The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-23 00:00:00

MINORITY-NOES, 50.

Raines, M. T. Herbert, H. A. Pilkington, James
Barnard, E. G. Herbert, Sydney Richards. Richard;
Bellew, R. M.; Hervey, Lord A.
Hill, Lord MarcusSSatulwarteY;LCorodloDne.l
Bowring, Dr.
Brotherton, J. Hood, Sir A. Stuart, Lord J.
Clay, James Horsman, E. Thicknesse, It. A.
Cobden, Richard King, Peter John Thompson, Colonel
Craig, W. G. Langston, J. 11. Thornely, Thomas
Currie, Henry Lushington, Charles Tufnell, Heary
Dundas, Admiral Mangles, R. D. Turner, E. —......
Evans, John Maule, Fox Wawn, J' T.
Fox, W. J. Moffatt, George Williams, John
Gibson, T. M. Mowatt, Francis Williamson, Sir H.
Gladstone, W. E. Muntz, G F. Wyvill,Marmaduke
Greenall, Gilbert Nugent, Lord

Ilanmer, Sir J. Pearson, Charles TELLERS.
Gestic, Alexander Pechell, Captain Bright, John
Ilayter, W. G. ' Perfect, It. George
Thompson,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.—The
annual examination of the boys educated in the Model
School of the British and Foreign School Society took
place yesterday, before a large and crowded assembly.
The Duke of Argyle presided. Among the company
present were the Bishop of Norwich, Viscount and Lady
Ebrington, the Duchess of Argyle, Sir Walter Stirling,
Bart., Mrs. Opie, Sir John Boilleau, Bart., Charles
Hindley, Esq., M.P. ; Professor Pillano, of Edinburgh ;
Professor Laing, of Glasgow ; Dr. Hodgson, of Liver-
pool, and a large number of the influential friends of
the society. The children were examined in all the
usual branches of education, and distingUished them-
selves as heretofore in arithmetic, mathEinatics, his-
tory, geography, and grammar. They also proved
themselves to be thoroughly acquainted with the pro•
phecies, facts, duties, and doctrines of the Holy Scrip-
tures. A vast number of specimens of drawing in pen
and ink, in crayon, and in colours, were exhibited, some
of them displaying great talent. The Duke of Argyle
being obliged to leave before the conclusion of the ex-
amination, was succeeded in the chair by the Bishop of
Norwich. Both the Duke and the Bishop expressed Ithe
high gratification they, in common with the. rest of the
company, had experienced.
On Tuesday last, the Chinese Junk 46 Keying,"
was honoured by a visit from her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and family, and at-
tended by Lady Augusta Bruce, and Sir George Cowper.
The Royal party came in two carriages and four and
spent fully an hour in inspecting the interesting vessel.
The Mandarin was introduced to the distinguished visi-
tors in the saloon, and had been previously under the
impression that the Queen Dowager, whose visit took
place some time since, bore the relationship to her Ma-
jesty appertaining to the Duchess of Kent. The Royal
party expressed themselves highly pleased with their
Ladyarcl "ißivers, and
Marchioness
Lady Mary
visit. The vessel has within the last few days been
visited by the Prince de Joiaville, the Duke and Duchess
of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the
Duchess of Argyle, the Marquis and Marchioness of
of
Kildare,
Lansdowne, Lord C a
o bde
Lady
mi,fraeo,itehte,
Howard, Hon. Mrs. and Lady Caroline Lascelles and
of
family, Lady Constance Gower, Baron and Madame Van
de Weir, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Grey, Sir F. and Lady
Cochrane, &c.
MULREADY EXHIBITION.—The Society of Arts,
yesterday.rooms iae td
theby Mr. M osal
at r eoaf the pro-
prietorsdy , R.A.,
placedth e pictures its
pan painted
for an evening exhibition, when a large and fashionable
assembly attended. Among those who have already
visited this collection have been--The Duchess of Suther-
land and Ladies Howard, Duke of Argyle, Duke of
Cleveland, the Countess Grey, the Marquis of North-
ampton, the Lord Colborne, Lord Gwyder, Lord Emlyn,
Lord and Lady Colborne, Lady Houlston, Lady C. De_
nison, Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Sir J. Swinburne, Bart.,
and Miss Swinburne, Sir G. and Lady Clerk, Sir J. P.
and Lady Boileau, the Right Hon. C. S. Lefevre, Dr.
Harding, &c.
DEATH OF THE MARCHIONESS DE MESSINGT DE
LA PIERRE.—This lady, the daughter of Sir Charles
Henry Coote, Bart., late M.P., Premier Baronet of Ire-
land, died on the 9th inst., at Nice, after a short illness.
Sir Henry Meux, Bart., gave a white bait dinner
last evening to the Prince Metternich, Lord Brougham,
and a distinguished circle, at the Trafalgar Tavern,
Greenwich.

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-
ROOM.

The Queen held a drawing-room (the third this sea-
son) yesterday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham
Palace, attended by the royal suite, and escorted by a
party of the Life Guards. Her Majesty and his Royal
Highness were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom
of the Stole to the Prince, and were conducted to the
royal closet.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at-
tended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, was present at the
drawing-room. His Royal Highness Prince George
and his Royal Highness Duke George of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz also attended the drawing-room.
The Queen and Prince Albert entered the throne-
room accompanied by their royal visitors.
Her Majesty wore a black silk train, and a petticoat
covered with crape and richly ornamented with bugles.
Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of black feathers
and lappets.
In attendance on the Queen and the Prince were the
Mistress of the Robes, the Viscountess Jocelyn (in wait-
ing), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Countess of Gains•-
borough, the Marchioness of Douro, the Countess of
Charlemont, the Viscountess Canning, and the Countess
of Desart, Ladies of the Bedchamber; the Hon. Miss
Cavendish, (in waiting), the Hon. Miss Macdonald (in
waiting), Lady Caroline Cocks, the Hon. Miss Stanley,
the Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss Kerr, Maids of
Honour; the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Lady Gar-
diner, the Hon. Mrs. Brand, and Lady Caroline Barring-
ton, Bedchamber Women; Lord Elphinstone, Lord in
Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the
Prince; Lieut. Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom
in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the
Prince; Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel
Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince; Messrs.
Forbes and Crofton, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The Foreign Ministers and their ladies were intro-
duced, when the following gentlemen had the honour of
being presented to her Majesty the Queen and his
Royal Highness the Prince in the diplomatic circle:—
Le Baron H. de Plessen, by the Count Revsntlow, the
Danish Minister
The Prince Constantine Soutzo of Bucharest, by the
Prince Callimaki, the Turkish Minister.
Mr. Jay, by Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister
Le Baron d'Ugglas, by Baron Rehausen, the Swedish

Minister
Tne Count Desgeneys, by the Count de Revel, the
Sardinian Minister.

The following ladies had the honour of being pre-
sented to her Majesty
The Hon. Georgina Leigh, by her mother, Lady Leigh
Hon. Mrs. Byron, by Lady Byron
The Marchioness of Miss, by the Duchess of Suther-

land
The Honourable Clara Brownlow, by the Countess of
Darnley
Mrs. Charlton, by Mrs. John Walter
Mrs. Butt,,by Lady Cottenham
Frances, Countess of Waldegrave, on her marriage, by
her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland
Marchioness of Thomond, by the Duchess of Leinster
Lady Alice Douglas, by her mother, the Countess of

Morton
Viscountess Nevill, on her marriage, by the Countess of

Abergavenny
The Lady Walsingham, on her marriage, by Sophia,
Lady Rendlesham
Lady Romilly, by Lady Cottenham.
The Lady Keane, on' her marriage, by the Countess of
Kinnoull
Lady George Quin, on her marriage, by Countess

Spencer
Lady Anne Tufnell, on her marriage, by the Countess
of Roseberry
Miss Sumner, by Lady Copper
Miss Fanny Elwes, by the Hon. Mrs. John Talbot
Viscountess Enfield, on her marriage, by the Lady

Catherine Cavendish
Lady Charlotte Chetwynd, by Lady Chetwynd.
Lady Murray, of Clermont, by Lady Vassal Webster
Lady Ellis, on becoming Lady Ellis, by Lady Webster
Mrs. Leeke, on her marriage, by the Countess of Aber-

gavenny
Miss Scroope (of Danby), by Lady Camoya
Mrs. Augustus Morgan, by Lady Morgan
Mrs. Simeon, by Lady Clifford
Mrs. Hayes, on her marriage, by the Countess of Eglin-

town -
Tho Hon. Eliza Stonor, by her mother, Lady Camoys
Mrs. Peter Wells, upon her marriage, by her aunt, Lady
Shelley
Lady Francis Maynard, by the Duchess of Atholl
Miss May, by Lady Gore Booth
Miss Mary Lefroy, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs.
Lefroy
Miss Patteson, daughter of Mr. Justice Patteson, by the
Dowager Lady Crewe
Miss Crewe, by her mother, the Dowager Lady Crewe
Miss Emily Percy, by Lady Lovaine
bliss Willock, by her mother, Lady Willock
Miss Aldridge, by Mrs. Vernon Smith
Miss Albinia Suliven, by Mrs. William Stuart.
Miss Munro, by the Hon. Mrs. B. Jonston
Miss Fanny Gilbert, by her mother, Mrs. Gilbert
Miss Gertrude Townsend, by Lady Morgan
Miss Geraldine Townsend, by Lady Morgan
Miss Burgoyne, by the Duchess of Richmond
Miss E. Thornhill, by her mother, Mrs. George Thorn-
hill
Miss Thornhill, by her mother, Mrs. George Thornhill
Miss Augusta Frederica Frere, by her mother, Mrs.
William Frere
Miss Mure, by her aunt, Mrs. Compton Stansfield
Miss Jane Packe, by Miss Packe Reading
Miss Alice Spencer Stanhope, by Lady Elizabeth Spen-
cer Stanhope
Miss Charlotte Buller, by her sister, Mrs. W. H. Pole

Carew
Miss Mary Buller, by her sister, Mrs. W. H. Pole

Carew
Miss Walker Heneage, by her mother, Mrs. Walker

Heneage
Miss Prodgers, by her mother, Mrs. Edwin Prodgers
Miss Ellice, by Mrs. Ellice
Madlle. de Coigny, by the Duchesse de Coigny
Miss Fletcher, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Fletcher
Miss Mary Pakenham, by the Hon. Lady Pakenham
Miss Frances Horne, by Lady Horne
Miss Horne, by Lady Horne
Miss Mary Clive, by Lady Harriet Clive
Miss Calthorpe, by Lady Charlotte Calthorpe Gough
Miss Blanche Calthorpe, by Lady Charlotte Calthorpe
Gough
Miss Maria Lister Kaye, by her sister-in-law, Lady Lis-
ter Kaye
Miss Louiss Lister Kaye, by her sister-in-law, Lady
Lister Kaye
Miss Emily Sumner, by the Countess of Egmont.
Miss Adele Scrope (of Danby), by Lady Camoys
Miss Morgan, by her aunt, Lady Morgan
Miss Jane Murray, by her sister, Mrs. Mackenzie
Miss Mackenzie of Kilcoy), by Lady Anne Mackenzie
Miss Henry, by Lady Grey
Miss Murray, by her mother, Lady Murray
Miss H. Boddington, by Lady Vassal Webster
The Dowager Lady Crewe, by Mrs. Shirley
The Lady Katherine Balders, on her return from India,
by Lady Alfred Paget
Miss Selina Burgoyne, by the Duchess of Richmond
Miss Duppa, by Mrs. Savage
Miss Ellen Duppa, by Mrs. Savage
Mrs. Seymour Allen, on her marriage, by Lady Cour-
tenay
Miss Parker, by her mother, Mrs. Hyde Parker
Miss Caroline Parker, by her mother, Mrs. Hyde
Parker
Miss Georgians Colville, by her sister, Viscountess
Newry
Miss Bourchier, by her mother, Mrs. Bourchier
Miss Thackeray, by Lady Rodd
Lady Elizabeth Thackeray, by Lady Rodd
Lady East, by the Lady Leigh
Lady Eden, by Lady Augusta Milbank
Lady Henley, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs.
Peel
Lady Louvaine, on her marriage, by Lady Margaret
Littleton
The Hon. Emily Twistleton, by Lady Emma Vesey
Lady Seale, by the Countess of Morley
The Duchesse de Melfort, by the Duchess of Atholl
Miss Clissold, by her mother, Mrs. Henry Clissold
The Countess of Portarlingtoe, on her marriage, by her
mother, the Marchioness of Londonderry
Miss Mary Pakenbam, by the lion. Lady Pakenham
The Hon. Victoria Susan Talbot, by her mother, Lady
Sarah Ingestre
The Hon. Mrs. Bradshaw, on her marriage, by the Mar-
chioness of Douro
The Hon. Sophia O'Grady, by Viscountess Guillamore
The Hon. Emily Twisleton, by Lady Emma Vesey
The Hon. Miss Pennington, by Lady George Quin
Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, by the Duchess of
Atholl
Mrs. Compton Domvill, by Viscountess Canning
Mrs. Connell, by Lady Charlotte Copley
Mrs. Munro, by the Hon. Mrs. Butler Johnston
Lady Hervey Bathurst, by her sister, Lady Brabazon
Lady Harriet Elliot, by Lady John Russell
Lady de Vere, by the Hon. Mrs. James Marshall
Lady Workman Macnaghten, by Lady Byron
Lady Macneill, by the Viscountess Jocelyn
Lady Willock, by Mrs. Higford Burr •
Mrs. Ward, by Lady Hastings
Mrs. George Thornhill, by the Marchioness of Douro
Mrs. Macneil, by the Countess of Darnley
Mrs. Farmer, by the Countess of Egmont
Mrs. Henry Clissold, by Lady Byron
Mrs. Turnbull, by the Duchess of Richmond
Lady de Tuyll, by the Hon. Mrs. Berkeley Paget
Mrs Tyringham Bernard, by Mrs. W. G. Hayter
Mrs Robert Bellinturn, of New York, by Mrs. Bancroft
Mrs. Mackenzie, by Lady Anne Mackenzie
Mrs..Toup Nicolas, by the Countess Spencer
Mrs. Gerard Gould, by the Lady Augusta Gordon Hal-
lyburton
Mrs. Smith Barry, by Lady Brabazon
Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, by Viscountess Palmerston
Mrs. Wyld, by Lady Grey
Mrs. Russell Skinner, by Mrs. Pringle Taylor
Mrs. Milner, by the Countess Grey
Mrs. O,win Cresawell, on her marriage, by the Duchess
of Argyle
Mrs. Dottin Maycock, on her marriage, by the Baroness
de Clifford
Mrs. Preston, by the Countess of Charlemont
Mrs. Hyde Parker, by Mrs. Charles Begot
Mrs. Bourchier, by Lady Camoys
Mrs. John Jay, of New York, by Mrs. Bancroft
Mrs. John Hale, on her marriage, by Lady Vassall
Webster .

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the
Drawing Room, escorted by a party of the Life Guards.

LADIES' DRESSES.
The folloping are a low of the principal dresses :
lUR ktAVEsTir wore a dress of black crape, orris-

mented with bugle fringe, over a black silk slip ; tram
of black crape, lined with black silk, trimmed round with
bugle fringe, rosettes of crape, and bugle ornaments ;
body and sleeves ornamented with bugles. Headdress,
black feathers, crape lappets, and jet ornaments (the
whole of British manufacture).
MARCHIONESS OF AlLSA.—Train of white brocade
(British manufacture) lined with white glace, and
trimmed with tulle, and bouquets of pink roses and lilies
of the valley ; petticoat of white tulle over glace, with
magnificent flounces of Honiton lace. Headdress,
feathers and lace lappets ; ornaments, diamonds.
MARCHIONESS OF BREADALBANE.—Train of pink
tulle over white moire, trimmed with pink 'roses and
white wheat-ears; Honiton lace berthe; petticoat of pink
tulle over white glace, flounced with magnificent Honi-
ton lace. Headdress, feathers and lace lappets; orna-
ments, a tiara of diamonds, and necklace and stomacher
of turquoise and diamonds.
MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD.—CORIt dress of rich
white Irish tabinet; skirt ornamented with four rows of
superb gold trimming; train to correspond, gold berthe
and lappets; the whole of British manufacture. Head-
dress, feathers, pearls, and diamonds.

. .
COUNTESS NELSON.-- A most beautiful court dress, of
the richest British manufacture; dress of rich white
glace silk, covered with tulle, and tastefully trimmed
with ruches and the choicest blue and white flowers;
train and bodice of splendid Spitalfields blue and white
damask silk, lined with white glace, and elegantly
finished with tulle and roses; Court tucker and runes
of the finest Honiton point. Head-dress, blue and white
wreath, with blue and white ostrich feathers and choice
Honiton point lace lappets; ornaments, diamonds and
pearls.
COUNTESS WALDEGRAVE.—Costume de Cour, oom-
posed of a train of the richest silver grey satin, lined with
white satin, elegantly trimmed with silver and bouquets
of variegated silver flowers; body and sleeves trimmed
with costly Honiton lace, and stomacher of diamonds ;
skirts of tulle over white satin, with silver lace ; bou-
quets of silver flowers, and magnificent agrafes of dia-
monds. Headdress, ostrich feathers, Honiton lace lap-
pets, and diadem of splendid diamonds.
LADY JOHN RUSSELL.—Dress of Limerick lace,
trimmed with flounces looped with bouquets of white
flowers and silver wheat, over a rich white silk slip; train
of rich white satin, trimmed with silver chef; body and
sleeves ornamented with lace and flowers. Headdress,
p aLi
tAi
nDgY6
feathers, white flowers, lace lappets, and diamonds.
Ff. tulle and ornaments, over a rich black
bugle
s
of black
.tulle, trimmed with
glace silk slip; tr •trimmed with
in of black glace silk,
tulle and bugles a
to correspond. Headdress, feathers, lace
lappets and diamonds.
Mits. Cpink and whitask, ourt costume: train of very rich
e damask
, trimmed with bouillonnes of
tulle and coques of i
withbbon ; corsage drape; petticoat of
rich white satin,
pink and white al' two tunics of tulle, looped with
lappets, and wreath of a" Head dress, plume, HonitonMßS. YARDE B zaliast ornaments, diamonds.
ULLER.—Train
with tulle and ribbon; • of white glace, trimmed
glace, trimmed with satin ribbon.
of white crape over
and lace lappets; ornaments, diamonds.l2.Headdress, feathers
MRS. SIMEON.—Train -of blue
tulle and ribbon; petticoat of ewehglace, trimmed with
flounced with British point lace. white over glace,
Headdress, feathers
and lace lappets; ornaments, diamonds.
MRS. BAGOT.—Train of white moire, trimmed with
tulle; Honiton lace berthe; petticoat O
f
over glace, flounced with Honiton lace, andite craps
trimmed
with roses. Headdress, feathers and lace laPPets; or-
naments, diamonds.

MISS MACKENZIE.—Train of rich White moire silk,
elegantly trimmed with tulle ruches, and white satin
ribbon; a double jupe of white tulle, over rich white
glace, trimmed with ruches en feston, and looped with
two beautiful chateline bouquets, composed of dew grass
and holly, being the Mackenzie distinction. Headdress
of the same, plume and blonde lappets; ornaments, dia-
monds.

MISS TALSOT.—Manteau and dress of the richest
white glace, elegantly trimmed with ribbon and flowers,
tunic of Honiton lace; borthe to correspond. Head-
dress, feathers, Honitan lace lappets, and wreath of
flowers. The whole of British manufacture.

Miss SUMNERS.—Costume de Cour, composed of a
train of rich apricot glace silk, trimmed entirely round
with British lace and bows of ribbon; a dress of Lime-
rick lace, over white glace silk; a lace berthe to corre-
spond with the train, with a wreath and bouquet of
green leaves and berries. Headdress, lappets and fea-
thers; ornaments, diamonds.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY.

TlMES.—Hitherto the characteristic feature of the
English people has been their practicality. It is that
which has distinguished them from their French and
German neighbours. They have 'for the most part
eschewed the coxcombry of sentimentalism and the affec-
tation of philosophy. Whilst other states were dream-
ing of government England was practising it; whilst
others were groping in the will-o'-the wisp flickerings of
Utopian speculation, England was walking in the com-
parative daylight of free institutions. Inheriting the
genius of ancient, and the experience of modern Italy,
England trained her people by the liberty which had
made Florence and Genoa rich to the same course that
had made Rome great. Starting with principles which
repelled the pedantry of codification, she, like her great
prototype, found in their elasticity the reconcilement
of the most rigid Conservatism with the most politic
expansion. Preserving the spirit, she changed the ma-
chinery of her institutions with the vicissitudes of sea-
sons and the exigencies of empire. She has essentially,
if not formally, the same regal succession, the same co-
ordinate branches of legislature, the samehierarchy, the
same common law, the same judicature, the same tribu-
nal of appeal, the same maxims of polity in these days
of railroads, cotton, and Chartism, that she had when
Edward refused homage to France, and Henry spurned
the dominion of the Triple Crown. Change has suc-
ceeded change, dynasty has superseded dynasty, en-
croachments have been made on what were deemed the
bulwarks of our establishments—new classes have come
into existence, recognition, and power—still the essential
elements of our political fabric have remained the
same amid the rust and the crash of more than five
centuries. How is this? Why, when we have grown
in material and natural strength—in extent of territory,
of population, and of wealth—why is it that we retain
so much and have added so little to the constituent por-
tions of our system? The answer must be found in our
national character. We are less sentimental than ima-
ginative; less imaginative than reflective, We don't
love change for the sake of change; and when our ma-
chinery, whether in clocks, railways, or government,
goes right, we are unwilling to sacrifice a real good for
a theoretical improvement. Occasionally, indeed, we
have diverged from the beaten track, but, whenever we
have done so, it has for the most part been with a
greater reluctance than that with which we have re-
sumed it. This is our history in epitome :—Pro-
gression animated and sustained by the spirit of
conservatism. But violent, precipitate innovation—
innovation without reflection, purpose, or prudence—
innovation for a name, a shadow, a phantasy, a sentiment,
or a lie—has been ignored by all who have fought the
battle and pleaded the cause of our constitution. The
traditions of our history have a reality and life about
them which makes us revolt at fictitious grievances and
despise imaginary remedies. After all the great strug-
gles which they have immortalized, all the sufferings
which they have consecrated, and the courage which
they have hallowed, we turn with something like dis-
gust from the parade of a platform quackery and a
joint-stock agitation. We have no wish to speak with
disrespect of the sentiments uttered, or the grievances
denounced by any large body of our countrymen. Far
be such presumption from us. The deliberate opinion
of any large body of men is always entitled to the
courtesy of deference. Even when it is wrong as a
conclusion of reason, or erroneous in its statement
of facts, it deserves, for the honesty of its purpose,
to be met with consideration and respect. But, then, it
must be their deliberate opinion ; a hasty, fortuitous
ebullition of querulousness of passion deserves no respect
and no attention. We will not say that the sentiments
which Mr. Hume expresses are of this kind ; we will
not brand them as the inconsiderate jargon of an un-
thinking multitude ; but we must beg leave to doubt
whether they ought to be received as the deliberate
opinions of an intelligent majority of the people. Having
ourselves pointed out the anomalies of
.our representa-
tive system, we must disclaim the allies whom Mr.
Hume impersonates, and the grounds upon which that
confederacy rests. We must disclaim connexion
with men who rant about the " yoke of
the aristocracy," and cant about the " slavery of
the people ;" who in the same breath display the
profoundest ignorance of political history, and claim
new privileges for their assumed enlightenment. The
representation requires some remodelling. It is partially
incompatible with the soundest basis on which a repre-
sentative, system rests, viz., contribution to the funds of
the State. It is, moreover, occasionally inconsistent
with itself. Necessarily arbitrary in its restrictions,
the Reform Bill is even more capricious than it is arbi-
trary. It excludes men, by its indirect action, whom
its professed- intention was to invest with the privilege
of the suffrage. Its exclusion of small leaseholders and
yearly tenants from the rights that it gives to a 40s.
freeholder, as well as of tenants of chambers and lodg-
ings in London from the privileges which a 101. house-
holder enjoys, is foolish, frivolous, and mischievous.
We grant this - but we ask why complicate a truth
with a falsehood, a grievance with a lie, an evil with
a quackery ? Why repeat the nauseous dose which
even the lowest reader of the lowest print has begun to
loathe ? Why talk about the yoke of the aristocracy?
Who groans under the yoke of the aristocracy ? Does
Mr. Tomkins the grocer, or Mr. Hopkins the chandler,
or Mr. Dobbins the shoemaker? How and in what way
are Dobbins, Tomkins, and Hopkins oppressed ? Is
the Peerage against them? Is it the country gentle-
men? Again, whom do they mean by the aristocracy?
To hear some speeches and read some books one might
imagine that we were living in Venice, under a narrow,
inapproachable, unelastic aristocracy—a class despotic
in government, unpopular in character, and uncongenial
in blood—a caste incapable of fusion or of access, and
raised at once above the sympathies and the alliances of
the commonalty. Now. that the reverse of
this is so every schoolgirl that has read a
novel and every mother that has thumbed the
" Peerage" knows. What, then, can be thought of
the intelligence of persons clamouring about the tyranny
of the aristocracy ? Does not every man know that his
children may—if they work hard enough and learn
enough, and have health, wit, and strength enough—sit,
in the august House the carving and gilding of which in-
spires their admiration? Or have they yet to learn that
of the leading statesmen for the last 160 years one half
sprung from the untitled gentry of England, and one
half from its commonalty ? Did Walpole belong to the
aristocracy of the day ? Did Hardwicke ? Did Chat-
ham ? Did Clive ? Did Nelson ? Did Burke ? Did
Sidmouth ? Did Eldon ? Did Canning Wilber-
force ? Did Brougham ? Does Feel ? Does Glad-

Mr. Cobden

Mr. Card well

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Jo.
stone ? Do Hume and Cobden ? Whetwas
I don's grandfather ? What Sir R PeelW `What Lord -
Melbourne's ? Why, the most superficial kliewiedge
of the most recent history might inforni a Moit,that, so
far from the aristocracy oppressing or keepingidroiskiber
people, no class since the brightest periotta
,Rontu
policy has been so elastic, so adoptive, ant 'lo` po-
pular, as the aristocracy of England. Well, under
such rule as we have had, we have suffered
from wars, and the cost of wars. We have so; and what
is the inference? That the aristocracy are accountable
for a great waste of blood and treasure. Is this quite
just? Let any one who wishes to know the truth consult
the annals of the 2d and 3d George. Walpole driven
from power—not by faction, but by the people—for pa-
cific counsels; Chatham supported by the voice of the
people as a "great war Minister;" Pitt, struggling in
vain for peace, egged on by the approbation of a national
majority to an obstinate war with France;—these are the
instances which history supplies of aristocratic oppression
and love of war. For the interference of this same class
in the pacific policy of past generations, we must look to
the despotism which inflicted the omniscient genius of
Burke, the sparkling wit of Sheridan, the gorgeous de-
clamation and statesmanlike acuteness of Pitt, the com-
bined wit, eloquence, and logic of Canning, the judicial
impressiveness of Grant, and the fervid eloquence of
Brougham upon a House of Commons which, but for
men like these, would have left no track of light be-
hind ; and when we remember that these men are gone
from the scene of their glory and their achievements
with scarely a successor or an equal, let us ponder on
the wisdom which rails at the past, and would cut up
the traditionary landmarks of England into departments
for hireling agitation and the display of such enlighten-
ment as Mr. Hume and Mr. Bright afford.
HERALD.—Probably it may be fairly objected, that
we have no right to feel or express any disappointment
with reference to the First Report of the Select Com-
mittee on Commercial distress. Having been plainly
told, from the beginning, that the whole affair was a
sham ; that the results of the " inquiry " were fully
known before the Committee had once met ; and that
the only real object of the Government in granting the
Committee was, to turn some gentlemen into an upper
room there " to exhaust their garrulity,"—having been,
warned more than once, that this was the real and the
only drift of the whole affair, we may be held to be
" estopped " from any complaint, that the said Com-
mittee has not done, what it was never intended or pro-
mised that it should do. Nevertheless it is certain that
unfairness cannot be fairly worked out. The original
plan and purpose might be bad, but the performance is,
if possible, still worse. Suppose that a City house,
Messrs. A. B. and Co., is charged with an unfair pro-
ceeding. " Let the matter be submitted to any three
respectable persons, as arbitrators,"—it may be said.
But what would be thought, if Messrs. A. B. and Co.
insisted upon it that the three arbitrators should
consist of-1, their broker, 2, their attorney, and 4,
some indifferent person, to be named by the complaining
party? The matter in dispute on the present occasion
was the working of the Bank Restriction Acts, more
especially of the Act of 1844. That Act was the work
of Sir Robert Peel; it had been warmly approved by
the present Chancellor of the Exchequer; and it was
the declared purpose of the Government to maintain it.
And who, then, were the arbiters to decide this ques-
tion between the leaders of the late and present Govern-
ment—both committed to the measure—and the cora-
mercial world, which uttered loud complaints of the
working of that Bill? The Committee nominated con-
sisted of twenty-six Members. And thus it was con-
stituted
1. The Chancellor of the Exchequer.
2. Lord John Russell.
3. Mr. Labouchere.
4. Sir W. Clay.
Here are three leading members of the Government,
and a subordinate. Next,
5. Sir Robert Peel.
6. Sir James Graham.
7. Mr. Goulburn.
8. Mr. Cardwell.
Being four members of the last Government, whose
measure was under examination. Then,
9. Mr. Home Drummond.
10. Mr. Beckett.
Two regular Peelites; and
11. Mr. Cobden.
12. Mr. Thornely.
13. Mr. Ricardo
nait.l3a vvh
andos
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Three members of the League. Thus' half of
o Mr.
theT endnivei
,
th
Committee consists, at starting, of safe votes; men. whoe
e
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aamy eb ne erveelri eoc udn s in Then
any comes
One
of
whose absence, from whatever cause it arose, makes the
thirteen a sure majority. Next we have Mr. James
Wilson, who is currently held to be either in possession
or in expectation of a place, and now we see that the
result is easily to be reckoned on before the Committee
begins its work. But now, who are the other members
of this Committee? Here are their names:
16. Mr. Herries.
17. Mr. Cayley.
18. Mr. Glyn.
19. Mr. F. T. Baring.
20. Mr. Thomas Baring.
21. Lord George Bentinok.
22. Mr. Spooner.
23. Mr. Disraeli.
24. Mr. Hudson.
25. Mr. Hume.
26. Alderman Thompson.
And we beg to ask, whether the real strength, the prac-
tical utility of the Committee, did not consist entirely
in these last eleven names? Well, then, what is to be
said, when we find the official men and their retainers
always voting on one side, and the eleven independents
always voting on the other? Here is the first division,
May 26:
AYES.
Mr. T. Baring
Lord G. Bentinok
Mr. Spooner
Mr. Herries
Mr. Cayley
Mr. Alderman Thompson
Mr. Hudson
Mr. Hume
Mr. Disraeli
Mr. Glyn
Mr. James Wilson

Noss.
/Chancellor of tho Exchequer
Sir Jgmes Graham
ISir Robert Peel
'Lord John Russell
Mr. Cobden
.Mr. Beckett
Mr. Goulburn
,Mr. Cardwell
Mr. Labouchere
i Mr. J. L. Ricardo
Mr. Thornely
'Sir W. Clay
Mr. Home Drummond.
May 30:—
__

Here is the second division,
AYES.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir James Graham
Sir Robert Peel
Lord John Russell
Mr. Cobden
Mr. Beckett
Mr. Goulburn
Mr. Labouchere
Mr. Thornely
Mr. James Wilson
Sir W. Clay
Mr. Home Drummond
And here is one of the last divisions, June 6:-
1 NOES.
'Lord George Bentinck
Mr. Spooner
Mr. Beckett
Mr. Cayley
Mr. Alderman Thompson
Mr. Hudson
Mr. Hume
Mr. Disraeli
Mr. Glyn
Mr. James Wilson.

AYES.
Chancellor of the Exchequer

Sir James Graham
Sir Robert Peel
__

NOES.
Mr. Thomas Bating
Lord George Bentinek
Mr. Spooner
Mr. Herries
Mr. Cayley
Mr. Alderman Thompson
Mr. Hudson
Mr. Hume
Mr. Disraeli
Mr. Glyn..

Lord John Russell

Mr. Goulburn

Mr. Labouchere

Mr. J. L. Ricardo

Mr. Thornely

Sir W. Clay -
Mr. Home Drummond

Thus, throughout, it is the official men—the very
parties who were on their trial, who bear down by their
packed majority the whole of the independent members
of the Committee. The packing of the witnesses, too, was
as gross as the packing of the Committee. Mr. Cayley
made this the subject of a specific resolution, moved by
him on the 6th or June, in the following terms:—"
An-
other amendment was proposed to be made, by adding
at the end of the paragraph these words—` The evidence
of all the witnesses engaged in commercial undertak-
ings (except the Deputy-Governor of the Bank), is
unanimous as to the disastrous effects of the Act of
1844. Four witnesses, indeed, out of seventeen, have
defended the system on which that Act was founded;
but of these four one is generally believed to be the
author of the system, another was the Governor of the
Bank, consulted by the framer of the Act of 1344, and
the remaining two are the present Governor and Deputy-
Governor of the Bank. It appears, however, that the
opinion of the Bank directors is nearly balanced as to
the successful working of the Act of 1844." This
amendment, though containing merely an undeniable
statement of facts, was not allowed to pass. The truth.
was too inconvenient to be thus plainly spoken. The
result of the whole we are content to give in the
words of a Ministerial journal of last night:—" The
first report from the Secret Committee of the Commons
upon commercial distress has been commented upon with
much interest to-day, and as a large number of practical
men in the City desire a change, much disappointment
is expressed that none is recommended by the Commit-
tee." The disappointment, as we have said, may be
natural, but it only proves the want of foresight in those
who feel it.

EDUCTION OF THE DUTIES ON RUB[.--A depu-
tation from a meeting of Irish Members waited on the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, on the subject
of the proposed reduction of the differential duty on
rum. A long discussion took place between the members
of the deputation and the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
but no definite result being arrived at, it was resolved at
at a meeting of the Irish Members subsequently held,
that Sir Lucius O'Brien should, in the House, demand a
declaration of the intentions of the Government. It
will be seen, from our Parliamentary report, that the
question was put, but no answer returned beyond the
vague assertion that the matter was " under consi-
deration."
REVIEW OF THE SECOND LIFE GUARDS.—The re-
view of the 2d Life Guards, which was lately postponed,
owing t) the fatiguing duty the corps were compelled to
undergo durieg the Chartist disturbances, is definitely
fixed w take p flee to-morrow, in the presence of several
royal personage. and a brilliant staff of officers. The
regiment will be oant
noonthe ground in Hyde-park, opposite
Grosvenor-gate,
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Countess of
Lincoln and family, Lord and Lady Beresford, Marchio-
ness Cornwallis, Lady de Burgh, Marchioness of Clan-
ricard ,e Lord X 0 intcharles. Lady Hogg and party, Hon.
Mrs. Hamilton, Hon. Miss Dillon, &c., visited the Colos-
seum, Regent's-park, on Tuesday last.
SAGO FLOUR.—An arrival of 3,492 bags of sago
flour has taken place by one vessel, arrived from Singa-
pore, and another from the same place has brought
nearly 3,000 begs of the article. These are unusually
largeimportations of this description of flour froze the
Place mentioned and are of interest.:

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SECOND NIGHT OF ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO.
TO-MORROW EVENING will be performed Meyerbeer'e Opera of
ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO.

Arranged 111 Tbree Ads. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall.
Mdlle. delpar, Lind ; Bertram, Signor Belletti ; Rambaldo,
Signor Labocetti ; sTIELTrdote, Signor Bouche ; Roberto, Sig. Gardoni.

In the Second Act an incidental Divertissement, iR which
Carolina Rosati will appear.

Wu conclude with the highly successful New and Original Ballet
Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Slg. Pugni, eutitled,
LES QUATItE SAISONS.

Summer, 31dlle. Carlotta Grist ; Autumn, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati
Winter, Bldile. Marie Taglioni ; Spring, Mdlle. Cerito.

PAS.—Refine du Printemps, du c nmemps, Regue de I'Ete, de
l'Ete, Regme de l'Autonune, de l'Antomme, Regne de Alliver, de
i'lliver; du l'Union des Saisons. •

Application! tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the
Boa-office of /he Theatre.
Doors opto at halt-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
17.111er tt►e Management of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S
OECRINE. Lord Arden, Mr. Ilowe , Sir Walter Amyott, Mr.
Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr. Brill-
dall ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mn. Charles
Kean" Maud, Mrs. Keeley.
AiTr which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or,
Catching a Govergpr. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine
Loper, Mrs. Keel.

To eenclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on
Horace. Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE
OP OTRAINTTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr.
J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip-
polito;Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs.

tae Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster.
J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3a. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, is.
Doors open at Ralf-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven,

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Tinder the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING
_ _

WIII be performed a new and original Drama, called ZIARVEST
SOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert,
Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs.
Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c.
After which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE
DERBY DAY. Mr. Jerem'ah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John
James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ;
Mrs. Chucks. Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR.
BOxus, 45,„; Pit, 25., Gallery, Is.
or,en at Halt-put Six, Performance to commence at Seven.

• ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
►ole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR
A CHANGE. Clatraaters by Messrs Harley, C. Mathews, liollller ;
Mrs. L. Murray, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Marshall.
Atter which, THE lii,:e;GAit'S OPERA. Captain Macheatb,
Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. F. Matthews ; PoliP," Miss Kath-
leen Fltzwilliam ; Lucy, Madame Vestris, Jenny Diver, Miss Jane
Coleman.
To conclude with a Romance of Real Life; called BOX and COX.
Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac-

samara.
Dress Beam ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
ball-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the
Public every day, frfasigen till Six.

FRINNCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33. Old Bond-street.
THIS EVENING
•
The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when
Will be performed LB CODE DES FEMMES. Paul Fauval, M.
Derval ; Mignonet, M. Lemenil ; Remain, M. Lberitier ; Emma,
Mdile. Figgatc.
After wifich, the vaudeville of LE BONHOMME RICHARD.
To conclude with POT AUX ROSES.
'sox, tis.; l'it, 35. &I.; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, 2s
Boxes and Stalls may be obtain'd at Mr. 3litchell's Royal Library,
83, Old Bond-street.