The Sun. — London, England, 1839-07-01 00:00:00

EVE 1 NTT- ON: . , -..--.,.._. FraN-- - e-OUNTir-i-11A1-1,-WAA-1. _Jr This Railway is NON'T OPEN To.; - the Conveyance .v.L4 ,aisi , nger7.- , .irom etc.; terat,orai - j Station, Devonshire-street, 1 rule-e-aix-road, to Rorailivd. - . " The Departure.a the Train t. 1% . follOws: ' ' ' DOWN TRAINS. - .- - IMP - TRAINS. FROM LONDON. - FROM ROMFORD. Monstxa: ...... 1 ; ..j. to 10 ,-! 7+IOa.NING 9 ... „.. !,,,; past 11 - '' ' •.. ' „, I.i past 10 AFTk:KNoori:... I A to . 2 .•• ... • 12 4 - ... ... 14 'past 3 ArTzIi:NOON. :? past 2 • '.. .";:'• ',:.- li t to 5 ... -;.• • - 4 . ... ... 1 ,..1 past 6 . ... ... 4 past 3 . .. ... , IA - to S . ... ...- ,The Down Trains from London will s to p to take u p and set '.Town passengers at the Stratford Station at Ten Minutes after, and - at. the Ilford Station at Nineteen Minutes after each of the above hoary. .. 1 The Up Trains from Romford will stop to take u p and set doon •passengers at the Ilford Station at Fourteen :Minutes I after, and at, the Stmt:Ord Station at Twenty-three Minutes after each of the above-mentioned hours. 1 ' On Sunday, the Trains at the hours marked *do not run. French's Coaches will leave Chelmsford daily at Seven in the Morning, and Five hi the Afternoon, to meet the Up Trains at :Romford, , which start for London at Nine o'clock in the Morn ing, and Seven in the Evening, and will immediately forward passengers arriving a" Romford by the first Morning Train 1 from London, and again in the Evening at Seven o'cloc k, on f the arrival of passengers by the Train which leaves London at a Quarter to Six. i , Omnibuses will be in attendance at the London Stati on, on t the arrival of each Train from Romford, to convey passengers I to all. parts of the Metropolis. ISSUE of the WEEKLY CHRONICLE NATIONAL GALLERY on SATURDAY NEXT. THE Publicare informed that the PORTRAIT • •ef his Grace the DUKE of WELLINGTON, being ; No. I of the " NATIONAL GALLERY," will be presented ; gratuitously to every purchaser of the WEEKLY CHRONI f Cott SATURDAY, the 6th of Julv. This superb series of Steel-engraved Portraits of distinguished individuals, with im partial Biographical Memoirs, wieform, at the end of each year, a handsome volume, making a eorciplete.and. invaluable RECORD FOR TIIE PEOPLE, not to be purchased, under any other circumstances, for a less sum that Five Guineas. It is neces sary to observe that the purchaser of the WEEKLY CHRO NICLE with a Portrait, must purchase the Newspaper with a ".Nlentoir,.also, on the following week. To prevent disappoint ; ininit to the public, the Proprietors are prepared to deliver Two Hundred' Thousand Portraits of the Duke of Wellington, for the first issue of this extraordinary work, so truly pronounced to be THE' GALLERY FOR THE I To - Nno-Subseribers to the WEEKLY. CHRONICLE The Two Portraitq and Two Memoirs may be obtained of all tok A ellers and New:venders; in Monthly Parts, bound in a 1150.15 w-re Wraprr, p r ice Fdr the convenience of the Trade, .Wrappers; in. Quires, may Ibe at OfT.C;4, •337, Strand. . THEATRE' ROYAL,'COVENT GARDEN. t The Public is re:Tectfully informed, that the PRESENT NIANAGEMEN..T WILL TERMINATE • . -WITH THIS SEASON. -- • TIIIS EVENING, JULY 1, Will b'.l.performed the Historical Play of KING lIE.NLY V., • From the Text of Shakspeare. king Ilenr) the Fifth, Mr. Macready. To conclude with, , . ERA DIAVQLO. Mltt ; quis Sin Carlos. Mr. Collins; Lorenzo, Mr. H. Bedltrti ; • - Zerlina, Miss Romer. T - :%for - ;o -,- 1 -- , vith ROYAL STY EY THEATRE. 'THIS EN't.;tiEsit;, July priKity - .. - 3; 1 Ni , w Draina.• entitled • THE-I'HANTfaI SHIP. • V,:nd,reeck n. Mr. E. I'. ; H. • After (Flc , t Time), Comic Dram ON a, called THE BREWER OF PRE DO?. To 'conclude with, • THE S7VEN CLERKS. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJEST N"S , IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. PROMENADES MUSICALI and ERUPTION of HECLA 'COMBINED ! !"! In order to produce en Entertainment of unequalled variety and 4rlliiaucy, the two unique and peculiarly attractive features cl.tiaeiti Gardena will: be ibis week united -. TIM GRAND PROMENADES! MrsICALEs ET CHANIPETRE,S, and ERUP I'ION of MOUNT' HECLA, I: will take place on Mrinday, Tuesday, and Thursday next. 1, • Music commencing at Six o'clock, Eruption at Dusk. . Admission One Shilling. HhII tV AT F.!t I,otit), \ TO.IIORROW. :tlorning ...... Z 4 nlint,ta=after tiv,1:111! 5 -, minutes after 5, - r ? ' L!i f t , !-. 1 ;" _ .Zi.f).,:e .1t:11,.. LONDON : -MONDAY, JULY 1, 1839. ,~ i ' =eV r ,: . .. - There is evidently a split amongst the Tories even before they have got hold of office. Were thefirt 'Office :the pretensions of individuals are so galeat'that' they would soon break into nearly indi vidual fragments. Lord STANLEY and Su. Ito- BERT . PEEL co-operate - to attain power, but who Can "suppose, were it once possessed, that the ,i• proud scion of the .house of Derby would play second to the cotton-spinner's son ? Why, even the 1. authority- Ofthe yenerable Earl GREY, and the prompt I boldness of Lord BROUGHAM, could neither awe I nor subdue the aspiring youngker. He was almost Premier when he \V a s Secretary for Ireland, and it is , net possible that he should submit to Sir ROBERT PEEL for above a week. The Duke of I W.e . ,1 ? tJelei,TON, were he Premier, might keep the lad I in cheek, but. Sir IL PEEL, under bred, and not over letating, nor endowed with courage to a remarkable ! degree, wonid soon be obliged to separate from Lord i STANLBY, or submit to serve under him. TlienTtra and furious Tories, also, who, through - their org,an the Times, have began already to throW • outinoendoce.aealest the Duke of WELLINGTON, and call on the bishops to take the lead in the Peeis out of his hands, would not keep in accord with the I t oodvkateeTories above .a few. days. still, less woe id e ither of these - parties follow the recreant rWhigs, who would , always be suspected and never i totiven for contributing to pass the . Reform 1 Act. "W,hy, they would very neturally - ask, should 1 Sii'llEsror flaantsce and Mr. - GotsL - nunie . , I w4o.liave eutfered and toiled so touch for the Cause 1 Ol' Toryism, be` placed below Lord STANLEY and Sir J•ter Es GRAH gar, who joined it at the eleventh hour, after having done much to injure it ? For !: minable-as the Tories now are in opposition, being I 441 united: to get hold cif =office, they would no sOk2uer get posseseiowof it fhdo - they would break into parties more numerate:: and more discordant than are the Whios nod the Radicals ? .. I . Sir ddri - kri'i PFEL .was made very sen-iible of 'fiat fact, - betwixt the 7th and the 10th of May. He and the Duke of WELLINGTON are now sen sible of it, .:end therefore the, Duke pursues that c ourse, which excites the suspicion and anger of of the . ultras of the patty, .as expressed by the Times...He knows that the Tories are not likely to eailv -on. the Government successfully, and with • ; a-strone -hand, without which he would not, and could not, carry it on at all ; for under him every l t" t ie cenause Mova with the precision of •dlscipline , ' l and the whole must obey his will like an army. l' tie and Sir:Rolleal' PEEL, therefore, are in a si ' disc difficulty to Lord MELBOURNE. Their ultra Nr ces . . ,, ,urge them to a course which they know ite e woulsi tie, - imprudent, if not impossible, to t a k e , an d threaten to leave them, as the Radicals threaten todetve. Lord MELBOURNE, unless they I.de-what , . they Llow would speedily bring ruin on their party.. Bbth Whig and Tories are in a similar situktioti, and it is just as imprudent for the ultra-Tories to flogSqr ROBERT PEEL forward, as it' ii iti 'thatadicals,to'break off- with . LOrd MEL- BoURNE .. because - BN he does not go, and cannot, go, 01*ir,Jength. , . . :, .Thee Tories • mean , however, to attack. the Ja . maiatteaill„ knowing that they ,can defeat that, and - embarrass the Ministers without breaking up the 1 Government. They haVe no objection to endanger a 1 cOleeoeti`htletider' myna a little party spite, but they i I , 4A:et& wtold eVeYY .- measure which will endanger thei - f - OWn union. The late elections at Glasgow, F Ediiiburgh, and Leith,. where no Tory ventured to I show himself, have not augmented their confidence. I At- attch of them the Chartists appeared in con ! sitierOle - force ; there. was a strong expression of opinion in favour of going further than the 1 Whigs went, but not a voice was raised I against going so far. Such indications were not sa tisfactory to the Tories, and no doubt contri -1 batedto produce tha t determination of the Tor y ' i leaders of Which the ultra -Tory Journals complai n . i While they mean, therefore, to bounce and blaze 1 atter the fashion of say-rockets,to attract atten tion, we doubt whether they will obey the call of the Times, and wake, in either House, the mo ' ion it requires to break alp the Government.. —__ • .),Ve see, by the Dublin Evening Post that the Lotd Lieutenant of Ireland has issued a proclama tion, w arning all persons against any illegal party floccedings, such as have in former times taken Place-on the Ist and the 12th of July. At the IligneliTTie his Excellency states that the vanquil state' or the country; and the orderly disposition of the people, dispose him to hope that he may be re lievedfrourlhe necessity of augmenting the military and portee fk;ree in the province of _Ulster. U 4 theretort4 - vwt<itlz full. confidence on the'. elm:ill - 011s of the - local m aaistracy, on the infrueti,ce -- of the gentry and:, clergy of all deno inftiations, and on the good sense and good .• -raw ~ • 1 - cziing of the - peopic at large, for the discontinOrfee i"4"+""l4interfefloititivAit+he--laws,_nnd dangerous to the peace and socialorcler of th,community, is one of the best signs we have yet .seen of .the condition of Leland.. The Governtnent. while. it resolves to protat - Ithe - Catholics : from illegal pia lence, has now so inuali'confidence'in the Orange party that it can rely on its abstaining from com mitting its annual outrages and iniults. Should the local magistrates and gentry, thus put on their-honour, answer the expectations .of. the .Lord Lieutenant, as we have no doubt they will, Ireland miy be looked on as redeemed from those party quarreli'which for many years have made her the aiinaar abode of bloody strife and the disgrace of the empire., We direct the attention of 'our readers to the ab stract of a Report.on steam-vessel accidents. As all :hat travel now travel by steam, the subject is one of general interest, and the public will be anxious to support the Government in carrying into effect measures for the prevention, we will not say of ac cidents, but of gross and fatal negligence on the part of steam-boat owners. Who can read without the deepest sorrow and 'indignation, the following portion of the report relative to the loss of two vessels :—" The calamitous losses of the Forfarshire and Northern Yacht are closely' investigated, and it appears to be incontestably proved, that these ves sels went to sea with boilers and machinery in so leaky and disabled a state that the fatal catastro phe which awaited their Unfortunate passengers can occasion no surprise. Several cases :of imminent peril to vessels and passengers are adduced, on in disputable testimony, exhibiting the fact that steamers are so frequently sent to sea so • ill found, ill equipped, and in so imperfect a condition, as to warrant • the conclusion that several which have foundered - or been" wrecked, commenced their voyages in a Similarly defective and unseaworthy state." Of the truth of these statements there can be no doubt, and these two events alone are -suffi cient to *arrant the adoption of - strong measures to prevent the recurrence of similar disasters. Had a proper survey, such as. that recommen&led by the Report, been made, what'suffering would have been saved to the surviving relatives and friends of those who miserably perished by the negli g ence, cupidity, and wickedness of proprietors , who, for the sake of getting the profits of only one voyage, risked the - sirefy, and finally caused the death, of so many of their fellow creatures In 1838 the number of Mercantile - steam vessels .was 810, and now it amo-..nts to 900 —all 'carrying • passengers, whose lives are at the mercy of shipowners, whoinsure the - Vessels, but leave. the paisensers to their fate. In ahr.ost even: other . eouritty except FAngland—in France, Holland, B.dgium, the United States, &c. —means have been adopted for the security of the public, and at length our Government follows the example. The Report recommends a Central Board 6 superintend the control of this new mode of con veyance.: Whethefsuch a Board May be necessary, or whether the Board of Trade might be competent for such an undertaking, we trust the Legislature will be called upon soon to decide. All must be anxious that-the present session, hitherto so barren of useful measures, should not be allowed to pass away without- some legislative enactment for the most - important of all objects the general safety of he public. Ifie 711110 were appointed in Ja nuary last, to inquire into the number and nature of accidents.wbich have happened to steam-vessels, and into the practical means of preventing them, have agreed in recommending .that a Board shoUld be appointed to register and classify all vessels na vigated by steam, &c. One part of Mr. WARD'S plan 'for appropriating waste lands, consisted in establishing a Board for the express purpose of selling the land and locating emigrants. Mr. WYSE proposed to place education under a - Board, to be established for that purpose. We' have heard of a proposal. to place the issue of paper money under a Bc•ar.d.... All_ (Mt Narioug,c.ommissioners,, when they meet together, constitute Boards, so that at' present, amongst those . who undertake to mana g e our affairs, whether by Divirioappointment or by delegation from a higher human power than their own, there is evidently a mania for Boards. That is the prevalent political epidemic. All evils are to be cured, all rnisfoonnea, prevented, by ad ditional- Boards, We cannot say that Boards are unconstitutional, for we have . the Board of 'Green, Cloth and the Admiralty Board, which swallowed, by Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S directions, those an cient establishments, tbe Navy and Victualling Boards. But though not unconstitutional, we are so much at a loss for evidence of the great services rendered to the community by these various Boards in past time, that we find from experience no reason to hope great _benefit in future from such a multi plication of Boards. Of moral epidemics like this it is more easy to find the 'cause, we apprehend, than of physical dernies. 'At least We suppose we can detect the cause of this political epidemic, while that of the cho lera- and the of -influenza remain wholly unknown. 'Fhe nation- constitutes and appoints a Sovereign,. though ,he or she does not now- do 'much, some 100 Peers and 658 Commoners, to look after the public affairs. These several gentlemen again cob itutu a.nd appoint t gteat number of, others, to aid and assist them, and all this great body of persons, being .set apart to take care of the public, con stantly rack their ingenuity, and are inces .sant in their watchfulness to accomplish this in the best and most 'complete manner. No sooner, therefore, does any new evil arise, which startles' the public mind, than all this vast mass of active and intelligent men, to , whom the community deputes the task . of taking care of it, turn their, thoughts to the means of prevention or of cure. Of course more care, of one kind or another, more of their peculiar duty immediately suggests itself to them as the only remedy, and Boards are formed or proposed. At present, owing to the great attention bestowed on public affairs, and to the censure the governing classes leave of late received for negligence, . they have all be come unusually active ; and. we have now -more Boards proposed to take care of us than ever -before.. Where and when this activity may stop-We know not, but if Boards' are multiplied much more, they must soon take care of 'each Other, for the whole community will be formed into Boards. A similar epidemic may be observed amongst the. Clergy, who are set apart to watch over the public morals, and, being roused intoactivity, are now ar &nay striving to bring every part of the community and every day of the week Under their guidance.. It is impossible, indeed, that these conscientious men can be otherwise than deeply affected for the state of public morals, and equally impossible, as long as they are set apart to look after them, that they should not he active in endeavouring to regulate the whole society. Certainly we see no bounds to the exertions either of those who look after our spiritual or tem poral welfare. Besides accidents by steam-vessels; there are accidents by stage-coaches, accidents on rail-roads, accidents in mines, accidents in building houses,' accidents in working quarries, accidents in managing furnaces, etc. etc., all of which ought to to fie investigated, and Boards appointed to prevent them. Great loss of life has taken place in mines, and already the accidents on railways have. been most frightful. A.Cornmissioner, if not a Board, ought, on the principle now acted on, to be appointed to every mine and every railway. We cannot enter further into details, and, indeed, enough has been said to show that the field of labour, both for our political and spiritual guardians, is nearly boundless, and that they have the best reasons for increasing their numbers, extending their power, and requiring more money from the people. One of the unworthy tricks resorted to by the advocates of popular ignorance, in the late contest about education, was to misrepresent the result of the mined system of instruction adopted in foreign countries. In Prussia and in Holland this system has long en been ac ted upon, and it s beneficial effects have been era ) 11 • experienced. It there f ore re quired more than ordinary audacity to bring for ward Prussian education as an instance of failure, and on this falsehood to found an argument against educating the children of different sects in t he same school. From a letter on this subject, sig ned " Vi ator." inserted elsewhere, tile. true state of the mat ter will appear. So far from ih e m i xe d pl a n having on trial. been found impracticable , ;at is in a state of active and -salutary operation. Whenever the number of children belonging to on e or ot h er o f the two great sect's, the Protestant and the Catho lic, does not amount to a hundred, they are taught in the same school ; where that or a greater num ber is found, economical reasons recommend a se- , . ?prate school. The Prussians--stupid people— have not yet learnt to know that the multiplication table cannot be thoroughly apprehended by the ju venile understanding unless it is elucidated by the interlineation of the Athanasian creed, or a disser tation on grace of congruity. The opponents of education—the factious herd of scampish politicians headed by Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the ignorant and ignorance-loving bigots who worship Sir - ROBERT INGLIS—are driven - to their wit's end by the final passing of the education grant.' They did all that in them lay — they stuck at no means fair or foul, to prevent the House of Commons- from assenting to the great principle that the education of all the people, without .regard. to sectarian distinctions, was the duty of. the State. They were defeated. The Representatives of the people have affirmed that principle, the Government will carry it into practical effect, and hence the bitterness of those complaints and the violence of that abuse, which the hangers-on of the diSappointed faction pour out against the QUEEN'S Ministers through its degraded organs. In the excess of their hostility to the enlightenment of the labouring classes, they have now made the constitutional dis covery tlat the House of Commons has no right to vote away the public money without the sanction of the House of Lords ! This doctrine has at least the merit of novelty to recommend it. Hitherto this has been Been deemed by all expounders of the Constitution to be the undoubted, as well as the most important, privilege of the Commons ; but it would appear that this reading is erroneous. The Herald and the Post demur to it, and propose an amendment to the effect that the ex ercise of _the privilege must be limited by the pur pose to which the money is intended to be applied. It is thus that an old Nrowan in her dotage, and a pert lady's maid take upon themselves the task of interpreting away the privilege which has hi therto been the bulwark of English liberty against the encroachments of tyrannical Princes. In the last-mentioned of these party vehicles, we find the following oracular announcement The 'leads el the Church have determined, we believe, that the irreligious scheme of education, in favour of which Ministers have obtained a grant from he House of Corn. mons by a majority of two, shall not be carried into effect without an attempt to * procure from the House of .Lords a distinct expression of their Lord ships' opinion upon the subject. This intimation will be received throughout '.the country with general and unmingled satisfaction. When the * House of Lords is called on from such a quarter to give expression to its sen timents upon this subject, there can be no doubt that their Lordships will express the right sentiments, and express them in a manner which the Administration car, scarcely think it prudent to disregard." Now we do not believe there is one word of truth in this statement. Indeed it carries falsehood on its face. The QUEEN, everybody knows, is " The Head " of the Church, and yet this loyal advocate of Church and State would depose her, and place a set of usurpers in her place. The bishops, who arc probably here meant, are the creatures of the Crown, and have no right, even in matters of religion, which are their sole prov:nce, to interfere with the authority with which the law has invested the SOVEREIGN, much less to presume to dictate to the Crown in matters en tirely beyond their province, and pertaining to the civil Government of the country. We have not the least doubt that were the Bishops so far to forget themselves as to make any motion of the kind alluded to by the Post, they would not be seconded by the House of Lords ; and even if they were, that the real " Head" of the Church would give them such a rebuke as they would remember. Lisbon Papers of the 24th ult. inclusive have been received this morning. On the 20th his Royal Highness the Duke DE NEMOURS and suite arrived, at Lisbon from Cadiz, and after being received with the usual honours took possession of the apartments provided for him in the Palace of Belem. His Serene'Highness the Duke of SAXE COBURG GOTHA, with his sons, Princes AUGUS TUS LOUIS` and LEOPOLD FRANCISCO JULIO, and the Princess VICTOIRE AUGUSTA, his daughter, arrived in the Lightning British steamer, - - on 'the' 22d, fron , Portsmouth, in the Tagus, on . a visit to their 'Portuguese Ma jesties. • They met with a most cordial reception from the KING and QUEEN, who accompanied them on Monday to the Opera, and gave directions for uatkinz Lisbon as g ay- as p gssibi gthe r. On the 24th, the Duke DE NEMOURS, visited the ' British Admiral nit board his , ship, in the Tagus, who received his Royal Highness with a royal salute. The young Duke was making himself exceedingly popular in Lisbori by the urbanity of his manners, and the apparent kindliness of his general dispesition.. \o 'doubt his youth, his reputed courage, and the graces of his person, did much in the way of obtaining for him the suffrages of the fairer and more influential por tion of the -good citizens of Lisbon. The Chamber of Deputies passed the law for granting the Government - a power to raise 1,400 contos, to pay the current Treasury expenses. The rePorrof the Select Committee on the pay ment of the Foreign debt was announced for pre sentation on the 26th ult. - We have no other news of interest from Portugal. The exertions of -Eng land to put an end to the Slave Trade are de nounced in some of - the Lisbon papers as deliberate' attempts to destroy the Colonial in terests of Portugal, and upset , the balance of power in Europe ! Of the lucubrations of these writers . it is ,unnecessary to say another word. Their knowledge of the legislative history of this country never appears to extend lower than the Premiership of Walpole. In a debate on a Bill for the better Ad ministration Of 'Justice a Deputy proposed as an amendment the abrogation of the Judge Conserva tors of Foreign Powers in Portugal. This ridieu , lous amendment was gravely seconded by Senors MANOEL PASSOS and JOSE ESTAVAO, but it fell to the ground amidst shouts of laughter, when Baron SA DA BANDEIRA offered to carry it into effect, but-for that.purpose it would-be necessary to arm him with 100 well-manned ships of the line, and 300,000 good troops ! . • „ Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 22d ult. have reached us., The Government had remitted a month's pay to the Army of the North, renewed the contract for previsions for three months, and were negotiating with the hankers of the capital a loan of 60,000,000 of reals on the tobacco duty. Money was, however, dreadfully scarce, and most of the salaries of the civil servants of the Govern ment long .in arrear. In. a .4ivatch of the 16th from General ESPARTERO, the evacuation of Bal maseda by the Carlists is announced, hut not be fore MAROTO had nearly ruined the defensive works, which were very strong. The Carlists had erected fresh works, and mounted five field-pieces and two mortars on a height opposite Areta, to prevent surties of the garrison of Bilbao. There is no news of interest in the French Journals oo Friday and Saturday, received this . morning, save a continuation of the report of the trial of the insurrectionista';before,, the, :Court of Peers -which" We have . not space—fin: to-Clay). The speech of ARMAND BA RBES, the ring -leader;' is worthy of a better cause, and .will not fail to pro duce a powerful effect upon •the , discontented youth of France. To shed the blciOd_ of such a man is but to sow the dragon's teeth of rebellion. The projects of laws granting - pensions to the widows and orphans of the Municipal Guards killed in the entente of the 12th of May,have received the Royal sanction, and are promulgated in the Monitezer of Saturday. The same journal announces that the decree of the Governor of the Island of Mar tinique, authorising the exportation of sugar to foreign countries under foreign flags indiscrimi nately, only reached the French Government on Thursday, and that measures vi'ere instantly taken to annul its effect. What these measures were the public is not informed. Both Chambers sat in a legislative capacity on Saturday, but the proceedings are of no European interest. - Most of the leading journals regard the abdication of Prince Alll.pscx as the triumph of a deep-laid Russian intrigue. The Debats parti cularly dwells upon the blow which it has inflicted upon the power of the Porte in the Danubian . pro vinces of Turkey. It is stated the Prince narrowly escaped being voted a traitor, and put to death, and that his son's life, in whose favour he abdi cated, is despaired of. 'The Government in the mean time is conducted by a Council of Regency, consisting of five senators. BOURSE.—PAkIS, SAITIZDAY, JUN! 29. _ - - HALF-PAST THREE.—The scttling, in the Home Stocks will be on Monday, and in the Pureirm oa Tuesday. For the Account taere has been a good deal of business. The TITE SUN, LONDON, IVI-0 JTJTAN 1,1839. Three per Cents. opertz.'dat-'79f. 15c., dcclitied - to 79f., .1 and Closed at 79f. 52., a fall of 10c. The Five per Cents.- have also declined 10c. ; they opened at 1111. 30c.. and closed at 111 f. 20e. So little has been done for Money that the Three per Cents. have had but one price, which is 79f. 15c. The Five per Cents. are sc. lower. The Rink . of France Shares have declined 2f. 50e. The Spa nish Active has advanced The St. Germain Rail wAy Shares have declined 5f., as have the Versailles Right Bank. The Veralles Left Bank are 2f. 30c, lover also. f irst Highest Lowes Last Price . Price. Price PT ice Vrenes 5 per Cents 4 per (eats ' IN .1 '2 .. 101 ... 101 :spar Cents 7ll 15 ... 79 15 ... 79 15 ... 79 IS Hank of rrance Lzatitte Ha k I.ooor. Sll IOS ...iosi ...1055 ...1055 Belgian Bank .,. , ... 750 ... 7511 ....750 ... 759 Sna..ish Ac ive lf'!4 ... 19"4 ... - `lO% ... 19% o.)n M i guel ..... .......e N,a olitan Roman .RAILWAY SiIARE.-. ___ St. Germai , ....... . .... ..7. - ..{ :. i s- • •••f1 :27) " ••• 625 ••• 6r25 Versailles, R. B 6 ,0 ... 660 ... 6ti : .. (6 1 LB l4O ... 14) ... 14) ... 142 50 1-Evr s Charleroi .... 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 455 Stratburg to Bale '2l7 50 ... :185 Y 7 59 :.. 25; German and Brussels - Papers, of the latest dates, were received to-day. The Austrian Observer con tains an Imperial Rescript, announcing that the diplo matic relations between the Courts of Vienna and Brussels have been resumed, King LEOPOLD having ex.pressed his regret that General SKRZYNECKI was employed in the Belgian service. Baron O'SULLIVAN DE GRASS has, therefore, resumed his diplomatic functions at the Court of Vienna. Count MoRITZ VON DIEDRICIISTEIN, hitherto Austrian Minister Plefiipotentiary and Ambassador Extraordinary at the Court of Carlsruhe and Darmstadt, is accredited in the same quality to the Court of Brussels. WATERLOO BRIDGE.—The Trusteeshave announced that a great reduction of tolls on carriages and other vehicles passing over the bridge, emnmences this day. Why do they not make the reduction general ? They reduce the tolls on carriages, in order to attract a greater number, and keep it up on foot passengers, from whom they derive the best part of the income. Were they to make an experiment for only a quarter of a year, by reducing the toll one-half, they would almost to a certainty profit by te change. At all events they would risk little. Since ilieti - c,rice of admission to the Tower was reduced_ to s ix - pence, the receipts have greatly increased, and there never was such unanimity on any question, perhaps, as there is at present, on one of exactly the same description—the reduction of postage. What makes the omnibuses and the small steamboats on the river pay ?—Cheapness. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS C// Y, /14 1 EL VE O'CLOCK. LIVERFOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The Cotton Market is quiet and flat, and prices have still a downward tendency. Sales 1,500 bales American, IV. to Sid. per lb. The Brti.th Qaceu steliner will not leave Greedock for a day or two. _ _ Arrivals this morning—Two French, two Ostend, with Dutch • and Hamburg mails; also a mail from Gibraltar and Lisbon, by the Royal Tar, which sailed from Gibraltar on the 20. h of June, Lisbon 12-P1), Cadiz 21st, Malta 13th, 0,,0rt0 25th. A mail from Hamburg, by the Reindeer, which tailed on the 15th of May, from Tampico on the 19 h, awl from Havannah on the 31st of May. A mail from Jamaica, by the Delight, which sailed from St. Thomas on the 26th of May, and from Cape Henry on the 3d of June. --- We have recessed Jamaica Papers to the 30th of May. They contain no local news. DONIINI6%.—A new Roman Catholic Church was opened and dedicated to the Holy Virgin, on Saturday morning, the 231 April. The Lieutenant-General and L ady art ivied on the Gth of April after a passage of thirty five days from London. ST. CithasrornEa.—Sir Henry M'Leod embarked on board the Pandora for England, on the 3d of June, his Excellency's temporary successor will be the Honourable W. Greathead Crooke, Esq. ; this gentleman was sworn into cffice, and assumed the administration of affairs in the Island. THE LEGISLATURE A meeting of the Legislature took place on the 12th of Auril, on which occasion Mr. Presi cic.nt Crooke, addressed the two Houses congratulating'' them .ori the orderly conduct and good disposition -that had been evinced by the working classes, which, with a con. tinned observance of mild and conciliating measures on the part of the proprietary body, cannot fail to ensure the prosperity and happiness of this valuable Colony. Tonamo.—THE LtorsLaTustE.The Chronicle of the 23th says—" We are gratified to perceive that the lionou_ r.. able house. of Assembly have been called together on' Tuesday, and proceeded to entertain the many very pres sing and important measures recommended to its conside ratioa at the opening of the Session, in a truly becoming and liberal spirit.", • , MARTINIQUE. -The French Government -have appro priated the sum of 2,200,000 francs to. the relicE of this colony, Martinique ; the amount has been divided into three portions, namely, to be distributed among the suf ferers 800,000 francs,, to assist in making up the revenue 900,000 francs, and for the military service 300 ; 000 francs. ANTiouA.---The Pap...rs from the above island contain nothing but the proceed;ngs in the Legislature, and in these there is no new. feature. ST. CIA.--,\Ve: learn ghat another Commissioner from. Irona'tOur through -the . British Islands, for the purpo , _e of ascertaining how the system of tree labour it working. The French brig of war, Inconstant, having on board a passenger—no less distinguished a person than General Bertrand, the faithful friend and companion in exile of Na. poleun Bonaparte—arrived here on Monday from B rbadoes. This venerable General is on a tour through the British Antilles. • _ (From the Jamaica Despatch, May 29.) Our British reAders will doubtless 1)3 anxious to learn how affairs are progressing in this disorganised and priest craft-ridden colony. The only information we can give them for the present is that everthing wears a gloomy as pect, and that the crops, which have been closed already, furnish proofs of a dreadful falling off We have received Trinidad papers to the 10th May, bring the aniount of the Revenue and Expenditure of Bar badoes for the }ear 1838, which has been laid before the Atsembly. The total Amount of Revenue for 1838 WaS £3 3 ,972 17 7 , The Expenditure 53,417 9 2 1 , 4 An attempt Las been made to fire an estate iu S t. The, m:is parish. No less than - three fires were blazing at the same time. • We hear unfavourable accounts of the labourers, or rather idlers,. in St. Andrew's parish. Ou several of the finest estates they are doing little or no wolk, and evince a very bad spirit. The Quarterly Returns of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England have been published from ti e 2d April t...) the 25th Juae, both dates inclusive, b) which it appears that the circulation is les; by 113,0001., depositsless by 247,0001. securities more by 300,000/., less by 765,000/. . . The Mexican packet Reindeer has brought a fre'ght equal to 540,0001. in specie. The political news by hci has been anticipated by the American Papers. The news from Lisbon by the Packci, is not of much im portaiice— all was tranquil there: Consol.;, which closed• on Saturd+y 931 opened this morning at the same quotation for the opening. Ex. chequer Bills, 26 28; Bank Stock, 190 191 ; Midis Stock, 254 256. Li the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 191 1 ; Per tu;•uese, 344; Three per- Centa.,.2ol 21 ; Brazilian 77-; Colonibian, 321- 33; Dutch TA a- per Cents., 54i R ex dividend; Five p , r Cents. 102,i 103. PRICES OF STC , clc. , Tills DA 1 . AT uY.1... O'CLOCK. • • Rank Stork 189} 91 India Stock , ... 3 par Cent. Red. 9 _; k !.. Ditto Bonds .27 pm 3 per Cent. Cons. — South Sea Stock 3-„ per Cent. --• Old Annuities . 9.:44 Ditto Red. 14);4 7 4, , New Ditto New ON', per Cent .... ...... ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, .E I,ono ... TJ •Ai pm. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ......... ....... 500 28 30 27 pm. JAIL 5, 1860 l4 5-15% Ditto Small 3O ~.8 0r... Oct. 10, 1859.... ........... ..„ Ditto Commercial — pin J,n. 5, 1860 — Ditto AdVertised ....; • pm. Jana 5, 1880 April 5, 11380 ..- India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5, 1870 — Consos for Account 941‘44 PRICES OF FOREIGN ID NDS THIS DAI AT QNL O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds lOB Peruvian Bonds • Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account - - 34% 4IA Buenos Ayres Bonds .2C ii Ditto Account , ' Ditto Account 2)304 Chi iian Bonds I) tto Account Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account - , Ditto Metallic ' • ' _ Columbian Bonds, 1824....32% ;3;4 . Spanish Bonds . - igyi Ditto Account ...WA 32% 3ff Ditto Account .. ....... ..19%% Danish Bonds Ditto Account , Greek Bonds' •••.' 'French, 3 per eerit...«.. --f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 18r25....... - 4 per cent- :•••••• •—f. -c., Ditto Account - pee cent....... 70f. 75c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — -- Exchange.• 2sf. 40c. Ditto,Account ..............-. , Dutch, 2l per cent. 55 4% 5 . Ditto. 6 per Cent. 2654 Ditto Account — Ditto AccOunt ' 263, 7; Ditto, 5 per cent ... Neapolitan. —.' Ditto Account...," • PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. • Per Share. ..... 1234 Brighton Railway Lo .101, and Birmingham Railway Company 90 Ditto 4 Shares 5 f 7 ko LOIIIIII/7 and Croydon Railway C ompany l4/. les. ed . 12 % !Lan Midland Railway Compa n y 65 61 lIALF I'AS.T ONE. The Hamburg Mail has arrived of the 28th June. The Metalliques are quoted at 116 ; Dank Shares, 1,497 ; Ex change on London Comes higher, on the 25th, 12 131, arid on the 28th to 13 4i; gold comes lower, discounting rather easier, 4i. Posted at the North and South American Coffee- House : " On board the British Queen, June 29. " We are going to turn the engines round at five o'clock this afternoon, and if they work well we shall proceed forthwith to Liverpool." Consols have improved since the early part of the morn ing, and have reached 93 } buyers for the opening ; at pre sent 931 A-, with little doin g ; Exchequer Bills 28 26; India Bonds 27 prem. ; Ba n k Stock 189 191. In the Foreign Market C o l om bi a n rather i m p rove d, owing to 80,000 dollars havi ng a rr i ve d, re p or t - sa y s i n part to pay the dividends; but the C omm i ss i oner w h o was ex -1 pected from that Government to arrange their debts with the holders of the Colotnbian Bonds, has not arrived in the Panama packet. Spanish Active 191 ; Portuguese ; Three per Cents. 20 1 ; Colombian, which was 32i, at present 334-; Mexican 26/ 27 ; Dut c h T wo - an d •a - Half per Cents., 5 - 5 ; Five per Cents., 1031. The General Stew , ' Navigation Company's packet Columbine, fre.sallolerdarn - , arrived off the Cus tom-house yesterday. IMPROVEMENTS IN SMITHFIELD MARKET. —The several recent enlargements and altcrations in this market are now completed. CIUNTINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, on taking his seat on the Bench, said-with regard to the objections made to the in dictment he had consulted Chief Justice Tindal oa the subject, and that his Lorthhip was of opinion that the case was of so much importance that all the Judges ought to be &insulted on- the subject before any decision was pro. nounced. The case must therefore go to the Jury. _L Mr. Serjeant BosmAs then - proceeded to -address the Jury on behalf of Emanuel Moses, and Mr. ADOLPHUS was speaking on behalf of Alice Abrahams when our Re porter left. . - - , THE MARKETSL,(THIS DAY). --.~- CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of Irish Oats last week was good, but of every other article small. ,Fine Wheat was rather dearer, other kinds of Grain stationary. English Wheat was readily taken off at Is. per quartor advance on last Monday's terms; other sorts well maintained previous quotations. For Barley more money has been demanded. In Beans, Peas, and Oats little is passing, and rates remain unvaried. Flour continues slack in sale, except fresh made parcels. r RIOES ON E • —,ARD OF SHIP Wheat, Red (old) -s. -s. Beans, Small ;new) 435 415 -- White (01d)~... ~ -9. ~. - Bed 1838) '4c. LS: - Tick (new) :333 36_ --- Fine L 0 . e4s - (old) Superfine e 65. 7!),, - Harrow (new) ri.is 'Bl. -- White k it,38)....6'./s. 4 02*. ---... k01d)....... 42. t ,. 41 I: Fine 6.'s. 70s Brank -- Superfine 74s 76, Oats, Feed -Foreign free .5..4s :11 , Ryr 403 42s - Pola . nd = Barley 30s 37 - New ' , x,,.304. - Grinding ' 30 , ; 344. ' Potiine iB. 34)•. - - Malting .403. 42* - ^- 7 4,w Malt ., 56 , -. Os Scotch n .34s ---- Fine New . 6.is. Wis. - Irish 21.. ... 26-.285. Pease, Grey, New .. n(rs. 38, Flour Town ,per ,ack)..., 60, 62, ---- Maple New 374. 403. - `seconds 51 .5 ;i . ...,..---- White 40*. 42s ..........- Nsrth Country.... 50 52 . -. Boilers 47.5.44>. Bran 124 13 A RBIVALS . ,F GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAS): WELK 14 heat. Barley. oats. .• 1 k•uis , English • 2,14:9 qrs. !it, yrs. I 2,117 Kira 4;f 19 acks Irish - 1 13,797 .4-- Fru eign SIM H FIFLD. A good supply of Cattle at the Market. More buyers than last week, and trade has.improved. Prime Beef and Mutton sold tolerably brisk at 2d. per stone each higher. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ed. ; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 18 ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Lamb, 51. 4d. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Beasts, 2718; Sheep and Lambs, 26,880; Calves, 217 ; Pigs, 490. CITY FISH MARKET. Fair supplies, and a moderate trade ; prices remain much as last quoted. Turbot, ss. to Iss. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Salmon, go,4d, Is. 3d. to Is. 6:1. per lb. ; Mackerel. 4d., to 10d. each ; Whitings, 3d. and 6d. ; Ifaddocks, 6d. to ls. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) - . Rim?. 29.—Wind N, N W., fresh.—Arrived the Lady Flora, Foord; from Madras; Vernon, Lidderdale' Madeira; Java, Jobbing, Calcutta; Beatrica, Young, St' Vincent's; Weill - 11g ton, Chadwiek, -- New York ; Martha , Robson, Sierra Leone; Emma, Nelson, Hobart Town ; Ennerald, Abercrombie, Berbice ; Robert, Stevicker, St. Kitt's; DitcheiS of Beaufort, Diamond, Cadiz; Mary Bell, Trieste; Royal Tar, Lisbon ; Java, Peters, Bata- Ca. Sailed, the Sarah Ann, Richardson, Sierra Leone ; Staffa, Barker, ditto;. Tagus (steamer) M'Leod, Lisbon; Juana, Sourego, Bilbox; Kinnear, Maillard, Sydney; Ca roline, Williams, South Australia ; Layton, Cuddy, Ho bart Town ; Sterling, Foster, Cape of Good Hope ; Emerald,- Hill, Antigua; Abeona, Wallace, Berbice ; Mon treal, Griffing; New York; Isabella Ellen, Pent River Gambia; Margaretta, Messina, Malta; Agnes, Walker, Oporto; Favou,rite, 7- 7 -; Braganza, —; Spring, Olner, Quebec. Sailed also the outward hound, LIVERPOOL, JUNE 29 AND 30 —Wind N —Arrived the St. Helena, Long, fcm the Cape of God Hope; Lydia, Smith, Laguna ; Coromandel, Pearce, New Orleans; Bridget Archibald, Matthias, Pictou ; Shannon,.Carpen (er, Zaute; Emma, Gallipoli; Lavinia, Mara, ditto; Ferdinando, Castellano, Naples ; Lord Oakley, Crowe, Marseilles; Waterwitch, Rolaertson, St. Petersburg ; Palmyra, Demerara ; Johanna, Brandolph, Dantzic. Sailed the Grace, Kennedy, fur Byrbice ; Sandbach, Demerara ; Lee, BOWDCSS, St. Thomas ; Eutaw, Allen, New York ; Hudson, FAith, ditto;, Sphinx, Luscombe, Gibraltar ; Constance, 'Avellv, Lisbon ; Princess Char lotte, King, Bombay ; Ripley, Steward, Madras ; Couder, Smith, Mobile ; Memnon, badden, Jamaica ;. Traveller, Harvey, Trinidad ; Celt, Greig, Warbadoes. THE CHARTISTS. MR. MDOUALL AND MR. STEVENS . _ We briefly alluded on Wednesday to the disputes which had sprung up amongst tile Chartists at Aslitpn undersLyne, with respect to certain charges preferred . against Stephens, by iNl'Douall,•whO bas brought him self into some trouble by ntacking -th• preacher. It seems that a meeting was held on Tuesday evening, at Stephens's chapel, in Charlestown ; and, -of course, under She exciting citenthstances which existed,- - there was a large mob assembled. A man named one of :Stephens's preachers, .Was called to the chair. ,The, meeting. was a very ,noisy . affair ; both . Stephens and . INPDeuall being Pretf - y.ithindly'abtiSed by their re . spectlve eneMies. Suffice it to sty, that. M'Douall openly charged his quondam - friend with attempted immoralities, with which we need not trouble our readers. ANDonall stated that he had in his possession - a wrilt•CO iielio6W ledgment of the alleged facts extorted . from Stephens, under the fear of being shot ; and the siguature of Stephens to this document was witnessed by a member of the convention. The ,tatement created -a consider • able - hubbub the meeting, and some scores of tel lows swore it was a'" d—d Others, however, denounced--Stephens as. a scoundrel ; aryl perhaps it was well tOr him that he was not preSent: or he would have run some risk of being severely handled. INl'Douall stated, that it was at . the sugge=tion . of Stephens that he came down to . AslitoM, about. the time the Convention removed. to Biimingliam ; and an at' .teinpr wiit'made to - arrest him the v ry n ght that-lie arrived in Ashton; but he' escaped.' This, of - course, tended to heighten the suspicion against Stephens, who was denounced by part of the meeting as a -14. y. In conclusion M'Douall declared that he hadresi4ned his `situation as. a member of the Conventian. He. then left the place, and surrounded by a large body of-Lis' 'friends. lo the course of the evening, a report got abroad that Williamson and Seel (who gave bail for M'Douall at Stockport, a fortnight ago) intended to Airrender him into the custody of the police. Will Harrison, it- will be. remembered, is one of Stephm . s's sureties in the charge against him'for making a se ditious speech at Leigh. This report got to the cars of' M'Douall ; and, in the course of, the evening, Duke, the landlord of the Bush Inn, where he- had taken' up' his- abode, went to the house of William son, to inquire whether the report was correct 1-1, ascertained that such was the' case, anti returned. home ; • where, to his surprise,. he. .ascertained that M'Doualt had been already taken into custody. It appears that, a little before eleven o'clock, Wi,liarnson, accompanied by Robert Newton, jun., deputy-constable of Ashton,. and a posse . of watchmen, went to Duke's honse. Williamson went up stairs - , leaving 'Newton in the lo.ity. He went to M'Douall, and having told him that he wanted to speak to him,. they a eHr down stairs together, and 'Williamson handed 11I.Dou 11 over to the. custody of the police. • He was , immediately taken to the Commercial. Hotel, where SA, the . Other surety, had two chai,es in. readiness. Into one of these the thrust, in company withs'Newtoo, and we believe, Seel—Williamson-riding outside ; and the post boy drove off to Stockport, where. the prisoner was lodged in gaol. The other chaise wes previously driven in another direction ; and .thus the attention of the mob was directed from that in which the prisoner was placed. We understand that, in addition to the charges against, Stephens,, there are various allegations of mis conduct against • others of the Ch artist leaders, princi pally relating to pecuniary matters ; anti the whole party is involved in quarrels and disputes which 'threaten it with complete .disorganization. Stephens' has re fiised to meet the Committee appointed to•investigtVe ISl'Douall's charges ; and, when pres.,ed on the subject, he addressed a 'letter' to the Committee Of the ." De• fence Fund," renouncing all claim, upon that fund, and promising that the wimpy which he had, received from it should be refunded ; but we believe.. he neglected to -say when, and we should not he disposed:to give much for • the chance of restitution. , M‘Douall's friends, succeeded, _ . yestezday, ,in 'pro curing the necessary sureties, five persons becoming bail in 1001: each, for his appearance at the forthcoming Chester Assizes. A Public meeting was appointed to take place last evening, in the Ashton Market Place, where, it was expected, he would address the people ; and a large procession with fligs went on the road to Hyde, in order to escort him to town. From what we could learn of the state of feeling at Ashton, M'Douall seems likely to supersede Stephens altogether in the good graces . of the Chartists of that neighbourhood.— Manchester Guardian. 'Fhe Stockport Advertiser says, that M`Douall stated only in general terms that the Rev. Gentleman had grossly insulted a young lady, who made the complaint to M'Douall. He, as soon as he could make it conve nient, sent a friend to wait on Stephens, but he was not to be found in London. M4Douall subsequently waited on Stephens himself, and Mr. Stephens admitted his error and gave a written apology, winch was also witnesed by M'Douall and his friend. Until Mr. Stephens can disprove these facts, M'Douall, to give him every chance, reserves the evidence be has at com mand. The partial publicity which had been given to the cause of the quarrel arose from circumstances nearly unavoidable, and M'Douall took the only course which was left open for him—to be considered in the light of a slanderer, or in that of the open character of a gentle man. Mr. Stephens has not yet come forward, and in the meantime the public consider his silence to be an assent to the charge. A large work of art from the easel of the cele brated Guiterres, of the Seville school, from a painting by Murillo, has lately arrived from Madrid. The subj,et is Santa Isabel, Queen of Hungary, curing lepers. A former copy of this grand picture was made expressly for the French Government by the same distinguished artist, but, under the condition that he should have permission to make one for himself, which is the work alluded to. The pic ture is at present in the baggage warehouse of the London Docks, and is exciting much interest, Guiterres having shipped it to this country with the view of finding a pur chaser either in our National Gallery, or from a private source. The price asked is comparatively small, and it is to be hoped, that no supineness upon the part of the Bri tish Curators cf Art, will allow it to be wrested from us by agents of other nations. RAILWA KWA LL. The following statement has been circulated among the Members of both Houses of Parliament and is well de- serving of attention. Various unfounded representations having been industriously circulated, with regard to the Bill now before Parliament for the Extension of this Rail- way from the Minories to Fenchurch street, the Directors feel called upon, in justice to themselves-- to The Preipiietors, whose interests they are bound to protect—to the public, whose convenience they are de sirous to promote—and to the neighbourhood, whose good will they are anxious to cultivate, to put forth:the follow r ing statement of facti, for the accuracy of which they pledge their veracity, and (unlike their anonymous as F alants) offer as a guarantee the sanction of their names : In the year 1836 two lines of Railway to Blackwell were projected—the one north of the Commercial-road, the other (now in progress) south of it; hut both purposing to come within the City boundary. The City authorities withheld their consent from both ; but, at an interview had at Guildhall with the Directors of the Southern Line (that now before Parliament), the former offered not to oppose its progress, provided the promoters would agree to confine its operation to the eastern side of the Minories. This offer was accepted, but with the distinct and oft repeated avowal, made at the moment to the City authorities by the Chairman of .the Company, that at a foure period they should seek to continue the Railway into the City, so as to have a terminus nearer the Royal. Exchange than that in the Alinories. This stipulation was met by the City authorities with the observation that "sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." Thus closed the negotiation at Guildhall, and the two Companies having afterwards coalesced, an Act was obtained authorising a Rail v;ay, south of the Commercial-road, from Blark wall to the ea-tern•side of the Minorir•s; but, in the course o the ensuing year, the Directors having become more and more convinced that the great objects contemplated by the Bill, and the convenience of the public, required that Olt terminus of the intended Railway should be brought nearer to the centre of business, they (with the consent of the Proprietors) gave notice of their intention to apply to Parliament in the Session of 1837, for an extension of the Line as far as Leadenhall-street. Permissior. froni.tbe City was of course applied for, when the application was referred to a Select Committee, before which the Directors of the Company appeared, as on the former occasion. A resolution wag passed by that Com. mittee, recommending to the Court -of Common Council that permission should be granted ; but the recommeuda• tion so resolved upon being of course unpalatable to those who had interests of their own tdverse to the Railway, an active canvass was commenced against it ; and upon the question being again brought before the Committee, strange to say, the resolution was rescinded. The Extension Bill was nevertheless brought before the House of Commons, and referred to a Committee, before which a charge of breach of faith was (as now) brought against the Di. rpetors of the Railway, but sati.lactorilg disproved by the evidence of the City RememLrancer, the Par liamentary Law Officer of the Corporation, and b) whom their resistance to the Bill was conducted, who being appealed to by the Chairman of the Committee, honourably admitted that it had been distinctly avowed by the Chairman of the Railway Company that application for an extension of toe line into the City would be made. After seventeen days' patient investigation, permission wa, given, by a m , jority of fourte ±ri to four, to carry the Rail way to the very site now sought for, i. e Fenchurch street. The Bill was then sent to the ,Upper House (befOre which the alleged breach of faith by the Company was distinctly disproved upon oath), by . a Committee of which it was in the progress of investigation when the King died, and the Session being about to ttrmivatc, a proposal was made to the Directors to withdraw the Bill, Mr, Sergetnt Merewether, on behalf of the City, addressing their Lord ships to- the following effect.* " I may state in one word, that which on bel Alf of the City Of London I am prepared to propose, and I helieve my brother Andrews is prepared, 'on the part of the Parishes. also to concur in it, and that is, to put it upon the shortest and simplest point, that we are ready to undertake, in the 'next Session, TO USE OUR BEST ENDEAVOURS TO ADVANCE * AM( BILL BROUGHT IN BY . THE PROMOTERS OF THIS MEASURE SIMILAR TO THE PRESENT, TO THE SAME STAGF AT WHICH YOUR LORDSHIPS NOW ARE, so that it ~, a y be taken up as if your Lordships were going on with it to.. morrow. " That is the proposal I make, in which — MK Sergeant 'Andrews concurs; and I hare also the sanction ot•Mr. Mire house, the Common Sergeant, for the City, and there can be no doubt that that proposal will be carried out." To which - Mr.. Coalman-SergeAnt ;MO-choose emphati cally added:— . . ~ ..45 . 1. i fq o ythird party shined come in, we , are bound IN xo4oUa to come forward and state the particular circu • 171-. stances that hare occurred, and to i-eawARD the measure up to this point as much as possible:" To this'pruPo6al Mr. HArrimn agreed on behalf of thr Railway Company, observing, "that is very candid ; ano as I have it from Ire counsel for the City of London, I have not the least doubt of it being carried into iffct. An agreenwnt\ was Iteeordingl. drawn up in the Lord-' Committee, and under tite.sam.:tion .of Lord Shaftesbury ; the t'ollowing is a copy t " That a simibr Bill for extending the line of the Commercial Railway might be proceeded with in the next or following Session, without any opposition on the part of the present Petitioners, up to the particular period at which the present Bill had terminated:" To which Counsel of their own accord added : " The Committee finding some parts of the agreement in consistent with the forms of the House, have made some altera tions in it, and omitted certain passages ; but we hereby de clare the above to be the substlace of the agreement between the parties, and which we consider them bound to carry into effect. ( Signed) WILLIAM HARRISON. "HENRY ALWORTH MERENVETHER. THOAAS ANDREWS. • " House of Lords, I4th July, 1837.,, The agreement in question was ratified by a vote of the Corporation on the 27th July, 1837, and ought to have ben considered binding in law as well as honour. But not so; for the Railway is again opposed by the same parties; although the Bill now introduced is a similar fill, and the evidence to be given before the Coininittee will show the proposes mode of working it to b• - 3 vastly pre fetabte to .the former one, inasmuch as no locomotive or steam engine of any kind will be worked within the City boundary, and the whole Line will •be free- from the alleged nuisances of smoke, noise, danger from fire, &c. &c: so prominently put forward against the former plan, which required the use of locomotives, 'The stationary e ngines for working the Line to a n d f rom Black wall will be erected outside the City boundary, and the carriages will be propelled from the Nlinories to the termi nus; in Fenchurch-stref t by momentum alone, •and %ill re tuin from. Feuchureh-street to tiro their own aravity, and in both cases without either rope or pulley., Oil the facts now adduced, which cannot b.:, contradicted, the Directors of ;he Railway submit tle,t the charge so in dustriously eh cuLited :gaitist them of a " breach of (on the heiiet of which, a, well as of oiler ihiretic.•;ewa oohs, their opponents obtained so large a minority against the second reading of the Bill, on Thursday, the 21st in stant), is ALTOGETHER VNFOUNDED. But how aiffereutly stands the charge of .‘ breach of" faith" brought by the Directors against the City and their other opponents, parties to the above iejted agreement and declarations, and which were with due font gravely and deliberately acknowledged as binding. The Directors are nevertheless will ng to believe that the facts of the case have berm either es itirheter, or su mys tified, that the honour of the City of London, as a Cor poration, has been unintentionally sacrifie%d through the exertions of a few individuals having interests of their own to serve, wholly at variance with those of the pubic, and which are saught to be protected by perpetuating the pre sent disgraceful state of the Pool. 'Tile truth of the matter is, and it is better told at once, that the Corporation is on this occasion really made subservient to the St. Katherine's Dock Company, and the wharfingers con. tiguous to London-bridge. 'rite proprietors of these establishments are alarmed at the advantages which the Railway will confer on the Docks and Wharfs at Black. wall, at which ships and steamers of the largest size may take in and discharge goads and passengers at all times of the tide, thereby avoiding the dangerous navigation of the Pool, which must be encountered in proceeding to the St. Katherine's Docks and London-Bridge Wharfs. This will at once explain the eiluse of the extraordinary zeal evinced on the second reading of the Railway Bill, by the Chairman and Seicretary of ahe St. Katherine's Dock Company Tooke and Sir John Hall), and the other Directors cF tile Company, whether in or out of 'Parlia ment, apparently in defence of City rights, though really in support of ihoe. - nearer home. Nor were the Wharf ingers inactive; but their interests being also without a locus standi before Par4iarnent, whereon to be beard against the Railway, they have tieed driven to resort to the pre tence that the undertaking militates against the interests of the City. The principal object of the Directors on the present oc casion has been to clear themselves from the charge of being gailty of any breach of faith whatever, which they trust they have successfully done ; but they wish at the same time to avail themselves of the opportunity to state that the Railway, which is constructed on arches of such dimensions and height as not at all to interfere with any of the thoroughfares which it passes, is in full operation towards completion up to the Minories, and that it will be * Taken from Mr. Gurney's short-hand notes. t S2e Minutes of the Lords' Committee for 13:h July, 1837. E-VIINING EDITION .' ' a open to the public within twelve motths. -Above Tr%o Hundred Thousand 'Pounds have been expended in the purchase of property ; all the necessary works are now in active progress; and the Directors are more than ever convinced that this Line will prove to be a great public_ convenience; that it will be the means cf removing the present impediments to the safe navigation of the River, and will ensure to the merchants of London increased economy and dispatch in the transaction of the general _ business of the Port. (Here follow the names of the Directors.) London, April 3, 1839. POSTSCRIPT, MONDAY, JUNI: 17, 1839. Notwithstanding the agreement thus circumstantially entered into by the legal representatives of the. Corpora- . tion of the City of London, and confirmed by its vote of the 27th July, the Bill of the present Session, although essentially the same as its predecessor, has been opposed on the second reading, and delayed in Committee for twenty. one days, as will appear on a reference to the printed Report. The preamble was voted proved, on the fourteenth day, by a division of 9 to 3, and the remaining seven days were devoted to a full, free, and impartial con sideration of clauses, during which period all par ties claiming to be heard, were heard by the Com mittee. Nevertheless, the Committee's Report, of such patient and protracted investigation, is to be questioned to morrow (Tuesday), when submitted to the House for adop tion, and an attempt made to have it referred back to the Committee for re-consideration. The Directors of the Railway Company are wholly at a loss to discover at whose instigation so extriordinary, a. course is to be adopted, seeing that (as already stated) all parties having a locus standi have bad their claims already camidered by the Committee ; but, from whatever source such opposition may come, the promoters of the Railway., earnes►ly hope that the House of Commons will noi, countenance a proceeding, whereby, from the probable? shortne,s of the session, the Bill may be lost (as it was in tho se-sion of 1837, in consequence of the death of the K.ng), and, in such case, the completion' of the Railway b cielayed a whole year, instead of' its being opened to the public in March next, as it will, should the Bill now before the House pass this session. Indeed, without hming recourse to any very uncharitable conclusion, the ;!. belief of the Directors is, that the opposers of the Bill, having failed in their opposition to it on the second read ing, and in Committee, arc attempting to strangle it by unnecessary delays. A reference-to-the-Report of the Committee, and of the Divisions it sets forth, is earnestly requested. The Directors could easily rebut the many maliCiOus and,unfounded reports which have been industriously,cir. cdated, both verbally and in print, against their Railway ; but they feel confident that such must be now unnecessary, seeing that its merits have been aelfnowledged by decided majorities of the Committees which have sat on it during , sessions 1E336, 1837, and 1839, and which have devoted, in all, about seventy days to hearing evidence, for and against it. The. adoption of the Report above referred to, was.an cordingly opposed on the 18th inst , but carried on a divi. by 176 to 73 ---Majority 103. THE IRISH GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.- is reported that by the Committee of the House of Lords, appointed on the motion of Lord Roden, a most triumphant case bas been made out in vindication of the Irish Govern- ment ; and that iis Report, when presented, will amply' justify the conduct of Lord Normanby, so' virulently as sailed, and cover his accusers with cosausion. The Dub. tin Evening Post of Thursday last gives a letter froin a London correspondent, which states that " Lord Nor manby, instead of an impeachment, will come out of the ordeal—albeit the great- majority of the Committee are Tories—with increased claims to public approbation for his firm, impartial, and eminently successful administra tion of the Government of Ireland." " Ido not think," adds the letter, " it would be prudent, or indeed proper, to mention all I have he on the subject out of doors r but this I may safely state, that a most triumphant case has been made in vindication of the policy of the Govern. ment and its salutary eff. c's in Ireland—that charges made against it have been met most unanswerably—that errors and delusions respecting the enmparative amount of crime have been entirely set at rest—and that, in fact, a:lteW aspect ha, , been given to the entire matter as regards the . system'of government in Ireland for the last five yearsi One f-ct only in the way of detail, which I shall give as' An illOstration. It has been proved that in the returns of the Clerks of the Peace (which had been relied upon as proving the increase of crime) one man was returned, charged with the same crime, no less than thirty times; and in another instance, another person was returned more than thirty times I have heard that lord Stuart d e !Decks, who has been added to the Cammittee„has etati bited very great ability in the course of the examinations. `Some new witness ,s are coming over ; but I think, never.: the'ess, the.Committet will present their first, and perb4s their only Report, early next weak." All sheriffs ought to take warning from a cir cumstance that occurred last week at St. Louis, and never seize in person anything that contains a steam-engine. The sheriff at. St. Louis seized the steam•boet General Brady, and slept on board for the better security of the property. But, lo I during the nights, the engineers pnt the boat in motioe, aud went off down the Mississipi, land. ing the sheriff and his a'sistant in a wild forest, to rumi. nate on the glorious uncertainty of the law.—Philadelphia Correspondent. of the 111 , :rnipy Chronicle. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT IN -AMERICA.— The copy - of a letter from America, containing an account of a cat -trophe to two scientific men and others, sail)' deeply affect some families in Derbyshi re . M r . W a ll ace and Mr. Banks. botaniqs, from Chatsworth, Mr. Leblanc end his three children and-others, in all eleven persons, were unfortunately drowned beneath the raging waters of . the Columbia, when attempting to run one of the rapids. The boat filled, and the above-named individuals perished j iu attemptng to gain the shore. The two young men, Wallace and Banks, went from Chatsworth Gardens into North America, in search of seeds and plants.—Carlie't e Patriot. BRUSSELS JUNE 'O.—The Moniteur Be . lge contains a Royal Ordinance, conferring a pension of 6,000 francs per annum on Baron de Stassurt, late Goveetuor of the province of Brabant. CLANDESTINE MARRIAGES.—iNiore persons can understand facts than arguments, I therefore send you the following :—"Two • parti-s lately gave the necessary notices to the Superintendent Registrar of a neighbouring union, fora marriage by banns. These had expired, acid the ceremony was to have taken place next morning, when it was discovered that the parties lived in different unions,and that notices had not been given to the Superinten d en t. Registrar of each, as required by the. Act—no marriage could therefore take place. The luckless couple tten rei. - solved to take a license from the superintendent—they might have the licence, but alas I that must•have a week's notice before the ceremony mild be performed—in viin was it urged they were necessar-ly to leave the neighbvur iacillo.nitreldleig'anshire aud Merioneth, hood the next day—the law was imperative ; but 'o rais e their droopieg spirits, the good-natured Superintend e nt suggi - sted that a proctor's licence might find a key to tlee temple of Hymen, Off they started, though at tin and next morning were united in orthodox style. V i y an embryo descendaritfrom the Apostles in the city M 'Exeter.. Is there a.dolt who can now-doubt which is wateee o b nox i ous to clandestine marriages, the old law or tb-5 a Corre.qponcleNt of the Western Times.. l'Arts of the Scottish spoken, the Chartists c single lodge. The like hhiloa good aonEt dCHARTISTS.—In been w i A t h h a ße b r l r T e e c i 2 t SG O a T :e d se s it Gaelic establish lds and those parts Qf Wales 'where the people. still confine themselves to the language: and dtistoms of the tymri. , CAPTURE OF A BANKRUPT.—A case came; before Mr. Commissioe e e Holroyd yestet'ay, at t h e. r ioasinghall-street, shows how m Co a t n e y rt o s f li ß ps ank ti r ie u i p e tcy, `are between the cup an the lip for, desire, in Clese d a ys of sficauandautleranyteitlriandesreen who may g. to take a transatlantic trip with their Creditors' prepe.ety. The name of the bankrupt in ques tiou is Thorne; Parker, and it appeared, from a statement made to the Court by Mr. Hudson, the Solicitor to the fiat, that thit latter was opened on the 14li of May last; that Mr. fleet, jun., one of the messenger; of the Court, was despatched by the evening mail train of ethat day to Coventry, where the bankrupt had carried on business, fur the purpose of making inquiries respecting his pro perty. On arriving at that town Mr. Fleet soon disco vered that the bankrupt had absconded, taking with him a considerable sum of money. Upon further inquiry of Mr. Jacomb, of Coventry, who had dealt largely with Parker, Mr. Fl ee t di scovere d that i nformation bad been reoeived from Scotland to the effect that Parker had sailed for Ante.' rice in the Andromeda. Upon this in(ortnation being given to Mr. Hudson, that gentleman immediately convened a meeting of the creditors. It sir , s now the evening of the 15th, and the Great Western was to sail on the 17th, and the Andromeda would, on the latter date, have sailed three weeks. Hopes were, however, entertained that the steamer would arrive out first, and a gentleman Villo ,Waa going out by her was put in possession of all necessary documents, and instructed to take the proper F,teps for the apprehension of Parker. Luckily for the creditors, the Great Western arrived at New York six days before the Andromeda made ber appearanee, and 'Parker was appre hended just as he was making ready to pack up.."` Seven hundred sovereigns were found in his possession, the whole . of which sum has been recovered for the benefit of the cre ditors. Parker remains in prison in America, at the suit of the creditors in England. EARLY HARVEST.--Theie is a small field of barley on the Canal•side, in the neighbourho o d of the Links, which is in such a state of forwardness, as to lead us to anticipate an early conclusion to the labours of the husbandman —the stems generally being from two to two and a-half ftet long, arid showing a er-- long ear, which the present rains will tend to fill rapicl:l.=—Aberdeen Herald. The Geological Society of France have decided that their extraordinary meeting shall be held this year at Buuingee-sur- Mer, on the Bth of September. THE LATE EXPLOSION OF A POWDER-MILL. --Two men have died from the effects of injuries received by the explosion of the powder. mill at Ewell, belonging t(1 Sir Henry 13,id g es, ai before n o ti ce d. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.--;fes terday afternoon, between seven and eight o'cloel-, a fatal accident occurred to a youth named Willi am. Porter, 17 years of age, residing in St. Clement's-lane, r..l,lare-market. It appears that deceased, in company w three other youths was in a boat on the river eppo . ,. c xT n • • strand, when it upsat by running . - if*," o :4*.ist a barge, and the deecagcd was drowned. The . 1 was found in about an Swan public-house. hour afterwards and conveyed ',. 0 t;/A i 1 I