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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1841.

The Lords indulged last evening in a long and some-
what criminatory and recriminatory conversation about
the Scotch Church, the condition of which seems to
plague and vex their Lordships quite as much as it
plagues and vexes the people of Scotland. There is no
cure k,r the opposition of priestly power to the law. All
other men can be held in subjection, or be constrained to

obedience ; the priests claim a co-ordinate power with the
Legislature, and will only obey when obedience suits their
interests, or squares with their principles. The conver-
sation, though long, led to nothing. The principal
speakers were Lords MELBOURNE, BROUGHAM, and BEL-
HAVEN, the Earl of ABERDEEN, the Duke of ARGYL L,
and the Marquis of BREADALBANE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of
the Charitable Trusts Bill, and explained that the object
of it was to secure to the poor the benefit of these trusts.
Lord LYNDHURST oppoSed the motion, because the
municipal bodies, in whose hands many of these trusts
are placed, are Dissenterf,, and the trusts were left to
members of the Church of England. He moved that the
Bill be read a second time that day three months.
Lord BROUGHAM supported the second reading,
and expressed his surprise that Lord LYNDHURST
should oppose such a Bill, so necessary to establish a
right to this property, on such a ground.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE supported the view of Lord
LYNDHURST ; the Earl of RADNOR expressed his asto-
nishment at Lord LYNDHURST'S conduct.

Their Lordships divided, and the Bill was put off by
52 to 36.

At Half-past Eight their Lordships adjourned till
Thursday.
In the Commons the St. John's Hospital Winchester
Bill was reported, after some, opposition on the part of
Mr. LEADER and a division. in which he was supported
by 23 anti opposed by 80 'Members.
The only business which occupied the House, besides
forwarding several Bills, was Mr. SCHOLEFIELD'S motion
concerning the distress or the country, followed by Mr.
Hista-Ev's addition -referring to the unjust pressure of
taxation on the middle and lower classes.
Mr. SCROLEFIELD and Mr. HINDLEY explained their
views in very useful speeches, to which we must now
content ourselves by referring, and were supported by
Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. BAINES.
Sir :FRANCIS BURDETT made a rambling attack on the
Government, insisted that the agricultural interest was
the great source of Britain's wealth and greatness, and
that all the distress of the country arose from maladmi-
nistration of the Government.
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Mr. LADOCCHERE took a brief notice of the worn-out
,patriot's querulous complaint, and advised his Hon.
Friend to withdraw his motion, as, if pressed to a con-
clusion, it could lead to no result.
Before Mr. BAINES could conclude his speech, Sir
STRATFORD CANNING moved that the House be counted,
and it was counted out, so at once disposing of the de-
bate and the motion.

The Tories have of late taken great credit for
the reductions they made in the national expen-
diture while they were in office. Their journals
have also on several occasions praised Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL and the party for judicious ameliora-
tions in the criminal code. By so doing they
have rendered a profound homage to the exer-
tions of the Whigs in opposition, for both eco-
nomy and the amelioration of the criminal code
were favourite Whig measures, which they con-
tinually urged on the Tory Government. In
fact, the measures for which alone the Tory jour-
nals can now give their party credit, were the
measures of their opponents surreptitiously taken
out of the hands of the Whigs, or reluctantly
adopted by their antagonists. Whatever the
Whigs have done in office their adversaries ad-
mit, by their present praise of measures which
the Tory Government adopted from the Whigs)_
that they were in opposition great and trtle
statesmen.
At present they labour under some reproaches
for what they have neglected to do in office, and

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what they have done erroneously. Acting in
the face of a powerful opposition, they have been
most closely wat4ed, and severely tried ; and if
they have not come fully up to expectation, they
have far surpassed whatever was done, by their
antagonists, when their power was unlimited.
Unencumbered during the las: ten years by of-
ficial responsibility, bound by no oath, to main-
tain every abuse, what have the Tories in oppo-
sition done for the nation ? What measures have
they proposed which their adversaries plume
themselves on having adopted. What are the
merits on which they go to the country ? What
are the claims of the Tories on the gratitude and
support of the intelligent constituency of the
empire ?
We will do them the justice to say that they
did propose one measure which their adversaries
adopted with advantage. Sir Robert Peel's sug-
gestion as to the Jamaica Bill has worked well.
Besides this the Tories have in a great many in-
stances forced their measures, by the aid of a
Tory House of Lords, on the Ministers, who
have adopted them as compromises, and accepted
them as the nearest approach the Tories would
allow to general utility. But those measures the
Whig journals will always decry, and will never
speak of then: as the Tory journals speak of the
measures which the Tories took from the Whigs
as constituting the titles of the Whigs to public
approbation. The conduct of the Tories, as an
opposition, gives them no claims on the support
of the electoral body.

There is not a single abuse of which they
have not made themselves the champions.
Not one bad law has been passed by the
Whigs, such as the Police Act,—not a single
good measure has been resisted by them, such
as the ballot, or the extension of the suffrage,
but they have been supported by the Tories.
Every extravagance of which the Ministers were
guilty, save one—the proposal to give 50,0001.
to Prince ALBERT—that foolish act of a fond
old man—has found favour with the Tories.
They have called out for enlarged establish-
ments, and have increased the necessity for
them, by depreciating the maritime power of
Great Britain in the eyes of Europe. Not one
improvement of the least magnitude,—not one
economy of the least value, has been suggested
or carried into effect by them; and the Tories
in opposition have only been distinguished froin
the Tories in office by wanting the power to do
great mischief.
At length a great crisis has arrived in pub-
lic affairs. Great distress overwhelms the peo-
ple, and the revenue is unequal to the expendi-
ture. The " condition of England" question forces
itself like a moving glacier on the attention of un-
willing statesmen. Poverty and discontent go
hand in hand ; and an impoverished people, with
Chartism, have taken the place of prosperity
and love for the Constitution. What remedies
do the Tories suggest for this alarming state cf
things? How do they propose to restore physi-
cal prosperity, and bring about improved
opinions? On what grounds do they ask the
confidence of the country ? Mr. GOULDURN
said, let things alone. Sir ROBERT PEEL made
light of the distress, and told the House of
Commons to look to the revival of confidence
in the Banks of the United States, to put an
end to distress and Chartism in England. The
main principle of Conservatism is to maintain
the system which has brought about these ca-
latnities. The Tories will alter nothing, they
will amend nothing. They will vigorously ad-
minister the law; but no improvement In the
the Executive Government, suppose that were
an improvement, can amend the condition of
the people. It is the system which is faulty,
and that the Tories defend. They are satisfied,
though the people are in distress and are filled
with discontent, and they will, if they have the
power, by some increased taxation, endeavour
to supply the wants of the State.
They look only to the few, and for their bene-
fit they will maintain and sharpen every restric-
tion. They propose, if the Government be
placed in their hands, to make it more coercive
and more expensive. The champion of the
Church hopes, when the Tories are in office, to
bring forward with success its claims to addi-
tional endowments. In fact, measareg, like that
proposed by Sir R. INGLis are the only novel-
ties the Tories offer; and their only remedy for
distress and discontent is to increase the burdens
of the people. On the grounds that they have
done nothing for the nation during their ten
years' opposition, that theypropose to maintain
the present system in all its vigour, augmenting
restrictions and burdens, they ask the support of
the constituencies.

They have another merit. The Whigs have
proposed measures which they suppose will give
ease to the people, will at once replenish the
Exchequer, and extend trade. The additional
merit of the Tories is, that they have endeavoured
to stifle those measures in their birth. They will
do nothing, they will propose nothing them-
selves, but they thwart and obstruct others.
Such are the Tories. When in power they in-
flicted distress by severe taxation, and sabred
those who complained. In opposition they did
nothing to remedy the evils of their administra-
tion; and now, when the system has become no
longer bearable, they use all their power to pre-
vent its being amended. If the constituencies
confide in such imbecile or wicked politicians,
they well deserve that misery, anarchy, and
slavery which will await them.

The meeting at the London Tavern yesterday,
to receive Lord JOHN RUSSELL, was never sur-
passed in wealth, rank, talents, and numbers by
any similar meeting. It was a high honour to
the City, which has, at length, taken up the noble
cause of free trade in a noble spirit. Its example
will be most efficacious in producing good deeds
throughout the land. We can venture to praise
it, because we have, heretofore, reproved it for its
slack ness.

Of the speech of the Chairman, Mr. JONES
LLOYD, a gentleman distinguished amongst
the wealthy men of London for great wealth,
and amongst the _learned and accomplished
inhabitants of :this metropolis for great ac-
quirements, it is impossible to speak too
highly. It was discreet, manly, eloquent. He
described the cause for which they had assem-
bled as the cause of wisdom and justice, the
legislation,causeofreasonable liberality and enlightened
which were' at the same time, the
characteristics of his own speech. His manner
of introducing Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the meet-
ing, was at once dignified and flattering to
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gret in referring to Mr. J. LLOYD'S eloquent
speech, than the regret that no enlightened and
intelligent constituency have yet secured his
services in that House which his knowledge and
his eloquence are so well calculated to adorn.ex-
Lord JoHN RUSSELL spoke nobly. He
plained clearly the 'grounds on which the Mi-
nisters rest their measures and justify an appeal
to the people. He was able to say that Lord LEI-
CESTER and Lord SPENCER are both favourable to
an alteration in the Corn-laws, and that the latter,
had Lord FITZWILLIAM'S motion been brought
forward, would have voted for it. The Noble
Lord, already distinguished as the champion of
religious liberty, and in that character the great
friend of Dissenters, has by his speech yester-
day, and by the great impulse he has given to
the doctrines of free trade, now earned for him-
self the title of the champion of commercial free-
dom. In the City of London he can have no
higher character, and men of all political princi-
ples will unite to secure his return. We under-
stand, in fact, that many professed Tories, but
friends of free trade, will support him, so that his
return will not only be sure, but triumphant.
The Noble Lord properly said of the opposing
candidates, that they have shrouded their pur-
poses in a studied obscurity. They dare not, in
fact, openly oppose doctrines and measures which
are essential to the prosperity of London. Thee
meeting was unanimous in resolving to support
the four Reform candidates, and we trust that the

return of the whole, as well as that of I,•;rd one
..nussELL,-is assured.
At the close, Commodore NAPIER, with that
readiness and good humour by which he is dis-
tinguished as much as by his gallantry, addressed
a few words to the meeting, and encouraged the
citizens to do, as he has ever done, their duty to
the country. We are great admirers of his gal-
lantry, but the gallantry of Lord JOHN RUSSELL
in throwing himself on the City of London, is a
feat of unexampled daring in a Minister of the
Crown, and wilt give courage to his party. Other
towns will follow the example of London, and
other Ministers will find popular favour. The
meeting was a noble pulsation of the heart, which
will be felt in every extremity, of the empire.

By extraordinary express we have received Paris news
of yesterday. The arrival of the Levant Mail at Mar-
seilles, on Monday night, was telegraph; Al to Paris yes-
terday morning. This mail is four days overdue. An
account reached Paris yesterday that Admiral Sir
RonF.nT STOPFORD has given up the command of the
British fleet in the Mediterranean, and is about to re-
turn to England.

The affair of the DIDIER correspondence is not to be
brought before the Court of Peers, as was at first as-.
sorted. The Government thinks that this time it may
rely upon obtaining a verdict from a Jury. The Temps,
in our opinion very properly, is against any appeal to
a Court of Law, either in the case of Drpirl.. or La
Contemporaine. So temperate and judicious are the ob-
servations of this Journal, that we have pleasure in
giving them a place in our columns :
" Not having been able to prevent scandal, it at least be-
came necessary to stifle it. You are not caned upon to occupy
yourselves with the acts of the Duke of Orleans, but to defend
the honour of the King of the French, to whom a forgery has
imputed sentiments unworthy a King, unworthy an honest
man, unworthy a Frenchman. The surreptitious letters of the
Contemporaine are evidently false and calumnious. Proclaim
aloud that they are so, declare that they were offered to ou for
money, but that you would bestow nothing upon them but
contempt. Hold to this, and stand firm. Engage not in the
uncertainties of a process in which it cannot be proved that the
letters of 1830 are authentic, but in A‘hich it cannot be
proved by you that those of 1809 are forgeries. And
now, as to the new affair—Didier junior has undertaken
to clear the memory cf his father from a stigma which
he thinks has been east upon it. One passage of his
letter seems to implicate the King, then Duke of Orleans,
in 1841, as a partisan in a conspiracy got up in 1817 ;
and you propose another process, when you have only to deal
• with a puerile and insignificant accusation ! and when your
answer is to be found in a simple reference to history ! A letter
has been printed stating that the King, as Duke of Orleans,
was the secret mover and invisible director of the conspiracy of
Grenoble. It has been published that, before quitting Paris,
Didier had a long conference with a Prince who desired the
overthrow of the elder branch of the Bourbons, and that a few
days afterwards the conspiracy broke out. You regard this
assertion as calumnious ; reply then to it by facts and not by
huissier—do not say that the character of the Prince who is ac-
cused, his known prudence, and his position in the midst of
France at that time garrisoned by foreign troops, rendered
such conduct on his part improbable. Say simply that, at the
period when he is represented to have been conspiring in Paris
with Dither, he was at Palermo. If you had adopted this
course, at the end of a few days the revelations of Didier and
the inductions to which they led would have sunk into
oblivion."

A Council of Ministers was held on Sunday at the Tuil,Tieo.
After it had broken up the King left for Neeilly.
Sunday being the Fete Dieu, the churches of Paris were
splendidly decorated and numerously attended. At Saint Roch,
besides the usual decorations on simi'ar festivals, upwards of
500 orange-trees, grenad-ers, and other flowering and odori-
ferous shrubs and. plants, were arranged about the high altar
and side chapels. The Queen and Princesses attended the
mass, which was accompanied by the organ and a full orchestra.
The Toulon journals announce that, on the 6th inst., the
Commandant, with 14 officers and four companies of the sth
battalion of the Foot Chasseurs, amounting to 513 men, em-
barked in the Oise transport for Mostaganem, and that, in the
morning of the 6th, the Triton took on board 1,020 of the
Vincennes tirailleurs, including 27 officers, with the same des..
tination. 1 hey add that the Veloee, Cameleon, and MeteaT
steam-vessels, were to take their departure on the 10th for
Algeria, with 1,200 more foot chasseurs.
XENCIi AFRICA.—A letter from Algiers, of a date ante-
rior to the last telegraphic despatch, states that Abd-el-Kader
had united his main force at La Macta, expecting, probably,
that General Bugeaud would take the road of the defiles, where,
in 1635, the Emir laid an ambuscade for General Trezel ; but
the expedition having taken another route, the Emir followed
the movement of General Bugeaud in the Weat. Two of his
Kalifas, Ben Hamedy and Ben-Thamy, at the head of 5,000
cavalry, 2,000 regular infantry, and a large number of Kabyles,
had effected a junction. Another Kalifa, Sidi-Embareck,
who-;e advanced guard had come up with the French at Meder
or Medjaher, was put to flight by a discharge of artillery.
ARAB PRISONERS.—The Minister of War has given orders
that all the Arabs made prisoners in Algeria shall be treated
as prisoners of war, and sent to some one of the strong places
of the interior, and afterward; tran,ferred to the Isle of Saint
Marguerite, near the mouth of the Var, in the Mediterranean,
two leagues from Antibes, and one from Cannes, to be there
confined in the Castle.
Ex-REGENT of SPAIN.—We find the following in the
Temps :—" It is said that Queen Chri,tina is getting every
day more melancholy, and talks less of Madrid, from which
circumstance her intimate friends would infer that she
thinks of it the more. On Saturday she received several per-
sons, and the principal object of the meeting was to read and
examine a despatch received from M. Gonzales, in which that
Minister demands from the ex-Queen the sacrifice of her rights
as guardian, which would be taking from her a ground of con-
solation which she much values. Her indignation was very
great, and it was necessary, in order to pacify her, to give her
an assurance from a high quarter that efforts should be made
to oppose the views of Don Francisco de Paulo. There have
already been som, acts of hzstility shown against the ambi-
tions Infante, who has gone to Chateau Margaux to nurse his
spleen against the Tuileries. It is even added that the Infanta
Dona Carlotta, who much desires the guardianship of the little
Queen, and who would moreover be delighted to displace Ma-
dame Mina, the pr, sent Governess, utters reproaches against
the Tuileries."
MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE.—The Pre-
curseur of Antwerp says, on the authority of letters from Hol-
land, that a marriage between the Prince de Joinville and the
Princess Sophia, daughter of the King of Holland, may be
considered as agreed upon. The Temps, in noticing the re-
port as to the probability of such an alliance, mentions a ru-
mour that the mission of the son of the Duke Decazes to St.
Petersburgh is for the purpose of obtaining the Emperor's ap-
probation of it.
INSURRECTION IN CANDIA.—A letter from Candia, in the
Constitutionnel, states that Tahir Pacha had landed there
5,000 men and a strong park of artillery. The European
Consuls had in vain endeavoured to persuade the insurgents to
submission. It is added that one of the insurgents had been
sent on a mission to the King of Greece, with an offer of the
sovereignty of Candia, and that notwithstanding the blockade,
men and arms continued to be received by the revolted inha-
bitants of Candia.

A letter from Belgrade, 31st ult., in the Augsburg Gazette,
says—" The Christians of the province of Charzegovid com-
plain loudly against the exactions of their governor. The
Pacha has been several times summoned to Constantinople to
account for his cot duct, but has always found pretexts for de-
ferting departure. In the mean time the minds of the
people b c )me more and more excited, and an insurrection may
be expected if the Pacha is not shottly recalled."
A letter from Rome, May 25, in the Leipsic Gazette,
saes :

""Don Miguel resides at Albano in great retirement. When
the'Pope had decided on recognizing Queen Donna Maria,
he sent for the Pretender to the throne of Portugal, and an-
nounce'l to him in a private audience that serious reasons in-
duced him o recogni-e the existing Government of Portugal.
The Mince was much affected. The Pope endeavoured to
console him by pointing out to him in perspective a pension
including nears for past years, and declared to him that he
would write to that effect to the Court of Portugal, and if
that was not sufficient he would despatch a Legate. Don Mi-
guel replied, Holy Father, you are the Father of the Chris-
tian world ; do as you think proper.' His Holiness then em-
braced him, holding out some hopes of a change of circurn.
stances. Miguel returned home, when his friends, among
whom was the Bishop of Evora, so persuaded him that four
days afterward; he sent M. Labradie to Rome to beg the
Pope not to interfere in his behalf, as he was unwilling to re-
nounce his rights. The Pope felt highly displeased, as he had
already written to the Portuguese Government."
Direct accounts from Syria say that the Emirs, of the Drusea
and Maronites have positivelynniified to the Turkish autharities
that they will not recognize any hatti scherif ur tariff, or in (retie-
!al any to which they have not given their free consent. 'They
have at this moment a corps of observation at Jericho and in
the environs, and an advanced post at Ascalon. These troops
are intended as a check on the Bedouins, who take advantage
of the present state of anarchy to ravage the country.
The successes of the Candiotes fill the hearts of the Chris-
tians with joy, while the massacres in Bulgaria irritate them
against the i%lus,ulmans. The Bisheps have just ordered a fu-
neral service in all the churches to the memory of the Bulga-
rian ma-tyrs. At Damascus the Mussulmans, the Christians,
and the Jews are watching each other. At Alepi,o the minds
of the pi of le are equally agitated. All commerce has ceased.
—Le Commerce. _ _

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