The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-12 00:00:00

T HE QUEEN'S if, BALL. (eaom yew COURT cintareae ) L _Tlic' Queen ga 8. .7" t 4( ttco;::d t! , ;; "'St t'Vening, at Pet. ka.ahata Tito (...a,aa Present at the p!aar exc. edeel notelet thoa .at tenning any forteer givt n M,jest), Invitations having be en ext.2nde to the unpeccedeta llntuber of nearly two thousand The guests compri,:eo & tile R oyal Family, th e foreign Princes in this country, 1 ° Whole of the Diplomatic Corps, Foreigners of dis tof inction on a visit to England, the Ladies and Gentlemen rho nousehold of the Queen and Prince Albert, of the ipt,‘oeen Dowager, and o f the d;ffercnt members of the -7 / al Family, the Min stets of State, and the principal % ethers of the Administration anti their Larii.-s, and a eery numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry. LThe entire suite of state sal., ns wete opened for the t; the th tone room, as well as the ball' room, was epared for dancing, a quadrille band being stall reee ~.,I_)"th apartments. The picture gallery and the gr.fini " 140 04 were appropriated for the reception of the general torap an , Iva.lr Pr eViOUS to the cemmencement of the ball—the guests being received by the Queen and Prince The in th e ye ll ow drawing room. •rhe south end of the picture gallery, and the recesses 7 . an the sal ons were filled with rare and beautiful „ sur nha and plants in flower ; the grand staircase, and the Chilli -do and through which the visitors full u hered to e state apartments, were also most tastefully decorated nth chince and fragrant flowers. rtlti4 n d ine o'cl oc k t h e company b egan t o arr iv e a n d nue setting down with great rapidity at the lonic The in Pimlico, an d a l so a t th e gar d e n entrance'. 6.2 temporary erections at both entrances afforded the t eat facility for the ingress of the company ; that in garden had been consid-aa , dy enlarged and improved ,fmn the former hall, permitting three carriages to set ° , 1 , 11 at the same time o a t . guard of the Yeomen Guard lined the Sculpture tweet, the and Grand Ball under the command of Captain Dr a--r. ' the Eitel . ) in Waiting. The e fficers of the corps Id es ent were Sir G. P. Lee, the Lieutenant; Sir G. tl a ° , tlif ° l3 , the Ensign • and Captain Kincaid, the Exon on `he The band of the ' Culdstream Guards attended ir. v I...eereservatory. l e g r Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester da,ved, • ataended by her Lady in Waiting and the lion. vo 40:,:enel heir Ito r rin yal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge %Zee l e George were attended by Lady Augusta ere Bar on Knesebt ck, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay. Of e I mperial Hi g h ness th e G ran d D u k e C ons t an ti ne sti - ' BB ill was attended by Vice-Admiral de Lutke, Bear 143:0iral Count Heyden.Le Conseiller d'Etat H mune% d'Etitt rimm Le Colonel Lutkowsky, ecti d e Fredericks.z, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. . nGr Equerry to the Queen. tr eir R oyal Hiehnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke . by G e i s Duchess of Saxe Weimar were accompanied tki II Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. 401Z er e attend e d b y t h e Ca s, unte of Assenburg, Count /L e tt, and Baron de Ziegesar. 4°Yal the Highness tee Prince of Lucca was attended II Marquis Provenz ali. e ro Yal visitors we re co nd u ct e d to the yellow draw their (3°lll. Where the Queen and Prince Albert recoived illu strious guests. 0 e , before ten o'clock her Majesty and her Royal this aorta and the whole of their august circle, entered ltd gland saloon, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain he Lord Steward, an d a tt en d e d by the Mi-tress of i 13 ,rs, the Lady in Waiting. the Viscountess Joce De l t Lae Maids of Honour in Waiting. Lady Caroline Loe I l an d the Hon. Miss Paget • the Lord in Waiting, iq W Laam d the Master of the Household; the iroom W., a ; R : 11 7,, Major the Hon. A. N. Hood; the Equerry ,to 1 , -J h ' tt ng. Lord Allred Paget; the Equerry in Waiting kt, b. or. '; e e Albert, Colonel Bouverie ; and the Pages of we t e,', Mr. Henry W. Byng and Mr. A. Stuart ,Th .91 4 2 Queen wore a very elegant c3stume. The dress oil '2 jank end white tulle in two petticoats, over it hue otz t b ri mined with pink ribbon* and pink acacias, and Re e r!l with diamonds. keel a;esty's headdiess was formed of a wreath of 48.tind diamonds . u *"'?Yal llighnes Prince Albert wore a Field Mar airi er e ll &ro, with the ribbon and badge British a Ru-sian f aini t h t if knighthood the stars of the British order 0 , Th e (I( 'd, and the insignia of' the Go den Fleece. ittlttnlorgut:t party pasrall through the saloon into the . i l lnta a ;,7 2, and, on r Majesty's entrance, Mr. Henry 4 4 (l e 4 B ltladrille bane commenced playing " God save Oa 0 • ee• Queen passed on to the seats reserved for she I gn and the generaloy followed b her illus. azus guests - eari teen , • The company also entered the The farm Lord Chamberlain, •,by hi r Majesty's command, hi s 4; quadrille, and the Queen opened the bait with quadrille, Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Ri 4 tat" r,`.°313.1 Highness Prince Alb, rt and the Tiered* % S Gin Duchess of Saxe Weimar were the opposite / 'C'ei te ls 11°Yal Highness the Hereditary Duke of . Saxe ar, hts R oyal Highness Prince G. or,:e, his Serene tf S at e ss Pri nce E dward of Sore Weimar, the Duchess tleOt h mid,herla 911 • and the Vi s countess J o celyn, joined in aar i ll • 41•ezilier quadrilles followed, including-" La Fills duent C(Musard) " Pleiades" Cavendish (Tierney). and „ircles de Ti c h;" (Bosisio), "Esmeralda" (Coots), , 41 1 j - de , ' Tuileries (Tell). eque). i Gare, t4 l . the polkas dan c ed were Cerrito" (Lanner) \Tini te 'flci" ( 1 1andley), "Belfast"' (Tanney), ; • u nzl, ), "Salon" (Straus:), and " Narcisseu" (La (T' Silas tz "a were also danc , d, including " Caroline" (14kr.)e3), "Sophien Tsuz-" (Straus , ), " Morgetiland" eititzkeN, ) Woburn Abb;iy"'( I'inney), "Essex" (La- T ee Russulka" gallop (Labilzkv), was also danced. • th„ eomparry were serve:d w n i g • s . h r : t r o e rn 4r . eshineets during 'everting ieLt...ftehagdreen drawl „_After rime' • unll-room it :as been continued some time in the tner.ced in the throne-room, in nhich Mr. Chaellevse:bentmrodtel's bandd attended. The follow ttlg quadrilles Of.era.), (Tin os La Fll Mlle citua,aniaecgoeuinadrze7iatnN,huN!hientoh, (first t time —aa.sworth, The w e e (Musard), and Nina th _ Constantine Waltz," composed expressly for tettoiFFe.sion, Was danced; and a.te-rw rtls the waltzes 11 1 41 4 (C. Coot( ), Queen of - the Ball (D'Albert), (Straus (Tinney), Oriental (Labitzky), ana Concordia (St 6 fo llowing polkas were also danced:—Tambour tr a , l B ,o, Helena (D'Albert), Evelyn (Tierney), and 8p a (Goole ). Itati,P,Per was serve d soon a f te r t we lv e o'clock in the f lArei ui ,,lner room A range of tables were placed round b '; the apartments, and on them were &via% ed, tbce' succassive services of gold plate, sgittearrePed n c i t a:sive ornatnents'of the same costly illustratingejid some classical or pastoral subj-ct, )141-1,-eevecl occasiot rally by the graceful form of elegant a r "lapted f or the purpose o f t h e b anquet . A t t h e N4 l ' 4 the room, opposite the dosl• by which the com- Plat t g e nt ll erea, Was ereet.al a gorgeous buffet of gold ,142 1 „, i ng a d eep a l cove f orme d i n th a t s id e o f th e t - "Nld a a T he ba c k groun d was o f cr i mson , an d it was eti t C l with the choicest specireene of art in the Jet w a Ilaetals. On the base or lower shelf of the e 00 s Placed the " Neptune" epergne, anti on either t t kese were the " Hesperides" candelabra—each of r elliitZrks a lasting token of the genius of the great i T e G v t who designed them. In the centre of the he ta r , the Shi. Id of hilles, over which, and a t ,r of the butfett ' was she " Armad a U rn ." O n re at of the urn were two Etruscan vases, known as '4404 enus Ice pails," from the figure of the goddess the handle. In the upper compartment were eed. two very large embossed scent jars of h lt ntiquity ; smaller articles of great beauty la int 'P the interstices between the larger ; and due Sea he was taken of the present season in the display 4%1'4411 flowers in gold vases. The batf-t arts bra teed Y illuminated with wax lights in gold sconces and elltba, Pol T t , e ir Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand ‘ . 014, - , a nd Grand Ductless of Saxe Weimar, attended by the , s (ol ts `e B B Assemberg and the Baron Zigesar honoured the 40,;',echnie Institution with a visit on Wednesday. Their thit Highnesses were en g a ge d f or some t i me i n i nspecting Ilk irvarious models a n d o bj ects of interest contained in the Itt,itlche baton, p on,Atn a before leavingdthe Illustrious Prince and visit to illßeard's Photographic Portrait !P?aln, where ai his itoy a l Highness hOnoured the pttentee )t k ,,," a sitting of a few moment.,' duration the effect of which 13 1 1 1,:he production of an admirable likeness of the Grand Gr it , q7 AL FRE E HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.--His t trl a t: t he Duke of Buccleuch has expressly signified his in aeN.),tl, Of becoming one of the stewards, in conjunction with 4 1:11 ) i,, 41 other noblemen and gentlemen, on the fOrthcoming th e me_rgary festival, at which lienkunin- Bond Cahbell, Esq., at. i` h 4l ber for St. Albans, will preside. It is needless to %ace w illthe sanction thus given to the hospital by his Drestri,inost materially assist trenuous efforts at ttt e , tiv i. bei ng made, to restore the charity to its proper and tlliht fal,eethduess. All the available wards are not at pre „Niel the Committee of Management nut considering `uditionvesjustiiitd in incurring heavier responsibility untill Ta t a l Pecuniary means are provided. ilinei s l iit.Te SiR FRANCIS Wooti.—The will of Sir )e tb swo rt l i ndi eY Wood, Bart., lute of Hickleton and %2 "k 4 the in Yorkshire, was pi °yeti in the Court at r,,, l FOt c' ed L e 3d ult., and in London on the 31st.; it was gZ l eilk 4l i i he year 1843, and to which he added three I t t.!., e i ,_ n 1 . 1 1 son, the Right lion. Sir Charles Wood, to..4.lll,,"Ziic(ellor of the Exchequer and Member for t, T , C Sl, itivilteceeds to the estates, is the acting txe cu• Cooke, Bart , is also an executor Ittltirtdia:Plen:eti Plate, by till' (.rawißll: To his son he leaves all his fur hi% far Pietiires, diamonds, carriages, horses, cattle, 4 pr op er g stock absolutely, as vi,ll ac the residue of I)(l Ut tle ' t s r • er l/ 3.1 ,, aft " providing , for annuities and other t1 h ,,,, , aria , - litited the expenses of his funeral to '' , ll) 4 lives ti t u g th e live directed an annuity of 48/. to be pad kos ,rn aetorih 2 "A.Ta.tnes Murgatrt . )71, the schoolmaster • 1 115 0 r. • ftnd , ., A na , and f , ot his wile and son James, and to the. li tt ° , n gst r had lett legacies to each ot his servants. 0, 41 'eft reu tf :ptions nid acquaintances, to whom he tithier, Ant:" sby will, are the foll.wing:—.ll . ls ,t ran Ce • Bpi' hi s b r , Ll llders, and his son-in-law, J. W. CIA -4:41d; hi s Henry Wood; his brother-in-law, W. I Vi r l l if /tr ehte l - 3 " M ew, Charles Armstrong, and to Juliet .41 sl a 41 e", : i t c ° Adna i r a Sir. Charles Richardson, and Sir di r l., .Z • his executo To his friend J. Parker. tekteited tu ou r rn B .heflield, a bequest of 2001. And has Vcs ia. e. . ul g rings to be given to his nearest mit Aittr ia , (,_ kos„,,e have no `AWN M ARKET. , --FitiDAT I Jt'NE 11. actiirivee;ase in our supplies. For wheat the de ieet44,,ie hot last week's prices are made. and in Some Itt Vrealua-111,sereexeceeded. 0.0.8 and shelling in fair request for th e ar e re P2_e 5 . - Beans remain without alteration. eilelh., e b est ltuebted to state that the prize of 1.0001. :%0 warded„ ure of the Baptism of Christ in the J erdan pot • to 181 r. John Wood, of 65, Upper Charlotte -413 richer taarka Vi . , v 3". 7 is the catalogue. • THE S .NT, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1847. UN IVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OxFo::D. Just,: ..nth-rn n , Aere I rt d *l'L'');!..d.t.is at Qu ell ' S C. , rt. t.e Culfe g e ; end A.l , :ert S;-e , rs d F ilonry ch,ve r School, wai this e'€,-t••,1 C•:rpils Christi Colt e . Mr. Sr.:t.litig- 1).;y, of N,rwich, was this day elected able Clerk of Wadharn College. Herr Ftitlerstlorir wai yesterday elected German teacher to the Tsfor Institution ; and M. BLe was elects d teacher of Freneh. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 11.—At a congregation held this - !ay the following degrees were ece.ferred:- I) ,, etor in Divinity (by royal ina. , date)—The Rev. H. Pliiipott. Master or Catherine Hall, and Vice-Chancellor t!:e Univer,ity. 1) ct-rs in M. dieinr—l) W. Cohen, Caius Colleg ; C. J. Hare, Caws Colh.ge. Bachel,rs in I);vioity . W. N. Griffin, St. John's College; Ge.lrge Martin, St. John's College; John Latham, Queen's College; A. hl. Ploro, Queen's College. Mater of Arta—S. J. Stern., St. John's College. Bach , lore in Medicine—A. W. Barclay, Caiiis Col ; I) B. Ken4lell, Ca us College ; C. 1). Waite, St. Peter's College. Bachelor of Arts—A. B Frez - T, Trinity College. BARNABY LECTURERS —At the ,'acne c..tigregation the ft tiowiog gt-ntternt n , ere elected Barnaby Lecturers tor th, , 3 ear ensuin.::— _ _ Mathematics— If. W. Harper, St. John's College. Pnil.,soph) —.J. Richards. Sidney College. Rhetoric—E. R. .I‘,.%eed, King's College. Logic—W. 11. Carr, Catherine hall. Tn' totlovving Graces also passed the Senate: — I. To appoint Mr. h.ckards, of Sidney College, deputy proctor, in the absence of Mr Kingsley. 2. To allow the a reation of doctors in the several faculties at the ensuing commencement to take place in the LAW schools. 3. To allow the creation of masters of arts at the ensuing commencement to take place in the Arts schools. MERCHANT TAILORS SCHOOL. Yesterday being the Feast of St. Barnabas, the elec tion of scholars to St. John's College, Oxford, and the annual examination, tot& place before the Master (Mr. Alfred S. Pigeon) and Wardens (Messrs. Johnson, Britt.-ii, and Costek4 r) of the Merehint Tailor.' Company, nt the school in Suffolk-lai.e, the Examiners being the Presuli-nt of the Coilpge (Dr. Wynt,,), the Rev. W. W. Stoddart, the Rev. H. L. Mansell, Senior Fellows ; Profissor Browne, of King's College, London; and Piofessor Maine, of- Trinity Col lege. Cambridge. After the ex minarion the customary speeches were delivered in the school room by the h.-ad scholar,, Messrs. James H. R,id, William T. Warne, John B Behrendt+, H. rbert U. Church, Churl, s Ai. Srylw, William Phil ito, Willidm H. Hart, anti Thomas Russell. The delivery of those orations was marked by much pro priety and good ta-te. The two head monitors, Messrs. J. H Reid and W. T. Warne, were elected to the vaca.itt r•choltirships in St. Joha' s boilege, Oxford ; Messrs, 1 - 1. D. Church and W. Wright were elected scholars on Dr. Andrews' founda tion ; and Mr. William ShiHai.) was allow , 3d to proceed a. exhibi , ioner to Pembroke College, Cambridge. The Rev. J. A. HESSEY. D.C.L., master of the school. then a• bounced that the tollowing prizes had been awarded:— William Wright, the Montetiore Hebrew Medal. Chief prizes—Class:cs and History. J. H. Reid; Latin Prose, W. T. Warne; Latin Verse, J. B. B. h. rends; Greek Verse, C. M. S:y le. Chief Mathematical priz, J. B. Behrends. Chief French prize, M. tjook - son Various other prizes for proficiency - in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Maiheinatic4, French, Writing, &c., were di.tributt.d. The customary banquet was giving by the company at their splehdid hall. The master of the company. Mr. Alfred Staines Pigeon, presided, supported by the Pre sident of St. John's College, Oxford, on his right, and . . V • „ the 'Marquis of Westminster on his left. The other mernbt-rs of the company and gue.ts present included the Earl of Sheffield, the Earl of Eldon, Lord Ashley, Loro Sandys, Lord Faversham, Sir Stratford Canning, Sir George Clerk. •the Vice Chancellor of England, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Sir Fi;zroy K.-11y, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Hudson. awl other Mewbers of the House of Commons. Tile dinner was, as usual, of the first quality, and the selections of songs, glee-, Sic.—tinder the direction of Mr. Hobbs, assisted by Mes.rs. Francis, Gray, Lockey, J. Kioch, Hatton, and Machin—was made with great taste, and the pieces were admirably executed. After the u-ual toasts iron' the chair, including " Church and Queen," £he Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, and the Royal Family," in the inurvala of which Breathe boa le Winds," and " Blessed be the home where love mikes his d.•elling," were given with exquisite skill by the musical corps, . . The MASTER gave, " The Army and Navy," a toast pun, ... to .)y CoIoneI..IBTHORP. which was suitably res dd I S , Thy MASTER then proposed the health of the Princi pal of St. John's Coil, ge, Oxford (Dr. Wynter), and the two senior telluws of the College then present, the Rev. W. 11. S:oddart and the Rev. 11. L. Manse!. He ap uealed to the result of the examination of this morning as furnishing evidence that the scho.l was kept up at least to an r culality with other public schools. 1)r. WYNTER said he received with peculiar pleasure this walk of approbation ; he bore his testimony to the ability_wtth. which 11w Inas ers of the school had per funned their duty, aid he had no doubt that the boys ,tho wont I in fLture be sent from Merchant Taylors' School to St. John's College would do as tn. ch honour to it as others had done before them. The Ntasi.Eu then rose and slid. they had heard from. Dr . . .V 3 tiler ilk opinion of the efficiettc) of the school, and be would venture to say he mid not overrated the high character o. the masttrs. lie had opportunities himaelt of appreciating their ability and perseverance, and hs proposed " The health of the Rev. 1)r. Hessey, the bead mater; the R. v. J. B. I teene, the Rev. W. Blunt, the Rev. H. Russell, and tile Rev. E. West." Dr. lIESSEY returned thanks. It was a matter of great satistaction to him and his colleagues that the state of the school had been round so satisfactory by the Principal or St. John's. It reflected great credit upon this city school that it had sent out seven hundred boys connected with one of the priecipal colleges of Oxford. The CHAIRMAN recretod that public engagements had pr, vented several individuals of rank from. being present on this Occasion who had expr,s,ed their desire and intention to join them. There were, however, se veral uaembers. of the house of • Peers amongst, their guests, and he called upon those who heard him to ex pre-s their high opinion of that body of hereditary le gislator,, who had proved theyiselr, s able protectors of Lb, Gown against the encroachments of the Foiople, and a barrier ot prot-ction to the people against the power of the Crown. Ile propos. d'• h-uith of the Mar quis ut Westminster and the [louse of Peers." The Marquis of WESTMINSTER, though i-pe.,king as an individual peer, could assure them that the hertaii tary branch of the Legislature hit the responsibility cast upon it, and that the ilberties of the country might with ou, tear lie entru,ted to the keeping of the peers. The N,.ble Marquis concluded by ixoposing " ihe health of the Mastei of the company." Mr. PIGEON, the master, in returning thitils adverted to the retrial ks which hal been sometimes made upon the manner in which the charitable trusts of this country has been discharged, and expressed his conviction that they had been most faittvully and religiously ful filled Bad this not been the cas., in the course of .200, 300, or 500 pars, the abuses would have been re vealed. The toasts of " The Hero of Waterloo," and " Sir R. Pcel," wire then proposed trout the chair, and re sponded to with much animation. In nnnouticing the las , the Chairman said, although they were not there to discuss the merits of political questions, he might be allowed to notice the consummate ability, perseverance, industry, and eager desire to serve his country, which hat at ail times dcstinguisbQd Sir Robert Peel. Upon the health of the Bishop of Tasmania being pro posed, The Right Rev. PRELATE expressed his great sense of obligation to the Meicnant Taylors' School, to whose fostering care he owed everything, and especially the privilege of being pc-rmitted to carry the tidings of sal vation to a d►stant and benighted land. `• The Members of the tlouse of Common's ;" " the Gover or and Daputy- Governor of the Bank of Eng land ;" " the Dean of Westminster ;" " the East India Comp tny ;" aLd " the Earl of Eldon ;" were severally drank aid acknowledged. The party then retired to coffee. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.---1 he Princess Royal trans. port, Lieutenant W. C. Harris, agent, arrived yesterday Irvin the West Indies, with invalids a!,(1 returned stores and passengers, Mr. C. Whyte, staff surgeon ; Mr. %V bite, staff-surgeon ; Mr. Butler,assist(tut r urgeon; Mr. Mandle Ordnance tit pariment; Lieutensitt Cross, 88th Regiment ; Captain Stace, Royal En,:ineers ; and invalids from the underinentioned corps;-88th, Ist Roy4ls, 23d Walsh Fusiliers, 7th Roy s 1 ditto, 19th Rt•gituent, and Royal Artillery. The Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander James J. M'Cleverty ,arrived last night, with important dispatches train Lisbon, with which she came timed) . into harbour. She is order, d to ckal and make good defects with all possible exit( dition, ready to (eke back replies to the dispatches, which are expected to arrive to-night. The Frolic, 16, Commander C. B. Hamilton, will be paid off to morrow. 'I he Scourge steam mortar- vessel, Commander James C. Calfin, , ads docked to-day to overhaul and clean her copper. Her mortar is to remain fitted on ihe. plkn of Lieutenant J. Rt , berts, of the Royal Marine Artillery, the experitnent of yesterday having proved eminently succe::Aul as compared with the old plan. In the Ilarbour—Vtctory, Exe*.l.ent, Vengeance, Vic toria and Albert. and Frolic ; Polyphemus, Avenger, Myrtle, and Undine stcatners ; and Maria Soaves tr‘ns port. In the Basin—Britannia, Retribution, Odin, and Ajax. In Duck—Prince Regent, Scourge, Champion, Ser pent, L, ander, Sappho, and Fairy. At ti..pithead— St: Vincent, Howe. Determination of hlo.ld to the head, apoplexy, &c., effectually prevented by the occasional use of Framptun's Pill of Health, which, by strengthening the action of the stomach, and promoting a healthy and regular digestion of the food, prevents a recurrence of those symptoms of this alarming disorder, giddiness, oppression of the brain, singing noise in the ear, lead dere, &e. They are an excellent aperient, without griping or prostrati on of strength, create i appetite. relieve languor. and nvigorat e the ; while, to the free liver or sedentary, they ofler great and important advantages. Sold by all venders rt medicines. Price Is. led. per box. • See the name of "Thomas Yroutf 229, Stra4d, Loudafi," ou the gove,rumeut gawp. . ELECTION MOVEMENTS. StfUT 11 LANCASHIRE. MANCHESTER. FRIDAY.— Ihe active and energetic operations w• ich the tree traders of this district hav now b., n cart ing on for some weeks for the return the H. C. P. Villiers, are likely to be brought to suddi n close by the riairean ut of L .rd Brackley. This m ate following document from his Lordship him self made its appearance, and his caused quite a sensa• Lion, although in fact it is but the result which most men looked for, but. still few expecte-1 it so soon. It may be mentioned that Mr. Villiers'c(ntmittee have been most active. It already numbers from 1 300 to 1,500 and wa• rapidly filling up to the required number of 2.000: " TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. ' 2, Hamilton-place, June 10. " I ventured late ly to address you in the character o a candidate for your suffrages at the approaching gene ral eI , cti 0. I address you now not to disclaim or ti• apologi , e for the motives which induced me to aspire tt. the hor.our of your service, but to announce the with drawal of my pretensions. Ido not feel myself justified in endeaveuring to maintain, against the declared wisher and opinions of a considerable body of the constituency. pretensions which I cannot ground on past service or personal ability. With feelings of sincere gratitude to those, neither few nor unnatural:if, by whom my former address was received with acqtriescence or approbation; with no feel ing towards others but the desire eventually to concilirAt , their better opinion, I respectfully acquaint you with the devrmination I have above announced,—l am your faithful and obedient servant, " BRACKLEY." TA .1 WORTH. FRIDAY EVENING —Anothrr address has been issued by Mr. William Peel. The Right Hon. Gentleman per• siats in his resolution not to withdraw from the contest. although he says he has been requested so to do by requisition signed by less than one fifth of the consti tuency. fie expresses a hope that his brother will re ceive the support of every elector, and he concludes b) saying, " I conscientiously believe it is the wish of very large majority of the electors that I should sprit. represent you." Captain A'Court has not yet issued an address; but Captain Townshend, the old Liberal candi date has; in it he declares that he will not come forward (.11 this occasron. WINDSOR. All doubts as to the person who would offer himself to " the tree and independent electors of Windsor" as the Government candidate at the ensuing election were set at rest yesterday evening by the issuing of the ad dress of Lord John Hay, one-of the Lords of the Ad miralty. Hi, Lordship says—" As the Parliament will. in all probability, he dissolved at no very distant period, I beg most re,pectfully to offer myself as a candidate for the honour ot representing your ancient and distill. ruished borough at the approaching election." His ad dress concludes by statinv that " he will take an earls opportunity of personally waiting upon the electors, and of sol , citing the honour of their support, wh , n he shall he prepared to state his views on all those important questions which necess4rily interest the: public of th is great country ." Mr. Neville not having, , as,yet, _issued any sddre-s to the electors, has led to a rumour that it is not his intention again to contest the representation of the borough, but that he intends (in the absence of an% other wendidate star:ding for the borough) to let Lord John Hay and Colonel Reid walk over the course. His friends. however, especially those wh , brought him for ward in 1641, confidently state that he is fully deter mined, at all hsz irds, not only to be put in nomination, but to proceed to the poll. On the other hand, a coal' tion has been spk!ken of between the G:wernment candi date and Mr. Neville. There appears to be not the least foundation for this rumour. Colonel R, id's friends are e qatlly sanguine with the friends of Mr. Lord John 11 . iy's return (with the Glvernment and Castle in terest) has been " booked" as certain. His Lordship's address is dated from the Admiralty. W ALLIN GFORD. An active canvass is being carried on among the elec tors by Mr. Alfred Morrison, of Basildon Park, the new candidate for this borough. Committees in the several district's sit daily to promote that gentleman's return, and c..nfident expectations are entertained of his dis• placing the present sitting Member, Mr. W. S. Black stone. Mr. Morrison, in an address to the electors just issu. d, says—" Ot the voters whose intentions I have been able to ascertain, a large and honourable majority have pledged me their support, arid others I understand are so favourably ditposrd towards me, whilst so tew comparatively have actually promised my honourable opponent, that I fully believe I shall become the Mem ber of your choice, and the representative of your senti ments. BLACKBURN. Various unfounded rumours as to the representation of this borough at the next general election having been inset ted in the columns of several of our contemporaries, London and provincial, we take this opportunity of stat irg, that with the exception of Sir William Feilden's re.tonation, and the determination of Mr. John Hornby to offer himself again as a candidate, no other authentic informa , ion has yet been made public.—Blachburn Standard. BRIGHTON. Lord Alfred Hervey and Captain G. R. Pechell, the present Members, have addressed the e!ectors as cardi. dates for a rene% , al of past favours. A third candidate in the Radical interest, is Mr. William Coninham, of Sussex square, Kemp town, who comes forward in corn. phanee with a numerou,ly el requisition. Lord A. Hervi , y, the Tory Memb:r, was elected by a majority of two to one. GLASGOW. We have been requested to state, on the best autho rity. that Mr. ll3stie. the Lord Provost, will most cer tainly t resent hitu.elf tu the electors as a ean , iidate. and that formal intima‘ion of this will be given in due time. —Lla,:gow Chronicle. NORTH DURHAM. None of the candidates have yet commenced a perso nal canvass, but Mr. Shafto's agents in each polling dis trict are working in a quiet way to advance the interests of their candidate; and Mr. Shafto has addressed to each el«ctor the following circular:— " Having o ffered myseit as a cat:didate for the northern division of the county of Durham, I take the liberty of soliciting the favour of your vote and interest. I shall take an early oppirtunity of paying my ret•pecta to every elector m the division ; and I hope, in the mean time, I may be excused for soliciting by letter a favour widen is tint in my power to ask in person at the present mom, tit." It hi Low certain that Lord Seaham will not be a can didate, and there are indications that the influence of Lord Londom.etry wilt be quiescent in the approaching strugg;e. Colonel Beckvvitti's party speak very conti• (lenity of z u eces a, but thete is no apparent concvat be tween the Liceral candidates, and a coalition is now con sidered bar , ly pos.ible. If each candidate Ntatids a con test itidependent • f rival interests, the struggle will be an arduous one in the present divided state of the Con servative party. DURTIAM CI rY. There will, in all probability. be a very animated cun t( st toi th}• city of Durham. Mr. Granger, the present Liberal Member, will' be again a candidate, with the certainty of hie election. Mr. Bright having some time ago intimated his intenti.;n to retire, Colonel Thomas Wood, now M.P. for Middlesex, and nephew of the Marquis of Londonderry, is to be the candidate in the Wynyard influence. His chance of success is doubtful, as the differences Ize-tweeu the Conservatives and Lord Londonderry, arising out of the election of Mr. Bright, are not unoerstood to be adjusted, and an influential party of Conservatives will not support any candidate brought forward in the Wynyard interest whilst past misunderstandings remain unsettled. If the Conserva tives could be brought to act with cordial union they could s: cure one seat. A second Literal candidate in the person of Mr. Fawcett, of Durham, High Sheriff of the count), is expected to be in tLe field, and as he is very popular in the city with the Liberal party, and has many private friends who will not oppose him on the score of politics, it is nut improbable but he will beat a Peel Conservative, even under the powerful influence of Lord Londonderry. - PORTSMOUTH. Two Tory candid.ttrs are announced, Captain Camp bell, R.N and Mr. %Villiam Jones. S I'AMFORD. A meeting of a number of electors was held at the George and Angel Inn on Wednesday, at which it was resolved to send a requisition to Mr. J. Holt, Q 0., of the Chancery bar, solic.ting him to become a candidate in the indepeneent interest. Front a star' inent made at the meeting, it is fully expected that the requisition will be accepted. It has bet n stated, from good autho rity, that the Marquis of Granby will again be a candi date ; the other nominee in the Burghleyinterest has not been mentioned.—Moreing paper. NORTH CHESHIRE. (From the Chester Courant.) A meeting for promotinz the election of Mr. W. Tatton Egerton and the: Right Hon. E. J. Stanley as Members for North Cheshire, on the expected di,solu lion of Parliament, was held at Knutsh.rd on Al,,iiday laht, and further adjourned to the 17th inst. From statements submitted to the meeting there seems to be no doubt 'that this political compromise will be success fully carried into effect, as the promises of support are sufficient to secure for those g..ntlenien a majority of the constituency. He will, therefore, be not only a bold but a rash rush who shall venture into the field to oppose so formidable a coalition. NOR 111 A NIPTONSH IRE. (From the Cambridge Advertiser.) We hear that Mr. Mauti ell will not again come for ward as a candidate for North Northamptonshire, and it is defin'ttely arranged for Mr. Vernon Smith to solicit the suffrages on Liberal principles. It is said that the Conset-vatives have no objection Ito this arrangrment, provirted Mr. A. S. O'Brien is uttorposed ; but many of the Whigs are confident that two Liberals ntay be re turned, viz., Mr. V. t-'mith and Mr. Jones Loyd, the eminerti, banker, who 04 ns considerable property in this divisior, of the county. should both declare themselves candid, rtes it is thought that Mr. O'Brirn will retire rather enter upon an expensive contest. EIIBOROUGH.. (From the Cambridge Advertiser ) AU is quiet respectine Peterborough. Sir R. Heron will rretire, after twenty-five years' faithful service; and it is , determined that Mr. FitzwitlLni and Mr. Cavendish will lbe the future representatives. DI E WEATHER, TRADE, &C.—After a month's un disturbed sunshine the temperature has become cooler, and set 'era' refreshing showers have fallen during the present wt . This will be most favourable for the crops, especially on stiff lands; the wheat is now ready to burst into ear; turn ps and potatoes are looking exceedingly well, and there is as yet no indication ( , f disease in the last mentioned root. Frui t trees are much infested with insects, whose ravages have 3 much thinned what bid fair to be an extraordinarily hea' ;y crop. Since the pricsot grain has fallen there apvears tot a better feeling among manufacturers, and 'the-money mat .-kE , has become Sulzewl4g. Iwo lavourage•-a•Wortager. Ob a CliroaiCYO ' FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. The Swiss journal the Helvetic publishes the following lorrespendoece which ha , taken place between the Pre id. nt of the Swiss Directory and the Pet nch Awbassa or. The following is the letter of the French Ambas ador. M. Bois . le Comte t -- "M. to President,—lt was my first intention to present .0 your Excellency only th e exp re ssion of our wishes that your ma g i stracy may bring happiness to Switzer Lind, but I feared t h at th i s, ' devoid - of a ll exp l anat i on , might make you b e li eve that there was some di saccor d between me and some of my colleagues. The circum stances which attended and followed your election, the peeches you delivered before and after it, have appeared o me to render it necessary for me to open my relations with you by an expose whi c h can l eave no doubt as to ur principles in 3 our mind. This course will be more candid and more proper. I have to explain myself on wo subjects, the corps francs and cantonal independence. Guizot, in his letter of March, 1845, expressed him self as regards the corps france in terms which make it innecessary for me to add anything. He has founded `its right to express himself in this way on the right of ,vely Government to protect the bases of order, and the elation between nations against the principles and dis a.ders by which they may be attackers. He has founded +t also in the more direct interest of Flmm, and it is as -aspects that interest principally that I address you, for 1, as in the sittings of the Grand Council, the chiefs of :he state admit excuse to provide for the care of a people. imagining that its Government is too tardy or too weak to doing it justice, takes justice into its own hands by resorting to force, the same principle may be applied to he relations with foreign states as well as to those with other cantons. The 15,000 French who reside in Swit zerland on the faith of treaties may one day find them selves exposed to this popular justice, and our frontiers /nay be compromised. All security of relations would disappear with a Government which should admit this princitle, and which cannot answer for the armed action its populati,n. It i s a l so i n th e name of our direct interest and of our pos i tive right that I speak to you on the second que st i on respecting wh i ch I h a ve to treat with you. E v e r y nat i on is i ndependent, b u t it is one of the attributes of its independence to have the power of restraining its exercise by treaties with other nations. France has done this several times, at different periods ,f her history, particularly in renouncing the faculty of rortifying several p arts o f h er tertitury. Switzerland has done as France h as d one. Whilst preserving her independence, she has signed a treaty which limits the exercise of it on some fixed points. I speak to you of the dispositions of the act of the Congress of Vienna, to which the diet of Zurich adhered by a solemn declara tion. The Act of Vienna doss not recognise a Suisse unitaire, but a Suisse federative, composed of 22 cantons. one or more of these cantons should one day say to us that its independent existence was menaced, and that it was sought to substitute a unitary Switzerland for a can, tonal Switzerland, recognised by treaties, and say that thereby our treaties were attacked, we should have to consider whether our treaties really were attacked. The very nature of this sort of questions, the consideration of the right and fitness of raising them, renders them so depend e nt u p on c i rcumstances connected with. them, that there is always a risk of fallinginto error when-they are prematurely discussed. We have therefore not done this. We have confined ourselves to the simple resolu tion expressed by the words, we will examine. lam per fectl3 enabled to add that we will do this in per;ect ac cordance with the spirit and intention of the powers who aigeed the said treaties, and particularly with Austria, who stands with regard to Switzeraind in a position perfectly analagtus to ours from contiguity of frontiers." " M. Ochsenbein the President," says the Helvetic, " the next morning paid a visit to M. de Bois le Comte, and read to him his answer. M. de Bois le Comte im mediately objected, as be had not intended to remit a note verbale, but only to deliver his discours par ecrit. M. Ochsenbein thereupon requested him to receive his answer as a discours ecrit, and which seems to us to express correctly the opinion of the people of Berne as well_as of the Government." The following is the icesident's answer M. le Comte I In thanking your Excellency for the good wishes you have expressed towards Switzerland on the occasion of my entering upon my functions, I am bound to make the following observations on the con- tents of the verbal note you have delivered to me. This note refers to facts which are personal to myself, and of which I have rendered no account to the authori ties, or to the public opinion of my country, and you foresee eventualities upon which I am not called upon to explain myself; either personally, not agreeing with the consequences drawn from them, or in the name of the Directory or of the Confederation, not being warranted in answering officially such communication without being authorised. I feel it, however, to-be my duty to assure your Excellency, that the federal authorities will not make any attack upon existing treaties and that they will in all cases entertain the firm will, and have the power to cause respect to be paid to public order and the rights of the people throughout the Swiss territories, even when they at the same time oppose with no less energy every attempt at foreign interference in their in ternal affairs, and that they will never allow any power or any minority of cantons the right of interpreting the federal compact, —a right which belongs to the Confede ration alone." THE SMALL DEBTS ACT. TO THE EDI fait OF BE SUN. SlR,—The short, but excellent, article which appeared in your columns on Saturday evening, relative to the discharge of a prisoner by the Court of Common Pleas, who had been committed to prison by one et the County Courts for the non-payment of an instalment, without any notice being given of the intention to apply for such committal, entitles sou to the unqualified praise arid gratitude of all those who are unable but willing to pay, and who are either suffering from threats (or actually undergoing an imprisonment in pcenam, unuer circum stances never contemplated by the trainers of the Act, or the legislative body that passed it). The following case is well known to me, and similar ones are far from rare.—An order under the Small Debts Act was obtained in the Court of Bankruptcy to satisfy a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. The defendant was ordered to pay the debt and costs, amounting to some 251, odd, by instalments of 255. a month. His employment being temporary, and only during the sitting of Parliament, he remonstrated on the operation of the order -during that considerable part of the year in which he would have no certain means of existence. The remonstrance was useless, the Cotrmis• slon ,q. saying that the Act gave him no power to use whier:setsuis:en:ncivoents were regularly paid, but when his means such discrimination. So long as his occupation lasted the n o g f er th a e ble P( t iw u days' o co c n o s i ci fi u n e e t e l confinement toti.nthaatgtahorleawtaws atshertnhhaert ,crotino lake the order—ceased, he t he necessaries, gut into debt, and hat expectations and friends, in addition to bOdily health, in his efforts to keep from so dreadful a punishment. Had he the opportunity of stating why the instalments were not paid previous to coaitnittal, he could have insisted on the protection of the Act, which do, s not give incarceration to the willing and poor, but to the unwilling and able to pay debtor —I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, EQUITAS. June 7, 1847. MARKET INTELuGENCE. (From the London New pry Current ot June 11.) SUGAR.—Tc-day prices ceased to decline for Raw Sugar, as the market was less freely supplied with all kinds, both of free and slave labour, and all parties are operating with greater freedom. In %Vest India Muscovado extensive pur• chases have been made, bath by refiners and grocers, and 1,000 hhds were disposed of at the decline noted previously; some parties, however, will not sell thereat. REFINED.—To-day the borne trade were induced to operate in Refined goods with more freedom, in consequence of further reduced rates being taken, brown grocer) lumps selling at 60s. and standard lumps at 61s; bonded Crushed Sugar is held for former rates. /11Aue1nus.—This afternoon the purchases made in Mauri tius Sugar was on a more extended scale by private treaty; and 1,029 mats at public sale were sold at full rates. Easy INDIA.—To-day there was a better demand pri vately for all sorts of Bengal Sugar, and former rates were fully supported. FottEittm—To-day Foreign Sugar met with more atten tion privately, and the parcels taken by exporters and the home trade were at full rates. Of clayed Manilla 5,t 00 bags were taken for export, but the prices have not tra , spired. COFFER.—Thin afternoon Native Ceylon was not much in demand ; and 1,356 bags at auction went at a reduction on former rates of 6,1 t Is, good ordinary selling at 36s 6d to 375, real good ordinary 37s to 37s 6d, and damaged 27s to 35s 6,1. 31 bag., Plantation mold at 55, 6d to 56* 6d. Of Mecha 41 ball-bales were sold ; /toddy mixed greeu at 455. 18 bags Batavia at 34s for pea berry. Taa.—Notwithstandit.g the -continued large deliveries of all kinds of tea, and the low rates th at preva il , st ill t h e home demand has been limited by private treaty this week both for black and green; indeed, the business has been less than in the former one. For exportation there are few buyers of any kind. The rates taken have in some cases been even rather under those of last week. The public sales went oft with heaviness, and of 15,000 packages o ff e re d , only 1,800 were sold, and t hese consisted chiefly of Tea out of condition, ' and went at bid to is sd. Some Flowery P - t'sue of sound quality sold at is to is Did for c!ean rather flowery, whi c h was 2d to 3d per lb under former rates; arid Ool ong went at the moderate rates of 'lid to is 9 1: 1 for fair to fin e . RICE.—To-day the demand was extremely limit e d for all sorts of East India Rice, and prices are on the decline; 19s to 21s is the value of low to fine white Bengal. a T s li e b r e e en. are limited,se l l sellers rsaantdformerthem parcelsre reduced rates, at public but the demand sale, amounting to 600 chests , wer e on l y in part sold. Sago SAGO. 13 Flour is dull of sale at 27 5. Sricas.—To-day at public sale 20 casks I bag of Nutmegs were only in part sold, middling brown Batavia 2s 9d, mouldy Is 10d to 2s, wormy and broken 6d, which is about the former value; sound limed of middling quality was taken in at 2s 6d. Of Mace 8 casks were sold at steady prices. SPIIIIM—To-dav there was a considerable increase in the demand tor Leeward Island Ruin, but crice, did not improve; the large quantity of 800 puns found buyers at 3s proof strength. Other kinds of Rum sold more freely ; Eastlndia proof at 2s 10d, and Jamaica at 4s fitt to 5s 4il for 28 to 36 per cent over proof. INDIGO.—Thete are not sellers under the rates of the last quartet ly sales, all kinds of East India have bent operated in with caut ion by exporters arid the home trade. For the 13th July 1.489 dusts are declared. In Spanish little business has been done, and the tendency o price is downwards. COCHINEAL.- - The demand has been brisker this week, pri vately a fair quantity has been purchased , whilst the rates obtained have been rattier above those that existed pre viously, and there is a less quantity on offer. SALTPETRE.—To•day sales to a fair extent were made privately in Rough ; at public sale 343 bags of Calcutta were sold at stiffer rates. On.s.—This afternoon at public sale 70 tone of Southern Oil were sold at 231 to 25: fur low to fine quality. Wool.—The market is in an unfavourable position for this article, the supply is exceeding the demand, and prices are going down. At the public sales which commenced Pester. day, there has been but a small muster of the trade, who have manifested little desire to operate, whil st moroba,.th have been willing sellers, and submittea to a reduction on the rates of the last quarterly sales I4d to 2d p er lb. T , i4..now.—There has been a briskdetnand for Russian on the spot, and a further advance in the value has taken place. There appears to be a desire on the part of the trade to get illl4 SWA; it All7l th asly CI ;in Mrs rikaargiz Yellow Candle, of fine quality, has been selling currently at 50s 9d to 51a per cwt; and at which holders are firm. For delivery in the last three months of the year many purchases hare been made. Home made met with ready purchasers at the improved rates of 49s 6d to bOs nett cash. Oilier kinds of Tallow have been in increased demand, and brought further advanced rates. Thi3 of ernoon the parcels of Tallow offered at public sale found buyers at stiff rates. LAW IN tELLIGEN CE. BAH, COURT, June 11. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) THE QUEEN V. THOMPSON.—CAIMINAL INFOEDIATION. Sir F. THESIGER said that in this very extraordinary case. where a role to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the defendant for a libel on a lady of the highest respectability, the defendant had not appeared to oppose the rule; he therefore would move that it be made absolute.— Rule absolute. CRIMINAL INFORMATION.—RAILWAY RECORD. Sir FREDELICK MESMER applied to the Court for a criminal information against the Rai'way Record, for having charged Mr. Kirtley with incompetence and recklessness in the management of the Brighton line, in relation to the • late lamentable accident which occurred upon that line on the 31st of May last. The article complained of was in the paper of the sth instant. Rule to show cause granted. THE MORNING CHRONICLE. A similar application was granted against the Morning Chronicle, for having published the same article. THE QUEEN V. -- Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., applied, on behalf of the Peruvian Minister in this country (Colonel Iterregui) for a criminal information against two gentlemen, natives of Spain, for having published a libel. The affidavits being defective, the motion stands over. RA LWAY COIII3IIITEES. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) Room C. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (WIDEN ING, Ac.) GREAT WESTERN (FRANCE TO JOIN TEE LONDON AND SOUTR-WESTERN AT MAIKRZTE). (Continued trom our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Him having addressed the Committee in opposition, called on Mr. Locke, the engineer to the South-Western, in support of his case. • ' The Committee adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP VIII. SUTTON HAILBOVIL zarapnovzikrzwr COM PANY- (POWER TO THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN TO SUBSCRIBE THERETO). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) }fr. Potbury, tide-surveyor at Plymouth, corroborated the eviuence ot last witness, and deposed to the great necessity which existed for the improvement and the deepening ot the harbour, and preventing the accidents which were of such frequent occurrence. Mr. Walker, Queen's Harbour-master, was examined to the same effect. _ _ _ Mr. Isaac Nichols, the secretary of the company, gave evidence in favour of the Bill, and stated what would be the difference of the dues at Milbay and at Sutton Pool under the new Act, in favour of the latter. The Committee then ad ourned till Monday, when they will proceed to hear further evidence on behalf of the pro moters. GROUP XXX GREAT NORTHERN MIL Or ARROW= MILTENSZON). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Witnesses were then called to show the importance of this line. Mr. Whittaker, landowner and farmer, Mr. Casson draper, both of Thome ; and Mr. Matthews, magistrate of Hatfield, were severally examined, and deposed to the great accommo dation the railway would give to Thorne and the district generally. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. GROUP XXXIX. The Committee met at the usual hour this morning; Lord Chutes Wellesley in the chair. CLARENCE RAXLWAY, AND LEEDS AND THIRSZ AMALGAMATION. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in disposing of the special clauses in this Bill. GROUP XLV. =WNW:MGM AND PEINTN. (Continued from oar Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The room was then cleared, and after parties were ad mitted, The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble was not proved. The Committee then adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OFLORDS.-(YESTERI)AY.) Before the Earl of SHAFTESBURY' and Lord REDEEM - ALE.) _ . • The Bill for the Weymouth Branch of the Southampton and Dot chester Railway was passed. The Committee decided that the standing orders bad been complied with in the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rail way (No. 2); in the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway sNo. 3); in the Saffron Walden Rates Bill; in the Swansea Docks Bill; in the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester shire Junction Railway ; and in the Lynn and Ely Railway Deviation to Lynn Docks; as also in the Dublin, Dt,ndrum, and Rathlarnham Bill; and the Great Southern and Wes tern (Ireland) Extension from Portarlington to Tullamore. RAIL WAY RETURNS. itatLwaT Tassfic.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : West Last gl ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. y • r..) June 6 Amiens and Boulogne .• • .......... 530 - Aruroath and Yortar • •• • • •.. •••• •• • • 252 216 4 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • . • • • • 761 785 3 Dublin 2nd Drogheda• •• • /-76 913 Dublin and Kingstown . ....... • • 1,090 1,382 6 Dundee and Arbroath . ...... 349 294 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••••• • •• •• 3,336 3,515 6 Eastern Counties and NoilhEastern•• 11,527 11: , .006 5 East Lancashire •• •••• • • •• 1,048 - May 30 r.astern Union • • .................. • . 1,402 - June 5 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • •• 2,661 2,309 5 Glasgow and Greenock ••••• • • • • •• • . 1,171 1,129 - Gravesend and Rochester •••••• • • •• - 5 Great Southern and Western .. 1,330 - 6 Great Western, &c • ........• •....... 23,391 21,793 - Ipswich and Bury- •••....,• •••••• • •• •• - - 4 Lancaster and ..... 1,283 - 5 London and North Western, &c..•. . 47,900 6 London and Blackwall .•.••• • • • • .... .1,343 1,658 5 London and Brighton .•••• • • .. 6 London and South Western .•• • • • ... 9,419 8,609 5 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 9,4)84 1 , ,218 5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 2,248 3, , 09 5 Mary port and Carlisle • • .. •. • 609 490 5 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • 20.097 19,474 5 Newcastle and Carlisle • • ••••• • • • • . 2,289 1,830 5 Newcastle, Berw.ck, and /forth Shields 927 681 5 Norfolk ... ...••••• • • • • • • • .... 2,068 1,603 5 North British .. •••••• ••••••• • • • • • .. 1,743 - 6 Paris and Rouen ... - Preston and Wyre• ••••••••••• • • •• • . 1,244 5 Rouen and Havre 2,877 - 4 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 382 - 5 South Eastern and Branches ........ 8,715 10.483 4 South Devon .......• . 1,231 b Taff Vale •• •• •• • 6 Ulster. •• •••• 3 Whltehaven Junction ............... 211 - 5. York and Newcastle . .............. 7,774 7,068 5 York and North Midland ..... ...... 6,311 5,617 RAH, WA Y SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Juan 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Ox ford Junction. 6% p.-Chester and Birkenhead, New 201. Shares. 1% dis.-Eastern Counties, 19% -Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, I p.- London and North-Western, New Quarters, 10 , 4 p.-Ditto, Quarters (B), 5 p.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares, dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, (W and . Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 2 1 / 4 p.-Ditto, Eighths, 1 3 4 .-Midland Stock,. 121 -Ditto, 401. Shares, 4 % p.-Ditto, New, 3 p. -Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 p.-North British, 31 1 ,4-Ditto, Thirds (s .. crip), 1 p -North Staffordshire, p.-Preston and WYrr,•klalves (B). 4 p.-Scottish Central, 7 , 4 p.-Shrews bury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares ( B), 3 A dis.- South-Eastern and Dover, 36 1 A-Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, 1 ,4 dis.-Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), 1 i 4 dis.-York and ;Newcastle, Preference, 3 p.-York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 10 1 4 p.-Ditto, Preference, 8 5 4 4 p.-Dutch Rhenish, 2% dis. hIA.NCIILSTER, JUNE 11. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferential 4. p.-East Lancashire, New (,crip), 1-16 dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 7-16 die. -Leeds and Thirsk, Preterentials, par-Leicester and Bed ford, s dis.-Manchester and Leetl., 321. Shares (late Ex tension), dis.-Ditto, Yitths,(W.R.U.). dis. -blanches ter, Sheffield, and Linoolitsliire; Quarters, No. 1, 2 3 / 4 p.- Ditto (Grimsby, 201. Shares), 3 dis.-Manchester and Southanipton, 30s. dis.-North Staffordshire, p.-Preston and Wyre, Sixths, 534-Shropshire Union, 2 cis-South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 ‘ dis.-South Staffordshire, 11.16 dis. LEEDS, JUNE 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting , barn, and Roston, 265. 3d. n. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 255. dis.-East Lancashire, New, 235. dia.- Ditto, New (scrip), 3s. 6d. (U.-East and West York shire, 1 1 4 dis.-Great Northern, 1 3 A dis.-Leeds and Brad ford, 451; p..-Leeds and Dewsbury, par-Ditto, Halves : 7s. 6d. p.-Leeds and Think, 6 n. dis.-Ditto, New, 434 n. dis. -Ditto, Preference, 68. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid land, 21s. dis-London, Brighton, and South Coast, 53- Mahon and Dritheld Junction, 16s. dis.-Manchester and Leeds (late Ilud. and Sheff ), 5 n. p.-Ditto, 321. Shares, par c.-Ditto, West Riding Union, is. 6d. dis.-Midland, Preference, 2 3 A n. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 North British, Thirds, I% p.-Ditto, Quarters, 235. p.- Ditto, Extension, as. p.-.:orth Staffordshire, 2N North-W. stern, 30s. 6d. a. dis.-Wharldale Junction, 1!4 ais.-York and North HULL, Midland, Preference, 874 p. JUNK 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and B. stop, 258.-East Lincolnshire, 7%-Manchester and Leeds (1 est Riding Union), 4s. dis.-North British, Thirds (scrip), 525. 6d. GLASGOW, Jura 10. STOCK F.XCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 395. 6d.-C a l e d o nian, 29%-Ditto, New, 405.-Direct Born bay and Madras, 2 E 6- Dun dee and Perth, New, 121. 19a -Ditto, Quarters, 635.-Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, 15L -Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ayr, 117 1 A-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 40 1 4-Ditto, Halves, .No. 1, 81. 6s. 6d. Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 04-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car - 5 L 9,.....Gia5g0w, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 44- Manchester said Southampton , 9s. 6d.-North British, Thirds, 5 I s.- Wishaw and &knees, 494 THE DissoLvrtori.—An impressive and somewhat oppressive contemporary—be appears weakly...discourses of the dying of the present Parliament. " The tars/w a r he says, "is laid before the door; the de a t h -r a tt le is in the legislative throat." s o b e it. In the hope of getting a still better Pat lianaent next time, we consent to be "pleased with the ratue, 0404 Ina tia 1triv47414k46 is iggens IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, June 11. The'r Lordships met at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons broucht up several Bills, which were ordered to lie am the table. LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. On tip. motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was read a third time and passed. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions from Birmingham in favour of the Health of Towns Bill; also from Warwick, Canterbury, Coventry, and other places, to the same effect. PORTUGAL. Lord STANLEY wished to know if the Noble Mar quis the President of the Council had issued any in structions with respect to the prisoners of war that might be taken by our naval forces off Portugal; and if so, if he had any objection to lay them before their Lordships. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he had not received the papers, and therefore he could not give an explicit answer to the inquiry; but he might observe that the surrender of the prisoners had been made with out any conditions, and that they were not subject to any peculiar restrictions. Lord BROUGHAM then gave notice that he should bring the subject of the armed interference with the in ternal affitirs of Portugal before the House on Tuesday next, and he trusted therefore that any Information which the Government might possess would be laid before the House. Lord STANLEY said that, under the circumstances, and in consideration of the intimation of his Noble and Learned Friend near him, he begged to give notice that, on Tuesday next, he should move that their Lot d ship should take into consideration the present state of the affairs of Portugal, with a view to obtain further information than any which they at present possessed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that all he had to state was that he really possessed no further information than that which he bad already given. Lord BROUGHAM begged to explain, that as his Noble Friend had given notice of a motion, he would withdraw his own inquiry. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought that good reasons ought to be shown why this interference had taken place, fur the decrees of the Queen had been issued on the 7th of October, and this interference had only taken place within the week. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—That might be at ;ended to at a future time. SPANISH BONDS. Lord BROUGHAM begged to present a petition from the Society of the Spanish Bondholders, praying the interference of the Government in their behalf, and that the authorities in Spain might be induced to pay the arrears of their debts. In making this motion he could not but observe that it was E qually drtes;able and eishonouiable for men to repudiate their debts, as had been done with so much shamelessness by othErcountries. The petition stated that the Spaniards had the meals of paying, for their revenue bad greatly increased since the debt was contracted. The petitioners prayed that their Lordships would take their case into their most serious conshferation. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN itAIL WAY. Earl FITZWILLIAM was desirous of calling the attention of their Lordships to the report which had been laid upon the table of the House of Commons re lating to the great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland. The report, which had been prepared by Mr. Walker, recommended the encouragement of these un dertakingsas one of the best mans for getting rid of some of the prevailing evils of Ireland. Hitherto thelabourers of Ireland had been unaccustomtd to receive money wages, but the introduction of these works Lao the sister king dom had produced a great change in that respect, and he thought Government could not do better than give their assistance to similar undertakings. He begged to move that the paper be laid upon the table of the House. Motion agreed to. NATIONAL EDUCATION SCHOOLMASTERS IN HOLY ORDERS. The Bisi , op of EXETER rose for the purpose of bringing forward the motion of which he had given notice, a few days since, Thatit is the opinion of this House that persons in holy orders not exercising eccle siastical functions, ought not, as such, to be ineligible to the office of schoolmasters in schools receiving the aid of Parliamentary grants. In bringing forward that motion he felt deeply impressed with the necessity of her Majesty's Government adopting that resolution. It was highly necessary, tor the benefit of the rising generation, that the principle of his motion should be carried out. Many of those whose interests he was advocating were persons of the greatest intelliger.ce, and though not men of the wkrld, they had their hearts free from those in fluences which could disable them from discharging the duties of teachers, and were peculiarly well qualified to impart instruction. He said that the Noble Marquis, on the 25th August last, when the Minutes of Council were drawn up, had made no conditions which excladed clergyme❑ from the situation of schoolmasters. The inquiry was as it affected the clergy. What was the fit ness or the unfitness of nem:oils to teach? It appeared by the resolui'ons, that the parochial clergy were to assist in the examinations, end if that were so, it follow d as a natural consequence that there must be a course of instruction in which he could concur, for if it were not, how could they take part in the examination ? Then there was ance her question raised by these resllutions, and that was as to how far the doctrines thought in the school were in accordance with those of the Church of England, and in conformity with the principles - or the authorised ver,ion of the Bible. The Right Rev. Prelate then read a series of extracts from toe resolutions, in order to show the restrictions which are imposed upon the clergy of the Church of England. He could not un - derstand w hy a clergyman could be eligible to the office of inspector, and yet be deprived of performing the functions of a schoolmaster. It was an anomaly he could not account for, and he hoped the Noble Marquis would explain clearly and distinctly why so singular a distinction was made. If a clergyman were incompetent to fulfil the duties of one situation, surely he was capable of perform ing the functions of the other, and he must confess to their Lordships, that he was quite at a loss to conceive upon what grounds this resolution of the Council was to be justified. The motives which governed the Wes leyan body in their recent negotiations were evidently that they wished the Government to support them, and that the same as-istance should be refused to all other sects, except those who might happen to agree in the same religions opinions as themselves. That body had most strenuously opposed the appointment of or dained persons to the situation of schoolmasters. And the Government had, in his opinion, most improperly given way to these objections. There was one point to which ho wished to call the attention of their Lordships in the correspondence that passed between the Comniittee of the Wesleyan body and the Lord President of the Committee of Privy Coun cil, and that was with respect to the liturgy and cate chism of the Church of England. The Noble Marquis had consented, in reply to the application of the Wesleyan body, to permit the catechism and liturgy to be dis pensed with in their schools, and thereby encouraged the Wesleyana in their resistance to the oziginal minutes and regulations on education. He denounced this conduct of toe Noble Marquis as most unjust, and a breach of faith with the Established Church. But this was not only done now for the first time, but the act itself was in direct violation of the trust deed under which the Coun cil of Education was established. The schools carried on with the funds raised by the minute of Council were conducted up. n the principles of the Established Church, and yet their Lordships bad an tifstance of her Majesty's Government committing themselves to a course of pro ceeding that was in direct violation of those principles. The schools established by the We•sleyans were formerly only two per cent. of the whole number in existence. and it was too bad that a body who had only availed themselves of the minutes of the Council to so - small an extent should be suffered to extort such terms as those of which he complained.—(Hear, hear.) What had the Wesleyans done to entitle them to this concession, if concession it were to be called? Why, on all occasions they resisted the progress of education when based upon Church principles. They resisted the educational clauses of the Factories Bill in 1839, and on every oc casion they had shown themselves antagonistic to all advancement or improvement iu the Church of England. lie would not detain their Lordships further, but simply move the resolution of which he had given notice— namely, " That it is the opinion of this House that per sons in holy orders not exercising ecclesiastical func tions ought not, as such, to be ineligible to the office of schoolmaster in schools receiving aid from the Parlia mentary grants." The Marquis of LANSDOWNE (who was, as usual, inaudible in the gallery) was understood to say that the motion of the Right Rev. Prelate expressed nothing, and when carried it could be . prod uc ti ve o f no good. It was proposed by this motion covertly, if not directly, to establish the rule; that tecedtication to be afforded by the public money voted by the state to the council of education should be conducted and administered only by clergymen of the Church of England. Now, such a re solution would be in direct violation of the opinions of Parliament, already expressed upon this subject. The Honse of Commons voted the money for the purpose of education, and to no other purpose could it be applied; and yet, in the face of all this, here was the Right Reverend Prelates asking their Lord ships to pass a resolution to sanction the diversion of these educational grants to the promotion of the Church. He could not consent to such a pro ceeding, but if the Church really required the aid of ad ditional funds to secure the services of a new class of clergyanen, let the Church come forward and tell the Parliament and the country so, and not seek to attain the object by indirect means. Let them understand what they were about, and if they were to vote money for educational purposes let the funds be applied to those purposes, anti to none other. The Right Rev. Prelate had accused him of a breach of faith in treating with the Wesleyans upon this subjtct. For the life of him he could not see how he had laid himself open to such a charge. Parliament voted the additional funds for the purposes of education, in order that these education grants might be rendered available to the Wesleyan body, who formed a large proportion of the populati on of this country. H ow could be blamed then, or how could he have laid himself open to the charge of a breach of faith by consenting to an arrangement proposed by the Wesleyans, which was strictly in accordance with the spirit and principle of the grant, and would do away with the objections they must otherwise entertain, to participating in funds voted by the state. The Wesleyans were a most numerous and powerful body, and he considered that it was his duty to hear their opinions on the subject. And it was be cause he thus acted that he had fallen under the censure of the Right Rev. Prelate, and he was not ashamed of the course of conduct which be had pursued. The ro iliest of the Wesleyan body wee the most rational one that could possibly be made to the Government. The 414°46141 irti. of to w4ole body were sbuut to meet. , together in a few days, an d t h e deputation desired 1 to have some official information on the subject to I communicate to them. Nothi ng cou ld b e more reasonable. I lie did not wish to charge upon the I'Veslepais the gift of prophecy, but they did most certainly state that a short time only would elapse before the Bishop ofExe , ter would en d eavour to i ntroduce some measure similar to that which he now proposed. It was not till within this very late period that - the Right Rev. Prelate had discovered the necessity of adding the stipends of the schoolmasters to that of deacons. He believed that if the motion were agreed to, the result would be that the whole of the funds voted for the purposes of education and founding schools would be expended in training deacons for holy orders.—(trear, hear.) The e ff ect o f this experditure would be that each of these persons would receive from the funds of the Committee, For upprentic,ship for five years X 95 Expenses at normal school .......... 7O Services as schoolmaster 125 Making a total or. ................. £290 to be expended in the formation of deacons fur the Esta blished Church. lie need hardly say such was not the pur poseof the Government in bringing forward their measure and he hoped that their Lordships a ould not sanction any departure from their intentions as embodied in the minutes of Council on education, which had received the cordial assent of the Legi•lature. With respect t o the motion itself, he would beg to say that persons in holy orders wete not now ineligible to the office of schoolmaster, but there was no d,ubt that it was inex pedient under cover of such a measure to augment to so large an extent as was, to all appearance, the desire of the Right hey. Prelate to do, the number of persons in connexion with the Established Church receiving funds appropriated by Parliament for a totally distinct and different purpose. He should, therefore, feel it his duty to move the previous question on the motion of the Right Rev. Prelate. _ _ Lard STANLEY thought it unfair on the part of the Government to lay down a rule at the request of the Dissenters. debarr.ng the clergy of the Established Church from a pi rtici pation in the benefi ts of the Government grant as schoolmasters in connexion with the national schools. He was not a bigot in education, and had no wish to prevent the disse - iting boo ies from participating in the giant fin education, and if they were to urge that the master proposed to be appointed to one of their schools, belonged to the Churc of England, they wou:d be per fectly justified in doing so. He wished, however, to speak of the Dissenters with the greatest respect, because a more disinterested and rest)• ctablo- body, and one more desirous to promote the purposes of education did not exist; but he did not consider that they had any right to demand that a cleriryman of the Church of England should not have aid from the State for educational pur poses when he sought it.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Marquis said, that it was not their in ten'ion to train up schoolmasters who might at a future time enter into other pursuits, but he (Lord Stanley) thought that if they were to enter into holy orders that their services for the purpose of education would be far better secured than they would it the present state of things continued.—(Hear.) For instance, employment as clerks on the railways, and in other occupations, which are better paid than the office of schoolmaster, would be sought after ; but if he were called upon to enter into holy orders, such a state of thir,gs would not occur, and his whole attention would be secured for the purpose of education. He did not think that the Noble Marquis Lad met the case put forward, and thinking that this was an unjust exclusion, he should support the motion. He thought, however, that the object of the Right Rev. Prelate would be answered by the discussion which had taken place ; and, therefore, he advised him not to divide upon the motion. The Bishop of NORWICH considered that if the motion were carried by their Lordships, that it would not be carried in the other House, because it would ex asperate the Dissenters, and these, as the Noble Lord had said, were not times to turn from the work of conciliation. Even if it were adopted, he did not think the thinking portion of the Church would be satisfied with it, because it would partake of an exclusive character, and would not be tolerated. Still he thought that a schoolmaster should be elevated to a higher office. He was most strongly opposed to the funds of the country being ap propriated to those who at a future period were to be paid by the Church. It was their duty, he thought, to lessen the gap which existed between the Church and the Dissenters. The Earl of CHICHESTER saw no reason why schoolmasters should not enter into holy orders, as he believed that the prospect of their elevation would induce them to discharge their duties with greater effect than if they were simply to remain teachers. He was opposed to this motion, because he thought that it would not be fit the benefit ,either of the schools or of the Church itself. The Right Rev. Prelate had read several extracts, which showed the anxious care which had been devoted to the system of instruction in schools, but be hoped that that instruction would not suffer by the absence of the honour which thr Right Rev. Prelate had it in view to confer upi;ti the ,choolwasters. In opposing this natitii4i, he did not wish to separate the office of schoulm.st r and religious teacher, but he thi : iuOit that ;hey would tie much betti r lett upon their present basis, and therefore he could not give his assent to the motion. The Bishop of SNLISBURY said that he did not intend to diter upon the gt-neral subject which had been raised in the couNo o' tins debate. He entirely con curred in what the Noble Marquis had stated with re spect to the arduous :ld difficult functions of the Com mittee of Council upon this subject, and he thought that had such a proceeding- as the one recommended in the 'notion of his Right lion. Frh-nd been advisable it would have been adopted. Ile thought that in order to allay the unfi:nd,d jealousy which was entertained by cer tain purp.ons in re,pect of the application of these funds, the Goternment had laid down ruh-s which might have somewhat injured the Church or England schools, but be was extremely glad to hear that such was nut the case. After a few words in explauutiun from the Bishop of EXETER, The motion was withdrawn. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF CUTIIMONS. June 11. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up, and ordered to lie on the tabl,:—Lincoln's Inn Rating; Oldham Alliance Railway; Rathmines Improvement; Caledonian R a il way (Purchase or Lease of IVishaw and Coldness Railway) ; Inverness Municipal and Police, &c.; Inverness Har bour and Navigation Tyne Docks ; L9eds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Ossett Branch. and Dewsbury and Morley Stations); Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) ; York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, and North British Railways Amalgamation ;- Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway (Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch) ; Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation. The reports on the following Bills were further con sidered and agreed to:—Edinburgh and Northern Rail way (Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the North Shore of the River Tay); Kilmar nock Police Improvement; London and North-Westertt Railway (Orinakirk and Rainford Branch, &c.); Lynn and Eiy, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dere ham Railways Atnalgaulation; Stockport Manorial Tulis and Bridges. THIRD READINGS. There were no less than 40 railway Bills standing for a third readin4 this evening; but, in consequence of the suggesiion of Mr. Strutt, they were all postponed till Monday, in order that clauses might be introduced in them in accor dance with the resolutions passed last night. On the suggestion of Mr. W. PATTEN, utter a abort discu-sion, it was arranged that the House should sit on Monday next at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of con sidering the third reading,; that had been postponed to-day, in order that the Bill might be taken up to the House of Lords the same evening. Mr. RICE presented a petition from Dover in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. EDUCATION. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the Catho lics of D. ptford against the scheme for the benefit of education. Mr. GISBORNE presented a petition •rocn the Roman Catholics of Staffordshire to the SRITIO effect. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Colonel SIBTLIORP p9stpon, , d nil Tuesday next the following motion respecting railway accidents, as he un dersti,oft it was the intention ut the Hon. M mher for Suinierlatid to oppose it :—A return of the sums of money actual►y paid by each railway company us com pensation to the widow and children of persons killed, or to the individuals who have been injured in travelling by or while employed on each railway, from 1840 to the ' presei.t period, stating the nature of each accident, and the amount which hss been . giv..n in each case. IRISH RAILWAYS. Mr. M. J. o'6olstßELT : pri;senced petitions for the encouragement of railways in Ireland from the guar dians of the county of Cork and Kilkenny, and hem the grand jury of Kerry. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the inhabi. tants of the Tower Hamlets in favour of the Bill ftr this purpose. NAVIGATION LAWS. The HoN. also presentfd a petition from Limebouse against a repeal of the navigation-laws. MEXICO. Dr. BOIVRING said that seeing the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department in his place, and as there was no business La fore the House, he wished to ask whether her Mqjesty's Government intended to take any measures tor preventing the lamentable state of things now existing between the Americans of the United States and the Mexicans, and to prevent a repetition of the dreadful effusion of blood which had lately ensued. Lord I'ALNIERSION had to state, in reply to the question ct the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, that the late Government tendered its good offices between the two parties, and the present Government had t peated th e o ff er i n a more f orma l mannr in neither case had the parties themselvesavailed offer. Of course, under these circumstances , however e of the bu much they might lament this state of things, they could PRIVATE not interfere.—(!dear, hear.) ir t t ti tit i t is expedient that th e eon stitall Committees on P r i vate Bills. N uion il andtrllE practice in future sessions of Parliam e nt , should be assimilated as moved of nearly as may b e to those of committ ees on R a i lway Bills; and that it be an instruction to the Committee for revision of standing orders. to make pr ov i s i on accor di ng l y. sir R H. INGLIS . said there wer e man y o bj ections to t he principle of this resolution, and as it was liksly to give rise•to a good deal of discussion, he hoped his goli. Friend would postpone it, in order that the more inn- portant 'potion relating to Portugal might be proceeded with. Mr. Mag did not think the !notion ins likely to give ri; : e o discurhioth be to. wider - m-0a its