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LONDON?
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1842.

We think we understand both Mr. GLADSTONE'S
arithmetic and his morality, but we do not agree with
either. The former is of the Custom-house, where
notoriously two and two do not make four ; and the
latter of college, where it is equally notorious that oaths
are as much disregarded as ever they were at the
Custom-house. When the advocates for a reduction of
the duty on wool had made out on Wednesday evening
what we thought a. very strong case, the Bight Hon.
Gentleman, turning round to his friend, Mr. BECKETT,
assured him in his most sincere and blandest tones, and
assured all the gentlemen on the Tory benches, that the
woollen manufacturers had a full compensation in the
reduction of duties made by the tariff, for the tax on
wool which is to be continued. "There is," said the Right
Hon. Gentleman (we do not pledge ourselves for the
words, for unfortunately we believe no report has been
preserved of the nice piece of jesuistry) " a reduction Of
40,000 L on vegetable oil, and a reduction of upwards
of 60,0001 on drugs and dye stuff, making with
other reductions a sum of nearly 130,000/., (the
Times report says 150,0000, almost the whole
of which will be a relief to the woollen manufacturers."
It immediately occurred to us that all the manufac-
turers of the empire .use drugs, and dye stuffs, and ve-
getable oil, as well as the woollen manufacturers, and
that they could not possibly obtain more than a small
share of the reduction. Mr. GLADSTONE, however, made
the assertion, and no doubt it was received as gospel by
the country gentlemen who voted, in spite of Mr.
BECKETT'S melancholy speech, to ruin the woollen trade.
On consulting the tariff, we find that the whole amount
of the revenue obtained last year on vegetable oils, is
less than "0,0001, and that of this no less a sum than
40,0001. is paid on olive oil. It is rather too bad in Mr.
GLAnsroNE to put down to the advantage of the manu-
facturers the money which is paid on the oil consumed
by the French cooks and for the salads of the gentry.
Another large sum of 20,000/. was paid on pa-
tent oil, part of which is employed in their lamps.
If the whole duty now levied on vegetable oils were to
be repealed, it would be a gross inaccuracy to say that
the sum now paid was the measure of the benefit con-
ferred on the woollen manufactures by repeal ; but the
fact is, that the duty on olive oil, is only reduced
one half, and the duty on palm oil, imported from foreign
countries, is not reduced at all. Of the 60,0001. there-
fore, levied on these two oils, there will be at
most a reduction of 20,000/., and the greater portion
of that will be a boon to the nobility and gentry who
indulge in fritures. Yet Mr. GLADSTONE could solemnly

assuro the country gentlemen that the woollen manufac
turers would be benefited to the extent of nearly 40,00 a.
on the reduction of the duty on vegetable oils. Will they
not resent such a poor attempt to beguile them ? In
becoming politicians, they have not ceased to be men of
sense and spirit, and have not, we hope, consented to
have their consciences regulated by Oxford morality,
and their votes dictated by Custom-house arithmetic.

We have to apologise to Mr. WILSON PATTEN. We
did him an injustice ; we heard him point out the inju-
rious consequences to the labourers in Lancashire of the
tax on cotton, and we concluded that he would con-
sistently confirm his speech by his vote. The published
lists of the divisions have undeceived us. Mr. WILSON
PATTEN voted to keep on those taxes which we heard
him say had a pernicious influence on the wages of
labour. Now, when a law-maker, with his eyes open,
will vote for inflicting injury on the people, what can be
expected from legislation ? What, too, can the Lan-
cashire cotton-spinners expect from the representatives
of the agricultural districts of the south,—some of which
yet remember, with something like spiteful regret, their
own woollen and other manufactures which the want of
coal there have sent to the west and the north—when
their own representative votes to inflict an avowed in-
jury on their industry? The Lancashire men well de-
serve to have cotton taxed as long as they send to Parlia-
ment such enemies to their industry as Mr. WILSON
PATTEN.

The proclamation in Tuesday's Gazette, concerning
light sovereigns, has caused some consternation in the
trading classes. Those amongst them who carry on a
ready-money trade, are prodigiously annoyed by being
obliged to weigh every sovereign they receive. Either
they must offend their customers and lose trade, or sub-
mit to loss. In cases where they have to make daily, or
frequent payments, particularly to public offices, such as
the Excise•ofice, the Post-office, and the Stamp-office,
they are exposed to great inconvenience, and are some-
times actually prevented from completing their business.
In consequence of these difficulties and annoyances, the
complaints are, we believe, universal, of the suddenness
with which the change has been ordered.

Why, it is asked, should they who till Tuesday, had
received the sovereigns that are in circulation in good
faith, be saddled with the loss of, perhaps, twenty per
cent. on all the gold coin they may have in their pos-
session ? Besides that, they are exposed to the greatest
inconvenience in making their payments. The money
they had hoarded up to pay poor rates, and queen's taxes,
to pay the brewer, and the miller, and the corn dealer, is,
all at once become non-current, and they must seek other
means to make their payments. Why should not
the Government have given more time, and why not
take on itself, or impose on the Bank of England—
which enjoys the privilege of annually borrowing some
18,000,000/. from the public, 'without paying any interest
for its use—the obligation of renewing the coin? The
Income-tax will fall heavily on many classes, but this sud-
den restoration of the currency, will mulct all the holders
of a score or more sovereigns, which happen to be light,
to a greater extent than the Income-tax. Add to this,
that restoring the currency to its full value will, for the
moment, embarrass trade and lower prices ; and no more
impolitic measure, perhaps, supposed to be of a trifling
nature, could at this moment be adopted.

At the same time, we are well aware that were the
Government to restore the coinage to its full value at its
own expense, it would only enable the sweaters to im-
mediately make a large profit on the new issues. Now
it throws that expense on the public, and will probably
confer an equal benefit on the sweaters. They will soon
get to work again ; for if every sovereign must hereafter
be weighed before it can be taken in business, the Royal
stamp ceases to be of any use. Business might as well
be carried on by lumps of unstamped bullion. The very
purpose and end of coining bullion, and converting it
into money, is to give it free circulation, and enable
people to take it by tale, instead of by weight. We can-
not believe, therefore, that the practice of weighing
every sovereign which circulates can long be continued ;
whence it follows, whoever may now be at the cost of
restoring the coinage, that the sweaters will soon gather
all the advantages into their sacks.
There is one part of the empire which will not expe-
rience any inconvenience from the proclamation. Nearly
all the sovereigns in Scotland are in the hands of the
bankers, and are not liable either to be clipped or
sweated. One pound notes are there yet suffered to cir-
culate by the Legislature ; and there the traders are not
exposed to the inconvenience to which we must submit,
The sovereigns in the hands of the bankers—always
ready to be given out on demand—serve as a standard
of value, and are kept perfect by not being exposed, as
they are here, to the battering and bruises of use, and
the clippings of rogues. By and by, probably, if not
now, the people of England will begin to regret that they
allowed a parcel of theorists and meddling legislators,
under the influence of a monetary panic, to deprive them
of small bank notes—of bank notes of any amount, how-
ever small, which commerce might find it convenient to
issue. Commercial promises to pay, the representatives of
produce coming to market, are as certainly a step in
civilisation, common to nearly all mankind, as the prior
use of coined money which those promises ought in a
great measure to supersede. They are like power-
looms or self-acting spinning mules, destined to super-
sede the more clumsy inventions, to answer the same
end, which previously existed ; and it is, in fact, no
more rational fur the law-maker to interfere and sup-
press paper promises to pay, than for him to put down
other inventions which facilitate production. The pre-
sent annoyance and expense caused by the gold coinage,
which are likely to continue, affording a harvest to
rogues, and giving honest men much trouble, will pro-
bably awaken some sorrow in the public for having too
readily lent an ear to those who promised them great
advantages from substituting the Royal coinage for
commercial promises to pay.

As the Sugar Duties Bill is not yet passed through the
House of Commons—it was read a second time on Wednes-
day—and as it yet remains in the power of that House to
do justice to the people of England on this subject; and, as
above all, it is in the power of the House of Lords to
refuse its assent to a measure which tends, exactly like
the Corn.Keeping-Out Bill, to withhold food from the
people, we have collected in another place, a few testi-
monies to the utility of sugar. How many Members of
the House were aware when they voted to renew those
duties on Friday night that they were giving another
vote to deprive the people of a most wholesome and
nutritious food, we cannot possibly tell ; but we are
much afraid that the great majority of the voters were
wholly and completely ignorant of many of the valuable
properties of sugar, and the many uses to which it may
be applied. As in othei• cases they took hold of one
small point, the fag-end, as it were, of an im-
mense coil, namely, the possible influence of the
sugar duties on slavery, about which the wisest
and most learned amongst them can know nothing ex-
cept by conjecture, and on that single point—they being,
we are afraid, almost as ignorant of the many bearings of
the whole question as negroes—they run at Sir H. PEEL
and Mr. GLADSTONE'S tail to give another vote for
shutting out food from our starving people. Yet those
who did so vote shall be angry, and make a great out-
cry, that they are branded by the Anti-Corn-law League
with the crime of murder ; but it has been customary
with the law of England to inflict the same punishment
on those ill-omened masters and mistresses who have
withheld food from their apprentices, as on those equally
ill-omened wretches who have cut the throats of their
victims. It has made no difference between a BROWN-
RIGGE and a GOOD, and we know not why the Anti-
Corn-law League should make any difference between
the Emperor of Morocco, when he sallies forth in his
yellow or murdering vest, and that Legislature which
forcibly keeps food from the people.

It is a fact, that the people of Paisley, Burnley,
Stockport, Manchester, Leeds, &c., &c., are at this mo-
ment in deep distress, hungering for food ; it is a fact,
which we state on the concurrent testimony of several
eminent writers, whose authority we have quoted, that
" SUGAR CONTAINS MORE NUTRIMENT (Of animal life)
IN A GIVEN BULK, THAN ANY OTHER KNOWN SUB-
STANCE ;" it is also a fact that our warehouses contain,
at this moment, a considerable quantity of foreign sugar,
in bond ; arid it is equally a fact that a much larger
quantity might be imported in a few weeks, from various
places, to supply the cravings of our people with whole-
some and nutritious food. It is a certain fact that the
House of Commons, sometimes called a paternal Legisla-
ture—called by its flatterers the fathers of the country—
after having passed a law to keep corn away from the
people, have just come to a resolution that not one grain
of that succulent and nutritious food shall our people
obtain, unless they pay a tax on it which is nearly three
times the value of the article. We believe that
twenty shillings a cwt. would pay the average cost of
bringing sugar to Europe ; the average price now does
not exceed twenty-five shillings, and on that article
the pa' ernal House of Commons has voted a prohibitory
tax of 635. Mr. M`Cum.oca says—though he is not,
perhaps, thoroughly imbued with a conviction of the
vast utility and importance of sugar as food, and though
he speaks only of a duty, scarcely one-third of the
prohibitory duty voted on Friday night—" to levy a tax
of 245. on a necessary of life, costing only 225., or 355.,
including Bs. per cwt. freight and charges, is obviously a
most oppressive proceeding." What then must be the cha-
racteristic of a proceeding which levies a duty of 635. on
that snore article, when the people are actually starving,
and when, but for this law, great plenty of that useful
food might be immediately obtained ? We wonder not at

the people losing patience under such legislation. Can any
thing exceed the crime of a Legislature, trusted by the
people, when all its members abound in plenty, coolly
dooming a great number of the people to death by with-
holding from them accessible food?
The fact that sugar is nutritious food, in a most con-
densed and convenient form for carriage, easily pre-
served, requiring no turning over like wheat, running
little to waste, not susceptible of alteration from expo-
sure to the atmosphere, serves to explain a political fact.
Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the debate on Friday, sneered at
the idea of his conduct being influenced by deference' to
the West India interest. He described that as the
weakest interest in the House, and as having no power
over him. But the vote to keep out sugar, was a vote
to keep out food ; it was keeping out grass to fatten
cattle, and malt to make spirituous liquors ; it was keep-
ing out bread and potatoes, and was a vote most agree-
able to the banded horde of food monopolists, to do
whose bidding he has accepted office. He was pleasing
the landed interest, therefore, as well as the-West India
interest ; and his statement, jesuitically true as to
words, was grossly false as to facts. The letter was
correct, the spirit wholly fallacious. It deluded the
understanding, though it fell fairly on the ear. It was
as big and as foul a delusion, as ever a statesman was
guilty of. His conduct in this case, proves his
thorough want of sincerity. He will allow cattle to
come in, of which there are few or none ; and he will
not allow food for them and for man to be brought in,
which is plentiful; he will graciously permit a few hundred-
weight more of meat to come in a year or two hence,
and he obstinately shuts out the food, both of man and
animals, that lies ready stored up at our door.
We have not been in the habit of thanking GOD that
we have a House of Lords ; but we may now say that
the House of Lords cannot pass the Sugar Duties Bill,
when it goes up to them, without making themselves ac
cessory to the great crime of keeping food away from
the people. If they suffer their judgment to be
overruled by any motive of deference to the arrange-
ments of the House of Commons, they will sink in
the estimation of mankind to the level of those poor vic-
tims of lust who, when once caught in the toils of the
wicked, must do their bidding till nature breaks the in-
tolerable yoke. ,

At the meeting of the Roman Catholic Institute of Great
Britain, held on Wednesday in London, Mr. O'CONNELL
said he wanted to see the day when High Mass would
be performed in Westminster Abbey, and he doubted
not, from present appearances, that ere long he should
have that happiness. If Puseyism go on at the railroad
speed with which it bas been advancing for the last ten
years, and the feuds between that sect and the Hamp-
enites be suffered to continue, within ten years
more the great champion of the Catholics, should he
live, will probably see his wish fulfilled. The
Bench of Bishops, a vast number of the clergy,
and, what is still more ominous, the majority of
the teachers of youth at the national universities,
show a marked tendency towards • the • new doc-
trines. All that is wanting is to imbue the law-
makers with the same principles ; and as the stream
naturally partakes of the character of its source, that
must ultimately be the result. Certainly at no
period since the Reformation has the Protestant
Church been exposed to such danger, or have the
enemies of our national establishments had such
cause for rejoicing, as at the present moment.
Divisions, to an extent hitherto unknown, prevail in the
south as well as in the north of the island ; ecclesiastical
and civil authority are alike despised ; the house is
divided against itself, and unless protected by more than
human power cannot stand. In Scotland, within a very
brief period, forty ministers and licentiates have been be-
reaved of their rights, and mercilessly driven from the
bosom of the Church ; many hundreds more are exposed
to the same fate ; but what is still more alarming, in
respect to the security of the Establishment, is the utter
contempt in which the Church Courts are held by
nearly one-half of the members. They have, in fact,
cast off ecclesiastical authority, and look for redress only
from the civil power. Affairs have not yet come to this
pass in England, but they are fast approaching to a
similar state of anarchy. The Oxford Professor of
Divinity is regarded as little better than a heathen by a
majority of his brethren ; attendance on his lectures is
not considered necessary to qualify young men for
the Church ; and we have thus the singular pheno-
menon of a teacher of divinity placed in the chair by her
MAJESTY, the head of the Church, while' a great pro-
portion of the members disowrr this authority, and refuse
to hold communion with the nominee of the Crown. In
the Church, too, we find " young ardent spirits" setting
up for themselves, rejecting the advice, and sometimes
injunctions, of their superiors, using candles and cruci-
fixes and genuflexions us religiously as the POPE him-
self, and evidently as determined, too, as any member of
the Scotch Kirk, to set both canon and' civil law
at defiance. The ecclesiastical body altogether seems
sadly out of joint, the members rebelling against
the head, and at the same time fighting with on te another,
as if Archbishops and Bishops and General 4.ssemblies
had suddenly lost all power and contnol. The
Church of Rome rejoices over these dissensions; she holds
up the unity of the Catholic faith as the bt st proof
of its divine origin, and, like Mr. O'CortNELL, looks for-
ward to the happy day when England, once the brightest
ornament of the Pontiff's mitre, shall be restored to the
Holy See. These certainly are melancholy forebodings
for Protestants, but the conduct of Episcopalians and
Presbyterians fully warrants the worst apprehensions.

The Madrid Papers received are to the Ist instant.
ESPARTERO was trying in vain to form a Cabinet. He
first sent for OLOZAGA, who had been ms.inly itwtrit-
mental in ousting the late Ministry. To the no small
surprise of the REGENT, that gentleman der:lined having
anything to do with the Ministry. The REGENT dis-
missed him with visible marks of displeasure. Senor
FERAR and General SAOANE were sent for in succes-
sion, but neither of them would accept of lice. This is a
sad state of things.
The Madrid Gazette, of the 31st, publishes the fol-
lowing financial decree:—

" The Regent of the kingdom, fully sensible of the import-
ance of the payment of the interest of the 'I bree per Cent.
Rentes, the creation of which, rendered necessary by the
disasters of the civil war, had for their object to establish and
c, nsolidate the national credit, as well as tog ice to public confi-
dence every possible guarantee, by removing; the apprehensions
of the timid, and defeating the manoeuvres lif the evil disposed,
has, with the concurrence of the council of Ministers, decreed
as follows:

'6 A Committee shall be formed, composed of the Directors
of the Treasury, of the Sinking Fund, and the Bank of St.
Ferdinand, who shall be entrusted with the examination of all
propositions tending to assure the payment of the interests
corresponding to the two half-yearly div;,dends on the Three
per Cent. Debt., falling due on the 30tla June and 31st De-
cember of the present year, and which aim to be paid here, at
Paris. and at London.

."fhe amount of these two dividenids being valued at
15,000,000 of reals each, the prepositions which shall be made
separately for each shall have for its object. to place at the dis-
posal of the Sinking Fund the sums which may be necessary at
Madrid, Paris, and London, in order tha t the Administration
may publish notice of payment in each of those capitals before
the 15th of June and 15th of December r espeCtively.
" The first proposition shall be receiveel on the 4th June,
and the second on the 31st August, days on which the Com-
mittee will meet at the Direction Genet- tl of the Treasury,
from one to two. The Secretary of cue "Leasury shall attend
the Committee.

" The decisions of the Committee with reglii to the propo-
sitions shall be delivered on the 4th to thil parties concerned.
'• The parties sending propositions must engage tor the pay-
ment of the different sums,_ either in cash or in available securi-
ties.

4, The part of these two capitals of fifteen millions, which
shall not be absorbed in the payment of the said dividends,
shall be carried over for the payment of future dividends.
" The direction of the Sinking Fund stall immediately give
public notice of the sums' thus paid in London, Madrid, And
Paris.
" The direction of the Sinking Fund shall also give public
notice of the coupcna of the debt, both home and foreign, which
shall be paid off in consequence of the emission of the Three
per Cent. Bonds.

(Signed) " ANTONIO MARIA DEL VALLE.
" Madrid, May 28, 1842."
Madrid Bourse, on the 31st.—Five per Cents, 2si for cash.

The French Journals contradict the reports which ap-
peared in the London Papers, and first of all in The Sun,
stating that the King of the FRENCH has been for some
time labouring under an incurable disease. The Courrier
Francais in particular declares that his IVIAJEEf TY never
enjoyed better health. We can only observe in
reply, that we had the statement from a gentle-
man in whose veracity we placed, and still ph ice, the
utmost confidence, and that if he deceived us, it was be-
cause he was himself misinformed. Assuming the as-
sertion of the Courrier Francais to be correct, we can
assure that Journal that no more welcome intelligence
could reach us. May Europe long owe the bless rings of
peace to King LOUIS PHILIPPE.
All eyes in France arc now turned to the approaching
elections. The Presse has the following statis. ;ical re-
marks on the subject :
From a statistical account of elections, peblishe d by the
Minister of the Interior, in 1839, it appears that sit ice 1831*
the choice of new Deputies has been gradually r Dore and
more rare. Thus, in 1831, there were re-elected 222 old
Deputies out of the 459 members of whom the Clamber is
composed. In 1834 there were 292; in 1337, 310 ; and in
1839, 381. 'the same paper also shows that from 1030, when
the first reduction of the elective qualification was wade, the
number of electors giving their votes has mere aced. In
1831, out of 166,583, inscribed on the electoral list s, 125,000
gave their votes. In 1834, out of 171,015 electors ;, 129,212
voted. In 1837, out of 198,836 electors, 131,720 'voted, and
in 1839, out of 201,271 electors, 154,862 were v.oters. So
that not only have the numbers inscribed on the lists I teen aug-
mented. but those exercising their franchise have increased
also in proportion. In 1831, it will be found these w, ire three-
fourths, and in 1839 they amounted to four-fifths."
I.3OUESE—PARia, TUESDAY, JUNE 7.

rust Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pric..
e'rench 5 per Cent. ...... ..... 119 r 0 119 60 ... 119 50 119 60
45 per Cents ..... 107 25 ... 107 25 ... 107 25.... 197 25
5 per Cents. BO 15 r 80 15 .., 7 9 „ 130

sl tti tt, k I .900 f. Shariev 1065 —1055 .1955 ...1055.
;•;070
tAni: 7rJ374
.ielgian 5 per Cents.
S per Cent:., 1840 105% ... 105% ... 10)% 105'14
•ranish Active ... ... 24 ••• 24.
Passive 414 ... 4% 454 z
Neapolitan
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RAILWAN-gHARE:c .,450
St. Germain
Ver.ailles. R. s:.
LB 311165 25
....: 311156 25:: 211161 255
......L.N.„.4.,2
530 ... ''..,"" .A 7
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale 213 75 .., 213 75 ... 210 .., mo. .
DUTCH FUNDS.—Ausisaucis, Jtaea 7.
Money. Bills., .
..
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ........ ........ 52 52,6 . .
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amon Syndic. 4% per cent...." .....
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. . ..... -
Commercial Company, 4!:, per cent....
..
Ditto (1935 and 1837)5 per cent. ......
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.... ............ ....: 92% 93 ..,
Exchange on London, One month l2 15. • '
Two months
Harnburgh, One month 25 87%
...c rTwo months 35 50 • .1"..-
Dutch Papers, hake 8. .: :'''.
aka-WAN k UNDS—Batiftsimaj JUNE 1. ` , .
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ..... U - -,E,1".,
Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cent... ............ 103 ..1•-•')
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cont ..... 94 ,
--- 3 per Cent,
----- Thirty.. BV en--. ... 72% i,%, .'
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—(13411) lo4h , ,"
Loan of City, 132, 4 per Cent. ........
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Society et Commerce, 4 %per Cent 143 ••" '
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 79 !. ,0,
National Ssciety — , ~410',g
Exchange on London (short) .... -''' '
Brussels Papers, June f.
.P''.a.
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AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, May 30. 11.'
itteper Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cent 5........ .............. ...... ..... —.....
Three p.r Cents.
:•0 Bank hares lOB3 • . ‘ •
HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Jurie 4. y.. ~,.
Bills. Montt --, 'i
Austrian 5 per Cents. ... livti 109. ~ '. :
Bank Shares l7OO 1690 • ' ..:13",
Anglo-Russian Loan 1015% 109'4, *-J':'.
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 103% 145411 `-',.t,' '
Inscription, Ist series . - - J'' ,1
Russian 5 per Cent Hope and Co., 2d and 4th , 133'
5
Series A..* WI
Ditto in Certificates ..,
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New 4 per Cent. (1840).....*
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ......... 51% 50%
Ditto 5 per Cent.
•
Polish Bonds 155
New Tickets l7O -- 4I;T:
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 78% 78
Spanish, New 5 rwr Cents. ...........«....» «.. 18 --• e
• ; .0,
THE UTILITARIAN DOCTOR AND THE A8Y8800—.441
GIRL.—The following sentimental passage occurs.
Doctor Bowring's Commercial Reports on Egypt 1101:j
Syria :—" My attention was once particularly excitol-'ll
by an Abyssinian girl, whose features were really beallt.,:o,
ful, and whose appearance was remarkable for grace,lls7-:1
even dignity. She looked at me so imploringly, that
felt strongly tempted to violate the law, and become
purchaser, but certainly with no other object than takr
struct her, and give her her freedom. Her long
hair hung in curls over her forehead and down her nicigiA-
and among the locks small white shells were supendoo-.1,i
When I stopped for a moment to gaze at her, the jellsbs
removed the rag which was suspended on her shoulder, 06_,.*
she stood perfectly naked before me I This girl was tivr-')
black, but of a brown hue, her features regular, her eysli''
of a sparkling brightness, and there seemed about her ,if
patient piety which forced tears of sympathy intoPt,:",
eyes !"—The above touching picture of unfigleafed
male beauty clearly shows that Dr. Bowring had his er 1-41,
on other things besides commerce, while travel.
through Syria. The minuteness, too, and high finish °i`,:!-)
his description is a voucher for the exceeding care au-
attention with which the learned Utilitarian
died the subject of it, embracing all her points,'lllo
it were, at one searching, comprehensive glance
It must have been an edifying sight to have sie°,'d
him staring through his spectacles at a pretty slave'
girl standing stark naked under his very floe,.
weeping as he kept gazing on her, his intelligent count'
nance, no doubt, covered the while with blushes of the,
deepest dye! But it was not her situation, but her "
tient piety" that brought the " tears of sympathy,"
his chaste optics. He remembered that he himself vats °.l
the author of " Devotional Hymns," and was naturally,
therefore, attracted towards a kindred spirit, who, alb 4
as void of raiment as Eve before the Fall, was, to his pure
and spotless fancy, clothed in multitudinous garments
righteousness, like a Dutchman in his dozen pairs ol
breeches! Though the Melbourne Administration did nos 4'+
send Dr. Bowring out to Syria in order to report upoe .164
naked slave-girls, yet we should have been sorry to ba141:6
lost the above description, exhibiting, as it does
questionable proofs that Utilitarian philosophers, Lai, jVca
the baser sons of Adam, may gaze their fill at denUde."--:i
beauty, without the slightest detriment to their moroe4
or even the slightest perturbation of spirit. j

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'
.: A
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CITY, THURSDAY EVZHISCI:,„ d
—'o4.!
This afternoon the subjoined notice, which gave consideror,
satisfaction in the many circles, although it only provides'w.,
a certain class, who have in their possession light sovereiet
was issued from the Bank of England. However, it apps ifj
very clear, that some other measure must likewise be *dor'''.
_,•l
to afford the same facility to those who may happen tons:,-.!"
a less sum than the minimum fixed :
" Bank of England, June 9, 1842..
" At, the request of the Right Honourable the Lords"Call_ L-41
missioners of her Majes4's Treasury, and for the relief of thw....4:
who have in their possession the gold coin of this kingdOr,
below the legal current weight, . ,Li
" Notice is hereby given that, from and after this • day;l
quantity of such gold coin in amounts of not less than 50L'
be taken in at the Bullion-office of the Bank of England
3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce, from the hours of nine o'clock in til',47
morning to three in the afternoon, until further notice." -
Briggs' Thurburn.and Co., the India firm, stopped paraTrs;7
to-day. Their debts are stated at 200,000/. ; and, if tins*,'''
allowed them, it is said they will liquidate in full. Thet..r)r
the agents of one of the Indian Banks, the agencies of vil"'":14.
are now removed to Coutts and Co.
In the Funds, English or Foreign, a small amount of •
was transacted, the sports of Ascot having in a measure elearM4Pl
the speculators who " puff" and " bang" prices. Most of SQ,
prices quoted are firm. The improvement in Consols "Not'
about one quarter per cent. Consols for the Account ellon
914 ; Baak Stock, 1674 1684 ; Exchequer Bills, 48 tO:P701/
premium ; Colombia, 264 ; Mexican, 36i to 37 ; Pertioo.!.
18 to 19 ; Brighton, 664 to 674 ; and Belgian, 102 to 103,s
Birmingham Shares left off 87 to 894 ; Great WestetTh.
to 234 premium ; North Midland, 65 to 67 per share;
„,ii=
Eastern, 254 to 26 per share ; and Brighton, 351 to au",r,'
per share.

We have had no arrivals from the Colonies. .
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Money Market has been comparatively neglected, in oO
sequence of superior attractions to be found elsewhere to-dar
Consols are 91/ for the opening ex-dividend ; Three..and-e
Half per Cents. Reduced, 1001 ; India Bonds, 23 25; P.
chequer Bills, 48 50 prem.
In the Foreign Securities the prices are nominally, Belght,
102 103 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 52& • '
Five per Cents., 101 1011; Danish, 80/ 81i ; and Dl' •
ailian, 6614 671,4.
Little has been done in Shares :—Great Western, 87 88; the
Half Shares, 61 61i ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 4171
South Western, 64 63i; Eastern Counties, 9 9k;
Brighton, 34 34. y.
The quotatiuns for the Bonds are, Colombian, 261; re,".
vian, 18i ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 34; the Th,r'"
per Cents., 21i ; Spanish Five per Cents., 22} 220
Three per Cents., 23* 23i.
It would appear by the accounts from Madrid, that tom,
opinions held with regard to the payment of the next
upon the Three per Cent. Spanish Stock, have not beett,s"'", it;;
correct. In the early part of the present year, the
Minister laid his budget before the Cortes, which showed. i' ;rb
income to be equal to about the half the expenditure, in yilo";/"),
however, was included the half year's dividend upon the Itcfjol,'
and foreign debt. The first items by which it was propogabo tto,/
meet the deficiency were these dividends, which were ttWc,,ie
postponed, and the remainder borrowed. Immedr4ioVj
after this the scheme for converting the over
coupons appeared, and after numerous delays, the
missioners arriled here, and the conversion was effeaTk
Every exertion was used to give a value to the Stock, lta**e.:i
was almost officially announced, that not only was the alto
actually in hand for the amount which has been paid, but
for the dividend due next month. Great doubts, ho ve°
existed as to the correctness of the statement, is
quence of the state of the finances above alluded
and as to the method by which the sum bad been
.P';•
cured. It would now appear that the conjectures
formed were not incorrect ; and it may be fairly conc!'""fori
that the plan was, in reality, intended to raise moneVer;,Oi
the Government, under the pretext of doing an act of jatiiyo,
to the foreign creditors. The Ministry was challenged
having deposited with the contractors a large amount of CO
which ought to have been ca,, celled, and by converting „to $://
coupons into stock, and selling the stock, the money etselts jf
raised and two or three dividends paid out of part of the rtiel.
ceeds. 'The scheme, however, has apparently failed. 5a4c401,,,,:'
bonds are at a discount of 78 per cent., while capitahat 6,01,0'4
invited to come forward and lend the .money to pay the "i.J,41
dividend. No more need be said to show the utter scoria, gikiy,;4
ness of the documents, and that no reliance can be Ow",
what are miscalled " Spanish" securities. -•
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 99* Grand Canal Stock .. . ...
Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cont..'
Ditto New 1830... 99/ Ditto 4 per cent ......••••.
3i per Cent. Debs.
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MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE B.—The
ejtla •
Market remains very inactive, but prices have undergath sok'
variation. Manchester and Leeds, 82 83 ; ditto Half '"ior
36 ask ; South Eastern Scrip, 6 6*; London and Bir:01o0
ham, 1771 1781; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 51 51/;
Bolan
10/•.
and South Western, 6263; Manchester and Salford Ban ,

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITI6BISHIIFndUiaNDS.
Bank Stock
............... ~t 5
el
•' . ~
~,,
3 per Cent. Red. ..
..... J
3 per Cent. Cons — Ditto Old Annuities ...
.....
3i per Cent. Red 100 j Ditto New Annuities,. 49 po ,
New 3i per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....9d• bop 0
_/!,,
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001... •• •bop 0 i''
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ......
Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct..*
Oct. 1859
9,,~
Jan. 18u0 — I Consols •for Opg. ••••••
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent-
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto .....•••• ,
..... . , .
Brazilian Bonds.
~ --,,,..,
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent. ••••• ~..._, .
Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... .. •••• 29.0 ~.` I,i
Colombian, 6 per cent — !Spanish, 5 per cent...." • 101 : ,mrit
Ditto, 1824 26i Ditto, Deferred.... 'f. ...g•' . T4l
Danish, 3 per cent ,French, 5 per cent. ---c ....-c. ~' ,
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — 'Exchange...-. .....
__-q. ....-c.
Mexican, 5 per cent 36i French, 3 percent. . • yli ,
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 i Dutch, 21 per cent. ..... .....
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. ' Ditto, 5 per cent. ... •••

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SHARES. aA
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .••..•••• b 161 '-
Ditto New Shares ( paid) ... ...........51
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ..... • '" 41
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid... ...........
Great Western Railway (65 paid) ........... 62k
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ............... ..•
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ......................•
. ••• 34 •
London and Brighton (50 paid) •• ........ 174 •
London and Birmingham (90) ...... .•- 36 •••-;,,(11,1
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) .. • ........) 61
London and Greenwich Railway (121 ...9_,,4"T 62i •-f,l-
- and South Western o'3/ 15s Od Yu/ 701 i
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .... 42i -4,,p•iq
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) • ....... .-..c.406;11
Paris and Rouen (16 paid) .................. gOk 0 j
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)••• ...... ' 6it
........
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) ................ .
,•••';
..
York and North Midland (50 paid) • ....
Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ......... ••••

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FOR.E:EGN.
apitislti:l4 the leading articles of the Paris Journals are on the
lot,rese,u'eg elections; generally speaking, they are without
osthe 'is, There is a short notice in the Debats of the article
that Journal
Francais on the policy of M. liuizot, in which
the head
attempted to show that M. Guizot's presence at
The rd of affairs was rather calculated for war than peace.
to see tckbets congratulates the Courrier on its sudden anxiety
Proof th"" Peace of the world preserved, and regards it as a
the Luat the organs of the Opposition are not of opinion that
sieciarliour for war will do much good for their party at the
led ; but it does not think the electors will be easily.nais-
og Courrier into a belief that M. Guizot's remaining
oußlitee would endanger the repose of Europe, and that he
t
The be replaced by M. Thiers as the type of peace.
le Ps Commerce again notices thedeficit of the public treasury
2 lace
toi‘, It reminds the electors that this deficit amounts to
ears hir,,!, 135 millions, and that the expenditure of the ordi.
"ail' uget for 1842 exceeds the estimated receipts by 116
te.elenit* The Commerce asks the electors whether they will
e
reen who contributed by their votes to such a result.?
!We, Loran, ea Messenger of Tuesday contains the following
'es e Paragraph :—" As some of our Paris Contempora-
Ileti rtinue to draw inferences from the alleged fact of the
Lulalisirabassador having called upon M. Guizot for an ex-
tess,,,e_ on the course the French Cabinet would pursue. in
ereQ„eteee of the vote on M. Lacrosse's motion for an in-
Neeh "I the French naval force, we think it right to state,
ttiis, we do ha the most positive terms, that no such represen-
tetally „as,that alluded to ever took place. The assertion is
The .I,tetinded."
"En itelaes in an article on the relations between France
?liter te'nde expresses its conviction that there is no danger
latiekte tween the two countries, but that the prospect of an
Platte, lentollen is more distant than ever. It seems to place its
Llalise th pon the desire of England to remain at peace with
;the on her own isolation in Europe; for, according
j,,ters:eeEngland is really in a state of isolation, not only
~,,11tti:.erance, but also as respects the Continent, particu-
eats orei, which our Contemporary describes as the real
dish Zngland, her interests being diametrically opposed to
De es, "`eiests. -
—e fietb,nated on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, that Baron
ee„s7ild had declined to avail himself of the late ordi-
-1 by
the Minister of Finance, permitting the con-
u7tol.;'l, the last loan of 150 000 000 f. to hold over the pay-
%0,14 Instalment still due,' but had paid into the Treasury
t of the monthly instalment due on the 12th instant,
t. 914 tn n " 0 0 0 f
the herses to the King of the French's carriage
th.-A11e,,k.." be Saturday in the avenue of St. Cloud, and the pole
rete.4by the shock. Notwithstanding the steepness of
I,,"iei tele pointusl where the accdient occurred, the horses
syl?etantaneoy stopped and held in without further
-lig done. An easier approach to the Chateau of St.
ths'ae is),3ew in the course of construction.
ehautlitnatee -of Finance, whose re-election as Member of
etteee, 17r of Deputies was rendered necessary by his ac-
el Of office, has just been returned to the Chamber by
`114,-"' rat college of Mirande by 250 votes, out of the total
.41- the college, 266.
1,„„ PARLIAMENTARY.
n4e met, but transacted no bus.ness of importance.
Mous did not make a House.
eisT4ike J• PURL= OPINION.
hi. Ikt/rid animadverts as follows on Mr. Ferrand's recent
itilt the House of Commons :—" The scene which took
tsle is e House of 'Commons on Tuesday night was discre-
• surePther side.. The good sense of that assembly ought
-1,7,1ent to check at once any tendency to indulge in
lie --"`"),_rera; until it is the House cannot anticipate much
el-%;`Peets Mr. M. Forster, one of the few Hon. Mem-
kele f,,naPPeared to be sensible of the disgi ace with which
ledth tea are attended, warned the House that it had not
that sheer
to lose; and that a repetition of the scene it
1171 r ed was the easiest mode of getting rid of the little
kete,Le,!aained. Mr. Ferrand is certainly no great acquisi-
t•ittteeC!luuse of Commons ; he is oftentimes in possession of
b. high :s_DY the judicious use of which other men would die-
,r.":einselves, and benefit the country ; but he ap-
C,:‘,- en,„l..'e incapable of rising above offensive personalities,
s,'"Jt Zaps so to speak the truth as to bring con_
kr"' ge discredit n it. M Ferrand has more-
, ,;•r.,ee the deepest offence tor. the noisiest, most vul-
tlitt aelf• disorderly section of the House—the Whig-Radi-
o aeturers and no sooner does he rise to speak than
sytest s'"enence to yell. On Tuesday Mr. Ferrand merely re-
lh iirelnalk which had been made to him as to the conduct
.4,14,-.9)ering in Switzerland—the truth of which every man
sturs,e.ad the ' learned Theban's' Reports on the commer-
e pesPes of that or any other aountry he has visited at
r 40, cost will at once recognise—than he was the butt of
Crespd'Llli fury of these wild men of Lancashire. Had Mr.
2. the „ tr",. en- up his authority, he would have been unworthy
f"en, ee of any gentleman; had he withdrawn or apolo-
liur Aix statement, he would have sacrificed the truth.
llittise°_ We blame. Mr. Ferrand ; the remark was, in the first
wkailly.nncalled for ; it resulted from nothing that
• W•
e'eeded
s, it ; it was apropos des bottes ; and worse than all,
ek°,ltedes foregone conclusion' to attack Dr. Bowring per-
' ,
einite observes, in reference to the proceedings of the
Vta' tiesteral Assembly Having entertained no high
tionsof.- any prudent or pacific measures from the
ItZeh General Assembly at this time, we feel the less disap-
15ent at-the results of their deliberations. But we were
4- prepared for the extravagant pretensions which they
Ik'kadeasided, or the extreme pains which they have taken to
Tit exertions of the friends of the Establishment, and to
14s , the malevolence of its enemies. If the resolutions of
Sit "betel • Assembly are to be viewed as fair exponents of
41 NsMersa feeling of the clergy, or of the lay churchmen of
% tule w
e should despair or at least very greatly despond
Nl44r babl a. • •
, e a justment of the existing disputes. The
tb„,., has :n substance declared that the main cause' of
.IseCdt's difficulties is one of which the removal is not to
aktketse;.;.frs The great source of the evil is said to be the
104.1_ patronage, the abolition of which is indeed for-
tiek4erededs and is likely to be attained about the same
with the abolition of primogeniture. In such cir-
se.* eL". It seems useless to attempt a mere palliative treat-
bp R' the disease is incurable, and where the relief
s t a. •
re, topilsik[srlOt compensate the trouble of the operation. So
k;:litee„,.l sage exists, the main cause' of the mischief must
„"ath:°l6‘latisral effects; and so long as a majority of the
4at :_lll-e her condition to that cause, they will probably
tlig . verify their own diagnosis by keeping the pa-
e .41srlY and as feverish as ever."
e1a14.111-:—" It is really high time that a peremptory
elhs• %het be
the
to the vexatious and most uncoastitu-
Ne after „.41 Ple clique in the House of Commons who,
Il• stsois'lfot, are gratifying their personalpique, or venting
ktasd at animosities, by gravely moving, on the most M-
k hiee.t4ounded pretences, for the suspension of the elec-
of one constituency after another. Whilst Sir
tie
, ow Lord John Russell are avowing their deli-
/lielAtsie-leand n
as to the increased efficiency of Committees of
• te,,q Commons as a tribunal for the determination of
'4144 lyres, the Hou,e itself is as assiduously occupied in
kttoreclaring the decisions of such Committees to be
;Ir. seet,Y, and incomplete; and in handing their reports
'tea eel k,
" Commissions for more thorough investigation !
fork has already got some five or seven such verdicts
th, besay
a fresh trial—the case of Southampton is in some
sh,
tag gentleman's hands, undergoing a similar pro-
ti,ght that untainted and immaculate champion of
s.theAssi . Connell, has a motion for suspending the en it
Nttlt a fresh inquiry can be instituted into the facts,
L'ir, 414.1744 mi has been pronounced by a Committee chosen
"4 ales etenaintroduced by Sir R. Peel, and applauded by
Ithe "%sell Where,' we would ask, in sober earnest-
to -le re •
tht eu this to end ?'
tbe is from•.he Chronicle We cannot advert
%!til4)aliei".,te-for regulating colliery labour, proposed by Lord
4,l.4iteer'ke_.•-Pr.ogress of which we shall. watch with the
05.% t% those
first adding our tribute of heartfelt
sitisLelesl,i,ose which have already greeted his beneficent
s,,,ale'"se4s` he Bill strikes at once at the four great points
10e:st eig,e_toployment of females in mines; the early age
I,,tse.f%;:f tilting
have been put to underground labour ; the
the young with the working of machinery
at• -elite:goat careful attention as well as physical strength
accidentsto life and limb ; and the bar-
e% 4140
. o..apprenticing pauper children,l for alongTtielersme
7k1,1%;1711:11: Ittin
wretchedness,
brutal,coess, anddemoralization,
irresponsible e masters.andcruelty, the
iii ,si.t* stop immediately in their
.operat ion. And the
PpiSte,.qiio.;ll,MV the measure was introduced by Lord Ashley
iiiiilieere",.are in the praise due to it on its own account.
0 sickly sentimentalities, useless eriminations,
:Neal clap-traps. The startling and impres-
tltii Ithete„.._aimply stated and lucidly arranged. Each.
ietly tovi7lble abuse and suffering—not told rhetoric-
k'l %it
tsP, either for the House or the public, but
s':4l4l,r_it given in evidence—was made to bear upon
S.,,,tdos eeeessity of the projected remedy. In the
thei7tYs we say, blessings on the man by whom this
0041 isski"ene se well. The laurels of party are vile and
"ttLehieeared with the wreath due to this generous en-
, -`eass,,s':We trustrwill be as successfully accomplished as
Val It Piele'esly commenced."
011)411tit'llr'-TE.B.DE—C 0 MMERC E E.
§thidk;l'ittit:.,.l Director to the East India Company, in the
,tel7ats,d4L'elonel Agnew, took place on Wednesday. The
'ee' ts nernbers at the elose were Mac-
•ee% Is 75 .
tit lb - * Major James Oliphant, 782 ; 1. Clarmo
tttl C4°11.4611.-
41b • th Brit—li North America held Its annual meeting
Otue
tis4l44 on Tuesday, when it appeared from the Re-
%CZ 1_,443- of the Bank was 15,000/., and the paid-
Vifd
ite
44447 builder's' Benevolent Institution held its meeting
ttalltaheetitit„,,the Music-hall, Store-street. It appears that
"" Persons connected with the trade at present.
%se
ksk, donations were announced.
khan' E 11•43CCTXONEERTING.
tistas uterson Tennent, Wm. G. Johnsen, and D. R.
lek kieso%,,
'hi "141 "
_eed themselves as candidates for the repro-
e 2;str;4lt its soon as the new writ is issued.
I ktittainasi 140 IMPROVEMENTS.
QOpt,..qOph on of the children of the City of London Na-
01 47. th„Tk on Wednesday, at the Mansion House.
ssllere Ise
e!nere are now about 800 children, who are edu-
I 4,0 hoots in White-street, Moorfields ; Shoe-lane,
I• se," Old Fish-street Doctors-commons; a fourth
"Ile:Plated in Aldgate, or Whitechapel.
1 'ger -‘eetvell w azn) POLICE.
b Aftn Wednesday, a bricklayer named Vergo
kilt, • at h. J. Bardon, of Islington, with stopping
let‘l4arlt IgilwaYs with • resisted
wh an intent to commit a robbery. The
ilriththee'l
Prisoner
when a struggle took place, and on. the
ismer was arrested. The Magistrate
penalty of 40s, and two of his comrades
i‘ttei,,. tiles ss,' for atte
Ikclrl Nre"„,,,a,teJles a mpriivuantge inrtehsecußeOyal Artillery, was coin-
' Prue:_, hs to take his trial at the Central Criminal
ltba"'"ln2' a Young Woman to whom he had promised
• "
Zkts..4'l°4l(*t of the Croydon Magistrates on Monday, the
krltss
theuer was made as to the liability of the build-
eip e. Croydon Literary and Scientific Institution
tts he Bench decided that it was subject to the rate,
‘elle,At".;:,.eeueancy of those to whom it belonged.
'ltwttele of•ttaaY AND SCIENTIFIC e Thames;tunnel, 1,172 feet in lenth is now
opened
soon as the staircase on the Wapieng side is ‘tilf:,4 this as a public thoroughfare. Thei" "
Ituri, great work has been accomplished contains 150
the attlay cost 10,000/. ; it is to be sold by Messrs.
lh °N.
th eeleisrated pianist gave a grand concert at St. Pe- tile 22d ult ,soforor'totife benefit of the city of Hain-
okh'llls:' Produced a. 40,000 rubles or francs.
sots-'lt, THEATRICAL.
t li,4oady Francis Egerton had another theatrical re-
th u Wednesda ynight. Madlle. Rachel was among
the
e guests.
N4bea,/seext Jerrold's popular comedy of Bubbles of the
414. ought out at the Haymar ket, Farren and Mrs.
f; heir original characters.
lc, hie
itieesyte will commence a short engagement next ,
hie e et.
Iwurk will make her first appearance for the season

at the Queen's Theatre to-night, in the character of Camille,
in Les ',cruces of Corneille.

trin." As IT X 0 N ;s3 LE.

The Duke of Wellington left town on Wednesday for Wind-
sor Castle, nn a visit to her Majesty.
The Duchess of Buccleuch's morning parties commence at
Montagu House on Thursday next, from three to seven o'clock,
The grand pavilion next the Thames has been rebuilt.
The Lord PI esident and Lady Wharneliffe arrived in town
on Wednesday from Windsor Castle.
A matrimonial alliance is about to take place between the
Earl of Desart and one of the daughters of the Earl of Cawdor.
The Earl and Countess of Cadogan have taken Beach Grove
Cottage, Sunning Hill, during the Ascot races.
The Marquis of Conyngham and family arrived early last
week at Kingston, from Slaves Castle, on their way to Cowes.
Lord and Lady Southampton have arrived at Paris from
Bourdeaux.

The Earl of Cardigan had a dinner party on Monday in
Portman-square.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Malmaison, the once favourite residence of the Empress Jo-
sephine, has been purchased by Queen Christina of Spain for
her residence.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert,
with the Royal Visitors and Suite, left the Castle at half-past
twelve o'clock this day for Ascot Race Course. The Royal
Procession quitted Windsor in the following order :
First Carriage--Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen.
Second Carriage—The Duchess of Kent, the Mistress of the
Robes, Count Mensdorf, and the Master of the Horse.
Third Carriage—The Duchesses of Beaufort mid Sutherland,
the Duke of Wellington and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe
Meiningen.

Fourth Carriage—The Lady in Waiting, the Marehioaess of
Exeter, Count H. Mensdorf, Duke of Brunswick.
Fifth Carriage—Lady Stanley, Countess of Rosslyn, Count
A. Mensdorf, and the Duke of Sutherland.

Sixth Carriage—Lady A. M. Dawson, Madame de Kass,
Counts Alexander. and Arthur Mensdorf.

Seventh Carriage—Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, the two Maids
of Honour, and the Marquis of Exeter.
Eighth Carriage—Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Lord Steward, and Lord Stanley.
Ninth Carriage—The Lord in Waiting, Lord George
Lennox, Sir George Cooper, Bart., and the Gentleman in
Waiting on the Duke of Saxe Meiningen.
The Royal Cortege retnrned in the same State to the Castle
about four o'clock.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel left the Castle this forenoon.
Her Majesty has a large dinner party this evening. The
company will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe
Meiningen, his Excellency Count Mensdorf, the Counts Hugh,
Alphonse, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf, the Duchess of
Buccleuch, Countess of Dunmore, Lady A. M. Dawson, the
Maids of Honour ; Baroness Lezhen, Duke of Rutland, Duke
and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke of Wellington, Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis and
Marchioness of Londonderry, Marquis of Aylesbury, Mar-
quis of Worcester, Marquis of Isiormanby, Marquis of
Blandford, Earl of Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Jer-
sey, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Earl
and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Dunmore, Earl of
March, Count and Countess Creptowich, Lord and Lady
Stanley, Earl and Countess of Rossiya, Earl of Cardigan,
Earl and Countess of Kinnoull, Lord George Lennox, Lord
Seaham. Lord Cantilupe, Lord Macdonald, Lord Cur-
zon, Lord Leveson, Lord and Lady C. Fitzroy, Lord
and Lady Haddo, Lord and Lady Loftus, Colonel George and
Mrs. Anson, Hon. J. Macdonald, Sir Massey Stanley, Mr.
and Mrs. Harcourt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley, Hon. Mrs. and
Misi Caulfield, Major-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Mr.
Wemyss, Sir T. Arbuthnot, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. and Lady
C. Townely, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot,
Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Reid, the Dean of Windsor,
the Provost of Eton, Doctor Hawtrey, Reverend D.
Markham, Mr. Standish, Mr. and Mrs. Greenfield, Mr. Hop-
wood, Colonel Fergusson, Captain Williams, Major Draught,
Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Errington, Mr. Corkran, Messrs. Fred.,
Francis, and George Cavendish, Mr. W. Cavendish, Mr.
Cole, Baron Stockmar, Sir George Courier, Bart., Mr. and
the Hon. Mrs. George Edward Anson, Madame de Kaas.
The following Ladies will have the honour of joining the
evening party :—The Dowager Countess of Sefton and the
Ladies Molyneux, Mrs. and Miss Whitbread, and Miss
Crutchley.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the
Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday morning for the resi-
dence of the Royal Duchess in Bagshot Park. Their Royal
Highnesses partook of a dejeune, and in the evening returned to
Gloucester House.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta
Somerset and Baron Knesebeck, left town yesterday morning
for the Ascot Races. Their Royal Highnesses returned to
Cambridge House in the evening.
Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida and the Prin-
cesses of Saxe 'Weimar took an airing yesterday in an open
carriage. _ _ _

Sir 'Robert and Lady Peel arrived in town yesterday morn-
ing from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Viscount Kelburne, M. P., Mr. James Duff, M.P., Right
Hon. Sir W. Rae, M.P., Mr. Campbell, M.P., Mr. John
Irving, M.P., and a Deputation of Scotch Members of Par-
liament, had on interview with Sir Robert Peel, yesterday
afternoon, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Governor of the Bank of England had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street,
yesterday.

MR. HUME AND THE MORNING

CHRONICLE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—My gencral regard for the persons and the po-
litics of the Whig party have naturally induced me to
preserve a forgiving silence as to their mistakes. But
advantage must not be taken of such forbearance. I
confess it is somewhat too much for human patience to
find the most fatal, the most irreparable, errors of the
late Administration made a subject of boast, and put
forward as a claim to public approval. Mr. Hume, in
his speech on the Income-tax, stated that Lord Palmer-
ston had been the evil genius of the late Administration,
and made a reference to the Syrian war, as one of the
causes of the financial difficulties, and of the consequent
downfall of the Whig party. Of the folly of that war—
of the utter and hopeless failure of its object—of the in-
jury done by it to Syria, to Turkey, to Egypt, to our
most important alliances, to our dearest interests—l
really believed there were not now two opinions. As
the mischief had been done, and one irreparable to
Britain and to the devoted country of Syria, I
should have beeen satisfied that it should have been
repented of, and forgotten. This, however, is not
it seems, the intention of some of the more indiscreet of
Lord Palmerston's friends. A fierce diatribe against
Mr. flume has found its way into the columns of the
Morning Chronicle of the 2d inst.—the Morning Chro-
nicle, which indeed has always been the loudest panegy-
rist of his Lordship when he was most amenable to cen-
sure, and most distrusted by his own friends. Yet, if the
controversy is to be revived, I would advise the Chronick
to be more guarded.of its applauses and its vituperations.
Men, women,. and children, by thousands and tens of
thousands, were sacrificed in Syria and the Holy Land,
in the wanton and wicked attempt to establish Ottoman
dominion in Syria and the Holy Land. Universal anarchy
and bloodshed have followed our successes—the very
victors blush for their victories, and are the first to acknow-
ledge that tour interference has not been a blessing, but a
curse to Syria. And what are now the prospects ?
New butcheries—more horrors to restore the power of
Mehemet Ali in the dominions we, in our infatuation,
insisted on wresting from him. The Porte has already
made overtures to the Pacha, and has called on him fi:r
assistance to re-establish order in regions distracted by
disorders and civil wars. In violation of treaties Syria
was invaded by the Porte ; Lord Pousonby sanctioned,
encouraged, recompensed the violation. The Conven-
tion of Kutayah was trampled on, and our fleets and
armies were sent to aid the perfidy. We armed the
mountaineers—we cajoled the Sheikhs—we made fine
promises to the people : and the upshot of all is the
direst confusion—our commerce destroyed—our Repre-
sentatives insulted—our influence laughed to scorn. We
have put the feet of the Musselman on the necks of the
Christian ; a cruel renegade is the ruler of Mount
Lebanon, against whose misdeeds we protest, and he
whose removal we plead in vain. It is not my wish to
complete the picture, but I entreat the Chronicle to be
on its guard. Ere the Syrian war was embarked on,
Mr. Hume lifted up his warning voice. How happy
would it have been had that voice been heard.—l have
the honour to remain, &c., ARISTIDES.
Reform Club, June 9, 1842.

CAUTION.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
Sin—Thinking the following specimen of Christian
liberality and good sense (especially as exhibited so
near the metropolis as Highgate,) would surprise, amuse,
and instruct, your readers, I am induced to take out my
pencil, and copy it verbatim et literatim, as affixed by the
road-side in the form of a placard, with the friendly
" CAUTION" so large that those " who run may read,"
and posted generally throughout the village and neigh-
bourhood ; and who knows but by your giving it pub-
licity, the aim of its enlightened author may be more ex-
tensively forwarded ; unless, indeed (as in my own
case), people will be so perverse as to think for them-
selves, and act in direct opposition to the " Caution" so
generously given, for the sight of this placard it was
which first led me to the said anathematized place, and
where I shall now with my family, probably con-
tinue to attend. Such results so produced may be
considered at " untoward" exceptions to the
the author's anticipations and intentions, although the
sequel may prove an illustration of ancient experience,
that the more the people were persecuted "the more
they multiplied."
AN ENEMY TO INTOLERANCE.

[Copy of Placard.]
INDEPENDENT CHAPEL,
miscalled
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
CAUTION.

All persons who wish well to the Holy Apostolical
Church of Christ, as now by the merciful providence of
God by law established, are WARNED against being led
away by novelty to the above chapel, and thus
countenance a system which rests upon no proper au-
thority, but tends to foment divisions among Christians,
contrary to the Apostolical exortation.-1 Cor. i. 10.
PITILALITLTS.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, JUNE 8.

Accounts from Madrid reach to the Ist, by the regu-
lar mail. The Regent had sent Zurbano to Catalonia,
thereby showing his determination to act with severity
in the event of disturbances in that quarter. The Cure
Minos Tome, and others mischievously disposed, had
been sent to Seu d'Urgel. Filip, with his band, was in
Lampourdan. News by extraordinary express from
Barcelona of the 4th inst., states that everything was
quiet, and that the French ship of war which had been
ordered to reinforce that station had returned to Toulon.

On the 31st of May the Regent had issued an order
for the payment of a whole month's arrears of salary due
to the different employes.
The Alioniteur of last night published the followin
Telegraphic announcement from Madrid, of the 4th
instant :

" .Nothing yet settled as regards the Ministerial crisis.
Redd was expected on the 5th.".:

SUICIDE OF LORD CONGLETON.
re! Con-,.; fete', (cormcrly.
ISir Henry Parnell) put a period to his existence on Wed-
nesday night, at his residence, in Cadogau-place, by
hanging himself with a handkerchief. No authentic par-
ticulars of this melancholy event have as yet transpired.
The deceased Henry Brooke (Lord Congleton), who was
raised to that dignity by the Melbourne Ministry in
1841, was the second son of Sir John Parnell, Bart., by
the second daughter and coheir of the Right Hon. Sir
Arthur Brooke, Bart. He was born in 1776, and was
consequently sixty-six years of age. He married in 1801
the eldest daughter of the first Earl of Portarlington, by
whom he has left a son, the Hon. John Parnell (now
Lord Congleton), and five other children. His late
Lordship succeeded his eldest brother in the baro-
netcy in 1812. He was Chairman of the Finance
Committee in IS2B. In 1833 he was appointed a Member
of the-Excise Inquiry Commission, and filled the post of
Secretary at War in 1831. In April, 1835, he was ap-
pointed Paymaster-General of the Forces, and Treasurer
of the Ordnance and the Navy, which offices he con-
tinued to hold until June, 1841. He represented Queen's
County in Parliament from 1803 to 1832, and Dundee
from the latter period till 1841. His Lordship was
author of a well-known work on Financial Reform, and
of a great number of pamphlets on currency and bank-
ing ; also of a work upon roads and road-making. His
Lordship was a descendant of Parnell, Archdeacon of
Clogher, author of the admired poem of " The Hermit."
It appears that the unfortunate Nobleman had for some
time past been in a low, desponding state of mind, and
had in consequence been under medical treatment ; but
the causes of his mental depression were supposed to be
purely physical, for it did not appear that there existed
any others which could account fir his dejection ; and
as his Lordship continued to take his regular exercise,
and observe his accustomed- hours and habits—which
were remarkable for their punctual regularity—no sus-
picion ever entered the heads of any of his family, his
friends, or domestics, that he contemplated laying violent
hands upon himself:
His Lordship had retired to bed on Tuesday night at
his usual time, and rose on Wednesday morning between
eight and nine o'clock. A barber attended to shave him
shortly after nine, and on his departure his Lordship was
left alone in his dressing-room, as it was supposed en-
gaged in the act of dressing himself ; but the butler,
some short time afterwards, having gone into the room
was horror-struck at discovering his master suspended
by the neck, and quite dead. The alarm was instantly
given, and medical assistance procured, but it was of no
avail, for life's subtle spark was extinct.
It is difficult to say whether the melancholy occurrence
more excited the feeling of surprise or of horror when
this discovery was made ; for, as was remarked by some
of the family, he was the very last man who could have
been supposed likely to have committed such an act,
being a person of singular equanimity and mildness of
manners. The mind had, however, doubtless lost its
balance, and he had ceased to be master of his own
actions.