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in the recommendation of the Noble Duke was so inconsistent with the
obligations under which this country was placed by the Quadruple
Treaty that he did not see how it could possibly be adopted.—(Bear
hear.) The Noble Earl then shortly contended that tho Noble Dula
had underrated the consequence of the possession of the port of Pas.-
sages, and said that he could imagine no case in which one country had
a claim on another for protection stronger than that which Spain had
on this country at the commencement of the contest in the Peninsula•
He understood the Noble and Learned Lord (Lyndhurst) to censure
certain instructions which he had said he had understood to have been
given to the squadron on the north coast of Spain, respecting some
Dutch and Sardinian vessels. Now, he (Lord Minto) was not stat-
ing whether any such instructions were given or not, but if the Or'
cumstances to which they were stated to refer had taken place he
should have instructed the officers on that station to execute the Quad-
ruple Treaty, and to have prevented the landing of stores for Don
Carlos, with every proper attention, at the same time, to the rights of
friendly Saate. These orders, if given, the Noble and Learned Lord
must be aware, were necessarily of the most confidential nature, and
any information respecting them could only have come from a British
officer concerned in their execution—(Hear)—and he (Lord Mint())
could not believe that any British officer would so far forget his duty
as to repeat any part of his orders. It would be very satisfactory to hint
to hear from the Noble and Learned Lord whether he had received bi 4
information from any quarter of that sort.
Lord LYNDHURST said that he had not, but had heard it repeated
in the course of the debates in the other House of Parliament, and, W
the best of his recollection, in their Lordships' House.—(Hear.)
The Earl of RIPON said that this country was, if not actually at war
with Den Carlos, at least in a position in which it was doing all the
mischief of war—(Hear, hear)—and that this was the first, and he hoped
the last time in which a great country like England should find itself in-
volved in such a piebald and bastard state of warfare as scarcely to
know whether it was or was not.—(Cheers.)
The Earl of MINTO explained.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY shortly replied, and complimented
the Noble Duke (Wellington) on the candid and honourable manner ill
which he had expressed his opinion as to the conduct which the Govern-
ment of this country had pursued and ought to pursue.
The returns, in accordance with the amended form of the motionoas
suggested by Lord Melbourne, were then ordered, and their Lordships,
at half-past Eleven o'clock, adjourned till Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 19.
There being only thirty-seven Members present at Four
o'clock the House adjourned till to-morrow.

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, JUNE 18.

I write you this in haste by a friend, who leaves this morning for
London, on board the Commercial Steam Company's vessel the
Emerald. I mentioned in my last that Marshal Soult, Duko of Dal•
matia, and suite, were expected here from Paris, en route to at•
tend the Coronation of her Majesty Queen Victoria, and that prepara-
tions were making by the mayor and municipal authorities to receive
so distinguished a warrior according to the esprit militaire of the
French. His Excellency arrived here on Thursday last, the WI,
instatit, and was received by Monsieur Adam, the Mayor, and
the four companions of the troops, under arms, which form the
garrison of this unfortified fashionable watering-place. Yes' •
terday a ball was given to his Excellency, which was attended
by all the haul ton, and perhaps the veteran never looked
more pleased at the attention paid to him by the inhabitants of the towns
in the environs of which he had been encamped with his late Emperor"
Napoleon at the head of the grand army. I have seen him in Paris
often when troubled with the turmoils of office, holding the War De'
rartment, with the gravity of the soldier and Statesman ; but at pre'
sent he appears gay, and enters freely into conversation with every one,
at times jocosely, and makes particular inquiries on commercial as welt
as maritime matters, and the improvements that are rapidly making
this country, not only in steam navigation, but railroads, for which,
there is perhaps a greater mania than in England. The splendi"
State equipages of the Marshal, have excited universal ad-
miration—they are of dark blue, and the pannels covered with
morial bearings ; the axletrees most tastefully carved, representing
garlands of oak leaves, twined one within another; and the
gilding, which is extremely costly, renders them, perhaps, tije
finest that ever were sent from the manufactories of the capital. On;
is lined with sky-blue silk, ornamentei with orange and gold, and
another in pale apricot colour, of the ::chest Lyons manufacture ; be"
sides these there are five other State carriages for the distinguished per-
sonages who form his suite as Aides-de-Camp, &c. So much irnPr.
lance does his Majesty Louis Philippe place on the extraordinary Ul,l'
sion of Marshal Soult to the Court of St. James's, as his represe,":
tative at the Coronation of " England's maiden Queen," where
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will naturally come in contact with the leading Diplomatists a
Envoys of all the Courts of Europe, that previous to his departnrel
from Paris he has attended several of the Privy Councils, at wh'Ci
the King presided, which proves that such a man as Soult being !e•
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lected for so grand an occasion, whose political principles are so (
ferent to those of the present French Ministry, that a change in ti.no e
Cabinet is contemplated before the arrival of the anniversary of t;
three glorious days of July, which might prove fatal to the King °I last
Barricades, should such unpopular men remain in office,
experiment of the review or call upon the National Guards on the 10th
instant was a complete failure, and has lowered them, if it possibly could,
,
more in the minds of the people than they were before, arid endanger"'
the Throne.
His Excellency and suite were to have left this morning for London
on board the Government steamer Le Meteor, which has been lyre {or
the last three days waiting his orders; but as a fete champetre is
to.ii;c
M place they will not leave till to-morrow at nine o'clock, A ~ SO he w'
in the great metropolis in the evening. as their
ra.

DOVER.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JUNE 19, 1838.—A very large Government steamer called
the Phaeton arrived in this port this morning from Bou!ogne, with the,
carriage and baggage of his Excellency the Marshal Soult, and ali°U,
eleven o'clock another very large French steamer arrive,' in the Ron:l6'
called the Meteor, having en board the Marshal and his suite. 1"
Commander of the latter had intended coming in here to land his 05-
sengers, but he arrived too late in the tide. The water had fallen SO
much, the harbourmaster did not consider It prudent to attempt it, and
as there was a heavy sea and strong wind, it was decided to proceed for
Woolwich with the steamer, rather than land the Ambassador by boat.
The two steamers were supplied with pilots for the River, and proceeded
about noon for Woolwich. A salute was fired from the Western heights.
whicli was returned by the Meteor.
The Count and Countess Charles Pozzo di Borgo arc arrived this after-
noon from London, to embark to.morrow for Calais.

The Marquis of Dalmatia, the Marquis de Mornay, and the Marquis
D'Eyragnes, all attaches to the special embassy of Marshal Soult,
ar-
rived in Portland.place (the mansion belonging to the Hon.
I'onsonby) on Monday evening, from Paris, via Boulogne and Dover.
His Excellency was expected to embark with his suite yesterd
way,'c 5!
Boulogne, on board the French Government steamer, the Meteor,
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was to convey him to Dover, and lie will probably arrive in the course°,
this day. His Excellency's massive service of plate, part of which ,v 3.51
presented to him by the late Emperor Napoleon, was brought over
charge of some of his domestics by the Grand Turk steamer trota..t
Boulogne. A splendid carriage is building here for the Marshal..
will be finished in a few days. He also brings several superb Parl'l3"..
made equipages over with him.
Yesterday evening, a few minutes past six o'clock, his Excellency
Marshal Soult, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Court of Fr3l';'(77.
arrived with his numerous and splendid suite, at his residence, /,e•
Portland-place, which has been taken for him and furnished for the
casion, in a most superior style.

ABSTRACT OF A BILL TO PROVIP,ay
FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE MAILS
RAILWAYS.

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I Postmaster-General may require Railway Companies to
the Mails, together with Guards or other officers of the Post-01"1,:t
either by ordinary trains of carriages, or by special trains, providc(re-,
the expellee of the Companies, such carriages to be subject to such t•
sonablc regulations as to speed of travelling, places, times, and dura:g.
of stoppages, and times of arrival, as the Postmaster-General ,"
direct.
2. If required, carriages to be applied exclusively to conveyauCC'
mails. • eor
3. Railway Company, if required, to provide separate carriog 'so
carriages, for sorting letters, fitted up as the Postmaster, or any per
deputed by him, shall direct, and subject to such reasonable regul3-

as
4the Postmaste. General may app
ireoint. rag'
. Postmaster-r General may dct mails to be carried along the-
way in mail coaches, in lieu of Com pny'
5. Company to be subject to such directionscarriages. respecting the conveYanc°
of the mails, &c., as the Postmaster shall from time to time give* tgo
6. Postmaster-General, or person deputed by him, May °b•le-. to
engines or carriages provided by Railway Company, and direct other"
be substituted in their place. „e
7. Amount of remuneration to Railway Companies, for convoYa'r-ae
mails, to be fixed by agreement between Postmaster-General And CO
pany, or, in case of difference of opinion between them, by arbitration•jo
8. Agreements between Postmaster-General and Railway C°n)P3;i:,is
as to amount of remuneration, ECG, may be altered on notice beiogf.,gie
by the Postmaster-General, that an addition to, or diminution °lt, the
services of the Company, will be required ; terms to be settled as bel°-
me
9 ~
Postmaster-General may terminate services of Railway ConaPa°lth
on notice of three calendar months.
10. If without notice, then a full and fair compensation fixed II at.'
bit rat. ion to be made to the C may
ss.•
11 Post-master General provide or hire engines or carriage,' _
to
for conveyance of Mails on Railways, in which case no rate or toll i'
be charged by the Company, provided that the consesnutch enoftzhiri,eees.7:l,o
of the Treasury be obtained, prior to the running of
12. Engineers or servants employed by Postmaster General i •
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management of engines or carriages provided by him, to have free ac'
along Railway. atitioth
13. Railway Company enjoined to render services or accoMro°,- for
if demanded, when Post-office engines or carriages are emPlO-1; aL
which special remuneration, to be fixed as above, is to be gire,no;.esr
such cases a fair compensation to be made for the tear an°
Railway. ided
14. Royal arms to be painted on engines or carriages P"
Posts. master-General. oainst
1 Bye-laws of Railway Companies to be of no erred a"-
and
provisions of the present Act.
, or ob.
16. Companies to be liable to a penalty for refusing to co-'
structing conveyance of mails.
17. P ostmaster-General may require Railway Companies t° ,'"
curity by bond to her Majesty for the due performance of the dutic
posed upon them by this Act.
IS. Notice to be held good if served upon any Director,
or
or other officer, agent, or servant of the Railway Company,or 1"
an 19.tation of the Company. ~ree t 11,03
as If Postmter-General and Railway Company cannot f„,-
the amount of remuneration to be given for tear and wear, or
-_ the
services performed by the Company, the case shall be submittedatOd,it
arbitration of two persons—one to be named by each party' by
they cannot agree, then to the umpirage of a third, to be *Pointe
them, whose award shall be final.
t v2eo interpretationonst ruc t Construction tot
fo ft termshe termisn contained this Act
itrio
tbheearcotrs fordin regulating
Post-office, passed last year. Session
21. Act may be amended or repealed during the present
Parliament. uthiaetrinegspro

Amongst a private collection of paintings now on
public view at Robins's Auction Rooms, are ten very beautiful and %;
etraordinary landscapes by celebrated amateur, well known at the
of ena
the last century for the wonderful genius displayed in his pictur—es.
and which has been recorded in various publications of that period•
it is the first time any of these productions have been announced for sale,
we imagine they will command the attention of connossieurs.
ERRATA.—'Two verbal errors occur in our leading
article of yesterday, on the subject of the proposed appointment of
Mr
O'Connell to the Mastership of the Rolls ;—" Ireland assume the naturo•
position," instead of "her natural position ;" and, lower down, " a cabi-
net to whom," instead of "to which."
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—A special genc•-
meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Society ia
Regent-street, for the election of a President and Member of The
Coun,ll, in the room of the late Thomas Andrea' Knight, Esq.
Duke of Devonshire was elected President, and Sir G. Grey I4erte"
Member of the Council, in the place of the late Mr. Knight.