The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION• ERECHTHEIUM CLUB; or, AUXILI ARY ATHEN/EUM. At a MEETING of GENTLEMEN desirous of FORM ING the above CLUB, held at the Committee-Roam of the Offices of the Association, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, on 'Thurs. day, the 16th of July, instant, Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL, Bart., in the Chair, It was resolved, I. That the Club be now formed. _ 2. Th a t t h e A nnua l S u b s cription be Six Guineas, commencing from the Ist of July instant. The Entrance Fee fo r the first hundred Members, Ten Guineas ; second hundred, Fifteen Guineas; and the remainder Twenty Guineas. „3. That Sir John Dean Paul, Bart., and W. A. Mackinnon, zsq., IU.P., be appointed Trustees. Noblemen and Gentlemen desirous of becoming Members are therefore requested to signify their intention on or before Thursday, the 23d instant, on which day the Committee will meet at One o'Clock, to make the first selection of Members from the List of Candidates. Application for Prospectuses to be mad e to the Secretar y , K. E. Paine, Esq.. at the temporary offices of the Society, No. 6 , Waterloo-place P a ll-mall, to whom all other communica tionsrespecting the formation of the Club must be addressed.; LOVETT AND COLLINS. A. PUBLIC DINNER, to CONGRATU LATE WILLIAM LOVETT and JOHN COLLINS, on their RELEASE from WARWICK GAOL, will take place at White Conduit-house, on MONDAY. August 3. T. WAKLEY, M.P., in the Chair. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., and several other Gentlemen, have pledged ,hemselves to attend. Dinner on table at Three o'Clock precisely. Ticktts 3s. each. Lady, 2s. 6d. May be had of Mr. Hetherington, 126, Strand. Mr. Cleave, 1, shoe-lane. Mr. Watson, 15, City-road, Mr. G. Rogers, 58, High-street, St. Giles's, Mr. R. Moore, 20, Hyde-street, Bbetnsbury, Sec. The Committee, and at the Bar of the Tavern. A Ball in the Evening. On Wednesday will be published, post Bvo., price Bs. 6d., LETTERS FROM ITALY TO A YOUNGER SISTER. By CATHERINE TAYLOR. John Murray, Albemarle-street. 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The Bo n d s no t b e i ng L o tt er y Ti c k e ts, can be cashed at every Banker' s connected with Germany in every mercantile place in the world. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Overro v ieringWoveity. — lcroiiighti'Ente;t7;i7;nents in One. The long announced Gorgeous Spectacle, aided by 100 Fe male Warriors, and re-engagement of Van Amburgh, with his matchless Collection of Leopards, Lions, and Tigers, who have nightly appeared to overflowing houses ,• a combination of attraction never before offered to the Public. THIS EVENING, JULY 22. "Vill be acted a Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splen dour, entitled JANE OF THE HATCHET. Supported by the entire strength of the Company, and One Hundred Female Warriors. To conclude with, M UNGO PARKE ; OR, THE ARAB OF THE NIGER. Kaifa, the Arab, by Van Amburgh, in which character he *lll be att ac k e d by a leopard and a tiger, and finally encounter and subdue the whole herd in their dens. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. F IFTH WEEK, and CONTINUED BRILLIANT SUC CESS of BEETHOVEN'S BATTLE SINFONIA, With its novel and effective Introductions ! ! GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAAIPETRES, By Ciodfrey's unrivalled Band. T he vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by a num—Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the Snows— Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship. Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic," or "Lime Light. Eruption of Mount Hecla, &c. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Programs of the Concert for July 20th, 21st, and 23d. Overture Za Ov FIRST PART. nberflote. Quadrilles—La Fille du Da- Z ib e i • Pclacca—Son Vergin Vezzosa. Waltz—Philomelen. n j e ' a nge Des Danses " Pas de. Nations" introducing the Ty ii-cenne, Bolero, Quadrille and Tarantella (First time of per t"lance). Hymn to the Emperor Nicholas. New MS. Over- Ballad Dragon Fight, descriptive of Schiller's celebrated a "ad he public performance). SECOND PART. GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA, T r ß i eetilTien, with new effects and an augmented Band. fay, ° * — Niht is Coming. The highly popular selection of lite Airs frcin Robert le Diable." Waitz-13randhofen. nuntsman's Chorus from Der Frieschutz. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Concert commences at Six. We shall TO CORRESPONDENTS. , not be able to find room for the letter of " M. Corn.' Edinburgh," nor for that from Norwich on the M ort ," WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. n om _• 53 . minutes after '7. Evening 31 minutes atter Th e Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN corn -511......___ nioneed at 30 minutes after Three. NO • c7a s % A ? nrt 7 1,1‘ `l4', ( IA) LONDON: WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1840. The House o f L or d s met yesterday at the usual time, Several Bills were immediately brought up from the Commons. A considerable body of petitions were presented against the Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill, and the Bishop of SALISBURY declared that the whole Clergy of the k ingdom were opposed to it. The Archbishop of CAN - I rlLußy denied . this, but certainly the opposition is v ery great. Th e p e titi oners p r ayed to be heard by C ounsel against the Bill, and Viscount MELBOURNE wlll lngly assented to the motion to hear Coun sel, We must say that we think the Clergy very , un grateful. For three Sessions and more has the Par 'irnent busied itself with mcasnres to make them less liabl e to censure, and less obnoxious to the people, and t hey show their gratitude by petitioning against the ex ertions of their friends. We recommend the Parlia ment to let them alone, and they will the sooner be destroyed. On the LORD CHANCELLOR moving the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Regency Bill, his Ro yal Highness the Duke of Sussex made a long I .‘c'eelt. His Royal Hi g h nes s said he thought it was nls duty towards his Sovereign and his family to ex press the opinions he entertained on this subject. After F"lPlirnenting the LORD CHANCELLOR for the mode 1 1.1,• Which he h a d i n t ro d uc ed the Bill, his Royal InneSS referred to her MAJESTY'S Message, c o s prai se d t h e precaut i on h er M AJ ESTY had His Ro yal by a s ki ng th e a d v i c e of her Parliament. Highness expressed his approbation of the ba~of the Bill, th a t o f pl ac ing the Sovereign in the ,an .d 8 of the surviving parent, and expressed his appro. of Po giving the ltegent full power, though he pp : d of the restrictions as to altering the suc ees . sion to the throne, and as to alter i ng t h e r,etigion o f the State. His Roya l Hi g h ness "wever, thought, and this was the great point he I Bi Z,lght, to impr ess on t h e i r L or d s hip s , that a Regency l should provide, like the Regency Bill of George " 1 4 for other remote contingencies, and Regents to he a ppointed i n case of Prince ALBERT ' S d ea th. His Roy a l Highness also approved of Prince ALBERT heieg allowed to marry a Catholic without 4 :teitin g t h e Regency, but wished, as we un rat °°d, that some further restriction should be p i l aced on hi s marrying a foreigner, as was placed on th Duchess of KENT and the QUEEN DOWAGER by Afteßegency Bill s o f wh i c h t h e present i s a c opy. r stating th ese po i nts hi s R oya l Hi g h ness said he Was contented with discharging his duty, and should • s upport the Bill. The L ORD CHANCELLOR, in a few words, said it w_ a: not generally th e cus t om o f P a rliament to provide f or t h ose remote contingencies to which h i s Y t al Highness all u d e d, an d t h ere wo uld b e am ple op por?'itY of providing for them, in all human pro thrt,i, before they could arrive. With reference to i .r..e:trieti on on marriage, the N o bl e L er d sa id i t was ii, T . , e pc 1 Y applied t o t he two Ill us t r i ous L a di es , b ecause "ni g ht have submitted to foreign influence ; but 840. —A re- Trion, 4 ever, 4 61b-- b—The L 31b— n toujee , 4 )rs, 7st 1 .L.slb , 7st 81b A 71b-- apote, 3 4 yrs, Perseus, y. 3 yrs, 6st 12l1) ssandra , ist medy 3 RDS exD "% Woes' he officer ather nes spectator s ' rening the n 1 to the fashion of Lye o'cloci f • truck be' ore of 25 5 , no t stave d Mandl' , cond more sue ere drool , of I%l o ' ll ' forty-fo g , ! so that 0 ' ie comba t ' dabs ftil; heir 'hers'„ e membe rs day n ext: and bs eic i s club, b u t 0135. sell, Esqrs' NCO' Lord end , 4urral f 0 Iwo; P h , Sir P. Wine° Mrs. Y milt'. Marshe' hard NY I . :: COCtr ii r, Stae os )r Dev °ll : r Col e "' a e,s 000 1, lotte k • J• ~,,, ker, Lnd tour tb° lot Killahr: bbey; t"" Lord F Je llits e" : on. f a )üblin , be- Mai {oi )reton, rl' ° I' gi y, lon . a ro Po' , Montle iviDr l JSSt Lij i 11Sisting M. P . p a for dr. Barr P,' - r Lord joo he If of t to in a s ty 111" .- a . th lryt to t o passage • ti m igrati > ," rnme nt (we' ritro whicP ,(., ti t t wita'„t lit! a 3 ( a I'd u r g e tre3 h a it 3 S 3 lil it (1 " :11 ,j tVitS, .0 1 J t° " q o tiat'Y' for s:tting jdo so is, G°." 5 ,0- ouly L 78 . 5. t he 9tpeh r year, that was not to be expected in a Prince. Be was constrained to remain in the country by the Bill, and the same fcars which dictated the provision as to the two Ladies were not applicable to him. The Bill was then read a second time. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said that his observa tions against temperance had been misreported, at which the Marquis of NORMANBY expressed his satisfaction. Their Lordships adjourned till Thursday. The Commons met at 12 o'clock, as had been agreed t), and after some discussion, read the Poor-law Com mission Continuance Bill a third time, after a division of 74 to 16. The Bill was passed and sent up to the Lords. The Commons got through a number of other Bills, for which we refer to our report. Mr. PIGOT withdrew the Irish Cess Bill, and Lord MORPETH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate Municipal Districts in Ireland, and provide compensa tion in certain cases for the loss of corporate offices. The House adjourned a little before Four to meet again at Five, but at Five there were not Members enough to make a House, and therefore they adjourned till this day. We must remind our Contemporaries and the public that the single reason on which taking away the lives of criminals can be justified is the public welfare. To accompliO , that, and nothing but that, the greatest good of the greatest number, is the sole reason for establishing a Legislature for making laws and having a sovereign authority. Such being the very principle of the existence of the Legislature, all Members of both Houses are bound to consider the effects of their enactments on the public welfare, as far as human reason can grasp that mighty and almost infinite subject. If any person asserts that this is a trite truism, .which need not be stated, we beg to refer them to the discussions on the Bill for Abolishing the Punishment of Death, and they will find that so far from the pi inciple being ever present to the minds of our legislators and our public journalists, there is nothing but sentimentalism, referring on the one hand to the culprits, and on the other to the injured parties. Nay, they will find the Times abuse the Herald for a .sentimental regard to the lives of culprits, and in the same breath de nounce the abolition of the punishment of death out of a sentimental regard to the protection of women. There can be no doubt that the protection of women, as far as possible, from harm, and the pro• tection of every individual of the society is coinci dent with the public welfare, but it is as much mere sentimentalism to resist the abolition of the punish ment of death on that ground as to propose the abolition from a regard to the lives of the crimi nals, who have as much right to the protection of society, while in the performance of an honest or an innocent action, as virtuous women. That mere protection from outrage, unless that protection be coincident with the supposed public good, is not a sufficient justification of law, is evident from this, that the Legislature is very often justified in the eyes of the majority of society, if not in the eyes of the whole world, as in the cases of the Manchester massacre, the attack on the Birming ham people in the Bull-ring, and in the continual impressment of seamen, in committing or sanc tioning outrages quite as gross as those for which death is inflicted as the punishment. On the sup position that these and many similar outrages, in cluding the taking away lives at the gallows, are for the public welfare, they are justified and applauded; whence we infer that if it were supposed to be for the public benefit, that the rape of the Sabines should be again practised, the women would be re quired, like the seamen, to submit with a good grace. It being established, that the desire to give pro. tection to one class of society, is not sufficient to justify a law, we shall make a few further observa tions on the law for punishing certain offences with death, and on Mr. KELLY'S Bill to abolish that punishment, solely with a reference to the public good. It is alleged, in justification of the punishment of death, that it operates as an example ; yet the Globe, one of the journals which. defends the in fliction, only a few days ago recommended that the punishment should be inflicted in the secrecy of a gaol, where nobody but the executioners saw it, wholly depriving the punishment of all influence on the population. This would make it a gratuitous crime. The suggestion to dress up a figure like a man, and let it dangle on a gibbet, while it in jured no person, would be of some efficacy as an example, and would be more beneficial than the plan of the Globe. But all experience has demon strated that the punishment of death does not ope rate as an example. The more .cruel it is made, the more it brutalizes and hardens the hearts of the people, and the more mischievous it becomes. The justification of committing this outrage on criminals, namely, that it is beneficial as an example, has been completely de molished by modern experience. The very crimes for which it is now proposed to retain the punishment, are every day becoming more frequent and offensive, though rarely or never pardoned ; while other offences that were liable to the punish ment, such as horse stealing and forgery, have di minished since the punishment of death for those offences was abolished. If the punishment do not deter from crime, as an example, of what use is it ? It cuts off an often der. But the Globe councilled secret executions, because of their pernicious effects when public. Whether public or secret, an execution is a bad example. The legislator rays, " I may take a life to promote the public welfare—a thing I can scarcely measure." The murderer says, "I, like the legislator, may take away life for my own ad vantage, which I can appreciate." The populace reason like the law-maker, substituting their own for the public good ; and criminals, to attain their ends, reason themselves into a conviction that it is expedient to take away life. The law-giver sets the fashion, and villains follow it. His conduct is a pernicious example, and to its ef fects in brutalizing the people—making them familiar with the principle of taking life for a supposed advantage—we may trace the murders that are now daily committed. If lie were to pro mulgate the great principle that life is sacred, the people would adopt it. If he committed no mur der on the gallows, there would be none committed by individuals. We are all doomed to die, and by using death as a punishment the legislator invests an in• evitable event with continual terrors, and strengthens the general apprehension of death. Now, as such an apprehension pervades society, and continues in many cases for several years —whatever increases it must be a far greater evil than the prevention of a few crimes is a good, supposing that to be the effect, which we deny, of an infliction of death as a punishment. On these grounds we are decidedly opposed to putting people to death as a punishment. At the same time the consideration of the public welfare does not allow us to assert that now wholly to abolish the punishment would be beneficial. Men's minds must be prepared for it. We do not feel confident, if murderers were not put to death, that some cases would not arise of individuals revenging the death of a relative by murdering the inurdtrer. A long as a general opinion prevails that whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed, the lawgiver may dread, should he abolish the punishment of death for murder, that he might encourage the ex ercise of private vengeance, and substitute a kind of LYNCH law for the present practice. Oo such questions the opinions and morals of society must be considered; and between condemning the punish ment of death as an abstract proposition, and abo lishing that punishment in all cases, there is an es sential and wide difference. On this, as on all questions of policy, we are for deferring to public opinion: The Standard takes a different view, and strikes at the root of all representative government, by propounding me thods " of holding people to the observance of the laws, against their will." But in a representative g overnment, the laws are the expression of the will o and there is no power of constrain ifltic people, t l i i , m t o l obey a law of which they do not ap prove. The law is, in fact, a mere dead fora), separate from their will. If its vitality depend on the life they breathe into it, those who under take to alter the form must consult their opi nions. N ow , because we have strong doubts as tile public opinion concerning the punish. 'rent of death, we are not very strenuous ad vocates fur hastening o n the abolition law, while individually we entertain very strong and very de cided opinions that the e mployment of that punish grievo 't in any case is a us injury to society. mew It is a remarkable f ea ture in the history of this country, and highly honourable to the industry and enterprise of the people, that almost every great and public work or undertaking for the benefit of THE SUN, LONDON% WEDNESDAY - , JULY 22, 1840. the community has been planned and carried into effect by private parties or Companies. All our great canals and water-works are the result of individual enterprise. Unlike the Government of France, and indeed, of all other nations, except the United States of America, the Executive of this country have left the people to construct roads, build bridges, make water communications between sea and sea, and perfect public works pos sibly more gigantic, and certainly more useful , th an any of which Imperial Rome, in the zenith of her power, could boast. None even of the great Roman roads can be compared, either as regards utility, cost, grandeur, or number, to those costly railroads, with their superb viaducts, and vast tunnels, that are now intersecting every part of the island. All these have been constructed, paid for, and brought into operation by the people, without the slightest as sistance from either Sovereign or Minister. The same remark applies to the steam navigation which has suddenly spiting up between this country and the United States, and Government have only followed out the example set by private Companies in extend ing the same mode of communication to the West India Islands and the shores of South America. As regards the East also, the people are taking the lead. A Company has been formed for the purpose not only of improving upon the present precarious and partial line by Suez and Bombay, but also to provide for a regular and certain line of communi cation with our vast possessions in India, in case of a rupture with any of the powers through whose territories the mail and passengers are now con veyed. To meet the wishes of the-Indian public, this Company proposes to purchase, and despatch to Calcutta with the least possible delay, the largest steam-vessels procurable, to be em ployed between that city and Suez, making four voyages from each place in the year. To carry the plan, however, fully into effect, they intend also to build seven large steam ships ap plicable to the toute by the Cape of Good Hope, in case of any quarrel with Egypt, and so constructed as to admit of their carrying an effectual armament in ease of any warlike contingency. This is certainly the boldest undertaking of the kind yet attempted. The passage to kew York, and the dangers of the Atlantic Ocean, are nothing as compared with the voyage to Calcutta, and the tempestuous seas that so often prevail off the Cape ; but these steam will yet con quer. It is now generally admitted that no sailing vessel is so safe or so seaworthy as a steam-ship, and when this plan shall be matured and carried into effect, the people of England may boast of having effected one of the greatest changes of this enterprising age, by bringing even their most dis tant colonies within a few weeks' sail of the mother country. This is a great national undertaking, and as our commercial relations not only with India, but we trust also with China, will every day become of greater importance, it is one which cannot fail to meet with encouragement from the Government and the people. The distress of the Paisley weavers has caused them to send a deputation to London, which yes terday waited on Lord JOHN RUSSELL to solicit the means of transporting themselves out of the ungrateful country which has been enriched by their toils, and, in return refuses them the means of subsistence. Their prayer was to be sent to New Zealand. The answer was that Government will next session bring forward some general mea sure on the subject, but in the mean time cannot help them. What use, then, is made of all the sums of money for la hich land in the Colonies is sold ? It is not, we hope, all appropriated by Commissioners, and persons of that class ? But probably weavers are not suitable to new colonies ; and one of the faults of our systems of emigration is that they do not so much remove persons whose labour is no longer of its former value, as those whose labour is still of almost equal value here as abroad. Our Corn.laws are an immense bounty on agricultural labour at home, and according to the landlords agricultural labour is now well remunerated here ; but it is agricultural labour, and not weaving,which is most useful in new colonies. We are afraid, there fore, that the case of the Paisley weavers is hope less ; for those who might relieve them, by abolish ing the bounty on agricultural labour at home, and so find work for the weavers here, by creating a demand abroad for the produce of their labour, have resolutely and obstinately denied them redress. The landlords must have great parks to sport in and gallop over, which we are taxed to maintain ; and the weavers must not have bread to eat, and must i be crowded in small and fetid apartments. The distress at Paisley, however, is not more poig nant than that in Manchester, Bolton, and in many parts of Ireland ; and if no relief be afforded, if Parliament separate without doing something to relieve the distress of the people, we doubt whether the public peace will be preserved. We have copied, in another column, a sensib article from the Welshman, on the appointment 0 a Bishop to the vacant See of St. David's. It does not seem to us to be a matter of int.ch importance whether a Welsh Bishop understand the Welsh language or not, provided his Chaplain do. There are parishes in Wales, in which the majority of the people are too little acquainted with the English language to derive much benefit from the ministrations of a pastor who cannot communicate with them in their native tongue. A knowledge of that tongue ought undoubtedly, therefore, to be one qualification of a candidate for holy orders in such places. But this qualification can be as easily ascertained as others, through the examination by the Bishop's Chaplain, which every candidate must undergo, and with which the Bishop, we believe, never interferes. The principal duty of a Bishop is to superintend or oversee the clergy, not the people ; and as all the clergy understand the Eng lish language well, it is clear that there can be no difficulty in a Bishop, ignorant of Welsh, holding all necessary intercourse with them. We are not advocates for unnecessarily keeping up a language, like the Welsh, in a living form. As a subject of antiquarian gratification, it is all very well in books ; but different races of men, speaking different languages, never properly coalesce into one nation. A complete national amalgama tion cannot be expected, until all languages but one cease to be spoken among us. Therefore, although we should be sorry to se- any violent measures adopted to accomplish this end, we think it the duty of Government to use every means in its power to discourage the use of the Celtic dialects, where ever they are spoken. Since the above was written we learn that- the Rev. CONNOP THIRLWALL has been appointed -Bishop of St. David's. This gentleman has long held a high rank among the scholars and Divines of this country for his learning, integrity, and worth ; and we confidently hope that the choice will give general satisfaction. The documents relating to the children of the Duke of SUSSEX, which we have inserted in another part of the Riper, cannot fail to give a new impulse to the public feeling, already so generally and so warmly enlisted in their favour. The will of the Duke of SUSSEX, from which we lately gave an extract is here published in its entire form, and it is impossible to peruse it without placing the manly, just, and generous disposition which it evinces in contrast with tile course which unhap pily for himself, as well .as for his children, his Royal Highness has since thought proper to pursue. It is worthy of particular observation that the will alluded to was executed nearly eight years after the marriage which it so affectingly and so lemnly acknowledges, that it was executed at the mature age of twenty-seven, and that it was the second instrument of the kind to which his Royal Highness had set his seal. Fifteen months before, the Duke had made similar will at Berlin, but from au apprehension that a will made abroad might not be of such validity and efficacy as one mwle in his own country, on his return to England, in older to quiet his anxieties he revoked the first,and made another,in which he reiterated those sentiments which did so much honour to his heart and to his moral feelings. We find his Royal Highness declaringthatlie was " solemnly and duly married" to La dy Au - GUSTA MURRAY at Rome—that the marriage was repeated in England by banns duly published " fur greater security and not from an ap prehension of the first being insufficient"—that not withstanding the decree of the Ecclesiastical Court, he felt himself " not less bound by every obliga tion of law, conscience, and honour, to consider her as his lawful and undoubted wife in every re spect,as if that decree had never taken place"—that he ever should acknowledg his son AUGUSTUS FREDERICK as his " true, legitimate, and lawful son"—and finally obtesting his brothers, the Prince of WALES and the Duke of YORK, in a voice that may be said to come from the grave, " to maintain and support the rights of his chid as his lawful and legitimate son." Who, we ask, can peruse this important instrument without being shocked aad grieved at the breach of every pledge so solemnly given ? The letter written by his Royal Highness to the young Prince—and it is only one of many—is also exceedi ng l y i nterest i ng an d va l ua bl e —interesting on account-of the pious and paternal spirit which it breathes, and valuable as an evidence, that, at seven years of age, AuGus- Tus of EsTE received the title of Prince from the Duke of SUSSEX: i 7 ‘l;lf - that title has since been withheld, it is for his . Royal Highness to say. That it will soon be restored by a higher authority than his we - would fain hope and believe. We have observed with much gratification, that Sir AUGUSTUS D'ES TE was at the Queen's ball on Monday night, and we are disposed to regard this circumstance as something like a favourable omen. Of this we are assured, that there are few things which would give her MAJESTY'S subjects more pleasure than to see Cle much injured children of the Duke of SUSSEX and Lady AUGUSTA MUR RAY receive from the fountain of all honour that rank and station in society to which their high birth entitles them. The Paris Journals of Monday have duly reached us. In the Constiiutionne/ of that date we find the following important intelligence from Spain : " The subjoined news from Spain has arrived here yes terday and to-day : 4 . General Espartero, so long waited for at Barcelona, has at length arrived there. In his first interview with the Queen he tried to persuade her to refuse the Royal sanc tion to the law respecting corporations (ayuntamientos), voted by the two Spanish Chambers. Several interviews have taken place between the Queen Regent and the General-in-Chief. Notwithstanding the repeated in stances of Espartero the Queen remains firm, and has sanctioned the law. A courier started to make this official news known at Madrid. Espartero then gave in his re signation. This event has produced a great sensation. We are assuted that the Queen Regent was not in the least shaken, and that the ministers appeared re-assured." If this news be c onfirmed, the public may pre pare for witnessing the performance of a new po lical drama in Spain. By throwing the weight of his influence into the Liberal scale, ESPARTERO will soon right the balance in favour of the Consti tution. Had he gone over to the Ministry, there was no party in Spain capable of resisting their liberticide policy. The Corporation Bill, to which ESPARTERO has manifested so decided an oppo sition, was opposed at every stage in the Cortes by the Liberals, but their remonstrances made no im pression on the Government. As it stripped the corporate towns of nearly all their authority, which it placed in the hands of the Minister of the Interior, the Camarillo. saw that it could be made the instrument of defeating the purposes of the Con stitution, and therefore , supported it with all their influence. In fact, should the Corporation Bill receive the Royal assent, the moment it comes into operation, the Constitution will become, to all liberal intents and purposes, a dead letter. But we are dis posed to infer from the present state of public feel ing► in Spain, that ESPARTERO'S hostility will consign the Bill to that oblivion which awaits its miserable concocters. The Journal des Debats of Monday has a long and remarkable article on the insurrection in Syria, which the quondam advocate of the claims of the Viceroy admits to be most serious and alarming. The revolt has already shaken to its base the power of MEHEMET ALL in Syria. We have not room for the article of the Debuts in our impres sion of this evening, but we shall take care to give the substance of it in a separate form to-morrow. A letter from Alexandria, published in a Toulon paper, says that six Jews, going to Damascus, had fallen into the hands of the revolted Syrians (who are principally Chris tians), and had been massacred in reveng e f or th e a lleged murder of Father Thomaso. The revolters, moreover, threatened to murder all Jews in Damascus, if they took the city. Our private letters from Perpignan say that on the 14th an alarm was spread in that town, in consequence of an affray between the Catalonian and Aragonese refugees. The drums were beat, the garrison was put under arms, , General eastellane himself hastened to the spot, and the tro parties were separated. This dispute was caused by a distribution of provisions made by some cl:aritable persons. The Emancipation of Toulon of the 17th says :—" Yes terday and to-day some Carlists have arrived here. After these, who have entered France by the Arriege and the Upper Garonne, wcro the soldiers who were part of the main body of the army which passed the frontier near Prades. They, however, only pass through our city on their way to the several depots." A letter trom Aix informs us that a new movement is taking pace among the Spanish refugees. While the soldiers are seeking refuge in our country, the preeedit,g civil and ecclesiastical refugees are go ing in crowds to claim the indult°, and to make their s olut submission, ism b is r e u i i n n g e d. a t length There sensiblethe A that the nd e c r a r u e s e a ofg good d number of the latter, who meet on their way the remnanis of the disbanded troops. It is needless to say that those who enter are at times plundered by those who are going. —Le Commerce. The Moniteur of the 20th contains in its official part the law which allots the sum of 23,400,000 francs to various works for improving inland navigation ; and the law allot ting 1,020,000 francs to the rebuilding of the bridges of Carcassot , e, Bev:its, and Espalion. These laws are dated the Bth of July. —Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE.—KAKIS, MONDAY, JULY 20. First Highcst Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price French 5i er Cents llB 75 ... 119 ... 118 75 ... us 95 3 per bents B6 30 •. 86 45 ... 86 30 ... 86 40 .3aic. of France 3765 _3765 —370 ...3700 Lnitilte Bank I,ooof. Sh IL'S ...1140 ...1135 ...I1; 0 5,000 f. Sh 5265 ...52 65 ...5215 —5265 'elgian Bank 5 per Cents 3 per Cents 77 5 ... 71 1 5 ... 77 5 ... '77 15 ;panith Ac lye Pa,sire 7 7 .. 6A, ... 6:ii, ... Portuguese 3 per Cents 93% ... 03% .. :22 l i '. ... 23% -ea, o!itan ... 1 15 75 ... 105 70 ... 105 75 Roman 9' 5 14 ... 11,531, ...1054 ... 185% RAILWAY SHARES. cersailles, It. 13 520 ... 523 75 ... 520 ... 523 75 L.B. Orleans .. Strasburg io Bale 415 ... 415 ... 415 ... 415 German Papers of the latest dates have just been received. The following are extracts from them : ---. BERLIN, JULY 6.—We learn from St. Petersburgh that a t esty has been concluded between Russia and Austria, o p n as t s b e e d m b u n y rderers of respecting the navigation of the Sulina arm of the Danube, and on the application of the quarantine regulations at the mouth of the Danube to Austrian ships navigating that river. The ratification of the treaty by Russia will pro bably take place after a° arrival of the Emperor at St. burialGa GALICIA, i t a h , e JULYFirst Instance Petersburgh. i n t f. h i n p e r r t i r T s e o r s i n s . : the supposed Russian spy Cellak has been confirmed by the Court of Appeal. By this sentence Anthony Lewizki is condemned to twenty years' imprisonment in . a fortress. As he is a native of Galicia he has been delivered up to Austria, and sent to Spielburg. Gagarowsky, barn i c , s — tan T e h e e at se C n r t a c c n o c w e e n s at u i p v r e em o e f cs c ß uueaut snes is,tm: i : ewn r _ bh P ei nsc u : l t a auh i us i ee d k , rwei i itswl must i c ch o uza n s:t d et e bh i te n ee n u erpcds pass si t ces n or 1 ilfifteencriminal, r r i confirmed ei ndl y za e blu, a ys r s s it aah ' Cracow, is condemned to death. ills sentence is not exe- Criminal Court. Ludwiz Padekowicz is condemned to two years' imprisonment, for aiding these criminals. P.,USTiaAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JULY 11. live per Coats. Aletalliques Fear ;cr Cents. Ti,c-e pPr Cents. B;!- . eniez ;:c Zeal:fig, July I ; 11 - . :tar:, ... .............................................. h: ,o v r e th ar e r x ic t 'e ta d e , ti b n u g t , news worth was done, were at 2GI for money. t r O i l allFierlii!B'edgopjlu:orrustercialeaaisl,sisiol.ooafdbiteld:oaf eft"hb‘ THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HIGH PRICE OF SUGAR. I„aiiroti look rnet f in r:iv,taohlirre t i h e SUN. EDITOR OF TH: rtoefforts to sell their SIR,:r—OThTe THE Eesent enormous price of su e ga fr r u i i s t s f e e e lt se to u be s h aie t wander . with it from place extremAy burtnensome to th e middle and lower classes. I: is most gvievously felt at this o tim d e in our rural districts. purpose of favour " Sugar is so high in price w e ca v n p o es rve no f ru i t this year." tTfhrul:'icitl.P47ttlrhefeh'mracrivmli:isrtk from t h e i r . ric her neighbruirs...... The result is, t h e poor to placo, selling it in small quantities at prices that scarcely repay the time employed in gath f ring it. Thus the enor mousing the West India interest ( eprives the middle classes of poor of bread. their comforts, and the Now, Sir, let every f a inily come to a sole , nn dac ' mina tion from this time, to use no more sugar in their tea, until the duty is greatly reduced, an d iii duty on the eastern sugair another session we may hope 1 , destructionof to see the the present sugar dozen mouths t o monopoly. I hav e a d _ feed , and I have begun this day to discontinue the use of this article, giving my children 6d weekly each, as a compe nsat i on. L et every family do the same , and t he sugar monopoly will speedily be br.iken. Yours, &c., July 20, 1840. ELAJE. R ms.—M. Lyon gave his grand the Shooting Gallery, Haymarket, - -------n___-__,_-_--: to a highly respectable a udience.. . Several celebrated fencing mastersassaAut and amateurs lent their aid, and contributed much, by sdS,AarUntLesTyoerterAday at their dexterity and skill, to the amusement of the audience. As a Maitre a'Arnies too much praise cannot be bestowed on P.I. Lyon. His style of fencing. and the manner in which he ban dies his foil, are most astonishing. His assaut with two gen tlemen at once received the approbation of all present. M. Sulien, with a few of the artistes cf Drury Lane, played in their usual style—pleasing in the extreme—several airs suited : to the occasien. CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of Grain and Flour since Monday have been small. There has been little business done here. Wheat remained firm at Monday's prices, and in other Grain there was no variation from last quotations. The top price of Flour still undetermined. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There wasa very good supply of all descriptions of Poultry. Trade dull, and prices unaltered. Hares, Is. to 2s. ; Leverets, 2s. to ss. ; Tame Rabbits, Is. 7d. to Is. 9d. ; Goslings, 4s. to 6s. ; Ducklings, .2s. to 3s. ; Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Fowls, 2s. 6d. 655. ; Pigeons, Gd. to lod. each ; Live Stock for Shipping, Old Hens, 16s. to 18s. per di,zen ; Ducks 18s. to 21s. ditto; Turkeys Ms. to 725. ditto; Geese 48s. to 60s. ditto; Eggs, 4s. 9d. to Gs. 9d. per 120. Meat in good sup ply, the demand dull, and prices the same as last quoted. PROVISION MARKET. Butter sold freely, and prices further improved. Bacon in fair request, and prices higher. Lard in steady request. COLONIAL MARKET. There was a fair amount of business transacted, and prices were firm for all articles, particularly for Sugar and Coffee. The imports were to a fair extent. TEA MARKET. _ . Prices fully maintained at the public sales, and a good de. mand existed. TALLOW MARKET. The operations ware on a small scale, but prices have been fully maintained. P.Y.C. on the spot, 525., and to arrive 525. 3d. per cwt. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum in good request at former rates. Brandy dull, and prices depressed. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON.—Wind this day at noon W. to S.W., light breeze. DEAL, JULY 21.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze.._ Arrived the West Indian, Turner, from Jamaica; Castle Lachlan, Bruce, ditto. MARGATE, JULY 21.—Arrived off the Emanuel, Par son, from Quebec; Regalia, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21. —Wind W.—Sailed the Medi ator, Champlin, for New York. FALMOUTH, JULY 20.—Wind W. to W.S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Hostilina, Day, from Cape Hayti. Off port the Balticum, Johaneson, from Pernambuco; Jupiter, Wilcox, Monte Video. DOVER, JULY 21.—Arrived the Eliza Ann, Barbar, from Havannah ; Mariposa, Hoyle, Charleston. HASTINGS, JULY 21.—Arrived off the Marquis Welles ley, Stayncr, for Grenada. TORBAY, JULY 19.—Arrived, the Emulous, Ponett, from Quebec. -,, SCILLY, July 19.—Arrived off Port, Perkins, from New Orleans. BRISTOL, * July 2l.—Arrived the Salina, Coates, from Jamaica;() Bolivar, Taylor, Quebec; Baron, Hall, St. John's, New Brunswick. . . . LIVIMPOOL, JULY 14. —Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Falkland, Burnett, from Monte Video; Elizabeth Wood, Crosby, Antigua ; Charles, Coffin, New Orleans; Georgiana, Toole, Sheffield I Porter and Paragon, Curtis, do. ; St. Louis, Watson, Mobile ; Alexander, Copse, do. ; British Merchant, Burney, do. ; Bombay, Yay, do.; Wellington, do. ; Majestic, Sawley, do. ; Susquehanna', Pancroft, St. Marks ; Aberdeen, Andrews, St. John's, New Brunswick. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received New Brunswick papers to the 21st of June, containing the following extract : " We understand that his Excellency the Lieutenant. Governor, has received her Majesty's most gracious per. mission to accept the increase of his official income, which the Legislature of New Brunswick has so liberally voted, and we further understand that her Majesty has been gra ciously pleased to accept the resignation of Mr. E, Bots ford's seat in the Executive Council. THE FUNDS. Consols may be quoted at the leaving off prices of yesterday ; 911 4, for Money, for the Account, 92 ; Ex chequer Bills, 27 29 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1731 1741. In the Foreign Market the chief speculation is in Spanish Active, which left off yesterday at 271 1, and has receded to 2743, in consequence of the intelligence from Barce lona ; Deferred 124 13 ; Passive 64 7 ; Portuguese same as they left off, 351 1 ; Three per Cents. 231 ; Brazilian 791 801 ; Colombian 27i 28; Mexican 304 31; Dutch Two-and-a-lialf per Cents. 531 i; Five per Cents. 1031. EVARES.-Real del Monte 41 51; Great Western 37 38 prem. ; London and Brighton 71 -a discount; Black wall 21 prem. ; Birmingham 90 92 prem. ; South ampton 58 59 per share ; Croydon 121 per share; Greenwich 81 91 per share; Manchester and Birming ham 10 8 discount. PRICES OF STOCKS TIM Bank Stock l74fr 4 3 per Cent. Red.... 92a 3 per Cents. Con. .9113ii 3i per Cent. Ditto Red lOO4 100 New 3i per Cent. ...... 99ii New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Jan. 5, 1860... 131 13-16 Oct. 10, 1859. Jan. 5, 1860. ...13 9-161 Jan. 5, 1480. April 5, 1880. Jan. 5, 1870. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK India Stsck Ditto Bonds ...... ..• 2 4 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities ... New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Exch. 8i115,1,000/. 29 28 pm. Ditto ...... 5001. 27 25 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised ... pro. Bank Stock for Acct — India Stock for Acct — Consols for Acct 92 1-T i 2 HALF-PAST 0NE... 1 In the early part of the morning both the British Spanish Markets bad a heavy appearance, since which a reaction has taken place. Consols, which were 919 92 for the Account, may be quoted 92 buyers ; this is owing to the Money Market being good; Exchequer Bills 29 6 8 preen , Is. lower ; India Bonds 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock 1741 174. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active in the early part of the day was done at 271, since which it receded to 27, at present 27,1; Deferred, 121 ; Pertuguese.• 351 Colombian, .2711; Danish, 80; Dutch Two-and-a- Hal f per Cents., 53fr The chief operation in the above mar ket has been in Spanish Active, in which a good deal has been done. SIIARES.—A little doing, some of them rather better. Birmingham and Derby, 80 ; Great Western, 102 f 101 A ; South-western, 581 59 58 ; North Midland, 92 91. No news or further arrivals since the morning. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 174 India Stock ......... 3 per Cent. Red 92i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent C0n5...... 914 Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent Red..— .. 1004 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire - Ditto Small 27 pm Jan. 1860. l3 13.16 Bank Stock for Acct Oct. 1859 lndia Stock for Acct... Jan. 1860... l3l Consols for Acct 92 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 35/ Brazilian Bon's— .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... 13uenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.... ' Chilian 6 per cant 4O Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 27i' Ditto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred l2 Danish, 3 per cent.... 80 French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... Freneh,3 per cent B6f. 25e. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent s3i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... SH ARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway Great Western Railway - Ditto New Shares 2 London and Brighton Railway . 271 London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway London and South * Western Railway ... Manchester and Leeds Railway Ditto New Shares ...... ... .. ..... ... 41 North Midland Railway Ditto New Shares 34 EAST CUMBERLAND ELECTION TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Carlisle, July 20, 1840. wrote you on the day of M ijor Aglionby's death, and it is with pleasure I have to acquaint you that the Hon. Charles Howard was this day elected without opposition. Wannop, the fugleman for the Tories, and Arthur, the Chartist (but who, by the bye, has only become so since the Board of Guardians here would not appoint him to the situation of relieving officer)—these Siamese twins took a leaf out of Scorpion Stanley's book, and tried their hand at the work of obstruction. By their instructions the Chartists refused a hearing to the friends of Liberal principles, and the election terminated in the midst of confusion and tumult. I must not omit to tell you that the Hon. Member was escorted into the town this morning by about 500 of the grey-coated Yeomanry on horseback—by these men whom the renegade Sir James once prided himself on representing. The Member will have an opportunity of addressing the freeholders after dinner, which takes place at three o'clock. lam yours, A CONSTANT READER. The Ornithological Society have presented to Prince Albert a .air of beautiful ortolans, which were hatched by steam at the Eccaleobion. THE LATE MURDER AND SUlClDE.—Pre vious to twelve o'clock last night, a numerous mob collected about the house where the bodies were placed, and from their excited state, Investor Field considered it necessary to send for a reinforcement of 30 men, to keep the mob from commit. ting acts of violence on the body of the murderer. They remained on duty until six o'clock this morning. Soon after twelve o'clock a shell arrived, and the body was placed in it, and con veyed to the vaults of St. George's Church, in the Borough, where it will be buried in the burial-ground this night, be tween the hours of nine and twelve o'clock, without funeral rites Met. O'CoNNEL L.—The Liberator leaves Dub- The celebrated Doctor Graefe, who lately died lin on Wednesday, to be present at an interesting ceremony at Hanover, left the enormous fortune of 3,600,000 Prussian in Roscommon on Thursday. He then proceeds to Illay6, dollars, eeual to 13,000,000 francs, or more than half a million where he is specially retained in the case of Blake v. Knox : 8,0 001. Rutledge v. Rutledge ; after which the first provincial Re pea' sterling, which he amassed almost entirely by his honourable then to Galway, where he is retained specially in the case o' profession, having begun life with a fixtune of between and 9,0001. only. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday last Miss Hay Drummond, eldest daughter of Sir Francis Walker Drummond, Bart., of Hawthornden House, was united wh iNs b u c al sd prominent position in promoting the great me i: rife , will h be held at Timm. Mr. O'Connell will attend. l THE PRESIDEN ev T oted S and to . Second Edition has arrived , l r ii E s A pu i‘ b i lic s l l if i e l .— p.— Du ( b/ F in ro P m ilot a . to William Douglas Dick, Esq., of Pitsorrow. The ceremony President of the Liverpool Albion of Tuesday. was performed by the Hon. and Rev. John Sandilands., atter a remarkably quick passage and, )—Th. e i. d ivar quarter past three o'clock. The wind was west, an , DREA D F U L SUICIDE IN DROGHEDA.— fi l n w ei a - u t n a of ten hours from Kingston, which she left this mom- About ten o'clock yesterday ( Sunday) morning a young woman, " who had been cohabiting for two or three months with . per.- smooth sea. Canvas was set soon after she left Kingston, and it was used son named Richard Power, a seller of cast clothes, residing in .. during nearly the whole passage. Last night abate seven o'clock the second cook, who had spent the day on shore, 1 Stockwell-lanc, cut her throat with a sharp knife in a dreadful manner. Drs. Atkinson and Calvert, who were in prompt at- was returning to the President in a cock-beat, rowed by r tendance did all butts urgical skill dictated. They stitched , boy. Owing to the darkness of the night the boat got athwart 1 the wound, fa . c. ; but as it is about five inches in extent, and :of the hawser, Th e coo k and the boy were precipitated int, , the windpipe is almost completely severed, there is scarcely a the water. At the moment when both were in immediate dan i shadow of hope of her recovery. Power has been eommitt, dt o • ger of dr own i ng , Mr. Duncan, second officer of the President. ' I prison on suspicion, but it appears that the horrible act was that Jumped ov erb oard, and after g reat exertion succeeded in put ! of the unfortunate woman herselL-.—Dublin Pilot. tintboth man and boy, who wce safely brought on board ei up P.A.RLIAMENTAI4,/ DIVISION. (From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Conzmost.) TUESDAY, JULY 21. • POOR LAW COMMISSION BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Question [l7th July], " That the Bill be now read the third time :"- Question again proposed :-Debate resumed :- Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day three months :" -Question pot, " That word ' now ' stand part of the ques tion ; "—The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 74. Adam, Rear-Adm. Sir C.-Clack-'Langdale, Hon. C.-Knaresbo. inanhan rough Ainsworth, P.-Bolton ,Morrison, Junes-Inv2rness Alston, Itcwland-Hertfordshire I Muskett, George A.-St. Alban', Archbold, Robert-Kildare Norreys, Sir Denham-Mallow Baines, Edward--Leeds Paget, Frederick-Beaumaris Sannerman, A.-Aberdeen Palmerston, Viscount-Tiverton Baring. F. T.- Portsmouth ' Parnell, Sir H.- Dundee Barrington, Lord-Berkshire Philips , Mark-Manchester Ralph-Rochester Pigot, David Richard-Clonmell Bridgeman, Hewitt-Ennis I Protheroe, Edward-Halifax Buck, L W.-North Devonshi. - O Pryme, George-Cambridge E -North Staftbrdshire Pusey, Philip-Berkshire !hiller, Sir J. de -Devonshirt Rawdon John Dawson-Armagh Byng, George-Middlesex Rice, Edward Royd -Dover • michester, J. P. 8.-Barnstaple Roche, William-Limcrick hiller.;, John W.-3lalton Russell, Lord John-Stroud Cowper, Hon. W. F.-Hertford Russell, Lord C. J. F.-Bedfordsh aruy, George-East Sussex ialwey, Lieut.-Col.-Ludlow Elliot, llon.P. E.-Roxburghshirt Sanford, E. A.-Somersetshire Euston, Earl-Thetford Scrope, Poulett-Stroud Evans, George-Dublin Co. Seymour, Lord-Totness Ewart, Shell, Richard Lalor-Tipperary Ferguson,Sir It. A.-Londonderrt Taney, It. A.-Shrewsbury Finch, Fraucis-W“Isall Sin th, H. V. -Northampton Gladstone, W. E.-Newark-on- -illlO, Sir Charles-Scarborough Trent rhoreely,Thos.-Wolverhamptor Gordon, Robert-Windsor I . 9wnley, 1.. G -Cambridgeshire Grey, Sir Charles Edward-Tyne. rroubridge, Sir E. T.-Sandwich mouth fufatll, Henry-Devonnort ,irey, sir George-Devonport Vigors, N. A.-Carlow Co. Hawes, B. -Lambeth alajor Cmarles-Bodmin Hobhouse, T. Benj.-Rochester Vivian, Sir It. 11.-East Cornwall :lodges, 'l'. L.-West Kent Ward, H. G.-Sheffield Hodgson, ltd.-Berwick-on-Tweet Wyse, Thomas-Waterford florsinan, Edward-Cockermoutl Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow Howard, Hon. E. G.-Morpeth Young, John-Cavan Co. Ingham, Hobert -South Shields Inglis, Sir R. H.-ox. Universit Knight, H. G.-Nottinghamshir Morpeth, Lord-Yorkshire TELLERS. Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghb l'arker, John—Shetlield MINORITY Attwood, M.—Whiteliaven Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton , irotherton, J.—Salford Collins, \V.—Warwick Dougl.s Sir C. E.—Warwick Duncombe, 'l'. S --Finsbury Fielden, John—Oldham Gore, 0. J. It.—Carnarvonshire Grant, Sir A. C.—Cambridge Hindley, Charles—i.shton - -NOES, 16. • n, Samuel—Cumberland Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham Muntz, G. F.—lininingham Parker, R. T.—Preston ISibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln IWilliams, William—Coventry TELLERS. Atwood, \V.—Greenwich Grirnsditch, T.—Macclesfield ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YORK JULY 20. (Before Mr. Baron RoLes.) Ann Gilmore, aged 36, was indicted for the wilful mur der of her child, Margaret Gilmore, an infant of the age of about eighteen months, by administering to it a quantity of oil of vitriol. Mr. Baines and Mr. Bain conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Murphy. Ann Gummee, wife of a chemist in Hull, stated that tilt prisoner had been in the habit of coming to her husband's shop occasionally for " white mixture," a soothing syrup for infante, and sometimes halfpennyworths of laudanum. On the morning of the day on which the child died the prisoner came with a cup for some laudanum. She asked also for a halfpennyworth of oil of vitriol, which she re ceived in a phial, to secure the return of which she de posited a penny. Mr. John Fulham, surgeon, WES at the house of the Wogans, a little before three o'clock on the day in ques tion. He found the child's chin burnt and brown, as if ,orne corrosive substance had been applied to it. The body was subsequently delivered to him for the purpose of a post mortem examination. The witness then proceeded to state the analysis by which he came to the conclusion Oat sulphuric acid was present in the contents of the stomach; In this he was corroborated by Mr. Davis, of the Dispensary. Ellen Gilmore, the daughter of the prisoner, a child or eight years of age, was the next witness called. She seemed a smart clever child, and gave her answers with great readiness and precision. She stated that she slept with her sister the night before her death, and dressed her when she got up in the morning. She was then in her usual health, and when taken into Mrs. Wogan's room laughed. She took the child subsequently into the kitchen, and while there her mother came in. She herself went for a little into the back yard, leaving her mother and the child to gether. On her return there was a table-spoon lying on the table beside them. The baby seemed very poorly. It could not sit up, and was lying on its mother's knee vo mitting. Its lips and tongue were white. Her mother took the baby up stairs. In the evening she was sent by her mother with a bottle to Mrs. Gummee's, which she left, and got a penny in return. At night when they went to bed her mother told 'her not to tell any one about the bottle. She said she had only given the baby a little lau danum. To the constable at the station-house she said she had only given the child a little port wine, and accord ing to the evidence of the constable who took her into custody, she asked him, while on her way to the lock-up, if be thought they could hurt her, as no one had seen her give the child anything. When he was taking her before the Magistrates she asked him if it would be better for her to plead guilty before the gentlemen. She said she had due it. It was her poverty had made her do it. The prisoner here exclaimed vehemently, " Take care what you say. There is a Judge in heaven as well as a judge on earth. He knows the secrets of the heart." His Lordship summed up with great minuteness, and the jury pronounced their verdict—" but we strongly r;commend her to mercy." His Lcrdship then put on the black cap. The wretched prisoner instantly fell on her knees, exclaiming, " Lord have mercy upon me." She continued during the time of passing sentence in the same position, ber hands faintly wandering over the bars in front of the dock, as she mur mured in a low tone, " Mercy, my Lord." Oa the gaolers removing her she exclaimed, " Oh, my poor fatherless children, my poor fatherless children : my blood is on the head of the villains uho came against me this day." His Lordship said he could not hold out to her the smallest hope of the recommendation of the jury being attended to. COMMISSION OF LUNACY UPON ADMIRAL SIR ROSS DONNELLY, K.C.B. -(THIS DAY.) This morning at eleven o'clock, a Commission of Lu nacy was opened at the Gray's Inn Coffee House, before E. WINSLOW, C. K. MURRAY, and M. J. WEST, Esqrs., Commissioners . of Lunacy to inquire into the state of mind of Admiral Sir Ross Donelly, K. C. 8., of No. 80, Harley-street, and if insane, from what period. The Jury was composed of 16 Magistrates of the connty, who chose Richard Carpenter, Esq., as their foreman. Mr. SPENCE and Mr. COLVILLE appeared as Counsel for the Commission, which was unopposed. The Commission having been read, Mr Cummiisioner WINSLOW in an able speech, ex plained to the Jury their duties. In consequence of no party appearing on behalf of the Admiral, before going into the case, Dr. Chalmers was called, who deposed that he had a conversation on the 16th of the present month respecting the present inquiry, and fully explained its nature, and asked the Admiral if be would like to have counsel employed on his behalf. The Admiral appeared perfectly to understand witness, and re plied in a most distinct mariner that it was not his wish to have an advocate to oppose the wishes of his family. Mr. SPENCE addressed the Court at some length, in support of the Commission, which ho said had been issued at the instance of Captain Donnelly, one of the sons of the Admiral, on behalf of his family. The Learned Commis sioner had so fully explained the nature of the inquiry it the Jury, that it was unnecessary for him to say much upon that subject. The Admiral was now in his seventy-seventh }car, and afflicted with many bodily infirmities,but these ailings did notcome within the definition of insanity. He (the Learned Counsel) would beyond that call evidence to show particular delusions on the part of the Admiral, as well as extraordinary conduct. The Ad miral, who had entered the navy at a very early age, had . . in many instances distinguished himself for hii gallantry and bravery. In 1794 he was promoted to the rank of Captain, and was in the glorious victory on the Ist of June under Lord Howe. His late Majesty William the Fourth rewarded him for his bravery with his present title. The Admiral's family consisted of six children—the Dowager Lady Orger, Miss Anne Donnelly, Mr. Ross Donnelly, a banister, now practising at Sydney, Captain Donnelly of the 9th regi.oent, Miss Sarah Dannelly, and Mrs. Brownlow, the lady of a barrister. The Captain an- Miss Anne Donnelly have continued to reside with the Admiral at No. 80, Harley-street. In October last, being then in his 76th year, he was seized with a fit of a: very dangerous description. He remained in that state for two months in comparative helplessness, and then reco vered so far as to be able to go about, but his mind had become seri , usly impaired. The Admiral appeared par. tially conscious of his infirmities, and in November last h, gave up to his son, Captain Donnelly, the management 0: his affairs. Tien Admiral would frequently discharge hi, servants for not attending to orders which he had never given. He discharged his coachman for not bringing his carriage to the door at certain hours in the night, but the family retained the coachman, and kept him out of sight for two months, and then introduced him as a new ser vant, under an assumed name, and the Admiral became perfectly temneiled to him. Similar instances occurreo with the butler and nurse. The Learned Counsel concluded by observing that among the witnesses he should call would be Drs. M.Wright, Chalmer, and Munro, vse i , known in their profession, all of whom had been rctainec to attend the Admiral, and watch his state of mind. Joseph Stevenson deposed that he had been in the Ad. miral's service three years and six months, as coachman. In October, 1839, the Admiral was:attacked with a fit witness assisted him, and fetched Dr. Al' Wright. wi t . Tress considered from that time isis mind was seriousl ) Effected. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) EVENING ED i`ION. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne had an audienco of her Majesty, yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours honoured the Ita lian Opera with their presence last evening. Tl,c Royal Suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, lion. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Paget, Countess d'Oraison, Lord Byron, Earl of Surrey, Mr. Rich, Hon. Colonel Caven dish, Colonel Bouverie and General Colbert. The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe has succeeded Lady Barham as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen, and Lora Byron has succeeded the Earl of Listowel as the Lord in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cam— bridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, re mained at the Queen's State Ball until half-past two yes terday morning. Sir James Duke, M. P., and W. Ewart, Esq., M. P., were among the visitors at her Majesty's Bail. Prince Albert and the Duke de Nemours, attended by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Buuv-rie, Colonel ~Vylde and General Co'bert, left town at half-past Ilia,' o'clock yesterday morning for Wimbledon Common, and inspected the 2d Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards, and the 12th Lancers. The Royal Party returned to Buck ingham Palace in two carriages and four. The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Duchess of Kent vistted the Duchess de Nemours yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Lady Charlotte Dundas has succeeded Lady Anne Maria Dawson, as the Lady in Waiting, on the Duchess Of Kent. . A deputation consisting of Mr. Hastie, M.P., Mr. Oswald, M. P., Mr. Barr, (Paisley), Mr. Henning (Lou don), Mr. Simpson, (London), Mr. Crawford (Paisley), and Mr. Ward, M. P., had an interview with Lord Sohn Russell yesterday, at the Colonial Office. A deputation consisting of Mr. J. Bishop (Mile End), Mr. Strong( Ratcliffe), Mr. Larchin (Ratcliffe), Mr. Pear aall Mr. Hawkins (King-street, Borough), Mr. Prosser (Comincrcial•road), Mr. Curwood ( White chapel), Mr. Kynneisley (Borough). Mr. Sefton (Stock port), Mr. Farren (London-road), Mr. Hallwood (New Dover-road), Mr. Dyke (Mile End), and Mr, Gordon (Sowers Town), had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne on Monday, in Dawning-street. The Earl of Warwick, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Charles Forrester, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home Office. The Prussian Minister and Earl Granville transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Sir William Clayton had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. LITERATURE. THE QUAD R 0 ONE. 3 V,'LI Bentley, London, 1840. Anything more unlike real life than the personages and incidents—of which last there is a wondrous pro fusion—described in this romance, we cannot well imagine. The author, throughout his work, labours under the very common error of mistaking exaggeration for strength, as in his conception and execution of the characters of the mysterious sorceress, who is a sort of transatlantic Meg Merrilies ; and, more particularly, of the Spanish Count of Osma, who is ono of those sub. lime, romantic villains, now rarely to be met with, save in the pages of novels of the Minerva Library school. Yet, we doubt not, there arc numbers of readers who will be pleased with the " Quadroons," for, among its dramatis persona', are to be found sons who scoop their mother's eyes out, and then strangle her in a Court of Justice ; brothers who murder, or strive to murder; each other, and, when detected, commit suicide ; and startling sur prises, and adventures quite as high-wrought and unnatural as any recorded in the " Mysteries of Udolpho." We would advise the author, should lie attempt another work of fiction, to take nature and probability as his guides, and not outrage both with the cool assurance of a melodrama-monger for a minor theatre. THE PENDING PROJECT FOR CHANCERY REFORM. The Lord Chancellor's Bill " for facilitating the Ad ministration of Justice" has passed the Lords, and is to be read a second time in the House of Commons on Thursday next. This Bill, so far as it provides for an increase in the judicial power of the Court, appears to be efficient, and provided that the two new Judges should be men well conversant with Equity business, and of acknowledged competency, the Bill will no doubt be productive of very great benefit to the suitors. On the subject of who should be appointed, a commu nication in the last number of the Jurist leads us to hope that the selection may be such as will satisfy the public and the profession. Without pledging ourselves as to the propriety of selecting the individuals named, we give the concluding passage of the communication referred to : _ _ _ " The Lord Chancellor is, therefore, in a condition to select from amongst the leaders of the Chancery Bar, as the colleague of Mr. Baron Rolfe, the person best qualified to perform the duties of a Judge, without regard to political considerations. No one can doubt that the Lord Chancellor is, of all persons, the best qualified to form a judgment as to what are the qualifications re quisite for a Judge. If either of the two eminent per sons, namely, Mr. Pemberton or Mr. Jacob, to whom all eyes are directed, should be appointed, together with Mr- Baron Rolfe, it would, I am certain, give general satisfaction to the profession, and ensure the success of the measure ; whereas, the appointment of a common law Judge would, I have no doubt, as effectually defeat it. There never was an occasion on which professional men of all parties appeared to be so anxious to see po litical and personal considerations set aside for securing the paramount interest of the suitors ; and, unless I mistake the character of the Lord Chancellor, he is the person of all others to form so laudable a desire." But we have a word or two to say as to the delays and abuses of the Court, which we have adverted to in former numbers of our Journal, but of which, from anything that appears in the Bill or the reports of the discussions in the House of Lords, the law Lords as well as the lay Lords, appear yet to have to be informed. First, as to the Six Clerks office.—About this time last year, in reviewing one of Mr. Spence's addresses, we stated shortly the nature of this office. Amongst lbe duties performed in this office is the taxing of So icitors' Bills, that is, taking off their over-charges. We then took occasion to draw the attention of the public to the expense which the suitors incur for having this watchful care over their interests extended to them, and we noticed one instance, namely in the cause of Stubbs v Sargon, where it had cost the parties Font HUNDRED POUNDS to take off One Hundred and Eighty-eight pounds from the Solicitor's Bills. The 44th clause in the Lord Chancellor's Bill, introduced by Lord Brougham, very kindly authorizes and requires the Lord Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors at any time within five years, to make such regulations as they may think fit, as to the payment of costs, but not one word is there about the mode of taxation. Again, on the 4th of the present month, we drew the attention of the public and the Members of the Legisla ture to the following facts, deduced from the returns obtained by Mr. Aglionby, viz.:— That each of the five remaining Six Clerks receives annually 1,702/., besides about 490/. every sixth year, for about two months' attendance in Chancery-lane, to sign his name and perform some other formal acts. That one of the sworn clerks (subordinate officer to alb Six Clerks) returned as the amount of his gross receipts, in 1839, 10,8791. 3s. 10d., and, deducting 2,769/. 1 ls., ttv- amount of his payments and expenses, leaves 8,110/. 2s. 11 d., as the net income of such sworn clerk, derived from fees paid by the suitors ; thus leaving Clerk in Court, No. 3, a larger a mount of income than the Lord Chief Justice of Erg!and re ceives ; and this at a time when the future Vice-Chan cellors are to-be cut down to 5,0001. a-year !! The Bill professes to authorize and require the Lord Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors, within the same five y ars, to make such regulations as they mly think fit as to the form and mode of transacting the business done in the Six Clerks'-office ; but so long as the Six Clerks and clerks in Court have a personal interest in the fees collected in this office, we strongly suspect the Judges will find that the authority given to them by this Act is wholly inadequate to the introduction of any effectual Reform. Indeed there is serious reason .o apprehend that the introduction of this wholly inefik cient clause will drive off until the expiration qf this five years, so cleverly introduced, if that were the ob ject, any effectual Reform of the abuses which we have endeavoured to expose. Within this same five years also the Judges are au thorized and required to make such alterations as they may think fit, in the form and mode of proceeding before THE MASTERS. We learn from the Jurist of the 4th instant, that the Liverpool solicitors, a most intelligent body of men, have recorded their opinions, " That increased dispatch of businesss by the Judges of the Court would be rather PREJUDICIAL, than advantageous to the general suitors, by still further crowding and embarassing the Masters' offices, unless a correspondinj, acceleration of business AT THE SAME TIME be effected." If the Liverpool solicitors—and who can be bettor able to form an opinion ?—be right, and the facts stated in the same number of the Jurist, which are partly taken from the returns of the Masters obtained by Mr. Blake, l ea d to the same conclusion, the beneficial purposes of the Bill will be utterly defeated unless some new regulations be immediately introduced into the Masters' offices. We will notice one tact only, taken from the same publication, which is alone sufficient to show the necessity for this interference ; it appears that with ten Masters for two Vice-Chancellors adverse proceedings are, according to the existing system, delayed before the Masters from two to six years ; what will be the delay when there arefour Vice-Chancellors for eleven Masters? We have thrown out these remarks for the considera tion of the Members of the House of Commons Oa b e read a second time. Rai N ss V pi e ni c C Tr O ei t adNrtsda but Th urs d a y next, when the Lord Ch ance ll or ' s Bill i s to g fth re e a f t ;i d eu e lt a y l more o o n f t t h h i e s A su p b p j A a TiE s w JURISDICTION, we forbear. We shall anx i ous l y watch ut t o h r e p t proceedings in the House of Commons, and, if necessary, take ea [ early opportunity 01 recurring to these important topics. I 1