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NEW WORK by the celebrated JOHN EVELYN. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, TFI HISTORY of RELIGION. By JOHN EVELYN. Author of " Sylva,' , Now First Published, by permission of W. J. EVELYN, Esq., from the Original MS. in the Library at Wotton. Edited with Notes by the Rev. R. M. EVANSON, B.A. " We are disposed to rate the valise of this learned, pious, and most able treatise above that of any other of the author's works. In it Evelyn anticipates all the arguments of Butler, Warburton, Water land, Paley, and Magee. As an epitome of all the later arguments against the infidelity of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the History of Religion is indeed invaluable."—Standard. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATEF. MADAME PASTA. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT LA TEMPESTA—ANNA BOLENA. It is revolt:A.llly announced that a Grand Extra Night will take place THIS EVENING. when will be presented the highly successful new grand Opera, by Halevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Tempest of Shakspere, and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, LA TEMPESTA. The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo ; Prospero, Sig. Collett; Antonio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ferdinand. Sig. Baucarde ; Trinculo, Sig. Ferrari; Ste phano, Madlle. Parodl; Sycorax, Madlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of Air, Madame Giuliani ; Ariel, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Caliban, Sig. Lablacile ; Miranda, Madame Sontag. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Balfe. To be followed by a selection from Donizetti's Opera of ANNA BOLBNA. Anna Bolena, Madame Pasta (her only appearance on the stage); Jane Seymour, Mdlle. Parodi. To conclude with a Diyertissement, in which Madlle. Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Amalia Fcrraris, and M. Charles will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Moe of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, A Subscription Night. It Is respectfully announced that This Evening will be given as a Subscription Night instead of Tuesday. All Ivories and Tickets for Tuesday will be admitted This Evening, when Will be presented Mozart's Opera, entitled DON GIOVAINNI. Donna Anna, Mme. Grist ; Elvira, Mdlie. Vera ; Zerlina, Mme. Castellan ; Leporello, Herr Formes; Don Giovanni, Sig. Tambnrini ; Masetto, Sig. Polonini; II Commendatore, Sig. Tagllaftco ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. The Opera will be supported by a Triple Orchestra and Double Chorus. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten WI Five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE r. ONE NIGHT MORE Under the Patronage of the Nepaulese Princes and the Right Hon the Lord Mayor, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. FREDERICK WEBSTER. THIS EVENING R ill be performed MARRIED LIFE. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, Tilbury, Selby, and Webster. Mesdames Reynolds, Fltzwilliam, Stanley, Caulfield, and Winstanley. _ _ _ To be followed by A GRAND CLASSICAL CONCERT, In which will appear Catherine Hayes, 3liss Luceinbe, Miss P. Horton ; Messrs. W. G. Ross and Sims Reeves. After which THE IRISH LION. Characters by W. G. Ross (h!s first appearance on the London 1 tage), Misss P. Horton, &c. _ . To conclude with L A ! TEMPEST. Alt ! Or. THE ENCHXNTE, , ISLE. Private Boxes, Tickets, &cc., to be had of Mr. Frederick Webster, 33, Weymouth-street, Portland-place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, _ _ _ Will be reproduced the celebrated Drama of THE WEPT OF THE WISH-TON-WISH. Principal characters by 3lessrs. Hughes, Cul lenford, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Wcxdgar. After Which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA. Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Sixth Appearance of Madlie. RACHEL. TO-MORROW E VEXING The Entertainments will commence at Eight o'clock, with ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR. Adrienne, Madlle. Rachel. Boxes ant Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which Is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Mr. Batty begs to inform his patrons that the Tournament at Vaux hall does not interfere with the amusement at Astley's, as the com pany leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven, at Astley's every evening. Crowded ileufies to witness the attractive and magnilleent Soectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique, with Ma-Me. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. To conclude with a Melodrama. Box-office open From Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GA.RDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Re-Engagement of M. JULLIF.N. The now Irish Quadrille, the "Hibernian," composed by M. Julllen. The Derby Galop," composed expressly for these Gardens, is one of the most successful of Monsieur Jullien's compositions, and in consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till further notice. The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the Nepaulese Ambassador. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the aizo of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Danson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. Admission. Is. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAT —Morning 49 min. after 2 I Evening 14 min. after 3 To-3foutow— Morning 33 min. after 3 I Evening 1 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 11. THERMOMETER, IX THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 68— this day, at noon. __ ._ - BAROMETER, 30.12. WOO) Westerly—dull cloudy weather. tnl LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1850. At length in the sixth month of the session, the Marriage Bill has received a third reading in the House of Commons. All the old arguments, that have already been repeated usque ad nauseam, were again brought forward, and a further attempt was made to throw out this just and salutary measure in the last stage of its progress. But the effort failed—signally and decisively failed. Although the advocates of the Bill did not exhibit the same zeal and energy displayed by their opponents, there was happily a sufficient attendance to defeat the bigots who desired to control the consciences of their fellow-subjects, and to deprive them of the most sacred and dearest privilege belonging to freemen. The Hon. Member for Midhurst led the van on the present occasion. He repeated the hackneyed and stereo typed objections, and again plunged the House into the maze of polemical discussion. We hal hoped that what has been termed " the religious part of the question " 'had been abandoned by general consent, that we should have heard no more respecting a matter so perfectly plain, that it is difficult to con ceive how any person of ordinary common sense could have entertained a rational doubt on the sub ject. Mr. WALPOLE has, however, discovered a new reading of the translation—that the word OYZEIOc, in the Greek translation, meant not merely kin dred or relations, but " members of the same household or family." And on this novel version —the translation of a translation—he mainly relied. But if this argument be worth anything, if the slightest weight is to be attached thereto, it must surely be carried a great deal farther, and to an ex tent never yet contended for. It must apply to every person who ever dwelt under the same roof as companion, friend, housekeeper, governess, or in any other capacity whatsoever, although not in any degree connected by blood or affinity. The weakness of the cause may be judged of from the fact, that a man of education and abilily, who has risen to emi nence in his profession, should have descended to an argument so puerile and ridiculous. The Hon. and Gallant Colonel, the Member for Bradford, completely dispelled the mystification attempted to be thrown over this part of the subject by showing the true in tent and meaning of the passage, that " for the sake of peace the polygamic laws prohibited a man from having two sisters as his wives in his house at once." But Mr. WALPOLE, conscious of the slender four.- datioia on which he rested his case, endeavoured to show , that the prohibitionists should receive the , benefit of the doubt." This might be a very reason able suggestion if the Bill were for the purpose of en forcing such marriages, and compelling a reluctant widower to marry the eldest surviving sister of his former wife under a heavy penalty—just as a childless widow might, under the Mosaic law, have required tte brother of her former husband to receive her as a wife. But such i 3 not the case. There is to be no compulsion of any kind. No person who feels the slightest scruple can be called up on to act contrary to his own judgment. The only point i n di spu t e i s whether persons who entertain no doubt or difficulty whatsoever, who feel that the temporal and eternal welfare of them,selves and families will be beet pro moted by such an union, are to be restricted and cir cumscribed in their liberty of choice, in the privilege of selecting the future partners of their lives, to gratify the ridiculous fancies of a b:getted and fanatical clique. The question, as we have long since stated, is essentially one of " civil and religious liberty," and the very argument resorted to by Mr. IVALroLE affords the strongest evidence of this fact, which we have endeavoured to impress upon our readers; for if everything were to be pro hibited on which some who profess to have what are termed tender consciences were pleased to entertain, or to say that they entertained, a doubt, there would be an end of any degree of toleration. The tyrant majority, or what is more to the purpose in the present instance, the factious and turbulent minority would carry all before them, and inflict grievous punishments on all who ventured to wor ship their CREATOR in the manner which, in their souls and consciences, they deemed most fitting. But, although the Bill was read a third time, it was not finally carried through the House. A clause was proposed, providing that it should not extend to Scot land. This point had already been fully discussed in Committee, and the proposed limitation was deliberately negatived; but it was again brought forward, and with a similar result. The " 0 bstructives," how ever, succeeded in retarding the measure for another day. It must again be brought on next week, on the question that the Bill do now pass ; and its friends must once again attend in their places to ensure its final success in the popular branch of the Legislature. It will then be for the Peers of England to decide the question ; we cannot doubt as to the result, or suppose that their Lordships would reject a Bill on which the hearts of so many thousands, aye millions, of her MAJESTY'S subjects are anxiously set. One thing at least is certain, the opposition in the Lords will be of a straightforward and bond fide character• If defeated on a fair trial of strength, the minority will not resort to the " dodging and trickery," to the vexatious delays and repeated divisions on the same points, so justly to be complained of in the minority of the Commons House of Parliament on this impor tant and deeply interesting question. Our impression this evening contains elsewhere the report of a meeting held yesterday in this metropolis, with an eye to the acknowledgment of the great public exertions made in the way of sanitary im provement by Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER. To few members of the community are the people of England more largely indebted than to this gentle man, whether in regard to intellectual ap plication, to physical labour, or to pecu niary sacrifices in the advancement of a great social reform materially affecting the health and morals of the community. Hence it was with peculiar satisfaction that we observed the initial move ment of yesterday towards the recognition of the efforts of this really national benefactor. The Noble Lord, the representative of the borough of Maryle bone, has only afforded another testimony of his public spirit by taking the lead in this laudable endeavour to commend the beneficient undertakings of Mr. WALKER. As chairman of the meeting to which we are now directing public attention, he yesterday specified in terms of the most earnest, as they were also the most deserved, eulogium the nature of the enterprise upon which Mr. WALKER embarked fnirteen or fifteen years ago—an enterprise the suc cessful prosecution of which necessitated the most complete self.forgetfulness and the most laborious perseverance. That both those requisites have been most fully and cordially yielded by him throughout the agitation of the subject of Extramural Interments, we fancy is sufficiently proven by the mere circumstance that now, in defiance of all ob stacles, the evils of the existing system of burial have been formally acknowledged by her MAJESTY'S Go vernment. But for the assiduous persistence of Mr. WALKER, and for his magnanimous sacrifice of his own personal comfort and convenience, we should not so readily have attained even this shadow of the desired innovation. For to his painful disclosures in reference to the manner of intramural sepulture are alone attributable the steps already taken by the Cabinet in the way of improvement. True, without doubt, those steps are as yet only fal tering, and in many respects erroneous, yet, at the same time, they are also reasons for our congratula tion, seeing that they are auguries of an ultimate enactment securing to the community all the benefits desired by Mr. WALKER and his co-operators. As yet we have only a feeble hint of those benefits, but in the end that hint assures us that, with perseverance, we shall compass their entire realisation. As was very emphatically observed yes terday at the meeting, the evils of the measure now awaiting the last approving stamp of the Legislature, are not in any manner traceable to the scheme of Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER, that gentleman being strongly opposed to the whole project of this lamentable Bill, and seriously dread ing the inevitably evil effects of its ope ration. Had the plan been submitted (as it should undoubtedly have been submitted) to his scrutiny prior to Its introduction to the Houses of Parliament, the pernicious clauses, already again and again enumerated by ourselves, would infallibly have been expunged, and others substituted of a nature calculated to reconcile all conflicting interests. The circumstance that Mr. WALKER has throughout the whole movement acted independently of any one else, was surely no valid reason for the Cabinet re fusing to avail themselves of his unquestionable abilities, and of his undoubted experience. Knowing mare than any other individual in the United Kingdom upon the subject of intramural interments, it would have been only rational to have permitted him to participate in the labours of improvement, especially seeing that he himself individually ori ginated the whole scheme of sanitary innovation. Other persons have subsequently pushed forward ; more prominently in behalf of the health of the mul titude, winning more particular regard from the population by their more ostentatious exertions, obtaining official appointments at Gwydyr House, and being invested with the honours of Knighthood in the columns of the official Gazette. But, meanwhile, the gentleman in whose favour these tardy efforts are now making towards the purchase of a suitable testimonial has been labouring ear nestly, without any encouragement whatever from the State, and accumulating for the masses, almost in secret, a large amount of practical benefactions. With a view to the public recognition of these great services to the multitude, the preliminary meeting con vened yesterday will be beneficial as a testimony that the nation is not invariably ungrateful to its benefactors, beyond which the occurrence will not prove without advantage as a glaring condemnation of the forgetful ness evinced by the Government. Gratified, how ever, as we are at the circumstance, and satisfied as we must assuredly be with the share taken in this commendable mcheanidrambalen,manovd by m movement by y GLzoorßdGE Tomps DUDLEY STUART, Secretary, we cannot but regret that the meeting was not one of a more general and accessible character. The ill effects, nevertheless, resulting from the selec tionma of an inconvenient hour and locality Ybe re adily obviated, and we trust that the people at e large will be soon enabled to evidence their regard for Mr. WALKER, and their admiration for his la bours, by a more numerous attendance, and a not less unanimous enthusiasm. We would again urge upon those who are desirous of promoting a Christian observance of the Sunday, as contradistinguished from a Judaical observance of the Sabbath, not to relax one jot or tittle in their exertions. The Pharisees are reckless ; it was only yesterday that the clique of " illustrious obscure," who on Tuesday Pad stated to Lord J O HN RUSSELL that they were the representatives of the weekly metropolitan press (they king connected exclusively with journals which do not publish on Sunday, and having therefore a direct interest in diminishing the circulation of the Sunday journals) waited upon the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, the Post master-General, and made the same representations to him, urging him to render permanent the aboli tion of the Post-office Sunday delivery. The Mar quis of CLANRICAEDF, in his answer, stated that the inquiry now pending would continue for some weeks,and that until that inquiry was concluded the Post• office de livery on Sunday would not be restored. This an swer is anything but satisfactory. There is no ne cessity for any such delay, and it would seen as though the Ministry were afraid of the Sabbatarians. Their conduct, too, on cie O ,T Gal 7 , fv G VI , <VI A . • di, 4 AlKu. • t. 7•: A, Ntiti NIP Nhoor'' • 10‘7,k , D E Ofb " .4 :341 ' A ` ' 1 ; 1 1 44., THE SUN, LONDON, Mr. LOCKE'S motion proves that they have vastly overrated the force of the advocates for " a bitter observance of the Sabbath." They had promised him assistance, and we have seen the sort of assistance they have rendered him. It, therefore, becomes doubly necessary that the great majority cf the people should exert themselves, should show their real strength if they do not wish to be ridden over roughshod by a noisy, bigotted, fanatical minority, whose congregational organization gives them peculiar facilities for carrying out their selfish object, and for propagating the grossest misre presentations in support of their views. The arrogant assertion of exclusive righteousness on the part of these Sabbatarians would be amusing from its absurdity, were it not disgusting for its bigotry. One " of the illustrious obscure," who attended the deputation to the Marquis of CLARRICARDE yesterday, eoolly arrogated to himself and his clique the exclusive possession of morality, and deemed all public writers who were opposed to his narrow and sectarian views as being wanting in a high moral tone—this person evidently sympathises with the fanatic who addresses the " Cursing Letter" to Mr. Locxa, and it is only want of power that prevents such persons from condemning to the stake all who venture to differ from them in opinion. It is amusing to hear the manner in which certain Sabbatarian newsvenders, who attended this deputation, propose to deal with the valuable property of those persons through whose exertions these very men live, and move, and have their being. We would remind these gentlemen that if there were no newspapers there would be no newsvenders, and that if they destroy the circulation of the Sunday papers they will at the same time destroy their own profits : they may perhaps eventually find that they will have to pay too dear for their Sabbatarian whistle. It is, however, a mere selfish faction of the great and respectable body of newsvenders who are thus acting, and who seek to injure the Sunday newspapers in order to benefit themselves at the expense of their col leagues, by forcing a circulation for certain journals, miscalled newspapers— Ut lucus a non lucendo— because they contain no news—an attempt, however, which must necessarily prove unsuccessful, - as those who are accustomed to receive their Sunday news paper, conveying to them intelligence up to the very latest hour, will not be content to substitute for it a " stamped sermon." The Sala batarians are reckless and untiring, the Ministry is:made of squeezable materials ; behoves it then that we be active also, and apply the pressure in the right direction. Let every individual elector who feels himself aggrieved (and who does not ?) by the abolition of the Sunday delivery write a letter to his representative, calling upon him to do his utmost as a Member of Parliament to bring about a restoration of the old system; and let him also ad dress a letter to the Prime Minister to the same effect, stating therein that he is an elector. If this be done speedily there cannot be a doubt but that the Suaday delivery will be as speedily restored. Sir Thomas Wilde has been appointed Lord Chancellor. He will for the present fulfil the duties of the office in Court and in the House of Lords, but he will ultimately be appointed solely to the duties of the Lords. He takes office subject to all arrange ments. It is understood that Sir J. Jervis, the present Attorney. General, will succeed Sir T. Wilde as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and that Sir John Romilly will be appointed Attorney- General. It is confidently expected that Mr. Cockburn will succeed Sir John Romilly as Solicitor- General. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It is said that the Legitiniatists intend to cele brate St. Henry's day, the We day of the Duke of BOURDEAUX with great solemnity. The authorities have issued the following notice on the subject :- 6. The authorities are informed that at this moment a banquet and a high mass are in course of preparation for B t. Henry's-cay, and that invitations to attend have been addressed to several persons. The Prefect of Pc,- lice apprises those persons who have been invited, that manifestations of this nature are forbidden." St. Henry's-day is celebrated on the 15th of July. The discussion on the Law of the Press was re sumed in the Assembly on Wednesday, after a vain attempt on the part of M. CREMIEUX to record a pro test against the conduct of the President DuPIN for refusing to call to order the Minister ROUIIER who characterized the revolution of February, 1848, as a funeste catastrophe. In the course of the dis cussion M. LEO DE LABORDE declared that he consi dered the absolute legitimate monarchy the best mode of government, but that as he could not obtain that, he should maintain the Republic as the next best. 1.1. VICTOR HUGO spoke most eloquently against the measure. In the course of his speech he denounced in eloquent and truthful terms the machinations of the parti-pretre. He said the real revolutionists were the absolutists and reactionists, the apologists of the Jesuits and the Inquisition (pointing to M. MONTALEMBERT), of that diabolical sect who, after preaching the murder of kings, now preached the murder of nations, who mixed maxims of death with those of the Gospel, and poisoned the holy water urn. He then proceeded to taunt them with seeking support from the Voltarians who laughed at them, and from the Jew bankers whom they would fain commit to the flames. During the course of the discussion M. RounEn, the Minister who the day before had insulted the Republic, at tempted to address the Assembly. He was met with loud cries of " order" from the Members of the Left, which prevented him from proceeding. M. DUPIN, the President, was excited to a pitch of fury by the determination of the Left to insist on an apology from M. ROUIIER, and exclaimed, "M. MIOT, I have seen you interrupting several times." This sally from the impartial and trustworthy President pro. duced shouts of laughter ; M. MIOT had not been present during any portion of the sitting. The noise still continued, and tired with shouting, but determined that M. Itounza should not be heard until he bad apolo gised, the opposition left their seats one by one, and re tired at intervals of a minute each, every one slamming the door violently after him. As there are 225 Mem bersof the Left, this proceeding effectually burked ROUEIER, and the Assembly adjourned. _ It appears that at a Council, - hell at the Elyt , ee in the morning, it had been determined, on the advice of M. BAROCHE, that M. ROUHER should not apologise. General BOYER, the late President of Hayti, died in Paris on Tuesday. The differences between General D'iIAUTPOUL and General CHANGARINIER have become so serious, that the resignation of the former has become inevitable. PARIS BOURSE, JULY 10.—Closing Prices.—Five per Cents. Rentes, 95f. 50c. ; Three per Cents. ditto, 57f. 40c. ; Bank of France, 2,250 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THY LONDON STOCK-FICHANGE, JULY 10. Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), l4l—East Indian, 7%—Great Indian Penin sula, s%—ditto, 1 1 A 1 Luxembourg, 21‘—Nortliern of France, I lh —Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2—Paris and Stras bourg, 6 1 ,..—Tours and Nantes, 3%. GERMANY. The Bavarian Chamber has reduced the army esti mates, presented by the Government, by one-third. MALTA AND THE lONIAN ISLES. The cholera has made its appearance at Malta. A Malta paper publishes the following from Corfu : " From Corfu the news is not unimportant. Some of the members in the House of Assembly had proposed to annex the lonian Islands to GreEce—to abolish certain powers possessed by his Excellency the Lord High Com missioner in employing the police force, and to cut down the sala r i e s of the Government employes, particularly the English, to a mere nothing. The consequence of these incidents has been that his Excellency Sir Henry George W ar d , Lord High Commissioner, on tho 12 th June,. issued a proclamation, proroguing the first ses sion of th e p resent n i ot h P ar l iamen t unt il t h e 12 t h De cember,ana a special messenger was immediately sent to England, with dispatches to the Colonial Minister." ITALY. A letter from Rome, of the 30th ult., in the Unicn, says:— --1 ` A circumstance h as occurred here which has caused a great impression on th ose who witnessed stood its signification. You are awar l e thst every year, o in n rSoLtorPneitnegr:s-adtaoppa, ianfttetrothmeidPdolnetiofifcathmtaooro, th e prayer made to him by a cons o is e f riarl cthhetoPheepae; advocate, kneeling, to . renew against the KingNaples l the f ex communication which weighs on the sovereigns cotintry for having placed a sacrilegious hans l o s n o tpar t h th a that of the domain.c.f St Peter. The Pope pronounces a excommunication, but immediately removes it. This e y' ar the ceremony became more embarrassing. The s ouvenir of the hospitality given by Ferdinand caused the faults of his predecessors to be somewhat forgotten, and lam assured tha t Pius IX., in his inexhaustible bounty, was disposed not to issue an anathema against a King so devoted to the Church and to the Sovereign Pontiff ; but the cardinals whom he consulted were of opinion that the usage ought not to be abandoned, and that the only arm which the Church possesses for the defence of her temporal domain ought not to bo allowed THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11 , 1850. to be broken. The excommunication accordingly was pronounced, but after the absolution the Sovereign Pon tiff made in a loud voice the most complete culogium of the magnanimous Ferdinand, of his very dear son in Jesus Christ, the King of the two Siciiie-s, recalling in the most fltttering terms the Services he has rendered to the Holy See, and the Sovereign Pontiff ; and express ing his it:violate ect , iement and complete gratitude for such a Chrittian Prince. Thus was saved, ut the same momeq, the rights and usages of the Church, and the regards due to a sovereign who has done so much for the Holy See." THE AUSTRIAN PLOT FOR THE ASSAS SINATION OF KOSSUTH. A man named BARDS has left Constantinople for London in a sailing vessel. He is the bearer of do cuments which tend, by strong circumstantial evi dence, to show the participation of the Austrian authorities in the plot for the assassination of KossuTu. The Austrians had seized and imprisoned him, but failed to obtain his papers, and he has at length mAnaged to escape from their clutches with these important documents in his possession. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The last of the series of Grand Morning Concerts at this theatre was given yesterday. There was as usual a monster programme, and the selection well deserved the term "classical." It comprised pieces from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Cherubini, Paesiello, Stradella, Fioravanti, Spohr, Belle, Coccia, Dr. Arne, Rossini, Mercadante, Haydn, and Halevy; and the immense vocal and instrumental resources of the theatre were engaged in its interpretation. Sontag, Catherine Hayes, l.arodi, Ida Bertrand, Giuliani, Frez zolini, Miss Masson (of the Grand Opera, Paris, her first appearance), Lablactie, Colletti, Belletti, Gardoni, Bau carde, Calzolari, Sims Reeves, F. leiblache, and Sig. Lo reezo, contributed by their vocal talents to a very rich aid varied musical treat; and in addition to the fill or chestra, conducted by Mr. Belie, and the chorus of the theatre, M. Thalberg played some of his favourite piano forte pieces. Among the instrumental pieces (besides M. Thalberg 's solos, which were enthusiastically en cored) were Beethoven's symphony No. 8 in F, and Mendelsohn's Scherzo and Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream). To particularise the execution, even to give the names, of nearly Vairty vocal pieces, is out of the question. It is enough to say that, throughout, the concert fully sustained the high character already attained by these performances. Among the encores were Madame Sontag's " The soldier tired," and Curschmann's spirited trio (sung by Gardoni, Ca'zilari, and Baucarde), " Viva Ba_ce." Miss Masson made a most favourable impression, as well by the quality of her voice as by the expressiveness of her style and the excellence of her vocalization. The best proof of the excellence of the entertainment was that, though so long, it kept a full audience in unwearied attention and perpe tual delight. It was a fortunate thought of the manage ment to give this series of concerts; because while the selections have attested the music d taste and know ledge of the conductor, and his happy choice of examples at once illustrative of the characteristics of many com paratively unknown composers and pleasing to the general taste, the execution has displayed in a marked and triumphant manner the extraordinary vocal re sources (and, let us add, the instrumental excellence) at the command of the direction. We have no doubt that such performances will constitute a ,permanent attrac tion, as they doubtless conduce to the spread of musical taste and knowledge. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Rachel repeated, last night, her won detful personification of Adrienne Lecouvreur; and the second performance confirmed and strengthened the opinions which we expressed on Tuesday last. So completely is Rachel mistress of the art whose very es sence is to conceal itself, that every movement, gesture, and intont:Con seems the spontaneous result of imme diate and most natural impulse. Nothing is " overdone or come tardy off." The minutest detail is there, with out the appearance: of elaboration; and iu the " very whirlwind of psslion" there is ever that " temperance that (loth give it smoothness." The " modesty of na ture" is "never overstepped." She is, indeed, the very ideal presented in Shakspere's inimitable "advice to the players." It is this that lends majesty and force to every act ald word of Rschel. Last night the enthu siasm of the fashionable throng at St. James's Theatre knew no bounds. The crescent passion of the fourth and fifth acts was marked with the most breathless at tention, interrupted at every pause by plaudits the most rapturous. Mademoiselle Rachel was repeatedly sum moned before the curtain to receive a homage as hearty a; it was well merited. Such art ought to be cherished. We have never seen and shall never see its like again. SAILING OF THE ATLANTIC.—The powerful and splendid steam-ship Atlantic, Captain West, sailed from Liverpool yesterday forenoon ; she carries out about sixty passengers and a light mail for the United States, together with a heavy cargo of goods._ _ liis Excellency the Nepaulese Ambassador and suite spent some time on Saturday in the extensive ware roams of the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, and expressed their satisfaction at the vast display of manufactured cloths, &c., offered for their inspection; some of the most valuable of which were selected as presents upon their return to their native country. THE LATE STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT AT LAMBETH. —Yesterday Mr. W. Payne, coroner of London, held an in quest, which lasted nearly six hours, at the Steel Yard Tavern, Upper Thames-street, on the body of Mr. Hawtrey, jun., son of the member of the Court of Common Council for dread-street Ward. Nearly 20 witnesses were examined; from whose evidence it appeared that the deceased and four other yourg gentlemen, n the evening of Saturday week, hired a randan skiff at Mrs. Needham's, Paul's Wharf, and proceeded up the river as far as Westminster-bridge, when they attempted to return back. At that moment the Dahlia steam-boat crossed from Hungerford-market on her way to Westminster-bridge. The steamer was stopped as soon as possible, but owing to the tide running very f as t th e t wo boats came into collision. The side of the smaller one was stove in and instantly filled with water. Four of the rowers were rescued and taken on board the steam-boat, but the de ceased and a boy employed to bale the water out were drowned. Verdict—" Accidental death." LICENSED VICTUALLERS' AStLUM.--RECENT FETE AT THE ROYAL SURREY ZooLOGICAL GA B.DENS.-Mr. Tyler, the proprietor of the above justly-admired place of public attraction, was kind enough yesterday (in balancing with the board the account of tha fete had at his establish ment on Monday and Tuesday last, in behalf of the above institution), to present the society- with a contribution of 10 guineas towards the " Chapel Fund." In addition to so kind a contribution, it should be stated that Mr. Tyler, on the second day of the fete, present e d to each of the 130 ch i ldren of the Licensed Victuallers' School, to whom he gave a free admission, a silver token in testimony of his admiration of that institution, and, in addition to such acts of liberality, Mr. Tyler was so good as to say that he would readily open the doors of his gardens to all the children of the Licensed Victuallers' School, on any Wednesday during the present season that the governor and committee might see fit to se lect. So sincere pledges of Mr. Tyler's good wishes towards both of the institutions we fed assured will be received with grateful thanks by the trade, and acknowledged by the - THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL. — Yesterday a pre liminary meeting of merchants and bankers took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the pro priety of calling a public meeting in the city of London on the subject of promoting a subscription for raising a testimo nial in honour of the lamented statesman ; Sir Edward North Buxton was called to the chair. Amongst those pre sent were Mr. Joseph Ilume, M.P., Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, And other influen • fiat gentlemen. Letters were read approving of the object, and expressing regret that the writers could not attend the meeting, from Mr. George Glyn, Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., Sir James Duke, Alderman Salmons, Mr. W. Gladstanes, Mr. R. D. Mangles, M.P., and several others. The meet ing unanimously agreed to a resolution to atply to the Lord Mayor for the use of the Egyptian Hall of the Man sion-house upon the occasion, and the Lord Mayor, who was forthwith waited upon, received the deputation with marked respect, and appointed Monday next for the meeting; his Lordship will take the chair on that day, at two o'clock The Rev. Mr. Marshall and Mr. Wire were precisely. It is expected that the attend ance will be most appointednumerous. secretaries. ' BANQUET TO SIR JAMES DUKE, M.P.—W e observe from the London papers, that Sir James Duke left that city on Monday for Edinburgh. He is to be entertained at a banquet in the Hopetoun Rooms here, on Thursday, by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council. This is in tended as a return for the honour which, when Lord Mayor of Londcn, he conferred on our civic authorities by inviting them to dine with him at the Mansion-house. We under stand that most of the leading legal and other officials have received invitations to unite with the Council in this mark of respect to Sir James Duke.—Scotsman. HARVEST PROSFECTS.—The subjoined gratifying statement appears in the Cork Examiner. It completely re futes the report of an extensive failure in the potato crop in Kerry :—" A gentleman connected with this office has passed through a considerable district of Kerry, on to Lime rick, and his account of the crops, especially the potato, is most cheering. His words are—' lam glad to say that the rumoured potato blight is a complete failure. I never saw any thing more cheering thon the appearance of the crops all along the line from Tralee to Limerick, the potato especially, though the quantity of them afforded ample scope for variety in their appearance.' A Cappoquin correspondent writes—' I have not seen a single blighted stalk this year.' He admits that some few plants have been destroyed by harsh winds or have only reached a stunted growth owing to bad seed ; but he distinctly asserts that there is no appearance of the rot or disease of the three or four last years. A Youghal corres pondent writes—' There is no appearance here of the potato blight, although this was the first place where the potato blight di tinctly appeared on former occasions.' We have excellent accounts of the potato from Douglas, Carrigaline, Passage, and the various po`ato-growing districts in the neighbourhood of this city. The writer passed through more than t:‘ enty blooming fields yesterday, and could not per ceive the slightest trace of taint or disease." IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.—WOLYER HAMPTON, JULY 10. The usual quarterly meeting of the ironmasters of this district has been held here to-day; the attendance was not numerous, and the business transacted was very inconsiderable. Very few orders given, and al though some of the large makers state confidently that the trade fac is t anteheedry makers a firmer, ke rs a , and , e presentinma many instances by the prices can be 'well maintained, it is d ou btful whether they w ill be borne out by the condition of their tenancy to produce, must sell at some price, and the demand at the present moment being limited, only an increase of it can ensure for the trade anything like healthiness. The meeting at I3irmingham to-morrow may disclose more precise results, but judging from actual cir cumstances, the inclination of prices is rather downward than otherwise. It is proper to state, however, that the stock of iron is not large, the make having been as much as possible restricted during the last three months. CURREN T OF THE O CEAM —FALMOUTH, JULY 9 A sealed bottl e was picked tip in the inner harbour this morning, containing a p a per with the following : —" Brig Carnperdown, off the coast of Guinea , ha lf- p ast 11 o'clock, P.M., blowin g working at pump s, not expec ti ng to see land again, water gaining a heavy gale of wind, leak in the ve s s el, Lichards.—Jan, 2, 18 6, fast. —Captain Thomas, First Mate James, Second Mf'JNEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TIV 0 O'CLOCK. The sal( s of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 15,000 bales, (.f which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 3.000 Atnericae, 700 Egyptian, a:al 1,000 Surat on speculation. The saes can priced 11,000 American, 600 Pernum and Maranham at Cid. to 8,11; 200 Bahia, at 7H 1. to Bd.; 1,000 Egyptian, at lid. to V.; 2,000 Sutaf, at 4-V. to' Sid ; and ICO Sea Hands, at is. 2J. to is. 7d. per Shares were fiat. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 40s. 4d. per quarter and the sales in the markets which make cfficial returns were last week 83,100 quarters. The meeting convened for Monday next, to take into consideration the propriety of a public testimonial to Sir it. Peel, has Excited warm interest in the City, and will be no doubt one of the grandest ever held upon any similar occasion. The example of the metropolis will concen trate the now scattered efforts making in different locali ties, and it is certain from the combination, will ensue such a testimonial as was perhaps never be fore raised. The case of the late Captain Clayton and his life in surance, teeming as it is with points of scandal, is far more important to the public at large than interesting t. the mere lovers of light reading. It the prin ciple of insurance is ever to receive the extension it deserves, there must be a better understanding of the injustice of disputing payment after death. Life insurances, to be as useful as they ought to be, should be "indisputable." It is obviously in the power of every office, through its agents, through the medical profession, and by means of friends of the parties insuring, to ascertain the habits and constitution of am insurer; and if due dili gence be not exercised in this respect, the uefor tunate survivors, who had rested in fancied secu rity upon a future resource, should enjoy the tenefit. It is always competent to an insu rance-office to reject a life, and even with the chance of a great many, owing to their own bad habits, being unfortunately deprived of the chance c•f making a set tlement for their families, the princiVe of certainty in the case of those who have insured, should be maintained inviolate. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1850. 1849. Great Western North-Western South-Westcrn.. Brighton Midland South-Er.stern The Stock Market is quiet, money business only being done in small amounts, and spcculation resting awhile, owing to the near approach of account day. Consols have been quoted 96 for Trans fer, and 964 for Account. Tho New Three- a , ,d-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 981 to 99, and the Three per Cents. 97i Faak Stock has becn at 211 to 212. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 705., and India Bonds 87s. to 90f. pre mium. In the Foreign Market there is rothing of interest passing. Mexican Bonds are 30* I, Peruvian Active 8 if, and Equador 3i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 571 1, and the Four per Cents. 88} to 89. These have been the only transactions. Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 374 to 1, and Portu guese Four per Cents. 334 to 31i. Railway Shares are generally rather flatter, and with fewer buyers offering. The business in French shares has dropped off suddenly. United Mexican Mine shares have been firm at 61. Consols ... Ditto Account QUARTER TO THREE. .. ... ... 96i 1 ex d. ••• ••• ••• --- BRITISH FUNDS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 211 212 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97A % I per Cent. Consols Anne New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. 98% 99 98 3 4 Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, MO— 8 5-16 84 1 % D 0.30 Tears, Expire Oct. 10,1859 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1160 8 1-16 x d. India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 B7 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I !Ad. 21. March. Jule. 1,00/. __ 500/ — 70 p Small — 70 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS ♦T ONE O'CLOCK, alexican Bones, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ..... 3O 30% Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent — Ditto for the Account Dividends on the abeve payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES ♦T ONE OCLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEE, SHAUN. 3 uckinghamshire - ( '..iledonian Eastern Connt.es Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d.. 9 p... to Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New ..- ..... - 43 . .... 50 ...... to East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. . .... Gedat Western .........100 - ... b 9%..... to 59 ...ancashire and Yorkshire ...100 - to 37 Leeds and Bradford .......,.... 50 ..... 92 1 / 2 .-- to Leeds and Thirsk 5O Ditto, ditto... Load., Bright., & South Coast 100 London &North Western.....loo lO9 l / 2 :i 4 1 /4 ° Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths l2 ..... 12% . t ; London and S. Western 100 Nlanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 84 to Midland.. -.... .... ........ ...100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 35 North British .. .. . ..... .. . 25 Ditto. Preference ... 5 North Staffordshire..... 1 7 14, S irewsbury and Birmingham 13 1 4 — dis... to Ditto. ditto, Class B. 9% Ditto,_ New Guaranteed 8 -..... to South Eastern Y irk, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastl e E a t en . 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 9 York and North Midland ... 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5% — to Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 7 3 4 to MINES. A liglo Mexican lOO ...... United Mexican JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Union of Madrid ......... 40 VbtVt. Elittton LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Handicap. California ~, 1 THE LIVERPOOL CUP. Windischgratz Cockermouth ... The Juggler ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Sweepstakes. Taly ... ... ... II" ... Clara ... ... ... ... . . ___ Derby Handicap. Elthiron Rathmit 03 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 11.—Wind W.N.W. DEAL, JULY 10.—The St. Jean, Chasse Mar6e, from Sunderland to Nantes, was the vessel reported ashore this morning, on the Goodwin Sands. She has become a total wreck; crew saved. RAMSGATE, JULY 10.—The Bertha, schooner, from Gothenburg to Bordeaux, has put in here leaky, and with loss of rudder, anchor, and chain, having been on the Goodwin Sands this morning. COWES, JULY 10.—The Fort Augustus, brig, of and from Shields, listed off the bank at East Cowes, this morning, and filled. PORTS3IOUTH, JULY 10.—The Patience from Leghorn, in coming into harbour to-day, got on shore near the Swashway, but it i s expected she will come off next tide. LIVERPOOL, JULY 9.—The Cosmopolitan, Slater, from Camaroons, arrived here to-day, after being aground in the Mersey. SWANSEA, JULY 9.—Arrd. Gratitude, Adelaide, S. A. OFF MARYPORT.—Arrd. Thetis, Cassidy, Quebec, for Annsn; Robert Burns, Stewart, ditto for Carlisle. WESTPORT, JULY 7.—Sld. Sylvanus, Quebec. G 111318131% —Arrd. Corinthian, Davidson, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND MEADENDAMT... Only a limited business was trtintacted to-jay, never theless prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6,1; Muttor, 2s 10d to 3s 103; Lamb, 3s 101 to 43 10d; Veal, 2.3 81 to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Blbs, by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, JULY 10.—Our market today was Lut moderately supplied with each kind of stock, in which a steady business was transacted, at full prices. Beef from 3s Od to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Od; Lamb, 4s 43 to 5s Od; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s to per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROJIFORD, JULY 10.—Prime Beasts and Sheep move d off steadily at full prices. Otherwise, the demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 38 Od to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s Od; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s Od; Veal, 23 10d to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s Od to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 18/ each. LEwEs, JULY 9.—The general demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef from 33 03 to 43 Od; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 45 8d; Veal, 3s Od to 33 4d per Blbs. NAY mazzETSll. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow flay, 2 / 8 3 to Si 10s; Clover ditto, 310 s to 4/10s; and Straw, 1/ 23 to 1/ 103 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21103 to 3110 s i Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4! 4s ; and Straw, 11 35 tc, 1( 105 load. Su.ply Imo& rately good, and trado dull. WHITECHAPEL. 21 8s to •! . .31 10; ; Clover eitt - o, 3! Oto 4/ ; I:2s to V 10.; per load. Trade! (lull, at rates. New 11:r low Hai was Ealing a; from 21 5s to 21 14s per load. CORN AVER:,GES. GLNERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITNII CORN FO7 the. Week ended July 4, 1850, made up from the P.etarns of the: inspt2tors in the different Cities and Towns in Lagiand and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BARLEY., OATS. I RYE. 11FAICS. PEA=. PRICE .• 40e 11d I 21s 9d I 17s Od 23s 2,1 26s 10d I 28s 41 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. wIIEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od is 05 is Od THE ASSAULT ON THE QUEEN, CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERS'N, Mr. Justice PATTESON, and Mr. Justice TALFOUItD.) Some time before the opening of th court the doors and entrances were besieged by crowds of well-dressed people, who were anxious to be present at the trial of the man Pate for assaulting her Majesty, but no one was admitted without an order from the Under-Sheriffs, and the court was at no time over-filled. There was an un usually large attendance of gentlemen of the long robe, while on the bunch and in other convenient parts of the court a numerous bevy of fashionably-attired ladies were accommodated with seats. Their Lordships arrived a few minutes after ten o'clock, and the prisoner was im mediately placed in the deck. There was nothing new in his appearance to call for remark. He was dressed, as before, in a blue surtout buttoned up to the neck, and seemed to be but little concerned at the situation he found himself in. He stood firm and erect, with his hands behind him, and his whole demeanour and bearing was that of a military man. He was described in the calendar as " Robert Pate, aged 30, gentleman," and the charge against him was thus stated—" Unlawfully and with a stick striking the person of our Lady the Queen, with intent to injure our said Lady the Queen." Upon being called upon in the usual form, he pleaded " Not guilty" in a firm voice. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Welsby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clerk appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Huddlestene, defended the prisoner. The ATTORNEY GENERAL opened the case, and he commenced by stating that it was always painful to him to appear in that court as a public prosecutor, but it was with increased pain that he appeared to prosecute in the present instance. The prisoner at the bar, who had hitherto moved in a high sphere, and passed as a gen tleman, was charged with having assaulted our most gracious Majesty the Queen, and although such an of fence was calculated to excite disgust and abhorrence in the minds of all loyal and well-disposed persons, it was his duty to warn them not to attach any weight to anything they might have hitherto heard in connexion with this case prejudicial to the prisoner or otherwise, and to try the case in a dispassionate tem per, and decide according to the evidence that would be placed before them. They must dispose of this case as if they were dealing with an ordinary transaction, and acquit or convict the prisoner according to the testimony of the witnesses. The prisoner was the son of a gentle man of independent fortune, who had filled the office of high-sheriff of his county, and formerly held a commis sion in her Majesty's 10th liussere, but he retired from the regiment some time ago, and bad since been living in retirement. The Learned Attorney-General then proceeded to relate the facts of the case as they were afterward disclosed in evidence, and then went on to tell the jury that it was not his province t 9 speculate upon what could have been the motives of the prisoner. He understood, however, that it was intended to set up a plea of insanity, but before the jury gave credence to that plea they must be satisfied that it was true beyond all possibility of doubt. Colonel Grey was the first witness called. He was examined by the SOLICITOR• GENERAL. lam Equerry-in- Waiting to her Majesty, and I remember attending on her Majesty on Thursday, the 27th of June. Her Ma jesty left Buckingham Palace in an open barouche about 6 o'clock. She was driven up Constitution-hill and down Piccadilly to Cambridge House. Her Majesty alighted there and remained till half-past six. On leav ing Cambridge House I saw the sergeant-footman of ber Majesty seize the prisoner by the collar and drag him behind the rumble. The police shortly afterwards got hold of him, and seeing that he was secured, the car riage was driven on to Buckingham Palace. Sir James Clark was then sent for, and her Majesty's eye-brow was bandaged. I saw blood flowing from it. Mr. Robert Renwick, her Majesty's sergeant-footman, was in attendance upon her Majesty on the 27th of June last, while she was leaving Cambridge House. He saw the prisoner strike her Majesty across the forehead, and immediately seized him by the collar. Immediately af terwards the police came up, and the prisoner was given into their custody. James Silver, 8 A, of the Metropolitan Police, stated that he arr4sted the prisoner, who had a stick with him, which he now produced. He pro;e3ted the prisoner from the violence of the mob, and conveyed him to the Vine• street station, where the prisoner was searched. The prisoner stated that his name a as R .bert Pate, that he resided at 27, Duke street, St. James's, and that he wai formerly a lieutenant in the 10th Hussars. Ile cautioned some men who were describing the assault at this time, and said they did not know whether he hit her Majesty's foret.ead or her bonnet, adding that it was a slight blow with a slight stick. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—He gave his right address. Samuel Coling examined by Mr. CLERK—I am a bookseller, residing in Fetter-lane. 1 remember being at Cambridge House on Thursday evening, the 27th of June, waiting for her Majesty to come out. The pri soner stood by me, and as the carriage came out, which stopped for a moment at the gate, the prisoner struck at her Majesty with a stick. By the COURT—It was on the Hyde-park side. The blow appeared to me to fall partly on the bonnet and partly on the face. It was not a violent blow, though it was hard. He did not strike with all his force. Examination continued—From the attitude of the prisoner, it is my impression that the blow was aimed so as to fall upon the face of her Ma jesty. I was the first person to seize the prisoner. I observed three children in the carriage with her Majesty. Cross-examined—There were between 200 and 300 persons present at the time. They were all round us except in front. Sir James Clack examined by the ATTORNEY-G ENE RAL —I am physician to her Majesty. I was sent for to her Majesty on Thursday evening, the 27th of June, and I reached Buckingham Palace bstween eight and nice o'clock. I examined a Majesty's face and found a tumour on the right angle of her Majesty's brow, and a small cut. The bleeding had stopped. The wound might have been inflicted by the stick produced, but I was surprised to find that so severe a wound could have been inflicted by so slight a stick. Cross-examined—l assume that the blow was struck at the bonnet which was an elastic one. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. COCKUURN then proceeded to address the jury for the defence. He said he could not dispute the fact that the prisoner had been guilty of the act imputed to him, and certainly, if the prisoner had been responsible for what he did, it was an act meriting the severest punishment, but his Learned Friend had rightly con jectured that the act would be excused on the ground of insanity. Now let the jury look at the act itself. Here was a gentleman, living in a comfort able station of life, lifting his hand against a Sovereign, who was not only respected fur her position, but beloved and reverenced for her good ness and virtues, in the presence of a body of people whose feelings he must have known would be so out raged by the act that they would immediately take summary vengeance upon its perpetrator. But it was not in the folly of the act itself that they must look for evidence of insanity. They must go beyond that, and ascertain whether or no there was anything in the pre- vious conduct of the man who had committed such an act to justify a belief that at times he was not respon sible for his actions. Now, the prisoner had been rightly described as the son of a gentleman of fortune, who re sided in Cambridgeshire. In 1841 he joined the 10th Hussars in Ireland, and up to a particular period. which he should presently refer to, he performed a 1 the duties of an officer to the satisfaction of his supe riors. He was very much attached to animals, and had two favourite horses and a dog. The dog, while suffer ing from an attack of hydrophobia, bit the two horses, and eventually they died in a state of frightful madness. This circumstance so affected his mind that he became gloomy and strange in his manner. His father, how ever, having heard of the loss, sent him over to Dublin a very valuable horse; but Moro it reached there the prisoner, without saying anything to his groom or ser vants, quitted Dublin and came over to London, where he was met by some of his friends. His manner ap peared to them so wild and extravagant that they per suaded him to go down to hi s f at h er ' s house, where he became still more outrageous in his behaviour. He declared to his father that the reason he had left Dublin was that the cooks and mess of his regiment had e n t ere d i nto a conspiracy to poison him. His friend s , h owever, succeeeed in dis abusing his mind of this eelmion, and he returned to Dublin, but he had not been there long before he sent word to his father that his inside was filled with brick bats. His father immediately repaired to Dublin, and consulted Dr. Murray, the surgeon of the regiment, upon the state of his son's health. The general impression then was that he was harmless and light-headed, no thing more, an?. his father allowed him to remain in Dublin. Shortly afterwards the prisoner again came to London, and, without communicating with his father or his friends, he sold his commission, and went to live in German-street. Here his habits were - of the most re gular character; he always dressed the same both in winter and summer, kept regular hours, and, strange to say, for fifteen months, at four o'clock in the day, no matter what the weather was, wet or cry, be went in the same cab, which was a Hansom, to Put ne y. common, where ho would remain fer an hour at a small pound without any apparent purpose. His conduct in the cab was always vio'ent aed strange. After this he wont to live in Luke-street, where his conduct was equally preposterous and silly, while his mode of con ducting himself in the street, and the manner in which he threw his areas about was so utterly at variance with the practice of a sare man, that the police had long kept a watch over him. Now, if ell these facts were proved to the satisfaction of the jury, could they have - any doubt ebo u t th e nr i eoner ' s s t a le of [pied? SuPP,3ISIO a eemteiseion of l u e aa y had been teke:i out eeai''` Prisoner, end these facte were a dd u ^' el as evijeeee in sur ,3 port of it, could the hesitate v. het would Lave te a ls Cle reetelt y such an iequiry ? Tne very net it SC ' ••• circe at stances or rho print:Kr, we s the!: al a tea dte r it was without motive. The peisuner teae not in warta Cu the contrary. h e was th e ar.ll of a wealthy o f in a state of afilueoce. Pelnical !waives were out the question ; h e h a d no p o li t i ca l gr i e tauce to comPlsl, f, Slur ban ho suffered any individual wrong , done • n _.. state of things w hi c h cou ld i n d uce him to reeeege 117. so amiable a personage as her Most Gracio us Maje'die Why, the very act itself had almost subj ec t e d him t° vengeance of an infuri a t t d mu ltitude, naturally outrages, by so dastardly an ac t. L oo ki ng at all thew tineq, then, coupled wi t h th e an t ece d ents connected with vi t a ; prisoner, alto could hesitate that this strange a, tt the to suit of some m o men t ar y impulse of a (nor"' it mind? He would lay facts before them, and would be for the jury to decide whether or ne satisfectorily made out the plea of insanity. a ddres s The prisoner r. mained unmoved duriug the no of his Learned Counsel; indeed, he appeared to esY attention tai it, but devoted his attention to scrutinising the people in court. Tr n aent Colonel John Bandeley examined by Mr. •` - ‘ v " STONE--I Was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Husk% at the time pri s oner j u iced that regiment in 1841. 1t„ joined as cornet; ho after w ard s became lieute nant; aas in the regiment till March, 1846. When 0..4 sonar joined the reiment was ia liegland. portion of the regiment was at Clare, and at '-"e" w e- The very first day the pri so n e r joined there was s U c o thing strange abut him; his hair, fur instance, s'aabees very short, indicating a b e li e f that his head b ad shaved. As an officer he discharged his duti es to tiler satisfic'ion, and he was very much liked by his rd oa f officers and the regiment. He was always rnu oo gentlemanly in his behaviour. After an ac ciden d cur red to his horsee, I noticed a change in his eo n c ro The prisoner was of a very sensitive disposition, ae,bee felt hurt as his father had made a claim upon his be°teei., officer for the loss of his horses, whose death were ° do g. sioned by the bite of a brother o fieer's Dec o The dog belonged to Major Wallington. n e een iee, after that period oak much interest in his pre': r i e ta but continually took long walks in the wild dis'Welt On one occasion he complained to me of being L I the and could get no reli e f f r om th e me dical of fi cer o regiment. I asked him what was the matter withdocter and he said his bowels were full of bricks, and th e 00 had not the skill to remove them. He was constant bim the sick list after this. On another occasion I w ith or' with a detachment from Newbridge to Dublin, s'" , did ders to return on the following day. He, bowe rs hod. not return, and I understood that he went to "Igo ' it This Iva) an offence of a serious character, lan,d A t uts et' to be My duty to communicate with the invent General on the subject. He returned to the r e g„, o red in about nine or ten days, when he O r in i, very wild, and could give no account of Lim se o nes therefore, felt it to he my duty to make a represenotne to his father on the subject of his sanity. V ie DI after he left the regiment. 0 013iS Cross examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL " d be return he told me that he had been in Englan d ' a e li n till was put under arrest. He did no t remain in a re he left the service. After he wa s discharged from rest he continued to do his duty as before. boul d Re-examined—Fro m hi s genera l conduct I 5 decidedly say his mind was affected. of • ,1 By the COURT—My opinion of his state w irl e iree such, that, had I been General, I should have r 6rl him to sell out. i Sa l Captain Frith examined by Mr. CocKten lls , - ;erlf paymaster of the 14th Light Dragoons. I was ' e r l ooSt in the 10th Hussars. I joined that regiale l ?",naste twelve months atter the prisoner. I was very lav i A rser with him, and I know he was very much liked. . 0 00 the loss of his ho rses I o b serve d a grea t change foot , manner. It excited general remark in the re,g; te one He of t en ab sen t e d himself from the mess , a nd -- ( I the occasion he complained to him of the messman iced to cook. Ho said he was af t a id they had cop s e °. poison him. He made the complaint seriously. oiseo By the COURT—I understood him to mean th at P f would be mixed a ith the dishes for the pureoeues! ; pee stroying him, and I poi n t e d ou t t o hi m that s" ceeding would kill other persons as well as Mint : , 00 Examination continued—l frequently heard "Tsric/ 0 ' plain that his in s in e was filled with stones a nd . 00, At this time he w as w ild an d exc i te d in his Intl a 10 without any apparent c ause , an d m y opinion r ior see , his mind was impair e d ow i ng to th e l o ss of his „ re sent When the prison e r l e ft th e reg i men t h e made a t" o ther of his accoutrements to the adjutant, which wash; Fri' unusual. Oct the evening of the assault I met b r idg e soner mid way between Duk e -street and ' a- a House. He appeared very much excited, a n s e throwing his arms about in a peculiar manner' 0.4 5 ways carried a stick with him. There Wa s 00 a ° something peculiar in his gait, but I never sa w o ed excited as on this occasion, which caused 03e - friend to mak remarks about him. Cross exam e ined by the Arroittem-GENE RA- o recognised me in a very ec cen t r ic and wild ratipipcb His gait was always exa ggera t e d an d s trange, 5() Joel‘ so that the people turned ro un d i n th e streets to after him, a tee Sir Thomas Munro examined by Mr. Hetpnlo-e,ad - I joined the 10th Hussars as a captain in 18 4 , 2 ;, - e de n was with the prisoner before the accident baPr been his horses. I saw him at Newbridge afterwards, w„„atte seemed rather more odd than be had been before. .101 always appeared strange. His manner and eea,"„ c matter of observation and comment in the regal; faV have seen him once since he left the regiment' P a s in the Green-park, at the be g i nn i ng of this Se in g was walking very upright, v e ry f as t, and throw arms about in a strange manner. es' Thomas Penn, a corporal in the 10th llns tsa n r mined by Mr. COCXBURN—I was in the regitoemnn t„ p ag e„ Mr. Pate joined, and I had charge of bc* r j - becl the same stable with Mr. Pate's. I rememberhet n od Nary fine Newfoundland dog, which was destroyed , be a general order. It was supposed that three horsevibieli longing to Mr. Pate had been bitten by a mad d e g„ eht had belonged to Major Wallington, and they wieeif bit Mr. Pate said he did not know what he should nbeet" favourite bay horse was killed. He was afraid b t _e n et' I b i e e almost ready to go and make a hole in te e d was very much depressed after the death " 0 horses. j ate n George examined by Mr. IIUDDLESTOW;'O,, j sergeant in the 10th Hussars, and was in the re : s l ee t .", at the same time as Mr. Pate. Mr. Pate fl " tb much attached to his home and after their & ti do ill appeared much depressed in his spirits and ecc elit " r A his manner. , n Thomas Martin, examined by Mr. HuDDI.sS -- t . l( l'sn i , am trumpeter in the 10th Hussars, and I knew r a 'ef when he was in that regiment. After the dea":„. 0 1, 3 " ; ; horses his manner seemed strange, and the ge e n ',e mark of the regiment was that he was not rigP"ht, If mind. He often stood about as if lost in.tb° 14 ,41"0 91 then suddenly he would start up and march , walking for a wager. ( 0 " Mr. Robert Francis Pate, examined by Mr • tit h a, ies e —I am the father of the prisoner. I remember bi 0 01 ing the regiment when it was in Ireland. He esol e r dere' tome at Wiebcach, and said he came away withou t ei o I was astonished to see him, and asked til t ° the occasion. He said he had been hunted a" 1 ,eolo e , public streets in Dublin, arid had seen the sam° t `nl waiting for him. He therefore made his escape , s ,i c t 0 5 ; to London in a vessel coming to Liverpool. 1 e ° `jetti r t l let him remain with me, and I told him he mu st ; " t eird directly to the regiment, as I did not know wh a ,„t, be the consequence. I was afraid he would's () PA' he promised to go back the next morning. I le e - e l l, °_*;.; and afterwards I received a letter from his Co l °' o - s ge' t ," vising me to take him out of the regiment. ealjj- noe tP i to London, a here I met him. After he had been in t some little time he sold his commission, Witho u Loo' knowledge. When I heard of this I again came "I B°"' don, and ascertai ne d th a t h e h a d so ld o ut for ' C ot ° About a year and a half a ft erwar d s I r eceived, ° pi e munication from a medical ma n , w hi c h iuduces d hi; come to London. I f o und hi m i n D u k e -street, aß it hoo, manner was so strange that I consulted Dr.Connolll con the state of his mind. In the meantime my d3 to tl- 1 01 ‘,.. came to town, and Dr. Connolly advised me ne" steps to confine him while his sister was in, t° e/13. Connolly did not see him. Sir; Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERA b pd 'l9 my son came to me in 1844 he fold me that be "" e - j 0 ,.:1 without leave. We had very little conversation , a",11 , P" ( anxious that he should return. When I ascertaiOeni, o' d he had sold out, he told me that he got 1, 8° 13 " 0 0 5 4 his commission, and should have 1,2001. left rebe l / „; bear I aid his debts. I seldom saw him, but I heardto through a D o ct o r S tar k ie. He always appeared 0 , ; unsettled end uncomfortable . I did riot know 11 :0P go about to ge t hi m i nto an asylum, but I slbeed he a that he min go into or.e. hot he Re-examined—I was a f ra id h e wou ld bfe,o, shpt o - o id leaving hi s reg i ment, and I told him so. I).e could not help it if he was. Otf S i I Charles Dodwin, examined by Mr. LiteDnlX sl rif ° l was formerly in the 10th Hussars. I wa s se as. et hors - or to Mr. Pate after the loss of his noticed his conduct and manner, wbi led always very strange and eccentric. I accoree.,a n tisot i n , from Newbridge to Dublin. We went to 0 3 ;° ; r ni - ote'l, Hotel. He left me there, and went away. 1° 4 ; 1 02 3 ,Y found that he had been to Kingstown. He ga/ e „d intimation of his going, but I subsequently he had gone over to England. After he cam e ettl;" had oppottunies of noticing his conduct. Is e more melancholy than before he went awe'' , Ile a eluded himself as much as he could. He was OP liked ;by the officers and men. In Alsre t ''„'n bl e after . he had left the regiment, I joil l ;841 v f , service in German-.street . I remember that lo ' ag uls.,j; was thrown from his horse. His habits vver,e, r ;ea.d, he used to wash his head in a basin that helot ` - „ e r 0 4 , - 0 of water. He used also to bathe, mixing the Wa tto f t''. o whisky and camphor, generally a pint and a ba,", thrZ s fluid mixed with 2 oz. Cf camphor served him Jc) it 0°,5 mornings. Whilst in the bath he used to shout U se d tP O a noise, and sometimes sing, which rather so in talo t „ ) ;; people of the house. He never mixed in parties, ent` - l ebw o kept the Hinds down in the room where he sa t ' , ter was on the ground floor. Every day, at a q u o - r te . :0 twelve, he invariably went to dress, and at a lf o /0 three he came down and entered a cab, which vial Wild insisted of waiting u fo r r on hi h m a . vin li g o paid 9s. for the cab, an",," of 63. and a large penny t ° J t ed r„s the gent. It was always the same cab that Wr;pen e t y" him. He tveuld not have any half-crowns or i 11 , 0 ef e be amongst the nine shillings, which I had to Pl a " c ieda i iii . day on his dressing table. In putting the 6d. so nen at would never have two halfpence or a small pen.,- b u t dress was always the same winter and sor eu- o ge ' he always continued his fire in summer. 0 „ away in the cab ev e ry d ay f or 18 mon ths, du r ' n ' 00 time he never received company but once. Cross examined—That was on a Derby dal., n o ;4 particular in the man agement o f hi s affairs, an d bills regularly. He kept tha receipts. .Rie nariel