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THE SU t 44,, LONDON, SATURDAY 1.4.4 0-, JULY 11, iBSI,

wards upon the sill more curiously unco'igenial
theme of "The Four Georges"—muld scarcely,
we conceive, in these matters, have been in any
way misapprehended. Had there been rettlly the
smallest chance of our being mistaken. in him
when viewing him through the medium of his
earlier and minor and more miscellaneous contri-
butions to our light literature—the risk would
have been very rapidly and effectually precluded
by the perusal of his three great serial fictions—
his clever and caustic Vanity Fair—his tedious
yet brilliant Pendennis—above all, his inimitable
and thoroughly delightful Newcomes7-this last-
mewl-mad, beyond all manner of doubt, as yet, his
Nlasterpiece. It is not alone, however, through
this romantic Triad on Trilogy that we may re-
cognise the enlarged views of the truly Liberal
Politician, or the comprehensive sympathies of the
genuine and practical Philanthropist. Those
views and those sympathies are, so to speak,
the very " form" and " colour" of the most
unstudied and casual, as well as of the
most ornate and elaborated of Mr. THACKERA.Y'S
varied literary productions. His liberality and his
benevolence breathe not more through these latter
than through the most effervescent trifles stored
up among the motley contents of the Wallet of
his Miscellanies. Each in turn may be found—
readily by those who list—to have given life to
he germ or core of the minutest paragraphs ever
contributed to Punch, by him who was once upon
a time chief among the glories of our Great Weekly
Droll—" The Fat Contributor !" Remembeting
all this, reinereb.ering everything we have ever
read from the pen of W. M. THACKERAY, under
the pink cover of his Christmas books, or under
the yellow cover of his monthly serials, in Fraser
or in the -Quarterly, here, there, and everywhere
during the last busy quarter of a century
—we are not in the least surprised to find that
dear old friend of us all speaking out most stur-
dily and bravely, as befits him, to the Oxford
Electors—speaking out boldly and explicitly, as a
thorough Reformer—not as a bit-by-bit Reformer,
hut as a root.and-branch Reformer. Success go
with him in his canvass ! He declares himself to
be " heart and soul" for The Ballot ! He avows
himself to be an advocate for an extension of the
Suffrage—of course not for Universal Suffrage,
but for a very appreciable step onwards in it,
direction ; in other words, for an Extension of
the Suffrage—lmmediate anal Comprehensive !
Lie proclaims himself to be opposed to Triennial
Parliaments, but adds to that not very surprising
lecla.ration the assurance, that if the City
of Oxford approves of Triennial Parliaments
he will vote for them nevertheless. Added to all
this, he utt3rs to the electors the rather supet-
fluous avowal (coming from him !) that he is in-
dependent of "Every Ministry and Everybody."
THACKEILAY need hardly have said that anywhere.
But he has said it—and in saying it ho spoke but
a truism familiar to us all. And so—again, sty
we, Success go with him in his canvass through
that 01l classic city of the Western University.
If the constituency wishes to honour itself, as well
as this far-famed Candidate for its suffrages, it
will duly, before many days shall have elapsed,
constitute W. M. MACKERAY, M.P. for the City
of Oxford.

A notable incident will be found recorded
among our Law Reports under the heading of the
Northern Circuit—dated York, July 9. It will
be perceived that the Learned Judges of that
Circuit—Mr. Baron WATSON and Mr. Baron
CHANNELL—having arrived in the city of York
on the previous aftelmoon, having heard service
at the MinSter, and having immediately opened
the commission at the Castle, upon the following
morning breakfasted, according to ancient custom,
with the Lord Mayor, and then, viz., upon that
ninth day of July—formally commenced the busi-
ness of the session ! Now, just observe for a
few moments what that Business of the Session
turned out to be. In the first place, Mr. Baron
WATSON after breakfast proceeded in due course
to the Guildhall to try the city prisoners.
" There was, however," says the report,
"nothing there for his Lordship to do, and the
necessary formalities having been gone through,
his Lordship left in less than half au hour."
Quick work, certainly, and work in every way,
and in the highest sense of the term, encourag-
ing. But mark what occurred immediately after-
wards in due succession ! Mr. Baron CIIANNELL
about noon charged the Grand Jury at the Castle
—and Mr. Baron WATSON soon after took his
seat in the Civil Court, having, it will be remem-
bered, just made very short work indeed of Ne..
thinq, down at the Guildhall ! Well—fir;;;,
of all we will consider for a moment what
Baron CHANNELL had to do at the Castle.
His Lordship found upon the calendar the
names of seventy prisoners, no less than
ten of whom were on bail I And the Report adds
—as truly as sententlous!y—" Both in number
and character of crime this is a very light calen-
dar." But as to the Civil Causes ?—how about
them ? Why, we find the comment of the Report
yet more emphatic about them—and no wonder !
For it is observed with reason, " The entry of
civil causes is of a character unknown, in Vic re-
collection of any member of the Northern Circuit."
A. statement few will feel disposed to question for
an instant, after glancing at the next sentence.
"For the North and East Ridings there is an en try
of seven causes, and for the West Riding,
up to five o'clock, only three causes were
entered !" By way of hopeful consolation it is
added, howbeit, immediately afterwards—" For
the latter lisk, however, causes may be entered up
to twelve o'clock tc-morrow," meaning yesterday.
Let us take a peep into the Civil Court down at
York nevertheless, and view things there as they
actually were on Thursday. Quoth the Report,
"On taking his seat, Mr. Baron WATSON inquired
of the officer, of the court the state of the civil
list ?" Knowing perfect'y well, as we do now,
witat was coming, can't we fancy the result of the
next proceeding? " Mr. BELL having informed his
Lordsliip"—All the faces under the Wigs lengthen !
Silence of tours ;for a second or so—and then : "Mr.
Baron WATsoN (to the Bar)-4 This is a terribly 1

bad caws list r" Meaning—for the Public—a
glOriOliSly good ow"! Whereupon 'we find Mr.
WARREN, Q.C., the Learned Recorder of Hull, and
the facotions Author of Tdu Thousand a Year,
lexolaiming, after the manner of a Greek Chorus
(anti not the least bit of doulA in the world,
with a twinkle of fun in the corner of hi:;
eye 1)—" To see the nakedness of tho land
have ye come r"rhe matter, however, is altc;-
j gether, too serious for joking, and the Learned
Judge, Mr. Biron WATSON, naitle/y ad.'s (witli A
grave face) " This is very bad, very bad." Quite
a Lawyer's view of the cape B • 1
But, seriously,
ask—ls it not mot encouraging ?It really
K'euts to give one the glimmering of a hope of our
proving after all a little less litigious than
I hitherto ! GOD send it may be so, in all time
to conic, the lawyer's flossing notwithstanding 11

We hive just bad in band, before an election

committee, a very nice little specimen of truAec-

electors, and their responsibility to non-olectors ;
and we "would just ask Lord J. EUSkEL.Es how

Lie likes the working of his precious theory. It
pleased the electors of England this year to ex-
tinguish the two most conceited parties in the
House of Commons the Peelites and the
Leaguers—not that the country was ungrateful
for their past services, nor that it underrated
their talents, but it was heartily sick of their
assumption, and wished to.shew them that Eng-
land could go right enough without their ex
cathedra counsEls. Mr. F. PEEL was amongst the
victims whom it was thought well to sacrifice as
one of the self sufficients ; and the good people of
Bury considered that an intelligent manufacturer,
in the person of Mr. PHILIPS, a brother of Mr.
MARK PHILIPS, once of Parliamentary reputation
at Manchester, was a desirable substitute. Mr. F.
PEEL was tolerably liberal, to be sure, for a
Peelite red-tapist, but Mr. PHILIPS was altogether
touch more of a Liberal, and a people's man to
boot somewhat "extreme," as his opponent
would say ; still, it was fair that the people
should have a few men in the House " extremely"
of their way of thinking ; particularly as my Lord
JOHN RUSSELL does affirm that he wishes all
classes to be represented there ; and the class
which would prefer Mr. Plum's to Mr. PEEL is
a very large one indeed—we should say the entire
working class of the kingdom.
But how were the operatives, the non-electors
of Bury, to secure this man. They were hearty
for him, because they knew that his " extension
of suffrage " and " ballot" programme was not
a mere hustings ruse ; and, like the rest of us,
they prefer a man of tried attachment to their
creed. They had no votes. Yet Lord JOHN
RUSSELL had told them that the one in seven at
Bury who had votes, were their electoral trustees.
" Well," they argue, " we will see that these
trustees of ours do their duty. They are respon-
sible for doing it. We will make them feel their
responsibility." They organise themselves accor-
dingly, and form a non-electors' committee. The
movement must have been popular, for some 300
or 400 men were engaged in it for a week,
and on the two days before -the election
about 1,000. " A captain" and three or
four " assistants " undertook each district.
Non-electors, customers of the shopkeepers,
were selezted as most suitable t) wait upon them,
and apprise them that the non-electors, for whom
the said shopkeepers were trustees, wished them
to carry out their trust faithfully by voting for
Mr. PHILIPS ; and, as there ought to be, and
must be, some me ins of enforcing responsibility,
the operatives hinted that desertion of the shop
on the part of the working men, would be the
penalty of desertion of duty on the part of the
trustees. We gather these facts from the state-
ments of Mr. PEEL'S Counsel, and they appear to
have been corroborated by the evidence. Of
course, if it should turn out that the good people
of Bury think themselves libelled by the Counsel's
remarks, we shall be most happy to tender any
apology whatever. The only difficulty would be,
the difficulty of censuring such apt pupils of so
profound a Statesman as my Lord JOHN RUSSELL.

We know his Lordship may say that the cestui
quo trusts used undue influence with their trus-
tees. But, what is due influence in a case like
this ? Great numbers of these shopkeepers
were, no doubt, between two fires. A few
Peelite customers, each with more money in his
pocket than a great many of the operative
customers put together, were demanding a vote
for Mr. PEEL. In these manufacturing towns,
however, the custom of a considerable number of
operatives is frequently of as much consequence,
and often of more, than that of the few richer cus-
tomers. Our strength lies in numbers, therefore,
say the non-electors ; we will club together and
balance or overpower the Peelite customers. And,
according to the best accounts, they did gain
some seventy votas for their candidate ; while his
majority not being more than thirty-five, it seems
quite probable that their influence, due or undue,
carried the election. Mr. PEEL thinks the influ-
ence was undue ; perhaps Lord J. RUSSELL would
think the same; but what, we ask, were the poor
cestui cow trusts to do ? Were they to go round
with a petition or memorial to the shopkeepers,
backed by some thousands of operative signatures,
and begging the sellers of gowns, caps, and bon•
nets, of tea, sugar, and plums, of flour, bread,
and meat to vote for Mr. PHILIPS T—this would
look something like intimidation. Were they to
hold a " mass meeting," as JONATFIA.N. calls it,
of the workmen, this would be spoken of in the
same terms. The plain fact, however, was, that they
knew the strength 'of the PEEL influence in Bury
—they thought that undue influence, and they
determined to bring equally undue influences to
bear on their own trustees.

On the assumption that Lard JOHN'S trustee
theory is right, and that the shopkeepers would
not, or dare not have voted for Mr. PHILIPS, but
under operative compulsion, we'maintain that the
conduct of the non-electors was quite natural if
not defensible. If the " Constitution" as Lord
JOHN says, " selects" the ten-pound householder
as a voter for all the other householders, then the
" Constitution" is bound to furnish the means
of enforcing the voters responsibility, and if it does
not, the un-enfranchised householders may well bs
excused for devising the means to enforce it them-
selves. The case is so much the stronger because
the class who would have intimidated the trades-
men into voting for Mr. PEEL, is a class which
has votes. A class, therefore, which has no need
to interfere against those who have not ; nay, a
class which on the trustee theory is itself bound
to consult the wishes of the non-electors instead' f
opposing them.

Indeed it is hardly possible to exaggerate the
absurdities of this dishonest fiction. First, as we
have just observed, the trustee voters can only be
trustees for the six in seven who are unrepresented,
otherwise it would result that all the
trustees were as a body trustees for
themselves ! Secondly, if trustees for the un-
represeuted, they are bound to consider, primarily,
how they shAll best represent the wants of the
unrepresented. The show of bands at the
hustings, therefore, or at least the vote of
a meeting of non-electors should guide the
electors in their choice of a candidate—but, in
that case, why not give a direct vote to the non-
electors ? Lastly, the electors cannot be pre-
sumed to vote fur the interests, in distinction
from the wishes of the non-electors ; for not be-
longing to the excluded classes, being indeed .of a
different social grade, they cannot know its inte-
rests so won, or care for them so much as for
their Own.

There is, in truth, neither sense nor sound
policy in giving a vote to an elector, unless it be
made his own vote ; unless ho be thrown upon
his unbiassed judgment, and freed, as the Ballot
would free him, from selfish and personal consi-
derations. We have little doubt that, left to
themselves, and protected by secret voting, the
electors of Bury would have preferred Mr.
PHILIPS to Mr. PEEL. The shopkeepers them•
selves would probably have voted with their best
constituents, the working classes ; but, whatever
the result, we must maintain that to tb.

extent of the suffrage, be
each voter our,l

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•v what it may,
to dive hia own, not a dictated

vote. Other electors can hay° no claim to dictate,
they have their own votes. Neither have non-
electors, otherwise they may claim a vote for
themselves.

VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA TO THE CITY.—
The Regiment of the Henoural le Artillery Company
have been ordered to assemble at Head Quarters, on
Monday next, the 13th inst , and thence proceed to the
Mansion House, for the purpose of fcrming a guard of
bonour on the occasion of the visit of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Prussia to the Lord Mayor.
THE COURT. —Her Majesty and the Prince Consort,
ace impanied by the Princess Royal, Prince Frederick
William of Prussia, and the younger members of the
Royal Family, leave Buckingham Palace on the 16th or
18th init., fir Osborne, to pass a few weeks at her Ma-
jesty's marine residence. It is not expected that the
Queen and Court will return to town until after the con-
templated visit of the Emperor ar.d Empress of the
French.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary, leave Cambridge Cottage, at the
close of the month, for a tour in Switzerland ; after
which the Royal Duchess goes to Rumpenheirn, near
Frankfort, to pass the autumn.
Hi, Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Coun•
tess d'Apponyi are to be honoured• by the company of
their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary at Chandos House, this evening.
According to advices from Constantinople yesterday it
appears that the subscriptions to the National Bat k
scheme, promoted by the native capitalists, are making
slow progress, and that there is great doubt of its sue-
cep.

The specie from America by the Fulton and Kanga-
roe is 40,0001., besides 95,0001. fur France. The stock
markets continue their downward course, a further ave-
rage fall of about 3 per cent, having occurred within the
past few
,days. Erie were quoted 271 ; New York
Central, 80 ; ileading, 71 ; Panama, 911- ; and I'linois
Central, 122.
THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.—The dull sky
and cold wind, no doubt, had an effect in diminishing
the attendance at the palace on Thursday, seeing that
the half-crown days on Thursdays have almost stele lily
been becoming more popular with those who, not hold-
ing season tickets, still prefer the more select company
on those days. The return was as follows :—Season
tickets, 2,724; cash, 3,102; total, 5,826. Amongst
the visitors was Mr. Baron Bramwell, who spent several
hours in the palace. We have heard that the King of
the Belgians and suite will pay a visit to the Exhibition,
and we think it not improbable.—Manchesecr Guardian,
THE CASE OF STABBING IN THE QUEEN'S PRISiN
—Mr. R. H. Robertson, the, gentleman who s , nar-
rowly escaped aesassination in the above prison on Wed•
nesday last, by an Italian named Selvi, still lee t in a
roost dangerous condition. On inquiry yesterday morn-
ing at the prison, it was stated by the medical gentle-
man that Mr. Robertson was in a very precarious state,
paralysis of one side having taken place in consequence
of an injury to the spinal cord, and that there are but
very faint hopes of bis surviving.
BURSTING OF A STEAM BOILER.—FALMOUTH, July
10.—The French screw iron steamer, Countess Emilie,
Rogge, master, of and from Dunkirk, for Glasgow, burst
her bailer off this port last evening. Notice of the
casualty was taken from the shore, when the French
censure gig was immediately dispatched, taking off two
surgeons, to provide fir prompt attention, in case of per-
sonal injury, when the head encineer and a stoker wee
found dreadfully burnt. The vessel sustained no
dainaee.
FATAL STFAM BOILER EXPLOSION AT CHESTER.—
TIVO MEN KILLED.--About two o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon, a steam boiler exploded at the ironworks of
Mesrs. Henry Wood and Co., near Chester. The boi'er,
which was a very fine one, three years old, and furnished
with patent plugs of lead, safety-valves, &c., was blown
through a brick wall 200 yards into a field, where one
end of it was deeply buried in the earth. The end of the
boiler, which blew out, was carried some 300 feet across
the works. Though some hundreds of men were at
work in the building, no one was hurt except the two
engineers, a father and son, who were killed. The son
was found under the debris of the boiler, unchanged in
appearance, but the father was shockingly m t bated,
though some distance from the boiler when it burst.
REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held
an inquest at Charing-cross Hospital on the body of
Samuel Moore, aged 62. Deceased was formerly a
wealthy
come so educed in circumstances that he had had to
salesman in Covent-garden Market, but had be
work as a porter. Oa Wednesday he was employed by
Mr. Adam, a market gardener, to carry some potatoes,
weighing 1 cwt. While carrying this he fell, and was
found bleeding and insensible. A few hours after his
admission to the hospital he died, and Mr. Applin, the
house surgeon, now deposed that the injuries of the old
man were sufficient to cause death. Verdict—" Acci-
dental death,"' with a recommendation from the jury
the m
that maerkt t
neo f advanced
ydevaarnreedalyeehahrseasvhy loads
should not. t be employed in
THE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAlLWAY.—Yes-
terday the inquiry respecting the deaths of the 11 unfor-
tunate p-rsoas who were killed by the collision on the
North Kent Railway on Sunday night week, was re-
sumed by Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, at
the Plough Inn, Lewisham. Since the last adjournment
of the investigation another of the unfortunate sufferers
—viz., Mrs. Sarah Ann Boykett—has expired at St.
Thomas's Hospital. That inetitution being in the dis-
trict, of Southwark, Mr. Payne, the coroner, empan-
nelled a jury. Evidence was taken to show the nature
of the injuries, the chief one beiiig a very extensive
compound fracture of the tibia, which caused death.
The coroner explained that an investigation was being
held by the coroner for Kent, and therefore it was un-
necessary to g o into the case there. He proposed that
the jury should be discharged without a verdict, which
was agreed to. Evidence was then adduced in regard
to the other cases. The facts mentioned, however,
formed a mere recapitulation of the circumstances al-
ready known. The inquest was adjourned till Monday.
The Metropolitan Bread Company is being wound up
under the authority of the Court of Bankruptcy.
TESTIMONIAL BY THE PRESIDENT OE THE UNITED
STATES TO AN ENGLISH CAPTAIN.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.
—A letter was received to-day by the owner of the Ann
Pitcairn, Captain Sharp (Mr. A. Henderson), from the
General Registry of Seamen in London, requt,sting in-
formation as to the whereabouts of that vessel, as the
President of the United States desired to present its
captain (Sharp) with a chronometer and a gold chain,
for services rendered in taking off the crew of the Ame-
rican ship Cathedral in February last. The following is
16 storms off Ca
Captain Sharp's
preepHorotrno.f tAhenormllerrreicrlaCne
B:—hip",\tVhee had
thedral, of 2,000 tens, foundered close to us, February
18, off Cape Horn. We saved 34 of the crew, 27 of
which we landed at Velpareiso. The captain, d r,
the financial
S.—At the
meeting of statementr
stewardess, and six hands went down with the ship."
METROPOLITAN
thisoabß D Oe
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board yesterday, t
was laid upon the table, and Mr. Ware brought up the
Aid
ay
report from the finance committee, in which they re-
commend that the sums spec'fied in the statement sub-
mitted to the committee, amounting in the whole to
1,685/. 161. 101., be paid. That the sum of 6361. 4s.
be pee; on account to the office of the Houses of Pare
Bement, for fees payable in respect of the Metropat in
New Streets, &a, Bill. Further contracts were re
commended to be entered into as regards the stationery
required by the board. The whole of the recommenda-
tions were agreed to.-- The Chairman rose and said, that
summoned before a committee of the House of in consequence of Mr. Woolrych ( he secretary) being
Com-
mons in regard to the question of the Finsbury Park,
he should ask the board to adjeurd the business of the
day unt 1 Friday nest. The proposition was agreed to
unanimously, and the board adj ourned.
COURT OF COMMON COUNClL.—Yesterday a Court
was held for the purpose of taking into consideration a
report from the Markets Improvement Committee on the
references relative to the site of Smithfield market. The
report gave a narrative of the course of proceeding
adopted by the committee in their communications with
the Government upon the questions involved. The sub-
ject had been discussed at a former court at considerable
length. It related to the appropriation of the site of
Smithfield and the establishment of a meat market there-
on, and an adjournment took place after a very strong
show of the deal ente of opposition. Some delay took
place before the discusion was resumed, and after some
observations from the chairman of the committee the
Court came to the resolution, upon the motion of Deputy
Dakin, "That the report be received and the considera-
tion thereof adjourned, and that it be referred to the
committee to procure plans arid estimates for the erection
of a meat market on the north side of Senitlifi&d, with
an estimate of the probable rave. tie to be derived there•
from." The Government, it appeared, from the state-
ments made, had expressed their determination not to
agree to any plan which would have the effect of appro-
Prieg any part of the area in front of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital to the purposes of a meat market, and it was also
clear that the governors of the hospital would upon sanitary
grounds, resist any attempt to construct building e there.
Some apprehension was expressed as to the probability of
further delay, but assurances were made that the
im-
portant question should be forthwith entertained by the
committee, and that the public might expd ,t in the
shortest
;
then adjourned,
possil le time a satisfactory report. The court
ELECTION OF IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS —The
peers of eland are represented in this House of Lords
13,11 by 28 of their number, elected by themeolces for life. A
has been pr,sent c 1 by L
Rodes4ale, Chairman of
Committeee in the House of Lords,
to regulate certain
proceedi
saemleY hereafter the writ
oos in relation to the election of there Itish re-
presentative peers. On any
to be issued under the Great Seal of the United King-
dom to the Chancellor or Keeper of the great Seal of
to vote has been admitted by
Clerk of the Crown in Ireland to the peers entisteor or!
theS
the Committee of Privileges
will direct him to CIUSCit write to be issued by
eaenedive the same and also to every )sear)searaileteitt eight
of the House of Lordr. Any peer oi Ireland who shall have
taken in the House of Lords the oaths required by law to be
taken ani sufeerribed by the Lords of the united king-
dom before they can sit and vote in Parliament may
make return to a writ issued under albs or the (felon
Act iu the same manner as a representative peer on the
part of Ireland, who had taken the oaths in the House
6f Lords, is permitted to do under the Act ; and holy
peer of Ireland receiving the said writ may take and -- •
scribe the said oaths in her Majesty's Court -
or one of the superior courts of co'
as well as in Ireland, oe
nant of any es-
leer -

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....girion law in England,
ocotiand, or before the lieute-
-..uty in the united kingdom, or any mem-
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e Privy Council, or any judge of a County
Court in England, or any sberiff in Scotland, or any
British Ambassador abroad, or the governor of any of
the colonies, or any of the judges therein residing, and
the registrar or other proper officer of every such court

LATEST NEW

AUSTRALIA.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING.

The Roxburgh Castle, Captain Adams, 94 days
from Melbourne, was off the port yesterday, and
ended passengers here. She has a cargo of copper
ore and wool, 90 passengers, and, it is slid, half a
ton of gold dust.
The Roxburgh Castle has had a very boisterous
passage. She left Port Phillip April 7th, cleared
the Head on the 10th, carried away topgallant-
mast before sighting Cape Horn, which she
rounded May 10th ; lot bulwarks off the coast of
crossed the line June Bth, and shortly after
experienced contrary wind or calms for nine conse-
cutive days. Near the Lizard, at 11 a.m., on Fri-
day, spoke the Blackwall, from Plymouth, undtr
all canvass for Melbourne.

The Francis Henty, Capt. Caincross, from Mel-
bourne March the 24th, landed passengers at two
o'clock this morning. She has nine passengers and
24,000 ounces of gold. After expending 10 days
in attempting to make the passage home by Cape
Horn, the Francis Henty put about off Van Die-
men's Land, rounded the Cape of Good Hope in
6) days. She is 26 days from the line.
The Copenhagen, Capt. Godfrey, is outside the
harbour, coming in and bound to Melbourne.

The Queen and the Prince of `Yates, from the
East Indies, for London, aro in the Channel.

THE CONSPIRACY IN PARlS.rrborteeoletistieetxlle
The Times' correspondent (Second Edition) says :
" The conspiracy which has been discovered in
Paris, is described as the most serious of any that
we have as yet had any knowledge of, both from
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doubt, and the first act of the great tragedy, of
which a great part of Southern Europe was to be
the theatre, was destined for Paris. It appears
that documentary evidence of the most telling
kind is in possession of the authorities. A
mass of correspondence exchanged between Paris,
London, and other parts has been seized, showing,
that during the French elections the Emperor Na-
poleon was to be assassinated, and most of the
letters closed with the words, "Frappez—frappez
—frappez," as the speeches of Cato, in the Roman
Smate, with " Delenda est Carthago." A chosen
band of 10 or 12 persons was to take the first favour-
able opportunity of stabbing the Emperor ; and,
in order to make sure of the effect, the poniards
were steeped in poison. The members of a Pro-
visional Government were already named, and were
prepared, when the deed was done, to seize the
reins of power, and to proclaim the Revolution, with
all its terrible consequences, all over Southern Eu-
rope. The names of those who were to take part in
this movement are mentioned. The French Govern-
na'2nt became aware of the plot on the I.oth June, a
day or two before the arrests took place. Informa-
tion was given to the Sardinian Government of what
was to take place at Genoa, as also of the presence
of Mazzini in that city. Why the Sardinian Govern-
men did not adopt t!mely measures to protect the
forts against a coup de main, or why Mazzini himself
was not arrested, remains without satisfactory ex-
planation. If it be true, as has been asserted, that
this personage passed through Paris on his way to
Italy, one may ask in turn why the authorities did
not arrest him on his journey ? It is not probable
that scruples on the score of personal liberty pre-
vented them. Such, at all events, is the account
given here by those who pretend to an exact know-
ledge of the affair. The persons in custody on this
serious charge are about 20 in number ; they will
be tried at the assizes of the Department of the
Seine, and the authorities appear convinced that
the evidence in their possession is of such a nature
as to leave no doubt of the guilt of the accused.
It is further said that the plot had ramifications
in Spain, and that the late disturbances which
have lately occurred on various points of that
kingdom are part and parcel of it. I cannot say
how far this is true ; risings are of too frequent
occurrence in the Peninsula irrespectively of the
state of affairs in other parts of Europe to render it
necessary to connect them with the present machi-
nations. The highlands of Catalonia, the moun-
tains of Toledo, or tho passes of the Sierra Morena
are not rarely disturbed when tranquillity reigns
elsewhere. A part of Mazzini's correspondence, in
cypher, has been found at Leghorn, with a list of
subscribers to his loan. The list, which has been
very recently drawn up, contains, it is said, the
names of persons belonging to various classes of
society.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
The following telegraphic despatches have been
received here to-day
TRIESTE, July 10.—Accounts from Constanti-
nople to the 9th state that Lord Redcliffe had re-
ceived from Lord Clarendon despatches proposing
the judicial and military union of the principalities.
It was said that the Persians were still at Herat,
the fortifications of which had been strengthened."

ST. PETERSBURG, July 9.—The Russians have
occupied Gagny, on the frontier of Abo. The Sound
treaty has been published. M. Malzow provision-
ally replaces Prince Gortschakoff.

STOCKHOLM, July 9.—The abundant rain which
bas fallen for the last 36 hours has much improved
the appearance of the crops.

CARLSRUHE, July 9.—The Grand Duchess Louisa
was delivered to-day at one o'clock of a prince.
Both are doing well.

BOURSE, July 10.—Though the 31oniteur an-
nounced this morning that the rate of the Bons du
Tresor was lowered is per cent., the market has been
gloomy, and all the securities have declined. The
following were the last quotations

Cr.sh. fr. c. End of Ironth.
4i por Cents
3 per Cents 66 80 (7 10
Bank Shams 2,880 Credit Fonder 570 --
Credit Mobilior 923 50 Roman
Do. Account 896 25 Austrian
Belgian 4
Fiedmontese (5) 9li— Homo Debt 4
RAILWAYS—POII CABS.

7t3rsdi
Orleans 1,432A - Western
Northern -
Lyons — -- New Ditto 677—
Mediterranean 1,861 Grand Central -
Geneva
Midi

during the lea' fortnight ; among thorn thwe were
peop'e wAo understood neither Genoese nor pure
Italian, but spoke a dialect only uuderstool in the
Romagna.. Among the papers found by the police
there
.was a list of all the officers and their resi-
dences."

The Cattolice of Genoa sfate3 that all Mazzini's
correlyaidenee has been found in the possession of
one of the refugees arrested ; and that several per-
sons compromise) in the movement have taken
refuge in Switzerland.

The Giglio of Leghorn of the 3d says :—" To-
day the city is pettedly quiet. The following is
the exact number of victims : 14 citizens killed,
and 7 wounded ; 3 soldiers killed, and 7 wounded;
two officers wounded, including M. Bracci, the son
of the commandant. It is stated that at Pisa
and Florence tranquillity was not disturbed,
owing to the arrest of a man who, from a certain
eminence, Was to have made signals announcing
the commencement of the disturbance at Leg-
horn. All the stilettoes found are of the same
manufacture. Much money bad been distributed
among the people. We owe our safety to our
consul of France, wh ) had long before informed
our authorities of what was going on.i!