The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDE. UNDER, THE MA: , AGEMENT OF MADAME VE. THIS EVENING, MAY 21, Will be presented Shakspere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma hews ; Ford, Mr. cooper ; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbt t ;.:Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Ann Ptge. Miss Rainforthi Mrs - :. Quickly, Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with the New Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, MOOdramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, entitled Anil founded on that popular Nurser) Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. Jones, &c. &c. Dress Boxes, 73. ; Second Price, 33. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, t2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, 13. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat 93 for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application_ Private Boxes to be had , - 41 y of Mr. Andrews bookseller lti7, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. :Immensity of attraction. Mr. Elton for Six Nights more. Two New Dramas, and Fifth Week of Haine's New Village Tragedy, "'the Life of a Woman," the success of which has surpassed the most sanguine expectations. THIS EVENING, MAY 21, Will Le acted the New Village Tragedy, entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN) OR, THE CURATE'S,. DAUGHTER. Realization of Hon•arth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress." . . . After hirh a New Tragic Drama entitled THE CAVALIER; OR, A TALE OF TRIALS. Hargrave, the Cavalier, Mr. Elton. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called EVERYBODY'S RELATION. Supported by the Comic strength of the Company. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ERUPTION OF HECLA! MORE SPLENDID THAN EVER! The earnest and unceasing endeavours which have been made during the whiter, to increase still further the magnificence of this unparalleled Spectacle have been crowned with the most eomplete success, fully demonstrated on each Evening of its Exhibition, by the unanimous and enthusiastic delight with h ich each portion pf the gorgeous display was hailed as it pro eetlecl by the thousands assembled on those occasions. In com pliance with the expressed wishes of great numbers of the visi tors, it will be repeated This Day, May 21st, commencing stirrtly before dusk. The Panoramic Model, Al Fresco. of Mount Hecla, entirely eproduced by Mr. Danson. the original Artist, is exhibiting iaily from ten till dusk, with the Menagrie, which is now in the finest order, and has lately received many tnportant addi tions.—Feeding Hour, Five o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Nlorn , n , 39 minutes atter 5 I Zvenlng 2 minutes after 6 Tile Publication of the Ereninz Edition of ME Sttx corn mewled at 10 minutes after Three. 4t=7.-=4; c,„ Zi'be laxtn+ LONDON: THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1840. Lord HOWICK, and the representative of the Li Kral and independent constituency of Halifax, have earned for tlemselves unenviable fame. They have merited the title of renegades, let them also occupy their. place, walk over to the opposition, and join the apostate STANLEYS and GRAHAMS. The Liberal party would be well rid of them for the best of all reasons, an open enemy is less dangerous than a hollow-hearted false friend. When Mr. O'CONNELL denounced the GREYS, and the STANLEYS as the authors of the infa mous Coercion Bill, we reprobated his vio lent language, because it tended to sow division among the friends of Reform. We now beg his pardon. He knew the men. He had been ad mitted behind the scene, and with the warmth of a pattiat he painted them in their true colours, and held them up to his oppressed countrymen as the bitter enemies of Ireland. The result of but a few yeer3 has proved the clearness of his foresight ant; the truth -of his denunciation. A second measure of oppression against Ireland is introduced, infinitely mare galling aktd insulting, because the Coercion Bill was only temporary, and directed chiefly against the tlrtarb::ts of the public peace. The Re gistration Bi 1 is meant to be perpetual, and its ob ject is dist'nctly avowed to be the curtailment of the Frarch:aa, while that of England and Scot-- land, with all the fictitious votes of the one, and the a•efaced b ibery and wholesale corruption of the other rem iis untouched I Could there be a greater insult to a brave nation, entitled to all the rights and prit lieges enjoyed by Great Britain, and that, tco, in defiance of public opinion ex pressed by the first nobles, the principal gentry, and nearly tie whol e p o p u l at i on o f t h e country, ya country that - loight so nobly with the English and the Scotch in a lo4g and bloody war ? And who brings forward this insulting measure ?—STANLEY. Who turn the balance on the division ? HOWICK and his man, who, true to the character which they have assumed, voted again ;:t the principle of the Bill, yet this morning with the most shameful inconsistency voted for isas committal? Had not Mr. O'CONNELL reason kr denouncing the GREYS and the STANLEYS, who have thus sa crificed principle to personal pique and selfish con sidera6ons, and sown the seeds of a civil war in Ireland for the sake of their order ? We regret not the result. It has unveiled the men who for years blighted the best measures of reform secretly in the Cabinet, and yet put themselves forward on the hustings, and in Parliament, as patriots and friends of the people. The electors of Halifax have been betrayed. They returned, as they thought, a true Reformer—we take shame in hay ieg assisted them—and this true Reformer joins the party that would uphold all the abuses of the Chinch, chbrk education, and grievously oppress Ireland, now the most peaceful portion of her MA JESTY'S dominions. Can Halifax submit to the disgrace of being represented by a renegade? `We- have some some influence in that quarter, and, when opportunity occurs, it shall not be exerted in vain. But the Bill cannot pass. it has three hundred determined enemies in the House of Commons. The Irish people, all the Liberals and Radicals of England and Scotland, and the whole of the liberal press throughout the united kingdom, will support them in every possible mode of ob structing, and finally destroying, a m easure w hi c h we denounce as an , infamous attempt of a defeated party to la cover power, at the risk of civil' war. If Leland ever submit to such au act of oppression and injustice,lchen we say, she deserves ;to be en slaved. The Lords did not meet yesterday. Amongst the petitions presented in the Commons was one from persons in Marylebone, praying for the im peachment of Lord JOHN RU96ELL for introducing a gets d arhierie ; Lord TEIGNMOUTH was its bearer, but Mr. GISBORNE attracted the attention of the House to the curious document. The ATTORNEY-GENERA L gave notice that in the Poor-law Amendment Act he will move a clause to exempt stock in trade from being rated. Mr. W ARBURTON stated that, on June 16th, he will move for leave to bring in a Bill to promote Medical Reform in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and will afterwards refer it to a Select Committee. The debate on the Irish Registration Bill was re newed by Mr. IlustE, who male an able speech against the Bill, reprobated Lord STANLEY'S contempt of the Irish and psioperly described those who are without the franchise as slaves, like the blacks in Jamaica. He con carped with his constituents in opposing the Bill, and would give it all the opposition in his power. Mr. Lucks supported, and Mr. R fiDINGTON opposed, the 311. Mr. GASKELL would cordially vote for it. Mr. E. B. lifocHE declared it would throw insuperable obstacles in the way of the voters of Ireland registering their latea, and he should not do justice to his constitu ents ing did not oppose it. On Mr. ROCHE resuming his seat there were loud calls for a division ; but after waiting some time, and before the galleries were actually cleared, Mr. D. CAL . LAGHAN rose and kept the ball alive till the giants of the House, who had retired to dinner, returned re freshed to kick it about for the remainder of the evening. Mr. TIIESIGER took it up and tossed it about for some time after his own lumbering fashion. Of course he had a hit at the Solicitor-General. Mr. O'CONNELL spoke for an hour and a lia:f against the Bill, and laid much evidence before the which House of gross abupes under the present s) sten), Lord STANLEY'S Bill kill not cld y. He_ very justly describ e d i t as the offspring of bigotry and hatred to wards Irela n d, and the conduct of the House in sup porting it, should it be supported, as giving life and energy to repeal. Sir ROBERT PEEL undertook toshowthat the Bill remedied great an d un i versally acknowledged ab uses . What the Hou se , h e sa id , had formerly c assent e d o to, mitte, what it would a s sen t t o , i n going into would be less the Bill o f hi s N oble Friend tmhm he principle, that these abu ses s h ou ld he e r emedied —that every ob , itruction should be kid in the way of the false claimant, and every facility given to the legitimate voter. Sir ROBERT, though he spoke with a more con venticle twang than usual, though he was full of repeti tious, appeared to us to be extremely eloquent, because he denounced abuses, professed himself an advocate of Reform, reproached the Ministers as imperfect reformc?rs, or stigmatized them as only re formers when the interests of their party would be pro moted by reform, and spoke for forbearance, justice, and kindness to Ireland, as if he had meant to give Lord STANLEY a slap in the face, and coax Mr. O'Coic- NELL. So far did the new and evening zeal of the Right Hon. Baronet carry him, that he actually de clared that a compact should not stand in the way of remedying an abuse. We call on the Radicals to prove to the House of Commons, the gross abuses which exist under the Reform Act, and though that is said to be a compact betivecn the two factions against the people, he will, by his own lan guage last night, be bound to put an end to the enor mous abuses which have grown up under it. Sir R. PEEL very cunningly appealed to moderate gentlemen, who, by their absence on the second read ing, had shown their superiority to party interests, to vote for the Committee ; and he fortified his appeal by the example of Lord Howicx and Mr. C, Woon. It is one of the evils of the present balanced state of par• ties, that one or two very insignificant, or worthless, and disappointed persons, or on whom political prin ciples hang loose, can, by a vote, raise themselves into importance. They are worth a high price, who, under other circumstances, would fetch r.othing. No doubt such persons will listen to Sr R. PEEL, and, by fol lowing his advice, grasp at the same importance as Lord Howfcx and Mr. Wool). Lord MORPETH closed the debate, in a speech which was eff.•ctivc, and told even on an impatient House. The Noble Lord has one sterling quality—great honesty—to which he unites great sincerity ; and a few words from him go further than many sen tences from less respected men. The Noble Lord declared that the Bill should receive his unabated opposition at every stage. On resuming his seat the House divided, and the motion for going into a Committee was carried by 301 to 298. The Tories, by the help of Lord Howicx and Mr.WooD, having only a shabby majority of three. According to their expectations this is a woeful de feat, and we may at once conclude that the Bill will never be carried. Ireland, however, must now be true to herself, and trust not pretended friends. She must fight ber own battles, and so she will command the sup port of the Liberals of England. Some of those she has trusted would consign her to the avowed tyranny of Lord STANLEY and the hypocritical Tories. The Bill was committed pro forma, the Chairman reported progress, and the Committee is to sit again Cu Friday. The House Adjourned. Sir ROBERT INGLIS'S motion for Church Ex tension, which stands for this evening, is for an address to her MAJESTY, to take into her consi deration the deficiency in the number of places of worship belonging to the Established Church compared. to the increased and increasing popula tion ; it states that no altered distribution of the revenues of the Established Church could remove the existing and augmenting evil ; that the grants made in 1818 and 1824, have been inadequate to supply the national wants ; that it is the duty of the Government to employ an adequate portion of the national wealth to relieve the spiritual destitu tion of large masses of the people ; and that the House will cheerfully make good the cost of such measures as her MAJESTY may please to recom mend, &c. That is the substance of Sir ROBERT INGLIS'S motion, and to translate it into still shorter terms, it pledges the House of Com• mons to supply funds to provide spiritual instruction for the people in the tenets of the Church of England to the extent which Sir R. INGLIS and the priest party deem necessary. First, as a minor matter, let the reader notice the use of the word national. National wants means 1 what Sir R. INGLIS and the priests desire in the way of Churches and endowments. National wealth means the property of all the individuals of the community ; and the juggle betwixt national wants and national wealth means, in plain English, take from the people to give to the priests. Secondly, let the reader also notice who deter mines the spiritual wants of the people, not the people themselves, but those, namely, the priests, who undertake to supply them. Sorely against the people's will they are compelled—though the com pulsion, be it always remembered, arises from their own respect for the aristocracy—to allow the land owner, who has the supply of food in his hands, to determine how much of that, and at what price, the people shall have it ; but in no other case is it tolerated, that those who have a commodity to sell, prescribe to the buyers how much they must take, and what price they must pay for it. Tailors sup ply us with clothes, and butchers with meat, but individuals always decide for themselves what they will order from their butcher and their tailor. They haggle for the price, and, if it does not suit them, reject the flesh or the garments. In the case of spiritual wants, this excellent principle of every-day life is reversed. The people are held by the priests, who supply their spiritual wants, to be hopelessly in capable of deciding for themselves ; and the priest party insists on deciding how much spiritual in struction they require, and what price they shall pay for it. Such a mode of proceeding, so contrary to the ordinary proce9dings of commerce, stamp the poor people for whom the priests so decide, as complete slaves, who are not allowed to dispose of their own property, or judge as to their own need. Thirdly, though Sir ROBERT INGLIS dwells very much on the increased and increasing population, he does not say a single word about the increased and increasing value of Church property. That is at least one-sided. Since the Restoration, Church property in England has undergone no diminution in amount. The SPARKES, the MARKIIAMS, the LIA RCOURTS, the SUTTONS, the PRETTY MANS, the LAWS, may have built up goodly for tunes out of Church property, but except what the Bishops and Rectors have alienated and pilfered, the Church possesses now all the land and all the tithes she possessed at the Revolution. Whether it have increased in value exactly in proportion to population we will not say ; but the most sanguine calculations do not estimate the increase in the population of England and %Vales above threefold since the Revolution of 1688. If it were not less than 5,000,000 then, it is not much more than 15,000,000 now. With the increase of population, and in conse quence of it, the value of Ihe tithes and of the land belonging to the Church has also increased, in many instances ten or twelvefold, and in few less than three. Take, for example, the Bishop of LONDON, "whose income," said Mr. BAINES, on March 3, " ascertained by himself, was 13,929/., paid only as tenths 9011., making a deficiency upon the annual payment of 13,028/." That is, the Bishop of LONDON'S income has increased from 900/. to 13,900/. Mr. BAINES quoted a great number of other instances, both of Rectories and Bishoprics, which showed that between the reign of HENRY VIII. and the present time the value of Church property has increased four, six, eight, ten, and even thirty fold. Now, we con tend, with all deference to Sir R. INGLIS and the priest party, that this increase in value—caused by the increase of the people, does not belong by right to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Bishop Of LONDON, the Bishop of WINCHESTER, &c., but to the Church, and is misappropriated when applied to maintain Bishops and Rectors in the splendour of Princes, instead of providing for the spiritual instruction of the people. We hope this matter will be duly investigated by Par liament, before taking one farthing from the pockets of the people, to make good the dilapidations and misappropriations of the beneficed clergy. The House of Commons will commit a gross injustice to the people, if it vote a single farthing to the imperious beggars, till it have instituted a search ing investigation into their income, and how it is misapplied. The remark of M j . before l ast , seems to s &s Y er O vi U n N g G o , f on mo t r l e t e attention even i n g than we yesterday r bestowed on it, by b rie fly no ti c i ng any knowledge ity.lis \th more valuableeo of i c t q s u b i acquit a r t ihne because s Hon. on e tleman of f v it in our Summa m and d e fri i e n m c l s o , mp bu l e t te ignorance , ofthe blow it g i ves t h e Tories. '•, who Men," h e said,would w s e h re il i n i k idu fr c o e m d falsehood in ordinary circumstances, by the influence of political associates to court , • •• " We did g ross pct . ) in ) . not indeed require 1. M r. JOHN YOUNG to inform us that the moral sense depends so much on the opinions of others, that to get a mob engaged in any course of conduct de prives it of all itnmorality for each of the collected individuals. It is nevertheless good to hav e such a doctrine prop ounded from the Tory benches, because it explains how the men who sit there, keeping each other in count enance in their leoislative iniquity, become utterly blind to the distinction between right and wrong, and callous to all the admonitions of an every-day and solitary conscience. An excellent exemplification was given of this principle by the quotation which Mr. M. J. O'CoN- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1840. NEL L made at a later period of the evening, from the Report of the Committee of 1838 on Fictitious Votes in Ireland. He showed by the quotation that it was customary on the property of the Messrs. LEFROY, in Longford, to g i ve l eases to the tenants with a clause subject to he determined by the land lord on six months' notice ; and he mentioned two instances of such tenants, who, having voted against their landlords, received notice to quit. Now suct leaseholders have no real beneficial interest in their leases ; they are merely the landlords' serfs, and could scarcely take the necessary oaths without being guilty of perjury. Of falsehood they are unquestionably guilty. Here, then, we find the landlords not only creating fictitious and dependent voters, but, as Mr. M. J. O'CoNNELL remarked, deliberately guilty of subornation of perjury. They do not provoke a false oath taken in the intoxication of political excitement, nor under the wily influence of the priests, but are guilty of a deliberate suborna tion of falsehood, calmly undertaken, with all the foresight necessary to prepare legal instruments, and with no other temptation than the scheming wickedness of their own minds. For this flagrant abuse Lord STANLEY'S Bill, which professes to be the corrector of abuses, provides no remedy whatever. On the contrary, it arms these makers of fictitious and dependent vcters with increased power, it thro‘‘s around them all the protection which a long purse can command, it gives them impunity for their calm, deliberate iniquity, and cuts off without mercy those voters whose beneficial interest in a leas may have recently terminated. This is not equal and impartial dealing, such as an honest legislator should adopt; but, influenced by the cheers of the very class in whose favour Lord STANLEY legislates, he blushes not, he boasts even of his own injustice. Mr. HUME justly characterised the Noble Lord's conduct last night ; but it is so seldom the truth is honestly spoken in the House of Com mons, that it sounded strange to the ears of the Members. He made a much mote vigorous attack on the Bill than the two Solicitors-General who spoke the evening before, and who are un able to grapple with a Bill drawn up with legal nicety, and fulfilling all the conditions they usually look for in an enactment. To attack it men must go beyond the law and the principles of the law, and must look at the motives and objects of the law-maker. 'They must not be guided by legal I technicalities. It would be at the same time un just to the English Solicitor-General if we did not remark that he is a statesman as well as a lawyer, and that a part of his observations on Tues day evening on the tendency of some Ministerial measures, and on the duty of Ministers to introduce good Bills, regardless of the opinions of the House of Lords, entitle him to the gratitude of all Re. formers. The Dutch papers received last evening contain the folloinri message to the States General : " Noble and Blighty Lords,—Acting on the prokct com municated on our part to the Cenral Section of your A - sembly, we herewith present to you a project of law Co', cernirg the responsibility of the heads of the Ministeria departments. (Sighed) " The Hague, May 16, 1840." “ WILLIAM. . . The different sections of the proposed law are then given at length. In these the KING yields to the wisher of the Chambers, and proposes that the Sovereign shall have the power of appointing and dismissing the Ministetial Department a t pl easure , and that the Ministry, and not the KING, shall be responsible for every act of the Government. The message appears to have given great satisfaction, and hopes are therefore entertained that the Budget for the second half of the year will be accepted. The news brought by the French Papers of Tuesday is not important, except that they confirm the fall of Cantavieja—the last but one of the Carlist strongholds in Spain. We have received with them Brussels and German Papers, but they are equally barren of intelligence of any European interest. The following extracts are alone worthy of attention : It was said on Tuesday, in the Chamber of Deputies, that the Ministers declared that if there should be no dis turbance on the day of the funeral ceremony in honour of Napoleon, the Government would propose, in the course of the year, to authorise the members of the Emperor's family to return to France. ALGIERS, MAY 12.—We have learnt that the column commanded by the Prince Royal arrived at Cherchell on the 9th. He pitched his camp before the town. The Marshal was at that time between Bhidah and Miliana. We hear of two brilliant actions which have lately taken place, and in which the 17th Regiment of Light Infantry is said to have distinguished itself. The reports say that there was little loss on our side.— Toulon/la/ s, May 15. The Barcelona Journals are to the Bth, and the Postilion de Gerona to the 13th. Nothing new had taken plae:, in Catalonia ; only it is known that the sisters of Cabrera, and the Carlist Bishop of Orihuela have arrived at Bergs. BRUSSELS.—The section of the iron railway from Brus sels to Tubise was opened on Monday. The King,, the Ministers, and a great number of persons of distinction, among whom were remarked the English and French Am- 1 bassadors, were present at the ceremony, which happily passed over without any accident ; but it is reported that a young man, very well dressed, who, with some of his friends, was present, suddenly exclaimed—" I am weary of life; I will get rid of it," and, with the rapidity of lightning, plunged a knife into his heart, and fell among a group of spectators. VIENNA, May 11.—His Majesty the Emperor and Prince Metternich, is(t out to-day noon Ix Presburgh, when the Diet is to be closed to-morrow. In the Sitting of the Diet yesterday (Sunday) a joyful surprise was oc casioned by the reading of the Royal decision on the pro ject of law for the emancipation of the Jews in Hungary, which had been amended by the Chamber of Magnates; the Royal resolution contains some further modifications. BOURSE.—Pasts, TUESDAY, MAY 19. first H ighest Lowest Last Price 14iee. Price. Price rench 5 per Cents ll5 '5 ... 115 70 ... 115 :55 ... 1 5 65 4 per Cents lO4 61 ... .14 61) ... 10: 60 ... 104 60 3 per Cents B4 85 . 84 95 ... di 85 ... 84 95 Bank of trance 3370 ...31:41 —.7370 _3390 Latfitte Bunk 1,0001. So._ 1100 —llO7 _IWO —ll 0 3,(100f. .I+h 1.2 ri ...52H0 ...59.).) ..-.. , , , ,t) r.elgian Bank ti 0 ... 001 ... 9011 ... 9co 5 per Cents 3 per Cents 7.) 30 ... 15 50 ... 75 at) ... 73 50 United States Bank Loan itti ... 93 ... Si , ... 94 Dutch 944, per Cents S4S; ... 54'4 ... 54c4 ... 54'v Spanish Ae..ive . Passive 7% 4.4 7 1ii ••• 7 !.i .:11 . 4 ticat , olitan Ronnie H3% ... 103% ... 1039 g ... 11!35g - RAILWAY SHARES. it. Germain Versailles, IL B 560 570 ... 5 , 0 570 L.B. 3B LS2 50 ... 280 381 25 Orleans ....... ...... sd7 50 507 50 ... NI 50 50 Hulhausen to Thann . Strawurg to Bale 4lO ... 414 50 ... 410 ... 412 50 THE SCORPION BlLL.—fjord Howick and Mr . Char:es Wood, on the division, had only one tail, Mr. Peter Ainsworth, the Member for Bolton. Mr. Swynfen Jervis, the Liberal Member for Brid port, purposely kept away. What a mockery of representation! The Liberal electors of Bridport re. turned him as a Reformer—he votes with their ene mies when he votes at all. Mr. Cuthbert Rippon, the Member for Gateshead was also absent ; and of Liberals altogether not fewer than nine were prevented from voting from illness or being abroad. SEVENTEEN LIVES SAVED.—We regret to have to announce the total wreck of the barque Arcturus, be. longing to Mr. Holt, of Whitby, and bound from Sierra Leone to Sunderland, with a valuable cargo of oak. Upon her ar rival in the Downs, the captain had taken the precaution, in consequence of the thick weather, to engage a pilot, by the aid of whose skill and judgment the t essel might be navigated with greater safety along the north-eastern coast, a course considered by mariners to be attended at all times with more than usual risk. On Sunday morning last, when the vessel was off:Hurt. cliff Foot, the wind ruse to a gale from the north-east, and the pilot in charge of her bore down for the Tees, under the mis taken idea, it would seem, that he was entering the port of Sun derland. In the attempt to tat e the river the vessel missed the channel, and struck upon a sand bank called the South Gare. The perilous condition of those on board was immediately ob served by the pilots and fishermen of Redcar, who lost no time in getting out the life-boat, and dragging it, with the as sistance of horses, to the Tees' mouth. After contending for some time with the sea, which was breaking with tremendous force betwcen the vessel and the shore—a distance of nearly half a mile—the crew of the life-boat had the satisfaction Co rescue the ship's company, consisting of twelve men, the cap tain's wife, maid-servant, and three small children (the youngest only eight weeks old), from a watery grave. The gallantry displayed by the crew of the Redcar life_ boat on this occasion is beyond all praise.— Yorkshire Gazette. OLDEN TIME IN MASSACHUSETTS.—InI627, there were but thirty ploughs in all Massachusetts, and the use of all these agricultural implements was not familiar to all the planters. From the annals of Salem it appears in that year, it was agreed by the town to gran: Richard Hutchinson 20 acres of land in addition to his share, on condition " he set up ploughing."-1630. A sumptuary Act of the General Court prohibited short sleeves, and required the garments to he length ened so as to cover the arms to the wrists, and required reform ation " in immoderate great breeches, knots of ribbon, broad shoulder bands and tayiee, silk rases, double cuffs and ruffs " —1647. The Court oi der that, if any young man attempt to address a young woman without consent. of her parents, or in case of their absence, of the County Court, he shall be fined 41. for the first offenc e, 101. for the second, and be imprisoned for the third.-1649. Matthew Stanley was tried for drawing in the affections of John Tarhox's daughter, without the con sent of her parents, convicted and fined 15/. ; fees, 2s. 6d. Three married women were fined ss. each for scolding.-1653. Jonas Fairbanks was tried for wearing great boots, but was ac quitted.—National HARE-HUNTING IN IRELAND.—The process of hunting in these precipitous districts, where the hare abounds, is thus conducted. A small terrier is despatched under the charge of a lad accustomed to the dangerous crags which afford shelter to the victim. The hunters and the grey hounds remain stationary till the cry of the lad warns them to rch in all directions; as soon as the hare appears, the dogs are ioo•ened, and the scramble then is among the sportsmen to the highest crag to obtain the best point of sight.— Sportsman in Ireland. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HUSGERFORD MARKET. Prices of Fish, Butcher's Meat, Poultry, and Vegetables ; the same as on Tuesday last. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Good supplies to day, and a fair demand; prices steady. Turbot, 61. to 20s. ; Cod, 3s. to 10s. ; Salmon, Is. to 2s. 6d. per lb. ; Mackerel, 4d. to Bd. ; Whitings, 4d. to Bd. ; Had docks, 6d. to Is. ; Soles 9d. to 3s. 61. per pair ; Lobsters, 10,4. to 4s. HAY MARKETS. Supplies moderate, and demand middling. Prices much as they were. TEA MARKET. The Market in a very dull state indeed, and no current prices could be named. Ihe general idea, however, seems to be that Tea is lower since the public sale concluded. COLONIAL MARKET. Very little done. B.P. Sugar attlles;me high prices as during the week. lhe Coffee market very flat, and jut of 3,05 S bags Brazil offered part only sbld at 455. and 56s ; 1,500 bags Bengal Sugar sold at 50s. to 655. ; 600 bags Saltpetre at 225. to 235., for refraction 6 to 2 per cent. MONEY and COALVIERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The sales of this day are 3,000 bales at yesterday's price. Arrivals this morning —French and Oaend mails, ship letters from St. Vincent, Demerara, Monte Video, Ja maica, and Antigua. Accoun:s from Berlin, of the 9th of May, state that a re port prevailed there that the citad e l of Mar was con sumed by fire, and that the people of the town, although threatened, would riot assist to put the fire out. We have received the Journal of Antwerp, of yester day's date; it states that M. Count Fieguelmont, Extra ordinary Ambassador of the, Emperor of Austria at the Court of Russia, arrived on the 7th of May, at St. Peters burgh. The Journal also states the death of the Coun sellor of State Paskevitch, member of the Council of Mi. misters of the Interior, and of General Main- Freidheig, Commandant of Helsingfors. Accounts from Riga state the opening of the navigation which took place on the 19th of April. The breaking-up of the ice on the Dwina took place on the 12th, and did not cause any inundations. From Lilian, it is stated that the line of railway has been finished from Libau to Jurbourg. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY !S.—The aspect of the Bourse this day was generally favourable, and the prices were better, owing to some business done in the Integrals and Bills of Chance. The expectation that the budget will be adopted, has had a good influence on the prices. In the Foreign Funds little has been done, and they remain without variation in the prices. Accounts from Paris state that the Belle Poule frigate, which is to bring the ashes of Napoleon, is to take the name of St. Helena. Another report says that she is to be named the Eagle of Napoleon. Prices at Amsterdam, May 18—Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 55 ; Five per Cents 100 3-16. Accountsirom Le;psie of the 12th May, state that the fair has been more favourable than was anticipated, and that extensive business was done in leather, and also 150,000 pieces of cloth of various qualities, the half of which was sold; fine qualities sold in preference; silks in general sold well. Little was done in furs. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Error. ) VALIDITY OF THE CHARTER OF TIIE MANCHESTER CORPO. Mr. ChE .sw ELI --Is that any r,son urn) , the Crown should exercise such authority ? It is to exercise the p::wers given ace;irding to the statute, and if they cannot Le so cxerciied then the charter i:, invalid, and if the doc trine of ci pees is admitted, then the Judge should appoint te Barrister who is to divide the borough into wards. The Crown appointed a Barrister to revise the lists, and why not to set out the wards. rite Charter then pre scribed the number of C uncillers to be settled by each ward Again, there was a departure from the Municipal Reform set, by which the Crown assumed to itself the exei else of a power which had been refused to it by the provisions of the Act, This was directed by the Act to be done by the Barrister. Now who was the person to divides into wards, and to set out the number of Council Tors? Why, the Revising- Barrister. Now they had ap p I :ted a Revising Barrister, but had not entrusted him with these powers. The Learned Counsel next adverted to the making of the lists. The burger, list was to be made of all the inhabitant hote;eliolders within the bo rough. By the 9AI section of the Act, it was to be of the inhabitant householders within the borough, or seven miles round. Here was a variance of the utmost moment. The Charter was to be based on the representative system; and unless the electoral system was properly constituted the representation could not be good. A great deal was said in these days about the value of the fran chise, yet this variance would exclude all those most respectable inhabitants who resided some distance from the town. Surely the Crown could never intend to exclude them, and thus establish a representa tion only of the numbers, not of the wealth of the town of Manchester. In some minor points, as to the persons by whom, and the times at which the lists were to be made ow, the charter departed from the statute ; and there was s.arJely aly of that protection given to the constitu encies which the Act provided. By the Act, the list was to be signed and delivered to the Town cler, to be by hint kept for the inspection of the burgesses. In the charter this was quite omitted. By the Act, the overseers of the various townst,ips were to make the lists for each. Tills was much more convenient for reference and accuracy than that tile list for the borough should be at once made out by one person, as under _the charter would be the case. By the Act, copies of the list were to be insrected freely, without fee—a most important provision ; whereas under the charter, the person to make the list was to cause a copy to be set up at one place for eight days, for the inspection of all the inhabitants. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE...." Copies." Me. CRESWELL—NO ; " copy." Under the Act the overseers of the various townships were to make lists for each, and keep copies of each ; but by this charter the whole list was to be affixed to some particular place only eight days. Again, by the Act the town-clerk was to have the lists printed, and to deliver one copy to every householder applying,, at a reasonable price ; but for this there was no provision in the charter. Again, as to the list of claimants and objections—the Act provided for a similar publication, and: keeping the originals for inspec tion—all overlooked in the charter. Equally defective was the charter, as to the revision of the lists, and what was to be done with the revised lists? With respect to which the Act provided that the Mayor should deliver them to the Town Clerk to be by him fairly and alphabeti cally copied an , ! kept. The Attorney-General might say there was yet no Town Clerk. But there was the person who had to make out the lists. If he was a substitute for tho Overseers, surely he could be a substitute for the embryo Town Clerk. EV LI]NiNG WORSE AND WORSE OR, THE IRISH ORANGEMAN'S LAMENT. " No Tory will undervalue the importance of two facts—., first, 6A Lord Morpeth has called O'Connell his ' Learned ;' arid secondly, that Lard Ebrington has had the same formidable personage to dinner ! These facts are admizted, Nnd they are strong circumstances to produce as i fence that both the Noble Lords are favourable to the agitation of a Repeal of the Union I" Vide Tory Morning' Paper. All is over 1 We're doomed to fall, R. , ers, parsons, and lawyers, clerks, and all; Whether poor, or with Tory pelf o'erElJwiug, N'importe, to the Devil alike ae're going ; Yts—hear it who c-an with unmoistened eye— There's an end to our Orange sovereignty; For Morpeth, with Judas-like smile and bend, Flas'ealled O'Connell his " Learned Friend !" While Ebringtou, far more heinous sinner, 11,1 s ited him—horrid thought l—to dinner! And, as if to complete our ruination, Dan has accepted the invitation 11 So now Repeal is a settled thing With all the mischiefs that hence may spring; We may talk as we please about powder and ball, That cursed dinner has dished us all! 'Twas then that Ebrington, :Vlorpeth, and Dan Hatched in concert their villainous plan O. calling—of course with the worst intent.... A bran-new Irish Parliament; Of hanging our Bishops, one by one, At the Casale-gates, and when that was done (Which doubtless they think is capital fun) Of crushing our last, faint, lingering hope, By proclaiming on College-Green the PJpel le'nxbod—lebabocl l—Woo. on Woe ! The only extsting Firm I know, That can match this one, of Dan and Co. Is that of which Satan is head bclove I FASHIONAi3LE INTELLIGENCE• ARRIVALS. Major-Gen, Sir Thomas Whitehead, C. 8., and Lady. Whitehead, at th e B erne r s H otel r o e , Berners-street , 1 d !heir seat, U p l an d, Y or k s hi re; George Hogg, Esciltan Mrs. Hogg, at ditto, f rom t h e i r seat, Thornton Hall, Norfolk Norfolk ; Henry Tobias, Esq., and Mrs. Tobias, from Madeira ; Mr. Robertson and family, at ditto, from Madras Rev. W. Atttield, at ditto, from Bath; R° / ' C. I (Ate, at ditto, from Dublin; Mungo Campbell, Es t i" at English's Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Glas gow; Mr. and Mrs. M'Nair and family, at ditto, from ditto; Major Waters, R. E., at ditto, from Dublin ; Mr. arid Lady Cecil adafield, at the Earl of Limerick's, in Mansfield; G o rge , street, from Littlehampton ; Sir John and Lady at Grillon's Hotel; the Right Hon. Sir Edward Knateh htel at Mould's Hotel, Pall-mall East ; •Mr. Bruce Chi chester, M. P. ; Count Von Stroganoff, at the York 1-I °t °4 Albemarle -street; Sir Rshert Ferguson and Mr. Lsw Hodges. ,M. P., at Mould's Hotel; Mr. Rice, M• P'' 8 1 at ditto, ditto ; Mr. Heyisood Hawkins, at ditto; Lady John gn Miss Harvey, at Crawley's Hotel ; the Earl o f Oxfor d ' the Earl of Lonsdale ; the Hon. General O'Neill, at lie" rot's Hotel ; the Earl and Countess of Wemys , a nd i L h i e Ladies Charteris; Sir Ed war d an d L a d y Bl ac kett, vart's Hotel, Brook•strect ; Mr. and Mrs. Mitch ell and Miss Elliott, at ditt o , from Cooper's Hill; the Duc hes"f Gordon ; Lord a nd Lady Dc Saumarez ; Lord Sa ud i s; Lord Fitzelar enee; the Earl and Countess of Heaves and Lady Mary Pierre point ; E ar l an d C o untess Br uce; Lady Sarah Saville; Viscount and Viscountess Holmes i dale; the Earl an d C ountess of Warw i c k a nd Lor d Brooke ; Lord and Lady Leigh ; Sir Robert Ne wman, Bart. ; the E a rl of Leitrim ; the Marquis Lord Lilford, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Doriag„: r Lady Kinloch, Mr. Gilmour, the Bishop of Sail' . bury, Viscount Strathallan, the Earl and Countess Brownlovv, and Ladies Cust, Viscountess Sidatonill the Earl and Countess of Charleville, the Ear of Coventry, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington' the Earl of Selkirk, Lord Sudeley, Lord a n d Lady Willoughby de Broke, Sir Frances an Lady Lawley, Lady Adelaide Forbes, sir PI Earl an if. Seale, Bart., M. P., Earl Cowper, the Countess of Clonmell, the Earl and Countess of fe r n " : the Count de Tracey and suite, at the Clarendon 0° ,1 e ,,; General and Mrs. Monckton, Mr. and Lady . 11114 ;. -- e Boyley, the Dowager Countess of Mount Norris... l of Granby', Hugh Campbell, Bart., M. P., at ditto ; Mr. and • n e , r7 : o Tempest, at the Burlington Hotel; the Hon. CaP'ej Plantagenet Cary, R.N., Baron Fagel, at Mivart's Lord and Lady Dufferin an d Cl an b oyc, at t h e Sackeill.° Hotel ; Lady Templ emore an d t h e H on. Misses Oa; D chester, Mr. Tennys o n d'Ey ncourt , Si r H arr y and La i I Verney and the H on . L a dy H ope , L or d an d L a dy e''' . mere and the Hon. Miss Chnlmondeley. DEPARTURES. Lady Caroline Moran., from the Burners Hotel, Be r• tiers street, for her scat, Brockenburst House, Lyndhurst; J t dit rn to e , s r, C ,r lo p s a e r , is E ; M F. w rs k . e CI , Eo and sq., and Mrs.efiss F C o lO w s k e e , from ditto, for their seat, Castle Headingham, Essex ; G. Not' ridge, Esq., and Mrs. Nottidge, front ditto, for Braintree; of31:-,st..,Ctrfrlotomm,Ei:z,oinistid,sittreo Royalfr Paris;Hotel, S t r . H ja u m el e t s, P ,.. a o l t l r i e se o r t . , or Brioleon ; Patrick Chalmers, Esq, and family , u fr ° , ° lieu, for H irn h ury H a ll , Worc estershire; Chaele s ee m e s i e ton, Esq., f rom di tto, for Ireland ; elajors Wade and B •ker, Captains Mordecai and Hugo, Ijoitcd States Artilery, from ditto, for Germany Messrs. Lace, and Holmes, from ditto, for; Liverpool; the Dow ;i suer Lady Elienborough and Hon. Misses Lavv ; Lord Dunfermline ; Baron and Baroness Alaynerie, from Mie cart'.: Hotel, Brook -street; the Earl of Norbury ; the a Dowager Lady Mordaunt and the Misses Mordaunt, r ; We} mouth Torcray ; Lady Andover and family, for Duncan Gibb, Colonel and Lady Catherine Bulkeley, for ditto; Captain and Lady Eieonora Wemyss, front the Berners "foe Lord and Lad George Seymour, from Patterson 's for Leerniogton Spa ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Wardtv. :he Belvidere, Weymouth ; Mr. and Mrs... Edward ( i ,; o l ston, for Devizes; Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis, for To r quay; Colonel Ewart, for Leamington Spa; Lady e ore Her vey Bruce, for ditto ; Conyngham Burton, Esq., 'r the Sackville Hotel, for Clifton ; Sir Jelin thinner , Bart., for Guer nse y ; Si r Th os. M . K enn y, for BrightonG. H. Wa r d, E sq ., f rom t h e C aven di s h H ote l, for Cow L-oly Colebrook e , f o r S ussex; C o l one l V a ndeleue, Hussars, for C oven t ry; S tark i e. Esq., from the Beg ' lington Hotel ; th e H on . C o l one l M o l yneux , Bth Huss° g ,' !'or Leis ; the H u n. M rs . B eaumont , on a contin ent !' toor ; the Bishop o f C ar li s l e and the lion. Mrs. p erc) c i . m the Sackyille Hovel ; C o l one l W o llaston and Lt' r r. o ,, gley, from Fl a d ong ' s H ote l ; L a d y S ymon ds, for •y st el; Certain and Lady Gsoegiana Fullerton, for We. wood Honso, in the New F ores t ; Sir Arthur de Cap‘ r Brooke, Bart., for Torquay, Devon ; Lady Steamer S i r Addiscombe, near Croydon ; Mor.General the lieu. Hercules arid Lady Pakenham, from the St. Jar nas d Hotel, fur P or t smout h ; M r . an d M rs , Fred.. North an Parisi f• roily, fur N or th L o d ge ; C o l . H ug h D av i so n, for The M p arquis of Do nega l came u express fill Learninglo n Sp a t o t a k e his set in the House of Lords .1° leave his proxy with the D :E ke it 6 T f R W E e . lling T to h n e pr:i e o n e j e h in l return to Ireland. e t : D ult Y-L ANE T am:il cur theatricals who, under the title of the riaits,"appcar to be emulous of attaining to histrionic lop u t ii i gave on Wednesday night a series of entertainments at _ -- - °use. ROYAL VISIT TO ASTLEY'S AMPHlTti g h t . TR E.—. The Queen and P r i nce Albert Wednesday afternoor-. noured Mr. Ducrow' s A mp hi t h eatre with a pr i va te V;s order to see the equestrian performances for which AslieY, art so justly celebrated. When the Queen and her Royal °° ,l l : - 01 • e e entered ntleiseiirnbothx,etchiereolrechtriesntracpoenriftnoremnce,ddl,heinnational ante COoe i r e u ny which the resources of Mr. Ducrow's unrivalled stud w ere j‘fr developed. An act of horsemanship, performed by 0 1 Ducrow himself, was the triumph of the exhibition, a nd elicited repeated tokens of aro-oval from both her 31°..le%vce the Prince, who remained until the close of the perform The Royal party left the theatre at half-past five o'clock. G ot , Mr. Mitchell, of the Free List, Covent 0 Fro den, takes benefit st that Theatre on Saturday nes t :„ the his uniform attention and politeness to all those who en .' t , -1 , privilege of the Free List, we have no doubt that his %sill be—what it as,uredly deserves —a complete buroPe r ' Fri dayAblisEt Th i e t TURNPlKEO c i o ) m O i L nis S sionersof t e met i r t o O po A li l s Th tuT ll. le r tt. ll: _ Tolls met at their office, N o, o ma . n 2 dl 2 , , tse l j : u ' e h lry i a t lz e i. l co l . a x. ll- place, in order in the I . or i un i e ,,, y e e w ar ere fr present Sir 11 I Il t . :o e ; o r d L e , o e ll r m l d . re P L i .r t i l l o hl : t • teeLfr;. Jones, chair. lisq lots l , t g. q at n e •e a rLas H u a n in de p ! r st ' e — ad-r - oad, with the City-e° ll4 X20, 0° 11 , g1 Hackney-i s- o u a m d, o u L lth the Lea Bridge -road ................... . 4:011301° Stamford-hill, with Edmonton -roads ........... • 1,420 TheHarrow-roadthe Kensington, Blentford, and ....... ... rotiO, ............ in could obtain no bidders on account of the depreciation " to the Southampton, Great Western and Birming ha n s r thitt roads. Mr. Levy was the purchaser of the above ' were let. g pv inOtir REVISION OF RAILWAYS.—Lord t hat, on Wednesday en t ere d upon t h e C ommons b oo ks u tst e ' L l ; ta - Wish June 2, he would move for lesse to bring in a Bill t° a superintendence if railways. the convicS A petition t o th e C rown on b e half o, r ao l Templeton, n o w lying under sentence of death in GlasPwiii G the fur the mu r d er o f his wife in a drunken quarrel, re ceive d, course of two or three days. upwards of 2,000 pno I , NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT A ND ' G en eral DE NT I N sTrrimoti.—Wednesday el/cuing, the Annum celleut ilceting of the subscribers and friends to the abrive Fleet ctiardable institution took place at Antlerton's Hotel, mittee street, fur the purpose of receivin ,, the report of the com for the pat year. 3lr. Wild having n :it eight o'clock o c e 9 l . called to the t hair, Mr. Kissie wished to know svky tit° I n dis. dent.. Alderman Harmer, was not present. After sonr e r• cussiJn on this point, Mr. Terry, the secretary, read I 1.1 the l putt, from which it appeared that during the past years.,,r signatures. sr first of the establishment of the institution, the returns for.ttd labours had been most satisfactory. In addition to tho bo . some subscriptions of the London Press, they had received snort port from affluent individuals of their own class. The re P psocceded to show the great benefits which would result frOw l .. the formation of the institution to aged and decayed Tr a d e. venders, and concluded by urging upon members of the tra.,eit as well as the public, the necessity for standing forward mindll support. Mr. Everett n.oved the adoption of the report,, said that, although at their first meeting not quite 100 1 . % .‘ c t collected, he had the pleasure to inform them, of that night, that in one year their funds had amounted to or wards of 500 /.—(Cheers.) Mr. Horne seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. Several re st " Wets lotions were then proposed and carried in support of the 0 of the institution, and several munificent subscriptions having been announced, a vote of thanks was passed to the ChairMan' and the meeting broko up. with the reeeip RATION. RUTTER U. CHAPMAN. The Judges sat in the Exchequer Chamber this morning for the purpose of hearing the appeal in :he above case, from the decision of Mr. Baron Rolfe, at Liverpcol. At. ten o'clock Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Littledale, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Be. sanquet, Mr. Justice Coltman, and Mr. Justice Erskine, took their seats in Court. Mr. Cremell, Mr. Wightman, Mr. Cowling, and Mr. L. Peel, appeared for the pia ntiff, and the Attorney-Ge neral, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Crompton, for the de fendant. Mr. CRESWELL said this was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, for the invasion of his office of Coroner, by attempting to hold an inquest in Manchester, to which the defendant pleaded that the householdeis of Manchester had petitioned her Majesty to grant the town a charter agreeably to the provisions of the Municipal Corporation Act, and that in consequence see!: charter was granted, and on the 25th of October, 1838, was duly accepted and received, and such proceedings were had, and the burgess lists, and list of claims and ob jections were duly made and revised according to the pro visions of the said charter, and in accordance with the enactments of the Municipal Corporation Act. The plea then recited the fact of the election of Town Councillors, Aldermen, and Mayor; and that in 1839 a commission of the peace was given to the borough, and a separate Court of Quarter Sessions granted; and it then set forth the appointment of the defendant to the office of Coroner. under the provision of the Charter, to which it was replied that the inhabitant householders did not petition, neitl e was the charter granted according to the provisions of th 3 Act, and thereupon issue was joined. At the trial it was given in evidence that a requisition had been presented to the boroughreeve and constables of Manchester to hold a meeting—that the meeting was held, and a petition for the charter agreed to, which was signed, :not by a majority of the inhabitant householders, but by 4,000, and that before such charter was granted a petition against the granting it had been presented to her Majesty, signed by 6,000 in habitant householders, whereupon Mr. Baron Rolfe, who tried the case, directed the Jury to return a verdict for the defendant, confirming the validity of the charter. whereupon a bill of exceptions was tenderLd. DOW submitted to their Lordships that tile petition pre sented to her Majesty was not such a petition as would authorise her Majesty to grant a charter ; and also that the charter itself was invalid on account of its inherent defect, such charter not being in conformity with the provisions of the Municipal Reform Act. Acts such as the one in question, giving the power of taxation, ought to be con strued strictly. The first question to be raised was, whe ther the petition was such as would empower the Crown to grant a charter. The charter was granted under the provisions of the 141st section of the Act of 6 Wit IV. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The Charter is granted un der the Act of 1 Victoria, cap. 78, sect. 49, which is re cited in the charter, and which names the mode of grant ing the charter. Al^. CRESWELL submitted that to give the Crown authority to grant such a charter as this, the pe ttion mu t express the voice of the inhabitants, and must therefore be signed by a majority of the inhabitant house holders. Now, in this instance, he would not contend for even this, inasmuch as a petition was presented against the ranting a charter by a greater number of persoes than those petitioning for it. Now, this petition, he ap prehended, had been substituted for the acceptance of the charter. The Crown possessed no power of incorporatirg a town against its consent, and if the majority of the in habitants refused to accept a charter, it was void. The Learned Counsel then quoted several authorities in sup port of his position, and among others that of Lord Coke. .vho said certain persons might ask for a charter, yet the town might refuse it. Such, he imagined, was the case here. In the case of the King and Askew, it was laid down that it was necessary to the validity of a charter that such charter should be accepted by the inhabitants of a place, as the Crown could not make a man member of a Corporation against his wish. The same was the law as laid down by Mr. Justice Ashurst, in the case of the Cor poration of Chichester. Now, it might well be that the acceptance of a charter to an indefinite body might be not necessarily the majority, for if once a good meeting could be got of those to whom the charter was addressed, the acceptance by the majority of such meeting might suffice. He was not aware of any direct authorities on that point, but there were several analogous cases in which it had been so held. The Learned Counsel then quoted several cases in support of this view of the question. But the meeting mast be one, having a legal authority to say to them concerned, this is a meeting at which you ought, anti are bound, to be present; and if you continue absent we shall act for you. The acceptance by such a meeting would be a legal one—but not otherwise. The law knows nothing of a reasonable number of inhabitants. Is one in three, one in five, or one in ten, a reasonable number? where were they to stop? But the words of the Act were—the inhabitants of the town. Take the ease of the election of Churchwardens—the inhabitants in vestry assembled to elect them. What did that mean but the ma jority of the inhabitants? They might all come if they chose, and if not the meeting represented all the inhabi tants. This had long bean recognized by 'he hw i , as was proved from Ribbock's Report, 212. The same was the case in Roger's and Davenant, 194 ; Murder, Re ports ; and in the Chamberlain of London's case. 5 Coke. The Learned Counsel then quoted a variety of cases, 14 support of this vie .v of the subject. He, therefore, appre hended that in all cases it was perfectly clear that the majority mu...t hind, and they bound, not because it was th voice of the majority, but because it was to he taken as the voice of the whole. There could be no difficulty in getting at the voice of the majority in Manchester—why not take a poll, as was done in the case of the parish officors ? Ano ther objection which he took was that the charter did not comprehend the whole district of the Parliamentary be rough. Suppose, instead of sending up these petitions, the parties had inet in public meeting, and 4,000 had voted they would petition, acid 6,000 that they would riot, where would be tire difference? The 4 000 might still have pe titioned, but what would be its effect ? It would be a pe tition of 4,000 of the inhabitant householders, but not of the inhabitant householders, and the petition of the 6 000 was quite as much the petition of the inhabitant house holders, and surely the Crown could have no right to grant a charter upon such a petition. It was merely the petition of those signing it. A; there was no legal mode of assembling a meeting, the petition and counter petition would be the only . legal mode of getting at the will of the majority of the inhabitants ; and if the petition had had the inajerity of signatures there might be some ground for granting the charter, but where the signatures of the majority were against it there could be no ground for saying the charter had been petitioned for by the ma. jority of the inhabitants. In this case there was no one who had authority to call a meeting for such a purpose ; and the Act itself states that the will of the inhabitants is to be made known to the Crown by petition. How were the defendants to make the case known—either by counter petition or else by all those who do not sign the petition being considered as against it, in which case the petition might lea signed by the actual majority; but in this instance the connter petition was signed by the majority, therefore there was no petition for it, and he hoped their Lordships would decide that the inhabitants of a town should not be subjected to taxation by a body emanating from such a charter as die present, unless such charter should be peti tioned for by the majority of such inhabitants. lie w9u3d nest submit that the charter was not granted to the district from which the petition emanated. The petition was from the inhabitant househol lers of the borough of Manchester. The charter was granted only to a portion of the borough, three townships being excluded from the charter. Now, if it was sufficient that the Queen might grant a charter to a part of a borough upon the petition of the inhabitants of the whole borough, it would follow that her Majesty might grant a charter to a portion of a borough within which nut one of the petitioners resided. He appre hended that to be a good charter it must define the limits of the borough, but it must define the limi.s of the whole district from which the petition emanated. Now, unless the district were set forth, how could you measure the seven miles within which the voters must reside, to exercise the franchise; and there was another objection be should make presently. All Corporations must be of some place, and the limits of that plac3 must be accurately defined. Again, the cha , ter must be granted, not to the inhabitants of any part of a borough, but to the borough, end the interpretation clause showed that borough meant Parliamentary borough. Mr. Justice PATTESON said the interpretation clause was confined to the boroughs now in the schedules, and as Man chester was not named he thought the clause had only to do with the present case. Mr. CRESaWELL apprehended that the charter must be granted to the borough petitioning, and not to a portion of it. On these grounds he submitted, in the seccnd 'lace that the charter was not well granted. Then, look ing to the charter itself, he found molly objections in it. In the first place, it did not set forth that it was not granted to those who petitioned for it. After stating that the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses should hays the power of taking the charter, which was to state of what the Town-council was to consist, it said that the Council should be elected for the future according to the Muncipal Reform Act, except the first election, which it was pro vided should take place on the 14th and 15t-h Decembar of the year in which it was granted. Now, he appre hended that the Crown had 110 power of altering the days of election, and the Act was strict on this subject. Power was given to the Crown of altering the day of election on the first year, for reason assigned ; end after that the Crown had no power to alter tire days of election in any old borough, or in any new one called into existence since the passing of the Act. Now the Crown might grant the charter at any time it thought proper, and if' the petition came too late, the Crown Allied have waited until the next year to call this Corporation into existence, so that the election might take place according to the provisions of the Statute. He now carne to a very important objection ' • the division i n t o wards was provid e d f or b y t h e M un i c i pa l Refer m Act. The di. vision into wards Was a most important point. The wards might be so divided a i to place the bulk of persons holding titre set of opinions into one or two wards, so as to secure a inAjority of different opinions in the other wards, It WAR also a permanent division ; nothing could set it aside be', an Act of Parliament. The present one had been taken to prevent jobbing. No power was given to the Crown to divide boroughs into wards. B aer , ih e barrister was not named by the Crown, but by one of the Judges, who were quite above all improper feelings in making such app o i n t me nts. Yet the Crown assumed that DEATH BY L neighbourhoodan while em — los A . however, to itself in the charter. Would it be contended, of the name of Gil iI I I MITNING Assize to it was necessary that the Crown should make this division. father's larni. in the fine young la i c! ed .i _h r a o r n row on in h o u n rsd l a i y last, gave up his occupation, in The Crown might call upon the senior Judge of oonso o u t' , o ß o . e l f of heavy showers nominate a barrister, and the charter ought to have pro_ of rain, with loud peals of thunder.. t ile was on his way home aided th a t a b arr i ster s h ou ld be nornin ited by th e u n t or on horseback, accoinpanied by iris father and elder eroiher, Judge o f A ss i ze, arid that such barrister should di v id e the who w ere wa lki ng and speaking to him, when he was struck by borough i n to iv rds. the lightning. Hi s b rot h er on see i ng hi m fall was erstantl y Mr. Ju s tice COLERIDGE--IS not the power o f the Jud beside h im , and was horror-struck to find his nearest relative a limited to on e y ear a fter the passing the it is. Act ? V' lifeless corp se . Th e h orse h a d gon e but a few yards when it The ATTORNEY-GENERAL — also fell clown. The animal survived only about a quarter of Certainly an hour.— Glasgow Herald. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—Is there any provision in respect to boroughs where there arc no Town Clerks? Mr. CRESWELL—Yes, my Lord. Then it is to be the analogous functionary. Then the Act provided that this list so made out should be the burgess roll fur the succeed ing year. Now the 9th section required a due enrolment. Bat there was no provi,ion for the burgess rull under the charter—only certain steps towards it ; there was no pro vision that the burgess list so revise'] should be the burgess roll. T►re whole thing, therefore, fell to the ground. The Learned Counsel went on to contend thar the statute was imperfect for its object ; that it did not contain provisions to establish a charter giving such exten sive powers; that it gave no means of compelling the va rious :;Ricers concerned to perform the duties imposed on them, that it declared no penalty fur refusal or negli gence. Moreover, the Statute contained no provision au thorising the establishment of the Revising Court—a court which did not proceed according to common law, ann which, therefore, according to all the authorities, could not be erected by the Crown except by Statute or pre scription. Mr. Creswell went on to argue rather mi nutely the legal part of the question as to the insufficiency of the petition on which the charter bad been granted. ~The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) NAPOLEON'S REMAINS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stte—May I beg the favour of the insertion of the fol lowing remarks in a small corner of your valuable Paper. Having read with feelings of immense satisfaction and pleasure that the remains of the Emperor Napoleon arc about to be restored to the French—an act equally honour able to the British Government as to the nation who so enthusiastically received the intelligence—l beg to offer a suggestion which I trust will not be inconsistent with the character of a true Englishman. I am, and always have been, im ardent admirer of Bo naparte, and can almost reverence the man who has filled the world with wonder and renown. This is a sentiment in which I am sure I do not stand alone, as there are few, however bigoted they may be, can fail to look up to the man whom nothing but seasons or treachery could conquer. This, however, is a subject I will not dilate upon, but pro ceed at once to my object. I think it would not be anti-national, or irrelevant cf the British public to cuter into a subscription to partl ti defray the expenses incidental upon his r-moval, and also to erect a monument at once grand and unique, which should be worthy of the man, and still furdier hand down to pcsterity the chivalrous feeling and generesiti, of the English towards their once all-powerful enemy. This act would crown the whole ; nor do I think it irn poasible to be effected ; not but what I havo little dotilo his own countrymen would come nobly forward to testify their feeling to their once derni-god, but la us be first in the field, and I a m sure we could raise a sum not far defi cient to that already vo'cd by the ChaMber, which I fear is sadly inadequate to the grand occasion. If such a project were to be adopted I feel little hesi tation in thinking the Duke of Wellington and his Noble co-adjutors in the field, would be among the first to come forward. I fear I have trespassed too long on your time and space, but sincerely trust (if you deem this worthy of insertion: this may meet the eye of some of your infimmtial readers who may be more able to bring it under the notice of th, public, than, Sir, your humble servant, Birmingham, Aid). 20. W. C. P. SHIPPING TELLIGENCE. The following was yesterday received at - Lloyd's : Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, May M 1840. Ste,--I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Pricy Council for Trade, to tran,mit to you tha enclosed copy of a specification of certain buoys recently placed Port Philip, in South Australia, which my Lords wish should be made public for the information of the captains of vessels frequenting those coasts. My Lords further direct me to state that by the last ar'. vicos from Australia it was in contemphition to erect a small lighthouse in the course of last DecentLer, on the extremity of Gillibrand's Point. I am, Sir. vour obedient servant, DENIS LE MARCHANT. The Chairman of Lloyd's. (Copy.) Station of buoys at Port Phillip at this present time, November, 1839 : A red buoy in the shoal called the Pope's Eye, on the Rattlesnake chart, on the Southern part of it, so as to make a leading mark either for the Southern or Western Channel. This buoy is in three fathoms at low water. A small half-tun buoy (black) on the extreme edge of the Spit, off Swan Point, in twc-and-3-hall fathoms water at low water. A white buoy on the Wcstmost Spit of the \Vest Sand, abreast of Swan Nint, in two and three-quarter fathoms at low water. This buoy is on the Spit that forms a ligl.t on the West Sand. A black buoy on the Spit running cff from Indented Head to the Eastward, and forming the Northern entrance to the Channel, in two-and-a-half fathoms at low water. As these buoys have all been laid down on the sands, vessels should not approach them nearer than about two cables' length. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Victoria, Street, from the Cape of Good Hope, in the River, sailed, Feb. 23 ; Helen Stewart, Stewart, from China, at Liverpool, sailed Jan. 8, Anjer, Jan. 18, Cape, March 8; Madagascar, Gimblett, from Bengal, in the River, sailed Jan. 19, Vizagapatam, Jan. 29, St. He lena, March 31 ; Dauntless, Corlass, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Jan. 20, St. Helena, March 28 ; Anna Maria, Ryan, from Bengal, in the Downs, sai!ed Oct. 14, Mauritius, Feb. 10, St. Helena, March 14; Lasear, Mac kie, from Singapore, off Cork, sailed Jan. 9, Manilla, Dec. 21, St. Helena, March 18; George Horne and Diana (tender), from Desolation Island, in the River, sailed Jan. 8. Cape, March 2, St. Helena, March 16; Heart of Oak, :M` Donald, from Mauritius, at Liverpool, sailed Feb. 26 ; Nev Thomas, Nicholls, from the Cape of Good Hope, at Liverpool, sailed Feb. 26 ; Calypso, Smith, from Mauri tins, at Bristol, sailed Feb. 24. Arrivals at St. Ilelena.—lsabella, Sexton, March 29, from Ceylon, Cape, and sailed on the 30th for London; Richard Mount, Longridge, and Eleotior Russell, Worth, 29th from Mauritius, and both sailed on the 31st for Lon. don ; William Rodger Currie, 29th, from Batavia to Am sterdam; Marquis of Hastings, Naylor, 30. h, from Sing. apore, and sailed for London; Malabar, Dunlop, from Mauritius and Cape, and sailed on the 31st to London ; Egyptian, Skelton, 31st from Ceylon for London. Departures limn St. Helena.—George Canning Winn, March 30, for London ; Jessie Logan, 31st, for Liverpool. Arrivals at Mauritius.—Paragon, Ogilvie, Feb. 5, from Calcutta ; Louisa Murvio, Silk, 12th, from Rio, and sailed 16th to Calcutta ; Bolivar, Blown, 15th, from the Cape ; Mary Gray, Boyd, 24th, from Bordeaux. Departures from Mauritius.—Nile, Noble, Feb. 12, fur Calcutta ; Hong hley, Bayley, 16th for Calcutta; Dawson, Price, 17th, for New South Wales ; Juliana, Parker, for London and Vigo; Billing, for Abbotsford; Paragon and Mary Anne for Calcutta; Malay for Liverpool. THE TUNES. Ministers being in the Minority last night in the House of Commons on Lord Stanley's Bill, has not had any ,ff,et on the British Funds to the present time, and the market continues inactive. ;Money was rather in demand in the course of yesterday. at 4 per cent. in the House. COnsols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday 9.2.!,- a both for Money and the Account. For the July Account, 93 t.: e. Exchequer_Bills rather lower, one shining, 21 23 ; India Bonds 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 176}; India Stock, 252} 2531. In the Foreign Market, although the Queen of Spain's troops have been successful, it has not had the least effect on the Spanish Funds. They opened at the closing prices of yesterday. Spanish Active, 284 29 ; Portuguese ra ther lower, closed at 354 361 ; at present, 358 i ; Three per Cents. 241 i ; Colombian same as they left off, 264 i ; Mexican same, 31i 321 ; Brazilian 75.1 76 ; Dutch Two aud.a-Ilalf per Cents. a shade lower, 54} il; Five per Cents., 1018 i. The Share Market steady, with no business doing. The (licit Western steamer, from New York, may be expected on Saturday or Monday. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red.... 3 per Cents. Con. 34 per Cent. Ditto Red lOOl 100 New Ditto — New 34 per Cent. 10133i 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ...... 500/. 21 23 put. Jan. 5, 1860... 13 13-164 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859. San. 5, 1869. ..... Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880. April 5, 1830. Jan. 5, 1870. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account - Milan Bonds — Prussian Bonds ..... ... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. Columbian Bonds, 1824 263 Spanish Bonds .. ...... Ditto Account 264 Ditto Account Danish Bonds ... .. Passive Ditto Account Deferred Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 —— 4 per cent... —f. —c. Ditto Account — 3 per cent... —f. —c. Mexican I3onds, 5 per cent -- Exchange... 251. 40c. Ditto Account ...... .. Dutch, 24 per cent ... 544 Ditto,6 per Cent 324 Ditto Account Ditto Account .. 323 t Ditto, 5 per cent — Neapolitan -_.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. X. s. d. £. s. d. £. a. d. IiAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 5O ...... 29 .. ... to Cheltenham and Great Western Gosport Junction London and Brighton London and South Western London and Croydon (Trunk)... 131 ll ..... to 114 Manchester and Leeds Northern and Eastern North Midland .. 100 1044 to 105 4 Ditto New South Eastern and Dover 50 York and North Midland .. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster......... 20 lIALF-PA ST ONE. Reported at Liverpool on the 18th of May:- 13,320 barrels of flour; 115,239 bushels of wheat; 10,380 bushels of Indian corn. A letter has been received at the North and South Ame riegn Coffee-house, via Batavia, from Yoon-koo Bay, China, of Jan. 1. Although not of so recent a date as previously received, it is of some interest :—" It states our latest accounts from China represent the markets for imports as dull, particularly for Cotton• the highest offer for the best qualities only 11s. sd. to 118. 83, owing chiefly, it is said, to the Chinese imagining that the late importations of that article ere much more extensive than is actually the case. In exports there was not much doing ; some more Nankin silk had been taken at the opening prices, and the Chinese are firm in represen ting the crop as unusually short. The scarcity of tonnage for the conveyance of teas from Whampoa to Toonkoo, has had the effect of keepine many out of the market who would oti erwise be purchasing; which, with the recent withdrawal of the East lneia Company's finance agency, it is to be hoped, will tend to restrict speculations within moderate bounds. But little bu•ines has been done lately in exchange on England. Frtights to London from Toonkoo is 6/. 6s. Latest date from England 12th August, via Suez ; Bom bay 10th October, via Calcutta. Accounts received from the Island of Java this morning state that a severe shock fro,n earthquake had been expe rienePd in several parts of the island, having done consi derable damage. B h e n l a q n o u k r n e r 2932 C0n501s tpconti nued Account i ri d d u ;i A n igßo Bonds 9 c 4 o 2 tir p s t e e; In of the E. ;xc sin Bills cl at 178} ; India Stock nothing done. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active has continued during the morning a 28k, with little doing ; Portuguese, 3 51 II; Three per Cents. nothing done ; Brazilian, 76 ; Colombian 261; Mexican 321 ; Dutch Two - and-a-Half per C e nt s . 541 In the Share Market little doing. London and Brigh ton rather higher, 13k; South Western. higher, 53i to 53! ; Manchester and Leeds, higher, 83 ; Northern and Eastern, higher, 24 ; North Midland, lower, 1041 to 105 ; South Eastern and Dover, higher, 8 71- ; Great; Western, nothing done. ANTI - CORN-LAW LECTURE. -- CHARTIST Oreostnote.—Mr. Sidney Smith arrived in Brighton on Mon day afternoon at half-past six o'clock arid proceeding forth with to the Town Hall, delivered a lecture on the repeal of the Corn. laws. At eight o'clock when the lecture commenced, in spite of the little publicity the lecture had previously received, there was a very respectable attendance. We have often heard Mr. Smith discourse on this most important subject ; but we scarcely remember an occasion on which he equalled his present effort. His style is clear and manly, his delivery rapid yet dis tinct, while his wit and sarcasm are unrivalled. He set out by stating that he represented the largest constituency on the face of the earth, and yet a constituency which be should never rest contented until he saw it completely extinguished,—he meant the poor and the suffering portions of the community. He proceeded in a strain of natural eloquence to attack the aristocracy for their selfish enactment of the Corn-laws, and ridiculed the pretensions of the clergy to piety while they hypocritically thanked Gott at one moment for cheap and abundant food, and then went about wita an ink horn at their button holes to gain signatures to Corn-law petitions. It would be impossible to convey to our readers hoale ln id ecture ,ea of the linhiche of argument pursued unless we gave the w w extended to a period of two hours and a half. Mr. Smith was repeatedly cheered during the progress of his address ; but as soon as he had concluded, and when the more respectable por tion of the audience had departed, a small body of Chartists, about 12 or 14 in number, headed by Mr. Reeve, and who re presented themselves as the men of Bighton,—the attention intelligf the ence and respectability of the town,—invited the o lecturer, and proceeded to make use of the usual fallacious doc trine that because we could not obtain everything, we were to strive for nothing ; with them it was universal suffrage or no thing. Mr. Smith patiently listened to the several speakers, and exposed the evil tendency of their doctrines, which pre vented al: reform ; he, however. did not, he said, wish to con.. (Tel the fact that tie himself was an advocate of the largest ex tension of the suffrage, but he preferred union for a possible j change to agitation for a present impossibility.—Brighton Guardian. I 4 I