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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 11, 1844.

had received it had been ruined, and estate after estate
had been been thrown out of cultivation. Now, although
they had received a partial eompensation for their la-
bourers, they had received none for the loss of their
estates. But, setting aside the justice (if the question—
looking at it merely as a question of sugar—nothing
could be more impolitic than to sacrifice the West India
colonies. The supply of sugar from the West Indies
amounted to one-sixth of the whole supply of Europe.
What a rise then would take place in the price of sugar
f these colonies were destroyed. The true policy of
this country, having this fine national estate on the other
side of the Atlantic, was, even at a temporary sacrifice, to
nurse it and carry it through its difficulties, to aid it,
if necessary, with funds and credit, and, above all, to as-
sist with labour. If they:wished for colonial prosperity—
if they wished for an increased production of sugar—if
they wished to extinguish slavery and the slave-trade,
they should assist the colonies with free labour. A great
experiment had been tried in those colonies—that ex-
periment had succeeded, as far as the export of the
labourers were concerned ; but if they looked beyond
the colonies—if they looked to the negroes in other parts
of the world—unless they could satisfy the inhabitants
of slave countries that the colonial proprietors themselves
were in a prosperous:state—they would not convince them
that the experiment had succeeded. He hoped the Go-
vernment was prepares! to take a bold and decisive step
to supply the colonies with free labour. They must take
the question boldly by the hand, and look it in the face.
—(A laugh.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had
attempted to throw the whole blame of the slave trade
on the colonies, and attempted to take it off the shoulders
of the mother country. It was, however, the mother
country which had forced the slave trade on the colonies,
even at the time that the colonies had been desirous to
discontinue it. The Honourable Gentleman had talked
loudly of the nefariousness of this traffic ; let the
House beware of taking any step to give that
nefarious traffic increased activity.—(Loud cheers.)
If the House agreed to the resolution proposed by his
Hon. Friend, the Member for Dumfries, they must in-
evitably give increased activity to the slave trade. There
was evidence to prove ithat the refusal of England to
take slave-grown sugar had materially assisted our
cruizers in putting down the slave trade—the trade had
stagnated in consequence ; but if they acceded to this
proposition, although it might double the number of the
cruizers, the slave-trade would be doubled. With re-
gard to the proposition of the Government, he feared that
unless they took early steps to promote the cultivating
sugar in our colonies, they would by exhausting the
supply of free-labour sugar give pro tanto an impetus to
the slave trade. Before he sat down he would take the
liberty of recommending to the Government to give to
the West India colonists the same advantages as they
had given to the Canadians—to confer upon them the
credit and confidence of the mother country, and to ad-
vance them, if requisite, pecuniary assistance. Not only
were the West Indies an integral portion of the empire,
but a most important and essential portion of it, and by
timely assistance of this nature they would not only
materially assist the:West Indian growers, bnt conciliate
the sympathy and confidence of all the colonists. This
step would likewise enable them to supply sugar at a
very mederate rate of duty. He threw out these sug-
gestions fer the consideration of the Government, and
hoped they would not be entirely disregarded.
Mr. WARBURTON would not have risen but-for the
last observations of the Noble Lord. He was entirely
opposed to making any advance to the West Indians in
the shape of a loan, and hoped some member of the
Government would at once express the opinion of the
Ministry to the same effect. It was urged that the West
Indians were, under the existing rate of duty, in a most
destitute condition. Then, as no case could be made out
for them—as they were as bad as they could be—where
was the use of continuing to sacrifice the interests of the
people of this country to their pretended advantage? The
returns which had been laid on the table of that House
clearly showed the trifling increase of consumption as
compared with tea and coffee, and how injurious the high
rate of duty had been. A vast extent of the commerce
of the country was sacrificed to keep up this monopoly.
Sugar should be admitted at a very moderate rate of duty.
Mr. MACLEAN contended that the Parliament
of this country had sanctioned the slave trade, and even
maintained it at a-time when the inhabitants of Jamaica
had actually petitioned against it. The Hon. and Learned
Member (Mr. Roebuck) was not, therefore, justified in
saying that the West Indian colonists had fostered and
encouraged the slave trade. The Vice-President of the
Board of Trade had used some ambiguous expressions
concerning the slave trade, which he would wish to hear
explained. He thought that the protection which was
to be given to the West Indies came under the same
catagory as the protection of corn at home. On the
same principle that he was favourable to the one he was
favourable to the other.—(Hear, hear.) But he hoped
that his Right• Hon. Friend did not intend to degrade
the cultivatars of both parts of the empire.—(Hear.)
He thanked the House for the attention with which it
had heard him.

Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
gallery was cleared. The House then divided, when the
numbers were—

For the motion
Against it 259
Majority
The House then went into Committee on the Bill.

On the first clause being proposed,
Mr. P. MILES moved that the Chairman should
report progress, and ask leave to sit again to-morrow.
Mr. WARD objected to the motion, unless some day
was given him for bringing forward his motion that
stood in the paper for to-morrow.

After some short discussion,
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave
to sit again.
VESTRIES IN CHURCHES BILL.

The House went into Committee upon this Bill.

Sir R. INGLIS said that in partichial and religious
matters scenes had latterly occurred of contention and
bitterness of a very discreditable character, amounting
at times almost to personal violence. These scenes had
occurred in large parishes—in country parishes, happily
they had heard nothing of them. The Bill might want
consideration, and could in its details be amended; but he
thought it called for, and therefore trusted the House
would at once proceed to consider it clause by clause.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said, as the author of the
Bill, he had only to state that from Churchmen and
Dissenters—opponents of church-rates—he had received
strong expressions of opinion in favour of the Bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK could not comprehend why things
subject to ecclesiastical cognizance should be now so
suddenly separated from their ancient jurisdiction. One
of the subjects usually arranged under ecclesiastical
cognizance was church-rates. In the parish church that
matter was discussed ; but now a sort of prudery was to
be introduced, and by this Bill ne matter was therein to
be brought forward, unless, to quote the very words,
"approved by the Bishop." It used to be a favourite
topic with lion. Members opposite, especially the Right
Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis), to talk of the wisdom of
our ancestors, and to express a wish, and to use their
efforts, to fashion everything in accordance with that
sentiment. Why did they not act on it now ?—why
take from under Church cognizance that which the wis-
dom of our ancestors had entrusted to it ? Was it that
they now preferred to act in accordance with the notions
of " Young England," or " Little Britain," as they had
now come down to ?—(Loud laughter.) This Bill
required that matters to be discussed could not be
so discussed " unless approved of by the Bishop."
It was introducing a totally distinct rule into the Church
of England, by a Bill too net sanctioned by Government,
for no member of the Government had introduced it. Was
it right that matters of such importance, which trenched
on rights of the people of this kingdom, should be brought
on by a private Member of that House, on some fanciful
ideas of decorum? What was fit to be levied on the
people for Church purposes might, he thought, be dis-
cussed in church without any indecorum. Was it to be
supposed that the stone walls could be injured by some
persons saying some foolish things therein? If that were
so, how often ought the stone walls to be offended.—
(Laughter) Yet one Hon. Gentleman stated that something
had occurred in London, but let him bring forward his facts,
and state the grounds on which he undertook the
measure. He objected to Bishops having this power.
They ought not to increase the power of Bishops. He,
for one, would be rather inclined to curtail it. He
called on the Hon. Gentleman to state distinctly, not in
this soft way—(Laughter)—what were the charges in
the indictment on which he had founded this Bill.—
(Mr. Stafford O'Brien—" I will do so.") They would
then hear the staterr ent of the offences with which the
Honourable Gentleman had to charge the people of
England, and which was to rob them of the privileges
they had enjoyed from time immemorial. They would
see how much of those acts were conglomerated to in-
duce him to rob the people of this power, and place it in
the hands of the Bishop, and give him the power, by the
third clause, of directing that the meeting should be held
where they might please, and not in that common house
of the parish in which those meetings were accustomed
to be held.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. R. YORKE said he wished to submit whether it
was Parliamentary to allow this discussion, and whether
there was not a resolution ordering that all Church
matters and matters relating to the Church, should be
preceded by a resolution in a Committee of the whole
House.

Mr. GREENE did not think that resolution applied
to the present Bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK suggested that the resolution should
be read.

The resolution was then read, which stated that, in
religious matters, or matters concerning religion, no Bill
should be discussed without a previous resolution in
Committee of the whole House.

Mr. ROEBUCK thought it was clear, from the pre-
amble of this Bill, that it related to religious subjects.
He thought it was more fit for the Speaker to decide the
question than the Chairman. He should, therefore,
move that the Chairman do leave the chair.

After a few words from Mr. S. O'BRIEN, referring
to a Bill which had been introduced in 1838,

Mr. ROEBUCK said he recollected, on one occasion,
when Lord Althorp, who was then Chancellor of the
Exchequer, had been speaking half-an-hour, a motion
was made that the Chairman should leave the chair, and
he was obliged to begin his speech anew ; and, there-
fore, the authority, in the instance of 1838, did not apply.
Mr. HUTT suggested to his Hon. and Learned
Friend the Member for Bath that it was not competent
for the Chairman to leave the chair.

Mr. ROEBUCK said he might be wrong, and he
should, therefore, ask the Chairman, as being more con-
versant with the rules of the ,House, to enlighten him
how to proceed.
Mr. GREENE said it was competent to the Honour-
able and Learned Gentleman to move that he now leave
the Chair and report progress ; but he did not think
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman need have recourse to
that mode.—(The Speaker in the meantime, bad come
into the House.)
Mr. ROEBUCK said, ho understood what the Chair-
man meant ; and he should, therefore, at once put the
question to the Speaker. The Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman then read the preamble of the Bill, and asked

whether d Bill having the objects stated in the preamble
did not come within the purview of the resolution of the
House, which stated that all Acts relating to religion or
in matters concerning religion, should be first preceded
by a resolution of the House ?
The SPEAKER said, he had no hesitation in saying
that this Bill, comparing it with other Bills of this de-
scription, was not a Bill so far relating to religion as to
make it necessary to move a resolution in a Committee
of the whole House.—(Cheers.)
Mr. R. YORKE begged to submit to the Right Hon.
Gentleman whether this course was not adopted with
Church ard to thei Bill for
?the reduction of Bishops and the
Leasng Bill
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, which did not reach us,
Mr. WARBURTON said it appeared to him, that on
the surface many objections might be raised to this Bill.
The parties were not to meet to discuss the question of
Church-rates and.other matters in the parish church,
but instead of this they were to meet in a room. Now,
he thought that vestries ought not to meet in public-
houses. It had been often remarked, indeed, that pa-
rishioners were more liberal in voting money after din-
ner than before it; besides, there was not an absolute
prohibition of meetings in churches, for the Bishops were
empowered by the 3d clause to give a license for the
holding of a meeting. He thought it would be better to
prohibit such meetings altogether than to provide for
their being held under the direction of a Bishop. There
were 11,000 persons interested in this Bill, and as he did
not suppose the Hon. Member would inform them that
he had held correspondence with each of these parishes,
he thought it would be better that the Chairman should
report progress, in order that due notice might be given
of its effect to all parties concerned.
Mr.ESCOTT concurred in the view which had just been
expressed. The second reading of the Bill was carried
whilst he sat in that House paying every attention to its
proceedings, but he declared that he had not the most
distinct idea of the nature of its provisions.—(Hear,
hear.) The Bill had been originalty applied to Ireland,
as well as to England, but the clause relating to Ireland
had since been struck out.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. JERVIS would like to know what the Right
Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment had to say in reference to this Bill.—(Hear,
hear.) The first section took away from the church-
wardens all control over the freehold of the church and
gave it to the Bishop. This was in direct opposition to
the Act with respect to the select ves-
tries. This clause opened all select vestries
and by declaring that the inhabitants were at liberty to
be present, declared that they had a right to vote. That
clause rendered the people at the " Red Lion," next door
to the church, liable to ecclesiastical censure. Lastly,
the gentleman who drew up the Bill, as if not aware
that Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, were subject
to the jurisdiction of England, had introduced a clause,
declaring that such was the case.--(Laughter.)
Mr. HUME thought that, under the circumstances, the
Chairman had better report progress.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN expressed his regret that
no member of the Government had spoken in reference
to the Bill. It was impossible for him to answer the
many objections which had been made to it. Some of
the provisions appeared to be stringent. The Hon. and
Learned Member for Bath had asserted that the Bill
had originated in some squeamish scruples and exagge-
rated views of the party calling itself " Young England."
Whether he numbered him (llr. Stafford O'Brien)
amongst that party he could not say ; but he was not so
bigoted to old usages and ancient institutions as to re-
fuse to concur in changes which were necessary in the
altered condition of the country. The Hon. and
Learned Member said the principle of the Bill was new.
Now if he might take what he read in the statute-book,
instead of what he heard from an authority so far higher
in his own estimation than the statute-book—(Hear,
hear)—he should say that the principle was at least
thirteen years old. He would not give up the Bill until
he had heard stronger reasons against it than had been
advanced that night. He did not anticipate the support
of her Majesty's Government. He had not had an op-
portunity of consulting them in private, and to do so in
public was perfectly hopeless.
Sir R. PEEL said he had not had an opportunity of
considering this Bill, but he thought there were objec-
tions to it which were worthy of consideration. He
would not, however, support any proposition which
would have the effect of crushing the Bill, but he
would recommend his Hon. Friend to agree to any mo-
tion by which the Bill could come on for consideration
on a future day.
Mr. HUME moved that the Chairman report progress.
Mr. ROEBUCK thought such a Bill as this ought not
to be introduced, except with the authority of the Go-
vernment.

Sir R. PEEL said it was too much to ask that no
Member should be allowed to bring in a Bill if he
thought proper.
Mr. ACLAND said he could not allow the discus-
sion to terminate without expressing his thanks to his
Hon. Friend the Memberfor Northamptonshire, for hav-
ing introduced this Bill.
Mr. HAWES had mentioned as an inconvenience the
fact, that sufficient publicity was not now given to the
notices relating to the holding of vestries, and had pro-
posed that those notices should be affixed to the doors of
the Dissenting places of worship in the parishes as well
as to the churches. He had mentioned this to the Hon.
Member for Northamptonshire, who had stated that he
had no objection to the introduction of a clause to re-
medy that evil, There was, however, one objection to
the Bill, which he feared would be insuperable.—(Hear,
hear.) This measure would affect all the parishes
in England. The Hon. Gentleman was, therefore,
bound to make out a case of general abuse in order to
justify a general measure. Now, although some few
instances might have occurred, which they must all
regret, yet he doubted whether the Hon. Gentleman
could prove anything like such a case of abuse as would
justify a general measure.
Mr. WAWN thought that they ought rather to en-
deavour to relieve those who were not members of the
Church from church-rates, than to add to this tax. •
The House then resumed, the Chairman reported pro-
gress, and asked leave to sit again on Wednesday week.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

In answer to a question iroitiiiir.lloTl,.
Sir R. PEEL stated that he had every disposition to
give private Members precedence on Wednesdays. The
Hon. Member himself had a Bill on the paper for Wed-
nesday, that stood for the second reading. He would not
object to the Hon. Gentleman taking the second reading
of that Bill on Wednesday.
Mr. TUFNELL wished to know when the Eccle-
siastical Courts Bill would be proceeded with ? He ob-
jected to the postponement of it to a late period of the
session ; if so, he would certainly speak upon every
clause, upon every phrase of it.
Sir R. PEEL said, however great the temptation
which the Hon. Gentleman had held out to him, he
would not yet abandon the Bill. It would be considered
at as early a period as was consistent with the due dis-
charge of public business.
The House then went into Committee on the Bill.
DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brought forward cer-
tain verbal amendments on the second and third clauses,
which were agreed to.

The Bill then passed through Committee pro forma,
and the House resumed.

SAVINGS' BANKS BILL.
The House then went into Committee on the Savings'
Bank Bill.

The Bill passed through Committee, and the House
resumed. _

---Mr. GROGAN brought forward a Bill to regulate the
election and payment of coroners, and payment of wit-
nesses at coroners inquests in Ireland.
Several orders of the day were then disposed of.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES REGULATIONS
BILL.
Mr. GLADSTONE, in moving the order of the day
for the second reading of this Bill, said that it contained
several provisions which would require consideration,
and he would only ask the House to agree to the second
reading, with the understanding that the Bill should be
fully discussed in Committee.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Monday next. -
THE GILBERT UNIONS.
Captain PECHELL moved that the name of Colonel
Rolleston should be added to the Committee on the
Gilbert Unions.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would not oppose
the nominatiom of the Hon: and Learned Gentleman
upon the Committee, although he was convinced that
the services of his Hon. and Gallant Friend could not
be better bestowed than in his attentions to the Com-
mittee of which he was a Member.

Mr. R. YORKE protested against this species of
patchwork legislation.
Mr. FERRAND said that there was a rumour abroad
that the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home
Department, knew that the Hon. Member for Yorkshire
could not act on the Committee when he was nominated.
He put it, therefore, to the Hon. and Gallant Member
for Brighton whether he would withdraw his motion
without taking the sense of the House ?
Mr. COLVILE considered that the Committee was
most unfairly composed, and that it was one which was
not at all calculated to do justice.
Mr. WAKLEY said, that the fairest course had
been adopted by the Committee,, in fact the minority had
it all their own way.
After some short discussion, strangers were ordered
to withdraw ; and the House divided, when there ap-
peared—
For the motion
Against it
Majority
There not being forty Members present, the House
adjourned at one o clock.

CAUTION TO CLERGYMEN.—On Tuesday last, the
Rev. M. Trappes, priest of the Catholic Church, Hud-
dersfield, was convicted in the mitigated penalty of Is.
and 9s. 6d. costs, by the sitting magistrates, for interring
a private soldier, of the 70th Regiment of Foot, now
stationed in Huddersfield, on the 22d ult., without a re-
gistrar's certificate, and neglecting to give notice thereof
within seven days. The charge was brought by Mr.
Brook, the registrar of Huddersfield, and supported by
Mr. Floyd, clerk and superintendent registrar of the
union, who said he was not actuated by any hostile feel-
ings towards the Rev. Gentleman, but he had a duty to
perform, and he would as soon have brought the Vicar,
had he so offended. Mr. Trappes explained, that the
captain of the regiment told him that it would not be
necessary to register a soldier ; he however had no de-
sire to evade the law, and would not offend in future.
'1 he captain, who accompanied the Rev. Gentleman,
said he had always understood it was not necessary, and
the magistrates therefore mitigated the penalty to a
mere nominal amount.—Leeds Times.

Lord Francis Egerton's eldest son, the Hon. G.
Granville Egerton, heir to the immense Bridgewater estates,
will come of age on the 16th inst., when the event will be
celebrated by great rejoicings on the Noble Lord's estates in
Lancashire.

THE FRENCH RAILWAYS.
(From the Railway Record.)

We mentioned, in our last, that the Report of the
Committee on the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Rail-
way Bill, drawn up by M. Dufaure, a distinguished mem-
ber of the Chamber, had been presented to the Chamber
of Deputies, with no material alteration in the draft pro-
posed by the Minister of Public Works, except reducing
the term of the lease proposed by the Minister, from 46
years 324 days to 41 years 16 days, in accordance with
the offers of a company, at the head of which are gen-
tlemen of well-known judgment and experience in all
that relates to railways, foreign and domestic.
We have since received an early official copy of the
report, which fully corroborates the authenticity of our
information. It is an able and elaborate document, and
in every way worthy of the high reputation of the dis-
tinguished reporter of the Commission. The difference
in the term is just the difference between a sinking fund
of one per cent., improved at three per cent., or at four
per cent, compound interest; and proves not only how
carefully the calculations of the Soumissionnaires were
made, but the estimation in which they are held by the
Committee who adopted their proposal.
Besides what relates to this particular railway, the
report contains matter of much importance to all who
are interested in the new French lines.

In the first place, it most completely demonstrates, by
a system of close reasoning, based upon statistical finan-
cial details, the impolicy, if not the impracticability, of
the complete execution of the railways by the State, and
the system of short leases, to what may be called mere
carrying companies afterwards, consequent thereupon.
It states, in express terms, that only one member of the
Committee was found to advocate this system, and that
the Minister of Finance (for purely financial reasons)
put his absolute veto against it.
If this is not sufficiently conclusive against all hope of
the short lease system being adopted, either on this line
or any other, it is to be found in the provision made in
this Bill for the just possible case of no company pre-
senting themselves to take the whole line from Orleans
to Bordeaux, on the terms proposed by the Minister,
modified and recommended by the Commission, and ul-
timately fixed by the Chamber.
In that case it is provided, that the Minister may at
the further cost of the State complete the section of the
railway between Orleans and Tours, stock and work the
line; but only until a company should present them-
selves to take the whole line to Bordeaux upon the terms
definitively settled by the Chambers. That done, the
State to surrender the line and all its appurtenances to
the company, upon payment by the latter of the value
of the upper works, and the carrying stock, to be deter-
mined by arbitration.
The necessity for the insertion of this provision
will be at once intelligible, when it is considered
that, this year, the Minister presents a Bill, with-
out presenting any company in connection with it. He
presents, in fact, " a draft lease " for the Chambers to
" peruse and settle," but without the name of the tenant.
The Commission has, therefore, no official cognizance of
the existence of any company. They learn from the
documents laid before them by the Minister of Public
Works, that certain parties, calling themselves a com-
pany, and alleging that they are prepared to give all the
guarantees, personal and pecuniary, which the Minister
can require, have made proposals to him for a lease; but
the Commission has no power to inquire into the le-
gality of their constitution, or their financial position,
and therefore must consider them as nbn-existent.
It is understood that the discussion of the Bordeaux
line will come on immediately after the discussion now
before the Chambers on the extraordinary credits,
which proceed but slowly. That relating to the vote
for Algeria alone is expected to last three days, as the
Commission have reported against the views of Govern-
ment. It will be probably before our next publictetion.
The Bill will pass the Deputies most probably in the
shape in which it now comes from the Commission, and
will pass the Chamber of Peers, almost of course, as it
comes to them from the Lower House. Before the mid-
dle of July it will become a law of the land.
We congratulate this Company upon the success that
is about to crown their efforts, and upon the business-
like shape which all their proceedings have assumed,
from their first appearance before the public. Their
form of application for shares is the only deed required
to be signed. Their banker's receipts are at one receipts
for the deposit, and scrip, which pass from hand to hand,
without the necessity for a transfer, or engagement of
any sort, between the buyer and seller; and it is under-
stood that, after the law is obtained, the holders of the
receipts will be taken to be the owners, and registered
accordingly in the first complete register of the share-
holders. This gives great facilities for transactions in
this stock, and makes it a great favourite in the market.
TOURS AND NANTES RAILWAY.—The whole of the
capital for this line, apportioned to England, was readily
taken up by the privileged shareholders in the Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux Railway, without any appeal to
the public at large. Both lines are equally favourites
with the public, and will, most probably, be amal-
gamated before they are opened throughout.
We have not much to add to what was stated last
week about the progress of the Bills now before the
French Chambers. The Paris and Dijon Bill is re-
ported, with a recommendation that the Minister should
amend his project by the additon of a branch to Troyes,
and the further extension to Lyons, and a proportionate
increase of the grant of funds. As relates to the Lyons
and Avignon line, the Minister of Public Works stated,
in reply to the Hon. M. Berryer, that the reason why
he did not present a Bill for this line was the impossi-
bility of entertaining the proposal of the Company,
as being incompatible with the law of June, 1842.
They asked only to have the land given them by the
State, and they would do all the rest at their own cost
and charge, upon a lease of seventy years. We should
say there never was the slightest chance of such a pro-
posal being entertained, while the corps of Pouts et
Chaussees have so much influence as at present. Tbey
will never tolerate the construction of the works of any
of the French railways by any other than themselves.
They will keep this, since they cannot have the work-
ing also in their own hands.
We should say that the deposits on this line ought to
be returned immediately to the subscribers. There is not
the most remote chance of a presentation either this year
or the next, in the present shape, and new conditions will
necessarily imply a new subscription.

TABLE of CONTENTS of "BELL'S
LIFE in LONDON," and its SUPPLEMENT,
PRESENTED GRATIS, JUNE 9, 1844.

MISCELLANEOUS.—ArrivaI of the Emperor of Russia,
post rifrSaxony—Grand
presence
receptionceyo the h
e at
RBerviitieswh CinourinAdsrorirvarl
aorfkt,hein the King
British Court and its Illustrious Visitors
—Mr. O'Connell and his Co-Traversers in Prison—The
Dukedom of Sussex—Embarrassment of the Duke of
f
Saxe Coburg officially contradicted—News from India
t
and China—Editorial Remarks on the visit of the Em-
peror of Russia—French Jealousy—Parliamentary
Synopsis—The Sugar Duties—Review of Literature—
Horrible Murders—Destructive Fire at Gravesend—The
Drama—Police, and a variety of interesting Fiireign and
Domestic Intelligence—Life in Canada, &c.
THE TURF.—Ascot Heath Races—Presence of her
Majesty and her Illustrious Visitors—Engravings of her
Majesty's Vase and Hunt Cup—Alice Hawthorn and
her Declaration not to start for the Cup—Another gross
Attempt at Fraud—Fraudulent Orders to a Jockey, and
Exposure of the Guilty Party—The Bloodstone Ques-
tion decided—Every Race graphically described—Bygone
Tricks on the Turf—An odd Substitution of Goneaway
for Maccabeus—The Running Rein and Orlando—
Questions—Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer, and
Form of Trial fixed—Notes on the Curragh Meeting,
Ireland—Entries for the St. Leger of 1844 and 1845, and
Entries for the Derby and Oaks, 1845—Munster Races,
Westphalia—Dusseldorf Races—The late Chantilly
Races, and Correspondence thereon—Racing at Gib-
raltar—Great Handicaps—Suggestions for Registering
Foals, and Identifying Race Horses, by Mr. Goodwin—
Latest Betting on Coming Events—Goodwood Cup
Weights—Manchester and other Races of the Week—
Table of Races to come—Sale of Hunters by Mr.
Tattersall—Turf Anecdotes and Announcements—
Trotting, &c., &c.
THE CRICKETERS' REGISTER.--The Marylebone
Club Meeting—Alterations in the Laws of Cricket—
Matches for the Season 1844—Match between the
Marylebone (with Hillier and Lillywhite) and the Clap-
ton Club, with the full Scores of Matches between twenty
other distinguished Clubs in various parts of the King-
dom, and results of Matches elsewhere.

AQUATIC REGlSTER.—Forthcoming :Meetings of the
Royal Yacht Club—Thames Grand Regatta, full parti-
culars—Henly-on-Thames Grand Regatta—The Wharn-
cliffe Sailing Club—lnteresting Matches on the Thames
and other parts of the Kingdom—Brilliant Prospects of
the Aquatic Season—Eton Annual and Fulham Sub-
scription Regatta—A Visit to the Boat-builders, &c.
CHESS.—Four games played in America and England
by celebrated players.
ANGLING.—Episode the Eighth, by " Ephemera."—
Fly Fishing in June.
PEDESTRIANISM—AII the Important Matches con-
cluded and proposed in the Provinces—Matches fixed,
and Pedestrian Sports.
PIGEON SHOOTING.—At the Red House Battersea, and
elsewhere.

THE RING.-Full Reports of the Fights between Mur-
ray and Hayes, and Gill (of Coventry) and Bethell, and
sundry Minor Combats—Matches in Progress—Forfeit of
Norley to Young Reid—Register of Fights to come, &c.
Wrestling—Canine Fancy—Rabbit Show—Single
Stick—Bell Ringing—Bird Fanciers—and a variety of
Popular Sports.
One hundred and twenty Advertisements, upwards of
three hundred Questions answered, and fifteen hundred
and ninety Letters received, read, and attended to.

Such awvariety of intelligence never before appeared in
a Weekly, Journal, and fully justifies our motto—
" Nunquam Dormio."
*** Belts Life, with the Supplement, will be kept on
Sale throughout the week.—Price Sixpence together.
Belts Life of Sunday, June 2, containing the En-
graving of the Asca Gold Cup, has been reprinted, and
can be had at the. Office, 170, Strand.

CORRUPTION.—We are informed that the ex-
pense of the Liberal party, in the South Lancashire
election, will rather exceed 10,000/. How much has been
spent in carrying the monopolist candidate we cannot
tell ; but the above fact is sufficient proof, if further proof
were required, of the disgraceful state of the representa-
tion, when an election cannot be accomplished without
the expenditure of such an enormous amount of" filthy
lucre."—Leeds Times.
VISIT OF THE KING OF SAXONY AND SUITE TO
THE ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.--MiS Ma-
jesty and suite visited these gardens yesterday. His
Majesty was escorted through the grounds by the pro-
prietor, Mr. Tyler, to whom he was pleased to express
himself in.terms of the highest satisfaction. The gigan-
tic picture of "London in the Olden Time," was justly
admired by his Majesty, who remarked, "It was the
most wonderful production he had yet seen."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—Cape of Good Hope papers to the 16th of
April have come to hand. Sir P. Maitland, the new
Governor, contemplated some revisions in the laws of the
colony, which appeared to give very general satisfaction.
News from Natal to the sth had been received at
Graham's-town, according to which the Boers seem not
altogether to relish English supremacy, and it was
rumoured that several intended again to retire beyond
the bounds of our sovereignty. Advices are reported
from Ichaboe and Angra Pequina of the supply of guano
continuing to be shipped in abundance.
By this opportunity we learn the intelligence of the
massacre of Lieutenant Moulsworth and seven of the
crew, at Madagascar, of her Majesty's ship Cleopatra,
where she struck on a coral reef. The statement is, that
they went on shore to disengage the kedge anchor after
the vessel had been warped of, when they were attacked
by the natives, and slaughtered before assistance could
be rendered.

Her Majesty's ship Wanderer had arrived at Simon's
Bay, reported from Penang the 22d of February, bound
to England, having on board one million and a half of
specie, supposed to be another instalment of the China
ransom.

Port Philip papers of the sth of February have also
been received. Appearances of a revival of business are
alluded to, and the emigration of persons of middle-class
circumstances encouraged. Captalists are strongly in-
vited to visit the Australasian shores in the present times
of depression.
The Haitien papers of the sth ult., which have been
received in the City, state that on the 3d, after a delibe-
ration in the National Palace of Port Republicain, Gene-
ral Guerrierwas named President of the Republic, in the
place of Herard. The manifesto of the citizens of Port
Republieain to their " brethren " of the departments of
the Republic, as well as the other documents connected
with the event, have the words " Liberty," " Equality,"
for a motto, and the language is that of the French re-
volution.

HERALD.—The following announcement appeared
in the Bankers' Circular of Saturday :
" The London bankers met to-day in form at the
Clearing-house, and signed a letter to Sir Robert Peel,
of the nature of a warning and remonstrance concerning
the restrictive character of the clause which limits the
Bank to the issue of no more than 14,000,0001. on secu-
rities. It is a document confined to the City bankers
who clear,' of course corrprising all the principal City
firms."

This is exceedingly cool, and in good taste. Here we
have a portion of the City bankers assembling in the
Clearing-house for the purpose of denouncing restriction.
Why, these gentlemen restrict the privileges of the
house in which they assembled to their own order, and
exclude all the joint-stock banks in London from a parti-
cipation in these privileges. It is more than passing
strange that the intensity of their regard for the well-being
of the commercial interests of the City of London should
never have led them to reflect upon the injurious
tendency of their own restrictions to that interest.
There is reason to suspeet that there is more in this
movement than meets the eye. The sense of justice and
the liberality of Sir Robert Peel are about to place the
joint-stock banks of London on an equality with the
other banks, and we are rather inclined to believe that
the clearing bankers are becoming a little sensitive on
the subject, and apprehensive about the result. Many
of these gentlemen are worthy and highly-respectable
men, but the declaration alluded to adds another to the
innumerable list of cases which proves how difficult it is
for humanity to act consistently when real or imaginary
interests pervert the mental vision. For a clearing
banker of the City of London to declare and protest
against restriction is, in the literal sense of the term, like
Satan reproving sin. In reply to their memorial or re-
monstrance, Sir Robert Peel will be perfectly justified
in advising them to look at home and take the beam out
of their own eye, before they attempt to take the mote
out of their brother's.

SUN.—The Public Securities close better than in the
morning, as we anticipated would be the case. Consols,
98* to I for the opening, and Reduced Three-and-a-
Half per Cents., 1014. The Unfunded Debt was the
same as in the morning.

Spanish Bonds also improved, going even a shade
above Saturday's values. The Five per Cents. were
221 to I, and the Three per Cents. 33i to 33i, and for
time up to 34. Portuguese Converted Bonds were
marked 46 to Colombian were 13* to I. Russian
were firm at 118.

The additional transactions in Railway Shares this
afternoon were as follows :—Dublin and Cashel, 2i ;
Great Western, Half, 28 ; Birmingham, 120 • South-
Western, 461 ; Croydon, 5 ; Manchester and Leeds, 37;
Ditto, New, 131 ; Ditto, Quarter, 7 ; Nolthern and
Eastern, 12; Trent Valley, 51; South-Eastern, New,
64 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 41 ; Scarborough, 161 to
17 ; Paris and Orleans, 181 ; and Rouen and Havre,
10 premium. Brighton, 21 ; and Greenwich, 52/ dis-
count. Australasia Bank Shares were 31 to 4 • Union
of Australia, 2 ; and Provincial of Ireland, 201 prem.
British North American, 81 discount.

A "LEETLE" OVERSIGHT OF SIR
ROBERT PEEL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—Our inestimable Premier, lost in the profun-
dity of his never-to-be-sufficiently-stared-at contri-
vances, about the circulation, has, alas ! overlooked
one microscopic interest—that of the depositor !
The vast resources of the Minister's mind have been
exhausted to provide for the safety of A. 8., the holder
of perhaps three five-pound notes ; but C.D., who has,
possibly deposited fifty or a hundred thousand pounds
with his bankers, is left to take care of himself as he
can. The ratio of deposits to circulation varies im-
mensely—being low in manufacturing, very high in
agricultural, districts.

-In two cases, under my immediate observation, the
proportion is, in one instance, a thousand pounds' de-
posit to a hundred pounds' circulation ; in the other
two thousand to a hundred pounds.
Let us imagine a scene.—The Hon. Mr. Rentscrew,
proprietor of 5,000 acres in the county of --
has occasion to draw out 50,0001. of the 100,0001.'
he has deposited with the Messrs. Flash and Grasp,
the Tory bankers of -- (for, of course, Mr.
Rentscrew would not trust his money to Whig free-
traders), and walksinto the bank one fine morning for
the purpose. The nature of his business being un-
known, he is, of course, bowed into the room of the
principal partner, who receives him with the blandest
smiles, congratulates him on the last division in the
House, &c. But, alas ! business must come at last ;
and what a change "comes o'er the spirit of the
dream" of the hitherto smiling Mr. Flash ! After
much fumbling with the watch-chain, and biting of
the pen, Mr. F. is at at length obliged to confess that
the 100,000/. of the Hon. Mr. Rentscrew must be
numbered with the things which were ; that the firm
had speculated deeply in American bonds, which the
Yankees had nobly repudiated (" base is the slave
who pays"), and that the said firm, issuing only Bank
of England notes, or sovereigns, and being therefore
free from the supervision and suspicion of numerous
small holders of its securities, had been enabled to go
on till the ratio of its assets to its liabilities was as one
to seven hundred and fifty-seven !
In this case, what benefit will Mr. Rentscrew derive
from Sir Robert's regulations of the Bank of Eng-
land, his "issue department," fourteen millions based
on Government debt, &c. ?---Yours &c.
COMMON SENSE.