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—w , ---°' Lothis )resent red to variety to say . , ;cas is I cri lor t sight is the ng Of 3 ng and dish( icy sr,' which tied by icetiug ilawful stated diva sembk , 11 and intiMl n the reala). 'fill, 0r intitni thst 4 - .1 been F.,xeew 's caso , onnieul is - P O illegal• lersou s luct of ;ion' i° rgc %t tha t is t he to d o indict' at tb e )es 11 ° t , that you t° con • tor intro" c ing °' ... . What tribunals were they from w bosh confidence was to be removed ? They might be c f seal a character that your Lordships yourselves would . be disposed to say, the soener they were put an end to ' Jic better. They might be attended with delay, with e: ;pence, with many other circumstances that might retie ,ar them anything but a remedy. And here are no foil to representations alleged to be used with regard to the In ; there is no statement how the d e f en d ants proce€ used against these courts, whether by writing or by slo f,ech. Lord Camennue—The , count does nut say all the courts of law. Sir THOMAS WILDE- —T he count only says, the tri bunals. Whether the de' bridants have proceeded by Writing, or by speeches„ is i tot s a id. The LORD CHANCELLOR L-I see this indictment says, " brin g i ng the tribun,ls into contempt, and withdrawing from them the business Wet goes to them, and submit ting the same to the iudgmient an:l determination of other trihunals, to be contrived I *or that purpose." The indict , went does not say that these tribunals are not to be " contrived" by the Legislature ! Lord BRCTOHAM said. the charge was that of destroy ing one kind of tribunal's for the purpose of establishing others, like destroying t he Ecclesiastical Courts in order to establish Diocesan C ourts. Lord CAMPBELL sa :d that the Commissioners ap- Peintcd to inquire into, the operation of the Ecclesias tical Conrts were in soi no danger under t his indictment. Sir THOMAS ‘VILDV.—Leyond ail doubt, the Commis sioners who made this' report have committed an offence. 'Wheth er i t can be, prosecuted or not, is another questioe. extend' Becton Aes_e,lt their s' nrisdidtionto other should have set forth.=—And to tribunals than those --,941Y ek'eolished ley law, or to be established. ir--UPoet.es WithE The next count had the effect of doing that. It chfarged tle m with "using and usurp 'courts the prerogative i'sf the Crown in the establishment of courts for the adminiStration of the law ;" but the eighth gettittlemen ' cou nt stated no such thing. If half a dozen of those extii t„ certain Publish' pamphlets at various times in order ' portionfi of the administration of the law cut t 0 he corrected, not doink this for any idle purpose said tohintprove the tribunals of the country, could it be disr os ttheY were . bringing the tribunals of law into to bring the Were those gentlemen guilty of conspiring ca ”,..,lng the Were of the country into disrepute, be to courts thoscae_see the tribunals E 0 e ' • o ught to induce persons to withdraw from et is peefectlye submit their disputes to othe purpose-?ribunals :.. 19 constituted ant contrived for that I say gal in the object Itodo so for there was nothing ille l'oar the means. Your Lordships have Pas ' :ed many Acts to abolish or improve tribunals which were in disrepute —that is, which did not answer the pur pose for which the' were intended, or in the place of which better may be . substituted. Suppose a e person should say it was not a wise or a prudent thing to have recourse to the ecelesiasticul courts— that it was costly, and would be followed by no good effect, eetald it be said that he wanted to bring the tribu nals of the country into disrepute, so as to constitute an °fr enee punishable by law ? Here thenisvas nothing ilk gal in th e o bj ect, nor in the means as far as could be asce rtained ; on the contrary, the object appeared to he a s . a t good on e . If i t was intended that those other tribunals .. "ld have s omet hi ng il legal i n • their character, that " ..(1 1d be illegal, and in the next count an attempt was 'made to introduce an allegation for this purpose. The .aregation in the "9th count, that the defendants sought to assume the Prerogatives of the Crown in the establish . - i. tn!nt o f courts for the administration of the law in con- ZeTse i P ei t ai. of the Queen's authority,* is much too le There is no parallel for it, except i n t h e e, a of the seven bi s h ops . I t i s net stated '''G'w this is to be done. Were they to have a gr,ltt seal, 'lid set up some office for the purpose of creating courts, .!tor was it by Act of Parliament, or what other mode was 0 be adopted?'. I cannot' ima g i ne h ow t hi s usurpat i on 13 toe adopted?'', carried into effect. This count is not more sound than the last. Lord l3aotrcumu—l am not prepared to say if a person ' acilll P a house as a court of law it would be illegal. 1, ors. A i- UDE—There are, in this very city, coffee '''`se where . Persons are ready to decide causes, and 'isur Lordships frequently recommend resort to be had 'to them The next count is the tenth, to which I will :stow call the attention of your Lordships. lam a f ra id Sour of the . Learned Counsel who will appear before Lordships will be under some apprehension airnezetchde framing of this count, for he had in tro.a'Bill to provide an appeal in criminal cases, ~d the present case of the Queen v. O'Connell will not al • r mi tnell the necessity for such a Bill. The 10th Is s 11 " charged the defendants' with an attempt to i n t g a the tribunals of the country into disrepute. repute ‘evriril'e to bring the tribunals of the law into dis doii ithout a cause? This is charged as having been ch as e : 1114111 1111y, but what is there in the body of the duc e to show that if is unlawful ? The mere intro nst e a of the words unlawfully and ?maliciously, does htrailbeu tigaer. r f e ; o h . eireu es 'hat a crime which could not be so under other au d Now the law does not presume that the repute. e law are so perfect that no man may . not repute there' e itt nnds for bringing them innocently into dis rtse:theirse the con what courts were to be brought into dis counts—_ allegation stating what were is e e overt act set out. Now, t h e re some listener at a door had heard *defenOants sa y - we will agree to bring the L tribUn alS of : thelavyinto disrep u t e , an d h a d heard nothing,turther, eith:sr as to the means by which, or the üb]ects - for which, this was to be done, ksubruit to Your Lordship, that would not be sutlicient to convict, a s it might be with a perfectly legal object, and b . y per fectly l gal means, that this was to be ; and, it Lord tlieuborough's remark, that it was necessary that every man . accused of crime s h ou ld k now prec i se l y t h at of which h e was accuse d , i n order to be able to defend himself, is to go for anything, then this count fails.. The eleventh count charged ``The s a id D aniel O ' Connell, John O'Connell, Thomas : Steele, Thomas Matthew Ray, Charles Gavan Duffy, Thomas Tierney, Peter James Tyrrell, John Gray, and Richard Barrett unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously 1 contriving-, intending, and devising, by means of intimi dation and the demonstration of physical force, and by, c a using and p rocur i ng large numbers of persons to meet .1. as semble togeth er i n di vers p l aces an d at di vers " ,tnn eoils s within Ireland, an d b y means o f se di - and inflammatory speeches and addresses to be Made and delivered to the said persons so to be assem bled as last aforesaid and also by means of the publishing and causi ng and procuring to be published to and amongst the subjects of her said Majesty divers unlawful mall (dells and seditious writings and compositions, and fur- • ther contriving, and intending l mean afor esaid to intimidate the Lords y spiritual several and tem poral and the Commons of the Parliament of the United aKingdom of G reatßritain and Ireland, and thereby to effect nd bring ab out changes in the laws and Constitution f this realin as by law established heretofore, to wit, on the thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one th ousand the eight hundred an d f orty - t h ree, to w i t, at parish Of Saint Mark aforesaid, in the county of the c itY of Dublin aforesaid, unlawfully, maliciously, and s:tlitiously did combine, conspire, confederate, and agree az!th each other, and with other persons whose names __ e to the jurors aforesaid unknown, to cause and Zieoeiure large numbers of persons to meet and es ti l " ) , 1 ° together in divers places, and at- divers tap, within Ireland, and by means of unlawful, Be t ulli Qus, and inflammatory speeches and addresses e o n be niade and delivered at the said several Places, the said several times respectively ; and also by nteans of the publishing and causing and procuring to be published to and amongst the subjects of her said Mtt al"tY, divers unlawful, malicious, and seditious writings tempo4mpositions, to intimidate the Lords, spiritual and therebyinitel' and the Commons of the Parliament of the therl‘-eingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and eby to effect and bring about changes and alterations 1 the laws and Constitution of this realm, as now by law aVestablished, in contempt of our said Lady the Queen of the laws of this realm,, to the evil example of all o e t_ Others in the like case offending, and against the peace , I our said Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity.' New the Your Lordships will observe that in this count th e e arge is with attempting to intimidate_ altering Lords and Commons, for the purpose of of the law, without any mention being made charged her Majesty. I conclude that it is meant to be that the Lords and Commons would be induced 1 0 ,0 alter the law by intimidation. Now, I think your Co raships will never admit that the House of Lords and ens could be intimidated to— that 1 (1 •CA-Menenn—There may be a conspiracy to-do coo s :, 111 ch may nut be accomplished. There may be a reayt;' 4 CY to intimidate, but the Lords and Commons L e — r r t .!. it with firmness and resist the attempt.. 81,. I","'", i ," ll oßA.m—But if it were accomplished— to h,,,,, b"1-LDE—I will suppose the alteration in the law of t h e - R. ?.e . n effected. I will suppose that, at the time i harp 1., gceirm Bill, persons had been indicted for' . ho.d- L: rd 're meeting s for the purpose of intimidating the Res , . 4nd Commons. Such an indictment could not be tiling could happen as that, byintimidation, the Legisla ture could be induced to , alter—and how could that which th t d iet ey not accompli s h e d, su bj ect a party to an in ristendit, the conspiracy, when, dietinent7 ble t o . if they had accom would have been subject to no such in- , Au.agreernent to do that which it was impossi accomplish was no crime. Would the law intend nottoay that such an effect could be produced, and if it could , how could the agreement to produce such an effect onnstitute a crime ? - To what intimidaticn does the in dictment refer ? It may refer to the intimidation to be Irhproduced by setting before the Lords and Commons 0111 e political ° consequences w hi c h mus t ensue i,. a certai n course of conduct. Now, was L ..Ii ! , not . l awful to lay before the Legislature e conse quences of th e d o i ng, or failing to do, certain _acts. Th ere was nothing degrading, as in the sense of persona l intimidati on , id such conduct. Is it the intimi dation of the whole body, or only of individuals? If a number of persons who had particular opinions agree to the to endeavour to induce the Legislature to alter a r. ) l aw, is that necessarily a crime? If an important the subjecti of this country placed, if they are not to ...e e xpress i any opinion for the purpose of attracting the ate t nt on of the Legislature to the subject? Lord BROUGUABI— and writin gs . Thib is laid as b y se di t i ous speeches ' chargSir T. WILDE—I sh ou ld b e glad to know, if this is the e, if those Seditious speeches ought not to be set out, y o ur Lordship s m i g h t see if they were seditious or liable to If a p erson snakes seditious speeches he is be prosecuted for it, an d an agreement to make seditious speeches is not an offence. There is merely a ,g,'s_nera,l all egat i on that intimidation was to he used: • 11(11 .1', that is only what every great and powerful man is in the habit of doing when he objects to any act which • the Le g i s l ature is about to 'do. Inidatioa s The allegation of inti a made in the indictment (lees not constitute an unlawrul act. .._ Lord CAMPBELL —Supp ose i t had been to corrupt the Legisl a t ure. possibl e Although the la w wou ld not suppose that , it would be an unlawful act. Sir ir, VCT44I)4 +I ' 81191 44 say, Paw Lords, that an agreement to corrupt the Legislature—the Lords and the Commons—would be trea,ted as an idle crime. Lord CAMPBELL—Suppose C toge gether, having got 100,0001., to offer 1,000/ each to 100 Members of the House of 'Commons to vote in a certain way, would not that be illegal ? Lord BROUGHAM—It would require 1,000,0001., and thatiwould rot be enough.—(A laugh.) Lord CAMPBELL—Tiiat I LUprOSe is your price ? Sir Thomas .WILDE---d doubt very much, any Lords, whether that would be treated• seriously as a crime. The case put to me does not appear to create., the diffi culty lam presenting to our Lordships' minds, be cause to corrupt the Legislature would be looked upon as impossible to be effect d ; but to intimi date it—that had often been done. Is not the apprehension of consequences the motive constantly of action in the LegiAature ? Now, is the intimidation here alluded - to one of personal violence; the count war • rants no such conclusion ; there is no appearance of the use of violence, nothing to. warrant the supposition that personal violence was the species of inti midation . intended. How many persons, I will ask, have been intimidated by a threat of resignation.— (Laughter.) Why, such a threat has produced greater consequences than the millions or hundred thousands that have been talked of. - (Laughter.) Lord BROUGHAM—Even when it was impossible. Sir THOMAS WILHE—What, my Lords, was the apprehension that produced Catholic eman cipation ? It was an operation in the under standing. The number of persons who meet is important, as shOwing'public opinion. The crime in the present case is striving to intimidate the Lords and Commons, and that is no crime. There is nothing shown except that it was intended to operate upon the understanding and the law. The law will not adopt that as a crime which is calculated to alter the opinions of the Houses of Lords and Common's. Lord CAMPBELL —Du you maintain, Sir Thomas Wilde, that there is no good count in the indictment ? Sir T. WILDE—I am prepared to maintain-that, but I don't think it necessary. The present case is of import ance far beyond the interest of the parties concerned. It involves the whole criminal justice of the country, and it will be for your Lordships to decide whether the general charges made in the indictment are sufficient to substantiate a criminal charge, and one for whieh parties are liable to suffer imprisonment. Indictments of this general nature in all times, and in cases, lead to great evils, and bring the law into great disrepute. If these parties have been guilty of the acts laid to their charge there was a much bettor mode of indictment then - the present. The question has been repeatedly put, whether there was a good count in the indictment, and if it was stated that there was, the judges generally applied .to the good count. In criminal cases the judge always asked if there was any good count. The judg ment of the Court in a criminal case placed the judge in the situation of a jury. • . Lord BROUGHAM-With this difference, that the judge knows which count is good and which is bad, and the jury does not. Sir T. WILDE -I think your Lordship will find that that does not operate as a distinction in this case. If all judges are supposed to know at all times what judgment they ought to mive, writs of error are dead a nd use l ess forms. Th e l b aw, on the contrary, supposes the possi bility of error in judgment. The law gives an appeal from one Court to another on that assumption. Lord BnounnAx.--I remember taking -this point in the court of error before the judges, and Mr. Baron Wood said, " We contend in the court of error that the judgment was given below upon the count., which is good. _ _ Sir T. WILDE—A judge cannot say, if the Court below has given judgment upon two counts, that he in tended :o give it only upon one. There- is no difficulty, whatever in a Court having before it a defendant for judgment.—(Their Lordships here consulted for about five - minutes.) Why is it that, in civil cases, the Court feels it necessary to arrest , the judgment altogether, where general damages are found ? The Court arrests judgment altogether, because it can not give judgment upon a bad count, having no legal power to fix the proportion of damages. Care was taken that the verdict for damages should be given on counts which were unobjectionable. In a criminal case there was no difficulty whatever. It is perfectly competent to the Court to arrest judgment upon the bad counts, and to pass sentence upon the good ones. There is no reason which applies to civil cases that does not also apply to criminal. In a criminal case the Court is bound to give judgment upon the good counts, and upon those counts alone. Judg ment is supposed to be compounded of the several offences of which the party has been found guilty. There is no ground, therefore, for the supposition, that in a crimi nal case the Court is authorised to give judgment upon the whole record; good and bad,,, if there be a good count and the mistake has arisen simply from the judges saying in criminal cases, when objections have been made that some counts were bad, " We will not arrest judgment"—that is, there shall not be an absolute arrest of the judgment upon the whole record. Nothing was ever heard of so absurd, as that the judgment upon the entire record is good,whenthere are several bad counts and one good one. It would be quite an anomaly if the Court could pro• nouuce a judgment which was in truth applicable only .to one count, as though it were applicable to the entire record. Lord CAMPBELL-Suppose there were one count only in the indictment, and that count charging a clearly indictable offence, stated several things which would not be indictable ; and there was a general verdict of guilty upon, the whole count. If judgment were given would the whole count be vitiated ? Sir T. WIDE (as we understood) intimated that he thought it would. Lord BROUGHAM—Was " The King v. Pellatt" a case in error ? Sir T. WILDE 7 Yes,.my Lord. y The Learned Counsel - then referred to the judgment of Lord Ellenborpugh, in support of his argument. If the Court gave judg ment on the whole- of the counts might not intend-. ments be made in the absence of evidence ? But the record states that judgment is given on the whole of the counts. What is the record ? A memo rial as to what the law is. If damages of 100/. were given in a civil action on matters, some of which fur nished cause of action and some not, how would a court of appeal deal with that judgment ? Refuse the whole of it. What is the use of a writ.of error ? Its object is to see what the Court has done on the record. Who •could doubt that here a judgment has been pronounced, and that the party is suffering an imprisonment upon that. judgment ? And should any legal legerdemain pretend that this judgment had not been passed on certain parts of the record ? Surely it was sent up here as the record of a verity. In an appeal against a judgment on a civil action, part good and part bad, the judgment would be refused. A writ of error is given only on the presumption that an error has been committed in the Court below. Yet when the writ comes before this House are your Lordships to be told that something has been done different from what the record states? Would not the effect of that be to leave all in a state of uncertainty. Parties were put to an enormous expense in having their decisions examined by this House ; and after this, were they to presume that the Court below has done just what is right P What the Court below has done is not a matter of intendment., it is inscribed in the record. The object of the writ of error is to bring under review what the record declares. If it is your Lordships' opinion that one years' imprisonment and 2,0001. fine on Mr. O'Connell is a punishment that applies to the offences stated in these counts, this House is then in the situation in which it would stand with respect to a decision of the Court be low, in which a jury has given damages on several counts, some good and some bad. Tnere are no means of disentangling these counts, or of saying what portion of the year's imprisonment, or what portion of the fine is adjudged to any particular count as compared with the rest; and as you cannot apportion the punishment in one case any more than you can apportion the damages in the other, the judgment given on the whole of the record 'cannot stand, if any portion of that record is bad. The proper course is this, to send the record back, and to correct it, according to the: "facts, if any mistake has occurred; - but nobody ever heard of that being done in a case of this description. If lam asked for authorities for the reversal of a judgment on a record partly 'good and partly bad, my answer is, the universal practice and general principle of 'the law. On every appeal the case is treated as if it was an original hearing, and the judgment given in the Court below is not considered of the slightest authority; and here' I refer your Lordships to the record itself. On that record sentence has been passed with respect to the offences disclosed in it. These words are not to be treated as idle words. It is a matter of clear law, that the record must speak for itself, and if judgment has been given upon it, it must be supposed that it is upon the whole of it. What would be the consequence of your acting otherwise ? In future times in inspecting the record, what is to guide those who seek instruction from it as to what your Lord ships' judgment has been, except what you chose to enter. Whatever decision your Lordships come to, that will be the guide. But 'let me ask how the defendant stands in point of plea here ? Is he not to have the record framed in such a way •as to give him the means of pleading one way or the other. Is he to plead that he has been convicted, and are the Court to conclude that he has been autrefois con vict ? Surely in a case of such a complicated nature as this, it is of importance that the record should speak for itself. When there was a necessity to have the record pro perly framed, with a view to a plea, it t' would be an extremely vicious practice to say he has 'lever affirmed it, if it be the course of the courts below, which I deny, to enter judgment upon a bad count of the indictment, because it would pass on the good counts. There was no necessity for such a course being pursued. Supposing that there were some counts good and some bad. If the Crown was entitled to judgment upon the good counts the defendants would be equally entitled to judgment on the bad counts. There is no reason why judgment should extend beyond the legal bounds to which it is applicable. Lord CAMPBELL—AIIow me to ask you, supposing the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland thought that one of the counts, the 7th or Bth say, for argument's sake, was a bad count, how do you suggest that it ought to be entered ? . Sir THOMAS WlLD—That ho should go thereof with out bail. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Can you give me any in. stance of a record in a criminal case E framed ? Sir T. WILDE—I am not aware of any such thing, but it is easy to account for it, because there was no advan tage in requiring the record to be properly entered, supposing the judgment to be entered on a count which is good. The opinion of the Court is taken on a motion for arrest of judgment, and the Court say we give judg ment on the good count, and the record is scarcely made up at all. What is the foundation of the difficulty here? (The Learned Gentleman was proceeding when our report left.) - TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, -JULY 4; 1644. i'Nz d S OF AND , . Pubitt -Op itziou. " Who mils ,nay read." FOXEZON. The King and Queen of Naples landed at Malta on the 24th ult. The steamer, having their Majesties on board, reached the mouth of La Valletta -Great Harbour at five, when Fort St. Angelo fired a Royal salute of 21 guns, which was followed by similar salutes from her Majesty's ship For midable (bearing Vice-Admiral Sir E. Owen's flag), the Ceylon (bearing Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis's flag), and the Aigle corvette. The Neapolitan steamer Ercole returned the compliment. Their Majesties enjoyed this spectacle from the bridge connecting the paddle-boxes. After viewing the dif ferent public establishments they left on the 26th for Lam pedosa and Parlermo. In the French Chamber of Peers on Monday, Count Mol6 spoke in strong terms against the vote of the Chamber of Deputies, which forbids Members of either Chamber to take part in railroad companies, either, as contrac tors or administrators. The speech was received with great applause by the Chamber, and a feeling was expressed that Count Mol6 was the last to whom a charge of corruption could apply. The Cartsrhue Gazette contains a letter from Hamburgh, which states that the King of Prussia is ex-pected. to pay a .visit in the middle of August to the Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg. It adds that his Majesty will proceed from thence to the banks of the Rhine, and stay for some weeks at the Castle of Stolzenfels, near Coblentz. The Patric, of Monday evening, says—" A report was current at the Chainber of Deputies, this afteinoon, that the Ministry has received accounts from Africa, according to which Marshal Bugeaud has entered the territory of Morocco and experienced more resistance than he had calculated on." The Gazette de France states that the Duke d'Esears, whose papers were seized a few days ago, underwent an in terrogatory before a Juge d'lnstruction on Saturday. By the last accounts from Switzerland we learn that -the Extraordinary Diet had been sitting for three days, and that a very warm discussion Was going on respecting the recent events in the Valais, but no vote of importance had been come to. We have since learnt that the Extraordinary Diet had closed, but the ordinary diet is now sitting. M. Cardero, who was formerly political chief at. Badajoz, was arrested in Madrid on the 23th, and sent, without trial, to the Canary Islands. His arrest was effected by ordersfrOm Barcelona, and he is said to have been connected with an ex tensive conspiracy in the provinces. The Journal du Havre states from Hayti, May 28, that the new Government was to be constituted on different. bases from the last. A Federal Government, like that of the United States, was spoken of, and negotiations were to be opened at Port-au-Prince on the subject. - The Ex-President Riviere, and his first Minister, Ilerard Dumesle, had received sentence of banishment, and were to proceed to Jamaica. 34.A.W AND POLIC.M. In the Central Criminal Court R , ibert Edwards,- a gentle manly looking young man, twenty-one years Of age, sur rendered to take his trial, on a charge of cutting and wound ing John Roche, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. In another count he was charged with an assault only. The jury returned a verdict of an assault only, and he was sentenced to one mouths' imprisonment. William Henry Hotham, a young man of respectable ap pearance, Was indicted for stealing, on the sth of May last, a mare of the value of 251., the proper!) , of John Davis. Mr. Davis was examined; and on his cross-examination by Mr. Clarkson, it was elicited that a conversation had:passed be tween them relative to payment, upon which the Learned Judge stopped the case, and directed a verdict ofacquittal. Mary Wright, aged 18, and Hart Neale, 50, were indicted for stealing divers gold and silver coins from the person of Mr. Moore, and acquitted. They were again indicted and convicted of stealing a hat and some apparel, belonging to the same Prosecutor. - Upon inquiry it turned out that Neale keeps a house to which poor sailors are lured for the purpose of plundering them of their property. It was also proved that both the prisoners had been convicted of a similar offence. The Court sentenced Neale to be transported for ten years, and Wright for seven years. The latter prisoner wept aloud on Learing her sentence. At the'Guildford sessions, Reuben Hunt, 35, was convicted of stealing a large quantity of brass, the property of Lord Hotham and Sir G. H. F. Berkley, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. • Samuel Salter, a bootmaker, . living in Gloucester street, Haggerstone, and-Mary Salter, his wife, were committed to take their trial for neglecting and otherwise cruelly maltreat ing their child, Emma Salter, a little girl only six years old. Couirr. —r.asuxolv.a.niun. _ _ • The Queen Dowager is expected to return to this country, from visiting her illustrious relatives at Meiningen and Wei mar, about the 20th of the ensuing month. The Earl and Countess of Beverley have issued cards for a grand entertainment to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Thursday re'nnight, the 18th instant. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoul received a distinguished party to dinner last evening at Hampden House. Earl and Countess Fortescue entertained a select circle at dinner last evening at their residence in Grosvenor-square. The Earl and Countess Brownlow entertained the Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Granby, Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Sir Robert Peel, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount Curzon, Viscount Alford, Mr. J. M. and Lady Blanche Bat four, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, 'Lady Georgiana Kerr, Hpn. C. and Mrs. Cust, and a distinguished circle at dinner, last evening, at their mansion in Belgrave-square. The Earl and*Countess - of Wilton gave a grand dinner to a numerous and distinguished circle, at their family residence, in Grosvenor-square, last evening, when the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Marquis of Worcester, Varquis and Marchioness of Douro, Marquis and Marchioness of Aber corn, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl Bathurst, Earl and Countess Cowper, Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst, &c., were among the guests. Baron and Baroness Rothschild's dinner party last evening, at their residence on the Terrace, Piccadilly, comprised his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van der Weyer,Viscount and Viscountess Pork onby, Earl and Countess of Morley, Lord Edward Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce, Baroness Rothschild, Baron M. Rothschild, &c. Lady Peel and family-have returned to Whitehall-gardens, from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl and Countesi of Chesterfield returned to Ches terfield House, May -fair, last evening, from Bretby-park, Ashby . -de-la=Zouche, where they have been staying since Saturday. The Countess's party, announced for last evening did not take place, on account of her Majesty's concert at Buckingham Palace. The marriage of Lord Charles Wellesley and Miss Pierre point, which was appointed to have been solemnised on Saturday next, is postponed for a few days. Married yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Lord Alexander George Russell, youngest son of the late Duke - of Bedford, to Anne • Emily, youngest daughter of the late Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, Bart!, of Westover,-Isle of Wight, in the presence of a numerous circle of relatives and friends. On Wednesday afternoon the Dowager Duchess of Bed ford gave a fete, at her villa at Campdcn-hill, to above 500 personages of rank and distinction, and the juvenile members of the aristocracy. MUNE IT AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. • - CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A good business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, at very firm rates. Sales about 7,000 bags, including 1,000 On speculation, and 500 for export; 800 bags Pernam, 511 to 6}d: 700 Maranham, '4Ad. to' 50. ; 200 Bahia, Md. to 61. ; 500 Surat, 2l i d. to did. ; 100 La Guayra, 5d..; and the rest American, 4d. to 64(1. Grand Junction, Birmingham and Liverpool, and Manchester Shares were in good request, but others dull. Birmingham and Gloucester, 94A ; Dublin and Di ugheda, 771; Eastern Counties, Registered, 134 ; Edin burgh, Leith, and Newhaven, Bonds, 141 i ; Grand Junction, Half, 114; Great Western, Fifths, 234 ; Lancaster and Car lisle, 5 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 227 ; Ditto, Half, 1111 •, London and Bi rm i ng h am, 220; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 364 ; Ditto Quarter, 25; Midland C-ounties, 95; Ulster, 37. - The papers, &c. by the Overland Mail have been received to- day. The mercantile. accounts are not very favourable, but yet are considered as good as the last. . Stocks are firm, though dull, this morning. Consols 98L- 4 for the opening. Exchequer Bills realise 735. to 765. pre ini um. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1024 to 4. The animation which prevailed yesterday in the Foreign Market has quite subsided. Spanish Five per Cents. are 23A, and the Three per Cents. 33-4, being rather flatter. Mexican, kept up at 35-I I I ; and Chili an at 104 to 105. Brazilian, New, were firm at )0i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain. 60g to 4. Shares are at full quotations, and the northern lines have risen. .French are also better again. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the OUicial List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities • 534 per Cent. I&,tuced Annuities 102% 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. Ib6o 12% Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 - U 5-16 India Bonds I'ooo1 ' 000 94 Ditto under 1,000 94 Consols for Open ug 9 8%%N Exchequer Bills, I%d. 114 d 1,0001. ..... ....,....... ..... _ ........... 7 6 pm. - 5001 ............ 75 pm. • Ditto Sinall ........... 76 pin. Ditto. Advertised„..., — Pm- FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds 1829 and 18:1/ " . Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 105_104 Mexicin Bones, 0 4 37, 5 per Cent. . ........... . Ditto for the Account 3551 Ditto Deferred Stock 15% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 23% Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Dutch 2 5; per Cents fol 34 -- . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. . It A ILWANS. PAID. PER SOA RE. Bristol and Exeter Eastern Counties .......* ......... . 23 ......... 11% . Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. Sd. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — - to Dit o % Shares ............:i...«.. 12% Great Western ...........».«....»,. 75 12651 Ditto 14 Shires ... ...... . 5O - 75 London and Birmingham. . 100 .........22214 Ditto New Thirds ' London and Blackwall 165; London and Brighton • London and South Western , - 41% ...... Ditto Eighths London and Croydon Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 _. . ...... to Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 '.... North British Norwich and Brandon Trent Valley ........«..... York and North Midland Ditto % Shares 2s' , 52% to Ditto Scarboro' Branch Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux... 1 Paris and Orleans 2O ......... 39% Paris and Rouen 2O ........ 38% JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock 111.Als.MIIESTER STOCK E t xciiANGE, JULY 3.—ltere has been rather more business doing to-day, but without any material alteration in prices.—Eastern unties, Registered, 134 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 56 54; Ditto, Quarters, 3i premium ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 3A ; Man chester and Buxton, 10s. and Bs. 9d. premium ; Trent Valley, 8 i ; Manchester and LiVerpool District Bank, 10 13-16. FiaE IN OXFORD-STIZEET.—Late last night a fire of somewhat an alarming character broke out in the eaten• sive range of premises known as Stratford House, situate at No. 161, Oxford-street, in the occupancy of Messrs. Taylor and Morel, jewellers and dealers in fancy goods. An instant alarm was raised, and in the course'pf a few minutes a great body of tke D division of police were on the spot, as well as the St. Maryleboneparish-cngine. That part of the premises where the fire originated was, with its contents, destroyed, the adjoining apartments much damaged by fire and water, and the ceilings underneath greatly damaged by water. The loss is fully covered by insurances in the Stin and Guardian Fire-offices. THE CONVICT DALmAs.—Yesterday afternoon Drs. Sutherland and Monro again visited the convict Dalmas, by the direction of the Right Hon. the Home Secretary. Neither his daughters nor any other visitors had been admitted to see him. This, perhaps, was the more necessary, as at the time of Dr. Sutherland's visit on Tuesday, the convict 'was natu ' rally excited. Dalmas was again conducted into the pre ' sence of Drs. Sutherland and Monro, by the principal turn key, Mr. Stiles, and he was dressed in the same manner as on the preceding day. The interview lasted nearly an hour. Seveipl questions were put to the convict, the whole of which; we are informed, he answered in the leost composed manner. Dahlias, if possible, appeared more c h eer f u l th an a t th e in terview on Tuesday, and conducted himself with the most remarkable fortitude. Both Baron Gurney and the Home Secretary are now entirely satisfied with the evidence, which has undergone the most searching investigation since Satur day last at the Home-office. Sir Jam es G ra h am h av i ng stated that he would recommend the• convit as au object of the clemency of the Crown, provided sufficient and justifiable grounds were produced to warrant the Right Hon. Gentle man in so doing, Drs. Sutherland and Monro. again examined the authorities of the prison, who had been in attendance on the prisoner both before and after the trial, relative to his general conduct and behaviour. The physicians will make - their report to the Home Secretary this day (Thursday), and it is not improbable that the result will be coinmuni eated to the High Sheriff the same, evening. At any rate, the fate of the convict will be early determined and an nounced to him on Friday. POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMEICTS.—III OUT paper last week we stated, that after the 6th instant, the mails going northwards from Lonthin would start an hour earlier in the mornings and evenings, and that there would be no altera- tion of Elie time of the mails leaving Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the intermediate post towns. However, it turns out that further arrangements have been made; for the mails going southwards from the metropolis of Scotland an d o th er pl aces will start nearly two hours later. This arrangement will aftbrd the people in the north an opportunity of answering their London letters two hours earlier than usual, for now they cannot do so within five or six hours after their arrival in ,the north. The Post- office authorities are using their best endeavours in facilitating the expeditious transit of let-- ters, which will be d u ly a pp rec i a t e d by th e p u bli c. fACENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.--l'he dinner of the supporters and subscribers to the funds by which this school is partly supported, took place yesterday, at White Conduit-house, Nntonville. It was very numerously at tended, nearly 1,200 persons sitting down to the good things provided by Mr. Rouse, the proprietor, beneath an immense temporary building of wood and canvass, decorated with flagsolevices, and pictures emblematical of benevolence and charity, evergreens, flowers, &c. In the gallery were some hundreds of ladies who enlivened the proceedings by their presence. The musical arrangements were under the direc tion of Mr. Ashton, assisted by upwards or a dozen profes sional vocalists. Mr. Toole, the toast-master, kept the order of the drinking, and announced in his usual manner the com mands of the chairman, Mr. W. Wigram, of the firm of Reid and Co., supported by Mr. Octavius Wigram, Mr. W. Reid, &c. There were also present many persons of high respecta bility connected with the beer and spirit trades. The healths of the Queen, of Prince Albert, and of the other members man, and the toast o f t h e even i ng, "S uccess to t h e School, " & F amily, of the Army And Navy, of the Chair l-unk with grea t l oya lty and enth us i asm , an d se veralo fe., et h Rs werecp ,eye drunk thes w ere made, but so great was the noise of thousands of veiees, that excepting to those close to the speakers, it• was impossible -to catch the words of the speakers. The amount pf subscriptions was considerably above 1,0001., the chairman giving 501., and Messrs. Reid and Co. 1001., it being the thirty-second subscription of an equal sum. In the course of the evening the children edn-• cated at the school entered the room, and one of the boys spoke an addresswritten for the occasion. The whole of the boys and girls than sang a hymn, and retired. The company did not separate till several hours after. GUANO.—The most easy and simple method of de tecting adulteration in guano, and also ascertaining the quality of the article, is the following :—Take four pounds of guano, and add one quart of water for every pound of guano ; stir them well together, - and then let them stand for a few days; it the guano be good, it will float an egg or a potatoe, and if it float well, add water in half pints until the egg or potatoe sinks to the bottom; and that guano which floats an egg with the greatest quantity of water is the best. If any earth or sand has been mixed with the guano it will be found at the bottom of the vessel.—Lancaster Guardian. SERIOUS ILLNES S OF MR. J. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P. —We regret to hear that serious apprehensions arc enter tained of the ultimate restoration to health of the Honour able Member for Birmingham, who, we lament to state, is so dangerously ill that hi s f am il y h as b een summoned to his chamber. "We understand that the Honourable Gentleman was seized with a paralytic attack on Monday week, the 24th ult., the result of which has been the loss of the use of one side. On Sunday last the worst fears were entertained, but on Monday his medical attendants considered him some what better. On inquiry yesterday we were informed that Mr. Scholefield had passed a restless night, and was rather worse: Mrs. Scholetleld and the members of her family are in town with the Hon: Gentleman, as also the family physician from Birmingham. FROLICS or A TAR AT DEVONFORT.—On Wed nesday evening a tipsy sailor, lately paid off from the I n d us , was observed pursuing a zigzag course towards Mutton Cove, in which he several times lost his equili brium and embraced mother earth. lie, however, scram bled as far as the quay, when, to the horior of some and amuse ment of others, ove r h e went, clones and all on, and struck out across Cremil ferry. After he had swam three parts over (nearly half a mile), he came back and made his way up into the town ; but shortly returned, and stripped to his trousers, and took another voyage towards the opposite shore. On landing again he be came quarrelsome, and got into a fight, when he was seized and taken to his lodgings. A crowd which had assembled were highly delighted at Jack's novel mode of enjffing himself. .• TR 8.--IR Bury gaol there are Zes °L of arson, and one for sending nine p threatening letters ; at Ipswich gaol ten for arson, and two for sending threatening letters ; at Beecles House of Correction, four prisoners for arson, and one for B ris k o 'i n ß e E rs S o l n N ch S a u threatening to burn ; waiting for trial at the next assizes. The Police Gazette contains a notice of the apprehen sion of a mon named Abraham Farren, on the 7th instant, by the Nottingham constabulary, on the charge of setting tire to a stack, belonging to Henry Beevor, L'sq., of Barnley-moor, in the same county. He is suspected of having committed similar offences elsewhere, and he states that he has travelled all over Essex and Suffolk, and that one of his companions was transported in Essex, for incendiarism. He says he is a woollen cloth weaver, and a native of Rodley, near Leeds. Heis remanded for further examination.—On Saturday last, all old man named Francis Bye, was brought before the county Magistrates at the Shire-hall, Bury, and charged with hawking lueifer matches with out a license. lie said,he belonged to Cawston Wood row. The fact was clearly proved by one of the rural force, and the magistrates said they were determined to put down the practice, so far at least as unlicensed hawkers were concerned, and would convict in every case that was brought before them, where the evidence was sufficient. Bye was sent to the Castle for ono month's hard labour.—Essex Herald. A QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE. —The sloth, which has just arrived in this country, is described to have four stomachs: He has four - good •ieasons to congratulate him- self, then, - that the Zoological -gardens is not a_ poor-law ualon.--Punch. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - DISrATCHES FOIt TANOFER.—The Sydenbam steam-sloop, Licat.-CommanderMapletnn, having had her defects repaired at Portsmouth, is ordered to Devonport, whence she will proceed to Tangier with dispatches for the British Consul. If ' her services be riot required by that functionary, she will go to Gibraltar, and be .under the command in chief of Vree- Admiral Sir E. Owen, at Malta. As we stated previously to her being comml;sioned, she will be employed as a packet boat on the Mediterranean station, but more especially on the western part, and by the consul at Tangier, The Albion, 90, Captain W. Lockyer, C. 8., is under orders at Cork to hold herself ready for sea at the shortest notice. Herdestination. it is said, will be Gibraltar. - - The Dee, -. Steam troop-vessel; Master Comma:rider:J. IL Laen, is employed conveying the - Royal Marines to their re spective divisions, and will then wait orders at Chatham. . The Tartarus, •steam-sloop, Captain Wolfe, has arrives} at Cork, from Bombay. The Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote.—By - . letters 'from-this frigate to the 10th May,. we hear that sbnitas to leave the Cape de Verde Islands on the 6th of this month for England to be paid off. The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Jones, was off Cape Mount on the .sth of April, and was about to proceed to Boa Vista. The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, has gone to Cape Mount. • The Spy, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Woold ridge; is ordered from her cruising ground to Ascension, and Peace to Spithead. The• Sealark, 10, Commander - Gooch, was on her way to Calabar and Benin, to relieve the Spy. The Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., has re ceived her sailing orders at Devonport, for Calcutta. The Fox takes out two full-length portraits of her Majesty as presents to the Emperor of China. . . The old hreakwater ligbt ship is to be fitted at Devonport for a tank vessel. PROMOTIONS. Mates—George Hancock (1840) from the Excellent, for his proficienq in -,naval studies; and William L. Partridge (1839) of the -Dido, to the rank of Lieutenant.: APPOINTMENTS, 'iairman ---- (1829) to the Warspite, taking passage to the Mediterranean in the •Sydenham, vice George Goldfinch (Ist) invalided. Second. Master—George S. Hall, of the Sydenham, acting master of the Geyser. I'S CEX.T.ILTOMOUS. The ordinary meeting of the Horticultural Society was held on Wednesday afternoon, W. IL Pepys, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. 'The prizes awarded were—a silver Knightian medal to Mr. Best, gardener to A. Park, Esq., of Merton grove, for a specimen of nolana ; silver Banksian medals to Mr. Farmer, gardener to Mr. E. D. Davenport., Esq., for a providence pine ; and Mr. Hendry, gardener to the Rev. W. Antrobus, for a Hoosainee melon. An extract from the Me teorological Register states that on the 23d of June the ther mometer stood at 91 deg., which is evidently incorrect, whether in the shade or the sun. The appointment of Lord Heytesbury as Lord-Lieutenant appears to be a subject of very little general interest in Dublin. There are circumstances which detract from it. His Lordship is reputed to be not very rich, , and Lady Heytes bury is said to be in. ill health ; and these facts, coupled with his Lordship's advanced age, are unfavourable to the hope that the Court will be a very brilliant one, or his hospitalities and expenditure on the most liberal scale. The meetings of the Anti-Corn-Law League at Covent . - garden Theatre have been adjourned till next month. The premiums offered by the King of Hanover, for two glees—thirty guineas for the best, and twenty for the second best—were decided on Tuesday, at a meeting of the Catch Club, in favour of Mr. T. Cooke and Mr. J. B. Sale. Mr. Cooke's glee, which was for four voices, was entitled " The Four Winds," and Mr. Sale's (for three voices) " You ask the Reason Why." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TuESD I tY. GOODWOOD STAKES_ 12 to 1 agst Red Deer 18 to 1 agst The Bestof Three 15 to 1 agst Croton Oil—tkn 20 to 1 agst Francbis3 15 to 1 agst The Currier—tkn 20 to 1 agst Subduer. 15 to 1 agst Elysium—taken LIVERPOOL CUP. 14 to 1 agst Brtsh Yeoman-4110 to 6 agst Yardley—taken 100 to 6 agst Eboracum—tkni 5 to 1 agst Kent's lot—taken INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. BRIGHTON, 1844. Handicap for the Brighton Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, on or before Tuesday next. Vitellius, 4 yrs, Bst 91b; Gorhambury, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ; Lo thario, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ; Lucy Banks, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ; *Johnny, aged, Bst 31b ; Mosque, 6 yrs, Bst 21b ; Queen of the Tyne, yrs, Bst llb ; *Robinson, aged, 7st 91b; *Captain Flathooker, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ; Nat, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; Daddy Longlegs, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ; The Currier, aged, 7st 61b ; *What, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Elysium, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; The Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, 7st 31b ; Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; The Devil among the Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st ; *Poussin, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ; Emilian, 5 yrs, 7st ; Naworth, aged, Est 101 b ; Subduer, 4 yrs, 6st 91b ; Larrie APllale, 4 yrs, 6st 91b ; Portumnus, 4 yrs, Est 71b ; f by Elis, out of Cestus, 3 yrs, 6st 61b ; Skeleton, 3 yrs, 6st slb ; Idleness, 3 yrs, Est 31b ; *Donnybrook, 4:yrs, 6st ; The Black Gentleman, 4 yrs, sst 10lb ; Claude Frollo, 3 yrs, sst 41b; Moustache, 3 yrs, sst ; Lufra, 3 yrs, 4st 71b. Those marked * will be struck out unless specially ordered to remain in. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) WINCHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Hampshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and 5 only &declared ; the second to save his stakes, and 50 soya. added if three start. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Etwall's Venatrix, 4 yrs, walked over. Handicap Stakes of 5 Soya. each, with 25 added. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Ley's Fairplay, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's b g Best Bower, 3 yrs ... 2 Mr. England's Spring Bok, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Sadler's Alice Lowe, 3 yrs Mr. Seargeant's b m by Hornsea, 3 yrs 5 The Great Produce Stakes of 50 sot's. each, h ft. The new mild. Sir F. Collier's Arethusa (Ford) 1 Mr. Wreford's b c by Camel, out of Margellina, Lord G. Bentinck's Alva 3 Sweepstakes of 50 0 sous, each, h ft. One mile. Sir John B. Mills' Pugilist, 3 yrs (J. Day, jun.) 1 Captain Delem's Red Skiu, 3 yrs Mr. Chamberlayne's The Stag, 3 yrs 3 _ . Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, ylth 25 added ; for 3 yrs, 6st 101 b; 4 yrs, Bst; 5 yrs,: Bst 91b; 6. yrs, Bst 121 b; and aged, Ost ; winner extra, &c. . One mile and a quarter. Lord George Bentinck's Fisticuff, 4 yrs (Rogers) 1 Mr. Pearce's Foxberry, i yrs Mr. Etwall's Venatrix, 4 yrs ..; A 3 Mr. Etwall's b g, by Camel, out of Margelliva, 3 yrs The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats 2 miles. Lord Glenlyon's Ben-y-Ghlo. 4 yrs (J. Day, jun.) 0 1 1 Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 4 yrs Mr. Death's Misdeal, 5 yrs .. 2 0 dr Mr. Hook's Una, 6 yrs ' Two others ran. Won cleverly. It was stated yesterday, among paries \ interested in the new and important trade in Guano, that the chemical secret of Dalmas relates to a substitute for that -powerful fertilizer, and _that it has been purchaied by leading firm in the guano line. THE POST-OFFICE'. Two or three acts of the tragi-comedy of the Post. office have now been performed, and that to the great dissatisfac tion of the public, the chief performer having been very nearly hissed off the stage. To save himself he has had recourse— he has been suffered to have recourse—to a very singular expedient; one to which no parallel can be found iii the actings on the political stage of Great Britain or any .other country : he has not only secured to himself a private trial, but he has chosen his own jury! The whole affair is of so peculiar a character, that it ought to be put upon record, and even then will hardly be believed. The discovery. is made that Sir Ames Graham has opened letters at the General Post-office. Be dues not deny the charge; but, as was said on a_previous proceeding, "he Niggles and haggles" about it. lie has done itothers have done is insatiable by Act of Parliament. But he will make no disclosure, will give no explanation of the particulars, or in what cases the act of opening letters has been performed by him ; in fact, he will tell uothing,cxcept what he cannot deny—that he has opened detterS. 'At last:, being pressed by the stringency of a motion on the part of Mr. Duncombe, that " a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into a department of her Majesty's Post-office , commonly called the Secret or Inner- office," he higgles and haggles afresh for some time. The two words taken together may be aptly called " ;" he Graham-izes for some time, and then comes forth with the astonishing. concession or proposition—" Yes, you shall have a Com mittee, to your soul's delight ; not only a select, but a secret one ; and I myself will appoint all the members !" "It never rains but it pours," says the- old proverb ; and the present state of the 'atmosphere, both physical and political, acts up to the adagb. ' Sir James" (there -is no Graham izing here !), " you give us more than we want ; we don't wish to impose upon you the trouble of nominating the Com mittee ; we can do that ourselves. A starving wretch—one of your aspirants to an union workhouse—begs of you a crust of bread, which you churliShly *fuse him ; but being con strained by his importunity, you then attempt to cram a whole quartern loaf into his mouth." Bah ! bah ! This is not reason or common sense. But then the Committee thus precipitately and unexpectedly created, and forced upon those who chose it not, is to consist of a majority by one of Whigs. We like it not the better for that ; for the custom is acknowledged to have received Whig sanction. And here in - is another gross absurdity ; for it is confessed that the inquiry is to be. general ; the honour of the nation and the -principles of a free state are concerned in it. It is not Sir James's practice, it is not Lord John's practice, we are assured, that are the subjects of investigation. Cannot a , constitutional Government in full peace exist- without this odious Dionysian principle ? And therefore you begin by .at once making it a party question between 'Whigs and Tories. Neither is the Whig portion of the Committee free from suspicion : one mem ber of it at least has had very close liaisons 'with Sir James. The Committee itself may determine what it 'pleases; its decision is not worth a straw. The peripeteia of the drama will inevitably be hissed. We have just spoken of the importance of the affair in a national point of view. It is essential to our character throughout Europe ; for, in sober saduesS, the eyes of Europe are upon us in this great ques tion. Our'friends in a neighbouring kingdom omit no op ' portunity of endeavouring to depreciate our reputation, un dervalue our worth, or carp at our institutions. In a recent affair at Paris. of a most disgraceful cast, in which a mother, an Englishwoman, of eminent rank and connexions, appeared to have aided in the prostitution of her own daughter to age and ugliness, and then turned her out to starve:—" These arc your moral people !" said the Radical French press. *Here is a specimen of English purity, humanity, and vir tue !" In like manner, if this odious custom of violating the confidence of epistolary correspondence be not shaken to the centre, the nation will be subjected to, similar expressions of contempt :—" Here is your fine free state of England ! Here .is a proof of domestic happiness, independence, and comfort ! Who dares attack the rights or interfere with the actions of a Briton ?"—Times. THE LATE WILL FORGERY CASES. It is well known that the convicts Barber and Fletcher have, been some time on board the ccnvict-ship Agincourt, lying off Woolwich, under orders to sail for the penal settle ments on Thursday, the 4th instant (this day). Yesterday morning Barber's attorney . , Mr. Peckham ' received the docu• ment of which the following is a copy from the officer in charge of the convicts, and instantly hastened to the Home office in order to submit it to Sir J. Graham. Up to a late hour last evening no answer had been re ceived : " FURTHER. DECLARATION OF JOSHUA FLETCIIER. "It may be proper that I should add, in furtherance of the _declaration I made on the 28th day of June last, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, William Henry Barber bad no knowledge of Mrs. Richards other than as Miss Stewart, of Mrs. Dorcy than as Miss Burchard, of William Saunders than as Thomas Hunt, or of Lydia Saunders than as Emma Slack, they having respectively represented Ahem selves to him in Iny presence as Elizabeth Stewart, Eliza Burchard Thomas Hunt, and Emma Slaok. " With reference to the will of Ann Slack, he could have no knowledge'whatever of it until Mrs. Saunders, personating Emma Slack, produced such will to him in my presence ; and from the manner in which the several matters-were in troduced to him, and appearances preserved, there was nothing to excite the suspicion of a prudent solicitor. " I •was a client of Barber's of some years' standing, and of independent property; as such he had known me since he first became my solicitor. Ile read the will with attention, and asked several questions, which Mrs. Saunders answered without any apparent embarrassment, and to satisfy his in quiries she produced to him a certificate ()laic registry of her aunt's death at Pimlico; and I feel further bound to state, that Mrs. Saunders presented herself to Mr.-Barber disguised, wearing light hair, and affecting to have the gout in her hands and feet, which seemed to support. her alleged relation ship with the assumed testatrix, who appeared from the cer tificate produced to have died of gout. And to the best of my knowledge and belief, Mr. Barber had no share of, or other participation in, the proceeds of the above' transactibns, or either of them, beyond the proper and usual professional re muneration. " I shoul4 also state, that he has been concerned for me as my solicitor generally, and that I had employed him to nego tiate terms with several parties whom I had traced out as the true owners of unclaimed dividends, and who were put into possession of such property ; so that he had no reason to sus pect any of the cases for which he has been prosecuted to be in the slightest degree irregular or improper. " It was under my instructions that he wrote to Captain Foskett, and the object of which was to ascertain if his sister in-law was the owner of the stock. I reported to Mr. Barber that she was not the owner of such stock, as her handwrit ing-was totally dissimilar, and as the owner of it had executed a power of attorney upwards of ten years before, which Capt. Foskett's sister-in-law was then incompetent to have done, she being at that time, from Captain Foskett's own statement, a minor. The report Iso made was grounded upon informa tion which I received from Christmas, the Bank clerk. " If the application made by Mr. Barber, to be tried sepa rately, so that he might have elicited the whole truth by call ing myself and the other parties accused, had not been re sisted by the prosecution, he must have been not only ac quitted, but completely exonerated from the slightest cul pability. " As I understandit has been stated that I have refused to admit Mr. Barber's innocence, I feel called upon to contradict this, and to state, that I had only objected to sign or declare that which might have a tendency to prejudice myself. " JOSHUA FLETCHER." " The above statement was committed to writing by me from the instructions of Joshua Fletcher, " WILLIAM M'CALLUM." " Signed by Joshua Fletcher, in presence of " CHARLES HENRY FULLER, Surgeon, R.N., Superintendent Agincourt convict-ship. " On board the Agincourt, 2d day of July, 1844." LIVERPOOL •DOCKS.—The. annual return of Mr. Withers, the excellent treasurer to the Dock Committee, has just been published. The following is &compara tive statement of the rates and duties received in the years ending on the 24th June, 1843 and 1844 :—ln 1844, the duties on tonnage were 99,0441. 13s. 7d., and the duties on goods 86,1191.'85. 4d. In 1843, the duties .on tonnage were 96,4451. I Is. 7d. and the duties . on goods 91,8401. 10s. 6d. Increase of ditties on tonnage 2,5991.25. Decrease of duties on goods 5,721/. 2s. 2d. The light house duty this year produced 7,357/. 2s. Bd. ; floating light, 3,367/. 45.-11 d. ; graving dock, 9,4991. 10s. ; graving block, 1,671/. ls. ; extra dock rent, 2,132/. 6s. 7d. ; being rather less than last year, except as to light-house and floating-light duties, which produced a larger amount. The total income this year is 208,191/. 7s. Id., and last year 212,4021.35. 7d. ; the decrease on the whole being 4,210/. les. 6d. The following is a comparative state ment of the shipping, - Sze.:-18`44, number of vessels, 18,411 ; tonnage, 2,632,712. 1843, number of vessels, 16,606 ; tonnage, 2,445,278. Increased number of vessels, 1,805 ; tonnage, 187,434.—Liverpool Journal. PRESERVED FISII.—Many of the names of persons and places in the United States 'are very curious and not 'seldom absurd and ridiculous. It is the same in England. One of the principal merchants in the city of New York is a Mr. Preserved Fish. Although now the principal of an extensive mercantile house, he was formerly the humble owner and skipper of a small trading schooner, respecting which the f o llo w i ng anec , dete is told I—M r.i Preserved Fish was carrying a cargo of pickled psh to Baltimore, when he Was hailed by a large ship, and the following dialogue ensued :—" What ship ?"- " The Preserved Fish."—" What captain ?" " Preserved "Fish."—" What owner ?" " Fish."—" What cargo ?" " Preserved fish."—Aye, aye, we know the cargo ; but what's your captain's name ?" " PresOved . -Fish, bound- to- Baltimore."—tfackenzie's Sketthe& • - • • - - THE BA NK CHARTER. The Committee of L tb.. 3 Society 'for the Emancipation of Industry earnestly call 3 /our attention to the consequences which must ensue fr.Dm the Bank of England Charter Bill passing through Parliament in its present state. The Com mittee are convinced that ,the sure tendency of the measure is still further to impair the fair return of capital and indus try in this kingdom, by a contraction of the circulating me dium, when, in point ca'' fact, an expansion of the circulation was imperatively requEred to relieve the Increasing produc tive power of tins highl y-taxed country. The Committee of tine Society are induced to hope that the Bill in question wilt yet be stayed, until a distinct in quiry ia instituted into t he probable effect of the Measure. They are snore anxious t hat this investigation should take place, because it cannon fail to have been observed, ttat threughout the discussion: in Parliament the Prime,Minister, who has conducted the BLI, has studiously avoided any refer ence to the National. Debt mai indirect taxation of the country, —essential elements in the truestion of the Currency.' The Society for the Emancipation of Industry have en deavoured to bring before the public and Parliament the 'lintfol lowngha p L rtant considerat were Parliament legislating for the currency of a country i n w c i i c :t direct taxation only existed, a currency such as that now pr o , nosed, of gold, at 3/. 17s. 100., the conti nental price, or a-paper .',onvertible into the precious metals '.tent and just. at that rate, might be cons, 'Bl9 was based on the erroneous That the monetary Bill of f up i t s principle of r eqz d r in g th e ark ' e 'i ex '6la st n e d nce „.to of tak the e present notes at a mint price, fixed prior to • that the fluctuations scale of the National' bebt and taxation;-- ')..°n the attempt and panics that have oc curre d h ave arisen ,7. (told, other- ' to compel the Bank of England to pay its notes a: •ears be wise than at th e market price in such notes, as in the ;: tween 1797 and 1819 ; and that the more rigorous " con., • merit" of the Bill of 1819 can only serve to aggravate instean of preventing such fluctuations and panics, when, from a fail ing harvest, or foreign loans or other investments, or a dis turbance of the balance of trade, gold shall flow out of the country. 7 .1 : 1a whenever prices expand its this country to a remu nerating level—namely, to that just and proper level which permits of taxation being added to natural or gold prices— then, under our present system, gold, not being permitted to rise, becomes the cheapest commodity in the British market, and is sure to be exported in preference to our manufactured goods. That the large sum of taxation in this country, levied first by Customs and Excise on the producing classes to the ex tent of about thirty-five millions annually, enhances the price of all commodities produced, and consequently requires a circulating mediumso expansive in iip nature as to permit taxation, indirectly levied, to be added to natural price ; without such a medium, the taxation, for the most part,rests upon the producing classes—an' end never contemplated by the Legislature when this form of taxation was imposed. That, in 1797, the nation, under the administration of .Mr. Pitt, adopted a legal-tender paper-currency, convertible into gold at the mallet price ;—that it became pOssible by this means to extend the National Debt' and taxation, and at the close of the war to discharge a large portion of the debt so created. That what was called depreciation of the paper-currency in that day was really nothing more than the just operation of. the symbolic currency,: not intrinsically valuable, allowing the indirect taxation ex isting in this country to be added to natural price—that is to say, tile pound to become less available• in the purchase of commodities in exact proportion as the price of such commo dities had become enhanced by indirect taxation. This state of the circulation, which is calculated to facilitate foreign trade, existed from the year 1797 to 1819, when the system of, such symbolic money was abandoned, and it became im possible in future, to any just extent, to add indirect taxation to price. That from its scarcity, and limiteji extent as a commodity, gold is not desirable, and willuot suffice, and indeed is unfit as a medium of interAal circulation in this country ; while experience and the n attire of things abundantly prove that it is a most suitable c immodity for' measuring , the transac tions and interchanges of nation wilh.nation. That to adopt gold at its natural value as the national currency, is a retro gression from civilisation—is indeed to revert to the ancient and rude system of barter, admitting of no modification Aris ing from circumstat ices as they exist in this nation. That the gold equivalent cm rency, proposed for the future to rule in this country, can on ly admit of a range of prices on the level of gold—namely, the continental level. It is only right, tb trefore, that Sir Robert Peel should show how in this country, prices are to be kept down, as he has publicly avowed he dwsigns they should be, to the level of gold, and the taxation incident to the National Debt is to be defrayed. It is right, toe, the Minister should show with what justice—until the National Debt is-paid off or extensively re duced—the Government of this country can confine the inter changes of the nation to a currency that has the effect of throwing so heavy a sum of taxation as that of the Excise and Customs on the industrious classes of the nation—an effect most unjust rnd oppressive to those classes, leading to the overstrained, because underpaid, employment of the fac tory and to the insufficient remuneration of agricultural labour. Till these objections are satisfactorily answered the Coin-' mittee of the Society for the Emancipation of Ifidustry'con-- cider it is due to theageicultural, inanufactufing, and indus trial classes of this country that the - Bill- now before Parlia ment should be, stayed. - Delay would not interfere with the proper notice to the Rank of England, and, if there be rea son or truth in the objections now advanced, they ought to be submitted, to the consideration of a Committee of the House of Commons, -when the Committee of this Society would be ready to find parties willing and capable of proving what is here alleged. With these views, the Committee trust you will be in duced to take such a course as will have the effect of ascer taining the truth or error of the averments made ;—if true, they shotdd have art important effect in the regulation of the currency; if untrue, it is important fur the quiet and satis faction of the nation P and the industri ous c l asses gene rally, that these rapidly extending opinions should be disproved.- 1 have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Chairman. 22; Parliament-street, July 3, 1844. POLAND. THE LATE THOMAS CAMPBELL. THE COMMITTEE OF THE POLISH EMIGRATION IN LONDON TO THE COUNCIL OF THE LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND. 38, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square, London, June 25. My Lords and Gentlemen,—Poland has lately lost several of her most devoted friends in this country, and that Zeds has now been increasedby the death of the distinguished poet, Thomas Campbell, one of the members of your Association. It is with the most painful feelings that we have received the intelligence of that sad bereavement which has afflicted the hearts of all our countrymen. Mr. Campbell was one of the oldest friends and warmest advocates of the cause of our country. His noble sympathy with her misfortunes begun when he began to think, and ended but in the grave. A youthful bard, he bewailed the fate of Poland, and in the most sublime lines he gave to the world "the bloodiest pic ture in the book •of time," when " Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ;" and to the Poles he gave the consoling " Pleasures of Hope." _ _ _ When the recent efforts of the Poles to regain the inde ppdmice of their country proved unsuccessful—when she bcca - me anew a " victim of the tyrant's rage," and when her sons were forced to seek an asylum in foreign lands, Mr. Campbell stepped forward as an old friend of our father-land, became one of the first. founders of the Literary Association of the. Friends of Poland, and devoted his talents and his means to the promotion of the cause, of which he was a faithful defender. His ardent wish was to see the triumph of the -cause— " Come but the day when Poland's fight is won, And on my grave-stone shine the morrow's sun." Such were his sentiments. Providence has not allowed him to see that day. He has departed this life, carr-ying with him to the grave the affection of the Poles, who will pre serve his memory, and will bequeath it to posterity.—We have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentlemen, - your most obedient servants, L. JABLONSKI, President. COUNT M. GRABOWSKI. T. OLIZARO.WSKI. . V. P.' KUIErNSKI. John Terlecki, Secretary. , s Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, Sussex-chambers, Duke-street, St. Jatnes's, July 3. Gentlemen,—We are anxious, before the tomb closes on the remains of our mutual friend, to express our unfeigned regret at the loss we have sustained in th e d ea th of - Mr.. Thomas Campbell, and to testify our admiration for his ta lents, and respect for his memory. This sad event has deprived us of a venerated and much esteemed colleague, and the Polish refugees of an ardent and zealous advocate. And though this proffered testimony of respect to a de parted genius is unavailing —though praise can no longer strike the ear of him who unfortunately is no more—still it is a melancholy gratification to recal to remembrance his strenuous exertions on behalf of a people distinguished for their patriotism, and the indomitable courage they have uni formly displayed in re-asserting their national independence against the northern despot and his brother-spoliators. Our lamented friend, as is well known, was early imbued with a sense of Poland's wrongs. The conflicts which she has been forced to sustain in fighting for her rights and liber ties, against a conspiracy of odious tyrants, fired his youthful temperament, and roused his just indignation. How pathetic and soul-stirring are those inspiring hues from that celebrated poem, which will give perpetuity to the memory of his taste and genius : "Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell, And freedom shrieked, as Kosciusko fell! " Nor did Mr. Campbell content himself with a mere ab stract feeling of sympathy for the friendless and destit u t e Poles. No, his purse was open to them -with a liberality far more hraccordance with his generous nature than with the extent of his means ; and early in the year 1832, in conj unction with the Polish poet Niemcewicz and the celebrated Prince Czartoryski, he founded this Association for the pur pose of diffusing and keeping alive in the public mind a lively interest for ill-fated Poland. His pathetic, eloquent, and fervid address to our countrymen, throughout the empire, as our'first President, on behalf of that unfortunate country, was eminently effective and successful. By imparting a know ledge of the objects of the parent Society, he conciliated much powerful support from men of all parties in the State. It will be needless to dwell further on the merits of a man so universally known and beloved as- Mr. Campbell. This brief allusion•to his beneficial labours for Poland, will suffice to record our opinion of his virtues, and our sorrow for the loss of a colleague, whose bright name sheds so much lustre on our Association. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your very obedient servants, (On behalf of the Association), ' DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, Vice-President. CHARLES SZULCZEWSKT, Resident Sec. To the Executors of the late Thomas Campbell, Esq. . WooLwicn, JULY 3.—lt has now been decided that a body of the metropolitan police force shall be ap. pointed to di) duty in the Royal Arsenal, and they are ex pected to commence to-morrow. The present gate-keepers received notice last evening that their services would not be requred in that capacity in future. FURNITURE BROKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —The fifth anniversary dinner of this Society took place on Tuesday evening, at the Canonbury Tavern, Islington, J. Shuttleworth, Esq., in the chair, supported by Messrs. Toplis, Price, Stranscw, 'Phillips, and other distinguished members of the profession. The object of the Institution is to relieve aged and decayed tradesmen in the - above branch, who have become reduced through misfortune in business, by gifts of 15/. annually. From the report read,_ it-appeared that the funds of the Institution are in a very prosperous Condition, nearly 1,000/. being already i nves t e d i n the funds. After the cloth was removed, and the usual loyal toasts had been dis posed of, the Chairman proposed ‘f Prosperity to the Furni ture Brokers' Benevolent Institution," which-was -responded to with great enthusiasm. Mr. Winter, thefonnderof this charity, was prevented from being -present by sevgre position. • • SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 01' THE:CON DITION OP THE LABOURING CLASSES.-41IS Royal Highness Prince Albert has been graciously pleased to accept the office of President of the Society for the Improvement of the Con dition of the . LabouringCia.sses, 'which has alregdEbeen tioniod by the'Queen and the Queen IhWag-er- TT 1N • .. - ' 7 - S ' " • '''' ~...........•••••,....e .................-0.0. COURT •CIRCU- Ack- .„:7-,,...: —.--, The Queen and Prince Albert walket .340341ty.- - :Wk* ,r •'-• in the royal gardens of Buckingham •.la6e,` - xjitai4o , - 7z:.::. 1 s Highness Prince Albert after Wards rod 0 il‘ Adstifell - ..PE',.. / attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry i ' - - ' -1--- c- - - ' - ',/ 4? ". ,•••-_,; • -.• dt Her Majesty and his Royal Highness ' • ( e:Alb / Sir George Hayter the honour to inspect' leiliniverilE. ,r o: ,„%`--- gress, representing the Christening of 11i3 Iftryhiv liiA4ns N the Prince of Wales in . St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The Royal Family were taking airings yesterday in the royal gardens of Bucki ng h am P alace. .. The Queen had a dinn er p a rty y c a terday at Buckingham Palace. - The company consisted of her Royal Highnes:4' the Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Mike - zed Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Buceleach, the Mar quis of Granby, the Earl of Liverpool, the Countess of We§t l moreland, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, Viscount add Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, 'Baroness lihrefeldt; Sir Martin Areher'Shee, and Baron Knesebeck. - The band of the Grenadier Guards attended at. the Palace during &Mier, and performed the following pieces : ~. Pas redouble Cujus animam (Stabat Mater) Rossini. • Quadrille, " Mazagran" Bousquet. Selection, "Alma" - ' Costa- * '-..:* Polka, "Heitzer Sien" - • -Labitzky,.. -, The BitUd was conducted by Mr. Creaton. • - Her Majesty afterwards gave a Concert, -which was per formed in the Grand Saloon. The Picture Gallery,'Green Drawing-room, and other State apartments, were opened for the reception.of.the visitors. The company began to arrive at half-past nine o'clock, and soon after, her Maje Sty and Prince Albert,..conducted liy the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, and accom panied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucestbr and the Duke and DUchess of Cambridge entered the Gralid Saloon. The performance then commenced. The following had the honour of receiving invitations DCt s—Wellington, Somerset, Stitherland. Ducitito ' ' E s — Sutherland, Somerset. L m AR ,,,, ta. —Lori:, Exeter, Ailesbnry, Dou r o. iii itcinoNEss. „s—Ailesbury,Tieter, Douro. • .y . olkestone, JocilYn• Coul.rrEss—Delay. err • VlSCOUNTS—clirden, VlscouNTEs9--FolkeStol;s l * LORDS—Blantyre, Ravenow,Prth. LADlES—Dowager Lytteltog, Dover, Blantyre, Ravens worth, Elizabeth Leveson Gower,- Caroline Leveson Gower, Mary Sackville West, Wheatley,'Seymour, Peel. RIGHT HONOURABLE—Sir Robert Peel. . HormunAßLEs,-Caroline Lyttelton, Mrs.. G. E. Anson, General Upton, Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. . ; Sins---Henry Wheatley, George Seymour. MR.—George Edward Anson. MissEs—Wheatley (two), Seymour (two). The following was the programme of the concert ; PARTE PRIMA. Trio—" Pensa e guards," Herr Staudigl, Signori Fornasari, e Lablache (Margerita d'Anjou)—Mayerbeer. Duo." perdona," Madame Persiani e Sig. Salvi (Cle menza di Tito)-..Mozart. Aria—" Havvi un Dio," Madime Grisi (Maria di Bohan;--. Donizett i. Trio—"Ei si niega," Sig.. Mario, Fornasari, e Lablache (Dus Carlos)—Costa. Ronianza—" Pin the -non ama un angelo," Sig. Moriani— Donizetti. Sestetto--" Sala 501 a .," Mesdames Grisi, Persiani, e CaStellan, Sign. Mario, Staudigl, e Lablache (Don Juan)—Mozart. ,PARTE SECONDA. • Quel sepolero," Made. Castellan e Fornasari (Agnese) —Pacr. Cantata—" Euridice;" Made. Persiitni (Orfeo)-:—Pergolesi. Quartetto—"ltataplan," Sigri. 311oriaui, Salvi, Staudiglt e Lablache--Donizetti. Air—" Robert toi que rahne," Madame Castellan (Robert le Diable),--Meyerbeer. _ Trio—'",Pertida ‘ClorV Mesdames Grisi, Persiani, e Castellin —Cherubini. Preghiera—" Dal tuo 'stellato soglio," Tutti (Mose)— Rossini. - M. Costa presided at the Pianoforte. Refreshments ,were served to the company during the evening. Colonel BPArthur and Mr.Crawfurd had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Baron de Nieumann, Austrian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. FUNERAL OF THE LATE. THOMAS CAMPBELL. • (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) • ,The public were admitted into the Abbey at the entrance at Poets'-corner, and took their stations behind the spiked railings used for_keeping the body of the church clear. There were many persons, however, in the recesses called, we be lieve, "Nunneries," which surround I'oets'-corner, and from that elevation they commanded an excellent view of the funeral ceremony. IV had been expected that the great western - gates - would be opened, and the funeral enter the cathedral through them, and proceed up the nave, as was the case at the funeral of Mr. Canning. The precedent of that ceremonial was not, however, followed, and in consequence a good deal of dissatisfaction was expressed by a large assem blage of persons who were waiting on the outside of the western gates, and who were obliged to hurry round at full speed to get in at Pocts'-corner, after the procession had began to move from the Jerusalem Chamber, to be in time to see arid hear the interment and the service of the church. It was nearly twelve o'clock when the procession left the room in which the coffin had been placed, and the gentle men in the Jerusalem Chamber fell into order, and followed; and here some little confusion occurred by a large party who were in the Jerusalem Chamber not being immediately aware that the coffin was already on its way to the grave. The procession having formed, passed through a door opening from the rooms adjoining the Jerusalem Chamber into the south aisle, and along it to Poets'-corner, which, as is gene rally known, is in the south t ransep t of the Abbey. The following was the order of the procession : The Rev. Mr. Millman, the officiating Minister. The coffin, covered with a' large black pall, supported by The Duke of Argyll - Lord Morpeth Lord Brougham Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart Lord. Aberdeen Lord Leigh, and Lord Campbell Sir R. Peel Lord Stramgford all of whom wore scarves and hatbands. The Chief Mourners : Mr. Alexander Campbell ; Mr. Whiss (nephews of the de ceased) in crape scarves and hatbands. The Executors : Dr. Beattie and Mr. W. Moxon. Mr. J. Richardson, Mr. W. Ayrton, the Rev. C. J. Hassells, and Mr. E. Bloxon, wearing silk scarves and hatbands ; and atter these the great body of the mourners, walking two- and two, amongst whom we observed : Sir J. C. Ilobhouse ' Bart., M.P.; Sir J. Hanmer, Bart., M.P. ; Major-General Sir J. Macdonald, K.C.8.; Sir P. F. Shelley, Bart. ; the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P. ; R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P. ; B. D'lsraeli, Esq., M.P.; the Right Hon. R. Shed, M.P. ; Emerson Tennent, Esq. ; M.P. ; R. Chistopher, Esq., M.P. ; J. G. Lockhart, Esq., &c. A deputation from the Literary Asl2siation of Poland, of which the deceased poet was the foun-, was also present, consist ing of the Chevalier B. de Wreicinski, Colonel Teye rmer , Captain Kleceryneski, M. Kizmean, 111. Olizarowski, and Count Grabowski ;.one of whom carried a small portion of earth from the grave, of Kosciusko, near Cracow, which was cast into the grave of Mr. Campbell, and will mingle with the dust with which he is covered. The coffin, pall-bearers, and mourners having arrived at the grave, which is nearly in the centre of Poets'-corner,"and within a few yards of the tomb of Addison, the Rev. Mr. Milman read the service in a very impressive manner. At the conclusion. of the epistle, the coffin having been lowered into the grave, the dead march in Saul was played by Mr. Turle, the organist of the Abbey, after which the remaining portion of the service was read, and the last mournful office having been concluded,. the mourners retired, some through the cloisters, and others through the door leading to the Jerusalem Chamber, and thence to Dean's-yard. The whole was conducted with the solemnity and decorum the occasion required. THE CARLTON CLUB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR,—You have lent the authority of your Columni to a paragraph, copied from a paper of limited circula tion, stating that " the Carlton Club intends speedily to dissolve, for the purpose of reconstructing itself, to the exclusion of the member (supposed to be Mr. D'lsraeli) who reported a private meeting f or th e Times last week.', I beg to inform you that the Carlton Club has no in tention to dissolve, and I believe I may add, that no member of that Club w ith w h om M r . D Israeli has ,the honour to be aequainted ever " su pp ose d" f or d moment that the report of the proceedings to which-.you refer emanated, directly or indirectly, from him. Whether that meagre and inaccurate account were furnished you by an individual present at the meeting, or whether de`ils which the same day were generally and unreservedly discussed in.various societies, reached you eventually, as usually is the case, through the me dium of many recipients, are questions on which I need not now dwell. I must, however, protest against the dis tinction which the paragraph 'you quote attempts to establish between club meetings :and meetings held at clubs. The question is, Wasthe.mecting a private one ? It was. The report of its propeedings by any person present was an act of gross impropriety—about as flag rant as the impertinence which, 'without a shadow of foundation, presumes to impute its perpetration to Your faithful servant, B. DISRAELI. G rosve nor-gate, Park-lane, July 2. 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