The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-10 00:00:00

CPtrlx Vbittion The Prussian Gazette, under date of Vienna 4th, says :—" It is not true, as has been announced, that Denmark wishes to enter into the Germanic confe deration with all her states. It is stated that King OTHO is named colonel of the regiment of infantry, vacant since the death of General WormaEatuTs. All that the journals have said on the subject of a pre tended conference between the Minister of Financ eitoTus and M. DE ROT HSCHILD 1S i nco rr ec t. cumn is not here, b u t on ly his son, w t h EMPEROR retired. It is stat e d that the journey of M. DS he l les very very into Gallicia will not take nothing certain is known place shortly, but the subject. The Council of th e E m pire will fije:ltla w on the press, and come to a decision on some financial questions,t the revision of communa l con stitutions . Several foreign Princes and Sovereig ns are shortly expected here." SWEDEN. _ The Diet of Sweden in recent sittings has been oc cupied in discussing the Budget, and in connexion with it the civil list, which is only voted for three years at a time. On the 29th ult., a d eman d o f the G Government for an increase of 36,000 fr. as pin -money for the Princess Royal, was brought forward. The Committee on the Budget had recommended that it should be voted, but the orders of the burghers and peasants refused it, on the ground that the contract of marriage of the Prince and Princess Royal had not been communicated to them. Although the Government had not demanded any increase of the civil list of the young Royal Fa mily, some members of the nobility and clergy de manded that a sum of 60,000 f. should be allowed them. The Committee on the Budget proposed to reduce the sum to 15,000 f., and the orders of the nobles and clergy voted that amount ; but the orders of the burghers and peasants rejected it, and made some sharp observations on the impropriety of such demands being made by individuals. These re- Solutions created great sensation at Stockholm; they Were considered as a demonstration against the Prince Royal, who, it; appears,: is not favourable to Proposed reforms in the representative institutions of the country. The King of SWEDEN and NORWAY, in compliance with the request of the Diet of the latter country, has authorised it to prolong its session until new orders. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) There has been a languid tone about the market this week-the cease of which is not very apparent, but the effect shows itself, not only in a diminished business, but in a diminished inquiry for all kinds of shares, and with a stronger disposition to sell than to purchase. Possibly, attention from general business pursuits is diverted by a letbding object in the western outskirts of the metropolis; or it may be that the sudden stop put to some further at tempts to raise large premiums on new mining setts, or revivals of old mines, has produced a shock in the sphere of the parties engaged in them; but which we hail with satisfaction as indicative of a better order of things. The Mining Exchange List has undergone an augmentation of numbers; and we have no doubt there are yet many good concerns which will be added, after due inquiry into their merits on the part of the cemmittee. In the Metal-market copper is firm, and in good de mand. Lead remains unaltered. No improvement has taken place in tin, and prices can only be considered no minal. Spelter is dull, and the imports continue heavy. Yellow metal sheathing in fair demand. Refined metal -very difficult of sale. Tho great feature of the week in mining affairs has been the seventh annual meeting of the Devon Great Consols Company. It shows a successful progress, per haps unprecedented in the history of mining, and each year's report appears to eclipse the previous 0,,.. During the past twelve months the cost of ore has been less by 4s. per ton than in the year 1849. The total sum for ores sold is 116,6361, I Is., and total receipts (in cluding balance from last account, 13,367/. 17s. 3d.), 131,4991. 6s. Bd. There has been paid in dividends 421. per share (43,008/0, leaving in hand 14,677/. 18s. Id The balance of assets over liabilities is 77,086/. Os. 73. At East Wheal Rose meeting on Monday, the ac counts for January and February showed-Balance from last account, 2,506/. Os. sd, ; ores sold (less dues), 7,918/. Is. 8d ; Cargoll adventurers for water charge, &c., 1141. 17s. 4d. ; three-fourths profit in Cargoll, 308/. 10s. Id. .= 10,8471. 9s. 6d.-Total costs, coals, and merchants' bills, 6,1251. 6s. 8d ; Stannary Court dues and income-tax, 213/. 135, 6d, ; carriage of ore and coals, SOL 4s. 3d.; discount on ore bills. 101. 33. 93.-By divi dend of 15/. per share (1,9201.), leaving balance in favour of advsnturers, 2,4981. Is. 43. ; the profit of the two months' working being 1,8221. Os. lid. At South Wheal Frances meeting, on Monday, the ac counts for Feb.and March showed-Copper ore sold 3,2161. 8a 9d.; tin, 660/.55.; debts received, is. 93.=3,8781.25. 9d. -Labour cost, February, 6561. 11s. 10d.; March, :675/. 2s. ld.; merchants' bills, 633/. 10s. 103.; dues, 258/. 95.; showing profit of 1,654/. 95.; add balance end of Ja nuary, 511/. 3s. 4d. - ----2,165/. 12s. 4d.-By dividend of 8/. per share, 1,9841.; leaves b a l ance i n h an d, 181/. 12s. 4d. At a meeting of Herodsfoot mine adventurers,on the Bth instant, the accounts showedaprofit upon the six months' working, ending February of 3831. 16s. 9d., a balance in hand of 5831. ls. 91, nd 2 S; b 416/. 16s. 6d. The minal e a n w c a e ofs divided assets aver liabilities of into 1,024 shares, and a dividend of s s . per :hare de clared, payable on and after the 15th instant. At Allt-y-Crib meeting, the accounts showed -Silver lead ore sold (less 1-14th dues, 64/. 10%), 8381. los.- Cost for three months ending March, 680/. 103. 6(1.: leaving a profit of 1571. 19s. sd. A dividend of 2s. 6d. per share was declared, amounting to 1561., leaving balance to next account, 11. 19s. sd. ; since which 20 tons of silver-lead ore has been sampled. At the Crane Bejusesa meeting on Tuesday, the ac- Counts for January and February were audited and passed, and a call of 2/. per share made. At the East Ty wernhale meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts for January and February showed-Balance last account, 6271. 9s. 5d.; costs and merchants' bills, 4 94/. is.3d.-_-_-1,121/. 16s. Bd.-13y call in February, 768 e; haves balance against adventurers, 353/. 16s. Bd.-A call Of 3 1, per share was made. A t re the Carwinnen mee ti ng , on M on d a y, the accounts we Passed, and a call o f 10 s . per s h are m ade. At l ' a draill Consols meeting, on 28th April, the ac counts sho wed -Balance last account, 98/. 4s. 5d.; calls, 36 3 / 4 614 4 march, 911. 5d By February cost, 84/. 133. 83. ; 23.; leaves bt : i 2 a s. 23.; sundry disbursements, 179/. 18s. assets are estiranace to next account, 105/. Os. 4d. The 13s. 7d.; leavingiat 1,930/. 12s. 23.; liabilities, 477/. 18s. 7d. balance in favour of adventurers, 1,452/. At Hawke's Point meeting the accounts showed-Ba lance last account, 316/,i7 /850, to the end of mu:* 9d,; labour cost from July, 1851, 8511. 18s. 53.; mer chants bills, 3491. lls. (less dueZa.l7l,slB/. 7s. 63. By call, 640/. ; ores sold i•aallas. 9d.), 2761. 17s. 5d.; gun d r i e s, 91. Bs. Bd.; leaving. , and to next account, 502/. ls. 5d.; to pay off which a call of 255. per share was made prosecute the mine, At a meeting of Bl ac k Craig mine adventurers, on Tuesday, the a ccounts submi tted allo wed a balance in hand of .5001. 19s. 9 d., and a b ass ets of over liabili ties of 250/. ss. 9 d. A.t Tregorder. meeting, on the 30th April, th e ac counts showed a balance ag ainst the m ine of 211/ es. 2d, and liabilities, 353/. 73 . T he shares were increas e d t o 1,120, and a call of 6s. per share made. The report is very favourable. At Trehane meeting, on the 30th April, the accounts showed a balance of 4561. Ss. sd. in hand. A dividend of 11 per share was declared. At Wheal Susan meeting, on 29th April, th© accounts s h°wed-B a l ance last account, ' 4691. 14s. 7d.; labour X 2 2, from Oct. to end Feb 41S/, 18s.; materials, tin 232/. 4(1, 1,147/. 17s. 11d.-By call, 500 L; sale of stuff 21,10/: 9d.; leaves balance to next account, At West N call of 10s. per share was made. ants ead mi - h accounts sa n ,,,Y,„ a meeting , 'endd Feb., 1851, 4 i' l " - Labour cost for five months, to on the 24th of April, •; ex dine, 264 5 penses, deputation visiting the mesa account, 20e eg !' - ' 43 3 , call, 51/.; leaves balance to A call of 2s. 6d. per share was made. At La Min meeting, on the 30th of April, the accounts showed-Balance last accoeund,oflss/. Os. lid.; labour cost four months to the March, 150/. 6s. 73.; merchants' bills, 38/. 6s. ,d 43 1. 13s Ild By cell, 69/. 14s. '53 2564 ; copper ores sold (less clues) 17 /. 19s. 60.; leaving balance to next account, call of 1/. per share was made. At Trethevy meeting, on Tuesday, t h e osta for Feb.. ruary, 141/. 1 ls, 10d. ; March , 157 /. ' r aPcolints showed—Cash received , 3684 7s. 6d.— C6 d. ; bala nce paid th e t reasure r, 661. 18s. 4d. ; leave n b alance in favour of mine, 21. ss. 10d, A call of 14 per %bare w as -made. At, Caradon Val:, Mine meeting , held April 28, th e scntsounts sh owed -Balance due to treasurer last account, 15'2/. 12s. 2d. ; costs for January, 128/. 7s. 11d.; February, 921. 7s. 11d. ; paid balance to the lessees, 754=4484 85.-By receipts, 304/. 7s. 6d.: leaves balance to next account, 144/. Os. 6d. A call of ss. per share was made, payable May 12, and a further call of 2 s. 6 d. on (Lille 12 next. At Kingsett and Bedford meeting, held on Tuesday, the cuscounts showed -Balance last account, 33/. 18s. 6d.; February costs, 79/. ss. 11d.; March 73/ 13s. 7d.; paid Capt. M. Martyn for his report, 10/. 105.,_-197/. Bs.- Calls reoeived, 78/. 55.-leaves balance to next account, 1191. 3'a. A call of 3s. per share was made. GERMANY. The Second Chamber of Prussia terminated on the sth the discussion on the Bill on the press. All the liberal amendments proposed by the Committee were rejected; and some clauses were introduced of greater severity than had been adopted by the First Chamber. The Swabian Atereury states that a number of furloughs have been granted to soldiers in the Bava rian army. More than 3,000 men have already availed themselves of this permission, and it is thought 12,000 more will follow their example. A letter from Berlin of the sth, in the Inclipen dame of Brussels, says—" The King of HANOVER is expected in this city. A few days ago, his MAJESTY attended the baptism of the hereditary Prince of MiCKLEMBURG at Ludwigslust. Th© KING has be come very aged in appearance, and he had to be sup ported. during the eeremony ; in the fete which fol lowed, which was brilliant, he fell into a profound slumber." THE c At Wheal Mary Emma meeting, held yesterday, the accounts showed a balance in hand of 3111. 18s. 3d. At the meeting of the Economic Mining Association, the accounts showed a clear balance of 12/. 15s. in hand. During the week sales have been effected in Tremayne, Penzance Consols, Alfred Consols, West Alfred Consols, West Wheal Alfred, Spearne Consols, East Wheal Leisure, East Wheal Reeth, West Providence, West Frances, Wheal Harriet, Tincroft, Stray Park, Treleigh Consols, Tregorden, Bodmin Wheal Mary. Trelawny, East Gunnis Lake, Mary Ann, Bedford United, East Tamar, South Tamar, Herodsfoot, West Caradon, Devon and Courtenay, Heiguston Downs, Black Craig, Wheal Arthur (Calstock). In Foreign Mines, Cobre, Copiapo, St. John del Rey, United Mexican, and Mexican and South American have changed hands. SPORTING ITEMS. KING OF TRUMPS.-Mr. John Shepherd,. the trainer, has purchased Mr. Woffend en ' s half of King of Trumps for 500 sovs. We hear that Mr. Shepherd has since re fused 1,000 sovs. for him. Nancy, winner of the Chester Cup, is said to have been sold to a Mr. Margetson, a publican of Hull, for 1,2001.; she remains with Job Marson. The stallion Jerry, by Smoleniko, the property of the Earl of Glasgow, died at Middleham, on Wednesday last, aged 31. He won the St. Leger in 1824, and was the sire of many good horses. Valentine, by Venison out of Proserpine, and colt by Old England out of Nitocris, both three years old, have arrived in India. , The chesnut yearling filly by Robert de Gorham out of Yawn is named Belgravia. 800, by the Ugly Buck out of Wapiti, 3 yrs, is now called Kakiatos. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) THE COMMAND-IN-CHIEF AT MADRAs.—The ill health of Lieutenant-General Sir George Berkeley having compelled him to resign his command, the office has been bestowed on Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Armstrong. This officer was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 26th Cameronians some twenty years ago, and for some time commanded at Bangalore. He was also through out the campaign in Burmah. On his return home, he was appointed to command a district in North America, where he rendered good service, and upon relinquishing the command received a warm expression of thanks from the municipal authorities of Kingston. Previous to his proceeding to India, he had seen a considerable amount of service in Europe. He was in the Peninsula from August, 1808, to the end of the war in 1814, serving at Oporto, Busaco, the actions of Pombal and Redinho, the defence of Alba de Tormes, battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees and Toulouse. Sir Richard's India experience will be of value to himself and the Madras army, but the infirmities of age have crept upon him, and may inter fere with the active discharge of his new duties. The Duke of Wellington must sadly feel the necessity of a new Brevet, when called upon to name officers for com mands in which rank, as well as physical capability, are indispensable. LIE COMMANDER•II4-CHIEF AT SHEERNESS.—We be .. Have that the successor to Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliot, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, will not be appointed until after thelHouse of Commons' discus sion on the new scheme of naval retirement. Vice- Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy„ C. 8., we hear is still the favourite. GOOD .SERVICE PENSIONB.—It is well known that there are at present in the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty two Good Service Pensions—one for an Ad miral and another for a Captain. It is believed, however, that they will not be given away until after the retire ment has been considered. It is not:at all unlikely that they will be absorbed in a now general pension fund, in which the Royal Marines will most deservedly have some better share than they hold at present. SUSPICIOUS CRAFT.—We stated last week that her Majesty's steam-vessel Lucifer, Lieutenant Commander Jackson, had been ordered to the coast of Donegal, from Cork. We understand that this movement is in conse quence of the appearance of a very suspicious-looking craft in that quarter, with long black hull and rigged like a lugger. After a short time the Lucifer proceeds to the Isle of Man to protect the fisheries. FLAGS AT THE MAlN.—There are no less than four full Admirals in active employment at the present mo ment; and in the course of a few days, when the intelli gence of the promotions shall have reached the Mediter ranean and West Indies, there will be four Admirals' flags flying at the mainmasts of the respective flag ships. TROOPS FOR THE CAPE.—It was rumoured at the Horse Guards yesterday, that the 2d,. Queen's Royal Regiment, is to embark for the Cape of Good Hope. SECURING HEAVY GUNS.—In consequence of the heavy armaments now becoming general in the service, the Admiralty have ordered that in future all men-of war are to be fitted with an eye-bolt between each ring bolt on the lower and main decks. LAVA FOR TRA➢IWAYS.—A foreign firm, Messrs. Orsi and Armani, have proposed to the Government a metallic lava as a substitute for granite on tramways; and the Admiralty have ordered its properties to be tested at Woolwich, and to be reported upon by the dockyard officers. bTAFF OF IRELAND.—Major-General His Royal High floss the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., has returned to Dublin from leave of absence in England, end resumed the command of the district. Major-General Thomas E. Napier, C. 8., has returned to Limerick from leave of absence in Dublin, and resumed the command of the district. OFFICERS UNDER ORDERS FOR INDIA. For Bengal-10th Regiment, Captain M'Gregor, Lieutenant Medhursr, Surgeon Meekler ; 18th, Royal Irish, Captari Borrow, Lieutenants Martin, Lillie, Graves, and Piercy, and Ensign Stacpoole ; 22d Regi ment, Captain Bamfylde, Lieutenant Hughes, and Ensign Moore ; 24th Regiment, Captain Macpher son ; 29th Regiment, Captain Westropp, Ensigns Browne and Langford ; 32d Regiment, Ensigns Ricketts and Foster; 53d Regiment, Captain Ross, Lieu tenants Steward and Grubble, and Assistant• Surgeon Hardie, M.D.; 60th Rifles, Ist Battalion, Cap►ain Butler, First Lieutenant Holloway, and Second Lieutenant Fox; 61st Regiment, Captain Gordon, Lieutenants Croasdaile, Brackenbury, Berry, and Twynam, Ensigns Pattoun and Daly; 70th Regiment, Captain Ryan; 75th Regi ment, Captain Hotham; 80th Regiment, Capt. Ormsby, Lieutenants Duperier and Gray; 87th Fusiliers, Captain Herring, First Lieutenant King, and Second Lieutenant Butler; 96th Regiment, Ensign Menzies; 98th Regi ment, Lieutenant Browne, Ensigns Meares and Tvvy ford; Bth Regiment, Lieutenant Craster for Bombay. For Madras-25th Regiment, Captain Hamilton, Lieutenant Manners, and Ensign Holmes; 51st Light Infantry, Ensigns Morley, Agg, and Mitford; 84th Re giment, Captains Cassan and Mitchell; 94th Regiment, Captain Sykes. For Bombay-64th Regiment, Ensign Willcocks; 78th Highlanders, Captain Mac Andrew, Lieutenant Purvis, Ensigns Martin and Berrowes; 83d Regiment, Captain Austen, Lieutenant Crawford, and Assistant surgeon Innes. THE ROYAL ACADEMY DINNER. On Saturday last the members of the Royal Academy of Arts gave their anniversary dinner at their apart ments in Trafalgar -square. It was attended by a numeroua assemblage of guests, among whom were— His• Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Secretary-at-War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham berlain, the Speaker, the President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Com missioner of the Land Revenue, the Belgian, Danish, Portuguese, Sicilian, and Prussian Ministers, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-Geueral, the Governor of the Bank, the Chair man of the East India Company, the Chairman of the Board of Customs, the Master and Warden of Dulwich College, the President of the Society of Antiquaries, the President of the College of Physicians, the President of the College of Surgeons, the Field Officer-in-Waiting. Dukes,Wellingtor,Northumberland,Newcastle,Loinster ; Marquises Anglesey, Clan ricarde, Northampton, Douglas, Hertford; Earls Carlisle, Granville, De Grey, Aberdeen, Cawdor, Lovelace, Harrowby, Morley; Viscounts Har dinga, Canning, Gough; Bishops of London and Ox ford; Lords Brougham, Charles Townsend, Ashburton, Stanley, Sudeley, Northwick, Colborne, Monteagle, Overstone, Ward, Londesborough; Mr. Justice Talfourd, Mr. Baron Alderson, Right Hons. W. S. Gladstone, Sidney Herbert. T. B. Macauley, Hon. Douglas Pennent, Francis Charteris, Colonel C. B. Phipps; Sirs G. Clerk, H. Ellis, E. Lytton Bulwer, R. H. Inglis, G.'".Staunton, the Dean of St. Paul's, Colonel Bawdon; Messrs. 11. Munro, B. Hawes, J. P. Arden, G. Young,D. Salomons, T. Baring, C. Hamden Turner, W. Russell, B. Disraeli, S. Rueber, S. M. Peto, E. Bicknell, S. Cartwright, C. H. Newdegate, E. L. Betts, C. Macready, C. Dickens, J. G. Lockhart, F. Howard, W. Ewart, R. S. Holford, T. Jack son, J. Davi s , J. B e ll, H. C o lb orne, J . F orster, J. H. Green, &c. The chai r was of course occupied by the new Presi dent of th© lonyasol Royal Academy, Sir CHARLES LOCK EAST withll a E P, ' ho, after the Queen's health had been drunk r e t nthusiasm, proposed the health of the co Prince ilroposas follows:—I have now, gentlemen, the Highness Priecee' :') e Hi g hness to you " The health of his Royal encouragement of art m ily, ,, Hi s Roy ' a t° i r i t., and the rest of the Royal a ;ghness's liberal and habitual 1 disposition on the part attributable to a genuine arises, I venture to say, from as auxiliaries in the national wor of h maiversally . know n. If that ilsoßoyal Highness be greatly love for the fine arts, it also o E education. Tho Conviction of their utility same enlarged view looks to the benefits e to be derived from the application of art and of s ei nce to manufac tures, and Lees in that application the etneuts of social improvement as well as commercial Advantage The great scheme for bringing together, the productions - " of the world sindustry, the inteleAting results of which most of those whom I ha , re the honour to address have already had the gratifica .tion of inspecting, owes its success hitherto to the sup': ort which it h as received from his Royal Highness— a support, gentle. men, which ) - .as bon manifested not* in a mere nomi nal oraroDage, Dot alone in good wi 11 les, but also in an active participation in the labour of superintend ence. And, with reference to such labour. .3, let me be per mitted to add that, in the performance O. official duties undertaken by him, his Royal Highmes s brings to the i authieicts requiring his attention not only knowledge and inellgence but equanimity and benevalance — qualit ies calculated at all t imes t o promote th, e satisfactory dis patch of busine ss and to effect the solu tion of difficulties, but which, n a cme of his Royal acquire admirable influence of such much higher value from the received with much AveI7RNaCE n re ar i l example. Highioess's exalted sta tion,led to the toast in a A perch which was enthusiasm. He ssici—Mr. President, my Lords, and Gentlema n , you h ave been very kind in SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, responding with so much warmth to the toast which your President has just proposed to you, and h e w ill a ll ow me to thank him very cordially for the flattering expressions which he used towards myself in introducing to you that toast. I shall feel very happy if the future should prove that the Great Exhibition, to which all nations have so generously contributed, should, among other advantages which I firmly hope will resu l t fr om i t, likewise tend to assist . in the promotio n o f t h e fi ne arts in this country, of which you are the representatives; and I feel proud that we can show to the many foreigners who are now visiting our shores specimens of British art such as these walls display. Although I have, since my first arri va l i n thi s country, never once missed visiting the exhibition of the Royal Academy, and have always derived the greatest pleasure and instruction from those visits, it is but seldom that my engagements will allow me to join in your festive dinner. I have, however, upon this occasion, made it a point to do so, in order to assist in what may be considered the inaugura tion festival of your newly-elected president, at whose election I have heartily rejoiced, not only on account of my high estimate of his qualities, but also on account of my feelings of regard cowards him personally. It would be presumptuous in me to speak to you of his talent as an artist, for that is well known to you, and of it you are the best judges; or of his merits as an author, for you are all familiar with his books —or, at least, ought to be so; or of his amiable character as a man, for that also you must have had opportu nities to estimate; but my connexion with him, now for nine years, on her Majesty's Commission for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, has enabled me to know what you can know less, and what is of the greatest value in a President of the Royal Academy—l mean that kindness of heart and refinement of feeling which guided him in all his communications, often most difficult and delicate, with the different artists whom we had to in vite to competition, whose works we had to criticise, whom we had to employ or to reject. Gentlemen, the productions of all works in art or poetry re quires, in their conception or executian, not only an exercise of the intellect, skill, and patience, but particu larly a current warmth of feeling, and a free flow of ima gination. This renders them most tender plants, which will thrive only in an atmosphere calculated to main tain that warmth, and that atmosphere is one of kind ness—kindness towards the artist personally, as well as towards his productica. An unkind word of criticism passes like a cold blast over their tender shoots, and shrinks them up, checking the flow of the sap which was rising to produce, perhaps, multitudes of flowers and fruit. But still criticism is absolutely necessary to the development of art, and the injudicious praise of an infe rior work becomes an insult to superior genius. In this respect our times are peculiarly unfavourable when com pared with those when Madonnas were painted in theseclu sion of convents; for we have now, on the one hand, the eager competition of a vast array of artists of every do gree of talent and skill, and, on the other, as judge, a great public, for the greater part wholly uneducated in art; and this led by professional writers, who often strive to impress the public with a great idea of their own artistic knowledge, by the merciless manner in which they treat works which cost those who produced them the highest efforts of mind and feeling. The works of art, by being publicly exhibited and offered for sale, are becoming articles of trade, following as such the unreasoning laws of markets and fashion, and public, and even private, patronage, is swayed by their tyrannical influence. It is, then, to an institution like this, gentlemen, that we must look for a counterpoise to these evils. Here young artists are educated and taught the mysteries of their profession; those who have distinguished themselves, and given proof of their talent and power, receive a badge of ac knowledgment from their professional brethren by being elected associates of the Academy, and are at last, after long toil and continued exertion, received into a select aristocracy of a limited number, and shielded in any further struggle by their well- established reputation, of which the letters "R. A." attached to their names give a pledge to the public. If this body is often assailed from without, it shares only the fate of every aristocracy; if more than another, this only proves that it is even more difficult to sustain an aristocracy of merit than one of birth or of wealth, and may serve as an usaul check upon yourselves, when tempted at your elections to let personal predilections compete with real merit. Of ono thing, however, you may rest as sured, and that is the continued favour of the Crown. The same feeling which actuated George 111. in founding this institution still actuates the Crown in con tinuing to it its patronage and support, recognising in you a constitutional link, as it wore, between the Crown itself and the artistic body. And when I look at the assemblage of guests at this table, I may infer that the Crown does not stand alone in this respect, but that those feelings are shared also by the great and noble in the land. May the Academy long flourish, and continue its career of usefulness. The Duke of WELLINGTON acknowledged the toast of " the Army and Navy ;" and expressed the pleasure with which he met the gentlemen of the Royal Academy, and witnessed the productions of their art. The toast of " The city of London" called up Lord J. RUSSELL, who, " in the absence of my Lord Mayor," returned thanks; remarked on the importance of such exhibitions as that of the Royal Academy in contribut ing to popular education, and announced his intention, as a Minister of she Crown, to use every means within his power to throw open to the people the civilizing in- Hume° of the fine arts. The Duke of NEWCASTLE returned thanks for the visitors, and M. VAN DE WEYER for the Foreign Ministers. The Chevalier BUNSEN proposed " Success to the Great Exhibition," which was responded to by Lord GRANVILLE, with many earnest allusioni to the unwearied energy and ability by which its illustrious originator had secured its success. Mr. 2:IACAITLAY and Sir ROBERT INGLIS returned thanks fcr the honorary members of the Academy; and the toasts of " Literature " and the " Drama" were acknowled by Mr. DICKENS and Mr. MACREADY. " The Royal Society" was (in the absence of Lord Rosse) acknowledged by Sir RoDERICK MURCIIISoN; " the Society of Arts," by his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT; " The Society of Ant;quaries," by Lord MA- L[oN; and " The British Institution," by Lord CARLISLE. Towards the close of the evening, in speaking to the toast of The Possessors of Collections of Pictures who occasionally throw open their Galleries to the Pub lic," Lord WESTMINSTER stated that his gallery was open every Thursday to those who honoured him by desiring to view it, and regretted that he could not throw open its contents more frequently. He agreed in all that had fallen from Lord John Russell on the subject, and expressed the interest with which ho viewed the pre valence of that good understanding among the artists of all countries which the Great Exhibition was sure to extend, and of which the presence of two pictures by Russian artists in the Academy exhibition of this year was a gratifying evidence. Sir C.:hartes Eastlake quitted the chair at ten o'clock and the meeting broke up. Although want of room may be pleaded as an excuse for the absence of reporters, the regret exprersed after the entertainment by the guests themselves, that no re cord would be preserved of such a meeting, will probably lead the Council of the Academy to reform the timid and exclusive habits to which they have so long adhered. —Times. DE BERIOT IN PARIS.—CLOSE OF THE ITALIAN SEASON. (FRox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Oar Italian season finally closed, on Saturday week, with a concert, in which the celebrated De Beriot was heard in Paris for the first time for many years, and amply justified the enthusiasm of his ancient admirers, while his superb playing delighted beyond expression all those who had never before heard the great violinist. The power and sweetness of his tone, the combined fi re and delicacy of his execution, and, above all, the musical feeling which pervaded his entire performance, elicited transports of applause, and fully me rited the warmth of his audience, excessive as it was. M. de Beriot left us but one cause of regret—that he only played a single morgeau, his well-known Tremolo, which was redeenanded with rapturous plaudits by the entire salle. We could have desired to hear some of his compositions of a later date. The achievements of his three pupils, who play in unison, went off with the usual eclat. M. Gottschalk's execution on the piano is known to you in London; I need, therefore, only say that it was a distinguished feature in the soiree. De Beriot's play ing carried the evening off triumphantly, and thus closed the spring season of 1851; the conclusion of which de rived an unexpected splendour from the success of Signora Cravelli, which has been brilliant almost beyond example; and on the whole, though from the lateness of the period at which the theatre was placed in the hands of Mr. Lumley it was found impossible to organize a troupe, as it would have been under other circumstances, and will be in future, we have to thank the impresario for a delightful season. In addition to that greatest of Parisian favourites, Lablache; he has introduced to us the matchless Sontag, Caroline Duprez, Mme.Fiorientini, Mine. Montenegro, and the brilliant Cravelli, who though not, so tar as I have heard, a revolutionist, or even a democrat, seems destined to shatter " long estab lished thrones"—operatic, of course—on her advent in London. The " bright particular star" of our season was, however, La Sontag, whose surpassin g p owers never surely shone out so brilliantly, or under such varied as pects. As the season advanced she seemed more and more at home with the Parisian public, and her singing was attended with that rare and indefinable charm ;of appearing to yield the gracious vocalist as much plea sure as it afforded her hearers. We have to thank M r . l t e and n f d o r energy more raisedthan a t l h l e this—for theatre de plorable state in which it had been thrown by the tLulemnrevo lution, and subsequent unfortunate management. It be came at once the resort of all the rank, wealth, and fashion of the capital, and the Theatre Italien was, in fact, the only spot in Paris which recalled the splendour of days gone by. Mr. Lumley commences his next season on the Ist of October, with every promise of a brilliant result. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The extensive scaffolding lately erected in front of the British Museum, for the purpose of placing West macott's group of figures in the tympanum of the por tico, view hcaaan °w it): b b ee e onb almost ( o ' D f t rely b r e e m a u o t v i t e u d i a ft d d i ti a o n f Li t to ll the exterior of what may be called a rather massive and ponderous than an elegant and graceful structure. These figures, which are intended as allegorical representations of the different arts and sciences, do great credit to the taste and judgment of the sculptor, both as regards the way in which they have been designed and executed, and the costurPs and positions they occupy in the group. There is nothing strained, stiff, or unnatural about them, while they at once strike the eye as the emanations of a superior mind and the workmanship of a nice and delicate hand. It may be safely said that there is no public building in the metropolis which, in this respect, will be able to com pete with the British Museum. The group is made more effective by the largeness of some of the figures, and the prominence which is given to them, by the ground-work being painted blue—a novelty, by the way, in this country. A small portion of gilding on the minor matters of detail also forms an agreeable con trast. It will not bo difficult to conceive, therefore, that the long facade of the Museum, destitute as it previously was of all ornament, has been rendered more cheerful and attractive, and otherwise greatly improved in appear ance. We question, too, whether the effect might not be heightened by placing some classically designed and appropriate figure on the plinth or pedestal immedi ately over the tympanum, which many regret to find has been left vacant. Crowds of persons are daily collected in Great Russell.streot, and seem to examine with considerable interest this praiseworthy specimen of the sculptor's art. The figures, wo may mention, are all cut out of Portland stone. The screen work dividing the building from the street is proceeding very slowly and is not expected to be finished before Midsummer, so that a vast number of visitors to London during this exciting and bustling season will not have an opportunity of seeing one of the best of our public structures in a finished and complete state. Though the officials or managers, in deference to public opinion, were compelled to abandon their idea of entirely closing up the area from the public—as it was generally said for personal motives arid private conve nience—they have taken great pains to effect as much of that ridiculous object as possible. The central piers, which are built of granite, are nearly as large as some moderately-sized cottages, and the stone work on %Ihieh the massive iron railing is to be fixed, would compel a little man to stand on his toes i n or d er to get a glance at the open space within. Notwithstanding, however, these drawbacks, it is very probable that the architectural screen, as it is called, will not look amiss when finished. , TWO CHILDREN POISONED. THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 9. BANKRUPTS. Richard Gudgin, licensed victua!lor, Cople, Bedford shire, May 16, and Juno 20, at two, at the Court o . Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Businghall street ; Wright, Furuival's-inn, Holborn ; Green, Woburn, Beds. John William Creed, innkeeper, Tilbury Fort, May 29, and June 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basingball street ; Matthews, Arthur-street West, London-bridge. John Moores, jun., draper, Aylesbury, May 24 and June 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Wilkinson, Gurney, and Stevens, Nicholas-lane. Frederick Auguste Dietrich, bat manufacterer, Ben nett-street, Stamford-street, May 16, at half-past eleven, and June 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell e official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Turnley, Cornhill. Frederick William Froggett and James Van Mutton, corn merchants, Mark-lane, May 20 and June 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as signer, Coleman-street-buildings; May and Sweetland, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. David Kirby, draper, Brackley, Northampton, May 22, at half-past twelve, and Juce 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cullm, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Shattock, Coleman -street. William Rolfe Golder, miller, Folkstone, May 19, and June 16, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-strut; Bowes and Son, Chancery-lane ; Watson, Folkstone. Charles Thomas Spencer Devey, auctioneer, Woburn, Bedfordshire, May 29 mud June 17, at two, at thou Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Cobb, Downham-road, Lower Islington. Thomas Bag,g, victualler, Birmingham, May 24, at one, and June 9, at ten, ;at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Gem, Birmingham ; Ito Wan), Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Isaiah Harper, builder, Dudley, Worcestershire, May 22 and June 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham Distrct Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright, Birmingham. __ James Merrell, cattle dealer, Walcot, Worcester shire, May 22 and June 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Wrights, Birmingham. William Gray, grocer, Sunderland, May 23 and June 24, at alven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Sale, Worthington and Shipman, Manchester; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Charles Salter and Richard Morris Evans, tailors, Upper King•strcet, Bloomsbury, May 20, at two, and Juno 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Link laters, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house; Lindsay and Ma son, Gresham-street, City. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Rear-Admiral Hornby, C. 8., is hourly expected at Ports mouth from the Pacific in his flag-ship Asia, 84, Captain R. F. Stopford. Mr. Loudon, paymaster of 1799, and formerly secretary to the commander-in-chief at Devonport, the late Sir David Milne, died on the Ist inst. Coznmodore Wyvill, in the Castor, 36, was at the Cape, April 4. Herald, 26, surveying -vessel, Captain Kellett, C. 8., left the Cape, March 27, for England, to be paid off. Hermes, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Fishbourne, and the Dee steam-transport, Lieutenant-Commander Crowder, have been engaged in conveying horses and levies from .Table Bay and East London. Fairy yacht-tender, Master-Comm an d er W e l s h , and the royal dispatch tender Elfin, Master-Commander Balliston, were taken out to test engines and vessels after repairs, round Spithead, on Thursday, by Captain Crispin. Both vessels:answered well and are now ready for summer service. Dart, 3, brigantine, tender to the Castor, Lieutenant-Com mander Sterling, arrived at Simon's Bay, from Quillamane, March 17. New Liverpool freight-ship arrived at Devonport from Portsmouth on Wednesday. and embarked a detachment of the 23d Regiment. She would have sailed on Thursday morning had not the wind shifted to west in the night, and blown hard all dey. As soon as the weather moderates she will sail for Cork, and fill up her complement of troops, and sail for Quebec. Ponasmotrar, FRIDAY.—A fatal boat accident occurred here this morning. The gig of Captain Harris, of the Prince Regent, 90, was coming from Spithead to Southsea beach, about a quarter to nine o'clock, when she was capsized by a sudden puff of wind and a heavy sea striking her simulta neously. She had six hands in her (a coxswain and five fine first-class boys), one of whom, named Charles Hawki ns , was drowned before assi s t ance could be rendered them. THE TURKISH SHIPS AT SPlTHEAD.—Yesterday morning their Excellencies Geenaleddin Pacha, Lieutenant-General (and brother-in-law of the Sultan), and Mustapha Pacha. vice Admiral of the Turkish navy, arrived here by express train from London, and were received a', the station by Com mander Sir G. Webster, Bart. Their Excellencies' visit was strictly incognito • they proceeded imm e di a t e l y on b oar d t h e frigate Mirat Zafir, mustered and inspected her, after which they visited the brig for the same purpose. The inspections lasted four hours. The progress the crews of these vessels have made in gunnery, and the general good conduct of their officers and crews during their prolonged stay in this country, elicited their Excellencies' warmest commendations, and Com mander Sir G. Webster received their thanks for his nude viating attention to his charge. As a mark of their oatiofaction, all tllO mate OCI V 10,44; 1u chest, vessels (four in the frigate and two in the brig) were promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and the petty officers and some of the ' crew received similar proofs of approbation. Their Excellencies returned to town by the 6.30 P.m. express train ; but it is their intention to pay a visit to our dock yard before they leave England. The steam-frigate Feiza Baari is undergoing repairs at Woolwich, and will be ready in about a fortnight's time, when these distinguished visitors will return to Constantinople in her. The lower masts and bowsprit of the frigate Mirat Zafir, which were known to be defective some time ago, have been surveyed this morning, and reported rotten. Application will therefore be made to this dockyard for a new set, and she will probably return into harbour early next week for the pur pose of taking in her new ones. The Bey, although aware of their state, did not like to take the responsibility of ap plying for a new set without the sanction of his Admiral, although urged to do so by Sir G. Webster three months ago. We regret to add that one of the sentries on board the Mirat Zafir, whilst walking his post on the forecastle during Wednesday night, fell overboard, and although the alarm was immediately given, and boats lowered, he sank before they could reach him, being encumbered by his great coat and accoutrements. The body has not yet been picked up. MAGISTRATES' CLERKS.—The notion of placing magistrates' clerks upon salary is another of the unsound " fits and fancies" of the day. " The labourer is worthy or his hire," and why, therefore, in the name of common sense and of justice, are magistrates' clerks to be deprived of a portion of what, by their talents and industry, they earn? In many instances they get but a trifle of the fee due to them (in consequence of the poverty of complainants, where a defendent goes to gaol), and in many other instances they get no fee at all, the law not authorising any remuneration. Why, then, are they to be salaried, and surrender a portion of their fees to the county-rate? To that fund it would avail little, whilst, individually to the clerks, it would be a manifest injustice. If some magistrates have a desire to act upon such a plan, the public, no, even the public, will not thank them for it: Were it their own case, what woald they say then 2—From a Correspondent. FEMALE SERVANTS' TiomE.—The anniversary meeting of this institution took place last night. In the report it was stated that the receipts of the society were, during the past year, 4721. 18s. Gd. ; and after the expendi ture of the association, there was a balance in hand of 261. 13s. 2d. Several resolutions were proposed and agreed to, in support of the objects of the s oc i e t y . Th e meet i ng thin broke up. The Coventry Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association held its annual meeting of members in the large room of the Temperance Hotel, Bishop-street, Coventry, on. Tuesday evening. The room was inconveniently crowded with the attendance of members on the occasion. The ob ject of the meeting was to hear the accounts for the past year; to consider the best method of electing the com mittee for 1851; and generally to secure a better organiza tion of the reformers of this city, upon the principles laid down in the bill of rights issued by the National Association, or free trade in all its integrity; financial reform; econo mical and equitable, Parliamentary reform, immediate and complete. STATE OF TRADE.-MAN CRESTER MAY 8.-- Very little alteration has taken p l ace in the market since Tuesday. Although on the whole, perhaps, rather more bu siness has been done, th e mar k e t exhibits the same dulness and depression to-day as it did last week. Where sales have been effected they have been merely to supply immediate and pressing wants, and have been generally executed at prices in favour of the buyer. No material decline 114 taken place, except in the case of some parties whose wants oblige them to press their stocks on the market with more eagerness. There is a large stroke of business doing in the mills, and production goes on largely, whilst the principal accumulations of stock are confined to the iths printing cloths, principally of the lower qualities. Of 9-Bths print ing cloths a good many have gone off in shirting lengths. Madapollams and doniestics are also comparatively plentiful in stock, Generally speaking, however, stocks continue light. ON DlT. — Lieut.-Colonel Crabbe, late of the 74th Highlanders, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the accomplished widow of the late Henry Spooner, Esq., formerly an officer i n h er M a j esty ' s cavalry. The lady ,is well known and appreciated at Sonthampton by her exten sive and multifariouslbenevolent charities.—British Army Dispatch. MAY 10, 1851. Another addition has just been made to the long list of instances already afforded of the fatal results of the present lax system of administering pecuniary relief by means of burial clubs. The victims in the present instance are two children, named Sarah Ann Barcroft and Ellen Mills, the former aged eleven months, and the latter two years and three months. The deceased Sarah Ann Barcroft was the child of Jonathan and Ruth Barcroft, residing at the Hague, near Mottram. This child died suddenly on the 29th ult., after a few hours' illness, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Mills, the mother of the other child, who resides at a short distance from Barcroft's house, was sent for by Mrs. Barcroft, to assist her in laying out the dead child. Mrs. Mills took with her to Mrs. Barcroft's, Ellen Mills, and another of her children named George, about 13 months old, and also two children named M`Gloclan, who lodged with their father at Mrs. Mills's house. Mrs. Barcroft then requested Mrs. Mills to go to a place called Tommylowe, about two miles off, to fetch Mrs. Barcroft's mother, offering to take care of the chil dren till she returned. Mrs. Mills accordingly went to Mrs. Bareroft's mother, and returned with her at about two o'clock in the afternoon. Soon after she returned, some porridge, which had been prepared in her absence, was given to the children, who, in about five minutes were seized with vomiting. Ellen Mills became rapidly worse, and expired about half-past ten o'clock that night. The other children recovered. Information of these circumstances having reached Mr. Little, special high constable, at Hyde, he visited Barcroft's house on the following morning, the 30th ult., to make in quiries as to the cause of the sudden death of the children. Mrs. Barcroft then told him that on the Monday night, when her husband was from home, she went to bed with her child about eight o'clock. Her husband came home during the night, she could not say at what time, there being no clock in the house. Some time afterwards the child became rest lees, and began to cry. Mrs. Barcroft woke her hus band, and he went down stairs, and brought up some flour porridge, which the mother had made before she went to bed, and put on the hob by the fieeside. She gave the child some of the porridge, and in about five minutes it began to vomit, became very ill, and died about eleven o'clock the next morning. Jonathan Bar croft, the father of the deceased, told Mr. Little that on Monday he was at a beershop in Mottram in company with a man named Fairhnrst, till about ten o'clock at night, when he went home to bed. In the morning be went to his work, and did not hear of his child's death till some hours afterwards. He gave the remains of the porridge to a man named Cooper, next door, for his hens. Cooper said he had given the porridge to his hens, and it had done them no harm. On Seturday last an inquest was held on the bodies of the two children, before Mr. Hudson, coroner, but nothing of importance transpired, and the proceed ings were adjourned. On Tuesday last the inquest was resumed, when Messrs. Aleock and Sidebottam, sur geons, of Mottram, stated that th ey h a d ma d e a post mortem examination, and had found arsenic in the stomach. The inquest was accordingly adjourned again, and Barcroft and his wife were apprehended that even ing on suspicion of the murder. Mr. Little, on making further inquiries, learnt that on the day of his child's death Barcroft went to the registrar of deaths at Glosop, and sttred that he lived at Littlemore, about four miles from the Hague; that his child had died of the hooping cough, and obtained from him a certificate for the interment of tilt, deceased. It also appears that, on the 23d ult., Barcroft, who was employed as a washer at Messrs. Ed. Potters' print works, Dieting-vale, ob tained from Thos. Marsden, who has the care of the thugs and colours at the works, 2 oz. of white arsenic, and about the same quantity of sugar of lead, stating that he wanted them for a person at the Hague, to put round some pleats. All the five children were members of the Dinting-valo Burial Club. Barcroft received 21. 10s. from the treasurer of the society, on showing him the certificate which ho bad previously obtained from the registrar. The parents of the deceased Ellen Mills also received 41. from the club, In consequcucee of the suspicion which rests upon Barcroft and h a wife, Mr. Little has received authority from the coroner to exhume the body of a child of which Mrs Barcroft was delivered on Good Friday last, and which died abut six hours afterwards. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the two children will to held on Tuesday next,:at the Griffin Inn, Broad-bottom, near Mottram. SHIP NEWS. VESSELS SPOIEN WITH. Helen, of and from Belfast for America, in lat. 45, long. 38. Held foreign brig, for New York, with emigrants, April 24, in lat. 47, long. 32. William Skse brig, from Barbadoes for Liverpool, May 1, in lat. 50, long. 15. Eliza Moore, of Maryport, for Valparaiso, May 2, in lat. 51, long 7. Dennison ship, from Liverpool for Bombay, in lat. 3 S, long. 82 E. James Campbell, from the Clyde for Trinidad, April 11, in let. 25 N., long. 37 W. Countess of Durham, Feb. 21, in lat. 31 S., long. 34 E. Bell barque, from the Mauritius, for Queenstown, March 5, in lat. 30 S., long. 11 E. Lady Kinaaird, bound south, March 28, in lat. 2 N., long. 23 W. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent frota the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] When made up in From what PLACES. General Post-office port die- When London. patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.) N I May 16 .. Liverpool .. May 20 America (by U.S. pkt.) N,MaY 13 .. Liverpool .. May 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) 61 , May 21 Southampt. May 16 Africa (West coast).. N,l4th of the month Plymouth Arrived Alexandria* N,l9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. May 18 Belgium .. Daily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. 31 : 9th of the month Southampt. May 12 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Southampt. May 12 Californit(viaChagrea)M 17th of month Southampt. May 20 Cape of Good Hope N,l4th of month Plymouth.. Arrived Cotuatantinoples N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 10 Central 4merica M2d la 17th of mon. Southampt. Jane 5 Channel Isles NIMon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. S a Chili M;l7 Southampt. May 20 France .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedally Greece* • • .. N, 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • May 10 Hamburgh N,Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. M,Wednes. & Satur. Loudon .. Moa.Thur Honduria . N 17th of the month Southampt. May 20 Ireland • • •• M & NiTwice daily .. Holyhead .• Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month l Southampt. May 23 India (via Marseilles) N 7th&24th ofmonth Dover .. May 17 Mediterranean (via Soutlumpton) M 20th of the month Southampt. May 23 Mediterranean (via I Marsedles) Nlth&24thofmonth Dover • . May 17 Mexico • • .. 612 d of the month.. Southampt. Jane 6 Madeint • • • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. May 12 Maltae N r7th,l7th,l9th,27th } Dover May 10 & 30th of month Naples' . N Oth 15th 25th ofmo,Dover .. May 11 Papal hates . * N sth 15th 25th of mo!Dover .. May 12 Peninsular.. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. May 16 Peru .• • • • • •• M 17th of the month Southampt. May 20 Tuscany* N sthlsth 25th of mo Dover . • May 11 West /adios M 17th of the month Southanapt.lMay 20 • • • • •• M 17th of the month Mammy' , •. N sth 15th 25th of mo' West t.dies M 17th of the month West ['idles (except Havanna & Nassau) M l 2d of the month .. Tte mails to those countries thus marl Trend packet vi a Marseilles. CJLl➢oaxl&.—Mails to and from California, Via the United states are now despatched and clue by every American packet. ISouthanapt. !June 5 ced (*) are conveyed by ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. —Yesterday the mem bers of this club held their annual general meeting at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The commo dore, the Earl of Wilton, occupied the chair. A considerable number of members attended, including the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Conyngham,.Viscnunt Exmouth, the Sight Hon. Milner Gibson, Captain Sir George B. Pechell, M.P. , Mr. J. Maxse, Mr. Spencer De Horsey, Colonel Markham, and Mr. G. Bentinck. The following gentlemen were elected members :—Joseph Parker, Esq., cutter, Magician, 62 tons; the Rev. Robert P. Hartopp, cutter, Syren, 68 tons; Lieutenent-Colonel Joshua Smith, schooner, Leda, 120 tons; Sir W. P. Carew and E. Hulse, Esq., schooner, Geui, 125 tons; T. Hodges, Esq., M.P., cutter, Laelia, 75 tons. Six gentlemen:were elected hono rary lumbers. It was stated that the funds of the club were rapidl! increasing, and that a very considerable balance at present remained in the treasurer's hands. It was announced that the Queen's Cup for large cutters of 105 tons, eta., would be sailed for on the 18th of August. His Royal Highness Prince Albert had given a cup, which would be sailed for on the 20th of August, by large class schooners. The committee had apportioned the sum of 1001. for yachts of all nations, belonging to clubs; the course to be round the Isle of Wight. It was expected that the season would be a very brilliant one. HOIYHEAD AND KINGSTOWN PACKETs.—From a return printed by order of the House of Commons, it ap pears tlat her Majesty's mail steam-packets Banshee, Cara doc, Fin Queen, and Llewellyn, made 124 passages between Holyhead andlliingatown during the month of March, 1850, and the average length of the passages 4 hours 20 1 4 min. The thrte contract mail steam-packets, Eblana, Llewellyn, ' and St. Columba, made 126 trips in March, 1851, oceupying on an average 4 hours 42 1-3 min. in the passage. The shortest passage made by any of her Majesty's mail steam packets vas by the'Banshee. which crossed in 3 hours 87 mi n . the shortest trip made in March, 1851, by the contract mail eteam-packets was made by the Llewellyn in 4 hours 18 min. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 9. TRANSPORTATION TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) The Archbishop of DUBLIN felt called upon on the pre sent occasion to bear testimony to the working of the peni tentiary system established at the Mouutjoy depot in Ire land. He had been invited to go that penitentiary to hold a confirmation, and he went because the prisoners could not go to the parish church. It was impossible for him to speak too highly of Mr. Blacker, the excellent minister who had charge of the Protestant convicts. That Rev. Gentleman had informed him, that out of 30 or 40 conviets about to sail for the colonies several desired and were in a fit state to be con firmed. He had himself examined them all, and it appeared to him that the moral system and discipline of that peni tentiary had solved one of the most difficult problems in pe nal legislation. The punishment was felt by the prisoners as severe on account of the separate and silent system, and it did not appear to have injured their intellects or to have impaired their health. Silence, labour, and cleanliness were, enforced, and opportunities of instruction were afforded to the prisoners. A large number of the prisoners who had left the depot were able to read and write, although when they came there they did not know the letters of the alphabet. The confinement appeared to him to be so complete as to be Irm7 fide a very severs punishment as well as as reformatory one. Indeed the hopes which Mr. Blacker entertained df a real reform were most encouraging, b u t at the same time he expressed his regret that the prisoners, though well qualified for a societylofFaverage morality, were about to be sent to a country in which the great mass of the.. population were contaminated, and that they would have to undergo a more fiery ordeal than they could be expected to guitain. With that excepti9i the Mt= Homed to be sufficient to deter and to reform. He should have been grateful if he could have said that h's cpiniens had changed, or if his predictions had been falsified on this question; but he could not say that they had. All accounts from the colony only confirmed his most dismal apprehensions. It had been said that the reports of the Committee were one-sided. In a certain sense that might be the case, but if they were one sided it was because tne evidence was one-sided, and if the evidence was one-sided it was because the facts had been one-sided. Nevertheless, as far as the Mountjoy experiment had been tried, he thought he was warranted in saying that it had solved one of the most difficult problems connected with the question. Earl GREY thought he would best consult the conveni ence of their Lordships by confining his observations to one or two of the principal points touched on in the speech of the Noble Lord. It had been stated more than once that any system of punishment confined to this country rendered the lapse of convicts into crime an inevitable result. The Noble Lord who had preceded him in office had' called their Lord ships' attention to that fact. There could be no doubt that convicts discharged from the Penitentiary, anxious to get work and to do well, had been dragged back to crime by falling in with some of their old associates. The present system was to remove the convict to the colonies after he had undergone a certain term of imprisonment and labour at home. The Right Rev. Prelate had alluded to the Mount joy Penitentiary, which was on the model of that of Pen tonville. There was, however, one circumstance connected with the system at that Penitentiary, which could not be overcome, and that was its effects on the intellect and health of the prisoners. All the medical men agreed in opinion, and the experience at Pentonville confirmed that opinion, that 18 months was the maximum which human nature could bear of that very stern and severe system. Even that period could not be undergone without the closest attention from the chaplain and medical officer. In many cases 12 months was as long a period as the system could be perse vered with. There were, however, criminals who could not be let off with merely 18 months' imprisonment.— (Hear.) Accordingly the present system, which he thought by far the best system, was adopted. After a period of separate con finement the convicts were sent to public works at Portland, Bermuda, and Gibraltar, and there employed under strict re gulations. He knew not if any of their Lordships had seen those works. If not, he would advise them to visit them. Although the sight of human beings undergoing punishment was at all times painful, he was gratified on visiting Port land to see the busy appearance of the place, the good con duct of the men, the little discipline that was required, and the immense amount of useful labour performed. The pri soners were employed under engineer officers, and were sti mulated by the expectation of shortening by good conduct their period of probation. Indeed, so great was that stimulus that men even unwell would rather go with the gangs than remain at home. He had seen one man who had gone out with his gang before he had recovered from a very serious accident. The next step in the punishment of the convicts was their removal to the colony on what were called tickets of leave. The Noble Lord had aked why the original plan had not been adhered to ? Experience was against it. It was found that the prisoners, after having been under a strict system of discipline in this country, were not able to withstand temptation when they became their own masters in the colony. They were now granted tickets of leave, and were dispersed in the more distant parts of the colony, where they were usefully employed as shepherds and in other occupations. The results, as far as they had been ascertained, were satisfactory. At first there was no means of carrying the punishment into effect in this country in the way it ought to be carried into effect ; but that defect was now in a great measure remedied. The Noble Lord said that Government had broken their promise to the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. He thought it was clear from the Noble Lord's own showing that no promise had been violated. The Noble Lord said that the first com munication which he (Earl Grey) had made to the governor was in September, 1846, three months after he came into office, and that the substance of his communication was that he could give him no information as to the penal system to be adopted until the decision of the Government and Parlia ment had been pronounced.—( Hear, hear.) A few months afterwards the views of the Government were embodied in an eiaborate letter from Sir George Grey to him ; and he stated that it was not the present intention of the Govern ment that, at the expiration of two years, transportation to Van Diemen's Land should be resumed. (Lord Lyttelton made an observation, which was not heard in the gallery.) It was a mistake to suppose that the executive could do what it pleased in a question such as this. Early in 1847 a Noble and Learned Lord not at present in this country moved for a Committee on the subject, and an opinion was expressed that the Government were wrong in what they had proposed. Concurrent with that opinion, a general ex pression was received from the colonies that the convicts should not be sent as exiles, but rather under some species of modified control. He had no hesitation in stating that the intention was to remove them as exiles, and to send them to as many of our colonies as possible. For many years it had been the practice in Bermuda to give pardons to con victs for good behaviour, and on condition that they went to some other country. Very recently some of these men had worked their passage to the United States; but on getting there they found that a law recently passed prohibited any shipowner bringing convicts to that country, and accordingly they were taken back to Bermuda. He agreed with the Noble Lord that it was desirable to disperse those men, and to rial them of their convict character as far as possible; but two obstacles had presented themselves—Parliament had disapproved of the plan, and neither the United States nor our colonies would admit them.—(Hear. ) The question, therefore, was, :what was to be done? His firm conviction was, the difficulty now experienced was a difficulty of a temporary kind. If we improved our ex isting system, and well watched it, he believed they would have the Australian colonies, now so averse to convicts, con testing with each other for these very convicts (Hear.) To show that the colonies were not so averse to convicts, he would state that, in a petition from Van Diemen's Land, it was stated that the discontinuance of transportation to Van Diemen's Land would be ruinous to the colony. In Botany Bay a meeting had been held at which the squatters, or sheep farmers, were all in favour of the resumption of transportation to the colony. This was proof that the colonies were not so averse to convicts as represented. In Western Australia be had received a private letter describ ing the manner in which the experiment of m ov i ng conv i cts to Western Australia had succeeded. The gentleman stated that had it not been for the arrival of convicts the place in another year would have been abandoned. So great had been the advantage, that at Freemantle the water frontage had been sold for a guinea a foot. This was one of the results of sending convict labour to that portion of Australia, And the convicts also conducted themselves in the very best and most exemplary manner. One of the labours in which these convicts were employed was in building a prison for themselves.—(Load laughter.) The convicts who had ob tained tickets of leave had conducted themselves so well as to merit the approbation of all. He was satisfied that such would be the benefits of the policy that a flourishing district would appear where all before was a desert.—(Hear, hear.) He was bound to add that he deeply lamented the necessity that had been imposed on her Majesty's Government of sending so many convicts to Van Diemen's Land. He admitted that the true policy was to disperse the convicts as widely as possible. The measures of her Majesty's Government had been directed to the send ing as few convicts as possible to Van Diemen's Land, and to send only those whose characters were of the best descrip tion. He was happy to say there was a prospect of sending within the next six months only half the usual number to that colony. He was bound, however, to express his strong opinion that the colony had no right to expect the discon tinuance of sending convicts there until it could be done without inconvenience to the mother country. He consi dered that the convict system had been the making of that and the Australian colonies. It was owing to the convict system that the colonies possessed roads that could not be surpassed in England. He considered that Van Diemen's Land had experienced all the advantages of the penal sys tem; that colony was, therefore, not entitled to turn round and say the system should be discontinued as soon as it suited the colonists to say so. The colony had no right to take such a position. While the interests of Van Diemen's Land should not be neglected, Government at the same time would take care that the interests of the mother country were also protected. The Bis'hop of SALISBURY bore testimony to the ge neral efficiency of the present convict system. Portland was in his diocese; there were 1,800 convicts there, many of whom had been convicted of grave offences—and it was im possible to see this large number engaged in works of utility without indulging in hopes of their ultimate reformation. He, however, should be deceiving their Lordships if he said he entertained any sanguine hopes of the reformation of cri minals of mature years. He could well believe that the in stitution at Portland might effect good, but he doubted in cases where the punishment had not been sufficient in the first establishment, whether the system at Portland was sufficiently penal to reform offenders. If the present system could be effectually carried out it would prove as efficacious as any other; but then to put the system thoroughly into practice was attended with immense difficulty. The Bishop of OXFORD said that much that the Noble Lord had said that night had given him pain. The paramount evil of transportation was, that it attempted to plant new na tions with the basest of mankind. He regretted the Noble Earl (Earl Grey) had lent the weight of his name to sanction this—the master-evil of the present system of convict trans plantation. Moral pollution was almost a necessary conse quence of the presence of convicts in new colonies. Crimi nals should not be placed in circumstances under which, if they proved useful servants, almost any amount of irregu larity and misconduct was tolerated. To create a penal colony was a great sin in a civilized and enlightened country. The colonies had a right to object to the present system. To plant colonies of criminal men was the seed of evil in the earth, and what no Christian country Ds was justified doing. Lord MONTEAGLE was prepared to say that upon reason and from experience, and looking at the thing as a whole, the present system of diffusing convicts throughout the world, if properly conducted, was benefiting both the home country and our colonies. There was an overloaded labour market at home. The removing these criminals re lieved the honest and industrious at home. There was a deficiency of labour in the colonies, and supplying that want was a benefit to the colonies. It was said that if convicts were sent abroad, there was a chance of their meeting their old associates, but if they were kept at home there was a certainty .of meeting them. Abroad there- were nu merous instances of the reformation and subsequent pros perity of convicts. The principle of sending convicts abroad was a recognised evil, but it was an inevitable evil. It was impossible to carry on the administration of criminal justice without the power of expatriation in some form or other. Much of the evil that had arisen on this subject had been caused by the intermeddling of Parliament. He wished to know whether the hulk system was about to be re newed ? The Duke of ARGYLE said that the fact, if fact it were that the system was inevitable, was a v ery i nconcl usive.argu-, argu ment. It was upon a balance of the evilshaendeinnlcot inconveniences that that this question must be adjusted. T se lves were the best judges of th e i r material and moral inetme-- rests, and they had unanimously repudiated this sy stem. After a few words fro m L ord WODEHOUSE, Earl GREY said, in answer to a question from the Noble Lord (Monteagle), that the system of the hulks had never been discontinued, although certainly it was very desirable to get rid of the system. A prison was now building in Bermuda, and arrangements were being made in this country to get rid of the convicts. The system of associated labour would then be p er f ormed in those instead of in the hulks. Until those prisons were prepared it was necessary that con victs should go to the hulks. It was still necessary to a cer tain extent to use the hulks, but as soon as the hulks were prepared they would pass that part of their punishment on shore. The question was one of comparison—the compara tive amount of moral evil by one system or the other. The discussion then terminated, and their Lordships adjourned. Mr. HUME presented a p tiller, from Arb roath, 11l luVuUr ,ht; he following Mr. URQUHART then rose to move t pope ;„ amendment:—" 1. That the recent act of the s dividing England into dioceses, and appoint thereto, was encouraged by the conduct and ding ec blicatioe of her Majesty's Government. 2. That the pu of by Lord John Russell of his letter to the Bishop declarations Dur ham vshich contained expressions calculated Majesty -CO wound the religious feelings of many of her legislativee remedies which have been disappointed by _ , Teose. subjects, produced large expectations of vro vo 11 contained in the measure now submitted to the n u of f h t e h e Ho n. the firs* House and he should, therefore, confine himself at presen t b s r a i i n a g in in that n h e those was two pree p l r u o d p e o d si t b i y t on t t °sheet for produced all the irritation which existed on Ibis ; one. The conduct of the Government, he contended' The resolution he proposed was confined siml to a dod te not intended tion of the acts of the Government. It was he would be be a vote of censure upon the Government, for ; ,_,,,,„ et very sorry to see them at the present moment exp_eyeu,'; g their places. The Government of the Noble Lord ha u titles of since conceded to the Roman Catholic prelates those titles which it was intended to deprive them by the Pr the ees- The subject was divided into two points—the one ‘s of t he tededesdn,wheest. tion of titles, which it was said affected the rig.let:' The Crown; the second affected the rights of the sublae' ffeete e Noble Lord, in dealing with the first, did that which, ues tioe the consciences of Roman Catholics ; the second, in _ c l ew the of trusts, dealt with by the Attorney-General and Master f the Rolls —affected the rights of subject tee might be dealt with by the law of the land. How l; h i e b Noble Lord deal with these matters? By a messur_ e et _ e nd was not honestly brought forward by the Goverietnee„' me nt which, if adopted, it was not intended by the GOrfr o i l id honestly to carry out.—(Cheers.) But the Noble . etee lo sl that there had been a vi o l a ti on o f the law of Thelete The law of nations could not a ff ec t th e q uestion. t With of nations referred to a violati on o f t rea ty rights, or a Von of the rights of nations. Now, they had no tee.: oo W the Pope, and there was no viol a ti on o n his part ot e u sde s by rights—he had not imprisoned th e i r su bj e cts, nor iier ehrd sg arms any of their territories. And y e t the Noble too, gravated the whole of these evils by hi s l e tter, and te ie teted by telling them that the law of na ti ons h a d been er ie Lord with impunity.—(Hear, hear.) And how did the No u fly seek to prove that the law of nations h a d been violat ed 4 referring to the practice of nations, as if the practice ( "gest, tions was the same thing as the law of n ations. tr -see eee hear.) And in adopting thi s li ne o f argumen t, it we s ease for le:°'!." the amount of ignorance e xhibit e d b y t h e Noble .„,teae of the documents supplied from the Foreign-office , wee supporting him, contradicted his assertions.—(Aver' Noble fact, the whole of the evidence was against th! ,. . eta Lord, by which he endea voure d t o s h ow that tweiese) been a violation of the law of nations.—(Hea r, Yee The Noble Lord had encouraged, by hi s con duct, t ties to do that which he now de nounce d as a v i o lation; t his law of nations. He said that w h oever en tertain 1, het opinion could not be content with voti ng aga inst the D-o`j; the he must express his censure of th a t con d uc t of ech‘ese) Government had been guilty by its tergiversation.-4 w pre' By affirming the resolutions he (M r . Urquhart) tergiversation.-pop posed, they would get r id o f th e measure before thuoheage without throwing the country into convulsion by , A t the of Government. The Hon. M em b er t h en o b ser veddu ost ii conduct of Lord J. Russell was such as rendered bil° 3 l ,i• r at e liable to a vote of censure by thi s H ouse, f or after an inflammatory letter the Bish o p o f D ur h am , which 50 to published far and wide throu g h th e press , an d gave r a t of the expectation of extensive legislation upon the slw the Papal aggression, the Noble L or d came d o wn to t eat went and declared that if he h a d b roug ht i n no Inas .„01 all he would not have infringed u p on th e h opes and Pr°7 t ee he had held out in that lette r . Again, Hon. GentleT on the measure t o, e Government had been termed by some nullity, whilst others regarded it as a n ac t o f pefaec s od s n In his (Mr. Urquhart's) opinion, it was both a nullity foe s persecution, and that there was but one mo d e o f eseaP° A s et the difficulty, and that was to sweep a wa y a ll they had ' done. Mr. SADLEIR seconded the resolutions. Sir G. GREY said that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr' tee quhart) had an opportunitypf raising his opposition en the second reading; tut such a course of action did not suit .es es Hon. Gentleman, b ecause h e saw that his motion evotnte, then of no avail, as lie could not eff ec t hi s o bject by ab e t gether getting rid of this B i ll, a n d t h us totally undoing " t ee had been before done by that House. When such a cole y appeared to him to be a failure, he then turned his attest;, to the plan of proposing a vote. of censure on the Go °be ment, which he felt assured would be of no 'avail, becaut f did not think that the House would be ao' far stultify 11 4 , 0 as to rescind the vote - been recorded. The attack of J • Hon. Gentleman on the First Lord of the Treasury (Lot b e Russell) would prove of no consequence, because by lo . anxiety for a vote of censureron th e G overnmen t, he felt b e sured that the point of his att ac k was di recte d against Noble Friend (Lord Palmerton), rather than against ee t other member of the Government ; an d h e f e lt assu red 17 0 the House coincided w ith - hi m i n t h at o pini on. the th et, grounds he cautioned th e H ouse aga i nst f o ll ow i ng his Plel?„e i ; and to avoid being s u bj ec t t o t h e c h aracter of stultify; themselves by rescinding th e i r f ormer vo t e in le your of the second r ea di ng . I n a wor d , be lieved that the Honourable Gentleman wished the the Pope of Rome sh ou ld h ave a l l author i ty to die7'eee e, this country, as it suited hi s purpose, w i thout the san ction of Parliament or the co un t r y.—(H ear, h ear. ) He short next refer to Ireland, and i n d o i ng so h e cons id ere d the the hierarchy of the Roman C a th o li c Ch urc h i n t h at co unt had a just right and claim to th e i r ecc l es i ast i ca l t i t l es , Par' ticularly when the use of those titles was not in any vr B :c e , violation of the law; and he should add that those tie _ t were in existence, not only before th e present G ove rn/Ile!, came into power, but even before the Emancipation Act see, passed, before the Maynooth g ra n t was sanct i one d, a nd 1 PI, fore the Reform Act was tho ug ht o f. H e did not s ee a 1 1 1 , grounds for the Hon. Gentl e m an ' s amen d ment, b ecau se be considered that it was the constitutional right of this couple? to prevent, by every possible means, the interference o foreign potentate. fie, therefore, asked the House to , g ° into Committee at once, and not to stultify themselves by scinding their former vote on that oceasion.—(llear.) Mr. FRESHFIELD considered that the lion. Gentleto a 0 d amendment was altogether useless, and that it would. be better they had long since gone into Committee, as es ueh good would be effected by such a course, rather than titan the time of the House in a useless discussion. Lord J. MANNERS considered that the House st io l e ti look to the merit of the resolution, for he felt assured t; list i t was perfectly just, and as e v id en t as that two and two magi four, for he well knew that the Noble Lord (Lord J. Re ranch) was always willing to promote the perdition of the Cl iure e of England, while at the same time he was encouragin g t` j e growth of Popery ; and he should, moreover;say that ieet puny and insignificant measure would be of no avail ag a, ha the machinations of the Church of Rome, for it won lo - a wholly inoperative, and would not be at all acted upon, o fe t , though it became the law of the land. He considered t` h- e the Bill of the Noble Lord would perfectly justify the le lous e to vote in favour of the amendment of the Hon. Membe r t Stafford (Mr. Urquhart). It might be borne in mind le f e b e 'd House that a few days before the Easter recess he bad a ant* the Noble Lord if he would, retract or modify the lette 'e „e a Earl Grey, by which it was sh own th a t t h e P ope of 1 had a certain authority over the colonies; but he wai ssvered that no modification would be made. What cot le i i; sion, then, could the House and the country legitirm it ee e come to from this mode of action adopted on the part of f efe Government? He knew b u t o f two—either that the persecuting Dr. Wiseman, or that they are betraying : abandoning the rights of the Crown and those a ° jeet to her Majesty's rule at th e antipod es.— Governs T' . Let him ask the Noble Lord at th e h ea d of the Govern gent' ; or, rather, let him remind him, h ow l ie h a d acted as garded the English episcopat e . Wh en h e came into "o,e''mt,"; h - a he admitted that the numbe r o f bi s h ops connected will 1,4`3a English Church was miserably defective, and even ape' e e s „. the number of additional ones he was to create. If; W ee "' that speech had been followed up, as it ought to have h e , e n ; there could be no doubt that many of the great t °l - 0 , throughout the country would have been formed into su s ' and placed under the superintendence of prelates o '''',. Church of England, and that they would not have I let; pool, Nottingham, and Birmingham placed, as they Were now, under prelates appointed by the Pope.—(Loud chap ere' ) Then, as to another act of unfairness on the part of Noble Lord, towards the English Church. Before th a ae; gression took place, negotiations were pending b et Wee the Government of the Noble Lord and the Wesleyan bed,' nthegeotit(i)horlies L/107..ti in respect of the educational system of the latter, I Ale° terminated in Government conceding to them their rear same rnm e ntti time e f pending between theAt theeov and the English Roman Catholics on much the same sub ject, and these also had been conceded , and that .„" 5 : quent to the aggression. Then, with respect to the : el l e; lish Episcopal Church, negotiations had also been pen °, 113 ,; hut although that body had in that llouse submitted thou claims in such a manner that no Member of it could den: , r justice and the reasonableness of it, yet those claims had with fineddetermned and terrapposition by the Governme at 0 , the Noble L, and still denied them.-(Cris e ° ,` e Hear, hear.") As to the motion itself, be tho ug w , the Honourable Gentleman who proposed it had apr efe e e l e right to assume that the Pope would meet with but ii t ", t " discouragement, if he did not actually meet with sup e s from the Noble Lord and, his Government in any agi if sion he might make on this country; for he believed tl 1 5 ' the people of England and the Sovereign of Engl an d had not felt aggrieved, and expressed their opinions of the cm wee' pursued by the Pope in a Manner not to be mistaken, 0 , 5 would have hea r d b ut little righteous indignation exp.' gime" on the part, of the Government.—(Hear t hear.) :As the measure proposed by the Noble Lord to meet that a.ggres goo , he did not intend to go into detail respecting it, for th e House could not have forgotten what had taken place, 0 , ! the course of its progress through the House, from the first n fight it was introduced. What they had to consider was sir aP i l this, was the motion of the Hon. Member for Stafford true! or was it not ? (Hear, hear.) If it was true, vote for i t; if it was not, reject it. He believed it to assert a truth, so lie would vote for it—(Hear, hear)—because he thought it of importance that they should place on the journals of the House a condemnation of such a course of conduct as the Government of the Noble Lord had pursued, in order that they might hold up their conduct as a beacon to warn of hers who might follow them from following a similar course. No lion. Member seeming inclined to address the Hor sea long pause took place, when strangers were ordered to es draw, in order that the House might divide on the mot jou, upon which— Mr. SADLEIR rose to support the motion. The R fight Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Departs tent seemed to take it for granted that any one who m i fi g ht support the motion did so as a censure upon the Go vernment, for their conduct towards the Rom an Ca tholics. Now he for one did not support the mo , lion on any such grounds. lie had always admitted and supported the sound policy of the Nobl e L ord , making the concessions to the Roman Catholics lee had on several occasions done, and concurred iu the decle tions he had frequently made respecting the great value Pf s Roman Catholic hierarchy in Ireland, for it was impossible for any Roman Catholic not to feel a desire to see the Churcl this country leaving the advantage of such a governmc It was possible that they might have a bad disposed It nap placed in the Papal chair, and, he asked, could they has , e greater security against any act of aggression he might at t ake upon this country, than the establishment of a hierare thy" who could reject the bulls if they considered them wro) As to vicars-apostolic, they were the mere nominees of the Pope. The second order of clergy were fully at their me WY —there was no appeal from them, and that was the rem sou why they wanted a hierarchy and a regular parochial clef rgY establishment. Besides the establishment of vicars-apos t Ol e was merely a t emporary arrangement, for when the body Roman Catholics became numerous and prosperous in a nY country or district, it was always the rule to estabh amongst them a regular hierarchy. A Papal bull con du have no effect in this country until it was sanctioned by si eel,' hierarchy, who mi g h t re j ect it if they saw fit, and that had been done al rea d y b y the Roman Catholic hierarch:, r of Ireland. They were told this motion would delay the ier gress of the Bill, but that objection would have but lit tie weight with him, for he viewed the measu re b o th in t be state it was introduced and the meagre form to which it le ad been reduced, as an effort to revive that penal and pens e cuting legislation which was so rife in the reign of Ape e. —(liear, hear.) Ho knew Goya r a mea t wou ld sa y tlo .at Met nl Arad t Iler p I gentle. PI e iai Porter Ili ' t we Bu ea riE HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 9. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin against it, which he moved should be read from the table, and it was accordingly done. Mr. DISRAELI presented several petitions from places in Buckinghamshire against Papal aggression. OBATTAN presented a pati;i9D. against the Bill.