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THE above valuable Piece of BU ILDING LAND, Freeehold of Inheritance, to be SOLD, by PRIVATE. TREATY. Apply to Mr. H. J. WEBSTER, 6, Rumford-street. RIIUBARB.—A great improvement, it is said, has been effected in the manufacture of ginger beer, by boiling rhu barb, and extracting the juice, which is superior to cream of tartar. It appears that the emissaries of the Pope are about to build a cathedral for the diocese of Ardagh. The first stone of the new mass-house was laid with all ceremony a few days ago. - - - TUE HAY SEAsorr.—No one remembers so early a hay season as the present in these parts. The grass is fast coming to maturity, and here and there cutting has commenced. — Lancaster Gazette. We understand that Pevensey, in Sussex, has been fixed on by the Naval Commission for a harbour of refuge for the southern coast.—Railway Magazine. The hatters, linen drapers, hosiers, and lacemen, at Leeds, have resolved to close their shops throughout the year at eleven o'clock on Saturday nights. We have-met with worse jokes than the following, which we find in La France :—" Prince Louis Napoleon (says our waggish contemporary) has written to the Prince de Joinville, proposing to accompany his royal highness to St. Helena!" In consequence of the early season, Mr. Ward, of Rich mond, has growing in his garden, abundant crops of cherries, strawberries, and new potatoes, quite ripe, and a very pro ductive crop of apples, which are three inches in circumfer ence.—Leeds Intelligencer. A few weeks ago, Mr. W. Vickers, of Lower Hardres, who has attained the age of 98 years, made within 12 days 100 fag gots, and dug 1200 hills of hops within one week. We trust the veteran of the fields only labours for his amusement. — Canterbury Journal. An Irish peasant on a small ragged pony was floundering through a bog, when the animal in its efforts to push on, got one of its hoofs in the stirrup : " Arrah," said the rider, "my boy, if you are going to get up, it is time for me to get down." The recent publications of the last division of the report of the charities commissioners closes an inquiry which has oc cupied upwards of 20 years, and cost the country at the least £200,000. It is supposed that the total annual income of enddwed charities amounts to neariy £1,500,000. The Dublin Evening Packet of Thursday says, that in consequence of the letter of the Count de Salis, read by O'Connell the other day at the repeal association, Lord Eb rington has ordered his countship to be superseded as a deputy-lieutentant of Armagh. Why is not O'Connell struck off the commission of the peace if this be true ? AN ANTE-DILUVIAN CHILD. A fossil skeleton of a child between five and six months' old, has been found in a quarry near Brussels. The bones were converted into silex, which struck fire with steel. The head, shoulders, throat, and belly were perfect. and the neck exhibited evident traces of muscles. A fossil cocoa -nut, quite perfect, was found by the side of the child. THE WEATHER.—During the week the weather has been delightfully warm and genial. Vegetation of every kind is in a very forward state, and should the season continue open and fine, there can be no doubt but that we shall be blessed with an abundant harvest. The farmers at the market on Saturday last, gave us most glowing descriptions of the ap pearance of the corn crops. Of garden produce of every description our last market exhibited a profuse supply.— Preston Chronicle. SHOPKEEPERS OF BAGDAT.—Perhaps the tradesmen at Bagdat are surpassed by none in the east, excepting possibly their neighbours, the Persians. No one at a glance can de tect the " weak points" of a customer better. We will sup pose a passer-by (not a novice, but one who has had consi derable experience in such matters) sauntering along—a car pet catches his eye, he approaches, and becomes desirous of purchasing it. The price is demanded in a careless tone. " Sixty dollars" is the reply. " Sixty dollars !" with a start of surprise or a sneer. " You must mean ten." It is now the seller's turn to express astonishment. " Mashallah !" exclaims he, shrugging his shoulders, and elevating his eye brows, but pausing a little—" you shall have it for fifty"— then forty—thirty—No ! the would-be purchaser quits the shop, but before he has proceeded ten yards he is called back, and for twenty dollars, a third of the sum first demanded, does the carpet change owners.—Wellsted's City of the Caliphs. ARCHERY ANTERIOR TO THE CONQUEST. — For ages an terior to the Conquest, the inhabitants of Britain held archery in little estimation, except as an appliance of sylvan sport. when her chieftains sought relief from the tedium of domes tic tranquillity by warring upon the antlered denizens of the waste. Besides a preference for other weapons, the sports man, necessarily habituated to a bow of feeble range, grew mistrustful of its powers in more serious contests—those mightier huntings where the game was man. But " Norman William came ;" and on the blood-stained field of Hastings our Saxon forefathers first learned to appreciate rightly the merit of yew bow and bearded cloth-yard shaft. A general disarming followed that event ; but the haughty victor, with sound military policy, threw back these simple weapons to the vanquished of every grade. Whilst smarting under a sense of national degradation, the privilege to bear arms of any sort was regarded by the Saxon freeholder as a most grateful boon. It formed the line of distinction between him and the weaponless serf, who, like the soil and cattle he tilled and fed, was transferred to the highest bidder whenever the demands of necessity or improvidence induced their owner to seek a market. 'the once neglected bow, therefore, be came an object of more than ordinary affection, stimulated perhaps by jealous rivalry of the skill with which he saw it wielded in stranger hands. At home, whether in hall or cottage, it occupied the place of honour above the blazing hearth; abroad it was borne like the modern fowling-piece by country gentlemen, while strolling over their estates ; "with a bolt for the pheasant whirring from the brake, and a broad arrow for the dun deer that sprang from the bracken around his path. Indeed, from the prince down to the mean est subject, the love of archery was the ruling passion of every class of society.—Book of Archery. WAREHOUSlNG.—Antecedently to the present century a system of restraint and prohibition pervaded the administra tion of our maritime and revenue affairs, producing inconve nience to the merchant and detriment to commerce. Much of such inconvenience arose from the circumstance of the import duties being required to be paid on the landing of goods, amounting frequently to many thousand pounds. Such was more particularly the case during the late war, when the usual regularity of commercial transactions was much interrupted, and the 'merchant at times called upon, on the unexpected arrival of a ship, for a large advance of duties. This gave rise to a system of deferring payment, by allowing goods to be secured in warehouses, or other approved places, under the locks of the crown, and to be taken out as might suit the convenience of parties, the payment not being called for until the goods were so taken out. Hence in 1803, the establishment of the general warehousing system. Nunie rous have been the claims as to the origin of this system. May it not, however, be traced to the primitive ages ? for we read in Genesis, in the affecting history of Joseph and his brethren—" Let Pharaoh appoint officers over the land. And let them gather all the food and lay up corn, and let them keep the food in the cities, and that food shall be for store." Sir Robert Walpole, 1733, when he brought for ward his excise scheme, attempted a measure of this sort on a very limited scale, but in consequence of severe opposition, abandoned it. Dean Tu c k er , t oo, i n 1750, made a similar ' proposal without effect. The measure, however, was revived at the beginning of the present century, and the management of it confided to the late M r . F rew i n, then chairman of the Board of Customs—a post, by the bye, which he held for a very extended period, with no less honour to himself, than of advantage to the country. The warehousing department has now become by far the most important in the whole circle of fiscal affairs. It is by no means an unusual thing for orders to be issued in a single day to a common locker for the deli very of goods, the duties alone on which amount to .f;10,000 or even £15,000 —for several thousands is almost an every day occurrence. The value of the merchandise deposit e d i n warehouses under this system , at L o ndo n, Liv erpool , Bristol, Hull, and other ports, cannot he estimated for merely govern ment duties, supposing the stock on hand to beequal only to fiftymilfions. Ou r ancestors would have been st artled at the hint of the bare Of o s u t r il c l o s t o it e e i m i i p s o t r h a ries may not perhaps be aware the case. of such an event— evoefnthsemnfaecto. machinery is, never theless," Solomon in all his glory. Th is vast case. History shows nothing equal to this — no , not even nt the just merchant gets his due supply, and g overnme kept in regular and almost perpetual motion. The portion of duties.—Pope's Yearly Journ al o f Tra d e. BAD EFFECTS OF MOONLIGHT.-011Y chaste and silver moon, which inspires lovers and poets in Eng land, w o uld fail in producing such effects in the Persian gulf. Its glare there is so painful, and communicates feelings so disagreeable,. that at night a person may be observed sheltering himself from its rays with the same care as he would in the day from those of the sun. The effect of lunar rays, in producing the speedy decomposition of fish and animal substances, has never as far as I know, been attempted to be explained ; the fact, all who have been in the East and West Indies can bear tes timony to.—Weilsted's City of the Caliphs. A MAN WIIO STUDIED ANATOMY TO COMMIT SUICIDE. —Villeneuve, the celebrated French admiral, when be was taken prisoner and brought to England, was so much grieved at his defeat that he studied anatomy in order to destroy hi ms elf. For this purpose he bought some anatomical plates of the heart, and compared them with his own body, in or der to ascertain the exact situation of that organ. On his arrival in France, Buonaparte ordered that he should remain at Rennes, and not proceed to Paris. Villeneuve, afraid of being tried by a court-martial for disobedience of orders, and consequently losing his fleet (for Napoleon had ordered him not to sail or to engage the English). determined to de stroy himself; and accordingly took his plates and compared them with the position of his heart. Exactly in the centre he made a mark with a large pin, then fixed it, as near as he could judge, in the same spot in his own breast, and shoved it on to its head; it penetrated his heart, and he expired. When the room was opened he was found dead; the pin through his breast, and a mark in the plate corresponding with the wound.—The Anatomy of Suicide. - Emptrtai parifaintnt. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY. THE RECENT ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEEN. - - Viscount MELBOURNE ros e amidst the most profound silence, to move an Address of Congratulation to her Ma jesty, expressive of their lordships' satisfaction. at .her Ma jesty's miraculous escape from the attack of the assassin in the Park yesterday. The noble viscount said that their lord ships had doubtless heard with feelings of horror and indig nation of the desperate attempt made upon her Majesty's sacred life ; yesterday two pistols were fired at her, and it is only matter of wonder that her. Majesty was not destroyed. (Hear.) Upon all former occasions of the same melancholy nature it has always been the custom to address the Throne in terms of congratulation. ( Hear.) Their lordships, there fore, will not be surprised that the earliest opportunity, and that without notice, had been taken to call the attention of the house to the subject. (Hear, hear.) He would not then expatiate on the probable Cause of the daring outrage upon the Royal person ; it was nt present the subject of inquiry, and would hereafter become the subject of judicial inquiry, therefore he would be silent on the point. (Cheers.) He should content himself by moving an address of congratula tion to her Majesty. The address, couched in the usual terms, was then put from the Woolsack and carried. . On the motion of Viscount MELBOURNE, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Privy Seal, the Lord President of the Council, the Bishop of London, Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Nor manby, and other peers, were named as a committee to frame the address to her Majesty. THE CORN LAWS. A number of petitions having been then presented in favour of the corn laws, and complaining of the mischievous agita tion that had been carried on to procure their repeal, Lord FITZWILLIAP.I presented several, praying for their entire abolition, and then proceeded with the motion upon the subject of which he had given notice. His lordship said, that in the great markets for consumption there had been this year a much greater difference between the average price as returned in the Gazette and those which were actually ob tained than was generally the case. It had been said that the object of the legislature had not been to raise, but to re gulate, the price of corn ; but if it were, it had certainly not been successful in its endeavours, as the vicissitudes had been so great as to ruin the very class it had intended to pro tect. The whole question was one of rent, and he thought that the landowners generally misunderstood their interest and overlooked the fact that their prosperity depended upon that of the great mass of the population. He did not agree with those who attributed the present almost unprecedented distress of the manufacturers to the immediate operation of the corn laws, but he thought that they produced the state of things which was the immediate cause of the stagnation now existing. The corn laws were only effectual in raising the price of corn under certain circumstances. In a season of abundance they were wholly inoperative, but in a time of scarcity, when it should be the object of a wise legislature to reduce the price, they had a contrary effect, and tended only to aggravate the evil. They were an injury to the manufac turer, because they shackled his trade with other countries, and to the agricultural labourer, because they enhanced the value of the commodity upon which he must be maintained. It was only by way of favour that the wages of the latter were raised in proportion to the price of provisions : in many places they had not been raised at all, and in fact he derived no more benefit from the high price of corn than the manufacturer did. The corn laws were a great hardship upon the people, and he was satisfied that the system could not be a permanent one, although the period of its duration was uncertain. 1 t was impossible at present that there could be a coincidence of prosperity between the two interests, and he hoped, therefore, that their lordships would agree with him in reconsidering their opinion. The law at present was not like the law of 1815, as it did not profess to bring about an absolute prohibition of foreign corn, but it effected the same end, until home-grown corn had arrived at a very high price. He thought that there was no fear of the inferior lands going out of cultivation to any great extent, as the ef fect in this case had been much overrated. The rents would be indeed diminished, but this could scarcely have much weight with the house, as the landowners were not so numerous a body as to claim from their lordships the sacri fice of other interests to theirs. The object of the legis lature had been to keep up the price, which they thought ought to be maintained ; they had endeavoured to regulate the price, but the attempt had, after 2s years' experience, signally failed, and must always fail. The noble lord con cluded by moving, " That it is expedient to reconsider the laws on the import of foreign corn." Lord WESTERN denied that the object of the corn laws was to raise the price of corn. He had been instrumental in passing the law as it now stood, and his only desire had been to prevent the agriculturist from being extinguished by the importation of grain from other countries, which being lightly taxed could compete with him at an advantage. Tim pres sure on the manufacturing interest was indeed alarming, but it was to be attributed rather to the fluctuations of the cur rency, both in this country and in America,.than to the corn laws. Lord ROSEBERRY thought that it was a fallacy to suppose that if there were a free trade in corn the labouring popula tion would derive the advantage of a reduction in the price of bread. The present system contracted our commercial in tercourse with every part of the world, it produced great de rangements in all the foreign exchanges, and it enhanced the charge of freight at the very time when it ought not to be enhanced at all. All these evils would be avoided by the adoption of a proper scale, and he desired to see some one which would approximate to that introduced by Mr. Can ning substituted for that now in use. If no such change were adopted, foreign grain must either be admitted free of all duty, or the amount of impost must be fixed. He thought neither of these plans so good as that of an ascending and descending scale, but, believing that some alteration was ne cessary, he should support the motion. Lord FALMOUTH fully agreed with the principle of pro tection that had been just laid down, but he considered it to be entirely opposed to the views of the noble lord who had opened the debate, He did not believe that the cliimMe which had been raised against the corn laws proceeded sO` much from the natural feelings of the people as the mischiev ous work of agitators in the employ of the anti-corn WO league. He was convinced that if we were to depend upon foreign nations for our supply, the price of corn would be infinitely higher than at present, and it would be, more over, extremely dangerous to be so much at the mercy of any nation. There were good grounds of complaint against the Government for having made this an open question, and if the noble Viscount at its head had declared that he was pre pared to afford to agriculture its due protection, he'would have had the support both of the house and the country. Lord CLARENDON observed, that both parties, in support ing their views, had been guilty of great exaggeration : the manufacturers overstated their gain as much as their oppo nents did the loss they expected to sustain, but it was incum bent upon parliament to bring both sides, if possible, to just opinions on the subject, and to make them feel that the in terest of the community was identical with that of its com ponent parts. He believed that the• corn-laws operated to the prejudice of all classes, but more especially to the land lords, as nothing could be more injurious to them than the great and constant fluctuations of price. The noble lord then went into a comparison of the prices of grain in foreign countries with that as appearing from the averages of our markets, and concluded by pressing upon the house the• ne cessity of having laid before it all the facts corin:ected with the working of the present law. Lord ASHBURTON followed in reply, and wa§'Succeeded by Lord RADNOR, who endeavoured to show that the fluctu ations in the price of wheat were much greater than that in any other article of commerce. He was surprised at the objection which bad been made to pass the proposed resolu tion without evidence, as it would, in fact, lead to the very evidence required. The Duke of RICHMOND, at considerable length, sup ported the present system, and was followed by Lord BROUGHAM. Lord MELBOURNE made some observations in opposition to the motion, and after a few words from Lord FITZWIL LIAM, the house divided, the motion being negatived by a majority of 152. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. • THE LATE ATTEMPT UPON HER MAJESTY'S LIFE. Lord STANLEY said, that having given notice of his in tention to move to-day the order of the day for the committee on the Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill, and as the hour for public business had arrived, he should have risen now to make the motion, but as he understood the noble lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, would have to make an announce ment, on which it was desirable there should be unanimity on both sides of the house (hear, hear), as it seemed to him de sirable not to mix up that matter with any other discussion, he (Lord Stanley) should abstain from moving the order of the day, presuming that all sides would agree that the motion of the noble lord ought to have precedence. (Loud cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL said he rose Only to say that the noble lord had rightly anticipated that it was his (Lord J. Russell's) intention to move an Address to her Majesty, on the subject of the late atrocious and treasonable attack; but thinking it most desirable to follow the precedents on various former, occassions, namely, a joint Address of both houses of parlia ment, be preferred taking that course than immediately to propose a separate address from this house. It was the in tention of his hon. friend, the first Lord of the Treasury, to ask the consent of the other house to agree to an address, and if that was adopted, he (Lord J. Russell) should then take measures for adopting that address, and making it the joint address of both houses of parliament. (Loud cheers.) The business of proceeding with the orders of the day was then suspended ; a course of proceeding in strict accordance with the precedents afforded by the events which happened in the reign of his late Majesty, George the Third. At half-past five o'clock, a message from the House of Lords desired a present conference with this house, on a subject naturally affecting the safety of her Majesty and the happiness of her people. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the present con ference, as desired, was agreed to : and the following mem bers were appointed a committee to conduct the same on the part of the house :—Lord J. Russell; Sir R: Peel. Lord Palmerston, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Hobhouse, Lord Howick, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Goulbourn, Mr. La bouchere, Sir J. Graham, Sir H. Vivian, Sir E. Sugden, Mr. Macaulay, Sir G. Grey, Sir F. Burdett, the Attorney- General, Lord Sandon, the Lord Advocate, Mr. B. Clive, Lord Mahon, Mr. R. Alston, Mr. Lucas, Mr. T. Free mantle, Sir D. Norreys, Mr. F. Maule, Lord G. Somerset, Lord Ashley, Lord R. Grosvenor, Lord G. Lennox, Sir G. Clerk, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Lefroy, and Mr. W. S. O'Brien. The committee then proceeded to the conference, and on their return at six o'clock, Lord J. RussALL appeared at the bar, and reported that in consequence of the recent atrocious and treasonable at tempt on her Majesty's person, the House of Lords had a t t a g h k r e eed e Majesty, to which address the House of Lords desired the concurrence of this house. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that the said address be ntdotroe Address. addresssiderati consideration. o . her SSELL then rose and moved the adoption of phieriN. j ildk u ss having been read by the clerk at the table, Sir R. PEEL rose to express, on the part of those with whom he acted, their entire concurrence in the motion of the noble lord. r to a quest i on put by Mr. James, Lordln a n answer RUSSELL said he had two hours ago received from her Majesty's own lips, that rr her M a j es t y ' s h ea l t h h a d not occurrence. suffered from the l a t e e.t there(Loud should h C hee Cheers.) Mr. I'Luzdrrian suggestedeath a a day ap pointed for a public thanksgiving for Majesty's escape. Lord J. RUSSELL could not answer etcl pre sent, but it was deserving of deep atsuggestion at The Address was then agreed t o , nem. c o n. consider atio n. IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. At a quarter-past six Lord STANLEY rose order of the day for the committee on the Irish to move the Registration Bill; when Mr. C. Woon, in pursuance of his notice, moved to sixu stitute the order of the day for the committee on the Regis tration Bill for England. He stated that his sole object was to put an end to the excitement which had hitherto prevailed, both on the bill of Lord Stanley and on the bills of the Irish Solicitor-General. The topics mooted by the Irish bills might be more calmly discussed on a measure relating to Enzland alone. He wished to leave both the Irish bills in their present relative position, and he had no communication from which he could judge what support he was likely to obtain. Lord STANLEY, giving every credit to Mr. C. Wood for his motives, yet desired to add, that if there was any form of motion likely to defeat this bill, by quietly shelving it, Mr. Wood's amendment was that motion. He had himself, though personally attacked, avoided all topics of irritation, and he did not see how the danger of excitement would be at all obviated by the discussion of the exciting points on an English rather than an Irish bill. If ministers bad made this proposal at the beginning of the session, it might have been fitly accepted ; but not under the present circumstances, when every resource had been tried to foil him, and when the period of the session was such that his bill, if longer delayed, must for the present year be defeated. He was not content to wait till the English registration had been settled before -anything were attempted to check in Ireland the fraud, per sonation, corruption, and perjury which had been proved to many committees, and acknowledged in so many debates : least of all, when the session was drawing toward a close, and the bill was opposed by the ministry, by the parties having the -power of prorogation in their hands. Mr. J. GRATTAN expressed himself adverse to Lord Stan ley's bill. He referred to some letters which he had received, as showing that some of the abuses under the existing system had been exaggerated. He thought that Lord Stanley's bill ought not to be postponed sine die, but he would vote with Mr. Wood if the amendment were pressed to a division. Lord POWERSCOURT contradicted Mr. Grattan's details. Lord J. RUSSELL complained that Lord Stanley had thrown unjust imputations on him. if he had not introduced a bill on this subject early in the session, it was because he was anxious to give the priority to those bilTs on which there were differences of opinion between the two houses of parliament, and which, in former sessions, the government had been so bitterly attacked by Lord Lyndhurst and others for not send ing to the House of Lords in reasonable time. He thought the bills of the Solicitor-General for Ireland more likely than the noble lord's measure to work a real improvement in the Irish registration. Lord Stanley's bill sought to apply to Ireland the annual revision now subsisting in England. But this annual revision was a matter of much complaint in Eng land, and he was not prepared to extend so questionable a sys tem to the sister kingdom. He wished the opinion of the house to be first pronounced upon its working in England ; and he should therefore vote for the amendment, which would give precedence to the English bill. Sir R. PEEL took notice of Mr. Grattan's declaration that he did not wish to postpone sine die the bill of Lord Stanley. But the speech of Lord John Russell showed that ministers intended it should be so indefinitely postponed. He hoped that the house after two decisions would, for the sake of its character, proceed with the committee. He was surprised that the noble lord should take his present course. Never till five o'clock on the preceding night, when Mr. Wood gave his notice, did it occur to the noble lord to say that the Irish registration ought not to be touched till that of England was settled. The idea was solely a new one. Up to five o'clock on Wednesday the noble lord intended to vote for the com mittee on Lord Stanley's bill. And why should the English precede the Irish measure ? The provisions of the minis terial bills for the two countries were so different, that the one would be no rule for the other. And even if the two bills were analogous, what hope was there that a question bearing upon Ireland would be discussed with more calmness because it was raised on an English clause? Lord PALMERSTON said, that if in foririer years it had never been deemed necessary to precede Irish by English legislation, that was because in no former year had any man imagined that such a bill as Lord Stanley's would ever be proposed for Ireland. He denied that Lord John had in tended to announce a postponement sine die of the Irish registration, but only a postponement for the benefit of fur ther experience and taller consideration, as had been done in the case of the Irish poor law. Mr. CALLAGHAN denied the extent of the frauds imputed by Lord Stanley, nor had bribery in any one instance been proved against any Irish elector, before any of the election committees. Lord Howicic denied that either Mr. C. Wood or himself was desirous to evade the consideration of Lord Stanley's bill. In Ireland, it was imputed to the supporters of Lord Stanley's bill, that they were desirous to restrict the franchise. But in the English counties it was not suggested that either party has an interest to bring the franchise within narrower limits. He would give to Lord Stanley's motives the same credit which Lord Stanley had given to Mr. C. Wood's; but he would add that Lord Stanley, if instead of seeking to reform abuses in Ireland, had sought to obtain a party triumph, he could hardly have taken a more effectual course. He pro ceeded to complain of Sir R. Peel's attack on the candour of Lord John Russell, who he said, was not the master to decide what steps should be taken by the house ; that decision was for the house itself. He declared that he had no view to de feat Lord Stanley's bill. He had voted for it on a late Occasion, and if the same question were again before him he would repeat that vote. Mr. H. GRATTAN delivered an invective against Lord Stanley, and against the malpractices of the English, who ought, he said, to correct their own abuses before they di rected these severities against the poor and naked Irish. Nor did Lord Stanley's bill go to remedy the defects which did really exist in Ireland. He thought the bill would fail, and that the noble lord would swamp bis bill, his friends, and his party. After a few words from Sir E. SUGDEN, Sir W. SOMERVILLE complained that, among the petitions against fraudulent franchise in Ireland there was one to which eighteen signatures were forged. He should vote for this amendment, expressly to defeat the bill. Mr. D. BROWNE was the next who addressed the house, and in his attacks on Lord Stanley employed so many irregu lar expressions, that the Speaker repeatedly called him to order, and finally obliged him to make an apology. Sir C. LEMON expressed his intention of. voting for the amendment, as he thought there was too much irritation to allow any chance of a calm discussion on Lord Stanley's bill. The attempt to force it would only waste the time which might be more beneficially employed on the English bill. Mr. SLANEY, amidst much interruption, declared the same opinions. Mr. O'CONNELL said, that the point in which assimila tion between the two countries would be most important was the registration. He wished, therefore, that the house should now begin by settling the details of registration in England, and should afterwards inquire how much of those details might be applicable to Ireland. Mr. V. STUART said that nothing could be usefully settled till some test of the qualification were provided. After this speech the house divided upon Mr. Wood's motion, and the Ministers were defeated by a majority of ELEVEN. Sir D. NORREYS now moved, as an amendment on the Speaker's leaving the chair, an instruction that the franchise should be constituted by one year's rating on a value to be fixed. The reasons he assigned were wholly inaudible. Lord STANLEY could not concur in a proposal touching a value left in blank. But, independently of that objection, he must decline to mix the question of qualification with that other and distinct matter now before the house—the ques tion of registration. The proper time for this motion would be when the Solicitor-General should bring in his bill on the franchise. The present measure would not stand in the way of that bill; and when that bill should be discussed, he him• self would gladly give his best consideration to the principle of this proposal. Mr. WARBURTON said, it was premature to lay down strict rules for the registration of votes until it should have been settled what should constitute the votes to be so regis tered. The construction lately put upon the beneficial in terest was a fraud on the Irish electors. Yet the present bill proposed to'give the double appeal to the very judges who had adopted the objectionable construction. Mr. O'BRIEN was understood to he in favour of the in struction. _ . Lord • MORPETH condemned the construction adopted by the judges, and approved the principle of a qualification based upon a rating. But as yet there existed in Ireland no rating which could serve for such basis; and he should like to see that rating established with reference to its owh proper ob jects, independently of political considerations, which it would be difficult to exclude, if the rating should be fixed in the first instance with reference to the franchise. Mr. LUCAS said that the excitement arising from the division bad rendered Sir D. Norrey's reasons inaudible across the house; and he was anxious that so important and beneficial a proposal should be deferred to a season when it could be better heard and more calmly considered. The instruction was supported by Mr. Redington and Mr. Slaney. Mr. O'CONNELL said he was not prepared to say that rating would be the best basis or qualification, but he did think it deserved to be considered in committee. One of the great defects of this bill was that it proposed to register a franchise which it did not define. The judges ought to be relieved from the function of deciding it—from going, as one of them said of the appeal hearings, into the pillory, to be pelted with rotten eggs from both sides. He entered at some length into the legal construction of the statutary language respecthig the franchise, and was shortly answered on this point by Dr. Lefroy. Lord J. RUSSELL concurred with those who wished for a more certain test of franchise, but thought the precise amount of rating would require great consideration. Sir D. NORREYS, in consequence of the disposition which the house had expressed to entertain his proposal at a future period, was content to withdraw his motion. Mr. WARBURTON having risen to move another instruction to the committee, a question arose whether he was not too late in point of form. The speaker decided that he was, and the house then went into committee. As soon as the chair of committee had been taken, Mr. Warburton moved that the chairman should report progress, in order that, the house being resumed, he might have an opportunity of moving his instruction. Mr. LITTON concisely explained upon what point, and how, the judges were divided. Sir C. GREY followed amidst a general and noisy impa tience, which rendered it difficult to collect his meaning. Mr. O'CONNELL, in supporting Mr. Warburton's motion, went into further details of law, on which several contra dictions and explanations took place. Mr. WARBURTON said the hardship was, that the con struction now adopted was different from that which had been held out to the people of Ireland at the time of the Reform Bill by Lord Lansdowne and the Duke of Richmond, both of whom were then in the Cabinet. This allegation Lord Stan ley met by quoting verbatim the speeches of both these noble lords. The committee then divided on Mr. Warburton's motion, which was negatived by a large majority. After the division, Lord STANLEY gave notice that he should propose to make the committee an order of the day for Monday, and should press its precedence on that day. Lord J. RUSSELL said he should insist on the postpone ment of the committee to the Wednesday. Mr. O'CONNELL, in threatening to move an adjournment, was interrupted by what he called " beastly bellowings ;" for which phrase he was called to order. Many members at tempted to speak at once, and the confusion was indescribable. Lord J. RUSSELL intimated, that in the present temper of the house no business could be done with advantage, and pro posed to determine on Monday whether the committee should proceed on that day or on Wednesday. Mr. O'CONNELL stated, that whatever might be the ar rangement bet Ween Ministers and Lord Stanley, he himself would not be bound by it. Sir B. HALL said he would be no party to factious motions of adjournment, and hereupon a few sharp words passed. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, the SPEAKER re sumed the chair, and the next conflict pow stands for Mon day.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY• The House of Lords assembled about 2 o'clock, for the purpose of carrying up a joint address from the Commons to congratulate her Majesty upon her late providential escape. Her Majesty returned a gracious answer, which, when the House met at the regular hour, was read by the Lord Chan cellor, and on the motion of Lord Melbourne entered upon the journals. Mr. HATHERTON presented petitions from the Stafford shire and Worcestershire Canal Company, and all the pa rishes on the line of the canal, praying " for a law to prohi bit the carriage of goods on canals and railways on Sundays." The Marquis of NORMANDY said, that, from many com munications he had received from parties connected with railway and canal traffic, he was satisfied that there was every disposition to assist the legislature on this subject. He could not at present, however, pledge himself to any specific mea sure. ' Lord ROLLE inquired whether it was contemplated to pro pose a day for public thanksgiving for her Majesty's provi dential escape from the late desperate attempt to assassinate her. Lord MELBOURNE answered in the affirmative. The Customs, &c., Duties Bill was read the second time. Lord MELBOURNE moved that the house resolve into com mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill. Lord LYNDHURST moved as an amendment that it be deferred till that day six months. The amendment was carried by 96 to 36, being a majority of GO. Lord MELBOURNE next moved that the house resolve into committee on the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON moved that it be deferred till Friday next. Lord MELBOURNE resisted adjournment, declaring that it would look like evasion ; the postponement was, however, carried by 94 to 68 ; majority 26. The bill accordingly stands deferred till Friday. —Adjourned. N. -%, HOUSE OFCOMMONS.-FRIDAY, After the Speaker had read her Majesty'a answer to the address, Mr. O'CONNELL stated that when it should be moved to go into committee on the registration of electors (Ireland) bill (Lord Stanley's), he would move an instruction to the committee to introduce a clause defining the franchise. Mr. -MACLEAN asked whether it could be stated, without injury to the public service, what was the position of the negotiations between France and Buenos Ayres, relative to the blockade of the latter place? Lord PALMERSTON answered that the negotiations with France were—that some time ago Admiral Dupotet set out from France to take the command of a squadron. He pro ceeded to Buenos Ayres, and, on his arrival there, a com munication took place between the authorities there and the French Admiral at the Buenos Ayres government. Certain propositions were made with a view to an arrangement be tween France and Buenos Ayres. Another interview took place between Mr. Mar.deville and the French Admiral, the result of which was that the French Admiral returned, stat,ing that he had no authority to accede to the proposition. Mr. Mandeville then considered it to be his duty to refer the matters to the. French government. They had been referred, but the result of the determination of the French govern ment was not yet known. _ _ Colonel BAILEY asked when there would be any report presented to the house from Mr. M`Gregor, who six months ago had been sent to negotiate a commercial treaty with the Neapolitan government. Lord PALMERSTON answered that there was no report. There had been a negotiation between the English and Nea politan governments as to a commercial treaty, and Mr. M`Gregor had been sent out to examine the tariff with the Neopolitan authorities, and endeavour to effect certain modi fications and arrangements, to he afterwards submitted to the two governments. Those negotiations had been 'suspended in consequence of the proceedings on the sulphur monopoly. Mr. MACLEAN asked if the government had received ac counts authenticating the fact of the late victory of the Cir cassians over Russia. Lord PALMERSTON said that from our lonsular agents on the shores of the Black Sea such accounts had been received. Lord J. RUSSELL said, in answer to Mr. T. Duncombe's inquiry, that he could not now name a day for further pro ceeding with the poor-law amendment act. The house then proceeded with the third reading of the "Canada government" bill. After an extended discussion, it was read the third time. Lord J. RUSSELL in answer to Sir R. Peel's inquiry, said that the despatches regarding British Guiana would have been presented to the house, hut that he desired to add to them some other documents. They would shortly be pre sented. The deferred report of supply, and other orders were after- Wards considered, and the house adjourned till Monday. DEATH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. The Hamburgh papers received on Friday contain the fol lowing account of the death of the King of Prussia : " BERLIN June 7. " The King died this afternoon, at half-past 3 o'clock, in the 70th year of his age. This morning the Emperor of Russia ar rived from Warsaw, and proceeded immediately to the death bed of his father-in-law, whom he found in full possession of his mental faculties, and who took leave of him pressing his hand. " This evening, at 7 o'clock, the troops of the garrison took the oath of allegiance to the Crown Prince, his Majesty Frederick William IV. " An extraordinary supplement to the State Gazette of to-day contains the following paragraphs : " By the inscrutable decree of God, our beloved King, His Majesty Frederick William 111., the father of his people, terminated his mortal career this afternoon, at half-past three o'clock. " The effects of a repeated attack of influenza, under which his Majesty has been suffering for some time, produced latterly a great prostration of strength, and in consequence a state which, in 'defiance of all the efforts of nature and the skill of experienced physicians, put an end to the valuable, highly blessed, but also severely tried life of his Majesty, amidst the tears of all his children, assembled round him at this moment, and all the other Princes and Princesses of the family. ' "' His Majesty's latter days were cheered by the presence of the Empress his daughter, and her children, and at the last moment by that of the Emperor his son-in-law. " The country, though in mourning and tears, raises its eyes to his Majesty's august successor on the throne of his glorious predecessors, full of hope and confidence. The heir of renowned ancestors, educated in the storms of an agitated period, early inculcated into the duties of his high destination, and called by his father in the days of his sick ness to direct the affairs of government, his Majesty will dif fuse the blessings of order and peace. which are thelot of a faithful and happy people, and the recompense of the anxious efforts of a good and noble sovereign.' " Frederick William 111. was born on the 3d of August, 1770, and had, therefore, not completed the 70th year of his life when he was gathered to his fathers. He succeeded his father, King Frederick William 11., on the 16th of Novem ber, 1797, arid has left four sons—th:epresent King, born the 15th of November, 1795 ; Prince Frederick William Lewis, born the 22d of March, 1797 ; Frederiek Charles Alexander, born the 20th of June, 1801; rt:nd Frederick Henry Albert, horn the 4th of October, 1809 ; and three daughters :—The Empress of Russia, born tfie 13th of July, 1793; the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, born the 23d of Feb ruary, 1803 ; and PrinceSs Louisa, born the Ist of February., 1808, married to Prince Frederick of the Netherlands." SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, JUNE 12. THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, AND COMMONS, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED ' • PRESENTED TO HER MA JESTY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1840. " Thursday, June 11, 1840. " Most Gracious Sovereign, " We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in Parliament assembled, beg leave humbly to approach your Majesty's throne, to express our horror and indignation at the late attrocious and treasonable attempt against your Majesty's sacred person, and our heartfelt congratulation to your Ma jesty, and to our country, on your Majesty's happy preser vationfromso great a danger. •. • " We desire to express to your Majesty the deep concern' which we feel, at there having been found within- your Ma jesty's dominions a person capable of so flagitious an ash; and that we make it our earnest prayer to Almighty Cod, that he will preserve to us the blessings which we enjoy un der your Majesty's just and mild government, and continue to watch over a life so justly dear to us. " JOHN WILLIAM BIRCH, " Dep. Cler. Parliamentor." HER MAJESTY'S MOST GRACIOUS ANSWER " It is with heartfelt satisfaction that I receive, upon the present occasion, this address from both my Houses. of Par liament. " I am deeply sensible of the mercy of Divine Pr , nidence, to whose continual protection I humbly commend myself, and I trust, that under all trials, I shall find the sa the conso lation and support which I now derive from.the loyal and affectionate attachment of my Parliament and my people." ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. . .„ (From the Oxford Herald.) , • George Eddison Morris, Esq., 8.8., of Worcester ca.., lege, son of the Rev. George Morris, of Penzance, Cornwall, has been appointed, by the Society for Propagating: the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to the Head Mastership of the Grammar School at Madras, worth upwards of £5OO per annum, with a good house and other advantages. The Rev. Henry Handley Brown, M.A., late Scholar of Corpus Christi College, has been presented to the Rectory of Howell, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Savile. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury has instituted the Rev. H. S. C. Crook, M.A., of Lincoln College, to the Vicarage of Uphaven, Wiltshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Pyke ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Lord Bishop of Worcester has presented the Rev. D. Cameron, M.A., late Fellow of Wadham College, to the Vicarage of Snitterfield, Warwickshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. A. Pruen, 8.D., of Worcester. College. The Rev. R. Ward, M.A.., of Oriel College, and some time curate of the parish of Leeds, has been, appointed to the Incumbency of Christ Church, Skipton.—St. James's Citron. PROMOTIONS. Rev. W. L. Coxhead, of Trinity College, Cambridge to the Vicarage of Okehampton, Devonshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. J. R. Whyte. Rev. T. Nayler Bland, late of Trinity College, Cambridge, Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks, to the Vicarage of Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Hastings Kelk ; patron the Marquis of Hastings. Rev. Denis Tucker, M.A., late of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Taunton St. James, Somersetshire ; patron, Sir Lethbridge, Bart. (From a Third Edition of the Oxford Herald.) The Prizes have just been determined by the Vice- Chancellor, the two Procto rs•, Public Orator, and the Professor of Poetry, as follows:;: '—Edward Latin Verse—" Pestis Lc), idinum devastans." Arthur Tickell, Scholar of BaMot College. English Essay—" Do State s, like Individuals, inevitably tend, after a certain period of maturity, to decay."—Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Fellow of U niversity College. Latin Essay—" Miles Roma zus quando primum, et quibus de causis, coeparit libertati civium obesse 1" —William Charles Lake, Fellow of Balliot'College. English Verse—" The judgn lent of Brutus."—Lewis Gidley, Scholar of Exeter College . THE WEAVER CHURCHES Bit L.—We are glad to see that Mr. Tatton Egerton, the conservative member for North Cheshire, who had given much ca use for dissatisfaction -to his supporters by opposing the in troduction of this bill to parliament, has made the amende A onorable to his constitu ents, by voting for the preamble in, committee. The radicals are terribly chagrined at this triun Iph of reason over preju dice. THE EARL OF DURHAM.—Up - to Thursday morning the noble earl was improving in health, though slowly, and was suffering much from a pain in his b ead. We learn that the noble earl has taken Norfolk-house, once the property of the Duke of Norfolk, in the I s l e o f WI ght, where his lordship, with the countess and family, leave for this day or Monday next. It is said the noble earl ha only taken the above mansion for a month.—Times of So turday. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.-0 n Wednesday, between nine and ten o'clock in the eveniti g, as three young men, journeymen tailors, were taking an e vening walk in a field by the village of Horwich, near Bolton. 4e-Moors, one of them, a fine looking young man, named i William Gilmore, about twenty years of age, suddenly fell eta wn, and expired in a few minutes. A surgeon was itnrnet lit ttely on the ground, but life was quite extinct. He was a n; dive of Belfast, and had only left home about a month sin ce with his two companions who were with him when he died . -Wigan Gazette. THE MOORS.—We have recei• veil intelligence from several parts of the grousing localities, ii I t'ais county, and all concur that in consequence of the mil( lni.ss of the weather during the process of incubation • they citing birds are both plentiful and very forward, an d that the approaching season will be the best known for a number of years past. The rain which fell in. April was not at all inju riiaus to the birds, in fact, it had a tendency to cause them to hatch their young with more certainty, and less danger. TI le reports from Scotland are that broods are large and num ;rocs, and the birds particu larly strong.—Newcastle Joan al- WEIGHTS.—We are informed ;that by the late amended act of parliament, no particular sl tape of weight is required, and as it is not practicable to cast • weights to correspond with the standard, consequently those ~of cast-metal have either a space on the top round the rinu, .or a hole in the bottom for holding lead to adjust the wimgb t and bear the stamp, are perfectly allowable. It may also be remarked, that the act does not point out whether the le ad should be on the top or bottom. LIGHT-HOUSE -AT FLEETWOOI ). — On Saturday last (as was previously announced) the lif ht-house lately erected at the mouth of the Wyre, by the 3 lessts..Alex. Mitchell and Son, of Belfast, on the screw systt an, was lighted for the first time, at about a quarter past nit o'clock p.m. The firing of cannon, a display of tire-work s, and the cheers and plau dits of the people assembled, hail 2cl the first appearance of this most brilliant light, which I be of infinite benefit, not only to vessels entering the Wyre„ but to all those navigating Morecambe Bay.--Preston Pilot, . THE DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT ON THE QUEEN'S LIFE. (From the London Standard of Thursday.) This morning at daylight the police recommenced an ac tive search for the bullets fired out of the pistols, but their exertions were not successful. The prisoner throughout the night slept very soundly. and was frequently visited by Inspector Partridge. Mr. M`Cann, the surgeon, had a conversation with him this morning, but he still obstinately refuses to give any explanation of the mo tive that let to the attempted committal of so fiendish an act. The police have made a further search of the prisoner's lodgings, but have not discovered anything to throw anymore light upon the subject. It appears that he resided with his sister, Mrs. Phelps, whose husband is a baker, but who made a successful application to the commissioners to be admitted into the police a few days ago, and who is to commence duty on Monday next. The prisoner's mother is at present in Birmingham, staying with some friends, and she has been there for the last month. He left home about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, but the officers have been unable to trace his steps until the time he attempted to take the Queen and Prince Albert's lives, and he maintains a sullen silence in reference to his connec tions, and the manner in which he has been engaged during the last month, when he quitted the Hog and Pound public house in Oxford-street. The letters referring to Hanover and a secret society. ad vising the members to provide themselves with arms, are signed with the name of Smith, but they bear no date either as to time or place, which tends to throw greater suspicion on them, and to confirm the opinion that exists that the prisoner has been made the tool of some secret or unlawful society. The prisoner called upon Mr. Lenton, butcher, of the Waterloo-road, on Tuesday night, and, in a conversation that the reporter had with Mr. L. this morning, he said, in reference to Oxford, that he was a good boy, and his impres sion was that he must have formed a had connection and be , come the dupe of some depraved party. This opinion is strengthened by the words of an intelligent officer who re marked, " I have no doubt, when the excitement has passed away, it will turn out that a diabolical conspiracy exists." The police, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent May, are most active in endeavouring to trace out the author of the treasonable letters, but they refuse to disclose the result of their activity for obvious reasons, and they state their be lief that the signature " Smith" is an assumed name. The prisoner this morning partook of a hearty breakfast, consisting of coffee and bread and butter, and he told Inspec tor 'Partridge that he was very comfortable, adding, " If all your station-houses are as comfortable as this, they are very different from what I have read of them in the newspapers. About ten o'clock his sister, , Mrs. Phelps, called at the station-house, for the purpose of seeing, her wretched brother, but she was not allowed to do' so, as Mr. May had given strict orders that nobody should have an interview with the prisoner. She appeared so be in great distress. of mind. Soon after the time stated, Mr. Lowe, of Copthall-court ; Mr. W. Clayton, of Princes-street, Soho; Mr. J. Clayton. Mr. Perks, Mr. George Skearce, and the police constable, besides a number of other witnesses who volunteered to give evidence, assembled at the station-house in Gardiner's-lane, which was at this time (as well as the Home Office) surround ed by a dense crowd of persons, anxiously waiting to catch a glimpse of the prisoner. The names of the several witnesses were entered by In spector Partridge on the police charge-sheet, which stated the prisoner to have been brought in at three quarters past six o'clock last evening, charged " with maliciously and unlawfully discharging two loaded pistols at her Majesty and Prince Albert." The prisoner's name and address were thus recorded—" Edmund Oxford, 6, West-street, West square-18.!' A few Minutes before 11 o'clock the prisoner was brought out of-his ,cell. He was dressed in a blue frock-coat and velvet collar and dark trousers ; he smiled as he passed through the station-house, and appeared to be in good health and rather good-looking. Previous to his removal Mr. M`Cann, the surgeon, cutoff a lock of his hair. In consequence of the crowds round the station-house it was arranged that the .prisoner should pass out as quick as possible, and turn. to .the left, and proceed the back way through Downing-street passage to the Home Office, and this was so excellently managed that scarcely those who were admitted inside the station-house saw him pass along. He did not wear handcuffs, and as soon as he got into Gardiner's lane, he took to his heels as fast as he could, and was followed, as preconcerted, by Inspector Pierce and Hughes. These arrangements prevented any confusion in the public streets, and the prisoner reached the Home Office immedi ately before the clock struck 11. At that hour the folldwing noblemen and gentlemen had arrived to conduct the investigation :—Lord Normanby, the Hon. Fox Maule, Mr. Philips, the Under Secretary, Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate of Bow-street, and Mr. Burnaby, the clerk of the same police court. There were also present Lord Uxbridge, Lord Cardigan, and other noble personages, whose names did not transpire. Several reporters to the public press were waiting to be ad mitted into the Council Chamber, but it was understood that the examination, as in Captain Goode's case (who was charged with threatening her Majesty), would be strictly private. It should be mentioned that when the prisoner passed, or rather ran, through the station-house, his sister exclaimed with bitter agony; " Ah ! there he is—there he is," and Inirsting into convulsive sobs nearly fainted away. [The Globe of last night mentions a rumour that the pri soner is a Birmingham chartist, and a member of the Lon don committee.] FURTHER PARTICULARS. - _ The Marquis of Normanby, Mr. Fox Malik, Lord Ux bridge, &c. &c., remained in deliberation until past two o'clock on the proper plan to be adopted in conducting the examination of the prisoner, and arranging the evidence to be laid before the Cabinet Council. During this time seve ral witnesses were called into the room, but they were not examined upon oath, but gave their statements, in order to regulate the course of proceeding in a more formal manner. Mr. Hobler is retained as solicitor for the prosecution, and not for the prisoner, was at first supposed. At present, we believe, the prisoner has no professional adviser. Shortly after two o'clock Lord Melbourne, Lord J. Rus • sell, Lord Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and all the other Cabinet Ministers, arrived at the Home-office, when what transpired, during the inquiry this morning was -laid .before them. The Ministers remained iu - deliberation j some time, after which they were oicied by several members of the Privy Council, and orders were given to bring the prisoner (who was in an adjoining room) before them, it being decided forthwith to proceed with the formal examination of witnesses. The prisoner having been conveyed before the Council, the first witness was called in and examined at great length. The examination of this witness was not concluded at the time I sent this copy, but if anything further transpires, I shall for ward it for a later edition. The Duke of Cleveland and a great number of the nobility and principal gentry called at the Home Office during the day, and evinced the greatest anxiety to ascertain if any more facts had transpired, or any further light had been thrown on the horrible and revolting trarfsaction, but no information was given in any case. The greatest possible secrecy in conducting the inquiry is observed We understand that throughout the day the prisoner has preserved the greatest possible coolness and composure of mind, and that when he was taken before the council his self-possession did not for one moment leave him. He is very reserved, and speaks but little. It is said (but we do not vouch for th e fact) that in the course of the morning the prisoner told one of the -..policemen that he received orders to fire , an d he did fire ; but he should.not disclose the name of the person who so in ',Atocted him, as, if any. one was to die, it should be him, and him alone.' We give the above as we have heard it ; and we are the more anxious to do so, as it is said to agree with some communication which has been made to the council this morning. We believe we can mention with certainty that evidence to the following effect has been reeived by Lord Normanby to day, viz. :—that some middle-aged person, most respectably dreSsed, was seen standing near the prisoner when he fired at her Majesty and Prince Albert, and gave him (the pri soner) the word of command to fire. It is said the individual alluded to can be identified, but he is not at present in custody. If this statement turns out correct, it is most im portant, as it clearly proves that more than one person was concerned in the diabolical attempt to take away the life of our young and beloved Monarch. COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER FOR HIGH TREASON. The inquiry concluded this evening about half-past five o'clock. Several witnesses were examined, but their evi dence, we understand, was not taken at any great length. Nofie of the particulars hate transpired. The witnesses having signed their signatures, we were in formed that the prisoner was told that he stood fully com mitted to Newgate, on a charge of high treason, and that he heard the result with the greatest composure. Some persons think the prisoner will be brought up again before he is finally committed ; but we understand such is not the case, and that he will be conveyed from the Home Office to Newgate in the course of the evening. The Solicitor-General was summoned to attend the Coun cil, but in consequence of the very dangerous state of Lady Wilde, the honourable and learned gentleman was not, able to attend. THE BULLET FOUND. At about half-past five two poor boys, one of whom is named James Jennings, found one of the bullets fired at her Majesty. It was buried in the ground directly under the wall, which was marked by it. On finding it, the boy put it in his pocket, and was about to walk away with it, when he was stopped by Mr. Manning, of 15, Great Portland-street, Cavendish-square, who was standing near at the time, and brought to the Palace. The bullet is flattened on one of its sides, and is marked with red streaks, as though it had struck .against a brick. It is in possession of the inspector, at the Palace, who also took charge of the boys. Edward Oxford is the son of a jeweller; his fa'her has been dead about eight years, and his mother subsequently kept a coffee-shop in the Waterloo-road, opposite the York Hotel, which she left about three years since. Oxford has received a very decent education, and has, up to the time of this occurrence, borne the character of a respectable, sober, honest, decent lad. He has never at any time exhibited the least traces of insanity, but on Monday evening those who had known him before thought he appeared more thoughtful and reserved than usual. When his mother left the coffee shop in the Waterloo-road, he went to reside with his aunt, who keeps a tavern at Hounslow, in the capacity of pot-boy. He has subsequently lived as barman at two different public houses in London, and his employers all give him an excel lent character. His . mother is at p rese nt at Bir m i ng ham, of which place the prisoner is a native. She left London about three weeks since.. The prisoner has latterly been out of place, and has been by no means well provided with money. It is therefore exceedingly improbable that he purchased the pistols from his own resources. It seems to be the opinion of all those who are acquainted with Oxford that he is a mere tool in the hands of some designing villain. He is a member of the Church of England, but has never exhibited any symp toms of religious enthusiasm. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. (From the Times of Friday.) When her Majesty returned to the palace with her royal Consort on Wednesday evening, after the traitorous and abo minable attempt upon their lives, we understand that she was so overcome by her feelings, which up to that time had sus tained her courage and resolution in a surprising degree, that on reaching her private apartment she burst into a flood of tears, which relieved her Majesty so much that she rallied immediately after, and expressed her determination to join the dinner party, which she did, and appeared perfectly recovered from the effects of her recent alarm. After the prisoner was taken into custody and conveyed to the station-house in Gardener's-lane: Westminster, be ap peared very anxious to ascertain how the Queen and the Prince sustained the attack he had made upon them, and on being told that neither appeared at all alarmed, the fellow, with great coolness, observed, " Oh, I know to the con trary ; for when 1 fired the first pistol, Albert was about to jump from the carriage and put his foot out, but when he saw me present the second pistol, he immediately drew back." He then observed, and appeared to relish the joke, that it was funny to see so many persons seize each other after the shots were fired, adding—" None of them knew it was I that did it until I declared that I was the man, upon which two of them seized me by the collar, two more kept pulling at the skirts of my coat, and one of them grabbed me be hind, which was quite unnecessary, as I had no intention to run away." Yesterday morning, when the prisoner was conveyed to the home-office, he was placed in a room adjoining that in which Mr. Hall, the magistrate, was engaged in taking the depositions of the witnesses in the case ; and during this time he paced up and down the room with self-possession, and an air of consequence and satisfaction, as if he felt pleased to find himself an object of,so much interest. The Marquis of Normanby, Mr. Fox Maule, and other persons connected with the Government were in attendance yesterday in the room while the witnesses were under exa mination. A respectable publican, residing in the neighbour hood of Gracechurch-street, came to the Home-otlice in the course of the day, and stated that the prisoner was his ne phew, and that he was anxious to provide him with profes sional assistance. Mr. Hobler, the solicitor, was applied to in order to undertake his defence, but he declined doing so, on the ground that he was already engaged by the govein:- ment to prosecute in the cases of Gould and Courvoisier, and that he could not, therefore, consistently with those en- gagements, defend the prisoner, who bad therefore no legal adviser when brought before the Privy Council. As every circumstance connected with the late eventful and atrocious attempt to assassinate our beloved Queen and her illustrious consort, Prince Albert, will be perused with the most intense interest by all classes of the community, we have endeavoured to obtain the most correct information possible relative to the life of the intended regicide and the history of his occupation during the last few years, giving also the opinions of those who were enabled to come to a right conclusion with regard to his disposition and character, from a close and intimate acquaintance with him. Within the last three years he has been in several situa tions. When he left Birmingham, about three years since, he went to reside with his aunt, Mrs. Powell, who then kept the King's Head at Hounslow. There he was considered a very forward boy. From Hounslow he came to London, and entered the service of Mr. Minton, licensed victualler, and then proprietor of the Shepherd and flock, High-street, nearly facing the Police-court, Marylebone, in which house he re mained, with some intermission, about a year and a half. His situation was that of barman; a young man named Wm. Hazelwood was also there in the same capacity, but they could not agree, and the quarrels which frequently took place be tween them often assumed a very serious character. Hazel wood states. that on more than one occasion Oxford (the intended regicide) threatened •to stab him, and was once about to put his threat into execution ; they were both in the kitchen when some words arose between them, and in the heat of passion Oxford ran towards him with a knife. Hazelwood, in a very resolute manner, seized hold of the arm of his assailant, when he succeeded in wresting the weapon from him, and knocked him down. Much existed between them, and eventually Mr. Minton, who, how ever, is stated to have been partial to Oxford, discharged him. Subsequently lie was in great distress, and was occa sionally employed by Mr. Minton ; and Hazelwood leaving Mr. Minton's service, Oxford was reinstated in his former situation, and continued therein many months, to the entire satisfaction of the landlord. Many persons who were in the frequent habit of being served by him have described him to be of a sullen temper, and very reserved in his actions. He afterwards lived as barman at a public-house at the corner of Wilderness-row, Goswell-street, St. Luke's, where lie con tinued between four and five months. From that situation he was engaged by Mr. Robinson, proprietor of the Hog-in the-Pound, South Moulton -street, Oxford-street,,to which he was recommended by a gentleman who felt an interest in his welfare, and who had watched his conduct for several years. That gentleman states that he has seen many lads who have been employed by licensed victuallers, and he telt the utmost confidence in saying that he never kneW one who behaved himself more correctly and properly. Our informant saw the gentleman alluded to at Mr. Robinson's, and be stated that he was quite convinced that Oxford could not pos sibly have conceived the idea of forming a design to take away the lives of Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and that he must have been urged to it by some other party. He was not a lad fond of reading books of romance, nor did he ever exhibit any symptoms of a disposition to enthusiasm upon any sub ject. He seldom talked upon the general topics of the day, nor ever entered into conversation upon politics. On the day he left Mr. Robinson's be called at the Shepherd and Flock, and saw the present barman, George Jay, to whom lie mentioned that lie had left Mr. Robinson, and had obtained an excellent situation in a merchant's house in the city, at the same time remarking, that before he entered upon his duties he should take a trip for a few days into the country. Last Sunday fortnight he called on Mr. Hobbs, the present proprietor of the Shepherd and Flock ; be had a young man with him, and they were both very respectably dressed. On Saturday last he-called at the White Horse, Knightsbridge, to see a young woman who had been nurserymaid at Mr. Minton's, at the period of his tieing barman, and asked her to come and see him at the Hog-in-the-Pound, observing that he was still there and likely to remain, which was the very reverse of the fact, he having quitted the public-house in question on the Ist ult. In addition to the above, an intelligent correspondent re siding in the neighbourhood where the prisoner lodged has furnished us with the following additional particulars re specting him : The house in which the prisoner Oxford resided is No. 6, Little West-place, West-square, Southwark, in the occupa tion of Mrs. Packnian (not West-street, as stated in the ac count of yesterday.) His mother and sister had occupied apartments there for the last five months, and are still in pos session of them. When the prisoner left his last situation, about five weeks since, he went to live with his mother and sister, until he could obtain another situation. Though habi tuated to move in a very humble sphere of life,. he was of a very haughty disposition, and thought it too great a con descension to speak to, or in any way notice, his most inti mate acquaintance. Indeed, his manners were so reserved, as to give offence to those who were in the habit of seeing him daily. When be first came to live with his mother and sister, it was observed that lie had a pistol in hit possession, but little notice was taken.of this, as it was not supposed by any one that he meditated harm. About a month since, when the housekeeper of Mrs. Packman opened the door, she observed the stock of a pistol projecting from his pocket, and observed to his mother and sister that it was very extraordi nary that he should require the use of two pistols. It was ex plained to her, that a gentleman of the name of Spring (as she understood) had called on Oxford, and had promised to engage him at Is. sd. a-day when he had learned to fire. The prisoner had been in the habit of leaving his lodging at about half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and returning early in the evening. On Wednesday last, the day of the at tempted assassination, he left at the same hour, and an unu sual wildness was observed in his countenance. He had been for the last week practising pistol-shooting from his bed room window, much to the:annoyance and alarm of some of the inhabitants. He had, since he went to lodge with his mother and sister, shut himself up for a whole week in his bed-room, and only left it when he required his meals, which he took with his mother and sister. His mother left town a short time since for Birmingham, where she noiv is, and his sister had the melancholy duty of despatching a letter yester day morning, apprising her of the situation in which her wretched son had placed himself. The prisoner is repre sented to have been subject to violent paroxysms of rage, and upon the most trifling offence given to him by his sister, would throw anything at her which came in his way. During the night of Wednesday, and from an early hour yesterday morning, the avenues leading to the station-house of the A divisidn, in Gardener's-lane, were crowded with persons anxious to obtain a view of the prisoner, whose de meanour when the charge was entered against him on the police-sheet exhibited a strange mixture of levity. and indif ference. He laughed repeatedly, and joked with the con stables with reference to his situation, as if lie was locked up for a mere " lark" or street squabble. He occasionally, however, indulged in some expressions which would tend to prove that he had imbibed republican notions, and on one occasion he observed that he did not think it right that a country like England should be governed by a woman. We understand that it was stated in evidence before the Privy Council, that the last time the prisoner was seen at the house of Mr. Robinson, his late master, was on Monday week, when he came into the parlour and entered into con versation with some customers with whom lie was acquainted. During the conversation he said lie had been pistol-shooting - al a shooting-gallery.. (From the TimesofSaturcloy.). - - The intense interest excited in the public mind by the late attempted assassination of Her Majesty and Prince Albert has been much increased by the private manner in which the examination has been conducted and the refusal to afford to the public authentic information on the subject, and yester day the crowd of respectable persons congregated near the scene of the base attempt was, if any thing, more numerous than on the previous day. At an early hour in the morning police constable Brown, 85 A., the officer who first took Edward Oxford into custody, was for some time engaged with others in most carefully examining the surface of the ground in that portion of the Royal gardens towards which the shots were directed, in the hope of finding some trace of their progress ; but we understand, that although the trees, and even the leaves, have been most minutely examined, no appearance of such being the case was discovered. It has been before stated, that on Thursday evening two boys picked up a leaden bullet among the gravel on Constitution-hill, which is now in the possession of the police, but it is beyond doubt it has no relation to the atrocious attempt, being too large to fit the pistols, and must consequently have been dropped near the spot by design or accident. During the forenoon numerous members of the aristocracy and gentry called and entered their names on the visitors' book at the Palace. About 12 o'clock Messrs. Evans and Wheelton, the sheriffs of London, accompanied by the Remembrancer and other civic officers, arrived at the Palace in four carriages, for the purpose of ascertaining on what day Her Majesty and Prince Albert would be pleased to receive the addresses of congratulation on their most providential escape voted by the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council of the city of London, and soon after their departure the assemblage of persons in the park began rapidly to increase, it having been announced that at 2 o'clock the Queen would hold a court for the purpose of receiving the congratulatory address of both Houses of Parliament. A few minutes after one o'clock a body of police, consisting of three inspectors, three ser geants, and forty constables of the A division, were stationed in front of the Palace for the purpose of keeping back the crowd, which by that time amounted to 3,000 or 4,000 respectably dressed persons. At twenty minutes past one o'clock a guard of honour, consisting of a detachment of the Grenadier Guards, preceded by their splendid band in state dresses, marched into the entrance court, over the marble gateway of which the Royal Standard of England proudly floated in the breeze. About that time the Cabinet ministers and officers of state commenced arriving in rapid succession, the carriages entering by the south gate, and leaving by the north ; and at precisely two o'clock the state carriage of the Speaker of the House of Commons, followed by a long continued train of carriages of the hon. members, entered the court. Never on any previous occasion in our recollection has such a splendid and brilliant array of the Commons of England attended the presentation of an ad dress to the throne ; and some idea may be formed of the extent of the cavalcade when we state that it consisted of 109 carriages, &c., and occupied 27 minutes in setting the mem bers down. The carriages of the Commons having cleared out of the court, the Lords' procession entered the gates, the carriages of the barons preceding the others. About the centre of the cavalcade were eight of the bishops, the carri age of the Bishop of Winchester being the first, and that of the Bishop of London the last. After them came the earls, then the marquises, and lastly the dukes ; their Royal High nesses the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex being the hinder most, the Lord Chancellor in his state carriage bringing up the rear. There were 81 carriages in the Lords' procession, which took 25 minutes in setting down. The Commons were, in their progress through the park allowed to pass without any notice from the numerous spectators, but on the approach of that of the peers every eye was turned towards it in search of " the Duke," who throughout the whole pro gress of the cavalcade was most loudly and enthusiastically cheered. The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex were also received with demonstrations of respect and attachment , particularly the former. While the company was alighting , the grand terrace in front of the Palace was crowded with distinguished individuals in full military costume. At a quarter past three o'clock the court broke up. On leaving. the Duke of Wellington walked across the lawn with a firm step, and entered his carriage at the gate. Among the last that left the Palace was Viscount Melbourne, who immedi ately on his carriage issuing from the gate was received by , the assemblage with a round of hisses " loud and deep. Lord Holland and Lord J. Russell, who followed in the two next carriages, had a similar reception, while Sir R. Peel , whose carriage closely followed, was cheered until out of sight. Her Majesty and h er illustrious consort did not accustomed drive last evening. Who appears Mrs. Oxford, the mother of the prisoner , ater l oo -ro a d dreadfully affected, kept a coffee-shop in the h u sband, who about three years since. She states that her " a sions d has been dead twelve years, had on several take their c and also urin that g his lifetime exhibited symptoms of insan it y ; ; she has at times herself laboured under ner vous delusions and she argues that it cannot, therefore , be extr aor di nary that her son's mind should be also affec t ed. She declares her belief and that t that her s and dread head ; anc being after Per, and I ter• In a the sheets ther time It has n the prison is nearly t few days s gallery in five weeks however,) t he other v iz., six the latter Since C tion has b and his sp f ound in t levity un' charged. their atte Cours e Of that he fel about it, Mother. 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