The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-03 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame GRIST has the honour to inform her Friends, Subscribers tithe Opera, and the Public, that HER BEN El a will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, JULY 4, When will be perfumed (fir t time thcse three years), Rossini's Opera Seria, OTELLO. Dosdernona, Madame Grim ; Emilia, Madame Bellini; lm sg. iro, L a blache; lago, Sig. Fomasari (his first appearance in that character) • Rodrigo, Sig. Corelli; I 1 Dcge, Sig. G. Galli ; and Otello Sig.' Mario. After which, a "DIVERTISSEMENT," In which will be intro duced a new Pas de Deux by Mdlle. Fanny Elsaler and M. St. Leon, Pas de Deux by Mdlles. Scheffer and Plunkett, and the admixed Spanish lance " La Saragossa," by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler. To be followed by the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera, LUCIAI LA M MERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Persiani; and Edgard°, Si DI g Norma To concligewith the celebrated Ball Scene o f ALMA, in which Cerite, I. St Leon, &c., will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at wi the Box office, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seve n ; the Operawill com ',levee at Half-past THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET MR. BENJAMIN W BSTER LES EE Last Night of Madame Celeste's Engagement. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, Will be repeated the Prize Comedy of QUID PRO QUO; or, THE DAY OF DUPES. With a Prologue spoken by Mr. Webster. Earl of Hunsdon, Mr. Stuart; Lord Be ll a mont, Mrs. Nisbett ; Jeremy Grigson. Mr. Strickland; Miry, Mr. H. Holl ; Captain Eippett, Mr Buckstone; Sir George Mordent, Mr W. Farren ; Countess of Hunsdoa, Mrs. W. Cliffbrd ; Lady Mary Rivers, Mrs. Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Grigson, Mrs. Glover ; Bridget I rim, Hamby. will sing " Fayre Rosamond Alter the Comedy Mr. John Parry e." After which, will be repeated a New Farce, entitle d THE MIL. LINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Buckstone; Mr. rennywig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka. Phillipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polio. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 6s. • Pit 3s. ; Gallery, •'s.; Upper Gillery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, ; Pit 25.; Gallery. Is. ; Upper H Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at alf-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Archer, at the Box frorn Ten till Five. • PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRFET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, Will be perform d the celebrated Opera, L'EISIR D'AMORE. Mina, Miss Austin ; Nemerino, Mr. Allen ; Doctor Dulcamara. Mr. Paul Bedford. After which, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Emma Stanley. To conclude with a New Drama, called BLANCHE DE VALMY Colonel Chatilloa, Mr. Granby ; Franval, Mr. Walton ; Hilare, Mr. W. Lacy; Blanche de Vaimy, Madame Eugenie Prosper. IHEAFRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA- Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. LAST JUVENILE NIGHT. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, Will be perf Q ormed a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO. MENTOUS UEST lON. Characters by Vining, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Messrs. WiganDiddear, F. After which, a Grand Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME ; or, a Night with the Forty Tbie es. Ilassarac, Mr. Keeley; Morgiana, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA M ANIA. Ch ar acters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with THE THREE PRA DIAVOLOS. Principal Characters by . Messrs. F. Vining, Keeley, Wigan, Diddear, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Woollidge. ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and N,:iv Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, JULY S. Will be repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, Ac., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. After which, a gracefhl and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY 4 L COTILLION OF FRANCIS THE FI US F; or, Ihe Beauties of the Louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs. Batty. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary Feats of Horsomanihip by Monsieur Louis Tournaire, S g. Germani, Herr eishaek, La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c.; with Air. R. Smith', highly trained Steeds. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eng lait‘i's Harvest Home. The doors will open nightly at six o'clocz, and the erformaiaces e immence at seven. Boy—ottice opened daily from ten till four. l'he private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and -splendour. Acting and stage an snager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAVIDOTE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. HIS EVENING, JULY 3,. Wm be performed an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA. RAC 1'; or, The Enchanter's Spell. After which, a Lilliputian Ballet, entitled Napoleon's Genel. rosity," in which the Brockstedt Family —three German Lilliputiant, only :29 32, and 36 inches in height—will perform. Jo conclude with a New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF" ROUEN in which Messrs . Hudson Kirby, Hicks, Neville, Vale, Meslop,Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss lerrey, and Mrs. It Honner will perform 'Pisces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Denson and Telbin. Tile sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as 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 'ays, Tues days, Wednesdays and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, are upon a scale ot"more than usual excellence: but words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREA I' FIRE - OF LONDON. Its fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic At t, that delight is predominant over terror ; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Southby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist, has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis. J. eeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dia3k. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLI . IMPORTANT NOTICE. ON g SHILLING Admission to THE NAI °LEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collodion of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to km e been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in structive and intere..ding manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, Yi'L.--CJIARLES 1., OLIVER CROSIWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR N.IPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been v. kited ollen, during the last and present year, by the Royal Famr.y, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an i their Ladies, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; an-1 the Pro , riefor has - recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of )11 SS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relic- and other zuriosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it -s. Wit to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it, And THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of adisais• Von is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the Egyptian Pixadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Tile dividends of the New Three-and-a-Half per Cent: Stock will be liable to the income-tax, like any other species of stock. In answer to the correspondent who wished to know the fact, we may state that, in the weather table, the words " lowest " and " highest" refer to the previous twenty-four hours, and all the other observations are made at noon of the day on which the paper is published. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, JULY 3. lincrodOMETER, Lowest; 52 ; Highest, 67; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND, S.E. YarE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometeis fair is wally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. , ------- HIGH 'WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Allt.vning ... 51 minutes after 3 I Evening ... 12 niinutes after I. ~... . ' A N;. ,5`1' 7, 7" , :i7::',-,....___." qii -::?•:.,- , P.r.,„,,‘-. . ~..iw ..,,,:- . c , i, 4 1 Y•••• 401111 1 41,111 't, -- "'ir" (— •°..-. . r• S}:COND EDITION. 6Tiitim .;)tit LONDON, WEDNESDAY: JULY 3, 1844. After a brief discussion relative to the League and the Anti-League, Lord CAMPBELL postponed his motion for the further consideration of the Libel Bill till Friday, owing to the absence of Lord DENMAN. The Earl of DALuousie moved the third reading of the Sugar Duties Bill. He thought a differential cbity of 10s. in favour of the West India interest was quite sufficient, and trusted the House would accede to the measure. After some discussion the Bill was read a third time and passed. In the Commons, Mr. GLADSTONE moved for cer tit,:n alterations in the Standing Orders of the House re lative to railways, which were agreed to. Mr. WALLACE moved for a Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Judges who presided at the assizes held at Glasgow in the month of May, and especially into the circumstances connected with the trial of ALNKANDER WALKER, charged with com mitting a felonious assault on a girl of tender age. The LORD ADvoaA7, after stating the particulars of the case, and defending the conduct of the Judges, opposed the, motion, and on a division, it was rejected' by a majority of 119. Sir ROBERT PEEL then addressed the House, and s af,l as Mr. DUNCOMBE had an important motion to bring . forward relative to opening letters at the Post office, he trusted Hon. Members who had the pre cedence would give way. The proposition of the E i g ht Hun. Baronet, after some partial resistance, was agreed to, and Mr. DUNCOMBE moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the secret depai•tipent of the Post-office. The Honourable Member gave a brief description of the Cabinet noir, and Apologised to M. GutzoT arid the French authorities for charging them with a practice—a base, mean practice—which it now appeared was confined to England. In Aus tria, and some other countries, the authorities opened l et t er s, but in place of acting like Sir. JAMES GRA HAM, who tried to conceal the degrading operation, they sent them to their destination with the had Gov been ern ment stamp, intimating that the opened. He would not confine the charge to the Dome Secretary, he brought it against the whole Cabinet> who justified his conduct. Some of the fs.cts detailed by Mr. DUNCOMBE show tho baseness of the system, and cannot fail to rouse universal in dignation. , Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the motion, and was about 1,0 address the House, but gave way to Sir JAMES GstAx.,tm, who seemed at length to think some defe rence shauld be paid to public opinion. In adverting to the remarks of Mr.- DUNCOMBE,_ he repeated some of his stat i ements, as Mr. DUNCOMBE thought not very accurately ; and on the Hon. Member for Finsbury endeavouring to put himself right, the Home Secretary twice appealed to the House for pro tection, and begged to be permitted to make his de fence on such a grave charge without interruption. After adverting to the attacks made upon him by the press, and the speeches of Mr. MACAULAY, Lord J. RUSSELL, Lord Howicx, and several other Members' he said he was convinced that from that moment the maintenance of such a power, without inquiry, was impossible ; and he would be a party, a willing party, to such an inquiry. This was received with loud cheers. Mr. DUNCOMBE had carried his point, and the Right Hon. Baronet, who at first would give no explanation, showed himself willing to give every ex planation in a Committee. He proposed, therefore, to move as an amendment that the inquiry should take place before a Secret, not a Select, Committee, and that it should be composed of four Members generally supporting the Government—Lord SANDON ' Mr. H. DRUMMOND, Mr. T. BARING, and Sir W. lIEATHCOTE ; and five Members of the Opposition, namely, Sir C. LEMON, Mr. WARBURTON, Mr. STRUTT, the O'Cosrox DON, and Mr. ORD. No lawyer was to be on the Committee, and Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, the principal mover in this great and stirring question was to be excluded. After some remarks from Mr. SHELL against this omission, and also from Sir GEORGE GREY, Mr. RoEnucx, and others, Mr. JAMES moved that Mr. T. DUNCOMBE be appointed on the Committee. This was opposed by Sir ROBERT PEEL; and on a division, there were, for the motion 52, and against it 128. This is bad policy on the part of the Government. They profess to be anxious to make the most search ing inquiry, yet reject the services of the very man best acquainted with the malversations which have excited such general obloquy. However something is gained, and though the Committee is to be held with closed doors, and the public, of course, will regard its labours with less interest, yet we may confidently trust that Mr. WARBURTON and the other Liberal Members appointed on it, will not ne glect their duty. There must be something very bad in the whole system, when the Government are afraid to let in the light, and appoint a Secret Com mittee to examine into facts of the first importance, and affecting the interests of any individual of the public community. No further business of importance was transacted, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. We recur to the debate of last night in the House of Commons, on the subject of the violation of sealed letters at the General Post-office, in order to direct attention to some of the (hitherto) undisputed allega tions of Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE against that esta blishment. These certainly give a deeper and more sombre col our to the malpractices complained of than that under which they had previously presented themselves. Such a system as they disclose—prac ticed on such a scale, and with correspondence of so sacred and important a character as the diplomatic communications of Foreign Powers to their accredited agents here—is a monster-treachery of which, as ac tually existing, we had not, we confess, the remotest idea. Mr. DUNCOMBE said, " he had not, of course, obtained a copy of the warrant; but he understood that, at this moment, the letters of foreign Ministers were opened, and here examined and read. He be lieved that the letters to foreign Ministers were, at this moment, opened and read by the Right Hon. Baronet. Were those Ministers aware of the fact ?" If fact it be, we, for our parts, shall feel every disposition to follow Mr. DUNCOMBE'S example in his apology to M. GTJIZOT, by apologizing in our turn to the whole body of French writers, legislators, and es sayists for our depreciation of their incessant declama iions against " perfide Albion"—a practice which we grieve to find Mr. T. DUNCOMBE with so much rea son calling " eminently English"—is eminently in famous. But we rely on the well-earned character and reputation of our country for its love of honour, and its constitutional detestation of the employment and the occupation of spies, for our vindication, by the world at large, from the charge of sanctioning by our example that of the Right Hon. Home Secre tary, as displayed in his dealings with Irish and with Post-office questions. And if the moral scandal of such base and prying letter-burglary or breaking be thus disgraceful and enormous, the *political conse quences that may flow from the just irritation of offended Cabinets at such insulting dishonesty—such inexcusable tampering with their confidential dis patches are still more palpable. The inexpe diency of the thing is as great and as apparent as its iniquity. It is a social crime and a political solecism. Away with the flimsy pre• texts of " justification" under peculiar circumstances, and tli purport of secret information. No circum stance, no informations can excuse such an offence in the abstract. If there be a great treason, a mighty movement of hostility to this country, a threatening imminent peril, such as must over-ride all ordinary principles and relations, as their concoction has already outstripped all ordinary protective combi nations—let the fact of such an exigency be broadly and boldly stated, without disclosure of particulars; and let Parliament be fairly appealed to, whether in open or in secret sitting, for the excessive powers re quired to deal with such an exigency. But nothing of , the kind is even pretended in this instance. It is a petty, miserable affair, on Government's own showing, that has induced them to descend to this reckless and unprincipled proceeding. It is said that the letters of Signor MAzzINI were opened at the instance of the Sardinian Govern ment—that in many cases they were copied, and the copies handed over to the Sardinian Ambas sador. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE undertook to prove that this system of opening and copying letters had been carrying on for two years " in the most unscrupulous manner." Why, such malpractices as these in a State department—such debauching of a Govern ment bureau—sink the character of its adminis trator in the eyes of all true Englishmen to the level of JONATHAN WILD'S wholesale fence—for the re ception, concealment, discovery, or restoration of stolen goods, according to the views and interests of its reputable and very cunning director. But in the end Mr. WILD's speculation was not more felicitous than it was honest; and we are mistaken if Sir JAMES GRAHAM—(we warned him, from the first, that the case of MAZZINI could not rest where it was)—will find his Post-office ventures much more illustrious than JONATHAN'S " fence" dealings—much more popular than his own confidential instructions about the meetings at Clonfert and Donnybrook. The speech, of Mr. DuiwoMßE elicited from Sir JAMES, after some curious ebullitions of temper at one or two casual interruptions, not only a consent to the institution of the desired inquiry into this affair, but this acknowledgment :—" On a former occasion the Honourable Gentleman said this was a question between the people of England and the Government. Whatever it might have been, he (Sir JAMES) admitted that it assumed that aspect now. He regarded this as a question between the people and the Executive Government." Truly ; and the English people with reason complain that their Government have been dishonouring their na tional character —disgracing the public good faith by the practices now to be inquired into. The result of the debate was characteristic. Sir JAMES, on the cardinal principle of Sir It. PEEL'S Government, suc cumbed to circumstances. He proposed a Secret Committee of Inquiry ; but from the list he omitted the .name of Mr. DUNCOMBE himself, to whom the country is indebted for the whole exposition of this Ministerial delinquency. This omission was na turally reverted to by several independent Mem bers in speeches of great force, which rendered due honour to Mr. DUNCOMBE. But Sir ROBERT gave these signal evidences, first, of his unbounded re liance on the credulity of the House as to any assur ances personally given by him secondly, of the ser vile influence which binds a majority of such hetero geneous material; as any majority of that House must now be, to a sickening and disgraceful compliance with his views. Thus, he actually declared, with a gravity unruffled by a smile or conscious chuckle, " that he cordially shared in the satisfaction expressed by Hon. Members that there would be now an opportunity given of obtaining full information on the subject of Ow invidious power of opening letters." Satisfaction ? Credat, its, Then, he opposed the addition of Mr DUNCOMBR'S name to tho list on the motion of Mr. JAmEs ; and this ungracious ejection was affirmed by a ma j o rity pf 76. We confess that our ho p of the results, so tar as these a re to evolve a full, fair, and unflinching report on the made in which this detest able power of letter-opening has been exercised both by Sir JAMES GRAHAM and his predecessors, and the facts attending its use in the particular cases brought forward by Mr. DUNCOMBE, are as little sanguine (after the quibbles resorted to by Ministers to avoid giving greater extent and precision to the terms of the instruction to the Committee), as our respect is little " cordial" for the majority of 76, which would not admit into the tribunal the manly and spirited Member for Finsbury, by whose stirring appeals it was extorted from the fears of the Government. The usual weekly meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League will take place this evening at Covent-garden Theatre, when we trust that such a manifestation of spirit and energy will be made, as shall convince the free traders throughout the country that the recent decision in the House of Commons against the corn-laws, has, so far from damping the energy of the League, only served to give it an ad ditional stimulus. It is not one, nor a dozen such decisions—when we know the selfish mo tives that were at work in the House of Commons to bring it about—that should strike dismay to the hearts of the Leaguers. Their cause being a just one, and supported by all the right-thinking people in the community, their eventual triumph—and that at no distant date—is certain, if they only persevere with the same unflagging zeal with which they have hitherto carried on the struggle. There is no cause for discouragement, but there is every cause for perse verance; and should the late majority against the corn-laws have the effect of rousing the League to additional exertion, it will have been productive of good rather than harm to the great national cause of free trade. No political triumph was ever yet achieved without a desperate struggle—without being exposed to a thousand disadvantages—subjected to a thousand discourage ments, from the lukewarmness of some, and the abject despondency of others—but perseverance, in the long run, rarely fails to carry all before it, and this is what the League should itself practice, and stre nuously and incessantly recommend to its myriad supporters throughout the country. Madrid journals of the 25th have been received, and bring no facts of importance but plenty of rumours respecting the plans of the Government. According to some the Cortes is to be dissolved, and a new Cortes to be convoked forthwith. Others state that the Ministerial consultation at Barcelona had suddenly come to a close; that there was a divi sion in the Ministry ; that Senhor Mori had left for Madrid; and Senhor DE VILUMA had resigned. The Three per Cents. were done at 27 for cash, and 271 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 201 at 59 days, with premium. The article in the Monitcur of Sunday, urging the necessity of making a State provision for the younger sons and daughters of LOUIS PHILIPPE, has caused a great sensation in Paris and most of the journals comment on it with much severity. It may be inte resting, therefore, to our readers to give a brief out line of their comments on this extraordinary docu ment. The Journal des Debats publishes it without any remarks. The Globe, a journal supposed to be the organ of the Court, says good men will appre ciate the clearness with which the paper is drawn up, but declines to enter upon the question at present, as " facts must be first known." The paper of M. THIERS, who of course is anxious not to give offence at Court, throws all the blame on Ministers, and ob serves that " the article of the Moniteur will be read with astonishment, not only in France, but by all Europe ; and that everybody will be struck with the infatuation of the Ministers who have advised and promoted such a publication." The Courrier Fran cais says, " every one has remarked that the kind of petition presented by the Moniteur in favour of the dotation of the Duke DE NEMOURS coincided with the distribution of the railroads amongst the different parts of the territory and of the Chamber. The Chamber has its share and the Ministry demands a dotation for the Princes. If France be contented, the dynasty must also be satisfied. Such conduct is not dignified, but it is adroit perhaps : donnant, don nant." The Commerce censures the Ministry for yielding on the dotation question to the desire of the Crown, and regards the publication as an official pledge to bring the question before the Chamber at the commencement of the next session. The Quoti dienne thus adverts to it :—" We will not reply to this note ; that is the affair of M. DE CORMENIN ; we will merely say that if it be, as we suppose, the an nouncement of a Dotation Bill for the future Regent, it is very maladroit to recal to mind that the first Regent of the name of ORLEANS would never dip into the coffers of the State, for everybody will na • turally be tempted to say that his great-great-grand son would do well to follow his example." The France, which places at the head of its article on the Moniteur, the word " Lamentations " in capital letters, and an engraving representing tears in sign of distress, says :—" The dota tion affair enlarges itself. All the younger sons, and the daughters of Louis PHILIPPE are now to be provided for. At the opening of the session the Cabinet must, by means of its friends, have sent some very severe admonitions to the Tuileries to have had any respite. Now that the session is nearly over the attempt is renewed, and it is the Moniteur that is made the organ of the dynastic distress crying for relief." " The Moniteur," says the Siecle," contains an article of which the gravity could not escape the attention of our readers. Bringing forward the question of dotation, whieh was believed to have been abandoned, the official journal applies itself to the demonstration of two principal propositions—first, that the KING'S sons cannot exist without a dotation ; and secondly, that the KING'S private domain not being sufficient to provide them with one, it is the budget of the State which must provide the funds. This article wal the text on Sunday of every conver sation in Paris. It affords matter for a thousand conjectures." The last extract is from the National and is the most bitter of all. It denies the truth of the state ments put forth by the Moniteur, and contends in these words that the Royal Family are amply pro vided for : "A solemn article of the official lltoniteur, deliberated with out doubt in the Council of Ministers, has fallen all of a sudden in the midst of the railroad discussions, and on the eve of the budget. This budget is not less than 1,300 mil lions? the floating debt is 500 millions, the reserve of the sinking is absorbed, and the State will require all its re sources until 1855 to suffice for these vast works of public utility which engage the present, and even attack the future. Well then, whilst the country is busied about these great in terests, which are important for its prosperity as for its power, whilst intelligent financiers are recommending the Government to spare the forces of the Treasury and of public credit, in order to turn them to account at thepropermoment, the Cabinet appears occupied with a sole idea—who would be ive it ?—with the dotation of the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family! This appears fabulous, unheard of, and yet it is the truth. And what is there new inwhat is said? What argu ment has been invented? What is there that has not been already said and resold, and torn to pieces with victorious replies ? By right, the insufficiency of the private property of tke Crown ought to be proved. But is that done by vague allegations ? Show your books, and let them be examined to ascertain the truth. The Civil List is so poor, it would seem, as to be on the point of pledging its property at the Mont de Pi6te. That is exceedingly affecting; and to see this Civil List so cruelly involved, forces tears from our eyes. However, if in place of petitions thus made, we examine facts, perfectly well known to every one, we feel ourselves somewhat less moved. It will be well to briefly state those facts, for they contain the whole question. Contrary to what had been up to that time the practice, the Duke of Orleans, when on the point of ascending the throne, disposed of his private estates, which ought to have merged in the property of the Crown. He made the property over to his children, reserving to himself a life-interest in it. What was the value of that private domain? That is naturally estimated by the revenues, and these show that the minimum value of the private domain is 100 millions. The King reserves 12 mil• lions a-year in hard cash from the budget, and has, besides, the revenues arising from the property of the Crown, which brings the Civil List up to 22 millions a - year." On:Monday the subject was brought under the no tice of the Chamber of Deputies by M. VIIERBETTE, who asked M. GUIZOT whether the Government ac • cepted the responsibility of the article in the . Moniteur, at the same time expressing his amazement that it should have been published. M. GUIZOT replied in the affirmative, and said he himself had held nearly similar language in the Chamber of Peers, when he declared dotations to be the necessary consequences of monarchic institutions. M. Durix did not believe that the article had emanated from the KING, while he condemned the mode of re -introducing the question of dotation as unconstitutional. On Monday the Three per Cents. closed at 81f. 90c. and the Fives at 122 f. 40e. THE BOURSE—Monwor, JULY 1. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Csnts ••• • • • 122 05 • • 122 40 122 05 • • 122 05 Three per Cents.• •• • 82 82 .. 81 15 .• 81 85 Bank of France •.. .3025 • • 2025 3020 • • 3020 La/We Bank, 5 I.ooof Shareslllo 1110 .. 1110 .. 1110 4 40 . 000 f. Shme.s 1044 0 5080 5 1 05 4 0 1 5080 5 1 0 0 8 4 0 neigian 14 1842 .• • .• 1084 .. 1084 .. 1084 • • 1084 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MULY 3, 1644. Spanish Active ...• .• ••.• . • 301 .. 301 Threes ••• • • . 34/ .. 34/ Neapolitan 99 .• 99 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, K.B .•••••• 380 .. 380 • • 372 50 372 50 L.B • • •• ...... 255 •• 256 25 .. 250 .. 250 Rouen Rouen to Havre ......•••••• 757 50 .. 757 50 .. 757 50 757 50 Orleans Strasburg to Bale.. •• •• 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 240 .. 240 Avignon to Marseilles• •• • 767 50 .. 767 50 .. 767 50 . 7G7 50 RAILWAY SHAKES FOR SETTLING, 2n JULY. St. Germain .• • • • • • 877 50 .• 877 50 .. 872 50 .. 872 50 Versailles, R. 8.• •• .• 377 50 • • 377 50 372 50 .. 372 50 L.B •• • • • • 990 •• 990 .. 987 50 . 987 50 Rouen to Havre•• 757 50 .. 757 50 .. 755 .. 755 Orleans .. • ..... • • .... 987 50 .. 987 50 .. 987 50 .. 987 50 Strasburg to Bale• ••• • • 245 .. 246 21 .. 240 .. 240 Avignon to Marseilles•• .• •• 765 .• 770 765 770 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15TH JULY. St. Germain 877 50 .. 877 50 ••• 875 .. 875 Versailles, R.B. • • • • • • • • • • • • 377 50 • • 377 50 .. 375 375 :L.8.•• •• •• ...... 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 Rouen-- .• •• • ......... 990 .. 992 50 .. 990 .. 990 Rouen to Havre• • • ..... • • 757 50 • • 757 50 .. 757 50 .. 757 50 Orleans ....•• •• • • ......... 990 .. 990 .. 987 50 .. 987 50 Strasburg to 8a1e•..... 217 50 .. 247 50 .. 240 .. 240 .• 301 •• 301 .. 34a • • 341 •• 96 60 .. 96 65 .. 104 .. 104 THIS DAYS NEWS. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We (Herald) have just received the following 7rom our Paris correspondent PARIS, TUESDAY, Two P.M. An extraordinary courier, who left Perpignan on the 29th of June, brings the following important in telligence "The Emperor of Morocco has rejected the ulti matum of the Spanish Government. " The Emperor has equally rejected the proferred mediation of England. " The four Spanish Ministers now at Barcelona will return to Madrid at the end of this present week." Our Paris correspondent, writing at two o'clock P.M., says, that the impression produced by the news of the Emperor's obstinacy, in the best poli tical circles, is, that France must have recourse to most decisive measures. France and Spain, it is concluded, are equally set at defiance, and England barred from interference. PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, JULY 2, QUARTER TO Two. The Bourse is better. The Three per Cents., which opened at 81f. 95c., are now freely done at 82f. sc. The Five per Cents. are 1221. 45c. No change in Railway Shares. The Madrid journals of the 26th contain little of political importance. Madrid Bourse on the 26th.—Three per Cents., 27 3-16 for cash; Fives, 20 for cash. INDIA. The following extract is taken from the Bombay Monthly Times of the 20th of May : " Considerable alarm prevailed at Shikarpore in conse quence of the return of Captain Tait and Lieutenant Fitz gerald with a force of 800 men, which had been repulsed at Poolajee, and were followed by the enemy back to camp. SIDE. "Theßeloochees having come downtoplunder the country round Shikarpore, had destroyed several villages within a few miles of our camp. Captain Tait, with 600 irregular horse, and Lieutenant Fitzgerald, with 200 of the camel corps, had gone out in quest of them, and having crossed the desert proceeded till very near the entrance of the Murree hills—the scene of so many of our misadventures in 1840. The enemy were here in considerable force, and had taken refuge in the strong fort of Poolajee. An attempt was made by Lieutenant Fitzgerald to blow open the gate with powder-bags and storm the town. The first operation was unsuccessful, the leading man carrying the gun powder having been killed on his way towards the gate. The fire from the walls was found so hot that our troops were com pelled to retire—the enemy following them the whole way back to camp, a distance of seventy miles. The coast being thus clear, the Beloochees proceeded with fresh alacrity to renew their forays, and to strip the unprotected country round Shikarpore of everything that could be carried away." FUNERAL OF MR. T. CAMPBELL, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. The funeral of this distinguished poet and excellent man took place this day in Westminster Abbey. An immense number of his friends and admirers—and no man ever had more—attended on the occasion ; indeed the Jerusalem Chamber was crowded to suffocation with people anxious to pay the last tribute of their respect to the memory of the author of the " Pleasures of Hope." Mr. Campbell's grave was dug in the centre of Poets' Corner, and among the assembled mourners we recognised Lords Brougham, Campbell, and Aberdeen, Sir Robert . Peel, and many other indi viduals of note in the political and literary world. The funeral service was read by Mr. Millman, him self a poet, and with an impressive feeling and solemnity that touched the hearts of all who heard him. While looking round on the busts and monuments of departed men of genius which thickly stud " Poets' Corner," we could not help s term—that from among these lamenting and wondering at the bigotry—for we fear exclusion c c l a u n s be io n o called ed Lordbyß no yr o ngentler' statue errn—that led to the national memorials. Here it should have stood, for among our natio n a l poets no man occu pies a more distingu i s h ed rank than the author of " Child° lIaro ld. " It was a poor—a petty excuse for depriving him of the posthumous honour which was his due, for the Dein and Chapter of West minster to allege that he had written " Cain." The question was not one of orthodoxy but of genius, and should have been regarded as such. The man whsse works are published in full, without any erasures, precisely as originally written, by the High-Church and-State bibliopolist, Mr. Murray, could not have been so immoral and heretical an author as to justify our ecclesiastical authorities in closing the doors of Westminster Abbey on his ashes. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) Portuguese Converted Stock, ex-dividond, realised 451 to 4. Mexican Bonds are steady at 35-A• to 1. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been at 604 to 60a. The Railway Shares have been better supported, and Bir • miugham are lively. The French lines are also in more re quest. In the miscellaneous shares there is not much doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (FrOm the Oficial List.) Bank Stock 199% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... ...... ....... 334 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 102% New 3% per Cent. Annuities 10234% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 7-16 Consols for Open ng 9 8%% Exchequer Bills, 13(d. 134 cl 1,0001. 5001.. ...... ." ••••••••• Ditto Small Ditto Advertised......... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.. Columbian Bonds. 13% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .... ........ A..." 35% Ditto for the Account 35% Ditto Deferred Stock 16% Portuguese Bonds. 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 4 5 34 Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1140 233434 Ditto for the Account. 23% Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Dutch 2 34 per Cents FON% Dutch 5 per Cents. lOO% New Loan, 4 per Cents. (1844) PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered Si. 65. Bd. Great Western Ditto Shares Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham. lOO .........220 219 Ditto New Thirds 2 36% to 36 • Ditto 34 Share= London and Blackwall London and Croydon Midland Counties Ditto 34 Stares Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 South Eastern and Dover 3 2 1 /4 3434 0, t. -- Trent Valley York and North Midland Ditto 34 Shares 25 52% to Ditto Scarboro' Branch 934 , ~ The show of English Wheat samples was, for the time of WEDNESDAY a adequate to meet the year, tolerably A an :IT n G lo ! -- than wants of the dealers. For all descriptions of that article the demand was in a very desponding state, at barely Monday's reduced currencies. In Foreign Wheat, both free and in bend, so little was doing that the rates were almost nominal. Owing to the fine showers, the business doing in all spring Corn was very trifling, at, in some instances, lower rates. ARRIVALS, Wheat. 1 Barley, Oats. Flour English l7O qrs. 60 qrs. 3 , 41 0 qrs. I,3,losacks. Irish.. , 1,600 Foreign. ..... - Malt, 1,210 qrs. Prime Mutton was in steady demand, at full prices ; other wise the trade was dull. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mut ton, 2s 4d to 38 8d ; Lamb, 48 to 58 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 45 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4-5 per 81b8. Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux... 1 Paris ani Orleans .....». t ............ 20 Paris and Rouen 2O . 3.3%.74 ... to --- MANCHESTER STOCK ENCHANGE, JULY cannot report any improvement in the state of our market to-day. Manchester and Birmingham Quarters, 3i premium ; Shef field and Manchester Quarters, 11 ; Lancaster and Preston New Shares, 12s. 6d. premium ; Manchester and Leeds, 106 to 107 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 to 64; North Union, 99 to 100. i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at Twelve o'clock. The Hon. ARTHUR HENRY COLE took the oaths and his seat, as Member for the borough of Enniskillen, in the room of the Hon. Henry Arthur Cole. The Hon. Gentleman was introduced by Sir J. Y. Buller, and Sir Philip Egerton. RAILWAYS BILL. On the motion that the Order of the Day for going into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies Registration and Regulation Bill be now read, Mr. lIA\VES said he should oppose the Bill. He believed the Bill was imperfectly understood, and it was not known that the Bill would be proceeded with so soon. From com munications which he had with several persons, he found that the provisions of the Bill were not known to joint-stock Companies. The provisions of the Bill were not merely ap plicable to future railway companies, ,but to existing rail way companies. They were of such a nature, and went into such minute details, that the Bill, if passed, would throw the greatest possible obstruction in the way of joint-stock com panies, present and future. It seemed to be the object of her Majesty's present Government to interfere in everything and to settle nothing. The great object of the Committee which sat on this subject was to prevent the formation of fraudulent ut companies, thi s Bill b wouldw hich n t o l t i e preventpublic the d formationbelikeolfyfratoudsuuffleenrt. B railway companies. It did not merely apply to fut ure com panies, but it said that existing companies req uired the su perintendence of the Executive Government. This was an wul attempt to grasp at power which was perfectly unprece dented. The Bill not only applied to future companies, but to existing ones, and it went into details to an extent wh ich was perfectly absurd., It even gave directors a power to appoint menial servants. In fact there was no kind of petty legislation which this Bill did not embrace. He thought they had a right to know what was the opinion of her Ma jesty's Ministers generally.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) seemed remarkably hostile to the employment of capital in those great undertakings to which this country was so largely indebted.—(Hear, hear.) From beginning to end joint-stock companies were to be placed under the control of -the Board of Trade. The Bill had been materially altered since it was first printed, and very extensive powers had been given to the Board of Trade in reference to railway companies—(an expression of dissent from Mr. Gladstone)—and insurance companies.— (Hear, hear.) He would join issue with the Right Hon. Gentleman in reference to railway companies. The Right Hon. Gentleman intimated that the Bill did not apply:to them. Now in clause 76 The SPEAKER here interrupted the Hon. Gentleman by informing hini that until the order of the day had been read, lie could not discuss the clauses of the Bill. The order of the day was then read. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. HAWES said the Right Hon. Gentleman had intimated that the Bill did not apply to railways.—(".No," from Mr. Glad stone.) Then he would assume that it did apply to them ; and indeed, he could conceive of no company to which it did not apply. The insurance companies had been included recently, and he thought they ought to have had notice. His great object was to elicit a clear exposition of the principles and intentions of the Government. To the Bill itself he enter tained three objections—first, that the interference took place without sufficient notice to the several companies ; ' secondly, that the interference was minute to a degree, which would be destructive of the proper management of the com panies; and, thirdly, that the Bill gave to the Board of Trade a degree of power in reference to joint-stock companies which it ought not to possess. .He would be glad to know what necessity there was for a measure like this. Had there been that extent of fraud and deception in the formation and management of joint-stock companies, which alone could justify such an interference? He maintained that there had not. The evidence taken before the Committee on this sub ject was of the most unsatisfactory character. The chairmen, directors, and shareholders of joint-stock companies had not been examined as to the practicability or necessity of the scheme. One of the principal witnesses was Sir Peter Laurie. Another was a solicitor, who, by his own confession, had had a great deal to do with undertakings of a very questionable character. It was not evidence of that description which would justify the proposal of that measure. The Hon. Mem ber concluded by moving that the House should resolve itself into Committee on the Railways Bill on that day six months. Mr. HAW ER seconded the motion. The Bill was one for giving to the Board of Trade unlimited control over all joint stock companies. Every document even connected with the companies was to be sent to the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade by this measure was assuming to itself all those powers for the purpose of making itself an irresponsible tri bunal, and enabling it to throw a net over every company, from which they could not escape. That was the real object of the Bill. Every penalty fixed by the Bill was, he would venture to say, unknown to the Constitution, enormous in amount, and unexampled in all times. But then it was said that this Bill did not apply to railway companies. He (Mr. Hayter) would assert fearlessly that it not only applied to railway companies but to every com pany, even the East India Company; nay, more, it applied to every foreign railway company. Under such circum stances he felt bound to support the amendment of his Hon. Friend the Member for Lambeth. Mr. GLADSTONE was surprised that a measure like the present should have been met in the manner it had been by the Hon. Member for Lambeth. The Hon. Member made the measure a source of accusation against her Majesty's Government. Thinking that such an accusation was unworthy of the Honourable Member, and totally uncalled for by the provisions of the Bill, he should take no further notice of them, but go at once into the discussion of the objection that the Hon. Member had raised. He (Mr. Gladstone) was surprised that such objec tions should come from the Hon. Member for Lambeth, be cause it must be recollected that the Hon. Member for Lam beth was a member of that Committee upon whose resolutions the present Bill was founded—(Hear, hear)—and if he (Mr. Gladstone) was not mistaken, that Hon. Member agreed in every word of that Committee's report. Whether the provi sions of the Bill were meritorious or not her Majesty's Govern ment were not to blame. It was the act of the Committee, and the Committee alone, and the Bill was founded upon the resolu tions they had come to. If there were details in the Bill that were objectionable, why he would ask, should not the House go into Committee in order to amend them? The real ques tion they had to consider was, what was the main spirit, and what was the outline of the Bill. Upon that it was his wish that the measure should stand or fall. The resolutions of the Committee had been printed no less than four months, and lie challenged the Hon. Member for Lambeth to state that any serious otiec tion had been taken to the Bill during that period. Added to this, not a single Member of Parliament had given notice of any amendment to the measure. The principal object of the Bill was, that there should be established a public office, to which all parties soliciting to take part in joint-stock companies might repair, in order to know the real history of these companies. That was the groundwork of the Bill, and could any Hon. Member doubt that it was most important that the Legislature should put a stop to the system that had been so long carried on of attaching the names of Hon. Members, and men of importance and property, to schemes in order to entrap the unwary.—(Hear, hear.) Many of the assertions of the Hon. Member for Lambeth lie (Mr. Glad stone) would give an unequivocal denial to. The principle of the Bill was prospective legislation, and its provisions were to be applied to future companies. The registration re quired by the Bill for present companies consisted of a few and simple particulars, every one of which was recommended by the Committee, and assented to by the Hon. Member for Lambeth. Mr. HAWES—No, no. E TER TO THREE. NEWS. MONE Y AN CI D TY C , O c2 M (LA M R RCIAL The demand for Cotton at Liverpool continues unabated, and full 7,000 bales have changed hands at very firm rates. Ex porters took GOO bags, and speculators 1,500 ; the sales com prising 250 Egyptian at Gid. to 7d. ; 100 I'ernams at Gd. to Gid. ; and the rest American, at 30. to sjd. per lb. Grand Junction and Birmingham Shares were in request, but others dull. Birmingham and Gloucester, 93i ; Ea s t ern Counties, Per petual, 1/. Os. 10d ; Grand Junction, 222 ; Ditto Half, 111 ; Great Western, Fifths , 23 ; London and Birmingham , 218 } ; Ditto 321. Shares, 36 ; Manchester and Birmingham , 6 5 i ; i ; North Midland, 941; North Un ion, 9 ; Midland sou Counties, th-Eastern 9,4 New, loi. We learn from Liverpool, that most extensive and rather important sales of foreign timber are coming on there i n a few days, and that large-sized chair and richly-fi g ured table wood, with superb veneer wo o d, i n log and curl, from the b est cutting districts—including those of the city—are insured to all who may attend the sales. For a series of years no such import has been offered to the trade, and such buyers as may not visit this next periodical sale here will be deprived of a treat or a benefit to themselves, which they may not meet with again for a very long time. We are assured, on the best poss ible authority, as well as the public prints, that ow i n g to the revolution in the island the cutting of mahogany has been suspended, and that for a longtime the supplies from St. Domingo must be limited. There being sufficient time before the sale for these purposes, it is hoped that the cabinet-making trade will test these representations by a p ersonal exa mination of the several c argoes, and by inquiri es t h roug h disinterested merchants in the St. Domingo trade ; i n d ee d, experienced residents here will confirm what has been sa id descriptive o f the w o od s now in port and the state of the island abroad. The Bristol Share repo r t o f Solmes and T ri pp , just to hand, in reviewing the move m ents of th e p ast month, p oints with reason to the increased t ra ff i c o f the Great Western line, as the cause of the recent advance in its market value, and states that Bristol and Gloucester remain quiet, be cause the speculators feel disposed to wait the result of the first two or th ree weeks' traffic. The Bir mingham and Gloucester traffic is represented as having decidedly improved under es the new i management, and Birmingham and G ran d J un ction have both rallied from the panic into which th e diff eren ces d thrown w nthe them. rlie allotment of the ne w 5 0 / . share s for the purchase of the Leeds and Selby line h as ta k en plat had thrown in the appointment of a S ecre t C mended as a good inv es t ment at the present rates, are recom mended The result of the d e b ate on the mot on of Mr. buncombe, om mittee to inquire into the practice of the Ho me S ecre t a rY, and it seems, of his pre decessors, is not relished in the City . There is, we are told, more than one instance of mercantile letters having suffered the same indignity as those of the Italian, the secrec y of whose correspondence h as b een violated by t h e Post-office. There has been an i mproveme nt in the Funds to - day , and some of the speculators f or a r ise begin t o show front a g ainst the Bears. They have taken Consols at 98a to 984. Ex chequer Bills have remained at 735. to 755. premium. Bank Stock is worth 198 k. Th e Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are up to 102 a. The Foreign Securities have been rather buoyant also ; Spanish Actives have touched 23h 1; and the Three per Cents. 33i i f . There has been a great deal doing in them. Mr. GLADSTONk said that the twentieth resolution required that the registration should take place, and who was an assenting party to this resolution - in the Committee? Why the Hon. Member for Lambeth himself. How, then., that lion. Gentleman could now come down to the House and make the large and general statement he had done— how he could assert in so sweeping a manner that this Bill was to apply not only to all future but to existing companies, was to him (Mr. Gladstone) a matter of so much surprise, that he could only account for it by supposing that he must re cently have drunk very deeply of the waters of oblivion. But if there were all those evils really attached to the Bill which were asserted to be attached to it, let them get into Committee at •nce, and prune them out. Having alluded to the first allegation of the Honourable Member for Lambeth, he would proceed to notice his next. The Hon. Gentleman said the Bill would - bring all fu ture companies under its operation. He (Mr. Gladstone) should meet that allegation as he had met the preceding one, by plainly asserting that it did net bring all future compa nies under its operation. This was not a point of law. Were' it so he should not presume to say one word upon it; for he • ( Mr. Gladstone) was no lawyer. 'lt was simply a point of fact; and as a point of fact he strongly contradicted the' view taken of the provisions of the measure by the Hon. - Gentle man who led the opposition to it. But it was charged :urich him (Mr. Gladstone) that the great object he had in view was to increase the power, the patronage, and the emoluments of the Board of Trade. Why, by an Act, already in existence, the Board of Trade, in conjunction with her Majesty in Council, could now exercise every privilege that the Bill now before the House gave, and many more privileges besides, Why th e express object of this Bill was to get rid of the discretionary powers already vested in the Board of Trade—powers which caused him and all connected with him in his office very great anxiety and uneasiness. He could assure the House that when he was sitting in the Board of Trade with his secre taries and others about him, attending, to the best of their ability, to their duties, there was nothing gave them so much uneasiness and annoyance as the exercise of the dis- cretionary powers already vested in them as to the manage-1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) ment of commercial matters. He repeated the object of this LONDON, JULY 3.—Wind S.E., light breeze, and fine. Bill was first to limit these ungracious powers, and then to DEAL, JULY 2.—Wind W.N.W., to N.W., light, r.sr. get rid of them altogether.—(Hear, hear.) As to the dis- N.N.W. to moderate.—Sailed Tropic, Hobart Town; cretionary power which this Bill was to give with respect John Cooper, Bo m bay; Earl Grey, Bombay; Brothers, to joint- stock banks, it would give the power to make Francis, and Herschel, Ichaboe ; Cato, St. Vincent ; Hubert, them a statutory body. But even this discretionary Q uebec; Iris, Bordeaux a n d C e yl on . power was not a new one, but one rather of a relaxing than of a stringent character. Joint-stock PORTSMOUTH, JULY 2.—Wi n d N. t o S.S.W.—SId. Buce phalßus, Calcutta. companies at present could not be formed with any privilege BISTOL, JULY 2.—Arrd. Miranda, Brock, Cape de Verde. such as that of suing and being sued, except by coming to FALsiounr JULY 2.—Wind N., light breeze.—Arrd. off, her Majesty in Council, or by applying to Parliament. What Honduras, Sydney ; Kelso, Roxburgh, Sydney, sld. was one of the main principles of this Bill ? That under Feb. 27, and Per May 17. The Kelso arrd. off here it they could be formed entirely irrespective of the Board of from Sydney, spoke on 10th ult., in lat. 44 N., ion. 30 W., the Trade, and they would be subject to that department only as Morayshire, from Port Philip to London with a cargo of to certain forms of construction and regulation. Under this wool, which had taken fire off Rio Janeiro, but had been Bill, there would be a power, for the first time, for persons to extinguished. associate themselves in companies, for the purpose of corn- LIVERPOOL, JULY 2.—Wind N.W. moderate.— Arrd. mercial pursuits, without the fear of interference from an y Amelia, Brown, Cape of Good Hop e ; G eorge W as hi ngton , human being whatever. So that this Bill was, in fact, a Allen, New York. Sid. Millman and Wollville, Ichaboe ; limitation of the powers of the Board of Control, and not an Sylph, Africa ; Ann Jane, Demerara ; Lehigh, Philadelphia : extension, as had been asserted. But the most ridiculous of Brooklyn, Ohio, and Yorkshire, New York; New Zealand, St. all suppositions was that the Bill was conceived in a John's ; Elizabeth, Solway, and Jane, Quebec. spirit adverse to joint-stock companies. Why he (Mr. OFF CORK, JUNE 30.—Commodore, Miller, Bombay; Gladstone) stood there moving and supporting the Wilmot, Hamlin Ichaboe ; Vestal, M'Coaq, Trinidad. Bill as an organ of the very Committee on whose iv ATERFORD ' JUNE 29.—Arrd. Clinton, Hartley, Neel resolution it was founded, rather than as a member of Orlea n s ; Alexander, Mobile. the Government. And all that the Bill, in fact, proposed was WHITBY, JULY .—The Mary Ding, which was ashore, to establish publicity as to joint-stock companies, and a cer- has been got off. tarn degree of regularity in their proceedings. For his (Mr. YARMOUTH, JULY 2.—The Eiland, from Gothenburg to Gladstone's) part he could not conceive anything more ex- Crand, has been assisted in here, with damage, having struck traordinary than that a Bill should be framed on the resolu- on Haisbro' Sand, cargo discharging. tions of a Committee—that it should be passed without BRIDLINGTON, JULY 2.—The Lord Hill, for Sunderland, opposition in its early stages—and that it should afterwards got ashore to the southward, but has com e o ff, an d p rocee ded. be combated by one of the very Members who assisted in HULL, JULY I—Sld. Atcock, Ichaboe. passing those resolutions. But the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. SEAHAM, JUN . 30.—Sld. Caroline, Quebec. Hawes) said alterations had been made in the Bill within the last twenty -four hours. So there had been, as far as regarded insurance offices. They were to be not exempted, but excluded from this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) But this had been agreed to simply and solely on the condition that they were to be regulated separately here after. Even here, however, there was surely no extension of the powers of the Board of Trade. Then, as to railway schemes—what was the specific effect of this Bill? This— to cut away the encouragement which the present system gave to letter sellers—(Hear, hear)—and jobbers in scrip— (Hear, hear)— men who had no real or permanent interest in the undertakings whose shares they sought for.' This Bill certainly struck a very severe blow at those persons, and he was sure neither of the Hon. Gentlemen opposite (Mr. Hawes and . dr. Hayter) would disapprove of this. But whatever they did disapprove of would be best discussed and best settled or remedied when the House got into Committee. Mr. HAYTER, in explanation, said the Right Hon. Gen tleman was entirely mistaken. He had never seen the Bill till yesterday, and since yesterday he had had no communi cation with any one individual connected with railways, ex cept the Hon. Member for Reading. The Right Hon. Gen tleman, therefore, was not justified in pointing either the finger of scorn or approbation at any Hon. Member of that House. Mr. GLADSTONE could assure the Hon. Gentleman that he was not conscious of having used any terms disrespectful to him. If lie had, he begged to retract them. Sir W. CLAY had heard the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he was bound to say that he (Sir W. Clay) gave his entire approbation to the Bill as a whole. He thought it a measure called for by the necessity of the case; there might be portions of the Bill which he disapproved, and some of its provisions might be susceptible of improvement. As far as he had looked at it, he was also bound to say that it fairly carried out the resolutions of the Committee, of which he was a member. The Right Hon. Gentleman said this Bill would supersede the necessity of the Board of Trade acting on the law of letters patent. The Bill did not repeal the Letters Patent . Act in express terms, but it would go far to supersede the necessity of the Board of Trade acting upon it. He had always thought that the Letters Patent Act was one of doubtful expediency, and conferred powers which it was dangerous to give to any de partment of the Government. The Right Hon. Gentleman and his predecessors had always acted with extreme caution on that law. As to the effect of the Bill on joint-stock com panies, if there was anything on which the public mind was made up, it was on the necessity of some change in the mode of forming joint-stock companies. There was a gene ral feeling that some remedy must be applied to the evils with which these companies were attended. That remedy was sought to be applied by the present Bill, and its provi sions were well calculated to accomplish its purpose. Joint stock companies generally sought from Parliament advan tages by a Bill, which they could not possess under the law as it stood. The object of the Bill, by one general enactment, was to give all joint-stock companies those advantages which they now sought by separate Acts. He should support the going into Committee. Mr. GODSON referred to the mischief done by such companies as the Westminster Loan Society, and the West Middlesex Insurance Society, and stated that the inquiry of the Com mittee was directed to how such companies were formed, and the ground work of the Bill was in substance to provide against such bodies being formed. Instead of the Bill going too far, he thought it did not go far enough. One object of the Bill was to register existing companies, in order that they might be known. The Hon. Member for Lambeth did not deny that some legislation was necessary for the regulation of future companies. The Hon. Member, therefore, agreed in the principle of the Bill, and ought not to refuse to go into Committee. If lie considered the regula tions too stringent, the Committee was the proper place to have those regulations altered. The Hon. Gentleman ob jected to giving the Board of Trade the power proposed by this Bill. The fact was, the Bill merely regulated the great discretionary powers already vested in the Board of Trade. Its object was to prevent the imitation of good companies by bad ones. Lord SEYMOUR could not suppose that the Board of Trade, was actuated by any hostility to joint-stock com panies. But he would suggest the propriety of excluding railway companies from the operations of the Bill. Those companies had always been considered as of a peculiar character, and as requiring regulations which were not re quired by other companies. He would, therefore, ask the Right Hon. Gentleman if it would not be better to exclude railways altogether from this Bill, and to introduce any regu lations which might be required in the general Railways Bill? Mr. PARKER agreed that great harm had been done by the abuse of the principle of joint-stock companies ; but he considered that the advantages which had arisen from them more than preponderated, and they should be careful while legislating against the dangers that they did not de stroy the advantages also. One great 'principle distinguish ing this country from others was, the non-interference of the Government with the regulations of trade. It was not wise to give the Board of Trade power to interfere too much. The first speech which the Right Hon. Gentleman had ever made in that House had been in defence of the West Indian proprietors. ' What amount of compensation the Right Honourable Gentleman got he knew not: But no one would say that his arguments were undeserving of attention on that occasion, because he was connected with the West Indies. Neither were the arguments of Hon. Gentlemen connected with 'joint-stock and railway companies undeserving atten tion, because they were so connected. The Right. Hon. Gentleman had accused them of being actuated by Tarty spirit, because they alluded to the manner in which the Bill had been drawn up, and on the late period of the session at which it had been introduced. Now, he (Mr. Parker) recol lected when the Right Hon. Gentleman would have been elo quent againseanyßill of 91 clauses, with every clause ill-draWn, which should have been introduced on the 2d of July.— (Laughter.) One great advantage they were promised from the change of Ministry was, that they were to have no ill drawn Bills.—(Cheers and laughter.) Every measure was to be carefully considered, everything was to be well done; and now the Hon. Gentleman accuse them of being actuated by party spirit, because they objected to an ill-drawn Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE did not accuse Hon. Gentlemen of party spirit because they opposed this Bill. He had no objection to the Bill being subjected to the most minute criticism, but he considered that the Hon. Member for Lambeth had, throughout his speech, alluded not to this Bill only, but to the general system of legislation. Mr. HAWES said he alluded to legislation with regard to special Bills, and not to general legislation. Mr. GLADSTONE said he would then withdraw what he had said. _ . _ Mr. PARKER said he had no objection that such persons should be appointed under the Bill as were necessary to carry out its provisions, but he thought it would confer very great patronage on a certain office in Whitehall. He ob jetted to any preliminary interference being thrown in the way,of companies, and he thought the Right Hon. Gentle man would do better if he had entirely confined himself to that class of joint-stock companies not vet incorporated under Act of Parliament. He thought it would be better to separate the two classes which the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to unite. He would not object to going into Committee if the Right Hon. Gentleman consented that no preliminary diffi culties should be thrown in the way of persons coming to Par liament for Acts. Mr. HODGSON was opposed to the Bill, not so much because it interfered with joint-stock companies, as because it interfered with railway companies; but he would not object to going into Committee, because he could in Com mittee propose those alterations he thought advisable. He had never intended to say one word which was disrespect ful to the gentlemen connected with the prospectus of the London and York Railway Company. What he objected,to was the mode of getting up the names. Sir G. STRICKLAND said he had never held a railway share in his life, and he believed that he never should. Therefore anything which he might say would not be open to the objection that he was an interested party. He was sur prised that the Right Hon. Gentleman should have thrown something like a slur upon those gentlemen who had given the sanction of their names to the projected railway from London to York. He himself was one of those individuals ; and his sole object had been to provide a check against the existing monopoly.—(Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding what the Right Hon. Gentleman had said, he was still of opinion that not only additional, but very great powers, were given to the Board of Trade with respect to the forma tion of new railway companies. The 27th clause de clared that it should not be lawful for the officers of the com pany to exercise the powers given to them by Act of Parlia ment without the consent of the Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. GLADSTONE said hismind was not made up, but the railway companies ought to be included in the Bill, except in their earlystages. He proposed that they should go through the provisions of the Bill generally, and that it should then be open to any gentleman to propose that railways should be excepted in certain particulars. Mr. GILL thought the Right Hon. Gentleman the Presi dent of the Board of Trade was not justified in introducing some of the clauses he had done into this Bill, with respect to railways. It was surely not the duty of the Board of Trade to throw obstacles in the way of measures of this description. All that the Board of Trade was called on to do, was to put an end to fraud ; and if the Right Hon. Gentleman would only bring in a Bill for that purpose, he had no doubt it would receive the support of every Member. No statement had been made why railways were included in this Bill. He was glad to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman intended to take this measure into his further consideration. (LEFT. SITTING.) HAYMARKET THEATRE. TESTIMONIAL TO B. WEBSTER, ESQ. We have great pleasure in giving insertion to the following spirited testimonial to our excellent friend Mr. Webster, by the fair witches of the Haymarket Theatre, who have presented the worthy Manager with a beautiful vase, or "loving cup," as a token of their regard and cordial appreciation of his merits. May he long live to enjoy, and see the loving cup of hospitality go round : MY DEAR SlR,—Myself and my sister labourers in this flourishing and delightful little vineyard, solicit your pardon for this intrusion upon your valuable time; but we trust that the FEELING which prompts them to this intrusion will plead their excuse. We are well aware that HITHERTO it has been the custom for gentlemen only to perform the office of presenting any tribute of respect. WE, my dear Sir,' have assumed to OURSELVES, the gratifying and pleasing task of entreating your acceptance of this verY humble mark of our sincere esteem and regard towards you—as a brother artiste—and as a worthy, honourable, and enterprising manager. That you and yours may long e njoy. the comforts and BLESSINGS you have been the means of diffusing around all those who are so happy as to be placed upon the list of this establishment, is the fervent prayer of; my dear Sir, your truly devoted servants, The LADIES of the HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mrs. Nisbett. Miss Carre. Madame Celeste. Miss Cherrys. Mrs. W. Clifford. Mrs. Caulfield. Miss Bennet. Mrs. Humby. Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Stanley. Mrs. L. Buckingham. Mrs. Worrell Miss Lee. Miss Conner. Mrs. E. Yarnold. EXPLOSION of a STEAM-BOILER• THREE LIVES LOST. BOLTON, JULY I.—A dreadful explosion occurred at the woollen mill of Alderman Brooks, of Manchester, this morn' ing, soon after eleven o'clock, when the steam boiler blew up with a report like a piece of artillery. The side of the mill, at the end where the engine stood, was shattered to it° base, the walls being rent and the windows completely de' molished. Search was made among the ruins, and Of° bodies were found dreadfully mangled, and three or fel l ; others were carried off, apparently in a dying state. "' two men who are killed, and another who is dangerously ill; jured, worked in a drying-room over the engine -house, must have been driven into the air with the building. fireman who was attending the engine is also much hart' but hopes are entertained of his re cover y. A woman is 1 10 ,," in a dangerous state, who is suppos e d t o h ave b een passioe from the mill into the yard when the explosion took place' The cause of the accident cannot be ascertained. The bode' has only been in use about six months. LATEST PARTICULARS. BOLTON-LE-MOORS, JULY 2.—The extent of the injut by the explosion of the steam-boiler at the linen-mill Mr. John Brooks, is now ascertained. Three persons 1 10 perished by the calamity. Bridget Hart, who was the first person discovered aniorli the ruins, died at her house in Newport-street this morniot leaving a husband and three children. —She was returni ng from the yard to the mill, when the explosion took 0 01 ' and thus met her melancholy end. James Swift, an elderly man, was found dead. He 11 ,, ° left a wife and four children. He was employed in a dryi o e i ; zoom over the boiler-house, and must hare been thrown in` the air with the materials of the building. James M'Donald, of Dale-street, was also employed in drying-room, and met the same fate as his compeni7 Swift. He was a young man, and has left a wife in a state , pregnancy. He had only gone to work at th e mill 0 1 " morning with his brother William, who was also much' tilated, but is expected to recover. James Rigg, the mechanic ; George Brinscow, the man, and the others who were injured, are also considered 0 of danger. This morning workmen commenced taking down tile chimney and the end of the mill over the engine-hoo 6e t ; There were nearly 600 hands employed in the establishme o who are thus thrown out of employment, but we are help to say that 300 or 400 of them a r e expected t o be at 'wo r t again in about a fortnight, there being two other engine.' $, the other end of the mill, which will keep a considerable p o4 tion of the machinery going. t o An inquest will be held on the bodies of the deceas e d morrow (Wednesday) afternoon at - the Borough Court, vowil some light will, most probably, be thrown upon the cause this calamitous accident. BOULOGNE RAILROAD. tbe We made a few remarks last week on the report of 11 , Commission on the Northern Railroad and its embran c ,,, ments to the coast. We have to day the very great plea- 1v of stating that the whole question has been terminated „ the Chambers, in a way honou r able to th emse l ves a nd be. 14: ,, ficial to the country. ,The B e l g i an li ne goes di rec t t o thence to Ilaaebrouck, from whence two lines branch elf;: iio one to Calais through St. Omer, th e o th er t o D un ki r k by to west of Cassel. The route to England is from Amiens A I Boulogne through Abbeville, being the shortest. As 1 1 ;ft there is no possible competition with Boulogne; Calais is alone in its glory to all the advantages to be derived 1 .0 13 3 its communication with the north of France, Belgium, ga Germany. Such is the end of its intrigue and conspil l against the interest of Boulogne. A Company will be offered the Boulogne line, with a l e ,l o 8 5 not to exceed ninety-nine years, with the same tariff AS Bordeaux and Tours line ; Governmont having the option ' the end of fifteen years, of purchasing the line from the Cie .pany, whicli is not very likely to take place. :Thus has terminated the struggle of justice with folly a t ,'l 3 monopoly ! Thus has the Mayor gloriously terminated labours I Thus has his prudence triumphed over factious 1, position ! Thus have his anxieties, unceasing toils, and o f remitting exertion been rewarded I May he live long to end the reward, and see the town thrive beneath his care t o wisdom If the inhabitants respect themselves, or know c ; value of the boon he has obtained for them, they will d e w an imperishable monument of their gratitude to Mr. Ales ,1 , der Adam. We hear th a t th e M un i c ip a l C ounc il have o f ready voted him a sword of honour; and the Chambe r 6 , Commerce a gold chased cup, and another to Mr. Fontseto There is also a subscription raising for an ulterior offerinb Mr. Adam. —Boulogne Gazette. Supper BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON.—Gratuitous oPrt fla o r ment, Sunday, 7th July.—Running Rein and Orlando : batim Report of the Trial—Curious Evidence before the t e o. lect Committee on Gaming ; and the usual Sporting Vari e r d ti o l Bell's Life is regularly published in time for all the Satu afternoon _railways. A Sixpence enclosed to Mr. Cle0 1 " junior, 170, Strand, will ensure a copy by return of post' e re STORM AT LYONS.—Lyons and its environs W ar y visited in the night of the 24th by a storm of extraord i l.ge, violence ; the rain fell in torrents, and the hail was so l a „p, that in several houses nearly all the windows were brol,:ere In and near the Palace Louis XVIII. several trees `: t he broken, and more than 300 birds, which were killed by t o hail, were found on the ground the next morning. It t ot, Faubourg of the Croix Rousse the damag e w as very g" i and some buildings are said to have been destroyed b.): of wind and rain. Many of the crops near Lyons are en tir ruined. • BIRTH. On the Ist inst., at 47, Russell-s S quare, Mrs. Peto, Of 3 S ofif still-born. er On the 2d inst., at Renege-place, Chelsea, Mrs. -WO Tait, of a daughter. W. °' 07 he 2d ,- 't N "" -- ..)n the _ inst., at Foote, of a daughter. On the 29th ut 'o. 278, Strand, the wife of Mr. a son. It., at Grosvenor-place, Lady Lyttelb 'on, (1 of la On the 27th ult., at Wyther, near Leeds, the la,— Martyn J. Roberts, Esq., of a daughter. la On the 28th u lt., a t C ars h a l ton L odge, S urrey, the of Captain Walla ce , B om b ay A rmy, of a son. o el , On. the 28th ult., at th e res id ence, S L James's c b i o , Hampstead-road, the l a d y o f t h e R ev. H . Stebbing, ' of a son. On the 29th ult., in York-street, Portman-square, the lad ofJames Farrell, Esq., of a daughter. f J. On the 29th u lt., at. Warborne, Hants, the lady 0 Carnac, Esq., of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Muswell-hill, Mrs. Robert Gi lll/I°ll of a son. el* On the 30th ult., the wife of W. Palmer, Esq., of Ttl i' Chigwsll, of a son. 1 0+ On the 30th ult., at Bishop's-cottage, Sundridge , Rowband, of twins, a daughter and a son. • cle eft fi On the let inst., at Highgate-rise, Mrs. George c oof a daughter. lee On the Ist inst., at B - .ushey-hill, Camberwell, the James Gardner, Esq., of St. Helen's-place, of a son. MARRIED. 9 49 On the 29th ult., at Alston, Ge orge H enr y B o wlbfli ei ti R.N., to Caroline, youngest d aug ht er o f th e late x' Salvin, Esq., of Durham. On the Ist inst., at St. George's, H anover - sq uare,_ l) ,, i l tenant-Colonel Le Blanc, of the Royal Ho s pit a l, Cliel'„ d clP Elizabeth, relict of the late M a j or -G enera l Si r Ale Caldwell, G.C.B. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) 'OLD COURT. (13efpre Mr. Baron ALDERSON and ➢Tr. Justice WituAits.) Gcorge Dixon, aged 22, a boatman, was indicted for a gross assault upon Frederick Keeler, a police constable, with in tent to do him some grievous bodily harm while in the exe cution of his duty. . The prisoner was a boatman in the service of the Regent's Canal Company. He was passing the canal with his boat when he saw a gentleman fishing with a rod and line. He seized the line and dragged it with him into the boat. The gentleman called the prosecutor to his assistance, and the prisoner struggled with him, and they both rolled into the water. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault. He was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and hard labour. DIED. 4 1 ' On the 13th ult., Dr. William Joseph Bayne, late of.'-'lfld,' ampton, Hants; also, on the 30th uli., hi s mo ther, wife Bayne, Esq., ofNew-grove, Mile-end, Middlesex. .or tiu On the 26th ult., at Exeter, Joseph Pim, of Wand s.° Su yrre h , aged 52. , r 'ett * On the 27th ult., at Alfred-place, Bath, Elizabeth k,1e," 0 1 , relict of the late James C row d y , E sq., of Swindon, NY iljucliV On the 27th ult., at N or th- p l ace, H ampstead-roa d, relict of the late Captain Thomas I, R. On the 28th ult., at Chelsea Mary, nnes relict of the late s°'' jamin Hollingworth, Esq., aged 84. a On the 30th ult., Richard Hudson, Esq., of Plaieta ll ifeS lii On the Ist inst., Sarah, the daughter of Thomas Esq., of Woodcote Lodge, Beddington. DEAL, JULY I.—The beacon constructed by Mr. Walker, has been placed by the Trinity Yacht, on the eastern end of the Goodwin Sands, and at present stands conspicuous and secure. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland had a dinner party_ on Monday at her residence in Seymour-place. London: Printed and Published by MURDO T° l 4 o , 1 ill No. 112, Stra n d, P r i nter, at The Sun Officik":,,,,if Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f th e S avoy , in the %An-- Middlesex, Wednesday, July 3, 1844. GI Da y 8 At ge„n l'itte--g, S L 13 Every CO3ll/E M i have Si) agail st late of, Doti or alread y Good( to com e hostel's Chalic e , torn.) , e July ...____. A.aF ,en cli, tIr R (3 The p, A p a P ketch ( Great I lel 1 3 ' NVitni with