The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, Proposal of the expenditure of sixteen millions on the railways of Ireland, proposed by the Noble Lsrd the Member for Lynn, would, in his (Mr. Banes) judgment be a much preferable expenditure to the scheme of sending out two millions of able bodied leen at A cost of 151. per head. Then he would ask, now was this money, so advanced, to be repaid ? He believed that any such scheme of ornigratitin would ma• tsrially interfere with the voluntary emigration now going on from that country, and would be found most injurious in its operation. The Hon. Gentleman then read extracts from reports from an emigration agent in Montreal, t o t h e e ff ect that t h e emigrants to the North American colonies had no difficulty in settling corm , inrtably i n that country, an d t h a t G o vernment i nterference should be strongly deprecated. He believed that from 300,0001. to 400,0001. was annually remitted from the settlers to the aid of their friends in Ireland, and he put it, therefore, to the N `ihie Lord w h et h er any attem pt made to check this state o ' v t hings and to paralyse the exertions that are now he 'll; made, would not be most disastrous. There w its a vast stream of emigration now going on, and likely t° go on, from Irel an d ; a nd if Government interference "ere prop , osed the effect would be to check this em igration. Besides, the Noble Lord proposed no new scheme as a substitute for the present state e migration. He did not believe that any better instrument could be used for arriving at the truth, and at what was best and most practicable, t han a general Commission of Inquiry. He, therefore, his I ril estly asked th e N o bl e L or d, whether he would press aa° titin? He was certain that as far as their wish went with th e good intent i ons o f the N o bl e L or d, both the Noble Earl in the Colonial office, and the Noble Lord at the h ead of the Government, were most ready to co operate with hi m ; b u t un l es s that Commission could ue v i s se ninas to carry their object into effect, their efforts rnu st prov e a b ortive. He, therefore, again entreated the ss i° lile Lord to consider whether that was the time to press such a motion, and whether, after the intima tionthat h a d b een g i ven h i m, h e oug ht no t to postpone , " anotht-r occasion. 1/341% GREGORY begged to assure the House and her ee lije .i sty' a Ministers, that this motion had b een con obiveeogt and advocated on their part, with no hostile ca re al "? regard to the Government. For their sin otave was to free them from the embarrassment citel which they saw them surrounded. But he regretted ear, from the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, that Geyer eat did not mean to support the motion. That s e n ' r , e ` , however, was in part compensated by the hope th e f ttra ged by them that the Government would give it aerie i ! et, att: i n s tire consideration in the Cabinet. Of measures which it became the Government to was the foremost, under the circum eoat4es o f the present time, when the whole h i f ti " of Irish society was moved and rooted r ,; 1 1 21 na the foundation. Poverty was rampant e c c uciiit that country, and the prospect of B , Bs Iltmuance of that condition was confirmed by the the ur _ Li nea. that the capital of Ireland was inadquate tor ( Lord Pulati„o. The Noble Lord the Member for Lynn . g rh, l George Bentinck) with a view to remedy this ri e e s ,' ° ant evil, had brought forward his motion on tr"aYs, which the House had unfortunately thought ePer to reject. The Hon. Gentleman had referred in b ad sPeech to the Irish poor-law, which the Noble lord Jaw Passed thi s session, and which he (Mr. Gcegory) with°PPo,sied. if that measure had been accompanied il h ate a r v ieh i r i e l i n t i h i i a re n s d e Nr e o a p l e le r d pl u a p n o o n f colonisation, he could not to oppose the poor-law as tub s . ad done. But unaccompanied with such a o ulia rY, that law was passed without any of the se nt ' 4e ut tests, usual to a poor-law, so that in the pre elitio;°tWition of Ireland, every one, who chose, might consequenceto be relieved from the property of others. The D,,,1 had, indeed, been immigration into Liver ai_nd other places on this island. What else could s su e n u o e_e n n the result? Inquiry had proved that there tuust t food sufficient for the people ; but the people po ser a irik back on t h e cap it a l of the country, and % sou , tY must b e b re d i n conseque nce. The remedy l abour iflloc hked ies, vea where been r to have provided for the people who 7; into England and Scotland, a transit into the sr , population was wealth. In Ireland, the ss , redndant in relation to capital ; ac d ross r ,,`,"aPnel, its England capital was redun ant Wa s 'TIM to labour -- ; but in the colonies, land a " b lt: redundant in relation both to capital Talc ° lir, that therefore population became wealth. t Taking the amount of money in which the country w Ax e d I:thsiltotornyelpwport its pauperism—looking at the immense p ea, a W hich had been extracted from it to enable its try', ho have been well described as their coun and sinew—looking at all these amounts, great Rood e xpenditure was, it had not done a tithe of the for arich the system of the Noble Lord, carried out wortlislie)ssf IlYste cost, would do. They who advocated this c olonisation were not met by a denial of its b utto the benefits which the country had attempted 001 u, t were thrust before their notice. This was the burden r g um ent used by them ; this formed the th e ° I all their speeches, as if one and all of the _amerabers ation had of the Government had conned t re . s rine stereotyped speech to use it on all occasions. not yet been carried out on a suffi chauri.!s7 extended scale; it had not yet affected the social to , i 4 e tz t . er the l , its of Irish society, but with a population reduced proportioned to the capabilities and limits of totaa u t ilt Y, a better state of morals would be induced, or 4, r0 ` 3 would be common, which were almost unheard "untr v te e °, ll cl commerce would give the industry of the lion so s m :" occupation. He had referred to the objee- Carri e d — w et ?es advanced that the emigrants from Ireland Sur ' t " them to the new world the vices of the old. e Y t hose who daily professed liberal principles, who -ere w ould c ' h a nxious to trumpet those opinions to the world, the t propound such opinins as thee. They wee in • habi t of attributing the miseries s of Ireland, r the insecurity to life and property, which was so charac teristic of the present state of socit.ty in that country, to th e imperfect, to the imp olitic, to the un j ust course of legislationwhich had been adopted towards her. Surely they d did not now mean to assert that there was a a d m - nedspot in the Irish character, the effect of which could only be obliterated by the destruction of the whole Celtic race. It had been asserted that the Irish, how ever, well they might conduct themselves when in an isolated position, and detached from their fellow-coun trymen, could not retain their good character when once associated with the rest of their turbulent countrymen. but he had it in his power to paint out the fallacy of this assertion. He could refer to one instance, authen ticated by Mr. Uniack, where a body of Irish insurgents s ettled at Cape Breton, in the United States, had earned the reputation ot being among the best and most sober of the citizens of the United States. He cordially sup ported the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. V. SMITH said that the Noble Lord who had Lust addressed the House, wished to impress Hon. Mom rs with the notion that he had not any plan to int - Cl' upon this subject himself. He thought the course Nob le h ad L adopt e d was calculated to mislsad the House. c ' ul e Lord drew a distinction between colonisation and s r nieration h‘ h he (Mr. Smith) could never under /81:1A. In W a n c c i en t times colonisatio . a was understood. a ter times this had been carried into effect. It was nowwh o practised by the Germans of the present day, carried out with them their spiritual and medical ad -o:,ifsetrilsi.sßutthe Noble Lord had endeavoured to connect the principle of this question with Irish affairs. The people re country had thrown down their money freely to where Irish distress, but they were not prepared to ecbas,te their money on schemes merely speculative. He 1 . 10 not think that the Irish population were de in the means of applying their labour with the lion of remuneration. But let them look at the ques pre.ctically. The Noble Lord had objected to Aus traji q me a d . It was known that emigration to the Cape of of th 'lope was not desirable from the political state Paste country, and it was a fact that during the to t e a e t ar there were but five hundred emigrants th t part of the world. Ile did not agree h he assertion respecting the incompetency of' the i t 4 to be emigrants, for from accounts from Australia w " shown that they possessed the qualities that were requisite for emigrants.—(Hear, hear.) In the selection of governors discretion was shown, and that was a most 'mportant feature in this question. Lord Grey proposed a Plan which was quite in unison with all his notions of c olonisation. He proposed to build small villages and towns, and give them municipal privileges; but that plan had been declared by Noble Lord imperfect. Neitherq had the Nob the Noble Lord brought Mr.Go h d e l c e t l u s se prominentlyplan he consiSered that it before the House, probably would be impossible to raise the sum of nine millions out of an already impoverished set of rate-payers. But what did the Nob le Lord require ? He asked that an inquiry should be instituted into the subject. That inquiry would necessarily be required to extend to the colonies, as well as to the parent country, and the result would be, that a stop would be put to all emigration for the present. The present system had so far acted well ; not less than 750 ,000 persons had emigrated from Ireland in the course of the last three years, and he thought it unde sirable that expectations should have been raised by the N oble Lord which would not likely be realised. The Noble Lord had brought forward his motion without in forming them whether he intended to press it, and the Un der -Secretary of State had replied without offering 411 3' resistanee. t . t. S ir ROBERT PEEL thought that the House might --n it for granted that whatever arguments could -a te e been adduced against his Honourable Friend, would have been brought forward by the Right Hon. it Ge ntlernan, who, besides the advantage of ability and a -n° wledge of official business, had further the inestima ble Th:dvantage of leisure by his retiremant from office. ss Right Hon. Gentleman told them that those gentle mien who held out promises of a splendid system of colo nisation when in opposition, dwindled into a puny sys ttehr:soeef migration when they once got into office. Then argument of the Right lion. Gentleman was, that the system of emigration was conducted upon a bad principle. Persons were sent out to foreign countries, The re no means had been adopted to receive them. next argument was, that if his Right Hon. Friend wouldth withdraw his motion, he would be only doing _4l:Pt weellii,ch had been done by those who preceded him. 1 1 1 . at w as the third argument, and it only, in his (Sir 8 ) opinion, furnished another reason why the „.•I•lhe.rbel,ebLutord should not adopt that very course. The -Right Gentleman would have done well to conclude he proceeded to show, in a peculiar strain of pleasantry, what the various plans of colonisation were which had been brought forward ; and first, he referred to the s c h eme of the Judge Advocate. The Noble Lord h ad brought forward his motion not in any spirit of Party policy, but because it was now time that toll in quiry should be made, and he trusted that all parries would see fit that such a motion should be acceded. to.—(Hear.) His Noble Friend desired to cast t no disc re di t upon the Government. lie was aware a owing fail ure o f their scheme of emigration was not to any fault on the part of' the Government, but simply to th e force of circumstances, which were suffi ment.to co unterbalance the best scheme that human in genuity e s uld have brought forward on this subject. but he (Sir riga, Gentleman's eel) was departing from the Right argument. The Bight lion. Gentle- man afterwards referred to the colonisation scheme of Lord Grey, which he characterised as a scheme brought into existence on a Friday, and withdrawn on the following Tuesday. Why, he ought to have told the House that Earl Grey was a most successful framer of schemes. He was a member of the Ministry, and some of his plans were to be put in operation now.—(Hear, hear.) great deal was said of an tipathies existing between the Anglo-Saxons and Celtic races. There were no such antipathies existing and the best proof of this was furnished by the unos tentatious aid rendered by the Society of t'riends and others in this country. who had sent no less than 57,0002 to aid in alleviating the distress in Ireland, and all this done, it should be remembered, from the purest principles of humanity. He trusted that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would take some means to further the objects sought by his Noble Friend, for the Government might rest assured that a good sys tem of colonisation would act in a better manner than any such grants as had been lately made by the Go vernment. lie was sure that it would be better to en courage a system of colonisation, to give a spur to in - dustry, and a motive for exertion, than to encourage them to look to this country in every season of scarcity and dis tress. They had a large population in Ireland incurring a heavy charge upon the land, while on the other side they had a number of magnificent provinces which were im perfectly populated. Bear in mind that if they reduced that population they improved the colonies, and added to the importance of the parent country. Having these two facts before them, it was not too much to ask Go veriiment to consent to a proceeding which left every • thing iu their own hands.—( Hear, hear.) Why should not they inquire whether or no some Progress cannot be made towards relieving Ireland, and at the same time strengthening the colonies in their feelings of attachment towards this country. They proposed no scheme. They wanted merely inquiry. Let the Emigration Commissioners take the matter into their hands. Let them watch the progress of colonisa tion in South Australia. Let them inquire what were the original difficulties that attended that system, and having discovered its advantages, let the Commissioners make a report upon the expediency of applying the same principles to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. At first the experiment of colonising in South Australlia failed, but when they sent out a good governor in the person of Captain Grey, all the difficulties attending upon emi gration were overcome, and the colony had been con vested from a state of despairing pauperism, into one of prosperity, influence, and wealth. Why could they not raise up a similar colony in Canada? True, the ex periment had been tried in New Zealand, and failed, but the difficulties had resulted from the character of the governors, and not from any defects in the plan. But they could find other Captain Greys to conduct their plans, with regard to Canada, and he did hope the Noble Lord would not object to the motion of his Noble Friend. Let them forget their past difficulties and failures, and see if they could not devise some plan which might relieve Ireland of her redundant population by transferring them to the British colonies—removing them from a state of extreme destitution to a situation of comfort and affluence. Lord JOHN RUSSELL freely avowed that he had had opportunities of considering the difficulties of this subject, and of weighing the information which had been received by Government, and he therefore felt himself bound to state all the modifications which had taken place in the principles of colonisation, as laid down by the Noble Lord. He would not follow the Noble Lord into that speech which related to the number of destitute persons in Ireland, but he would go at once into that part of the subject which related to colonisa tion. Now the subject of colonisation had not been left entirely and absolutely in the hands of the Government, nor was emigration confined entirely to the destitute, or poor who were scarcely removed from a state of starvation. Government had, nevertheless, done their best to render emigration safe ; and in the first place, they had established an Emigration Commission, consisting of three gentlemen, to whose intelligence and ability the Right Hon. Gentle man who bad just sat down had paid a great compli ment, who were engaged in watching the progress of emigration, and taking care, under the provision of the l a w, and under th direction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that it was conducted in the safest possible manner. When the emigrants arrived in Canada, in consequence of a rate taken, those who were sick were provided for in hospitals, while those who could travel to their desti nations, were forwarded by means of the fund provided by this rate. Therefore it was not the case that emi grants were unprevided for. But many of them emi grated at the cost of their landlords, who took care to find them sufficient to carry them to their destination. Again, others were carried out by means of funds transmitted to them by their relations, and, no less than 120,000 persons had thus emigrated in the course of the present year. But this information was viewed with considerable distrust on the other side of the Atlantic. Measures, it was well known, had been taken by the Government of the United States for the purpose of placing a consi derable restriction on this system of emigration, and by a letter from the Governor of Canada it was shown that the opinion in their Canadian colonies was in favour of a similar system of restriction against the enormous tide of emigration. Similar dispatches were received from the governors of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. They seemed to think that the immigration of persons would lead to distress and misery. Thus great alarm was al ready occasioned. The shores l o oTt s n eehu t x h eout s fueu O nt f May and June were the most favourable to emigration, and the returns came down only to the middle of May. They might etwfwhoneoredruer would far bn r ht calculateoexhauievotoultas otleftt cnecommence n3t mt mh to eoe t n h : se a chhoe t . not less than 200,000 persons countenance Governmentii tv s he e c s o oy u ps n i tnteri system of beforeoatsf that aoh t there they sation, because such an opinion would only be met by disappointment, and as the G overnment of the United States ad taken measures top ia prevent the influx of emi gshraonultds n i into fl h i e o i tr upon territories, t heir it was sbut right that they subjectsdifficult einul to grapple with at the colonies, the pauperism home. N which oGovernment they f oundcould it so the Government provide mills and of coals to the distant part of Canada, (3; Canada could not do it ; the progress would do it, do it well and successfully as it colonisation had d o ne to the United States. But when an Hon. Gentleman, only looking at the evil enduring in Ireland, made gene ral propositions, he did not take into consideration the attendant difficulties which would transfer the people of one country to starve in another. The people should not be encouraged to believe that they had it in their power to transport the people from a state of destitution in one country to that of happiness in another. The feel ings of the 'colonists, for many reasons, should be re spected. With respect to the notion of the Noble Lord, he had one remark to make on that very dispatch which had been quoted, and which if he did intend to offer any opposition to the ad dress, would impose very great difficulties indeed. If the Noble Lord desired that the Crown should take the subject into consideration, he could not resist the motion, but the Noble Lord had not fixed the terms of his motion in that shape. He had proposed that a Com mission should be appointed, which should make further inquiry into the means for promoting colonisation. And, first, with respect to the present condition of Ire land, such a Commission is not necessary ; for on that subject they had abundant information ; and with re spect to any which might be desired relative to colonisa tion, he considered the best which could be afforded would be that which could be obtained from the British American Consuls. He remembered that one gentle man had proposed that a Commission should go over to Canada, and hold public meetings, and there explain the principles of colonisation, and obtain the assent of the different communities. Now nothing could be more uncertain ; of course, they would obtain the assent to any resolution of the kind on which only one side was heard, but it would not come with the weight of any legislative authority. If they really wanted valuable information they should look to the Governor-General, and apply for his coun sel. Indeed no man could be more capable of giving sound advice than Lord Elgin.—(Hear, hear.) They should have the opinion of the Provincial Assembly. How could that be done—not by a new Commission ? How could they enter into any inquiries with the Le gislature ? Such should come from the Crown, and therefore he did not see the necessity of a Commis sion. Was this Commission then wanted to in quire in this country ? They were told that they had three gentlemen who were well acquainted with the subject in all its branches, who were members of land societies, and were practical men. There was another objection to these plans ; they were so various and so opposite, that it was difficult to say which had the least objection. They all appeared to be good, but when they came to be examined by practical men, they were found to be utterly deficient. For these reasons, therefore, he thought it tar better that the plan should be left in the hands of the Executive Government. He would say that the Government was quite ready to i ns t r uct the Governor of the Canadas, to consult the legislatures of the provinces as to the best plan of emi gration which it would be advisable to adopt. He was quite ready to do that, and to lay the result on the table of the House, and to give the opinion which the Govern ment entertained respecting it in a future session of Par liament. He supposed the Noble Lord did not mean that there should be anything done this present session, or that any measures should be taken which would have the effect of checking the stream of emi gration which was then proceeding from Ireland. Of all the plans which were proposed the most practical appeared to him to be the adoption of a system of pub lic works in the colonies, but at the same time under the present strain on the finances of the country, and the great absorption of capital in the railways in this king dom, he thought that such a scheme was at present most inopportune and unseasonable. Such a plan, how ever, though not suited to this particular period, was, he was persuaded, the best that could be adopted, and was supported by the universal testimony of all those who were best acquainted with the subject of colonisation to North America. This being the case, he was quite ready to assent to address the Crown to the same effect as that referred to by his Hon. Friend; but he was not ready to assent to an address for the appointment of a Commission to inquire immediately into the subject of colonisation, as he believed such a Commission would only give rise to extravagant hones on this side of the water, and to ex t ravagant appre h ens i on s on the other , and probably after all, be found on investigation to be utterly impracticable. lie thought it far better there flixret that th e su bj ect s h ould be l eft i n t h e h an ds of' the admitting theaid subject forward, in a d m i tt i ng his desire not to embarrass the Government, and that he was solely influenced by a wish to relieve the country from the difficulties in which it was at present involv e d. HONEMr. ed with thought th the a pointment of the Commis uadvantage, and though the subject was Bntidgedojaof th with ewholeconsiderablematter d i ffi would cu lt ies n a , a enim partial t t iut e t t o : attended them to come to a satisfactory conclusion with regard to it, and tend to relieve, to a very considerable extent, the present distress under which Ireland was labouring. The Noble Lord stated, in effect, that any plan of emigration now adopted, would check the emigration at present pro ceeding. On the contrary, his ( Air. Hope's) opinion was that all had already left Ireland, who could do so. And he differed with the Noble Lord, when he seemed to sup pose that the obj , ct of the Noble Lord (Lincoln) was to shovel cross ds of paupers out of the country. His intent was to employ the people when they got to the other side of the water. It was a noble scheme, not one, to be sure, which would entail no expense on the coun try, for colonisation could not be carried out without a large outlay, but the expenditure was most profitably made. The same money might result in permanent good if laid out thus, which, when spent in temporary relief, would only leave the objects on whom it was applied, to fall again into poverty and pauperism. He had referred only to some of these subjects, because they had been noticed by the Hon. Member for Lambeth, and not because they had any bearing on the subject. But he justified his vote on the present question as just in support of the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. lIUME said, it had been said by the Hon. Gen tleman, that very few of the colonies had a desire for self-government. He denied that, and he would shortly show on what ground. The question before the House especially bore upon Ireland. Why, he asked, had they had so much difficulty in promoting emigration from Ire land? The reason was that the colonies were ill governed, and that was the only reason. He could quote an example of bad government. Just that very day a packet of papers had reached him from Prince Edward's Island, and what did they think was the state of that island ? Why, Governor Huntley, who had retained his office for the last twenty-five years, was found in antagonism to the inhabitants of the island. Last year they cen sured him in the Assembly, and this year the free po pular Assembly, under a free constitution, voted by a majority of 18 to 3, for a responsible and en lightened governor in his place. Let them give the people constitutional government and good governors, and he had no hesitation in point ing to the good results which must certainly follow. Responsible government in the colonies had not been carried out, and he believed that the plan of the Noble Lord would nut be successful unless the course which he pointed out was pursued. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said what he hoped was that there would bea well regulated system ofemigration. From his own experience he believed that emigration to a great extent in Ireland would be most injurious, for it would take out of the country a class that was most valuable, namely, those who possessed a little money. It was said that emigration would check itself, and he believed that such would be the case ; and he believed that they would have a reflux from the shores of the Atlantic. He, for one, would be glad to see other coun tries colonised by Irishmen, who would carry out the feelings of Irish origin. Lord J. MANNERS said, that although the Hon. Gentleman who had last sat down had concluded with a well merited eulogium on Mr. Godley, yet there was one remark which ought to be noticed by some Members of the House; that remark was, that the effect of Mr. God ley's plan would be to throw some two millions of starv ing human beings on the shores of America, or their own Canadian colonies, without the means of subsistence. He denied that this assertion was founded on fact. Sir W. JAMES wished to know from the Noble Lord et the head of the Government, whether he had stated that a special inquiry should be instituted into this subject ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that special inquiry would be made, but not by a commissioner, as desired by the Noble Lord. Sir W. JAMES said, that the speech of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government got rid of the Noble Lord's (Lincoln) motion by a species of side wind. His speech was directed to the mere words, and not to the substance of the motion of the Noble Lord, and the opposition which he offered was calculated to defeat the end and aim which the motion contemplated, and which, it was almost universally admitted, would mitigate the evils under which Ireland was suffering. Mr. SCOTT could not but regret that the Noble Lord had only adopted the words of the motion ; but he trusted that, as there was to be an inquiry, that it would embrace every branch of the subject. Mr. AGLIONBY felt convinced that the self supporting system of colonisation could be carried on without entailing a farthing's expense, and he did hope that system would have a fair trial. Lord LINCOLN replied—He adhered to the views he had endeavoured to explain in the early part of that evening, and he could not refrain from thinking that the inquiry would have been better conducted if by a Special Commission. He regretted, therefore, that the spirit as well as the words of his resolution had been adopted by the Govern ment, but he was not without hopes that good would result from the discussion.—The motion was agreed to. Mr. BOUVERIE moved for copies of all corres pondence between the chairman of the board of guardians of the union of Warminster and the Poor-law Com missioners, relative to the refusal of the vicar of Warminster to bury Sarah Garrett, a pauper of that union. Of all correspondence bet ween the chairman and vice-chairman of the said board of guardians and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the same subject. Of all corres pondence between the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Diocesan of the said Vicar, upon the same subject. The Hon Member was proceeding to explain his reason for bringing forward the motion, when, Mr. HEALEY said that at that hour of the morning he did not see the propriety of entering into a discus sion of this nature, and he should move that the House be counted. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when there being only 31 Members present, the House stood adjourned till to-morrow. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, JUNK I. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee :- 1. That in the case of the 'Warwick County Prison petition the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 2. That in the case of the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks petition the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 3. That in the case of the South Devon Railway petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. First and second resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT ON THE SONGS OF THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD. On Monday, at the Music Hall, Store-street, Mr. Wilson gave a selection from the songs of Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, for the first time in London, and we do not recollect ever being more charmed with any selection. Everybody in the Hall seemed to be of the same mind, fur the songs were all received with great enthusiasm, and many of them demanded a second time. There is abundance of variety in the selection of songs, which, by the-by, Wilson always attends especially to, and wherein lies, apart from his exquisite interpretation of the poets of his native land, much of the charm of his entertain ment. We had songs of war, lays of love, laments, and lilts of humour. Hogg, as Wilson remarked, might be termed the poet of the Jacobites, for to him we are in dehted for many spirited translations from the Gaelic Jacobite songs, and those in the present selection are likely to become as popular as the " Wha wadna fecht for Charlie?" " Cam ye by Atholl?" " Flora Mac donald's Lament," &c. What could be more spirited and effective than "Come o'er the stream, Charlie," as given by Wilson? flow quaintly, too, he gave Bauldie Frazer's account of the Battle of Culloden! and as a contrast nothing could be more touching than the Lament of the Highland maid after the battle of Cul -1 o h d e e o n . , lywrhei s lic o h r e h i e s r s t l a t i i n n g l o w v e e e r p , i b n r g g o i n v n e i r n g a l l o v o h d y y l e a e i p d s , t e y n o d n is H s ig w h o l e a t n ly d w M il a d id a ? n ' d ' p T a h ti e ie m tic e , lo b d r y ea o th f i t n h g is m is oa v t e m ry o o a l . d . , cholily the sentiment of the poetry. Another of this description is the etfinwet L iuto a lht m r ct e oom n . t bo eps o ta f ssu kh pg e ,pf r S sbo:up u mtr a ie r ba t yto s efs o tua f t cin A ehd. :ap. exquisiterd tii voice aelyss a renders music.noble T t them difficult gx d l i Wilson's. The melody of "'The Stuarts of Appin" ranges two octaves. The description of the border foray, with the illiterative title " Lock the door, Lariston," was extremely effective, and but for its length and the number of songs Mr. Wilson had to sing, would have been insisted on a second time. The popular song of " When the kye come hame," was also deliciously rendered, and merited the encore it re ceived. But last, though not least, we come to the gem of the evening, " The Skylark." This concluded the first part, was rapturously encored, and nearly de manded a third time. The poetry, beginning " Bird of the wilderness," is extremely beautiful, and the melody most appropriately suited to it. The chirrups of the lark, in the symphonies and accompaniments, added much to the effect. This song created quite a furore. There were many distinguished persons present, all of whom seemed delighted with the efforts of the minstrel, and we would suggest to Wilson a repetition of the songs of the Ettrick Shepherd, on an early occasion, as being likely to be the most attractive he could give ; and one requires to hear such songs twice at least to g. t familiar with them. There could not be a better proof of the audience being delighted, than their encoring the last song in the programme, and not one person left the room till every thing was finished. How different is this from concerts generally ! Many persons, who do not like to leave their own homes in the evening, will be glad to learn that Mr. Wilson is to give one morn ing performance in Willis's Rooms, St. James's, next Friday. THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. — A correspondent sends us the following :—" Painful rumours are afloat as to matters at Stowe-house, the residence of the Duke of Buck • ingham. The result of the circumstance is said to be a de termination on the part of his Grace and the Duchess to leave England for a few years. It is said that Stowe-house will be shut up, and the gamekeepers, &c., dismissed. We under stand the Marquis of Chandos will forthwith form an esta blishment, and take up his residence at Wootton-house." ASCOT RACES.—The female complexion has, per haps, no fiercer foe than the summer, with its concomitants of heat and dust. On the drive, the ride, the promenade, or the aquatic excurtion, ladies shouldever be provided with " Rowlands Kalydor," which will be found gratefully refresh ing to the complexion, dispelling the cloud of langour and relaxation, allaying all irritability and heat, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attendant on restored elas ticity and healthful state of the skin. As a protector and preserver of th , + hair, Rowland's Macassor Oil will be found alike efficacious, guarding it from the injurious operation of t o th rd e I p ß e o s w u i n a n a d n, s d dust pre . e e d l e t is the necessary hame f t o t s h e e e a t h r t a i t e i the e o w wrapper of each, as spurious imi tations of the most dele terious character are abroad. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1847. ASCOT HEATH RACES. TUESDAY. As car as its success depend•-d on sport, the last meet ing at Ascot left nothing to desire, for the racing was abundant, varied, and exe llent, and its attractions were in no slight degree enhanced by the uninterrupted fineness of the weather. Still, and nothing more clearly demonstrates the importance attached to the presence of royalty—the absence of her Majesty caused a falling off in the company, and, in cons( auence a considerable deficiency in the receipts at the grand stand as compared with previous years. The meeting now in progress commenced under different and more favourable auspices. It is true that the return to the old plan of confining the Ascot Stakes to one class deprived the first day of one of the principal betting races, and that the fields and the entries generally are not so promising as we have known them, but this is compensated for by the addition of the Windsor Stakes, by which the average quantity of racing is likely to be maintained. Our an nouncement, some days back, that her Majesty would honour the present meeting with her company, was re ceived with great delight by all classes, and we have no doubt that at the close of the week, should the weather continue fine, it will be in our power to state that it has passed off with complete success. The alteration in the vicinity of the Grand Stand, and the preparations for the reception of the Court, have been already noticed. We have, therefore, only to add that the pub lic voice has confirmed the favourable opinion expressed of them ; in all other respects the arrangements in con nexion with the racing were distinguished by liberality and good taste, and they were carried out in a business like and satisfactory manner. Having said thus much of the general prospects of the meeting, we have now to state that the promised visit of the Queen, the Prince Consort, and their illustrious visitors, in anticipation of which a large and respectable company was assem bled on the heath, took place as announced. The Royal carriages, nine in number, preceded by the Earl of Granville, ',Master of the Buckhounds, and Mr. C. Davis, the Queen's Huntsman, and attended by a large retinue, made their appearance on the New Mile a few minutes after one o'clock, and proceeded slowly . up the course to the Royal Stand. In the first carriage was the Queen, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of' Saxe Weimar, his Im perial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca. In the succeeding carriages were his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, their Serene Highnesses the Prince of Lei ningen and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Norfolk, Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis and Mar chioness of Normanby, Viscount and Viscountess Pal merston, Baron Brunnow, Marquis of Abercorn, Earl Spencer, Earl Fortescue, Vice-Admiral de Lutke, Le Counselleir d'Etat Haurowitz, Le Baron de Freederichs, Countess of Assenburg, Count Beust, Baron Zigesar, Marquis of Provenzali, and Lord G. Lennox. Lord Alfred Paget, and the Hon. Col. Gray accompanied the cortege on horseback. We scarcely need say that the Queen was greeted with every mark of respect, or that the presence of so illustrious a party gave a zest to the racing, which was anything but first-rate. The bell was rung for starting, immediately after the arrival of the Court, and at half past one proceedings were commenced with the Trial Stakes, to which succeeded the 50 sous. Stake. Both proved easy triumphs. Some little time having been allowed for luncheon, the magnificent Vase, pre sented by the Queen, was run for, and it proved, beyond comparison, the most interesting race of the day, " Honest John " only just pulling through, to the discomfiture of his aristocratic competitors, who ran second, third, fourth, and fifth. The Ascot Derby also went into the Danbury stable, and the Welcome Stake to his Grace the Duke of Rich mond. Red Hart, who was nearly last for the Derby, having been landed a very clever winner, Swallow se cond, and Miami, the winner of the Oaks, third. On the conclusion of this race, her Majesty and party took their departure. The Ascot Stakes, which came next, pro duced a good race, and resulted in favour of that excel lent and popular sportsman, the Marquis of Exeter ; and, at half-past five, a long day's sport was brought to a conclusion. Besides the numerous personages enumerated as having composed the party from Windsor Castle, there were present, the Duke of Montrose, Duke of Rut land, Marquis of Worcester, Marchioness of Ailes- bury, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Euston, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of March, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Earl Jersey, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Wilton, Earl of Stradbroke, Earl Strathmore, Earl of Caledon, Lord Maidstone, Lord Forrester, Lord Villiers, Lord and Lady Newport, Lord C. Mariners, Lord E. Manners, Lord Macdonald, Lord Canterbury, Lord Drumlanrigg,',Lord Cantalupe, Lord Suffield, Lord Burghley, Lord B. Cecil, Lord Bruce, Lord A, Lennox, Lord Somerton, Lord A Fitzclarence, Lord F. Fitzroy, Lord Stanley, Lord A. Lennox, Lord Paget, Lord W. Powlett, Sirs J. Hawley, R. Pigot, W. W. Wynn, R. Bulkeley, H. Mildmay, W. M. Stanley, W. Codrington, G. Heathcote, General Weymss, Col. Peel, Colonel Knox, Colonel Bouverie, Hon. Major Boyle, Colonel Stanley, Captain Rous, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, J. Macdonald, E. M. Mostyn, G. S. Byng, Major Baring, H. Fitzroy, Admiral Poulet, Messrs. Knightly, Balfour, A. Johnstone, R. Nevill, Fitzroy, Greville, Batson, Payne, J. Stanley, Shelley, Seymour, S. Stanley, S. Graham, Bastard, Lowther, &c. &c. On the whole the attendance, particularly the higher class, was good; and, in the Grand Stand, judging from the receipts, the largest that has been seen for some years; but the racing, as we have already intimated, although it came fully to the mark in the number of events, was palpably lacking in interest. We subjoin the usual details. The Trial Stakes of 5 Sovs. each, with 50 added ; two yr olds, 4st 41b; three, ist 41b; four, Bst 71o; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 3:b. New mile. (5 Subs.) s L Axif o rr r .. d iim O uo r :s l t b ey r ; d :s ' : EA P m r i s u ba s rt s al i ac c ,e A , 3 2 e dry yrs s 4 y r ............... Na t ) 1 0 3 Mr. Thornhill's The Iron Crown, 2 yrs Betting.-7 to 4on Prussic Acid, 3to 1 agst Alsatia, 4 to 1 agst Iron Crown, and 6 to i a.,st Embrace. Prussic Acid made nearly all the running , at a bad pace, and won easily by a length. Embrace beaten a head for second. Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs. each, h ft, for three yr old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; g t by untried stallions or out of untried mares ; if b o th, a ll owe d 31b. The second to save his stake. New mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. Coombe's c by The Nob, out of Premature 1 Mr. R. Boyce's Doctor Goodall 2 Mr. Osbaldeston's f by Lanercost, out of Mountain Sylph's dam ......................... Even on Dr. Goodall, 7to 4 asst The Nob. The Nob c made the running from end to end, and won easily by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 50 sec. The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each. Two miles. ( 9 Subs). Day) 1 Mr. J.. Jay's The Hero, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (A. Duke of Bedford's Bridle, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ............... 2 Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b ............... 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Exeter's Cosachia, Colonel Anson's Bingham, Lord Caledon's Wanota, Mr. E. R. Clarke's Miles's Boy, and Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale. agst Ellerdale, 9to 2 aest The Hero, 7 1 agst Bing- Betting-2 to 1 agst Bridle, 3to 1 agst Jeric ho, 4 t o 1 to barn, 8 to 1 agst Wanota, and 10 to 1 agst Cosachia. Jericho made running at a strong pace , fo llowed b y The Hero, Ellerdale third, and the others laid up , wi t h the exception of Miles's Boy, who was out of the race in the first half mile. They ran without any change to the last turn, where Ellerdale gave way, and Bridle took her place; The Hero here joined Jericho, and Bridle going up immediately after, they singled themselves out at the stand and raced home together, The Hero win- Bi n gham a very bad fourth. Run in 3 min. 35 sec. ning by a head, and Bridle beatin g Jericho b y a neck, Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 91b; fillies, Bst 61b; those got by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b, if both 51b; old mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Coombe's c by The Nob, out of Premature Mr. Mostyn's Crozier (51b) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Crozier. The non-favourite made all the running, and won very easily by two lengths. Run in 1 minute 49 seconds. The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 soy each, h ft, for three yrs old, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst alb. The winner of the Derby to have carried 101 b, the second or winner of the Oaks, 51b extra. Swinley Course. (16 Subs.) Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham (A. Day) 1 Mr. Combe's c by Sir Hercules, out of Harmony 2 Betting-5 to lon Conyngham, who ma le a waiting race of it to the Stand, and won easily by a length. Run in 2 minutes 4 seconds. The Welcome Stakes of 20 soy each, with a bonus of 5 sou each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b; winners, extra. Swinley Course. (22 Subs. and 41 to the bonus only.) Duke of Richmond's Red Hart .....................(Nat) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Swallo w 2 agst Bingham, Red Hart Sir J. Hawley's Miami followed by The Swallow, Colonel Anson's Bingham 4 The following also started but were not placed:—Mr. ; this lot kept the front th the old mile, where So Drinkald's So Nice, Mr. Gully's Allertonian, and Mr. G. R. E. Wall's Quicksand. ran with him to the road, ultdthe lead, kept it to the end, Betting-6 to 4 agst Miami, sto 2 agst Swallow, 6to jumped s Tauonm a ii deta g hepna s i t wimde R det shn e eoHi d tl ffr v udaeHart,:pswtattignoot with going t insh a t eghneod the Nice 18iraecwnraet Hart and tfia,hor l il cleverlyu half, Bingham y a length, a y bad v Swallow e r beating f our A th ii . araiby a and d enßun in 2 min. 4 0 sec. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, an d 5 on ly if declared, &c. The second to recei ve 1 00 sovs. out o f the stakes, and the third 50. Two miles and a-half. 125 Subs., 9 1 of whom declared. Lord Exeter's Woodpigeon, 5 yrs, ist 131 b (S. Mann) 1 Duke of Rickmond's Vampyre, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b Mr. Liley's Glory, 4 yrs, ist 101 b 3 Mr. Coombe's Sister to The Nob, 4 yrs Est 21b The following also started but were not placed:— Lord Orford's Footstool, Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum, Mr. Wyatt's The Mangler, Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, Mr. Charlton ud Priscilla Tom boy, Lord Exeter's Hydrangea, Mr. Leigh's Correet Card, Mr. Gregory's Cl ermon t , Lord Warwick's Aliwal, Mr. S. Herbert's f by Elis or Venison, dam by Odessa. Betting at Starting-6 to 1 agst Vampyre, Sto 1 each agst Footstool, Hydrangea, Sister to the Nob. and Cor rect Card, 9 to 1 agst Clermont, 10 to 1 agst Odessa filly, and 15 to 1 agst Woodpigeon. Vampyre took the lead, followed by Sis. to the Nob, Hydrangea, the Odessa filly, and Glory, with the ruck in rather extended order, carried the running en to the Brick Kiln turn, when Hydrangea gave way, and Woodpigeon quitting the rear, took the third place, Vampyre still having the lead. with Sister to the Nob in waiting. They came thus to the distance, when Woodpigeon went up, took the lead from Vampyre, and opposite the Royal Stand was a length in advance, but stopp.d near the finish, and only won by a neck. Vampyre beating Glory by a length, the latter a length before Sister to the Nob, Mangler fifth, and Plaudit sixth. Ru❑ in 4 min. and 34 sec. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for two year old colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b. Three quarters of a mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Glendower (Nat) 1 Field Marshall Grosvenor's Sir Oliver 2 Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe Betting 5 to 2 on Glendower, who made all the running, and won by four lengths. Run in 1 min. 26 sec. BETTING ON THE EMPEROR'S VASE. 5 to 1 against Sir Tatton Sykes 13 to 1 agst Wolfdog THE EMPEROR'S VASE.—Sir Joseph Hawley has pur chased Mendicant of Mr. Gully, the price is either 2,000 or 2,500 guineas, to be made up to 3,000 should she win the Vase. Even on Mendicant 5 to 1 agst Jericho John Day, jun., the trainer, was taken ill on Monday night, and is reported to be in a dangerous state. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir.,—Out of eleven races at the Manchester and Newton meetings, I named the winners of nine, and the second and third of the other two. If the like success should attend my anticipations of the Ascot sport, those who take me as their pioneer will reap a rich harvest. The Ascot meeting this year may be considered up to the average, as far as the number of stakes and entries go, but in consequence of the serious defalcations upon the late Derby, speculation has, as yet, been very limited, and stands but little chance of being increased before the grand day of the week—Thursday. The list gives eight and twenty races for the four days, eight on Tuesday, eight on Wednesday, eight on Thursday, and only four on Friday, but each day containing at least one race of interest, or, in other words, a betting race. The ball opens with the Trial Stakes of 5 soya. each, &c. Five subscribers—all likely to start, the two-year-olds, Iron Crown and Embrace can have but little pretensions to beat Wanota, Alsatia, and Prussic Acid, notwithstanding their al lowance of three stone ; and Wanota's late running having been very inferior, I shall place my trust in Prussic Acid and Alsatia for the two first places. The Ascot Stakes are destined to fall to the lot of Messrs. Gregory or Greville, with Clermont or Mirmillo, and in de fault of them to Piaudit, Hydrangea, or Nannette colt. A field of at least fifteen may be expected to start, consisting of the following:— yrs. st. lb. yrs. st. lb. Annandale ...... 5 ... 8 7 Hydrangea Pineapple a ... 8 5 Nannette colt Wood Pigeon 5 ... 7 13 Sister to the Nob... 4 ... 6 9 Humdrum The Mangler Giantess Plaudit . 5 .. 7 5 Odessa filly 3 ... 5 3 Plantagenet......... 6 ... 7 stVampyre . 3 ... 4 13 For the Gold Vase in the absence of 2.lendicant, the race will lay entirely between Jericho, The Hero, and Bridle. Jericho for choice, although in my opinion it is little better than a toss up between him and The Hero; if a three year old wins, it will most certainly be Bridle. The Welcome Stakes, with a field of seven or eight, including Miami, Clementina, Mr. Martin, The Swallow, and Halo, will pro duce a splendid race; the winner of the Oaks and Clemen tina are placed on equal ground, by each having Ms. pe nalty to carry, and consequently one pound more than Halo and Mr. Martin, and six pounds more than the Swallow ; if Mr. Martin starts, to him and Clementina I look for the winner, otherwise to the latter and Miami. The 50 sovs. Stakes over the Old Mile to the Goodwood Stables ; and the 50 sovs Stake over the New Mile to Dr. Goodall or the Premature colt. The Ascot Derby Stakes has sixteen nominations, of which about three will " show," viz., Harmony colt, Mathemati cian, Conyngham, and perhaps, Mirmillo, the decision thus— Convngham 1 Mathematician Harmony colt, or Mirmillo ............. ...... 3 A Sweepstakes of 50 soya., for two year olds, with Glen dower (1), Hornpipe (2), Fencer (3), among the entries, concludes the first day's sport. On Wednesday, at half-past one, a large batch of horses will collect together at the new mile starting post, for the Royal Hunt Cup. Their names and merits too much space will occupy, therefore I shall take a flying leap to the omega at once, and distinctly assert that Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ; Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ; Gabbier, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; St. Leon, 3 yrs, Est 21b; or Fistiana, 3 yrs, 6st 21b, will most indubitably win this Cup, as to being more precise in a handicap of this kind, it is barely possible. For the Fern Hill Stakes, Camelford, Grist, Hornpipe, Goodboy, Ptolemceus, Jollity, and, perhaps, Isis, will start ; of these, Grist, Isis, and Hornpipe, are the best ; more depo nent saeth not. The Swinley Stakes to Cossack in a canter. The Windsor Stakes of 10 sovs. each. 72 Subs. and 11 starters, viz. :—Epirote, Lady Lurewell, or Papa. So-nice, Voronetz, Oxonian, Mirmillo, Mathematician, or Allertonian, The Admiral, Watchdog, Mr. Martin, or Alsatia, Liska , and Foreclosure, or Cossack (latter 101 b extra, both very doubt ful). Some of these may not start, and others may be added, but in either case it is not likely to alter the decision of the race. Mr. Martin, Epirote, or Day's starter being sure to win. A 50 soy Stakes, for two yrs old, upon re f lection, I assign to the Duke of Richmond. The Coronation Stakes are likely to fall to the lot of Mr. Payne with Clementine, or Sir J. Hawley with Miami. The finish 1 think will be Clementine, Bst 101 b 1 Miami, 9st Cosachia, Bst 71bs 3 The Windsor Plate, a T.Y.C. spin will have Evenus (a doubtful starter), Mistress Jean, or Chippeway, for victor. The Ten Sovs. Stakes, with 50 added, T.Y.C., ought to have Evenus, or the Bishop of Romford's cob, home first. On Thursday her Majesty's Plate will be an easy conquest for Humdrum or Footstool. The field for the Emperor of Russia's Plate will, in all probability, be composed of the following : The Hero, Sting, Sir Tatton Sykes, Christopher— Wolfdog, Jericho, Mendicant, and Poynton; two of these the Hero and Christopher, before Thursday, may be scratched but of that nothing is known as yet. Mendicant's performances have made her first favourite and justly so, she is the best mare of the last and present years, and if she does not win the Plate, will be too near to be pleasant. Dawson's representative Poynton has much improved upon his last year's form ; he will be a difficult nag to stall off. Jericho, one of the gamest animals that ever appeared on the turf, will be sure, by his well-known quality, to be close up at the finish. Sir Tatton Sykes will run forward, but not forward enough. Wolfdog, Jericho, and Sting will be in front at the Grand Stand, and in the last few strides we shall see whether the indomitable spirit of Wolf-dog, the gameness of Jericho, or the blood and staying qualities of Sting will be in the ascendant; but which ever wins, the other two will be near his heels. I have a slight penchant in favour of the Dog and Jericho, and fully expect to see in one or other the winner. The New Stakes, pregnant with the fate of many a candi date for Derby honours next year, is as good as ever, and Mr. Green, with his Flatcatcher and Assault, setting at defiance the rest. The One Hundred Soya. Stakes will be a compromise be tween Timour and Dipthong, or a walk over without, for Timour; and the Fifty Soya. Stakes will go to Epirote or Crozier. The St. James's Palace Stakes to the Harmony colt or Mirmillo, Spider being third, and Voronetz, as usual, fourth. On Friday, for the Railway Stakes, I shall look to Colleen Bawn, Stultz, Vice-Consul, or Odessa filly, for for tune's favourite ; and to Bravissimo and Mount Callan for the Borough Member's Plate. The 50 Sovs. Stakes will be decided in favour of Coningsby, and with this race ends the Ascot Meeting of 1847.-1 am, &c. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. REPRESENTATION OF WEST MINSTER. Last night a meeting of the electors of St. James's parish was held at Willis's Rooms, Brewer-street, Gol den-square, for the purpose of hearing the political sen timents of Charles Lushington, Esq. Wm. GEESIN, Esq., one of the churchwardens, occu pied the chair, who, before introducing Mr. Lushington to the meeting, stated that it had been spread abroad that the Westminster Reform Association was a clique. This would lead a stranger to believe that it consisted of half a dozen members, who met in some back parlour; but it consisted of 300 very influential, highly respect able inhabitants, and of' some of the first working men, in Westminster. It was established to protect the elec tive franchise of the inhabitants of Westminster, and for promoting, not dictating, the election of two Reformers to represent the city in Parliament ; also for the promo tion of vote by ballot, household suffrage, that each constituency should consist of 5,000 voters, the repeal of the 27 thclause of the Reform Act (the rate-paying clause), triennial Parliaments, a more extensive application of the funds of the municipal institutions of this country and 1 of Ireland, repeal of the window duty—(the Cilairrna* i called it by its proper name, a tax upon the light of heaven) 1 —(Cheers)—the repeal of the corn-laws, the aboliti, , i , ; of all pensions not merited by known publi._! servicec , . I the removal of taxes which impeded the advanci•ment (,' knowledge among the people, but particularly the rep. , i.i of the stamp duty upon newspapers, and the more gene ral expenditure of the funds left for the purposes 0 education. This showed that the society MLA not a clique, and that it had been established to promote the welfare of the city, and therefore he was proud to la., long to it. It had accomplished the greatest good in that parish. Now Mr. Cochrane was a man of assertion, and boasted of the great things which he would accom plish when he was admitted within its walls. Cha rity was one of the greatest blessings under heaven. but he did not consider that the giving of donations of 51. or 10/. to the Foresters, Odd Fellows, and Cogers—(Laughter)—for the purpose' of promoting his election, was charity. Then what had he done? Where was he during the repeal of the corn laws?—(Hear, hear.) He (the ;.Chairman) was an old corn-law repealer, but he had never heard of Mr. Cochrane, and were they, in 1847, to take the first per son who offered himself, and of whom they .knew no thing? Mr. Lushington had a committee of three hun dred gentlemen of great influence in Westminster, but he had not seen any list published by Mr. Cochrane. He hoped St. James's would act as they had done on former occasions, and elect a man of sterling worth like Mr. Lushington--\Clieers)—who had been tried, and whose votes were recorded the right way.—(Cheers.) Any candidate proposed by the Reform Association was objected to on the ground that Mr. Leader had not proved a very acceptable candidate ; but Mr. Leader approved and pledged himself to support the sentiments of the as sociation, and he at first did his work well. They could not drive him to the House of . Commons, neither could they drive Mr. Cochrane if he felt disinclined ; but all Mr. Leader's votes were recorded the right way — (Hear)—and when they found him getting idle they looked out for another candidate better qualified to supply his place, and they fixed upon Mr. Lushington as that person. He concluded by introducing Mr. Lushington to the meeting. Mr. LusinNoToN then presented himself, and wss received with loud cheers. After adverting to his first introduction to the parish, when he was solicited to be come a candidate. he proceeded to say that when an in dividual, who had played a humble part on the Parlia mentary stage, which he did, retired from public life, and after a lapse of five years emerged from his retire. ment, it was necessary for him to remind those whose support he sought of the course which he pursued when he took a part in political life. He was in Parliament from 1835 to 1841, and among the measures which he supported during that period were to be found those which had for their object civil and religious liberty.— (Cheers.) Over and over again he voted for the ballot, for the extension of the suffrage, for an abridgement of the duration of Parliament, and for the abolition of the property qualification of Members of Parliament , . He always voted for the abo lition of the corn-laws long before he thought of standing for Westminster—(Cheers) —and also for free trade in all its excellence.—(Hear, hear.) Did he not also bring forward two substantive motions for Church reform, and did he not propose that the translation of bishops should be altogether abolished?—(Cheers)—and did he not also propose to the House, in spite of taunts and jeers, that it was unfit and unscriptural that the bishops should hold seats in Parliament?—(Loud cheers.) He only got about ninety Members to vote with him. He was still of the same opinion, but he feared that that great mea sure was still further distant, because the present Go vernment were opposed to an alteration, and were, therefore, not to be shaken.—(Hear, hear.) Education was not mooted much in those days, but he used to vote for grants to the national schools and to the Borough school. It was quite understood that that freedom of religious opinion should be untouched, but latterly he found, in consequence of the superior riches of the Church of England, that nine parts out of ten of those grants used to go to the Church, consequently great in justice was done to the Dissenters, who, although they were taxed the same, got but one part out of ten of the grants, the remainder being devoted to a mode of reli gious worship to which they were opposed.—(Hear, hear.) He twice gave notice that he should propose an alteration, but the session broke up and it was not further mooted. Then he proposed that the payment of 21,0001. a year to the King of Hanover, to whose cha. ratter he would not allude, should be discontinued be , cause it was a payment of the most unjust denription —(Laughter.) The efflux of time since the passing ot the Reform Bill, and the events which had occurred affecting it operation—the diffusion of knowledge amongst the people—in short, the whole spirit of The times forced upon them the conviction that the stagnant pool of finality must be disturbed and agitated—(Loud cheers)—and that a free course must be opened to a purer stream of improvement.—(Hear, hear.) The glaring abuses of which they all nipw com plained must be redressed. They might expect the introduction of many salutary measures into the next session of Parliament. His opinions were—first, that the Government scheme of education must he greatly modified—(Hear)—it was unjust, because the members of the Privy Council, who were entrusted with the funds, were members of the Church of England, and the Dissenters thus had no share whatever in the go. vernment of the funds ; but he considered that they should be associated with that board. (Cheers.) Secondly, he thought that provision pernicious which provided that where there was a Church of England school, and no Dissenters' school, that it should be in the option of the clergyman or schoolmaster to dispense with requiring the creed or catechism to be used, or whether the children should not be required to attend the church. It should not be left to the option of the clergyman, but it should beimperative upon him, provided the parents of the child required such a modification. He was also in favour of more direct taxation, and ap proved of the motion recently brought forward by Mr. Ewart. Every man of humanity must wish to see sana tory measures carried out, with justice, however, at the same time, to claims and rights— He generally approved of Lord Morpeth's Health of Towns Bill, and was glad to find that that portion which had reference to the metropolis (and some of the dis tricts were carefully organized and managed with great propriety) was to be reconsidered. He was in favour of the abolition of the window -tax, which was connected with sanatory improvement.—(Hear.) That really was an impost which, without making a pun, had interfered much with the enlightenment of the nation.—(Cheers.) The existing poor-law required very great modification, as several of its provisions bore harshly on the poorer classes, and he trusted that something would shortly be done in Parliament calculated to satisfy the poor that they were considered more than they at present seemed to be, and rendered more contented, astar as possible, with their painful lot. The separation of a man and his wife was most objectionable—(Hear)—and out door relief ought to be extended in certain circumstances, but at the same .itime a poor-law must be carefully considered and cautiously administered, otherwise they money which would be expended for the relief of the poor would swallow up the finances of the nation. — (Cheers.) He looked upon his past conduct with consi derable satisfaction, because he did not repent of any vote which he had recorded.—(Cheers.) His opinions had undergone no change since he was in Parliament; he felt more than ever their propriety and their justice. —(Hoar, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat after expressing his willingness to reply to any question. Mr. BMGooD inquired whether the Hon. Gentleman was opposed to the endowment of the clergy, not only of the Church of England, but of other denominations? Mr. LUSHINGTON had no hesitation in saying that he was totally opposed to the endowment any religion whatever.—(Cheers.) For several years he was chair man of the Religious Freedom Society, and the burden of his song had always been " religious freedom to every man, and no endowment whatever." He did hot say he would pull down the Church of England, he was no destructive; bat he thought it would be much better if it were uphld on the voluntary principle.—(Cheers.) Mr. THOMAS ATECKETT then proposed the adoption of the following resolution:— " That the political opinions and ,well-known charac ter of Charles Lushington, Esq., are fully approved of and highly appreciated by this meeting, and we, the electors of St. James's, hereby pledge ourselves to us. , our best exertions to secure his return. He considered that they ought to elect a man whose opinions were well known, whose votes were always, on the side of freedom, and who did not repeat political truisms like a parrot.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Lushington was a tried man—a man of character; but Mr. Coch rane had placed on record a memorable proof how ex cellent he was in the art of deception—(Loud cheers) — and therefore he was unworthy of their support.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. Cochrane was, as he had said, not a tried man—(A voice—" Perhaps we'll try him")—and he considered that in the present state of things a tried man was the person they required to represent them. Mr. HENRY BIDGOOD cordially seconded the motion. He said next session large sums of money would no doubt be proposed for the purpose of endowi ng differer:)t religious sects, and the conduct of Mr. Lushington had shown that he was a fit man to repr esen t their opinions on the subject of such grants. Mr. HEALEY said the man whom they should el ec t t o represent Westminster in Parliament should be a man of high character, of considerable experience, and not a mere adventurer—(Ch eers ) a man of high moral cha racter, and not on e who wishedtobuild his fame by fair promises to the industrious classes, which they would find he would ultimately break. He regretted to find that there was to be a hard-fought contest between can didates who prof esse d near l y t h e same opinions . but as Westminster had heretofore led the political opinions of the country, he d ou bt e d no t b u t a t the ensuing election she would not be found wanting. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried with-but two dissentient*. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Court, went to Ascot races to-day. The royal cortege left the Castle at a quarter-past twelve o'clock. The august party returned to the Castle at twenty minutes past five o'clock. The Duke of Wellington arrived at the Castle this morn ing on a visit to the Queen. Her Majesty gave a grand banquet in the evening in St. George's Hall. The service of gold plate was used. The magnificent " St. George candelabrum " was placed in the centre of the table, which was brilliantly illuminated with candelabra of large size, and richly sculptured in gold. Rows of gold dishes were ranged the entire length of the table, the larger sort resting on engles of silver gilt ; and on the plateau, among the different centre pieces, were arranged several beautiful plants in flower, inserted in vases of silver gilt. A buffett of gold plate was erected at each end of the hall, that at the eastern extremity containing a number of racing cups, including the "Lincoln Cup " and two Goodwood Cups. won by Fleur de Lis, the property of his Majesty George. IV. Among the remarkable articles on the buffett was the brilliant Huema, composed of pure plates of gold, closely in laid with precious stones, having pearls for its eyes, and having suspended from its beak a large and valuable ruby. The Band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards was in at tendance during dinner. - - - - - - - - Lord Camoiihas arrived at the Castle, and has succeeded the Marquis of Ormonde as the Lord in Waiting to the Queen. Major the Hon. A. N. Hood has succeeded Sir Frederick Stovin as the Groom in Waiting, and Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty. The Bishop of St. David's had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Air. Morris, M.P., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. A deputation, consisting of the Right Hon. Lord Sondes, the Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, Mr. J. Wildman, Mr. N. I Knatchbull, the Mayor of Faversham, Alderman Cooper, of Canterbury, Alderman Neame, Mr. E. D. Hilton, the Deputy of Margate, and the Mayor of Rochester, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday. Mr. Riddell had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Fitzstephen French transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Hananel De Castro, director of the Australian Mining Company, and Mr. Thomas Hanson Peile, solicitor, had an interview with Mr. Milner Gibson yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation including Lord Barrington, and Mr. Davill, from the Windsor Railway, had an interview with Lord Morpeth on Monday, at the office of the Woods and Forests. Mr. Curling, chairman, Mr. Wilson, director, and Mr. Martin, secretary to the Kent Water-works, had an inter view on Monday with Lord Morpeth, at the office of the Woods and Forests. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, accompanied by Admiral Lutke and his suite,His I visited th e th e Museum of Practic al Geology e.n Monday. Aerial Highness was condu cted ever t he establishment by its officers. Mrs. Trollope's " Three Cousins" will certainly add to her reputation as a novelist. This equal, if not supe rior to the best of her productions, in those peculiar qualities which have won for her the celebrity which she enjoys. Tier own sex she seems to have studied with profound attention, and no living writer so keenly satirises the heartless woman of the world, or so admirably exposes all the elaborate de vices by which artificial manners are made to represent natu ral impulses. Mrs. Cobhurst, for instance, is drawn with ad mirable fidelity. Who has not met with scores of such girlish widows, where the joyous hilarity of sixteen is pressed into the service of thirty-four , in order to cover the matronly in trigues of the latter period of life? We can hardly persuade ourselves that the Bishop of soiway an, audios from uature.—John Bull, Mr. LIISHINGTON briefly returned thanks, and assured them that if he were elected he should discharge his duties with the greatest assiduity. Ile then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried unanimously•, and, the Chairman having returned thanks, the meeting broke up. SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. CHALMERS. (From the Edinburgh Advertiser.) A very great sensation was created yesterday through out the city, by the intelligence of the sudden death of Dr. Chalmers. That venerable and distinguished divine bad been seen so recently in his usual health, that the report of his having so suddenly expired came like a shock which seemed to electrify the public feeling. It was generally felt that an eminent character, a renowned Master in Israel, had been cat off ;—that a champion had fallen, whose name for the last thirty years had filled so prominent a space in our ecclesiastical annals. The particulars of this event, so far as we learn, are the fol lowing :—The Rev. D, , ctor tied been called to London to give evidence before the Site Committee of the House of retcr don Friday last to his own rwir Edinburgh, apparently in ):: Sionlay, though complaining a Fre • Clench at Mornincside in , )y with Dr. Cunningham, and rt ex the way home. Be called ea dined with his family as ‘-alltei for a short time in his •er from the country, and d cheerfulness and anima ,.n. Bef,re going to lea he wrote a letter to his sister in England, intimating Lis safe arrival float Lond on,ind remarking that such was now the celeri t y of trave lling, that though he scarcely expected to have the pleasure of seeing her, he might have the pleasure of seeing her, again. Business elsewhere had prevented him from taking any share in the proceedings of the Free Assembly, and in deed he had of late almost retired from his public labours, with the exception of preaching.. But he had intended yesterday to have presented the report of the College Committee to the Assembly, which had been drawn - up by Professors Cunningham and M‘Dougall. Being desirous to see the latter gentleman, with the view of making some slight alteration in the report, Mr. M`Dougall called upon him for that purpose about eight o'clock yesterday morning, but was informed that Dr. Chalmers was in bed, and had not rung his bell Being beyond his usual time, the servant then proceeded to see if anything was wrong ; and, on entering the room, she perceived the Doctor in a reclining position in bed, dead, and the body quite cold, indicating that life had been some time extinct. The immediate cause of his demise is said to have been apoplexy, or the bursting of a blood vessel in the head. Dr. Chalmers was not an old man, nor had he suffered much, notwithstanding the tear and wear of a busy life, from the infirmities of age. He was in his sixty-ninth or seventieth year, and bad been in the ministry about forty-five years. Towards the beginning of the century (1802) he was assistant in the parish of Cavers, near Hawick. Afterwards, he was presented to Kilmany in Fife, and this rural parish became the cradle of his future fame; for it was whilst incumbent there that he wrote his celebrated article Christianity," in the Edinburgh Encycloptedia, which was afterwards expanded into his Treatise on the Evidences. From Kilmany he removed to Glasgow, where his eloquence as a preacher reached the zenith of its fame. The next 'remove was to the Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of St. An drew's, in 1823; and in 1828 he was appointed to the Pro fessorship of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh, which he continued to occupy until the secession of 1843. In that memorable secession he took a leading part, and we believe we are correct in saying that it derived no small portion of its influence from the weight and lustre of his name. Short time has he survived to witness its progress and effects. If his living eloquence gave it vi tality and energy, his loss may well be regarded as one of its severest calamities. Peace be to his ashes ! Many who, like ourselves, differed from him in the re ligious controversies of the day, will join his warmest admirers in offering their homage of respect and vene ration to his memory. Commons, and had. resitionc , .. at lornin littl., I Iternoor ;,lkc~«a with t upon a latiy-aft usual. In the , arden with a n ver s with his RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JUNE 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 6 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 74 p.—Ditto, New, 41. 3s. 9d. p.—Midland, New, 3 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 21. Bs. 9d.—North Staffordshire, 2%p.—Taff Vale, 1302. Ditto, New, 2s. 6d. p. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 1. STocK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting.. ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 21s. 3d. dis.—Birming ham and Oxford Junction, 6 3 4 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, ate., Preference, 1% p.—Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction), 12 p.—Chester and Birkenhead,. 42 1 4—Ditto, 201. Shares, 1% dis.—East Lancashire, New, IA dia.—Ditto, New Scrip, par—East Lincolnshire, 174 p.—Great Northern, 1% dis.— Great Western, Fifths, 27—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 8% dis. —Ditto, Preference, 6s. 3d. p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 1% p.—London and North-Western, 177—Ditto, New Quarters, 10 3 A p. —Ditto, Fifths, 14% p.—London, Brig hton, and South Coast, 54—Manchester and Leeds, 21 p.—Ditto, 32/. Shares, % p. Ditto, Halves, (late L. and B. ), 1 1 4 p. —Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1, p.—Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% dis.—Ditto, 20. Shares, 2% dis.—Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3 dis.—Midland Stock, 120 1 4—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4% p.— Ditto, New, 3 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 1 4 p.— North Staffordshire, 2% p.—North Union (A), 209—North- Western, 1 1 4 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham,9l. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), % dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 31s. 3d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 1, Sb p. —Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, 1 4 p.—Ditto, New, No. 4, IA p. —York and Newcastle, Preference, 3 1 4 p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 9 p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 12 dis.—Newry and Warreopoint, 1% die.—Dutch Rhenish, 23 / 4 dis• -_.________—.— MANCHESTER, JUNE 1. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 13-16—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 1 ,4 c. dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 65 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 2 dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 1% p.—Eastern Counties York Extension, 3 / 4 dis.—East Lancashire, New, V, dis.— Ditto, New (scrip), IA dis.—Fleetwood, Preston. and West Riding Junction, 1. 3-16 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 14 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, 5.16 p.—Leeds, DewOury, and Manchester, p.—Ditto, Branches, Halves, p. —London and North-Western, New, 11 p.—Ditto (Manchester and Birmingham), 68 3 / 4 —Ditto, Quarters (11), 11-16 p.—Ditto (C), 57'8 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, ki dis.—Mancheater and Leeds, 32/. Shares (late Extension), p.—Ditto, Six teenths, 7 13-16 p.—Ditto, Fifths (W. R. U.), p.—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 13/4 dis.—Ditto, Grimsby, 201. Shares, 2IA dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln shire), 2 dis.—Manchester and Southampton, 30s. dia.— North British, Extension, 1 4 p.—North Staffordshire, p.—North-Western, 1 / 1 dis.—Oldham Alliance, IA Preston andWyre, Halves (A), 3% p.—Royston and Hitchin, 7 p.—Shropshire Union, 9-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 37 4—Ditto, No. 1, ji p.—Ditto, No. 4, p ar —S ou th Stafford shire, % dis. LEEDS, JUNE 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting. , ham, and Boston, 1 1 ,E dis. —Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 16s. 3d. dis. —East Lancashire, New, 9s. dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), Is. dis.—East and West Yorkshire, 15s. dis.— Great Northern, 31s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 16s. dis., —Huddersfield and Manchester, 15s. p.—Leeds and Dews bury, 1 1 4 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 4% dis.—Ditto, New, 3% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 4s. p.--Malton and Driffield Junc tion, 2s. 6d. dis.—Alanchester and Leeds, Halves (late Hud. and Shelf.), 17s. 6d. p.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 2s. p. —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2a. 6d. dm. —Midland, Pr eference, 3 1 / 8 p.—N ewcastle and Berwick, New, 2/. 4s. p.—North British, Thirds, 1% p.—Ditto, Quarters, 28s. p.—Ditto, Extension, 3s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 2% p. —Northern Counties Union, 51s. dis.—North-Western, 265. 6d. dis.—Wharfdale Junction, 20s. dis.—York and New castle, New, 5 1 ,1 2 p. SHEFFIELD, Jurxx 1. __ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting— ham, and Boston, 1 dis.—Great Northern, 1X dis.7—Lea and Dewsbury, 1 1 4 p.—Manchester and Lincoln Union, 28a. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 36 p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 2% p.—Ditto (Grimsby and She ffi eld), 201. Shares, 50s. 6d. dis.—Ditto,l2/.. 10s. Shares, 295. dis—Ditto, Docks, 4 dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 2A dis.—North British, Extension (scrip), p.—North-Western, 18s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid land, 1 dis HULL, JurrE 1. p ot re ti f n e g r: p.—Great Northern, 45s.—Malton and D r iffi e ld e h n a c S m e C an ic d B E o x s c to li n A , N 3 a 2s F ". — 6d T .— " B s l a a l c e k s b a urn, Am Clit b h er ero, gate' Scc. N• Junction, par—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland. .5( 3 dis.—Manchester and Leeds (West, Riding 'Union), ss. 6d. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2/. 9s. p.—North tish, Halves, 15 3 / 4 —Ditto, Quarters, 94.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 4s. 6d. p.—Ditto, Thirds (scrip), 57s.—North Sta. fordshire, 2).165. cash—N orth-Western, 21s. dis. GLASGOW, MAY il. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The salesare—Caledonian, 29 3 4 Ditto, New, 465. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 38a, —Clydesdale Junction, 42 1 v. 2 —Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 64s.—East of Fife, 35s.—East Lothian Central, 40s.—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 35s.—Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, 161.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ayr, 11714—Ditto, 41L Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 94—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 71.—Glasgow. 40DusT_Gfriers,eaatndNoCratrhleisnile:5521s..-IDlsi.t-t—o,Great LondonN o"rtdhoysoockSc&tlteannd:, sion, 375. 6d.—Blanchester and Southam pton, 1 0s . Thirds, 58s~ l an d, 401 A—Ditto, Halves, '1 , 4 --- eN ort i,f B Hurlet, 525. 6d.— 244.—s seYdrlinargrahneaddbaartnc! —Ditto, Quart Sc e o ri ttfs s h en C P ett i rat f 51.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 7%. with respect to letters and newspap ers b y the E a st In, , iia Company s express came into operati on yestet . I NDI AN POSTAGE , —.The • following Post-office ar rang ement day, the Ist of June :—" Persons in this country may for ward private correspondence by the Government express from Bombay to Calcutta and Madras; all persons desirous of availing themselves of this privilege will be required to , mark upon the covers of their letters the words 'By express from Bombay ;' and, in addition to this special address, it will be necessary that all letters intended to be forwarded by the way of Southampton should be endorsed as hitherto.. The postage to be charged in India on the delivery of letters sent by this express will be in addition to the ordinary inland rates ; viz., one rupee for every letter not exceeding half* tole in weight; two rupees for every letter above half a tola, but not exceeding one tola in weight; four rupees for every letter . above one tola, but not exceeding two toles in weight; two toles being the maximum weight of letters to be conveyed by express. On Newspapers—Each newspaper-oilice in Cal cutta and Madras will be allowed to receive two newspapers at at the ordinary rates of inland postage; o fiven all l up o ees will be papers forwarded by express postagea .e of ived for the express N.B.—One tola and a k equivalent to half an ounce a • d • von. upole, quarter is nearly . _ neish, „ c e h x a c r e g ed ed in , g an t d hr n e o e n to ew ia s s pa in per w w e l g il h b t. The rupee is about ls. iod 1:: We regret . Palmer, who ex ire(' of the Right Hon. Lady 111adelmA .. . , P /esterday, in L G r osvenor-place, in h er sevtntr-s . ixth year. Chapel-street, as the second d ' ' - Her Ladyship w to announce the demise auglsLer of eorge fourth Duke, al 0:41(1 last Duke of Gordon, twice married ; first to the late Sir sseeisotenrdloyf CharlestGoetotr,geel,afitefat Robert Sinclair, and was Bar t., and d fler Ladyship had bat one son, Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Fyshe Palmer, E. Bart., who s..cceeds to her Ladyship's estates. The Duchess Dowager of Bedf or d and the Marchioness Cornwallis are the only surviving sisters of Lady Madeline Palmer. A fine living specimen of the sea-fan (Gorgonis Verrucosa, Cole) ? was taken last week in a trawl nal, by Richard Bill, o Falmouth.—klairaouth Packet. a ges . id a, plat . ? Is t ous-