The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-13 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. them, bet also because he saw thus persons of every shade of politic il and religious opinions united in the great ob ject of expediting that glorious time when men should love each other as brethren, by seeking to remove from the face of the earth the greatest cu:•se which ever had been inflicted on mankind.--( Hear, hear. ) He felt that the Divine blessing must ever attend efforts of this de steription, and he trusted it would he with them, and animate the efforts of the Society, so long as there re mained on earth a child of Adam in sorrow or In the grasp of tyranny. Oh, it was lovely to witness the operation of this blessing upon their efforts among their coloured brethren. It was not by spoliation and oppres sion we could civilize them, but by going among them, taking nothing from them ; by giving them all, drying out even our lives in order to effect the great purpose. When thsv saw that the white man ceased to wrong them they would listen to him, and when they felt that he had their interest at heart, they would throng around the Mis sionaries, and receive from them the word of eternal life. When he saw so large a portion of the world covered with ignorance and oppression of every kind, how painful was the thought that it was from the wrong doings of profess tng that it was in this benighted state. —( Hear. ) sic hoped it would not remain so long, but that speedily throughout the length and breadth of the land the princis Plea of the Gospel of mercy, and of love, would prevail. With God there was no respect of persons, and whether loan was in ebony or ivory he was alike acceptable to Hint Who was the common Father of us all. Animated by these feelings, he trusted the Society would bind themselves 'co- Rether as with one soul, and persevere in this glorious cause ' l ' lll , under the blessing of God, their efforts were crowned with complete success. Mr. JOSEPH STURGE said that although the Society was rno,t anxious to have their venerable Chairman among them ; he feared if lie remained longer be would be too much exhausted, and he would therefore, propose that a Person who was now in the room, and who was a slave himself not three years ago, though now the bead of a re ligious congregation in Jamaica, should be introduced to him, and shake hands with the person to whom he was so Much indebted for his present freedom, after which his Venerable friend would leave the Chair. Mr. HENRY BECKFORD, a man of colour, then ascended the platform, and cordially shook hands with the venerable Chairman and his grandson, oiler which, turning to the assembly, he said (as nearly - .ss from the low tone in which ho sp o ke, we could collect . his words)—l am desirous of ! o turning thanks to .",,imigoty God, who has been so kind and mercifrA as so look with compassion upon those who, were confined in slavery, and to restore us to our liberty and to our country. I re joice to see here the root of that Society by whose instru mentality 'this has been effected. You have heard of slavery --,1 have felt it. I have seen the blood shed by it. * -- (H'..dr, hear.) I have seen my brethren and sisters !coSned in ropes and chains; and, oh ! how my soul re 4`.•ieed to see the day when we were restored to freedom, atd when we returned to our native country, to tell our friends there what we had felt and seen, and of the friends Who had wished to deliver us from the accursed system. slavery brings ,t man down to the level of the beasts. The slave-owner regards the slave no more than the cattle which he turns out in his fields to feed. Oh I may we not rejoice that we can enter where noise can say to us— " Where have you been this long time ?"—( Hear, hear.) I rejoice to meet ycu here. I come here as a freeman. I shall remain so for ever. I shall return as such to my na tive land and friends. Oh I look on me, and work on. I was a slave twenty-eight years. Oh I look on me, and Work on until every man and woman are as free as I am t his day_natil slavery i s ab o li s h e d throughout the world. i am thankful for being present here, and I hope, Friends, You will feel the blessing of God in this assembly, and that he will touch your hearts and minds to do his work, and incline you to be servants to do his pleasure. When I nnsider that I was a slave—not in soul, for I trust it had neon redeemed hey the Lord, but in body—that I have suf fered bonds and the punishment of the lash, should I not r ejoice that lam present here as a freeman ? Ido rejoice `•••I thank God and vou for it—and I trust God will bless Yon for all you have 'done for us.—( Cheers. ) The Venerable Chairman then left the room, all the au. otenee remnining standing. W. B. Blair, Esq., of Bath, was then called to the chair, s hortly after which Mr. O'Connell left the room amidst lo ud and general applause. t . The CHAIRMAN said, having been called upon to succeed 0 venerable and respected friend, he could not but feel mundeserving he was of the distinction conferred on 'tn. He was truly sensible that there were many per. De us in the assembly who possessed far greater claims and ge tter qualifications to fill it. He trusted he would receive t he .. united su pp o rt o f the meeting in preserving or d er nd decorum. It was unnecessary, after the business of "le meeting had been regularly opened, to detain them with any observations, but he would hazard one remark I I regarded the harmony of their future proceedings. It was obvious that a meeting like the present must be corn- Posed of persons entertaining a great variety of opinions t 'Pon political and other subjects, although cordially united to the one great object that had brought them together. He hoped, therefore, that no opinions or expressions W ould escape in the ardour of di s cussion which would hurt ,the prejudices or wound the feelings of any one—( Hear, hear)— that a spirit of forbearance and conciliation would be observed throughout their proceedings—and that no thing would occur to clash with the important objects of the Association.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GEOROK THOMPSOISI had a resolution to propose which did not require from him a single observation. These proceedings would, in his opinion, be incomplete 7'thout it, and ha would, without further remark, read it d o t he meeting. Mr. Thompson then read the resolu ai n ' Which was to the effect that the meeting hailed with n r. , e th gratitude to Almighty God the presence among ein re of their venerated friend, Thomas Clarkson. Th e resolution was seconded by Mr. Phillips,, but, after some discussion, it was withdrawn for t h e, purpose q'making sonic verbal amendment to it. Mr. Piiinnirs said he had a resolution to submit to the sheeting, the object of which was to er . point a Committ ee 41 five to prepare a correct list of ',me members of the eenvention, instructing them . to iAclude the names of all Persons bearing credentials trr,,,m any Anti-Slavery So vietY• It had been suggeste,d to him by several friends to shake a motion to that effect, and he would shortly state 41 3 reasons for doing so. There were several ladies from 91e State of Massachl7.setts who had been refused admission 14 t0 the hall.—( Hese, hear.) lie did not use too strong " expression wh'.ln he said they were aggrieved by that to f the C o '.nmittee. The call of Mr. Tredgold, the Secretary, w'nich reached America, bore an invitation to frieneA of slavery of every nation and of every clime. ,;.` l ear, 'near.) Massachusetts had for several years acted mp o the principle of admitting women on an equa lity 'With men in the deliberations upon the subject, ` ll tl the American Anti-slavery Society had by a majority ° I votes adopted the same custon. The State of Massa husetts acted upon the call which had been read from 11 ° platform to invite its members to attend, and they S : t oed ther e i n conse quence of th a t i nv it a ti on . Th ey c0n ,,!".(1 that they had a right to include women in that in tnation._(Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") They had ~c 2 rne 4,000 m il e s to attend the world's Convention, an d i t 1 01 rathe r b ar d t h at th e y s h ou ld b e now re f use d a pl ace at ,7 meeting.—(Hear, hear.) Professor ADAM had great pleasure in expressing his ent ire concurrence in the sentiments of the last speaker. '' would only add, that if ladies who had come from America were not deemed entitled to admission in conse quence of the credentials that they bore, he felt that he ^ 8 . 3 not entitled to a place there.—( Hear, hear.) His credentials proceeded from the same persons, and ine, acme S oc i e ty,—it bore th e same names and it ` h ad no oth e r authority by which he could appear 411101.1gst them or take a part il l their proceedings, and have "lee in their deliberations, than the right which was equally p ossesse d b y t h e lad i es to w h om a p l ace amongst 4 °." 11 had been denied. In his opinion they were fixing a stigma upon the women of America by not admitting them. -(Loud cries of " No, no.") Mr. STACEY felt placed in a very invidious position. lie denied that there was any intention to throw the slightest Stigma upon the friends from America. The system in England was uniform, and it was this that 'in all matters of mere business, unless ladies were announced as asacciated they did not form any part of the working body.—( Hear, hear.) Having taken an early part in the proceed ings of the Society he felt himself authorised to make that remark, and to his certain knowledge ,the documents calling that Convention had no reference at all, or ever c ontemplated including females es a p art of the Co n vention. 11 0 had become aware that there was a disposition, or. the Part of their American brethren, to construe that clause as it would have been used by themselves. On that know ledge the Committee issued anot her circular, dated 15th February, in which the meaning was explained. lie felt that in doing so they had done all in their power to pre vont inconvenience to their American brethren. As, how ever, the discussion on the subject had been introduced, the sooner the Convention came to a decision on the ques tion the better. Dr. BowßlNo, fltr one, would say that the system of excluding ladies from co-operating in works of active bene volence, was a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance. They had a recent instance of that deep !merest which the most illustrious female in that c.iuntry had taken in the subject, by sending her Illustrious Con aort to preside at the recent meeting of a similar Society slt. Exeter Hllll.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He would f e raure to say that to the active and zealous co - operation of f t l rn ales, the Society owed a great portion of its success. Zon`e looked up the delegation of women to their Con • tion from the Transatlantic world with del i ght. What , A merican women coming to England as the represents "'Yes of the Anti-Slavery Associations, not to be welcomed rnong them I—what, were they not to be welcomed with honour, not to be put in the seats of dignity ! Surely i n E • ngland that could never be. He trusted that the meet -11,:g Would respond to the proposition almost with unanimity. Committee would be appointed, and he could not for a moment think that they would refuse to greet such Dele gates with a hearty we lcome„—( Hear, hear.) T he Rev. Mr. B U RNETT, of Camberwell , s aid if ever th ere could arise any question upon which the Members of t he Convention required the utmost calmness and self eollectedness, it was then under discussion. Even the exis tence of the Convention itself was perilled in the pre tent discussion—( Hear, hear) --and whilst he bad the I ligliest possible respect and regard for the ladies of America, as well as in England, and whilst he could not entertain for them other than feelings of the highest respect and veneration, he must at the same time claim the indul gence of the meeting while he took a calm and delibe rate of that, the most important question which the Con vention could be called upon to discuss. It was ne cessary i n t h e di scu s s i o n of it t o b e both firm and cal m ; and he promised them that while he would be firm in maintaining his sentiments, he would be as calm i n stating them. The gentleman who had stated e , case had done so well and calmly, and claimed for t e Women what no man would he more ready to give th em t than h e , v i z ., cre dit for their energy and devoti o n to the anti-slavery cause ; and trusting that those active ex ertions.—not doubting that they would be continued, and he must say that all this was applicable to the women o f emgland too, he must still say that the friends in Ame had put a forced construction upon the words of the i! itt ation sent out by the Committee of the British and t Oreig rt A nti. Slavery Society. In ono thing said by the • gentleman he cordially t'zircti'retal,•6 contended for put ting an American inverprelation upon American phraseo logy ; certsinly, 'So they ought, but they ought also, upon the saran principle, to put an English intepretation upon E ngt s h phraseology..—(Cheers and laughter.) They tou6t be allowed to say that it never did occur to thy; c], - -- ciety that they were inviting ladie!fr!ri :MY part of the globe; it never was contr.`,` ;4 - Aated that the resolutions of their Counntitt.:o Could be so construed. Now it had come ',Ton them by surprise, without any contemplation. Now was it fair that they should be called upon now to discuss such a question, when they never for a moment even fancied such a contingency ? Now he must say, and it was unfair that he should be called upon to do so, that no indignity was offered, or intended to be offered, to the ladies—!.hcv were placed on a level with their vwn wives and daughters—(Cheers)—and if ;hey were placed upon such a level it was impossible to say that any insult or indignity was off ere d, or cou ld be offered, to them. He would welcome those Indies to their H all with pleasure —to that part of it to which they would be admitted with propriety. They would treat them with all attention, with all respect, but they could not clothe them with the cha racter of officers ot the Convention. _ _ The Rev, Mr. Grew argued very shortly in favour of the originni motion for the admissio❑ of the ladies. "100 Rev. Mr. COLVER felt bound to say that there was a very large portion of the brethren in America, who upon this question thought as the English did, and had it not been understood that the English principle would be acted upon, many of theta would not have been there. Mr. STACEY thought it was better to have a distinct pro position before them. He would, therefore, move as an amendment that the ladies be received with all respect, but not as delegates. The Rev. Mr. GALUSTIER said he was the delegate from an exceedingly numerous constituency in America, and amongst them the ladies took no part in the business of societies. He could 'ay that it was a very small minority of the abolitionists who had allowed the innovation, and it ought not to be acted upon there. Dr. RoLiE, from Canada, spoke in favour of the amendment. Mr. J. BRAMBER, of the Legislature of Massachusetts, hoped that the original motion would have been agreed to without any discussion. He did not anticipate any differ ence of opinion upon such a question in that which was a world's Convention. That was a Convention of aboli tionists from all parts of the world. Then were the dele gates of Massachusetts to be debarred the privilege—the right of sending the delegates of their own election. It would CO longer be a world's Convention, if such freely-chosen delegates were to be excluded.—( Hear.) It had been said if the women were admitted they would take sides. Why, had they not as good as right to take sides as the men?—( Hear, hear.) Colonel MILLER then rose to address the meeting, but, The CHAIRMAN suggested that it would be advisable to have the second letter of invitation explaining the basis on which the Convention had been called, read, which was ac cordingly done by the Secretary. Colonel MILLER then proceeded. He fortunately be longed to a State in America that had never been troubled with a woman question.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) The women were among their primeval abolitionists, and had been merely seconded by their husbands. This ques tion ought never to have come here to have been settled, but ought to have been decided on their own shores. The women had been duly delegated in the cause of humanity. He did not claim for them pre-eminence over man, but would merely observe that they were first in their attend ance at the Cross, and first and last at the Sepulchre, and that from that day to this they had taken the van in the march of civilized liberty.—( Cheers.) He only wanted a fair and honourable expression of the opinion of the meet ing, and to that opinion he pledged himself that the Dele gates from America would bow.__( Hear, hear. ) Captain STEWART was persuaded, having been in the United States and being largely acquainted with the great body of abolitionists, that in Pennsylvania and Mas sachusetts, the mo , t uncompromising friends of liberty and of the slaves, were against the reception of Lady Dele gates as recommended. 111 r. WILLIAM ALLEN urged the assembly to con sider the value of the cause they were all met to promote, and he regretted that a question of this sort had ever been mooted,—( Hear, hear, hear.) It might be a subject of grave and proper consideration at another time and in an other place, but he thought the introduction of the question into that assembly would merely prove an apple of discord. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON claimed the attention of the Convention for a few moments, because the present ques tion was one upon which he thought the fate of the Con vention, for all good purposes, hinged.—( Hear, hear.) He had deprecated most sincerely the introduction of the question into the Convention. He had anticipated it with dread; and although they were not in a situation to re trace their steps, yet they had it in their power to avert the consequences that must inevitably ensue if they became partisans in this matter; and if, in consequence of their recorded votes, they should regard their friends, with whom alone they could associate or be useful, as enemies. He had listened attentively to the arguments of Mr. Bur nett, one of our best controversialists, and what were those arguments ? First, that English phraseology must be construed according to English usages ; secondly, that it was never contemplated by the Anti-Slavery Committee of that Society that ladies should occupy a scat in the Convention ; thirdly, that the ladies of England were not there as delegates; and fourthly, that neither he, nor any other individual, had a desire to offer their Transatlantic friends an insult. Those, he presumed, were the strangest arguments Mr. Burnett could urge, and in opposition to them he ( Mr. Thompson) would observe, that there were presela ladies who presented themselves as delegates from kn o w n Societies—the originators of all the other Societies hi America. He had expected that Mr. Burnett, if he had intended to offer a successful opposition to their intro duction, would have grappled with the constitutionality of their credentials—would have gone to the question of title, and disputed the right of the Pennsylvania Assembly to send ladies to the Convention. Those ladies came as the representatives of two millions and a half of slaves, and he would implore gentlemen in voting upon this question to remember that in admitting or rejecting them, they acknowledged or despised their constituents.— ( Hear, hear, and No, no.) The grand objection that had been taken was, that, if admitted, the ladies would be placed upon a footing of equality with themselves, and that that equality would be contrary to custom, usage, and prin ciple. That was a flimsy excuse for their exclusion. They had advocated the cause of the poor slave, and suf fered much for his sake, before their opponents were known as abolitionists.—(Cheers.) He could not understand the ground upon which they were to be excluded. It could not be on the side of intellect, principle, or discretion. Their conduct in the anti-slavery cause had been above all praise, and while they had carried their Hag in the van, the men had most humbly and obsequiously followed in the rear.—( Cheers and laughter.) The state of Massachu setts had heard Angelina Grimkins, the female delegate of the Anti-Slavery Societies, and she was commended for that course. The most affluent Societies in America were those eonducted by women. As to the propriety of the the thing he had his own opinion, and had laboured to the eleventh hour to prevent the question being mooted here.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Even now ho should be glad if it were thought proper to withdraw it.— ( Hear, hear.) It was said that if they rejected not the ladies they would regret it. Why? On account of mag nanimity or gentlemanly feeling ?—( Hear, hear.) He yet apprehended the greatest difficulties from a division— ( Hear, hear)—and perhaps the sense of the meeting could be taken without, and a protest entered. But upon the question coming thus distinctly forward he thought he should be recreant to all that was generous had he forborne to say what he had. For the appearance of some of the ladies he was answerable—he had written, inviting them, but he confessed he did not then anticipate that they would come as Delegates._( Hear, hear.) He earnestly re quested his American friends to withdraw their motion. Mr. G. STACEY withdrew his amendment, trusting that the original motion would also be withdrawn; and if not the Convention would have to decide it, yea or nay. Mr. G. Pimurs could not take upon himself the re sponsibility of withdrawing Delegates—first, for fear of the ridicule of the morning papers--( Hear, hear.) Here there were shouts of " Question and division." The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Phillips having exercised his right of replying, he was now about to put thequestion. Several Delegates here rose together to protest against the question being now put. Mr. PHILLIPS said he had not risen to reply, but merely to explain. The CHAIRMAN said that such being the case the dis cussion must be allowed to continue. Mr. CAINES, of Edinburgh, then lose to address the meeting, ant said that he had to propose an amendment, which he hoped would have the effect of settling this question, without offending the feelings of any party. 'rho amendment he proposed to submit was to the follow ing effect :—" That this Convention finds itself placed in a state of great perplexity by the claims of the female De legates from Massachusetts and Pennsvlvaniaito be received as Delegates to the Convention. That it regrets that, according to the terms of the invitation it cannot receive them as such ; whilst at the same time it takes this oppor tunity of expressing its admiration of the zeal which has induced them to undertake a voyage of 4,000 miles in order to he present on this occasion."—( Cheers.) Mr. Asnu RST said it did not matter what were the inten tions of the Committee in issuing the invitation ; the question was as to what their intentions ought to hare been. Thin was a Convention met together on the principles of universal bene volence, and they ought to welcome all who came there for the purpose of carrying those principles into effect; and from such a meeting assembled on such principles they were now about to exclude the women of America, and this they called acting on principles of universality. They professed to act on princi ples of universality, and were about to commence their pro ceedings by disfranchising one half of creation. Women were as competent as men to understand, and to guard everything con nected with Christianity, and to bring forth the best quali ties of our nature. Let them look at the argument on the other side ; it was contended that the invitation of the Committee should be construed according to the customs of the country in which they were to assemble. Now what would have been the case if the Convention had assembled in Virginia? It would be said that by law and custom slavery existed in that State, and that, therefore, they had no right to set themselves in opposition to the prejudices and customs of society by at tempting to put it down.—(Cries of " No, no," and great confusion.) The Anti-Slavery cause was under the greatest obligations to the exertions of women, and yet they were go ing to begin their first Convention by disfranchising their con stituency as they did one-half of creation.—( Cheers. ) Mr. HA RI - oat), of Glasgow, regretted that the question had been brought before the meeting. The Convention was now called upon not to come to any decision as to the slavery ques tion, but to come to a decision on the question of the rights of females.—(Cheers. ) Ile would yield to no man in the high estimation he felt for the female character. No man appre ciated more highly than himself the kindness, the zeal, and the disinterested benevolence of the female character, and none had laboured more effectively than they had done in the Anti- Slavery c ause.—(Cheers.) But he doubted whether in such a meet i ng a s the present females were in their own proper question of the admi ss i on s h ou ld c b ' e pherree—sseldCtijcoea7li)J:isiaannd, if the - hewould certainly give hi s mos t de cided opposition to it.—(Cheers.) It hod been stated by some of the from America, that this was with them a question o de f l c e i g fs ts conscience--why, it was aim a question of conscience with 'lnn too. Ile e ntertained certain views on this subject, with regard to the word of God, awl he thought and conscien tiously believed that if he gave his vote for admitting females to vote and speak in such ;n asZernbly as the present, he should 1 01-1 E St-N, be acting in opposition to what he considered the word of God --(Cheers, and - great confusion)—but while he said this, he at the same time must express his admiration of the devotedness, the heroism, and the enlq'hted zeal which they had exhibited in their erc'eavoure te . atroplierete the onharipseeenai+,intt of thil elers, ewal he 4 ',-.3`flSl told then' up as an example to the women ai ilritain, for the devotedness which they had displayed to effect, this object.—( Cheers.) The Rev. J. A. JAMES, of Birmingham, had not been an in different, nor, as far as exertions in this country could go, an inactive spectator of the progress of the cause Of the abolition of slavery in America ; and such had been the impression formed upon his osier! ) or the eatertiohs of those females of whoae eatees America might be justly proud, that he would Willingly have undertaken the journey to town had it been only to sec such women as Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Bevan. But he was quite sure that, in that assembly that morning, the moving the question of their admission had been prejudicial to the cause. He was sorry the abstract qeestion of the rights of women had nectipied so large a share of their attetition; He regretted that the question had been brought from the other side of the Atlantic.—(Cheers ) It would have been better to have settled it there first— ( Loud cheers)—and have allowed them to pursue their own course without cmbarras casting them on the suliect,—(Lord cheers.) SeYeral pressions had been tteide ttsd of by the gentlemen from America, in the cool se of the discussion, which he had been delighted to hear. He was pleased with the declaration of Mr. Miller, that whatever might be the decision of the ma jority of the Convention, to that he was prepared to how ; and though as Mr. Phillips could not conscientiously consent to withdraw his resolution, the question must go to the vote, yet he thought, however, they might gise their votes, it would occasion) no divisions among them ; but that they would all be prepared to go forward in the great and good work which they had undertaken with perfect confidence in each other's motives.—( Loud cheers, ) They had never before had a single word on the question of the right of females. It was a question perfectly new in this country. They M ere not pre pared for its discussion. It had never before been mooted, and they were therefore not prepared to jump to a conclu sion. The question invo;ved in this country jar wider con siderations titan even the question of slavery itself— ( Hear, hear, and cheers)—and he trusted they would not gratify their enemies by quarrelling on the threshold.—(Loud cheers.) He was sure the American Delegates would stand acquitted at the bar of their own country of any imputation of lukewarmness on this question.—( Cheers.) The females could never reproach them with having deserted their cause, and they would go back honoured by all those who had sent them there—and should they one day agree with their American friends in opinion on this subject, then would they welcome those females within the bar who were now placed a little be yond it, but whom he could not think disgraced by being so placed.—( Cheers.) No man could have read " The Martyr Age," glowing as it did with the meet pathetic pictures, add to him infinitely more interesting than the most interesting ro mance,wit bout forming the highest opinion of the devotedness, the talents, and the heroism of the women of America.—( Cheers. ) America was the only country in the world which could boast. a very extensive martyrology to this cause, and they would add another laurel to their wreaths, if, in the event of the Conven tion coming to the vote on this subject, which he believed and hoped they would—( Cheers and laughter)—they would still con tinue to appear in this first meeting of the sort which had ever been assembled since slavery first existed, and be with them and around them, although they could not be amongst them. He hoped that all that had occurred on this question would be only like what sometimes was introduced into the most melodious music, a discord only to make the harmony the mere com plete.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Caine's amendment not having been seconded, fell to the ground, and the Chairman was about to put the original resolution, when Mr. STACEY said, that he had only consented to with draw his amendment, upon the understanding that Mr. Phil lips would consent to withdraw his original motion ; but that gentleman having declined, it was not competent for him to do so. He (Mr. Stacey) would not withdraw his amendment.— ( Loud cries of " Question, question ; Divide, divide.") The Cieetnatate said, that as the greatest majority of the meeting seemed to wish to come to a decision on the subject, he would now put the question, Dr. Cox protested against this peremptory decision of the Chairman. It was not competent for any number of gentle men to demand of the Chairman that he should come to a prompt decision on this subject.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen on the other side of the question were entitled to be heard, and if they were not heard, he should move an adjournment. Mr. J. CANNING FULLER said, that he lepresentcd as large a constituency es any one present, and he was surprised that any attempt should be made to prevent persons from speaking. It had been said that the question ought to have been settled on the other side the Atlantic. Why, it had been settled in favour of the women a year ago ; and with regard to the terms of the invitation, there was nothing about gentlemen in the first invitation, and the women had been elected before the second notice had been received. Capt. WALKER said that in whatever country an institution was formed something should be given up to the feelings and pre judices of the country in which it was formed.—(Cheers.) The ladies across the Atlantic had exerted themselves nobly— (Cheers)—and he trusted they would continue to do so—(Loud cheers)—but he entreated the ladies not to push this question. —(Cheers.) They did not perhaps fully comprehend the feel ing existing in this country on the subject.—( Cheers.) The question reduced itself to this. Were they prepared to give up the institution of this Society ?—( Loud cheers.) Were the Americans willing to cast off England altogether? England had given a proof of her sincerity in the anti-slavery cause by paying twenty millions to get rid of the abomination of slavery, and were they now willing to cast England off? If the Society had been established in America he should never have mooted the question of the exclusion of females ; he would do nothing to offend the prejudices of the country in which they were, and he trusted they would do nothing calculated to cripple the great cause in which they were engaged. —( Cheers.) Mr. ButtNEY, Secretary of the National Anti-Slavery Society of New York, said that he rose for the purpose of correcting an impression which might be produced upon the minds of the Convention, by what had fallen from some of the preceding speakers from the United States, and also from Mr. J. Thom son. Those gentlemen had made use of expressions calculated to produce the impression that the women question, as it was called, was considered settled in the United States. Now, such was by no means the case. It was still a mooted question, and a question which, since he had left America, had led to splits among the Anti-Slavery Societies, and to the organiza tion of new ones, from which females were expressly excluded. It was true the question had been decided in their favour last year, but that decision had been come to by by no means a large majority, and a portion of that majority was made up by the females themselves. Again, in Massachusetts, this principle had been a principal ground of separation among the Societies. On both sides the question, however, were - to be found good Abolitionists and true. In Massachusetts a separation had taken place—one Society admitted females, the other did not. Since he had left New York, he had heard from his friend, Lewis Tuppan, on the subject. In a Committee of which he was a member, the name of a distinguished Abolitionist, Mrs. Child, had been placed on the Committee. She was at a dis tance from the place, and consequently unable to attend, and Mr. Tuppan had moved that the name of her husband, Mr. Child, a most talented man, should be substituted. This pro position, however, was negatived, and another lady, Miss Kelly, elected in the room of Mrs. Child. In consequence of this, Mr. Tuppan and several of his friends had come to a reso lution to separate from the Society on that ground. Besides, most of those who were for the rights of women were also in favour of what was called the No-human Government system. .—(Hear, hear.) He had had only given this account, in or der to enable the Convention to come to an intelligent decision on the subject.—( Cheers. ) Mr. BueNEY and Mr. THOMPSON severally explained. The Rev. C. SCOBELL said the whole question was now rather one of order than of anything else. They were assem bled there together from all parts of the world to consider ques tions relating to negro slavery ; but whilst they were discussing the powers of the Delegates, they were called upon to decide a question of a totally different character—a question of which they had never before heard anything—the question of the rights of women. He would not withhold from them any of their rights—he would give them more than their rights—he thought that both men and women too would be but hardly off if they had nothing but their rights. If that question was tear ing the Societies in pieces in the United States, why should they introduce it to tear the Societies in pieces in this cou n t r y also ?—( Loud cheers. ) He considered the introduction of the question was decidedly out of order, and he should vote for the confirmation of the list of Delegates, as handed in by the Com mittee, and henceforth he hoped they would entertain this ques tion no more.—(Cheers.) Were they not met together pledged to do something against slavery, and would they suffer the tide of benevolence to be stopped by a straw? They had assembled for the destruction of slavery, and they ought not to expose themselves to ridicule through the whole length and breadth of the land. He should move, as an amendment, that the list of Delegates, as handed in by the Committee, should be adopted.—( Cheers. ) Mr. PRESCOTT, of Barbadoes, rose, not for the purpose of discussing the question, but of stating a fact. The ladies them selves haul not come over with any very certain expectation of being received among them.—( Cheers.) He had had that fact from the ladies themselves, as he happened to be a fellow lodger with the ladies.—(Laughter, cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") The ladies had been elected conditionally, if their re ception should be in accordance with the customs of the coun try ; and if it ware not so, they were absolved from all respon sibility.—( Cries of Shame, shame; you ought not to detail private conversations here.") The conversation which took place last night was not a private one ; they had had a prelimi nary meeting, at which persons not Delegates were present. lie stated this in the presence of the American Delegates, and of the ladies themselves.—(Loud cries of " Order, order.") The CHAIRMAN said the speaker was decidedly out of order in giving the details of private conversation; he had clearly no right to do so.—( Loud cheers. ) The Rev. Dr. Moentsoe said they were already on the brink of a precipice. The discussion of this question had already given rise to feelings not only adverse to the object for which they were assembled, but to that Christian spirit by which all previous anti-slavery meetings had been actuated— ( Cheers)—for whatever had been done in this country in the anti-slavery cause had becu done under the guidance of Chris tian principles. They were firm-minded men on both sides of this , question. It was a question of conscience between the two parties, but he would say it was a question of conscience between a small minority on one side, and a mighty majority on the other. He might discuss this question until the Convention was broken up—but would their American friends ) a, assembledrab‘esl believed if indulge any hope of carrying this question, if it should be put to the vote of the b m .ceo e su e el t de i meeting?—(Cheers .) induced (C l h , e:ee They s t motion os t the discuss s i n r s would be unanimity Am e . s the question of anti-slavery, and they were now asked to discuss another, and that upon a minor question, as to the admission of female Delegates from a small section of the Amer' ' American coon tent. He beseeched them calmly to consider the position in which the discussion of that question w as placing them that day.—(Hear.) The present was unlike any meeting that had hitherto been held its England. All for mer anti-slavery meetings in England had been unanimous. —(Cheers. ) Would their American brethren keep them in their present position . ) Besides, he thought it improper that this discussion should lis; carried on in the presence of the ladies.—(Loud ch eers .) Il e knew the feelings of the Americans on this subject. He knew how anxious the discussion of this question in their own country had made them, arid now they were making the friends of the anti-slavery cause as anxious on the subject in this.—(Cheers. ) Ile was convinced they did not admire the position females oc cupied in this country, or they would never have moo t e d t hi s question. He urged them to proceed immediately to their di vision in a spirit of Christian charity, and to abide by the de eision.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said the hour was so late, that he should now call upon Mr. Phillips to reply. Mr. Pii [tines, in reply, denied the assertions of Mr. Pres cott, that the women did not expect to be received when they came there, or that they had any liberty left them of choice. The women of Massachusetts had nu such liberty of choice left the:a, and they would have been coming to that Convention with a lie in their mouths, and have been guilty of the grossest deception if, having such liberty, they had come before the Convention in the way they had done. The particulars of that conversation had been greatly exa ggerated. It was not true that th e rent , i n the American Societies had been owing to the introduction of the women question ; his friend, who had made that assertion, had been misinformed on the subject. It was polities which had occasioned that split, and not the introduc tion of the w omen question. He, for one, was not a favourer of the no.human Government plan ; and he knew many strenuous supporters of the rights of women who, like him self, were by no means favourable to that scheme:—(Cheers.) LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1840. The question was then put, and Mr. Stacey's amendment carried by a large majority. The announcement of the result was received with loud cheering. Mr. 0. Tnomsos hoped, that as the question was now de- O&M; it et ottld Peter main be brotseht forward, and that the Convention would proceed with the same good feeling as if no_ thing had occurred to disturb their unanimity.—( Cheers. ) Mr. Pmwits said he did not doubt hut that the supporters of his motion would co-operate with the Convention with just the same cordiality as if it had been carried. All they asked was an expression of opinion on the subject, and having obtained th , A, they would go on with them with a perfect feeling of cur dialitv.—(Loud cheers.) On the motion of Mr. ST ROE the Convention then ad journed to Ten o'Clock to-morrow morning. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 11, 1810. MEMBER. RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PA RLIA ME NT. COUNTY or RADNOR.—Sir John Walsh, of Warfield-park, in the County of Berks, Bart., in the room of Walter Wilkins 1)e Winton, Esq., deceased. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 12. Ist. Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant S. P. Groves to be Captain, by purchase, vice Manning, who retires ; Cornet C. Powell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Groves ; W. A. Lord Live, ury to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Powell, June 12. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel J. M. Everard, from half-pay of the 77th Foot, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lyster, deceased; Lieutenant and Colston G. A. F. Houston', to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Everard, who retires • Ensign and Lieutenant H. T. D'Aguilar to b e Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Houstoun ; the Hon. M. West to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Aguilar, June 12. sth Regiment of Foot— I.ieut. J. Woodward to be Captain, by purchase, vice King, who retires ; Second Lieutenant W. Woodgate to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wood ward ; Piers Geale, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Woodgate, June 12. 7th Foot—Second Lieutenant J. H. E. Ridley, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maclaine, who retires, June 12. 11th Foot—Ensign S. S. Cox to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Kennedy, promoted; J. H. Fetherstone, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cox, .June 12. 17th Foot—Lieu'.-Colonel J. Payler, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice T. Hall, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Pennycuick, to be Lieut.-Col., by purchase, vice Payler, who retires ; Capt. G. Deedes, to be Major, by purchase, vice Pennycuick ; Lieut. A. H. Lucas to be Captain by purchase, vice Deedes ; Ensign E. C. Moore to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lu cas ; N. M. Hunter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moore, June 12. 38th Foot—Captain J. J. Lowth to be Major, by purchase, vice Young, who retires; Lieut. W. G. Edwards to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Lowth ; Ensign C. J. Pritchard, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edwards ; G. C. Bishopp, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pritchard, June 12. 44th Foot—Lieutenant J. Richardson, from half-pay of the 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, promoted; Ensign S. Swinton, to lie Lieutenant, by purchase vice Richardson, who retires ; R. R. Fulton, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swinton, June 12. 60th Foot—A. R. Saunders, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Ridley, promoted in the 7th Foot, June 12. 68th Foot—Ensi g n L. C. Drees to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Duff, deceased; Gentleman Cadet H. 11. W. Carmichael, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Elves, June 12. 71st Foot—Ensign G. Dance to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wikinson, who retires ; G. W. T. Rich, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase, vice Dance, June 12. ic B e ls i t io F v o c who o , t—Lieu r te e n ti a r n es t ; Ensign A. F. F. Boughey to beR. Hale to be Captain, by purchase, v Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hale ; N. Gould, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boughey , June 12. 90th Foot—Ensign li. Owen t o b e Lieute nant , without pur chase, vice Doxat, deceased, Jun e 5 ; Gentleman Cadet W. V. tohnson, from the Royal Military Colle g e, to be Ensign , vice Owen, June 12. UN. TTACIIED.—Lieut. A. Kennedy, from the 11th Foot, to be Captain by purchase, June 12. BREVET.—Lieut.-Col. J. Payler, of the 17th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, June 28. MEMORANDA.—The names of the First Lieutenant of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment (Aug. 16, 1839) are Jones Butler Staveley • and those of the Second Lieutenant, in the same Corps (Jan.' 10, 1840) Robert Butler Staveley, not Stevelly, as heretofore stated. The Christian names of Lieut. Hutchins, of the 62d Foot, are John Henry Thomas. The Christian names of Ensign Watson, of the 48th Foot, are Henry Vincent. Captain W. Butler, upon half-pay of the 65th Foot, has been allowed t o retire from the Army, by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada, June 12. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and ith William IV., chap. 85 : Chapel Sion, Cwrtnewydd, Cardiganshire. Independent Chapel, Southmolton, Devonshire. Zorath Chapel, Cwingredd, Breconshire. Baptist Chapel, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. Penuel Baptist Chapel, Bangor. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. lIARWOOD THOMAS, scrivener, Shrewsbury. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BURROWS, painter, Leicester-street, Leices ter-square, to surrender June 18, at two, and July 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Gough, Leicester. street. THOMAS WARCUP KIRKBRIDE, brewer, Nantwich, Cheshire, June 26 and July 24, at three, at the Talbot Hotel, Northwich. Vincent and Sherwood, King's Bench-walk, Tem ple, London ; Harper and Jones, Whitchurh, Salop. GEORGE \VEGG, draper, Ipswich, June 24, and July 25, at twelve, at the Coach and Horses Inn, Ipswich. Litch field and Owen, Chancery-lane, London ; Pownall, Ipswich. SAMUEL MAYER,JOSEPH MAWDESLEY, RALPH LEES, and JESSE BRIDGWOOD, earthenware manufac turers, Burslem and Tunstall, Staffordshire, June 29, and July 24, at twelve, at the George Inn, Burslem. Wilson, Symond's inn, Chancery-lane, London ; Harding, Burslem. WILLIAM BROWN, merchant, Manchester, June 30, and July 24, at one, at tins Commissioners-rooms, Manchester. Laurence and Taylor, Old Fish-street, London ; Morris and Clegg, Bradford. THOMAS ALLETSON and THOMAS FRANK LAND, oil-merchants, Liverpool, June 26 and July 24, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; Lowndes and Ro binson, Brunswick-street, Liverpool. SAMUEL MONKS and JAMES MONKS, ironfounders, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, June 27, at two, and July 24, at one, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Perkins, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Parry, Manchester. ROBERT HARDING EVANS, auctioneer, Pall-mall, June 26, at eleven, and July 24, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Walter and Pemberton, Symond's Inn. HENRY FRANCIS PANKHURST, grocer, Stoke- upon- Trent, Staffordshire, June 29, and July 24, at two, at the George Inn, Burstein. Dutton, Hanley, Staffordshire ; King, Furnival's Inn, London. THOMAS STEELE, banker, Congleton, Cheshire, June 26, and July 24, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Macclesfield. James and Graham, Old Jewry London ; Pickford, Congleton. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. G. F. Krumbhaar, patent vinegar maker, Hammersmith, July 3, at eleven—J. IL de Alzedo, merchant, Bank buildings, City, July 3, at half-past twelve—R. Benson, newspaper agent, Parliament-street, Westminster, July 10, at half-past one—C. Colton, wine merchant, Pancras-lane, City, July 6, at half past twelve—T. Bush, H. Fergusson, and D. M. Lid4le, mer chants, London-street, Fenchurch-street, City, July 3, at twelve —J. Burchett, market gardener, Tooting, .luly 3, at half-past twelve—E. Flower. manufacturing goldsmith, Greek-street, Soho, .luly 3, at half-past eleven—J. Wiggins, woollen draper, High llolborn, July 3, at eleven. In the Country. S. Wood, ironmonger, Northampton, July 6, at one, at the Dolphin lnn, Northampton—B. Bonner, money scrivener, Gloucester, July 6, at twelve, at the office of Mr. E. Wash bourn, Gloucester— J. Cranston, upholsterer, Ringwood, Southampton, July t, at twelve, at the Old Antelope Inn, Ringwood— J. Bettridge, timber merchant, Birmingham, July 4, at two, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—P. C. Nicolle, wine merchant, Southampton, July 4, at two, at the Star Inn, Southampton—T. Nelson, paper manufacturer, Stib hington, Huntingdonshire, July 10, at eleven, at the White Ilart Inn, East Betford, Nottinghamshire—E. Cooke, hatter, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, July 7, at ten, at the George Hotel, Northampton—T. 13Iethyn, woollen draper, Bristol, July 8, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. _ CERTIFICATES.—JuLr 3. J. Bradbury, druggist, Birmingham—J. Senior, common brewer, Lassels Hall, - Yorkshire—J. and ill. Nicholson, manu facturers Wapping-wall—G. cutlery, G. Wilcock ery l — Sh e ffiel l' . A. wo ship biscuit t and J. llallinson, spinners, Birdsroyd-in-Rastrick, Halifax —E. Walker, W. J. Walker, F. Walker, and I'. N. Walker, clothiers, Kilburton, Yorkshire—J. Woods, ironfountler, Stowmarket, Suffolk—D. Elstob, underwriter, Conduit-street, Bond-street—M. Cowing, innkeeper, Haydon-bridge, Northumberland —J. Hudson, livery stable keeper, Arthur-street West. City. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Wallis, sen. and T. Wallis, jun., tailors, Poultry, City— M. and R. Thomson, grocers, Burlington-place, Old Kent road—J. Foster and M. Rook, brass founders, Liverpool—J. Haywood and T. Williamson, iron founders, Derby—J. Taylor and W. C. Catterall, livery stable keepers, Birmingham—.S. wnuer, W. W a ll ey , an d J. Watley, woolstaplers, Leeds (so far as regards S. Walley)—]t. and J. Palmer, grocers, Bunting ford, Hertfordshire—ll. and J Matthews, common brewers, Wyke, Dorsetshire—J. Hill and J. Hill, jun., grocers, St. Martin at Oak, Norwich —W. 111"faggart and J. Martin, drapers, Bradford, Yorkshi re —W. Wight and J. Dewe, book sellers, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire —J. R. Carstairs and P. g Greville-street, Hatton-garden Bradstreet, ink manufacturer- d 1 k —P. D. and S. E. Tuckett, tea ea ers, o es-croft, Bristol. s DIEATRE.—it übini's Be. at this house, and drew a full Persiani, Ilubini, and Tamburini, supporting its leading parts. Milliite'intE°;. pl‘BliaecAllijnoiEllsB:rfiru'rrastduaYwas revived for the occasion ; We have known the opera better performed than it was in this instance. Its dramatic merits arc not of the most stir ring kind, and the night seemed to be too subduingly warm to allow the artists to sustain throughout its melo-dramatic scenes any very vivid tragic emotion. The duet " Vieni, cerciam," in . the second act, and the celebrated " Tu ye drai," were its chief beauties. The latter was not, however, encored. The last. scene of Anna Bolena was also given in the course of the night. The most novel and remarkable fea ture in the bill of fare was the dancing of Taglioni in a diverti mento, a m azurka, and her cachuert ; while Cherito also ap mischievous was Ala ' peared in her favourite movement, and in close contrast with the great premiere danseuse. SINGULAR MONUMENT. —An old and curious monument remains at Christ Church, Waterford. It is one of the most curious perhaps in the kingdom, and at no distant e a s t tr t o h 3 c e h r s a . nds i l) i f e e day wa s an exquisite specimen of art—but it is now a heap of unsightly rubbwh. It lies in the north-eastern corner of the church-yard, and is inclosed with an iron railing ; but it would andap p e a ignorant t 0 haye 0 had perhaps frequent bibigoted o s t • . e i s , i i t destroyers. of Wate r ford about the middle of the fifteenth century, °r and esteemed a man of such justice and piety that, h the unanimous voice of the citizens of that day, h e „-; several ti mes in succession called to till the civic chair. fr was th e unos tentatious dispenser of charity to hundreds ; i being desii ous of exhibiting a practical proof of the vanity of life to his survivors, he w illed the exhumation of his body l aft °l it should have lain some weeks in the grave, an d ano.fri," taken o f th e appearance it would present in that state. 'lf, ' effigy accordingly was cut in high relief, th e b 0,,.. ,iy repre- . sented lying in a supine position, with a shroud knotted at the head and feet, and fros, worms, a c ., are about the b o dy. Around the figure is a Latin creeping inscription in the Gothic character.— fraterfrrd Chronicle. Our letters from Limerick contain the gratifying intelligence that the late " rebellion of the belly" has com pletely quelled, that tranquillity is restored, ' . ..- been and likely to con . tinue.—Dulqin Xilot, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court at two o'clock yesters"ay afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, for the reception of a joint Address from the Lords Spiritual aid Temporal in Parliament assembled, and from the Commons House of Parliament, expressive of indignation at the late atrocious and treasonable attempt against her Majesty's sacred person, and of hearfelt congratulation to her Majesty on her happy preservation. The Queen's Guard of the root Guards, with the Band of the Regiment, were on duty on the Lawn, and the Yeomen Guard, commanded by Captain Sadler, the Exon in Wait ing, lined the Marble Hall. The Speaker of the House of Corn. mons arrived at two o'clock, attended by his State Officers, and ac companied by a numerous body of Members, amongst whom were the Marquis of Granby, the Earls of Shelburne, and Lincoln. Lords —"Villiers, Ingestrie, Teignmou th, Eastnor, Henniker, Cantilupe, A. Paget, Arthur Lennox, Northland, James Stuart, Milton, Claude Hamilton, Brabazon, Sandon, Barrington Castlereagh,, Norrcys, Stanley, Douro, Ashley, Powerscourt, Grimston Ernest Bruce, Duncan, Elliot, Seymour, Mahon, G. Somerset' Howiek, Dungannon. Right Honourahles—Sir Robert Peel, R. L. Sheil, J. Planta, Sir George Grey, Sir Charles Grey, H. Labou chere, T. B. Macaulay, Sir J. Graham. Sir IL Vivian, H. Goulburn. Honourables—William Duncombe, B. Baring, G. C. W. Forester, William A'Court Holmes, Lieut.-Colonel Abercromby, William Cowper, H. Corry, Mr. Noel, E. J. Stanley, Mr. Win Lascelles, the Attorney General. Sirs—J. Y. Buller, J. Guest, R. Bateson, Robert Heron, J. Mordaunt, Geo. Crewe, Thos. D. Acland, Rd. Nagle, James Duke, John Henry Scale, Denham Norreys, Thomas Winnington, Adolphus Dalrymple, Edmund Hayes, G. H. Smith, Robert H. Inglis, John Edwards, Robert Price, Win. Somerville, J. Tyrrell, Thomas Cochrane, George Clarke, Montagu Chapman, Win. Heathcote, Rd. Jenkins, Charles Burrell, Stratford Canning, Hugh Campbell, Frederick Trench, I'. G. Egerton, E. Knatchbull, Waiter James, H. Verney, C. Knightley, C. Adams, B. Hall. The Solicitor-General for Ireland. Generals Sir Charles Broke Vere, Lord Charles Manners, Sir Henry Hardinge. Colonels Powell, Waldo Sibthorp, Salwey, Peel, Perceval, H. Baillie, Bowdon, Paget, Rushbroke, Darner, Henry White, Hon. G. Rice Trevor, Conolly, Wood, J. Wood. Majors—Marsland, Chetwynd. Captains— Mathew, Pechell, R.N., BolderO, Alsager, Howard, Hawkes, a'Court, Meynell, R.N. Sergeants—Talfourd, Jackson, Dr. Stock. Messieurs—Grattan, John Parker, H. G. Ward, K. Hoskins, James, Edward Ellice, Freshfield, Oswald, Gibson, Craig, Dottin, David Dundas (Q. C.), Cumming Bruce, C. O'Brien, G. A. Muskett, George William Wood, Gillon, C. Dundas, Slaney, Phillpotts, E. Turner, T. Gisborne, William Turner, Morris, Gaily Knight, Clive, O'Connor Don, Wol verley Attwood, Dunbar, John Brocklehurst, Wyse, W. A. Williams, J. Heeld, Hutton, Hunt, B. Baldwin, Neeld, Loch, W. Evans, Barry, Ireland, Blackburne, Turner, Kemble, John Round, Broadwood, Clay, Greg, George Palmer, Banner. man, James Power, Mackinnon, Pendarves, E Rice, Archbold Blennerhassett, Hodges, -De Homey, Sturt, Humphery, Thomas Ilobhouse, Wallace, A. White, Thomas Wakley, Plumptre, J. Bailey, jun. ; Charles Cavendish, G. H Cavendish, D. O'Connell, B. Botfield, H. A. Aglionby, Win. Collins, R. Blewitt, Pease, Bar nard, F. Howard, Hawes, Ord, Irving, Mines, C. Ponsonby, Wilbraham, Thornely, Darby, James, Brotherton, Hindley, Baring Wall, E. Heneage, Rolleston, Sidney Herbert, P. Miles, Blackett, Tuflhell, Packe, Duff, A. Murray, G. W. Hope, C. Hope, C. Ewart, Villiers Stuart, Dick, Vernon Smith, George Evans. W. Phillips, Archdall, Du Pre, Miller, Bassett, Ludlow, Bruges, H. Broadley, .1. Jones, Hutchins, Hurst, Shirley, Sanford, Edw. Rice, Thesiger, Tornline, Acland, R. Ormsby Gore, F. Tollemache, Barry, Baldwin, W. Miles, P. W. Miles, Wynn Ellis, W. 0. Stanley, M. O'Ferrall, P. Howard, Protheroe, Wilshere, Redington, Calcraft, Corbally, Townely, Parker, Welby, Sotheron, Childers, Busfield, Charles Buller, Greene, Wilson Patten, Bagot, Grimston, John Elliot, William Roche, John Ellis, Praed, Lucas, Hector George Philips, Fitzpatrick, R. Palmer, Gillon, J. O'Connell, P. Scrope, W. Dun. combe, R. Steuart, M. O'Connell, Ainsworth, Rich, W. Turner, John Brocklehurst, Charles Wood, Turner, Patteson, Henry Grattan, Winston Barrow, Alston. Shortly before three o'clock the Lord Chancellor arrived at the Pa'acc in state, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, and by an unusually large number of Peers, all in Court dress, or wearing their respective costumes. Among the Lords present were— The Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishops of London, Winchester, Gloucester and Bristol, Here. ford, Durham, Salisbury, Winchester, Ripon, Carlisle, Bangor, Cork, Norwich. Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington. Dukes of Norfolk, Cleveland, Roxburghe, Rutland cods, Montrose, Leinster, Somerset. MairouisEa—Londonderry, Westminster, Ailesbury, Headfort, Breadalbane • Thomond, Anglesey. _ . . EARLS—ltosthery, Bandon, Glengall, Brownlow, Delawarr, Cowper, Bruce, Hardwicke, Jersey, Cadogan, Dartmouth, Ayles ford, Fitzwilliam, Winchelsea and Nottingham, Harewood, Grey, Kinnoull, Brecknock, Liverpool, Moray, Ripon, Clare, Camper down, Cawdor, Clanwilliam, Verulam, Charleville, Wilton, Essex, Enniskillen, Haddington, Sheffield, Effingham, Denbigh, Lovelace, De Grey, Munster, Zetland, Amherst, Fowls, Radnor, Shaftesbury, Sandwich, Scarborough, Eldon. VISCOUNTS—Canning, Hereford, Beresford, Lake, Strangford, Canterbury, Hawarden, Sydney, Hood. Loans—Sherborne, Stuart de Rothsay, Dacre, Cowley, Carbery, Montagu, Ravensworth, Clinton, Rolle, Western, Col. chester, Hatherton, Monteagle, Hill, Portman, Wenlock, Pohl more, Maryborough, Downes, Willoughby D'Ercsby, De Ros, Forester, Southampton, Colborne, Sondes, Kenyon, Wharncliffe, Saye and Sete, Willoughby de Broke, Byron, Seaton, Bexley, Ellenborough, Seaford, Walsingham, Lurgan, Rayleigh, Stair, Denman, Langdale, Lyttelton. . - Both Peers and Members of the House of Commons were con. ducted on their arrival 0 the Green Drawing.room, which was completely filled. Sir Augustus Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod, and Mr. Birch, Clerk-Assistant to the Parliament, were in attendance, The Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was conducted to the Throne by the Lord Chamberlain, the Mar chioness of Normanby and the Pages of Honour standing on her Majesty's right, and Prince Albert being on the left, the Ministers and Great Officers of State taking their usual stations on either side of the Throne, the room being lined by her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, commanded by their Lieutenant, the Hon. Sir E. Butler. The Members of both Houses were then ushered by Sir Frederick Smith, the lion. Frederick Byng, Sir William Martins, and Mr. Randall, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, to the presence of the Queen. The Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons advanced side by side, and with the Lord Chancellor walked their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, the nume. roux body of Peers and Commons following. The Lord Chancellor read the Address to the Queen, to which her Majesty was p eased to return a roost gracious answer. The Deputation then retired. Her Majesty was attended by the following Ministers of State : the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President of the Council, thh Lord Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign, Home, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan. caster, the President of the Board of Control, the Chief Commis_ missioner of Woods and Forests, and the Chief Secretary for Ireland. The Court was attended by the Lord Steward, the Lord cham. berlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Master of the Buck Hounds. the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Sir Edward Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard ; the Earl of Morley, and Lord George Lennox, Gentle. men of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert; Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard-Bearer to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert ; Mr. Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting on Prince Albert ; Mr. James Bunco Curling, C.erk of the Cheque of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Master Chichester and Master Byng, Pages of Honour ill Waiting ; Sir Benjamin Smith ; Mr. Randall, Gen. tleman Usher in Waiting. Lord Lilford and Sir Frederick Stovin, were the Lord and Groom in Waiting, and Colonel Buckley the Equerry in Waiting. The Royal dinner party at the Palace last evening, included his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Earl and Countess of Sandwich, Earl of Comptom, Lord and Lady Norreys, Lord Clarence Paget, Sir Hedworth and Lady Williamson, Miss G. Liddel, Baron de Stockmar, and Sir George and Miss Anson. The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Lister, have suc ceeded the Hon. Miss Cocks and the Hon. Miss Cavendish, as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen. The Lord Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Evans, and Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, called at Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, and entered their names for his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Duchess of Gloucester left town yesterday morning for her residence, Bagshot Park. The Princess Sophia Matilda and the Prince of Leiningen visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Ingestre House. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta on Thursday at Clarence House, St. James's. The French Ambassador and Mr. Stevenson, the American Mi. nister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Agent for Jamaica had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial Office. Lord Hatherton and Lord Stair had interviews yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby at the Home Office. Mr. H. Jones, R.N., Mr. Vital Tetu, and Mr. Scholefield, had an interview with Lord Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial Office. Sir W. Nicolay and Mr. E. Ilorslnan had interviews yesterday with Lord John Russell. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir John Tyrrell, Bart., M.P., and the Misses Tyrrell, at Long's Hotel ; Mr. and Mrs. Scott, at the London Hotel • Lord St. Vincent, at Ellis's Hotel ; Lord Forester and the Hon. Miss Forester, George Watson Taylor and J. W. Taylor, Esq., at Long's Hotel ; Messrs. Hammett, Allen, Murphy, Perkins, and Bevan, at ditto; Lord and Lady Heytesbury and the pon. Miss Cecilia A'Court, Lord Foll:ngton, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, Sir Francis Collier, K.C.B. • Mr. and Lady Emily Drum. mond, Lord Westmorland, and Lady Georgiana Fane, Mr. and Mrs. Assbeton Smith, Lord and Lady Wm. Fitzroy, Mr. Planta M.P., Sir P. Heyton, Bart., Mr. and Mrs. Greaves, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square, from their seat, Elmshall Lodge, Yorkshire; Mrs. Fothringham and family, and F. Fothringham, Esq., at ditto. from Southampton; John Millar, Esq., Miss Stir ling Graham, and Miss Dalgairus, at ditto, from Paris : F. Falwasser, Esq., at ditto, from Botley, Hants; Sir Geo. Clerk, at ditto, from his seat, Penicuick. DEPARTURES. Sir George and Lady Musgrave, from Long's Hotel, for Eden Hall, Cumberland ; the Marquis of Donegal, for Ormean Park, near Belfast; Lieutenant-Colonel Townsend, 14th Light Dragoons, for Dorsetshire ; the Countess of Disart, on a continental tour ; Captain Tees dale, R.N., from Long's Hotel ; H. Fraser, Esq., of Heaton, from ditto, for the North; Mr. and Mrs. Frede• rick, from ditto; Count Hartig, Governor of Lombardy, and Count Edmond Hartig, from the London Hotel, for the Hague; Sir William and Lady Palmer, from Hanover-terrace, for Kenmure Park, near Dublin ; Lady Charlotte and the Misses Hamilton, for Berlin; the Mar quis of Sligo, for Westport House; Captain Harvey, 87th Fusileers, and Miss Harvey, on a continenta l tour Sir John Ribton, for Cheltenham; the Hon. Mrs. W. Spiers, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mr. ' and Mrs. Whitmore and family, from ditto, for Brighton ; Dlr. and Mrs. Gillespie, from ditto, for the continent; Colonel and Mrs. Coles, from ditto, for Leamington; Senhouse, Esq., from ditto. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing-lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign Sugars:— London, June 12, 1840. The Gazette of this evening will quote the average price of British Plantation M uscovado Per Cwt. Sugar, exclusive of duty, at The actual quantity of West India Sugar sold on account o f t he importers, in the week ending the 9th instant, ac cording to the returns made upon oath by the West India Sugar Brokers, in conformity with the Act of Par liament, and on which quantity the above price is com puted, consisted of 2,078 hhds. 98 trs. and 101 brls. Sugars raised by free labour in foreign settlements east of the Cape of Good Hope commenced in the London market from 19s. to 235. per cwt., being, quality for quality, 235. per cwt. cheaper than Wcst India Sugar, price paid by the p oor and 15s. per cwt. less than the man of this country to the West India proprietors for ordi nary trade, admitted to home use duty free, on the pre tence that the industrious classes may supply themselves with a cheap sweet—in reality that the indolent West In dians may supply their pockets silt of ours. The latest advices from the West Indies bring such la mentable accounts of short crops and scarcity of Sugar, that itis quite clear the nation will be without Sugar in November next, unless some arrangement for the admis sion of some other than West India Sugar be devised. The letter published in The Sun with the signature "An other Liverpool Merchant," is ingenious enough in its way for a particular interest. Does the merchant really imagine the public to be so silly as to believe that the process of refining abstracts the taint of slavery from the sugar, or does he require to bo told, that whether the slave labour sugar is consumed in a refined or in a raw state, is of little importance ; or that the British consumption of it by either mode will tend. to invigorate the slave owners, and to encourage them to extend their sugar plantations. In consequence of the diminution in the quantity of pro duce exported from our West India Colonies since the emancipation of the negroes, an opinion has been en gendered and generally entertained, that sugar can be pro duced cheaper by slave than by free labour ; this opinion, however, is erroneous. It should be remembered that no inference can be fairly drawn to the advantage of the productive powers of slavery from statements exhibit ing, that in the seven years prior to the year of freedom the exportation from our own colonies consisted of so much inure than it did in the seven after that date, for other much stronger causes than that have combined to retard cultivation, and to prevent a just comparison between the effects of coerced and voluntary labour. In the first place, it is notorious that industry cheerfully applied to the old plantations :in Jamaica is just so much labour in vain. The soil of them has been exhausted by continuous crops, and must be renovated before the produce can possibly de fray the casts of cultivation ; in the second place, the gross mismanagement of the labourers by their em ployers has operated to throw tracts of land out of cultivation, which, if properly worked, would have amply remunerated the proprietor. This cause alone, without looking further, will account for the deficiency of produce which has occurred. However lamentable, the fact never theless is, that our own West India possessions do not furnish any materials on which to ground a judgment of the superiority and cheapness of free over slave labour. Fortunately, however, for the sake of truth, there are other places which will do so ;- for instance, we are enabled to compare the results of free labour operations cheerfully carried on in the Philippine Islands, in Siam, and in Java, against those of slave labour vigorously pur sued in Cuba, in the Brazils, Porto Rico, and the French Colonies. Muscovado Sugars of similar quality imported from either of the places named, fetch in the open market shout 225 ; per cwt., from which price must be de ducted the costs of freight, landing, warehousing, and management of sale, in order to show s how much per cwt. net proceeds the respective planters obtain. These charges on Brazil Sugar amount to 45., on Cuba Sugar to 55., on Porto Rico to Gs., on French Sugar to 65., on Manilla Sugar to 7s. 6d , on Java to 75., and on Siam to 7s. 6d. per cwt. The Sugars from the Brazils and the Havannah are cloyed ; but assuming for simplicity sake that the costs of such manipulation are equivalent to the increased prices obtained for those descriptions of Sugar, and keeping out of computation the advantages Cnba derives from her exclusive privilege of supplying the St. Petersburgh market, we find the Brazil planter ob tains 18s., the Cuba 175., the Porto Rico and the French 16s. per cwt. for Sugar of a given quality. The supply from these slave-labour colonies varies with the season, their powers of cultivation remain stagnant, the prices of their produce (though from the considerations we have re. jetted they may be much more than hero stated), offer no inducement for bringing fresh land into cui:ivation. Ma nilla and Siam Sugars yield 14s. 6d. per cwt. nsst to their planters, and Java 15s. per cwt., which prices, althou,;li 10 and 15 per cent. less than those of the slave-labOr Sugars, so abundantly remunerate the proprietors of estates, that the cultivation cf the cane has been, and is being, widely extended ; in confirmation of which, without entering into the statistics of either place, the quantity of Sugar exported from them has, in the course of seven years, been doubled, each succeeding year affords in its turn proof of the activity of the cultivators—while the gradual improvement in the quality of the Sugar displays their strict attention to the process of crystallization. According to the statements of the Anglo-West Indians, the costs of freight, landing, &c., and management of sale on their Sugar, are 9a. per cwt., which leave them, taking the price of the day, 345. per cwt. net. We have, therefore, before us, the astound ing anomaly of colonies, receiving through the effect of prohibitory fiscal regulations 120 per cent. more for their Sugar than their competitors receive, rapidly going to decay ; of colonies cultivated by slaves re ceiving 10 and 15 per cent. more for Sugar than the Eastern free labour colonies receive, and their cultivation, if not re trograding, stationary; and of colonies, exonerated from the evil of a protesting interference by their respective govern ments, cultivated wholly by free s labour—the proprietors so well contented and satisfied with a price 3s. per cwt. less for their Sugar than their slave labour rivals, and 31s. per cwt. less than the Anglo West Indians obtain, that they have been and are exercising the utmost alacrity in forming fresh grounds, wherever practicable, for new Sugar Planta tions. As a general question, then, can it be for a moment supposed that labour by slaves is more profitable than by free hands. With respect to the British West India Colonies, they present a glaring and an existing proof of the fact, that I indiscriminate and inordinate protection, through the aid of prohibitory laws, ruins the parties for whose benefit it was intended ; it lulls them into a state of seeming secu rity, the parent of inattention and extravagance ; for ages past the most costly advantages have been ineffectually showered down upon the planters, whose exertions, in lieu of being stimulated have absolutely been paralyzed by these improvident and lavish acts of indulgence—by the aid of their mischievous monopoly, they know that they can obtain in the British markets twice the value for a pound of Sugar which in the absence of monopoly would be paid for it. This knowledge has brought its natural consequences. The planters argue, If we export to Great Britain one-half instead of a whole, the price of Sugar will presently advance, until, in the sequel, we shall receive as much money for one hogshead as we otherwise should do for two. Why, therefore, con tinue they, should we be paying wages for the cultivation of our entire estates, when one-half of them will suffice to bring the same amount of net proceeds ? Deluded by false reasoning, they have, oblivious of the future, looked only to the existing moment : and now that the nation has taken up the question, with a determination to investigate closely the cause of the enormous prices paid for sugar, coffee, rum, &c., and with a resolution to relieve herself from these exactions, the West Indians are utterly inca pable of meeting the inquiry, except by allegations that the costs of free labour are so great that less prices than those now paid would not remunerate them. If we give implicit credence to these allegations, we need look no further for proof that it will not pay to cultivate the sugar-cane in the West Indies. We cannot, however, arrive at any such absurd conclusion. T URKEY. Constantinople, May 20. Lord Ponsonby has sent his private secretary to Lon- I don, in order to prevail upon Lord Palmerston to perse vere in the system cpursued up to the present time, and to drive Mehemet Ali from Syria. The British Ambassador had declared that if the policy of England was to be changed her position at Constantinople could no more stand. Lord Ponsonby is always of opinion that it would be sufficient to send some vessels upon the coast of Syria, to cause the people to revolt, which would cause Me hemet Ali to submit to the conditions that would be im posed upon him. A report is in circulation, and to which some probability is attached, that Chosrew Pacha will be compelled to give in his resignation, and his successor is already spoken of in the person of Rasuf Pacha. The council of public utility has adopted the following regulations. His Highness having felt the necessity of allowing the subjects under bis dominion to enjoy the bene fits of a wise and progressive civilization, has ordered that a council of consultation be established at Constantinople, under the auspices of the Minister of Commerce and Agri culture, in order to prepare laws and regulations capable of ameliorating the finances and agriculture of the empire ; such is the object of the organisation of public utility. Chap. 1. The council is composed of the Minister of Commerce, as President; of a Vice-President, chosen by him amongst the members of the council ; and of the mem bers nominated by the Porte. The President will also name two Secretaries, who will be charged with drawing up the minutes and keeping registers, one in French and the other in the Turkish language. Chap. 2. The council will meet three times a week at noon, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays. Chap, 3. All the members of the council have a right to present projects to modify the system of the Administra tion, educational plans, or reforms applicable to industry, agriculture, and commerce. They will be bound to pre sent their projects iu writing, and to lay them on the table in order that every member may take cognizance of them. The President will fix the day for the debate. Chap. 4. All those who wish to speak on the project must incribe their names at the President's, vnd each will take his turn in rotation. After the Members who are inscribed have spoken, the President will grant the like favour to all those that ask it. When the Council con siders itself sufficiently enlightened, the President will close the discussion, proceed to the scrutiny, and the adop tion or rejection of the project will take place, according to the majority of votes. In case opinions are divided, the President will have the casting vote.' Chap. 5. If the project is adopted, it will be signed by every Member of the Council, and the President will pre. sent it to the Porte, and use all his influence to have it taken into consideration. The Members of the Council will be bound to observe the utmost secrecy upon every thing that passes in the Council ; they must consider it their duty to carry on the debate with an independent and proper spirit, and those who failed in these injunctions would be liable to the penalties prescribed by the regu lations and the Hatte Scberriff which organised the Council of Justice. The Members of the Council of public utility must never lose sight that they owe to his Highness's Government candour and loyalty, wise and sa lutary counsels, without favours, prejudices, pre-occupa tions of personal interests, and respect to anybody. Their object must be the welfare of the country. It is thus that they will respond to the generous siews of his Highness, and to the enlightened and patriotic spirit of the .Govern ment. Thi s project will be debated in full Coun cil, and, if adopted, will be published by the official journal.—Post. We have been informed that the youth now committed for the atrocious attempt on her Majesty's life, had been in the practice for some weeks past of firing a pistol from the window of the room in which he resided in NVest-place, as if aiming at some mark in the brick wall at the foot of the back bard, or garden. Some of the neighbours state that shots were often heard in that quarter ; and the landlady with whom be lived admits that he often fired from the window, but she can not say whether the pistol was loaded. The house where he lodged looks into West-square, and has rather a respectable ap pearance, EVENING EDITION. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 11.—On Monday the Jupiter troop. ship, commanded by Mr. Fulton, Master, was towed out of the harbour to Spithead by the Echo steam-vessel, and will proceed to the East Indies and China on Thursday, taking out an immense quantity of naval and ordnance stores for the squadron. Despatches for Rear-Admiral Elliot, and supernumeraries for the several ships on the station, will be forwarded by her. The Victor, 16, Commander atwson, remains at Spit_ head, but will sail on Thursday for the West Indies. Ad mirals Sir Edward Codrington and Bouverie went on board her on Monday, and received the usual salute and other honours, on their way to witness a further explosion of the wreck of the Royal George. • The Magicienne, 24, Captain Michell, will go out of harbour in a day or two to Spithead, to await the receipt of final orders for the Mediterranean. She is to supply the place of the Tribune, 24, wrecked lately on the coast of Catalonia. The North Star, 26, and the Salamander steam frigate, will shortly return from the north coast of Spain to be paid off. The Bittern, new 16 gun brig, at this port, and the Champion, 18, at Plymouth, with the Pelican, 18, at Chatham, are about to be commissioned. The Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, is under orders for the Mediterranean, and will leave Plymouth next week, on the arrival of some volunteer seamen from Cork. She will call at Spithead for final orders. Captain Sir William S)monds, Surveyor of the Navy, has returned from his tour to Guernsey and Jersey, and left for the Admiralty. The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Tryon, has returned to cruise off the Sussex coast for the protection of the fishery. The Pique, 36, Capt. E. Boxer, is on her way from Cronstadt to Sheerness, where she will disembark the Marquis of Clanr:carde, on leave from the Russian Em bassy. The steamer Vesuvius, Lieut. Blount, has proceeded to Liverpool to embark detachments of the 86th and 20tk Regiments for Dublin. At Spithead—Victor, 16, and Jupiter. In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Vanguard, Magicienne, Echo, and flag. tenders. STEAM-PACKET EXPLOSION AT BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Tuesday last, about a quarter past seven o'clock in the morning, the X. L. steam-packet, plying between Boston and Lincoln, exploded, thereby causing the delth of two men of the names of Robson and Hancock. An inquest was held at the Barge Inn on Tuesday, and ad journed until Wednesday night. It appeared in evidence, that the X. L. steam-packet was running in opposition to the old Steam-packet Company, and that the deceased Robson, who was the engineer of another steam-vessel, and who was interested in the X. L., had been at work on board of her nearly all night, cleaning out the flues, and constructing a new bridge, and ti at at the time of the ex plosion the steam was not up, but the deceased Robsou, and Hancock (who was employed for the first time as a stoker), were attending the tires, when a noise as of a rush of steam was heard below by persons on the wharf, and immediately Robson leaped on deck smothered with soot, and shouted for help. He walked about 100 yards and then fell down. It was immediately afterwards dis covered that the deceased Hancock was in the hold, lying on his back, half covered with boiling water. He was immediately got out, and found quite dead. Robson was taken to the Barge Inn, but expired about ten o'clock that morning. On examining the boiler, it was discovered that a bolt, which formed the only stay of the back-plate of the smoke-box to the further end of the boiler, was forced through the boiler; and it was the opinion of two scientific e l ,jineers, that probably it had by friction been gradually wearing for some time ; and they expressed their surprise that the maker of the boiler had not secured it by four bolts instead of pne. It appeared also in evidence, that the pressure she was then running at was 561bs. and some fractions to the inch, and the boilers had been proved at 100 lb. to the inch, None of the passengers received any injury. Verdict—" The Jury are unanimously of opinion that the death of the men was accidental, caused by the insufficient staying of the back plate of the smoke box to the further end of the boiler, by which the only confining bolt was drawn through the plate, allowing the escape of water and steam through the flues and fire-place into the stoke-bole, they being there at the time. Deo dand on the packet, 2.5/. on each body." Boston, June 11. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. SERIOUS CIIARGE.—A middle aged man named John Sweeny, described on the Police sheet as a bricklayer, residing at No. 6, Ship-yard, Temple Bar, was brought before Mr. Jardine, by Constable West, 106 F, charged on susp i cion with having caused the death of his wife, Honora, by strangling her. Mary Sweeny, aged twelve years, daughter of the prisoner, stated, that at half-past twelve yesterday morn ing, her mother C3Mc home in a state of intoxication, and her father having taken off her clothes, put her into bcd ; when she became very abusive to him, and fell out of the bed. Witness and her two little brothers were in bed at the time she came in, as was her father, and her mother having joined a temperance society yesterday, she took the medal from her neck, and threw it in her father's face. She then took it from the floor, and threw it again into the fire-place, which caused her father to hit her on the head with his fist. She then stood up for some time and tumbled down again, but her father sprinkled some water over her, because she was in the habit of having drunken fits. On seeing how ill she was, her father sent for two different doctors, who could not come, and witness, with her tether, went for Mr. Carpenter, of Norfolk -street, who accompanied them to their room. When the deceased was first struck she fell back with her head against the floor, and bei father having laid her on the bed and spriakled water ove: her , _ she moaned three or four times. She remained on the be d as she had been laid until Mr. Carpenter bad arrived. None of the children were dressed when the deceased came home, and witness was obliged to put on her clothes to go with her father for the doctor. The deceased, when in a drunken fit, used to kick everything about the room, and all the family were awake waiting that night until she would come home. Mr. Carpenter, being sworn, said that, at one o'clock. this morning, he was called by the prisoner, who required his attendance upon a case of great emergency, and, on asking him the nature of it, he said that his wife had fits in consequence of his having had some words with her for coming home tipsy, that he bad struck her, and he feared she was dying or dead. Witness having dressed himself, went with the prisoner to No. 6, Ship.. yard, where in a back room on the ground floor, he found the deceased lying on her back quite dead, but still warm, and on inquiring of the prisoner in which part of her person he bad struck her, he said upon the head. Witness then examined the head externally, and found a little blood in the ears, and a bruise along the right side of the lower jaw, with another extending along the right side of the neck, although not al! the way round, which he considered had been done by violence, and was the cause of death. The hair of the deceased was in a %let state, and the prisoner said that he had thrown water over her, as she was subject to fits. He also said that be had raised her from the floor, and had laid her on the bed before he left the room. There were some women in the room at the time, and the last witness said that the prisoner had given the mother only one blow with his fist. Witness then went out to acquaint the police with the circumstance, and in the course of the morning the beadle called upon him to know if a post mortcm examine ion, previous to a Coroner's Jury inquiring into the parti culars of the case, was necessary. Mr. JARDINE-00 the prisoner)—lf you wish to say anything you arc at liberty to cio so, although it may not be necessary in the present stage of the case, as I intend to remand you. Prisoner—l have nothing to say, as everything that has been stated is perfectly true. Mr. JARDINE then ordered him to be brought up again on Tuesday next. The prisoner appeared deeply affected during his exa. mination; he had been married 14 years, bad several men in his employ ; and was of the most sober and industrious habits. Adair's , Per Quarter. Andover Banbury Basingstoke.. :7,4m:ester ... r 1 ):n• Derby mrwtlen --- Hungerford— Malton Nottingham Vantage ~yarwick Tster York THE MARKETS. Wheat. s. to S. t 76 tki 72 64 78 61 75 Ns 72 65 74. 56 SO 68 76 5s 81 56 75 ( 8 SO LARKET. last n.arLet-day, 11. Barley. s. d W. E. Braddyll's Helton 2l 0 Walls End Helton 2l 9 Walls End Lambton cl, t; Walls End Pemberton Walls End Russell's Hetton 91 9 Walls End Stewart's Walls E,Jd Whitwel , '2o 9 Walls End Hartlepool 'l 9 Walls End Kelloe - 0 W. 115 End Adel a ide ...... , Walla End Evenwood lB 1 Walls End South Durham 2O Walls End Tees. 2l A i Cowpen l9 0 ) Howard's Netherten Main /8 a. to 3. at 44 :ICI 40 3' 4.0 4t 28 4$ :3; 44 33 a. to a. 24 3 5 22 23 32 2a 31 26 35 25 ?8 23 31. 31 33 Beaus. s. to'. 42 59 4) 51 40 42 70 - I Pease. :V 4(1 35 3g 35 4S 2) 43 30 40 32 46 S. 4. 44 4145 40 46 40 84 40 ....... - 30 30 44 M 55 40 42 36 4o 33 22 33 25 34 :32. 21 '2' l 30 35 37 43 37 46 45 50 36 46 32 4(. - 43 40 65 - --- per Bushel. rormingilam s. d. s. d. E 0 9 6 S d, 40 5 9 22 31 b. d. F. d 39 46 e. d, e, d, 50 74 SCI EDINBURG W t d . . First Sccond lO 0 Third SG 0 • )TCH El CORN Barley. 403.0 d. 35 0 22 6 ARKET S. KA RKET.—June 19. (MIA. Pease. 345. 04. 4..4 Od. 3'l 0 45 0 26 0 42 0 I. d. s d 60 7 Aierage pric;t of Wheat St. ss, 51 PRICES OF PROVISIONS. &-C. Pears. 4,7 i Od 45 42 U Beef, per IL. Os. 6.1. totls.Bd. Freslll3utter, - Its. e.lOO. to Is. 01. Mutton 0 6 U 8 Salt Ditto-... 0 11 1 0 0 8 0 Ditto, per eut....2 0 100 0 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos... 8 0 0 Lanto, per yr. 4 0 511 OatStrawilf.p:.)...., 9I) 13 I/ Fallow, cwt......... 39 0 42 0 Wheat 9 6 12 0 2tiartern loaf U ti} 010 Barley Ditto II 10 0 Potatoes, 1415. 0 4 0 0 flay, per5t....... 1 3 1 4 EIANNUII( 4 II MEAL MARKET.—June 9. Per Sack of 29011). Imp. Per Stone oi 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 7 0 First Oatmeal .............. Second ditto 2arleymeal I 12 0 Pea. , l , eineal llO P e asemeal. ..... ........ 0 Pot Barley from 325, to 555. per sack. COAL N Eldis arrived s.nce 1 8. d. 17 6 Chester ta 0 Carr's Hartley 19 Buddle's West Hartley ! 7O 0 6 Hebburn Main H lywed Ma h l9 0 Main Russell's High Mas 17 0 N N . ' i ir i ci :s d o s t or' . s Pon t rid 14 :, •21 1 Wvla at l9 't . 1 () ; :D r a i t i : g t i j o ; e n p i a d N i Walls E d tervic • e and C .20 U M00r... Walls End Hotspur .......... 18 Walls End Killingworth .... 19 h i Walls Eml Belmont Oats. COUNTRY Col N MARKETS.