The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-25 00:00:00

m..... , .....''" .w. rhich woo 'oldstreara Thursday ur yes_tf, r " r her Or Inimencek walau Mehol ,ce Albert. , R. Bi s hop, 13arnett. . s s of K ; .... costs.ent. an hour is morni a l • yed it honour u. [ es and tb e . ja the f°r v ., ce was it on horse' • lel WYl de ' 1 Claies3(44 01, and the attern°l2l4' arig in 5 ► the .. 12 °Y . 41 . eve ning i .1 the E, l nr y ° Sir Plit ,rteeeY+el tier, Cat ell „ yra our• tend ice on b! • i n g the f thove' 4 al ter. ssiger• s. tzio to mied ,arter ntc ud ,arrio_4-000 the I 'o/ Tage r T O Dell i ope l VI/ l~E• th° n atiO p e. cl j oUt at ' pre" , ump i t j P- q orofsnu -31504 ffr d of 11 who , ,ra sero u f f. , ° 0 1° ' r Jan i lon. n - it ,' tr : oMe t s til b ei lePu ,h Si r 6 1 o ilner t Loners r lO fo PS 0 nAcEs. It Las ken constantly remarked that the weather, on d of ftes car festivals in which her Majesty is iti 'rnally concealed, •is invariably fine and pro- Ytsterday was the annivenary of Ler .Slajp st3 ' s birth, and, r.s it was ushered in by a- hri!liant day. It was also the anniversary of ith e oaks, - a prize . for VN hich our fleetest fillies con l!'ntl, and ti e I,vinning of which con f ers as d u r a bl e an lnrtality as can . he ear ne d by th e e ff or t s o f flesh and flood. The morn:ng was cloudy and cold, but eit • ri :i . in the fA-,.n001i he sun broke forth, and shone its r)early and steadily throughout th e w h o l e o f th e day. ; tall would _have cause d i nconven ie n t h ea t, It not been for .a rivig , rating north-east T t ind, that .bl, .w ste•ldilv, and without intermission. ts ' a vlngl e_n su l, jected . to a longer duration of drought : l an was (vox at lea,t to the present generation, tirr e d ! ° "vn, the rotlds were th.ep with dust, which, being I; v np • ( art i wl eels and horses' hoofs, was . e lit by the wind eeross the course, coverirg it with a Welt vet trielit h aze . C ompare d w i t h t h e multi :tit: thatthronged the course on Wednesday, the "nblag', ve s t ( r d ar, was small indeed ; the early t tr2 ins that brought do .vn hundreds, were limited to c( n'es, and at une Cellek tht re were not more than 9 00 perso ns on the course. The gambling booths ;'nadd6alTeared in t6b, and the fifty or sixty. refresh "t booths that reit:ained were driving but a very _cant trade. The poll. e, many of them mounted and fi,t there wai ~,rtnel with sabre s , st i l l mustere d i n strong f orce, really vory little for them to do. there were not 150 e irr i ages by the ropes on either te (46 . the onurse, t ut t h ere was a to l era bl y f a i r mus ilirnof them, ' b twe:.n 200 and 300, on the side of the ti„, 11 " 1 . 1 Y - opposite to the Grand Stand. The Let- • tins ling was crowded, and there appeared at one the The vicinity t ` many congreg,ated in that locality as in of the Grand Stand, which just before e te orus t y t ee d e id u nk , ined alaut, half the number of sdecta "n Wednesday. It is very difficult to • a me tilde spread ir * , - egularly over an irregular migh t l' a i cee of ground; the eye of an old generb selve s ex ".° it, hilt we do not . think our ten 'tllo‘-‘,l„gating or extenuating in stating that strid es . lersons did not witness the swift Oaken of ttle'- Pi-lutes% yesterday to bear away the cidene Cro w n. , There are strange and pleasant coin haptql,Cs tuts w orld—particularly agreeable to those twged with a Lille fanciful superstition. The. brat;dess foremost in the Olympic game cele l corn on the t „, day tic greatest Queen in the wo . r ae he r fifth lustre. Taking all things into sa c° ' and particularly the absence of some thuu- i Tith ' cau sed by th e quietus given to their princlpa attr act i on __ arnbling the Oaks had. a fair aver . age attend ance, g The mot fastidious could not comram of s t ;res of confusion and vulgarity, and the races 1118libisiqs-ultoeur tiass i f ., - „Ofr as !quietly as the most contemplative Corn scould-desire. 'We have to apologise to that caterer for the creature-comforts of the )3P:tmentioning ili ng world, Mr. Careless, for our carelessness in Porti his merits before. By him the proper s ". of the Grand Stand was converted into a te or s—tir ant, which would have done credit to a IT el e f face b._.n ea_Carerne. H av i ng sa id thi s muc h by wa y o f of th p d we will n ow d escr ib e th e business events e reay. T II E Of sA OAKS STAKES Bst ' 7 -- says• each, h f t , f or th ree y rs o ld fillies, 1b each. Th e owner o f th e secon d horse to • ece ive SO soy's. out of the stakes, and the WI in ner to Ply 120 so‘.'s. towards the police rept ' ' ati " 3 of the Course. Last mile and a half. L (118 Subs.) ' ek.flel Arson's The Princess (F. Butler) 1 ,i)l*(4 Exeter's Yero -e 1 . t i :j., Gre i-t"rfs . Barricade r (Matson) 3 L O (-1 Albemarle's Rebinia (Whitehouse) 0 A t 14 G• Bentincl-'- All-round-my-hat ..(Rogers) 0 votfoli;iiiehtiwah's ' ..• ‘- r s ulla (Barbara filly) .(Bell) 0 Si r ij „" - , k nson's Buzz L o •" • Bulkelev's Coal Black Rose (Darling) 0 iLord2l Chesterfield's. The Bee.. ....... •• • • (Nat) 0 t r Chesterfield'; Joan of Arc . ..... (Smpson) 0 k r , 3:)e n ll 4rn% Pair Charlotte (J. Howlett) 0 1.-- - .l:: L i46ll 's Arethusa .. (Lye) 0 Vfo„Exeter's Per Maria i'L l ;• . , 12.,ratvoleke's Cestus filly . air. Zstaldish's Susan - 0 (Francis) 0 • eol o .Bbal destores Sis. to Martingale ..(11obinson) 0 . 1 4 Ilei Peel's Zenobia. . : Ai r r . . alta wlinson's Charm ing Kate. (Calloway) 0 (Marlow) 0 illti_ Robinson's April Noddy .• • ..... , • n.) 0 1 ,4 Zrl Rot hschild's Emerald (J. Day, Ju ki:. `,l,rlidbrcke's Boarding-sehool Miss(Edwards) 0 ) 0 Lora hornbill's Example (Chifne.y A ir, P 'es tin'nitt-r's Fanny Eden...(Templeman) 0 k*' " ir,",:,ltogers's Moor-hen fi11 y.. .. (B ar th o l omew ) 0 "' -tarburgh7-s Miss York .. ...(E. Edwards) 0 : ?t o 2 „, t „ , BETTING. ta' 4 '" oi!. to Martin- l4 to 1 agst Merope 5 t-c•e 20 to 1 sgst Buzz • 7 tu - a gst The Princess—t 25 to 1 agst April . Noddy • ? 4, 1 , a gt• Julia 25 to 1 agst Charming Kate ' lO t Uktrricarle 30 to 1 agst Joan of Arc t 1 0 tagq 411-r. urid-m 30 to 1 agst Stomacher— . -2 t : l4- . s' • Y 40 to I ngst Boarding -1 agst The Bte school Miss. . Ch a ,„. THE RACE. ,of he r ring Kate, somewhat against the inclination 'Alli J ek arev, took the lead, followed by Barricade, k :tall, A.ll l round-my-Hat, and Fair Charlotte, ics to 4 ti;l'e t and the P-incess next, and the ruck, thanks erar 7 : ua arless of ' the pace, closely laid up. At the riit,n'';a . st artirr t ,-Fist, Charming Kate retired, andAtlhle ' Latt .. t i .4. was token up by Emerald, Barricade, ;I:be tl y -- : 111 Y-Iiat, and Fair Charlotte, lying . in her wake. d IlltoW a a thus to the turn, where the Princess moved t third place, in which she continued to the tto tif . il lici then, on Emerald s retirement, she went in . a.e4l.4nd increasing her lead at the distance, won in Ilipe c hs t 1 1 two lengths. Merope, then, on the whip aria L '. ( 7. 4 de an - eofort about a dozen strides from home, Il f th' e **- i"., 11 ,P within a length, but csassed in the rear ' Il e i _Xt th . :, lll cess a few yards from the chair, and finished ‘ , lol gtk ir , vver rails ; she defeated Barricade about a - ta1t,,,, — ',.. L : Julia, Coal Black Rose, and Pergularia, ran pi e th_ Th e • tiii'ttit'er a couple of lengths from the first three ; llltk. I. ' w as within four or five lengths of the second favourite was beaten all the way. The Pr4te s ,.“'llKhout was very slow. Julia ran under Osb A i t i fr ° ll l Colonel A nson , Mr. Gregory, and Mr. t t . e i.. - ' thsll ., on th e groun d th a t she was not of the .. ace. Cst - 7 1V 1, 111 leers' Plate of 50 sovs., for three years old, 0 3t in ; four, Bst 91b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, Sinn lb l' mares and geldings allowed 31b. The k t r . to be sold for 200 sovs. Heats; two miles. k 12aw '011's br c Lord Saltoun , 1 1 kt; `-';`horne's bl c Boniface kl-' 6ll it6tbserld' Defence ... 3 3 • \r e . ,„ 11 s 'th e laii 8 1 1011Cl 3 )1 1 . 4 ~ I .r.akillowing also ran but were not placed : te ter, : . I .k-r eseott's Paradise, aged—Mr. Vane's Blus latlf Yt's—Mr. Stirling's The Pocket Viper, 4 yrs, in „. 1 :-, nardy' s Ob e li sk; age d . Th e fi rs t h ea t was • h. i4 , 6: 1 3 1 by t wo l engt h s, an d t h e secon d c l ever ly by , •.44 e ,, t‘ 40 ' 1, 1 ",? and - Oaks Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 4 ( .%w; three yrs old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 21b ; geiii; ' St ; • six and aged, 9st 21b. Mares and at this allowed •31b. Horses having started once ..._ • twi t ,' I S meeting and been beaten, allowed 31b; bi 1 4 4.1 611 ). The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., ov e ' r '' chlered as to - be sold for 80 sovs. allowed 71h } lor st , lll4 above all other allowances; the second to . .04 0 receive 'neck his stake. Heats; one mile. ahs.) . li t- b '3 Mr 1 1 :at .8 Misdeal, 5 yrs (Nat) 1 1 Ur. It ' , eseott's 80. Thorns aged Nr. / :t.,"(lle's Jamie Falshaw, ' 4 yrs Al , ~L t ie , i t __ _._ 3 4 1. 1% sh o , ,, ,liatiha, aged Sr 13 0,0 0' s Nizza, 4 yrs 4p. A `ii s Cumelino, aged • T1x,.. -j(li n-* 4 one' s Brcalholm, 4 yrs 13 18 rw ; ci fi ! ..: 4 t heat Was won after a fine race, ra'n n t . : L u nlY, Dahlia a bad third ; Camelino broke aeal ~. "'a distance. Second heat-2 to lon Mis , w i ,,, , . • , lit ot h." I N na in a canter, and was claimed. it tintii .thit furiher has transpired with regard to the ill e!... tl i ni ea n t.lo l ,, - 0 case, but we understand that a corn 4-"L'Onei 10, -- "as betn received by the Stewards from that i t `'al, which fully substantiates our statement will be forthwith carried into a court of law. ill.,i.„l:B!l:l(tiJaetrtanradvvLoily Peel leave town this day for :L I ' —Last night • kr. /1111tAttY INSTITUTE 'WESTMINSTER. Applied the inventf)r of the Archimedean screw, as Purt a Z t° the olilation gave a lecture here other 41 for th t statict, Must; kited by models and gs, cr . . showing, ventilated, in ellurpose of not only how larg ap e pa . ra build butus th e 'mall apartments could be effectively t o e rea,ons that failure had been attendant upon th p o . ..9ri s a s ,, plied .me Of the most scientific men who bad wasa 411: the' energies to such purpose. The theatre by , ' e:ldel, tied Mr. Day was listened to th . rough‘lit all the Irn !ilidieNee v‘ 1 o exhibited great interest I,ePrfir.tant details most ably explained by lecturer.the m d,,,ips the most useful invention by Mr. Day,.e aaup_ plied lI P'In bY him, is a wind-guard, which may b taurtz, ~it niay, a vacuum ' is i t t " the largest aid the smallest chimney, and by reason ver .. d qu 3 ePtit'rtiction let the wind blow from wbate wait, and thus a producedchimney'' smoking" is placed • Yond p o 1 . 1 a no 3 th e slightest ssi n ity. Mr. Day is evidently a man 141inec41... attainments, and those who are concerned in build- . ri4 1 " 11 1d profit rtmeh by taking advantage of the expe ,z9e znost liberally extended by this lecturer. ......1.1 :Ita ly r ma. .----Yr. John 0 croft, a respectable stone baTioa_ be this village, whose family came with the Settled' whcn the). invaded Enuland, and have been pr at X hid)), ever since, found in his garden a small of ' - e 'la of Constantine, in a remarkably fine state ;14,_preSerVation, a Saxon silver penny, coined at Bristol, i,cl brass coin of What is called " the dark money," te nant was coined convents. Mr. Oscroft, being a of il of the Duke of Portland, communicated the fact Qi..28 6oding e above, and that he considered his I,ll'r entitled to them. The Saxon coin is considered 11414 ou account of its sottroity.--/Vottingham Review. LIT ERATURE. HILOEB RAIVW.3 Vols. Mortimer, London, 1844. This is an historical romance of the days of Queen Elizabeth, and the principal incidents are supposed to have taken place about the time when the Spanish Armada was defeated by Lord Howard of Effingham, an off cial notice of which defeat, by command of her Majesty, -concludes the volumes. The principal personages of the story are Hildebrand Clifford, who like all heroes, is handsome, brave, adventurous, and so forth, and Eveline, the only daughter of a Catholic Baronet, of illustrious and ancient desc,ent. They are married, of course, in the third volume, after the happy bridegroom has undergone the usual vicissi tudes of fortune, an account of which vicissitudes forms the burden of the tale. There is certainly some interest in the story, but it is not of an engross ing character, for the characters are not sufficiently discriminated, and the incidents are too frequently much more startling than probable. UNCLE SAM. 2 Vols. - Mortither, London, 1844. There is some spirit and vivacity in this sketchy work, but it is not of a high order of merit, and the sketches of American character, of which the volumes chiefly consist, though faithful enough, no doubt, have littlo grace, or finish, or humour to recommend them. THE CURRENCY MONSTROSITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUI but,—lt seems that the circulation of banks is to remain in eatu quo. If the A B bank now (on an average of two years) issues 100,0001., it is to continue to do so, ad infinitum. Of co irse, an additional Act of Parliament will be passed, en acting that the trade of each locality shall remain stationary —otherwise, some impertinent town may start up, and though n 07.• doing but 10,0001. of business, may, ten years hence, do 200,0001., yet its banks would not be allowed to Issue one single n re more than they now do ! Again, the Premier kindly takes care of the interests of bankers, which they, poor ignorant dolts, cannot look after themselves. He finds cut that they lose money by having so many branches, therefore he determines to make new branches more profitable, by compelling the bankers to pay 301. fir every one they open ! But these are mere specks in the sun. The grand unsur passable, unspeakable, never-to-be-enough-lauded discovery, which this profound Minister makes is, that at certain times the Bank of England had a diminished quantity of gold, and, therefore, " it was clear," that the "country banks ought to have diminished their circulation !" To say nothing of the exquisite idea, that when one esta blishment diminishes its circulation, another, convenient or not convenient, must do the same, I would venture, with-the most profound humility, to hint, that if a gap be made in one moiety (the metallic) of our currency, that is precisely the reason why the other moiety should be increased to make up the deficiency. Let me venture to breathe into the ear of our never-in next-five,thousand-years-to- be-equalled-Premier what is clearly a profound secret to him, viz., that while he ima gines our bank notes and sovereigns constitute our whole currency, and that the importation of some thirty millions of gold would suffice to banish paper wholly, and give us his darling " metallic currency," the truth is, that our main circulation is in bills of exchange ; and that, to supply their, place we should need—not thirty, but three hundred millions of gold ! Moreover, that the whole of Europe could not supply us with the amount, if we were idiots enough to desire it. One of the greatest curses attendant on Peel's Govern ment is, that he conceals his plans until no time is left to consider and discuss them—Yours, COMMON SENSE. 'ROBBERY AT :BUCKINGHAM ..., 131P,ERIA L PARLIAMENT. PALACE BY THE SERVANTS. . . ' HOUSE OF caIIMIONS,'"3I4 24. ' 4 ' Ellen Lindsay, a housemaid employed in Buckingham Pa- The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. lace, and Elizabeth Lindsay, a linen woman, her sister, were l - • . .NEVV; MEMBER. • ! brought before Mr. Hall, at Bow-street, charged with steal- Admiral BOWLES took the oathsand his seat - for ing a quantity of blankets, counterpanes , linen , and other Launceston, in the room of Sir Henry Hardinge , ap articles of a similar description, valued at-about 40/.; the pro- 7 , pointer.l. Governor. General of India. perty of her Majesty; and James Lindsay, their brother, ‘a., was 'The South-Eastern. Railway Bill was read a third surgeon, residing at 25, Upper- Eaton-street, Pimlico , s c t h e a l r e g n. ei with receiving the same, knowing them to hav e been tun i e ,hes and hpeaffisseeld United Gas Bill was read a third time d. Mr. Charles Brimfield, of 25, Upper Eaton-street, being and passed. sworn, said, the male prisoner has lodged in my house since 1 Mr. GROGAN presented a petition from Dublin the month of December last, occupying two rooms on the i against the Standing Order being suspended in favour second-floor, which consist of a sitting and a bed - roo m. He of Dublin and Cashel Railway Bill, and praying to be had two sisters employed in Buckingham Palace , who on heard by counsel against the Bill. several occasions visited him. They usually, as far as I can i Mr. SHAW presented a similar petition from the recollect, came to the house separately, and I was given to understand that one was a housemaid and the other w as em- landowners on the line. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. ployed as a linen woman. During the lasttwo months I ob served they came about four times a week until the last few Mr. RICE presented a petition from Dover against days. They were generally admitted by members of my the Dissenters Chapels Bill. family, and within the last two months I have seen in . Mr. THORNELY presented two petitions in favour his bed-room large quantities of property, such as t hat pro- of the Bill. duced, and some of the counterpanes were laid in a chest Mr. A. CHAPMAN presented six petitions from of drawers, which, until the visits of the females b ecame Wesleyan Methodists against the Bill. so frequent, I did not see in the drawers, but from time to Mr. TUITE presented five petitions to the same effect. time they appeared to increase in bulk, one of the articles Lord MARSHAM presented petitions from Tenter being perfectly new, and marked "V. R., 1840," which I saw in the room on Monday last; and which was brought terden an s d ci o l t o he L r E p E la i c E et in l Kent, to the same effect. to my house in a van on the 7th inst., empty and 11Ir. presented a petition from lined with white pasteboard paper. The other box produced Newhall-hill in favour of the Bill. was also in the same room, and was brought to the house Mr. AINSWORTH presented petitions from Bolton about a month previously. The blankets appeared to be of against the Bill ; also a petition against the County a peculiar kind, and bound with silk feretting, similar to that Courts Bill. produced. There were also some muslin window curtains, Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from Leeds having a large flower worked upon them, which were tied against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. up in the room, and a blue China plate, such as the one pro- .Ir. KEMBLE presented eight petitions from Surrey duced, having " Buckingham Palace" on the back, but which to the same effect. I did not at first observe. About two months back a pillo w Lord ASHLEY presented petitions from Dorsetshire was brought in a band-box,which was taken in by my wife; it appeared to be a down one, and was delivered as coining to the same effect. from Miss Lindsay. The females usually came to the house Mr. GROGAN presented a petition from Dublin to separately, and the prisoner Ellen used to remain a conside- the same effect.,. rable time, locked up with the male prisoner in the bedroom. Mr. ACKLAND presented three petitions,to the same On Tuesday I recollect the two boxes, with two smaller ones, effect. were removed in a cart, under the superintendence of the male Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Derbyshire to prisoner, who delivered them to the carter, about half-past the same effect. two o'clock. On passing by the prisoner, he appeared agi- Mr. RASHLEIGH presented a petition to the same tated, and said, " We are removing these things out of your way." I happened to follow the boxes, and the two smaller effect' Mr. lIAWES p resented etition . i from Derby to the resented petitions to the same effect. ones were dropped at 17, Lower Eaton - street , w hile the larger ones were left at No. 9, Belgrave-street, South, the • Mr. MUNDY p p prisoner all the time following the cart. A few days pre- same effect. vious, the whole of the articles were taken out of the drawers Mr. BOTFIELD presented a petition to the same and placed in the boxes ; and about four days before that effect. time, the male prisoner and one • of the females were rocked Sir G. COCKBURN presented a petition to the same up in the bedroom for a considerable time, busily engaged, as effect if packing up some articles; and my belief is that it was not wearing apparel. The prisoner kept my lodgings up to the Mr. T. EGERTON presented a petition from Che shire to the same efiect. time he was apprehended ; and his sister used to visit him Mr H. BERKELEY presented six petitions from within the last two months, about half - past nine o'clock in - • • Bristol to the same effect. the evening. I accompanied the officer, on Wednesday last, to the house in Belgrave-street, and identified the boxes Sir T. ESMONDE presented a petition from Wexford produced. I now identify the counterpane, blankets, the to the same effect. linen not made up, napkins and other articles, as the same Mr. I'. S. BUTLER presented a petition from the which were at my house, and in the possession of the male city o f Cork, praying f)r a tax on absentees. prisoner. Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition from the Wes- Other evidence having been adduced, Inspector Steed said he recollected going to the house of leyans of Durham against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. - Mr. TRELAWNEY presented two petitions to the Mr. Brimfield on the 11th instant, and on entering the bed room on the second floor with him, hopointed out the various same effect. articles similar to those produced. There were also several Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from the wool of linen not made up, and he saw the boxes, together s p inners of Nortwitch, praying the House to take their with the pillow, which was covered with brown holland. In distressed condition into its consideration. the front room there were several pieces of blanketing Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from Kendal wrapped up, and there was also a blue plate with the wards in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. " Buckingham Palace" on the back. On Wednesday, the Mr. REDINGTON presented a petition from Dun 15th, he followed the prisoner Ellen to Mr. Brimfield's, about dalk against the Bill. six o'clock in the evening, with a small parcel. He knew Sir E. HAYES . presented two petitions from Donegal Elizabeth was in the habit of employing Harding's van to • • against the Bill, convey linen to and from the palace. The females reside in the palace, and on executing the search in Belgrave-street ,Ti Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from a body of, South, to, where the boxes were carried, he saw Captain VY eslyan Methodists, against certain clauses in the Dis- M‘Malion, the occupier, to whom he told his business, and senters' Chapels Bill. he instantly pointed out the two boxes , wh i ch witness took Mr. Evart, Mr. Hume; Mr. Boyd, and Lord Claude away in the presence of Mr. Saunders. They were corded Hamilton presented similar petitions. and locked, and having opened them, they were found to con- Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition to the same tain the articles spoken t o by the last w itnesses. There were effect from a congregation of Wesleyan Methodists at among them a blanket of a very fine texture, with "W. R." Clithero. and a crown, together with a duster, marked "V. R.," with a Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from an indivi crown above, and 1839 marked in blue ink, which was picked dual named Carr, complaining that a sum of money, due out. He then conveyed away the boxes and committed them to his late uncle, and towhich the petitioner was entitled, to the care of Mr. Saunders, to be deposited in the Lord Cham was unj withheld . berlain's office. Witness then went to N 0.25, Upper Eaton-' ustly interfere, and at t t h o e c W au a se tco t ffi he ce m . street, where he apprehended the male prisoner, and having told P money him his business, he cautioned him as he was about to make to ra b y e e p d some observation, and he said he would communicate with his SMUGGLING. a t i h d e ._( Ho A us l e au t g o b i .) sisters upon the subject. He then said the boxes contained some M r . FERRAND presented a petition from an indi of the Queen's property, and having informed him that one vidual named Lundy, at Hull, complaining of the con article bore the initials of her Majesty, he said he had nothing duct of the Hon. Member for Montrroesethwahto, Committee,as Chair Chair to do with it more than having charge of it for his sister, m u anfrou from thßeuCllotmo mgiityteeeeovnideSnmcueggbleifroig, had brought him whose perquisite it was. He also pointed out the plate, but the prisoner made no reply. In the bedroom he saw the Id refused to him remuneration for his expenses. drawers full of wearing apparel, which, on a former occasion, a The were full of the articles produced. As they were leaving the Mr. HUME gives id he was always ashamed of being to give sitting-room, before proceeding to the station-house, witness duped.--A laugh.) petitioner had offered • held the plate in his hand, and the prisoner said it was a important evidence on the subject of smuggling, but trumpery article • can't you hide it? The boxes were then when he came before the Committee he stated a lot of over llurn e ag g ai a n ve he hini wou s l i d ; sealed up at the 'Lord Chamberlain's office; and yesterday rigmarole—(A laugh)—but evidently withheld the in having apprehended-the females, Elizabeth said, " What shall formation which he cou7d have given. He claimed 171. I do ?• can you give me any advice?" but witness declined, saying she would have justice shown to her.not t give him a . shillin The fact was he had been the dupe tbg expenses,lvereatned be dune of a cunning, crafty g. man.—( Bear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. Saunders said when the boxes were taken an inventory was taken of their contents, and then sealed up. The females if the were employed in the royal service for fourteen or fifteen years. He believed all the articles belonged to the palace, He could appeal to the members of the Committee who and, being for the most part quite new, worth about 401. were then in the House as to the value of the peti- The male prisoner said he always considered the articles tioner's evidence. brought to him belonged to his sisters, as they had told him, Dr. BOWRING said he never heard more worthless and he only took charge of them, without ever examining evidence in his life.—(Hear, hear.) what they consisted of.. inion of the Committee that the Hon. Member for Mon tr The prisoner Elizabeth said she considered the linen her Mr. DARBY said he believed that it was the gene own, as her mother, who was dead about fourteen years, had ran op left it to her sister, who deposited it with her when she was lose had been done for the first time in his lif e. BANK CHARTER BILL. living at St. James's Palace, and she occasionally used it for the household when pressed for such an article ; but as to the The Bank Charter Bill was brought i n and read a four common blankets, they were given to her by the late first time. Sir Thomas Nash, as being condemned in his late Majesty's reign. The prisoners were then remanded, and in a short time were removed in the van to Tothill-fields Prison. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MAY 13.—The sitting scarcely occupied an hour, and very few of the papers which were read possessed general interest. M. Arago informed the Academy that arrangements were inking for putting up, at the Paris observatory, a telescope of enormous dimensions, furnished with glasses combining all the new improve ments, and worked by machinery. A commission was appointed to co-operate with M. Arago on this important subject. A very long paper, interesting only in its details to chemists, was received from Bordeaux, on the quantity of heat given out by the various combinations of sulphuric acid with water. M. Laignel laid before the Academy a notice of a new apparatus for soundings at sea during the passage of the vessel through the water. At present, it fre quently happens when a vessel is going at a quick rate, that the lead ceases to descend, and even returns towards the surface. By the new apparatus the line is made to fall by the very march of the vessel, on the same principle, in the inverse way, as a kite rises in the air by the apparent action of drawing it towards the holder by the string. A disk of wood to which the lead is attached is made by the action of the appa ratus in the resistance that it sustains to plunge to wards the bottom. The idea is ingenious, and will probably be found successful in practice.—A com munication was received from M. Hoefer, on the organisation of the instrUction and practice of me dicine in Prussia, •and- the secondary states of the Germanic Confederation. We gather from this paper-that the theoretic studies are more rigorous in Germany than in France, but that the clinical studies are less rigid, which the author attributes to the vicious organisation of the German hospitals. In Germany, as elsewhere, sufficient attention is not paid to the practical knowledge of medicine and sur gery, and men who study hard in the cabinet are per mitted to take out degrees without going through the practical probation which can alone give real know ledge to the practitioner. We learn that it has been proposed to adopt a different system in Germany, and to establish regular grades of the faculty; requiring for the first grade—bachelor in medicine—an apprentice ship in both medicine and surgery, with a perfect knowledge of the nature and combinations of drugs, and granting the physician's degree only after a cer tain period of practice, added to this apprenticeship. The fees to the members of the first grade would of course be lower than those to persons of the higher grade, who would, in addition to their practical know ledge, as derived from apprenticeship, have the advantage of experience. The poor, and persons of the middle class, who are unable to pay high fees, would thus have a guarantee for the capacity of their medical attendants, and a phy sician could be called in occasionally, to add the ad vantage of his greater experience to the knowledge of the bachelor in medicine and surgery. Something of this kind would perhaps be useful in other coun tries as well as in Germany ; for, whatever may be the theoretical knowledge of the applicant for the di ploma of doctor in medicine, it is hardly right to confer the highest degree of the most important part . of human science without those guarantees of prac tice and experience which are considered necessary in less important professions. POOR-LAWS. On laying the tenth Report of the Poor-law Commis sioners on the table of the House, Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice, on the part of her Ma jesty's Government, that on the first clay after the recess it was his intention to move the appointment of a Select Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the Report. SIGNATURE OF EXCHEQUER-BILLS, &C. Sir George Clerk and Colonel Sibthorp have moved for and ob tained some returns relative to the signature of Exchequer bills and copies of letters addressed from the Controller- General of the Exchequer to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, dated the 15th of January and the Ist of April, 1844. From a general abstract contained in these papers, it appears that the gross total number of Exchequer-bills signed by the Controller-General in the year ending the 31st of December, 1842,amounted to 19,236, and the value thereof to 34,921,8111. ; of these, 10,981 were signed by Lord Mont eagle and Mr. Perceval, and 8,255 by Lord gonteagle and Mr. Eden. The total number of bills signed by the Assist ant-Controller, during the same period, amounted altogether to 13,419, and the value thereof to 9,340,6651. The number of bills signed by the Controller-General, from the 31st of December, 1842, to the. 28th of March, 1844, amounted to 24,210, and the value thereof to 53,540,6271. The number of bills signed by the Assistant-Controller during the same period amounted to 22,119, and the value thereof to 9,218,387/. The total number of bills signed in the same period by the Controller-General and the Assistant-Con troller amounted to 78,984, and the value thereof to 107,021,4911. The movers of the return having institnted an inquiry into the number of days in which Lord Mont eagle devotes himself to the high and important duties of his situation, it is answered that in the year 1842, the Noble Controller-General of the Exchequer attended at his office for 199 days, and was absent during the same year 111 days. In 1843, his attendance was during 204 days, and his absence 106 days ; manifesting a slight tendency towards increased application to business. Since New Year's-day, 1844, the Noble Lord has attended 76 days without any interval of ab sence. The total of his attendance during the above interval has been 479 days. ARRIVAL OF TROOPS AT GUERNSEY.—This morn ing (Monday), between eight and nine o'clock, her Majesty's steam-ship Dee, of 800 tons, Lieutenant Driver, arrived in our roadstead, bringing, as it is understood, a Queen's mes senger, with dispatches for the Lieutenant-Governor, Major- General Napier. The Queen's messenger, immediately on landing, proceeded in a carriage to Havilland hall, the resi dence of his Excellency. In about two hours after, another of her Majesty's steam-ships the Blazer, of 500 tons, Captain Washington, arrived in the roads, and it was immediately seen that she was crowded with troops. It soon transpired, that both steamers had left the Isle of Wight yesterday (Sunday), but no further information could be obtained. The commanding officer of the troops and Captain Washing ton having landed, were met on the pier by Major Bain brigge, and shortly afterwards it was seen that preparations were being made for landing the men. It turned out that the Blazer had on board the depots of the 23d, 42d, and 97th Regiments from the Isle of Wight, amounting to about 350 men. The 23d marched to the Vale Castle, the 42d were disembarked at Cornet Castle, and the 97th were still on board the Blazer at the time of our going to press. It is understood that two other depots, also from the Isle of Wight , are now on their passage, on board a transport, and that the garrison of this island (Guernsey) is to be increased by 1,000 men. The unexpected arrival of these troops has caused a great deal of surprise and given rise to many sur mises, but nothing is publicly known on the subject, and we therefore refrain from repeating any of the speculations which we have heard. We may mention that the 42d is a highland regiment., wearing the national costume of the kilt, philibeg, &c. The Dee s is to sail this (Monday) afternoon. --Guernsey Paper. INTENDED OPENING OF THE WEST LONDON RAlL wAy.—The opening of the West London Railway, which line has been so long in bringing to completion, is at length announced to take place on Monday next, the 27th inst. (Whit-Monday). The line in question is intended as a com munication both for passengers and luggage between the Great Western and the London and Birmingham Railways, and the south and south-western portions of the metropolis and its suburbs, as well as for the transit of heavy goods from the above principal railways and the Thames, by means of the Kensington Canal. The line commences at the basin of the Kensington Canal, south of the Great Western road, under which it passes at the western extremity of Kensington, whence it proceeds in a northerly direction under the Ux bridge-road, at Shepherd's Bush, and crossing Wormwood Scrubs, passes across the Great Western Railway at Kensal- Feen, and from thence under the Paddington Canal, and joins the London and Birmingham Railway. On the north side of the Great Western road, and also on the north side of the Uxbridge road, two handsome stations have been erected, with convenient waiting-rooms for passengers, from which station it is intended to run trains every day after Monday next, to meet corresponding trains on the Great Western and London and Birmingham Railways. The West London Railway is intended to be hereafter carried to Knightsbridge green, as its western terminus, and to Battersea-bridge, with a view to its communicating with the South-Western Rail way. Notices of this intended extension have been some time issued. GREENWICH FAIL—The erection of booths and other preparations for the Whitsun-fair, are going on rapidly, and the prospect of fine weather has induced many of the shopkeepers in the town to make additions to the usual ar rangements. In the fair field, Richardson, Alger, Scowton, and other well-known caterers for the amusement of holiday folks have already pitched their tents. The police arrange ments will be similar to those at Easter, when they gave r general satisfaction. All the booths and shows will be pro hibited on Blackheath. Deptford fair, which lasts three days, will take place the week after. After a strong contest between two rival compa nies for the right of forming a railway to Harwich, in the course of which 12,0001. has been expended, both the Bills have been thrown out by Parliament. MR. GL‘DSTONE, SEN.—It is stated in a local paper, that Mr. Gladstone, of Fasque (father of Mr. Gladstone, of the Board of Trade), has subscribed not less thah 25,000/., towards the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, of the provisional committee of which he is chairman. Doncaster Gazette. SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING. Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, under what order the metropolitan police force lately employed on Epsom race-course acted ; whether under orders direct from the Home-office, or from the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1844. Hon. Gentleman), it would be seen that they were di rected to carry into eFfect the existing law against gamb ling, and he trusted that not only the metropolitan po; lice, hut that throughout England the local magistrates would endeavour t%; carry thWlaw into effect.. , Mr. C. BERKELEY again asked if the prohibition was to apply to the amusements he had named ? Sir J. GRAHAM said if they were pointed out under the existing law it would be carried strictly into effect. DINNER IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. Mr. M. MILNES, seeing the Noble Lord the First CommissiOner of Woods and. Forests in bis place, wished to put a question to him with respect to the public dinner to be given in Trafalgar-square to the brave veteransofGr, envvich College. .He believed that great expense had been incurred by the Committee, as the steamer had been hired to bring them up the Diver, and preparations had been made at a neighbouring hotel. At a very late period the Committee was sud denly informed that the dinner could not take place. He was anxious to hear any explanation the Noble Lord might have to offer. - - The Earl of LINCOLN said he could not give any sa tisfactory answer without explaining shortly what took place with reference to the subject. An application was made to him in September or October last fur leave to have a dinner given in Trafalgar•square to the Greenwich pensioners. At that time the whole area was hoarded round, and the public were shut out from the space. As he understood that the dinner was supported by the authorities of Greenwich Hospital and the Board of Admiralty, ns well as by the Committee for erecting the Column, he gave the per mission required. Ire subsequently re?eived an applica tion to permit the dinner to be postponed till the 2d of April, ' and subsequently he received another ap plication for its postponement to this day, but in the internal the square had been opened to the public, and a deficiency having been discovered in the article used for a portion of the pavement, he could not allow the dinner to take place. He, there fore, wrote to the Committee, stating that though un willing, he was obliged to withdraw his sanction. He also felt that great inconvenience would result from such a dinner being held in the centre of the town, and in such a public place. MANCHESTER BONDING WAREHOUSE BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to know upon what principle the Government intended to act with respect to the Manchester Bonding Warehouse Bill. The CHANCELLER of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Bill itself explained the views of the Govern ment on the subject. STATE OF THE POOR. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY asked the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshire, who was the Chairman of the CommiFsion for inquiring into the State of the Poor in England and Wales, when it was likely that the Com missioners would make their report ? Lord ASHLEY hoped the report would be male the first thing after the recess. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE RECESS. Sir R. PEEL moved that the House at its rising do adjourn till Thursday, the 30th of May.—Agreed to. COUNTING OUT THE HOUSE. Mr. CHRISTIE wished to explain the circumstances under which he had been induced to bring forward his motion on the subject of the Universities last evening. He had arranged with the Honourable Baronet opposite. the Member for Oxford, not to bring forward the motion after the 13th of June. And in return the Hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford said he would use his influence with Hon. Gen- Vemen opposite to prevent the interruption to the de bate which took place last night. It was only necessary for him (Mr. Christie) to say that the Honourable Baronet fulfilled his promise to the utmost. But he (Mr. Christie) was sorry that he had placed more reliance upon the influence of the Hon. Baronet with Members on the opposite side of the House—(Laughter)--than he was justified in doing. Several of his Hon. Friends had asked him if they might safely go to dinner—(Laughter)--and he told them that he thought they might.—(Renewed laughter.) But be had something else to rely upon. He did rely on what he conceived perhaps erroneously conceived—to be a proper return from the Government ,to gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of. the House, who had en tered notices of motion yesterday ; that courtesy would be extended in return for the President of th 6 Board of Trade being allowed, at the commence ment of the business of the evening (Loud cheers)—contrary to the usual course, as a mat ter of convenience to the Government, to take a Government order, namely, the Customs Bill--(lronical cheers)—before the notices of motion. After that, he did think the Government would have done what they could towards keeping a House.—(Loud laugh ter.) But as it was, only four Members of the Government were in their places.—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Christie) certainly_met the Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary of State for the Home department and Member for Cambridge coming into the House after it was counted out. The President of the Board of Trade was not in his place, but he (Mr. Chris tie) saw that Right Hon. Gentleman leave the House before it was counted out. Ile hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would be able to explain this. He (Mr. Christie) saw the Right Hon. Gentleman come into the House dressed for dinner and go out again. He did not come in again, and this certainly looked like a part of a scheme. Mr. GLA DSTONE dissented. Mr. CHRISTIE—The Right Hon. Gentleman denied this, and of eourse he (Mr. Christie) must take that de nial. He, however, knew that the Hon. Member for Wallingford, with four or six of his associates, was engaged for some time in concocting a scheme.—(lroni- cal cheers.) The Hon. Member for Wallingford stood for some minutes at the door to prevent Members from en tering. All the Members for the University were present, and he (Mr. Christie) knew that the Honourable - Baronet the Member for Oxford had a sincere wish that the discussion should go on. The reason why he resolved to bring forward the subject yesterday was, that he was under promise to the Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Inglis), and that there would be no attendance on Friday, owing to Members going to enjoy the Whitsun holidays. He would, however, bring it forward again next session, if some Member of greater experience did not do so, and he hoped the result would show that the attendance yesterday was no fair criterion of the importance of the subject. Mr. BLACKSTONE said he hoped the House would allow him to explain, as he had been referred to per sonally by the o nourable Gentleman. He came to the House at seven o'clock prepared to listen to the Hon. Gentleman, and had remained in the House for three quarters of an hour, during all which time, he did not think there were forty Members present—(Hear, hear, hear.) Seeing that this was the case, ho was of opinion that such an important measure ought not to be brought forward in this House—(Hear, hear)—and for his own part he would much rather see it confided to a Member of longer standing.—(Hear, hear.) When he saw the House was so thin, and that the Pre mier was not in his place—(Laughter)—he thought it better that the question should not be brought forward. Colonel SIBTHORP said that if his Hon.-Friend had not moved that the House should be counted, he would have felt it his duty to do so.—(Laughter.) Sir R. PEEL said, he was sorry that his absence was a cause for counting out the House. He was certainly absent, _like others, but he supposed it was necessary that he should be absent at a certain partion of the day for however short a time.—(A laugh.) But he certainly paid a greater compliment to the Hon. Gentlemen than many of his own Friends, for he could. call on his Honourable Friend, the Secretary of the Treasury to show that he had begged of him to give him (Sir It. Peel) notice when the Hon. Gentleman's motion came on, and having a motion of importance himself on the paper, he felt as much disappointment as the Hon. Gentleman when he heard the House was counted mit. He was sorry the Hon. Gentleman gave public notice that there would be no attendance on Friday night, for he (Sir R. Peel) proposed to go on with the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. On the 3d of June he would take the Sugar question; on the 6th he pro posed to take the Dissenters Chapels Bill, and on the 7th of June he proposed to take the Scotch Parishes Bill. THE BANK CHARTER. Police Commissioners, or from the local magistrates He begged the Right Hon. Gentleman to understand that he did not in the least allude to the suppression of the gambling booths or the thimble-rig tables, or anything of that kind, but he alluded to the unjusti fiable interference of the police to prevent people from throwing sticks as they h a d b een accu stomed to. Sir J. GR AHAM said he was not sorry that the Hon. Gentleman had put to him this question, as it afforded him an opportunity of stating the reasons for the course which had been pursued. The House was aware that at a very early period of the session a Committee was ap pointed for the purpose of investigating this subject. The report of that Committee had been presented to the House. It contained a very strong passage with respect to the pernicious extent to which gambling on race courses was carried. In the execution of his duty, he had called the attention of the police to the great ex tent to which gaming was carried on in this metropolis —an extent unknown in the other great cities of Europe. Having taken measures for its suppression in the metro polis, he had also thought it his duty, in confor mity with the report of the Committee of the House, to call the attention of the Police Commis sioners to the gaming carried on upon race-courses. He certainly was responsible for the directions which had been given to the Police Commissioners to interfere with the gambling in question on the race-course of Epsom. Ile also gave similar directions to the local magistracy, together with instructions to announce their intention of carrying out the laws. There was not any undue interference on the part of the Police Commissioners, because nothing could be more un just than the play at those games of chance. In fact, these games were not so much games of chance as games of perfect certainty, and if it were necessary, he could produce some of the dice taken by the police in the gambling-houses. There they were (said the Right Hon. Gentleman, presenting the dice in his hand across the table) and they were open to the inspection of lion. Mem bers.—(Laughter.) Th e y were not loaded dice, but per • fectly correct in every respect, except that with one set of them it was impossible to throw the deuce and ace—(A laugh)—and with another set, one would throw 11 and 12 with equal certainty, and certain other numbers were repeated more than once. Also with respect to roulette games, they were equally against the party playing; so much so, that they could not be consi dered games o chance, but perfect acts of pillage and robbery.—(Hear, hear.) He could not conceive more dishonourable proceedings than the conduct such games involved ; and in this country there was no source of sorrow and ruin and crime, producing such certain and fatal effects, as that growing out of the disposition to gambling of late years. That disposition had grown to a most alarmingly dangerous extent, and he certainly had thought it his duty to carry into execution the law on the subject. He had not gone one step beyond the law, and until he saw some expression of opinion on the part of that House adverse to the course he had pursued, he should take every means placed in his power by the law for the purpose of checking—he had almost said exterminating this dangerous propensity. Mr. V. SMITH said, that all that had been stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman was perfectly correct except in one point. It was not correct that the report of the Committee was in the hands of lion. Members. As a Member of the Committee, he begged to say, the Right Hon. Gentleman was fully borne out in what he had done by the report of the Committee. However, the question of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Cheltenham had not, in one point, been answered —viz., why the police had just put down the amusement of throwing with sticks?--(Laughter.) The sport of throwing with sticks was one which the Committee had especially pointed out as being fit to be exempted from being in terfered with by t h e police. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY said the Right Hon. Gentleman had not answered his question—that ques tion did not refer to the gambling booths or thimble rigs, about which the Right lion. Baronet had made such a flourish. What he asked was, whether the order was intended to apply to amusements unconnected with gambling ? Sir J. GRAHAM thought he had distinctly answered the lion. Member's question. The police did not act under his direction ; they were only instructed to carry out the existing l a w. If it wou ld b e more sat i s f actor y, he would read the letter he had addressed to them. (The Right Hon. Baronet then read the letter, stating that he (Sir J. Graham) had had his attention drawn to the gambling carried on at and during the races of Epsom, and other places, where the police were in the habit of attending for the purpose of preserving order ; and he de sired them to take the necessary steps for enforcing the law against the: parties offending against it. With re ference to the races about to take place at Epsom, the police would put themselves in communication with the local authorities, and if they should fail in obtaining their assistance, they would then proceed to carry the law into effect.) Thus (continued the Bight In answer to a question from Mr. C. BULLER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that on the day after the holidays, he would name the day upon which he would bring on the second readhig of the Bank Charter Bill, and take the discussion thereon. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. In answer to a question from Mr. WYNN, Lord ELIOT said that the returns moved for by the Hon. Gentleman, oa the subject of education in Ireland, were in course of preparation. They wore very volumi nous, and as the clerks were not remunerated for the extra labour and expense to which they were put in the preparation, he hoped that gentlemen would con sider them entitled to some indulgence.—(Hear.) an end. He wished to know whether an administration had bee❑ formed which enjoyed the confiience or the colony? Lord STANLEY had come down to the House in the full expectation that the Hon. Member for Bath would bring on his motion, and he was not aware that any ar rangement had been made for its postponement. As the Hon. Gi.ntleman had postponed his motion, he thought it would be inconvenient to enter upon any discussion of the matter to which it referred. ifowevPr, he would state that the Administration of Canada had been formed on the principles recommended by Lord Sydenham, and sanctioned by the House of Assembly. The Administration which was to succeed the late one had not been completed, but he expected it would be very shortly complete, some of the offices having been filled up. Capt. PECHELL complained that the prizes taken by the cruisers were not divided amongst the officers and crews, but were applied to other purposes, such as the maintainance of the captured negroes. After a short conversation the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 24,000/ for defraying the expenses of Commissions established for the suppression of the slave trade being proposed, Capt. PECIIELL said the Government ought to do everything in their power to facilitate the advancement of those who were engaged in the unhealthy employ ment of suppressing the slave-trade. Mr. HUME said the attempt to suppress the slavi trade was an entire failure, and had only added to th horrors of the traffic in slaves. Sir T. F. Buxton had even admitted it. They had no business to interfere - with the conduct of other nations, and thereby run the risk of' endangering the peace of the world. Tho.time was come when they should alter the whole course of ; their policy in this respect. - - ' Captain PECHELL said there was a great deal - of truth in the observations of his Hon. Friend. He un derstood the Government were now about to blockade the whole coast of Africa. He was glad of it, and be was also rejoiced that a different class of vessels was to be employed in .the service. Those which were at present employed were totally unfit for the service. The vote was then agreed to. On the rote-of 107,3001. being proposed to defray the . expenses of the consular establishment abroad, Mr. WILLIAMS complained that there were consuls in places with which they had no trade : whatever, as, for instance, in Warsaw. What business had they with a consul in Paris, when they had an ambassador, a secre tary of legation, and two attaches, to whom they paid 13,0001. ? Then there was a consul at Marseilles, who received a salary of 5501. a year, and besides this, he charged every Englishman a certain sum for signing his passport. He had been there about five years ago, and, before he could get his passport signed, he had to pay Bs., and he was shown an Act of Parliament under which the money was levied. Then with respect to Lisbon the case was almost the same. At that place they had a consul receiving 600/. a year, and a vice-consul 3001: a year. Then, again, with respect to Constantinople, they had an ambassador, consul, vice-consul, altogether re ceiving 15,000/. a year. Then, again, they had consuls at Jerusalem and Timis, none of whom were of the least use. Ile trusted that some explanation would be given , of the causes of these appointments. Sir G. CLERK defended the appointments that had taken place, and argued that they were necessary. After some observations from Mr. Hume. the Chan cellor of thel Exchequer, Captain Pechell, Sir G. Clerk, and other Members, the vote was agreed to. On the proposal to grant 20,000/ for extraordinary , expenses of embassies at foreign courts, Mr. WILLIAMS said that a reduction might be made in all the items making up this amount without the least injury to the public service. After a short discussion the vote was agreed to. l On the proposal to grant 85,0001 to defray the charges for superannuations and compensations for the abolition t of civil offices, t Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the superannuations as being disproportionate to the previous amount of salary, I and to the services rendered. The vote was agreed to, after a desultory conversation. 5,200/ was voted for allowances to officers, widows; and ophans. 1,8501. was voted for the expenses of the national vaccine establishments. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee of Supply on he consideration of the colonial and other miscellaneous estimates. On the first vote of 11,0531., for defraying the charges of the ecclesiastical establishments of the British North American colonies being read, Mr. WILLIAMS protested against the people of this country being taxed to pay for the ecclesiastical estab lishments of Canada. He would divide the Committee on the vote. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the clergy of Canada were paid out of the land fund ? Lord STANLEY said that that had never been the case. Mr. HUME thought that the people of this country ought to call upon the people of Canada to pay their clergy, they having the profits of the whole of the waste lands. After some short discussion strangers were ordered to withdraw ; no division, however, took place, and on our return to the gallery we found Mr. MIME on his legs, complaining that the recom mendation of the Committee had not been acted on. The vote was then agreed to. 11,2821. was then proposed for the purpose of defray ing the expenses of the Colonial Land and Emigration Board. . Mr. V. SMITH said the experiment of this Board had succeeded as far as it had been tried; but he thought that it ought to be more numerous and more powerfully constituted. He thought it was worth the consideration of the House and the Secretary for the Colonies, whe ther it would not be expedient to establish a Board more independent of the Colonial-office. At the same time that ho was friendly to emigration, he by no means wished the Government to take in hand every com pany that chose to advertise a fine ship destined to a fine colony. But he thought that there might be a system of Government agency, which would en able the public to obtain authentic information. There was another point to which he wished to call the attention of the Noble Lord. He thought that the Noble Lord would do well to control the governors of colonies, and not allow them to alter irregularly the orders issued from the Colonial -office. The Noble Lord had sent out orders to the West Indies and Sierra Leone relating to emigration from Africa to those islands. The Governor of Sierra Leone in council thought proper to alter those orders, which was an irregularity that ought not to have been allowed, as it rendered emigrants doubtful under what regulations they would eventually be placed. The emigration of Hill Coolies from the East Indies to the Mauritius had completely succeeded ; but there was a restriction in the Act which prevented their emigration to the West Indies. Now he wished to ask the Noble Lord before he sat down, whe ther it was his intention to alter that restriction ? Lord STANLEY said that the question was one of very great importance, and great caution was required in dealing with the subject. The moment he had received the dispatch from the Governor-General of India, to which the Right Hon. Gentleman had alluded, the first step he had adopted was to communicate the dispatch to the House, and the next step he had taken was to com municate with the Governors of the West India colonies on the subject, asking them if they could devise means by which emigration from the East Indies to the West Indies might be rendered practicable, while, at the same time, the possibility of abuse might he avoided. He had re quested them to transmit propositions on the subject to the Colonial-office, in order that he (Lord Stanley) might lay the same before his colleagues. He had not taken any other steps in the matter. He believed pro positions from some of the colonies had been transmitted to the Colonial-office, but he had not yet seen them. He had nothing further to say on the subj ec t, excep t t o ex press his desire of seeing some scheme devised which it might he in his power to submit to his colleagues and the House as one which he could recommend as practi cable, and at the same time as doing away with the abuses which had formerly existed. Mr. C. BULLER wished to put his Right Hon. Friend right on one subject. His Right Hon. Friend need be under no apprehension that he (Mr. C. Buller) would bring forward any proposition for a large grant of public money for the purposes of emigration. The funds arising from the sales of land would be amply sufficient for that purpose if they were properly admi ministered. He felt obliged to his Right Hon. Friend for having called the attention of the House to the constitu tion of the Land and Emigration Commission, and he participated in the objections which had been made to that constitution. So little was the existence of this Commission known, that a gentleman, who had come over last year from Canada, for the purpose of arranging a system of emigration, and who had devoted great at tention to the subject, after having been no less than three times at the Colonial-office, was not aware, even then, of the existence of this Commission. He thought the Commissioners ought to have more extensive powers, and that it should be a Parliamentary Commission like the Poor-law Commission, or the Tithe Commission, instead of being dependent upon the Colonial-office. Lord STANLEY explained that the Land Emigration Commission born precisely the relation to the Colonial office that the Poor-law Commission and the Tithe Cow- Commission did to the Home-office. POLAND. • On the vote that 12,1001. be granted to her Majesty, for the relief of the Polish refugees in this country, Mr. HUME said that he never could allow that vote to be proposed, without expressing his entire condem nation of the conduct of this country towards the Poles. He regarded the Government of this country as crimi nal as the Emperor of Russia, for the countenance which they had given to him in his treatment of tlpa Poles. —(Hear, hear.) - The vote was then agreed to. The next vote was agreed to without discussion, viz., 4,9791. for defraying sundry allowances connected with the civil list. On the following vote being read-2,15.41. to pay cer tain charities, allowances, and other charges in ScOt land, formerly defrayed from the hereditary revenue. Mr. HUME objected to the vote. He thought that persons were excluded from its benefit who needethit more than those who partook of it, and that, en the whole, those pensions to literary men did not advance literature. Sir R. PEEL defended the grant, and pointed eut such persons as Professors Airie and Owen, and Ms. Somerville, who had promoted scientific knowledge, as especially entitled to the Royal bounty. There could not be, he thought, more deserving objects of relief from the public funds than the relatives of such men, for instance, as Burns, the poet, two of whose female rela tives, and a descendant of the founder of Heriot's cha ritable institution, had been saved from distress. Mr. WAKLEY objected to Professors Owen being paid out of the public funds, when he was the officer of so rich an establishment as.the College of Surgeons, that co uld afford to remunerate him for his services. Sir R. PEEL said that on inquiring he had been in formed that there was no man of science in the kingdom who so merited the small pecuniary reward which he received from the. Crown as Professor Owen ; that in fact since the days of envier there was no man who had so contributed to advance the science of comparative anatomy. Mr. HAWES drew attention to the case of the eldest son of Sir J. Soane, who, with his children, was now destitute, though his father had left•the bulk of his pro perty to the national museum. Mr. HUME said the ckse Of the descendants' of George Heriot ought to make the Government institute an inquiry into the manner in which these bequests were administered. He believed George Heriot left his for tune for charitable purposes, under the belief that he had no relations existing. The foundation was well able to afford ten times the amount to his descendants which they received from the Crown, and instead of granting the public money to them, because they were relatives, the Right Hon. Baronet should have - seen them provided for out of their ancestor's property- With respect to the case of Mr. Soane, be knew that a great part of Sir J. Soane's property was left to the children, but in such a manner that they could not make away with it. Mr. HAWES explained, that to a certain extent Sir J. Soane provided for the rest of his children during his life, but he left the larger portion of his fortune th the Museum, and to his eldest son he left nothing. There had,' unhappily, been a long alienation and quarrel be tween them, and this son and his children were' now quite destitute. As reference had been made t? the relatives of Heriot, he had thought it right that the case of the son of Sir J. Soane should be mentioned. - The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were agreed to without discussion t —6,767/. for the Foundling Hospital, Dublin; 13,529/. for the House of Industry, Dublin ; I,OOOZ for the Female Orphan Asylum, Dublin; 2,5001. for the West.. moreland Lock Hospital, Dublin; 1,0001. for the Lying. in Hospital, Dublin; 1,5001. for St. Stephen's Hospital. Dublin; 3,0001. for the House of Recovery - from ''ever., Cork-street, Dublin; 5001. for the Hospital of Incurables, Dublin; 7001. for the salary of the Commissionffs of Charitable Trusts (Ireland). On the last vote, Mr. HUME said he hoped that some similar ma. chinery as this Commission would be adopted in England. On 35,000/. being proposed for the allowances to non. conformine. Protestant ministers in Ireland, Mr. IIeME made an objection, but did not divide the Committee, and the vote was agreed to. 7,3401. was then granted for charitable allowances, (Ireland), and 5,0001. for the expenses of the county survey. On a vote of 2,5971. being proposed for the expenses of the Shannon Navigation Improvement Commission, Mr. F. FRENCH expressed a hope that the Govern• ment would grant some inquiry into the working of this Shannon Commission. It inflicted great hardship upont many of the Irish counties, which were unjustly taxed to defray the expenses of the Shannon improvement, Colonel SIBTHORP agreed: that there ought to be some inquiry into this, which was the job of jogs. II was the greatest job ever perpetrated by the late Go. vernment, and it was only to benefit the lands of two o N f o N b v l e n L in o b r d a d s, b p e r l o d p r the i eto o r i office ee n t heof of c county hane el e o r f m tb e e ri E c k, xe ono quer. He should be delighted to show up this job, and! he would vote against every future grant•. s ion had I Mr. REDINGTON defended the hi v c o h te. th l e n y qui had ry could; add add nothing to the knowledge c beensesse d a r on ea t d h y e N s_ o u t b e j d e . c t Heat htheeheNt!emde the that the improvement; emnus of the navigation of the Shannon was a su bj ect o f national importance, and he was prepared to support the, vote which he had originally given in favour of .the pointment of this Commission. After a few words from Mr. HUME, the Tote wai agreed to. Mr. HUME thought that great evils would have been produced if the proposition, with respect to emigration, of his Hon. Friend, who had just sat down, had beon carried out. lie objected to the Emigration Board, but not on the same ground as his Hon. Friend did. He thought it ought to be a part and parcel of the Colonial office, inasmuch as the Board, in its decision, was under the control of the Colonial-office. He thought that means should be taken to provide the means of employment for the emigrants when they arrived at their destination. But, however, he should object to any vote to support an Emigration Board that was independent of the Colonial office. Mr. HAWES thought the unrestricted importation o free labour into our colonies would have the effect o encouraging slavery. Mr. BERNAL denied that there was any wish on the part of the West India planters in Jamaica to bring down wages by any unfair or under-hand means. Mr. P. M. STEWART said the price of labour was very high in the West Indian colonies, and the price of food was very low, consequently there was a monopoly in favour of the labourer ; and, therefore, he thought that means should be taken for sending labourers to, our colonies. He could not agree with the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for Lambeth, for he could assure the Hon. Member that the West Indian colonies were as free as the agricultural counties in this country. Ile would be glad to be informed whether the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, intended to adopt means to facilitate the emigration of free labourers from the coast of Sierra Leone to our West Indian colonies, as he understood that the inhabitants of that district were particularly anxious to emigrate to the British co lonies, and he also wished to know, whether any faci lities were proposed by the Government to be given to the importation into, the West Indian colonies of Chi nese labourers. Lord STANLEY said that experiments were in course of 'trial for the importation of labourers from China, but that importation took place under contract, and if that contract should be in any way broken, the contractors would be compelled to give compensation to the emi grants. He (Lord Stanley) was perfectly prepared to sanction emigration from the coast of Africa, under cer tain restrictions, and also from Gambia, which was also a settlement under the British Crown, but be was not prepared to sanction emigration which was not within her Majesty's dominions, or from any place over which the Government of England had no control. After a few words from Mr. Hume, Mr. Barnard, and Lord Stanley, the vote was agreed to. A vote of 49,7001. was next proposed, to defray the charges, salaries, allowances, and contingencies of the stipendiary justices of the West India colonies, the Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote. Why should these magistrates be paid ? The only reason he saw for their appointment was to maintain and increase patron age. There was nothing in the condition of the black population to justify them; and the miserable people of this country should not be fleeced to sustain such patronage. He had received letters from residents in the West Indies, complaining of these appointments. Lord STANLEY said the Hon. Member had a very odd notion of the patronage exercised at the Colonial office. Since he entered into that office, he had not made a single appointment in the magistracy , exce p t one, and some time individual had been temporar i ly sus p e n ded time before. The Government were now acting on the strictest principles of economy, regarding the appoint ments in the West India colo nies, and were gradually reducing the number of the stipendiary magistrates there. He believed the Hon. Member was inconsistent in saying that the magistracy was not useful, or desired by the population of the West India islands, as quite a contra r y feelin g prevailed there. They had been represented as ex ceedingly beneficial in the ad ministration of justice by several of the most respect able of the colonists. Mr. WARBURTON said that after the assurance of the Government, lie hoped the Hon. Member would not divide the House. Mr. P. M. STEWART expressed a similar wish. Colonel SIBTHORP hoped the Hon. Member would divide the House, not that he would support bite, but because he wished to show to the country the strength of the Opposition--he meant the numbers of those gentlemen who attended when the public money was about to be disposed of. There were now only eleven Liberal Members in the House, and of these eleven two were asleep.—(Roars of laughter.) The late Chancellor of the Exchequer, he perceived, was now just emerging from a delightful slumber.—(Great laughter.) Yet these were the gentlemen who talked so loudly of the mis-appropriation of the public money. Mr. HUME said that if the Ministerial benches were fuller than the Opposition be believed the Ministerial whipper-in might be thanked for it, who seemed to have done his duty very well to-night. As for the Ministers, they were to get money; if it were not for that circum stance there might be another count out. The vote was ultimately agreed to without a division. A vote of 12,000/. was then proposed and agreed to for the religious and educational institutions of the negro population of the West India islands. A vote of 35,0001. was next proposed for the libera tion of slaves in the West Indies. The vote of 1,330/. for the repairs of the Ambassa. dor's house in Paris, was then agreed to. A vote of 10,000/. for rebuilding the Ambassador's house in Constantinople, was agreed to, 'after a foie words from Mr. COLLETT. A vote of 30,0001. for the expenses of the stew', navigation to India, by way of ttie Red Sea, was agree', to without discussion. On a vote of 16,0004 being proposed for the expense, of the militia and volunteers in Canada, Mr. HUME asked why the country should be called upon to pay for th e su pp or t o f t h e militia and volunteers of Canada ? lie must object to any more money being granted for Canada. Lord STANLEY defended the vote. Mr. HUME would take the sense of the Committee on the vote. The Committee then divided on the vote, when there appeared— For the vote Against it . - 7 •• Majority in favour of the vote ......... —66 The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 4,1591. was then proposed to e d d e . fra? , the exe penses of the London University.—G!ant defray t. 9 ev. A vote of 3,1871. was next proposed too t h penses of the Scotch Universities.—d d vote o f t o h f e 3 R oo o l. y was lr then ish Apearodpemosy; toAcademy.—Granted. the eat penses A vote tofesßo3al ,820 , /. was Dublin next s y Gn oSociety.—Granted. e proposed t to r a de t f e4. r ay the e penses of the A voteof2,lollool.ywalasßneelfxatst proposed Aead em to ie de l fr us a ti y tu th ti e m e74 penses of the I Granted. The next vote was 4,6301. to defray , the expenses of two buildings attached to the British Museum.---Granted, The next vote Was 3,1451. to defray the expenses collections for the same establishment.--,,Granted. The next vote was 1,5001. to defray the expenses o$ the National Gallery.—Granted. The next vote was 2001. to defray the expebses of thi Museum of Economic Geology.—Granted. The next vote was 7,235/. to defray the expenses of astronomical observations in Van Diemen's Land, itu4 in other parts of our colonies,—Granted;- I, ' . -!/ • t- , vi - . 11,;:z. c :J.::.I .:: ^. LS i.:. • , isv,:lo3igai ;C. kllio " EV'RY DUTTON SHALL HAVE HIS MUTTON: (From a Correspondent.)—This is a legend of the County Palatine of Chester in relation to the family of Dutton, now Lord Sherborn, upon which historical fact (concern ing the gallantry of Ralph de Dutton, vide Atkins's His tory of Gloucester, page 644), a theatrical piece has been dramatised by Mrs. Hallet, authoress of " Women's Whims," " Timorous Gentleman," and other successful productions, generally styled as La Moliere Anglaise. '1 his legendary drama is entitled Chester Fair; or, the Prophecy, and, by the theatrical announcements, is to be represented for the first time at the Queen's Theatre on Whit-Monday next. The ancient Irish fiddler of Bally ragett is to be personated by Mr. G. Hodson, of Covent garden Theatre, who, since the lamented loss of " Power,' stands alone in this style of character. Mr. Parry, the manager, sustains the part of Sir Roger Dutton, of the °lien times. _ _ AN EXCELLENT CHANCE FOR THE FAIR SEX. The following appears as a bona fide advertisement in a Welsh paper:—" OPEN TO ALL WALES.—A handsim young Gintlemin, whose extrame bashfilness has intuced un to adapt thes inooshal mode of curtship, is wilful o disposing o his hint an hart to the Savourneen dar lint who is of raal blud—tarnation its delicate soomitre —plays the piane an bates the echoes o Killarney in voice. Fortin of no considirashun, bane himself un kimtnin rich!—Addres to ***, Cardinganshire." BARBARITY IN BURTON-CRESCENT.—Considerable sensation has been excited amongst the casual visitors to Burton-crescent by a piece of extraordinary ferocity on the part of the authorities. It appears that the iron posts at the corners of the streets in that neighbourhood have long been the victims of juvenile leap-frog, and it was feared that the constitution of the posts would not be strong enough to prevent them from gradually wear ing away under the grievance. So far public feeling would go with the authorities, who have a right to pro tect their posts to any reasonable extent ; but, in an evil hour, the inhabitants have planted spikes on the top of those posts—so that the boys, who cannot be deterred from jumping over, are now in danger of being impaled on the top of them. We have looked closely- into the law of leap-frog, and searched for a statute on street-posts, but we can find nothing to jus tify the frightful cruelty that has been resorted to. The old thumb-screw was the last remnant of Saxon savage ness, but the ten-penny nail has never been recognised by any of our jurists, from Coke to the " Comic Blackstone." Even the holdfast, as an instrument of legal torture, is about to he abolished, by doing away with imprisonment for debt ; and we therefore call upon the authorities of Burton-crescent to erase the spike from their criminal code immediately.—Punch. STEAM-BOAT LAUNCH. —On Wedriesday after noon a new steam-boat was launched from the building-- yard of Messrs. Heighington, Battersea-fields. She is called the Sunbeam, and is intended for the Putney trade, to run in conjunction with the Rainbow, Thunder, and Lightning. As a specimen of river craft she is un exceptionable. Her dimensions are as follow:—Ex treme length, 95 feet; breadth between the paddles, 12 feet 8 inches; and depth, 7 feet. She is built on the diagonal plan, with three " skins," or linings, the two first at an angle of forty-five degrees, and the outer one longitudinally, the wood used being African mahogany. All the modern improvements have been adopted, both in her build and internal arrangements, and it is ex pected that she will bent even the Rainbow, which is the fastest low-pressure boat up the river. The Sunbeam will be propelled by two low-pressure engines of four teen horse power each, and furnished with Spillar's pa tent boiler. A select party were present to witness the launch. THE NOMINATION, AT NEWTON.—We understand that so great has been the desire to be present at the nomination at Newton, this day, that the Railway . Co mpany were unable to provide carriages at all sufficient in number to supply the demand for seats.' The disap pointment to the public has, therefore, been very great, but it was unavoidable. —Liverpool Mercury of Friday. .~ ~~ N CORN-LAWS. Mr. VILLIERS said he was obliged to postpone his motion on the corn-laws again, from the 11th till the 18th, in consequence of some Members having given notice of motions on the same day, and from their being unwilling to allow his motion to take precedence of theirs. He wished to observe that this motion was one that engaged much of the attention of the House, and that it was extremely inconvenient to many Members on both sides not to have the day fixed for its discussion. This was now difficult to do owing to the manner in which Members were only able to give notice, and that the Government had deprived them of one of the days for the purpose. He, therefore, begged to say, that if he was prevented from bringing on the motion on the 18th, he would not take his chance again, but do what he should otherwise have been reluctant to do, which was to move it as an amendment upon the first Order of the pay for going into Supply. Sir R. PEEL postponed the Duchy of Cornwall Bill till Thursday, the 6th of June. On the motion of Mr. WYSE, a Select Committee was appointed on the subject of art-unions. Mr. COLLETT wished to know when the Govern ment would bring on the Irish Registration Bill ? Sir R. PEEL was understood to say that he could not, at present, fix any time for proceeding with the Bill. CANADA. itselfOn i t n h t e o Or r c d o e m r moifttetleie Dofsuaypplfyorbtehmehnlioouvsee resolving d, Mr. HUME said he had hoped in consequence of the notice given by the Honourable and Learned Member for Bath, that the House would be occupied for some time in discussing the state of Canada. He had, however, been disappointed by the postponement of the motion. He would now ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, what kilid of government ex isted in Canada, or whether any administration had yet been formed ? The allegation on the part of the Ministers who had resigned was that th e y were not allowed to exercise the influence which they had a right to expect that they would b e a ll owe d t o pos i 1 seas ; n short, that responsible government was at F