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.. Is "19 " t re 4 P cn 9 spit it• isit!eri" 'Y Liar .viewero It itiv be goe s djk. wo -*o fls 11.°W Sove‘ ack us; have t° Behar; the riot rom tba ging ac' both 0 lone 00 uPPIYi' IS :co, salt' import' xte. The aortane, are M..' terto had e in tb ° 'oder the the north I view 0 c is little India es i Z urkeY he bigbil Lnd Le 'Maw r yin° mpro krt ieles means 0 ' most hough 0 ought e L c i . vi eland when th e 7 Bombay L.. Po(Or ead; P o e reigo P, well o'g a .t we h 4 tiger ir° l3l ave be e !' ides, P 4 "' content to and e ceo l are 01 cs d mos al so 'ro, „ier CO - ' rewit r. • E , his grey _EVENING En-I/lON. dim and distant as the view of the Pr:omised Land from Mount Pisgah. In the " Forei• n Policy of Govern ment," vrn have. a temperate 1 - ,ut most triumphant de fence of Lord Palinerstou'sP,De of action as regard our relations r7ith foreign Stat es . " Fellolses's Excursion in Asia Minor"—tiae vr , has a ludicrously rLamil:, Jrd " Excursion," by the bye holid ay tr i p to ar sound, and reminds us of a Rj'aisgate or Boulogne—is a common- Place n " lne ( il a work not remarkable for any very striking t xce ll .ijr .cies, whether of sentiment or description, BRITISH ARMY. The Boone, London, 1840. thess tutb or of this work, Colonel Campbell , od '" hirrif elf chiefly to military men, who will derive - not merely amusement , b u t i n struction also, from the 3 1. 13 ggestior is , the result of long practical experietw,, here thro•ri n out, on the subject of military reforms 'EAST INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The pr nctic ability of establishing a communication with Intli. a, by way or, the Red Sea, having been fully establish° i h f the 'experiments made by the East India Comparr j., t . pis as aociation has been formed to carry into effe •on 'An extensive scale, a plan whereby an (minter:- opted 'lntercourse may be secured between Cal cutta, irr, s , Ceylon, and England, reducing. the com tnunicat 10, a as great a degree of certainty as can be c 'uteuiP la ted by any means of access at present within -our reach, The advantages likely to arise from the aeive and efficient operations of the company, are so !manifest t , ) those immediately interested in our corn- Inercial r ~latiops with India, and especia',ly to ti:ose located th ere, that we find the late mail 'tat-nue:it over, not only a ssurances and pr , Jmises of support, but also renaittaner s—subjeci, howriver, to the'e r application being in case thi ! directors sho , Jld deterrn:lne on immediately establishin g a line betwr, e n Suez and Calcutta (a line wholly unt ,ceupied at • 2 rcsentl, The directors, it ap- Pears from their pros2 , ....ctus. fully sensible of the bene fits which t nay be ce . ,culated upon from a local subscrip tion, have at once ' Determined on acting on the sugge.s tion, and h ave as .:,ordingly taken measures for the im mP.diate pu rehas eof t h e largest steam vessel procurable, Vnich will be s, vat out without loss of time. To cart.: th• entire service into effect, h o wever, s o iss to nsu r e a r egular monthly communication, it is pro posed to seven steam ships, of tonnage and power APPIICab lg. to the route by the Cape of Good Hope, in el " of any interruption through Egypt, thereby .pre cluding t h cut th possibility of any impediment to carrying oposed measures of the Company. It is stated v e , ,;,t the number of passengers annually passing Calcutta,Madras, and Ceylon, and Europe, may b, , cken at 2,500 to "1,600 ; but this number may be ca l. to a • • lated on b e ing considerably increased, if we are Jo , loc o , nf t from th e increase which has taken place by and tr i7 ti .ves on land, or .oJam navigation with America ford e d Continent, while the facility which will be af naturall :f conve! , ance 'rem port to port in India will Th e 0 , Y tend to au Argent the income of the Company. seve ns ttl , ty ennterr,t,,lated for building and fitting the est a bli ea rat ships,„ with all incidental charges in the full "sum, ' h mcot X the Company in active operation, is nal I , C,0 , 0 , 000/., an d t o cover which tho i i B P : ta ` i 3 fixed at 800,000/.—Miniiig Journal of 4 . 20U1-.T CIRCULAR. W INDS °n+ WEDNESDAY.-The Queen and Prince Al bert, and t! le Duke and Duchess de Nemours arrived at the fCa.stle a oon a f ter fi ve o ' c l oc k th i s a f ternoon f rom town , tseezted by a party o f t h e Li fe G uar d s, stat i one d h ere , 'Under the c Anmand of Li eu t enant L or d Ch ar l e s Clinton. The Dui :hess of Kent, attended by Lady C. Dunsia , ,, arrived at t hree o'clock. The Roy al Party drove to Virginia Watrer soon after her and Ma ici t ois 8 rriv r4 l , i n phaetons. In the first pony phaeton In tour sere her 'Majesty and the Duchess de Nemours. 7 .he sec .ind puny phaetr.,n and four were the Duchess of de "ent. Co unti,ss d'Orv:ison Prince Albert, and the Duke Netnib, ars. In tlv a third pony phaeton were Lady C. Aundas„ Lr.cly R. Grosvenor, and General Count Colbert. 'The P Colonel Cavendish and Mr. Anson rode on lorseb : ,ck with the Royal Party. Water e Th itarY )hands were in attendance at Vi rg i n i a Military ThThe Court w ill re t urn to town on F r id ay morn i ng. w ' scciu 111 . Alea ,ourne will take his departure to-morrow. D ' Her Maj, sty an d P r i nce Albert, accompanied by the A° and Duchess de Nemours, left Buckingham Palace at ten mir utes past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, in an Op en c arriagc and four, with outriders, escorted by a party / o f Lancers, for Wi n d sor Castle. A chariot and four, folic wed, containing the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, 11 - 4 Clerl Marshal and Equery in Waiting, and Colonel Bouveric , Equerry in Wailing on Prince Albert. Tno open ear riage.s and four followed ; the first _containing the Counter so t M ount Ed gcum b e, L a d y in Waiting, Hon. Miss P age'' an d H on . Mi ss A nson , M a id o f H onour i n ti o g, and Countess d'Oraison, Lady in \A aiting on the 1) achess de Nemours; and the second containing Lord Byron, Lord, in Waiting, Hon. William Cowper, Gro or ri in Waiting, and General Colbert, in Waiting on the r , uke de Nemours. rE e Que en was con d ucte d to her carriage by the Earl 7, 1 lhomarl , :., Master o f th e H orse , an d t h e E ar l of Bel ; 401% Vice-Charaberiain. .:fore leaving town her Majesty gave audience to Vis . 11 ° uat Ytelbourne, Viscount Duncannoo, and Lord Hill. ;„ "fht Royal Di nner party at Wi ni l sor Castle, last even g. was expected t o cons i st of the f o ll o wi n g i.---Their Yal Highnesses the Duche ss o f K ent , an d t h e Duke and x u b e r iv- e idss de Nemours, M arqu i s o f C onyng h am, E ar l o f ar ge, Ladies Elea nor an d C onstance Paget, Earl id. C ountess of Surr e y, L a dy M ary H owar d, Viscount ~.,!mlbourne, Lord and. Lady Robert Grosvenor, Baron de t o o n c o k t m es a s r, ofg M r . anti the hon. Mrs. George E. Anson, .ourit-Edgecumbe, Lady Charlotte Dundas, -Ron e,Hisson,ss !Anson, Hon. Miss Paget, Baroness Lehzen, Hd'O ra i son , L or d Byr on , H o n. W. Cowper, neral Cc "-lenel Cavendish, Colonel Bouveric, and Ge- Thert. iaTh? Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dun , ' left Ingcstrie House, Pielgrave-square, at twelve --a .ll styk yest er d ay, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her , T he ir reo ws . R oyal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Ne fortt,',honoured Mr. W. C. R oss , A.R. A., w i t h sittings Pailac!'lr Miniatures, on Wednesday, at Buckingham N oa 'Aarc iu 4 e Duke an d T iuchess of Cambridge honoured the is an d Nilri.:hioness of Lcr,donderry with their corn ,ay at dinner la st evening at Hsldernesse House. The Rev. P. R. Richards had an interview with Vis count Melbcurn p yesterday in Downing-strect. Mr. Halswel',, Mr. J. G. Cladau, Si r R. B. Philli pps , and Mr. Attp.ville Vill a tt e C a li a hi agu l a h a d i nterv i ews Viscount M with Lord Joh! Russell yesterday a t th e C o l on ial-office. el'oourne left his r es id ence i n Downing street yesterdF,J afternoon, on a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle Clarenc e Princer,s Augusta received visits yesterday at nous e, St, Jam es ' s , f rom t h e D uc h ess o f Glou cester and the Duke of Cambridge. FASHIC)NABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mira, Ga Lady tott Murray, i n C avend i s h -square ; L or d an d Thoma s ' wit' ' , at C ou l son ' s H ote l ; Colone l M urray, at n., ;, T a p' , 4 Motel; George Holyoake, Esq , at ditto; Ad- Aurelius B eauc l er k , Vi ce- Adm i ra l Si r J o h n " Frederick Wetherall, Mr. and Mrs. William Yr d'ham, at the Burlington Hotel ; Mr. and Mrs. De "°r VI, at ditto; Lady William Somerset and family. DEPARTURES. Lord an d Lady Romney, and Lady Charlotte Marsham, for the Mote House, near Maidstone ; Sir Richard Wil liams Bulkeley, for Live!pool ; Mr. and Mrs. Octavius Wigram, for Dover ; Sir John Rogers, from Stevens's Hotel, for Devonshir e ; Sir Charles Ekins, for Devon slaire ; Hon. Mrs. Rood, for Whitley Abbey, near Coven !try ; Mr. E. J. Cooper, M. P., from Farrance's Hotel, for Markrea, Sligo; Mr. Joseph and Lady Charlotte Cop ley, for Appuldwconabe ; Lady and Miss Kinlock ; J. U. Talbot, Esq.. 'M.P., for Wexford ; C. A. Walker, Esq., M. P., for 13 e:troont House; Hartopp, Esq., and family, for Dover; Sir Brook Taylor, on a continental tour; the Earl of Krmmare, from the Clarendon Hotel, for Killar ttey; 'William Fox Talbot, Esq., for Laycock Abbey ; the Hon. Captain Charles Forester, for Dublin ; Lord Fitz gerald and Vesey, for County L ou th ; th e H on . J ames 1 Sand'Aands, for Ipswich ; the Archbishop of Dublin, for )üblir, • Mr. Round, M. P., f or F ran kf ort - on - t h e -M a i ne ; a' l3 Decies, for Brighton ; the Hon. Percy Moreton, for u? sex ; Sir James Lyon, for Kent ; Lord Gray, for Kin s Castle, N ort h B r i ta i n; the Russian Colonel Ivoff, rr°l/1 HC Hotel, , for Paris; Lord 'William Montagu, 't Hemel Hempstead Herts. ti•aliti. DAY RECREATION--Mr. Hume divided '4l ; ;: l, .nse of C ommons, i n va i n, on a mot i on o f appea l t o h er the",TY, tha't she would use her influence with the Trustees of bilrish, Museum and National Gallery, to induce them to 1 4 tl:...)htieir treasures on ' Sundays, Christmas day, and Good 8 P.:4; such hours as the houses of licensed victuallers, the t t er °_," of beer and gin, arc legally open. The opponentsmus.e ho-ie," votes in oppos ' ition to .11, against a measure which we i, 4 to be for the moral and mental improvement of the work 'classes. but o ut-do or feeling is strengthening against the 4ht.ilatlwodaalnl and ere long we shall see the Museum and the tiverpool hate, y more accessi .e. rye, resol v ed gra taAis.ix.tensively useful as possible, and therefore to admit , we observe •bi to make a s k e e ns t ' h b e le ir e p x e h o i li b l i e tio a n t ttiecT_sly the stipendiary teachers and children belonging to all , onf - u I I , I Y charity schools, amounting to 16,130 ; and to preye nt m i ssi particular days have been appropriated for the ad- An °n of Particular schools, at the rate of about 1,000 a day. attempt has also been made, by an influential member hibition of the N ew Water Colours Society, to open tbat gratuitously to the public for a limited period; but e regret to hear that it was opposed by a majority of the mem rs. There was not much of novelty or force i n t h e argu i oh e t u s subarlought forward b y t h e spokesman o f t h e e i g ht y -t wo . c ry of Sabbath desecration was the loudest heard. G od ia me seemed t o d read the increase of public houses in the im mte neighbourhood of Sunday exhibitions, as if the elevation of taste and intellect produced a sort of thirst for spirituous li quors and Sunday intoxication. Government, with its known mai berality, can h ave but one objection to public institutions re ning open on Sundays —the increased number of attendants, or the increased duties to individuals already sufficiently em ployed. We are for increased numbers. We should indeed r egret if G overnment officers could say, as Pope did, in allusion to the crowd of rhymers that pierced in through'grot and thicket o the poet's approval of their yerses,_ Ev n Sunday shines no holiday to me. Let them have days of relaxation and enjoyment as well as other People : the mere cost of a few additional attendants is unwor thy of consideration.—Athenaum. W e are happy to learn that the trade of Paisley last w man xperienced a very d ec id e d i mprovement, and that a great y weavers were engaged at various kinds of work.— li otioto Argo. •~ *1 y1 . . 0 y.....~ V '+..,~ THE PERSECUTED JEWS IN THE EAST. The Lord Mayor, who 5o promptly cAlli.!a, and so warmly promoted the objects of the great meeting at the Mansion-house, on the subject of the persecution of the Jews at Damascus, has received the foltoWing communication in answer to the letters 4ti's Lordship addressed to the several Ambassadors 1 :a London con taining copies of the resolution. passed at that meet-. mg " The Hanoverian Minister presents his compliments to the Right 'Honourable the Lord Mayor of the o.ty of Lend-,,,, and will forward without delay- 'nis verr.ment the important and highly praiseworthy reso .utions passed at the meeting of the merchants, bank ers, and traders of the City of London of the V: inst., on the subject of the persecution of 11,9 JciA. , s• in the East, the Lord Mayor had sent to him in - July 8." "44, Grosvenor-place, July 9,184 Q„" Foreign-ofEce, July 9, 1840. My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship'', letter of yesterday't date, enclosing a copy of certain resolutions passed at a meeting of the merchants, hankers, traders, and others of the City of Lyndon, held in the Egyptian Hall, in the Mansion-liouse, on the 3d instant, upon the sub ject of the persecution to which the Jews have recently been exposed in the East, and I beg leave to return to your Lordship my thanks for this communication, and to say how much gratified I feel at the manner in whicoa my name is mentioned in the 4th resolution. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, PALMERSTON. To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. 79, South Audley-street. The undersigned, his Saxon Majesty's Minister resi dent, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note dated July 8, by which the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has done him the honour to transmit to him a copy of the resolutions passed at the great public meet ing of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the city of London, held on the 3d day of Jtkly, on the subject of the persecution of the Jews in the East. In submitting to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor his best thanks for this interesting communication, the un dersigned begs to assure his Lordship that he will have great pleasure in forwarding it to his Government as desired. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to have the honour to offer to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor the assurances of his highest esteem and consi deration. R. DE GERSDORFF. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. ?-ortuguese Legation, July 11, 1840. My L.srd—l received yesterday the letter which your Lordship did me the honour to address, enclosing a copy of resolutions unanimously passed at a great public meeting of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the City of London, presided over by your Lordship, on the subject of the, persecution of the Jews in the East. Complying with particular pleasure to the wishes contained in your Lordship's letter, I will lose no time in forwarding by this day's post to my Government the said resolutions, and at the same time I do not hesitate in assuring your Lordship that the Government of her Most Faithful Majesty will view with the deepest in terest the appeal that is made to it, and will not fail, as far as it is able, in joining the other Powers to obtain )ustice and protection for the persecuted Jews in the East. With sentiments of the greatest respect, and of the highest consideration, I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient and humble servant, MONCORVO. The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, &c. 32, Upper Grosvenor -street, July 13, 1840. . _ My Lord-1 have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing to me for the purpose of transmission to my Government, the re solutions adopted at the meeting of the merchants, bankers, traders, and others of the City of London, held at the Egyptian Hall on the 3d of July, in relation to the cruelties practised towards the Jews in the East. I beg to assure your Lordship that I will take an early opportunity of transmitting those resolutions to the United States ; and I cannot better do justice to my own feelings, or those which I feel confident will be en tertained by the President and people of the United States, in relation to the subject of these resolutions, than to seize the occasion of expressing my deep sym pathy in favour of these oppressed people. I have the honour to be, Your Lordship's obedient servant, A. STEVENSON. General Alava presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor of London, and has the honour to inform him that he will lose no time in transmitting to the Spanish Government a copy of the resolutions unanimously passed at the great public meeting on the subjet of the persecution of the Jews in the East. General Alava is persuaded that they will not fail to excite the sympathy and the deepest interest of her Catholic Majesty's Government. 81, Harley-street, 13th July, 1840. 1, Bryanstone-square, 16th July, 1840. My Lord-1 have received your Lordship's letter of the Bth instant, inclosing a copy of the resolutions passed at a meeting held in the city of London, on the subject of the persecution of the Jews in Syria. In accordance to your Lordship's wishes, 1 shall transmit the said document to the Sublime Porte.—l have the honour to be, _ Your Lordship's most obedient servant, CHEKID. To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. My Lord Mayor,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the Bth instant, accompanied with a copy of the resolutions passed at a public meeting of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the city of London, on the subject of the persecu tion of the Jews in the East ; and I beg leave to as sure your Lordship, that I have transmitted these re solutions without a moment's delay to my Government, who, 1 confidently expect, will warmly respond to the sympathy and deep interest which has been evinced in this country, in consequence of those melancholy oc. currences. I beg to request your Lordship will accept my apology for the delay which has occurred in this communication, and that you will be pleased to attribute the same to causes over which I had in a great measure no con trol.—l have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your Lordship's most obedient servant, BULOW. Lower Berkeley-street, July 18, 1840. To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. It may be proper to state that several of the Am bassadors are out of town. SCOTLAND. JUBILEE DINNER TO THE REV. DR. RUS- SELL. On Tuesday last, the 14th current, the Presbytery of Selkirk entertained the Rev. Dr. Russell, minister of Yarrow, on occasion of his completing the fiftieth year of his ministry. The chair was ably filled by the Rev. John Campbell, minister of Selkirk, and, besides a few of Dr. Russell's nearest relatives, the Presbytery were honoured with the presence of Lord Napier, whose grandfather Dr. Russell had for many years ac companied as Chaplain, while the Representative of Royalty in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, The CHAIRMAN, in a neat, appropriate, and affec tionate speech, proposed the toast of the evening. He did not mean to detain the company by any leng thened and elaborate eulogium on the public use fulness and private worth of their reverend guest, as fifty years spent in the faithful and acceptable discharge of his duties had a voice which spoke more loudly in his praise than any studied panegyric could possibly do. Dr. Russell had been his father's friend before he be came his own, and the intimacy which was commenced in his boyhood, when he used to accompany his father on his visits to Yarrow, to assist in dispensing the Sa crament, had continued since he was able to take his father's place, without a moment's interruption. During all that time he had never heard an angry word from his venerable friend, and the feeling of esteem and re spect with which the Doctor was invariably regarded by his clerical brethren was matched by the sincere and cordial veneration uniformly testified towards him by the population of the district in which he lived—equally by the inhabitants of the towns and villages, of the hamlets, the glens, and the lone shiclings of the mountains. Dr. RUSSaLL replied in a very affecting speech, al luding with much feeling to the painful recollections called up by the present occasion. Not a single face did he sec around the festive board, of all those that had welcomed him when first he took his seat at the Presbytery table. He felt the honour done him the more deeply', as, during his connexion with the Pres bytery, none of its members had received a similar mark of respect, nor, so far cs he knew, at any former period. He dwelt with feeling on the friendly inter course that bad so well been preserved among the members of the Presbytery of Selkirk, notwithstanding their differences in the views they severally took of public business ; and expressed his firmest desire that this spirit mig m ht igi l i o t n a g li co li n v t e in t u o e r t e o ce r i e v i e gn in a t m he o i n r g tu t r h n e t v with whi c h h e h a d b een h onoure d sandlt same e t h t a o t k tehney o f respect that day. When the health of the Presbytery's Noble Guest was proposed, Lord NAPIER said he rejoiced to be invited to join such a party, as it brought him into more immediate contact with the ministers of a Church to which he was warmly attached, and to whose ritual he gave the preference over that of any other with which be was acquainted. He had long enjoyed the friendship and the counsel of various respected ministers of the Church of Scotland, and he was glad to take this opportunity of testifying the high opinion lie held of the piety, the purity, and the industry of the clergy of Scotland. ItATk;S OF POSTAGE. THE SUN, LONDON, TIIURsDAY, JtTLY 23 1840 , • o ciucstionS “i. her .Mtkiesty's Government touching an iassurance that had heeh gi?Ot in consequence of a motion made by him in the course f.vf lest ',-, • - - p cs o o p, lie might rather say that the assurance '.i.cl heett given to the Christian nubli6 of that country, that measures woti:2. be :Olen by the Government to put an end to that crying abuse. ilti begged now to state, that - on Tuesday next it was his intention to ask whether her Majesty's Government in tended to take any steps in fulfilment of that pledge. It was his intention to move for copies of any dispatches and statements of any orders issued by the Governor- General of India to the Presidencies of Bengal and Madras on the subject of the attendance of British troops at idolatrous worship in India. Lord MELBOURNE had not known that the pe tition would be presented, or he should have prepared himself to give the information required by the Noble Earl. As far as he was at present informed, he believed the Government had done every thing that could be expended upon the subject. Petitions to the same effect from Devonport, by Lord Mount Edgecumbe ; and from Bristol and Lancaster, by the Earl of Chichester. The Earl of POWIS presented a petition (as we understood) from Carnarvon, against any grant to the Chester and Holyhead Railway. Lor STANLEY (of Aldersley) thought it right on that occasion to call their Lordships' attention to a cir cumstance which almost amounted a breach of privilege. Two gentlemen, whose names were attached to the pre sent petition, had some time ago sent a petition to the House in which they stated that he being a landowner in the island of Anglesey, procured through his son, who was a secretary to the Treasury, the selection of the persons employed by the Government to survey the two lines for the Rsilwaylin question. The petitioners made a charge of a similar nature against his other son. He assured their Lordships that their was no founda tion whatever for the imputation. The Earl of PO WIS said there was no allegation in the petition against the Noble Lord. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the county of Durham against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, and praying that the case of that diocese might be taken into consideration. The Earl of DEVON presented a similar petition from Glastonbury, in the diocese of Bath and Wales. The Earl of WARWICK presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Birmingham against the Beer Bill. Lord PORTMAN presented a similar petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Liverpool. Lord WHARNCLIFFE brought up the Report of the Select Committee on the Weaver Churches Bill, which had not been altered by the Committee. After some discussion the Report was received, and it was agreed to take a discussion on the third reading, of which due notice will be given. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Cloek. NEW MEMBER. Mr. CHARLES HOWARD, the new Member for Cumb2rland, in the room of the late Major Aglionby, was introduced by Lord Morpeth and Lord Seymour, and took the oaths and his seat. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. The Usher of the Black Rod then entered the House, and summoned the Speaker to attend the House of Lords for the purpose of hearinc , the Royal Assent given to certain Bills, for w hi c h see Lords' Report. On his return, the SPEAKER informed the House of the Bills to which the Royal Assent had been given by Commission. On the motion of Sir H. PARNELL, the Shrews bury and Holyhead Road Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. FRESHFIELD brought up the Report of the Committee on Trafford's Divorce Bill ; also, of the Com mittee on Cloze's Divorce Bill, which, after a short dis cussion on Reader's Divorce Bills, was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. FRESHFIELD Grant's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. E. J. STANLEY brought up the Report on the Metropolis Improvement Bill. It was ordered to be re-considered to-morrow, in a Committee of the whole House. _ _ _ _ _ On the Order of the Day being moved for the third reading of the Farnham Rectory Bill, Sir R. H. INGLIS moved that the third reading should be postponed till Monday next. I `Captain PECHELL wished that the Hon. Barc• net should assign some reason for the postponement. Mr. HUME said as the motion was not immediately proceeded with be would move that the Bill should be read a third time that day six months. Sir R. H. INGLIS would appeal to ILim. Members on both sides whether the course taken by the Hon Member for Kilkenny on the motion for postponing the third reading of a private Bill was not unprecedented ? He would leave the Hon. Member the grace of setting such a precedent. Mr. HUME considered the Bill in reality a public one. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to ask whether a rumour which had been afloat, were well founded, and whether it was the intention of the Hon. Baronet, whenever the third reading might come on, to attempt to introduce such a clause as that which the House had rejected the other evening. He could hardly persuade himself that the `Hon. Member entertained that intention. Sir, R. H. INGLIS said the postponement. was not for that ?bject ; but he would not follow the extremely inconvenient course of discussing the question on the mere motion of the adjournment of the third reading of a private Bill. Mr. LAMBTON wished to know if it were the Right Hon. Baronet's intention to rescind the decision of the House on the question of the Compensation clause ? Sir ROBERT INGLIS folded his arms, but gave no answer to the question. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet would give notice to-morrow if his object was to postpone the third reading for the purpose of re-introducing the Compensation clause ; if that were so, the House ought to be aware of his inten tion. Captain PEC HELL said it was easy at once to set the matter at rest by stating whether he intended to repeal those clauses of the Bill. The answer of the Right Hon. Baronet would materially influence his vote. Mr. GOULBURN thought if his Right Hon. Friend gave notice tomorrow, that would be sufficient. Mr. EASTHOPE said the House must presume that such was the Right Hon. Baronet's intention from his silence. The Earl of DARLINGTON said the course adopted by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny was most unjustifiable, but he would meet him with his own wea pons, and move that the debate be adjourned till Monday. Mr. HUME understood that it was the Right Hon. Baronet's intention to take advantage of the post ponement of the measure, in order to re-introduce these clauses. Sir ROBERT PEEL said it appeared to him that if his Right Hon. Friend intended to re. scind the decision to which the House had come the other night, he should to-morrow give notice of his in tention. It appeared to him that the uniform course was, when a day was fixed for bringing forward any particular measure, not to take advantage of the motion by moving an amendment. If the House establish that precedent, it would be taken advantage of in future. He was so far disinterested that he would give no vote whatever on the subject. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared For the adjournment to Monday 92 Against it 4B Majority —44 On our re-admission to the Gallery we found Mr. HUME on his legs, saying that he had been given to understand that it was the intention to move that the decision which the House had come to respecting the compensation to the lessees should be rescinded, and if some such intention had not existed he should like to know why any post ponement was proposed ? who had ever heard of any postponement of a private Bill being proposed, without some reason being assigned ? Sir ROBERT H. IN G LIS had stated distinctly in moving the postponement that his object was not to make any alteration in the Bill. But he would not submit to be catechised on the subject—(Cheers)—and when he had stated that he thought it was unworthy of any Hon. Member to attempt to induce him to say more. More, however, he would not say : but if it had been necessary to remind one so conversant with the rules of the House as the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, he would refer him to page 11 of the Standing Orders, where he would find that he (Sir R. Inglis) could not move an amendment without giving notice to all the parties concerned, and puttin g in a notice at the Pri vate Bill-office; so that,if he had had any such intention, the Hon. Member must have been aware of it almost as soon as himself. Mr. LAMBTON said that he threw back the epithet unworthy ; and he thought it was unworthy of the Hon. Baronet to attempt to rescind an agreement which had been entered into. Mr. GOULBURN denied that any agreement had been entered into to take only one division on each case ; such an offer had been refused ; and if the division had been the other way, he thought the conduct of Hon. Members on the other side would have been very different. Mr. AGLIONBY asked what right the Right Hon. Member had to say that if the division had been the other way, the conduct of Members on that side of the House would have been different.—(Loud cheers.) For himself he could say that in whatever way the division had been, he should have considered the agreement. If the Right Hon. Gentleman must take distinctions, he ought not to be so indiscriminate. He was also most infelicitous as to his facts in saying that no agree ment had been entered into. He should have recoi -1 lected that when the Hon. Member for Leicester, in presenting a petition, moved an adjournment, Hon. Members on that side the House told the Hon. Mem ber for Leicester that during his absence on the pro- SECOND EDITION s . d. P'nkt` i r:at between Dover or any other port 1.11 thQ United Kingdom and Calais, or anY otlezr part in France, a packet-rate 0 3 between France end m.ny place in the United King!km d'.str.nt from Dover or other port in tie tfnited Kingdom not more than eight miles, a rate (the packet-rate included) of 0 6 Between France and any place distant from Dover or other port as aforesaid, more than eight miles and not more then fifteen miles, a rate (the packet-rate included) of 0 6 Betrieen France and any place distant from Dover or other port as aforesaid more than fifteen miles, and not more than twenty miles, a rate (the , packet-rate included) of . 0 7 Between France and any place distant from Dover or other port as aforesaid more than twenty miles and not more than thirty miles, a rate (the packet-rate included) 0f.., Between France and any place distant from Dover or other port as aforesaid more than thirty miles and not more than fifty miles, a rate (the packet -rate included) of 0 9 And between France and any place in the United Kingdom distant from Dover or other port as aforesaid, more than fifty miles, or between France and London or any place in the United Kingdom, through London, an uniform rate (the packet -rate included) of 0 10 Between any part of the United Kingdom and Spain, otherwise than through France, an uni form rate of 2 2 Between London and the following places, by way of France ; viz. Malta, the lonian Islands, Greece, Syria, and Egypt, an uniform rate of Between London and Germany, by way of France 1 4 Between London and Switzerland, by way of France . . Between London and Spain, by way of France Between London and the following places, by way of France ; viz. Italy, Sicily, Venetian Lom bardy, Turkey, the Levant, and the Archipelago 1 7 Between London and Holland Between London and Belgium Between London and Switzerland 1 8 Between London and Germany Between London and Deamark 1 8 Between London and Sweden, and other parts of the north of Europe Between London and the following countries, through Belgium or Holland or Germany; viz Italy, Sicily, Venetian Lombardy, Malta, the lonian Islands, Greece, Turkey, the Levant, the Archipelago, Syria or Egypt . . . _ Between any part of the United Kingdom, and any place in the East Indies, via France, in addition to the Red Sea or Persian Gulf packet-rate herein-after mentioned Nevertheless all foreign letters herein rated between London and a place abroad, which shall he sent to or from any place in the United Kingdom without coming to or passing through London, shall be charged as if they had been sent from or to London ; and the rates of British postage for every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted by packet boats, shall be as follows:- 3. d. Between any part of the United Kingdom and the United Statts of America, an uniform rate of ... 1 Between a port in the United Kingdom and Lisbon, or any other port in Portugal Between a port in the United Kingdom and the kingdom of Greece, or any port in Syria or Egypt, but not including letters transmitted be tween the United Kingdom and the East Indies 2 Between Suez or Bassora, or any other pr.rt in the Red Sea or Persian Gulf, and any port in the East Indies (letters transmitted by her Majesty's Mediterranean packets to or from the United King dote only excepted) Between any of the ports or islands or places situate upon the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Archipelago, the Black Sea, in Turkey in Europe and Asia, in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, or the Mediterranean, and upon the northern Coast of Africa, whether in the Medi terranean or in the Straits of Gibraltar (not hav ing been first brought or conveyed from the United Kingdom, or not being intended to be conveyed to the United Kingdom.... Between any of the ports or places last aforesaid and any port or place in the East Indies, by way of the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf, in addition to the aforesaid Red Sea or Persian Gulf packet rate Between a port in the United Kingdom and the Island of Madeira 1 S Between a port in the United Kingdom and any port in the Island of Cuba in the West Indies, or any port in Columbia or Mexico... Between any port it► the British possessions in the West Indies and any port in Columbia or Mexico 1 0 Between any port in the United Kingdom and Brazil Between any port in the United Kingdom and Buenos Ayres, or any other port on the continent of South America (other than Columbia, Brazil, or Mexico):... Between any port in the United Kingdom and any port in the Island of St. Domingo 1 3 And in addition to the aforegoing rates (except on letters between the United Kingdom and France, and between the United Kingdom and Spain, otherwise than by way of France, and between the United Kingdom an d the United States of America, there shall be paid on every such letter as aforesaid an inland rate of postage of Twopence for the distance any such letter shall be conveyed within the United Kingdom ; and on every letter so transmitted ashereinbefore mentioned, exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive and additional rates of British postage, accord ing to the scale of weight and number of rates in this Act contained as to letters, estimating and charging each ad ditional rate at the amount hereinbefore directed to be charged and taken on every letter so transmitted not ex ceeding half an ounce in weight, and charging the inland rate as aforesaid, but so that letters herein rated between London and a place abroad shall not be charged any inland rate for the distance between London and the outport at which the packet-boats conveying the same shall be stationed. And on every letter between foreign countries or be twee❑ any foreign country and any of her Majesty's colo nies transmitted through the United Kingdom, there shall be charged and taken for the distance any such letter shall be carried within :the United Kingdom (in addition to the packet or ship letter rates to and from the United King dom, to which such letter will be liable under this Act), any such inland rate or rates of postage not exceeding One Shilling on any letter not being more than half an ounce in weight, as the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury may, by warrant under their hands, direct ; and on any letter exceeding that weight, progressive and ad ditional rates of British postage according to the scale of weight and number of rates in this Act contained as to letters, estimating and charging each additional rate at the sum which any such letter would be charged with under this schedule, if not exceeding half an ounce in weight ; but so that no such letter be transmitted through the United Kingdom, unless the British postage chargeable thereon be paid before the same be sent out of the United Kingdom, or unless there be a treaty between the Post master-General and the Post-effice of the foreign country from which it shall have been forwarded, or to which it shall be addressed, for collecting and accounting for the British postage on such letters. CABRERA. As this man has become an object of some note and mark in the European political world for the last few years, we imagine that a slight biography of him may not be uninteresting to our readers. It. appears that Cabrera was born at Tortosa in 1809 —and that, consequently, he is now in his 32d year— of poor parents, and that he was sent to the schools at tached to the monasteries, with an intention of ultimately bringing him up to the Church. In promotion of this object he was transferred as attendant to one of the Canons of the Cathedral cf his native town, who, in return for service almost menial, communicated to him what he himself was acquainted with in Latin, theology, and the other learning considered necessary for the youth who desired to enter into orders. However, the dissipated habits of Cabrara were en tirely unfit for the pursuit of such studies, or for his as sumption of the clerical garb. The canon with whom he lived tried in vain to correct his licentiousness, and was obliged to send him from his house. At this pe riod it is said that had a lady's chamber been invaded, had an Alguazil been attacked, Ramon Cabrera was al ways the first suspected, and seldom suspected without reason, as having been either the sole aggressor, or the chieftain of the party ; and when the moment arrived at which he had to pass his examinatian for deacon's or ders, the Bishop was obliged to reject him. At this pe riod he was twenty-four years of age, without sta tion or means of living, and the reputation of a worth less vagabond, when the announcement of the death of Ferdinand VII., offered to him an opportunity that he did not neglect to avail himself of. A conspiracy was formed against the crown of Queen Isabella, and he became one of the number of conspirators ; the conspi racy was soon denounced, and he was pursued, but ma naged to effect his escape, and fled to the mountains , where, having heard that an insurgent band exist e d i n the fortress of Morella, he at once joined it, and en rolled himself in its ranks. Having stated that he could write, he Is as at once named corporal. When the force to which he was attached was a tt ac k e d b y General Berton, he gave evidence of considerable pe,- sonal courage, and was in consequence promoted to the rank of sergeant. At last, however, the fortress of Morella fell, the Governor and Commandant we re' both shot, and the garrison dispersed. Cabrera, who had already been promoted to the rank of sub-lieu tenant, placed himself at the head of some twenty men of his native town, fled to the mountains a ga i n , an d having created for himself the position of a guerilla chieftain, set to work on his own account. This de sire to command has always been his ch aracter i st i c, and wading through blood he attained his end. He has been sent from Paris to Ham, where the late Ministers of Charles the Tenth had been confined, on The receipts of the Railroad from London t o his own expressed wish not to be confined in the same Southampton, for the week ending on the 19th instant, were spot with Balcoaceda, for whom he exprossses nearly 6281. 14.. 10d. i much contempt as hatred, The following are the rates of postage on Letters fixea by the Bill for the regulation of the duties of postage: — On all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight thmsmitted by post between the United Kingdom and -,PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOVR.N . Ar foreign parts, or between any of the places out of the • - United Kingoom hereinafter mentioned, there shall be charged and taken the following rates of Briti:3h postaa. that is to say : SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. }~{d P. uM THE EVENING PAPERS OF MS DAY. (From the Globe.) Lord Sandon—heaven preserve the Mark l—occupied the House of Cori - it-mins last night with a speech on tht , state of cur commercial relations with foreign coun tries. His Lordship's colleague, Mr. Cresswell, has, it is said, incurred the reproach of his constituents for his neglect of their commercial interests ; and, possibly, his Loy dship's speech was composed and delivered in order to show the Liverpool people that at least he is in his place, guarding with commendable vigilance the com mercial interests of the country, and thus approving himself worthy of the confidence of those who sent him thither as their representative. We are, of course, unable to predict the effect of Lord Sandon's speech on the Liverpool Tories, or how far its delivery will tend to improve his rather ticklish position as one of the Repre sentatives of tlnit town. One thing, - ,however, is manifest— if the foreign policy of the Government be subjected to no more formidable assailants than the Noble Lord and those who with him undertook to nibble at it last night, the Fo reign Secretary will have little ground for apprehending danger, whether in his official conduct of its adminis tration, or to the character of the Ministry to which he belongs. With the exception of the debate on China, in which the Tories of the House of Commons found themselves at loggerheads with the Duke of Wellington in the Lords, the foreign policy of the Government has been unassailed during the present Session. (From the Standard.) The two pillars of the strength and greatness of the United Kingdom are its maritime commerce and its agriculture : let either of these be shaken, and within five years Great Britain sinks to the condition of a third-rate power, and its manufactures are extinguished. Yet these stays of national power and prosperity arc precisely the interests most violently assailed by modern Liberalism, and assailed apparently for no better reason than because they were to the despised " wisdom of our ancestors" objects of peculiar care. At present we say nothing of agriculture. We leave the public to judge how safe that great interest is in the hands of a divided Government, if that Go vernment may be said to be divided upon the subject, four-fifths of which Government is committed to the ruin of the agricultural body. The debate upon Lord Sandon's motion ; however, gives rise to grave reflections upon the state of our maritime commerce. It is a narrow and false view of the importance of that commerce which regards only the number of pounds sterling it may bring into the country. If it merely maintained itself, with out Tfohrte gs a na d i io'rnsmg commerce co f e a u r our f h ci thenogm inn t coartci nation nl e ism p a or u ii h n l e i i c ma rmewe many Engli s h m e n , provided for without charge to the a ena t s let l l e y : a s ti the foreign country ; and they are so many Englishmen trained in the manner best fitting them to defend us in time of danger. If the number of these defenders of the country is diminishing, even if it does not keep pace with the in crease in the population, marine, and armies of other countries, then is the power of Great Britain retrogra ding—then are we not merely not obviating, we are in viting the hostility of other nations of the Continent and of the United States, some of which would willingly be our friends, if we do not make them enemies by neglect ing our affairs. ( From the pourier.) That spawn of Unitarianism, the Affirmation Bill, went through Committee last night. It is a satis faction which is shared by every good Christian and by every righteous man, of whatever religious faith he may be, that, if the Bid eventually pass the Commons, it must come under the scrutinis ing revision of that House on which, since the inun dation of the Commons by the turbulent streams of republicanism and infidelity, the nation has con fidently placed a reliance which has never yet been disappointed. We are glad that this chance remains of continuing that security in the good faith of witnesses on civil and criminal cases, and of the jurymen who try them, which has existed from the most remote ages, and which has been adopted, under different forms, it is true, by all nations under the sun. The pretence for the proposed substitution of the bare word for the solemn oath, which carries with it so many sacred obliga tions, is perfectly ridiculous. It is stated that the main object of the Bill is to relieve persons who entertain conscientious scruples to taking an oath, under the im pression that swearing to the truth of an allegation is forbidden by the word of God. Can anything be more absurd than such a notion ? We are bound by the Mosaical Decalogue, and not by isolated portions of the Scriptures. That code forbids us to take "the name of the Lord our God in vain," which clearly means that we shall neither use his holy name in idle conversation nor in attestation of that which is false. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal assent was given at four o'clock, by Com mission, to the following Bills ; The Canada Government Bill, the Vaccination Bill, the Police-rates Assessments Bill, the Manchester, Bir mingham, and Bolton Police Bill ; the Timber Ships Bill, the Masters in Chancery Bill, the Protestant Episcopal Church (Scotland) Bill, the Arms (Ireland) Bill, the Inclosure Acts Amendment Bill, the Borough Watch Rates Bill, the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway Bill, the Taff Vale Railway Bill, the Ardrossan and Johnstone Rail way Bill, the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Bill, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill, the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill, the Millbay Pier Bill, the Banff Municipal Police and Harbour Bill, the Clerkenwell Improvement Bill, the Deal and Walmer Waterworks Bill, and several Roads and Divorce Bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, he Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Clarendon. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. Lord RAVENS \V ORTHpre;Ct;tei a petition from Durham against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, in so far as respected the diocese of Durham, which the petitioners prayed their Lordships to take into their most favourable consideration. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a peti tion from the University of Oxford against the Eccle siastical Duties and Revenues Bills. He said that he entirely d &red from the petitioners, who, indeed, showed, by some of their own statements, the necessity there was for such a measure. They com plained of the parochial deficiency of the Church of England at this time. But (said the Noble Duke with very great warmth) it is vain for any man in these times to expect the deficiency will be made up out of the public money, whilst the Church has in itself resources that may be applied to the purpose. I say, my Lords, that all the resources which the Church possesses should be applied to supply that deficiency, and to remove those inconveniencies. The petitioners themselves admit that the evil exists ; and it is most desirable, both for the public good and for the good of the Church itself, that those inconveniencies should be remedied and removed. I confess, therefore, that I heard with astonishment that this petition was got up in the University of Oxford, and that these petitioners prayed that the Bill should not pass. My Lords, lamof a very different opinion from the petitioners. lam convinced that no measure could be devised which could more tend to remedy the , evils, and to remove those very inc onven i ences o f which the petitioners themselves compl a i n i n t hi s pe tition, and which they say truly attend th e paroc hi a l system of the Church in this country, I think my Lords, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners did their duty in recommending this Bill. I thi nk it highly creditable for the assistance to the Church that those inconveniences should be re moved by the Church itself. I think it highly credit able that the Church s hould even take the first step in where they Lord KENYON presented a petition from Canter burymight hear the against the E c clesiastical Dutie s and Revenues Bill. He supported the _prayer, and considered the orefmthoevipnagbtliheosaleeenveilys., without applying 13111 a robbery. H e hoped their Lordships would send opinions of persons who were c well acquainted with the matter to which it readreferre , it to a Committee up stairs , The petition was then_ at length at the table. 1 DURHAM presented • The Bishop o several peti signed by tions from his Diocese , . the Clergymen of great majority of the • • various parishes, and a le parishioners, playing t " • further a 5 raction might be ma d e f rom praying that no the revenues of the diocese of Durham, b u t t h at t h e surplus funds migh t bo applied to suppl— y the spiritual wants of the diocese. ;.Several Bills were brought up from the House of Commons. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of the Town of Nottingham, pray ing for an alteration of the Beer Bill. SALISBURY presented • • The Bishop ofa petition from the Dean and Canons of the King's Free Chapel, Windsor, agains • t the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re venues Bill. Also a petition from two individuals claiming compensation for the loss of office should the Bill pass into a law. The Bishop of ROCHESTER presented petitions from the Clergy of Canterbury and Rochester against the Bill. The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented similar petitions from Farnham and Allsop, The Earl of CHICHESTER presented a petition complaining of British troops being compelled to assist at Hindoo and Mahornedan worship iti Indta,and pray log the immediate interference of her Majesty's Goveru• raent to put an end to such practices. The 13ishop of LONDON had intended to put certain vious evening, an understanding had been entered into to take one division, which would settle the question, and on that understanding the Hon. Member had with drawn his motion. He had acted, and he intended to act upon that understanding, and he did dot doubt but that Honourable Members on the other side the House would act in the same manner. He felt it would be a dangerous precedent, and he had said, when informed that it was the intention of the Hon. Baronet :o move to rescind the decision come to on a former night. tnt.: he never could or would believe that the Right Hon. Baronet. would be a party to such a i breach of agreement, and he 1,7‘;:1d not believe such A thing of any Hon. Member until be Ea:: it. After a few observations from Mr. Gouiburn, Mr. James Stewart, and Mr. Aglionby, in elplanation, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Mr. SANGFORD presented petitions from Somer set, against any grant of public money for Church Extension. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the incum bents of parishes and the owners of tithes in the dio cese of Rochester, praying that in any alteration of the law respecting the rating of the stock in trade, their interests might be attended to. The Hon. Baronet also presented a petition from the clergy of the Princip.tlity of Wales, praying that no person might be appointed to a Welsh Bishopric who was not acquainted with the Welsh language. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to present a petition from certain inhabitants of Troubridge, Wilts, relative to the imprisonment of Carrier and Potts, but the Hon. Gentleman stated that he thought it right to mention the petition alluded to a statement made in that House by the Hon Member for •Bath (Mr. (Burg-es), and therefore he did not know whether it would be received. The SPEAKER said that a petition taking notice of a debate in that House was irregular, and could not be' entertained. Mr. L. BRUGES had no objection, as far as he was concerned, to the reception of the petition, pro vided the orders of the House did not interfere with it.—(Cries of " No, no.") The petition was then withdrawn. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from a place in the County of Nottingham, praying the House to support Infant Schools. Also one from Lancaster, praying that our soldiers might not be obliged to give any countenance to idolatrous worship in India. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented peti tions from a coal-work in Somersetshire, and a water works in Newcastle, praying that their property might be exempted from all taxes for the relief of the poor. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Gallashiels, in Scotland, against the trade in opium and war with China. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. On Lord MORPETH moving the third reading of the Insolvent Debtors' (Ireland) Bill, Sir E. SUGDEN wished to ask the Attorney-Gene ral whether it was his intention to move the second reading of the Administration of Justice Bill that evening. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said that there were several Bills which it was necessary should be proceeded with that evening, and as it did not appear probable that the second reading could be brought on at an early hour, he should postpone it to a future day. Sir E. SUGDEN considered it matter of great com plaint, that a Bill of such importance should be brought forward at so late a period of the Session, and the cause of that complaint was increased by its being postponed when it actually stood on the first Order of the Day. Perhaps the Learned Attorney-General would fix a day, then, for the second reading. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not fix a day in the absence of the Notele Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies ; ,but he would take care that Right Hon. Gentlemen should have full notice when the se cond reading took place. Sir R. PEEL Wished to know what business would be proceeded with to-morrow. Lord MORPETH said it was intended to proceed with the Navy Estimates in Committee of Supply. (LEFT SITTING.) TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING HALF-PAST SIX O'CLOCK. GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 agst Charles—taken 6 to 1 agst Hetman—taken 6 to 1 agst Lanercost 12 to 1 egst Deception 12 to I agst Melody 20 to 1 agst Romulus 15 to 1 agst Beggarman—taken 25 to 1 agst Solace 12 to I agst Amurath 20 to 1 agst Pocahontas—taken GOODWOOD STAKES. 11 to 1 agst Clarion 6 to 1 agst Hetman—taken 7 to 1 agst Orelia—offered and taken 20 to 1 agst Forlorn Hope 30 to 1 agst Hyllus—taken 20 to 1 agst Bandboy—taken 20 to 1 agst Antic—taken 500 to 20 agst Drama 20 to I agst Sepoy 20 to 1 agst Pocket Hercules—taken 20 to 1 agst Potentate—taken 25 to 1 agst Opera 30 to 1 agst Mickelton Maid—taken 30 to 1 agst Welfare 30 to 1 agst Black Beck—taken 20 to 1 agst Pluto ST. LEGEJR. 7 to 2 agst Crucifix—taken 7 to 2 agst Launcelot—taken 12 to 1 agst Gibraltar—taken 15 to 1 agst Theon 14 to 1 agst Galen—taken 40 to 1 agst Maroon 500 even Drama agst Pocket Hercules for the July Stake. A strong muster but not much betting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH RACES. (From the Scotsman of yesterday.) The races 'over the Musselburgh course; for 1840, com menced yesterday. The attendance of spectators was thinner than has been known for many years. This may be accounted for in some measure by the uncertain character of the wea ther, which made people afraid to venture out. The day, though dull and threatening, kept up till between three and four o'clock, when it rained rather heavily. The following is the result of the racing : A Plate of 50 sous. given by the Duke of Buccleuch, for horses, &c. which never won 100 sovereigns at any one time, in cluding their own stake (two miles). Three to start or no race. Earl of Dunmore's br h Aladdin, five years old. Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's gr g Pyramid, six years old. Mr. Bowman's br g Easingwold, four years old. A beautiful race, and won by about a neck. The third not beat by more than half a head. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft. One mile and a quarter, for horses the property of, and to be ridden by, officers of the Queen's Bays. (Nine Subscribers.) Mr. Dallas's b m, Cuttysark, 11st 101 b. Captain Campbell's br g, Mango, six years old, list. Mr. Knox's br g, Newbold, six years old, lOst 121 b. Captain Mildmay's b m, Countess. Won by a head. Her Majesty's Plate of One Hundred Guineas, granted to the city of Edinburgh (under deduction of fees at Exchequer, &c.) (Heats, two miles). Mr. Ramsay's bl h, The Doctor, six years old. Earl of Dunmore's Aladdin. Mr. Robertson's Olympia. Won easy. VACCINATION IN AUSTRALlA—Greatanxietv appears to prevail among the Australian colonists on the subject of vaccination. A disease something similar in appearance has been known to exist. among the aborigines, and may in time be communicated to the colonists. Should such an event occur, says the Sydney Herald (March 16), it is dreadful to think of the havoc which must result; for the portion of our juvenile population who have undergone the process of vaccination is comparatively small, and nothing but the actual existence of the disease in the colony will induce the many thoughtless fa thers and mothers to avail themselves of the means of its pre vention which the Government has humanely placed at their disposal. About three years ago the supply of vaccine lymph in the colony failed, and for two years the colonists were with out the means of procuring vaccination for their children, until a supply was obtained from Van Diemen's Land. The same accident may occur again, and should the small pox appear at such a crisis, the devastation it would occasion would be fearful. The danger, however, is in a great measure obviated by the recent discovery of Mr. Ceely, relative to the identity of smal. pox and cow pox, which we need not now describe. Both the Van Diemen's Land and the Sydney papers abound with dis cussions on this subject.—South Australian Record. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—NO fewer than 67,154 persons were conveyed on the London and Blackwall Railway during the first eleven days from the open ing, and this, although only one line of rail is yet open and the accommodation at the stations far from being so complete as it will very soon be. The number of passengers would have been much larger had the Company's arrangements ad.. mitted of more frequent trains. On Sunday it is calculated that upwards of 90,000 persons presented themselves at the several stations, and out of that number, as appears from the returns, no t more than 8,313 co uld be accommodated. The second line of rails will be opened, we understand, i n the course of a fortnight, an d the despatch of trains will be much simplified and accelerated. Already several steam-boats are advertised as starting from the terminus at Blackwall. The mode adopted for working the railway has, we hear, given the fullest satisfaction to the Directors and en gineers of the Company. In fact they no longer look upon it as an experiment, and although various minor improvements will, of co lo u peetl r nswee s ser e oidmt , srhk suggest wr beyondbtl.mhae weeks,ecti between e:s s e e a n l 1 in: u e ati s elnheisndne i t n eigoat tn p hbfie. r ;yr a tmht c ill t li o i neti c eni rx e o.ev , r ntoia t luoreA h lted e incva lbo s oe o teruh u p oergea n s urdev power, iynsteoteetrfahs, station ioeci o , n-eer r stationsawpt h loit e slhiso p ibbu r elg i e n ho c itp i n . aWy amusingA R D season.—Railway K t d Tinzes'All natureST AK occurredE •A an on ci F r r c i u da m y s i t nt c h e e of C a novelouAnt N y A Co urt, before Mr. Sergeant Green,trying while an appeal from a decree o bt a i ne d by a person named Margaret O'Brien v. Keating, a minor. Mr. Freeman on the part of O'B r i en , the applicant, and, w ha as vin e g ngag bee et n i handed his instructions in Court, conceived he was employed for the other party, and accordingly showed that the defen -1 dant was a minor, and consequently not liable to be decreed. His Lordship agreed with the Learned Counsel, and the rule was about to be taken down, when he was informed by Mr. Darcy, the attorney for O'Brien, that he had been "in the wrong box," and, amidst the laughter of the Court, in which his Lordship joined, he very gravely commenced upsetting his own argument, and quoted several cases in support of his new position. He had, however, done the business effectually in the first instance, and his client was accordingly nonsuited, after a very entertaining scene. —Limerick Chroxick. EVENING EDITIOI\Y! FUTURE SPEED OF STEAM- VESSELS. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) Amongst the va r i e ty o f exper i ments now ma ki ng t o improve aid simplify steam navigation, that which at present most prominently engages t h e attent i on o f t h e public is the substitution of the Archimedian screw for the paddle wheels now in use ; and if implicit reliance can be placed upon the account of the recent voy age of the Archimedes from London to Hull, during a gale of wind, in which she is reported to have , beaten the Monarch steamer by five hours, we arc on the eve of a most important revolution in steam navi-ra tiod, as the ordinary paddle-wheels, with their morn:lens paddle- ,t,soxes, must be got rid of before we can hope to attain the m 'eximum rate of progressing througb the, water by steam. We have long ventured to express: our doubts of the acTairacov of the received th eor y o f the resistance to solid bodies moving through fluid s , an d eve have stated our reasons for differing from the p rett y general opinion respecting the n:lx,imum speed of vessels through the water. In our puchFation of Octo ber 8, 1830, we oberved that the " resistance to solid bodies moving through a fluid, according to the recog nised theory, increases with the speed in such a rare to preclude all hopes of impelling vessels of any descrip tion much faster than our best sailing ships now move by the action of the wind." We have alwoys thought, however, that if ten or twelve miles were the maximum speed of a sailing vessel, the fact is not to be reteived as a demonstration that a body of the bulk and exact form of Our largest vessels could not by any mean .a be impelled through the water at a much greater rate [than that we have just mentioned. In our opinion, if a sailing vessel cannot be impelled at a greater velocity than ten or twelve knots, the circumstance is not to be wholly ascribed to the resistance which the fl uid presents to the progress of the vessel, but to another cause. If when a sailing vessel, with all her sailssa. spread, has attained her maximum speed, mue e . l could be set, the consequence would, in all probaolit,y, be either that the masts would give way or the vessel would go down by the head. If we are correct in our theory, the fact that sailing vessels have never exceeded i the rate assumed is ne evidence that a greater speed s unattainable under any circumstances. That bodies: which present much greater surface, and of coarse. much greater resistance to the water than our largest still= . - ships do, can move through the water four or fire tunes. faster than any of our vessels, is proved by the vast ra pidity of the motion of the whale, although its Lead, or, as the sailors would say, its bow, is much more hluff,, and ill adapted for penetrating the water, than the bows of a ship. A whale when stink by a harpoon vri:it dart perpendicularly down with such velocity that it tr. necessary to moisten the rope attached to the harpoon, to prevent the friction of the rope igniting the gunwale of the boat. We arc aware that a whale is gifted with this extrordinary power by the great author of nalure, no doubt for the wisest of purposes, and that any - at tempt of human skill to impart the same energy too ur inanimate ships would be futile ; but still we maintain, that the rapid progress through the water of so asi wieldy a body as the whale with its huge bluff head, proves that the limit ordinarily assigned as the tate tat* sailing ships is not to be ascribed to the mere resistances of the water, but to the impossibility of carrying more' sail. That vessels are capable of moving at much greater speed through fluid than our best sailing vessels, has long since been fully proved by the rate of our su perior steamers ; and if the statement we are about transcribe from a recent number of the Greenod Ad vertiser, can be implicitly relied on, the speed of steam vessels exceeds that of sailing vessels thirty or forty per cent:— " STEAM WONDERS.—The same day which saw the: ifi'ChiMelieS pass the quays of Greenock also witnessed' the first trial of the Achilles, previous to her taking her place on the station for which she ha 4? been built, be tween the Clyde and Liverpool. This splendid ship is about 1,000 tons burden, and has engines of larger size than the Great Western. Although the day was un favourable, blowing a gale, the speed of the ship was la -!'.- tween fourteen and fifteen miles an hour through the water. This extraordinary speed was accomplished by the engines, which have a stroke of seven feet, making! nineteen and twenty revolutions per minute with the greatest steadiness." We shall not venture to offer any decided opinion ag to the speed which it is possible to communicate to IL steam-vessel, but we shall venture to express our con viction that the rnaximuta has never yet been at tained. We lay considerable stress on the velocity at which a huge and bluff-nosed wiole is known to be capable of swimming, which demonstrate; that the fluids may be penetrated by moving bodies with )much more rapidity than is generally imagined, provided an aJequate impellent power be applied. That is the mecha:noal problem which remains to be solved, and when we bear in mind the fact that locomotive steam-carriages have lately been moved on our railways at a rate five or air: times greater than scientific men believed to be pos sible when the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was first formed ; and when we further reflect upon the various improvements in steam machinery now in pro gress ;—when we take all these things into considera tion, why should we doubt that our steam-vessels may at some future, and probably not very distant tirae,, be brought to such perfection as to make the voyage between Liverpool and New York in five or six days, or even less Those who may laugh at what yfe here deliberately commit to paper, would have believed any man mad who, but a few years ago, should have predicted that a locomotive engine should in the year 1840 trivel at the rate of seventy-five miles per hour! and yet this mecha nical phenomenon has recently been witnessed on the North Midland Railway. Sunday evening, as the five o'clock train was on its way from LoNdon, near Romford, the hat of a man named Henry Jay was blown off, and he, in spite of the earnest expos tulation of his brother-in-law, J. Cooke, and when the engine was at 25-mile speed, jumped off to recover it! The train was stopped as quickly as possible, and the poor man was taken up senseless. On his arrival at the Brentwood station surgical assistance was speedily procured, and on examination an ex tensive fracture of the skull was discovered. The opera ion of trepanning being found necessary, it was performed, but he is now lying at Great \Varley without the smallest hope of re covery. The accident was occasioned by the unfortunate man's own rashness.— Essex Herald. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Jur.r• 22. AFFIRMATION BILL. (Continued from our Second Edition.) Mr. EWA RT said it was astonishing the Bill of the- Hon. Member for Lambeth, being an alleviation for the members of the Church of England, should be opposed by the leading Members of the two Universi tie ..—(Hear, hear.) He supposed that in doing- so they could only be actuated by a desire to support the Church as a separate sect. The very article to , which the Hon. Member for Oxford had referred, made the taking of an oath permissory ; the a-gument therefore, of the Honourable Member for Oxford was against, instead of in favour of, the Church. The Hon. Gentleman had stated that the Bill ought to have been extended to the cases of a Mussulman ; but as Mussulmcn did not object to taking an oath upon the " Koran," his Hon. Friend, the Member for Lambeth„ was not bound to include them in his Bill. He should support the Bill, believing it was a Bill in favour of li berty of conscience, and the furtherance of the interests. of religion.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON said that in legislating on the subject they should not look to the case of the party who might have evidence to offer, but to the interests of those whom his evidence might affect. The present state of the law deprived the public of the benefit or the evidence of honest witnesses, and offered to dishonest. witnesses an excuse for withholding their evidence. He was persuaded that the measure which it was then proposed to introduce would be found a public benefit. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it .. . 59 Majority ........ .. ... .. —32 The House then resolved itself into Committee. Clauses I and 2 were agreed to without discussion. On the reading of clause 3, Mr. FINCH objected to the punishment of hard labour being added to imprisonment, in the case of a person making the declaration in a Court of Justice, without having previously made the affirmation before two Justices, as required by the Bill. He recommended that the clause should be altered in this respect. Mr. HANDS was willing to accede to the recom mendation. But it was only justice to the Committee to state that the clause had received the serious con sideration of a Learned Judge, who came to the opinion that the additional punishment was necessary. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the omis sion of the words. Mr. HUME thought that persons would he deterred from prosecuting it hard labour were inflicted, and. therefore hoped the words would be omitted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that if it. were contended that such a provision would deter per sons from prosecuting, there would be a total impunity for crime. —(Cheers.) Mr. BRISCOE thought it might be left optional with the Magistrate. Sir R. PEEL said that the party, in addition to having a certificate from the Magistrates, must have made a declaration at Quarter Sessions. Mr. WARBURTON thought the punishment pro vided for misdemeanour sufficient. - Sir it. PEEL would suggest to the House the case of a person having a conscientious objection to take an oath, but having neglected to take the proper means to entitle him to take the declaration. Mr. HAWES said that case was provided for, and he would do it yet more effectually, if the Right Hon. Gentleman would support him in introducing a more extended Bill, and allow his name to be put on the bask of it.—(A laugh.) Mr. HOBHOUSE su b m i tte d t h at t h e wor d " vvil; ful must be introd uce d i n t h e secon d p ar t o f t he clause relating to the neglect to make the affirmatiou T' I .