The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-27 00:00:00

Embellished with a Portrait of the Babylonian Princess. COLICURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST, For JULY, will contain articles by the following popular writers, viz. W. A. Maxwell, Author of " Stoi les of Waterloo"—Hora Smi - h—Peter Priggins--Michael Angelo Titmarsh—Laman Blanch ard—Mrs. Trollop Eliza Cook. &c. % Also a Continuation or The Reco'lections of the Author of " Vatbek" "Tbe Talley eand Papers The Eng;neer, a Tale of the Tron'Age —tVemoirs of the Babylonian Princess—A Day at Chantilly ;or The Reminiscences of an Octogenarian, &c., &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13- Great Marlborough-street. ---,- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. PERROT has the honour to inform the Nobility. Subscribes, his Friends and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT w ill t a k e pl ace THIS EVENING, June 27. He is happy to be eble t. Mat! that he has secured for that occasion the invaluable assistance of the celebrated Tenor, Signor MORIA Dr I. The Performances will commence with Donizetti's favourite Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. The part of Edgardo by Sig. Moriani; Enrico, Sig. kornasari ; El lebent, Sig. Paltoni; Lucia, Madame Persiani. In the course of the evening a " DIVERTISSEMENT," in which be intrcdured a Pas de Valse by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and M. Perrot, l'as de Deux by Mdlle. Plun':ett and M. Montas u, and the cel !bested La Crzcovienne by Mdlle. Fanny El sler. After which, Onecco's Opera Buffs, LA PROV A D'UN OPERA SERIA, by Madsme Grist, Sig. Corelli, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. To c-nclude with (second time) the entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, the music by Sig. Pugni, Z ELIA ; ou, La Nymphe de Diane. Zelis, Mdlle. Cerito; L'Amour, Mdl e. Plunkett; Diane, Madame Corere ; Amyntas, M. St. Leon; Pan, M. Perrot. Statues Animees—Palks, Ceres, Juno, Terpsichore, Fiore, Pomone, Euterpe, Clios, Joueuses de Cymbale et de Mangle, Mdlles, Green, Laura, Hunt, Bullen, Cushnio, Hicks, Fenton, Anne James, and Maris. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box - office, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LES S EE THIS EVENING, JUNE 27, 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 Bell amont, M rs. N i s b ett ; Jeremy Grigson, Mr. Strickland; Hrnvy, Mr. H. Holl ; Captain Sippett, Mr. Buckstone; Sir George Mordent, Mr W. Farren ; Countess of Hunedow, Mrs. W. Chilbrd ; Lady Mary Rivers, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Grigson, Mrs. Glover; Bridget L rim, Mrs. Humby. After which, THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka. Phillipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polk z. To conclude with the Comedy of SPRING AND AU I'UMN; or. 'lite Bride of Fifty. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Gene ral Dartmouth, Mrs. Glover. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Ss. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper G tllery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery. it ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Arc! er, the Box o3lce, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST It k LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX, THIS EVENING, JUNE 27, Will be performed the celebrated Opera, L'EISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Miss Austin ; Neruerino, Mr. Allen ; Doctor Dulcamara. Mr. Paul Bedford. After which a new Divertiss-inent, called The SLAVE MART. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Emma ttanley. To conclude with a New and Original Darce, in One Act, called TAKEN BY SURPRISE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Fitz jarnes, Walter Lacy, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Miss E. Renner. THEA CBE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THREE JUVENILE NIGHTS. THIS EVENING, JUNE 27, Will be performed a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Didd ear, F . Vining, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, a (Land Burlesque hairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Tbie es. llassarac, Mr. Keeley; Morgiana, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. Characters by Mr. P. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. i.eeley. Miss Woolgar, and I%;rs. Keeley. To conclude with THE THREE FRA DIAVOLOS. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Keeley, Wigan, Diddear, Miss Woolgar, ana Mts. Woollldgp. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF Ail S. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and N .w Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, JUNE 2i, Will be repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestthai Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by Bntish Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and N..% y. Fear t of Lanterns. First Week of a graceful and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY COTILLION OF FRA NCIS THE FI tiSf; or, Ihe Beauties of the louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs Batty. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary Feats of Horseman.hip by Monsieur Louis Tournaire, S g. Germani, Herr Teisback, La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c.; with Mr. R. Smith's highly trained Steeds. Co conclude with an Allegorical Sketch and Livin" Tableaux of the Principal Events in Vie Cereer of the Emperor .apoleon parte—Austerlitz, St. Helena, Marengo, with Fame's Tebute to England's Hero—the Duke of Wellington. Tne doors will open nightly at six o'cloca, and the ocrtormances c , mmence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been recohstructed and decorated wit h care and splendour. Acting and atage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE'. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR G. WIELAND. THIS EVENING, JUNE 1.7, Will be performed a New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN in which Messrs. Hud so n Ki r by, Hi c k s, Neville, Vale, Heslop,Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss ferrey, and Mrs. R. Hornier will perform To le followed by THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. After which, a Lilliputian Ballet, entitled « Napoleon's Gene rosity, in which the Brockstedt Family—three German Lilliputians, only 29,32, and 36 inches in height—will perform. To which will be add:A A GRAND CONCERT. To conclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER. Ttie Dumb ...an, Mr. G. Wieland. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kcrochner, at the Bra t..Mee, from Eleven to Four. VIC THEATRE. IMPORTANTROYAL TO ALL TORIA TEMPERANCE SOCIETIEq. First Week of a Powerful Drama, in which the Goy) Effects of Temperance a - eniade Manifest, and the upright Mechanic caanot fail to receive a useful Lesson where!), his Home may be made Cheerful, his Family Happy, and Himself a Credit to his Em. ploye*, and an Ornament to his Native Land. ING JUN 27 Wi I be repeated RIS ew EVE a N Dr N ama, i n Thre E eActs, entitled THE TEMPER ANCE PLEDGE ; or, a T. ue Lesson of Life. With an Original Epilogue in favour of the Cause, by Miss Vincent, and supported by Messrs. Osbald ston, J. Vining, Miss Hamilton, Miss Arden, and the entire Company. After which, OUR LADY OF THE WILLOW. The Astonishing Performances of Hamet Bey, the Creole Wonder. To conclude with OF AGE TO-MORROW. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the moat wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dust is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the gr ,, et Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be frilly appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Men!ays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, are upon a scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail in , doingjustice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. ilts fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same dole so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens bail it with acclamations, and admit that Southby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechrist, 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. eeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admitt ince, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NA: or,Eox mr- SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiositie., Lend Works of Art ever known to have been formed Ly One Person. during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a 'cost of 60.099 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in- Attractive and interesting manner, the most importar.t part of Euro :N.lll history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LIUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR ..NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, Aturing the fist and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an.i their Ladies, :also. many thousands et the Nobility and Puhlic ; rrvi the Pro : rte.or has recently been able to increase, by several very flue ;pictures, &e., his previous almost incredible number an.l variety of• :518.1i., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relic and other narlositics, In this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it t ) be, p National Museum. Many thousand have hisoected it, .dud THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS nave stated that it ought to he seen by every one. The price of adasts- lion is reduced to ONE SHILLLNG. • The NAPOT.EON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the Egyptirn Ple.iutilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JUITE 26. I ItER3IO3IETER, LOWest, 48 ; Hi g h est, 64; .Noon, 59. BARoburriat, '29 B .—Wrtftr, N.E. NOTE.—Tho number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freeziug point, and 55 temperate. In Barometets fair is Mb will) , placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. - fIIGIf WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TEES DAY. trilatt , ine JO minutes after 10 I Evening 16 minutes anvil) -limmerm••••••=c. Now these are precisely the grounds on which all parties should meet the proposal of his Lordship. The Duke of WELLINGTON, in declaring himself op. posed to it, remarked " that Parliament had thought fit to entrust the Secretary of State with the power to issue warrants for opening letters of individuals at the Post-office. There could be no doubt of this power ; and it ought to be proved to have been used for an improper purpose before their Lordships made any :.inquiry into the matter." May we ask, with all submission to his Grace, how it could be possible to prove the abuse of the power, if the House of Commons refused to Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE a Committee of Inquiry, and the House of Lords denied to Lord RADNoR the production of these war rants ? Really this sounds like a mere quibble —a fencing with the proposition that was before the Lords—quite unworthy of the usual frankness and simplicity of the Noble Duke. The Earl of TANKERVILLE adduced two precedents, we sup pose in the nature of a plea of justification ; the one, a warrant in the handwriting of the late CHARLES JAMES Fox, directing all letters to and from foreign ministers in Great Britain to be opened. The other, a similar warrant, in the records of the Home-office, respecting the letters of Lord GEORGE GORDON. Now (as was remarked by Lord BROUGHAM and Lord DENMAN), the circumstances of the first American war, and the coincident armed neutrality of the northern powers of Europe, coupled with the intes tine discontents of this country, composed a case of such peculiar exigency as amply justified this re markable warrant from such a :Minister even as Fox . ( and Lord GEORGE GORDON having been an undoubted madman, there could be no impropriety in subjecting him to the same civil grievance, enormous though it be, which is visited, every day, on any other dangerous lunatic, for the well-being of society at large. The Earl of HADDINGTON admitted that no Minister could assume a more dangerous responsibility—but thought Sir JAMES justified by the statute referred to. But Lord CAMPBELL, in an excellent little speech (the constitutional principles of which were so well developed that they cause us to lament their feebler advocacy by Lord BROUGHAM), put the who!e ques tion in a succinct, intelligible form. " If," said he, "any Member of her Majssty's Government will rise up in his place and declare that upon his own knowledge, there was reason for the exer cise of this power by the Secretary of State, I will not say a single word more about the matter I will be satisfied." Could any suggestion be fairer —more reasonable —less vex atisus. But the challenge was declined by Ministers. What must we think of their case, when they dared not accept it? Lord Camp- DELL went on to remark, " That both the N sble Duke and the Noble First Lord of the Admiralty (Earl of HADDINGTON) had said —each of them—that he knew nothing of this mattter." Now, in his manly and admirable address at the close of the debate, Lord DENMAN, arguing on the constiutional objection to the power, if it existed, and on its political inexpediency from its disuetude, said that, as he read the clause relied on in the Act of ANNE, he inferred that the warrant lime meant to be one flowing from the united act of the whole Go vernment under which it might be issued, not from the Secretary of State alone. Yet Sir J. GRAHAM, whose proceedings were " not known" to the Duke Of WELLINGTON or others of his colleagues, refused to give any information, and said "his mouth was closed?' Nothing could exceed the force and eloquence with which Lord DENMAN demonstrated the shallow ness of the pretext of his " responsibility" set up by Sir JAMES GRAHAM; and the utter absence of any suflicient ground, in the facts of M. AlazziNes case, for the exercise of this abominable power. And, after all, if there be a case to justify the Home Secre tary—a case of reasonable: suspicion to be shown— what difficulty can Sir JAMES GRAHAM have in stat ing it,—if not in open Parliament, yet—before a Secret Committee of both Houses, who might re port simply on the issue " that there was, or was not" such a case, without disclos `ng any evidence ? At present the mere wording of the cla.use will not sustain the conduct of the Home escpreectillc aey —e ar it i s ev id ent the words require a warrant for each letter opened. Only one warrant issued ; more than one letter was opened. The public feeling demands, and will be satisfied with, nothing less than, some responsible and trust worthy explanation of the motives that actuated the Home Secretary in the cours e he has adopted. They will never consent to be app eased by the half-defying half-indifferent tone of his own assurances on the matter. Nor are we aware of any passages in the public career of such a Minister that can entitle him to anticipate success for such assurances. Sir JastEs's own personal views of public expediency or official morality will need ample corroboration,—at the bar of public opinion. We have intelligence from Lisbon, to the 20th, announcing the temporary retirement of the Minister of the Interior, Senhor CABRAL, on account of im- DEATH FROM DROWNING.—THE CRY OF " WOLF !" —A private in the 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards (stationed at Windsor) was drowned while bathing with several of his comrades, in the Thames, about a mile up the river from Windsor, on Monday. The deceased, who was a very fair swimmer, called out several times, in a joke, for his comrades to assist him while in the water, to save him from drowning. At last, however, the poor fellow, who, it is sup posed, was seized with the cramp, called out in earnest. His cries, under the impression that he was still joking, were un heeded by his companions, and he was drowned. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.--There are at all the stations on the Ayrshire Railway shifts or switches, placed betwixt the two rails, for the purpose of removing the car riages from one rail to the other. Underthe shaft• at Lochwin. noch station, a bird of the " wagtail" species has built a nest. and is now sitting on five eggs. Although there is scarcely goes and o i u n t eh as es of fearlessly an hour in th e d ay t h at there is not a train passing over it, and the wh ee l s of the engine and carriages running within two three theiu as resti ng i i f i t were place outof t o h f e t l h it e tl r e e b a i o r h d, it danger.— Western Watchman. ~ ," ' r c•?7,.. i tt; , I . lik . ' 4-,:f, ~ . , • 1 >411 , ' . ' - ....; ....:,00' au: • , . „.. ~ .. _ or •"- :,, - V 4 111KOW • . c'is,,,r ...," z or - iiiit -......,,,, • - . 1. lir... 1,11 •,.., Nik . ..,,tft.';;-:., , ~,,E i r ,:,., , 4 ,, :: . 4 2' • isi 0S ' ' ,...Dik 'I. 'it oa . l': . ' 4,-. ntOrlifitg LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1844. The Lords did not sit last evening. In the Commons Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that he would this day call the attention of Sir JAMES GRA IL-1u to the foLaration of a troop of yeomanry in the district of Rochdale. The order of the day for the second reading of Mr. $ E'LLY'S Bill for appeals in criminal cases was post poned till Wednesday, when the Hon. Member would take the sense of the House on the subject. Mr. T. Dinscourm gave notice that on Tuesday next he woul move for a Select Committee to inquiue into that department of the Post-office called the Secret-affice. Mr. DLSCOMBE deserves the supple t anti gratitude of the public in his , praise -worthy endeavours to bring the H orne Secre tary to justice s and put an end to the spy syst em . We hear but one opinion on the subject. Ev ery man, and woman too, denounce a practice which gave POUCDE such unenviable notoriety'', and which, we trust, will not disgrace this free country. Mr. S. o'l3ltrEN resumed the debate on the repeal of the corn-Jaws; he directed his attacks chiefly against the League, and protested against its narrow selfish, and uraconstitutional policy. Captain LAYARD, though he would prefer a small fixed duty, supported the motion. Lord RENDIE 811AM opposed it. A number of speakers followed, bid we see few arguments adduced by them that re quire notice. The only important feature in the debate was t'ae determination of the Government to aditere, for the present, to the sliding scale. The House divided, when the numbers were —For the Motion, 1.24; against it, 328. th.. other business was disposed of; and the House idgotztabNi at a Quarter to Two. The e y , l t°---.r.i"- b •'. 4 admissions of the S ecre t ary o f S tate tarille-Ja°l2l6'33ltPartment touching th e v i o l at i on o f pint& letters passing through the General Post office, under the authority of his warrant to the Post. master-General for that purpose, continue to form an absorbing topic of public attention. We are glad that this is so. If the British public did not feel indig nant at the exposures elicited by the motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury from the reluctant ac knowledgements of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, we should blush for our countrymen. The sacredness of private communications, contained in sealed letters, has been, ever since the Revolution, a subject of gratulation among all classes of Englishmen, jealous of their own honour, and alive to the eminent reputation of thi s country for the good faith and integrity of its admi nistrative departments. The dangerous and disgrace ful profligacy of the Revolutionary Government of France was in nothing so execrable as in its matured and wholesale system of letter-violation. From the closing years of the reign of Louis XV. to those of the Emperor NAPOLEON, this political felony had at tained the maximum of its extent, its insolence, and its impunity. FoucuE, in these latter daysi— the unprincipled and unscrupulous FOUCHE— has survived the termination of his natural career, only to live in the recollection of this generation as " the " arch letter-opener, purloiner, eaves-dropper—" the" official burglar of a bureau, " the " seal-breaker, " the " spy upon the thoughts and hearts of social existence in France. Hitherto the crafty ex-Minister of the most nefarious Go vernment which had ever been spawned by political convulsion and anarchy, occupied an individual, ex clusive, isolated, unapproached notoriety. In the year 1844, Sir J. GRAHAM, the Home Secretary in the constitution of a Tory Government, being minded to have a " little go" of his own in the lottery of " Eminent Living Statesmen," put in for a chance, and drew—the enviable distinction of a case or two of seal-breaking "a la FoucHE," with a warranty for practising in these new arts of a British Minister, under an obscure clause in a forgotten statute of Queen ANNE. This clause, it seems, has been revived by, and smuggled into, the labyrinth of clauses in a " Consolidating" Act passed in the first year of her present MAJESTY. In the House of Lords, however, on Tuesday, the Earl of RADNOR, not at all satisfied with the defence attempted for Sir JAMES, on the enactments in question, moved the Peers to address the Throne, praying her MAJESTY to direct to be laid before them the several warrants which had been issued by that functionary, authorising any letters to be opened at the General Post-office. Although the Noble Earl subsequently withdrew his motion, it led to an animated and very important discus sion, upon which we have a few words to offer. Had the matter been pressed to a division and affit med, it is evident that their Lordships would have got at the solution of the important question, whether more than one warrant was issued by the Home Secretary in this instance—and what were the specific letters such warrant or warrants authorised and re quired to be opened. Sir J. GRAHAM has hitherto been doggedly silent as to the main points pressed in the interrogatories addressed to him in the House of Commons ; but he is abundantly credulous if he suppose that that silence is not accurately understood by the public. They put their own unhesitating con struction upon it, on the principle that "dum facet clanzat." Lord it ADNOR, in propounding his motion, after a very cursory allusion to the complaints of M. MAZZINI and others, stated that he " Was riot going into a consideration of the subject as to whether the Secretary of State ought to have this power; his own opinion led him to the conclusion that he ought not —that it ought to be confined to cases in which the security of the State or the safety of the person of the Sovereign re quired such an exercise of it. But it appeared that it had been used for other purposes, as letters of foreigners had been opened and their contents examined—a thing unheard of before." Total . (1 Z.-1 THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1844. Accounts from Madrid of the 18th state that the Minister of Finance, and the public creditors had come, to an understanding respecting the price at which the New Three per Cent. Stock should be issued. The creditors agreed to accept it at 35, and deliver up the bills and other securities received from the Go vernment. The Three per Cents. closed at 271 for cash, and 24 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20 7-16ths at 60 days. The intelligence from Morocco has caused mueh excitement at Paris, and most of the Opposition journals call upon the Governmnnt to take prompt and decisive steps to vindicate the honour of France. The National, as might be expected, is peculiarly warlike. " War," it says, "is not declared against us, it is actually waged, and whilst you are idly talking, ARD-EL-KADER is kindling the fire of fanati cism, recruiting and re-organising his army, and you will presently see him attack you, and stir up in Algiers the tribes that have submitted to your rule. Every day that is lost strips you of a part of your power, for we repeat what we said the other day ; it is not only the Emperor of MOROCCO that you will strike by carrying war to the heart of his states and bombarding some of his towns on the coast ; it is throughout Algeria that those blows will be felt; it is your domination that you will strengthen over all the Arabs. Force and victory, such are the signs of the will of Heaven unto all nations; and vic tory is not enough—the rapidity of the chastisement must stifle at their birth the elements of rebellion. It is AR-EL-KADER that you will pursue and overtake at Fez and Tangier. You will settle your affairs afterwards with England, but at this hour it is war— war after two provocations, and war on our territory. Will M. GUIZOT at length understand it ? or will he again ask the advice of Lord COWLEY ?" According to accounts from Toulon of the 20th the greatest activity had been exerted in getting the ex peditio9 ready. The Prince de JOINVILLE ar rived itere on the morning of that day, and after receiving the official authorities, he went on board the Suffren, which carries his flag. On his being seen afloat, the salvos were fired from all the ships in the roadstead. They were also dressed, and their yards manned, the sailors hailing him with acclamations of " Vive le Roi." At one o'clock all the ships took in their colours, and the flag of his Royal Highness was substituted on board the Suffren for the royal standard. The wind was favourable, and the squadron was to sail next day. The PRINCE, it is said, had received orders to strike a heavy blew, but at the same time to take the advice of M. DE NION, the French Consul-General at Tangier. His plan is to destroy all the sea ports of Morocco, and if that should not be sufficient, an army will be sent with orders to march upon Fez. The vote passed by the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, in opposition to the Government plan for the construction of railways, had also caused Borne excitement. After the Chamber rose, a Cabinet Council was held at the residence of Marshal SOELT, and on Sunday another was held at Neuilly. at which the KING presided. On Monday the Chamber as sembled in large numbers, and the Minister of Fi • nance, supported by the Ministers of the Interior and Public Works, moved that the consideration of the question whether the Government should lay down the rails be postponed till next session. The motion was twice put to the vote, but as the PRESIDENT could not decide which party had the majority, the ballot was taken, but the result was not known at the hour of post. Little doubt however remained that the Mi nistry would have a majority, as a previous vote had been carried by a majority of 28, rejecting the sub sequent clauses of M. DE RUMILLY'S amendment. THE BOURSE—MONDAY, JUNE 24. Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five perC wits 122 10 .. 122 15 .. 122 10 .. 122 15 Four-and-a-Half ll3 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25 Four per Oents lOB 20 .. 108 20 .. 108 20 .. 108 20 Three per Cents B2 30 .. 82 40 .. 82 30 .. 82 35 Bank of Fiance___ 3060 ..3C60 • 3060 ..3060 Laflitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso92 50 —5092 50 ..5092 50 —5092 50 Belgian Bank .. •- • • • ••• • • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660 Belgian Flves,lB3l ..... .• 1031 • • 1031 • • lon • • 1031 1840 1041 .. 1041 .. 104 .. 104 Dutch Two-and-a-Half... .. 62 .. 62 • • 62 . 62 Spanish Active •••••••• •• • • 311 • • 3 1 . i • • 311 • • 31j Threes •••••••• •• • • 35 .. 35 • • 35 .. 35 Portuguese Five per Cents— 461 • • 46j • • 46,1 • • 461 Neapolitan.. •• •••• • • • 99 65 .. 99 65 .. 99 65 .. 99 65 Roman ........... • .•• .... 104* .. 100 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8... .... •• • . 395 .. 395 • • 390 .. 390 L.B 245 .. 247 50 .• 245 .. 247 50 Rouen ...... • •• 995 .. 995 .. 995 .. 995 Rouen to Havre•• •• •• •• •• 768 75 771 25 .. 768 75 .. 771 25 Orleans .........•••.•• —.1002 50 ..1002 50 ..1000 ..1001 25 Strasburg to Bale•••. Avignon to Marseilles...... 768 75 .. 772 50 .. 768 75 . 772 50 - RAILWAY SHARES FOR 30rti JUNE. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8....... ..... 395 .. 397 50 .. 399 .. 392 50 L.B•• • • ••.••• •• 240 .. 260 .. 240 .. 260 Rouen .......... •• •• •• 995 .. 997 50 . 992 50 .. 992 50 Rouen to Havre • - • 772 50 .. 768 75 .. 772 50 Orleans ..........• •• -• •• • •1002 50 ..1603 75 -.1000 ..1002 50 Strasburg to Bale 236 25 • • 240 .. 236 25 .. 240 Avignon to Marseilles.— • 770 .. 770 .. 770 .. 772 50 We are glad to learn, that Mr. Percival Bankes, the bairister, is likely to be appointed successor to the late Mr. O'Hanlon, as Counsel to the Irish Go vernment. He belongs, of course, to the party' which support the Government, but he is not a man of higotad politics—he has ever been consistent, he has distinguished himself by many excellent articles in a per►odical publication of high eminence ; but, what is of more importance, he is a good lawyer; he is on the best terms with the leaders of the Liberal party in Ireland, and his appointment would meet with the approbation of his opponents. Mr. Eneas AlDonnell is said to be the only candidate that stands in his way; but will Sir James Graham give another im pulse to public feeling against the Home-office—will he add oil to the flame which burns with such vigour in Ireland—by giving his support to one who was in former times the most determined friend of the Irish Catholics, and is now more hostile to them than even Lord Roden or Mr. Plumptre ? MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—There has been a considerable increase in the number of deaths during the last week. The total number was 920, while during the previous week it was only 855. This in crease has been caused chiefly by deaths from small pox, scarlatina, croup, and violent deaths. Of the 30 persons who died from small-pox, 16 had not been vaccinated. The following is the analysis of the violent deaths :—Fracture or contusion, 23 cases, of which 13 were from falls, 6 from animals and car riages, and 1 from machinery ; burns, 7 ; scald, 1 ; drowning, 8 ; and 6 from suicide. The thermometer was highest on Saturday, 79.6, and lowest on Mon (lay, 46 8 degrees. The total amount of rain in inches was only 0.1. POWDER MILL EXPLOSION AT EWELT..—On Mon day morning, at five o'clock, the roof of a powder mill in Ewell Marshes, near Epsom, belonging to Sir Henry Brydges, Bart., was blown off, the explosion being occasioned by an acci , lental combustion of the materials used in manufacturing gunpowder. Several persons were at work on the premises at the time, but they all escaped injury. PRINCE TALLEYRAND.—The New Monthly Maga zine for July will contain another of those remarkable papers relating to the personal career and character of the prince of modern diplomatists, which have excited so much attention in recent numbers of that periodical. It contains, we understand, the most singular relations connected with the early life of the Prince—tracing him from his birth, through every step of his boyhood —giv ing numerous anecdotes of his school days, his youthful anwuretti s,his boyish escapades; and furnishing many cu rious and interesting features of that earlycareer,the events of which evidently moulded and modified that character on which the fate of Europe was afterwards more than once to depend. The revelations of these papers are so curious and unlooked for, and at the same time their au thenticity is so beyond the reach of doubt or cavil, that they may be regarded as the most valuable documents which have yet been given to the world in connexion with the most remarkable man of his age and country. QuicK TRAVELLING.—The splendid new coach Quicksilver, from Edinburgh to Newcastle, in uninter ru pt e d communication with the Newcastle and London Railway (just opened), by Darlington, in one day, on Wednesday performed her first journey from Newcastle to Edinburgh in nine and a half hours, with the greatest ease, safety, and comfort, and having a full complement of passengers, thus anticipating the LondA mail by nearly four hours.—Glasgow Courier. what is. paired health, and of the President of the Council, AN OLD BAILEY TRIAL, BY the Duke of TERCEIRA being charged, during the ANTICIPATION. retirement of Senhor CABRAL, with the duties of his office. Affairs are, according to all accounts in a very unsatisfactory state. There was no prospect of the Cortes being summoned, and several of the journals, in consequence, seriously urge the people to refuse to pay taxes. The wine trade was more depressed than ever. "If the Hon. Member for Finsbury could prove that letters had been opened or detained at the General Post-effice, the Act of Parliament was express that any party so opening or detaining them was guilty of a misdemeanour, and was liable to be indicted. If he (Sir James Graham) had so violated the law, he was guilty of a misdemeanor, and could be pro secuted. The legal tribunals of the country would do justice between the humblest individual and the highest civil autho rity. He was amenable to those tribunals, and could be punished either by fine or imprisonment, if he had trans greased the law."— Vide Sir James Graham's speech in the House of Commons, on Monday night. " The question was, had not Government exceeded and transgressed the letter of the law, and abused the power which the law vested in them? He contended that they had done both these things, and abused' the sacred power vested in them by Parliament, of opening the private letters of individuals. If they had not done so, they . need not shrink from inquiry before a Committee. Something not un like fraud and forgery had been committed."—. Vide Mr. T. Duncombe's speech, on Monday night, in the House of Commons. EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR JAMES GRAHAM, FOR A MIS FEMEANOUR. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Tins DAY, AUG. 2, 1944.) In consequence of the loud public disapprobation, expressed generally throughout the country, of the conduct of the Home Secretary, in open ing, or causing to be opened, at the General Pcst-office, numerous private letters of certain individuals, without assigning any reason for such a breach of confidence, the Government, true to their ruling principle of expediency, abandoned all further idea of defending their obnoxious colleague ; and he was accordingly, in deference to the popular wish, put upon his trial this morning, at the Central Criminal Court, on a charge of misdemeanor. The Court was crowded to suffocation; many per sons of rank and distinction in the political world were present ; and among several old ladies who were accommodated with seats on the Bench, we recog nised our fair Contemporary, the Morning Herald, dressed in a bright orange muslin gown with three flounces, who appeared to take the deepest interest in the proceedings, and was visibly affected whenever the evidence bore hard against the unfortunate Home Secretary. At ten o'clock, the Lord Chief Justice (DENsfAN) took his seat on the Bench, and immediately after wards the prisoner was brought in, in the custody of two officers of the Court, and placed in the dock. He was dressed in deep mourning, kept his eyes con stantly fixed on the ground, and seemed to feel deeply the disgraceful predicament in which he stood. After the names of the jury had been called over, and each had answered to his name, the usual oath was administered, after which Mr. 'folios opened the Pleadings, and Mr. DOBBS stated the case. The Learned Gentleman began by observing that " unac customed as he was to public speaking," and trem blingly alive to a sense of his own deficiencies, he felt that he stood in need of all the forbearance of the Court, which he trusted therefore would be generously accorded him. He then proceeded at considerable length to detail the facts of the case, as they appeared afterwards in evidence, and concluded by observing that the law was singularly explicit and luminous on the subject of opening private letters at the Post-office, for it had been expressly laid down in stat. 4, George 111., c. 64,257, that he or she who: wilfully and with malice aforethought opened, or caused, to be opened, private notes, letters, missives, epistles, communica tions, addresses, or petitions of divers or every kind, whether written in folio, or outsides, on note paper, on parchment, or on plain, whitey-brown, with or without envelopes, dated or undated, post-paid, or otherwise, stamped or unstamped, at the General Post-office, or any other office, messuage or tene ment, public or private, large or small, or middle- j sized, within his Britannic Majesty's dominions, sub jected himself or herself to the penalties of misde meanor. The Learned. Gentleman having stated his case, several clerks at the Post -office were called in to prove that they had received orders from the prisoner at the bar to open certain private letters at the Gene ral Post-office, which accordingly they did ; two foreign gentlemen also proved the fact that their letters had been frequently opened, and resealed with great skill and nicety, so as to avoid the possibility of de tection. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. TomuNs, in (I,:fence, insisted that the prisoner was justified by official usage, in what he had done. He had every rea son to believe that the correspond ence which he had caused to be opened, was of a highly seditious and treasonable character—that it contained the heads of an atrocious conspiracy on the part of the writ ers either to set the Thames on fire— blow up the ne .w Houses of Parliament with gun powder—or pull down the four -and -twenty houses of ill-fame in the A lmonry, greatly to the injury of the temporal interests of the Dean and Chapter of West minster. Believin g thus, he (the Learned Gentle man) contended that the prisoner had only acted the part of a wise provident Minister ; and if on perusing the letters in question, he had found himself mistaken in his s' taspicions, that did not alter the case— for he had clear! y acted for the best, and with a view only to the publ' oc interests. On the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's speech, the pris c ner was called on to state what he had to say in de fence, on which he observed, laying his hand on his _heart, that his conscience was pure, and acquitted h: an of all blame. At the mentic tin of the word " conscience " a loud laugh rung thr (ugh the Court, and was re-echoed by the crowd in the street, on which the venerable Judge exclaimed e with evident emotion, that if such indecent conduct were repeated, he should give orders for the Court to be cleared. Witnesses we re then called to character.—Sir Ro- BERT PEEL, w ho was the first witness examined stated that he hr ►d known the prisoner at the bar for many years, an d believed him to be a thoroughly honest man—th. Lt is to say, as honest as a man could reasonably be ea :pected to be, who was a member of a Conservative Ca binet. Mr. Horins— •I fear that's not saying much for him Sir ROBERT. Sir ROBERT I ?EEL, with considerable embarrass ment—Perhaps Lot, but we are all the creatures of circumstances. Lord Jolts 1 tussEr.r. examined—Had known the prisoner at the I )fir for a very considerable period, and while he acted with him as a Minister, had always found him attc ttive to his official duties. He was also exceedingl . l r sober and well-behaved. Cross-examit ted by Mr. Honns—Has your Lord ship found no r sason lately to alter your opinion of him ? Take time for consideration. Remember, you are on you, r oath ! Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I am sorry to say I have Since he quittt KI our service, and put on the Tam worth livery, hi has acted towards us in the rudest and coarsest ma timer possible ; and I have no hesita tion in declarin: ;it as my fixed belief that he will betray whoever trusts him. Sir ROBERT PEEL, with warmth—He will not betray me, fur) [ have never trusted him ; but I beg leave most respi tctfully to add, that I think him a per fectly honest m: in, for if I were to order him to swear black was whit( he would do so, and if that is not exemplary con duct in a servant, I don't know IThe evidence to character having been disposed of, the Learned Jr tdge summed up the facts of the case, t I when the jury, without quitting the box, found the prisoner Guilty. His Lounsm P then proceeded to pass sentence in the following t erms Prisoner at the bar, it is now my painfu l duty to pass upon you the sentence of the law for a crime which strikes at the root of all public and privy to morality. It is not my intention to add to the poignancy of your feelings by any lengthened rem: irks on the heinousness of your con duct, but I wou id just venture to remind you that what is morally wrong can never be politically right." Sir ROBERT . PEEL, with emphasis—" I beg most respectfully to dispute the axiom of the Learned Judge. There' s my Income-tax, for instance, which, though morally wrong, as all parties admit, is, never theless, political ly right, inasmuch as it keeps me in place, and returi is five millions to the Exchequer." The LORD CI EtEr JUSTICE.—" If the Right Hen. Baronet persist 3 in this indecorous interruption, I shall be under • the painful necessity of commiting him for contem pt of Court." The Venerable Judge then sentenced the prisoner to a month's imprisonment, with hard labour, in his own Penitentiary at Islington. A VOICE FROM THE CROWD—If the whole Ca binet were sentenced to a month's imprisonment, with hard labour, it would he no more than they deserve. The prisoner heard the sentence unmoved, and was immediately taken away in the custody of two officers of the Court, in order to have his head shaved, and be dressed in the usual prison costume. The sentence appeared to give unmingled satisfac tion to the whole Court, and the "oldest inhabitant " was heard to say, that he never remembered to have witnessed such an ebullition of popular extacy. MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. At the close of the business this afternoon Consols were rather flatter, being 98i to 1. The Three per Cent Annuities were 99 to being also a slight decline. India Stock, for Account, was at 284. There was a slight improvement in Spanish Bonds, the Actives being at 231 to 4, and the Three per Cents. 35i to 4. Mexican were 351 to I, for Account. Colum bian brought 14. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 8 ; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, 1 ; Chichester and Brighton, 1; Blackwall, 91; Brighton, 3 1 4; Greenwich, si; Strasbourg and Basle, 4i; and North Midland, 6 discount. Chester and H o lyh ea d h ave b een 1; Eastern Counties, New, 4i; Birmingham, 119 to 117; South- Western, 421 to 431 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 19; South-Eastern, 21 to 1; Yarmouth and Norwich, 51; and Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1 premium. Pro vincial Bank of Ireland Shares were 19i; and Union of Australia, 1 to premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool• yesterday was firm, and with a fair demand. Sales, 6,000 bales ; viz., 400 bales Surat, at 3d. to 31d. ; 130 Egyptian at 61d. to 7d.; 700 Pernam. at sad.. to .6d. ; and 700 Maranham at sd. to 6d. ; the rest being American, at 4d. to 54(1. per lb. French Shares were lower, but others much the same, the market generally being dull. Birmingham and Glouces ter, 92 ; Eastern Counties, lla ; Grand Junction, 219 ; Liverpool and Manchester Halt; 109; Birmingham, 217 ; Brighton, 46/ ; Midland Counties, 941 ; North British, 21 ; North Midland, 941; South-Eastern, 351; Paris and Lyons, 24 ; Ditto and Orleans, 381; Orleans and Tours, 2/. 4s. There are no late arrivals to-day from any quarter. Consols have again recovered from the slight flatness of yes terday, being 98a to 984 for the opening. Exchequer Bills are 725. to 745. prem. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 102 to • The Spanish Bonds are very dull still at the previous rates. Mexican have been 1 per cent. better and it is concluded the agents are about to pay some of the dividend. Brazilian are 82 to 824. Portuguese Converted have been steady at 44. Dutch Two-and-a •Half per Cents. are 62i to.l. The Railway Shares are still inactive. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 25.—The market continues flat, with but little alteration in prices. Dublin and Cashel, 5 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 56 ; Ditto, Quarters, 3 7-16 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Canal and Railway, 355. prem. ; Trent Valley, 8 ; Manchester and Buxton, 30s. prem. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — . Indian Stock. — pm. 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red 102% Ditt o N ew A nnu i t i es... New 3% per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. lid... 74 pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small-- ....... Jan. kilt l2 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 l2 5-16 Consols for Opg. IS% Jan. 1860 — India Stock for Acct.... 284 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ... ...... Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 pe: Cent — Ditto, New Ditto...-. ........ Brazilian Bonds — Pr us sian, 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent... ..... ... 118 ehllian, I; per Cent — Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per Cent Oitto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent.....,......... 35 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per lent .. ....... ... French, 51:er Cent. —t —c, Greek, IS 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange .... . . ........ .... —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cert., , 837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 62% Peruvian, 1625, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ....... ...... 92 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) - 5% Chichester and Brighton, 5 paid: . 4% Eastern Counties (23 paid) - • . Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Great Western (75 paid) London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Blackwell (161. 13s. 4d.) London and Brighton (to paid) London and Greenwich (kt. Ins. 4d paid) ...... London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 4O North British, 2% paid 2% North Midland (100 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ... Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) Orleans, Tours, and Sourdeaux, 1 paid 2 Strasbourg and Bale (14 paid) 9 % MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The modification of the original plan of the new Bank Bill, which has been acceded to by Sir Robert Peel, so far as regards the substitution of the average of the last three months for that of the last tw o years, to regulate the issues of the country bankers, will occasion an increase in the amount of country notes of about 690,0001., the average of the two years being about 7,960,0001., while that of. the last three months is about 8,650,000/. The increase will, however, be chiefly bene ficial to the joint-stock banks, the addition in their case formed by the• alteration of the averages being about 520,000/., while that to the notes •of the private banks will not exceed 170,0001. • whereas if the extension of the country circulation had been based on the plan of taking the averages for a greater number of years, as at first proposed by the private bankers, their banks would have obtained the greater part of the advantage. It is doubtless for this reason that the applications made to the Government by the two descriptions of bankers re commended principles diametrically apposite. Although it is not mentioned in the Act, it is to be presumed that besides the return of each. bank, the Gazette will contain the retura of the total circulation of the private and of the joint-stock banks separately, as at present. It is essential that this should be clearly enacted, since otherwise the long details of single banks will be of little utility to the readers of the Gazette. And while on the subject of returns we may also say that an effort should be made before it is too late to cause a di vision in the returns of the private securities of the Bank of England, so as to publish an account of the amount of bills under discount. The declaration of the Premier that his own " bias" was on the side of Mr. Hume's suggestion for repealing the " legal tender clause" has given much satisfaction, and leads to the hope that the doctrine to which it refers may at some future time be carried into effect, and that the country banks may accordingly be compelled to keep a portion of gold to answer their own notes. The preniiuin on gold at Paris is 13 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10iti. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2. 48 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at shot being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.08 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By mlvices from Hamburgh - the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10itl per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 9*, it, follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 22d of June, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— CAUSES OF DEATH. Weekly Total. Average of Five years. Epidenuc,Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 226 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat B7 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5l 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 24 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 8 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 46 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ..• 48 26 Causes specified 9lB 942 Deaths from all Causes 920 946 DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER TIIE ABOVE HEADS. Total. Weekly Average of Five Years. Consumption Scarlatina 7B 34 Pneumonia . ~...... Dropsy.. ... .. .. ............ Hooping Cough .. ......... .. Typhus Small Pox Disease of the lleart Measles ' Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain ...... Diarrhoea.. Sudden Deaths DISTRICTS. - --- West .... Central East... South... 142 138 191 l7l 144 188 213 207 230 242 ........... 920 THREE LIVES LOST IN THE RIVER LEA.—Tues day afternoon an inquest took place before Mr. Baker, at the Five Bells, Old Ford. Bow, Middlesex, touching the deaths of Alfred Fear, aged eleven years ; George "Samuel Shawe, aged twelve years; and Henry Waldock, aged seventeen years, who were drowned in the river Lea under the follow ing circumstances :—lt appeared by the evidence in the first case, that on Monday the deceased youths, Alfred Fear and George Samuel Shawe, went out for an afternoon's fishing in the river Lea. Shawe, whose boots had got muddy, descended the bank of the river to wash them ; from its steep sloping state he fell into the water. His compa nion, Fear, extended his hand for the purpose of helping him out of the stream, when he grasped him so forcibly that he was likewise dragged into the river. A death-like struggle then ensued, and before some boys who witnessed the occurrence could procure ass:stance, the two unfortunate youths had disappeared. The drags were immediately put in requisition, but upwards of an hour elapsed before either of the bodieS was recovered, when they were ultimately pick e d up within a short distance from the spot where the accident occurred. When found, they were clasped tightly in each other's arms. The evidence touching the death of Henry Waldock, went to show, that on Sunday evening, whilst bathing in the river, close to the spot where the above youths were drowned, he had just emerged from the water, when he perceived two females approaching. From a feeling of deli cacy he replunged into the water, and, having unfortunately got out of his depth, was carried away by the stream. He was however got out in about five minutes ; but, notwith standing every medical effort, animation could not be re stored. The jury in each case returned a verdict of accidental death. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND iDubitt Elr4tnton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Prince de Joinville arrived at Toulon on the 20th, and was to sail next day in command of the expedition against Morocco. • A new French settlement has been established at Grand Bassan, on the western coast of Africa. The Mini s t er o f Fi nances has decided that it shall enjoy all the commercial ad vantages granted to Assinia and Gabon by the ordonnance of 26th November last. The Archduchess of Parma, Maria Louisa, arrived at Vienna on the 14th, on a visit to the Imperial Family. The Augsburgli Gazette states that the Duke de Bordeaux has notified the death of the Duke d'Angouleme to all the Courts of Europe, and accompanied the notification with a new protest against the change . made in the order of succession to the French `Throne; adding, however, that he is very far from contemplating any step which could compromise the peace of Europe. He looks forward, lie says, to the course of events. The same journal states that the puke d'Angouleme bequeathed his income to his widow for life. The capital is left—two-thirds to the Duke de Bordeaux, and one-third to Mademoiselle de Berry. The Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Barcelona, June 17, which states that General Narvaez and Mr. Bulwer are closely engaged in negotiations for a treaty of commerce between England and Spain, and that the Fre nc h Ambassa dor supports the B r iti s h Ambassador in the project. It would appear, therefore, that if a treaty be concluded the in terests of France will not be neglected. The British steamer Vesuvius has left Barcelona for Gib raltar, where she was to remain at the disposal of the Gover nor during the operations about to take place on the coast of Morocco. The French brig of war Cassare sailed from Bar celona for Tangier on the 14th. LAW AND POLICE. - In the Court of Exchequer a Mr. Wood brought an action against a police-officer of the name of Ledbitter, to recover compensation in damages for assault and ill-treatment at last year's Doncaster races. Plaintiff purchased a ticket for one guinea, which was the admission to the betting-ring. This ring is formed by railings, enclosing a space in front of the grand stand, towards the race course. Into this space plaintiff entered, but was shortly called upon to withdraw, under au thority from . Loki Eglinton, to whom the soil beloaged. Plaintiff refusing, defendant who acted as a police-officer, was sent to execute the order.' A scuffle ensued in the presence of the company then assembled. Plaintiff was ejected, and re -ceived the injuries which he now sought to be indemnified for. The jury, after a quarter of an hour spent in deliberation, re turned a verdict for the defendant on the pleas of justincation, and for the plaintiff on those whose which did not affect the main question in the cause. At Bow-street, the young man, Sackville Sackville, alias Charles Davies, alias twenty other different names, was brought up before Mr. Jardine for further examination, charged with having forged a bill, purporting to be drawn by Lord Edward Hinvard, the second soil of the Duke of Norfolk, and accepted by the Hon. F. Cavendish, of Compton-Lodge, in Sussex, for 250/., with intent to defraud Mr. Rendall. The particulars of the application of the prisoner to Mr, Rendall to discount the bills for him have already appeared. The additional facts showed the barefaced and impudent manner in which the prisoner had carried out his deceptions. He was again remanded for a week. Michael Leonard, an expert young thief, of fifteen years of age, who stood committed for trial since Friday last, on a charge of inflicting five wounds upon the person of Elizabeth Phillips, with intent to m ur d er h er , was again brought before Mr. Henry, at Lambeth-street. in order to have the evidence of the surgeon, who attended the injured female, taken in his presence. He was fully committed. At Union-hall, Peter Nelson and Mary Bennett, were bi-ought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with stealing 201., and a quantity of clothes, prircipally consisting of female ap parel; the property of David Stone, whose wife bad recently absconded with the former prisoner. After an extended ex amination, the Magistrate remanded both the prionea until the officer succeeds in obtaining some portion of the com plainant's property. counT —10411311X07.741.231.7M. Their Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland, and many other noble and distinguished personages, have intimated their in tention of being present at the performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio, St. Paul, at Exeter Hall, on Friday evening. On Saturday the Duke and Duchess of Richmond enter tained at dinner, at their house in Portland-place, the Earl and Countess of March, Lord and L a d y T emp l emore, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord William Lennox, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mills, Mr. and Miss GrevilJe, the Hon. Lewis Grant, &c. Sir Richard Puleston and family have left Norfolk-street, Park-lane, for Flintshire. Mr. and Mrs. Wombwell entertained Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse; Colonel and Mrs. Ashwith, Lord Ossulston, Lord Belfast, Lord Cantilupc, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and a large party at dinner, on onday evening. Earl Ferrars will shortly lead to the altar Miss Chichester, daughter of Lord and Lady Edward Chichester, and grand daughter of the Marquis of Donegal. IMLISCEZZAIVEOUS. • On Tuesday a very thinly-attended meeting of the Society for Promoting the Due Observance of the Sabbath, was held in the lower room, Exeter Hall, J. P. Plumptre, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The Rev. Mr. Baylee read the report, which occupied thirty-eight pages of closely-printed matter, and stated that Government had declined to pass any further legislative enactments for the better observance of the Lord's day. It then referred to the number of passengers that tra vel, in the summer months, on Sundays, by railways, steam ers, and omnibuses, short distances from London, for pleasure, and concluded with an appeal to the public to put down such a desecration of a day appointed to be kept holy. The re ceipts for the past year amounted to 758/. Gs. 10d., which left the Society indebted 8401. Bs. The Repeal Association held their usual weekly meeting on Monday, in the Conciliation Hall, which was densely crowded in every part. J. H. Talbot, Esq., late Member for New Ross, was called to the chair. Mr. D. O'Connell, jun., an nounced that all the State prisoners were in excellent health. At a *quarter before 6 o'clock, the rent for the week amounted to 3,100/. Prince Albert has directed Mr. Anson to notify to the Committee of the Infant Orphan Asylum that. it is his Royal Highness's intention to be present at the examination of the children, and the dejeuner at Wanstead, this after noon. Great preparations are making to provide every accommodation for the guests. On Tuesday the Annual General Court of the Merchant Seamen's Society was held at the office of the institution, in Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Captain N a i rne , R . N ., i n the chair. During the sitting of the Court, no fewer than sixty case, coming within the scope of this charity, were considered and relieved. After which the election of a President for the ensuing year, and that of the gentlemen composing the Com mittee who had retired by rotation, took place, when John Clark Powell, Esq., was unanimously re-elected President. The other' gentlemen who were to compose the Committee for the ensuing year, were also unanimously re-elected. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, JUNE 24.—The weekly meeting at the Concilia ion-hall took place to-day, and was very numerously at tended. Mr. John Hyacinth Talbot, late M.P. for New Ross, was called to the Chair. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN commenced the proceedings by hand ing in various sums of money which had been forwarded to him during the previous week. The Rev. Mr. HERON, parish priest, having been intro duced to the meeting as a deputati on f rom t h e repealers of Manchester, proceeded to say, that he came there to tell them how the repeal was getting on in his locality. On Tuesday night last they hkd a meeting at the Free 'I rades'- hall, in Manchester, at which 8,000 persons were. present. At that meeting resolutions were proposed breathing indig nation at the injustice shown to the traversers upon the late State trial, and expressing adhesion to the principles of Connell, and especially to the great measure of the repeal of the union, to be carried by peaceable ands costitutional means.— (Cheers.) The result of that meeting further was, that he had been sent forward with the sum of 3251. as a sub scription to the funds of the Association. The purse con taining this money, they perceived, was fastened with strings of green silk, but if it had been prepared by him, he would have added fastenings of the orange colour. The Orangemen of Manchester he could tell them, were fine fellows. His duties as a minister of peace had frequently brought him among them when their blood was up ; on the Ist of July, for in stance ; and never upon any occasion, although known to be a Catholic priest, had he received any injury from them. He would have the orange and the green intermingled, for he believed that nothing could more advance the cause of repeal than the breaking down of these distinctions. The English people, too, were a fine people. For twenty years he had been among them as a missionary, and he had never yet received an insult in their country.—(Cheers.) He always thought that the warm Irish heart and the cool English head were enough for the whole world.—(Cheers.) But he never yet saw anything in Englishmen which entitled them to be the masters of Irishmen.—(Loud cheers.) No people could ma - - nage their own affairs better, but they got on wretchedly when they attempted to manage those of others Witness Canada, the Indies, and Ireland:—(Hear, h ear .) B ut h e was happy to tell them that - a great change was taking place in England—a change for the better. Englishmen weie every day becoming more firm in the resolution of support ing Ireland in its struggle for independence ; and he as-• sured them that if the Government were so foolish as to put down that Association, they would at once start it again in Manchester.—( Loud cheers.) He had also been entrusted with a petition signed by 25,000 persons, praying for a repeal of the union, and protesting against the monstrous injustice of the State trial. In reading over the proceedings of that trial, his attention was forcibly recalled to the events of a trial which took place some eighteen hundred years since. When he read the words of Mr. Justice Burton, who described Mr. O'Connell as •a "man of peace," when in his mind's eye he saw the tears rolling down the cheeks of that judge in pronouncing the severe sentence which had been carried into effect on the traversers—he thought he also be held Pontius Pilate saying, " There is no cause for con demnation in this man," and calling for a basin to wash the blood from his hands.—(Cries of " Bravo," and loud cheers.) Mr. C. G. Scorr handed in the sum cf 134/. from the Re peelers of Edinburgh, Leith, Glasgow, and Perth. The Rev. Mr. SHEEHAN and Mr. CURTIS addressed the meeting as deputation from Waterford, with the subscriptions of the Roman Catholic Bishop and Clergy of that diocese, amounting to 1071. Mr. W. J. O'CoNNELL, who holds the office of head in spector of repeal wardens for England, handed in the sum of 75/. 16s. ld., being the subscriptions for the past week of the various repeal wards of London. Mr. D. O'CONNELL, jun., said that he had news from the prison. He had to announce that all the traversers were in excellent health, and that his father especially was never more lively and animated, the imprisonment agreeing per fectly with his constitution. The rent announced up to the post-hour exceeded 3,000/. We have reason to believe that the appointment of Lord Ileytesbury as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has been all but definitively settled. —Evening Paper. COUNSEL TO THE IRISH GOVERNMENT.—The office of counsel in London to the Irish Government has recently become vacant, in consequence of the death of Mr. O'Hanlon, its late possessor. The Government has declared its inten tion of conferring it upon an Irishman, called to the English bar, and resident in London. We understand that this limi tation has considerably diminished the number of candidates for the vacant appointment ; and that out of this number Mr. Perceval Banks, of Gray's Inn, who iu 1838 published a very able pamphlet on the subject of controverted elections, is con sidered to stand the best chance of success. Though decidedly a 'l'ory in politics, he has had the good fortune to conciliate the friendly feelings even of his political opponents; and no appointment is better calculated to please all parties in Ire land than that of an individual who, like Mr. Banks, never allows his political feelings to interfere with his duties as a courteous gentleman.— Times. COURT CIRCULAR. ' for The Queen and Prince Albert walked, yesterdet noon, in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace' ti Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, acCooll7:46g by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, was taken all yesterday, in an open carriage and four. b gr. His Royal Highness P r ince Albert, attended L i p George Edward Anson, w e nt, yesterday morning,' office of the Duchy of Cornw;ll, in Somerset lions& The Royal Family were taken airings Yest erd* the royal gardens. • left H Mai I d, by hr- Lady in Viraituilk; .ter jesty, attended _y her Tto " 0 00 the Palace yesterday, for an airing, in an open and four. Prince Albert accompanied the Quee4Dol horseback; the Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Aruldidd and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, also st on horseback. I OW The royal dinner party at B uc kingbain Psine e ' • d tbe day evening, includ e d th e P or t ugu ese Minister an Baroness de Moncorvo, the Duke and Duchess of Mrs the Marquis of Lorne, the Marquis and Marbioneo.,, Abercorn, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Ca, of Ro3ehery, Lord Joh n R usse ll, and Mr. Fraser TlSry The band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot was in attendance at the Palace during dinner. leg Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester toHer on Tuesday, for her residence, Bagsbot too lt Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge an airing yesterday, in a carriage. boa ° Mr. O'Reilly, Attorney-General for Jamaica, °ow interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Cl3l office. ale Ashbel of Toast Mr. .Ishbel Smith, Charge d'Affaires town for Paris yesterday. , A h a d The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Engi si " oe' meeting yesterday, at the office, in Whitehall ßa P . of h rl There were present—the Bi s h o p o f London, t h e D o Besborough, the Right Hon. H. H o bhouse, and t he of Westminster. ; f aille ° Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an -- bit with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, s' official residence in Downing-street. w ith Mr. Robert Neilson had an interview yesterday Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office. SPORTING INTELLIGENC E ' NEWCASTLE RACES.—TuEsDAT• aro • qt! The Tyro Stakes of 25 goys. each, and 25 added, fo r old. Three quarters of a mile. 0) I Mr. Ramsay's Mid Lothian (J. 1 1 ° 1° Mr. Hesseltine's Fitz-Allen ...................................... Mr. Milbanke's f by Sheet Anchor, out of Lady Fulf°lll'.‘ Won easy. nn t eed; The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs . eac h, and hv - Two miles. (e) 1 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's William-l e -G ros , 5 yrs (— .o 5 Mr. James Cookson's Crikey Billy, 4 yrs ..................... s Mr. White's Ranger,. 5 yrs ....................................... Won in a canter. sdcl ej 25 The Cricket Club Stakes of 10 sovs eac h, h ft, and , . T. Y. C. „(Lye 1 Captain Pott's Northumberla n d, 3 y rs ....... .... ...( $ Lord Eglinton's Fitzjames, 3 yrs .............. ; Mr. Salvin's Marian Ramsay, 2 yrs ... ....................... 4 Lord Normanby's Lorimer, 3 yrs ...... ................ A fine race with three, won by a head. e , The Northern Oaks St a k es o f 10 sous eac h. One 7, 1 1 (Fran c '' Mr. S. Handish's S usan ... ......... ......... Mr. Harrison's Terona Mr. Metcalfe's Spinster .......................................... Won easy. 3 o itel. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas, for 3 yrs old, Sc e• 0 I O r " 0 Lord Chesterfield's Parthi an , 4 yrs Mr. W. H. Johnstone's William le Gros, 5 yrs .......... .. Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 5 yrs .......... Mr. Standish's Littl e H ampton, 3 yrs Mr. Howey's Si s t er t o O ur N ell, 4 yrs ••'' , v.... . oce• Mr. Bell's The Sq u i re s t arte d f or the Goodwood 11."°- Won by a length. LATEST BETTING ON THE NORTHC-- vls PLATE. 3 to 1 agst Bay Mourns. 4 to 1 agst Whistle Binkie. 4 to 1 agst Poussin. 7 to 1 agst Era. 10 to 1 agst Pompey. 12 to 1 agst Queen of the Tyne. 12 to 1 agst Scalteen HENLEY REGATTA. 0 , tis After the excitement a n d b ust l e o f the Thames rgal' I I :, quiet meeting at H en l ey was a very happy re li e f. towns in England there is not ()lie to which, se pf r , flourishing regatta, Henley ought to yield the ponalt,` . eminence. Placed in the midst of scenery the ntee .. . i t a s d r,, ful, with a beautiful reach of water, admirably ettleriiti Pi t such sport, and with a population of whom the ine w i n g, almost daily indulging in the manly exercise of P c ' t oner can form no matt er o f surpr i se t h at th i s annua l even constitute one of the chief attractions of the season. .„d21 04 These races had been originally fixed for the 20th k r b ,, dir but from a desire to accommodate those who teig u ' s t posed to enter the lists at the great aquatic meeting ~t bSt ney, it had been deferred until yesterday. It Inig' s rietv been presumed that its precursor would have pro ved $ , t ole drawback, but we a r e di spose d to t hi n k t h at it had it it ol effect, as, upon the whole, the races, both in netn ur " . variety, exceeded those of former years. W In the list of T ues d a y th ere were severa l trial has gef' scullers, which in every sense of the word, as far as,t he se d tlemen's matches were conce r n e d, m i g h t b e conet , e i distinct races. There was a p r i ze a dd e d f or the e' - o tilei this year, entitled the Diamond Sculls ; and the • opes smilers' contests were, as an encouragement to rosci,nen'f to all grades within fi ve m il es o f H en l ey, the aw ard foo t' tory being a coat and silver badge These, with the to r oared race for the silver Challenge Cup, formed the $lll ments of the day. ° A speedy transit from the metropolis by th e j G ot/ Western, and a short drive, brought a great many Lonu di g to Henley, while the attendance from the eurr e ! li t i bse neighbourhood was very num erous , f o r although 1 ,.,.04 poured with rain f r om an ear l y h our i n the on 0 , in London, little or none fell in the neighbourb4 o , Henley. About th e ti me t h e sports commence d the` A ' 66 was covered with h an d some equ i pages, an d htlas7 - ta scls fashionably dressed persons had congregated in the e 5 O O erected for visitors on th e t ow i ng - path an d i n the n 1 ,4 yord on the Berkshire side. In the grand stand we obserrVoier , Camoys, the Earl of Falmouth, Sir George and LadyLZS/1 Lady Dungarvon, Lady Caroline Pe c h e ll, Sir E. C. x4.— iir• H. Lambert, Major Morse Cooper, Mr. W. S. Freelpe n ' J. Fane, and others of the nobility and gentr.v. cee tegt The races commenced at half-past two o'clock, ea c li e aler being from the Island against the stream up to bridge, a distance of about a mile and a third. de° The Diamond Sculls, a p resentat i on prize, for ge° - amateurs only. , FIRST HEAT. PorP l6 9 Mr. Conant, St. John' s C o ll ege, Oxford-. re , 3 Mr. E. S. Kennedy, S cu ll ers ' Cl u b , L ondon ..• Gak•rea Mr. A. M'Leod, the Oriental Club I'l foll° Ift Mr. Kennedy took th e l ea d f or a short d i sta nce, ke . A by Mr. Conant, Mr. M'Leod following in their lo t so d about a hundred ya r d s or so M. C onant drew a 11 won by two or three lengths. I SECOND HEAT. pillk 5 Mr. T. B. Bumpstead (th e L eander Club) __ , 4l Mr. E. G. Peacock (the Scullers' Club).. Gr%-is Mr. J. B.Wigham (Norwich) Pali for It was a capital start, and they were scull and se; fill some time, when Mr. Bumpstead gradually drew ~ Alit • his opponent, Mr. Peacock, who had before gain* - - 1 lead, and won by five or s i x l engths. THIRD HEAT. Gr een - 9 Mr. A. A. Julius (the L ean d er Club) ................. po ple ...d i Mr. J. Jones Pocock (O x f or d A quatic Club).. .••••' hod ''''' It was a very hollow race. Mr. Julius drew a kept it, winning easily. .1 FOUR= HEAT. yOrr e $ Mr. Morgan (Christch urc h, O x f ord) Mr. A. Ive (Dreadnou g ht Cl u b , Henley) -•• Won with the most perfect ease- COAT AND BADGE. First Heat—J. Bamfield beat Rogerson and Clark' Second Heat—W. Stone beat J. Noel. Third Heat—A. Herbert beat G. Wilson. t 46 Fourth Heat—J. Wheeler beat J. Marlowe. tbe. , The interest created by these heats was so trifling,_ ~.,gs do not consider them worth any further re g ro en a rf e ' ffl. "s tioo l : 4 " of The Steward's Challenge Cup, open to established at least a twelvemonth previous to ta ° , r O P entry. __,l f o r .he The Royal Academy boat, which had been enter; a re was withdrawn. The St. George's Boat Club, w b holders,,of course did not contend in the trial heat BOOP' OXFORD UNIVERSITY BOAT OXFORD SUBSC RIPTIO N 0 0. CLUB (PURPLE). LOND ON (WE Ts). E. Tuke, stroke. H. Lambert, 3. Wilson. 3 G. 2. Dry. 2. J. Welch. , c oed 1. W: S. Lewis, coxswain. 1. M. H. Choreit o dd4 n. The University boat was the favourite at goo_ ver yeaTio the race was anxiously looked for. They made!, obi° op lent start, and were oar and oar for'alevr seconvi- ,, , t heir 0 University boat gradually shot away, and althoultosb o ponents rowed in a very plucky manner, they we d : A bs. overtake them. The University won by three le' This concluded the very indifferent sport. TO THE EDITOR OF THE tm k ; In r e ; Sia,—l beg to b e a ll owe d to correct a mi sts -; , whi ference to a case of " S uspecte d Child Murder , .1, _ ,,t v -7 appeared in y our j ourna l of yesterday everliig.i' made to say that "the c hild h a d b ee n born aloe vett or though th e case is one of a most serious charachoroice in the en ti re a b sence (for the present) o f corrfl" sus' or confirmatory post mortem proofs of the motherre petted g u il t , I s h ou ld cons id er i t a n act of g s ticAl justice to the poor creature to volunteer so doglo__ and daronatory an opinion.—l have the honour w main, Sir, your most obedient servant, A TICER. GEORGE A. 11, St. James's-place, Thursday. -----------,..... OPENING LETTERS AT TO • POST-OFFICE. _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is Sin,—The exp of the l opening Pot et ` ce rp London has caused great alarm etter throughout the catty: t re , I have no doubt ; at all events in that part w here to , side, I assure you, Sir, there is a fear of senaing let $0 having to pass through the General Post-office. is wonder that there should be—the recent cliselosureilg enough to alarm any one. We boast of an English,inari house being his castle, and, with all this boast, 11 _' 9 _,P be tt vate and confidential communications axe not sum' ". 0 0 passing to their destinations ! Nlamy people entertilit- notion that the Government have a desire to people. I hope not, but such impression is really abrot (I _ , . A question ought to be put to the Duke of %Veiling ot:r Sir Robert Peel, or Sir J. Graham, whether the le l de opening systsm extends into the provinces? The va spread alarm is daily increasing. June2s, • ONE OF THE PEO 1844 E. B ll' REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—idr:WiIIiara f IC house, of Darlington, who died so suddenly in -the hieetile: house of the Society of Friends there about a week s t a had arranged to go out with his nephew by the Mane', steamer to Hamburgh on the voyage in which she was I "' f It was his intention to proceed from Hamburgh to Norlysit on a mission.sv tour. There is every reason to believe tho j P $ 13.! his sudden death was the means of saving his nephew as "A as himself from the melancholy en d of those who paw' with that unfortunate vessel.--Live? pool Journal. tat I-, 1 A' „ G o] bar " !IC c as : e. ! 4at th ifoun, I r. Ti. 4113re3.Ciof°ur th rt roTVl—s r • kr. T . in ue 'day k) t h e r 4 4% 1 y cam (gaged t (gaged c ftr ki r. Dorn p• ula_ tile ' f ' S k of st ead e Go the 1411:11%)V toOn the d) Bill m thitt t d T he Al i'l]t!pti ] , \