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to al e ueh better me t by ma king these resolutions apply n „ . .xt session only. A far. STRUTT sa id th a t it could not be unjust upon ;parties, for there was no implieti understandi n g the part of Parliament to grant such a power as the ewer ofr paying interest upon capita l , and it was al wa y s h 6 Pticu or Committees to r< fuse it. Md r ' REDHEAD YORKE, sail there could be no ottb t th that at the principle was a bad one, but ho thought h e r o? " Was unfair upon those parties who had come P e rhaps e them in expectation of the power, and who would w „.., a aPs never have come if they did not think they vuad get it. Th e House then divided, when there appeared— Por the resolution 7O For the amendment , Majority for the resolution —43 We Clause was then agreed to. Cla use 4, 46 That in all cases of application to Paha bY existing railway companies, either for pow er to kitl 2 ruct branches or extensions, or to contribute to ee the expense of constructing other line s of rail subscriptiontion contract for three-fourths of such additional capital as may be required for these purposes i 7 ,be given in, beyond the capital authorised for the ,;"thg lines, a n d d e posits shall be duly paid ther eon ; clause s—" That a clause shall be inserted in every 47M Bill in the present and every future session of l e E „ lenient, prohibiting any railway company from pay -001 of th e ca pi ta l w hich they have been authorised to h i ss for the purpose of any existing Act, the deposits alred by the standing orders to be made for the pur eotlt n f any application to Parliameut for a Bill for the ruction of another railway,"—were then agreed to. 404 . 111 1 clau se 6 , 4. That in every Bill of the pres ent ses containing powers of purchase, sale , le ase, or amal- Nu t ottl itti nu, a clause shall be inserte d p rohibitin g any ) 34 ,,PanY from exercising such powers until t he y shall It4Proved to the satisfaction of the Rai lwa y Commis ' vs that they have paid up and expended for the trip:4es authorised by their Acts, a sum equal to one of the capital authorised to be raised thereby," Ag proposed, r. HODGSON wished to know whether it was to f or P r ?ved that there had been paid away in some manner of the Purposes of the railway a sum equal to one-half %etr whole capital to he raised in the proposed pro tbeing of the company, as well as equal to one half of Which they were already authorised to raise? fat the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said : tee clause referred to one - half of t he a gg re g ate 'al the company was already authorised to raise. sl util ',HODGSON moved that the words " t hat the y O ft ; nave proved to the satisfaction of the Railway T tuissionera" be omiited. tha t he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said %. "le could not consent to any such ame ndment, as it j,`, 4 . extremely desirable that some test sh ould be estab ""edl,u, ta r • BAILEY said that he thought the resolution : , (1 operate most hardly upon all companies, but old lames. • RUME said, that this resolution would have the k of putting down what was already admitted to be s et 'Tevance, It was a matter of prudence that the pre f titiletem of persons lending their - na mes to companies, e Merits of which they were ignorant, should be pre tert a mere verbal amendment the resolution was 'Wu to. he 7th resolution, viz.— 1,,,,.rhat in future sessions of Parliament no p owers of E tt """hase, sale, lease, or amalgamation shall be contained any Act for the construction of a railway."—Agreed to. un Resolution 8, viz.:— That in future sessions of Parliament no powers i'oPUrchase, sale, lease, or amalgamation shall be given i t tY railway company or companies, unless previous tall have application to Parliament for such purpose they ' 'lave proved to the satisfaction of the Railway *x tn taissioners that they have respectiv el y p aid u p and tu e , PQnl ed, for the purposes authorised by their Act, a N T: equal to one-half of the capital autho rised to be i l ea the re b y ," b e i ng read, p re f• HODGSON proposed that the words " unless ai's:)tis to their application to Parliame n t" be omitted. Lie amendment was negatived, and t he resolution 11 agreed to. 144esolution 9, viz., " That no railway company shall at the or any future session of Parliament be to , °Med, except for the execution of its original line, forguarantee interest on any shes which it may issue er dividend additional capital, onto guarantee any rent fi„.`uvidend to any other railway company, until such Z t- Inentioned company shall have completed and -1 3 1 ed for traffic its original line."—Agreed to. pi . esolutions 10 and 11, viz., " That in Bills in the : a rts or any future session of Pa rliament, for the pitarnation of Railway Companies, the amount of ca. 1 41 created by such amalgamation shall in no case ~exe xt- he sum o f th e capitals of the companies so amal emulated. 1 4 4 1 1 .rhat in Bills in the present or any future session of theluent, empowering any railway company to pur ally other railway, no addition shall be a uthorised i i ,„ j e Made to the capital of the purchasing company, 04,': 11(1 the amount of the capital of the railway pur bped and in case such railway shall be purchased at alialnk_ium, no addition on account of such premium , These made to the capital of the purchasing company. Q!ae resolutions were agreed to. SIBTHORP proposed that some resolution of e lid be added to these resolutions to regulate the taking abrate property for railways. He thought companies ti th t thl be bound to pay interest for the land from the i, they took possession of it, and not as at present to t ij interest only when they commenced constructing tr work s . STRU TT explained that this grievance applied to 0 general Act for taking land. The b • %illness for which the House met being ended, the House adjourned till Five o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room B. llommson, STAINES. AND SOUTH-WEST TERN (RICHMOND TO WINDSOR, &c.) Wr24118011, & Souirs-vizsirmsx (STAINES TO ASCOT AND WOKINGHAM, WITH BRANCHES). The, Committee met this morning , a t eleven o'clock, the * lll xe of Richmond in the chair. Evidence in opposition to these projects was continued. ROUSE OF COMMONS. A GROUP VI. Whit. - -..**2 WESTERN' (EXTENSION TO EXETER.). ch airman. Committee met to - day at the usual hour ; Mr. Deedes The cross-examination of Mr. Brunel occupied the Com l'ittee during the whole of the day. GROU Committee P X. mmittee met at the usual hour this morning, but sty s-iu , Le eral of t h e mem b ers taking an interest in th e debate on wz _Failway resolutions, The exArnatAw declared the Committee to stand further 4,1 : Journed till to-morrow. GROUP XLV. EDINBURGH AND PERTH. ..The Committee met as usual at twelve o'clock. qt r• Jopp, C.E., and Mr. William Anderson, traf f ic - ta ker, q. i ere cross-examined by the counsel for the opponents. - - - MAGAZINES (CONTINUED). 1 E PATRICIAN. . The story of " The Dargerous Guest" is con cluded in this number, and an admirably narrated story it is. The "curious triad" for the mc,rith is the trial of the Duchess of Kingston (the far-fanud Miss Chudleigh of the court of Gearge the Second), for bigamy, which affords a curious illustration of the lax state of morals among the aristocracy of England, even at so late a period as the year 1776. This num ber also contains, in addition to the annotated obitu ary for the month, much useful information in gene alogical and heraldic matters. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. TORTEMOUTH, WEDNEE'DA Y.-A court-man ia], com prising Admiral ;.'ir Charles Napier, K.C.8., pre sident ; - Captain Pasco, ct the Victory ; Captain Sir James Stirling, of the Hone; Captain Chads, of the Excellent ; Captain Lushington, of the Vengeance ; Captain Milne, of the St. Vincent; Captain the Hon. D. Pelham, of the Odin ; Captain Dacru, of the Avenger; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Jusjge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morning at nine o'clock, on • board the Victory, 104, Captain Pasco, flag-ship of Ad miral Sir Charles Ogle, Commander in-Chief, to try William Thurman, private marine of the third class, belonging to her Majesty's steam-sloop Scourge, Com mander J. C. Catlin, on the following charges, preferred by that officer:— " 1. For disobedience o f th e or d er o f Li eu t enan t W. Crawford, in having, on or about the 21st of Mav, 1847, at Killybegs, Ireland, left the Scourge, while a prisoner at large, and got on board her Maj es ty' s s t o r e - s hip An dromeda, alongside which the Scourge was then lashed, and afterwards, when brought back to the ship by Bom bardier W. Ramsay, of the Royal M ar i ne A rt ill er y, refusing to remain under charge of th e sentry at t h e gangway, and making use of most disgusting language to Corporal Staples and Colour-sergeant Forward. "2. For having on various occasions, between the 231 of February and the 25th of May, 1847, behaved in an insubordinate and threatening manner towards Colour sergeant James Forward, of the Royal Marines, and Corporal Staples, of the Roy al Marine Artillery, of her Majesty's steam-sloop Scourge, for disobedience of the orders of the said colour-sergeant and corporal„ and for using disgusting language towards th!m." These charges were in direct violation of the 2d, 19th, and 22d articles of war, for a b r ea ch of which it should be undertood the prisoner was tried, the penalty therein prescribed for conviction thereon being death, or such other punishment as a court• martial shall think fit to impose, and as the nature and degree of the offence shall deserve. From this the Court have no power to deviate. It is !impossible we can give any portion of the evi dence in this case ; it was too disgusting and impious for repetition. We never heard a trial wherein the pri soner exhibited so thoroughly infamous a character as in this. Commander Caffin's humanity was totally lost upon him ; no man could have shown more forbearance than that officer has done towards the prisoner—very few half as much. The captain of the company to which the prisoner was attached had been compelled to refuse to take him on detached service to Ireland with him. lie came on board the Scourge without a cha racter, although he had been in the Marine corps seven years. The Court showed a willing disposition to admit every point of extenuation in favour of the prisoner, but none could be adduced. After a trial of -- six hours, one and a half of which was spent in deliberation, the Court adjudged the charges to have been frilly proved, except such parts of the first charge which allege disgusting language to have been used towards Colour-sergeant Forward and Corporal Staples, and sentenced the prisoner to receive 50 lashes on board the Scourge, to be imprisoned 12 months in Winchester gaol, and kept to hard labour the whole of that time, except during one month (the last), wlAsn he would be kept in solitary confinement, and to forfeit all pay and servitude. Ile would inevitably have been hanged at the yard-arm for less than one-half of the crimes laid to his charge and proved before this court a few years since. When his Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden was going over the dockyard yesterday he was much struck with the facility with which the blocks were made by Brunel's machinery, and also with the patent mode (Brewer's) of manufacturing those important necessaries in a ship's rigging, being quite different to the plan practised in every other establishment. Ms lliglixess asked for one of these blocks to carry to his own coun try with him, and this morning Captain Pesco sent one (a 10 inch) with some treenails on board the Eugmie, for the Prince's acceptance. The patent blocks now manufactured in this yard are superior to all other kinds, infinitely so to the galvanized iron article of the same description, some of which were made trial of in this establishment some years since, and condemned as failures, the galvanism not preventing corrosion of the iron, the sharpness of the edges of which and the friction combined cuts and otherwise damages the ropes coming in contact with them. It is believed the patent wood block will become universal all over the maritime world on account of its immense sustaining powers combined with everlasting durability. A private letter from the Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Com mander-in-Chief of the Pacific, dated Valparaiso, Feb. 1847, says—" The Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Seymour, and the Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Hen derson, besides ourselves, are in harbour here. The Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, sailed on the 6th for the Leeward Islands to get a freight of money for us to bring home. She is expected to be away about nine months. We expect to be homeward bound in twelve months. We do not expect to sail from Valparaiso until the middle of March, when we shall embark the Admiral and family and sail for Callao and the Leeward Islands. The Admiral shifted his flag from blue to white in con sequence of the late brevet promotion on the 17 th of January. THE LATE CASES OF POISONING. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday Mr. T. Wal:ley, M.P., resumed, at the Portobello Arms, Kensal New Town, the adjourned in quest on the bodies of Thomas Hickman, aged 34, and his five children, an account of whose deaths by poison has already appeared in this journal. Mr. John B. Abercromby, of Kensal New Town, stated the result of the post mortem examination of the bodies. From the analysis of the vomited matter there is no doubt that death was caused by arsenic. Mr. George Brown, surgeon, and Dr. Robert Barnes were next examined. Their evidence differed in no ma terial point from Mr. Abercromby's. Thomas Hickman, a youth of 12 years, said—On the Sunday in question we all sat down to dinner between one and two o'clock. I was called in to dinner by my mother. My aunt and mother made the pudding be tween the m. I did not know that flour, o r an ything like it, was ly ing about. I did not know the cupboard where the arsenic was contained. I was never cautioned about going to the cupboard. I never heard any one threaten to poison father or mother. I was tak en ill a b out half past two. I felt a pain at the chest, a burning in the throat, and great thirst. The CORONER—How much of the pudding h a d y ou taken before you were taken ill? Witness—One plate full. Mrs. Harriet Hickman was next examined. She said —On the Sunday morning I proposed that we should have a rhubarb pudding for dinner. It was to be made of flour, bread, and rhubarb. The same morning my sister came to me about half-past six o'clock, and said she wanted some paper to light the fire, and inquired where she could find some. I told her I did not know. She then emptied the contents of the small bag in the large one filled with flour. The CORONER—Had you seen the small bag before? Witness—Yes, on the previous Sunday my husband showed me the bag, and asked me what was in it, when I replied that I thought it was arrow-root. He then placed it in the back room cupboard, where it remained ill my sister took it down. The CORONER—Were you aware that poison was in the house ? Witness—l knew that a small bottle con taining arsenic had been kept, but I gave that away to my father some time back, to destroy rats. The CORONER—What did your husband want with arsenic ? Witness—Before he was in the police he used to try experiments on glass with it. lie was in the habit of placing it in crucibles over the fire. The CORONER — Was your sister on friendly terms with your husband? Witness—Oh dear, yes; mare than any other of the .tamily. The CORONER-Llow long has she been with you? Witness—Since the Thursday preceding. She came to stop until she could get a situation. My husband was at work in the New North-road, Islington, and only crime home on Saturday nights, and went away on Monday mornings. Caroline Bonamey was next called. She said—l am a servant, at present out of a situation. I have been stopping with my sister only a few days. On the Sun- day morning I got up and lighted th e fire. I took the bag containing the flour to my sister, and asked her what it was? She replied, " I suppose it is flour." I then emptied the bag into a large one. Both were flour bags, and had the bakers' names on them. I noticed at the time that the powder in the small bag was whiter ,ban the other, and I intended to mention it, but forgot to do so by my brother speaking to me and asking the time. I lighted the fire with one bag, but I don't know what became of the other. I had eatim one plate of pud ding, and was about to take another, when my sister ca . liect out, " Oh, take the baby." • We were then all se ized, with sickness. When one of the doctors s p oke to me, I remembered having put the contents of one bag into in the the Coroner o h r o o u n s e e another. was not aware th t a h t e po e i v s i o den nw c a e, was This being the whole of i mm ediately returned a verdict i s n um ea m ch ed c u a p s;, " " d T t h h a e t ju de ry death was caused by arsenic eaten in rhubarb; pudding mixed with flour by the mother, in ignorance of its nature, it having been left carelessly within her reach on a shelf by her husband, - but not with evil intent." SUICIDE ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— At an early hour yesterday a young woman deliberately threw herself in front of the seven o'clock express down train, as it was approaching the iron bridge which carries the Wandsworth-read over the line near the Plough, at Battersea. The line at this part forms a curve, and a person upon the line would be concealed from view of the driver el a train until he got very near. The driver saw the younif woman, and called to her to get out of the way, and almos momentarily the engine struck her, and hurled her a di, tance of several yards from the spot where she fell. She wi taken to the Wandsworth Union, where every attention w paid her; she survived, however, only ten minutes after 1 admission. The deceased is an entire stranger to the neigi bourhood, and there was nothing upon her person to lead her identity. SUICIDE OF A SURGEON.—WORCESTER, TUESDA • EVENING.—A shocking occurrence has happened here tr surge o o f n s o u f i ei t d h e i s . city, , a li p a p v e i s i Benjamin d co a m y, m lbl itt r ed ß :a j most amn determined Sheppard, a ct th e at t so to on a afdruterggtiwstelivnemo'celaockkheatphiesn. af et t r e e rn et o , on a , n M d r a . sk S e h d ep f p or al went ln of prussic acid, whic h he repretented that he requir , for a patient. The druggist, whose name is Stringer, knot i n g Ain Sheppard well, and giving full credit to his repr, sen t a tions, did not hesitate in furnishing him with what 1 required. Mr. Sheppard then, on some pretext, retired t Mr. Stringer's back sitting-room, and immediately after , wards he was heard to fall to the ground. Mr. Stringer ra into the room and found Mr. Sheppard in the agonies death, having swallowed nearly the whole of the deadl • poison, a few drops of whi c h wou ld h a ve been sufficient it, destroy life. He died almost instantaneously. QUICK GROWTH or POTATOES.---In the garden a gentleman residing in Higher Broughton, there is a bed , potatoes of about a quarter of an acre, the steins of whit have grown six inches in six days, being at the rate of on. inch per day during that pelivd,—/VancieciteTintes. THE SUN,_ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE lo,_ 1847. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCILTY, REGENTS-PARS. --- The exhibition of plants and flowers, for some time announced by t his society, took place yesterday, and was honoured by the Presence of several distinguisbd visitors. His Royal High lless Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, was re -I.4ived at an early hour by the President , t he Duke of Nor -o.lk. The arrival of the Prince was soon after f ollowed by tnat of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of ,eambridge, and the Hereditary G rand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar and suite. The weather was very fine, and the gardens were consequently thronged to excess --the number of visitors present being far greater than on any former occasion. The bands of the Ist and 2d Life Guards and of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) were in at tendance, and exerted all their efforts to en liven the scene. The collection of plants consisted principally of pelargo niums, chiefly contributed by Messrs. Cock, of Chiswick, Beck of Isleworth, Gaines of Battersea, Catleugh . of Chelsea, St a ines, Robinson, Coysb , and Barker. Of orcludeous col lections, by Messrs, Rucker , Blandy, Rollison, and Warner, and Veitch of Exeter. Of large miscellaneous collections of stove and greenhouse plants, by Lady Antrobus, Miss Trail. Mr. Fraser, a nd Mr. Cook; and of ros es, contributed by Messrs. Paul, Lane, Francis, and Lee. The flowers in each of the departments were abundant, and in high perfection. HOSPITAL FOR CoNsumrTioN.—The anniversary festival, in commemoration of the new building or hospital for the reception of the patients now labouring under the disease of consumption, was held last evening at the London Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge occu pied the chair. After the usua l toasts had been given, his Yal Highness stated that he had visited the hospital, and at a time when his presence was not expected, and be was therefore better able to form a correct judgment of its ma nagement and efficiency. It was the only hospital of the kind in this country, a tact which should i nduce them to lend their b es t ass i stance to its support. The building of a cha p el was now in c o n templation, but, from the want of funds, it was not possible to carry out the undertaking. His Ro y al highnes s then adverted to the vast utility of such an insti tution to medical science, and referred to a letter received rr(lal a person whose son had died in the hos p ital, but who, ra the great kindness and attention bestowed upon his de ceased child was in some degree conso led for his loss. The n ealths of his Royal Highness, the Vice-Presidents, the Com llittee of Man age ment, the Medical officers , the Ladies, and re Stewards, successively followed , and the meeting broke t h at a late hour. The demands of this charity were last 2,E4 Inore generally recognised t han heretofore, nearly for being collected in furtheranc e of the important objects ich it was founded. at eiZusENTaTioN OF WESTMINSTER. —Last night ootesTa,lock, a meeting of Mr. C. Lushington's general ee, which was numerously attended, was held at the own a the c and Anchor Tavern, Strand, to receive the report of beh alf in reference to the state of the canvas in oho chair. of that gentleman. Mr. Geesin, of St. James's, in of - u i lir• Mr. Huggett, the secretary, produced the report the voluntary names of the gentlemen of the committee, laurich showed a return most favourable to the interest of I , o n C. Lushington, the number being as eight to one in fa of that gentleman and General Sir De Lacy Evans, against Mr. C. Cochrane. Dr. Bambridge, Mr. Trout, Mr. ti Vide, Mr. Hocken Mr. Cox, Mr. Ffrench, &c., addressed to e el air, urging the renewed exertions of the committee to Ti l l o e piete the canvas, when steps were taken for that purpose. rate&meeting, after the transaction of other business, sepa rated. THE CROPS.—In Nottinghamshire the crops, both s fal sehoods sand and the clay Jistricts, are most luxuriant. he oods of the Protectionists, the corn speculators, their smallerbioed fr', the farmers, and the monopolist papers—all cool trib —will not serve them much longer. A clay of just re tribution will overtake them—Front a Correspondent. CRIC K ver iss • -, ... M ARYLEBONB CLUB AND GROUND V. m 11 ;L—Thia match was concittcled 911 Wed V hell 1ir74940 196 by 1W M* serioi VANITY FAD:. Part VI. If Mr. Thackeray were by some unforeseen acci dent to die to-morrow his name ss ould he transmitted down to posterity—not by his Yellowplush Corres pondence, not by his Snob papers, not by his Jeames's Diary, not even by his Titmarsh Sketches (clever though all these things be, yet they are merely alla giornata), but by his "Vanity Fair." Even should the work never be concluded, the six parts already published would be sufficient to secure him an immortality. He is the Fielding of the nine teenth century. In the opening chapter of this part we find Mrs. Bute Crawley in pos essir'n at Miss Crawley's, in Park-lane, doing her best to frighten her relation into an illness and an alteration of her will. In this project she has two useful allies in Briggs, the companion, and Firkin, the ladies' maid, both of whom hate Rawdon Crawley, and whose services she has secured by promises : " Who was the blundering idiot who said that ' fine words butter no parsnips ?' Half the parsnips of so ciety are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce, As the immortal Alexis Soyer can make more delicious soup for a halfpenny than an ignorant cook can concoct with pounds of vegetables and meat, so a skilful artist will make a few simple and pleasing phrases go farther than ever so much substantial bene fit•stock in the hands of a mere bungler. Nay, we know that substantial benefits often sicken some sto machs ; vshereas, most will digest any amount of fine words, and be always eager for more of the same food. Mrs. Bute had told Briggs and Firkin so often of the depth of her affection for them ; and what she would do if she had Miss Crawley's fortune for friends so excel lent and attached, that the ladies in question had the deepest regard for her ; and felt as much gratitude and' confidence as if Mrs. Bute had loaded them with the most expensive favours. " Rawdon Crawley, on the other hand, like a selfish heavy dragoon as he was, never took the least trouble to conciliate his aunt's aides-de-camp, showed his contempt for the pair with entire frankness—made Firkin pull off his boots on one occasion—sent her out in the rain on ignominious messages—and if he :gave her a guinea, flung it to her as if it were a box on the ear. As his aunt, too, made a butt of Briggs, the captain followed the example and levelled his jokes at her—jokes about as delicate as a kick from his charger. Whereas, Mrs. Bute consulted her in matters of taste or difficulty, ad mired her poetry, and by a thousand acts of kindness and politeness, showed her appreciation of Briggs; and if she made Firkin a twopenny-halfpenny present, ac companied it with so many compliments, that the two pence-halfpenny was transmuted into gold in the heart of the grateful waitin g maid, who, besides , was lookin g forwards quite contentcdly to someprodigious benefit which mu s t happen to her on the when Mrs. Bute came into her fortune. " The different conduct of these two people is pointed out respectfully to the attention of persons commencing in the world. Praise everybody, I say to such : never be squeamish, but spea k out your compliment both point blank in a man's face, and behind his back, when you know there is a reasonable chance of his hearing it again. Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place iu his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and popped it in ; so deal with your compliments through life. An ac,)rn costs nothing; but it may sprout into a prodigious bit of timber. " In a word, during Rawdon Crawley's prosperity, he was only obeyed with sulky acquiescence ; when his disgrace came, there was nobody to help or pity him. Whereas, when Mrs. Bute took the command of Miss Crawley's house, the garrison there were charmed to act under su,:h a leader, expecting all sorts of promo tion from her promises, her generosity, and her kind words." Mrs. Bute Crawley, however, rather overdoes her part, and Miss Crawley is made really ill, so that to keep her alive it is necessary she should take exercise in the open air. She takes a drive in the Park, and meets Rawdon and Rebecca. Under the guidance of Mrs. Bute, she gives them the cut direct, but Mrs. Bute, afraid to risk any more such interviews, removes her to Brighton, where they are followed by Rawdou and Rebecca. At Brighton the whole dramatis persona of the tale are re-assem bled. George Osborne, contrary to the wishes of his father, but, with the full assistance of Dobbin, has married Amelia Sedly (whose father, the once rich stockbroker, has become bankrupt), and is spend ing the honey-moon at Brighton, where he meets with Rawdon and Rebecca, and where he is soon after joined by Jos. His sisters have made the acquaintance of the rich Miss Swartz (the mulatto pupil at Miss Pinkerton's), and to her old Osborne would fain see George united. George, however, as we said before, has married Amelia, and is in Brighton, at the same inn with Rawdon and Rebecca. " These two young couples had plenty of tales to relate to each other. The marriages of either were dis cussed: and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest ft ankness and interest on both sides. Geor g e's marriage was to be made known to his father by his friend Captain Dobbin; and young Osborne trembled rather for tne result of that communication. Miss Craw ley, on whom all Rawdon's hopes depended, still held out. Unable to make an entry into her house in Park lane, her affectionate nephew and niece had followed her to Brighton, where they had emissaries cont inuall y planted at her door. "' I wish you could see some of Rawdon's friends o e are always about our door,' Rebcca said, la his h wh ing, • Did you ever see a dun, my dear ; or a bailiff and man? Two of the abominable wretches watched all last week at the greengrocer' lf aunty s oosite, and we could not get away until Sunday. does not relent, what shall we do?' ‘' Rawdon, with roars of laughter, related a dozen amusing anecdotes of his duns, and Rebecca's adroit treatment of them. He vowed with a great oath, that there was no woman in Europe who could talk a creditor over as she could. Almost immediately after their mar riage her practice had begun, and her husband found the immense value of such a wife. They had credit in plenty, but they had bills also in abundance, and laboured under a scarcity of ready money. Did these debt-difficulties affect Rawdon's good spirits? No. Everybody in Va nity Fair must have remarked how well are c omfortably and thoro u g hl y in debt ; how they deny themselves nothing ; how jolly and easy they are in their minds. Rawdon and his wife had the very hest apart ments at the inn at Brighton; the landlord, as he brought in the first dish, bowed before them as to his greatest cus tomers ; and Rawden abused the dinners and wine with an audacity which no grandee in the land could surpass. Long cust an, a manly appearance, faultless bill .ots often aud c ;othes, and a happy fierc eness of manner, w help a man as much as a great balance at the banker's. "The two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights, the gen tlemen of an evening had a little picquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart. This pastime, and the arrival of Joe Sedley, who made his appearance in his grand open carriage, and who replenishedwhoplayedafewgaßrniwesdaottibsillpiaurrelses with Captain somewhat, and gave him the benefit of that ready money for which the greatest spirit s are , sometimes at a stand still. So the three gentlemen walked down to see the Lightning coach come in. Punctual to the minute, the coach. crowded inside and out, the guard blowing his accustomed tune on the horn—the Lightning came tear ing down the street, and pulled up at the coach-office. "' Hullo I there's old Dobbin," George cried, quite delighted to see his old friend perched on the roof ; and whose promis' d visit to Brighton had been delayed until now. • How are you, old fellow ? Glad you're come down. Emmy 'll be delighted to see you,' Osborne said, shaking his comrade warmly by the hand, as soon as his descent from the vehicle was effected—and then he added, in a lowe r and ag,itated voice, What's the news ? Have you been in Rut , sell square ? What does the governor say ? Tell Inc everything.' " Dobbin looke d ver y p ale and grave I've seen . , How's Amelia— t rye Mrs. brought great news ; and that is—' "' Out with it, old fellow,' George said. We're ordered to Belgium. All the army is goes— Guars and all. Heavytop's got t h e gout, and mad at not being able to m ove. O'Dowd goes in command, and we embark from Chatham next co me with a shock week.' "This news of war could not but upon our lovers, and caused all these gentlemen to look THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND, No, XII. Merrily does Mr. a'Beckett take us through lat the earlier part of the reign of Henr y" K at h e rine) wil. He reeth that "sad affair of the late Queen (K great gusto, tells of the magnificence and fall of Wulsey, and of the rise of Cromwell and Cranmer, and concludes with this reflection. " The contemplation of so much hypocrisy, in such high . quarters, having put us so thoroughly off out ot patience that we are unabl e to proceed, we break here with the remark, that tergiversation and treachery have ever been common among ev en the highest i n rank, and so we fear they will continue to be until —ha !ha 1 -TUE END OF THE CHAPTER." they finally decide in favour of _conjuring. Mr.. Hamper succeeds in aga in fastening herself (1 , 1 fire l Gudges. They decide on ascending the G:ert St. Bernard the ladies to proceed v-a c Lar -a-bane, while Gudge and Christopher are to pedestrianize. Gudge loiters behind, and at leng•le loses his tv,;v and gets into the lower morrty, or dead-house of the convent, where he is greatly frightened by the ghastly appearance of the bodies of those who have perished on the mountain. In his terror he falls into a mountain-stream, and is with great difficulty preserved by Christopher, who draws him to a rock at the bottom of a ravine, where, breathless and exhausted, they both sink to the ground. Gudge is horror-stricken at the prospect of death; he exhibits himself a most abject coward. He is on the point of revealing to Christopher the mystery of his birth, and the manner in which he (Gudge) has wronged him, when they are rescued by the monks and dogs, and brought to the Hospice. Poor Bessy Payne gets into a sad scrape, and Sir Frederick takes Fanny Hamper to the ball at Richmond. Bessy accompanies them, according to the rash promise she had given. She has been obliged to refuse to accompany Sprouts to Vauxhall, who is dreadfully indignant at the order, which he had. obtained with much difficulty, being lost, and still more at the secresy which Bessy is obliged to preserve as to her intended exhibition, and parts for the first time in anger. Fanny escapes easily from the school, and enjoys the ball, but on her return to Bellfield House is re ceived by the stately Mrs. Sadler, who has discovered her absence. Sir Frederick abandons her in the most heartless manner, and drives back Bessy to London. Sprouts has spent a miserable and restless night, and at past five o'clock sees Bessy get out of a cab driven by a gentleman. " When she saw him she uttered an exclamation of fear, and raised her hands in an attitude of supplication. But Tom caught her firmly by the arm, and in his terrible pas sion a word escaped his lips that he often and often afterwards would have given worlds to have recalled —a terrible word, that made poor Bessy shriek with terror as she heard it, and then fall fainting at her own door, white and senseless as marble." There is an additional engraving also, in return for the one . which was deficient last mouth. INTERVENTION IN PORTUGAL. We take the following documents from an immense blue book published yesterday : VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO SIP. lIA7fIILTON SEYM Foreign-office, Al ril Ste, 1547. Sir,—Her Majesty's Government have taken into their dliberete consideration the application which the Go vernment of Portugal has made to the Powers who w ere parties to the Treaty of Quadruple Alliance in 1834 for assistance under the stipulation of that treaty; and I have to instruct you to state to the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, that after the most attentive exami nation of the grounds upon which that application has been founded, her Majesty's Government cannot per suade themselves that either the letter or the spirit of the Quadruple Treaty can justly be deemed applicable to the state of things now existing in Portugal. The treaty of 1834 was concluded for two purposes. The first purpose was to put an end to a war in regard to the succession to the crown of Portugal, which bad then been waged for some time between the Emperor I)on Pedro, who contended for the rights of her present Majesty, Maria 11., and the Infanta Don Miguel, who had usurped the throne. The second purpose of that treaty was of a similar kind, namely, to expel from the Peninsula the Infante Don Carlos, who disputed with her present Majesty, Isabella 11., the successio n to the crown of Spain. Both Don Miguel and Don Carlos were at the time within the territory of Portugal, and at the head of troops armed and organized for the purpose of support ing by force the pretensions of these two Princes. Questions of disputed succession have always been deemed matters which might justly be conside red as involving the political interests of foreign states ; and in such questions, wherever arising, the Po wers of Europe have from time to time, according as the ir inter ests impelled them, held themselves at liberty to take an active part. Spain and Portugal had in 1834 a common interest in regard to those matters ; and Great Britain and France thought it also conformable with their political views to unite with Spain and Portugal for the expulsion of the two Infantes from the Peninsula. But when both the Infantes were finally so expelled. of the stipulations of the treaty, and of its addi tional articles was, as regards armed interference in the letter the affairs of the Peninsula, entirely and completely fulfilled. If, however, either Don Miguel should re-appear in Portugal, or Don Carlos in Spain, with a view to put forward again, and support by force of arms, their respective pretensions, the spirit of the Quadruple Treaty would certainly be applicable to such a case ; and it would be fitting that the four Powers who were parties to that treaty should, in such an event, enter into a concert, with a view to frame new articles applicable to what might be the then existing state of things. But Don Miguel is not in Portugal ; nor has there been any insurrection worthy of account iu his name and in support of his pretensions to the crown. The civil war which has now unhappily for nearly six months afflicted Portugal has not sprung from the pre tensions of Don Miguel, nor did it originate with his partisans ; it arose from very different causes, and among a very different party. The contest does not turn upon the question who shall be Sovereign of Portugal, but upon the question who shall be the responsible Ministers of the Crown in Por tugal, and by what principles of administration the country shall be governed. These questions are widely different from questions of dynasty and succession. These questions are purely domestic in their bearing, and with them foreign Powers, except in very extreme cases, cannot be entitled to interfere. And, although it is certainly laid down by writers on the law of nations, that when civil war is regularly established in a country, and when the nation is divided into conflicting armies and opposing camps, the two parties in such war may be dealt with by outer Powers as if they were two separate communities, and that such other Powers may take part with one side or the other, according to their sympathies and interests, just as they might in a war between se parate and independent nations ; yet the cases in which such interference would be justifiable are rare, and it is better and safer in general to leave each nation to decide for itself upon questions which relate to its own internal organization and interests. If, therefore, on the one hand, her Majesty's Govern ment do not think themselves justly called upon, in virtue of the stipulations of the Quadruple Treaty, to interfere in the civil war now going on in Portugal, n w e i i t t h h e r th , e on g t e he he r o a t l h e r p r i h n a c nd i pl , e a d o w t h hey ich deemhav have t consistent invariably guided the policy of Great Britain in regard to such matters, to afford unconditionally to the Queen of Por tugal direct assistance for the purpose of coercing that part of the Portuguese ration which is now in armed re sistance to her Majesty's authority. But the British Government, adverting to the close connexion which ancient treaties have established be tween the Crowns of Great Britain and Portugal, and bearing in mind the many and great interests by means of which the relations of commerce have knitted to gether the two countries, cannot see with indifference the calamitous condition to which the continuance of the civil war is fast reducing the Portuguese nation, and cannot but feel the most ardent desire to make every possible effort to co-operate in bringing that war to an end. Her Majesty's Government do not assume to them , selves the right or the competency to pass judgment upon the events which occasioned the outbreak of this civil war; but, seeing how long it has continued, what divisions it has created amongst all classes of the people, and considering, moreover, how large a portion of the nation has taken a part in it, they are clearly of opinion that these troubles cannot be finally or permanently quelled by mere force of arms; and that even if the Queen were to be enabled by foreign aid to put down for the moment all open resistance to her authority, still no permanent tranquillity could be hoped for in Portugal unless the causes of discontent which have led to this outbreak, and which have for so many months kept the insurrection alive, should by the exercise of her Majesty' s ro yal authority be removed. It seems, therefore, to her Majesty's Government that the wisest course which the Queen of Portugal can pur sue is to make known to the insurgents her gracious intentions for the future, and formally to call upon theta to lay down their arms, and to return to their allegiance to the crown. It appears that the intentions of the Queen of Por tugal in this respect are such as befit a generous and enlightened Sovereign, desirous of healing the divisions which afflict her people, and of reuniting all classes and parties of her subjects in loyal attachment to her person and throne. But it seems that her Majesty has been prevente d from acting upon the impulse of h e r own judgment by the objections which h ave been made to such a course by the Marshal Saldanha, who has declared his determi nation to resign his command of the army of operations unless the Queen shall persist in endeavo urin g to p ut down the revolt by f o r ce of arms. This determination of Marshal Saldanha, of which it is not necessary for her Majesty's Government to say what they think, no doubt places the Queen of Portugal in great embarrass ment; because, while on the one hand it is scarcely pos sible for bar to furnish Marshal Saldanha with the mili tary means which would be necessary to enable him to finish the civil war in the way in which he insists upon adopting, on the other ham', it might he difficult for her Majesty to find any other commander who would equally enjoy the confidence of the troops, if the continued re sistance of the Junta should render further operations necessary. In this state of things the British Government, mindful of the ancient alliance between the British and Portu uese Crowns, is induced to step f o r w ar d a nd to offer its assistance to her Most Faithful Majesty. The Queen of Portugal is desirous of making known to her revolted subjects at Oporto the gracious and benevolent intentions which she is prepared to carry into execution, as soon as they shall have returned to their duty. Marshal Saldanha refuses to make that communication. Her Majesty's Government will, if desired, instruct Colonel Wylde to repair immediately to Oporto for the purpose of making it. Marshal Saldanha declares that he is unable to compel the Junta to accept any terms, however reasonable, of submission. Her Majesty's Government are prepared, if the Junta should refuse the reasonable arrangements which the Queen intends to make known to them, to enter into concert with the Governments of France and Spain, in order to settle the best means of affording to her Most Faithful Majesty such effectual assistance as may enable her to re-establish internal tranquillity in her dominions. The arrangements which her;Majesty's Government understand the Queen of Portugal as having determined to carry into effect immediately upon the submission of the Junta, are the following:— First,—A full and general amnesty for all political offences committed since the beginning of October last; and an immediat e recal o f all persons who, since that n on of the ki ng d om . tim s e e , c l o i n a vdelyb,Lentisneni immediate m ou e t d o ia f t P e o r i .e l vo u or g e a ca l otin f o o lln r ic p otf o w l a i l t i i lt c ht a h, l et r hd e e a ec s e o rse n tea s si c icn o of n nr v isn o tig c t a ea t tu i i on of th e C ortes as soon as t h e up w hich have been issued since the beginning of October n a o p t p h o e i l n o t h m g e in n g t last,bel l e i Ts c h t ha i ej o dnr n ddl s la , 3rww' h w —ai h cnAh i d c h are to take pla ce w i t h out delay, s h a ll have been comp l e ted. toofthaenpaArdty of the Cabrals , nor bein g me mbers of m i F n i o s u t r r a t h t i l o y n , e p s i e m d m o e f d m i a e t n e the Oporto Junta. If her Most Faithful Majesty will formally empower Colonel you to authorise Wylde to repair to Opoi .o, and to announce to the Junta that it is her firm determina tion to carry these measures into execution, provided they shall immediately lay down their arms and submit to her authority, you are also empowered and instructed by her Majesty's Government to authorise Colonel Wylde, if he should find the Junta hesitate as to the course which they should pursue, to intimate to the J un ta, in the first place , that these intentions of the Queenof Portugal having been:declared though a British officer, the Crown of Portugal is bound to that of Great Britain to fulfil them with good faith; and, secondly, that if the Junta should still continue the civil war, after having been informed of these the gracious intentions of their Queen, the British Government will concert with the Governments of France and of Spain the best means of affording effectual assistance to the Queen of Portugal. It being always, however, to be clearly understood be tween the British and Portuguese Governments, that if such concert should become necessary, and if the revolt should be put down by the measures so to be concerted, the Queen of Portugal would equally carry into effect ell the above-mentioned arrangements, on the termina tion of the insurrection, except tie regards the application t the a mnesty to those persons who might thus have continued to carry on the civil war. . Her Majesty S Uovernment, however, can entertain no doubt thet when these just and generous intentions of tier Must FA.ithful Majesty are made known by Colonel Wylde to the 'IOW , tb lo body will gratefully accept the communication, and the civil war will at once be termi nated, whhout further effusion of Portuguese blood, and without further deqructionof Portuguese property; and, . . _ if such should be the result, her Lf:jesty's Government will derive the sinernst and most heartfelt pleasure from having bren instrumental in bringing to pass so harpy an event. You are instructed to read this dispatch to the Por tuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, and you „•ill give him a copy of it, in order that he may the better be able to bring under the consideration of his colleagues the communication which it contains.—l am, &e., PALMERSTON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON To SIR HAMILToN SEYMOUR. datei have Foreign-office, April 5, 1847. Sir,—With to r s e ta fe t r e e , n t c h e at toif therem 3o s t h h o e h r ld dis h p e a a te h h y thiso h f esi t - tion as to adopting the arrangement therein proposed, you will employ all the arguments which }our own re flections and your knowledge of the condition of the country and of the state of parties will naturally suggest. If the Portuguese Government should consent to adopt the plan of proceeding which her Majesty's Government have proposed, it is essentially necessary that you should have some written record of her Most Faithful Majesty's intentions, as set forth in my other dispatch, before Colonel Wylde sets out for Lisbon; because it would be in the highest degree improper that a British officer should be the bearer of such an announcement to the Junta, unless the Queen of Portugal had previously pledged herself to the British Government on the matters in question in such a manner as to make it impossible for any of her Ministers, officers, and advisers after wards to break or evade any part of the engagement so contracted towards her Majesty's Government. The four conditions which are enumerated in my other dispatch seem to her Majesty's Government to provide for everything (with one exception, which I shall presently advert to) which any reasonable Portuguese could expect or wish for. A general and full amnesty is the usual sequel of the termination of a civil war, in which large numbers of men of various classes have taken part; because to punish all would in such cases be impossible, and to select par ticular individuals for punishment would, as savouring more of personal vengeance than of even-banded justice, be useless as an example and impolitic as a measure of administration. Such an amnesty, however, would of course not prevent the Queen from removing to the half pay list such of the commissioned officers of the regular army now serving with the Junta as she might not wish to retain on full pay; nor ought it to prevent the Queen from removing, if she should think fit to do so, any mu nicipal or other civil officers who have taken part in the revolt, and who hold their offices during pleasure from the Crown; but there may be some persons falling within this description who have followed the stream in places in which they were employed, without having been party leaders, and whom it may net be necessary or useful to remove. The recal of all persons sent out of the kingdom is a measure of indispensable necessity. The persons to whom this measure would apply are the Torres Vedras prisoners and the Duke of Palmella. It is needless to dwell upon the reasons which make it indispensably necessary that the Torres Vedras pri soners should be brought back without the least delay. With regard to the Duke of Palmella, it is to be ob served, that he was sent out of the kingdom without having been guilty or even accused of any offence ; that the manner in which the order was given him was calcu lated to wound his feelings deeply, and is known to have done so. But the Duke of Palmella, from his rank, his political station, and his ample fortune, is a person of considerable importance in the country; and it is be lieved that the great body of the Portuguese nobility resent very much the treatment which he has expe rienced. An invitation to the Duke of Palmella to return, or a summons to him to resume his place in the Chamber of Peers, would on this account be politic as well as just. The immediate re-establishment of the ordinary law, and of the constitution of the country, is too obviously necessary to require to be enforced by any argument, and not a day should be lost atter the submission of the Junta in revoking all the unconstitutional edicts which have been issued since the resignation of the Palmelle. Administration. The sooner the Cortes can be convoked the better : not a constituent assembly, but the ordinary Cortes, ac. cording to the charter as it was in force before the change of Ministry on the 6th of October ; and the elec ions should take place as soon as the insurgent forces are disbanded, and the Queen's municipal officers have been re- established in their proper authority in every part of the country. The immediate appointment of an administration which, if it cannot command the confidence of the country (and, divided as the nation is , th is could be hardly expected of any men). may yet not excite its distrust, appears to be a measure of the most urgent necessity, even if the civil war was to go on, and no communication with the Junta was to take place. It is easier for her Majesty's Government to say what men ought not to form part of such administration, than to suggest the names of those who might properly compose it. It is manifest that! none of the Cabral party and no members of the Oporto Junta should, in the present state of things, be appointed to office. I have said, in the earlier part of this dispatch, that there is one arrangement which seems indispensable, but which is not mentioned in my public dispatch of this date ; and that is, the departure of M. Dietz f ro m Lisbon. Unless M. Dietz leaves Portugal, all other arrangements, and all attempts to reconcile the Court and the discontented part of the nation, will be vain; and Colonel Wylde must not, under any circum. stances, leave Lisbon for Oporto until M. Dietz has ein barked and sailed for England. His departure is a sine qua non condition of any step whatever on the part of her Majesty's Government to interfere in any way in the affairs of Portugal. It is needless to explain the well-known reasons which render this lcondition indis pensable. If Colonel Wylde is sent to Oporto, it is desirablethat he should go thither by sea in one of her Majesty's ships of war. He would in that manner appear at Oporto more entirely as the representative of the British Government and the organ of the Government at Lisbon than if he entered Oporto from the camp of Marshal Sandanha. He would of course communicate with Mar shal Saldanha, as occasion might require, after his arrival at Oporto. If it shoat be urged, as an objection to the course recommended by the British Government, that it would lead to the resignation of Marshal Saldanha, you will observe that, according to this plan, that resignation would become comparatively unimportant; because, if the Junta submit, any general may be competent to command an army which, in that case, will have no military operations to perform; and if the Junta persist in resistance, the concert which will follow between the Queen of Portugal's allies will render the task of her general so light and so easy that there are several offi cers in her service who would be competent to perform it. It is most probable that the Junta will gladly accept the communication to be made to them; but, even if some portion of the Junta should be for holding out, there can be no doubt that many of the leadicg men among them, and the great majority of their followers, will declare themselves satisfied with the announced arrange- mints. But the Court may demur. This is scarcely probable. You will in that case respectfully, but firmly, represent the desperate condition of the country, and the hope. lessness of a successful and permanent termination o the civil war by any means within their present corn mand. But it once their Majesties could be rescued from the advisers by whom their better judgments are now shackled and controlled, and if they could be lef' to the guidance of their own sound sense, and goo! understandings, and just feelings, even without the aid of a Ministry more worthy than the preseLt of their confidence, no doubt can be entertained that they would gladly avail themselves of an offer which, while it would maintain unimpaired the honour and dignity of' the Crown, would restore peace and tranquillity to their dominions, and save the nation which they govern from great and otherwise inevitable cala mity.l ERam, &c., PALMSTON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. (Extract.) Foreign-office, May 22, 1847. I transmit for your information a copy of the protocol of a conference which was held at this office yesterday by the Plenopotentiaries of Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal, and I have to signify to your Lordships the Queen's commands that instructions should be given to Sir William Parker in accordance therewith. e d l e r at manifestationan k y e n s u, esuch the operationFrencho ft h e andmagarye agreement e a nin. itself t i s s eo h iff It is an olject of much political importance that upon h every occasion in which any naval operation, however trifling, th de e impression naval flag should, if possible, accompany the British, in or the three Governments may, by its moral effect, add to be calculated to produce. Sir William Parker will be the best judge of the man ner in which, when your Lordships' instructions reach him, he can best give effect to the intentions of her Majesty's Government; and it is the opinion of her Majesty's Government that the fulfilment of their inten tions cannot be better secured than by leaving the man ner of carrying them into effect entirely to the discretion of Sir William Parker. But his attention might be directed to the expediency of immediately taking pos session of the steamers and other vessels now in the service of the Junta, and of delivering over those steamers and other vessels to the Queen's Government ; and Sir William Parker might also bo desired to con sider the practicability of dislodging the troops of the Viscouut Sa Bandeira from Satuval, either by an attack from the sea-side, combined with a movement by the Queen's troops on the land front, or by a single attack by the ships of war. It would, moreover, be desirable that the blockade of Oporto should without loss of time be rendered effective. The: ships of Great Britain, France, and Spain cannot, indeed, according to the law of nations, be employed in actually enforcing that blockade, by turning away mer chant vessels, either going in or coming out. That function must be performed by the ships of war har at sa übh eN%l3,uhuibil of the Queen of Portugal; but the British ships which may be off the port may be of use in keeping the Por blockading force upon its proper ground. tuguese It is probable that a Spanish force will advance from Salamanca, and descend along the right bank of the Douro, in order to co-operate with the force under Mar ;al ha of the left bank, and thus to cut off from Oporto the supplies which that city now draws from the productive country to the north of it. There seems reason to expect that if this operation is properly e xuted by land, and if the blockade is effec tually enforceecd bv sea, Oporto will ere long be com pelled to surrender, by w ant of supplies, and without bleodshed. But the altered position which the British Government is now about to assume in regard to the c i v il, war, by reason of Great Britain engaging in active interference in that war, in concert with France and Spain, instead of remaining., m she had liiihrrto done, a pt.ssive events, may alter the conduct of the Junta or of the pol-,ulace of Ooorto towards British resi dents in thst ei.y, and it will be nuct.ssary, therefore, that immediate steps should be taken to give those British r.sidents the means of removing themselves, their families, and their movable property from Oporto, if they should wish to do se. It is much to tie desired that the objects which the allies have in view may be accomplished without any • assault of Oporto, and without the loss of life and blood shed which an attack upon that city, fortified and gar risoned as it now is, must occasion. ORDER OF THE REDEMPTION. Among the most illustrious sovereigns that have done honour to Italy, the Princes of the House of Gonzaga occupy the first rank. Fruitful in great captains, lite rary men, and poets, this ancient and noble House of Gonzaga has deserved, in the highest degree, every species of distinction, and has furnished to the heroic and religious history of Italy its fairest pages. The city of Mantua, which is the cradle of their infancy, and the capital of their sovereignty, is now the honoured keeper of the relics of those august Princes. Invested with supreme command, the powerful Dukes of Mantua have many times, at the head of numerous armies, delivered Italy and the Holy Church from the repeated attacks of the Northmen. Rome was proud to reckon among her cardinals nine Princes of the House of Gonzaga, who at different epochs exalted the splendour of the purple of the Sacred Col lege, and invested it almost uninterruptedly, until Pope Paul V., desiring to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the death of one of them, raised to the Cardinalate Prince Ferdinand, second son of Duke Vincent I. All Italy hailed this nomination, and Mantua beheld it with delight, because it was announced to her at the same moment with the tidings of the marriage of Prince Francis, elder brother of the new Cardinal, to the Princess Marguerite, daughter of Duke Charles Emmanuel, of Savoy. Duke Vincent was desirous of perpetuating the memory of a day so auspicious to his house, by founding a noble institution, and he thought be could not better celebrate it than by associating it with his own joy as a father and the head of one of the most powerful sove reign families of Europe, the name of the Redeemer of the world, a precious relio of whom—the blood which trickled through his veins—had for many centuries been preserved in the city of Mantua. It is known that Longinus, an Isaurian soldier, after wards crowned with the palm of martyrdom, having col lected a few drops of the blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ, brought them to Mantua, and concealed them in the ground, on the spot were now stands the church de dicated to St. Andrew. This sacred relic, after being lost for several ages, was discovered by a revelation in the reign of Charlemagne; and Pope Leo 111. having learned the fact, repaired to Mantua, gathered up the sacred blood, gave some particles of it to the Emperor, and confided the sacred deposit to the devotion of the Mantuans. After this time, Italy, unceasingly attacked by the Emperors of Germany, was ever and anon exposed to the danger of becoming the prey of her enemies, arid Mantua did not escape the general disaster; her pious inhabitants, justly alarmed for the preservation of that precious treasure, the object of their profound veneration, deposited one portion of it in the church of St. Andrew and another portion in that of St. Paul. A century afterwards, all trace having been lost of the places in which the precious blood was deposited, the Apostle St. Andrew, in pity of the general affliction of the Faithful, deigned to reveal to SL Adelbert the part of his church in which a divine relic might be found. Pope Leo IX. repaired, as his predecessor had done, to Mantua, to consecrate the second and miraculous dis covery of the blood of our Divine Redeemer. It was an occasion of general jubilee to all the Christian world; and in the sequel many emperors, among whom were Henry 111. in 1035, and in 1534 Charles V., contributed by their grants and the co ncession of im p ortant , privileges to the propagation of the worship of the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lastly, the solemn suffrage of the Council held at Mantua in 1459, in the presence of Pope Paul IL, con secrated the authenticity of the divine blood which sprang from the bosom whence flowed our redemption. - Duke Vincent 1., full of devotion for this precious blood, as all his ancestors had been, gave the most striking testimony of that devotion by instituting in the year of Grace 1608, on the occasion of the marriage of his son Francis, and the elevation to the Cardinalate of h is other son Ferdinand,, the Equestrian Order of the Redemp tion," or the " Precious Blood." Among other magnifi cent ornaments assigned to the new Knights, he decreed that the collar of the order should be formed of an antique emblem of Francis of Gonzaga, one of his ancestors, and he composed it of many oval patens of gold, on which verges of gold were engraven in relief in a creust of fire, which patens were disposed alternatively with other cartouches of the same form, bearing for device these w ords, taken from the 138 th Psalm ofDavid— Domine I'robasti me. To this collar was suspended a rich gold medallion, on which was artistically engraved the ampulla, appearing to contain three drops of the revered blood of the Redeemer. With the collar he prescribed a mantle and train capitular and ceremonial of crimson satin, lined with while, with large sleeves embroidered in golden creusets, alternating with the device Domine Probasti me. It is fastened at the shoulder with a cord of gold knotted in front ; the under vestment, or just-a-corps, is of cloth of silver damask, the pantaloons, stockings, and shoes being all of crimson. The creation of this pious Order could not fail to obtain the high approval of the Sovereign Pontiff, who ratified the clause of the decree of institution, by which Duke Vincent declared himself and his legitimate suc cessors on the throne of Mantua, perpetual Grand Masters of the Order of the Redemption. (Here follow the thirteen articles of the Institution; a fourteenth article prohibited the wearing of the insignia of any other Order by the Knights, but this was, by an ulterior disposition, removed.) Duke Vincent then proceeded to the reception of the Knights, and was himself invested with the insignia of the Order by the Cardinal, his son Ferdinand, and re paired with great pomp to the church of St. Andrew, with a numerous and brilliant assemblage following, in which appeared the Cardinal, the Infanta Marguerite of Saxony, as a bride, the Duchess of Mantua and Ferima , the Princes of Sweden, &c., each of the recipients having previously signed with his own hand a formal engagement to observe the statutes. The oath of the Knight and the act of induction were accompanied with the greatest solemnity, and the chief nobles of Italy were enrolled among the earliest. This most honourable Order has never ceased to adorn the breasts of the Princes of the august house of Mantua, either at home or in exile, and it has recently been re stored by the Most Serene Prince Alexander, the present direct and legitimate inheritor of all the rights and pre rogatives of the Sovereignty of the ancient Dukes of Mantua. He has, in the terms of the statute, declared himself Grand Master, and having introduced some slight modifications demanded by the present period, the venerable Order will hereafter consist of three classes of unlimited numbers : Grand Crosses, Commanders, and Knights, with differing insignias. The Grand Master has annexed to the Order that of the " Ladies," created in 1668 by Eleanor of Gonzaga, Empress of Austria, under the name of the Noble Order of the Cross, divided into two classes, ',idles Grand Crosses, with the coronet and title of Countesses, and Ladies Chevalieres, with the title and coronet o' Viscountesses. They have a special costume and in signia, resembling in a great degree the decoration of the Knights.—The THE LATE CATASTROPHE ON THE NO RTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—WOLVERTON, WEDNESDAY.—This forenoon Captain Coddington, the Government inspector of railways, arrived at Wolverton, and investigated the circum stances connected with the late fearful and fatal collision. The gallant Captain made a minute examination of the points at which the train entered the siding, the exact dis tance of which from the Wolverton station is stated to be 580 yards. After completing his survey, he pursued his way to Liverpool, it was understood, to attend the adjourned in quest with regard to the falling in of the Dee bridge. Captain Coddington had a long interview with Captain Bruyeers and other high officials of the railway, at the London terminus, before he started for Wolverton, but none of them accompa nied him to the scene of the accident. The whole of the bodies of the sufferers have been removed by their friends for interment, the last one waiting for identity being this morn ing recognised as that of Mr. H. Smith, solicitor, of Birming ham. The report as to the condition of the parties injured is that they are progressing favourably ; some of them, it is believed, will be able to attend the adjourned inquest.' The company have directed that all the funeral expenses of the sufferers should be charged to them. PROPERTY AND INCOME TAx.—Since we drew public attention to this subject, on the 15th cf May last, we under-tand the Basinghall-street Commissioners have had a most searching inquiry and investigation into the system of surcharges, and have inflicted most summary justice on one of their officials; but, if all we hear is true, their vengeance has fallen upon a minor offender when compared with an officer connected with the Stamps and Taxes, who has been in receipt of no less a sum than 6001, arising from the poundage allowed by Government out of the City income tax ! We wait the decision of the Board before we make further comment, but it is quite impossible this tax can be renewed until Parliament has inquired into the whole pro ceedings connected with what has been taking place during the last three months in Basinghall-street.—Times. THE GALLERY OP CLAUDIt7S TARSAL, ESQ.-- The private view of a collection of pictures, which is about being submitted to the hammer by Messrs. Christie and Manson, took place yesterday. The collection was formed on the continent by Mr. Tarral, and comprises fifty-six works, none of which, with a single exception, have before been in this country. Nearly one half were procured at the sale of the celebrated gallery ot Cardinal Fescb. They are prin cipally by Italian and Dutch masters, and some of them are of considerable merit. We would particularly mention " The Judgment of Paris," by W. Mieris. A " Nativity," by Mengs ; " Lot and his Daughters," by Jan Steen ; and some exquisite landscapes by Wynants, Fred. Dloucheron, Decker, and Ruisdael. ROYAL BEULAH SPA GARDENS, NORWOOD. „......._ Y es t er day these beautiful gardens were opened for the sum mer season. The grounds are very extensive, and are laid out with skill and taste. In addition to the usual attractions to be met with at places of this description, the far-famed spa well entitles Beulah to a visit. There is a plentiful supply of water from the spring, and it is said to possess highly medicinal qualities. The situation of the gardens altogether is charming; and from some of the elevations a magnificent view may be had of the surrounding country, which just now looks very lovely. We regretted to see so small au attend ance of visitors as yesterday graced the grounds, a circum stance owing, probably, to the want of sufficient publicity having been given to the opening. MERTHYR JUNE B.—lt is currently rumou red !o day that we shall have a sharp contest here the ensuing_ election, as the Earl of Bective is corning forward as didate under the influence of his father-in man Thompson, and Mr. Crawahav, of Cyfarthia astle, Merthyr, and Mr t ..: Plymouth Lodge, and other influcp 1 borough. of C°Aentshony Hill, et la p ' b r 'ain Park and email itt the 111 E PLOUGH. __----,------=---------, WIRISTOPHER TA DPOL E. Albert Smith improves with each succeeding number. All the characters are now fully developed, and the idiosyncrasies of each are admirably pre served. In the first chapter Patsy is conducted by Skittler to Professor Fandango's Temple of Terpsi chore. It is arranged that she shall become his p u p il or six months, becoming an extra imatediately at one of the theatres, and devoting an hour every day to the mysteries of tuition. She is also at once to give up street dancing; so her mother and Hickory, finding her exer tions will no longer avail, are obliged to pro vide a substittee, and having canvassed thce respective merits of dancing dogs, performing monkeys, and fontoccini ranch, comic Singing, And gyruntotio, This useful periodical affords more than the usua quantity of valuable information to agriculturists, and others interested in farming pursuits in the pre sent number. There are articles on the cultivation of cabbages, of rape or tole, beet, carrots, parsnips, &c., from which even the practical working farmer will find his knowledge increased, and an ample return for his outlay. The great article, how ever, is that on the " Improvement of Waste Lands in Ireland," by Professor Donaldson, which will possess the greatest interest for every philanthropist and well-wisher of the Emerald Isle at this the season of her sore distress. The Professor boldly states that the evils of Ireland are not political, but social, and that physical comforts are the first things that can advance civilisation and render a people happy—that a human being must be fed and clothed before he can be taught ; and, consequently, a healthy and nutritious diet for the sustentation of the body and mind is the first and most essential requisite in every consideration of human affairs. Impressed with these principles, and convinced that the people have an interest and indefeasible right, that is paramount to the proprietor's right of purchase and occupancy, to be maintained by the soil on which they live, the Learned Gentleman proceeds to develop his plan of practical improvement—a plan which, if carried into execution, would lead to the regeneration of Ireland, and the happiness and prosperity of her children. This plan is of the most comprehensive character. The first point is by intersecting the country with a judiciously and well-selected system of railways and tramways, by which a free communication, a ready access, and the means of easy transit from one part of the country to another, may be provided. The next important step is by the formation of river beds and water-courses, on which proper sites for the use of machinery in mills should be chosen. Every facility for the drainage of the lands will thus be given. The Professor selects from 50 to 400 acres as the size of the farms that should be allotted. He then proceeds through the various proceedings, the location of the farm-buildings, the erection of dwellings, the enclosing of the land, and the improvement of the soil, on each of which points he offers valuable suggestions. He further desires that no less than two shillings should be paid as the daily wages of labour, and that, in order to enforce that regulation, the Government should retain the proprietorship of the improved lands. Hav ing stated his plan for the support of the people in physical comforts, he adds his views as to the best mode of making provision for their secular education and religious instruction. The number will be found in every respect a good one, and the article to which we have alluded well worthy of the most patient pe rusal and attentive consideration from men of every lass and position in society. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE RAMP FON RACES—WEDNESDAY. The bill of fare for the first day promised good fields for the two principal events, and, although the money added did not make any deep inroad into the race-fund, the sport, on the whole, was not much inferior to what is usually witnessed on Moulsey Hurst ; it was no slight recommendation to the lovers of fair and legitimate racing, that there was only one stake in heats. The attendance was good for a first day, and, there can be no question that, with such favourable weather, it would have been much greater had the managers taken the trouble to inform the public, not merely when the races would take place, but what they were to consist of, of which matters, nine out of ten, who were present yesterday, were profoundly ignorant until they reached the course. It is not less clear that owners of horses would have been better pleased, and the entries would have been more numerous, bad the additions to the plates been on a more liberal scale ; the stands and carriages are productive, and a fair per centage on the receipts might have been applied to this purpose with good effect on the spot, and with ultimate benefit to the givers. We have below given all neces sary details of the running. It will be rec:Tected that Glory, who was a great "pot" for the handicap, ran out in making the turn, and thereby floored his backers; a good deal of money had been laid out on him, not only on the course, but in town. The favourites were also beaten in the amateur race, and in the plate race Mr. Payne's horse spoilt what appeared to be a " good thing," by running over a post in the early part of the race. This contretemps gave the prize to the Duke of Beaufort's mare, and brought the sports to an " untimely end " at five o'clock. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 oily if declared ; with 50 added; the second saves his stake. Two miles. (46 Subs., 26 of whom pay 5 sous. each.) Sir fl. Fleetwood's Forest Flower, 5 yrs, 6st 71b 1 (J. Sharp) Mr. Elwes's Messenger, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b, carried 7st Mr. Liley's Glory, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 3 The folloning also started, but were not placed : Mr. Death's Misdeal. Mr. Worley's Heademan, Mr. T. Peres Rosin the Beau, Colonel Anson's Don Ceases, Mr. Winch's Jumble. Betting-3 to 1 agst Glory, 3to 1 apt Rosin the Beau, 5 to 1 agst Misdeal, 7 to 1 agst Forest Flower, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Jumble jumped off with the lead, waited on by Glory and Misdeal, Messenger last, but all laid up. They ran in this way, at a moderate pace, to the upper turn, in making which all went out, except Messenger, who thus obtained a decided lead, followed by Rosin the Beau, Forest Flower, &c., Glory and Don Caesar joined near the bottom of the course, where the running was taken up by Rosin the Beau, Glory. and Forest Flower, Messenger laying up with him. The Beau was beaten at the distance, and Forest Flower took the lead, which she kept to the end, winning cleverly by half a length, Messenger beating Glory at the last by the same, Don C2e,ar a bad fourth. Run in 3 miu. 42 sec. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, and 25 added, once round and dis. The winner to be sold for 2001., &c. (18 Subs.) Mr. P. P. Rolt's Spectator, aged, list 41b ... (Owner) 1 Mr. Nicoll's Cameleopard, 5 yrs, list 81b 2 Mr. Mostyn's Draco, 4 yrs, lOst 71b Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 5 yrs, llst 81b 4 Mr. Elwes's Chemise, 5 yrs, list 81b Lord Strathmore's Lyons, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 81b 6 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Lyons and Master Stepney, and 4 to 1 each agst Spectator and Cameleopard. Master Stepney was the first to make play, but was passed by Chemise at the upper turn, and went on in waiting on her in company with Spectator. This lot remained in front to the straight running, where Spec tator went in advance, was never afterwards caught, and won easy, by two lengths. Cameleopard and Draco came at the last, and obtained the second and third places. Master Stepney fourth, well up. Run in 3 min. 10 sec. The Railway Plate of 20 soya., given by the South- Western Railway, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 31b ; six, and aged, 9st 71b ; mares, ititc. allowed 3lbs ; the winner to be sold ter 2001., &c. Heats, once round and a dist. (Five Subs.) Duke of Beaufort's fby Assassin, 3 yrs (J. Sharpe) 1 1 Sir J Heathcote's fby Astracan. 3 yrs Mr. Smith's br cby Muley Moloch, 3 yrs Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs . Mr. Drew's Cameo, 4 yrs dis. Ist heat-6 to 4 agst Assassin filly, and 2to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham, won by half a length. 2d heat —Even on Marquis of Conyngham, and 5 to 4 agst As sassin filly, won by five lengths. CURE FOR THE POTATO DISEASE.—The Reforme states that M. Ratier, a farmer, near Poictiers, has com pletely succeeded in preserving his potato crop from the pre vailing malady by placing a handful of common salt on each portion of seed. A similar experiment been tried at Thanu, in the department of the Upper ,e, with equal success, by M. Willien, a chemist. In the latter cesa twenty five potatoes, which were planted in the same fie:d in the usual way, produced a crop which became diseased in a short time after arriving at maturity. THEliousn OF COMMONS.—Some returns moved for by Mr. Brotherton, L..rd Lincoln, and Mr. Estcourt, re published. It appears that during helve to the sittings of the Hon. the House of Commons and House sat 140 days, and that they' iwtthseerdesi,v7-sit;sii(o(Tni v s o , ifs l uBv;e69blletieveno ic =tura, 61 bow, ituci 15 otet midnight.