The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-11 00:00:00

tiVENING EDITION the Prov Sages of Cuenca and Guadalaxara, at the head of preti considerable corps of troops. Our letters inform us that Baltnaseda, leaving part of his forces in thcse provinces. is advancing rapidly towards the Ebre, at the Read of eight battalions and 800 horses with the inten tion, as we supposed, of crossing that river, and entering the Biscayan provinces, through the Encartaciones. We are informed at the same thee, that according to a general report, some troops of Cabrera have entered Upper Aragon, and seem to be proceeding towards Navarre. What is certain is that the Christino staff at Nair- Lena was in a state of great agitation, and that orders were sent in all directions to collect troops, and send them to the points which are threatened. The Moniteur of this morning confirms the above in the fallowing terms:— " A telegraphic despatch from Bayonne announces that the road from Madrid is no longer interrupted by the Car lists. A Cabinet Minister, who left Madrid on the 2d, ar lived at Bayonne on the 7th. It is believed that Balms sede, after having threatened Segovia, is gone to the en tirPas of Aranda. Troops are marching in all directions against him. The column which he commanded is esti rested at 3,000 men. Aranda de Duero is 15 leagues from Burgos, and Bur gos is near Biscay. It is therefore probable that Balms seda threatens the Biscayan provinces, but nothing can at present be positively said on the subject.—La Gazette de Prance. [The above account of the state of Spain is derived bout a questionable source.) BOURSE.—PARts, Tvesoav, JUNE 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents ll6 40 ... 116 45 116 35 ... 1!6 05 4 per Cents... ..... 104 75 ,04 75 ... 104 75 ... 104 75 3 per Cents B4 60 .. 84 ... 84 50 ... 50 Pl ank of France .. 35 —3505 ...3505 —3505 Latfitte Bank 1.000/...5 . h:::: 11 27 50 ...110 50 ...1127 50 ...1127 50 5 000 f. Sh 5250 ...5250 ...5250 —5250 °within Bank 5 per Cents ..... 104% ... 104% ... 101% ... 104% Phi° lO3 ... 1 00 ... 103 103 °Vaniat Acive ..... 27% ... 27% .» 2714 2 7 % Passive 6s, ... 6% . 8% Eortueuese 3 per Cents 24 ... 24 ... 2 .. 4 24 N eapolitan lO4 25 104 25 ... 104 20 104 20 stom an.... 104 104 ... 101 154 ......... ........ RAILWAY SHARES. St, Germain ........... 735 735 725 ... '725 ' , " 8 111Iles, It. 13..„ ....... ... 540 ... 537 50 ... 537 50 347 50 ... 750 342 50 342 50 ?Peans L... ll hatisen to Thann 'itasburg to Bale Brussels and German papers, the former of Monday's date, have been received this morning. The following ate extracts from them : _ . BRUSSELS, SUNS B.—At the commencement of the sit. hug of the Chamber, a Royal Message informed the dt- Puties that her Majesty gave birth, yesterday morning, ; (1 a princess, who has received the names: of Marie Char otte Amelia Auguste Victoire Clementine Leopoldine. The Queen and the infant are quite well. The happy event was announced yesterday morning by Salute of artillery, and the ringing of the bells, and in the evening the public edifices and some private houses Were illuminated. Th e Queen of the French and PriLees.; Clementine will r eturn to Paris by way of Lille. The state of the Queen's health and that of the infant princess is perfectly satisfactory. Both the King and the Queen having two sons, are quite delighted at having a 4lughter. BELGIAN FUNDS—BRUSSELS, JUNE 9. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ic3q Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. .... 3 per Cent. 75% - Lean of City, 1832,4 per Cent 9;4 Society of Commerce, 4 % per Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. National Society. — Exchange on London (short) .—Brussels Papers, June 9. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JUNE 9 Money. Billr. .AetuAl Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort Sendic,4 hi per cent...... ........ Ditto, ditto, 3y. per cent. — Commercial Company, 4 1 ,4 per cent 1 7 44 1794 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent . Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 98% 99 £zchange on London, One month ll 95 Two months .—Dutch Papers, June 10. • HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JUNE 6. Bills. Wiley. Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank Share!• lB7O 1'64 An.lo-Russiati Loan 140% 10954 Russian 5 per Cent. I st series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Set JOS 103% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series — 93% Ditto in Certificates . 98% 18% Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 524 52 Ditto 5 per Cent 99 - Polish Bonds New ticket ,Anglu-Danish Loan, 3 per Cer• Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Lent... atanish, New 3 per Cents. 21% AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VirmA, JUNE I • Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. ........ .......... ..--...... ........ - Three per Cents• ...... ....... ..... .. ...... ...- Bl% /Bank Shares ........."... ................... .. ....... • r.-41ageosseine Zenon:, June 8. Her Mjesty baying previously announced her intim tl" of honouring the Ge rman O p era, King-street, St. itroes's, w ith her presence last nig ht, a messa g e was received shortly before the opening of the house, fitting that her Majesty would not be present. The ,'ppointment of those who expected the happiness of ?hea r ty greeting in the theatre was merged i n a feel ft of indignant horror at the atrocious attempt on her , of who m it is said, that she wept at the first criminal Lion during her reign. Fr . e Radnor nomination took place yesterday. Mr. 44 kiln Lewis nominated Sir John Walsh, and Mr. Cite. seconded the nomination. No other candidate ,c l Og nominated, Sir John Walsh was declared duly 'elected. The Honourable Baronet professed his inten tio, Oof taking his seat to-day, to be ready to support 1 4ord Stanley and his Registration Bill. Mr. Towline, the new Member for Sudbury, is a grandson of the late Bishop of Winchester. Is his derived from any secularized church or "lAA property ? COURT CIRCULAR. „ The Queen and Pinee Albert le ft Buckin g ham Palace Jeaterdas , afternoon at six o'clook, in an open carriage and tbwith outriders. Col. Buckley and S ir E. Bowater, b Rquerries in Waitirg, attending her Maj est y and his Highness,:on horseback. After the treasonable at. Icn lPt on her Majesty's life, the Queen and Prince A lbert h th e an airing, and visited her Majesty's august m o ther ” Duchess of Kent at Ingestre House, Belgrave-square. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were loudly cheered on `nett return, and were received at the Palace by the Earl °f Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain, and the Earl of Erroll, Lord Steward. Viscount Melbourne and the Marquis of Normanby ar ived at th e P a l ace soon after her Majesty's return, to ridle audiences of the Queen. I lia Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge came alt evening to Buckingham Palace, to make inquiries afte r bet Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, Col. Ylde, and Mr. Francis Seymour, left town shortly be.. fo re el even o ' clock yester d ay morn i ng f or Woolwich. His Ro yal Highness, attended by his suite, returned to Buck 111gbam Palace at four o'clock. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday morning °f the Queen. The Prince of Leiningen went yesterday morning to th e Queen's Lodge in Bushy Park to pay a visit to her la j ea tY, the Queen Dowager. His Royal Highness re• re turned to town in the afternoon, and visited the Duchess of Kent. 'rho Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cam b,,ridge visited the Princess Augusta at Clarence House, 'lt James's, yesterday. Th e Cabinet Ministers dined with Lord Holland last evening at Holland House, Kensington. The Marquis of Lansdowne came to town yesterday fro m his residence at Richmond. THE KING OF PRUSSIA. BULLETIN. " Berlin, June 4. " Berlin, June 6th, Seven o'clock, p.m. " His Majesty the King has slumbered during the night, pith many interruptions. The fever, but littlejobated to 'Rods the morning, still continues." (Signed) " M. DE WEEBEL, " M. SCHOELIN, " M. GRIMM." t PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO WOCLWICII D !eKrAnn.—On Tuesday afternoon an official notice was re -:;led• at the dockyard, Woolwich, with a request that prepa t: °os should be made to receive her Majesty and Prince Al the er on th •f 11 • da at twelve o'cock. Orders were at c o owin tc , t, arne time sent to the l Commandant of the Royal Artillery b a "'e instructions for firing a Royal sa lute from the m ortar 6 te rY , and to the Commandant of the Royal Marines to that corps in readiness to act as a body guard. On i nesclay morning, at a quarter past nine A.M., another °,:" was issued, eountermanding the orders of the previous relative to the Royal salute and body guard, as they p , i(l ' not be required, as her Majesty would not ac i ompany tp i n i.. ee Albert. Precisely at a quarter before twehe, is Royal a i r f",,,n"s, accompanied by Colonel Bowater, Colonel IN ylde, n ,„ - ,'lr• F. Seymour, all by in plain clothes, and preceded 1:„ 'Wo outriders, arrived at the dock-yard, and was received by s - i r d Bloomfield, Captain Ilornby, the superintendent of the '' A' abl ishment, and several of the heads of the departments. fter the usual forme of introduction, his Royal Highness pro- Z ed ed to view the various works in the dock -yard, with which a Ppeared both delighted and surprised. His Royal High afterwards adjourn, d with his suite to the residence o f Ilornby, at the dock-yard gate, where they partook of ''' leu ne previous to his return to Buckingham Palace. t 1 0,.., INDIA Nv NEWS.-The latest accounts from the e - estward are highly interesting. Letters h ave been 4 e.`P :"•ed from Sir Alexander Burnes, asserting that a Russian 1p of 24,000 cavalry and infantry, with 70 pieces artil aria, had positively a;:ived at Kliiva, and wete making every a rid _ n gen.ent for thei r onward progress to Bokhara. Sir Alex 110_13.1aces implicit relian . c on this, and strongly urges . that, a.u uld it rove true, a British army should cross the Ilindoo Q, n e a•Ns. Despatches to this effect have gone to the Governor 4__ral,. and it is conjectured that, as a first step, an army of bae7ll'vation, consisting; of four regiments of infantry, one regi- A r , , lo a f cavalry, and some artillery, will te formed. Affairs in nistan are going on as smoothly as could he expected c a. ," , quiet, an d Shah Shoojah was to leave Jullalahad for ca ' . _'6l o n the 20th of March, with the intention visiting ll, i l cLahar in July. Prospects of the crops wtre favourable, an abundant harvest was expected all over tie country, ' 4 . th e m i tt _ , inhabitants (under British protection) will be per ilti_e,sti to reap in quietness. The Sepoys were much more "It* but did not like the country so well as Ilindostan. D AY.) DEAL, JUNE 10.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Sultan, Poole, from Manilla; and London, Tate, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 10.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Mary Marsden, Williams, from Arica, sailed the sth March; Melanie, Partas, Senegal ; Isabella, St. Andcro ; and Ariel, Licata. Sailed the Portsmouth, Aikin, for New York; and Virginia, Sinclair, ditto. The Galston, Watts, bound to Manilla, has put back leaky. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 10. —Wind W. S. W.—Sailed the Owen Glendower, Toiler. for Calcutta. Off port the Oliver, Van Noord, from Batavia; and Antoinette Maria, Wopp, ditto. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 10.—Wind N. W.—Sailed the Lady Fitzherbert, Cooper, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, JUNE 9.—Wind N.N.E--Arrived the Montrose, Sinclair, from Odessa. Sailed the Agenoria, Hogg, for Miramichi. PORrLAND, JUNE 10.—Off port the Royal Admiral, Greaves, from Sydney, New South Wales. DARTMOUTH, - JUNE 9.—Arrivcd the Eliza, Pellet, from Malaga. STANOATE CREEK, JUNE 10.--Arrived the Candidate, Goodwin, from Smyrna. SHIELDS JUNE 10 . --Sailed the John Botcherby, Azores. , - SHEERNESS, JUNE 10 —The Hope, from Rotterdam, to New York, which put in here on the 7th inst., after being on shore„ has sustained so much damage that she must be docked. Masora), JUNE 9.—The Felicity, Ackers, from Liver pool, to London, which put in here on the 7th inst., with loss of fore-topmast, has pumped up part of her cargo, and made se much water that she has been hauled in to stop the leak. CORK, JUNE B.—lt hlew very strong all day yesterday and last night from the southward, and now (noon) blowing a gale from S. S. E A brig, with loss of main topmast, was passed last even ing close in by Ballycotton, by the Pladda, .ll'Pherson, arrived at this port, ani it was thought would not weather the heads upon either tacks. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) FISH MARKETS. The supply was very short, and prices high. Salmon, Is. 2d. to 3s. 3d. per lb. ; Turbot, Bs. to 15s. ; Lobsters, 9d. to 3s. Scarcely any other in the market. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. A scanty supply and the demand rather brisk ' • a trifling ad vance took place. Clover Hay, 41. to N. 12s. ; Meadow Hay, 2/. lOs. to 41. 4s. ; Straw, 335. to 365. per load. TEA MARKET- Prices steady, but only a limited demand existed for any kind. TALLOW MARKET. A fair business done in Russian Tallow, and former rates have been supported. 50s. 6d. paid for Russian Tallow on the spot. COLONIAL MARKETS. The Home Trade continue to buy only enough for their im mediate wants, and for Export there are few orders for goods. The prices were firm for West India Sugar, but only a limited demand existed. Mauritius at public sale went off without much spirit. The imports are light. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS __ ciTY, TWELVE O'CLOCK._ LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JUNE 10.—We have had a moderate demand for Cotton to-day. The sales 3,000 bags, at steady prices. Arrivals this morning.—Freneh and Ostend mails, ship letters from Sierra Leone and St. Mary's. SYDNEY, JAN. 9. —MANILLA.—We have received New Brunswick papers to the 10th May. We learn from correct sources that the United States' troops are understood to have been ordered to the disputed territory, a portion of them to the station on Fresh River, and the remainder to Fort Fairfield. This movement is just to Maine, and prctisely the proper an swer to the British threat of consequences to result from the existing attitude of this State. —Augusta Age, April 24. Twelve sailing vessels have re.urned to St. John's, Newfoundland, this season, with an average of 4,000 seals. Some of them had been out only 10 days. The Ac' to authorise the issue of Treasury debentures to raise money for the purpose of rebuilding a part of the district of the city of St. John's, burnt in the month of August, 1839, passed by the , Provincial Legislature in September last, was confirmed by her Majesty in Council on the sth March. We have received Port Philip Gazetes to th© 12th of December. The rapid increase of commerce, which leads from the most distant countries ships of every class and size, ren ders the erection of a flag-staff to communicate between William's Town and Melbourne a work of such neces sity as immediately to demand his Honour's most active attention. _ _ _ Flour, owing to the great influx of wheat from the Indian and American markets, is reduced to a very low price in Sydney. Notwithstanding the arrival here of several vessels from Great Britain with emigrants, the settlers in the Greelong district have not half the number ol servants required for pursuing in an efficient manner their pastoral and agricultural pursuits. One gentleman states that he is compelled to divide his flocks into fifteen hundred each. _ _ The anchorage at William's Town presents at this mo ment, from the number of shipping in the port, a striking indication of the progress cf Port Philip. It is not three years since the Custom-house at Melbourne wss opened—there are now seventeen sail of merchantmen riding in the Bay. Although the abominable attempt which was made yester day evening to assassinate our gracious Queen and her illustrious Consort has not had any effect on the Bri- tish Funds to the present time, still it caused very great excitement in the City. This morning all descriptions of intelligence at present are of a secondary nature with the public, who are anxiously waiting fur further information and details of the examination of the assassin this day. Consols may be quoted at the leavine. nff prices of ves. terday, 91f 1 ex div., with scarce a bargain doing; Re duced, 91f ;Exchequer Bills, 23 26 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 176 177; India Stock, 253 i In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has a very dull appearance, and has receded from the leaving off prices of yt sterday, 27§ i ; at present 261 27 ; Deferred 121- 1; Passive . 6-, 3 i i ; Portuguese same as they left off, 354 : ; Three per Cent. 241 -1 2 - ; Colombian 254 26 ; Mexican 311 i ; Brazilian 76 77; Dutch Teo-and-a-Half per Cents. 541; 1 ; Five per Cents., loli i' i '-. Scarce any business doing in the above Market except in Spanish Stock. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R. s. d. X. s. d. £. s. d. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester BO ... 71 Bristol and Exeter . . Cheltenham and Great Western London and Brighton 35 29 London and Birmingham 9O lB3 - 4 Ditto i Shares London and South Western 33F Lordan and Croydon (Trunk)... 134 l2 ..... to 12,i Ditto Scrip North Midland, (New) - South Eastern and Dover HALF-PAST ONE. We have received Sydney Papers ; although they are not of so recent a date as previously received, they possess some interest. It appears by the Sydney Herald advertisements that 4,149 head of cattle, 37,460 sheep, and 170 horses were offered for sale, either by auction or private contract. The value of the stock, at a moderate price, is about 63,0001. This is the time when the stockholders annually endeavour to get rid of their surplus stock. We understand that the settlers at Port Philip are about to send to Europe for a steam-boat to ply between Port Philip and Sydney, Launceston sod Hobart Town. A company is also in progress of formation in Sydney for procuring a first-rate steam •boat from England, to ply between Sydney and New Zealand. We understand the shares are 1,0001 , and are all taken up. Since the early of the morning Consols have rather re ceded, and a sale of 15,000 Reduced has been made, which helped to affect the Market up to the present time. The chief attention of the public entirely turns to the Queen's fortunate escape from being assassinated. Consols, 917 -:1-; Reduced, 911 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 24 26 prem. ; India Bonds, 4 2 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1764 Iu the Foreign Market the chief business during the morning was in Spanish Active, which is very heavy, and receded to 26a ; Portuguese, 354; Three per Cents., 241; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 547 ; Five per Cents., 1011. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUN DS. Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. Red 9l- Ditto Bonds 3 pm 3 per Cent C0n5....,... Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent Red........ 99,1 Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent New• 5 per Cent ... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 ... ...... 13,i India Stock for Acct... Jan. 1860... Consols for Acct 9 1 , 41 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. 69 Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 3si Brazilian Bott's .. 761 I'russian, 5 per cer.t.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. ... Chilian, 6 per cunt — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 percent... Spanish, 5 per cent 264 Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 percent. Exchange Illexi,an, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent B4f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent 544 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent lOl4 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 7l Bristol and Exeter Railway 2B Cheltenham and Great Western Railway ... 29 Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway .. lB6 Ditto Quarter Shares London and South Western Railway ... London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2} Ditto Scrip. ... . ....... (4)1 .. 3 Manchester and Leeds Railway Manchester and Birmingham Railway .. ... 25 North Midland Railway Ditto New Shares 4l , South Eastern and Dover lO We were indebted last week for the first news of " The Derby" to the indefatigable exertions of the proprietors of The Sun, whose (paper actually reached Brighton before ten o'clock on Wednesday eveninv„ although the race was not run till past three. — Brighton Gazette. SUNDAY, JUNE 14.—Bell's L ife in London will contain a correct account of the Hippodrome Races, por trait of Crucifix, winner of the Oaks, with pedigree, perfor mances, and description, pugilistic contests between the Morocco Prince and Hammer Lane, Tass, Parker, and Britton, Belt's Life in London, of Sunday, June price tire penc , „ containing sewn folio columns of Epsom Races,with a portrait of Little Wonder, has been kept on sale all the week, and may yet be had at the °ice, 170, Strand. THE BU. N9 LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1840. ambition on either Turkey or Egypt, she has a deep stake in the pacdic and permanent, arrangement of the contentions between them, and must regard with disquiet the possibility of anv union and direct interference of Russia and France. Nor will that uneasiness be diminished by the still unsettled state of the Sulphur question with Naples. On Austria, there ! fore, Lord Palmerston may count as an active and I honest ally, if earnestly disposed himself to set his shoulders to the wheel and br.ng the interminable nego tiations to a satisfactory close. Longer delay can only .add to the exasperation of Mehemet Ali, from the enormous expenditure to which he is forced by this state of quasi war, and forced inaction. SIR DAVID BREWSTER AND THE ET. ANDREW'S STUDENTS. As the case of the St. Andrew's Students was very briefly reported, we have been induced to give the fol lowing narrative of the principal facts, in order that the debate on the case may be better understood. From the speeches of those who took a part in the discussion of it, and from the printed evidence, it appears to have been tame of the most frivolous that was ever brought before a Church Court,—and one that ought to have been settled by the University Authorities without being made matter of public animadversion. There can be no doubt that it had its origin in a Non-intrusion meeting held in St. Salvator's Chapel, St. Andrews. Some students of Divinity, with the confidence of young men, had persuaded themselves that they were a match for the Deputation—by whom deputed no one can tell, with the Rev. Dr. Simpson at its head—and eager to break a lance with these redoubted champions of spiritual jurisdiction, asked permission of the Chair man to enter the lists. The request was granted ; and the students consequently conceived themselves entitled to take a part in the business of the meeting—to put questions to the speakers —to express their approbation or disapprobation of what was uttered—and to move a counter petition at the concluson—which was gene rally understood to be carried. In consequence of these proceedings an attack was made on the• students by some of the town's people, who appear by the evidence to have made themselves conspicuous by a like conduct, on similar occasions, and the meeting broke up in sonic degree of disorder. Sir David Brewster, Rector of the University, who, of late, had taken a deep interest in the question of Non-intrusion, and who had been instrumental in bringing the deputation to St. Andrew's, was indignant at the result, and believing the students to be the authors of the disturbance, instituted an investigation into their conduct ; what evidence he obtained, does not appear, but he passed some very extraordinary sentences on those whom he considered guilty, and sent them to Dr. Haldane, Principal of the Divinity College, that he might carry them into effect. With this injunction Dr. Haldane, on what appear to be good grounds, refused to comply, and in consequence of this refusal the Rector wrote to the Commission, in March last, one of the most singular letters that was ever pub lished, affirming among other things that " scenes of drunkenness and riot in the streets were extremely common among the students of Divinity," and request- . ing the Commission to give effect to the sentences which he had pronounced, in so far as they apply to students of Divinity, and to scud a deputation to St. Andrew's to inquire into the present state of the Divi nity College. Instead of this, however, the Commission remitted to the Presbytery of St. Andrew's, the whole of the papers communicated, and enjoined the Pres bytery to take up the matter at their meeting on the 11th of March, and to proceed in the consideration of it with all diligence, so as to report to the next Ge neral Assembly. The Presbytery lost no time in obeying this order ; and after a very long and diligent inquiry, " found that the assault was made by some of the town's people on the students—that the riot which occurred arose from that assault—that the riot did not originate with the students—and that there was no evidence whatever that any of them in the Church that evening were intoxicated, or did insult the Professors and Meeting." . Again, as to the charge of scenes of drunkenness - and riot in the, streets being extremely common among the sfudenfs of Divinity, it appeared, that so far was this from being the case, that no one well authenticated instance of in toxication could be .brought home to any one, even of those individuals whom the Rector had convicted. These sentences, however, proving very unsatisfactory to Sir David Brewster, be brought the ease by dissent and complaint before the Arsenably, where it was heard partly on points :of form, and partly on its merits— the result bein4 that the Assembly, without a vote, dismissed the dissent and complaint, fotind that from the report of the Presbytery there is no ground for in terference with the internal government and discipline of the University of St. Andrew's ; and therefore dis missed the whole case, recommending to the Presbytery of St. Andrew's tcecontinue in the faithful exercise of their constitutional superintendence of the moral and religious conversation of the students of the University., It is not for us to condemn the conduct of any of the parties. We are bound to believe that all of them were actuated by the best motives ; but we cannot help thinking it unfortunate that the case had ever been made public. The rashness, to say the least, of Sir David Brewster in preferring charges of a mist serious nature against a body of students in his own Univer sity, without sufficient proof; and his application of the term " miscreants" to any class of Its fellow-citi zens, be they students or not, savours more of party zeal than of the calm dignity of a Judge ; and is apt to have an injurious effect on the character and prosperity of the University of St. Andrew's. Such charges ought never to be made on slender grounds ; and in the pre sent instance they deserve double condemnation, as it turns out in evidence that there were no grounds for them at all. As for the efficiency of the vigilance and discipline of the Rev. Principal of St. Mary's College, , is quite enough to say that members on both sides of the House bore the highest testimony in Dr. Haldane's favour ; and so satisfied of this did the great majority of the Assembly appear, that, as we have just stated, the case was dismissed without a vote.—Edinburgh Advertiser. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 10. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. TOMLINE, the new Member for Sudbury, was in troduced by Lords Grimstone and Norreys, and took the oaths and his scot. On the m.-aion of Mr. GEORGE EVANS, the Report of the Committee on the Dahlia and Drogheda Railway- Bill was further considered. Sir BENJAMIN HALL brought up the Report of the Committee on the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway Bill. On the motion of Mr. CURRIE, the Report on the Kircudbright Road Bill was further considered. The Tadcastcr and Halton Dial (York) Road Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. A. WHITE presented a petition from the Mayor and Magistrates of the Borough of Sunderland, praying that magistrates might be enabled to compel the attendance of witnesses. Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the vicar chord of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, and pray ing that if the Bill should be allowed to pass the peti foner might be allowed compensation. Mr. LIDDELL presented six petitions from the din eese of Durham against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues MI. Mr. THOMAS DU NCOMBE presented five pe titions from Leeds, Dundee, Merthyr Tydvil, and a parish in York, complaining of the cruel treatment of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, and praying for an inquiry into the subject. SUDBURY ELECTION. The HONOLTRABLE MEMBER also presented a pe tition from certain electors of Sudbury, complaining of the conduct of the Mayor at the last election, and stating that Mr. Tomline had not been duly elected, and praying inquiry. ' Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented three pe titions from places in Scotland, praying for a mitigation of the sentence of Mr. Feargus O'Connor. Mr. RAIKES CURRY presented a petition from Northampton against Church-rates. Sir G. STRICKL A.ND presented a petition, signed by the Chairman of a public meeting, held at Keate, is the West Riding of Yorkshire, prayine for a mitigation of the sentence upon Mr. Feargus O'Connor, that he might be removed to the debtor's side of the prison and that he might be treated as Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Cobbett, and Mr. Leigh Hunt had been. Also a petition from Long Preston, praying for a total abolition of Church-rates, and six petitions from places in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord INGESTRIE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Greenwood, comp!aining of the existence of certain abuses in the Grammar School of that place, and praying that the Grammar Schools Bill might pass into a law. The petition having been read by the clerk at the table, the Noble Lord moved that it be referred to the Committee on the Grammar Schools Bill. Mr. FRESHFIELD said that such a course would be irregular, the Grammar Schools Bill being a public Bill, which had already been read a second time ; it would be impossible for the Committee to go into the case. The SPEAKER said the Committee had no power to hear evidence on the• subject. Lord INGESTRIE did not think this an improper petition to refer to that Committee. Mr. FRESHFIELD said it was not a subject for that Committee, as the Committee hal no power of sending for persons, papers, or records. Lord INGESTRIE then presented petitions from Wolverhampton, and various other places through which canals passed, complaining ot.,the desecration of the Sabbath by the canal boatmen, and.praytng for some remedy ; also a petition from Wolverhampton. against any further grant to the Ccdlege of Maynootht The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti tion froirt the Provost, Magistrates, and other inhabi tants of Edinburgh, unanimously agreed to at a public meeting, praying that the city of Edinburgh might ,be excluded. from the,Scotch B oroug h MI. Mr. HAVES presented petitions from Fitter-lane, and from various places in Suffolk, against any public grant for the purpose of. Church .Extension. Mr. LOCH presented petitions front the fishermen of Dundee, from various . places in C a i t h ness , an d f ro m places in Ross-shire, praying that foreign vessels { .might not be allowed to fish within three miles of the coast of Scotland. • Sir C. J. NORREYS presented a petition from the grocers of Mallow, praying that, free-labour sugar might be admitted, on the payment of a reasonable duty. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition ,trom a place in Peyoushire, praying for a mitigation of the punishment of Mr. F. O'Connor. TTHE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND THE LABOURER. Having inserted the contradiction of the Bucks Herald, we think it lair also to find room for the re plication of the Aylesbury News, the authority on which we first, statcd that the Duke of Buckingham had employed a labourer at 4s. a week. As might have been expected, 111;. Ryde, the Editor of the Duke's Herald, rushes to the rescue of his mas ter, and attempts to bolster up a story for his Grace, which he calls " a complete denial and disproof." We are about to show that, though a denial, it is a worthless one ; and, as for being " a complete disproof," the as sumption is truly ridiculous. Mr. Ryde gives the statement the " most distinct denial in every particular," and commences the last paragraph of his article with " the lie was widely and rapidly circulated." The question, therefore, as to the truth of the story turns entirely on the amount of cre dibility to be given to either of the two gentlemen whose stories are so directly opposed to each other. It Ryde is to be believed, Bonser has lied ; if Bonser's statement be true, the charge lies at Ryde's door. No explanation can make the two statements consistent with each other ; who, then, is to be believed—Ryde or Bonser ? On the part of Mr. Bonser, it may be stated that he is a respectable man, holding a responsible situation, and not likely to fabricate a falsehood of this nature, having no inducement so to do ; Mr. Ryde himself " does not believe he intended to propagate a falsehood." Now, what can be said for Mr. Ryde? In the first place, every body knows his connexion with the Duke of Buckingham, and his consequent anxiety to shield his Grace from all censure ; secondly, the entire omission of the remarriable statement from the Bucks Herald report of the proceedings of the Aylesbury Petty Ses sion looks most suspicious. We happen to know that the reporter of the Bucks Herald had Mr. Bonser's statement on his MS. notes, and yet the printed report contained not a word of it, nor even an allusion to it. The omission can only be accounted for on the supposi tion that Ryde thought the statement likely to detract from the Duke's popularity, and therefore garbled his report. Ought not this wilful garbling to detract from the value of the denial? One thing is very evident— the Bucks Herald is more anxious to defend the Duke than to protect the labourer. Knowing that the state ment had been made, Mr. Ryde took no pains to con tradict it until the Duke's character was affected by it. Had Mr. Ryde a spark of that regard for the interests of the labouring classes which the pro-corn-law advo cates make such loud professions of, he would have made his inquiries respecting this poor lad a week be fore, as he had the statement before him just that period of time ere we made it public. It is to be noticed that we have no authorized con tradiction of Mr. Bonser's statement, no regulated in quiry into the particulars, no withdrawal on the part of Mr. Bonser. We have nothing, in fact, but the denial of Mr. Ryde, who tells us he examined the lad—the very last man in the whole county we .should have ad vised to conduct an inquiry in which the character of the Duke of Buckingham is concerned. There is, however, one discrepancy in the statements of Mr. Ryde and Mr. Bonser which we think not at all irreconcileable. The former describes Allen as "stout and ruddy, walking about as sturdily as any lad of his age ;" the latter as " so reduced that he had the appear ance of an old man, though only nineteen years of age." This difference of descriptions we account for by re minding our readers of the different periods at which the lad was examined. Bonscr described the state of the lad at his entrance into the Union workhouse, and while suffering under the effects of the regimen pre. scribed by the Duke of Buckingham for his labourers, as stated by his apologist Ryde—giving them such a rate of wages as will hardly suffice for purChasing enough " bread and lard" to keep them alive, and allow ing but half a pound of meat a week. " We," says Mr. Ryde, "saw the lad on Wednesday last, and he appeared stout and ruddy, and walked about as sturdily as any lad of his age." Yes, Mr. Ryde, this was after the poor fellow had been in the Union workhouse for three weeks, and had, by the superior diet there given, recovered himself from the deplorable consequences at tending enrolment among the Duke's labourers. Thus, the recollecting that three weeks had elapsed between making the first description and the second accounts ior the apparent discrepancy, without charging either party with " lying ;" and, unfortunately for the Duke and his apologist, entirely deprives his Grace of all the credit which may attach to the appearance of the " stout and sturdy" lad. It is very evident that Allen would never have become either stout or sturdy while bean-hoeing for the Duke, and living on bread and I ird. Mr. Ryde talks of " other testimony on which he can rely." It happens that we - have also seen indi viduals from the neighbourhood of Ashendon, and they all tell us that, " for their parts, they behave every word of Bonser's story." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The master-stroke of High Church and Tory po licy for the present Session is reserved for the 16'11 inst., when Sir It. Inglis will endeavour to induce the House of Commons to vote eight milliwis—for that is the limit of their present hopes—to effect what, in the vocabulary of the party, is designated Church Extension! The effect of such a vote would be two-fold. In the first place, the amount now asked for would entail a perpetual charge upon the general taxation of the country of 400,0001. annually, independent of the incidental local charges in the shape of Church -rates, and other forms of parochial taxation, which inevitably follow the erection of new churches ; but, se condly, and chiefly to be deprecated, is the asked for recognition by Parliament of the principle, that churches ought to be provided at th e ex p ense of the State in proportion to the increase of the population. This is the real object sought by the party which is straining every nerve for the fur therance of the Church Extension scheme ; and this would increase the public burdens to an extent, not merely oppressive, but ruinous. Not less than eighty millions would suffice to erect the buildings only ; the stipends to be secured to the clergymen appointed to officiate in these churches must also be provided by the State, and would demand at least ji/ty millions wore (From the Standard.) We printed yesterday the principal clause of Mr. Pigot's Irish Franchise Bill. We reprint it here, as the Morning Chronicle has given a very long ar ticle upon the subject this morning, and because the proposition of the ex-repealer and late member -iTy . the National Convention in Ireland, who holds the office of Solicitor-General in that country. illustrates in a remarkable manner the habits and disposition of a Government that exists upon a combination of mean craft, with a readiness to embark in the must desperate enterprises of its patron and master. " And whereas it is expedient to remove such doubts, and make provision for the mode of ascertaining such qualification, and to create a tribunal of appeal upor, twit ters of law relating to the registration of voters in Ireland; be it therefore enacted, by the :,:ueen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spi: itnal and temporal, and Corn ,ions, in this pre sent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the _ . _ " That in determining whether any person who shall claim to be allowed to register as a voter, has a beneficial interest to the amount in value required by law to entitle such person to register as a voter in respect. of any freehold or leasehold premises, the ti bunal determining upon such claim shall estimate such value according to the beneficial interest which such premises actually yield, or are capa ble yiel ing, to the person so claiming to register, calculating such interest to be the profit or advantage de• rived or derivable by such claimant out of such premises, after deducting the rent, tithea, rent-charge (if payable by such claimant) and expenses, if any ! of cultivating tire same, arai not according to the rent which a solvent tenant could afford to pay for the same, over and above the rent which the person so claiming to register is liable to pay." Every one in the leas', acquainted with the condition 1 of the Irish peasantry must be well aware that the effect of this interpretation of the law would be UuiversolSqt;.age. ' Now, linivef,al Suffrage m ty be just or unjust, politic or impolitic, but whatever it may be it is a change too vast to be proprly effected by a declaratory law, misintet preting two words. We say misinterpreting, because the plain common sense meaning of the wurds " beneficial in terest " is the contrary of that which Mr. Pi g nut's law would give to the phrase. As well say that one of Mr. O'Connell's kinsmen has a bewfieial juiciest of 101. a-year in the hod by which he earns his living, as that another has a " beneficial interest" of 10/. a-year in a scrap of ground, by the use of which he makes a far less comfortable living than his cousin hodman. Read the words of Mr. Pigot's Bill—" Calculating such interest to be the profit or advantage derived or derivable out of such premises, after deducting the rent, tithes, rent-charG e (if payable by claimant), and expenses, if any, of culti vating the same." Now, we say without fear of con tradiction, that there is not a scrap of ground sufficient to sustain one man, much more one family, and that by the best management, which would not constitute a title to the franchise under this description. (From the Courier.) We have no great faith in the diplomatic ability of Colonel Hodges, whose blustering manners, as his Ajax like stature, might be well suited to the meridian of Bu charest and the barbarism of Wallachia, where he should have been left, but are little suited to cope with the subtle policy and masterly mind of Mehemet All, upon which European frankness and honesty, comic it fan!, would be calculated to make more impression even than a congenial display of Oriental finesse. With so many o th er i m b rog li os on hand, springing out o f the tort uous an d vac ill at i n g management of fp,,, :e i za affairs, it is clearly the height of iiiipolicy , and prep_ nant with f u t ure per il, l o nger to delay the adjust ment of a quest i on on w hi c h we arc at issue more or less with two Powers, each with views and in tercs' s conflicting with those of this country, a combi, nation and m u t ua l un d ers t a nding between whoiu, to nor and pr, judice, wil pot Improbably be the result Austria can h ave no views of agranchiquent -- of further indolence and apathy. Altlicitigh - • A GENERAL AMNESTY. Sir F. BURDETT presented a petition, he said, very numerously signed (we believe from Wilts), pray ing for a general amnesty of political °Cues. Mr. V. S MIT H presented a petition against Church rates. ENCLOSURE BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM, in bringing up the Report of the St. Harman, &c. (Radnor) Enclosure Bill, paid one of the two Commissioners under it having been rejected by the COmmittee as an interested party, he had to wove that the Bill be re-committed, in order to have another's name, by - Consent, inserted.—Agreed to. Mr. WAKLE Y presented a petition from the " Modern Druids Society" against the Corn-laws ; also a petition from a person in Halifax, pr a yi ng for inquiry into the abuses of lunatic asylums ; also from a Universal Suffrage Society, in favour of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, and praying for his removal to the Queen's Bench prison. . . . . ,Sir J. GRAHAM presented petitions ag&nst the grant to Maynooth ; also petitions from places in Dur ham, in favour of Church Extension ; and from Lin colnshire against the importation of Hill Coolies into the Mauritius. Mr. PAKINGTON presented a petition against the present state of the law respecting the sale of beer, from the Magistrates, gentry, and other inhabitants of Southampton, signed by eight or nine hundred persons. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from Meath in favour of Lord Stanley's 13111 for amending the registration of voters in Ire:and. The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill was read a third time and paned. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. PLUMPTRE gave notice that on Tuesday, the 23d inst., he should move, that after the present year no grapt of public money should be made to the Catholic College of Maynooth. Sir C. J. NORREYS gave notice that on the House going into Committee on the Irish R Tistration 13111 he should move that the qualification should be in dependent. of the beneficial interest. WINE TRADE. Mr. MACKINNON said he understood this coun try was ❑ow on the eve of a commercial treaty with France, by which the duty on French wines would be reduced, and he wished to know whether, in the event of that treaty taking place, and a reduction of duty en suing on French wines imported to this country, it was the intention of the Government to make a proportion ate reduction of the duty on the wines of other coun tries, as Spain and Portugal, and also on Cape wine ? Mr. LA BOUCHERE said he must follow the course he had adopted with regard to other treaties during negotiation, and decline, at present, to give any information on the subject ; this, however, he might say—he conceived it would be extremely bad policy to conclude a treaty with any Powet with regard to wine, which would resemble the old treaty with Portugal, called the Methuen treaty ; and, also, that it was not the intention of the Govern ment to conclude a treaty with any foreign Power, but on the terms of reciprocal benefit. In answer to a question from Sergeant JACKSON, Lord MORPETH said it was the intention of tl.e Government to discharge the claims on the Irish Clergy Million Fund as curly as possible. Sergeant JACKSON then gave notice that to-mcr row he should move for a return of the sums which had been paid and were still owing from the same fund. GREEN PARK. Mr. BARING WALL wished to ask whether it was intended to make any enclosure in the Green Park, or to abridge the privileges the public now enjoyed. Mr. E. J. STANLEY replied, there was no inten tion to make any alterations that would abridge the enjoyments of the public. YORK CASTLE. Mr. AGLION BY asked the Under Secretary for the Home Department whether he was prepared to make a statement verbally, or to lay any papers on the table relative to York Castle, and the relaxation of the punishment of Mr. Feargus O'Connor. Mr. FOX MAU LE thought the best way would be to lay on the table a continuation of the correspond ence between the Home Office and the Magistrates, and he would do so to-morrow. TOIIACCO REGULATION BILL. Mr. GOULBURN wished to ask the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, when he intended positively to bring on the third reading of this Bil l , as h e wished to mak some suoestions relative to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would be happy to fix a day that was convenient for the Right I-lon. Gentleman. Mr. GOULBURN replied that any day would suit his convenience, provided it were definitely fixed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then fixed Friday, observing that the trade, generally speaking, were satisfied with the Bill. CANADA. S i r It. PEEL wished to ask the Hon. Member for Coventry (Mr. Ellis) whether he proposed on Friday next, upon the third reading of the Bill for the union of the Canadas to move the omission of those -'auses that related to district councils, and wlketbe; ha 'ciroposed to divide the House upon such motion Mr. ELLIS intended to state his objections to those clauses, but could not say that he should go further until he saw the feeling of the House. It the feeling of the House were in his favour, h e h ope d t h e Noble Lord, I the Secretary for the Culqnies, would not persevere in retaining those clauses, because it was desirable that the Bill should go out to Canada with the unanimous consent of that House. Mr. MACLEAN gave notice that to-morrow he should put a quest . on to the Rig'at Hon. the President of the Boatd of Trade, relatise to the trade with Buenos Ayres. REFORMS IN HUNGARY. Hung ar ian t B z:lo 4 : o liLl F ,l3 T ssu l , l o.b e osio,l service,closed troops subsidy. ior SeveraltDe j e tyv t r i s s : tant Acts have been passed, of interest to you in Eng land, particularly one for the advantage of trade, which will shortly be published. Commercial tribunals are to be established in nine of the principal towns, and with a court of appeal at Pesti), and these will afford to the merchant as speedy and certain justice as he can ob tain in other parts of Austria thus one of the great difficulties which now interfere with commercial tram actions between foreigners and Hungarian merchants, is in a tair way of being obviated. A great imp:ovement has been cfr cted in the condi tion of the peasants. They arc now allowed to free their land for ever from all services to their landlords on payment of a sum of money—in fact, to become land owners, a privilege hitherto reserved exclusively' to the nobles, and to have their land clear of entail. About 400,000 farms, at an average of forty acres each, have thus become disposable property, and nearly hallo. mil lion of families have been raised in the social scale. They are no longer liable to arbitrary punishments, and cannot. he impiisoned except On conviction before the proper authorities. It h a s b een d ecree d that in mixed marriages all the children shall follow the re ligion of their father, and in case of rcfosaleby the eler l4 y of any denomination to perform the nuptial ceremony, marriage by one religion is to be licld suffi cient and binding on both parties. The obstacles for merly existing to a change of religion are removed. It is now necessary merely to go before the civil authori ties, to whom a statement of the reasons for the change is made, and the Royal assent is obtained. This would in England, certainly, be looked i upon as a v er y op pressive interferen c e, b u t here it s an inimmense allevia tion. Concessions h a ve been made favour of the Jews, but the Bill which had passed both tables of the Diet, for placing them on an equality with other sub jects, not noble, has been refused the Royal assent, A commission is formed for the revision of the crimi. nal laws. Arrangements are being made also for a re distribution of the land in fi rms, so as to Five the pea sant in one lot an equivalent for what he for mer l y h e ld in detached parcels , frequ entl y at ,considerable distances from cited' other ; the peasants farms will all lie toge ther, so as to give the original proprietor his est a t e also in one piece, which will much facilitate improve ments. An establishment for the manufacture of agri cultural machines is muc h wanted ; they are in great request, and as soon as they can be obtained, will doubtless produce effects on a large scale. Good iron and coal are abundant, and a few good workmen an d models from England, with a foundry at Pesth, would help to produce golden eggs. Whilst I was at Piesburg, trade with England was alluded to in the Chamber of Magnates. It was on the occasion of granting the " Indigena . t " (natural ization) to the President of the Austrian Commis sion of Finance, who has la tel y organised a strong and very expensive corps of custom-house officers on the Hungarian frontier. Count Endody strongly opposed his admission, on the ground that his system was bad, and that he was an enemy to the true inte rests of the country, which re quired more freed om o f inter course , an d a m ore liberal extension of th e treaty . with E ng l an d, & c . Counts Andrassy, C aro b : and oth ers were a ll on the free - trade sid e , „ bie y i no one would o ppose. Count Ve.F.•en , ti)", and others connected . with Governnhcnt , in the candid ate ' s favour, that ho was favourable t o lowering the duties t)ut that h e w i s h e d t o do so gradually , and their wh o l e ' line of argument was based on moderate free-trade *trim, ciples. In the next Diet it is probable . 014 tform at mands w ill b e ma d e f or more . liJecC , - 44 coillruerce, a n d . it is to b e h ope d th a t glair. internal 1"a" of eoniF~ut,t patt.rt will have been by that time UtTrOte(.l. S,:veral trpportant railroads are proleete . d, as also nett the pantlho with the rh--- ..As to COP,' Lthe upp er part of it). ...rough a very productive country.— UTILI fUL)lling• Chronicle. SEDUCTION. Mr. MILES then rose to move the second reading of the Bill for giving a summary jurisdiction to the Magistrates in certain cases of seduction. He re gretted that the Bill, which was one of consi derable importance, had not been confided to other hands. In order to prove that bastardy had increased under the restrictive system, in the first three years of that sys tem the number of cases in ten counties was 8,579, and in the last three years 9,548, showing an increase under the new system of 969 in that period. He found, from a return of the Registry of Births, that in 500 births 59 had been bastards. At this time, of children under two years of age there bad died —of legitimate children 77, and of bastards 35. He had hoped to have had a similar return from all England but found it would be impossible to procure it. But these returns, he thought, showed the necessity of some • thing being done. Returns of the Poor-law Commis. sinners, ending Christmas 1833 and 1839, showed an increase of one-fifth of the illegitimate children admitted into the workhouses, and a vet, large increase in the number of mothers of bastards receiving parochial re lief, amounting to no less a number than 633, and the total charge for mothers and bastards amounted to 6631. The imperfections of the present state of the law were manifest to every one, and the only question was as to the best means of remedying it. The remedy which he proposed did not emanate from himself, but from a higher authority. The authority to which he alluded was that of the Commissioners themselves, ..who expressed the wish which they felt to render justice accessible to the poorer classes. In that principle he entirely concurred, and it was insisted on by Mr. Power in his evidence. It was from that evidence that he was endeavouring to frame his Bill. (The Hon. Member here read some extracts front the e%idonce of Mr. Power in favour of the principle which he advo cated.) He would divide h's Bill into two heads. The one would relate to seduction effected under breach of a promise of marriage, the other to seduction effected by any other means. In either case it a birth or pregnancy should take place before his Bill would come into ope. ration, he proposed that the Magistrates should have the power of making Special Sessions for the trial of cases. He should propose that the damages to be awarded be fixed at under 80/. The Bill laid it down that this should be payable in six instalments within eighteen months. That, however, could he altered in Committee, and it was to be optional in the Magis trates to levy the whole sum at once or in instalments. In cases of breach of promise of marriage, he proposed that the action should be. brought by the woman. In cases of seduction, by the father, mother, natural guardian, master, or mistress ; and the damages ' paid to the same parties as brought the action—in cases of seduction to be applied to the support of the illegitimate children, if any. Ten days' notice of summons was to be given to the pally. No decision was to be given on the unsupported testimony of the woman. There might be some difficulty as to corroborative proof ; but the Bill once read a second time, these points would all be adjusted in Committee, with the efficient aid of legal gentlemen. Of the necessity of speedily passing some such measure he felt confident. -He knew that seduction among farmer's work-people or domestic servants, was most frequent, under promise of marriage ; and,. generally, after so long : a courtship, that the poor females had every reason to believe the party sincere. As to women in poor-houses, he ,'aelicved the evil of in efficient classification was productive of great immo rality. With respect to the Poor-law, he theught it best to repeal all the bastardy clauses, and leave the question solely to be dealt with under this Bill as a civil inquiry. The Hon. Member con cluded by earnestly asking the House to allow the Bill to be read a second time. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the se cond reading of the Bill. He gave the Hon. Member credit for his motives, and for the great attention which he had deVoted to the .subject. . The crime of seduc tion was a very great one, 4nd productive of the most lamentable consequences, and any measure calculated to check it effectually, . should be received with applause. , The amendment of the ,Poor-laws had done much to eff ec t th a t object, and so far,. no mea sure had .beenmore beneficial. But the pre3ent Bill for the first time in the legislation of this country proposed to give compensation in damages merely for the loss of chastity., It proposed that any woman going before a Justice could obtain a summons to bring a man before the Justices at Petty Sessions, who, upon the evidence of two witnesses that the defendant had seduced the complainant under promise of marriage, would be compelled to sentence him in the penalty of 30/. He (the Attorney-Ge neral) need not dwell upon the difficulty of proving that seduction by true evidence, and the facilities and tempta tions which the Bill offered to the procuring of false evidence. It was certain that if the Bill became law the Justices, in many cases, would be compelled to sentence innocent men to pay that penalty. For these reasons he felt it his duty to move—That the Bill be read a second time that .. day six months. Mr. BENETT said that, whether or not this Bill was the best calculated to remedy the evil for which it was provided, he would not take upon himself to say ; but this he was certain of, that a remedy of some kind or other was imperatively called for. Nothing could be more cruel and unjust than the present position o: the female sex in this respect. So tar from the crime of seduction being, as the Attorney-General had repre sented, on the decrease, it was his opinion, founded upon facts and observation, that the crime had gre. - ,tly increased of late, but that concealment was more stu diously practised. That seduction was difficult of proof there was no doubt, and he himself had been told by men, some of whom were his own farm-servants. that they admitted they were the fathers of the chil dren, but they stated they knew the testimony of the mother alone was not sufficient for their conviction. He knew several instances, and he believed they were of frequent occurrence, in which seduction had taken place after the publintion of banns in church ; and for this, as the law at present stood, it afforded no remedy to the classes whom this Bill sought to re!ieve. Be lieving, therefore, that it was necessary something should be clone, he should feel it his duty to vote for the second reading, though there were several respects in which he thought the Bill might be beneficially amended. Mr, SLANEY agreed that some alteration in the existing law ought to be made, but he did not think the Bill of his Hon. Friend would effect such an alteration as was desirable. He would suggest to his Honourable Friend to withdraw the Bill for the present, and put it into a more perfect shape, so that when it came on again it night stand a better chance of passing. Mr. MILES said that if the House consented to the second reading of the Bill, he should be glad to listen to every suggestion for the amendment of the de tails of the Bill. Mr. VILLIERS opposed the second reading of the Bill. Mr. FRESHFIELD supported the second reading of the Bill, because he approved of its principles, but he could not adopt its details. He supported the Bill on the principle that something ought to be done. Mr. HAWES opposed the Bill on principle. It was, in fact, a Bill to legalize seduction on the part of the rich. If a man could afford to pay 30/., no further consequences would happen to him. :It did not give to the poor man the remedy it professed to give him, while it facilitated seduction on the part of the rich. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared-- For the Bill Against it Majority in favour of the Bill The Bill was then rend a second time. SALE OF BEER. Mr. PAK ENGTON moved the further considera tion of the Report of the Committee on the Sale of Beer Bid. The House then went into a Committee of the whole House on the Sale of Beer Bill : Mr. FRESHFIELD in the Chair. On the qualification clause being read, Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET assured the Commitee that he rose to object to the proposition con tained in the clause with very great reluctance. The proposition was that in certain districts the person ap plying_ for a license to sell beer should po ssess a h ouse valued at 151.; in other districts the qualification waP a house of M.; arid in the third district the house vas to be of the value of 81. Now it appeared to him tat that was an arrangement which would materially affect the interests of the trade, and he would give the Com mittee the instance of the town of Pontypool, in which there was not at present one house which carve under the first class. Indeed, a great proportion of the exist ing beer-houses were all of the lowest class, and, of course, when the new arrangement came into operation, many districts would be left entirely unprovided for. He admitted that evils existed under the present system, but he doubted very much whether the Bill of the Hon. Member would effect the improvements which he con templated. Mr. HAMILTON begged to remind the Noble Lord that the Bill would not interfere with the present licenses. Mr. PAKINGTON was sorry to find that the gra duated scale he had proposed'did not meet the approval of the N o bl e Lord, at the same time he felt they were not open to the objections which bad been urged against them. The point which the Committee had to consider Whetherwas, ue t hey p n r o e t s , e i n n t d s c y a s l t i en ni, the gwith the culls which had u principle of remo-. dellin g them by a scale. of qualificat:on was a good Oft or not, The principle he had proposed was that whie , . bad been proposed in Lord Chandos'i Bill of I was the principle which the House had san - '' I (Mr. Pakington's) Bill of last Sc sin- -A-it ~tioned in his ~1, and it was the EVENING EDITION. one he had therefore adopted in the present Bill. He Ltd a right to assume tbat Parliament bad sanctioned the principle that there ought to be some property qua lification, and although, perhaps, the scale he had pro posed was not the most judicious that could be adopted, it was for the Committee to say whether they would not reject the principle altogether, or suggest such amendments as might be deemed advisable. He had never intended that the measure shou!cl interfere with existing houses—it was to be entirely prospective in its operation. After a few words from Lord G. SOMERSET in explanation, Mr. WARBURTON suggested that the Bill should be allowed to pass through the Committee, po forma, and that all the amendments proposed by the Hon. Member should be added, in order that they might know what the measure was with which they were dealing. It appeared To him that the object of the Hon. Gentleman was to limit very much the num ber of beer•houscs, although he understood originally that the object of the Bill was not to cheek, but to promote trade. He thought it better, however, to have the Bill before them, instead of discussing it in that de sultory way. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the class ficition which the Bill contemplated had already taken place to a certain extent, the principle having been recognised by the House on two former occasions. The object of the measure, as he under stood it, was to allow the trade to be as free as pos sible, and at the same time to provide efficient police re gulations. He thought the Hon. Gentleman had adopted the proper course in varifying the qualification clause with reference to the qualification. The re mainder of the Right Hon. Gentleman's observations were quite inaudible in the gallery, but we understood him to conclude by expressing his general approval of the Bill as introduced, though he doubted its efficiency. Mr. R. ALSTON, after a few words which were not heard in the gallery, moved that the clause should be expunged. Mr. SL A NEY said, the question was whether or not upon the balance of good and evil they should not do a great good by passing this Bill. He thought they would, and he should accordingly vote for it. Mr. W A KLEY said he thought if a remedy for the evils of the present system could be found it ought to be adopted. It was in the rural districts an evil of fearful magnitude.—( Hear, hear.) No man with his eyes open could be insensible to that. The wives and children of labouring men had great reason to complain of it. But, admitting this, he could not think the pre sent Bill provided a remedy, and he thought the Hon. Gentleman bad better defer it till another Session, in order that. it might be seen whether or not a remedy could not be devised. The Hon. Gentleman said what was wanting was a better system of police, but he (Mr. Wakley) thought before that a better system of education for the people was seeded to teach them self respect and habits of temperance.—( Hear.) While this, Bill would produce great loss to many, he thought it would be attended with little good effect to the mass of society, , The Hon. Gentleman had Lot, as he ought to have done, furnished them with any statistical details as to the effect of this Bill, and therefore seeing there we* such a difference of opinion respecting it, he should Tote for the proposition of the H on . Gentlman below hi' d) , Capt. PLC HELL thought, without going into fur ther detail, it was sufficient objection to the Bill that the data on which it was founded was the last census, which would be found to be very different to that about to take place. Dr. NIC HOL suggested that the House should dis pose of the amendment before they divided on the clause. Mr. PAKINGTON said the objection of the Hon Member for Brighton was not a valid one, far the Bill provided that the population should be estimated accord . mg to " the last Parliamentary census." Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved to sub stitute 12,000 for 10,000 in the second line et the first clause, which was agreed to. Mr. ALSTON proposed to substitute 5,000 for 2,.500, which was agreed to. Mr. ALSTON moved, at page 2, to substitute 11/. for 10/. Mr. AGLIONBY thought 101. was much too high, and if the amendnient was not carried he should propose that it should be 81. The House divided, when there appeared, For the Amendment 0 0 Against it 37 .i‘Nority again s t th e A men d ment. On our re-enterin g the Gallery, we found Mr. ALSTON moving as an amendment to the same clause, that there be.inserted the words "five thousand inhabitants," instead of " two thousand five hundred." Strangers were again ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. For the Amendment 22 Against it 40 Majority against the Amendment —lB Mr. ALSTON next complained of another part of the same clause, by which it was provided that a separate rating should b e ma d e f or t h e house, premi ses , and land. A house, premises, and land ought, for the purposes of the Bill, to be considered as but one tenement, but if the clause were allowed to r..main in its present shape, great injustice would be in flicted on many parties. For instance, he knew a case in which a house, field, and.garden, a ll o f w hi c h cou ld be coniid ere d as but on e tenement, were rated at 191., but if a separate rating were made for each, the amount would no doubt tall infinitely short of that re quired by theßili. Mr.,(JOUL BURN observed that the intention o the clause was that the house in which the trade was to be carried on should ba in a house of a certain value. Mr. PA KINGTON could not deviate from the ori. ginai provisions of the Bill. . . _ . M. ALSTON having moved an amendment to the clause to remedy the evil he complained of. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were— For the amendment 22 Against it Majority against the amendment —l2 Mr. ALSTON said he 'believed there would scarce ly ever be found a beer-house rated at 81., therefore he moved that the qualification be 5/. instead of 8/. Mr. GORING said he differed from the Honour able Member ; he believed there were many beer-houses rated at 10/. in the country, and that the effect of this all would be to produce a much more respectable class of beer•hcuses. At present the beer-houses were haunts of crime. —(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Hear, hear.") Did not every country Gentlemen know that? —(Hear, hear.) Had not the House been wearied with petitions from the country stating this ?—(Hear, hear.) And those not only from the gentry but from the farmers and labourers themselves.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON said the professed object of the Bill was to remove public-houses from the brewers, and put them into the hands of real occupiers, but the only effect of this Bill would be to raise the value of the beer-houses, and so put them out of the reach of all who had not capital, so that the brewers would have it in their own hands, and advance capital to who ever they liked. As to the charge of beer-houses being haunts of crime, the same had been said when the Beer Bill first passed, and the same would be said of all places for the recreation of the lower classes to the end of the world. Mr. AG LI ON BY said he should support the amend ment on the broad principle which had governed his votes on this subject on every occasion of decreasing the qualification in money. A tacit-regulated beer house he considered a blessing to the poor, accompanied with police regulations; he did not believe there was any ground for attributing crime so exclusively to the beer houses. Criminals if they bad not beer-houses to go to, would go to tap-rooms, or concoct their de signs under a hedge.—( Hear, hear.) Lord WORSLEY said he should vote for the smaller qualifications in towns, because there the police were more powerful and vigilant ; but he could not agree to it in counties where the constabulary was most imperfect. The Committee divided— • For the amendment 22 Against. .......................... Majority .........................• . — 9 l Mr. HAWES th en moved the omission. of the words requiring payment of all the arrears of taxes or rates. Mr. PAKINGTON, after consulting with some of his friends agreed to the alteration. Mr. P. HOWARD said he considered this clause militated so much against the enjoyments of the poor, and interfered so much with their domestic comforts, to a degree indeed unknown in any other country, that he should move its entire omission. The Committee then divided, when the numbers . were-- For the clause Against the clause Majority .... .. The clause was then ordcred to stand part of the Bill. Clauses up to 4 were then agreed to. On clause 4 being put, Mr. WARBUR - TON objected to the clause. He fh rom that t l a i n t d i s o h r o d u l a d s bt toe tnheec value essary o t f o t p h r e c d la tt o e u e l : might 134 absent ; an d w h at wr , a to b e cTdei done hdretinfi i oi n catan t t h ewd a l ifo t srrt c d a se ? We thought that a certifir,ate from two householders would be sufficient. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed that the test should be the Tent which the party paid to the landlord, which it , would be easy to ascertain. Mr. CRESS WELL thought that it would be easy to produce the certificate of the lr.ndlord, or the receipt from him or his agent, for the pa yment of the rent. Mr. JENKINS said that the landlord or his agent might refuse the certificate if the party happened to have displeased—if, for in , ,ta - ace, he voted against his wish at an election. He t l aought that would be a great I'ARINGTON would consent that the receipt Sl 7,,ied by a landlord, with the• certificate of two house holders, should be deemed sufficient. Mr. JENKINS said that %hat would not obviate the i difficulty, as the landlord cou'id not be compelled to re I ceive the money and sign the receipt. NEWS!) ``J -'t