The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-20 00:00:00

V_EN IN - Cr EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, arrivA in town . at twenty minutes past One o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of light dragoons, from Windsor Castle. The Royal suite included the Countess of Char- Lemont, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Mrs. Brand, Baroness Lehzen, Mar quis of Headfort, Sir William Lumley and Col. Buckley. Their Serene Highnesses the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg, the Princess Victoire, and the Princes Angus- NS and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, accompanied by Count Mensdorf, and Baroness Fenevessy, landed at Woolwich yesterday afternoon, where their Serene Highnesses were received by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the Clerk Mar shal. Their Serene Highnesses were conveyed in two of the Royal carriages to Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen yesterday. The Marchioness of Conyngham and the Duchess of Richmond had an audience of her Majesty on Thursday. The Royal dinner party at the Palace last evening in cluded their Serene Highnesses the Duke Ferdinand and the Princess Victoire of Saxe Cobourg, Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, Count Mensdorff, the Duke of Argyll, Hun. Colonel Cavendish, and Mr. Brand. The Duchess of Gloucester has left Bagshot Park on a visit to the Princess Augusta, at her residence, Frogmore Lodge. The Bishop of Newfoundland, and the Bishop of Toronto, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Colonial Office. Patteson, M. P., and Mr. Nugent Vaughan, had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Down ing -street. Messrs. Young and Huntingdon, of Nova Scotia, had an interview yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby, at the Colonial Office. The American Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Marquis of Lansdowne embarked at Dover on Sun day, for Ostend. The Right Rev. Henry Hughes, and Mr. S. J. Hill, had interviews at the Colonial Office with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday. Viscount Melbourne returned to town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have left town for Buxton. Despatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial Office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Howard Douglas, and Mr. and Miss Douglas, al Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from the Palace, Corfu; Ear' rlttlett in Clarges.street, from his seat, Hinton St. George , Somerset ; Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley from the Bristol Hotel, Brighton • Sir Francis and Miss Doyle, in W,,lrapole- street, from ditto ; Mrs. and Miss Leslie , in upper Harley -street ; Mr. Fred. and Lady Augusta Sey mour, at the Marquis of Bristol's, St. James's-square, from a tour; the Right Hon. Sir John Becket t, from Brighton ; Count Platen, at the Brunswick Hotel, from a tour in the north ; Lady Caledon, on Carlton-terrace, from Caledon Hall, Tyrone ; Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, in Carlton-gardens, from the seat of Sir Richard Brooke, Norton Priory, Cheshire; Miss Coutts Burdett, in Strat ton-street, from Windsor; the Hon. Thomas Vesey, in Burlington -street, from Ireland ; the Dowager Countess of Pembroke and the Ladies Emma and Georgiana Herbert, an Hay-hill, Dover-street, from Wilton House, Wilts. DEPARTURES. A. Peacock, Esq., from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street ;IR. Prescott, Esq., from ditto, for Scotland ; Mrs. Parkin and from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Mrs. W. Maury and family, from ditto, for Liverpool ; Sir George Hill, Bart., J. Beresford and W. Beresford, Esqra., from ditto, for a Continental tour ; T. G. B. Estcourt, Esq., M.P., from ditto, for his scat Tetbury, Gloucestershire ; C. Craver., Esq.; fiorn ditto, for Brighton ' - Mr. and Mrs. M'Murdo and Was Hamilton, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville. street, fo 1' Brighton; Willougby Burrell, Esq., from ditto, for Lincoln; the Misses Edwards and Thos. Butt, Esq., from ditto, for the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie, from ditto, for Windsor ; - Moore, Esq., and daugh ters, from ditto, for Baden ; Captain and Mrs. Hamilton Ward, from ditto, for the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Mooa and family, from ditto ; Mr. Baxter and son, from ditto ; William Whitsed, Esq., and family from Baker-street, for Wroodstone House, near Peterborough ; Lord Leveson, M..P., from Devonshire House, Piccadilly, for Windsor ; Sir James and Lady Graham, from St. James's-place, for their seat, Netherby, Cumberland; Colonel and Mr. Wynd ham, .from Grosvenor-place, for their seat near Petrouth, Sussex ; Lord and Lady Wrottesley, from George street, Hanover-square, for their seat, Wrottesley Hall, wear • Wolverhampton ; Lord and Lady Sey mour. from Spring-gardens, for Eglintoun Castle, Ayrshire, on a visit to the Earl of Eglintoun; the Duke and Duchess de Coigny, from Dover-street, on a tour in the north ; Lord and Lady Charles Russell, from Belgrave-square, for Bedfordshire ; Lord Colborne, from Hill-street, on a tour ; Sir Charles and Lady Knightley, from Upper Brook-street, for Fawsley Park, near Da ventry ; Lady St. John, from Mansfield-street, for Tun bridge Wells ; the Hon. General Sir William Lumley, rom Green-street, for Windsor Castle; Lieut-Gen. Sir Houstoun, G. 8.8., by the Birmingham Railway, for the north ; the Hon. Captain George Grey, for the Moo. ra ; Sir Henry and Lady Rycroft, for Brighton ; the Earl cf Aberdeen, for Haddo House, N.B. ; the Hon. Mr. and Ma. v. Fred. Ryder, from Lord Harrov‘by's, Grosvenor- Square, cor a tour ; Mr. Sandford, M.P.,for his seat in Somerset; Mr. Lane Fox and family, or Worthing; Sir Cha rtes Lei lion. Bart., from Charles-street, Berkeley aqua re, for his' seat, Carclew, Penryn, Cornwall ; Lord Colt e, on a visit to Viscount Ebri n g ton, at Dubln Cas tle ; Mr. Wakeham, from Long's Hotel, for Bucks; C. J. B. Hamilton. Esq., M. P., from the Pulteney Hotel, for the 13 ; roness Wenman's, Thane Park, Oxfordshire ; Sir Freden'ek and Lady H. Bathurst, on a continental tour ; the flowa ge .. r Lady De Clifford, from Carlton House-terrace, M a jor -General and Mrs. Hodgson, for Lea- O ra n io a g t i Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Hope Vera from Park-l ane , fug' Worthing ;E . ,for ditto ; S. Gooch, .Esq. ' the Hon. Coloa.v.l an d Mrs. Robert Fitzgibbon, from Bel rave-square, or'° a co ntinental tour; NV. H. Ashurst, Lady Mill, from George.street, Hanover -41; and d r LNVaa-tjeri.‘-tCck' Oxfordshire ; the . Ladies Fitz atrick, from Gros vt. nor-place, for their seat, Varman , V oods, NorthamptoLss,t'ire; the Bishop of Oxford and &Jody Harriet Ba ot aIL I for Cuddesden Palace, Oxfordshire ; Mr g . Tysrie.l Hodges, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond.street, for his' ,seat in Kent; Lady Willoughby d'Eresby and the Hon. Mis'kes Willoughby, for Frankfort on-the-Maine, en route fe'r Wiesbaden ; Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., for Stratton rk, Winchester ; the Right lion. Goulburn, from Mont.V..o House, Portman square, on a Continental tour ; the De l o of Ossory, for Dublin. CHANG E' Ills Royal Highness the Duke wt . Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, from a visit to the Duchess of Glou ce st.er, at Bagabot Park, for Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Dukke and Duchess of Rovigo and .stir, at Morrison's Ho tel, Dublin,_ from Wicklow ,• the Earl of Albemarle , Master of the Horse, at the Stud House, Hampton Court, from. s visit to the Queen and the Ducbess of Kent, at Win dsor Castle ; the Earl of Dysart and p,Nrty, from Dun more, in his Lordship's yacht Owen Glendower, on a cruise in the Irish Channel ; Col. and Mrs. Clavering, from the Londo n Hotel, Dover, on a tour ; the Dowager Countess of We stmeath and the Hon. Robert Seymour Nugent, from the Royal Hotel, Birmingham, for Dublin ; Lady Noel Byron, at Leamington Spa, from Fordbrook House, near .Acton ; the Hon. Lady Bellingham, on a visit to the .Hon. Capt. and Mrs. Cust, at Harefield, near Uxbridge, •om Leamington Spa, from a tour; Lady Glenlyon and th, Misses Murray, at the Duke of Athol's, Blair Athol, Ilea r Dunkeld, from a visiting tour ; the Earl of Hunting don, at his seat, Clashmore, county Waterford, from the seat , of Lord Carew, Castleborough, Wexford; the Earl of Cardi, - isn, from Deene Park, Northamptonshire, for his shootir% lodge, on the moors of Inverness-shire ; the Duke of Buckia Them, on a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane, at Kitlin .edge, Perthshire, from Haire House, Bucks ; Sir William Milman, Bart., from Rome, on a tour in the Papal Stateal.; the Hon. Frederick Browne, from ditto, for 1 ditto; Mr. a% 1 Lady Louisa Tennison, from Florence, on la-tour. ,_. -------- LTANA-MOTHE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SI11,—"'" An Uninterested Observer," through the The Constanticoe le correspondent of the Carlsruhe medium of your columns, f of progress the public with his es- I l s e Sultana Valide, mother of Abdul tintate of the difference Gazette states, that'. r t o b g e ress in the great race t character immense influence. across the Atlantic betw o een p Medjid, possesses in th.2two by steam ships, Great According to the Mabom e,tan rule she is almost consi- Western and British Queen, which, a comparison of dered holy, and every m us.cu lman has the right of up• the stated distances published, he makes 124 miles. peal to 1 • E • hart Even the wive 's of the Sultan are corn- Now, Sir, in justice to our Great West I beg to yelled to treat her with vet le Tation, and to kiss the dispute the correctness of this calculation, 'ern' anti, "by a hem of her garment whenever ..‘llO appears. She alone method I shall presently submit, hope to satisfy An has the right of appearing unveile `I, but no person must Uninterested Observer" that the distance gained by the look at her in the face. She has a deliberative voice Great Western was, as near t as may be, double, or 248 l a n ro the Council of the State, and all true Mussulinans miles. First, however, t) point out the extreme absur ecustomed to pay a blind bd' ra. to her. She dity of the two first days' run upon which " Observer's" is said to be an ambitious and e len to have already interdicted 1,200 persons, . Rayas, Turks, an d Franks. appears in public almost daily,visiting the places his father took cessible. speaks with kindness g to t in. capr i c i o :o _woman, and estimate . is founded : It is admitted that the Queen access to hei palace to , whatever be their rank, and is hie a b l l l y w n ho a " 25th the Sultana Ualide, attended by n o of honour and her eunuchs, went to visit the Mosque of Eyoub. the same day, the Sultan went ineoff n it of the Point of the Seraglio to pray kai, or sacred carpet of the Prophet. of the Redif, or National Militia, which to Constantinople to do the duty of the regular sent to the army, have been dismissed started half an hour after the Great W The Sultan by the latter's log " • " Western—allowed 4 miles,' which cannot be wide of i in prele.'eLiee all the mark, as both vessels were going nearl nine knots. He is very' ac- At seven that evening the Queen was y hull d roach hi:~~ at 12 next day, when the reckoning is made up, ow l n ; pular. On the smoke only was to be seen. Now turn we to the her in some of her ladies puted distances run on the 2d :—British Queen, 143 On state barges miles ; Great Western 177 miles. The Queen appears d the evening of to have gone one mile more than the Western, which, if b o e t f o o the Palace true, would have brought her to within three ' miles, The ethe Khir- whereas she was near twenty astern. " Observer" e e Companies says " 90," and " say 84," for August Ist, is nonsense • were brought the run of the afternoon of the Ist is calculated in the dismissed, and. have t ro ops account of the 2d. The probable fact is, the Queen h returned allowed too much, and perhaps the Western s home. \ The Constantinople Correspondent of the Semi A gives the following description of a scene o f i oriental ore splendour not often witnessed even in " the City of the Sultan :"-- difference,estern 'The Sultana-Mother, Valide, w•ishin to give to the si 1 o ladies of Mmess. Due, the Directors of the Mint, a tes timony of her esteem, invited them to the Imperial P. lace, t o b e p r esent at the entrance of her son into the weather 219 miles versus British Queen 207—the 12 miles, added to IS, the allowed dis c Western's seraglio. The ladies were conveyed by the private barges continuation— near ' T ay of the Sultana, and received with a kindness very rarely Let log on the 3d says—" At 4 P.m. lost " 0 b ser v ' ' shown by Turkish chiefs to:vards their Christian subjects. the Great w From the threshold of the GyTecwum to the principal 14th, the B room, the floor was covered with the richest brocaded allow be seen 40 miles. The log says, in From 30 to 40 miles right astern !" er 'calculate the difference of A►me at sea— ritiehstern arrived3o. A.M. on the five housrs Queen stuffs an d s pl en did eahemeres for the n young Padisha of King-road and the O sman li s t o wa lk over to a magificent chair or were at sea, allowing 'eal. throne, em b ro id er ed with pearls, rubies, and eme- Western, was 27 too little. On the third,. we have Great tance of the day before, and the sum is 30 miles. The o g it . f the smoke of tire British Queen." It is sup- P vvh s e e n d by nautical men that the smoke of a steamer, ther l e is little or no wind (as at this time), and at . 9 A.M. on the 15th—and s . oi r t r i r the difference in time between The difference in time both Flours—from for the half hour's start of the from which take 5, and 'N ?a id s . Th e Sult a n a -Mother approached and with invo- remain. Thus testours— : ea,tions to God, gave her blessing to her son. Next Queen's last run \ came the Sultana Isms, his aunt, who presented trim with a young Med 1 appeared and the difference, which is female slave, a gift with which Abdul ' 247,i miles.—Your obedie i n s t the i jte to be much gratified, and placed the i (277 the time at the rate of the miles, or Ili knots per hour), gain of the Western, ►s servant, with ' girl upon a seat nearly as rich as his own. A thousand Bristol, ug• 17, 1839. INTERESTED OBSERVR. slaves came in turn, and prostrated themselves at the feet of the Sultan. During the ceremony, young Cir cassian girls showered handfuls of sequins in the apart ment in such profusion that it became difficult to walk in it, the feet slipping from treading on them. When all the fair recluses of the harem had paid their tribute of homage to the Sultan, Mines. Duz did the same, and afterwards attempted to kiss the feet of her who had become the companion of the Grand Seignor, but she resisted until the Sultana Valide desired hr to ac cept this act of homage, as being due to her station. She then submitted, but with a timidity which made the Sultan smile. On taking leave of the Sultana Va lide, Mmess. Duz each received a salver of silver gilt, with six stands for cups in chased gold, enriched with diamonds, and a casolette for perfume of the same metal. The Sultana also presented to all a handker chief containing 1,000 piastres in gold coin, recommend ing that they should be carefully preserved, in com memoration of the accession of their sovereign to the throne." WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF CHARTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In times like these I hold it to be the duty of man, however humble his station in society, to come every forward and lend a helping hand in administering relief to the sickened minds of the people. With a population disaffected almost to rebellion, commerce sunk nearly to depression's lowest point — Government enfeebled by the sordid and conflicting interests of the different classes who require, and who ought to seek its fostering care—it is our duty to seek diligently for the immediate causes of these complicated evils. That there is no effect without its cause is a truism universally admitted ; and the philanthropic mind cannot quietly contemplate the existing and most lamentable state of our people, without endeavouring to trace its sources, and as far as possible to alleviate their dis- tresses. To what cause then are we to attribute this painful state of things? Why; is it, possible that the people can be so easily brought under the damning influence of political demagogues, and mental incendiaries ? For this very simple reason, that they are not better taught, and grave and solemn as the charge is, at the feet of the Clergy of this nation, Catholic, Protestant, and Dissenting, do I lay the miseries that are now afflicting its people. I will not attempt to sketch all the varieties of cha racter in which these gentlemen appear, a few will suf fice. There is the Unitarian with his cold philosophy, and doubting inquisitiveness ; the Calvinist with his election and reprobation, offering himself to the view of his fellow-creatures as a superior specimen of the Almighty's workmanship, and ac companying his presumption with " Stand by, for I am holier than thou ;" the Methodist proclaiming universal love to God and man, yet giving the lie to his professions, by his puny efforts to repress the human intellect, unless its expansion be accompanied by John Wesley's declaration of the superiority of faith over works ; linked in a conferential band of union, and arrogating all but the powers of Omnipotence —the " Church of England " men, who, under the patronage and support of Henry the Eighth (by the grace of -- defender of adultery,) first robbed the Catholics of their money and their churches, and have ever since been calling them hard names, and even denying them salva tion; backed and supported by all the powers of State, and the undignifyingaristocracy of riches; from the fat Bishop with his 20,0001. per annum, down to the lean and hard working curate, who is driven to eke out his wretched pittance of " forty pounds per year," in any way he can, and yet to appear respectable, clothed in black cloth, and self-importance, holding themselves too far aloof from the people with whom they ought to live, and whom they ought to love ; the Catholic priest, lament ing that his light of other days is faded, and nearly all its glory past,—who prides himself in defeating to the full extent of his ability the purposes of his Maker, by denying himself the enjoyments of domestic happiness, and refusing to " go forth and multiply,"—clairiiing to be the lineal, but of course illegitimate decendants of a man who they tell us never had a wife, and proclaim ing that without the pale of his Church there is no eternal joy ; and, last of all, we have the de mure Quaker, with his extraordinarily large bump of acquisitiveness, his bleached countenance evincing to the world that he and enjoyment are not very well ac quainted, and cannot agree, who says he only speaks when the Spirit moves, and who does little except what either immediately or remotely conduces to his wealth. Such are some of the guiding influences under which the minds of the people are trained ; and can it be won dered at that they produce so much obliquity ? Open your churches and chapels on the week days as well as on the Sundays, and let the buildings be applied to useful purposes—to the instruction of youth as well as of maturity—mix more with the people—visit them in their garrets and in their cellars—support the weak and feeble—string up the energies of the strong—incite to virtue more by the exhilirating hopes of heaven, and less by the degrading fears of hell—cease your bickerings about creeds and articles of faith of man's wisdom—tell them, as Jesus did, that the whole of the law and the Prophets consists in loving God with all the soul, and all the strength, and their neighbours as themselves, and you will thus prove that you have some sympathy with the people. You will teach them the extreme folly of pursuing unattainable objects, whether social or politi cal. You will disarm Robert Owen of his costly powers of delusion, by showing them that to establish socialism, he must re-create creation—that so long as men's bodies are of unequal size, there will be inequalities of mental power, and by consequence inequalities of station and possessions. By conduct such as this you will for ever extinguish Chartism, and you will soon see a really Christian Church established, not by law, requiring the protection of soldiers and swords and bayonets, and such scenes as occurred at Rathcormac, but established and living in the hearts, the hopes, and the affections of a virtuous people—their country's highest pride and brightest glory. Yours, faithfully, JOSEPH JOHNSON 69, Vine-street, Cambridge-street, Liverpool, Aug. 18, 1839. MR. WARBURTON AND THE CON STABULARY BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We are extremely sorry to find by your paper of the 14th inst., that our respected Member, Mr. War burton, supported Ministers on the County and Dis tricts Constables Bill. We should have felt better pleased with him to have found his name in the minority with his old friends, Hume, Grote, and Wakley, than to have found him supporting a Ministry, who cannot keep their places without a police force, and an increase in the army, to prevent the people openly and fairly discussing their grievances. Mr. Warburton would not have done so seven years ago in the agitation of the mis-named Reform Bill. We are, Sir, Six OF Ma. WARBURTON'S CONSTITUENTS. Bridport, Aug. 15. GREAT WESTERN AND BRITISH QUEEN. SVN, LONDON', TUESDAY ; jUGt'ST 20, THEATRES. HER MAJESTY'S. On Saturday there was one more last night at this house, and with it, we should think, the season closes of our Italian opera. The entertainment consisted of the Lucia di Laminernioor, the last secne, in Anna Baena, and a portion of the ballet of Robert le Diable. The Lucia was perfumed in the best manner, end infinitely to the credit of both Persiani and Rubini. The taste and fine feeling with which they gave the very pathetic music of this ex cellent work was admirable. Persiani would seem to have advanced greatly in her professional powers since her first visit to England. Of this we are sure, that she never sang with more purity and expression, or acted with more simple, but strong nature, than she did on this occasion. At the fall of the curtain she had to come forward with Tamburini and Rubini, when the house, which was quite full, bade her farewell in the warmest applause, and in many bouquets of flowers flung to her as she passed across the stage. Rubini also received a very warm manifestation of the esteem in which he has been held amongst us. After the Anna Bulena scene Grisi was also treated to a similar compli ment; but the flowers seemed to have been all previously exhausted. Before the ballet commenced " God save the Queen" was sung. Thus has ended a season at this theatre in which operatic merit was much as it has been for some years past, while the ballet was late and brief in the pro duction of its great attractions—Fanny Elssler and Taglioni. HA YiVIA RKE T. Mr. Macready performed Othello here last night before one of the most crowded audiences we ever remember to have seen—at least, at this season of the year. We well recollect Kean in the character of the noble Moor, and more recently Forrest, and mean to pay Macready a high compliment, when we assert that he evinced all the skill and judgment, and careful working out of details, of the one, with no sl'ght portion of the energy and passion of the other. The more level parts of the character which Kean—always a capricious actor—used frequently to slur over, Macready played with uncommon skill; his address to the Senate, in particular, hit the happy m ean between stately declamation and a familiar conversational tone. It was, really and truly, addressed to the Senate, and not to the audience. In the famous third act, where lago makes his first cautious and well-masked attempt to infuse jea lousy into the Moor's mind, Macready, in opposition to the ingenious paradox of Coleridge that Othello was not habitually a jealous man, which he evidently founds on the words of the text in the fifth act— " Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme," which arc uttered in a moment of bewilderment, when the Moor's mind is off its balance, and are not therefore to be taken as a formal, public acknowledgement of such an infirmity—in the third act, we repeat, Macready, in op position to Coleridge's paradox, makes Othello fall at once into the pit-fall dug for him by lago. And this is the true reading of the character, for the Moor, it must be borne in mind, was no haughty, self-sufficient chief, whose very pride and vanity would render him slow to believe that any subordinate could take liberties with his wife ; on the contrary, he was remarkable for his modest bearing, and lais uniform indisposition to assess his worth at too high a rate ; and it is this very feature in his idiosyncrasy that gives greater effect to the insinuations of lago, by compelling him to admit at the very outset, that he is " declined into the vale of years," and is therefore not unlikely to have been injured by a younger man. As Macready plays the part, the very first vague hint dropped by lago, finds Othello a dupe ready made to his hands. With Kean, it was other wise. He believed slowly arid with more reluctance, and, even after belief, returned in some degree, by fits and starts, to his original confidence in Desdemona's virtue ; but Macready, more strictly true to his text, remembered that " once to be convinced, is once to be resolved." Ac cordingly, from the commencement of the third act to the winding-up of the great catastrophe, his feelings know no change, nor fluctuation. lie moves steadily and sternly forward to his great object, with the in flexible determination of a fatalist. Even at the moment of his committing murder , the grandeur and elevation of his character are such, that we admire more than we condemn. He is perpetrating, not an act of as sassination, but a solemn sacrifice, of the most august and awful character, so much so, that it " should be a dim eclipse of the moon," at the moment he is engaged in it— a sublime association of ideap, which shows the overwhelm ing importance which he attaches to the deed. Again, even while revenging his own imagined wrongs, the disinteres tedness and nobility of his character are so great—his sense of humanity so catholic, that he can spare a thought for others, and say, •' Yes, she must die, else she'll betray more men," and thereby become, possibly, the means of itiflicting on others the agonies which she has occasioned him. As regards honour , constancy, and a nigh, sustained sense of moral - worth, which never deserts him, even in extremity, we consider Othello as one of the most perfect of Shakspeare's creations. Macready developed these features of the Moor's character in a most s emphatic and truthful spirit, and if he were not so great a Kean in detached passages, as a whole, he was certainly finer. We detected no siovenliness in his performanee—no inaccurate interpretation of his text ; he had evidently studied the whole with attention, even to the letter. His death-scene was magnificent. The wild glare of his red dilated eye, when he threw aside the bed-curtains, after having perpetrated the murder, and looked about him, was quite appalling; and equally effective in its way was his last convulsive effort to reach the fatal couch, and die beside his poor wife, just when he has given himself the death- wound. This was a touch of pathos of the' purest and profoundest quality, and not a heart but must have beat to witness it. We close this hasty, im perfect notice of Macready's Othello, by saying that, ever' yet, he is not, as an actor, all we expect to see him at no distant period. The genius of some men flashes out at once; that of others is of slower growth, and such is the case with Macready. His approaches to excellence in his art have been gradual, but every day he is drawing nearer to the goal. Phelps in lago displayed considerable ability. His soliloquies were capital, full of the right earnest ness and vigour ; but in his dialogues with Cassio, Roderigo, and others, with whom he came into contact, he misconceived the spirit of the text. He was too visibly the villain. He should have kept his knavery more in the back ground, and assumed the bearing of a bluff, honest, quick-witted soldier, who has earned from all who know him the complimentary title of " honest lago." As for Mr. Walter Lacy's Roderigo, the less said of this singu larly ludicrous performance, the better. Roderigo, we beg to whisper in his ear, though a silly, thoughtless young man, is by no means a born idiot. He has glimmerings of sense in his composition, but of these we saw not the faintest indications last night. Mr. Cooper's Cassio was respectable, with the solitary exception of his drunken scene, which was about as bad as it could possibly be. There was a stiffness, a hardness, and occasionally a coarseness and exaggeration about it, as repulsive to the eye as to the understanding. Miss Helen Faucitt's Desde mona was chaste and natural, not deficient in strong feeling, yet never violating the propriety of nature. Of Mrs. Warner, we may add, that she played the very unpleasant part of Emilia with equal ability. At half-price, the entertain ments of the evening were agreeably diversified by a pro digious row in the gallery, as if one half of the Gods were bent on ow ohntheever, weres p e ex termination ed of the e t e other , a n d qhuaileft. offen ders,waTshreestored all the chief performers were called At the close of the play , for, and made their bows amidst a perfect tempest of ap lause. NEW STRAND THEATRE. On Saturday evening a clever trifle was produced at this theatre with perfect success. The piece is entirely without pretence, and owes its success to the quaint jokes and still quainter acting of Mr. Hill, the American actor, for whose farewell benefit it was brought forward. Mr. Coyne is the author, and he has taken complete measure of the " Yankee." It is called the Tourists; or a Supper for Three, and turns on the adventures of Ebenezer F►sh, a Yankee traveller (Mr. Hill), in the mountains of Italy, in company with three artists, English, Irish, and French. Ebenezer is a dry, cunning fellow, with an eye to business, musing on the picturesque scenery by which he is sur rounded. Unobserved he sees Gemma (Miss Daly) the pretty daughter of Antonio Riccia, a fierce brigand (J. W. Ray), deposit a letter in the hollow of a tree. The object of the epistle is to make an assignation with her lover, the young and chivalrous Ippolito (Binge). Ebe nezer reads the letter, determines to personate her lover, and succeeds a merveille, but while engaged at supper the enraged Antonio advances and threatens to shoot Ebenezer if he does not wipe out the daughter's dishonour by instantly marrying her. A priest is sent for, but before the marriage is celebrated the real " Simon Pure" arrives, and matters are put right, and all terminates happily. The piece is studded with curious Americanisms, which, with the acting of Mr. Hill, produced roars of laughter. The house, we are happy to add, was a good one. POLICE INTELLIGENCE QUEEN- SQ DARE. RonnEnv AT TM; FonEtax-OFFlCE.—Matida Barnard and Kitty Griffin, two young women employed as house maids in the Foreign-office, Downing-street, were placed at the bar before Mr. Gregorie, charged with breaking open a box, and stealing therefrom a purse, containing 45 sov ere igns and 19 shillings, the property of Bridges Taylor, Esq., head clerk and resident in the Foreign-office. According to the evidence of Inspector Hughes of the A division, the prisoner Barnard, who had repeatedly at tempted Self-destruction since the robbery, stated to him voluntarily, and after being cautioned, that she and Kitty, the other servant, had committed the robbery on the Sa turday Mr. Taylor left town. Kitty broke open the box, and she (the prisoner) took the purse out which Kitty emptied of its contents, and threw, with the piece of iron with which she had opened the box, into the street. The prisoner, Barnard, said what she had told the Inspector was the truth ; she had nothing further to say. The other prisoner asserted that what she had told both Mr. Taylor and the Inspector was true. Mr. GasoORIE consulted with his colleague Mr. WHITS for a few moments, and then decided upon committing the prisoners for trial at the Central Criminal Court. He would take good bail for the prisoner Griffin's appearance. to levy a rate for the support of a police. At the same time, he was bound to mention, as was stated in the petition that bad been presented, that there was a kind of police at Manchester, but that pclice was supported only by the guarantee of certain met chants and gentlemen in Manchester, to raise a certain stun of money for the support of the police. It might be a year and a half before the validity of the charter was decided, and it could not be expected that those gentlemen would make themselves responsible for so large a sum as would be required for the support of the police during that time. The result, therefore, would be, that they would refuse to give a further guarantee, and there would be no police whatever in the town, and he (Lord Duncannon) was sure their Lordships would not wish to leave a town like Manchester without an efficient police force. The Noble Viscount then moved that the Bill be read a second time. The Duke of WELLINGTON was sorry to differ in opinion with the Noble Viscount. He believed that Birmingham and Manchester were in a similar situation, except as to one circumstance. In Birmingham there was no police, but in Manchester there was a very effi cient local police, inoedendent of the police attempted to be raised by the Corporation, the legality of whose charter was at this moment disputed.—(Hear.) Seeing the present disturbed state of the country, and that large bodies of men were going about with threats and violence, attempting to disturb the peaceably dis posed, and to destroy the instruments of manufacture, thereby injuring the capital of the country, and cutting up by the roots its prosperity, he could not but think that every question of police was of the utmost impor tance, and required to be most deliberately considered before decided upon. With regard to Manchester, however, there were the means at present existing of having a more efficient police force than were proposed to be given by this Bill. The Bill proposed that a Commissioner should be sent down to raise a police force, with power to raise a rate of Bd. in the pound, to defray the necessary expenses attendant thereon. That would realize 15,000/. ; and after the payment of salaries there would be left out of it 13,800/. a pplicable to the support of the police force. By the local Acts the Commissioners of Manchester had the power of raising a rate of one shilling and sixpence in the pound, which yielded 34,000/. per annum, 14.000/. of which, and also 4,000/. from the Poor-rates, were now applied to the support of the police. So that the present means of maintaining a police in Manchester were greater than those proposed by the Bill. This had nothing whatever to do with the question of the validity of the charter of incorporation ; and as the inhabitants did not wish for this interference, he hoped their Lord ships would not give the Bill a second reading, but sup port him in his amendment which he should move, that the Bill be read a second time this day three months. Lord DUNCANNON believed that if it should be decided hereafter, that the charter of incorporation was not valid—thesCommissioners would not have the power of supporting a police force. Lord BROUGHAM supported the amendment on the same grounds that he had opposed the progress of the Birmingham Police Bill. He thought the objection to this Bill was even stronger than it was to the Bir mingham Bill, because here there was an efficient police, whereas at Birmingham there was not, and . the Mayor had asked for the means of raising one. The Earl of WICKLOW had supported the Bir mingham Police Bill, and to be consistent he must support this. He was of opinion that, in the present agitated state of society there ought to be an indispu tably efficient police in all populous towns ; and if any serious disturbance should take place in Man chester, for instance, in the course of the next year, he should feel that he had shared in a very heavy responsibility if he now refused to give her Majesty's Government the power they asked to raise and maintain this police. Lord W ARNCLIFFE thought that, even if the charter were to be declared a nullity, under the 84th section of the local Act, the Commissioners would still have the power of levying a rate for the support of the police, and that, as the town of Manchester was satisfied with its present police, he did not see why their Lordships should pass this Bill, therefore he should support the amendment. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the 84th clause of the Municipal Reform Act provided, that in all towns placed in schedule E to which charters of incor poration might be granted, such charter should deter mine all local Acts for the collection of municipal rates. Lord BROUGHAM contended that only such Acts as were specifically named in the schedule should cease. This Bill would repeal an Act which was not named in the schedule at all. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the 141st sec tion empowered the Crown to give by charter all the powers and provisions in this Act contained, and if so, all local Acts must determine. He had not had his at tention directed to the subject, or be would have looked more into the matter. Lord FITZGERA LD, in that case, suggested that the BM should not be proceeded with on this imperfect information, but that it should be postponed until there was an opportunity of fully considering the question. The House had a right to know whether the opinion of the law officers of the Crown had been taken before the introduction of the Bill. Lord LYNDHURST believed that the Commis sioners had made a rate and there had been no appeal against it. Lord BROUGHAM said that no lawyer would differ from the proposition, that if there was any rea sonable doubt as to whether a clause repealed an Act of Parliament or not, the presumption would be against the construction for the repeal, which must be in clear and express terms. The Duke of WELLINGTON trusted the Noble Viscount would postpone the second reading of the Bill until to-morrow. Lord BROUGHAM suggested that the Bill might be read a second time to-night, and the debate taken to-morrow. The Bill was then read a second time. The Bolton Police Bill was also read a second time, on the same understanding. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON the Bir mingham Police Bill was read a third time and passed. SLAVE TRADE SUPPRESSION BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for the third reading of this Bill, The Duke of WELLINGTON said, although he did not mean again to take the sense of the House on the subject, he strongly objected to the Bill. Before such a measure was proposed Parliament ought to have had a communication from the throne of her Majesty's intention on the subject. In order to accomplish the intentions of this Act vessels must be detained, boarded, and searched before their criminal character could be discovered ; and such detention, boarding, and examina tion for papers, were contrary to the treaties between her Majesty and nearly all the Powers of Europe, and might be productive of the greatest inconvenience. If French vessels were searched, as they must be under this Act of Parliament, it would be clearly a breach of the treaty with the King of the French, for the very pur pose of suppressing the slave trade. More caution ought to be exercised with respect to this right of search by the vessels of this country, which must be visited on the innocent. He earnestly entreated their Lordships not to carry this Bill into operation. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Earl of MINTO wished to state, in order that it might obtain publicity through the medium of the press, a very diabolical device to which the parties en gaged in the slave trade had recently resorted. He mentioned this in order that it might be the means of saving many valuable lives, which might be sacrificed before official information might reach them. He al luded to a dispatch which had been received since the subject was last mentioned in the House from the officer commanding on the coast of Brazil, in which he stated, on the authority of Sir G. Jackson, her Ma jesty's Commissioner, that on examination of some papers found on board a slaver captured by the Gre cian, a diabolical correspondence had been discovered, in which directions had been given to the agents en gaged in the traffic to poison a cask of wine and leave it on deck, and to poison the water also, so that it might be taken by the cruisers in the event of their being captured. He stated this and wished it to be commu nicated in order that her Majesty's officers abroad might be on their guard. DISTRICT CONSTABLES BILL. The District Constables Bill was read a second time 1)10 forma. The Bastardy Bill was also read a second time, after which their Lordships; adjourned at Half-past Seven until to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aucusr 19. BANK OF IRELAND BILL. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Mr. G ISBORNE said he rose to make a practical suggestion. There was a clause in the Bill—if ever they arrived at it—( A laugh)—it would be a long time first— there was a clause, however, which gave the Bank of Ireland a monopoly of issuing notes within a circle of 65 miles round Dublin. Now, there were doubtless many Members who, though disapproving of the way in which this opposition had been conducted, and agreeing with the Government in the general principles of banking, were not prepared to support the Chancellor of the Exchequer in every one of the provisions of the Bill.—( Hear, hear.) And it struck him that when they came to this clause, they might dis cuss the question of so large a monopoly to the Bank of Ireland as within 65 miles round Dublin, and it was pro bable there would be a majority against it, thus terminating the contest which had caused so much irritation and vexation, a contest which a call of the House would be a very un satisfactory mode of settling, seeing that Members were now scattered all over the world, and the " call" would prove very ineffectual. It was absurd to say that because the Bank of England, with its management of the whole of the National Debt, and its immense establishment, re tained the exclusive issue in such a large circle, that therefore the Bank of Ireland should have it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would not have interfered in the present discussion had be not been directly called on by the Hon. Member for Carlow. And he had refrained hitherto from interfering because he felt that he could not possibly arg ue the gene ral question without repeating what he had said over and over again, and the continued repetition of whic had d much (and naturally) contributed to the present thinness oubtless of mg Mr. REDINGTON trusted a course similar to the one in opposition to this Bill would be adopted whenever a Bill of this nature was brought forward at this period of the Session. He wished to know why the opinions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject were so dif ferent to what they were last year. There was no body of men in Ireland in favour of this measure. The people of Ireland had no love for Chartists.—( A laugh.) Mr. FINCH objected to giving any body of men the exclusive privilege of banking, The feeling on this subject was so strong that the people would never be satisfied unless an entire change of system were had. Therefore he thought it impolitic to extend the Charter of the Bank of Ireland five years! to make it co-equal with the Bank of England, as they would have a greater difficulty in ma naging with two establishments than with one. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUR said that that the present Act was not intended to be permanent, but only to extend to four years ? Notwithstanding the hints that had been thrown out, he would assert that he was as anxious as any man that the measure should be at tentively considered. Mr. EASTHO PE thought it would bo expedient to shorten the time from four years to two. Mr. HUTTON, although he had hitherto voted in favour of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, felt bound to oppose the Bill going into Committee, considering the late period of the Session.—(Hear.) Colonel HOWARD said that nothing should prevent him from giving every opposition in his power to the Bill. Mr. PRYME felt bound to oppose the further proceed ing of the Bill. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said that as their object was delay, he should move that the debate be adjourned till 4 o'clock. Mr. ELLIS had heard nothing to induce him to change the opposi:ion he had hitherto given to the Bill. If even the House got into Committee on the Bill, he should move that Newry he excluded from its operation. He should consider himself justified in adopting every means in his power to defeat the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL hoped the House would adjourn till 4 or 5 o'clock, as it was impossible to proceed with business at the present hour.—(Great laughter.) He wished the proposals that had been made, would be taken into consideration by the Chancellor of the Exche quer. It was a mockery to say the matter might be compromised by limiting the duration of the Act to three years. There was no earthly reason why Drogheda should not be exempted from the Act. The Right Hon. Gentleman talked of the support which he had received from the other side on this question. But did they ever support him in any liberal measure towards Ireland ?—( Cheers.) He was very unfortunate in his boast in this respect. He (Mr. O'Connell) totally re jected the compromise in point of time, and regretted what had been said on the subject of Drogheda.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. D. BROWNE wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he was aware that there were not more than three Catholics in the Bank of Ireland, and how he, as a supporter of Catholic emancipation, could de fend the system of exclusion and monopoly practised in the Bank? He also wished, as a supporter of her Majesty's Government, that some Member of the Administration would express their opinion so as to satisfy the country why they supported this measure, for as cone of them had done so, they were most probably ashamed of it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not consider this question as a religious question.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member had asked whether, amongst the servants in the Bank of Ireland there were not. only three belonging to the Roman Catholic persuasion. He never had a thought of asking such a question but these facts had come within his own knowledge In Drogheda one of the managers happened to be a Roman Catholic. One of the officers on the establishment in Dublin was the brother of Dr. Murray, and one of the directors was Mr. M‘Donnell, who voted for the lion. and Learned Member for Dublin at the last election.— ( Hear, hear. ) Sir R. INGL IS said that he hoped when the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member for Dublin, next proposed day sittings in the House lie would re collect that he bad made a motion that the busi ness should not be conducted by day. The Ho nourable and Learned Member had also stated that his (Sir R. Inglis's) political piety had induced him to support her Majesty's Government.—( Mr. O'Connell : " Ilonesty.") He thanked the Learned Gentleman for the term, and would tell him what induced him to support her Majesty's Government. His early education and all his principles induced him to support the Government of the Crown, whenever he could so conscientiously.—( Laugh ter.) During the present Session, he bad supported them as often as the Hon. and Learned Member.—( Hear, hear.) It would be impossible to carry on the business either by day or night, if conducted in such a manner as it had been on this occasion. One day they had a speech hot, the next day it was served cold, the day following it was hashed.— (Laughter.) They had the same arguments, not merely day after day, but morning sittings and evening sittings, in every variety of form.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He thought the number of Members present quite sufficient to discharge the duties which they were called upon to do, and he trusted the House would not be forced to a division again. The Ministry had committed themselves to this question, and he hoped they would not shrink from their duty.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL explained. lic meant that this was an improper time to discuss the present measure. The Hon. Baronet said he had supported the Government as often as he (Mr. O'Connell) had done. He never knew the Government do wrong when they were not sure of the Hon. Baronet's support.—(Laughter.) Mr. GISBORNE said the Chancellor of the Exche quer had shown a disposition to meet the opposition in point of time, but that was not satisfactory to she Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Then there was the distance on which he thought the Right lion. Gentleman was not inaccessible to compromise. The whole point, then, that remained was as to the town of Drogheda ; and he did not object to its having a free banking but free circulation.—( Hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman must be aware that the one was completely involved in the other. Sir W. SOMERVILLE believed that the four years which the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to re new the charter, quite sufficient to destroy the prosperity of Drogheda. For years before the establishment of the branch bank of Ireland in Drogheda they had only the circulation of one bank, and it never interfered with the circulation of Dublin. He thought 20 miles in Ire land compared with 65 in England as much as could be reasonably expected in point of distance. Mr. KEMBLE said, if there was any probability of a compromise the House had better adjourn until four o'clock, and not divide at all. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said two questions had been put as to circle and as to time. Now, as to the extent of the circle, he felt that he could not maintain his exclusive principle of metropolitan issue, If a competing bank was allowed in Drogheda. He was then charged with an intention to do Drogheda some par ticular injury. When, as in fact, he refused to make any alteration as to Drogheda lest it should be imagined that there had been a desire to do the town a particular injury. With respect to time, he had before stated that he wished to make the arrangement with the Bank of Ireland, con temporaneous with the arrangement with the Bank of Eng land—( Hear, hear, hear) that is four years certain, subject to any further prolongation up to ten years more, unless Parliament interfered to prevent it. Ile had stated also that it had been admitted by the Right Hon. Ba ronet the Member for Tamworth, that, previous to the year 1844, it was necessary that the whole banking question should be maturely considered—and that it was necessary that this consideration should be given two Sessions at least before that period. And it was a proposition on which he might hereafter express an o p inion whether thee absolute renewal of the Charter m i g ht or might not ta tate k d place two years before the fou r y ears. He hadi as so that the the arrangement was provisional.. not surrender ' abide by any . investigation. Still his bperinwcnipulleHdtehwat he would ht Bank of Ireland —thoug h he mig the proposition he had made withoubt thbeeatceennsehnet old woof the persevere in the struggle till defeated. Mr. CA LLAGIIA Nstaeiadt ath b e et h w a e d en bafinr n a g pp e r s e t l a ie b n li d s e h d_ that this was a mere con ments, and he was therefore unwilling to take a part in it. He was confident that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have bee n able to convince him that he mi g ht do what he was inclined to do to support the measure. But in that expectation he had been disappointed. H ear, hear.) Th e Right Ilonourable Gentleman had utter l y failed to show any reason why the exclusive circle of issue he required should be returned, and why the Bill should yH o we f aa t r l s 7 session.—( Hear, h a ve beenAo otherwise h o te r o c r we thedi en e 2 be so t e h ot i lt s .lei p td e .r_ r e i a o l( d l notagoo l d f reason. It it was the principleexclusiveness, h h lt e n hear.) the w hich ought not to be supported by a Government. ad T mr.i h ag i nhyt li p ouse then divided, and the numbers were— ForLibeorfal the amendment 22 For the motion 55 IVlajority IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• EXECUTION AT DURHAM. —Jacob Frederick Ehlert, convicted of the murder of Captain Berkholt, was executed at Durham on Friday morning. Great interest was especially felt to ascertain the state of mind which the wretched prisoner had evinced since his condemnation. In the first place, he has made no further admission of his guilt, and has steadily, uni'orroly, and solemnly declared that he did not strike the blows which caused the death of the unfortunate Captain Berkholt. He says that the boy Mueller struck the fatal blows. Every part of his previous statement remains uncontradicted by anything he has done and said since his condemnation, and his spiritual guides are partly inclined to believe that in this particular he has spoken the truth. His conduct has been peculiarly dis tinguished by great propriety, and a thorough sense of the awful situation in which he was placed, and the untimely fate which so speedily awaited him. The pericd for the execution was fixed for eight o'clock. A few minutes be fore this time the executioner made his appearance in the Grand Jury room, from the windows of which the pri soner had to walk to the fatal drop. The executioner, we learnt, was from Glasgow. As soon as the clock struck eight the solemn death-knell was heard from the chapel-bell, and in a minute or two the solemn procession was seen winding its way from the cell up the staircase. The procession entered the grand jury room headed by the Venerable Chaplain, behind whom the prisoner walked with a firm step to the window facing the scaffold, sup porting himself on the arm of the Rev. Mr. Salvin on one side, and on the other that of a young man who had been appointed to attend him in his cell. His ap. pearance was wonderfully calm, and free from the least fear. He took a glance at the suspended cord, and gently shook his head, but not a nerve appeared to move or a tear to wet his eye. The last offices were few, short, and sad. The executioner advanced and pinioned his arms, a cap was drawn over his face, and by the executioner and one of the officers he was led on to the platform ; the rope was quickly adjusted round his neck, and in a moment after the drop fell. He struggled for about seven minutes. As soon as life was extinct the dense crowd began to disperse. The body remained sus- pended for one hour, and was then taken down and i conveyed into the prison, in the precincts of which it was silently buried in the course of the evening. THE BLOOMSBURY CA SE.—T his interesting env, which has excited so much interest in the sporting world, is hurl for Thursday next, before a special jury. \ The leading counsel will be Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Cresweli,—Lieerpool Chronicle. ~-•:d : . 110 USE OF LORDS.—Aua. 19. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY. The Bishop of LONDON moved that an humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Ma jesty would be graciously pleased to direct an inquiry to be made with reference to two statements in the Report of the Poor Law Commissioners as to the disease and des titution that prevailed among the labouring classes in certain districts of the Metropolis : how far the same prevailed in other populous parts of England and Wales, and what measures would be necessary for the rem oval Y of those evils. The address was agreed to. Earl STAN HOPE presented a petition from a gen tleman of the name of 11Iaberly in the County of Cam bridge, praying that half the Poor-law Guardians might be ordered to be elected by the labouring classes. Also, a petition from the same gentleman, praying that the number of the Members of the House of Commons might be increased by one-fourth, and that that additional fourth might be elected by the labour ing classes. The Noble Earl likewise presented a petition against the climbing-boy system by chimney-sweepers. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a peti tion, signed by (as we understood) about 10,000 of the inhabitants of Manchester, against the Manchester Pe lice Bill, now on their Lordships' table. The petitioners stated that the town of Manchester was already in, pos session of a police force, with means amply adequate to preserve the peace there ; that the expense of that force was defrayed out of rates levied for the purpose upon the inhabitants ; and that if the contemplated measure were to be passed, those rates would have to be considerably augmented. Under such circumstances the petitioners entreated their Lordships not to pass the Bill ; at all events, to allow them to be heard by their counsel, agents, and witnesses, against its passing. As the Bill would probably come under discussion in the course of this evening the Noble Duke preferred to delay any observations he had to make on this peti tion till that discussion came on. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from the inhabitants and rate-payers of Bolton to a similar effect, in reference to the Bolto n Police Bill. The Noble and Learned Lord thought that when the merits of this Bill came to be discussed the objec tion would apply still more strongly to it than it would to the Manchester Bill. Lord BROUG HAM presented a petition from the market gardeners and salesmen of Covent-garden Market complaining of the circuitous approaches to that market, and in favour of the Metropolitan Improvement Bill. AUCHTERARDER CASE. Lord BROUG HAM wished to ask his Noble Friend a question to which he supposed only one answer could be given. It was, however, relating to a subject of con siderable importance. It would be in the recollection of their Lordships that a case had been recently before them ; in which a question had arisen with regard to the Church of Scotland, namely, whether when a lay patron presented to a living, the people of the parish had a right of veto to the presentation. The Court of Session had decided that the people had no such right and the case had come on before their Lo.dships as an appeal from that decision. His Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack and himself, without any con sultation together, in fact, without any communication whatever between them, had come to a decision affirm ing the decision of the Court below, that the Patron possessed the sole right of presentation, and that the Presbytery was bound to admit the person so presented to his trials, and that the people had no right to have a negative on such presentation. In fact he had never seen a clearer case ; the case seemed to be all one way, and they had affirmed the decision of the Court of Session, that the person presented should be admitted to his trials. Since that a meeting of the,Gencral Assembly had been held, the Lord Commissioner was present nn behalf of the Crown, but it should be recollected that the Crown was not considered as bead of the Church of Scotland —the Lord High Commissioner was merely present, but had no authority whatever ; he was merely informed that the Assembly had adjourned in order that he might know when to meet them again. At this Assembly a resolution had passed, which, although in terms it pro fessed to obey the resolutions of the House, really placed obstructions in the way of its authority. He wished to call the attention of his Noble Friend to this fact—that an intimation had been conveyed to the Assembly that the Lord Advocate would introduce a measure into Parlia ment which would have the effect of settling the question, and into which measure a clause would be introduced giving to the people the po wer o f ex ercising this claim ; and that, in the meantime the Crown patronage should not be exercised without consulting the people. It seemed that with this intimation the Assembly was satisfied. The Assembly had ordered the letter of the Lord Commissioner to be recorded on their minutes, and had determined to refuse Mr. Young admission to his church. He wished to ask his Noble Friend whether it was true that these representations had been made to the As sembly. Lord MELBOURNE said as to what had passed between the Government and the As sembly, there was not any intention to cast an impu tation, or the decision of the Court of Session, affirmed as it had been by that House, to be the law, and therefore entitled to respect and obedience.—(Hear, hear.) All that had been done was to direct the Lord Advocate to confer with the Procurator General of the Church, to see whether the matter could not be settled, not with the intention of framing a Bill immediately, but of admitting that the subject ought to be soon and carefully considered. As to the Crown patronage everything that was stated was that it would be administered, as it had hitherto been, in conformity with the provisions of the Veto Act" of 1834. The Earl of GALLOWAY said nothing could be worse than the way in which the Crown patronage was administered in Scotland. The people being :1- lowed to choose, there was a kind of " preaching match" between rival parons, who were judged of according to the sermons which they preached on probation:— (lean) And in one case it was found that a preacher who had been elected, had delivered the sermon for which he was chosen from one which had been preached by an eminent clergyman of the metropolis.— (A laugh.) Lord BROUGHAM said it was satisfactory to hear from his Noble Friend that there had been great mis apprehension on the part of the Lord Commissioner. If the Government had intimated any discontent with the decision of that House, it would have been most unhappy for the peace of the Church which solely de pended on strict obedience to the law. POOR-LAW CONTINUANCE BILL. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON this Bill was read a third timeand passed, a provision baying been introduced on the suggestion of Lord Lyndhurst, making Assistant Commissioners removable by competent au thority, as by an omission in the Bill, they would other wise have been irremovable. POOR-RATES COLLECTION BILL. Lord DUNCANNON moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord LYNDHURST thought it unfair that the Churchwardens should be responsible for the neglect of Collectors whom they did not appoint.—(Hear.) He hoped the Bill would be postponed till to-morrow. Lord DUNCANNON believed the Noble and Learned wanted to put in some words. ord LYNDHURST wanted to leave the law as it was. (Laughter.) Why should such material altera tions in the law be m effected the close of the S Heession, as were sought to be by . (Lord Lyndhurst) knew very well the secret history of the O replied th a t, a l t h oug h it Bill, by whom it was suggested, and by whom su pp orted. It was meant to app l y to the case of Lambeth alone, e some alterati on i n th e l aw t o and had been ag reed to oiNnthaeta;ts. misrepresentation, and a gross to nr m tdeh i c s ee r sp e cs p aau r sr e eyN s e o c n tf ot Lambeth, t amN i oman N b k etb, yet there were o th er cases, o the Bill was intended to apply to—such as Poole and Kensington ; and unless Would Bill, or a Bill similar to it were passed, there be no possibility of keep ing the poor during the e nsuing year. But if the Noble y h o e u please. I want the postponed till to-morrow. L ER POLICE BILL. and ßl otiri di Learned t oL_ my oNr Lord rpos vi second clause omitted from the Bill, which makes an • alteration in the existing law. wished s r _ f , The B i\ i i ll A w N as c t H he E n sT Lord DUNCANNON then moved the second read ing of the Manchester Police Bill, and stated that in some respects the case of Manchester was the same as that of Birmingham, namely, a charter had been granted to the Corporation, the validity of that charter was questioned, and until the question was tried npon the validity of the cha rter, the Cor p oration had no power the House. As to the proposition of the Hon. Member for Carlow, he would state that to the deputation of Irish Members he had said that he must in any circle not exclude the town of Drogheda, which they as decidedly desired to be excluded. If he should make any alteration. extending the privilege to other towns, but excluding Drogheda : he could not entertain the slightest hope that it would be satisfactory ; it would be said he had made a concession, and abanfloned his principle, in order to conciliate t he su pp ort of certain Members. His Hon. Friend the Member for Carlow must see that he could not accede to his suggestion, although he was very willing to accede to any arrangement which would be consistent with his principles. He had analysed the division which had taken place the other night, and he found that deducting the official persons who voted on that division, the sense of the House was in favour of the Bill. Now the tone was altered, and he was taunted with the support of Honourable Members opposite. What earthly motive could those Honourable Members have for supporting this Bill, except that they approved of it, or what possible influence could he exercise over them? With respect to a call of the House, it would be impos sible to secure a full attendance even by a call, and if the attendance did not exceed 200 he should again be told that there was not a sufficient number of Members to obtain the decision of Parliament. He trusted they would be allowed to go into Committee, not that he had any expec tation of gaining any thing by it, on the contrary, he knew he stood the chance cf loosing much. His Hon. Friend the Member for Drogheda was as much opposed to the Bill as any one, but he carried his opposition in a fair and Parliamentary way. He was fearful that in pursuing the course adopted in opposition to this Bill, that they were laying down a practice which would eventually prove fatal to the rights of the House. He trusted the House would be permitted to go into Committee as he had no other object in view than to perform his duty. Sir W. SONI ERVILLE was re.uch obliged to the Right Hon. Gentleman for his good opinion. His com plaint against the Bill was that it was brought forward without any opportunity being afforded to the parties in terested to be examined on the question. Not one single individual from the town of Drogheda, which would suffer severely from this measure, had been examined respect- Mr. FINCH then moved that the debate be adjourned till five o'clock. Mr. ELLIS said the Bill ought not to be pressed on vrith unseemly haste.—( Laughter.) The people of Ire . land had not time to petition against it. The House divided and there appeared— For the amendment For the motion • 20 . 56 Majority Mr. O'CONNELL immediately moved that the debate be adjourned till to-morrow. He frankly admitted his übject was delay.—( Hear, hear.) Sufficient unto the day was the evil thereof—and he wished to finish the evil for to-day.—(Laughter.) After some discussion The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inti- I mated his readiness to agree to the amendment, seeing that if he did not the time would be occupied by divisions till the period when it was originally meant to adjourn (viz. three o'clock.) Sir C. DOUG LAS said he should like to know how the Government intended to carry out this Bill if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman persisted in his opposition ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that point would perhaps be better discussed to-morrow. Sir F. FREMANTLE said the Right Hon. Gentle man had not shown the earnestness which he anticipated, when he saw him come down attended by such a numbsr of his colleagues; but he had now abandoned the measure without advancing a step, for he thought the course now taken almost tantamount to the abandonment of the Bill. The CHANCELLORofthe EXCHEQUER thought that no one could accuse him of want of earnestness in fighting this measure.—(Cheers.) The ground which he had taken was perfectly satisfactory to himself, and as there t was i a g t e , a h s e u ry would d g rneoatt wishm p o t r o t a m n i c x e t t o upbew i b th r o a u n g i h m t p forward debate when it could not be discussed as it ought to be. Sir T. FREE MANTLE said if the Right Hon. Gen tleman could neither carry his Irish Charter Bill nor the project fur funding Exchequer bills, he had shown himself not possessed of the confidence of the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was aware that he did not possess the confidence of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. WAK LE Y never heard a more undeserved taunt than that given by the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire to the Chancellor of the Exchequer—( Hear, hear) —for there never was an Hon. Member more sincerely deter mined to carry out a proposition obnoxious to his own friends than the present.—( Laughter. ) Mr. KENIBLE thought this was a question of very great importance, and had supported the Government in carry ing it on. Whatever delay might take place would not get rid of the Charter—(Hear, hear)—and he regretted that the time of the public should be taken up in this way. He trusted her Majesty's Ministers would come to a decided opinion either to abandon the measure altogether, or per severe in it at whatever hazard. After a few remarks from Mr. O'CONNELL, the further consideration of the question was adjourned until :o-morrow. PODDLE RIVER BILL. Lord MORPETH said he would remove all eauies of dissension by moving the second reading of the Poddle River Bill.—(Great laughter.) _ _ _ The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed to-morrow. METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Lords' amendments to the Metropolitan Pulice Courts Bill were agreed to. The House then adjourned at Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'Clock. Sir R. INGLIS brought up the 41st Report of the Committee on Public Petitions. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS, on behalf of Lord Sandlot], presented a petition from Liverpool, praying the House to appoint a Committee of the independent Members of that House, of all parties, to take into considera tion, and report upon the plan of Mr. Robert Owen, for improving the condition of the poor. BANK OF IRELAND. Mr. GISBORNE gave notice, that on the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Com mittee on the Bank of Ireland Bill, he should move that it be an instruction to the Committee to limit the circle of exclusive issue to 33 miles round Dublin, and to ex clude the town of Drogheda. Mr. OSWALD said, seeing the Right Honourable and Learned Lord Advocate in his place, he wished to ask if it is the Learned Lord's intention to bring in a Bill at the commencement of next Session for the pur pose of putting an end to the manufacture of fictitious votes in the counties in Scotland. Also, if it is the Learned Lord's intention to bring in a Bill at the com mencement of next Session for the better regulation of the University of Glasgow, founded on the Reports of the Commissioners on the affairs of that University. The Lord ADVOCATE to the first question re plied, that it was his intention to bring in such a Bill early next Session. To the s e cond q ues tion , he an swered that the subject was under consideration, On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Report on the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill was received. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Exchequer Bills (12,026,056/.) Bill was brought up and ordered to be engrossed, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow, On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Administration of Justice (Parts of Counties) Bill, was read a third time and passed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEIf, moved the second reading of the Duke of Marlboroi 4 h , , Pension Bill. Mr. HUME objected to the Bill, and moved that it be read a second time this day three months. Mr. GISBORNE seconded the amendment. Captain PECHELL supported the Bill, and said that he should give the Chancellor of the Exchequer his support through all its stages. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the Bill, and repeated the arguments in its favour, which he urged in moving for leave to bring in the Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman, in conclusion, stated that the matter having been referred to a Select Committee, composed of gentlemen on both sides of the House, not one of whom were by office connected with the Government ; and that Committee having 1 1 unanimously assented to the provisions of the Bill, !; ie trusted the House would see no difficulty in agrreeing to the second reading. Sir R. INGLIS supported the second reading. He believed if a proposition had been made to pay a sum of 5,000/. per annum to the Dukes of Marlborough for ever, it would meet with no opposition in that House. The three branches of the Legislature having vied with each other in conferring honours and favours on the Duke of Marlborough, and an error having crept into the Bill by which the amount of income was diminished, when the understanding was that it should be free from. all deduction, he hoped no opposition would be given in the Bill. Mr. HARCOURT supported the J3ill. He consi dered the measure one that was called for, and he hoped, therefore that it would meet with the sanction of the House. Mr. HUME admitted that the feeling of the House was against him, and therefore would not divide. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Courts in Counties Bill was read a third tint* and passed. SIR J. M. DOYLE. In answer to a question by Mr. DILLON 13110 WN E, as to the claims of Sir Jr.;nn Milley Doyle on the Portuguese Government, Lord PALMERSTON said the Portuguese Go vernment had not shown any disposition to do justice to the claimants. Her Majesty's Government had been very unwilling to have recourse to any other means than those of persuasion to convince the Portuguese Government of the propriety of these claims, but undoubtedly if they should fail in obtaining that which . was due, it would be for the Government to consider what other means it might be necessary to employ for that purpose. Mr. D. BROWN wished to know if it was to be understood that the Government would take other than persuasive measures. Lord PALMERSTON said it was hardly necessary to answer the question more distinctly, than to lay that if the Government should find that the Portuguese Government should refuse to satisfy the just claims of British subjects, every honourable man must see the course which the Government of England was likely to take. FUNDING EXCHEQUER BILLS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , the House went into Committte onthis Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman said he wished to explain to the House and the public, the ex ac t con di tions which he proposed if this vote was c arr i e d into effect. The compariso n which he proposed to institute was be tween 1836 and . . the present year. In 1836 the amount of bills constituting the . unfunded debt, and outstandlt, 24,043,000/. ; and in 1839 to 24 0 0 5 6501 -show ing a reduction of 4 469 000/ ' - of ' that ' olnB3t7hethsetyh of securities. During ' the ;rime time classtbe Bills with respect to Irish public works had been reduced by the sum of 122,000/. The reso lution which he now proposed would dispose of 4,000,000/. more, so that if this alteration was com pleted, comparing 1839 with 1836, the. reduction would be about 9,000,000/. in the unftraded debt.—( Hear.) Various gentlemen of great authority had called the attention of the House and the public to the expe diency of reducing a portion of the unfunded debt, and if he might without irregularity refer to a nother place unquestionably very high authority had been given in favour of that proposition. It had been asked why, under these circumstances, had he not e arlier brought the subject forward, but ho would tell the House wby it would not have been just or expedient to have done so. The House was aware that it had been found necessary to: ask a vote for 25 millions of Exchequer bills instead of 24 miilions as last year, and a propo. , sition to fund a portion of the unfunded debt, under. .would have given the these circumstan ces, . L contraetfara of L \ a right to complain of wantinvolving notice. Again 'there ' was a Bill lately passed very largo considers ' ' 1 tions of a commercial and puhlic chars'cer—th e Bill for the reduction of Postages, it was sup pose d b y som e that that Bill would eiect a lar ge amount o f t h e public rev enue, and was likely on that aceount to EVENING EDITION;