The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

id do A tl i wou to and , ;o SC be doneed to or# ten of r anle in Kl t object o ,JJ he ion f tD` ress th e E , O,lC l ' ba t t o it 0 34 11 ,-. e 6 so' to t hov to 'to a p ct It of eof of ssie 00 0 ll c otbe r ith A e Pi CO" te at; 'him a Committ ee of the HOuse, he (Mr. Ste- derived at a Cory small expense, which vvould'enable the: "t Pr , " ' sal nesunar burdens in less people of this country to use a very large quantity of it, Ise 'l:= ivs'ntsee which the West and thereby add very much to their comfort and their 'icy' ' eised und er had been the souse- happiness. It was argued however, that that should not day 11,) • g;sliti,,r, of that House ; and yet to that be done. He now came to the inquiry, how was it that th eta to 'noes what ever l is d b een ma d e i n ass i st i ng t h e people o f t hi s country s h ou ld b e una bl e t o reap th e Leo tr 1 1" 'ahour which h a d b een ta k en away f rom , b ene fit o f th e i r own l a b our , an d o f th e p ecu li ar a d van t ages "e 11 had, time- a f ter t i me, b een prom i se d to t h em . which Providence hadgranted to various parts of the globe ? ttied, them the supply o f l a b our w hi c h h a d b een p ro - Wh a t was it w hi c h p reven t e d th em f rom o bt a i n i ng thi s com 01r es„,r. cp. thsn they would have production enough, and modity at a cheap rate, and thus increasing their coni fa .estion of diff erent i a l d ut i es would b e set at rest f orts ? Wh at was t h e o bj ect i on ma d e b y hi s H on. Me Bps Friend ? He gave a description of two classes of per. to r . ' , G=IT said, if ,ever protection_ had been shown sons, whom he portrayed. in very glowing terms. He suzar ot en to the core, it had been shown in respect to first described the people of England, and then the pe.o tea,' , Protection to-the-West Indies had led to loss of pie of another portion of the globe, whom he would now \\ l n , 10 3 i cf profit, loss of comfort, Les of everything. designate generally by the term West Indians. He de ha,} prosperity had been promised'progressive ruin sired the people of this country to contemplate these two met with. This old policy would them as pictures ; and so did he (Mr. Roebuck) desire them to p ) “,: t etid bring with it its usual attendant evilS, for as contemplate them. He described the people of England as 41 ,, 4 u 5 ! ;ion increased supply diniinished. The present poor and suffering ; he pointed to them as persons la ,,,estritntdhienGovernment would give two millions to bouring hard to obtain a pitiful subsistence, deprived of planters ; but why should this be given, fuel and clothing, of warmth and food ; and he then I Z , it robbed others and did no good to them ? For pointed to the favoured population of that colony from rei: V Part, nothing should induce him to allow two whence this article of sugar was to be drawn. The bulk t ratl ,"lts, or m e million, or anything to be given to the of the inhabitants of the West Indies were described by • of th e which he belonoed, and which had now become Isis • Hon. Friend as persons who could obtain the Acrd h tile larg est an d most important of the country. means of subsistence with but little labour, 'and h eli n:nia and hy had it become so ? Simply by the who enjoyed the comforts and luxuries of life. ann ehelesome stimulus of competition. That Them he described as being bankrupt in fortune, as being ' o k tl: rirdszi) w ay to make the West India interest and every unable to maintain their position, as striving to maintain • sea t 4te reet prosperous. But if they would not con- that position which they had so long possessed, by means this he h a d a p l an te propose that, though not so of taxing the poor, impoverished people of England, for irap ria an d so wholesome a s competition, would still be an the benefit of a similar impoverished and bankrupt class Whanent, a n d a grea t one upon the . present system. of absentee proprietors. That was the description which 1,2 31 I ' e should propose was, that a payment of his Honourable Friend had given. The poor people to rs ' OOO l. should be made to the West India proprie- of England, who were deprived of the advantages of • thi e k". n , l if they did not accept this offer he did not climate, were to be ground by a peculiar law, as the th e no u N ley could have any claim on the country; and if lion. Gentleman said, for maintaining that class which 11,4 'eminent did not accede to such a payment for the Hon. Gentleman had so well described. Now he tifi e e n efit of the country, he thought they were not jus- (Mr. Roebuck) had described what those West India tseee a r v°ting the snaffles for her Majesty's Govern- proprietors were. He said they were no proprietors at et a d it . 43 this case the monopolists were in a worse all ; those very men who now came forward, were mort , tes aw b an than the corn menopolists, as they had no gaged in their estates.—(" No," from Mr.Bernal.) No ! taiit.t-fsruters to plead for, and with regard to the la- Why he would like to know to whom the twenty millions t i . % their principal objection was, that they could went? His Hon. Friend complained that theydid not go to tle,', l 't more labourers, so as to reduce the wages of them. He also complained that they were unrepresented. 1 41e,W 11 0 were now employed. The monopoly in this Why, it was an imposition on the credulity of mankind ' IftaT e was, therefore, a bare-faced one. The ques- to make use of such expressions. Were they not a re in feet, was one of a majority of votes against the presented class in comparison to their real importance? • Sel e , o g s interests of the people and against • a principle Why, if they were represented according to their im- The a wi s e tleed on all sides to be soun d.-(H ear , hear.) portance to the community, the fraction of a Member the e Lord below him (Lord J. Russell) admitted would be all they really deserved. His Hen. F r i e nd ftlar r t 'nciple of free trade, but lie appeared always to said this country had forced the West Indian proprietors tallednen it was to be practically carried out. He into their present position ; but he (Mr. Roebuck) was etle 13 ' its combinin all the nations of the earth in there to dispute that assertion. The West Indian pro deciarrotherhood. How inconsistent was this with his prietors themselves had fostered and protected that hor the a : ti nn, that there ought to be a differential duty to rible trade—the slave trade. They were, originally, a W ee in e unt of forty per cent. in favour of British sugar. band of adventurers, and had themselves established that that proposition knit in one common brotherhood trade. The people of England had never fostered its thstl'eknstions of the earth ? The Noble Lord, also, in He defied his Hon. Friend to answer that assertion. ;Itri st ?, ua te on the Factor; question, admitted that the re- He (Mr. Roebuck) could trace the slave trade 'fba,;,"s lipou trade necessarily increased the hours of from Sir . John Hawkins downwards, and they would The Noble Lord, the Member for, Dorsetshire, find it as he had stated ;—That a small band of adven . 'nti sn ''''els expressed sympathy with the labouring poi turers had taken . possession of an island in the West ft, of the country. He thought they had a right to Indies, and following the example set them by Spain, ( na i l: the votes of all those persons on the present spread that devastating spot and plague over that por es Ther e cou ld be no prosperity for the country Lion of the world. They had nothi ng t o d o w ith E ng: Itsl g , ti o as they co n t i nue d to act on principles acknow- land in her collective capacity. The West India pro treat Is t ° be unsound, and therefore injurious to the prietors adopted it as individual adventurers, and they lita no ' d . of the people ; and that House could not hold were not now entitled to complain. When the people of thee — , the affections of the people when they saw England at last saw the enormity of the mischief, they the O e cting questiona which would so much advance interfered. But how did they interfere ? Why they °ea t : 4 f' interests of the country, and place in a gave those very proprietors compensation for their large 4 r , t ',, o ndition the great mass of the people.—(Hear.) losses, and yet, in the face of the Imperial Parliament, Prot ra n ll EßNAL regretted that the discussion had been his Hon. Friend came forward and said that they were kieC t ed sus long, and that they had been dragged not adequately compensated.—(Hear, hear.) Could it i tv 04 •g' • • • entes into the discussion, for if gentlemen con- be said at that time of day, that it was not ample com fit tt with the West Indies were to stand there pensation ? He said that was a most magnificent corn ll:rsl3,:it would be said that they had no case. The pensation, given by them in support of the principle of the os."ntieman W who had just sat down, had hinted that those philanthropists who could not allow even the th e et of the West India proprietors was to reduce shadow of a claim to rest on the people who t he en d ”s of the labourers in their employ. Where was had propounded that principle of liberty. Was • bot o n n nlstency of the Han. Gentleman, who, if he was there any man who would tell him that it tiaq'Staken had, both in and out of that House, was not a magnificent payment? He said that it was l ie h rt e d himself a friend to free emigration ? magnificent—that it was exorbitant—that it was an ex aadlistened with great attention to the moderate travagant payment. And if those proprietors bad been kos s is e views put forward by the Hon. Member for compelled to prove their losses, each and every one of etal7 e rt, to whom he gave all credit for his ingenuity them, they would not have received a tithe of what they 'isis a . v j 'a i tan and he did not differ from him in the general had already received in the shape of compensation. And i lt.a 4l ,,l"leh he a d voca t e d, and he (Mr. Bernal) did not yet his Hon. Friend turned round and said that they had sh are as the advocate of monopoly ; but he stated not received sufficient compensation, an d th ere f ore h e ' , le- n • e ‘ 4° as one of a body which ought not to be put stood .between the Hon. Member for Dumfries and the tse r , t ,xnerely because they might be weak. Their argu- House. Now he (Mr. Roebuck) contended that if the •N I a mere chronological statement of their case, motion of the Hon. Member for Dumfries wereeaffirmed, ;"Ifeest' had repeated over and over again. It was Almost the result would be that an enormous increase in the , itit erts :ng to do so because it was presumed that hehad an revenue would accrue to the State. He was not stating ) 41. 18 ,-' and it was known that it was so. In the a fanciful case. If they were to equalise the duty on eight n that great, wise, and salutary measure of Eman- sugar from every quarter of the globe, he said that. there a 'nht'.,' was passed, with a provision that seven or would be a large increase of revenue. Then came the r '''neni, ear s of apprenticeship should follow. He did not question, who was it that interfered with the people of 'rea, all s ay that the West India proprietors were free England and their desires? That was the question. ‘trith blam e , but what he blamed the Government for The Hon. Member for Weymouth interfered. He said the nt nPeet to t hi s measur e was, that they hurried it " You paid us badly for o ur sl av es, a n d th ere fore for all t he \,," without taking the necessary steps of apprising time to come you have to tax the people of England in ha etr ent. Indian proprietors of the change. In this favour of us." Was there common sense in that pro aleT' -on • the contrary, the change from vassal- posal? His Hon. Friend had described the people of and L' o freedom was brought about . gradually, England as impoverished and wretched; and he de. Ali et tY t Acts of Parliament one succeeding the other. scribed the inhabitants of the West Indies as, being ex -14'N4,1838, the House declared that the state of ap- ceedingly well clothed, and well fed, and extremely well :tsh o t a'soip should be abolished, and that it Was better housed. That was to say that in the West Indies a Nef4Rl teriiiinate at once • and that they should pro • large party of the population, namely, the free blacks, r a . '° the condition of free master and free labourer. were extremely happy. That was the description of his a; related to the conduct of the slaves, who had Hon. Friend; and in giving that description he made this kes,^: s u from a state o f b on d age to th e con diti on o f f ree - ver y ex t raor di nar y s t a t emen t : —" W e warned you aecceyadmitted that the experiment had been fully against this—we told you what would happen, and I js'ul,-- (Hear, hear) and he believed that no fear it has so happened, and that no revolt has worked l ea 4 r " 1 - e "an proprietor in his senses, would wash to a change." That was the statement of his Hon. Friend tik ti t 4) the old s stere but as far as related to the cul- —he feared to contemplate the result of a people's hap- N s it e°4 of Jamaic y a it certainly had not been. successful -piness. Were not the people in the West Indies well ananetailearison had been drawn between the state of clothed, and well fed, and happy? Oh, yes, they were; a as a i ?d difference—an this country. Now it was totally different. -but then there were certain persons called the West 3 O ' n essential difference,' in the India interest, who had been accustomed to a certain Part Of' only the smallest exertion was required on the position in society, likely to be reduced from that e tnaa t he ;wive population of Jamaica to procure the position in consequence of these wretches not working. lie ns tits and even the luxuries of, life ; for the produc- Hon. Gentlemen opposite complained in the same peal,;: er e were soon brought to perfection under a tro- manner about the corn-laws.--(Hear, hear.) What, rtlcli ti •``a• They h a d littl e n e c essity for Clothing. The should it be said that his Hon. Friend could advocate • ,Serers were e n of the population of Yorkshire, where the a free trade in corn, and in the same breath advocate a vtte, r paid high wages, was totally different.— restriction in the trade in sugar? t e ates; hear.)• With all their exertions they, could - Mr. BERNAL dissented. gas a l make both ends of the year meet, and he Mr. ROEBUCK continued—Oh, yes; but ,his Hon. / s n aa t had freq uent l y seen p ersons brought before the .F r iend advocated a fixed duty, which was always to be this 4 ral es for p icking up fire-wood. How could• they fluctuating—which was to be regulated by the aspect of ein e r , t h r at the p opulation of Jamaica, under the favour- _the political Sky, being Bs. to-day, and perhaps is. to 414,eunistances he had stated, would apply them - morrow. The sugar trade was protected by his Hon. a n ~ar °o " ) continuous labour, and the cultivation of the -Friend, and the corn trade by the Right Hon. Gentleman ~elne a' ,,ane was of such a nature, particularly at certain the Member for Kent (Sir E. Knatchbull). Were they. ; k iSte t, to require continuous exertion. The sun to legislate with respect to the trade in sugar, so as to - : ) ki. ) i e sugar cane, but it also raised a multitude of maintain the West India proprietors in that society n t a nd parasetic weeds, which choked its growth, which they had so long adorned ?—(Hear, hear, ironi '• e , a was constantly attended to; and-the land cleared cally from Mr. Bernal.) " Hear, hear"—this was, no era; , 0 4 . his required - a* continuity of labour, and the doubt, a sharp shaft ; but if he had drawn his bow and tt ,r s Pulatton could not be depended upon when they pointed it at the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member 'ea an ted. , They had much land Of their own which for lient, his Hon. Friend would have said "Hear, hear," te,Preirerred attending to. The peasantry there rode in. a. , • different tone.—(Cheers.). Ile (Mr. Roebuck) ` err e d on their own poneys.--(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the doctrine of, fiee-lrade would be consi thnualitt;)"le .to show the difference which existed in the dered without reference to these distinctions.—(Hear, ta ne ll of the people of both countries. They had hear.) • The great principle of bun in the cheapest t i ,tee a „ e a dense population which depended for subsist- and'Selling in the dearest market ought to be taken as bane I L ,` t t beir exertions. It might be said, why did theynot , the . motto in all commercial transactions, and 11 4 fe ti ; 4o nrer s by contract ? a but unfortunately in this it - ought not to be crossed' by partial' and , Peopl e would hurry over the work, and, as . they_ petty personal considerations.—(Cheers.) He looked j t is tO O wand of an enchanter, 'or the' power of Cad- upon the question of sugar as a question far greater in o % . :1 3 Ba te people, they could not get them to work, importance than the question:of corn: He believed that i h nnon t . "'"Y on the Bth of May last that the Noble Lord' if they had a free trade in sugar, an immense in e:trit,':' ti le Secretary for the Colonies, issued his final crease in the importation of that h artcle would take ti r tsen ie u to the Governor of Sierra Leone to abate manufacture in one day, and in return for that importation the wZ e itrictions upon the immigration of Africans to rs of country would send the produce Were `.` Tidies ; mid then they were told that the shac- of their industry in payment for it. Why should the k eta 1:Ich fettered-them had been removed, and they Weit Indies be favoured_ anymore than any other part Z l. , ° ,,weri nw s in a condition to contend with the sugar- .of the globe ? In the West Indies revolts and blood tont r ep; Manilla, Java, and Cuba. It was said they shed had been of frequent' occurrence, ever since they speni!v,ed compensation. It was most disagreeable had been attached to this country ; while they had been . , 4 a 11 „,i` on the subject. It was either compensation or it an enormous expense to England. The West Indies etie e .7-.- Pear.) He would ask whether 300/. a year was were reoload upon us a and if a sudden gust could sweep !e t ' kee n 34 ,'''''n to any individual for 500 0001. or 600,000/.? these Wanda from.the face of the earth, England would tti ian tor instance s where for the last five or six years not lose. one jot of her strength—not one penny of her tl e Pres,,,, v had been making the. most painful effhrts wealth—not a single instrument of her power would be 4 e their credit, suffering every species of priva- climiniShed by the sudden disappearance of these islands 41a7ionirfilee,,atsainpt... They might say they had made from the face of the globe. Tie could not conclude with nt tsa 'Test gift ; but when they talked of compensat- out . expressing 'his Surprise at the . eit . trayagaqt attempts 4ted lndia proprietors, he• denied it. He re- Which lied been made to draw a distinction between the th a a_s_, he had stated before, that they had taken produce that was slave grown and that which was not. l iht thus fallen into the trap which was laid for How ridiculous were these distinctions when it was im 1/ en., e utterly denied that they had been anything possible for any man to thirds for one moment of the ars n r i 3 e e nsated by the sum which was granted. An tidies of cotton'and coffee without considering that those liZer s ha ," of his had said that the West India pro- were the produce' of - the 'slavery-upholding country of tOged been hoodwinked by being absentees. He America. These distinctions were ',mere slanders, false habit inforin him that Many of them had been in and fleeting, and raisedfor the purpose of deceiving the 1, 1 4 f rom time to time, of visiting' their estates; people of England.. The great principle of free trade 40, 1 4 sory to add that the visit had often would be found, by extending commercial salvation to t e net h ued "with mischievous effects. They add in- every portion of the globe, and by uniting together the tePit eaa e e + hbles of their own, which had had a very if- various portions of the habitable globe in the great bond (le' whe t h" from that which was intended. He doubted, of interest, to be the means of - spreading -happiness and a s . eatrabsenteeism was necessar ily an ev il. With- am ity a ll over th e wor ld: s, its es lat :ln degree of confidence, it was impossible that Lord SANDON would not have taken any part Gentlemaneould roperly managed ; he appealed to in the debate at the present stage of the question had it t k - , ll ler hi extensively engaged in commerce not been for the language which had been etiii" Th e -s r statement did not hold . good with respect to held by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. It th a j ai e was no were carried the world in which agri- he could be convinced that the view which the Hon. and s eal t i J a tbvenannts were _carried to a greater extent Learned Gentleman took of the importance of these d en Pete ‘ J' ai ca- It was said that they did nothing to colonies to the prosperity of the empire was correct, C° Manilla and Other places, but he confi- although he could not agree with him as to the justice • loy nt rallicted Abut statement. —(Hear, hear.) of the course which he proposed, yet he might be con ,' h,, ('re ateil they t old that they, wanted a sum of money. vinced of its expediency; but when he looked to the pre etect'oee t s u want e d ant,, common justice. The Hon. sent circumstances of the world when he saw a system btkt, e Xiot ,S6-itkpQrt had referred to monopolies in of restriction gradually growing up around us, and that L e t i ' hi s ,Thyin 'nth etiletiial interest; but he begged to the more nations advanced in the freedom of their poll :4l,l!l%tia,e;seot y f e " ( e ) °e ntry at - he projectors . of those monopolies tical institutions the more averse they seemed to be est that stP ney were bound up with the great in- to the establishment of freedom of commerce, he at large; and fhat the columns of could not consider these West Indian colonies, which , en eas e ere in reality the pillars of the empire's . consumed 'British manufactures of the annual value of `sa r e Pl, tcatc of ll Far, hear.) He agreed with his Hon. three millions, in which there could be no hostile tariffs, this topic ought not to be made the watch- the inhabitants of which spoke our own language, pro , ni l ! n i te ",, r tY- Ile for one was so sick of the subject, fessed our own religion, and were of our own blood, as th a t; Wo ehi T were any possible means of escaping from of no value. They had been told of the importance of ti "0.14 h " :_, most happy to do so. But in many cases the trade with the Brazils. Why,. the exports of Bri be wte Pt°Der:lhe c ome e t 0 00 his landlord, shortly after taking tish manufactures to the West Indies were of infinitely a nto oele not S' declaring that if he retained possession greater value than the exports to the Brazils; and what k °lb le th e the rent • in fact it was im- reason was there why they should be neglected because h r t‘v ls4oll estates could pay on ' the present system. they were part of the British empire? This was not a h a a s as nosF s tl the state of the facts. He had been as question regarding a few West India proprietors only. fi t unee'l iv - nane; but they could not expect men who Had they forgotten the importance of the West India A nent in comparative affluence to be ruined_ colonies to the revenue, to the commerce, and to the Wa a l; lies ila iUleir voice against the cause of their ruin- shipping interest of the country. -Looking only to the "atle acl just sat said he was sure his Hon. Friend interests of the proprietors, they should recollect that et aia * O ,, down would not accuse him of doing there had been a time when they received for the West Ria a „not h e r l!ersonal motive's on that occasion; hut he India estates upwards of 3,000,000/. annually, which was verP, feeling that a man's opinions might be spent in this country. Was that so small a contribution cry m a t ch by Isis peculiar position, and his to the wealth of the country as to be considered of no te etiv ilt anv en y, affected by his own pecuniary interest, value ? Both the enemies and the friends of this country fCs e nw e being able to attribute to him improper had at that time considered them of great value and im ket ras an , lie took his Hon. Friend in his trde portance. They had been told a great deal about es ' hi: , a dv , -Icate fo r the West Indian, which was, in free trade. Now, all the writers on free trade ad . - ~ hi s '4ll 110,interest, But before he touched upon any mitted that colonies had a claim to have their 0 111. osrable -as - Friend's arguments, 'he would en- produce admitted at a discriminating duty wherever i noet t T i estio n r) y at to. bring before the House the the' mother-country imposed upon them peculiar I N whi a Issue. There was a large com- burdens. Now, it mattered not whether that pecu ktaal:appinel3an ministered materially to the comforts liar burden were a tax or a restriction of labour. No th e t4s; vi lich •, the people of England, namely, doubt the compensation of 20,000,000/. was a magnifi ' uoe. From be derived from a large surface of cent sum for this country to give, but it did not compen '"' °no. part of the globe it could be sate those who had to receive it. Many of those who THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE. 11. 1844. • whether a Bill having the objects stated in the.preamble did not come within the purview of the resolution of the House, which stated that all Acts relating to religion br in matters cnneerning religion; should be first preceded by a resolution of the. House? • "The SPEAKER said, he had no hesitation in saying that this Bill, comparing it with other Bills of this de scription, was not a Bill so far relating to religiOn as to make it necessary to move a resolution in a Committee of the whole House.—(Cheers.) Mr. R. YORKE begged to submit to the Right Hon. Gentleman whether this course was not adopted with regard to the Bill for • the. reduction of Bishops and the Church Leasing Bill ? - . - After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Which did not reach us, Mr. WARBURTON said it appeared to him, that on the surface many objections might be raised to this Bill. The parties were not to meet to discuss the question of Church-ratei and other matters 'in, the parish church, but instead of this they were to meet in a room. Now, he thought that vestries ought not to meet in 'public houses. It had been often remarked, indeed, that pa rishioners were more liberal in voting money after din .ner than before it; besides, there was not an absolute prohibition of meetings in churches, for the Bishops were empowered by the 3d clause to give a license for the holding, of a meeting. He thought it would be better to prohibit such meetings, altogether than to provide for _their being held under the direction of a Bishop. There were 11,000 persons interested in this Bill, and as he did not suppose the Hon. Member would inform them that he had held correspondence with each of these parishes, he thought it would be better that the Chairman should report progress, in order that due notice might be given of its effect to all parties concerned. Mr.ESCOTT concurred in the view which had just been expressed. The second reading of the Bill was carried whilst he sat in that House paying every attention to its proceedings, but he declared that he had not the most distinct idea of the nature of its provisions. —(Hear, hear.) , Tho3lll - 110 been originally applied to Ireland, as well as to England, but the clause relating to Ireland had since been struck out.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. JERVIS would like to know what the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De partment had to say in reference to this BilL—(Hear, hear.) The' first section took away from the church wardens all control over the freehold of . the church and gave it to the Bishop. This was in direct opposition to the Act with respect to - the select ves tries. This clause _opened all select vestries and by declaring that the inhabitant& were at liberty to be present, declared that they had a right to vote. That clause rendered the people at the " Red Lion," next door to the church, liable to ecclesiastical censure. Lastly, the gentleman who drew up the Bill, as if not aware that Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, were subject to the jurisdiction of England, had, introduced a clause, deelaring that such was the case.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUME thought that, under the circumstances, the Chairman had better report progress. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN expressed his regret that no member of the Government had spoken in referende to the Bill. It was impossible for him to answer the many objections which had been made to it. Some of the provisions appeared to be stringent. The Hon. and Learned Member, for Bath had asserted that the Bill had originated in some squeamish scruples and exagge rated views of the party calling itself " Young England." Whether he numbered him (Mr. Stafford O'Brien)' amongst that party he could not say ; but he was not so bigoted to old usages and ancient institutions as to fuse to concur in changes which were necessary in the altered • condition of the country. The Hon. and Learned Member said the principle of the Bill was new. Now if be might take what he read in the statute-book, instead of what he heard from an authority so far higher in his own estimation thau the statute-book—(Hear, hear)—he should say that the principle was at least thirteen years old. He would not give up the Bill until Ise had heard stronger reasons against it than had been advanced that night. He did not anticipate the support of her Majesty's Government. He had not had an op portunity of consulting them in private, and to do so in public was perfectly hopeless. Sir R. PEEL said he had not had an opportunity of considering this Bill, but he thought there were objec tions to it which were worthy of consideration. He would not, however, support any proposition which would have the effect of crushing the Bill, but he would recommend his Hon. Friend to agree to any mo tion by which the Bill could come on for consideration on a future day. Mr. HUME moved that the Chairman report progress. Mr. ROEBUCK thought such a Bill as this ought not to be introduced, except with the authority of the Go ' vernment. Sir R. PEEL said it was too much to ask that no Member should be allowed to bring in a Bill if he thought proper. Mr. ACLAND said he could not allow the discus sion to terminate without expressing his thanks to his Hon. Friend the Member for Northamptonshire, for haV ing introduced this Bill. Mr. HAWES had mentioned as an inconvenience the fact, that sufficient publicity was not now given to the notices relating to the holding of vestries, and had pro posed that those notices should be affixed to the doors of the Dissenting places of worship in the parishes as well as to the churches. He had mentioned this to the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire, who had stated that he had no objection to the introduction of a clause to re medy that evil, There was, however, one objection to the Bill, which he feared would be insuperable.—(Heir, hear.) This measure would affect all the parishes in England. The Hon. Gentleman wali, therefore, bound to make out a case of general abuse in order' to justify a general measure. Now, although some few instances might have occurred, which they must all regret, yet he doubted whether the Hon. Gentleman could prove anything like such a case of abuse as would justify a general measure. Mr. WAWN thought that they ought rather to en deavour to relieve those who were not members of the Church from church-rates, than to add to this tax. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported pro gress, and asked leave to sit again on Wednesday week. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In answer to a question from Mr. HUTT, Sir R. PEEL stated that he had every disposition to give private Members precedence on Wednesdays. The Hon. Member himself had a Bill on the paper for Wed nesday, that stood for the second reading. Ho would not object to the Hon. Gentleman taking the second reading of that Bill on Wednesday. Mr. TUFNELL wished to know when the Ecelle siastical Courts Bill would be proceeded with ? He Ob jected to the postponement of it to a late period of 'the session ; if so, he would certainly speak upon every clause, upon every phrase of it. Sir B. PEEL said, however great the temptation which the Hon. Gentleman had held out to him,l he would not yet abandon the Bill. It would be considered at as early a period as was consistent with the due dis charge of public business. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brought forward cer tain verbal amendments on the second and third clausei, which were agreed to. The Bill th - en 'passed through. Committee pro forma, and the House 'resumed. SAVINGS' BANKS BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Savings' Bank Bill. , -- The Bill passed through Committee, and the House resumed. -- Mr. GROGAN brought forward a Bill to regulate the election and payment of coroners, and payment of wit nesses at coroners'' inquests in Ireland. Several orders of the day were then disposed of. JOINT . STOCK COMPANIES REGULATICINS BILL. Mr, GLADSTONE, in moving the order of the fday for the second reading of this Bill, said that it contaihaed several provisions which would require consideration; and he would only ask the House to agree to the second reading, with the understanding that the Bill should be fully discussed in Committee. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordere d to be committed on Monday next. , THE GILBERT UNIONS. Captain PECHELL moved that the name of Col onel Rolleston should be added to the Committee on the Gilbert Unions. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would not op pose the nominatiom of the Hon. and Learned Gentle man upon the Committee, although he was convinced That the services of his Hon. and Gallant Friend could not be better bestowed than in his attentions to the Com mittee of which he was a Member. Mr. R. YORKE protested against this species of patchwork legislation. Mr. FERRAND said that there was a rumour abroad that the. Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Hom e Department, knew that the Hon. Member for Yorkshire% eould not act on the Committee when he was nominated. He put it, therefore, to the Hon. and Gallant Member for Brighton whether he would withdraw his motion. without taking the sense of the House ? Mr. COLVILE considered that the Committee was most unfairly composed, and that it was one which was not at all calculated to do justice. Mr. WAKLEY said, that the fairest course had been adopted by the Committee, in fact the minority had. it all their own way. After some short discussion, strangers were ordered. to withdraw ; and the House divided, when there ap peared For the motion Against it Majority -8 - - _ There not being forty Members present, the Souse adjourned at one o'clock. CAUTION TO CLERGYMEN.—On Tuesday last, the Rev. M. Trappes, priest of the Catholic Church, Bud dersfield, was convicted in the mitigated penalty of is. and 9s. 6d. costs, by the sitting magistrates, for inteTripg a private soldier, of the 70th Regiment' of Foot, Pow stationed in Huddersfield, on the 22d ult., without a . • re gistrar's certificate, and neglecting to give notice thereof within seven days. The charge was brought by ; Brook, the registrar of Huddersfield, and supported by Mr. Floyd, clerk and superintendent registrar of t he union, who said he was not actuated by any hostile fet 1- ings towards the Rev. Gentleman, but he had a duty to perform, and he would as soon have brought the Vic ar, had he so offended. Mr. Trappes explained, that I kie captain of the regiment told him that it would, not be necessary to register a soldier ; he however had no 4:Te ske to evade the law, and would not offend in futtr re. 'The captain, who accompanied the Rev. Gentleman, said he had always understood it was not necessary, a nd the magistrates therefore mitigated the penalty tc' mere nominal amount.—Leeds Times. Lord Francis Egerton's eldest son, the Hon. G. Granville Egerton, heir to the immense Bridgewater estates, will come of age on the 16th inst., when the event w ill be , celebrated by great rejoicings on the Noble Lord's esta ves iu Lancashire. had received it had been ruined, and estate after estate had been been thrown out of cultivation. Wow, although they had received a partial compensation for their la bourers, they had received none for the loss of their estates. But, 'setting aside the justice 'of the' question — looking at it merely as a question of sugar—nothing could be more impolitic than to sacrifice ,the West India colonies. The supply of sugar from the West Indies amounted to one-sixth of the whole supply of Europe. What a rise then would take place in the price of sugar f. these coloniei were destroyed. The true , policy of this country, having this fine national estate on the other side of the Atlantic, was, even at a temporary sacrifice, to nurse it and carry it through its difficulties, to aid it, if necessary, with funds and credit, and, above all, to as sist with labour. If they:wished for colonial prosperity — if they Wished for an - increased productioii of sugar—if they wished to extinguish slavery and the slave-trade, they should assist the colonies with free labour. A great experiment had been tried in those colonies—that ex periment had succeeded, as ..far as the export of the labourers were concerned ; but if they looked beyond the Colonies—if they looked to the negroes in other parts of the world—unless they could satisfy the inhabitants of slave countries that the colonial proprietors themselves were in a prosperous:state—they would not convince them that the experiment had succeeded. He hoped the Go vernment was prepared to take a bold and decisive step to supply the colonies with free labour. They must take the question boldly by the hand, and look it in the face. —(A laugh.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had attempted to throw the whole blame of the slave trade on the colonies, and attempted to take it off the shoulders of the mother country. It was, however, the mother country which had forced the slave trade on the colonies, even at the time that the colonies had been desirous to discontinue it. The Honourable Gentleman had talked loudly of the nefariousness of this traffic ; let the House beware of taking any step to give that nefarious traffic increased activity.—(Loud cheers.) If the House agreed to the resolution proposed by his Hon. Friend, the Member for Dumfries, they must in evitably give increased activity to the slave trade. There was evidence to prove that the refusal of England to take slave-grown sugar had materially ass6ted our cruizers in putting down the slave trade—the trade had stagnated in consequence ; but if they acceded to this proposition, although it might double the number of the cruizers, the slave-trade would_be. doubled. With re gard to the proposition of the Government, he feared that unless they took early steps to - PrOmote the cultivating sugar in our colonies, they would by exhausting the supply of free-labour sugar give pro Canto an impetus to the slave trade. Before he sat down he would take the liberty of recommending to the Government to give to the West India colonists the same advantages as they had given to the Canadians—to confer upon them the credit and confidence of the mother country, and to ad vance them, if requisite, pecuniary assistance. Not only were the West Indies an integral portion of the empire, but a most important and essential portion of it, and by timely assistance of this nature they would not only materially assist the." West Indian growers, bnt conciliate the sympathy and confidence of all the colonists. This step would likewise enable them to supply sugar at a very mederate rate of duty. He threw out these sug gestions fer the consideration of the Government, and hoped they would not be entirely disregarded. Mr. WARBURTON would not have risen but for the last" observations of the Noble Lord. He was entirely opposed to making any advance to the West Indians in the shape of a loan, and hoped some member of the Government would at once express the opinion of the Ministry to the same effect. It was urged that the West Indians were, under the existing rate of duty, in a most destitute condition. Then, as no case could be made out for them—as they were as bad as they could be—where was the use of continuing to sacrifice the interests of the people of this country to their pretended advantage? The returns which had been laid on the table of that House clearly showed the trifling increase of consumption as compared with tea and coffee, and how injurious the high rate of duty had been. A vast extent of the commerce of the country was sacrificed to keep up this monopoly. Sugar should be admitted at a very moderate rate of duty. Mr. MACLEAN contended that the Parliament of this country had sanctioned the slave trade, and even maintained it at a time when the inhabitants of Jamaica had actually petitioned against it. The Hon. and Learned Member (Mr. Roebuck) was not, therefore, justified in saying that the West Indian colonists had fostered and encouraged the slave trade. The Vice-President of the Board of Trade had used some ambiguous expressions concerning the slave trade, which be would wish to hear explained. He thought that the protection which was to be given to the West Indies came under the same catagory as the protection of corn at home. On the same principle that he was favourable to the one he was favourable to the other.—(Hear, hear.) But he hoped that his Right Hon. Friend did not intend to degrade the cultivatars of both parts of the empire. —(Hear.) He thanked the House for the attention with which it had heard him. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the gallery was cleared. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it .. • 259 Majority The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the first clause being proposed, Mr. P. MILES moved that the Chairman should report progress, and ask leave to sit again to-morrow. Mr. WARD objected to the motion, unless some day was given him for brinking forward his motion that stood in the paper for to-morrow. After some short discussion, The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave o sit again. VESTRIES IN CHURCHES BILL. The House went into Committee upon this Bill. Sir R. INGLIS said that in parochial and religious niatters scenes had latterly occurred of contention and bitterness of a very discreditable character, amounting at times almost to personal violence. These scenes had occurred in large parishes—in country parishes, happily they had heard nothing of them. The Bill might want consideration, and could in its details be amended; but he thought it called for, and therefore trusted the House 'mould at once proceed to consider it clause by clause. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said, as the author of the Bill, he had only to state that from Churchmen and Dissenters—opponents of church-rates—he had received strong expressions of opinion in favour of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK could not comprehend why things subject to ecclesiastical cognizance should be now so shddenly separated from their ancient jurisdiction. One of the subjects usually arranged under ecclesiastical cognizance was church -rates. In the parish church that matter was discussed ; but now a sort of prudery was to be introduced, and by this Bill no matter was therein to be brought forward, unless, to quote the very words, " approved by the Bishop." It used to be a favourite topic with Hon. Members opposite, especially the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis), to talk of the wisdom of our ancestors, and to express a wish, and to use their efforts, to fashion everything in accordance with that sentiment. Why did they not act on it now ?—why take from under Church cognizance that which the wis dom of our ancestors had entrusted to it ? Was it that they now preferred to act in accordance with the notions of "Young England," or "Little Britain," as they had now come down to 7—(Loud laughter.) Tbis Bill required that matters to be. discussed could not be so discussed " unless approved of by the Bishop." It was introducing a totally distinct rule into the Church of England, by a Bill too net sanctioned by Government, for no member of the Government had introduced it. Wail it right that matters of such importance, which trenched on rights of the people of this kingdom, should be brought on by a private Member of that House, on some fanciful ideas of decorum? What was fit to - be levied on the people for Church purposes might, he thought, be dis cussed in - church without any indecorum. Was it to be supposed that the stone walls could be injured by some persons saying some foolish things therein? If that were so, how often ought the stone walls to be offended.— (Laughter) Yet one Hon. Gentleman stated that something h ad occurred in London, but let him bring forward his facts, and state the grounds on which he undertook the measure. He objected to Bishops having this power. They ought not to increase the power of Bishops. He, for one, would be rather inclined to curtail it. He called on the Hon. Gentleman to state distinctly, not in this soft way—(Laughter)—what were the charges in the indictment on which he had founded this Bill.— (Mr. Stafford. O'Brien—" I will do so.") They would then hear the staten ent of the offences with which the Honourable Gentleman had to charge the people of England, and which was to rob them of the privileges they had enjoyed from time immemorial. They would see how much of those acts were conglomerated to in duce him to rob the people of this power, and place it in the hands of the Bishop, and give him the power, by the third clause, of directing that the meeting should be held where they might please, and not in that common house of the parish in which those meetings were accustomed to be held.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. YOItKE said he wished to submit whether it was Parliamentary to allow this discussion, and whether. there was not a resolution ordering that all Church matters and matters relating to the Church, should be preceded by a resolution in a Committee of the whole House. Mr. GREENE did not think that resolution applied to the present Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK suggested that the resolution should be read. The resolution was then read, which stated that, in religious matters, or matters concerning religion, no Bill should- be discussed without a previous resolution in Committee of the whole House. Mr. ROEBUCK thought it was clear, from the pre amble of this Bill, that it related to religious subjects. He thought it was more fit for the Speaker to decide the question than the Chairman. He should, therefore, move that the Chairman do leave the chair. After a few words from Mr. S. O'BRIEN, referring to a Bill which had been introduced in 1838, Mr. ROEBUCK said he recollected, on one occasion, when Lord Althorp, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer, had been speaking half-an-hour, a motion was made that the Chairman should leave the chair, and he was obliged to begin his speech anew ; and, there fore, the authority, in the instance of 1838, did not apply. Mr. HUTT suggested to his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Bath that it was not competent for the Chairman to leave the chair. • Mr. ROEBUCK said he might be wrong, and he should, therefore, ask the Chairman, as being more con versant with the rules of the House, to enlighten him how to proceed. Mr. GREENE said it was competent to the Honour able and Learned Gentleman to move that he now leave the Chair and report progress ; but he did not think the Hon. and Learned Gentleman need have recourse to that mode.—(The Speaker, in the meantime, had come into the House.) Mr. ROEBUCK said, he understood what the Chair man meant ; and he should, therefore, at once put the question to the Speaker. The Hon. and Learned Gen tleman then read the preamble of the Bill, and asked THE .FRENCH RAILWAYS: (From the Railway ReCord.) _ , We mentioned, in 'our last, that the Report of the . Committee on the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Rail way Bill, drawn up by M. Dufaure, a distinguished mem ber of the Chamber, had been presented to the Chamber of Deputies, with no material alteration in the draft pro posed by the Minister of Public Works, except reducing the term - of the lease proposed by the Minister, from 46 years 324 days to 41 years 16 days, in accordance with the offers of a company, at the head of which are gen tlemen of Wellk - nown. judgrhent and experience in , all that relates to railvinys,"foreign and domestic.. We have since received an early official .copy of the report, which fully corroborates the authenticity of our information. It is an able - and elaborate document, and in every,way worthy of the high reputation of the dis tinguished reporter of the Commission. The difference in the term is just the difference between a sinking fund of one per cent., improved at three per cent., or at four per cent. compound interest; and proves not only how carefully the calculations of the SOumissionnaires were made, but the estimation in which they are held by the Committee who adopted their proposal. Besides what relates to this particular railway, the report contains matter of much importance to all who are interested in the new French lines. In the first place, it most completely demonstrates, by a system of close reasoning, based upon statistical finan cial details, the impolicy, if not the impracticability, of the complete execution of the railways by the State, and the system of short leases, to what may be called mere carrying companies afterwards, consequent thereupon. It states, in express terms, that only one member of the Committee was found to advocate this system, and that the Minister of Finance (for purely . financial reasons) put his absolute veto against it. If this is not sufficiently conclusive against all hope of the short lease system being adopted, either 'on this line or any other, it is to be found in the provision made in this Bill for the just possible case of no company pre senting themselves to take the whole line from Orleans to Bordeaux, on the terms proposed by the Minister, modified and recommended by the Commission, and ul timately fixed by the Chamber. • In that case it is provided, that the Minister may at the further cost of the State complete the section of the railway between Orleans and Tours, stock and work. the line; but only until a company should present them selves to take the whole line to Bordeaux upon the terms definitively settled by the Chambers. That done, the State to surrender the line and all its apputtenances to the company, upon payment by the latter of the value of the upper works, and the carrying stock, to be deter mined by arbitration. The necessity for the insertion of this provision will be at once intelligible, when it is considered that, this year, the Minister presents a Bill, with out presenting any company in connection with it. He presents, in fact, " a draft lease " for the Chambers to peruse and settle," but without the name of the tenant. The Commission has, therefore, no official cognizance of the existence of any company. They learn from the documents laid before them by the Minister of Public Works, that certain parties, calling themselves a com pany, and alleging that they are prepared to give all the guarantees, personal and pecuniary, which the Minister can require, have made proposals to him for a lease; but the Commission has no power to inquire into the le gality of their constitution, or their financial position, and therefore must consider them as non-existent. It is understood that the discussion of the Bordeaux line will come on immediately after the discussion now before the Chambers on the extraordinary credits, which proceed but slowly. That relating to the vote for Algeria alone is expected to last three days, as the Commission have reported against the views of Govern ment. It will be probably before our next publication. The Bill will pass the Deputies most probably in the shape in which it now comes from the Commission, and will pass the Chamber of Peers, almost of course, as it comes to them from the Lower House. Before the mid dle of July it will become a law of the land. We congratulate this Company upon the success that is about to crown their efforts, and upon the business like shape which all their proceedings have assumed, from their first appearance before the public. Their form of application for shares is the only deed required to be signed. Their banker's receipts are at one receipts for the deposit, and scrip, which pass from hand to hand, without the necessity for a transfer, or engagement of any sort, between the buyer and seller; and it is under stood that, after the law is obtained, the holders of the receipts will be taken to be the owners, and registered accordingly in the first complete register of the share holders. This gives great facilities for transactions in this stock, and makes it a great favourite in the market. TOURS AND NANTES RAILWAY.—The whole of the capital for this line, apportioned to England, was readily taken up by the privileged shareholders in the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway, without any appeal to the public at large. Both lines are equally favourites with the public, and will, most probably, be amal gamated before they are opened throughout. We have not much to add to what was stated last week about the progress of the Bills now before the French Chambers. The Paris and Dijon Bill is re ported, with a recommendation that the Minister should amend his project by the additon of a branch to Troyes, and the further extension to Lyons, and a proportionate increase of the grant of funds. As relates to the Lyons and Avignon line, the Minister of Public Works stated, in reply to the Hon. M. Berryer, that the reason why he did not present a Bill for this line was the impossi bility of entertaining the proposal of the Company, as being incompatible with the law of June, 1842. They asked only to have the land given them by the State, and they would do all the rest at their own cost and charge, upon a lease of seventy years. We should say there never was the slightest chance of such a pro posal being entertained, while the corps of Ponts et Chaussees have so much influence as at present. They will never tolerate the construction of the works of any of the French railways by any other than themselves. They will keep this, since they cannot have the work ing also in their own hands. We should say that the deposits on this line ought to be returned immediately to the subscribers. There is not the most remote chance of a presentation either this year or the next, in the present shape, and new conditions will necessarily imply a new subscription. TABLE of CONTENTS of “BELL'S LIFE in LONDON," and its SUPPLEMENT, PRESENTED GRATIS, JUNE 9, 1844. MISCELLANEOUS.—ArrivaI of the Emperor of Russia, and reception at the British Court—Arrival of the King of Saxony—Grand Review in Windsor Park, in the presence of the British Court and its Illustrious Visitors —Mr. O'Connell and his Co-Traversers in Prison—The Dukedom of Sussex—Embarrassment of the Duke of Saxe Coburg officially contradicted—News from India and China—Editorial Remarks on the visit of the Em peror of Russia—French Jealousy—Parliamentary Synopsis—The Sugar Duties—Review of Literature— Horrible Murders—Destructive Fire at Gravesend—The Drama—Police, and a variety of interesting Foreign and Domestic Intelligence—Life in Canada, &c. THE TURF.—Ascot Heath Races—Presence of her Majesty and her Illustrious Visitors—Engravings of her Majesty's Vase and Hunt Cup—Alice Hawthorn and her Declaration not to start for the Cup—Another gross Attempt at Fraud—Fraudulent Orders to a Jockey, and Exposure of the Guilty Party—The Bloodstone Ques tion decided—Every Race graphically described—Bygone Tricks on the Turf—An odd Substitution of Goneaway for Maccabeus—The Running Rein and Orlando— Questions—Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer, and. Form of Trial fixed—Notes on the Curragh Meeting, Ireland—Entries for the St. Leger of 1844 and 1845, and Entries for the Derby and Oaks, 1845—Munster Races, Westphalia—Dusseldorf Races—The late Chantilly Races, and Correspondence thereon—Racing at Gib raltar—Great Handicaps—Suggestions for Registering Foals, and Identifying Race Horses, by Mr. Goodwin— Latest Betting on Coming Events—Goodwood Cup Weights—Manchester and other Races of the Week — Table of Races to cope—Sale of Hunters by Mr. Tattersall—Turf Anecdotes and Announcements — Trotting, &c., &c. THE CRICKETEns' REGISTER.—The Marylebone Club Meeting—Alterations in the Laws of Cricket— Matches for the Season 1844—Match between the Marylebone (with Hillier and Lillywhite) and the Clap ton Club, with the full Scores of Matches between twenty . other distinguished Clubs in various parts of the King dom, and results of Matches elsewhere. AQUATIC REGlSTER.—Forthcoming :Meetings of the Royal Yacht Club—Thames Grand Regatta, full parti culars—Henly-on-Thames Grand Regatta —The Wharn cliffe Sailing Club—lnteresting Matches on the Thames and other parts of the Kingdom—Brilliant Prospects of the Aquatic Season—Eton Annual and Fulham Sub scription Regatta—A Visit to the Boat-builders, &c. CHESS.—Four games played in America and England by celebrated players. ANGLING.—Episode the Eighth, by " Ephemera."— Fly Fishing in June. PEDESTRIANISM.—AII the Important Matches con eluded and proposed in the Provinces—Matches fixed, and Pedestrian Sports. PIGEON SHOOTING.—At the Red House Battersea, and elsewhere. THE Rwo.—Full Reports of the Fights between Mur ray and Hayes, and Gill (of Coventry) and Bethell, and sundry Minor Combats—Matches in Progress—Forfeit of Norley to Young Reid—Register of Fights to come, &c. Wrestling—Canine Fancy—Rabbit Show—Single Stick—Bell Ringing—Bird Fanciers—and a variety of Popular Sports. One hundred and twenty Advertisements, upwards of three hundred Questions answered, and fifteen hundred and ninety Letters received, read, and attended to. Such a variety of intelligence never before appeared in a Weekly Journal, and fully justifies our motto— " Nunquam Dormio." *,,,* Belts Life, with the Supplement, will be kept on Sale throughout the week.—Price Sixpence together. Belts Life of Sunday, June 2, containing the En graving of the Ascot Gold Cup, has been reprinted, and can be had at the Office, 170, Strand. CORRUPTION.—We are informed that the ex pense of the Liberal party, in the South L ancashire election, will rather exceed 10,0001 How much has been spent in carrying the monopolist candidate we cannot tell ; but the above fact is sufficient proof, if further proof were required, of the disgraceful state of the representa tion, when an election cannot be accomplished without the expenditure of such an enormous amount of " filthy lacre."—Leeds Times. VISIT OF THE KING OF SAXONY AND SUITB TO THE ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—His Ma jesty and suite visited these gardens yesterday. His Majesty was escorted through the grounds by the pro prietor, Mr. Tyler, to whom he was pleased to express himself in terms of the highest satisfaction. The gigan tic picture of "London in the Olden Time," was justly admired by his Majesty, who remarked, "It was the most wonderful production he had yet seen." MONEY MARKET arid .- CI TY - NE WS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. "CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TIMES.—Cape of Good Hope papers to the 16th of April have come to hand. Sir T. Maitland, the new Governor, contemplated some revisions in the laws of the colony, which appeared to give very general satisfaction. News from Natal to the sth had been received. at Graham's -town, according to which the Boers seem not altogether to relish English supremacy, and it Was rumoured that several intended again to retire beyond the bounds of-our sovereignty. AdVices are reported -front lelmbde and Angra Pequina of the supply of guano -continuing to be shipped in abundance. By this Opportunity we learn the intelligence of the massacre of Lieutenant Moulsworth and seven of the crew, at. Madagascar, of her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, . where she struck on a coral reef. The statement is, that they went on shore to disengage the kedge anchor after the vesser had been warped off, when they were attacked by the natives, and slaughtered before assistance could be rendered. • ' Her Majesty's ship Wanderer had arrived at Simon's Bay, reported from Penang the 22d of February, bound to England, having on board one million and a half of specie, supposed to be another instalment of the China ransom. Port Philip papers of the . sth of February have also been received. Appearances of a revival of business are alluded to,- and the emigration of, persons of middle-class circumstances encouraged. Captalists. are strongly in vited to visit the Australasian shores in the present times of depression. The Haitien papers of the sth ult., which have been received in the City, state that on the 3d, after a delibe ration in the National Palace of Port Republicain, Gene ral Guerrierwas named President of the Republic, in the place of Herard. The manifesto of the citizens of Port Republicain to their " brethren " of the departments of the. Republic, as well as the other documents connected with the event, have the words " Liberty," " Equality," for a motto, and the language is that of the French re volution. HERALD.—The following announcement appeared in the Bankers' Circular of Saturday :--- " The London 'bankers met todayin form at the Clearing-house, and signed a letter to Sir Robert Peel, of the nature of a warning and remonstrance concerning the restrictive character of the clause which limits the Bank to the issue of no more than 14,000,0001. on secu rities. It is a document confined to the City bankers who clear,' of course comprising all the principal City firms." This is exceedingly cool, and in good taste. Here we have a portion of the City bankers assembling in the Clearing-house for the purpose of denouncing restriction. Why, these gentlemen restrict the privileges of the house in which they assembled to their own order, and exclude all the joint-stock banks in London from a parti cipation in these privileges. It is more than passing strange that the intensity of their regard for the well-being of the commercial interests of the City of London should' never have led them to reflect upon the injurious tendency of their own restrictions to that interest. There is reason to suspect that there is more in this movement, than meets the eye. The sense of justice and the liberality of Sir Robert Peel are about to place the joint-stock banks oi London on an equality with the other banks, and we are rather inclined to believe that the clearing bankers are - becoming a little sensitive on the subject, and apprehensive 'about the result. Many of these gentlemen are worthy and highly-respectable men, but the declaration alluded to adds another to the innumerable list of cases which proves how 'difficult it is for humanity to act consistently when real or imaginary interests pervert the mental vision. For a clearing banker of the City of London to declare and protest against restriction is, in the literal sense of the term, like Satan reproving sin. In reply to their memorial or re monstrance, Sir Robert Peel will be perfectly justified in advising them to look at home and take the beam out of their own eye, before they attempt to take the mote out of their brother's. SUN.—The Public Securities close better than in the morning, as we anticipated would be the case. Consols, 98* to for the opening, and Reduced Three-and-a- Half per Cents., iol : 3 ‘ . The Unfunded Debt was the same as in the morning. Spanish Bonds also improved, going even a shade above Saturday's values. The Five per Cents. were 221 to and the Three per Cents. 33i to 33k, and for time up to 34. Portuguese Converted Bonds were marked 46i to 1,. Colombian were 13* to Russian were firm at 118. The additional transactions in Railway Shares this afternoon were as follows :—Dublin and Cashel, 2i ; Great Western, Half, 28 ; Birmingham, 120 ; South- Western, 46k ; Croydon, 5 ; Manchester and Leeds, 37; Ditto, New, 13; ; Ditto, Quarter, 7 ; Northern and Eastern, 12 ; Trent Valley, 5i ; South-Eastern, New, 64 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 44 ; Scarborough, 161 to 17 ; Paris and Orleans, 181 ; and Rouen and Havre, 10 premium. Brighton, 2i ; and Greenwich, 5i U dis count. Australasia Bank Shares were 3 } to 4 ; nion of Australia, 2 ; and Provincial .of Ireland, 20k prem. British North American, 81 discount. A , e LEE TLE " OVERSIGHT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Our inestimable Premier, lost in the profun dity of his never-to-be-sufficiently-stared-at contri vances, about the circulation, has, alas ! overlooked one microscopic interest—that of the depositor The vast resources of the Minister's mind have been exhausted to provide fur the safety of A. 13., the holder of perhaps three five-pound notes ; but C.D., who has, possibly deposited fifty or a hundred thousand pounds with his bankers, is left to take care of himself as he can. The ratio of deposits to circulation varies im mensely—being low in manufacturing, very high in agricultural, districts. In two cases, under my immediate observation, the proportion is, in one instance, a thousand pounds' de posit to a hundred pounds' circulation ; in the other two thousand to a hundred pounds. Let us imagine a scene.—The llon. Mr. Rentscrew, proprietor of 5,000 acres in the county of ' -- has occasion to draw out 50,0001. of the 100,0001. he has deposited with the Messrs. Flash and Grasp, the Tory bankers of Rentscrew would not trust his money to Whig free traders), and walks into the bank one fine morning for the purpose. The nature of his business being un known, he is, of course, bowed into the room of the principal partner; who receives him with the blandest smiles, congratulates him on the last division in the House, &c. But, alas ! business must come at last ; and what a change " comes o'er the spirit of the dream" of the hitherto smiling Mr. Flash ! After much fumbling with the watch-chain, and biting of the pen, Mr. F. is at at length obliged to confess that the 100,000/. of the Hon. Mr. Rentscrew must be numbered with the things which were; that the firm had speculated deeply in American bonds, which the Yankees had nobly repudiated (" base is the slave who pays"), and that the said firm, issuing only Bank of England notes, or sovereigns, and being therefore free from the supervision and suspicion of numerous small holders of its securities, had been enabled to go on till the ratio of its assets to its liabilities was as one to seven hundred and fifty-seven ! In this case, what benefit will Mr. Rentscrew derive from Sir Robert's regulations of the Bank of Eng land, his "issue department, fourteen millions based on Government debt, &c. ?—Yours, &c., COMMON SENSE. FLANDERS MAIL. GOTHENBURG, JUNE I.—A salute of artillery an nounced the arrival, yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, of his Majesty. We need hardly say that the streets through which he passed were crowded with thousands of citizens, who received him with loud acclammations, and surrounded the carriage, on which showers of bouquets were thrown. To-day the King is to lay the first stone of the new Exchange. The enthusiasm of the people is boundless. RUSSIAN FRONTIERS, MAY 23.—According to the latest accounts, the war in the Caucasus will be carried on with greater energy than ever as soon as the army now there is reinforced by the fifth corps of infantry. The Emperor has thought it necessary lately to issue a proclamation to the troops, in which he is pleased to express a hope that they will show themselves, in the field of honour, worthy of his Majesty's expectation, and endeavour to draw on themselves the entire attention of his Majesty the Emperor. POSEN, MAY 31.—A great sensation has been caused here by a remark of the German journal of this city. It states that the sudden journey of the Emperor of Russia (though accounts from St. Petersburgh received a few days ago, said that ho would not leave the Empire this year), is connected with his plan to abolish the kingdom of Poland, and to incorporate the country with the Russian Empire, and give it the name of a Russian Go vernment. What ground there may be for this intelli gence is not stated, and we must wait to see whether it is anything more than an idle report; it is, however cal culated to excite the greatest alarm amongst the Poles ; for if' the name of the kingdom of Poland, is once struck off the list of European kingdoms, it will soon be com pletely Russianised. The name is of great importance in these matters. Judging by 'the consistent conduct of the Russian Government in Poland hitherto, such a step may certainly be expected in time, if not so soon. COBLENTZ, MAY 31. It is said that the Address to O'Connell, which has been circulated in several towns of the province of the Rhine, has given occasion to some discussion between the English and Prussian Govern ments. HANOVER, JUNE s.—Mr. Charles Frederick William Evers, our Synde, having been chosen by the magistrates of this capital, and presented to his Majesty as Director of the City, his Majesty has been pleased to confirm his election to this important office. This being the King's birth-day, who com pl e t es hi s 74th y ear , his-Ma jesty has created a new distinction in honour of fifty years military service, and gave it the name of the Cross of Ernest Augustus. The first officer who receives this cross is his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge.—Haniburgh Papas. PRINCESS ROYAL STEAMSHIP. —This favourite ves sel, having undergone considerable improvements in her cabin accommodations, has again taken her place in the line between this port and Glasgow. We have no doubt she will sustain the celebrity she has already obtained, and that the continued patronage of voyagers to the west of Scotland will remunerate her owners. Of one so well known in the Glasgow and Liverpool trade as her com mander Captain M'Arthur, it is scarcely necessary for us to observe that he still ministers to the comfort of the passengers under his charge.—Liverpool Albion. ENNISKILLEN.—The Hon. Henry Cole, younger brother of the late Member, will be returned for this borough without opposition. Tr, ~ . 0- IMPRISONMEN • • • Yesterday evening a public mike.. .f . :04/14bitants of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Limehouse P.i.i.thii-ialiaCent, was held at the Eastern Institution, S. • asiel4.,idtaxipress the sympathy they entertained towards lir - O'Connell, and also to protest against the course of proceeding which had lately been adopted with reference to that gentleman. It was announced that Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P., would take the chair at seven o'clock, but long before that hour the_large hall of the institution was densely crowded, and hundreds were waiting outside unable to obtain admission. Not fewer than 3,000 people were within the walls of the building. Some of the windows were taken from their sashes, and were occupied by persons desirous of listening to the proceedings. Shortly after eight o'clock, the Rev. John Moore, minister of the Catholic Chapel, Virginia-street, appeared on the platform, and was received with rapturous cheers. The Reverend Gentleman having been called to the chair, : commenced by stating that he would never maintain the union by constructive laws, packed juries, or State prosecu tions—not by . physical force, the prison, bayonet, or scaf fold—not by injustice or coercion : but he would maintain the union entire and inviolate by the love they owed their Sovereign, respect for the laws and their proper interpreta tion—by justice to all and favou r t o none.—(Cheers.) Based upon those principles, there was now no un i on . Towards making that union what it should be, Ireland expected that in the present critical juncture of affairs, every man should do his duty. Separation he did not want, but justice he was determined to work for.—(Hear, h ear , an d cheers.) Justice was wanted, and he thought he saw enough of the times to warrant him in saying that nothing less would be taken.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. OVALL/GIIAN then rose, and spoke at some'length on facts connected with the history of Ireland, and inferred therefrom that the union had not been productive of benefit to that country, but, on the contrary, that its political and commercial prosperity had been retarded. Five years ante cedently to the union the trade of Ireland so rapidly in - creased, and her agricultural pursuits were so successful, that a balance of seven millions sterling was left in her favour. Re strictive laws were then proposed, and had been Ireland's ruin. Mr. O'Callaghan concluded by proposing a vote of sympathy with Mr. O'Connell. Mr. NEALE seconded the resolution, which was put to the meeting and earried with the greatest enthusiasm. A strong protest against the recent proceedings with re spect tothe traversers was agreed to, and the meeting sepa rated after passing a vote of thanks to the Rev. Chairman, who briOly acknowledged the compliment. . i~ r ~ THE THAMES YACHT CLUB. The second match for the season came off yesterday be tween the yachts of this Club. It was for the Grand Chal lenge Cup, which last year was won by the owner of the Enigma, Mr. J. Wilkinson, but which, to become the pro .Perty of any competitor in perpetuity, must be won at two matches in succession. Yesterday the yachts entered to sail for this prize were six in number. As usual, the steamer conveyed the company invited to attend the match, from the Old Shades Pier, at ten o'clock, to Greenwich, where the yachts were at their moorings. Commodore Harrison did the honours to the ladies and gentlemen on board with his accustomed - politeness, and the band of Mr. Adams was in attendance to increase the pleasures of the trip with their musical performances. There was, moreover, a large stock of provisions on board, under an able and experienced ca terer • so that the visitor had nothing to compl a i n o f i n th e way Of a hearty welcome and good cheer. The steamer came off Greenwich at half-past ten o'clock; but, in order to catch the tide on the return, the start did not take place till nearly twelve o'clock. The match was from Greenwich to Coal house-point, about two miles below Gravesend, and back to Greenwich. The wind was blowing fresh from the west when the signal to start was given by . firing a gun from the steamer containing the Commodore and his party. The vessels were placed thus : • 1. Mystery, Lord A. Paget, 25 tons. 2. Exquisite, Mr. C. R. Tatham, 15 tons. 3. Gazelle, Mr. T. Rutherford, 25 tens. 4. Enigma, Mr. J. Wilkinson, 25 tons. 5. Blue Bell, Mr. J. Chandless, 25 tons. .6. Gnome, Captain Meeson, 25 tons. At starting, the Gnome took the lead, the Blue Bell was second, the Mystery third, the Gazelle fourth, the Enigma fifth, and the Exquisite last. At Half-way House the wind freshened, but the Gnome still led, and the pace was very good. The Gazelle, at this point, was the second boat, the Mystery third, the Exquisite fourth, the Blue Bell fifth, and the Enigma sixth ; but at Erith the Enigma was close upon the Gnome, and became the second boat, the Gazelle being third, the Mystery . fourth, the Blue Bell fifth, and the Ex quisite sixth, and in this manner the match proceeded with little difference, until off Purfleet, when the Blue Bell beams, the third boat, and the Gazelle fifth. At Erith an accident_ happenel to the Gazelle, her topmast gave way, and she was, in a manner, crippled. At Gravesend the Enigma be came the leading boat, and the Gnome was behind; and the flagboat at Coalhouse point was rounded in the following manner, by the Enigma at 24 minutes to 3 o'clock Gnome at 23i minutes to 3 o'clock Blue Bell at 21 minutes to 3 o'clock Mystery at 20 minutes to 3 o'clock Exquisite at 20 minutes to 3 o'clock Gazelle ... at 18 minutes to 3 o'clock It will be seen from this that the match was well contested. On the return off Tilbury Fort the Enigma still kept the lead, but the Mystery was close upon her, and at Gravesend the match stood thus ;—l, Mystery ; 2, Blue Bell ; 3, Enigma. It was now tolerably plain that the Enigma would not prove the winner, unless some untoward chance should change the disposition of events. No change did take place in the rela tive positions and places of the yachts, and the match was concluded in this manner—the Mystery first, at two minutes to six o'clock ; the Blue Bell within half a minute after her; and the rest of the boats in a very few minutes after. The match puts the challenge cup into the hands of Lord A. Pa get for a twelvemonth, when it must be again sailed for ; and it also proves the inferiority of iron boats to wood. At the conclusion of the match Commodore Harrison presented the cup to Lord A. Paget in the usual planner. The steamer then took her departure for London amidst the cheers of the multitude assembled. GAMBOLS or A BABOON.—On Sunday morning a large-sized baboon, which had been sent as a present from a gentleman at the Cape to a friend of his, and which had been brought from on board ship but a few hours before, managed to slip his chain, and sallying from the house No. 12, Duke street, soon nvde his way to the roof of the houses in New Martin-street. On gaining this eminence Master Jacko commenced amusing himself by stripping the tiles off, and flinging them at the crowd is the street. His pursuers got from the garrets of the houses on to the roof, but the instant they made their appearance the cunning animal shifted his quarters, and recommenced taking off the tiles, and flinging them into the street, to the amusement of some and the terror of others. Jacko thus moved from house to house until he at length reached the roof of the Anchor and Hope, opposite to the entrance to the London-dock, in East Smith field. Here he descended to a low building over the long room, on the roof of which there was a skylight. Having minutely surveyed the place, and seeing no one below, " Jacko" took a fancy to get in, and having smashed several squares of glass with a piece of tiling, let himself drop, from the opening thus effected on to one of the tables. A sailor who had been boozing till a late hour lay asleep on one of the benches at the time, but the noise awoke him, and observing the baboon drop from the roof, and come on his feet on the table, he loudly exclaimed, " Here's a foreigner," and scamping out of the room as fast as he could, closed the door after him. After much difficulty and a desperate resistance on the part of Master Jacko, he was secured, and brought back to the house from which he had escaped. SERIOUS INDISPOSITION OF THE COUNTASs. OF RkDson.—The Countess of Radnor has been suffering from severe indisposition, so as to create some alarm to the imme diate family connections. At first but slight apprehensions were entertained, although her Ladyship was very unwell, and the services of Drs. Chambers and Ferguson were called upon. Yesterday, however, it is gratifying to say there was a decided improvement in her Ladyship's disorder, and san guine hopes are now given of the Count ess ' s eventual recovery. THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—The greater portion of the houses between Charlotte-street, Blooms bury, and Oxford-street—to be removed for the formation of the new street—have been taken down to the foundation- Among the number is the Hare and Hounds public-houses situate near the station-house of the E division, which was; formerly a celebrated resort of the Londoners in the IC,th and 17th centuries. Till the reign of Charles 11, it was known by the sign of the Beggars' Bash, when the limns became altered in consequence of a hare having been hunted and caught there, where it was afterwaress cooked and eaten. This locality has undergone many changes, There was during the reign of Henry I. an hesspital for lepers, which was founded by Matilda, the 'wife of that King ; and subsequently the scaffold was reraoved to that spot from Smithfield, upon which the first vktim was Lord Cobham, the friend of Henry V., who was hu.ng in chains, and burnt by a slow fire, and which scaffold was afterwards taken to Tyburn. In a few days the site of the above public house will be lost, as it will be nearly in the centre of the new street. Between Bedford Chapel and High-street, St. Giles's—which was a short time ago the parish stone-yard— poles are erected to form the line of the new houses, the cellars of which are now being formed. In Belton-street, leading from High-street to Long Acre, the new church of Christ Church—the foundation-stone of which was laid a few weeks ago, on the east side of the street—is in a state of great forwardness ; and but few houses remain between there and Long Acre to be demolished. In Cranbourn-street, an en tirely new pavement has been laid down, giving the public thoroughfare all the appearance of a street ; and in a short time houses will be erected on the opposite side, for which the various cellars are formed. FOREIGN MAILS.—The following notice is posted at the General Post-office :—" The next mails for Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands, via Southampton, will be dis patched hence on the morning of the 13th inst. (Thursday next), and those for Egypt, India, Scc., via Southampton, on the morning of the 3d of July. West Indies—The Tweed will take out the mails of the 17th inst. Sydney, New South Wales—The Dublin for the mails of the Ist July." THE POLISH BALL.—The Polish ball took place last night, and was more numerously and fashionably attended than it has been in any previous year—a fact which may, perhaps, be accounted for by the public admiration of the spirit evinced by the ladies patronesses—who, aristocratic as all their sympathies may be considered, would not postpone the festival on account of the visit of the great aristocrat and autocrat of the north. The latter himself would very probably have despised their sycophancy if they had, and the ball has thus had a double advantage. It has redounded in a more than ordinary degree to the credit of those who set it on foot, and it has been more than usually productive to those for whose relief it was instituted. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday , the Mayor of Limerick was entering the Exchange to preside at a meet ing which he called, in compliance with a requisition to ad dress Mr. O'Connell in hie captivity, when he was suddenly taken ill, and died almost immediately. Death was caused by the rupture of a blood-vessel. On Wednesday last, clothes, apparently , those of a gentleman, were found on the beach, near Knightstone, Weston-super-Mare. In one of the pockets was asf order book and card-case with cards, bearing the following ad dress :—" J. Brokenshir, wine and spirit merchant; • 63, Broad-street, Bloomsbury." It is supposed the owner of the clothes was drowned whilst bathing.—Karns s Bath Journal. MB BANKER'S PARCEL Ronmy. -- j am " Richards, the person charged with having passed certain. notes, forming part of the property which had been containet in a stolen banker's parcel, was, on Friday, finally examined an d committed for trial at Luton, Beds. Mr. Robinson, who attended for him, tried to induce the magistrates to accept bail, but they refused. THE KING OF SAXONY.—In consequence of his Majesty having accepted an invitation to dine with Sir R. and Lady Peel on Saturday next, we have reason to believe that the King will not leave for Scotland before Mtsndear. The Right lion. Baronet has a distinguished circle tensest his Majesty, and Lady Peel, it is said, will have an asaerably expressly in honour of his Majesty. ERROR or THE PRESS.—A Bristol Contemporary of last week informs its readers, that " in the present enema of May we have experienced drought for fifty- five days.