The Express. — London, England, 1848-07-29 00:00:00

• • prevailed for yearo, undwr which it was any country could prosper. (Rear, ibuted the evils of Ireland to defective n. would • tor that a. co. • ort E look) .ational one. t begun an.,. as II no , nil p it 7 al ur Sol In 44 the got rah , his cr di et ord. o fil Tee , .le bs it rel th en nt .11 a. aie ble I yt t thin, cat' UI tht eve. - such tilt r' .TOf' ll It - Ui: th , ,b it 0 C It tor le su e, n ysa utre at it the p.wa that t. ht a Its ndi I at Its tint k t I ft taut he t, we hl for to He pre rig] ut op 3 wt t be . bed to d eat to t relii tile Ait her , tagl to it fe Of. wo, Baring' have d I ~ t- , ter to. io 11101 C., la ei er an g tol ste nl ent •il it It ut mnpl. an cat 1.1 et 1.1 u. red gre di— is tea r it. n t' on ow rt at e' bt not go into the question whether bringing forward nil metion w as could have been 'elected— (hear)-- ries before the Pons , with the fie ling he le condition of Ireland, he could not do port it. TE 'red pen tie question before the one, and as such he would treat tan in November, with promising treland, and yet all it had achiever, was a -other for the suspension id the H ,bees I a remarkable fact, that on the very nay A now debatng, the House of Commons i ars ago, in suspending the Habeas Corpus ad what •ad been done during they, 15 He very much teared that the peoele of when they said they expected nothing par li ame nt. He aid not man par li ame nt. Young - t those fairly enetle d t o ran k as the Irian - lk-and-water proposal- of the noble lord y the nation. Hew did it happen, altar ion over In land, that she was tell in write ? It was said that Irish grievances were not she never came be fore the parliament in a Was Ireland, then, always to be an humble e ? Every concession that had been made to extorted by fear. Nothing had ever Lee the gratitude of Ireland. What had England towards the Roman catholic% elegised cajoled them. In 1301 England In 1803 they were discarded. tVbst was be right hon. bae"net the member for Tarn " Semethirg must be done." What was IP prevent premier in 1841 ? " Ir, land is averred." So it is now under the noble eland as truly occupied and net governed ? He was sick and tired of such an imbe the end of which weuld seem to he either 7pCtd ot the union, Tne noble lord (Lord J. its speeen that a vetting, seemed to say that One party to whom Irelane presented an natty. Ireland was the bugbear of the right I nothing we, to be done until the noble lard :treasury beach. The Irish were led te look ord as aWO Id St. Patrick. The poor people artily expected to find the noble I.rd in the " Bottle Conjuror." They expected the it his promises. They were enraged to find ',ping into his bottle he had only crept into • lord ejected the right hon. baronet on the id all present would doubtless remember the • ty the then miniver in posse, and he able to ith the per:ern:unties of the ininisti r in cue. elend,how , vs rehad long memories, and they empletion of the promisee held out by the noble th June, Veld, the noble lord taunted the right itb Laving brought in a coercion bill, unac any ameliorative measures. What had been e noble Iced and his colleagues ? lie had ive bats ano a HabeuCorpus Suspension Act at session. And bat did he bold out now ? of the Exchequer talked of "self reliance," lord recommended them to look forward to onward progress, as the only ameliorvions But were these the proper completion of de by the present government ? The mem le lord's ministry had volunteered a pledge to people on an equality, as between the catholic taut churches. But this was when they were lie would not say one word against the pro rmen in Ireland. The representatives of been told that their apathy was the res hips; Lad been done towards placing itholic and protestant churches in Ire ne equal footieg. This question was the the difficulties and discord that orevailed in until the canker was cut away from the root ever cease. There never had been witnessed y such a system as that which had prevailed ith respect to the protestant crutch. There notestant bishops kept up in that country en it.le short of 70,0001. a year, and all the while ten that theta was such a thing existing in Ire isolation of 8,000,000 Roman entholics. It was \Biotic priests were allowed to oft, ate as chap but they were 'eft to wring the pittance necese support from the poorest cottiers. When the ced ot " geadual progress" in Ireland, what did do with the church establishment there? B. Osborne) did not agree in what the member for Manchester had said, it was did not think the plan was ripe for execution. s made by the magnates anal bishops of the i far their large benetices and incomes wee, that le sum received by them were spread over the e, not a single clergyman would receive more ye.ar. That was true, but the country had a We whether protestant clergymen were wanted And when the hon. member for Limerick the people of England were not prepared to do se Irish church, he would. teU him that he (Mr. wsa ready to go to the hustings on th it question, hat the electors of Middlesex e ould nut turn him The noble lord at the head of the Woods and ten secretary for Ireland, bed defined the proem -1 there to be a IBM of livings without cures of a large amount of pay without any work, and the me to Manchester had only borrowed the noble ester in saying what he did on a former evening subject. How had the Roman catholies been T the government in respect to grants of public By a return which he held i n his hand, he found the year 1300 to 18-12, the protestant church in id received from the public purse, the sum of The protestant dissenters in Ireland had re -119,0001. during that perio 1 ; whilst the Rom an sad received 365,6111. And this was what they eg all religious creeds on an equality. It was of protestant ascendancy having been put down • The shadow was removed; the substance still By the same return he found that there were Al benefices in ,Ireland in which not a protestant I • found ; there were 99 in which there were leas than Was in eaei ; and there were 124 benefices in le number of pmtestants ranged from 20 to did not exceed the latter amount. It such a things had been observed by the people of to prevail in any other nation of Europe there eve been only one opinion as to its injustice and • h u t they were familiarised to its existence i n Ire l'forgot its wickedness. He might be asked what hi to substitute for the present state of the Irish He wou.d answer, that if the government desired a cure, and do real good in Ireland, they would present territorial system of the protestant church ongregational sy-tam. The ter: Bestial system pu tt the whole lend in districts, and gave clergymen sr to them, whether they contained any proteitante Such a system might be very applicable to • there there was only one prevailing religion ; but it - fairly enforced amongst a people whore religion to that so en orced. The congregauonal system, . each clergyman according to the wants of the die. as the only proper mode of maintaicing the pro. religion in Irelacd. Strange to say, that system een proposed by a member of the right ble baronet's (Sty R. Peel's) former govern- When the noble lord below him (Morpeth) 1 in the year 183.5 to sequester all the livings in Bl ame there were not fifty protestant& to be found, ighara Baring, the present Lord Ashburton, pro a have recourse to the congregational et stem, and moition was received by the bon. member for Mon ith satisfaction, and by the noble lord (J. Russell) ; only, said the noble lord, e the time has not yet ter it to be carried into practice." Well, they were ived at the year 1319, and yet, ace piing to the rid, the time had not arrived. But he ( alSe. B. ier would tell tell the noble lord tha t bad ir. B Baring's plan been put in practice to 1e35, there have been perfect contentment existing t hroughout 'on this subject at the pre sent time. H•' r Tr. e o, that the ecclesiastical tent hs, together with all:elute t-charges in Ireland, should be disposed of, reserving crests, and the proceeds invested in the funds, to cow the sources of endowment of the ministers Of the Cant church there. The glebes he would c overt into e same way, and the lands of the bishops and ceps lie would abo sell, reserving all existing life 4, an d invest the proceeds in the (uncle, as already lie saw no difficulty whatever in carrying rol. out l a n, whatever the noble lord might say tothe cont wa s one thing more wanted to effect per fect equality en the Roman catholic and the pretesteuit—that was =oval of the Irish bishops from the House of Lo a ds. sage in this respect would not only be umfal as con; 7 to equality, but it would afford an opportunity of or the incomes of the Irish episcopal betty. (Hear) surplus revenues of the Irish church be would appro. c an Lord Melbourne propeeed in 1835, viz., pay Bleat ; to the consolidated fund, which would take away ail ad for jealousy. Certain it WWI that until this quesu e Irish church was settled they could not hope tor frer* tot tranquillity in Ireland. This was the o pinion ci' ed by 20 members of the present government , thel cabinet ministers, expressed by their vote' or seec e n e w_ Ir. Ward's motion, in 1843 and 1844. (Hear.) In! eat state of the University of Dublin was another grotle emplaiut. There could be no equality in Ireland welte_ tan catholic, we re excluded from tellowthips and the ot th e teee Airs of that university. (Hear.) 111theugn without tement of the Irish church question Ireland rouse n ree quillised, he uid not mean to say that that We sae! ufficient No patchwork system of Itgetlotion wool, ef ran for that country. It WU no use coming down lit. 2 !: 1 1: tumbered Estates Bill, which as now altered woul d not rk, and expect that the difficulties of govereing fire was eel be solved. (Hear.) Such patchwork It bar rely furnishing an argument for repeal. Anothe. _ re _ , great importance was that rel e rri dto in the a n del i see, 15—the improvement of the condition of the ! idu uses, and the development of the resources of e is time one-thir d of the population o ur Ireland w ere _ 0 1 :4; tely paupers. lie admitted they had passed a poor r and he lamented such a law had ne.t, ,aid• century ago ; but tin re was one point should leeeZ en thought of, via., the capacity of the country , e e l "'_ in to its property, to bear a Pe°T law theth buss 71: 1 wr far the proper t y of the country could bear . _e aloe : its poverty Looking at the whole rat liable e4e as obvious reland, and comparing it. with the P°lertY' ork le hat a poor-law and nothing else was mere t eachr_ era " Won. What were they to do with 2 ; 50 0 ,0 00 of e _ e „t" e „g eople out of work, out of a population of 8,000, 000, n ges es tenuity of the young men of the middle and uppe e, ree;il ithout professions ? The only way of meeting this _ls yr. r some such plan as that advocated by : 1 1 % t i 07 3, loletworth systematic scheme of e 0,9 Be believed it would be a cheap expenditure if they with. drew tke army front Ireland, and laid out the money it cost in this way. Then, as to the government of Ireland, the anion, *they all knew, was a one-sided bargain, and the whole 'ruin of lei.), government under it had broke down. There woo no settled system. The government consisted of • mock sovereign, a Brummagem cuurt, and a Pinchbeck moscutive. ( A laugh.) There was a lord-lieutenant, who, es soon as he knew his busini so. and could do his win le well, was removed (as in the case of Lord Normanhy) and a new lord-lieutenant was sent over, who held peculiar views on the subject of national ducationusing the church patronage, w hich was the chief patronage of his ethoe to amt those views, he appointed a set of bishops, whose lan guage would better become dragoons than clergy- ' Man, and who declared that the national educe lion oyster(' was a devil's system. (Hear, bear) Another evil was the Lord Lieutenant. If they wished to ameliorate the condition of Inland they must get rid at once of the Castle of Dublin. (Hear, hear.) TMs was the opinion of L td hlonteagle, in IS3C, and of Mr. Shaw, the representative of the University, in MIS, who declared that the highest offices wi re filled by strangers, lad that that ot the viceroy was nething better than an empty pseteaut. Tne most sensible thing the government could do in this respect —judging from the appi manic of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who seemed to be growing " small by degrees and beautifully leas "—would he to appoint a fourth Secretary of State to manage the affairs of Ireland. Another proposition he hail to make—although it might be met wish ilereenn by that house—was, that the *Mt had arrived when the English parliament should held a session in Dublin—a course which had been recommended by Lord Clare, who was of opinion that the English mem bers knew omen mote of Belgium than they did of Ireland. Be bad still another suggestion to m•ke, which he probably would be told was unconstitutional. Without meaning to say anything of such •character, he must wenn st an humble ad dress to her Majesty to pay an annual visit to Ireland; a course which had been recommended by that great historian and phi losopher of his day, Sir J. Davies. Nu monarch of her race but one--and that one out greetly respected by the English people —lnd ever visited Ireland, and so enthusiastic and loyal had been the reception given to h im that the;people had his footsteps carved upon a rock. Such visit would, he was sure, go far to tranquillise the feelings of the Irish people. lie could not be taunted like her Majesty's ministers with having pro posed no plan. The noble lord had rather sarcastically, last night, recommended the Irish mein' era to return to Ireland, at least those of them, he said, who possessed property and influence. Now he begged to tell the' noble lord that it was not those who had property in Ireland who hadalsointluence, .-(hear)—and he must tell him, moreover, that that state of things had been brought about by the nen-introduction of the measures he bail so long promised. If the noble lord would pledge hi /*ell to those meaeures, he (11 r. Osborne ) would have no objection to go to Ireland ; but, until he did, he would ra main in that house and urge upon the government the ab solute necessity of not putting off those measures to " a more convenient season," which considering the present state of affairs in Ireland, might never arrive. (Heir, hear.) Mr. AN::ThY agreed with the hon. number for Middle *: in almost everything he said except his declaration that the established church was the monster grievance of Ireland. Ha (Mr. Anotey), es a Roman catholic, must Fay that the Roman catholics of Ireland did not consider the established church as the chief grievance of that country, net indeed any grievance at all. No ; the grievances of Ire land were of a social and agrarian nature. He VIM happy to givehis support to the motion of the ki n. mem ber for Rochdale. On the motion of Mr. M. J. O'CoNteeee, the debate was adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow (this day). FARMERS' ESTATE SOCIE IY (IRELAND) LL On the motion that the house should go into commitee ßl e on this bill, Col. DUNNE made some observations in opposition to certain principles contained in the bill, and objected that hon. gentlemen had not been furnished with it for a eutii• tient time to enable them to come to any conclusion on the measure. Sir W. SOMERVILLE hoped that, as the bill will a most important one, no obstacle would be put in its way. After a few words from Mr. STAFFORD, Mr. GLADSTONE said that this was a bill which would be most advantageous to Ireland. Mr. LABOlie HERE said that if the houso approved of the principle of the tell, they need not lose time by dis cussing the details. Mr. REYNOLDS supported the bill. Mr. HENLEY objected to the heete with which the mea sure was being pressed through the house. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL defended the course taken by the select committee in transferring this bill from the private to the public business of the house. Mr. R. PALMER depreca ted baste, and approved of the aggstion ot the hun. member tor Oefordshire. Mr e hI . ON SELL supported the bill. Alter some further conversation the house went into com mittee pro forma, the Chairman reported progress, and ob tained leave to sit again on Monday. BRITISH SPIRITS WAREHOUSING BILL. The house went into committee pro forma on •his bill, Some amendments were added by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and after a short discussion the bill was ordered to be reprinted. PL BLIC WORKS (IRELAND) (No. 2) BILL. On the motion for the third reading, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY objected to the bill, because it assumed that 954,0001. would be received from Ireland, and took from the house all control over that money. After gest experience ot the ay in which money had been spent ea public works in Ire w land, he was opposed to any more being voted. Dr. BO W RING also opposed the bill., Col. BLACKALL said it was only lending the Irish people their own money back again. Mr. STAFFORD opposed the bill. The opposition was not pre sed to a division, and the bill MI read a third time. NEW BILLS. CHANCERY FEES. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL leave was given to bring in a bill to alter the mode of collecting certain fees payable in the High Court of Chancery in Eng land, and to collect the same by means of stamps. ASSESSIONABLE MANORS. On the motioa of Lord MORPETH leave was given to bring in a bill to confirm the awards of assasionable manors commissioners in the Duchy of Cornwall. STEAM-BOATS ON THE THAMES. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE leave was given to bring in a Intl for the purpose of regulattng steam-boats on the Thames. The house adjourned at a quarter to two. ELECTION COMMITTEES. —YESTERDAY. DUBLIN.—The committee decided, after hearing a lengthened legal argument that the petitioneis had not suc ceeded in proving that the valuation for the building rate in St. Mark's parish was legal. NORTII CIIESIIIRR.—CounseI addressed the com mittee for the siting members, and proceeded to examine Mr. Roscoe, Mr. Leigh's electioneering agent, to prove that strict injunctions had been given against treating. Adjourned to this day. Wye erProgi• MAILS. The mails far New South Wake, Van Diernan's Land, aad New Zealand will he made up ou the evening of the 314 July. The mails for the West Coast of Africa and Madeiru will be made tip on the evening of the 31st July. The West India Mails, including Bermuda, Neural, Havanna, Honduras, New Orleans, Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Porto Rico, and ucluding those fur :Madeira, Jumel, taarthagena, hula Martha, Mame, P 31311111% West Coast of South America, and St. Juan-des Nicaragua, will be made rap on the morning of the 2nd August- The mails far the Brasile, the itiver Plate, Monte Video, Pernam buco, Bahia, lihuleira, and Bucnoe Ayr*, will be made up on the evening of the Sin August- The mails for British North America, and the United States, will be MBAS up on the evening of the 9th Aug. The overland clued rise Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, l a den, Ceylon, India, Hong- Kong, lac., will be made up on the evening of the 7th Aug. The malls fur Vigo, Oporto, Lieber, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar will be made up on the morning of the 7 th Aug. The overland mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China, ria Soutliamps ton, will be made upon the evening of the 15th August. NOTICE TO A.DVEIITISERS. The number of STAMPS issued by the authorities. of the Stamp-office, du, ing 1847, to the DAILY NEWS was 3,447,009 This, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the number basted to the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, and IlLrunso PO3t, ILL PVT TOOETHER. In addition t 3 the above, issued to tno DAILY NEWS, idernissy Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edifies', THE EXPRESS 778,714 Which was more, we believe, than were issued either t o the Globe or Stand ard. Everting Papers. BIGII RATER AT LOP LION BRIDOI. Tosts Olt —” , .rnm, imst Afterllooll, 19 unit. pint I. Tu• alit. pent I; Mama.. IU own. pail LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 29. WIIENEN El; Mr. HAWES is called upon, in his capacity of Colonial Under Secretary, to Ray anything in the House of Commons respecting his department, he reminds us of the man dancing a hornpipe in fetters, in the prison scene of the " Beggar's Opera. Mr. IlawEs is, both by natural disposition and convic tion, liberal, and superior to conventionalities ; he has studied colonial affairs more than most members of parliament ; and the consequence is that, as a private individual—as Mr. HAWES—he sees the necessity of bold and comprehensive reforms in colonial adminis tration. Hut as Under Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Hawr.•; is brought into daily contact with the bureaucracy through whom the colonies are governed. It is no easy task for a man of kindly temper to maintain an attitude of antagonism to those with whom he must associate habitually ; and when he is at their mercy for the information which he may hourly be called upon in parliament to produce, and for co-operation in the discharge of his executive functions, he is compelled to keep them in good humour by constant concessions. Hence, while in all Mr. IlAwEs' recent speeches on colonial THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1848, the Measeger, sold by auction. The upset price was 12,000 fr. M. Emile (iirardin bid up to 23,000 fr., bat they were knocked down at 26,000 fr. to a person who was the agent of ore of the principal bankers of Paris, who was already proprietor of two-thirds of the journals. We have received the Madrid mails of the 23rd, with the letter of our correspondent, which is occu pied exclusively with the description of the reception of the Nuncio at La Oranja, with the address delivers d by the latter, and the reply of the Queen, which took place on the 22nd. The 23rd being Sunday there was uo Bourse. Other letters say that to compensate for the disappointment which has for the present deprived the Queen Regnante of the hopes of an heir, the Queen Mother is in a condition to present speedily a a tenth child to M. Munoz. ITALY.—We have adviees from Florence to the 20th, which bring the important int, lligence that the Legations have broken out in open in surrection against the Pope. A provisional govern ment was formed at Bologna, presided 'over by Count Bianchini, and of which MM. Antonini and Canute were members. The cause of this move ment, which menans a complete separation of the legations from the p utitical states, is the part which the Pope has taken in reference to the war of lade penuence in Lombardy. The provisional government at Bologna is charged with the conduct of the war so far as concerns the legations, quite independent of any authority derived from Rome. On the 20th,' at Rome, these events were not certainly known. Rumours of an insurrection had been circulated, but they were ascribed to the acts of bands of brigands w hich were known to have overrun the country, and which were supposed to have assumed, for the purposes of robbery, a political character. The Mamiani ministry were still in office, but their position was considered precarious. On the 18th, in the Chamber of Deputies, was announced the protestation of the Pope against the occupation of Ferrara. An animated debate took place, several members declaring that the time for protesting had gone by, and that action was neces sary. It was evident that the greatest excitement on this point was beginning to arise, which would doubt less be brought to a serious pitch on the arrival of the news from Bologna, which we have given above. The insurrection had assumed such a serious aspect that the question of the immediate annexa tion of the legations with Tuscany, or their union with the new kingdtan of Upper Italy, was debated. Complaints of the feebleness of the government continued to be made at Florence. A body of me chanics, consisting of about 100, had assembled and tumultuously demanded a curtailment of two hours on their daily labour, and an augmentation of one third on their wages. Although this movement was repressed, its renewal was apprehended aucl much uneasiness prevailed. An attempt was made in the council-general to in troduce a paragraph into the address to the sovereign, casting some degree of censure on the Pope for the part he has taken respecting the war in Lombardy. It was with difficulty that tho ministry succeeded in getting this proposition rejected. Oneof the Italian journals 11 Pensiero Ilalinno,men tione another advantage obtained by the Piedmontcse over the Austrians. A considerable force, amount ing, as is stated, to about 20,000 men, made a sortie from Verona on the 18th. The advanced guard, consist ing of 3,600 men, allowed itself to be surrounded by two Piedmonteac brigades, and was obliged to lay down its arms. A general engagement then ensued, in which a body of 17,000 Austrians were de feated at all points. While this affair was going on another sortie was made from Mantua by 7,000 Austrians, who were repulsed by a body of 4,000 troops, composed anemone, Tuscans, and Nea politans. Verona was to have been bombarded on the 10th. The Alba of Florence gives this bulletin, but does not pouch for its authenticity. The Hon. M. GORE, M.P., moved the second resolution. He entered into an explanattm of the objects of the society, and the advantages which it held out. The scale of prices was as follows : For children uncle r one year old, no charge Is made. For each child over one year old, and under 14, If there are not more than three In each family, the society will, from its owe or other Torturers, pay V. 10a; for adults from It to 40, 61.; 40 to SO, 71. ; SU to nu, 91. ; for those shove 60, the whole contract price. Children, above the prescribed number In euch family, will be taken on payment bring made of 71. for each. Under the regulations of the commlartunere, every emigrant must find an outfit according to the sale published in their circular, winch contain, much information useful to emirmuits. Before any emigrant can be definitively approved, a deposit at 11. only must be paid at the commisiortero' office by the emigrant recom mended by the society, which will be forfeited, if he duce not proceed on Ale voyage: He moved : That it le Just and dcalrable that, al the benente of emigration ore divided atoong the emigrant, the land he leave* and that which re wires him, the expense of rewiring him should to distributed ID like During the latter gentleman's address, the Lord Mayor vacated the chair, which was then occupied by B. B. Cab hell, Esq., who explained that his lordship was con pelled to attend to pr 4 sting business elsewhere. T. L. HODGES, Esq., M.P., in seconding the resolution, quote . ' several instances which had come to his knowledge, 'honing the advantages of colonisation as a means of gaining wealth and avoiding those evils . which were ten common in the mother country. The res,lation was carried unan:mnusly. The Right lion. VERNON SMITH, M.P., moved— Th:et it is expedient that branch societies be formed in this country, and corresponding societies in the colonies. SAMUEL CilitIRTE, EN., M.P., seconded the resolution. The resolution was also carried without dissent. JOHN CHAPMAN, Essi , then moved : That as this great nations object can only be effected by the support of the public, as indicated by their contributions, this meeting will I use its best endeavours to obtain such supplies. 1 U. A. OMAN, Esq., second. d the resolution, which was about to be put to the meeting, when Mr. SVON PT begged to say a few words. lie proceeded ' to observe that their great requirement was funds, and for gaining these no efficient eystem had us yet been adopted. There was in Australia an ample fund to carry out hundreds of thousands of persons, by the sale of the land. But by the adoption of an unfortunate theory this fund was rendered unavailable. He alluded to the regulation introduced in 1843, by which land was not allowed to be sold for less than U. an acre, or in lots of less than 640 acres, an arrange ment which effectually kept everybody, but large capitalists , out of the field. The regulation had excited the greatest discontent in Australia, and had resulted in a great diminu tion an the number of immigrants there. Ile therefore urged the working men of this country to combine together and compel the Colonial office to abolish those restrictions which were operating so prejudicially to their interest. Mr. Witeineox here addressed some observations vr:th reference to the condition of Australia, to which he had emigrated some years ago. He bore testimony to the fer tility of the country, where starvation was unknown--where everyone had more than he could consume—where the pigs subsisted on the finest wheat, which could be obtained for 39. 6.1. a bushel, the finest flour being obtainable for from 12s. to 166. a seek. With regard to employment, he a-cured them that it was impossible for any one to go ow there without °le wining it. At the present time there were 10,000 shepherds, hut, and stock keepers wanted in the hush. They might judge of the amount of employment obtainable from that one fact. A list of subscriptions towards the society was then read, ' amounting to 2701. Some complimentary votes terminated the proceedings. The meeting was very numerously attended. matters we catch occasional glimpses of the free play of his own impulses, we are more often reminded of the official fetters which impose constraint and awkwardness upon those movements. His admirable that he should etill be able to display so much of his innate vigour, manacled as he is : but, on the whole, the spectacle is more surprising than pleasing. It is to this unnatural position of a liberal and in telligent mind—to the enthralment of the Arid, Mr. HAwas, to the spells of the Sycorax, the Colonial office—that we were indebted for that rare specimen of anti-logic, his speech on the sugar duties resole tons. Andthe same cause originated the singular con fusion of ideas which led Mr. HAWES t) adduce the prosperous condition of Port l'hillip in proof of the able administration of the Colonial-office. Port Phillip is Mr. liswes• beau ideal of colonial prospe rity ; and Port Phillip sprang into existence in spite of the most vigorous and pertinacious efforts of the Colonial-office to prevent its foundation. Not a re verse has Port Phillip experienced but can be traced beyond dispute to the intermeddling of the Colonial office. The most surprising indication of the innate robustness of that settlement is its having survived the repeated embarrassments imposed upon it by the blundering meddling of the Colonial-office. It would be invidious to dwell upon the recent self ', contradictory displays of Mr. Ilswes. No one prac tical inference is to be drawn from them. But it is of the utmost consequence that the House of Commons should bear them in mind in pronouncing its decision ' on Sir WILLIAM Moteswoutit's motion for inquiring into our colonial administration. We do not pretend to coincide with Sir WILLIAM in every opinion he has expressed, or to repose perfect confidence in every statement he made. But we are prepared to show that he has quite as often under-stated as over-stated the unnecessary expense incurred by our actual sys tem of colonial government, and the other evils to the colonies and mother country which proceed from it. No person who has paid the slightest attention to colonial affairs can doubt, that partly from erroneous principles of management adopted at the outset, partly from the magnitude of our colonial dominions-- which have outgrown the possibility of strict centralised administration—an entire revision of our method of goveru:ng the colonies is required. Mr. HAWES admits this, notwithstanding the lavish praises of our colonial government in which he in dulged to keep in good humour the bureau cracy with which he is linked in uncomfortable alliance. And Mr. HAwES premien that great im provements shall be made if parliament only consent to leave the task to ministers—that is to the Colonial office. We have entire confidence in the sincerity of Mr. HAWES' intentions, but seeing how he is ham pered at every step by bureaucratic influence—seeing how all his predecessors in office for the last fifteen years have been similarly hampered—we have no confidence in his power to carry them into effect. Our colonial administration will not reform itself ; it must he reformed by the legislature; inquiry must precede reformation. The House of Commons must take the task into its own hands. It is out of the question that any material progress can be made with the inquiry this session. Enough, and more than enough, of business is on hand to occupy the time which must elapse between the vote on Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTICS motion and the rising of parliament. But this is no reason why the House of Commons should not affirm immediately by its vote the necessity of inquiry, with a view to the entire revision of our system of colonial administra tion. The question as to the necessity of ineuiry being settled, those members of the legislature upon whom, from their knowledge of and interest in the colonies, the conduct of the inquiry will devolve, would thus be encouraged to commence immediately their preparations for entering on the inquiry with effect at the opening of next session. Notice might be given to the Colonial-office of what information will be required from it ; notice might be transmitted to the colonies to forward whatever information or suggestions they may deem of consequence previous to the commencement of the inquiry. Sir WILLIAM MOLE>WORTII'S motion consists of two parts. The first simply affirms the necessity of inquiry with a view to reform ; the second affirms the expediency of investing the colonies with larger powers of local administration. Both propositions are equally true. But there is some likelihood that the House of Commons may be brought to vote for inquiry immediately, while is its present state of im perfect acquaintance with the subject it can scarcely be hoped that a majority can be had for conferring extended powers of local self-government ca The colonies. We are of opinion that a vote ought to be taken on both questions. The second is one in which the risk of two or three minorities must be taken as preliminaries to a majority. But it seems inexpedient to risk the chance of obtaining a majority for the first proposition this session by linking it with the second, which is pretty sine to have only a minority in its favour. It is therefore to be wished that a division should be taken on each clause of His motion separately; that the House of Commons should be asked in the first place to vote an inquiry only. This question being settled, the important subject of colonial self-government might be advantageously ventilated by a separate discussion and vote. IN speaking of the nefarious hoax which was played on Thursday through the electric telegraph of Liverpool upon the press, and through the press upon the public, we laid a groat portion of the blame on the stupidity of the person in charge of the electric tele graph. After a full knowledge and careful considera tion of all the circumstances, however, we must admit that those in charge of the telegraph are no wise to bl ime. They merely transmitted what they received, and gave their authority. The culpability lies with the knaves who tricked the newspaper agents. FRANCE. PARIS, Flunky, 11 30 AN The journals of this morning c.n:ain no news which are not anticipated in my despatches of last evening. The municipal commission of the city of Paris have unanimously voted the re-establishment of the octroi duty on meat, which was abolished by the provisional government without producing the expected reduction of price for the consumer. This duty will yield to the municipality an annual revenue of six millions of franca. STATE OP THE BANK OF FRANCE up to July 27, with the corresponding items of the preceding week : Week ending Week ending July 13. July 20. LIABtLITAL r. C. Capital Capital of new fused Was. 23,310,000 0 23050,00 0 0 Reserve Reserve of new fused banks 2,940,650 14 2,980,6 59 14 Reserve in real property — 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Bank note, in circulation - 314,980,1 0 ft 0 307,050,5n 0 0 Do. Branch banks Bills to order Account current of Treaeury, coeditor 14,157,192 71 12,197.21 G 0 Divers accounts current 79,338,961 4 81,046,212 53 Accounts current in the branches Receipts payable at sight Receipts payable a sight in the branches Drafts of branch banks payable by bank 4,105,218 72 4,821,355 72 Drafts of bank payable by branch banks Dividends payable Bank of Algierksum not yet invested in Treasury builds Discount, divers interests, and ex penses 713,718 95 739,915 31 IJirccunts and divers interacts la branch banks Re-discount last half-year 422,932 27 422.932 27 Ditto in branch banks ... 642,133 0 642,1.-5 0 Sundries ---- ----- ~...—___ -- 625,862,100 20 617,434,037 95 arena, Coin and ingots in the brunch banks. 75,129,183 0 78,44,6411 Cash tills over due 2,058,693 19 1,3 84 , 778 91 Bills and acceptances in Purls 103,419,515 28 98,733,161 52 Do. do. in branchbanks ....... ... ..... Advances on bullion Advances on French public funds, 38,132,082 90 37,982,396 65 Advances on French public funds by branch banks Advance* to the date an Theism 50,000,000 0 50,000,00 0 humid Advances to the state am lom of 150 millions 25,000,000 0 25,000,900 Stock forming reserve Stock, dispcsable funds 11,248,767 56 11,248,460 71 Investment ot new fused Leeks La public funds Bank buildings and furniture 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Real property of branch banka 2,523,241 0 2,523,241 0 Intere s t in Algiers Bank Interest in National Discount Bank 200,000 0 200,000 0 Interest of branch banks in the National Discount Dinka of the towns 230,000 0 230,000 0 provincial ls Protested bil Protested bills in branch banks 11,817,209 0 11,012,65 3 0 Expenses of management EIKIVIS a management of branch banks 43,718 0 46,970 0 Smithies 623,662,100 20 617,414,037 03 The Commerce and the Patrie were yeeterday, says GERMANY. PRUSSIA.—We have news from Berlin of the 25th, with journtls of the 26th. M. Arago had an interview with the King, and presented his creden tials. This is practically a recognition of the French republic. Camphaueen went to Potsdam on the 24th to see the King. It is positively stated that he is to return to Frankfort, from whence he had been called by superior orders, as ambassador at Frankfort, in lieu of Herr Von Usedom, and as representative of Prussia, with the Vicar of the Empire. The central division of the National Assembly has declared for the abolition of punishment of death. FRANKFORT. —In the sitting of the National Assembly of the 25th, the minister, Schmerling, is reply to M. Franke, stated that Gen. Wrangel had concluded no definite armistice, and that he will con clude none inconsistent with the honour of Germany, or that would not be sanctioned by the central power. Immediately after their nomination the ministers of the empire invited General Wrangel to indicate the number of troops he would require to finish the war, in case the armistice were not concluded according to the conditions desired. The ministry has decided, added M. Von Schmerling, to mobilise as soon as pos sible the necessary reinforcements, and send them to the army of Schleswig Holstein. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. - - The Hamburg papers of' the 25th have reached us. The latest intelligence respecting the armistice was received at Copenhagen on the 22nd. It was con tained in a letter as follows, dated bolding , July 20: On the morning of the 10th, the Chamberlain Redtz and General Oxhol-e, tog they with the English ambassador, Wynd, and the Swedish amb assador, Lagerhgelon, ar rived here. Expresses were immediately lent off to the two commanding generals. General Ilidemann came in stantly, but left again very speedily. General Wrangel eent Count Ponitali, General ()riots, and General Count Munster. A meeting took place at six o'clock in Ilellune, near Kold ing, which last.' till half-past ten. On the morning of the 20th the English and Swedish ambassadors, and General Ozholm returned to Cop. nhegen, and the Chamberlain ltedtz to the Danish head-quarters. Nothing was made known resprcting the result of then ir deliberations, but the Berlisigar Zeilung says that armistice sr, s not con 'bt gOUrt. The Duke of Cambridge reached Osborne about eight o'clock on Thurs. ay evening. The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh- Strelits was safely ildivvred of a son, on the 22nd inst., at Strelit z. A deputation of graduates of the University of L on don, consisting of Dr. Storrar, Professor Miller, Dr. Smith, Dr. R. Danes, Mr. J. It. Quain, Mr. Jessel, and Mr. Foster, had ~n interview with Sir G. Cirey, yesterday, at tho Houle-office, on the subject of the charter of the University of London. A deputation from Scotch and Irish distillers, con sisting of Mr. J. Itamsly (bhp), Mr. T. Wallnut (Lime ricks, Mr. T. H. Hewitt (Cork), Mr. W. Jameson (Dublin), and Mr. T. Garden (Carriekinacroes), had an interview yes terday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (From last night's Gazette.) ADMIRALTY, JeLT 25. Corps of Royal Marines.--Gent. be W. It. Jeffreys, to be second lieut., Gent Cusict U. D. Dowell, to be woad bent. SOCIETY FOR THB PROMOTION OF COLONISATION.: A public meeting, convened on the requisition of this society, W 33 held yesterday at Guildhall. The Lord Mayor took the chair. The Hon. F. Scorr moved the first resolution : That more duly sustained and systematic colonisation In urgently required by .he existing condition of the country. He considered it to be a paramount object with all states- mea and philanthropirs to promote the objects of the asso ciation—to carry the hungry 'diem they could he fed, and the naked where they could be clothed. They did not seek merely to convey the poor population to the colonies; they I wished also to con vey capital, in order that there might e employment, and that the colonies might not be reduced b to the state of indigence which had befallen the mother country. The means by which they proposed to carry out this ' object was by contributions from the colonies, the mother country, and the emigrants. A. M Eso., seconded the resolution. He compared the condition of this country, where be said seven millions were an nually spent for the support of the poor, and where t h e re was an avirage of from 2,000 to 3,000 persons who were continually migrating from workhouse to workhouse, and who formed the c lass known as the casual poor, with the large resources of her colonies that yet remained to be developed, and when a person could be supported at one fourth of the cost for which he could be supported at home. He concluded by prophesying from the establishment of a system of cnbinisat on an organic change which would in volve an a ntircly new application of those means which he considered were at present , in many instances, wasted in co lonial expenditure ; and the substitution of prosperity for the difficulties under which this country at present laboured. I • The resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried. sprung a leak and was filling. The pumps had hut little effect in diminishing her leakage, and the running of her ashore at this part of the coast being likely to place the lives of those on board in greater peril it was determined to aban don her. The boats were launched, and, with the Maiden Lights in view, the passengers and crew were safely got into the boats, and the ill-fated steamer was deserted. She floated a short time, and went down in deep water. The ho •ts made the shore in safety, and landed their freights, the authorities rendering every assistance. The Waterwitch be longed to the port of Belfast. She is understood to be partly insured. IRELAND. TROOPS FOR IRELAND.—Tegterday Major Gostling's company of Royal Artillery, consisting of Si) officers and men, marched to Eustonequare, en route to Dublin. This company has been under orders for some time to relieve Capt. the Hon. It. Handcock's coi.pany, but its hurried de parture was occasioned by th- threatening state of affairs in Ireland. A large quantity of rockets and ammunition taken from the Royal Arsenal on Thursday night was despatched yesterday morning on board the Llewellyn, which left for Cork. 260 marines left Chatham yesterday for Ireland. On Thursday night orders were received at Portsmouth for the Cyclops, Birkenhead, Centaur, and Dragon, to prepare for sea, and yesterday morning a detachment of Royal Marine and a portion of Royal Marine artillery embarked at Portsmouth in the steamers, one of which (Cyclops) went away for Ireland at 2 p.m. The Birkenhead also went out of harbour. The Fox frigate was ordered to provision and sail for Ireland, but has since been countermanded. Companies from the 21st, 46th, and 62nd, passed through London yesterday from Canterbury, Dover, and Portsmouth, en route for the manufacturing eistricts and points conve ' nicnt to Ireland. Every officer, as will be seen by the foi -1 lowing mandate, has been ordered to rejoin his regiment. Leave of absence will, until the termination of the present crisis, he out of the question: Horse Guards, July —,lo4B.—Sir : I have it In command to ex press the commander-in-chlet's desire that you join tho Ree -1 meat forthwith, acknowledging the receipt of this letter without a moment's delay.—J. RIACIMMAIL, Adiutant-General. THE REPEATERS AND CHARTISTS.—A meeting was held last night at the South London Chartist Hall, Webber street, Blackfriars-road. The chair was taken by Mr. Bryerson, who said they had met there that evening to give utterance to sentiments of sympathy on behalf of the Irish people. He exhorted the meeting to be cautious in the expression of their opinions , and although he had been informed that the present was a seditious meeting he did not want to use eedi tic= language.—Mr. Kean moved : That this meeting views with di4rust and alarm the measures adopted by her Majesty's government, sad armetioned by the imperial Lament, for the suppression of public opinion in Ireland, as tend mgto the final severance of all amicable relation between the two nations. And this meeting is further of opinion that the Irish people are fully entitled to their and independent ,arhament, and therefore resolve to tender to patriotic brethren in Ireland their cordial sympathy. Mr. Pealey . scconded the resolution. Ile concurred in every word contained in it; and he wouln have had no objection if it had been a little stronger. The news which had arrived from Ireland y esterday was evidently of a contradictory character, at least the government would endeavour to make them think so. He could not, however, understand by the speech of Sir George Grey, in the house on the previous night, that there had been any dketinet contradiction to the alleged re bellion. It was a singular fact that on Thursday evening they could have been supplied with a full account of a matter of which that evening (Friday) they knew nothing. He believed they were fighting in Ireland, and hoped they would speedily achieve a victory.—The resolution was car ried tent. coca.—Mr. Snell proposed the second resolution, namely : That this meeting do solemnly protest against the base and uncon atitutional act of the British legislature, as committed by them in sus pending the Malmo Corpus Act in Ireland, and, further, du hereby tender a vote of thanks to Mr. leargus O'Connor, M.P., and those gen tlemen who supported him on that occasion, for their manly and pa triotic conduct; and, further, that we solemnly pledge ourselves to render our full aid and cooperation to our trial brethren. He hoped the insurrection in Ireland would soon become general, and he cared little for what he said nor for the con sequences which might follow. As an Englishman he con sidered he had an unbounded right to give a free utterance to his opinions if he spoke the truth. If he sneered for that he would only be like one of those unfortunate persons already placed in a dungeon by a base and bloody govern ment. If they allowed their brave patriots to remain under such confinement they did not deserve the name of men. He called upon them to come forward, and show that they were not cowards--The Chairman here anaottnced that he had just received a notice from a party that twelve police men were outside the doors with drawn malaise'. He there fore exhorted them to disperse peaceably, when they separated.—Several persons having spoken in support of the resolution it was carried.--It was then proposed and seconded, " That this meeting pledge itself to give support to the brave patriots is; Ireland, who so nobly opposed the enemies of freedom in their pre vent unjustifiable career of bloodshed; and trust that success will attend tie cause of liberty wherever and by whomsoever it is c :Mended for.' —Mr. Rooney, from the filitchel Club, in support of the resolution, said he wanted to know if they were organised, and what organisation had done. They were organised to a man in Ireland. He would ask if they were satisfied to allow the troops to embark from London to Ireland for the slaughter of Irishmen. They had come to the determination that sooner than any troops should leave London for Ireland they must leave it ever their corpses--The Chairman then answered the questions put by the speaker, and said they were organised, and would not allow the Irish to be sacri ficed by the troops of this country.—A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings, and the meeting quietly dispersed. A " SEA LIONESS" IN LONDON.—Yesterday an exhibition was opened at the Cosmorama Rooms which is likely to attract the attention not only of the lovers of the marvellous, but of those interested in the rarities of na tural history. In the narrative of Anson's voyages, that " ancient mariner " tells, amongst other strange tales, how sea lions were beheld in the oceans that he explored. From those days when these creatures were first seen and described up to the present time, no specimen his ever been brought alive to Europe. Since Ansinn's days it has been serled that the creatures belong to the phoca tribe, and their anatomical structure is understood, but writers on zoology refer to it with that lack of exactness which must arise from want of opportunity for pereonal inspec tion. Hereafter they may be more definite, for the captain of an East Indiaman, Capt. Triscott, of the Mathe sic, has succeeded in bringing a living specimen to England, and it was yesterday exhibited. This " lioness" was caught on an iceberg, near the Crozet Islands, in the Southern Seas, and taken thence to the Cape of Good Hope, where it was sold to the captain, who brought it t o this country. 'Ube creature is about seven feet long, and with the head and voice of a quadruped, has a body and hind quarters of a most fish like look. To adopt a more scientific description, it is known from the common seal by to broad flat head ; the very blunt nose ; the ridges across the upper surface—which in the males are capable of being inflated; the large size and length of the hind feet, and the short flattened channelled heir of which the fur is compered. The skull shows also many peculiarities, but the chief character is presented by the teeth. It has only four conical cutting teeth in each jaw, which are far apart, and nearly like the canine or dog teeth in shape ; while the grinders are small, simple, with large simple swollen cylindrical roots. The teeth of the common Beals have compressed lobed crowns, and their grinding teeth have divided roots. A " Sea Lion " was brought to Bristol a short time ago, but it died on the voyage, and its skeleton is now in the Bristol Institution; but it is not cer tain that it was a similar animal to that now at the Cos. morama-rooms, or to the eared seal with a large main I Phoca ' Jul ado), which is also called the Sea Lion. Loss OF A STEAMER. —Yesterday intelligence was received at Lloyd's relative to the loss of the Waterwitch steamer, Capt. GT eig commander, whilst on her passage from Troon to Belfast. According to the brief particulars fur nished, it would appear that she started on her voyage late in the evening of Tuesday, When she reached that portion of the Scottish coast by Streamer, which she did early on the morning of Wednesday, it was discovered that she had ARREST OF A CHARTIST LEADER.—SEIZURE OF GUN-STOCKS. An outline of some portion of the following ap peared in last evening's Express. Dmitiic. JCLT 27 At one o'clock this day Mr. Patrick O'Higgins, the well-known leader of Irish chartism, was arrested in his house in North Anne-street. On searching the premises an immense number of gun-stocks was dis covered—l have heard 1360 in all. They were of the best and closest-grained beech, well-seasoned, and cut to all sizes, from the long rifle to the dumpy mus ketoon. Mr. O'Higgins, on being questioned as to how he became possessed of such an immense quan tity replied that it was purely a commercial specu lation, and brought together on the principle of supply and demand. I may state, how ever, that Mr. O'Higgins is not a gunsmi'h, but a wool dealer, a trade which does not re quire so many gun-stocks. A fowling-piece and FOOl4ll pistols, unlicensed, were also discovered and seized. Mr. O'Higgins was immediately conveyed by an escort of police to Kilmainham gaol, and the stocks were carried in a float to the Lower Castle-yard. The arre-t took place under a warrant from the Under Secretary. Several arrests have taken place in Drogheda this day. Mr. Marron, of the Drogheda Argas; Mr. Hart, Secretary to the Drogheda Repeal Association ; and a third party were arrested and held to bail to day . for sedition. They will be tried at the next Tuam assizes. A great number of warrants have gone down to Meath, Durdalk, and other districts. Messrs. Brennan and Reilly have absconded, very likely to Tipperary. Another gentleman, connected with the confederation, has gone down to organize. He is the man of military ideas among the clubs, and very dangerous in his new sphere of activity. The number of arms registered since the proclama tion amounts to about 14,000 in the police districts of Dublin. Of these it is confidently known that 12,000 are in the hands of parties whose services may be relied on by the government in case of need. The police are engaged very actively and unit ersally to day in search tbr arms, but they have not up to this hour been successful in discovering many concealed weapons. A conspiracy against the police has been discovered. Eight men were brought up to day, charged at the head office with a conspiracy to murder Superintendent 'Walsh, of the A division, and Inspector liovenden, and Constable Reid, of the same division. They were all of the very lowest class. The party who gave the information is a bricklayer by trade, living in their neighbourhood ; and he deposed that he had heard them propose in a meeting of thirty persons, of whom the accused were part, to knock liovenden on the head with a brick bat, and to dispose of the constable in the same way, while another pledged himself to put a dagger to the hilt in the superintendent. The whole of the prisoners were sent for trial at the commission, and the question of bail referred to the crown. The police patrolled last night in pairs, and will so continue; it is also understood that they will be armed, at least those on night duty. The mail-coach agents in all the important towns of the south have received instructions to convey correct accounts of the movements of the people on leach day, up to the hour of departure. Happily the news from the provinces is not of a startling character, although rumours of an alarming nature are hourly being noised abroai. Mr. Smith O'Brien is retreating on the territory of his fore fathers. The last accounts left him at Callan, on his way to Cashel. At Mullinahone he, together with Mr. Dillon and a few of the more prominent Dublin confederates, addressed a number of the peasantry on Tuesday ; and so excited felt the audience that they did not separate until daybreak. On the following morning Mr. O'Brien again harangued them before his departure for the capital of his ancestors; but his language was peaceful—far more so than either at Enniscorthy, Carrick, or Kilkenny. It appears by more recent accounts from Wexford that an attempt was made to get up a reception for Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher, in the town of that name, which had to be abandoned, as no impression could be made upon the people. In Cork there is a powerful garrison, about 2,500, with a brigade of artillery, with the channel fleet. All is alarm in that quarter. Bundles of warrants are daily expected. A private letter received in Cork from one of the prominent leaders of the movement is dated, " Camp, outside Carrick-on-Suir." The magistrates before whom the persons charged with an attempt to rescue Mr. Doheny on his recent arrest in Cashel, have not been unanimous in their appreciation of the evidence, and the case has been submitted to the law officers of the crown. The accused parties and their sympathisers regard this as a triumph, and rejoice accordingly. It is certainly untoward. All the detached police parties, consisting of from three to ten men, have been called in throughout the country. and the force at any station will not be under 20 for the future. In Clonmel the authorities have called io all the arms from the gunmakers', and the ammunition also. They will be deposited in depots. DUBLIN, FRIDAY Moarago, 5 o'Ctoce. All the inland mails have arrived, and bring no ac counts of any disturbance in any part of the country. Considerable excitement prevailed in that part of Tipperary where Mr. Smith O'Brien was located, but no outbreak has taken place. There being no occa sion for additional troops in the country, the 85th Regiment remains in this garrison. The p-oe'amation aga . nst clubs has already told in Dublin. The proprietor of a large haberdashery house waited to-day on the chief clerk of one of our divisional offices, stating th.t some young men in his establishment, alarmed by the pro clamation, had determined, to the number of 20, to fly and avoid arrest, and he requested to be informed if they would be arrested. The clerk told him his impression of the pro clamation was, that the Lord Lieutenant, in mercy so the c.ubbists, had determined that the act should he prospective only in its operation so far as such per sons were concerned, and he suggested that the young men, instead of absconding, which to them would be ruin, should subscribe, and send in to the police commis sionera a pledge that they would withdraw from the organi sation. The applicant pledged himself this course would be taken, es the young men were ready to make any submission to ensure safety. The clubs receive their greatest strength from Fuel houses, and it is known the "hands" elsewhere will take the same course. Repeal clubs are organising in Galway also, but they have no enthusiasm, and give no promise of cohesion when opposed to law and authority. The police in Dublin are busy in taking down the names of all the officers connected with the clubs. They have made returns of those already organised, and as othe are being termed, remit the names of the chiefs to the police commissioners ; 350 warrants I urderstand have been printed. Tee club system :n Vie provinces still strug;les against i destiny. Soon about to perish, it blazes up betimes and looks menacing; hut there is nothing in its fitfulness. At the town of Tipperary, the club—l know not the patron saint or here--assembled on Sunday night, and enrolled eight hundred members. The president, Dr. Ryan, for whom a warrant is said to be in the hands of the police, harangued them with much vehemence. Ile opened with s' Who fears to speak of 'OS Who'blushes at the name i" Loud cries of "No one —no one." And so he proceeded, animating them to battle and victory. In Galway, the Scoto4dilesians have organised three other clubs, and in the rural districts of Limerick we read of their urther extension. A new club has been formed in Bansha, entitled the Dr. Keatin. Club. We are informed that the office of president has been conferred on Mr. Ashe, of Ashgrove, and that the farmers is that pariah are already pouring into the club in considerable numbers. We also learn that a new club has been formed in the romantic glen of Aherlow, to be called the Ga:tee. more Club. In contrast with this folly, the Dalarsian Club, in Clare, has anticipated the proclamation of last night and quietly dissolved. At Rogues, Mr. Dohcny was to he en tertained by all the clubs on Sunday evening. The V: Rev. Mr. Blake took occasion to address his congregatio. from the altar on the affair. The following is the substance of the warning he gave to his parishioners The excitement still kept up here induced our very much respected parish pries:, the Very Rev. Thomas Blake, k• to addresm in s his parishioners at first mars on Sunday meaning, cautioning the the most kind, considerate, and serious language, againit the courses they were ; pursuing in connexion with "the dub.," for be stated it might be asked why he had not alluded to th iv oihject before : ilia answer wis, because he little feared it should have required his In terference. lie regretted to find persona of all ages and sexes amused as if with a toy, with the idea ot coming as it for their amusement) so soon. Ile said the prewct generation knew nothing of "the horrors of war," nor did the enthu,a4,‘Lorsa led them on, gentlemen who he was sorry to -ay were men without property to risk, houseleas, and landless to melt rives, who hod more eloquence than prudence. Ile begged of trim to inquire ef their oil neighbours, who could tell them of the horrors they wraiessed on • ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, KILEINXT.—The an nual cattle and implement show of the above society com menced on Wednesday. The weather was favourable, and the city present, d an appearance of more than usual anima tion. Crowds of persons poured in from the surround ing neighbourhoods, and so great was the demand for bed., that a guinea per night, mid, in one or two instances, the suns of ten glimeas for the duration of the show, was re quired by the hotel keepers and those who had private lodg ings to dispose of. The streets and toads were as peaceful as could be desired—there was not the slightest appearance of excitement, save that naturally resulting from active pre parations for a great cattle show. The tVecsive field in which the exhibition took place was open to the public at one o'clock, and amongst the very numerous spectators were the Duke of Leinsti r, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Dowager Marchioness of Ormonde, and Lady El , zabeth Butler; the Earl of Clancarty, the Dean of Ossorr, and several other dis tinguished noblemen and gentlemen. The t xhibition alto gether was one highly creditable to the association. In bulls and pigs it was particularly good. The agricultural imple ments were in many respects excellent, and the show of fowl was very promising. At ten o'clock a party, numbering be tween 40 and 50 persons, assembled at the Teolsel, and hav ing partaken of breakfast, a lecture was delivered hy Pro fessor Sullivan on manures. The Right Hon. the Earl of Clancarty occupied the chair. A discussion upon the points touched upon in the lecture having concluded, the chairman mentioned thnt he was of opinion that much good would result , from the proceedings that had just taken place. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. ALLEGED INTENTION TO DESTROY PROPERTY. — Rumours are still rife in Manchester as to the intention of the confederates to disturb the peace of the town and also to destroy property, and on Thursday the mayor issued the following notice to all the millowners and other persons havi: g large manufacturing establishments Town-hall, Manchester, July 27, IS li.—Sir—Present circumstances ars sufficient to excite apprehensions that there may be an attempt made to disturb the peace of this city, and as the confederates, as the y are called, op my declare that it Is their intention in case of any dis turbance to create confusion by attempting the destruction of mills and other property by tire, we deem it our duty to put you on your Huard, and to tetjuest that you will take all the prettortWris in your power, and especially during the night, to watch angpcotert your pro p e rty. Although the publicity of the threats wirEtt have been made have w i thout doubt, called your attention to this subject, yet the magi s t 'rates deem it their duty to press the matter seriously on your consideration. Such protection as the authorities can give they will at all tunes readily afford, but it will be manifetn to you that direct protection can only be given by individual watching oil the nanon the proprietors within and around the building. The magistrates ear nestly reflood that you will use all the influence in your power with pone hands in di...darling them fromoining any assemblies in the sheets, and in apprising them of the In jury done to the interest of the working claws by the present insane conduct of the clubs.-1 am, &C., ELAANAII Anainson, Mayor. On Thursday evening a singular eircumstanceTianspired. Only the moment before the receipt of one of these circulars by Mr. Wilson, a mill-owner,whose premises are close to the tow ing path of the Rochdale Canal, Oxford road, Manchester, a man had been ea-served on the towing path b 7 two police men who were induct d by the singularity of his conduct to wa'ch ' him. Ile at length perceived them, and attempted to run, leaving behing him a small paper parcel. The police men stopped him, and, finding the parcel contained gun- I powder. they searched Dim. They found some Inciter matches in his pockets, and yet, singularly enough, let him go without further detention or examination, which, under such suspicious circumstance', seems to have been hardly ' discreet. Yesterday all was quiet. YORKSHIRE. CHARTIST MEETING AT LEEDS.—On Thursday evening the chartists of Leeds held a meeting in the Ruti gate Market, to express their opinions upon the conduct of the government with regard to Ireland. The people were called upon to'' assemble in their thousands," but there was scarcely a thousand present, and the proceedings were (says our correspondent) " remarkably tame." A person named Gledhill was called to the chair, and after a short speech he introduced Mr..l. West, of Macclesfield, who spoke at con siderable length in deprecation of the conduct of govern ment with regard to Ireland, especially condemning the ab sence of any remedial measures He propoeed a resolution to that effect, which was seconded by s young man no med Grant, awl adopted by the few who remained to the eed of the proceedings. The epeeches were devoid of the modern seasoning about organisation U an d such topics. DRAM. "IMPENDING RUIN" OF THE SHIPPING INTEREST. —The Gateshead Observer says "As a proof of the sad in teuation of the owns of shipping property, who are court ing the ' ruin' they have been predicting, the fact may be adduced that there is at the present moment scarcely a single ship for sale at Sunderland, other than new vessels or those building. Several sales have recently been made to noted protectionists , ; and some of the letter, unable to get ships to suit them already built, have contacted for ships now on the stocks. The prospects of the shipbuilders have decidedly imroved for the last few weeks. 1 here is a steady advance mepnt in the class of ships built at Sunderland, and ships of a large burden are now LI generall NCOLN y in demand." SHIRE. 'PrIENORTII LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY eld their 12th annual meeting at Lincoln on Thursday. ; The xhibition of stock was by fir the best which t he society has yet had, there being decided evidences of a preference for breed and symmetry over mere fatness. The cows, sheep, and pigs, were particularly admired, and the exhibition of agricultural implements must have convinced every one that in Lincolnshire mechanics and machinery . are being last brought to the aid of agriculture; the premium for the hest bull was awarded to Mr. W. Tarr, of Aylesbury, 211/. ; for the best stallion, to Mr. F. Nicholson, of Ashby. 10/. ; tor the best ram, to E. Clarke, Esq., of Cawick, 101 ; and for the best boar pig, 41. For the best mare, for breeding hunters, 71,, to G. F. Heneage, Esq., Haintree. The prize for the best agriculture , implement (201.) was given to Mr. Hornsby, of Grantham, for a six horse steam thrashing engine. Nearly 2.000 persons paid Is. each for admission to •he show-yard. There was a dinner in the New Market at four o'clock, at which Lord Yarborough presided. Several excellent speeches were made, the most attractive being that ofsDr. Buckland, the eli Dean of WAMPSHestm OIE. inster. COMMISSION BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Sir H. B. F. Mildmay, Bart., to be Depaty-Lieutenant. CLERICAL. PREPERMENTA. — Rek. H. Dyke, to Gretworth Nortk amptonebtre ; dio. Peterborough: 291/., with renidenee patroness. Mr.. Dyke, of Mahlon. Rey. C. W. lloghoot, to Elllt 0060 P. C., Wilt.: di, Skink.; patron, Master of John's liotoital. Mon ; vacant by retignation of Rev. C. ft. Ducey. NAVAL. DTVONTORT, JULY V.—The Indefatlablo, 50, do‘ignal by Mr. W.l.dye, mater shipwright, was launched trim the dix:iy..rd this afternoon. The foliowing are her principal dimension. , :—Lengtb. 213 feet; length of upper deck, ISO feet ; breadth extreme it feet inches; depth in hold, let feet 6 inches ; burthe In tome, 2,ol l .—Pim. taloen, 4, Co Prevost, and Express, ti, Lieut.-Can. Limy. went out of harbour this morning. The former will remain in Barnpool to have her compasses adjusted. The latter sailed direct foe Falmouth, to take out the xt South American mailet—Hameare, tender. will take a detachment ne of the skid Ilegt. to Falmouth, to relieve the 35th doing duty at Peridennis Castle. Bitten:: Efts, Jt* LY 2S.—An Adosiralti messenger arrived here last night, and delivered his despatches at the admiral's houses Early this morning the steam-venni Virago (lying in °misery Isere) bent sails and got her stem up. The corm:ender of the Gant a and master of the Ocean tont charge. Eke was in • few hours manned from the yard seamen riggers and seamen form the Ocean, and promoted alonpide the Ganges, where she took on booed marines, end railed for Portsmouth at one o'clock. Iler lk , tination is troga Portsmouth for Belau& All our troops hers and a large portion at Chatham, with the marices, are ordered to bold themselves an reads. nem if required. ADMIRALTY, JULY 28.—APPOITMENTS.—Acting As• sartant surgeons: R. W. Beaumont alai A. M'Clure, to Ran 5, eel; C. F. A. Conrtrry, to Victory.—Clerk: G. W. Anderson, to Ocean.— Assistant Engineers 2nd clan): J. W. Wilson and P. D oll, to Bruno ; J. Sem, to Blenheim—Dockyard Appointment E. Wood. Foreman to Deoonport. MILITARY. LIvaIIPOOL.—A portion of the 30th Infantry arrived here on Thureflay evrtihg. A brigade of artillery km deo arrired, if b A , SPORTING. . A . i GOODWOOD RACES—Fe . SWEEPSTAKE , ' of 200 son. each, pr for foals of 1848. T.Y.C. Colts, Pet 7)b ; swd Elliot Pat 211" attd to raa agile as lotEe One mile, st tke sante en. (3 so ---,' Lord Glargow t I:TLaneroost ou 0 .... A. , welted over. BWEEPOTA/LLO of .50 sous . eachi ft, tor fillies ; Bst 711, each. T.T.C. (6 subs.) 'Nat) t Uukr btr. C . Dor iU rers 4 1 1X Tb Ss e urch igbi Gir and l i t. .. .........51. Holmes' 2 5 to 2 on Illablaad niag, who had . h . ?way, sae Nadal' former occasion, and learn of them. lie meld tell them what would be some of the natural thithequences of "the war." Ireland that affords at any time of late little more than a wevl,'s revivers, could by a blockade of the ports be Immediately placed under the of its of e fearful famine. When a her-pound note would not be value sufficient to procure them a found of bread, when their prichinng harvest is all but at the door, what of it that would not again be trampled into the earth might be by the soldiery eel fire to and coesume I to punish them further. They had Just escaped from two fearful mourns-a, the famine and pestilence; and did they now long for the sword He attempted to convince them that they were not enslaved, that what tted was industry and the Mewing of Gto trod mike th em happy, and told them that although there were in h i s dioceselftS clergymen, he thought he was quite safe in saying there were not tire in favour of the course they were pursuing. In the evening Mr. 1). came not, which sadly disappointed the clubs. They broke away sullenly and in anger. The presidents of the clubs of Cork have addressed the members, counselling no opposition to the arrest of their confederates, and also to prevent the police entering the clubs unless having warrants. The proclamation will doubt less alit r this matter: Brother Repeal , es,—.o act of the imperial lefestit ere bar, before this time, received the re Opel assent, and is now law; by which the lied Lieu . tenant is nuthoristrt l to cause the arrest and imprisonment of any pee eon suspected to entertain treasonable opinions, and, without prod or charge of any crime against him, to have him dethined to prison till the lest of March, 1049. Love of Ireland and a determination to work for her freedom and prosperity have to often before now been mark treason be lire rulets, teat you will not be surprised to Ind the 1 00. vision.. of this law enforced against those who have meet themu-lice eontspicuotth for there mgalitica There can be no doubt that persons whom you value and respect will possibly within a few hours from the time when you wire this address he seised - under the act in question. We implore of you to make no attempt to prevent their arrest. By doing ro con would oily endanger the cause which yon have on near at heart, and for which you hove pirated. muck. That muse Is safe if you act as the time requires; but if lost now, it is lost for ever. Do not for an boor derpmd, or for a moment relax your exertions. On no account whatever dieeolve your clubs. They are strictly legal, and you should increase their numbers and efficiency as much as ponsthle. If the police or other parties, not members, reek admission to them, refuse it. They have no authority to corm unless it he given to them by a warrant such no would entitle them to walk into any private dwelling. We recom mend you, however, not to resist them if they attempt to force en entrance. Finally, our counsel o you is this—be tranquil, but be active. Increase your efficiency as much as poasible, but attempt 114 violence. If your officers are arrested, elect new one: in their stead, and await for the advice of those p you trust and krtow to guide your further conduct. —Signed by 1.1 residents of clubs. Nj ; ,