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s .. -......................... 11., r. G LADSTONE was opposed to the alteration soi rotd e by the G overnment, t h e more par ti cu l ar ly a s the *ite ration was well considered in the House o n f d L c o o rd m s - , 1; 4 ,„" was meant to keep separate the Episcopal '" e u Fund. By the clause,_ as now againalt t e a r tn ed o , st b o o_io Cum- We merged into one fund, which he thoiT , h t. the __, n N ibis tetionable. Ile objected to the motion t ittiationof r n d e J w ob n Russell), because it tsnhi,,efietro, the for without. bishoprics, such as ,:ly regard to the feelings of the tablished. peo M ple ne of the locality Lie thought that if new bishoprics were to bees . lt should be where the public is prepared and anxious (e t ! such a foundation. He would therefore move that submitsit s uould be in the power of the Commissioners to . o k er Majesty the foundation of a bishopric placer s - i“ ere tho people were desirous that such should ln tslce t viseo, and that his salary should nut be more than 1 , 500 1 . r l linn um•—(liear hear.) 'Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the general opinion vi s , f° a s teat i n here was a very great necessity for such run , 'lodation, and also to afford as much of the d , 43 Possible for parochial use. In that view the C3ln - tsitts aci e appointed three years since fal y concurred. : the Archbishop of Canterbury gave it ashis . e o u p o i : ifilt°;hthat such a course of conduct would ho most h b . lf,', 4 B l : o o u P it to a ns t ot t e he an s d i ance the interest of the C urch game time say that he dissented from e t , l ; e Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) when l h std that if any amalgamation of the funds took p acol, atlehteo.uld be s - very rest impediment to the creation a ion b ishoprics. He should next allude to the foanil sae st, " °ll of the bishopric of Manchester. There was an t tsisssolute necessity for it, as the diocese of Chester was th ! r g*, and as many of the people, thro . ugh want 0 5 ; l' yigilance of an active bishop hood - in the neihbour Hi , Were,„. dissenting from the Established Church. .. - 4 8 ,"ed, did not the creation of that bishopric, with only';' f,'" ° ,° Per annum tend to establish and carry out order i'ltuke Church, considering: so large and populous a towe lion, tuat i s? He was really at a loss to know what the ole s i and Learned Member meant by separating on ,, i e . ;°Pal from the temporal functions of the bish op s, an . if . 11 3 to exclude them from the House of Lords ; _ d us ! such a liue of policy were adopted, be (Lord John R thet s ell) believed that nothing could contribute more to eirthsow of the Established Church in this country. • Ri g h t h e he was fully convinced was not the desire of the ‘: pt /ion. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone). . M ai l . R. IL INGLIS said that he totally differed from • m s sbight lion. Friend (Mr. Gladstone) in reference to;{ ehs ° ,„ Pin ion about the creation of the Bishopric of M d _ 4 3 7, , because he, at the time the Noble Lord (Lord li n , al t ) mooted the matter, considered that he ( J... p 5 ,;,,111) had conferred incalculable benefit on that large, t , b a r -e us and important town, and not only to the town. With to e, 4 the diocese of Chester. He again concurred the s ine Noble Lord in the inexpediency of separating, h e 9 sPiritual from the temporal influence of the bishops, ~; cr eaus e he considered such a course would tend to in- t; 431 18 , 4 , ) ,.." opinion that at present prevails to some degree, th e : . Y . were anxious to eject the episcopal body from fsr distant ° use of Lords. He hoped that the day was not.`. ih when the suffragan bishops that were s_ a ii sh °di ' Be by Henry VIII. would be introduced into the ': deo e i r , use, and he should add it would be very con tras, °. te the interests of the people of this great me-,. h ei '," °4lB and of the Church, if a Bishop of Westminster . s k i: aPPointed to assist the Bishop of London in his ho use 1 duties; an d a l so to h ave a sea t i n th e o th er to ;• He at the same ti me , th oug h h e diff e r e d fr om 15 5 0 of the sentiments of the Hon. and Learned Gentle- W il ii(Mr. Gladstone), should express his concurrence Weald not o pposition, and hoped that the Noble L0rd.,. 4 4 not press his amendment. s . i h r ' F IUME said that his Hon. Friend (Sir R. Ingl s),, 1. 0 . , that the time was come when the common fund a d u ,. a pplied to the use of the bishops, but from that ._ th e elated. If the Hon. Baronet wished to continua: , tile e s :c 4 e ll . . e xion of Ch urc h an d S ta t e h e wou ld no t o pp ose h ses Rill the h were adverse to this applica e -; t abr ,° , tunds that were intended by Parliament ter th stip r°4 °f the working clergy. He should therefore f ) ort the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell). ea. J ~ oata Pr . cARINGTON said that in the clause, ro as it* th at tk _ ol st the House of Lords,vision. there was a te la nded for th e "" surplus of the episcopal fund was in os_ereation of new bishops , and he should therefore r , /Ise the Nble o (Lord J. Russell). ' the r;IIGRSMAN said that the Noble Lord acted on lil a ,!I'esont occasion very justly and conscientiously in at t h eir of this case, though he had made a nolshs stnn i ee el ,! : end of last session in favour of the Ecclesiastics stiteires!on. When allusion was made to the olden con- he sh: e ll is tu oPposition to the creation of new bishops, ( If thi s ' say that the great increase of the population -.... bot i country required such a creation, and that it was blievnppposition to the welfare and benefit of the Esta log 4 4 Church. He was even desirous that the work- te aa - e rgY • should be adequately paid, and he for that sr 0i ;? ( I i l felt assured that the Noble Lord's amendment Of this be °f the greatest service to the people and clergy zit: c,?untry.—(Hear, hear.) gro unds , lIERBER,T opposed the amendment on the ' t ats es ti t wit it was an innovation on the constitution of lreb. They should look to the increase of popu- . 4 1 - 6 4 the present time as compared with former times. F e Pul ; tire " of Henry VIII they bad but 4,000,000 of at 4t len and they then had the same number of bishops Piet y r e Present time. He could bear testimony to the • take °4 r ums? of their bishops, but the House should the b. e s k re not to overlay the mind and physical power of to, p I ,, A ", ° P,s. He thought the Bill had been very much tOe r° t l ;" °Y the clauses which had been aided to it by be tted 7 House of Parliament; and he very much re . - Oati en t oat Use Noble Lord had expressed his determi- With t ° adher e to the Bill in its original state.—(llear.) . • tioe, rag to the bishops not having seats in the of , e °I • Lords, when they came to look at the increase alicrtaulaton, he thought it most desirable that the) Il k tos'e seats in that House, and he agreed with an W ere, t heber that their presence there constituted, as it , isit riaemocratic principle of that House, represent- . sir BEND°eYdid, larse masses of the people. hiss iissAMle HALL said that some Hon. Mem- teo erat '." aPoken of the bishops as constituting the de ; heei e I? Principle in the House of Lords. Now, he (Sir as m in 1141 1) looked upon the bishops in that House Cipl, stituting the very contrary of the democratic prin I Ne l anti be thou ght it desirable that they should not , it 0e r have seats in that House. If the bishops thought tbe te -ee s 3 ssrY that more bishops should be created, let he th ° that which they had never done in their lives— iteraene: give the mesas of endowing them out of their h ot' and iene°'nes--(llear, hear, and laughter.) The greatest isardsvrorking clergy were in a state of the is distress, and many ot them were obliged to live i thici l l l, ll4ll2l use. lie thought that the circumstances Poor rtl ught about such a state of distress among the l eritter il ,b.ard-working clergy ought no longer to be to Is /I% ! ik w . nibs the bishops wallowed in wealth. and hers . R. HOPE entirely dissented from the views Ateei a r ini ' l !lons of the Hon. Member for Marylebone (Sir itslitatthhakevier al ) 01l this subject. Of all the clap-traps been imposed on the public, that of assert-'. , gr eatts e .t the bishops were non-working clergy was the wo r k it :t, .Nr to his knowledge, they were the most hard- k r. f t uodY in the Church. lervati e blitimmoND only rose to m a ke one ob- Wi se , t : i t , which was, that the Welsh gentlemen, about to the the l ion. Baronet spo k e so much, shou ld g i ve up slop, the the tithes of which they were in puss ~Air, se„,n ether wt '" L EY would Lot give any opinion as to ho t h e lt was desirable to endow new bishoprics or not; .. reis s i en w ,” quite willing to let the Ecclesiastical Com- -. S ir T r i s " the management of the fund. came r °MAS ACKLAND supported the clause as it kr. roin the Lords. Pos se , ?AGE WOOD said the bishops were found in ti ght t sl" of certain funds, and the State thought it th e i r i c' n take away from the bishops a certain amount of Wer e eo e fte, and give it to the working clergy. There Plied ts e se oases wherein the revenues of a see were ape of the ?s.the spread of spiritual objects, as in the case d e° , 4 tahop of London, who thought it his duty the. or 5 e " ' h I I large portion of his income to the building tioe b "ch He (Mr. Wood) did not like the dist of th e ',ween an episcopal fund and a fund for the rest f alle as ete rY. Re must protest also against another Th e 6'.',_ which said the bishops did not work. bed b le uoPs worked as well as the other clergy, and of 1,,,e..?t! extremely useful in promoting the employment to beTtlng clergymen, and hence no distinction ought LI drawn between them. se ett r ci g JORN MANNERS referred to a return pre- -- 0 10.. to the House of Lords on the 12th of March last, wed that 1,100 application s had been made to the Whi r esiasttcal Commissioners for additional curates, ka„•h had been registered in the office of the Commis s ell. s fur future consideration, and which there was no the n ce of being attended to. He wished to know whether iii. Government were prepared to point out any means • ,tlu„rant from what the House of Lords had pointed out ei:e _reference to the appointment of the working tt i t h gY. He saw most clearly that the interests of the te s l e b of England required at this moment a great ex er-471 of the episcopacy' and for that purpos e he '''' uPon the Committee the absolute necessity of the %m ad _ *C r.ent. • . TURNER wished to ask the Government 5 ether the effect of this clause was to facilitate the 41/teintsvent of additional bishops, by throwing the in t:tat charges upon the common fund? aitere clause as i ll th rd JOHN RUSSELL said that there was nothing f all livings, he proposed it to interfere with the aed ; 4°ll of Parliament, in the increase os am u eiti or the future formation of bishoprics for eec r l , es t i h a a s; 511 5 Purposes. It would be necessary, sbetilPlications for the augmentation of however, l e livings cobi d d ,_ be satisfied out of the common fund, before . it Lorude available for the formation of new bishoprics e off j°I :IN MANNERS said that if such were th srZ e t il o ,f the necessity for clause, the new bishoprics, the ge nertt l i ti the present state of the English Church wa s e t , 11,7 admitted, would never be formed ; as there Ibrie,“°° aPplications for the augmentation of smal Iw o T h . which could not be satisfied, now pending be , The ue Comrnisaio a es__ . D. t.sumMittee then divide], and the numbers were— ? ,the amendment... 163 ... -a g al ust it 111 .th e el Majority „52 ei etw 'ants was then agreed to as amended. 0,, l e 14 was agreed to. si r , DI 15 being Proposed, Port ~,,,I4SRELI suggested that as the House appeared, Dort - r earie d with this subject, the Chairman should re lit!! ogress, and the House ass other business. 111 ° ld 8. lIERRERT then P to 411...rejp.ort progress moved that the Chairman, • 1 Pl:oves .- 8 1 1 4 0 , 1 14 , atinaciSELL said he could not consent to this Il uttee u pon ~ th at he must take the sense of the Com- T ha nll 11 " t ook 1 - " Lords al p ace, a en cleared for a division, but none eanwhile to th e ul eb u Russell having acceded in tie , mien to report progress. The IT „, —OllBO the res wrlreal, and obtainecilledi , ofer to sit again. and the Chairman rep)rted th:l,.? Incorporation 1 seoopalation Bill w ent r i r l abil Corporation Bill and to_ ached. Prqua"edgiartcultui :tough. Committee , certain r tatting ~ 5 a . the latter lid) by Mr. Macgregor,) 1 statistics of Greet Britain' PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of COMMIS& MONDAY, JULY S. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause (Appointment of Church Estate Commis isioners) : - Amendment proposed page 2, line 21, to leave out from the word "England" to the end of the Clause, and to add the words " and the three Church Estates dommis 'sioners so appointed shall together and exclusively constitute the body corporate of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 'England, and be entitled to exercise all their powers and privileges," instead thereof : —Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Com-, mittee divided:— I MAJORITY—AYES, 60. - Acland, Sir T. Gladstone, W. E. Pakington, Sir John Adair, It. Shafto Greene, Thomas Palmer, Roundell Barnard, Edward G. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John Bellew, R. M. Guest, Sir:J. Plumptre, J. P. Bennet, Philip Hamilton, Geo. A. Pusey, P. Birch, Sir T. Hatchell, John Romilly, Sir John Blair, Stephen Heald, James Russell, Lord J. Busfeild, W. Ilerbert, Sydney Seymour, Lord Chatterton, Colonel Hobhouse, Sir John Shell, R. L. Cowper, W. F. Hobhouse, T. B. Slaney, R. A. Craig, Sir W. G. Hodges, T. L. Somerville, Sir IV. Crowder, R. E. Hood, Sir Alexander Spooner, Richard Cubitt, William Hotham, Lord Stafford, Augustus Denison, J. E. Inglis, Sir R. 11. Stanley, E. 11. Drummond, Henry Lacy, H. C. Thompson, Colonel Dundas, Sir David Lewis, G. C. Vivian, J. E. Ebrington, Lord M'Cullagh, W. T. Wilson, James Elliot, John Matheson, Colonel Wood, W. P. Evans, William Naas, Lord TELLERS. Evelyn, William J. O'Brien, J. Hill, Lard mamas Frewen, C. H. Paget, Lord A. Haytcr, W. G. MINORITY-NOES, 22. Adair, Hugh E. Henry, Alexander Perfect, R. Bass, M. T. Heyworth, L. Thompson, George Bright, John Humphery, Ald. Thornely, Thomas Brown, 11. Kershaw, James Williams, John Brown, William Lushington, Charlet! Childers, J. W. Mangles, R. D. TELLIIII. Cobden, R. Martin, J. Hall, Sir B. Ellis, John Mitchell, T. A. Horsman, Edward Fox, W. J. O'Connor, FearguS `Prince. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, immediately proceeded to Cambridge-house to pay a visit of condolence to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and his Royal Highness Prince George. Prince Albert re mained until a quarter before eleven o'clock, and then returned to Buckingham Palace, attended by Lieu tenant-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester remained some time longer with her afflicted re -1 Mr. Edmond Mildmay, Equerry to his late Royal Highness, is staying at Dover to attend her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meek lenburgh Strelitz (daughter of his late Royal High ness) on her landing, the Hereditary Grand Duchess having been sent for from the Continent The deceased Prince Adolphus Frederick, who was the seventh and youngest son of George 111., iliad completed the 76th year of his age, having been • born on the 24th of February, 1774. In the 13th : year of his age he was, with his two elder brothers, the Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex, sent to the ' University of Gottingen, where he was entered on the 6th of July, 1786. The Duke of Cambridge remained at Gottingen only three years, at the end of which period he became an officer in the British army, having been gazetted an ensign in the six teenth year of his age, but it was not until 1793 that he came to reside in England. The position in which England then stood was one of the utmost danger, and fraught with the utmost anxiety to the mo narch and statesmen of this country, and the political parties into which our community never ceases to be divided laboured with their usual zeal and ar dour to acquire a fresh auxiliary in the person of the Duke of Cambridge. He was courted alike by Tory and by Whig. On the one hand he was solicited by Fox, Sheridan, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duchess of Devonshire—on the other, he was prompted by the natural prejudices of a Prince, and" he filial affection due to a kind father, and after a short coquetting with Liberalism, he became a firm ,upporter of Mr. Pitt. In the same year that he :ame to England (1793) he served for a short time vith the British forces before Dunkirk. In 1794 he attained the rank of Colonel, and on the 24th of August, 1798, that of Lieutenant-General, being then inly 24 years of age. It was not, however, till the 7th of November, 1801, that he obtained his peer- Age, when he was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, and Baron of Culloden. On the part of the King's Government there ap- dears then to have been every disposition to give the •ons of the monarch the fairest possible opportunities .f acquiring renown in the profession of arms, and ilthoegh the expedition to Holland in 1799, corn. '. !minded by the Duke of York, achieved no success, vet the Duke of Cambridge was subsequently intrusted with another army, intended to ob• itruct the progress of Bonaparte on the continent. In the year 1803 he was sent at the head of' 8,000 Germans and 6,000 English to defend the electoral 'dominions of his father. That the Hanoverians, s , however, did not appreciate as highly as m i g ht have been wi shed, the honour and advantage of a connexion , with England, and the Duke found, when he arrived in Hanover, that the interest of his family there was at an end, and be therefore requested his recall. The English Minister, however, told him that his duty was to remain at his post; but after publishing a manifesto to the Hanoverians, calling on them to rise en masse, which produced no effect, he returned to England, leaving the army under the command of Count Walmoden, who was soon obliged to capitulate. Im mediately on the formation of the German Legion, the Duke of Cambridge was appointed to its com mand, having been raised to the rank of General on - the 25th of September, 1803, and appointed Colonel ~ of the Coldstream Guards on the sth of the same month, in the year 1805. As soon as the French were expelled from Han- over the Duke of Cambridge was appointed Viceroy, and in the possession of that Government he re mained till the year 1837, when Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, succeeded to that kingdom as eldest male representative of the house of Guelph. In the government of that little state the Duke of Cambridge displayed the moderation and kindly feelings by which he has, during the present reign, been so fa vourably known in this country, and within four years after his accession to office he effected consider able and salutary reforms. He not only very much reduced the army, but made the nobles liable to share in all the public burdens ; and thus matters went on in Hanover for about 15 years, when the general move ment throughout Europe, hich expelled Charles X. from the throne of France, rendered it necessary for the Sovereign of Hanover to bestow upon that kingdom a constitutional form of government. This was notes however, a very happy experiment, and it : was one of the earliest acts of King Ernest, after his . accession in 1837, to withdraw it. On the 26th of November, 1813, the Duke of Cam bridge was raised to the rank of Field-Marshal in the army, and in consequence of the death of the Princess Charlotte he, like many other members of the Royal family, contracted a matrimonial alliance. At Cassel, on the 7th of May, and in London on the Ist of June, 1318, he was united to Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, the third daughter of the Landgtrhaivse marriage ec he Hesse-Cassel, a Princess then in the 21st year of her Pretso-FOItTES rOlt THE MlLLlON .—Nothing g of h l o a u t s e e than had ' one son and two daughters. On the accession of opnleeasoefdthues leading her present Majesty, the Duke of Cambridge trans the pro i with which ferred his residence from Hanover to this country, s . in Londo n has responded to the mp N t .— tud N e othing has . and renewed the friendly relations in which he had D'Almaine and Co. havtlitne". The old-established firm of ' o e f 7 r some time past submitting always stood with the higher classes of society in ts general call for cheap country, and with almost every public body. Although, to the public instruments l walnut, maple, maho- ,I like the Duke of Sussex, he took a prominent at the marvellous variety of beautiful - oa r : ate excellence, in every 1 position in the support of charitable institutions, of these pianos has • gang, zebra, satin, wood,and suchro s r e S : O . the talented Messrs.' price of 25 guineas each. The rapid ' 'l; ca pn i o a ns on this impor- he differed greatly from that prince in his manage- - for some time ment of the duties of that position, and his indeed, confirmed the prognosticatio n s s a Chambers, of Edinburgh, m whose o interpretation of those duties. He was not to be found always in smooth water. He did not think it, tans subject Messrs. D'Alrnaine and ully coincided. These elegant instrument: his sole duty to preside over turtle and venison, or to ;quality that can be desired; there tone is richP7osr every angle for bank-notes. He did not seek solely to dig quality great sweetness, while their touch is so elastic ga l l Yell solemnity to the !lily that which was harmonious, or to give grace and passages of repetition may be performed with exquisite pr cision and delicacy. Much has been plausibly said late;.; respecting the advantage of adopting the Norwegian pine th ere for the exterior of pianos, as a means of effecting reduction. If of price. Messrs. D'Almaine have manufactured, and are • fessional administrative skill of others. Oo the contrary, wherever there was di ffi culty or dispute, was the Duke of . Cambridge in the midst of it. a close committee of some charity in which he was i ; tsterested became split into parties or torn by pro rstill manufacturing, several of this kind; but they are oil opinion that the softness of deal renders it unfit for a piano,' rivalry, he would suddenly make his sp as every bruise it receives causes an indentation, which can- Clearance on a committee-day, take the chair as presi -1 the charity without notice or ceremony, and, a very short time, either compose the quarrel wo u ld o not be effaced. They have, therefore, come to the very wise• dent of g i w n hat was equally important, put the burden and dis-i determination of placing the smallest possible profit upon their instruments, in order that the public may reap the full or, , advantage of " Piano-Forte Reform." The manufacture of 1 1 , 4 good pianos has so long been a monopoly, that the first would ea e investi ar cr g i! dispute on the right shoulders. Ile, ifi th ce e most minute circumstances, and he whisper of " revolution " must doubtless have occasioned ', none of his own dignity in' some commotion among the London masters. Yet as minds t . g in s of the highest intelligence are always the most ready to ad-9 took care that others should not perilthe • vocate improvement; so have we been prepared for the an nouncements which have lately emanated from the highly i respectable establishment of Messrs. D'Almaine and Co.; and i 4 the breach was strongly * very existence of the German as in this reformation they have had the courage to appear - v : • .first in the field, so do we most heartily wish them success in - P I their new and moat useful undertaking. i their disputes or intrigues . This h • erilled by a dispute amongst its more successfully exhibited in charity by taint of rushing into shows in 1847, when the Uospital at Deleon was, , officers, and still I the same year at thel Thirteenth Clause (Surplus of Episcopal Fund may be l transferred to the Common Fund):—Amendment proposed in page 6, line 9, to leave out from the words " expedient that" to the end of the Clause, in order to add the words' " the said Episcopal Fund and the Common Fund vested Inl the said Commissioners should form one fund applicable tol all the purposes conducive to the efficiency of the Established Church now separately provided for by the said Episcopa . Fund and Common Fund respectively; Be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, the fund accrued and accruing to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners under the first-recited Act, and all other the moneys, revenues, and property carried to or deemed part of the said Episcopal Fund, or which, if this Act had not been passed, might have been carried to or deemed part of the said Episcopal Fund, or have been applicable to the purposes thereof; shall be carried to and form part of the Common Fund mentioned in the said secondly.recited Act, and be applicable to the purposes of such Common Fund; and that all the several payments Ind provisions now payable out of or charged upon the said Episcopal Fund and Common Fund respectively, or out of or upon the property applicable to the purposes of the said re spective Funds, or which, if this Act Is id not been passed, might have been payable out of or charged upon such funds and property respectively, shall and may be payable out of end charged upon the said Common Fund and the property applicable, and under this Act and otherwise to become ap iilicable, to the purposes thereof," instead thereof: - Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, II 1. Acland, Sir T. D. Estcourt, J. B. B. 3leux, Sir H. Adclerley, C. B. Farrer, James Miles, William Arbuthnott, lion. H. Floyer, John Moore, G. H. Bagge, William Forbes, W. Morgan, 0. ilaldwin, Barry Frewen, C. 11. Mundy, William Barrinzton, Viscount Galway, Viscount Naas, Lord Bateson, Thomas Gaskell J. M. Neeld, John Bennet. Philip Gladstone, W. E. Neeld, Joseph Beresford, William Goddard, A. L. Newry, Viscount Best, John Gordon, Admiral O'Brien, Sir Lucius Blackstone, W. Gore, W. R. 0. Plowden, W. H. Boldcro, H. G. Granby, Marquis of Portal, Melville Booth, Sir R. G. Greene Thomas Repton, G. W. J. Bowles, Admiral lalsey, T. P. Seymer, H. K. Boyd, John Hamilton, G. A. Sibthorp, Colonel Bremridge, Richard Heneage, G. 11. W'. Simeon, John Brisco, M. Ilerbert,_Sidney Smyth, Jc lin George Broadley, Henry Hervey, Lord A. Sotheron, T. 11. !suck, Lewis W. Hildyard, T. B. T. Spooner, R. Burroughes, H. Hill, Lord E. Stafford, Augustus Chichester, Lord J. Hood, air A. Stanford, J. F. Christopher, R. Hope, Alexander Stanley, Edward Clive, H. B. Hamby, John Stuart, Henry Cocks, T. S. Hudson, G. Stuart, J. Cole, H. A. Hughes, W. B. Thompson, Alderman Colvile, C. R. Inglis, Sir R. Thornhill, G. Conolly,ThomaS Johnstone, Sir J. Trollope, Sir J. .. _ ~.„✓ Corry, „ H. L. Jolllffe, Sir n . G. Turner, George Dickson,l Samuel Jones, Captain Vesey, Thomas Disraeli, B. lEn.lx, Colonel Vyse, R. H. . Dod, J. W. Dodd, George Lockhart, W. Wegi-Prosser, F. Lowther, Colonel Wclby, G. E. Drummond, Henry Lygon, General Westhead, J. P. Duckworth, Sir J. M'Gregor, John Wodehouse, E. Duncombe, A. Duncan Worcester, Marquis Dundas, G. Mahon, Viscount TELLEIIs. Edwards, Henry Manners, Lord C. Mackenzie, W. F. Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord J. Pakington, Str J. MAJORITY—NOES, 163. tbdy, Sir Thomas Grey, Sir G. Paget, - ,Lord A. Adair, Hugh E. It. A. Shafto Bail, SirGrosvenor,B. Lord R. Paget, Lord G. Adair,Palmerston, Vis. Alcock, Thomas Hastie, Alexander Parker, John Inson, Colonel Hatchell, John Patten, W. Archdall, Captain llawes, Benj. Pechell, Sir G. Bagshaw, John Headlam, T. E. Pelham, D. A. Baines, M. T. Heald, James Perfect, Robert Baring, Sir F. T. Henley, J. W. Pigott, Francis Bass, Thomas Henry, Alexander Pilkingten, James Bellew, R. M. Heywood, James Plumptre, J. P. Berkeley, Admiral lleyworth, L. Pusey, Philip Berkeley, H. F. Hobhouse, Sir John Rawdon, Colonel Berkeley, C. L. G. Hobhouse, T. B. Ricardo, Osman Birch, Sir T. Hodges, T. L. Rice, E R. Blackall, S. W. Hollond, Robert Rich, Henry Blair, Stephen Horsman, Edward Robartes, T. J. make, M. J. llotham, Lord Romilly, Colonel Blevritt, Reginald Howard, Lord E. Romilly, Sir John Bouverle, E. P. Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord John Boyle, Colones Howard, E. G. Salwey, Colonel Bright, John Howard, Sir R. Sandars, George Brotherton, Joseph Hume, Joseph Scholetleld, William Buller, Sir J. Y. Hutt, William Seymour,•Lord Buxton, Sir E. Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. Carter, John B. Ker, Rickard Smith, Vernon Childers, J. W. Kershaw, James Smith, John Abel Cholmeley, Sir M. King, P. J. Smith, John B. Clay, James Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Cobden, Richard Lascelles, W. S. Spearman, H. J. Cockburn, Alex. Lemon, Sir C. Strickland, Sir G. Coke, Edward K. Lennard, T. B. Stuart, Lord Dudley Collins, William Lewis, G. C. Stuart, Lord J. Cowan, Charles Lindsay, Colonel Tancred, H. W. Cowper, W. F. Littleton, E. R. Thompson, Colonel Craig, Sir W. G. Locke, Joseph Thornely, T. Crowder, It. B. 111`Cullagh, W. Tollemache, F. J. Davie, Sir H. Mangles, R. D. Townley, R. G. Denison, J. E. Marshall, J. G. Tafnell, Henry D'Eyncourt, C. T. Marshall, William Vane, Lord H. Duncan, Cleorge Martin, John Vivian, J. H. Dundas, Admiral Martin, C. W. Wakley, Thomas Dundas, Sir D. Matheson, Colonel Walmsley, Sir J. Dunne, Colonei Maule, Fox Willcox, Brodie Ebrington, Viscount Melgund, Viscount Willoughby, Sir H. Evans, William Milner, W. M. Wilson, James Ferguson, Sir R. Moffatt, George Wilson, Matthew Fitawilliam, G. W. Morris, David Wood, Sir Charles Fortescue, J. W. Mostyn, E. M. L. Wood, W. P. Fox, w. J. Mowatt, Francis Wrightson, W.B. Freestun, Colon e l M ' Gibson, Thom ulgrave, Earl Wyvill, 8.1. Glyn, G . C. 48 H. Norreys, Sir D. Grattan, H O'Brien, Jolla enry TELLIZII. Greene, Joh n Ogle, S. C. Hill, Lord M. Grentell, C. P ascoe Osborne, Ralph Hayter, W. G. Owen, Sir John Middles ld e nu E ccet r o T hf o a s dt P h i te t a a kp l ,e Duke of .0 Cambridge from er hi d.gy similar , !having been withdrawn by the Hon. Member, after a , brief conversation, in the course of which Mr. Come- - 4 , wall Lewis showed that, from their complicated details, 1 DEA.TII e• of the R ; .7 ,, !:,. a d n i disturbance U c r o b n e rer ae s at c hm a e u ei s lm e a s bb , i et ; oyal Family, and as a public'nean. In private' OF THE they would entail an amount of difficulty in the enume- _''. r.stion which would have the effect of considerably th.- DUKE OF CA.MBRIDGE ' :4- life he was equally irreproachable; and, though many) laying the completion of the proposed census. .. . ez members of our Royal Family have earned and continue — O -- The Population (Ireland ) Bill also passed through 1 4:to deserve a great amount of popular esteem, yet that Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester Prince must indeed be considered fortunate who Committee Her at Cambridge-house at half-past eight o'clock : leaves behind him a fairer reputation than the Duke The n an d ) Assessments Assessments Bill, the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill, and the Merchant Seamen's Fund . . Bill, were ordered to b© withdrawn. 1 yesterday morning to learn the state of her royal i'` of Cambridge. ibrother. The Railway Audit Bill was also withdrawn, Mr. CARDWELL end Mr. LoCKE regretting that Go-3 The medical gentlemen having met yesterday, is ; vernment had not found it practicable to carry through': the following bulletin: — `such a measure, which in the present state of the railway "Cambridge House, July 8. interest was so much wanted. . 1 ' The Duke of Cambridge was in a very exhausted Mr. LABOUCHERE regretted that the B ill had come'e state during the night, but his Royal Highness has rat down from the House of Lords at so late a period of • lied considerably this morning. the session ; but knowing that it would meet with con- '' " FRANCIS HAWKINS, M.D. siderable opposition, there would be no chance of carry- • " THOMAS WATSON, M.D. ing it through in any reasonable period. It was much to " RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D. be desired that a correct system of audit should be eats- , " ROBERT KEATE, Ch. Wished, but he could not give a pledge that the Govern- " HENRY STANHOPE ILLINGWORTH, Ch." went would bring in any measure on the subject early , His Royal Highness Prince George went from next session. , Cambridge-house in the forenoon to Buckingham HOME-MADE SPIRITS IN BOND BILL. • Palace, and had an interview with her Majesty. On the order of the day being real for going into . The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at Cembrilge- Committee on this Bill. house in the middle of the day, and were received by The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac- Abet be felt it to be his duty to oppose t he further p ro- ; ,e . , companied by Prince George and the Princess Mary. r The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and igress of the measure. He had to move as an amend -1 ;moot that that the Hone do go into Committee on the . . Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, at lßill that day three months. i !tended the Queen and the Prince on horseback. The House then divided , when there a pp eared — For the amendment ... ... 121 4- Her Majesty and Prince Albert took leave of the Against it ... ••• ... ... 120 , Duchess of Cambridge about 1 o'clock. Majority for the amendment ... --1 .7. In consequence of the serious indisposition of his The Bill was consequently lost. `• Royal Highness the following notice was issued Lord NAAS then gave notice that, early next. yesterday : session, he would introduce a similar measure o n the e "Lord Chamberlain's-office, July 8, 1850. subject. '..; "Notice is hereby given, that owing to the alarming Mr. MACGREGOR was proceeding to move that a illness of his Royal Highness tho Duke of Cambridge, schedule exhibiting a form for classing the occupations the Drawing Room, intended to be held by her Majesty of the population ba printed and added to the Popula- e at St. James's Palace, to-morrow, the 9th inst., and the tion Bill, when ". State Ball, at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday next. An HoN. MEMBER moved that the House be counted , ' the 10th inst , will not take place." and there being only twenty-seven Members present , : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester The House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. e returned to Cambridge-house at half-past nine o'clock ' last night, and ten minutes afterwards the Duke of Cambridge expired. i , The following is the bulletin announcing the death ‘ 'of his Royal Highness : " Cambridge-house, July 8,1850. Ten o'clock, P.M. " His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, acter passing a tranquil day, expired somewhat suddenly, and without suffering, at twenty minutes before ten o'clock. " FRANCIS HAWKINS, M.D. " THOMAS WATSON, M.D. " RICHARD BRIGHT. M.D. " ROBERT KEATE. Ch. " HENRY STANHOPE ILLINGWORTH, Ch. " EDWARD H. HILLS, Ch." Directly after the decease of his Royal Highness, Major Baron Knesebeck, principal Equerry to the Royal Duke, went to Buckingham Palace to announce! the melancholy intelligence to the Queen and the We are informed that his Royal Highness was at tacked by indisposition on the 13th ult., with cramp in the stomach, but after the severity of the attack' had passed away all danger was thought to be over. The Royal Duke was attended by Dr. Francis Haw kites ; Dr. Bright, Dr. Watson, Mr. Keate, and Mr.' J. Illingworth, and it was judged up to within the , last few days that he would recover, although suffer ing from loss of appetite and much debility. We deeply regret to say that the Royal Duke recent!) became so debilitated and prostrated, not being able to sustain any nourishing subs'ance on his stomach chat he continued to sink rapidly during the last 24 hours,until at the above-mentioned hourhisßoyalHigh ness expired without a struggle. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Cambridge, who during her royal husband's illness has evinced the greatest solicitude, was at the bedside of his Royal Highness up to the minute of his dissolution, and it is needless to observe in a very distressed state of mind at her irreparable bereavement. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, on leave of absence from his minter.) duties in Ireland, was also present at the death of his Royal Highness. The only member of the late Royal' Duke's family absent from this country (but to whom intelligence of his serious illness was forwarded last week), was his eldest daughter the Princess Augusta. at present with her husband, the Hereditary; Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz in Germany, Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Gloucester, on receipt of the mournful information, was most pain fully affected, although partially prepared for the fatal result of her brother's illness, having been with aim at Cambridge House in the early part of the day. It is difficult to say what was the positive cause of death ; gout, and a *complication of clisorders of the stomach, is however stated to be the cause. A royal messenger was dispatched to Lord John Russell with the sad news shortly after the Aoyat Duke expired ; ; also to Viscount Palmerstob, by tvhom a Cabinet courier was to be sent to the King of Hanover, at Hanover ; the King of the Belgians, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenbutg . Strelitz,and the other connexions of the Royal Family in Germany. BARON DUPIN AND SIR R. PEEL The following letter has been received by his Royal Highness Prince Albert from Bsron Charles Dupin, President of the French Commission-General for the Exhibition of 1851 : " A son Altesse Royale le Prince Albert, President dela Commission Royale Britannique pour l'Exposition de toutes les Nations, " Le President de la Commission National Franclise. " Prince,—Je suis charge de transmettre a la Com mission que pi elide votre Altesse Royale l'expressioe fun sentiment douloureux qui nous subtle. " A premier rang parmi les membres de votre Com mission, les nations ilangeres aux quelles votre. Expo. ,ition fait appel 6:aient flittess do compter le legislateut Lilustre que long temps administra son pays avec bon you loir et justice pour les autres " Nos cceurs Fracc its soot encore dams par lea der aieres paroles qu'il sit prononce dans le Parlem en t Bri tannique d'estitne et d' amigo pour notre patrie. "En apprenant la perte ina•tendua et lamentable de c( grand homme d'e•at, la Commission Nationale de Franc( a dezide d'une voix unanime que son President vows ex primerait les regrets sentis et profonds qu'elle partage avec les times ge, e:euses non seulment des trois Roy• aumes Britanniques, mail de tousles autres etats ou l'or tient en estime le genie, la moderation, "amour des art: et le respect de la paix. "Si quelque chose pout nousconsoler c'est is pow 6: qui "esprit equitable et liberal de Sir Robert Peel, loin d'etri 6:eint, survit et grandit dans la commission dont it e;aii un si digne ornament. " J'ai l'honnenr de saluer votre Altesse Royale avec if 'plus profond respect, " B iron CHARLES DUPIN." EVENING, SIR R. PEEL. Mr. Cobden presents his compliments to the Editor of the Times, and will feel obliged by the publication of the inclosed letter. " Monday morning. " 103, Westbourne•terrace, July 6. " Sir,—l have received your letter, requesting me te allow my name to be used as one of the patrons of at association for raising, by ld. subscription, a poor man's national monument to the memory of the late Sir Robert Peel.' It will be to me a melancholy satiate don to be associated in so appropriate a mode of express ing the almost universal feeling of sorrow at the loss of a great public benefactor. " The illustrious statesman who has been taken from us with such awful suddenness sacrificed every other .rhject of ambition to secure to the firesides and work shops of the toiling multitudes of this country the bless ings of increased prosperity, health, and happiness. Ht knew the immediate penalty he would have to pay for , he service he was rendering the ration, but he relies with prophetic faith upon the ftiture Verdict of thu people. In the moment of his severest trial, when deli vering the speech which cloned his official career ater speaking of the ties of party which he had severed for ever, of the political friendships he had con verted into bitter enmities, of the floodgates of calumny he had let loose upon himself—after recounting mourn fully but without repining, the sacrifices he had made, ht turned for sympathy and justice to the mass of tbt people and closed his last speech as Dlinister with tht following words:— " It may be that I shall leave a'name sometimes re membered with the expressions of goodwill in the abode of those whose lot it is to labour and to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow, when they shall re cruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by s sense of injustice.' " Thus, in tho work you have undertaken, you are, perhaps, unconsciously r ea li s i ng t h e asp i ra ti o ns of thi departed statesman. In piling u p th e pence of the work pyramid to his m e mory, let me suggest passage be i nscr ib e d upon it s base. Ii that el a at will prove that he did not ov er - est i mate t he justice or the ss e a s b i o n y t e o a p gratitude of his countrymen, and it will also show tt iuture statesmen that there is security, with the people. for the fame of a Minister who braves the vengeance o' particular interests whilst conferring benefits upon the nation. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " RICHARD COBDEN. " To Mr. John Dames." COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the transaction of public business. THE DEATII OP SIR ROBERT PEEL. Mr. WIRE, in pursuance of a notice which he had given, proposed the following resolution, expressly* of the sense entertained by the C curt of the deer lon sustained by the lamented death of Sir Robert Peel : " Resolved,—That this Court has received with the deepest emotions of sorrow the painful intelligence ( f the death of that eminent statesman, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., an event which may be justly re garded as a great national loss. That. while submitting with reverential awe to the wisdom of Diviee,Providence, this Court desires to ex?ress i ts a d m i rat i on o f t h e great talents, the manly e l oquence, the administrative cape city, and the disint ereste d conduct of the d ecease d s t a t es - COWL This Court duly appreciates the lsborious exer tions and the extraordinary Sacrifices made by Sir Robert Peel, and it is fully Fatisfied that all his efforts were intended to lay wide and deep the foundations, the lasting prosperity, honour, and glory of his native land. Nor can this Court refrain from recording its sense of the purity of his private character, and his eminent dome.tic virtues; and it desires to convey to Lady Peel, snd to all the members of the family, its heartfelt and unanimous sympathy with them in the irreparable loss which they and the nation have sustained."--(Hear.) Sir P. LAURIE seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Upon the motion of Mr. R. L. JONES, seconded by Mr. Joule Noon, the resolution was ordered to be published in the newspapers, and upon the motion of Alderman SALOMONS, seconded by Mr. R. TAYLOR, the Lord Mayor was requested to transmit a copy of the resolution to Lady Peel. THE TEA TRADE, JULY B.—The deliveries of tea in London last week were 573,5151 b., being abaut 40,0001 b. increase over the previ_us year. FREEZING, MAKING AERATED WATERS, &C.—THE PRACTICAL VIEWS OF THE SEPAULESE MISSION. —The members of the Mission have lately been very active in their investigations of the various manufactures of the metropolis. One of the objects of the Mission is evidently to introduce some of the most useful contrivances of British ingenuity to their countrymen, as is instanced in the fact of their having made frequent visits recently to the establishment of Mr. Masters, adjoining the Royal Polytechnic Institution. The Prince's object in thus honouring this establishment has been to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the construction and mole of using Mr. Masters inventions for producing ice by artificial means during the hot season, and in India. To perfectly satisfy himself that these apparatuses can be relied on for producing the ice under all circumstances, the Prince has had a complete set of them at his own residence for several days, where he has caused various experiments to be made with them under his own personal directions, in the presence of the other members of the embassy, who were much delighted with the cylinders of pure ice produced by , the machine, the modes operandi of which they seemed to rea , tily comprehend. The Prince also evinced much prac 'tical acumen in adjusting the large machine ready for action. The success which attended these experiments has caused the embassy to purchase twenty-two apparatuses, each being adapted for a special purpose, such as producing solid blocks of ice, ice creams, icing wines, butter, ecL ; producing soda water, and aerated beverages, &c. rADvEßnsEmEzeT.j—Tun EARL OF ALDBOROUGB AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An a stounding care by this miraculous medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract from hi: Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have el ' fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not • been able to effect ; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOE013011." These wonderful Will will cure any disease of the liver or Stomach.—Sold (au, Hollo way'. Oint m ent) at Professor Hollaway's Establishment, 244, atra n , by all medicine vendors throughout the Civilieed world. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY JULY 9, 1850. SPIRIT of the pußLic. JOURNALS. 1_ FROM THE MORNING Pts.FERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—The H ouse of Commons will this evening be called upon to reconsider .its late hurried,' 4 ' and random decision on the• question of Sunday La-I bour in the Post-office. Mr.. Locke will move for anj address to the Crown, prayin g that the whole subject may be made the matter of official inquiry, and that, ;• pending such investigation, the Sunday collection and delivery of letters may be resumed. We own that , we do not exactly perceive the necessity for the first part of the Member for Honiton's motion; for it is perfectly well known that the practicability of reduc-' ing the amount of Sunday labour throughout the Post office establishment of the United Kingdom is a question which has for matey months past engaged the earnest attention of the Government—long before any agitation arose respecting it—and that, in feet, very considerable reductions have from time' to time been effected. Nor do we altogether like the air of compromise apparent in the wording of the latter part of the notice. If, as the author of the motion is no doubt prepared to maintain, thej internal communications of the country never ought] to have been closed on the Sunday, there seems no; reason why their re-opening should be put on a foot ing of a merely provisional and ad interim arrange ment ; and, on general grounds, we doubt the desir ibleness of affecting to adjourn a vexatious and irri :ming controversy, instead of settling it. However, the difference is, after all, not so material as it ap- Jeers, and if Mr. Locke is not deluding himself with the notion that his excessive moderation will bring him a few Sabbatarian votes, we dare say no greats harm will be done. The practical gist of his motion, is, that the decision of the House for stopping the Sun- 1 day collection and delivery of letters was hasty, un-, wise, and ought to be reversed ; and any form of words which really raises this issue will answer every essen- 1 tial purpose. On the merits of this controversy we have little or nothing to add to what we have repeatedly had sccasion to urge during the last few weeks. Look ing at the question merely as one of religious prin ciple, we never could understand why the State should make a conscience of refusing to perform on! the Sunday a social function which, in countless in-I stances, confessedly comes within the privileged' category either of " necessity" or of " mercy." We never yet met with a Sabbatarian who made any difficulty about admitting that cases are perpetually arising in which the instant transmission of a written communication to a distant place, - quite irrespectively • if canonical hours or days, is an actual duty ; and if his be once granted, it is totally inexplicable on what grounds a Christian Government ought to hold itself interdicted from facilitating the perform ance of such duties. Considering how large an amount of Sunday letter-writing is, on the very strictest and narrowest principles of Sabbatarianism, not only permissible, but even com pulsory in foro conseientice, we are really astonished At the facility with which some people assume that it is sinful for the state to collect and deliver letters on that day. And this is the more extraordinary when it is further remembered that the performance of this function by the same official machinery which collects tad delivers on other days is obviously an immense saving of Sunday labour, since it employs a single orps of carriers and messengers in the transmission sf communications which would otherwise be con veyed by an indefinite number of private individuals Possibly, after the little foretaste which we have had ,f the practical working of the prohibitory re; oimP, the advocates of the better observance of the Sunday may be more accessible to reason on :his point than they have previously shown them selves. It can scarcely be doubted, that, as the Postmaster-General was informed the other day by a leputation of newspaper proprietors, a far greater amount of Sunday labour has been set in motion for the last two or three weeks, in connexion with the ransmission and delivery of the London weekly journals alone, than has been saved by the opera • 'ion of the new system ; and if we further take into account all the parcels, messages, and other expedients to which individuals have resorted in order co supply the void left by the enforced idleness of the Post-office, it will be difficult to resist the conclusion hat the Sunday has never been worse kept within .he memory of this generation than during the present period of Sabbatarian ascendancy.. We save already more than once warned the agitators .hat it would be prudent to let well alone —or, we would rather say, to content themselves with that silent and gradual progress from good to better which has been taking place for many years past with reference to the decorous and religious observ ince of the Sunday. As it is, the sacred day is im neasurably better kept in Great Britain than in any ,they European country • and there is the utmost reason to fear that violent and ill-considered at- •empts to strain the cords of Sabbatical obligation too :fight will produce consequences the very reverse of hose which are intended and desired. We know not tow far there is reason for supposing that the gentle nen who constituted the majority of ninety hree have profited by the experience of the last three .reeks—Ahough it is at least certain that the tone di 'heir organs surprisingly changed from the first mo fi - eaent that the matter assumed a serious and prac ical shape. But the real settlement of the question All lie, so far as the present session is concerned, not with the majority of ninety-three who voted with 'Lord Ashley on the 30th of May, but with the far arger majority of 490 (including, by the way), Mr. ‘' Locke himself) who were absent from the House on hat occasion. We presume that a very consider- T . stele proportion of these Gentlemen have sub sequently been made aware—either by the Isom- 's ounctious visitings of conscience or by the remon -Istrances of their constituents—that they are bound both to have and to express an opinion, one way or 'the other, on a matter so deeply interesting to the community as in the mutilation or the restoration of the postal system of the country ; and if so, it is scarcely possible to doubt that the result of to-night's motion will be the abrogation of a hasty vote which nobody expected, and which, we believe, very few persona really desired. At all events we may take the liberty of reminding anyi gentleman whose absenteeism on a former occasion was not accidental, and who may feel inclined to] resort to the same expedient a second time for the] sake of evading an embarrassing alternative, that it is not always practicable to shuffle' off public re sponsibilities thus lightly. In fact, whover shrinks' (without special cause shown) from giving a vote either fur or against Mr. Locke's motion, says, as plainly as actions can speak, that he is totally indifferent, on the one hand, to the supposed re ligous obligation of shutting up post-offices on the i Sunday, and on the oth e r, t o th e comfort and conve-1 nience of the public. One of these impeachments aw man may very well afford to bear, after having ho nestly striven to decide and act according to the best f his judgment —but it would be decidedly disagree able to incur both, without the re-assuring conscious ness of having done one's duty. As few gentlemen will, we suppose, like to lay themselves feirly- open to this double imputation, we look forward to seeieg Mr. Locke'a motion thoroughly debated in a full House, and adopted by a majority which shall leave no. doubt as to the real sense of the country. Let us add, that whatever may be said of the duties and responsibilities of independent Members of Parliament applies, with tenfold force, to the. Ministers Of the Crown. Oa a matter so vitally important to all classes of the community, and especially to the poor and the unrepresented, the Government are bound not only to have a clear and decided opinion, but to do their best to obtain its adoption by the House of Commons. It will not do for them to fold their arms in sulky apathy, and leave everything to "the House." There has been far too much of this already, and we have never seen Lord John Russell to less advantage than in the attitude. which he has assumed in reference to this question— courting defeat, in the first instance, by sheer negli gence and indifference, and ostentatiously exulting afterwards in the thought that "people would fi n d out the inconvenience" of leaving a Liberal Cabinet in a minority. We trust that we have witnessed the last of those most unseemly displays of little ness and pettishness, and that Ministers will now set themselves in good earnest to repair the error which has been committed thro u g h their o wn lache s . The rights and comforts of the great mass of the community are not to be wantonly trifled with, hn i if the Premier has any quarrel with a House of Corn. mons, which, to say the truth, is rather fond of out voting him, he must find some other way of showing his resentment than by zealously and eagerly inflict ing " an exceedingly great hardship on all classes o f the people, and especially on the poorer classes." If Ministers do not give an unreserved, a hearty, a zealous, and an official support to Mr. Locke's o so , don of to-night, the country will henceforth entirely forget who moved, supported, and carried the Sabba tarian vote of the 30th of May, and will remember only that Lord John Russell has taken particular pleasure in carrying it out to all its mischievous and exasperating consequences. DAILY NEWS.—Mr. Locke has a very proper motion on the notice--hook of the House of Commons this evening. It is on the vexed question of Sunday labour in the Post-offices of the kingdom; and after stating, what is unquestionable, that inconvenience s have arisen in carrying out the recent decision of the House, it proposes to address the Crown in favour of an inquiry whether the amount of Sunday labour might not be greatly diminished without a total ces sation of collection and delivery of letters on that 'day, and praying her Majesty meanwhile to direct a return to the former practice of the Post-office. This motion, it is true, stands seventh on the notice books, but as it is quite possible that those before it may be disposed of quickly or withdrawn, it is very desi rable that there should be a full attendance in case it come on. That the recent address to the, Crown expresses the real opinion of the House of Commons, will not, we suppose, be asserts, even by its mover, Lord Ashley. On the other lhand, however, reciprocity of candour requiresl the admission that it was not carried by sur prise. The secret of its unexpect e d success was t h e S ttimidity and cowardice of those who, out of fear of 4 Ithe " meeting-house," stayed away, but who now affect that their absence was o w i ng t o th e ear l y hour ' at which the division took place. Now, though the country has a right,, we think, to complain of Mi ,nisters at once, and without inquiry or lengthened notice, adopting and acting on such an address, it is certainly with a very ill grace that those Members whose absence led to its affirmation censure Go- vernment for not displaying a courage which they themselves did not choose to, exercise on that occasion. Sir Charles 'Wood at the time man-, ( fully opposed the motion, warned the H ouse o f t h e ; consequences of its being carried, and, with his' colleagues, voted in the minority against it. Lord John Russell, too, has subsequently spoken out plainly and decisively on the question, and has , 'distinctly intimated that the Government will only be too happy, on the invitation of the House, to, retrace its step. It is, therefore, entirely for those. who formerly absented themselves now to come for ward, and by their support to Mr. Locke's motion to undo the mischief which they by their former' cowardice caused. They have the power, and Mr. Locke will afford them the opportunity, of putting: the matter right. The 'absurdity of sending letters and papers on Saturday evenings, to remain in po=t offices, subject to the prying of their inmates, all the Sunday, is so ridiculous, and the inconveniences of the total cessation of delivery and collection on that day are so obvious, as to require very little dis cussion. The real point for .dehate and inquiry i s 'that so happily hit by Mr. Locke—how can Sun• day labour in post-offices b© diminished, and the delivery and collection of letters be at the same time maintained ? No doubt, it is hard on individuals in any service to be kept at work on the first, as well as throughout the other, six days of the week; and it well behoves the Government to set private people an example on such a point. But this was exactly what the Post-office authorities were doing when the House of Commons so improperly and injuriously interfered with the details of an executive department of the state. They had given relief during five of the best hours of the Sunday to nearly five thousand persons engaged in their service in the provinces ; and hail reduced the number of hands (at all times insignificant) employed during that day at St. Martin's-le-Grand. Nor would this have been all, had Parliament let them alone; they were prepared, and making prepa rations to go further. The only obstruction to their views was expe'nse ; for, to give complete relief to those worked six days in our Post-office on the ' seventh day, one of two courses must be adopted. Either there must be a cessation of delivery and col lection on Sundays, as Lord Ashley has proposed, and, unfortunately, carried ; or Parliament must be prepared to allow the Post-office to enlarge its esta blishment. For years complaints have been almost universal of the inadequacy of the remuneration given to post-masters and all other Post-office employes. Hard work and bad pay was, and is, the tenure of Post office service. Novy, unluckily for the heads of the department, these complaints were not sufficiently attended to. In their anxiety to make the Post office the source of a handsome revenue to the coun- try, the treasury of the Postmaster-General, and their advisers, screwed down salaries, remuneration, and wages, to point intolerably low, and the consequence , i., that on the part of their officers and servants, l there is now an organisation against them as univer• ,a 1 as their formerdisregarded - complaints were. Thisl organisation has lent all its influence, and supplied 811 1 its information to Lord Ashley and his friends ; and has of late been celebrating its triumph by osten tatious attendance at church. And that triumph is. in point,of fact, a retribution for Post-office niggard liness and Treasury economy. To restore Sunday delivery and collection, the Post-office and the Treasury must, then, be prepared to deal liberally with those in their service, and to give to every one engaged in that department the pecuniary means and the opportunity of enjoying one day's complete rest during the week. Unless, indeed, they are ready to do this, it may be doubted whether a restoration to the old practice ought in justice to the Post-office employis to be made. For it is quite intolerable that a public department alone in this country should, on the paltry ground of economy deny its servants one day's relaxation, rest, or amu-e• ment during each week. And how, and at what cost that can be done, will be one of the points fur inquiry, should Mr. Locke's motion be carried. So far us the question has been made what it really is not, a reli gious one, that is almost entirely owing to Scotland and its sectarian squabbles and animosities. Since the disruption of the kirk of that ancient kingdom, !there has been in Scotland a struggle and a competi- tion between the rival sects v and churches for ( power and supremacy.' One has been outbidding the other in what we, on the south of the Tweed. !c3ll Puritanism, until at last their race ended in an organization against Sunday travelling and Post-office work, which has gradually, but not verb successfully, been extended into England; whilst t, i l Ireland it has hardly gained admittance . It Li, there- 1 I t fore, a question whether the prejudices entertained on , this question by a large proportion of the population !of Scotland shall be forced, against their inclination ;and reason, on the inhabitants of England and Ire land? And this, too, Mr. Locke, will, if he have the- lopportunity, put to the test to-night in the house of Commons. We conclude, however, as we commence, in entreating attendance. Members owe it to thei, town characters, as well as to their constituents, to be present. Fur, if on such a subject the representa tives of the people are afraid of expressing in the House of Commons the opinions they are loud in giving vent to out, they are most unworthy member, of the popular branch of the British Parliament. NEW POSTAL REGULATIONS. Yesterday evening a very numerous public meeting! !was held at the London. Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for' ,the purpose of considering the motion to be made in !the House of Commons this day by Mr. Locke, IMP., for immediately rescinding the recent postal derangement. Mr. W. WILLIAMS, late M.P., for Coventry, havingl taken the chair amidst loud acclamations, said that till within the last two hours he had not been aware that ] such a meeting was to be held, but as he never refused to do what lay in his power for the benefit of the people, he was willing_ to take the char in the absence of Mr. I Douglas Jerrold.—(Cheers.) He was an advocate for 'the suspension of labour on the Sunday, because he; thought a day of rest was of the greatest possible benefit to the working classes.—(Hear, hear.) But there were circumstances which justified a departure from this rule to a certain extent, and these circumstances existed with regard to the delivery through the Post-office of letters and newspapers on Sunday. The recent resolu lion of the House of Commons had been directed rather against the working class than against the dese cration of the Sabbath.—(Cheers and cries of " No, no.") If it was determined to make Sunday a day of entire sus pension from all labour, let the rule be applied equally to the rich as well as the poor. In the households of the nobility, far more work was done on that day than was required t o carry on the Post-office operations.—(Hear.' ;hear.) The chairman concluded by reading a letter ; from Mr. H ume , M . P ., expressing his regret at being unable to attend the meeting, and promising to forward its object by every means in his pawer.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HODOKINS moved the first resolution:—" Teat the closing of the Post-office on Sundays for the delivery of letters and Newspapers is arbitrary and unjust, our that this meeting considers such a proceeding opposed to the wishes and feelings of a large majority of the people, and pledges itself to make every lawful exertion to get the recent order, cloning the Post office on Sundays, immediately rescinded. He said that the recent alterations would create more labour than would be abolished in the Po,t-office, for the principal railway companies had made, or were ,making ar rangements f or t h e ca r r i a ge an d d e li ver y o f ( newspapers in almost every town in England. It' letters and newspapers were not delivered by the Post office on Sunday they would be distributed by private hands, and a -great increase of labour on that day would be the ine vitable consequence of Lord Ashley's address.—(Hear.) Mr. ELT seconded the resolution. Hu thought it ne cessary to say that ho was a firm believer its the vital 'truths of Christianity, because the term ' infidel " had been unscrupulously applied to those who advocated the rational enjoyment of the Sabha h.—([Tear, hear.) He !believed that institution to be rather a social expedient /than a divine command, and as such, it was inevitable that a few should suffer for the benefit of the mass. But the Sabbatarians had put the question on a religious footing.—(Hear, hear,) They had propounded a theolo gical dogma to which they required every one else to bow..--(Cheers.) During his address Mr. Elt was frequently interrupted by a person in the body of the meeting, who proved to be Duncan, the Chartist poet. Having succeeded in forcing his way on the table, he stood there for some minutes, gesticulating furiously, and resisting every effort to get him down. At last the police were sent for, and he was forced out of the_room by a constable amidst a general uproar. Mr. LEE moved the following amendment:—' That this meeting is of opinion that the new Post-office regu lations being the result of the constitutionally expressed wishes of a large and influential portion of the commu nity—(No, no, and hisses)—ought not to be r e sc i n ded tintil they ' have had a fair trial." He said, that all he wished was the measure should be fairly discussed and fairly tried. He could see no injustice in a meaure the object of which was to relieve a large portion of the .community from compulsory labour on the Sabbath day. Mr. OAKEY seconded the amendment, amidst general interruption. Mr. MOORS said, let the friends of restrictions get petitions signed throughout the country, and regularly presented, and let a Bill be brought in, solemnly debated and passed, and he would then willingly admit that the public approved o f th e measure ; b u t so f ar as an O p til i,on could bo form e d a t p rese nt it was decidedly un- PoPotar•—(Ch eers .) Mr. SERLE, who was received with loud and Jong continued applause, said that the parties who promoted the meeting were accused of being interested persons. They were so, and so were their opponents. The latter were luau who desired to monopolise the whole Sabbath or thepasely,es—(Hear, hear) —but they bad commenced a movement of the 'end of which they did 110 autigiPst. Wcif --(Hear, bear.) Those very senseless raen—(Cheers and hisses)—bad raised this question, not the publish ing of the newspapers en the Sunday, but; their mere delivery, at a time when every means had been Ostaken to reduce the labour on that day in the iPost-offic) to the smallest possible amount ; a ques 'ticri which would only be decided by the en tire triumph of civil and religious liberty.—(Great applause.) The Levitical law was not applicable to the Christian dispensation, but the strict and literal had been changed to a humane and reasonable observance of the Sabbath. To carry cut the Levitical law in its ie , tegrity, they must stop all the carriages in the streets, `pull the liveries off the footmen, stop the steambokts and the railways—(Great confusion)—and he would tell the working men that if they allowed themselves - to be cheated of their Sundays under the pretence of that so lemn humbug, they would regret it long enough. H e !would conclude by sayin g at h e h a d hi nte d to a Cabinet • Minister, that on a quest i on o f pu b l i c ut i lity it was not ,right to set men of religi ous fe e li ng i n oppos i t i on to each [ other, or to tear off the decet,cy which had invested reli glen in England, fur the sake of any such tyranny as they were now smarting under.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was lost, and the original resolution carried by a large ma jority, not more than forty or fifty hands being held up in favour of rho former. Mr. MOORE mole,' that a petition embodying the re. solution tot prepared and signed by the chairman on be ihalf of the meeting, which having been seconded by Mr. LITTLE, nas curried almost unanimously, and the meet. l ing adjourned. " I MAGAZINES, &c•—(CONTINU ED.) COLBURIV'S MN' lED SERVICE. The opening paper is entitled the Nepaulesa Mission," and furnishes us with some valuable par ticulars, as to the country and manners of the Ne paulese, and as to the personal qualities of the mem bers of the present embassy to England. The fol lowing suggestions are worth attention, though, no doubt, Aberdeen and his Cossacks, in the House of Lords, would pass a resolution deprecating any extension of our fur trade with Nepaul, without leave, from the Autocrat first had and obtained. Speaking of the manufactures of Nepaul, this writer, who was late Assistant Rtsident at Khatmandoo, • says : " They perfectly understand melting copper, tin, and zinc together, also the proportions fur making • brass. They are moreover celebrated for their bell metal: some of their gongs, for instance, 'would in deed be highly prized in many a nobleman's domain; and a few of these at. the grand exhibition next year, would be much admired, and doubtless ensure many orders for the gong manufacturers in Khatmandoo. For the same great o c casion, specimens of some of th e beau tiful furs, monthly obtainable in Khatmandoo, from Lassa and Digurcheo, in Thibet, might be imported. These two large cities are great fur depots: they are only forty marches from Khatmandoo. It is, however, deserving of consideration, whether by encouraging a direct far trade, we should not be unintentionally giving offence to Russia, for a very large portion of the Russian fur trade is derived from this part of Thibet, and cer tainly by far the most valuable furs are obtained there. 1 have seen some of the most beautiful dresses made of curs brought by the native merchants from these cities; and I once purchased from one of them a fur cloak with thick silk lining for 150 Mores rupees, in English money little more than 101. A few enterprising English mer chants (the Nepaul restrictions on commerce being re moved, and protection from plunder and extortion gua ranteed) would very soon ensure the whole of the rhibetan trade being drawn to Calcutta, which I bare before mentioned, is only 200 miles from the Nepali' frontier, with water carriage from the foot of. the hills. The transaction might also lead to a most desirable object, viz., the diverting the attention of the Nepaulese from their ruling idea, that they are strictly a military nation. ['hey have, singularly enough, retained this notion during upwards of thirty years' peace." 'The next article is an able vindication of Lord Palmerston's conduct during the whole of his negotiations with France on the Greek question. The failure of those negotiations is en tirely due to Baron Gros, acting, with the con nivance and support of General de Lahitte, under Russian influence ; the whole intrigue was concocted in he salons of the Princess Lieven. In an article on the military resources of Russia, we find that the disposable strength of the Russian army consists of -,bout 365,000 infantry, 95,000 cavalry, and 1,080 field pieces, besides the stationary or local corps of 280,000 men, 45,000 horse, and 100 or 120 field pieces, this too being exclusive of the Cossack militia. The writer is of opinion that, after providing for all the wants of the empire, Russia could throw into Europe 310,000 rank and file of well drilled, highly disciplined, end admirably provided troops, backed by a powerful reserve. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkie, in a paper on the " Yeomany Cavalry," consi iiers that, under their present organization, they are merely an expensive pia) thing. We consider that they are not only an expensive but a dangerous play , thing, and should rejoice to see them disbanded alto . gether, as proposed by the Hon. Member for Bristol, Mr. Henry Bel keley. In his comments on the court martial on Commander Michell, the writer urges the absolute necessity of an immediate and extensive re ' conflation in the organization of those courts of in justice, aid we cordially join him in his agitation of this subject. The narrative of the "Antarctic Voyage of the Pagoda" is continued, and we have in addition several papers of great prefessional interest. MISCELLANE OrTS. The Eclectic Review opens with — an interesting article on " British and - Foreign Libraries," chiefly compiled from the valuable contents of the " Report from the Select Committee on Public Libraries." In lan article, in this same periodical, " On Wordsworth," we find the following singularly felicitous simile '(alluding of course to an incident in the life of St. Paul) :—" Nature," says the revi , ,wer, "becomes to the poet's eye a great sheet let down from God mat of heaven; and in which there is no object comtnon or unclean.' "—Tait's Magazine also contains some remarks on the deceased Poet Laureate. " The Ad mission of the Jews into Parliament," the " Patriotic War in Italy," and the " Recent Post-office Altera tions," form the subjects of the principle articles in this number, which is of its usual excellence; but we cannot compliment Tait on his poetical contri butors. Here, for instance, is a translation of some beautiful lines of hateaubriand's, which • ~ccur in a consolatory epistle written by the poet to , a friend who was lamenting the death of a • beloved daughter. The whole poem is beautiful, but the most . ; ,exquisite verse is the following:— , " Elle etait de ce monde (it lcs plus Lelles chose' Out le pire destin Et Rose, elle a well, ce que vit la Rose, L'espace d'ua matins " Here is the very inadequate translation : " She was of earth, where fairest thin4s Meet foulest fate. The rose thus springs With day's first dawning Thus blooms with youth elate, Thus lades with morning." Ainsworth's Magazine contains the commencement of its editor's last romance, "The Lancashire Witches." The introduction to that tale which is contained in this number of the magazine, is one of the happiest 4ueciinens of that peculiar style of romantic fiction. Voltigeur, of course, makes his appearance in the Sportsman : the other illustration of which is a capitally drawn scene, showing How the secret; got out."—A passing comment is hardly sufficient to do adequate justice to the Farmers' Magazine, a periodical rich in most useful and valuable information. The present cumber contains a portrait and memoir of Mr. Tho mas Chapman, of Stoneleigh.—The Church of Eng land Alagazine filled with interesting and tuseful papers ; among others, " The Relations in Life of the Christian," and " The Mistake of Profession,* are worthy of consideration.—Tee Rambler contains several well-written articles chiefly intended for the members of the Roman Cs' holic Church.—The Ca tholic Register and Magazine is of a less serious cha racter, and contains sker.ehes and tales.—The London Journal and Repertory of Inventions has many beautiful engravings and useful descriptions of recent patent inventions.—Among the must interesting contents of the Colonial Magazine is an account of " Dacca Manufactures ant Pr. ductions for the Exhibition of 1851."—Mrs. Eilis's Morning Call is carried on with her usual ability. Tne chief article is, we believe, from her own pen, namely, "Ella More, or the History of a Human Heart:" We need not say that it instructs as well us entertains. The character of Ella is well drawn, and is exceedingly natural. The poetry of this serial is especially good ; among the . .lbest pieces are those on " The Months," and some by American authors.—Much that is interesting may be found this month in Sharpe's. The " Ornitholo , gia Poetics ; or, Quotations from different Poets on • the subject of the Eagle ;" and the " Life and Poems of George Crabbe, ' are among the best of the articles. The reviews are numerous.—The People's and Howitt's Journal contains its usual variety of grave and gay. The present num .% her gives the sixth and last chapter of the prizs tale of the " Soldier's Progress." The song of the " Moss Rome Girl" is very graceful. The sub j: ject of the " Crystal Seer," by Charlotte Young, is we 7:need scarcely say taken from "The Caxtons.' —The *Ladies' Companion is, as usual, excellent in prose and vere. The charming tale of "Lettice Arnold" is concluded in this number. We part from it with reluctance. Among the numerous other article s , we 1' m ay mention "Helen Fairfax n and "The Life Ransom," and among the poetical contributors "The is Battle of Cressy," by Miss Costello, and the season able and most beautiful verses by E. E. .M. K., en titled " Floral Fancies," which we have already quoted.—Among the chief articles in Chambers, we way cite " Wordsworth and his Poetry," " The First • Sleep," "Philosophy of the Italian Opera," and the poem on "True Chivalry." The scientificwillfinodf much to interest them in this number, whi c h eon ' tains many instructive articles.—All littl e p eop l e will hail with delight the appearance of the fi rst number Peter Parley's New Monthly Journal; it will Well • repay them for perusal.—The Public Good is a cheap monthly magazine, superior to owl' of its clam