The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-12 00:00:00

ci :id" j 4hd : 'fopinion that it was the better line. His objection to the tno,, ii n . and York li ne would of course be in some measure rc to r , " t he heard th at the London and York Company had of - th zv on iLrtain term to inage i for up aI N, with which s the thos D e ra on Commissioners had oners ss expreed keeping them he4 " tat isfied. W as in favour of competition generally. Had a proposed junction btween the Cambridge ad Lin • p i} , 0, 4 4 the Il lidlancl Counties Companies, which he co n uld not die s " so much as if they had remained independent Com nierits of Pazwilliam had direct e d hi s a tt en tion to the compa -44°4140/Mk the London and York, and the Cambridge and (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP Z. tkrSg I MPORTANT DECISION. crtza.T virEsTmnav ( 331313L1N TO At th inuLLxivGan)• ~lr_eAlltting of th e C ommittee this morning% den,eirue o LtAtraN proceeded t o exam i ne Mr. M Cann , whose evi tberealis to s how that the an ti c ip a ted traffic of this line would At th • 'conc ed l usion of his evid ence , lit exrie,..4l±),c lux slid h e s h ou ld not trou bl e the Committee with trilee..nation of other witnesses who were in attendance to give Th, against the scheme. His case had terminated. 11:6°,11Inittee then consulted for a few minutes, and lailik-,,,,Hataltax, without clearing the loom, declared the pre- Th e - e ' the Bill to be Proved. oblnittee then proceeded with the clauses. (Laer SITTING.) de, N l . l ~, DUTCH MAIL. 'ree A— E, JUNE 11. The official paper publishes to-day a th 4 of e p our his Majesty , d ate d t h e 9 t h i nst., f or t h e redemption of 4 'Alat o • r ant a•Half per Cent. Bonds of the late Syndicate, to the , k tt 014 millions of florins. 'Fait h b ti °a to the Secon I Chamber of the States-General has been 4 Ai....P. and • ' le and retail dealers ...st em Sined by a number of who esa h t 'lla w a'a. r eprenting the injury done by the existing ens ssik•ile the "Decia llY the Excise duty on sugar. They show that - tat - 'ale d iminishes the consumption increases; this they %all:wing ha 6, , th e great extent to which smuggling is carried on, : 41 7 ti.'" Lae eastern frontiers of the kingdom, so that not , 41 tre ay(aarnerce in refined sugar from Amsterdam, the i t Plssei • Its production, to the province of Drenthe, t.' 't ' " 4 Groningen is stopped, and contrary to halt 4. 1 and si, his p r „ . of things, large quantities are constantly sent .of ~.. "'lnce to Amsterdam. It is no wonder that such a siii n -440 u., % t r i g l ' 0 tnUSt be most injurious to all those who are tin_ w et th - en gage in • at inv . . such . illegal practices; and it is no wonder . o ,,ithr oti .,"flifling daily spreads, and that new channels are ~,,• •• rielat , „ a" Which it is carried on. - vai ‘ertins l it „, s of ~ —Ent has replied to the observations made in the i til lst o f 1 "' Second Chamher, on the projects of law for . - Il i a tll, - ,' 46 and 1847. The answers contain sonic modifica -127 ; %seal chapters. The expenditure for 1846 is fixed . o .., "5 florins ; 1847, '70,533,555 florins. • D UTCH FUNDS.—AMSTLRDASI, JUNE 10. Money. Bills. ' 44t aal. • Debt, 2 1 / 4 per Cent............ , ti.r4 641 i •4 41 1) itto, 4 per cent. •••••••• • ' • • • ' • . .c , ' 4'tt°, 3 Per Cent .. .. .... ........ .. i d l . 1 7 0 8 04 (*t SYndie, 43( C nt - • )9 4 100! • /5•1 to 3M _ per e.. INA 4 -, per Cent •••••••• • • • • • • • • 941,:, PJ' e rcial Company, C, per Cent .. g3 43 / 4 / 154!:4' .F:„_lnilia Loan , 4 per Cent ——••• • • • 99 100 . —44ll ge on London, at sight ........ 12 25 Two months.. ••••••• • • • • • • 12 20 On liamburgh, at sight .... 35 653 : P Two months. ••••••• • • " • • • 35 31 11*4 a pers, June 10. 1-14 -METRGII P.ORSENHALLE, JUNE 7, oak Shares • . .... .. .. .... .. .. :: :: Bills. Money. li tU't4•4ll s per Cents ................ 1149 4 / 6 11 , 414 •iktiilloo4tussian•• Loan ••• • • • -14 1 1 1 14 )1 ,,e D• /slag 5 per Cent iamb. Certificate. 106 1051 4 h itt o Ist - ” . 4-- 105 1 —ltt o series Inscrip.ion• ••• • • • ••• •' • ..--T, lAN' I. Spa and Co., 3d and 4th series.. i.v, 2 New. rtifica •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 9 3 100 b• 4 Per Cent Hope and Co. ••• • - • itt o 8 .. • •• 923 81, Lieglitz •• • - -. 92 91 .:1. ,t eitistoh iNro;,,, ......... t ..... . . : . : : .• .• .• : 2 4 2 0 "S ..__- 2_'e' .), per Cent ... ....... , per Cent •••• • • • • ' beu - t ortugue se Loan, 2, 1 .', per Cent.. 6 6 3 5 •sn Actual Debt, 2Y, per Cent • • • • • • 41r . Ditto 3 per Cent •• ••••••• • • • • • • • - ' ., 8 10 h „„Xew: 4 per Ce n t . - Loan, 1844. •• • Ica;:"anish Loan, 3 p: - :r Cent .•• • • - burgh-'141,11 Bank Shares.. ••••••• • • • • • • • Ilo rsenhalle, Jane 7. P ob• - ktti -431 N ------- JUNE funeral of Mr. bi.. 1 1, who RIDGE, lo.—Th ec ‘ - 'h W a , wounded in the late fatal due 1 at Gosport, took t sil4Y , th' s .. 5t 0 „,,, - ets f , '-- afternoon . The hearse with the remains of the un. ees; (o% * ,,, en . t , lar aan, and four mourning coaches, reached Ring & ' 4 1.. -4. es hence), at three o'clock, where the funeral pro. -es„, .as • . /lit h .4 ' T I , Aned by the neighbouring gentry in ten private car t,' 4 4 "e sh ops in the town were doted, and the tradesmen, °', tet:: af Portion of the inhabitants, went a mile on the road etk, :fatieral cavalcade which reached the church atfive -4 14 - .ea the funeral service was read by the Rev. C. Hate , k ' l4 °° L PROJECT. —A concern has lately started he St rati I„ oto ck 1 . tinder the title of the Wenham Lake Ice Company. i t hst tr :the Company appears to consist of large blocks of Ica. li t tl ' W ea ` care must be taken not to melt the wholeo t f h teheco m- ,4 4. ! do not quite understand what the object of 1t7 6,_ 1 h tt n3 l :' °C whence the profit is to be derived; but the enor l4e es tt ,,,, of ice look as if they were intended . to pave the Its', ". the ice would, no doubt, prove a formidablerivalto 1 1 1 : lt lst ter. if the former should be brought into competition durafi.dity with Th ou I, The only question would he, as to the .t has many of the .i. B " its hardness seems to denote that it of the i t his tt - ; °I fr ieze-stone. By the way, thelationenotifam Lake Ice laying down ik, kettkight make a very excellent . sp b4444fskknetine, or some other popular r k iv a e t e i r ri e , u g with ice, for the bene seasons. We recom_ IA ille,L s b etween the bathing and a NA ".rectors to look to this as speedily as possible.—Pinch. kli ts V AL A 6.. 'ft). A CCIDENT ON THE DERBY DAY.—Last - tiw , ,e r . w an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, Is I L It 4 Y Of • Payn He h nr e y ki Hall, aged 11 years. It appeared by 314,17tha j t oh o n n the last " Derby" day, deceased, with several ~teat to Clapham-common to witness the company re. .Set,„ . see 4 k t . he taxes. On arriving . near . the common, the de -,SisLat.,'Ard's feat on a tree within a parkpaling, and as • tre e a t e i t . l ioe t 7ei‘ e te PUrVise of obtaining it. Whilst in the tch a te...groUnds ea: 4 e .t° warn him off', and in the hurry to eerm.,Det 4 7l y t i - ` , l v is 4 al,, lt pon some it en spikes on the top of the paling, ef the calf of the left leg. De tt:ed th. e ktti:,e inner part a . surgeon's at Clapham, who e Ys fte; leoZd, and taken to 4-41 oe R„ area hTh and thence to hi! father's house. In a few IVSl isee - ' a ttla t . e cotoplained of severe pan's in his head and face, Mande, bolls,' l ast he was taken to the 1 11 '1'7 hospital. Mr. tied was labour ttlitt:J.stribuss4geon, said deceased when k n ,, A tm : "r lock jaw, of which he died on 2qoodaY last. qtle, -g til "Mal death." aeo te :4 , wt ati„ B t N 4 -411" -Itt I THE METROPOLIS.—The numb, "r 66 he week ending June 7 was 839, showing a de_ it, t Oldr t co mpared with the previous . week. There is a 4 fls 4 th almost every head, but chiefly under that of 11 0 t i n ",eett L it ings and other organs of respiration, the average Zill ' ;'eat e s ' ° B 292 while last week the number was only 267. t ,,,,tlts, -nl y tt „ ath s were 12 cau.ed chiefly by accidents. There "k t „"Lao, 4 4- suicide , d , none from scalds or burns, a very rare 41 e I PI e h ; : I . he deaths , an from small pox (15) occurred at the k.: an t i tw lour under 1 year ; four 1-3; one 3; three 5-10; i ele tt , lo l'sq ° 20 -30 years. t ext,Vav ei : 4 ral Sir Edward Gibbs, K.C.8., Lieu th,„ - ', 4 Of Jerse • proceeds to Clifton Wells the week after Gl, ll, la 4, -atlnProeeme' of his health. His Excellency is ex -1,11,(.1 eat two months from the island. kicslis o - f l llt LONDON HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, on k itl ea 4 ed B th at t e house committee of the London Hospital, it was 'ea, s 20 t f, some unknown benevolent individual had for r,:etl.otriewlatter. Ntlp;7ll% of use of the chapel of that establishment, a hand. S I 4 th communion plate, consisting of a silver flagon, cups, or which bore the inscription of " A gift from Obie N ew London Hospital." Zealand Company have received accounts 14 14 ,„,telk e I t°r i of the 19th February. The general tenor of the etCp_Nedi t ,' s not at all of a favourable complexion, no better )I hZ 4 'llite - v e hav ing been come to between Captain Fitzroy and t ilt ) : 4 11 not a gents. In consequence of the Company's agent at 14 0;,... 44 ate ;,,! l aving the means to pay about 400/. in money d o eti,.."ret t)or - : some land from the natives within the time lmute , alh " .**4 se- ". 4 s equestered the Company's property at that place, en. "A4 tetlt ittvertty which had been protested against by the p i St k 'NA t , th e Capital. Ss, I,NCATION WITH BELFAST.—On Friday,. at ,tte d ! , Dap:: after 12 o'clock, we received, by the Sea King, "40 at -' °f Thursday morning; and a gentleman who left ot tht 4 o' 1 ''ll l tes 1 _ C °Ck. P.lt. on Thursday, and came by this vessel, 10 6 Nlar 7"° ,1 evening paper of that day. But for the gale sv kie,s • ) eitei t night this gentleman would have been in Belfast by Ite li 4, -4 Ma 1 : 1'1 ',„ ° importance of such dispatch will be the more 'es t ,:lits t e ' we state that no London papers of Thursday reached Ik ese -mt a 'ligh t by the t e ordinary instance by 1S hours.—Belfast I%ot. i, li A/ Ittlttithe eeaferraits tif Westminster , . it is said, has pur el.; to rd. e Fonthill estate, formerly the property of otu ti o t tall 4 1D, 1 --4, ei , ) A ND AMERICA.—John Bull wants a a te *acling";: lire it to him. He is insolent—let's flog him. He tt larl 4 4 l , We; ,1 1 ' Power in all quarters of the world. His armies at t ,'re a u '"e earth, his ships all over the water, and his mer k i t ; hthuirteer land and water. Let's flog him. It will cost us 11 ,.'s „ Sc are Z s O f ships, and a few hundred millions of dollars, and `sit t L 4 sdi e . "Wands of lives. It will turn society . upside down, , h sti„ -g aey I °4 robbers the upper hand, and entail upon us an it - i . fo t u(t). Military heroes for another half century. All the h ise t t th W e'sre n a t l ' John Bull needs a flogging, and he ought to have Sad hag as w - a f logging, too, and it would do us good. We want ta i tti ae, a _ ell a. John Bull; so let us have it. Let us turn , itt t ', l sli on real Irish knockdown. Who is going to let John Bull . t o, 1% bY th s , growling at us across the water ? We'll stop his noise, Itt.Cal a i, t4t hlg our own heads down his throat. Who is going ..11,i4_ . his life ' N s.. 6 ' anti in merchandising and o fmanuacturing, and SikCert witin Preachi ng, and printing ? Who ants to hear illi * ren t g talk about conscience and reason,. .and right ti t h i ligh t , The world has become stale and insipid. The 114 ‘ w 0 , 14 ',0 he M 1 captured, and the cities battered down, h k iin in 41 uurn t uP, so that we can start again. There woull 0 1 's , at.---. 1. Me in terest—something to talk about. The news mdekt art 'IC,' Worth reading The murders they tell of are only ode' or ' .. 4l ei an, 4 the terrible. explosions only go to killing half a Pi t , 4t rill e — ,,,,' We watt ! to see men mowed down in long battalions, 447! 1,4;4 ,s:cluadrons of ho. -c e -' 1 ° h, - .:.' tr ains eira, g c:i over them before they are dead. We 14.4 Nit mle blood spirt when men dying, but not trample on ..._``La on the ts.ev er vi tire it ,„“ they tread on living hearts, and to ' it 0 , 4 ; wi t ! ''. a head, to breakrichest't 1. i zort of carrion. We want N'rlet, t„`!err there is ; w `never„ it. a heart beats, and wherever there . b,, ,, 444 brin g in cha beauty, to deform o‘s. This We. can't . bear these 44. '4 fo n ti 'lligatiothat-eisstyraoiunrtss.,,whlivehe ‘ ‘ ,4 11 en - Wri e othi., a - - is . mine, and . Vis world has ' Vt a , t of i ts ___'?, and rob for everything. Ti: is heaven. st all t t (ilie ..roit, and come too near to what they c,.. , if l'eltit to4et in swirl b it, it as far the other way, until it comes hart. by, ,e Ut ki : & g h t "He infernal regions. If we can do no more, t' 4 , ;Sks , 14 ; e ttd °l4 Inether England, and flog her, and get flogg e d oern;.tr a . y. h , t When We are both flogged well-nigh to death,v F ork , t,• qf c o ,,, a ad have something to talk about .— New or 41 1 1 kit / . ""'nerce. t4 h etr 4 4 .eid a °"treq ab ''ECTRIC SHODuring the tempest 14 e. 31 aaa ,„..! ) L!t the neighbourhood of Dunmow at noon oil eitete".o Wail, a m oo was accompanied in some localities by much tritons Iva, h_a4ldden crash as 01 the bursting of a heavy piece of t0144,ut Was rd. . 1 1 the middle of the town, which being simul. I , ett eke ` as tke. Lrivid flash of lightning, struck terror into every 4.1 ,',4 ( P I thy th . ° Cry Person in the market declared he never ex t, ti t. ~,. ing like it before A horse standing against the 1 4 he - 4 1 ,4 ° 0 t . .M: y n i nrd o , h , a rhess-anake;, with a phaeton. v stau tte.. . th e sti...,atted away at full spec icr got to d, but before . 41 belonging to e ‘ e rte: tivi st cet, the reins catching on the step gave the arnW 'tisk "'at the el carat he was earn stopped. It was soon disco -44, Ch. 's ' -•se • •.-.ic stroke was re y ceivedonthe premises of B. M. a - m b " r...rit e ,. - ti c , 4t° th 4 °t 't the • ,tebt:t.t. hotfoot carrying a mg the apex of the granary gable, the fluid -IN e piece of board across the chamhtr , 1 , 40 14 1 , 1 4... w t: ?. Of the ladder on the ground door ; passirq, In foot ' fi g, to ...I.,,a:°.the bell-pull at the entrance gate, and causing . 1' h, t't the 't splintered the heavy oak gate post to within t . t he NI had - gr"n d. The inside of the granary smoked Zqt it , halt W . a strong sulphurous smell. The groom, who was I g ir li t e,,,Te itl k, aktitiriottar wheelbarrow, was thrown from the latter by e 4, , 1 1° the „ P i rreona on the roof of the Town-hall were .4,4-thelipc'reet. P rovidentially no life was lost or any in `l4/4• 1,107 ° Many were th rown down, anti several females s 'aY tia„,lPertY, Orrther than that mentioned above, re --le•"--Ztee.r .Standard. 864 87% I. THE - SUN, LONDON,_TITTIRSDAY E rENING, .ITJNF! 12, 1845. THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. The following protest against the second reading of the ntynooth bill in the House of Lords has been made by Lords Farnham and Kenyon. PROTEST AGAINST THE SECOND READING OF I - RE L A OPENING CF DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. DUBLIN, JUNE 10.—A decision of considerable importance, connected with the opening of Trinity College, was pronounced to-day in the Court of Queen's Ben h. In the present term, Mr. O'lla.,;an, on behalf of Mr. D. C. Heron, a Roman Catholic student of Trinity College, moved the Court that a peremytory mandamus should go to the visitors, the Primate and the Archbishop of Dublin, requiring them to hear Mr. Heron's appeal against the decision of the Provost and Senior Fellows, who had refused him a scholarship, because he was a Roman Catholic, and would not take the Sacra. mental Test. The case was argued at great length by Mr. ©'Hagan and Mr. Holmes for Mr. Heron, and by Mr. Miller and Mr. Napier, Q.C., for the visitors. 'I he Chief Justice gave the unanimous decision of the Court, that the peremptory mandamus should go, notwithstanding the re turn of the visitors. " This (the Dublin Evening Post remarks) is ajudgment of the last importance. It raises the question distinctly as to the right of the Catholics of Ireland to scholarships—of which they have been so long deprived. The law is with them ; high legal authorities at the bar and in the College are with them ; and we confidently anticipate that justice will at last be done. We congratulate the country on this great step in advance towards it." C UP 1' ITL A IViNnsort, WEPNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, ar comp /lied by their illustrious gin.sts, went this morning to it ,speet th.! troops stationed here, consisting (tithe Regiment of f :oyal Horse Guards and the r,etond battalion of the Coldstream 'Gust do. Her Majesty, followed by the illustrious party, was conducted by the Lord Chamberlain, at ten o'clock, to the royal en tr once, 'here the Queen mounted a fine Chesnut charger. er Majesty were a blue habit, with velvet collar and small mi stal buttons, a Field Marshall's aiguillette on the right shoulder, and the star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter over the left breast. Also a cap (resembling the undress rrdlitary cap), bordered with wide gold lace, and having the p ?air in front edged with gold. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours, and most of: the gentlemen were on horseback. The Duchess of hue citeuch (Mistress of the Robcs) attended the Queen on horse ba ck. The rest of the ladies were in carriages. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habited in a Field M arshal's uniform, arid wore the ensign of the Order of the G erter, and of the Golden Fleece, and the stars of she Legion of Honour and of the Order of the Bath. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours wore a French military uniform.. The Queen's Equerries, the Hon. Colonel Grey and Major- General Wernysi ; Prince Albert's Equerries, Major-General Six Edward Bowater and Colonel Bouverie ; the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drummond; and the Officer in Waiting on the Duke de Nemours, M. Borel de Bretizel, were irr uniform, and on horseback. The Master of the Hor - s - e, Lord George Lennox, Major- Gimeral Sir Henry Wheatley, and the Master of the Howe hoi d, were also on horseback, and wore the Windsor uniform. Two carriages and four went with the royal natty ; the first conveyed her Royal Highness the Duchess .t Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess de Nemours, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. In the second carriage were his Royal Hig,fr.ne,,s the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess Ito . eal, her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Lady in Waiting, the Coun tess of Gainsborough, and la Bayonne de Finguerhn, were in the third carriage. The Marquis of Ormonde followed in one of the Russian Droslikas. The royal and august party proceeded to the Great Park, where the Royal Horse Guards, commanded by Colonel Richardson, and the second battalion of Coldstream Guards, commanded by Colonel Henry Bentinck, were assembled, with the bands of both regiments, and received the Sovereign on her arrival, with the usual honours. The cavalry regiment and infantry battalion then passed in review, the Queen being in front, having the Duke de Ne mours on her right, and Prince Albert on her left. The Duchess of Buccleuch and the Master of the Horse were be hind her Majesty, and the Equerries in Waiting and the Gen tlemen of the Court were ranged in a line at a short distance. The remainder of the royal party witnessed the spectacle from the carriages. -The inspection being ended, her Majesty and Prince Albert and the whole of their illustrious visitors and suite quitted the Park shortly before half-past eleven o'clock, and returned to the Castle. His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Bed ford, Lord George Lennox, and Sir Henry Wheatley, took their departure from the Castle to-day. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing this morning in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. A copy of the Pictorial Times, printed on white satin, con taining illustrations of the Queen's recent Bal Costume, was submitted to her Majesty this morning for presentation by Mr. C. Evans, and was graciously accepted. His Royal Highness Prince George, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Rutland, and Lady Adeiiza Manners, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Countess of Jersey, and the Ladies Clementina and Adria Villiers, the Right lion. Sir Robert and Lady Peel and Captain Francis Seymour, arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours, attended by the Hon. Colonel Grey and M. Borel de Bretizel, went to-day to attend the Ascot Races. At four o'clock the royal and august party left the Castle for a drive ; the Queen and the Duchess de Nemours being in a pony phaeton and pair ; the Duchess of Buccleuch and la Baronne M. de Finguerlin, in the double-seated Droshka, and the Countess of Gainsborough in the single Droshka. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was on horseback, attended by Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen shortly fol lowed the royal party on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing in the afternoon in an open carriage, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at her residence, Frogmore Lodge. Prince Alfred was also taken an airing in the afternoon. A grand banquet was given by her Majesty in the evening in St. George's Hall. The dinner table was very tastefully decorated with a number of choice flowering shrubs, inserted in vases of silver gilt, copied from the Warwick vase, and also with se veral vases filled with fine growing strawberries, both flowers and fruit being the produce of the royal gardens at Frogmore. The " Prince of Wales's Epergne" was placed in the middle of the table, opposite the seats of her Majesty and of her illustrious guests. The Band of the Royal 1-horse Guards was in attendance in one of the galleries of the Hall during dinner. The royal dinner party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Ilighnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, his Serene Highness the Prince of Lei ningen, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleach, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Right Hoe. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady Mary Sackville West, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and the Ladies Clementina and Adela Villiers, Earl of Rosslyn. Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Mr. and Lady Theresa Digby, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Spencer, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, La Baronne M. de Finguerlin, M. Borel de Bretizel, Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, Captain Francis Seymour, Colonel and Mrs. Bentinck, Colonel Richardson, Colonel and Mrs. Bouverie, and General and Miss Wemyss, and Lieut.-Colonel Codrincrton. . . The . Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday from Kew. The Royal Duke returned to Kew in the afternoon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, or, a visit to her Majesty. The Duke of Buceleuch alio left town on a visit to her Ma jesty at Windsor Castle yesterday afternoon. CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB WITH HILLYER AND LILLYWHITE V. THE UNDER-GRADUATES OF CAN MIDGE.—This mat,h was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday, when the Matylebone Cricket Club were declared the victors by seven wickets. At the close of the day on Monday it will be remembered the game stood thus :• Marylebone, first innings, 109 ; Cambridge 28 on the first hands and 79, with two wickets to go down on the second. On Tuesday morning the University renewed their station at the wickets, mad the last batsman was not removed until his side had scored 19 on ; so that the club had to go in for 20 to win. Ere they had accom. plished that object, however, four of their wickets had succumbed to the attacks of the collegians. The match for this day at Lord's is the University of Oxford v. the University of Cambridge, in which the following gentlemen will contend for the priority of play : OXFORD.—M. Ainslie, Esq., T. Hughes, Esq., B. Moberley, Esq., V. Smith, Esq., P. Williams, Esq., G. Yonge, Esq., H. Hild. yard, Esq., C. Randolph, Esq., H. Des Veeux, Esq., C. Ridding, Esq., and R. Honey wood, Esq. CAMBRIDGE.--/lots. F. Grimston, S. C. Campbell, Esq., F. L. Currie, Esq., G. Ottey, Esq., E. M. Dewing, Esq., F. Hughes, Esq , R. Long, Esq., J. Nicholson, Esq., C. 0. Pell, Esq., S. Rip. pingall, Esq., and T. Wroth, Esq. LITERATURE. THE WESTMINSTER REVIETV The present number possesses greater variety than is usullly displayed in this Review, which devotes so much Taco and labour to subjects of political economy, and, in our opinion, far too little to literature and the elegant arts. It is therefore much more attractive to general readers, and more adapted also to the principal objects of its conductors—the dissemination of true principles of go vernment amongst the greatest number. Manaind re quire to be led on—to be beguiled, as it were, into such studies ; and this can be more effectually accomplished by furnishing an agreeable book of instruction and amusement, occasionally intermixing light articles with others of more serious and forbidding cast. We have here not fewer than three or four of the former deserip tion—" Old and New London," " The Iliad of Homer," " Life of Voltaire," and Mrs. Norton's new poem, " The Child of the Islands." To Homer, however, scarcely fair justice is done. The writer seems too much occupied in minute criticisms, in detecting faults in translations, and in other labours more congenial to the spirit of a German scholiast, titan a lively and classical reviewer. At the same time, we must admit, his views in general are very correct ; he blames with truth the tedious and expletive paraphrases of Pope, which have no foundation in the original, and gives due praise to a new translation by the son of the Vice Chancellor of England. The following description, by the writer, of what a translation should be, we recommend to the at tention of those engaged in one of the mot difficult of classical labours:— " A translation is, or ought to be, as much a resemblance of the thoughts and style of a writer, as a portrait of his features. It is not enough to know his height, age, and form,—we must have his air, complexion, and countenance. There is abun dance of gold and silver in the world, it is the head on the medal that gives it its value. The thoughts of the ancients ha've occurred, and will occur to thousands ; we must have more—we must have the expression in its sharpness of finish, and boldness of outline ; we must have the words that burn, not perhaps with all the brilliant glow they possessed, as they flew off from the anvil of the master, but at least with that portion of heat which may be preserved .in a translation. What men want is not Pope's or Dryden's poetry, but Homer's or Virgil's. It is of that they are ignorant, and it is that consequently they want to know. If, instead, we are presented with a beautiful poem, we accept it with pleasure and gratitude—but we still look for our original object. Cromwell, with characteristic force of mind, said to Lely, ' If you don't paint every wart on my face, I wouldn't give a farthing for your picture." But by far the most interesting article in the number is that on Voltaire, founded on a review of Livt s of Men of Letters, &c., by Lord Brougham. Full justice is done both to the illustrious Frenchman, and to his noble biographer. Every reader has heard of' the phi losopher (;f Ferney, of his wit and sarcasm, and poetry and history, and almost every accomplishment which befits a great mind, with, we admit, one important exception, but taking the extracts from Lord Brougham's work, and the additional information furnished by the reviewer into account, we have never read any life which places in such a strong light the versa tile powers, the high genius, and the great abilities of this distinguished writer. His avowed infidelity is justly and strongly condemned, while allowances are at the same time made for the weak nesses of human nature, and the provocation which Voltaire had received from a Church and a State vying with each other in vices which cast such a stigma on France during the middle of the eighteenth century, and paved the way for the great revolution. We give the subjoined extract as a fair specimen of the ability with which the reviewer has accomplished his work : " His life was one long strife with what he deemed error ; to the end of exposing falsehood, he early determined to dedi cate all the energies and faculties of his extraordinary genius : endowed with a pungent and brilliant wit in a measure far surpassing that which is allotted even to the most distinguished among men, he naturally employed this his most formidable weapon of offence against that which he unfortunately be lieved to be the great master-error of his time. In so doing, he unwisely and unfairly wounded the pious feelings of the whole Christian world, and however great was the immediate effect of his assaults, has by the very outrage thus committed upon existing religious opinions, very materially diminished the extent and the permanence of his influence upon the opinions of mankind. " There is, however, much that may be adduced in extenua tion of the conduct of Voltaire. It behoves us not to judge of him by the circumstances which now surround us, and which, in so far as they are more happy than than those which ex isted in his day, may truly be said to be greatly the result of his indefatigable exertions in the cause of tolerance and free dom. To estimate fairly the course pursued by him, we must place ourselves in the same position ; must form a vivid, as well as an accurate picture of the baneful influences of the religion of his people, and of the many dreadful corruptions which rendered the Catholic Church of his time one of the most active and effective instruments of evil that ever hung like a curse over the destinies of mankind. Let us once pic ture to ourselves the extent and potency of the bigotry and intolerance which then afflicted Europe, and we shall cease to wonder at the zeal and steadiness with which Voltaire pursued the pernicious superstition of his countrymen ; we shall find ourselves unwilling to rebuke the wit which covered with ever lasting ridicule the miserable pretences of piety and virtue which led to the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and all the many horrors with which that atrocious result of doting im becility was attended. We shall learn to honour the courage, and wonder at the skill and perseverance which rescued the un fortunate family of Calas from the pious fury of the intolerant and bigoted magistrates of Toulouse. We shall involuntarily begin to esteem the intrepid defender of Sirven, and to believe that he who boldly stood between the ferocious assassins of the unfortunate La Barre, and their remaining victims, has many claims upon our love and gratitude, and that his large and generous charity would cover a greater multitude of sins than truth can fairly lay at the door of Voltaire. Living as we now live, safe from the assaults of any such barbarous fanaticism we are by our very safety rendered almost incapable' of properly appreciating' the worth of him who, in an age of such terrible and ferocious bigotry, could raise his voice firmly and loudly in defence of outraged humanity. 'fhe people of Paris, however, could and did understand the value of the great deeds of which we are speaking. Who is it they are follow ing,' said a stranger at Paris, in the year 1795, to a poor woman—' Who is that old man the people are crowding after ?' The poor woman knew him not as the great dramatist or tie great poet. She had never read Zaire,' never heard of the Henriade ;' neither could she tell the inquiring stranger that the patriarch of toleration was here—the great philosopher, the greater historian. But she answered, Do you not know ? it is the saviour of the family of Calas.' Il out cette reponse,' says Condorcet, et au milieu de toutes les marques d'admira tion qui lui furent prodiguees, ce fut ce qui le toucha le " THE AIAYNOOTII BILL. Dissentient I.—Because I have always viewed the establish ment of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth as a mea sure bad in principle, and not productive of any of those advan tages which (as an experiment and a mere measure of political expediency) might possibly have, on those grounds, justified its original adoption. 2. Because I have always entertained the strongest convic tion, that the annual grant to the College of Maynooth was a measure to which, as a Protestant, I could not assent; as edu cating, for the spiritual instruction of the Roman Catholic population of Ireland, an inferior class of persons taken, in most instances, from the lower orders of the people ; and, therefore, riot likely to use, for the general advantage of the country, the immense power which they must possess as the spiritual guides of a naturally intelligent, sensitive, and easily excited people. 3. Because my sentiments as to the character of the educa tion adopted in the College of Maynooth have been fully cor roborated by the evidence taken before the Commissioners of Irish Education in their Bth report ; and the admissions t,f the professors of that Institution prove, to my complete satis faction, that the authorised class-books of Maynooth (which every student is obliged to purchase), and the standards; to which they are referred, contain doctrines, the innoculation of which upon the youth, who are to he the spiritual guides and directors of the great body of the Irish people, must be fraught with the greatest danger to the peace and well• being of the united-empire. 4. Because, objecting so strongly to the annual grant to the College of Maynooth, those objections are infinitely increased, when it is proposed to give to that institution a permanent en dowment, unaccompanied by any check or control on the part of the Legislature. 5. Because, it is my firm conviction, that the effect of the present measure ftr the permanent endowment of Maynooth will be to increase the number of the Roman Catholic priest hood, without improving the quality of that body. 6. Because, considering this measure to be bad in itself, and dangerous in its consequences, I cannot but view it as the pre cursor of other measures which, in the march of events, it must carry with it—involving (perhaps at no distant period) the de struction of our Protestant Established Church. FARNHAM. KENYON. DEATH BY FIRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—ln reference to a letter headed as above, and signed " H.," which appeared in the Times of the sth instant, I beg to offer the following additions to the ex cellent suggestions of the writer, to prevent the loss of by fire. The writer states that the proposed fire escapes can be obtained at the small outlay of 50s. each, and that two or three ought to be placed in long streets, whilst one will be sufficient in short streets. But he has omitted to advise the necessary amount to defray the expense; I therefore beg to suggest -Ist. That the amount required be raised by subscrip tion among the inhabitants of the respective streets from ls. and upwards, the surplus, if any, be deposited as a reward for acknowledged services rendered at any cala mity that may happen ; such reward to be adjudged by the housekeepers. 2. That those inhabitants in each street, who have spacious ground premises, should be waited on by their neighbours, and requested to allow the fire escapes to be deposited in their yard or outhouses, so as to be readily accessible in case of need, and surely no reasonable objection can be made if they consider that the machines may be required for their personal security as well as their neighbours ; and the machines can be constructed so as to be doubled up and occupy but very little space. Nor can it be pleaded as an excuse that the keeping of the escape on the premises might render themselves and their families liable to be disturbed on any fire hap pening in the street Curing the night. I think it an advantage thus to have early notice of danger. Las:ly, 3. To effectuate these propositions, I most readily beg to offer my own premises as a deposit for the fire escapes in this street, which is one of the shortest, and my house is in its centre, provided no Later locality can be selected ; and I trust that other housekeepers will follow me, and not mind a trifling inconvenience, whilst they contribute their share to the general security against loss of life by fire.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. 111. JOHNSON. 10, Castle-street, Holborn, Jam 10, 1845. DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT DURHAM. A catastrophe of rather an unusual nature in that part of the country occurred at Durham on the afternoon of the 9th inst., in the shop of a respectable tradesman, named Steele. It appears from the best information that can be obtained that Mr. Steele was from home, and that an apprentice, of about 14 years of age, was left in charge of the shop, in which and in the cellars underneath there was as much as 100 lb. weight of gun. powder, which it is the custom of shopkeepers in this part cf the country to keep in large quantities, in order to supply their cus. tomers employed in the mining districts. No accurate information can be obtained as to the immediate cause of the explosion; but it is supposed that the boy, having occasion to go to a part of the shop which was rather dark, had lighted a candle for that purpose, and incautiously placed it near a package containing between 30ib. and 401 b. of powder, and that a spark having fallen upon the paper caused it to ignite. The effects of the explosion were felt in every part of the city, and in its more immediate neigh bourhood, and the shop windows of the tradesmen within 30 or 40 yards were literally shattered to atoms. The house in which the explosion took place presented a singular appearance, the whole front and all the floors being blown into the street. The daughter of a Mr. Robson, who was in a room on the second floor, was precipitated, with the furniture it contained, into the street, and buried amongst the ruins, from which situation she was shortly afterwards released, but in such a condition that no hopes are en. tertained of her recovery ; her collarbone and several of her ribs being broken, besides being severely burnt. On searching the ruins, the boy who it is supposed had been the cause of the acci. dent, was found on the steps leading to the cellar in a most deplor able condition, the hair being completely burnt off his head, and his face and body dreadfully scorched. He was immediately taken to the infirmary, but his death is hourly expected. The wile and child of Mr. Steele were most miraculously preserved, having been buried in the ruins, but they were taken out without having sus. tained any serious injury. Several persons who were passing at the time were severely cut and injured from the broken glass and other materials that were flying about the street in all directions. It being known that a much larger quantity of gunpowder than had ex nioded still remained on the premises, great excitement pre ar of another explosion ; but this was fortunately pre. vented by the da 7inB conduct of two or three persons, who at the i mm inent danger of vailed for 1:." fir lives penetrated into the cellar, and suc ceeded in getting the three .barrels in which it was deposited into a place of safety. The amount 91 damage done is considerable ; but it has not at present been aseertaitml. The premises were not insured. WORCESTER, TENDURY, AND LUDLOW RAILWAY. —The landed proprietors along this line of railway have deter. mined to enter into an arrangement with the Great Western Com pany (in case they get their Act for the Railway to Worcester), for this intended railway to form part of the great route from Lon don to Dublin. It is supported by the whole of the landed pro prietors who form the Provisional Committee, who are all of the highest respectability. ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- On Monday afternoon an accident occurred at the Paddington ter. minus of the Great Western Railway. It appears that, in con. sequence of the departure of her Majesty and her Illustrious Con sort and visitors to Windsor, and the number of carriages belong. ing to the nobility also going to Slough, a large number of addi. tionai carriage trucks were got out to meet this demand, two of which, by some means unexplained, got upon the up.line between the Paddington bridge and that at Westbourne-green, On the arrival of the up-train, which reaches Paddington at half-past four o'clock, the trucks not being seen by the engineer in time to stop the train, were run into and completely destroyed, the passengers in the train being greatly alarmed by the force of the collision. Fortunately, however, no personal injury was sustained by any of the passengers or the Company's servants. ALARMING FIRE NEAR THE VICTORIA THEATRE. _Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a fire broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Brooks, surgeon; Mr. Russell, a carpenter; and Mr. Williams, a plas terer, situate in the Waterloo-road, next door but two to the Victoria Theatre, The Brigade and West of England engines from the neighbouring stations were remarkably quick in arriving, and the Lambeth water-works afforded an instant supply of water, from which the engines were worked with full vigour for the space of three-quarters of an hour, when the firemen at last got the mas tery over the flames, but not until a very considerable deal of fur niture had been destroyed, and the upper part of the premises burned out. The fire is supposed to have been caused from Mrs. Williams's child, which had been left alone in the room on the second floor, playing with lucifer matches. The inmates escaped with considerable difficulty. TIIE _DIVISION ON THE CORN-LAWS.—(Frorn a Correspondent.)—ln considering the division in the House of Commons on Wednesday morning, on Mr. Villiers's motion for the repeal of the corn-laws, it is curious to look back to previous divi. sions for a few years back, upon the same important question. The last numbers were, 122 for the motion and 254 against it ; in favour of the present system of restriction 132. In February, 1842, there was a debate in the House of Commons, also upon Mr. Villiers's motion for the abolition of all duties payable upon the importation of foreign corn, and after several nights' debate 90 voted in favour of that motion, while there were 303 against it ; being between three and four to one against the Hon. Member's proposition. In 1843, there were five nights' discussion upon the same question, upon which occasion Sir Edward Knatchbull sub mitted his celebrated argument in favour of the corn.laws in all their integrity, " that they might maintain marriage settlements for the younger branches of their families;" and upon this occasion 125 Members voted for the motion for the repeal of the corn.laws, the opponents numbering 381, thus being in proportion a far weaker majority than in the preceding year. Last session there was a debate of two nights' duration upon the Hon. Member's motion, at the conclusion of which discussion 124 voted for the motion and 328 against it, being a much weaker majority than previously. Thus in the four above.named years the supporters of the motion have severally numbered 90, 125, 124, and 122; the opponents (or monopolists) having numbered on the same occasions 303, 381, 328, ane 254.—Advertiser. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. • —The following notice, issued by command of the Postmaster-General, was put up this morning at the General Post-office, the Royal Exchange, and the several branch Post-offices :—" General Post-office, June, 1845. The Postmaster-General having now reason to believe that letters and newspapers addressed to South Australia or to New Zealand, and i.ransmitted by the monthly mail packets to Sydney, will not be liebtti to any postage for their receipt and dispatch by the Post on-ice Of Ngw South Wales, provided they are made up in this country its seined mails, addressed to South Australia or New Zealand, as the e c may be, but that they will be forwarded to s.- - their destination by the pest opportunity presenting itself; all letters and newspapers, pos ted heiTart,er, addressed to South AU,. tralia or New Zealand, not directed to be arwarOd ' by private kets ship,' will be dispatched i n sealed mails to Sydney, by th before a 11,404 to. Under this reg ulation the rate of postage to be e. pki taken hereafter oil ! s etters for South Australia or New Zealand, not direci.ed to be forwarded by `private ship,' will be Is. for a letter not exceeding half an ounce, 2s. fora later not exceeding an ounce, &c. British newspapers, however, provided they are Oiy stamped and posted in conformity with the regulations required by this department, will not be liable to any postage in this country unless itAtTekSed ' by private ship.'" NOVEL consequence of the re duction of the duty on pp?.ars to be in contemplation to bring it into use for the roofing of houses. 41, hpportation of a thick description of window glass has already taken face, tpyptip..d fog roofing, and were it generally introduced those who 'require a strong iisbt to enable them to carry on their occupations, might effect their abject, and ~, , t ypid the window-tax. This roofing will be much lighter than tile,s and siatps, and if it be extended int o the to c ountry, the poor will then be enabledpartake pt late paltry of a bunch of black cluster grapes grown under the root's 9f their own humble cottages. But then glass will also be of great use to marii.et gardeners, and it will serve far thp roofing of green-houses, which suffer much from hail stones, and upon which ltisyrgnces arc gacted as against fire. THE NEW COLLEGES BILL. An important petition is now in course of signature, approving of the system of mixed education in the New Colleges Bill, but re quiring amendments to secure religious instruction to the College students—to prevent all tampering with the peculiar religious tenets of any class of students—to vest the nomination of professors, first in a board, and afterwards in the governing body of the colleges— to enable the students to take degrees in the Dublin University—to open existing scholarships and lay fellowships, and to provide for the endowment of new fellowships and scholarships in that Univer sity, open to all creeds. This petition is already numerously signed by Liberals of all shades, Whigs and Repeaters. A considerable number of members of the bar, and several of our leading merchants, Protestants and Presbyterians, as well as Roman Catholics, have attached their sig natures. The third name to the petition is that of Professor Kane, the distinguished author of" The Industrial Resources of Ireland," of whom Sir Robert Peel spoke in such laudatory terms during the recent debate on the Colleges Bill. REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN CORK. The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains a very long report of the proceedings on Mr. O'Connell's entrance into that city on Sun. day. It is stated that half a million of persons were congregated on the occasion. The following statement is abridged from that journal :—" Among the hundreds of thousands who formed the majestic gathering of yesterday there was not one forgetful of the duty he owed his Creator; and those who exclaimed against a de secration of the Sabbath might have heard the bells ringing from eery Catholic church as early as six o'clock in the morning, when their aisles and galleries were crowded with a faithful and deeply religious people. Long before then, however, the gay sounds of music might be heard from different quarters of the city, as the various country detachments marched in through the great avenues, headed by bands in uniform, and bearing a green or white banner with the name of the locality to which they belonged, and some patriotic emblem, with a freedom-loving motto. Until near nine o'clock they still came pouring in; and as they passed along, they were met with a hearty shout of welcome. Bodies came from Lis more, in the county of Waterford, and from Capoquin, in the same county—from Skibbereen (a distance of 64 miles)—Bandon, Mal low, Macroom, Kanturk, Youghal, Mmane Bridge, Kinsale—and nearly all walked the distance. " About nine o'clock the various trades began to muster in their committee-rooms, and then, preceded by bands and banners, they marched to the ground, formed into regular files, and kept that position, steady and unbroken, until the signal was given for moving. The head of the procession extended nearly two miles from the city on the western line of road, the last body being stationed on Patrick's Bridge. The main streets of the city through which the procession passed were densely crowded, the people allowing sufficient, but barely sufficient room, for those who walked, From the Chamber of Commerce to the top of Patrick's hill it was one dense, black mass of people, over whom floated gilt. tering banners, with their gilded spear tops glancing in the bright sun. " The procession wound up the steep hill and along the Upper Glanmire-road, passing through dense bodies of people on each side, allowing merely a passage for the men as they walked three or four abreast. For miles the multitude pressed on in one dense stream, :actually blocking up the reads. " It is almost impossible to give any idea of the beauty and elegance of the triumphal car. Its extreme height was 20 feet, its length 12 feet, and its width 6 feet 6 inches. Its base presented the appearance of a large, handsome platform, covered over with rich carpeting ; and on the great platform, raised about four inches from its level, was a smaller platform for the gorgeous chair intended for the Liberator. Over the chair, and extending nearly the whole length and width of the car, was raised a splendid canopy, supported by four allegorical figures—Justice, holding the scales; Truth, with her mirror; Prudence, and Fortitude. Im mediately under each figure, and adorning the sides of the car, were handsomely-carved and highly.ornamented scrolls. Under the figure ot Fortitude, the motto—' Eight millions—love of country will overcome everything.' Under Justice—' Self-government and nothing less. We know our duty, and are resolved.' Under Truth—` English friendship—Carthaginian faith. It is the nature of man to hate whomsoever he has injured.' Prudence—' Agita tion —formerly we conquered by these arms.' Immediately in front of the car was a large white scroll, with the following memo rable inscription:— _ _ " A claim of any body of men than the King, Lords, and Commons of Ireland, to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unjust, illegal, and a grievance " ' Dungannon, Feb. 15,1782 ' " The procession filed past the car, and as eack body passed along, the banners were lowered, hats were waved, cheers were given, and the band struck up a good Protestant tune, the Volun teers' March, or See the Conquering Hero comes.' At length the long line, which commenced moving from the Cross at one o'clock, had passed, and it was not until after four o'clock that the car was put in motion. Every wall was crowded with gaily dressed men and women, and as Mr. O'Connell appeared, the latter seemed to exceed their male companions in the excess of their enthusiasm. "The scene on entering into Patrick.street surpassed in reality the utmost efforts of description. Walls, windows, balconies, house-tops, the rigging of the vessels lying next the bridge, every place which could afford a footing, however precarious, was crowded with myriads of human beings, presenting a sea of anxious faces, reaching from the level ground to the highest elevation within view. The Chamber of Commerce was thronged by the members, who 'cordially greeted Mr. O'Connell from the windows, and com manded the cortege, so as to prevent stopping or interruption. It proceeded on through the Grand Parade, South-mall, over Angle_ sea-bridge, to the Corn-market, where, according as the different trades and other bodies arrived, they were directed to disperse quietly and peaceably, an order which was promptly and strictly obeyed. Those who lived in remote parts of the country proceeded to return to their homes. The whole appearance of the city was striking in the extreme. Besides the decorations of private houses, with laurels and flowers, magnificent and picturesque arches spanned the ways and streets. The triumphal car having stopped at the entrance of the Com mercial-buildings, a harper, surrounded by the chivalry and clothed in the costume of ancient Ireland, stood under the shade of his native oak, and in a clear, distinct, and imppressive tone, read from a parchment scroll, on which it was most beautifully inscribed, and embellished with the arms of Mr. O'Connell, and address in the vernacular tongue. " Thus terminated the glorious demonstration in the capitsl of he south. " The procession was closed by the private carriages of the town council, with servants in livery." A number of addresses were presented to Mr. O'Connell at the levee. NEW RAILWAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I see that the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway Bill has passed the Commons, but do not hear that Nur sleepy Admiralty have taken any steps to secure hind at Great Grimsby for a coal depot, Gravin Dock, &c., though they must know, in the event of a ar, that these things are absolutely necessary to have at the entrance of such a river as the Humber vir hich leads into the heart of England. At present land is of little value at Great Grimsby, but as soon as the pro jected railways bring that port nearer to the great manu facturing districts than Hull is, land will be increased in price. Severe as your remarks on the Board of Admiralty have been they have not been too much so. In fact it is a disgrace to a great naval power to have its affairs conducted by such imbeciles.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ENGLISHMAN. LAUNCH OF A NOVEL STEAMER.—At high wattr yesterday afternoon, a singular iron steam-boat was launched from the yard of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwall, being what is termed double-headed, and having a rudder at each end, thereby saving a great loss of time that necessarily occurs in bringing a vessel round, particularly when the tide is running strongly. She has been built for a party of gentlemen residing in the vicinity of Kew and Richmond, and is about 110 feet in length, and 15 feet beam. Her engines will be fitted by an amateur engineer. 13srLux or SHIPPING.—Since Saturday last the arrivals of shipping in the river Thames from foreign ports have been exceedingly numerous, and the respective docks now present an active and bustling appearance, furnishing for a time employ ment to many labourers, who previously had been without the means of supplying themselves and their poor families with the common necessaries of life. The arrivals from foreign countries, independent of coasters, amount to 126, many of which are richly laden. ROYAL ACADEMY AND WAVERLEY BOAT RACE. —This event came off yesterday evening. Both crews had been in very active training, and the result was a spirited and first-rate contest. At about half.past six preparations were made for the start, and shortly afterwards the rival crews appeared at Putney_ bridge to row to Mortlake Church, the same course as that chosen in the great Oxford and Cambridge struggle of last March. The Academicians, on the signal being given, went off with a slight lead, and at a very fine pace. They continued gradually to draw their boat away inch by inch from their opponents, and went in advance up the reach to the Crab Tree. The V% averley Club, above this pl.ce, put on a beautiful spirit, and brought, by dint of the most gallant rowing, the head of their boat up to No. 3 of their adversaries' boat; but the Academicians applied themselves well to their work, and the Waverley again fell astern. On nearing Hammersmith-bridge the latter again bent down to their work, and, in a few strokes, which exhibited not only great power but pluck, were a second time alongside of their rivals, but the Acade micians, whose style throughout was very fine, egain went away from them. The Waverley came close on their adversaries' stern all the way up, but could not pass them, and the Royal Academy won by about two lengths. VILLAGE SPORTS.—The annual fair held at the pleasant little village of Welling, near Shooters'-hill, commenced on Monday, and continued on Tuesday, with sports and rustic pleasures which excelled any display of previous years. The inha bitants of the locality, with many visitors from Woolwich, Plum. stead, Wickham, and Bexley, enjoyed a fete rendered delightful by the agreeable intervention of beautiful sunny days. The fair was held in a meadow called the Spa.ground, behind the Nag's Head Inn. Mr. Cole, the inn.keeper, undertook, with several influen. tial persons in the village, to restore the fete to the scale of its , ancient importance. A number of gentlemen tendered their ser vices as stewards for conducting the pony races and other sports, and gave much satisfaction. Theatricals were not overlooked. Simpson erected his superb travelling theatre, with an effective company, selected from some of the principal London establish. ments. A booth, 200 feet tong, was fitted up forAancing and re. freqments. Another elegant dancing-booth, Trected by Mr. Strong, jun., of 'Vplling, met with deserved patronage. These splendid temples to Terpp F hore were lighted in brilliant style. 'rise company formed a numerops awrpbrage pf prai pea W ye dc. corated in fancy costume, which was gaily contrasted by the pail forms of their partners, young soldiers for the rnost part, from the garrison at Woolwich. In addition tp the drama and the dance, the visitors derived much fun from the sports of Tuesday, which concluded the fair. Jumping in sacks, dipping heads in water for prizes, dipping in flour-tubs for eggs, &c., kept the people in a constant roar of laughter. Country sports have seldom been dis played of late years with more regard to decorum and simple man. Frs. The fair was well attended, and money was abundant amongst tj~e PRINCESS 7 S 41 ,ear., epg?,r o the above theatre, has announced his benefit to take place to morrow, on which occasion Miss Cushman will appear, for the world time in this country, in the character of Meg Merrilies, in Gay Mannqing,with a variety of other attractive entertainments. MC iNlteaii is a very qe§ervipi and respectable young man, and, no doubt, on this ocOasion, ilia friends will Fome forward, and aid him in his endeavours, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Voles and Proceedings of the House qf Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JUNE . II. DOG STEALING BILL. Order for Second Beading read ; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques tion to add the words " upon this day six months:"—Question put, " That the word ` - now' stand part of the Question." The House MAJORITY—AYES, 67. Aglionby, H. A. Denison, E. B. Mackenzie, T. Ainsworth, Peter Ebrington, Viscount Mackinnon, W. J. Allix, J. P. Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord J. Austen, Colonel Forman, T. S. Marjoribanks, S. Baillie, 11. J. Fremantle, Sir T. Mildinay, H. St. John Barneby, John Fuller, A. E. Miles, William Barron, Sir 11. Gaskell, J. M. _Newry, Viscount ' M Beckett, William (la Beresford, _Major Berkeley, Craven Godson,;dst.)iie, Captain ti,;:ardO'Brien, l,o 3: A. S Jonathan i Core, Montague Pringle, Alexander Berkeley, 11. F. Graham, Sir J. l'rotheroe, Edward Boldero, H. G. Greene, Thomas h:cott, Frances Borthwiek, Peter Grimsditeli, T. Smith, J. A. Bruges, W. 11. L. Hamilton, W. J. Sutton, 11. M. Buller, Sir J. Y. l I T - e it s t . ° 3 Busfeild, William Cardwell, Edward Ileathcote, G. J. W or tley , John S. Clayton, It. It. Henley, J. W. Yorke, H. R. Il u' e i j ij .m a i n .d i iC. S N l. 7 ' i li ' l l i a ii:; l g* J. I n, I Sir ' T. Clerk, Sir George Howard, C. AV. Young, John Cockburn, Sir G. Howard, Philip 11. Courtenay, Lord Hughes, W. B. TELLERS. Cowper, W. P. James, William Liddell, 11. T. Dalmeny, Lord Jcrinyn, Earl Berkeley, Captain Darby, George Lincoln, Earl of MINORITY—NOES, 23. Battle, Walter Forster, Matthew Ricardo, J. L. Brotherton, Joseph Gibson, T. M. Stansfield, W. R. C. Dennistoun, J. Ilindley, Charles Warburton, Henry I)ivett, Edward Irving, John Watson, W. H. Duncan, George Loch, James Wawn, J. T. I)undas, David Mitcalfe, Henry Escott, Ilickham Mitchell, T. A. TELLERS. Esmonde, Sr: Thos. Nurreys, Sir D. J. Hone, Joseph Fielden, John 1:1 - 1c, S. C. Bright, John PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. The following B l il \ l 7 s E a D v N er E e su !T A a l d ., a rd j t c h s i El t l h . ne, and passed : Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Bridgwater Navigation and Railw&y. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. ),—Committee on Bill, Thursday, June 19, at half after tw e l ve . Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Ashford Branch) Rail way,—Committee on Bill, Thursday , 7 June 19, a t twe l ve. Birmingham and Gloucester (V l nrcester Branch and Chel tenham Extension) Bailway, — Committee on Bill, Thurs day, June 19, at twelve. RAILWAYS. (Hastings, & c . E x . 1. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings tension), 0 . Gloucester and Birmingham (Worcester Extension, &c. ) to be considered in Committee on Thursday, June 19, al twelve o'clock. way of amend tbhye Chancellor of the amend ment, i o n b to ser o v ie e c i :h a I B ls a e n i king ntr o A d c u t e b d y , Exchequer, for the protection . and benefit of t h e Ti pperary Bank, has bet n agreed to in Committee , and ins er t e d i n t h e Act, by which the Tipperary Bank is placed on the same fc'i.ing, as regards the Bank of Ireland, which th e pi l osh banks issuing Bank of England not es hold. in refe4nee to the Bank o f E ng l an d , tied become eiltitled to, eue allowance of one per cent , p er annum , in case thCir existi n g arrangements with the Bank of Ireland should he terminated. TUE CASE OF H A RRIET MONCET ON , AT B ROMLEY , IN KENT. _ Considerable dissatisfaction continues to prevail at Bromley, with reference to the case of Harriet Monckton, whose body, it will be remembered, was found in a water.c l oset a dj o i n i ng one of the Dissenting chapels in that town, now upwards of fifteen months since, and respecting whose death an in q uiry w as opened at the time. That investigation not having bee n clo s ed up to ycs. terday (Wedne s daY)i w il le "FT.!' 1,19 )3 . aj? OAO , adopted by iiiejlirOrs to ( 9,! PineT 9.4 r. Velum.) to resume the li.idtry..• ';his,' Its c, l ls ; devecl the more necessary, as the rumour atiAl: the neighbourhood as to the cause of th e y oun g woman's death is that poison was administered to her, During Monday and Tuesday, the agents of the National Anti. Corn-law League circulated among the farmers and others at Welling fair the admirable speech of Lord Howiok, M.P., on Mr. Cobden's motion for a CollAillittee to inquire into the causes of Aorictiiturat distress. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MarnsToxa.—Owing partly to the late fine weather, and partly to the admirable management which the planters have been encouraged to adopt by the remunerating prices of last season, the hop gardens in this neighbourhood present a most pleasing aspect. The bine is luxurious, the ground in most cases clean, and more attention has been paid to poling and tying than is usual. On the other hand there is a great in crease of fly—say six to ten on a leaf, which in Mid Kent is generally considered a rather formidable blight. There has, however, during the last week, been a great improvement in the colour of the bine, which in some instances is nearly at the top of the poles. Duty is called 160,0001. BOXLEY, AYLESFORD, AND BURIIAM.—The hop bine has made considerable progress during the past week, still the bine is backward, and some few grounds not very healthy. Some fly, from two to six on a leaf. OTIIAII.—The hops in this parish and neighbourhood are of a good countenance, and quite clean, growing rapidly, al though there has been considerable wind within the last few days. Warm and still weather would cause them to grow still faster. There is a promising appearance of abundance of bine. . . THE FARLEIGHS.—There is a good deal of fly here. Yes terday morning our correspondent found in his own hops as many as ten on a joint. BRENCHLEY.—The hops are growing here, with a few fly in the sheltered situations. SEVENOAKS.—The hops during the past week have made much progress, particularly on the hill portion of the parish, the bine strong and healthy, with scarcely an indication► of vermin. The high winds of the last few days have been cer tainly detrimental to the plant, but the gardens in the hill district being (although much larger than previous years) tolerably well sheltered, the bine has In a great measure escaped injury. CHEVENING.—In this favoured hop parish the bine is ex ceedingly luxuriant, healthy, and clean. SUNDRIDGE.—The hops in the northern part of the parish (the gravel and rich alluvial soil) are looking well, exempt from the insect, and argue well for a crop. In exposed situa tions the bine has been much knocked about by the late gP.:es, but still is rapidly progressing. In the southern parts of the parish the bine is " not so gay," probably owing to the coldness of the soil (a stiff clay) and the absence of draining y ulierever that has taken place may be observed a manifest improvement. There is a slight indication of vermin, but uot sufficient to realise fears even of the most tremulous grower, and the ap pearance of the plant, at present, justifies the hope of a fair crop. BRASTED, WESTERHAM (KE NT), LYMPSFIELD, OPTED, BLETCHINGLY, GODSTONE, NUTFIELD, AND. REIGATE (SURREY). —The foregoing observations will also apply to these parishes, but that .the bine in these poorer soils seems sufferinw more in proportion to the late cold weather, and naturally so ; as the greater the capability of the soil, the stronger and better the plant will be, and more able to contend with its numerous enemies. THE UNDERRIVERS.—The hTs are looking generally well —very little appearance of vermin except in isolated places. The bine is fast !wing its yellow colour, and has assumed a strong position. The high wind has rather battered the upper part of the Underrivers, but still the plant maintains a healthy state. SEAL.--Looking healthy and well, little indication of vermin. KEMSlNG.—Although a small parish, a very large plantation, managed very scientifically by those eminent judges, Mr. Bur gess and Mr. Morphew. The bine generally looking well. OTIORD, SHOREHAM, EYNSFORD, &c.—The biue much improved during the past week. THE CRAYS, and neighbourhockl.—The same observation applies to these parishae. CANTERBURY.-..The genial weather of the past week has greatly helped the young hops; and nothing is observable at present to prevent a fair crop being obtained. —Maidstone Journal, June 10. STATE OF TRADE,—The yarn market yesterday continued buoyant, There was a good demand ; and for export an advance of Ad. to id. a lb. was pretty generally obtained. In goods a moderate extent of business was done. The best qualities of 27. inch printing cloth, 66's and 72's may be considered a shade higher 9 while for 7.9th'S printers the demand remained languid. —THE ROCHDALE n),NNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JUNE 9.—We have had a very busy market today, the merchants having bought freely at advanced prices. The wool market has not been tp, chiefly owing to higher prices bring a.ked for the middling and lower kinds of wool.—Manchester Guardian _ _ EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—MOn• day afternoon, about two or three, some children, whilst at play in a retired place, called Willow-walk, Bermondsey, were astonished to find something floating about in the mud of a ditch, which was by the side of it. They gave an alarm, and it was then discovered to be a woman who had been attempting to make away with herself The police were called, and she was conveyed on a stretcher in a very bad state to the Bermondsey workhouse. She refuses to say why she made the attempt oh bee life. It is unaccountable why she should have ehoien such a place, at so short a distance from the canal and Oyes PLOUGHING TIIE STREETS.—Strange as the eir cumstancei may appear, the streets of a royal burgh in Scotland have during the past week been submitted to the action of the lough. The burgh is Peebles, which is in course of receiving lin rrovements. The streets h,avir.g required to be lowered and re raved, a strong plovall bat been employed to tear up the old cause way tad . SUbpoll and so effectually has this been performed, that by ime, or two days' operations of a man and a pair of horses, the labour of many men for a week or more has been spared. The hint is worthy of the notice of railway excavators.—Caledonian Nercury. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 11. (Sittings in Banco.) HABEAS CORPUS.—IN RE CARUS WILSON. Mr. WATSON, in the course of the day, applied for a writ of habeas corpus to the vicomte and gaoler of Jersey, ordering them to bring up the body of Mr. Carus Wilson on affidavits, stating that that gentleman was" now detained in custody in that island without any lawful cause. As this subject has been already before the public in another Court, when the case was fully gone into, it may be sufficient to state that the application was grounded on three objections; the first of which impugned the competency of the Court by the order of which the applicant had been committed to his present custody ; and the two others, the propriety of the proceedings consequent on that order. The Learned Counsel was about to state, that when berme the Court of Queen's Bench, the application was disposed of on a point beside the merits, but he was interrupted by Sir F. POLLOCK, who said—l do not think that we are called upon at this stage of the case to go into the merits or the proceed ings in Jersey. If Mr. Wilson or any one conversant with the laws of Jersey distinctly states on oath that the Court was incom petent to commit that gentleman to prison for the alleged contempt, or to inquire into any matter affecting him, that is vtiough to entitle him to his writ. Mr. WATSON—That most distinctly appears en the affidavits. Sir F. POLLOCK—Very welt, then that is enough. take your rule. You may A long discussion then ensued between the Bench and the Learned Counsel as to the prorer period at which the writ shou:d be made returnable, and it was ultimately decided that the mattn should be again brought before the Court tomorrow (this day). BAIL COURT, June 11. HOBBS V. HARVEY Mr. KEnsciixEn was instructed to show cause against a rule which had been obtained by Mr. Peacock, calling upon the plaintiff to give security for costs. Ile had an objection to make to the copy of the rule which was drawn up on reading the affidavit of Alexander Dubie, calling upon the defendant to show cause. Mr. PEACOCK did not then know on whose behalf his friend ap peared. Was it for the plaintiff or defendant? Mr. KERSCHNER said he appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—It is so obvious a mistake-4 What is your cause? Mr. KERSCHNER said he had two affidavits going to the fact whether the plaintiff was resident in England. It was a qui lam action, brought to recover penalties for advertising foreign lotteries, and it appeared that the press of this country, as well as Scotland, had fallen heavily into a liability to penalties. He had the affi davit of James Macaire, who was the attorney and agent for Hobbs, in several suits, who stated that it was not necessary for the plaintiff to reside in Scotland while an action was pending, but the course and practice was to give his mandatory, and the deponent hail received instructions from the mandatory appointed by the plaintiff, and the defendant stated that the plaintiff was not now resident in; Scotland, but was permanently resident in England, and that his belief was that the plaintiff intended to continue to reside in England. Then he had the affidavit of Hobbs, himself, who stated that he left Scotland last September for Lon don, intending to return to Scotland as soon as he had arranged his private of drs—that he was detained there a considerable time, and he then determined to endeavour to find employment in Eng land, and lie returned to Scotland on the 28th of February to settle his affairs, wi th an Intention of returning to England ; that .-... __ . . he did return in March last, and had lived in several houses in the parish of Lambeth, where he intended to continue to reside. Mr. Justice COLERIDGErMr. Peacock, are you not answered ? Mr. PEACOCK—No, my Lord, 1 think not. Mr. KERSCHNER thought the affidavit showed all that was re quisite—that the plaintiff continued to reside in England. There was another motion—this was a qui tans action, and the Courts had generally rather supported the plaintiffs, and had not called upon them to give security for costs. There was a case in 2 Dow. 259, where Mr. Baron Bayley had said, the Court would not compel a plaintiff in a qui tam action to give security though he was sworn to be a pauper. His Lordship would hardly favour an application of this kind where injustice might be done. The Acts of the Le. gislature could only be carried out by this class of men—they must be considered as public servants. Mr. Justice COLZRIDGE—I don't consider them as my servants. Mr. PEACOCK said—His friend had stated that the press had fallen heavily into penalties, and the plaintiff was seeking to reap a rich harvest in consequence of its having done so. The affidavit stated what the plaintiff had done in Scotland subsequently to the Ist of March. This was a proceeding against the Globe newspaper for penalties amounting to upwards of 3,0001. The plaintiff had brought seven or eight similar actions, and also others in Scotland. Mr. Smith, the attorney for a defendant, of the Caledonian Mer cury, in Scotland, applied to the judge there to compel the plaintiff to give security for costs in that action, on the ground that he was residing out of the kingdom of Scotland, and was then domiciled in England; that was opposed on the ground that the plaintiff was domiciled in Scotland. It was then declared in writing by the plaintiff's counsel, according to the practice in Scotland, that the plaintiff had left England and was then living in Scotland, where he intended to continue to reside. If, therefore, the declaration was true, the present affidavit of the plaintiff was false. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE wished to know what the answer in Scotland was? Mr. PEACOCK then again read the affidavits of Macaire and the plaintiff, declaring that the plaintiff had appointed a mandatory, and had left Scotland, and was now resident, and intended to continue to reside, in England. The plaintiff did not swear that he was proceeding in his action against the Caledonian 141cr. cury by his mandatory, nor did be state that he was permanently domiciled in England. Mr. Justice COLEILIDGE—I think the answer will not do : it is not merely comparing one affidavit with the other, but the plain tifi 's attention was distinctly pointed to dates by the defendant's affidavit, but he had not fixed any .—Rule absolute. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. .111AIVSIOIV-HOUSE. Edward N. Durup, a young man, who had been clerk to a merchant, appeared yesterday against his mother, the widow of Wm. Durup, who was stated to have been many years ago secretary to the Right lion. Gorge Canning. Mrs. Durrup was accused on the previous evening, by her son, of having robbed him of his watch, a gold repeater, of con siderable value, but Inspector M'Lean, after having inquired into the circumstances, refused to take such a charge, and ad vised the parties to attend before the Lord Mayor, and submit the case to his Lordship's decision. Mrs. Durup was accompa• Died by a respectable pawnbroker, in whose care she had depo sited a quantity of her property for security against domestic plunder. The Loan MAYOR (to the complainant. )—Well, sir, with what do you charge your mother ? Complainant-1 do not charge her with anything ; but lam desirous that she should show cause why she detains a gold re peater watch, which my father gave to me upon his death-bed. I was advised to bring the matter before your Lordship, and to take your decision. The LORD MAYOR—Do you make any charge ? Com plainant—No, my Lord, that is impossible ; the watch has never been stolen, but it is detained by my mother, and I wish to know for what reason. The LORD Mayon—What proof have you that she detained your property ? Complainant-1 am satisfied from her own statement, and the statement of Mr. Barker, the pawnbroker, that she detained it. Mrs. Durup—The watch was his father's, my Lord. He is our only son, and his father left me all he was possessed of in the world. The LORD MAYOR—Has the father left a will ? Mrs. Durup—Certainly he has, my Lord, and in it he has left me the whole of his property. The treatment I receive from my son is dreadful. The LORD NlAroa—Be so good as to change places with him. Here the mother was sworn, and the son became the accused. - Mr. Durup then reluctantly gave testimony as to the violent conduct of her son towarls her, and his threats to do her some desperate injury. He had, she said, claimed the watch as his, and pawned it without her permission or know ledge, and he afterwards pushed her about and threatened her with all sorts of ill-treatment. The LORD MAYOR—Do you swear that you consider your self in danger in consequence of his threats ? Mrs. Dunlop—l understand what your Lordship means by putting that question to me ; but I expect to leave England in a few days, for the Continent, where I expect to be pro tected by my relations. I wish to get away in peace. The Loan MAY0R....1 shall, for your sake, bind him over to keep the peace towards you. The young man then solemnly assured his Lordship that he would not beat, or otherwise ill-treat his mother, and the Lori Mayor was, at the expostulation of the mother, satisfied ly i t the recognizances of the son. A young man, named Bradley, was committed tr trial upon ' several charges of embezzlement, upon the pr Jones, to whom he had been acting t capacity of com mission clerk. Thomas Johnson was charrr- ed by Mr. Silvano Francisco Luis Peter, a merchant, from the front of his sv it aving attempted to steal a pin irt. The prosecuto stated that as he was landing from a steam vessel at Fresh Wharf, the prisoner, who had been a passenger, and , kept dodging about him, made a grab at his pin, amidst the confusion caused amongst the crowd on going ashore, but was seized by him and secured. The prisoner was committed to Bridewell for three months. Two well-dressed females, named Ann Burke and Eliza Thomas, were charged with having committed an aggravated offence of uttering counterfeit coin. It appeared that the prisoners walked into the Queen's Head public-house, in Tower-street, and called for a quartern of gin, for which Burke paid with a new shilling. The waiter took up the shilling, put it into the till, and gave the change to the woman, who afterwards called for another quartern of gin, and put down another new shilling. The waiter took up the shil ling, bent it, said it was bad, and threw it upon the counter, and then, upon examining the first shilling, ascertained that was a counterfeit. Burke then said that a young man, who stood near her at the bar, had paid for the first quartern, and Thomas stepped behind the young man, and contrived to slip a small paper par cel into his pocket at the moment a policeman was entering to take the prisoners into custody. John Medhurst, a gardener, stated that he was in Tower street, and saw the prisoners, who were quite strangers to him. He had some shrimps in his hand, and Thomas having asked him for a few, he gave her some. Thomas then beckoned to Burke, who was on the other side of the road, and witness went into the public-house, the prisoners following him. The wit ness then confirmed the statement made by the waiter as to the payment given for the gin, and the conduct of Thomas in slipping something into his pocket, and saying that he had put down the first shilling. William Dolby, a policeman, stated that when he went into the public house he distinctly saw Thomas go behind the witness, and drop a parcel, which was found to contain nine counterfeit shillings, into the young man's pocket. The LORD MAYOR said the case was a most atrocious one, and committed the prisoners for uttering and being in possession of counterfeit coin. LAMBETH, Yesterday Miss Nary Ann Salisbury, alias Miss Lucy Spencer,recollected, beengave s e u h c a h rge a d r w om ith antc account o fwhheor, seduction, e i d t uwctiiloln, be andwhe had at tempting to commit suicide, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for final examination under various charges of felony. The prisoner when put in the felons' dock, did not exhibit any of those theatrical airs which she had assumed at her last ex amination. On the contrary, during her presence at the bar, she continued to shed tears in abundance, and endeavoured, as well as she could, to conceal her face from the observation of the numerous persons who had thronged the Court during the investigation. When the prisoner was first brought before Mr. Norton, on a charge of attempting to commit suicide, her statement about her being the daughter of a Dissenting clergyman at Bath, and being seduced and robbed, was so plausible, as not only to mis lead every person in Court, but the magistrate himself, and with that humanity and kindness for which he has been always distinguished, Mr. Norton directed English, one of the sum moning officers, to take care of her, until an answer could be received from her father, and also requested the chief clerk to write to the latter. This was done, and in reply to the letter sent the following was received : " Guildhall, Bath, 7th June, 1845. " Sir,--1n answer to sour letter of the sth itist., I have to inform you that the young woman who gave her name Mary Ann Salisbury is the daughter of .—Salisbury, a poor man, residing at No. 4, Trim-bridge, in this city, and a shoemaker. She left her home about two months ago, and her address, known here, is ' Post-office, London.' Her age is l 9 years. Her statement as to Alfred Bartram is a falsehood, no such person being known here. She is considered not right in her mind. Her statement as to the gold watch a nd jewellery i s not true, her friends are too poor to fetch her home, but e rt anxiously waiting her return "I am, Sir, your obedient servant. „ WILLIAM HALL, Chief Officer. To the Chief Clerl - , Lambeth Court." A City constable attended and informed Mr. Norton that the prisoner had been before the Lord 3layer on a charge of attempting to commit suicide at London-bridee, when she made a long and rambling statement about her respectability, her being seduced, &c., but it differed in many e.sient als from that which she had made at this Court. It also appeared that she had gone to the Southwark Court for the purpose of getting relief, but having on her hand at the time two valuable rirgs, she was not deemed a person in absolute want, and no assis tance was afforded her. Mr. NORTON also produced a letter which he had received from the Rev. L. Cappel, minister of St. George's German Lutheran Chapel, in Great Alie-street, Goodman's-fields, stating that on the 2Srh of last month the prisoner called upon him with the view, no doubt, of getting pecuniary as sistance under grossly false pretences. She then gave her name as Lucy Spencer ; said she was the daughter of a clergy mar,, and sister to the Rev. Mr. Spencer at Bath, and said a foreign lady, Mrs. Francis, had sent her to him (the Rev. Mr. Cappel). She then in the most artful manner, and appa rently deeply affected, told the same story that she had re peated to the magistrate, with some slight variations, and expressed herself very anxious to return to Bath, but was without the means of doing so, as her lover had robbed her of everything, and then endeavoured to induce her to commit suicide. Something in her manner had induced the Itev. Gentleman to doubt her story, hut at the same time he offered to assist her, provided she allowed him to accompany her to Mrs. Francis, the lady who, as she stated, had recommended her to him. This, however, was evidently inconvenient. She made some evasive excuses and left the house. Tl.e Rev. Gen tleman in his note describes the prisoner to be one of the most a •tful imlo,tors he had ever met with, and most likely to suc c,ed on account of the details which she could give to her stories. The first case of felony taken against her was that of a Mrs. Farthing, in Ashley -crescent, City-road, and, from the evidence adduced, it appeared that the prisoner had entered her service as servant of all-work•on the 14th of April last. She then represented that she had just come from Bath, where she had lived with a lady named Salisbury for nearly tour years, and gave her own name as Lucy Spencer. Witness wrote to Bath to Mrs. Salisbury for her character, and, singular to say, she received an answer by return of post, giving the prisoner the highest character; but this letter, witness was now con vinced was in the prisoner's own handwriting. After nine days witness discharged the prisoner, finding her neither able nor willing to do her work, and a great deal too romantic in her manners and expressions. After she was gone witness missed a great variety of property, and that now prolut el by English, the officer, was part of it. English, one of the summoning officers of the Court, de posed that the prisoner was placed under his care until proper inquiries were made about her. She told him her name was Salisbury, and that she was the daughter of a Dissenting Mi nister at Bath—that her father had a country house at Bath, and had a farm also, which she superintended. She said no thing whatever of having been in service at Bath ; and on searching her box at her lodgings he found the property iden tified by the last witness, and some duplicates relating to other property. This completed the first charge. The second charge was that of Miss Mary Bartrara, assistant to Mrs. Ford, a dressmaker in the Blackfriars-road, who de. posed that on the 12:h of May last the prisoner entered the service of Mrs. Ford, when she gave the name of Lucy Spen cer, and, after eight days, had been discharged. A day or two after she was gone witness lost a cloak, and other articles had been missed, of the stealing of which the prisoner had been suspected. A lace shawl had been missing, and for some considerable time the workpeeple in the house had laboured under the most unpleasant suspicions, as the property had dis appeared in a very misterious manner ; but the mystery was now cleared up, as the shawl was found in the prisoner's box, with several other articles. Witness further stated, that she had frequently heard the prisoner talk of having a sweetheart in Bath, who had died three years ago, and say she should never have another. The witness further identified the cloak produced by a pawn broker as hers ; and English, the officer, deposed to having found the duplicate relating to the cloak, which was pledged for 65., in the box of the prisoner. This completed the second charge. The third charge was that of stealingthree shawls, a piece of silk of twelve yards, five yards of cloth, a white petticoat, and other articles, the property of Mary Ann Clark. In this case it appeared the prisoner went to lodge in the same house with the prosecutrix in Fell-street, Wood-street, Cheapside, on the 10th of May last, and only stayed there two days, and when she was gone the property was missing. A shopman to Mr. Demster, a pawnbroker in Blackfriars road, produced the property, which had been pledged on the 12th of May, in the same name and by a person giving the same address as the person who pledged the cloak. The prisoner, who, in a low tone of voice pleaded guilty to the whole of the charges, was fully committed for trial on each, and was then removed from the bar. TIIAMES POLICE. The whole day at this Court was consumed in hearing a series of cases the evidence to which is utterly unfit for publication, so unparalleled was the revolting infamy it disclosed. In one of the police-sheets from the Denmark-street station-house, St. George's-in-the-East, H division, were charges by which Jacob Gill, 38 years of age, a tailor, residing at No. 6, William street, Gloucester-street, St. George's-in-the-East, and Hart ley Archer, both professing to belong to the Society of Friends or Quakers, and also to have taken the teetotal pledge ; Thomas Young, a journeyman brewer; and two Jew boys, named Henry and John Hart, cigar makers, who are cousins, and each about 16 years old, the former residing at No. 3, New-street, Mite-end Old -town, and the latter at 16, King-street, St. George's-in-the-East, were accused of an abominable crime. On the previous day Edward Hyatt, a tailor, but at present carrying on business as a baker, at 74, Long-alley, Worship street, made a communication to Inspector Donegan, who in stantly sent Sergeant O'Brien, 5 H, to make the necessary in quiries, and the result of an active investigation was, that the whole of the prisoners were in custody on the above charge be fore ten o'clock the same night. Mr. Pelham defended the two Quakers, Gill and Archer ; Mr. Lewis appeared for the Jew lads, and Young was undefended. It appeared that the boy Hyatt went on trial to Gill as an assistant in the tailoring business, on Thursday last, and from his account of the proceed ings these suspicions were excited against Gill. The evidence of this boy, who fainted away several times whilst giving his testimony, was absolutely hideous. The evidence against Hart ley Archer was equally conclusive. At the instance of Mr. Lewis, the case of the two Jew lads Hart, was taken first, and they were acquitted and discharged. Young was locked up in default of bail for the misdemeanour, and, on committing the prisoners Gill and Archer oa the ca pital charge, Mr. BRODER'? said charges of so shocking a nature were very easily made, and, at the same time, very difficult to be disproved. The evidence in the present case de pended on the testimony of a lad, who gave it under ap parently great mental suffering, as was obvious to all pre sent, and yet he cent through the horrible details, which it was his (the worthy magistrate's) most painful duty to, hear, with great clearness and precision. It would be for a jury to say what credit they would attach to the lad's evi dence; but, whatever might be the result, he could only say that the disgusting details of abominable profligacy, exposed in the odious narrative which had occupied the Court during that day, exceeded in its revolting grossness all that cams, under his observation during the twenty years in which he had sat upon the bench. Gill be would commit as principal on one charge, and accessory to another. Archer should be also com mitted as a principal, and it would be the province of a jury tea say whether they were or were not guilty of the crimes alleged against them. SWEDEN. We give from the Stockholm journals 4he f o llowin g spee c h of the King of Sweden o n c l osing t h e r " Gentlemen, when y ou arr i ve d e ' „ t j his ie t . 17:0 7 1et I greeted yen with an entire confidence i y our patr iotic intentions and your attachment to me and fr u sentiments, the cordiality 'bf. whi ch tude, that I to-day b;'' fami l y. It is with the same ch has been increased by gra private occupations you farewell, restoring you to your have to the duties of wh ich for so long a time given way - the public good. Several resolutions of supe riorhave 17. importance have been adopted during the time that we ooured together for the glory and happiness of our be -I°-wed country. If your conscientious deliberations have not always succeeded in conciliating opposing opinions, we ought not to lose sight of the fact, that rarely has an assembly of possessing so stron g an the States, restricted to the same duration of time, embraced influencequestiens o s n o a g i r l a t v h e e i n relations themselves , social a d right. The compli ca t e d affairs that you have had to examine scarcely allowed a com plete solution to be given to all; but what the present has re fused us, will, with the aid of the Almighty, be soon effected in the future. Whilst each of you is going to fulfil in your pri vate circle the duties which Providence has confided to you, I shall devote all my solicitude to the ameliorations which our social condition may demand, in the firm conviction, that when I shall convoke you again you will continue on your side to proceed in the path leading to the public good, and which, in order to be the means of producing a calm and en lightened improvement, ought also to be marked by union and m utual confidence. The q uest ion of a modification of the re presentative system has gi v en birth to serious discussions. l'he the im difficulty rtane e and gravity of the matter expla i n satisfac torily of conciliating opinions divided, not as to the necessity, but as to the nature of the change. 111 order to resolve, in the interest of the country, this grand problem, it becomes necessary to make reciprocal concessions. The States-General, I am persuaded, will be able to discover, in the patriotism with which they are animated, the means of satisfying the wishes of the nation in this respect. In the course of the session 1 presented you with a Bill for a new penal code, and another relative to prisons. Although you have not had time to complete a profound examination of these matters in detail, you have, however, adopted principles of a penal system, uni ting to the severity which public safety demands the consideration which the elevated precepts of religion and humanity call for in favour of the dignity of man. You have by this decision laid the basis of the ulterior labour which you will have to discuss at your next coming together, and on which I shall then present to you a new proposition. In placing before you the budget of receipts and expenses, r thought it my duty, Gentlemen, to call your attention to the necessity of employing the means that could be disposed of in grants for public instruction, science, and the fine arts, for regularising our system of defence, and executing public works to further agriculture and manufactures. Your deci sions prove in a satisfactory manner how you have appreciated. the constant object of my solicitude—the glory and pros perity of my country. 1 have been informed of your delibe rations to guarantee the solidity of the national bank, and the maintenance of the value of the monetary tokens of the kingdom. I shall follow with all the attention that the gravity of the subject merits the result s o f y our measures in this progressivere spect. e se ieptoytion improvement effe thesee t reductionthe unforseen interior, in enabled resources The successive augment a ti on o f t h e i ndirect revenues of the State, testifying a n ex t ens i on i n the commercial move mente perso p e rsonal al afi t d t h a e x a e spn By present t employing in favour of primary instruction, you have again proved your zeal for all that can contribute to the progress of enlightenment and morality. At the opening of this session, I informed you, gentlemen, of the resolution which I had come to, in concert o ith a neighbouring monarch and ally, not to pay any longer the annual tribute which for upwards of a century the king doms at present united had given for the protection of their commerce and their navigation, to one of the states on the northern coast of Africa. Negotiations entered in for this object, and which have found a powerful support in the friendly mediation of England and France, have just been crowned with success. An arrangement with the Emperor of Morocco con cluded on the sth of last April, by plenipotentiaries recipro cally appointed for the purpose, has established, from the date of the convention being signed, the abolition of that annuity. In virtue of paragraph 109 of the Constitution, I declare your present session closed. In imploring the Divine goodness to renew to you, Gentlemen, the assurance of my royal be nevolence. pour over our country his heavenly blessing, DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR J. BATANT, C.B.—We have to announce the demise of the above gallant officer, a director of the East India Company. He entered the mi!itarr service of the East Ind ia Com p a y , on the Ben gal esta blishment, 1798, became a Captain in 1812, and, subsequently, attained the rank of Colonel, and possessed in India the local rank of Major-General, received the honour of Knighthood by patent, and was elected an East India Director in Feb., 1841. , the, eat, 0 1 ' Or Ite % roil.