The Sun. — London, England, 1836-04-26 00:00:00

LiSal GE OF THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL. Your, r . ‘"' .`tknit, 9.--The long-expected husband . of Intl' this b r e en arrived here yesterday, and the marriage of - south oal bride and bridegroom - was celebrated t - e -city in the cat' ' deal, -dedrid with some show, though I cannot shy it treat we hd er ,Pomp and ceremony, It was hoped that the Prince • '-'" nave timed his departure from Portsmouth so as to feach Lisbon last Monday, the 4th, which was the Queen's bar 91-day ; and not only her Majesty, but the pessole,s expe sattons were strained for so happy an omen, !esk's, t‘he wtnds, 4114 arid the steam, and the waves were indiffere ste s tt) our feelings, they prevented his coming for that auspicious moment ; that bec was s c o l changes dhislay?nddth..atiluYrnebdeg t e e n to sa apprehendxe Coburg - ---or to school: On tha in t d as- donna Maria the Second tit ta.ined her seventeenth yee ss ,' and certainly nature !seldom has 14 , 11. " so much oft fle'sl s and blood to a personage of that %se, and if its bounty i• 3 to be measured by her size, she has e ry reason to b e gr t f 1 gal--4, if ~ ~ _ a_e u , and so have the people of Portu tiles ha te Kts,gdom be small, the Queen is large, and a: ;, ,e ' " room kr their loyalty if not for their patrkonsn!. I gigs .he first ts me my eyes took in the whole of her slimen tlei4Bl and I, in common with those about me, could not teePssuareg pleased with the fine open expression of her coun esie-'-et light blue CO,ynd Braganza volume of mouth and pi re . and that ample bust ' and full person, worthy of an en.i et:, .Tlci being delighted with the good-nature beaming asin is_ _teature, which would appear to be the cause as well d auenssetrect of her good health and great proportions. Hersa - 1 source was only temporary, and we who knew the amiable. 1 of it,and how soon it would be removed, gave her credit t) l. , the softness of her feelings, and endeavoured by cheers and lieltea-9esto convince her that where the Queen was no King was Aft r Y to fill a throne. kni ae e : several false alarms and reports being spread that in eated i; c ' of the Prince having passed Oporto was communhi eanuu y telegsaph, at length, about 10 o'clock yesterday, t l e all /lea n f rost) the castle at Belem, and at St, 'George's Cast e board , "td that the Manchester steamer, with his Highness on Cher •Was entering the Tagus, and might be expected to an the y in a short time. The whole of Ilie city, and, I may say, ern w lve, Was thrown into agitatie,n, the people rushed in h e _ s ds to the different quays, tnd to fill the windows of the ,istuinr,s overlooking- the Tap:us, while all the shipping, c , one sof the English, French, - American, and Portugaes en,, e ,_ _ els ' war, and i nnumerable merchant vessels of various ss ses eoleers'Were nn the instant decked out with their flags and t i ti4ariie , e; taend several parties of ladies and gentlemen took boats teh aglimpse of the youne• hero even before he ° e ed thee] and e s th r And. The barges of the . b diplom . atic . personages . an ti bar, C Officers of State were also in requisition , and the glides ,et a magnificent boat, pulled by 74 oars, and finely to th e ' 'las got ready to bring his Highness from the steamer a to Anre. The National Guard also began to muster, Psi," 11 Lancers was drawn up as a Guard of Honour to the ta eseT, e ; s 9 ) e Queen's carriage came down . to the Arsenal to a Lb. e untt, and, inshort, all these preparations were made in -- mi : published programme similar to 11,4 usednutes, nutes, according to a earn, sa d on the former marriage. In a short time the steamer efthe eity, i tn her moorings, having passed along the whole .. Pite t e l :. fr ont of the arsenal ; and the Officers of State and Di ha ha a th i rs t Corps, on which occasion Lord Howard de Walden .re. Fi ket - " I lg the first, having gone on board to pay their sid e I In Prince Ferdinand, the state barge was brey.ght alo- O e : and the Prince stepped into it, the carsbon from St. h tastlgais Castle and the river batteries markin g the event_ drawn lip in eI salute. The sth regiment of Cac'sdores was f dr p aw al. St e i l the arsenal yard to receive him, and. the Duke . o t o tai t he Duke of Terceira d others tlf the Nobility were , an %a u s teps of the landing-place to ha;.', his touching the Por- Yo sa a se soil. In a fe w minutes ho came to land, and -- _ this fine liosefbiliall received the first Porgy came welcome,. as h . e passed s ;Nth,' al ong the line to thy, place where his carriage w h a as ~.- g • He wore the uniform of a Portuguese GeneFal,t_ their act; attended attended by two officers of his own country in h h his , a hltnl s ,9 Uniform, and a gentleman in plain dress, said to be ailti ;Lk The per ol t eliej i - i„ n d , 4 8 he received him well, and took off their P r assed e by them he repeatedly bowed to them, tet e -4 his b' at and appeared inclined often to take it off in ilst oi lli t aa r i or Vdeir Civility. Something like a struggle between ev ides t ' gnod nature and the necessity of being dignified was i v(a dtliss ; a nd his anxious laughing blue contradictedeye .. the : 11 e - rn gravity of his countenance. The fair hair escaped sti tl th t-4 u nder his hat, and the brightness of his complexion 1 6 11 se sli g h . figure made him look even younger i , a S„ rightness of his li e li ne " otefally is ; and he seemed to me as he walked through i I br o , i sysarthy Portuguese, with prem . atur . e seriousness on -4( Itls• - "ike a schoolboy playing a part in private theatricals, Vitae 'lng Majesty and dignity. ' IttileQueens whose anxiety may be well conceived, waited ode e ,Patience *i the balcony of the Palace, from whence °4 ` ki See the i s t teamer as it came in, and witness all the !lane-sell' Paid to her young husband; and when the er c e an a n n o x n . t site „ a i ttal s , ad that he had touched the land, her eyes w ' ne cl eri led in the direction he was- to come. At length ; la th: l a of the people announced his close approach, t and 'IN 1 i ., -t a Young creature as she is, stooped down o iii. lll. lll` °e P him through the iron bars of the balcony,hsgaletuta 'll)l ands "th her fan and her hand, whi e e took off Z i :'co nl t e " . ll 't ~retY u rw r it e d with gallantry her impatient and warm 1 4 „ ses ts sie then left the carriage," whilP 'l'n ran ' t time ~i fi ltib et tr h o m er l i w ril . me a ur nd the husband and wife met for can ne tell. firs she . feelingst a ua fi l nema were, Heaven alone • nly youth, such as even the e r n o g m , a a n n c d e ) ,‘,t4 'i l . rli all heart could desire, while he beheld a i s . S 'all fo r • Sad . as god-natured a countenance as his soul could tlq ad to‘4l w ith perhaps a little more of flesh and blood than , tie s 4 s s u expect, or than his fancy wo d u e l w d e i r m . agine. Stils she and thtssigh fat Upskip`u,een, and Portugal was h th v er :' s ae was not 40, but 17, and er the eye ' of a Isid of 19 is Laati ,Y critical. However they met and dined together, and tis e t ti a e Prince returned to his steamer, while, the Queen re ,srite pat,the Palace to weep her lardsidosv's tears, and pre 1711te°. t4O corning happy day that to give her a l cons a o n r . t s A tee -r d l) ,, a °Ple a Prince. R . e . p . eated , eaarges of artil er Nr ed "ite close of the exhibition, sad the citizens of Lisbon 1414 Perfectly content with the. appearance of their new 'I‘J . tlti n 1411°113 inat ta., _ e ; the g an early b'eur the city was in renewed agair rPs ee whole of the National Guard, and the few regular n a of Ib Posint, the garris,on took up their stations along the The Ito:att*StWre.et,_. through which the procession was to pass. which, for some reason isphes, Zre.strewed with red sand, s I,t,tAnsaialo_bably the former ruggedness of the pavement, is Selo 4) th e „ 7 ,, cm grand occasions, and the windows were filled islek tsr e ntlk story with women and children. At twelve tll . O fa7 la a r, ° l 4tid of cannon gave notice that the Queen had estl i th setas s l, on which the Prince,hastened from the steamer, proceeded to the or ti edr a l , Z r . _lng at the Exchange-square, o:tos e ur heir u nfortunately his movements were too rapid, hon e r tin or ,ner Majesty too slow, and when he arrived at the . up, and he had to wait IS th an aise_r,,Farriage had not cc? h ug a ab eet i7 an hour, evidently .thi m t e oliis discomfort and to sed with the anxiety of so It 4 brid Itn, who sympathised k i ' 1 egroorti expecting the lady of his love. It was odd e ° ek b s' its • ~,,, e L,..,. e ore oer Majesty arrived, t er le g ,t, -Lies having gone forth to receive her, and the Prince 1 0 ,,, , t t1e.,1, 4 1: Cr at the cathedral steps, a procession was a N the by the Patriarch of Lisbon, who was to per- St.asse ntarriage ceremony, and in the centreofwhich, under t4 l ,akr i Z s _nf, vvhite silk, appeared ' the . youthful couple, the th at he e 0?) holdine. her Majesty's hand in his, and bowing to kbell, a'cl e nc)ble, b diplomatic, naval, and military personages i p: hi, clfaed their arrival. The Prince looked .. remarkably t t " of it"ght tall frame strongly contrasting with the ample zsalasßei: Majesty. The Queen was also in her best smiles, , t h.ti. ~(I'•uertt coronet of brilliants encircling her head, and t he hey /,3ard s of white satin her person. that eh gray "alked slowly up the aisle, his countenance being ts e r iar e h , e than hers, until they reached the altar, where the I N pei lt i gave them his benediction, and she . was placed for a I he 1 %1. 4 t ,l ) e Chair of State, while the Prince stood on her _ kad lt lits s 1,,,,,111eY both then knelt down, and the ceremony l 4,„the (4,7 eemnaenced, at a given period of which the Prince e Vi; of Sh," e en were led again to the altar, and ther h e, e ri vows kßePligfitay.7ll an'a of man, their hands were joined,t i 14 th 4 hei ne . ,t, alid they were made man and wife, their . united b e ing -6 ' The old Patriarch gave them his blessing, and ~ th e i , •nd sh , of the church iii 4 rl l . e choir cnaunted the l av 141 a Y ° PPln ess, and the service of the pr a mass yers was resumed, skti°lloll3:, couple again knelt down and concluded their tta l)l °ll * Atu 'envied their sighs and prayers . on the same !),,le,se, new ,_ length the ceremony being con . cluded, the s t , as I. uound together for life, returned in the same t,litaetsstrY earrie his countenance still bearing the affected _ sis. 4o le is :a gravity' while hers seemed to be affecte it l b a y . ni l —.ll lty of his,- ' A Yis anti was much more serious than Ido ' I I th e . rip o s D, , t ,' and -,""Yat carriages were drawn up at the church tretl with Dal sure the Prince must havebeen a little IV hiet h s ome of the crazy old vehicles that were launehed kstlY locate,io,'?onr• I cannot render them common justice... e.Q llio„,4'ete ',lke Gothic churches rolling on immense nhe 1 .-, 1 5<? 51.14 tII'ILY Matched by the train of m . ules . which drew l ike ' shook reveren postilions, who, in liveries of the year atne'alesserflit V e daocks and erackless whips, a nd begged bb A t t o ~ the love of Heaven and the honour of the Queen's tylt lee li lve a littl lido ° l ') l e. • ,drawn 04,d tst,ic tle state coact), a very handsome bride s tia ' t .bsi ti : ent English horses, was drawn up, and the . r.t tc,4l:lltiorligi.°°lll, placed side by side, commenced their its Istiqsaesa, excursien, and returned to the Palace of the Ne- Pe t ° ,asl a i r the hands of the several regiments playing Consti aqit'a see:' the National Guards presenting arms, t t fly "'nig them with decorum, and . the if not with enthusiasm, Dared ,Passed. q esar,n on e soon after their arm ai at the ,:its, '4, a bout of the balconies, and the whole of the Nitional 0 8 qtth o n ehe,ooo did not men, defiled before them ; but I _ genet!' ) s % P ttl ee „ er t and, though the Prince bad his hat off, the people t 4 i.'-gliare were not uncovered. lam certain the Queen ,ti I rlttle annoyed at the coldness of her faithful sub thnosid ear the Prince was ruminating more than a young tite;' elo se ? . 11 the strangeness of his position, as I observed ke a Pe t ), and as they did not exchange a were se til l 'olt g etv e ed im the occasion required, or wasnatural for k i lA il don 0, 1/Ir. There is an air of gallantry and attention tti e t ae c),`, tnnse occasions which the Prince did not put on, Si t i l i t how"een seemed, like a; young creature, at a loss to t ut u s to thu s ' act towards a gentleman who played his part 15/tstiNvers°,4. formlity. Thowsh the church is not a place th y i sd tilo se en, et , yet no bridegroom allows the marriage to 11,4 4 °il k tr s - 1 : 1 lew words of tenderness to his bride, and during t'si:gti e „is.'nents ceremon which followed, an occasional short s ° , a ttet-allt be excuse r (' ; but I attentively observed the ,qtnisgensr,`" Queen fro their entrance to the church till 4 tl,"tfth s4re from it, and I e d i o not think they spoke twice Ntc,oy , tlltwo hours, and subsequently when they stood at the et• 41111 Y th eY preserved the same forbiddine- silence, of the ~a le'hs)litli sPnagnificence of the scenery, the splendour the ' g a l. ' kkli " P s ° J . so many nations upon it, must have been I t .pe,, i . of interest, independent of all those topics which Is - )44 Pnssihi • Y t e'f their situation would naturally give rise to. Pos sible tu at Youth and diffidence restrained both, and a a husband of 19—a man before he is a boy—and a girl of 17, maid, wife, widow, and wife agolirt iti the eiiiirse of one year, TIN , be overpowered by timidity, and in the novelty of their feeling 4 k, ati4 eVefj , one will be anxious to assign some amiable retisen ter their composure ; but of the fact there can be no 'doubt, and of many marriages which I have seen Inver sawa bride and bridegroom l ess a t c a so or Mrirti isillVe than this young and royal couple „ Ltsßoti, At. ~ is with great pleasure I find that the tetefikiiebory which overhung the marriage aild first .eception of the young Prince and the m:-„, youtifful Queen has passed away, and that it is how evident t f1 , (1 ~t lll 4 ll', Apt. lo , l- 1 1 n . t; in public, that th ey are as ,hapriwV, ttCkAr couple can be expected to be. „At {'{WlC'--e O'clock yesterday they had to at tt.nd tb^ ts'ottb - §, for the purpose of the Queen proroguing the seASIon in person, and the reserve which chilled them and the cople interested in their welfare, had given way, end her Ma jesty was all smiles and good hurentir, while tile Prince looked as sly and as happy RA a lkiilegroom should be. Indeed she was -nore than teilieS, for it was downright laughing, and her mirth Pt tine moment almost burst her boddice, en seeing one of the old Chamberlains tumble while engaged in some formal ceremony; while the prince-, with a wicked expression lurking in the corner of his eye, seemed to enjoy the fall—the old man being diseenipbsed not hurt—the outbreak of his wife't good hoinetir, and all the pomp and nonseme that he was taking a pat in. The Queen sat on the throne while she read the ' closing Address, and the Prince sat on her left, in a chair placed a little it*br than hers, and they were attended by the Ministeet and Courtiers in grand gala, while the Diplomatic Com, and crowds of strangers and of the people, filled the tribunes and public galleries to an overfl o w. Th e Q ueen rea d the Addre ss distinctly,glad to get rid of the Cortes for some days, that were to willing to annoy the first hours of her mar riage ; and the Prince played the part of audience most dis creetly, though the resolution of the Chamber not to give him she same military rank as the former King Consort was not likely to prejudice him in favour of the Members. They then returned to the Palace, where a Drawing -room was held, and the Prince had the satisfaction of being congratulated on his felicity by a horde of the devoted subjects of his lady. This morning there was a grand Drawing-room held at the Palace of the Ajuda, at which all the Diplomacy and every person of rank in Lisbon was present. Lord and Lady Howard de Walden were distinguished for the good taste of their dress and equipage, and the Count Ferrebo took the lead among his countrymen by a new English carriage and six splendid gray horses. The Queen was all smiles, and went through the labours of the reception with her wonted affability. At three o'clock the Drawing room was over, and her Majesty and the Prince returned from the Ajuda to the Necessidades Palace, where for the present their happy domestic' union is established. MR.BUCKINGFIAM.—A subscription to the amount of about 85/. has been entered into by many of the inhabitants of Newport Pagnel, towards the purchase of an annuity for the benefit of Mr. Buckingham and his lady. There was a considerable fall of snow on Wednesday week, in the bleak and exposed district between Fochabers and Keith (Scotland). The quickest voyage ever yet performed between the ports of Hull and London was made by the Water Witch, which vessel arrived here yesterday at a quarter to seven o'clock in the morning, having made the passage in twenty three hours.—Hall Packet. At Pool (Montgomeryshire) fair on Tuesday, prime fat sheep obtained nearly Bd. per lb. ; pigs, of which there were few, sold at an advanced price. THE SHAKSPERIAN JUBILEE.—STRATFORD uPoN-AvoN, Saturday Night, April 23.—The grand comme moration festival of the natal day of Shakspeare has been ce lebrated this year at the birth-place of the immortal bard, and upon a scale of great splendour. This highly interesting, and, in many respects, important, commemoration has been arranged by the Committee of members of the Royal Shaksperian Club, which now boasts of 500 in number, their patron the King. Amongst the list of members there are royal, illustrious, and distinguished personages, and the most eminent literary and dramatic characters. FANATICISM.—O n Tuesday the 12th instant, an inquest was held at Gilberdyke, by G. R. Earnshaw, Esq., coroner for Howdenshire, on the body of Elizabeth Thorpe, aged nearly seventy years, who, on the preceding day, had de stroyed herself by duffing her throat. Mr. Raines, surgeon, of Newport, stated that he had attended the deceased profes sionally for the last fortnight. He found her labouring under great religious excitement, and cautioned the friends of de ceased to remove all dangerous weapons from her view. She contrived, however, to gain possession of a penknife, with which she committed the fatal deed; and although prompt surgical assistance was speedily - obtained, she expired in three hours. Verdict, Insanity. —Hull Packet. On Saturday last, a keelman named Kish, belong ing to this town, while in his vessel on the river Wear, lay down to rest with some of his companions, when they all fell asleep. On the latter awaking, they attempted to arouse Kish, but he was found to be quite dead. The only complaint be had previously made was that he was much fatigued.—Sun dor bin,/ On Sunday evening, as the first class train from Liverpool was proceeding at a rapid speed between Parkside and tile Chat Moss Tavern, a short distance from the latter Plue the fore axle of the engine broke, and the engine was thrown off the line and precipitated down the embankment, dragging after it the tender and two of the carriages. In their progress downward, the engine, tender, and one of the carriages were upset, but fortunately the passengers, as well as the engineer and fireman, escaped without any serious injury. LYNN, APRIL 21.—Several vessels, which have, for some days, been ready for sea, and bound to the Baltic, are detained in consequence of some of the sailors requiring an advance in wages, which have been, and still are, higher than at any other port in the kingdom. SIR JAMES GRAHAM.—In the reply of this able and consistent gentleman to the Bampton remonstrance is the following illustration of tenacity superadded to tergiversation. The Cumberland Baronet having already lost his character, seems determined not to lose his seat also. The former, per haps, was scarcely worth keeping, but the latter, it is certain, will be kept by him as long as he can :—" I am ready," says he, " at all times to make every sacrifice to my constituents, except the surrender of my deliberate judgment; but when you make the request that I should resign my seat, and ac company the expression of this desire with a threat, I am bound very respectfully, but firmly, to remind you that I am not your Delegate ; and that you form only a small portion of that constituency, which it is my pride and good fortune to re present." Surveyors have been busy in the neighbourhood of Bedford during the past week with a view of finding a level for the Northern Railroads through Bedfont, and the vicinity of the town of Ampthill. A most admirable invention has recently been brought into use, and is likely to meet with general adoption, intended to prevent those accidents which are the cause of so much loss of property to ship-owners arid under-writers, as well as the annual sacrifice of a number of valuable lives. It consists of a ship's lantern, of copper, strongly and efficiently constructed, and possessing the means of being regulated so as to show a light of different colour, according to the tack upon which the vessel bearing it may be sailing, or the position in which she lies. A set of instructions accompanies each lantern, by which the master is informed what light he is to show on each change of tack and position, and thus a mutual understanding is attained amongst navigators as to the mean ing of the signals exhibited. The changes of colour are erected by the following simple contrivance :—the lantern contains an interior case, capable of being turned round, and having windows of glass of several colours. The lamp of the lantern has a strong reflector and powerful " bull's eye," or magnifier, to project the light, opposite which, in the outer case, is an aperture ; by turning round the interior case, each coloured glass window is brought in front of the bull's eye, and thus a light of the colour required is projected.—Hull Packet. In 1805, as the celebrated composer Hadyn was regarding, with no very agreeable feelings, the triumphal march of the French troops as they took possession of the capital of his beloved country, he was not a little alarmed when be observed an officer and his guard stop at the door of his house, and demand an interview. The immortal composer of the "Creation" advanced to meet them, and, with a trembling voice, demanded for what purpose they sought him, adding, with great humility, " I am merely poor Hadyn, the composer ; what crime can I have committed against the French Govern ment?" " None," replied the officer, smiling; "on the con trary, I have received the orders of the Emperor Napoleon to place a sentinel at your door, in order to protect and honour an individual of such rare genius." The guard was continued while the French occupied Vienna ; and, whenever the troops passed his door the band played some of his most celebrated compositions.—Sketches of Germany. A few weeks since a Tobin built its nest under a corner of the cushion in the clerk's reading desk, at the parish church of Bosh= (about four miles from Chichester), where it has been sitting on four eggs, and has hatched four young (nies. So tame and devoted to its nest is the parent bird, that it remains calmly In its novel situation during the performance of divine service, chirping with the music when singing. A raven lies for two or three Sundays past flitted about the body of the cathedral during the time of service, engaging the at tention of the congregation. TIGHT-LA CI NG.—An anatomist informed me, that von examining the body of Mademoiselle Leblanc, a young French milliner, remarkable for a fairy-like smallness of waist, who died at Edinburgh, an early victim of consumption, he found that those portions of the lumbar and abdominal muscles which had been subjected to the highly -strained pressure of the stays during life, were reduced to the consistence of a soft and placid cellular tissue, faintly sheeted with muscular fibres. Freschet. _ _ On Saturday last, pursuant to a notice of the High Sheriff of the county of Carnarvon, on a public requi sition, a county meeting was held at the Shirehall, in order to take into consideration the propriety of addressing the King in Council, with a view to prevent the carrying into effect that part of the report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners which recommends the consolidation of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. We mentioned a fortnight ago that it was the in tention of the Reformers in this, the southern division of the Cou nty, only to start one candidate, Mr. Grenfell, at the next electio n . Th e state o f t h e reg i s t ra tion, however, is deemed t o t o so fav oura bl e, t h at i t h as s i nce , w e believe, been determined to go for both. We may almost take upon ourselves to say that Lord R o b ert Grosvenor is to b e i nvi ted to offer himself. This is a very prudent choice, as it will secure the De rby in. terest, while it will neutralize that of the Earl of Wilton.— Liverpool Chronicle. M ARIti THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AM], 26. COURT CIRCULAR. , Yesterday . was the bi r thd a y Of t he Duchess Gloucester, Her Royal HighnbiS received &togrAittlatOiy,l,riAti i ,thiring th e day frtint,gb Paellas ketit, the Princess Victoria, and the PEOce of Leiningen, the Duke of Cumberland, the Princess Augusta, and the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg. The Fo -reign Ambassadors and Ministers, and the Nobility and Gentry, called st 9 1 9cr House to leave Owir P4 l l l O for her Royal Higbness, PtljW=ef Ptimbt:ilaTid cante to town yditerday from his re?,dl tli k lyt ilelo The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg dined with the Prin cess Augusta on Sunday. Her Royal Highness afterwards visited the Duchess of Gloucester. • A meeting (numerously attended) of Members of the House of Commons took place yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Members were met by Lord Morpeth, Lord John flusjell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other Members of the Go vernment. The French Ambassador, and the Danish and Portuguese Ministers, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. A numerous deputation of the Dublin Steam Packet Com pany had an interview yesterday with Mr. Poulctt Thomson, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Browne, Agent for Antigua, had an interview with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. The Lord Chancellor visited Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home-office. The Marquis of Lansdown returned to town on Sunday from Windsor. FASHIONABLE. INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. F. Campbell, Esq., Mrs. Campbell, and Miss Campbell, at Burners Hotel, from their seat, Birkfleld House, Ips wich ; Captain Wilkinson and Miss Wilkinson, at ditto, from Walsham-le- Willows, Suffolk ; A. Haigh, Esq., Mrs. Haigh, and Miss Haih, at ditto, from the Continent ; the Rev. Wil liam Mans fi eld and Mrs. Mansfield, at ditto, from Mytton Bryant, Bedfordshire; Mrs. Market, at ditto, from Meop ham, Kent ; Miss Cooke, at ditto, from Hilton-park, Worces tershire; H. Rodwell, Esq., at do. ; Mr. and Mrs. Lysley, In Fitzroy-square, from Mimwood, Herts. DEPARTURES. Lady Harriet Drummond and family, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, for their seat, Albury-park, Surrey ; Henry Drummond, Esq., from ditto, for Parts ; J. Green, Esq., and Mrs. Green, from ditto, for Bury St. Edmund' s; th e R ev . J. Clay and M rs . Clay, ditto, for Worley Lodge, Essex; Miss Lockwood, from ditto ; Hon. Lady Burton and suite, from Symonds's Hotel, Bond-street, for her seat in Dublin ; Capt. Burton, from ditto, for Richmond; Mrs. Warburton and family, from ditto, from their seat, Tible Hedington. ' t ' i ()IN . SUN OFFICE, Seven 6 1 Clod, rfi E 1,0 1- 1 , ;130N QAZETTE THIS EVENING. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 26 The King has been graciously pleased to appoint Jacob James Hart IN - if: id.be' 144 - 1114esty:s Consul for the kingdom of Saxony. 'ii KNOcidiV HS..? alsV .b ' e'en .b ~2eiolisi~ plea,ed t.) appoint Hugh VVilsen, ESi, lie lag IlialOsty's' Crotisnil at Aried, in the republic of Peru. • DECLARATION OF INSOLVENtY '- ‘ JAMES DEFRIEZ, tobacconist, Mile End-road. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED, THOMAS JONES, draper, Shrewsbury. I3ANKRUPTS. THOMAS EDMONDS, victualler, Fleet-street. THOMAS COAILEY, brewer, Romsey Infra, Hampshire. THOMAS ADAMS, cheesemonger, Parwich, Derbyshire. SAMUEL CEARNS, grocer, Liverpool. WILLIAM WILSON, scrivener, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. SAMUEL HIBBERT and GEORGE HIBBERT, cotton doublers, nerbyshiee, NOAH ORAII, grocer, Leicester. COUP SE OFEXCHA Amsterdam ...i.es.:1::::::C.T: 12 7 Ditto, at sight rat, 1 4 Rotterdam . d. .g 7 Antwerp l2 6 flarnburg M. 13. 1314;4 Alton Paris, 3 day? sight 25 65 Ditto ....... .............. 2 Us 25 95 Marseilles Frankfort OR Maine, Ex. M 134 Petersbutgh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berllti Vienna, effective 11.....:2 51 lO 12 rrieste......clitto lO 12 Madrid 17 Cadiz . .: pilhori 37 , .. . ...... :I(Pi ft ireelona ^Zi.4 Gibraltar INGE.-/THIS DAY) I,e4horn 1714 OenoA 31ifiro., '2s 93 :31 1, 'itanitte ti•Amuee 'l7 NapieS... .re. 4O Palermo ......per oz. 122 Lisbon Oporto .r•• 5614 Rio Janeiro Bahia , 2 0 Buenos Ayres - Dublin, 21 days' sight lll Cork ;,` r PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10% New Owl()loons New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair this day at the usual hour. DUN NAVIGATION. Mr. CHILDERS presented a petition against the Dun Navigation Bill, and several other private Bills. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Lord STORMONT moved the second reading of the Great Northern Railway Bill. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a petition against the Bill. Colonel SIBTHORP said he should oppose the second reading, and propose that it be deferred till this day six months.—( Hear, hear.) It was well known that he was not favourable to any railroad, but in addition, he objected to this, because the standing orders had not been complied with, which require that copies of the whole of the plan should be deposited in the offices of the Clerks of the Peace of the several counties through which the line was proposed to pass. Having also minutely considered the evi dence taken before Committees on other Bills, he was inclined to think a different line would be preferable. Major HANDLE Y would also oppose the second reading of this Bill, although, if he were to consult his own interest, lie would support it, inasmuch as it was much more conve nient to him than the other line—(Cries of " Hear.") He thought it was the duty of that House to protect property against the speculators of the Stock Exchange, for this was a speculation of this description, as might be inferred from the parties concerned in getting it up, and, strange to say, it was backed by Members of that House ; and a petition had been presented in its favour with 42 signatures, one of whom had no property in any of the counties through which the railway was to pass. When he first saw the petition, he thought it was on the subject of some Western Railway, from the residences attached to the signatures, many of which were Bath, Bristol, and other places in the West of England. In the present case he had found with surprise that on the last day granted by the rules of that House for lodging plans, they had indeed been lodged, but some of them not till midnight. When he came to look at them, so far at least as regarded his own property, he found that there were no landmarks, no guides, and, in short, that it was impossible for a person to follow them even through his own estate.—(Hear, hear.) He had found that surveys had in very few instances been taken, and the sections varied considerably from those laid down in the plans. It was, therefore, impossible that any Committee could allow the Bill to proceed ; and it was the duty of that House to protect private country gentlemen, whose parks and gardens were ruthlessly intruded upon, and had no other way of defending their rights than by coming before a Committee of the House, at an exoensg_gf ..nerb. , mgia^Z. -sucitusigtarat for pressing forward the present measure. He did not wish that the Bill should be exposed to the country as it might entail ruin upon many, but still he appealed to that House if he had not made out a sufficient case to induce them to reject it. The landed proprietors along the line were anxious for a railway, but they wished it to be a well digested and well considered one. If this was the best line, the parties were now before a Committee as a competing line. Let them prove their case, and defeat that opposing Company, and they would be in a better situation for coming before the House next year. He had an advertisement which had gone round the whole of the papers on the line, and had ap peared in the Times, stating that shares would be issued up till the 15th inst., and that no deposit would be required. This clearly showed that the public were not anxious to accept these shares; and that the forty-two west country gen tlemen found that there was much difficulty in getting rid of th e n umber of shares which was necessary in order to let them co me before the House. He opposed the second reaching House of the to Bi ll, its countrybeing a and ! h thesetime r rash specul a t ors —(Cheers) —when they found that six hundred for t o int erferen the betweengr o a!: dof the he land ow ners had never been asked whether they assented or dis sented, and when there were 300 or 400 gentlemen in , Lincolnshire, whose property would be much affected, who would be dragged up before the Committee if the House passed the Bill. He trusted they would agree to the amendment of the Hon. and Gallant Member. Mr. HE AT HCOTE said that although he was not very sanguine about the whole of the Railroad Bills that had been brought forward, yet he could not go so far as some of his friends did in his observations against them.—( Hear.) As far as his own opinion went he thought it advisable to give the present Bill a negative. His Gallant Friend had stated that the Standing Orders had not been complied with with respect to this Bill. Now, as to mere technicalities, he must profess he was utterly ignorant, but for himself, he must say, that the first notice he had of this Bill was from the public newspapers that it had been read a first time, and a friend of his only knew of it a few days ago.—( Hear, bear, hear.) In the present instance, however, there had been not only a want of technical notice, but a want of that noto riety which ought to be given to it. In the present Bill there was a chain of private injuries which the House ought not to tolerate. He believed there was a much better line proposed; but if there was not, all he would say was, let them both start fair. He understood that the other line got rid of all those intringetnents of private rights which were so much complained of the line proposed by the present Bill. He was perfectly acquainted with the respectability of the parties con nected with one line, but he knew little or nothing of the par ties connected with the other. There was not an individual subscriber who expected that this Bill would pass this Session, so that it would not be fair to the subscribers themselves to pass it, as it would be a saving of money to them if they did not go into Committee. He had not the slightest personal feeling in the matter, and he was sure if they went into Committee, that he would attend as well as he was able, and examine the two lines as well as he could ; but he thought they would be doing justice to the petitioners and to the public if they stopped the proceedings in the present stage. Mr. EATON was understood to say that in justice to the petitioners they ought to allow the Bill to be read a second time. Lord ALFORD opposed the Bill. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that the best thing that could be said in favour of this Bill was that this was the third expe riment that had been made to get rid of it—( Hear, hear, hear)—and if it succeeded it was the only one against which attempts had been made to disturb it on the second reading—( Hear.) If there must be railroads, for the sake of the public the best ought to be selected, and it certainly unhappy mo d e o f g i v i ng th e c h o i ce , b y ta ki ng away ls a m the lrefe°rsence. Here were two Bills, both proposed to go from London to Cambridge, then from Cambridge to York, and they then both proposed hereafter to turn to the right, and so on to the north.—( Hear.) If they were prepared 'to destroy the one, it would help greatly to favour the other. Was it not important that the Committee before whom the merits of these lines were to come, should have before them Hear, hear.) lie was not dis inclined—looking i at ?— th ( e precipitancy with which these plans were executed—he apprehended that they had not in all cases the best-looking at the irreparable evil that would arise from an inconsiderate choice, and the comparative small ness, of the inconvenience from delay—he was not disinclined to defer everyrailroad respectingwhich there were competing lines. It was stated that those who were now opposing this line were extremely anxious to avoid expense, extremely anxious to have th e bes t line, extremely impartial in their advice, and yet i n some way or other those who were opposing the one were supporting the other. They were told the notices were irregular and that no line could be worse—how could they know that ? These were mere assertions. It was a matter entirely to be examined before the Committee.—( Hear, hear.) He thought the House should not act partially, by throwing oat what ' m ight be good, a n d g i v i ng countenance to t h at w hi c h might be bad.L-( Hear, h ear . ) Mr. O'CONNEL I, said the principle of a railroad was what they had all agreed upon, and if the question was what was a proper line for a railroad, that was a question to l.e decided by a Committee, and not by the House itself. Mr. FINCH agreed with what had fallen from tl.e Member foe Dublin, but he was afraid it would put the parties to a great deal of expense. A t t h e same ti m e he thought, if information was desired, that information should be obtained which would lead to the most satisfactory conclusion. Mr. EVEL YN DENISON believed the parties had already been before a Com m i ttee, and the quest i o n was, whether they had put themselves into a s it ua ti on , as that if the line should b e considered pr e f era bl e it oug ht to be adopted this year ? Ile did not think th e y h a d put t h em selves into that situation. They had not done th a t w hi c h wasnecessary to give the parties interested in the Bill sufficient information, and 1 e should therefore vote against the second reading of the Bill.t Mr. CHILDERS saidit appeared to him that the great object should be to adopt not the best line between two towns. hat what would be the best leading from the extremities of the country between London and Edinburgh and London and Liverpool. Mr. PRYME was convinced that it would be impossible to make Ns( itt the fens of the country through which it was proposed id na36 rithont a very considerable expense. Lord STORMONT brEti replied, and maintained that the Committee was the proper ut to decide upon the utility of the two lines. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw,— whesti there appeared For the second reading B5 Against it „ 9 9 Majority against the 8i11.... ........ On off fe.admission to the gallery we found Mr. HUME )resenting a petition against the Islington Market Bill for abolishing Smithfield Market. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Alderman THOMSON, Mr. A. CHAPMAN, and Captain PECHELL from • Chelmsford. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from John Russell, against certain clauses of the Greenwich Improvement Bill. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from Sun derland against the Scarborough Harbour Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition against certain clauses of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill, and one against the Bill entirely. On the motion of Mr. PLUMPTRE, the Ashford and Maidstone Road Bill was read a third time, and passed. The further consideration of the Report of the Committee on the Trinity Harbour Bill was postponed for a fortnight. ST. CATHARINE'S DOCK BILL. On the motion of Mr. CRAWFORD this Bill was read a second time. _ PORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The attention of a very crowded room was occupied until near five o'clock in settling the accounts for the late Newmarket Meet ing. On the conclusion of it, several bets were made on the Derby at odds, differing in several important respects from those last quoted. Colonel Peel's lot were backed freely at 10 to 1, and his horses singly at the odds given below, to a considerable amount. Brother to Bamfylde made as sudden, but not so an unexpected an advance, repeated offers t o b ac k hi m h av i ng b een made in the course f eight or ten days. Neither Bay Middleton nor Ebbers ton were in much demand. In the Oaks betting there is nothing fresh beyond a marked improvement in Fair Jane, and the " first appearance" of a fair Cyprian, who is now travelling from the north with a better character than her name would indicate. The bet. ting closed at a late hour, as follows : TUB DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Bay Middleton—taken 7 to 2 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Ebberston—offered 7 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot—taken Bto 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot-10 to 1 taken freely 9 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mummy—offered 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bro. to Bamfylde--taken 18 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Slane—taken 18 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Sepoy—taken 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Mr. Wags—take 25 to 1' 22 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Bro. to Emiliana-25 to 1 taken 25 to 1 agst Mr Chifney's The Athenian—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Illendizabal—no backers 30 to 1 agst Lord Egremont's Emmelina colt—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Taishteer—offered No others mentioned. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Lord Wilton'; Grenada—offered 8 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny—offered 8 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Fair Jane—take 9 to • 9to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Emineh—offered 10 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Vesper—offered 11 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Promise—offered 12 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Toga—offered Offers to take 15 to 1 about Mr. Scott's Cyprian 5 to 4 on Grenada agst Emineh—taken Lord Chesterfield has sold Glaucus to Mr. Tattersall, and he will cover at that gentleman's farm at Dawley, near Uxbridge ; the excellence of his blood, his symmetry, and the superiority of his performances cannot fail to make him one of the most popular stud horses of the day. The Noble Earl has also sold Zinganee to go abroad at the close of tho DURHAM RACES, Fnm The Trial Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 15 added, for two yrs old. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Wilkin's Abraham Newland 1 Mr. Hodges's Velocipede 2 Mr. Metcalfe's Pompey Fifty Pounds for all ages. Three mile heats. Mr. Field's Durham, 4 yrs .. 1 2 1 Mr. Hutchinson's br. c. by Jerry, 3 yr 5......... 2 1 2 Mr. Attwood's Lithuanian, 3 yrs 3 dr Match, 25 soya. each. One mile.—Mr. Fryer's Jenny beat Mr. llavwood's Rory Bean. Match, 50 sovs., list. each. Four miles.—Mr. Smith's Camel beat Mr. Fosbrooke's Giblet. MEETING AT APSLEY HOUSE.—A meeting of Conservative Peers took place yesterday at Apsley House, consisting, with the exception of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, and the Earl of Haddington, of the pro prietors of considerable landed estates in Ireland. Among the Peers present were the Marquis of Thomond ; the Earls of Wicklow, Limerick, and Bandon - Viscounts Beresford and Gort ; Lords Dunsany, Downe, and Fitzgerald. The subject of their Lordships' conference was generally . understood to be the Irish Constabulary Bill.—Morn i ng Paper. DOING IT " ELEGANTLY."—A " countryman " last week sold a horse in Worcester market, to two respectable gentlemen for 51. to return a sovereign. A policeman, after wards induced him to look at the note which he had received in payment, and it was a note of the " Bank of Elegance." The gentlemen have left the city " on business." TILE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.—For a number of years past, we have not had such cold and uncongenial wea ther at this season as at present The thermometer yesterday was as low as 45; and the cold has been accompanied with high winds and driving showers, more resembling the month of November than April, by means of which the operations of husbandry have been greatly retarded, and vegetation is ex tremely backward. Last night the weather became settled, but very cold for the season. The sky was splendidly illu minated with those beautiful meteoric phenomena, the aurora borealis, which presented an uncommonly brilliant appearance, and appeared more steady than is usual with therm—Edin burgh Courant of Saturday. The supposed Ralph Armstrong, who declared at Corfu, that he murdered Mr. Fairies, has arrived at Ports mouth, but we are sorry for the cause of justice that there is reason to believe he is not the individual he states himself to' be. A description or the real Armstrong has been sent to the solicitor of the Admiralty, and it differs in most respects from that of the individual at Portsmouth. He is not of the same age ; moreover, we understand, from authority, that he states himself to have been born at South Shields, whereas the re gister of the real Armstrong states him to have been born at Burraton, near Chester-le- Street.—.,Shields Observe. Trade is generally prosperous in Aberdeen. The shipping has lately taken a start, after a period of considerable depression. Building is going on in several quarters, and is projected in others. The Government grant of 18,0001. for Marischal College has been received, and the foundation stone will be laid July; it will be a splendid building. The new infirmary. is far advanced, and will be completed this sea son. The East Church, a tasteful building in the Gothic style, will be finished within a year. The society of advo cates have purchased a feu in Union-street, for erecting a new hall. The proprietors of various manufactories are rearing ad ditional accommodation, and we learn from a respectable au thority, that the entire value of the buildings now in progress will be nearly 80,0001.—Aberdeen Observer. We understand that the wheat crops in general are looking strong and healthy, having suffered little from the severity and long duration of the winter. --Dorset Chronicle. GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The newly-invented break for stopping the train of carriages at a moment's no tice was exhibited to Mr. Rennie and several scientific gentle men on Saturday last, as well as the carriages fit lig up on Lord Dundonald's principle, with which they expresAed them selves perfectly satisfied, as to the impossibility of accident or their upsetting, a matter of some importance to railway tra vellers. TILE NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL, " SEYMOUR OF &MET ; OR, TilE LAST OF THE FRANCISCANS."—The r..ign of Edward the Sixth is happily chosen by the authoress Miss Burden) for the historical novel before us. The nume rous plots, religious and political, which agitated that period, offered every facility tor the development of rapid incident and strongly contrasted character. The haughty Prote:tor, the Duke of Somerset; the intriguing Lord Seymour; the Prin cess Elizabeth, afterwards Queen ; Ascham, her tutor ; Lynd sey, the Last of the Franciscans ; the rash adrentul er Arun del; Agnes, his innocent and devoted wife • Mrs. Clifford, the seductress ; th e E ar l o f W arw i c k, and others, sta id out in bold relief, and impart gorgeous and animated effect to the tale. It is a great merit in the Tresent work that the interest never for a moment flags, and that, while the truth of • history is not violated, the imaginary details invest the story in the richest hues of romance.—Naval and Military Gazette. FIRE AT THE HECKINGHANI HOUSE OF IN DHSTRY,—Wo are sorry to say that about three o'clock on Sa turday morning a large part of the Heckingham House of Industry, belonging to the London and Clavering Union, in Norfolk, was burned down. A pauper, who had been threatened with a committal to prison for refusing to work, i 3 suspected to be the incendiary, and is committed to gaol on suspicion. A part of the house was insured; but unfortunately the chief insurance acs upon that part of the house which his escaped. It was an old and spacious house. The aged and the sick hare been put in great jeopardy by the proceeding ; but most active measures were taken by the magistrates arid guardians to procure immediate workhouse-room for the paupers who are now houseiess. LONDON AND NORWICH RAILWAY. i ';! . r. T. GLADSTONE Presented a petition from an indi vidual of the name of Fello;ms against this railroad. LIVERPOOL FIRE POLICE. On the motion of Mr. ,E WART this 3111 was read a second time. Sir H. WILLIAMSON presented a petition from Dur ham, in favour of the South Durham Railway. A Message from the House of Lords brought up several Bills. Mr. ROEBUCK, seeing the Under-Secretary for the Co lonies in his place, wished to ask him a question. He wished to know whether the Government had received the first Report of the Canada Commissioners. Sir GEORGE GREY said that the Government had re ceived the first Report of the Commissioners, but it-was consi dered only partial. EXCLUSION OF THE BISHOPS FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. RIPPON said it might be in the. remembrance of some Honourable Members that two years since he had brought forward a measure somewhat similar to that which he was now about to offer. It was receiriffl by Lord Althorp with contempt, that Noble Lord stating, that if any one but the mover and seconder concurred in the motfoii, he would state the grounds upon which he opposed ii. The division that took place afforded the best answer to that, because although 128 voted, against the motion, no less than fifty-eight voted in favour of it.—( Hear.) Having thus been defeated in his object, he was compelled once again to bring the subject forward, the subject advanced in public interest, and its former reception by that House had not checked, but on the contrary had augmented the feeling which originally existed—(Cries of " Hear.") A spirit a religious reformation was at that momeht stirring which it would be impossible to stay. He would entreat Hon. Gentle men to banish from their minds those impediments to improve. ment, veneration for antiquity, and reverence for established practice. He would beg of them to consider whether the practice of which he complained was at all beneficial to re ligion or profitable to the great mass of society. It was his desire to discuss this question without aspertty of language, and to avoid, as far as he could giving needless offence to anyone. He would not weary the House by tracing the origin of ecclesiastical government for the possession of secular powers by persons prior to that time when the Crown was substituted for hierarchy, neither would he allude to the events that took place in the latter period of our history, when the Sovereign and the subject were at variance with each other, and when the cry of " No Bishop" and " No King," was raised. Suffice it to say that Charles perished on the scaffold—James became an exile from this country, and the House of Stuart was banished for ever—( Hear, hear, hear.) His present purpose was simply to consider what were the duties attached to the office of Bishop, and to show that these would be amply sufficient to engage the entire of his time. By the first Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, it appeared that under the new arrangement there would be no less than 10,400 benefices in th twenty-six dioceses of England and Wales. These, if equally divided, would give four hundred benefices to each of the Sees. The second report called for a further enerease of eher,l , poolation. iNow if every benefice had, as it ought to have, a res id en ,: Pastor, there would be 400 Pastors under the care of one Bishop, and if the wants of the Church were attended to there would a great increase. He should next call the attention of the Hot:qe to that intimacy which should sub sist aecording to Ecelesiaitin,2l policy between the Bishop and the Clergy, without which the :`est system of religious eco nomy trust fail of producing goo d re olts. It was the duty of a Bishop to visit his Clergy, he should I Teeive them without ostentation, and approach them without reset.ye. He should examine carefully into the affairs of the Church .in the various parishes under his charge—seeing with his own Ayes, and hearing with his own cars—not trusting to the reports of other parties. He should attend to the establishments for the edu- . cation of the people, making the conduct and qualifications ot the masters the subject of diligent scrutiny and careful examination.—(Hear, hear.) He should inquire into the fitness of all candidates for holy orders, not merely as to their qualification in Greek and Latin, but in their habits of industry, their attention to the discharge of such duties as would make them good clergymen and fit bishops in office. It was the duty of a bishop to administer the rite of confirma tion to all persons in his see, and to discharge all ecclesiastical duties imposed upon him by the acceptance of his high office. They had seen by the Report of the Commissioners to what he before alluded, that there were 1248 benefices in the gift of the , . Bishops, and it would be their duty to seek out proper persons to fill the office of pastors without regard to the importunities of needful friends, and seeking only worth and merit in those whom they would thus promote. He trusted be had shewn sufficiently that onerous duties devolved upon the B i s h ops , enough to engage their whole time and attention. He would further enquire whether it was reasonable to super add to those overburdened spiritual duties a wcighty and re sponsible office in the state—something between a church overseer and a political peer. The ministers of the Church ought to dedicate themselves, with vigour and diligenee to the.maintenance of religion and the instruction of mankind, but how could they do so if they were also obliged to attend in their places in Parliament? He now wished to consider the only plea be had ever heard put forth in justification of the practice of Bishops sitting in the other House, viz., that they represent the interests, and maintain the rights of the Church. Now, in the first place, Ministers enjoyed the privileges with other citizens of voting at the elections of Members, and as far as he had seen, they exercised this privilege with a zeal and earnestness that was not often surpassed. But supposing that it was really meant to say that the Bishops were the Re presentatives of the Church, then why were they not elected by the clergy, whereas they were appointed nominally by the Crown, but virtually by the Ministers of State, always with a due regard to their own political interests.—(Hear.) In the House of Lords the Bishops had no veto in ecclesiasti cal affairs. It was perfectly clear that unless the majority of the laity in both Houses supported them, they would not be able to support the fabric.--(Hear, hear.) Serious evils had resulted from their votes. They had often secured the popular hatred not only to themselves, but to the Establishment.—(Cheers.) Why then relieve them from such a duty? Why not limit theil• regard to thoie things and those persons who were placed under their c , ire. in the name of religion. he asked to be allowed to bring in this Bill. He could not believe that the Bishops were pervaded with a spirit so purely worldly as to desire a continuance of thinp as they now stood—he could not believe that they were ac tuated by such a desire for worldly pomp—by such a desire for eminence in the political world. He would desire to regard them as heralds of heavenly truth—as men gifted by God and elected by men to fill high office in spiritual affairs. lie thanked the [louse for its attention, and bogged to move, " That the attendance of the Bishops in the Parliament was inimical to the interests of religion." Mr. GIL LON had had the honour of seconding that mo tion upon a former occasion, and he would be most happy to do so now. He had done so upon two grounds—political and religious. Upon political grounds, because the removal of the Bishops would be a partial reform of the other House which was rendered so necessary by the Reform which had taken place in that House—it would be a means of bringing the two Houses more in unison than they now were. He had found them always ready to vote against the liberties of the people— for the imposition of taxes, and any gagging Bill brought in. Hereditary legislation had proved noxious in practice, and absurd in principle. The question had been been brought forward on religious, and not on political grounds, and there fore it should have his strenuous support. He begged leave to second the motion.—( Cries of " Question.") Mr. A. TREVOR, rose amidst loud cries of " Question," "Divide," which continued almost without intermission during the time the Hon. Member continued to address the House.) He differed totally from the view of the question taken by the Hon. Member for Gateshead ; and so far from thinking- it pre judicial to religion he thought it most advantageous to it. Mr. LAWSON suggested that the Hon. Member should adl to his motion thatin any new appointments provision should be made for the residence of Bishops in their dio ceses, and that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London alone should have seats in the House of Lords, and should receive the proxies of the other Bi s h ops .___( The remainder of the Hon. Member's words were lost in the-lend and general laughter that followed. ) Lord JOHN RUSSELL was of opinion that, no practical end would result froM the motion, and that neither the House nor the cauntry were disposed to entertain the proposition.— ( Hear, hear. ) He merely rose for the purpose of assuring the llDn. Gentle man he was convinced the reasons he had stated were genuine, and sincere, but still he should not enter into a discussion of the question then,:and the Hon. Gentleman would not suppose because he did not w i s h to venture into the discussion, that he did not think there were grave and sufficient reasons for voting against the motion. — Mr. C. LUSHINGTON protested agaiti,t s Minister of the Crown for a second time interfering for the purpose of quashing a question so important to the interests of the sta Church, arid so essential to the interests of the ( hri;tian religion—( Hear, hear.) M. RIPP 0 N—lf the Noble Lord, or any other gentleman of t lis House think they will put me down in this sort of wsy they arc much mistaken, for if I have the honour of a seat in t House the next Session of Parliament, I shall un d ub wily have the pleasure of proposing this qucstion again to the House. Th Gallery was then cleared for a divisor'. For the motion, Against it Majority against the motion... SELECT VESTRIES. 180 --12'7 Mr. LEADER: rose to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the constitution and operation of Select Vestries iu the city of Bristol, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF LORD& - _ The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at the usual hour. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND.) The Duke of CUMBERLAND presented a petition from the Corporation of Dublin against the Irish Municipal Cor poration Bill, and praying to be heard by counsel against the allegations of his Majesty's Irish Attorney-General relative to the charge of their having misapplied their funds. Earl SEGRAVE presented petitions in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath, and from Merthyr Tydvil and other places, in favour of the Great Western and Cheltenham Railway. Also, some petitions against it. Lord CLONCURRY presented a petition from Belfast, and Bangor, in the county of Down, in favour of the Irish Municipal Bill. Earl DE GREY presented a petition from the Lord-Lieu— tenant of the county of Warwick, complaining of agricultural distress. Mr. OSWALD and others from the Commons, brought up the Clyde Navigation Bill. Mr. Campbell, from the East India House, and Mr. Wain wright, from the Commissioners of the Port of Liverpool, presented petitions at the bar. Lord RODEN presented a petition from - one of the as sistant auctioneers of the city of Dublin, praying that their rights might be preserved in any Bill that might be introduced for the reform of Municipal Corporations. . . . The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition against the Great Northern Railway. Lord L YNDH UR ST presented petitions from Carnarvon, Alceston, Stratford-on- Avon, Wolverton, and other places,. against the abolitim: of Diocssan Courts. BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND. The Duke CLEI,ELAND presented a petition from the Borough of Sunderlano; signed by upwards of 1,000 per sons, praying to be restored so their corporate rights. Tho Noble Duke also presented a pctition from Barnard Castle, Durham, praying that the superfluous revenue of the See of Durham should be applied to the augmentation of small livings. The Marqnis of LONDONDERRY cordially supported the prayer of the petition. GREAT WESTERN RAILA‘ AY• . _ The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presen.`ed a petition in favour of the Great Western Railway Bill. EXTENSION OF MAGISTERIAL JURISDICTION. Lct:rd I SEGRAVE presented a petition from G:,:lucester, praying that criminal eases which are now tried at the Awizes, should in fuinrc be disposed of at quarter Sessions. The Noble Lord couis4 not concur in the prayer of the petition. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought if it was the in tention of the petitioners to give to Magistrates a summary jurisdiction in cases of ,felony, their Lordshipss would not give , any countenance to the ps .tition.—(Cheers.) Loid WHARNCLIFF3 presented petitions from diffe rent parts of Yorkshire, prayi:lk; for the better observance of the Sabbath. The Noble Lora also presented a petition from the attornies of Liverpcol, praying' that an ambiguity in the Municipal Reform Bill, as to the picale where they carried on their profession, and which in some h. stances had deprived them of their votes, might be amended. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from Kingston-upon-Null against the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented peitions from different parts of Nottingham, for the better observcice of de Sabbath. The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented petitions from Wolverhampton, and different parts of Staffordshive, to tLe same effect. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from Limerick, in favour of the Irish Municipal Reform But. The Dundee and Forfar Railway Bill was read a third Ome, and passed, as was alsu the Writers to the Signet (Widow 'a) Bill. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. Lord MELBOURNE laid on the table some supplemental correspondence relative to the convention entered into between. Lord Elliott and the contending parties in Spain. IRISH COPRORATION BILL. The NOBLE VISCOUNT then _moved_thlit th.. nrdnr _nt Aux_ ••••• Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI rose and said that he would not detain the House more than a few minutes, especi ally after the most able speech of his Noble and Learned Lord, which was still unanswered, and which must be still fresh in the memory of their Lordships.—(Hear.) H.! would not go into any topics of recrimination, either as re garded individuals or public bodies.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord went on to state, that having observed the m inner in which the Corporation Commissioners executed the duty intrusted to them, he was bound to say that they acted uulaghtly in their proceedings. Before entering on the details, of the Bill itself, he felt bound to call their Lordships attention to the purposes for which Corporations were es tablished in Ireland, with a view to skew that there was an essential difference between those who created them in Great Britain and that country. CLEFT SPEAKING.) - _ LONDON MARKETS-THIS DAY. (From the New London Price Current.) COCHINEAL-The demand for this article has been very go )d by private contract, and the public sale of 98 bags went off with much spirit at full prices, and in some cases Id. higher, ord. to fine silvers fetched 7s. a 7s, Sd. INDIGO.-The finer qualities are to-day rather easier; about 350 chests were taken in ; the decline is chiefly in the mid. and good shipping qualities; 455 chests remain for sate to morrow. Tonacco.-This afternoon 300 hlids. ,fine Virginia sold at. 6?el. a 6d. WooL.-The demand for British and Foreign Wools is general. The public sales of 599 bales Colonia.l went off with much spirit at an advance of 2d. a 31. ; Australian mid, flocks sold at Is. Sd. a 2s. 3d., good 23. 4d. a 2s. 9d., in the grease and ord. Is. Id. a is. 6(1. ; Cape, fine 2s. 6d., urd. to mid. Is. a 2s. 4d. PaovisioNs.-There has been a great demand for Bacot" and prices have advanced 25., 525. paid for parcels of fine, small sizeable Waterford on board and Tended. Irish Butter meets with a steady sale at fully the price. quoted, but owing to the stocks in first hands being light, and there being few ar rivals from Ireland, extensive orders are prevented front bei ig executed; there is a steady business doing in Dutch at fully previous rates, notwithstanding the great supplies. In Bale and 'Tierce Middles extensive purchases made at 455. o 47.;. Lard sells well, and there is a brisk demand for Hams, and prices of Irish have advanced. The arrivals since this da . week are 4,748 bales Bacon, 5,930 .casks Dutch Butter, and 463 casks II WI. COCOA.- At auction to day 249 bags Brazil sold at 41s. 6d. a 445. 6d. The total deliveries of West India Cocoa from the wa chouses for the week ending April 23 are 15,4591b3. Tata,oW.-The demand for Tallow on the spot has conside rably fallen off, and prices have given way a trifle. There is no alteration in the quotations for forward delivery, but the market is still very dull. This afternoon Tallow sold for arrival at 455., being 3J. to 6d. lower; on the spot small sales at 443. Contrary to general expectation, Town Tallow rose considerably on Friday, evidently showing a de ea ease in the home supply. MOLASSES.-West India has fully supported the previous crereacy of the m'arket, and a fair business done ; 275. paid for good Grenada, and 275. 6d. for Demerara. The total doltveries of West India Molasses from the warehouses for the week ending April 23d amount to 3,657 cwt. RCN, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The prices of Rum since last T ues :lay have .:dvaaced u. to Id.;and the demand was a ve brisk .:'tdt:eneral one ; the sales exceeded 1 , 00 9 - y per cent. over proof, at 3s. 6d. puaeheons, .lama;. as , 26 to 37 to 4s. ;very superior ; Demerara 27 37 over 3s. 3d. to 3s. 61. ; 5 to S per cent. d yer 2s. 4d. to 2s. sd. ; Leowards proof 2s. 21, 1 per cent. over 2,3. and 6 per cents. 2s. 4d. Tile demand for Brandy is still cLie . fly confined to parcels for export; Geneva remains firm in prlC.e. and there is a good export business doing. This afternoon rather a large parcel of lanaica strong Rum of a favourite mark has been sold, the ;nice has not transpired, but it is above 4s. Ti A.-The Tea Market is heavy, occasioned by the large quantities advertised for sale ; still the holders are firm, and to paiThase small profits must be paid on the prices of the late s des ; the sales advertised are 30,776 packages on the 17th of May, and 44,000 packages to follow the Company's sale in Jmie, making a total of 74,776 pkgs., exclusive of the Com pany's sale. The total deliveries of all deseriptiuns of Tea from the warelmuses on which duty has beeirpaid for he week ending 23 are 491,880 lbs. COMMON PLEAS.-MONDAY• RANSON AND OTHERS r. DUNDAS AND KELLY. Mr. S,Tgeallt TALFOURD the tet a rule nisi, calling upon the defendantg, .;:n before last obta ined A .,.'!lan pundits and Fitzroy Kelly, Esqs., to show why the plAtn:.c: the Peti tioners against their return at the last .clection as /b.,enibers for the borough of Ip , wieh, should not. in pursuance of the 9th Goo. IV. cap. 0 '), s;w. 63, enter up . ju.lgment upon the Sp.ater'a certificate for the sum of 4,634 i. 15s. 7d,, the oc.:, ts incurred by the plaintiffs in prosectitin; their petition. The ATrouNEY-G r - .N rit Ar. showed cause against the rule. Mr. Servant TALFOUT.O couten led in support or the rule that. the Court had not the power or refusing th e application. They were an iftlerior I tribuna. to that of the House of-Commons. 'Chey had only a statiitary ' existence. Mr. ,lusTirt will be heard on the same • side to-morrow, Du - ring the celebration of a funeral service in the church of Villeneuve le Rol, a fe w d ays s i nce, a li g h te i taper acc identally, acc identally,fell on Some d ra p ery, an d i n a very short t i m e ev.Jryibing in the chapel w, ls d e , :troyed. Amongst the objects most to be regretted, is the loss (it' a beau:iful stained glass painting of our SAvtous, of the 14th century.