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V EKING EDITION. -‘' - - -"''' . 7 .4‹. - -14.-er:` --,*.v. c''.'"Nt? - -lA ' s "'"\''•'-, '-1...T.-. ), I) 4 . 2-= • 1 , - ::-.0'-- r..;:<;_?•- - -'4.,. •- %`•! k .-.-.- *.. • , - -Jim , ,_,...,..„....„,„ .............-- ;.... In -.-,)111.x. LONDON : WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1840. In the Lords there wai last night another brief dis cussien on petitions for Non-Intrusion, when the Non- Intrusionists were not very handsomely spoken of, and it was insinu.ded that the people of Scotland were not with them. Lord MELBOURNE moved the second reading of the Cdrida Government Bill, and explained the reason for proposing it, and its provisicns, as they have already been explained in the other House. The Duke of ',VELLino.rom felt great anxiety of this measure, and thought the Government had not taken sufficient time to consider it. He differed from those who entertained a desire to get rid of our American Co!onics, and he warned the Peers againit the Bill unless they were quite sure it would not lead to that. Lord GOSFORD also spoke of the Bill as a dangerous experiment. Lord ELLENISOROUGII a7reed with the Duke of WELLINGTON, but saw no pi rejecting the Bill. lie looked, like most ci tlnir Lord hips, to its reFults with apprehension. 'Fhc Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought the observa tions of the Noble Lord were against all union what ever. ll* did not believe that the Bill would lead to separation, and he approved of its principle of appor tioning representation to population. He thought the measure was one calculated to dev,:lope the prosperity of tite Canadas. The Earl of RIPON followed i i his remarks, ani in his course of proceedings, not to oppose the second reading of the Bill, the Duke of WELLINGTON. Lord Astiflur.eroN made a somewhat sunsible speech, condemning the practice of governing the colonies from Donfling-street. He recommended that we should shake hands with the Canadas, and part good friends. Verily the wise days of ALEXANDER BARING are re• turning, and if he would only be as rational on the Corn-laws, we should desire no better leader. Lord BROUGHAM tried the measure by tl e principle of justice, and expressed a doubt whether they had a right to pass such a law without the consent of the Cana diaos, which had not been, and could not be obtained, in either province. The Noble Lord entered into a vzirietv of considerations to prove this assertion, and to show that the Canadians, could they be asked, would be opposed to the measure. With respect to the future, his Lordship expressed an opinion that the Bill would Lend a great majority of persons to the Colonial Assembly op posed to the union with the mother country, which would make it extremely difficult to continue the ti&on. Such sentiments and statements will ex cite a sensation in Canada, and, indicating a separation at no distant day, will probably make the English at once ask themselves why they arc to be wrongfully taxed by indiscriminating timber duties, to promote a factitious prosperity in a country that is so speedily to be sernrated from England —we should rather indeed say to enrich a few shipowners and other jobbers here, wbo assume to speak for the interest of the Canadians. Toe Noble Lord adverted to some other probable con sequences of the Bill, but seemed to find no consolation from the prospect, anticipating from the measure the teveranee of the union amidst a turmoil of bad and hateful feelings. He did not, however, oppose the motion. Lord MELBOURNE replied at some length to the Duke of WELLINGTON. The Bill was then read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned till Tnursday. In the Commons several petitions Were presented against Church Extension and Church-rates, and com plaining of the treatment of political prisoners, and asking for better treatment. Oae petition prayed for the dismissal of Ministers. A considerable discussion took place on the G reen _ - wi;:h and Gravesend Railway Bill, which was, however, ultimately read a second time. Notices wure given of motions to throw open the National Gallery on Sundays, and to inquire into the cordition of factory children. _ .... Sir It bious then brought forward his motion for Church Extension. We have said som,2thing on his speech elsewhere ; we shall here only remark that the lion. Baronet proposed no sum to be given to the Church ; he merely wanted to enter the small end of the wedge, trusting to the zeal of the Churchmen to drivt, it home. Lord SANDON seconded the motion, and, no person rising to speak for some time, there was a probability of a di‘i , ion. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT then supp)rted the motion by n short speech. Again there was a probability of a division ; and Mr. VILLIERS STUART supplicated a further discussion. Lord DUNGANNON asked for the opinions of her Main3ty's Mr. WARD adverted to the absence of the Tories, and stated that the motion, by keeping out of view the wealth of the Church, had not been fairly brought for wait'. After a short and spirited speech against the motion, Mr. WARD declared that he had made up his mind conscientiously to oppose it. Mr. R. M. MILNES supported the motion, because it was consistent with common sense and reason. He thought the most effectual means of grappling with mo ral evil was a resident minister, though he might be as we have seen, some wretch who would disgrace a brothel. This young man thinks by a vote to save the nation from infidelity and fanaticism, as It a few pounds taken from the pocLets of the people, and in many cases ( I,?t,in s t their will, could have any other than the most immoral efict. Mr. I3AINES showed that the want of Church aecom medation, inc!ulirg the accommodation of Dissenting Chapels, was not so great as was represented. He brought a great number of facts to bear against the ar)tien. Mr. OVONN ELL described the motion as skulking and audaciou3. It was demanding an indefinite sun of money Co: a sectarian purpose. The churches already built were allowed to go to ruin. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposed the motion most vigor ous:y. A!ter a few words in favour of it from Lord TEIG S MOUTH, and a• few words from Mr. OSWALD, Lord JOHN RUSSELL spoke against it. To throw additional burdens on the people now would, he said, produce great irritation. Ho denied that the interests of the Übureh were in (inger, or were not caree, for. Mr. VILLIERi STUART wish:d to address tha House, but in vain, and on a division the motion was lost by 168 to 149. The result is better, and the bigots received a severer defeat, than we anticipated. We hope the Standard will show up its absent friends. Leave was given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the Government of New South Wales Some business of course was transacted, and then the House adjourned. Sir ROBERT INGLrs brought forward last night his motion to impose additional burdens on the people in order to build more Churches and endow more Churches. The Hon. Baronet entered into a great variety of statistical and other details in a speech, which required very nearly three hours to deliver it. After lie had finished he was compli mented by Mr. GALLY KNIGHT, on having com pleted his task in an inoffensive manner. Sir ROBERT had said nothing insulting to Dissenters, and not much insulting to Catholics ; of that we acquit him, but a speech more like a sermon, and more fit for a conventicle than a Senate—a speech so long and less attractive and less animated, it has seldom been our lot to hear. His own friends seem to have thought so, for they were never more ti-,an thirty strong during the whole of the oration, and they gave him through the tedious harangue only one solitary cheer, and allowed him to drop into his seat at the close as if he had made a motion for some returns of the boys educated at the national schools. The Tory party evinced by their absence their dislike of a motion which, ac cording to Sir ROBERT, is to work the regeneration of the nation. They will hardly convince the peo ple by their absence that the motion is of import ance, and it will surprise nobody that the only per sons who petition for Church Extension should he the parsons; who are to profit by it, and their imme diate friends. In fact the motion excited so little interest, that on Sir ROBERT concluding his speech the gallery was cleared for a division, but Mr. GALLI' KNIGHT rose and protracted the debate. We air prebend that the fewness of the petitions against the motion, of which the Tories boast, is partly to be accounted for by the general conviction that the outrageous motion never would be submitted to the House of Commons. Such a conviction is now falsified, and we must be more on our guard as to what the bigots will undertake, and the House of Commons will sanction. In considering Sir ROBERT'S speech we arc, by his observations, enabled to put out of view the religions aspect of his motion. Though he ser monized about the glory of GOD, and the duty of Christian men,—as if the worms of this earth, not the ten millionth part of the great creation, could do ought to add to the glory of the Creator of the starry heavens—and, as if the duty of Christians were not the duty of all men, yet in addressing the House of Commons it was impossible to recommend any measure except in reference to the public good, and accordingly the Hon. B a r one t p o i nte d out t h e utility of the 'Church in promoting proper behavi our and politic a l o b e di ence amongst the people, and in lessening the expense for police, gaols, magis trates, &c. &c., as the main reasons why the House of Commons should vote more money for the clergy and for building churches. That re lieves all public writers from the necessity of inves tigating the truth or falsehood of any part of the doctrines taught by the Church of England, and mutt-es them only to prove that the extension of the Church would not be of public utility. To that one object, and completely excluding al! others, we shall confine our remarks. Before we leave the personalities of the question, however, we must remark that Sir ROBERT INGLIS took great pains to explain the observation he made during the debate on Mavnooth, to the effect that " he would never give sixpence for teach ing that as the word of GoD, which he was con vinced was not the word of GoD." The substance of his explanation, shortly stated, was this :—lt is all men's duty to obey the laws ; the minority must obey the majority, or there can be no law or government ; the money voted for the Church, or to be voted for the 1 Church, is ordained by the supreme authority ; the Dissenters are not taxed as Dissenters, but as sub jects, for the general good ; and while he, as an in dividual was justified in saving that he would not give a sixpence, to teach error, they are not justi fied in refusing, like THonocooD, to pay a tax, though it may be applied to purposes which they dislike or disapprove of, or conscientiously think the support of religious error. That was the sum of his defence ; but we also heard him say, that what was the duty of men as individuals was their duty as legislators ; and as they were bound as in dividuals to promote the spiritual instruction of the people, so they were bound to effect the same object in their legislative capacity. Well, then, it is the duty of individuals not to give sixpence for the propagation of error; that Is, according to Sir ROBERT INGLIS, the command of CHRIST or of GOD ; but it is the command of the majority of the Parliament that he shall give six pence, or more than sixpence, for that purpose, and he gives it like a good subject, setting the Dissenters an example, and calling on them to fol low it, of denying CHrusT, and obeying, in pre ference, the " tyrant majority" of the 'House of Commons. Yet Sir ROBERT INGLIS wishes the would to believe, and he sermonized last night about " eternal life," that he looks to CHRIST for salvation, and that the doctrines of CHRIST, which he thus sets at nought to follow the order of a ma jority ` composed of Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL'S friends, are the sources of all genuine morality. Verily, Sir ROBERT will never be a martyr—most men will doubt if he be even a Christian. At least he is, according to his own statement, a much more subservient subject than a zealous Christian. The question to be decided lies, we think, in a nutshell. The public must not, however, rely on the assertions of the clergy, or the friends of the clergy—they must look to facts. We know it is a theory that the priesthood are the authors of all that is virtuous in man, and honourable in the nation. Where the Church grows, said Sir ROBERT, gaols are less necessary. Where a new church is established schools spring up, order fol lows, property is improved, and all is harmony and peace. Is that so ? Are these facts ? No doubt an isolated case here and there may be found, particularly i n th ese l atter t i mes, when the cler gy , dreadin g the loss of power and pelf, and stimulated by the exertions of the Dissenters, have attended a little to the instruction and improveme n t of the people ; but is that the character of an established clergy generally, or i s t hi s on l y an exception to an almost universal rule ? We think the present dili gence the exception, while the accusation they now urge against their population, their notorious neglect through many years, their scandalou s and continued misappropriation of funds destined to the religious and secular education, or even the nourishment of the poor, all prove that the general character of our established priesthood --as of all established priest hoods, from the days of the PHAROAIIS to the days of GEORGE THE For RTH—is inimical to the morality and happiness of the people. To confine ourselves strictly to the Church of England, and to our own time. There arc no places, according to Sir R. INGLIS, more destitute of Churches than this great Metropolis and its suburbs, and the towns of the manufacturing districts. Now, whatever may he the vices of individuals, there cannot be a doubt, notwith standing this great want of Church, there has been within half a century—that is, precisely within the period when the towns have most out grown and gone away from the parsons—a great .mproYement in all the decencies and all the chari ties of life. There has been nothing like a formi dable riot in Churchless London for more than twenty years, though in the palmy days of Church ascendancy, and of the sovereignty of a most reli gious Monarch, the Bank, and every establishment of the City, was threatened by a mob, raised iu the name of the Church of England. In the manu facturing towns at this moment, where the Church is greatly deficient, the people, though stigmatised by the bigots as heathenish and irreligious, have borne with most exemplary patience—in our opinion, indeed, not exemplary, because it has gone beyond the bounds of reason—the most cruel :privations that ever were inflicted on an in dustrious nation by an avaricious and unfeeling aristocracy. The men of Birmingham, Manches ter, Leeds, Glasgow, &c., destitute of Church, and ground down by Corn-laws to the most abject poverty, have been patient and enduring beyond all praise, and far beyond the patience of the Tories under the mere privation of political power, or the patience of the landlords, who threatened re - beilion in 1836, if the price of barley was not raised, under a mere reduction of rent. We affirm that the conduct of the people in the Churchless metropolis and Churchless manufacturing districts, in a complete refutation of the claims made on be half of the Church, as the source of good behaviour is the people. Look, however, at the agricultural districts. What have the Poor-law Commissioners told us of their morality, blessed as they are with resident priests, and an abundance of Church ? There is no want of churches in Kent and Sussex, and those counties were the seats of the dis graceful riots of 1830. Nay, within the sound of the cathedral bell of Canterbury, on the property of its Chapter, those fana tic exhibitions of THoM and his followers oc curred which are a disgrace to the nation and the age. We decide from these examples that the theory of the priests is unsupported by facts, that theft exertions contribute nothing to the morality and improvemerft of the people, and that it will be a cross mistake to add to their power and their wealth, on the suppasition that they promote in any way the public welfare. The Commons, how ever, have done better titan we expected, and have rejected Sir R. INGLIS'S motion. The overland mail from India arrived by the steamer Alexis at Marseilles on Monday ; but it will yet be twelve—perhaps twenty-four—hours before the letters and papers which she brings can be delivered in London. The news of the arrival of the Alexis was communicated to the French Go vernment by telegraph, in the course of a few hours after she entered the harbour of Marseilles. The Monitear Parisien, of Monday night, which we have received, together with the morning Journals of that date, contains the following tele graphic despatches, announcing the second defeat of BALMASEDA, by General CONCHA, and the retreat of the Carlist chief into France. The news is highly important : TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. DEFEAT, AND ESCAPE, OF I3ALMASEDA INTO FRANCE. " Bayonne, June 29, Nine o'Clock. " THE SUB PREFECT TO TIDE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " On the 25th in the evening General. Concha beat Balmaseda between Miranda. de Arga and Tufalla; he killed a certain number of men, and made 130 prisoners." " Bayonne, June 29, Two o'Clock, p. m. " THE SUB PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " Balmaseda entered France yesterday evening by Larrau, with 3 0 men. It is affirmed that 2,000 men will also enter to-morrow, or during the night, by the same point." Litters from Perpignan of the 25th oh. state that CA B RERA, hearing of the approach of General ESPARTERO, had evacuated Berga, alter spiking the gulls, and committing all the destruction he could upon the property of the inhabitaws. This devil incarnate was flying towards the frontier, which he would have crossed long ago were he not apprehensive that the French authorities would treat him as a murderer, and so deliver him up to the QUEEN'S Government. This assuredly is what the French Government ought to do. His cold-blooded butcheries of the English and French prisoners ought not now to be forgotten, being, as they were, violations of the laws of civilized war fare. No additional news was received in Paris on Monday from Africa. Marshal VALLEE'S con duct was universally blamed by the public press, and hints arc thrown out as if the Government was at last deliberating upon his immediate recall. The position of France in Africa can hardly be worse than it is at present. After a war of ten years' du ration the French are in reality but little in advance of where they started. They have secured the fidelity of no ally—obtained the confidence of no native tribe. They are compelled to walk musket in hand to keep their heads upon their shoul ders. They arc the legitimate game of every Arab sportsman, who bags their heads as an English squire would snipes on a moor at Christmas. The French colonists are all so many living targets, who never stir out of their log-houses but to he shot at. In this age of wonderful discoveries they require some invention whereby they may leave their heads at home when they want to go abroad. This is their only security, independently of a good musket, against their being bagged by some yatagan-wield ing Isinnaelite of the desert. Our prediction on the taking of Morella, proves to be correct, that the few Carlist bands which still kept up the civil war, would, at no very distant period, be dispersed or destroyed. Of the two factious chiefs, who still kept the field, only one ri.mains. Balmascda, the worthy rival of Cibrera in ferocity and rapacity, has fallen into the snare lul for him by two of the Queen's Generals. Believing that lie was not perceived, he passed the Ducas, and con ceived the hold project of surprising the two Queens on their way to Saragossa, where he was attacked by Consti tutional Generals, who had followed him, and who have driven him to the Pyrenees. Thus abandoned by his troops, he is reduced to the alternative of seeking refuge in France, or inevitably falling into thu hands of the Queen's Generals. As for Cabrera, his position is no less disastrous. Sur rounded on all sides, abandoned by the greater part of his troops, execrated by all the Spaniards, who sec in him only a barbarous chief thirsting for blood and plunder, he cannot hold out long against the Queen's troops, now that he has only a few thousand men, and no support in the population. We may now, therefore, consider the war as drawing to a close, and Spain as on the point of at length enjoying the tranquillity and prosperity which it may expect under the Constitutional Government of Isabella 11. It must be confessed that this happy result is due, in a great degree, to the skill of Espartero, who has followed up his plan for the campaign with remarkable perseverance. Endowed with great personal valour, commanding a pow erful army, in sshich he had succeded in introducing the greatest discipline, the Duke might certainly have shown himself more daring, and attempted more decisive strokes, but he has not thought proper to do so, and he cannot be blamed for it, now that he has replied to his adversaries by the best of all arguments—success.—Messayer. BOURSE PARIS, MONDAY, JUNE 29. first Highest I,west Last Price I'rice. Price. Price Pune') 5 per ('ents.. 4% per Cants 4 per Ce nts 3 per Cents B4 70 ... . 84 8.5 .. 74 70 34 85 Rank of france :!550 ...:'551 3'50 ...r550 Laflitte Tank 5,0001. Sb 52'.5 —.5225 3clgian Bank 5 per Cents Dutch 2;. s i per Cents 55 55 ... 55 ... 55 Ac ire 27! ... 27 1 ,6 27!•6 Passive ... (3',4 6% ... f % Neapolitan human lO4 ... 101 ... IC3S, 163;. RAILWAY SHARES, Versailles, R. B 5O .. 525 ... 52'2 50 ... 525 L.B. Orleans .t•tr.3sburg to Bale 420 ... 4) ... 120 4‘2.) PUNISHMENT OF DEATII.-Mr. Kelly's Bill for taking away the punishment of death in certain cases, and substitutinf other puni , hments in lieu thereof, stands for a second reading this day. The crimes at present punishable by death are the following—murder, cm bezzlem2nt by any servant of the Bank of England of any note, &c., relating to dividends or annuitios, and also embezzlement by any servant of the South Sea Company, of notes, bills, &e., of the Company ; setting fire to or destroying King's ships ; setting fire to dwelling ing-houses or shops, any person being therein ; destroy ing ships to the danger of life ; exhibiting false lights, or doing anything to endanger ships ; riotous and tu multuous demolition of churches, houses, or machinery, prepared for or employed in any manufacture; rape, or abusing any girl under ten years of age ; or an un nameab:c crime ; poisoning, stabbing, wounding, with intent to murder ; burglary and assault, with intent to murder ; robbery, with cutting, stabbin g , or wo un di ng ; piracy and assau lt, w i t h i ntent to murder. It is pro posed to do away with the capital punishment for all those crimes except the first, and to make them punish able by transportation for life, or for any term not less than seven years, or by imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years. LONG' Co,v•ts.--A Correspondent inquires whether the ladies hive taken to wear long coats like bah-hies, for nny purpose similar to that which makes nurses hide the legs of infants ? We believe not. The ladies, out of pure benevolence, and feeling great pity for the sca vengers, have only adopted their present extraordinary garments to assist in cleaning the streets. This is very amiable, but not very nice ; and in this catching weather all the beholders wish for pedestrian ladies shorter coats and cleaner stockings. The Briuldon Guardian says that Mr. 131er.- cowe will stand for Lewes, and that the Tories are in such consternation at the news, that one of their leaders has already been heard to declare that in future they must put up with one member. COAL TRADE.—The following bulletin has been issued from the office in Blacket-street, this morning, (Monday) :—That in addition to the forn.er salutai - y regula tions winch have originated in that quarter, they havo deemed it necessary for the convenience of themselves, and the benefit of the ship-owners, to fix the rate of freight (supposed to London, but not so stated in the bulletin) to continue for one week, viz., Shields, by vessels and spout, 7s. 6d. ; Hayhole spout, 7s. 7d. ; Howden Pans, 7s. 9d. ; Wallsend, Walker, &c., Ss.; abovo Bill Point, gs. 3,l.— Tyne Mercury. OPENING OF THE HULL AND SELBY RAIL wA Proprietors of the Hull and Selby Railway, ac companied by the Directors and other officers of th e L ee d s an d Selby, Yo r k and North Midland, and other Railways, and headed by the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding, Lcrd Won lock, Lord Wharncliffe, and Sir Clifford Constable, Bart., the Members for the Borough, and other Members of Parliament, with the Mayor and Town Coucil, and other public bodies of the Borough, intend to march in process:on round the town, previous to the departure of the trains to Selby, on Wednes day next (this day.) The principal tradesmen have likewise determined on shutting up their shops and places of business, so as to give the different parties in their employ an opportu nity of , vitnessingthe opening of this important undertaking.— Hull Observer. lal S MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) 117er many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMEURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE :IOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains SEVEN HUNDRED MONEY PORTIONS, Amounting to k:72,170 Sterling. The Smallest Portion is £5O, And the largest Portion is £25,000• ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The daring feats of the celebrated Van Amburgh in th e N ew Historical E•ama of " Mungo Parke," with his incomparable Collection of Lions, Leopards, and Tigers, has already created tht utmost astonishment—thousands have witnessed the won derful effects, and he will appear every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING, JULY 1. Will he acted a New Drairatic Spectacle, entitled MUNGO PARKE ; OR, THE ARAB OF THE NIGER. Kaifa, the Arab, by Van Amburgh, in which character he will be a ttacked by a leopard an d a tiger , and finally encounter the whole herd in their dens. After which, a Comic Piece, called EVERYBODY'S RELATION. To conclude with llaines' New Drama, entitled THE FACTORY BOY; OR, THE LOVE SACRIFICE, Supported by the entire strength of the Company. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. BEETHOVEN'S BATTLE SINFONIA !! Unequivocal success! The revival of this celebrated compo sition has created an excitement almost without a parallel ; the unbounded admiration with which its wonderfully descriptive and spirit-stirring passages have been hailed, is the most grati fying proof that the beauties of this elaborate work arc fully and warmly appreciated. GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAMPETRES. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Programe for June 20th and 30th, and July 1 : Overtures—Jcssonda, Massaniello. Quadrilles—Lucrezia Borghia, Krakoviak. Pas Redouble—Pas des Amazone.. Waltzes—Die Pctershurgher, Tower of Lendon (first time). Trios—" Solt Altro" ( Guillaume Tell), " This magic-wove Searl" (Mountain Sylph). Grand March—Die Templar and die Juden. Selection from " Robert le Diable," arranged by Godfiey, and embracing all the favourite Airs from that popu lar Opera. THE GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA, written by Beeth oven to commemorate the battle af Vittoria, and originally per formed, in 1,110, at the h cat re Royal Drury-lane, arranged by Godfrey, expressly for this establishment, from the only score extr.nt, in the possession of Sir George Smart, and vividly describing the various incidents o :the contest—The Assembly —'Flue March—Forming - the Liner—The Challenge—The De fiance—The Storm MXreh—Cannonading—Total Rout of the Enemy—The Retreat—Pursuit—Grand Intrada—Shouts of the Conquerors—Triumphal March—Songs of Victory—and Na tional Anthem ! -During the Evening the new .animated illustration of Perils awl Adventures in:the Frozen seas ! Carter's " Koniaphostic," Erupton of MTh, &c. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. The Carnivora are fed at Five o'Clo , :k. Concert commences at Six. MG 11 NV ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOKROW. Morning 9 minutes after 4. I Evening 0 9 minutes attcr 4. The IPublication of the Evening Editien of Tris St corn meneed at 4 5 minutes after Three. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1840. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (THIS DAY.) (Before Nlr. Justice COLERIDGE and a SPECIAL JURY.) THE QUEEN V. MYERS AND OTHERS. This was an indictment charging the defendants, Mor ris Myers, John Adams, and others, with conspiring to gether to defraud Messrs. Esdailes and Margrave, of tho City Saw Mils, Messrs. Cole and Co., and other creditors of William Edwards, a bankrupt, lately carrying on busi ness in Wentworth-street as a cabinetmaker. Sir F. POLLOCK opened the case, and proceeded to call his witnesses. On Mr. Esdaile, the first witness, entering the box, the Counsel for the defence objected to the indictment, inas much as it stated that the name of the Messrs. Esdaile's partner was Thomas Johnson Margraves, and not Thomas Margraves, as stated in the indictment, and urged that this objection was fatal. The cave having been arrued at great length by Sir W. Follett, Mr. Humphries, Mr. Platt, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Swann, and Mr. Thesiger, in support of the objection, and by Sir F. Pollock, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Clarkson against ft, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said that, although at first he had been inclined to stop the case, vet he had determined, after hearing arguments, to permit the case to proceed, and to reserve the point. ( The case was proceeding when we went to press.) THE MA.RKETS-:(THIS DAY. COLIN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain have been moderate. Some business has been done ;n both English and Foreign Wheat, with a dis position to higher prices for each. In other sorts of Corn very little done, but prices of all remain firm. Flour as last re volted. • NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. All descriptions of meat were in good supply. Trade dull, and prices rather lower. Beef, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. Veal ' 3,. Bd. to ss. ; Mutt on , 3 s. ti d . to 4s. 6d. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to 6s. ; Pork, 3s. 84. to ss. per stone of Blbs. The supplies of Game and Poultry were small ; the demand quite equal ; and in prices no alteration. Eggs in good demand, at improved rates, ss. 3d. to 6s. 3d. per 1.21) ; Plover Ss. per dozen. COLONIAL MARKET. There was much firmness displayed on the part of the holders, and at the same time the home trade evinced a fair dis yoiition to d's business, especially in flaw Sugar. For export the operations were on a more extended scale in all articles. The arrivals have again been well from all quarters. DRIED FRUIT MARKET. In Raisins large purchases have been made, and prices are on the advance. Valentia, 465. to 48s- per cwt. METAL MARKET. This market was dull, and prices were with difficulty sup ported. TEA MARKET. The demand was very limited, and the market bore an ex tremely heavy appearance, Company's Congou, for cash, could not, however, be bought below Is. 110. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The prices of this commodity were fully supported, but the demand was without animation, and the operations confined to the bare wants of the consumers, P. Y. C. 525. 6d. finest. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. Losnos.—Wind, th s day at noon, light South -Westerly brcc zes. DEAL, JUNR 30.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the John, Pirie, from Trinidad. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 30.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Express, Scott, from Savannah • Louisa Frederick, Ste phenson, Nev foundland. Sailed, Catherine, Whiteway, for Monte Video ; Eurotas, Crosby, Virginia ; C a nada, Wilson, New York ; Sally, Burr, Quebec ; Ruby, West cott, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Gipsy, Casswcll, was to sail from Valparaiso 25th March for Rio Janeiro and Swansea. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 30. —Wind W. to S. W. , squally. Arrived the Isabella, Ritchie, from Riga. Off port, Hermes, Bennett, ditto. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 30. —Wind W. S. W.—Sailed the Prince Albert, Scott, for New Yolk. GUERNSEY, JUNE 27.—Sailed the British Queen, Machon, for Odessa. CORK, JUNE 28.1 Sailed the Joseph Wheeler, Mngey, ror .7,011a1C2. JUNE 28,—Sailed the M•Lecd, Pattison, foi Malta. HARWICH, JUNE 30.—Arrived off, the Argo, Pieper, 'rem the Baltic. JUNE 30.—Arrived the Harmony, Elder, rrorn Quebec. DUBLIN, JUNE 29 —The Garland, Sinclair, from White haven to St. Thomas's, which put in here leaky, has been on the slip, and is now ready for sea. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTToN MARKET, TuEspAY.—W e continue to have an extensive demand for Cotton. 'Th, sales tc day a:c from 5 to 6,000 bsgs, of which about one-half have been taken on speculation. Very full prices have been obtained. LIVERPOOL SIIAItE LIST. Chester and Birkenhead New Shares, I'4; Chester and Crew Junction, 15 3 i 161 ; Grand Junction, 255 ; London and Birmingham, 186 i ; Brighton United Company, 283-; Manchester, Birmingham, and L,:eds, 87; Midland Counties, 991- ; Royal of Liverpool, 734. P. S. The market is much Ermer; more buyers than sellers; and prices consequently on the advance. The failure of the Commercial Bank of Englend, which is now confirmed, is not likely to turn out so serious as was at first supposed. The shares are, however, offering freely at 21. per share, 51. paid. TIM FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday 911 i- for the opening, have improved, and may be quoted at Present 911 k for the Account ; :Reduced 91k 2 ; Exchequer 1311.8 22 24 prem. ; Bahk Stock, 1731 1741 ; India Bonds, 1 4 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active also improved, owing `to Balmosad a having entered Prance. Sp an i s h Activo . '"ieft cff 261 i ; at present 26i 7 i f ; Deferred,l4- i; Passive, qi ; Portuguese, 351 i; Three per Cents., 61 i ; Brazilian, 761 774 ; Colombian, 274 :i ; Melican, 31; 2 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents , 534 i ex dividend ; Five per Cents., 1021 1. SRA RES.-Great Western Railway, 40 41 prem. ; Lon don and Brighton, 61 6 discount; Blackwall, 21 34 prem. ; Birmingham, 98 100 prem. ; Southampton, 60 61 per share ; Croydon, 111 1 per share ; Greenwich, 81 91 per share ' • Mancheser and Bi rm i ng h am, 8 to 6 discount. PRICES OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 92 1i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cents. Con. 31 per Cent. Ditto Red .. Nev 31 per Cent. ...... 5 per Cent. Ann. 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ...... 5001. 23 25 pm. Jan. 5, 1860. .. 13 13-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859. Jan. 5, 1860. ...... Ditto Advertised ... pm. Jan. 5, 1850. April 5, 1880. Jan. 5, 1870. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds lO5 Ditto Account Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds ...... Brazilian Bonds ... Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Chilian Bonds .. Prussian Bonds ..... ... Ditto Account C'olumbian Bonds Ditto Account. Columbi an Bonds, 1824 Sp an i s h B on d s .. 26ia Ditto Account 27in Ditto Account ...261 7 N Danish Bonds ...... ... Ditto Account — Defe rre d ll2il Greek Bonds ... — French,s per cent... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1 525. ... Ditto Account — 3 per cent.- —f. —c. Mexican Bonds,s per cent Exchange... —f. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 21 per cent ... 531 Ditto,6 per Cent•• — Ditto Account Ditto Account ••• Ditto, 5 per cent lO2l Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. X. a. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto New Gosport Junction London and Brighton London and Blackwell London and Greenwich ..... London and South Western ..... 38i 6l Londan and Croydon (Trunk).., 131 l2 ..... to North Midland, (New) ......... 30 York and North Midland ... ...... 50 JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American ••••••••. 35 HALF-PAST ONE. The exports of the precious metals from the Port of London, for the week ending 25th ult. •—Silver Coin to Hamburg-87,204 ounces. The Foreig n Exchanges yesterday afternoon were as follows :—Paris 25 55 571 ; Rotterdam, 12 3 ; Antwerp, 12 21-; Amsterdam, 12 21 3 ; Frankfort, 13 91 ; Ham. burg, 13 91. The above prices are a little higher than last post day. The settlement of the Foreign account being even, and the payment of the dividend in a few days, we have no doubt will render money more easy to be obtained. We this instant learn that the overland mail has arrived from India at Marseilles on Monday, brought by the Alexis, steamer from Malta. Severd couriers were on their way from Marseilles to Paris with the intelligence. Consols 914 I for the Account; Exchequer Bills Is. higher; Bank Stock improved to 1751; India Bonds, I prom. ; Spanish Active, 264 27 26k ; Deferred, 121 a Passive 6 1 i ; Colombian 27, rather lower; Brazilian 77 ; Mexican 531; Dutch Two-and•a-Half, 531; Five per Cents. 104-. In the Share Market very little doing. Eastern Counties 161 i ; Gosport Junction 35 ; L on d on and Bright on 231 -ii- 1 I-; Biackwall 221 to 23 ; S out h Western 61 ; York and North Midland 71 to 72. We have no particulars as yet from India. Ti Unitrd Kingdom, a large ship, built last year in our American Colonies, arrived at Liverpool a few days ago from Charleston, with the following enormous cargo:- 3,:.b3 bales of cotton, 693 barrels of tar, 820 barrels of turpen tine, and other minor article s , materials which, if piled in shape, might be made to resemble no inconsiderable village. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON FRENCH BRANDY. —We have received a communication to the effect that the treaty will be signed at Paris in a week or so, and the reduc tion will immediately follow. The amount of duty to be taken off, it is supposed, will be Bs. ger gallon.—YorAshirema n . THE BONAPARTE FANIILY.—It is stated in the boA circles that the removal of the prohibition against the residence of any of the members of the Bonaparte family in the French territory has been decided upon by the Cabinet, but that the conditions have not yet been settled; and it has been resolved, it is added, not to bring this question before the Chambers until after the funeral ob.,equics of the Emperor.— Letter from Paris. ELECTION OF SHERIFFS. The Polbw; commenced this morning at Nine, and has been kept up with great spirit. STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAY AT THE CLOSE. Galloway Gibbs - Farncombe LITERATURE. MAGAZINE OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY, VOL. V. Orr and Co., London, 1480. There are some judicious remarks, mixed up with other useful matters of domestic economy, in this volume, respecting the adulterations to which Lon don porter is subjected ; and directions are given for brewing it, which, however, few private families will ever undertake to do, for it seems to be a very trou blesome and complicated process. SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY. Churton, London, 1840. This is a work likely to be read with interest by young people, for it narrates in a pleasing and fami liar style, the principal events in the New Testa ment, and is illustrated with several wood -cuts en graved from original designs furnished by Martin. GERMAN, FRENCH. AND ENGLISH CON ,VERSATIONS. Simphin and Marshall, London, 1840. A useful, elementary work, whose object, —says Mr. Stafford, the compiler, in his preface—" is to facilitate the acquirement of sound theoretical and practical knowledge, and thereby to contribute to wards the advancement of the science of languiges." This is a laudable attempt; and the clever and ser viceable character of the various conversations intro duced into the volume, satisfy us that it will not be an unsuccessful one. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT. Hodgson and Graves, London, 1840. We consider this the best likeness that has yet ap peared of Prince Albert. It is engraved by Wagstaff, from an original painting by Patten, who executed it, we understand, by command of her M+sty, a short time previous to her marriage. The Prince is repre sented in a standing posture, and is attired in the green Coburg uniform ; the broad riband of the Garter crosses his breast, and he wears one or two, apparently, foreign orders. The expression of the countenance—more especially of the eyes—is admirably true to life ; but We think the artist has made the Prince's figure a littlo too tall. MR. PETER AINSWORTH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ste,—As a Liberal elector of this town I beg to thank you for the notice you have taken of the discreditable con duct of our worthless representative, P. Ainsworth, Esq., on Lord Stanley's scorpion Bill. I assure you his con duct has created no more disgust in your mind than it has in that of every honest reformer in this borough. And, when the proper dun arrive?, the time for action, he will receive the most unequivocal manifestations of their dis approbation. Should he, indeed, presume or venture to face a public meeting of his constituents, he will find it a less pleasurable occupation to appease their anger, or re move their disgust, than riding in the " Derby Dilly with Six Insides." Nor will an encounter with his late friends in private, if less formidable, be much more agreeable. But, Sir, he has only confirmed the opinion which was formed of him, on his first appearance in public, and par ticularly on his offering himself as a candidate for the suf frages of the Liberal electors of Bolton, by many indi viduals acquainted with his character, and possessing ample opportunities of judging of his qualifications and talents. From this circumstance many goad and honest reformers withheld their support from him at his first election, and were only induced to give it to him at his last to secure the return of a second Member, in whom they could place their confidence and trust. But no such inducement, no expediency or trimming to particular circumstances, whatever the consequences may be, will ever again give him the honour of a seat in Parliament as the Reform Member for the borough of Bolton. I speak, Sir, not merely as an individual, but as one possessing ample means of obtaining the opinion of the most influen tial and respcctsble of the Liberal electors. His doom is sealed. The Reformers of Bolton have one and all bid him adieu, whether he has them or not. He has treated their remonstrances with indifference and con tempt (and if an individual applies to him, he at once re pels him with the charge of ignorance or misapprehension), not deigning to eater into any discu.sion on the principles of the Bill, but contents himself with alleging his unre mitting and arduous attendance for "nearly three months on a Carlow Election Committee," and the delay which Ministers have manifested in bringing forward their measures for the amendment of the Irish Registration sys tem, as the only justification or palliation of his conduct. The time is, perhaps, not far distant when the scales will be turned, and he will find too late how well his " honesty and independence" are appreciated. Yout's, Bolton, June 29, 1840. AN ELECTOR. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Donizetti's tragic opera Lucrezia Borgia was repre sented here on Tuesday night for the second time this season. It was first brought out at Milan some six years ago. Grisi was the bright representative of Lucrezia. Her acting and singing were above all praise. In the scene where she encounters her slumbering son, and in the fine finale to the prologue, where her mask is.torn off by his comrades, and she is upbraided by them successively ; in the scene where she is compelled to be a witness to the poisoning of Gennaro, and she administers the antidote ; and, lastly, at the denouement, where she has unwittingly included her son among those whom her revenge has de stroyed, it is impqssible to display more pathos and more feeling, combined with more gracefulness and more dig nity. The very pleasing duet, " Leggiadra amabil siete," was executed by her in such a manner as to command an immediate encore, which honour was deservedly shared by Mario, who acquitted himself with great taste of the well known passage, " Di pcscatore ignobile," though he some what forced his voice at the last bars. In the duet between Lucrezia and Alfonso, in the eighth scene of the first act, Grisi again produced the greatest effect, especially by the energy with which she uttered the threatening passage, "Ohl a to bada," &c. The trjo, " Guai se ti sfugge un mote," into which she infused all the sweetness, purity, and precision of her notes, was most justly encored, Tam burini and Mario's simultaneous execution rendering it one of the finest morcccux we have ever heard. On tl:e fall of the curtain there was a very loud call for Grisi, Tambu rini, and Mario, who came forward, having well earned the compliment. The ballet L' Ombre concluded the evening's entertainments, when Taglioni, who was recalled also on the fall of the curtain, construed, we trust, the abundant plaudits lavished upon her into so many wishes that her impending benefit be not the last of her unrivalled performance. The opera was crowded. THE ARCHIMEDES.—We understand that the steam-ship Archimedes may be shortly expected at this port, on the experimental voyage undertaken to prove the advantages of the Archimedean screw, by which she is propelled. The Archimedes, on leaving Glasgow, was to proceed by the Cale donian Canal to the ports in the north, and from thence to Hull, on her passage to the coast of Holland.—Hull Observer. The Northern and Eastern Railway will open to Broxborne in August; and we understand on the Ist of Sep.. tembcr several of the Cambridge coaches will go on the line, reducing the time an hour and a half in the journey to London. The " floating light" at the entrance of the Tees was brought to Mr. Mellanby's building.yard, to be coppered ; and when hauled upon the patents lipway, upwards of seven tons of small " muscles" were found adhering to the bottom, and have been disposal of for manure.— Tyne Mercury. LORD ALFRED HARVEY.—His Lordship, up to a late hour last evening , _ was going on very f avoura bl y. TIIE TAILOR CAUGHT . FROM HIS SHOP BOA RD.—William Gibbon, a tailor, was convicted on the 10th of August, 1839, on a charge o f p oac hi ng w i th a certain engine called a gun, on Scargill Moor. Mr. Snowden, the officer, made out the man of cloth to sleep in a very remote par: of the country, called the West Pitts, whither the officer proceeded on Monday night last, about twelve o'clock, knocked at the door, requested the poor tailor to assist a neighbour in calv ing a cow. Up he jumped, opened the door, when lo ! and behold, the hand-shackles presented by the officer appeared in th e ay_es of the tailor more than both gun, goose , and needles. His sentence is, six months' to hard labour in Northallerton House of Correction, or a penalty of 110 f.— Tyne Mercury.—lA poor fellow who,•for carrying his own fowling-piece over a moor, and afterwards rising cheerfully at midnight from his warm bed to serve a neighbour, is seatcnced to six months' imprison ment. This seems to us but a sorry subject for facetiousness. To the tailor, at all events, it could be no joke. j On Monday last, an inquest was held on the body of Sophia Bent, about thirteen years of age, who went out on Sunday evening last in a pleasure-boat with four other girls and three boys. The boat being too heavily laden, she capsized, and all were precipitated into the water. Mr. Can ham and Mr. Legge being fortunately near the spot plunged into the water, and succeeded in extricating five of them from their perilous situation ; two of the other females were nearly dead when taken out of the water, but medical aid having been procured, they are now in a fair way of recovery. Verdict—Accidentally drowned. Great praise is due to two gentlemen who so kindly saved the other females from a similar death.— Cambridge Advertiser. Last week two young fellows quarrelled at Holm Roek, and finally settled their difference by a regular up and•down fight in the Lancashire fashion. As an appro priate conclusion to their brutality, one of the combatants bit his opponent's nose off, and swallowed it l— Whitchaven Herald. The report alluded to in the Brighton Guardian of the purchase of Oakwood by Sir Thomas Baring, ue are in formed on good authority, is at all events premature; nor is there any probability of Sir Thomas's standing on the Liberal interest for Chichester. There is no doubt that this report originated in the great dissatiatiction winch the conduct of Lord Arthur Lennox in Parliament his given' to the constituency of Chichester, and shows their anxiety to get rid of a person whose political dishonesty would be a disgrace to any constituency in the kingdom. The electors of Chichester would be glad to send his Lordship to the right- about. DRAMATIC LONGEVITY. —Madame Lange, the s7ster-in- law of the famous Mozart, for whom he com posed many parts, is stiaiipon the stage of Vienna, and lately acted to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of her debut. A Mr. West, who was a (lancer with Garrick nearly 70 years ago, lately took a benefit at the same theatre. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGA ZLVE. The essay on " Style," which is the first article in the present number of Maga, is written in nervous, idiomatic English, but not without those occasional negrgences of expression, which the author points out as among the prevailing faults of our current literature. He laments, it seems, the decadence of all good style in the productions of the present day ; but he forgets that the reading public are chiefly to blame for this, who, by their importunate demand for novelty, prevent a writer from devoting sufficient time to his subject. This was not the case fifty years ago, and will not, we suspect, be the case fifty years hence, when the absurd rage for mere novelty shall have fairly worn itself out. In reference to the general demand for cheap literature, and the bookish character of the present day, the author relates the following diverting anncdote " To mark in what degree this contagion of bookishness has spread, and how deeply it has moulded the habits of expression in classes naturally the" least likely to hove been reached by a revolution so artificial in its character, we will report a single record from the memorials of our own experience. Some eight years ago, we had occasion to look for lodgings, id a newly-built suburb of London. The mistress of the house (with respect to whom we have nothiag to report more than that she was in the worst sense a vulgar woman, that is, not merely a low• bred per son-39 much might have been expected from her occupa tion—but morally vulgar by the evidence of her own coin. plex precautions against fraud, reasonable enough in so dangerous a capital, but not calling for the very ostenta tious display of them which she obtruded upon us) was in regular training, it appeared, as a student of newspapers. She had no children—the newspapers were her children. There lay her studies, that branch of learning constituted her occupation, from morning to night, and the following were amongst the words which she--this semibat barian— poured from her cornucopia during the very few minutes of our interview, which interview was brought to an ab rupt issue by mere nervous agitation upon our part. •The words, as noted down within an hour of the occasion, and after allowing a fair time for our recovery, were these : first, " Category ;" secondly, " predicament ;" (where, by the way, from the twofold iteration of the idea—Greek add Roman—it appears that the old lady was 6 twice armed ;') —thirdly, • individuality ;' faurthly, • procrast notion ;' fifthly, 'speaking diplomatically, would not wish to commit herself;' sixthly, • would spontaneously adapt the several modes of domestication to the reciprocal inte rests,' &c. ; and finally, (which word it was that settled us; we heard it as we reached the topmost stair on the se cond flour; and, without further struggle against our in stincts, round we wheeled, rushed down fortj-five stairs, and exploded from the house with a fury causing us to im pinge against an obese or protuberant gentleman, and call.. log for mutual explanations ; a result which nothing could account fur, but a steel bow, or mustachio; on the lip of an elderly woman ; meantime the fatal word was) seventhly, • anteriorly.' Concerning which word we solemnly depose and make affidavit, that neither from man, woman, nor book, had we ever heard it before this unique rceontre with this abominable woman on the staircase," The observations on Newspaper style, though some what severe, are founded in truth ; though we have occasionally read political articles in daily Journals which would have done no dishonour to the ablest pens in the ablest age of English literature. But these, it must be confessed, are the exceptions to a general rule. " A Chapter of Turkish History" is one of those inte resting historiettes for which Black wood has alway been celebrated. " Carmen Triumphale" is a song of congratulation on the Queen's late fortunate escape from assassination. We would quote it entire, but that our limits forbid. It is by Mr. Simmons, who sings from his perch on the mid slopes of Parnassus with much sp i rit and sweetness. " On Personification" is an intelligent essay, marked by strong sense and shrewdness of criticism. The " To bias Correspondence" sets out into a spirit of broad, riotous drollery, which reminds us of O'Doherty. We hope this amusing correspondence will be continued, for the present specimen is capital. The " History of Europe" is a notice of Mr. Alison's late volume on this subject. As we have already reviewed this volume in T/e Sun, we need here say nothing more, than that the present favourable notice of it in Maga is no more than the work deserves. " Circassia" reveals some of the intrigues of Russia for the possession of this im portant country.. " Ten Thousand a-Year" describes, in a minute and forcible manner, the behaviour of Titmouse after his acquisition of the Yatton estates. The story is carried on with unflagging vigour, though it is now and then too diffuse in point of description. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. By a notice affixed to the title-page of this Number, W 3 perceive that Mr. Hood is engaged to contribute a series of articles to the Misccllaay, which, by way of adding to their attractiveness, are to be illustrated by himself. We arc glad of this, for Hood is one of the most popular writers of the day, and peculiarly adapted, by the force, pungency, and general conciseness of his style, to excel in periodical literature. As regards his powers of design, though he has little knowledge of art, and makes strange work at times with the human figure, and not unfrequently also with perspective, yet he has abundant humour, and enough of grotesque fancy, to make up for all his d,ficiencies. He will, therefore, be a decided acquisition to the Miscellany—more particu larly if he will furnish a set of such truthful prose arti cles, as his " Sketches on the Road," which were the. gems of the " Comic Annual." Meantime, to drop Hood, and proceed to " business," as they say in the City. The Number before us commences, as usual, with " Guy Fawkes," in which there is a vigorous sketch of the well-known quack Dr. Dee, whose resuscitation of Guy, by means of an elixir as (g incomparable " as Rowland's Macassar, is described with considerable skill. One of that redeeming merits of Mr. Ainsworth's fic tions, is the sufficing acquaintance he alw a y s s h ows w i t h the character and domestic usuages of the times of which ho treats. In this respect, even Scott has not equalled him, though Scott makes a less ostentatious parade of his reading. We consider " Guy Fawkes " the most readable story its author has yet attempted, and the present chapters among the most effective, at least as respects incident. The " Contrabandista "is a passable tale, reasoned, of course, with a murder-- " his neat plebecula gaudet"—from the pen of Captain Medwin. An " Aspiration for Place "is a lively epi gram, of the old-fashioned Chesterfield school of com . pliment. We subjoin it accordingly If kisses be the coin of Love, The die sweet woman's rosy mouth, Found still on earth, where'er we rove, Or east, or west, or north, or south, Let Statesmen on to glory plod, And climb Ambition's paths of flint; I only wish the little God Would make me master of his mint. The " Jolly Miller" is sad stuff, crammed full of puns as excruciating as the tooth-ache. ' " A Visit to the Organ Mountains in Brazil" gives some cleverish de scriptions of Brazilian manners, in the more seques tered parts of the country. " Harkaway Sketches" is an account of a day's shooting in the preserves of an English sportsman of tl.e old school. It is pleasantly and unaffectedly written by a gentleman named Mills. An essay on Beaus and Dandies, past and present, is quite as good as its subjects, which is not saying much for it. " Father Mathew" details some particu lars respecting the progress that tea-totalism is making in Ireland. Fifteen hundred thousand individuals have, it seems, already taken the pledge! The " Sleeping Beauty in our Time" is a sprightly article by Mr. Jer den, whose good-natured, racy sketches we always read with pleasure. " Stanley Thorn" is light and rambling as usual, but without any pretensions to originality. • FRASER S MAGAZINE. We generally calculate on one or two sound scholar like essays or criticisms in this Magazine, and the pre sent number has not d;sappointed us. The first article, headed '° Occult Science," exhibits some curious reading on ti ,e subject of the elixir of life, of which so many al chemists and phik”ophers of the middle ages were in quest, and which was supposed to confer the boon of perpetual youth and health on those who were fortunate enough to discover it. It is on this popular delusion, it may be remembered, that Godwin has founded his ce lebrated romance of St. Leon. "II Bondoeani" is an oriental tale, translated—or professing to be translated —f.om the German. The incidents are ingeniously contrived, and well put together. " Here or There" is a desultory article on a variety of subjects, all strung together' without rhyme or reason. The opening re marks on the "Sorrows of Wcrter" are excellent. The writer justly observes that thi s overrate d ta l e i s far bet ter to call - forth laughter than tears ; and adds that " Wester's vagaries bear the stamp, not of passion, last of that peculiar state of hobbedelloyish gabyhood called in England calf-love." We quote from this amusing paper an anecdote of Sheridan, which we do not remem ber to have met with before : " The following anecdote of Sheridan's vinous elo quence we bad from the lips of one of the oldest surviving friends and followers of Fox. and himself a highly influ ential Whig of the old'szhool. This gentleman and She ridan had dined together at Bellamy's; and Sheridan having taken his allowance, gave his accustomed signal for a move. This signal consisted of the words, " Now I shall go down, and see what's doing in the House;" which in reality meant, and was always so interpreted by who. ever dined in his company, " I have drank enough ; try share of the business is done, now do yours : call for the bill and pay it." On this occasion the usual course was pursued ; and the bill having been settled by Sheridan's friend, the latter, hearing that Sherry was " up," felt curious to know what be could possibly be at, knowing the " glorious" state in which he had just departed. Accord ingly, ha entered the House, and, to his no small astonish. ment, found Sheridan in a fit of most fervent oratory, thundering forth the following well-knovvn passage " Give them a corrupt House of Lords; give them a venal House of Commons; give them a tyrannical prince; give them a truckling Court ; and let me have but an unfettered press, and I will defy them to encroach a hair's breath upon the liberties of England 1" This outburst, at first sight, weuld seem to tell against our argument in the text • but, in truth,' it does n o suc h t hi ng . Moore, in his " Life of Sheridan," has shown that the greater number of his start ling passages were very carefully prepared in his sober moments, and let offaftrrwards with an air of impromptu, as opportunity presented itself." " Rabelais" is an essay that shows no small amount of the lighter and pleasanter order of scholarship. The theme is a tempting one, for who is there that is not au ' EVENING ED ITI ON. admirer, and has not much to say, of wit, learning, sa glcity, and ripe and ready knowledge of the world that Maitre Alcofribas shows in every chapter of his lie mortal Voyage to the Holy Bottle? We are :pleased to find the author of this entertaining article speaking in high terms of approbation of Napoleon. Despite his martial ambition, he was one of the greatest be nefactors that France has had since the days, Of the great Colbert, and is worth all the Bourbons that were ever whelped, including even the great Louis himself. " A Pictorial Rhapsody," contains some judi cious criticisms on many of the more remarkable pic tures in the present exhibition. " Modern Greece" is readable, though the subject is rather hacknied. The fe Ar remaining articles call for no particular comment. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The present number of this periodical contains, among other prose and verse articles, a review of the poems, accompanied by translations, of Count Platen, an author, whose works it seems, have made much stir in Germany, where they have many ardent admirers. From the specimens selected b 7 the Reviewer, we in cline to judge favourably of the Count's powers of fancy, though not so of his judgment, since—as we are assured—" he has been endeavouring to con struct German poems , in Latin metres," which is a very preposterous piece of affectation. " Ode to Mr. George Patten," is by the Editor. It is a graceful lyric, and exhibits more thoaght than is usually found in the poems of the day. " Reginald de Baiilaunce" is -a tale of a melo-dramatic character, wirked up with consider able skill. From the article entitled ." Persian Re miniscences," we quote an extract, illustrative of the strong inherent avarice of the Persian monarchs : Nothing touches the compassion of Majesty so much as the sight of money—it is irresistible; it is money which raised him to the throne ; it is money which keeps hint there, it may be said ; it will purchase everything within his gift, even life itself, of which a notable instance was related to me of one of the King's Ministers, who had found the powerful effect of 'none) : it is a long history which I cannot enter upon, of his misdemeanours, &c. ; —at length the rope was around his neck, ten thousand tomauns was bid for his head, the sum was irresistible, and it was bought in at that price ; he was subsequently ho noured with the Khelat,' and sent as Ambassador Extra ordinary to the Court of St. James's. The Khan's enter taining letter, which he wrote on his return to Persia, re marking on the customs and manners of this country, has, I believe, been printed, therefore I shall not copy it. After a full flow of compliment to the ladies, be objects to two things :—" I always afraid some old lady in great crowd come dead—that not very good, and spoil my hap piness. I think old lady after eighty-five should not not come to evening party; why for take so much trouble? I think tell little storie.,—that not very good." - Such was the "on dit" of Tehran. I confess that lam a /eet/e sceptical on the subject ; the safest anecdote-ground in Persia is certainly that of " ocular demonstration." His late Majesty, " Futtee Ali Shah," was very ingenious in extracting money from his subjects. Does the King want to build a palace—he dips into his sut+jeets' pockets for the ways and means ; does he mean to marry either of his sons—all the " pomp and circumstance" must be paid for by the people. In this way they almost curse the "Sadir," as it is called, or public requisition, when proclaimed by the herald of despotism. MONTHLY CHRONICLE. • This periodical reached us at such a late hour last night, that we are compelled to restrict ourselves to a brief and hasty notice of it. The two articles which we have perused with the greatest pleasure, are the criticism on Mr. Horne's new tragedy of Gremory the Seventh, a stirring and lofty subject, and well adapted for dramatic purposes ;, and the " Sketches of Spanish Generals," which arc continued from the last number. The criticism is written in a subtle, discriminating spirit, and, from the extracts adduced by the Reviewer, We are impressed with a high sense of admiration of Mr. Horne's genius, which is of an impassioned character, yet is not ever frittered away in rant. The opening passage of the " Spanish Sketches" is penned in an eloquent style, by one fully awake to the ancient glories of Spain. The " Song of the Bell," is a translation of Schiller's famous poem cf that name, " A West India Story," is neither above nor below the average run of periodical tales. TAIrS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. We fear the world will be another thousand years older before feats of slaughter, and the fierce collisions of hostile nations, shall cease to be the burden of our national melodies. The celebration of the horrors and devastations of war in song, hardly as yet grates upon the ear of the most peace-loving philanthropist. Well, while the world delights in such strains, it will not re ject the Burschen Melodies—those blood-stirring commemorations of German prowess in the liberation war against France, which the gages of:Tait are for the first time rendering familiar to Englishmen. But the Burschen Melodies possess higher claims to remembrance than their recording the fierce struggles of Germany f or independence. They are filled with noble sentiments ; they Inspire liberal ideas ; they breathe the spirit of a people as worthy of freedoin as they are resolved to ac'iieve and maintain it for ever. "A Glialpse at some of our Local Religions" is from the prolific pen of that shrewd unmasker of hypocrisy under every disguise, William Howitt ; and keen and search ing is the scrutiny with which he peers into the dark un trodden nooks of the National Church. Still he does not probe the evil to the bottom. He does not venture to tell us, what it is of the utmost i nportance that all should understand—that is, that no activity nn the part of the Church of England —no adoption of a rail way pace in her preaching and teaching —no con cession which, ns a State Church, she has the power of making to the spirit of the age —can ever restore her lost influence over the minds of Englishmen• Enthusiasts may cover the face of the land with stone edifices, and appoint persons to edify the godly in them once a week ; but they will present the spectacle of Protestant churches in England, where the parson, the clerk, and the sexton, compose, not unfrequently; the entire congregation. The spiritual wants of a people, who exercise the right of private judgment to the ex tent now common to the population of this country, cannot be supplied by our National Church, as at pre sent established. The thing is impossible. No three men can meet together, and say they are quite agreed as to the three Creeds, or nine out of the Thirty-nine Articles. Before building any more churches, it would be as well to examine the foundation of those already erected. " Timon, but not of Athens," is one of those admirable summaries of a rccantly published book, for which this Magazine is peculiarly distinguished. Dr. Bowring's " Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham" record some amusing traits of the venerable codificator, which can hardly fail to excite the risibility of his grarest dis ciples. There are two respectable sonnets, a legend in rhyme, in this number—the latter meant to ridicule a department in the literature of olden times, which we look back to with reverence, not unmixed with regret, notwithstanding the progress we are making in steam fights over earth and water—in the annihilation of the quondam impossibilities, time and space. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSI7'Y MAGAZINE. The biographical sketch of George Robert Fitzgerald, an Irish fire-eating squire, of a race now, happily, almost extinct in Ireland, though of little interest in itself, is made to bear so directly upon the social and moral con dition of Ireland at the close of the last century, that we have risen from its perusal with great admiration of a writer so well qUalified to reconcile many discrepancies in the social history of his country. The introductory pages ought to be carefully studied by every Irishman who has at heart the prosperity of his country, and who desires to see at a glance one of the main causes .of Ireland's long night of madness, of misery, and of guilt. We at first half dreaded to accompany our ga ll a nt Hibernian friend, O'Malley, the ." Bold Dra goon ," across the threshold o f a ball-room, as we have an in stinctive aversion to the smell of powder ; but a peep at the interior so diierted us that we found the summons to enter irresistible. And certainly any thing more irresistibly comic than Miss Macau's adventure, it has not been our good fortune for some months to m e et with. The author has the tact of felicitously intro ducing some excellent Irish songs, of which - the" Widow Malone"—an old favourite of ours —may be taken as a fair specimen. The " Recollections of a Portrait Painter," are continued in this number. The writer. though treading closely in the footsteps of a contributor to Blackwood, under a somewhat similar title ; ---diap:ays considerable power of design, and a fine eye for the correct adaptation of the more sombre shadei of colour ing in his portraits. Anthony Poplar's " Portrait Gallery," is embellished this month with the grate countenance of the Primate of all Ireland, the Mot Rev. the Archbishop of Armagh. We pass over the political articles in this periodical without notice. The Reviews of Books, especially the " Sportsman in Ire land," and " Romilly Autobiography," are spirited epitomes of the volumes to which they merely profess to invite attention. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager intends mak• irg a tour through some of the midland and northern counties during the summer. She will leave London in July, and par visits to the principal Nobility whose seat■ lie on her route. Among others the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury will have the honour of receiving her Majesty at their magnificent place, Alton Towers, Staffordshire, where, in addition to the -gor geous state apartments recently completed, a splendid saloon, MO feet long, and terminating a su►te of galleries 500 fie. in length, dedicated to the reception of ancient armour, paintings. statuary, &c., &e., has this year been finished. Alton Towers, with its hanging gardens and magnificent surrounding scenery, is not surpassed in grandeur by any residence in the kingdom. Her Majesty will remain with the Noble Earl and Countess three or four days. MARYLEBONE REFORM DINNER.-Yestcr day between six and seven hundred of the Reformers of Mary lebone dined at White Conduit House, in celebration of the ninth anniversary of the passing of the Vestries Act. Ed ward Joseph, Esq., occupied the Chair, and Mr. Charles Nixon the Vice-Chair, and among the gentlemen present were Mr. O'Connell, M.P. ; Sir B. ,Hall, Bart. M. P. ; Mr. Prothero, M.P. ; J. E. Hovenlen, EN.; the Hon. Charles Cochrane; J. Bag shaw, Esq. ; J osep h D ra k e, E sq. ; J. Williams, Esq. ; G. A . Young, Esq; ; Mr._ Churchwarden Daniell; Mr. Thomas the Barrister; Theobald, Esq., &c. &c. The coffin in which the late King of Prussia. has been buried Was the same that served in 1810 for the remains of Queen Louisa his wife, and whiea Wes replaced after*a.rd. by • marble tircophagug.