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the pubbe Puma he ould baY° regarde d and thus/ 611, 10 lial feel' grateful eally did liberativ e ndividusl cordially addressed so much 2t for the roceed n° r.) id after° oke in gti adistino of tb ° th gres / , ort of bls en of so [louse no othe 1 obsbly here hod is Ha° his deep ntry n, wboos will 50 come s° in part': use and t if Os - - ernmeo l may I: 4 did W I lat if b e a bigli loursbY ogs coo' ourso itesnO govt the ad PO ,d tohl reed ourned . k Cattle/ )ied tb ith Sc' unlit° Y•) VVIISL I droPt 3l ' ulergf t. IP DEATH SIR ROBERT PEEL. Sir (From the Times.) Robert eel more. th ds of excessive suffer P ing, is at a no few minutes After past ree eleven last night, the greatest statesman of his time quitted the, scene in which he had performed so conspicuous a part. Even the anxiety and the rumours whiehl have penetrated every household since the first alarm• ing intelligence will have failed to prepare the coun try for the deplorable result. Except, indeed, in the field of battle, never was the transition from life to death so marked and so touching. On Friday the House of Commons, which for% More than forty years has witnessed the triumph and reverses of the great Conservative chief, wa! filled with an extraordinary assemblage anxicae for the result of a great political crisis. Sit Robert addressed them with an ability and a spirit which recalled his more youthful efforts and mon Powerful days. It was the first occasion for foul Years that elicited any serious or direct opposition tc toe policy re of her Majesty's present advisers, and, not open a debate full of mistakes and cross-pur P os es , it must be allowed that the speech was at least an admirable defence of the principles on which Sir Robert and his colleagues had ever proceeded. He sat down, as our report says, amid " loud and long continued cheering." Within a few hours the states- Tan who had commanded the applause of that listen ing senate was a wreck of life and strength, shattered, feeble, restless, and agonized. The feverish interval, is Past. Th at h eart has cease d to b eat ; that tongue, is ever s till . That ardent spirit and capac i ous Inte l - are are now in another and an unknown world. Strange that on the bloodless field of states araansbiP death should so often come with the sud denness, the violence, and the anguish of war! Chatham fell fighting. His still greater son sank under the news of Austerlitz. Perceval was assassi nated on the threshold of the House, his hand filled with papers, and a speech o n hi s t ongue. Castle i hagh's end was still more awful. Romilly, too, was a statesman as well as a lawyer. Lord Liverpool Was struck down in the midst of his duties. Canning fell suddenly while soaring in the pride of his might. Huiltisson perished terribly in the midst of his former colleagues. Bentinck aspired to be a statesman, and died in full health, without a moment's warning. But who would have thought that Peel would one day be added to the list ? The hero of a hundred fights still survives. All around us we see octoge-,' genarian generals and admirals, surviving countless) accidents of battle and flood, and dying at last of slow decay. Sir Robert Peel falls by a sudden casualty, before his strength has begun to fail, or his mind to decline. Did not the thought sug gest a murmur at the dispensations of t!mnipotence, one might call it a waste of pre cious power, a mighty soul lost to the world, by the merest if the silly panic or momentary im patience of a brute. How much bad such a man still to do ! How many noble thoughts and splendid anticipations to deliver! How many large views ccarefully elaborated ! What treasures of observe ion, and a cquisitions of p o liti ca l l ore ; nay, what a mighty part he might still have played, had opportu nay again invited, or necessity demanded his potent interventi on ! But in a moment all this is beyond the grave, and speculations which but yesterday were real and probabl e are now b ecome the theme of the schoolboy. The intense anxiety displayed by all parties and classes leaves no doubt that every differ- v enee of opinion will merge, and has, indeed, already merged, in one feeling of the profoundest regret for,. e1"8 of a g r eat man. We express no cursory t hought or affected sentiment, when we venture to. predict that all parties, in their turn, will one day miss the departed statesma n ; b u t hi s worth will be felt ion before it can b e es ti mate d , and even his opponents Will cherish the memory of his customary presence and constant Parliamentary labours. Sir Robert had de.i,:tsited hi mself to the service of the Legislature. myself," h e sa i d, on resigning office in April, P 3 5, " the whole of my political life has been spent 1.4 the H ouse of Commons—the remainder of it shall be spent there; and,whatever may be the conflict of par ties, I, f or one, would wish to stand well with the •7!`t Rouse, whether in a majority or in a minority." So". assiduous a devotion will leave numberless memorials of i tself. Already, on Monday night Sir Charles • Wood had to remind the House that Sir Robert had been in the habit of annually bringing forward the - R:ote for the new buildings of the British Museum, adon entering into a systematic and detailed expla d all that related to its management. He . eok couldround s h te. e a e n w to ho l ppl s y ome time before he found a trus- Sir Robert's place. Such inci ts will repeatedly occur • and, if we know the heart 1. of an Englishman, they Will occur with increasing force. Heaven grant that we may not soon have still ;; snore serious reasons to deplore our great loss ! A r of the state is withdrawn, and the gap may never no be repaired. We feel assured that, whatever v. aniostudrs the nation has heretofore awarded to its .- the 'stinguished statesmen, it will also award to • Ji., 1 1 who entered the service ere of his Sovereign pean ellington turned the fortunes of the Euro ar, an d labou r w s whose legislative and administrative empire h fr a o v m e so materially contributed t o r a i se thi s since tints p con the cition it was in forty years;.:. grande. resent greater happiness, security, and Sir Robert Peel expired yesterda 8 past eleven o'clock. In tracinge ve n i thesen a t nine , P r qthant worth w e feel as if all that we are about to a tr e i ftild tomch ' more, were already said. They tell of fereleiwngns le, and overpower the mind with a crowd which it is impossible for us to embody in Words. In proceeding to address our readers in the language of condolence we are well ~ aware that ous a du e are disch arg i ng almost as su e perfluy as i n offering our humble tri have bate of pangyric to th e great statesman whose' an twen loss we th is mornin g t o d ep l ore. Wi t h-; . p assed fro t y - four hou rs the announcement will have ra hand to hand, an d f rom mout h to mout h ,: in every town and hamlet throughout the length and . breadth of the land, and will have been received '• everywhere and unaff with one p erva di ng emot i on of serious':ected regret. The politician in his study 4 the banker at his desk, the tradesman in his shop, the'; ai,tudent atnongst his books, the merchant in the busiest-rclwded Exchange, or mingling in the hum of the - 1 marts of commerce, will pause for a moment : to , cast a saddened glance over the past, and will strivef to realise the greatness of the irreparable blank this event has left in the catalogue of living statesmen. which l' ' The murmur s of party spirit itself will be silenced, and obscure the r ancour of p o liti ca l an i mos i ty w ill cease to those great qualities which are legibly written, in characters ineffaceable by the hand of time, on the chequered page of our contemporary annals. The Memory of Sir R. Peel belongs not to a party but to his country —not to England alone, but to the world. In the few words we have to say, we desire to interpret, however faintly and imperfectly, a unanimous feeling ; and we trust that no word that drops from our pen may re -open old wounds, or raise, though but for a moment, passions and prejudices that have died with the statesman upon whom the grave is about to close. o Without retiring altogether from the stage of public life, Sir It. Peel had become an historical persona ge f or some years before a fatal accidentr, cut short the placid evening of his long and useful§ career. F our years ago he had bidden farewell for b e orver to place an d power. The events in which= - he e a prominent part, including even that great and beneficial revolution in our commercial policy. which closed the aeries, had passed from th e bands of the annalist to those of the historian, and belonged to a past chapter in the records of our times. Yet the circumstances are still warm and fresh ia our reco ection the passions which they had stirred have not yet subsided. It must be left, a future eoerat* h i . o u to pronounce a perhapF, for verdict on a merits as a states- fair and complete man, and to fix the iche which a hnim among the expect ue i e m s tt r p i a un r us t s i a h l m j e u n d g o - f . states meat will assign to o England. Our readers will not e shall not pause to reveireewta Supply the void. career, the great We l an dmarks of which none of them can have forgotten. Unequal as we feel ou rselves in • gfern from m e than attempting guide other re s p ects t o a tas k which requires a c a l mer judgment an d a more serene intelligence the jo urna li st ' s h asty pen, we shrink it at a moment when the grave has not ye: closed over his r ema i ns, an d w h en th e last accents of his voice still vibrate in our ears. serve, that the character of his statesmanship, with a Pel We shall merelyhoebth in its virtues and in its defects, reflected, time and culiar fidelity of adaptation, that of the country in which his lot was cast. He was .pre-emi nently the " representative man " of the nineteenth; century in its political aspect—the statesman of an age, when Powerful and enlightened public opinion was; gradually obtaining a more and more complete swayi over the mechanism of goverment—was over- Cong those constitutional barriers to which he l was attached by habit and instinctive predilection n and was moulding our political fabric into a nearerl and nearer resemblance to the form of an educated and orderly dem ocracy. Different opinions may be emertained about the attitude which a statesman sho uld mai n t a i n towards the people whose affairs he administers, the defference he should pay to public" ° Pinion, and the extent to which he may lawfully' e __ a rrY the practice of - concession. But of tbis there 14e!ti be do doubt, regret it how we may, that a country . ic c h urs must inevitably, during the period upon; heretofore we are now entering, be governed less than from above, and more from below--iess - , by individua_me.n, and more by stirring minorities . working u eery o f hP ° . n . the public mind—that the michi i, . station will bend with more elastic 141414ty- to exter n .' - - `" 4 + l4 ll9llCei, whilo time Will' . . .. 4 ences will take a larger range—and that, among the ? ya'alifications for successful statesmanship, a higher .!;c md a higher place must be assigned to the clear dis-, t •ernmen', the keen anti vigilant habit of observation,' ,i., cairn and just judgm , nif, the vast administrative' sitt Ability, the temper, candour, moral courage, and high' ''integrity which were among the characteristics of, Sir 11. Peel. The English, public felt this, and knew' '',, it. They appreciated the pure and exalted patriotism! ~ and thorough honesty of purpose which urged him,' in 1846, to avow a change of opinion, and deliberately, :r: to sacrifice the attachment of the great party he had' formed and organized, the ties of private friendship, 4 and the power which he has loved better, perhaps, than any statesman of our times, on the shrine off 7, public duty. They appreciated, too (we know how s.. highly), his gigantic capacity for the administrative bu siness of government, and the inestimable benefits he had .., -,- conferred upon the nation by the establishment of all ;sound monetary and financial system, and by in augurating, and all but completing that liberal corn '`i mercial policy which is the greatest achievement ol 12 ; the thirty years' peace, and which is now indissolubly .:;bound up with the greatness and prosperity of ling-La, I land. He held during the last years of his life a prouder and more honourable position than was ever enjoyed before by a public man who had abdicated office, broken off all party ties, and resigned every, Iprospect of returning to power. His discerning and, judicious counsel tempered and controlled, always for' ~ good, the action of the Government. At the time of his last great speech on Irish affairs, men willingly] recognised in him the only statesman possessing a] mind capable of embracing a large and: comprehensive policy, and conscious ability to carry such a policy into execution. In foreign countries he was held in still higher estimation than in his own. He filled a far larger space' in the public eye than any of the men who took from; his hands the helm of Government; and wheneverl people were peculiarly dissatisfied with the weakness and vacillation of their actual rulers, and began to look uneasily forward to times of difficulty through which Lord John Russell's hand might prove too feeble to steer the vessel of the state, their thoughts instinctively turned towards the greater statesman, seated in placid isolation amongthe small group of his old political friends, upon the benches of an Opposi. tion to which he did not belong. Just as in the event of war we should look to' the Duke of Wellington so, in any civil emergency of more than ordinary im portance, the nation would have demanded the expe rienced counsels and wise guidance of Sir R. Peel. We need not touch upon the minor features which went to make up the popular idea of the Minister and the man. The public admired his unspottedcharacter, and his love of art and science. Cold and reserved as he seemed in general society, he suc ceeded in captivating and retaining to the last the hearty and almost enthusiastic admiration and attach ment of the rising statesmen formed in his school, and he enjoyed in an unusual degree the respect of his political adversaries. In debate he rarely let fall an irritating word, and never lost his temper or his self-possession. The effect of his eloquence was singu larly, we might almost say, unaccountably great. His lucid clearness and immense command of We believe Lady Peel was reduced to such a state of mind, from excessive grief and watching, that it was not thought advisable to acquaint her Ladyship with the approaching dissolution of her beloved hus band, lest the shock might prove greater than she could bear. Viscount Hardinge had arrived in Whitehall-, gardens some time previously, and joined Lord VilH tiers and Mr. Dawson and all the other members of the family at the bedside of his afflicted friend. Sir James Graham, the constant political and private friend of Sir Robert, bad been sent for, and was also admitted to an interview with the Right Honourable Baronet, who, with the exception of occasional wan derings, retained his senses until within a very short period of his death. The following are the names of the medical gentle men who have been in attendance upon Sir Robert since the accident :—Sir Benjamin Brodie, Mr. Caesar Hawkins, Mr. Hodgson, Dr. Seymour, Mr. Shaw, and Dr. Foucast. The latter gentleman is Scotch physician, resident in Glasgow, who happened to be passing when the accident occurred. He was one of the first to raise Sir Robert from the ground, and accompanied him in Mrs. Lucas's carriage home, where he has since continued in constant attendance upon the Right Honourable Baronet, with the full concurrence and sanction of Sir Benjamin Brodie and Mr. Hawkins. words enabled him to turn to the best ad vantage the tact and adroitness in debate for which he was eminently distinguished; and it will be long before we cease to associate his memoryl with the House over which he so long exercised) !such extraordinary power. We shall not yield to the temptation to speculate on the effect which his death may produce upon the state of political parties.l Of all those who bewail his loss, none, we suspect, will deplore it more sincerely than her Majesty's Government. But from such considerations we, for ,obvious reasons, refrain. 'We have addressed our-;e (From the Advertiser.) selves to all, without distinction of parties, who can - It is with the most profound regret that we have 'admire a capacious intellect, combined with an to announce the death or Sir Robert Peel. The sad honourable and patriotic mind, and can value lasting ' occurrence took place last night at ten minutes past and important services rendered to the greatness and ' e eleven o'clock, at the Right Hon. Gentleman's resi prosperity of their country ; and we have discharged -< dense in Whitehall•gardens. Though the intelligence a painful duty by adding our voice to the general •::, which the public journals for the last few clays, con tribute of respect which will be offered, here and 4 ; tained, respecting the condition of the Right Hon. abroad, to the memory of the greatest statesman'e Baronet, must have prepared the public mind for the who has wielded, in our time, the destinies of England. '''s . melancholy event, the announcement of his death (From the P.rst.) a cannot fail to create a feelin g of universal sorrow Differing, as it was our ill fortune to do, from the throughout the United Kingdom. The loss of such political opinions entertained by Sir Robert Peel ~:- a man would at any time, and under any circum during the latter part of his long career, we should be ,- stances, have created a deep sensation in the country, ashamed of ourselves if we could for a moment per- e but the peculiarly distressing circumstances under mit such a consideration to check the feeling of deep ewhich his death has occurred, impart a special solem sorrow which his sudden and lamentable demise must ': nits to the event. Nor will the profound regret with naturally ex c it e . Abiliti es o f a ver y hi g h or d er , ad- ..et which the loss of so great a man is regarded ministrative talents seldom equalled, great political ebe confined to England: it will be felt in every ' sagacity, and irr e pr oac h a bl e p r i va t e c h arac t e r, com- !'"country of Europe. W e ma y even go further bined to place Sir Robert Peel in the first rank of-, than this. Sir Robert Peel's reputation was 'public men. The deplorable accident which has 'f, wide as the world itself, and profound inatched him from the midst of us has left a vacancy 4, regret for his prematur e d e mise w ill be co-extensive among contemporary statesmen which it will not be '' with human civilization. The Right Hon. Ba easy to supply. His course as a politician is now, 9: ronct discharged the functions of a servant of the , alas ! numbered with the things that were. It has 5 ...„ Crown for a period of unusual length. For upwards ,become matter of history, and history will judge it '..: of thirty-five years he filled a prominent place in the after its own impartial manner ; but no retrospective public eye. No sooner had he been returned to the thought of any portion of his measures shall prevent'' House of Commons than he acquired a Parliamentary , us from paying our humble tribute to the memor y o f aa reputation, only inferior to that of Canning and , lone who was not more remarkable for his skill in . Brougham. When the brilliancy of the firmer was wielding the energies of a mighty empire, than fort - suddenly extinguished' by death, and the latter was his exemplary exercise of all the domestic charities. • transferred to the House of Lords, Sir Robert Peel . Such qualities are, ind ee d, " r a r e i n th e i r se p a r a t e '' •4 ' stood confessedly without a rival in the House of • excellence—wonderful in their combination." Commons as a statesman and a debater. And that :.., (From the Herald.) pre-eminence the Right Hon. Baronet sustained till We regret to fi n d th a t th e f ata l consumma ti on of ithe melancholy accident w hi c h oc c urre d on Saturday 6 the last. Without any pretensions to genius in theni loftier acceptation of the term, he was a man of co `hastoo painfully confirmed apprehensions but ',mending talents. His mind was of a masculine order. i-. and enhanced the regrets of all who were acquainted L e He also possessed a wide range of information, and with the particulars of that disastrous occurrence.:'eompletely mastered every subject to the considera- , A great man is removed from amongst us. Sir Robert Li tion of which he applied his intellectual' Peel is no more. He expired, as will be perceived .f i powers. If his speeches lacked the spark ,i [ from details given in another column, at nine miuutes ling wit of Canning, and the withering sar • past eleven last night. Thus have the hopes, the ri calms of Brougham anxieties, and the ambition of a long life spent in the ~.thorough knowledge ' they invariably displayed a of the subject, and a masterly turmoil of a public career, been cut off suddenly, andex . position of the views which Sir Robert enter- , to a manner too distressing to be dwelt upon, and ?. tamed. If he rarely rose to the i higher flights of thus has the country lost the presence of eloquence, neither did he, on the other hand, de- of mediocrity. Perhaps scend into the regions no, questionably and confessedly one of the ablest "; . its contemporary statesman in either House of ot politicians—one whose death—particularly e• un- :: Par under such lamentable circumstances—cannot be, more deeply or more sincerely deplored than by ' Sir Robert Peel's career .. liament uniformly displayed a more sustained ability. t The great drawback in those who differed most widely from him in political as a public man, was his want of frankness. He views. We much fear that the Ri g ht H on . Ea- Z' ? was greatly deficient in candour. He wrapped him ronet's sufferings, during the few hours that he was self up in a haughty reserve, which had the effect permitted to remain on earth after the dr ea df u l ac- 4of repelling his warmest political friends. Even cident which was so soon to terminate hi s mor t a l se those associated with him in the duties and respon existence, must have been more severe than can be " sibilities of ministerial life, were often left in utter • imagined by any but those who surrounded the bed 44 , ignorance of the measures which he had resolved to of agony ; but we believe that he endured th e mor t a l '' bring forward, until within a few days before they - pains with which he was afflicted with the philosophy '' required the sanction of his Cabinet, preparatory to, and the resignation of a Christian. He is now re- 4 their being laid before Parliament. He was consti leased from all earthly suffering, and we fervently 4 tutionally a man of a cold temperament. And that . 4 hope is gone to receive the reward of the good ac- a feature of his character was made more striking by ', tions which he performed in this life. We deeply es those notions which he was known to entertain on the i c t commiserate the grief of his sorrowing family, but 1, trust that that good Pr o vidence w hi c h " tempers the subject of the propriety of political reserve. Few :- ,e,public men have been more fiercely or more sys- blast to the shorn lamb" will enable them to bear up e tematiCally assailed than was the Right Hon. Baronet 'I . under the heavy bl ow th e y h ave sus t a i ne d, an d t 0 ,3 during the latter five years of his life. So long a s '` recognise in this dire calamity one of those mysteri- Vhe identified himself with Tory principles, and ous visitations sent by that All-wise Being who char- ' strenuously supported the corn-laws, he was the idol teneth those whom he loveth. •of the landed interest, and a semi-deity in the esti (From the Daily News.) :' mation of the farmers. But when the force of con- There has never been a character so difficult to fill, fri viction compelled him to abjure his extreme Conser-, , or requiring so many high qualities and r are advan..4 vative and Protectionist principles, the very men who • tages, as that of an English statesman. There is had fallen down at his shrine, and worshipped him as none, we may add, to which is so uni ve r sa lly p a ido . a political god, were suddenly transformed, so far as the homage of adulation and respect. Th e anna l s o t A regarded their feelings towards him, into so many i l other countries record i n st a nce s o f success f u l Mi n i s - :political furies. It seemed as if it bad suddenly -, ters, who have baffled the intrigues of a court,Abecome the sole object of their lives to humbled the forwardness of an aristocracy, and acalumniate and assail the Right lion. Gentleman, . adroitly handled the weakness of a monarch, and whopand, if possible, to embitter his very existence.:' have not only accompli s h e d th ese diffi cu lt t as k s , b u t -"Never before in the annals of party warfare, was a i ,made use of the power so h a rdly won t o promo t e th e man so relentlessly pursued, so systematically hunted • interests and achi eve th e grea t ness o f th e i r coun t r y. down, by the bloodhounds of Protectionism. And But with a represe n tative assembly, w h ose con fid ence A as the world never before witnessed a spectacle s o '. was to be gained—a popular opinion, whose exigen-iiipainful and revolting to every mind influenced by ~. cies were to be sati s fi e d—th e t as k o f a cons tit u - 'right feeling, let us hope, fur the sake of human na tional minister is far different. The examples of I ture, that it will not he destined ever to witness such Barneveldt and the De Witts attest its dan.. a spectacle again. On one point, in connexion with ger. And the instances of court ministers, who '.-.. the changes which took place in his views of commer have tried to play the part of constitutional ones, M cial policy a short time before he relinquished office, i like Talleyrand, and proved uttterly unfit for it, show'f Sir Robert Peel was altogether invulnerable to the what very different kind of talent, of experience, and i darts of his assailants. Right or wrong —we, of course, • of training i s requ i re d f or th e s t a t esman o f a f ree : hold that he was quite right —no one could Charge him people. If the requisites for political eminence in ,i' l with being influenced by other th an h ones t an d ; England b e no t th e same as i n ot h er countr i es, neither el patriotic considerations in abjuring his Protec are they the same with us at present and in the past. se" tionist views, and embracing free-trade prin- In , h a e m e for the last century politics were a theory rather than a , ciples. He had ' no personal ends to gain —no party science, sentiment ora m to o r r i e ca t l hana calculation. Liberty a- objects to serve. His splendid private fortune placed was a tinfluence of display; but questions cf-f him above the pecuniary motives ; while dom est i c • , policy were superficially treated, and indeed ':•• with regard to party purposes, so far from subs • considered quite erving the ancillary to views of foreign policy.'''; them by the change which his principles and olio py , country was l'is i; i e a youth bent on external infla- Is underwent, he could not fail to perceive that the for enceand di spla c • • maintenance y, armg little for the cultivation or feiture of his party's confidence, and the incurrence nity which lies that more important part of huma- of their dire displeasure, were penalties which he ' last century iiaaswithin. An English statesman of the ss would have inevitably to pay for the determination or an economic almost . uncognisant of either a social •i , to which be had come. In adopting, therefore, a • ,), However nationalsespon. Far different is it now. „course of free-trade policy, Sir Robert Peel, so far ' be got up and workenditY' eusceptibility, and pride may 4from having party or personal motives to prompt him' k in (seneral and in the upon for a crisis or a debate, we ;,..' to it, those motives would have suggested the Iwh c at influence place wemay we . may hav e fill in its even tenor of our lives, care little 4 propriety of ;his unswerving adherence to Pro over Europe, or what* tectionist principles. The only considerations which estimation. Our • , ,a. interest are around . us, in the fra its relations, relations, its industry, its framework of society, k viction of the advantages of which a free t and its t obarrassmen s, Crimes. sufferings, its en:- trade policy would be productive to the country, and I n fath • depths, ascertaining the currents, nature of that inland sea, a iritish studying „sufficient to occupy him. And, fortunately for E g '.' and the R however much he might be misrepresented and statesmanvili has't's fled while he lived, posterity would do ample • ' justice te to his character. In this he will not be disappointed. land, British statesmen did spring up within it who - vho ~ Future generations will revere the memory of Sir, felt that such was the necessity and the demand o f p generations the times, and who directed their whole attention sobert Peel, as a man who had the courage to act! ~) up tohis newly-acquired convictions on the subject from the showy and oratorical department of politics l't of free-trade,and as a Ministerwho t 'lto the great business questions of an industrious ..• ability o carry out .. his views . in the face of the most; ippeople. This may seem the commencement of a n L'i. formidable opposition which ever a statesman had to' essay, but we know of no better preface to consider- , ,;,, encounter. In attempting to sketch the character f ing the character of that statesman to whose bed of `e the distin • . °-1 distinguished man whose earthly life has been death all eyes and hearts are at this moment . directed I ,i eat' - If not the first public man who discerned that the ,a kind, it k I . nguished under circumstances of so lamentable would b l i e i n ..; we fail e . an unpardonable omission did politics of England would henceforth chiefly . _ to_ refer to his private conduct. In all the .this path, Sir Robert Peel was certainly: the mast;; relations . of death domestic ant And inflactial Inn Wwho fling himself iwato," man. p „ life, h e was a most exemplary wit* character was irreproachable. The great difficulty experienced by the medical gentlemen in attendance was within the last eight land -forty hours to cause a movement of the intestines. It was feared at the outset that the lamented Baronet had sustained some internal injuries, and it is need less to remark how difficult any injury of that charac ter would be to treat. The utmost means were re- sorted to to relieve what would conduce so greatly to, fever and inflammation, but, we regret to say, without, avail. At two o'clock a.m. the symptoms assumed a very • serious aspect, and the dissolution of the deceased was hourly expected. Exhaustion ensued, and he l fell into a slumber, which apparently brought relief, but he continued to sink gradually throughout the day. Early in the morning, even as soon as seven o'clock, the calls to inquire after the deceased Baronet's health commenced ; but, aware of the critical state he was ; in, the medical gentlemen gave instructions that the carriages of the visitors should not drive up to the, entrance, and none but Sir It. Peel's most intimate personal friends were allowed to approach the house ; by the garden, or main approach to the house. To' satisfy the anxiety of the public, policemen were sta-, tinned at both gateways, and read the bulletins issued' during the day aloud. Others were stationed at the entrance to Whitehall-gardens by Montagu House, and there read the bulletins, and received the cards of visitors. A strong posse of the force maintained order among the crowd of anxious pedestrians. Too high praise cannot be awarded to the police, not only for the order they preserved, but for the for bearance with which th e y p er f orme d a ver y unplea santl duty. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Seymour, Mr. C. Haw kins, and Mr. Hodgson, were in waiting during the night. Viscount Hardinge (a long, valued, and zeal ous friend) was also present. In the latter part of the evening so serious were the symptoms, that a message was sent by electric tele graph to Colonel Peel, M.P., at Newmarket, sum moning him to the bedside of his brother. After a consultation, the following bulletin was issued : " After seven o'clock y es t er d ay even i ng S i r Robert symptoms were c ons id era bl y aggravate d , so as to much anxiety respect i ng him. Early in t P h e e ecl m 'asu o r s n e ing he had some refreshing sleep, and at the present time the alar m i ng symptoms are somewhat a bated. " July 2, Half-past Eight A.M." From the sleep which succeeded the exhausti‘n above alluded to, it seems the deceased Baronet was said to have been better, as the symptoms abated. The eminent men attending, however, gave but faint 'hopes. The Right Hon. Baronet's children were made fully aware of the precarious state their father was in, so that they might not be overwhelmed if a 'fatal result should take place. There was another consultation, when the follow ing bulletin was made public : " Sir Robert Peel expressed himself as suffering less pain, and in other respects is quite as well as he was in the morning. " July 2, 1850, Half -past One P.m." Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert had twi ce sen t a R oyal messenger to learn thel latest accounts from Sir Benjamin Brodie, and shortly after the issue of the second bulletin the Prince Con sort called personally, attended by Colonel Bouverie, to ascertain the state of the Right Hon. Baronet's 'health. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess] of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester had! sent thrice during the day, and in the afternoon Ladyl Augusta Cadogan (lady in waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge) called from her Royal Highness to ascer tain the latest information respecting his health. It had previously been stated that the members of, the family must prepare for the worst—that medical' skill was of no further use. In consequence of that intimation Viscountess i Villiers, Captain William Peel, R.N., Mr. Frederi c k Peel, Mr. Arthur Peel, and Miss Peel, his sons and daughters, were already at the house in deep distress. Mr. Robert Peel (Charge d'Affaires at Berne) had i an express courier sent to him to Switzerland, but the intelligence of his father's decease will now follow! closely on the sad news already sent. There was a meeting of the medical attendants at six o'clock. The subjoined bulletin was then! it. And more credit is due to him for thin, from ?t It was proof against calumny. His most rancorous Aat the private residence of Sir Robert Peel, to obtain the circumstance of his having been bred, and having' and most relentless foes, never dared to attempt to/ from Sir Benjamin Brodie ga correct account of the: risen to office, in that old routine Tory party, to touch him on that point. Th e y Lever b rea th e d a wor d s t a t e o f th e now d ee ply- reg r e tt e d statesman. Sh or tly ;whom" sutilcient for the day was the evil thereof;" against his c on d uct i n th e pr i vate re l at i ons o f lif e. i a after eleven, Sir Benjamin Brodie, in answer, said,ll ;and who were contented to carry on the affairs of a This is a considerati o n whi c h mus t a ff or d uns p ea k a bl e i''" You had better wait a few minutes." The talented' great nation in the very moment of its utmost power, consolation to his sorrowing family and survivingsurgeon had only gone to the chamber in which Sill under the lead of an Addington or a Perceval, %%WI e. friends. The prof oun d sensa ti on w hi c h th e i n t e lli-•• Robert was lying, when the fatal news was told--i the profundity of a Bathurst, and the financial genius ~ .4 g ence of his illnes s , w h en a f a t a l resu lt b egan t o b e 1" Sir Robert Peel is no more." ,of a'Vansitt a rt. From the close of the war and from I apprehended, cau se d i n a ll parts o f t h e coun t ry fur- Sir Robert Peel died without a struggle, his mental the day when it had ceased to absorb all effort and , Dishes the most striking attestation which could be . faculties unimpaired. ,attention, Mr. Peel turned his mind to questions of i given to the high estimation in which the Right ; It may be as well, for the information of our. iinternal and industrial improvement. His first under- k, Hon. Baronet was held. The country feels that it has :, readers, to state that Sir Robert, on reaching his 'taking was the reform of the currency, i n hi s fathom ,sustained a great national loss. Its most illustrious mansion after the unfortunate accident in the park on l ing of which question he w a s pl ace d i n con t ac t with statesman has been suddenly snatched from it. One': Saturday, was not taken to his bed-chamber, but at the perhaps superior, and certainly more leisure-fed ;of its brightest intellect, has been quenched, and it once borne into the dining-room in direct communi 'minds of eminent men of the Whig party. Struck f' feels for the moment a measure of regret which no ;'`cation with the entrance-hall. There a bed and the with the views, he did not shrink from adopting and language can e x p ress . If anyt hi ng cou ld mitigate;usual accessories were brought, and in the dining Harrying them against the earnest protests of his ' the profound ' grief into which the family of Sir:room where he had only a few days previously enter family and the selfish interests of a class which formed >=Robert Peel has been pl unge d b y th e h eav y berea v e- ', tamed a distinguished circle of friends (many differ , the great Parliamentary stay of the Tories. It was ~, ment they have sustained, it must be the deep and ~ ing in the policy of his recent acts), he died. carried, however, by a compromise, and must have , i universal sorrow which the people of thin great: , His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge 'mainly emboldened the statesman to conceive and ac- , country—a country which he so long, so ably, and , and his Aide-de-Camp, the Hon. Captain Macdonald, comnplish at a future day other great changes and re- ,so faithfully served—feel at the loss of so distin- called personally, in the afternoon, and expressed deep forms. The subsequent history of Sir Robert Peel's life' guished a man. -,regret at the unsatisfactory announcement handed lis indeed but that of the gradual conversion of the ; ; e -- 4 . to him. !Tory administrator into the thinking, inquiring, and t. The following authentic details of the last mo- -.. '_ments of th e Right The Duke of Wellington, the old political c o ll eague H•!provident Reformer. e carried emancipation against Hon. Baronet will probably be 4 : and friend of Sir Robert, sent as early as seven the prejudices of his party; he accepted reform; and „read with interest:— ~. o'clock in the morning to ascertain if any favourable he became a late but avow ed an d zea l ous conver t to At nine minut es a f ter e l even o ' c l oc k l as t n i g ht Si r change had taken place; and in the afternoon the Robert Peel breathed his last in the presence of nearly i ;Noble and Gallant Duke, on leaving the Horse the principles of free trade, the realisation of which at ;all the members of his family, of whom he had taken Guards,, in company with Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Once ruined his power and crowned his fame. Pew • l inen have had so immense a personal influence upon tan affectionate le ave o nly ; time • a short previously. i called personally, to make further inquiries. l events, and no one h as had a n influence so salutary... Intelligence of th e me l anc h o l y event was i mme - The Duchess of Inverness, the Foreign Ministers, For if any stat esman can b oas t so t o h ave antici- '''. diately forwarded t o B uc ki ng h am P a l ace , an d by "ce” were sending messengers as late as eleven o'clock pated the popular demands and the popular wants of `electric telegraph to several family connexions of the ~ last night, and many took away the mournful intelli a disturbed and anarchic era, as to render revolution 'Right Hon. Baronet resident in the country. i gence of his demise. impossible, by conferring its benefits and avoiding', During Monday night, when the Right Hon. Even at that late hour a crowd of persons still re its evils, that statesman is Sir Robert Peel. We le Baronet's symptoms appeared very unfavourable,• mained at the entrance gates, so desirous to gath e r can easily conceive, however, that the backward 1: Viscount Hardinge (who for many years has been on .4; the latest news were the public generally. party, whose prejudices he forso o k for great objects, the most affectionate terms of friendship with,,,c4- Viscount Villiers was one of the family present at the utility o f w hi c h they deny, should accuse Sir' Si r R o b er t P ee l) was sent for. The Noble Viscount the death-bed of Sir Robert Peel. We have also to Robert of treachery. Although we think that hey answered the summons immediately, and remained '• state that neither Viscount nor Viscountess Villiers may be fully d e f en d e d, we own th a t the task is not r` with his Right Honour a bl e F r i en d th roug h o ut th e ..' was at her Majesty's concert on Monday night, as to be performed w ith a few arguments, or in a few : n i g ht, taking leave for a short time only when the ''.• might be imagined from the account furnished by the sentences. On e o f the peculiarities in the change more favourable bulletin was issued in the morning. ; 'i. court newsman. which we have described as having taken place from •:* The Earl and Counte ss o f J erse y, th e Dean o f , Sir R. Peel was married on the Bth of June, 1820, the statesmanship of the past century to the political . Worcester, Colonel Pe e l, M.P., Lady Fuller, the ,f to Julia, the youngest daughter of General Sir habits of this is, that the leader of a party is no longer .; ` Dowager Lady Henley, a n d o th er m embers f the ; John Floyd, and had issue five sons and two its social head. He no longer rallies his friends family, called several times during the day; none but"' daughters. One son has enjoyed diplomatic employ round his table or his hearth, however be may sue- . the nearest relatives entered the mansion, all others 4 ment, a second is in the navy, a third in the Scots cessfully marshal them in and behind his Parlia- .\.. contenting themselves with making inquiries at the Fusilier Guards, a fourth occupies a place in Parlia mentary bench. Prime Ministers used to be gay : gates. The grief exhibited by all at the answers con-' ment. One of Sir Robert's daughters was married courtiers and boon companions. At present they veyed to them told too plainly what small hopes were 'in July, 1841, to Viscount Villiers, eldest son of the are thinking and solitary men. Their influence entertained by the medical attendants. The Countess Earl of Jersey. over their party is thus the influence more 'of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers were deeply . '' The author of the " Peerage " finds for Sir of distant admiration End respect than ofßobert Peel a long pedi g re e . A b e tt er c l a i m f or affected at the intelli gence con veyed to them at six , intimate relation and every-day fri e ndship. A o ' c l oc k b y C o l one l P eel. ' respect, and a greater chance for his memory is to Minister, therefore, the workings of whose mind be found in his service rendered to political progress has wrought in him an important change and a by his votes for Catholic Emancipation and Corn-law , new conviction, cannot hope to communicate it., Repeal. And hence the phenomenon which we so often see in political life of parties, like dissevered worms, with their heads moving in one direction and their tails in another. IVe commenced by observing how many and how rare were the qualities and advantages re quisite for the English statesman. For a Prime Minister the requisites are indeed most rare. So much so, that even in the full ranks of public life at present a man could with difficulty lay his finger upon any, save the present Prime Minister and his great rival, to whose hands one would, without trembling, see committed the guidance of the State. Had the vote of Saturday morning been other than it was, this would have been now a critical consideration. But even as it is, the loss of such a mind and influence as those of Sir Robert Peel to public life is an event of incalculable result and of deep and melancholy ins portance. SIR R. PEEL AND MR. P. WARD.—Noy. 21, 1819.—' Walked with Peel. He asked how I thought we were as to strength in the House ? I said very strong. ' But,' added he, shall we have any of the Whigs ? They mean, I understand, to rally on the dismissal of Lord Fitzwilliam.' I said I thought that signified little—that there seemed a great reaction, and the loyal population preponderated ten to one. ' True,' said he, but don't you think the public opinion among the lower orders has undergone a change within these few years as to the constitution of Parliament ?' Peel thought Hunt a clever fellow. Not so I."—" Life of Plumer Ward," quoted from Quarterly. DEATH OF MR. R. D. BROWNE, M.P. It is with much regret we announce the demise of Mr. Robert Dillon Browne, M.P. for the county of Mayo, which took place on last Monday morning, about ten o'clock. The Hon. Gentleman was in the enjoyment of his usually excellent health until Friday last, when pre monitory symptoms of gout developed themselves. On that evening, contrary to the advice of his medical advi sers, he attended in his place in the House of Commons, for the purpose of recording his vote in favour of Lord Palmerston 's foreign policy. and there is little doubt that the excitement and exposure to cold necessarily conse quent on that step tended to aggravate the illness with which he was threatened. On the following day he was seized with a violent attack of gout in the head, which terminated fatally, as already stated. Mr. Browne was an accomplished classical scholar and a very able speaker. As a popular orator he had few superiors, and although he spoke but seldom in the House of Commons, he seldom failed to eommand attention and respect. Mr. Browne was first elected in 1836, vice the Right Hon. Dominick Browne, created Lord Oranmore, and during the long period tbat he represented his native county his votes were given undeviatingly in support of the principles of civil and religious freedom. For some time previous to his death he was busily engaged in asserting his claims to the dormant Irish peerage of Roscommon. Mr. Browne was in the 39th year of his age. THE GREAT MISTAKE. BY G. LINNXUS BANKS. Well, really! I'm astonished quite, And scarce know what to say, To find that Sunday, after all, Is still a working day: That, spite of legislative ActF, And bigotry's brain fever, The world is going round to-day As rapidly as ever. I thought —except in organ pipes— The wind was not to blow, And flowers were to be taken up If they presumed to grow; That every stomach, ship, and thing In any kind of motion, Must stop for hours just twenty-four, To offer its devotion. I thought, too, nothing must be read Save psalms in holy walls, Yet there are placards posted up, Announcing " Sales' and " Balls;" That men could neither send their thoughts, Nor be allowed to carry 'ern, Nor Christian pastors take their fees From folks—or even marry 'em. I thought, if e'en the sun came out, It would be deemed a crime, And that some plan had been devised To bind the wings of Time, That every dial, clock, and watch, With six days' labour irking, Would have to wind up its affairs And atop its hands from working. All mail deliv'ries were to stop, Yet there is Mrs. Binns— Ungodly woman I—just confined With—would you think it?—twins; And Vicar Dobbs, to whom 'twos thought A day's respite was given. This very morning made his will And went, I hope, to Heaven. There goes the Doctor in his gig, And there is Chemist Brown As hard at work as if he meant To knock his counter down; Yea, even while the pariah church With pious souls is filling, A fellow, bawling " Mackerel," Sells two soles for a shilling. I thought all labour was to cease, Yet poor old Mr. Crupp, The bishop's carriage can't knock down, But some one picks him up; And just because the church takes fire The zealous congregation Rush out for engine, pipes, and pails To stop the conflagration. I thought that Jane, my Lady's cook, And John, the butler, too, Would be obliged to go to church, As other Christians do: And that, however odd it seem, Each ostler, footman, baker, Relieved from toil, would leisure have To worship God, his Maker. And Sunday trains still running —well ! They'll sure fly off the rails, Conveying pleasure seekers when They dare not take the mails. There really must be some mistake— 'Tis Saturday or Monday, For we are holy people now— That is—upon a Sunday. We never dream of labouring Upon the seventh day— Of riding out, or doing aught That WOW'S of display. No children, servants cattle now Are Sabbath-breaking sinners, And what is more, we've given up Our nice hot Sunday dinners. Alas ! methinks—l've been deceived, And so have half the town; It merely is the "Sunday Post" The wise heads have put down — As if, by making it a sin To send an urgent letter, They did the smallest good on earth, Or made one bad heart better ! issued : " Sir Robert Peel is much exhausted, and alto gether is not so well as in the early part of the day. " July 2, 1850, Half-past Six , P.M." At seven o'clock it became visible to all that the suffering patient was rapidly sinking, and it was sug gested that it would be advisable to administer to him the Holy Sacrament, a solemn ceremony the suffer ing Baronet eagerly acquiesed in. ri.awrence Peel, were With all his children surrounding his death-couch, D hi e s a b n ro o t f h l e v rs o , r C ce o s l t o e n r e , l a P nd eel m , M.P., the Very R ev , t h e 'also present at the administrat ion of the holy rite, - [ADVERTISEMENT.] --KELLY'S MAGI C M IRROR which was administered by, we b elie ve , the Bishop of A aa nn 2 I dd n fcolhrwe becoming ep l s e l co n omn r. x itnr gi i v ) Ee e for ,, lt k Y b n . e o — h w o T i 1 n d h g i i n s 7 Gibraltar, prayers having been p rev i ousl y said. The fourth and last bulletin issued was as follows : You have simply to fix a pair of these mi • rrors (procurable in " Sir Robert Peel has been growing rapidly worse' , a variety of sizes at 12, Poland-street, Oxford .st 1 reet) on the (since seven o'clock. two lateral projections outside your window, and not a single • " July 2, Ten o'clock, r.si.'' ' • ~ object, animate or inanimate, can, by possibility, escape your The interval between the issuing of the above, .observation. The perpetual amusement thus harmlessly af forded exceeds belief. Parents, nurses, children, . and . " tarry. bulletin and his dissolution was one of the most dis. ' at-home travellers " in particular, cannot fail to estimate its tressing and painful suspense, hi s death being —, ex - '. ti value. It will become universally popular. il petted every instant. /. FEMALB COURAGE.—During the unfortunate ship The Queen and Prince Albert , on receipt of the` , wreck of the Bee, at Gairloch, last week, a circumstance °c ' third bulletin, and the Prince of Prussia, a guest at :: cured which shows that we have still some of the fair sex the Palace, were deeply affected at bearing that no • amongst us possessing the spirit of Grace Darling. Imme , further hopes existed of Sir Robert Peel's recovery.: diately before the vessel broke up, the first passenger on de c k , was a young lady (Miss Christiana Reid, of Lochs, in th e ' 'Her Majesty, who intended to have gone to the I island of Lewis), who appeared while the sailors were de- Italian Opera at Covent - garden Theatre, instantly '' muffing to enter the boat, in consequence of the state of the gave instructions that the carriages should be coup- gsea. Miss Reid, with the greatest firmness, exclaimed, ‘, Ifj termanded, and the Royal dinner party broke up t there is danger in the yawl, there is surely more here," and' shortly before ten o'clock, the Queen being unequi vocally much shocked at the result of the Right lion. irresistible; the crew and passengers gave a cheer, and fol. Baronet's accident. '• , ",immediately stepped into the boat. The effect of this was lowed the fair heroine. They were safely lauded i and in Eve minutes afterwards the Bee lay scattered on the !leach A Royal ineesenger bad orders to be la ago:adage in toguleati.—lxventos Courier. I 1 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY I. - - PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. MINORITY Granville Grey Ilarrowby Ninth 31oricy St. Germans Strafford Walclegrave Wicklow DUEL Leinster MARQUISES. Clanricarde Ltnsdowne Normanby Ormonde EARLS. Resborough Bruce Carl;sle Craven Cowper Devon Effingham Fortescue Fingall Fitz william G osford DAD.ONa Campbell . Dormer Duffel in Dunally Eddisbury Elphinstone Erskine Foley Bowden Langdale Methuen Monteagle Saye and Selo Suffield Vivian Wodehouse Wrottesley Wharncliffe VISCOUNTS. Canning Sydney BISHOPS. Limerick BARONS. Ashburton Byron Camoys TUESDAY, JULY 2. LORD lIARROWBY'S MOTION. CONTENTS, i 6. Powis 'BISHOP. Talbot Salisbury Warwick BARONS. :VISCOUNT. Ablnger Canterbury Forester BISHOPS. Lyttelton Bangor Lilford Bath and Wells Itedesdale Chichester Stanley Lincoln Walsingham Oxford Wharncliffe DUKE. Richmond MARQUISES. Iroghed 4 [erttbril EARLS. Cardigan Enniskillen Falmouth flarrowby Xelson PAIRS. AGAINST. Zetland Spencer Bishop of Limerick Ormonde Shafi es oury Breadalbane Westminster Menteagle Bishop of Norwich Ilatherton .Anglesey Bishop of Worcester Fingal Grafton Yarborough Bishop of Durham Gosford Bishop of Chester Dormer Wodehouse Roaburghe Campbell Fortescue Dunally Foltimore De Freyne Shrewsbury Bishop of Down Sudeloy Ilchester Donegal Dinferin Fitzhardinge Wrottesley Morley Stuart FOR. De Rog Egmont Rosso Braybrooke Beaufort Feversham Strangford Mountcashell Wilton Bandon Southampton Bishop of Gloucester Salisbury 11111 Eglinton Kilmain Beverley Colchester Longford Douglas Exmouth Malmesbury Skelmersdale Castlemuine Jersey Desert Bishop illntlY of London Stradbroke Hardwic.ke Glengall Sandys Lonsdale Aberdeen Ely Saltoun HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 2. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Conunost& LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :" Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 53. Barrington, Viscount Harris, Captain Patten, W. Brotherton, J. Harris, Richard Plikington, James Carew, W. H. P. Hatchell, John Rawdon, Colonel Cavendish, G. H. Henley, J. W. Smith, iVernon Clements, Charles Henry, Alexander Spooner, Richard Clive, H. B. Hill, Lord M. Stafford, Augustus Coles, 11. R. Hodges, T. L. Stanton, W H. Cowan, Charles Kershaw, James Tancred, Henry W. Crawford, W. S. Lemon, Sir C. Thompson, Colonel Duncan, George Lewis. G. C. Thompson,:George Duncuft, John Mackie, John Thornely, T. Egerton, W. T. Macnaghten, Sir E. Vesey, T. Fagan, William Meagher, Thomas Yivian, J. H Fagan, James Monsell, William Wawn, J. T. Farnham, E. B. Mullings, J. R. Wilson, Matthew Frewen, C. H. Mundy, William Greenall, Gilbert Naas, Lord TELLIIS. Grey, Sir G. Napier, Joseph Pusey, Philip Raiford, Sir,llenry Palmer, Robert Herbert, Sydney MINORITY—NOES. 17. A rkwright, George Grogan. Edward Waddington, H. S. Christopher, R. A. Knox, Colonel Welby, G. E. Drax, J. S. W. Mackenzie, W. F. Yorke, E. T. Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord C. Duncombe, 0. O'Brien. Sir Lucius Evelyn, William J. Strickland, Sir G. Gore, W. 0. Verner, Sir W. TELLrn. Sibthorp, Colonel Buller, Sir J. Y. Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 12, to leave out the words " or Ireland :" —Question put, " That the words pro posed to be left out stand part of the Bill." The House divided MAJORITY-AYES, 64. Arkwright, George Harris, Captain Napier Joseph Bowles, Admiral Harris, Richard Noel, G. J. Brotherton, Joseph Hatchell, John Patten, J. W. Buck, Lewis W. llayter, W. G. Pilkington, James Boller, Sir J. Y. Henley, J. W. Prime, Richard Clements, Charlet Herbert, H. A. Balwey, Colonel Coles, henry B. Hill, Lord E. Sibthorp, Colonel Corry, H. L. Hobhouse, Sir John Spooner, Richard Cowan, Charles Ilobhouse, T. B. Stafford, Augustus Cowper, W. F. Hodges, T. L. Stanton W. 11. Da . rymple, Captain Hood, Sir Alexand Tancred, li. W. Dickson, Samuel Itouldsworth, T. Thompson, Colonel Duncan, (leorgo Johnstone, Sir J. Thornely, Thomas l)uncuft, John Kershaw, James Verner, Sir W. Egerton, W. T. Lewis, G. C. Vesey, Thomas Evelyn, W. J. Ma , ...agliten, Sir E. Wawn, J. T. Farnham, E. B. M'Taggart, Sir J. Wodehouse, E. Forbes, W. Meagher, Thomas Wrightson, W. B. Freestun, Colonel Matheson, Colonel French, F. Monsen, William Frewen, C. It. Mostyn, E. M. L. TELLIES. Pusey, Philip Barrington, Viscount Grcenall, Gilbert Manillas, J. R. Grey, Sir G. Naas, Lord D'Eynenurt, T. Dod, J. W. Fagan, William 'Fagan, James Gore,lW. 0. Grace, 0. D. MINORITY—NOES, 14. Henry, Aleicander Wahnsley, Sir 1. Lowther, Colonel Wood, W. P. Power, Dr. lieynolds, John ptrickland, Sir G. Tenison, E. K. TELLIki. Crawford. W. S. 31`Cathigh, W. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the Ist, was a division on the question of the Westminster Temporary Bridge Bill. being committed to a Select Committee. Unlike the, ox going to the slaughter, everybody goes with a full knowledge of what is going to be done. Westmin ster Bridge is to be taken down and rebuilt, on such site and in such manner as may be deemed to make it best accord with the Palace of barley-sugar which has been laid down at the cost of a fleet of thirty sail of the line already. When gentlemen can amuse themselves at the public expense, they would certainly he to blame if they did not amuse themselves heartily. I should think the same, if I could have been set i-going with my Organ. On Tuesday the House met at twelve o'clock. The Speaker read prayers ; in consequence probably .of the chaplain's not having been acquainted with the meeting of the House. The Landlord and Tenant Bill l was read a third Time and passed. An effort was made' to prevent the Bill from extending to Ireland ; but negatived by a considerable majority. There is a general undesirableness in the attempts to separate Ireland ; arising out of the fact that in two cases out of three the object is mischievous. The House, separated a little after two, and met again at five. l In consequence of the declared illness of the Member for Sheffield, his question on the subject of the Irish Church was postponed, and the House almost imme diately afterwards adjourned. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. Loudon, July 3, 1850. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. —ln the third rep or t o f a Committee of the Commons, dated sth August, 1846, the' first resolution states, "That the majority of the witnesses who have been examined on the point, concur in the state-1 ment that the foundation of Westminster-bridge having been originally vicious, the bridge can never be permanently sound." Now, as the majority of witnesses comprised the first civil engineering talent, it is somewhat odd that such opinion should go for nothing; and that in June, 1850 without any subsequent report, a Bill should be introducel "to build and maintain a temporary bridge d u ri n g th e re pairs of the present structure." It perhaps may be, that as, l by the erection of a temporary bridge, an opportunity willj be afforded of viewing the slew palace from a more distant! point, after all, the new structure(forrepairing the" viciouel old bridge is out of the question) will start from the wharfs' north of the Board of Control, thus carrying a new line of road by Charles-street into St. James's-park, relieving Great George-street of much of its traffic, and leaving it more free' as as approach from the Park to the Houses of Parliament,' at the same time giving an opportunity for clearing awayl the mass of old dilapidated buildings lying between Charles-i street and Downing -street as a proper site for the Records,' being in immediate connexion with the State Paper-office, and the principal Government offices. ' This plan seems to possess many advantages, and the injury done to property in Bridge-street would be comparatively trifling. It is under stood the south side of Bridge-street is to be removed for the New Palace-yard quadrangle, the houses on the north side thus becoming far more valuable as private or official residences —Builder. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE I T TAR B RICKLAYERS . I ARMS STATION.—On Monday morning, shortly before ten o'clock, an accident of a fatal character occurred at' the Bricklayers' Arms Railway station, Old Kent-road, whereby a man named Isaac Banks, aged 32 years, received such serious and complicated injuries that death shortly after took place. It appears that the unfortunate man was a carpenter in the employ of Mr. Kelt, the extensive builder,, carrying on business in W es tmi ns t er , an d f or some time past!, a large numb er o f wor k men h ave b een engaged in makingi considerable Improvements at the terminus, which will be! shortly open e d f or additional tra ffi c, and for he accommoda• lion of the public. At the time named Banks ascended tot the roof of a large building to perform his ordinary occupa tion, when he missed his footing and fell to the ground with fearful violence. Several persons ran to his assistance, and l found him to be in an insensible condition. He was removed Ito a proper place, and seen by a surgeon of the neighbour 'hood, who discovered that he had sustained a compound 'fracture of the right thigh, fractured ribs, with severe con tusions about the body and head. He was immediately placed in a cab, and conveyed to the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, where he was placed under the care of Mr. Lacy, the house surg eon , w h o was unrem i tt i ng i n hi s attent i on to the unfortunate man. THE FLAX CROP.—At the meeting of the Royal Ulster Flax Society in Belfast, last week, the reports of the state of the growing crops were, in general, highly satis factory. There had been some failures, owing to the great demand compared with the short supply of seed, which caused a good deal to be sown which was quite unfit for the pu r p ose; b ut st ill t h e peat b u lk o f the crop promises right well. Arrangements were made at this meeting for the location of the practical instructors of the society, during the pulling season, in several of the southern, west ern, and midland counties. ___ dM......m................... ~.,.......... SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—TIIESDAY. i , Handicap Sweepstakes o f 20 sovs. each, .5 ft, Sc., if de .'. Glared, to go to the second h orse, for three yrs old and p * upwards. T.Y.C. - ,, Mr. Cassidy's Diligence, 3 yrs, 6st 81b ...(T. Smith) 1 = Sir J. Hawley's Slang, 3 yrs, Est 101 b.. (Witherton) 2 ' Mr. Mare's The White Lady, 7st 61b.....,(F1 at ,„ 3 , 0 3 Lord Clifden's Wallflower, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ......(Sly) 0 D. of Bedford's Newport, 4 yrs, Bst 91b...(F. Butler) 0 `Lord Glasgow's Canada filly, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Chapple) 0 Lord Exeter's Visite, 3 yrs, Est 81b (carried 6st 10Ib) 0 ';, Capt. Bastard's Lepid a f. 3 yrs, sst 121 b ...(G. Mann) 0 -!'• Betting -3 to 1 agst Newport, 4to 1 etch agst Dili . Bence and Wallflower, and 6 to 1 agst White Lady. A. ', very close race between the first three. Diligence, who always had a trifling lead, winning by a neck; and Slang beating The White Lady by a head. Run in 1 OD. 1l sees. r, The July Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft, for two years • old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies; Bst 511); the second to save his stake. New T.Y.C. (Old.) (36 Subs.) Mr. Howard's Grecian (A. Day) 0 1 Sir J. Hawley's Venus filly (Templercan) 0 2 ./ Lord Exeter's Phlegra (Marlow) 0 ' Mr. Gur ne y' s Thi s k t h orn (Pettit) 0 Mr. Bolt's Arethusa filly (Flatnaan) 0 Betting -3 to lon Grecian (taken), 9to 2 agst Venus filly, and 100 to 7 agst Phlegra. The lot got off in a line, and ran almost abreast fur about a distance; the • two favourites th en s i ng l e d themselves out, the horse going on with a lead of a couple of lengths until within fifty yards of home; the mare then closed with and headed him; a close punishing race ensued, ending in a dead heat. Mr. Roles filly a very bad third. Run in 1 min. 13 secs. Deciding Heat-11 to Bon Grecian, who waited to the corner of the plantation, and won easily by a couple !of lengths. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Match, 150, h ft, R.C.—Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, Bst 21b, received ft from Capt. Hervev's Sylvan, Bst 71b. Match, 100, h ft. Last half-mile of New T.Y.C. (Old). Sir J. Hawley's Slang, Bst 71b, received ft from Mr. Barnes's Daughter of the Sea, Bst 31b. The weather has been favourable, the attendance of racing men very good, and the sport, if limited, extremely linteresting. _ LATEST BETTING. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Misserima—taken The races commence to-morrow at half-past two. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. CUMBERLAND PLATE (CARLISLE).-6 to 5 agst Jenny Lind (0, 5 to 2 agst Lady liy lda (0. LIVERPOOL CUP.-3 to 1 agst Windischgratz, sto 1 agst Cockernlouth (t), 6 to 1 agst Backbiter (t), 10 to 1 Maid of Team Valley. CrooDwooD STAKES.-7 to 1 agst Snowstorm, (take 8 to 1), 8 to 1 agst Windischgratz, 12 to 1 agst Wont you-come -out-to-night, 15 to 1 &gat Vampyre, 15 to 1 agst Van Dieman, 20 to 1 agat Panope. ST. LEGER.—No betting. DERBY, 1851.-8 to 1 agat Grecian (t 10 to 1). SPORTING NOTES. No. . TO THE EDITOR XIII OF THE SU.N. SlR,—The race for the July Stakes yesterday, re sulted in a dead heat, from the mere fact of Alfred Day holding his principal antagonist, the Venus filly, too cheap; this did not occur in the deciding heat; he waited nearly to the distance and won easily by a couple of lengths. I am very much afraid the Grecian is not the wonder he is reputed to be. Time will tell. The decision of the July throws not the most diminutive ray of light on the Chesterfield, which, however, I expect will furnish a better field to-morrow than was brought forth yester day. The following list includes, I believe, the names of all that are likely to await the starter's orders:—filly by Don John, filly by Epirus, Oleander, one of Lord Exeter's, Ariosto, Turtle, Teddington, Prestige, Palmyra filly, Virago filly, Miserrima, Norton, and Mirage. As I remarked on Monday, Ariosto, Oleander, Prestige, and Miserrima will form the winning division; and to Ariosto or Miserrima I shall look for the winner, placing Prestige next, with Oleander and Teddington in very close attendance. My opinion on the Liverpool Cup remains unaltered. 1 , 611 think Cockermouth the best of the five years old, Wild Rose of the four, and Windischgratz of the three; Held of Team Valley and Backbiter not very far in the rear of the winner.--I am, Sir, yours. &e., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. July 3, 1850. THE FITTINeIS OF THE NEW OLYMPIC THEATRE. —The whole of the interior decorations and the entire pare , phernalia, comprising the wardrobe of dresses, scenery, pro perties, and stage furniture, having been announced for sale by public auction this day, caused considerable excitement and regret amongst the theatrical profession. At the ap pointed hour this morning, instead of the sale taking place, the number of intending purchasers (many having the ap pearance of country managers) were informed, on their arrival at the late George Robins's offices, that the sale would not take place. The necessary measures towards the commencement of the sale this morning had gone as far as the removal of a considerable portion of the property from the theatre to the auction rooms, but it was very shortly removed back to its original position. We believe the pro prietor of the theatre is the purchaser of the entire property. THE REIGATE AND DORKING BANK.—REIGATE, Tt7Esnay.—The adjourned meeting of creditors was held at the town-hall to-day, Mr. J. W . Freshtield in the chair. The committee appointed yesterday now presented an unanimous report. They recommended that no effort should be made at present to supersede the proceedings in bankruptcy, and that an arrangement should be made with the London and County Bank, under which that company ' should on Tuesday next be prepared to pay the depositors of the Reigate and Dorking Thinks 10s. in the pound on the amount of their deposits, Mr. Morrison, of the London and County Bank, m ove d a resolution declaring the agree ment of the meeting in the report, and after a very brief discussion, in which Mr. Harrison stated that ha had been induced to abandon his opposition to the bankruptcy being allowed to proceed fur the present, the adoption of the report was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated, THE ROYAL BANK OF AlliTßALlA.—Yesterday, after three consecutive sittings, the Master in Chancery Richards decided in favour of th e c l a i m o f M essrs. P rescott, (Grote, and Prescott, the bankers, for 3,0631. against this bank. It appeared, from a voluminous mass of correspon- Idence put in evidence, that in 1840 M r . J ames H annen , now Out of the country, had a large claim against parties in Sydney, for which he employed the bank to obtain payment. In 1842 he assigned the debt to Messrs. Prescott, in respect of advances due to them. Part of the money was paid, but in 184 S the directors pleaded inability to meet the remaining sdemand. Actions were afterwards brought against four 1 °shareholders in the company, but these actions have become stayed under the Winding-up Act. The official manager produced the books of the bank, in which the debt is treated as a debt due to M essrs . P resco tt , i n answer to which it was contended by Messrs. Farquhar and John s ton, solicitors for various shareholders, that Mr. Benjamin Boyd, who eventually received the money, was the agent of Pres cott and Co. under power of attorney and deed of ratifica tion, and by which they sanctioned an arrangement by way of compromise in 1846 with that gentleman in Sydney. His honour, on a review of the facts, decided it was clear that .5 Boyd was the conduit-pipe or inst rumen t th roug h w hi c h t h e bank acted in Sydney ; whatever Boyd did th e b an k did, ( land he was confirmed in this view by letters and entries in 4 the bank books admitting the debt, and under all the cir- Pcumstances he felt bound to admit the claim as proved. jTHE SUNDAY POSTAL REGULATIONS.—At an in quest held yesterday, at the Hero of Waterloo, Lambeth, on '1 a boy who fell into the water and was drowned, Mr. Win. , Carter, the coroner, remarked that the recent alterations in the Post-office were likely to work very prejudicially be tween the coroner's office and the public. He lived at King ston, and received information of all cases requiring his at tendance through the post. On Saturday night last he went to the Post-office and received his letters, for which he bad to pay Id. on each. Now, that was an additional tax; but what was still worse, he sent his warrant appointing the present inquiry for yesterday. H e (th e coroner) came to illtown ; but when he arrived at the place appointed to hold the inquest, he found neither the summoning officer nor the jury. After a great loss of time he found that the constable had not received his warrant until one o'clock in the day, 'instead of eight in the morning, owing to the recent postal I'alterations. The consequence was that he was obliged to go back to Kingston, and return again that day to hold the inquest. It was absolutely necessary that the earliest in k formation should be forwarded to the co roner o f a ll cases re quiring an inquest, more especially during the hot weather, tiler if a post mortem examination should be required, the lapse of 36 or 48 hours might tend to defeat the ends of justice. CITY COURT OF SEWERS. The Commissioners assembled at the Guildhall yesterday, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. The only business of importanee discussed was an application from Mr. Moffatt, for an extended licence to intercept the sewage of the city before it reaches the outlets into the river, with the view of converting it into manure for his own profit. Mr. Moffatt's present licence is limited Ito seven years, and the object of his present application-was to have that period extended to twenty-one years, in order to afford him protection for the outlay of additional capital in enlarged works, and to enable him to obtain an adequate remuneration from his operations. The application was ul timately referred to the Committee on Health to inquire into the power of the commission to accede to it, and also whether the comprehensive scheme for the drainage of the northern part of the metropolis at present contemplated by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers is likely to inter fere with Mr. Moffatt's apparatus. SCOTTISH FETE.—We understand that the whole of the refreshments, wines, &c., were supplied by Messrs. Younghusband, of Gerard's Hall, and that all the arrange intents NI , ere carried out under the su p er i nten d ence of Mr. Younghusband, juu. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 2.—Tbe Great Western, Captain Wolfe, with the West India Mail s , l e ft thi s after 'noon, with a full cargo, specie to the amount of 8,0004 and `twenty passengers. The screw-steam er E s k, b e l ong i ng to the Royal Mail Company, and also the Derwent, lett this !morning on trial trips. The Esk will be absent some time, it being the intention of the company to try her capabilities on !all tacks. The Derwent will re t urn i n th e . c ourse of the rday, having the directors onboard. These two steamers are perfect models, and are superbly fitted up, and there is little doubt but that they will prove equal to any of the boats in 'the company's large and beautiful fleet of steam-ships. The Peninsular Company's steam-ship Nobs, with the mails !from Spain, Port:lgal, and Gibraltar, will be here about Thursday. _ - lENLARGEMENT OF BRITISH MUSEIIM.----It is to be hoped that Mr. Hosking's plan of a grand central ball, &c.. 'or some other plan for obtaining increaed accommodation lat the British Museum may be adopted, and speedily carried out. That additional space is required at the Museum Can- Inot be doubted for an instant. The interesting A re mains which have been recently b rought to England are 'treated worse than the Vernon Pictures were, hav i n g been literally assigned to a ce ll ar. Besides, we may expect ssrian further antiquities fro m t h e same and other sour ces, a n d where are they to be pl aced? There are many paintings in the Museum which are now hung above the Olase ca ses near the ceiliag. Surely a room should be p r o vided where th ese the British M useum. might be seen. B ut I have not za t alluded to the great est 'stigma upon w h at i s ironically. caned 1 ',YOU will of coure understand t 6 w hat I refer—the ab sence of Antiquities." There an extensive " Gallery of British is already the nucleus for such a feature, and if apace were provided it would soon be Wed•••Corresporide n t o f Bidder. Down Toots' 7ht+ o ;, for the the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1850.