The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION, moans of the wounded—the passing by of coffins—and the universal desolation—presents a distresing aspect ; and I am perfectly unmanned. It would seem that the baud of Almighty God had fallen upon the South ! Such was the ruin at the landing, under the hill,' that when the boat arrived at 4 o'clock this morning, they all on board sup posed they bad not reached Natchez. All the New Yorkers here are safe. The plantations around the city are uninjured. With praiseworthy alacrity many wealthy men, such as Colonel Bingham and others, bave repaired to the city with large gangs of slaves, and are clearing the streets of trees and timbers. You can judge of the force oI the storm when I tell you that Parker's Exchange, with brick walls at least thirty inches thick, is crumhlcd to a mass. (From the Cincinnati Chronicle.) The William French passed Natchez only 10 hours af:er and at that time the citizens were entirely engaged in taking out the dead bodies from the ruins. &yen ladies bad already been taken from the ruins of the steam-boat Hotel. The lOss on board the flat boats must have been awful, as it is reasonable to presume that at least two per sons we.e on board of each boat, which would make the number lost in this manner upwards of two hundred The estimates on the spot by the citizens of Natch7z, varied frc.rn throe to seven hundred. It is stated that the family of Mr. H. P. Postiethwaite wa.; presctved in this singular way : .•(..Yee of the 'Children became frantic or alarmed and ran into the cel!ar—the.other members of the family followed, and just as they bed all reached the cellar the house was blown off. The family of Mr. Watt, of the firm of Burke, Watt, and Co., were accidentally led to leave the dinner table and go out kto the yard, and instantly the room they had left was blown down. It is stated that many persons were blown f..cm the streets into the river. H nc far the ' , ravages of this storm extended we did not leer Sorne say that it was not felt in its greatest vio lence anywhere but in ,tr.d near Natchez, but that is hardly propatie. At Napoleon, Arkansas, twenty-four hours after the str.rrii at Natchez, a house was blown down and a flat boat sunk with five men. A gentleman informs us that he saw the ravages of a recent tornado above Vieks tura. and conjectures it was the same storm. At five o'clock on the car following there was a violent hail storm in Louisville, which paised through Fr.inkfort. The roaring of the great tornado at Natchez was heard di,tinetly at New (Means. and the course of the wind, and other circumstances attending the storm, are said to con firm the great principle in the theory of Mr. Espy : the rushing in of the air from all aides to the centre of the storm, and then passing up in a column. It was also ob served ti:at rooms exploded with the expanding atmospheric air, caused by the ins!autaneeus purification of the air on the outside. THE STORM IN THE WEST. GEORGETOWN, Kr., Max 12, 1940. Tl;3 weather' is quite cold for May in Kentucky. Last Friday afternoon we had the most severe storm I ever wit ceased; hailstones fell as large as a common sized turn.. bkr .„ one that we measured after it had been in the house :3 few minutes was seven and a half inches in circumference. It is feared tlrzt most of the fruit is destroyed The rye and the wheat have suffered very much. Tiles W.nr.AT FIELDS.—We are happy to learn from all pares of tlic .State that the wheat fields never looked so well and promising in Michigan as they now do. The cold wet weather has had a most favourable effect upon them. It i 3 supposed there is ene-fourta more wheat in the ground this year than last. All Michigan wants to become the wealthiest State in the Union in proportion to her po pulation is a sound currency of specie or its equivalent. so that labour can receive its fair reward.—Detroit Free Press. (From the New Orleans Bee of tha loth inst.) ARRIVAL OF A STEAM SHIP FROM EUROFF.,—The arrival of the steam-ship Argyle, from Liverpool, made some stir in the city yesterday. This is the first vessel of the kind that has ever come amongst us from the old world. She is of the smaller class of steam-ships, and is destined, we believe, to ply as a packet between this port and Vera Cruz. a trade well suited to her size and equipments. She is well built, and her canvas is that of a hermaphro diw brig. We have been furnished with the following particllirS of her voyage, which has been somewhat cir cultous:-- The ArgyV left Liverpool on the let of March, and after having elnerienced boisterous weather in the Bay of Biscay, arrr:ve 1 at C.diz in ten days, where she lay the same num` er o! . days, expecting passengers, &c. ; but from the small dimeasiona of the boat they were afraid to em bark. Fom that port she proceeded to Madeira, where she arrived i i four days, and lay there the same time. From thence she proceeded under canvass, without steam, anti arrived in Havannah in thirty-four days, without ha viog su toned the slightest damage. She left Havannah on the 7th, and, a short time after she was out, the mid dle ring of one of the paddles became unwedged, by which all the floats (buckets) gut adrift, which were renewed, but with a similar result. She then got under canvass. ;Intl' the useless. wheel was secured, and then proceeded with one wheel. She made the Belize on Tuesday night, and came to an anchor. She got over the bar about nine o'clock, and arrived in New OrleanS by six o'clock in the morning, Having come up with one wheel. CANADA NEWS. (From the Quebec Gazette of May 21.) The woods to the north of the city are ou fire for a considerable extent, principally in the direction of Stone ham ; the whole of the beautiful amphitheatre of moun tains surrounding Lake Beauport is filled with a dense smoke, and presents a singular appearance as viewed from the ramparts. The continued drought has rendered the Lru.shwood and- moss dry and tender, and it is feared that considerable injury will be done, in the destruction of timber in a quarter from which the inhabitants of Quebec derive no inconsiderable portion of the wood for fuel. FATAL Duar..—The Toronto (U. C.) Transcript of the 21st instant, reports the fatal issue of a duel which w as recently fought at Montreal, between Lieutenant- Colonel White, of the 7th Hussars, and Mr. Grant, late of the 79. h Regiment. The Colonel fell from the fire of his opponent. The cause of quarrel had reference to the eGnduet of Colonel White towards a young lady related . to Mr. Grant. EMIGRATION.--Comparative statement of arrivals, ton nage, and passengers, at the Port of Quebec, to the 23d alay, inclusive, I,:r the years 1839 and 1840 : Vessels. Tonnage. Passengers. 1840 250 90,686 2,223 1839 132 40,135 435 More this year... 119 50,551 1,788 Return of the Number of Emigrants arrived at the Port of Quebec during the week ending the 23d instant :•_. En2'.and .T.rel Ind Scotland .. 2,839 898 Previ,uly repertcd 3,737 To correspond rg period last year 620 Ecrenie in favour of 1840 EXPRESS FROM LIVER POOL . THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, TwELvr. o'CLocx. We have just at this hour three arrivals from Nev: Yor-ll—the Columbus, with New York Papers to the 221, the Sheridan, to the 26:11, and the Ro chester, to the 22d. [Our late arrivals by the British Queen supersede the interest of the papers which have reached ui via Liverpool.] COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a Court was held for Cie deTatch of business '1 he SHERIFF announced that her Majesty the Queen must graciously pleased to appoint Monday next, at wo o'clock, for receiving, the Address of Congratulation noted hy the Court upon her Majesty's providential escap, rind that Prince Albert would receive the Address voted to hire immediately afterwards.—( Cheers.) _ . Mt. KING; the Chairman of the City Lands Com mittee, requested to be informed by Sir Matthew Wood, whether there was any truth in the report that he (Sir i.Matthew Wood) had put a question to Lord Melbourne, or any other of her Majesty's Ministers, to ascertain whetller the, ,9ucen and Prince Albert would accept an in vitation to dine atthe2Guildhall, upon an occasion which might be selected for commemorating the event of their nuptials ? Sir. MATTHEW WOOD replied, that some gentlemen of the corporation certainly had called upon him with a requi sition, to the effect of inviting her Majesty and Prince Al. Bert to dine-at the Guildhall with the Corporation, after she Royal. marriage. He suggested to those who consulted him the propriety of learning from one of her Majoty's confidential advisers, whether her Majesty might be pre vented, by any circumstance, from accepting the invitation, before any farther . proceedings were resorted to on the subject, and his suggestion was at once adopted. He was induced to advise that course, as ha knew it would be dis acireeab e to receive a formal n egat i ve , should any objection bo made.--( Hear, hear.) He received the kindest assur ances of the sterns wishes of her 'Majesty and the Prince on the occasion, amongst the expressions of regret that, under the circumstances, they would be obliged to decline an in vitation. He had, he believed, in his possessio n the requi sition alluded to, and it contained several highly respecta ble names. Mr. ANDERTON declared that the conduct of Sir Mat. thew Wood was not defensible, and that it most particu larly applied in its offensive bearing to the Lord Ma}or himself. •• • The LORD MAYOR—I know nothing at all about the matter. I was never consulted. Mr. ANDERTON—No ; Sir Matt Lew Wood thought proper to act for your Lordship, and for the whole Court. Your Lordship has, of all persons, the greatest reason to gomplain. The LORD MA%oR.---I do not think so at all. Mr. KING--I shall certainly not let this matter dm . ). I shalt pursue a constitutional course with respect to it. Sir MATTHEW Woon—With all ray heart. Proceed as you choose. I shall be ready to answer you. Some farther conversation took place, and it was unit r stood that Mr. Anderton, who considered that Sir Matthew Wood usurped the authority of the Court upon the occa sion, will revive it with a motion on a future day. The Mayor and Corporation of Southampton intend giving a grand entertainment, on Saturday next, to the Directors of the South Western Railway, on the lawn in 'rout of the Assembly Rooms. His Royal Hi g h ness the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess oe Inverness, with some other distin guished characters, are expected to attend. Mr. Benjamin El g inton, of 2, Duke-street, Southwark, has received orders to erect one of his spacious marquees for the occasion, de corated with the Royal standard and other national flags. We doubt not, front past experience of his taste in these affairs, that he will provide his usual pleasant and elagant accommodation. 'the Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sus com- menced at 10 minutes after Three. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. The DIRECTORS of the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY being authorised by the pro visions of the Company's Acts of Parliament, to nor row Monies on Debenture are prepared to receive TEN DERS for LOANS of MONEY on Interest at Five per cent. per annum, for terms of not less than Three Years; interest to be. paid half-yearly. Tenders, stating the sums and the terms of years, to be ad dressed to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, High-street, Shoreditch. By order of the Board, June 17, 1840. A. BULKELEY, Secretary. On Wednesday, 24th June, THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CXXXI. CONTENTS. I. PASSAVANT'S LIFE OF RAPHAEL. 11. HOARE ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE VINE. 111. PUPLIC HEALTH AND MORTALITY. IV. ALEXANDRIA AND THE ALEXANDRIANS. V. STERLING'S POEMS. VI. OXFORD—TUTORS AND PROFESSORS. VII. TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. VIII. LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE of LORD CHATHAM. John hurray, Albemarle-street. r ir HE EASTERN STAR, Religious and A_ and Polit!cal, on the Ist of JULY, and Monthly, Sixteen pages. decoy quarto, by THOMAS PARKIN. The First Number will contain, with other interesting mat ter, an EXPOSURE of that mercenary Newspaper-Monger and Political Apostate, Feargus O'Connor; and Mr. Parkin's important PLAN of AGITATION, published in the " Southern Star," May 24; also, from time to time will be reprinted, at the particular request of many friends, the Arti cles Mr. Parkin contributed to that Paper. On Universal Suffrage, the Law-Church, the National Debt, and the Corn laws, Mr. Parkin will " go the whole hog." Hetherington, Strand. HIS MAJESTY- the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (tbniigh •they are NO LOTTERIES) 3frer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, 'HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLI'G SHARES for the said DISFRIBLT TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressn WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HANIBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains SEVEN HUNDRED MONEY PORTIONS, Amounting to £72,170 Sterling. The Smallest Portion is £5O, And the largest Portion is £25,000. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Brilliant Success. More Novelty. Another New Piece, and Second Week of the Factory Boy, which has been received with the most unequivocal marks of approval from crowded audiences. THIS EVENING, JUNE 17, Will be acted Haines' New Drama, entitled THE FACTORY BOY; OR, THE LOVE SACRIFICE, Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which, First Time, a Comedietta, to be called the LAMES' MATRIMONIAL CLUB. The Address, O:deT; of the Day, Debating, and General Bubi nets, Conducted Entirely by Ladies. To conclude with the Nautical Romance of the INCHCAPE BELL ; OR, DUMB SAILOR BOY OF THE ROCKS. Ulfiti WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W. Morning...... 3 minutes alter 4. I Evening 'I) minutes atter 4.. 4., f - , i ,a - Th -W. , ' .i r - , -1,.., - , .4' 7-it.-\; -; 211 )=0 , , ,: , :; '''''' l4 ' .7 ~,JA"I -1" ) , ,,I.“ - ' _' l .,4' ' i ",. 1. „. _ ~, ,_____ , ..-.ist-4- , 7.--12.:---- - -----. f) UU • LONDON: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1840. The Commons did not meet in sufficient numbers to make a House last night. The Lords requiring only two besides the SPEAKER to form a quorum, proceeded to business. A petition from Southampton, complaining of Jersey making England into a kind of penal settlement for its criminals, excited some attention. The subject is under con sideration. The Earl of ABERDEEN moved the second reading of the Bill for healing the schism betwixt the Scotch Kirk and State. He expressed satisfaction at the manner in which the Bill had been received by a large part of the clergy and laity of Scot land. He adverted, however, to the manner in which it had been denounced by some part of the Clergy. The General Assembly, he said, had acted in contempt of their Lordships' decision, and had persevered in it. The Noble Earl concluded by assuring their Lordships that if nothing were done in the matter, a schism would take place in the Kirk. The Marquis of BREADALBANE opposed the Bill, and called on their Lordships to go to the root of the evil, and apply the principle of non-intrusion to the in duction of Ministers. He moved that the Bill be read a second time in six months. The Earl of ROSEBERY thought the Bill would in crease doubts and difficulties, and he seconded the amendment. The Earl of CAMPERDOWN, though he blamed tie Assembly, also opposed the Bill. . . The Earl of I)ALnousre attributed much of tle opposition to the Bill to party spirit ; he denied that non-intrusion was a principle of the Kirk, and sur ported the Bill. Viscount MELBOURNE thought the Bill would not settle the question, but avoidcd giving any opinion es to its provisions. The Earl of HADDINGTON thought the Bill goo' and -easonable. Lord BROUGHAM could not suppart the Bill, in whiCh he saw the veto lurking. Thu LORD CHANCELLOR explained that the judg. nieilt of their Lordships had in no case trencl.e - 1 on the spiritual jurisdiction of the Church. Tne Earl of ABERDEEN replied, and the second read ing was carried by 74 to 27. At Eleven their Lord ships adjourned. We have good reason to think that Lord STANLEY was partly induced on Monday evening to acquiesce in Lord JoHN RussELL'S proposition, by a conviction that Sir R. PEEL would not sup port him in thus forcing his Bill into Committee. The Noble Lord is aware that, in the course of nature, he must speedily be removed from the Lower House, and he is somewhat more reckless of its future character and proceedings than Sir ROBERT, of whom it inur;t continue to be, as hitherto, the theatre of his glory. Sir ROBERT must have seen with much dislike the bold attempt of his ally to interrupt that arrangement which con triLutes even now to his convenience, and without which he would be exposed, when he returns to power, as he expects, to endless trouble. If he had voted with the Noble Lord at all, it would have been with great reluctance. The know ledge of that induced Lord STANLEY for once to sham a little modesty, and made him eagerly embrace Lora JoHN RUSSELL'S offer. It must be very mortifying to Sir ROBERT PEEL to see the young and recreant Whig sup planting him as the leader of the Tories. All the Tory triumphs of the Sessio►► have been gained by Lord STANLEY, who is throwing Sir ROBERT completely into the shade. Before Lord STANLEY had deserted his friends, he set himself up as a rival to Sir ROBERT, who was then jealous of his growing influence with the House of Commons. This jealousy will increase; and these two orators, should Lord STANLEY not be speedily removed to the Upper House, will struggle for mastery over their party. Fox and PITT divided the nation between them, but the Tories will be divided be tween STANLEY and PEEL. We may even add another leader. A small and trusty band, though generally serving under the combined STANLEY-PEEL banner, acknowledges Sir ROBERT INGLIS as a leader, and draws off from the others so decidedly at times, as to make it apparent that it constitutes a separate and auxiliary force, lured into present obedience by a hope of plunder and conquest. The Tories, therefore, are now divided into the Stanleyites, the Peelites, and the Inglisites, and these three sections, just as the Episcopalians hate the Catholics for very small differences, hate each other worse than Whigs and Tories, and will fiercely quarrel when ever they shall be relieved from their enemies, and have an opportunity of sharing the spoils. Such r i va l ry amongst l ea d ers, an d suc h cer tain dissensions amonast followers, while they are all repudiated by the Masses, now make the Tories wholly incapabl e o f governing the country . Besides this, th e i r principles belong, not to the pre sent, but a p ast , age ; and they are in open and angry hostility with one - third of the nation, and thoroughly despised and hated by at least half of the remaining two-thirds.. The hold of the Government—to keepy may p o ssibly ge t hold of it will be beyond their power. If they expect to find a clinch ing holdfast in to e C hu rch they will be mi sera bl y deceived, and the w ei g ht of t hat cumbrous and an cient body will only b reak them the more speedily fromthe new work of modern society. We have received flits of Jamaica Papers to the 30th, and Barbadocs Papers to the 20th of April in clusive. The Liberal Jamaica Journals are by no means well satisfied with the conduct of his Excellency Sir CHARLES METCALFE, the Lieutenant-Gover nor, who appears to have thrown himself com pletely into the arms of the planters. His THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1840. Excellency, among other unpopular measures, had or dered the discontinuance of the annual Reports of the Stipendiary Magistrates, by which the proceedings of the planters were principally made known to the British Government. This entire reversal of the policy of Sir LIONEL SMITH ought to be watched by the abolitionists here with the greatest attention. The professed object of Sir CHARLES was to conciliate all parties.—We now find that in every dispute he is to be found on the side of the planter, against the poor negroes and their friends, the Baptist Missionaries. TRINIDAD, APRIL 18. —With pleasure I have to report the arrival in the ship Ajax, 26 days from Bristol, of our long looked for and so much wanted efficient Lieut.-Go . - vernor Sir Henry McLeod. His Excellency landed on Sunday last at eleven o'clock A.M., not "incognito," but privately and unostentatiously as best suited the day, and walked up to Government House where the (now useful) flag was hoisted immediately to announce that " the Go vernor is at Government House." In the course of a few hours the Chief Justice and a number of officials and pri vate individuals waited on his Excellency to pay their respects. On Monday the Council met, and the usual oaths were administered. The French Ministerial Journals of Monday state that Marshal VALLEE obtained the consent of the Go vernment before commencing his second campaign in Africa. It was, however, given with reluctance, as the Government entertains but a faint hope of the reali zation of the Marshal's conquering projects. If the present campaign prove not more successful than the last, the Marshal's disgrace is inevitable. On the sth inst. an English courier arrived at Vienna from Constantinople, and instantly set out for London. He was the bearer of despatches from Lord PONSONBY, relative to the Turco-Egyptian question. Lord BEAUVALE, the English Ambassador at Vienna, was still suffering from severe indisposition, so that his Excellency was unable to give any attention to business. The indisposition of his Lordship at such a time was peculiarly unfortunate. On the previous day a courier with despatches from M. THIF.RS to the French Am bassador, arrived in Vienna from Paris. Prince MET TERNICH proposed passing part of the month of July in Bohemia. - - His Majesty the King of the FRENCH reviewed the National Guards on Sunday. We are happy to have to add that no attempt was made upon his MAJESTY'S life. In the Chamber of Peers on Monday, during the debate on the African Supplementary Credit Bill, M. de Bois blamed the Government for keeping at the head of the army in Africa a man who had lost the con fidence of the troops. The Noble Peer was loudly called to order, and reprimanded by the President. Such frequent attacks upon Marshal VALLEE must prove very detrimental to that officer. The news from Spain is not of so late a date as the accounts received yesterday. General ESPARTERO left Morella for Monroy;, cn the 2d ; the next day he was to be at Alcaniz, and on the sth at Caspe ; on the 6th he was to cross the Ebro at Mequinez3, by a bridge of boats ; on the 7th he intended halting for the night at Lerida, and advance on the following day to Igue lade, where he was to wait for the Queens. BOURSE.-PARIS, MONDAY, JUNE 15. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Pr'. e French 5 per Cents ll7 ... 117 5 ... 116 90 ... li7 4 per Cents lO5 25 ... 1:1; . ; 25 ... 105 25 ... 105 25 3 per Cents B4 95 . 89 65 ... FO 55 ... 30 GO hank of ' , ranee 3&O ...:',61,0 ...SCO.i ...WO Latfitte Bank; 1,0001. Sh 1122 50 ...11.2 50 ...1122 5) —1122 50 5,0001*. Sh 5250 —.5250 —5250 ..5250 Belgian Bank 5 y.er Cent,. 3 per Cents 7l; 75 ... 70 75 ... 76 60 ... 76 63 Spanish Active 2;tx, ... 27/4 ... 27 ... 27 Passive 67i ... 674 ... ti% ... t4i Roman 1033; ... 103 3 4 ... 103.4 ... 1G3 3 1 RAILWAY SHARES, --- - - Versailles, R. B 537 50 ... 37 50 ... 537 50 ....37 50 LB :iss 3f.:5 ... 352 50 ...:1.55 Orleans Strasburg to Bale 440 ... 410 ... 433 ... 437 50 HARBOURS.—(SOUTH EASTERN COAST.) The Report of the Commissioners appointed to sur vey these harbours, has just been presented to the House of Commons. The survey extended from Mar gate to Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Deal, Sandwich, Dover, &c., to Pagham, and respecting these the Com missioners say, "It is evident that there is no port, at the present moment, between Sheerness and Selsea Bill, which can be rendered an available har bour of refuge at all times of the tide, or that pos sesses t'f.c capability of being rendered efficient for such a purpose, by any improvements or alterations which could be made." They then proceed to point out the situations which they consider best calcu lated for stations for armed vessels during war. The situation which appears to them to be of the greatest importance, and at the same time offers the most eligible position for a deep water harbour is Do ver Bay. As a second place they recommend the bight to the eastward of Beachy Head, and westward of Langley Point ; and the third and last situation for a harbour of refuge is under the chalk cliffs to the eastward of Margate. The cost of each of ,the three harbours recommended, the Com missioners reckon zs nearly equal—none of them less than 2,000,000/. sterling, nor much exceeding that sum. The report thus concludes :—"We have not considered it necessary .to enter into any details es to the defences which might be required to• these places of refuge, but there can be no doubt of the practicability of rendering them secure. The introduction of steam navigation will render a rapid communication along the coast an object of far greater importance than hereto fore ; ani we consider that railways along the coast, on each side of Dover, may be made extremely useful in sending support in the shortest poSsible time to :any point where the presence of troop? may be required. A great improvement has taken place on Sundays at Rackheath and Greenwich from the suppression of donkey riding ; the former, instead of being frequented by noisy and turbulent assemblages, was last Sunday a scene of quiet decorum, and the new restriction of the Magistrates is much approved of through the neighbour hood.—Globc.—[We doubt the assertion. If the peo ple in the neighbourhood of Blackheath be not rather delighted to see children amusing themselves and im proving their health, they must be different from the rest of the human species ; and how easy would it be for the police to prevent noisy assemblages without interfering with the healthful exercises of boys and girls ? We consider the " great improvement" a "groat humbug," and as unwarrantable stretch of magisterial authority. Do these meddling Pharisees mean to drive away all respectable visitors from Greenwich ?—En. Sim.] SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Tuesdav the miscellaneous show of flowers and fruits, exhibited by amateurs, gardeners, and nurserymen, took p:ace at the Surrey Gardens. Before the place was thrown open to the public the prizes awarded by the Directors of the South London Horticul tural Society were presented to the successful competitors, some of whom produced superb specimens cf fruits and flowers. We regret that the great press of matter prevents us from giving a list of them. The fineness of the day operated, in conjunction with the reputation of the Society, and the addi tional amusement of an excellent brass band of musicians, to fill these extensive gardens with company of the most respect able class. There were also the usual inducements for seeing the collection of wilil animals, t he eruption of Mount Hecla, and the splendid Koniaphostic light to attract visitors. The show of flowers was very fine; the immense number of geraniums, all of the first. class, ranged under the tents, was a rare treat to the lovers of floriculture, and the endless variety of Cape heaths was equally good. There was a good show of roses, amongst them several specimens of the white moss rose nearly perfect in the absence of all tint of pink or red—these specimens are very rare. The pines were tine—one iron Anglesea in particular obtained unqualified praise. There were also some specimens of the cacti covered with gorgeous blossoms. The exhibition altogether was one of the best that ha:i taken place at this de lightful place of amusement. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SIIADWELL.—The following are the only par t iculars we have learned in addition to those published yesterday. It appears two servant girls were saved with great difficulty, and a young man, Francis Hanson, clerk and nephew to Mr. Reynolds, lost his life. He was aroused by the cook, who'old him the house was on fire. He got up, and in his alarm hastened down stairs, but his retreat being cut off by the flames, he perished. He was a promising young man, only twenty-two years of age. Meantime the police of the K division were busily engaged in saving what they could below. The books in the counting-house and sundry other articles and a large clock were preserved. There were Live hogsheads of whisky on the wharf, and an effort was made to save them. Only two were got out, and the head of one bursting as it was being rolled into the street the liquor ignited, causing a sheet of liquid fire to pour down the street, scorching the shutters of the houses. The other hogshead was rolled on the Dundee wharf and saved. The two servant girls had only just escaped when the wharf and Mr. Dark's house were in one blaze. The whisky directly afterwards ig nited, and the flames shot up in lofty columns. The wind blew fresh from the south-west, and it afterwards increased to a strong breeze. The buildings forming the St. Andrew's wharf were chiefly composed of wood and other combustible materials. The wharf and the baker's house and shop were totally de stroyed before a drop of water could be obtained. The pro perty destroyed is immense, and consisted of sails, ships' stores, masts, provisions, and merchandise of various descriptions. There are five wharfs which now present nothing but a heap of ruins, besides nine houses adjoining and on the opposite side of thestreet destroyed. A great many accidents occurred duringthe fire, the origin of which is unknown. A great deal of the pro perty is missing. THE JEWS AT DANIASCUS.—We understand that on Monday evening a meeting took p lace of al l the influen tial Hebrews in Londo n, at the Vestr y -room of the new syna 'sbn-Peleace' en which occasion th e var i ous letters received from Alexand r i a an d Damascus, containing accoun t s of the horrid cruelties gogue a whicht t. Helen'-place, c a l v e: com mitted upon the unfortunate Hebrews at Damascus, were strictly examined, and after a long discussion Sir Moses Montifiore, on the part of the English Hebrews and Monsieur Cremieux, the celebrated counsellor at Paris, on the part of the French Hebrew persuasion, have agreedper sonally to depart, in the early part of next week, f urAlexan dria, to be present at the investigation which is to take place there in respect to the death of Father Thomas and his ser vant. SubscriptioLs were immediately opened to defray cer tain expenses, when the three brothers of the late Baron de Rothschild, who were present, subscribed 2001. each ; Moses Montefiore, tool., his Lacy, 1001., besides paying his own ex penses to Alexandria; Isaac Cohen, RV. ; Mr. Lucas, 100/. ; with numerous other subscriptions. The appointment of two gentlemen of such high character to proceed to Alexandria gave great satisfaction A letter from Beyrout states, that on Easter Monday 4.000 pilgrims bathed in the river Jordan. They were escorted by the Governor of Jerusalem and a strong de tachment of troops, during whose absence the Arabs took'pos session of the Governor's tent, and carried off several objects belonging to the kitchen. The Cornwall lobster fishery is rising into im portance; and the western coast from Penzance to St. Ives, in cluding Scilly, sends a weekly supply 3f about 5,000 fish. value ICO/. or more, to London and Bristol. — Bristol Journal, ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) nig being the last day of Term, tLe Court took motions. WOOD V. DITCHINGS AND OTHERS. Mr. TURNER moved, on behalf of the plaintiff, Sir Mat thew Wood, that the defendant Maddie (the administra tor pendente lite of the late James Wood, of Glouces ter) might be ordered to transfer into the hands of the Accountant-General of the Court, the sum of 16,063/. Three per Cent. Consols, admitted to bo standing in his name ; that the same, when paid into Court, might be invested, and that it might be refetred to the Master to take an account of the receipts and payments by Maddie in respect of the personal estate of the testator. Mr. GIRDLESTONE, on behalf of Mr. Maddie, had no objection to pay the money into Court, but be thought the account of the receipts and payments would be rather premature. Mr. KINDERSLEY appeared for Mr. Hitchings, one of the next of kin, and the party mainly interested. Although he was not desirous of having the matter brought into Court yet he did not object to it ; but he submitted the account of the receipts and payments ought not to be directed, inasmuch as it might turn out the plaintiff had no locus standi, and then the expense of taking an account would have been incurred, which was perfectly useless. The MASTER of the Rou.s made an order fur the trans fer of the money only. EAST INDIA HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) A quarterly general meeting of the proprietors of India Stock was held this morning, for the purposeof considering of a dividend. It was also made special for the purpose of addressing her Majesty and her Royal Consort, upon their late providential escape from assassination ; also for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bill now before Parliament, for regulating the transmission of Hill Coolies or Colonial Passenger Bill. NV. B. Bayley, Esc., took the chair at twelve o'clock, when the minutes of last meet ing were read and confirmed. The CHAIRMAN said it would not be necessary for him to make any apology for proposing the address to her Majesty and his Royal Highness should take precedence of all other business.—(Hear, hear.) It was a matter for the most cheerful congratulation—the Directors had prepared addresses, which he Lad no d ou b t wou ld meet with the most ready approbation of the Proprietors. He would, therefore, move the adoption of the address. Mr. LYALL, the Deputy Chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. TWINING, as one behind the bar, was most happy to concur in the motion. The late providential escape of her Majesty was one which was a blessing to the nation, and one for which they were all most devoutly thankful. Mr. Poyudcr, Mr. Feilden, Mr. Weeding, and ether proprietors, expressed their sentiments of abhorrence of the attempted crime, and the Addresses were unanimously agreed to. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—We claim the favour of your inserting the follow• ing, in reply to a letter from Mr. Pinkus published in your columns of yesterday :—There is not a single pas sage in that letter that does not betray a most lamentable disregard of truth on the part of the author. Mr. Pinkus was not the inventor of the Atmospheric Railway. Nei ther Mr. Clegg nor ourse:ves wete ever consulted confi dentially by Mr. Pinkus, as stated by him ; we were em ployed by the Pneumatic Railway Association to make a steam-engine and pumps, and a copper valve, specified in Mr. Pinkus's patent of 1836, which valve is useless, and quite different from that patented by Mr. Clegg., and now used by us in conjunction with him. Mr. Clegg's patent is different from any patent in existen , e, and was settled by Sir Fred. Pollock, and Mr. R. Godson, whose opinions we subjoin. In reply to all the calumnies contained in the Jotter, further than to deny them altogether, would be to throw doubt on the character which I believe Mr. Clegg's and cur firm have always borne. Why does not Mr. Pinkus have recourse to the redress in a court of law he says he possesses, instead of publish. ing letters containing accusations which he cannot maintain. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, SAMUDA, BROTHERS. Southwark Ironworks, June 17, 1840. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. William Coleman, aged 17, was indicted for stealing a cash-box, 41 sovereigns, 21 half-sovereigns, and other moneys, the property of Mr. Henry Hook, of Newgate street, his master, in his dwelling-house. Mr. CLARKSON conducted the prosecution, and stated the facts of the case to the Jury. The particulars have already appeared. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for 14 years.—The Court allowed the ex penes of the prosecution, and ordered the money found upon the prisoner to be delivered to the prosecutor. THE MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL.—The wit nesses, forty in number, went before the Grand Jury last night, and this morning the Grand Jury came into Court, finding a true bill against Francois Benjamin Courvoisier, for the murder of the Right Hon. Lord William Russell. In consequence of the heavy cases that the Judges will have to dispose of at the present Session, the usual prac tice of their corning to the Central Court on the Wednes day has been dispensed with, and they will not come until to-morrow, when the prisoner will be at once put upon his trial. In consequence of the numerous applications that have been made for permission to be present at the trial, the Sheriffs have taken the necessary precautions to pre vent confusion, and no person will be admitted to the C6urt unless he has an order of admission. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of English Grain have been small, but foreign vessels continue to arrive with Wheat, Barley, and Oats. Wheat heavy of sale at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas, unvaried. In consequence of Foreign Oats (duty paid) being offered in larger quantities, this article was rather lower in price. Flour very dull. NE AGATE AND LEADENHALL. Thei e was a very good demand for all kinds of poultry, the supplies still moderate, and prices unaltered. Eggs in good de mand at ss. 6d. to 6s. per 120. Meat was in fair supply, trade was rather improving , and prices looki ng u p. B ee f, 3s. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s to 4s. 2d. ; Pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to ss. ; and Lamb, ss. 4d to 6s. per stone of 81b. TEA MARKET. Prices unaltered, but not much demand for any kind. Com pany's Uongou, 2s. Op. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices keep high, but there was not much demand for Rus sian Tallow ; 51s. 9.1. was the quotation on the spot. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum was neglected, but prices were steady. Brandy dull of sale, and prices on the decline. In British Corsi Spirits little done. COLONIAL MARKETS. More lifct in the produce markets. The home trade were the chief operators, and prices for most articles were firmer. Raw Sugar was in stem} , demand, and former rates were fully main tamed. Not much demand for Coffee. The imports were light ; the deliveries of goods on the increase. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JUNE 16 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Iris Blackwood, from Ceylon. PLYMOUTH, JUNE . 16.—Wind N. W.—Arrived H.M.S. Apollo, from Quebec. FALMOUTH JUNE 15. —Wind S.W. to S. S.W., fresh breezes,—Arrived the Cray! packet, from the West In dies, left Trinidad 2d ult., Grenada 4, St. Kitts 7, St. Thomas's 9, Porto Rico 10, and Cape Hayti 19. COWES, JUNE 16.—Arrived the Soalen, Boman, from Maranham ; Sarah, Foster, Matanzas. DARTMOUTH, JUNE 15,—Arrived the Fox, Fox, from Newfoundland. Off port the Odessa, from Rio Janeiro ; Margaret, Probs, St. Jago de Cuba; Axel, Westman, New York. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16.—Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Ar rived the Celia Large, Moran, from Jamaica; Mary Wa'k:?r, Livingstone, Trinidad; Columbus, Cropper, New Yo.k, with $50,000, sailed 224 ult. ; Rochester, Wood house, ditto, sailed 25th ult. ; Shiredande, Paysler, ditto, sailed 15th ult. ; Blackness, Murray, ditto; Talleyrand, Ta\ler, New Orleans; George, Minot, Savannah; Queen Victoria, Black, Charleston ; Isabella, Virginia; Sally, Alexandria; Dash, Newfoundland; Monongahela, Tur ley, Philadelphia, with upwards of $500,000. Sailed the Hannah Grayson, Penrie, for Jamaica. The Balance, Brownrigg, from Savannah to this port, which put into St. Thomas'.; in distress, was condemned there previous to the 6th ult. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.—The Marquis of Huntley in coming down Harnoaze, yesterday, missed stays and stove in her larboard bow, against the Victualling-office. A large ship ws seen on shore in Caryafort Reef, 12th ult., with wreckers alongside, and apparently one only re cently got on shore. The I. 0. took pratique at La Guayra April 30, having been in quarantine 30 days. Monn.E, MAY 9.—The Euxine, from the Clyde to this port, is on shore on Dauphin Island, and likely to become a wreck. 1 1 1!E Ai CHIMED SCREW PRO PELLER STEAM SHIP. This important experimental vessel, of which we have recently heard so much, and which may yet be the fore runner of a revolution in steam navigation, made her appearance at the Bromielaw on the forenoon of Sa turday last. the left Liverpool on Thursday morning, and steamed to Douglas, in the isle of Man, a distance of at least 70 miles, in seven hours and a half, beating the Mona'i Isle steam-packet full two hours in this passage: - The Archimedes left Douglas on Friday 'morning , at a quarter past nine A.M. and without loosing a sail, by the assistance of the screw alone, reached Greenock at half past twelve the same night, though during the latter part of the voyage, from Ailsa Craig, the wind blew a strong breeze directly a-head. The distance from Douglas to Greenock is not less than 135 miles, which was performed as already stated, in fifteen hours and a quarter. At a quarter-past nine on Saturday morning, the Archimedes left Greenock for Glasgow, which she reached at 11 A.m. As the vessel passed the various ship-yards and steamers in the Clyde, her appearance was greeted by the same round of welcome cheering, which may be said to have echoed from port to port in her circumnavigation of the kingdom. Mr. Smith, the in ventor of this application of the Archimedean screw, has attended the vessel in all her trips, and he is accom panied by Captain Chappell, R.N., who superintends the trials, and has been sent down specially by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to report thereon. Ot the courtesy of these gentlemen, and their readiness to grant every information regarding the workings of the steam-screw, we can speak in high terms. The appearance of the Archimedes in the Clyde is an event of no ordinary importance, considering that it was upon these waters that the genius of Henry Bell, as applied to steam navigation, first developed itself, and that ever since our river has worthily maintained its sta tion rs the nursing mother of the art. Steam naviga tion, however, despite its mighty results, is yet only in its infancy ; and in this quarter the trial trips of the Archimede s will be regarded with much interest. Indeed, it is scarcely a proper term to speak of trig! trips, for Captain Chappell states that the experiment has been neither more nor less than L triumphal voyage from one end of the kingdom to the other. We believe we are justified in stating, that in all her trips the Archimedes has come up to the expectations of Mr. Smith and those connected with him. As she was not built for speed, she has been beaten in a few in stances in calm weather by first-rate steam-boats ; but she roust be a crack vessel notwithstanding, and her fine points are seen to best advantage in a stiff gale and an angry sea. As relates to the Clyde in particular, Capt. Chappell states that the importance of the Archimedean method of propulsion is manifest. First, the getting rid of pad dle boxes leaves more space for vessels passing each other ; second, there being no commotion of paddle wheels, boats can go alongside without danger of swamp ' int?, even when the vessel is going at full speed ; third, the Screw Propeller, throwing off water from every part of the periphery, is bound to stir up the sediment from the bottom of the rivers and canals to a considerable depth below the keel, so that, should the principle he adopted, every oteamer would be acting as a scouring machine in keeping the deposit agitated, by which means it would be prevented from accumulating. The advantages of the Screw over paddle wheels in ocean steamers are of greater consequence ; as the propelling instrument not being affected, or lessened in power, by the leaning over of the ship when under sail, admits of the same taunt masts and heavy rig, as in ships wholly propelled by canvass—consequently, in leading winds, which are upon 20 points of the compass out of 32 points, the fires might be extinguished, all the fuel saved, and the vessel be navigated as a sailing vessel in all re spects. These are a few of the chief points arising out of a first consideration of the Screw principle, to which we shall probably advert more fully hereafter. On Tuesday (to-morrow), she will proceed into the Gairlocb, and land her passengers at Greenock. She afterwards pursues her course northward, and will run through the Caledonian Canal on her way to Aber deen, Leith, Hull, Amsterdam, and Antwerp. The Archimedes haring been built, not for speed, but to show how effectually steaming and sa ili ng qua lities can be combined in the same vessel, all racing with river canoe steamers, constructed expressly for speed, has been, awl will ha, strictly avoided. An iron canoe boat, however, is now building in London, to test the power of the screw against paddle-wheels, when em ployed to obtain great river speed ; and this vessel when finished w ill b e i mmediately placed in cAupetition with the fattest paddle-wheel bolts in the kingdom. A Germa n gentleman, sent by a company at Ham burg for the express purpose, joined the Archimedes yesterday, and will proceed in her upon her cruise round to Leith, to witness the action of the Screw upon an extended scale. Should the B ritannia sail from the Broomielaw at the some time with the Archimedes, she will form a beautiful point for witnessing the evolutions of the latter. It is one remarkable feature in the Archimedes that she answers the helm with amazing rapidity, an d can thread her way throughout an intricate channel or amidst a crowd of shipping, with the ease and safety which belongs to a thing of life.—Glasgow Herald. A Correspondent calls attention to the singular coincidence that the 21st of June, once suggested as a day of thanksgiving to God for preserving the nation in peace for a quarter of a century, should be the very day set apart as a day of thanksgivingfor the preservation of our beloved Queen f rom the hand of an assassin. TO SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK AND MR GODSON. Upon these documents your opinion is requested. I. Whether Mr. Clegg's invention is in any way a❑ in fringement of either of Mr. Pinkus's patents? Answer.--We are of opinion that it is not. (Signed) FREDERICK POLLOCK, R. GODSON. 2. Whether, independent of Mr. Pinkus's patents, Mr. Clegg's patent is a correct and valid one ? Answer.—We are of opinion that Mr. Clegg's invention is the leg; subject of a patent, and that a correct and valid one may be founded upon it. (Signed) FREDERICK POLLOCK. R. GODSON. June 11, 1839. [ All future communications on this subject can appear only as advertisements.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK LIVERPOOL COT roN- MARKET, TUESDAY.—The demand for Cotton continues to be to a fair extent. The sates 5,000 bags, of which 500 have been taken on speculation. By the American papers received this morning to the 2d of June, accounts have been received from Gambia, stating that a good deal of difficulty had lately occurred there between the natives and the Colonists ; they spiel's. obliged to send for troops to Sierra Leone and men of-war, to quell the insurrection. Two of the chiefs have been killed. M'Carties' Island was strongly fortified, as they expected hourly to be attacked by the ❑atives. Nearly all the trade was stopped in the interior. Accounts from St. Domingo state, that on the 2Sth of April, the river rose very high, owing to the immense quant;ty of rain that had fallen, (more than had been known for thirty years.) TIIE FUNDS. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were lonk i3g up, with a moderate business doing. Consols at present may be quoted at a shade lower than they left off yesterday, 914 H, for the Account they are 914, with Effie doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills, 26 28 preen; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1761; India Stock, shut. _ _ In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active which closed at 25i- 26k, are not quite so good at present, 254 26 ; Deferred, 12i; Passive, 6i i ; Portuguese,na f ; Three per Cents., 24k ji; Cotuiubiau Stock has improved, owing to intelligence being received that the propositions of compromise, made on the part of the bondholders, bad been submitted to the Venezuelan Legislature, referred to a committee, and were received favourthly ; Colombian may be quoted at 27/ i ; Mexican, 32i ; Brazilian, 764 i . - ; Dutch Tao-and-a-Half per Cents., 54,i i; Five per Cents., 1011 i. SHAP.Es.—London and Brighton, 54} discount; Great Western, 42 43 prem. ; Blackwall, 2e - prem. ; Birming ham, 99 100 prem. ; Southampton, 58 60 per share; Croydon, 12i 13 per share; Groenwicb, 9 10 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, Li 4r. !iscount. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — India Stick 3 per Cent. Red.......... 9134 Ditto Bonds ...... ... 2 4 pm. 3 per Cs-nts. C0n....... South Sea Stock 3; per Cent. Ditto Red New 31 per Cent. ...... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ...... 5001. 26 28 pin. Jan. 5, 1860. .. 134 11-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859. Jan. 5, 1860. ....•• Ditto Advertised ... rim. Jan. 5, 1880. April 5, 1880. ... •• India Stock for Acct... Jan. 5, 1870. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds lo4k Ditto Account Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds ... ...... Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account 244 Chilian Bonds — Prussian Bonds ..... ... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. Colombian Bonds, 1824 271 Spanish Bonds .. 255 Ditto Account 271 i 874 Ditto Account - 6 Danish Bonds ...... ..... Passive i; ______ ll e fe 1 23 r0d ,pe re re ecrean.t. , :::. 5_4 12 : : Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 — .mgr 4 per cent... —f. —c. Ditto Account Mexicanßonds,s per cent Exchange... ....f. —,, Ditto Account ...... ... Dutch, Ditto,6 per Cent...... Ditto Account Dits.o Account ...... ... 313 Ditto, 5 per cent 10164 Neapolitan - , PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. £. s. d. £• s. d. X. S. d. RAILWAYS. Paid. . Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester BO ...... 72 ...... to Cheltenham and Great Western 5O ...... 28 ...... to Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto New Gosport Junction London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and Birmingham 9O ......191 London and South Western ...... 381 t North Midland, (New) - MINES. Real Del Monte, Registered ... 63i — ...... to -- Ditto Unregistered. ...... to COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 5 Gibraltar .................. 48 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam Ditto,P Petersburg, ters Antwerp ....... ....... 12 si f Milan ..................... 31 Hamburg AI. B. 13 121 Venice ..................... 47 Altona 2U.12 5 A• Genoa ..................... 25 75 ... 13 13 ' Naples . . ................ ... 40 Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 40 Palermo, per oz ......... 1225 Marseilles ... 25 65 Oporto ..................... 545 3 bu ni rg on , months 5 u5...... 25 65 Lisbon ..................... 54i- Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine 150- Bahia ..................... 271 375 Buenos Ayres ............ Berlin Vienna, effec. tl. 3 M lO 5 Philadelphia ............ 46 Trieste, ditto lO 6 PRICE O F BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona ............ ... 365 New Dollars ....•.••• 0 4 105 Seville ... ............ ... 365 Silver in Bars 05 oi HALF-PAST ONE. Consols at present 914 for the 16th July; Reduced, 91-a i ; Exchequer Bills 26 28, prem. ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; India S toc k s h u t. In the Foreign M ar k et, S pan i s h Active, 2:4 26 ; Portu guese, 351; Three per Cents., 244; Colombian, 27,;, 871 ; Mexican. 325 5 ; Dutch, Two-and a- Half per Cents., 544 f; Five per Cent.s, 1011 I. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. Q ZiERN'S BENCH,:WESTMIXSTER HALL, JUNE 16. THE QUEEN v. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. JUDGMENT. _ _ _ Lord DENMAN—I take the opportunity of giving the judgment of the Court in the case of the Queen against the Eastern Counties Railway Company, which was ar gued on Wednesday last; the Court granted a mandamus to complete works which the Company bad undertaken to execute by virtue of the powers entrusted to them by an Act of Parliament. A return was made, the sufficiency of which being questioned, it was set down for argument, and has been very fully discussed before us. The de fendants, however, denied that the writ of mandamus itself was legal, and on that preliminary point it is therefore needful that we should first form our opinion.. We were told that our power to issue a writ of man damus in any such case, is at least doubtful, and were properly reminded that that form and method of proceed ing may prevent our judgment from being reversed by any Court of Error—a consideration which certainly cught to induce great caution in assuming jurisdiction, but can not justify us in declining it when the law has lodged it with the Court. We have i,o more right to refuse to any of the Queen's subjects redress, which we are empowered to administer, than to enforce against them such powers as the Consti tution has not confided to us. It was argued that a mandamus to compel obedience to an Act of Parliament implied a disobedience at present, and the prosecutor may indict, and having that remedy does not require the extraordinary process of mandamus. This argument appears to prove too much, as it would prevent the Court from acting in cases where •an Act of Parliament is contravened ; besides, indictment does not compel the performance, but only punishes the neglect, of they, although it was thought proper to remind us that mandamus might do no more, for that disobedience could only bring the parties into contempt, and expose them to attachment, which would but end in individual suffering, and leave the requisite act still undone. We are not in the habit of supposing that persons re quired to obey the Queen's writ issuing from this Court will incur the penalty of contempt, or be advised contuma ciously to avoid the known and ancient process of the law. Objection was also raised to a mandamus going for in suring cl.e execution of the works. Linder this head it was in effect insinuated that similar Acts of Parliament en tailed no duties whatever on those who may procure them; that they do but offer a boon which the projecting Cons• pany may accept or reject, or :partially accept and partially reject, at their sole will and pleasure —this assertion appearing in them all, that they have provided the means of executing the in tended works, was treated as no proof prima facie that ,hey hove sufficient funds for that purpose. The provision for disabling the Company from taking land after the lapse of a certain term, was pet forth as a proof that they had full power to proceed with their works, or abandon them, without any regard to the interest of others. Some dace • sions of the Court of Chancery which have enjoined Com panies not to take possession of certain lands peculiarly circumstanced, were called inconsistent with any power in the Court to require that possession should be taken of lands under circumstances entirely different. We think it right so far to advert to these remarks, that we may wholly disavow them as having at all conduced to the judgment we pronounce. When we made the rule ab solute we expressed our conviction that the ease was in some respects new—and that its circumstances admitted of some doubt, whether our power ought to be applied to them. We shall keep our minds open for the discussion of all such doubts on every proper occasion, but we do not yiel,l to them, nor is it necessary to advert to them in coming to our present decision. We neither hold the Court incompetent to enforce the execution of an Act under the circumstances disclosed to us in the affidavits, nor think any of the reasons which I have enumerated are conclusive against making our man damus peremptory. These points will be as much open to argument here after as they were when the rule was obtained; but it will be perceived, on adverting to what was said cm the former occasion, that we considered the facts there stated to afford strong evidence that the Company, having obtained an Act for a particular purpose, had stopped short, and had satis fied themselves with doing less than one-half what they had undertaken to do, and represented themselves as being capable of doing. It was by that undertaking and representation that they obtained the Act, and the great powers of occupying laud and raising money which it bestowed. We could not re cognise their right to say to those who had contracted with them, and to the public, " Our undertaking does nut bind us, because our statement was untrue—we having nothing to consider but the pecuniary interests of the Company, and claim to exercise unlimited option over these works in every part of them." The rule was made abso lute, and the rule was directed to go on the supposition that they had no intention to proceed bona fide with their works, and had, on the contrary, abandoned all intewion to complete them. But the prosecutors of the writ have stated no such facts. What they state may raise a suspi cion on the subject, but they fall far short of proof. The acts arc recited in the inducement to the writ, es pecially the power to vary their line within a given time, or that otherwise they must abide by the line laid down in tho plans. The writ proceeds to allege that Charles Simmons is the owner of lands near Yarmouth enumerated in the schedule, and has required the Company to set out and define the line of railway deviating from that in the plans, and to pro. ceed to make and to complete the railway to Yarmouth, and yet it goes oa to say, " You well knowing the premises and not regarding your duty in that behalf, have absolutely refused, and still do refuse and neglect, to purchase the land necessary for making and completing the same railway lying between Colchester and Norwich and between Nor wich and Yarmouth, or to set out and define the line devi ating as aforesaid, and afterwards to complete the whole road, to set cut the deviated line, and especially as to the purchase of the lands necessary:for that purpose." Here is no averment the Company have given up their design, or have wilfully exercised any injurious option, or that they are not taking it with all convenient speed, or that even a reasonable time has elapsed in the opinion of the prosecutors without due preparation being made, or that it would not be more advantageous to all concerned to abide by the original line thereon set out. The gravamen rests in the simple form of complaining that the Company have hitherto refused to purchase land at the time when Mr. Simmons required them to do so. There is no inconsistency between this and the possible fact of their having done all that prudence authorised to obtain such lands at equitable prices, and refused to pur chase because a fair bargain could not be obtained. We can infer nothing—it must be distinctly charged, and the charge, as it stands, is quite insufficient, and falls decidedly below the case which we thought was made rea sonably probable by the affidavits on both sides; we the, e. fore think Judgment must be given for the Defendants. REVIEW OF THE ROYAL ARTlLLERY.—Yes terday all the troops of the Royal Artillery at present in garri son in Woolwich, were reviewed before General Martining, the Quarter-Master •General of the Austrian army. Precisely at one o'clock, General Martining, accompanied by two aides-de camp, arrived on the parade in front of the barracks, where he was received by Lord Bloomfield, and several of the officers, who accompanied him over some of the barrack-rooms, the Royal Horse Artillery Square, and the Riding School. He then adjourned to the mess-room, and after partaking of a cold collation, the party proceeded to the Common to witness the various manoeuvres of the troops, the rapidity of which seemed to strike the Austrian General with astonishment. At the conclusion of the exercises he rode forward and complimented Col. Dyneley in the handsomest manner. When the exercises on the Common were all completed, the whole party proceeded to the marshes, where the troops under the command of Col. Cruttenden had taken their stations, and commenced ball practice. The rocket practice was also excellent, and General Martining expressed himself much pleased with the effect when ten rockets were discharged at one time. MURDER OF A WOMAN AT MANCHESTER. —On Sunday morning a woman, named Maria Connor, was cruelly murdered by a man with whom she cohabited, of the name of Wilkinson, a joiner. It appears the unfottunate woman had taken a few shillings out of his pocket while in a state of intoxication, and had procured some beer with it, and on his discovering this as they were about to retire to rest, he attacked her with his fists and feet, and finally gave her a kick in the throat (the point of the shoe being thickly shod with nails) which killed her on the spot. The man was immediatell, arrested, and a Coroner's Jury on Monday returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against him. ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE QUEEN.---44 Just now, (about half-past six,) we happened to walk down near St. James's Park, and saw a great crowd of persons following a policeman in charge of a man, all in the greatest excitement, which we soon learned was caused by a horrible attempt to murder 11,-.r Majesty, by firing two pistols at her, one after the other, as she approached the Palace gates. Happily neither of them took effect. We can learn no more at present."—[lt 1 . 611 be apparent that the above intelligence rests on rather slender grounds, and it is the more necessary to receive it with cau tion, as no mention is made of the event by any of the other evening papers; although that, to be sure, may be accounted for by the late hour at which the transaction is said to have tak en place, and by the superior promptitude displayed by The Sun in these matters. ]—Berwick Advertiser. A singular bet was laid last week at Welling borough, between two gentlemen ; the eldest betted that out of every four who passed the window where they sat, three would have one hand in his pocket. It happened that three out of the four who passed were tailors, and, as a matter of course, each had one hand in his pocket, HAY HARVEST.—Two fields of grass, .belong longing to Mr. Jonathan Roberts, of Hincheliff Mill, Holm firth, were cut for hay on Monday. The commencement of hay time in that district is earlier this season than we ever re collect. The crops of grass promise to be an average, but cut ting is not likely to become general for a fortnight. Corn crops are looking well. In potatoes there are fewer failure, than there have been for many seasons, and this useful esce!ent is likely to be the earliest and best produce that it has been these many years.—Halifax Express, HONESTY REWARDED.—A S Mr. F. Applin's servant-lad was passing through the market, on Saturday last, he picked up a lady's bag, containing upwards of 2001. in cash. Finding to whom it belonged, he immediately returned it to the owner, a lady, when she liberally presented him with a PENNY !—Devonport Independent. SALISBURY.—The perilous task of ascending to the top of the tapering spire of this cathedral, an elevation of 400 feet, for the purpose of oiling the vane, was performed by the man who undertakes the job annually, on Saturday morn ing. The Wilts Yeomanry being assembled for dismissal in the close at the time, the aspiring hero waved his hat several times, and attempted to make his voice heard on terra firma, by giving one or two hearty cheers. COUNTY MEETING.—The nobility and gentry of Essex, it will be seen by our advertising columns, have come promptly forward to exprass their feelin g s at the atrocious at tack on her AUjesty's life, and the High-Sheriff, actuated by ttiu z . air.e warm sentiments of loyalty, has as promptly met the public wishes, by convening a county meeting for Friday next. We are sure, as fur. Tower states, that if time could be afforded vast numbers of other gentlemen would be proud of affixing their names to the requisition ; but the High-Sheriff has done honour to, hi mse lf and the county, by thu s pl ac i n g it amongst the foremost to congratulate our Sovereign on her escape from the fell agsassi t i. —E ssex Herod. EVENING EDITION.__, COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Au gu,,ta of Cambridge left town yesterday morning for Kew Their Royal Highnesses returned to Cambridge House in the afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta yes terday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Mr. and Mrs. Assbeton Smith with his company on Monday evening, at their residence in Hyde Park Gardens. _ . . Arr. Harland had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, in DoWning-street. Sir G. Tyler and Lord Monteagle had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Zetland had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-offic e . Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were ref ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Boston and the Hon. Misses Irby, in Davies street ; Sir George Sitwell, Bart., Capt. and Mrs. Garth, the Hon. G. Wentworth, Henry Smyth, Esq., at the Prince of Capua's, Gloucester Lodge, Regent's Park ; Mr. Wilshire, M.P. ; Admiral Sir Samuel Pyin, K. C.B. Admiral Honeyman, in Piccadilly; Sir William Heath cote, Bart., M. P. ; Sir Gilbert Heathcote, M. P., at the Builington Hotel, Cork -street; Sir Robert Bateson, at ditto Lady Minto and the Ladies Elliot, from Putney (Lath ; Lord arid Lady Douglas and family, in Ileriford struet, May-fair; Lord Clements, in Cun;herland-place; Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Macnaghten, in Hyde Park-street ; Sir Henry Willoughby, Bart., front a tour in the east; Captain and Mrs. Charles Talbot, in Grosvenor-street ; Lord and Lady Chichester, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street ; Sir Frederick Bathurst, Bart., at ditto ; the Earl of Romney, in York -street, St. James's; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wilmott, at the Brunswick House Hotel ihnover-square, from Brighton ; Mrs. Millar, at ditto : Col. and Mrs. Thorn, in St. Andrea's-place, Regent's park ; his Excellency Governor Eaton, Mrs. Eaton, and the Miss Timberlakes, at Long's H o t e l, B on d- stree t, from Madrid ; the Duke of Richmond ; the Marquis of Douglas; Lard Leveson ; Viscount Combermere; Mr. M. Codrington, M.P. ; the Earl of Yar borough ; the Hon. Colonel Molyneux ; the Earl of Enoiskillen ; the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby ; Sir Thomas D. Acland, Bart., M.P. ; the Earl of Chichester, at Mivart's Hotel; Baron Dimsdale, at ditto ; Mr. Manning, ditto; the Hon. Mr. Rodney; Lord Dacre; Mr. T. B. EAcourt ; Viscount Courtenay; the Marquis of Anglesey; Earl and Countess Bruce ; the Hon, Sydney Herbert, ti. P. ; Count Pisani, at the Burlington Hotel ' • Viscount Sandon, M.P.; Les Comtes Greffultle, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jerniyn-street, from Paris; Mons. Hubbard, at (Lilo, from ditto; Mons. Carcenac, at ditto, from ditto; Mons. Poultier, at ditto, from ditto ; Mons. Dutilleaul, at ditto, from ditto ; Mons. and Madame de Vandeul, at ditto, front ditto ; the Marchioness of Westmeath, frost ditto; Lord and Lady Kenmore, at the Clarendon Hotel; Lieut.-Colonel Shaw Kennedy, at Fenton's Hotel ; Mr. and Lady Julia Langston ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and Lady Cecil ; the Hon. Algernon Wode house ; Capt. Fullerton, at Long's Hotel ; Capt. Spottis vroode; Mr. Lowther Thompson ; the Bishop of Carlisle and the Hon. Mrs. Percy, at the Sackville Hotel; Lord Cardigan; Col. Bentinck. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The total disregard of consistency by the organs of Toryism never fails of being strikingly exhibited when two incompatible feelings are excited in different poptione of the public, and each is capable of being played. upon for a party purpose. This is the case at the present moment, in connection with the late happy escape of her Al credit ajest i y s elafromi claimed hefoairmthoef Toryan assassin.p yart On as having and enforced a religious thanks g ivi ng by th e nat i on f er the . tbe one gihnaatneed. oraservation of her Majesty' s lif e . B ut f or t h e R o ll cs and Plumptree, it is affirmed that the attempt at mureer would not have been treated with due solemnity. On the other • hand, we are invited to consider the whole affair as a joke, and after putting forth previously a feeler on " the pon,b(?)' plot," the Morning Post of y es t er d a y p ays court to certainof its patrons by a whole column of co ld, e l a b ora te, a nd malignant pleasantries on -; the late pistol practice in the park of Master Feleezrd Oxford." Never has thanksgil..• ing day been more devoutly o b serve d th an S un d ay nex t will be. We believe that, on Sunday last, the expression gratitude to Heaven was is extensive a s th e power 41 F p LIVJ lic feeling and voluntary influenc e over th e soc ial Sere those who were compelled t o d o so b y t h e const it ut i o n of vices of religion. None wait e d f ur p repare d f orms but their Church. A national expression of thanks to Provin s deuce was unavoidable, for th e na ti ona l heat was NH o t thankfulness to overflowing. Is it for a few Pharisees to , stand up at such a time and say, " We did it ; we sug- , nested that the people should praise God ; we decided tolt Government for a national expression of its strongest mew tien ?" The prctensicn is preporterour. (From the Morning Herald.) If there was, indeed, any " plot " in the ease of Oxford,. we may safely aver that Mr. O'Connell and Lord Nor ' . manby were quite as cognisant of it as any " Hanoverian or " Orangeman," either in or out of th e Q ue en do , nioas. If it should turn out aft er a ll, t h at to e pistols w in e : t ; only charged with powder, wh a t th en ? Why, in twil case it will have been anothe r " gunpow d er plot, " t h at's all : a Protestant " gunp ow d er pl ot " w ill certa i n ly be novelty. It is stated in various accounts that the prisoner . has been interrogated by magistrates and others 'as tip whether he put bullets in the pistols, for as to th,ievldetet* of ‘' the marks in the w a ll" every hodk -- now -- admits that it is no evidence at all. Mlt first brought under the netiee of the public a fact, whi c h until then had escaped all observation, and it was, that there are several other similar marks in the wall, as freekti made as the two marks originally relied upon, anti ' likitt: them evidently poked by the fingers or sticks of mi.pc chievous boys. If Mr. Fox Maule has got a bullrt in 'ale possession which was found under the. wall, we !nay, • without any strained inference, consider it as having been placed therc subsequently to the search that was made by the soldiers in the first instance, and by the police after. wards, and which ended in their being unable to find any thing of the sort. For our own part we do not say that there was or there was not any deadly charge in the pistols. We only state that as yet no legal proof of any has been adduced. (Front the Times). There is one stroaely marked characteristic common both to those Governments which most able and de signing, and to th o s e w hi c h are most we, k, ignorant, and -• - incompetent—we mean th e .e sub d te re r a fu d g ol s o p f u o b ffi lic c i i t a y l , et a ig nd ue, tZ , habitual relianc e on a ll For the mystery which is required to conceal and to , ma tere the vast projects of the one is no less conven'aene to veil the vast inanity of the other; and if the great ir ,ter eats of nations are to be stifled by mutes, it sieniifir j s but little whether it be by the practised agents of M. e Nef selrode's Cabinet, or by the careless dummies of II awning: street. It is not wonderful that the strictr,r,t silence should be preserved when parties, en some other points BO much opposed, agree that silence is their COrtr.o on interest; • and it is no Nu the object of Russia to perante de the world that her impenetrable quiet proceeds fron t the absence of all active mov e m ents on h er part, that is the object or Lord Palm erston to persuade us that ',no satisfactory an swer to a qu es ti on i n P arliament woul.d break the mystical spell by which he affects to protect the interests of Eng land. So that Russian designs and Lord Palmerstan i e want of design prescribe the o'Jservance of the same iden tical rules of political conduc e , (From the :Morning Post.) Sir Rnbert Inglis complains, we think, with justice, of the Indifference displayed by Members of the House of Commons respecting the proposed measure for the sale and appropriation of Church property in Canada. The principle involved in this measure is quite as important as that of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill, although the Tlie c o a n b e s e e r n ti c e t h o e f a p e g r e m e a e n r e a n 1 t i n w te e r ig es h t t arsp practical effects would not b e so immediately obvious in; this country- which princi pally thence of the Protestant Established Church is of &LC' augury for the Conservative party and for the constitu- • tional monarehy of the country. Whatever may be the nominal character of the Administration—whatever changers may take mace, appearing to establish a triumph over the r tactical or revolutionary party, there will be littleal bSpo of ultimate safety it Church principles and the inte— rests of the Church be neglected. The Church, with icor many-rooted establishment, is the grand source and sheher of Conservative principles and feelings in this nation. Our party seems to forget this, or not to bear the fact in naind sa earnestly and so constantly as its importance warrints. • I •M . " LADY'S GOLD NECK CHAINS may be selected from of several patterns, price, weigh': of four sovereigns, Five G u i neas ; weight of five sovereigns, Six Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Seven Guineas. The weight is give n by compar i son with the weight of sovereigns,. being more easily referred to than if stzted in ounces r.nd dwts. The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that is worked nto articles of this description. T. COX SAVORY, • Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watchmaker, & c . (Seven Doors from Graceehureh-street) London 47 , Cornhil Drawings of the newest patterns will be sent past free, ap plication be made post paid. ' B S. On the 31st u lt ., at Flore nce TH , Lady Hawley, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Longbridges, Deverill, Lady C. Thynne, of a daughter. On the 10th inst,, at Bridgewater, the wife of Mr. J. Bowent• of a son. On the 114). inst., at Upper Bomerton, Mrs, Middleditehi• of a son. On }lie 11th inst., at Norwood, Mrs. Sid ne y S m i t h, o f i s d4up; ), iter, still born. On the 12th inst., at Tottenham-green, Mrs. R. Wollastor4 of a son. On the 12th inst., at Cottage-place, Dorking, Mrs. E. J. R. Russell, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Woodcote, the Lady Louisa Cotes, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Holloway, Mrs. J. B of a daughter. At Baron Hill, Letterkenny, Lady George H ill, of a daughter, still born. MARRIED. At St. James's, Charles Wynne, Esq., eldest son of C. Wynne, Esq., of Portman-square, and Vcelas, Denbighshire, to Laura, daughter of the late R. Pollen, Esq., of Rodbourne, Wilts, and Old Burlington-street. At Islingtoo, the Rev. J. F. Osborne, Church Alissionary to India, to Aliss N% bite, of Calcutta. DIED. On the 15th inst., at the Grange, Bermondsey, Miss Wade. On the 14th inst., in Ball's Po n d- road, Islington, Captain Peter Thornton, late cf the South Sea Fishery, aged 57. On the 15th inst., at Blackheath Henrietta Hyde MVP Woll VP ton, fifth daughter of the l ate Rev. Francis Wollaston, of C lehurst. I n Lincoln's Inn-fields, Mrs. Lister, widow of W. Lister, an On the 10th inst., at Exeter College, Oxford, France, bi z* _ beth, wife of the Rev. Dr. Richards, Rector of Exeter College. Lond No on : Printed and Published by 1111 ; 111)0 ',(DUNG, of . 112, Strand, at The sun Office, No. I ' l 2 St ran d , i n the County of Aliddle3ex.—Weduesday, June., 17, 1840. • .:„4 : br. • V 411 : 4 Atli i Ai n An i Ar r A TI Alb S A t t, Ale '.'r r t; Tt M. M. ...Jr Ad i A Asti Ato