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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1834.

In the House of Lords last night, the LORD
CHANCELLOR alluded to an attack that had
been made upon him in the Morning Post of
yesterday. Lord GREY moved that the article
was a gross breach of the privileges of the
House, a motion which was agreed to izem. con.,
and the printer of the journal was ordered to
attend at the bar this day. There cannot be
two opinions on the propriety of Lord
BROUGHAM'S conduct on this occasion. The
article imputed to him behaviour unworthy of a
gentleman, and as such he was in duty bound
to resent it. In the course of the evening Earl
GREY gave notice that on Tuesday he would
move for leave to bring in a bill to renew the
Irish Coercion Act. In the House of Com-
mons the Poor Law Bill was further considered,
and ordered to be read a third time on Tues-
day. It is gratifying to find that it has sur-
vived and triumphed over all the rancorous op-
position that has has been brought to bear
against it.

The question as to the right of this country
to try MORENO for the execution of Mr. BOYD,
at Malaga, in 1831, was brought under the
notice of the House of Commons last night, and,
from what occurred, we are only the more con-
vinced that our Government cannot now interfere.
The cruelty and treachery of that wretched indi-
vidual cannot be stigmatised in too strong lan-
guage, and every person with a particle of feeling
must regard not only him but the treacherous
and blood-thirsty tyrant under whose authority
he acted, with sentiments of utter abhorrence.
But that is not the question. The question
now is, whether the execution of Mr. Bo YD
under such circumstances was a breach of-the
law of nations, and whether this country would
he justified in taking the affair into their own
hands, and punishing the agent of the govern-
ment which sanctioned such an atrocious act
We fear not. Mr. BOYD, by joining a party
of Spaniards for the purpose of exciting re-
sistance to the existing Government, subjected
himself to the laws of that country ; and how-
ever unjust, however cruel, these laws may be,
we doubt much if the British Government
could be justified in demanding redress. At
all events, if the act of MORENO was contrary
to the law of nations, redress should have been
demanded at the time of the Government under
whose authority he acted, and no expense, no
exertion should have been spared, to compel
that Government to make the only reparation
that could be made, and bring him to condign
punishment. That would have been the course
for a great nation to pursue, but between such a
course and that of taking advantage of his arri-
val in this country, under the protection of a
foreign Prince, to try him by British law, there
is the widest difference. It appears to us that
it would be more proper to consider whether

we should be justified in sending him back to
Spain to abide the decision of the existing
authorities, and if the execution of Mr. BOYD
was contrary to national law, such a course
would not only be justified, but imperative on
the British Government. If, however, the af-
fair ends, we trust that a person guilty of such
treacherous conduct and such atrocious cruelty
will find that universal abhorence is little pre-
ferable to death.

The Dramatic Performances Bill has been
thrown out a second time in the House of
Lords, partly we think owing to th© ill-judged
pertinacity of its author, the Marquis of CI, AN-
RICARDE. The large houses it appears were
willing to agree to a compromise, and did not ob-
ject to the performance of the regular drama in
all the existing theatres, provided the bill did
not grant power to the Lord Chamberlain and
magistrates to license any new houses.
This appeared a fair proposition, for if
there are 23 licensed houses at present,
what chance could there be of an increase of
the number under the provisions of the bill ?
The bill would have diminished, rather than
increased the number, inasmuch as it provided
that no house should be licensed unless it could
contain 1,500. All the play-going taste of
the present day could not support so many
places for theatrical entertainment, considering;
the vast size of some of the existing establish-
ments. It is greatly to be regretted, therefore,
that this offer of compromise was not accepted,
as the bill, by sanctioning regular perform-
ances, as well as by enjoying proper regula-
tions, would have given more respectability to
the minor theatres, and also held out more en-
couragement to dramatic authors.

On the discussion respecting the Irish
Church in the House of Lords on the 6th
instant, the LORD CHANCELLOR distinctly,
and for the first time, placed the law and the
fact of what is called " Church property" and
the Church on its true foundation.

The cry is, " the Church is in danger," and
" the property of the Church." The LORD
CHANCELLOR showed that there is no such
thing as Church in this sense. It is not a
body. It is incapable of holding property. No
lawyer can for a moment pretend that it has
any corporate existence. In fact, " the Church"
is the whole body of the faithful, lay as well as
clerical, or, in the words of the 19th article, it
is a congregation of the faithful men, in which
the pure word of GOD is preached, and the sa-
craments duly ministered, &c. &c.
The property, then, belongs not to the
Church, but to a great body of corporators,
some sole, as Bishops and parsons—some ag-
gregate, as Chapters ; and each parson is a
corporation sole, having perpetual succession.

What becomes then of Mr. STANLEY'S fa-
vourite tenet of the Church corporation, and
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S more liberal construction
of it ? They say you may make a new distribu-
tion of Church property within the Church,
but you violate the rights of property if you
give anything away from the whole church, i.e.
to schools. Now is it not the same violation of
property to equalize, by taking from one man,
or one corporation, and giving to another, as by
taking from them all, and giving it to some one
else ? They say take from this Bishop—that
Chapter—this Parson—that Dean, and give it
to others of the clerical body. They allow
you to do this—nay, Mr. STANLEY did this
last year by abolishing ten Irish Bishops, and
distributing the property of these ten sees
among other parsons. What is this but taking
the Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S estate, and giving
it to other Peers, who have less ? Would not
that be as great an inroad on property as if you
gave it to members of the House of
Commons? Is it not taking away the
property of one Corporation, such as Lon-
don, and giving it to another, as Bris-
tol? This at once violates the principle,
that the present distribution of Church pro-
perty must for ever continue ; and it really is
too extravagant for Ministers, who consented
to such a measure, to deny that Church pro-
perty is to be dealt with as State property, and
applicable to any purposes that may promote
the moral and religious welfare of the people.
We will venture to assert, that had Mr. STAN-
LEY possessed the knowledge and experience of
Earl GREY, he would never have delivered the
speech which delighted the Conservatives as
much as it disappointed and embarrassed his
best friends and admirers.

We learn by the Papers Papers of Thursday
that the elections are pretty well ended, and
that the ministerial party will be just as strong
in the new Chamber of Deputies as was anti-
cipated. Towards the close of the struggle,
the opposition gained some little increase of
numerical force, but this partial rally will be by
no means sufficient to enable them to make any
effectual head against the overwhelming power
of the Juste Milieu. By all accounts, Louts
PHILIP has now the game in his own hands.
The ball is at his feet, and he may do
with it what he pleases. And is this, then, all
that France has gained by her late revolution ?
Has she only exchanged a fool for a fox—a
CHARLES the Tenth, for a LOUIS PHILIP
—an openly avowed despotism, for an insidi-
ous and encroaching one ? It is, however,
possible that the king of the Barricades,
finding his position at length beginning
to assume something like an aspect of
stability, may relax in what he meekly and
discreetly calls his " precautionary measures,"
and become a little more tolerant in his system
of government. Possibly he may be brought
even to look on the Press with an eye of for-
bearance, arising from the same proud sense of
security, which, as lEsop tells us, the file felt
when the viper attempted to bite it. Situated
as LOUIS PHILIP now is, with a submissive
Chamber, a cautious press, and a dwindled
opposition, the Carlists and Republicans pa-
ralyzed, and the people nearly, if not quite in-
different, it will clearly be his best course to pur-

site the dictates of clemency, and enjoy his
triumph with moderation. It was thus that AU-
GUSTUS—though, GOD knows, Louts PHILIP
is no Augustus either in sagacity or munifi-
cence I—when the fierce struggles of faction
were at an end, and his own supremacy was
established, softened down from the grim des-
pot into the humane and enlightened Emperor.

FRENCH EU NDi -PA Rtg, JUNE 26

Five per Cents., lOtif. 25c 30c.25c.
Four per Cents., 93f. 56c.
Three per Cents.' 771. 75c. 80c.
Bank Actions, 1,525 f.
Rente de Naples, 941. 71'c.
Roman Five per Cents., 96 93N.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 3d.
Rente d'Espagne Three per Cents., 47 6.
Royal Spanish Loan, 83
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 73.
Belgian Loan, I8;31, Five per Cents,
Haytian Loan, 28df. 30c.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.

One month, paper, 25f. 35c. ; money, c.
fhree months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, —f. —c.
—Goers Authentique.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.

(FROM LIMNIWS )

DEAL, JUNE 27.—Wind N. N. E., fresh breeze.—
Arrived the Jane, Digby, from Trinidad ; Mary
Stewart, Frazer, from Havannah ; and Blenheim, from
London, for Cork and New South Wales. His Ma-
jesty's ship Castor remains.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 27.—Wind N. N. W. to N. E.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his
Majesty's ship Pike, from Lisbon ; and Mary trans-
port, Spence, from Hull.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 26. —Wind W. S. W., fresh breezes
and cloudy.
HASTINGS, JUNE 27.—Arrived off port the Orleans,
Chase, from Baltimore.
BRIGHTON, JUNE 27.—Arrived the Nebelia, Ste-
phenson, from Van Diemen's Land, sailed the 13th
February.
COWES, JUNE 27.—Arrived the Scotia, Malcolm,
from Rio Janeiro ; Agnes, Crosbie, from Havannah ;
and Emery, Marshall, from New Orleans.
DUBLIN, JUNE 25.—Arrived the Atlas, Pearce, from
London.

POOLE, JUNE 26.—Arrived the William Kelson,
Robbins, from Newfoundland.

BRISTOL, JUNE 27.—Arrived the Antigua Planter,
Cherry, from Antigua; and Ida, Banfield, from Corfu.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26.—Arrived the Pyrennees,-
Burt, from Maranham ; Brilliant, Lawrence, and
Fanny, Irven, from Jamaica ; Annie, Birkett, from
Barbadoes ; Eliza, Dubbs, from Savannah ; Charlotte,
Peele, Sunbury, Ilinde, and Hamilton, Kenny, from
New Orleans ; Shaver, Wright, from Newfoundland ;
and Helena Sophia, Wickman, from Wyburg. Off
port the Asia, from New Orleans. The Planter,
Purdy, bound to Quebec, grounded on the banks yes-
terday afternoon, but got off in the night, and pro-
ceeded.

HULL, JUNE 26.—Arrived the Peace, Cooper, from
Cronstadt.

The Caroline, Campbell, from Jamaica, has arrived
in the Downs.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Our arrivals this morning are of a very limited de-
scription, and not of importance.
The French Papers received by the mail this morn-
ing, positively state that M. Toreno has entered into
the Spanish ministry, replacing M. Imaz.
A report prevailed at Warsaw, that the Emperor of
Russia was going to grant a general amnesty to the
Poles, and to have a Polish corps of 6,000 men.
The express from Paris states that a report prevailed
at Bayonne of the defeat of General Quesada, in an
engagement with the Carlists, on the 19th instant ;
but, as General Rodil was soon expected in the Basque
provinces, little or no fear was entertained of the Car-
lists making any progress. The elections in France
are regarded as settled.
The French papers do not bring any late news from
Spain.
The French Funds come lower-77f. 80c. ; Spa-
nish, 36.

The debates, last night, both in the House of Lords
and Commons, were rather of an interesting descrip-
tion. Lord Palmerston, in the Commons, in answer
to Mr. O'Dwyer's motion respecting General Moreno
and the death of Mr. Boyd, stated, that among the
party who landed near Malaga was Mr. Boyd. They
were immediately seized, and carried to Malaga,
and in five days orders were sent from Madrid to put
all the prisoners to death. The British Consul at
Malaga did all in his power to obtain the release of
Mr. Boyd, but failed in getting a respite from
General Moreno. Lord Palmerston then stated,
that the sentence with regard to the unfortunate Mr.
Boyd was conformable with the law of nations, if
Mr. Boyd knowingly went with the band to Spain,
and landed there for the purpose of exciting an insur-
rection in that country.
Jamaica papers to the 17th May have just been re-
ceived at t!-e North and South American Coffee-house.

( From the paper of the 16th May. )
His Majesty's ship Forte arrived yesterday from Bar-
badoes, in seven days, bringing 90,0001. of the long-
expected loan, in silver, taken from the Bclvidera.

( Bermuda papers to the 19th.)
We regret to state that Captain Sir G. A. West-
phail, of that vessel, was obliged to give up the com-
mand and return to England, from ill health.
A report reached Barbadoes, from Demerara, of the
total failure of the plantation crop in the latter place.
'We feel extremely happy to contradict tho state-
ment we yesterday made respecting the indisposition
of the Marquis of Sligo.
Van Diemen's Land Papers to the 14th of February
state that the uncertainty of corn produce in the island
has perplexed the whole colony ; last year the crops
were abundant, but the present year they will be
obliged to import corn.
The Lieutenant-Governor has arrived at Launceston.

ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
(THIS DAY.)

The anxiety to witness the performances at the
Abbey as they progress, seem to increase rather
than diminish. Long before the opening of the
doors crowds of persons of distinction and respecta-
bility were assembled, and on the arrival of
their Majesties' the Abbey was crowded. Their
Majesties arrived, escorted as before, shortly before
twelve o'clock, and took their seats in the Royal
Box, accompanied by the Princess Sophia, the
Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Victoria. Im-
mediately on theirNlajesties' entrance the performance
commenced.

In our Thursday's paper, in noticing the last per-
formance, from scarcity of room, and other circum-
stances, we were enabled to offer but few remarks
upon this, certainly the most important era in our
Musical Annals that has occurred in this country.
We drew, in the few cursory observations we were
enabled to offer, a comparison between the meeting
now in progress at Westminster and those which
have been held at. York, and our deductions were
certainly in favour of the latter. The thing, how-
ever, in its present advanced state, enables us more
coolly and deliberately to form an opinion as to
every particular connected with it, and to ascertain,
from sure data, whether, in the impressions which
first struck us, we were perfectly correct. As
far as the splendour of the spectacle goes, we
still think we were not erroneous in the esti-
mate we then made. The edifice, with all its
acknowledged merits, as a pile of transcendent
architectural merit, is far, very far inferior to the
magnificent minster, which forms the leading fea-
ture of the northern metropolis. The spacious area,
in that building, appropriated to the accommodation
of the orchestra, from its roominess afforded ample
convenience to every member of the orchestra.
Here, it cannot be denied, they are " cabined,
cribbed, confined," and, when the body is in that
situation of inconvenience, we contend not only that
men of mechanical skill has not the opportunity for
exerting its efforts to the fullest advantage, but that
the " moving power"—the mind—will also be cir-
cumscribed in its powers. Hence the materiel, ex-
cellent as it is, cannot have efficient scope for its
perfect development. The materiel of the instru-
mental force, in the aggregate, is far superior to
that at York. In this department a perfection—
we use the term advisedly, in the full assurance
that the positions cannot be controverted—a per-
fection has been attained, which at a distance
from the metropolis could not be secured, even by
an enormous outlay. The orchestra at the Abbey
has moved in a style of compact firmness, and has
produced effects that no musician could have fore-
seen, and has produced effects that even the com-
posers of the music upon which their talents have
been exerted, could never have contemplated.
Even with all the inconveniences we have pointed
out, there has been a unity of purpose displayed,
and an energy of combination, that has perfectly
astonished us. A more mechanical keeping of time
would have been of little avail ; it would not have
attained one-tenth part the objects this tremendous
band has achieved. But there has been, as it were,
a soul pervading them. The effects of the cres-
cendo and the diminuendo, the light and shade, the
sforzando, and the as sudden piano, has been grand
beyond description. We feel, despairingly, the to-
tal inadequacy of words to convey the ideas to which
we allude. Haydn, we believe it was, who spoke
of " the whisper of a thousand ;" this effect
has been attained at the Abbey, and has
been followed by the shout and roar, not of
a " thousand" certainly, but of six hundred, all
animated by the same spirit. It is almost deroga-
tory to go into the minor details of such a subject ;
still we cannot help adverting to the means by
which these extraordinary effects have been achieved.
We might speak of the perfect skill by which a
body of violinists, comprising eighty performers, sup-
ported their parts, forming the groundwork of this
tremendous orchestra ; we might dilate on the
accuracy with which basses and double basses, with
Lindley and Dragonetti at their head, in accuracy
of time and tune, and with the soul of music, ap-
peared to animate them, aided the efforts of their
high-toned anthem. We might expatiate to the
amount of a volume upon the effects produced in the
chorusses, by the band of oboes, under the super-
intendence of Messrs. Cooke and Flirke, and which
produced effects, rivalling the violins in brilliance
and power ; on the magnificent—the word, we feel,
no musician will consider to be inappropriate—the
magnificent combinations of the trumpets and trom-
bones ; we might write columns, and yet be unable
to convey to those upon whom their splendours had
not flashed, an idea of the soul-stirring achievements
produced by their united efforts. The manage-
ment of the splentlid drums of the tower, by Mr.
Chipp, whom we are compelled to mention individu-
ally, although a cohort in himself, is well worth a
page in the annals of this eventful celebration.
We must pass over all this detail as rapidly as pos-
sible. There is, however, one point to which we
must advert, the leaders of the band, on this oc-
casion, were mere cyphers. That they fiddled
away, most enthusiastically, is true enough ; but
that, as leaders, they were wanted, would be a most
erroneous supposition. The wave of Sir George's
roll, in the way of hint, at the leading off, was all
that was wanted. Events thus proceeded to their
completion, and " the mighty work was achieved."
We have mentioned, as the result of our
observations, that the organ was, if anything,
too prominent. We still think this, to have
been the case generally. The organists, all
without exception, appear to have been actuated by
a wish to display. The instrument, managed with
judgment, is an addition to the chorus, with which
we should be unwilling to dispense. But the or-
ganist we consider to be a mere individual member
of the orchestra, and cannot forgive him his ambi-
tious desire to let the audience know that lie, also,
was there.

In regard to the chorusses, we still adhere to our
opinion, that they would have been improved by a
more profuse sprinkling of provincials amongst
them. We do not mean to say that in the aggre-
gate they have not done their duty, but there is
room for improvement. Some of the less known
chorusses have not gone so well as they ought to have
done: There has been occasionally a want of firm-
ness in leading off the points. the volume pro-
duced by the female choristers is wholly inadequate
to their numbers, and the tenor voices are weak.
In regard to the solo singers, there is an
im-
mense mass of them, but they are all of the same,
or nearly of the same rank. There are not amongst
them any stars, whose superior brilliancy of light
eclipses and throws into the shade all the rest. We
see them rise and set one after another, and they
each leave but little impression behind. Caradori
Allan, the donna of the first performance, is not
the finest singer in the world at the present day.
She has deficiencies, and those deficiencies were
glaringly exhibited on the occasion in question.
Grisi, from the specimen she has given, appears to
be wholly unfit to take part in sacred composition.
Her first attempt on Wednesday was as bad
as bad could be. She was much better on
Thursday, but still it was anything but
what the public had a right to expect from the
leading_ singer of the day. Braham has done won-
ders, but still it is totally unnecessary- to say that
even Braham is not what he was. Stephens ap-
peared at the first rehearsal and performance to be
totally parsec. She, however, recovered, and her
" Angels ever bright and fair," on Thursday, was as
finely given as ever we had the good fortune to hear
it. Still commanding talent, both male and female,
is essential for such a meeting as the present, and
that talent, with sorrow we say it, is just now not
to be had. The choral music, in part, is the leading
feature of the Festival. It is prepared with ad-
vantages certainly never attained before, and with
that feature we must be, perforce, content.
The following is the bill of fare for the perform-
ances of this morning

_
-PART I.
Hymn—" Lord of Heaven and Earth."—Haydn.

Ist verse—Mrs. Seymour, Messrs. Goulden, Braham, and
Phillips.

Mies Wagstaff, Miss Chambers, Messrs. Vaughan and
Chapman.
3d—Miss Lloyd, Messrs. Terrail, Bennett, and Stretton.
A SELECTION FROM HANDEL'S SACRED
ORATORIO
JUDAS MACCABEUS.
Chorus--" 0 Father, whose almighty power."
Recit—Mr. Bennett—" To heaven's almighty King ;" and—
Air—" 0 Liberty." Accompanied on the Violoncello by Mr.
Lindley.
Recit.—Mr. Vaugham " So will'd my father."
Trio (with double Choir)—Messrs. Terrail, Goulden, Vaughan,
Bennett, Bellamy, Sale ; and—Chorus—" Disdainful of
danger."
Recit.—Mr. Chapman, " Haste we, my brethren " Chorus—
" Hear us, 0 Lord."
Duet—Miss Clara Novello and Miss Wagstaff, and—Chorus—
" We never will bow down," and " We worship God."
Recit.—Mr. Graham, " My arms ! against this Gorgias."
Air—" Sound an alarm ;" and—Chorns—" We hear."
Recit.—Mrs. H. R. Bishop, " 0 let eternal honours ;" and—
Air, " From mighty kings,"
Chorus—" Fall'n is the foe."
Recit.—Mrs. Seymour, " But, lo! the conqueror comes."
—Trio—Miss Lloyd, Mrs. Seymour, and Mr. Terrail, " See
the conqu'ring." Duet—Miss Stephens and Mrs. W.
Knyvett, See the god-like youth ;" and—Chorus—" See
the conqu'ring hero comes."
MARC 11.
Chorus—" Sing unto God." The Solo by Mr. Goulden and
Mr. Vaughan