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DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO LiEli I,tir,i'uir TILE QUEEN DOWAGER. Now ready, in 2 vets. small BIRS vo., with Portrait, 21i. bound, sma l l OF A BABYLONIAN PRINCESS, MARIA THERESA ASMAR, DAUGTITER OF EMIR ABDALLAH ASMAR, Written by herself; and containing a Narrative of her residence in Mesopobunia, Jerusalem, Mount Lebanon, Kurdistan, Ispahan, Teheran, and Schiraz ; together with an account of her Travels in Italy, France, and England, &c., &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE WANDERING JEW, BY EUGENE SUE. LE COURRIER DE L'EUROPE, BOHAIN'S FRENCH NEWSPAPER. On SATURDAY, the 29th June, will commence the textual reprint of " LE JUIF ERRANT" (by the Author of Les 31ysteres de Paris), so impatiently expected by all European readers, and for the Copyright of which 100,000 francs have been paid. Le Courrier de FEurope contains all the news of the week, the best articles from all the Paris Journals, and will be found to be a French Library in itself. Subscriptions Gs. Gd. per quarter, received at the Office, 10, Wel lington-street, Strand ; by Joseph Thomas, Finch-lane, Cornhill, London ; and by all Booksellers and Newsmen, * * *lmmediate orders should be given for Le Courier de l'Europe, by those who desire to have the commencement of " Le Juif Errant,' as the number printed is limited to the number of subscribers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING JUNE 25, Will be repeated the New Opera Scria, composed by M. Costa, the Poetry by Leopoldo Tarantini, entitled DON CARLOS. With New Scenery by Mr. W. Grieve. Philip 11. (King of Spain), Sig. Lablache ; Don Carlos (his son), Sig. Mario; The Count Posa (Friend of Don Carlos), Sig. Foruasari ; Gomez (Grandee of Spain), Sig. Giubilei ; Isabella (Wife of Philip), Madame Grisi. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled ZELIA ; ou, La Nymphe de Diane. Zelia, Mdlle. Gerito ; L'Amour, Mdlle. Plunkett; Diane, Madame Copere; Amyntas, M. St. Leon; Pan, M. Perrot. statues Animees—Pall is, Ceres, Junon, Terpsichore, Fiore, Pomone, Euterpe, Clio, Joueuse de Cymbale et de Triangle, Mdlles Green, Laura, Hunt, }Mien, Cushnie, Hicks, Fenton, Anne James, and Maria. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. PERROT has the honour to inform the Nobility, Subscribers, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, June Z.;. He is happy to be able t 3 state that he has secured for that occasion the invaluable assistance of the celebrated Tenor, Signor MORIA NI. The Performances will commence with Donizetti's favourite Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. The part of Edgardo by Sig. Moriani; Enrico, Sig. kornasari ; Eidebent, Sig. Paltoni; Lucia, Madame Persiani. In the course of the eveniaig a " DIVERTISSEMENT," in which will be introduced a varlet) of Dances and " Pas de Caractere," by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Cerito. After which, Onecco's Opera Buffa, LA PROV A D'UN OPERA SERIA, by Madame Grisi, Sig. Corelli, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. To c-nclude with {second time) the entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, the music by Sig. Pugni, N ZELIA, OU LA YMPHE DE DIANE, (the Scenery by Mr. NV. Grieve), in which Mdlles. Cerito, Scheffer, Plunkett, MM. St. Leon and Perrot will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box odic.; Opera colonnade. Door, open at Seven ; the Opera will com mence at Half -past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEI. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE THIS EVENING, JUNE 25, Will be repeated the Prize Comedy of QUID PRO QUO; or, THE DAY OF DUPES. With a Prologue spoken by Mr. Webster. Earl of Hunsdon, Mr. Stuart; Lord Bellamont, Mrs. Nisbett ; Jeremy Grigson, Mr. Strickland; Hury, Mr. H. 11011; Captain Sippett, Mr Buckstone; Sir George Mordent, Mr. W. Farren ; Countess of Hunsdoa, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Mary Rivers, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Grigson, Mrs. Glover; Bridget I rim, Mrs. Humby. After which', THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka, Phillipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polka. To conclude with RU R AL FELICITY. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. 1. T. Archer, .t the Box. office, fl'om Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STNYI.T. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JUNE r_'s, Will be performed the celebrated Opera, L'EISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Mies Austin ; Net - twin°, Mr. Allen ; Doctor Dulcamara. Mr. Paul Bedford. Tube followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Emma Hanley. Atter which a new Divertiss , ment, called The SLAVE MART. To conclude with a New Farce, called WILFUL MURDER. Mr. Consol, Mr. Granby; Pythagoru3 Splioon, Mr. Wright; Frank Fea therly, Mr. Fitzjames ; Rhoda, Miss E. Honner. THEATRE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. In consequence of the unabated attraction of Open 'esame; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves," it will be acted a few more Nights; and, in order to accommodate the Juvenile Branches of Families now home tor the Midsummer Holidays there will be a series of Three Juvenile Nights : viz., Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next, when this ce'ebrated an popular Extravaganza will be per. formed at an early hour of the Evening. THIS EVENING, JUNE 25, Will be performed a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Didelear, F. Vining, J. W. Collier Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, THEI THREE IRA DIAVOLOS. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Keeley, Wigan, Diddear, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Woollidge. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. Characters by Mr. E. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a G,and Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thie es. ilassarac, Mr. Keeley; Morgiana, Mrs. Keeley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and N. w Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING. JUNE 23, Will be repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. First Week of a graceful and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY A L COTILLION OF FRANCIS THE FIRST; or,l he Beauties of the Louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs. Batty. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary Feats of Horsomandrip by Monsieur Louis Tournarre, S g. Germani, Herr Teisback, La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c.; with Mr. R. Smith's hi ~hly trainetrSteeds. To conclude with an Allegorical Sketch'and•Living Tableaux of the Principal Events in the Career of the Emperor Napoleon Buona parte—Austerlitz, St. Helena, Marengo, with Fame's Tr'bute to England's Hero—the Duke of Wellington. Ine doors will open nightly at six o'cloc,t, and the I , 2rtormances e ,nmence at seven. Box-otHce opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.tnAnager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. AV THGE'S ROY AI, SURREY THEATRE. z;ecorit Week of the German Lilliputians—First Week of the Ame rican Tragedian, Mr. Hudson Kirby, and an entire change of per formances. THIS EVENING, JUNE '25, Will be performed a New Drama, called TILE CARPENTER OF ROUEN in which Messrs. Hudson Kirby, Hicks, Neville, Vale, Heslop,Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss Icrrey, and Mrs. It. Homier will perform After which, a Lilliputian Ballet, entitled " Napoleon's Gene rosity, in which the Brockstedt Family—three German Lilliputians, only 28, 32, and 36 inches in height—will perform. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. E. F. Saville; Susan, Mrs, H. }banner. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. IMPORTANT TO ALL TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. lir4t Week of a Powerful Drama, in which the Good Effects of Temperance are made Manifest, and the upright Mechanic cannot fail to receive a useful Lesson whereby his Home may be made Cheerful, his Family Happy, and Himself a Credit to his Em. ployer, and an Ornament to his Native Land. VHS EVENING, JUNE 25, Wi I be produced a New Drama : in 'Dime Acts, entitled THE TEMPERANCE PLEDGE; or, a Me Lesson of Life. With an Original Epilogue in favoar of the Cause, by Miss Vincent, and supported by Messrs. Oshald;stori, J Vining, Miss Hamilton, Miss Arden, and the entire Company. After which, OUR LADY OF THE WILLOW. The Astonishing Performances of Hamet Hey, the Creole Wonder. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by 'Janson and The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderftil ex hib.tion ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa. cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Men.'ays, Tues. days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, are upon a scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE LONON. Its fearful characteristics are truthfully pOF ourtraye D d, but at the same time so beautif u ll y bl ended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Att, that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who tightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that SNthby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist, has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collectlen are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attractive lounge an or near the metropolis. I . ceding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Sax—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. On Wednesday, June 2(3, the Boys of the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, accompanied by their Band, will visit these Gardens. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAI OLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive ColLtctlen of IlLsto deal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, ant their Ladles, also, many thousands et the Nobility and Public; ant the Pro victor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relicr, and other curiosities, in this mast instructive and, as hundreds have said it night to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis• lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the Egyptian Hall." Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 25. rIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 59; Highest, 82; 7Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 29 7.—WIND, N.N.W. Ig9Tr..—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the frozing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is mustily placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. MOIL WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUN DAY. Mornag —Jminute s after 9 I Evening 59 minutes after 8 Xl 4 • , „ • 4 'l er .11 > .1 • 01110% . A . V 41 • 6 1,. 4 01 4 -„„, - ozE v '4OlT ""Z - • IV`n SECOND EDITION. gittlling ,4-''-'l,Atlt LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1844. In the House of Lords, the Earl of WiNculLsEA gave notice that on Friday he should present some petitions on the corn-laws, and call the attention of the House to public granaries —a subject which he had deeply considered. The House resolved itself into Committee on the Bishoprics ;of St. Asaph and Bangor Bill. The Dtrke of WELLINGTON had previously announced that he would oppose the motion, but little notice appeared to have been taken of this announcement, for the Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Bishop of EXETER moved that the House re solve itself into Committee on the Brothels Suppres sion Bill. Earl FITZHARDINGE took the opportunity of de- Hying the statements made by the Bishop of Gi.ou- CESTER relative to the suppression of these nuisances in the neighbourhood of Westminster Abbey, and on property belonging to the Dean and Chapter. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER made the best of a bad case, but at the same time made a singular ad mission. On that very day he said the Dean and Chapter had given notice to many of the tenants to quit. We imagined, from the former speech of the Right Rev. Prelate that the system of purification had been carried to the utmost pitch. The honour of purifying the purlieus of Westminster Abbey, it thus appears, will be conferred on Earl FITzHARDINGE. The Bill went through Committee, and the House adjourned. In the Commons, after the presentation of petitions, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE again brought on a question which interests every Englishman—the atrocious system adopted by Sir JAMES GRAHAM of opening letters at the Post-office. We cannot abridge his speech. Every word of it should be read. Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S reply exhibited a Minister of State in the most deplorable light. Mr. DUNCOMBE moved for a Committee of Inquiry. The Home Secretary resisted the motion. His conscience, he said, was pure—he had discharged his duty, which was an im portant one, and he should resist the motion. Mr. MACAULAY supported the motion for a Com mittee of Inquiry, in a speech which made a great impression on the House. Indeed, there appeared to be but one feeling on the subject, though of course the Ministerial supporters were obliged to vote with Sir R. PEEL, who did the best he could to get his ultra-Tory friend—once an ultra-Radical—out of the scrape. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. MILNES, Mr. SHEIL, and several other leading Members spoke, and the dis cussion altogether was full of interest. A division took place, when, with all the power of the Govern ment, in a House containing 372 Members, they could muster a majority of only 44. If Englishmen sub mit to such a system they deserve to be slaves. The third reading of the Sugar Duties Bill waa postponed till Thursday. After the transaction of some minor business, the order of the day was read for going into Committee on the Bank Charter Mr. MASTEEMAN, moved that the House go into Committee that day six months. The motion was ne gatived on a division by a majority of 187, and the Bill was committed. On clause two being proposed, Mr. NEWDEGATE moved that the blank be filled up with twenty-two instead of fourteen millions. Eventually the amend ment was withdrawn, and the House resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Ten Minutes past One. Mr. DUNCOMBE, who is one of the few really honest men—the rani nantes in gurgite sasto —that the pre sent House of Commons possesses, and whose speeches are uniformly characterised by that straightforward ness, good sense, and intrepidity, which are among the best qualities of a statesman, brought forward last night the important question of opening letters at the Post-office—a practice which the Home Secretary has not thought it beneath him to sanction with his direct approval, and which the Premier, though with the longest and sourest face that ever man yet made, has vainly endeavoured to justify. Not only, as appears from Mr. DUNCOMBE'S statement, have the private letters of Captain STOLZMAN, M. MAZZINI, and God knows how many other persons, been opened at the General Post-office by order of the spotless GRAHAM, but the affair has been transacted in the most mysterious manner possible, and with a skill and science which convinces us that the parties engaged are adepts in the work, and could not fail to achieve high distinction as burglars and cracksmen, were they ever to turn their attention that way. "Every care,' said the Hon. Member for Finsbury, " had been taken to avoid suspicion ; impressions had been taken from the seals, and from these the opened letters were re sealed, and the cut was made so clean that it required almost a microscope to discover it. There were also double impressions made with the official stamp, so that the date when the letters were received at the Post office could not be ascertained." Now wherefore all these mean, tricky precautions, savouring so strongly of the genius of petty larceny, if the act were one per fectly defensible at law, justified by frequent prece dent, and in strict accordance with the ordinary usages of the Home-office? If it was absolutely ne cessary that the thing should be done, it should have been done boldly, and not in this burglarious fashion. " That the power of opening letters was vested in the Secretary of State," observed Mr. DUNCOMBE, "he admitted, but it was only to be exercised in cases in which internal sedition or domestic trea son was apprehended." Now, in the instances of Messrs. STOLZMAN and MAZZINI, no plea of the sort could be urged in justification ; neither of these gentlemen had ever interfered in the politics of the country ; consequently the official violation of their correspondence was an act of the most gratuitous treachery and despotism. And what was the defence set up by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in reply to the Mem ber for Finsbury's charges? He was warranted, for sooth, in acting as he had done, on the faith of a law almost as obsolete as that which sanctioned the use of the torture, the burning of witches, the wager of battle, and other such monstrosities ! And was this all that the Home Secretary had to urge in arrest of judgment ? Oh, no ! The richest part of his de fence is yet to come. He denied the authority of the House to call him to account ; and, with a face of the most comical solemnity, insisted that he had dis charged his duty, and that his " conscience was pure in the matter !" His conscience ! Does he forget his past political doings ? Does he forget his numer ous Protean changes and tergiversations from ultra- Radicalism to Whigism, from Whigism to Toryism, and from Toryism to any other Ism that has suited the views of his master and the exigencies of the moment ? Does Sir JAMES GRAHAM forget all this ? If he is conveniently oblivious of the past, the right thinking portion of the community are not ; and when they read his defence, and more espe cially his allusion to his " conscience," greatly indeed shall we be mistaken if they do not experi ence a nausea akin to that of sea-sickness. To find the Devil quoting Scripture is bad enough ; but to find the Home Secretary talking of his "conscience" is, if possible, still worse. Poor Sir ROBERT PE➢L Ile is really greatly to be pitied for the exhibition he was compelled to make last night ; though when we bear in mind how often he has dragged others through the dirt, we ought scarcely to feel regret that he is now dfagged through it himself. Never had this consummate master of specious common-place so little to say for himselfor his colleague, in reply to the crushing attack of Mr. MACAULAY. In vain he endeavoured to throw over the case a fine coating of sophistry. The naked facts stared tbrough the var nish. He thought," he said, " that his Right Hon. Friend was justified in exercising the power he had done." Mark the safe, discreet, wily wording of this sentence, so characteristic of the Premier's charac ter ! He was not positive that the home Secretary had acted rightly; he only "thought" he had—a most convenient mode of defending his col• league, which commits him to no decided opinion, but enables him to back out of an ugly pre dicament, and even throw Sir JAMES GRAHAM overboard, whenever it may suit his views of ex pediency to do so. We do most earnestly hope tha . _ the people will mark their sense of the Home Secre tary's conduct, by holding public meetings on the subject in every county, city, and town, throughout the length and breadth of the land. They may rely on it that the evil will not stop at the point which it has now reached. The principle that private letters may be opened at the Post-office being once sanc tioned by Government, will soon engender a regular system of official espionage, under whose inquisitorial tyranny n o man can be safe. If one individual's corre -1 spondence may be violated by authority without a why or a wherefore, why should not another's ? Dr. Pima.- / POTTS, for instance, may indite a moving epistle to I the Ecclesiastical Commission, requesting that his rich and long-lamented rectory of Stanhope may be restored to him ; the Member for Evesham, finding po liti c , a more honourable than lucrative profession, l may: address a letter t o the Manager of the Surrey, be again allowed requesting that he may to pay Othello for his benefit at t h at theatre ; an d both these strictly private and confidential communications may be violated by order o f the Home Secretary, and, the greatest possible shock be thereby inflicted on the delicate sensibilities of the unsuspecting writers. The principle—whether legal or not—of opening letters intended solely for THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 144. the perusal of those to whom they are addressed, is a most iniquitous—a most unjustifiable one, suited only to the meridian of St. Petersburgh ; and, there fore, one can hardly wonder at finding it sanctioned by a Conservative Government, and supported by a majority of forty-four sycophantic Conservatives ! The subject of railroad travelling, and, in con nection with it, the marvellous improvements and advances in the art of locomotion which almost every week's experience developes or improves, are matters of such universal interest in this country, that the Legislature appears to be impressed with a salutary sense of its own responsibility in dealing with them. They come home, in fact, to the every day business of every man. They concern equally his business and his pleasure. They regard a new power which approximates the remotest points of these islands to the metropolis, the extremities to the centre ;—a power, whose velocity outstrips the wind ; whose strength mocks all living forces—whose endurance is measured only by the supply of a simple vapour, and the capacity of machinery to resist its expansive pressure ; and is regulated by the limita tions of its employer's pleasure, through means of the simplest imaginable construction—applied with, at ease, a certainty and a facility of control, that seems magically disproportionate to the terrible power and the enormous bulk to be acted upon. If such be the mechanical triumphs of this wonderful application of steam power to locomo tion, the moral effects of that application have been yet more wonderful. Local prejudices and district prepossessions have been more sensibly extinguished, during the 10 years for which our principal lines of railway have been opened, than they had been in the previous half century. Sections of society, between whom it has been customary to imagine there existed almost instinctive animosities, hare been more largely brought together in the course of railway communi cations, than without these aids, in the lapse of very many years would probably have been the case. The reciprocal isolation of the capital and the provinces is fast disappearing ; and in less than another decade we may find it a favourite relaxation with,the farmers of Caithness to traverse the wealds of Sussex, and for experimental reclaimers of the moors in Cornwall or Devonshire to inspect upon the spot the turnip hus bandry of Norfolk. By an analogous process, this growing interchange of opinions and intelligence and observation may, at no distant period, push the march of agriculture into districts, the capabilities of whose soils have not yet been adequately tested ; and establish manufactures in localities where the power of raising raw material has been hitherto little more than sus pected. It may be found that hops may be taught to flourish in the north as well as the south of these islands ; and that there are still large wastes in the home counties, those adja cent to the metropolis, on which the enterprise, sagacity, and industry of cultivators from bleak but unproved and productive sections of the border coun ties of England and Scotland, may raise excellent crops of barley and farinaceous produce. Far more sanguine than these were the anticipations under which Dr. CAMPBELL, seventy years ago, developed in his " Political Survey of Great Britain," the fititural resources of these kingdoms. To an extent far more extraordinary have his views been since verified— and by means and under encouragement infinitely less —than those which now justify us in looking forward to an incalculable amount of national benefit and social wealth, as likely to he derived from the more general establishment of railway lines through the length and breadth of the land. We recommendattention to the abstract we publish, in another column, of the principal features of the new Government Bill, relative to the conditions to be observed in respect of the construction of future rail ways, &c. We hope it may receive the careful dis cussion of Parliament, as one of the most important measures that has been brought forward in the pre sent session. Our readers, on referring to the Queen's Bench report, will see that the Baron DE BODE has at last obtained justice. He has been struggling with the English Government for twenty years. That Government had received from France money to pay all just claims to French emigrants, but had disposed of it in a way only known to GEORGE the FOURTH and the Earl of LIVERPOOL. The Baron DE BODE was one of the sufferers. lie has had the courage, and the indomitable perseverance too, to prosecute his claim to the last. He threw himself on the honesty and judgment ufan English jury, and he has not been disappointed. After a trial of three days, the jury returned a verdict, yesterday, in favour of the Baron's claim, awarding him the full amount, 364,2661., with in tcrest. There are some other claimants still on the Government for money which has been swamped in a similar manner, and which, from this auspicious ver dict, we trust will yet be restored to the rightful owners. In the report from Worship -street office will be found another instance of the tyranny which the new police force would, if they could, establish in the metropolis. An industrious man, selling ginger beer and other beverage requisite in this hot weather for the poorer classes, is taken into custody, his little property carried to the Green-yard, and his whole stock probably destroyed, because a policeman thought fit to interfere on a pretended order issued by a sergeant of police. An inspector attended to give some explanation, and stated that he knew nothing of the order in question. The Magistrate, of course, set the man at liberty, but what remedy is that for such an outrage upon the poorer classes ? If the public do not support the journals that take an interest in restraining the inroads of the police on the liberty of the people, they will speedily find that Colonel ROWAN and Sir JAMES GRAHAM will treat Englishmen like Russian serfs. There is an evident tendency in that direction. We believe Sir J. GRAHAM to be the most dangerous Home Minister that ever filled the office, not even SIDMOUTH excepted; and if the people of this country wish to preserve their liberties, they ought to get up meetings in every dis trict to pray the QUEEN to dismiss the renegade. He opens letters entrusted to the Post-office, he disperses harmless multitudes when they assemble to petition Parliament for a redress of grievances. He was once the advocate for sponging out the national debt, the most radical leveller of the present time ; and ho is now the most bitter persecutor of the men who follow out his original principles. We could bear with some degree of patience such conduct from an old consistent Tory ; but such de spotism on the part of a Radical-Reformer, an osten tatious friend of liberty—a professed friend of the people, and one of the leading men who carried the I Reform Bill, is quite insufferable. Madrid papers of the 17th have been received, but are entirely devoid of interest. Reports prevailed that all the Ministers had been summoned to Barce lona, but for what purpose is not stated. A letter, dated Bayonne of the 20th, contains the following remarks, which, probably, are more true than the fulsome reports published in the Madrid journals : " The people of Barcelona appear to take very little in terest in the movements of the Spanish Queens. Altogether their Majesties have met with a very cold reception from the Catalans. If it were not for the soldiers in their new uni forms, and the coaches and horses of the Ambassadors, and General Narvaez, Barcelona would be very dull. " Several insulting pasquinades, reflecting upon Queen Christina, have been affixed to the walls of the Palace and against the Theatre in the Rambla. —" Queen Isabella continues her course of sulphurised tepid baths, but the irruptions on her face and hands remain the same." The Funds have advanced. The Three per Cents. were done at 271 for cash, and 28 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 20i for cash. We regret to find from the Paris papers of Sunday that the troops of the Emperor of Moaocco have made another attack upon the French troops under General LAMORICIERE, and according to the account given by General BUGEAUD, in a most unfair and treacherous manner. These facts are announced in the following telegraphic dispatch : "TOULON, JUNE 23, 8 O'CLOCK, A.M. " LALLA MARGUJA, JUNE 16. "THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF ALGERIA TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " Yesterday, during a conference with the Com mander of the Morocain army, his troops, to the num ber of 5,000 cavalry, fired upon ours, and wounded an officer and two soldiers, whilst we did not return their fire. The conference was broken up, and Generals LAIAORICIERE and BEDEAU have been attacked by the troops of the Emperor of MOROCCO. " I arrived, and assumed the offensive, and killed of the enemy from 300 to 400 men, whose bodies re mained on the field. I captured some horses, and from 300 to 400 stand of arms. Never was any chas tisement better merited. We had 6 killed and about 20 wounded." The other intelligence in the papers is not of much importance. The amendment carried on Saturday, in the Chamber of Deputies, in opposition to the Government plan for the construction of railroads, has caused some sensation, but as the majority was so small, and the Government are determined to adhere to the Bill passed in 1842, the vote will probably be reversed. The Journal des Debats, however, regards this difference between the Chamber and the Govern ment in a serious light. " The Chamber of Deputies," it says, " has adopted an amendment which places the expense of fixing rails on the Paris and Lyons Rail road to the account of the State; and, consequently, as far as regards that railroad, completely repeals the system of the Bill of 1842. We might urge that this amendment was carried by a majority of only one voice-138 against 137—and maintain that it was an insignificant vote. IVemight assert, that it was possible to avoid this result, and that the Chamber, evidently uncertain, might have been induced to adhere to the Bill of 1842 by the expression of a determination to uphold that Bill on the part of Ministers. But we shall be completely candid, we shall conceal nothing. This determination of the Chamber is a serious one. A law admitted two years since as a compromise between the different systems which paralysed each other, again sanctioned a few days since after an ani mated debate on the occasion of the Bordeaux Rail road, and now completely lacerated—a mode of exe cution which obtained the most votes, which opened an extended career to private industry, and which gave guarantees for the prompt completion of a net work of railroads by connecting the State, not only by an indefinite engagement towards the country, but by an obligatory contract with respect to conces sionary companies. There is no doubt but that the Government will explain their intention before tl Chamber of Deputies on Monday next." This pre• postarous vote the Siecle states was caused entirely by a remarkable speech made by M. GARNIER PAGES, who condemned the system of companies, and con tended that railway tariffs should be placed on the same footing as Customs' tariffs. The Three per Cents. were quoted at TORTONI'S on Sunday at 82f. 45c. THE WEATHER.—After a drought q of almost un exampled durati on a complete change has at last taken place. For the last few days partial showers had fallen, but owing to the dryness of the earth, and the great heat, they produced little effect. The grass in all the parks had been literally " done brown ;" there was not the slightest symptom of verdure, and the owners of cattle and sheep were obliged to feed them with hay to pre serve them from starvation. The barometer for the last two days has been falling, and this morning about five o'clock, a most refreshing rain commenced, which has hitherto continued without intermission. We are glad to find from the provincial journals that the weather has not been so dry in the country, and the dullness of the grain market would lead to the belief that the crops, if we except the hay crop, have not suf fered much. THIS DAYS NEWS. NEWCASTLE RACES. MONDAY. (BY EXPRESS.) Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. Two miles. Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus walked over. Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sow. each, for 2 yr olds. Mr. Bell's SoWerby walked over. The North Derby Stakes of 25 sovs. each, p. p. Derby weights. (17 Subs.) Mr. Williamson's The Cure... (Templeman) 1 Mr. Jaques's Advice 2 Lord Eglinton's Blue Jacket 3 stol on The Cure. Won easy by three lengths. The Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 2 1 Mr. Dawson's Bonnets o' Blue, 3 yrs 2 1 2 General Sharpe's Messalina, 4 yrs 3 dr Mr. Johnstone's Rowena, 4 yrs 4 dr A good race. MONEYAND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. At Liverpool yesterday there was a very good demand for Cotton at previous rates. Speculators took 1,500 and ex porters 400 bales, the total sales being 8,000 bales ; viz., 500 Bahia at 51d. ; 200 Pernain at 51d. to 6d. ; 100 Egyptian at 61d. to Bd. ; 500 Surat at 3d. to 31d., and the rest Ame rican at 3id. to Sid. per lb. Shares had a very dull appear ance. Great Western, 1221 ; Birmingham, 217 ; ditto Thirds, 351 ; South - Western, 861 ; North Midland Half, 94, ; South-Eastern New, IIA ; Paris and Lyons, 31.93. ; Belfast Junction, 3i. There are no ship arrivals to-day with late news of any general interest. The many reports we have heard upon the subject of the iron duties in the States of the Zoll Verein have necessarily led to a good deal of speculation and assertion as to what is really intended, and we are again thrown into a state of un certainty by the statement in advices from Germany of the in tended raising of the duties on and after the Ist of September next. The impost upon the raw foreign material will, it is said, be ten silver groschens, and upon wrought iron, &c., there will be proportionable charges. The more absurd feature, however, is the levying of an export duty of 74 silver gros chens. The Belgian engineers are obtaining in some quarters, it would seem, the preference over our own, arrangements hav ing been concluded with a party of some standing in Belgium to proceed with a body of his countrymen to Mexico, for the purpose of constructing a railway, which Santa Anna has or dered from Vera Cruz to San Juan. Average Circulation A men d ment. The private bankers are repo r t e d t o b e aga i nst t h e Th ree Months' The funds have been slightly influenced by the accounts from'Paris of the commencement of hostilities between France and Morocco, and the opposition to the Government plans for the formation of the railroads. The caprice exhibited, how ever, may materially retard the extension of the railway system on the other side of the Channel. The Sugar Bill, here, as a political question in vo l v i ng a tr i a l o f Mi n i ster i a l strength, does not exercise any further influence on prices. Consols tbr the opening have been 94 to 4 ex-dividend. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 102* to 102, and the Three per Cents. 99* to 99a. Exchequer Bills have ob tained a premium of 725. to 745. Bank Stock is steady at 1981. The market for Spanish Bonds continue dull, the Five per Cents. being 231, and the Three per Cents. 35 to 354. Mexi can have receded a little upon the advance of yesterday afternoon, viz., to 341 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 624 to 621, and Danish 884. The business in Railway Shares is still comparatively limited. Birmingham are 118 • Ditto, Quarters, 22 to 22/ ; eedms; and Great Western,47 to 471 p rem. ; 36 1 ; gouth-Eastern, 11; Paris and Ma Orleans,ncles I t Manchester l a npdr. Llaiu e I Brighton are 31 to 34; and Greenwich, 6 to 54 die. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock lBB S per Cent. Reduced Annuiti es 91% 334 per Cent. Reduced Ann u iti es lO2 },i K, Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860— ..... Consols for Account India Stock Exchequer Bills, 130, 130 1 0001. Ditto Email ........... ....... pm. Ditto Advertised....,..,, pm . FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds. 5 per Cent lO3 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 18.99. 78% Chilian Bonds, t 5 per Cent ..... ......., Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 88 34 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. _.... ........ Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840. ....... „,„, 2334 Ditto Three per Cent . Ditto for the Account 3534 Dutch 234 per Cents 62%34 Ditto for the Account Dutch 5 per Cents.... ....... .......... .... ........ New Loan. 4 per Cents. ( 1844) PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SMARR. Birmingham and Gloucester Dublin and Cashel 234 moi ... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 65 Ditto I 4 Shares Great Western Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths l2 ......... 22% ...... to London and Birmingham Ditto 34 ShareQ London and Brighton 5O 46% i 1... to London and Greenwich London and Green w i c h (P re f erence ) 18% - Manchester and Leeds 7O ......... 10634 to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ..... .... 5634 Midland Counties Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 North Midland South Eastern and Dover Ditto New Thames and Medway York and North Midland Ditto 34 Shares 25 .... ..... 62% Orleans. 'ours, and Bordeaux... 1 - Paris and Orleans .......... ..... ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O 324 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, J tmiz 24.—We have no new feature in our market to-day. Manchester and Bir mingham Quarters, 31 premium ; Manchester and Leeds, 105 to 107 ; Ditto Half Shares, 431 to 444 ' • Manchester and Birmingham, 361 to 57; North Union, 101 to 103. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) EAT IVIARNETS. SmITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41; use ful ditto, 41 4s to 41 8s; fine Upland ditto, 41 lOs to 41 15s ; Clover Hay, 5/ to 61 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 10s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 13s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade brisk. CUMBEICLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 31 128 to 414 s ; use ful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 148 to 5/ ; Clover Hay, 5/ to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 13s to 1 / 1 6s per load. A moderate supply, and an active demand. Prices on the advance. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/10s to 4/48; use ful ditto, 4l 8s to 4/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 13s to 4/ 188; Clover Hay, 5/ 8s to 71 ; Oat Straw, 11 1 ls to 1/ 138 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold readily at the above quotations. New Meadow Hay was selling at from 31 lOs to 41 10s per load. COLONIAL. Smut.—A large business has been done in British Planta tion, 1,300 casks having been sold (including those by auction) at about previous rates. The public sales have been numer ous, consisting chiefly of 110 casks Barbadoes, 2 C) casks 30 barrels St. Lucia, 239 puns West India, and 145 puns East India Molasses, 225 bags Mauritius, 2,619 bags Bengal, 449 chests White, 220 chests Brown Bahia, 118 boxes White Ha vannah, 842 bags Pernambuco, andll,B9l bags Manilla. Nearly all the British Plantation, Bengal and Mauritius, were dis posed of at about previous prices, excepting for the two latter descriptions, which must be quoted again 6d to is lower. All the Molasses were taken in. The Brazil and Haxannah Su gars were also chiefly bought in, the former at .1. 7 s Gd to 20s fur mid brown to good greyish yellow. Bahia 21s to 25s for low to good strong white do., 20s to 25s for good yellow to good white Pernambuco, and 23s Gd to 29s for low to good white Havannah of mid quality. Only about one-third of the Manilla sold, at 13s 6d to 14s for very soft low to dark brown, the remainder was chiefly taken in at 18s to 19s 6d for mid to good greyish yellow, being fully 6d below the previous value. COFFEE.-226 casks 373 barrels British Plantation and 539 bags Manilla were offered by auction ; the greater part of the former found buyers, the better sorts at extreme prices, but the inferior descriptions at comparatively low rates; all the latter were withdrawn, there being no pur chasers at the previous value. COCOA —1,314 barrels and bags British Plantation was taken in or withdrawn, holders refusing to submit to any further reduction. Ric E.-273 bags and 1,631 Pockets Bengal sold readily at lls to 12s, and one 10t . 12s 6d for good to fine white, being the extreme value. SALTPETRE.—Of 3,267 bags offered only a small portion disposed of at 23s 6d to 26s 6d for 94 to 2i per cent. refrac tion, which were rather lower prices. SPICES.-1,193 bags Malabar Pepper and 190 bags Pi mento were offered by auction ; the former was chiefly taken in at 34d for good heavy shot kind, the latter sold at 34d to 3id for mid to good mid quality, and erd at 3id to 34d, being rather dearer. Uorros.—There is a fair business doing at steady rates. TEA.—The market is firm. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. continues in demand, and is 40s 6d to 41s par cwt. on the spot, and 42s 6d to 42s 9d for the last three months. Town is 425. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 25.—Westerly fresh breezes. It has rained hard since 6 A.M. DEAL, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Lenzon, Palister, Boston, for Hull. Sld. Prince Albert, Bordeaux and Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 24.—Wind blew very hard from 8 P.M. last evening until 7 A.M. this morning, with heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. STRONSAY, JUNE 17.—The Courier, of Gravelines, foun dered in deep water last night off Lamb Head ; crew saved. OFF . SUNDERLAND, JUNE 23.—Norma, Jackson, Sierra Leone. HULL, JUNE 22.—Sid. Integrity, Ichaboe. OFF LIZARD, JUNE 21.—J. ,H. Shepherd, New Orleans, for Antwerp. BRISTOL, JUNE 24.—Sid. Eagle, China. WIVENHOE, Jinvic 24.—Sid. John Pedder, Icbaboe, OFF SEAFORD, JUNE 22.—Connayard, New York, for Dunkirk. DONEGAL, JUNE 22.—Arrd. John and Richard (supposed), St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF TILE START, JUNE 23.—Slains Castle, Petrie, China. Da -mount, JUNE 24.—Wind S. to S.W., fresh breezes.— Sld. Clarence, Ichabos. Off, Hebe, Todd, Port Republican, and sld. for Antwerp ; Angelica, New York for Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 24.—Wind variable and light, with heavy showers.—Arrd. Princess Royal, Lewis, Calcutta ; Islam, Morphew, Barbadoes ' • Agnes, Jones, Nassau ; Agnes Gilmour and Pallas, New Orleans; Britannia, Carrol of Cairslton, General Wiltshire, and Queen of Britain, Mobile. Slil. Crescent, Cape of Good Hope ; John Mitchell, Ichaboe ; Charles Joseph, Providence ; Atalanta, New York ; Laurel, Dalhousie ; Importer, Quebec. Off, Shakspeare, Charleston. OFF CORK, Jumc 24.—British Queen, Laye, St. John's, New Brunswick. THE STEAMER MANCHESTER. The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's from their agents (Messrs. Elliott) at Hamburgh, dated June 21 :—" A considerable part of the cargo of the ' Manchester ' appears to have been saved. The vessel is insured with Hamburgh underwriters." HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY, THE DUKEDOM OF SUSSEX—COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. Their Lordships sat to-day in a Committee for Privileges, for the purpose of further considering the claim of Sir Augustus D'Este to the Dukedom of Sussex. The judges were also in attendance. Among the Peers present, we noticed the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale, the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Beaumont, Lord Cloncurry, Lord Denman, Viscount Strangford, Lord Redesdale, Lord Wrottesley, the Earl of Devon, the Ea r l of Wicklow, Colville, and the Duke of Richmond ; and among the judges, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. Justice Williams. Counsel being called in, Sir T. WILDE proceeded to call the following witnesses. Augusta Emma D'Este, the sister of the claimant, proved the death of her mother and the finding of various corres pondence, after that event, between the late Duke of Sussex and her mother. She also proved and produced the Prayer book by which Mr. Gunn married her mother to her father. The marriage took place at Rome. Lady Virginia Murray—Was the daughter of the Earl of Dunmore, and sister of the mother of the last witness. Hi s late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex visited their family when at Rome, and paid great attentions to her sister. Heard of their marriage at l~ lorence. Recollects her sister being confined in Lower Berkley. The present claimant was the child that was then born. The late Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta lived together as man and wife. The claimant was called the little Prince, or Prince Augustus, and the claimant's sister was called the Princess Augusta. The Right Hon. D Lushington was then called, and stated that he was vet, well acquainted with his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. He constantly conversed with witness on matters upon which he took a deep inte rest, and several times on the subject of his marriage. The particular period at which he conversed was when hi s R o y a l Highness was at Halcombe, about 1825, 1826. or 1827. his Royal Highness took witness into his private apartments and detailed the facts of his marriage. The conversation lasted four hours. Mr. ERLE—Did he state the name of his wife? Lord CAMPBELL objected to the evidence altogether, on the ground that there might be some /is mote. Their Lordships, after some discussion, decided on reject ing the evidence, and Dr. Lushington withdrew. Sir Robert Stopford was called, and proved bringing his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, in 1793, from Leg horn to this country, and in 1794 taking him back again to Leghorn, where they arrived in March of that year. Dr. Nicholas Wiseman resided twenty-two years at Rome. Was Coadjutor of the Bishop of Rome there. Was aware of the law at Rome usually called the Council of Trent. By the law there, a marriage to be valid must take place before the parish priest and two witnesses. All Catholic marriages must be according to the provisions of the Council of Trent. The witness was then examined at some length as to what the law was in Rome with respect to marriage, and several books were referred to, written by the Popes themselves on the subject. Some discussion then took place as to the manner in which evidence should be given of what a foreign law was ; whether it should be by witnesses or by books. The Lord Chancellor and Lord Brougham thought they should examine some skilful - versa . , while Lord Campbell thought they might rely on learned books. Lord DENMAN said there could be no difficulty on the subject, because they had both books and learned individuals present. Lord LANGDALE said the only:Oestion was how the wit ness was to be examined. He believed the course pursued was the correct one. Dr. Wiseman was then re-called—He was clearly of opinion that a marriage at Rome between two Protestants before a Protestant clergyman would be considered in that country as valid, the children legitimate, and any property they might have would descend to their children ; and such marriage would not be subject to ecclesiastical censure. The witness then proceeded at considerable length to state the effect of the Council of Trent with respect to marriages in the Holy See, in the course of which he re ferred to several eminent text writers on the subject, which caused some discussion as to whether the witness could refer to them in evidence; or, in fact, whether his evidence could be further proceeded with, it appearing that he had not suf ficient legal knowledge of the law of marriage in Rome. Sir T. WILDE and Mr. EnLE submitted that the witness was a competent one. After examining Dr. Wiseman as to what his jurisdiction was as coadjutor Bishop in this country, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then addressed their Lordships, and the Committee decided in favour of the admissibility of the evidence. The examination of the witness was then resumed.—lf the marriage was brought before any of the Roman tribunals the marriage would be considered legal, and the children would inherit. It is the opinion of theologians and lawyers that where Protestants are married according to their own form, even where the Council of Trent has been promulgated, are married. Pope Benedict XIV. issued a bull declaring the validity of such marriages, and stating his reasons for de ciding that such marriages had all along been legal. Lord BROUGHAM—Has any thing ever been done since at Rome to vary the construction you have put upon it? Wit ness—There has not. The Soracirou-GENERAL—Have you ever known a case where the validity of a marriage between two Protestants has come under the consideration of the courts at Rome? Wit ness—Not since then. Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL--A parish priest could not marry a Roman Catholic and a Protestant without leave, because it would require a dispensation. If he were to do it it would be invalid. He:would:not:marry two Protestants, but supposing he were to do so, the mar - riage would be valid. It would not be right for the parish priest to do it, but if he were to do so it would be valid, supposing it was performed in the presence of witnesses. If it were performed by a priest without the presence of witnesses, it would be void, because it would be against the decree of the Council of Trent. If Protestants are married by a Catholic priest, they submit themselves to the Catholic law. If a marriage between Protestants is contracted, according to their own religious forms, then the Church acknowledges that marriage. By Lord CAMPBELL—If a Presbyterian man and a Presby terian woman were married at Rome by a Presbyterian clergy man, that would be considered a valid marriage by the laws of Rome. By the SOLICITOR-GENERAL —The law of Rome would not recognise the validity of the marriage of a Catholic priest, al though it might be valid in this country, because it would be contrary to his vow. Sir T. WILDE then stated that he had intended to call as a witness a very learned gentleman, a Catholic priest, but lie doubted whether after the last decision the House would think his evidence admissible. He would however call him. The gentleman in question was then called, and exa mined as follows :—Had studied at Rome, and went through a full course of theological education—that includes studying the law of marriage. I am what is called a pro fessed father of the Order of Jesuits. lam connected with Stonyhurst. The law of marriage forms an essential part of those laws which I had to study. By the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I have no judicial functions to perform connected with marriage. My studies were merely to qualify me for performing the functions of a priest of the Catholic Church. By Lord BROUGHAM—I am a regular priest, not a secular priest. The LORD CHANCELLOR (after a short consultation with the Judges and the Law Peers) announced, that in the opinion of their Lordships the evidence of the witness was not sufficient. Some member of some tribunal at Rome, or some lawyer practising at Rome, ought to be called and examined on the subject, or certainly there would be considerable difficulty in inducing their Lordships to take the same view of the subject as Sir Thomas Wilde. He did not wish to dictate to Sir Thomas Wilde, but he threw out the suggestion. In a question of such vast importance it was necessary that their Lordships should be in possession of the clearest evidence. The Committee then adjourned sine die, in order to afford time to Sir Thomas Wilde to procure additional testimony in support of the claim. When he is prepared, he will com municate with the Lord Chancellor, and a day will be ap pointed for the further consideration of the subject; the Lord Chancellor reminding Sir Thomas Wilde of the necessity of procuring this additional testimony before the Judges went on circuit. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Several men were brought up from Lambeth workhouse for destroying their clothes, and amongst the defendants was a young man named Mills, who, in answer to the interroga tories of the Magistrate, said that he was an attorney's clerk at Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; that there being a scarcity of em ployment at that place, he came up to town to seek a situa tion ' • but, failing in hi s en d eavours, was reduced to his pre sent destitute condition. Another of the defendants said that he was a country labourer, and that he came up to London for the purpose of enlisting in the East India Company's service, but that, being unfortunately half an inch under the standard height, he was rejected. Owing to that circumstance, he was also re duced to destitution. _ _ Mr. Corn:xi:num said that the spirit the young man ex hibned, in wishing to enter her Majesty's service rather than be idling about, deserved a better fate ; and he was of opinion that a fine, healthy-looking young fellow like him, would not have his services rejected in other regiments. The Magis trate added, that as the defendants were proved to have de stroyed their clothes, he must be under the necessity of com mitting them for seven days each. The unfortunate defendants appeared thankful for being sent to gaol. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A man named Lee was charged with assaulting another mechanic named Barrett. The complainant lives in Baldwin's-place, Baldwin's-gar dens. On the previous night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a dispute took place between them. When Police sergeant 3 G came up at one o'clock this morning, he saw Barrett bleeding profusely from the right eye, and his arm was dislocated. He took Lee into custody. The prisoner's defence was, that he had been acting the part of a friend to the complainant, by furnishing him with tools and money for some time past, and this the complainant admitted to be true. Mr. BROUGHTON said he could not pass over the prisoner's conduct. He would fine him ten shillings, or a fortnight's imprisonment in the House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) George Roach, a young man in the garb of a sailor, was charged with the following outrage :—Mr. Henry Zachariah Jervis, of 1, Bedford-terrace, New Kent-road, solicitor, stated that between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning, as he was pro ceeing along Oxford-street, in the direction towards Holborn, he saw the prisoner standing against a post near St. Giles's, and, as he was prasing him, he put out his foot and nearly threw prosecutor down. He asked him what he did it for, when he attacked him in a most violent manner, and struck him several heavy blows. Jones, police-constable of the E division, came up, and took the prisoner into custody, but he broke from them, and again violently assaulted witness. After great resistance he was secured. Four police-constables preferred several charges of assault against the prisoner. He had bitten the fingers of one of them most severely, Five or six fellows were standing about when the prisoner commenced his attack upon the complain ants. They were no doubt accomplices, and their purpose was robbery. Mr. MALTBY said it was a very gross outrage, and asked the prisoner what he had to say ? The prisoner, with a careless air—Nothing at all. What's the use of my saying any thingl Mr. MALTBY—Then I fine you 51., or commit you for two months to hard labour. Being unable to pay the fine he was sent to gaol. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, MONDAY, JUNX .24. POST-OFFICE. Petition of Charles Stolzman, alleging that Letters ad dressed to him are sec re tly detained and opened at the General Post-office, and praying for inquiry, brought up, and read : Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Petition be referred to a Select Committee, for the purpose of i n q u i r i ng into the circu ms t ances un d er w hich Letters have been secretly opened, delayed, or detained, at the General Post-office, since the Ist of January last; also, into the form in which warrants for that purpose have been issued, and the mode in which they have been executed and obeyed ; the said Committee to report thereupon to the House, together with their opinion as to the expediency of making any alterations in the Law under which the secret o pening, delayi ng , or d e t a i n i ng o f P ost L etters i s conducted :' The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 162. - - - Aglionby H. A. Fox, Charles Richard Pechell, Captain Aldam, William French, F. Pendarves, E. W. Archbold, Robert Gibson, T. M. Philips, G. R. Armstrorg, Andrew Gisborne, Thomas Philips, Mark Bannerman, A. Granger, T. C. Plumridge, Captain Barclay, David Grey, Sir 0 Ponsonby, C. F. A. Baring. F. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Power, James Barnard, E. G. Hall, Sir B. Protheroe, E. Barron, H. W Hanmer, Sir John Ramsbottom, J. Bellew, R. M. Hawes, B. Rawdon, J. D. Berkeley, C. Hayter, W. G. Ricardo, J. L. Berkeley, Captain Hene age, E. Roebuck, J. A. Berkeley, Hon. G. F Hill, Lord:Marcus R usse ll, L or d J o h n Bernal, Ralph Hindley, Charles Russell, Lord E. Bernal, Captain Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Russell, J. 1) Blackstone, W. Holland, Robert ! Scholefield, J. Bouverie, E. P. Horsman, Edward Seale, Sir J. Henry Bright, John Hoskins, K. Shell, R. L. Brotherton, J. Howard, C. W. G. Shelburne, Lord Browne, IL D. Howard, J. K. Smith, B Buller, C. Howard, Lord Smith, J. Abel Buller, E. Howard, E. G. Smith, Vernon Busteild, W. Howard, H. Standish, Charles Butler, P. S. tiowick, Viscount Staunton, Sir G. T. Christie, W. D. Hume, Joseph Stewart, P. M. Clay, Sir W. Hunaphery, John Stuart, W. Villiers] Clements, Lord Hutt, W. Stock, Sergeant Cobden, Richard Jervis, J. Strickland, Sir G. Colborne, W.lLltidley Johnson, General St ru tt, Ed war d Colebrookc, Sir T. Langston, J. H. Tancred, H. W. Col'ett, John Langton, W. Gore Thornely, Thomas Collins, W. Layard, Captain Towneley, John Cowper, Hon. W. F Leader, J.T. Traill, George Craig, W G. Lemon, Sir C. Troubridge, Sir T. Currie, Raikes Leveson, Lord Tufnell, Henry Dalmeny, Lord Macauley, T. B. Tuite, Hugh M. Dalrymple, Captain M'Geachy, F. A. Turner, E. Dawson, T. V. MiTaggart, J. Vane, Lord H. Denison, W. J. Mangles, R. D. Wakley, Thomas Denison. J. E. Marsland, Henry Walker, R. D'Eyncourt. T. C. Mitchell, T. A. Wall, B , Divett. E. Mor r i s , D av id Wallace, Robert Dram. J. S. W. E. Morison, General Warburton, H. Duff, James Morrison, James Watson, W. H. Duncan, Viscount Hunts, U. F. , Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Napier, Sir Charles Williams, W. Dundas, Frederick O'Brien, J. Wilshere, W. Hondas, Hon. J. C. O'Connell, M. Wood, Charles Ebrington, Viscount O'Conor Don Worsley, Lord Ellis, Wynn O'Ferrall, R. More Wyse, Thomas Elphinstone, Howard Ogle, S. C. H. . Yorke, Redhead H. Esmond ,e Sir T. Ord William Ewart, William Paget, Frederick Ferguson, Colonel Paget, Lord Alfred Fitzroy, Lord C. Parker, J. Fore ter, Matthew Pattison, James TELLERS Duncombe, T. S. Bowring, Dr. MAJORITY—NOES, 206. Acland, T. D Entwisle, William Masterman, John A'Court, Captain E scott , B i chkam Mordaunt, Sir J. Acton, Colonel Estcourt, I'. G. B. Morgan, Oetavius Adare, Lord Neilden, W. Mundy, E. M. Adderley, C. B. Fe Howes,: Edward Nee ld, Joseph Alford, Viscount Filmer, Sir E. Nee ld, John ARM, Jahn Peter Fitzroy, Hon. H Neville, Ralph Antrobus, Edmund Forman, T. S. Newdegate, C. N. Arbuthnot, Hugh Fox, S. Lan e . Newport, Viscount Arkwright, Geot ge Fremantle, Sir T. Nichol!, John Arundel, Lord Fuller, A. E. Norreys, Lord Ashley, Lord Gardner, J. D. O'Brien, A. S. Baillie, Colonel Gaskell, James Milner Ossulston, Lord Baird, William Gladstone, W. E. Packe, C. Win, Balfour, J. M. Gladstone, Captain Palmer, R. Baring. W. B. Godson, Richard Palmer, G. Baring, Thomas Gordon, Captain Patten, J. Wilson Barneby, John Gore, M. Peel, Sir Rob.rt Barrington, Viscount Gore. W. Ormsby Peel, Jonathan Baskerville, T. B. M. Gore, W. R. 0. Pennant, Colonel Batescm, Robert Goring, Charles Plumptre. .1. P. Beckett, William Goulhurn,,..Henry Powell, Colonel Beresford, Major Graham, Sir James Praed. William T. Boldero, Henry G. Greer.e, T. Price Richard Borthwick, Peter Grim s dit c h , Thomas Pringle, Alexander Betfield, Beriah Grimston Lora Pusey, Philip Bowles, Admiral Grogan, FAlward Repton, George W. Brarnston, T. W. Raiford, Henry Richards,. Richard hroadley, H. Hamilton, J. Hans Rolleston, Colonel Brownrigg, J. S. Hamilton, Lord C. Round, Charles Gray Bruce, Lord Ernest Harris, E. A. J Round, John . Buller, Sir J. Y. Henley, J. W . . Rous, Hon. Captain Bunbury, Thomas Henniker, Lord Rushbrooke, Colonel Burrell, Sir Thomas Hepburn, Sir T. B. Sanderson, R. Cardwell, Edward Herbert , Sandon, Lord Cartwright, W. R. Hervey, Lord A. Sheppard, T. Cnarteris, Hon. F. Hodgson, F. Shirley, KJ. Chelsea, Viscount Hodgson, R. Sibthorp, Colonel Cholmondeley, Hugh Hope, Charles Smith, I'. B. C. Christopher, R. A. Hope, Alexand er * Smyth. Sir H. Chute. %V. L. /tope, G. W. &collet t, A. Clerk, Sir George Hornby, John Somerset, Lord G. Clive, R. H. Houldsworth, T. Sotheron, T. H. , Cockburn, Sir G. Hussey, Th omas S tan l ey, Lord '' Codrington, Sir W. . Ingestre, Lord Stewart, J o h n Compton. H. C. Irton, S. Sutton, Hon. H. 111 Corry, H. James, Sir W. C. Taylor, Edward Courtenay, Lord Jermyn. Earl Tennent, J." E. Cresswell, Baker Johnstone, Sir John Thesiger, V. Cripps, William Jellide ' Sir W. Tnomps o n, Ald. Darner. Hon. G. Jones, T. Th. rnhill, George Darby, George Kemble, Henry Trench, Sir Frederick Davies, D. A. S. Knatchbull, Sir E. Trevor, Hon. G. It. Dawnay, Hon. W. Knight, Henry Gally Trollops, Sir John Denison. E. Beckett Knight, F. W. Trotter, J. Dodd, George Lawson, Andrew Verner, Colonel Douglas, Sir H. Lefroy, Anthony Vesey, Hon. Thomas Douglas Sir C. Lennox, L or d A. Vivian, John Enni. Douro,Marquis of Leslie, C. P. Waddington, H. S. Dowdeswell. W. Lincoln, Earl of Welhy. G. E. Drummond, H. H. Lindsay, H. H. Williams, T. P. Dugdale, W. S. Lockhart, William Wodehouse, E. Duncombe, Hon. 0, Lygon, General Wood, Colonel East, James Buller Mackenzie, Win. F. Wortley, Jas. " Eastnor, Viscount Maclean, Donsld _ Wortley. Hon. John Eaton, Richard J. M'Neill, Duncan Yorke, Hon. E. T. Egerton, W. T. Mahon,Viscount Egerton, Sir P. G. lllainwaring , T. TELLEgef. Eliot, L ord Manners, Lord C. S. Young, John Emlyn, Viscount Martin, C..W, Baring, H. B. BANK OF ENGLAND CHARTER BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :" The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 205. MINORITY—NOES, 18. Colborne, N. R. W. Johnson, General Trollepe, Sir John Collins, William Morris, David Turner, E. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Newdegate, C. N, Wakley, Thomas Duncan, George Scott, K. Wodehouse, Edmond Gisborne, Thomas Seale, Sir J. H. TELLERS. Hastie, A. Sibthorp, Colonel Wallace, X Henley, J. W. Taylor. J. A. Blunts, G. F. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—This morning, between twelve and one o'clock, two women, named Flood and Mullins. residing in Bates'-buildings, Broad-wall, Stamford-street, having quarrelled and fought, Mullins struck Flood a violent blow on the back of the head with a shoemaker's hammer, which, it is feared, will pro ve f ata l . Mullins was taken in charge by the police. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY GLEHLyoN.— We regret to announce the death of the Dowager Lady Glen lyon. The melancholy event took place at Dunkeld on the 21st instant, after a protracted illness, which her Ladyship bore with ex emp l ary fortitude. Her Ladyship was the daughter of Hugh, the late Duke of Northumberland, and sister of the present Duke, and was married in 1810 to Lord James Murray, second son of the late Duke of Athol, and brother of the present Duke. His Lordship was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Glenlyon in July, 1821, and expired on the 12th of October, 1837. The present L or d Glenlyon, the Hon. Cha r l o tt e Augusta Murray, the Hon. James Murray, and the Hon. Mrs. Maynard survive their respected parent. SUDDEN DEATH TN TIIE THAMES TUNNEL.—Yester day morning, about nine o'clock, a poor woman, named Webb, residing at No. 36, Vincent-street, Stepney, and who procured a precarious subsistence by mangling, whilst pass ing through the Thames Tunnel, with her son, on arriving at the Rotherhithe side, and when iu the act of ascending the steps, having got up about half-way, dropped suddenly dead. Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews, after playing a limited number of nights at the Yarmouth and Norwich Theatres, proceed to fulfil an engagement at the Dublin Theatre. SUMMARY OF NEIVI AND 4ubltcg , -;ptitton- " Who rans may read." FOREXG.N. On Saturday the King and Queen of the French" s p ie r; pauied by several o ffi cers, l e f t N eu i l l y f or St. Cloud, turned in the evening to dinner. •ea `la The funeral o f M. G eof f ry St. Hilaire took Ol e ' ches , day. The chief mourners were his son, the Bar °ll o preit r Dupin, and MM. F erras, Dumas, and Chevreuil , a s the der tatives of the I ns tit ute, the Acalemy of Sciences , demo of Medicine, and the Museum. - Cm Paris The weather had b ecome very warm at - 42 A de? day the thermometer, at two o'clock, h a d reached of Fahrenh e it. at! oi Letteis from Rio J ane i ro, o f the 29t h o f Apr il , pig j the marriage of the Count d'Aquila, brother of the_nerer Naples, with the Princess Januaria, sister to th e f ei iodo r Brazil, took pl ace on t h e previous day. The Cant rived on the 17th. A Barcelona paper says that the 'Count dar e r a h brother of the Ki ng o f N aples, is expected at Bareedeeo that it is believed the marriage question is at lengwyerita:4 in his favour. Th e Queen's health seems to be satisfactory state, and her illness is of a nature Wb no A he of amendment. th e serious riot took place at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, o n bekrl The labourers in g rea t num b ers attacked t h e brew! buchers, and it was with great difficulty the riol to down. The Augsburg Gazette says, that from fo oft het thousand persons were engaged in it. The caus e t d order was the arrest of a workman by an ag i e t il d The workman resisted, and the police agent k i " e .s e y iIDo his sword. This exasperated the people, and Cee diately attacked the breweries. The Augsburg Gazette gives the following letter to p be v s stantinople :—" C ons t an ti nop l e, June s.—The Stley. been received with enthusiasm throughout his pura w bo ... , the 3d he entered the Dardanelles. The Alhansana, sts ie in a state of re vo lt appear to b e sending i n their on' ', 4 to the legitimat e authorities everywhere." 1 0 The Zurich G aze tt e states that the Great Coon given instructions to its deputies in the Diet, by,. 11 , h 7 0 : are to demand th e exclusion of the deputation 0, bots' from the Diet, until constitutional order shall har° stored in that canton. LAW AND POLICE. m de'oe ss6 . o ! In the Court of Q ueen ' s B enc h , t h e Baron dem - die).4 which has been so long litigated, was decided °,4 et er returning a verdict f or th e B aron ' s c l a i m on the kV to the amount of 364,266/., with interest. e to ga" Richard Leeds and R o b er t Finch, seamen bel°°V os e'et y Commercial Packet from Rotterdam, were cliat6T to Guildhall, with unlawfully importing tobacco in A , of less than 3001b5., whereby the vessel had becon't ie br",, e , forfeiture. The full penalty of 100/. was inflicted in„,;,or, John Donnacliffe, a smith, was charged, at Cl u rieti. with feloniously assaulting and wounding Sar a ' ha as widow with two children, to whom he was Pa. ving t bere tt P ' dresses. Drunkenness and jealousy appeared to be h ,„ l of the act. The woman was dangerously wounded " ( ',Aa and the medical man who was sent for refused to_otioi turning the rather curious answer, that " he had P do with stabs." The prisoner was remanded. er elso William Saunderson, a waggoner to a coal In l og o . Wapping, was charged, at Lambeth-street, with se reee!..o , juring Thomas Carron, a dock labourer, who at P roo mains in the London Hospital in a very .d an g e w , e stre e 'of The prisoner drove a waggon on Saturday in a„,„" - , for • manner among a crowd of men who were Wal‘oo t eS ployment at the gates of St. Katharine's Docks-, t, ant, who fell under th e w h ee l s, had his arm s us mit sl frightful manner. The defendant was admitted.to chawilri ed Michael Brown, a well-k nown thief, was ,jgel Wandsworth, with bre a ki ng i n t o a b oo th o n No 7 00 , and stealing therefrom a cas k o f b ran d y , a cask ° ,l s top s ,,,, a cask of gin, as also several bottles of wine an.,, , a de total value being 171. Th e p roper t y b e l on ged to raii the landlord of the Three Kingdoms Taverns Tower-street, who had a booth at Hampton races. was remanded. COUNT—PASNIONADLS'.., el n der , The Princess Alice, G overn ment steamer, is rt to be at Calais, so as t o t a k e on b oar d a t that"; g r no morning of the 3d of July, her Royal Highnes s ie .- Augusta of Mecklenburg Strelitz, who comes i ° set' a visit to the Queen and royal family. 01 ;e r The Duchess of Kent arr i ve d at G ot h a on t h e e ded with her son the Prince of Leiningen, and diatelto the Castle of Ro senaw, the summer resPr°cideace ducalfamily. Du ets( Friday next will be the sixth anniversary of h er coronation. tiott wed The Marquis of No rman b y h as l e f t th e Clare° „Or? for Lord Ravensworth' s , R avenswort h H a ll, No -am s•ere , :o , The Dowager Mar c hi oness o f H ert f or d has , , re 2:eel , her late severe indisp os iti on . Th e M arqu i s of .'"i`"" Cp l on the Continent. Ordb Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwilliam e at , to arrive at Mortimer House about the 15th of from their Continental tour. gerrnSof Lieutenant-General Sir Ed war d an d Lady sn • give a grand din ner on S atur d ay next, in Great street. Mitif 3 CMIGANZIOVS• clone On Monday the half-y ear l y mee ti ng o f the Lo! e leer Asylum was held at the L on d on T aver n, for Z 4 eight girls and seventee n b oys , f rom a li s t of il jo ei tr, to participate in the b ene fi ts o f t h e c h a rity, or s bled t, Esq., in the chair. By th e l ast R epor t it apP ea,Ai annual subscriptions now amount to 4,3791. 0700 net receipts to 9,428/. 18s. 10d., and the expend i , t lB ~7,ojor, the purchase of 1,000/. Three and-a-Half per ue° 7d, P on account of the Wellington fund, to 9,095 1 • 19 !a° ing a balance in the h an d s o f th e t reas urer of 3 wi s sOse The stock in different funds now standing in trus ee ssO, amount to 48,038/. 6s. Bd. The n ames of the so biv i didates having been announced, tha n ks were v°` „d ie chairman, and the meeting separated. the stit".l)4 According to a return mad e t o P ar li a ment, , t ie annual consumpiton of coffee in the United King t, (ey last three years, a moun t s to 28 , 5 00,000 lbs. _lteslit/1 greatest quantity of B r iti s h co l on i a l cof f ee is irar o'o the island of Ceylon and the West Indies, whilsliepa foreign coffee is imported from th e C ape o f Good , East India Company's te rr it or i es , an d C o l o mbia. A spirited contest took pl ace i n th e parish r, t.v a so d, o i Northampton, relative to imposing a c h urc h-rate , , n4 to A l two days polling, the pari s hi oners d ec ided by 4 :`, c iter against the rate. The subject has caused some soi at Northampton. of god KJ FINE ARTS.—Amongst the numberp be ip..., admirers of art, who had the high gratification mbistite!"; sent at the annual conversazione of the Fine Art,,, l ale 7$ Willis's Rooms, but some few days since, may re ` - c eilee tl o#, faction afforded by the inspection of a very largetyagt. sketches by the late t ru l y g if te d Th eo d or Von s' . .„„ s iosh, works, almost inspired i n th e i r c h aracter and exPS;toorgr to be brought to the hammer, at Christie and o l e elor King-street, St. James's, to-morrow. As the C art, 01 eludes many comp os iti ons o f t h e hi g h es t class ° ed t ha Li ar native and poetic to a d egree , it may b e exPeci„. will e ; oP i hers of aristocratic pat rons an d amateur colleeta." l o, L" or sent, anxious to secure a memento, however ~,„phife j V. who died in early prime, and whose intellectua t c atera e L t y pourings bear the impress of the soul itself, tit 0% 1 , , the desire of worldly lucre, or crippled by en u s blrt please, other than the spirit which gave its geti l men t 01 01 CHINESE RANSOM.--The further ins ta g a jesV e l, l , ransom, which was brought home in her her • Wanderer from China, has been deposited in T r ess;;o'' f e f l Mint by J. W. Cooper, Esq., of her _ls:l w aj a es s tY re s ce iv .„, 4 o l 4o o o7 l) :! whom, by order of the Government, it board the ship. The treasure was conveyed t i o , t or id , the South Western Railway Company, under .t superintendence of Mr. Cooper, escorted by Ll e ovt g e f e elt, and a party of the 59th Foot. The treasure is ° ha Dov o i• for sale, after being assayed, on account 01 ,..„„ace, o tioe, Exchequer. The soldier-like and neat aPPT r oI bo: detachment of the 59th Regiment attracted ge ° 081 0 " OPENING LETTERS.--Few persons are fac e. l oll: letters are opened and re-sealed by the Post ° se aled „t ij j are opened by the application of moisture, an d . „ A lt, d,!;„ are opened thus :—The letter is laid on an r",.,: i re 1 ";10c, 1$ 41 seal up, upon the seal is laid a square piece ?ZOO I feila; o 1 upon this lead descends a hammer with consu' e - i 0,10 1 , The sudden impact converts the lead into it s eedgn ) l,l l as an electrotype, and accordingly is used to I t. bit k W; which is now opened by destroying the For all letters similarly sealed, the lead Seal W ill dlO 51 7 0, derer in the management must have recently lekeep_ In small country towns, curious postmistrees e lls, an assortment of seals, with impressions of h`re for the purpose of enabling them to get at ee Liverpool Paper. c o,- ll m i. .4 The Vauxhall-bridge Company ha ve , Soa v or l . building a pier on the plan of the one at t" - er ectt i to tele bridge. ?Jr. Cubitt, the extensive builder, In t 'lfied , col r o of houses on the west-side of the gas works, 'Tie 115 ' road, which conceals that unsightly building.„ . . seat er t ieti ° pleted the road sixty feet wide the alongside tu' to Government will complete remaind er bridge. re° rti of SIX POUNDS of TEA, an d upwar d s , se nt, c a „ e ste atPe' part of the Kingdo m , a t t h e Wholesale Pr i c e, 01). SJ• tance, or Post-office order. 4S• Black, 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 46 * 4d S. Vi , Cf; Green, Is. 4d., 3 s . Bd., 45 ., 4s. 4d ., 5 8 ., 5,. 4 d • is. Coffee, 9d„ ls. i s. 2d., l s . 4 d., l s ., 6d., I,* °; ii ler ,, Or , G. T. MANSELL an d C O . , Wholesa l e Tea W LERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE. Agencies will be parties, • . ...n 1 01 -------- BIRTHS. ~ j . Jow - 4. On the 11th inst., at Fl orence , th e l a dy or F e rn shaw, Esq., of a daughter. (W illis° i c l'' E so o q a l: o t t fh h e e m 2 2e l li s aw i nst i n inn s , t s . ot ,. f, a t aa E td d i pa ua n gt b nh u et r ye g r, h . , t t h h e e l l a a d d y y 0 0' 0 f the r. 11 But O l n er the 21st of a son. at Church-Cobham , inst. Wif e the a for i • # til e , Atkins, of White Ha r t- cour t, ware, th e 00, Lombard-str eet, o f w ife o r it On the Ist i ns t., at the Vicarage, Sh e Rev. H. Coddington, of a daughter. d i aries 4 On the 22d i ns t., a t S tam f or d-hill, Mrs. for g , of a daughter. es Es+ , e i On the 22d inst., th e l a d y o f William Haw es ' urs aci , King William-street, Strand, of a son. genii' ' On the 22d inst., in Ch es t e r-square, Mrs. a daughter. no , MARRIED. On the 20th William ' inst., at B ryanston Church, Grey Pitt, Esq., late Lieutenant in the" pa t , Albert's Own) Hussars, to Laura Matilda, Yen IV lse , a eg of the late Admiral Ryves, R.N., of Shroton rillsoos, ' b ier _On the 22d inst., at the parish Church of ‘, 006 Manchester, Captain Williams R.N.. to &arm' $, of the late James F d Hall, -Esse orbes, Esq., of utton li r ' DIED. T j n 111 5hire' e On the 15th inst., at Croxton RectorY, -&- --e° jet Morgan Esq. V, r' ' So iti p On the 17th inst., at Dinan, France, Jones of Kennington, aged 68. ripineet ills ' Ott the 19th inst., at Upper Gower-street, '''''" -.4 * OP' of Major-General Birch, C.B. Eta , 131andifoirtloi,,Niceet On the 10th inst., at Willow-brook, nea r , 0 00 Perrot Fenton, Esq., of Doctors'-comrnan%,. „ u v iTlV'' , On the 20th inst., at Chester-plaae, Hyde -` , a bf r Hugh Marmaduke O'Hanlon, Esq. i t n t. Lolu' - On the 20th inst., at Paul's Cr ay -hill,,t'e- ' garet, twin daughter of W. G. Charnaanros, . r ' v sg enor - -,,, u r a rt , et' On the 21st inst., in Brook-street, Helen Stuart, of Greenwich, widow of the late ii.„:,', l IP On the 21st inst., Eliza, second daughter of Wti'' s e ley, Esq., of Colebrook-row, Islington. ~,.thols° On the 21st inst., Mr. Richard Rippon, of 1 9 .. - close, aed 55. nist 6 On t h e 22d inst., at Elizabeth-street, Eaton-stl Elizabeth Harriet Watts. ---•' ? " -7-- "C: DI yOt i) lt London: Printed and Published by MURDOO 141 a,,, t ie ( AL No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suig Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in htiddleatx, Tuesday, hue 25, 1844. 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