The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-15 00:00:00

MINORITY-AYES, 125.

Acheson, Viscount Escott, 13,ckhann O'Brien, A. Stafford
Alexander, N. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, Daniel
Archdall, Captain Farnham, E. B. O'Connell, Joha
Armstrong, Sir A. Fielden, John Peellell, Captain
Astell, William Fellowes, E. Phillpotts, John
Baillic, W. Fine!,, George Plumptre, J. P.
Bankes, George Fitzmanrice, C. Plumridge, Captain
Barnard, Edward G. Fitzroy, Lord C. Polhill, Frederick
Baskerrille, T. B. Forster, Matthew Powell, Caleb
Bennet, P. Frewen, C. 11. Rawdon, Colonel
Bentinck, Lord G. Fuller, A. E. Rendlesham, Lord
Bentinck, Lord 11. Granby, Marquis of Repton, G. W. J.
' Berestord, Major Grogan, E. RoHeston, Colonel
Berkeley, Captain Harris, Captain Scott, F.
Blackhurne, J. I. Hatton, Captain V. Sheppard, T.
Blackstone, W. S. Hawes, B. Somerville, Sir W.
Blake, M. J. Henley, J. W. Spry, Sir S.
Itorthwick, Peter Hill, Lord E. Stuart, J.
Bouverie, E. P. Hill, Lwrd Marcus Tancred, H.W.;
Bow-ring, Dr. Hindle), Charles Taylor, J. A.
Bradshaw, James Hudson, George Thompson, Alderman
Bridgeman, 11. Ingestre, Viscount Thornely, T.
Bright, John Inglis, Sir R. Tollemache, J.
Brisco, 31. Kerrison, Sir E. Troubridge, Sir E.
Brownie, R. D. Knightley, Sir C. Tufnell, Henry
Buck, L. IV. Law, C. E. Tumor, C.
Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Lawson, A. Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
Buller, Edward Long, W. Verner, Col.
Cayley, E. S. M`Taggart, Sir J. Vyse, R. IL:IL H.
Chandos, Marq. of MaitlandAThomas Waddington, H. S.
Christopher, It. A. Manners, Lord J. Wakley, T.
Chin chill, Lord A. S. .March, Earl of Watson, Henry
Clifton, J. T. Marsland, Henry Wawn, J T.
Colquhoun, John Miles, William Wilde, Sir Thomas
Crawford, W. S. Moffatt, George Williams, W.
Denison, W. J. Morison, General Wodehouse, E.
Dick, Q. Mostyn, E. M. Worcester, Marquis
Disraeli, B. 31untz, U . F. Wyss, Thomas
Duncan, George Neck!, Joseph 'Yorke, E. T.
Duncombe, T. Neeld, John
Duncombe, A. Newport, Viset.
Duncombe, 0. Norreys, Lord
Elphinstone, H. Norreys, Sir D.

TELLERS.
Spooner, Richard
Newdegate, N.

MAJORITY-NOES, 134.

Ainsworth, Peter Flower, Sir James Manners, Lord C.
Anson, Colonel Forman, T. S. Martin, J.
Antrobus, Edmund Fox, C. R. Martin, C. W.
Austen, Colonel Gill, Thomas Meynell, Captain
Baillie, Colonel Godson, Richard Milton, Viscount
Balite, Walter Gordon, Captain Mitchell, T. A.
Barclay, David Gore, Montague Morpeth, Viscount
Baring, F. T. Goulburn, Henry Morris, David
Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir J. Neville, Ralph
Ben, Matthew Grimsditch, Thomas Ogle, S. C.
Bellew, R. M. Hale, R. It. Patten, J. W.
Benbow, John Hamilton, NV. J. Peel, Sir Robert
Bodkin, William 11. Hamilton, Lord C. Peel, Jonathan
Boldero, 11. G. Hanmer, Sir J. Philips. G. R.
Bottleld, Beriah Hayes, Sir E. Reid, Colonel
Bowes, John ileneage, G. H. W. Roebuck, J. A.
Romilly, John
Boyd, John Heron, Sir R Round, C. G.
13retherton, J. Ilervey, Lord A. Round, John
Bowles, Admiral Herbert, Sidney
Bruce, Lord E. 'Linde, J. 11. Rutherfurd, A.
Buckley, Edmund Holmes, W. ,VC. Seymour, Sir 11.
Buller, Charles Hope, Sir IJ. Smith, Abel
Busfeild, William Hope, G. W. Smith, J. A.
Cardwell. Edward Hornby, John Smyth, Sir H.
Carew, W. 11. Pole Horsman, E. Smythe, George
Carnegie, Captain Hotham, Lord Somerset, Lord G.
Cavendish, G. H. Howard, E. G. Strait, IV. R.
Chichester, Lord J. Jermyn, Earl Strait, Edward
Clay, Sir W. Jervis, John Sutton, H. M.
Clerk Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F.
Cockburn, Sir G. Johnstone, Hope Towline, George
Colehrooke, Sir T. Jones, Captain Trench, Sir F.
Corry, Henry 'Kelly. Sir Fitzroy Vernon, G. H.
Cripps, IV. Langston, J. 11,
Vivian, J. E.
Darner, Colonel Lascelles, E. Walker, Richard
Dennistoun, J. Lascelles, W. S.
Walpole, S. H.
Dickinson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl of Warburton, H.
Divett,;Edward Lindsay, Captain Wellesley, Lord C.
Douglas, Sir C. Lockhart, A. E. IVinnington, Sir T.
Drummond, 11. 11. Lockilari., W. Wood, Charles
Ditgdale, W. S. LYgon, General
Wood, Colonel T.
Dundas, F. Mackenzie, W. F.
Wrightson, W. B.
Dundas, J. C. M'Neill, Duncan TELLERS.
Estcourt, T. G. Mahon, Viscount Baring, henry
Fitzroy, Henry Mainwaring, T. Young, John
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DUTC R MAIL.
THE HAGUE, MAY 11.—. The Minister of Finance-
has issued a notice for the information of merchants'
and others wh ) desire to take advantage of the over-
land mail to India to send letters and newspapers to
the Dutch possessions, but appear to be uncertain how
to proceed. Thus letters and newspapers intended to
be forwarded by this mail, are received every day at
the Post-office. That though this mail is dispatched
twice in a month from Europe to the English posses-
sions, yet it is to be observed that it is the last or second
mail in each month which is the best fur a speedy
correspondence with the Dutch colonies, because it is
that mail only which goes tke nearest way to those
colonies, that is to Sincapore, whence the letters are
regularly forwarded, as soon as they arrive, by one of
our steam-boats, in the name of the Government
of the Dutch possessions ; that though the letters
may be forwarded by different ways (through England
if preferred), not the direct way from the Netherlands,
if by way of Paris and Marseilles to Alexandria, this
he recommends for the present as the most eligible. As
the mail leaves England on the 24th, and reaches Paris
on the 25th, the letters should he dispatched from
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht on the
23d at the latest. But, as delays sometimes occur on the
road, it is advisable to dispatch the letters on the 22d.
Care most be taken to write on the cover " Overland
via Marseilles."

An extract from the l'ltest accounts from the Caucacus,
published by the itussian Government, says, "It we
consider ON, principal events that took place in those
countries in the course of last year, we may hope that in
a short time tranquillity and peace will be established on
the right flank of our line. Soliman Effendi,
Schamyle's friend, though he had collected a numerous
band of followers, has not been able to do us any injury.
The peaceful tribe of the Abasins placed itself under
the protection of Russia. Last winter a deputation was
ononthetowaytheto
Emperor.
pPereoter.rsbulr,ghhe
warliketotender tribe
er southmtihse-
sißaschilbayess are become Russian subjects, and the
insurgent Prince Lidof has submitted. Lastly, the for-
midable robber Alaschukin has fallen. Such a succession
of favourable circumstances will tend to promote Iran
quillity and order in the right flank of the line of the
Caucacus. Nothing further has. happened that may
tend to disturb the public peace in Daghastan.—DutA
papers, May 12, 1846.

the vote has been
taken on
theOß EOGreOgNonNquOeTstllCelEt,.—titiAtl tMire.h4ti!itenden's resolution has
i passed the Senate by a vote of 40 to 14—all the 54 deg. 40 in. men
voting in the negative. Thu resolution, as amended and passed,
advises the President to nettle the Oregon question amicably, and
also
The a
inteuthorises him lo give the year's notice at his own discretion.
rn2:2.-ice was received here yesterday, by the magnetic tele-
grant, about twelve o'clock, and it was immediately sent by the
;sriiisli Consul, by a special steamboat express, to reacl, the packet
sailing to Liverpool, 'and then lying in the lower harbour at that
hour. The vote of the Senate is of the utmost importance. Some
suppose it will he rejected by the House; but whether rejected or
protracted
ever
not, it settles the Oregon question during the present Congress. It
places in the hands of the President the entire control of the negoti-
ation, to be used according to his own discretion. It is the greatest
and most potent element of a re-election that any President
re-
ceived ; and the probability now is, that all negotiations, looking to
a final settlement of this question, will be postponed or
for the next three years. The 54 deg. 40 ni. men will be perfectly
satisfied with the result. Mr, Polk, with the peculiar influences
surrounding hint, can now spring the Oregon question upon the
country whenever he chooses, and thus secure the decided chances
of a reelection. We shall have a peace with England for the next
eTeO R
hospital,/ .
four years, but a terrible war among the factions at home. Great
TOrEt:aaßnl
result this ! All President-making and Yorkhumbug.—siell'eetcate ye/fsteetr:/:.y
--rrilpt
sergeants, two corporals, two bombardiers, and twenty gunners and
THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY'S,
adriversaerionf tah.ed Royal
medically Artillery
inspectedvolunteers,Woolwich, for special service on the borders of the Oregon territory,
and will proceed about the latter end of the present month or begin-
ning of June for their destination, under the command of Captain
Blackwood, promoted last month from the Roy4l Horse Artillery,
The Terrible war steamer is expected to take them to America, with
a supply of guns and stores. 3,000 excavators are also to proceed
from various parts in this country, and assemble at a certain place
on the Hudson Bay Company's territory.
THE NEW MONEY-ORDER OFFlCE.—Yesterday the
workmen employed at the extensive building intended for the new
Money-order Office, in St. Martin's-le-Grand, commenced removing
building from the base to the summit is 75 feet high. This establish-
the scaffold poles, the whole of the side walls being completed. The
ment, when completed, will furnish accommodation for upwards of
200 officers in the Money-order department, arulthen the whole of
the room at the General Post-office, now occupied by this important
hr-nch of the service, will he taken into the London district esta-
ltaigent

PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-
The humble Petition ofHOUS the unEdersigned Chairman and
Deputy-Chairman ash,. Committee for promoting the
Establishment of Baths and Wushhouses for the labour-
ing classes,
Showeth —That the committee of which your peti-
tioners are the chairman and deputy-chairman was con-
stituted at a public meeting held at the Mansion-house,
in the city of London, in October, 1844, and con-
sists of 230 members, many of them engaged in the
most important professional and commercial pursuits of
the metropolis, and several of them clergymen of its
populous and crowded parishes.
That your petitioners have been authorised by a spe-
cial meeting of that committee to present this petition to
your Right Hon. House, as expressing the sentiments
and wishes of that committee.
That the various recent official
on reports on the condi-
tion of the labouring classes, andthe state of large
towns and populous districts, and the evidence on which
those reports are founded, show that the
dwellings of
large numbers of the labouring population are painfully
overcrowded, and that, in many places, the overcrowding
is steadily increasing.
That one of the consequences of such overcrowdin is, in many cases, a total neglect of personal and do g
dom
e
tic cleanliness, leading, with the destruction of all
coems--
fort, to intemperance, recklessness, and extreme demo-
ralization.
That in those instances in which persons in such cir-
cumstances do not abandon the endeavour to keep them-
selves and their rooms clean, they can rarely secure more
than such an imperfect degree of cleanliness as is
insufficient for the due preservation of their health ; and
that the damp alone, arising from the washing and
drying of their clothes in the rooms in which they live,
does constantly, and to a fearful extent, occasion or ag-
gravate disease.
That not only the vast majority of the labouring
classes in all large towns, but also very many of the in-
dustrious classes whose occupations are not those of
mere manual labour (such as clerks, shopmen, ware-
housemen, and apprentices), are unable, from the want
of adequate facilities for bathing, to cultivate those
habits of personal cleanliness which are conducive both
to the physical comfort and to the sound moral state of
the population.
That, as a rule, the overcrowding of the labouring
classes, and the general deficiency of means for personal
and domestic cleanliness, are evils which are not attri-
butable to any misconduct, or even to any imprudence or
neglect of self control on the part of those who suffer
from them, and which are wholly beyond their means to
remove, and rarely within their power to avoid or in any
sufficient degree to mitigate.
That the lamentably injurious consequences to the
comfort, health, and morals of the people, resulting
from the want of proper supplies of water, the defective
state of sewerage, drainage, and street cleansing, and
the insufficiency of existing regulations for the preven-
tion of disease, which the recent official inquiries have
shown to affect large numbers of the people, have led to
proposals for le4slative measures calculated to better, in
many respects, their present condition.
That were these proposals acted on in the fullest ex-
tent, the overcrowding of the labouring population would
be almost unaffected by the measures which have been
suggested.
That the most ample supply, to every room, of the
purest water, at the cheapest rate, a perfect system of
sewerage, drainage, and street cleansing, and the most
scientific general regulations for the prevention or dis-
ease, would still leave many thousands of the families of
the labouring population, compelled to live each in a
single room, as unable at present to bathe there without
a total disregard of common decency—es much exposed
as at present to the destruction of comfort and injury to
health from washing and drying their clothes at home
—and scarcely more able than at present to procure the
firing necessary to heat the water for bathing and wash
ing. and to dry the clothes.
That the cleansing of towns and houses, so far as it
could be accomplished by the measures suggested, would
not remove any portion of the dirt with which labouring
men are, of necessity, in the ordinary course of their
work, constantly brought into contact, and from which
bathing and washing can alone free their persons and
their clothes.
That while the committee acknowledge that the
measures in question are highly desirable, and promise
to be of great benefit, they confidently submit that
other measures are necessary to promote the physical
and moral improvement of the people.
That the committee have made extensive inquiries
among the labouring classes of London, and have as-
certained that, in general, the washing and drying of
their clothes at home occupy the greater part of two
days in every week, and in many cases, owing to the
absence of proper accommodations, extend into a third
day ; and that for the most part they are very im-
perfectly done.
That the committee are fully satisfied that of all the
means proposed for enabling the labouring and other
industrious classes to cultivate habits of personal and
domestic cleanliness, and to escape the injurious effects
of washing at home, at the same time avoiding all inter-
ference with their feeling of indep,,,ndence, none is
more promising of beneficial results than the general
establishment in large towns and populous districts of
public baths and washhouses, to be open at moderate
charges.
That experience has shown that those for whose ad-
vantage public baths and washouses have been estab-
lished gladly resort to them, and are willing to pay such
charges as, when the establishments are in full work,
may be relied on as sufficient to defray the expense of
supporting them.
That at the baths and washhouses which have been
established at Liferpool by the corporation of that town,
and which were opened in the month of May, 1842,
the number of those who bathed in the first 'hree years
was 41.788, and in the first nine months of the present
(the fourth) year, ending in February, 1846, was 14,562 ;
and that during those three years and nine months
44,115 persons washed there upwards of 1,000,000
articles.
That the accommodations at that establishment were
found to be so inefficient to meet the wants of the town
that the corporation of Liverpool are erecting a second
establishment there (at an expense, beyond the value of
the land, of about 6,5001.), which is to be opened in the
course of a few months.
That at Glasshouse-yard, near the London Docks, a
small establishment of baths and washhouses has been
open about 11 months, for the use of the very poor ;
and though the accommodations there are so limited
that sometimes nearly 21)0 applicants have of necessity
been refused admittance in the course of a single week,
25,123 persons have bathed, and 31,882 persons have
washed 235,814 articles there during that period; and of
those persons several hundreds have come from distances
varying from four to six miles.
That the Committee of which your petitioners are
members are engaged in the erection, at Goulstone-
square, Whitechapel, of a model establishment of public
baths and washhouses.
That the building is to contain about 100 baths, each
in a separate apartment, to insure privacy to the bathers
—about 100 pairs of wash tubs separated by sufficient
screens—hot closets for drying all the articles washed,
and accommodation for ironing part of them.
That the baths are to be of two sorts, about four-
fi fths of them being for the labouring classes ; and
that every bather is to have an ample supply of clean
water.
That the charges at the baths for the labouring classes,
including the use of one towel for every bather, are
proposed to be a :d, for a cold bath, and 2d. for a
warm bath.

That the charges at the other baths, including the use
of two towels for every bather, are proposed to be 3d.
fora cold bath. and 6d. for a warm bath.

That the charges at the washhouses are proposed to
be such as to enable the week's washing of a labouring
family to be well done, and the articles washed to be
dried rapidly, and so as to insure thorough ventilation
and the destruction of all vermin and infection, in about
three hours, for about 3d.
That the use of the wash-house, on such terms, will
resort to it from the constant discomfort and frequentnot only wholly free such of the labouring classes as
injury of washing at home, but will also effect an impor-
tant saving to them in time and money.
That calculations, made on the basis of actual experi-
ence, show that those proposed charges will, when the
establishment is in full work, be not only amply suffi-
cient for its support, but will leave a surplus at least
equal to the interest of the capital sunk in its erection.
That the receipts of the establishment at Liverpool
have been, for the first year, 1591. ; for the second year,
280/. ; for the third year, 3321 ; and for the first three-
quarters of its current year, 3251., exceeding its ex-
penses (exclusive of improvements and repairs) during
those nine months by more than 30/.
That the average expense at Glasshouse•yard is a
fraction less than threehalfpenee a-head.
the'That
measures,Legislature
un d
er
thel i a
sanctionrecognised
or
special
iparlolparl%i,esty
and of
taking
at the public expense, for promoting, not only the health
of the people, and their physical comfort, in matters
nearly relating to their health, but also their instruction,
and (in such instances, for example, as the British Mu-
seum, the National Gallery, the Victoria Park, and
borough museums) their national amusement and re-
creation.

That the want of personal cleanliness is constantly
found, by those who have to endure it, an insuperable
obstacle to their availing themselves of opportunities,
otherwise within their reach, for obtaining instruction,
whether religious or secular, and indulging in rational
amusements and recreations.
That for the reasons which your petitioners have
stated, as well as for others which will readily occur to
your Right Hon. House, the Committee are of opinion
that it would be highly desirable for the relief of a vast
proportion of the inhabitants of large towns and popu-
lous districts, from evils now ineident to their social po-
sition, and from which they cannot relieve themselves—
that it would add greatly to the efficiency of other mea-
sures proposed for the welfare of the people at large—
and that on the ground of public principle and national
policy of duty and expediency, it would be right—to
facilitate by law the establishment of public baths and
wash-houses, and their support for a limited period at
the public expense.
That your petitioners respectfully suggest that for
this purpose it would he proper to pass a law, enabling
such boroughs and parishes as might voluntarily resolve
on adopting its provisions, to establish public baths and
wash-houses for the use, at moderate charges, of their
respective inhabitants ; for that purpose to obtain loans
as for other public works, for the repayment of such
loans, and the support of the establishments during such
a period as may be necessary for bringieg them into
full work, to imppse moderate rates, and to carry the
income to be derived from such establishments (which,
when they are in full work, may be reasonably expected
to leave a yearly surplus over expenditure), to the credit
9f the rates.
Your petitioLer3, therdore, humbly pray that your

Right Hon. House will be pleased to give to the pre-
mises your careful consideration, and to take such mea-
sures for promoting the general establishment, in ]urge
towns anc popu, us districts of public baths and wash
houses, as to your wisdom shall seem meet.
And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.,
WILLIAM COTTON, Chairman.
WILLIAM HAWES, aptity-Chairmann.

POST-OFFICES OF ENGLAND
AND FRANCE.

Additional Articles to those agreed upon between the
Post-office of Great Britain and the Post-ottce of
France, for carrying into execution the Convention of
April 3, 1843.
In pursuance of the power granted by the Articles 49
and 87 of the Convention of April 3, 1843, between
France and Great Britain, to the two Post offices, to
settle the matters of detail, which are to be arranged by
mutual consent, for ensuring the execution of the said
Convention. The undersigned, duly authorised for that
purpose by their respective offices, have agreed upon the
following Articles :
Art. I.—Letters originating in the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the British colonies and
possessions, for the Grand Duchy of Baden, shall be
transmitted through the Post-office of France, unless
especially directed to be sent by some other route. They
may be forwarded to the said French Post-office, either
unpaid or paid, to their destination, at the option of the
senders.
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fino
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Duchy,GFelsrlr
possessions,
IL—Reciprocally,
tcnßeso fcus shall
Britainßp.
ael raeiloasti cally, letters originating in the•
Teshbaerhee,
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tdot.drebi
transmitted
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Bsormiteishopthoesrt-orffioucete,
desti-
nation, at the ol,tion of the senders.
Art. lll.—The French Post-office shall pay to the
British Post-office, for postage on unpaid lettersorig'na ing in the United Kingdom of' Great Britain and original.
the British colonies and possessions, addressed to
the Grand Duchy of Baden, namely t—lst. On letters
from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
at the rate of Is. per ounce British, net weight. 2nd.
On letters from the British colonies and possessions (but
only from the port of embarkation in the said colonies
and possessions), at the rate of 3s. 4d. per ounce British,
net weight. There shall be added to the rate of 3s. 4d.,
fixed as above, that of ld., for the internal postage of
such of the aforesaid letters as are forwarded from
Jamaica (those coming from Kingston excepted),
Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's
Island, and Newfoundland, making in all 4s. per ounce
British, net weight.
Art. IV.—The French Post-office shall likewise pay
to the British Post-office for postage on letters origi-
nating in the Grand Duchy of Baden, which shall be
paid to their destination in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the British colonies and posses-
sions—namely, Ist, On letters addressed to the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at the rate of
Is. per ounce British, net weight. 2d, On letters ad
dressed to the British colonies and possessions (but paid
only to the port of landing in the said colonies and pos.
sessions), at the rate of 3s. 4d. per ounce British, net
weight. There shall be added to the rate of 3s. 4d.
fixed as above, that of Bd, for the internal postage of
such of the aforesaid letters as are addressed to Jamaica
(those addressed to Kingston excepted), Canada, New
Brunswick. Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, and
Newfoundland, making in all 4s. per ounce British, net
weight.
Art. V.—The British Post-office shall pay, on its
part, to the French Post-office, for postage on unpaid
letters originating in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and
addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the British colonies and possessions, at the rate
of If. 60c. for every thirty grammes, net weight.
Art. Vl.—The British post-office shall likewise pay
to the French Post office, for postage on the letters
originating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Inland, the British colonies and possessions, which
shall be paid to their destination in the Grand Duchy
of Baden. at the rate of If. 60c. for every thirty grammes,
net weight.
Art. Vll.—The inhabitants of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland and the British colonies
and possessions, and those of the Grand Duchy of
Baden, may, reciprocally, send registered letters. The
postage on such letters must in all oases be paid to the
place of destination.
Art. VIII.—The sum for which the two offices of
France and Great Britain shall mutually account to
each other, as regards the postage of registered letters,
sent either from the United Kingdom and its possessions
to the Grand Duchy of Baden, or from the Grand
Duchy of Baden to the United Kingdom and its posses-
sions, shall be double the sums mutually fixed upon by
the preceding article&4 and 6 for ordinary letters paid
to the place of destination.

Art. IX.—The French Post-office shall pay to the
Post-office of Great Britain an uniform rate of 3s. 4d.
per ounce British, net we;ght, for transit through the
territory of the United Kingdom, and for sea convey-
ance of the paid letters odginating in the Grand Duchy
of Baden, and addressed to colonies and countries be-
yond sea, wherever the same may be situated, when for-
warded by the French to the British Post-office, to he
conveyed, either by private ships, by Government vessels,
or by vessels freighted or maintained by order of Go-
vernment, from the ports of the United Kingdom. The
same rate of 3s. 4d. per ounce British net weight, shall
likewise be paid by the French Post- office to the Post-
office of Great Britain for sea conveyance and transit
postage through the territory of the United Kingdom of
unpaid letters originating in colonies and countries be-
yond the sea, wherever the same may be situated, ad-
dressed to the Grand Duchy of Baden. It is, however,
understood, that in the rate of 3s 4d. per ounce British,
fixed as above, for sea conveyance and transit postexe
through the territory of the United Kingdom, of the let-
ters described in the two preceding paragraphs, the rate
with which those letters may be chargeable for internal
postage in the said colonies and countries beyond sea is
not included.

Art. X.—The Post-office of Great Britain shall for-
ward to the French Post-office, free from any chage for
postage, newspapers and printed papers, originating in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
addressPd to the Grand Duchy of Baden
Art. XL—The Post-office of Great Britain shall pay
to the French Post-office, at the rate of four centime,
for every newspap, r, for transit postage through France
of newspapers originating in the Grand Duchy of Baden,
and addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland.

Art. Xll.—The Post-office of France shall pay, on its
part, for transit postage and sea conveyance of news-
papers originating in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and
addressed to colonies and countries beyond sea, when
forwarded to the British Post-office, to be conveyed
either by private ships, by Government vessels, or by
vessels freighted by order of Govern:nent, from the
ports of the United Kingdom, ,the following rates;
namely:-Ist. On newspapers addressed to colonies and

countries beyond sea, n•herever the same may be situ-
ated (those addressed to Canada excepted), one penny
each. 2d. On newspapers addressed to Canada, three-
halfpence each.

Art. XIII. The Post-office of France shall likewise pay
to the British Post-office, for sea conveyance and transit
postage of newspapers addressed to the grand Duchy
of Baden, and originating. in the colonies and countries
beyond sea, and brought in any manner whatsoever into
the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands, the follow-
ing rates; namely:—lst. On newspapers originating in
the colonies and countries beyond sea, wherever the same
may be situated (those coming from Canadasexcepted)
one penny each. 2nd. On newspapers originating in
Canada, three halfpence each.
Art. XIV. The forms of letter bills and acknowledg-
ments of receipts, for the use of the respective offives of
exchange, beginning from the first day of May next,
shall be made according to the forms agreed upon and
annexed to the present article.
Art XV.—The present articles shall be considereda:
additional to these agreed upon between the two office
for carrying into execution the Conventio_n_. o
.f April 3d,
1843, signed at London the Ist May fowing'
1846. and
shall come into operation the first day of i!
May,
Done in Duplicate, and signed at Paris the twenty-fifth
day of the month of Mulch, 1846, and at London the
thirtieth day of the same month.
(Signed) W. L. MABERLY,
Secretary of the Gen. Post-office of the United Kingdom.
• Approved.
(Signed)
ST. GERMANS,
Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom.

r ADV ERTISEMENT e .I—Th
Gentleman's
Real Head
of Hair, or Invisible Ventilating Peruke, is so close a resem-
blance to nature as to defy detection ; and to enable any gen-
tleman to see the effect, a large assortment is always kept for
inspection, any one of which, if approved of, saves the purchaser
both time and trouble. These splendid specimens of the P er-
ruquean art, superior to anything to be obtained elsewhere
either in Paris or London, have only to be seen to be a4mired,
and are the sole invention of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120,
Bishopsgate-street, London. N.B. Splendid hair-cutting
'
apartments on the ground-floor, the whole of the walls being
lined with looking-glass a /a mode de Paris.
To THE SPORTING WORLD.—The sale of Bell's Life'
in London exceeds twenty-four thousand. Bell's Life is published at
170, Strand, every Saturday in time for the afternoon railways.
Bell's Life, May 17, will contai
n a full report of the pugilistic contest
between Gill and Norley.
[ ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEAFNESS AND 'DEFECTIVE
VISION RELIEVED, 39,1 ALBERMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. —Newly
invented acoustic tubes, for relief of extreme deafness, and when
inserted in the car cannot be perceived by the nearest'when
inserted in the ear cannot be perceived by the nearest observe
are entirely different from all others, and are the smallest hear-
ing instruments constructed—measuring only a quarter of an inch In
their widest part; they may be securely adjusted-in the ears unob-
served, and removed therefrom with as great ease and facility. Per-
sons are enabled to join in general conversation, and to hear most
distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what should be greatly
considered, a natural expansion of the cavity of the ear is preserved
—a thickening or contraction of which ha many instances is par-
tially the cause of deafness—and by their use the unpleasant sen-
sation of singing noises in the ears Is entirely obviated. Also im-
proved hearing trumpets of every description. Immediately the
newly-invented spectacle lenses are placed before imperfect vision,
either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which appear
before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and
distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and
brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state.
Also the most powerful achromatic telescopes, opera glasses, and
microscopes. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, are
not in any way connected with a person of the seine name in their
immediate neighbourhood. nor in any pert of the country. To prevent
mistakes, be cautious, and observe—only to be had at 39, Albermarle-
treat, Piccadilly, opposite the 'for HoteL
[ADVERTISEMENT. ] —PA L PITATION OF THE HEART,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND GENERAL DEBILITY, CUBED BY HOL-
LOWAY'S PILLS.— A gentleman of the name of Spencer, residing for
the present in Sackville-street, Dublin, and who was for many
gk
ef r; elude
,nt
again,ly
years in the East India Company's service. fell Into ill-health, and
cause,deatl'ws dhoeonriytilnige
daocuti,onuthof e
vheirsyhteward
violent so
was
even
as toot'tobeshina
from shortness of breath and debility he could scarcely walk twenty
yards. This gentleman may now be seen out hunting, in the fbllest
Holloway oealth, having Fills, cured by the surprising virtues of
Holloway's usjly celebrated which are sold by every chemist,
and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
Mr. Smith O'Brien yesterday received the deputation
from the 'B2 Club appointed to deliver to him the adarose of that ,
!society. The Hon. Member returned au appropriate answer, which
haroquei,o! the deputation to deliver to his brethren, and the depu-
titiouretiredf

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The remarks you make in your paper of yester-
day on Some late communications between the Bible
Society and Mr. Hume, are concluded by the expression
0, a fear that the great philanthropic religious associa-
tions of the day are becoming gradually, but, at the 3
saute time, totally perverted from their original charac-
ter. lam not much acquainted with these societies ge-
nerally, but there is one, respecting which as a London
Missionary of some years standing, I can give you some
information, which, I doubt not, the religious public at
large will consider of no little importance. The Society
to which I refer is the Religious Tract Society ; and the
particulars referred to as follows. I have no doubt your
publication of, and remark upon them, will be of signal
service. 1. The materiel itself, furnished by this society,
is of the most inferior description. It is entirely behind
the age. Sometimes the tracts are written in a spirit
which is positively mischievous : such, for instance, as
seine of the tracts on Humanism and Puseyism. Some-
times their theology and logic are alike bad. Only
lately I carried a tract on one of those subjects to an
eminent dissen'ing minister, under whom I am labour-
ing, and asked him, after rewling it to him, whether I
could circulate it ? His answer was to this effect—
" Decidedly not. The argument has no more to do with
the point argued than it has with any other point. The
texts of Scripture cited have no bearing whatever on
the proposition they are meant to support." If I
had given tile tract to a Romania he would
have laughed at me. Again, a vast proportion
of the thought in them is mere twaddle. Men, used to
tile downright matter of-fact ways of the world, feel it a
degradation to be schooled by professors of the theology
of the nursery. Having become men, and put away
childish things, like the Apostle, their religious intellect
will not submit to be made any longer conversant with
the things of God and immortality, only through the
most puerile associations I confess, with all my in-
eradicable biasses in favour of men set apart to holiness
and God, I often, as I look over a lot of tracts, have this
notion pass through my mind—" Well, the writers of
these are very good men, but redly they are very silly
ones." N
thin ow, Sir, you may imagine what a wretched
g it is for a missionary to have daily to penetrate
through the phalanxes of infidelity with such weapons
as these in his hands.
2. Books on religious subjects, of the most unequi-
vocal value and universal utility, are kept out of sight
by the Society. In fact, it has extended itself so widely,
and is so resistless as a monopoly of the religious book
trade, that I think it very questionable whether it is not
really keeping down books of a vivid spirit-stirring
character in religion at a cost greater than the positive
gain of its labours and influences. Booksellers speak of
it as a perfect nuisance. A very valuable book is offered
them ; they would like to publish it, but dare not. This
great religious book monopoly has its agents in every
town, its advertisements in every room, its brokers in-
every pulpit. It has the market before them, and they
are afraid to speculate. Men of business in Paternoster-
row even go so far as to say that the Tract Society
watches their speculations, and if they strike out some
new and lucrative idol, immediately simulates it by
something of its own, divides the sale, and swamps their
project.
3. Taking the authorised reports of the Religious
Tract Society as evidence of fact, the governing body of
the Society is too circumscribed. It ought to have a
committee of at least fifty members, annually eligible or
re eligible as may be, and the right of election should
be so vested as to secure correct representation of the
subscribers.
We know that this Society pays very handsomely for
its copyrights, and there seems something very extra-
ordinary in their being of such an inferior description.
public wants something mire in return for its mu-
nificent contributions than the salarying of certain
clerks and shopmen for doing the " duties" of a trade
that answers its grand end in so very inferior a style.
It appears to me, Sir, to have become our imperative
duty to do one of these two things:—Either we ought
to apply our subscriptions to securing a better materiel.
elsewhere, or insist upon this Society altering its pro-
ceedings. It was not meant to be a monopoly of trade
in religious books, underselling every body, and keep-
ing most valuable works out of the market. It was not
meant to confine itself to the mere function of instruct-
ing babes, or to supply to the infidel and papist a shaft
of scorn against the Christian missionary. But it was
meant to be the vehicle of a printed course of religious
instruction for certain classes, and that at least not be-
hind the age in soundness of sentiment and tone of
expression.
Excuse the hurried manner in which, no doubt, you
will detect this to have been written, as I write it in a few
minutes snatched from my dinner hour, and because my
conscience has so long and so loudly importuned me upon
it.—l am, Sir, yours truly.
May 5, 1846.

A MIoSIONARY.

GREAT INDIAN PEN iNSULAR
RAILWAY COMPANY.
(From the Bombay Bi- Monthly Times of March 31.)
The Committee of the Great Indian Peninsular Rail-
way Company have issued the following circular :—" The
London Board of Directors of this Company, having resolved
that no shares shall be allotted in London after the 13th
of April, 1546, but that all shares formerly reserved for
India which then remain unallotted shall Ybe allotted in
England, the provisional committee in Bombay, notwith-
standing the measures adopted for closing the list, will be
prepared, in consequence of that resolution, to receive appli-
cations for shares in the Company up to the date now spe-
cified, after which no further application will be attended to.
The Committee deem this a fitting occasion to intimate, for
the information of the public, that the surveys and investi-
gations which have been carried on during the past few
months by the engineers and other officers of the Company,
have elicited results of a highly favourable nature, and that
the information now in their possession, as to the general
features of the line, would have warranted far more flatter-
ing expectations, as to its advantages and capabilities, even
than the documentary fact, originally available, led the
projectors themselves to entertain. The tract between Bom-
bay and Tannah is almost entirely devoid of engineering
difficulties, while the country lying between the last-named
place, and the foot of the Malsej Ghaut, though of a more
intricate character, will, it is believed, afford a fair average
line, involving few works of magnitude or expense. The
Ghaut itself, the examination of which is nearly completed,
has been found perfectly practicable; and though, of course,
calling for appliances which are not likely to be elsewhere
required, will, from all appearances, tax neither the ingenuity
of the engineer, nor the funds of the Company, to nearly so
great an extent as was anticipated. In the absence of the
engineer's report, which is as yet delayed, of the surveys in
progress beyond the Ghaut, the committee cannot speak po-
sitively with respect to that part of the line, but the unoffi--
cial information they have vs yet received is very promis-
ing, and they have no doubt that this will be speedily con-
firmed by official documents. On the whole, therefore, as
regards the physical examination of the country, the pros-
pects of the project, as far as can be perceived, are in the
highest degree encouraging. Influenced by this consideration,
the Committee have resolved to use strenuous efforts to begin
the actual construction of some part of the works without
delay, to which end detailed surveys of the country between
Bombay and Tannah are in progress, which it is hoped will
be concluded in mniicient time before the monsoon, to allow
of the Committee taking advantage of that season, (when
active operations in the field will of necessity be suspended)
to submit to Government the plans, selections, and other
papers, necessary as the basis for an application for permis-
sion to commence the undertaking. Whatever direction- the
trunk line into the interior may eventually follow, the route
to Tannah must certainly form a portion of it, and it has
been determined to make this commencement less in the ex-
pectation of immediate profit than with a view to familiarise
the natives of India with the construction and working of
railroads, and to afford a school for the instruction of such
artisans and labourers asthe company may require to employ
in their more extended cperatioms. With respect
ttic:e sta-
tistical details, it is only necessary to mention that
in-
quiries which have been made in India have
accuracy of thee
tended
to con-
firm, in the most satisfactory manner, h
When the exact course of
the main their preliminary calcucalculations.ons.
ned the fruits of these in-
quiries
line is finally determined, whichrm afut irno s
hceodl et chteedp
roi
jne England,fors with by
d taMor.n
,Cvhhispehintaoniouanndil
more definite shape, and: become
will assume
applicable to the solution of the question
of more direcqy aPP
pr
;
of
prospectsthe ont. rile
ofabo
thee
seems quite clear that unless any obstacle should arise from
the measures of Government—a contingency in the last
degree improbable—a portion of the intended line of rail-
way proposed
will ere long be in course of construction. Although
little publicity has hitherto been given to the proceedings
of the company, it is evident that its officers have not been
idle; and there is, we believe, every rea,on to hope
that before the commencement of the rains, the survey of
the whole sketch of country between Bombay and the Gun-
gathurree, will be completed. We are glad to perceive that
it has been determined to commence the actual construction
of the works between Bombay and Tannah at an early date. .
This is an arrangement, the judiciousness of which can ad-
' mit of no question, far by its adoption the native artisans
and labourers will become familiar with the details of rail-
way operations, and be enabled to execute hereafter, in a
satisfactory and expeditious manner, works which must of
necessity involve, in the first instance, seine degree of diffi-
culty and delay. The knowledge thus acquired will soon
be generally diffused, and in the course of a short time, we
may ex ,ect to see at the company's disposal a numerous .
band of efficient a orkmen, available for employment at any
stage and in any branch of its undertaking. We hear that
measures are already being taken for marking out the course
of the railway between Bombay and Tannah, and that a
commencement has been made in the direction of Girgau,n,
so that any of our readers who may be desirous of inspecting
the work will have an opportunity of doing so."

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM MILLER, BART.—We have
to record thp death of Sir William Miller, Bart., better known as
Lord Glenlee, who expired, on Saturday morning last, at Barskining,
7TRAIIczDAERs7f
onT,y, LriziPTetreNrAZTn-crutChe:ilidlst:lg:ssuoNtllosnaEtitaLiihtiniegi
euan:ccrynido3en-
Ayrshire. 'the deceased Baronet had arrived at an advanced age,
for he was in his 90th year. He was son of the first liarenet, the
Lord President of the College of Justice in Scotland, and married his
cousin, Miss Chalmers, daughter of Mr. George Chalmers. In 1789
he succeeded his father in the baronetcy, and in 1795 was appointed
one of the Lords of Session, when he assumed, by courtesy, the title
of Lord Glenlee. In 1840, from his increasing years and consequent
inirmity, he retired from the judicial bench, after a strict attendance
of above 45 years to the arduous duties attached to that high legal
EceYrTmEetOFwiTthEtEa
office. The late Baronet Is succeeded. by his eldest son, now Sir
Thomas Miller, Bart.
rpneirsuerirAiyti
Lae t,ialEninced4dot 1
hlti
a:
dhr treatment,
the
beenll
hcueele 10V
vesettryetordsHaeyreianomu'et
serious accident by being thrown from his horse (a spirited animal)
while riding in iiyde Park. The gallant Colonel was taken up sense-
lass,
jecteitsßrotursolleobnocn:foo:vtqlfihNeaunrecsgi.eirmitednrta.wings,
lass, and conveyed to the Knights ridge barracks, where, under pro-
- yesterday,
ebsZavntelbenattirornanctokarssat'ers of the German, Italian, Dutch, abns;llllae mostsFlemishale
schco!s, the property of B. Kertz, EN,'
edeetirrieosf, &Sier ,jt.ooltkplace ' ..'
formerly in the Arundel col-
dleecLtioignit,endiethceouconlit
Reynolds, Sir P. Lely, the Prince
in Mr.
auction-
rooms, in New Bond-street. In. this collection there are 230 draw-
ings,Phillips' '
divided into 205 lots, of which number 118 were disposed at
yesterday, the remaining portion; the most choice, being for sale this
day (Friday). The
German and Italian masters. Among the former there were six
drawings by Albert Durer, one by Hans Holbein, one by Heniskirk,
one by Lucas Van Leyden, two by Lucas Cranach, Sae. These Were,' :
principally pen and ink drawings from the Fries collection, and sold
for good prices. In the Itali in school the-drawings were more nu-
merous, comprising three by Michael Angelo, four by Annibale Car-
racel, twelve by Agostino Carracci, nine by Cignani, two by Cot,
regin in red chalk, nine by Guido, principally in red chalk and pen
ant ink; three by Claude, pen
, pen drawings, washed with bishe ; five
by Guereino, one by Murillo, pen, washed with black ink ; eight by
Parmageein. seven by Nicholas Ponsshn, and one by Gaspar PeaSsin, ''
EzO: &c. The subjects were principally of a religious character, some
Otto Dot were puchand tor the Drittah Mumma

NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GORE.
Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo.,
DEBUT A. N T E;
or, THE LONDON SEASON.
By Mrs. GORE,
Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Dowager," " Peers and
Parvenues," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

T "

T" TRUE HISTORY and MYSTERY of
Mr. SMITH O'BRIE).T'S CASE—YOUNG IRELAND and
" the PARTI PRETRE"—
The ADVENT of the CORN-BILL to the HOUSE of PEERS—
NATIONALF. of JUDICIAL SWEARING—the " BOW-STREET
MCQUISITION"—
In the WEEKLY CHRONICLE of SATITIMAY and SUNDAT, the
16th and 17th inst., with all the news of the Week.
Office, 337 Strand.
THE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY characterises this
journal as the " Ablest" of the " Popular Papers." It says there
is no " Paper conducted with more talent or success," and that
"it is especially remarkable, not only for the great quantity of
news it affords, and the admirable arrangement of its matter,—well
illustrated by accompanying observations.—but for the ability and
variety of its original articles, in the form of leaders and letters.
The advantage of this ability is enhanced by its being displayed on
other than mere political questions, so that the range of topics is
more large and generally interesting. Thus it is worth mentioning,
that it was the only paper which, during the late controversy be-
tween the Press and the Bar, took up the case of the latter, in a
series of letters marked by great talent."

TO TOURISTS AND SPORTSMEN VISITING THE HIGH-
LANDS OF SCOTLAND.
I) MACDOUGALL, of the Tartan Warehouse,
41 Inverness, begs very respectfully to mention that he is now
In London. with all the correct and original patterns of Clan Tartans
for Ladles' and Children's Dresses and Cloaks, Gentlemen's Dressing

GOWns, &e.
SCOTTISH WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE.
Our National Manufacture of PLAIDINGS, now denominated
TWEEDS, are decidedly superior to, and are patronised beyond,
every other description of Goods hitherto used for Shooting and
Wearing Coats, Trousers, . and Boys' wear. The better qualities
rival the English Cassimers, are only about half the price, and are
easily washed, without injuring their appearance. The Brown and
Bed Heather Mixtures are imitations, and successful ones, of the
complexion of the Scottish Mountains, when the heather is in leaf and
in bloom, all made of the best Wool.
A very few handsome. fine Tartan Shawls and Plaids, and very fine
"White and Coloured Zetland Shawls. Some bwn Wool,
han Invd Shepherd
Yields and Shawls. The Lov at, Glengarry.
Atho role , Gairloc, ere
and Richmond Tweeds, and all the different shades and qualities requi-
site for the other Shooting Grounds—used at deer stalking and
grouse shooting. Stout stuff for keepers and gillies. An immense
lot of Highland Shepherd Tartans, and Scotch Stunk for jackets,
trousers, Sicc.
D. 3,113. has with him a copy of the " Vestiarum Scoticum," from
an original MS. formerly belonging to John Leslie, Bishop of Ross'
the faithful adherent of Queen Mary, which shows the genuine set
of all the Clan Tartans.
Noblemen and Gentlemen who may wish for the Highland cos-
tume, may have the same made up, with Highland ornaments, in th
moat antique form—bonnets, plaids, badges, cockades, &c. High-
land dresses for boys made up.
Mr. M`Dougall will be happy to show the correct method of
Wearing the Highland dress, and the various modes of putting en the
Plaid.
31`1). will be glad to call with his patterns any time before the
24th May, when he returns to Inverness.
A note, addressed to him at 7, New Burlington-street, Regent-
street, will be attended to, or he may be seen there, from 1 to 4 o'clock,
until 24th May.