The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-16 00:00:00

...,•••••••••., me" ,147.VENING EDITION Just published. price 2.5. 6d. LETTER from the QUEEN to the PEOPLE on the General State of the Country. Published by authority and by appointment, sold exclusively by Richardson and Co., at No. 29, Southampton-Street, Strand. TTo -morrow wi Ibe ready, p r i ce 2d., or ls. 6d. per 100, HE SPEECH of SIR OBERT PEEL, on RESIGNING the ATTEMPT to FORM a MI NISTRY, delivered on Monday last. Acso, THE DUKE of WELLINGTON'S SPEECH on the Ltrne Subject, delivered on the 14th instant, will b e rea d y i n the Afternoon, at the same price. James Fraser, 213, Regent -street. IS Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, having , AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, thy PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. The next Distribution contains portions of 3,5001., 7,0001., and *24,000/. The distributing day being VERY NEAR, NO TIME 'IS T O BE LOST f or t h ose d es i rous to become shareholders for THIS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; The following Programme is therefore given of its final ar rangements : The Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theatre, will each be performed once more, viz. : TIIE TWO FOSCARI, lON, aid WERNER. THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be performed, THE LADY OF LYONS, or Love and Pride. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Macready ; Colonel llamas, Mr. Bartley; Pauline Deschappelles, :Wigs Helen F auc i t . After ich, INKLE AND YARICO. After which, the New Farce, in One Act, called SAYINGS AND DOINGS. an To SAYINGS Richelieu, with A gnes B ernauer, an d S ay i ngs d Doings, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Greatest Attraction in London—those distinguished Vo ealists Miss Romer, Mr. Templeton, and Mr. Balfe, aided by a Double Chorus and Increased Band from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Brilliant and overflowing Houses. THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be presented Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. W. Balf-; Elvino, Mr. Templeton ; Amina, Miss Romer. After which, the Burletta of NO! Frederick, Mr. H. Bedford. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of ,VIDOCQ THE FRENCH POLICE SPY. - - te- -14 - t LeSP! Vn gun. LONDON : THURSDAY, MAY 16, I$3D. The House of business yegterdav i .--s only t ransac t e d some rou ti ne Lord M ELBOURNE ,They meet again to-day, when 27th instant. mov e an adjournment till the In the House of C ommon s , after the presentation of som e petitions, and the transaction of some private business, Mr. PRAED asked Lord JOHN RUSSELL to Produce the minutes of th e Cabinet Council held on Saturday, of which the Noble Lord had read a portion t() the H ouse on M onday evening, but Lord JOHN RUSSELL declined. LABOUCHERE, at the instigation of Mr. HUME, with a succinct narrative of the events connected dthe case of Colonel PRINCE, in Canada. That eer headed a body of Canadian Militia, which bm.aved t e body of A mer i can i nva d ers, who had with reat brutalit, from the colony. -t er defeatin Colonel PRINCE caused four g them 'Pe an - nS to be summarily put to death, and it was • Ported with great barbarity, which created much ex ' , -641 ent both in Canada and the United States. No w - h luse, or word of apology, was offered for this atrocity, „ ell is probably consistent with the laws of war, and h "- strate s its horrors. Mr. LABOUCHERE was not pre pared tothe papers connected with the subject on lay pap he table k Lord table. RUSSELL, on moving the adjournment of ( i t ": House to May 0 7th, stated that he should on that el l Propos e to meet at half-past three to proceed to an it ect ion of a Speaker, should the Right Hon. Gentle a a n Persist in his resolution of retiring from the Chair : 4 that on May the 30th he would bring forward a %ion on the subject of Jamaica. 40 4 he SPEAEER t h en, i n a s h ort an d appropr i ate C re ss, expressed his ac k now l e d gments t o t h e H ouse ann ounced the supp ort an d ki n d ness h e h ad rece i ved, and 0 4 °UnCed th at i t was t h e l ast t i me he should preside 'ev its deliberations. Air. 'Wywri alluded to th e Ch ar ti s t s , b ut we h ave else where noticed the subject. _ It wa s agree d t h at private Committees should sit, not withstandin g the adjournment. A- Committee, on the motion of Mr. HUME, was li P g Point e d to consider and decide on the plans for hting the House. The House then adjourned to May 27. ahen Lord GREY took office in 1830 there s no content i on about the Royal Household ; not a few of its members were Tories : the ICI NG's P r i vate S ecretary was a Tory, andhis 1./treEN. was a Tory, tage whi c l, surrounded by nothing but Tories. T 3 / 4 °rd GREy, howev er , h a d a great advan- was plac e d in ( Sir R OBERT PEEL wants. He a Commons, an d the by a ma j or ity o f th e H ouse o f Tallied the peopl e measures he announced at once around him, and gave him strength to contend both and . a n adverse Court and an Adverse Peerage. against This circumstance sets in a clear light the weakness of the Conservative party. Sir ROBERT PEEL ha s t h e Peerage with him, but he le as n o t the people ; an d theref3re for him it is quite I mpossible to go on, unless he have every place at court, and every disposable place in the empire, to foll owers . blih e , or to satisfy his hungry Re, and the Tory scribes, must now find out t hat t h e no i sy parsons, gre at as may be their num )rs,*are not the people; and that th e aristocracy, with thei r retainers, and all the serfs they can infl en retain are not the People ; and that'even all the and all those who have been h"°,llservative electors, poed and bought to support Conservative candi- D ' at es, do not constitute the majority of the peo ple • and that wanting their support he cannot —aBlis,iit?l; carry on the Government without com -11114 unig the Court, even if he could with that - e ecl under his controul. fi t ; t e Wants another element of success. In the ' No s • flu .1 o f Ear ( G REY'S power, before he got wi th _the old official tracks, he came forward ti ee . 4 measure which promised to he one of jus fond,Lo th e people. The hopes he held out . w . ere in v • l Y Cherished, and the expectation of receiving . - 11 ' le e gave him a great moral strength. Sir 110- p: i n :l n PEEL has not justice on his side. His is not based on dealing impartially with the brie le of the people. He took office to uphold a tolerous- wrono... The Church of England, according NI t he members of every other sect, is but the th 41)41-lent of a mischievous error, and to uphold folicat was at the bottom of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S 1 4 1 Y• He was to inflict injury oil all who do not f (° Y• to the Church. His system of policy is : 3 11 . 11 ded on a violation of the first principles of of elety. Wanting justice, and wanting the support e pi, Sir neo ' R OBER T PEEL could not pos r 'ou ttl Y gorern with out having a co m pl ete control i s e Court, and making the QUEEN a puppet in h ands. 0 0 Tories, Tories, in fact, from having always acted der er IL Coerciv e an d un j ust s y s t e m of p o li cy , can Poli ty govern with ou t th e Court. In th e ma the l a Cases they must he in opposition to e People, an d cannot poss ibl y hold officet b if th e our th e e agai nst t h em . Th ey spurn popularity .. as r ule; they govern as t h e y say, b y v i rtue of their ; and it the Sovereign do e s ma freng ' em , the peo 1 will never lov e or o b e y them. p Notwithstanding the habitual suppression of feeling which marks the oratorical exhibitions of Sir ROBERT PEEL, he could not restrain, in his account of the failure of his attempt to form an Administration, the admission of the real sentiment that lies at the bottom of his public life—a craving for office. This is the moving force that propels the whole machinery of Toryism. He designated her MAJESTY'S Ministers as his " rivalsfor poli tical power," and adopted throughout his speech the same tone of uneasy jealousy and petty contention— as if the one grand object at issue were possession of place. In vain we look for some development of high principle and disinterested patribtism—in vain we look for enlarged views of policy, or a statesmanlike procedure in reference to the existing circumstances of public affairs ; his whole speech betrayed the grovelling struggle for the portefeuille, the angry temper of a man foiled by trifles, and dwelling with exacerbated petulance, upon minor details while important interests hung upon the result. He was aware, forsooth, that tie must have under taken the Government with a minority in the Commons, and hence the necessity of rhonopo- (zing the sweet voices in the boudoir ;—out voted by the Representatives of the people, he flew for succour to the women of the Bedchamber,— hopeless of the present Parliament, and distrustful of a dissolution, his last recourse was in the Ladies in Waiting ! Why, any man whose eves were less fascinated by the prospect of of fice, and whose mind was more engrossed by the grave responsibilities of the trust he had just assumed must have seen at once the desperation of his circumstances, and for the sake of the public in terests, and in deference to the overwhelming influ- ences arrayed against him, would have resigned the commission at once, instead of endeavouring to haggle himself into power, which he must have known he could not exercise with credit to himself or benefit to the country, and which, under any circumstances—Household or no Household—he must have abandoned, after another short and humiliating experiment like that of 34. The only remarkable instance on record of an English Minister sustaining himself against suc cessive majorities in the Commons, was that of PITT, who, night after night, tired down the triumphs of the Opposition. But how was he enabled to overcome these defeats 2 By the energetic support of the Sovereign and the people. Out of doors PITT was then as popu lar as Sir ROBERT PEEL is now unpopular ; PITT had the confidence of the country, Sir ROBERT is distrusted on all hands, except, perhaps, by the House of Lords. But even that alliance is doubtful. We have enough of evidence, were it needful to resort to it, that their Lordships are not favourable to a Prime Minister who ascends out of the ran k s o f the Commons ; they resent his authority as an affront to their order ; and it may be reasonably qugstioned whether the House of Peers—insolent in its privileges, and impatient of that part of the theory of our Constitution which throws open the highest offices to the humblest individuals would not in the long-run have plucked the roses from the couch of their plebeian leader, and left nothing behind but the thorns. But Sir ROBERT could not endure that Ladies belonging to the families of his " rivals for political power" should continue about the person of the QUEEN. We may venture to assure him, how ever, that the Members of the Administration are not his rivals for power. He miscalculates his own position if he supposes there is any rivalry between them. They have not been recalled to office by an intrigue ; they have not attempted to stop up the Palace, for the purpose of excluding Sir ROBERT ; tout au contraire, when they retired from the Government they recommended that the Duke of WELLINGTON should be consulted in the construc tio❑ of the next Cabinet. We yesterday drew attention, very briefly, to the Manifesto just issued at Birmingham, and we again advert to it as a remarkable sign of the times, which neither statesmen, who are bound, like guardian angels, to watch over the welfare of society, nor mere observers, who note ext - raordinary events, can with the least propriety overlook. We feel no in clination to exaggerate the power or the numbers of the Chartists ; but the funds they have collected, and the number of signatures already obtained to their petition, show that they are not an insignificant body. From the extreme violence exhibited by some parties in the Convention, and from the obvious offence that gave to others, added to the doubtful and, we know, much mistrusted character of some of the leaders, we had begun to hope that the Convention would ' fall asunder, and, leaving the masses without organi zation, and without a definite object, would have relieved the rest of the community from the dread and anxiety which they undoubtedly now feel. But the recent measures which have been taken to extin guish all hope in the people of obtaining any fur ther reform, or any influence whatever over the Le gislature ; the previous obstinate denial of justice, and obstinate adherence to a great system of avowed plunder, in the case of the Corn-laws ; the withhold- ing of administrative improvement as well as organic reform ; the two proclamations recently issued, one of them inviting, as it w e r e , th e m iddl e and upper classes to arm themselves ; the attacks on, and ill treatment of, the Chartists at various places ; the arrest, and we believe illegal arrest, of se veral of them ; and the frequent mention which has made of them in Parliament, have all combined to increase their importance and strengthen th e i r v i ta li ty . Ih e M anifesto, though exceedingly powerful in places, is calm and argu mentative, and calculated to unite the masses, and increase the power of their leaders. Thereto must now be added another notice of the Chartists, taken in the House of Commons last night by Mr. WYNN, who would have made their existence, and the fact that many of the people have arms, a reaso n for immediately introducing some legislative measure, or for shortening the ad j ou A r i n r in . Ne%nrty oNfNla'adrvl eiarmtedenttO the deadly weapons which had been provided by a large number of people in the country, and declared that the House was not doi ng its duty by con sent i ng to suchlong adjournment gtratteos.rely on then without taking some measureL Lord dr gptrleiseentiltitglawthse .JOHN RUSSELL, ‘ h y a h n i i d e s e f the Magistrates. would not say that it might not be, nv,e,citeislsarreyn.art(o; propose some measure to Parliament to arms in the hands of evil disposed persons. Great benefits, he said, had resulted from sa l y iis : thatpro- pro clamations ; and we may be permitt e le re tofre quently been we think the subject of more import ance than al amnods t any le A T othe r , To n N s E i has NE frequently ß A La(f occupied hi m brought before the Cabinet. Mr. ATTWOOD denied that the people were arming to any extent, but that assertion was scarcely confirmed by the subsequent observations of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Most of the speakers ageeed that there was a good deal of exaggeration on the subject ; at the same time we agree with Mr. HUME that it is the first business of the Go vernment to consider whether the masses i nive not jnst grounds of complaint, and immedi aiely to rel,eve them. If they had no just ground of complaint, The honest, bluff Duke of WELLINGTON i s I w h y s h ou ld there be any apprehension ? In a regular T or y, and moreover he is a soldier, fact, it is the consciousness that the working accustomed not to consult his troops, but to classes do suffer bitter injustice, which alarms the command them. He treats meetings of the other classes, now that the working classes talk of people as a farce, and how can he govern arming. One farmer, one shopkeeper, one noble them, unless he be clothed with the most ample man, feels no apprehension from other persons of Royal power ? Hence the Duke, more open and the same class having arms, but they all dread the more explicit than Sir ROBERT PEEL, expressly working classes having a pike or a musket. The said, that "it appeared to me impossible that any general fear of the working classes, is a proof I set of men should take c h arge o f h er MAJESTY'S that th e y su ff er i n j ust i ce. T heir Manifesto elo- Government without having the usual influence quently and truly says, that, for them, " the great and controul over the establishment of the Royal est blessings of mechanical art are converted into Household—that influence and controul which their the greatest curses of social existence." Whatever immediate predecessors in office had exercised be- may be the vicissitudes of society, the placeman, fore them." The Noble Duke referred to instances the pensioner, the landlord, and the priest, must be where Ladies had exercised improper influence at held harmless, or nearly so ; laws are made to Court, and carried his jealousy of the Royal Per- keep them opulent, however terrible may be the son so far as even to dread the political influence burdens borne by industry ; while not one change, which might be conveyed in a whisper. His prin- not one disaster, happens to the community, ciples, properly carried out, would compel the So not one war, even, is undertaken, but the vereign not to hear or see any thing but what the working classes have it all to bear. Ground down Prime Minister pleased. to the earth, excluded from all share in legislation, If Lord GREY had dreaded the political influence taught by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, among others, of Ladies as much as Sir ROBERT PEEL and the that laws influence the social and moral welfare Duke of WELLINGTON, on their principles, he of the community, and seeing the legislating should have procured the banishment of the Tory classes continually make laws to enrich and ag- Queen ADELAIDE from the Palace of WILLIAM grandise themselves, the labouring classes now IV. Such conclusions teach us that Tory policy aspire to an equal share of the legislative power, is equally tyrannical over prince and people. It and the mode in which they seek to obtain is a vicious system founded on constraint and the the object of their desires makes this for us one of extinction of confidence ; and we can but rejoice the most important and interesting phenomena to that the late egregious failure has unmasked r which the public can attend. he world. • The great number of the Chartists, the sweeping nature of their demands, the avowed hostility which exists between them and the other classes, obviously make the laws, which are adapted only for regular, quiet, and orderly times, unfit to cope with these circumstances. This will be found a case for which the " file affords no pre cedent," and which will both try men's souls and the national institutions. There is one of them, to which, if long experience had not convinced us of its worthlessness, we should now turn with hope. The theory of a National Church instructs us to look to it to mould the hearts and the will of the people. But, as far as we know, of the twenty thousand parsons who compose the staff' of the Church of England, not a hundred of them will have the smallest influence over the masses who are now threatening the peace of the empire. Many theorists contend that the Church Establishment is valueless, and the present circumstances will be the test of its qualities. If it be of any use, its Ministers will be the active agents in reconciling the different classes, in checking violence on both sides, and in restoring harmony amongst the now contending people ; but they are only employed in exciting strife, in nourishing bigotry, in keeping extortion and avarice in countenance, and in sub stituting mysticism for the moral duties between man and man. It will be seen from our Bow -street report, that the thirteen members of the Democratic So ciety, brought before the Magistrate on Saturday, were discharged yesterday, twelve of them on bail, and the thirteenth, Waddington, without bail, be cause the Magistrate considered him so poor. We can see no reason why they should not have been discharged at the first examination, for on in quiry, all that Sir FREDERICK ROE could find against them was, that the Society, of which they were members, closely touched upon an illegal asso ciation. Many political associations bear the same character, but the Whig Government, much to their credit, have hitherto refrained from even ac knowledging their existence, and we can see no good r eason w h y t h e general rule should zave been departed from in this instance. Neither can we see any law or reason fot confiscating their funds —sixteen-pence—f or the poor ; they were not convicted of any offence—they were simply held to bail to abide a trial which will never take place. The amount of the funds—the implements of war—the flags and banners found in their possession—and the ceremony of the Chief Magistrate going to consult the Home Secretary on these important matters, are all of the same stamp. It will be observed from our Parliamentary Re port, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL intimated his in tention of proposing on the 31st instant, in a Committee of Supply, a grant of 30,0001. for the purposes of education. As the beginning of a good work, we hail this announcement with the most heartfelt pleasure ; ' and we rejoice to think that the distribution of the grant is still in the hands of those who will do justice to all deno minations of religionists, and not of those who would have poured the vvhole.of it,.into the., lap .of .g the Church." Indeed, it is well known that one of the principal reasons which induced the rabble of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S followers to urge their leader forward to his mag nanimous onslaught upon his QUEEN, was their dread of anything like a national system of education, and their eagerness to monopol;ze for our " spiritual pastors and masters" the controul and direction of public instruction. The priesthood, from the Archbishop to the country curate, have been of late indefatigable in their exertions to get up meetings and petitions against any system of public education which shall not be entirely in their hands. They must have the moulding of the rising generation ; they must have the means of in stilling into the minds of the young their own arbitrary principles of Government, and their own sectarian views of religion; they have no toleration for the Bi ble unless they can neutralize it by the Prayer-book. This was the aim of the Church-and-State party, and to its accomplishment Sir ROBERT PEEL had pledged himself in his place in Parliament. Perhaps the Right Honourable Baronet now finds that in making a public declaration to that effect, he did not act with the prudence for which the world —very undeservedly, as late events have proved--gives him credit. It has re acted on himself, and has contributed to hurry him into his present unfortunate and truly mortifying predicament. The grant now proposed is but small com pared to what will be demanded in future ; and a considerable portion of it will be applied to the establishment of a school for schoolmasters—a❑ institution for instructing teachers in the prin• ciples and practice of their art. Such an institu tution is essentially necessary to the successful working of any general plan, and has therefore very properly engaged the first attention of the Educa tion Commissioners. When it is organised and can furnish well-trained teachers, the grant will be proportionally increased. We have received the Antwerp paper of yesterday's date, but it does not contain any news of importance, with the exception of a project of law to the following effect : LEOPOLD, King of Belgium. Article I.—The toll to be collected by the Government of the Pays Bas ( Holland) in the navigation of the Scheldt, for ships going to Belgium by theScheldt or the canal of Tereuzen, shall be reimbursed by the State to ships of all nations. For this purpose there shall be opened a credit to Government of 300,000 franc.; to cover the expenses of the last month, 1839. Before the Ist July, 1843, it shall be examined if the benefit of the preceding disposition should be maintained in favour of the countries we have no commercial arrange ment with. Article 2.—To provide in part for the reimbursement prescribed by the preceding article, there shall be levied three additional centimes on the Custom -house duties of transit and tonnage. Having elsewhere copied from the French Journals of Tuesday, the whole of which we have received, a full account of the final suppression of the insurrection in Paris, which was partially renewed on Monday, nothing remains for us here but to notice the proceed ings of the New Cabinet. The Deputies of the Left and Left Centre met on Monday after the sitting, ~nd agreed to support M. THIERS as candidate for the Pre sidency of the Chamber, vacated by the appointment of M. PASSY to a seat in the Cabinet. At a Cabinet Council held about the same time it was agreed that the question should be an open one, as MM. TESTE, PASSY, and DurauttE represented that they could not oppose the election of M. THrEEs without openly renouncing all connection with the Coalition—a measure to which they had a strong objection. On Tuesday the election came on in the Chamber, when there appeared on the first scrutiny— Number of voters Absolute majority For M. Thicrs M. S.►uzet M. Dupin M. Lamartine 5 M. Barrot M. Laffitte 2 None of the candidates having the required majority, a second scrutiny was demanded, when there appeared For M. 'Tiers M. Sauzet Upon which M. SAUZET w.ts declared duly elected. The rejection of Al. THIERS manifests the little reli Ince that can be placed on the stability of the French Chamber of Deputies, the Members of which THE SUN, LONDoN, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 18:i9 wheel round and round, like so many political weather cocks. The belief begins to gain ground in Paris, that the last insurrection was one of those demoniacal shifts to which Lours PHILIPPE is wont to have recourse, to establish his waning influence in the Chamber, and if so, it has been entirely successful. He has now a Ministry as pliant as the greatest tyrant could possibly desire ; and his partisans have succeeded in attributing the late insurrection to the attacks made upon him by the Opposition. To gratify the miserable feeling that would keep M, TRIERS out of the Cabinet, Paris has been again converted into a human shambles! But our detestation of the tyrant is neutralized, by our con tempt for a nation always babbling about glory and li berty, and yetcapable of submittiug to the vilest quackery of despotism. The Chamber of Peers—that most contemptible of political bodies —wa s on Tuesday constituted a Court for the trial of the insurrectionists. Wherefore all this mockery of justic e ? Wh o i n F rance does not know that that Court will t egister any sentence which the KING wishes to pass? It would be less an insult to the common sense of the people to execute the accused without trial. But perhaps it is designed to allow the spies and secret agents of the Police to escape by a for mality which will enable them subsequently to work more successfully on the passions of the discontented. The following telegraphic despatch, which we copy from the Moniteur, contains the only authentic intelli gence from Spain : ,‘ BAYONNE, MAY 13TH, THREE O'CLOCK, P.M. " TER SUB-PREFECT OF BAYONNE TO TIIE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " Cabrera is again master of the Madrid road, and four mails from that capital are now due. " On the Bth General Espartero, who had taken entire possession of Ramales, announced that he would attack Guardimino on the 10th." We are sorry to announce that the Duke of BAS SA NO died in Paris on Monday evening. BOURSE, PARIS, TUESDAY, MAY 14. HALF-PAST THREE.—For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. 90c., fell to 811. 75e., and closed at 81f. 85c., a rise of sc. The Five per Cents. opened at 1110 55c., advanced to 111 f. 70c., and closed at Illf. 6 Oc., a rise of 15c. For Money the Five per Cents. are 35c., and the Three per Cents. are 10c. higher. The Bank of France Shares are unaltered. The Laffitte Bank of I,ooof. Shares are also unaltered. The Belgian Bank Shares have not been quoted. The Belgian Three per Cents. for the Account, 73f. The Spanish Active has had but the one price of 20. The Railway Shares have improved; the St. Germain 5f.; the Versailles Right Bank, 17L 50c. ; the Versailles Left Bank, 25f. The Havre and the Orleans unaltered. The account of the result of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies, for shit offidt of 'President, which Is not conclusive, reached the Bourse just at the close. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents lOl 9U ~, 101 90 ... 101 90 .., 101 9.r 3 per Cents CI 75 ... 81 73 65 81 70 Bank of trance Latfitte Rank I,ooof. Sh lO7O ...IVO ...1070 ~,1070 5,000 f. sh 52'75 ...5275 „..5275 ...5275 Belgian 5 per Cents lO2 ... 102 102 •02 2 per Cents 72 90 ... '72 90 ~, 72 50 ... 72 90 Coupons S •anish Ac ive fo ... 20 20 Portuguese 3 per cents Neapolitan RAILWAY SHA REs. 697 L 0 ... 702 50 ... 697 50 ... 70i 50 750 735 .75n ... 753 275 ... 282 50 ... 275 ... 2fio Havre 965 ..• 967 sii ... 965 ... K r 51 Orleans .. Strasburg to Bale „, 337 Sf' ... 3 i7 30 ... 327 50 ... 337 51 DUTCH FUNDS.—Ammitimm, MAY 13 Money. Hills. actual Debt, Z 4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Svudic,4y. per cent. 95 9*. Ditto, ditto, 31, per cent. 7614 £0 ._ . St. (erntai, , Versailles, X. B . . . . Commercial Company, 4 : per cent 179 '. 180% Ditto (1N.32 and 1333) 5 per cent. ...... ~ .._ Ditto 1 ,4 37, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 rer cent. Exchange on London, One month Two months BELGIAN I. UNDS—Bacesate, MAY 14. Actual Debt, 2.1 per Cent, Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. PI% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. .... 3 per Cent ........ 72% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 92 Society of Commerce, 4! v per Cent ......... Rank of Belgium, 5 per Cent Bl National Society . —Brussels Papers, May 14. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VICNNA, MAY:6. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares ............. ............... ... .......... ..... —AllgemeineZeitung. May 11. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bentan. MAY 7. Rifts Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent 1 0 3% 10214 Prussian Engiish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102% 1C2% Uxchange on London, three months 6 20;i —Prussian State Gazette. May 8. Letters from Constantinople of the 24th April have been received. They announce the wreck, on the 19th, of the new steam-ship Orient at Samsoun, on her voyage to Constantinople, with a valuable cargo of silks and tobacco, no part of which was insured. No lives were lost. The Turkish fleet was not to leave the Arsenal be fore the middle of May. Hostilities between the Port e and MEHEM ET ALI were deemed inevitable. Letters from Bagdad of the 24th of March report that the army of the Viceroy had subdued the most powerful of the Arab tribes bordering on the Persian Gulf towards Bassorah. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TTVELV.E O'CLOCK LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The de mand for Cotton to-day has somewhat improved; the sales are 2,000 bales, at yesterday's prices. Arsi vales- is is mososisser-..R..asrals-aact,Ostand mails ; ship letters from Demerara, St. Kitt s, and Jamaica. We have very few arrivals this morning, and the ship letters are of old dates ; consequently we have a scarcity of intelligence, with the exception of that received by the express from Paris, by which it appears that Louis Phi- lippe has succeeded in getting all his own way. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yesterday, 93i Money, 931 i Account ; since which they may be quoted a shade better; 93,i4 Money, and 93a Account. Little business doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 33 35 ; Bank Stock, 195 196 ; India Bonds, nothing doing; India Stock, 255 256. The Foreign market is in a very inactive state, and the prices are as yet nominal. Spanith Active as they closed, 19 ; Portuguese the same, 35 4 1 4 ; Three per C en t s ., 21f - 4 - 1 ; Belgian 101 : ii 104; Colombian, 301 31 ; Mexi can, 251; Brazilian 78 1; Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents., 564; Five per Cents., 1021 Commercial affairs, with the great scarcity of money, have continued in the same station for these few days past. This is settling day in the Foreign Market. The Ac count to settle being of no great extent, there is no doub it will pass off well. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 195 1 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 53 1 44, per Cent DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds — prn, South Sea Stock OW Annuities Ditto Red. !1) %yp New :1(, per Cent... 1(0%y s i s 5, New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities teexpire Jan. 5, IWO l4 7-16 Oct. 10, 1859 l4 I 4 Jan. 5, IMO Jan. 5, 1580 April 5, 1880. Jan. 5,1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds New Ditto 3 per Cont. Annuities, 17A Exch. Bills, .£l,OOO ... 33 35 pm. Ditto 500 ... 33 35 pm. Ditto Small 33 35 pm. Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... India Stock for Account ... Consols for Account THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvi7 • B Belgian Bonds :an Honda Ditto Account. Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Portuguese Bonds. Ditto New Bonds ... 15%Ni Ditto Account 35 3 4 %%%. Ditto, 3 per Cent. 21% % Ditto Account Prussian Bonds orman by Columbian Bonds — Di tto Account have issued invitations for a grand party on the 18th of June. D tto Account One thing has been proved, we t hi n k sufficiently, Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824...30X DA Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Lord Melbourne has split. We are now about to try the Ditto Account ' Ditto Account. —.19% 18% 19 Greek Bonds — French, 5 per sent...—. —f. —c. interregnum of a Tory rule, that is less likely to withstand Ditto Bonds, 1t25 _;-- 4 per c0nt..... —f. —a. the shock of opinion, and the perpetual buffetting of the 3 per cent. '—f. —c. Ditto Account _r.....,, tidal wave of the movement still going on. Al! this Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. E 1 Du tch, -- ----- Exchange. per oen t . Ditto Account iz .l.• ;4 . Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per ceaam ...... 2s7 w "' Ditto, 5 per cent 5 " and the period of its advent will be hastened —nay, begun les% Ditto Account .7: Ditto Ace0unt........ ...... —from the moment the masses are wise enough to seek Neapolitan PRICKS OF MARKS THIS DAY AT ONX O'CLOCK. something definite and practicable, mad the leading Refor- Paid. Per 511 " e• r oes acquire a sufficient of saving knowledge, to teach Brazilian Imperial:Wining Co. (issued at 51. pm.yll y Ditto Macanbas Cocaes l5 13% them to smooth down discordant opinion with one harmo- Ditto St. John del Rey !rear Western Railway Company 6b 73 1 ,4 Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway Nationa Provincial Bark of Engl an d 3 " PRICES OF IRISI - I STOCKS , DUBLIN, MAY 14. and Genius of Sterne was delivered at th e a b ove Institu -3 per Cent. Consols two, by Mr. Brown, Librarian to th a t es t a bli s h ment. The ”4 per Cent. Stock ........ lecturer took an la impartial and comprehen s i ve v i ew o f t h e 0 Ditto Reduced 3i,. • .', por Cent. Debentures ld Nation.d lnsur ance Company -- ved to convey a very lively imp Grand Canal Stock ression of the peculiar Bank Stock ... of Sterne, r. Brown, with m uc h f e li c i ty, y Royal Canal Stock - per cent ..... . ................... ......_ described the two br o th ers Shand the ver antiodes of HALF - PAST ONE. each oth er . Th e worthy Corporal Trim and the ! Widow peeled i the course morrow. as well as the " Sermons," came in also for their share of The Dutch mail has not arrived as yet. criticism and illustration. The langu age was t rue an d The British Market is no t quite so good as in the early appropriate, and the unequivocal ex cession cf the au part of the morning, and rece ded from 93,- } to 90 i fo r dience at the close as well as during the delivery, indicated 1 the Account. the most complete approval. ia this decline In the Foreign Market Spanish 3 _Active has become STATE OF TRADE.—There was rather more I 9g. byto t l very heavy and receded from business doing in yarn yesterday, owing partly to the in- Portuguese attributed to Thiers' defeat d the mg of France. tended stoppage of the canals next week, and partly to a Portuguese is also heavy. Ther e Foreign Account ; also lower shipping counts of yarn were fully as low as on the Money is very scarce and in deman be previous Tuesday ; but in the higher numbers, suitable for Consols to the present hour may quoted India Stock at 931 ; the India market, there was a slight advance on previous Account, 93i. E x chequer Bills, 33 3 . 5 ; India Bonds, rates. There was a moderate demand for power-loom nothing done ; Bank Stock, 195 ; 19 ;iPortuguese, 35i 25R' Three cloth, and the slight advance obtained on Thursday last done. Spanish, at present, Three was fully maintained. The working of short time is now per Cents., 21 a ; Colomb i an, 308 ;Mexican, 25,k ; Dutch very general throughout the country, and it is expected Two -and-a- Half per Cents. 56ii-; Five per Cents., 1024 ; that there will be a complete cessation of labo ur i n t h e Spanish Def erre d, 8 -1-. factories of this neighbourhood during the whole of the There are no reports in t i h s e —, C , City. Athneothderrawrienagsoot; Whitsun-week.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday. given for Spanish lowering TIIE LATE H. HARRIS, ESQ.— Deferred S pan i s h , to t h e am ount of one milli on o f Stock, The publi c * II very much lament to hear that Mr. Ha rr i s, the pro which h as b ecome A ct i ve t h ere by, has indu ce d h o l ders of the old A c ti ve to se ll , w hi c h c aused the fall of' Spanish. Theatre, is no TW O 0' CL 0 CI( prietor w' Of seven-twelfths of Covent-garden - - more ; he has been so mixed up with the the a t r i ca l s o f the The followi ng no ti ce h a s been posted at th e B ank . of last half century, to say nothing of hi s respected father England aft er th e s i tt i ng o f the Directors, this d ay :_before him, that we are persuaded our re a d ers w ill par take of our sorrow in recording his loss. Hi s f at h er, in " At a C our t o f Di rec t or y, held ]6th May, 1839 , 4, Bank of E ng l and. consequence of age and illness, relinquish e d t h e manage. Resolved T ment of Covent-garden to him in Septemb er, 18 09 ;i n —" That the rate of inter est on Bills of E x- change an d N otes di scounte d a t the Bank of E ng l and b Alarch, 1822, he assigned over his intere s t to Messrs. 5/. per c en t . f rom t hi s d ay. " e Forbes, illet, and Kemble. During th e t we l ve years Henry Harris W conducted the theatre his.success exceeded essas In c onse even that of "the golden days of Garrick," for th e re- Powie, there will be no ball at Northumberland House ence of the unexpected death of L or d P m cei ts (during said 12 years) actually an to ne ar l y this evenin g , " one million sterling," thus averaging above 80,0001 . each season ; his fine temper and urbane manners mad e hi m b e- Mr Fl a il, the Liverpool stipendiary magistrate, loved by all around him, particularly the performers, who, has been appointed a police magistrate of London. during the most critical period of his theatrical life, viz., There are not less than 150 new Churches and the 0. P. riot, all rallied round him, and after three Chapels of Ease connected with the Established religi on months' conflict, by his patience, firmness, and popula r ity, now buildi ng i n var i ous parts o f England and Wales, and procured him an honourable and amicable adjustment of numberless s c h oo l s are i n the course of erection and en- hostilities. He died at Brighton, May 12, i n th e 57th largement by the friends and supporters of the Church. year of his age. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY) BY EXPRESS. The Sutton Stakes of 5 sov. each, with 40 added One mile. Six Subs. Lord Stradbroke's Fifer, 5 yrs ........... ....... 1 Sir G. Heathcote's Larnaca, 4 y r 5...... Mr. Becher's b. c. Pharold, 3 yrs ............... 3 Won in a canter. The Cup of 70 sots. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr. olds. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Two miles. Six subs. Mr. Eddison's Rory O'More 3 yrs. ... Mr. V. King's Ruby, 5 yrs. Lord Lichfield's c. by Acteon—Wings ...... :3 Mr. Greatrex's ch. f. by Camel, 3 yrs. ......q. Won cleverly. LAUNCH OF THE QUEEN. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 15, —The above splendid mass of timber was launched this day, at half-past eleven ; it is supposed there were 30,000 persons to witness her entrance into life. A serious accident happened to the Transit, Southampton and Havre steamer, which had a large com pany of ladies and gentlemen on board ; she appears to have been moored too near, and when the Queen touched the wave, fearing she would run on board them, they gave several strokes ahead to cut her off; but finding they could not effect their purpose, they backed the steamer, but too late, as the ship's stern took the steamer's bows with a tre mendous crash, carrying away her bowsprit, cutwater, &c. The company appeared dreadfully frightened, and scream ing rushed aft. Had the ship took her a-midships, she must have gone down. We beard of no other accident. The Hastings, with Queen Adelaide on board, is re ported to be off the Wight. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) On Wednesday, at a quarter before twelve, her Ma icsty's ship the Queen, intended to carry 110 guns, and the argest tonnage ever built here, was launched at this Dock yard, in the presence of the most immense concourse of spectators ever collected together on any similar occasion, who viewed this stupendous fabric majestically glide into that element in which she was destined to float, in the per fection of combined superior skill and science, and withou t any accident to throw a damp on the interest and admiring feelings which so magnificent a spectacle must ever pro duce. It were perfectly impossible to give even a faint outline of the picturesque and animated scene which pre sented itself in every part of our beautiful harbour, that could catch a bird's eye view of this noble sight. The steamers from Brighton, Southampton, Ryde, and Lyming. ton arriving in rapid succession—their decks densely crowded with visitants, and taking up their stations at proper distances (except the Transit, from Southampton, which being in a direct line with the launch, very justly got a most awkward knock on her bows for her stupidity). The myriads of boats of all sorts and sizes filled almost to sinking. The different ships both in and out of commis sion, not excepting the hulks and convict ships, filled with all the beauty of the place and surrounding country—the military and naval bands playing " God save the Queen," and " Rule Britannia"—the opposite shores of Gosport, Priddy's Hard, and Hardway, densely peopled with anxious spectators, whilst in the Dock-yard " They climbed them up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows—yea, to chimney tops, To see the imperial pageant sweep along"— all combined together to render it a scene of grandeur equal to anything the mind can possibly figure to itself, and which could only have been seen to have been fully and duly appreciated. The figure bead of this truly noble ship, is a fine likeness of our most gracious Majesty, with the Order of the Garter across her left shoulder and breas She was immediately and safely taken into dock. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY --- John Cummins, late a letter-carrier in the Post-office, was convicted of stealing a letter containing an order for 401. He was sentenced to 14 years' transportation. CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE (THIS DAY.) The Committee met to-day at a quarter before eleven o'clock, immediately upon which strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee, after consulting for upwards of one hour and a half, decided that the question of Mr. Thesiger, as to the value of the house occupied by Basel ton, might be put. The Witness was then called in, and in answer to a question from Mr. Thesiger, he stated that the value of the house occupied by Haselton, distinct from Cuddles, was 61. The examination of witnesses for and against Haselton's vote was then resumed, and was proceeding when our re porter left. --- LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL„\IAY 15.—Wind, W. S. W.—Arrived the Cleo patra, Rothwell, from Demerara; Duke of Norfolk, Goss, from St. Kitts ; Miranda, ditto ; Elizabeth and Jane, Westward ; Mary, ditto. PORTSMOUTH. MAY 15.—Wind, N.W.—Off port, the Barbara Gorston, Ritchie, from Tobago; St. Nicolas, Messina. PL.vmourn, MAY N. N. W. F...z.m01t1711. MAY N. N. E. to N. W.— Strong breezes and aquafly:•=Rtilvad' the Grace Darling, from Gonaives. LIVERPOOL, MAY 15. —Wind, W. to N.• Fresh breezes.— Arrived the Mary Howland, Wear, from New Orleans. Sailed Sarah Trotman, Brown, for Barbadoes; Henry, Halsell, Messina ; Julia, Maroskin, Trieste ; Fenella, Wakeham, Malaga. Off port, Intrepid, for Demerara ; China, Charleston ; John, Toulnay, Genoa. The first stone of the London and Brighton Railway will be laid at the viaduct on the road leading by the Dairy and New England Farm, on Monday. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Every preparation for the arrival of her Majesty the Queen Dowager has been completed at Marlborough House. Her Majesty's car riages have left town for Portsmouth, where her Majesty is expected to disembark to-morrow morning, or in the course of the succeeding day. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador will give a sumptuous banquet on Saturday evening, at Ash. burnham House, to his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Sr Robert and Lady Peel, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord and Lady Cowley, and a distinguished party have been in vited to meet his Imperial Highness. The Countess Charles Pozzo di Borgo contemplates a splendid fete in ‘le course of th ,k. le ensuing week. Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland WI, give a grand ball of extraordinary brilliancy this evening a‘ Northumberland House. Her Majesty is expected to arrive at half-past ten. A lady of rank has placed in the hands of the Rev. W. W. Ellis the munificent donation of one hundred guineas, to be applied at discretion to the cause of the sick and persecuted Jewish converts at Jerusalem. The Earl of Radnor has presented to the par ishioners of Britford, near Salisbury, a handsome collection of books, for the purpose of commencing the formation of a village circulating library. The Marquis and Marchioness of N BIRMINGHAM. (FROM A CORRESFONDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING. A meeting of working men took place this evening at Holloway Head, and notwithstanding the rain and snow descended pretty h•eoiviiy the pc.:ter part of the trine there were upwards of 1.000 persen?. present. There was also a pretty good muster of Delegates, and the meeting was graced by the attendance of several females, wives and daughters of some of the working men present. Mr. F'weell was called to the chair, and, after a short address, introduced Mr. NEESOM, from Bristol, who said it was perfectly clear now that the people would get nothing but what they obtained for themselves. It was of no use petitioning the House of Commons, and were they prepared to have Uni versal Suffrage at any risk ?—( Cries of " Yes.") The working-men had already suffered great privations, in consequence of the system of exclusive legislation that had hitherto prevailed; they had it now in their power to obtai n their poli.ical rights, and if the sham radical party attempted to frustrate them in their political movements, his opinion was, they would come off second best.— ( Cheers.) Is was not conducive to health to stand upon wet ground, and he would therefore conclude by say ing, that he was confident if they united together, no power on earth would be able to defeat them.—( Cheers.) Mr. MansoEN, from Preston, next addressed the meet ing. There was a very important motion to be discussed in the Convention to-morrow, which had for its object, the assisting and protecting those who were or might be ar rested.—( Cheers.) That was an important matter, and one to which he wished to direct the attention of the peo ple of Birmingham. In 1793 there was a peaceable agitation. The men who undertook that agitation, had in view the very object the people at present sought to effect. They conducted themselves in such a way, that no one could say one violent expression was used, but notwithstanding their mild demeanour, they were banished from the country. Was it to be supposed the present Go vernment were more mildly disposed ? " The spirit of the age" deterred them from doing what they no doubt wished, but they would suppress the agitation unless the people re sisted them. The Correspondence Society was next sup pressed. Then followed the movement of 1819. They were told to be peaceable, and to act constitutionally. The people met at Manchester—they had arms, pikes, and mus kets by thousands ; but Hunt begged thein to go to Peter. 100 without any arms, and that they should not have even a stick in their possession. He believed the meeting called there was itself constitutional, but the enemies of the people fell on them, and slaughtered the unoffending mul titude. Prosecutions immediately commenced, and what became of the movement? The people sank into a state of apathy, and now, after the lapse of twenty years, an energy had been awakened sufficient to lead the people to something like the probability of an at tainment of their rights,—(Cheers.) But if these arrests went on—if leader after leader was taken, what would become of the people or of the movement ? If the members of the Convention were arrestad one after an other, distraction would be the consequence, and no good would result. Another period would elapse, and another generation must arise, ere the same degree of energy would be roused to accomplish even what had already been ac complished.—( Hear.) It behoved them then to adopt some proceeding in consequence of those arrests, and those arrests ought to be considered in the same light as if a shot had already been fired at their leaders.—( Hear.) What they had in view was only justice, and it was doing an injustice to oppose them. They only asked for those privileges which they willingly gave to others, and that man was not doing as he would wish to be done unto, who sought to deprive another of the privilege he him self enjoyed. If those in Parliament would do the people justice—would attend to their wants—consider the poverty of the nation, and take care that those who had to labour for their bread were properly protected, then they would willingly allow them the enjoyment of their privileges. If the men of Birmingham saw the misery that existed in Lancashire, and knew the sufferings the hand-loom weavers laboured under, they would not hesitate to take any steps to remove those miseries. —(Hear, hear.) Heartrending tales might be told of the misery that ex isted in the north. The men of Birmingham earned more wages, and the men of Dudley, whom he (Mr. Marsden) addressed last night, and who earned 30s. a week, could scarcely believe that men with their families subsisted on 65., 75., Bs., or 9s. a week.__(" Shame, shame !") He himself had endured it, and had been a daily witness as well as a participator of their sufferings. A small basin of oatmeal gruel constituted their breakfast, while a quarter of a pound of bacon had to serve for two meals for a man with his wife and children —(Cries of " Shame 1") Although the men of Birmingham received a little more were they certain they would continue to receive it ? Did they suppose those combinations that bad hitherto pro tected them would continue to protect them ? He feared not.—( Hear, hear.) A few years ago the Irish came into Lancashire. The working people there were ready to call them by every opprobrious name, and to tell them to be off to their own country ; but had they taken a different course, and called on the Government to pay some atten tion to that unfortunate race—they would not have had the Irish to compete with them, the consequence of which competition had been to bring themselves down to the same level. The men in the north might perhaps bring the working men of Birmingham down likewise.—( Hear, hear.) The trade and manufactures of England had been for some time on the decrease. In 1810 Russia took more than five millions yards of woollen cloth. Las , year she did not take a single yard.—( Hear, hear She had chosen to manufacture for herself. 1820 there were not less than 13,000,000 yards of printed calico sent fr - om this country to Russia. Last year it fell short of 1,000,000. Not merely had Russia begun to ma nufacture into cloth yarn from this country for herself, lout had actually erected manufactories for the purpose of making the yarn.—(Hear, hear.) The iron trade of this country was also on the decay. Russia obtained iron from America; and the whole Continent would shortly be able to manufacture for itself --(Hear. ) These statements were enough to alarm any one, but how were they to pro vide against coming calamities? Brougham was a wise man, he knew what was coming, and therefore he wanted to thin the population. Hence the Poor-law Bill ; and when they were unable to maintain themselves and families, they were to be thrust into bastiles, there to perish.—(Cries of " Shame, and put them on fire.") Brougham had a pension of fourteen pounds a.day— for what? because he had held a situation worth fifteen thousand pounds a•year.—( Hear.) He ought to have saved enough while in office to have kept him for the remainder of his days, but when a poor man was unable to maintain himself and was thrown out of employment he was to be thrown into a bastile.—(Shame, shame.) Then there was Queen Adelaide, with her 100,000/. a-year•-2791. 19s. a-day.—( Shame, shame.) That was the way in which the hard-earnings of the working men were squandered away. Could they endure it?—(Cries of " No, no.") Tell him not of reasoning with individuals who could be guilty of such conduct. No moral force was adequate to the accomplishment of their purpose without at the same time showing that they had a physical force in the rear.— ( Cheers.) A poor man was quite as good as a rich man, and he hoped that if any of their unfortunate fellow-suf ferers were arrested, they would exert themselves by every means in their power to defend and support them. Mr. HEALING, from Bath, was proud of that oppor tunity of addressing the men and the women of Birming ham, because he knew that Birmingham was the centre of industry and mechanical talent and intellect. He was proud to see that Birmingham was ready to strike an ef fectual blow at their enemies by declaring for equality of rights, universal suffrage, and no surrender.—(Loud cheers.) All they wished for was to have a good day's pay for a good day's work, and it was only by unity and assembling peaceably together, and declaring these senti ments, that they would obtain what they desired.—( Hear.) Mr. FUSSELL said that if the Government arrested any of the Delegates, it was the duty of the Convention to protect the people by at once providing for any such con tingency. He trusted the Convention would handle the matter iu such a way as to place the people in a position to resist any Government interfering with the people in the free exercise of their constitutional rights, and to deprive them of their leaders.—(Cheers.) He had not the least doubt but that the Convention would adopt such a course as would enable them to meet any emergency, and he would communicate the result of the deliberations of the Convention to the people to-morrow evening in Smithfield market.—( Cheers.) It being now nearly dark, the meeting, after giving three cheers for the Convention, quietly dispersed. METROPOLITAN SUMMARY. ti tc, • 7,4 f because Ministers are l ess enamoured than he V-k , S 4 4 the pleasing occupation of ab o li s hi ng or suspendin„, than they did a fortnight ago o f t h e intervention t it tutions, not because the n eg r o population, stand les - sigi u of the supreme legislative auth or i ty o f the British . "9:effs.! Parliament, but simply because the Ministerial Bill for the extinction v.f the Jamaica Coastitution can scarcely be ad limed to by Ministers without endanger;ng the places of certain Ladies of the Bedchamber, between whom and Lord Melbourne there exists a good understanding." The Morning Chronicle, discussing Sir Robert Peel's modest proposal to her Majesty, that she should dismiss 1 • all the members of her Household, observes, " The prin_ • chile involved in this question is of the utmost importance. In a Constitutional Monarchy it is wisely provided that the Sovereign should act only through responsible Ministers. But the Duke of Wdlington and Sir Robert Peel would not merely deprive the Sovereign of the power of action, but of the liberty of thought. They would make her a mere puppet, to receive all her impressions from her Ministers alone. Now, this is an usurpation on the function of the Monarch. The Sovereign, though not entitled to act ex cept through Ministers, is clearly entitled to the most per fect personal liberty, to be able to fulfil the great and im portant part of judging how far the Ministry may, in the execution of their delegated powers, be entitled to pos sess the Royal confidence. This liberty cannot be enjoyed so long as the Sovereign is only to be surrounded by crea tures of the Ministry for the time, appointed with a view to bias the Royal mind, and aware that their tenure of place must depend on the dexterity with which they may exer cise their functions. It was never intended by . the Consti tution that the Sovereign should be, to all intents and pur poses, a prisoner ; for how can that person be said to be free, whose mind is not in her own keeping, and who is debarred from receiving all impressions but such as are ne cessary for the purposes of others ? The Sovereign is as much entitled to the uncontrolled power of forming inde pendent opinions, from books and from social intercourse, as any subject in the empire." The Morning Herold, following in the wake of the Times, still perseveres in the assertion that Lord Mel. bourne's resignation was a mere trick ; and speaking of the prospects of the New Ministry, indulges in the following grim and dismal vaticination :—" Lord Melbourne's new Cabinet cannot stand. Let him arrange his materials as he may, he cannot conceal the fact that those materials are rotten. The first collision with the real business of the country will shatter the whole concern. We have stated that the Whigs will try to sneak through the session, with out attempting to grapple with any of the difficulties that have connected themselves with our foreign and colonial relations. Some measures there are, however, which the Queen's favoured advisers will, undoubtedly, attempt to carry through Parliament. They will renew the new Poor- law Bill ; and they will, almot immediately, lay the foundations of their favourite scheme for the establishment of a rural police. Sir Harry Verney brought forward this latter subject incidentally last night; and Sir Harry Ver ney is, in this matter, a mere index of feeling which ani mates the Liberal' Cabinet. The prospects connected with the establishment of a rural police, are, undoubtedly of a gratifying kind. It is pleasing to think that the liber ties and properties—and perhaps the lives —of all classes of Englishmen may, soon, be at the mercy of a knot of Com missioners, who shall be responsible only to the Members of the Cabinet for the time. It is pleasing, moreover, to reflect that the character and constitution of every Cabinet is likely, henceforth, to depend on the pleasure of the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber !" The Morning Advertiser deduces the following just in. ferences from the political explanations that have recently been made in Parliament:." One fact, at least, is esta blished by the disclosures of Sir Robert Peel in his ex planation ; a fact that will gladden the hearts of millions, and invest the Administration with a power and influence for good, which will enable them to work out effectually and decisively those wholesome reforms that have been so long retarded by a hostile majority in one House, and a desperate minority in the other. The fact is, that her Majesty is cordially, heartily, and wholly with the people ; that the Sovereign of this kingdom sympathises with pub lic opinion throughout all its healthy manifestations. Whatever obstacles may now be thrown in the way of Re form by Peers, Bishops, or political adventurers, will be met by the irresistible moral force arising from this union of the Throne and the People. Before this power all fac tious opposition must quail, and the great social commu nity will be animated with that confidence in the Govern ment which is the best security for the national honour and the welfare of the country. The Queen's name is a tower of strength." EVENINt; ED rl-1( SUPPRESSION OF THE INSUR RECTION IN PARIS. (From Galignani's Messenger.) We arc glad to be able to announce that the distur bances to n 'deb the capital was exposed on Sunday even ing were effectually repressed during the night, and that, as will be seen by the following details, they were not only not renewed to any effect yesterday, but that by the even ing they may be considered to have been completely got under. We trust that from the very vigorous measures which have been adopted, we shall have no more repeti tions of these disgraceful occurrences. Yesterday, in several houses from which shots had been fired by the insurgents, strict search was made, and several individuals were arrested, and their arms discovered. In the course of the day attempts were made to form some barricades near the Marche des Innocent, and also in the Rue Neuve St. Mery. The troops fired repeatedly upon the insurgents, and two or three men were killed in the Rue Plahche Mibray. Another barricade at the corner of the Rue Briscmiche was very warmly defended, and was ultimately carried by the Municipal Guard. Several persons were instantly arrested behind it, and among then' two men in livery, who ere said to be servants of the Marquis de Dreux Breze. Le . aehments of cavalry several times moved upon and dispersed the crowds that filled the streets near the Mrre,he des Innocens, and several pieces of artillery were brought from the Ecole Militaire into that part of the town, as well as to the Place de Carrou sel. Subsequent to these occurrences nothing serious took place in the centre of Paris. Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, the King, accom panied by the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, reviewed 2,000 National Guards and the troops of the line on the Place du Carrousel, where they had been stationed throughout the day. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, and the Prince de Joinville, accompanied by Generals Marbot, Flahault, and Boyer, left the Tuileries at half -past six yesterday morning, rode along the Rue de Rivoli, the Rue de Castiglione, the Place Vendome, and the Rue de la Paix, to the Boule vards, which they followed to the Place de la Bastille, and then returned to the Quays. Their Royal Highnesses reviewed all the troops they met with on their way, as well as the 9th Legion of the National Guard, which was assembled at the mayory of its arrondissement, and the 4th, stationed in the quadrangle of the Louvre. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon a band of rioters went to the Ecole Polytechnique with the dead body of a man, killed at one of the barricades, calling on the pupils to fraternise with them. The pupils, however, at once re fused. The insurgents then tried to make an assault on the school, but were repelled by the young men. A de tachment of the Municipal Guards came up and dispel sed the assailants by a charge, in which three of them wore killed. About eleven o'clock yesterday morning some gamins de Paris had overturned an omnibus in the Rue de Grenelle St. Honore, near the office of the messagerics Laffitte, Caillard and Co., and tried to stop a diligence coming into the yard, in order to form a barricade. A posse of the conductors and porters, however, sallied forth, gave them a sound thrashing with their fists, and drove them home. Fourteen dead bodies were taken yesterday to the Morgue. Tiie number of wounded which, up to five o'clock yes erday, had been carried to the hospitals, is stated by the Messager to have amounted to 190. Several amputations, it adds, had been made, and many patients are lying with out hope of recovery. At the Hotel Dieu were were 69, of whom 20 were soldiers; about half these patients are since dead. At Saint Louis 38, at Saint Antoine 14, at La Charite 2, at the Maison Royale de Sante 2. At the Val de Grace eighteen soldiers. The number of killed among the National Guards and troops the same journal states to be forty-seven. The following is a copy of a proclamation found in the shop of Messrs. Lepage, the gunsmiths, which was pil laged by the insurgents : "To arms , citizens! The h our f a t a l to our oppressors has struck. The cowardly tyrant of the Tuileries laughs at the hunger which tears the bowels of the people; but the measure of his crimes is full—they are about to receive their chastisement. France betrayed and the blood of our murdered brothers cry aloud to you for vengeance. Let it be terrible, kr it has been too long delayed I Perish at last all advantage taken of the people, and let Legality be seated triumphant over the fallen ruins of the monarchy and aristocracy. A provisional government has appointed military chiefs to lead you to combat; follow them, they will guide you to victory. People, arise ! your enemies will fly before Sou like the dust before the whirlwind. Strike and exterminate without pity the vile satellites and voluntary accomplices of tyranny; hold out the hand to the soldiers who have sprung from among you, and who will never turn against you any parricidal arms I —En avant ! Vire la _Republique I" The Debuts says that several Deputies, who had never appeared at the Tuileries since the Revolution of July, and amongst them Messrs. Dugabe, Chabrol de Volvic, Arthur de la Bourdonnaye, Blin de Bourdon, Gras Pre. ville, and Dc Lespinasse, were present at the interview between the National Representatives and the King yester day afternoon. M. Thiers, M. Odillon Barrot, and M. De Lamartine, were also among the Deputies. TUESDAY, ONE o'CLoce.—The capital has this morning re-assumed its usual appearance ; the central quarters have been evacuated by the principal part of the troops, the shops have been re-opened, and though numbers of people are circulating in the streets to visit the scenes of the disturbances, every thing is perfectly tranquil, and no symptoms of insurrection remain. It is reported that the Chamber of Peers will be entrusted with the judicial cog nizance of proceedings resulting from this affair. Several individuals who had been concerned in former emuetes have been arrested with arms in their hands ; and one, a notorious character nicknamed Le ltfanchot, w as shot dead while trying: to disarm a Municipal Guard on Sunday evening. It was rumoured yesterday that Colonel Vaudrey and Commandant Parquin, who were concerned in the affair of Prince Louis Napoleon at Stras. • burgh, had been arrested yesterday in Paris, but one of our Contemporaries mentions that the Colonel is at pre sent at Dijon, from which place a letter has beets received from him addressed to M. F. Barrot. The Wounds of Colonel Pelion, whe was attacked by the insurgents on, the Place des Italiens, appear to be serious. The Tories talk a great deal of the Whig on sufferanc e , an d consider it a most existence. Yet th e i r pet Sir Robert acknow ledged in the House, that he w ou ld g l adly have existed in d M i s i g n r is a t e r e y fu e l listi g the same way, if he could, not only with a petty majority of twenty, but even in that minority !!! He would actually, he says, have attempted to have carried on the business of the country with a ma j or i ty of twenty against him. ol4 the love of place I POLITICAL The Times of this morning, referring again to the re cent explanations which have been put forward in both Houses of Parliament, still persists that Lord Melbourne's resignation was a" vamped-up" one, and the result of trick on his Lordship's part. This brazen assertion, which is directly at variance with all the evidence we have on the subject, proves the desperate length which our Contempo rary is prepared to go in the service of faction :—" Tne fact is, that a Lady of the Bedchamber, more or less, had nothing to do with the real question which lay near the heart of the Whigs. From the hour of their vamped.up resignation, it was manifest that they sought but a pretext for recalling it. Lord Melbourne and Kilkenny Joseph have been at it for successive days. It is now notorious that demands have been made on one side and gravely con sidered on the other, as to how and on what pretence black and white might be once more confounded—the game of fast and loose be again set going—the jobs of Joseph, Daniel, and the lest of them be resumed for at least one other Session, and the national voice and national wel fare be treated with the same virtuous indifference as for the four preceding years. Lord Melbourne, for an artful and somewhat insidious personage, has in this instance over shot his mark. The Premier redivivus is rhetorical, al most pathetic, upon the cruel calumny which he supposes might impend over him, representing him as a man who would be likely to " run away from his post," that post being a double one—viz., the Treasury and the Royal closet! A droll alarm this, to torment the Noble Viscount. For we confess that of all the slanderous insinuations, of all the wanton reproaches, of all the indignant and abusive epithets ever launched at, or affixed to Lord Melbourne, that of abandoning the Royal elbow, or being "a runaway from" the post either of Downing-street or Pimlico, has never yet, it is probable, occurred to the mind of any human being as applicable under any configuration of cir cumstances to that Noble Viscount." The Morning Post comments as follows on the notice of motion given by Lord John Russell last night in the House of Commons, with respect to the J ama i ca B ill : " The vague and obscure notice given last night by Lord John Russell of a motion to be made a fortnight hence, relative to the course to be pursued with regar d to Ja maica," amounts to conclusive eviden ce o f t h e f act that Ministers have to this moment been unable to make up their minds as to what they shall do, or, perhaps, we ought rather to say, attempt ; f or attempting and per forming with them, as we have seen, and their destiny in this respect seems unchangeable, are very differ ent things. We incline to think that the House of Assembly of Jamaica may dismiss every apprehen sion for its own safety, not because it will have become a wiser or more humane body than it has hitherto been, not ADDRESS To THE QUEEN. 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