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NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Immediately, in 3 vols., post Svo., V E D E E. L A An Historical Romance. By A. TROLLOPE, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street NOTICE! NEW WORK BY JOHN EVELYN, AUTHOR OF " SYLVA," kc. Mr. COLBURN begs to announce that he will shortly publish A NEW WORK by the celebrated JOHN EVELYN, entitled, TIIE HISTORY OF RELIGION: _ _ Including a condensed Statement and Investigation of Its Natural and Scriptural Evidences. Now First Published, by permission of W. J. EVELYN, Esq., 11. P., from the Original MS. in the Library at Wotton. Edited with Notes by the Rev. R. X. EVANSON, BA., Rector of Lansay, Mon mouthshire. 2 vols., post Bvo., 215., bound. The Author was led to undertake this important work by the re vo utionary changes amidst which he passed his youth, and by the startling manifestations of infidelity, fanaticism, and conflicting opinions that surrounded him in later life—seeking by a thorough examination to satisfy himself on the various questions in dispute. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the preparations required for the produc tion of the New grand Opera La Tempesta, the next grand Classical, Dramatic, Musical Entertainment will not take place at her Males ty's Theatre until FRIDAY MORNING, June 21, on which occasion M. BENEDICT will give his grand ANNUAL MORNING CON CERT, supported by a varied combination of talent, including all the immense resources of the establishment, vocal and instrumental. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• LA TIIMPESTA. The nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the public are respectfully Informed that on SATURDAY EVENING, June 8, will be presented, for the first time, an entirely new grand Opera by Ha levy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on " The Tempest" of Shakapeare, and com posed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, entitled TEMPESTA. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall ; the Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni ; the Costumes by Mr. Combes and Miss Bradley, under the superintendence of Mme. Copere ; the Machinery by Mr. D. Sloman ; the Appointments by Mr. E. Bradwell. Dramatis Personm—Alfonso (King of Naples), Sig. Lorenzo; l`rospero (Duke of Milan), Sig. Coletti ; Antonio (his brother, the Usurper), Signor F. Lablache ; Ferdinand (Prince of Naples), Signor Baucarde ; Trinculo, Signor Ferrari ; Stephano, Mdlle. Parodi ; Sy corax, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of the Air, hiss Catherine Hayes; Ariel, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Caliban, Signor Lablache ; and Miranda, Madame Sontag. Courtiers, Soldiers, Mariners, Elves, Sprites of the Air and of the Deep, Ito. To conclude with a DIVEETISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglioni will appear. - - Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. IJEI MAJESTY'S THEATRE It is respectfully announced that, in consequence of the great pre , parations necessary, the Opera of La Tempesta cannot be produced until Saturday next. TIIIS EVENING, Will be presented Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LANIMERMOOR. Lucia, Miss Catharine Hayes; Enrico, Signor Belletti ; Bidtebe laent, signor P. Fablaehe ; Edgard°, Mr. Sims Reeves. Between the acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Amalin Ferraris will appear. To conclude, with. the highly successful new grand Pas de Trois by M. Paul ragli.pni,.etled • LEScilacts. seTtrillardsy'lid, ifdlie. egrlotia Grist.' WhaltarMdlle. Amalie Ferrarts. fik:gl.44 31411e-Marie Tag.haul. application'; for Isoxes, Stalls, and 119kete, o ,to be made at the Box-office of the 'llleafte: ROYAL ITALIAN OPETIA, COVENr-GARDEN. THIS lii'VXS-010 • Will be presented Mozart's Opera, eptltled ' • 1051 - G tOVA NNI. ' Derma Ant a, Orie f*Ehitra; . "Mtille.'Ver2t ; Zerlina, lime. Castellan ; Leportilo, Hear Formes:: Don Giotinnl,'Sig: Tambrtrini ; Masetto, Sig,P9hinini,,,,ll t commeeclatoro, Slgt. Tsgliatico ; and, Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. The Opera will be,supPefted by Triple Orchestra_ _and ,Double Ct. orus. ' ' ' - Composer, Director of the Muck. and Conthictor, M. Costa. The performances will.commenoe at Eight o'clock. Tickets for the,Boxes, Stalls,or the Pit, may be had at the Box office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten to Five, FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, • TO-MORROW EVENING, the Entertainments will commence at Eight o'cloek precisely, with LE LUNE DE MIEL. After which M. Alfred do Musset's Proverbe, IL FAUT QUI/NE PORTE SOIT OUVERTE 011 FERNEE. Le Comte, M. Lafonte ; La Marquise, Mdlle. Natbalie. To conclude with the amusing Comedy of LES DEUX MENAGES, En Trois Actes, par MM. Picard, Wafftard, et Fulgences. Bourdeuil, M. Regnicr ; Madame Bourdeuil, Madlie. N'athalie. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 3i, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompto R. T Ills I.: ENINt,, Will be presented an entirely new and original C omedy, by Deuglas Jerrold, entitled THE CATSPAW. Captain Burgonet, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Snowball, Mr. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoose, Mr. James Wallack ; Audley, Mr. Charles Selby; Appleface, Mr. Buckstone ; Dust, Mr. Tilbury; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Duggens, Mr. Ellis ; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs. Peachdown's Servant, Mr. Coe; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds ; Cassandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Rosemary, Mrs. Keeley.. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gullb Irt, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wombs, Mr. Buck- Etone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. FitzwElliam ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TiIEATP.E ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be reproduced the celebrated Drama of THE WEPT OP TIIE WISII-TON-WISH. Principal characters by Messrs. Ilughes, Cul lenford, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolg•ar. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMER A_LDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN TUE GREEN ; or, hints on Etiquette. ROYAL LYCEUM' THEATRE Last Two Nights of the Season. THIS EVENING Will be performed:A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by an entirely new and original antici pation of what may possibly occur one of these days, entitled NOVELTY FAIR; or, Hints for 1851. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Binge, Bellingham, Cooke, and Charles ; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Eardley, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. Matthews and F. Cooke; Miss Oliver, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Honner. All applications for Private Boxes must be m ade to Mr. Alicrott '5, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street. is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Enormous success of the Holiday attractions. The Grand Military Spectacle of the Affghanistan War. Brilliant D.splay of Equestrian Wonders in the Scenes in the Arena, by the first Artistes in Europe. _____ THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at seven o'clock, with the Immensely successful grand National Military Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle (in three ncts) entitled THE AFFGRANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul and British Triumphs in India. Produced with every possible care to all its original and magnificent effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of tha estab .. lishment. A Brass Band engaged expressly for the occasion, and a hors of Auxiliaries. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirqne Olympique, introducing La Petite Jeannette, the Infant Prodigy, and therlilgtinative steed Hare Bell, in a pecu liarly Novel Act of Menage, aria Madlle. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. To conclude with a laughable Farce. Box-ollice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Crider the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. Third week of Mons. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramie Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon arad his Army : the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by- Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not interior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents from the Queen. The Musical Department will he conducted by Mona. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military - Band in the Kingdom ! ! Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent A rt i stes in the profession. The follow-Mo.' list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the ' Public, that th e Establishment will' Inn s-acknowledged a 9 , nowleeged excellence of the Band of this will be most extensiv fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music other varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and coin r countries. Solo-Players Lazarus, Prosperre, —.Messrs. Kcenig, and Winterbotliarn. et, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, Durinz the evening a grand Tableau illustrating the celebrated Picture by David, of Colossal, Scenic, Pyrotechnic iuoim par t e Crossing the Alps! Showing general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small n e o m ut w itain lake in the foreground to by the stupendous Mount the distant snow-clad mountains i , Portion of the French St. Bernard and Its far-famed Monastenredy. drams beat to arms, Army is first seen " en bivouac," presentlY and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, Music, the Troops riptndl i e n u g i the Artillery in Commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are seon dra ' -g• ghts, and Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Pe t r 1 versing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difticultieasraireei and the Gallant Artily is seen pursuing its course to overcome, se to the Fertile Plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Soutliby, introducing, amo n gs t vari o u s novelties, the most admired feux d'artifice of former seasons, jets d'eau, water roc k ets, revolving pieces, A magnifi ce nt Transparency fifty feet in h e i ght, painted by Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a corruscation of various coloured fires. file complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. Th extensive g ven as fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King e -street, Cot garden. Admission, Is. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, JUNE 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 5 5—lowest this morning and during the night. 62 this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 291.1. WINu W.S.W.—fresh breeze and cloudy, with slight showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taxa Day —Morning 27 min. after 10 I Evening 56 min. after 10 To-Motu:ow— Morning 26 min. after 11 Eveni ng 0 m in. after 0 r-, , ') i 7 -4 \ -, . 4. ' 4 L: -....... lenvaa *nu LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1850. --..----- -; Little have the representatives of some of the larger manufacturing g'lties .of England and Scotland re flected upon , the iconsequenc'es which must inevitably have resulted , tii:,thepOlie, fi t ,d Avrtalour4 90..iwidenee. there been any possibiliti of pro posal with the of Lord ASHLEY regarding Sunday desecration being resolved suddenly it4o.4',..kokrje.LeAlactment. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1850. Supposing such to have been the case, the result would have been very soon manifested. The mer cantile constituents of these pseudo-Liberals would have discovered with dismay and indignation that the channels hitherto open almost un interruptedly for commercial correspondence were stopped up abruptly and permanently through their unjustifiable submission to Pharisaical humbug and tyrannical superstition. Instead of receiving their letters as usual on the Monday morning, the business men of Manchester, or Liverpool, or Glas gow, or Edinburgh, would find themselves left en tirely without the information requisite for Ow con duct of their mercantile transactions until late on Monday evening, or possibly in some instances until Tuesday morning. The present delay of twenty-four hours arising between the deli veries of Saturday and Monday would, conse quently, be increased to thirty-six or even forty-eight hours. The injury inflicted by such super fluous delays it is scarcely possible in a mere hypo thesis to estimate. Very speedily, at least, those injuries would have become so perceptible that the Members already referred to would not have remained much longer in ignorance of the indignation of their various constituencies. That indignation would have thundered upon them audibly enough, and the next elections must have witnessed the only adequate ex piation of their short-comings. Already we have held up the conduct of the so called Liberal representatives who voted the other evening with Lord ASHLEY and his colleagues, we have held up their conduct, we say, to the recollection of their constituents. We observe that a similar course has been pursued by our contemporary the Scotsman, in reference to the Scotch Liberals whose names appear in the same division list. The recollection of the course pursued on that occasion by these representa tives will not very speedily be forgotten. As indi cating the readiness of these men to succumb to the yoke of hypocrisy, the motion made by the Noble Lord the Member for Bath has not been altogether useless. It has revealed before the decisive struggle has commenced between cant and common sense those persons who may be regarded with confidence, and those who are to be viewed with suspicion. Ia this particular, at any rate, we repeat, the discussion of the other evening, and the subsequent division, have to a certain extent proved advantageous. The impertinent daring latterly displayed by the Sab batarians is fast impelling them to attempt a wholesale destruction of the few comforts and conveniences still secured to our industrious and hardworking popula tion on Sundays. They are trying to close the post offices, to stop the mail trains, to prevent the vending of such articles of consumption as tea, and coffee, and sugar, and butter—they will soon, if not stopped in their aggressive movement, interfere yet more irrita tingly with the domestic affairs and public require ments of the population. Their proceedings, indeed, are rapidly getting beyond all bounds. Hitherto the community has displayed a great deal too much long suffering towards them and their sanctimonious ma chinations. As matters are now turning out, forbearance in regard to them is becoming absolutely culpable. We feel this so strongly that, for our own part, we set their miserable schemes henceforth at naught. We put them—the whole ruck of them—at defiance ; and are fain to express that defiance in the sarcastic and scornful language of Lord BYRON— " liaise not your scythes, suppressors of our vice, Reforming saints too delicately nice; By whose decrees, our sinful souls to save, No Sunday tankards foam, no barbers shave, And beer undrawn, and beards unmown, display Your holy reverence for the Sabbath day!" Those words of the noble satirist are not less appro priate as expressions of our disgust at their sanctis monious affectation, than they are useful in reminding us that the Sabbatarian movement is of old date : an indecorous agitation that ought long since to have been dead and buried with other matters of obsolete character. It suggests, moreover, the question whether it may not be just as well to put a stop at length and for ever to a course of proceeding which is only calculated to breed evil passions in re gard to a divine institution, and to render unpopular a day that should be looked forward to with peculiar reverence and satisfaction. The saints have had their fling long enough. Now comes the turn of the sinners. And proud are we to be numbered amongst the ranks of the sinners, if by sinning is meant a contempt for the sanctimonious projects of my Lord ASHLEY and his associates. Sinners we must be called, and sinners we are glad to be considered, if by sinners are meant those who do not regard common sense as incompatible with Christianity. As such sinners, opposed to such saints as the Sabbatarians, we draw the sword of opposition for once and for all, and fling away for now and for ever the scabbard of indifference. It is indeed fortunate for the community in general, more especially for the members of the Established Church, that the Bishop of LONDON'S Bill for the abolition of the Royal supremacy, and the establish ment of a spiritual despotism, has been so decisively rejected by the House of Lords. If the "Ecclesias tical Courts Bill," as it was termed, had unhappily received the Legislative sanction, it is impossible to foresee the extent of mischief that would arise. Polemical dissensions and disputes would pre vail throughout the length and breadth of the land. Minor points of doctrine, which are now wisely permitted to remain "open questions," would be argued with the utmost rancour. No al ternative would remain for the dissentients but to abandon the Church, of which they could no longer be considered members if they ventured to differ from the judgment of th e i n f a llibl e ma j or i ty. N ay , t h e minority itself—perhaps thirteen of the most learned, most respected, and most amiable of the Right Reverend Prelates--might be compelled to adopt a similar course, and to secede from the Establishment of which they were the brightest and most con spicuous ornaments. We shall not presume to anticipate the probable consequences, if even the SOVEREIGN should hold with the minority of the Right Reverend Bench, and be duly pronounced as a " heretic and schismatic" by the new tribunal, which then, indeed, would be invested with absolute authority. But it is not merely the Royal prerogative that would have been invaded. The very Articles of the Church itself would have been set at nought. " The QUEEN'S Majesty would no longer have the chief power in this realm of England," at least in "matters eccle• siastical." " General councils might be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes ;" and they would be invested with absolute "infallibility," and their decisions would be conclu sive and binding for all purposes, although we are told in the 21st Article that, " forasmuch as they be an assembly of men whereof all be not governed with the spirit and word of Gon, they may err, and some times have erred even in things pertaining unto G . OD." The appointment of a new bishop might whatorde windr would be practically a new reforma otabciry.ocinase:;a:inrnndy, the Church itself would be swayed about ofta gratify doctrine. ev these mischievous sevils activity would o f a Right Rev. Prelate , and to put . a stringent . interpre tation,wass th t e he M w a i r s qulsof LANs on matters in which, a DOWSE justly stated, a certain bn e intention pn degreeai: ce t e of f the founders of the Chu " r i c t h to leave attempt, of latitude." Such a n as the same conducing to peace and quietness, pavt'ouldi • ment to dissension. There would be, Noble Lord asserted in his admirable and convincing speech, " an e ndless consideration an d reconsidera tion of doctrines, which, if raised, would be decided once for all—decided by an impartial tribunal —that w as to say, , by a tribunal with no pre conceived weighopinions—learned evidence, and thus best w accus tomed in the la pre pared, when calle d u p on by their SOVEREIGN to inform her what ought to be the doctrine, what was the fact, and what the law." lVe have at pre sent such a tribunal. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are clothed with the authorit y of the SOVEREIGN to decide on all que stion.; affecting the Royal prerogative, and on other subjects of deep im portance to the country. It consists of men learned y in th e law, accustomed to weigh evi dence, and as impartial a s an earthly court could p ossibl y be. Th ese eminent persons are s worn to administer justice according to their consciences, but it .was sought to m a k e th em th e m e re registers of the opinions of another body ; whatever might be the views they honestly entertained, they were to pro nounce their judgment in accordance with the deci sion of a bare majority of the Bishops, which would " be binding and conclusive for the purposes of the appeal." It is vain to suppose that the measure was not in tended as a grave and heavy censure on the deci sion which the Judicial Committee pronounced in the recent appeal of GORHAM v. the Bishop of EXETER. The immediate withdrawal of the authority with which they had previously been en trusted in a certain class of cases, and the substitution of a new tribunal, especially constituted for the occa sion, would be a distinct declaration by the Legisla ture that they were dissatisfied with the course pursued in that case, which, unfortunately, attracted so large a share of public attention, and which had produced an almost "distempered" state of mind in many conscientious men. It, undoubtedly, gave general satisfaction to all but the alders and abbettors of the Bishop of EXETER in his attempt to establish a sacerdotal, or rather a prelatical autocracy. He has shown how earnestly his mind is bent upon maintaining his ori ginal crotchet. The Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas have been in turn, and we rejoice to say, fruitlessly appealed to. Another application Ito the Court :of Exchequer :is pending, and the judgment of the Council has not even yet been obeyed. We trust, however, for the sake of the Church itself, that after the unequivocal majority against the Bill on Monday evening, no further effort will be made to disturb Parliament or the country, but that men's minds will be suffered to relapse into that state of quietude and tranquillity that is so essential to the interests of true religion and to the welfare and happiness of the country. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The proposition of M. POULD, to increase the al lowance of the PRESIDENT, was received with shouts of derisive laughter by the Republicans and by the Legitimatists. The following is the document which he read from the tribune : " Gentlemen, when the Constituent Assembly, by the Bill of March 12, 1849, voted a provisional sum of 600,000 f. to the executive power for frail; de representa tion, it was well understood that if afterwards that allowance was insufficient, the Legislative Assembly would have the faculty to raise it to the level of the necessities imposed on the first magistrate of the state by the constitution, and by the habits of the country. — (Noise on the Left.) " The experience of more than a year has demon strated this insufficiency in the most absolute manner, and, it being our duty to inform you of the same, we uow come forward without hesitation to fulfil that duty. " The expose des motifs of our constitutional compact has defined the position, the dignity, and the attributes of the President of the Republic, in terms which it is ossential to place before you:— " The Constitution, it is there declared, confers on him all the attributes which appertain to the head of the State; it is in him that is personified the action of France; he knows, he promulgates, and he ezecutes the wishes of the Republic. _ _ " If the Assembly is the soul of the Republic, he is its arm; he represents it abroad, he disposes of its forces, he gives an impetus to the Administration, and directs it, and he is the protector of order, the defender of so ciety, the first magistrate of a powerful and free people, he superior agent of a detnecracy. He ought, conse quently, to have at the same time the dignity and the force of the acting law. "It is that which we have desired in according to that power all the rights which the Constitution at taches to his eminent position. We assign to him supreme rack and authority; and his will ought not to encounter any resistauce, for he commands in the name of the law. All the movement of the home and foreign affairs of the State depends on him, ascends to him; and, in consequence, we de sire that he be placed by the Republic in the condition of honour and prerogative 'which is fitting for him who represents France with other nations. And if the salary which we have appropriated to these functions has ap peared to us too circumscribed, the reason, in our opinion, is, that the national treasury ought to provide for all expenses of representation, the amount of which will certainly exceed what we have fixed for his person. " It was so, gentlemen, that the Committee on the Constitution expressed itself. The anticipation which it expressed i❑ these last lines was founded on a judicious appreciation of the charges which were sure to weigh on functions so highly placed. It, in fact, belongs to the dignity of the Republic to give the means of properly supporting the rank which he occupies to this first magistrate, representing us, as ho does, with other nations, who is placed by his duties in constant rela tions with foreign ambassadors in France, with all the constituted bodies of the state, and who is obliged to move about constantly, if he desires to study the wishes and wants of the country. " We may add, gentlemen, that political revolutions, which may change i❑ a day the farm of a government, do not modify with the same facility, and the same promptitude, the habits of au ancient nation, where cer tain habits have taken deep root. " In our country the chief of the state has okays been considered as a second Providence (loud bursts of laughter on the Left) constantly disposed to encourage the arts, to recompense meritorious actions, and to suc cour the unfortunate. " Now, as formerly, you are convinced, gentlemen, that numerous sufferers deserving of interest raise from all points of France their supplications towards the su perior chief of the Government, who, in the eyes of the unfortunate, should personify the beneficent action of the country. " Ought his hands to remain absolutely closed ? Would it be for the dignity and the interest of the Republic to reduce its representative to an inability of doing good? Would an economy, attended with such a deplorable re sult, be a wise one? " We do not consider it necessary to insist on this point to prove to the Assembly that the credit inscribed In the budget is brought within too narrow limits to allow the President to fulfil with dignity the obligations attached to his position. "It is a question of propriety, of personal apprecia tion, which cannot be discussed by details, which each one must judge cf according to his own feeling of dig nity, and according to the opinion which he forms of the duties of the President of the French Republic. "It is in appealing to this sentiment, gentlemen, that we propose to you to carry up the allowance of the Executive Government to the sum of 250,000 f. a mouth. It is well understood that by means of this grant the creiit appropriated to the expense of the Elysee Is ill disappear from the Budget of Public Works. " Our proposition, gentleman, does not contain any idea of innovation. The only question is to continue what has been done for the last eighteen months within proper limits, and to impose on the state charges for public utility, to which it would be neither just, nor con stitutional, nor possible to continue any longer the cha racter of personal sacrifices. Such, gentlemen, is the object of the Bill which we have the honour to present to you. ,, The Republican journals, without exception, pro test against this attempt to raise the salary of the PRESIDENT to 10,000 francs per day, and even the Orleanists, having secured the reluctant con sent of the PRESIDENT to the Electoral Bill, now refuse to perform their part of the con tract by supporting it. Thus speaks the Ordre, the organ of the , niers and Odilon Barrot party :—" The consequences of this proposition," says the Ordre, "will not be of such a kind as to enable the PRESIDENT of the Republic to congra tulate himself upon them. Although the evil done is already almost irreparable, the best course to adopt would be, even now, to withdraw the Bill, and rely on the generosity and gratitude of the nation. Such advice will not, we feel convinced, be followed, but the debate shall not have reached its conclusion before the Ministry and PRESIDENT will have discovered that they cannot congratulate them selves on the result. How has it happened, that there was not a single friend by the side of the nephew of NAPOLEON to warn him, that of all undertakings this is the least elevated and the most compromising ?" The Legitimatists are opposed to the measure, and threaten to join the Republicans, so that there is every probability of the rejection of the proposition. Count MOLE is suffering from severe illness. He was seized in the kssembly, and was obliged to be at once conducted to his residence. General GOURGAUD having taken upon himself to reproach M. CLARY, the cousin of the PRESIDENT, and the Colonel of the Ist Legion of National Guards, with having voted against the Electoral Law, that gentleman has resigned his command. Orders have been received at Brest countermand ing the levy of seamen which had been ordered. PARIS BovitsE, JUNE s.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 93f. 90c. ; Three per Cents., 58f. 30c. ; Bank Actions, 2,262 f. 50c. LIUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JUNK 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 A—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13N—Dutch Rhenish, 2 3 / 4 —Northern of France, 14—Paris and Orleans, 30 1 / 2 Paris and Rouen, 22—Paris and Strasbotug, 6%—Rouen and Havre, 9. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have arrived. The Gtzreta of the day preceding contained the following decree : " Having present what has been established by my august predecessors and the ancient custom of Spain, respecting the category which the princes, immediate successors to the Crown, ought to enjoy, I hereby de cree, in conformity with the proposal of the Council of Ministers:—' Single article —The immediate successors to the Crown, according to the Constitution of the Monarchy, without distinction of males or females, shall continue to be denominated Princes of Asturias, with the honours and prerogatives which are consoquent on so high a dignity.' " Given at the Palace, May 26, 1850. 4i Is signed by the Royal hand. " Countersigned, Duke of Valencia, President of the Council of Ministers." GERMANY. The Weser Zeitung publishes a letter from Berlin of the Ist June, which says M. VON INIANTEtirrEL, Aide-de-Camp of his MAJESTY, and cousin of the Minister who accompanied the Prince of PRUSSIA, delivered to the CZAR at Warsaw an autograph letter of the King of Paussta, declaring that Prussia will never consent to the re-establishment of the ancient Germanic diet, and that the policy of the Prince of SCIIWAATZENBURG is the cause of the obstacles to an agreement between the Governments. The Czatt is invited by this letter to use his influence to effect a change in the policy of Austria. In Prussia the preparations for war still continue. The greate2t activity reigns throughout all the war departments, and horses are bought wherever they can be procured. The expense of these preparations is so great that it is thought there must be some serious thoughts of war, while, on the other hand, it is stated that the Government is assuming a strong at titude in order to command respect and thereby main tain peace. The Leipsic Gazette, in speaking of the sudden dis solution of the Chambers of Saxony, says, that the address which the Committee on German affairs proposed to present to the KING contributed to the dissolution. This address stated that it was impos sible to establish the German Diet, seeing that it was dissolved on the 12th of July, 1848, and prayed that his MAJESTY would give his Plenipotentiary at Frankfort instructions to withhold the assent of the Saxon Government to any acts tending to re-invest the Diet with its former powers, and th a t if, not withstanding, the majority of the Plenipotentiaries should vote for its re-establishment, Saxony should protest, and withdraw from its deliberations • and further, that no constitution est a bli s hi ng a Central Power for all Germany should be voted, but under the reserve of being ratified by the Saxon Chambers. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7.000 bales, of which 500 American were taken on speculation. Prices v,ere slightly in favour of buyers.—ln Railway Shares a moderate business was done at about previous quotations. _ Upon the state of the metal trade we have the follow ing information from a respectable broker, Mr. William Short :—" In Welsh bar iron a considerable business was done in the early part of the month, but without any advance in the price, which I quote unaltered. Staffordshire hoops, sheets, and nail rods have been in moderate request at quoted prices. A strike has occurred among the colliers in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, and a large number of iron furnaces have been put out of blast : consequent on this Scotch pigs have commanded better prices, and a considerable business has been recently done at prices up to 465. cash fur mixed numbers, but I today quote it 455. 6d. Swedish iron on the spot is scarce, and has been sold at equal to 121. 2s. 6d. per ton. To arrive business has been done at 121. per ton. Higher prices are demanded, and no iron is being shipped from Sweden for this country unless previously sold. Swedish steel is without variation. English sheathing copper was on the 3d ult. reduced id. per lb., and cake and tile 41, los. per ton. At previous rates the demand was limited. A large quantity of spelter was thrown on the market, and taken at 141. 15s. to 15/. The stock now in London is 3,845 tons, against 2,300 tons at this period last year." We have betore us the official trade and navigation returns for the mouth, and four months ending the sth ultimo. The chief articles of import show as follows: Month. 4 Months. Coffee 1849 Silk, raw 1849 Brandy 1850 _ _ _ _ i 1849 i Sugar, raw 1850 1849 ! Tea ....... ....1850 11,728,502 lbs 27,904,234 1849 1 Tobacco ma- 1850 1,199,9331bs 4,247,039 nufactured S 1849 Wine 1849 The exports are us follows: 565,293g - 1s 1,640,241 1850 1849 Month £5,412,846 £4,014,614 Four months The list of exports shows an increase for the month in linen fabrics, metals, glass, leather, cotton manufac tures, silks and woollens. The tonnage returns exhibit an increase both inwards and outwards in the foreign trade. Frankfort accounts of the 3d instant give the price of Austrian Metallic's as high as 83. At Amsterdam on the 4th instant Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were firmer at 561. There is much less business doing in Public Securi ties, either real or speculative. Consols bring 96- for Transfer, and 96i to 97 for Account. This is t to per eent. under yesterday's values. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. havo been 97i 11, and the Three per Cents. 95i 4. Bank Stock is worth 2081; Exchequer-bills are 71s. ; and India Bonds 80s. to 85s. premium. The former are renewed to-day. The French Funds were rather lower ; but this is a mere ordinary reaction after a rise. The Foreign Securities are likewise duller. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 37k; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 334 to 34/. Mexican Bonds are 314 Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. have been quoted 56i to 57,i. Railway Shares are rather weaker. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 96i Ditto Account 96 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. .... 208 % 208% 3 e; Cent. Reduced Arms 3 par Cent. Consols Annuities— ..... 96 N R :li 96% isi , w 3!,ii per Cent. Anna.— ............ 97 1 /. 2 % 97% In iiu liondn, 1,0001 Ditto under I,oool .......... C msois for Account 96 % 3 /4 96% Exdiequer Bills. I%u. & 2d 1,0001. June 7l p 71 p Small. June — 66 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ...... ..... 98 9914 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent lB 18 11ezican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto, Account 3 1 % 3 /4 31% Peruvian Bonds, 4 1 / 2 per Cent — Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 34 34 Ditto, . 4 per Cent. tussian Bonds ..... Ditto, 414 per Cent Ditto Scrip' ... — 3 p 1 ',Spanish 5 par C,nt. 1840 — Ditto. Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4 1 ,4 per Cent. inacu 2 (~ per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 5674 57 , 4, 57 1 ,s Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 86% 86 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLONING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE , . A uerdeen 1 -, Caledonian Do. New 10/. Pref..— 10 Eastern Counties... Do., New Pr€f.rence, 6 per Cent.. Ditto,Extonsion, per Cent., No.l 6/. 13s. 4d.... 1 p 1 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p.. % p Do. North. Sc Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Great Northern Do., % A Deferred Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%. 10%%.........„ lO% Great South. and West. (Ireland) ... 5O ...... . -NI Ditto, Eighths l l4 l l4 l% Great Western 100 5B 57% 58%x.n 581axn. Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... 7 x n 7% xn. Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ...... 40%.. 4O 1)0. Fifths.... ...... ..... 10 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... London, Brighton, and South Coast... .....100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent ...100 .139 ... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 .. •••••• 57% Loudon and N Western 100 .....a07% 108 ........ 10814 Ditto, New Quarters 12 Ditto,Fittas. Do. 101. GIL & B.) C. 1 ..... 1% ......... .. ... 1% Manchestor,Buxton.and _ Matlock A !,i 1 Midland ... ...............100 ...... 361,4 87 Do., 50/. Shares ..... 30 Do. Consolid. Bristol & Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 North British .......... 25 Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 7% 7l Oxfdrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 Beading, Guildford, and Reigate ... 15 ..... .... ...... ...... 15% Sh ro pshire Union t 4 S irscii ,3.,ter Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... 5 ........ V ork, N awcastle, and 8erwick...........„... 25 ...... 144 3 / 4 14% lin. Newcastle Exton. 20 ...... 9% 1 4 ..... 9i, Do. G.N.E. Preference 8 ... - 1 1 4 • .... ...... 1 1 4 Yot». and North Midland 50 [Mt..) Preference ..:..... 10 FOREIGN RAIL w A Yb. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 64%... 6% East Indian ... ..... ...... 7 - .• Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 22 1 % 22 Sambre and Mans. 20 ... .. 2 , , , , i ......... JOINT STOCK BA.N Kb. Colonial 25 - London & Westminster. 20 ...... 27 erovincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New ... .. ..... 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 6.—Wind at noon S. to S.W., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JUNE s,—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Maria de is Paz, Zuaco, for Hamburgh ; Ealing Grove, Falconer, Domi nica ; Helen Mary, Legg, Mauritius ; Wenham, Balti more. Arrived from the River, Robert, San Francisco; Caesarea, Buenos Ayres; her Majesty's ship Resistance, West Indies. COWES, JUNE s.—Wind S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Queen of the Usk, Davies, Havannab. • PLYMOUTH, JUNE s.—Wind S.W.—Sld. her Majesty's steamer Prometheus, Coast of Africa; Princess Helena, Adelaide, South Australia. LIVERPOOL, JUNE s.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Zetland, Brown, New Orleans; Pollock, M'lntyre, ditto; Boadi cea, Leavott , ditt o; S u l tan , Brown, Mobile; Columbine, Potts, ditto ; Montezuma, Ke n d a ll, Ch ar l es t on ; Ame rica, Lawrence, New York ; Garrick, Adams, ditto. Sid. Margaret Hillock, Lima; Gulnare, San Francisco; Florist, Rio Janeiro ; Bonita, Pernambuco ; Orion, Charleston. Off port, Isabella. Buenos Ayres ; Sea, Callao; Ellen, New Orleans ; Essex, ditto ; Express, Savannah; Eagle. OFF BEACHYHEAD.—Enterprise Bahia, for Stock holm; Eman ue l O rtez , N ew York , for Antwerp. DUBLIN, JUNE 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Arcturus, Wilson, Barbadoes. Std. Lord Sandon, New York. QUEENSTOwN, JUNE 4.—Wind S.—Arrd. Zephyr, Havelock, Barbadoes; Sceptre, M'Queen, Fredericks burg, United States, for Liverpool. OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Wandeter, Cunningham, St. Do mingo, fur Liverpool. BELFAST, JUNE 4.—Wind Arrd. Mary, Brown, Trinidad. GIBRALTAR, MAY 31.—The Novo Sacremento, of St. Übes, .figueira to St. Michael, was abandoned in a sink ing state, in lat. 36 N., long. 17 W.; crew picked up on the 23d inst , by the Alerte, River Gambia to Mar and landed here. Two ships' boats, painted stone colour, with black gunwale, were seen in the S.E. Cove Island of Albaran, and a tent pitched on shore, made of sails and casks, on the 21st inst., by the Petrel, Corfu, to Liverpool, arrived here. A vessel, supposed to be French, is reported to be on shore between Point Carnero and Tarifa. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 20.—The Pirate steamer, from Liverpool, got ashore near Gallipoli, but came off with out apparent damage after partly discharging, and ar rived here on the 18th inst. . MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NE AVGATIO AND 4.EI&DENTJAL L. These markets were tolerably inactive to•day, on the following terms:— Beef, from is 8d to 3s; blutton, 2s 4 , 1 to 3s 8d; Lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; Pork, 3s to 4s per Bibs. by the carcase. RAY IMULAMEICS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover .titto, 31 Os to 4/ 6s ; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 8s per 1024. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. E R CUMBLAND.—MeadowH a y, 21 86 to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 4s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9, per load. A full aver age supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 106; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, it Is to 1/ 8a per load. Trado dull, at barely late rates. MEAT MARZETS. SOUTHALL, JUNE s.—Our market to-day was ex tremely inactive, and the general quotations, although the supplies were but moderate, had a downward ten dency. Beef, from 2s lOd to 3s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s ; Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 3* 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JUNE s.—Although the general demand ruled heavy, no material change took place in the quo tations. Beef, from 3s to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 31 to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 225; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows with their small C a lf, 16/ t o lid each. llAnnum, JUNE s.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com manded a steady sale, at full prices. In other kinds of stock very little was doing. Beef from 3s 2d to 3s tOd; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s Od to 45.10 d; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, JUNE 4.—Our market ruled heavy to-day, and prices were not supported. Beef, from 3s Od to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, JUNE s.—We had a slow sale for each kind of stock at barely stationary prices. Beef , from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 2d to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 225; and Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 161 to 18/ each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Kay 30, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in England and Wales ' per. Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. II BEANS. PEAS. PRICE .. I 40s 2d I 23s Od I 15s 10d 22s Od I 26s 10d 126 s 2d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL, and Jus. tices PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and ERLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE BIRAIINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. Lord CAMPBELL delivered the judgment of the Court at the sitting of the Court this morning. His Lordship said, the Court were of opinion that the prosecutor was entitled to their judgment, but they were desirous to have it understood that they gave no opinion upon the points argued at the bar beyond what was necessary for the decision of this case. On the 3d Aug., 1846, a special Act was passed, empowering the defendants to construct their railway, and on the 21st of January, 1847, the company gave the prosecutor notice that they required to purchase a part of his house and premises, and no further steps were taken by either party until the 3d May, 1849, when the prosecutor gave notice to the company of the amount of his claim for the purchase of the house and premises which the company required, and for the damage which the severance would cause, and demanded that the amount of compensation to which he was entitlei should be determined by a jury. The com pany had neglected and refused to issue their war rant to summon a jury, and in August, 1849, after the expiration of three years, the prose cutor applied to this Court, and the present mandamus was granted for summoning a jury. The defendants relied on the 123 d section of the Bth Victoria, c. 18, and a similar clause in their special Act, whereby it was enacted that the compulsory powers of the Act should not be exercised after the expiration of three years from the passing of the special Act. The Court thought that limitation did not apply against the landowner, who having within three years received notice that his laud was required, and having within three years regularly served them with notice that he required the compen sation to which he was entitled, to be determined by a jury, and wishing to complete the sale of his laud, ap plied for a mandamus to compel the company to sum mon a jury. They did not think that the powers which he wished to be exercised were the powers of the pro moters of the undertaking for the compulsory purchase or taking of land. The case of Brocklebank v. the Whitehaven Railway Company, as decided by the Vice- Chancellor of England, was strongly impressed on the Court; but that decision seemed to have been much doubted by Lord Chancellor Cottenham when the case was brought before him; and so far as it applied to a case like the present, where the proceedings for com pelling the purchase originated with the landowner, the Court thought it was not an authority that could be acted on. The Court therefore gave judgment against the defendants, and awarded a peremptory mandamus. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and Justices MA IiLE, CRESSWELL, and TALFOURD.) The Court was occupied on the demurrers this morn ing, which involved merely technicalities of pleading, and afforded no materials for a report. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) MANDAMUS.—THE QUEEN V. THE MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. Mr. CowLING moved for a rule nisi to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue to compel the above railway company to proceed with and finish their works, according to their Act of Parliament. He moved on an affidavit by Mr. Carswick, a gentleman of large property in Lancaster, and through whose property the intended line of railway was to have passed for several miles, and would have greatly benefited it. Southport, the intended terminus of the railway, was a bathing place of recent origin. The company had cut down some trees and broken down some fences on his property, and had also formed about three miles of railway, near Wigan, and that was all that had been done by them towards making the line, and that was not for the pur poses of this railway, but merely to form a junction with another railway. The affidavit, also, stated that Mr. Carswick had not opposed the Bill for the formation of the railway in Parliament, being under the impression that the works would be proceeded with, and the line of rail. way formed. There was also an affidavit from Mr. Park, the attorney of Mr. Carswick, corrobrating the above facts, and stating that various applications had been made to the railway company to proceed with their works, but no satisfactory answer had been obtained. Notice had also been served on them that Mr. Carswick intended to proceed by mandamus to compel them to proceed with their works. The Court granted a rule. Rule nisi accordingly. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons ALDERSON ROLFE, and PLATT.) GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. It being understood that Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who had been unsuccessful in his application to the other two superior courts of law far a prohibition in the case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, would make a similar application to the Barons of the Exchequer to-day, the court was crowded with spectators, among whom there were a considerable number of clergymen. The Bishop of Exeter occupied a seat in the jury-box. Sir FITZROY KELLY said he was instructed to move their Lordships for a rule to show cause why a writ to prohibit the Dean of the Court of Archesfrom issuing an order to the Bishop of Exeter to induct the Rev. George Cornelius Gorham into the living of Bampford Speke, in the county of Devon, should not issue. In doing so, he said it wosild be almost superfluous to mention that he had made a similar application to the Courts of Ex chequer and Queen's Bench, and that both of those courts refused to grant a rule . to show cause—the one on a simple declaration of its opinion as to the construction of certain Acts of Parliament, purporting to be sup ported by a reference to hostile considerations, and also to what was supposed to have been the practice under those Acts of Parliament ; and the other court 'on a lengthy, detailed and much laboured, if not a well-con sidered judgment. He was bound to state, that if those high courts of justice, or either of them, had in this case pursued the uniform and settled course of practice which had prevailed from the earliest times in Westminster hall, of allowing a point of law, novel in its nature, and important in its principles, and at least open to much question, and calling for much anxious and serious de liberation, to be argued at the bar, he, perhaps, might have mistrusted his own judgment, and the better judg ment of his Learned Friends, as well as the uniform prac tice in Westminster-hall, and have felt bound to acquiesce in the decision of those courts. But though it would ill become him to allude in any other terms than those of the highest and sincerest respect to either of those courts, yet he felt that in the mode in which this case had been met and disposed of they had departed from the uniform and settled usage and practice which had prevailed, without one single exception, for many centu ries in every court in Westminster Hall. The applica tion which he had made to those courts was of the deepeat interest to thousands and tens of thousands of her Majesty's subjects, and it had been heard sub sileutio, and disposed of after a long deliberation of ten days and many postponements in the Queen's Bench, and many adjournments and an interval of three weeks in the Common Pleas—in the one court without any reason at all, and in the other with many detailed reasons which he had no opportunity of meeting, and which he would submit to their Lordships were entirely fallacious and groundless, and in opposition to the decision of some of the highest and ablest judges who had ever sat on the bench. Under these circumstances, he should not be doing justice to himself or to the bar if ho did not state that his Right Reverend Friend, and the tens of thousands who were deeply interested in the question, had not received that justice to which they were entitled, and it was with the view of obtaining that justice that he now applied to their Lord ships. The question laid within a very narrow compass, and turned upon the construction of two Acts of Parlia ment, the 24th of Henry VIII., c. 12, and the 25th of Henry VIII., c. 19. In 1847 her Majesty appointed the Rev. Mr. Gorham to the living of Bampford Speke, of which she was the patroness, and it became the duty of the Bishop ot Exeter, in whose diocese it was situated, to inquire into the opinions of Mr. Gorham on certain points of doctrine and the result of h is exa min ation was that he considered the doctrines which he enter tained to be unsound, and, after allowing Mr. Gorham due time for deliberation, he refused to induct him into the living in question. Upon this Mr. Gorham aP; pealed by means of a duplex querela to the Arches Court of Canterbury, and the Judge, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, was of opinion, that the doctrines which be held were unsound, and that the Bishop was justified is refusing to admit him to the living. An appeal was subsequently made to the Jud:cial Committee of her Majesty's Council, before whom the case under went considerable discussion, and they directed that a mandate should be issued to the judge of the Arches' Court to reverse his judgment and to restore Mr. Gorham to the living a which he had been deprived. It was under these circumstances that he came before their Lordships, and he had to submit that on the true construction of the statutes to which he had alluded, that an appal from the Arches' Court, in which the Crown was interested, went not to the Judi cial Committee of her Majesty's Council, but to the Upper House of Convocation. The Learned Counsel, in support of this construction of the statutes, repeated the arguments, which, having been so repeatedly before the public, are now uninteresting, and contended, that in taking the view which he did he was only following tie dictum of Sir Edward Coke, Judge Blackstone, arid the other great authorities on the subject. The case in.- volved en important doctrine of law, and on that ground he maintained should not be decided by the Court with out their granting a rule to show cause. The Learned Counsel had not concluded when we wont to press. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS (Before Mr. Under• Sheriff BURCHELL and a SpeClLl Jury.) RICHARDS AND ANOTHER V. HANDS. This was a writ of inquiry to assess damages for breach of covenant of a lease, and for defamation. The plaintiffs are trustees under the will of a pdr• Roots, for the benefit of infants, and defendant was for merly assignee of the remainder of the term of a lease of a mansion at Clay-hill, Kingsbury, Middlesex. Mr. Butt, Q.C., and Mr. Crow appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Wilde for the defendant. The witnesses for the plaintiff estimated the damage , by not leaving the mansion in repair, at about 5001. Mr. WILDE proceeded to address the jury for the de' fondant, and intimated that he should call witnesses to prove that defendant had been at great expense in re' pairing, and that very moderate damages ought to be awarded. The cause is likely to last the greater part of the day MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY) A VILLAIN.—William Plant, a young man, ivy's brought before Mr. Bingham for final examination , charged with having administered some poisonous drug to Elizabeth Herbert, a young woman 19 years of age' , residing with her parents at 32, Union-street, Middle sex Hospital, in order to aid him in violating her person- The prosecutrix, who appeared to be still very ill , stated that on the night of the 17th of May, as she was proceeding down Titcbfield-street, on her way home, the prisoner came up to her and asked her to have some thing to drink. She refused two or three times, but at last consented. The prisoner then took her to a public house at the corner of Portland-street, where they had some brandy-and -water, after drinking which they hot the house, and she recollected nothing more till she found herself in Middlesex Hospital next day. Mary Clacey, the barmaid at the public-house, in Portland-street, identified the prisoner as the man Wh o came into her employer's house with the prosecutrix , on the night in question. The prisoner called for Sily, pennyworth of brandy-and-water, with which she served them. Two young women, by the names of Phillips and Miller, stated that they were passing down Little Portland-street, about eleven o'clock, on the night of the 17th of May, when they saw the prosecutrix trying t ° git away from the prisoner, who was acting very in decently towards her. The prisoner subsequently left her, and she immediately fell forward into the road, in a state of insensibility. The prisoner attempted to make his escape, but they contrived to detain him until a constable came up, when the prisoner was secured, and the prosecutrix was subsequently taken to the hospital. They were positive the prisoner was the man; The resident medical officer at Middlesex Hospital said that the prosecutrix was brought to the Hospital on the night of the 17th ult. She was in a s tate .ofin sensibility, and appeared to be suffering from the effect of some narcotic poison. He applied the stomach-putnl 3 and other remedies, but she did not come to her senses until the next morning. She was also suffering from the violence used by the prisoner in violating her person. Police-constable 157 E stated that about half-past eleven on the night of the 17th of May he was proceed ing past Little Portland-street, when his attention wait attracted to the prisoner, who was in a very improper po sition with the prosecutrix, who appeared to be totally un conscious of the prisoner's conduct. Witness went 11 1 ) and pulled him away, when the prosecutrix fell into the road. As she seemed to have been drugged, he took charge of the prisoner, and some gentlemen having pro cured a cab, the prosecutrix was placed therein and taken to the hospital. Mr. Gilliam, who appeared for the prisoner, stated that the prosecutrix and the witnesses had mistaken the prisoner for the real culprit, and he should be able to prove that the prisoner was not there at all on the night in question. The prisoner, who was remanded from Saturday Ito, in order to allow time for the depositions to be completea, was fully committed for trial. LAMARTINE'S THOUGHTS ON POETRY. So long as man himself survives, can his finest factilti e be extinguished? And i s no t poetry that facu l t y ? Since it constitutes all that is divine within us, it cannot be defined by one word or a thousand words. It is an incarnation of all that is most precious in the heart of man, and most holy in his spirit, of all that is WO sublime in the aspect of nature, and most melodious tie her tones. It is, at the same time, sentiment and sell: sation, mind and matter, and this is the reason that it i s a complete laugusge—the language which, above all, appeals to man through his entire humanity--au ides' for the spirit, sentiment for the soul, image for the fan* and music for the ear! This is why this language, when well spoken, strikes man like a thunder-peal, o v erpower s him with internal conviction, or irresistible evidenee, or enchants him like a magic potion, or rocks him into moveless pleasure like a child charmed in its cradle by the touching refrains of its mother's lullaby. Bello iC is that man can neither create nor bear too much poetry' for possessing him wholly by his soul and sense, excitit at the same time, this double faculty—thought , thought, sense by sensation, it e xh aus t s hi m , it weig .- . him down too soon, like all too- exqu i s it e joys, with voluptuous weariness, and causes him to express, to '' ° , l few verses and brief time, all the inner mos t life an ' power of sentiment in his double organization. Pr o 94) addresses itself only to the mind; poetry speaks to es mind and the sensations at the same ti me . This isi c guage, all mysterious, all i ns ti nc ti ve as i t i s , or rath er because it is mysterious and in s ti nc ti ve ,—thi s 'languag e will never die! It is not—as people have n o t ceased t o say, in spite of the successive contradictions of all ages the ' i is not solely the language of m an ki n d' s i n f anc y ; it in language of all the periods of hu man ity, siinople s '"d modest in the babyhood of nations, story-teelling,! d, marvellous as the nurse at th e b e d s id e o f toe " l e , loving and pastoral with young an d pastoral, peop le ' warlike and epic with contending and conquering hordes' mystical, lyrical, prophetic, or sententious, in the sh e „ ° d cracies of Egypt or Judea ; gra ve , phil oso phical, ,nu i „,, corrupting in the matured civilization s of Rome, rence, of Louis XIV.; reckless and noisy in the ere% of convulsion and ruin, a s i n th e ear 1793; 'in v . .% melancholy, uncertain, ti m id, an d au d ac i ous at t he time, in days of new birth and social reconstruc tio like the present. By-and-by, in the servility of En ; s ., l3 ; kind, sad, sombre, lamenting, and despairing, breath 7; in its strophes mournful presentiments, fants g r visions of the fi na l catastrop h e o f the wor ld, t '„, giving utterance t o fi xe d an d h o l y h opes o f the r e surrection of hum an i t y un d er anot h er form.—'"'"; Cook's Journal n a e ndp A MERlCANu d b ue is l publishes It DIFFICULTY.—The a e i c F on f , 1 followingc t LTr 1 Mississippi, account T h v h e i of Nero fhadni spe Ixa o ;e r sin / a r P q : Aa r IN e u l gree of wanton ferocity in the persons concerned more to' racteristic of the inmates of a lunatic asylum than the In evr bars of any civilized community We had an occurreoce here last Wednesday that threw us all i n a co mplete 11 10 _,Y" Dr. Clemens was shot and killed by James L. ST: back, a brother of Ben Stanback. The circumstances, r r lieve, are these :—Clemens w a s s t an di ng at the call° where Lyles keeps store (unde r th e o ld Lodge), when Stan;, fii back went to Lyles's to get so me thi ng f or a cus tomer ( 1 , 8 ; clerk for H. W. Foote and C o .), w h en Cl emen s cursed PI„'" and called him some very i nsu l t i ng names , suc h as thief, &c. Stanback replied th a t h e was no mor e a thief WI, Clemens, and returned to his store, remarking that if Clerne° wished a difficulty to come on his side of the street. S tst ro back then went upstairs in Foote's store and got a horsen3o4 pistol, which he had loaded some time previous squirrel shot, to shoot cats, and laid it on the counter O s walked to the door. As soon as Dr. Clemens saw him cor°, to the door, he (Clemens) started across the street and (I'o7, his pistol. Stanback then stepped back and got his P ist° o cocked it, and took his same station in the door. Cleave walked up deliberately and put one foot on the door-501'j put his pistol to Stanback's breast (within a foot of it), •Pla tired. As Dr. Clemens fired, Stanback drew to one si de, s2e the ball from the Doctor's pistol entered the door near tb facing. Stanback then threw himself forward and shot PI, Clemens, the whole contents of the pistol entering the Do' s tor's right breast, just below the nipple, and lodging ill s , lump in his liver. Stanback has been discharged by this 1 0 ,„, gistrate, Mr. James Murray. It was the most useless . dt r culty I ever knew. Dr. Clemens and Stanback had ,nev er spoken to each other before. Ben Stanback and Cletnen who were brothers-in-law, had a slight difficulty befor e former died, and from that circumstance James Stabs ck sp A Clemens had never spoken, I believe. Clemens .hall be y drinking." aerie' L-- LONDON HOSPITAL: - —Yesterday afternoon s' „oil ral court of the governors and subscribers to this institul th was held in the board-room of the hospital, Mr. J. S• ST ei n in the chair. The minutes of previous meetings having , ta t read, the secretary read the report of the state of the hostler which was in a generally thriving condition. Vbell s t of in-patients who have been discharged during th!e°,sj quarter is 959, of whom 497 were Cured , 402 much reli , and benefited, and 60 died. The number of in-patients in the institution is 306; out-patients 'on the brie4.9.,1,00 The annual report for the past year spoke of the iriatito:-L,„ and its prospects in ' a most encouraging manner ; 4wue'rev in-patients were admitted during 1849, of whom 3,783 1 I. discharged cured, k9B died, and 321 remained in the hoin i a 6, The out. patients for the satne period amounted to It making a total of 925,616 patients who have receivetier • benefit of this charity since its foundation, of which pain nearly one-half were cases of accidents admitted without any recommendation. The extension of the east witnoti,. now completed, but a considerable addition would have made to the income of the hospital before the cornnn could extend its benefits, as in consequence of the limitede.i means of the 'institution, they had been compelled to reject 210 applications certified as proper cases for admission._.ra report was received and adopted, and , som e extrao r routine business having been transacted, - the r est rated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. __ _~:__~ ITALY. Great indignation has been excited in Rome against the l'orE and Cardinals for their brutal treatment of CERNUSCIII, the innocent victim of the vendetta pretina, the priestly vengeance, as the Romans denominate the atrocities which have been committed by the partisans of priestly Government, ever since the day that OUDINOT entered Rome. CERNUSCIII, one of the most learned and eloquent of the Romans, was arrested by order of OUDINOT at Civita Vecchia just as he was on the point of em barking with the Prince DE CANINO. He was brought to trial before a court-martial of French officers on the following charges :-1, inciting the people to revolt ; 2, dilapidation of property belong ing to the Neapolitan Minister at the Palazzo Far nese ; 3, destruction of public property in erecting barricades, &c., and acquitted ; notwithstanding which he was detained as a p r i soner i n th e C as tl e o f St. Angelo, from whence h e was remove d on th e 27th ult. and thrown into a damp and miserable dungeon at St. Michele, to which he was conducted through the streets handcuffed and guarded. The cell in which he was placed is both dark and damp (a man declared to be innocent by the sentence of a court martial), neither bed nor light being allowed him. His Roman friends supplied the first, and some ge nerous and humane French officers obtained permis sion, after three days, for him to have a lamp. SOCIETY or PATRONS.—The anniversary of the charity children belonging to the ♦arious parishes of the metropolis was celebrated, as usual, this morning at St. Paul's Cathedral. The ehildren of the several schools began to assemble shortly after nine o'clock. To avoid the con sequences of the frequent disappointments experienced by the public, a number of seats were provided under the dome, the; whole of which were occupied. After the early service had bee❑ gone through a very impressive sermon was delivered by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, in favour of the society, at the conclusion of which a very liberal collection was made. GRAND INSPECTION OF THE ROYAL MARINES. — This morning the Woolwich division of Royal Marines marched from their quarters, and took up a position on Woolwich Common, for the purpose of undergoing their annual inspection. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Doun man, C. 8., K.C.H., commandant of the division; Colonel John Owen, C. 8., K.H., Deputy-Adjutant-General; Captain S. R. Westley, Assistant-Adjutant-General, accompanied by a brilliant staff of officers, having arrived on the ground, the band struck up the National Anthem. After the men had been minutely inspected by the staff, and put through their several movements, which they executed with great preci sion, the staff left the ground, and the regiment returned to barracks. ROYAL CYCLORAMA.—The present selection of music illustrating the views of this splendid panorama, forms a great feature of attraction; the classic feeling pervading the whole harmonizes so admirably with the passing scene as to render this exhibition unique par excellence. The talented performance of Mr. Pittman on the new Apollonicon, by Bevington and Sons, ou which this takes place, have recently received the marked approbation of fashionable and dis tinguished audiences. CLAIM TO A DUKEDOM By THE EARL OF BAL CA SRES.—The Earl of Balcarres, who last year established his claim to the Earldom of Crawford, in the peerage of Scot land, and whose title in that peerage is now " the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres," though his Lordship sits in the House of Peers only as Baron Wigan, has presented a peti tion to her Majesty, praying that he may be declared and adjudged to be entitled to the ancient honour and dignity of Duke of Montrose. The Noble Earl 's petition has been re ferred in ,the ordinary course to the Committee for privi leges of the House of Lords. ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR.—His Excellency Senor Isturitz, Ambassador from the Court of Spain, arrived yesterday at Mivart's Hotel, attended by a numerous suite. IxDri-HousE.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when Lieutenant-General Sir William Maynard Gomm, K.O 8., was appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the Company's forces on the Bombay establishment. GAM/MEND AND ROCIIECTER RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the office, New Broad-street, in compliance with the Act of Parliament; but no business was transacted, the line having been disposed of to the South-Eastern Company, and its affairs nearly wound up. No orator can measure in effect with him who can give good nicknames.—Eliza Cook's Journal. - - JAMES DUNCAN, ESQ.—The obituary of the week announces the death of Mr. Dungan, so long known as a respectable publisher and bookseller in Paternoster-row. Mr. Duncan was a Scotchman, and began his business career in Edinburgh, from which place he came to London and got into a partnership in Holborn. He afterwards went on by himself, and conducted his affairs with so much astuteness as to have considerable weight on " the trade." Mr. Duncan retired a few years ago, on a well-earned competency, and died at the age of sixty-six, at the house of his son-in-law, Mr. Tayler.—Literary Gazette. VICISSITUDE OF FORTURE:—Every one who has passed through St. Paul's Churchyard to Cheapside on a rainy day, when birch-brooms are very much in requisition, must have noticed the well-known Hindoo crossing-sweeper, who has for years past regularly stationed himself at the north-east angle of the cathedral. A day or two ago he was at his post as usual, when the attention of the Nepaulese Ambassador, who was passing at the time, was attracted to wards him. His Excellency ord ere d t h e carr i age to stop, and entered int o c o nversation with him, the result of which was that he threw his broom with desperate eagerness over the railings of the burial-ground, and then scrambled into the carriage and took his seat by the side of his Excellency, who immediately drove off with his singularly-acquired coin • panion. We understand that our ex-crossing-sweeper is engaged during his Excellency's stay in this country, which will probably be about two months, to act as interpreter to him and his suite. lie now appears in the carriage of his Ex cellency every morning arrayed in a new and superb HinHindo o costume, and is not too proud to rec ogn i ze hi s o ld acquaint ances and friends of the broom. MANsioN-HousE.— The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress have issued cards of invitation to the archbishops and bishops, and a large number of clergymen, to dine after the sermon for the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel, on Wednesday, the 19th instant. ENTOMOLOGIAL SOCIETY. -- The usual monthly meeting of the society was held last Monday even ing, G. E. Waterhouse, Esq., president, in th e c h a i r. Messrs. C. E. Bree, John Dashwood, and Meade were elected subicribers to the society. Mr. Bedell exhbited specimens of Lithocol • letis hortellu and Tinea Zinchenii, from West Wickham; Mr. J. F. Stephens exhibited a shoot of Riles sangnineum, com pletely destroyed by Coccus Serpuliformis ; Mr. Shepherd exhibited a specimen of Cloantha conspicillaris, take n in Da renth-wood ; Mr. We s t wood exhibited a pair of Lyda fas ciata, one of our rarest hymenoptera, which fed in the shoot of an espalier pear-tree ; he also exhibited the cases of a species of Coleophora, feeding en the pear, whi ch was ex ceedingly abundant at Hammersmith. Several exhibitions of considerable interest were made, and the meeting ad journed at a late hour. WESTMINSTE R NEw Committee have decided that the standing orders may be dispensed with in the case of the promoters of this measure, for a temporary bridge at Westminster. ROYAL MARINEs.— to-rnorrow (June 6)WooLIVICU, JUNE s.—The BRIDGE.—The Parliamentary annual inspection of the Woolwich division is to take place Downman, C.B. Kv. 1- ' ---I Commandant of the Garrison ; Colonel Parke, C. 8., Commandant of the Division; Colonel John Owen. C. 8., K.ll . return, obtained b Mr. Ewart, —, Deputy Adjutant-General, and Cap tain S. R. Wesley, Assistant Adjutant-Gener al. by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas ADVERTISEMEN T DUTY. Yesterday a Parlia mentarywas printed, show ing the number of writs issued by t h e Stamp-office for the recovery of d u ti es on advertisements in each year since 1829 . The largest num b er was issued in 1849, w h en 127 writs w ere issued, and th e smallest number in the year ending the sth April last, when o n l y 37 were i ssu ed. The writs have averaged in th e t wenty years about 50 a Ye ar. The duty on advertisements w as reduced in 1833. I n Scotland only 55 20 years, writs were issu e d i n the and 28 in Ireland in the same period. SUICIDE AT TUE WESTMINSTEIt lIOSPITAL.--Yes terday an inquest was taken by Mr. Bedford, at the West minster Hospital on view of the body of Thomas Couthard, aged forty eight, who precipitated himself from a window of a corridor, on the thi rd story, at the Westmin ster Hos p ital . The deceased, wh o was a woodcutter, living at Crossfield place, Deptford, was, on Friday last, admitted into the insti tution suffering from a dislocation of the thumb. Deceased was progressing favourably under the treatment of the sur geons till Monday night about half-past eleven o'clock, when an attack of dilirium suddenly came on. He then started out of bed and began to dress hi - inself. The nurse of the ward endeavoured to quiet him, when he observed that he was not going to stop in the hospital to be hacked about, and that he would go home that night. She called up the house sur geon, who attemp te d to calm the deceased, but he ran away into the corridor adjoining. He was followed by the sur geon, who, thinking he was going into a lower corridor, pro ceeded down stairs to meet him. Deceased, instead, rushed into the one above, from whence he flung him self out of a window, falling a height of between forty and fifty feet. Ile was taken up in an insensible condition, bleeding from the mouth and nose, and both ankles were broken. He died in four hours from th e shock to the system. Verdict —" fem porary insanity," ----...-,..____. C( " , 4) Les I-1 si Perforinanc yip 11 . I` retrial ~I ter7 , vi ew w i t lo Mr. °tEt. intervie ~kl.`4 t,,1. 7ate LE t lk exhi 4% - 4 and other Baker-str I !iiil 4l e extren 1,113a,. /o ctress of k t f: b,rought ~!'riish. ; e ll on, an( In g. The th ereq il l%rks up( I the aod the A oreand elu`ages in attons of wiza ith t a . l ight to do : 11 ,P 14 n e ever Ina' frc ptc`ocl.,_ 'ration. t r, °s ed card :14,,,meY Peek al 1 17 el . 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