The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-15 00:00:00

~~:~-~~ ~:~~~ i'S4i I'S• 50 5 ine t1 i . e ...;0 Y to r a t 1 3 r 1 4 14 ;ef enr I , pre-_,l 1- 'receL l a r- of tils, a n Too l ' (1 , 5, ( 4 S. l y , 15 6 "i " 1, 3 ! 4 , 19 17 ; 2,4 , - 1 7 $ 67 8 55 3 1 : 4 t O O , 5 .tl 3ll. 1 1 fell 0 A.- eltw A. tP orb : or X o f rdw;(110 TH E NEW CURRENCY BILL. , Th (From the Morning Post of yesterday.) Conti New New Currency Bill.is virtually carried ; and the t 7 e nuental scale of prices has been recognised as the e of prices best fitted for the meridian of England. b orr ''' l : Robert Peel's currency scheme is, confessedly, os ned wholesale from Mr. Jones Loyd, one of the k i th '' rampant of the advocates of free trade in corn— elloh, as Mr. Gisborne slily remarked, not a free trader in his own . business of banking. Mr. Charles r, indeed, complimented the Minister on having 713ted th e doctrines of the " Political Economy Club " h G t ae basi s o f his legislative measures, and expressed a or Pe th'.3 a repe a l of the corn-laws (as to the expediency which all the members of the Club" in question Ba ronet agreed) might b e th e nex t o f the Right Hon. s reforms. Mr• Cha r l es Buller ' s wish might have been spared. p!'ee,.corn-laws are, in effect, abolished by Sir Robert Is new curren c y measure. Under the action of that price s in England must be forced down to the tir:e"nental level. The corn-laws must, therefore, in all Will t ° Come, prove inoperative. Their specific repeal ~, , Ith i lles e e s sa : s c r e e l e y t rb a e d et r h . o ught necessary by even the most k r. n Ministerial measure was opposed, last night, by by tr awes; by Mr. Hastie, by Mr. Charles Buller, and km tr. Gisborne—all of them unflinching free traders, la, staunch supporters of the principles of the money th ' r' °f 1819 - Yet even these honourable gentlemen 0 111 1, k ., fr ° 14 a movement so startling as that which is fo r y , -e ", in the Bank Charter project. The fears, there- W aioll Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Wodehouse, and Col. t i n til s ° r P expres . sed as to the effect of the measure on the ' I T of the country may fairly be assumed to be not _ Of cause. all the triumphs which, under the auspices of Sir Hobertourr Peel, the free traders have achieved, this on the Itor i cY question is, beyond comparison, the greatest. at i ,„ Might Mr. Muntz exclaim, that he could under- CI why the free-traders on his side of the House k e - n til Whoport the Minister, but how country gentle ;:iaare attached to the corn-laws and high prices, suPport him, did, as the Hon. Member for Bir ram admitted, surpass his comprehension. liv e shall hereafter carefully analyse the speeches de to L e d on the occasion. At present we have only space "unounce the utter abandonment by the House of 013411 ° 11 s of the l as t remnants of the policy of protection COURT CIRCULAR. tro v e Queen attended by the Countess of Gainsborough, Dastl":Waiting, left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes f, )er en o'clock yesterday morning in an open carriage and k b :,!scorted by a party of Lancers, for Claremont. Colonel fole,:"lanot, Equerry in Waiting, followed in a chariot and Maid and L a d y C aro li ne C oc k s an d th e H on . Miss Lister, in w 5 ,,,,e.r Honour in Waiting, and Viscount Sydney, Lord Ch e ;`," ff ng, occupied another open carriage and four. f : ri C ai t a s :sty was conducted to her carriage by the Lord Loinberiain the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, Lennox,Ad r : (l • Ge urge ' Lord in Waiting on Prince Albert, and Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting to her Ma i% l'rih,' i ajesty the King of Saxony and his Royal Highness 41a . Albert left Buckingham Palace directly after her Ilkt s tY, for Hampton Court. His Majesty and his Royal /ia 2 ,,,, e as were in an open carriage and four. TWo open car ; kr'', and four followed, the first containing his Excellency Bow"ateur de Minckwitz and Major-General Sir Edwardl4g L tter, Equerry to Prince Albert ; and the second contain- Ca.,_ q unt Albert Vitzthum, Major de Reichart, and Dr. Th e I , of Morton, Lord in Waiting, and . Lord Charles Prh ie ' s 'eY (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting, attended Pence tilbert and the King of Saxony to their carriage. teii`Ze i llustrious party drove through Richmond to Hamp alight,°P, where Prince Albert and the King of Saxony TIP' , and viewed the Palace and the pleasure-grounds. 'kir( 1. 93. 7 a 1 party afterwards proceeded from Hampton- , 11 to Claremont. el inn. C. A. Murray arrived at Claremont yesterday s.Ong from town. )ritl i r tobeit and Lady Gardiner had the honour of dining -o er Majesty at Claremont, last evening. ko l j ir Royal Highnesses the Prince of Walea, the Princess daily il,'"uld the Princess Alice were taken their accustomed rala c 7 lll . IP yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham tie r Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended hrf c : m ness Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured the 3t , anee of the morning concert at her Majesty's Theatre ti, r u;t7 with her presence. lad . , t 4 L`Neill had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. TC ° 'le yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. e E cclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet bit Yes terday afternoon at their office in Whitehall - place. ilop re t ;were present the Bishop of Winchester, the Right Hobhouse, and the Dean of Westminster. itota n tches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, e r p , e Governor of New South Wales. 110 1 ,".`nnel Stewart had an interview with the Earl of Dal , It e, esterday, at the Board of Trade. Lord Committee of her Majesty's Most Honourable Lop J„,k-euncil, sat yesterday. The Lords present were the of P resident, the 'Vice Chancellor Wigram, the Chancellor ek r e t l) uchy of Cornwall, and tie Judge of the Admiralty r. The R aPpeal from Madras, "Moottoo Vyaya Raghanadha f4; a„ '" Moottoo Natchiar," was resumed.. Mr. Kmdersley, iippti Wigram, Q.C., and Mr. Jackson, appeared for the Ito ° an t; and Mr. Burge, Q.C., Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. E. F. T heir for the respondent. sh,`,lPr Lordships adjourned the case for further hearing "Y before four o'clock. DR EADFUL STEAM-BOAT COLLI SION, NEAR GRAVESEND. TWO LIVES LOST. et4,n early hour on the morning of Thursday , a collision, o `ted with a melancholy loss of life, occurred on the river v? e ,a Reach, 'eight miles below Gravesend, by the Ant en B team ship, Captain Jackson, running down a fish fea.riTack called the Maria, which, in consequence of the 1 5 je t , character of the concussion, was literally dashed to , Of The circumstances connected with the accident are tti ,;,, a i r ost painful nature. The fishing-boat, which belonged' ,%4,, a r• Peneford, and was about twelve tons burthen, left ,oti t ,: s end on Wednesday forenoon at high water, there, Wo o ° °n board, besides Peneford, his apprentice, Abraham teta i d ' n and two children named Williams, who . were pro- Itll o , g on the cruise for the benefit of their health, and the , -- 7 Parents reside in Crooked-lane, Gravesend. During o'Q o '"elit they laid in Shell Haven, Sea Reach, and at four %tti r e i ' on the above morning they got under weigh and Sig, s ll ,Ced fishing, as did many other vessels. At about clock the Antwerpen was observed bearing up the tli kr - , f or London, the Maria then lying - to, about mid 1 44 the nets being set, and Peneford and his appren hql,',ing about making a haul, the Antwerpen appa `aoss" uearing down upon them. Peneford called out to the °n board to port their helm, and from signs made by at n i P a te, who was standing on the paddle-box, to the man, I'eivp h elm, he thought it was attended to, but soon per- , 81, that the steamer had not altered her course, and end t s ,2e l would inevitably be run down. Both himself 75e, ! I Pprentice, 'who is a young man eighteen years of a g a in,l'atl e p shouted, but their cries were apparently not ' 8 0 11 : 1 - 0 0d, and in a few moments the Antwerpen, which 4 814 the first class steam-ships, came on at full speed, a aCtiT k ing the Maria's stern, split ler completely in two, Z-814, 0 Bides passing under the paddle-boxes, the paddles . 'eted the destruction of the smack, by hurling the in atoms. The crash attracting the attention of the no il i o f the different smacks fishing in the haven, they put 'at e "„ a nd made all haste to the assistance of the unfortu ,Tlt;l„.,,ers°llB belonging to the Maria, and a boat from the •ot „.,, — Pen was likewise immediately lowered ; but owing to er ou 'o'eat Way the steamer had on, by the time she was tN i ght to, she had gained upwards of two hundred yards spot where the collision occurred. For several - ,rtl -8 , 4 was greatly feared that all had perished, hut .48r tt .reneford and his apprentice were observed struggling 4 4 8 1 1i erhs e ir lives. Peneford was at length picked up by [a if t. '• La n , named Savage, and the apprentice was saved by S. a belonging to the steamer. As may be imagined, . 1 4 °,q We re both in a dreadful state of exhaustion, and Pene -484 e Xclamation was, " Where are the poor children ?" OfNl.oats continued searching amongst the . floating pieces . of butkille nothing was seen of them, having no doubt being ve, it Instantly by the paddles of the steamer, as at the mo n's „ c)f striking they were both on deck. They are both f ." 3 12, and the other 13 years of age. The accident r s tai,Z l ileed much sensation amongst the inhabitants at l'out e ; e rld• A reward has been offered for the finding of the °fbut up to eight o'clock last night nothing had been ct them. tln Il a t i lll PROM HYDROPHODIA.—Last eve o n u in t g he , b M od r y . We '1 1 " h eld an inquest at St. George's Hosp i ta l , l'itBo4lleB Evans, aged 14. Mrs.. Mary Dunderdale, h No s . h 2 e , LOLad I'3l-street, Lisson-grove, said deceased was an orp han . 4 ~re.ught up. Six weeks ago a mongrel dog, belonging Ne h ", e 'ghbour, named Rudland, bit him in the hand. The t ';',healed, but as she was washing . him on Tuesday last i li tr - cr el l a l i e r nspeide: ~ oh, do not wash me , take the water away." a surgeon who saw deceased , said msaoivdalhteo thatwas 140 s ° 11 ri n,g under hydrophobia, and advised his house-surgeon, t hict al, whi ch was dene. Mr. Bann ister , Ptiob t • le eased was admitted with decide u d u sym a p u t d om e s x o p f i h re y d dr ( o m - NI la, that he lingered in great ag f J o , hibiZ l aY• Mr. Rudland, the owner o h dog, said he ex :4k% aR he S Ymptoms of madness befora h u e bit au d d ece h as e e d d ie . d As h). •,„ - Ivo a - ".a had done so witness tied hurl P, 111 3 -4 - 371 afterwards. By a Juror-1 paid no tax a fo v r e t ry he g t a g t . 'NI: "rar--I think the evasion of the do t olkienadtieit is so easily evaded in Lond_2n e g , t , h a a x t almost every and simle has a dog. li ; a," a bant the streets , to the manifest t h iang a e re r of the e pub le e . - - (1 I think the Government ought . to . be memorialised, jil es - e 44f3 t he tax collectors to be more rigid in ia the taxing of GA animals. Verdict, " Died of hyllrophob ..1 1 _ A eiii.ltalsoN ORDER AGAINST . R EPEA L BUTTONS.- 41 . Qt 41°118 illustration of the practical w orking of this petty I, l tll R ec 'ereion occurred this morning. tu T h lg au. St a usg t e w on ith of G t e l n ie . I .."Adh lis ara drove up in a hack car - ` t eaecf alll - The sentinel at the Barrac u k u • w ga m te e p ? e4em sa p id tOr t i l l i y e k toni to admit him. " Don't you k L l ea't ,34ed Surgeon. " Yes, Sir," the sentinel at re h p is lied h , re " a je 1 ,•',? 11 see the driver has a repeal button h but s t. gt ivin s ,g .. .e ol l, having ; 1 ' 4 " 1 his fare, walked the remainder journey.— no alternative, got off the vehicle, and , L -,_ . %I '-vemng Post. ~, h *Pt 41- ` 4 . I, s a y - "'ALL AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. --T he T grandhe Lboarldl, 'lt th„, Mayoress have issued inv i tations f or a_ t hat - 'lausion-house on the 3d of July.. We understand '4 4 i 8 expected the ladies will appear in dresses strictly ish or Spitalfields manufacture. tAk hb ti -- 7 I 111 iGE UNIVERSITY, JUNE 14.—At ae_ o_n_g_ raem (lll t 1,-eld Yesterday a degree was conferred on William 1:1; JJ-Lasdalene College. 'fibe I,Y EATHER`IN SCOTLAND.—We still co h nt w in e u rs e . e visited at intervals with copious and refreshing s o tLlighattsisikeivise shines forth occasionally . with wari . nth and °lna b , and altogether the weather is everything that desir ed. - -G/asgow Courier. oy a , rla t) the celebrated violinist, has presented to the Lei n ,' society of Musicians the munificent donat i on of 74/. Iv ithV I "iety of the proceeds of the concert which he gave, °f Pu blic, eu n b Z l ie he s, on the Ist instant. the -v lng to sudden indisposition, to fulfil Ehrisnspt r w o m a s i s e n t o o t thought it due from him to present the profi ts °f agerneert to a fund, the object of which is the support c lees br .d indigent musicians—a benevolent act, which , t ni infinite credit. beetl l :. E MARSHALSEA. PRISON.—These premises . have . 841 d frleentlY purchased, and are now fully occupied by tempo re l'ary alorpulents, instead of, as formerly, being t a h w e s of p m _ D t isoo rn " of Many unfortunate victims to the 1 resid en erq for dtht. The front, formerly the Governor's 7 , 18 now a handsome draper's shop, t i th e tenants tan s , wentysix houses gain access by Angel-cou , which and t he rt tbali e u Y, the side of the old wall, part of which has has beee' • (I °Nvia for their 'accommodation. No name ha . 3 et . hcou u rven to p l ace is intended to call it Marsbalsea ' °I. Palace OPENING OF THE O XF ORD: RAILWAY. Another great attraction to our festival will be the easy and short method of conveyance now offered to the public by the opening of the line of railway between Oxford and Didcot, in conjunction with the Great Western. At the last festival, in 1839, many of the coaches were more than eight hours performing the journey between Oxford and London. Now the Great Western railway tables announce two hours and twenty minutes as the necessary time for whirling you from the university to the metropolis. On Monday the Government inspector, General Pasley, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Brunel, and some of the. Directors of the Great Western, with a party of ladies, made the first trial of the new line. The distance from Paddington to Didcot, 53i miles, was done in the short space of one hour and eight minutes. Mr. Brunel directing the engine. From Didcot to Oxford they travelled slowly to give the inspector an opportunity of making the necessary survey. On arriving at the Appleford Bridge, the centres had not been struck, and caused the steps of the carriages which hit against them to be twisted nearly off. The force was such that it is sup posed that had the train been on a narrow gunge of line in stead of the broad one of the Great Western, it must have inevitably been driven off, and the consequences might have been fatal. The train, however, arrived safely at Oxford about half-past two. Carriages were in waiting, and conveyed the party to the Angel Hotel, where a champagne lunch had been provided. 'We believe the inspector expressed his appro bation of the line, and the party returned again to Padding ton in the evening. On Wednesday the line was opened for passengers, the first train leaving the Oxford station at ten minutes to eight o'clock in the morning. There were not so many passengers as might have been expected. It arrived safely at Didcot in about 26 minutes. The line was exceedingly smooth, and the riding pleasant and comfortable, being a further confirmation of the superiority of the broad gauge over the narrow one used in the north of England. The line of rail between Oxford and the Abingdon-road sta tion, a distance of seven miles, commands a view of country one of the most beautiful that can be imagined. Passing Hincksey, it crosses the road to Abingdon about mile from Oxford, under a brick bridge ; it passes on a short distance from the Isis, through Kennington, by Sandford, to Nune ham, the seat of the Archbishop of York, where it crosses the water, and shortly arrives at the Abingdon station, a pretty building of brick and stone, situated about three miles from Abingdon. Another mile and we are at Appleford sta tion, a temporary shed. After passing under another brick bridge, then two miles of uninteresting country, and we are at Didcot, a village of a most-we were going to say-rue ful, but we suppose it will be better to say rural aspect ; frighted out of its propriety by the notoriety it has lately assumed in being the place of junction with a branch line to the Great Western. If any one is desirous of seeing a vil lage in its natural,rudeness, of which they may have some times heard, we would advise them to run down as far as Didcot, before it is transformed by the civilisation now daily passing through it. Its church (we speak of the exterior), has the appearance of a barn, whitewashed on the grand oc casion of opening a new line of railway, with a small wooden hayloft at the top, meant, we suppose, to supply the place of a tower. The entrance is a red brick portico, contrasting well with the whitewash of the main building. Should the reader defer his visit till winter we are told he must inquire for Mudcot instead of Didcot. The temporary wooden station, erected or being erected, is, we imagine, from its scantiness, intended to last only a few days. From Didcot to Paddington is 53 miles, making a total of 63 miles between Oxford and London. The fares are-Ist class, 15s. ; 2d class, 10s.; 3 d class (only once a day), 6s. There will be nine trains a-day, besides the lug gage, or 3d class train. These Leave London at And arrive at Oxford at 6h. Om. a.m. ... Bh. 10m. a.m. Bh. Om. a.m. ... 10h. 30m. a.m. 9h. Om. a.m. ... 11h. 36m. a.m. 10b. 15m. a.m. ... 12h. 38m. p.m. 12h. Om. noon ... 2h. 35m. p.m. 2h. Om. p.m. ... 4h. 25m. p.m. sh. Om. p.m. ... 7h. 25m. p.m. 7h. 30m. p.m. ... 10h. 10m. p.m. Bh. 55m. p.m. ... 11h. 18m. p.m. The luggage train leaves Paddington 4 30 a.m., and arrives in Oxford at 10 30a.m. There are nine trains leave Oxford during the day, besides the luggage train ; the first at 750 a.m., the last at 220 a.m. We have heard some complaint that there is not any train from Oxford to meet the one leaving London at 6 a.m. for the West of England, as it prevents passengers arriving from Oxford in time to cross by the steamers the same day into Wales. We had almost forgotten to mention that the station at Oxford is entirely a wooden one. It is situated in the first field on the right hand side of the road after passing overy Folly bridge, and commands a good view of Oxford. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—The rail way communication between London and Edinburgh is ra pidly approaching completion. On Tuesday next the line of railway already formed will be extended from Darlington to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and on that day the Chairman of the London and Birmingham Rail;vay (Mr. Carr Glyn), and a party of his friends, will dine with Mr. Hudson, the Chair man of the Midland, York and North Midland, and New castle and Darlington Railways, and a party of his friends, at the Assembly-rooms, in Newcastle. The entire distance between London and Newcastle, upwards of 300 miles, will be accomplished, it is calculated, in twelve hours, including all stoppages. From Newcastle to Berwick-upon-Tweed, a distance of 60 miles, a line of railway has been projected, and surveys made by the east coast, and thence to Edinburgh, little more than 50 miles, a line is already in course of forma tion. On leaving the station at Euston-square, the traveller passes 83 miles along the London and Birmingham Railway to Rugby, thence 49% miles along the Midland Counties Railway to Derby, thence 63% miles along the North Mid land Railway to Normanton, thence 23 miles along the York and North Midland Railway to the Cathedral City of York, thence 45 miles along the Great North of England Railway to Darlington, thence 27% miles along the Newcastle, Darlington, and Durham Junction Railway to Workington, thence 5% miles along the Pontop and South Shields Railway (formerly the Stanhope and Tyne) to Brockley Whins, where the line diverges to Sunderland and Shields, and thence 6% miles along the Brandling Junction Railway to Newcastle, or rather to Gateshead, on the south bank of the river Tyne, where a magnificent station is being erected. Such is the route from London to Newcastle, that will be available to the public by railway on and after Tuesday next. A more direct line to York from London has been projected through the Eastern Counties by way of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Lin coln, which will shorten the distance by about 30 miles, and pass over the most extensive plane in England, uniting the vallies of the Trent and Ouse, by direct railway communica tion with the metropolis. ACCIDENT TO MR. PEER, THE SOUTHAMPTON COACHMAN.—Last evening an accident of a dangerous nature happened to the above well-known coachman, on entering London. It appears he was driving his coach past Apsley House, about six o'clock, at a gentle rate, when two omni buses, which were racing against each other, endeavoured to pass him, the wheels of one of them came in contact with the off fore wheel of his coach, the force of which precipi tated Mr. Peer off the box ; he fell upon his head on the kerb stone, and was picked up quite insensible, and bleeding profusely from the mouth and ears. He was instantly carried to St. George's Hospital, when it was ascertained he had received a severe concussion of the brain, and had broken his collar bone and two of his ribs. He now lies in a very dan gerous state, and little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Mr. Peer is about fifty years of age, and has been many years on the road. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Tuesday last, as Mr. Par ratt, of Church-street, Westminster, was about getting on board the steamer Jasmine, at London-bridge, he unfortu nately fell into the Thames, and immediately disappeared ; he, however, instantly rose up again, and held up his hands, when Mr. P. Badger, barrister-at-law, of Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, who was standing by, at great risk of being pulled in, immediately went on his knees and held out his stick, which Mr. Parratt caught hold of and held till other assistance was obtained, when he was rescued from his perilous situation, to the great• gratification of all present. THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS IN BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES DESTROYED BY FIRE.—On Mon day evening Mr. W. Skinner, a boot and shoe maker, carry ing on rather an extensive business in High. street, Stratford, went with a 201. note into his cellar, for the purpose of depo siting it with several others (which it appears he kept in a tin kettle) to the amount of 3801. ; when in the act of depositing the 201. note in question some person entered his shop, and he left the cellar for the purpose of ascertaining what was 'wanted, and on his return he found the whole of the notes, amounting to 4001., in flames, and he only succeeded in saving 15/. It is supposed the notes were ignited by a spark falling from the candle. Unfortunately the numbers are not known, therefore, there is no probability of any portion of the money being recovered from the Bank of England.—Essex Standard. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Stam ford, on Wednesday evening, about seven. Many persons were sensible of the tremulous motion of the earth for ten or fifteen seconds. It was accompanied with a noise like distant thunder, and was by some mistaken for that pheno menon; but there is no doubt that it was a convulsion of the earth. At Tin well, Ketton, Tixover, ' Duddington, Apethorpe, Wansford, Collyweston, Easton, &c., &c., the shock was distinctly felt. In some of the above-named villages various articles were displaced ; at a gentleman's house at Easton, the bell at the outer gate was rung in consequence of the vibration produced by it.—Stamford Mercury. SHOCKING DEATH OF AN AGED FEMALE FROM DRUNKENNESS.—Ye,sterday, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the King and Queen, Chapel-street, St. George's-in-the-East, en the body of Mary Brown, aged 72, the wife of an old naval pensioner. It appeared that the parties resided in Al bion-place, and that they were both equally addicted to ex treme intemperance. On Tuesday last they passed the latter part of the day in drinking, and returned home about nine o'clock intoxicated. The husband of deceased was just able to ascend the stairs to his bedroom, but as she was attempt ing to follow him, her strength, impaired by liquor, failed her, and she fell down several steps, and lay senseless at the bot tom, where she was obliged to remain all night, as well from the injuries she had received, as from the incapacity of her drunken husband to aid her. When he awoke, somewhat refreshed, next morning, he discovered her condition, and brought down his bed, and placed her upon it. Afterwards he called a neighbour, and the assistance of Mr. Garrett, a surgeon, was procured ; but from the first he saw that hers was a hopeless case. However, he and his assistant attended her until her death, which occurred next morning. He was of opinion that the fall ruptured one of the viscera. Ver dict, " Died from the effects of a fall, happening whilst in. `,oxicated." ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE COMET STEAMER.. Yesterday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, a fatal accident happened on board the Star Company's steamer , Comet, whilst moored off the Terrace Pier, Gravesend. The steamer, it appears, had just been brought to, after a passage from London, when the engineer, a young man, named John Goble, set to work to clean the machinery; to enable him to do this, he, with the stoker, imprudently got in amongst it. Whilst thus engaged the force of the tide against the paddles in some degree moved the shaft. The stoker immediately, got out, and Goble exclaimed, " I shall get out too, for I don't at all like it." He, however, continued work ing ; and suddenly the tide with greater force set the engines again in motion, when the brass head of the shaft caught the unfortunate man, and jammed him with such fearful force against the iron framing of the engines as to cause almost instant death. CRICICET.—The match between the Etonians and the Marylebone Club was played in the Shooting. fields, at Eton College, on Thursday, and terminated in favour of the Marylebone Club, with nine wickets to go down ; the Etonians not being able to stand against the true and sharp bowling of Bayley and Royston from Lord's. The batting of the Etonians was good, particularly on the part of Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Hoskins ; but their scoring did not equal that of their opponents, Captain Liddell and Mr. E. Bayley. In consequence of the alarming illness of the Dowager Lady Glenlyon, the Duke and Duchess of North umberland were precluded from the honour of attending his Majesty the King of Saxony when his Majesty visited the gardens at Zion on Thursday last. We regret to hear of the serious indisposition of the Countess of Radnor. Her Ladyship's state of health causes the greatest alarm to her numerous friends. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1544. The Wanderer, 16, Confrdairder SeyntOur, wa's at Simon's Bay on' the 10th of April last, fromlilienang, en route te. England, with e. freight of 1,500,000 of specie. She left the Thunderbolt sloop, Commander G. N. Broke, at the former place on the 13th of April. The Alban steam transport, Lieutenant-Commander J. Jeayes, has proceeded from Cork to the Shannon, with stores and provisions fur the squadron; also the Hamoaze, from . Devonport for the same purpose. Mr. Philip Thornton, late a shipwright in Devonport dock yard, is appointed draughtsman in this dockyard. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and ➢ir. Justice IVILLIAms.) TIIE MURDER AT BATTERSEA. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) The jury requested leave to retire, and they also begged that the papers produced in Court might be handed to them. They left the Court at twenty minutes past five o'clock ; and returned at twenty-five minutes to eight, when the pri soner was again placed in the dock. He appeared quite calm and collected, and as the name of each juror was called he regarded him with a steady gaze. The usual questions having been put, the foreman pro nounced the verdict of Guilty. 11Ir. Justice WILLIAms, who had come int• Court to receive the verdict, said that sentence would not then be passed, and the prisoner was ordered to be taken back to the gaol. Daimas at first made a motion as though he would have addressed the Court, but he appeared to change his determi nation immediately, and he turned round and walked with a firm step to.the interior of the gaol. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 12, 1844. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Edward Goulburn, Sergeant-at-Law, to be one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, in London, in the place of John Herman Merl vale, Esq., deceased, WHITEHALL, JUNE 14. Her Majesty is graciously pleased to approve of the South West York Regiment of Yeomanry_ Cavalry being henceforth designated by the title of the " First West York Yeomanry Cavalry;" and of the Morley and Agbrigg Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry being henceforth designated by the title of the " Second West York Yeomanry Cavalry." WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 14. Ist Dragoon Guards—M, Fenwiek, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thompson, promoted, Jane 14. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieut. E. V. Mackinnon, from 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Corrance, who exchanges, Jane 14. 15th Regiment of Foot—Captain W. Felton, from 59th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dickinson, who exchanges, Jane 14. 22d Foot—Captain J. Ramsay, from 49th Foot, to be Cap tain, vice Powell, who exchanges, June 14. 30th Foot—Captain W. F. Heey, from the St. Helena Re giment, to be Captain, vice Marechaux, who exchanges, June 14. 44th Foot—Ensign H. A. Porter to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Fulton, who retires ; W. G. F. Copland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Porter, June 14. 47th Foot—Lieut. H. M. Hamilton, from the 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Drought, who exchanges, June 14. 49th Foot—Captain C. T. Powell, from 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Ramsay, who exchanges, J une 14. 59th Foot—Captain H. B. F. Dickinson, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fulton, who exchanges, June 14. 62d Foot—Lieut. G. P. Drought, from 47th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, who exchanges, June 14. 97th Foot—Lieut. F. S. Corrance, from 11th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Mackinnon, who exch ang e s , June 14. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign A. W. Joyce to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Deckner, deceased, March 28; Serjeant-Major J. Lawless, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign, vice Joyce, June 14. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. E. S. Glen to be Captain, without purchase, vice Berwick, deceased ; E. A. M'Taggard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Glen, Jane 5. St. Helena Regiment—Captain C. H. Marechaux, from 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hoey, who exchanges, Jane 14. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Cameron, of the 42d Foot, are William Gordon, not Walter Gordon, as previously stated. MEMORANDUM.—For Promotions in the Gazette of the 7th instant, in the 85th Regiment of Foot, read 83d Regiment of Foot. _ . OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jo . Na 11. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. C. M. Raynes, to be First Lieutenant, vice Macartney, deceased, May 3; Second Lieutenant G. H. L. Milman to be First Lieutenant, vice Willis, cashiered, May 15. MEMORANDUM.—The dates of the promotions of the un der-mentioned officers have been altered as fellows, viz. : First Lieutenant M. P. Biddulph, 26th April ; First Lieu tenant H. A. Vernon, 28th April. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry —The Hon. S. Lerd Aberdour to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice the Earl of Morton, resigned, April 22. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Trinity Term.—ln the seventh Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria. Wednesday, the 12th day of June, 1844. This Court will, in addition to the other days already ap pointed, on Saturday the 6th day of July next, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the new trial and special papers. BY THE COURT. Read in open Court, the 12th day of June, SAMUEL DARE, Master. WHITEHALL, June 8, 1844. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Gresley, of the City of Lichfield, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. AUTUMN CIRCUITS, 1844. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. HENRY REVELL REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commisioner. Berkshire-Reading, Tuesday, October 22. Oxfordshire-Oxford and City, Thursday, October 24. Worcestershire-Worcester and City, Saturday, October 26. Herefordskire-Hereford, Tuesday, October 29. Radnorshire-Presteigne, Thursday, October 31. Brecknockshire-Brecon, Saturday, November 2. Carmarthenshire-Carmarthen and Borough, Thursday, No vember 5. Cardiganshire-Cardigan, Thursday. November 7. Pembrokeshire-Haverfordwest and Town, Saturday, Nov. 9. Glamorganshire-Swansea, Tuesday, November 12. Glamorganshire-Cardiff, Thursday, November 14. Monmouthshire-Monmouth, Saturday, November 16. Gloucestershire-Gloucest er and City, Tuesday, Nov. 19. City and County of the City of Bristol, Friday, Nov. 22. Somersetshire-Bath, Tuesday, November 26. Somersetshire-Taunton, Thursday, November 28. Devonshire-Exeter and City, Saturday, November 30. Devonshire-Plymouth, Wednesday, December 4. Cornwall-Bodinin, Friday, December 6. Dorsetshire-Dorchester, Tuesday, December 10. Wiltshire-Salisbury, Thursday, Dec. 12. At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton- Friday, December 13. Southampton-Winchester, Saturday, Dee. 14. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. JOHN GREATHED HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner. Essex-Chelmsford, Friday, Nov. 1. Essex-Colchester, Saturday, Nov. 2. Suffolk-Ipswich, Monday, Nov. 4. Norfolk-Yarmouth, Wednesday, Nov. 6. Norfolk-Norwich and City, Thursday, Nov. 7. N OI 4OIIE-Lynn, Saturday, Nov, 9. Suffolk-Bury St. Edmund's, Monday, Nov. 11. Cambridgeshire-Cambridge and Borough, Tuesday, Nov. 21. Huntingdonshire-Huntingdon, Thursday, Nov. 14. Northamptonshire-Peterborough, Friday, Nov. 15. Rutlaudshire-Oakham, Saturday, Nov. 16. Lincolnshire-Lincoln and City, Monday, Nov. 18. Nottinghamshire-Nottingham and Town, Wednesday,Nov. 20. Derbyshire-Derby, Friday, N ov . 22. At the City and County of the City of Lichfield-Monday, Staffordshire-Stafford , Shropshire-O l dbury, a N rr ff oo o o pp y r ss s i 2 : hrr Shropshire-S h rewsb u ry, t ips dr t eb a wu f f rs o yb r , d u rA , Tuesday,,Mon day, n d ro Dec. 2 . 26. Y, Friday, Nov. 29. Warwickshire-Birmingham, Tuesday, Dec. 3. Warwickshire-Coventry, Tuesday, Dec. 10. Leicestershire-Leicester, Wednesday, Dec. 11. Northamptonshire-_Northampton, Friday, Dec. 13. Bedfordshire-Bedford, Monday, Dec. 16. Buckinghamshire-Aylesbury, / Tuesday, Dec. 17. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. WILLIAM JOHN LAW, Esq., Commissioner. Yorkshire-Sheffield, Friday, Oct. 18. Yorkshire-Wakefield, Monday, Oct. 21. At the Town and County of the .Town of Kingston-upon. Hull-Tuesday, Oct. 29. iirree--ya iocrhinn ka o nd d City, Th urs d a y, Oct. 31. Y . Ork ks sh h , Monday, Nov. 4. Durham-Durham, W e d nes d ay, Nov. 6. Northumberland-N ewcast l e-upon-Tyne, F r id ay , N ov. 8 . At the Town and C ounty of the Town o f N ewcast l e - upon . Tyne, same day. Ir Cumberland-Carlisle Tuesday, Nov. 12. Westmoreland-Ken dal, Saturday, Nov. 16. Lancashire-Lancaster, Monday, Nov. 18. Lancashire-. Liverpool, Thursday, Nov. 28. Cheshire-Chester, Monday, Dec. 2. At the City and County of the City of Chester-Same day. Flintshire-Mold, Wednesday, Dec. 4. Denbighshire-Ruthin, Thursday, Dec. 5. Merionethshire-Dolgelly, Saturday, Dec. 7. Anglesey-Beaumar is, Tuesday, Dec. 10. Carnarvonshire-Carnarvon, Wednesday, Dec. 11. Montgomeryshire-Welsh Pool, Saturday, Dec. 14. HOM.E.CIROUIT. DAVID POLLOCK, Esq.,Commieioner. J. Ward, beer shopkeeper, Yorkshire. S. Glover, painter, Yorkshire. M. Hughes, snuff dealer, Birmingham. J. Smith, manager of a silk mill, Leek, Staffordshire. H. B. Hall, engraver, College-street, Islington. J. Clark, Orsett, Essex. R. Newbery, baker, Cambridge. W. Wilson, farmer, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. J. Baldock, labourer, Brenchley,.Kent. C. Cole, attorney's clerk, Brunswick-street, Islington. E. Bathurst, Banbury, Oxfordshire. J. W. Hutchins, stone mason, Ipswich. T. Merritt, coach maker, Pump-row, City-road. R. Hughes, wine merchant's cellarman, Liverpool. W. H. Stephens, undertaker, Peckham. W. Shallcrass corn dealer, Union. street, Blackfriars-road. T. Playfair, house agent, Portman-street, Portman-square. J. F. Muckleston, baker, London-road, Southwark. G. Sutton, congreve match maker, Bethnal-green. J. Wheeler, labourer, South Littleton, Worcestershire. S. Dainton, painter, Bermondsey-street. G. Crook, parchment maker, Witney, Oxfordshire. W. Eagle, clerk, Grove-place, Bethnal-green. W. Wright, carpenter, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. J. Turtle, cowkeeper, Clapham. H. Wilton, attorney-at-law, Rodney-street, Clerkenwell. J. Glover, accountant, Peckham-grove, Camberwell. W. Robertson, coffee-shop keeper, Eagle-terrace, City-road. S. Parbery, builder, Wells-street, Jermyn-street. F. Layton, carpenter, Brackley, Northamptonshire. T. F. Wilkins, farmer, Reigate. W. Weeks, horse dealer, Edmund-place, Aldersgate-street. J. Pearson, victualler, Newcastle-under-Lyme. J. Turner, licensed victualler, Newton, Cheshire. R. Watson, horse breaker, Northampton. J. Deverenx, frame-work knitter, Adam-street, New Kent-rd. J. J. Sanders, jun., carpenter, Poplar. H. Jones, shopkeeper, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire. C. Thomson, surgeon, Aldersgate-street. W. Platte, cloth manufacturer, Birstall, Yorkshire. .L M. Walker, Bayham-terrace, Camden•town. E. L. Weale, wine dealer, Walcot-square, Lambeth. E. Briden, working gardener, Hampstead. H. Puddick, eating-house keeper, West Smithfield. F. T. B. Dumelow, attorney's clerk, Shepperton-ph, Islington. SECOND NOTICES. S. Short, boot maker, Berwick-street, St. James's, June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Baker, Goudhurst, Kent, June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Patten, naval architect, Paradise-street, Lambeth, June 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. H. Bagnall, watch maker, Bishopsgate-street, Without, June 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Coningworth, sen., purser, R.N., Agnes-place, Wa terloo-road, June 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. G. Frost, licensed victualler, Stoke, Suffolk, June 20, at two, at the Coiirt of Bankruptcy. -Whitmore, official assignee. J. Merchant, sen., builder, Bosley, Kent, June 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. F. Mitchell, Bride-lane, City, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. E. Croft, bricklayer, Castle-street, Southwark, June 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Nye, surgical instrument maker, Alfred-place, South wark, June 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. W. Hentig, Hamilton-place, St. Pancras, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. W. A. Wilson, decorative painter, Granville-place, Bag nigge-wells-road, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. F. J. Grace (otherwise F. Grace), tailor, Arlington-street, Mornington-crnscent, St. Pancras, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Harris, attorney's clerk, Branch-place, Hoxton Old-town, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. Bevins, beer retailer, Regent-street, Vauxhall-bridge road, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. T. Hillen, farmer, Thursferd, Norfolk, June 18, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Gerrett, licensed victualler, Cock-lane, Shoreditch, June 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. W. Lys, hatter, Mile-end-road, June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. T. Adams, horse dealer, Surrey-square, Old Kent-road, June 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. E. Russell, Oval, Kennington, June 19, at half-past one, at the Court d'f Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Sparke, Princes-street, Drury-lane, June 19, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. W. Canner, cabinet maker, Brighton, June 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Taylor, painter, St. Albans-street, Kennington-road, June 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. E. Howell, tailor, Henstridge-plaoe, St. John's-wood, June 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Griffin, miller, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, June 18, at half. past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. H. North, confectioner, Mousley, Leicestershire, June 20, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. T. Taylor, sen., brick maker, Birmingham, June 24, at half ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Mg-lardy, hair dresser, East Teignmouth, Devonshire, June 28, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee. R. Blackhurst, auctioneer, Toxteth-park, Lancashire, June 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. J. Jones, slater, Liverpool, June2s, at twelve, at the Liver pool District Court. Turner, official assignee. G. Small, pork butcher, Liverpool, June 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Farrer, licensed victualer, Liverpool, June 18, at half past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. H. F. Brown, veterinary surgeon, Buxton, Derbyshire, June 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. A. Thomas, clog maker, Oldham, Lancashire, June 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. Sussex—Horsham, Thursday, Oct. 24. Kent—Dover, Thursday, Nov. 14. At the City and County of the City of Canterbury—Saturday, Nov. 16. Kent—Alaidstone Tuesday, Nov. 19. Hertfordshire—Hertford, Friday, Nov. 29. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SAMUEL WILCOCKSON, linendraper, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. R. Sutcliffe, carrier, Shade, Lancashire, June 20, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. Daniel, farmer, Langstone, Monmouthshire, June 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District art. Miller, official assignee. (Dividends, &c., in our next.] BANKRUPTS. DUGALD MACFARLANE, wine merchant, Berners street, Oxford-street, to surrender June 21, at h a lf-pa s t 10, and July 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. B elcher, o ffi c i a l assignee, chan e y a i n n e g . ALFRED THOMPSON, grocer, S ou th ampton, J une 25,' s Arms-yard Crouch, S ou th ampton- b u ildi ngs , at half-past twelve, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Newbon and Evans; Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-commons. HENRY WOOD, woollen factor, Basinghall-street, June 25, at eleven, and July 26, at one, a t th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, fficial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dickson and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers'-hall. RICHARD MUSGROVE, woollen draper, Birmingham, June 26, at half-past twelve, and August 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Hardwick and Guest, Weavers' -hall, Basinghall street. --- THOMAS JOHNSON, sen., WILLIAM JOHNSON, and CHARLES MANN, bankers, Romford, Essex, June 24, and August 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingball-street ; Stevens, and Co., Queen street, Cheapside. JAMES TAYLOR, commission merchant, Liverpool, June 26, at twelve, and July 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Rogerson and Radcliff, Li verpool. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Barnett, beer-seller, Twerton, Somersetshire. J. Eyres, smith, Great Alie-street, Goodman's-fields. T. Bethell, tailor, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road. E. Stallard, felimonger, Buriton, Hampshire. J. T. Farnell, schoolmaster, Norwich. G. F. S. Gillard, grocer, Coinmercial-road, Lambeth. J. Menzies, South-bank, Regent's -park. H. Benjamin, traveller, Little Alie-street, Goodman's-fields, J. Prince, licensed victualler, Bath. H. G. Basham, road contractor, Stroud, Gloucestershire. T. Jeeves, bricklayer, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. S. Yearsley, attorney, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire. , J, Colton, rope maker, West Retford, Nottinghamshire. 1 P P -, 46 ' ,- 232 4 V I :Zv 4' 4 1` 11 41- THE FUNDS-(C BRITISH Ralik Stock 19816' 0 per Cent. Red 9814' 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red lOl% New 3% per Cent. ... — . New slier Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan kW Oct. Jan. 1860 OSING PRICES.) FUNDS.• rlndian Stock — pm. 'Ditto Bonds — pm. ;Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,000/. IV Ditto 5001. Ditto Small '7s pm. Bank stock for Acct — Consols for Opg VS% India Stock for Acct — 41 FUNDS. ;Portuguese, 5 per Cent 'Ditto New Ditto IPrusslan, 5 per Cent FOREIG Austrian, 5 per Cent ... — Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Brazilian Bonds ...... , 77. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 26 Russian:s per Cent — Chllian t li per Cent Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 ,Ditto, 3 per Cent 34% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18_5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —l. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 18:3'7 ,Dutch, 236 per Cent...—. 61% Peruvian, 1925, 6 per Cent 27 , Ditto, 5 per Cent .........10034 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid 64 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Chicbester and Brighton, 5 paid 4 Dublin and Cashel, 234 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 77% Ditto Fifths, 12 paid 25 London and Birmingham (Stock) ...... Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid) 25 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (122. 15s. 4d. "aid) 7 Londost an& South Western (414 6s. 10d. paid) Manchester and Birmingham 57 Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid 43% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Ditto, Thirds, £2l 13s. 4d. paid 3l South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Thames and Medway, £l9 5s 8d paid lO3 York and North Midland (50 paid) llB3 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen, 20 paid' 37% SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Another heavy blow and great discourage ment for the Government of false pretence. If Pyrrhus exclaimed, " Another such victory, and I am undone" —what shall exclaim Goulburn and Gladstone, who purchase defeat—aye, and signal defeat—at a mo ral cost too great, had it purchased victory 1 ".How is the . Queen's Government to be carried on ?" may we (ask his Grace of Wellington. Lord Mel bourne resigned in 1839, because he had only a ma jority somewhat under 20 (if we remember) on a West India question. May we ask what her Majesty's present Ministers propose as their course of action, when they find themselves in a minority of twenty on a West India question ? In common with our London readers, our eyes have lately repeatedly fallen on gigan tic placards respecting " that mysterious person, Miles's Boy." If Sir R. Peel passes submissively under the Caudine Forks placed for him by last night's division, we shall no longer have any doubt where resides the real per sonal identity prefigured by that cognomen. We shall henceforth be unable to think of the plausible Premier, with any other addition than as " that mysterious person, Miles's Boy." That is where all his mysteries of statecraft appear to have landed him. He has tried one mystery too many — the attempt to mystify suffering interests. For the first we remonstrated—how much better to have adopted an open policy. But an open policy was not open to those who had so long followed a tortuous course. The party in power hacl chosen to place their quarrel with their opponents on the old anti slavery ground, which they accused those opponents of deserting. Now the anti-slavery ground has not been deserted ; it has been washed away. There is no longer any sure footing upon it, for any man, or for any party. Our slaves are emancipated ; our efforts against foreign slavery fruitless. Common sense, to say no thing of common honesty, should have dissuaded the old pro-slavery interest from taking up the old anti slavery cry. We have now seen the last agony of that hollow confederacy and pretence. We have seen the in evitable end of successively seeking to pay with words all parties. It is a currency which there is not much scruple in issuing, while the public will receive it ; but the joint issuers are not the parties most disposed to receive it themselves. They know its value ; and it was a most remarkable reckoning without his host, that Sir Robert Peel should have imagined he could turn against his constituent class-interests the very topics they wera well enough pleased to hear him employ in their favour. The distinction between free and slave labour is valid to keep out the latter ; but not to admit the former. That is where he has made his mistake. But the West India interest, and the parties directly or indirectly connected with it, could have had no power to effect the Ministerial rout last night witnessed, but for the fact that the same tortuous course which now dis gusts those parties (because it now goes against them) is equally disgusting to all liberal minds. STANDARD.—The West Indian interest, by the aid of the Whigs, free traders, and some discontented Conservatives, last night succeeded in obtaining a triumph over the Ministers. The triumph will be, how ever, of short duration, and it is most fortunate for the West Indian portion of the victors that it will be so. We have for twenty years closely watched the pro ceedings of the parties who have in this country undertaken the management of West Indian affairs, and we may say with perfect truth that we have not known them to take one important step which was not stupid, and fatal to their own inte rests, as well as being impolitic and unjust. Last night's proceeding seems to prove that their character is un changeable. Formerly they hoped to be able to per petuate slavery, and consequently made no provision, by educating, elevating, and promoting the increase of the negro race, to secure a labouring population when slavery should be at an end. The effect of that insolent neglect of the feeling of England accelerated the Emancipation Act by many years, and the want of the labouring popu lation, which the planters failed to provide, it is which has ruined the West Indies. These are truths to which we challenge an answer from any one. Since the passing of the Emancipation Act, instead of remedying their past neglect, they have been, in truth, negotiating for a smuggled slave trade, while they have calculated upon the perpetuity of the protection they have so long enjoyed. The Government will not indulge them in the smuggled slave trade, and hence their present alliance with the Whigs. As to the more or less ofpro• tection, it is a question which can hardly affect the in terests of the planters beyond one year at most. Their late slaves are their present masters ; the cul tivators of the soil in the West Indies receive six times as much as the cultivators of the soil in Eng land ; improve their trade, and they will receive seven or eight times as much. This, how ever, is the way to diminish, not to increase, the number of la,bourets, in a population finite and already inadequate. The man who, with all the advantages of a tropical climate congenial to his constitution and habits, receives as much in wages as six or seven English labourers, will not long labour at all. A very little more of capital distributed among the West Indian labourers will exempt them from the necessity of hiring their labour to any one, and then what will become of the planters? We feel very sensibly for the many excellent persons who have been ruined by the gross mismanagement of their affairs, and it is for the sake of the few who have been able to fight off utter ruin to the present time that we speak thus plainly. England will not endure a slave trade, how ingeniously soccer disguised, and without a slave trade, or a total change of system, there is no hope for the West Indies; but a change of system cannot be effected without with drawing the management of the affairs of the colonies from those who have so grossly mismanaged them hitherto. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Ponzsmoirrx, JUNE 12.—The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Commander W. Tringham, is awaiting sailing orders in the harbour; she was last from Guernsey, whither she had been dispatched with troops. The Prince George transport, Lieutenant E. Ward, agent, which came into harbour on Saturday, is taking in victual ling stores at the Royal Clarence-yard, with which she will proceed to Deptford. The Emerald, tender to the St. Vincent, Second Master Samuel Beggs, and the Echo steam-tug, returned from Ply-. mouth, the former on Monday, and the latter on Sunday. The Echo had had a most hazardous and unpleasant voyage down, and great blame is attributed to the authorities, who ordered such a vessel on so important a service as that• of conveying 150 valuable seamen hence to Plymouth, whereby their lives were endangered. The Echo is not fit for a rough sea, and plunged so violently as to be compelled to put into Torbay on Thursday, consequently she did not make Ply mouth until Friday evening, some time after the Emerald, which had encountered the gale, and beat down with ease. The authorities at Plymouth expressed their surprise at such a vessel as the Echo being trusted on such a voyage. _ The Cornwall freight-ship (late a transport under the agency of Lieutenant A. B. Howe) arrived on Monday from Hong-Kong, with a detachment of the 55th Regiment on board. She is at Spithead awaiting orders to disembark her troops and cargo. The Sylvia, 6, surveying -vessel, and tender to the Sea flower, Commander N. Robilliard, sailed on Sunday evening with supernumeraries for Plymouth, whence she will return to her station at Jersey. The Commander and crew of the Sylvia received a severe reprimand from Captain Rowley, the flag captain, by order of the Commander-in-Chief for their presumed connivance in the attempted smuggling of some tobacco last week, and for which two of the crew, named Rook and Payne were arraigned before the borough magis trates of Portsmouth yesterday, but escaped punishment in consequence of the disreputable evidence given by a Coast guard commissioned boatman, named Toby, who admitted having given . one of the prisoners brandy whilst in his cus tody, and then swore he made a confession of the smuggling. The following men of war were thus distributed in China on the 25th of February :—At Kong-Kong, the Agincourt, 72, Captain H. W. Bruce, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cockrane, Commander-in-Chief; Castor, 36, Captain C. Gra ham; Semarang, 26, surveying-ship, Captain Sir E. Belcher; Minden, 20, hospital-ship, Captain M. Quin; and Alligator troop- ship, 26, Master Commander J. N. King; the Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. 0. Hayes. At Whampoa, the Childers, 16, Commander G. G. Wellesley, taking in specie for England. At Chusan, the Cambrian, 36, Commodore Henry D. Chads ; Plover, surveying-ship, Captain R. Col linson ; Young Hebe, surveying- ship, Lieutenant Commander T. Bate. At .Ningeo, the Pelican, 16, Commander P. Jus tice. At Shanghai, the Wolf, 18, Commander A. Vyner. At Amoy, the Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill ; Wol verine, 16, Commander H. G. Morris; and the Vixen steam- , vessel, Commander G. Giffard. The Queen, 110, Captain Sir C. Sullivan, is daily looked for at Spithead. She left Gibraltar on thesth inst. The Pantaloon, 10, is being rapidly proceeded with for re-commission, to compete with the new class 12-gun brig squadron •, as also the Waterwitch, now building by Mr. White, of Cowes, which is reported ready for launching on Saturday next, when she will be sent here to be rigged. Thp Sydenham steam-frigate, Lieutenant-Commander R. D. B. Mapleton, passed through Spithead, on her way to her destination, this evening. The Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander John Hay, went without the harbour this afternoon to try her engines, after having had their defects made good; she is rapidly complet ing her complement of ha n d s , an d w ill b e rea d y f or sea i n a few days. zAIPER/AL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 14 . . Their Lordships assembled at Five o'Cloek.. . • Several petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill were presented. TIIE STATE TRIALS. In answer to a question from the Earl of WICKLOW, The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was no foundation whatever for the report that the circuits of the judges in this country had been postponed until after the writ of error in the State trials had been disposed of. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND). The •Earl of MINTO wished to ask whether it was the intention of the Government to propose any measure for assisting parochial education in Scotland. The minimum income of the schoolmasters was 10s.la week, and the maximum was 361. a year. It was evident that for this remuneration the services of gentlemen of superior education could not be obtained. He begged therefore to ask whether it was to be hoped that at some future day the Government would take this subject into their consideration? the Earl of HADDINGTON would not go into any . discussion upon this subject, and would confine himselt to answering the question put by his Noble Friend. The attention of the Government had been turned to the subject, and although it, seas not in his power to say that the Government would introduce a measure this season, he believed that it would be done next session. Lord BROUGHAM said that the remuneration was so scandalously inadequate that he wondered how men of education could be found to fill the offices. He thought their efficiency would not be impaired by giving them adequate salaries. The Earl of GALLOWAY agreed with the Noble Earl Minto, that this was a subject worthy of the at. tention of the Government. In some counties the schoolmasters were paid reasonably, and were respect able and competent persons. But in other places their position was much to be pitied. There was an Act of 1823, which was a disgrace to the statute•book, providing that the house of the schoolmaster should not have more than two apartments, one of which should be the kitchen.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from the Duke of RICHMOND and Lord CAMPBELL in favour of an increased stipend to the schoolmasters, and alterations in the law respecting their office, Lord MINTO expressed his gratification at hearing that the Government were disposed to introduce a mea sure upon the subject. CORN-LAWS. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from Stafford in favour of agricultural protection. He would not read the petition, because, although it was respectful to the House, it was not respectful to the League, and perhaps some o f th e i r L or d s hi ps m i g h t be members of that body. THE - BROTHELS BILL. The Earl of POWIS presented several petitions in favour of the Brothels Suppression Bill. Lord CAMPBELL thought that in the discussion of the Bill the Noble Lord, or some other Member of the House, should use his privilege of ordering strangers to withdraw. No one was more a friend to publicity than he was, but he thought that the subject of this Bill was one which should be discussed in private, as he supposed some of the details were not fit to be canvassed by their Lordships' families at the breakfast table.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Bishop of EXETER, in presenting a number of petitions in favour of the Bill for the Suppression of Brothels, said that he could not object to the Noble and Learned Lord (Campbell) exercising his privilege, and ordering strangers to withdraw when the Bill came on for discussion. But he did not think that the discussion would of necessity introduce anything more offensive than the discussion of a divorce -bill. The Right Rev. Prelate then moved the second reading of the Bill. He said it was no part of his intention to punish persons for prostitution, which he believed was its own punishment. His object was to prevent the crime, and he rejected with horror the doctrine that prostitution was necessary to the prevention of Freater crimes. His Bill did not pro vide for the punishment of the seducer, although he looked upon such a person as the worst of the agents of Satan, and he would, if he could, direct all the vengeance of the law against the seducer, however high his rank, royal or lordly. It was for the sake of the victim, and not of the seducer, that he would not drag her into a court of justice, to convict her destroyer. He would not proceed against those who were guilty in the first instance ; but he thought that it was the duty of a Christian Legislature to use every means of putting down the trade of procurers and pro curesses. Even in heathen Rome such criminals were infamous by law. 'I he Right Rev. Prelate then went into an exposition of the law in certain countries of Europe, in which the crime was, to some extent, licensed —a'state of things which he hoped he should never see in Christian England. The common law of this country, which was a condensation of wisdom as well as of morals, declared the keeping of brothels to be an indict able offence. But the law left it to individuals, on their own responsibility, and at their own cost, to enforce it. He stated several instances in which parishes arid indi viduals were put to large expenses in suppressing houses of bad character. The Right Rev. Prelate then related several cases in which parties had been prosecuted for seeking and compassing the destruction of young females; and he also related the means which were adopted in the metropolis for seducing young women from the paths of virtue. He would not trespass any longer on their Lordships' time. He was addressiug nearly one hundred of the Peers of England, and he was sure, that if the whole of the august body were pre sent, they would not refuse to allow this Bill to go into Committee. The Earl FITZHARDINGE said the House was in debted to the Right Rev. Prelate for the industry and research which he had bestowed upon this important subject, and he hoped that the Bill would go into Com mittee. In the Committee an opportunity might be pre sented of refuting a charge which had been made about two years and a half ago against a very venerable body —the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. It was as serted that that body were the proprietors, in their corporate capacity, of a great number of bro thels, of the worst kind.—( Laughter.) In the Almonry alone there were twenty notorious brothels. the property of the Dean and Chapter, being in the ra tion of two brothels for every one prebend.—(Loud laughter.) In the Orchard-street district there were 30 of these houses ; in Pye-street, 40 ; and York-street, 20 —all the property of the associates, in their corporate capacity.—(Laughter.) He hoped that the members of that corporation would show in the Committee that they were not amongst the class of criminals to put down which was the object of the Bill.—(Great laughter.) The Bishop of GLOUCESTER considered that the Noble Earl had not given notice to those whom he in tended to attack.—(Hear, hear.) The property alluded to by the Noble Lord was not under the control of the Dean and Chapter, who, on every possible opportunity, bought up the leases, and, at the greatest sacrifices, let the premises to respectable persons. The LORD CHANCELLOR recommended their Lordships to allow the Bill to be read a second time. Lord BROUGHAM was of the same opinion, and thought that the subject was one of which the least said the better.—(Laughter.) He could not say that the present Dean and Chapter were to be blamed for owning so many brothels—(Laughter)—but he did think it a discredit to them that they had refused a place in the Abbey, on the score of morality, to the statue of Lord Byron, which was regarded as the chef-d'ceuvre of the greatest statuary of the age. The Bishop of LONDON contended that the Dean and Chapter would have betrayed their duty if they had admitted into their church the monument of a man who had done so much injury to morals and religion by his writings. Lord LOVELACE earnestly vindicated the memory of Lord Byron, but the Noble Lord spoke in so low a tone that he could not be accurately reported. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. The Slave Trade Suppression Bill then went through Committee, when the House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 14. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Lord OSSULSTON presented petitions from North , em ton against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS ON COMMIT. T '..-.. . ' . Vi these Committees on private Bills ov t tli.if Nyhole of_ the -::./.. -. session in the same manner as Elect' '- 'll3l , oitutittees. If 1 1. , this were done,-and a time appointe *la 4049144erfi-, -,,- Lion in Co m mitt ee ,, o f eac h' Bill, the - i esiiikiiikkbpU goni;. ---)- i plainGA of would be obviated. , , -: ••;_.....1.--- - - : . # , , -_T vo Mr. COLLEI'T briefly replied, and ncaotiolf Yitiri...l , agreed to. .I._ts-N ~.-, , • RAILWAY FROM - DUBLIN TO CAMEL. Mr. VESEY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a railway from the city of Dublin to the city of Cashel.. The Bill was brought up, and read a fist time. The names endorsed on the back of the Bill are those of Mr. Vesey, Lord Eliot, and Mr. Wyse. On the motion of Mr. MILNER GIBSON, the Man chester Stipendiary Magistrates Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. BRADSIIAW the Canterbury Pavement Bill was read a third time, and passed. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER the Delabole and Rock Railway Bill (No. 2) was read a third time, and passed. • Colonel FOX presented two petitions from bodies of Congregational Dissenters in the Tower Hamlets, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition, signed by per-: sons of various religious. persuasions, at St. Ives, in fa vour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from Leices-: tershire against the income-tax. Mr. H. BERKELEY' presented a petition from Bristol, signed by religionists of all denominations, in favOur of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Colonel WOOD presented a petition from Brecon, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. DETENTION OF LETTERS AT THE POST OFFICE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he, held in his hand a peti tion, a copy of which he had 'transmitted to the Right . Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, informing him of his intention to present it, and also to bring its contents under the immediate consideration of the House, as the case was one re quiring immediate redress. It wa s th e petition of W. J. Linton, William Lovett, Joseph Mazzini, and others, resident in London, complaining of the de tention and opening of their letters at the General Post office, and praying for immediate redress. The letters were written from 47, Devonshire-street, Queen-square, within the last month, and the petitioners said that although they were not written .for any political purpose, and did not contain any treasonable matter, they had been detained at the Post-office by the Post-office authorities beyond the usual time, and they had been read at the Post-office. The petitioners said they considered such a practice as an introduction of the spy system of foreign States—a system repugnant to the free system of the British Con stitution, and dangerous to liberty. They were pre pared to prove the truth of those allegations, and they prayed for a Committee to inquire into the subject. The petition was then ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE said, the course which he might pursue would very much depend on the answer which he should receive from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir James Graham) to a question which he should now put to him. His question was, then, whether the Right Hon. Gentleman was aware that the letters of these individuals had been opened, read, and exa mined at the General Post-office, and if so, wheth er it had been done by the authority Of any one of her Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of States? Sir J. GRAHAM said he had to thank the Hon. Gentleman for the perfect fairness and frankness of the course he had pursued on the present occasion. He had been so obliging as to send him a copy of the petition yesterday, and to notify to him the precise ques tion which he meant to put ; and he had, there fore, had an opportunity of considering the answer which he should give to that question, The House was aware that from so early a period as the reign of Queen Anne, power had been invested in the principal Secretaries of State, by warrant, to detain let ters, and to empower the Post-office authorities to open them. That power came under the review of Parlia ment in 1837, and by the Act of the Ist of Victoria, that power continued to be vested in her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. With respect to the let ters of three of the petitioners, no warrant had been issued. With respect to those of one of them, he had, on his own responsibility, issued a warrant, which was not now in force. Having made this declaration, he must beg further to add that this power was vested in the responsible officers of the Crown by the law of the land—that it was entrusted to them for the public safety—that the Parliament of the country placed confidence in those who exercised it ; and that it was not for the public good to press for inquiry into this particular case.—(Hear, hear.) At all events, he did not think it consistent with his public duty to enter into any further explanation—he hoped the House would confide in him to such an extent as not to call for any further information. In reply to a question from Mr. HUME, the purport of which we could not catch, Sir J. GRAHAM said he had carefully considered the subject.. He had gone as far in explanation as he con ceived it his duty to go. He must respectfully but firmly resist any attempt to call upon him for further infor mation. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that as the petitioners called upon the House to grant them immediate redress, he should now, as far as he was able, endeavour to give effect to this petition. • Mr. TATTON EGERTON rose to order. After the explanation bad been given the Hon. Gentleman could not, according to the standing orders, proceed to address the House. Mr. T. DUNCOMBB said he was within the standing order of the House with respect to the presentation of petitions, and it was greatly to the credit of the House that that order admitted of the course which he pro posed to pursue in the case of petitions complaining of some personal grievances, requiring immediate redress. In the case of petitions complaining of some personal grievances— , Sir JAMES GRAHAM—I beg to state to the House unequivocally, that no warrant now exists with respect to either of the four petitioners.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the case required imme diate redress notwithstanding that statement ; and he must say he was astonished, and he thought the House must be astonished, that the Right Hon. Baronet should attempt to blink this discussion. Mr. F. SHAW rose to order. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he was not to be put down. —(Cheers from the Opposition.) Mr. SHAW said the question now was, whether the Hon. Gentleman could proceed to discuss this question. The question was, whether there was a personal griev ance involved, and he would submit that as there Wll4 no warrant in existence, the Hon. Gentleman was not At liberty to discuss the question.—(Oh, oh.) He did not see how any person was at that moment affected by what the Hon. Gentleman complained of. Mr. DUNCOMBE rose but there were loud cries-of " Chair, chair," upon which the Hon. Gentleman sat down. The SPEAKER—The order of the House under which the Honourable Gentleman claimed the right of speaking on this petition was to the following effect :—" That in cases of petitions complaining of personal grievances, for which there was an urgent necessity of prOviding. immediate remedy, the sub ject-matter of such petitions might be brought under the consideration of the House: In this case the Hon.-Gen tleman had given notice on the subject, and having given that notice, it appeared to him that this was not a" case of urgency requiring an immediate remedy. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he had no opportunity! of bringing forward the question yesterday, and he took the earliest opportunity of bringing it forward. What ho complained of was, that the letters of those persons were opened, and that the spy system of foreign countries was introduced into this country.—(" Oh, oh," and " Chair.") The SPEAKER repeated that he did not think this was a matter of urgent necessity, requiring immediate remedy; and, therefore, could not be discussed then. — (Ministerial cheers.) Mr. DUNCOMBE—I move, then, that this House do now adjourn.—(Loud Opposition cheers.) Now I will raise the question.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentle man,other t e l t_ e e n l; n i r g s t o L f Lord a o k f i the ay, re t e h s e u r n 3 l - a , i t n o qu t e h s a t t i o m n the d it was decided that he could do so.—(Hoar, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Recorder of Dublin, would not, perhaps, like that all his correspondence, relative to the jury lists of Dublin, and the subtraction of certain lists, should be opened and read by the House.— (Cheers, and ' Oh, oh.") But others did not wish to have their family secrets revealed. The Re pealers also would not like to have their correspoa donee examined and read, and copies of their letters communicated to the Recorder of . Dublin.—(A laugh.) What did these parties complain of ? The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that he had issued his warrant for opening and examining the letters of these p art i es . Be had no doubt that the Act of Parliament, the Ist of Vic toria, passed in 1837, recognised that power in the Se cretary of State. The power had existed previous to b tl n ia t t h A e c d t i , d and nnt e b v e e l n from theievethatnntiemme theman Commonwealth; n f in twenty thnnsan knew of the lines that had been smuggled into this Act, placing their correspondence at the mercy of the Secre tary of State. It was a power that ought to' be taken away from any Secretary of State, particularly from one who exercised that power in an unscrupulous manner. He had opened the letters of one of these gentlemen. Would the Right Hon. Baronet state which of them it was whose letters had been thus opened? Sir J. GRAHAM—Certainly not. Mr. DUNCOMBE—The Right Hon. Baronet would not state whether it was the letters of Mr. Mazzini, bf Mr. Lovett, or of the other two gentlemen. He had. ben th e us honouredtoldindize th tl indirectly, e t h p a a t r telll'aars attention n i i r o a n z s o h ; i t •eh Right Hon. Baronet. The law made it a misdemeanour in any one to open a letter, or detain it longer than necessary, unless it was misdirected, or returned to the office, the person to whom it was ad dressed not being able to be found, or being dead. In these cases the letter, if returned, was always marked as returned for these reasons, and he contended that the Act of Parliament intended that when letters were opened by the authority of the Secretary of State, that it ehottd be stated on their coier that they had been 'opened by authority. Even in the time of Mr. Fitt and Lord Sidmouth this was done when letters were opened by the Secretary of State. Why this system of espiontige should be countenanced by the Secretary of State 1.0 could not imagine in a time of perfect peace and domestic tranquillity. He believed that during the last two years letters had been opened at the Post-office in a' most unscrupulous manner. This was a state of things the people would not bear, and he hoped after this exposure they would take some Means or other to counteract this invidious conduct on the part of her Majesty's present Ministers. It was most disgraceful ; it might do for Russia, or for France, or the Austrian States, but it would not do for the free air of England. It Was proved that the Government did open the letters of TEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. 35Ir.'W. COLLETT moved that the Committee on the Monkland Railway Bill have power to proceed with the Bill with only two selected Members. It was with dif ficulty that a sufficient number of selected Members could be obtained in the Committee, and the proceed ings were stopped in consequence. This delay was attended with the greatest expense to the parties, and he thought the subject deserved the serious consideration and attention of the Committee of Selection. _ Mr. 'WALLACE, in seconding the motion, called the attention of the House to a similar case of inconvenience which had occurred in the Committee on the Paisley Gas Bill. He did not wish to cast blame upon any per son. He thought the whole of the inconvenience was attributable to the system of appointing Committees on private Bills which at present existed. He trusted that some plan would, in the course of the next session of Parliament, be adopted to obviate the inconvenience which was so much complained of. Every delay which occurred through the non-attendance of selected Mem bers on a Committee on a private Bill, threw an addi tional expense on the parties of between 200/. and 3001. Mr. ESTCOURT was glad the Hon. Member had called the attention of the House to the subject, and he hoped that some plan would be suggested to the House to remedy the inconvenience complained of. Some selected Members had to serve in three or four Committees, and, therefore, some of those Committees were necessarily adjourned to the great inconvenience of the parties con cerned. If every Member of that House would consent to serve on one Committee during the session, these delays would be obviated, and he thought that no Member would be called upon to serve_ more than once. He was glad to hear the eulogi um which the Hon. Mein ber had passed on the Committee of Selection and on the Standing .Orders Committee, and he could assure that House that both those Committees had the utmost desire to perform satisfactorily the duties allotted to them to discharge. Mr.'BROTETERTON thought some 'plan was neces sary to be adopt e d t o secure t h e at t en d ance o f th e se lected Members on those Committees. Those Mem • bers ought properly to perform the duties imposed upon them, and when once a Member was selected to serve upon a Committee, he owed it to the public to be punctual in his attendance, in order that the parties con 7 cerned might not be put to unnecessary expense and in convenience. Mr. SHAW thought every Member ought to offer himself once in the course of the session and servo on a Select Committee, and if lie would not do so voluntarily there ought to be some rule adopted to compel his at tendance. Mr. GREENE suggested the propriety of spreading PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending June 11, 1844, is 345. 11d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—In the foreign exchanges the rate upon Ham burgh experienced a decline, owing to letters from that place by to-day's mail advising a material fall there in the rate upon London. Amsterdam was likewise rather lower, in consequence of a demand for bills upon that place, which de pression, however, did not extend to Rotterdam. Paris re mained about the same as last post. Sir Robert Peel has answered the application of the Lon don bankers for an extension of the Bank of England's power of issuing on securities beyond the 14,000,000/. in cases of emergency. He refuses to allow such extension in any other case than that already provided for in the sth clause of the Bill—viz., that of a private banker ceasing to issue his own notes, and even denies that his speech, when first the mea sure was proposed, justified the supposition that a different course would be adopted. It must, however, be said on the part of the bankers, that whatever was the original intention of the Premier, both his own language and the correspon dence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the Bank, led the most experienced persons in the City to believe that a general power of extension was contemplated, and not merely a power in the one particular case. SUN.—The value of Consols this afternoon wg,s slightly depreciated, 97i having been paid, though the latest bargains were at 98 to 98*. The Unfunded Debt continues firm, as also the heavy securities. As usual, after the settlement of the account, the Fo reign Securities have undergone some fluctuation. Spanish Actives improved this afternoon to 22/ and 23/, and the Three per Cents. to 341 34 ; but the most decided alteration was in Mexican Bonds, which got up to 341 1, owing partly to the more favourable advices from the United States. Portuguese Converted were steady at 47. Belgian Bonds were 104*. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester New were 54 ; Croydon, 42 to ''4,l ; Manchester and Leeds, 352 ; Ditto and Birmihgbam, 15 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 212 ; Norwich and Brandon, 54 ; South-Eastern, 2* to 21 •, Ditto New, 7 to 64 ; York and North Midland, 682 to 692 ; Ditto Half, 33 ; Scarborough Branch, 14 to 164 ; and Paris and Orleans, 174 to 18 premium ; Brighton, 31 to 3f ; Greenwich, .54 to si; and North Midland, 7 to 71 discount. With the exception of a slight decline on Hamburgh, occasioned by the lower quotations per to-day's mail, we cannot notice any alteration of moment in the Foreign Exchanges. The American accounts read well as regards trade. The following are political extracts relative to Cuba and Central America : " The Florence has arrived from Mantanzas, with ad vices to the 22d May. "There had been a number of people, white and black, arrested two days before the Florence sailed, on suspicion of being concerned in the abortive insurrection. The Court was sitting at Mantanzas, trying the negroes be longing to the plantations. There had been a number condemned, taken out to the plantations to which they belonged, and shot. The prisons and forts were crowded with prisoners. "It was said that Mr. Donald, a native of New York, and an engineer, was arrested and imprisoned, charged with being concerned in the riots ; alsa several other engineers. " The Thomas 11. Benton, Captain Roberts, arrived yesterday from San Juan, reports that he (Captain R.) attempted to enter the port of St. John's, in Central America, but was refused admittance, it being under a blockade by H. B. M. schooner of war Hornet, Lieut. Miller. The blockade had lasted three months, the British vessels which enforced it being relieved monthly." COURSE OP EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 61 Antwerp 25 90 Elamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 141- Paris, 3 days' sight— 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine l2li Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effect fi. 3 M 953 rieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 54 Oporto 54 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold,bars..l:3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bars 0 4 11; DURHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ---The County of Durham Agricultural Protection Society, at a general meeting held last week, voted the sum of 1001 . i n a i d of the funds of the Central Agricultural Protection Society, insti tuted in London. -.,,~ 1 I t