The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-02 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION: ARCtiLdIEt'ES STEAM YACHT. During the last ten days some sensation has been created at Dover, by the presence there of the Ar chimedes, steam•yacht, and her frequent trials with her Majesty's packets on that station. Her success was so decided that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who had expressed great interest in the progress of the experiments made by this vessel, deputed Captain Chappeil, R.N., and Mr. Lloyd, the Engineer of Woolwich Dockyard, to superin tend the trials ; and appointed her 'Majesty's packet Widgeon, recently repaired, and reported the fastest vessel on the station, specially to contend with her. Her first trials were made with steam alone, and though the Widgeon has engines of ninety -horse Power (ten more than those of the Archimedes) is five feet narrower, and draws four-and-a-half feet l ess water, they were so nearly alike in the passage to Calais that she beat the Archimedes only three end-a-half minutes in going, and four in returning, it being a dead calm, which was all in favour of the Paddle-wheels over the screw. Yesterday, however, a breeze having sprung up, the rival vessels again started from Dover for Calais Roads, with the combined powers of sail and Steam, when the Archimedes beat the Widgeon n►ne minutes in going, and five in returning. The Archimedes performed the passage over in two hours avid one minute, and returned in the incredibly 811 ° 1 1 , space of one hour and . fifiy-three minutes! ---'probably the very quickest passage on record. GERMAN OPERA-PRINCE'S THEATRE. Mozart composed the opera of ll Don Giovanni, Prague, the city in whose theatre it was first pro duced, under the superintendence of that great corn- Poser, in the year 1787. In the preceding year his opera of Le Nozzd di Figaro had been received with luch enthusiastic delight by the people of Prague that Mozart is said to have exclaimed—" The Bohemians understand me ; I must write an opera for them." L Boudini who was then opera-director, communicated on tbit subject with Mozart, who soon produced his im- Mortal Don Juan. The first intimation we have of its performance in this country is from a notice of the Harmonic Society, held at the London Tavern, Feb. 1809. Spagnoletti was the leader, and we find Naldi amongst the singers as the Leporello ; the rest were native artists. Of course, this being only a con cert, the recitative and action could not be done. A. short time after this, it was brought out at the Italia n Opera, and has ever since held its station as the grandest of all Mozart's works. The German company, af ter having played Der Freischutz with a perfection and brilliancy never before heard in this country, have been found wanting in power to do justice to the Giovanni, With, however, some exceptions. The Donna Anna of Madame Fischer Schwarzbock was a highly cre ultable performance—her first scene was a finished Pt ee of acting, with some very powerful singing. adame Schumann, already an established favourite, Made a charming Zerlina—her archness and naivete i n her acting with Masetto were delightful ; her duett w i ith Don J uan ( H err P oec k), was d eserve dly enco red, a'so her song " B att i ! B att i !" Th e cas t o f Lepo rello , and tne Commandant was not good ; both were !lusting in power, and the former in animation. Herr chmezer, as Don Ottavio, sung his part with great truth and feeling. "II mio tesoro" was very nicely give n ; also the trio at the end of the first act, by Donna Anna, Zerlina, and Ottavio, which was encored. The final e to the first act told better than any thing during the whole evening—it went with a precision that re minded I.ls of their performance on previous nights. The choruses and concerted pieces were given with sPirit and precision, and the orchestra was excellent. Our orchestra performers should frequent this theatre in order to learn what is the effect of a real piano. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were in the Royal box, Prince Ernest was also present ; and the boxes were full of fashionable company. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. DEATH OF COLONEL LIGHT. (From the South Australian Register of Oct. 12.) It is with feelings of deep sorrow that we announce the death of Colonel Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. An asthmatic affection, we believe, to Which Colonel Light had for several years been subject, assumed some months ago a character which his medical advisers considered fatal—his bodily health, weakened by tang wounds, and the effects of former hard service in the il .Q.,_ninsula, gradually decayed, and death finally released o l ik,from mortal suffering on Saturday last. An account „ ,le public honours paid to his remains by the Governor "laa the colonists will be found below. THE FUNERAL. When the melan c h o l y f act that the Colonel was no more became known, It w as d etermined that all public honours which i t was in the power of the Colonists to give, should be bestowed on his memory. His Excellency the Governor readily entered into these views, and a special meeting of th e Legislative Council was held on Monday, to take into eonsiderat:ion how the Government would best bear testi. te eny 0 1 : their respect for one who had so ardently and energetically exerted himself to promote the welfare of the XOl O Ay. y The result of their deliberations was the issuing "r.tieee requesting that the different shops should be closed durin g the funeral procession and ceremony, and that all tne Government Officers should attend the funeral. It w as also resolved that the Government should devote a Ce rtain sum from the public funds towards defraying the Cost of a monument to be erected over the grave. On Thursday, the day appointed for the funeral ; at a littl e b efore 12 o ' clock, the hearse containing the body, lee° in Pani ed by the friends d the deceased, proceeded f f r orn Thebarton towards Adelaide. From the time the procession left Thebarton till its arrival at Trinity Church, lzmute guns were fired by a party stationed at Hindmarsh, a nd the colours at Go ve rnment house were hoisted half zasl: At the o ld N a ti ve L oca ti on th e funeral was joincd ,Z his Exc e ll ency t h e G overnor an d a ll th e Government Dicers, and by the largest body of Colonists ever con gregated within this Province. Four hundred a, d twenty three gentlemen, all in deep mourning, formed in pro " Won. N yhen toe body arrived at the grave the appropriate „i' . ''` L 'ee 1 ". as real o ver it by Mr. Howard, and the remains f n t r Gallant C o l one l were then c onsigned to the earth, ',he presence of the largest assemblage of persons ever 1 " ee n in Adelaide, all of whom seemed anxious to show the respezt they entertained for the memory of one whom t heybad so sincerely respected and admired. . - EXPARTE FISHER IN RE HAMMOND.—In t ae Court of Review at Westminster, yesterday, a petition was resented by Mr. Fisher to annul the fiat issued ngainst the he ste liikrPof the day q uest , b t.„ ..wanstort, who appeared for the petitioner, and in q consequence the absence of Mr. Bethell, who is retained for the as- I lneel, it was adjourned till Monday neat! LINCOLN'S INN, MAY I.—The following gen leruen were this day called to the degree of barrister-at-law .?.,Y the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, viz.:—James Adamson, sq ; Kenelm Kilner, Esq. ; Walter Wyndham Burrell, Esq. .Robert Williams Soady, Esq. David Power, Esq. ; and Samuel James, Esq. The spacious mansion in Privy-gardens, next door to Sir Robert Peel's, formerly belonging to the late Lord Farnborough, has been takenl by Charles Mostyn, Esq. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, while a young man was engaged in light ing the illumination lamps in front of the house of M. Guizot, the French Ambassador, in Manchester-square, to celebrate the marriage of the Duke of Nemours, the coachman of the Portu guese Ambassador drove the carriage against the ladder on which the young man stood. In consequence of the shock the unfortunate man lost his hold, and fell on his head from a height of forty feet. He was carried to Middlesex Hospital, when it was found his skull was severely fractured. WINDSOR.—A ball and supper, upon a most sumhtuous and magnificent scale, will be given at the barracks , at Spital on Tuesday evening, by the officers of the 2d Regi. trent of Life Guards, now stationed at Windsor. The invita tions to the neighbouring nobility, clergy, and gentry, embrace a. circuit of several miles around the two towns of Windsor and Eton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has accepted the i trvitation of the officers, and notified his intention to honour thi s splendid fete with his presence ; and it is considered nct at i tll improbable that the Queen will accompany h er Ill us t r i o u s ‘ - keasort. The preparations for the reception of the Prince, tnd for receiving her Majesty in a style worthy of the Sove reign, are in active progress, under the sup-rintendence of Mr. Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. The ex tensive ridine . school was being floored yesterday morning for the dance, and several marquees will be erected in various parts of the barrack -yard. _ ALMACK S.—On Wednesday night the first ball this season was given at the usual locale, Willis's Rooms, Ki ng -street, St. James's. As is always the case with the first ball of the subscription, the attendance was not so nu naerous, although on thie occasion 200 members of the beau Monde were present. The splendid salon de dance and the adjoin ing tea saloon and ante-rooms, so much admired by the distin- Rinshed foreigners who visit this country, for the solid elegance, a nd good taste which pervade the embellishments and fittings 11 P, were thrown open, and brilliantly lighted from the five mag nifinznt chandeliers, manufactured last season by Messrs. Perry and_ Co., shortly before 1 1, at which hour th e c om p an y be g an to arr ive. D anc i ng commence d at half-past to Weippert's band. T he Marchioness of Queensberry, Countess of Jersey, and Lady Sarah Villi ers, his Excellency Baron Brunow, Count Nesselrode, Earl of Athlone, Lord Cremorne, Countess of Orford, Lady Colborne, Hon. Miss Ridley Colborne, Lord and Lad y Na- Pier, Hon. Miss Napier, Baron Pahlen, Viscount Cantilupe, Count Kondroisffsky, Lady Sand!or.l Graham, Lady Gore, 4lisses Gore (2), Viscount Villiers, Hen. A. Ponsonby, Earl ( , ) f Mulgrave, Hon. Mrs. Drummond, Misses Drummond (2), Lord George Paget, Sir Compton and Lady Domvile, ilia Domvile ( 2), Lord Curzon, Viscount Loftus Mrs. and ~:1 " , Wyndham, Lady Johnstone, Miss Johnstone, Colonel and Herbert Bentinck, Mrs. and Plisses Nassau Sutton, Hon. Sir. W. , Miss Herbert, Lady Trollope, Misses Trollope (two), viscount Drumlar:rig, .Lady Augusta and Miss Milbanke, Hon. Apia and Mrs. Best, Lady Maria and Miss West, Mr. and Lad? Helena St ewar t, Mi sses Til ney L ong, Si r W. an d Miss Clayton, Mr. IL Wellesley; Lady and Miss Langborn, Mrs. and Misses Vansittart, &c. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has offered a hward_„, of 1501 . atcl a free pardon, to any of th e accom pli ces w h o "' 1 " give evidence against the murderers of Mr. Claudius bleat, of Leitrim. ~~ ~r .~~,~ . ~, MAGAZINES (CONTINUED). BEATLEY'S MISCELLANY. This periodical leached us at such a late how. that we were unable to include it among our usual notices yesterday. The present Number is read able enough, and contains, among other prose sketches, a . curious narrativ e written by old Barnes —the welt-known " lean and slipper'd pantaloon" of Di ury-lane and Covent-garden,-pif his trip from Dover to Calais in the year 1830. The old fellow is very quaint and droll in many of his descriptions, and from his repeated allusions to brandy, which occur upon an average once in every paragraph, we conclude that he was by no means unacquainted with the flavour of that most potent of " strong waters." Here is a diverting incident he met with while at Calais, which goes far to verify the old adage, that necessity is the mother of invention " Returning, in crossing the Grand Square, an Irishman, rather seedy in appearance, addressed me by name. He was also acquainted with the names of all the other Englishmen of our party. He told us he was going over to Dover at night by the steam-packet, and kindly volunteered to carry over letters for any of us. I determined to write to say that we had arrived safe. I wrote also for SlMour to his wife, as that education had .somehow been in cautiously neglected. I asked him in what affectionate style of terms I should word my letter to his better half, and he replied, Oh, tell her I ant slap up !' As this Hibernian gentleman knew us all by name, we could do no leas than treat him with something to drink ; for which, by the way, he gave a preliminary hint by remarking, How much better the brandy was in France, and how very much cheaper than in Eng land.' So, after he had partaken liberally of the eau de VEAU—as Rolandson would persist in calling it, calf as he was—the Irishman took our letters, and wished us a pleasant journey to Paris. Now, as these letters were never delivered, and when, on my return, I saw the same gentleman at Calais, making the same offer to some new-corners, I came to the conclusion that he obtained his living by this ingenious mode, being a sort of promissory postman, who made it his business to get the names of the persons who arrived at the hotels from the various commissioners, and then, by offering his services to convey letters to London, always being about to start by the next packet,' be contrived to ex tract something from his dupes. In the present chapters of " Guy Fawkes," incident, as usual, is heaped upon incident in lavish profusion. By the way, the illustration by Cruick shank of Guy's vision at St. Winifred's Well is most grotesquely at variance with the spirit of Ainswmth's text ; who talks of the fair apparition as wearing a " benignant" aspect, while the ar tist has pourtrayed her with a sour, grim visage, as though she were suffering under a severe at tack of cholic. " Moral Economy of Large Towns" is an intelligent essay by Dr. Taylor, who appears to have taken considerable pains to inves tigate all the bearings of his subject. There is much good sense in these remarks :—" Genuine philanthropy is cheerful, and even merry. Sour, pharisaic, lecture-giving charity has nothing of philanthropy about it ; at best, it is but a way of showing that one is better than one's neighbours, and the cost it involves is a tax unwillingly paid by vanity. We insist that the best way to make this a moral world, is to make it a merry world." This is the doctrine that Leigh Hunt has been enforcing, in verse as well as prose, for the last twenty years and upwards. The " Death-bed Confession" is a record of a penitent murderer's last moments. In places, it is powerfully written. " Captain Morris" is a whimsical rhymed notice of this veteran's poems. A portrait of the jovial Captain accompa nies the notice, and, as a work of art, is creditable to the engraver. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. From the portions contained in this Number of Mr. Heraud's tragedy of the " Roman Brother," we incline to think it would tell well as an acting play. At any rate, there is no deficiency of spirit in the two acts which we have hastily run over ; and reflection and poetry are wisely made subordinate to the purposes of action. There are so few really good actors, however, now on the stage, that tra gedy has hut a faint chance of success, unless all the interest—which is not the case in the present in stance—is made to centre in the person of one in dividual—and that individual Macready. Mr. Heraud, therefore, we fear, must wait for better times ; meantime, he does right in publishing his drama, because it will convince the world that he has much dramatic ability. " Iona" is the conti nuation of an interesting tale, which we have read with pleasure, despite our dislike to " conti nuations." ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. The most seasonable article in the Number be fore us is that entitled the " Maritime Trade of China," in which there are some amusing particu lars respecting the system of navigation, as carried on years ago in this old-fashioned part of the world. MACULLOCH'S DICTIONARY. This is the Third Part of a Geographical, Sta tistical, and Historical Dictionary, the materials for which appear to have been well digested by the editor, who is well known for his tact and experi ence in this useful department of literature. MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. A better Number than has appeared of late, and containing a sensible, practical article on the sub ject of the " Granting of Exclusive Licenses by Patentees." METROPOLITAN. Mr. Howard here favours us with a humorous poem entitled" Ejus Crux," which, to say the best of it, is but a sad imitation of Tom Ingoldsby's man ner. The author had much better stick to prose, for which he is far more qualified than for verse. " Memoirs of an Italian Exile" possesses passages full of feeling, hut the article is too much spun out. The " Note-book of an Irish Barrister" furnishes us this month with some biographical details of the lite Hussey Burgh. LONDON AND EDINBIJRGH PHILOSO. PHICAL MAGAZINE. R and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court. Geology is the predominant feature of the prcseni number of this Magazine. As this science is dail3 becoming more interesting, the study of it is extend. ing more widely among the thinking portion of the public. Hitherto a certain class of readers have been deterred from turning their minds to geology. by a notion which some half-witted fanatics had pro pagated that its votaries were influenced by a desire to find arguments for the overthrow of Revelation. The excellent work of Dr. Pye Smith, whose at tachment to revealed religion has been too clearly proved to admit of question, has done much and will do more to dispel this ridiculous prejudice. To return to the contents of the work before us. The first paper is from the pen of the learned Vice - President of the Geological Society. It is entitled " On the Boulder Formation, or drift and asso ciated freshwater deposits composing the mud-cliffs of Eastern Norfolk." The writer concludes, from the absence of all stratified arrangement in this formation, both in this and other Northern:countries, that there must have been some peculiarity in its origin, and his object is to show that this peculiarity arises from the agency of ice-bergs. We cannot, of course, here enter into a detail of the reasons by which Mr. Lyell brings out this and other points in his admirable essay, but we can say that we have seldom read a paper of this kind with more gratifi cation. No small portion of our pleasure, we may add, is due to the numerous wood-cuts which both illustrate the character of the formation in various parts of the district examined, and also give the reader a complete fac-simile of the different fossil objects contained in it. There is another paper on this branch of science, by Mr. Weaver. It is the continuation of a series of articles "On the Mineral Structure of the South of Ireland, with correlative matter on Devon and Cornwall, Belgium, the Eifel, &c." Ihe author endeavours to prove that there is but a slight analogy between the Belgian and British for mations, and seems to make out his point satisfac torily. The only other papers which our limits will per mit us to particularize, are one of great value by Mr. Snow Harris on the best kind of lightning conductors for the navy, and another on iron, cast iron, and steel, byDr. Schafhaueult of Munich, who has made numerous experiments on the composi tion and qualities of these metals. EQUIROTAL CARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—A splendid new equirotal vehicle has been launched on town ff. his Grace tho iliike of Wellington. It comprises, in the first, instance, a beautiful cab phaeton, for either a single horse or pair. Then, again, it divides into two parts, when the hinder body forms singly, and at pleasure, either an elegant cabriolet, or a curl icle for a pair of horses. The carriage is suspended on easy bow springs, and may be converted from a four-wheel to a two-wheel in the space of a few minutes. It is lined with crimson morocco and rich yellow lace, and is of a chocolate brown colour, but without crest or arms. It has been about four months constructing, and the cost is nearly 300/. DIVING BELL—We quote the following from the Armoricain of Brest :—" Mr. H.Davey, after long exer tion, has succeeded in finding the remains of the Republicain, which was wrecked on the rocks of Maingan on the 25th of December, 1794. The day before yesterday he landed her bell at the arsenal, presenting it as the first fruits of his undertaking. All the articles which may be recovered are to be divided between him and the marine. He has also landed a brass cannon weighing about 10,000 lbs. Mr. Davey hopes to be able to recover most of the brass guns of the ship, which are said to be twenty-seven. This will be one of the most difficult and dangerous operations ever undertaken by any diver, on account of the depth of the water, between eighteen and twenty fathoms, and the rapidity and strength of the cur rent; but Mr. Davey has brought his apparatus to such a state of perfection, that he is able to iriumph over these two great obstacles. The bell and cannon recovered have suffered very little from their long submersion. The bell bears the name of M. Le Beurriee, who owned a large foundry at Brest." FRIGHTFUL CONFLAGRATION.--A corres• pendent at Geneva informs us that the consequences of the con tlagration of Sallenches has been most disastrous. Forty indi viduals were either dead or dying of the injuries they • had received on the morning of the 21st instant. Upwards of fifty were known to be dreadfully mutilated, and more than one hundred had disappeared with out their fate being known. Several women were found suffocated in the cellars where they had taken refuge from the flames. All the papers and documents belonging to I the town and the notaries of the place have entirely perished ; and very few persons have been able to save their most valuable effects. Not mere than four or five houses, at the extremity of the town, have been preserved ; the rest, 250 in number, are only ruins. The church, which ' . was one of the largest and oldest in the district of Faucigny, has been entirely consum4. One of the brothers of the keeper of the Hotel de Bellevue was burnt to death. The town was THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. destroyed by a similar cause three hundred and twenty-one Sherwood and Co. ; years ago, and at the same time (Easter); in that year the spring had been universally dry, and all the water-courses were The " Essay on the Tendency of Criminal Pas- dried up.—Frrnch Paper. sions to Weake n the Intellect," with which the The sum already subscribed in Dublin for the Number commences, has only one fault—it is too , purpose of raising funds for the erection of a monument M that city to perpetuate the services of the late Mr. Drummond, bw: ex short. The writer has shown a trul y philosophic ceeds seven hundreds pounds, and this without a suription spirit and talents fo r grappling with metaphysical from the provibees. 4,' THE SUN, LONDON, SA FURDAY, MAY 2, 1840. questions, which we hope he will not allow to re main inactive. The " Popular Doctrine of the Atonement," as expounded by the Reverend Christmas Evans, is a curiosity in its way. " Re fusal to Bury the Child of a Unitarian Dissenter contains a detailed statement of the facts relating to the extraordinary proceedings of the Bishop of Exeter and one of his clergy acting by his advice in a case of which partial accounts have appeared in the newspapers. As the opinions of the Attor ney• General and Dr. Addams, before each of whom a case was laid, are here given, and the matter at issue is of great importance to the Dissenters generally, we recommend this article to their atten tion. Old Toby appears in his true colours—alter nately a bully and a coward. " Ecclesiastical Forgeries, No. X., by a Layman," deals with the Acts of Pilate, and with Just;n and Tertullian From an article headed " Church -rates, Dissenters, and the Government," we extract the concluding passage, which we think well worthy of serious consideration by all who profess to be " abolition ists The Reviewer's (Eclectic) concluding remarks deserve the best attention of his brethren. He reminds them that though, from the near:y balanced state of parties, relief from Church-rates cannot be expected from the Administration, they can effectually help themselves by attendance at the parish vestry. "It is here that the battle of religious liberty must be fought." To be sure it is, t.nd where it might and ought to have been settled long ago. That this simple but effectual mode of redress should have so long been neglected by so many Dissenters, has excited a pretty general impres sion, either that they do not understand, or that they care nothing about, the principles they profess. For to all who have eyes to see and ears to hear, they have exhibited the glaring inconsistency of raising a loud out cry against a grievance which, virtually, they have in flicted on themselves. It has looked as if they must have something to complain about, for the trere sake of complaining. In their speeches and resolutions, all sorts of evil have been alleged to flow from a system which, by their actions and lives, they have acknowledged to be harmless. In the altered state of public feeling towards the body, they are reaping the just reward of imbecility and incon sistency—of loud professions followed by a miserable practice ; and in the high claims and insolent tone just now assumed by the Church, they may learn the new estimate she has formed of the opponents arrayed against her. Respect them, she probably never will, unless there be a state of grace for churches as well as indi viduals ; but, if they would only be true to their own principles, they might very soon compel her to put on something like the appearance of respect, and abate a little the arrogant pretensions she has set up. FINE ARTS. ROYAL CORTEGE IN WINDSOR PARK. Hodgson and Graves, London, 1840. This is an engraving by Bromley, from an ori ginal painting by Davis, executed, we believe, by the Queen's command, and representing her Ma jesty riding leisurely with her suite through the fine forest scenery of Windsor park. The Castle rears up its lofty towers in the distance ; and we just contrive to catch a glimpse of the equestrian statue of George the Third, elected by order of his son and successor, on the highest point of the Long Walk. In the foreground, of course, are the Royal cortege, who form several graceful groupes. The Queen rides in front, and the likeness is so excel lent a one, that we can detect it at a glance. If we mistake not the King and Queen of the Bel gians attend her ; at any rate, one of the eques trians bears a strong resemblance to King Leopold. The sylvan character of the scenery, with its lawny slopes, and swelling wooded uplands, and the slim deer bounding lightly among them, are pre served with great spirit and accuracy. The en waving is one that from its broad massive lights and shades would show to advantage in a frame. PORTRAIT OF MAHOMMED SHAH. Welch and Gwynne, London, 1840. We have here a half. length portrait of the pre 7 sent King of Persia, who is represented in a sitting posture, in an alcove of his palace, holding in his hand a written document—probab:y a petition from one of his subjects. His countenance—we cannot, of course, undertake to say whether it be a likeness or not—displays much energy of cha racter and fixedness of purpose. His dress is one dazzling blaze of pearls and diamonds. The per spective of this picture is adroitly handled. CROMWELL DISSOLVING THE LONG PARLIAMENT. Hodgson and Gloves, London, 1840. There is much skill of execution shown in this engraving, which is from a painting by the late Benjamin Wcst, and represents Cromwell as in the act of dissolving the Long Parliament, and saying to the Speaker, " Take away that bauble," namely, the mace. The best figure in the picture is that of Cromwell, whose hold, marked expression of face is truly delineated ; but with regard to the others, our objection to them is, that they are not English men, at least if we may judge from the general con tour of their countenances. This, however, is not the engraver's fault ; he could only copy his original. WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. On Thursday evening Mr. Catlin, whose extensive collection of Indian vertu at the Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, has been for some time exhibiting to the inhabitants of our metropolis, gave at the above Insti tution (Leicester-square), a most interestinenarrative of his researches among the various tribes of Indians who yet linger on the vast plains of the Mississipi and Mis souri, but are daily sinking beneath the wheels of (to the aborigines of all countries) the great Juggernaunt of civilization. Tire numerous portraits of chiefs in their picturesque costumes, and the narrator's graphic but melancholy history of the originals, excited great inte rest ; and the reader of Cooper's admirable novels was not only gratified b) the portrait of the worthy representa tive of the tribe of the noble Pawnee, and the subtle Sioux, but of many others less familiar to him, among whom we must not forget a chief of the " Black Crow" tribe, and a great " Medicine man," whom one of Mr. Catlin's attendants, robed in the actual costumes, most worthily represented. Mr. Catlin also illustrated his narrative by a vast number of wai like weapons, and other instruments, by drawings of the animals and wigwams of the country ; which latter, he informed his audience, was erected at his exhibition, and in New York bad been graced by containing at once a hundred ladies. We strongly recommend all who have read the narra tive iately published by the Hon. Mr. Murray (with whom Mr. Catlin was for some time a fellow-traveller), or who feel interested in authentic information respect ing this interesting and almost extinct portion of our race, to visit Mr. Catlin's exhibition, where their cu riosity will be amply gratified by a sight of his collection during a tour of eight years in the Indian country. THE Ro W AT 'FILE OPEnA HOUSE We copy the following from a Tory Contemporary, the Courier. The Prince, and the Tory peers under his com mand, must be highly gr at ifi e d b ) see i ng i n o ne of their own prints the elegant dialogue which took place on the occa- SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) Because a homicide was perpetrated in Tipperary, and a seditious ballad was chaunted in the streets of Kilkenny, Lord Stanley proposed to establish the horrors of mai tial law, and domiciliary visits over all Ireland. Because thCre are found upon the register a few fictitious votes, and the names of trine electors departed this life have not yet been struck out of the lists, the same cool-headed states men propounds a measure rendering the acquisition of the elective franchise, with the very best conceivable qualifi cation, a process as tardy and vexatious, as precarious and expensive as an action of ejectment, or a suit in Chancery. As in the ease of the Coercion Act, Whitefoot outrages were but the pretexts for destroying the constitutional tri bunals and all the muniments of public liberty, so in the Case of the Registration Bill, now before us, the persona tion and perjury alleged to exist under the present system are nothing but pretences, and very shallow ones, for wreak ing the vengeance of a beaten faction upon the rights of a victorious people. (From the Times.) There was an assertion some days ago in the Ministerial newspapers, not less untrue than several others which those authorities are went to make—namely, that the Conserva tives were crying out for war, and declaring that the country ought long ago to have been at war in many quarters." We repeat that such an accusation was both untrue and impudent. The real complaint of the Con servative party was, that Lord Palmerston pursued a policy which must, without some special and remarkable interposition of Providence, force us into war with other nations, or into dishonourable means of avoiding such an issue. And this, surely, was no unreasonable ground of charge against the Queen's Government, provided the fact was capable of proof. Teen let us ask, had our wish been for war, would it not have been abundantly gratified by all that has transpired within the last ten days ? (From the Morning Post ) We abhor theological differences. The Church teaches unity and charity, and does not teach controversy. Let us have faith and confidence in some one guidance—let us have some certain source of mental peace and quiet. This is what the Church affords, until pestilent schismatics, heretics, and infidels come to create disturbance, and make turbid the clear waters. And as if this were not bad enough, we have a Government which welcomes and cherishes such dist;:rbcrs, instead of repelling them and ket ping the peace; Verily these disturbers. and the Go vernment which countenances them, shall have their reward. (From the Morning Herald.) Would a repeal of the Corn-laws prevent, in all time to come, the recurrence of bad seasons ? No : a repeal of the Corn-laws would do none of these things 1 But a repeal of the Corn-laws would deprive the British labourer of his widest and surest field of occupation—and would annihilate, or divert to other channels, all that mass of agricultural capital, which now maintains the greater num ber of British labourers, when they are employed, and which is taxed, moreover, for the labourer's benefit, when he is overtaken by age, disease, or privation of employ ment. It the Corn-laws were repealed, the British la bourer would possess no security against a rise after an ungenial season in the price of the four-pound loaf from fourpence to nincpence halfpenny; but atter a repeal of the Corn-laws, the British labourer would be deprived of the means of buying a sufficiency of bread, even at times when bread should be the cheapest. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) It is evident from the sort of anxiety shown to pro duce counter-petitions to those against the Corn-laws which Lord Fitzwilliam presented last night in such numbers, that the public feeling on that subject is bc ginning to tell, even on the Lords— " The Earl of Malmesbury presented petitions from the Isle of Wight in favour of the Corn-laws, to which he said the addresses of the petitioners were affixed, 1,300 in number. _ . . ..-...—.. Earl Fitzwilliam said he had a petition to present, signed by 10.000 persons, against the Corn-laws, all affix ing their addresses to their names. " The Earl of Malmesbury—lt isof the greatest import ance to know who are our petitioners. " Earl Fitzwilliam—No doubt." Lord Fitzwilliam said, "The present Corn-law could not be better described than as a law to limit the popula tion of the United Kingdom ; for such was necessarily the effect of a law which limited the population to the means of sustenance which could be produced within these realms." With great deference to the Noble Earl, we think his description inadequate. The Corn-law, in our judgment, is more, and worse, than a law to " limit the population of the United Kingdom." There are many of its advocates who would not scruple to accept this description of it. They admit that its tendency is " to limit the popula tion of the United Kingdom." But they say, it is not expedient that the population should be increased to the extent of dependence for agricultural produce on foreigners. They arc practical Malthusians—are these sacred Chinese economists—they have taken upon them to revoke the Divine command, or permission to" increase and multiply"—they won't have the earth replenished and subdued by the intervention of commerce--its dense populations employed in supplying what may be termed the civilised wants of new districts ; and its virgin soils made fertile to furnish returns in the ruder requisites of subsistence. Surely this is the natural relationship between old and new countries ; the appropriate filial service due to the mother country' from her vide-spread offspring, and which the mother country can well repay from her stores of experienced and skilled production. (Flom the Standard.) The way to do business effectually, and most quickly in the end, is not to engage with many subjects together, but to do one thing at a time. Observing this principle, we must, from among the many pressing subjects of con sideration that invite us, direct our attention, and entreat the attention of our readers to be steadily directed to that which is most pressing, and in its relation to all other sub jects practically most. important—Lord Stanley'sßill. Let the representation be once purified by that or a similar measure, and the other questions before us, the Corn law question, the Church questions, domestic and colo nial, even the questions connected with our foreign policy, will be fairly discussed before a fair tribunal, and therefore will be discussed with advantage to those who mean nothing but what is fair, and for the benefit and honour of the empire. It is a grievous mistake to suppose that the measure merely concerns Ireland. Mr. O'Connell governs all parts of the empire alike by the aid of his fraudulent and corrupt constituencies, and there is no other mode of escaping his tyranny, which is not less painful and insulting surely to English men and Scotchmen than to Irishmen, but by rendering the constituencies in Ireland as bona fide fair as the constituencies in Great Britain. This must be done sooner or later, if the United Kingdom is to be held together, and if we aro to be rescued from a slavery more degrading than any which Britons ever before submitted to. _ _ _ (From the Courier.) We refer to the debates in the House of Lords, last night, for the ♦ery important question put to Lord Mel bourne by the Marquis of Westmeath on the " new and intense system of agitation commenced in Ireland for the purpose of severing that country from Great Britain." His Lordship's principal object was to obtain an avowal from Ministers that they had been so remiss in the dis charge of an obvious duty as to have given no instruc tions whatever to the law officers of the Crown in regard to the treasonable associations and meetings which are originated by an " Honourable and Learned Gentle man, who is notoriously confederated with Govern ment," and without whose approbation that Govern ment dare not adopt a single measure for the benefit of that highly-excited and crime-btained country. That the Ministers are fully aware of the motives as signed for the agitation by its authors and promo , ters is perfectly clear, and that they do not con sider their permission of it as disgraceful as it appears to everybody else, needed no assu rance to that effect from Viscount Melbourne. The Federal of Geneva gives some further d. tails of the calamitous conflagration of Sallanches t. Limbs and other fragments of human bodies continue to be dug out of the ruins, but every moment walls are falling, so that it is extremely dangerous to come near them. A man was killed on the 21st inst. by the falling down of a chimney, The powder • magazine is burnt down to the vault which covers the powder, and none dares to approach it. The aggregate loss is esti mated at '10,000,000 francs, and the assurances effected do not amount to more than 80,000 francs, of which 75,000 francs are upon the Hotel de Ville, the establishment of the Freres Igno rantins, and other public buildings, leaving only 5,0(10 francs for the private houses. which were 250 in number. The suf fering people are in want of bread, and have great difficulty in procuring my kind of food." Another account says—" In one house has been found a woman and six children half con sumed ; in another, a man with a child in his arms, mad in several more single bodies. An angle of one of the w lls of the Minister's house fell, and killed three persons. Such was the intensity of the fire, that, not only was the Church entirely destroyed, but the bells were partly melted. Every thing is consumed, and it was in attempting to save some part of their property that most of those persons who have perished met their fate. The late inhabitants of Salanches have become wan derers, without homes, clothing, or food. The residents in the neighbouring villages have rendered them some succour, but are far from being able to supply all their wants." We understand that the recent death of the Countess of Burlington prevented the Archbishop of York from attending in his place as one of the Directors of the Con cert of Ancient Music at the rehearsal of Prince Albert's con cert on Monday, and at the performance of it on Wednesday; and that on the same account her Majesty most graciously dis pensed with the Archbishop's presence at the dinner given by her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, previous to the concert.— Evening Paper. PROSPECTS OF THE WHEAT CROP.—A gen tleman in London, who has paid much attention to the crops of wheat, writes to us as follows, on the 22d inst. The pro spects of a crop of wheat are now much better than they were. My most recent investigations in the three countries (England, Scotland, and Ireland) lead me to anticipate now, contrary to every appearance two months ago, that with fair average wea ther, we may look for a harvest above rather than below an average. The general opinion three months ago that there was much below the average quantity of land sown with wheat, has operated so powerfully on farmers everywhere, that the spring sowings of wheat now make a larger breadth than was origi ginally intended had the autumn been fine. Spring sowings are, however, not quite so certain in the result."—Leeds Mercury. On Saturday last, Mr. Lee, farmer, of Romford, appeared before the Bench at Ilford, to answer an information laid against him fur allowing his waggon. loaded with night-soil, to be upon the road, within fifteen miles of Charing-cross. after s ix o'clock in the morning, contrary to the provisions of the ex tn eit : d n i muchrifor• INletropolitan Police Act. There were informati ons aga i nst other f ar mers for similar offences, and the case i n terest. The information was dismissed, owing fatality alone. sion [FRost A CORRESPONDENT.] It cannot but be gratif j ing to the British public to learn that the principal leader in the memorable onset last night at the Opera House, was his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. A s soon as t h e cur tain drew up for the ballet, the row began. The stage was crowded with pei formers, the opening scene of Une Neil deßal, bring ing forward nearly the whole of the corps, male and female. Toe fiddles squeaked, a forest of legs was upraised, the first twirl was just about to commence, when, from the om nibus boxes on eithe r side, a terrible cry uprose, and the watchword of Tamburini " scared the terrified orches tra. The legs on the stage remained for a few minutes transfixed with dread, trembled, executed a few involuntary shakes, and slowly rejoined their fel lows in an unwonted position perpendicular to the horizon. The pit was amazed, the principal part of the boxes looked forward in eager wonder. " Laporte, Laporte," was now the cry. Laporte came forward, and with the amiable simplicity usual on such occasions begged to know their pleasure. " We want Tarnburini" cried the omnibusites. Taniburini," shouted a portion of the stalls. " Tambu rini" was faintly echoed from partisans in the gallery. The poor Lessee endeavoured to explain why Tamburini was riot engaged ; but the party of the omnibus would hear no explanation. Laporte retired. Again the faint notes of the trembling fiddles began to be heard ; and again the legs of all th#, co , ps de ballet assumed their natural position pa rallel with the plane of the horizon : and again and louder than before the patriotic band in the omnibus boxes drowned all other noises with the cry of " Tamburini." The performers now seeing how things were likely to go quitely seated themselves round the stage and chatted over their private affairs. Laporte again appeared, and endea voured to explain, but the "Tamburinites refused to hear him. Ia his despair he turned imploringly to the omnibus box, in which his Royal Highness Prince George of Cam bridge, the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Gardiner, and others, appeared, and from which the loudest outcry proceeded ; an d a sort o f di a l ogue , hi g hly dramatic, took place, between the Li ssce and the Prince. " Lessee—l could not engage Signor Tamburini, be cause— " His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge— Humbug ! " Lessee—l couldnot, because—because— " Ills Ro}al Highness Prince George of Cambridge— No go' "les-iee—Because— " His Royal Highness Bine° George of Cambridge— Cock-a-doodle-di,o ! (ur words to that etket). " LessN"---If you would only hear— " llis Royal Highness Prinec George of Cambridge— Gammon l" Whither it was the genuine Saxon in which his Ro.al Highness was pleased to express himself—so grateful to the ears of a British public, which brings back to them recollections of their forefathers, and remnants of which language are still in use among the unsophisti cated portion of her Maj,,sty's subjects—or whether it was the energetic manner of his Royal High ness, that roused the mai tial feelings of his fol lowers in the omnibus, it would be difficult to deter- Jinn° ; lya at this moment the excitement seemed to reach its climax, and in a sort of plirenzy of enthusiasm, five legs belonging to five different bodies were pro truded over the bo:, as if their Royal and Noble owners meditated to take the stage by storm ; thrice were the legs thrust forward and thrice were they withdrawn, the ardor belli and the fear of the police by turns prevail ing. Their distinguished leader, however, shouting the war cry of his Royal House, and emulous of the charge of the Duke of "Wellington at Waterloo, boldly iet the onset ; the five legs in reserve joined their fellows _and his Royal Highness made his hest appearance on the stage—not waiting to bargain about terms—at the head of his devoted followers. The whole corps of female dancers immediately executed a movement not contem plated by the composer of the ballet, and skurried off the stage without minding steps or time; the curtain dropped and his Royal Highness remained master of the field, having, like the great Henry IV., achieved a bloodless victory over the Parisians. It is said that behind the curtain his Royal Highness was invited by policeman A No. 30,489, to retire once more into private life ; with which his Royal Highness was pleased with great dignity to comply, the policeman with much courtesy attending him all the way. The retirement of his Royal Highness was followed immediately by his omnibus troops, and there being no more fun, the remaining boxites and pit tites went away too, their bosoms beating with emotion at the sight of the heroic achievements of a Prince of the Blood over= the Manager of the playhouse. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—The occurrences of Thursday night, and the utter impossibility of my then obtaining a patient hearing, render it necessary that 1 should convey the following ob servations to the subscribers and the public, through the medium of the public press. I was hooted, yelled at, and ex...crated as though 1 had been guilty of the most heinous crime. And why? The sum of my offence has been that, in the exercise of my discretion, as manager of a largo and expensive establishment, I have not engaged Signor Tarnburni, or rather that I have substituted one bass for another. Some time before the commencement of the season I published a prospectus of my arrangements. In no place in that prospectus does Signor Tamburini'; name appear. The engagement of that gentleman, therefore, forms no part of my obligation with the subscribers. With respect to Signor Tamburini himself I have to observe that, since the year 1835, his salary has been ma terially increased, so much so as to exceed in amount that of Signor Lablache, though upon what principle I have always been, as I believe the public will now be, at a loss to understand. My applications for easier terms were al ways unsuccessful, and last year, when Signor Tambu rini superadded to his engagement onerous conditions, I determined to engage another, when a coercion, certainly of a calmer and more calculating nature than that prac tised on me last night, was used. Another servant of the public, although engaged to me by the Paris manager, Ic gardless of the consequences, threatened to break his en gagement if Tamburini was not engaged. I was placed in a cleft stick, and was forced to yield. In November last 1 received a letter t'rom Signor Tam burini, the purport of which was to inform me that, unless I gave him an immediate answer as to my intentions, he would accept other engagements. I replied by the letter which appeared yesterday in the public papers. And here allow me to explain to those not conversant with the usages of the stage, that when a time is named which is allowed to pass without the negotiation being brought to bear, that ne gotiation is at an end, and accordingly at the expiration of the week w hich I had takerif or all delay, no communication having, on my part, been made to Signor Tamburini, he was quite at liberty to accept any engagement that had been offered. Why Signor Tamburini did not engage elsewhere when in no way bound to me ; why he kept himself in rea diness to receive any engagement which might be forced upon me, the public or himself can, probably, best deter mine. Independently of these circumstances, and of inter nal difficulties which exist in consequence of the temper of parties, and other circumstances, w hich a manager is con tinually made to feel, I was influenced in my determination by the following considerations : —When my management was unshackled, ten years ago, it was the London theatre which had the supremacy over every other in Europe. I brought Lablache from Naples ; and he appeared before Easter, and as early as January; and Pizzaroni, and Donxelli ; and it was I that let his engagement to the Paris manager for the part of the year in which he was oot required in London, Of late years complaints of a serious, and, if the circumstances under which 1 have been placed Ste not considered, of a just nature, have been made in consequence of the dearth of talent and shortness of the season before Easter. The five performers being en gaged in Paris till the Ist of April, and Me. Persiani being the only one I could obtain, it was incumbent on me to seek for talent elsewhere : I consequently engaged Signor Colletti. It was not from any blind obstinacy or affectation of firmness that I stood the moral torture to which I was put last night, but fi um the necessity of refusing to make an unconditional promise, which the resources of the house would not allow me to fulfil, and the serious and inter minable consequences to which a blind submission would have placed me and the subscribers themselves. It is im possible to foretell the consequences which would result. Are the parties who are now engaged never to be changed? Is no new talent to be gradually introduced ? Is a monopoly to be created in favour of particular artists ? and if not, are the wishes of any particular party to be conveyed in the same mai.ner as last night ? Is it inten3ed that any particular individuals are to tz:ke upon themselves the engagement and management of the performers, without being responsible for the consequences? Is the manager to be called upon to contract fresh en gagements which he knows he cannot fulfil? Is he at one moment to be eenswed for not fulfilling his engagements, and at another time for not c ontract i ng en gagements which he can not fulfil? Is it now right to com pel me to a supernumerary engagement when parts are distributed and all arrangements have been completed, par ticularly when no complaint is made from the publication of the prospectus in the month of January, until after the arrival of Signor Tamburini in London, in the month of April ? Let me ask, also, in a company unequalled in Europe, are objections to he urged upon a point like this ? From the flattering manner in which Signor Colletti's efforts have lx.en received by the public, I confess I am at a loss to underAand from what circumstances other than a personal feeling this entente could have arisen. On former occasions, when any party of subscribers thought there ex isted any cause of complaint, it was customary to s. nd to the manager the particulars of their complaint ; and he could not be so regardless of his own interest as to allow their remonstrances to pass yr ithout being re-ractfully considered. The first intimation, however, I had of the wishes of the party was the hootng and yelling with which I was assailed wl.en I was brought on, not to be heard, but to be cruelly insulted. .In the vices, however, if possible, o f g i v i ng satisfaction to all, arid in discharge of the promise 1 made on Thursday night, I beg to state that I am ready to enter into an engagement with Signor Tamburini, either nightly or Ain the same terms which I gave y or permanently, it, him in 1833—viz. 323/. a month —and that he accept the same engagement for next season, commencing i n the month of February. Having made this statement of the above circumstances, I respectfully throw myself on the justice and good.feel ing of the subs.iribers and the public.-... 1 am , &e, F. LAPORTE. The Earl of Chesterfield, we hear, intends giving up his fine pack of hounds at Northampton, and, We under stand, Mr. oAaldeston offered to take them if an adequate sub scription could be rai , ed. The Nor thamptonshire sportsmen are much indebted to the N oble E a rl f or the excellent sport he prov.ded for them during the past hunting season ; and we feel tatisied the retirement of his Lordship W 11 be much regret d. EVENTING EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. price of bread corn was not fairly stated by an examination of averages as exhibited in the Gazelle. HOUSE OF L ORDS, 11.14 r 1. I The Noble Marquis stated the quartern loaf-no longer - The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on existed —he meant the double 41b. loaf, by Which they the Woolsack at Five o'Ciock. sold, and which was now selling at Peterborough" for 9id: Lord LYNDHURST appeared in the House for The Marquis of SALISBURY—I am astoli ls s !_4l,l, the first time since his recent indisposition. The Noble he a r th a t. NY Ref'. and Learned Lord, who looked rather pale and thin, , Earl FITZ WILLIAM—The Noble Marquis was congratulated by several Noble Lords. might be astonished, but so the fact was, as he was in- The Marquis of LOTHIAN presented two petitions funned by a letter received from Peterborough that from agricultural districts in Scotland against any alte- morning. He would state another circumstance ! four ration in the present Corn-laws. years ago the Poor-law Amendment Bill came into opera- The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition from tion. Four years ago the contract for supplying the poor Durham in favour of Church Extension. of the Peterborough Union was 4d. for the 41b. loaf, and The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a great num- now it was 7d. or 7-Id., making a difference of 70 or 80 her of petitions from various places in Scotland, of per cent. in that period. which we could not catch the names, on account of the The Marquis of SALISBURY said the reason the exceedingly low tone in which the Noble Lord read them. corn was carried wet to market by the farmers was Several of them complained of the conduct of the Ge. because Noble Lords, and others like them, kept neral Assembly in the case of Auchterarder, and others, up agitation on the subject.—( Hear, hear.) Now, on the contrary, were in favour of Non-Intrusion. with respect to the contract for the Peterborough The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition Union—the poor of that Union were fed upon from Musselburgh, complaining of th e co nduct of the thirds, and any contractor would new furnish bread General Assembly in the case of Auchterarder, and of that quality at pretty nearly the same price— also a petition from the Presbytery of Selkirk against namely, 4d. the 41b. loaf, and that was one step the intrusion of Ministers, towards the proposition of the Noble Earl near him, IRISH CORPORATION REFORM. to feed the poor upon oaten bread. Lord LYNDHURST presented two petitions from Earl RADNOR—I beg leave positively to deny the County of Sligo, one of which was signed by that.—(Hear and laughter.) I contradicted it at the the Sh er iff s o f the C ount y, an d several Magis- time, and I beg to contradict it now. I never said any traces, praying that if their Lordships should pass thing of the kind.—( Hear, hear.) the Irish Municipal Reform Bill, the borough of Sligo Earl FITZ WILLI AAI explained. What he had might be excluded from schedule A and inserted in said was that the contract for thirds was now 74d. the schedule Bof that Bill. The petitioners stated that by 4 lb. loaf. the Act 53d of George 111. the whole management of The Marquis of SALISBURY said that the Noble the borough was placed in certain Commissioners, who Earl had said so, as far as he understood him. The had since managed the public affairs of the ho- Noble Earl certainly said he did not see why the people rough under the provisions of the Act, to the satis- s h ou ld not live on oaten bread. At all event s , th e faction of the inhabitants. The only duty of Noble Earl need not have said that he (the Marquis of the burgesses since the appointment of the Commis- Salisbury) did not hear him. sioners was to elect a P rovos t, w ho had no duties to Tne Earl ot RADNOR The Noble Marquis perform that might not be performed by a Stipendiary could not hear what I never said.—(A laugh.) Magistrate. The whole p ro p er ty o f th e town was not After a further conversation, which was not heard worth more than 100,000/., and the petitioners prayed i n th e ga ll er y, but c aused much laughter in the House, that they might not be put to the expense of a Cor- The Earl of RADNOR repeated that he never said poration. The Noble and L earne d L ar d gave notice anything about wholesomeness of natcu bread, or that in Committee upon the 13111, he would move that, anything of the sort—(Laughter)—what he said i in accordance with the prayer of the petitions, the was, that it would not be a bad thing for 1 borough of Sligo be excluded f r o m sc h e d u l e A and in- the people of England to ge back upon roast s orted in schedule B. He now wished to ask the Noh'e beef and plum-pudding.—(Laughter.) That was what Viscount (Melbourne) whether he would object to lay he said, but what he meant to say was roast beef and on the table the treaty signed by Mr. Al'Gregor, roast mutton. and the Neapolitan Minister, at the close of After a few words from Lord Fl'f Z WILLIAM, last year, and which was to h a v e b een rat ifi e d on the The LORD CHANCELLOR drew their Lord first of January this year ? The provisions o f that ship's attention to the circumstance of there being no treaty were well known to Wall parties connected with question }wore the House. the commerce o f Si c ily an d N ap l es , an d t h e y were Earl FITZ WI is LI AM said, the petition which he most desirous that it should be ratified, and were had now to present, in consequence of the illness of a hear.) Nobie Friend, was worthy of the serious attention fully contented with its provisions. —( Hear , As connected with this subject, he wished to correct a of their Lordships. It was to the mercantile misunderstanding as t o w h at h a d ta k en p l ace, and what interest the country owed its power and importance fell from him in March last upon this subject. Tne in Europe, and to it their Lordships owed their facts which he then stated were admitted by the Noble wealth and station. This petition was from a Viscount to be correctly stated.. He agreed with him meeting of inhabitants, convened by the Mayor of Liver that there had been an infraction of the commercial pool, by public advertisement. It was the petition of the treaty that existed between the Government of this bankers, merchants, and other inhabitants of that town, country and that of Naples. The Noble Viscount had They stated that the experience of every succeeding stated that complaints had been made to the Neapolitan year more clearly demonstrated the pernicious effects of Government. An attempt had been made to obtain re- restriction on the importation of food. It was painful dress, but it had not been accomplished. The Noble alike to the manufacturing and commercial importance Viscount also threw out that the Neapolitan Govern- of the country, and dangerous to its political power and ment were desirous only that the monopoly should last social security. The next petition which he had for six months. He (Lord Lyndhurst) at that time to present was to the same effect, from the Mayor, complained of the delay that had taken place, and he Aldermen and Burgesses of Kingston-upon-Hull. The stated, that if ships of war were sent out, the matter next from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Council of Derby. would soon be brought to a successful issue.— The next from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Council of (Hear.) In stating this, however, he never intended Wigan. These petitions were important, and in a to sanction such proceedings as had taken place high degree entitled to the consideration of the House, on the part of her Majesty's Government, as to which not only from the numbers of the petitioners, but also he would now give no opinion. from the importance of their station. He had yet 81 Viscount MELBOURNE said it was the intention petitions more, which were signed in all by 360,000 of the Government to lay on the table of both Houses persons. One of these was remarkable in consequence of Parliament all the documents with respect to the of the place from which it came, namely, Boston, in subject. The Noble Lord had stated with great cor e Lincolnshire, which depended altogether on agriculture. rectness what had fallen from him en a former occasion, [While the Noble Earl was addressing their Lordships, but whether the inference he had drawn from it was all the Peers on the Opposition side, of whom there quite so correct, he would not say. were a considerable number in the early part of the After few words from Lord LYNDHURST, the evening, quitted the House, and for some minutes be subject dropped. fore he concluded there was not a single Peer on the IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL. Opposition benches.] The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had seve- The Marquis of SALISBURY (after looking at ral petitions to present with respect to the Irish Mu- the petition) said the petition, which purported to be nicipal Bill, and as those petitions were of an extremely from the Corporation of Liverpool, was certainly signed important nature, it would be necessary for him shortly by the Mayor, but it had not the Corporation Seal. to explain them, which he thought he could better do Earl FITZ W ILLIAM had not presented the peti that evening than if he delayed it till Monday. Lion as that of the Corporation—it was one of a much The petitions were from proprietors in Ireland, higher value, inasmuch as it was from the bankers, suer residing in liberties and counties of cities. chants, and traders of Liverpool, in public meeting as He believed the opinion entertained by all sembled. It comprised all the wealth, intelligence, those proprietors in common, was that it was de- and virtue of the town, and was not confined to the sirable to join those liberties with the cities. Those Corpor ition. He saw the Noble Marquis chuckled provisions had been introduced into the Bill of last year, I at this, but he had really thought the Noble Marquis und had met with the concurrence of both Houses of was too leach exalted in mind, as well as in station, to Parliament ; but that Bill having been thrown act iii such a manner. He was too well acquainted out, the measure of course fell to the ground. w i t h t h e t o wn to say that, although wealth, virtue, and The Bill introduced into the other House, would i intelligence, might be found extraneous to the corpora have the effect of removing the objections to the pre- tion, it did nut follow that they were not to be found sent measure. In the discussions which took place on , in it. the Bill, it was admitted to be a great hardship that the 1 The Marquis of SALISBURY really did propretors of land in agricultural districts should i not think it worth while t r reply to the attack be subject to the imposition of rates about made upon him by the Noble Earl. He had a to \be established by the Bill ; and it was . right to look how the petition was signed. In its thought fit last year to coneect with the h ea di ng t he petition purported to be the petition of Municipal Bill a provision for separating these die- ' the merchants, bankers, end other inhabitants of tricts and annexing them to the municipal towns, ' Liverpool, in public 'fleeing assembled ; but which met with the approbation of the House. Al- ; when he looked at tie signatores he found it was only though these petitioners had naturally taken sonic alarm signed by J. Wahnesley, Mayor. low, according to the at the omission of these clauses, they would see that ' str i ct e n t ers ot th e H o u se he mighi: :neve that the they were subsequently introduced into a Bill petition be rejected as professing to coeue from a body then before the other House. But these con- 'of wen, whirs there ryes no evidence befiwe their Lord siderations arose out of the details of the ships that any one of them was present at the meet measure, though he had felt it his duty ! ing. He should, however, move that it be received as to the petitioners to state to the house their views on i ii 1 t h e pet i t i on oi' , t he person signing it. the subject. One of the petitions was then laid upon i Earl FITZWILLIAM said that the Noble Mar the table, and the Noble Lord also presented similar quis had male no new discovery. petitions from Cork. The petition was then laid on the table. The Earl of CL ARE thought the safest course The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL, in presenting pe would be to restore to the present Bill the clauses of titions from several places in Ireland in favour of the the omission of which the petitioners complained. i third existing Cm 1 n-laws , said that Ireland, containing one - The Earl of REDESDALE supported the prayer lof the popu l ation of Great Britain, depended en of the petition, and concurred in the opinion of the tirely upon agriculture for their subsistence ; that if they Noble Lord (Clare). It was somowhat singular were done away with the labouring classes would be re that the Bill now before the House of Commons duced to starvation, the farmers to bankruptcy, and the had not been introduced until the matter had been landholders to the greatest distress ; that Ireland, not stirred up by these petitioners, and that that Bill being a manufacturing country, and consumine a great should contain clauses similar to those which had been quantity of the manufactures of England, ought to be thrown out by the House of Commons, because they allowed to retain the only means she possessed of draw had been introduced in the House of Lords. The ing back some of the money expended by her in the petitioners had no right to complain of the manner in purchase of English manufactures : of this she would which the Bill was framed in every respect. Every be deprived if the existing Corn-laws should be repealed. point that had been mutually agreed upon in a mea- He believed that even England would sustain a loss by sure should be inserted ; but in the present Bill no one the effect which the Corn-laws would produce in Ire knew what been assented to, and what had not. land. He would suppose Ireland exported a million of The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Noble quarters of corn to this country, and that she received Baron (Redesdale) was mistaken if he thought that for it the sum of two millions sterling. 11, however, the Ministers intended to abandon the principle of the Corn-laws were repealed, she ought receive but one Municipal Reform Bill. If he consulted the ordinary million, and the call for the manufactures of England channels of information, be would find that when the would be diminished in proportion. The Noble Lord Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland introduced into then presented petitions in favour of the Corn-laws from the House of Commons this Session the Bill now on the city of Cork and its vicinity, from Charleville, and the table of the House, the Bill introduced last year other places in the county of Cork. was opened, and his (Lord Lansdowne's) Noble Friend Earl FITZ WILLIAM said that he believed the stated that it was his intention that the one should fol- Noble Lord was entirely mistaken as to the results low the other. The separation of the agricultural dis- which he apprehended hem a repeal of the tricts from the town portions of the boroughs in respect Corn-laws, both as regarded this country and to taxation, was in accordance with the enactments of Ireland. As regarded Ireland he was of opinion the;English Municipal Reform Bill. that it was of more importance to the poorer classes Lord REDESDALE had complained that the Mu- there that corn should be cheap than it was to the nicipal Bill had been brought up to their Lordships on same classes in England, inasmuch as such a repeal the 10th of March, and that the other Bill had not would enable them to obtain better food than that which heen introduced in the other House until the I lth of they now consumed. The Corn-laws, in keeping up April—whereas the two Bills were (he was told) to be high prices of corn, could not be beneficial to the treated as a joint measure. Their Lordships might have gone into Committee upon the , people of Ireland, though they might be to those who municipal Bill , arm had an interest in keeping up high prices. even passed it, before they could have any knowledge of Earl MOUNTCASHEL 'presented various other the other. petitions from Ireland against the repeal of the Corn- Earl BEAUCHAMP presented 66 petitions from laws. places in Worcestershire, against any alteration in the Lord DUNCAN N ON presented Lord Seaton's Corn-laws. Annuity Bill, which was 'Taxi a first time. Earl FITZ WILLI AM, in movin g for a copy of Their Lordships then adjourned. the tsar prices of corn in Scotland daring the last -.2....- .. and several years past, stated, that his object in doing so was to show diet high prices in cern did not arise from pints, but a very different cause, At the present moment the average in the price of corn was brought down in consequence of unpropitious cir cumstances, and the last harvest. In consequence of the present existing law, at the very moment thet foreign corn was wanted, an obstacle was thrown in the way of its introduction. He believed that. a noire powerful illustration of foreign corn being excluded be cause the wheat ot this country was bad, could not. he found than in the papers he was about to move for. He believed that the time had come when the at tention of their Lordships must be given to the subject of the Corn-laws—for such was the state of the country at present that, while the price of corn was low, the working classes were obliged to pay 9d. for the 41h, loot, which was more than their wages would enable them to purchase in a sufficient quantity. , The Marquis of SALISBURY wished to know on what ground the Noble Lord had stated that while corn was low the working classes were called upon to pay 9d. for the 41b. loaf. Earl FITZ W I LLIAM, in answer to the question of the Noble Marquis, said the last crop in Scotland was very bad, and brought a low price in the market. In the county of Stirling the average price was 38s. a quarter. If the Noble Marquis knew anything of the trade of a miller, which he (Earl Fitzwilliam) hoped he did—because it was the duty of every man who acted as a Legislator to be well acquainted with a great number of details which were very u naristocratic, but without being acquainted with which they, never theless, could not legislate wisely.—he must he aware that the corn which the miller bought at Stirling at an average of 385., and in Westmorland at 575., was not a composition for human subsistence. It must b e kept a long time, and must (unless the miller meant to make b a d bread) be put through extensive p r ocesses, and requi re a large outlay of capital, for which he must _be remune rated by the higher price at which be sold. These were the grounds on which he ventured to say the 1101: SE OF COMMONS, 111.4 r 1. • The SIg.:AKER took the Chair .it the usual 12.nur, Mr. C. BALDWIN, the new Member fur 'F-tues, took the oaths and his si'at. The Hon. Member was introduced hy Sir J. Yardc Buller and Mr. Alderman Copeland. Mr. CRESSWELL presented a petition fivm pool agiiiin4 the Herculaneum Dock Bill. Oil the motion of Mr. PRY ME the Thriplow Eitelo su, Bill was read a third time and passed- I 'rue aini.lulm W ents in the orkiug Bill were agreed to. ton Improvement Leavy was given to bring in a Bill to amend the Elinburg,h and Glasgow Railway Mr. CRESSW ELL presented a petition against the Liverpool Dock 8.11 Mr. WILSHIRE presented a petition from Malin, praying for a legislative enactment to prevent the sweeping of chimneys by children. • Capt. WEMYSS presented petitions for an Exten sion of the Suffrage. Mr. J. A. SMITH presented a petition from Chichester against Church Extension. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented petitions from Birmingham against a further grant of public money to increase the wealth of the Established Church, and a gainst the employment of climbing boys in sweeping chimneys. Lord EASTNO It presented a petition from a place in NVarwickshire, in favour of Church Extension, and petitions from Newcastle.upon.Tyne and from Sand gate (Cheshire), against the app'ication of the Canadian Clergy Reserves Fund to any purposes but to those of the Established Church of England and Ireland. Mr. FRESHFIELD presented petitions in favour of Church Extension, from the parishes of St. Olive and St. Martin, in the city of London. Mr. KEMBLE presented petitions from Clapham. in favour of Church Extension, and against the em ployment of climbing boys in sweeping c himneys. Mr. STRUTT presented -petitions from Der°7_ ►~~ rciSilAr: