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While the French Chamber of Deputiei is dis cussing the expediency of granting 10,600,000 of francs. to increase the naval strength of France, in the Mediterranean, in the anticipation of hostilities between the Porte and the Paella of EGYPT, we have to announce, on the authority of letters of the 12th ult., from Constantinople, that the SULTAN has not only declared war against MEHEMET ALI, but as supreme Caliph of the Faithful, and Repre sentative of the Prophet, pronounced sentence of excommunication against the PACHA and his son IBRAHIM, deposing them from the Government of Elypt and Syria. This sentence was pronounced by his Highness, on the 9th, the fetvah or bull of ma'etlia:cn being prepared by the Grand Mufti, after a grave consultation of the most learned Doctors of the Mussulman law. The 14th being Friday, the Mohammedan Sabbath, the sentence of excommunication was to be read in all the Mosques, and the Faithful invited to curse the VICEROY and his son—an invitation which the saints of anv re ligion have never been known to neglect. The Turkish fleet left the Golden Horn in two divisions. The first sailed on the Bth, and the second on the 9:h ultimo. They were to rend:!zvons at Galiipoli, where 10,000 marines were waiting to be taken on board, with large quantities of military and other supplies. The fleet consists of 34 sail of all sizes, well equipped, and the crews were in high spirit. Previous to the sailing of the second division, the SULTAN, tho Ugh in extremely bad health,went on board the Mahmoudie, the Admiral's ship, to say a few words of encou ragement to the officers and men, an d to give them the benediction of the Prophet. The reception of his Highness was most en thusiastic. Among the E:glishmen on board were, Captains WALKER, COXOLLY, and LEE, the first of whom the SULTAN raised to the rank of Rear-Admiral. General Jocuarus, a French of ficer, who served with distinction in Greece and Spain, was likewise on board, but though known to be in the confidence of the SULTAN, and one of the mainsprings of the expedition, he has declined accepting any recognized rank, choosing to appear as the friend of the CAPITAN PACHA. When the cheering had subsided, the SULTAN addressed the fo'lowing brief harangue to the assembled officers : " In all civilised nations, East and West, rebellion is summarily punished. It is my duty, therefore, to chastise traitors to my authority—it is yours to go where your Sovereign sends you, and to act, as you will, as if his eye—that of the Representative of the Prophet—was upon you." Loud acclammations folLmed. and the SULTAN having taken leave of the officers, withdrew amid the roar of artillery. The destination of the fleet was Alexandria, which, it was reported in Constanti nople, MEHEME T ALt had left in a defenceless condition. The SULTAN'S final resolution being communi cated to the European Ambassadors, an Imperial Firman was prepared which was to be despatched on the 13th ult. by the Stamboul steamer, to H A Fiz PAcriA, in which that General is invested with the Pachalics of Syria and Egypt. This is rather soon ; and perhaps would excite ridicule were the presentation of the hides of living lions not much more common than the sight of dead ones in the East. " Fast catch your hare," is a piece of advice unsuited to Oriental ideas of Royal muni ficence. What excited most surprise in connection with these events in Constantinople was the sudden overflowing of the Imperial coffers, previously be lieved to be almost as empty as those of Spain. All arrears were at once, and as if by magic, paid up, and the Ministers seemed to court facilities for scattering around the immense treasures at their disposal. The question, " Has Russia betrayed the other powers, by secretly advancing this money to foment a war, by which she is sure to profit ?" was be ginning to be generally asked among calm ob servers. Since the above was written we have received German papers, with letters from Constantinople of the same date as the above. They announce that . - _ ... ... mockery and a delusion. Now, over what do the fallible priests exercise this irresponsible power ? Over the passive mind of infancy and the ductile mind of youth : over the feebleness of age and the timidity of females. They claim the power, as appointed by Heaven, to form the mind and the morality of the nation, and they admit of no appea l from the mselves. Are they not the Church which decides what is true and what is good ? Now men who submit to such a power may call themselves free, but they are unde serving of the name. Surely the national defence is of less consequence than the national morality, and surely we should not submit for one moment to any body of men who declared that they had a commission from Hea ven to defend the nation, and that to them belonged, ' to be used as they s vo w te hichthe defence. to their fello , s h e • ' plea , d free from all respon sibilityto account, all the v` fu - s idl i d i e ujects never to be called nation had ever devoted, or could should We should spurn submission should withhold the supplies t o t o auch national a b ody; ss,e derived from estates ; we be _carried into well compacted Janissaries to pieces, and scatter the were fragments on our broad rivers to the all-engulphing ocean, even though w e c ou ld celebrate, in uninterrupted security, the brilliancy their victories both by sea and land. But surely o f the Church has, in its own path, no victories t o boast of. It cannot point to useful l • earnma en couraged—to • ignorance dissipated—to suffering the Egyptian army in Arabia, under KIRSCHID PACHA, hasentered Bassorah; that Lord PONSON- Blf declared that the time for tergiversation was past, and that for acting was come at last ; and that Admiral RoussiN was in the greatest distress, France having assumed something like the protec torship of MEHEMET ALI. On the 24th ult. news reached Vienna from Alexandria to the effect that war had commenced in good earnest in Syria, and that the troops of IBRAHIM PACIIA fell back from all their positions, fighting as they retreated,—so that the Turkish army was encamped in the terri tory of MEHEMET ALI. They likewise state that 5,000 Egyptians deserted to HAFIZ PACHA at the first onset. It appears that IBRAHIM was not himself present at this engagement, being at the time at Aleppo ; for the instant the news reached him lie commanded the division stationed there to advance and meet the enemy in the field. To have allowed HAFIZ to approach Aleppo un disturbed would have been to permit him to be joined by the divisions commanded by the Paellas of Bagdad and Mossul—an error which IBRA HIM is too good a general to commit. England and France must now declare them selves ; and if they would prevent Europe from being involved in the blaze of this war, they must act unanimously with good faith. No time is to be lost. The Lords met, apparently only to read the Sugar Bill a third time, and then adjourned. In the Commons, a new writ for Ipswich was moved by Mr. BERNAL, the spirited and independent Member for that borough, Mr. GIBSON, baying accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. G. PALMER gave notice that lie means to bring in a Bill to prevent vessels coming from British North America from carrying timber on their decks. Mr. SHAW gave notice of several amendments which he means to move in the Irish Municipal Bill. To carry these and other amendments in the Bill, the Tories are to mus ter all their forces to-day, and no Liberal Member, we are sure, will be absent from his post. Mr. C. Woos again assured Sir F. BITRDEFT that there was not the slightest foundation for the report of another cutrage on the British flag in Mexico. Mr. MACKINNON, after a short conversation, withdrew his Turnpike Trust Bill. The Prisons (Scotland) Bill was re.committed, and the Roport further considered. The Bill is to be reported to-day._ On the motion for the third reading of the Supreme Courts ( Scotland) Bill, Mr. GILLON moved that it be postponed for three months. He objected strongly to the proposed increase of the Judge's salaries, while weavers were obliged to subsist their families en 4s. 6d. per week. By such conduct the cries of the unrepresented millions would not be stifled. Mr. HuME seconded the amendment, characterizing the Bill as a gross job, thirteen Judges existing for a popula tion not greater than that of Yorkshire and Lancashire. He repreb Ited the Bill in the strongest terms. Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR contended that the Judges in Scotland were underpaid, and supported the Bill. The Loan ADVOCATE denied that the Bill was a job, and contended that the Judges worked very hard, and were entitled to larger salaries. Mr. WALLACE made a spirited attack on the Bill, and in despite of ridicule, contended that the time in which the Judges were occupied was a main consideration. He asserted that the Judges had nothing to do for a great part of the year, and he resisted the giving them additional salaries. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL advocated the Bill, Mr. OSWALD declared that it would be most unpopular in Scotland. The House divided on Mr. GILLON'S amendment, which was lost by 51 to 21. 41:r. WALLACE subsequently moved a clause, requiring the Judges to make a return of the number of hours they are employed, which was also negatived. Sir Ws!. RAE subsequently moved to omit the clause allowing the Judges to retire at a certain time on their full salaries; and it was omitted, after a short discussion on the principle that it would be better to.have a general provision of the kind applicable to all the Judges. The Bill was finally passed after a well fought contest. Some other measures were forwarded, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before One. The motion which the Archbishop of CANTER BURY is to make in the House of Lords on Friday evening, would be _comparatively unimportant were it not for the doctrines with which it is connected, and which dictate it. The Archbishop, like any other Lord" of Parliament, is free to make any motion he pleases, but we are struck with surprise that this Prelate, one of the meekest of men, one of the least active and least meddling of the Peers, should break through all his habits, become un wontedly active, and assume the initiative in a great party contest ? Why is this ? Why does this quiet•loving old gentleman leave the cloisters of Lambeth to engage in a secular contest with her MAJESTY'S Ministers and the Commons of England ? The Church is in danger, is the answer. The Church claims for; itself a control over the national education, with which it will not allow the State to interfere. The Church claims for itself a co-ordinate power with the State, which the Tory organs and the Tory orators affirm has been trenched on by the formation of a Board of Education. The Church claims authority to teach, to bind and to loose men, from a higher source than the State ; and it is precisely because this independent and Divine authority is, as the Tories and the priesthood say, interfered with, that the Archbishop of CANTERBURY comes front his privacy, breaks through all his usual habits, and heads the Prelates and the Tory Peers in an attack on her Majesty's Ministers. The Arch bishop's conduct, in connection with these doctrines, Fads us, and ought to lead the public, we respect fully but earnestly submit, to some important re ffietions and some useful knowledge. We ask, first, who gave the priesthood this co ordinate power with the State ? Where is the warrant by which they possess it? They say, that neither the State, nor the peopte who constitute the State, gave it. They de rive it from a power higher than the State, and superior to the people. The people, then, and the State, are, so far as neither must interfere with the power claimed by the priests, whom the State can neither make nor unmake, completely their slaves. Both must do as they dictate and as they prescribe, without any appeal save to the priest hood themselves. They constitute a self-elected corporation, owing no a ll eg i ance , and acknowledg ing no responsibility, as a priesthood. In so far as they claim and can exercise their power they are our unquestioned and absolute masters. Our Government is commonly described as a Representative Government, in which the people have the supreme power. Here, however, is an important exception to that doctrine. The priest hood are not now, though in early ages of Christ ianity they were, chosen by the people. The bulk of the nation has nothing whatever to do with the Church but obey its laws. In every parish there is a clergyman who has a vote for Members of the House of Commons, and has all the civil privileges, with one insignificant exception, which the clergy share with all those who are not worth 3001. e-r,a -' ) of the rest of the citizens. Th ey , h owever, a , are the only order or class of the community who, as such, have representatives in the House of Peers. While they have a large share in all our civil privi leges, they establish for themselves a great power, which they will not allow the State to question, and over which the people, by election or otherwise, have no control whatever. So far as the Church is concerned, our Representative Government is a Let us add, that amongst the representatives of the Liberal party, none have been found to set Mr. GIBSON a good example, though some of them, being men in high places, and of considerable Par liamentary experience, have deserted ail the princi ples they professed, and forfeited nearly all the pledges on which their constituents elected them. Mr. GIBSON will shame older men into something like dignity of conduct. Mr. SWINFEN JERVIS has been called forth to defend his conduct, and his letter will be found in another place. Where the electors of Bridport picked up such d politician, and how they came to elect him, we are perfectly ignorant ; but we have not lately met with a Member of Parliament so illogical and so ill-informed. He justifies his vote against the Ministers on the education scheme by an assertion which every man in London, except himself, knows to be untrue. He says, " The Ministers gave up the best part of their first plan to quiet the visionary fears and hypocritical pretences of their opponents," when the fact is that they were obliged to give it up by the remonstrances of their friends. His indignation was roused by his own false views or incorrect information, and then he voted against a petty plan of education, and with the Tories, be cause he could not get a large plan. Mr. JERVIS imitated some of his friends, who have on several occasions voted against the progress of Reform and against the liberties of the people, to be revenged of Se Ministers, who would not or could not go the whole hog with them. Mr. JERVIS is a type of a too-numerous class of politicians, who sacrifice the people because their own crotchets are not adopted. We are glad to see that the Irish are quite alive to the injuries which will be inflicted on them by the renewal of the Bank of Ireland Charter. In another part of our Paper will be found a series of important resolutions adopted by a numerous and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Drogheda. They will make the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER pause, and doubt of the propriety of his pro posed plan of renewing that Charter. In fact we have heard that the Right Hon. Gentleman has already serious misgivings, and will plead the late ness of the Session, and the impossibility of now properly arranging such an important question, for continuing the Charter another year only. The Bishops, it appears, are determined to show the public that they are not behind the keenest of the partisans of ignorance and intolerance. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY gave notice on Tues day night, through the mouth of his brother of L IN COL N, that he is to move in the House of Lords to-morrow, an Address to the QUEEN, praying Her Majesty not to adopt that which she has already adopted, the Ministerial plan of education, without • first submitting it to the consideration of the Upper House. We have little doubt that these meddling priests will get a gentle hint from the " Head " of their sect, that it would be more becoming the over seers of a Church which boasts of its being built on the foundation of prophets and apostles, and of being the exclusive depositary of the truth, to en courage general education, and to court the closest scrutiny which the enlightened intellect of the na tion could bring to bea r u pon its pretensions, than to shroud themselves and their institutions in the mantle of darkness, as if they were afraid that their truth would have no chance on comparison with that of other sects ; as if they thought that their patched-up system of Church-and-State Religion could not stand the glare of the public eye, when the public mind shall be enlightened. This is the inevitable inference that will be drawn from the inveterate opposition which the Church clergy of all ranks have mani fested to the education of the people, and it is in reality the only just one. Nothing can possibly more betray the consciousness that the system of faith esta blished by law in this country cannot stand the test of rational examination, than the conduct of the ministers of that faith. It is as decisive a proof as ever was given by the Church of Rome, that priest craft is the only means by which such a religion can be made to stand its ground with the people. As to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, it is needless to say that the poor old man, whose fa culties were never very vigorous, has been goaded on by the Bishop of LONDON, and other Episco pal disciples of LAUD, to make this demonstration against education. Dr. HowLEY, in his dotage, has been made a cat's paw of in the business The Arch-Episcopal fingers, be they burnt or noi in the experiment, must pluck the chesnuts out a the fire. Except the intelligence from the East, which is anticipated by direct arrivals from Constantinople, there is no news of interest in the French Papers of Thursday. M. DE LANIARTINE, who is most eloquent, as well as most poetical upon fanciful subjects, of which he chooses to have some vague ideas, addressed the Chamber of Deputies on Monday at great length, upon the grant of 10,000,000 francs, to increase the fleet in the Levant. Turkey, he said, had ceased to exist, and the power of ME HEMET ALI could not be maintained in Egypt, so that the only practicable plan was anotl.er cru sade of the Western Powers for the recovery of Jerusalem, and the division among themselves of all the kingdoms and states throughout the East. Though the Chamber rose before coining to a vote, we do not apprehend that there will be many to second M. DE LAMARTINE'S fanciful proposition. The trial of the prisoners before the Court of Peers was resumed on Tuesday, but no fact of the slightest importance was elicited. The Madrid Papers received are of the 25th ult. Their contents are uninteresting. The Madrid correspondent of the Phare, of Bayonne, states positively that the recall of the French Ambassador (the Duke de Fezensac) is decided on ; and that his de parture was fixed for last Friday. M. Eugene Perier was to be left in charge of the Embassy, until the arrival of a new Minister. M. de Rumigny was considered at Madrid as the Duke's successor. lessened, and morality strengthened, as p roo f s o f if s RAILWAY SHARES. Et. Gennai utility. If ever a body failed to fulfil its functions Versailles, R. B 660 ... 667 50 ... 661 667 50 L. 8.145 ... 145 ... 142 50 ... 142 50 the Church of England has. If we would not S tras b urg to submit, then, to a compact, self-elected body of glorious Janissaries, clahi:ing a Divine power over us, why should wesubmit to a compact, corporate body of ignoble priests, calling themselves the Church —claiming a Divine power over our minds and hearts, who have diverted to their own selfish purposes the wealth they have received for instructing the people, who continually practise on the most hal lowed sympathies of human nat-..re, and continually prostitute the name of religion to their own worldly aggrandisement ? It would be base in the nation to submit to the arrogant claims of the priesthood, if nothing but beauty and grandeur, but charity and love, had accompanied their - steps ; but to submit to them, hideous as we have experienced them to be, and scattering, by their example, the seeds of deadly cupidity and mean strife through the land, would degrade the nation below the lowest level of the most degraded slaves of the military despotism of the Continent. We see by a letter in another part of our Paper, and by the proceedings in the House of Commons last night, that Mr. GIBBON has resigned his seat for Ipswich, and that a new election for that borough will immediately take place. Mr. GIB SON'S letter does him credit. He does not an nounce himself as a candidate to represent the borough on new terms ; but his conduct has been so manly in the House of Commons, his industry so commendable, that we trust the Liberal electors of Ipswich will bestir themselves, and again send to the House of Commons as honourable a man— judging him merely by his few public acts, for we know nothing else of him—as ever sat in Parliament. SOUTHAMPTON YACHT CLUB REGATTA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ___ SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—Yesterday this interesting display of aquatic sport gave opportunity for the enjoyment of one of the richest treats ever supplied on similar occasions on these waters. The multitude of spectators, the number of yachts, and the general interest sustained throughout the day, exceeded all previous exhibitions of the kind. The station vessel, the Grand Turk, one of the most magnificent steamers of her tonnage ever built, was crowded with the most respect able families of the town and neighbourhood, and we have to no tice one of the most astonishing escapes from destruction (in re ference to that vessel, and the numbers, amounting to about 500 men, women, and children, that were on board) ever recorded. Two barrels, containing upwards of one hundred pounds weight of gunpowder, had been placed under the fore castle, for convenience of access, f or th e l oa di ng o f t h e s i gna l guns luring the day ; for the prevention of accident some sack ing had been placed in the head of each cask—this sacking, however, being Ferfectly dry, and of a highly combustible na ture, was ignited in one of them by a spark from the gun. The smoke proceeding from it was fortunately perceived by Mr. Thomas Neale, of the Yeoman Inn, in this town, who had the admirable and singular presence of mind to spring for ward, and snatch the burning material from the barrel ; he threw it to a gentleman behind him, who directly plunged it in a bucket of ale which stood near. The imminent danger in whic!i all the parties on board were placed, may be inferred from the fact that one of ,the flannel bags of gun powder was much scorched. If an explosion had taken place, the vessel, and all it contained, must have been inevitably destroyed. Mr. Neale certainly merits the very highest recompense that can be awarded him. The following is a detail cf the results of the day's sport :-- A Silver Cup, value 201., for yachts under 35 tons. Zadora Elizabeth ...... 344 " Transit - " The Transit at first took the lead, but the Zadora and Eliza beth caught the breeze, left the Transit becalmed, and came in as above. A silver Cup, value 151., for yachts under 20 tons. Mazeppa ....... 13 tons Little Vixen... 9 " Alarm Star A splendid race between the Vixen and Alazeppa. Had there been more ssind, however, Alarm must have carried off the cup. Waterman's Pleasure Mats. First Prize Si., second 41., third 31., fourth 21., fifth 11. Eliza Ann—John Dible Princess Victoria—lsaac Blandford Rival—William James • 3 Donna Maria—Joseph Teeling 4 Maria—William Dible The Rival took the lead at starting, closely followed by Princess Victoria and Eliza Ann, and on passing the station vessel the first time down the four boats were neck and neck, when Eliza Ann passed a head, and kept the lead throughout. Sailing Boats under 20 feet. First 31., second 2/., third 1/., fourth 10s. Unknown C. Colson , Nautilus, W.j Dickson Traveller, T. Barry 3 3 3 Fox, H. Blanchard Nautilus led off, followed by Unknown, but in consequence o Nautilus having gone round the wrong side of the boat at Rack• now, she had to return and lost the race. Silver Medal, value one pound to each of the crew of the win ning boat of four-oared Amateur Gallies. Unknown, T. Young, Esq. Highland Lassie, ()dell Grand Secret, Martill ••• Amateur Gallies. First, 3/. Second, 9 /. Third, 1/. Heats. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1839. BOURSE..-.PARIS, TUESDAY, JULY 2. HALF-PAST THREE.---The market has been pretty brisk. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 15e., declined to 79f. 10c., and closed at 79f. 25c., being sc. higher than yesterday. The Five per Cents. opened at 1111. 50c., and closed at 1111. 53c. For Money the Throe per Cents. are 10c. lower, and the Five per Cents. sc. higher. The Bank of France Shares are unvaried, as are thole of the Laffitte Bank. The Belgian Five per Cents. have been stationary at their former price. The Three per Cents. for the June Account, settling day in foreign funds, 71f. 65c., for the July Account 72(:15c., 71f. 95e., the last price being 72f. The Spanish Active has receded The Versailles Right Bank Railway Shares have ad vanced 7f. 50c. The St. Germain and Versailles Left Bank are unaltered. The Orleans has not been quoted at all, and the Havre not for money ; for the settling they arc sc. higher. First Highest Lewes Last Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents lO2 ... 1t.2 ... 102 ... 10> 3 per Cents 73 90 ... 79 . 7P 00 ... 79 2695 —.2695 —.2093 ...2605 Bank of France f. Sin 1 0 1 50 . 52 : 10 10 5 2 5 : 111 0. 5 2 5 . .....10 10 5 2 5 750 ... 705 ... 700 ... 700 Bank 45 ... 45 ... 45 ... 45 19y 2 ... 19;4 ... 19g ... Jp% Spanish Coupons Acve *************** B L e a l t g li i t a t n e B s .i p :.ca- °hull 99 40 ... 99 95 ... 99 40 ... 99 60 101% ... 1046 ... 101% ... 161% Roman * . ******* e k r Cents Frolic .. Unknow Caroline Bowing Boats of any description. First, 41., Second, 2/., Third, 11. Frolic . Thetis.. Thirza A beautiful race, and won by a hard struggle. Female Rowers. Whipper-in Vixen , James Henry ... . ........ An excellently contested race. Punts, rowed by boys under Fourteen years of Age. First, 10s., Second, 75., Third, 55., Fourth, 2s. 6d. Won by Newman, beating five others. This race afford©d infinite amusement, as the juvenile com petitors had to run round the pier, return to their boats, and retrace their course. A dinner and grand gala took place at the Victoria Assembly Rooms in the evening, accompanied by a brilliant display of fireworks. The second regatta is fixed for the 14th August, when three cups will be given. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION (From the Pates and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1839. SUPI?EATIE COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed—" That the Bill be now read the third time :"—Amendment proposed, to kayo. out the word " now," auel at the end of the Question, to add the words, " upon this day three months :"—Question put, " That the word 'now ' stand part of the Question :"—The House divided:— MAJORITY- Baring, F. T.—Portsmouth Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Barn., G. S.—Cork Co. Blake, W. J.—Newport Broad ley, Henry—East Yorkshire Bostick', W.—Bradford Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Cleric, Sir G.—Stamford Craig, W. G.--Edinburghshire Curry, William—Armagh Da!meny, Lord—Stirling Darby, George—East Sussex Donkin, Sir IL—Sandwich Douglas, Sir C. E.—Warwick Grant, F. W.—lnverness-shire Greene, T. G.—Lancashire epbur ,Sir T.— Haddingtonsh ire Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire iiope, G. W.—Weymouth Howick,Visc.—Northurnherland Jackson,Mr. Serj.—Bandon bridge Law, Hon. C. E. CambridgeUn iv. Lemon, Sir Chas.—W. Cornwall Lockhart, A. M.—Lanarkshire Lushington, Rt. Hon. S—Tower Hamlets Macauley, T. B. - Edinburgh Mackenzie, Thomas—Ress-shire AYES, 51. rtPLeod, R.—lnverness Nichol], J.—Cardiff Packe, C. W.—Leicester, South Parnell, Sir H. Dundee Pendarvcs, E. W.—W. Cornwall Pigot, D. Pi.—Clonmel Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire use, Right Hon. Sir Wm.—Bute Rutherfurd, Rt. Hon. A.—Leith Sinclair, Sir George- Caithness Haney, R. A.—Slifewsbury Steuart, Robert—Haddington, &t: Stormont, Viscount—Perthsnire Stuart, Viliiers—V;2lterliird C:i (ITalleurd, Mr. Serjeant —Reading Thomas, Colonel—Kinsale Thomson, Rt. Hon. C. P. —Man -1 chester ITroubridge, Sir T. E.—Sandwich IVere, Sir C. B.—East Suflblk ' White, Andrew—Sunderlmd Wilkins, Walter—Radnorshire Williams, W. A.—Monmouthsh Wood, Charles—Halifax Fox RS. Nraule, Hon. —Elgin Burgh Parker, John—Sheffield MINORIT Y. Bewes, T.—Plymouth lirotherton, J.—Salford Bruges, W. H. L.—Bath Davie;, Colonel—Worcester Evans, William—North Derby Finch, F.—Walsall Hector; Cornthwaite John—Pe -1 —NOES, 21. Pease, Joseph—South Durham Rundle, John—Tavistock Turner, W.—Blackburn Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co Walley, Thomas —Finsbury Bari ng — Guildford IVallace, Hebert —Greenock Warburton, H.—Li idport Williams, William —Coventry tersfield Hodges ' T L.—West Kent Marsland, Henry—Stockport Morris, D.—Carmarthen O'Conn?.ll, John—Athlone Oswald, ames— Glasgow TELLERS. Hume, Jo;e,:h—iiilkenny Gillon, Wm. D.—Linlithgow CORN AVERAGES. 6 ENER AL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended June 2S, 78.35), made up from the Returns of the inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in England and . Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Whea' 683. ld 1 Oats Barley 2Ss. 41 I Rye .... ..... 435. ld. I Pease ......... 395. DU ISIPURIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE ¶:X wE, Ks PILECEDING• Wheat Cgs 4d, Oats Barley 3's. 91.1 Itye4ls. 10,1., Pease ......... 395. Id, DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Od. B eans ........ 113. 0'. Barley I Wheat l3s 8,-1. Oats 43. 10J. Rye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) Turbots, Supplies good iN a i n U dd G em E a ll n F: l o l ß iv D ely A , l p A r l : l c K es ET. steady. 4s. 6d. to 15s. ; Soles, 10d. and 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. ; good Salmon, ls. 6d. per pound. Beef, 7d. to 8-,kd. ; Mutton, lid. to Bid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9.1. ; Pork, 7d. to Sid. Supply of Vegetables good, and demand lively at reason able prices. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies good, but the demand was not very lively—prices steady. Turbot 4s. 6d. to 15s. ; Salmon Is. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; Crimped, Gloucester, 4s. ; Soles 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Mackarel sd. to 101 ; Whiting 3d. to 6d. ; and Haddock G.l. to Is. HAY MARKET. Tho supplies to-day were but moderate, and but little new Hay at market. New Hay 704. to 735. ; Old Hay 60s. to 845., and 90s. ; Clover, 80s. to 100 s. and 110 s. ; Straw 345. to 365., and 425. per load. There is no truth in the statement of the Morn ing Chronicle of yesterday, that it is not the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry into effect the Penny Postage. THE LADY FLORA HASTINGS.—We lament that the appearance of improvement presented on Tuesday was transient and fallacious. The announcement of yes terday morning was in the following words Lady Flora Hastings is in a very languid state, and is weaker this morning. —Wednesday morning." Up to a late hour last night no amendment had taken place. Her Ladyship was weaker than ever, and the physicians were without the slightest hope of her recovery. TILL GOLDSMITH'S CONIPARY..This ancient e rporation gave an entcrts nment yesterday to the noble and eminent persons whom it has enrolled in the list of its honorary freemen. The entertainment took place in the splendid hall of the Corporation in Foster-lane. The guests on their arrival were ushered to the great drawing room, at the door of which they were received by J. G. Bridge, Esq., the prime warden, and the three wardens, n G. Bridge, Esq., W. Hodges, E sq ., W . Smith, Esq., and R. Buttemer, Esq. Among the noble men and gent lemen who took their seats at the table w ere t h e followi the prime warden, i n t h e Chair; his Royal Highness the Duke of Camb r id ge, the Dukes of B eaufort and g Richmond, the Earls of Shaftesbury, Denbigh, Lon..- dale, Ripon, D e G rey; Viscounts Strangford and Canterbury, the Bi s h op of London; Lor d Hill, Lords Strnley, Prudhoe, A s hb urton, Maryborough, Bulky, Lincoln; the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, ii. Goulburn, G. H. Dawson Sir J. Graham, Bart. ; J. Pianta, Sir C. Bagot, Sir E. Sugden, Sir A. Cooper, Sir B. Brodie, Sir C. Dallaiac, Sir C. Wetherell, Sir B. Martin, Sir R. Inglis, Bart. ; Sir J. R. Reid, Sir P. Hardinge, Sir J. Becket, Sir P. Laurie, Sir M. A. Slice, Sir F. Chantry, Baron Knesebeck, Colonel Fremantle, the Hon. Captain Curzon, the Hon. F. Melville, Colonel Wood, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Alderman Cope land, Mr. Masterman, EI. Hoare, Mr. Sergeant Storks, the Rev. the Chaplain of the Company, the Rev. H. Niiddleton, the Hon. Captain Cust, the Hon. Thomas Liddell, Colonel Gurwood, &e. After the conclusion of the banquet a variety of toasts were given, after which the company separated. COUNTY ASSIZES CALENDAR IN THE DIS TURBED DISTRICTS OF IREL AND. --.Calendar of prisoners in custody for trial at Ennis Summer Assizes : —Covv steal- ing 1, desertion of infants 2, highway robbery 1, robbery from house and person 8, digging land maliciously 1, mur der 2, pig stealing 1, rape 3, sheep stealing 4—total 23. —Limerick Chronicle. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CL 0 CA. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—WC have to notice a reduction of id. per lb. upon all descriptions of American, and in some instances id. has been submitted to by holders. The sales to-day are about 1,000 bags. Our arrivals this morning are French and Ostend mails, and ship letters from St. John's, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Calcutta 20th February. The most important intelligence received this morning is from the East, stating, by accounts from Constantinople, that hostilities had taken place between the Turks and Egyptians, and that the Turkish fleet had put to sea with 10,000 troops on board, to be landed on the coast of Syria. Hafiz Pacha had advanced on the territory of Mehemet Ali, and attacked the Egyptian positions. The Egyptian troops retreated, fighting with the greatest courage, before the Turf s, who were superior in numbers. The places abandoned by the Egyptians were immediately occupied by the Turks. A serious battle was expected to be fought. We are exceedingly short of arrivals this morning. This day being the weekly meeting of the Bank Direc tors, the speculators and money interest are anxiously wait ing to learn the i esult of their deliberations in respect to advancing the disco..in! s to 6 per cent., as was generally r.ported yesterday, which at present is doubtful. Some persons are o f opinion, that they will wait a day or two to give time for their late operation of 51 per cent. to act on the Foreign Exchanges. The report of the Budget in the House of Commons taking place to-morrow, it is not expected that much busi eess will be done in the Funds this day, as the speculators are still in the dark respecting its materiels. It would be dangerous for them to act. THE FUNDS. Consols are not quite so good as they closed, and may be quoted at 93-- for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 25, 27 ; India Bonds, 28 30; Bank Stock, 191 192; India Stock, 255 257. In the Foreign Market most of the prices are nominal as they closed. Spanish Active, 194; Portuguese, 341; Three per Cents., 201 21; Brazilian 77k; Belkian, 1021 ; Coloa.bian, 324 33 4 1 ; Mexican, 261 ; Dutch Two.and a- Half per Cents., MI a ; Five per Cents., 1024 103. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. l!ank Stuck l9l 2, India Stock 06.„ - r' per Cent. Rod 92%U% Ditto Ponds 3 per Cent. Cons. — i South Sea Stock .---, 3. 4 par Cent — I Old Annuities — Ditto Red. New 3% per Cent New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 28 en pm. Jan. 5, 1861 14% 7-I8 i Ditto Small 29 27 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — t Ditto Commercial — pm. J: n. 5, 1800. — 1 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1830 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 3, 1830 — : India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 -- 1. Corms for Account 1 13%0 PRICES OF FOREIGN FO NDS THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds — . Ditto Account I ..., Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1324 WV, 3 Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account 35 %, Ditto Account, Danish Bonds , —, Passive Ditto Account —! Def, rred Greek Bonds ! French, 5 per cent. l. --c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ' --- 4 per cent —f. —c. Ditto Account —! -- 3 per cent. ..... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — ---- Exchange. —f. —C. j Ditto Account — Dutch, 2% per cent ..... .... 54% Ditto, G per Cent —, Ditto Account 54 X)% Ditto Account Neapolitan _l Ditto Account.... ...... PRICES OF SHA►_tES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, 2 2 3 3 Paid. Per share. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 50 20 Edinburgh and Glasgow l5 9 Erighton Railway Mi.ncliciitur and Birmingham Railway l5 9 1 4 , ONE O'CLOCK . . . _ 2 2 3 3 At this hour inquirers and people are going to the Bank to ascertain if any notice has been posted respecting the advance on Discounts to 6 per cent. ; we can state to the present time no notice has been issued from tho Bank Di rectors on the subject, therefore we apprehend it will not take place this day. This instant the following letter bas been received from Luxemburg :—" Most part of the garrison of Luxemburg, composed of Prussians, was to leave yesterday, Saturday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, to occupy Martelange, and to take it by force if they experienced any resistance. At Martelange they were determined to resist : 400 troops of the line, the gendarmerie, and the custom. house officers of the ceded districts, the inhabitants of the village, and the patriots of Arlon and the environs, proceed to defend the Belgian soil, and prevent the Prussians from occupying it. Yesterday evening all the measures of war were taken for a stout resistance; four pieces of cannon were placed to defend the approaches, and every one was determined to sacrifice his life in preference to giving up the place." HALF. PAST ONE. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of ;ester. day's date, from which we copy the following news from Luxemburgh, from the Namur Paper of the 30th June:— Yesterday, at half-past ten at night, orders arrived for the 2 , 1 battalion of the 9th regiment to depart imme diately for Luxemburg. Today at lour o'clock in the morning they left Namur, The squadron of the 2d Chasseurs is immediately to set off for the same destination. " General 011ivier, as well as the Colonel of the 23 Chasseurs, are also going to Luxemburg at 11 o'clock in the morning. Since the early part of the morning Consols have im proved to 932- A- for the opening; Reduced, 94 ' • Exche quer Bills rather lower, 27 25 ; I n I n di a Bonds nothing done ; Bank Stock, 191 192. In the Foreign Market, Spanish has receded to 19; Portuguese also to 34; Columbian, 33k; Brazilian, 774 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., also lower, 54ii; Five per Cents., 102:I. Very little business has been done in either of the nlrkets; nothing has app€ared as yet at the Bank. QUARTER PAST TWO, The meeting of the Bank Directors has broken up; and w•e hear nothing has been done in respect to the discounts, therefore they remain at .5i per cent. The recent marriage of the Earl of Buchan and Miss Maxwell is the first marriage in high life that has been solemnized according to the late Act of Parliament. MEETING IN NAAS TO ADDRESS THE -Q UEEN .—A most numerous and highly respectable meeting of the landed proprietors and other inhabitants of the county of Kildare was held on Saturday in the Court-house of Naas, to address her Majesty, and express their grati tude to her for restoring the present Ministry to office. There were about three thousand persons present. The street in the vicinity of the Court-house wa s also densely crowded. An address was unanimously agreed to and or dered to be presented to her Majesty by the Duke of Leinster, Lords Cloncurry, Leitrim, and Milltown. TRANQUILLITY OF IRELAND.---There are ouly nine cases for trial at the ensuing assizes for the county Galway. This is unexampled in the rccollectien of the oldest inhabitant.—Limerick Chronicle (Tory paper). CHURCH-RATE DEFEATED.—A meeting was held in the perish of St. Sidwells, on Wednesday, for the purpose of passing a Church-rate—the Rev. R. H. Tripp, the perpetual curate, in the chair. The meeting was un usually stormy and noisy, but the result was that the Church-rate was defeated after a poll by a majority of 57 !! This proof of re-action in the " parish" will not be mis taken, and will, we trust, have a salutary effect on the supporters of Church -rates, who, in this spirited opposition, must read the speedy downfall of their intolerant and per. secuting system. The rate was proposed by Mr. G. Hay man, and seconded by Mr. J. Rogers. Mr. G. Bradford moved an amendment, seconded by Mr. N. Commin, that no rate he granted. The show of hands being in favour of the amendment, Mr. George Hayman demanded a serutiey, and that the votes should be taken by the vestry Act ( Sturges Bourne). The polling was taken, first by individual votes, when there were for the amendment 125, against it 68, majority 57. Secondly by the Vestry Act, 215 for the amendment, 159 against it, majority 56. Western Times. • Tuesday night, a few minutes before eleven, the inhabitants of Mortimer -street, Cavendish-square, were thrrwn into excitement by the voices of females crying from the upper windows of Mr. Pettinger's, No. 10, " Murder, help." The police ran to render assistance, when a dreadful scene presented itself; a person named Meadows, occupying the tipper part of the house, returned home in a state of madness front liquor, and attacked his wire and sister with a large knife. The servant girl, in endeavouring to save them, received some severe cuts, and but for the interference of the police and neighbours, fatal consequences must have ensued. With great difficulty he n as secured, and the poor girl conveyed to Middlesex Hos pital, where she still lies. BOAT LOST AND EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED. —On Tuesday the 19th ult., an ill built little crazy craft of a boat, belonging to Stronsay, left Kirkwall harbour for home, and had not been heard of up to the 24th ult. There was a good deal of sea in Stronsay Frith on that day, and as the boat was greatly overloaded, and lumbered with eight persons and their baggage, there appears every reason to dread that she has gone down, and that all have perished. The sufferers were two brothers, the proprie tors of the boat, four mums who were on their way to Stronsay to build there, and two females, one of them a girl and only daughter of a widow in Kirkwall, whose hus band perished in a similar way a few years ago.—Scotch Paper. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest was held on Tuesday in Cloak-lane, Cheapside, on the body of Mr. H. Alexander Smith, aged twenty-five, , who died on Sunday night last. It appeared in evidence that deceased and his wife came on Thursday evening last to lodge at No. 16, in the above lane. When they came they had a bottle of gin and brandy with them. On Fri day, Saturday, and Sunday they drank at the rate of two pints of gin and upwards per diem, without counting one shilling's worth of brandy each morning. The surgeon said when he was called in about twelve o'clock on Sunday night he found that deceased had been already dead three hours, and that his wife was all but dead from the effects of liquor. She was so far gone as to be unable to speak, and he was obliged to use the stomach pump to recover her. Deceased's liver was twice the natural size, and his •stomach and intestines were fatally inflamed. Verdict—. " Died from inflammation produced by excessive drinking." The officers of the Animals' Friend Society last week caused Alexander and William Gardner to be com mitted for 14 days each, by Mr. Bennett, for great cruelty to oxen; and John Tucker and Henry Peters, 14 days , each, by Alderman Kelly, for cruelty to horses ; and at I Bristol the Society caused William Smith to be fined 20s. by the Mayor, and James Wood, Esq., for cruelty to an as (he also was committed for 14 days in default). Thomas Light was likewise charged with cruelty in break ing in a colt, but as the prosecutor did not know whether it was a male or a female, which Mr. Newman required to be proved, this case was dismissed. The Society also charged Warrington, the officer of Hatton-garden Police-office with having abused the Society's officers, and pointed out one cf them in the street as a common informer; but un fJrtunately Mr. Bennett favoured Warrington, and rebuked the Society's officer. BANK OF IRELAND. PUBLIC MEETING AT DROGHEDA TO PE TITION AGAINST THE RENEWAL OF THE BANK OF IRELAND CHARTER. On Monday, the Ist of July, a public meeting of the agriculturists, merchants, manufacturers, and traders of the town and county of the town of Drogheda, was held in the Thelsel, pursuant to a requisition most respectably signed and forwarded to his Worship, Thos. North, Eq., Mayor of Drogheda, when the following resolutions were unani mously passed:— I.—Proposed by Henry Smith, Esq., J. P., and se conded by Patrick Boylan, Esq.--That his Worship, Thw. North, Esq., the Mayor, be appointed Chairman of this Meeting. 2.—Proposed by Mr. Michael Leains, and seconded by Mr. Patrick Kelly—That Mr. Nicholas Whitworth be ap pointed Secretary. 3.—Proposed by Edward Atkinson, M. D., and seconded by Patrick Boylan, Esq.—That we have heard with min gled feelings of surprise and indignation that it is the inten tion of the Chancellor of Exchequer to renew the Charter of the Bank of Ireland, with all its exclusive privileges; , and that we consider such renewal as calculated to inflict deep and lasting injury upon the agriculture, commerce, trade, and manufactures of this town, and of the circle in eluded within fifty miles of Dublin. 4 —Proposed by Nicholas Boylan, Esq., and seconded by Mr. Robert Daly—That it is the undoubted right of I every town and district of the United Kingdom to enjoy equal rights and privileges ; and that oppressive and ex elusive laws, enacted for the purpose of giving a monopoly to any number of individuals, is repugnant to the principles of the British Constitution ; and although there might have been some excuse for ancient Parliaments making ' such laws, when the true principles of legislating for the real interests of commerce, trade, and manufactures were but imperfectly understood ; yet in these enlightened times, when the British Empire has to contend with power ful and skilful rivals, both on the Continents of Europe and America, it is not to be tolerated that the antiquated and exploded notions which prevailed when the Charters of the East India Company and the Bank of England and Ireland were granted, should any longer be permitted to prevail. s.—Proposed by Henry Smith, Esq., J. P., and seconded by Patrick Matthews, Esq.—That in consequence of hopes held out to the deputation from this town, appointed to go to London in June, 1838, on this subject, by the Chancel for of the Exchequer (that he did not intend to recommend, in renewing the Charter of the Bank of Ireland, that such important and rising mercantile towns as Drogheda and Dundalk, should be included within the limits of their monopoly, but should be left open to enjoy a free trade in Banking,) has induced many of the spirited and industrious inhabitants of this town to extend their trades and manufactures to an inconvenient extent if not supported by an extended banking accommodation :—and that such persons will suffer pecu niary loss, and the operatives and community in general great inconvenience, if compelled to depend upon the pre sent contracted issues of one Bank office ; whose business, as appears from the returns m a d e to Pariament, does not exceed 600,0001. per annum, whilst the present trade of Drogheda averages 2,000,000/. per annum at the least. 6.—Proposed by Mr. Joseph M'Loughlin, and seconded by Mr. W. Campbell—That being fully aware of the dif ficulty which the Legislature has to contend with, in re. ference to the Bank of England, in consequence of the connection necessarily created by the enormous National Debt, and the controul of the exchanges, which requires a power over the circulation that ought not, in more favourable circumstances to be tolerated ; yet in this country, where none of these difficulties exist, and where the Bank of Ireland is not required to assume any of these important functions; when at the same time the business transacted for the public by this establishment, might be performed quite as efficiently, and at considerably less ex pense, by one of the Joint-stock Banks, there can be no just or rational grounds assigned for a continuance of the Bank of Ireland monopoly, as no advantages whatever to the public can result therefrom ; but, on the contrary, there will be continued a large useless expenditure, and an unjust, oppressive, and partial restriction of banking ac commodation in many towns and districts. 7.—Proposed by Mr. Alfred Cowdroy, and seconded by Mr: Nathaniel Hill—That our representative Sir \Va liant Somerville is entitled to our warmest thanks for his unceasing exertions to prevent the renewal of the Bank of Ireland monopoly ; and should the Chancellor of the Ex chequer persevere in his determination to renew the Char. ter, we earnestly and respectfully call upon our representa tive not only to oppose such measure, but also to withdraw his general support from the Government, as we consider that any Admistration which could sanction a measure cal culated to inflict so many crying evils upon the people of Ireland, to be totally unworthy of public confidence. B.—Proposed by James Mathews, Esq., seconded by William M'Kenna, Esq.—That the Irish Members of Par liament be requested not to leave Lot.don until the Bank question be decided, as it so materially involves the future prosperity of this country. 9.—Proposed by Mr. Wm. Campbell and seconded by Mr. Nicholas Mackey—That it is the opinion of this Meet ing, representing the trading interests of Drogheda, that a Petition to Parliament be now adopted, setting forth the wants of the inhabitants, and praying to be heard by Counsel at the bar of the House of Commons to avert the heavy blow threatened to be inflicted on their the proper ties and against the general interests of the country. And that a deputation be now appoinhed, to consist of the, fol lowing gentlemen, to proceed forthwith to London for the purpose of promoting the objects of this Meeting, viz.._ The Mayor of Drogheda, Alderman Henry Smith, Dr. Atkinson, Nicholas Boylan, EFq., and Ncth. Hill, Esq. 10.—Proposed by Win. M'Kenna, Esq., seconded by Mr. Thomas Hammond—That the merchants, manufac turers, and traders of Drogheda, in common with ail per osns suffering from the effcts of the moncpoly of the Bank of Ireland, have looked up to Mr. O'Connell in his two. fold capacity, as Governor of a Joint Stock Bank, and also as the guardian of the interests of all Ireland, to take a decided position in opposition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's intended measure of renewing the Bank of Ireland Charter for 15 years. And ia the event of his persevering in this iniquitous and unjust monopoly, that Mr. O'Connell be most respectfully requested by this meeting to call upon all the Irish Members to join him in giving this measure their most strenuous opposition. THOMAS NORTH, Chairman. NICHOLAS WHITWORTH, Secretary. NATIONAL CONVENTION. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY SECRET SITTINGS. , The Delegates were engaged upwards of an hour in secret conclave, reporters as well as the public having been excluded. What was the subject matter of debate it was impossible to ascertain. At length the doors were opened and Mr. SMART was called to the chair. Mr. BURNS called the attention of the Convention to a statement which appeared in the Northern Star of the 18th of June, to the following effect, " Dr. Taylor, in a speech at Dundee, said that he ( Mr. Burns) had, on the 10th of June, recommended Moscowing the country ; on that occasion there were present ten Government reporters, but after that day he (Mr. 11.) absented himself." Dr. TAYLOR replied he knew nothing of the reports in the Northern Star. If Mr. Burns had anything to say to him, he (Mr. Burns) knew where to find him —( Order.) Mr. BURNS denounced Dr. Taylor's assertion as being completely at variance with truth. RUN UPON THE BANKS. Mr. CARGO moved the app ,irAment of a Committee, to consider of and report the best means of converting bank notes into gold, in the distant parts of the country. The people in those places w ere i n a most feverish state regard. ing the means of getting gold for banknotes. The latter were of no use, as they will not be taken in exchange for gold.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'Connor having seconded the motion, Messrs. James Taylor, Moir, Cardo, and Dr. Fletcher, were ap pointed members of the Committee. • Mr. NlTooonousE reported his mission to Brighton, Mansfield, and other places. In all the agricultural dis tricts he met with the greatest opposition. In Bayham it was the intention of the farmers to take him and duck him.—(Hear, and laughter.) The exclusive system he recommended, and it was generally adopted where the Chartists were to be found. In Mans.field there were 150 stand of arms, which the Duke of Portland allotted to every man possessing a garden. Mr. O'CONNOR said that the Government had not sent down those arms ; they were the property of the Duke of Portland, and were given to the people by the Duke, with out the consent, assistance, or advice of the Government. —( Hear.) This he stated on the sworn evidence of Mr. Ilnwin, a Magistrate of Mansfield.—( Hear.) Mr. JAMES TAYLOR reported his mission as being most satisfactory, and that the people were resolved to adopt without delay ulterior measures. ULTERIOR MEASURES. Dr. TAYLOR rose and said that he intended to submit .o the Convention the best means by which they could cdrry out with the utmost speed the ulterior measures. When he went down to his constituents from the Convention he formed the resolution to sit no longer on the Convention unless he received final orders from them as to ulterior measures, the time for watching the National Petition and the Charter having expired..—( Hear, hear.) With this view he visited every village and hamlet in his own district and the adjoining places, and invariably found the people ready and anxiously looking for ulterior measures. In Paisley he held four meetings ; at Barrhead three meetings, and meetings at Kilbarchan, Johnston, Elderslie, Renfrew, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Tillicoultry, Altos, Bonhill, Alexandria, Newcastle, Carlisle, Wigton, Glass gow, and Hamilton. He was also in close correspondence with Govan, Maybole, Cumnock, Mauchline, Irvine, Ayr, and West Kilbride. The re su lt of those meetings and communications, was the most incontrovertible evidence of the people of those places being ready to obey the fiat of the Convention without hesitation.—(Cheers.) His opinion was that they should issue their fiat, calling upon the country to adopt the whol e o f the resolutions contained in the manifesto.—( Hear, hear.) But for the sake of unanimity, and as he looked upon a sacred month the same as a physical force revolution, he would content himself by confining the fiat to a few of those resolutions.—( Hear, hear.) The people were tolerably well armed with muskets, but required bayonets to resift cavalry charges—this error they will quickly redeem.— (Hear.) In Tillicoultry th e re were rifle clubs who were daily practising at the target under the guns of Stilling Castle.—(Cheers.) There was no lack of arms amongst the people, and he had received several orders for supplying them with a better stock of weapons, which order h e would cheerfully obey.—( Hear, hear.) His constituents will, at the election, return Chartist candidates, if those candidates will be prepared to take their seats by other than moral means.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he moved the following resolution :—" That the Convention issue without delay a request to the country at large to withdraw all moneys from all banks and persons hostile to the People's Charter—to convert all money into gold—to abstain from exciseable articles of luxury —to commence exclusive dealings—and to use their constitutional privilege of arming. That the 15th of J u l y be anpointed the day for the commencement of thi s plan." A Mr. O'CONNOR seconded the resclution, and pressed on EVENING EDITION. • the Convention not to hazard their cause, by prematurely forcing forward the people, which would leave them an easy prey to a powerful Government. They should not press their power over the people, as a defeat of a section would be the total overthrow of the Char ' tists. He strongly approved of the sacred month, when the people might act the part of honourable plunderers instead of being arrant slaves.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. CRAlG—Although acquainted with the different places mentioned by Dr. Taylor, he must declare a total ignorance of the instructions said to be given him (Dr. Taylor). He would take no part in the debate, nor would he vote on the question.—( Hear, hear.) Ayrshire v a a; well organized and as well prepared as any other place in ' the kingdom, still he received no instructions to press ulterior measures. Mr. BCSSEY having stated that his constituency was resolved on immediately adopting ulterior measures, that they wore well armed, according to the Bradford journals, and on which he could tell a deal, but it was not the time to do so, that they adopted exclusive measures, and told the shopkeepers what they might expect if they did not joie the Chartists, moved as an amendment, that the whole of the propositions contained in the manifesto be recom mended to the people for adoption on the 15th of July. Mr. CARDO seconded the amendment. Adjourned to Four o'Clock. TUESDAY EVENING. Bo!li yesterday and to-day considerable excitement has prevailed, from its being currently reported and believed that orders bad been received from the Home Office by our borough Magistrates to disperse the vastly increasing nightly assemblages of the Chartists, in the centre of the town. On Monday the Conventionalists from the North, with Mr. Feargus O'Connor at their head, were expected; and, from the accumulated number of persons which it was anticipated would be collected together to meet these itinerant exciters of extreme Democratic principles, the Magis.rates considered it requisite to be prepared for any ulterior measures which might be considered neces sary. A meeting, in consequence, took place yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, at the Public Office, when 15 of the Magistrates, with Colonel Chatterton, who com mands the cavalry at the barracks, and Col. Thorn, the officer in command of the district, were in attendance, but the result of their deliberations was unknown. How ever, it was understood that every precaution would be adopted to prevent the effects of any outbreak. At about eight o'clock, the usual hour of meeting at the base of Nelson's Monument, a considerable num ber of persons assembled, upon which the pension ers, to the amount of about 200, marched from the Town hall, in the direction of the place of meeting, and the cavalry at the barracks were stationed at a convenient dig. tance at the back of D) bah. On these signs of power presenting themselves, the Chartists moved off to Gosta Green, where Mr. O'Connor addressed them at consider aids length ; at the conclusion of which the whole body, to the amount of full 2,000, marched with flags, banners, &c. to the centre of the town, to the great alarm and terror of the inhabitants. The pensioners and troops had, in the mean time, been withdrawn. However, after one or two short addresses, the immense numbers separated. This evening the centre of the town has been thronged with several thousand persons, apparently determined to put all law and power at defiance. As regards their meet ing in the High-street, at the time of post leaving, great numbers of persons were parading various parts of the town. Every night appears to produce an accession of numbers, and much dissatisfaction is expressed at the supiness of the magistracy, in not, in the first instance, acting up to the letter of their public notice, which declared such meetings illegal. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS WEDNESDAY. TIMES.—Some disappointment is expressed to-day that Mr. Home's motion for an inquiry into the conduct of the Bank of England was not brought on last night in the House of Commons, but the mean trickery by which his object was defeated excites, at the same time, no surprise; it only adds to the conviction which before prevailed, that the present Ministers are identified with the Bank Direc tors, and that no chance of redress remains to the country so long as they continue in power. It these men possessed a grain of pride or of manly feeling, they would, at least, allow the question to have a fair hearing, and attempt to dispose cf it, if that must be their policy, by some other means. That at least would preserve a decent appearance with their own adherents, and they could not be worse off than they are already. In adverting to the composition of the Board of Direc tion at the B.:tik, it is impossible not to be struck with some recent changes it has undergone, and which have be come, independently of the general merits of their admi nistration, the subject of much blame in the city. We allude to the extent to which the Members have become agents for American state stccks and joint-stock under takings of various descriptions, and which conveys the sus picion at least of having availed themselves of the ruin of the American banks, which they are charged with having brought about, to rake together all the business they possibly could of the s ,, rne l and And, independently of this view of the case, wtich may possibly admit of some palliation, there is the violators of principle which they have uniformly inculcated in denouncing as mischi2veus the introducti , ,n of all such securities into this country. It is not to be wondered at, that, sanctioned as they have been of late by the names of Bank Directors, they should have been adopted very wi lely by the public as investments. We have heard these American securities described by intelli gent practical men rs the "plague spot" upon the money market of this country, meaning that so much capital is locked up in them, through the temptation of higher in terest, that all other money transactions are cramped and impeded. If the proprietors of Blnk Stock possessed any poser of united action, or a proper sense of their own in terests and importance, they would call upon every Bank Director who has lent himself to these transactions to re sign and make way for purer and better men. An impression was prevalent in the Stock Exchange that the rates of interest an d di scount would again be raised to morrow et the weekly board of the Bank Directors to 6 p.a. cent. An uneasyfeeling was abroad among the dealers in the funds, on account of these successive opera tions for regulating the exchanges and restricting the paper circulation so as to prevent the drain of gold, from their apparent failure in attaining the end aimed at. The transactions in the English market were not on a large scale, but Consols receded to 931 buyers for the opening, at which they closed with a heavy appearance. Bank Stock was 191 to 2; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 275. prem. CHRONICLE. There has literally been nothing going on today, in the monetary or commercial world ; and at the Stock Exchange there has been but little busi ness transacted. All parties, in fact, are waiting quietly until it is more clearly seen which way events may turn, and what will be the course adopted by the Bank of Eng land under the existing state of the exchanges. POST.—The funds have been heavy to-day in both markets. Consols left off at 93'1 to for the Op en i ng, and Exchequer Bill s a t 25 5 . to 27e. prem. The untoward appearance of the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon has rather disconcerted our speculators, each being of course in doubt as to the next move that may be deter mined upon by the Bank of England. The general opi nion seems still to be that a further advance in the rate of interest will take place to-morrow or on a future day, though various other expedients tending to the same end have been talked c.f. As an auxiliary measure, the tern porary issue of one-pound notes to parties who may prefer them to sovereigns has been thought not at all improbable, and the idea is one that is certainly en titled to attention. It is not to be supposed that this or any other unusual alternative will be resorted to by the Directors unless a very strong and urgent necessity for it should be found to exist, which is not the case at present. The exchanges here are apparently not to be cc :,trolled by an advance in the rate of interest alone, but it remains to be seen what effect the last alteration may produce in th e e continental markets, for in these it is that the action caused by the exportation of cern for this country is felt, rather than with us. In the course of a post or two it may be reasonably expected that a decided fall in the price of gold will be ad v i se d , an d the Batik have, as the returns published a few days since have shown, a reserve sufficiently large to meet any demand that can possibly arise for several months to conic. We need not, however, attach importance to the quarterly averages ;Ilene. These are, to a certain extent, fallacious for any purpose of imn , cJiate comp:,rison of the ways and means of the Beek, but we have reason to believe that, however necessary it may be to find a corrective for n unfsvourable course of exchange, the Bank authorities consider their present amount of specie ample, if not ebso teed). abundant. The annihilation of the cotton monopoly FeATIS to have been thoroughly accomplished at the first ffort, and this is a very important consideration. We hope that it may have the effect of cheapening our menu. tines, and that some portion of them may at all events now fled their way to the Continent in the place of bul lion. An export of British goods, although it were to a v(.ry limited extent, would be found greatly to assist the eperations of the Bank. The Liverpool circular received this morning represents the market there to be in the same depressed state that it has been in for some weeks past. The receipt of the next intelligence from hence in the United States will, we think, prove a death-blow to the combination of speculators on that side of the Atlantic. Some business was done in the Columbian Bonds this morning. The dssig.,n of certain parties was 'p ro b a bl y to engage the public in fresh speculations in Spanish and Portuguese. The chief operators have shown their pre dilection to be very decidedly for that class of securities, but it requires a good deal of finesse, after all that has oc curred, to give an impulse to the market for so unprofitable an interest as these have proved to be. The whole have closed at less favourable prices than were previously realised. Five per Cent. Dutch Stock was quoted 1027 to 104; Five per Cent. Portuguese 34 to ; Active Spa nisi' 19 to i; Col um bi an 33 to I; Brazilian .77 to 3-, and Mexican 26 to !ea RALD..__What will the Bank do (has been- the general inquiry throughout the day in almost every de. partment of commerce) to check the tide of continental exchanges against this country ? That question is difficult to answer; but many well-informed parties maintain that they must raise the rate of interest to-morrow; whilst others add that unless they make large purchases of bul lion on the continent, even at a sacrifice, anything else will be but of little benefit. tool of th e present We believe that the Bank, durin g t h e past year, has been m a d e the co mplete Administra tion, wh o res ted at one time thei r c h ance of popularity t n Out of that Machiavelian schem e they have backed with all the dignity that t ru l y b e l ongs to a Whig Government faction. Thus, having - fostered a f a l se trade Corn-lave, la %v s . creating, and then fo rc i ng an outcry against the in foreign corn, when the plot failed they have le't the bank the victim of their intrigues for popularity and desire for place, tacitly giving it to understand that it must do t h e best for itself, whilst the country at large is to be left mercy of false p r i nc i p l es of government, and also at that th t' of a monetary establishment presumed to be national, whilst the very conduct of the Government nullifies the little power it has left to serve or rid the commerce, agri. culture, and manufactures of the country.