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.. proparing for publication, under the sanction of h's Family and Executors, with original documents, THE LIFE of W. BECKFORD, ESQ., OF FONTIIILL ABBEY, AUTHOR OF . " VATHEK." *,• Ali communications relative to the above work are requested be be made to Henry G. Bohn, York-street, Covent-garden, who, a it t 'iough not the publisher, is :he only perscn authorised to receive the sahle• Now ready, six vols. in one, complete for i 3 Gd. bound, I.7GENf!: SITE'S MATILDA. Translated by JLA H. W. HERBERT, Author of " The Brothers," " Cromwell," &e.—" A work of absorbing interest." Wiley and Putnam, 6, Waterloo-place ; and all libraries and booksellers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. : Signor PUZ Z I respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscrillers to th e opera, his Friends, and the Public. that HI • R EN 1 , ,k I' r will take place THIS EVENING JULY 11, 0 s which ocoasion will be presented (for the Fast. Time these Three Years), Donizetti's celebrated . Opera, ANNA BOLENA. Henry VIII., Lablaehe ; Percy, Sig. Moriani ; Rochfort, A. Giubilei ; Smeaton, Favanti ; Anna Rol , na, Mad me Grisi ; Jane Seymour, -ignore Giuseppina Ro , etti (from the Italian Opera at Vienna, her tirst appearance in London). After the Opera, Sig,' or Puzzi will perform a Solo on the Flora. After .vhich, a DIVERTISSEMENT," in which will be intro d‘.L,•eed a new Pas de Deux by Mdlie. Fanny- Elssler and M. St. l'as de Deux by Mdlles. Midler and Plunkett, and the ,„•tre, ited Spanish Vance La Saragossa," by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler, . . . To be followed by the Second Act of GUILLAUME TELL. Matilde, Machine Persiatii ; Arnold Sig. Mario; Welter, Sig. F. Lablache ; and Guiraume Tell, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with a Divertissement, entitled LA VIV AN DIERE, otr vlucing the Redowa or Original Polk.i of Hungary, by Mdllc. Xerito and M. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be m i 14 to Sfior 34, Jermyn-street. St. James's, and the Box.olice, Opera . o ironade. Doors open at Seven. The o,,era will commence at Half .past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LES EE. THIS EVENING, JULY li, Will be repeated the Prize Comedy of QUID PRO QUO; or, THE DAY OF DUPES. With a Prologue sp3ken by Mr. Webster. Earl Munition, Mr. Stuart; Lord Etellainont, Mrs. Nisbett ; tuon. Mr. Strickland; Hin y, Mr. H. 11011; Captain Jeremy Sippett. Buckstone; Sir George Mordent, Mr W. F3rren ; iinsdom, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Mary Rivers, Miss Countess of IL ,Mrs. Grigson, Mrs. Glover; Bndget rim, Mrs. Julia Rennet; .HAfter the Comedy • fr. John Parry will sing Fayre Rocamonde." After which, will bt repeated a New Farce, entitled THE MIL LINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. duckstone ; Mr. Fennywig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; .Mss Potts, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka. Philli pot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polka. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, :Ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, -es.; Upper illery, It. Half-price—Boxes, _3B. ; Pit, 21.; Gallery. Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past lax, and the Performances commence at Seven. rickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Archer, st the Box crEcc, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STli FEZ I.F.SSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 11. Will be performed GWYNNE CH VAUGHAN. Owen \YR lams, Mr. Fitzjames ; Hugh Morgan, Mr. Wright; Gwynneth 'Vaughan, Mrs. Su ling. .After which, a New Drama, called BLANCHE DE VALMY Colonel Chatillon. Mr. Granby ; Franval, Mr. Walton ; Hilare, Mr. W. Lacy; Blanche de Valnrr, Madame Eugenie Prosper. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Ahanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Miso E. Stan Ly. nyEA rag ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA- Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, JULY 11, Will be produced a New Drama, entitled MARTIN C HUZZLE WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, r. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, St inton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For. e t •setic, Miss Woolvar, Mrs. A. Wigan; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss ( ;,,,ye, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. f. eeley. T., be toliowed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKAMANIA• ch am .ters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss w no l ga , - , and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE 110- MEN TO 1.),..1 Q UESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. ASTLEY 'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF A RT S. Prrorietor and Manager. Mr. BATTY. sp;.ENDID JUVENILE FETES. Groat Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and 14. w %Mary Ch anel Naval Spectacle. THLS EVENING, JULY 11, Will be repeated an eatire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments. *c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Nam y. Feast of i 5() Lanterns. After which, a graceful and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY & L COTILLION OF FRANCIS THE FISS ; or, the Beauties of the Louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs. Batty. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary Feats of liorsoman..hip by Monsieur 1.401.1iR Tournaire, S g. German', Herr Tiesl) ac k , La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c.; with Mr. It, Smith's highly trained Steeds. ro conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE.CHASE; or, Eng land's Harvest Home. The doors will open nightly at six o'cloc,t, and the i Q.rlormances commence at seven. Box-othee opened daily .from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated wi. n care and splendour. Acting and stage-mrnager, Mr. W. D.llroadfoot. DA. 'I.I)I4E'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JULY H, Will be rerfonrecf an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducmg Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA. RAC r ; or, The Enchanter's Spell. After which, a Lilliputian Ballet, entitled Napoleon's Gene rwity," in which the Brockstent Family—three German Lilliputians, only 3l 12, and fit; inches in height—will perform. To conclude with a New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN, in which Messrs Hudson Kirby, Hicks, Neville, Vale, Heslop, Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss Furey, and Mrs. R. Honner will perform Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, frei, Eleven 'o Four. _ _ ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, tie amateur, the casual observer al .! all struck wills its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delinea tim:. and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only a: a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Men lays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, ,are upon .i scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail . in d u ing juitice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fe..trful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same ti me s t , beautifully blcnded with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic A tt , (ha; delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who night. y crowd the Gardens hail it ith acclamations, and admit that Southt,y, the Unrivalled Pyrotechn w ist, has achieved a matchless iumph. The Garden: and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and comOining so many and interesting restores, are by far the most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis. ceding of,the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admitt trice, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILL). IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAI or,EoN MU SEVM, the most magnificent and extensive Coll3ction of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, r.t a cost of 110,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, hi the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pan history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR N.kPOLEON, In 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal FainEy, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an t their Ladles, Jilso, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro p, *etor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine •tres, &e., his previous almost incredible number and variety of usB. Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relic', and other mr :os.ties, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it u , s h;- to be, at. National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, And T7-IIeTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stared that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of adinis • lion is redoced to ONE SHILLING. The N.WOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the '• Egyptian Plecaollly. daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JtiLY 10. rHEILMOMBTE R,' Lowest, 55; Highest, 71: Noon, 67. 1 3. e ROMETER, 30.02.77W1ND, W. NerrE.—The number 32 on thq Thermometer denotes the freezing point. inul 55 temperate. In Barometets fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WWI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TILTS DAY. ,ponrning Z 45 /ninnies after 10 Evening 11 minutes after 11, s cil," A V ...• , .„... . s o, A - U . • All 4 ...,,,„,. / ....;,1 ,44., ..,., . „ @ --. 7-1:..--- ) ...-..., ... , , , ...t. 47. .1 . .... „ , .. 4 . • 1.. , i0 , f,,, „, , ;;' " Alb ~ ~.:,,,,, i;\ :1.1-11s giiiii - Vol +.0,: rz. .... , ,, ri . :12: , 4 ,.,, ! ,., ..„,, , 2,, t ,,.., , , i6 ,,, ' 4 ,- •AOIT ~, 11, 400 .. -5...,. OS* inimulta LONDOIA , THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1844. In the House of Lords the pleadings in the writ of error relative to the Irish State Trials, were brought to a close a lit tI before three o'clock, and their Lordships adjourn 4 till this day, when the Judges w ill deliver their of inion, and the appeal be finally decided- The Commons met at twelve o'clock, and went into Committee on the ;:ioint-stock Companies Regis tration and Regulation Dill. A number of clauses were adopted, and the Bill was ordered to be re committed on Friday. .1. brief conversation took place between Sir C. Nap: ER and Sir G. COCKBURN relative to the state of the navy, but it led to no result. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked whether any arrange ments had been made for giving judgment in the, Irish State Trials this session. The SoLI.'•ITOR-GExrIAL said he knew nothing of the impression . made on the minds of the Judges by the arguments, and he could give no information about the final decision. The Field Gardens Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday. The Court of Arches Bill was rejected by a. majority of 30 to 17. On the order of the day being read for the com mittal of the Gambling on Race Course Bill, Mr. CIIRISTIE moved that CHARLES J. RUSSELL be heard at the bar against the,Bill. The motion was rejected by a majority of 30 to 14. Mr. CHRISTIE then movel that the Bill be com mitted that day three months. A lengthened conversation—for it could not be called a debate—ensued, which may be interesting to gamblers. After a division the Bill went through Committee. The House resumed. The report to be brought up this day. The Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill went through Committee. To he reported this day. The House was then counted out. a The Dublin Pilot gives an account of the present condition of Toryism in Ireland, which is anything but encouraging to the professors of that egregious political faith. " The once Orange north," says our Contemporary, " has hardly made a manifestation on its favourite anniversary. The Conservative Society is dissolved, Tri fact, instead of a stimulated Tory agitation at present, never was there a time when Toryism was so divided, so doubtful in its adherence, or when so many of its best spirits were hanging loose, or totally estranged from the craft. The causes of this are fully as important as the fact itself. Every day the Protestants are suffer ing in common with the Catholics from the neglect and injustice done the country, and the deterioration consequent on both; and they have at length begun, with their Catholic brethren, to discover the cause. The Repeal agita tion, therefore, is now looked upon by almost all Protestants with indulgence ; by many with approval, as at least preventing the total neglect of Ireland; and by some, and these not a few, with cordial con currence." The cold, distrustful, and desponding tone adopted by the majority of the Irish Tory journals for some time past, warrants the belief that there is much truth in the above remarks of our Dublin Con temporary. But not only in the sister country is genuine Toryism in a state of all but complete paralysis; here, in England, it is at an equally low ebb, dissatisfied with the present, doubtful of the future, having no faith in the sincerity of the Go vernment, none in the sympathies of the people, and scarcely any even in itself. Even in its mitigated shape of Conservatism, it is utterly without boldness and confidence, and being compelled from the pres sure of inexorable necessity to give in its adhesion to a chief on whom it places little or no reliance—know ing well that he will send it to the right-about the first convenient opportunity—it is filled with all sorts of gloomy forebodings, and in sullen resignation awaits the hour that shall see it numbered among the things that once were. We rejoice at the contemplation of this inevitable issue, for none can deny that modern Toryism, or Conservatism—or whatever other alias it may please to assume—is at best but a shuffling political creed—a sophism, not a truth—a shallow make-believe, that has not even the sorry virtue of ingenuity to recommend it. The Conservatives have been often asked the question what it is they propose to conserve, but they have never yet been able to give any satisfactory answer. Moreover, when questioned about their principles they have been equally at a loss for a reply ; and no wonder, for their conduct during the three last sessions—more especially during the present one—clearly shows that principle has never once entered into their calculations, but that they have been influenced in their speeches and votes solely by the consideration of what was most likely to accord with the views of their imperious task-master, Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is a humiliating fact that though the Tories, or Conser vatives, as they prefer calling themselves, have more than once ventured to show something like a spirit of independence, and even to array themselves in hosti lity to the Pre bier, yet every effort they have made has had no other effect than to rivet his chains still closer upon them, and place them more completely within his power. At the present moment they are in the most abject state of political thraldom, with out, apparently, the slightest prospect of their being able to emancipate themselves ; nor is there one servant in his establishment over whom Sir Ito- BERT PEEL exercises so undisputed a mastery as he does just now—and we suspect, will long continue to do—over the Conservatives. And these degenerate creatures, who dare not call even their thoughts their own, once constituted the power ful, energetic, tyrannical Tory party—that party of which the Premier was for upwards of twenty years of his life the pliant, submissive tool ! Verily the tables are turned now. He who was once the slave is become the master ; and they who once laid down the law to him, are now content, humbly and obse quiously, to receive the law from him. How long this state of things is to continue—how long a Minister who, laughing at the idea of political principle, takes expediency as his sole guide of action, is to be permitted to govern the country through the agency of a party as devoid of political principle as himself, it is impossible to say ; but if we may judge from the signs of the times which are daily developing themselves with more significance, we should say that England—as Ireland has long been— is beginning to be heartily sick of the domina tion of Sir ROBERT PEEL and his sycophantic Conservatives, and is anxious to ,be governed ley Ministry that can rightly appreciate the character of the age ; that is, not too proud, or too timid, or too hedged in by party prejudices, to place a manly reliance on the people ; that knows how to act with energy and decision at the fitting season, that prefers to move forward rather than to retrograde ; and, above all, that repudiates the expediency system of action, and legislates solely in accordance with principle. The Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords on Tuesday, announced their decision on the in• teresting and important claim of Sir AUGUSTUS D'EsTE to the title and honours of the Dukedom of Sussex. The Committee was very fully attended, and, upon the answers of the Judges, as delivered by Lord Chief Justice TINDAL, to the case referred to those learned functionaries by the Committee, we lament to find that the latter have determined " that the claim of Sir AUGUSTUS ITESTE has not been made out." It will be in the recollection of our readers, that the gist of the question propounded for the opinion of the Judges, was this :—Evidence having been offered to the Lords of a marriage solemnised at Rome, in the year 1793, by an English priest, in holy orders, of the Church of England, according to the ritual of that Church, between A B, a son of hi 3 late Ma- jesty King GEORGE 111., and C D, a British subject, without the previous consent of his said MAJESTY, according to the requirements of the " Royal Mar riage Act" (12th Geo. 111., ,passed in 1772), would such evidence, if held to establish the fact of such marriage between, the parties in question, indepen dently of the provisions or enactments of 12th Geo. 111., be adequate to establish the validity of that marriage in a suit wherein the eldest son of A B claims, eo nomine, an estate in England by virtue of such mar riage ?—The Judges, admitting the rule of our Ecclesiastical Courts, as illustrated by the luminous judgments of Lord STOWELL, " that a marriage good according to the forms of the country wherein it is celebrated is good all over the world ;" and adverting to the important fact, that evidence had been given by qualified officers of the papal jurisdiction on ques tions of marriages, to establish the perfect legal vali dity in Rome, and throughout the limits of the Papacy, of the de facto marriage between A B and C D, re mark that " the rule of construction with regard to any statute is, that it shall be construed according to the intent of the Parliament which has passed it." Now, inasmuch as the intent of the Parliament of 1772, in'passing the Royal Marriage Act, is not any matter of doubt—inasmuch as that Parliament clearly aimed at prohibiting the marriages of any of the legiti mate descendants of GEORGE 111. without the Royal con sent previously obtained, and inasmuch as its enactments were, therefore, as binding on A B, as " al3ritish sub- ject," whether in Rome or any other foreign dominion, as if he were within the realm ; the Judges were unanimously of opinion that under the circumstances this had not been such a marriage as could enable the eldest son of AB to make a good title to lands or estate as heir to his father. It is remarkable that the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord BROUGHAM, Lord DENMAN, Lord CAMPBELL, and Lord. COTTENHAM in delivering their judgments seriatim, concurred unanimously in dismissipg the claim of Sir AUGUSTUS ; but each of these Learned Lords also concurs ecl in the sentiment that the most cruel wrong had bet inflicted on the parties before their bar by the Act in question. Under that statute there could be no doubt the marriage of his late Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX with Lady AUGUSTA MURRAY - was invalid. Of the de facto marriage between those eminent persons there could be as little doubt. Lord linouG Ham, in alluding to the cruel position of the cla'imant, justly said " the feelings of every one must revolt at the consideration of that wrong. It appeared to l lim to be of the highest jus tice, of the first claim, tif the slowest discharge of public duty, that Parlian ler it, which had such a law as that which had been lancler the consideration of their Lordships—a law whi t h ought never to have been made—that that Parliat nent should give some compensation, should make sot ne reparation, to those innocent parties who had been so injured by its ope ration." Lord CAMPBELL concurred" most fully in the re gret which had been expressed L that such a law was in existence. He thought suc h a law ought not to have been passed, and he con curred in the opinion that it ought to undergo s( ime modification. In these feelings and opinions a i t cordially. participate. When IY9 find the LOAD 1 OiIANCELLOR reminding the Committee that the marriage, in fact, was proved by evidence, of its having been celebrated by a law fully ordained clergyman of the Church of England, and that there was further evidence of the , mar riage being valid according to the law of Rome; and that Lord COTTENHAM'S opinion against the claim " was founded solely upon the Royal Marriage Act, for that was the only point which had been concluded before them," we are induced to press upon the attention of the public the urgent merits of a case in which the ap pellant is turned back upon a mere technicality. True, as Lord COTTENHAM observed, the Royal Marriage Act incapacitated the parties from con tracting a marriage except upon certain conditions." But we say that that Act was rnalum per se. It was denounced and protested against, at the time it was forced through the Legislature by the active and indecent canvassing of the Crown—as a cruel and impolitic and disabling statute—by some of the best and wisest men, and highest authorities in the country. It was a tyrannous control, devised and enforced beforehand, on the human affections as they might develope themselves in the existing, or the yet unborn, progeny of the Sovereign. The late Duke in invoking the sanction conferred upon his marriage with Lady AUGUrrA MURRAY, by the pre cepts of our religion and the ritual of our Church, not unreasonably assumed that he was pro tected and upheld by authority so solemn and so sacred, that it must override the enact ments of a vicious statute. No man, accordingly, ever took more pains to recognise, by repeated and spontaneous acknowledgements and declarations, the fact of his marriage; his own deep conviction of its legitimate and binding character; and his voluntary call upon, his family, his country, and the whole world, to observe these his so remarkable acts of con-. firmation. What course remained to a gentleman of high feeling and spirit and intelligence, like Sir AUGUSTUS D'ESTE, but to reclaim the legacy of the honours thus descended to him, and by such reclama tion to vindicate the honour of his mother, and the legitimacy of another connexion not less dear nor less immediate ? The documentary papers adduced, in his father's hand-writing, were like voices from the tomb, conveying injunctions which he could not, and ought not, to resist. He was bound to assert his position. He has done so, but necessarily at a vast expense in the collection of evidence and papers. In the amount of any such expense it is clear that he ought to be immediately reimbursed. We trust that so righteous ,a duty will not be neglected for a moment in the proper quarters. But the whole conduct and deportment of Sir A. D'EsTE, throughout the try ing and spirit-wounding abeyance in which his claim has been permitted to lie, and the •protracted period occupied in its formal preparation and trial, have been of a. character beyond all praise for their moderation, constancy, and patience. We have no de sire to institute painful comparisons by invidious reminiscences. But we should shrink from the dis charge of a public duty, if we forbore to eulogise the dignified forbearance with which Sir AUGUSTUS has lived to see the illegitimate issue of his Royal uncle ennobled, protected, and rewarded, by titles, and honours, and employments, not one of which was suffered to be diverted to his own distinguished person. In a later period of his career he has seen another paternal connexion, with no such previous claims of rank or ascertained position as his. Noble Mother, elevated to the higheitdignity with which the hand of the Sovereign can invest, in this country, a female brow —a tribute, probably, of affectionate respect for the station and character of his illustrious father. But seeing that, on the one hand, a disability purely, tecbnical, under a statute which ought never to have become law,—which. was tainted, in its origin, by personal pique and resentment in the Monarch at whose solicitation it was finally carried, — has defeated his claim, in its recent shape.;-and that on the other his own unsullied character, his virtues, his talents, and (we must repeat) the excellent bear ing he has shown throughout the long, but unobtru sive agitation of his rights, are calculated to impart a lustre to any dignities or honours to which the generous munificence of the Crown might be pleased to call him, in repairing a mere accidental deficiency of the proof. necessary to the legal. substantiation of his hereditary pretensions ;—we do earnestly hope that the grace and favour of tke QUEEN may yet be manifested to Sir AUGUSTUS 'TESTIS in a manner and to an extent which may fully and royally repair the present failure of his equitable claim. Certain we are that such an exercise of the royal prerogative would be hailed with signal gratification and sympathy by the private friends of the late claimant; and with unanimous approbation by the public. The friends of Sir ROBERT PEEL ought to use their best exertions to accelerate the termination of the present session. He is a species of " perishable commodity," which deteriorates rapidly in this warm weather. He will not " keep." If he be not speedily withdrawn from the corrupting moral atmosphere in which, as a public man, he seems to " live, and move, and have his being," we would not give many weeks' purchase for his official existence. Besides all the indications of premature weakliness which his Minis terial deportment has afforded for the last twelve months or so, some of the symptoms of organic dis ease, apparent in his Ministerial psychology, are be coming, almost daily, more and more aggravated, to the serious alarm of his friends. His overweening vanity has degenerated into a confirmed obstinacy. His obstinacy assumed, on the " Bank Charter Bill discussion, a character of discourteous recklessness; and his peevish impatience of opposition to that dis graceful measure vented itself in a sort of bullying discouragement of all hostile discussion on a measure which, of all others that had been introduced into the House of Commons since the commencement of her MAJESTY'S reign, most imperatively called for ear nest, ample, mature, and unfettered deliberation. To say the truth, the proximity and example of Sir J. GRAHAM appear to have communicated to the once most dulcet of Premiers not a little of the stubborn acerbity and arrogant reserve which characterised Sir JAMES'S responses in the House, as Home Secretary, until the recent untoward Post-office discoveries. These have so remarkably assuaged and moderated his tone, that we wonder, so much the more, at the authoritative manner of his leader's refusals on Mon day evening to answer some of the most important questions which were ever addressed, in a national assembly, to a Prime Minister. Yet, in truth, a House of Commons, which has twice. within little more than twice the same number of weeks, rescinded its own most solemn decisions at the simple dictation of that Minister, has little right to complain if this facility and obsequiousness have produced their natural effect upon him. Sir ROBERT PEEL, as we shall show, treats the solicitude of the House for informa tion, on questions of the deepest public interest, with a reserve savouring of the indifference of official irresponsibility. But the House had, in the first in stance, carefully supplied him with the justification for such conduct towards it. On Monday last Mr. SIIEIL asked the following questions :—The first, whether Lord ABERDEEN had received any answer from the French Government to his dispatch of the 28th of January, 1842, and if so, would there be any objection to lay that upon the table of the House ; the second, had the British Go vernment applied to the French Government for an exequatur for our Consul at Algiert; and the third, had England done anything amounting to a recogni tion of the French title to Algiers ? It is not necessary to insist, for one moment, on the vast political importance of any movements or events which may htsve,a probable tendency, though more or less remote, to iffea, prejudice, or come into actual collision with, our influence in the Mediterranean. This fact, we may assume, as not liable to be put, at any time, in question between any parties. The re ply of Sir ROBERT PEEL appears to us to be emi nently characteristic of the man—marked by a little plausibility, a little cunning, more inconsistency, and an utter absence of all true dignity. To exemplify this last objection, in the first place the British Premier says—" I shall feel it my duty to limit my reply merely to a statement of facts, because whatever passes here on the subject of Algiers becomes an immediate subject of discussion in the Chamber of Deputies." What a reason for withholding explanations or information from a distinguished Member of the British Parlia ment—that they may become the object of comment in the Legislative Assembly of some foreign country ! What an admirable reason for withholding from the " Grand Inquest of the Nation" the lights necessary to guide- its opinions--beeause they might -be -cora menteci on in Paris, by French Deputies ! But Sir TUB SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1644. ROBERT, though he cunningly intimates that " it is not consistent with his duty to encourage discussion of such matters," is too prone to commit an inconsis tency, not to depart from his preyhius declaration, "that he would confine himself to a statement of facts," by adding thereto at length a full comment upon, and explanation of them. He recurs to the Earl of ABERDEEN'S dispatch to cur Ambassador at Paris on the subject of the French possessions in Al giers. This dispatch had been quoted by M. GUIZOT in the Chamber of Deputies:— " The Comte Ste. Aulaire's version of Lord Aber deen's words was—' I was Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1830, and were I to go back to that time, I should have much to say respecting the occupation of Algiers by France, but I take affairs as they stand in 1841, and ns theyl have been loft by precedinc , Governments, and I look upon that occupation as a fait l' accempli against which I have no objection to make.' Lord Aberdeen, on seeing this published, wrote to our Ambassador, re questing him to explain to M. Guizot that this was not a correct report of his words. In that dispatch he says— ' I readily subscribe to the accuracy of that report, with the exception of, the last sentence, in which I said, not that I had no objection,' but that I had no observa tion' to make, and the context will show my meaning. What I said was the result of mature reflection. I felt that after ten years' acquiescence, observation would be useless, but it does not follow that I had no objection to make, although I did not express any.'" Sir ROBERT added the admission that our Consul- General at Tangiers was (so far from being under an exequatur from the French Government) with the Emperor of Monocco, acting upon instructions from this Government. But Sir ROBERT, more absolute than the Emperor of MOROCCO, insists on Parliament's confiding on the responsibility_ of his (Sir ROBERT's) Government : "I repeat that I think it much better to leave these matters to the responsible-Governments than to make them subjects of discussion in Parliament." The responsibility of a Government which has recorded its matchless titles to public confidence in its pro ceedings on the Factory Bill, the Sugar Duties Bill, and, above all, the Bank Charter Renewal Bill! What will the modesty of the Premier expect next from the subserviency of the Commons ? Sir CHARLES NAPIER then addressed some grave questions to the Premier; of theQo the mnct important were—" Was it true that Spain had consented to allow France to send troops into Morocco through Ceuta ? Was it the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to increase the naval force of the country ?" For what Sir CHARLES had said about the suspici ous aspect of the coincident hostilities of Spain and France with Morocco, the probable employment of the strong fortress of Ceuta, on the coast of Barbary, by permission of Spain, in advancing the operations oft he French armament, lately dispatched to that' coast (three sail of the line, a frigate, and four steamers), under the command of the Prince DE JOIN VILLE, and his sarcastic notice of thatyoung gentle man's pilot-seizing affair on, the waters of Mexico, w'e must refer to the Parliamentary Report. Sir ROBERT first schooled the gallant officer for attempting to get' up a discussion on our naval strength upon the second reading of the Railways Bill ; and he made this statement as to the main object of his questions: I venture to say that there never was a period when the power of this country to make a great naval demonstration was greater than at present, although the number of ships actually commissioned is small." Now Mr. C. WOOD, an important authority on di& point, and late Secretary to. the Admiralty, gave a very different account of our condition : " This present year there was an emergency also. Ships were to be sent to the coast of Africa, and what was our ability? We had three guard-shiPs and three line-of-battle ships ready. We were never, in fact, re duCed s , ) low as at present since 1835, when the Right Hon. Baronet was before in office." Hereupon the Premier waxed wroth ; declared Le' would not answer. Mr. WOOD'S observations; and, like a spoiled school-boy, complained that the Hon. Member did not use him fairly. Viscount PALMER. &Tom " thought the Prime Minister had no right to express surprise at questions being asked him about the amount and capabilities of our naval forces; nor did he think that the Government required previous notice to enable them to answer questions on a matter of so much importance." Sir ROBERT complained' that the Noble Lord did not "play fair ;" and he blustered about the "no answers he would have given" had there been due notice of such questions as had been put to him that night. Mr. C. WOOD and the Noble Viscount vindicated themselves from this child- ish imputation on their mOde of exercising one of the most undoubted rights, and discharging one of the most important duties of Members of Parliament , ; and Lord How icx asked, with an expression of stern surprise, "on what ground the Right Hon. Gentle man complained of unfair proceeding ?" And truly, after the hurrying, unfair, technicalities insisted on by the Premier in expediting his Bank Charter Re newal Bill, never did a complaint of unfairness come with a worse grace from any Minister; and never: were explanations less satisfactory on matters of vital concernment to the national honour and welfare so begrudgingly thrown at the heads of the Opposition than those of Monday night last. Madrid papers of the 2d inst. have been received. A general belief prevailed that a war with Morocco was inevitable, as s the Spanish Consuls had been ordered to withdraw, from the Morocco territory, if they did not obtain satisfaction within fifteen days, and it was not likely the EMPEROR would yield to a power so helpless as Spain. at is extremely probable, however, that the affair will be settled by the inter vention of other Powers. The four Ministers who had been summoned to Barcelona on important ness left that place on the sth for Madrid. General NARVAEZ remained with the Qui/Es. On the 2d the Three per Cents. were quoted at 26k for cash, and 261 at 60 days. The Fives at 20i at 52 days. . The French Government on Monday received dis patches from Marshal BUQEAUD, dated Ouchda, June 19, giving details of his proceedings at that place, and his return into the French territory. They add little, however, to the news conveyed by the telegraphic dispatch. It appears he wrote a letter to the Moorish chief, EL GUENAONI, previous to passing the fron tier. An evasive answer was returned, and after another ♦ain attempt at obtaining some more satisfac tory explanation, he proceeded to Ouchda, which he reached on the 18th of June. Upon this the Moorish chief and Ann.ZL-KADER retired with all their forces, the former to the interior, and the latter to make a razzia in a district to the south-east of Mascara. The Marshal had announced to the authorities of Morocco that he did not mean to keep Ouchda, nor declare war, and proinised to treat with them when they had made amends for the unjustifiable attack upon the French troops. • We are glad to find from these dis patches that the Marshal did not anticipate a war between the two countries. Accounts frAim Tangiers state that the French steamer Pluton arrived at that place. on the 23d of June with dis patches for the French Consul, and on the same day left for Oran, where she was to join the squadron of the Prince DE JOINVILLE• At the , moment of her departure from Tangiers the Consul-General of Eng land at that place was preparing to set out for La recite, Mogador, and Morocco. It was generally supposed that the journey of this agent related to the affair between Spain and Morocco, and that, at the same time, he proposed to recommend MuLEY• ADDER RAHMAN to employ all his authority to put an lend to the armed incursions of his subjects on the other side of the French frontier. The discussion on the affairs of Morocco, which was to have taken place in the Chamber of Peers on Monday had been postponed till Wednesday. The proceedings in the Chambers on Monday were desti tute, of interest. M. CHARLES LAFFITTE had been returned a fifth - time for Louviers by a great majo rity, his opponent, M.. DE FONTENAY, having only 6 votes, while he had 331. As he had withdrawn his offer for a branch line to Louviers, it was understood that he would be allowed to retain his seat. THE-BOURSE--MONDAY, JULY 8. First Highest Lowest Last price. Price. Price. Price. 3020 • -3025 French Five per,C3nts•• ‘... 122 15 .. 122 20 .• 122 10. .. 122 15 :1.12801 70 ::112801 70 .... 30 8 25 1 85 Laflitte Bank, 1,0000. Sharesll2o Bank efrhireeanteer-C.!.?...........30n " 5,000 f. SharessoBo .•5080 • ..5080 ..5080 Belgian Bank ..• •••: • •• • 680. .. 682 50 • • 680 •• 682 50. Belgian Fives, 1831 • 1840 • • 105; .. 1051 • • 1051 .• 1051 1842 •• • • .... 1081 .. 1081 •• 1081 108 i Spanish Threes, ex div...... 331 .. 331 •• 331 .. 331 Passive '. 51 .• 5i •• 5 1 •• 51 New Deferred.•.... 13 13 • • 13 • • 13 Old Deferred •. • ... 51 • • 5 1 ... 51• •• Nearlitan•• ••p•••• • • • • • • 99 .. 99 10 . 99 •• 99 10 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versaillei,L.B..• .• •• • . 247 50 .• 247 50 •• 246 25 .. 246 25 Rouen.• ....... ........... 997 50 .. 997 50 - 997 50 .. 997 50 Rouen to Havre.........• .. 766 25 .. 766 25•..765 .. 766 25 Orleans .. Sttasbnrg to Bale Avignon to Marseilles.• 766 25 .. 766 25 .. 766 25 • • 766 25 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THR ACCOUNT, 15TH JULY. Versailles,R.B.• 3BO .. 380 • • 377 50 .. • 377 50 247 50 .. 247 50 245 •• 246 25 Rouen •••• •• • • ••••• • • • • • 996 25 •• 996 25 992 50 • • 992 50 Rouen to.llp.vie 7Bb 765 , - -•• 763 76 '4l-763 75 Orleans 995 .. 996 25 .. 992 50 •. 992 50 Strasburg to Bale•• 238 75 .. 244 50 .. 238 75 .. 242 50 MONE 1r AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. 1 Business increased in the Consol market, as well as in , the English Funds generally. The latest bargains were at fully previous rates, viz., 981 to 99 for Consols ; and 99i to 4 for the Three per Cent. Annuities ; South Sea Stock was done at 1131 ex div. ; East India Bonds were 945. premium. • Spanish Stock . did not rally from the decline of the morning-, the , Five per Cents. being 224 1 ; and the Three pit. Cents. 33 to * ; Portuguese Converted were quiet at 451 ; Colombian -realised 13/ ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were 61 to The additional transactions in Railways Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 21 ; Chester and Holyhead, + ; Eastern Counties, 111 to 10; and Brighton, 31 discount ; Bristol and Exeter, 7 ;, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 111 ; Great Western, 501 to 51 ; Greenwich Preference, ; South Western, Eighths, 3i ; Croydon, 31 ; North Midland, half, 9* ; Norwich. and Brandon, 51 ; Trent Valley, 8 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1 to 1/- ; and Paris and Rouen, 18i pre mium. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 6 to 6,1 premium ; and Canada Company, ex dividend, 111 premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) * Cotton continued in steady demand at Liverpool yesterday, but the disposition to purchase was not so marked as last week. Prices were firm. Sales 4,000 bales, of which about 500 to exporters • 150 bales Egyptian sold at 6d. to 6#(1.; 150 Surat, at 2“. to 31d.; 300 Pernatn, at 5401. to 6d. ; and the rest, chiefly American, at 3d. to 51d. per lb.—A good business was done in shares':—Caledonian, 3i ' • Eastern Counties, 111 ; Grand Junction, 230 ; Ditto, Halves, 115; Great West ern, Halves, 80 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 115 ; London and Birmingham, 225 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 38 ; Ditto, Quarters, 261; Ditto and Brighton, 461; Midland Counties, 981; Ditto, Quarters, 24A ; North Midland, 100; South-Eastern, New, Ila ; Trent Valley, 10# ; Paris and Rouen, 39 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 2/. 2s. A return relative to the amount of money to be invested in the reduction of the. National Debt in the present quarter, has just been issued, and, as was anticipated, the sum to be so laid out was very nearly 600,000/. This must have an influence upon the value of Stock, and that, too, favourably, as the amount of what was called Floating Securities in the market is at present very small indeed. Accounts to Feb. 26 from New Zealand do not afford any news of.particular Impedance. The public securities have to-day been firm, and with rather more doing. 'Consols for immediate transfer have ,realised 98/ to 99, and for time the same. Exchequer Bills continue 'at 74 to 76 premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. haVe been at 101 i to 101#, the Reduced at 1021 to 102/1; and the Three per, Cents. at 99# to . 99#. Bank Stock 'has risen again, being 199 to 200. The foreign investments have been flat again; Spanish Actives'at 22k to 23, a decline of # to i per cent., and the Three per Cents. 33 to i. Mexican Bonds have been quiet at 354. Thienos Ayres are 351, and Brazilian 83. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain Gl. • In Railivay Shares there has been a good business doing; but in one or two instances the quotations are rather in favour of the btiyers. • 'MANCIIEsTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 9.—We have no particular alteration to report in, the state of our market to-day, exCept . that . North Midlands and Midland Counties are 2/. per share higher :—Manchester and Birtningham, , ssl niiin quarters ; Ditto 521 ex quarters ; Ditto Quarters, 31 preThium - ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, loa ; South- Eastern, 351. . CLOSING PRICES. • • BRITISH FUNDS. • Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 99%. Ditto Bonds ...... 91 pm. .3 per Cent, Cons . 3'4 per Cent. Red lO-2% Ditto New Annuities 97% New 3% per Cent. lOl% Ex. Bills , 1,000/. 74 pm New 5 per • • Ditto 5001. ..—..... ..... 76 pat. Long Annuities to expire . Ditto 74 pm . Jan 1560... • 12% Bank Stock for Acct.... 199% Oct. 1850 ! Consols for 0pg.... ...... 1.9 Jan. M 0..... l 2 :India Stock for Acct.... , FOREIGN FUNDS. • • Austrian, 5 per Cent Portuguese, 5 per Cent; • Belgian;s per Cent igitto 'New ........ Brazilian Bonds reisslan, 5 per Cent ... . Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent 35”, Russian, .5 per Cent Chllian, 6 per Cent Ditto, Metallic ........ Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1821., • ' • 'Ditto, 3 per Cent 3 4 • Cuba Bonds, (Iper Cent.... IDitto, Deferred - Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5, s,per cent — !Exchange- —f Meiican,s per Cent Ditto; 6 per Cent.;-1837 • • ;Dutch, 2}6 per Cent , 61% Prjuvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... .)Ditto, 5 per Cent -- - ' - - SHARES. Binninghain and GlOticester (100 paid) -97% Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid ' 77 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ' 4% Dublin and Cashel * 23¢ paid • Eastern Counties (23 paid) ' l2 . Ditto Registered (816 s liki'paid) I)itto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s • 4d. paid,Nw. 1 ' . I Great Western (75 paid) , 126 London and Brighton. (50 paid) - 463 ' 'Ldridon'and Gieenwich (121. 15s. 4d. paid) ..... • DiitoePreference or Privilege, .818 17s 2d paid 1934 Edinburgh and , Glasgow, 50 paid ..... • 6134 - " Ditto Quarter Shares (1236 paid) • Landrin and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) • ': Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) London-and Croydon (Trunk) I7 IA - North British, 2% paid ................. ..... ........ NOrth Midland (100 paid) .. ...... ... ...... . Di+ '.' Ditto Half Shares, 40 paid s 49% Norwich and Brandon, 2 paid 7 South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Ditto. 'Jew Shares (e 4 paid) ... ....... ... ..... . . Trent Valley, 2,pa.id.,.... lO Orleans, Tours,, and RoUrdeatx,l . paid .... ....... 'Paris and Rouen, 20 paid ' 38% SPORTING-IN TELLIGENCE: NEWSIAIt k pfti . REETING—ICESDAY. EIVMARKET.—MNSDA.Y NIGHT. Entryfor the 504 rlate : Lord Lonsdale's BlackdroP, 4 years—Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs—and Mr. Boyce's Coranna, 5 yrs. Town Plate for Three-yrs-old : Lord Exeter's Crosby, Lord W. Powlett's Falconer, and Duke of Bedford's-Glen.Fishie. ' ' None of the Stakes filled. ' There was not any betting this evening. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--TuEsDAY. LIVEnPOOL CUP. 7 to 1 agst Aristotle—taken 14 to 1 agst Pagan 10 to 1 agst The Era—taken 13 to 1 agst Yardley 11 to 1 agst. Red Deer—taken 17 to 1 agst Trueboy 4to 1 agst'Pompey 7 taken 17 to 1 agst Best of Three 11. to 1 aist Briti;h v Ytoman (17 to 1 akst Poor Soldier GOODWOOD STAKES. 6 to - I agst Franchise—takenlll to I agst Red Deer freely , 13 to Pagst The Currier [0 to I agst Croton Oil Nothing done on the St. Leger. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. •'WEDNESDAY AFTEnitoON,—A miserable day's sport was preceded by the sale of the late Mr. Thornhill'* two year olds and yearlings, - of•which the following were the prises TWO, TEAR OLDS. GS. B C by. Albemarle, out of Exotic, by Emilius 34 A 0 by Albemarle, out of Erica, by Emilius Attorney, brother to Apprentice, by Albemarle 13. f by Albemarle, out of - Eloisa, by Emilius 5O Bf by Emilius, out of St: Agatha, by St: Patrick 45 B f by Albemarle, out of Elphine, by Emilitts 55 Ch cby Etuilius, out of Vietoire, Perseus's dam 9l , •,• • YEARLDMS. • • ' Ito f (Sister to Euclid, Extempore, &c.) by Emilius 330 Br f (Sister to The Caster), by Emilius, out of Cast-a.side. • 61 Ch' f by Emilius, out of St. Colomb 3O 13 f (sister to Perseus) by Emilius, out of Victoria 20 B f by Emilius, out of [tint, by St. Patrick l5O - 13 f by Fimilius, out of Tarantella, by Tramp B f by Emilius, out of Variation Ch fby Emilius, out of Lantern Elecampane, br c, (brother to Mango, &c.), by • Emilius , ' Baby Emilius, out of Merganser, by Merchant 195 B c brother to E. 0. by Emilius, out of Ophelia l4O Bc•• by Emilius, out of Appolonia (Langollen's d) 115 B c by Albemarle, out of Emetic, by - Emilius 220 B c by Colwick, out of Peeress, by Priam - l3O The sale of Mr. Ford's horses was postponed until to-, morrow for want of time. The racing attracted but a small attendance, and may be described in half-a-dozen lines. The Town Plate of 501. ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst alb. Last mile and a dis. of B.C. Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie (Robinson) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Falconer Lord Exeter's Crosby ' 3 6 to 4 on Glen Fislue.—Falconer cut out the work at his best pace to within half a distance of ending, and was then passed by the favourite, who won easy by a length. Crosby a bad third. 50/. ; for three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st llb ; six and aged, 9st 51b. From the starting post of T.M.M. to the end of B.C. Mr. Boyce's Corranna, 5 yrs (Robinson) 1 Lord Lonsdale's Black Drop, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs .. 3 5 to 4 agst Corranna, and 5 to 4 agst Black Drop. Corranna made all the running, and won by five lengths. Lord Chesterfield's Dirce filly arrived this morning, for the Chesterfield Stakes. Arrivals.—Earls Verulam, Spencer, Albemarle (and Co.) Chesterfield ; Lords C. Manners, Godolphin, E. Russell, W. Powlett; Count Bathyany; Sir G. Houston; Honourables Capt. Rous, Capt. Spencer, G. Fitzroy, Col. Anson ; General and Mrs. Grosvenor ; Col. Peel ; Major IJdny ; Major Parlby; Messrs. Meyrick, R. Peel, S. Stanley, Newton, Batson, Payne, &c. &c. RECAPTURE OF THE HANNAH, . OF SYDNEY. A letter has been received at Lloyd's from the Ad miralty, containing the official documents relating to the re capture of the brigantine Hannah, of Sydney, of which the following is a copy " Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, " Nov. 14, 1843. " Sir,—l have to report the capture of the piratical brigan tine, the Hannah, by the harbour-master (Mr. Rough), aided by a detachment of the 80th Regiment, under the command of Ensign Wellinan, under the following circum stances :—On the 31st ult. it was reported by the police ma gistrate that he had issued warrants for the capture of \Villiam Ellis, and eight seamen, upon a charge of piracy, preferred by Mr. Horton, whom Ellis had forced to act as mate of the Hannah, which had been •seized by Ellis, whilst lying at the Chatham Islands, where Captain Bell had been put ashore, and the supercargo and a seaman who had been shot by Ellis, and were supposed to have been mortally wounded, had been landed at some place on the Southern Island. The schooner had then proceeded to New Zealand, and lastly to a small harbour in one of the Mercury Islands, :where she was at the time lying, and in tended proceeding to Torres Straits, on a piratical voyage. I desired Mr. Rough to engage the Ariel schooner, belonging to Messrs. Wright and Graham, who placed her at my dis posal, but she was lying with sails unbent and rigging un rove, without a crew. Notwithstanding, a crew were en gaged, the detachment shipped on board, with a month's provisions, at midnight set sail, and at two r. Mc., next day, 'were alongside the Hannah, and captured her without re sistance. The .prisoners Have been committed for trial at the next sessions, and the schooner has been detained for sailing under false papers. (Signed) " WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND." THE% tTE LAMENTABLE STEAM-BOAT LCCIDENT F? AX 3EIII.—C n Tuc s 'ay the inquiry, adjourned from Thursday last, was resumed before Mr. Carter, at the Ship Tavern, Fore-street, Lambeth, as to the death of Henry Tucker and:William Wright, who were drowned on the .evening of Sunday week, by their boat being run down by the Thunder Putney steamer. The inquiry was apip ad journed to Friday next. It is believed tl ere are yet twenty witnesees to be examined. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND putair Opinion. " Who rams may read." FOREIGN. The King of the French, accompanied by the Queen, her Royal Highness Madame Adelaide, and the Dukes de Ne mours and Montpensier, paid a - last visit to the Exhibition of National Industry on Saturday. His Majesty inspected mi nutely the machinery which he had not already examined. In the evening their Majesties received the Prussian Ambas sador, the Minister of Public Instruction, and Count de Montalivet. The Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leiningen arrived at the Palace of Lacken, the residence of the King of the Belgians, on the 3d instant, on their way to LOndon. Her Royal 'Highness was expected to leave Brussels on Sunday or Monday, and immediately after their departure the King and Queen of the Belgians are to leave for Neuilly. • A Cologne journal observes, that in consequence of the im pro+ed service of the steam-packets, letters are now only thirty-six hours on their way from London to Colognel The steamers Orenoque and envier are undergoing arrang ments at Toulon to receive on board a detachment of cavalry for Algeria. We learn from Auch that Mme. Lacoste, who is accused of having poisoned her husband, surrendered to prison on the 4th inst., and immediately underwent an interrogatory. Her trial is fixed for the 10th. On the 19th the same court of as size will try a person named Deffrances, on a charge of having murdered his son five years ago. The Droit states that Edouard Donon Cadot, who was ac quited a few days ago on the charge of having been an accom plice in the murder of his father, has returned to Pontoise. It is said that he will enter the office of one of the notaries .of that town as a clerk. A great part of the village of Vilaines, in the Nievre, was destroyed a few days ago by fire. The loss is estimated at $4,0001. • • - • The Havre Regatta, under the patronage of the Prince de Joinville, is to take place on the 28th and 29th of the pre sent month. There are to be six races each day, the prizes of which amount to 7,200 f. in money, and 500 f. in plate. Boats of every country will be permitted to contend. In April last," says the Presse," the daily number of Le gitimatist journals sent through the post-office did not amount to 10,000. They were thus divided I—Echo Francais, 22.30 ; France, 1,10; Gazette de France, 2,793; Nation, 485; and Quotidienne, 2,705 ; in all, 9,325." - The produce of stamps on printed papers amounted in 1843 to 4,616,007 f., viz., political journals 3,231,358 f., non political 398,918 f., and avertisements, placards, &c., 985,733 f. LAW AND POLICE. - ----- In the Rollsaiit an application was made to direct the Master to find how much money had been received by Alder man Gibbs from a certain property in the parish orSt. Ste phen's, Walbrook, which was bequeathed for charitable pur poses, to take an account of all that had been laid out by him for the benefit of the parish, and to make out what was due from or to Alderman Gibbs; also to make all due and just allowances. There was a motion tendering for a receiver, which it was proposed may be postponed till the account be made out by the Master. After a brief statement from coun sel, Lord Langdale said it would be more satisfactory to all parties that the accounts should be taken, and granted the order. In the Court of Exchequer, Mr. Taylor, an architect and surveyor, in Parliament-street, brought an action against the Southwark-bridge Company, to recover damages for injuries sustained in a fall, occasioned by the alleged negligence of the defendants. On the of November last, the plaintiff was waiting the steamer at the Southwark-bridge steam pier, when he fell against the combing of an open hatchway, and fell with his side upon the opposite ledge. He was lifted from the opening in an almost senseless condition by two gentlemen, the only persons present, and who had been alarmed at hearing a heavy groan. By the next boat be was removed to his father's at Westminster.. Here he was attended four days, during which time he suffered from col• lapse, fever, and various pains. The surgeon's bill amounted to 151. 11s. 6d. Verdict for plaintiff, damages, 40/. _ A summons was heard at Bow-street before Mr. Jardine against Mr. Henry Smith, landlord of the White Hart, Catherine-street, Strand, charging him with having kept his house open for the sale of beer, &c., at other hours than by law allowed, to wit, at fourteen minutes past twelve, on the morning of Sunday the 30th of June. After the policeman, F 39, had told his tale, Mr. John Coffin, an indendent gentleman, of Brighton, who was lodging at Mr. Smith's; Mr.. Joseph Woodward, solicitor, of No. 43, Gower-place ; and John Jenkins, the waiter, who had the care of the door, who all swore that no liquor was drawn after twelve o'clock, when the house was scrupulously cleared. Mr. Jardine, on such respectable evidence, could not hesitate on deciding against the policeman's testimony, and dismiss the summons. At Guildhall, George Hubble, one of the toll-takers at the Southwark-bridge, was summoned for assaulting Charles F. King, and detaining his hat, on Friday night. The corn plainat stated that he was a table-decker, and had been em ployed at Warrener's Tavern, at Erith, on Friday. He re turned, in charge of some valuable property, at night, to the Southwark-bridge pier, and it was placed in a truck. He thought he was entitled to go over the bridge in the truck free of expense, as the man who drew the truck paid a penny for himself, and twopence was paid for the truck. On coming within four yards of the gate this money was paid, but the tollman demanded another penny from the complainant. He refused to pay it, and alighted from the truck. This, how ever, did not satisfy the tollman, who seized his hat by way of distraint for the toll. Mr. Alderman Hooper said the Act allowed. the toll to be taken for " passing over" the bridge, and payment could not be enforced from a person who came up to the check for foot passengers, and then declined going over. He, therefore, ordered the tollman to restore the hat and pay the costs. COWAT-PASIXIONAMLB. The Duchess of Gloucester gives an evening party at Gloucester House, on Monday next, in honour of the visit of the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. The cards of invitation were issued on Tuesday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford have left Lon don for Hamburgh, by the General Steam Navigation Com pany's mail steam-ship Countess Lonsdale, Captain R. S. Stranack. The Earl and Countess De Grey and suite are expected to leave the Vice-regal Lodge, Dublin, on Wednesday next, for St. James's-square, vici Kingstown and Liverpool. MISCELLANEOUS. It appears there is no truth in the statement that the St. 'Vincent, 120, and the Camperdown, 104, are ordered to Gibraltar or Tangier. The crew of the Camperdown is to be turned over to the Queen, and the ship will be out of com mission. The St. Vincent has left Portsmouth, and it is un derstood will cruize in the chops of the channel. On Tuesday the half-yearly meeting of the Royal Humane Society was held in the office, Trafalgar-square, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington in the chair. The meeting was thinly attended. The minutes of previous meetings having been read and confirmed, it was announced that his Impe rial Majesty the Emperor of Russia and the King of Saxony had been elected honorary members of the Society. His Im perial Majesty, it appeared, was mainly instrumental in sav ing the life of an individual last season, who had well nigh been drowned in the Wilna. Of cases which had occurred since December last there had been 42, of these 39 had been successful through the assistance of the Society's exer tions—three unhappily were beyond recovery. Several medals were awarded, and the meeting separated. Two new churches are about to be built in Pimlico, one in the Belgrave-read, near Warwick-square, and the other near the Orange Tavern. A Correspondent of the Dublin Pilot says, the Government has spies in every Catholic chapel in the country. The police, it appears—the Catholic police--have been ordered to report everything said by the priests about repeal. Several of the police have been dismissed for refusing to become spies and informers. The annual festival of the Metropolitan Free Hospital took place on Tuesday at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, under the most favourable auspices. The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor took the chair. The Honorary Secre- tary, Mr. E. F. Chance, read the report, from which it appeared that the object contemplated by the benevolent founders of the hospital was to afford daily medical and sur gical' relief gratuitously to the helpless, friendless, and afflicted poor, without requiring from them a governor ' s letter of recommendation ; and, should the funds increase, to receive into the hospital all cases of emergency and severity. Nearly 10,000 persons. were relieved during the past year, and the committee had resolved from henceforth to open the institu tion for the reception of in-door patients, in firm reliance on the increased liberality of the public. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—There has been a considerable decrease in the number of deaths during the last week, the total being 871, while the average is 900. The deaths from small-pox are still nume rous-36, the average being 11; of these 27 had not been vaccinated ; and the deaths from scarlatina ex ceed the average by 18, the number for the last week being 58. The following is an analysis of the list of violent deaths :—Fracture or contusion, 5 cases, of which 2 were by falls and 1 by a carriage; burns, 2 cases ; poison, 3 cases (suicides) ; drowning, 3 cases, of which 2 were accidental, and 1 a suicide; hanging, 1 case (suicide) ; murder (by means not stated), 1 case ; and injury of a kind not described, 1 case. Total, 13 males and 5 females. The thermometer was highest on Monday, July 1-701, and lowest on Saturday, 51.2 degree. The quantity of rain fallen in inches was 1-28. THE BRAZILIAN TARIFF. It has been fully expected for some time past, that the conduct' of the British Government, in reference to the duties on foreign sugar and coffee, would tend to pro duce a strong feeling of hostility to the commerce of this country, and, probably give rise to a highly restrictive tariff of duties upon the leading articles of ma nufacture imported from it. These anticipations seem now about to be fulfilled ; and a copy of the tariff prepared by the Brazilian Government, but not yet officially promulgated, reached this town yesterday; having been brought to Brest by the French ship La Gloire, which sailed from Rio on the 10th of May. This tariff is to take effect from the expiration of the com mercial treaty with England, in the month of November next; and we learn, with more regret than surprise, that it will cause a very large increase in the duties on all the principal articles of export from this country. It is pretty generally known, that the duties levied on articles of British manufacture, at the present time, though nominally at a uniform rate of 15 per cent.. amount in reality to about 21 per cent. ad valorem ; but, by the tariff now proposed, the bulk of the ex ports from this country will be subjected to duties, varying from 30 to 60 per cent., ad valorem, which will, no doubt, have a very serious effect upon British commerce. For this result we have only to blame the restrictions which our own laws have placed upon the trade of Brazil, by prohibitory duties upon her staple articles of produce. That these prohibitory duties will be eventually abandoned, we feel quite sure ; but the_. mischief is, that the change will most probably come too late to influence the Brazilian Legislature ; and re laxations which, if they had been made twelve months ago, would have secured a treaty favourable to the com merce of this country, will not hereafter avail to induce a change in the policy of the Brazilian Government.— Manchester Guardian. The quantity of rain which fell at Yoker Lodge, five miles west of Glasgow, during the month of June, 1844, was 4 inches 10-40ths ; and in June, 1843, 2 inches 5-4ths.— The quantity of rain which fell at Craigward Cottage, Clack niantianshire, during the month of June, 1844, was 4 inches b-40ths ; and in June, 1843, 1 inch.—Glavow Courier. COURT CIRCUIAR. The Queen held a Privy Counci at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckighani Palace. I! was attended by his Royal Highness line Albert, Loll' Wharncliffe, the Lord President ; th Duke of Bile' clench, Lord Privy Seal ; the Duk of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief ; Sir Robert Pel, First Lord of the Treasury ; Earl of Aberdeen, Scretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Stanley, bcretary of Stat t e for the Colonies ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of Stae for the Home Department ; Earl of laddington, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Edward ZnatcOull, ,Par master of the Forces; Lord Granville lomersct, Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the ::arl of Liverpool, Lord Steward ; the Earl of Delawarr, Lord Chambe r lain ; the Earl of Jersey, Master of thellorse ; and the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole b Prince Albert. Her Majesty .in Council was pleaset to declare t he Right Hon. William Lord Heytesbury, Lieutenant G . e; neral and Governor-General of that pai of the Voile" Kingdom called Ireland. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of. the Council in Waiting. The Court was attended by the Marqu's of A n gles - o'f Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, th e Treasurer of the Household, and the Conptroller of w e household. The Earl of Morton and the Hon. Captain Hood wer e the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the Royal Gardens of 13iteki n r ham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace in an open p e l t' riage and four, at half-past four o'clock yesterday Pr e "; noon, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Wes Tb ter. elr Railway, escorted by a party of Light Cavalry. Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princ es s Alice followed in the next carriage, and the Viscount es - Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, the Maids of Honour, the c i Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting, the Hon. Cert 3l ; , Hood, Groom in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, EquerrYT, Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince "' bert, followed in two open carriages and four. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to th carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberl ei , l4 o the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stol e ' Prince Albert, and the Vice-Chamberlain. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and roll, 4 , Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and " tended by the Vicountess Jocelyn, Lady in Well arrived at the Castle at 25 minutes before six br this afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorts a party of the Royal Horse Guards, commanded by 3 '),',1 Honourable Charles Cust, from the Slough statie li : the Great Western Railway. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, .tteefi panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, were in next carriage. of The Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Earl of Mef' a i t . Lord in Waiting ; Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in fain ito7 ; Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, E qu erries, o Waiting to her Majesty and the Prince, followed in t r open carriages and four. t Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arriv° l 4 her residence, Frogmore Lodge, at half-past °b o'clock this evening, in a carriage and four. 11 4 The Royal Duchess landed at Woolwich Doc lo- 0 . from the Continent from the Princess Alice st e m packet at half-past four o'clock. Her Royal Hie jo was attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, L 0 , 44 Waiting, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., - troller of her Royal Highness's Household. ;nuti 4 The Royal Duchess left Woolwich at t w enty 0 1 ' v ', past five o'clock, and immediately proce e ded to more. Mr. Moon had the honour of an interview viri. f og Royal Highness Prince Albert relative to the engtd from the picture by Winterhath, of his Royal AlMr.bert, Prince of Wales. Craufurd, Inspector of Prisons, had an inter with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-odice. , se Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon and ffic , ' Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial -o to/ Dispatches were sent off last evening for the Govero ° Gibraltar. The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensbery► f e t Lady Georgina Douglas, have left Farrance's 11 01 c Anglesey, near Portsmouth. ATTILA PEEL'S VICTORY 01 P THE TRADE OF THE BRITISH EMFJU • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUP' DEAR SlR,—Procrustes deems it essential tha t ,, id New Currency Bill should be passed forthwith: lo order, to put an end to commercial speculation•_;„io spite of his many miserable failures, I can Pinto him success in this enterprise ; and, moreover, tu c oi shall fare like the Asiatic in the f a bl e , who PN. that Alla would turn the Euphrates throug' o pt lands. The prayer was grant e d—hi s c rops b oo' away by the torrent, and him se lf l o d ge d in the of an aligator. a P il lt " Commercial specul a ti on ," w hi c h this uti, h , bs powerful lunatic depr eca t es an d see k s t o crus,i' n „? — o la' another name for trad e an d commerce . "y e - 01 019 tion " consists in m a ki ng purc h ases or e veb ilt under an assumption that the articles bong be again sold with a profit. A. B, a merchant, orders from France 1 0,0 , se ll lons of claret, judging that he shall be able to re. 80 it in smaller quantities, at such advance of pile 0 shall yield him interest on his capital and a fair P7 O O C D engages to furnish a customer with 1,00 0 0 of West India coffee by a certain d a y, a t a el l V price, assuming from certain fa c t s th a t he A i ° , II able to obtain the c4fee and bring it to Lon° ° ''''il le an expense below the sum which he is to rec for it. kat° Ca l F consigns to his correspondent at b e 2,000 cwt. of glass, assuming that it will sell ' t to a profit. All these men speculate. 11°1 But there is another case which noodles Wou ld suppose to come within the category. hole G H, a retail tradesman, purchases of a' vi a t) sale house, in the spring, a thou san d pounds W ; et of summer silks. He "spe cu l a t es 'l as at k i ll either of the other three—that is, he inT capital on an assumption that certain eVel lw hereafter happen. Again, J K, a manufacturer, makes, in the It 6 lo a certain amount of goo d s , f or summer wear-h e " speculates." 0 0 ; In a word, " c ommerc i a l specu l at i on " i s the - 0 0 , spring —the vital blood—the soul—of our Il i a t i tr ot transactions; and this o u r l una ti c p roposes to a e- a rli Thanks to the apathy o f th e p u bli c , an d then incredibl e i gnorance o f our L eg i s l ature, he it. ¢o' ceed. M a y th e L or d h ave compass i on 00 happy victims! 4 00, When will men cease t o su ff er th e f a t e of 11 ' tbe` to be decided by Babblers, and leaders of (or panderers to) class interests ? COMMON SEJ- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. te s) • (Before Mr. Sergeant ADA3IS and a f u ll B enc h o f Meg, strs AT ,lid THE LATE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF GAMBLEFS WEST END. cs ti d Yesterday being appointed for hearing appeals, was crowded to excess by persons anxious to hear tom d of those individuals who had appealed against the d7 e o of several of the metropolitan Magistrates, who se ll , ' 619,, them to various terms of i m p r i sonmen t, an d infliet e 'cjetor, some of which amounted to 501., f or b e i ng e ith e r proP' o tb and managers of gambling-houses, or being found tein, , 0 1t ",; premises when the poli ce , i n a l arge b o d y , and s: neously, stormed a great many of those d en s of 11 ' 0 0; in the neighbourhood of Leicester. square and St- '.1„ 8 1 ,110 7 ,,, The names of the appellants were John Barlow . , O Cauty (better known as Captain Cauty), ; „f Joseph Everett, and William Allan. Mr. Clarkson and several of the gentlemen of .r.d the ill.t i ' l who were engaged on either side appealed to the w, - ppel, Chairman as to the propriety of entering upon this now, as they had to go on circuit to-morrow, and It d be quite impossible to close the sessions i n o ne day. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS concurred in the views of the P - nu iclr,, Gentlemen, and said that the best co urse t o a dopt ' y 4o' to defer the hearing of these appeals to th e O c tober 13 ' They were then fixed for Oct. 25. ; n The Court then proceeded to hea r p aroc hi a l a ff a irs, there appeared no feature of general interest. 1/ 1 "" col WAPPING, SHADWELL, AND ST. 6EORGE t S' IIi Th' n 9 1 e fo l EAST REGATTA.—On Tuesday the twenty-third an-l I ,A lers match, by eight free watermen of the above pari sh a new skiff' and sundry other prizes, was contended or f o es heats. The distance rowed was from off the St. I C-a th rill i h e ; Dock entrance and round a v esse l moore d b e l ow Nov, fort "ri stairs, twice each heat. The fo ur th, or gran d hell' 50' new skiff, lay between Joseph Ch urc h, lierrnitsgSBo2; (yellow), and Richard Jackson, Wapping New-stairs tbi C P Church being the favourite. At starting Church I, 4) °,cJ lead and kept it a considerable distance, Jackson ir ei h rl ; s b e d behind, both men displ a yi ng exce ll en t sc i ence . the distance had been rowed, Jackson headed Chun osP4 won by nearly four l eng th s . M r . Thompson, the '' s f s ci°" conducted the proceedi ngs i n an impartial and 5 0 d manner. „Ai 0 11 0 14 EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOILER.—The • inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate killed by the explosion of a boiler at Bolton, was w " 14 1 `, 6 to a close, after three d a y s ' i nqu i r y, on T u esdnA re 0, 1 the jury returned th e f o ll ow i ng ver di c t stet,ol" unanimously of opinion that the death of Joi e by - Bridget Hart, and James Nl'Donald, was cause d TV explosion of the steam-b o il er a t M r . B roo ks's 1 04 $ 0 0 :1 the said boiler exploded from the pressure of the c os . , being too great • and that George Branscome ha s r e 11° :, the explosion. ' We are also of opinion that due e il e f t 1 : 0 not been used in the general superintenden ee .., steam-engines and boilers." George Branse e r„Kf thereupon committed to take his trial for man s i t e rey', A subscription was entered into by the jury for til B t 1°,4 of the families of the deceased, and the sum of 01 was handed to the Coroner, as the commenc e° subscription for that purpose. of n a 0 5 MISS STRICKLAND S " LIVES OF THE .4,-f h e 1 • ENGLAND,VoLVII."—The last four chapters e l 'VP 't of Elizabeth, and the whole of the interesting ji;ife Anne of Denmark, occupy this volume. T he r tial Elizabeth is written with great care and imrlooo, It is the most difficult, as it is the most consPi ° c oess graphy of the whole, and certainly the most 011„. del„, Our author is not satisfied with even an elaboratn'el •orthe inold - ents of the reign and the pers ° rev ietf tory of the Sovereign ; she supplies a complet e e FCC I° O/ the social and political characteristics of th ais doc lo England, as it was in that reign, is brought 0 „ie•-• -l r e, before us—the manners and customs of the r e li ; e rat tl c . o l men of mark and eminence—the costume an d t o f rfd e d and so to speak, gossip of the day. The a r ", er oph" to biography has never been more felicitously e i'r e rter than in this instance. Anne of Denmark, IP 0' 11 ! 9 i von ppb Elizabeth in intellectual capacity, held P es ' surrounds her with great historical interes t o f Strickland makes the most of it. Of the twoi;unpvto graphy is likely to fascinate the .greate„ t , the, readers ;it is m o r e s tirri n g an d dramatic. 11 " both excellent.—Court Journal. ""---~.. "Sir,_ You, f or the inch): Superint( nor of NI VeltPIS n the 1)1 4 , " I have ‘ I S I W . DOI S E W . his E IQ . B. "Capt. o n Grtn April Atf. t • a a " Oa t 4 rld lur, ne rajz(tri al aff,„ 4 bnard. fhbul w Poop h e cabi n, wi tabl e 6v, t " wer( Rrea~-44 been reroainir ',,nee 6 /Aden Atti 4, owns t. i.e e vu oity , s h orn N in th e re cd, h East Arri sail ed l ' A ando, 4‘prii Ntrei, Coas t.22 d, fr Ar Si nge to 0a A D th, l ate moll lu ne Verg ~,