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

THE QUEEN'S STATE BA LL. iee)uee - elect: Lee. ) 4' Queen ge 1.3 :11 (. rst 4 evening, at Buckingham Pelece. The cou.pete p re sent e at the r ece pti o n exceed e d in number those at tending any former ball given by her Majesty, the e evitations h av i ng b een exten d e d t o the unprecedenti d iraber of near l y two t h ousan d . Th e gues t s comprised the Royal Family, th e f ore i g n Princes in this country, the whole of the Diplomatic Caps, Foreigners of dis °action on a visit to England, the Lsdiea and Gentlemen gthe Househ o ld o f t h e Q ueen and Prince Albert. of the 4 ,.. e enDow . ager, and of the different members or the m embers Family, the Min sters of State, and tee princip al elabers of the Administration and their L i 3i, s, and a 'el;Z numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry. L ithe entire suite of state Reheats were opened for the the throne roem, as well as the ball room, was p r epared for d anc i ng , a quadrille baud being stationed bo th apartments. The picture gallery and the grand sal mon were appropriated for the reception of the general e o ro m P t atiY pr ev i ous to the commencement of the ball—the Jai guests being received by the Queen and Prince embert in the y e ll ow d raw ing-room. The south end of the picture gallery, and the recesses all the saloons were filled with rare and beautiful eirebs and plants in flower ; the grand staircase, and the rthle hall, through which the visitors were u-hered to e s tate apartments, were also most tastefully decorate d with choice and fragrant flowers. 43 nine o'clock the company began to arrive an d e 0 artiiinued setting down with great rapidity at the l onic t o b co in Pimlico, and also at the garden entrance. It : temporary erections at both entrances afforded the ti,v 4 tegt facility for the ingi ess of the company ; that in c e garde n h a d b een cons id era bl y en l arge d and improved d 11 0 :4* the former ball, permitting three carriages to set lea at the same time. The uard of the Yeomen Guard lined the Sculpture Gallery and Grand Hall under the command of Captain Sadler, the Exon in Waiting. The officers of the corps tieeent were Sir G. P. Lee, the Lieutenant; Sir G. o . u ltee, the Ensign; and Captain Kincaid, the Exon on the 1. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended conservatory. nerved Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester olonel attended by her Lady in Waiting and the B on . ed Liddell. jlieir Roy a l Hi g h nesses the Duchess of Cambridge an d f i Prince George were attended by Lady Augusta rgau Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay. of the -- Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine aßussia was attended by Vice-Admiral de Lutke, Rear -- C onseiller Count Heyden, Le Conseiller d'Etat Haurowiz , C onseiller d'Etat Grimm, Le Colonel Lutkowsky, C harles de Fredericksz, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Their Grey, Equerry to the Queen. bpd R o y a l Hi g h nesses t h e H e reditary Grand Duke Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar were accompanied b y,,,," 11 Seren e Hi g h ness P r i nce Edward of Saxe Weimar, s;" were attended by the Countess of Assenburg, Count est, and Baron de Ziegesar. b y 1 8 Royal Highness tee Prince of Lucca was attended The Marq u i s P rovenza li. i n roy a l v i s i tors were con d uc t e d to the yellow draw -4:r°43134 where the Queen and Prince Albert received i llustrious guests. shortly before ten o'clock ber Majesty and her Royal te el7 "rt, and the whole of their august circle, entered t, air , grand sa l oon, prece d e d b y t h e L or d Chamberlain . the the Lord S tewar d, an d atten d e d by the Mistress of re Robes, the Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess Joce ; the Maids of Honour in Waiting Lady Caroline ..oeks and the Hon. Miss Paget ; the Lord in Waiting, r n i r, iv d C.a.moys; the Master of the Household; the , Broom w,aiting, Major the Hon. A. N. Hood; the'equerry wailing, Lord Alfred Paget; the Equerry in Waiting h ot . ,"nee Albert, Colonel Bouverie ; and the Pages of our, Mr. Henry W. Byng and Mr. A. Stuart Worse,3,. The 9.3 _ , cueen wore a very elegant costume. The dress silk!' link end white tulle in two petticoats, over .. hite Ir k ' trimmed with pink ribbons and pink acacias, and nniented wi t h di amon d s . iteacier M a j esty ' s headdress was formed of a wreath of 11 ; s and di amon d s . *h ar t ' Royal Hi g hness Prince Albert wore a Field Ma r Ord Unit brill, with the ribbon and badge of a Itu:sian ktf er of knighthood, the stars of the British order of t t hood, and the Insignia of the Go den Fleece. a rgu,t party passed through the saloon i nto the --°°l3l , and, on her Majesty's entrance, Mr. H enr y the quadrille bane commenced playing " Ga d sate merce Teeueen." e B ee Queen passed on to the seats reserved for l i e SO vereig trh and the Royal family, followed by her illus e 'r te guests. The general company also entered the a eari eten . " h T h r e Lord Chamberl a in, by her Majesty's command, s i r a quadrille, and the Queee opened the bah with 9Verial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Beaten, te l l:Us Royal Highness Prince Alb , rt and the Ileredi ,oupl Y Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar were the oppos i te e. Roval Highness the Hereditary Duke or Saxe ~ i e tmar, leis Royal Highness Prince George, his Serene ef th °them Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duchess . Sutherland and the Viscountess Jucelyn, joined in la quadrille. ether quadrilles followed, including " La Fille du ilulent" (Musard), " Pleiades" Cavendish (Tinney), I , 4 „ L e d !Circles de Tichy" (Bosisin), "Esmeralda" (Coote), Les Tuileries (T o lb e cque). Am ongsir7l the polkas danced were—" Cerrito" (Lanner), os z t eriand" Handley), " B e lf ast " (Ti nne y), Brunowe bit zky) Y . ) , "Salon" (Strauss), and " Narcissen" (La pr,altzes were also danced, including " Caroline" ); I : tt nrY), " Sophien Tauze" 'Strauss), e Mor genland" eedabitzky), " Woburnbitzlq)- Abbey (Tinney), "Essex" (La- Th h e e " Russ u lk a " gallop (Labitzkv), was also danced. T the eve n i ng in the green drawing -room. After daniteing h a d b een continued some time in the ball-room it commenced in the throne-room, in hieh Mr. Charles Coote's band attended. The follow- Ying„ ee luadrill es were danced: Macbeth (first time), rdt s Opera, Matilda, Bondman, Nino, Chatsworth, f r? 3 l 3 ey eY, Fille du Regiment (Musard), and Nina NA•lun) . th 1114) " Constantine Waltz," composed expressly for Matilda °eeasion, was danced; and afterwards the waltzes „Tetilda C. Coote), Queen of the Ball (D'Albert), ' l4 ' e jtehel Chaney), Oriental (Labitzky), and Concordia eetre es o . e T, The following polkas were also danced : — Ta mbour ‘r " s ) Helena (D'Albert), Evelyn (Ti n ney) , and stia , (Coote). supper was served soon after twelve o'clock in the state dinner room. A range of tables were placed round A re ° of the apartments, and on them were displ a y ed, th royal magnificence, successive services of gold plate, mat erial, w ith mass ive ornaments of the same costly illustrating some classical or pastoral subject, eater, relieved occas i ona lly by the graceful form of elegant : 8 " , adapted for the purpose of the banquet. At the of the room, opposite the door by which the com q:3l entered, was erected a gorgeous buffet of gold kte, filling a deep alcove formed in that side of the e t"" 1 ". The background was of crimson, and it was _added with the choicest specimens of art in the t r e eious metals. On the base or lower shelf of the B uffet vire, placed the " Neptune" epergne, and on vithe r these of it were the " Hesperides" candelabra—each of works a lasting token of the genius of the great e b r e e e l leot who designed them. In the centre of the ti ret was the Shield of Achilles, over which, and at :. top of the buffett, was ihe " Almeida Urn." On e !ell i side of the urn were two Etruscan vases, known us Venus Ice pails," from the figure a the goddess , e • °r ,ming the handle. In the upper compartment were "roduced two very large embossed scent jars of great antiquity ; smaller articles of great beauty filled up the interstices between the larger ; and due a dvantage was taken of the present season in the clis;.lay of beautiful flowers in gold vases. The buff,-t was bril liantly illuminated with wax lights in gold sconces and candelabra. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended by the Countess Assemberg and the Baron Zigesar, honoured the Polytechnic Institution with a visit on Wednesday. Their Royal Highnesses were engaged for some time in inspecting the various models and objects of interest contained in the exhibition, and before leaving the Illustrious Prince and Princess paid a visit to Mr. Beard's Photographic Portrait Room, where his Royal Highness honoured the p itentee With a sitting of a few moments' duration the effect of which I vaa the production of an admirable likeness of the Grand Duke. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch has expressly signified his in tention of becoming one of the stewards, in conjunction with se veral other noblemen and gentlemen, on the forthcoming anniversary festival, at which Benjamin Bond Cabbcll, Esq., the Member for St. Albans, will preside. It is needless to a n _sy that the sanction th given to the hospital by his race will most materially assist the strenuous efforts at Present being made, to restore the charity to its proper and effective usefulness. All the available wards are not at pre sent full, the Committee of Management not considering themselves justified in incurring heavier responsibility uutill additional pecuniary means are provided. TRI LATE SIR FRANCIS WOOD.—The will of Sir Fra ncis Lindley Wood, Bart., late of Ilickleton and K releworth in Yorkshire, was proved in the Court at fork on the 3d ult., and in London on the 31st.; it was executed in the year 1843, and to which he added three codieila His son, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, L ie r i t-. Chanc e ll or o f t h e E xc h equer an d M em b er f or ati fax, who su ccee d s t o th e es t ates , i s th e act i ng execu tor* Sir William B. Cooke, Bart is also an executor trointed by the will. To his son he leaves all his fur ant,F, plate, pictures, diamonds, carriages, horses, cattle, his Larrnieg stock absolutely, as well as the residue of p r° PertY, after providing for annuities and other bequests 1-1 3001 limited the expenses of his funeral to ~ and has directed an annuity of 481. to be paid " I : l .fig the lives of James Murgatroyd, the schoolmaster stirernsworth, and of his wife and son James, and to the A viv nr; and has left legacies to each of his servants. I s _elengst his relations and acquaintances, to whom he ;in left remembrances by will, are the foll.wing:—His `,_ughter, Ann Childers, and his son-in-law, J. W. Chil rill; his brother, Henry Wood; his brother-in-law, W. Armstrong; his nephew, Charles Armstrong, and to Juliet William to Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, and Sir (Inam Cook, his executor. To his friend J. Parker, 1 6 r % M.P, for Sheffield, a bequest of 2001. And has telatied mournin g r i ngs to b e g i ven to hi s neares t ves. W AIL EFIEL D CORN MARKET.---FRIDAY, JCNE 11. in,fianclEiDot active; )32 , .have no increase in our supplies. I' or wheat the de last week's prices are made, and in some 4 :74 1 es rather exceeded. Oats and shelling in fair request ipP rc rs'ing pricer. Beans remain without alteration. for e are rklquested to state that the prize of 1,000/. been picture of the Baptism of Chri-t, tins Jordan streawarded to Mr. John Wood of 65, Upper Charlgtte "4 191.145 Picture ;lurked Ng. 7in the tloo- re. Pr THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1847. 'UN I ATEIISI TY INTELLIGENCE. !,- • ; IS, , • 'tier •,,wnAier of t4,c CoLego; Mt Robert SteWai d . 2,t1C011, of W hitehaven. Mr. Henry Furnoaux, of Winchester School, was this day elected l.cbol,ir of Corpus Christi College. Mr. St,trlin,4 illiam Dav, of Norwich, was this day elected B:ble Clerk of Wadliam College. Herr Fdideistiorff was yesterday elected German teacher to the Institution ; and M. Bee was elected teacher of French. CAMBRIDGS, JUNE 11. —At a congregation held this /ay ti-.e following degrees were c onferred Doctor in Divinity (by royal mandate)—Tnc Rev. H. Phi!pott, Ma.ster of CAtnerine Vice-Chancell4 of toe University. Dnct,rs in Medicine---D- W. Cohen, Caius College; C. J. Hare, Caius College. Bachelors in Divinity—W. N. Griffin, St. John's College; George Martin, St. John's College; John Latham, Queen's College; A. H. Ploro,'Queen's College. Master of Arts—S. J. Sterre St. John's College. Bachelors in Medicine—A. W. Barclay, Caius Col lege ; D. B. Kendell, Caius College ; C. D. Waite, St. Peter's Colkge. Bachelor of Arts—A. B. Frazer, Trinity College. • BARNABY LECTURERS.—At the same congregation the following gentlemen were elected Barnaby Lecturers for the year ensuing : Mathematics— F. W. Harper, St. John's College. Philosophy—J. Richards. Sidney Coliege. Rhetoric—E. R. Tweed, King's College. Logic—W. 11. Carr, Catherine Ball. Tt,t following Graces also passed the Senate:- 1. To appoint Mr. Rickards, of Sidney College, deputy proctor, in the absence of Mr. Kingsley. 2. To allow the creation of doctors in the several faculties at the ensuing commencement to take place in the Law s.chools. 3. To allow the creation of masters of arts at the ensuing commencement to take place in the Arts schools. MERCHANT TAILORS' SCHOOL. Yesterday being the Feast of St. Barnabas, the elec tion of scholars to St. John's College, Oxford, and the annual examination, took place before the Master (Mr. Alfred S. Pigeon) and Wardens (Messrs. Johnson, Tnompson, Britten, and Costeker) of the Merchant Tailor,' Company, at the school in Suffolk-lane, the Examiners being the President of the College (Dr. Wynter), the Rev. W. W. Stoddart, the Rev. H. L. Mansell, Senior Fellows ; Professor Browne, of King's College, London; and Professor Maine, of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge. After the examination the customary speeches were delivered in the school-room by the head scholars, Messrs. James H. Reid, William T. Warne, John B. Behrends, Herbert D. Church, Charles M. Style, William Shillito, William H. Hart, and Thomas Russell. The delivery of those orations was marked by much pro priety and good taete. The two head monitors, Messrs. J. H Reid and W. T. Warne, were elected to the vacant scholarships i n St. John's College, Oxford ; Messrs. H. D. Church and W. Wright were elected scholars on Dr. Andrews' founda tion ; and Mr. William Shillito was allowed to proceed as exhibitioner to Pembroke College, Cambridge. The Rev. J. A. IlessEY, D.C.L., master of the school. then at:nounc , al that the following prizes had been awarded:—William Wright, the Montetiore Hebrew Medal. Chief prizes—Chissics and History, J. H. Reid; Latin Prose, W. 'l'. Warne; Latin Verse, J. B. II h. rends; Greek Verse, C. M. S , 3le. Chief Mathematical prize, J. B. Behrends. Chief French prize, M. Cook - son. Various other prizes for proficiently in Jlebrew, Gre , k, Latin, Mathematic , , French, Writing, &c., were distribut.d. The customary banquet was giving by the company at their splendid ball. 'I he matter of the compan), My. Alfred Staines Pigeon, presided, supported if) the Pre sitif itt of st. John's College, Oxford, on his rigt t, and the Margins of Westminster on his left. The other mtsrnh ra of the c.frnpany and gue-ts present included the Earl of Shrthclii, the Lan of aloe, Lord Ashley, Lunt Sant , .ys, Lord Faversham, Sit Stratford Canning, Sir George Clerk, the Vice Chafteelior tit England, Sir Robert 11. Liglis, Sir Fi-zroy KAly, Colonel Sibthorp, Nis. Spooner, Mr. Hudson. and other Members of the House of Commons. The dinticr was, as usual, of the first quality, and the elections of smelt:, glee , &c.--tiral..r the direction of Mr. Haub-, ssstsied by Messrs. Francis, Gray, Luckey, J. Kittch, Hatton, aid Machin—was made with great taste, and the pieces were admirably ex,cuted. After the u -nal toasts from the chair, including " Church and " The Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, anti the Royal Family," in the intervals of whisk `. Breathe soft 3e Winds," and "Blessed be the home where love makes his daelling," were given with exquisite skill by the musical corps, The MASTER gave, " The Army and Navy." a toast which was suitably responded to by Colonel SIBTHORP. The MASTER then proposed the health of the Princi pal of St. John's College, Oxford (Dr. Wynter), and the two senior fellows of the College then present, the Rev. W. H. Stoddart and the Rev. H. L. Mantel. He ap pealed to the result of the examination of this morning as furnishing evidence that the school was kept up at least to an equality with other public schools. Dr. WINTER said he received with peculiar pleasure this maik of approbation ; he bore his testimony to the ability with which the masters of the school had per formed their duty, and he had no doubt that the boys who woull in future be sent from Merchant Taylors' School to St. John's College would do as much honour to it as others had done before them. The MASTER then rose and said, they had heard from Dr. Wynter his opinion of the efficiency of the school, and he would venture to say he bad not overrated the high character of the masters. He bad opportunities himself of appreciating their ability and perseverance, and he proposed " The health of the Rev. Dr. Hessey, the head master; the Rev. J. B. Deene, the Rev. W. Blunt, the Rev. l. Russell, and the Rev. E. West." Dr. IlEssEit returned thanks. It was a matter of great satisfaction to him and his colleagues that the state of the school had been found so satisfactory by the Principal of St. John's. It reflected great credit upon this city school that it had sent out seven hundred boys connected with one of the principal colleges of Oxford. The CHAIRMAN regretted that public engagements had prevented several individuals of rank from being present on this occasion who had expres,ed their desire and intention to join them. There were, however, se veral members of the House of Peers amongst their guests, and he called upon those who heard him to ex press their high olpinion of that body of hereditary le gislators, who haul proved themselves able protectors of the Crown against the encroachment* of the people, and a barrier or protA ction to the people against the power of the Crown. propost d " The health of the Mar quis of Westtnins , wr and the House of Peers." The Marquis of WESTMINSTER, though speaking as an individual peiet, could assure them that the heredi tary branch of the Legislature telt the roponsibility cast upon it, and that a,e liberties of the country might with ow. tear I,e entrus tall to the keeping of the peers. The Noble Marquis con,Auded by t roposing " Ihe health of the Matte: of the .3ternpany." Mr. PIGEON, th.a master, in returning thanks adverted to the retualks b: en sometimes made upon the manner in wit ich the charitable trusts of this country hat, been oiscf,ar geta, and expresseu tiis conviction that they had been moat taiintully and religiously Ilad this not been the case, in the course of 200, 300, or 500 years, the abuses would have been re vealeci. The toasts of " 1 1 :-.e Hero of Waterloo," and " Sir IL Fuel," vv.re then • proposed from the chair, and re sponded to with in inch animation. In :.nnouneing the las , the Chairman said, although they were not t h ero to discus, the merit' Is of political questions, he might be allowed to notice t, consummate ability, perseverance, and eagi r desire to serve his country, whi c h h m a d il us a ty t r t i times di sti nguished Sir Robert Peel. Upon the health ot - the Bishop of Tasmania being pro posed, The Right Rev. rIIELATE expressed his great sense of obligation to the Merchant Taylors' School, to whose fostering care he owed every t hi ng , an d especially the privilege of being I 70.rinitted to carry the tidings of sal vation to a distant au ,d benighted land. " The Members o,f the House of Commons ;" " the Gover•or and Dept 3t }'-Governor of the Bank of Eng land ;"" the Dean of tstunnster ;" " the East India Company ;" and " the Burl of Eldon ;" were severally drank and aelinowl edged. the party then i 'ettred to coffee. NAVAI INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII, F RID AY.—'the Princess Royal trans port, Lieutenant W. C. Harris, agent, arrived yesterday from the West ludit )s, with invalids and returned stores and passengers, M. C. Whyte, staff surgeon ; Mr. W hite, staff -surgeon ; fir. Butler, am;istarit .surgeon ; Mr. Maridle. Ordnance d ep artment; Lieutenant Cross, 88th Regiment ; Captain Stace, Royal Engineers ; and invalids from the u vidermentioned corps:-88th, Ist Royals, 23d Welsh Fusiliers, 7th Royal ditto, 19th Regiment, and Royal Artillery. The Polyphemus stt em-sloop, Commander James J. M'Cleverty, arrived las t night, with important dispatches from Lisbon, with whic b she came directly into harbour. She is order( d to coal and make good defects with all possible expedition, re say to take back replies to the dispatches, which tire e: rpected to arrive to-night. The Frolic, 16, Commander C. B. Hamilton, will be paid off to morrow . The Scourge atE am mortar-vessel, Commander James C. Caffin, was dociked to-day to overhaul and clean her copper. Her rues tar is to remain fitted on the plan of Lieutenant J. Rob, erts, of the Royal Marine Artillery, the experiment of ' yesterday having proved eminently successful as comps, red with t. he old plan. In the Harbour— -Victory, I Excellent, Vengeance,Vic toria and Albert. and Frolic ; Polyphemus, Avenger, Myrtle, and Undine steamers ; and :Maria Somes port. In thewkßf_iriglee Regentsln)—Britn ni9, R , e . 41 , .-ibution, Odin , and Ajax. In D Champ i o n, Ser pent, L. a.nth,r, Sappho, and Fai, At Spithea 41—St. Vincent, llt Determin. Ition of blood tot) le bead, apoplexy, &C., effectually pre,:ented by the oet :flt , tienal use of Framptttn's Pill of Health, %Adel), by streni ;thening the action of the stomach, and pcnito.liitg a 'leak uy and regular digestion of the food, prevents a recurrence of those ttymptoins of this alarming disorder, g, , ddiness, opp ression of the brain, singing noise iii the ear, beJli•aele, & e. They are an excellent aperient, without griping or pt ot.tration of strength, creole appetite. relieve hinautt T. and in vigormetho spvrtt> ; ahilt, to the tree iiv,r or sedetit ary, the) offer m-i-at anti important advent:l4es. :old by all venders t I medicines. Price Is. lid. per box. See the name. of "T hornaa rruut, 229, *trautt, Lutlo, Cal tln pyonazeilit itam p. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. LANcAsniRE. h - ~,,; "_ rj c;;~ ~.:,.. z: W-lui) the 'rev triAtet'S of Itlis (.1i,;•1 :et have imw been carrying on for some weeks for the return of the Hon. C. P. Villiers, are likely to be brought to a sudden close by the retirement of Lori Brackley. This morning the following dociiMent from his Lordship him made its appearance, and han caused quite a sensa tion, although in fact it is but the result which most men looked for, bly still few expected it so soon. It may tie mentioned that Mr. Z inlet s Committee have been most Active. It already numbers from 1 300 to 1,500 and was rapidly filling up to the required numb,-.r of 2,000: " TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. _ '• 2, fletniltoh•Flqce, June 10. " I ventured lat• ly to address you in the character of a candidate for your suffrages at the approaching gene ral el, cticn. I address you now not to disclaim or to zpolvgiie for the motives which induced me to aspire to the honour of your service, but to announce the with drawal of my pretensions. Ido not feel myself justified in endeaveuring to maintain, against the declared wishes and opinions of a considerable body of the constituency, pretensions which I cannot ground on past service or personal ability. •" With feelings of sincere gratitude to those, neither few nor uninfluential, by whom my former address was received with acquiescence or approbation; with no feel ing towards others but the desire eventually to conciliate their better opinion, I respectfully acquaint you with the det , rmination I have above announced,—l am your faithtul and obedient servant, " BRACKLEY." TA IWORTH. FRIDAY EVENING.—Another a7d7l;ess has been issued by Mr. William Peel. The Right Hon. Gentleman per sists in his resolution not to withdraw from the contest, although be says he has been requested so to do by a requisition signed by less than one- fifth of the consti tuency. He expresses a hope that his brother will re ceive the support of every elector, and he concludes by saying, " I conscientiout.ly believe it is the wish of a very large majority of the electors that I should again represent you." Captain A'Court has not yet issued an address; but Captain Townshend, the old Liberal candi date has; in it he declares that he will not come forward on this occasion. WINDSOR. All doubts as to the person who would offer himself to " the free and independent electors of Windsor" as the Government candidate at the ensuing election were set at rest yesterday evening by the issuing of the ad dress of Lord John Hay, one of the Lords of the Ad miralty. His Lordship says—" As the Parliament will, in all probability, be dissolved at no very distant period, I beg most respectfully to offer myself as a candidate for the honour of representing your ancient and distin- Kuished borough at the approaching election." His ad dress concludes by stating that " he will take an early opportunity of personally waiting upon the electors, and of soliciting the honour of their support, when he shall be prepared to state his views on all those important questions which necessarily interest the public of this great country." Mr. Neville not having, as yet, issued any address to the electors, has led to a rumour that it is not his intention again to contest the representation of the borough, but that he intends (in the absence of any other candidate standing for the borough) to let Lord John Hay and Colonel Reid walk over the course. His friends. however, especially those wh brought him for. ward in li4 l, confidently state that he is fully di-ter mined, at all haz .rds, not only to be put in nomination, but to proceed to the poll. On the other hand, a coati Lion has been spoken of between the Government candi date and Mr. Neville. There appears to be not the least foundation for this rumour. Colonel R. id's friends are sanguine with the friends of Mr. N..ville. Lord John H.y's return (with the Government and Castle in teresi) has been " twoked" as certain. His Lordship's address is dated from the Admiralty. WALLINGFORD. An active canvass is being carried on among the dee t,rs by Mr. Alfred Morrison, of Basildon Park, the new candidate for this borough. Committees in the several diztricts sit daily to promote that gentleman's return, aid c“rifident expectations are entertained of his dis placing the present sitting Member, Mr. W. S. Black stone Mr. Morrison, in an address to the electors just 6s - tr.& says—" Ot the voters whose intentions I have been able to ascertain, a large and honourable majority have pledged nit- their surport, and others I understand are so favourably dv.poscd towards the, whilst so few compa:ati , ely have actually promised my honourable opponent, that I fully believe I shall become the Mem. tier of your choice, end the representative of your sehti meats." BLACKBURN. Various unfounded rumours as to the representation of this borough at the next general election having been insertcd in the columns of several of our contemporaries, London and provincial, we take this opportunity of stat ing, that with the exception of Sir William Feilden's re.tenation, and the determination of Mr. John Hornby to offer himself again as a candidate, no other authentic information has yet been made public. -- Blackburn Standard, BRIGHTON. Lord Alfred Hervey and Captain G. R. Pechell, the present Members, have addressed the electors as candi dates for a renewal of past favours. A third candidate in the Radical interest, is Mr. William Coningham, of Sussex-square, Kemp •town, who comes forward in corn• pliance with a numerously signed requisition. Lord A. Hervey, the Tory Member, was elected by a majority of two to one. _ GLASGOW. We have been requested to state, on the best autho rity, that Mr. Hastie. the Lord Provost, will most cer tainly present himself to the electors as a candidate, and that formal intimation of this will be given in due time. —Glasgow Chronicle. NORTH DURHAM. None of the candidates have yet commenced a perso nal canvass, but Mr. Shafto's agents in each polling dis trict are working in a quiet way to advance the interests of their candidate; and Mr. Shafto has addressed to each elector the following circular:— " Having offered myself as a candidate for the northern division of the county of Durham, I take the liberty of soliciting the favour of your vote and interest. I shall take an early opportunity of paying my respects to every elector in the division ; and I hope, in the mean time, I may be excused for soliciting by letter a favour which is not in my power to ask in person at the present moment." It is now certain that Lord Seaham will not be a can didate, and there are indications that the influence of Lord Londonderry will be quiescent in the approaching struggle. Colonel Beckwith's party speak very confi• dently of success, but there is no apparent concert be tween the Liceral candidates, and a coalition is now con sidered barely possible. If each candidate stands a con test independent cf rival interests, the struggle will be an arduous one in the present divided state of the Con servative party. DURHAM CITY. There will, in all probability, be a very animated con sst for the city of Durham. Mr. Granger, the present Liberal Member, will be again a candidate, with the certainty of his election. Mr. Bright having some time ago intimated his intention to retire, Colonel Thomas W ood, now M.P. for Middlesex, and nephew of the Marquis of Londonderry, is to be the candidate in the Wynyard influence. His chance of success is doubtful, as the differences between the Conservative a and Lord Londonderry, arising out of the election of Mr. Bright, are not unoerstood to be adjusted, and an influential party of Conservatives will not support any candidate brought forward in the Wynyard interest whilst past misunderstandings remain unsettled. If the Conserva tives iteuld be brought to act with cordial union they could si cure one seat. A second Liberal candidate in the person of Mr. Fawcett, of Durham, Iligh Sheriff of the ,cuunty, is expected to be in the field, and as he is very popular in the city with the Liberal party, and has many private friends who will not oppose him on the ,;cord of politics, it is not improbable but he will beat a Peel Ooptiervative, even under the powerful influence of Lord Londonderry. _ _ PORTSMOUTH. Two Tory candidates are announced, Captain Camp bell, R.N., and Mr. William Jones. STAMFORD. A meeting of a number of electors was held 'at the George and Angel Inn on Wednesday, at which it was resolved to send a requisition to Mr. J. Bolt, Q,.C., of the Chancery bar, soliciting him to become a candidate in the independent interest. From a statement made at the meeting, it is fully expected that the requisition will be accepted. It has been stated, from good autho rity, that the Marquis of Granby will again be a candi gthpeapßeru.rghley interest has n d o s t te be ; en th m e e o n th ti e o r ned nominee Aie r n NORTH CHESHIRE. l i (From the Chester Courant.) A meeting for promoting the election of Mr. W. Tatton Egerton and the Right Hon. E. J. Stanley as Members for North Cheshire, on the expected dissolu tion of Parliament, was held at Knutsford on Monday last, and further adjourned to the 17th inst. From statements submitted to the meeting there seems to be no doubt that this political compromise will be success fully carried into effect, as the promises of support are sufficient to secure for those gentlemen a majority of the constituency. He will, therefore, be not only a bold but a rash man who shall venture into the field to op pose so formidable a coalition. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. (From the Cambridge. Advertiser.) We hear that Mr. Maun6ell will not again come fora ward as a candidate for North Northamptonshire, and it is definitely arranged for Mr. Vernon Smith to solicit the suffrages on Liberal principles. It is said tbat the Conservatives have no objection to this arranpanent, provided Mr. A. S. O'Brien is unopposed; but many of the Whigs are confident that two Liberals may be re turned, viz., Mr. V. Smith and Mr. Jones Loyd, the eminent banker, who owns considerable property in this division of the county. Should both declare themselves candidates it is thought that Mr. O'Brien will retire rather than enter upon an expensive contest. PETERBOROUGH. (From the Cambridge Advertiser.) All is quit t respecting Peterborough. Sir TL Heron will retire, after tstenty-five years' faithful service; and it is determined that Mr. Fitzwillitan and Mr. Caveudish will be the future representatives. , 84c.—After a month' s THE WEATHER, TRADE undisturbed sunshine the temperature has become cooler, and se veral refreshing showers have Wien duri ng the present w wee k. This ill be most favourable for the cr o p s , eqicc i al l y on potatot l s are lo in doking exceedingly well, ai there i , es N'et In, indication (.f disease the last me n t ione d root. t s i t i ! i t , T s lauds; amt uri is now ready to b urst i nto ear; the wheat nuit - t ro , are mud.. infested with insects, chose ravages have much [hinted what bid fair to be an ext raor d inari l y heavy crop. Since th e price of grain has fallen there appeah to beet better feeling among manufacturers, and the money market has become winewhat move lavouroblue--WW-Ceukr ! Ain chreniot, NAME OF RAILWAY. Last week. p, .3 t DD ti7G I,obo X 349 3,336 11,527 1,048 1,402 2,661 1,171 294 3,515 11006 2,309 1,129 1,330 23,391 21,793 1,283 45,994 1,343 8,164 9,419 9,084 2,248 47,900 1,658 b,033 8,609 3,b09 609 20,097 2,289 927 2,068 1,743 7,945 490 19,474 1,530 2,877 352 8,715 1,231 1,422 L 0,483 7,774 6,311 7,068 6,617 shire, Ph dis.—Great Northern, 1: . 3 4 dis.—Leeds and Brad ford, 454 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, par—Ditto, Halves, 7s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Thirslc, 6 n. di.—Ditto. New, n. die. to. .Cre,ere,:tx, us. Leeds, Waketleio, ;* - ii land, 21s. die—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 53 Mahon and Dritlield Junction, 16s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (late Hud. and Sheff.), 5 n. p.—Ditto, 32/. Shares, par c.—Ditto, West Riding Union, ls. 6d. dis.—Midland, Preference, 2 n. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 p.— North British, Third! , , p.—Ditto, Quarters, 235. p.— Ditto, Extension, 3s. p.—North StafiOrdshire, 2:)6 p.— North-Western, ;:Ms. 6d. a. dis.—Wharfdale Junction, 1 1 ,‘ dis.—York and North Midland, Prefer. - ,nee, 83‘ i p. 4 . r ti; t ,". •-• AZOlittan CAXTON MONUMENT. (THIS DAY.) A public meeting was this day held in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, for the purpose of promoting the erection of a monument to commemorate the introduction of printing into this country, and in honour of William Caxton, the earliest English printer. The chair was taken at two o'clock by the Right lion. Lord Morpeth. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended, and among those present we observed—Rev. H. Milman, Mr. J. S. Buckingham, Mr. Macready, Dr. Nuttall, LL.D., Alderman Wood, Charles Barry, Esq., Jordan, Esq., D. Maclise, Esq., R.A., E. IL Bailey, Esq., R.A., Dr. Cuming, &c. Lord MORPETH having been called to the chair, said— Gentlemen, in proceeding to take the chair upon this occasion, I am fully convinced that my filling so promi nent a place, and in an assembly so distinguished, must be entirely attributable to the nature of the official posi tion which I occupy, and to the circumstance of its being in some measure connected with the superintendence of that part of our metropolis which has been designed as the most appropriate site for the proposed monument in honour of Caxton. You must all of you be aware that the credit of this movement, if I may so term it, whether in its original suggestion, or in the force and feeling • with which it has been put forward, is entirely due to my ljaverend Friend Mr. Milman. I think you will be disposed fully to agree with me, that the impulse could not have come from a more appro priate quarter ; for with respect to his official position it is most fisting that a dignitary of the Abbey Church of Westminster should have taken the leading part in a proposition to do honour to the man who plied his Florins craft within its hallowed precincts, and in his individual capacity it is surely fitting that a proposition to do honour to the earliest English printer should have been suggested by one who in many of its highest departments has occupied so large and continuous a renown in English literature. The appeal which my Rev. Friend has put forward fully explains the grounds of the proposal of which it treats, and they are such as I am sure must be thoroughly understood and appreciated by such an enlightened auditory as that which I have now the honour of addressing. It will not be necessary that I should remind them of the history, the merits, or the claims of William Caxton. The authentic details of his career are not so numerous as its achievements are me morable, and its whole tenor honourable to himself and creditable to the country of which he was a citizen. — (Hear, bear.) Born among the Wealds of Kent, among speakers of what he himself termed the broad and rude English of his day, he seems to have derived from that genuine English soil much of its racy and hearty spirit. At an early period of his life we find him transferred to a decidedly metropolitan existence, inasmuch as he became an inmate of the parish of St. Margaret, and a member of the Mercers' Company. But he was not confined either to a rustic or a cockney life, for we find soon afterwards that Edward IV. made him his agent for agreeing upon a treaty of com merce with the Duke of Burgundy, and there have been assemblies in this country who would have been well pleased to connect the first English printer with some of the earliest practical expositions of the doc trines of free trade.—(Hear, hear.) Passing from that topic to one more immediately concerning ourselves, we find that it was as a sojourner at the Court of Bruges, and as a servant in the service of Margaret of Burgundy, that his attention must have been attracted by the progress of that memorable discovery in the noble states of Germany, which has been calcu lated, beyond all others, to afft ct the condition of the state and destiny of our race. It was there that his in genuity must have been exercised upon those practical details and mechanical contrivances, the difficulty and expensiveness of which we are even now hardly able to calculate, and it was there that he was first fired with the glorious ambition of transferring to his own country that copious spring of power and progress which be had seen swelling up among the other civilised nations of Chris tendom. Whatever were his day dreams on this sub ject, he lived fully to realise them all. We find him next, having returned to his own country, under the auspices of the brilliant Edward, honoured, it would seem, with the confidence of the accomplished Rivers, and established, as I have already said, within the actual precincts of the Abbey of Westminster, and regularly dubbed " Anglia Prototypographers." It is for the antiquarians to compile an authen tic list of his publications, but I believe that no less than 64 works issued from the press of the earliest English printer. It is sufficient for me to state that he was the first person who gave that vogue which printing only can give to the works of Chaucer, and whose services to English literature he seems fully to have estimated ; and I believe there is authority for stating that he was a party to erecting a monument to his remains. Besides the works of Chaucer, he published those of Gower and Lydgate. I do not know how I can better illustrate his tendencies, and the disposition which, through a long life, seemed to have verged very strongly towards chivalry and piety, than by mentioning what were his first and last publications. His first was the tale of " Troy Divine;" his last was " The Lives of the Holy Fathers," which be appears to have completed on the very day which closed his useful and pregnant life.—(Cheers.) Here, then, I leave him, Gentlemen, to your discriminating esti mation, and to that suitable acknowledgment which, having been but too long deferred by many succeeding generations of his countrymen, it is now your privilege to offer. Many of our warriors, of our statesmen, of our sages, and our poets, have not wanted the votive marble or the commemorative statue. But I would beg to remind you how much every one of these has been indebted to the invention of print ing, of which, however, it is the main value and the distinguished boast, that it does not confine its benefits to a distinguished few, to the favourites of for tune, or to the idols of society, but that it penetrates, and gladdens, and enriches the masa and the many.— (Cheers.) It is true that Homer, Plato, Virgil, and Cicero attained their celebrity and their empire over the minds of men before the existence of printing presses ; but it is the newspaper on every breakfast table—Shakspere in every village library—the Bible in every cotta , e—(Cheers)—it is the English primer among the wilds of Australia, the English hymn book in the streams of the Missouri—these are the products and triumphs of printing.—(Cheers.) It is possible that when the day—l believe I need not talk of possibility) it appears that in our own day the electric telegraph may make the operation of printieg proceed with the rapidity of the lightning ; but, by honouring the first introducer of that great invention, we are setting the best example to succeeding races to pay the debt which in its turn may become due to all the lengthened series of great discoveries.—(Cheers.) I believe that ten years have only elapsed since the men of Germany amply redeemed the obligation which undoubtedly rested upon them of erecting a monument to Guttenburg in his own city of Mayence, and I belive the genius of Thorwaldsen was engaged in moulding a monument to that benefactor of his sp. cies. It is full time that England should show how much she owes of what she now is to the genius of the first English printer.—(Cheers.) It is, therefore, with no doubtful or hesitating feeling that I call upon the citizens of this great metropolis, on the inhabitants of this flourishing kingdom, the subjects of this extended empire, to pay the debt which I conceive to be due to the merits and to the fame of William Caxton.—(Cheers.) The exact de tails and design of the monument which your liberality may enable us to rear to give effect to this pur pose had, perhaps, better be reserved for more mature and select consideration. It certainly appears to me that the suggestion contained in the letter of my Rev. Friend, Mr. Milman, of making the monument to the earliest printer indicative of puri fying and illuminating influences, is a very happy one.— But, at all events, we shall all agree that the proposed site for the monument is eminently appropriate. There let it stand close to the haunts of his youthful industry and of his life-long labours, associated with all the venerable recollections of surrounding antiquity, and serving also to date the enterprising efforts of modern improvement. There let itstand close to that stream which floats upon its tido that mighty commerce of the British empire, to whose infinite expansion he was called upon to contribute--close to those halls of the Legislature, which, by their ancient recollections, and by their mo dern splendours, are worthy of the country and of their own distinction—and, above all, close to that famed Abbey which has raised its requiems over so many immortal names—names which no one has done more than Caxton to make heirlooms of our British glory.— (Cheers.) The Dean of WESTMINSTER and other speakers ad dressed the meeting, and the following resolutions were unanimously passed : " 1. That it is desirable to have some national testi monial to commemorate the introduction of printing into England, and in honour of William Caxton, the earliest English printer." " 2. That the proper site for any work of art would be the west front of Westminster Abbey, at the end of the new Victoria-street. "3. That a General Committee be requested to act (three being a quorum), with liberty to add to their numbers, and that the following constitute a Sub-Com mittee, to determine the nature, site, and details of the erection of any work of art:— " Charles Barry, Esq., R.A. " Etty, Esq., R.A. " Sir Riceard Westmacott, R.A. " The Dean of Westminster." "4. That public subscriptions in aid be received; that the Rev. H. 11. Milman be the treasurer, and Mr. H. Cole the secretary." The thanks of the meeting were then given to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. BRISTOL. SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 11.—Prices have further given way this week, w,thuut however, brin4ing the buyers freely into the market, and the transactions since our last are merely for immediate purpo,es ; the arrivals ure gravy and the assortment large. In rum there is nothing doing, and purchases can be made on easier terms. Thu refined market continues steady.— ,Bristoi Mercury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, June IL Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the tabie. LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was read a third time and passed. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions from Birmingham in favour of the Health of Towns Bill; also from Warwick, Canterbury, Coventry, and other places, to the same effect. PORTUGAL. Lord STANLEY wished to know if the Noble Mar luis the Presidtnt of the Council had issued any in structions with respect to the prisoners of war that might be taken by our naval forces off Portugal; and if so, if he had any objection to lay them before their Lordships. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he had not received the papers, and therefore he could not give an explicit answer to the inquiry; but he might observe that the surrender of the prisoners had been made with out any conditions, and that they were not subject to &by peculiar restrictions. Lord BROUGHAM then gave notice that he should bring the subject of the armed interference v ith the in ternal affairs of Portugal before the House on Tuesday next, and he trusted therefore that any information which the Government might possess would be laid before the House. Lord STANLEY said that, under the circumstances, and in consideration of the intimation of his Noble and Learned Friend near him, he begged to give notice that, on Tuesday next, he should move that their Lord ships should take into consideration the present state of the affairs of Portugal, with a view to obtain further information than any which they at present possessed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that all he had to state was that he really possessed no further information than that which he bad already given. Lord BROUGHAM begged to explain, that as his Noble Friend had given nutice of a motion, he would withdraw his own inquiry. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought that good reasons ought to be shown why this interference had taken place, for the decrees of the Queen had been issued on the 7th of October, and this interference had only taken place within the week. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—That might be at tended to at a future time. SPANISH BONDS. Lord BROUGHAM begged to present a petition from the Society of the Spanish Bondholders, praying the interference of the Government in their behalf, and that the authorities in Spain might be induced to pay the arrears of their debts. In making this motion he could not but observe that it was equally detestable and dishonourable for men to repudiate their debts, as had been done with so much shamelessness by other countries. The petition stated that the Spaniards had the means of paying, for their revenue had greatly increased since the debt was contracted. The petitioners prayed that their Lordships would take their case into their most serious consideration. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. Earl FITZWILLIAM was desirous of calling the attention of their Lordships to the report which had been laid upon the table of the House of Commons re lating to the great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland. 'lle report, which had been prepared by Mr. W alker, recommended the encouragement of these un dertakings as one of the best means for getting rid of some of the prevailing evils of Ireland. Hitherto the labourers of Ireland had been unaccustomed to receive money wages, but the introduction of these works into the sister king dom had produced a great change in that respect, and he thought Government could not do better than give their assistance to similar undertakings. He begged to move that the paper be laid upon the table of the House. Motion agreed to. NATIONAL EDUCATION SCHOOLMASTERS IN HOLY ORDERS. The Bishop of EXETER rose for the purpose of bringing forward the motion of which he had given notice, a few days since, That it is the opinion of this House that persons in holy orders not exercising eccle siastical functions, ought not, as such, to be ineligible to the office of schoolmasters in schools receiving the aid of Parliamentary grants. In bringing forward th at motion he felt deeply impressed with the necessity of her Majesty's Government adopting that resolution. It was hi g hly necessary, for the benefit of the rising gen . eration, that the principle of his motion should be carried out. Many of those whose interests he was advocating were persons of the greatest intelligence, and though not men of the wcrld, they had their hearts free from those in fluences which would disable them from discharging the duties of teachers, and were peculiarly well qualified to impart instruction. He said that the Noble Marquis, on the 25th August last, when the Minutes of Council were drawn up, had made no conditions which excluded clergymen from: the situation of schoolmasters. The inquiry was as it affected the clergy. What was the fit ness or the unfitness of deacons to teach? It appeared by the resolutions, that the parochial clergy were to assistin the examinations, and if that were so, it followed as a natural consequence that there must be a course of instruction in which he could concur, for if it were not, how could they take part in the examination ? Then there was another question raised by these reselutions, and that was as to how far the doctrines thought in the school were in accordance with those of the Church of England, and in conformity with the principles of the authorised version of the Bible. The Right Rev. Prelate then read a series of extracts from the resolutions, in order to show the restrictions which are imposed upon the clergy of the Church of England. He could not un derstand why a clergyman could be eligible to the office of inspector, and yet be deprived of performing the functions of a schoolmaster. It was an anomaly he could not account for, and he hoped the Noble Marquis would explain clearly and distinctly why so singular a distinction was made. If a clergyman were incompetent to fulfil the duties of one situation, surely he was capable of perform ing the functions of the other, and he must confess to their Lordships, that he was quite at a l oss to conceive upon what grounds this resolution of the Council was to be justified. The motives which governed the Wes leyan body in their recent negotiations were evidently that they wished the Government to support them, and that the same assistance should be refused to all other sects, except those who might happen to agree in the same religions opinions as themselves. That body had most strenuously opposed the appointment of or dained persons to the situation of . schoolmasters. And the Government had, in his opinion, most improperly given way to these objections. There was one point to which he wished to call the attention of their Lordships in the correspondence that passed between the Committee of the Wesleyan body and the Lord President of the Committee of Privy Coun cil, and that was with respect to the liturgy and cate chism of the Church of England. The Noble Marquis had consented, in reply to the application ot the Wesleyan body, -to permit the catechism and liturgy to be dis pensed with in their schools, and thereby encouraged the Wesleyans in their resistance to the original minutes and regulations on education. Ile denounced this conduct of the Noble Marquis as most unjust, and a breach of faith with the Established Church. But this was not only done now for the first time, but the act itself was in direct violation of the trust deed under which the Coun cil of Education was established. The schools carried on with the funds raised by the minute of Council were conducted upon the principles of the Established Church, and yet their Lordships had an instance of her Majesty's Government committing themselves to a course of pro ceeding that was in direct violation of those principles. The schools established by the Wesleyans were formerly only two per cent. of the whole number in existence. and it was too bad that a body who had only availed themselves of the minutes of the Council to so small an extent should be suffered to extort such terms as those , of which he complained.—(Hear, hear.) What had the Wesleyans done to entitle them to this concession, if concession it were to be called? Why, on all occasions they resisted the progress of education when based upon Church principles. They resisted the educational clauses of the Factories Bill in 1839, and • on every oc casion they had shown themselves antagonistic to all advancement or improvement in the Church of England. He would nut detain their Lordships further, but simply move the resolution of which he had given notice— namely, " That it is the opinion of this louse that per sons in holy orders not exercising ecclesiastical func tions ought not, as such, to be ineligible to the office of schoolmaster in schools receiving aid from the Parlia mentary grants." The Marquis of LANSDOWNE (who was, as usual, inaudible in the gallery) was understood to say that the motion of the Right Rev. Prelate expressed nothing, and when carried it could be productive of no good. It was proposed by this motion covertly, if not directly. to establish the rule, that the education to be afforded by the public money voted by the state to the council of education should be conducted and administered only by clergymen of the Church of England. Now, such a re solution would be in direct violation of the opinions of Parliament, already expressed upon this subject. The Honse of Commons voted the money for the purpose of education, and to no other purpose could it be applied; and yet, in the face of all this, here was the Right Reverend Prelates asking their Lord ships to pass a resolution to sanction the diversion of these educational grants to the p romotion of the Church. He could not consent to such a pro ceeding, but if the Church really required the aid of ad ditional funds to secure the services of a new class of clergymen, let the Church come forward and tell the Parliament and the country so, and not seek to attain the object by indirect means. Let them understand what they were about, and if they were to vote money for educational purposes let the funds be applied to those purposes, and to none other. The Right liev. v, P hi.t r h el t a hh te e himb w s e d s a ie c y c a u n se s d upon tohfisa subject.breach of faith For thein could not see how he had laid himself oja . ! l n el . to such a charge. Parliament voted the funds for the purposes cat ion Wesleyan body grants m education,formed He do b l w n a e of add . lti" ' al r o e r n d d e e r red t a h v a a t i lab t l h e e t s o e the ed large proportion of the population of this ' c w ou le ntr could be blamed then, or how could he have laid himself open to the charge of a breach of faith by consenting to an arrangement proposed by th e W es leyans, which was strictlyin accordance with the spirit and principle of the grant, and would do away wi t h the objections they must Otherwise entertain, to participating in funds voted by the suite. The Wesleyans Wele a most numerous and powerful body, and he consider , d that it was his duty to hear their opinions on the subject. And it, was be • cause he thus acted that he had fallen under the censure of the Right Rev. Prelate, and he was not ash amed , of the course of conduct which he ha d pursued. The re quest of the Wesleyan body was the most rational one that could possibly be made to the Government. The representatives of the whole body were abyut to went FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. The Swiss ,journal the Helvetic nublishes the following e-re:-p: 7 !_:.l- , •,.: t - ; aident of the Se s liirectory mai tile F.= nea Ambassa dor. The f ellowing is the letter of the French Ambas sador, M. Bois le Comte : " M. le P . resident,—lt was my first intention to present to your Excellency only the expression of our wishes that your magistracy may bring happiness to Switzer land, but I feared that this, devoid of all explanation, might make you believe that there was some dhqlecord betrceen me and some of my colleagues. The circum stances which attended and followed your election, the speeches you delivered before and after it, have appeared to me to render it necessary for nie to open my relations with you by an exposé which can leave no doubt as to our principles in your mind. This course will be more candid and more proper. I have to explain myself on two subjects, the corps francs and cantonal independence. M. Guizot, in his letter of March, 1845, expressed him self as regards the corps France in terms which make it unnecessary for me to add anything. He has founded his right to express himself in this way on the right of every Government to protect the bases of order, and the relation between nations against the principles and dis orders by which they may be attacked. He has founded it also in the more direct interest of France, and it is as respects that interest prin c ipally that I address you, for if, as in the sittings of the Grand Council, the chiefs of the state admit excuse to provide for the care of a people, imagining that its Government is too tardy or too weak in doing it justice, takes justice into its own hands by resorting to force, the same principle may be applied to the relations with foreign states as well as to those with other cantons. The 15,000 French who reside in Swit zerland on the faith of treaties may one day find them selves exposed to this popular justice, and our frontiers may be compromised. All security of relations would disappear with a Government which should admit this principle, and which cannot answer for the armed action of its population. It is also in the name of our direct interest and of our positive right that I speak to you on the second question respecting which I have to treat with you. Every nation is independent, but it is one of the attributes of its independence to have the power of restraining its exercise by treaties with other nations. France has done this several times, at different periods of her history, particularly in renouncing the faculty of fortifying several parts of her territory. Switzerland has done as France has done. Whilst preserving her independence, she has signed a treaty which limits the exercise of it on some fixed points. I speak to you of the dispositions of the act of the Congress of Vienna, to which the diet of Zurich adhered by a solemn declara tion. The Act of Vienna does not recognise a Suisse unitaire, but a Suisse fiderative, composed of 22 cantons. If one or more of these cantons should one day say to us that its independent existence was menaced, and that it was sought to substitute a unitary Switzerland for a can tonal Switzerland, recognised by treaties, and say that thereby our treaties were attacked, we should have to consider whether our treaties really were attacked. The very nature of this sort of questions, the consideration of the right and fitness of raising them, renders them so dependent upon circumstances connected with them, that there is always a risk of falling into error when they are prematurely discussed. We have therefore not done this. We have confined ourselves to the simple resolu tion expressed by the words, we will examine. lam per feed) enabled to add that we will do this in perfect ac cordance with the spirit and intention of the powers wh ,, signed the said treaties, and particularly with Austria, who stands with regard to Switzer and in a position perfectly analagous to ours from contiguity of frontiers." " M. Ochsenbein the President," says the Helvetic, " the next morning paid a visit to M. de Bois le Comte, and read to him his answer. M. de Bois le Comte im mediately objected, as he had not intended to remit a note verbale, but only to deliver his discours par ecrit. Ochsenbein thereupon requested him to receive his answer as a discours ecrit, and which seems to us to express correctly the opinion of the people of Berne as well ai of the Government." The following is the President's answer : "M. In Comte 1 In thanking your Excellency for the good wishes you have expressed towards Switzerland on the occasion of my entering upcn my functions, I am bound to make the following observations on the con- tents of the verbal note ytu have delivered to me. This note refers to facts which are personal to myself, and of which I have rendered no account to the authori ties, or to the public opinion of my country, and you foresee eventualities upon which I am not called upon to explain myself, either personally, not agreeing with the consequences drawn from them, or in the name of the Directory or of the Confederation, not being warranted in answering officially such communication without being authorised. I feel it, however, to be my duty to assure your Excellency, that the federal authorities will not make any attack upon existing treaties and that they will in all cases entertain the firm will, and have the power to cause respect to be paid to public order and the rights of the people throughout the Swiss territories, even when they at the same time oppose with no less energy every attempt at foreign interference in their in ternal affairs, and that they will never allow any power Or any minority of cantons the right of interpreting the federal compact,—a right which belongs to the Confede ration alone." THE SMALL DEBTS ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—The short, but excellent, article which appeared in your columns on Saturday evening, relative to the discharge of a prisoner by the Court of Common Pleas, who had been committed to prison by one of the County Courts for the non-payment of an instalment, without any notice being given of the intention to apply for such committal, entitles you to the unqualified praise and gratitude of all those who are unable but willing to pay, and who are either suffering from threats (or actually undergoing an imprisonment in pcenam, under circum stances never contemplated by the framers of the Act, or the legislative body that passed it). The following case is well known to me, and similar ones are far from rare.—An order under the Small Debts Act was obtained in the Court of Bankruptcy to satisfy a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. The defendant was ordered to pay the debt and costs, amounting to some 251. odd, by instalments of 255. a w s T i gi t nh t h i tai e n be t em p lo yment g hiarote o nh mf. the etms duringhxu o eci nshytt existence. acehyi. l irenii saying , g he te r m em p o on ra s r tr y Le a d lid on on th ly e e operation of the order during that considerable part of f Ao o t r u c a l l to n d ig c l e ga h v a w ea s v a e h s useless, o s n c o e co r e up a tpo i ha n wet ie m or n e aonsu Commis sionerlastedos the instalments were regularly paid, but when his means —the essence of the power to make the order—ceased, he was no longer ablecso comply. The threat of forty days' confinement in at. gaol was then resorted to, and the consequence of that threat was, that he pawned his necessaries, got into debt, and list expectations and friends, in addition to bodily health, in his efforts to keep from so dreadful a punishment. Had he the opportunity of stating why the instalments were not paid previous to co.oinittal, he could have insisted on the protection of the Act, which doe's not give incarceration LO the willing and poor, but to the unwilling and able to pay debtor —tam, Sir, your most obedient servant, June 7, 1847. EQUITAS. ewsasr a m b een i b e in g RAILWAY RETURNS• EALLwAIr Tiwilc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— Amiens and Boulogne ........... June 6 Arbroath and lortar ............. Chester and Birkenhead ........... Dublin and Drogheda...... .•••• •• Dublin and Kingstown •• •• •• • • •• •• Dundee and Arbroath • •• May 30 June 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • •• •• • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern East Lancashire • . • • .....• • • • • • • •• •• t•:astern Union • • • • • • • • • • -...-.. - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • •• • • Glasgow and Greenock.• .... •. • • • • • Gravesend and Rochester.• • • Great Southern and Western ••.. • •• Great Western. &c • • • • Ipswich and Bury.. • • •- Lancaster and Carlisle • • London and North Western, &c. London and 81ackwa11.............. London and Brighton London and South Western . Manchester, Leeds, and Bull Assoc.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Liucolnshire Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham Newcastle and Carlisle ........ Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields Norfolk ...... •••• • • • North British . ••• •• • • •• • • Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • Preston and Wyre • • • • • . • • • • •• • • Rouen and Havre •• • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester • • • ••• • • • ' S ou th Eastern sold Branches S o uth Devon • • • Taff Vale ...... • • • • • • Ulster ...... " ' • • • Wh i te h ave n Junction ..... York and Newcastle ........ • • • York and North Midland • " • • • RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Birmingham and Ox ford Junction, 6 3 / 4 p.—Cl_!ester . and Birkenhead, New 201. Shares, 15, dis.—East . ern Counties, 193 / 4 —Leeds and Thirsk, 5 % p.—Manchester and Leeds, 62/. Shares, Preference, 1 4 3 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 p.— hester, Sheffield,_ and Lincolnshire, Quarters, London and North-\V extern, New Quarters, 19 1 4 p,—Litto, Ditto, Eighths, 1 3 / 4 dis.— Midland Stock, 121 NQ--111:1D.dariiltstie-o-r2,slAlA4(loaßlp.l (B), 5% 4 p.—Ditto, New, 3p. —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 p.—North British, 31 1 5—Ditto, Thirds (scrip), 1% p•—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B),. 1 A p.—Scottish Central, 71/4p.-Shrews bury and Birmingham, 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares ( B), 3 / 4 dis. , South-Eastern and Dover, 36 1 4—Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, 1,4 dis.—Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), 1!4 dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 3 p.-York m i d N or th Midl an d (East an d West Riding Extension),Y 10 1 / 4 p.—Ditto; Preference, 8% p.—Dutch Rhenish, 2 3 / 4 dis. MANCHESTER, JUNE 11. STOCK EXCHANGF.. — The sales are—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, 1 1 ,E p.—East Lancashire, New (scrip), 1-16 dis.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 7-16 die. —Leeds and Thirsk, Prelerentials, par—Leicester and Bed ford, % dis.—Manchester and Leed-, 32/. Sh ares (l ate Ex tension), 1/4 di s .—Ditto, I , ifili ( W.R.U.). i i i l dis. —Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolisbire, Quarters, No. 1, 23/4 1 p.— Southampton, 30s. dis.— N orth titaffordshir e , 2 1 4 p.—Preston W and vre, Sixths, 5J --Shropshire Uni on , 2 ois.—Soutli- D E a i Ditto r r( and Do y :. e r 2, 01 . . 1N0 Shares), 3 die.—M a nchester and dis.—S o uth St a ffordshire, 11 16 dis. LEEDS, JUNE 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tbe sal s are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 265. 34. n. dis.—Eastern Counties, Yoik i Extension, 255. die.—East Lancashire, New, 235. dis. — WWI NOT (acrid, 30 ! N. di,--ii;set and WM YQOP 6,522 1,244 together in a few days, and the deputation desire to have some official information on the subject to communicate to them. Nothing could tie more retvonable. lie did not wish to chargo upoti the Wesleyans the gift or prophecy, but they did most certainly state that a short time only would elapse before the Bishop of Exe ter would endeavour to introduce some measure similar to that which he now proposed. It was not till within this very late period that ti - le Right Rev. Prelate bad discovered the necessity. of adding the stipends of the schoolmasters to that of d.-acons. lie believed that if the motion were agreed to, the result would be that the whole of the funds v.it, d for the purposes of education and founding schools would be expended in training deacons for holy order , .—(llear, hear.) The eff ct of this expenditure would be that each of these persons would receive from the funds of the Committee, For apprenticeship for five years 95 Expenses at normal school services as schoolmaster Making a total of £29o to be expended in the formation of deacons for the Esta blished Church. He need hardly say such was not the pur pose of the Government in bringing forward their measure and he hoped that their Lordships would not sanction any departure from their intentions as embodied in the minutes of Council on education, which bad received the cordial assent of the Legislature. With respect to the motion itself, he would beg to say that persons in holy orders were not now ineligible to the office of schoolmaster, but there was no doubt that it was inex pedient under cover of such a measure to augment to so large an extent as was, to all appearance, the desire of the Right Rev. Prelate to do, the number of persons in connexion with the Established Church receiving funds appropriated by Parliament for a totally distinct and different purpose. He should, therefore, feel it his duty to move the previous question on the motion of the Right Rev. Prelate. Lord STANLEY thought it unfair on the part of the Government to lay down a rule at the request of the Dissenters, debarring the clergy of the Established Church from a participation in the benefits of the Government grant as schoolmasters in connexion with the national schools. He was not a bigot in education, and had no wish to prevent the dissenting bodies from participating in the grant for education, and if they were to urge that the master proposed to be appointed to one of their schools, belonged to the Church of England, they would be per fectly justified in doing so. lie wished, however, to speak of the Dissenters with the greatest respect, because a more disinterested and respectable body, and one more desirous to promote the purposes of education did not exist; but he did not consider that they had any right to demand that a clergyman of the Church of England should not have aid from the State for educational pur poses when he sought it.—(Bear, hear.) The Noble Marquis said, that it was not their in tention to train up schoolmasters who might at a future time enter into other pursuits, but he (Lord Stanley) thought that if they were to enter into holy orders that their services for the purpose of education would be far better secured than they would if the present state of things continued.—(Hear.) For instance, employment as clerks on the railways, and in other occupations, which are better paid than the office of schoolmaster, would be sought after ; but if he were called upon to enter into holy orders, such a state of things would not occur, and his whole attention would be secured tor the purpose of education. He did not think that the Noble Marquis tad met the case put forward, and thinking that this was an unjust exclusion, he should support the motion. He thought, however, that the of of the Right Rev. Prelate would be answered by the discussion which had taken place ; and, therefore, he advised him not to divide upon the motion. The Bishop of NORWICH considered that if the motion were carried by their Lordships, that it would not be carried in the other House, because it would ex asperate the Dissenters, and these, as the Noble Lord had said, were not times to turn from the work of conciliation. Even it it were adopted, he did not think the thinking portion of the Church would be satisfied with it, because it would partake of an exclusive character, and would not be tolerated. Still he thought that a schoolmaster should be elevated to a higher office. He was most strongly opposed to the funds of the country being ap propriated to those who at a future period were to be paid by the Church. it was their duty, he thought, to lessen the gap which existed between the Church and the Dissents rs. The Earl of CHICHESTER, saw no reason why schoolmasters should not enter into holy orders, as he believed that the prospect of their elevation would induce them to discharge their duties with greater effect than if they were simply to remain teachers. He was opposed to this motion, because he thought that it would not be for the benefit either of the schools or of the Church itself. The Right Rev. Prelate had read several extracts, which showed the anxious care which bad been devoted to the system of instruction in schools, but he hoped that that instruction would not suffer by the absence of the honour which the Right Rev. Prelate bad it in view to confer upon the schoolmasters. In opposing this motion, be did not wish to separate the office of schoolmaster and religious teacher, but he thought that they would be much better left upon their present basis, and therefore he could not give his assent to the motion. The Bishop of S •ILISBtiRY said that he did not intend to enter upon the general subject which had been raised in the course of this debate. He entirely con curred in what the Noble Marquis had stated with re spect to the arduous and difficult functions of the Com mittee of Council upon this subject, and he thought that had such a proceeding as tho one recommended in the motion of his Right Hon. Friend been advisable it would have been adopted. lie thought that in order to allay the unfounded jealousy which was entertained by cer tain persons in respect of the application of these funds, the Government had laid down rules which might have somewhat injured the Church of England schools, but he was extremely glad to hear that such was not the case. After a few words in explanation from the Bishop of EXETER, The motion was withdrawn. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 11. The SPEAILER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up, and ordered to lie on the table :—Lincoln's Inn Rating; Oldham Alliance Railway; Rathmires Improvement; Caledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway); Inverness Municipal and Police, &c. ; Inverness Har bour and Navigation ; Tyne Docks ; L e eds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Ossett Branch, and Dewsbury and Morley Stations); Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase); York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, and North British Railways Amalgamation ; Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Rail% ay (Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch) ; Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation. The reports on vie following Bills were further con sidered and agreed to:—Edinburgh and Northern Rail way (Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the North Shore of the River Ti.y); Kilmar nock Police Improvement; London and North-Western Railway (Orinskirk and Rainford Branch, &c.); Lynn and Ely, Ely .and Runtingdon, and Lynn and Dere ham Railways Amalgamation; Stockport Manorial Tolls and Bridges. THIRD RENDINGS. --- - There were no less than 40 railway Bills standing for a third reading this evening; but, in consequence , of the suggestion of Mr. Strutt, they were all postposied till Monday, in order that clauses might be introduced in them in accordance with the resolutions passed las t night. On the suggestion of Mr. W. PATIEN, after a short discus:sion, it was arranged that the House shotrhd sit on Monday next at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of con sidering the third readings that had been postponed to-day, in order that the Bill might be taken up. to the House of Lords the same evening. Mr. RICE presented a petiticrn from Dover int favour of the Health of Towns Bill. EDUCATION. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the Catho lics of Deptford against the scheme for the tamefit of education. Mr. GISBORNE presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Staffordshire to the same effect. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Colonel SIBTIIORP postponed till Tuesday riext, the following motion respecting railway accidents, as he un• derstood it wan the intention of the nun. Men fiber for Sunderland to oppose it :—A return of the .sums of money actually paid by each railway company as com pensation to the widow and children of persons It Wed, or to the individuals who have been injured in trawl ding by or while employed on each railt, ay, from 1 84 oto the period,the t ouuti wt s e t h at h in 2 g s b th ee e n n g a i t v ur n e in of eac ea h ch ca accident, and IRISH RAILWAYS. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented petitioute; for the encouragement of railways in Ireland trom tVe guar• dians of the county of Cork and Kilkenny, and fl Loin the grand jury of Kerry. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the inhabi tants of the Tower Hamlets in favour of the Bill for this purpose. NAVIGATION. LAWS. The How. MEMBER also present( :d a petition from Limehouse against a repeal of the navigation-lams. MEXICO. Dr. BOWRING said that seeing the Noble lord at the head of the Foreign Department in his place , and as there was no business before the House, he wished to ask whether her Majesty's GovernMent intended to -.take any measures for preventing the lamentable state q f things now existing between the Americans of the United States and the Mexicans, and to prevent a repetition of the dreadful effusion of blood which had lately wnsutd. Lord PALMERSTON had to state, in reply to the question of the Hon. and Learned Gentiems n, that the late Government tendered its good offices between the two parties, and the present Government had n pneeiattheedr n t a h e e e h offer t h i e n pri a r t m ies or n e v f a n fi r e m d al th m em an s r e , s b o n f t i n the offer. Of course, under these circumstances, lowever much they might lament this state of things, they could not interfere.—(MeParM. hear.) VATE BILLS. Mr. HUME moved that it is expedient that the con stitution and practice of all Committees on Prirale Bills, in future sessions of Parliament, should be assimilated as nearly as may be to those of Committees on Railway Bills; and that it be an instruction to the Cummittee for revision of vtandiniz orders to make provision accordingly. Sir R. 11. INGLIS said there were many objections to the principle of this resolution, and as it was likely to give rise to good deal of discussion, he hoped his Hon. Friend would postpone it, in order that the more im portant motion relating to Portugal might be proceeded with. Mr. HUME did not third: the motion was likely to give rise to a disicussion, because ho untie rstota its Weeit ending