The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-19 00:00:00

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
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33 Per Cent con.% —
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8000 Bonds Bonds ..,. ..... ..,„ ..... --_i
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arasilian Bonds .....
. Ditto Account
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Ditto
Accouyres Bonds
—1
Chilli:in
.. Bonds ..... ..... .•-••••
Ditto Account _
C3huribian Bonds
Ditto Account
Colinnblan Bonds, 1824 —
Ditta Danish Bonds .."
cont .......... OA% 4
NW) Account —, Greek Bonds
Ditto Bonds, 1825 —
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kbitt3 Account
izican Bonds, 5 per cent —;
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Ditto Account
Ditto. 6 per cent. ...... ,•••••
4apolit an
‘„ Ditto Account. ... • ... ..... 7_
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India Stock --.
IDitto Bonds pm.
!South Sea Stock —
;Old Annnitiea —
New Ditto

13 per Cent. Annuities, 1751...
Exch. Bills, £1,060 35 33 pm.
Ditto 500 35 33 pm.
Ditto S:•nall '35 33 pm,
Ditto Commercial 3O
Ditto Advertised — M-
Bank Stock for Account „.....
India Stock for Account 261
Consols for Account ...... 1,4

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Peruvian Bonds
' Ditto Account ..... .....
Portuguese Bonds
Ditto Accwint
Ditto New Bonds 43i4
Ditto, '3 per cent. 2974
Ditto Account ..
Prussian Bonds
Russian Bonds, 1822 —
Ditto Account

Ditto Metallic.
Spanish Bonds
Ditto Account

Ditto Bonds,ls34

Ditto Account —
French, 5 per cent........... f. —c.
I 4 per cent. —f. —c.
3 per cent —f. —c.
I-- Exchange —f. -
Dutch, 2 per cent. ...... .....53 2%
Ditto Account 531, 3
Ditto, 5 per cent. 4914 9
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PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share
...eat Western Railway Company 45 51 50%
trighton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 5 3
Prighton (Gibbe) RaiiWav 1 0%
tlndon and Birmingham Railrray Company B5 140 139% 940
marichester and Birmingham Railway
...-..............._ 5 414

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 17.
313er Cent. Consols B9l Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 87%
.., Ditto
a • Reduced Ditto, 4 per cent 58%
-Ver Cent. Stock 961,6 Hibernian Bank
. itto New IFC3O
?.%4 Per Cent., Debentures Bl% Nat,onal Insurance Co .o
oat* Stock.,
ultrelnak Canal Stock.
____2 Canal Stock - per cent. -

Mo HIGH WA min AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
171114.........31 utes after 3 Evening 53minutes after 3

MONMOUTHSHIRE IRON AND COAL
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that the PROPRIETORS of SHARES
10'the above COMPANY are required to PAY the FIRST CALL
21 TWO POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS PER SHARE to
atessrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., London, or to either of the
Company's other Bankers, on or before the sth, of July neat.
All communications on the business of the Company are to be
.a.4dressed to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, No. 3,
Harington-house, Bath, the Company having no Office or autho-
rised Agent in London.
(Signed) By Order of the Board of Directors,
JOHN J. SKINNER, Secretary.

oath, 14th June, 1837

NEW WORK by the AUTHOR of " PETER SIMPLE," &c.
In 3 vols. post Bvo.,
CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW WORK,
N A It L E Y
Y 0 W ;
Or,
THE DOG FIEND.
IS NOW READY,
And may be had of all Booksellers.
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THE WAR IN SPAIN.
This day, in 1 vol. post Bvo., with a View of Bilboa. 10s. 6d.,
SPAIN, AND THE SEAT OF WAR
IN SPAIN.
By HERBERT BYNG HALL, Esq.,
Late Captain of the 7th Royal British Fusileers, Knight of St.
Ferdinand, &c.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1, Great Marlborough-street.
To be had of all Booksellers.

THE HOLY LAND ILLUSTRATED.
This day was published, in an elegant 4to. volume, price 25s bound;
ILLUSTRATIONS OF JERUSALEM
and MOUNT SINAI;
•
"slating of Twenty-two Tinted Views, including the most inte-
resting SITES between GRAND CAIRO and BEIROUT.
•,„. From Drawings by F. ARUNDALE, Architect.
v.v tth a Descriptive Account of his Tour and Residence in those
interesting Countries.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1837.

TEE KING'S HEALTH.

WINDSOR CASTLE,

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1837.
Tile KING continues in a very weak and feeble state.

Notwithstanding, his MAJESTY had some quiet sleep

in the night.

After transacting his usual business yesterday, his
MA x4sTY received the sacrament from the hands of the

Archbishop of CANTERBURY with attention and great
apparent gon afort.
(iig ned)

HENRY HALFORD.
M. J. TIERNEY.
WM. FRED. CHAMBERS.
DAVID DAVIES.

We have- snore than once adverted to the attempts
made by the, most desperate organ of a very desperate
faction, to ca lumniate the exalted Lady who stands in
the interestin g relations of parent and guardian to her
who in all hu man probability is destined in a few days
'perhaps h., ours—to ascend the Throne of these
realms. Tb t apostate print to which we allude has
greedily lahl hold of every circumstance which
could be' distorted, by a depraved ingenuity, into
matter of wacusation against her Royal Highness
the bue!f.less af KENT. The secret of all this ye -
I;°r"us hostility is neither more nor less than this
that tire high and important duties which devolved
upon he;r Royal Highness have been too faithfully
discharge ,d, to give the Tories the least hope that the
Princess VICTORIA will ever become the instrument
_ _

of their ga elfishly factious purposes.
This iit; the offence committed, and it is one which,
Stt ikin g it does at the root of a mighty evil, must
naturally excite the unforgiving wrath of those who
live and mo ye azud have their being in this evil, while
in the eyes of the great mass of the community of
the .night-thinking people of England, Scotland, and
Irelaad, it is the noblest recommendation to esteem
and affection.

It is worthy of remark, too, that while this factious
reptile is spiti Wing out his venom at the Mother of our
future QUEI T.N he is obliged, in spite of his nature, to
bear testimony to the very excellence which he is en-
deavouring to mndervalue. What are all those com-
pliments to the ;Princess VICTORIA—those praises of
her ac,com pushed mind—her well cultivated under-
standing, and well regulated feelings—but the strongest
Possib:le evidence, that her education has been conducted
on the best of all' principles ? Can there be a more
striking. pro, of of the Duchess of KENT'S merit—a
stronger c mto the gratitude of the people ?
The Tel 1e: gade organ of the Tories has this morning
Put forth : 3o,me remarks on the subject of what it calls
"1
the POl vets at Kensington," whose very vehemence
shows the state of alarm and utter desperation to which
the factio ,n is reduced. "It is positively asserted,"
says this veracious print, " that, not the Princess Vic-
TORIA, I )ut an older Personage, sent off, on Wednes-
day last, a messenger to Lord DURHAM, being then
311 his WI rw to England, the purport of the missive hav-
ing reforei ce to the formation of a Kent-Coburg
iMi-
nistry. If ' this be so, or, indeed, whether it be so or
nt' the of fairs of the realm will be in a beautiful mess
Ibefore ant .ther fortnight has expired. For ourselves,
e. have b ut one object at heart in relation to the fear-
;au' :al crisis now opening on the people of Eng-
na• F tis that the future Sovereign may be enabled,
fortliwitl
1, to cut her leading. strings, and to act on her
"n rem ion and good sense, undisturbed and untor-
znented:

didl\T"r , supposing that the Duchess of KENT really
a se,. d off a messenger to Lord DURHAM, is there
'l,Ytif V, ig at all wonderful or blame-worthy in that ?
ih ould like to know in what the sin of this pro-
ceedi mg consists. We can s?e a great many good
re
reaaS,C, ins for it—not one against it. We can very
,(1,) 4), .magine that the faction of which this F. int
ig "1 brazen mouthpiece, should feel no delight at the

prospect of Lord DURHAM forming a part of any Ad-
ministration Such a circumstance, vie can easily be-

lieve, to be little accordant with their taste. They
would like a " beautiful mess" of a different flavour ; but
as they will have no voice in this matter, and as the peopit
of England consider Lord DURILI M worth much
more than the whole of them put together, they must
be content with their lot. Let them submit in silence,
and with as good a grace as they can to a fate which
they cannot avoid, and which querulousness will only
render more intolerable.

A petition was presented to the House of Com-
mons last week by Mr. D. W. HARVEY in favour of

increasing the salaries of the twopenny-post carriers.
The petition was -signed by nearly ten thousand per-
sons, consisting chiefly of merchants, bankers, and
tradesmen of the metropolis, who urged in support of
the petition that they did not consider their property
safe in the hands of men so inadequately paid, and
that public servants should- be placed beyond tempta-
tion. Captain PorAuLL also moved for a Com-
mittee of enquiry on the subject, which was opposed
by the Government, and negatived. Looking at the
work both these men and the general post-carriers
have to perform, the confidence imposed on them,
and also taking into account the recommendation of
the Commissioners of enquiry, there appears to be no
good reason for the course pursued by Government ;
and we confidently hope the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER will see the propriety of making some
better provision in his Bill for the worst paid servants
in the whole Post Office establishment. From re-
turns made in 1835 it appears that there are in Lon-
don 281 General-post letter carriers, and 464 two-
penny carriers, with an average salary of 561. 10s.
each. In Dublin there are 89 letter carriers, and in
Edinburgh 55 letter carriers, stampers, &c., with an
average salary of 47/. 10s. each. Now we put it to
Dr. BOWRING, who opposed Captain POLHIL L'S
motion, and also to Mr. H UME, whether it is humane
to place public servants entrusted with much property
on 45/. a year—and some of them have not even that
amount—many of them too with large families to main-
tain and educate in towns where provisions and educa-
tion are twenty per cent. higher than in other parts of
the country. In London for instance education for
the average number of children in a family costs at the
lowest price 121. a year, and say 10/. for house rent,
12/. for clothing for the whole family, and Si. for me-
dicine and casualties, there only remains out of the
57/. 10s. the sum of 18/. 103., or about 7s. ld. per
week to keep five persons in existence. The system
is quite preposterous, and if Government take no steps
to alter it, they may rest assured it will right itself.
They were forced to alter the forgery laws, because
juries refused to convict, and now that this subject is
taken up by bankers, merchants, and tradesmen, who
sit on juries, will they be anxious to return a verdict of
guilty against any of those public servants who may
be accused of letter-stealing, when they have thus en-
tered their protest against a system which exposes
them to such temptation ?

The whole of the French Papers of Friday and Sa-
turday, with the Charte of Saturday night, have been

received. They contain the following telegraphic com-
munications relative to the progress of the war in the

Peninsula :

TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
" BAYONNE, JUNE 14, THREE O'CLOCK.-Oraa writes on the
9th from Albelda, that Buerens, with the left wing of the forces
under his command, is at Alferas, and Baron de Meer, with

his right, at Balaguer, which he :occupies, as well as all the

spacev comprised between the rivers Segre and Noguera-
Ribagorzana...

" the Carlists are up the river ; their bead-quarters is at
Tra.o.
"'braa has returned to Valencia, and gives up the command
to the Baron de Meer.

Six battalions have been at F,nguy since the 2cl, threaten-
ing the line between our frontier and Pampluna. It is be-
lieved that they have the intention of passing into Arragon.
Espartero was still at Lerin on the 11th, where he was repair-
ing the fortifications."
" BORDEAUX, JUNE 16. Oraa reached Saragossa on the
evening of the 12th. He left it the next day with some bat-
talions, to go in the direction of Calatayud, in order to pro-
tect from Cabrera a convoy of money and ammunition, which
had left Madrid on the 7th. Cabrera was at Molina of Araga
on the 11th, with from 6,000 to 7,000 men.
" BAYONNE, JUNE 16.—Oraa returned to Saragossa on
the 13th.
" The Baron de Meer, at the bead of 15,000 men, keeps
still on the right flank of the Carlist expedition.
" Villapadierna is posted with his division, observing Caba-
nero and Sena, who have taken Quinto. Yriarte has gone to
Calatayud to re-join Nogueras, who is kept there in check by
Cabrera, at the head, it is reported, of 10,000 infantry, and

800 horse.
" BAYONNE, JUNE 17, HALF-PAST 2 P.m.-.--On the 13th, the
Baron de Meer writes to the General-in-Chief of the Army
of the Centre, that he joined battle with the enemy in the en-
virons of Isona, and completely routed him, after a combat of
four hours. The loss of the Carlists is estimated at 2,000
men, and that of the Christinos at 500, pot hors de combat."
Recent events Lave given us such reason to distrust

the fidelity of the glowing accounts of the success o
the QUEEN'S Generals, transmitted by telegraph to the
French Government, that we feel no inclination to do
more than chronicle those which we receive in a form
so succinct. We want details to enable us to form a
right conception of the value of DE MEER'S victory
over the Carlists. " Estimated" losses do not altoge-
ther satisfy us ; and besides, we should like to know
the effect produced by them upon the enemy. A re-
ference to this Journal of Saturday will suffice to con-
vince our readers, that we have net the highest opinion
of the Baron DE MEER'S principles and military ta-
lents ; and therefore, that we sec no room for congratu-
lation in the announcement of his succeeding General
ORAA in the command of the main body of the ad-
vanced division of the army. Nevertheless, the retire-
ment of ORAA, whose extreme caution would hardly
allow him to attack an enemy in the Caudine
forks, must prove advantageous in a warfare
not conducted on guerilla principles. The pro-
crastination of the QUEEN'S Generals is more fatal
to the constitutional cause than the most rash head-
long precipitancy could be. The former chills the
energy of the soldier, fritters away the resources of the
nation, cools the ardour of the patriot, and after a time,
substitutes indifference for enthusiasm in the breasts of
the people. This indifference soon extends to the
inhabitants of surrounding countries ; and the generous
are prevented, by the very warmth of their feelings,
from associating themselves with the defence of a
cause against whiCh the apathy of its objects is a
species of high treason. Precipitancy on the part of
the Generals would, on the contrary, indicate honesty
of purpose and personal valour, even when most be-
traying a want of judgment. It would animate the
soldier to noble deeds, fill the nation with enthusiasm,
and command the admiration and respect of foreign
countries. Besides no sudden reverses could greatly
affect the ultimate triumph of the Constitutionalists.
Partial defeat would only rally round the QUEEN'S
standard the slumbering allergies of ten millions of
people, and this only is wanted to expel Don CARLOS
from the Spanish soil, without the aid of a foreign
bayonet. Whether the QUEEN'S Generals at the
outset beat or be beaten, we
would have them fight—
and fight they
will if they be honest men. Eventually
they must conquer in the triumph of the cause which
they advocate with their swords.
Details of the frightful accident in the Champ de
Mars on Wednesday last are supplied by all the Jour-
nals before us. They arc all confirmatory of the ac-
count which we published on Saturday. For the par-
ticulars of this shocking catastrophe, upon which we
wish not to dwell at any greater length here, we refer
to our extracts from the Charte and the Messager.
The conduct of the KING and the Duke of ORLEANS
on this occasion has given general satisfaction to all
classes.

Most of the Journals are dissatisfied with the treaty

between France and ABD EL KADEit, though as yet
the details have not entirely transpired. On Saturday,
Count MOLE was ased certain questions relative to it
in the Chamber of Deputies, but he declined to answer
them, alleging that it had not then been ratified, as there
were still some points to be regulated before it could
receive the Royal sanction. No further allusion was
made to it, and the conyersa!ion dropped. Should the
treaty be returned, however, to General BUGEAUD
without ratification, it will place him in lather an
awkward predicament ; as, acting on the faith of it, he
has already given liberty to the whole of the Arab
prisoners, and entirely evacuated Tafnd.
The annexed extracts from the French papers in-
clude whatever else they contain of any interest :

FRONTIERS OF SPAIN. According to the arrangements
which the Carlists are making, it is inlubitable that a new ex-
pedition is about to pass the Ebro. With this view, they
have assembled several battalions in the environs of Estella,
and we are assured that 9 battalions arc going to take the field,
namely, 3 battalions of Navarre, two of Guipuscoa, 2 of
Alava, and two of Biscay, which will be commanded by Guer.
que. It will be recollected that all the Carlist expeditions
which we have announced have actually taken place.

General Espartero gave orders on the 6th of this month to
the 4th Regiment, to go and cover the line from Roncevaux to
Pampeluna, and to occupy Zabaldica, Larragoana, Zubiri, &c.
The Carlist deputation of Navarre has just made a forced
loan of 400,000 reals do vellon. The names of the parish
priests are among those of the persons who are to furnish this
sum. The loan excites the murmurs of those on whom it is
imposed. The troops which occupy the line of Ernani have
not changed their positions.—Sentinelle des Pyrenees.
The four battalions which arrived at Saragossa on the 9th,
coming from Navarre, were to set out on the 1 1 th, in the
morning, to join the corps of Gen. Oraa.—lndicateur de
Bordeaux.

The Barcelona journals of the 10th contain nothing very
interesting. Brigadier-General Carlo has just issued orders
to go immediately to Lerida with the column of Aspiroz,
which consists of 3,000 men.
News from Valencia to the Bth of June had been received
at Barcelona. The united bands of El Serrador, Tallada, and
Esperanza, which had passed the night of the sth at Ru-
beilos, have retreated to Jerica, into which place they entered
on the 6th, occupying at the same time Viver and Manzanera.
—Le Commerce, Jim 17.

TOULON, JUNE 13."—Sevcral ships of the line are to be sent
to Port Vendre to take in troops ; v.hether to convey them to
Bona or the coast of Catalonia is not known.

FRENCH FUNDS-PARIS, JUNE 16,
Five per Cents., 108 f. 70c. 65c. 70c.
Four per Cent., 90f. 50c.
Three per Cents.; 77f. 80c. 75e. SOc.
Bank Actions, '2,377f. 50c. 2,375 f.
ttente de Naples, 960 45c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101404.
Spanish Actives, 243 i %%.
Spanish Passives, 514.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 28% .
EXCHANGE. ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 37%c. ; money, 251.37 c
Tree months, paper, -c. ; money, 251. 17%c
-L'ours Authentiaue.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, JUNE 17.
Five per Cents., 1080 '7.5c. 7,c. 80c.
Four and a Hal ner Cents. 101 E 40c.
Four per Cents., WE 50c.
Three per Cents. rf. 83c. 90c.
Bank Actions, 2,0720 s(c. 2,375 E
Rente ae Naples' 9;t. 45c. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents. 101%14%.
Spanish Actives, 24 23k.
Spanish Passives, 5%%%.
Belgian Loan Five per Cents, 101%.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 283 i 7f, .
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 37.,ic.; money, 25f. 37%c.
Three mouths, paper, -f. -c. ; Toney, 251. 17 c
-Cours Atethenfiz:e.
LAST PRICES,
Five per Cents., 108 E 90c.
Three per Cents. 78f.
Bank Actions, 2,375 f.
Bente de Naples, 96f. 75c.
Roman live per Cents., 1011 A.
Belgian Loan, 10!%.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 23%.
Haytian Loan, 297 f. 50c.
Spanish Actives, 23%.
Spanish Passives 5%.
Spanish Differes, 7.

Brussels and German Papers have been received,
from which some interesting extracts will be found in
another part of The Sun.

LITERATURE.

TRANSITION. London, E. Clairton, 1837.

This is a tale of domestic life, of which the scene
is laid in England and Wales—principally in London.
We cannot hold out to the author the prospect of
great fame, or a large fortune, from its publication ;
though regarded as a first performance, it is not alto-
gether without merit. • A matured judgment and a
correct taste would have suggested other materials
for the construction of a work of this kind than those
furnished by the faults of a mother, the illicit gallantry
of a naval officer, and the impenitence of a victim of
early seduction. We can, however, acquit the author's
heart of any participation in the sins against good
taste of which we complain. His moral and religious
sentiments do him the greatest credit, nor is he by any
means niggardly in his use of them.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR

THE WEEK.

Tuts DAY.--Statistical, 8 P.M. ; Marylebone Literary, 11
P.m. (Dr. Lardner on Astronomy, also on the 26th, and July 3.1
To-mmutow.—Linnwan, S ; Horticultural, 3 P. m.
THURSDAY. —Royal Society of Literature, 4 P.
,SATURDAY.—Electrical Society, 7 P.M.

LORD DURHAM.--Preparations are making at
Lambton Castle for the reception of the Earl of Durham and
his family, who are expected there in the first week of July._
Sunderland Herald.

We are authorized to state that Dr. Chambers has
not been knighted by the King. His Majesty, in giving him
the decoration of Knight Commander of the Guelphic Order,
was graciously pleased to permit him to decline the • honour of
ordinary knighthood usually conferred with that Order.__.
Morning Paper.
Yesterday being the 22d Anniversary of the glorious
Battle of Waterloo, which restored general peace to Europe,
by the downfall of the ambitious Napoleon, his Grace Field
Marshal the Duke of Wellington, the only chief of the allied
troops now living who was at that ever memorable engage-
mernent, gave his usual banquet at Apsley.house, to the Right
Hon. Generals Lord Hill, the Commander-in-Chief of the
British Army (and his Grace's constant companion in arms
throughout the Peninsular war), the Marquis of Anglesea,
Sir Hussey Vivian, Sir Henry Hardinge, Lord Fitzroy So_
merset, Sir A. Woodford, Sir R. C. Hill, Hon. G. Town-
send, Sir G. A. Quintin, Lord R. Manners, Lygon, Sir
T. G. Woodford, Lord R. Somerset, Lord Saltoun, Sir G.
Bowater, Sir George H. Berkeley, C. Hill, P. Drummond,
Sir T. May, Hon. 11. Murray, Sir Robert Gardener, Sir G.
Freemantle, Macdonald, Hon. D'Oyly, Sir C. Rowan, and
all those Generals and Staff Officers at present in town who
were with his Grace in the field of action on Sunday, June
18, 1815.—The band of the Grenadier Guards in their State
uniforms, of w hich Regiment the Duke is Colonel, were in
attendance, and performed some of the most favourite marshal
airs during this grand military banquet of England's brave
sons. His Grace presented himself at the window several
times whilst in conversation with his companions around him,
and looked remarkably well.

The Duke of Wellington was among the prome
naders yesterday afternoon in the Zoological Gardens. The
company was, as usual, very numerous and fashionable, and
was principally attracted to the new and commodious house in
which the three giraffes were exhibiting their stately forms.
They had been removed thither the day before: .
The Brazilian Minister was among the inquirers at
the Palace during the last week after the health of the King.
The Bishop of London preached a sermon
_yester-
day morning at St. George's, Hanover-square, in aid of
the charity schools, in the course of which he expressed his
regret that the funds had not been so well supported of late.
Seven or eight villages in one of the vallies of the
Tyrol have abandoned the Catholic and embraced the Protes-
, taut faith. The Austrian Government, after deliberating
upon this circumstance in Council, has refused the inhabi-
tants permission to emigrate into Prussia. Transylvania has
been assigned to them as a place of refuge. Examples of
whole communes changing their religion are by no means rare
in Germany. There has not, however, been a single instance
of a Protestant or Lutheran commune being converted to Ca-
tholicism. A few years ago a similar case occurred in Silesia.
On the other band, several learned Protestants of Berlin, car-
ried away by fanaticism, have become Catholics, and applied
to the• Austrian Cabinet for refuge and employment. This
species of struggle between the two Cabinets, though not
carried on openly, has been perpetual.— Galignani's Mes-
senger.
On Saturday evening, a lengthened investigation
took place before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, and a respectable
Jury, relative to the death of a female infant of Mrs. Algar, a
widow. Mr. Liddle, parish surgeon, deposed, that he had ex-
amined the body of the deceased, which appeared to be a full
grown child, and did not perceive any marks of violence en it,
either externally or internally. He submitted the lungs to the
usual test of immersion in water, and from their floating, arid
their being :lightly inflated with air, it was his opinion that the
deceased had breathed subsequently to its birth. Ile admitted
that the mere floating was not a decided proof that the de-
ceased had lived after being born, as during delivery it might
give a single gasp, which would give that appearance to the
lungs, and then died. A female deposed that Mrs. Alger had
been making arrangements to be confined at her house, and
that she was after to take care of the infant. The Coroner re-
marked, that the evidence of the last witness negatived the
assumption that the mother premeditated the destruction of
her infant ; and, under all the circumstances, the case was not
sufficiently strong to warrant them in returning. a verdict of
murder or manslaughter. The case was in the hands of the
Magistrates ; and they had the power, if they thought proper,
of sending the mother for trial for concealing the birth of the
deceased. The Jury concurred with the Coroner, and returned
a verdict accordingly,