The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-19 00:00:00

...---•'-'-' said to press heavily oa pror7u , Con in the Presidency of Bombay. It varied from loid. to 2i. Bd. per acre. In the other pre-ddency it range.l from cid. to 54. par sere, and tterefore could not be said to offer any serious obstruction to the crowing of co'..ton. Colonel SI iiTIIOIIP s ini he certainly should not sup- Port the Hon. Member for Manchester in his motion for a Commission. He was most suipicious of 101 Com missions, and he should not support her Majesty's Go vernment—(A laugh)—nor their friends—they were a auspicious s, t alt ,gether.—(Lpighter.) The Hon. Member sometimes attacked the Government, but if they cyavi, him a Commission, he had no doubt the Hon. Member would accept the post, and he believed the Go- Vernment, would he very clad toget rid of him.—(A laugh.) Mr. BRIGHT reple 1. The &mission had through out elicited a general admission of the imp irtanee of the question. Seeing, however, th- feeling of the House, he thought he shout ,1 hest consult the object he had in view by with Ira , ing his motion.—(Cries of " No, n - 4) The motion was then nega•ived without a divi-don. MAIL.PACKE I: STATION. IRE! , AND. Mr. H. HERBERT said ho had pre,entld a petition from landed propri•-tors in Ireland, praying that Her Majesty would institute an inquiry to a , certain whether or not it was for the advantage of the empire that some harbour of Ireland shield be adopted as a picket sta tion; and, if so, which of the Irish harbours was best Baited for the purpose. He had intended to call the at tention of the House to the subject, but, as her Majes ty's Government had consented to institute the pro posed inquiry, he had now' only to thank the Govern ment for agreeing to a course which he was surd must result in benefiting Ireland. POST-OFFICE. Mr. FORSTER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the Acta 7th William IV., and Ist Victoria, c. 36, and other Acts now in fo rce for regu lating the conveyance of letters by post, as prohibit the transmission of letters on the Sunday otherwise than through the Post-office. Those Acts were in troduced entirely oa the ground that the revenue of the Post-office required to be protected. So long as the Post-office conveyed letters on a Sunday there could be no objection to the prohibition contained in these Acts; but, as the Post-office had discontinued performing their duty, there could be no reason whatever, on the ground of protecting the revenue, for continuing the prohibition. He called upon the Noble Lord (Lord Ashley) to support the motion, otherwise the effect of his own Bill would be to cause a breach of the law a thousand times every Sunday. Colonel THOMPSON thought in a case of this kind that the Government ought either to do the people's busi ness for them, or to allow them to do it themselves. He did not think even the Government or the commercial portion of the community had thoro u g hl y come to a owledge or to a full consideration of what they had inflicted, not only upon the commercial world, but upon the public at large. Suppose one of his constituents, a Merchant at Bra fiord, heard by letter on Friday ofathe loss of one of his argosies, and he had reason to sup pose his son to be lost in it. Now, he must not have further intelligence dispatched to him from London on the Saturday because it would be Sabbath breaking at Bradford to have the letter delivered to him there on the Sunday; and he must not have a letter writ ten to him from London on the Sunday because it would be Sabbath-breaking in London so to write itt therefore he must wait till the Monday or the Tuesday for any further intelligence, and all this because some men, not reading aright the true spirit of Christianity, had chosen to deprive the people of that right of communication which they had hitherto enjoyed. He hoped the recent resolution of the House would be rescinded; for, if not, he had not the least doubt it would be taken up in France. Ile had already seen a communication made to the parti 'nitre in that country—(Hear, bear) —who were rising into importance and credit there. For a time that party Might prevail, but a reaction would come, and there would be a rebound, the mischievous consequences of which no one could foresee; and all this resulting from a piece of most unbecoming—he might say, most imper tinent legislation. On these grounds he should support the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not agree to the motion. He concurred in a g reat deal orwhat had been said upon the subject. He thought that the vote which the House came to the other night was an unfortunate vote, because he believed it would lead to great infractions of the law, and to considerable desecration of the Sabbath. It was his belief that the consequences of that vote would lead to a greater amount of ordinary Sunday labour than what resulted from the former state of the law. At the same time the House of Commons having come to that resolution, the Go vernment felt bound to carry it out. The Government were not so much concerned in the matter as the public, and, taking the vote of the House as the expression of public opinion, the Government felt called upon to act in accordance with that expressed opinion. The amount of hardship which the recent vote would inflict upon the great body of the population had, he believed, been Very much underrated. Nevertheless, that being the opinion of the House of Commons, the Govern ment were bound to carry it out. Nor did they think it their duty to do that iedirectly which they had not felt it right to do openly and at once. He believed that the distribution of letters and newspapers by means of the post led to far less desecration of the Sabbath than their distribution by any other means. If the House chose to submit to that inconvenience, they must submit to it altogether. He thought it quite right that the Public should know what it was that they had subjected themselves te.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. AGLION BY said the House of Commons could not complain of Government giving effect to their own resolution; but he thought the country would complain, and had a right to complain, of the House of Commons. --(Hear hear.) There never was a division upon a matter of importance by which the House of Commons and the public were taken so much by surprise as by the division on the Noble Lord's motion respect. the Post office delivery on a Sunday. He hoped an opportunity Would be afforded for the House coming to a positive vote on the subject, in order to show that the real sense of the House was not in accordance with the resolution that had been passed. Mr. HEALD opposed the motion, and was surprised to find that the voice of the people, as expressed by the constitutional mode of petition, was accounted as nothing by some Hon. Members. Mr. G. THOMPSON supported the motion. He thought no individual in the nineteenth century would stand up and say he was not to be the judge for himself Whether he had not the right as a subject and member of civil society to transmit letters on a Sunday, or re ceive them through the various channels of communica tion from those who pleased to send them. Why should that right be interfered with, any more than the cooking of a dinner on Sunday? Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the House would not agree to the motion, because it would lead to much further consequences than perhaps those Honourable Members who supported it might apprehend. It was obvious that if, instead of the general rule, with which the Govern ment charged itself with the transmission of letters, they Were to allow letters to t e conveyed on Sunday by private hand, that would become the establishment of a private post-office, and letters would be sent on that day as much as on other days of the week.—(Hear) — that day would be the means of transmitting letters More than on the other days, and it would interfere with the general transmission of letters by the Post-office. Therefore he thought, as his Right Hon. Friend had Stated, that if letters were to be conveyed on Sunday, it would be far batter to restore the state of things that existed before the resolution of the Noble Lord was Passed.—(llsar.) He must say, although he thought it his duty to advise the Crown to comply with the ad dress of this House, which was founded on numerous petitions signed by nearly 700,000 persons, and which was declared to be the wish of the House not only by 110 a. Members who were present and voted for it. but by the voluntary absence of a great number of Hon. Members who declined to vote against the proposition, he certainly could not share in the opinion that it was advisable.—(Hear, hear.) He did not rely on, nor did be attach so much importance as many Honour able Members had done to the transmission of mercan tile letters or mercantile intelligence, but he did think that the post, being the means of conveying to dif ferent members of a family in different parts of the kingdom the news of illness, of accidents, of danger Perhaps to other members of the family, the retaining of that knowledge for 24 hours--[Colonel THOMPSON— "4B hours;"]—(Hear) —which they might have that time sooner, was contrary to the indulgence of those feelings of charity and affection which belonged to our Christian as well as our moral character.—(Hear, hear.) therefore, in opposing this motion, must say he very Much regretted the decision to which the House came. — (Hear, hear.) He owned that, although there might have been, and he would not deny that there was, a very Strong feeling on the part of the public in favour of the Noble Lord's proposition, it appeared to him rather to tend to that which was certainly contrary to the pre cepts of our religion, and established for precept the. Opposite—that man was made for the Sabbath, and not the Sabbath for mae.—(Hear, hear.) • Mr. NEWDEGATE said that a number of large firms • and constituencies having balanced the difficulties that 'might arise from the non-transmission of letters on SOnday, had earnestly deprecated the continuance of a system of transmission, because it led to a growing evil of increasing transactions of business on Sundays. Mr. FORSTER, withdrew his motion. NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CREQUER, it was resolved, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and report upon the accom- Modation afforded in the New House of Commons, and in the lobbies and passages immediately adjacent thereto, and whether any improvement can be made therein, and the probable expense of making any such 'lterations." ----- HYDE-PARK. , Colonel SIBTHORP moved for a r eturn of the num ber of trees already marked and proposed to be cut down i n Hyde-park, for the purpose of making room for the buildings and grounds of approach, that are to be appro priated to t h e use of the proposed exhibition , as it is termed, of the industry of all nations, in the year 1851; ! , 111 a statement when and by whose authority the demo lition of such trees is to be carried into effect. I n doin g So, ho said that the proposed Exhibition of 1851 was a fraud and a humbug, and he complained of the destruc tl,oll of the trees in Hyde-park in order to make r oom for 19 43 builiiin;p intended to be erected to carry out th e ex ibition in question. He contended that the only effect of the exhibition would be to injure the English trades 1115te and promote the success of the foreigner. He ',fished to know by whose authority this demolition of the trees in Hyde-park was to take place? Lord SEYMOUR sa;cl be had not received any infor tnatkn from the Commissioners of the Exhibition of the udustry f all Nations on the subject in question. He new that some trcei were marked, but be had not yet wheth er whether those trees were to be cut down, or _hether more were to be removed to make room for Itig building for the Exhibition of 1851. He was there- THE ore unable to answer the question put by the lion. and fGallant Member. Atter a short conversation the motion was withdrawn. MARGATE HARBOUR. Mr. NIACKINNON moved to nominate a Committee on Ramsgate and Margate .Harbours:—Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Rice, Mr. Bellew, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Clay. Mr. Moffatt, Mr. E. Henry Stanley, Mr. Edward Heneage, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Littleton, Mr. Masternsan, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Wawn. Alter a few words from Mr. MACKINNON and Mr. F. BARING, the motion was postponed. COUNTY COURTS BILL. The House then proceeded to consider the above Bill. Lord D. STUART moved the following clause: — And be it enacted that, from and &ter the passing of this Act, in all actions of trespass or upon the case, to be brought by any person or persons in respect of any grievance committed by any clerk, bailiff, or officer of al) , court holden under the said Act of the tenth year of her Majesty, or under this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and fir the defendant or defendants in such actions to plead the general issue, and give any special matter in evidence, any law or usage to the contrary not'v ithitanding. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected, and the clause was withdrawn. Mr. CROWDER moved a clause, the object of which was to enable a suitor, living out of the district in which the defendant resided, to bring his action either in the county or the superior court. The clause was adopted, and the third reading of the Bill was fixed fur Thursday next. The Incorporation of Boroughs Confirmation (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. On the motion that the Factories Bill be read a third time, Mr. O'CONNOR objected to the Bill being read a third time at so late an hour (one o'clock). Sir GEORGE GREY then arranged that the third reading of the Bill should take place on Thursday next. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. Mr. PUSEY moved the further consideration of the Landlord and Tenant Bill. Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the progress of the measure at that late hour, and moved the adjournment of the House. For the adjournment ... Against it ... . . Majority against ... On our return to the gallery we found Colonel SIBTHORP repeating his protestations against the Bill, denouncing it as dangerous, delusive. and disgusting, and altogether uncalled for. It was a partial Bill to suit partial feelings and partial purposes. It created suspicion between landlord and tenant. He objected to the manner in which the Bill was brought in and attempted to be smuggled through the House at a quarter after one o'clock. He moved that the Bill be further considered that day six months. The SPEAKER said the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman having already moved the adjournment of the House, it was not competent for him to move an adjournment of the Bill for six months. Colonel SIBTHORP then moved the adjournment of the debste. Mr. FORBES seconded the motion. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment ... ... 3 Against it Majority against it ... ... —4B Several amendments were made in the Bill, and clauses were about being added, when Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the House be counted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but on a count upwards of forty Members were found present. The consideration of the clauses was then proceeded with, and they were adopted. The Bill was ordered to be considered as amended. The House then adjourned, at a Quarter to Two. ~. ... 61 -50 AFFAIRS IN GREECE. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 17. MINORITY ON LORD STANLEY'S MOTION RE SPECTING THE AFFAIRS IN GREECE. PRESENT. ♦RCHBISHOP. York Minto BARONS. Morley Cremorne Oxford Churchill Scarborough De Manley Spencer Dunally Strafford Dufferin Suffolk Eddisbury Uxbridge Elphinstons Waldegrave Erskine Yarborough Foley Zetland llolland VISCOUNT. Bowden. Clifden Hatherton BISHOPS. Howarkde Walden Chester Kinnaird Down Langdale Limerick Lovat Manchester Londesliorough Norwich Methuen St. Asaph Milford SAXONS. Overstone Alvanley Foltimore Beaumont Say* and Selo Byron Sudeley Camoys Vivian Campbell Ward Colborne Wodehouse Crewe Wrottesley DIJILES. Leinster Norfolk MARQUISES. Anglesea Breadalbane Conyngham Donegal Headfort Lansdowne Westminster - - ZIELS. Besborough Carlisle Chichester Cowper Craven Effingham Fingall Fitzwilliam Gesford Granville Grey Ilchester Leicester Leitrim PROXIES. EARLS. BARONS. Ducie Carew Essex Cloncurry ARCHBISHOP. Canterbury DUKES. Devonshire Fortescue Cowley Gainsborough Dacre Hamilton Roxburgh Somerset Sutherland Ketimare Dentnan Kingston Kintore Dinorben Dorchester men.qmsES. Bristol Clanricarde Normanby Sligo Lindsay Lismore Dunfermline Keane Oriel Monson EARLS. Burlington Bruce Citarlemont Clarendon Cork* Cottenham Derby Radnor Montfort VISCOUNTS. Mostyn, Bolingbroke Portman Falkland Itossmore BISHOPS. Stanley of Alderley Hereford Stafford Peterborough Stourton BARONS. Suffield Abercromby 'Yana Auckland Vernon PAIRS. Duke of Bedford Lord St. John Lord Leich Earl Somers Lord Stuart de Decles Earl of Erne Lord Belhaven Ear: of Lauderdale Duke of Grafton Earl Airlie Lord De Freyne Earl of Longford Earl Cornwallis Earl Brownlow Earl of Rosenery Earl of Orford Bishop of Durham Marquis of Ailsa Lord Dormer Duke of Beaufort Earl of Camperdown Lord Sherborne Lord Lilford Earl of Munster Earl Powis Earl Pomfret Earl or Devon Viscount St. Vincent Earl Arundel Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Duke of Leeds Earl Bathurst Earl Sefton Lord Downes Earl of Shrewsbury' Earl of Beauchamp Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Rochester Earl Fitzhardinge Viscount Exmouth TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 17th, the important subject before the House was the Second Reading of the Irish Lori-Lieutenancy Abolition Bill. The wonder seems to be, that any of the opposers should have opposed it. There might have been opposition somewhere, but nobody would have expected it to be where it was. The opinion of the Llouss on the whole was finally expressed by a majority of 295 against 70, for the abolition of the office. Oa Tuesday, everybody was on the alert to trace any consequences which might display themselves, of the movement on the previous evening in the Lords. The crop of symptoms was small. The Ministers looked particularly hilarious, till they composed themselves to balmy sleep. They certainly looked like men resigned, if resignation is in the wind. Perhaps they have deeply meditated on the unsatisfactory nature of human power, and ere arrived at that state of satisfaction at having it taken from them, which ascetic piety sometimes aims at. Perhaps they have done nothing of the kind, nor mean to do; but intend to let the fly settle on their car with out further notice. The only token which was elicited in any way, was that a Member on the Liberal side asked maliciously when the proceedings initiated on the opposite side on the question of present quarrel were to be gone on with; and received en answer of the kind which may be popu larly described as hacking out. On the same evening the Member for Manchester ♦i gorously pushed his motion for a Commission to be sent to India—of course he must bo the chairman—to inquire into the impediments to the growth of cotton. One good effect it had, was to bring out an entire disavowal of design to check or keep back the growth of that pe culiarly Indian product. Indeed why should there be, unless so much as might belong to a general system for mismanaging India, or more properly for managing it up to the point of goodness which gives the maximum of gain with the minimum of effort? On the whole a great deal of good was evolved by the debate. A general acknowledgment was declared of the necessity of endeavouring to make the country inde pendent of the slave states of America. Cuba and Wind sor Castle are sufficient for the minds of all. An effort to represent the taxes wrung from the native cultivators of India as expended for their use and benefit, should have been met with an inquiry how those taxes have actually been expended, when the answer must have been, in war. When it is acknowledged, as it was in this debate, that most or all of the conquests in India are losing concerns as far as re venue is concerned, is it conceivable that the native cul tivators should not have been racked to the extent of the possible, before such a termination was admitted? And the question ought to have been pushed to a division. A deb ate without a divison goes for nothing. A division is what impresses things on men's minds and on the public, and starts a question with the means of calcu lating its progress hereafter. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, June 19, 1850. [AnvEwrisEmENT.] —The new Tooth-pick Tooth brush, thoroughly cleansing between the teeth, when used up and down, and polishing the surface when used crossways, the hair warranted never to come out; in four strengths— viz., No. 1, hard, No. '2, less hard, No. 3, medium, No. 4, soft. The double anti-pressure nail-brush, which does not divide the quick from the nails. The triple hair-brush, which thoroughly searches and cleanses the hair in one-fourth part of the time of any other method, and acts as both comb and brush combined. The medium sharing-brush, being a se lection of the strongest badgers' hair, so well secured in the socket as never to come loose. And, though last not least, the newly invented " Renovator" clothes brush, which makes an old coat look like a new one, and a new coat to look new double the usual time. Invented and made only by Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. New Zealand papers to the 2d of February have arrived, but beyond the statement that the settlers were enjoying complete tranquillity, their contents are not of in terest, THE SALE OF BEER. The Select Committee of the Lords appointed to consider the operation of the Acts for the sale of beer have agreed to the following report : That the Committee have met, and considered the subject-matter to them referred, and have examined several witnesses in relation thereto. VV The Committee, on their appointment last session, pro ceeded in the first place to take the evidence of those who have charge of the police of the metropolis, and of some of the great towns, and subsequently of those who, as chief constables of counties, or as magistrates, have had spe cial opportunities of observing the effect of beer-houses i❑ country districts. Having, however, been appointed late in the session, they found themselves unable to pursue this course to a great extent; and as considersb!e delay and expense would have been the consequence of calling for the attendance of a large body of witnesses such as would have been required to ascertain the effect of the law in different parts of the country, they issued circulars berth.° they separated for the session, addressed to the chairmen of quarter sessions, and the chaplains of gaols, and the chiet constables of counties where such officers existed, and, in counties where the Rural Police Act is not in operation, to the clerks of petty sessions, desiring their opinions on several points connected with the inquiry. The result of these latter has been thrown into a tabular form, and will be f iund to contain opinions upon the subject which are of the highest value. On their re-assembling in the present session, the Com mittee proceeded to examine several parties, themselves interested, either as brewers or beer-sellers, in the sale of beer ; and they have had the benefit also of information on several points connected with the Excise from the Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue. _ A number of petitions from various places has also been referred to them, representing in many cases the opinions of municipal bodies, of boards of guardians, and of magistrates, as well as of individuals and COW gregations, stating in strong language the evils which they conceive t ) have arisen from the existing legisla tion as to the sale of beer, and praying a remedy in various terms. Some petitions bare also Leen referred to them from parties interested in the trade, either as brewers or beer-tellers, praying that no change in the existing law may take place. Ou a review of all the statements and opinions which have been thus brought before them, the Committee have no hesitation in stating that the expectations of those who proposed the existing system have not been realised. Their object appears to have been to create a class of houses of refreshment, respectable in character, brewing their own beer, diminishing, by, the. supply of a cheep and wholesome beverage, the consump tion of ardent spirits; and thus contributing to the hap piness and comforts of the labouring classes, But it appears that of these houses only one-twelfth brew their own beer; that a very large proportion are, as in the case of public-houses, the actual property of brew ers, or tied by advances to them; that they are - noto rious for the sale of an inferior article; that 'the con sumption of ardent spirits has, from whatever cause, far from diminished; and that the comforts and morals of the poor have been seriously impaired. It was already sufficiently notorious that drunkenness is the main cause of crime, disorder, and distress in Eng land; and it appears that the multiplication of houses for the consumption of intoxicating liquors, which under the Beer Act has risen from 88,930 to 123,396, has been thus in itself an evil of the first magnitude, not only by increasing the temptations to excess, which are thus presented at every step, but by driving houses, even those under the direct control of the magistrates, as well as other originally respectable, to practices, for the purpose of attracting custom, which are degrading to their own character, and most injurious to morality and order. Coincident with this increase in the facilities for in toxication, it appears that crime has increased in a frightful ratio, the commitments for trial in England and Wales in the years 1848-1849 being in the pro portion to those of 1830-1831, the first two years after the enactment of the Beer Act, of 156 to 100; and that this is not a mere casual coincidence the Committee have the strongest reasons to believe from the general evidence. subinitted to them, but more especially from that of the chief constables of police, and the chap lains of gaols, who have the best opportunities, the one of watching the character of the beer-shops and of those who frequent them, the other of tracing the causes of crime and the career of criminals. The Committee do not Mean to assert that there are no houses under the beer-shop licence conducted with propriety, and even advantage to the neighbourhood; on the contrary, they have evidence of their existence in London and some other towns, where houses highly rated, and kept by parties of respectable character, fur nish a valuable accommodation to the middle and work ing -classes; but they speak of the great mass of low rated houses in town and country, frequented by persons of the lowest character, and giving no security for good conduct by the capital invested in the business. Of such as these the Committee have received one uni versal condemnation. The main defects in the present system may be thus described :—First, the unlimited multiplication of the numbers of such houses, which the Committee have already alluded to, and to which they need not fur ther here advert; next, the want of security for the character of the beerhouse•keeper. There is no previous investigation ; all that is required is a cerlificate of character from six ratepayers of a certain value; and the inefficiency of this security, if common experience in such matters were not sufficient, would be amply established by the instances which appear in evi dence of such houses being kept by parties who have forfeited their licence as victuallers for misconduct, and oy thieves and convicts. - Again, the rating prescribed by the Act is too low in itself; and it is still further lowered in effect by devices for giving a fictitious value for rating, to which it ap pears that parish officers too often lend themselves. Further, there is no security that a beer-house shall not be established in a remote locality, away from traffic or population, deriving all its resources from unlawful practices, 'which shun observation and siscape control. Ibis evil is, of course, most keenly felt in country dis tricts, and especially where there is no rural police. But, perhaps, the evil of all the most difficult to deal with is the absence of all control save by legal con viction—a result, by the common consent of all the witnesses who have spoken on the subject, almost impracticable to attain; the parties who frequent the beer-house being usually unwilling to give information of what passes within; and, if they do, being met by other witnesses is contradiction, who are always ready for such a purpose, and who are sufficient to prevent the facts from being ascertained. The only fact of disorder which is open to observation is irregu larity of hours, and for this only are they practically amenable to the laws. To this it may be added that it is no small evil to have a class of houses thus established frequented exclusively by the labouring population, who thus lose the benefit of some control from contact with persons of superior sta tion, such as was exercised when both the employers and the employed frequented the same public-house. The magnitude of these evils has led to a widely extended feeling in favour of an abandonment of that part of the existing law by which consumption on the premises is permitted. But the existence of houses such as the Committee have before noted, conducted under a beer licence with propriety and advantage, and the length of time which this system has already endured, have made the Committee unwilling to contem plate a change so extensive, until experience shall have proved that it is impossible by other means to abate the evil. With this view they would make the following sug gestions for legislation on the subject; premising that their general object has been, by raising the rating of nouses hereafter to be licensed for the first time, to diminish gradually in some degree their number, and to raise their character; to take better security for the character of the individuals holding beer licences; to give some discretion to magistrates in regard to the locality of the beer-houses; and to confer more.efficient means of punishment. Some other minor provisions are suggested, the object of which will need no explanation. SUGGESTIONS. That licences to sell beer not to be consumed on the premises he issued as at present. That all houses whatever for the sale of beer shall be open to the visit of the constable or police; and that their doors shall be closed for the sale of all articles whatever at the hours fixed for houses licensed to sell beer for consumption on the premises. That all parties now holding a licence to sell beer for consumption on the premises, and not having forfeited it by misconduct, receive their licences as heretofore from year to year, without any fresh condition; and that in respect to all new applications for such licences, they be still issued by the Excise as at present, but only on pro ducing certificates from the magistrates in petty sessions that they are satisfied as to the rating and character of the applicant as hereinafter provided. That no such certificate shall hereafter be granted for the first time to any person rated at less than 101. a year within the parish for a house, with the buildings and yard connected therewith, in which the beer is to be consumed, no other land or premises to be included in the rating; nor where the population is not less than 2,500, to a house, with similar restrictions, rated at less than 151.; nor where the population is above 10,000, to a house rated at less than 201.; the rate required by the existing law in the same cases being severally 81., 11/., and 151. That the parties intending to apply for licences should give notice of such intention to the clerk of petty sessions not less than one month before a day in every quarter to be fixed for that purpose by the magistrates; such no tice specifying their own names and residences, and the site of the intended beer-house, and also the names and residences of not less than six persons rated at not less than 81., 101., and 151., according to the population, who are willing to certify to their character. That these particulars shall be affixed to some public place. to be fixed for the purpose, for not less than three weeks before the day fixed by the magistrates. That on that day the parties applying for licences shall appear with not less than three of the parties who are willing to sign the certificate of their character, and with the overseers of the respective parishes, who shall produce the rate-books. That the magistrates shall not grant the certificate for a l icence to any applicant:in respect of whom it shall be est ablished to their satisfaction that he has been con victed of felony or misdemeanour, or that having held a spirit or beer licence, he has forfeited it. That it shall be open to the guardians of unions, or overseers, or to parties acting on the authority of a ma jority of a vestry, to object to the granting of any certi ficate for a licence, on the ground of remoteness from population or traffic, and to the magistrates to withhold it on that ground. That any breach of the terms of the licence shall be punishable by fines, or fines and suspension, or in graver cases by loss of licence. That no person licensed to sell beer for consumptio❑ on the premises keep a shop for the sale of any other article, save refreshments and tobacco. • The coffee-shops to be open to visit by the police. That debts for intoxicating liquors drunk upon the premises be not recoverable by law. That for evidence of sale it be not necessary to prove the passing of money. The provissions which the Committee suggest in re gard to the sale of beer should be applied equally to the sale of cider, as the same evils exist in both cases. Before the Committee conclude, they would further state that sufficient vigilance does not appear to be exer cised by the inferior officers of Excise in preventing the consumption of spirits in houses only licensed for the sale of beer, but they would leave to the proper autho rities the task of suggesting the most efficient remedy. And the Committee have directed the minutes of evi dence taken before them to be laid before your Lord ships, in addition to the said evidence taken before the select Committee of this House in the last session of Parliament, together with an appendix and an index to the whole of the evidence. May 3, 1850. (From the Chronicle.) Did any of our readers ever hear of beer being "down?" Does the memory of the oldest inhabitant of Great Britain carry him back to a period when malt liquor was either lowered in price or improved in qua lity, in consequence of a reduction in the prime cost of the raw material? Such a phenomenon is of familiar oc currence in cognate branches of trade and manufacture. The retail price of bread, for instance, rises and falls, not only from year to year, but from month to month— obeying, with tolerable precision, the periodical fluctua tions in the wheat averages. Butcher's meat is, indeed —from causes which we do not now stop to analyse— less liable to these oscillations, so far as regards the charge on the consumer; yet the prices paid from time to time by the retail tradesmen at Leadenhall and Newgate-markets bear a pretty regular proportion to the figures which indicate the returns obtained at Smithfield by the grazier —as these, in their turn, are governed by the cost of grass, hay, oilcake, and other fodder. But who ever heard of anything of the sort occurring in the commercial history of that national beverage which, in its various forms of beer, ale, and porter, is as much a working man's necesssary of life as bread, beef, and bacon? While every man, woman, and child in the United Kingdom has a personal interest in the Mark-lane price of wheat, that of barley has hitherto been exclusively the concern of the agriculturists and the brewers. Of all the nurevealed secrets of trade, it strikes us that none is better deserv ing of investigation than this.. We know of nothing like it. So far as we are aware, the breWing business is the only great national manufacture in which fixed returns are combined with a fluctuating outlay—in which the widest variations in the cost of the chief raw material never appear in the selling price of the finished article. Looking over the average prices of barley fur the last dozen years (were we to take weekly or six-weekly averages, the facts would be still more striking), we find that, from 395.. 6d. a quarter in 1839, it gradually fell from 275. 6d. in 1842 —a declice of about 30 per cent. Thence it rose to 445. 2d. in 1847—an advance (from 1842) of no less than 70 per cent.; and during several weeks of 1847 the price was 555. and upwards —or cent. per cent. above the average of 1842. During the last three years, the article has been Pretty steadily falling; and for the six weeks ending the Bth instant the average is 225. sd.—a fell of exactly 60 per cent. since the spring of 1847. Yet, through all these remarkable changes in the prime cost of the brewer's raw material, the selling price of his manufactured article has remained un changed—our beer, ale, and porter are not a farthing per pot cheaper, nor the value of a farthing per pot better, with barley at 225. than at 555. Let us pursue our arithmetical researches a step further. From a return recently presented to Parlia ment we learn that the quantity of malt annually made in the United Kingdom (taking the average of the last two years) is about 38,500,000 bushels, or upwards of 4f millions of quarters. After making the requisite deduction for the increase of bulk which the grain undergoes in the process of malting (100 quarters of barley yielding from 105 to 110 of malt), we arrive at four-and-a-half millions of quarters of bar ley as the quantity annually malted; and this, at 225. per quarter, which is the difference between what our brewers have been paying for their barley during the past six weeks and the average price of the year 1847 —gives us very nearly five millions sterling as the rate of annual profit which the collective brewing interest are at this moment making, over and above the gains which satisfied them three years ago. Or— to bring the matter more fully home to the reader's imagination—a London firm brewing (as one house actually does) 115,000 quarters of malt yearly is netting rather more than 120,0001. per annum over and above the profits of 1847. This enormous surplus profit of five millions sterling per annum, at present pocketed by the brewers of this country (for we believe not one per cent. of it goes to the publicans)—solely in conse quence of a reduction in the price of their raw ma terial, the benefit of which the public are not allowed to share—is a subject which will, we hope, receive the attention that it merits from all classes of readers. Here is one of the first necessaries of life, on which the country is contentedly paying the amount of a second income-tax for a few manufacturers to divide among them. In an age when the usages of commerce, the discoveries of science, and the policy of the Legislature are progressively cheapening the cost of subsistence in all directions—when cheap bleat], cheap tea and toff, e, cheap sugar, cheap beet and mutton, cheap postage, cheap locomotion, cheap gas, and cheap government, are respectively either the trophies of past struggles or the watchwords of present ones—the working man's beverage is quietly suffered to remain an exception to the universal rule, and famine prices are pertinaciously maintained in the midst of plenty. It is a grievance which any one of our political parties might most fitly take up—yet they one and all let it alone. We have sanitary reformers, whe go prying into every nook and cranny of society in quest of remediable causes of disease—but not one of them has a word to say against an extortionate enhancement of the price of the poor man's beer, which adds immensely to the temptations to adulteration. We have financial reformers, who tell us that we are all crushed to the earth under the burden of taxation, and who make a conscience of grumbling over every penny of public e xpenditure—but they raise not a murmur against an annual subsidy of five millions sterling to the brewing interest. We have a Country Party, who talk as if they were ready to rebel against paying a malt-tax to the Queen —but they pay a second malt-tax to the brewers without breathing a whisper of complaint. Our distressed agriculturists are pinching and screwing in all directions (so they say), in the vain endeavour to make both ends meet—they are even docking the wages of their labourers—but it never occurs to them that something at least might be saved by cheapening the beer which they give them. It is true they are not very lavish in their distribution of the ar ticle; yet every little helps, and we have never heard them disclaim the thankful acceptance of the smallest trifle. Above all, they are at a stand-still for want of a genuine grievance —and yet, when there is a really good one staring them in the face, it seems as if they could not see it. Seriously, we do not know that our agricultu rists could anywhere find a better question to take up than this of the price of beer.. They want higher prices for their corn—higher prices are only to be got by diminished supply or increased demand—the former is, as the dullest of them must by this time know, totally out of their power—why not, then, see if c there is not some l eg i t i mate a nd feasible mode of the latter? Of course , the repeal of th e malt-tax would do somet hi ng towards it ; for, though they do no t pay the impost (except so far as they and their labourers are consumers of the taxed article), the increase of price arising from the duty operates as a check on consumption and a limita tion of demand. But, as it happens, the malt-tax can not and will not be repealed, for the Exchequer wants the money. It is obvious, however, that the end would be equally well secured by any other process by which beer might. be cheapened to the consumer. Whether five millions of taxation on malt liquor be saved from the Exchequer or from the brewers, it comes to exactly the same thing as regards the extension of the barley grower's market—the only difference being, that in the o ne case_ he would, and in th e other he would not, haveto pay extra income-tax as a substitute. As for the effect of cheapness (from whatever cause arising) in stimulating the consumption of commodities, our agriculturists have but to refer to the fiscal and com mercial history of tea and coffee—if they can so far overco me their aversion to free -trade statistics—and they will be able to form a notion of what it is that they arelosin pi losing by of beer in the f ace o f c h eap barley.y this brewers' co m bi nat i on to k eep up a high One word in conclusion to the " interest" whose ex orbitant and usurious gains we have now held up to public animadversion. Breweries are not like rail ways—a class of undertakings in which free compe tition gs impossible. Compe tition th P e ra m et a ie n a n i f l a Y ctu s r p e ea o k f in beer is merely difficult — and difficulties of this sort are sure to be overcome as soon as there is a clear understanding on the part of the community that the thing is worth doing. From the moment tho public be gfriene-totrasdeeemulcted,byan end of the combination, of one of the fair and natural results of a selfish trading ques tion; and it will in that case fare best with those who are the first to make an "equitable adjustment" between that pru theyst prices—there are ru is virtually prime cost and selling prices. LIE STEAM-SHIP PACIFIC. — This splendid vessel, arrived in the river on Friday last, now lies in the Sloyne, and yesterday was thrown open to the public, at a charge of one shilling each, the receipts to be applied to enhance the funds now being raised for the erection of the Church and Schools for the Blind. She will be open to-day on the same terms, and as she sails hence on Wednesday next, there will be no other opportunity for the public visiting her. Her length is 290 feet; beaus, 43 feet; depth of hold, 32 feet; and her tonnage 3,000 tons, American measurement. Her engines, which were manufactured at the foundry of Mr. Allaire, New York, are each of 1,000-horse power. She has accommodation for about 170 passengers. The grand saloon is furnished in the most splendid and magnificent manner, surrounded with large and beautifully carved framed mirrors, s' easy chairs, and couches v m a a r t i l o e n o s f a rosewood,rti tics designs, 9 maple, and walnut. There are four large sta ined. g lass v entilaturs, which descend h o 1 l and , satin, t rtl oak from the deck through the saloon into the lower cabin, and the reflection of these in the numerous mirrors greatly heighten' the effect of the decorations.— Liverpool Mercury. FADVERTISEMENT-JT HE EARL OF ALDBOROIIMI AND HOLLOWAY'S Pfets.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, arter every other means had failed. See extract from hii Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have ef fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the facnity, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; na y, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBoaoloon." These wonderfnl pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, aad by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised, world. THE WATERLOO BANQUET. Yesterday being the anniversary of the battle of Wa terloo, the Duke of Wellington gave his annual banquet in commemoration of that greatest of all his military achievements, at Apsley-house, to the gallant veterans who sluired the dangers and honours of that memorable victory. It has been customary for the personal friends and ad mirers of the " Great Captain" to offer their felicitations on the glorious 18th of June, and this year the compli mentary visits throughout the day were exceedingly nu merous, comprising many officers of the army and a host of personages of rank, among whom Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Castelcicala, the Danish Minister, Count de Wielhowski, Chevalier Hone, the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Breadslbane. General the Marquis of Londonderry, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, Field Marshal the Marquis of Angle sey, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Marchioness of Cony tigh am, the Marchioness of Cornwallis, and Lady Cornwallis, the Earl of Mulgrave, the Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Ban don, the Earl of Verulam, Earl Manvers, the Earl of Po tvis, the Earl and Countess of Brownlow, the Countess (Dowager) of Verulam, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine. Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Wilton and Lady Eglinton, the Earl and Countess of Cottenham and Ladies Popys, the Earl of Ellenhorough, the Earl and Countess Nelson, the Earl and Countess Craven, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Countess Dowager of Nelson and Ladies Fanny and Susan Nelson, the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, the Earl Jermyn, Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, Viscount Newport, Viscount Combermere and Miss Stapleton Cotton. Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount Somerton, Viscount Cran borne, Viscount Lascelles, Lord Ashburton, Lord Er nest Bruce, M,P., Lord J. Manners, M.P., Lord Mark Kerr, Lord and Lady R. Grosvenor and Miss Grosvenor, Lord C. Manners, M.P., Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lord and Lady Walsingham and Miss Frankland, Lord Wenloch, Lord Methuen, Lady Jane Peel, Lady Rolle, Lady Fuller, Lady Emily Drummond and Miss Drummond, Lady Augusta Cotton, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord and Lady Arthur Lennox, and Lady Beaujolois Bury, Lord Dunkellin, Dowager Lady Cow ley, Lady Gowan, Lady Bruce Francis, Dowager Lady Langford, Lady Lewis ' Lady Maria West and Misses West, Lady Elizabeth Villiers, Lord and Lady Col chester, Lady Brooke Pechell and Miss Pechell, Lady Antrobus and Miss Antrobus, Lady Hervey Bathurst, Lady Charles Somerset and Miss A. Somerset, Lieu tenant-Colonel, and Baroness. North and Miss Do i yle, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Right Hon.lthe Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest, Sir Hugh Flume and Lady Campbell, Sir Thomas A Acland, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir George Seymour, Sir Augustus Clifford, Sir Charles W. Thorn ton, Sir George and Lady Grey, Sir James Kirkland, Sir George Brooke Pechell, Sir Richard Sutton, Lieu tenant-Colonel A. Wood, Colonel and Lady Catherine Buckley, Major-General Brown, Lieutenant-Colpnel Charles Phipps, General Meyrick, Hon. F. Villiers, M.P., Colonel H. Bentinck, Colonel Codrington, Sir Frankland Lewis, Sir John and Lady Shelley, Colonel Owen, E. Bouverie, Mr. A. and Lady Elizabeth Drum mond, Mr. and Lady Mary Ross, Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Cameron, Hon. Major and Mrs. Cotton, Major F. B. St. John, Captain and Mrs. Arthur Duncombe, Captain Clifford, R.N„ Captain Kincaid, Captain and Mrs P. Somerset, Captain Macdonald, the Accountant-General and Mrs. W. and Miss Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley and Miss Shelley, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, Mr. Clive, Mr. B. Botfield, M.P., Mr. George Bankes, M.P., ;Mr. E. Johnson, Mr. H. H. Lindsay, Mr. A. B. Hope, M.P., Mr. Gilbeat Elliot, Mrs. Bertie Percy and Miss Percy, Mr. and Mrs. Verchoyle, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Grim way, Mr. and Mrs. E. Grimstone, Mr. R. Grimstone, Mr. C. Clifford, Mrs. Stuart Mackenzie, Misses Mac kenzie, and others far too numerous to mention. At the time appointed for the entertainment a consi derable crowd of persons gradually collected in the front of Apsley-house in Piccadilly, and by 7 o'clock it re quired the diligent exertions of a strong body of the police to preserve anything like order in that great thoroughfare. The police, it is due to state, exercised the greatest forbearance, and no possible complaint could be made of the manner they discharged a very irksome duty. About 7 o'clock the noble and gallant guests invited to the banquet began to arrive, and in several instances the gallant generals, whose names were familiar to the public from their renown in arms, were loudly cheered, the Marquis of Anglesey and Viscount Hardinge carry ing off the greatest share of plaudits from the public, particularly from a rather respectable concourse of per sons whose medals and clasps denoted that they bad served under those distinguished officers. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Major-General Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived from Buckingham Palace at seven o'clock precisely, and the Noble Duke was in waiting to receive the Prince Consort on his arrival. The full band of thq Grenadier Guards (the Duke's regiment) was stationed in the inner hall, and on the Prince's arrival saluted hies with the Coburg March. The Prince Consort, after an interchange of cour tesies, was conducted by the Noble Duke to the draw ing-room, where the majority of his gallant guests had assembled previous to dinner. At twenty minutes past seven dinner was announced. It is quite unnecessary to attempt todescribe that which has so often been detailed; the appearance of the table, as in its principal features, was precisely the same as noticed on previous occasions. The magnificent Portu gues plateau, with its hundred trophies, tilled the centre of the table; at each end, visa-vis,the two most remarkable were Napoleon and Wellington, statuettes of the best class of art, and worthy of the accomplished designer, Count D'Orsay. Two beautiful dwarf vines, overburdened with the juicy fruit, were con spicuous amongst the ornaments, and two immense vases, the gift of a continental Sovereign, overflow ing with flowers, were also admirable. dill the dessert service was of gold, and what ornamental plate was dis played on the table was of the same precious metal. At the north end of the gallery was the beaufet loaded with some of the most valuable gifts to his Grace--Flaxonan's incomparable—shieWilie vase from the titled classes, the costly'and elaborate candelabra, fromthe citizens of Lon don. &e. In the vacancies between the windows looking into Hyde-park were large vases containing flowers. As the Duke, accompanied by Prince Albert and followed by his guests, passed from the north drawing-roona to the gallery, the band played the familiar air of " The Ruast Beet' of Old England." The Duke having taken his position at the table was supported on the right by Prince Albert and Field- Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, and on the left by his Excellency Prince Castelcicala and Sir W. Gomm. Covers were laid for 80 guests, and the subjoined is an authentic list of the gallant veterans present on this (the 35th anniversary) occasion. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., Colonel of the Scots Fusiliers (attended by the Marquis of Aber corn, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness), and the following Waterloo officers : Field4larshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8. , and G.C.11., Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). General the Earl of Strafford, G.C.8., and G.C.H., Colonel of the 29th Foot. General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8., Colonel of the 2d Foot. General Sir Colin Halkett, G.C.8., and G.C.H., Colonel of the 45th Foot, Glovernor of Chelsea Hospital. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K/CLi.eßu.,teannadn Lieutenant -G an s o l i o r n G e lof the 4 George orgeA l .Q t e D nt ra in rn. K.C.H. os Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., and G.C.H., Colonel of the 26th Foot. Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.8., and G.C.M.G, Colonel of the 40th Foot. Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, G.C.8., Colonel of the 53d Foot. Lieutenant-General Sir James Macdonell, G.C.8., and K.O H., Colonel of the 71st Foot. Lieutenant-General James W. Sleigh, C. 8., Colonel of the 9th Dragoons. Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur B. Clifton, K.C.8., and K.C.H., Colonel of the Ist Dragoons. Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., Colonel of the 57th Foot. Lieutenant-General the Hon. E. P. Lygon, C. 8., Colonel of the 13th Dragoons. Lieutenant-General Sir Geo. Scovell, K.C.8., Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards. Lieutenant-General Lord Saltoun, K.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel of the 2d Foot. Lieutenant- G eneral Henry Wyndham, Colonel of the 11th Hussars. Lieutenant-General Sir Edw. Bowater, K.C.H., Colonel of the 49th Foot. Lieutenant-General Sir William Gomm, K.C.8., Colonel of the 13th Foot. Major-General Sir H. W. Rooke, C.B. and K.C.H. Major-General H. D'Oyly. Colonel of the 33d Foot. Major-General the Hon. H. Murray, C. 8., Colonel of the 7th Dragoon Guards. Major-General Thomas Dalmer, Colonel of the 47th Fcot. Major-General James Hay, C. 8., Colonel of the 79th Foot. _ _ Major-General Sir H. Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8., De puty Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery. Major-General Douglas Mercer, C.B. Major-General John Reeve. Major-General Archibald Money, C.B. and K.C. Major-General E. Parkinson, C.B. Major-General R. Llnellyn, C.B. Major-General Richard Egerton, C.B. Major-General James Grant, C.B. Major-General Thomas W. Taylor, C.B. Major-General Felix Calvert, C.B. Major-General Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.B. Major-General A. Macdonald, Major-General Lord James Hay. Major-General James Shaw Kennedy, C.B. Major-General Lord Sandys. Major-General G. Bowler. Major-General T. W. Robins, Major-General Roderick Mantel'. Major-General W. L. Walton. Colonel H. Dawkins. Colonel M. Childers, C.B. Colonel Thomas Wildman. Colonel John Martin. Colonel the Hon Heley Hutchinson. Colonel Sir J. Maxwell Wallace, Colonel W. G. Moore. Colonel James Simpson. Colonel J. F. Love, C.B. and R.H. Colonel the Hon. G. Anson. Colonel Lord Hotham. Colonel the lion. George Cathcart. Colonel G. W. Horton. Colonel E. P. Buckley. Colonel Charles Yorke. • .Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Colonel tames Charles Chatterton. Colimer C_. taacelles. Col4nerAs'it. Clark Kennedy, Ca and SUN, • I LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1850. C)Ionel E. C. Whinyatoq, C.B. and K.H. Colonel John Oldfield, K.II. Colonel E. W. Bouverie. Colonel Lord Rokeby. Colonel A. T. Maclean. Eieutenat-Colonel K. H. Coke, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Wilkins, C.B. and K.IT. Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Damen Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable George Keppell. Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. Waters, and the Honourable and Reverend G. Wellesley (nephew to his Grace, and domestic chaplain to her Majesty), a visitor. Previous to the repast grace was said by the Hon. and Rev, G. Wellesley, and a sacred observance at the con clusion of the, sumptuous entertainment. During the banquet the following selection of music was performed by the military band in the ante-room adjoining the gallery, where the band is invariably stationed:— Overture, Maritana ... Wallace. Waltz Traum auf dem Ocean ... Gungle. - - National Bouquet, Thistle, Sbatn rock, and Rose... ... Schott. Az alia Polka ... ... Beyer. Die Sanger Halle, a Selection of German Songs. Waltz Indiana ... Ceyer. Selection from the Prophets ... Moyerbeer. Waterloo Polka ... ... Miss Fraser Bartlett. Tho Noble and Gallant DUKE rose and proposed " The Health of her Majesty the Queen," and said that he was sure that they would drink the Sovereign's health with every devotion although they dispensed with the usual demonstration.—(Alluding to the cheer ing.) Ho desired it on account of the illness of an esteemed and valued friend below (the Right lion. Arbuthnot). The toast was drunk upstanding. Band—" God save the Queen." The Noble DUKE next proposed the health of his illustrious guest, " His Royal Highness Prince Albert." The toast was duly honoured. His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, on rising, stated his gratification at meeting so many officers who had distinguished themselves in the field under the command of his friend the Noble Duke, to whom he was indebted for the honour and pleasure of being there—a❑ honour of which he was proud. His Royal Highness con cluded a brief speech, by giving the " Health of the Immortal Duke. The health of his Grace was received with unani mous applause, the whole of the martial company standing. Band—" See die Conquering Hero comes." The Duke of WELLINGTON in reply bowed round the table, and, as was the general observation that ran round the room, he had not appeared in more vigorous health and spirits for a long series of years past, one of the Noble' ! Duke's Friends saying, " singe he threw off the cares of the Cabinet." The Noble DUKE then proposed " The Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family." Band—Costa's " Prince of Wales' March." The Noble DUKE, on rising, gave " The Army that fought at Waterloo;" and in giving the toast coupled the names of Lord Seaton and Sir Perigrine Mait land, as having greatly distinguished themselves on that occasion. Lieutenant-General SEATON, G.C.8., and General Sir P. Maitland rose, the former Gallant General expressing his grateful thanks for the remembrance by the Noble Duke of their services. The Duxx said, the next toast it was usual to drink was " To the memory of those who fell at the battle of Waterloo." As usual the toast was drank in solemn silence. _ The Noble and Gallant DUKE, on rising, said that he could not fail to think of the services of the different branches of the army that fought at Waterloo, and none more eminently displayed their valour than the cavalry, in conjunction with which he would give the " Health of his friend the Marquis of Anglesey." Field-Marshal the Marquis of ANGLESEY briefly re plied, in a very under tone, but expressing his admira tion of the behaviour of the cavalry and the consum mate generalship of the Duke, to whom all praise and credit was to be awarded. The DUKE then gave " The Guards at Waterloo, and the Earl of Strafford." Band—" The British Grenadiers." General the Earl of STRAFFORD could not help feel ing proud of the honour conferred on " the Guards," and on himself and his brother officers, for which he begged to return his most grateful thanks. The Noble and Gallant DuKE said, that the next toast was directed to "the line," a portion of the army that greatly exhibited the courage and determination of the British soldier. He thought there was an officer present who had rendered great services in the line— Sir Colin Halket. The Duke, looking round the ex tended table, at last discovered the gallant officer, and bowed to Sir Colin. _ _ Sir Cour; HiLKET rose and bowed his respects to the whole of the company. The DUKE then rose and gave, "The Artillery at Waterloo," and Sir H. D. Ross. Lieutenant-General Sir H. DALRYNPLE Ross merely rose, and bowing resumed his seat. The DUKE having ordered his•assembled friends to "charge your glasses," said, that the next branch to which he had to direct their attention was the Eugi. neers, who had ably performed their duty, and he would with that couple the name of Colonel °Meld. Colonel OLDFIELD, C. 8., rose, and said, he returned the Noble Duke his heartfelt thanks for the compliment conferred on him and the service with which he bad the honour to serve. Ho trusted that in camp or quarters, or before a fort, that the Engineers would still retain their high character, and merit the praise bestowed on them by the Noble Duke. The DUKE then stated, the nest toast was that of "The Staff at Waterloo." His Grace spoke highly of the arduous duties the Staff had to discharge, and how beneficial their exertions had proved. His Grace con cluded by calling on Sir William Gomm for a reply. Lieutenant-Gneral Sir W. GOMM made rather a long speech for the " Waterloo Banquet." In very able latsn guage the Gallant General bore testimony to the lessons tie had derived from his great Chief in the Peninsula and at Waterloo; and the Duke having adverted to his ser vices in a distant colony, he said he Was happy that he had discharged those duties to the satisfaction of the Government and his country. He was deeply indebted to the Mike, who, while he was abroad, had given him the colonelcy of one of the most distinguished regiments in her Majesty's service, and had recommended him to fill the highest post in the gift of an earthly Sovereign, the command of the Indian army. He was also deeply im pressed by the gracious letter of his Grace, which con veyed to him a change in the councils of her Majesty— a change, he believed, that could not have taken place for the better. The Gallant General concluded by saying that he believed no one could entertain greater happiness than always serving under his Grace's com mand. The DUKE, in his longest address of the evening, mainly in praise of the Prussian army, and the great service it proved at Waterloo, gave " The Prussian Allied Army at Waterloo," and " General Viscount Hardinge." Lieutenant-General Viscount HARDINGE, G.C.8., acknowledged the toast. The DUKE said, the last toast was that of " The Foreigners that fought in the British army at Water• loo." Among the most distinguished was Prince Cas. telcicale. General his Excellency Prince CASTELCICALA (the Neapolitan Minister) responded to the toast, and said— My Lard Duke,—l am greatly flatterd by the honour your Grace has done me in proposing my health. So much has been said, and justly too, by the most eloquent in honour of this memorable day, and in praise of him who has rendered it immortal in history, that it would be presumptuous in me to enlarge upon so proud a sub ject. I shall therefore briefly say, what my heart tells me will be most acceptable, that I trust it may please God, who gave us victory, and to whom we pray for peace, to preserve, for the sake of this great nation and the world at large, the best promoter of both those ends that ever existed. We regretted to notico the absence of his Excellency Count Kielmansegge (the Hanoverian Minister), who groin protracted illness was unable to attend; and also ono of the constant guests of his Grace, Sir Andrew Barnard, likewise absent through indisposition. At twenty minutes past ten the Noble and Gallant Duke and Prince Albert left the gallery, tbllowed by the bravo comrades of his Grace, for the saloon, where coffee was served. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the attendants on his Royal Highness, after taking farewell of his Grace, retired. The retirement of the Prince Consort was the signal for a general separation, but it was close on twelve o'clock before the whole of the gallant guests had de parted. The Duke of Wellington, much to the surprise of his ' guests younger in years, during their departure, or dered his carriage, and left fora ball. THE ARMY. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH, JUNE 18.—A board of officers, having at their head Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, Commandant of the garrison, assembled in the Hall for Study of the Practical Class of Gentlemen Cadets, at ten o'clock A.M. to-day, to witness the examination of the gentlemen cadets who had completed their course of study to qualify them for commissions in the Royal Ar tillery and Royal Engineers. Captain Dixon, Royal Artillery, put the queations in practical artillery, and Captain Stotherd, Royal Engineers, in surveying; and at the conclusion the following names were decided upon to be recommended for commissions in the Ordnance Corps:—blessrs. J. C. Cowell, R. Hawthorn, G. Graham, J. Stirling, F. T. Whinyates, J. H. Blackburne, W. N. Waller, E. T. W. Purcell, A. C. Johnson, C. B. Le Me sorier, H. S. Eliot, W. Stirling, H. P. P. Phelips. J. Pickering, A. W. Pickering, J. A. Price, A. H. King, R. J. Cuirne', F. W. Whitehead, R. R. Jones , and J. W. Coll ngton. Lieutenant-General S ir Thomas Down man, af,er congratulating the gen tlemen cadets on t he satisfactory manner in which they had pasted thtir exa mination, tilled forward Mr. Wil liam Stirling, and yre sented to him a regulation sword " for good bebe haviour, and excellent military conduct in su pp ort of discipline 91 when corporal and under o ff icer. Mr. John Wood. Chairman of the 13os.rd of Inland I Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Down ing-t,treet. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.--A terrible accident occurred oconnrsnleocnteddayweitheni theng at that portion of the improvements Brighton Railway, situate near Webb street, Weston-street, Maze-pond. The men were .engaged in raising an immense piece of iron, in doing gave way, and the ponderous mass of metal fell upon a yoang man named Rowe, which crushed him to death. Two fellow workmen (Hackett and Howison) were also much injured. Rowe has left a widow, who is near her confinement. LITERAT URE. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. By Robert Mont gomery, M.A. Third Edition. Having already twice before directed public atten tion to this beautiful effusion of poetic fancy, of religious sentiment, and of genuine benevolence, we find ourselves almost restricted to the simple announce ' ment of its present republication. Not but that the volume still affords ample material for criticism—its fruitfulness in this regard being in a manner inex-- haustible—but that we would refrain as much as possible from effacing that bloom of novelty which constitutes the intrinsic attraction of poetry, and which may lose much of its freshness through over punctilious analysis, or through unnecessary ampli tude of quotation. The mere circumstance that the " Christian Life" has attained the honotirs of a third edition, even within the limit e d per i o d w hi c h h as elapsed sine' its first appearance, is a sufficient token that its merits have been very generally recognized, and, whatis yet more, that those merits have been peculiarly adapted for recognition. For ourselves, we are in no degree surprised at the rapid popularity acquired by a work which appeals directly to some of the noblest sympathies of our nature. In his miscellaneous collection of poems, now before us,Mr. Montgomery gives utterance to all those affections which congre gate round the domestic hearth, to all those aspira tions which form the inner " life" of the Christian, to all those pensive regrets which, while they tend to agonise, tend also to elevate and to dignify humanity, to all those fears of futurity and hopes of a here after which alternately enervate and strengthen our imagination,— " Those hopes, and fears that kindle hops, An undistiaguishable throng; And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long." The subjects thus selected for the display of his me trical eloquence being of this wide and universal ap plication, it is surely not surprising to observe their ready acceptance and spontaneous appreciation. The public heart could not well fail to respond to those strains which' evoked from its innermost chords a sympathetic vibration. However much any particu lar school of 'criticism might differ from the author of the " Christian Life " in his theory of poetic art, even the most infatuated representatives of that school could hardly resist the influence of that natural and -commanding pathos which, for example, throughout the exquisite poem descriptive of a young I girl dying of consumption (pp. 37-.43), sounds like some plaintive air—‘' most musical, most melan choly -In illustration of this delicate and yet vigor ous and nervous command over our feelings, exer cised by Mr. Montgomery in his happier moments— in those moments happier for him as an artist, but fraught with most poignant sorrow for him as a man —we must be permitted to extract some at least of those beautiful verses, entitled " Departed, not Dead," (pp. 121-126), in which the writer expresses his paternal grief under bereavement C. H. E. M. Born May 4th, 1848. Died June Bth, 1848. Thou art not dead my vanish'd one! But living in the light Of some pure world beyond the sun, Where death creates no night, And sumless babes' are 'smiling pow As bright and beautiful as thou. When first I saw thy baby form With eyes of tearful love,' I little thought a hidden storm Was looming from above, So soon to blast my May-born flower Beneath the blight of deathful power. The Lord who gives, bath ta'en away, And blest be His high name! Oh, that with calm I this could say And feel God's hallow'd claim:— Cease, rebel heart! be calm and still And bow beneath a Father's will. Pale relic! now enrobed for death, Nursling of hopes and fears. How did I watch each ebbing breath And kiss thine infant tears When throbs of suff'ring o'er thee came Thy wordless tongue could never name. Departed babe! how many a dream Brighten'd thy father's heart, When like a vision thou didst seem In life to take such part, That o'er his hours there breath'd a spell More exquisite than tones can tell. With thy soft features round me glowing Amid the world I went, And with a heart to heaven o'erflowing Bless'd thee, bright innocent! And telt howe'er my path should roam My little star-beam reign'd at home. Already Hope's prophetic eye Beheld some future spot, And underneath life's vernal sky Pictured thy maid 'n Where truth and grace would be thy guide, And all thy wants by heaven supplied. I drea:ri'd, if God thy life should spare, How blessed it would be To hear thy budding lips declare Young words of Deity,' To watch thy spirit day by day, Rise into sptech and learn to pray. But thou art palo, a perish'd flower, . . A blossom on Li tree Nipp'd in 'he bud, before the power Of sin corrupted thee:— Wash'd in the blood of Jesu white, Babe, art not-thou in glory bright? • Cold,' cold, my 'child I I View'thee now . Like sleep ia.rearble 'With paleness on thy placid brow That sets my heart a-sighing; And round thy lips there linger still Dead smiles that shall remembrance fill. Yet I shall smile, and act, and speak, As though thou ne', r had'st be ,n, And they who scan the brow and cheek And judge by outward mien, Can little dream how much we hide Under the heart's unwitncss'd tide. The purest thoughts lone spirits bear Are marred by being spoken, And more than deepest words declare Lives in some heart half-broken; A transient grief light tongues can tell, But cloister'd Anguish keeps her cell. • Fa F rt o w r e e l v l e , r in ; y w c e li s il h d a , i b i u m t ee n t ot farewell When sounds creation's dooming knell Before the judgment-seat; And I shall know thy little face Amid the world's assembled race. Thrice happy babe! thy beauteous soul To some bright world ascended, How glorious thut celestial goal Where thy brief course is ended!— And most divine that hour will be That bile me mount, and follow thee. Regretting that our want of space has necessitated only a f ragmen tary quotation of this touching and exquisite poem—qt tribute of love softened by grief and sanctified by resignation—we are at the same time satisfied that the tenderness of feeling and gen tleness of sentiment, which are so visible in the above stanzas, must render all those who have not already seen the poem in its complete form anxious to exa mine the rest of those pages from which it has been selected as about the most appropriate specimen. From the " Beatitudes," moreover (pp. 302-335), we might make many similar extracts—extracts similar in their evidences of sensibility and in their power of fascination. Here and there throughout the volume we cannot turn o o v f e t r h t o b u e gh le t a f v u e l s fe w lieit ithoy. r ut beingrhus,in the verses arrested b v ye e x s pressions entitled " Life is a Fading Leaf " (p. 131), it is charmingly said of twilight that --- soft dejection seems to mantle all, Like Nature mourning for the death of day." Again, in " Religion Gazing on the Sea" (p. 178) it is finely exclaimed of the ocean that its " - deep thunders with a dying fall, Roll like -ifosannans to the Lord of all." Equally striking is that expression in regard to music (p. 102), where it is said that it is " Like broken echoes, that haie thus o'erran Angelic lyres, and trembled down to man." In the luxury of illustration, however, we are losing sight of the restrictions of space imposed upon US as a daily journalist. We must content ourselves, there fore, with what we have already thrice observed in regard to the excellences of this admirable volume of poetic meditations. In its present compact form (the of f i r 4 d 7s e d duodecimoi ti o n being p a a g b e e s a t i the f u l I y, Christianpr i t d minia ture Life" cannot fail to secure to itself ap a yre y sw e e t netl w l,t i v der popularity. f o e r l k ic m ita a t t e eri A al l ly r. n umerous admirers havingadm i re i r n s e Ati x lio t s e n n tom ded his reputation. WATERLOO DA.T.-1: estf-rday being the thirty fifth anniversary of the memorable battle of Waterloo, the customary ceremony of h o.)ping the guards for the duty of the day was of an unus ua ll y i mpos i ng c h a racter. At half past nine o'clock th e guar d s o f h onour a t Buckingham and i St. James's battalions quartered i n t h e me t r opolis, were marched on to Palaces, and the minor guards fur nished b y t he the parade-ground facing the Horse Guards in St. James's park. The helmets of the Life Guards and caps of the Foot Guards were decorated with l a urel-leaves. The line having taken double open order, wrs minutey inspected by the field officer oa duty; the guards of honour at the palace were then marched to the Tilt Guard-room, preceded by the band, to receive the colours of the battalion, which were P° .on the right of the line, the surmounted by by an immense branch of laurel. The guards then took up a mainder of the troops saluting, with arms presented, as the colours passeo. Sy d ney paP ers of the 22d of February furnisk little intem6euce. A memorial against the new constitution had been pre pared, and would, it was a nticipated, be sent to this country. Her Majesty's ship Alexander bad arrived on the 7th, and had been in danger frnm a fire of an alarming character which.hacl.brokerv, out on board, bUt which had b een su bdued without important damage.