The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-20 00:00:00

trust to the Great Powers the care of making an arrange-
ment with Mehemet Ali. This proposition has been ac-
cepted by the Porte, and the representatives of the Five
Powers had set about the arrangement."
The same journal publishes a letter from Alexandria
of the '27th ult., which states that the French Admiral,
LALA NDE, was acquainted with the determination of the
Capitan Pacha to betray the fleet, and that England
was altogether outwitted on that occasion. As one of
our Contemporaries quotes this letter as proving his
own extraordinary sagacity, we shall quote from it the
only paragraphs which bear upon this curious statement :
" To the great surprise of every one, Admiral Lalande
was not at all surprised at the departure of the Turkish
fleet. We knew that he had had a long interview with the
Capitan Pacha, but we were not aware of what passed at
it ; we were only convinced that the Capitan Pacha was
going to fight, but we could not understand how it was that
the Admiral did not follow him.

" But since that event every thing has' explained itself.
The part played by France, which
, - appeared to have been
humiliating enough,,ceases to be so. From the first moment
she knew all. The English knew nothing."
After passing in review the death of the SULTAN and
the well-known occurrences that followed that event,
and after assuming that the SULTAN'S death was effected
by poison administered by direction of KHOSREW
PACHA, the writer explains the revelations made to the
French Admiral, and which redeems in his opinion the
French Government from the imputation of having
played a humiliating part .--
" Achmet Pacha receives at the Dardanelles his order of
recal. The same day he gets under way, and sails to the
Archipelago; two hours after this took place the interview
between the Admirals. The Prince de Joinville and an
Armenian interpreter were the only persons present.
Achmet told them all that the Grand Vizier was paid by
Russia ; that he ( Achmet) was only recalled to Con-
stantinople in order to be bowstrung, and replaced by
or,
g, there existed but one man
who could save the empire and the Turkish nationality,
Abdul
ypartyou ; that Mahmoud being dead,
ande of the
so
vary young,
and that that man was Mehemet Ali ; that he had
written to Hafiz Pacha, and if his letter arrived in
time the Turkish and Egyptian armies would unite, as the
fleets had done, for the preservation of the Ottoman Mo-
narchy ; that he ( Achmet) was well aware that on the first
impulse he would be execrated ; but that time would show
who was the traitor, and whether he had not acted as
became a Nlussulman and a true believer, by preferring
confiding the fate of the Crescent to another true believer
and man of genius, than to a Russian agent already go-
verning at Constantinople. Achmet added, 'We are
afraid of the English, and wish that you would come with
us, for we believe in the sincerity of the protection granted
by France.' The Admiral answered that he could not
follow him, but that he had no right to detain him, and
that in the name of France he assured him of his earnest
desire to maintain the independence of Turkey."
If the above statement be really correct, and we have
no means of proving it otherwise, it redounds not to the
glory, but the disgrace of France. From the instant
Admiral LALANDE became aware of the intentions of
the Capitals Pacha, it was his duty to have detained
the fleet, and thus have secured to his Government the
undisputed power of settling the Turkish question on a
basis honourable to the good faith, and creditable to
the physical and moral influence of France. His right
to detain an officer about to commit treason against the
existence of the Ottoman empire was clear ; as his
want of precise instructions on the subject arose from
the fact of the bare contemplation of such a crime
being deemed impossible .by his Government. MEHE-
MET ALI was at that moment at war with the Porte ;
Admiral LALANDE's squadron was then off Smyrna, for
the avowed purpose of abridging the duration of hosti-
lities, and, above all, of maintaining the integrity of
Turkey ; and yet, according to this writer, the French
Admiral secretly permitted her whole fleet to be be-
trayed to her enemy, without so much as demanding
a single guarantee that it would not be employed
to complete her destruction ! This •is an ex-
position of conduct so base, of policy so shallow
and detestable, that we should not on any account be
the first to attribute it to the French Government.
Such, however, is the inordinate vanity of the public
writers of that country that they dread everything less
than the imputation of the overwhelming power of
Dance being for one instant forgotten by friend or
enemy. We are less ambitious of questionable dis-
tinction, and therefore take it as a compliment that the
Capitan Pacha did not select Admiral STOPFORD, as
the confidant of his intended treason. Had he done
so, we have not the least doubt but that the Egyptian
fleet would now be at Malta instead of at Alexandria,
Mr. GILLON, M.P., and Dr. BOWRING are both at
Berlin. Dr. BWRING has been well received by the
Prussian authorities, and his suggestions relative to the
commercial league are likely to lead to beneficial re-
sults. There is no other news of any interest in the
French papers.

The observations made by Lord Brougham last even-
ing relative to the Auchterarder Case, were not very
distinctly heard, but their substance, so far as we can
gather from the different papers, appears to be this : A
letter had been addressed by Lord Belhaven, the Lord
High Commissioner, to Dr. Duncan, the Moderator of
the General Assembly, in which his Lordship stated that
he was commanded by the Queen to inform them
of her Majesty's entire approval of all their pro-
ceedings. These proceedings, Lord Brougham said,
tended to obstruct a solemn judgment pronounced by
their Lordships. He therefore wished to know whe-
ther the letter impugning that judgment had not been
written under a 41,:t. Lord M.. -
bourne replied, that it was neither in his power nor
would it be proper to give any explanation of the
statement referred to. The other question was, whe-
ther the Government had given any ground which
could justify the Commission which sat on Saturday
last, in passing resolutions by a majority of 104 to 23,
in direct opposition to the decisions of the Supreme
Courts. Lord Melbourne said nothing had been
done by the Government, which could encourge
the slightest censure or imputation on the decision of
the Court of Session, affirmed as it had been by that
House. All they had done was to direct the Lord
Advocate to confer with the Procurator for the Church,
in order to see whether the matter could not be settled.
Not with the intention of framing a bill immediately, or
pledging the Cabinet, but to show that they thought
the question ought to be considered calmly and carefully.
In the meantime the Crown patronage would be
administered as it had hitherto been in conformity with
the Veto Act of 1834.

CATHOLIC BURIAL SOCIETY The numberless
means by which the poor help one another are not all
known, we believe, to their richer brethren. If they
be rough and rude, and even occasionally cruel, to one
another, as they sometimes are, treating- one another
worse than the gentry ever treat them, yet at the same
time they are considerately kind, and ever ready to help
each other, even to sharing the last piece of coin in their
are generally pockets.desi-
rous s
to Obnee thing
tolfy
bwi
ri
icehd theyand
those w
ho have
lived without parish help pride themselves on being
buried by their own means. hence there are numerous
societies in the metropolis, the members of which sub-
scribe something weekly, that they may, when their last
hour comes, have the consolation of knowing that
they will be carried in a decent state to the home of all
by friendly hands. Such a feeling is worthy of being
cherished, and on this account we call attention to a
Society called the Catholic Burial Society, which em-
braces 1,600 members, including amongst them no in-
considerable number of the barrow-women of the Me-
tropolis, and the most of them being hard-working
Irish labourers. Today the Society gives a supper
at the Crown and Anchor 'Tavern to the Rev. Jeremiah
Harrington, who has long been their treasurer, and
whose services they are about to honour by the present
of such a small piece of plate as their scanty means
can afford. If it be a single salt-spoon it will be an
honour both to him and to them. Their object and
their feelings seem most laudable, and, probably, many
opulent persons, both Catholic and Protestant, will
think it an honour, us well as a Christian duty, to aid
their exertions.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Morning Herald of this day contains an article on
the subject of Mr. S. Rice's plan for funding Exchequer
bills, which our Contemporary says "is an operation
little calculated to raise his character as a financier."—
The Morning Post indulges in a violent tirade against Mr.
Spring Rice, suggested by the late rumour that he is
about to be elevated to the Peerage.—The Times, com-
menting on a political pamphlet just published by Mr.
Baring Wall, demurs to the Hem Member's notions of
Parliamentary independence, and asserts that his work
" contains a large quantity of shallow and futile error."—
The Morning Chronicle observes, in the course of a leading
article on Chartism—" The working class can only suc-
ceed by co-operation with the middle class. It may
.thwart, but it cannot prevail. Such is the obvious moral
of the Chartist agitation. "—The Morning Advertiser
expresses high approbation of Lord Palmerston's commu-
nications to the Portuguese Government on the subject
of the Slave trade.

----_____
THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
There were good suppliesClTYFlo 71ATTIKET.
Tubot, 4s. to ss. lOs to-day of most kinds at market.
and iss. ; Good Salmon, Is. to
Is. 3d. per lb. ; Cod::15sI s. to. 3s. and ss. each; Salmon Trout,
9d. to Is. each ; Lobsters, 9d. to 3s. each ; Haddock, 6d. to
Is., and Whitings, 341. to 6d. each.
HUNGERFORD MARKET.
Fish much the same as in the City. Beef, 7d. to 81d. ;
Mutton, 71d. to Bid,
; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to 81d.
per lb. The Vegetable Market was very fresh and good, and
trade steady at previous rates.
TALLOW MARKET.
P. Y. C. continues quiet at s')s. 6d,
arrive. on the spot, and 48s. to

New Hay, 60s. to 70s. , Old Hay, 80s. to 905., 9.55., and
100 s. ; Clover, and 130 s. ; Straw, 365. to
425. per load. 801. t
oi I
iAo.YO 71A207.
and
T .

MENAI BRI--GE.
e glad to state that
this far-famed and beautiful structure is about to undergo a
thorough repair. After having stood uninjured for thirteen
years, the memorable storm of January last damaged part
of the roadway, and rendered it necessary to deprive the
public of the use of it for five days, during which time it
was temporarily though safely repaired.— Carnarcon
Herald.

FUNDING OF EXCHEQUER BILLS.

The following are the resolutions mowed by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer last night, and adopted :-
1. Resolved•—That the several persons who have engaged to
subscribe the sum of 500,0001., in Exchequer bills dated in
March and June 1839, and charged on Aids or Supplies, and to
make deposits of 201. per centum on the amount of their re-
spective subscriptions at the Bank of England on the 20th day
of August, 1839, shall be entitled, upon the completion of their
subscriptions for every 100/. so subscribed in Exchequer bills,
to 1091. ss. 10d. capital stock in Consolidated Annuities, bear-
ing interest at the rate of 31. per centum per annum, the said
interest to commence from the sth day of July, 1839, and to
be payable, by half-yearly dividends, on the sth day of January,
and the sth day of July, in every year.
That the several subscribers shall complete their respective
subscriptions at the Bank of England by instalments, in the
proportions and at the times undermentioned; that is to say-
-20/. per cent. on or before the 27th day of September.
201. per cent, on or before the Bth day of November.
201. per cent. on or before the 20th day of December.
20/. per cent, on or before the 31st day of January, 1840.
That interest shall be allowed upon all Exchequer bills de-
posited in payment of each Instalment, up to the date of such
Instalment.

That Subseribers shall be at liberty to pay the said Instal-
ments in advance, and shall, in such case, be entitled to Interest
thereupon, for the first Instalment from the date of the bill up
to the 16th day of August instant, and upon the amount of the
bills for each subsequent Instalment from the date of the bills
up to the day the Instalment would have become due.
That all the Exchequer bills so to be deposited with the
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, shall be de-
livered over to the Paymasters of Exchequer bills to be can-
celled.

2. Resolved—That every person or persons who shall, on or
before the 23d day of August next, subscribe Exchequer bills
to an amount not exceeding in the whole 3,500,000/. of Ex-
chequer bills dated in March and June 1539, and charged en
Aids or Supplies, shall be entitled upon the completion of their
respective subscriptions, in manner before provided, for every
1001. so subscribed in Exchequer bills, to 1101. capital stock in
Consolidated Annuities, bearing interest at the rate of 3/. per
centum per annum, upon the terms and conditions before
mentioned.

3.—Resolved—That every person or persons who shall, after
the 23d day of August next, deliver in Exchequer, bills to be
cancelled in sums of not less than 1,0001., to an amount not
exceeding in the whole a sum which, together with the Ex-
chequer bills subscribed in manner before provided, shall not
exceed 4,000,000/. of Exchequer bills dated in March and June,
1839, and charged on Aids or Supplies, shall be entitled for
every 100/. so delivered in to such an amount of Capital Stock
in Consolidated Annuities, bearing interest at the rate of 31.
per centum per annum. as every 1001. of the said Exchequer
bills would have purchased if the same had been applied in the
purchase of Consolidated Annuities, estimating the same
at the quarterly average price thereof, for the quarter
ending the sth day of January, sth day of April, sth day of
July, or 10th day of October, as the case may be, immediately
preceeding the delivering in of such Exchequer bills, such
average price to be ascertained according to the daily re-
turns thereof, made up pursuant to law at the Bank of England.

MONEYAND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Arrivals this morning—French Mail, ship letters from
Demerara ; Monte Video ; Calcutta, 16th March ; and New
York, by the Roscius, at Liverpool, of the 25th July, old
date.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.---We have had
a good demand for cotton to-day, and full prices have
been obtained. The sales, 5,000 bags, chiefly to the trade.

TILE FUNDS.
We have quite a blank morning both for fresh arrivals
and operations in the funds.
It is so exceedingly difficult to ascertain any true state-
ment in respect to the conversion of the 3,500,0001. Ex-
chequer Bills now open for public subscription at the Bank
of England, that we are obliged to substitute the report of
the well-informed gentlemen of the Stock Exchange on
the subject, who are the most likely to ascertain the near
amount of the daily subscriptions. It was generally stated
to be upwards of one million entered in the books, but
according to Sir J. R. Reid's statement in the House of
Commons last night, they only amounted to near 700,0001.
As yet we have not heard the amount subscribed this
morning. _ _ _

Consols opened at 911 for the Account; Money 91i 1,
same as they closed at ; Exchequer bills, 15 18 ; India
Bonds, nothing done ; Bank Stock 185 186 ; India Stock,
247 248.

In the Foreign Market the chief operation is in Spanish,
for which there appears to be a demand, and it has improved
from the leaving off price of 194 20 to 20:?-, ; Portuguese
lower, owing to what Lord Palmerston stated in the House
last night in respect to Portugal, closed at 281 29, receded
to 281, at present, 29 to 4 ; Colombian, 311; Brazilian, 78i ;
Mexican 27+ ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 541. ;
Five per Cents., Io3i i; Spanish Active is still improving,
just done at 201
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock -- lB5 6 India Stock

Fiier Cent. Red.... ...... 94i 174 21 Ditto Bonds - pm
3 per Cent. Cons. 91%% 1 South Sea Stock —
35~ per Cent
Ditto Red. 99'.S % New Ditto
New 314 per Cent .
98%9(1 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 .. 15 17 pro.
Jan. 5, 1860 14 7-16 5-163 1 Ditto Small 2O ... 15 17 pm.
Oct. 10, 1859 l4 5-16 Ditto Commercial — par.
Jiln. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ..... pm.
Jan. 5, 1880 Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, 188(1. lndia Stock for Account ...
Jan. 5. 1870 — Congos for Account 91%%
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds

..... _
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds ..„ ..... —1 Ditto, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account Ditto Account 183i%
Chilian Bonds
D.tto Account
Columbian Bonds —, Ditto Account —
Ditto Account —; Ditto Metallic —
Columbian Bonds, 1824. 3l , Spanish Bonds ' 19% 20N
Ditto Account — Ditto Account.
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account De& rred B% 9%
~
Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent ..•
f. e.
Din !Mt .1 ; --- 3 per cent.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. --- Exchange. —f. —c.
Ditto Account ......... ..... —1 Dutch, iN per cent. ,54%4

Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account f;N
Ditto Account
Neapolitan — Ditto Account —
t•RICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Great Western Railway Company 65
Ditto New
Grand Junction Railway
Brighton Railway
London and Croydon Railway Company l4/. 18s. 6d. 111 A
Ilunchestar and Birmingham Railway l5
Do. Do. Extension
HALF-PAST ONE.
Up to the present time nothing is known of the sub-
scriptions received at the Bank for Exchequer bills, which
we understand is to be kept a secret until the amount has
been received at the Treasury, therefore it will not be
known until about 2 o'clock, and it is doubtful if it trans-
pire; at that hour. The chief speculation this morning
has been in the foreign market both in Spanish and Por-
tuguese Stocks, The former took a sudden start in con-
sequence of reports which were in circulation that Don
Carlos was going to abdicate, and of a cessation of arms
for three months ; at present, we cannot give this in any
authentic shape, only as a mere report ; at all events, there
has been good purchasers in the market of Spaniel, and
the prevailing :opinion is that something of a favourable
nature has been received from Spain. Consols, 913: i ac-
count, Money, 91i -1; Exchequer Bills lower:ls 17; Bank
Stick 185 186.
In the Foreign Market," Spanish, Active, has improved
1 per cent, from 191 to 20:f ; Portuguese, done at 281,
at present they are 29k; Three-per-Cents, 18,Li ; Co-
lombian, 311; Brazilian, 781 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents, 541; Five per Cents., 1031.

DEATH OF SIR ROBERT CLAYTON, BART.--
We regret to hear that Major Sir Robert Clayton, Bart.,
died early in tl e past week, at, we believe, Adlington
Hall, Lancashire. The late gallant Baronet was in his
93d year, and his commission as Major in the army dates
so long back as the year 1785.
DEATH OF SIR THOMAS DALLAS.--This ve-
teran officer died rather suddenly on Monday last, at his
residence at Bath. Sir Thomas, who particularly distin-
guished himself on several occasions, was Lieutenant-
General in the East India Company's service, a C. 8., and
was in his 81st year. He had always served in the cavalry,
and received his commission as Cornet on the 25th of
April, 1778.

THE MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK.—His Lord-
ship has published a letter on the Hastings affair, in which
;t is stated, " That Lady Tavistock never te ok any part
whatever against Lady Flora Hastings ; and that, inas-
much as it formed no part of her official duty to communi-
cute with her Sovereign on this subject, she never imparted
any suspicion,' nor made any communication, direct or
indirect, to her Majesty concerning it."
The Dover Chronicle, whose account of the
crops in Kent is extremely favourable, says that if the
weather prove favourable, we may confidently expect that
after harvest wheat will fall to 40s. per quarter. Our
Contemporary's prediction, we fear, is not likely to he
realized.

" Bolam, the Chartist," says the Courrier
Francais, " has been condemned for assasination l" We
have many exaggerations of the poor Chartists in our
own country. This from France bangs them all.
RESPECTABLE HOUSES.—A Correspondent
asks " flow does that respectable house in the Hay-
market, the Waterford Arms, contrive to elude the vigi.
lance of the informers ? Neither the name of the pro-
prietor or what it is licensed to deal in is painted over the
door."—Morning Herald.—[lt would be more to the pur-
pose perhaps to ask how the. proprietors of so many note-
riaus and infamous houses in the neighbourhood contrive
not only to elude the law but to live luxuriously like
people of fashion by pandering to the ruinous vices of the
3 oung and unwaryi

ALARMING STATE OF THE MENDICITY.--
A special meeting of the committee of this invaluable in-
stitution was held yesterday, at Ushers quay, the Rev. P.
Cooper, in the chair. After some discussion, it was re-
arlved that the inmates of the institution be paraded through
the stteets of Dublin on Wednesday next, in order, if pos-
sible, to excite the compassion of the citizers, and that,
unless tufpicier,t funds were given, all those not actually
maimed or crippled will be turned out upon the street.
Dubli n Evening Post.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.--011 Saturday an in-
quest was held at St. George's Hospital on the body of
Edward Cooley, aged 66, a servant out of place. A ser-
vant man named Martin gave a rambling account of the
landlord of a public-house in Cumberland-street, Bryan-
ston-square, named Ogle, having thrown the deceased down
stairs and broken his leg ; when he went to the deceased
be found him lying on the pavement, with the bone pro-
truding through the flesh ; he got a cab and removed him
to St. George's Hospital. The house surgeon said that
the deceased refused to allow his leg to be amputated, and
he died from mortification of the part. Ogle, the land-
lord of the public-house, came forward voluntarily, and
said that, hearing the deceased abuse his wife, he desired
him to leave the house ; he went towards the door back-
wards, and fell into the street. The Jury returned a ver-
dict of " Accidental death," at the same 'time expressing
their disapprobation of Martin's conduct, and their exone-
ration of Ogle from all blame.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF

- --•
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes pass
Twelve o'Clock.

Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from the Presi.
dent and 600 Members of the Medical Association in Ire.
land, praying for the establishment of a universal system o
medical education.

On the motion of Sir C. B. VE RE a return was ordered
of all the armed associations which had been formed in con-
sequence of the Letter of Lord J. Russell to the Magis-
trates of Counties.

On the motion of Mr. C. WOOD the Lords' amend
ments to the Highway Bill were agreed to.
Mr. R. STUART moved the third reading of the Con
solidated Fund ( Appropriation) Bill.—Agreed to.
EXCHEQUER BILL.

On the motion of Mr. R. STUART, the Exchequer
Btll was read a third time and passed.
EXCHEQUER BILLS FUNDING.

Mr. R. STUART moved the Order of the Day for re-
ceiving the Report of the Committee on the Exchequer
Bills Funding.
Mr. HARRIS wished that a corrected estimate of the
surplus of the income over the expenditure should be laid
before the Houses, instead of the old one.

Mr. STUART could not lay this before the House in
the absence of the Secretary for the Treasury.
The resolutions were then agreed to, and leave was
given to bring in a bill in pursuance thereof.
UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of Mr. PIGOT, the Lords' amend-
ments to the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill were agreed to.
CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of Lord MORPETH, the Report on this
Bill was received.

ASSAULTS (IRELAND) BILL.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland moved the
consideration of the Lords' amendments to this Bill.
The order having been read, the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman moved that the clause be rein-
serted which had been struck out by the Lords, and
which took away the summary jurisdiction of the
justices in cases where questions of title arose.
Mr. O'CONNELL was surprised (though to be sure
no one could be much surprised at any error of the Lords)
that the other House should have struck out this clause.
Summary jurisdictions were opposed to the spirit of the
Constitution, and could only be justified by necessity.
The whole tenor of our legislation was to remove the sum-
mary jurisdiction in cases where title was disputed, and
unless this clause was re-inserted, the Bill would be very
pernicious in its operation. The poor people of Ireland
were already too much harrassed by summonses for petty
trespasses, and next Session he should attempt some
modification of the law on this subject.
Mr. HODGSON said he believed that where the
House of Lords made one error, this House made twenty—
("No")—and the other House had been engaged very pro-
perly for sometime lately in correcting the mistakes of this
House.

BANK. OF IRELAND, AND SLAVE TRADE

SUPPRESSION BILL.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished
to state to the House, that a Bill of considerable import-
ance had passed the House of Lords last night (the Slave
Trade Suppression Bill), but in consequence of the break-
ing up early last night, it had notj,been brought down.
He wished to state therefore, that that Bill would be laid
on the table at five o'clock. He also wished to
give notice, that' he intended to fix for five o'clock this
evening, the Order of the Day for the Bank of Ireland
Charter, and then he would be prepared to state to the
House what was the definitive resolution of her Majesty's
Government, and what was the course they proposed to
take. He thought it was quite right the House should
come to a definitive understanding on the subject.—( Hear,
hear.) The Government would therefore state what course
they intended to pursue, and Hon. Gentlemen would have
the power of deciding whether that course was right or
wrong, and whether they were disposed to adopt it.
Mr. O'CONNELL believed it was now clear beyond a
doubt, that the facts which had been stated in the news-
papers of a conspiracy between Portuguese slave traders
to poison British captains were true. He perceived that
elsewhere it had been distinctly stated that her Ma-
jesty's Government had received an intimation that
the slave traders of Portugal had made an arrangement
to place a cask of poisoned wine on the deck, so that if
they were taken the British sailors might partake of the
wine, and there was also a scheme decided upon of poison-
ing the water. Those were such diabolical acts, that it was
difficult to express sufficient indignation at them, but he
thought it was the duty of the Government not only to in-
form the public that such a foul conspiracy had been dis-
covered, but to apply to the Court of Portugal to prose-
cute the individuals concerned in it. It appeared to
him that it was the bounden duty of the Government im-
mediately to draw up the facts, and to call on the Portu-
guese as our allies to punish such of their subjects
as had formed the horrible intention of committing an
atrocious crime against the lives of the British. He (Mr.
O'Connell) was sure that in saying that, he was expressing
the unanimous sentiments of the country, and he at,ti-
cipated that Her Majesty's Government would take the
most prompt and decided methods of endeavouring to
ascertain whetl er punishment should not follow that hor-
rible conspiracy.—( Hear, hear).
Mr. GISBORNE did not quite understand from the
Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the statement be
intended to make relative to the Bank of Ireland, would
be made in such a shape that the sense of the House could
be ascertained upon it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was not for him to anticipate that any objection would be
made to the course he should propose to take.
METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved the Order of
tigyp fly en.• ;ow the Lords' amend-
ments to the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill.
Mr. AGLIONBY wished, before the amendments weft
read, to ask the Hon. and Learned Solicitor-General, or
the Hon. Member for Lambeth, to state what those amend-
ments were.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied there were
certainly a great many amendments. Some if them were
merely verbal amendments, but with regard to those that
were of substance, they might be divided under two heads.
The first was in the 3d clause, whereby the Secretary of
State was enabled to give retiring pensions to police Ma-
gistrates. That clause had been struck out by the Lords.
The most important alteration that had been made was the
striking out of the 26th clause, which gave a summary
jurisdiction in certain cases to the Magistrate, and which
had been introduced in conformity with the Report of a
Committee of the House. He proposed to agree to these
amendments—not because he thought they were in them-
selves good, but because he thought there were cer-
tain enactments in the Bills which would do good.
(To be continued in our SECOND EDITION.)

THE CARDIGANSHIRE BOROUGHS. - Mr
Lloyd Williams will not disturb the peace of those
boroughs. That gentleman, however, has caused us no
little surprise, by the statement that he himself had signed
the requisition to Mr. Harford. We have been asked over
and over again, " Why should he meddle in the matter of
Mr. Harford?" We have heard various and contradictory
reasons assigned, but we shrewdly suspect that the true
reason may be found hid under the hay and straw of the
last Cardigan Hunt Meeting !—Welshman.
ELECTION FOR CAMBRIDGE. —lt appears
by accounts from this borough that Mr. Spring Rice had
written to several of his most influential supporters stating
that it was his intention to resign the cares of office, so
soon as a successor could be determined on ; and although
the party knew that the Chancellor would retire before
any great length of time, they had till within these few days
done nothing, or next to nothing towards finding a candi.
date. Mr. Sutton, son of Lord Canterbury is to come
forward on the Tory interest, and according to the Cam-
bridge Independent Press he is to be opposed by Mr.
Gibson, late Member for Ipswich. This announcement has
produced a great sensation among the Liberal party
who were in great doubt as to who was really to come
forward to represent their views and interests when the
promised vacancy occurred. Mr. Gibson's name is hailed
with the liveliest feelings of joy by every Reformer in
Cambridge, so that there can be little doubt as to the result
of the contest. The Tories are all but disheartened ;
they know the state of the registry, and pretend to hope
that the election may not take place until after the next
registration, when they fancy, poor souls, that their pros-
pects will look brighter, and they themselves may be in
better condition for the contest. Mr. Gibson took a
wrangler's degree at Cambridge in 1830.
THE CIIA RTISTS IN BERWlCK.—Vigorous
steps have been taken by the magistracy of our borough to
provide against any outbreak on the part of the Chartists
in this neighbourhood. Between two and three hundred
special constables were sworn in, and others have since
been enrolled, so that our constabulary force now amounts to
379 ; all of whom have been supplied with staves. Much
excitement prevailed in the town on Monday, and the ar.
rivals of the coaches from the south were waited upon by
large parties, anxious to know what measures were taken
in Newcastle for the observance of the " sacred month."
It was also reported that one of the collieries in our neigh-
bourhood had given in work, and that the men were riot-
ing in their district. The report originated in the fact of
the engine having gone wrong, from which cause the men
were thrown off work, and one of them having got mar-
ried they were all engaged in a merry-making. The men
are again at their labour. On Wednesday, however, Ma.
jor Johnson of Scremerston, had occasion to summon four
of his workmen at Shoreswood, before the magistrates, for
neglecting their work and exciting others to follow their
example. They have all been sent off to Durham, the
two former to be imprisoned in the House of Correction at
Durham for two calendar months, while they sentenced the
two latter to be imprisoned only for one month.—Benwick
Advertiser.

DEER STEALING.—WiIIiam Pointon, a black•
smith, was on Saturday apprehended on a charge of killing
and carrying away a buck, the property of Mr. Dugdale.
The keeper's wife, on Friday evening last, heard the report
of fire arms, and looking to the place from whence the
sound came, saw Pointon. Sho mentioned the circumstance
to her husband on his return home, and on going to the
spot he found a quantity of blood, and traced other marks
wnafosrmatio
of blood towards the road over the park pales to the black-
smith's shop, in which he found the feet of a deer. He then
went to Pointon's residence, and inquired for him, but find.
ing him absent, awaited his return, and accused him of kil.
H ci
ling and taking away the deer. He confessed the
and said he was driven to do it by distress. The ve
nrismone,
sn of theointon
with the exception of one quartenerm,to
which
Mr. Dugdale, Pointon
circumstances restored,
having found upon e
been
the i
given
Information
was taken into custody and lodged in Redditch gaol, from
whence he was on Tuesday taken before the Magistrates
assembled at Petty Sessions at Brom
to the County Gaol to take his trialgarh
ret
the ensuing
com m committed
.
sions. He has a wife and eight children, only one of whom
swi.3etebnecliee.ve,Tisheabdituleesttodteo anything toward; gaining a sub-'
state of the children, and corofcrt-
le,s interior of tho habitation, presented a thrilling picture
of the abode
and wretchedness. —Worcestershire
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