The Sun. — London, England, 1839-06-17 00:00:00

1 , , 141vpiNTTN.ver DTTTON. I_4 804, vnr.t , is. 66., - 1 4 011 D r i . HiS and LORD EX CEANC—:.LLOR A's A Review of two recent Pprnohlets. By " A WHIG AM) SOMETHING MORE." London: Jackson and Waltord, 18, St.. Paul's Church-yard, NEW W(IIIK I CAPTAIN INIAIZIIYAI, C.B. • vii! Jo:o• 27. in .3 vcii. poit Sy°, D iai A'AIERICA. By Gaptain NIARRYAT, C. 8.. Author of " Peter Simple," &c. London . Longman, Orme, and Co. . - LADY BLESSINGTON'S NEW WORK. Ir • foqlsciip D handsomely bound, with gilt edges, prct ESULTORY THOUGHTS AND 11 E FLEE :TIONS. Ry the COUNTESS OF IILESSINGTON. " Full of agreeable glances of mind, and instructive oberva tions on the world and its inhabitants."—Litrrary Gazette. London: Longman, Orme, and Co. MISS BOYLE'S NEW NOVEL. On Thursday, June 27, in 3 vols. post B vo. , THE FORESTER; a Tale of 1688. By Miss Al ARY LOUISA BOYLE, Authoress of " The State Prisoner.' Lately published, LOVE'S EXCHANGE; a Tale. By C. J. BOYLE, Esq. , 3 vols. post Bvo., 31s. 6d. London : Longman. Orme, and Co. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH. On Thursday, June 27, in 3 ♦ols. Bve., THE COLLECTED WORKS of the Rev. SYDNEY SMITH. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. DR. HOLLAND'S NEW WORK. In 1 vol. Bvo., 18s. cloth lettered, MEDICAL NOTES and REFLECTIONS. By HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. F.R.S., &c., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. BOARD of GREEN CLOTH, St. James's Palace, June 14, 1839. Notice is hereby given, That all CARR AIGES coming to her MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 20th of June, are to fall into the line at the top of St. James's-stroet, come down the left hand side of the street, round the corner of Pall-mall, and enter at the Iron-gate nearest to the Palace, set down at the Arcade, return by the Iron-gate nearest to Marlborough House, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's-square, by George-street : in taking up, they are to pass from St. JameE,'s-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street, Jermyn-street, and to come down St. James's-street in like manner, pass through the same gates. and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney coaches will be permitted to come to within the Iron-gates; they must set down at the outside thereof, and go away through Pall-mall. The gate at the top of Constitution-hill will be - open only for Carriages of persons having the privilege of the entree, which are to proceed down the Park, and enter the Palace at Stable yard gate, turn into the Ambassadors'- court, set down at the Arcade, and go out into Cleveland-row. The carriages of the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State may atterwards wait in the King's-court, those of the Ambassadors and Foreign Alinisters in the Ambassadors'-court, and those of all other Persons having the entree, may wait in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called for : they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, pass away into Cleveland row, and up the left-hand side of St. James's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be produced at Const it ution-hill gate, and Stable-yard gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance; and no Person can be allowed the privilege of the entree by any other approach to the Palace than the gates above mentioned. Tickets for carriages belonging to persons having the entree will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, at St. James's Palace, on TUESDAY nest, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock. ARGYLL, Lord Steward. RIS Majesty the EMPEROR o f RUSS IA, • having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, which (though they are NO LOT TERIES), offer many possibilities _of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. The next Distribution contains portions of 3,5001., 7,0001., and 24,0 0 0 1 . The distributing day being VERY NEAR, NO TIME IS TO BE LOST for those desirous to become shareholders for TILLS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON. THIS EVENING, June 17, will be performed HENhY the HistoV.,al ric Play of K From the Text of Shakspeare. King Henry the Fifth, Mr. Macready. After which, FRA DIA VOLO. / tirquis San Carlos, Mr. Frazer ; Lorenzo, Mr. Burnett ; Zerlina, Miss Rainfortb. The L a dy of Lyons, : with Amine. To-morrow, Y THEATRE. More NoreltY;—En ga gernent, for Four Nights only, of those celebrated Dancers, Mr. Gilbert and Miss Ballin l Mr. Howell, Master and Miss Marshall, from the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. THIS EVENING, Jots 17, The Extraordinary Drama entitled OLIVER TWIST. After which, LA SYLPHIDE, By the Drury-Lane Ballet Company. To conclude with Haines' Drama of THE " CHARMING POLLY." To-morrow, Mutiny at the Nore, La Sylphide, and Jonathan Bradford. Wednesday, Hamlet, Day after the Wedding, and Gaspard Hauser. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. GRAND " PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM, kißEs!u THIS EVENING and THURSDAY, JUNE 17 and 20, By a splendid Band, composed of the most distinguished Instru mental Performers in the Metropolis, Selected and conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Commencing at Six o'clock, and terminating at Nine. To.mor, ow, June 18, the superb Waterloo Fete, and ,First Grand Aliseellaneous Flower Show of the Royal South London Floricultural Society for 1839, with a Magnificent Display of Flowers, Shrubs, Fruit, and Vegetables. in addition to the Promenade Musicale, the Alpine Singers, and the Band of the Surrey Yeomanry Cavalry will attend. Gates open at One, The magnificent Day-light View of MOUNT HECLA, and the unequalled Menagerie, are exhibited daily. Admission One Shilling. we demand;" We hope, - admit that _ we are right in congratulating the country that the House of Comiii6ns. ha - 6' n;'.it, by refusing to receive the petition or to give Mr. AT rwomr hearing, (as tio&r the influf•nee of the of whom tire Sir Somc:iiiilz--not is one), it would live dote, n creased the difference ex.ists between Legislature and the lowet ciasst:s, and not added to the general irritation. Wishing to see the.great changes which inevitably still before t!:e country effected in pelve and h:Arinot.y, fej:7,ice very much that the House of Continni3 received the National Petition, demanding the rights of the r.ople, in an honourable and distinguished mintur. The language used by Lord STANLEY and Lord ASHLEY 011 Friday night is well caictilatcd to make the moderate men of their own party rt. flcct on the point whither those Noble Loris would conduct them. Lord STANLEY said : " But it was impossible nut to ask House--not to ask the country—whether tie2re wore not points 'ot doctrine and of faith on which cooseientic.aslyttifferent sects tr:gtit be I divided, but which were intimitelv connected with the Christian system, and involved the Christian conduct, upon Christian motives, which the great body of the people pos sessed, which could not be blinked, which could nut be com plimented away, to further the education of those who d;s sented from the Church.—( Loud cheering.) It was impossible to fritter away such doctrines as the great scheme of redemption—justifica , lon by faith—the fficacy of infant baptism—the solemn mystery of the Holy Eucharist—( Hear, hear)—yet frittered away they would be, by the Government scheme of instructing . together Churchmen, Baptists, Socinians, Jews, Catho lics, and all other religious persuasions, who differed upon so essential points.—( Hear, hear.) Believing these not to be abstract, speculative, unimportant, and such as might properly be given up for Charity's sake. but believing them to be the very foundation of the Christian system— (Cheers) —he could not consent to put them in the back ground—to set them aside for any fancied scheme' of con ciliation." And Lord ASHLEY said:— " He knew he should expose himself to the charge of bigotry, intolerance, and illiberality ; he bad fully counted the cost of what he was d&ng, and he would not consent to the alteration of one single expression of his opinion. He had no objection to the consideration of any plan which might be proposed for the moral advantage of the people of this country, but he never would consent to sever secular from religious instruction; by re ligious instruction he meant instruction in those doctrines which were essential to salvation. He had no objec tion to carry secular instruction to any amount, but the poor had little leisure, and he thought it would be more fit to devote their time to religious instruction ; but he ,could never consent, come what may, to sever secular instruction from religious. He would run any hazard— he would expose himself to any contempt and obloquy— he would put into jeopardy any single thing in this king dom, rather than depart from the truths of the Gospel, or support any system of religion inculcating the worship of the Saints, or denying the divinity of the Saviour." Thus theie two Noble Lords insist on having religious instruction connected with secular instruc tion, and they insist on the most recondite and abstruse doctrines, such as the Trinity, the great scheme of redemption, justification by faith, the efficacy of infant baptism, the solemn mysteries of the Holy Eucharist, being taught to little boys and girls. In this country children are obliged to go very early to labour, and these solemn mysteries are to be made, according to these Noble Lords, the basis of infant education, and of education for children who at twelve years of age have to quit school and begin to earn their daily bread. This would be the essence of folly if we all admitted the whole of these doctrines, and there were no more dispute about them than about the first principles of EUCLID. It would be a monstrous system of folly to insist on teaching NEWTON'S " Principia" to all the boys and girls of the nation, but what are the mysteries of NEWTON'S " Principia" compared to the great mystery of the Redemption or of the Holy Eucharist ? There is this, too, in addition, that all men agree about the " Principia," but the wisest and best disagree on the other questions so flipplantly made the suh ject of profane discussion by these Noble Lords, and at different periods of their lives take them selves different views. We can understand the propriety of making the simple truths of arithmetic or of geometry, about which all men agree, the basis of national education, but we cannot under stand the plan of making mysteries, about which men differ, the inseparable and main principles of all instruction. To us these Lords seem ignorant of the nature of Christianity. We will venture to affirm that no rational being can suppose that mankind are to be saved by forming correct opinions of those doctrines about which the most learned differ. Whether men comprehend the doctrines or not, the redemption of the human race has keen effected, or the SON OF GoD haS suffered in vain. The effi cacy of Infant Baptism, the Holy Eucharist, the Trinity, are all doctrines of men ; and belief in them, however advantageous, cannot ensure salvation. It comes, and can only come, by the grace of GoD. All that is necessary, all that is required of us, all that is asked is, that we should believe in the SON OF GoD. By faith men are to be saved. Those who saw and believed not were of little faith. It is clear from the whole tenor of Scripture that faith, to be of any value, must be spontaneous ; if it be bribed or bought by men it cannot be of any ad vantage. But to teach such doctrines as the Noble Lords propose, and to accompany the teaching, as they insist it shall he accompanied, by denuncia tion that these peculiar and favourite doctrines of theirs must he believed or the children cannot hope for salvation, is in fact to bribe or terrify the babes into belief, is to take away all spontaniety rom their faith, is to deprive them, if they retain thjs belief in after life, of all merit, and is, on the principle of these intolerant Lords, to risk the eter nal salvation of the people. They refuse se cular education, unless it be accompanied by such enfoecement of abstruse doctrines, as, if the lie:ief in them be 'essential, detroys all merit in form lig It. Such treatment is not giving the infani ;mud fair play ; and such efforts to make cAsain Clogmas the Creed of the whole peop l e , smacks much more of Paper), as Mr. HAwEs o!.)erved, than of Protestateisni. Before these arrogsnt and self-conceited Lords insist on imposing their favourite ctscinas on the minds of youth, they ought to consider what belie., is. Their doctrine is that belief in Ciii IST i:_ necessary' to salvation ; but what clptidren really believe in is their masters and teachers. It is obvious that belief in CHRIST terminated with those who had beheld him, and all who came afterwards believed not in Cu RisT, but in those who told or wrote of him. From that tnne to this, the belief "has been transmitted through many generations, and each generation has lent the belief according to its own .habits, manners, thought, and customs, some peculiarities of its own. Hence the divergencies of men's faith in different aces, including the corruption of the Romanists, the purified faith of the Protestants, and the I super-purified faith which is now professed by the PUSEYITES. What these Noble Lords would deny the people secular education for—what they would, as we assert, risk the eternal salvation of the people for, is not a belief or faith in CH RIST, but a belief in the priests of the Church of England and in the doctrines which they affirm form Christianity. Lord ASHLEY, indeed, expressly claimed for the priesthood of that Chtuch the right of forming the mind of the community, so that his system of educa tion goes to make men ale slaves of the priesthood, instead of beim -, the servants of righteousness. Amongst the Tories there must be a great num ber who cannot embrace the opinions of these fa natical Lords. There must be amongst them men of charitable feelings and men of kindly hopes— men who would shudder to follow such nar row sectarian leaders, shutting out the great hulk of mankind from that redemption which the Sots OF GOD came into the world to accomplish, and who must also refuse to follow them in denying secular education to the people unless their dogmas he made to overrule all other knowledge. As !hose Noble Lords have taken up the matter, it becomes a religious question of averwhelming- importance, and all who have any charity and love in their nature—all who have en larged conceptions of the purpose for which CHRIST died, must refuse to follow the Noble Lords in denying, education to the people, unless combined with reli gious dogmas which confine salvation to a narrow and self-elected -.: -- 4 .F., - -.• r. ...... • - - a ,", x.•-:-... , r , .. ,-..,-...; ..... .61.:#,=.4 I ' ‘.s-....„ . ~.1 -, •••• i `-'...1.,,,0p. ~)A' ~~'~l~.~~o LONDON : MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1839. --.., The public will have read with great satisfaction, at least we have, the proceedings of the House of Commons in relation to the National Petition, presented on Friday night by Mr. ATTWOOD. We must give the ,Hon. Member, great praise for his adroitness and skill in procuring such an attentive hearing from the House. There was no symp tom of impatience or irritation as might have been expected, and the House readily con ceded to Mr. ATTWOOD the privilege of making a considerable number of observations, though doing so on presenting petitions is contrary to the usual practice of the House. Only one Member of the House, a Sir Something SMYTH, a gentleman who comes from the land of calves , and represents Colchester, presumed to make any ob ' jections to Mr. ATTWOOD'S observations, and he found no countenance from the House. The SPEAKER, with proper consideration, admitted that the interrupting Member was right as to the rule of the House, but he said " when the House con sidered the peculiar circumstances under which the petition was brought forward, (and the House sharing the Right Hon. Gentleman's feelings loudly and.properly cheered him,) and the position in which the Hon. Member stood, it would per haps be inclined to grant him some indul gence." . The House with the exception of the Essex Baronet was of the same opinion, and cheered Mr. ATTWOOD on in his remarks. With ' good taste, the Hon. Member did not indulge in many, so he was heard with attention to the end, and the National Petition was received, in what we must call, looking to the usual practice of the House and the nature of the petition, a favourable and even a distinguished manner. We ate extremely glad of that, because it shows that the House of Commons has yet some proper considetation for the people. Its conduct gives a flat contradiction to those incendiary leaders who have sought to im press on the working classes,the impropriety of ap pealing to the House of Commons, an d o f re l y i ng only on their own physical force to obtain redress. Reform in Chancery on right principles seems to it will go a long way to revive the, hope that be making it way in the public mind. It will de the people may get what they demand by peaceable ;pond on those means—to restore their confide n ce in and make who suffer from the chicanery of Solicitors and the cupidity of Barristers, whether it them rely on the House of Commons. When shall proceed, or whether they are again to" lapse the reader remembers that this is th e petttion into servitude to the lawyers. We have before us which the National Convention prepared and ! a small pamphlet, pub ished by R InG wAy, and got signed, that its demands are very sweeping, ' written by a Barrister, entitled, " A Method of dis diet it doesnot use the ordinary language of petit ions, nosing of the Arrear of Causes in the Court of i t hat instead of sa)ieg "we pray your hon. House," 1 Chancery." The author's plan is to appoint, either it swi TT.1.1 , 1 STTN, T.,CYN'IION MONDAY, iTTTNE 1.7, 1P39, ion or Act of Parlinment, fr,ll 3'imvet to hear and deter- each a portion of the outstanding causes. A.7.1d for these duties three competent persons are to I.)t. found in the three retired Chancellors, Lord LYN DIEURST, Lord BROUGHAM, and Sir EDWARD 0DO:\, aii their faculties and energies on account of their political opinions, are at this time nearly idle burthens upon the country." Of course these temporary Judges are to have tern -- poi- rt officers, and are to give employment to you ,, lawyers, as the seniors could not attend. But: it wA he of no use clearing off the atrears un so!ne tnethod be fallen on to prevent tile re-mul tiplicaiiou of new causcs. For this the "Barrister" has no remedy, hut he agrees with us in referring the evil to the host of subordinate lawyers who batten on The enormous fees and intricacies of law. We shah cp-itt: the pas , ,:agc, and express a hope that our chissz-s will baldly think it worth their N,viiiit• to on hatrassing their poorer bre thien for the purpose of enriching lawyers. " It tier, for histance, }1 , 71 very agreable to Vilte' to have had it told, especially ih the hear ing of the person alluded to, that one of the causes of the great am:lr in Chancery is the partial failure of one of the Judges, whose erroneous decisions, whie highly in jurious to the suitors, greatly increases the appellate la bours of the Lord Chancellor, and postpones or with draws his attention from original causes. Still less agreeable would it have been to ears both polite and uapolite, to have heard it told how much the institution of suits in Chancery, and their sub seqw,nt dilatoriness, are owing to the cupidity of Solicitors, to the great readiness with which members of the bar lend themselves to such proceedings; and the delays in the Masters' offices. One of the Noble Lords stared in the late debate, that the "ferm Fees' only on causes hung up in the Court of Chancery amount to 7.0001. per annum—an item probably not amounting to one per cent. upon the total amount of the solicitors' bills ; yet an item which might easily be cut down altogether, if those who talk so much of Law Reform would have the courage to begin by diminishing the enormous charges, the continuance of which is the greatest abuse, and the greatest temp tation to unprincipled and unnecessary litigation. Such in fact is the law-ridden state of this country, that could the amount be brought together under all its bearings, it would be found that the law. tax alone equals in amount, if it does not ex ceed, that of all the direct 'taxes of the:: State, both parliamentary and parochial, put together. ' Ireleed a man has only to count up, if it be possible, the cumber of persons, including Judges, Doctors, Barristers, Officers, Proctors, Attorneys, Clerks, &c., who are to be maintained (some with many thousands a-year) out of the produce of the law in all its branches and departments (to say nothing of the stamps) to see that it is scarcely possible to exaggerate the total amount of this most grievous impost; but which no learned Lord or learned Gentleman ever lends a hand to lighten. And so hopeless appears the case, that in Par- Lament from whence the people have a right to look for redress of this and other grievatiees, the costs in every species of proceeding are allowed to be, and remain, more than double their unreasonable amount elsewhere." " three ‘1 The attention of our readers is requested to the gratifying communications fro►n Mr. STURGE re lative to the behaviour of the negroes in Jamaica. We regret to learn from the same source that Sir LIONEL SMITH, to gratify, we are afraid, those who never were the negroes' friends, is to be removed from the Governorship of that island. The question of the Danish claims stands first oil the Order Book for to-morrow evening. It will be recollected by the public that this question of right and justice has been sanctioned by a large majority of the House of Commons last year, and the only thing now to be done is for the House to uphold its own decision. It has been to us matter of wonder how the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER could have hesitated in carrying into effect so just a measure, the more especially as the pro ceeds of the confiscations of Danish property in this country have been for upwards of thirty years in the public Treasury, while many of the claimants have been left to starve ! But we cannot doubt that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Will now see the propriety and justice of yielding to the feeling of the country. The public will see, by referring to other parts of The Sun, what some of our Contemporaries have said on this important subject. Sir CHARLES METCALFE, who was formerly Governor of Agra, and pro tern. we believe, Gover nor-General of India, is to be the new Governor- General of Jamaica, in the room of Sir LIONEL SMITH. Sir LIONEL, it Is believed, will go to the Mautitius. The House of Commons met on Saturday. The report of the Printed Paper Committee, refeiring to the case of STOCKDALE v. HANSARD, and involving the privileges of the House, was brought up, read, and ordered to be printed. As some doubt exists, owing to the manner in which the report was read, of the pre cise meaning of its recommendation, we shall defer our observations till after the debate, which is to take place this evening. It will be seen from a report in another part of the paper that the Supreme Court of Scotland has pro nounced judgment on the recusant Presbytery, who set their authority at defiance. It is certainly a very mild sentence. The Lord President read them a long lec ture, and expressed his hope and trust that the lenient sentence to which the Court had been brought with great difficuity, would act as a warning ; but " the law must be obe) ed—the power of the Court must be vindicated.' -or By the arrival of the Iberia steamer at Falmouth, on Saturday, from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, we have received Lisbon papers of the 10th inst. inclusive. The Chamber of Deputies was then engaged in debating the merits of three projects of laws recom mended to it by three several sections of the Finance Committee respectively, intended to enable the Govern ment to pay regularly the monthly salaries of the public servants of the State. The difference between them does not appear to us to be considerable. By the first it is proposed to raise a loan of 1,400 contos in cash, and 2,000 in paper of credit of the debt contracted between the years 1833 and 1838, the whole to be converted into inscribed Stock, la:iirios: an interest of five per cent. per annum, payable out of the reverdie of the Board of Public Credit. By the second project it is proposed to raise the same sum in cash, k ith four hundred contos additional in paper, to bear the same interest, payable out of the same fund. Between these two projects there is but the trifling dif ter,oce of four hundred paper contos, more or less ; and the ground of opposition to both was, that they would appropriate to official purposes a fund which ought to be religiously kept apart for the bcoefit, of the rational creditor. The third project proposed the cony ersion of 1,400 contos into Exchequer Bills to be circulated and received by Government in riient of cert,iii taxes due at. the end of last year. Clarrii!er was not expected to come to a vote be fore the evening of the 11th or 12th, when: one or other of these projects will be adopted. In the course of the debate Ministers repeated their determination to bring in a Bill for placing the foreign and domestic creditor upon the same footing, and to leave no means untried to maintain honourably and in good faith the commercial credit of the Portuguese nation. These sentiments were warmly applauded by men of all parties. The domestic history of the North of Portugal continues to be little better than a Rapparee record of insurrectionary villains. Under the treasonable ban ner of Don MIGUEL, brigands traverse the country in bands, plundering the defenceless and murdering those whom they f►il to intimidate. The Spanish clergy on the fiontiia increase the popular discontent by representing the Lisbon Government as under a sentence of excom. munication, and, consequently, as incapable of the exac tion of true allegiance. These spiritual incendiaries even go o far as to represent the majority of the Por tuguese clergy as schismatics, who ought to be restrained from the administration of the sacraments. Some weeks ago, a military escort having made pri soners of two notorious robbers and murderers, near Portalegre, were attacked by armed Guerillas, who en deavoured to rescue them. The commandant, a man of great courage, seeing that he could not retain his pri soners, ordered them to be led forth and shot on the spot. This incident itself is a commentary upon the state of the country. A quicksilver mine has been discovered at Oporto. It is supposed to be very valuable. A company for working it. is in the progress of formation. Five British and three French ships of war were in the Tagus on the 10th inst. Their Majesties the KING and QUEEN, and the young PaiNcEs, were in excellent health. The debate on the Secret Service Money Bill in the French Chamber of Peen', supplies the only incident worth adverting to in the French Journals of Friday and Saturday, the whole of which we have received. The law for reforming abuses in conferring the distinc tion of the Legion of Honour having been finally adopted by a majority of 10 against Ministers on Thurs day, the Government brought forward the Secret Service Bill, upon which the Marquis DE DEUX BEEZE asce nded the Tiibtme,and delivered his regular annual orat i on against the foreign: and domestic policy of tha Government of July, 1830. The Marquis is one of the principal leadersof the Royalist party, though he has so far overcome his scruples as to take his oath of allegiance to Louts PHILIPPE in order to qualify himself for a seat in the Chamber of Peers. In the course of the Noble Marquis's s peech he attacked the policy of France with respect to Belgium, Spain, Turkey and Egypt, and England. Marshal SOULT undertook the defence of the Government, and as the following extract from his FOr!eci refers to tp ., ,-st.loo:s .41 rile utiomf importance, it cannot fail to excite corbidelabie interest : I s , At.t 's v e v iarort no intervention Spain would be useful to France. All the world know that:the Cabinet in its formation declared that there was no ground for intervention. From the south the orator has travelled to the east. He has spoken of the Ottoman Porte, of Mehemet Ali, of Egypt, and of I know not what else. In a few words, I will say that the policy of the Government is the maintenance of the Ottoman empire. We do not conceal it, we dec . .are it openly, this policy has always been followed. He iiaa-said the Ottoman cm- I ire ought to be divided between the foar great powers. Ldo not think any per-Son stiarezi•this opinion. I have al ready declared that. these powers 'have no intention of the sort, and that no European pOwer desires the dismember ment of the Ottitman empire ; they have, on the contrary, declared themselts in the most positive manner for the maintenance of i,s iraegiity. I feel that it is my duty to reply to the ins'nuation, although an indirect one, relative to Eog;and. I repeat, that it is more than a duty in me, on eceouot of the reception which I met with from that great nation. The Noble Peer, ai.d above all, the Chamber, may be assured that England and France are cordially unite,`, that the mast horioir able sympathies worthy of the two countries exist b..tween them, that nothing has occurred to disturb this alliance, and that if anything were to occur, which we arc far from supposing to b., probable, we should have the most confident hopes of its speedy dis appearance." This is so far highly satisfactory. The Chamber without hesitation voted the Bill, with the understanding that the vote should be regarded as one of confidence in the Cabinet, by a majority of ninety votes against six. The National of Friday confirms the statement of the Qnotidieime that France demands eighteen millions of francs from the Bey of Tests, for protecting him from the just indignation of the Ottoman Porte. The trans action appears very discreditable. NVith these papers we have a letter from Constanti nople of the 17th ult , with late advices from Smyrna, Alexandria, Cairo, and Aleppo, all representing a war between the SULTAN and 111EHEmET ALT as inevitable. They are, however, but different versions of the same story received in London a month ago. The following are extracts from the Paris journals : A letter from Durango, of the Bth, informs us that Col. Pavia had had on the 6th an action near Übal, with a strong detachment of the Christinos, in which he took a great number of prisoners, and completely dispersed the remainder of the detachment. Captain Ray, commander of the Medee frigate, arrived at Paris yesterday ; he is the bearer of the treaty con cluded on the 9th of March last between Vice-Admiral BAudin and the plenipotentiaries of the Mexican Govern- ment. Captain Ray arrived at L'Orient on the 30th May, when he was obliged to perform twelve days' quarantine. —Moniteur. A letter from Martinique, of the 4th May, brought by Victorieux says, the Governor, though much urged by the inhabitants, has not yet come to any decision respecting the exportation of Sugar. We hope that he will refrain from the adoption of a measure which would break all ties which bind us to the mother country. The Spanish Consul at Genoa, has been recalled by his government. All commercial intercourse between Spain and Sardinia is broken off. Letters which have been received at Genoa and Leghorn, say that several Sardinian vessels have been seized by the Spanish cruisers.—Le Commerce. BOURSE.—PARIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14. . . First H ighest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price Price. French 5 per Cents lll 20 ... 111 '..'o ... 111 15 ... 111 20 .„ ... ... :02 4 per Cents ......... lOl 30 ... 1 , 1 30 ... 101 30 ... 101 30 2 ... 10 72 04 5 2 ... 102 72 4 5 2 ... 72 %$ 2 3 per Cents 71 55 ... 79 55 ... 79 50 ... 79 5 . 1 Bank of erance Belgian 3 5 p p e e r r (ent: Cents 1 725 Bank ....... .. Coupons Spanish Acsive . 19% ... /9% ... 19 1 4 ... 19% Passive W ... 4 4 ... 4 , 4 ... .4,i Dutch 24 per Cents s ,kv ... 55 - 4 ... 5514 ... 5:4 2 Portuvuese 3 per Cents ... 2114 Nea. &item ... 9 ) 1 0 Roman --a---- Madrid papers of the 6th instant have been duly re ceived. The new Minister, M. CARRAIIOLINO, having got rid of the Cortes, has thought proper to advise the REGENT to issue a Royal Decree, nominally to restrain the licentiousness, but virtually to abolish the liberty of the Press. This Decree is preceded by a long pre amble, in which the necessity of this measure is set forth with all the skill of a Salamanca rhetorician, and all the affected meek regret of a Jesuit Vicar-General. We quote the several articles of this Decree as they appear in the Gazette of the Gth instant : " Art. 1. The various political chiefs shall take care, under the most severe re sponsibility, that editors, printers, and all other persons to whom this order applies, shall punctually comply with the laws relating to the press. " Art. 2. The same political chiefs shall take care above all things that the editors of all periodicals, the printers of single sheets, and all other responsible persons, shall pre sent, two hours before distribution, one copy of their pub lications to the proper authority, in order that be may be enabled to prevent, within legal limits, the mischief which such publications might produce. .' Art. 3. As soz , n as said copy of the publication is pre sented to the political cbief, he shall himself, or assisted by proper persons in his confidence, examine said copy ; and if it be found to contain articles calculated to compromise the public tranquillity, to injure religion, or offend public morality, the customs and delicacy of society, be, the poli tical chief, shall without loss of time m .ke use of the right granted to him by the 14th Article of the law of the 17th of October, 1837, and immediately suspend the publica tion of the obnoxious artietee, - eted., mice the <ste y steps to prevent their getting abroad until qualified"by a jury. •• Art. 4. He shall immediately proceed to have the lists of the juries in such cases examined, and take parti cular care that none except those citizens qualified for the office of law shall be admitted, and the political chiefs shall take the measures which they deem necessary for the im mediate and scrupulous execution of these proceedings. " Art 5. The prosecuting Fiscals shall assist at the drawing of the juries who are to consider the articles which may be denounced ; for which purpose they shall be advised by the political chiefs and district alcaldes of the the time and place when such ballots for juries shall take place according to the provisions of the royal order of the 23d of August of last year i and under the same responsi. Aity shall each respectively perform strictly the duties belonging to their several offices. " Art. 6. The judges of first instance shall also take the neccessary precaution, giving such assistance to the other authorities as may be necessary, in order that the i p n u b t h l i e c e t x r i e b r u e n i s a e l s ebfe theirn ot d f e i s n t e u t rb io ed ns: n a o n r d t t h he at juries the freedomof judgment be prest rved intact. " Art. 7. The sale and publication of single sheets and periodicals, are henceforward prohibited in the streets ; and if any persons shall violate this prohibition, they shall be fined, arrested, and tried in conformity with the laws. " Art. 8. Finally, the political chiefs shall take care to employ all the means in their power, for the faithful exe cution of these measures, and provide at the same time that they shall be made known to the public. CARRAMOLINO. ‘4 Madrid, June 5. 1839." There is no news of any interest in the Madrid Papers. The Constitutionalists have formed a grand election Committee to superintend the election of Deputies to the next Cortes in every part of Spain. One of the oh-. rets of this Committee is to furnish the electoral body with adequate information, t o enable them to c h o ose men of sound principles to represent the nation in Parlia ment. From the north of Spain we have but a repeti• tion of the old—the armies are in sight of each other, calmly reposing under the shade of their respective laurels. NEW WORK BY THE AUTIIOR OF " THE T ub Srr." &c.—The history of his country's navy from the pen of this distinguished author, will natu rally be eagerly sought for, and perused with more than common Interest and avidity. None could have been more eminently c alculated for a task, in the execution of which be has diwlayed all the energy and enthusiasm of his Th,re are thousands who must feel a sort of personal obligation to a writer who has beguiled s o many hours by his beautiful fictions—for his naval stories are, of their kind, unrivalled but the public now are indebted to him for what will rank as a standard historical work. In the hands of an ordinary e a l t i t a e r n m ti , on h writer it might have proved a dry record of names and numbers, bat interesting, even then, from the subject with a n r g t A i ar ly . ever, is given to ev ery.circumsta e n x c p e lo b it y s t o h f e t t h ic e h r a e t o id ow ra n e e y d which they were connected. style of the narrator. Mr. Cooper's History of the Navy of the United States, among its many stirring scenes, con tainspui a j o .Tones, es narrativeto whichof the w d e rpi The Era. A conversation took place in the House o 'was circular lately is in givin g to Lords on Tuesday , which deserves more attention t han to what is said in sue d by the Home Secretar y t o the Lords-Lieuten ant the ehe habit subject of of cou nties, respecting armed associations. It was very natu rally observed that the arms were useless w ithout some de g ree of militar y kn o w ledge , which the A c t against trai nin g and drillin g obstr ucted , or wit hout the ptheaotple Flo are use. in control of a militaryiman. and likewise, that the Lords- Lieutenant might unwittingly be arming classes not in the best humour with the Aristocracy. In short, there wa s an uncomfortabie feeling that the burgesses were On was held at the committee room in the parish house, and many of the leading Dissenters were present. The reverend rector was seventy-two years of age. Fur the last ten years he has been in a declining state of health, and on Thursday last he was so seriously ill that it was soon found that medical skill would be of no avail. not much more to be trusted than the Chartists.— Weekly True Sun. DEATH OF ARCHDEACON WATSON,—The parish of Hackney presents, at this motnent, an unusual appearance in consequence of the death of the Rev. Arch dercon \Vats" which took place on on the 9th inst., at his residence at Hackney. He had been forty years the vicar of that parish. Upon his death becoming known, the inha bitants, on the following day, almost with one accord. ex hibited their regret by partially closing their shops, while, in the private houses, the same mark of esteem was mani fested.Wedne:day a meeting ofthe • • 1 inha bitants principal to arrange the funeral.. There. was a very full attendance, CHARING•CROSS HOSPITAL.—The election to t h e o ffice of assistant surgeon to the Charing-cross g ow ital, took place on . Tuesday in th e b oar d- r oom of the hospital. The competitors were Mr. H. Hancock and M r. J. F. Palmer, the other candidates having declined proceeding to the poll. The scrutiny lasted till•five, when the numbers for each conspetiter being counted, Mr. Hancock was declared to be the successful candidate by a majority of 31 votes. _____ AFFAIRS OF HANOVER. In he sitt:ng of the second Cfo at Hanover, on the 7th, the second debate on the Budget took place, and it was agreed to after a short - debate, only one Member dissenting; the third reading was fixed for the following day. It was declared, in reply to the question of a Mem ber, that it not being possible to examine and compare all the items of the Budget, and of the expenditure, the Chamber ;ntended that in case of need the Government should have the power to cover the deficiencies that might occur under one head by the overplus in another. The Chamber then proceeded to the Order of the Day, which related to the renewal of proposals respecting the Con stitution. After some debate it was moved to petition his Majesty the King to prorogue the Assembly as 30071 as the Budget should be voted, and at the next convocation of the Estates to lay before them proposals for settling the question of the Constitution for their discussion. The Es tates further take the liberty of expressing their wish that when the corporations are next called upon to elect depu ties, it may be stated to them that their proceeding to elect, shall not be considered as a proof that they recog nise the Constitution of 1819." No opposition was made to this motion in itself; it was unanimously agreed to, with a reservation of the right to propose modifications in the course of the second and third discussion. The Budget was finally agreed to, on the third reading on the Bth. STOCKHOLM, MAY 21. —His Majesty the King intends to leave Christiana about the 26th or 27th of May. ST. PETEHSBURGH, JUNE 6,—The Duke of Leuehten berg arrived Zarskojeselo on the 31st of May. HAMBERGH JUNE 14. —The Hanoverian Collection of the laws contains a notice that the Journal called the Bremen Zeitunq, published at Bremen, is prohibited in the kingdom of Hanover till further orders.—Humburgh Papers, June 14. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATUXUAY. —The Cotton Market has been quiet to-day, but yes:erday's prices have been barely maintained, as the supply abov ,, Bd. is abun dant. Sales 2,000 bags ; viz., )00 Pernairs, 94 d. to 91d. ; SO Egyptian 12 . 1 d. to 134 d. ; and American, lid. to Bd. Toe Sheridan New York Packet of the 25 h uw, was off the o.d Fleai of Kinsale, on Wednesday last. The Dub lin sailed on the 25th ult. Exchange, 91- 91. Business continued brisk with a probability of its continuance. The latest arrival at New York, was the Shake3pere, which sailed hence the 27th April, and arrived the day before the packet sailed. The Iberia steamer has arrived at Falmouth, sailed from Gibraltar and Cadiz, 7th inst. ; Lisbon, 10th; Oporto, and Vigo, the 12:11; with the Mediterranean and usual mails. Arrivals this morning—Two French mails, two Ostend mails, and one Dutch ; also mails from Bcyrout, May 13 ; Alexandria, May 23 ; Corfu, May 24; Malta, May 30 ; Gibraltar, June 7 ; Cadiz, June 7 ; Lisbon, June 10 ; Oporto, Jun...! 11 ; Vigo, June 12. Ship letters from Rio Janeiro, Grenada, China, Bermuda, Newfoundland, and Barbadocs, Calcutta, Feb. 22; Cape, April 20; Mau ritius, Feb. 28. From Cape of Good Hope papers, received 28:h April : " Two Reports respecting Natal, have been in circu lation since last week, to neither of which would we advise credit to be given. " The iirst is that Dingaan has made a treaty with the Boers. " The second iv, that coals have been discovered close to the sea, the effect of both there rumours is to give a fresh impulse to trickery." We have received Gibralter Chronicles to June 7th ; the news they contain from Spain has been anticipated by the French papers. The liamburgh mail has arrived of the 14th instant, bringing the Metaliques, 106 ; Bank Shares, 1,510. On the 17th March, the Cockatrice packet arrived at Buenos Ayres, which conveyed accounts received in Lon don from Vera Cruz of General Santa Anna having gained an advantage over the French. This news, coupled with accounts from Peru of the defeat of Santa Cruz, has produced a sensation favourable to the cause of Roses, and there seems little chance of his giving way to the cxhorbi- taut demands of the French. The mail which has arrived this morning from Alexan dria and Beyrout has not brought an overland despatch from India, although it was generally expected. The arri vale from Calcutta are of an old date. Respecting the pending hostilities between the Turks and Egyptians, several accounts have been received both from Constantinople, Alexandria, Beyrout, and Smyrna, which are very contrary in respect to the two armies coming to blows; but in one point they all agree, the im mense preparations making on both sides for the attack, still each party is afraid to strike the first blow. No papers or letters have been received as yet from the Sheridan packet from New York, which sailed on the 2.3. h ult., five days later than the previous accounts. Consols opened this morning at the closing price of Saturday with little spirit for speculating, 931- " 4 - 1 - for the Account; Reduced, 92i 1; Exchequer Bills, 30 32 ; India Bonds, 32 34 ; India Stock, 256 25S ; and Bank Stock 1901 1914. The Money Market continues in the same state as on the previous week. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 19 kI, and receded to 18j- 19k; Portuguese, 35/ 36; Three per Cents.. 21i ; Brazilian, 794 ; Belgian. 1011 102 ; Colom bian, 324 ; Mexican, 264 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 55i- 56; 1 ,-; Five per Cents., 1021 103. PRICE:, OE STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. [lank Stock — India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. , D;;,NO, Ditto Bonds pin. 3 per Cent. Cons. — S outh Sea Stock — 3-, per Cent tlON Old Annuities — Ditto Red, 994 . ) ,1 1 New Ditto New 34 per Cent .......... 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17,11 New 5 per Cent. -. l Exch. Bills, £1,004) ... 30 32 pm. Hank Long Annuities toex pire 1 Ditto 500 .. 33 31 pni. Jan. 5, 1860 14.% 5-16, Ditto Small pm Oct. 10, 1859 - Ditto Commercial pin Jan. 5, 1860 Ditto Advertised ..... pin. Jan. 5, 1884) — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 4880 — India Stock liir Account ... Jan . 5. 1870. — Cons os for Account 031% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON t. O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account --.. Ditto Account ..... , iii 6i 53 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account ......... ..... , Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 30%1% Ditto Account — Ditto Account - Columbian Bonds, 1824 ... -32% X Spanish Bonds 19 ISt It Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Det\_rred Greek Bonds —l French, 5 pet cent. — f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 182) — 4 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. —' Exchange. —f. —c Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent.... ...... ... 2 , N, Ditto Account Ditto Account Neapolitan -.. Ditto Ace0unt........ ...... VitlOES OF SliAltilS I'lllS DA Y PAi AT ONE O'cl DC K. d. Per share Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 5!. pin.) 20' 18 15 C o h r e Copper. i Bilghton i'lailw,uv London and Croydon Railway Company ALF PAST ......1 8 .. Cd. to H ONE. By accounts received from the River Plate by the American brig of war Dolphin, it appears that two American merchant brigs had proceeded from Monte Video to Bahia Blaron, on the coast of Patagonia, about. fifty Lagues south of Cape Antonio, where they landed their cargoes, and after taking in part of awl, return, were captured hy the French sloop of war La Pork, br ,- iuirlit out, and tilen into M into Video with out any colours fl, nig, under the pretext of having violatei, the blockade. The Atn,rican Cionitiodore Nicholson had protested against this act of aggreision, and demanded that the vesssels should be given up ; but neither tne answer nor the intention of the French Admiral had transpired, and the Dolphin sailed fur the United States. Consols are not quite so good as in the morning, and re c!.deii from 931 to 934 Account ; Reduced 92.1-, ; Exchequer Bills, 30 32 ; India Bonds, nothing done (Bank Stock, nothing done, 1901 to 1911. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active heavy, and re ceded to 19-i; Portuguese reached 361. since which it has lowered to 351 ; Three per Cents, " , li ; Colombian, 32i ; Mexican, 26 . k 1 ; Bre.zilian, nothing done; Belgian. 102; Dutch Two-and-ILA - fall' per Cents. 56; Five Pc , Cents , 103 k. No American Papers as yet. There seems to he in some quarters a disposition to misrepresent grossly the facts connected with the em ployment of the metropolitan police in the country. Foi instance, one Journal, which really ought to know better, complained that the London districts continued op be chargeable with the pay of the police, even though de prived of their services by their removal to some distant parts of the country. This is, indeed, a gross mistake ; the truth being, that whenever a constable is removed from the metropolitan district, he ceases to be chargeable on the parish or district to which his division belongs. Not a single day's pay, nor the fraction of a day's pay, is charged for hint against hill metropolitan district while so absent. There is, in fact, a Legislative provision on the subject.—Observer. The number of persons who visited the armouries of the Tower of London, previous to t heduction of the admittance fee from two shillin g s to one, was about 10,200 annu ally . when that change took place in May, 1838, the increase of visitors was nearly four-fold, being near 40,000. The further reduction to six-pence has produced a like be. neficial result for the admissions during the month of May, 1838, were four thousand, five hundred and twenty-eight ; and in May, 1839, they have increased to nine thousand, four hundred and fifty-four. We also learn that Govern ment has ordered the Regalia of Scotland to be shown, free of any charge, in consequence of the disgrace that attached to the obstruction to the Turkish Ambassador on his visit to Edinburgh. It appears that all through the country, and especially in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester. &c., the spirit of exhibition to the people is fast extending. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GENTLEMAN.—By a gentleman we mean not to draw a line that would be in vidious between high and low, rank and subordination, richness and poverty. No ! the distinction is in the mind. Whoever is open, loyal, or true ; whoever is of a humane and affable demeanour ; whoever is honourable in himself and in his judgment of others, and requires no law but his word, to make him fulfil an engagement ; such a man is a gentleman ; and such a man maybe found among the tillers of the earth. It is hence, and h ence only, that the great can claim their superiority ; and hence what has been so beautifully said of honour, " the law of Kings," is no more than true. "It aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, and imitates her actions where she is not.". Lord Stanley may yet be the modern Strafford. Such would seem to be his ambiti,:n. for he boldly (as he says) denounces any attempt to educate any portion of the people upon terms of religious equality. All must learn as episcopal sectarians, or not at all.— iVeekly True Sun. SINGULAR CASE OF lIANGING.—One day last week an extraordinary occurrence took place in the garden of F. Barchard, Esq., at Ashcombe. A lien gold finch was discovered quite dead, suspended by the neck with a horse-hair, which formed part of its nest. The hair was in a loop, and the Lial, it is supposed, getting its head entangled in it, was thus strangled as in a springe. EVENIN44 .ED !VON': I should not be received es a sealed packet. H e thou ght the House was entitled to as much in+Ormation on the sub ject as its coi.venience required, in orde r 5, discuss the subject properly on Monday. ! Mr. WA RBURTOIi entirely - acceded to the view taken I of the question by the Noble Lord below him. Rethought If there was an inconvenience in discussing the question on Monday, the inconvenience would be much greater to _discuss it now. The Report was then ordered to be taken into consi deration on Monday. Sir ROBERT PEEL presumed that the subject would have precedence of all other business. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—It is a question of privilege, and will, therefore, take precedence of all other subjects. The House then adjourned to Monday. DANISH CLAIMS. manner. V. The House might allow the damages awarded in this case to be paid, but might at the same time declare that it would permit no further actions of the same kind to be brought, and that it would immediately commit for contempt any parties by whom such actions should be commenced or promoted. These are the only modes of proceeding which have been suggested to your Committee, and which appear to them to deserve to be brought under the consideration of the House, and they will now endeavour to state shortly the opinion they have formed on these different courses. I. With respect to the first, the proceeding by writ of error, your Committee cannot but apprehend that its adoption might be construed to involve a new and ex ceedingly dangerous recognition of the principle—that the privileges of the House of Commons are subject to the determination of the Courts of Law, and ultimately of the House of Lords. They also conceive that as the result of an appeal must be doubtful, while its failure might greatly increase the difficulty of a subsequent assertion by the House of its right of publishing its proceedings, they would not be justified in recommending to the House to take a step which would expose to such serious hazard its future possession of a power which they believe to be absolutely indispensable for the due discharge of its duties. 11. The second course which has been suggested is open to the same objections, with this addition, that the House of Lords might object to pass a declaratory Act for the purpose of over-ruling a unanimous decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, which had not been appealed from in the ordinary manner, and which had been allowed to be carried into effect. 111. The passing of an Act to enable the House for the future to publish its proceedings without having them questioned in a Court of Law would, in the opinion of your Committee, be a virtual abandonment of the right which they have no doubt now belongs to this in common with the other House of Parliament, and which ought not, as they conceive, to he surrendered. IV. Should these objections to the modes of proceed ing above described appear to be well founded, the next course to b e considi red is that of resisting the execution of the judgment obtained against Messrs. Hansard, by committing, if necessary, for contempt, the ministerial officers of the Court by which this judgment has been pronounced. Your Committee are not insensible to the many difficulties which might probably arise in thus adopting measures of an extreme kind, to which for many years the House has not been compelled to resort; but at the same time they have to remark that it is chiefly by using this power of commitment for con tempt against the ministerial officers by whose agency other authorities of the State have invaded the rights claimed by this House, that some of those which are now its most undoubted privileges, have in former days been asserted with success, and they are, upon the whole, of opinion, that this would be the course must consistent with ancient Parliamentary usage and with the dignity of the House. It is, however, the duty of your Committee to state, that although a majority of their number have concurred in this opinion, they are well aware that the course re commended is one not likely to be successful, unless it should meet with very general concurrence and support, :rod they must not therefore conceal the fact that some even of those Members of the Committee who are most -teeply persuaded of the necessity of maintaining the valu able privilege of the House which has been disputed, are yet of opieion that in the present instance it is too late to do so in the manner which has just been recommended. These Members of your Committee conceive that the House, by directing the Attorney;-General to appear :n the action, and to defend Messrs. Hansard, has placed itself, so far as regards this particular case, in a situation in which it will be better to abide los ,he result of the trial, which has been permitted to take glace, and to allow the damages to be paid, deter ,nining at the same time that any future proceedings of the same nature should be arrested in their earliest stage by committing for a contempt of the House, not ruff the parties by whom similar actions may be brought, hut the agents and counsel they may employ. Having anxiously considered this important matter, your Committee have come to the conclusion that if the House be resolved to trust ultimately to the exercise of its own powers for the assertion of the privilege it claims, the objections urged to resisting the execution of the judement of the Court in the present action are not of such force that they ought to prevail against those which in that case exist to any further concession ; and they are of opinion, that upon a comparison of the difficulties lay which either line of conduct must be attended, the advantages will be tound to be on the side of not deferring to a later period the stand that must at last be made, unless the right of the House is to be surrendered. In giving this as the opinion of the majority of their number, your Committee must at The same time state, that they feel it to be a very nice and difficult question which line of conduct should, under all the circumstances of the case be preferred ; and they therefore submit it, with all deference to, the determination of the House. In conclusion, your Committee beg leave to express 'heir regret that the haste with which this Report has been u navoidably prepared, has compelled them to present ro the House what they are sensible is a very imperfect view of the important subject of their inquiry ; but they trust that the necessity under which they were placed of bringing the course now to be pursued under the imme diate consideration of the House, will be a sufficient apology for their not having been as yet enabled to enter upon a fuller and more comprehensive examination of the whole matter referred to them. Lord MAHON hoped the report would be presented and circulated without the least delay, and he hoped the Clerk would now read the main question, which was dis cussed yesterday, with the names of those Members who voted for and against it. Lord HO W ICK said the report would be in the hands of Members on Monday morning; it was not usual to read to the House the names upon divisions in Committee. Lord MAHON hoped he would be in order when he stated that the main question was put to the vote yesterday, and that in the minority would be found the names of the Solicitor -General, Lord John Russell, and Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Alderman COPE LAND said it might look like presumption on the part of an humble individual like him to make any observations upon such a question, but as in the discussion which must ensue upon it, he would not dare to interfere, he could not Asia' that opportunity to pass without entering his protest against one of of the schemes mentioned in the report. He must protest in the strongest manner against that part which recom mended that in the event of the Sheriff entering up judg ment—obeying the writ of the Court, he should be com mitted for contempt.—( Hear, bear.) What had the Sheriff to do but to obey the Court's orders—he was bound to enforce the law, and in obeying the writ he did no more than enforce the law, which it was his bounden duty to do. What did the Sheriff know of that House, or of its privileges, when in the execution of that duty which the law threw upon him? He must pro test against such an act being committed by that House, which if committed would by many be considered an act of tyranny. Lord HO WICK said that it was most inconvenient ,o attempt to discuss the subject now, as it was utterly impos possible that Honourable Members could be prepared to state their views upon the subject. He trusted, therefore, that the House would wait till the documents were printed. Mr. FRE SHFIELD agreed with the Noble Lord that it would be extremely inconvenient to discuss the question now, but at the same time he thought the report (From the Times.) For the last 150 years at the least a money vote of the House of Commons ha been held to have the force of law (Ilatsells' Precedents, vol. iii. p. 139.) During that period there may have bceu one or two instances of dis honest, shuffling, " shabby" Ministers attempting to evade such a vote by a sidewind ; but we believe no instance could be adduced of any Ministers setting it at defiance. Yet something exceedingly like this has been done of late by the present Ch. JIM or of the Exchequer, Mr. Spring Rice. The case is this—On the 16th of May, 1834. Mr Parker brought forward the following motiun in the House of Commons :—" That a Select Committee be ap pointed to examine into the claims of certain British sub- jects, to be indemnified for the confiscation of book debts and other property by the Danish Government, and to re port tt.e same with observations, to the House." On the 4th of December, 1837, Mr. Warburton brought forward the following motion :—" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra ciously p:eas:zd to give directions that the Commissioners to whom it was referred to examine the claims of certain British subjects fur losses sustained on account of book debts and other property confiscated by the Government of Denmark in 1807, shall receive, entertain, and examine the claims of certain British subjects for losses sustained on account of the seizure by the said Government in the same year, and subseqm'nt confiscation, of merchandise ashore, which claims, or the e%idence by which they are supported, may not hove been delivered in to the said Commissioners before the 12th of February, 1835, and that the said Com missioners snail report on such claims to the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Trea►sury." In the cases of these two motions, ♦;z., of Mr. Parker and Mr. Warburton, the respective Chancellors of the Ex chequer, viz., Lord Althorp in 1834, and Mr. Spring Rice in 1637, yielded to the clearly expressed opinion of the House. The motions were accordingly withdrawn, and. the claims of which satisfactory proofs were adduced were paid. On the 24th of May, 1838, Mr. Cresswell brought forward the following motion :—" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to give directions to the Commis sioners to whom it was referred to examine the claims of certain British subjects for losses sustained on account of book-debts and other property confiscated by the Govern ' merit of Denmark in the year 1607, that they shall examine the claims for losses sustained on account of seizures of ships and cargoes by the said Government in the said year, and that the said Commissioners shall report en such claims to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury." Tois motion, on a division of the House, was carried by a majority of 34. Now, even if the words of the several motions quoted above did not show that they were all precisely equivalent in import, the debate cf the House, and Mr. Cresswell's speech on the occasion of his motion, made it perfectly notorious that his object and the object of the large ma jority of the House who voted with him was precisely the same as the object of those who brought forward and sup. ported the motions quoted above of 1634 and 1637, via., an etamination of the several claims individually, and, in the words of Lord Althorp, " the payment of such as should be found just." Instead of this, whet does Mr. Spring Rice d,? He directs the Commissioners to make en illusory report, a report indeed which is no report at all, tut merely a list of the claims which any merchants or at torney's clerk could have made out qu.ta as well as three Commissioners. All that the present report of these three Commissioners does is this :—lt simply gives a list of the claims sent in, with their amount, and the names of the claimants, and one or two other particulars, but nothing to show whether any given individual claim is a well-founded claim or not; in short, in their own words, these commissioners " have not felt themselves warranted by their instructions in proceed ing to a judicial determination of any of the cases which have been laid before them." Now, if a report does not contain something in the na ture of a judicial opinion, i. e., of a conclusion drawn from a careful examination of evidence, it is no report at all, it is a mere mockery ; and in this case it is a mockery, too, of the most impudent and outrageous kind ; for it is a mockerx of a solemn decision of the House of Commons, a denial, in short, of the House's competence to deal with the matter; in one word, a contempt of Parliament. We observe that Mr. Cresswell has gives notice of an other motion on the subject for Tuesday next; and we trust the British House of Commons will take that opportunity of satisfactorily settling the question, whether at this time a Chancellor of the Exchequer can set at nought its deci sions with impunity—whether Mr. Rice, in the hollow pomp of his little bri.l tottering authority, can do what the most powerful Minister since the revolution, and what before the revolution the most encroaching and at littrary of the Stuarts, in the plenituCt of their power, backed by the prestige of forty generations of royalty, could rot do. In 1608, in the case of Palmer, of Bath, the House had voted Vie sum of 52 0001. in favour of Palmer's claims, although opposed by the Treasury. On the 23d of June, 180 ti, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in order to get rid of this vote, moved for a separate Bill embodying this vote, knowing that the House of Lords would throw it out. In the course of the debate Mr. Windham said, " that the House, having conic to a formal adjudication upon the subject, has nothing now to consider but the m proprietytinoo House ea r que lr • i stio P i r ) le a t t Y th o e f p d r e e i s e e n n d t ing mo i m ts en o t whether decis what the is decided was right, but whether, having so decided, it can , as at present circumstancA, alter its decision." Mr. Windham's words are applicable in their fulleit sense to every particular of the present case. It is indeed most truly no longer a question at the present moment wintaer ghat the House decided was right or wrong, but , Ahether, having so decided, Mr. Rice can set its solemn decision at defiance. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY ! DEAL, JUNE 1 5 .—Wind N.E. 16, N.E., fre s h b reezes. — Arrived from the River , and sa i l ed, the Sarah, Moody, from Barbadoes ; Latona , Sutton , Quebec; Liverpool ste amer , Burney, and Mininda, Artis , Liverpool ; Plantagenet Dou rett, Calcutta; Conrad, Campbell , Batavia; Harmony, Taylor, Labrador , Resolution, Davis, Quebec ; Mary, Custanier, Mogadore ; Archimede, Naples; Packet de Trieste, Cane pole, Trieste ; Catalina, Goldez, Bilboa ; Ulysses, Burford, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 15, 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Off port, the Moffatt, Balton, Canton—sailed Feb. 19, St. Helela April 23; Saloon Verbond, Dreyer, Batavia; Wilton Castle, Can 'ley, Jamaica—sailed April 22. FALMOUTH, June 14 AND 15. —Variable,light breezes.—Ar rived, John Williams, Sierra Leone ; Iberia (steamer), Cooper, Gibraltar and Cadiz, left on the 7th inst. Lisbon 10th, Oporto, 11th and Vigo 12th. Sailed, Sophia, Pinfold, Tampico; Ca meo, Pouplain, Marseilles. Off Port— Cuba, Kissack, Port au-Prince. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15.—Wind East, moderate, 16th, light breezes, S. S.E. Arrived, Visitor, Moffatt, Barbadoes ; Robert Brine, liackness, New Orleans ; Nonpareil. Odessa; Harriet, Fisher, New York; Tally Ho, Virginia; Magnificent, Whitty, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Prebene, --, Copenhagen ; Jehn NVilliarn, Wulff, Dant zig ; --, ditto. Sailed, Falcon Anstruthcr, Calcutta ; Helen Stewart, Stewart, Canton; Tiber, Lamb, Rio Janeiro Philomela, Sprott, Monte Video ; Medora, Harrison, Barbadoes. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) The arrivals last week were moderate of English Grain, fair of Irish Oats, and good of Foreign Wh .at; the trade languid. The fresh supplies are scanty. Fine Wheat sold at last week's rates; other qualities met a languid sale. In Barley, Beans, and Oats there is little doing, but no change in value. The Flour trade extremely heavy. SMITHFIELD MARKET. A good supply. Meat sold well at an advance of 4d. per store on Mutton and od. on Veal. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to 45. 10d. ; Veal, 4.. 6d. to os. 2d. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to 6s. 4d.; Pork, 45. 2d. to 55. 2d. Beasts 2,592, Sheep and Lambs 22,770, Calves 198, Pigs 610. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Good supplies and prices low. Turbot, 3s. 6d. to 15s. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. 6d. per p.,ir ; Lobsters, 6d. to 4s. each ; good Salmon, 2s. per lb. ; Mackerel, sd. to 10d. ; Whiting, 4d. to Bd. ; Haddocks, 6d to Is. 2d. each. CU IMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Sessions opened before the Right 1-lon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the usual civic authorities. There was an unusually full attendance of Counsel. The Learned REC ORDE R, in his charge, adverted to the heavy state of the calendar, there being upwards of 250 cases. He also alluded to the two charges of murder, those of Marchant for the Sloane-street, and Willis for the Woolwich, unhappy transactions; but said nothing of particular interest, merely laying down the law as to murder in the customary manner. The remainder of the morning was occupied in swearing in Juries, fixing cases for trial, &c. liandel's Oratorio of "Joshua " is to be brought out by the Sacred Harmonic Society at Exeter Hall on Monday next. Since the time of its first performance in 1747, but little, if any, opportunities have been afforded for hearing this composition entire, and much deserved interest is created by the announcement. DEATH OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL-GENERAL AT THE AZORES.--I regret to state that the last packet from St. Michael's brought the me lancholy intelligence of the death of Mr. William Harding Read, her Britannic Majesty's late Consul-General for the Azores. This gentleman paid the debt of nature on the 6th ult., after having zealously exercised the functions of Con sul-General in that island for upwards of thirty years, and the inhabitants of the city of Ponta Delgada, as a mark of their respect and esteem, conducted his remains to the fnuily vault in the Protestant cemetery with military funeral honours." In the interior of t he weathercock of the abb e y tower, Tewkesbury, is a starling's nest, with five young birds, being upwar ds of 150 feet from the ground. One of the parent birds , a few evenin g s since, was observed to g thr a c ild te asc end and descend 57 ti m es within an hour. This is the season for vegetable wond ers , an d ii ac cordingly the columns of the Country Papers d o h onou r t o gigantic green gooseberries and cu cum b ers , G o d knows et,whilstbroad. among those e o se se e a 7, ate of smaller dimensions is one record e d by th e Doncaster hew m ha a v n e y measured cubits bts long n e Gazette in the following terms : —Th ere i s now growing st h in the garden of Mr. James Reed, draper, of Epworth, a cucumber, the present length of which is two feet one inch ; and it is nine inches in circumference. It is per. 1 fectly straight; or a beautiful green c olour, in a healthy growing state, and to all appearance likely to attain still t larger dimensions. 33. PER I. PA R IA TENT. HOUSE OF Calti3lo2VS, .7c - x2r 13. The SFEAKER took the Chair tO-day at Three o'Clock. lir. GREEN patented a petition fr, m Lancashire rgainst the Nationt.l System of Education. Mr. ES I'CO Ufa presented a petition from Glouces ter against the Government plan of education. PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT. STOCKDALE v. HANSARD. Lord HOWICK bleu& up the Report of the Com mittee on the proceedings in the case of Stockdale and Hansard. The SPEAKER put the question, that the Report be printed, when several Members exclaimed, 6. Read, read, let it be read now." Lord HOWICK said it was hardly possible for the Clerk to read it, as it was a very rough copy. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE really thought they ought to know what the opinion of the Committee was. The Clerk then proceeded to read the following Re- ' Your Committee hive applied themselves with all the diligence in their power, to the consideration of the important subject referred to them ; but the difficulties which attend it, and the d e l ay w hi c h nece ss ar ily occurred in their obtaining a correct acci,unt of the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, have rendered it impossible for them to be as vet prepared to lay a full and com plete Report before- the House. Such a Report they trust that they may shortly be enabled to present ; but in the mean time it is their duty to submit to the House a practical question, of which the decision cannot be postponed, while it w ill necessar ily have a very material influence upon the future proceedings of the House in this matter. In their former Report your Committee have apprized the House that a writ of inquiry had been isrued for the assessment of damages in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard ; they have now to state that under this writ damages to the amount of 100/. have been awarded against Messrs. Hansard, and that in the ordinary course of law execution may be had, and the , e damages may be le vied on Tuesday next. Referring to the resolutions of the House of 30th May, 1637, your Committee consider it an imperative duty to report this circumstance to the House, in order that the House may have tile opportunity ef determining what course it may be advisable to pursue with reference to the contemplated proceeding of the Sheriff in execution of the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench. Your Committee will proceed to submit to the House the different courses which have occurred to them, as courses one or other of which it might be competent for the House to adopt, and will then state which of them has appeared to the majority of your Committee least liable to objection. I. A writ of error might be sued out, and the deci sion of the Court of Queen's Bench might thus be brought under the review, in the first instance, of the Exchequer Chamber, and ultimately of the House of Lords. 11. Mr. Stockdale might be suffered to receive the damages awarded, but a Biil might at the same time be brought in for the purpose of declaring, for the future, the right of the House to publish its proceedings. 111. Instead of attempting to pass a declaratory Act a Bill might be brought in enabling both Howes of Par liament to publish such papers as they might think ne- cessary. IV. The House may avail itself of the Constitutional powers it possesses to prevent the execution of the judg ment obtained against Messrs. Hansard. If this course should be followed, the Sheriff and his subordinate officers would he prohibited by the House from levying the da mages wh'ch have been awarded, and any failure on their part to yield obedience to this prohibition would be treated as a contempt, and dealt with as such in the ordinary NEW NOVEL BY MRS. BRAY. In 3 vols. post Bvo.. TRIALS OF THE HEART. By Mrs. BRAY, Authoress of " Trelawny," " Warleigh," &c. " Mrs. Bray can, at will, probe the humanheart, and lay it open in its most passionate moments ; and this she has accomplished in the tales before us."—Monthly Review. " A collection of snort and striking tales, written in Mrs. Bray's best manner." —Metropolitan Magazine. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. is SS erY tot 0 of nee atv,