The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-15 00:00:00

OERIAL PARLIAMENT IA (THIS DAY.) el u USE OF COMMONS. . _ soe rui Thee.PEAKER. took the Ch a i r a t T we l ve o'clock,tut r rites elap se d b e fire forty Members assembled. PRIVATE BILLS. .. we re Lords' amendments to the following private Bills ,r,,e Considered and agreed to : S jl ll7. e 2_ Btl °. otion . Tyue and Carlisle Railway. Societe:reeked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Cj es il t e : .—llthop of London (Saint Michael's Church, LONljrrtinure)Estate Bill was read a secovndiztiNmse. OF ""4 SCIIOOL FOR OR 1 1 FREEMEN BILL. fir. he motion that this Bill be read a second time. . is'qr AldermanAld SIDNEY objected to the second read gof 81l itillot,- I on the ground that it vr ,3 a n s do c n alculated to in seeking ,t o „eerest ininstice on the poor in L. tr 0 4 21 n ate the funds which were the subj d to devote ; he to the general poor of the metropolis, an ect of the Pill H e meved 'hat the it small class of freemen in London. "' Bill be read a second time this day six months. Sir J. TA '. by ALMSLEY seconded the amendment. . _ kr, R th e 1 3 „ . ASTERM AN supported the second reading of kr " ri l b Wa s .',.'' E ARSON, in supporting the Bill, said this purposes I.r whi c i'.unot not now applicable for the )f the it was intended, namely, the setting the being Ile nil . Poor of the city of London to work. heehildren 1 lehj et not now necessary, this fund had any hat the 104 0 1 e. The corporation of London proposed d and sup- po rt ,!'lloald be built upon their own ee b the fr eotc.. Y r ovvn funds, and that g l r gO tin children cf Vet I' 4 should be educated and clothed th_er o e o c s o e ra o - f / 40 , e ,,',.Y. The Bill had been introduced to the _ House of London with th e ` 1 , 1 ,,,! 1 t i the instance of the Corporar th4t,`T_!petion of the Bishop of Lond io o n n i of the Hon. ed t i c " r " ttonse would not accede to the mo . Nu t ruati) lock London, and he trusted t h. obe up the funds with which theschem o e f n a ,,, BuPportecl and deprive the orphan children th e e st c of the benefits proposed . to be conferred upon kr. w , Air, LAB . rA.TTEN supported the Bill. . Viottli 01.10 HERE hoped that the Hon. Alderman ti Oat press his amendment. thi s _ Alderman funds of the SIDNEY said, that as he considered testy 4 Lill for the purpose of devoting th . Aulettl a deantitee of a few, he could not withdraw ideacut. . el,lollse then divided, when there appeared s — the second reading ... 4 7 A gMnst it .. ... ... ''• 38 The b. Majority ... — . Bill was the i second time. 4'44POR;tIVIv'eEakaPORD, WICKLOW, AND kr. k t , , D UBLIN RAILWAY. . 110 itp„,,,(4 AG liE 11 , in the absence of Sir W. into rho "'u his motion for a Committee of Inquiry Verter, Pilllt O papers and petitions until Friday next. kr. n . , , PETITIONS. tetr,', rtzkitSON presented ten petitions . from the also er7'ltart districts in favour of the Marriage Bill; sc'entions against church-rates. ligttia's-1.41 petitions were presented from various places shellt the e f e e l u lissien of Jews into Parliament. - ..ROAN riLE MARINE BILL. 4 at t ° use then went into Committee on this Bill. 04 pet in the chair. k r. A ".,,,14e 24, telitettrV)EßSON proposed en amendment, which . he 'vei g h ~°''' would remove certain restrictions which had ihe sO4 htavily for fourteen or fifteen years, bothkuput :, I :la ti c l3 ,, ° wrier n o d the Seaman,. He moved to strike out leit l e l 44 and 25, and to insert the following : 1-1 -'u itesctietihtleted, that, from and afar the Ist January 1851, 3 N at ()? the said 'General Merchant Seamen's' Act 'e zed • e 8 ,to the keepin g of a register of seamen, shall 1 Ord /.411,keeerebY repealed." S et 4 "P -"OI}CIIERE admitted that the present sys erie' 12egistration gave rise to great abuses and t .nt f4 tl°llB ,, but he was not prepared, with '`rgiet ostler' consideration, to do away 4 atin f a°' BE-amen altogether. If rcgistr w at i i t o h n was the ti ‘stei c : ( e, the management of the Merchant Seamen's ° We -Qui d be r d- extremely difficult, and ship theecle4 would te n de' • 1 check which . e ew h be deprived of that beneficial ;tre t . ad over the desertion of their Leen. No doubt 14 thinheoneenience prose from the registry b . h,e and, e to ei . ng placed Mveulisf - °1 the Custom:, but by this Bill it was n ntt l'red to the Beard of Trade, who would have the h o w i r l t ge of consulting men of practical experience might a er .destallow the defects - of the present system mig '"e st °l e "' Re bopod ' th Ho use would not accede to ltruiendteent of the Bon. Gentleman. h 4e , tt tea 11,„ICARDO considered that the registration of .. l arie tt e - , 414 wholly unnecessary, and that it pressed very_ 'et As On those connected with the merchaet , s te er ni Was f 'QS the Government had admitted that the system li ek faulty and disadvantageous, it was the duty of Par tlo))44, to abolish it at end he trusted that the reieltheleattioubseiS. lion. Friend ula would receive the sane- Ole ,ikt;,,itictLEy opposed the amendment. . its ett LIS4 Ii, said registration was very mischievous 4,.. L e A ets, and ought not to be continued. e_lelihol ‘Ik11;91101114:RE had been assured that the Li er ort .4 "°rs' Home and Shipping-office could not Lard its functions if the register were abolished. Ittlltit!be'lioVllGE MANNERS supported thoedeafmeoetnivde itt it aught believed that the existing system was s . etXPro&s to be abolished at once. Again he must ° t he co t a regret that this Bill had not been referred h ate kr . bntsvi,..ration cf a Select Committee. aie . -'4N told the Committee that they should 'lv fisted upon this office being abolished before h owl for the repeal of the navigation laws. He Air", eletrAtur,inly vote for the amendment. 44 the "A'GREGOR advocated the amendment, but tlitroic,rabolition of the registration system. It Was I.kr. iitf‘stetiatical purposes. 41r.W:OWN sup,norted the amendment; e k e 11 and Mr. Foeous as did also ' ' cl ure . HASTIE o PPosed i', and strongly urged the Aft o i r tte ° to Pass the Bill. The n a fe w 'Nerds from Admiral BOWLES, ~4trareitteo divided when there appeared— 'ur the amend' we n t ... 25 A gai„t it ''' *** 46 • ••• T he amen Majority.- •:: ~ ... —2l ~ The onlent was eonseg ently lost. .410 eittuciseuss2essasnciam2e6n.ded Was ' th . 6n agreed to, as were (LEFT SITTING.) 11 01 . „____.........,.._,............ 2f„.....„..... _ This 1, 111 , 0 : Poi 'm XAYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY : - 4 11e(1 11 1. "le quarterly goeintehral court d of this institution, esta o- !or the suppOit offi cers thsit,,iLient circumstances,e Widowsa was and hel d o i r n p orphans astat Th al' 11 , St. enshoafll-nraovo_matl James's-street, • I he : a. Ihe Tavern,presidesnucLoldltadstock, occupied the chair. the ecretary, Coin proceeded to lay before the r, ° : t l (l the quarternri'? Dickson, reEprottlfrom NN,.llich it appeared tha 'l5/ 13s. 9d., ilatia heletb,during the quarter amounted . to I, i • . 444 of th "rsem ents to 5131.12 x., leaving amount of stock sew i), e treasurer of 1,20‘/.los. The total 4_4_l. 0 The reportrging to the society is upwards of , 9 a balance in the Passed tnaBttali,eel. to, and a ♦ute of thanks having been t iTt.c : t\ eole Chairman the meeting separated. tka, tab3INDY POSTAGE RESTRICTION . ASSOCIA about to ba a iraj - tifo 're are informed that an association tatlize •a f°" the purpose of taking the necessary 's steps to or tilalt, .„!eat national movement for the purpose of effec ,a4„-'lieiting oaina, and supporting the opinion of the public, so , thq,eToca.lly expressed at various public meetings new Daei.s7nt interference with the delivery of letters and !Ami n 11 1 the country on Sunday, and with the view of ob teatgie rescinding of the recent postal regulator:: assistat` , We believe to invite the co-operation, adviceand It is Atibii, ee of all class'es and if necessary- immediately to e hold and g4tliz''eetings at s ees, and of the London theatres, to or- A einteetings in all the large towns. b4l's The or he TO BE DELIVERED ON STI ra N I rasi,l":llie following totice has been issued :—"By "lab- Posttn.4the PostraasterGeneral.—To all postmasters,. s 1560...%,1er.5, and letter rece ivers. —General Post-office,July,. to the,,!Tlth reference to instructions No. 21, 1850, relative (44 Stit i ' ( ' O e°llti nt'ance of the collection and delivery of r letters t,,lierei, 1 4 3: , • Must be &earl understood that the regulations •,ttbila,,',(4l,tidOWll do notl y ply to the letters ed la% esllinisters or to theacPdffcers of Government mention alitlete,,,,4°, Dart i to post addressed to , - 6 , of the book of general instructions the orZar'ue!ie letters must still be forwarded on Sunday by post- T 8 D Y dispatch." th at ii ECT S OF SABEATARIANIBM. at Ghatabeen caused to private individuals—the trouble and --The suffering of s. has been inflicted upon families—by the cessation ry quatteuaY deliveries is beyond comprehension. From sense ai th e Me r sante Is e complaints of the afflicted heard. So that L -80 h. a . - ,te as harsh as it is mistaken. In a moral oat4ri;: injury been begotten. The great aim of the Sab- Oa the was to prevent the reading ' of Sunday newspapers Iv oala Stiliday. They hoped that newspaper proprietors arld eto satisfy the public appetite for the latest found z „ rl tliat Could Pliblish on Friday. The proprietors have e a a ''' i 3 to ensure the destruction of their property. a delit,--,',„ere Must have the latest information, and muesadb_ has r either °llth l 4 ztt a ti me when the great mass can afford to iltopne,, ,u,n(laY• The extra expense of delivering tof th e public -hp the itita ti ,' tile sale of the paper altogether, or has g forced men ding given place the °Mestic lae th d family rea tie tap-room has been exchanged h p e it,„,„. ands an . e/shniac°ralitY temptations of .the A the beer-shop.-- ting of iron t, Ck,,4ASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—DUD asteLr. `‘IRbAT.--The concluding quarterly in_e , e_ Prices axe d '' '7 as held, as usual, in this town to-d 6/' Peree`ate4 firrn at about ' the following a/. 1 08 ton; rod and sheet, 8/ • pig, from about ` 2 /' 15 at the rates " : 73 Prefi e4t l the last being bst . ' grey forge. Looking . 3a_r_ a i . ro t n a , of the icoadition of the iron districts, and the tone expressed o f all i ate meetings there does not appear any: the last thre,,t4tnediate reduction It is stated that within have beta ii ee lte or month not fewer than twenty furnaces s er. p . roability 1111,04),5ir tCniwoeuektiiyn Slous.?, Staffordshire and East Worce t 1 of hich could not be less than - llot fati'igtts• This immense decreaselv of the manufacture c e a r n a. tiv e , ~,,, 0 produce an effect upon prices, although th . eloapuu_. 'the rate for ro l e t present feel the restriction ot their ti e r_ kid it i t a ors nwilling to propose a reduction of wag St e ' l o Ma' 4I Y by a considerable reduction of stock that they irtniaintain their present position. It is remarkable that in 'onnll4ol, intimately as the manufactures of the town are The rated With that of iron districts, trade is improving. oas annex iii which ' , vre of a ch the quarteriyaos were settled is loadsrace ad ..illongst many others ot this gratifying fact, .and load s . . 1 ices lead to the belief that the next American bring in additional important orders from that In t ' , ‘, t liat .4'14 "—The Lords of the Treasury have ordered part or wholly g oods , shcaald be admitted at the ten per cent. duty as li '''e tb •n t4teor.t , manufactured," as they cann9t, be , - waa intended by the LegiAature to class in rhe Drodnee•',(if, 'Extract or preparation of an article," an article Proalleti Y Means quite different to those employed for the 4-0113, aiVia.ioefallle substances to which that character is com totscov •Pi eea ,_ tRY OP LEAD, SILVER ; AND COPPER.--Ad„ rld4r of ',A , e been received from Western Australia, dated the t6„.,_ arcb, 'which describes a discovery of lead, silver, and i i n "co, abundance, The mines are about 80 ea t tlve Ya r°4l I °II- Charo Pion, with perfect facilities of water " 0 all nee, and in the midst of f - ble dittrict adapted purposes of settlemeat, a mottra THE SUN, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 10th, the Marriages Bill was hotly debated on the third reading. It is plain that ground is being gained, against the spirit of Scriptural misquotation, which if not checked would give as much trouble as in any of the days of our forefathers. The cover under which the adversary advances in these cases, is that the matter is theolo gical, and theology is not for the House of Commons. So that if the point were conceded, the result would be this. That a misquotation or misapplication of what is advanced as a scriptural rule, might be as flagrant as in the celebrated edition punished by the Stsr Chember, where it was read "Thou shalt commit adultery," and because it was a matter of theology the thing must not be looked into, but must be liken as inatteckahle on the credit of the movers. But if a Statute may be examined into, why may riot a Levi tical or a Caristian statute ? Why are we to be de barred from searchin to see " whether these things are so or nut"? Sensible men sad Protestants will to a certainty have no doubt about the answer. This neutralizes the wailings, that there are not theologians in the House of Commons as in the other House, to whom questions of theology eney be re ferred. The religion of the majority of the country has not been settled by theologians but in spite 05 theologians ; and this through the strong sense of an earnest community, daring to believe itself competent to judging whether a scriptural rule says Yes or No. And this kind of examination ends, in almost all the "gloses of theologians" being found direct contra dictions of the literal rule: It was so in the Mar riage question, it was so in the Sabbath question, it was so in the Jewish question, and it is so in the question on which three fourths of the Anglican church are on the road back to Rome, the Baptismal question. On all these subjects, the straightforward sense of an unsophisticated peasant with the rule ap pealed to in his hand, would lead to a bold protest against the fallacies palmed on the public under the cover of theology. The division on the Marriages Bill against the pro posal to insert " on this day three months," was of 144 to 134 ; and immediately afterwards a clause was proposed, excluding Scotland, which was negatived by 137 to 130. The hour of six having arrived, the House was adjourned without the question for the third reading being put. Thus there will be another opportunity for debate upon the question. On Thursday motion was made to bring in a Bill for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death. The question was very imperfectly discussed, and there is a great deal to be brought out before there is a pro bability of a final settlement. Nothing will be accomplished by invitations to the Government to abolish first, and determine on their course after wards. On the contrary the reasonable plan would appear to be, that the Government should first make experimental proof of their substitute punishment, and then abolish. The practical and workmanlike course would :appear to be, to make a distinct penal settlement for perpetual transportation as the substitute for death, with the added circum stance of its being made impossible for liberation to take place except by an Act of Parliament as in cases of divorce. If it is urged that this would be an en croachment on the power of the Crown, one answer is, that the Crown has surely no defect of power, if it has all the power it has at present until the act which surrenders the criminal to death or to the sub stitute. But another is, that if there be still any sur render supposed to be implied, the Crown in later and happier days has never been adverse to any conces sion in which the public interest was found involved. Such a species of irreversible removal from the country, makes the distinction so much dwelt upon by the Secretary for the Home Department, as necessary between the man who only robs, and the man who murders also. And it obviates what, however a Secre tary of State may ignere it, is the real objection against the efficacy of transportation on the present system, the belief existing in the minds of the crimi nal classes, and encouraged by real or fancied evi dence every now and then to the fact, that by some mixture of luck and skill, a man may only have to persevere in a course of psalm singing for a few years, to find himself at liberty through the benevolence of some amiable superintendent. What should be the course of discipline for such a place of example, is matter for serious considera tion. The ,heart of man revolts, from making the greatest imaginable criminal the subject for an expe riment of life torture. Remission of some kind, with time and good conduct, there must be. But he, for instance, who has treacherously slain his fellow, must be a monk for life. He may have his grim relaxa tions; but the tonsure which follows his sentence must be indelible, except on proof to move the com• bined Legislature of his country. On Friday a lively debate with very unequal num bers, on the subject of Borneo; closed by a division of 129 against 29 in favour of the Government's course. The Government however has done a great deal, in promptly stopping the source of future pay- ments of the kind complained of. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, July 15, 1850. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Paget Priory, Kilcock, Ireland, July 10, 1850. Sin,—Ever a frierad to zeal and perseverance, I can not :Jut atireire that of the National Club, so steadily eXerted in favour of the crippling system, which fences the legislative manor from the innovations of education and liberality, and only advocates change when the in-. terests of society are to be prostrated before the genius of fanaticism. An illustration, in both respect, is afforded by the widely-spread circulars, one of which I enclose, at oace urging hostility in an organized form to the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, and felicitating their co puritans elsewhere on the triumphant result of the Ashleyan vision—all :unconscious that a change could come o'er the spirit of his dream I The infallibility of the National Club and its claim to public confidence being thus at once and so clearly established. Tnis claim is fully admitted by those of the clergy who preach[Christian charity, without exercising it; and now denounce the Jews, as formerly they did the Catholics, under the title of aliens, alike regarding each as out of the pale of the constitution, and losing sight of the great principle, t hut no member of the community ought to be subjected to civil disabilities on account of his religious opinion s, or excluded from the enjoyment of equal privileges with the rest of his countrymen ; for my own part, I rejoice that rulers, standing fist in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, have marked their recognition of this feature in national progress, and trust that many of my reverend brethren, unshackling themselves from the disgraceful trammels of an un christian bigotry, will recommend to their flocks co • operation with, instead of opposition to, this measure of justice designed by Government; will sympathise with the dispersed people, and, c itching the spirit of the pro phet Isaiah, cry frorci the pulpit and the platform, " Com fort ye, c,mfort ye my people, saith your God" (Isaiah xl. 1); proclaim that the time of reconciliation and favour is at hand, and impart the jo3ful tidings that the punishment cf Israel, prolonged for so . many centuries, had satisfied Divine justice. I rejoice at the test of sincerity being thus presented to these who labour in the field of conversion, and look for the restoratirn of Jerusalem. The clergy, I con ceive, far from forwarding the exclusive tenets of the soi-disciet National Club, should " speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and city unto her that her warfare is accom plished;" should labour, and not they alone, but every ore in his vocation and calling, that " her iniquity may be pardoned, for she bath received of the Lord's hands double for her sins." I would impress upon Christians that the New Testa ment promulgates a religion of love, and everything therein is calculated to excite that spirit, and make it universal in its application; no rancorous feelings were exhibited against the misled multitude by our blessed Redeemer, and tleerefore we should not usurp the prero gative of judgment, but on the contrary cultivate the tender, compassionate, and kindly disposition which the state of the Jews is so peculiarly calculated to bring into action. Jeremiah, Amos, and Ezekiel prophecy their return from dispersion, and Zechariah that Christ shall reign over them. Let Britain afford the refuge; incorporate them with her people, make Christians be looked up to with gratitude by them, and render justice to the indis criminate and magnificent charity of the wealthy Jews, and to the orderly and peaceable demeanour of their com munity at large. I seek not to inflame, and shall forbear to rake up the cruelties committed against them in other countries, or the injustice they long suffered in our own; but I ask for oo reiipea enlightened r r at i m o n n a , n at Government v delight etrhntos ee n art t m o et to, beholdthe enactments mit e, natns disposition to whichs pony of eet defile the statute-book.—l and Vicar r G U I t t E K m 0 0 1 t r , d D io . c D e . ;e L o L f . m D e ., ath. RectEor. National Club, Jane 8, 1850. Rev. Sir,—l am desired by the Committee to call your immediate and earnest attention to the necessity of obtaining, as tar as the time will allow, from your loca lity, expression of disapprobation of the Jew Bill, a now strong ,atter an unaccount a bl e d elay, unexpectedly r eproduced by Lord John Russell, i n a yet more offen sive form than that of last session. The Committee feel assured that you will not spare exertion on this occasion, when it is obvious— Ist. That if no such expression is seen, it will be sup posed, and not unnaturally, that public opi n i on has 11E dergone a change.on the subject. 2d. That the value and effect of a strong expression by the public has teen proved by the result on Thurs. day, on the occasion of Lord Ashley's motion, resptcting Sunday labour in the Post.office. 3d. That if the public, after having expressed so strong an opinion on thetsubject of Post-office,labour on the Sabbath, should be silent on the subject of the Jew Bill, their silence on the cne, a.; contrasted with the strong opinion on the:other, will be used as an argument for the Government proposition. I inclose a form of petition, which alter as you think proper, and get as many signatures as you can before — say a fortnight, by which time it should be in the I:tncis of your represenatives to rresf am, Bev. Sir, &c., W. H. BELLAMY, Secretary. P.S.—lf only signed by yourkelf and churchwardens, the committee recommend the petition to be neverthe less sent_up. LONDON, THE FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. KEW, SATURDAY ENT,ENIG.—In no part of the United Kingdom could. the late Duke of Cambridge have been more esteemed than in the village of Kew —the home of his boy'aooel, and his usual abode for the last fourteen years. Here he not only annually clothed some thirty or forty boys attached to the Queen's free school, and about as many girls, but in variably gave them an entertainment on every return of his natal day. To the victims of misfortune he was ever ready to lend his help ; and who can wonder, therefore, that Kew and Richmond now exhibit a mournful silence. In be th places the gentry, trades people, and the poor hese vied with each other in shoving how much they respected their late bene factor. On Wednesday last a meeting of the inhabi tants took place at the vestry, when the Rev. R. Burgh Byam was unanimously called to the chair, and a resolution was leas sed that an address deeply de ploring the death of the Duke of Cambridge, should be presented to her Roy al Highnesa the Duchess of Cambridge. A communication having been made to the late duke's private oThaplain as to the intention of the inhabitants, a reply was sent, signifying that her Royal Highness would be pleased to receive the address, in the form of a letter, after the funeral. Last evening the mournful preparations for the funeral were completed, under the superintendence of Sir William Martin. The vault is not a new structure, having been erected at t be time the existing church at Kew was built. It is directly across the entrance to the sacred edifice, and h as not the slightest decoration of any kind. It is intended, however, that this shall only . be a temporary ton kb., and that a handsome mau soleum shall be erected on a piece of ground contigu ous to the church, which, has been purchased, but not yet consecrated. An a ppropriate tablet and inscrip tion will be fixed upon the wall opposite the vault. His Royal Highness Prineee Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, and his Seronis Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh will be the chief mourners at the funeral, which will take place at ten o'clock on Tues day morning next. Upon the mournful procession reaching Kew-bridge, the labourers of Kew, the tradesmen of that village .and Richmond, and the no bility and gentry will met it, and follow the escort to Cambridge Cottage. Ilere the coffin will be taken out of the hearse, and carried into the church by twelve non-commissioned ,officers of the Coldstream Guards, of which regimen t the late Duke was colonel. We have been informed., upon good authority, that his Royal Highness's inn , ?.:•s arose from a severe cold caught on the 7th ult., when the Bishop of Man chester preached a sermo a at Kew Church on behalf of the school. It appears that after Divine service, the Duke, who appeared in excellent health, took the Bishop of Manchester tee the palm-house in Kew Gardens, to see the magr lificent water lily called the Victoria:Regina, then in a stoat flourishing state. The temperature maintained in the building was 92 degrees, and the weather at the s etrne time being remarkably warm, his Royal Highness became greatly heated. After this he lunched at the vicar's house with the Bishop, and imprudently sat in a draught, although reminded of the fact by 'his host. In the afternoon the Duke of Cambridge visited Mortlake Church, which is considered to be very badly ventilated. He then returned to Cambridge-house, Piccadilly, and there for the first time col nplained of chilliness. Not withstanding this, the Duke went to the House of Lords in the afternoon of Monday, where he sat out the debate until two in f;11 e morning, and it is con ceived that these circumst, tnces combined induced the fatal illness from which hts Royal Highness died. PRIVY COUNCIL. The Queen held a Privp Council at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal 11 ig hness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Trk - lasury, the Se cretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Excbeq uer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Control, the Chancellor of the Du thy of Lancaster, the Sec retary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham berlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince. At the Council Henry Tufnell, Esq., was intro duced, and by command of the Queen was sworn of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council, and took his seat at the Board. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lans• downe, Lord Marcus Hill, and Lord John Russell. The Court was attended by the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, Viscount Comber mere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Lord Camoys, Lord in Waiting ; and Colonel. B-...tkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting. COURT CIRCULAR. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Co burg and Gotha, his Excellency Count Mensdorff- Pouilly, and Count Alphonse Mensdorff-Pouilly ar rived at Buckingham Palace at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning on a visit to her Majesty. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council this day (Monday) at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued from the Privy Council-office on Saturday afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge yesterday. Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday. The committee appointed by the Royal Commis sion to select inscriptions for the prize medals fur the Exhibition of 1851 met on Saturday in the New Palace of Westminster. There were present Lord Lyttelton, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Dean of St. Paul's, and the Rev. H. G. Liddell. The Building Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 had a meeting on Satur day in the New Palace of Westminster, which was attended by Mr. Cuhitt (chairman), Mr. Barry, Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. T. L. Donaldson. A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Ormsby Gore, chairman of the Birmingham and Shrewsbury Rail way Company, Captain Probyn, Mr. Philips, Mr. Chance, Mr. Knox, secretary, and Mr. Roy, solici tor, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways on Saturday, at their office in the Board of Trade. A deputation of the Chester and Holyhead Com pany, consisting of Mr. Jackson, M.P., Mr. IV. Stanley, and Captain Moorsom, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Senora Martinez, who had been advertised to make her first appearance here on Saturday evening, was prevented doing so by severe indisposition, of which tact printed announcement was made. The continued attraction, however, of the Tempests drew an excellent house. The Senora Martinez is advertised to appear this evening. Among the distinguished visitors who honoured the theatre with their presence, we remarked the Duke of Norfolk, his Serene Highness Charles Duke of Brunswick, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds and Miss Elizabeth Lane Fox, the Prince Trombetskoi, his Ex cellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency Prince Poniatowsky, his Excellency General Jung Bahadur Koonwur Ranagee, Colonel Juggut Shumshere Jung, Colonel Dheer Shumshere Jung, Romanee Adhi karee Hemdel Singh, Tbapa Kezee, Khur beer Khurtree, Lal Singh, and the • suite of the Nepaulese Embassy, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Donegal, the Countess of Glengall, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl Mountcharles, the Earl of Falmouth, the Coun tess de Flahault and Miss de Flabault, the Earl of Lone dale, the Earl of Mulmesbury, the Earl and Countess Cathcart, the Viscount Ranelagh, the Viscount Clifden ' the Baroness North, Lord Ward, Lord William Paulet, , Lord F. Gordon, Lord and Lady Foley, Lady Seymour, Lady Pigot, Lady Talbot, Lady Settoun, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Dufferin, Lord W. Lennox, the Baron Lionel de Rothschild , S i r An t hony and Lady Roths child, Lord George Page t, Lord Gardner, the Hon. Claude General Lyon, t the Hon. H. , the the Hon. Mrs.repysHon. Henry Corry, Cavendish, the Hon . spell. cer Cowper, Colonel and Lady Laura Meyricke and the Misses Meyricke, Sir Charles Shackerly, Bart., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P. , and Lady Howard, Lieu tenant General Sir Alexa nd e r Woodford, Bart., and L a dy Woodford, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lad Bart., yßarr a Barrett Leonard, Sir Henry Webb., Bart., Sir J. Hall, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. his f a G s h ra i o c e t. a t b h l e e D c o u m b p e a o n t y D o n e v o S n a s t h u i r r d e a a y n tight the Duchess de Coigny and party, th e w n e o A n o m . bie i n r i g s y s e d t : l e li s , archi 0 t n h e e s s o f f a i r i chu d i a s r e o , f t Douro, m a r q A u l i . s P o . f, the Stafford MarquisaonMarquisof Winchester, d a Lady d i a dy 1 k Constance Levesen Gower, the Mar criautiesoaLdan b d la m rch dli o e n . e Stt ss i o n r e .D al r e o o g n h e cd t a h , e a t. e ia lt r i g a u r i c s h a es n a d Bsn Mar chioness of Worcester, Earl and'Countess of Beauchamp, Countess Talbot and Lady Victoria Talbot, Earl Cowper, Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, Lady F. Hay and Lady Blanch Dupplin, the Earl of Gifford, the Earl of Dur ' ham, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl and Countyst of Besborough, the Countess Poulett sod Viscount Hinton, the Earl Compton, Viscount and Vis countess Folkstone, Vi4couLt Cranbourne, Viscount and Lady Eliztbeth.Loscelles and Lady Sarah Cholmonde ley, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Templetowr, the Earl Bruce, Lord Alwyn Compton, the Earl Granville, a d en n C e d, o i l t, v o i a l r l dd e y , IA7 the Ladies Harriett and Katherine Ponaonby, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord and Lady William Lordo d e h o G u . s Manners,e, Lord and M Lady.P . , Lord p o 1. Blantyre, Lady Sophist Eendles- PA tim ° ir iPe e ht , tu L ' sL or oV d r Ellis,livres srungohna. Ladyma n , dß L te a hi cl eh y alv H i eo o nn w .c a i L d d i sL d s ham, and the Her. Miss Theliusof., Lord and Lady e a. vdeyr ni Walden ioanr,r i . Ladyea t n B d e t n h Dt e i un H f fe k o e r o c Miss nLaa ndyd Wm Doyle, Lady 13950 LoTell and Captain F. 149Te11, Lord and Lady Sondes, and the Hon. Miss Milles, Lady Anson and party, &e. THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL On Wednesday morning the deputation appointed at a large and most respectable meeting of the inha bitants of Tamworth and the neighbourhood on the sth inst. proceeded to Drayton-manor for the pur pose of presenting to Sir Robert Peel an address of condolence. The deputation, consisting of Mr. John Butler, mayor of Tamworth ; the Rev. E. Harston, vicar ; S:r C. M. Clarke, Mr. S. Hanson, ex-mayor; Mr. F. Willington, Mr. J. Hall, Mr. T. Braman, and Mr. W. Parsons, magistrates ; and Mr. R. Neville, arrived at Drayton about ten o'clock, and were received by Sir Robert Peel, Mr. F. Peel, M.P., Lord Villiers, and Mr. Lawrence Peel. The MAYOR havi ng s t a t e d th e o bj ec t o f their visit,. called upon the vicar to read the following ad dress : " TO SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART. " beg to address you with feelings of sincere respect arid sympathy. " The affliction with which it has pleased Almighty God to visit you is so overwhelming that we are at a loss to expref.s our sense of it. We shrink from intru ding upon prier to sorrow, and yet we experience some relit f to ourselves in assuring ycu of our profound sympathy with Lady Peel, yourself, and all the mem bers of your affl'eti-d family. "It is bt'youd our power to estimate the loss to Tam worth and the neighbourhood occasioned by this most mournful event. Not only do we bear our full share in the calamity which has befallen the nation in the removal of a mcst exalted statesman from the cou ncils of our beloved Monar c h— no t on l y d o w e mingle our grief with science, lit e r a t ure , an d art , ove r the grave of their most generous patron, but there is added to our share in the common deprivation the loss of a represen tative in the ;Senate, whose care fur our interests was only equalled by his diligence in his Parliamentary . one from among duties ; and to this w e must a dd t h e st ill g reater loss of taught us all, both rich an d poor , to l ove and respect in us whom long-tried experience had the closer relations of neighbour and friend. "In so great a trial as that which has now befallen you, we know that human consolation must be unavail ing, but we venture to offer you this tribute of our re pectful sympathy, both as a means of evincing cur hearty attachment to yourself and your family, and as some alleviation cf our common sorrow. " Above all, we heartily pray that He who bath dealt the blow may administer the balm, and enable you to de rive comfort from 1.1-fleeting upon the honourable and patriotic public caree r a nd th e private worth and distin guishing excellences which won general respect and admiration for your illustrious parent. " Signed on behalf of a public meeting of the inhabi tants of the borough of Tamworth and the neigh bourhood, this sth day of July, 1850. " JOHN BUTLER, Mayor of Tamworth." _ To this address Sir Robert Peel replied as fol- Lows : " Gentlemen,—Bowed down under the heavy affliction with which it has pleased Almighty God to visit so sud denly my family and myself, we gratefully acknowledge all expressions of sympathy, especially when so feelingly coupled, as in the present instance, with assurances of respect and admiration for the memory of that great anti good man, our father; and while such expressions, almost universal throughout the country, cannot alleviate the mental sufferings of our dear mother and ourselves, they tend at least to animate us with a consciousness that his services have met with that appreciation from his fellow-countrymen which it was his pride to aspire to. "In truth, gentlemen, in the father we lament you have lost not only a zealous representative in the House of Commons, but a friend and neighbour; for while it tvaa his delight, when relaxation from Parliamentary duties afforded him the opportunity, to cultivate the so ciety and friendship of those whose acquaintance and esteem—almost, indeed, from childhood, it had been his good fortune to enjoy, he had ever at heart what he ap prehended would most contribute to the prosperity of Tam worth and the neighburhood, and to the interests which in Parliament had so long been confided to his charge, "In my own name, gentlemen, and in that of my fa mily, I b-g to thank you most sincerely for the N ery kind expte,sioris made use of in this address of condo lence which you now present me on behalf of a meeting cf the inhabitants of Tamworth and the neighbourhood; and I pray you to convey my earnest acknowledgments to those whom you here represent, assuring you that, with the same desire to continue those friendly relations which so long existed between yourselves, gentlemen, validrmt)o' late he nd fa e t rm rt worthy of his great name." ys i e t lf wi i l n l e p re u r nl b in e meysticinonastiteanntnenntduena: The following address of condolence from the Town Council of Hull was forwarded on Saturday to Mr. F. Peel, M.P., by the Right Hon. M. T. Bakes, M.P. for that borough : " At a special meeting of the Town Council of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, July 11, 1850: " Resolved,—That this Council, representing the opi nions of all classes of the inhabitants of Hull, desires to express its deep sorrow for the loss which the British empire has sustained by the sudden death of that eminent statesman the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, who for the log period cf forty years devoted his great talents, his high persuasive eloquence, his untiring industry, and his woneerfal administrative capacity, to the advancement of the prosperity of his native country in the House of Commons. " That, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased statesman, and of sympathy for the inestimable loss which has been sustained by the family of one not less distinguished for the purity of his private than for the patriotism ot his public life, this council begs to be showed to convey to La'ly Peel, and t) the other mem bers of the deceased Right Honourable B tronet's fa mily, this most sincere expression of the general sorrow with ohich the Town Council and the whole people of Hull have received the intelligence of a bereavement iu which (reverently submitting to the wisdom and power of God) they recognise a great and irreparable loss to this country and to the civilized world." (Signed) " Tuomes THOMPSON, Town Clerk." THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SIR R. PEEL. Last week it was our painful duty to describe the injuries received by the late universally lamented Sir Robert Peel at the time of his fatal accident, as far as they were ascertained by his professional attendants. After reading the authentic statement which we were enabled to publish, there could be but one opinion as to the extraordinary and unusual nature of those in juries. We believe that the lesions caused by the accident present a case in surgery without a precedent. Dissatisfaction has been expressed in some quarters because a decisive examination of the patient was not insisted upon within a few hours after the accident, so that the extent of the injuries might have been ascertained. Remarks, too, have been made respect log the slight amount of medical and surgical treat ment resorted to by his medical advisers. These observations could only be made from misapprehen sion respecting the powers of endurance, and the constitutional peculiarities of the great statesman whose loss is so profoundly deplored. We believe his two principal attendants— Sir Benjamin Brodie and Mr. Hodgson, than whom the world could not produce more able and judicious surgeons—enter tained from the first but little hopes of his recovery. 'Their apprehensions were based on a long and inti mate knowledge of the physical organization and ner vous temperament of the patient. Mr. Hodgson, we know, bad attended Sir Robert Peel, at Tamwortb, for upwards of thirty years, and Sir Benjamin Brodie had also enjoyed a long professional intercourse with him. It will be remembered that after the fatal acci dent Sir Robert Peel fainted several times before he reached his house in Whitehall-gardens, and again upon his seeing Lady Peel. His excessive sensibility to pain had always been most remarkable. Like Cicero, Demosthenes, and other renowned orators, his nervous system was so finely and delicately wrought as to render him singularly impatient and sensitive under suffering. It is probable that a more striking example of this physical and mental peculiarity was never witnessed. Only three weeks before his death, he was visiting the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's park, with one of his daughters, when a small heimby dmonkeyim- mediately jumpedy fainted, suddenly remainedupon h m is hand;nh affected the incident during two or- three hours. On another occasion his thumb was injured by being squeezed through the shutting of a door, and the pain, though not more than is common in such cases, caused him to faint several times in succession. ys With such a ot o w f , t n h d e n r nervousth,,,that serious and y ascular sresults terns we need not should oeo a s in h . a v t b i e s e n n o a t p p s r u eh rp e r n i s d i e n d g on th t a h t e l s a i t r e R u n o h fo e r r t t u p n a e t e e l should have been unable to bear the ordinary a e d m vi a s n a i h p l u e l . ation The question i s of the inj u r e d suggested, whether the res ult would have b een diffe rent if the sufferer had been ,trepatoetd t l o ike th a is n ordinary patient patient in a public hospital minute t or, if he had not died, th a t died under the operation ex amination had been in h s a i t st s ed ir u ß po oh n e , r i t t p is ee q l u m ite ig p h o t sz h ib a l v e e , nay, even probable, t bythe necessary m an ia Sir Benjamin Brodi e t full hey a o n h d s e e r n v t e i r d e . i sufferingthe p ul mani pulations. i o gravest ns a n complicationsdistress these dnaatdangers g scaused might have arisen f rom th e s have been thoroughly con scious,aud Mr. Hodgson naus concurrence to the judicou s lives in th e kingdom With one of the most valuable we re not justified_ t incurring and we are inclinel to d a nger. would have been s n a il: h e under their additional hanrdi profession through a ll ti me ; held as a disgrace to the c g a iv u e tio o n ur and we are sure, upon d u e consideratio n , t h at suc h would be the opinion of all surgeons of judgment an d hands, they and -nerience. —.Lancet. I N te e d w ßishop Zea. -____------_ E CCLESIASTIC AL ArI'OININENTS.—Th e Rev. Thor. c i n i s t e } d , ü ß i il i , s r h d o , p p o. D.D. .L , y l S t t a e p l t p o o n i , i p of Montreal. ' 7 a a n c d k . s o n T , 'a p e D R . e , v i . s F a P r Li ° By an error committed on the lin e of telegraph from Bayonne, in announcing the death of Sir Robert Peel, the name of Palmella was substituted for that of the Hon. Baronet. 'The Madrid journals have, in consequence of this error, been making long commentaries on the consequences which may result to I?9rtugal from the death Of the plat) 9f rall4oll§. MONDAY EVENING, StTLY 15, 1850. MAR YLEBONE VESTRY. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO ,SIR R. PEEL. Oa Saturday, after the disposal of the usual paro chial routine business, Mr. HOME M.P., rose, and passed, ra high eulogium upon the late Sir Robert Peel. He sa id that although Sir Robert Peel had been his politic,al opponent, he considered that in his death the country had sustained a great, indeed, he might say, an irreparable loss.— (Hear.) Some persons might imagine that during the last four years he had done nothing for the coun try, but he (Mr. Hume) could ass are them that Sir Robert Peel during that time had maintained and kept together the state.—(Hear, he ar.) All classes, even his bitterest political enemies--personal he had none—deeply deplored his death as u great national loss.—(Hear, hear.) Although Sir Robert Peel had no connexion with Marylebone, the ratepayers must remember that when the Poor:law Commissioners at tempted to force upon them their tyrannical measures Sir Robert Peel interposed and saved. them from such tyranny.—(Cheers.) He alluded to. the attempt of the Poor-law Commissioners to in troduce into the parish district asylums, which Sir :Robert Peel had prevented them from doing.—(Hear., hear.) In con clusion he moved the Mowing resolutions : " 1. That this vestry desire to join in the universal expression of deep regret fcr the prem a!ure death of the late Sir R. Peal, whose patriotic and disinterested con duct during a long public career has bean of inestimable service to his country, and has left a b rilliant example for the imitation of future statethmen.—(llear, hear.) _ - "2. That this vestry desires to offer to the afflicted vtidow and family of the departed statesman an ex pression of profound sympathy for the irreparable be reavement they have suffered in the loss of one whose private and domestic virtues have always deservedly stood as high as his public character in the estimation of Englishmen."—(Hear. hear.) Mr. J. M. WILLIAMS, M.P., seconded the resolu tions, which were unanimously adopted. Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, es•member, moved, and Dr. GREY, seconded, that . the resolutions be forwarded to his family which was carried nem. con. PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 12. MAJORITY ON THE THIRD READING OF THE METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL. Aucninsnor. Leitrim Colborne Canterbury Minto Cremorne DUKE. Morley De Fre l yne Grafton St. Germans Dormer Shaftesbury Strafford Waldegrave Zetland BISHOP. Manchester BARONS. MARQUISES. Lansdowne Westminster EARLS. Besborough Carl'sle Durham Granville Bateman Grey Byron Ellenborough Camoys Fingall Carrington Harrowby Crewe Dufferin Edellsbury Elphinstone Foley liatherton Kinnaird Langdale Lilford Portman Wharncliffe Wodehouse Wrottesley MINORITY OF 34 ON THE RAILWAYS ABANDON- MENT BILL. EARLS, ♦scaslSliOP. Canterbury BAEON3. DUKE. Granville Crewe Grey Cremorne Minto Colborne Morley Dormer Shaftesbury Eddisbury Strafford Elphinstong Waldegravo Foley BISHOPS. Ilatherton Kinnaird Langdale Portman Monteagle Wrottesley Norfolk MARQUISES. Donegal Lansdowne Westminster EARLS. Besborough Bruce Carlisle Cowper F . ingall Down Manchester BARONS. Byron Camoys THE POST-OFFICE. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) The following letter, addressed to the Borough and County Members, was placed in the news-rooms for a few hours only on Monday, and received a large number of signatures. We also give the replies thereto received from Mr. Brown, Mt. Henry, and Mr. Cardwell:— "To William Brown, Esq., M.P., Alexander Henry, Esq., M.P., Sir Thos. Birch, Bart., M.P., Edward . - Cardwell, Esq., M P. " Gentlemeu,—We, the undersigned, beg to express to you our urgent hope that you will be able to attend the Hcuse of Commons, on Monday evening next, to sup port Mr. Locke in his motion for an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to rescind the order for closing the Post-office on Sundays. We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants, _ . " Liverpool, Bth July, 1850." " Fenton's Hotel, 9th July, 1850._ " My dear Sir,—As yours is the first name on the do cument so numerously and respectably signed, addressed to Sir Thomas Birch, Mr. Henry, Mr. Cardwell, and myself, and hoping we may be able to support Mr. Locke's motion, I address myself to you, to say I shall certainly do so. I voted in the minority before. I shall tike care that those gentlemen shall have your commu nication. To letters I have received on the subject from parties who are against the motion, I have replied as an nexed. " Very truly yours, " WM. BROWN. " H. Littledale, Esq." (Copy.) "Knowing as I do that every means will be resorted to for the conveyance (. f letters on Sunday, and that ar rangements will be made and are making for this pur pose independent of the Post-office, my conviction is chat the Sabb.►th will be more desecrated now than if we re turn to the old arrangement, and that more labour will be employed and more evasions practised than under the improved arrangements made by Mr. Hill before the change took place. I have much respect for the con scientious opinions of those on whose behalf you write, but it is my duty from the information that comes to my knowledge to act in this matter as seems most likely to prevent the evil you wish to avoid." " 19, Edward-street, Portman-square, London, July 9, 1850. " Dear Sir,-1 beg to acknowledge your favour of yes terday, and have also seen the documents which you have forwarded to my colleague, Mr. Brown, in favour of rescinding the recent order for closing the post•ofl'ices on Sundays. I voted against the resolution when brought forward by Lord Ashley, and I am glad to learn that my intention to vote for Mr. Locke's motion to-night will have the approbation of the highly respectable and influential gentlemen in Liverpool whose names are ap• pended to the document which you have forwarded. " Believe me to remain, dear Sir, yours very truly, " A. HENRY. " Chas. E. Rawlins, jun., Esq." " Whitehall-gardens, 9th July, 1850. "Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the copy you hare been so good as to send me of the memorial ad dressed in original to my friend Mr. Brown. He has also given me an opportunity of referring to ten very respectable signatures attached. " I have the honour to remain, " Your very faithful servant, " EDWD. CARDWELL. "C. E. Rawlins, jun., Esq." HOW LETTERS MAY NOW BE SENT ON SUNDAYS. A correspondent says :—Some portion of the incon venience felt by the stoppage of Sunday postal labour is likely to be remedied. A great number of the letters posted at every office in the kingdom pass through the London General Post-office, and the obstacle to the speedy transmission of correspondence now posted in the country on Sunday is its not reaching London on Monday morning, so as to be delivered in the metro polis, or sent on by the day mails. To remedy this, the following practice is already in operation in some provincial towns, and will be in operation, no doubt, shortly in every town in the kingdom connected with a railway, namely, parties write their letters for London and places beyond en Sunday, and stamp them. They then enclose each, together with a penny or loose postage stamp, in a half-sheet of paper, directed to some one in their town who has a private letter-box attached to his street-door, into which the letters are de posited. The owner of the box empties it before the last train leaves for London on Sundays, opens the out side covers of the letters addressed to him, secures the pence and postage stamps, and puts all the letters ad dressed to London or elsewhere in a parcel directed to the London terminus. An agent in London is waiting to receive it, and to post its contents at St. Martin's-le-Grand. Thus, for an ad ditional penny, a person can send his letter to London on Sunday, where it arrives in time to be taken charge of, and sent on to its destination by the Post-office authorities on Monday morning. A very handsome income must be realised by those who make a letter parcel up on Sundays. In such a town as Exeter, for instance, not less than 2,000 or 3,000 letters are posted on Sunday, which pass through the London Post-office. Now, a thousand pence is above 41., and the expense of sending a thousand letters, each weighing halt-an-ounce, in one parcel from Exeter to London by rail, is about half a-crown. Thus a very handsome remuneration is netted for an hour or two's work on Sunday night and Monday morning, by two individuals, one in the country, and the other in London." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. had been in the belief (till yesterday) that all Sunday labour had ceased at the Post office. En passant yesterday I Faw about a dozen men white washing, plastering, &c. This is, I suppose, with the Post-office " powers that be," a sort of " ox in the pit" business, which could not be delayed till Mon day. Possibly some of the Agnewite oppositionists to rational progress may be able to explain this seem ing anomaly—six days, &c., but the seventh thou shalt not deliver the letters (however important), but shall whitewash, &c.—l am, Sir, yours, much shocked, S. W. VERAX. SUNDAY LETTERS.—Th 9 petition praying for the rescinding of the late obnoxious regulation, and which lay for signature only two days, was signed by nearly fifteen hundred of our principal merchants, bankers, professional men,tradesmen, and others. Petitions against rescinding the rule were laid in the vestries and at the doors of our several churches and chapels on Sunday, and all the tt unders of the pulpit were put into requisition to compel signatures; sheets were also carried about by some of the subordinates at the post-office, and parties were everywhere entreated for their names, with what success we have not learnt.— Bristol Gazette. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after noon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Earl of Car lisle, Sir John Ilobhouse, the Right Hon. Henry Labou chore, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Lim FQx 1114;119, Who Q 9111104 /hlt tlv9 bCoIuTI THE HERALDO AND THE SU.V. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—Will you permit one who has made a long sojourn in Spain, whether in a private capacity, or as correspondent of a morning journal in London, to say a few words in reference to an article which ap peared some time since in The Sun, the veracity of which is questioned by that most slavish and vitupe rative of all bureaucratic prints, the modest _Herald° of Madrid. It is not a little droll that the journal which gives the lie with a pomposity so truly characteristic of the Spanish Home-office to the statement of The Sun in reference to the brusquerie of the Due de Va lencia, and which vouches its stainless honour for the "courtesy and urbanity" ("la cortesia y de urbani• dad!") of the rough soldier of Ardoz is )car' the most lying of all the journals pub lished at Madrid ; that, moreover, it is the property cf Senor Sartorious, the Minister for Home Affairs, the most pliant and obsequious tool of the Spanish dictator ! It will be recollected that the immaculate organ of General Narvaez was, during the regime of M. Guizot, the paid Gazette of the French Cabinet, and the Monitcur where the voices of M. de Bresson and the Due de Glucksherg spke daily. Still snore recently, it fanned the flames of discontent between the Spanish and British Go vernments, and fed the French press with falsehoods, in its mendacious perascution of Sir Henry Bulwer. So much for the " honour and urbanity" of the Heraldo ! The statement that appeared in The Sun is substantially correct ; and the brusque chieftain, who has introduced into the bureau and the salon the manners o`f the drill-room, may thank his stars that he growled his rudeness in a speech which is un• known to the Envoy of the United S'ates. How different from the insolent maniere and ferte of the former exile and detenu of Gibraltar, and of his mean valet, M. de Sartorius, the puissant champion of the Herald°, are the bon hommie and the graceful courtesy of Don Francisco Xaxier de Isturiz, the Ambassador of Spain in this country, in his intercourse with diplomatists and litterateurs, whether native or foreign. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, HENRI GERALD SPILLAN. 19, Cecil-street, Strand, July 13, 1850. [We consider the article in the Heraldo as an official retractation and apology on the part of Nar vaez, mule in consequence of the demand of the American Minister. Fortunately for that Minister there are not to be found in the United States any royal refugees who abuse the hospitality of the country by intriguing against her Government ; neither has she in her Senate, or her Congress, any "dear and excellent person" willing to sacrifice the honour of his country to obtain the smiles of a despot, or to gratify a personal pique. .Narvaez knew this, and, therefore, did not attempt to Bulwerise the American Minister, but made the apology demanded. Had America possessed an Aberdeen or a Stanley, the article in the .Heraldo would not have appeared.—En. Sun.] CRICKET. I ZINGARI v. BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. On Saturday this return match was played at Lord's, where there was an immense assemblage of amateurs and patrons of the game. It was the most brilliant cricket event of theyear. When" time" was called the score stood thus:— SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. At the late anniversary meeting of the Royal Geo graphical Society, the president, Capt. W. H. Smytb, R.N., gave the following interesting summary of the measures, past and present, which have been taken for the relief of Sir John Franklin's expedition. He said: " From Russia we cannot but extend our glance towards the Arctic Regions, under feelings of the most painful embarrassment. There is still a hope glimmering through the gloomy uncertainty which hangs over the fate of the enterprising Sir John Franklin and hi :gallant companions, although they have beer Sv3 years absent in those inhospitable seas. I :the high excitement of the public mind, it may Der,??.cessary for me to state the present know ledge we possess of the case, and the actual means now in hand for their deliverance. " The efforts of Sir James Ross, though limited by adverse circumstances to a much smaller portion of the Arctic seas than was expected, yet prove that the miss ing expedition must have succeeded in attaining a westerly longitude but little short of Melville Island, if they are safe. For, as Sir James was stationed for several months at the junction of the four great channels—Barrow Strait, Lancaster Sound, Regent Inlet, end Wellington Channel—it is extremely im probab:e that Sir John Franklin's ships can have been near the opening to those straits, wi-hout ef fecting a communication with those who anxiously sought him. The dispatches recently received from Commander Pullen, who has achieved the adven turous voyage from Wainwright Inlet to the Mac kenzie, in open boats, inform us that no traces of the expedition were met with on the American coast between those two places, nor had the Esquimaur, with whom our people communicated, seen anything of ships of war. " A dispatch from Dr. Rae, which accompanies that from Commander Pullen, is equally barren of intelligence. Dr. Rae, as you may remember, was ordered to proeeed from his winter quarters at Fort Confidence, on Great Bear Lake, to Cape Krusenstern, and crossing from thence to Wollaston Land, he was instructed to penetrate to the north-east of Banks's Land. He accomplished the journey to Cape Yru senstern ; but all his attempts—and they were nume rous and daring—to effect the traverse to Wollaston Land, were baffled by the heavy pack of ice which entirely barred the progress of his boat. Having waited in hopes of a change as long as he could, taking into consideration the imperative necessity of returning before the closing up of the Coppermine river, he was reluctantly compelled to abandon the enter prise. During his sojourn at Cape Krusenstern, the Esquirnaux interpreter who accompanied him fell in with several parties of natives, who all agreed in de claring that they had not seen any white men. We may, therefore, take it for granted that none of Sir J. Franklin's party have struck the North American coast, because the entire extent between Cape Kru senstern and Behring's Strait has been diligently examined by the strenuous and enduring exertions of Sir John Richardson, Commander Pullen, and Dr. Rae. " Although the Behring's Strait expedition, con sisting of her Majesty's ships Herald and Plover, Captain Kellett and Commander Moore, procured no tidings of the missing, yet the details of their endea vours are highly interesting. On the 15th of last August, the Herald had attained the latitude of 71.12 N., and long. 170.10 W. ; and on the 16th discovered an almost inaccessible island of granite, rising 1,400 feet above the sea, beyond which a range of high land was seen. It becomes a nervous thing,' says Captain Kellett, to report a discovery of land in these regions without actually landing on it, after the unfortunate mistake to the southward ; but, as far as a man can be certain who has 130 pair of eyes to assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have discovered an extensive land.' They contrived, though with great difficulty, to get upon the island, hoist the union jack, and take possession of it in her Ma jesty's name; but constant snow storms compelled them to quit the neighbourhood, and insure clearing the ice pack. Now, it will be recollected that Sergeant Andreyev, the active Russian who conducted an ex pedition of discovery in the Icy Sea, in 1762, affirmed that he had reached a country called Tikigen, having a coast-line trending nearly pa rallel to that of Northern Siberia, and inhabited by a race named Kraihai. This account was held to be apocryphal by most geographers, and imputed to an optical delusion by Baron von Wrangel; yet the narrative of Captain Kellett goes to corroborate Andreyev's statement. Even the high land de scribed by Von Wrangel himself from Yakan, may, it is not too much to say, have formed some portion of the disputed region : and besides the discoveries of Captain Kellett, elevated peaks, which may resonably be conluded to be a part of the same land, were observed by Commander Moore, whose track lay further eastward than that of the Herald. Now, putting these circumstances in con junction, it is far from improbable that a continuous coast-line may extend from the vicinity of Ne w Siberia in the west, to the vicinity of Bank's Land in the east. In the event of such an 113 pothesis proving cor rect, it will be obvious that, should Franklin have succeeded in penetrating through, and to the west of Wellington Channel, the interposition of this tract would preclude all possibility of his bringing his ships again so far south as to reach Behring's Strait, Unless the course were greatly prolonged westwards, or the Wellington Channel were again traversed. I may here remark how cautious, as well as delicate, closet inquiry ought to be in meddling with the di rect assertions of explorers : indeed, the signal in stance of Baffin's Bay having been formally expunged from our charts, and branded as wholly suppositi tious,' ought not to be forgotten by imaginative theorists. " The negative information hitherto obtained renders it the more probable that our unfortunate countrymen—if still in being —are frozen up in the neighbourhood of Melville Island ; and a hope is thereby warranted, that one of the numerous expedi tions sent out this year may succeed in succour ing them. Two have already sailed to Lancaster Sound, under the orders of Captain Horatio Austin, and Captain Penny, who lately commanded the Advice whaler. The exertions of the former will be mainly directed to penetrate to Cape Walker and Melville Island; while the latter will proceed direct to the entrance of Jones's Sound, up which he will sail and explore it as far as possible. These expeditions are equipped in the most complete manner; and that of Captain Austin is provided with highly ef fective auxiliary steam-power. In fact, I was sa tisfied on visiting the Resolute before her departure, in company with Sir George Back, who has bad such full experience in the Polar Seas, that human inge nuity was never more fully displayed than in the strengthening, stowage, and equipment of this ship. "Under the patronage of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, aided by a public subscription, a small expedi tion, headed by the veteran Sir John Ross, will pro ceed in the same direction as that of Captain Austin ; and as none of these plans provide for the search of Regent's Inlet, exertions are making to organize a private outfit, to be conducted by Commander For syth, for this special purpose. These expeditions, numbering eight ships, exclusive of the North Star— already there, will effectually explore the channels and passages east of Melville Island : and it is to be hoped that the Behring's Straits exploration with the other ships under Captain Collinson will arrive at its destination sufficiently early this year, to . reach a large portion of the sea between those strai ts and Melville Island, before the winter sets in again. a Such, brif fly, are the measures adopted to save cur hapless countrymen; and it were ungrateful not to men tion the warm feeling of the American Government in the same cause—a feeling for which I had the honour to express your thanks to their President. Individual sympathy and munificence have also been strongly awakened in that country; and even now two ships, the Advance and the Rescue, are being fitted out for the Polar Seas at the expense cf Mr. Henry Grinnell, of New York, which, conducted by officers of the United States' navy, will brave every danger for that benevolent purpose. The British nation has a right to expect that the Government of this great mari time country will do all in its power to carry succour o those so especially requiring it; and nobly has it met that expectation, as well in the outfit of ex peditions, as in proclaiming a munificent reward for those who find and relieve the sufferers. What ever may be the result of these measures, as well as of the admirable and exemplary efforts of Lady Franklin— with whom every heart must sympathise—one useful moral will he elicited ; it will be shown, that when Englishmen are ready and willing to hazard their lives for their country's honour, they will not be neglected in the hour of peril." NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—Lace—Houses engaged in finishing goods for the London trade are very flat, and will now probably remain so until the autumnal change of fashion takes place. The export trade also, both to America and Germany. is very languid. Germans could purchase more goods it they could obtain the relative advance on goods that we require, in consequence of the increased price of th_e .. k is ma terial used, kit which they complain they cannot. Sit ect of a again a little higher, as is also cotton, with a hose continues pretty Hosiery—The demand for fashioned further advance, especially on all numbers s Gloves of moat fair, as well as for the better sort of cut- p . u r p osp to 120. to be made from cotton, been. A new kind of glove is about point of comfort any we have descriptions $ re not in such active demand up as they liave of a description that excels in . p e o nap, which, to the feel, is )1 while the outward lip. quite e has that of a beautifully line thread. Cotton yarn yet . se m e s n e ; om tli f e or i t n a s b ite as h as th a et ra e l f s w d e, ~ laiesatrililicadvancing in pr ice, and will doubtless be still higher. —.Nottingham Journal. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wed nesday evening last as Mr. James M'Queen , inspector of the poor for the parish of St. Quivox , was proceeding on h or seback with a triend to Monkton, when just on reachi ng the village Mr. M'Queen was observed to fall suddenly an d heavily to the ground. No external injury was apparent, and the unfortunate gentleman was able to w a lk h ome, when, having been in bed all next day, he t urne d towards the evening of Thursday rapidly worse, and lingered un til Monday evening about half-past six, when he expired. A slight paralytic stroke is supposed to have been the cause of the fall, to which probably a second next night succeeded , — ,North British Xail. I ZINCIARL First Innings. Mr. F. Micklethwaite, b Diver 6 Mr. C. Morse, b Diver lB b Diver Mr. F. Whitehead, b Royston... 37 c Burghley, b Diver 49 Mr. E. Taswell, lb w, b Royston 0 b Diver .. l6 Mr. R. Antrobus, b Royston... 2 Mr. It. Broughton, b Diver ... 23 not out ..... 8 Mr. E. Hartopp, b Royston ... 6 b Royston ...... . ..•• 18 Sir T. Moncreiff, b Diver Mr. R. Ker, b Royston Mr. A. Archdale, not out ...... 2 Mr. H. Duff, b Royston. B 11, Ib2, w 3 ......... Second Innings. Total HOUSES OF PARMA MEN -FIRST INNINGS. Lord C. Russell, b Archdale .. Earl Leicester, b Archdale . Earl Verulam, b Duff ............. Lord Burghley, c Broughton, b Duff 25 A. Diver, b Antrobus Mr. H. Cnrteis, b Archdale Lord Guernsey, b Archdale .... Hon. Colonel Lowther, b Archdale 0 Colonel Taylor, b Archdale ... 7 Mr. W. Bagge, b Archdale 0 Lord A. Chichester, not out . Byes 5, leg byes 1, w 9, no ball 1 Total Zingari thus won by 23 runs on the first innings. . 97 CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Saturday Mr. W. Car ter, coroner for Surrey, held an invest at the Duke of Gloucester public-house, Union. row, ew Kent-road, ou the body of a poor bonnet-maker, named Susan Ansell, aged 59 years, who, it was alleged, had died from starvation. The evidence adduced went to prove that the deceased had suf fered great privations from her incapability of earning a sufficiency to get a prnper , quantity of food for her support. She had been known to go without victuals for days to gether, and then would beg of some of the neighbours. She bad been aivised to apply to the Newington workhouse for relief, but informed the witness that "she would rather die in a ditch." An order was obtained for the assistance of the parish surgeon, who came and prescribed for the de ceased, whom he described as dying from disease of the heart and lungs, no doubt brought on by the want of proper nourishing food. She died on the morning of Thursday from exhaustion. The jury returned the following verdict— " Died from disease of the heart and lungs, accelerated by the want of proper nourishing food." The Mayor of Southampton has invited the Lord Mayor of London to a grand banquet, in return for his Lord • ship's hospitable entertainment a few weeks ago at the Man sion•house to encourage the great Industrial Exhibition. The Lord Mayor has accepted the invitation, and the banquet will take place about the middle of next month, in the Town-hall above the bar gate of Southampton. STRIKE AMONG THE HACKNEY COACn PROPRIE TORS AT Ecininuacm.—The strike among the hackney coach proprietors still constinues, and to the great incon venience of the public all the cab stands, except one, re main deserted. An attempt was made on Thursday, by a deputation of the coach proprietors, to induce the ma• gi:trates to rescind their resolution, and to accept a plan based on that previously in operation, but with a 6d. fare for distances not exceeding half a mile. The magistrates refused to acquiesce in this proposition, and insisted on a trial being made of the uniform scheme. The colference conse quently ended in nothing whatever being done. IMINIERSION.—On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Williams, of Cornbourne, Goudhurst, had come from thence to Yalding, to witness the ceremony of immersion performed by Mr. Pryer, farmer, of this place, who is a Latter-day Saint, or Plymouth Brother. The company were preparing to start for the river in Northwood, where the business was to be transacted, and a Mr. Slade, of Goudhurst, was the person who was to be immersed ; but' the ceremony was prevented by a most serious accident. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had concluded to ride down to the river, and had just got into a cart fur that purpose when the horse ran back into a very deep pond in Mr. Pryer's yard, and horse, cart, and Mr. and Mrs. Williams, were quickly out of sight, and under the water. The persons present, with great presence of mind, threw into the pond a sheep-gate, and Mrs. Williams came up first and caught hold of it, and then grasped her husband by one arm, the party dragging the sheep-gate towards the yard, and Mrs- Williams and her husband, and thus both were saved from their perilous situation. The horse was drowned and the cart broken to pieces.— Rochester Gazette. THE CLYDESDALE BANKING COMPANY.—The an nual general meeting of this company was held yesterday in the Merchants' Hall ; the Hon. Sir James Anderson, Lord Provost, in the chair. Tire directors' report was unani mously approved of, and the usual dividend declared of 61 per cent. It was stated in the report that the whole of the bad debts, with the exception of a small amount not yet ascertained, had been written off, and that the reserved fund was now 131,000/. In reply to a question put to the chairman, the manager stated that the bank was not in my way connected with the Commercial Fxchange Company, and had not lost one farthing by any exchange company whatsoever. In place of the Hon. the Lord Provost and Mr. Dobie, the retiring directors, Messrs. John Mitchell and John Blackie, sen., were unanimously elected.—Glasgow Daily Mail. MIDSUMMER HORSE FAIR.—On Wednesday the Cattle market-place was the scene of our summer horse fair and hiring market. The attendance of dealers was nume rous, and the display of horses large; the quality decidedly first-rate. The supply, however, exceeded the demand ; sales were dull, and prices ruled 20 per cent, under former rates. Good draught horses brought 40/. ; superior animals not more than 411. Secondary d escr i pt i ons averaging from 20/. to 30/. Riding ponies, for which the demand was li mited, brought from 61. to 101. The hiring market was largely attended, and engagements were numerous. Wages averaged for male ser vants 41 . 10s., and for females 21. to 31. till Martinmas next. Few good hands left the market unen gcged.— Glasgow Constitutional. TDB GREAT DESERT OF SAHARA.—We have re ceived advices direct from Mourzuk, by which we learn that Mr. Richardson and his Prussian fellow-travellers, Dra. Bark and Overwege, had safely reached the capital of Fezzan, and were preparing for their longjourney to Central Africa. They are waiting the arrival of an escort of Touaricks from Ghat to conduct them from the Ghat territory to Aheer and Aghadez, the unexplored Touarick countries in the southern regions of the Sahara. On the Queen's birthday M. Gu gliuffi, the British Consul at Mourzuk, gave a dinner to the Bey of Fezzan, with his principal officers, and the tra vellers. The dinner was sumptuous for the regions of the desert, and good Mussulmans drank the health of her Ma jesty with champagne. In honour of the Germans the health of his Dlejesty the King of Prussia was also drank. At noon, fifty-one discharges of musketry and matchlocks announced to the natives of Mourzuk, the - Tibboos and Touaricks, and Soudanese and Bornouese, congregated there for commerce, the happy event of her Majesty's birthday. RATHER STRANGE.—One day last week a very large mullet, larger than has been taken in Lochlomond for the last r.O years, was caught by an angler in that beautiful water. When the fish was preparing for the brander a piece of paper addressed "C. D. ' Herald Office," was found stowed away in its stomach. An indubitable proof this of the mullet-itudinous circulation of that journal when even the fishes take it in.—Glasgow Constitutional. THE HARVEST IN FRANCE.—A letter from Bor deaux of the 10th instant states that the wheat harvest has commenced in the department of the Gironde under the most favourable auspices. The grain is firm and heavy, and of excellent quality. Advices from St. Petersburgh mention that the Neptune steamer, with 270,0001. in silver, on account of the Russian loan, had arrived on the sth inst., after the shortest passage ever made, the time occupied being six and a half days.