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between the operation of this court and that of the Court of Chanc er y was idle; be cau.e in the case of the Chancellor, as admitted by the Right R-v. Prelate, on h to t the ot th e re was no obliga tio w n anal on.law judges,whereas the acce Com p mittee o pi o nion f Privy Council, and even the Sovereign, wiiu'd be bound by the decisions of this court. The Right Rev. Prelate was no t consistent with himsPlr in the case ; for in a former Bill, which he had introduced on the subject, hi had made reference to the bishops in doctrinal cases only, only v oluntary, whereas he now sought to make it com pulsory. The Right Rev. Prelate said there could be no court without a lawyer at the bead of it ; but what was the assemblage of bishops proposed by his Bill but a court, with all the powers of a court, and in the full exercise of judicial authority ? The twenty-seven members of that court, however, were to sit without a lawyer at their head, to hear counsel, and to examin e witnesses, and to deliberate and to decide upon doctrinal questions. If it was proposed that the decisions of the twenty-seven members should be unanimous to be valid, no man more than he (Lord Campbell) would bow to their decisions ; but the Bill did not require una nimity, it merely required that there should be a majo rity, and, as the Bill directed that the names of those in attendance should be recorded, the minority would be known as di•senters, and it may b<, held up to thiS world as heretic. Under these circumstances he could not hesi- tate to oppose the Bill. The Bishop of LONDON explained. The Bill re. ferred cases of false doctrine alone to the tribunal consti toted under it. Lord LYTTELTON felt it to bo his duty, as a lay Member of that House, to support the Bill. The oppo sition to the Bill went very much on the question of con sequences; but he could assure the House that the risk of consequences was not all on the one side. The real meaning and intent of the supremacy given to the Crown at the period of the Reformation was expressed in the preamble of the great Statute of Appeals. In one statute however—sot that of appeals—unreserved power was conceded to the Sovereign to appoint whom he chose t: the Court of Deleeetes. Nevertheless. the supremacy of the Crown should be construed according to the general spirit of the statutes passed at the period in which it was conceded. He maintained that the royal prerogative was not given to be exer cised arbitrarily; but that it was to be exercised in temporal matters by the temporal authority, and in spiritual natters by the spiri.ual power. What he (Lord Lyttelton) understood by voting for the Bill . was to declare in the first place that the constitution of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was bad. No satiefection e' be given to a large body of mem bers of the Church by a recent decision of that tribunal; and what he desired, therefore, to see was a deltberhte considerat•on of such questions by the Brest body of the dignitaries of the Churcteaud a well-considered statement of doctrine on the subject of that breach and on all other similar subjects. The Earl of CHICHESTER would vote in favour of the amendment. He denied that the opposition to the Bill ea; a party measure. He opposed it not because he was 'a supporter of the Government—though he re joiced the Government objected to it—but beceuse he ha s elcome to the conclusion that it was dangerous to the constitution, not only of the country, but of the Church itselt Lord STANLEY could not resist, in a few words, ex pressing his regret that the Noble Marquis should have thought it necessary not only to object to the provisions 'of the Bill, but, on the part of the Government, to put his 'veto upon the introduction of any measure of any description or character purporting or intending to obviate the acknowledged difficulty and existing evil. It was notorious that a great and practical evil existed. That great evil was this—that at this mo• rnent the Church of Enelend was placed in a position more disadvantageous than any other religious body on the face of the glob .—(Hear.) She had in herself no authoritative means of declaring, through her recignised organs and teachers and heads, her doctrines when case, of heresy arose, ur when eh ctrines were in dispute.— (Hear.) Nothing was more certain than that at the time of the Reformation it was intended to confirm to the Church the fullest power of authoritatively declaring her own doctrines. It was declared in 1562, by his Majesty, thet " out of our princely care to the Church, and that Churchmen may du the work that is proper unto them, the bishops and clergy from time to time, in convocation, upon their humble desire shall have licence under the broad seal to deliberate and do all such things ae, beiug meetiened by them and assented to by us, stall concern the sethed doctrines and discipliee of the Church of Iliglaud as now established."—(Hear, hear.) It was impossible that words could be more clear to show that it was intendei that spiritual body under the' authority of the Crown should from time to time. not introduce new innovations or fresh arguments, but should explain and expound the doctrine and teaching of the Church of England, and that such explanation should be intrusted, nut to all, but to spiritual persons only.—(Hear, hear.) He would not enter into the ques tion as to the propriety of summoning a convocation. Ile would rest contented with the admit', ion of the Noble Marquis that the present is not a satisfactory tribunal, and that by changes of legislation the Judicial Com mittee of the Privy Council might have to decide on matters affecting the doctrine of the Church of England when the majority of them might not be members of the Church. The Noble Marquis and the Noble Eat] bad taken a very high tone in speaking of the propose d new tribunal—one or them saying that it was unconsti tutional, and the other that it was a violation of the con stitution of the country. Now what was this uncoil atitutiona I tribunal? The Noble Marquis the other day spoke rsith esti'« me reverence of the antiquity of the constitution of i'tew South Wales, and of the danger of dierurbing that antiquity, which was six or s even years old—(A laugh)—and' now it was said to he uncons'itutionat to disturb that tribunal of which the antiquity dated back eo further than 18,32. (Hastr, 'near.) But it was said the proposed alteration would interfere wish the supremsey of the Crown. Wise the supremacy of the Crown was exercised through the courts of the Crown, and the Crown eas bound by the decision of its courts of appeal, regularly and legiti mately constituted. And how were these tributials cot stituted? Not by any act of the prerogative, bun by the will of Parliament.—(Hear.) Tne Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was as mach the creation of Parlia ment as the tribunal now proposed by the Right Rev. Pcclate, the object of which was only to aid and assist in she deliberattons of the Judicial Committee.—(Hear.) Now what were the cases intended to be tried by this tribunal.? Were they most fit to be tried by laymen or ecciesiastics? The early Reformers thought they came propex ly under the cognizance of ecclesiastical and spiritual persons.--(Hear.) Bur, said the Noble Earl, it you give this power to this tribunal, you are giviug the power of establishirig Lew articles of religion. If so, the Judicial Committee had that power, because •the power to be vested in the new tribunal was the same as that posse.,sed by the present,—(Bear, hear.) IVith a knowledge of the dat p p:rs new threatening the Church, he deeply regretted that the Noble Marquis had declined enteric ; ; into a consitieradon of the remedy now sug gested. He did not sympathise with those who, when they found the Church ot England hampered and let tered by her coonexiuu with the State, were prepared to separate from her communion. He could not cocci ae from hiaielf the fact, that if their Lordships, by re jecting the second reseing of this Bill, ste old determine to apply no remedy—should declare they would do nothing to remedy the grievance of which Churchmen loudly and justly complained—that they would run the risk of separating from the communion of the Church, so fettered and controlled by the State', a number of its ablest and most devoted memhers.—(Hear.) He be longed to no party in the Church—be was not one of those who advocated extreme opinions—he was not ono of those who desired to see points which had been wisely tett by our ancestors with a certain latitude brought forward and dogma ieally laid down, and per haps unnecessarily exclusitig, on one side or the other, members who might conscientiously hold opinions which are not emphatically condemned by the Church—(eear, hear)—but he did say this, that it was right that the Church should have the power tnrough its authorised representatives, with the articles and teachings and writ ings of the tethers of the Church in their hands, to de eare that suc h i s now, that such ever has been from the c ommencement, the doctrine and teaching of the Church; •.ogrei,eosrettutnheh ono upon which to declare that such and such a many sincere clergymen have entertained different op'l allows a l at i tude, and "":1 8 —upon which the Church has not declared itself in any for mal and authorised present Bill woutTdr.—te(aCdhteoermeh)ltlipt lhyaddtbsseeennsisoanids that the in the church. Now, he entertained a very different opinion. He did nut believe tht possibility upon any therequestion was: the smallest " Is this or t ha t chis partisular pointiebeahnetireepluyndaocutiteegd is respect for the doctrine and teaching of the Church?" _.hie ep i sco pal bench prevent e d hi m from abelievingdifference that on sucha question there could arise suc h • of opinion as t h at th e r e should be he other,—( members Bear, e ll r e s a o se h ) one side and thirteen on the There might be a ditihrence in this as in many other cases, and he knew of no other way of p rov i d i ng for it . except by the authority th e judges who were called upon to decide. _ B u t wh il e he had no apprehension Crown, and aout the u e .. co ustitutional nature about the supremacy t be of the alteration proposed —nay. • . more, while he had no fear of the exercise of the power which the Bill proposed to vest in the bishops of the . Church of England , yet, voting for the second read ing, he must Day that he should see with satisfaction some alteration made in Committee which would not withdraw from the Ju lieial Committee of the Council • the power of passing a sentence, it, in point of fact, that_ e appeared to b e an important reervattoy•—(Hear.) s• would not constitute the bishops a court for the purpose of liaising their sentence; but he thought the .I'.l would be a great improvement upon the present state of things, and that it was worthy of constel era tion whether the bishops of t h e Church of England might not, with re gird to all leavers or doctrine and teaching, be placed precisely upon the sear, footing upon which, will] regard to °titters of law, the judges a the laud are placed when they are called upon to advise their Lordships as the hi,, , h,st tribunal on any in utter of doubt.—(Hear, hear.) As he would entrust to the judges the in terpre- Neon of the civil haw, nu he wound entrust the bishops of tho Churen of England with the interpretation of the Articles of this Church of England, eau would receive with implicit confidence the judgment an d authority of the bishops. It would not be absolutely necessary for the Judicial Committee to follow the advices were so ra tendered. Certainly whoa the opieiens of the j u d ges dered their Lordships were guid e d by them,a h l e e t e h r o t g n h 7 • there had be e n some m e morabl e exceptions. T one in particul a r in which their L or d s hi ps were nut was "t gest guided by the opi n i ons of the maj ori ty et the judges; but in other ca s e s th e i r L or d s hips were always in the habit of bring guider! by the opinions of the judges. The , larquis o. LANSIJUWNE—Not always. Lord STANLEY —A s a general rule their Lordships were in the habit of bring guided by the opinions of the jratiStOos to whom they constitutionally referred; and he was convinced that in ninety-nine cases out of 100 the judkial ComlaWee would in diteoled by the opinion of the bishops upon questions of doctrine in precisely the same manner.—(Hear hear.) He certainly should ob ject to refer to the discretion of any parti —to the dis cretion of the Judicial Committee sit the Privy Council, or the Minister of the dad, that salecti n of the arc - bishop or bishops—tor the guidance and direction i f t he whole Church. It was because he saw an evil with which it was necessary to grapple without loss of time that he could not follow the example of one Right Rev. Prelate, who, because be was desirous of condemning the Bill, declared he would record his vote against the second reading.—(Hear, hear.) Here was a Bill brought forward on the authority of a Right Rev. Prelate for whom no man entertained a higher respect. He believed the Bill had received the assent of a majority of the members of the Episcopal bench, and he knew it was supported by a large body of clergymen of various shades of opinion and by many of the laity, and seeing no other remedy for the great and grievous evil which existed he could not consent to vote against the second reading of the Bill, which he would rather accept in its present shape than have no measure at all; but which, when modified in Committee, would answer the reasonable expectations of all who desired a change of the present system.—(Hear.) The Earl of HARROWBY, disapproving of the principle of the Bill, could not vote fur the second read ing. He for one said he would not entrust the power now sought fur to any body of ecclesiastice. He be lieved they were safe iu the hands of the judges as inter • preters. If the heresy was one which required the eye of a theologian to discover it, he believed it was better to let it alone.—(Cheers.) This, he said, was the course for them to pursue in this free country. It was better for them to leave things us they were. The Bishop of OXFORD said he had never risen with so much reluctance in that House as on that occa• sion—a reluctance which was founded, not on any doubt as to the vote he was about to give, or the side he ought to advocate, nor even the feeling that in the part he took he would be subjected to the imputation of party motives or party feeling, or that he was desirous of promoting the separation between Church and State. In order to discuss this question, he wished to bring them back t i great principles. What, he asked, was the object and the purpose of the Church, about which they were to legislate? Was it fur the gratification of the feelings of individuals? One Noble Lurd said he was a friend of the Church. \ Yes; he was a member of the Church on one side of a river, and not a member of the Church on the other side of the river.—(Laughter.) But the Noble Lord said he was a great friend of the Church. Now, he would ask that friend of the Church, if the Church were founded that men might let lung to it or not as they liked, as if it were a club ?—(lelear.) The Church was founded to maintain a certain deposit of truth. Fur that object it must have the means of chclarieg what was he truth, whenever the truth was impugned. Then with whom was that power lodged, and by whom was it to be adminis tered? He ts.ls el every Noble Lord who came there pledged to vole against the Bill, who' were the proper judges of wnet was the original deposit of the truth ? Must it be men outside the Church or men in it? The Noble Lord who spoke last said that so far from eccle siastics being the best, they were the worst, because they knew too much. The same fallacy rue through the argu ment of the Noble Marquis. There was a truth re vealed—that was not Lobe added to or diminished to the end of time. The greatest of all innovators was time The authority was established to prevent toe corruptions of that great innovator, and that authority must say "this is new, and, therefore, it is wrong."—(Hear, hear.) When the Church bad assembled at Nicea, it met merely to decide the meaning of the word " son." That which was then the question upon which the bulk of the Church hinged was settled by the discussion of the matter amongst those who were appointed the trustees of its filth, and who bore that commission which we bear in our hands at this very moment, The name of Athanasius was great, inasmuch as hest! evented Arius from founding a new doctrine, by simply expounding the sacred words according to the interpetatioa which the Catholic has always put upon it. Would Noble Lords, he asked, be content to have the question which was settled at Nicea settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy C until? fbe part of the laity in olden times was to accept stud ratify these truths. He would hate the laity to do the same now. The office-bearers of the Church have been invested with these powers fur the purpose r f guiding and directing the laity. They are entrusted with a de posit of truth which they cannot throw aside. He con teased that be heard with pain the speech of the Right Rev. Prelate bellied him, because it seemed to him to in volve that which was very objectionable, namely, that there was no such thing as truth beyond what each man had thought to be truth. He believed that the principle sought to be established by the opponents to this measure was highly dangerous at this particular moment. He thought that the objections that were urged against the Bill emanated from an impatience of con trol. Tnis was one of the most tearful symptoms of the present day. If the result sought for by the Noble Mar quis be attained, the last hope of a greet many who were ewaitieg this decision with feverish auxie y would be extinguished. In one arcedeecoury alone there were 140 of the clergy who had petitioned iu favour of this Bill. He regretted much the language used by the Noble Lord on the present occasion—language characterised by more than his usual impetuosity. The Noble Lord had almost pronounced a declaration of war against every one in the Church of England who was not prepared to give up what they considered was the sacred truths entrusted to their custody. We were told, that this Bill if it passed, would intr,nge upon the Queen's supremacy. lie denied it. Lie valued that supremacy as highly as any man living. The Crown is the ultimate appeal in all ques ' dons Ecclesiastical and civil, and is to decide such questions through the proper constitutional agents. Chet was the supremacy of the Crown.—(War, hear.) All that the Bill proposed to do is t 3 furnish to the Crown additional means of information. 'I he Noble Lord said that if we once committed matters of decoke to the settlement of the bishops, the first question that eould be asked would be, ' What is the doctrine?" He (the Bishop of Oxf aid) should say mat. it is at present, and ought ever to be, the very first question asked.— (Hear.) This appeared to be the most extruordinay ob jection that he had ever heard tweed against a measure of this kind. But this objection, after all, proceeded from a eery le.w estimate of the Church's office—from a feeling that we ought to be full of kindness and tolera tion towards the most unorthodox, iristead of viewing us, as Christ'o ministers, with a responsibility which we could riot shake off. Loving the Church ef England, and be lieving it to be God's choicest blessing amongst the un ',timbered blessings that have been poured spoil this happy land—believing that it teaches those doctrines of Christ which were so nobly taught by the Reformers three centuries ago—believing that it is the bul Nark of England's throne, and the safeguard of English liberty, he fur one would support with all his heart a measure shich he considered essential to her interests—the re j, ction of which, he was confident, would tend to her severance. But when they had done all that they would have weakened the Church irreparably in her highest vi cation.—(Cheers.) The Church of Scotland had been allowed more power than was now asked for the Church of Eugland. It had been said to-night that they were asked to upset the wisdom of centuries, but that as eeritun had been met by the Noble Baron opposite. He besought their Lordships not to be led away from doing justice by any fear of what might fol. 1(4. Let them go into Committee to give the measure their consideration. Do not alienate from the Church finally and for ever a pretty large body of the English Church.—(Cries of " Oh!") He rei eared it—do not let them alienate from the Church a pretty large body of the Church by the conviction that they will not be met with justice, but listen to their complaints, and see whether they could not remedy their wrongs. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained. The Earl of CARLISLE said, that the proposal of the Right Reverend Prelate being to constitute the bench of bishops a new court of appeal, any objection to the measure might by some be regarded as involving disrespect to their own colleagues; but for his own part, its objecting to the measure he disclaimed any intention of casting a slight upon the Right Reverend Bench. A Noble Lord opposite had found fault with the heads of the Church for not taking a more active part as leaders in the movement; but he thought the thanks of the country were due to them for not following the ex treme party in the agitation. In expressing his regret that he was not able to concur in the proposal, he did not wish it to be understood that be would condemn an alteration in the court of appeal if it were advisable at the present time to make it. At the proper time he sisould not be disposed to make the ecclesiastical mem bers of the Privy Council the actual members of the court of appeal. But on the present occasion he was nut prepared to vote for the second reading with the view of adopting any such proposition. They had been told that the measure was brought forward to secure the peace of the Church; but what would be the effect of the Privy Council finding themselves precluded from adopting a suggestion recommended by a ma jority of' the bishopsr Would not such a division be prejudicial to the union and peace of the Church?— (Rear,ehrit was, whether .He thought the question they had now to reference i e t was itb desirableeither t precedent,) adopt the or the pro posal 24 t h He nr y VIII. A s regarded th o e Queen's supremacy; estates e g c e o e u d id tb b e e so diffe l rent as the law which now Re would the et Council follow Propootas of the Right Rev. Prelate. If apprehended eqh questions e n s fe i o . d d Ricigeahtwellere niPf different thatr e e r a l e a t nt t e el se sf i Ili oe to mwo t t h h ree e present circu Commit of Nicea; hebut the circum stances of aab o ta ct a r e in "s e . the bench of bishops might be mere abstract jede d s; but. t hey ee w d ere be quesio ns serech affected et that t t they ynewnot would d f b p e ro p b e e r t t t er e r ; the best i the rights of families best evidence and weigh and he, therefore, thong et of the aonftabletieraalabthd : what wisest be m e decided by men accustomed results. At all times the tb e te n e efices in this differed on the subject tars' e were of con tended was, that men enjoyed country by the law of the land. These too high bn d too serious a nature to admit ofdogmatichave assertion, meeing that some of the wisest ar rived at different conclusions. He thought the recent j u dgment was one which should give universal satistac-t tier'; and, seeing its happy issue, he should be sorry to see their Lordships do any ant which by superseding the tribunal that delivered it, would appear to pass a censure open that tribunal. In conclueion, he would on l y say, that as the Right R everend Prelate had alluded mist if feelingly to the condi tion of the Church, and bitterl y es ' he (the Earl of Carlisle) should feel the los they s of those they y t h m o t u i g s h t t sit very loosely e s h m a i k n e e n nt off m o e n n on the Chin ch's garment. If the Church g ras p ed at n o this occasion, to power, she gained in power and influence; and as far as her political relations were concerned, in peace and quiet would be her assurance for e ver. Bu t if she grasped at powers not her own, an d sought pecuniary resources from the national funds', it would be, her weakness, her impotence, and her ruin. Be believed the plan of the Right Rev. Prelate to be a sort of compromise between discordant opinions; but even if adopted by that House, lie could net augur in favour :of its ultima t e success. Re held in hi s hand a memorial from some of the most Plow ClOriganit W Loncim oggial On MOW; Ilwi it • would have been signed by many of the same character in the country, only they looked upon it as certain of defeat. He therefore implored their Lordships to reject ir, and by so doing remove f.irther c u.e+ of di,4conte , .t. The Bishop of LONDON repli , d.—Tne Noble E,rl said thi4Bill would affect property; but is should be recol lected that those clergy men who held benefices held them exclusively on the condition of teaching the truth. The decision of the bishops would be binding, not upon her Majesty, but upon the Judicial Committee. Lord CA rIPBELL said the decision of the new tri bunal would be binding and conclusive " for the purposes of the appeal;" and there fore it would be binding and conclusive upon the Queen as well as upon the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. There was nothing to qualify it. True, it was stated the decision should be speoially reported to the Queen; but there was nothing is the Bill left for her discretion in adopting it. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE expressed his regret at being obliged to vote against her Majesty's Government; he had attended strictly to the debate from conscientious motives, and every one who knew him knew he was no bigot; but those motives prevented him from acquiescing in the view of the Government on the question. He looked on the question as one of religion—there was nothing of party in his view of the matter—he only went on the ground of faith, and he could not, there fore, conscientiously consent to oppose the second reading of the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... 51 Against it ... 84 Majority for the Government —33 Adjourned at Half-pa•t One o'cloek. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vole., post Svo., 0 0 D. A NOVEL. " The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly set displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half or his heroes and heroines. He is a Iv riter of genius, inspired by a hiai standard of morality and religion, ant by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which be expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essay s on matters that are the prima mobile of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Die. aelis, Man nerses, and Smythes."—Observer. " • Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with gloat good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has pro.suced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspithions parts in the talefure Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. • Elt MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the public are respect fully informed that on THURSD ne ,t, June (which will be in cluded in the Subscription). will be pre ented, for •he first time, an entirely new grand Opera by Halevy, the Poem by scribe, founded on "The Tempest" of Shakspeare, and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, entitled LA TEMPESTA. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall ; the Incidental Dances by 31. Paul Taglloni ; the Costumes by Mr. Combes and Miss Bradley, under the superintendence of Mme. Copere; the Machinery by Mr. D. Sloman ; the Appointments by Mr. E. Bradwell. Dramatis Personm —Alfonso (King of Naples), Sig. Lorenzo; Prospero (Duke of Milan), Sig. Coletti ; Antonio (his brother, the Usurper), Sign n• F. Eabiache ; Ferdinand (Prince of Naples), Signor BAucarde ; Trinculo, sfdile. Parodi ; Sycorax, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand ; Spirit of the Air, Miss Catherine Hayes; Arid, Mdlle. Carlotta Guist; Caliban Signor Lablache ; and Miranda, Madame Sontag. Courtiers, Soldiers, Mariners, Elves, Sprites of the Air and of the Deep, tc. On this occasion M. Halevy will have the honour t 3 preside in the Orchestra. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• In consequence of the preparations required for the produc tion of the aew grand Opera La Tempesta, the neat grand Classical, Dramatic, Musical Entertainment will not take place at her Majes ty's Theatre until FRIDAY MORNING, June 21, on whicq occasion M. BENEDICT will give his grand ANNUAL MORNING CON CERT, supported by a varied combination of talent, including all the immense resources of the establishment, vocal and instrumental- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE THIS EVENING, Will be presented (for the last thne) Dunizetti's celebrated Opera, - . s LIJ IA Dl LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Miss Cath .rive Hayes; Enrico, Signor Belletti ; Bidebe bent, Signor F. Fablache ; Edgardo, Mr. Sims Reeves. Between the acts a Divertissement, in which Amalia Ferraris will appear. After which a selection from the admired Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Madame Frezzolini ; Nemorino, Signor Calzolari ; Belcore, Signor Itelletti. Comprising Scena and Duetto, Esulsi pur. Adina and 3 ,- emorino Terzetto, In Guerra, Adina, Nemorino, and Beicore— Grand Finale to the firs act Scena an i Duetto. Venti Nemorino and Bel core— ria, Bravo, Bravo, Belcore—Chorus—Romanza, Una ford e lagrima, Nemorino—Rondo and Finale, Adina To conclude with the highly successful Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'IIIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs Euphrosyne, Wile. Carlotta Grisi ; male, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; Eglaia, Mdi,e. Amalia Ferraris. Applications for Bo:tee, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. SECOND APPEARINCE OF SIGNOR RONCONI. THIS BYRNES G _ _ The Performances will commence with the second act of a grand Opera, founded on Verdi's IN abucodonosir, entitled ANAT.). Abigaile, Madame Castellon; Fenena. Madile. Vera; Arms, Mdile. Cott"; Rodiano, Signor Tagliatico; Rossano, Signor Soldi High Priest or Isis, Signor Gregorio ; Dario, Signor Tomberitit Anato, Signor Roncont (second appearance this season). After which (first time berg) IL BABBIEItE DI SLVIGLIA. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances win commence at Bight o'clock. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit. may be had at the Box• office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten to Five. FRENCH FLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. Scribe's comedy of LA CAMARADERIE. Monsieur REGNIEII respectfully announces that his BENEFIT, will take place TO-MORROW EVENING when the Entertainments will commence at Eight o'clock pre cisely, with the petite comedy LEs EXTREMES SE TOUCHENT. After which will be presented LA CAMARADERIE, Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-greet ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven t.ll Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoa. TEiic 'VGNIN Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TILE CATSPAW. Captain Burgonet, Mr. Howe; Mr. Sn iwball, %.Ir. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoose, Mr. James Wallack ; Audley, Mr. Charles Selby; Appleface, Mr. Buckstone ; Dust, Mr. Tilbury; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster; Duggens, Mr. Ellis; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs. Peachdown's =ervant, Mr. Coe; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds; .;assandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Rosemsry, Mrr. Keeley. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANIIOE, with all the iewest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilhert, Mr Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Suck tone ; [saac of York, Mr. Keeney ; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilllam ; nobec,ca, Miss P. Horton. The &a-office to ender the direction of ,fr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SERJEANTS; or the Buttermilk Volunteers. Ma or Slowman, Mr. 0. Smith; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright; Captain Ginge- Green, Mr. P. Bedford ; Tommy Rusk, Mr. Mun yard ; Madi e. de Tourville, Madame Celeste; Susan Pockets, Miss K. Fitzwilliams ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlpsque Eetitled ESMERALDA To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GBEEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed BOX AND COX. To be torowed by an entirely new and original antici pation of what may possibly occur one of these days, entitled NOVELTY FAIR ; or, Hints for 1851. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Binge, Bellingham, Cooke, and Chiales ; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Eardley, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Jlessrs. d. 51 tthews and F. Cooke; Miss Oliver, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Keuworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale. and Miss E. Bonner. All applications for Private uoxes must be m ade to Mr. Allcroft '5, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett ASTLEY'B ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Enormcns success of the Holiday attra t ons. The Grandlit ay Spectacle of the Afghanistan War. Brilliant D splay of Equestrian Wonders in the Scenes in the Arena, by the first Artistes in Europe. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with the immensely successful grand National 31illtary Equestrian and Dramatis Spectacle (in three acts) entitled THE AFFCHIANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul and British Triumphs in India. Produced with every possible care to all its original and mas - nificent effec's, calling into action the unequalled resources of the esta'..) lishm ent. A Brass Band engaged expressly for the occasion, and a host of Auxiliaries. To be succeeded by an Inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique, introdu , ing La Petite Jeannette, the Infant Prodigy, and the diminutive steed Hare Bell, in a pecu liarly Novel Act of Menage, and Madile. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. To conclude with a laughable Farce. Boz•oftice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c Second week of Mons. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUED AY.SDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THUR, 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 size of life. Modelled, A,ar nsFainted,l, by T M h r e . Danson and Son. assisted by M ess ' . . Picture has occupied the Messrs. Danson for many months, and i t is con fidently submitted to tie Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. enriched n E ee h e a . s lately been by sever a l v The Musical Dipartment wid be conducted by Mons. Julllen and u h t e b !e Splendid Presents AG Mr. Godfrey. It will be the alas o f the Establishment to o ffer N ereth E e ß Q l for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom ! 1 Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, It is hoped , convince the Public, that the long-acki.owle , 'ged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be full} maintained ! The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas In this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Kcenig, Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and 'Winterbotham. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celesrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps! Showing a general view of the Region, of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen " en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are neon dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile Plains of Italy. The whole to conclud e w ith a Gorgeous Display of Fi rewor k s, b y Messrs. Southby, int r ,d uc i ng, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux d'artifice of f ormer seasons, j e t s d' esu , wa t er r oc k e t s, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, Painted by I.2essrs. Danson, re p resen ti ng B u onaparte on h orseback cheering on his Troop s , surrounded by warlike eb'ems, Insignia of honour, flags, trophi es , I ce., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured fires. The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The eTtensive gas fittings by Messrs. lioteherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, CoTent gardva. • • . . . Ada4 t viOn, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1850. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, JUNE 4, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 47 —lowest this morning and during the night. 70— this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.26. WIND S.E.—fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —3lorning 14 mm. after 8 I Evening 52 min. after 8 To-Monnow— Morning 24 min. after 9 I Evening 0 min. after 9 • ,1 71,> :: , t., d. > 1.. ,0,, cur 4 , ..., : , i ...- f . r.' oy , I. t e ' •—•--. , v,:s• :""7 E-4-t ):,; 44: % is $ "' 4 t4/4111N2 . ~$ `' x , ..4% ... 1.4 - .....' iisy7l :,. • nos ; ~„„oiiii: biftirr ~ ,----,- —.. C -- g• 0•::. ,071„.„1„, ''' ..,..f *• r •' , --- ateninit ""ims LONDON, TUESDAY. JUNE 4, 1850. The advocates of Sunday stagnation have about as much reason to exult over the probability of car rying their ideas, in regard to the Lord's Day, into operation, as Mademoiselle AMARIS has of flying to one of the planets. It were just as absurd fur the former to dream of witnessing the acceptance of their extravagant project by the Legislature, simply because of the majority obtained by Lord ASHLEY, in the miserably attended House, on Thursday evening, as it would be for the latter to dream of floating off to the moon, because she can suspend herself in the sir, fur an instant, in the midst of her won derful Terpsichorean movements. The reason for the majority was the thinness of the attendance in Parliament ; the thinness of the attendance was attributable to the interest excited among the representatives by the racing at Epsom ; and that predilection on the part of so many Members for the enjoyments of the race-course, affords of itself, a sufficient guarantee that, when put upon their mettle, or, in other words, when drawn to a point by any serious movement on the part of Lord ASHLEY and his associates, the Commons will at once put a most effectual extinguisher upon the Sabbatarians. The obvious reasonableness of these reflections consequently sets aside forthwith and altogether the notion that any importance should be attached to the trivial success obtained the other evening by the Noble Lord the representative of Bath, a success attributable to no sympathy with his last crochet of philanthropy, but rather to the cir cumstance of the superior fascinations of the great national sp or ti ng season . Scannin g th e i mprovemen t s recently attempted by Mr. Row Latin HILL, scrutinising with the utmost nicety the plans recently projected under his manage ment, we can only detect, in the agitation which has been recently excited against himself, the inevitable reward of any one who will be insane enough to make any concessions whatever to the Sabbatarians. It is notorious that Mr. HILL has been assailed, and abused, and vilified as an abandoned person, irreligious in his principles, and demoralising in his influence ; and yet, when the scheme adopted at his suggestion by the Postmaster-General are examined into, it only be come, evident that he has been striving might and main, with his utmost possible ingenuity, to diminish the amount of Sunday labour in the Post-office department. Mr. HILL' has not only striven hard to effect this diminution, but he has actually accomplished it, insomuch that from four to five thousand subordinate offi..ials through out the country have been enabled to obtain on all Sundays an amount of rest hitherto found to be impracticable. Tne boon thus accorded to the sticklers for a rigid observance of the Sunday appea , s, however, so far from exciting their gratitude, to have merely whetted their appetite for yet further en croachments, to have driven them in a paroxysm of fanatical fury upon the unfortunate gentleman who had wakened them from their previous quietude, to have sent them next whining in miserable deputations to the official residence of the Prime Minister in Downing-street, and ultimately to have impelled them to howl forth their lugubrious demands within the very walls of Parliament. If they imagine that such nonsense as they utter can affect the judgment of the British Legislature we warrant them they will speedily find themselves to have been very wonderfully mistaken. If they fancy that the Eng lish multitude are to be gulled by such manifest humbug and hypocrisy they will receive a hint to the contrary that will wondrously soon convince them to the contrary. The middle of the nineteenth century—the age of steam-engines and electric tele graphs—is not exactly the time in which a people y o f at G t r h e e a t b ß e h r e i t s a t i n of c a a g n a b n e g e o x f p s e a c n t ecd lt i o k e b o t h w e d i n o h w a n b a t a mee ts t k s timonious dreamers. Of all epochs this is surely the very lust when anything at all like retrogression can be expected in the way of obedience to the mandates of an extravagant super stition. We are coolly asked to plunge our cjmmer cial relations into all kinds ofembarrassing difficulties, and to sever the means of communicat:oa among our domestic affections once every week for twenty-tour hours' duration ; we are asked to do this, moreover, in the name of Sabbatical observances, by highly mo ral and, indeed, saintly personages, who shudder at the sinfulness of dropping a letter into the post- office, or of hearing the postman's knock on Sundays, and who, nevertheless, think nothing of driving to church in very great state on those days, attended by their retinue of flunkies, or of driving back in equal " pride, pomp, and circumstance," to discuss the me rits of a hot dinner prepared for them with great labour and assiduity by their chef-de-cuisine. We presume that if the Post-office clerke and other mem bers of that department have souls to save, so also have cooks, and scullery-maids, and coachmen, and ladies' pages, and all the rest of their high mighti nesses (beloved by THOMAS CAELYLE), the princes and peers of Pluukeydom. Yet these Sabbath humbugs appear to think to the contrary ; they appear to imagine that to the Post office officials belongs the peculiar prerogative of preserving their spiritual rectitude by a punctilious attention to certain inexorable hours and certain arbitrary observances. Why, as was intimated only the other evening by one of her Aflame's Ministers, the affairs of the nation, the duties of the Executive, could not by any possibility be carried on, or, adequately performed, without the attendance of clerks and secre taries on Sundays, as well as on weekdays, in the official chambers at Downing-street—in the departments of the Home Secretary, the Colonial Secretary, the Foreign Secretary, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Why not insist upon the entan glement of the labours of the Government as well as the embarrassment of the Yost-office department ? Why not require all domestic as well as all public toils to cease between the Saturday and Monday ? Why not demand the relaxation from all duties on Sundays of soldiers and policemen ? "Why not ? Because any of these arrangements would be per sonally inconvenient to these Pharisees! They would be inconvenient to them for inasmuch as their pro perty and, perhaps, their lives would not then be safe inconvenient for the Lord' s D a y. They would be for inasmuch as the Sunday would be thereby ren dered the holiday of the burglar and the pickpocket. But the arguments put forward by them in regard to the cessation of Post-office labours on all Sundays would p w o o r u t i l ( d m be of infinitely te l y community morea vast pro- To many individuals it inconvenient to prove inevitably ruin o u s. To the commercial houses a t Li verpoo l, and Manchester, and Hull, and Sheffield, and Birmingham, and similar localities, it would be frau g ht with the most disastrous consequences, t a h s e wa un. was o briefly, but einphatieallYl intimated last n i g ht b y Gentleman the Member for Montrose. Against the entire proposition, therefore, it is essential for the well-being and the very stability of the coun try th a t a reso l ute nega tive should be pronounc e d a t HUME, GI " by the Government and t he Le gislature. Ace cording Prime Minister, in reply to the inquiries o f M r. to the acknowledgme n t ma d e yesterday by the it would seem that the Cabinet have not yet de c id e d w h et h er th e y are prepared to conse n t t o the appoin tment of a Committee to consider th e pro ject by which the House of Commons, on Thursday evening, agreed to present an address to her MAJESTY. At least, we may rest confident that the Administration is definitively resolved to withstand all these preposterous attempts to plunge the mercantile affdirs of the United Kingdom into inextricable difficulties for the sake 41 satisfying a few diseased consciences—of pandering to a prurient fanatadam—of conniving at the schemes of certain sanctimonious hypocrites, or of yielding power to bigotry, and predominance to superstition. We had hoped that the discussion on the principle of the new Savings' Bank Bill would have been long since completed in the Howe of Commons. We have already pointed out the vast importance of the subject —an importance fully acknowledged by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, when, with the full sanction of his official coadjutors, he assigned a priority to the Bill over any other Govern ment measure. Four months have, however, elapsed, and but little progress has been made. We are now in June, two-thirds of the session have been con sumed, and yet the Bill has not yet been read a second time in the popular branch of the Legislature. It is true that it was fixed for yesterday, but so many im portant orders were placed before it that there could have been but little chance of its being called on. The delay that has taken place will, however, if not absolutely fatal to the measure, have one good result. It will enable those experienced in the management of those valuable establishments to consider the ques tion coolly and dispassionately, without being biassed or prejudiced by the extraordinary frauds that have been brought to light, not only in Ireland, but at Rochdale, Aylesbury, St. Helen's, Scarborough, and Hull; and also to record their opinions on the various details of the measure brought forward by Sir CHARLES WOOD. We readily admit that there are many valuable features in the new Bill. If it be desirable to foster a spirit of forethought and self-denial among the working classes, and to induce them, when in full work to lay aside a portion of their earnings as pro vision for a more unfavourable season, it is essential that full security fur the amount of deposits should be given, and that they should no longer be de prived of their property through the dis honesty of fraudulent officials, encouraged by the negligence and apathy of irresponsible trustees. The Government guarantee, in place of being merely nominal, and applying only to the sums actually in vested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, should affect every farthing lodged with the recognised officers of these institu ione, in accordance with certain plain and simple rules, which should be extensively circulated among the labouring population and distinctly brought under the notice of every individual depositor. If ordinary precautions be taken, such as are at this moment en forced in the great majority of savings' banks throughout the kingdom, frauds will be rendered almost impossible, or, if attempted, will be speedily discovered, and adequate punishment inflicted on the guilty parties. It was the undue confidence reposed in LYNCH of Tralee, in DUNN of Killarney, and in HAWORTH of Rochdale, that enabled these delinquents to carry on their nefarious depredations through so many years without suspicion being excited, or exposure being rendered inevitable. No real or effi cient control was maintained; the statements of the parties were received without examination, although there were matters appearing on the very face of the accounts that should have led to immediate investiga tion. For instance, at Tralee, LYNCH reported to the Commissioners in November, 1847, that the then liabilities of the bank amounted to 5,1301. 4s. 6d., due upon 280 accounts, whereas, at that very time, the liabilities exceeded 40,0001., on no less than 1,100 open accounts. How could such statements have passed with any persons at ail acquainted with the district, and disposed to take the slightest trouble in the performance of the honourable trust confided to their hands ? But even this was not all : glaring inaccuracies on the very face of the accounts were vouched as correct by two trustees, and sanctioned by the Commissioners. For in stance, in 1844, four years before the discovery, it was reported by LYNCH, that there was 2,409/. due to twenty-six depositors of more than 1001. Similar mistakes were made in the years 1845, 1846, and 1847. Indeed, in the last mentioned year, according to his own showing, there must have been errors ex ceeding 4,0001., or nearly equal to the nominal liabi lities of the concern; and yet the palpably erroneous statement was never questioned by the vigilant trustees, who were supposed to have perused it before certifying as to its accuracy, or by the parties in the National Debt office, whose duty it was to examine these accounts. In every one of the frauds that have been brought to light an inch-pendtnt and searching audit, and a periodical comparison of the books of the individual depositors with those of the establishment, by parties uncon nected with the officers, would have led to an imme diate exposure, and if the measure now before the House ensured these desiderata, together with giving real Government security, it would fully meet the necessity of the case and the wishes of the country.' But Sir CHARLES WOOD could not be satisfied with a plain and straightforward proceeding. In every case be has an eye to the profits to the public exchequer, he does not see why the savings of the less wealthy classes should not produce some addi tional funds to his department. His first object, then, is to reduce the rates of interest allowed by Government from 31. ss. to 31. per annum, or, in other words, to gain one-quarter per cent. per annum from each depositor, which, on the 30,000,0001. sterling invested on account of savings' banks, will amount to 75,0001. per annum. This is to supply a loss of some 20,0001. or 30,0001. a year, now sus tained, or alleged to be sustained, by the Government; who tto withdraw t o h o d k r a co a r n g eg o eo theird m deposits,interest w ila mores be but it will manifestly be more th an su ffi c i en t f or t h e purpose. This imp o liti c re d uct i on w i ll i nduce many wceol considerably especially s i a d s e good ray as the expenses of m security, increased in consequence of the limitation of depo sits, which is henceforward to be stringently enforced. The rate that can be allowed will, therefore, be much lower than can be e ß idxde u cede t r sl al excellent ns t t p h azar e opifi a nrt d oi s m pt:e i frr n isossoftor:toa,roticinooealn.noefopefe,rrechvaheenennaiunpuemjluibkasyes obtained in the publi c f un d s , or on t h e more valid our ren present i securities . re s er r s ec e g no nt a r s sufficient to justify bim in inflicting a heavy blow and great discouragement on the national habits of providence and self-control. Will the public sup port him in this opinion ? We hope and believe that they will not. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL, and Jus tices PATTER, , N, WIORTMAN, and ERLE.) The Court at its sitting this morning gave judgmen in the following cases:— DOE DEM. HUBBARD V. HUBBARD. The question in this case turned upon the construc tion of a clause in the will of one Thomas Hubbard, in which be said—" I hereby give to my son, David Hub bard, all those two cottages or tenements, together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, the one occupied by my son, John Hubbard, and the other occupied by my grand-daughter, Elizabeth." The premises so occu pied by those two persona appeared to have been occu pied for years in severalty by them, having been parti tioned off from what originally constituted two larger cottages, and divided into live residences. Lord CAMPBELL was of opinion that the language in the testator's Trio appeared to be insufficient to carry the premises sought to be recovered in this action from the heir•at•law. He conceived there might be two cottages under the same roof, divided from each other by an internal partition. He was of opinion that the rule in this case should be discharged. Mr. Justice PerrEsou was also of opinion that the rule should be discharged. The words in the will were to be taken in their popular and familiar sense. The two original euttagos had certainly been divided into five residences. He could not see why each of those five residences might not be properly described as a cot tage or tenement. Mr. Justice WIGHTISIAN concurred, and Mr. Justice ERLE distsfnted. The rule for a new trial was therefore discharged. THE QUEEN V. WHITMARSH. - _ _ - - Lord CAMPBELL said the first question raised in this demurrer wa-, whether the National Land Company was a joint-stock company within the 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110, ate. 2. By that action the statute was applied to severs! de•zeriptions Gf companies, and am,ng others to companies established for the purposes of profit. It was contended that this company was established for the purposes of profit, both because the dii more were em ployed to sell land for profit, and also because the rent charges would be a source of profit. But it appeared to the Court that those grounds did not maintain the proposition contended for, because the governing pur pose of the company, according to the provisions of the deed, was the purchase of land and the division of such land among the subscribers. Therefore the judgment of the Court would be for the defenadlalnegt.ed infringementAstheopinion he of the Court was in favour of the defendant on th at point, it was unnect-ssary for them to de c id e t h e f urther questionoethe sta comp a ny,tute, whether out st t h h bea e dgorobojruenc otherwise. i on t against the l ega li ty ot the Judgment for the defendant. ' DIMEB V. PETLEY. The Court in this QUO pronounced ' judgment for the Plaintiff: DOE DEM. DATENIBII V. MOIFATT In this case the Court decided that the rule to enter a verdict for the lessor of the plaintiff should be nnde at,sulute. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) . Before Mr. Baron PARE. and Barons ALDERSON, ROLFE, and PLATT SLEIGH V. SLEIGH. In this case, which was an action on a bill of rx changr, and in which a verdict, was found for the plmn tiff, a ruff- was obtained in accordance with leave re served at the trial to enter a nonsuit, and u came on for argument on the sth of December last. Mr. Baron PARKE said the Court thought the defend ant was entitled to their judgment, and therefore the rule to enter a nonsuit would to made absolute. Rule absolute accordingly. Their LORMHIPS then took the special paper, and proceeded with the case of Southgate v. Sanders, which came before the Court on a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be discharged from the custody of the Sheriff of Middlesex, be having obtained protection from the Bankruptcy Court. The questions raised in the case had reference to the construction to be put on the new Bankruptcy Act; but they were purely of a technical character, and tt. erefore not of general inte test. The arguments had not concluded when we went to press. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) SITTINGS IN ERROR. The Jueges met tnis morning in the Exchequer Chamber, to the purpose of appointing the days for sittings in error after the present term. For the errors trom the Queen's Bench, they Appointed the 13th and 14th &June; trom the Common Pleas, the 15th of June; and from the Exchequer, the 17th, 18th, and 19th of June. COMMON PLEAS.-.(THIS DAY.) ;Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and a Common Jur).) MUNTSER. V. TOLENS. This was an action for the illegal fe!zure of goods under a distress warrant. It appeared that a number of volumes, amounting in ♦alue to more than 2001., were sent by the plaint►ff to the shop of Mr. F. Bohn, book seller, of Great Queen-street, part to be sold by him on commission, and the remainder to be bound and cleaned for the plaintiff, the whole of which were seiz,d by the defendant. the landlord of Mr. Biihn, under a distress for IN nt, along with the other stuck then on the premi►es. It was contended on the pin of the plaintiff that these volumes were nut legally liable to be se►zed under such circumstances, and it was to try this point that the ac tion wiis raised. The July, under the direction cf bis LORDSHIP, re turned a verdict fur the plaintiff, with the 'Amin.' da mages of 2001., subject to the decision of the Master on this point. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice 14 IGHTMAN.) QUEEN V. COORSEY. ltir.lloDGE applied to the Court iti a certiorari to re move the indictment in this case flow the Bath sessions into the Queen's Bench. The defendant had been in dicted for committing a nuisance in the High street, Batb, where the ancient market of that city is held, by erecting and keeping a greengrocer's stall there. The corporation of Bath have ordered the market to be re moved to a more convenient part of the town; but the present defendant and others disputed their right to make that order, and hence arose the indictment. Application granted. MIDDLES E,X. SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The June General Sessions of the Peace, for the county of Middlesex, commenced this morning, at the Sessions Louse, Clerkenwell-green. The Learned JunoE briefly addressed the grand jury. After they had been sworn, Charles Barron, who was found guilty, at the last sitting of this court, of petty larceny, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour. .Joseph Mill, for picking pockets, at the late Chalk farm fair, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET.7._(THIS DAY GEN TLEM ANLY RE C REATION.— Mr. Edward acdo nald and Mr. John Singleton, described on the police. sheet as get,tl msn, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and riotous, and assaulting Police constable 136 C. _ _ The constable stated that this morning about three o'clock he was on duty in Liecester-square, %hen his at tention was called to a disturbance in Bear street. On going to the spot be saw the defendants fighting sur rounded by a crowd of prostitutes. Witness requested them to disperse quietly, whereupon the prisoner Singleton said . "he'd be d—d it he would go, and that he would fight as long es be liked." As they still persisted in creating a disturbance, witness used some force in getting them away. The prisoner Singleton resisted violently, and struck witness several times with his stick. Macdonald also struck him with his fists. Witness, with the aid of another constable, succeeded in securing the defendants, and conveyed them to the station. The defendants, who gave a general denial to the charge, were fined 40a. each. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.' LONDON, JUNE 4.—Wind this day at noon, ligh' easterly bretzes arid fine clear summer weather. SHIELDS, JUNE I.—Sld. Shepherdess, Cc quimbo. Hum, JUNE 3. in d S.E.—SId. Lascar, Calcutta. CARDIFF, JUNE I.—The Clydesdale, of London for Cuba, which got on the sands 26th May, has come into dock to discharge. SREILDB, JUNE 1. Two studding-sails marked " I. C. 8.," and a piece of binnacle marked "Kate," were picked up 30th May off Seaham Harbour. SUNDERLAND. JUNE 2. A ship's companion door, having "J. C. B.—Kate" branded thereon, was picked up at sea 30th May, about nine miles to the southward. DEAL, JUNE 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Kent, Callao; Emily, Demerara; Vere, Boy', Jamaica; Ednia, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Sunderland. Sld. Dement, Hobart Town; G,ntoo, Quebec; Nimble. St. John's. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 3—Arrd. Jane, Elizabeth, New Orleans; Barbara, Mobile; Avon, Savannah; Waterloo, New York. SW. Georgina, Africa; Emma, San Fran cisco; Uckermunde, New York; Min and M.iffat, Bombay; Henry Warburton, Natal; Asia, Callao; Navi gator, Buenos Ayres; Catharine and Montezuma, New York ; Canada steamer, Boston ; Alexander Baring, Calcutta ; Palermo, San Francisco ; Manetta, St. Thomas ; Sutcliffe, St. John's, New Brunswick. Ott port, Niagara steamer, New York. CowEs, JUNE 3.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Washington, New York, for Bremen. OFF DARTMOUTH, JUNE 2.—St. Lawrence, Bermuda, fur London. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE I.—Arrd. Gratitude, Dockerill, Mauritius; Von Brock, Patagonia; Highlander, Barba does; Hermann, Cuba; Favourite, Baltimore, for Sligo. Off port, Alexander, Jack, Trinidad; Susannah, Barba does, and sailed for Londonderry; Freeland, M•lienzie, Laguna. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind E. to S.S.E.—Acrd. Nile, Lond-n, for Madras; Ocean Queen, Loudon, and sailed for New York. FALMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind E.—Sld. Lilias, New York. NEWPORT, JUNE 2. Sid. Eleanor, New Orleans. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) BAT IVIANIZLZI b. SMITHFIELD.—MeadowITaTir ET; to 31 103; Clover litto, 3/ Os to 41 6s ; and Straw, 11 is to 1/ 8s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIINBEILLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 104 to 3t 104, Glover ditto, 31 Os to 41 4s; and Straw, it 2s to 11 9s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 10‘ ; Clover ditto, 3l Os to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 112 s to 118 s per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. COLONIAL. SuGAL—The market for British Plantation is very firm, sales 480 hhds at full prices. Privately 500 boxes brown and yellow Havennah on the spot, have been sold at 193, and a cargo of 2,260 boxes white, at 335. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,097 hhds 145 tierces 170 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,226 hhds 128 tierces 312 barrels. The stock in the same place is 6,877 bhds 1,492 tierces 1,937 barrels. COIFEE.-120 casks and 200 bags Plantation Cey lon sold readily at higher prices, establishing an ad vance of 2$ to 3s per cwt. Other kinds were also in better request at improved rates. Runs.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Ducks was 101 puns 2 hds; there were taken for home consumption 241 puns, and exported 101 puns 243 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,821 puns 1,693 hhds. SPICES.-940 bags Penang Pepper sold with spirit at 2FI to 2 . 0, being Tully k per lb higher. 38 bales Cin• namon went rather lower, at is scl to 3s ld, according to quality. T.►LLow.—P Y.C. is 36s 9d to 37s per cwt. on the spot, and Town 38s. TEA.—The market is quiet, with fair deliveries. FRENCII PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S Excellency General Jung Bahadoor Koowur Ranajee and the other members of the .Nepaulese mission honoured thi3 theatre with their presence last evening. They were the object of intense curiosity during the evening, as much from their earnest attention to, and apparent interest in, the business of the stage, as for the dazzling gorgeousness of their costume. MR. G. BARKER'S CONCERT. —Mr. George Barker gave a concert last evening at the Princess's Theatre. The programme presented a very long list of vocal and instru mental performers, too numerous for special mention. The vocalists were Mdlle. Nau, Miss Lucombe, Miss Loui-a Pyue, Miss Poole, Signora Bongioanni, Mdlle. A. F Nanti (her first appearance), Miss A. Romer. Miss Ransfurd, madame Mactarren, Mrs. Weiss, Mi,s Kenneth, Miss Law (a pupil of the Academy, of much promise, who made her first appearance), Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Travers, Mr. H. Drayton, &c., &c. The instrumentalists were M. de Kontski, Mad .me Goffrie, and Mr. Grattan Cooke. Miss Law was announced as a pupil of the Royal Academy, but she is now, we believe, under the tuition of Mr. Barker. Her voice is a mezzo soprano of much sweet ness and flexibility-, and is well cultivated; we doubt not but that she will attain a high rank in her pro!ession. The voice of Miss A. Favanti is a fine rich, mellow soprano, and she uses it most effectively. Mere art pert/yr-yr taste, just as mere theology de • praves religion.- Eliza Cook's Journal. THE TEA TRADE, JUNE 3.—The deliveries of tea in London last week were 668,6821 b., being a lull average quantity, though not equal to that taketi to the date of our preyiou statement. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE"' CITY, TWO actoor., . The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es t ' mated tit 12 000 bates, of which 3 000 woe taloa for i nd export t,t,(l on si.eculation. The n arket we, tight' 6 d prices were on th e advance. —Railway Sh sres opeue very firm, but were no: quite so good at the close of ih e market. Upon the subject of the Tallow market, we 'are ad vised b) Mr. Geor ges Gull, a broker, that " by 113 1 counts from St. Yetershorgh received tc-day, ‘ , lll- 0, as lute Ni endel the price of first d eas 112 ro. ter Jut e and July shipmei t, and 112 wi, h 10 down for shipment in Aug ust ; to m, and the Ru,sians did not appear disposed to subtu't reduction equivalent to the circumstances of k t t i. market. Some notice should be taken of the 6 0 , 0 Lutes for foreign Tallow, and it may be remark ed fa_ on el . es; the supply of home Tallow is very good, scarcely tail to remain so while corn and meat Wi tte so low in price. Lard and Cocoa Nut Oil are abue4613.14- but the supply of Palm Oil still continues she';. bow , and neutralises the abundant make of d This statement would be imperfect if we left W3lloti,ctird the very low price of the article. Since 183 0 it $ of r not he state) that Tallow has continued below 3 8 ' hole ;year; and the average is far abov e the Pleby rule i quotations As Tallow is t, a certain extent' maY be ieSer ei lug tne !nice of meat, and meat by corn, to to it how far the new state o f t hivg , r es of ing from tree trade in corn operates upon the Price this The at ticle." Niagara steamer has arrived from the ti ls % . States, but the letters are not yet delivered. TbA.„lffs change on London was firm at 1094 to 110. Dres';ced were acute . The Nicaragua treaty bad b een sPP'" by the Senate. The Continental arrivals bring no intelligence of Psi" ticular interest. „ con* The English Funds keep up remarkably u.' pest sols have been 965 and are now 9 6 5 .1. -ctoo time they are 964 5. The political new s m oil Paris appears to be sufficiently Bu lizlng to please even the most a rdent New and the Funds are still improvin there. T b 1 .1 34 l end Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have g been 9 7 540 at the Three per Cents. 955 Bank Stock ha' t p 71M 2074 to 2081. Exchequer-bills have realised 68e. premium. 11 felt be nlenthe. i Foreign Market the quo t a ti o ns have a be o fi mat nfluence of the rise in Conso ls. IlSr rest Boßonds have advanced to 311 but th e ar g eade feature is the high poi n t attained by ": 6 re' Stock. This is in consequence of ad vice i ad vice effr el ceived by Messrs. Baring that an appropriation of import duties wi t l o l ta ad il e t eld° meet the dividends. There have likewise bee!' re „ -- ,,oid! to that firm funds to complete the dividend lett ~ I' year or two since. Equador Stock has hee ri - A - poo; Brazilian Stick has been marked 87 to 871' tie7,o37i vi au Deferred 335. Spanish Three per Co"' :ea le t to 38. A meeting of the bondholders is cenveLo re' Monday next, to take into consideration the le h """ Ttre' coved from the Duke of Valentia, and-a-Hai per Cents. have touched 57 and 5 7 1 r slw The prospect of improvement in Railway Snal.ool engages attention, and there are conflicting aP A i p ei d ape to whether this is merely temporary and fo_ti e ho je." - speculation, or whether it has a solUider, -- r a t h h e e ( pinion of experienced parties sme-foontil„ no permanent rise until railway B ol i c" are rendered in a fuller and 1 1301 e MO 1 1 1 form. Fair progress has been made towards 1."-L rit t there is still much to be desired, and the aclft ni ll orliez restored confidence is felt, not alone in tt - f ibie` h t prices of shares, but in the facility with rate debentures can be renewed at a moderate 0 interest. Instead of having to pay 6 pe r Cea rt y must have been the case if confidence b , e , it i s mained as low as it was some time stated, and we know it correctly, that lee' rate tee froiel now obtainable by the first class railways at 4, and in special cases, 35 per cent. The well Qt l y traffic lately arises from merchandise as well " fl y for sengers. The requisites for placing railway Pr ° ,„Pleise higher in public estimation are, an honest tion „,P affairs, economy, and closing et capital -ebelr counts. The days of mystification and sion are at an end, and the beat or must he frankly stated in the , P A erl sell! accounts. At present speculation takes the ir'",• o lat °l " the primary cause of the rise in priced, but e l s " . for Si° are shrewd, and they operate for an advance nO s l c far ° same reason that they formerly went inso deg? „ A fall. 11 The market for Shares is very bouyn ot eg6: morning. QUARTER TO -- I Consols ... 96e a Ditto Account 9 " (0 0k •.• •••• •• BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT • O NE 0C 1, - th (From the Official List.) 2(8 2C//' Bank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities .........•_ 98% si 95%0 8 per Cent. Consols Anns ............... - •- - i . N New 3 1 4 per Cent. Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... ! 3- 0 1 -16 D 0.30 Tears, Expire Oct. 10,1859... ,/ 4 Consols for Account . 96%V ik Exchequer Bills. lU i d. PO March. • , a , 71P 71! "..; 719 1,009/. - 5001 — 61 • Small — CLO G%. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT Ogg Cr- Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent ....... `' lol Dan:sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent...• '4 Ditto, 5 per Cent ......... ........... le . Equador Bonds Grenada, 14 per Cent. ... ..... Ditto Deferred Mexican tion•l 8, 1846, 5 per Cent., Gniporle ~g Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons -'016,0' Ditto for the Account ..... ....• Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent...- Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred ........ " 1 " ..... Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent... n a Ditto 44 per Cents .............. ./...." Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent...... .• 1 7 1 / 4 4 Ditto Account 38 Spanish Bonds. 3 per Cent,lB4 o ••• „dos Dividends on the above payable in r- , 7 f. gsc , French Rentes, 5 per Cent. ...... 25 f. 61 ' • Exchange fr7% 6 Dutch 24 6 per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates ..• " „ at OC'' BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES A_ 1 4:00. #„. RAILWAYS. PAID. ' . , k terdeen tuckinghamshire .." .. ... to_ „ 174 ...... /7 , L to , latedonian , ... „, ...0 Ditto, New 101, reference 10 ...... , .. u'' ~. -- ...... to hester and H01yhead......... 50 Ditto, Preference 15 ...... „.. .., Eastern Count es ..... 2O ..... 7 4 78 • tO . 8 3 4 "tO ". '.ast Lancashire 25 ...... ,at ~ „,. Great Northern . Do. 1 ,4 A Deferred ..... Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 124. ..... IVA . %. .0 _ Great Western .....100.- 5834 1 / 4 ei g P . . to ;0 dull and Selby .ancashire and Yorkshire —l 5 OO .... ....... 9435 a..% :... I.° -....,... Ditto Fifths lO ... 1 / 4 • to . .0 , Do., New Guar. 6 per cont. 10 .... .... 12i ...•. to ..., Leeds and Bradford ..., 50 ..... 9 A ....... 0 , London & 81ackwa11......11/ 6s. 8d..... *`,.:* ... , te-09 Lond..Bright..& South Coast 100 ..... 837 ° ::: . t 10 8 Do., New SL, gua. 6pr CLIOO ......138 . ' 0 London & North Western-. 100 ...... 1073,, „to ~ Do. New Quarters. l2 ...... I I Z . .. ti 6 Do. Fif 12 .••••ths 121;7o to "- •••' Le adou and S. Wnatorn 100 ..... v- ' ... - .... Do., New Preference 5 ............ 0 .., ltanchr, Sheffield. and Linc.loo ...... -'' B ..... 40 ..-, g Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ••• .. 3t 4.. „," /Pe Midland . .. .... ........ lOO ...... 311 LL ,.. '- Ditto, 501. Shares ..... .... '/ ro Midland, Consul. Beate] and 0 "'" to 14 Birmingham, 6 per cent 100 ... ... 12 8 .. ' 0 Korth British - - ...... - . 25 •••••• ... ••• Ditto. Ditto. Preference ... 5 ... ... 2 di ; .... ge _ ...• . 4 hrewsbury and Birmingham 1314.••••• 2,A , ...... W .., . to Ditto, ditto. Class B. 9 ...... 01,4 ~,,,* t o Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... 16 11%7 0 tr "" South Eastern ..... ... 33%...-* '" ...... a , e . _ Ditto, No. 3. 3O ...... ~,....„ Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... l' to ". Wear Valley, 6 per rent. . ..... to e' Guaranteed ... ...... 50 .••••• --- 5 14.•••• .. Do. do. do. ..... , .••• .... . to Do. do. do. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ..... . 9 , . ..... to .. Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... 1 ; 1 4 ••• to ..' Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 3 ...... 173A 1 / 4 0 ' York and North Midland ... 50 ...... ' FOREIGN RAILWA YS ' e• to Central of France ((► leans . 13 5 t.fr • " to and Vierzon) Datch Rhenish •••...• 8 ...... ;i,z%... t w o $ Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 *** ". 22 `4''"'' to ," Parts and Rouen alo o 1 t " Rouen and Havre --- L.............„.... •••••• ------ Di tar ° - th s t o to r e A Malta correspondent lier O'Ferrall was about to leave t he England. island a _ Of 8.18T55• c if ~,01 6 ' A n ß t e l l r . R 3o i c th h a u r l a t . A . at i i n i O s ei n ke t A ll - scent,cri4• - A! the f , ' w ife 0 nthe 1 , (.1 inst., at flew cross, Deptford, tha t, A, oro , o O Eames, Esq., Secretary of the Royal NavalaSd°,paric, On the lat inst., at Gloucester-square, '-`. 7 ale , James Mai Gregor. Aft. W. jell On the 3;st ult., at Broadhands. Ilants , '`I S. 0 36 OF A D A LIG HTER• ijobtllD On the 30th ult., at Wiggint on rector'', ne' sr iet t ' Dr Al wife of the Rev. John William - I. , •efof ' On the 31:g ult., at Bouio;_,,ne.s ur-Itter, the so ''------ ----::::;--:.--------- i'l 1 a., 1i6 MA BRIO. , inster' 13 ' t On the Ist inst., at St. Alarg %I.e.'s. if , estrnnoltrY. oget' Rev Henry Vean, M.A., the Rev. Thomas ~; s . oti_ e ill only son of the Bishep of Madras, to ►yol IViitrj.hoo' ' daughter of John Bagshavv, Esq., 3 1 P ., cl 04 or 1 the county of Essex. 11 • Fat° V i t " O it' of On the Ist inst., at St. Peter's Ct;urc , ,_ee ~r Lieutenant Halliday, R.N , nephew of tbe .1,4,„g11t. TollernAche. to Fr , inces Louisa , the lion Charles Tollemache. only unmarried .. ---.____---- bel l ' --___ i c ic CO I 5 0 On the Slat LieuteLant-Colonel l'alr f tile C. 8., of Oriental.place, B. 1 ton and forinerlY ° , ii .i(o Light Infantry. ' th e oOn the 3ist ult., at Bolev-hill, Rochester, .006 _ etb , f r. C. Hillier, Esq , aged' CO. lits b , iti. On the 30th ult at. the Manor-house, Icon], _ 1 ,e 0 ,,.1. e terrace, o icl O irn a t, relict of the late E. Ali(' r ' 1 trrionceatili,, ~,o. 4 . ..ree, t,sq., ot I ers . 4 o f o.i , t the Opt.hteluvnit.,,Bargigeldito6., Air. W. ilarri-, rl y er 3 n Anne, 01 9 i t i l ) r i e d 3ll 3 t ro h m u l l , r t . o , nPhilip Harden, Esq., age t oe the On the 27th ult., at Seething Wells, MarY i of Mr. G. Bartholomew, of Linlithgow, S' LL r ______ " 0 0 % riRDO $ I London: Printed and Published by Tii,-,---000. ~`''.o No i 12, fl;,:and, Printer, at Th , 3 "' " .., r oe CO"' strand. In ',3-If, V• nn' o• tt. SINGTI '' v tikidcUriez, Tatulay, ,Llll9 41 1850. RATEI ti, n3twec Th e m a Ihnitel 43 3 than 4 fter the ~ Aie erhy. 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