t t o. ion is nsit a thing apart from reli gz , rid doetritres:of Christianity , egs:on on the great which can receive no bPnPfit from being discussed by the Club frequenters, diners ..„,,,....................................................._ BRITISH PATENT WOOD-PAVING COMPANY, formed for the purpose of the general introduction of the Patent Wood-Paving into the Metropolis and other Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom. Capital 100,000/. In Shares of 20/. each—Dep•sit 27. per Share. Applications for Shares to be made by letter, post paid, to Messrs. White and Barrett, Solicitors to the Compan Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ENV ZEALAND LAND COMPANYr Capital 250,0001., in 2,500 Shares of 100/. each, with poser to extend the same, if necessary.—Deposit, 101. per Saare. Lcrd Petre John 1-.',llerkrr Boulcott, Esq. John William Buckle, Esq. Russell Ellice, Esq. James Brodie Gordon, Esq. Thomas Alers Hanley, Esq. William Hutt, Esq., M.P. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Alexander Nairn, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths; and Messrs Wright and CO. STANDING CG NSEL—John Buckle, Esq. SoLiciroas—Messrs. Few, Hamilton, and Few. SECRETARY—.John Ward, Esq. Office, No. 1, Adam-street, Adelphi. This Company has been formed for the purpose of employing capital in the purchase and re-sale of lands in New Zealand, and the promotion of emigration to that country. The terms for purchase of lands in the first and principal set tlement, and information on every point connected with the Company, may be obtained from the Secretary, at the Office, where applications for shares may be made in the following form, until the day of appropriation, of which public notice will be given. London, June 10, 1839. a THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. FORM 01' ArriicAnoN FOR SHARES. Sir,—l request to have Shares in this undertaking, hereby en,geging to take such Shares, or any proportion thereof, as may be appropriated to me upon the terms specified or referred to in the Prospectus dated the 10th day of June, 1839. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE . 15 1-39 out, and dicers of the House of Commons. It is the pious Lord STANLEY, however, and his friends who make Christianity the subject of acrimonious political disputes, The Noble Lord made a very long, a very dry, and a very dull, ineffective speech, which lasted two hours. He denounced the scheme as everything that was corrupt and irreligious. One curious fact the Noble Lord made apparent, namely, that the Education So cieties had no objection to Model Schools, and only blew their trumpet against them when the Government un dertook to establish them, whereby these Societies saw that they could not clutch the 1,000/. or 5,00/. of the public money they had expected. Selfishness is at the bottom of the whole opposition. Another point that the Noble Lord made apparent was his own inconsistency, for he found fault with the plan because it did not give any controul to the cl ergy , and he also found f au lt w ith it because it did not leave any to 'the Parliament, it being clear that if the Parliament have the controul the clergy cannot have it, and the Noble Lord, therefore, wanted incompatible things. Lord MORPETH, in a short speech, as remarkable for its good sense and Christian feeling as Lord STAN LEY'S was for a mere rabid display of super-religious zeal, replied to Lord STANLEY, and showed that his opposition was not quite consistent with the favour lie had shown to the scheme of education for Ireland. The Privy Council, Lord MORPETH contended, was a strictly responsible body, while the evils which at the present moment were felt in Ireland from having a permanent Board, were powerful arguments against fall ing again into that error. He said it was impossibleto have any clergymen members of the Board, for if the Bishop of LONDON were put on it to satisfy the Churchmen,' the Dissenters would require to have Dr. PYE SMITH. The Noble Lord showed that the great business of education had been neglected by all parties, but he ought in justice to have remarked that the clergy are largely paid for instructing the people, while the Dis senters, besides paying the clergy, instruct the children of their own congregations. if the Dissenters have been negligent, the Church has added to negligence a gross breach of trust. Lord ASHLEY preached a lugubrious sermon, after Lord NIORPETH had done speaking, which lasted ano ther two hours. He quoted the circulars of the Wes leyans and the leaders of the Morning Chronicle, to show that the scheme was not liked, and would lead to establishing schools in which no religion at all was to be taught. He said the scheme would be subver sive of the Constitution, of the Church, and of revealed religion. The Noble Lord, therefore, obviously thinks that they are all in a weak and dangerous state, since a single model school is likely to be fatal to them. The Noble Lord's sermon rather scandalised than instructed the House. Mr. HAWES, in an able speech, defended the Minis terial plan. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, without sermo nizing like his friend, Epoke against it. Mr. SLANEY reprobated in strong and emphatic terms the impro priety of making such a subject a party question, con demning the children of the humbler classes to ignorance, inducting them into crime, and promoting general discontent and disobedience because the Tories must struggle for power. The Hon. Member sup ported the plan, and quoted several facts to show the low state of education in our towns, but the House was very unwilling to hear him, and both sides combined to cut short Mr. SLANEY'S speech by calling for a di vision. Sir WALTER JAMES, though there were calls for an adjournment when he rose, was heard at some length in praise of the Church, which he proved, in a very curious way, stands remarkably high in the public estimation. It is known to our readers that the grant annually made in support of education is divided between the National and the Bri tish and Foreign Societies, in proportion to the money raised by those Societies ; so that the share each gets from Government is in proportion to the sum each can get from the public. The National Society has had of the public money nearly four times as much as the British and Foreign Society. The National is the Church Society, therefore, concluded the Learned Baronet, the Church is four times as much respected and loved as the Dissenters. But most of the rich people belong to the Church. With very few excep tions all the Peers belong to it. All the revenues of the Church, too, arc on its side. The Nobility sub scribed largely, because they have more money than they want—getting, as they do, a large sum by taxing the people's bread ; the Bishops and Rectors, Deans and Archdeacons of the Church subscribed largely, because they hoped, probably, to get something in return out of the money to be given by Govern ment. At all events Sir WALTER JAMES'S criterion is most fallacious. It is merely an illustration of the ge neral improvident manner in which the public money is wasted, those who have most, and wanting it the least, receiving the most ; and those who have the least and wanting it the most, receiving the least. Had the money been divided justly, almost the whole of it would have been given to the Dissenters, to counterba lance the large revenues they contribute to the Church. without deriving any advantage whatever from them. Because the rich Nobility and the rich clergy have so managed to get more of the public grant than the Dis senters, Sir WALTER JAMES infers that they are both respected and esteemed in the country in proportion to the money each receives from the public. On the Hon. Baronet taking his seat, there were calls for an adjournment, and finally the debate was adjourned to Wednesday. It is a subject in which many persons are interested, and we should not be surprised if, like the debate on the question of confidence in the Government of Ire land, it were to last a whole week. The Members of the House of Commons are great talkers, and, accord ng to the old adage, little doers. The Noblemen and Gentlemen of England who at present own any property which has ever be longed to the Church, no matter how or when ac quired, or of what nature it may be, beneficial leases, tithes, or lands, are respectfully requested to read attentively the following ominous words which form part of a leader in that High Church Journal the Times, of yesterday : " Undoubtedly, wherever a vicarage is insufficient for the respectable maintenance of a clergyman, the rectorial lands or tithes ought to be brought forward to supply the deficiency. It is no excuse to say that they were purchased by the present possessor or his ancestor. " Caveat emptor" ought to have been the maxim of the purchaser. An alienation of Church property to such an amount as leaves the incumbent without an adequate support and just remuneration for his pious labours is in its origin unjust, and ought not to be maintained." The possession of Church property by English laymen is here described to be in its origin unjust, and ought not to be maintained. Admitting one condition, we should agree with the Times; that condition is, that the Church of England is a be neficial institution. We deny that. The landed gentlemen of England, including the owners of Church lands, tithes, Church leases, &c. &c., con tend fOr the preservation of that Church, and con tend that it is the solemn duty of the State to pro vide, b) means of that Church, for the religious education of the people. Consistently with their principles, we say, with the Times, give the Church back the stolen means. The Church pretends to do something for the people, the land owners do nothing ; and give the most deserving, therefore, the property which of right belongs to it. The Whigs, as well as the Tories, think so highly of this Church, that they make no inconsiderable annual grants out of the public taxes for its use, and have made very large ones, while they unjustly retain for their own use the property of the Church. As long as they affirm that the Church is indispen sihle, so long will the people and the clergy have a good right to accuse them of being guilty of plun der. They say the Church is necessary both to the welfare of the people here, and to their eternal happiness, and yet they destroy the means of its saving operations. We are glad to see such a line taken by the Church Journals ; and it ought to prove to every holder of Church lands in the kingdom, that they must either give up their possessions or give up the Church. The clergy have great power ; they are already beginning to speak out ; let the Nobility and Gentry aid them in getting more, and they may be assured that the time is not far distant when the clergy will set the whole of their poor congregations on those impious Noblemen and Gentlemen who unjustly retain from GOD'S visible and appointed Church the wealth that was given her for the most holy purposes. Ti! Gentlemen of England will have to choose betweei maintaining the Church and resigning all the pro perty of which it may at any time have heel' plun dered. Such is the degraded state of the Tory press of this country, that there is no better criterion of the goodness of any public measure than the virulence of the abuse which the hireling scribblers of the Anti-Reform faction pour forth against it. No measure ever y et met w i th Tory appr obation, which, hower plausible it might appear, had not some lurking mischief in it, and conversely, when ever they are loud in condemnation of any proposal, we may rest assured that it has the public benefit for its object. Applying this rule, which experi ence has proved to he iliyerri r , to the ria , ,t:ot, of the Ballot we arrive at tile obvious euneLusiou, ci we no other evidence in its favour, that the adop tion of that measure is of paramount importance. Since it has become known that Government have made this an open question, the Tory press has opened all the sluices of Billingsgate against it and the Ministers who have so far sanctioned it. For any thing like argument in their vituperative tirades, i t would be in vain to look. They are thrown into convulsions, foam at the mouth, and exhibit all the symptoms of impotent rage, because they see a power rising up with which they cannot contend. The influence which they possess, they know, is founded entirely on the coercion of opinion, and that which sets opinion free must be theirbane. The power ful instrument %Nhich it to effect this salutary change, is the Ballot, and the history of politics tells them that as surely as the Ballot is made an " open question," so surely will it, sooner or later, become the law of the land. How soon this much-to-be-desired consumma tion shall take place, must depend upon the con duct of the Reformers. Ministers, if they have not done as much as some ardent spirits may have wished, have perhaps gone as far as, under the cir cumstances in which they are placed, could rea sonably be expected. By the concession which they have made, this great practical question will now have fair play ; let the people also do their duty by pressing it energetically and unremittingly, on the attention of the Legislature. It is not an organic change, and it carries with it none of that alarm with which such changes are contemplated. Its sole intent is, and its sole effect will be, to place every elector in that position in which the theory of the Constitution pre:u►nes him to be, namely, that of a free agent. We have extracted from an Edinburgh Paper a Report of the proceedings in the Court of Session on Wednesday, relative to the important ecclesias tical question involved in the Lethendy case. It will be seen from the defence set up by the Senior Minister of the Presbytery, and the Clergyman inducted in defiance of the order of the Lord Ordinary, that the collision between the Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts has actually taken place. It thus appears that Catholic Bishops are not the only ecclesiastics who claim authority su perior 'to the law of the land. The Court post poned their decision till Friday (yesterday). The aspect of affairs in the East begins anew to oc cupy the columns of the French Press. War, according to them, cannot be prevented without the immediate and powerful interference of France and England ; but then comes the unfortunate circumstance of a supposed non-identity of interests between the two countries. By one portion of the Paris Press the advantages of ob taining a permanent footing in Egypt are eagerly pointed out, and the policy of such a measure openly avowed and defended ; while the orsrans of the Government only abstain from the same languaga by the apprehen sion of exciting an alarm in the Great Powers. Jea lousy of England may be read in every article which appears in the French Journals upon this subject. This we should be glad to see removed, as its existence must greatly weaken the moral influence of any com bined operation on the part of the two Gcvernments. Happily, there is yet time for deliberation, and for ex planations too, should they be judged necessary. By the following despatch from the official columns of the llloniteur of Thursday, we learn that the rumoured hostilities on the Syrian frontier were, as we all along predicted, wholly unfounded : " The Agent of Foreign Affairs to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. " Marseilles, June 12. " The p ac k et f rom the Levant arrived yesterday even ing. I forward her despatches by express. They com pletely contradict the reported hostilities between the Turkish and Egyptian troops. It is true that there has been a scuffle between some soldiers of the two armies, but it was easily suppressed by their respective officers." The scuffle or skirmish here alluded to must have been an affair of the very least importance, as the French word which expresses it, (sire) in the despatch is only used to describe a tap-room brawl, among a parcel of half-drunk blackguards ; most like there was not a Sergeant's guard on either side took part in it. The Journal des Debats, in a long and well-written letter on the position of the armies of Turkey and Egypt, contends that the chances of victory are all in favour of the Porte. The concentration of the Turkish army on the right bank of the Euphrates, supported by the forts of Bir and Roneu Kale, is according to that Jour nal, evidence of a skilfully devised plan of attack ; while it admits, that by occupying Aleppo and Antioch, the keys of northern Syria, IBRAHAM has shown himself not less skilful in assuming the best position for sustaining an attack, which the writer declares to be sooner or later inevitable. The following extract from the article' in the Debats, is worth quoting :--- " But Ibrahim has against him several disadvantageous circumstances, of whicti.the principal are, the chances of rebellion in his rear, and the obligation to remain upon the defensive, which gives to the Ottomans the choice of the opportunity, the impetus of the initiative, and the ardour which the prospect of a conquest inspires in every invading army. If, however, victory was declared for Ibrahim, whose troops have a well-established reputation of supe riority in tactics and in organisation—if the Ottoman army, beaten, was thrown back to the Euphrates, or scattered in Antolia, Ibrahim could not profit by his victory. He would not dare advance, as before, upon Constantinople, fearing the disembarkation of the Russians at Scutari, by virtue of the celebrated treaty of mutual assistance con cluded between Russia and the Porte. Ibrahim, if he be victoriou=, is restraieed by a powerful consideration. 'He cannot now conquer —he can only preserve." And after summing up the details, the writer con cludes as follows : ' " The campaign which is approaching is thus presented under a very different aspect from that which astonished Europe six years since, but it will not bring about the same political complication, for Asia Minor can no longer be invaded, Constantinople cannot be threatened from the Asiatic banks of Scutari, as Ibrahim then boasted, and consequently the casus fiederis of Unkiar Skelessi cannot now be applied." This article, interesting in itself, is accompanied by the following extract from the Hamburg Correspondent, which tends to confirm the writer's opinions of the ulti mate certainty of war : " FROM PRUSSIA,JUNE 4.—A letter from Constantinople says that the Sultan will soon declare publicly what Le has frequently done in private—that the concessions accorded to Mehemet Ali were wrung from the Porte by necessity ; that the Pacha has usurped the sovereign power, on account of his military successes ; that the Porte did not overstep its rights by advancing its army ; that the Porte is compelled by the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi to fulfil certain obligations Which she could not do with out assembling her forces. The important communi cations lately made on this subject by the French Ca bidet to that of Vienna begin to produce a great sen sation here. The declarations which the Russian Cabinet had appointed Count Meden to make to Mehemet Ali in crease the interest of the affair. They are much more important as far as regards Eastern policy than the opera tions of the two armies. A Russian diplomatist lately said that at the Emperor's nod 25,000 troops would march to Constantinople to assist the Grand Seignior on the Euphrates. All these circumstances are commentaries on the news from Constantinople. The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs has answered in the same tone the notes addressed to him by the French Cabinet." Notwithstanding these rumours and surmises, we persist in thinking that peace will be preserved for another year, at least, between the SULTAN and the VICEROY. Whatever may be the jealousies between parties, or of the press,' the Governments of France and England mutually desire the conservation of peace for the present, and we doubt not but their joint repre sentations will be successful at Constantinople. There is no other news of interest in the French journals. The Chambers met on Thursday, but ques tions of domestic interest alone engaged their attention. The Quotidienne publishes a letter from,a M. 011 one. the delegate of the French merchants of Tunis, in which the writer (now in Paris) compliments the Quotidienne for having stigmatized the "anti-national conduct of the French Government in protecting, to the injury of the commerce and the dignity of France, the Bey of Tunis, in his projects of rebellion against the Grand Seignor, his legitimate Sovereign, and quotes a letter received by him, dated Tunis, 27th of Msy, 1839, which contains the following passage : " At length the motives for this despatch of a crowd of Tunisian Ambassadors to the principal Courts of Europe have been ascertained. It appears that it is not gratui tously that the Government of July accords aid to its allies. The price fixed by the Government of France get the services it has rendered this Bey in protecting hint in his project of revolt against the Grand Seignor is 18 ,000.000 franc !" M. Thiers,' says the Debats, starts on Thursday for the waters of the Pyrenees. We may add there is not one word of truth as to the rumoursd retirement from public life of M Thiers Letters from Bologna of the 4t:, instant state that a merit took place at Ferara the (lay the .fete Corpus Domini, between the Swiss awl Austrian gar risen of the, f, tre.s, in which there were severai womdcd and killed. Tie, event would have been more teii , ns if the officers had not succeeded in stopping the Tyrolians, who went out of the fortress with their ee buttes loaded to revenge their companions. The cause of this quarrel is not known. A ustr i a will profit by this circumstance, it is said, to reir(orc.• the garrison of Bologna, BOURSE, ---PARIS, THURSDAY. JUNE 13. HALF -PAST THRKR.—On the whole business has been dull. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 70c,, declined to 79f. 55c., and closed at 79f. 65c., being 10c. lower than yesterday. The Five per Cents, opened at 111 f. 45c., declined to 111 f. 35e., and then rallied to close at the first price of 111 f. 45c., as yesterday. For Money the Three per Cents. have declined 15c., and the Five per Cents. unaltered. The Bank of France Shares have not been quoted. The Laffitte Bank 5,000 f. Shares have advanced 5f., those of I,ooof. are unvaried.. The Belgian Three per Cents. for money, as well as for the Account, 72f. 50e. The Bank Shares have receded sf. The Spanish Active has declined percent. The shares, under the existin.sr eirearn stones's, nave been but trifling. The St. Germain unals tered. The Versailles Right Bank 2f. 50c. The Versailles Left Bank 5f., and the Orleans sc. lower. First Highest lowest Last Price. Pr!Ce. Price Price French 5 per Cents l l l3O ... 111 20 ... 1 1 25 4 per ( ents lOl 31 161 39 101 30 101 39 3 per Cents 1) fiC ... 79 60 ... 79 50 ... 79 55 Laffitte Bak I,ooof. 1075 ...1075 ...1075 5,004. .41 5:40 ...5250 _4240 ...5 250 Belgian 3 per Cent 5..........,, 72 59 72 50 ... 72 50 72 50 Bank Bi62 50 ... SO2 50 ... 800 ... 8 0 0 Coupons Spanish Ac ive lo‘ 19% ... 19% ... 19% Passive 4% ... 4% Portuguese 3 per Cents Nea olitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. • 665 665 ...665 ...6f5 703 703 702 50 ... 702 50 175 175 160 165 945 943 9-15 945 45 , 450 ... 450 45 0 320 320 ... 320 ... 320 St. Germain vcraaiues, it. B Havr - Orleans .. Strasburg to Bale Mr. Bennett, the Hatton•garden Magistrate, has dis missed the information against the coachman of the Rev. Daniel Wilson, on the ground that, in driving his master to Church, he was performing an act of neces sity. This, as Mr. O'Connell would say, is driving a coach and four through an Act of Parliament. No proof was given that it was a work of necessity, bc. cause it was not possible to prove that a man, in the vigour of life, could not conveniently go a quarter of a mile without all the trappings of a coach and two horses ; and a footman, or perhaps two, in imitation of his superiors; the Bishops. All these are included in this work of necessity, hut at the same time it was not considered an act of necessity to sell a little oil to relieve the sufferings of a scalded child. But three weeks ago a fine was inflicted on some ob scure individual for this simple act, which at Hatton garden is punished as an offence, but which in any other part of the civilized and uncivilized world would be con sidered an act of necessity, charity, and mercy. CA HLO WELEt"fION COMMITTEE . This Committee hits now sat - forty ay., end there appears little prospect of the proceedings terminating. The whole of yesterday was occupied with the vote on the Sitting Member's poll of Thomas Maginnis, which had been previ ously under consideration for two days, and is expected to occupy the greater part of this day. MARKET.-(THIS DAY COVENT-GARDEN. The supplies of every kind of Vegetable and Fruit in season very large. Trade very brisk. Now Potatoes 9d. to Is. 34. per pound. French Beans Is. dd. per 100. Peas 3s. and 4s. per sieve. Gooseberries 2s. 6d., and Currants 3s. per sieve. Spinach Is. Cucumbers is. to 2s. per brace. Rhubarb 9d. per bundle. Apples Bs. per bushel. Turnips 3d. per hunch. Carrots 4s. per dozen bunches. Asparagus 2s. 61. to 4s per handle. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, and so was the demand, prices reason able. Turbot, ss. to 15s. ; Saks, 101 to 3s. 61. per pair; Lobsters, 6d. to 4s. ; Salmon, 2s. per lb. ; Whit ings, 4d. to 81. ; Haddocks, 81. to Is. 21. ; Mackarel, 41. to 83. ; Red Mullets, Is. to 2s. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Good supplies and demand, and prices showedbut little variation. Turbot, ss. to 15s. Soles, Bd. to 4.-;. per pair. Salm 2s. per lb. Lobsters, ls. to 4s. Beef 7i -d. to Si..} Mutton, 74d to Sid : Veal, Bd. to 9d. Pork, 7i-d. to Bd. NEW-GATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair f.upply as to extent and quality ; trade good, an, prices utpiltvred. Beef as. 21. to 3s. 10d ; Mutton 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d.: Lamb, us. to ss. 84. ; Veal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 84. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Fowls, 3s. 64. to 4s. 6d. ; Geese, 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; Rabbits, Is. to Is. 64. ; Leverets, 3s. to 6s. ; Ducks, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Chickens, 2s. to 3s. ; Pea-fowl, 93. to Ils.; Quails, Is. to Is. 94. ; Eggs, 4s. 94. to ss. 9d. per 120. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday al noon, at Buckingham Palace. The Queen gave a Concert last evening at Bucking barn Palace. The Earl of Albemarle and Viscount Melbourne had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. The Princess Victoire of Saxe Coburg, and the Princes Angustus and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, sat to Mr. A. E. Chalon, R. A., at Buckingham Palace; her Serene High ness for a half-length portrait, and the Princes for full. length portraits. The • Duchess of Kent, the Princess Augusta, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones and Miss Kerr, did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit to him for his picture of the Coronation. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. - The Chevalier Zea Bermudez and the Spanish Minister had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. Th. Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Lon. don bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, a! the Home Office. The Earl of Hardwicke, and Mr. Somers had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Rtrsian Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Earl of Miltown had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, in Downing -street. Sir John Edwards had an interview with Lord John Russell at the Home Office yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. There were present Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, arid the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Their Lordships granted an extension of ,Downton's patent for the term of five years. PENZANCE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. The Reformers in thie locality met on Friday, the 7th inst., in the Guildhall, and adopted an Address to her Majesty, thanking her for repressing the dictatorial arro gance of the declared enemies of Reform, and at the same time expressing a hope that Ministers will satisfy the country by more energy and liberality. Mr. Boase, banker and Magistrate, presided. The following gentle ' men took part also in the proceedings :—Paynter, Ellis, Cockram, Coulson, Pingeley, and Colenso, Esqs; The speeches were spirited, and are remarkable alike for their brilliancy and the sterling sense with which many abounded. It is therefore matter of deep regret that the demands on our space will not allow their insertion. We were much struck by the force of the following passage in the latter gentleman's address to the meeting A new era (said Mr. Colenso) in the political world seems about to com mence. Her Majesty desires her Ministers to stand by her. Save me ! save me! as if she had said, from the Tory grasp ; but to enable Ministers to stand by their Sovereign, we must stand by them. And in order that so desirable a result may be brought about, we hope to hear no more of ' standing by my order' to the depression of all other orders in the State. No more of such of the people being declared as insane who ask for a repeal of the Corn laws. No more of your stand still finality speeches." de, I IIII.I.IIMINMOM.I,II,,,,MMIENAI, COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. June Bth, 1 30 A.M.—Zephyr, cutter, Lord Henry Cholmondeley, from Southampton ; light breeze S.W. Alarm, cutter, Joseph Weld, Esq., from Lymington. Medora .cutter, Edw. Byrne, Esq., from Southampton. June 9th, 1 45 A.M.—Columbine cutter, J. H. Smith B irry, Esq , from Cork and Liverpool ; fresh breeze W.S.W. June 10th, 2 P.3l.—Merlin schooner, Capt. W. Lyon, from Portsmouth ; light breeze S.W. and fine. June 11th, 1 30 A.m.—Wave cutter, Rev. Denis George, from Lvmington. 3 P.M.—Dolphin schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq., from Southampton. 4 15 A.m.—Plower of Yarrow schooner, Viscount Exmouth, from Portsmouth ; fresh breeze S.W. by W. and fine. June 12th, 10 A.M.—Albatross cutter, J. L. Gower, Esq., from Southampton. 1 30 A.M.—Arrow cutter, Lord Godolphin, from Southampton. 8 e.m.—Menai brigantine, Lord Frances Egerton M.P., from Plymouth, and proceeded to Portsmouth. SAILINGS. June 11, 8 P.M.—Amazon cutter, Sir John Walsh, Bart, for St. Helen's ; fresh breeze, S. W. June 12, 1 P.M.—Fanny cutter, Thomas P. Halsey, &sq., for Cherbourgh ; fresh breeze E.S.E. 3 e.m.—Columbine cutter, J. H. Smith Barry, Esq., for Plymouth. 4 P.M.—Kestril yawl, Commodore, Earl of Yarbo rough, for Brighton. . , 5 P.M.—Flower of Yarrow,sehooner, Lord Exmouth, for Naples ; light breezes E.S.E. YACHTS AT. AND ABOUT THE STATION. • StmooNEfts-- , --Norna; -- Stephen Challen.is; ; 7 14;;-: lin, Capt. Lyon ; Dolphin, G. H. Ackers, Esq. ; Wan derer, T. W. Beaumont. Esq. ; and Menai brigantine, Lord Francis Egerton, M.P. CUTTERS—Ann, Hon. W. Hare ; Alarm, Joseph Weld, Esq. ; fiche, A. W. Corbet, Esq. ; 'Wave, Rev. Denis George ; Earl St. Vincent, Sir Henry Rivers, Bart. ; Breeze, James Lyon, Esq. ; Medora, Edward Byrne, Esq. ; Albatross, John L. Gower, Esq. ; Arrow, Lord Godolphin ; Matilda, Henry Oglander, Esq. ; • Midge, Col. Petre ; Zephyr, Lord Henry Cholmonde ley ; Giulia, John Anderson, Esq. The yacht season may now be said to be fairly com menced ; the Signalman has taken his summer station at the Signal-house, and from the number of yachts co - tinually arriving and departing, his situation is no sinecure. The Secretary has this day received a letter from James Brooke, Esq., who in his yacht, the Royalist, of 142 tons, is making a voyage round the world ; he speaks very highly of the qualities of his craft, partieu. larly in two gales of wind in the Cape seas. He has passed a fortnight at Rio touched at Tristan D'Acunha, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from which he intended sailing on the 20th of March last for Singapore, intending to touch at the wild island, of Amsterdam, should the weather permit. He complains of being obliged to enter into a bond of 1001. for his good and proper behaviour while lying in the open bay at the Cape. We are not aware of such demand having been made on any yacht of the squadron at nny other port. He says the officers behaved with all proper respect ; he only condemns the absurdity of the law. A project is on foot to build a bridge from East Cowes to West. This would greatly facilitate the com munication between Cowes and Ryde, and enhance the value of property on the east side of the Medina ; it is now more than ever desirable from the extensive build ings about to be erected at Norris, and would relieve thousands from making a fatiguing journey round by Newport, which if they wish to go by land from West Cowes or Yarmouth to Ryde, they now cannot avoid. Next week we intend describing to our readers who arc anxious to make a tour of this queen of islands, how they can do it (visiting the most beautiful spots) in the shortest time. A CIIALLENGE CU? OPEN TO VESSELS OF ALL NATIONS, OF EVERY SITE AND TONNAGE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Some of the spirited members of the Royal Yacht Squadron have set on foot a subscription for the pur chase of a cup, to be called the .‘ Victoria Challenge Cup," which they intend shall be contended for by vessels of all nations, on the 20th of August, every year. The winner of the cup to retain it till the fol lowing year. Challengers to pay ten guineas to the Secretary, at the same time delivering in writing a de scription of his vessel, her name, nation, rig, and ton nage ; the cup to be placed in the hands of th e Secre tary on the 19th of August, if there is a challenger— when the entries and forfeits do not exceed 100 guineas, they are to be divided between the first and second vessels—if they exceed that sum the second vessel to have .50 guineas, the first the rest. If the challenges shall be wholly withdrawn, the holders to receive the amount of all forfeits. Course.—The vessels to be started from off Cowes Castle, round the buoys of the Brambles, Ncrinan, and Royal George, Nab Light vessel, and vesse l o f Yar mouth, and back again. Lord Yarborough heads the list with a sub scription of ten guineas, and is handsomely followed by Mr. Joseph Weld, Mr. John Stewart, and other gentlemen for the same sum. The ladies, a few years since, gave a Challenge Cup of the value of 250 guineas, to be sailed for by the yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron—to win which some most splendid vessels were expressly built by the mem bers. The Earl of Belfast and Mr. Weld in particular should be mentioned as having built vessels of unrivalled beauty and possessing first-rate sailing quali ties, amongst others the. Louisa and Alarm in turn carried off the cup. We hear great talk of the Balti more clippers—of gales of wind having chased them for weeks without overtaking them ; but they never show in our waters. The most noted American yacht, Mr. Stephenson's Breeze, is now up the Mediterranean, as is the Louisa, and it is said will pay us a visit this summer. Should she try her qualities on the 20th of August, she will find her schooner ladyship will stand a poor chance with our cutters. The Queen's Cup is to be sailed for on the 12th of August. At the next general meeting in July, two 100 guinea cups are to be proposed to be voted to be sailed for. The Earl of Durham has, we hear, applied for the Earl of Belfast's beautiful marine villa at Cowes, for the season. The Russian schooner, Aline, was yesterday sold by order of the Court of Admiralty, with her materials, for 335/. Mr. E. J. Stanley last night moved for a new writ for Glasgow, in the room of Lord Wm. Bentinck, who had accepted Abe Chiltern Hundreds. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY DEAL, JUNE 14.—Wind E. S. E.—Arrived from the River and sailed the Transfer, Prout, for Sydney ; Harriet, Banker, South Seas; Cleopatra, Rothwell, Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 14 —Wind N. E. to S. S. E.—Off port, the Louisa Schultz, from Acopula. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Wind S.W.—Off port, the British Monarch, Bury, from the Mauritius. FALMOUTH, JUNE 13. —Wind Arrived the Venus, Rosure, from Oporto. Sailed the Eliot, Christenson, for Lisbon. Off port, the Jeune Theodore, Guillaume, from Port-au-Prince. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 14.—Wind E —Arrived the Cheer ful, Smith, from the Cape of Good Hope; Rochdale, St. Vincent. Sailed the Ebro, Cordero, Manilla ; Tiber, Laneb, Rio Ji4iro ; Siddons, Palmer, New York. Off port, the Alexander,,:Jamaica ; British Queen, St. John's New Brunswick ; Chesterfield, ditto; Enterprize, ditto. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 14.—Arrived the Pearl, Bloom field, from Cadiz. • BRISTOL, JUNE 14.—Arrived the Norman, from Ja. maica; Albertina, Elvin, Memel. Sailed, the Lynx Rutland, for Oporto. MILFORD, JUNE 13.--Sailed the AM.•lantho, Simpson for Cuba. WATERFORD, JUNE •11.— Arrived, the Queen Victoria, Bellora, from London. CoRK, JUNE 12.—Arrived the Juno (steamer), from London ; Wm. Penn, Evans, ditto ; Juno, Gibbs, Santa Cruz ; Water Lilly, Harris, Newfoundland ; Urania ; Brernel, Pernambuco. Off port, Ellen Anderson, Ander son, Monte Video. MONEY and . 6 0 IVI biAl. NEWS. 1 Cl7' Y. TWELVEO' CL 0 CK. LIVERPOOL COT TON MARKET, 14 . RIDA Y.— We continue to have a fair trade and a respectable extent of business done at rather better prices for common qualities of Arne_ rican, and id. advance on Brazils ; other kinds without change, being steady at our last quotations. The import is unusually large, but being anticipated, it has not had any effect upon the market. Holders on the whole are firm, showing a disposition to sell at full prices; 300 Surats have been taken on speculation, and 100 American and 300 Maranhams for export. The sales to-day about 200 bales of all kinds. Our urrivdts this morning are the French mail, and ship letters from Jamaica and Havannah. THE FUNDS. ___ _ We have a very great scarcity of arrivals this morning ; the only one of any importance is the express from Paris. We are sorry to observe that the Foreign Exchange re ceded yesterday. It appears that the Commercial Bank of London is in such progress that the prospectuses are ex pected to make their appearance in a few days. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off price of yesterday, at 934 i for Account; Reduced, 923. i ; Ex chequer Bills, 30 32 ; India Bonds, 32 34 ; Bank Stock, 1901 1911. i In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade lower, closed, 19,1 1, at present 194 I ; Portuguese also lower, closed 354 ii, at present 351 ; Belgian, 1011 102 ; Bra zilian, 791- i ; Colombian. 32} ; Mexican, 264 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 554 56; Five per Cents., 1021 103. Money continues scarce scarce, and little doing in either of the markets. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock l l% 9 0% ! India Stock _ 3 per Cent. Red. 112%% . Ditto Bonds 32 34 pin. :3 per Cent. C0n5............ )... -- j South Sea Stock — Ss, per Cent 99% j Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 911% li ! New Ditto New 3% per Cent ....... ..... --- 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1731 Bank New 5 per Cent. ...... ....... --- Exch. Bills, .EI,OOO ... se 32 pm. Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 600 .. 32 34 pm. Jan. 5, 1860. 14 5-16 % 5-16 Ditto Small '32 34 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 14% Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ...... Pm. Jan. 5, MO - Bank Stock for Account ... 192 U Aprils, 1880. - India Stock for Account ... 2 7 Jan . 5. 1870 - Consos for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONL O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account ... ........ Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Chilian Bands Ditto Account Columbian Bends 595 , Ditto Account — Ditto Account — ! Ditto Metallic Columbian 80nd5,11124 ..... :32 j Spani,h Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Def. rred Greek Bends. ' French, 5 per 5ent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 1 —.-- 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account — - - -- 3 pee cent....... —f..—c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent —' Exchange....... —f, —..e; Ditto Account — ! Dutch, 254 per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cent —; Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan. —? Ditto Account — AICES OF SHARES THIS D A Y AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Railway Cone an ....... :: „.. ..11and Railw ay Brighton Railway South HN ~ Anil,D rut it Ditto Shares . ... - ' ~,,,.4 125, 13 Lo,isin and I3irminghana Railway Company OO • , _ CompanY Eastern e . r . na . nd .... Dover : 1 1 1 2.. a i 1 j w , a y . C , , e i . 7 , an y 9 ii °''' ' l % i ' 53 ) . 254 .5 ~, 4 61 COURSE ilk EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.. Anisterchro . ......... ..C.P, )42 541 .:i bnittar - 45 i2 , tp, sight .., ........... 0,2, Leghorn 30 30 ito..teLsno , ............ 2 U l' 6 6 9 1°1 " .25 75 31 Altona '' • "••••• •- ..14.11. 13 13 IVenice ~,r :: ... , ..... . ........ 13 13%1 Naples ...,............ 1, . 0 dayb' sight •)5 45 i ii :",,,, ~ ....... .......per or. 120 nit' .. ........... -- 75 • ?Fillll-lant e r::)-sirekae:fli)l u 'et. i t i n.,ll.a. h :.: l ; e l:l ...: .! :: : 3 i:l: U ls:: s si .. ls l 2)s o; 7 .') Bahiai( Liti' n rj4n° s "' Tr Ayres ...... " " ........... 21374 V' Berlin ........... Vienna eiteet' 7,..iCadiz....... ..... ........ . ...... i 0 New York, 21 daYs'aight ••• 46 % , . ive 1i...3 M. 10 7 Philadelphia Ate ...... (IMO .. 10 8 PaICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Wdrld ........................ .f.o 0 0 Ditto Reduced 81,0. ............... 37 Foreign Gold, in bars... 318 0 . 4 ." ............ ••••,.. :364 New D011ar5............ ... ..... 00 0 3 ' reek '' ,l -.. .................. f 16,, New Dollars ........ 410 03 4. ........... 37 Portugal Gold, co .... Serilie ~, ...................... 36% Silver in Bars .......... .. 0 5 05, PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE H. 3 per cent. Consols ”r, per Ceti , Stock . 9t ? Ditto, 4 per cent. --- 11°4) low' 1831). ....... - - 3' por Con. Debentur, -,t /iational Insurance Company --- HAW: Stock .... .. . 'CT Debentures, 4 per cent. ---. rand Canal stock and Foreig noyar,:,anai Stock :),, per cent. RALF-PAST OIVZ in respect to information We l ,'" 5 very blank morning of an y description ; in addition to which both the British All houg I, no business of consequence has been done to th e present time, had it not been for a few small purchasea in n Nlaikets have rather a heavy appearance. the British Funds for the Account, Consols would have e receded. The g reat scarcity of money in the British and Foreign markets, as we l l as for commercial purposes. f or which we apprehend t h ere i s still a great d e mand, for Abe C o t ton it specul ators at Liverpool weighs heav y on the Stock mar . ket, and damps tha t the there spirits i werers o t . 13 yesterday, which' cause d th e Exchange to f a il , which is a proof that tour exportations are not to a g reat extent . Consol s a shade lower, 931 for th e o p enin g ; Reduced 92 3 - ; Exchrsque r Bill s , 30 32 ; India Bonds, 32 34 ; Bank Stock rr ece d e d from 191 k to 190}. . In tb.e foreign Market, scarce a bargai n doin g.. Spanish Active- 192- lower ; Portuguese, s u p t ee feuwlatorF. Bills in the mar k et *e also 331 1 ; Colombian, 302; IN telt- T;;;•z.r.e. ^ half pr'r Cents. 54; Five per •-se _ ' C "` A., .t,02 i lower. „ a p.p............ e..„,,...„, METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning observes, in allusion to Dr. APHale's petition, which was rejected last night by the House of Commons Dr. M'Hale is desirous that Ro man Catholic children should receive religious instruction apart from those of other churches. We have the same desire with regard to the youth of our own church. The scheme of harmonizing sects by obliterating from their lessons received in common all those passages which mark the peculiar colour and texture of each distinct congrega tion, while the more characteristic and exclusive doctrines of each are taught under the same roof by their respective tutors, must lead to inevitable jealousy, controversy, and ill blood, so often as differences of religious doctrine be come subjects of what may be called extrajudicial discus. sion, and may be productive of much danger to children of a church which inculcates liberty of conscience, from mi nisters (having easy access to them, but) engaged in the service of another church which enjoins the act of making proselytes as a primary and sacred duty." The Morning Herald speaks of, what it is pleased to call, the orgaxized Conservatism of the City, in the fol lowing exaggerated manner :—" Perhaps it will not be very gratifying to those organs of the Treasury that still retain a vindictive recollection of the result of the late unhapry attempt to drag the wronged, insulted, and snubbee Corporation in degraded vassalag e a t th e h ee l s of the Bedchamber Ministry to learn that there is now belonging to the Conservative party in the City an organi sation and unity of action which it previously wanted, and which the next general election will make more manifest than it has yet been. The fate of the struggle on the rejected address' was only a foretaste of what the Whig- Radical tools of the Downing -street incapables have to expect. The ' inert mass' of Conservatism among the shopkecrs of the City has now bad that feeling of confi dence infused into it, which was alone necessary to active exertions and victory." The Morning Chronicle, recurring to the subject of the contest now pending between the House of Com mons and the Court of Queen's Bench, arising out of the libel case of Stockdale v. Hansard, expresses itself strongly in the following terms:—" The House of Commons has itself to blame for the formidable character which the con test now assumes. It has made the giant which it must slay. At the time the Court of Queen's Bench first pro voked the combat, the feeling was nearly universal that the House bad but to will the thing, and all opposition to it would be instantly crushed. But when people saw the House resort to the usual expedient of the faint-hearted —talk big, and do nothing—it fell fifty per cent. in their estimation ; and though the House might_ not see it, everybody else saw that the course pursued Would necessarily provoke to further aggressions, and that the battle would have to be fought under more unfavour able circumstances. A body like the House of Commons cannot be too cautious ; but there is an immense difference between caution and want of firmness. When we con sider how much the liberties of Englishmen are bound up with the privileges of the House of Commons, how essen tial these privileges are to the effective exercise of those inquisitorial powers by which all other bodies throughout the country arc kept in check, we attach immense conse quence to the decision of the House at this crisis. If it suffers its privileges to be questioned in courts of law (the very lowest court of record may decide their legality ac cording to 11Ir. Justice Patteson), the Peers become its masters It will no longer be an independent branch of the Legislature, but subordinate to the House of Lords." The Morning Post thus refers to the question of the Ballot, which, it is evident, is a sore subject with our Con temporary :—" The grievance which it is said the Ballot will remedy has been magnified into ten times its real amount. The foundation of the grand clamour that is from time to time made about the Ballot is principally fudge. Bat there is some grievance —there are some cases of inti midation and persecution. Should not there be a remedy for these ? Certainly there should, but not, in our opinion, a remedy .which would affect the voting of every man who uses his elective privilege in these, kingdoms, and would painfully affect a great many. Is it because A suffers a grievance once in five years, and X once in ten, that the whole alphabet is to be put under duress, and to be forced to alter an ancient and constitutional mode of proceeding ? Is this reasonable ? We say, then, to the Ballot-men, first prove your grievance —prove that it exists to anything like the extent which you are continually in the habit of vaguely asserting. We believe you cannot do this; but we think you may show that some grievance does exist. We then demand that you apply a rational remedy, and not one that is revolutionary." The Morning Advertiser comments as follows, on the conduct of the Tories, with regard to the Jamaica arid Ca nada questions:—" The course which has been taken on the Jamaica question, and which now eppears to threaten us on the Canada question, has led not a few Tories to re.. fleet both on the personal loss of respectability which the individual members of the party must suffer, and alSo on the inextricable difficulties into which the whole country may be plunged by this method of carrying on Parliamen tary business in regard to colonial questions. With no feeling of disrespect, but rather with a feeling of concern for the characters and reputation of our public men, upon which in no slight degree the welh werk.ng et our institu tions is dependent, we would caution both Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stenley against the detrimental impressions which such conduct in their f►rllowers is likely to create in the minds of the respectable classes of this country." A sumptuous dinner was given by Moses Solo mon, Esq., and other friends, on Wednesdayy, las:, at Gravesend, to Captain Richard Lightfoot, Commander of the Ruby steam-packet on that station, on which occasion Mr: Solomon, in a neat and .ppropriate epeesh, presented Captain Lightfoot; on behalf of himself and the company present; with a Superbly chased silver cup. as a tribute of their respect for him in private life, and also to testify their approbations of his gentlemanly behaviour and experience in his capacity of Captain of the Ruby. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—John Mars, the keeper of a public-house at Liverpool, together with his wife, Margaret Mars, and his step-daughter, Jane Hal lighan, were brought up before Mr. Rushton, on Wcdnes. day, on a suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of jewellery which recently took place at the Saddle Inn. The three prisoners were committed to take their trial at the Session , . The Kentish Gazelle states that Lord Melbourne has intimated to Sir Edward Knatchbull, that the Govern ment is of opinion that no case has been made out by the fruit-salesmen for altering the scale of duty fixed by the Bill of last year upon foreign fruit. ACCIDENT AT THE SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-On Tuesday afternoon a policeman, named Michael Maddigan, of the P division, while on duty at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, approached the den i n w hi c h a large polar bear is kept, and placing one of his arms within the bars, began to stroke down the animal's head. Bruin seized the policeman's hand between his paws, and gave him such a squeeze as to make him cry aloud for help. Mr. Cross, who happened to be near at the time, ran to the spot, and instantly threw a large bone into the cage, which had the effect of inducing the animal to relinquish his grasp of the hand to seize upon the bone. The police man's hand, however, was found to be so dreadfully lace. rated that he was obliged to be sent to the hospital, and hut for the presence of Mr. Cross at the moment, it is probable that he would have suffered still more severely for his fully. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Tuesday night a man named Bailey, whip-maker, in the Old .Kent-road' attempted to murder a woman with whom he cohabited by cutting her throat. For the last week they have both been in the habit of drinking to excess and quarrelling with each other. The woman so far recovered the use of her speech the following morning as to be enabled to state that, having had some dispute with Bailey, she re. tired to bed with her child, and that soon afterwards she was awakened by Bailey, who was in the act of cutting her throat with a case-knife; that she put up one of her arms to defend herself, and that he drew the instrument across it, and gave her the wound which was apparent. She afterwards made the most vigorous efforts to escape from her assailant, who seemed only intent upon murdering her, and succeeded in getting out of the bed and rushing down stairs, out of the house, and then fell upon the pave ment in the court from exhaustion and loss of blood, where she was discovered by a policeman, who subse quently found the knife covered with blood in Bailey's room. Bailey, when taken to the station-house, ex claimed several times that he only regretted that he did not do the deed effectually, and then kill himself. Yes terday morning Bailey was taken before Alderman Lucas, at the Town Hall, and remanded upon the production of the surgeon's certificate, describing that the female was too ill to be enabled to attend the examination. Picton, in giving his evidence, stated that Bailey was evidently under the influence of liquor when he was taken into custody. THE DIFFICULTY OF CHOOSING.—" We know," says Madame Emile de Girardin, who writes in La Presse, ander the name of the Viscount de Launay, " a lady of a very irresolute character, who, unable to se lect a dress among a hundred chef d'oeuvres laid before her, to resign such pattern or colour, for such other pat tern or colour, after many a hesitation suddenly made up her mind for fifteen yards of gros de Naples gris de Lin. The sacrifice of everything was to her less painful than the enduring any longer the excruciating torture of choos ing. This irresolution is ridiculous enough, but it is bet ter than what I know an Englishwoman did who was one evening bargaining for diamonds at Fossin's. Her object was, a wedding present destined to a niece ; the jeweller was exhibiting to her all all his parures, and successively pointing out their beauty in detail. My English Friend examined the diamonds with silent admiration, when sud denly she said, ' Ah I I know what I wish to give her.' This necklace, Madam ?" No.' This bracelet ?' ' No.' This glass and chain ?" No, I will buy her a carriage in London." FEMALE FASHIONS IN NEW YORK.-" Dear Bennett—Do for Heaven's sake blow up those lovely wo men who have cut their dresses off above their knees for the purpose of showing their pretty petticoats—And oblige yours, &e." Blow up the pretty women ! We will do no such barbarous piece of work. We don't care how high they cut their dresses—or if they choose to show the whole of their pretty petticoats. Several beautiful young ladies have appeared in Broadway in these short dresses, and the t very novelty of their taste increases the interest thveye:raeliie rally excite, as well asgives them a distingue air. invariable favour of all gradual change in drapery. 4 of m i n d. fashion in every thing is the mark of imbecilityeanty and Every thing in changing around us—atehtoembn, spring, delight of day, night, summer, winter, . all consist in change. gradual ebange in the beauteous vales spring from their Why should not the colour, complexion, and drapery. 0 _ The charms of the wild woods and ladies follow the the principle of change principle f n ature—the very es. sence of the divinity who who has, give n ßlow up the lovely women to every species of creature you can.—New York H erald. prinel indeed ! Catch us at that if . lEF ORM AcT.—La t • FAILURE OF THE -t S pe ople . are still without that substantial Fri day completed seven years since the passing of the Reform in the institutions of the country, which is R A c e f t o , rm but the essen tial to their -happiness and prosperity. EVENIN(4 oN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 15.—ALASTERSIIIP OF GONVILLE Or CAIUS COLLEGE. —On Tuesday last, the Rev. Benedict Chapman, M. A.. Rector of Ashdon, in Essex, and for merly Fellow, was elected to the Mastership of this Col lege, 'vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Davy. Ir. C. disch arge d t h e of fi ce of Tutor for many years, w i t h the -minent success of the College and the high respect of ;he University. At a Congregation on Tuesday last, the following tic' grees were conferred:..._ DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.---ReV. Richard Wilson, St ' John's College. B ng eI. ACHELORS IN DIVINITY._. Rev. George Phi llips , F f low of Queen' s C o ll ege Catherine. hall ; R ev . R obert Birkett, Fellow of Ere, m ., 3 , noel College ; R ev . S amuel Nicholson Kingdon, Trini'' College. ; Rev. H enr y Philpott, Fello w 0 MASTERS OF ARTS.—Arthur Gifford Durnford, ! a t . John's College ; Thomas Hayes, St. John's College; ° : muel George Booth White, Caius College; man Vawdrey, Queen's College. oke ;p era br BACHELORS IN Pin-sm.—Christian Budd,l' College; William Toroluns, Trinitv College; CO " eliu ; siere , William Trine. e.C orpus Christi College; Charles St. John's College. _ T 'sily BACHELORS OF ARTS.-henry Wall Turner, - 11 ' College; George Sharp, Caius College. , w ee ntiemen At the same congregation the following g e appointed Barnaby lecturers. ..m.A. ! MATH William Sea EMATICAL.--Mr. William WillialllSOD , .. Clare Hall. PHILOSOPHICAL.—R ev . James . Fe College. St. p tees RHETORIC.—Rev. George Ray, M. A ' - c ay, h . •O. College. nd3ll, M. A" Jesus pi oiler' Loose. `Rev. Roger Buston, M. A , Enoiri u__ C id , medal. for the best Greek ode way GREEK ODE.—On Tuesday last , . Sir yin'. H T ;di Anderlecht Goulburn, of Trinity College. d 8 On Saturday last. Mr. William Tatman was admitted Scholar of King's College, in this Universiti. cent me' GONVILLE AND CAIUs COLLEGE. 111 the re fi r st thernatical examination, the following students wer e on the list of their respective years : . s' . SENIOR SoPits.—Goodwin, Hue. JuNion Sons,s, Elarrison, Gooch. FRESHMEN. —Bryan, Ottley, ''-' an, H...Eq. _ _ adjudged to Fre er In Moral Philosophy : Justott SOPHS. —Pearson, Vipan, ol- The Rev. James Fendall, M. A., of Jesus C ofloge,rt ch Ha in Charles o t Anci. e s University, Anrttihi iys, eOl county. nAt.y h .p a v s aate k r ., : e nn e st n , b p t . yh resented to tho ree to y. of that society. The Rev. Mr. Frcre has been the / 1-5 f presente. to living of Cottenh in am, this county, vacant by the u ' l‘ e la d s e te a r th e o n f d thr"ev !t i s o the Rev. Dr. Davy. On Saturday. the 25th ult., the Rev. S. H. 1h M.A., was instit u t e d by t h e L or d Bishop of E1Y , ,,611:. Rectory of F arn h am , S t . G enev i eve cum- RisbY, Patron, the Lord Chancellor. ne 6r Rev. T. D a i n t ry , U n d er M aster of Louth G i r ; l 4,field School, has been appointed Head Mister of tho Diocesan Training School. ien tea The Rev. J o h n Jenkins 'Matthews, has been P re , t /In to the Rectory o f M e lb ury Osmond, with S a ndie" rk , op flexed, void by th e d eat h o f E dward StrangwaYg, Clie the presentation of the Earl of Ilchester. t he The Rev. H. R. Williams, curate of Leveridg e, f diecese of Ripo n , h as b een a ppo i nted to t h e masterswr ° St. Asaph Grammar School. Col' The Rev. William Pulling, Fellow of Brasering,re. lege, Oxford, ha s b een presented to the living of ' A l f -?„ ham, Gloucestershire. Patron, Higford Burr, ES C ' , " for Hereford. begi n An elegant silver vase 1., a 9 e , enclosing 220 guineas, •" be ße . presented by hi s p ar i s hi oners and other fr i en ds, to the el William M ars h a ll, 8 . D ., on his retirement f ro m the curabas of the rectory of Bath, which ministerial office he filled for nearly forty years. Gazette Announcements. The Queen archdeanconry of the Isle of Man to the Re' " M p u h 9 lP Hall, void by the resignation of the Reverend B. • be The Queen has p resent t h e R ev. John C ec il Holt to a. ' rectory of Andrea s , i n t h e I s l e of Man, vo id by the V " nation of the Re v . J. Phil pot. has granted etchiel THE BOOKSELLERS' PROVID,-',c INSTITUTION. , The second anniversary of this Association was C O „, 1 „ -- r e , morated on Thursday at the %Vest India Dock l ay s"; Blackwall. About 160 of the most eminent bookseller` publishers of the metropolis were present on the oecasT2e Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., was called to Ow Chair. In_ company partook of an excellent dinner, after!which-17 Nobis was chaunted by the professional gentle:nen present , and the respective healths of her Majesty the Queen, r Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family, we drunk with loud applause. uln• The CHAIRMAN, in a neat speech, passed a warm c glum upon the general merits, and a special tribute o f re .. ; spect to the talents of the Duke of Wellington. as exhi bited bited in his late published despatches, the 12 volutnes,„" o which he advised the company to read.—( Laughter.) fi f begged to p ro p ose t h e h ea l t h o f " Hi s , Grace.tlie Duke 0 ,, Wellington, in connection with the Army an d Na'y' The toast was respond e d t o by the compady with t pc greatest enthusiasm. • The CHAIRMAN, on rising to propose the nevi tosit, b served that he could not say why that Society, t hroa t _ whose hands passed all the wisdom and experience of t' le nation, should be the last to found a provident institution; but he would say, in accordance with , the old adage, "het' ter late than never:" . Tho. Society was now pet agoing. and was prosperous. The object thii*.they proposed was 'the establishment Or a fui:d for the permanent assistance of decayed aged booksellers, or their widows, and'temparary assistance to members, their widows, and children, when in necessitous circumstances. The aged and infirm should ever be attended to by the prudent. Those things set' batter done in that way—he would not allude to the Sr, Poor-law_-(Laughter)—than by any general measure the Government. In conclusion, he begged t o Prq ° ,, -,.e . " The success and prosperity of the Bo o k se llers' I", I dent Society." The toast was drunk am id s t l o ud elle: r " o . lc, " The health of the Treasurer, Mr. Brown,"was ur„ and in returning thanks be stated that the fund was rida rf o rc y approaching 10,0001., the sum they proposed to raise lo bo commencing active operations to the fullest extent. j t os r amounted to upwards of 8,000/., and by the end 4 of t " n e 6ol. he fully anticipated they would rea li se t h e sum of 9',l"rok, " The health of the A u th ors o f E ng l a nd" Was " ho and acknowledged by Mr. J ERDAN , w h o a pp e ared to be t on" Th healthly literary gentleman Greenwood, prreenwood esent. and the FOIJ derg of e ~ the Institution," was propo s ed, an d rece i ve d with all boo u Mr. GREENWOOD returned thanks. Several large subscriptions were announced in the cour re fro t of the evening, amo ngs t which were 50 guineas fr executors of Cadell and C o . ; 20 gu i n eas from Mc' Waugh ; and 10 guin eas f rom t h e Chairman. THE METROPOLIS POLICE COURTS B I L L : Thursday last, —This Bill now pending in the House of Comn i°lls i u n derwent discussion in the Court of Common Couriel 0 and was unanimousl and indigo 6 ' l Y or ym r unl posed as a most unconstitutional measure- r a il v i , phreys, Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Asburst, 31 . r. g-, - ,, -- ' m ar a and Mr. Anderton, severally addressed the L' ° " - ii ° ,.. Councilmen by whom petitions to both Houses of Par meet e ere adopted. ' 4 it* ROYAL VISIT TO THE ZOOLOGICAL CT R ' y I DENS, REGENT'S- PARK.—Yeiterda afternoon her - °- a l bps Rl' Highness the Princess Victoire, - accompanied by • Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Lady ilonourable Augustus Murray, and many lorCignrl4, °IC, Cs risge t s men proceeded in two of her Ma'esty's °Pe' each drawn by four fine blood hor j ses, with out-ride's,. ° teliere th e } s the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's-park , remained several hours viewing the collection 'rt. beasts and suite and birds, with which their Royal Highnesses seemed highly gratified. ' I alt . trrae , ; t . il ! t t ..1451V THE STEAM SHIP LIVERPOOL 'FO , h YORK.—This beautiful vessel proceeded , on - b r ' — full voyage to New York yesterday at !loop, viitk her she number of piesengers and as many light elwa s a, , n ess could conveniently carry. The interest excited to wrote.. her departure was great, and independent of tlie co le n ant amongst the friends of the passengers. able to the inhabitants of the town, as indicative of O w , good wishes for "their " transatlantic steam - ship. 9 l ee , to some mistake of the engineer, a slight delay took p. _ at the appointed hour of departure. In a few mornents,er it was hoil? u eir ever, her paddle-wheels acknowledged the potency of St s !l i t ; she went down the river in gallant style, and was SOW I I°, _ re sight, before she retched the rook, that prevailed. Her quarter-deck was completely crolld; with passengers, who reciprocated the cheers give,' parting by the gentlemen in the several river steam° * ° she wh" hol e in the hazy attraosP ° , e , that had taken leave of their friends on board, was about to start from her anchorage ground: he" and length of the quays was crowded as she passed d re ' veral hearty cheers - Tiven for her success. She fir ed by th e guns, by way of salute, and these were eetu rn si veli a m, complimentary discharge of a gun from the I?' it may be then lying in the river—a fine vessel, said (though now on another station), and bowed that crossed the Western Ocean from this s p assedp George'' the Liverpool the way. The Liverpool Pier at about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock.: the THE MAILS.—On next Friday morning, Was first steamer Dublin mail-bags will cease to be sent by way'of Shrewsbury and Holyhead, but will be forwarded by railway to Liver pool, from whence they will be conveye d to Dublin by packet : the calculation being , that by this route the dis tance from London to Liverp ool, will be accomplished in 10 hours, and the sea vo y age to Dublin in )4 hours; thereby the time and efor Ireland to 2 communicating 4 hours be tween instead of 28 or 30 hours, as at present. The mail through this to wn and North Wales will not b e discontil the o f nue d in conseque nce of these arran gements; , nor will the night Government packet at Holyhead, whieb will sail on the arrival of the Shrewsbury W il as at present; but the morning packet from Holyhead to Dublin will immediately cease. These alteration' trill be accompanied by the acceleration of the mail to Silrewsbu r p by fully half an hour each morning ' • whilst the depart ure for London in the evening will be b delayed hallan ho ur ; and the mails to Pool, N ewtown, Wbitchtirch, Oswes e t /', and all the surroundi ng towns, w ill b e di spatc h e d in th e morning half an h our earlier, and in the evening ha lf a° hour will inlater.ft;tu The Holyhead m a il from this town onwards, re, in consequence of being lightened from the i load of Irish t correspondence, carry four inside and e igh t outside= passengers.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. BRIGHTON LIBERAL AND CONSTITUTION AL ASSOCIATION.—At a special general meeting of the above Association, held at the Sea House Hotel on Wednesday last, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd in the chair, it was resolved that a petition in favour of the Ballot should be ado p ted, and be engrossed, for signature by the members-of the A - sociation, and such other electors and inhabitants as log wish to sign it. e It was also resolved to forward the p Lion etie on to Captain Pechell for presentation to the House of Commons by the 17th inst., and the Secretary was i°- structed to write to the borcugh and county members re questing their support to thesame. —Brighton Herald. _....... I~~~Ax ! f 0, ~,_..,