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m igte° bele; EVENING EDITION. went relied upon principally by the advocates of the eicasure was, that, haling abolished all fnecures in the State, they were new bound to put an end to all weecures in the Church.—(Hear, hear.) The ad vantages Of these institutions were known, and 11 c:knov,ledged by all who had paid any attention to the subject, and the indirect advantages were nume rous, i nasmuc h as they inculcated a high love of 1i te a ttire, a respect for the best institutions of the country,. end a d ue reverence for the religious observances of. the Ch urch. Such had been the invariable efforts of these institutions in the localities in which they were situated, and he would only refer to the diocese with which he was connected, to show the benefits they had conferred upon the ccmmunity at large.---(Hear,) Again, it was of the utmost importance that there should be a gradation in the ranks of the clergy, and that those who distinguished themselves might obtain those opportunities which would raise them higher in the respect and estimation of the people. The Noble Viscount had " sneered," and that, he believed, was the most appropriate phrase to apply to it, at the idea ° f the Deans and Chapters being wanted as a coun cil for the Bishops ; but when he had t o d ea l With a refractors clergyman, he thought it was ‘f the utmost importance to have the advice and as sistance of the Prebends and other officers of the cathedral to assist him in forming his judgment. Ano ther remark of the Noble Viscount was that as to these cathedrels being useful as places set apart for the study Of theol ogy, why the study of theology was a very good t hing in its way, but it was not the thing they wanted. -- COI laugh.) H e regrette d that the Noble Viscount s "ould have been permitted to make such a statement is the presence of the Right Rev. Prelate and his other e"lleastues in th e Commission, many of whom had ad dressed the House on beh a lf of the measure, but not "° of them hail thought fit to rebuke the Noble Vis count for having given utterance to such sentiments. He trusted the Noble Marquis (Normanby) who had Undertaken to communicate what fell from him to the Noble Viscount would say that he (the Bishop of Exe- V i l l') most seriously rebuked hi m f or th e o b servat i on , — eoud l aughter.) H e wou ld b e g l a d to k now what the h""°h!e Viscount intended to recommend her Majesty ued be th e o b ject of the two new professorships of ° , "logy whi c h were to be created by the Bill. H e listed the House would pause before it consented to seerifice these muc h calumniated bodies. He objected t° the present measure because it would abrogate church e s.,, and. vested rights, and excite discontent and eissatistaction throughout the country. He did not keen to undervalue the importance of the 130,0001. Which it was proposed to raise, but why should it be taised at the expens e of the deans and chapters. He theselvould rather see it rais e d as a permanent charge upon _ bodies than to see them totally annihilated and robbed ,lustf the property which he did not hesitate to say :hip:,as much their s as the property of their Lord the i r,„lt might just as well be said, why should not N o b i ". 0 00/. be raised from the estate of a certain Gi aes e Marquis to relieve the distress existing in $z - 6°W or p iisley or any otherpart of the country ? al ie n sked if there ' " ' was so - much larger an amount of Pl reh property why did they not look at that to sup , y these distre-ss'es ?. It was for the interest of the 'h°untry this spiritual destitution should be relieved, and reef therefore asked the Noble Viscount his reason for d es u j i ng to call upon this property to supply the spiritual No,,tu'ion of country ?He would point out to the f._ fe °I Viscount a way he might remedy it without a i l et 'Pg vested interests.—(Lord Melbourne smiled.) ort e .,ni better reason than even the Noble Viscount to vr nle for his conviction. Some time ago a Right Rev. Zg.l' ' cu d Come down to the House and expressed his in _na:ion at the conduct of the Noble Viscount. He eh '_'. ~ omplained of it in similar terms in a published . v . 4 1 :he to the clergy of his diocese, and charged the Go dor._ Me.nt. with a direct violation of their pledges to the thaL.Minssioners His Right Reverend Friend on al L t , occasion stated to their Lordships that it was i um d in the Commission respecting giving „ncreased value to Church lands being made a `Blatter for their consideration. The Noble Viscount h e that he had not disclaimed his assent to it, but Temeltnevertheless did so, and submitted, or the Govern -I.:chnt submitted, to the House of Commons a measure as no p rev i ous Government had dared to submit, saut eed on man i fest injustice, with the confidence that Honourable House would assist them in carrying it • Into effect. A declaration was in consequence h lgaed b y every member of that Commission who was :", a memb er o f th e G overnmen t, d ec l ar i ng t h ey could no long er meet until such a resolution was Sti r ,opted ; a n d i n consequence o f t h e i r refusal, the ‘"ommission ceased to exist. It was idle declamation, ory, it w as lit t l e l ess t h an gross h ypocr i sy, to deplore, affect to deplore, the spiritual distress of the coun t,ty, and y e t re f use to do that which justice demanded. Ile would now shortly deal with the Bill itself. At that Bill he must express his astonishment. It did not ap pear to be framed so perf ec tl y as i t s h ould be. Its t r"isions were extraordinary, not only in principle, rota in detail.—(H ear , h ear. ) H e was persuaded e i i arose, not from injustice, but the want p r , n . c l u itY. The great point of the Bill was the sup vinee--I°n of these bodies, and after the vote of the pre --es o i s eeh oi got he was not going to attempt to obstruct the th ou °, cours e of legislation on the subject, but he th e fl t Power should be left to the Commissioners p rel T 3 eve s to increase in certain dioceses the number of fromendaries. The Chapter of Canterbury had existed S axe the time of Augustus, the founder of the Anglo bed 4 Church, and from that time to the Reformation deetb"i°Yed entire their privileges. In case of the ste r i tti lf !he . A . lost Rev. Prelate, who would be the th e v. 4, Jurtsdictor of the See of Canterbury during w ith 4e ' ine Y ? The Dean and Chapter. Yet this See, upon athll the duties that in such a case would devolve t han em, was to have a less number of officers than la te 3 ' f the small bishoprics.—(The Right Rev. Pre the etas here for some time inaudible.) The clergy of o e l, i ' l f e se were grossly injured by this measure. So !NI the for the justice done to the Bishops, the Canons, The effect of the measure was to en- P ry"ertillee:CgYun•ons to make their elections from those 448 di— e le ss eligible than others. There was a reek appare, e gard of the violation of Charters without any ter s eret.reason. This actually swept away the Char itl th:kVi_lea,rs Choral. That House was the last place It leas ere "g c l° ll l he should expect any favour to such a t vee t6_ as this. Charters of late, in other places, and tea sotis 7; had been dealt with very freely on slight te tbir e i e llt what reason at all was there for this ? It kissi o , t he united crotchedness of the whole Commis eed e _ to devise it. He did implore those venerable d o, most N oble Lords to lo what they were able to 11 d a nd cable * ( 1 • their 4 : at was within power. He Stri ct el)°,otied out the mode in which, in til eY w e e r m Paatme with the spirit of the British law, NI 8 , . e 'I, ble to give relief to that enormous moral ' all th e just V c omplained of. He called upon them, by isi.ive effeccotnsiderations which could weigh with them, •to e g i ven to that course, or to show that it could not 114 iustl effect to. Let them satisfy him they could 1144 th e Y °So ; and he would say, refuse it ; but he tha n , e l Must do as far as they could justly, or they .00 ii ar th key a th em' e reproaches which would be justly cast ti.. aces He He adjured the first among his Right '4 h e e ` 4 ,ren, whom he venerated in a degree greater 1 ,1 0 ,5 t R e Q md mention, and he adjured the whole of that iv ere verend Bench to do their utmost to obtain 4 ,!a l st b at h ° o o for this Christian land--a boon which 4 °oajd %granted, if demanded in the tone which t o Ce bu b Used when such an object was . 1 0 ,r e h e , e ° se efie FroPerty, and it might be they would 1 ., 1 1 to this Portion of the beneficial interest by acced 4ot 04 P r oposition, but he was sure there was ti c oeld he amongst them who would oppose it, if it PPli e d Proved, consistently with justice, it could be k ill ° t° rescuing many from the way of sin in which t_l'.°ll:l,B of °Ur countrymen were placed. He was, i t - 44 not in a large measure, possessed of property i ll °lle whature, and when he had made provision for 114 large° would follow him, he should have done so eo. degree by means of Church leases, and he A i pared most !Istroilpemnly, he should rejoice if their Lord teielb lil t o_uld his family of that beneficial interest 11: salie`gynt!.inconsistent with justice for them to retain. V;„ : Was sure be be was expressing a sentiment in which It t to oh e i r c e e one who had an interest in it would I °4l to e g_ teeprop with its full value, to enable for the ar Z t u a le to Parli tment and secure a remedy s„ the Ar t h a h t • evil this country had ever known. he 4 few words !Sil o ., of I' CANTERBURY wished to 44 0 (1 11 '01a t o th in e xplanation. He had not said that rh os sa id a reform buke of Wellington and Lord Grey, ilredeodn done th e diBtin .. was necessary in the Church, but that a at i t reusu.ished individuals had said so to him, and le,ehesoernmenced by the Church itself. He Noble Lords that something must it t i ou bt twtter.e it was to o g ri ' he confessed he hardly knew how or kaomtnission h dir thi s 4 , l ,Nion with g s Mate ... . , He subsequently had some com itobert Peel on the subject, and _ T he Bsh a originated from these circumstances. °P o,f EXETER explained, and quoted pport of his 'el be a i m ed ..._.cement in a u h:r,Ele Archbi-b t .' o lB t ls h t Rev. Preiaotep had f declaration. CANTERBURY said the Cometse subject than he used much stronger language 4...ssioners' R had and a great portion of the e at eport was founded on his recommen i, Th A p• i fr o - ...Isnop of EXETER said after what had fallen to puthre,M?st Rev. Prelate he should feel it his duty T h _ ''.. 13 his correspondence with him on this subject. te a , e Duke of i*-4_ trespass on thelirN WEL LGoTrd(lllpesatidimehe fora a i t few r. e r 4 • tea, to tr ,e•Nies, after t• h e :pot to his coats had.passed. To say the truth with ersation with the Most Rev. Prelate 14 10 id ni3t recollect a single word of it. He did not he / 1° What 1 - 411,1 "g e tl n aga ke had used, but this he did know, net, " aver *co and th _. oentertained but one opinion on this sub to4 t hat a d 4 ci t i .Plumo was that it was especially acce s s De te ., 4 l tr Y for th t e lellal means should be adopted in this tteaPie..,(HearPr.eaching of the word of God to the xl2. a t : 11 Cbur 11 hear.). And considering in what de f 0 ,. aule in e of tilts country was endowed, it was th at the first steps in ord o r that er to procure funds ti 5v e1..., 1511 ,! , '"e should be taken by the clerg them 8 0 eqear, h ear. , T . Y . - ° Pinio ns ene had always entertained , and whenever any of the Right Rev. Prelates had done him th e h onour to converse with hirn on this subject, he had stated these opinions to them. He could n o t recollect on wh a t part i cular occasion, or in what words he had delivered it, but be had delivered the same opinion few few ni g h ts ago, i n that House, on presenting a petition from the Universities of Oxford, and he had a l so , i n h i s correspondence with that Uni versity, stated the same opinion. He would go a little farther, and 4ay these persons must have derived little advantage from the contemplation of what was passing around them, if they did not see fresh cause every day for thinking that it was absolutely necessary that the first step should be taken by the clergy them selves ; and when a Commission, composed of such men as the Most Reverend and the Right Reverend Prelate s , reporte d there were resources for this purpose, it was quite ridi cu l ous to app l y to Parliament to assist with other sources for that which he must say was of the utmost importance to religious service. They had had m an y n i g h ts ' d e b ate on this important subject, and it appeared to him there was no difference of opinion on that part of the question—namely, that means must be found of preaching the Word of God to the people of the country, and that those means must proceed, in the first instance, from the Church itself. Those means must be exhausted before 'Parliament was applied to. In doing this they would not only be performing the duty which they felt incumbent on them, but would be following the example of every nation in the world. It had been his fate to live among idolators, and among people of all creeds and religions, but he never knew yet of an instance in which public means were not found sufficient to teach the people the religion of the country. It might be a false religion, and he knew but of one true one, but still the means were found ; and he trusted they should not have done with this subject until they had found sufficient means for teaching to all the people of this country their duty towards their Maker, and towards one another. He believed, with the Right Rev. Prelate, that if jus tice were done, means would be found within the Church of supporting itself, and of teaching the Word of God to all. He would co-operate, to the best of his power, in effecting that object.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the Bill before the House was a fair sample of what might be done, and lie hoped that, before it came out of the ComMittee, it would be made the foundation of something more—namely, that of upholding the Church upon the old system.—(Hear, hear.) The Bishop of LONDON would make bat a few observations—first, because he was anxious the Bill should be passed into a law as speedily as possible, and next because he was unwilling to keep alive those feel ings which the speech of the Rev. Prelate (the Bishop of Exeter) was too well calculated to excite. Indeed, he was glad that the debate on the former occasion ter minated without a speech from that Right Rev. Prelate —(A laugh)—because he was sure that had he spoken he would have said something that would have created a bad feeling among those whom it was desirable to con ciliate. Many of the statements made by that Right Rev. Prelate were of an extraordinary nature. He would not call them misrepresentations, but they were certainly, to say the least of them, of an extra ordinary character.—(Hear.) Notwithstanding the opposition which the Bill had met Vaith, he must say he still thought it would prove a beneficial measure. It was true there had been a great many petitions pre sented against the Bill, but he was persuaded that two-thirds of the petitioners did not in the least under stand the question. He acknowledged that possibly some of the provisions of the Bill might be altered with advantage. The Right Rev. Prelate then adverted to the object of the Bill, which was to provide for the spiritual destitution of the people, and observed that no Christian could surely oppose with sincerity so righteous a measure.--(Hear, hear.) For instance, in his own diocese there was the Cathedral of St. Paul's with a dean and three residentiaries, enjoying an income of 12,000/. a-year. There were a number of minor offices, yielding to the persons enjoying them an enormous income, for which little or no duty was performed. A mile further on was a dense population of the most wretched and deplorable description, and in the midst of a population of 10,000 persons there was only one church.—(Hear, hear.) In another dis trict there was only one church and one clergyman for 45,000 people, and yet he was told that St. Paul's ought not to be touched—(Hear, hear)—and he was not to consent to the abolition of the most insignificant of those sinecures in order to furnish spiritual food for those wretched creatures who were perishing from want of it. Was it to be said at this time of day there was to be no re-distribution ?—(Hear.) If that principle were not adopted the Christian Church must cease to exist.— (Hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate next adverted to the charge that had been made against him and his Right Rev. Colleagues upon the Commission, that they had violated their oaths. That charge, which amounted to nothing more nor less than a charge of perjury, had been made with considerable bitterness by the Right Reverend Prelate. His conscience told him that he was unstained by any such crime. —(Loud cheers.) All he and his Right Reverend Brethren had sworn was to defend the rights and privileges of the cathedrals from unlawful aggressions ; but they were not prevented f rom g i v i ng t h e i r consent to or ori ginating such measures as should be consonant with the usefulness of the cathedrals, or their efficiency.—(Hear, hear.) Then it had been said that he and the other Ecclesiastical Commissioners had been actuated by fear. He pleaded guilty to the charge ; but what fear ? Was it the fear of popular clamour, or the fear of those de magogues? But he ought not to use the word "dema gogue," because this was a subject distinct from politics. But was it the fear of those who had been the most active and loudest in their cry of " Down with the Church— down with her even to the ground ?" It was no such unholy fear as that ; but it was the fear of being found wanting in their duty as rulers of the Church of Christ of this nation, when they knew that that Church possessed the means of remedying so enormous an evil as leaving multitudes of their countrymen a prey to the evils of ignorance and infidelity, andin stea4 of being the basis of the strength o f the nation, the cause of her ruin and desolation.—(Cheers.) The Right Rev. Prelate, after controverting other argu ments which had been urged against the Bill, proceeded to observe that the diminution of the number of causes could detract nothing from the decent performance of the service in the cathedrals. Even the musical ac companiment of the service would lose nothing of its effects, as it did not usually depend on the vocal powers of ; the canons.—(Hear and a laugh.) In most of the cathedrals only one sermon was preached on the Sun day by a resident canon. So that in this respect the effi ciency of the cathedral would not be impaired by the reduction of the number of canons, as proposed. He would have assented with less hesitation to the recom mendations w hi c h t h e repor t o f th e Commission con tained, if they had come from any other quarter. If they had not come from himself, and others who would in some small measure be benefited by them, he would have had not the slightest hesitation in sign ing them. But he confessed that it was only from a sense of their paramount importance he brought him. self to sign them when he considered that they would, in however slight a manner, be of advantage to himself. The Right Rev. Prelate then quoted from the evidence of the Bishop of Llandaff (whom he warmly eulogised) to show that the number of the canons might be re duced considerably without inconvenience. His Right Rev. Friend had asked why did they attack the pro perty of the corporations alone ? thereby implying that the property of the Church, in the hands of the lease holders, ought to be resorted to. The Commissioners had given that part of the subject every consideration ; and they were of opinion that they could not for a long time to come recommend any interference with that property, which, though public pro perty in the strict legal sense of the term, was in some measure regarded as private property ; at least, more so than that which was in the actual possession of the corporations. In the meantime, the danger was pressing and urgent— ( Hear, hear.) It was objected erroneously that the Bill went to suppress spiritual offices. It did no such thing. Those offices were ecclesiastical, certainly, but not spiritual.—(Hear, bear.) Why, her Majesty was, at this moment, a prebend of one of the cathedrals.— (Hear, and a laugh.) He believed there was now only one point of his Right Rev. Friend's speech to which he must allude, as involving a question of prin ciple. His Right Rev. Friend deplored the inter ference with the corporations of the minor canons. This was a part of the Bill of great importance. It was necessary for the discipline of the cathedrals that those separate and independent corporations of the minor canons should be dissolved, as they were an obstruction to discipline. He did not wish the services of the canons to be dispensed with. They were a most useful body, but their efficiency would be improved by placing them under the authority of the Bishop. He would net longer detain their Lordships—( Hear, bear)—but he had thought it incumbent on him to defend himself and his colleagues from the imputations which had been cast on them.—(Hear, hear.) They had given the subject committed to them a long, careful, and accu rate examination.—(Hear.) They had met w i th great difficulty, and had not found a friendly disposition on the part of the chapters.—(Hear.) H e would not say that if they had continued to ask for information it would have been refused, but they had not been met in a friendly spirit.—(Hear.) However, they had acted conscientiously—(Hear)—and he was glad to have had an opportunity of stating the seasons which i n d uce d him to give his support to the Bill in its main features ; and he had no doubt that before many years more passed they would have the th an k s of all Christians in the country for having removed evils which were the bane of the Church. They had set a good example, by making a sacrifice of one part of tdthtalniatfrotinheya vantageli Church,octimthe and most t useful h e a nd least i m p useful, o f important.—( t ._ o r the i ad- Hear,) ar.) e l x f p t e li c e te ß d, il i l t sh w o o u u ld ld fa f i a l i t l o want of consid e rati on or caution on the part of those fr e o ff m ect ot a h il er th c e au g s o e o s who h a d su b m it te d t o th e C rown the recommendations on which it was based.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The House then went into Committee, when Lord MELBOURNE said that it would be the best way to read the amendments now, in order that Right axcite 1, but mmu would means which d im! duced L tem so as ;v had Terty mea- ';ulties v, and .sation LON- .s con for the L e gion se, and uld be at Al' [ those course Noble the in' archer, ) Order 9 11 honou r ducing recent ,foriTir 3es re' :ho se• lajestl D upeo anted $ Eccle' m ousli 'ties °f 311 t for led to .ar bim at dio om th e y more tenie° bservir t hoard ted pe" erburl , I Bill; reboil° ,c 1 bet ) )t rraog e : i 00" Y f )00 0 and s their it vo g to 01% do r''' aot er THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1840 they should be printed before the Bill was further pro ceeded with. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY (Chairman) thought that course the most expedient. The preamble and the amendments were then read pro forma, the House resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be printed with the amendments, and to be recommitted on Monday next. Several Bills upon the table were then forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Ten o'Clock. PARUAMENTAIL DiNISION S (From the Voles and Proceedings of the House of Commons. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA) BILLS Order for Third Reading read; Motion made, and Question proposed,—" That the Bill be now read the third time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to tne end of the Question, in ;order to add the words " This House feels confident that, to promote th e prosper i ty of that portion of her Majesty's dominions in Upper Canada, and to satisfy the earneat desire of the people of that province, it is expedient to give the most favourable consideration to the wishes of her Majesty's loyal subjects there: that, to terminate the jealousy and dissention which have hitherto existed on the subject of the Clergy Reserves, to remove a barrier to the set tlement of time country, and to provide a fund available for the promotion of Education, it is extremely desirable that the said lands, so reserved, be sold, and the proceeds arising from the sale of the same placed at the disposal of the Provincial Legis lature, to be applied exclusively for that purpose,"—(Mr. Hume,)—instead thereof :—Q uest i on put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The 'louse divided. MAJORITY-AYES, 51. Hill, Lord >M. C. Parker, John Hotihouse, T. B. Parnell, Sir H. Hodges, T. L. Phillpotts, John 1, Hoskins, K. Figct, D. Y. Howard, C. W. G. Richards, Richard Humphery, J. Russell, Lord John Kemble, Henry Russell, Lord Charles Knight, Henry Gally Scrope, G. P. Lockhart, A. M. Shell, R. L. Lushingten, S. Thompson, Ald. Manic, Hon Is Tufnell,. Henry Morris, David Turner, E. Morrison, James Vere, Sir C. B. Muntz, G. F, Vernon, Granville Norreys, Sir D. Pakington, John S. Palmer, G. Palmerston, Viscount) Alston, R. Baring, F. T. Barnard, E. G. Berkeley, F. H. Bernal, R. Blair, J. Bridgeman, H. Briscoe, J. Broadley, Henry Da!mem', Lord Dick, Quintin Ferguson, Sir R. A. Fresh field, J. W, Greenaway, C. Grey, Sir G. Grimsditch, T. Hamilton, Lord C. Handley, H. TELLERS. Stanley, E. J. Smith, Vernon Aglionby, H. A. Brotherton, J. Ellis, Wynn Evans, Sir G. Dc Lacy Ewart, W. rNORITY—NOES, 10. I Hindley, C. Wood, Benjamin Lushington, Charles Vigors, N A. TELLERS. Warburton, H. Hume, Joseph Baines, E. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES-WEDNESDAY. The City Plate of 1001. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each the second to receive 101. out of the Stakes. Mile heats. 10 Subs. Duke of Richmond's Mus, aged, Bst 121 b...( Rogers) 4 1 1 Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate, 3 yrs, 7st 1 2 2 Lord George Bentinck's Capote, 3 yrs, 7st 2 3 dr Mr. Roe's Lady Geraldine, 4 yrs, 7st Captain Gardner's 10, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b The first heat was won by a head, the rest in a canter. (FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE GOODWOOD STAKES.) After one false start the lot got away in compact order, with the single exception of Half-caste, who ran close to the rails on the right, several yards wide of the ethers ; at the corn mencemei.t of the turn in the clump he was in the proper ' track, with a lead of eight or ten lengths, Orelia second, Glen livat several lengths behind her, the Drama at the head of the ruck, and Hetman Platoff in the rear. They kept this order round the turn, when Half-caste shut up, and Glenlivat took up the running, Orelia still second, Mickleton Maid third, with Potentate and Domino forward. On entering the straight course, Hetman Platoff joined tha front rank, an d a t th e dis tance, Orelia and Glenlivat changed places, Mickleton Maid and Hetman Platoff following them. Hetman passed Glenlivat near the Stand, but was unable to catch Orelia, who won easy by two lengths. The Drama was fourth, Mickleton Maid fifth, Domino and the Potentate next. The others were beaten off a long way. The pace excellent. Mr. Bowes declared to win with Hetman Platoff. CUP BETTING. 7 to 4 agst Mr. Johnson's Charles MI. 2 to 1 Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff. 5 to 1 Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost 10 to 1 Mr. Greatrex's Pocahontas 12 to 1 Duke of Orlean's Baggarman 12 to 1 Coionel Peel's Dey of Algiers The company, as it invariably is here, was highly fashion able. The Duke of Richmond's party atGoodwood consisted, besides the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and suite, of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Al bemarle, Earl Verulam, Earl Stradbroke, Earl of Lichfield, Earl of Eglinton, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of March, Lord G. H. Bentinck, Lord Cantilupe, Lord Wm. Lennox, Lord A. Lennox, Lord Maidstone, Hon. Capt. Rous, Hon. G. and Lady Agnes Byng, Hon. Col. and Mrs. Anson, :Sir G. Shelley, Col. Peel, Messrs. C. Greville, Irby, M. Stanley, Thornhill, &c., In consequence of the death of Sir Arthur Paget,neither the Duchess of Richmond, her daughters, nor any of the ladies above-mentioned attended the course. Besides the above named personages, there were present Lord Godolphin, Lord Andover, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord C. Fitzroy, Sir H. Seymour, Cols. O'Meara and Charritie ; Messrs. Gardnor, Etwall, D. Radcliffe, Ladbroke, Portman, Pettal, Worrall, Congland, Cronmellin, Walker, Hawker, Neville, &c. Of the racing or the precision with which everything con nected with it was conducted, it is impossible to speak too highly ; so admirably was the time kept, that notwithstanding there were two Stakes on Tuesday with gentlemen riders, the last heat of the plate was only a few minutes over the hour fixed by the Stewards. The keeping of the course, &c., was entrusted to a detach ment from the A division, and Superintendent May, Inspector Pearce, and Sergeant Otway. It is almost needless to add that the best order was maintained. THURSDA Y. As might have been anticipated from the quantity and su perior character of the sport provided for this, the " Grand" day, a large and fashionable assemblage was attracted to the course, including their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, and most of the Goodwood visitors. By twelve o'clock, at which hour the Racing Stakes was run, the stand presented a brilliant display of rank and beauty, and every part of the course was well filled up ; a considerable number, however, unaware of the punctuality with which the races are run under the present excellent stewardship, did not reach the ground until near one, and thus lost two interest ing races. Having in a former report given the names of the principal visiters, we shall only add a few which we have since collected : —Count D'Orsay, Earl of Errol, Lord Southamp ton, Lord and Lady Powerscourt, Lord Adolphus Fitzcla rence, Hon. General Grosvenor, Hon. T. Rous, Sir Harry • Mildmay, Sir Lynn Stephens, Mr. Clive, &c. The weather, although not so hot or so bright as on Wednes day, was fine, and the sport plentiful and good. Before describ ing it we should state that two fresh races have been made for Friday, viz. a Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, half a mile. Ca pote, Bst 121 b, Assagai 7st, and f by Taurus, out of Plaything, 7st ; and a Match for 100, D. S. C., between Feather Est 131 b, and Naworth Est 31b. The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for three-yrs-old. The New Mile. Mr. Wreford's Wardan (61b extra) Bst 131 b ......(.1. Day) 1 Lord Exeter's Amurath, Bst 41b Col. Anson's Nicholas, Bst 71b Lord Albemarle's Iris, Bst 41b Five to twa on Warden. Amurath and Nicholas laid toge ther in front to the straight running. Wardan took up the running, Amurath challenged at the Stand, but ran out close to the chair, and was beaten by half a length. The Molecomb Stakes of 50 Soya. for each, h ft; for two-year olds. T. Y. C. Captain Williamson's ch f Decision, by Defence, Bst 91b 1 Mr. Sadler's Defy, by Defiance, Bst 41b ..... ....... 2 Mr. Payne's fby Langar, out of Emigrant's dam, Bst 41b 3 Betting sto 4 agst Defy-6 to 4 agst Decision (t)—and 3to 1 agst the Langar filly. A close and beautiful race between the first two ended in favour of Decision by a head. The Goodwood Cup, value 300 soya, by subscription of 20 sovs. each, with 100 added; the second to receive 100 out of the stakes. 44 Subs. Duke of Orleans' Beggarman, 5 yrs Bst 51b (Robinson) 1 Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost, 5 yrs 9st 21b 2 Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff, 4 yrs Bst 101 b Col. Peel's Dey of Algiers, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b Mr. Johnson's Charles XII., 4 yrs Bst Mr. Greatrex's Pacohontas, 3 yrs 6st 61b Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, ,3 yrs 6st 81b 0 Mr. Forth's c by Muley, ou t a -Solace, 3yis, Est 101 b 0 Betting.-6 to 4 agst Hetman (t)-7 to 4 agst Charles XII.-9 to 1 agst Pocahontas-12 to 1 agst Lanercost-14 to 1 agst Beggarman-16 to 1 agst Grey Milton—and 16 to 1 agst the Dey of Algiers. After two starts, they got away in excel lent order, the Dey of Algiers taking the lead at a great pace, followed by Pocahontas, Beggarman, and Grey Milton next, Hetman, Lanercost, and Naworth in the rear ; they travelled in this order till within a mile of home, when the Dey was beaten, and Beggarman took up the running, followed by Pocahontas, Hetman Platoff, and Charles now lying forward. Halfway up the distance Lanercost went to the front, which was now composed of Beggarman (leading), Charles XII. Pocahontas, Lanercost, and Hetman Platoff. A splendid race home ended in favour of Beggarman by half a length. Laner cost, who made his rush at the stand, second, Hetman Platoff a capital third, a n d P oca h on t as an d Ch ar l es XII . c l ose up with them. The cheering was immense on the result being made known by the Duke of Orleans's number. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each for two-year olds. T. Y. C. Mr. Etwall's Pelerine, by Tomboy (J. Day) 1 Duke of Bedford's fby Taurus, out of Plaything ••• 2 Mr. Fuller's f by Camel, out of Walfruna Mr. Rush's c by the Exquisite—Maresfield's dam 4 3 to 1 on Pelerine, who made all the running, and after a fine race with the Taurus filly, won by a head. The Duke of Richmond's Plate of 1001. One mile. Duke of Bedford's f. by Augustus, out of Courtesan, a feather Duke of Richmond's The Currier, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b 2 Lord Jersey's Sepoy, aged, Bst 41b The following not placed :—Combat, aged, Bst 111 b; Pick wick, aged, Bst 81b ; Barabbas, 4 yrs, Bst ; Mountain Sylph, 3 yrs, Est ; Wee Willie, 5 yrs, Bst ; Adrian, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Welfare, 3 yrs, 7st 91b; Chasseur, 3 yrs, Est 13Ib ; Sliss Heathcote, 3 yrs, 6st 71b. Betting-4 to 1 agst Courtesan; 4to 1 agst Barabbas ;4 to 1 agst Welfare; 6 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph; 7 to 1 agst Sepoy, taken ; and 10 to 1 agst Adrian. The feather weight jumped off with the lead, was never caught, and won in a canter by two lengths. The Anglesey Stakes of 15 sovs. each, for three-year olds and upwards; gentlemen riders. The new mile. Five subs. Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland, 6 yrs, Ilst 81b (Pettat) 1 Lord Marcus Hill's Guava, 5 yrs, lOst 71b Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab, aged, 12st 71b ••• 3 7to 4 and 2to 1 on Abraham, who made the running, and won cleverly by a length. Match, 50 soya. One mile. Lord Bentinek's Half-caste, Bst 710 received. Duke of Bedford's Courtesan filly, Bst 41b paid. INTERESTING TO LADIES.—The preservation the complexion from the burning pernicious influence of the solar beam, was for ages a d es id eratum i n sc ience. Half a cen tury back ladies sufered most severely from the effects pro duced by excessive heat. The rapid progress of science has happily brought to light a discovery of the highest importance to the female fashionable world. We allude to Rowland's celebrated Kalydor, the auxiliary friend, guardian, and pro tector of female beauty. In promenading and aquatic parties, our lovely countrywo men are s hi e ld e d b y R ow l a nd's K a l y d or from injury ; and their complexions remain as seductively charming and blooming as the most florid writer could por tray, and for which they are renowned throughout the world. Up to twelve o'clock on Tuesday the peace of Paris was not disturbed. The whole of the garrison was under arms, and the funeral procession of the heroes of July was being conducted in an orderly manner. THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From a Distinguished Correspondent.) Without one object of ambition to be gratified by the fall of the present Administration—with old poli tical habits and personal interests militating against the course to be adopted --your improvisated Correspondent and his friends had deeply considered the step they were about to take. With indescribable anxiety your informant had calculated the effect on the public mind, now agitated beyond expression, and far from thinking, like the Treasury journals, that there would be no consequent disagreement with France, deeply was felt the apprehension of a war. The very possibility of such a conflict—destroying peace and commerce, and involving every nation in Europe—a war which, aided by all the recently-invented means by which destruction is multiplied a hundredfoli—a war in which the French would have no other course to follow but to raise the standard of democracy amongst the subject States of all the overgrown Powers of Europe—such a conflict, it must be repeated, would be a catastrophe that might not have its equal again in human annals. It was to prevent this result that your informant thought it a duty to forestall by a few days an inevitable discovery. The truth was presented —as is wont by men versed in political avocations--through the medium of a journal which would not for an instant sacrifice its consist ency to favour the writer; and thus impartially it was demanded of the English public to decide whether, by a unanimous expression of reprobation, they would not prevent the possibility of an awful catastrophe. The effect of that reprobation would be to make Lord Palmerston relinquish at once affairs so totally above the scope of his intellect. What scruple can even his already doubtful colleague's entertain against adopting such a course—they who have already victimised so many other more gifted men, of whom Lords Grey, Althorp, Stanley, Ripon, Howick, Monteagle, are but a small portion ? But it will be said, what has the Foreign Secretary done, beyond his ordinary incapacity and presumption ? The answer is ready. He has not only adopted measures the most antipathical to the genius and character of the British na tion, but he has besides been grossly wanting in the or dinary forms observed betwixt civilized nations, and has insulted a friendly Power in its very honour. As gentle men fight mortal duels on all gross breaches of courtesy, whilst material interests are left to more pacific decision, so will the French nation be more inclined to stake its very existence on " the blow in the face" it has just received, than on account of any other wrong. As the Treasury Journals are constantly eluding the truth, which they d are no t flatly gainsay, as regars the insult, the following are the facts :—The last open protocol, of the 27th of Julb• 1839, signed by the contracting Powers, was to the effect that they were all five agreed conjointly and amicably to settle the affairs of Egypt and Turkey. The views of France as regards these coun , tries continued, up to a few days since, the objects o constant negotiation of that Power with England, and were never interrupted but by the astounding notifica tion that a compact had been signed by Lord Pal merston with the three other Powers, excluding ' Prance ! If to this is added that this protocol had been long in contemplation, and that the insurrec• Lion of Syria had been excited by England—ready for the occasion—can one hesitate to repeat that two acts of Machiavellism have been committed the most opposed to the spirit of the nation ? Lord Palmerston should be told that the English character, as well in the mass of the nation as in its individual members, is an honest straightforwardness springing from the noble consciousness of superior power devoid of fear—a bearing which attends even the larger and more perfect beings of the animal kingdom, although devoid of the moral strength of man. Independent of the overwhelming success the Syrians might achieve, is it possible that Lord Palmerston's folly should bring upon us the consequences it threatens ; for if M. Thiers should endeavour to second the descamisadoes and republicans of Spain, Louis Philippe will discard him, and an inter regnum of the French Ministry occur where active measures will be impossible ; but surely the nation will visit on its author the peril of the present hour. There are other no less serious accusations which, for the sake of perspicuity, and still more not to embarrass the policy of the country, are here passed over. But let the Foreign Secretary be assured that he who has written this represents a host, and that he is not like a wanton child who, having set a powerful machine in motion, blubbers in dismay at its gigantic movements, and lacks power to direct them towards its legitimate objects.—Mornin g Post. CASE of the POLISH REFUGEES. Immediately after the termination of the Polish revolu- tion in 1831, refugees from that country began to arrive here. They were supported by means of such resources as they had been able to bring with them, or by the contri butions of the charitable, till 1834, when for the first time the House of Commons voted a sum for their relief. Their number was 488, and the amount voted was 10,0001. They were divided into three classes, viz., field officers, officers, and privates. To the first class was allotted 15s. per week, to the second 10s. per week, to the third ss. 3d. per week ; to the wives half the:allowance of their husbands, and to the children half that of their mothers. This grant was renewed the following year, 1835, and it ap pearing then that the original list had been reduced by 111 (in consequence of deaths, removals, and voluntary resignations) but that 89 others had arrived, the latter were allowed to be placed on the list, which then pre sented a total number of 466. The grant was again voted in 1836 ; but this time, although 30 had gone off the list, the Treasury refused to allow their places to be supplied by others, and it was only with great diffi culty that the rule was relaxed in favour of persons cx. pelled from Cracow, who were considered as victims of a fresh violation of treaties. These brought the number to 477. In 1837, 10,0001. was again voted, the number of refugees being 462. In 1838 the same sum was voted. There were then 455 on the list, and 191 not participat ing in it. ; but so strong was the feeling manifested on all sides of the House in favour of such augmentation of the grant as should permit the admission of the latter, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer consented to the general wish. The total number then relieved by Government amounted to 646. In 1839, 15,0001. was voted. Its May, 1840, a grant of 13,0001. only was moved and passed with out observation, the list having since 1838 been reduced to 488. When the first grant was made in 1834, it was declared to be for that year only. It has, however,:since been repeated every year. When first renewed in 1835, it was expressly announced that only such Poles as were in England at the time of the original grant should participate in it. This rule appeared indispensable in order to guard against the unlimited increase of the numbers of the re fugees ; but when, notwithstanding such precautions, the continued persecution to which the Poles were subjected occasioned others to take refuge here, the same motives that had prompted the grant in the first instance led to the relaxation of the rule, and those who had recently arrived (eighty-nine in number) wero admitted in the room of 111 who had gone. From similar conside rations, 46 others were admitted in 1836 and in 1830, when it was again declared that no more would under any circumstances be admitted. Since 1838, the above rule has been rigidly • adhered to, and no new ad mission has taken place. In the interval, however, a few have arrived, and their number now amounts to 34. Of these the majority have fled here from the tyranny of des potic Governments, having escaped from compulsory ser vice-in the Russian army or navy, or from state prisons, or only avoided such inflictions by flight; the rest have come after struggling with all the ills of exile in France, Bel gium, or Switzerland, in the vain hope of finding means in this island, which they have heard called the free and the happy, of leading a less miserable life. They were, perhaps, unwise to come ; but having done so the want of passports bars their return. There are besides these 34, two who were in the country when the list was extended, and who were excluded only because they omitted to put in their claims. There is also a class whose case is scarcely, if at all, lass deserving of consideration; it con sists of about ten persons, who having renounced all future claims on the grant in consideration of a year's allowance paid in one sum for the purpose of leaving the country, have been prevented by circumstances over which they had no control s from putting their intentions into execu tion, and are now here in a state of destitution. With a view to encourage refugees to leave the country, Government has from the first adopted the plan of offering to all of them upon their departure a year's allowance, on condition of their renouncing all claim for the future. The total number of persons who have taken advantage of this offer amounts to 377 ; if from this we deduct 63, who were re-admitted before 1838, and 16 who, having commuted since that year are still here, we shall have 258 as the number of refugees who have s c e h e o chosen hnaf from o t m o t h fi ec x , a co their w residence rath er i n o th e r countries than in this. Thi s f act ought surely i n a great degree to remove the apprehen sion that any re l axat i on o f the rules, and any a d m i ss i on of fresh ref ugees, i s lik e l y to occasion an influx of suc h per sons from ot h er countr i es . We see, on one hand, t h at of those that c ome a l arge proportion is anxious to r emove, and we do not , on t h e o ther hand, exist ence of the gran t h as had the effect of attracting great numbers t o t hi s countr y. The subjoined table s h ows that the d e pa r t ures h ave in some years greatly exc ee d e d the arriv a l s , an d t h at t h e total number, notwithst an di ng reason decreas ing, the wholes a l e ex p u l s i on o f suspected persons rdecrease ers or rd to convert the disbandm en t o f f or eign troops in Portug a l an d Spain, and th e con ti nue d persecutions of the Pol es , b y Russia, has b een i ncrease d only by 52 , and in the l as t two years has dec rease d to t h e amount of 10 6. The n um b ers on the Governme n t li s t have since 1838 be en as r p e r d o u c c ia ed im b e y d 158. Is it unreasonable to ask that, instead of thes e 15 8 , shoulds2 t hep r b o e p admitted?proposal is riot t ostop When it into an increase, but merely to diminish the rate of de crease, and that in no violent degree ; f or it is proposed t o substitut e o nly one f r esh person for . every thr ee removed. the te d n e ti T ht she minterest p r nation,opeobjectsr n throughthe fate t of f s bounty. The m refugees, e e of v i t o th i c e e p o folPi Polish nt, h n arc only declaredfor admitting the Pole who arrived in 1836, and excluding him who came in 1840, is the necessity of adopting some line ; but if it be shown that in particular cases the line may be overstepped without incurring the danger for which alone it is drawn, that of occasioning an unlimited in flux of refugees, then the motives of humanity and sym pathy which originally led to, and have since caused, the renewal of the grant, ought to prevail with those who arc •charged with its administration, and induce them to give it the requisite extension. It is not now sought tor' increase the grant-13,0001. has already been voted this year for the Polish refugees—the numbers arc new the same as they were in 1534, when 10,0001. was sufficient. There must, therefore, be a surplus at the end of the year, and a much larger surplus than would provide for the persons in question, for whom little more than 1,0001. weeld suffice. All that is asked is that, cut of the surplus, the same allowances should be granted to the fifty two as are enjoyed by their less unfortunate countrymen. If this act of humanity cau be performed, as it has been shown that it can, without the violation of any principle, without the risk of any bad consequence, and without any expense beyond what Parliament has already sat.ctioncd, surely no obstinate adherence to rules once made ought to be suffered to prevent it, Attachment, even a bigoted at tachment to economy, may, in a Chancellor of the Exche quer, be meritorious, for it is the first duty of that func tionary to watch with jealous care over the public money. But other Statesmen and independent Members of Parlia ment who, while they admit all the importance of eco nomy, feel that due weight should also be allowed to other considerations, ought surely to employ their influence to prevent the b oun ty o f t h e H ouse being administered with a parsimony which those who voted it never contemplated, and which is in contradiction to the feeling which dictated the grant. POLISH REFUGEES IN ENGLAND. 2 2 1,1 .: to :Li t c 9, 4 r. 7, -4 I i 7, .2 .-' 4.. .. t , ‘ , :t 2 Year. 4 -2 t; ~; .5. i;' , §.9..r; ~. "E :'-', To' S.S' x-• i'''l' 14 -v - 2 3 E g • .4 '7 ; f E;Lo E...,.. '-' ;• - ;g 74E E ;`' 8 g ~ 4'. ............... -....-- ........... _.._.,...„,,. .._„_,..... ......, ......_ ....... ....-... .............-............ 1834 (1) 488 ZlO,OOO 1835 111 377 89 414 10,000 , i 466 Decrease `.2 1836 35 431 46 (2) 477 10.0 )0 69 540 Increase 80 1t137 15 462 4.52 10,000 121 5 - 3 Increase 31 1833 7 455 191 646 I 10,009 (3) 646 Increase 63 1839 15,010 25 1840 158 488 488 13000, 52 510 ,Decrease 106 (1) First grant vo t e d b y t h e House of Commons. (2) Out of 115 new comers, 45 only, who came from Cracow, were admitted ; 69 were not admitted. (3) All present in England were then admitted. Paris, July 20, 1840. My DEAR SIR STRATFORD,—I cannot forbear congra tulating jvu on the success which attended your motion in ,he Hous of Commons on the 13th inst., in favour of the unfortunate city of Cracow, or refrain from expressing to you at th,griame time my most sincere thanks. In the pre sent pool:ie . e of affairs, when men's minds are so univer sally engrossed by the pending question of the East, to have succeeded in directing the attention of the House to the condition of a small independent State, oppressed by its neighbours and forgotten by the rest of Europe, is to have accomplished a task of no small difficulty or trifling importance. You have demonstrated clearly that this question of apparently minor interest, involves that of the preservation of those principles of justice and inviolability, which form the safeguard of weak States against those more powerful, and of those which stand alone against coalitions, and the most distinguished Members of the House of Commons have concurred with you in denounc ing the violation of the treaties respecting Cracow and Poland as a direct attack on the interests and honour of Great Britain. I rejoice, and so must all just and reflect ing persons, that a voice of such consequence as that of Sir Robert Peel, has been raised to support your protest, to remind the so-called Conservative Cabinets of the du ties imposed on them by the principles they proclaim, and to warn them that the intervention of the power of Eng land must be the consequence of continued contempt of her representations, made in a spirit of peace and concord, but at the same time dictated by a legitimate solicitude for the future destinies of civilised Europe. At the very time almost that English statesmen were thus testifying their interest in Cracow, France was renewing, through her Chamber of Peers, her remonstrances in its favour, and the discussion of the question on Cracow, which is ex pected to take place in the British House of Lords, will form the complement of your exertions on the subject. The three Northern Powers in vain display Conserva tive colours; their actions belie their professions. By uniting for the partition of Poland they have shaken to its very foundation the European edifice, and violated the most sacred principles. Since that time, driven on by a kind of fatality, they are forced sometimes even against their will into acts of iniquity, the object of which is the annihilation of every vestige of Poland. But Divine Pro vidence, we trust, will baffle those fatal projects ; and, moved by the perseverance and devotion of the Polish na tion, will summon it to new efforts, so as to make its resto ration the great event which will re-establish in Europe the equilibrium destroyed since its fall, and restore the force of the law of nations, trampled upon by its oppressors. May those who are placed at the head of the two great nations, which set to the world an example of rational liberty and of power founded on that very liberty, compre hend that the future welfare of their countries depends on the degree of value they may set on the observance of in ternational justice ; and that, as on the one hand the main tenance of legitimate rights will insure to them a merited preponderance, on the other their ruin will become inevi table, if, giving way to the seductions of a perverted diplo macy, and abandoning their high vocation for the sake of concessions which will be readily made to them, they dis grace thevelves by sharing, or even by not opposing the triumph olload faith and violence. In becoming the defender of principles of eternal justice you have acquired, my dear Sir Stratford, a right to the gratitude of your country and of mankind. Permit me, in assuring you of that of all my countrymen, to repeat the expression of regard and attachment With which I am, most sincerely, yours, (Signed) A. CZARTORYSKI. The Right Hon. Sir Stratford Canning, M.P., &c., &c., &c. SPAIN. BARCELONA, JULY 22.—Yesterday, at half-past six o'clock, the Queen quitted the Palace, taking the di rection of the sea-shore, her Majesty preferring this pro menade to that of the Rambla, which, situated in the middle of the city, offers a central point for those who seek to disturb the public peace. On her way the Queen unexpectedly encountered a numerous assem blage. composed, for the greater part, of persons of the lower class, and National Guards out of uniform. They all carrie*largo bludgeons, but cried out, rcspectfnlly, Viva leßeina," when her'Mojesty appeared, When, however, they saw the second carriage, in which were the Count of Santa Coloma and the Duchess of Vittoria, they cried out loudly, " Down with Es partero !"—Long live the Regent !"—" Long live Gene ral Cleonard !" The people replied to this clamour by vociferations of: another kind, almost in presence of the Royal carriages. A terrible conflict then took place, and the National Guard, supported by a picquet of cavalry, succeeded eventually in putting down the un equal combat. However, the excited populace yielded only to re-assemble in the Rambla, and their numbers still increasing, they committed such excesses, that very shortly all the shops were closed. The cafes were emp tied, and disorder had almost reached its height, when Espartcro, informed by one of his aides-de-camp, ar rived on the spot. The presence of the General, who came on foot without any escort, and his brief and energetic address to the mass of the people, produced a very salutary effect, and hostilities ceased in that quarter, but were very shortly recommenced, and with greater violence, on the Plaza de la Constitucion. On this spot a most serious conflict took place, and three men were killed and several wounded and hurt. The Royal Guard, who moved upon this point, soon caused the evacuation of the square, but the rioters were not slow to form again in the Plaza de San Jaime, before the building where the Ayuntamiento held its sittings, in the rea4ll4 the cathedral. The leaders were numerous on this A-point, and distributed muskets amongst their partisanskihom they organised into a battalion of Na tional Guards. The moment had now arrived to act rrith vigour, for the insurrection began to assume a serious appearance, and Espartero caused the com pany of the guides and the battalion of the Chasseurs of Luchana to advance, trusting that the warlike aspect of these troops, victorious wherever they had appeared, would influence the conduct of the mob. The Ayun tamiento then decided to act in concert with the Duke of Vittoria, and sent to ask what were his orders. Espartero replied drily, that the Munici pality knew what was its duty. He recommended them to exert all their influence with the people to reduce them to order, and added that, for his own part, he knew how to perform his own duty. The constitutional alcalde then proceeded to arrest the ringleaders, but was unfortunately assisted by the moveable National Guard, who were inspired by a bad feeling towards the people, and being actuated by party spirit, occasioned further disorders instead of re pressing them. Amongst the chiefs of the moderados who figured in the ovations presented to the Queen, to the exclu sion of the Duke de la Vittoria, was the advocate Balmas, a Captain in the National Guard. Pursued by a detachment of the moveable National Guard, who sought to arrest him without an order from the alcalde, Balmas discharged two pistols which he car ried, and shot two of his pursuers, one of whom was mortally wounded. This catastrophe caused the greatest agitation. The mob then rushed upon the house o f B a l mas , an d l a id se . . ige to it In a regular manner. Screened behind the shutters of his balcony, Balmas fired several shots, and almost alwhys with effect. But exhausted at last with fatigue, and having no more ammunition, he came out before the furious crowd and blew his brains out. No thing, however, could interrupt the people's vengeance. His body was immediately seized by them, dragged through the streets, and torn to pieces, and the populace then proceeded to the committal of further excesses, pil laged the Cafe de l'Aincan, and ransacked the printing office of the Garde Nacional, the political organ of the ,nodcrados. A M. Bose, another captain in the National Guard, experienced the same fate as Balmas ; he was killed near the church of St Michael. On learning these sanguinary executions, Espartero caused the generale to beat, turned out with all the troops, and immediately surrounded the most disturbed quarters of the city. Several arrests were made, and giving him self the example of the love of discipline, the General in-Chief cut down a disorderly soldier. The mob, see ing this, speedily dispersed, and Espartero addressed the alcalde in an energetic speech, prohibiting any other , cry for the present than that of " Vi va l a Reina! The following proclamation was subsequently pub lished : PROCLAMATION OF ESPARTERO. The serious events which have lately occurred in this capital have excit e d i n th e hi g h es t d egree the attention of authority. Convinced that malevolent persons per sons might, under false pretexts, renew those disturb ances, if preventive measures were not taken against them, and if they were not punished according to the utmost rigour of the law, in my quality of Captain- General, and conformably to the ordinance which con fers on me the supreme command of the military forces, as well as by the authorisation arising from a Royal or dinance dated this day, I have thought fit to issue the following 1. The town of Barcelona is declared in a state of siege. 2. All cheering and shouting, tending to insult coy one or to injure property, are expressly prohibited. 3. Persons not belonging to the army are prohibited the use and wearing of arms. 4. From the moment of the publication of the pre. sent all groups are forbidden. All groups will be dis persed by the military after a summons to disperse. Should no attention be paid to the third summons, downright force will be employed. 5. Should any individuals belonging to a group insult the military on being summoned to disperse, they will be arrested and given over to the tribunals. 6. For the application for the penalties for non-ob servance of this decree, as well as for the misdemeanours specified by the decrees of the Cortes in August, 1821, and by the laws of la novissimn recapilacion on sedition, shall be appointed at the publieation of the present a court-martial, who shall judge the offenders, and apply to them the penalties established, or those it may think proper to apply, on submitting the sentence to my ap proval. In order to make this decree known to all, it shall be published and posted. DUKE OF VITTORIA. Barcelona, July 22, 1840. . _ At midnight order was perfectly restored. The Queen is not aware of the extent of the disturbance. The French Ambassador, M. Mathieu de la Redorte, who arrived at four o'clock in a steamer, landed an hour afterwards with M. de Mareuil, after a long conference with the French Consul General. The disturbance commenced after his arrival. During the whole of the time the Ambassador remained in his hotel, and received only French visitors. SFIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The distinguished correspondent of the Post seems de termined to distinguish himself by attacking the Govern ment upon a question of foreign policy, with respect to which the Government is acting upon principles which must obtain the approbation of every man who bas at heart the interests of England, and the maintenance of peace in Europe; and it is needless, therefore, to say that, in our opinion, the policy recom mended by the distinguished correspondent, would be injurious to our interests, and fatal to the general peace. The principle upon which the Government is acting is, that the independence and integrity of the Turk sh empire, being a matter which concerns all the powers of Europe, because it regards the balancs of power in Europe, ought to be placed under the guardianship of an European alliance ; but the distinguished correspondent of the Post main tains the principle that Russia should be obliged to act ;by herself, and to interfere alone in the affairs of Turkey. For this—disguised as it may be under profes sions of attachment to the French alliance, and rhodomon tades about the invincible star of Mehemet Ali—is the real result of the policy of the correspondent of the Post. It is easy to talk of leaving Syria in the hands of Egypt, and to indulge in idle generalities about rearing up a new Mahometan power as a bulwark against Russian aggres sion ; but the specific practical question which presses for immediate solution is this, whether it is more for the in terest of England that the Great Powers should interfere jointly, in order to restore to the Sultan an important pro vince of his empire, to which his right is clear and un doubted, or that Russia should interfere single handed, and send another army to encamp under the walls of Constan tinople, and to dictate another treaty of Unkiar Skelessi. (From the Morning Advertiser. ) Some of our Gallic cotemporaries, to whose bellige rent lucubrations we yesterday alluded, in discussing the Turko. Egyptian question, must be smitten by the influence of the dog-star, or they could never have indulged in such rabid propensities as they have recently manifested in re gard to the treaty alleged to have been made between Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, without the participation of France. The tone of these journalists, even if there were just grounds and probability of quarrel, is ut terly inapposite to the prevalent feeling of the day, which is altogether hostile to an appeal to physical appliance for tee adjustment of differences which can be permanently and satisfactorily settled only by moral agencies. The Camby ses or Bobadil style is now altogether out of place, exen when an appeal to arms is inevitable ; but when, as in the present case, there is no just or rational grounds of dispute, the eagerness for the fray exhibited by the Constitutionnel, Courrier Francais, and other French papers, can be com pared to nothing more appositely than to the ebullient pugnacity of certain hot-headed Hibernians, who will fight first, sit down to discuss the cause of quarrel afterwards, and then discover, to mutual surprise, that they had fought and broke each other's heads " without any manner of rason at all at all." Such would be the exact illustration of the position of Great Britain and France, if they ap pealed to arms on the adjustment of the differences between the Pacha and the Sultan. France has been perfectly cognizant of every step taken in the negotiation between Great Britain and the other Powers, and therefore has no right so far to consider herself treated with any slight or disrespect. _ (From the Times.) At the Police -court, Lambeth -street, yesterday, Mr. Norton imposed the highest penalty in his power on a ruf fian for an assault on a respectable woman. This penalty was at, or two months' imprisonment; and as the ruffian was poor, he could not pay the fine, and was consigned to prison. This punishment was most properly awarded, and we refer to the case for the sake of pointing out the different modes of administering justice at Lambeth-street and at Marlborough -street. Mr. Norton, justly indignant at a gross outrage, inflicts the highest penalty in his power-- 51. Mr. Henry, while professing extraordinary indignation at a much more brutal outrage, perpetrated on a respectable m..n and woman by two well-coated ruffians, imposes, not the highest penalty, but merely 31.—a sum ridiculously disproportionate to the offence and the means of the de linquentsll one of whose coats would probably have fetched twice the sum. Mr. Henry should have known that a trivial fine cannot operate for a moment to check the vio lence of wealthy ruffians. He should therefore have sent the case to the Sessions, where the Magistrates have the power of fining or imprisoning in proportion to the enor mity of the case, and of placing the offenders on the treadmill. In the case of a poor complainant it would sometimes operate as a considerable hardship to have to incur the loss of time necessary to a second inquiry at the sessions; but in the case of the persons who appealed to the Marlborough-street Magistrate no such reason exists ; and it was his duty to send the offenders for trial instead of awarding a trumpery fine. (From the Morning Herald.) To whatever part of the subject connected with the Irish Municipal Bill we turn, we meet with nothing but what is calculated to puzzle or disgust. We have already called attention to the monstrous job contemplated by Mr. Recorder Shaw in his own favour. Our readers will re collect this gentleman's notable project to get a special ex cieption of himself from the regulation obliging recorders to hold sessions as frequently sand regularly as the ends of justice might require ; we had hoped the effect of our exposure joined with the remonstrances of Lord Wicklow and Lord Devon in the House of Peers, had been the abandonment of the project. We little knew, how ever, the pertinacity of this Right Honourable Gentle man in a job. We are credibly informed that the mon strous attempt is to be renewed to-night. Lord Wicklow is out of the way—Lord Devon has been, perhaps, in pri vate cajoled into silence—the House, too, is thin—and a large number of honest and independent Pro testant Peers, who on a former occasion were ready to oppose it, lruve left town. Under these circumstances, Mr. Shaw has, if we arc rightly informed, resolv. d to try his chance once more ; if he succeed, by any accident, in passing the House of Lords, he will rely on his friend and companion, Lord Morpeth, to carry it in the Com mons. We need not, we trust, repeat what we have said on the indecency of creating the regulations of a judi cial office to suit the convenience of the political partisan who may happen to fill it. We do not think we are in fluenced by a desire we do not conceal to see Mr. Shaw out of Parliament. We certainly will rejoice in his ejec tion as a blessing, as we believe his presence there, from 1835, to have becii a curse to the Protestant interests of Ireland ; and we have very little doubt that the next dis solution will accomplish this good by means more desirable, because more salutary as an example. But we confess we arc jealous for the honour of the House of Lords—it would pain us to see that illustrious assembly reduced to a chamber for managing jobs for Mr. Shaw I MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (THURSDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The English Funds were firm at the opening of the market. This improvement, however, was not maintained. In the Foreign House prices were in a great measure influenced by the state of things in the English House. The proceedings of the meeting of Colombian bond holders yesterday arc important, in showing that her Ma jesty's Government are sensible of the gross injustice in flicted upon the bondholders—that they are determined to see that they obtain redress—and that although the State of Venezuela had recently professed its inability to pay a farthing more than two per cent. on the principal of her proportion of the Colombian debt, abandoning altogeth er the rcmaining four per cout.,and arrear s of interest; yet, b y firmness on the part of the bondholders, and by evincing a determination to have what they knew that State could well afford to pay them, Venezuela has at last discovered that she is able ultimately to pay up the whole six per cent. on the original debt, and to give bonds for the arrears. TIMES.—The Money Market is again heavy to.day, and the accounts received of the depressed state of the Stocks in the continental markets, together with the vio lent tone of the Paris Papers, have kept the public in a state of uneasiness. The Spanish market is heavy, The last quotation for the Actives is 29j- to 6. Dutch stock has been affected by the quotations from Amsterdam, and the Two-and-a. 1-I per Cents. are quoted at 52 to The determination of Mr. Labouchere, expressed last night, not to press the Coffee Duties Bill this Session, has of course given great satisfaction to the parties who dreaded the anticipated partial reduction of duty. At the same time many are at a loss to understand how the non conclusion of the treaty with France can be considered as a cause for the abandonment of the measure. It is sup posed that Mr. Labouchere did not originally expect such decided opposition as has been made by the representatives of the trade, and that the petition from Fenchurch.street of the 18th of July, 1840, and the memorial of the East India and China Association, with similar demonstrations, have chiefly caused the plan to be relinquished. PO ST.—We have just learned that the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank have held a meeting at Manches ter, for the purpose of declaring a dividend of ss. 6d. per share for the half-year, being at the rate of four per coot EVENING- EDVIION. per annum,:or thereabouts. When it is recollected that this bank lost very nearly one quarter of its paid-up capital, and in consequence declinad last half-year to divide, it wcuid surely have been more prudent for the Directors to have held on without making a dividend until the lost capital of the Company should he recovered. The principle of de. Glaring a dividend in such a position is vicious in the ex treme ; and it is to be regretted that a body of gentlemen, such as the Directors of this Bank are, should act in a man ner so much at variance with the experience and opinion of sound business-men. HERALD.—There was a meeting yesterday of the shareholders of the United Mexican Mine Association, at which that very clever and well-known Member of the Stock Exchange, Mr. J. Easthope, now M.P., presided. The returns from the mine of Reyes, the only one in work by the Company, have been rather falling off, it ap pears, of late, and the lease of the mine itself is not far from the term of its expiration. Ncgctiations arc on foot for its renewal, but as the Marquis de las Reyes is heavily in debt to the Association, as well as the mine i❑ respect of outlay over proceeds, it will perhaps be difficult to conclude a bargain for renewal upon ad vantageous conditions. Assuming the possible case of failure in corning to terms the 1,01 A,000 dollars of debt so overlaying the mine would, it is said by the stock jobbing ministerial print, this morning, be a " subsisting claim, and s'and as such in the position of a first mortgage, so that the amount would, under any circumstances, be paid out of the future profits." The " future profits" are assumed therefore with as much ignorance, and impudence, if not intentional deception, as the surplus revenue of two millions sterling of Spain, where, however, if Finance Ministers may be believed, the excess of expenditure is in the ratio of more than 50 per cent. advance upon the whole income. If the Company are so indiscreet as to rest their faith on the mining laws of Mexico for the security of any debt or mortgage, the chance of its redemption is not a much more probable con tingeacy than that of Portuguese Pedroite loans, which Mr. Easthope may have heard were in the origin a perfect bonanza of a Rayas mine to the projectors and first jobbers, but arc now never mentioned but with wry faces and load laments, not by the contractors and primary agents in their concoction, for the rogues slipped their cable, that is, their stock, and got clean out of the turmoil with all their unrighteous profits, but by the luckless dupes of pre sent holders who were cunningly sacked of their money and left with the paper bonds. Hitherto the shareholders have had no particular benefit out of their mining specula tions, although Mr. Easthope and the directors may have been more fortunate. Notwithstanding the heavy debts addled upon the concern, no sooner did a favourable turn in the products and progress of the mine furnish the moans fur a trifling repayment and reduction of the debt than Mr. Easthope himself proposed and carried a motion for shar ing among the Directors for their services the magnificent sum of 10,000/. From which it would appear that, like some other economical patriots of the day, that person has two rules of action, and whilst the Director is peculiarly prodigal when filling his own pockets is the matter in hand, the Member of Parliament on the contrary is a perfect niggard when voting supplies for hardworking servants of the public. SUN.--The English funds closed heavily again. Consols for money 90i -a, and for account, 904 ; Ex chequer Bills, 25 prem., and India Bonds, 1 discount. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. fell to 991, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. to 98i 1 The Foreign Stocks have all been lower, in the ab sence of any extensive transactions. Spanish Active Bonds have receded from 261 to 2.54 for present de livery, and have been marked 254 to 26 for the August Account. Portuguese New Five per Cents. have been very heavy at 338 to and the Three per Cents. at 23 to 224. Colombian Bonds have further declined to-day, in consequence of the proceedings at the meet ing of yesterday, and the delay which must arise in ob taining better terms from Venezuela. They have ranged to-day from 25 . 1 to 258. Mexican Stock has also been lower, viz., at 30 to 294. Brazilian Bonds have been nominally 79g. From Amsterdam we learn that the excitement on the Paris Bourse had led to a serious re-action in the Dutch Funds, the Two-and- Half per Cents. having fallen to 51 13-16 ; and the Five per Cents. to to 1008. The Riilway Shares were better to-day, and left off as follows :--London and Birmingham, 90 ; ditto Quar ter Shares, 23 ; Great Western, New, 16J ; South Western, 18 i f ; and Blackwall, 11 premium ; Brighton, 71 ; and Northern and Eastern, 78 discount. TO THE EDITOR-6V' THE sun'. SIR,—In several of your late Numbers I observe you have been discussing the Scottish Church question with one of your Contemporaries. The articles in the Adver tiser I have not seen, and therefore can say nothing of them, but I have to acquaint you, if you do not already know, that you have been grossly misinformed on the sub ject. In your Paper of Tuesday you conclude your re marks, with an air of triumph—tha: you have proved the majority of the Ministers of the Church to be insincere in their profession, and altogether unworthy of confidence. Now, Sir, this is a grave charge, rind should not be made on light grounds let us examine them. You say, that although the people were allowed to veto the presentee of the patron, they were not allowed to do so to the presentee of the Presbytery. There is not one word of truth in this. They are alike subject to the re fusal of the people. Again, Dr. Chalmers expressed how much more he was disappointed at the Presbytery's not having a discretionary power (on Lord Aberdeen's Bill) than its not containing either the veto or the call ; and why, because he scarcely ever expected either of these, but the former he had geed reason to ex pect; not that he preferred it, as he had repeatedly said, You ask why limit the veto to the male heads of families—ought not every member to have a voice ? I cordially agree with you there, not only of refusing but rather of choosing; but you must bear in mind what our Ministers and Elders, in getting the Veto Act passed in 1834, considered, and justly so, that they bad gained a great point in preventing the improper exercise of un limited patronage, and that that Act was the smallest amount of the people's consent that could be given. I fervently believe that the office-bearers now are convinced that something much more extensive than the veto is indis pensable, and every day tends to confirm Ilia opinion. I do not know from what channel you draw ycur informa. tion regarding the affairs of the Scottish Kirk, but I can assure you that you are equally far from the true state of the case as to the opinions of the great body of the people of this country on the subject ; the page of ecclesiastical history tells how dear to the souls of Scottish Christians are the interests of Christ's Church, and the rights of her Minis ters and members ; and I trust the blood of our noble fore. fathers still runs in the veins of their children. The opi nions of the press is no test of the public opinion on a question such as this. It is one in which the distinc tions of party politics are altogether buried. I pen these hurried remarks, and trust that in future you will abstain from anything that may tend to hurt the feelings of even one of the least of Christ's followers. That body of Christian Ministers you have been endeavouring (unknow ingly, I have no doubt) to hold up to scorn, contains much of the true Christian worth, piety, and talent of our land. I commend the Church of Scotland into the care of her great King and head, and remain A WHIG IN POLITICS, but a determined Supporter of the present Majority of our Church. Glasgow, July 23, 18.10. COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Jut-Y 30. DEATH OF ALDERMAN VENABLES. Mr. Venables was in good health on Friday ; be went out in a boat on Saturday, and did not return to East Cowes till ten at night ; he got wet, and had taken a severe cold, but was not considered seriously ill till last night; he expired at eight this morning. Sailed the Albatros, with the body of the Earl of Dur ham, for Sunderland. Captain Grey is in the yacht. The Countess of Durham, the young Earl, the Ladies Lambton, and Earl and Countess Grey, leave Cowes to. morrow morning by steam, for Southtan. MEETING OF THE COFFEE-HOUSE -KEEPER S . —On Monday evening a public meeting of the Coffee-house keepers of the metropolis was held in the large room of Ander ton's Hotel, Fleet-street, for the purpose of taking into con sideration the high prices of tea, sugar, and oth er ar ti c l es used in the trade, and for adopting suc steps thereon as may be deemed expedient. At eight Mr. J. 13. Humphreys was called to the chair. The chairman opened the business of the evening by stating that the prices of the different articles used in their trade had risen more than fifty per cent. within the last three years. Several other gei.tle men addressed the meeting at great length, and the Won Mg resolution was passed unanimously " That a rise of one penny per pint on tea and coffee take place in order to meet the high price of such articles, the time to be named by a Committee." Wednesday the Committee met (at which Mr. Dyke presided) and decided that such rise take place. District Committees were then formed for carrying out the objects. It was then moved by Mr. llernee, and seconded by Mr. Hockings, and carried unanimously, " That it is expedient to form a society for the protection of property submitted for the public use." GOODWOOD RACES.—Bell's Life in London of Sunday next will contain full and exclusive particulars of the important Meeting at Goodwood ; Engravings of the Goodwood Cup, and Grand Prize of the Stewards; Singular Changes in the betting on the St. Leger, with Prospects at Doncaster; with all the Sporting Intelligence of the week. Price of Bell's Life in London, Fivepence. Office, 17D, Strand. To be had of agents in all parts of the kingdom, 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, AND No. 76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, BANK OF ENGLAND.— DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—A greater proof of the value of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons' Invisible Ope rative Voice Conductor, and newly-invented Spectacle Lenses, cannot be adduced than the circumstance of the many thou sands of individuals who have obtained the greatest benefit and instant relief, and the constant immense demand there is for them, and the patronage they have and daily continue to receive. The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons disclaim all con nexion with persons of the same name and the sale of amber spectacles; the pernicious use of amber spectacles being now h wl eel haslinot known h er e t f o o r t e h e al t p e u r b e l d i pc, and the vendor their name, byl leaving a being v ing out t w t a h r •f ee word o i r t d , " amber," and calling them "Patent Spectacles." Dr. Andrew Ure, Es 4., M.D., F.R. S., S.ce., states analter is most powerfully electrical by friction, very hot, to such an extent as to explode into fragments. The workmen, too, are subject to a nervous tremeur in their wrists, arms, Bce.; they encounter great danger by handling such dreadfully -excited electries: Amber is of such a soft and sticky nature that it is apt to take fire ; and when exposed to warmth, it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with flame. This statement is further =- firmed by Sir D. Brewster and Pliny, as also by Parka and Hems, on Chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a material for spectacles to imperfect vision may be ascc tained at any respectable optician's in London. The Dublin Corporation, as a laat re.souree, are about to expend more of the public moneys entrusted to tkeir guardianship, in sending to London another Deputation to resist the passing of the Municipal Bill ! , nnd ition Ire the o u ld , cond I for they know ['ER rural tions Bill ,r, and have .Ro' Go re' sur , had tll3 ,g• 3 s of