The Express. — London, England, 1848-07-22 00:00:00

od for himself h oth. KTINCL gad Mr. W. was substituted Y substituted toe made in mend which, in come ts oontained in tne bill was committed ted ; the chairman !Ilor of the Uxche onideration of the IEQUER said h. On Monday, gi•tn notice of a W (S.aurday), wi t h ord without fail or REL AND. s iuetf into a cob_ to motion of which 0, ramiee to the case of John which had hewn ation, was apses that criminal ‘eu ie care against him, Ireland were con.. when acting under mode of selecting and as in England, w being the same, lot be was prerared led with the case of L, from the original in the box, there mini , tration of jus. e I geed to call the In land the sheriff, the sulking of the n this country, and names of those who cued in a book called It so happened that trinr d 4,570 names. ud 1,635 were pro. e than two Roman ?re book. From that riff to select such be sufficien• to e commission. In electe.i 150 names, sheriff personally, ed that more than protestants. There • It this. By the act lected the panel, was as obliged to summon ow th, trial of Mr. tie jurors were sum and when those sum it was found that they etrialatall. Now iwu I, and the inference, rd b subs' itut ed hich the ju sn or t ., re el's tri , .l, a eta ement nich he was bound to ttis country. It war ,e brother of the attar clerk, had tampered a examined as to the rere anything but sans 'chef, it was regularly the 13th, and that it e sander-sheriff, in his That gentleman said s preparation occupied are selected to inquire or not. They decided r stated that they were respectability. Well, : of the whole 150 on iolics : that, in the tint frith, and that all the its. (Hear, hear.) But :al, and that the sheriff's would, however, state arrangement could not ged alphabetical. Then loon. both resident is e business, and being of rotestant, the other was taut Moore was 12th on loon was placed No. 122. :inducted in England? notic d that a panel was was t Ann to it, not as s b log unusual. Lord !sown, acquiesced in the • it into a ballot box and the conduct of the Irish of Mr. Mitchel. Un no attempt to restore 2 and exemsing the right onted, out of 71 juron of whom eighteen were the only Roman catholic' t him otnene, in passing, entre was a very arbitrary Michael O'Loghlen, the le (Mr. Keogh) was not should be chosen, but he sufficient reason why those set aside.. He had made I to ante that ten out of :ted with political anode now came to the most nue had been only one d enough, but it bap- ' rue juries struck before a alluding. Two were ien and Meagher, and two [Con, but that charge was 11. .elony was , btained. In weave jurors struck off by lice, all men of the highest n con lected with any poli trast this with what had al in 1811, a case which bad . and right hon. gentlemen Ilan ea-holies were struck Dut of those, eight were sa int Association, the ninth e monster meeting at Tars, hnut knowledge of his g al number. number. (Hear, hear.) he noble lord at the head of at the se matters in the same 1814. (Hear, hear.) in aid, that the conduct of the ten Roman catholic; was eediega of all moral weight n a motion was then made ble lord paired in favour of to case or the justification. a in his place ? (Hear, hear.) to propose his third coercion era.) He would again be in 11, although when two years tred that he me-ely occupied and yet when the subject rent insult to the catholic not deemed of sufficient le lord. (Hear, bear.) The 7 tor the home department cession in concurrence with at was not all. Various mem , in 1814, expressed strong he striking of Mr O'Connell's lours' di-lay, a meeting was ain't the conduct of the this the PACMOIIt names to the resent Master of the Mint and (Cheers.) There was also the e present undersecretary for that his right hon. friend the • cor.nexion. (Cheers and red member quoted the speech for Dungarvaii, on the occasion le to memorialis, the eueen and nut what the speaker styled the conduct of the government. to the Board of Control, tan be Paid is England if persons see of their religious opinions ? lington, the Roman catholic se hat it would be quite unworthy Ling it a matter of faith—(hear, nine ministers were adopting A the crown our safety to the was yet another name he must lan who was present at the same ey-General for Ireland. (Heal forward by Lord Norrnanby in ing the conduct of the govern t in striking Roman catholica , and a protest on five points Innis of the house against I name to that protest, and Clarendon." (Chem.) But he rf more urgent than tee conduit nt government when in oppra ns. Was there nothing in the to warn the bowie against induce elief in the minds of the p?ePle of England bad been given to a boon, not as a law to be fairs to to but as a means of awn of obtaining verdicts by .ar, hear)—to prevent m en s from b e ing tred (silly .1 t, and to enable the re._ g against partisanship a choose a jury of men whose adverse to him ? This was the to the jury which tried Mr. t the object 2,s to have men of Why, he had looked at the list risoner was tried, and found th at okrupt o r insolvent withi n a few .here were men rdected who for were their while other men , alth and respecta bility, Wl* ed gen tl e men opposite had obtain that they would never consent for Ireland, unless socotsgasiet me dial measures. (nea r.) lave been in 1846 for pintrgliA6 eac h measures, measures, there was none in 1847. The hon. member __Attlee noticed the urns' measures which had been pre fer Ireland, and concluded by asking the r„; to give to his countrymen the principle at the British constitution, and not its cold and cheerless image. Let them do this and the loyalty and valour of the I Isiah people might be depended on in all ci rc umstanced I , an d in all dangers , as in times past. This wee ' the spirit in which he was anxious they should eon. c iliate the affeetions of the Irish people. (" Oh," and hear, from the ministerial benches.) The sneer from hon gentlemen en the other side well became men who, when out of office, found their priefit in encouraging or con tieing at every species of agitation. (Cheers and counter cheers.) He called upon them to show that all their pro tithes were not mere pv•tenees, but that they were really *nee us Inc the welfare of Ireland, by agreeing to his motion, vie. ; That a select comneitt. e be -mpoieted to inquire into the law and practice of striking juries, in criminal cases in Ireland, and especially into the facts connected with the A mong of the juries in the late cases of "The Queen against Willem Smith O'Brien, M.P. ;" " The Queen against Thomas Mher ;" and "T heu. en against John !ditched." Mr. AN eag S I EY seconded t motion. Sir`O.OREY.—I thought the hon. gentleman promised at the cominerrement of his speech that he would keep entirely to the point of his motion, and chow the house that whatever might he the tone of his spec hes made elsewhere—them, bear)—that to night, at least, he would show that he could t i ger within the bounds of toleration, and that, influenced only by a pure love of justice and a desire to promote itedue a dministration—(cheers and coenter cheers)—he would abstain from every topic not necessarily connected with the point he had to establish. (Hear, hear.) How he had kept that promise, at least in the latter part of his speech, the house is in a position to judge. (s. Hear," and "Oh.") I do not cimplain of the tone he has adopted. fur I do not expect from the hon. gentleman, so long as I am a member of a governmme which does not reeognise I bis merits, ant thing hut violent party speeches directed against us —(chmens and . oh")—most unfairly impugning' our conduct since we have been in office, forgetful altogether how the government were engaged in endeavouring to miti gate the distress of that country, the severest perhaps that any country ever saffered—(cheered—and postponing the discussion of political rights to the higher duty of feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and rescuing from starvation and death thousands of the hon. member's countrymen, while be was holding up to them the phantom of repeal. (" Hear, hear," and interruption.) Her Majesty's govern ment, so long as they held Atte, will not be deterred from discharging their duty to the country, and taking those measures en their own responsibility which the law au thorises them to take, or reeking for additional powers to maintain the peace of Ireland or any other out of the em pire by any taunts of the hon. gentleman—(" oh, oh," and cheer)—who in 1841 was an ardent repealer and an humble worshipper of the late Mr. O'Connell, and who at that time spoke of the government of Lord Melbourne as the moot paternal government that had ever existed, laud ing it with all the eloquence which he has to-night displayed —wino in 1;144 wrote a pamphlet equally laudatory of Earl de Or, y, and who, since he has taken his seat in this house, and while a petition was pending agaiest his return, gave the present government no reason to suppose that he would be found among their opponents. if they would use their in fluence to defeat the petition. (01k, end hear.) Mr. KEOGH.-1 assert in the moat distinct terms that that is untrue. (Hear, and order.) Sir G. GREY.—Then I mud have been misinformed. Mr. KEOGH—I repudiate all the assertions of the right hon. baronet, except as regards the pamphlet, and I will explain when he has done. (Hear.) Sir 0. GREY.-1 apprehend. not all; for I find that in 1841, at a dinner given TO Mr hon. member for Mayo, Mr. Dillon Brown, to congratulate him on his return, Mr. Keogh was present, when Mr. Browne made an eloquent speech. (Mr. Keogh here made an observation which was not heard in the gallery.) Perhaps it was not the same Mr. Keogh, but it was a Mr. William Keogh; and I find by the report that when Mr. Browne spoke in favour of repeal the whole assembly rose and shouted " Dillon Browne and repeal." (Hear, and cries of " Oh.") Mr.l) Browne subsequently proposed Mr. O'Connell'e health, to which Mr.W. Keogh responded, in a speech with which, as the house has already had a very long one from that hon. and learned gentleman, I will not now trouble it. But in that speech be not only spoke in terms of the most unqualified approbation of Mr. O'Connell, hut declared that they were fighting for the constitutional liberties of England under that hon. and learned gentleman and the paternal government of Lord Melbourne. (Cheers and laughter.) All I will fur ther say upon the subject is that her Majesty's government will not be deterred by that hon. member's taunts from pro posieg such measures es they may deem essential for the welfare and security of Ireland. The right hon. gentleman proceeded to observe that he entirely concurred ha the opinion expressed by the hon. gentleman the member for Athlone as to the necessity of a fair and impartial adminis tration of justice ; and he believed that nothing had bean done by the sheriff inconsirent with that opinion, with law, or with custom. The hon. gentleman said that the conduit of the sheriff must be imputed to the government, because he was appointed by the government. But the hon. gentle man would have shown more regard for that fair adminb tration of justice for which he professed so great an admira tion if he had explained that the government selected the sheriff from only three names which were submitted to it by the chief-justice. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentlema n had impugned the conduct of the eh , riff, but failed altogether in establishing the charge against him of unfairly end I partially selecting Irons the list in order to obtain a conviction against Mitchel. The hon. gentleman passed over much too lightly the challenge to the array which took place in open court. The sheriff did nothing in the CAM which he was not fully authorised to do by law. He was bound to return a certain number out of the list, and he did so in the ordinary course, which the hon. member himself it. a degree admitted by taking exception to the alphabetical arrangement adopted in the case of Frost. As for the charge that Roman esthetics had been struck off because they were so, he begged altogether to deny it. The Attor ney-General in his instructions to Mr. Kemrnis, the crown solicitor, required him not to set aside any person ea the ground of his religion ; but he at the same time observed that the instructions of Sir Michael O'Loghlems not to set aside persons upon the ground of their political opinions, although applicable to and to be observed in the case of ordinary trials, was not applicable to and ought not to be observed in this. The Attorney-General said, "It is not and never was my wish or intention that any persons should be set aside on account of their religious opinions; but respecting their political opinions, I do not think that the instructions given by previous law officers were ever in tended to apply to the present case, where the party is to be tried for a political offence which is openly countenanced by a political association, or that we should not set aside all persons whoa, upon inquiry, we found to entertain the political opinios of thatheir occupat i on as well i a all others who from the nature of t were likely to be deterred from a fair discharge of their duty." Now that was his answer to the charge brought against the Roman catholic Attorney-General of Ireland ; and he asked the honourable gentleman opposite whether he dimmed from the sentiments expressed in that letter by the Attorney-General, or whether if he held that office himself he would not have acted in a similar manner. He introduced the name of Mr. Campbell. Now, Mr. Campbell was a grocer, and be believed he had been set aside wholly on the last ground alluded to in the Attoroey•General's letter—namely, that his trade would have been in danger of being ruined had he been nominated 00 the jury. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, he asked the house whether these charges were well founded. With regard to Mr. Kelly, he had been struck off because he was a • magistrate. But, without further remerk, he would read a lettir from the Attorney. General to the Lerd.Lieutenant respecting the formation of the jury lists. (The right hon. gentleman then read a very long letter from Mr. Monahan, stating that he did not believe that a single person had been struck off from the list on account of his religious opinions, and that he, as a Roman cateolie, would be no party to such a course. He explained that Mr. Fitzgerald had been left in,beisg *Roman catholic, but under an erroneous impression as to his political sentiments, as he went to a repeal meeting soon after, and took credit teethe part he had acted on the jury.) The hon. gentleman and himself were now before eke house, and he would leave the case to their decision. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman had taunted hie noble friend (Lord J. Russell) for having left the house when he was about to bring on his present motion. His noble friend was engaged in his very important duties elsewhere, and he (Sir G. Grey) must tell the hon. member that his noble friend's character was before the country, and was very well able to sustain anything the hon. member could say , against it. Mr. KEOGH, in explanation, said that he bad been charged by he right hon. baronet with having offered to give his support to the government, if the government would withdraw the petition against his return. Sir G. GREY said what he said was that. the hon. mem ber had not given the government meson to suppose he would vote against them if the petition was withdrawn. 1 Mr. KEOGH.—Then that charge was refined away by 1 the means of two negatives. He had next been charged , with having been a repealer. He never was a repealer—be had often expressed his sentiments most strongly against a repeal of the legislative union ; and the hon. member fry Dundalk would bear him out in his assertion. Mr. HAWES said that a very unexpected, a very uajusti- I Sable attack hadbeen made upon him by the hon. member. i He gave that attack a most enure and complete repudiation. , He lied been no party in any way, direct or indirect, to any petition against the bon. and learned member ; he had not even the eightest knowledge of any such petition being en foot. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ANSTEY supported the amendment, amid continu ous cries of " Oh, oh," upon which, at length, the bon. and learned gentleman moved that the house do now adjourn—a motion which, as at once putting a stop to the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman himseif, created a general laugh throughout the house. Mr. REYNOLDS thanked the hon. and learned member for the opportunity he had thus unexpectedly afforded him —(laughter)--of addressing the house. He had been ap- pealed to as to the character of the esthetics who had been excluded from the juries on the trials of Messrs. Mitchel, Mesgber, and O'Brien. He had no hesitation in saying that he knew these gentlemen to be men of the highest per sonal character, and he bad as little hesitation in expressing the opinion that their exclusion had been the result of foul play en the part of some of the local authorities. Mr. HUDSON wished to know the authority the hon. and learned member for Athlone had the government with influencing the election committee for that borough. This was a great constitutional question ; and it was due to the house that the grounds should be stated cis which the charge was made. Sir G. GREY was very happy to satisfy the curiosity of Ids hon. friend. The government had no power of tamnsAl Psti , lions to be withdrawn • but it was no unhand Ming for arraagemeata to be tr ade in the way of conversation amongst individual members. The hen. and learned gentle. nun having denied the statement, he was bound to accept the denial. Sir W. SOMERVILLE (being loudly called for) said he must protest against the idea that any one who gave his sup. port, or his money, to a candidate at an election, wes hound by all the opinions of that candidate. He did not consider that by countenancing a repeal candidate be was furthering repeal; he might be influenced by far other roneieerations. (Rear, hear) No member in the house had suffered more than himself by his opposition to repeal. (Hear, hear.) If he chose he could give a satisfactory answer to the question of the hon. and learned gentleman about the cheque ; but, upon principle, and out of respect to the house and his own independence, he should decline to do so. (Cheers ) Mr. ANSTEY rose, but was met with cries of .` Spoke." The SPEAKER mid he could not again address the house unltes hr meant to withdraw the motion. Mr. imam ERTON.—I shall certainly oppose the with drawal of the motion for adjournment. (Cries of " Divide.") Sir 0. GREY hoped the house would allow the division to take place on the motion of the hon. and learned member for Athlone. After a deeultory cenvereetion, Mr. BANK ES said he hoped that, before the division; the hon. secretary for Ireland would answer the question whether he, as • member of the government, hail drawn cheques to deka the expanse of supporting an election petition. (No, no.) He disputed the rightof the hon. gentleman, in the important ottlinel situation he held, to act se as to support principle. of which the government were daily expressing their aversi.m (Hear. Mr. LABOUC HERE hoped his eight hon. friend (Sir W. Somerville) would not add anything to the ei swer he had already given, and which was just what honour and principle dictated. The idea that he had disbursed the funds of the government could never have entered any ones head ; and he was perfectly right in refusing to be catechised on the manner is which he had spells I his own private funds. (Cheers.) He hoped the motion for adjournment would not now be pressed ; but considering the icte hour, and that the house met again at noon, it would be better to ad journ the debate, rather than get rid of the question by ad journing the house Sir W. SOMERVILLE said his right hon. friend had correctly described his motives. lie had understood the hon. and leariled gentleman opposite to charge him with giving money as a private individual ; and on that account, thinking that the hon. gentleman had no right to put the question. he hail declined to answer it. As to whether, in his public capacity as secretary of Ireland, he had furthered the election of a member of that house, he begged to meet it with a distinct deniaL (Cheers.) Mr. MONSELL advocated the adjournment of the debate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped that the house would divide, as at the present period of the ses sion it would be most inconvenient to have an adjourned debate on a motion tor going into committee of supply. The house divided on the question of the adjournment of the hence. For the adjournment 22 Against it 155-133 On our re-. ntrance to the gallery, Mr. ANSTEY was addressing the house, and complained of a misquotation of a speech of the honourable member for Athlone, on the part of the right honourable baronet (Sir G. Grey). There was no parity between the conduct pursued by the late government in the case of Mr. O'Connell, end that pursued by the present govern ment with respect to the late trials became the late govern ment were right supposing that all the persons whom they struck off were repeaters, hut there was no reason for sup ' poring with respect to four Roman catholics who were struck ()Min the recent trial of Mr. Mitchel that they were re pealer,. The hoe. member continued to address the house in ti e midst of loud vociferationsaud groans from all parts of the house. Mr. FAGAN moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. ANSTEY seconded the motion. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but were speedily re admitted. Mr. SADLEIR was appealing to the government to con sent to an adjournment. Sir G. GREY reluctantly assented, and the debate was adjourned until Monday next. RAZING OF STOCK IN TRADE. Mr. C. LEWIS obtained leave to bring is a bill to con tinue, for a time to he limited, the exemption of inhabitants from liability to be rated as such in respect of stock in trade or other property to the relief of the poor. THE OMITTED LETTER. Lord G. BENTINCK moved an address, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to direct the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine forthwith to transmit to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies copies of the omitted ' correspondence between the Provincial Secretary of Canada and the Secretary to the Montreal Board of Trade, and to direct that the same may he laid before this house. Mr. B. HAWES objected to the use of the word " Cor respondence." The only matter omitted was one letter. Lord G. BENTINCK defended the expression. Sir G. GREY thought the wording of the motion very unusual, and suggested the motion should be postponed, in order to be re-worded. Lord G. BENTINCK said be would make a formal motion on going into supply. (" Oh ") The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they simply wanted the thing to be done properly. Motion postponed until the first supply night. OTHER CORRESPONDENCE. Lord G. BENTINCK then moved an address for copies of any correspondence, petitions, or memorials relative to the tepee' of the navigation laws, which may have been sent home by the governor of New Brunswick. Mr. HAWES said the usual way of wording the motion was " copies or extracts." Lord G. BENTINCK had no confidence in Colonial-office extracts. (" Hear, hear," from Mr. C. Anstey.) HeMr. did not want the noble lord's con fi dence. only w a nte d the usual forms attended to. The motion, as amended by Mr. linwie, was then put and agreed to. On Mr. PARKER bringing up a bill, and moving that it be read a first iinse, Lord G. BENTINCK said—Oh, no; after this I shall ob ject to doing anything more. Sir G. GREY.—It is only • first reading. Lord G. BENTINCK.—I object, sir. The house adjourned at a-quarter after 2. DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE, YESTERDAY. Scrutiny . resumed ; three votea struck from the sitting mem• ber's majority. the erprefos. MAILS. The overland closed mails, eta Mareellles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt. Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, &c., will be made up on the evening of the 24th July. The maga for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar will be made up on the morning of the 27th July. The malls tor British North America, and the United States, will be made up maths evening of the 28th July. The mails for New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, asd New Zealand will he made up on the evening of the 31st July. The mails for the West Coast of Africa end Madeira will be made up on Woes enft of the 31st July. The West I n Made, including Bermuda, Na.ama Havanna, Honduras, New Orleans, Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Porto ICIZO, and excluding those for Medeira, Jacmel, Carthagen., Santa Martha, emigres, Panama, West Coast of South America, and St. Juan.de. Nicaragua, will be made up on the morning of the 2nd August. The mails for the Brazils, the River Pieta, Monte Video, Pernam buco, Bahia, Madeira, sad Buenos Ayres, will be made 1.1,, on the evening of the 4th August. The overland maila for Gibraltar , M alta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, litang.Kong, and China, cia bouthamp. ton, will be made up on the evening of the 19th August NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. The numbe rr of STAMPS issued by the authorities of the Stamp-office, uring 1847, to the DAILY NEWS was 3.447.009 This, we believe, is within eight per cent• of the number issued to the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, and UOrPlitiq Post, LLL PUT TOONTIIIIII. In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS, Morning Paper, there were issued for the Reeninv Edition, THE EXPRESS 778.714 Which was more, we believe, than were lemma either to the Globe or Standard, Evolling Papers. 111011 MATZ& A? LONDON 11111)01. Tots DAlT—ldaralsg, SI We . ipmt b. A/W44.44 , 4. I. Ws. put 4 To-Sessaw—ilandag, 43 alp. pm* 4, Allmisioss.lo Ado. mat 7. LONDON, SATURDAY,JULY 22. Tile cause of liberty end progress, as well as of order and security in Ireland, has been jeopardised, if not destroyed, by a score of the most vain and infa tuated jackanapes that ever country was cursed with. Political agitation, for the sake of raising a de graded and besotted population to a sense of its wrongs, is often a sacred duty , . The conti nuance of that agitation, in order to wrest concessions from a timid government, or to enable a weak government to overrule the scruples of bigot supporters in giving justice to the oppressed—this may be legitimate. An agitation, preparatory to open rebellion, combining acuteness of foresight and firmness of purpose with prudence of speech—this, however criminal, may not be impolitic, if the antagonist aimed at be embarrassed, or weak, or unprepared, or beset by a host of enemies. Bat to agitate from pure vanity, to begin with wordy brag, and then be forced to go on in crescendo from extravagance to treason, merely to keep a position on the popular stage—to do this in the face of a strung, an unprovocative government, not illi beral in its intentions, unembarrassed with foreign foes, were a folly which, did it implicate merely such persons, were well avenged with a birch rod. But when one considers the blind, the brave, the headlong, and ignorant thousands whom it flings 1171.311 the cannon's mouth and the bayonet's point, in the maddest sad most hopelees of causes, there are no words to swan its amount of guilt as well as folly. Liberty is dear and independence is dear. The Irish have a great deal of both, and we would win them more. But for any amount of either between what they have and what they might have, to let loose the THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 22, IS4a• horrors not merely of civil, but of servile war ; to rouse to anus a country, where every element of ran cour and of murder abounde,where exist difference' of race, of creed, of class, heightened by traditionary fends, and ev.ry historic cause of retaliation arid vengeance :—ths man, who from whatever cause would kindle such a war in Inch a senntry, is worthy of all the execration that contempt would not remise him from, and of every punishment that power would condescend to wreak on such a feel. Were their country's wrongs, or was political feeling, the uppermost in the minds and months of these men, we should pity them. But it is quite plain that their feeling is that of a personal rivalry with the Lord Lieutenant and the government, and tha• they cannot bear the idea of being humiliated and defeated. They bore with patience the seizing, condemnation, and expatriation of MITCUEL. Mr. S. O'BRIEN declared he had prevented an attempt at rescue. But it is now evident that the per sonal consideration of his brother agitators has suffered by their submission. It is evident that as the Lord Lieutenant pro ceded to put down the clubs, their prestige and position would at once be extin guished. The cause of Irish liberalism, nay of repeal itself, would not lose by their undergoing an eclipse. Sooner than suffer it, however, they have sounded unmistakeably the trumpet of rebellion. That trumpet-call has been answered by several attempts at rescue, attacks on gaols, and aU the manifest fore runners of popular insurrection. Under such circumstances government could cer tainly do no less than what it announces its inten tion of doing—viz., suspend the Habeas Corpus Act, and lay hold of the leaders. Toe Times says Lord CLARENDON could suspend the habeas corpus with out parliament. This is surely a mistake. He might have arrested the chiefs under the Felony Act. But the movement certainly requires the power being vested in the government which a suspension of the habeas corpus confers. And we prefer this infinitely to any new coercion bill. While thus admitting the gravity of circumstances, we are tar from thinking that any real danger threatens the stability of the Irish government. There may be partial insurrection and excesses. An army cannot be everywhere, and ought not to be dispersed. But when we consider that the catholic clergy, the citizens, and even the respectable repealers them selves aro indignant at the present movement, we may form a judgment of the futility as of the guilt of the attempt. At the very time when these amateurs of the confederation are getting up Irish war against the English, and massacre, probably, of the mere English inhabitants of Ireland, the get &test tears are beginning to be entertained for that crop, which is the see food and provision of the Irish people. In Leinster and in Connaught the potato crop still gives good promise ; but in the south of Monster, where the season is most advanced, the same hopes are not entertained. What a dreadful sequel to a rebellion would be another failure of this crop! In the face of such an event, and in the face of what this country did during the last famine, men who call themselves the champions of the peasantry of Ireland lead them to the destruction of English rule, property, connexion, and race. THE worst feature of our financial system is the laxity of management which pervades it. Every account submitted to parliament bears indications of an anxious crowding in of items, with a view to balance the columns of figures on the debtor and creditor sides, to conceal the impossibility of balancing the sums actually received and expended; of sources of revenue not rendered fully available ; of claims paid without any inquiry into their justice or necessity. The account of the balances of the public money, ordered to be printed on the 18th Butt., shows that the balance of 7,091,118/. in the Exchequer on the sth of July, 1847, had shrunk to 5,804,2721. on the sth of July, 1848. But the smaller balance on hand at a certain time is of trifling importance compared with what this account reveals to those who examine it carefully. Of the money which by flowing into the Exchequer prevented the balance from falling to a sill lower ebb, 1,492,9421. was a contribution to the I. an of eight millions authorised by the act 10 Viet. c. 9, and which re mains consequently a perma nent 'addition to the funded debt. A further earn of 17,766,5001. was raised by the issue of Exchequer Bills, and this sum is lees than was issued to the pay master of Exchequer Bills for the payment of the un funded debt by 163,4001.; or in other words this lac mentioned sure has beta added to the unfunded debt. The process by which the balance of Exchequer Bills has been prevented from being greater than it actually is has cost the country the addition to its liabilities here pointed out. This ie not all. There ought in the course of the year to have been issued to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt 701,41561., but of this sum 670,0001. has been applied to redeem, not the funded debt, but consolidated fund deficiency bills. Had it not been, therefore, for the increase of the debt, and the misapplication of part of , the public revenue, there would have been a decrease in the balance of 2,326,3421., instead of 1,287,8461. Nor is it easy to see when this costly method of saving appearances is likely to be abandoned, for the amount of advances for local works in the course of the year exceeds the repayments by 883,6631. This is the true spendthrift mode of incurring greater liabilities—plunging deeper into debt—to make the year's income square apparently with the year's expenditure. And the account of the net public income for the year ended sth July, printed along I with the account we have been examining, shows the same spendthrift disposition by untecessarily large expenditure, shrinking from the exertion of making' sources of income available to their fall extent, and persistence in trust to windfalls and undue exactions. The expenditure of the year is admitted to exceed the income by 1,701, 338 1 . Of the expenditure two sums were incurred or extraordinary outlays which may not recur-1,100,000 1 . for the Kaffir war, and 438,8321. for the relief of Irish distress. But on the other hand, 455,0211, of the income was re-payment of moneys advanced towards the expenses of the Kaffir war out of the Chinese ransom—a windfall which cannot be counted upon for future years. And 108,4071. consists of the surplus fees of offices regu lated by act of parliament—a sum made up by unjust extortions from parties who cannot escape going to law or transacting business with government offices. So much for the rapacity, grasping at precarious or unjustly obtained supplies, which characterise the spendthrift. His recklessz e l faseness of expenditure may b e traced in the hee manner in which, year after year, a number of pen sions, amounting in the aggregate to 522,7757., with the enumeration of services by which they were earr ed terminating in an" continue to be paid without examination. Nor do the pensions constitute the only item of expenditure which demands but does not receive scrutiny. Far more objectionable than pensions are the numerous salaries (like that of Lord ELLENBOROUGH) attached to mere nominal offices. It only remains for us to substantiate oar allegation that care is not taken to render legitimate sources of income available to the full extent. And to this end it is only necessary to name the hereditary revenues of the crown. The civil list was voted to the crown in return for the surrender of the hereditary revenues of the crown. The revenues of the duchy of Lancaster have, however, been re served to the crown on the quibbling plea (a bare faced play upon words) that though the duchy is per manently annexed to the crown, its revenues are ducal, not royal. From the balance-sheet for 1847 it appears that the revenue of the duchy amounted in that year to 33,1471. Of the sum thus equivocatingly withheld from the public, the crown only benefits to the amount of 12,0001. The rest is squandered in maintaining the barbarous and useless parade of a little feudal kingdom in the duchy. Many of the noble tenants receive more out of the revenue as salaries of offices which they do not and cannot discharge, than the amount of their nominal rents. And large sums are paid to other nominal officers—to a Chan cellor, for example, who is supposed to discharge judi cial functions, but who is frequently not a lawyer. Were the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster paid, as in common justice they ought to be, into the public exchequer—were its obsolete and useless feudal offices abolished, its cumbrous and unmeaning . feudal tenures commuted—a considerable addition might be made to the annual income. This one example will.' suffice to indicate how far the sum of 71,000 i. derived from crown lands in the year er.ded the sth et July, 1848, might be increased by honed and cszahl management. The public accounts for the year ended the sth of July , 1 848, are nowise exeep.Vonal in the features upon which we have been animadverting. The system of laxity and misrepresentation is perenr.. l3l . It is a system which can only be kept up by extor tion, and even with such aid must, if perinsted in, end in bankruptcy. GERMANY. PRUSSIA.—We have received the Berlin jeans._ of the 19th. Up to the 17th the committee of the constituent assembly in that capital was still occupied with the draft of the constitution. The clauses agreed to respecting the att. ibutes of the kingly power, as well as the responsibility of ministers, are very similarto those set forth in the Belgian constitution. Of courts the entire draft of the constitution will be submitted to the assembly in pleno. It is the intention of the magistrates of Berlin (says the Berlin Naehrichten), as also of the municipal authorities, to send a deputation to the Prince of Prussia. to request his return to Berlin. AUS'IrRIA.—The Vienna journals of the 16t1 have reached us. The ministry is stated to be deft-1 nitively formed, as follows: Wessenberg is Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dobblbof, of the Interior; Stet, of Finance; liuch, of Justice; Schiinhals, of War; Hornbostel, of Commerce ; Exoer, of Public Educe tion; and Schwarzer, of Public Works. A report has for some time been in circulation in Vienna, that there was a bad understanding between the national guards and the troops. On the 14th the officers and the nationals had a banquet. and afterwards promenaded through the streets are. in arm. This public refutation has produced the happiest effect, in putting a stop to the unfounded re ports which have so extensively been circulated. Several German journals appear to entertain very poor hopes respecting the beneficial working of the newly convoked Austrian Diet, the variety of races represented therein, and the strong natural feelings of each, loading to the inference that discord, and union, will be the result of the deliberations. There are some three or four republican papers in Vienna openly propagating their principles. One of them, called the Studenten Courier, declares that 'is point of fact the republic already exists in that capittl, in the persons of the members of the committee of safety. The Vienna Gazette publishes a long protest sent by a number of citizens of Prague against what rt calls the dangerous interference of the Vienna com mittee of safety in the affairs of Prague. 'there is no later news from Moldavia. A letter from Bucharest, July 4, says the Russian General Von Kotzebue was in Fokschany, and the Turkish commis sioner Talat Effendi was to return to Bucharest or. the 4th. Accounts from Rostchok, state that there as well as in Silistria and Wildin, Turkish troops were being assembled. The following decrees have been passed by the pro visional government : 1. Abolition of all ranks and titles. 2. Abolition of the censorship. 3. Formation of a national guard. 4. Require meet of all persons to deliver up fire arms to the govern meat, if the individual holders poesera more than one piece. I. Abolition of floggiug and of the penalty of death. The act of abdication by Prince Bibesco runs as follows: To the Ministerial Council, —Impressed with the maul ficiency of my powers to meat the requirement of the preset.. circumstances, and in order to avoid future reproaches 01 conscience, that I have plunged the Country into danger, by retaining in my bawls the reins of government longer than me strensth permitted, I hereby resign them into year hands, and retire into private life with that satisfiction which results from a clear conscience.—Signed, Btliesco.— Done at Bucharest, June 13. The Hungarian ministry having some time since, through the medium of the Russian embassy at the Austrfamcourt, sent a note to the cabinet of St. Peters burg, in which explanations were demanded respect ing the assembling of troops on the Pruth, that go vernment has, says the Leipzig Gazette, returned a vague answer, giving as a pretext the unsettled state of the Danubian principalities. It at the same time protested that its friendship was still the same for Hungary. According to the Austrian German Gazette, the Bann of Croatia was taking steps to bring about the cessation of hostilities between the Hungarians and the 111yrians. The Lembury Gazette publishes an ordinance by the medical committee of Galicia relative to precau tionary measures against the spread of the cholera. BAVARIA.—The dates from Munich are of the 17th. The Bavarian troops, which had been hitherto divided over the Duchy of Baden and the Palatinate have began to return, and have taken up their can tonment on the banks of the flier. King Maximilian has gone to Ratiabon with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to meet the Vicar of the empire. Archduke John reached Nuremberg on the 16th on his way from Frankfort to Vienna. His approach having been made known he was received by the sound of cannon, and flags of the gayest colours waving from every window. The report of the committee appointed by the German Constituent Assembly to examine into the affairs of Posen has been submitted to that body. The discussion on the report will be opened in a few days. Some of the posts m the central cabinet are SS vacant. BADEN.—The republican meeting at Ettlingen on the 16th passed off quietly, although 6,000 persoce were present. The government had taken all pariahs precautions to preserve the peace. Matters are be coming more •serions every day in Baden, where the republicans form a numerous and influential party. Foremost amongst them are some six or seven hundred students in Heidelberg, whose democratical union has been dissolved by order of the university authorities, backed by the government. After protesting against what they called the infringement of the legal right of association, the above body of students withdrew on the 17th not only from their alma mater, but also from Heidelberg itself, thereby causing considerable lees to the inhabitants. They have taken up their temporary abode in Neustadt, whence they intend to forward an address to the German Constituent Assembly. According to the Coltrane Gazette of this day, the republicans of Carlsruhe are keeping up a constant and active communication with their partisans in Switzerland. HESSE DARMSTADT. American delegates have made their appearance in several towns on the Lower Rhine. Some thirty persons have been ar rested in Mayence on the charge of having been con cerned in the late republican movement, or of having uttered cries in favour of a republic. Herr Eigenbrodt, the President of the Council of Hesse Darmstadt, has resigned. It is thought that he will be succeeded by Herr Jaws. NASSAU.—Accounts from Wiesbaden of the 17th say, that in the Chamber of Representatives, where the public were admitted into the galleries, they went so far as to interfere in the debates. In consequence at this attempt to interfere with the liberty of discus sion the president ordered that the galleries should be cleared by the civic guard and the ringleaders ar rested. The civic guard afterwards, of their own ac cord, set at liberty the persons whom they had had orders to arrest. This act of insubordination deter mined the government to call from Mayence the troops of the empire (thus they are designated in the proclamation by the Minister Hagehahn), compoeee of Austrians and Prussians, to disarm the nations, guard. In obedience to this command 2.000 infer' try, with pieces of cannon, entered Wiesbaden on the 17th, from the different quarters to proceed to this .1 disarming of the men. re - i DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Altona of the 16th, in the Hamburg Bersenhalle, state that the result of the meeting of General Wrangel with the Danish commander-in chief bad been a continuation of the armistice till the following Tuesday. This would tend to show that nothing decisive has as yet been settled. A letter from Rendsburg of the same date says that the condi.ions of the armistice had been refused by the duchies. This, however, wants confirmation. LA PLATA. ANSWER OF ROSAS TO THE PROPOSALS 1 OF CAPT. GORE AND BARON OROS. The following is an extract from the Diario a 9 Pernambuco of t h e 15th of June : MONTI! VIDEO, MAY 19.—General Oribe forwarded to General Roses a copy of the conclitions that had been pro posed to him by Captain Gore and Baron Gros. This com munication was sent by her Majesty's steamer Harpy, in charge of M. Itturiaga, Oribe's private secretart, who was instructed to give e ' explanation. The Harpy was ex backimmediately, but did not return for 17 days. he reply of Row, received by Oribe, is said to occupy 27 sheets of pwr, and to have greatly disappointed every one, and partl'arly those wk -, tho u gh they were prepared to hear of alterations anci con4itions in the proposals, still hoped that they would not be rejected altogether. It now ap• O da l4 d H l. OrE m .: ch Tl: fro e f ni ollo a wi yo n u g na id w all an 1 poses that General Roan amiss the right of Oribe to be expected from the changeful and gambling nature of the I enter into any negotiations, and accuses him of having e w . o t z r : a l ,"c tra tpfEro de . . o " I broken through the eluting agreements. by which he (Rome le the pri. cipal belligerent, and the only one authorised to a F let 6 te o r mi k e peace or war. Routs adds that if after these observation[ late a private in the 7th Dragoon Guards : o r ih e 'o s , nista in hisintentions, he will certainly be returning My lam letter to you ...l a d e d w ith an anco . nn t of ~a aerni ~ w ith t h e Sleet ingratitude the f..v -urn received, end con mend in the Late Kaffir war in all of which I was present and actively eludes by de..'larioS that he will not content to the with engaged. I now proceed to inform you that the first act of the Harry drawal of the s t krgentip. e forces, and that the carrying out Smith. after Pe.C.. woe P r.Ch " .1 ..." tO ."Ki foto ?elements home. of which the lth Dragoan Guarde was one; at the mme time wishing of the conditions plOPoseei will put an end to the go un der to cove government expense and Copulate the colony, di ~,,a rg ~ from standing between the Argen!ine government and Gea. Oribe her Majesty's service were offered to such men of the 7th ac those to Thin is more or leas, as we at,' assured by a letter before us accept of them. I was one of the lint who accepted, of the substance of Rosa ' despatc.h, the contents of which it. course. A grant of good arable land, a house and garden, desires Gen. Oribe to communicstte word by word to the and 31. were given to the oiscluirged men, and Moir. ministers, that they may understanei that he will listen to nc farming ul rteed osile,lB:..,doliiiible rm tam that to cla ti c i i . ter i, e t ie . f . anlls f u r rif dispos ed conditions but those proposed by Mr. Nood, with the modi. eagerly W * embraced, and Lit of the whole regiment about 98 arrnt wi hoMe la , fiestiona and additions be (R Pas) ma. 4 e, and which were and those were principally petty °Moms, remanta, he. I, with many refused by the French and English governments. This note others, accepted of a grant of land, houm, he , and am at present appears to have placed Out.. in a fix, for up to the 16th . co laving on it, an the village of Aucklanda,. a beautifully situated vpot, on May he had not returned any answer to the meter applies It the er.,_Lihner_2r 2 1 2 e m miles terelt"rj. abr! , ,t r arehty f a Uth . " I ll . fratn on tiona made to him by the mediators after the return of the lions, "•• 0 17. iitY, bread, Ib , meat, 14., c.&=<, sugar , roe. Harpy. The financial position of the Monte•Videan govt rr map fou t od us tor the tint year by the government If went had experienced some little improvement. On the 14,n we de not like tai, can ca m, trove, and I have bad the offer May the French ministers resolved to take upon themselve• of werral situatione, as clerk to wholesale dealers, or in the to provide for the lamiliee of the foreign legion , which cir bank, them ment I feel dimmed to relinqui.h c'aina to the land. I cumstance very much decreases the daily expense incurred bank , hi.tt r e :cre . r , ; ( l7 o , th. t ,g t r i . " l 'l e tol , :gr ee .n t l e t a 'a l lr,' , l l , .. ti l r . l . I :i , , vi .., irt n, l i l i v i l by the government for there trrops. When the packet Kee both instructi o n and amusement in far'inCtir I have Y a large garden trel vile. from Buenos Ayres it was currently reported tint behind the house. lam net posanced of dercriptive pone', enough i Rosa, had ordered General Urquiaa to march with his forcer to describe the place to you, but it is bounded on one Aide by moon. to the Banda Oriental. The Spanish naval squadron in Lc tains od e r and on the other by fertile plains, estendmg on far Plata had received order' to return to Europe. On the lfftr. so th can reach. The Chumie ,a• it la pronotutecd! river waters May a conference took place between the min 'ten mw the I.oadon someKollar land a, a i rV Is w lh o e healthiest wj. river in the cols% Jan .. 'fyatte i r..t. d h . : I Ovine, end it was reported that the negotiation had beet about 30 miles off, at King Willi^m's Town. I think there i e very abandoned. chance of my being an eacellent former. lf, however, that dom not au t me, I can get 7s. OJ. • day as clerk to any wholemle unckeeper, who weak' ju- pat the Ohame of ge tug toe, m men of marior etlii. cation are veri scarce. Even w hen I woe a soldier I have frequently earned It. a week at bookkeeping coming works, or of an evening. could earn a splendid living IS dressmaker in Graham) , Town, if she knows her butane. well. I have the prvilege of sending any leiter free for twelve months, the same as when I wsa In the regiment. rig Court. COLONIAL. CANADA —We have papers from Canada to July 8. Th, it contents indicate a considerable amount of anxiety relative to the anticipated influx of emigrants during the present season. Blectings had been held and the opinion very freely expressed that steps should betaken to forward to the scantily peopled settlements the superabundant labour which, when allowed to stagnste in the frontier towns, pro. duced the most serious evil.. S . eps bad also ban taken to promote railway works, and to open for settlement large trac's of government lands. The Toronto Globe states that the Crown Land Commissioner had matured, and was about to c irry into operation, with the sanction of the ministry, a scheme for the settlement of the land, of the crown which lie to the north-west of Toronto, and which have not hitherto been surveyed. The basis of the plan is, the formation of as direct a road as possible from Toronto to Owen Sound. This road is opened and partly planked through E es - icoke and Albion, to the Hurontariceroad, a distance of 40 miles. Beyond that point it will be opened through the unsurveyed townships of Melanchton Luther, Amaranth, and Proton, striking the Owen Sound-road about the township of Holland. Another road will be from the lower part of ilottawasaga Bay and, going west, will strike the Owen Sound-road at nearly the same point as the one from Toronto. It will then be continued to • point on Lake Huron, about 40 miles above Goderich, called Pine Brook. The advantage to Toronto of this scheme is evident. It brings Owen Sound between 20 and 30 miles nearer Toronto than Hamilton, besides opening up a large tract of country, the trade of ' which will inevitably find its way to Toronto. The land on I each side of these roads will be laid out in lots ref 50 acres I each, with one-eighth of a mile frontage; they will be granted on the same conditions as those on the Owen Sound road, which require the clearing of 16 acres within five years, the keeping the road in front of their lot in repair, &c. We believe that in all 114 miles of road will be opened at a cost of 301. a mile, and that immigrant labour will be employed on the work as much as possible. A meeting was held on the 19th of June, at Prescott, to adopt measures to build a railroad between Prescott and Bytowu. One of the speakers stated that the people of Ogdensburgh were willing to subscribe all the money, all they wanted was the charter. The distance was stated at 54 miles, and the route said to be eery level. The following are the resolutions passed : I. That the construction of a railroad from Prescott to Bytom would greatly coutribute to promote the tootle and facilitate the atm. rromieotioo between those places and the adjacent country, and would open up a large tract of retitle land for improve ment, and would tend much to advance the prosperity of this portion of the province. 2. That the present railroad con structing from Ogdeusburgh to Boston fully ezemplities the necessity of having a corresponding communicadon between the waters of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa. 3. Tut a committee be formed to corre spond with the people of Bytom and other places on the subject, and to solid; their cooperation therein, and to draft a petition to the legislature, to be presented at its next ws-ion, for en act of isconsere don, end to procure signatures to the same. It was intended to commence laying some of the rails on that portion of the Portland Hoc nearest Montreal in the course of last month. Two or three of the carriages intended I to run on the line were in a state of forwardness. The Canada Gazette of June 24 coetains a notice Rating it was intended to apply to the legislature, at the next meeting thereof, for a charter for the construction of a railroad from Lachine, on the island of Montreal, across the said island, and across the waters of the Ottawa and the Isle of Jesus to St. Etta:ache, St. Andrew's and Grenville, in the county of Two Mountains, thence crossing the waters of the Ottawa at or about Hawkeabury, and following as near as may baths line of the valley or the Petite Notion River to do. tom. of Prescott, on the river St. Lawrence, with the right to erect the necessary bridges over the said waters, and to make use of said bridges as toll bridges if desirable, and to enjoy all privileges appertaining to the same, under the name and style of the " Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Grand Junction Railroad Compare_y." In reference to this plan, the Montreal Herald says, 'The project of a railroad uniting Montreal with the navigable waters of the Ottawa at Gren ville, and the Ottawa with the St. Lawrence at Prescott, is a scheme of national importance ; it is a part of that main trunk of internal communication which is destined, at no remote period, to connect Halifax with Montreal, and Mon treal with Lake Superior, and which, acting in combination with our great water communications, will place the com merce of Canada and of the Western part of this continent, by way of Canada, on a footing superior to the vicissitudes of climate and season, and not only equal to all competition, bat beyond all competition." Telegraphs were keeping pace with railway projects. It was expected that the telegraphic communication between New York and New Orleans would be in operation by_ th e miedle of July ; and that the line that reac hes New York from Quebec being united with the above, and the wbolo forming an unbroken link, New Orleans and Quebec may be brought within a few moments distance of each other. The distance is three thousand miles. Steam-boat disasters appear to be becoming as common in our American colonies as ire the United States. To the lore of the Dawn, in the Lachine rapids, on the 20th of June, announced by last mail, ie now added the burning of the ;Speed, a new steamer built lest year, for the route between Grenville and Bytown, at an outlay of 9,0001. It appears that when the Speed was abut three miles below Dunning's Wharf she was discovered to be on fire. It was blowing a hurricane at the time, and all the efforts of her captain and crew to extin foundimpossible to arrest the proguss of the fire it was attempted to scut tle her, but that not succeeding she was run ashore at the most practicable spot that presented itself. The passengers, 40 in number, were all, with their beggsge, taken off and set ashore in safety, owing to the skill and coolness of her commander. As the vessel was burned to the water's edge, her engines, which cut 3,0001., were greatly damaged. No insurance was effected on her, and the entire loss will fall upon her owners, Messrs. Macpherson, Crane, and Co. The fate of the Dawn is thus accounted for :—This steamateer left Lachine to descend the rapids, but she unfortunly entered the channel at the same time that several rafts were making their descent. To avoid these became absolutely necessary ; the steamer was put about and made to stem the current, but in doing so must have been turned out of the regular channel, for on putting her about again to resume Tlilt REMOVAL OF 'THE COLONNADE IN TILE RE her course she struck heavily upon a rock, whCh, however, GENT'S-QUADRANT.—Lord Morpeth and Mr. Parker have she parsed, but she almost instantly afterwards struck upon prepared and broughtin a bill to empower the Commissioners a second with so much force that she literally was lilted of her Majesty's Woods and Forests to remove the Colon upon it. The passengers were saved. nade in the Regent's-Quadrant. HALIFAX AND QtiEDEO HAILWAT.—The commissioners THE PORTUOUEsE AUXILIARY FORCE4.—Notice for the survey of a line for this railway, Major Robinson and given in last night's Gazette, by the mixed British and Poe- Captain Henderson, of the Royal Engineers, stilliemein at tuguese commission, that the payment of the interest, due Halifax, where they were as yet occupied in preparing on the Ist of April hut on the titulos issued by this commit plans and sections of the several routes which they have ex- sion, will commence on Monday next, and be continued on plored and surveyed. When their labour. in this respect Mondays, Wednesdays, and Yndaye, from eleven to three are completed, and before making their first report, the u'eenek. Interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, will commissioners will proceed to the United States, for the pur. be allowed by the Portuguese government upon the titulos pose of examining various railways there, ascertaining the due on the Ist of April last, until notice for t teir payment cost of construction, expense of working, and such other shall be advertised. particulars as to wooden railways, and railways NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE.—The second general on piles, as will enable them to offer to her meeting of the members of this league, and the committee of Majesty's government a careful end well digested management, was held at the York Hotel, Wellington estimate of the probable expense of a railway through street, Strand, yesterday evening. The Rev. Mr. Stoddart took the chair, and stated to the meeting that the object for which they had met was to consider the best means of ad t e o d ln o a durabilitybdaeet m ostkthi go economic al sore a requiremen t s t vancing the League toe more prominent position, to obtain magnitude as this trunk railway much care and Caution for it the advantages of public support, and to determine the t f e9e the principlec o nte mp lated coi w on i t i h e s. are necessary at the outset to guard against erroneous calm- best course for them to adopt, and also to come to the know-. reference constructed n s traffic. tannin or mistaken estimates. From the careful manner in ledge of the st the League was in at present from their which the imperial government is proceeding in this matter secretary, and ethe advances it had made since their leaf we (New Brusenneker, June 29) conclude that an unabated general meeting.—Mr. Willanley, the secretary, then pre Interest is felt in it, and that if the final re p or t b e favourable seeded at some length to lay before the meeting the course of measures will be proposed to the colonies for carrying out en proceedings that was thought neoeseary to be plumed to j .ut undertaking of the highest importance to their welfare and the League is a more prominent position bef ire the pub lie, of immense national value. and which is embodied in the following resolutions, w' with Coors tv CANADA.—The Agricu/turist of the let of June were unanimously carried : Teaks in very favourable terms of the crops. " From all we let. That the meeting most cordially approved of the perorate e and can see and hear there is every reason to expect that Canada excellent system adopted by the Nithenal Bee . sem League, SJ ad telt will be blessed this year with a fair if not a bountiful has - gr."l3. encouraged findiing test it mot wit h a ready WO pianos amongst clasees of reasonable roomers, a i d the meeting ' ,w ee d vest. The spring crops are looking exceedingly well, and also in the growing cogidence that had been estabiished in fay our of ha tell wheat, though to many cases much damaged by the g a d . Th at t h e mee ting wee conv inced th a t th e R e f orm t,e ague bad winter, has recovered wonderfully within the last few been eufllciently tested, and comet proved to be well adapt , dto effect weeks, and bids lair, if no outward circumstances happen their objects, and that ring the wishes of tbe pee p i e It oug ht between this and harvest, to yield more than an average. I now to be placed in the . pr t lion to which It was So justly e ntitled; and that to this end a or taro s t ud mee ti ng NEW BRUNSWICK. —In the New Brunnricker oug ht to be immediately oon to pot It openly befo re the public, of June 29 we find an expression of lively decided belief that ands obtain for it the advantsige of general nipped. the timber trade of the province was is jeopardy, but no 3 Ths , while the meeting Mt lienefol for stir: liberality and disinte res ted exertions of the later conductors of this league, symptoms of regret for the chang e likely to ensue. "The it also feu seeable that the executive ought not to be ale reduction of the duty on Baltic timber (says that journal), to .„ 0 . their get ... to age . , oeo or hat i o n be car c ombined with low freights, a l r eady enable the foreigner to i ma ger restricted by UM of the regular suppbes; sod tder to sell his timber in the British market at rates very little be- secure a due amount of hubris imatedtti.ely antisnie for the advance yond the freight of similar timber from North America. men au to Ulla league, the sambas should be supplied wi thrs, submits. And to this untoward state of things may be added tion to enter the subscription. of members or importers, and to timber 4th. all such dishone• week before the authority touting then). the expectation that the remainiug duty - on foreign 4th. That Unocal examittees shall make a went. enrolee of their will be swept away altotether with the abrogation of fungi ta the eregaume who ebb, also pay the saes to the not of the, the navigation laws. With such • prospect before us it executive, is conformil l with the 4th resolution of the last sleeting Deanne" the people of this colony to meet the coming of the committee, and an available impedes (riot exceeding 501.) storm by preparauons for entering upon other branches of sbaileeeinerneetiately paid fee the purpose southher the , central treasurer busbies', and by roes/lures for rendering available the many ln now further named, and .r e po rated to receive valuable resources of the province, which have been too 'Aeral'we=o„,T.,....,,no. from the mew . •00.01).r. ; long neglected. The agricultural capabilities, mineral sad they stin:M gc - o - nstituted • financial onr,„e for r the wealth, and unlimited fi sheries which the bounty of Pro- and **gelation of financial matters, whir*„. slu mmy. the power of vid.ence has bestowed upon New Brunswick, will afford °peeve'< a ta mi ng accou nt, aboadant employment of a profitable nature at all times, Keens. J. Hunt, Soodon, Be; and and Segrave were and furnish occupatiou of Bless demoralising character than tl - ..en appointed as fou;tento, g re p un e, am e the and san thank. o f lumberiog purs u its, which will tend to place tho prosperity e the meeting 11...(eted to the 'airman d thin C ol ony upon a more substantial footing than on aro tary, they re • 1. 7.• • 1 ••- -, • iArY- - - Lord John Russell had an audience f the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yes. terday. The Queen Dowager received at dinner yesterday the Ditchers of Kent and the Prineess Mary. the Queen Dowager had afterwards an evening party, to which the Queen. Prince Albert, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the other members of the royal family were invited. - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner party yesterday. The company consisted of Prier. Frede rick William of Hesse, the Duke and Duchess nt 11,tufort, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the 'Earl and Countesses Granville, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Viscount Morpeth, Lord and Lady Stanley, and Mr and Lady Charlotte Lyster. The Duchess Bernhard of Saxe Weimar, accompa nied by the Princes-es Anne and Amelie of Saxe Weimar, p lid visits ye terday to the Duchers of Ken•, to the Duchess ofaGloucester, and to the Duch•n of Cambridge. A cabinet council was held t eaterday at the Foreign office. It was attended by Lord J. Rusull, the L ird Chan cellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl G-ey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir J. llobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, and Viscount Morpeth. The council sat two boon. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy , Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations sat yesterday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to consider the case of R. Langalow, Esq., one of the district judges of Ceylon. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Ears Granville, Lord Campbell, and Sir E. Ryan attended. (From last introit's Gazette.) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JULY 19.—This day had midi. nee of her Majesty, the Baron de Mize', Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Wurtetnberg, to deliver his letter of rem!' : to which he was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G C. 8., her Majesty's Secretary of Slate for Foreign Affairs, and conductefl by Colonel the lion. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., Muter of the Ceremonies FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 19.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Hersent, as Consul at Dublin; of M. Mitsisyer, as Curaul at Edinburgh ; and of M. Poggioli, as Consul at Liverpool, for •he French Republic. WAR-OFFICE, arty 21. 9th. 1. prilfra—Pernast. C. Barlow, from 10th F., to be pay - mast, sine Leech, app. paymast imalld depot, at Cl. tatham. 14th Lt. Orrigs.—Cept. T. Garrett, from 78th F., to be cant., vice Dawson, app. to i7;h F. 6th F.—Brey. Cot P. Dundth, from h..p. mutt, be be neut.-cal., vice J. Croftoa, who exch. ; Major It. Burnley, to he lieut-col., by per., vice Duntla -, who ret.; Brev.-Major T. B. Powell, ti be major, by por., vine Burnley ; Limit. C. 11. booker, to be *apt., by nor., vice Powell ; En...R. P. Nto be lieut., b 1 pur., Moe Dowker ; IL A. Crofton, neat, to be t oes pur. rico f".--r apt. T. H. Aabton, from the 3rd Wait India Regiment, to be rapt, vice Lovett, who mei , 34th F.—Lieut. 14. J. Sweet, nom the 79th F., to be Scut , vice Scott, who each ; Ens. 11. E. Bale, to be lieut., by pur., vice Pmker, who ret. ; H. D. Probni, gent, to be ens., by pur. vice Bale. 41st I.—Ens. A. Eliiott, from the 84th P., to be qaartcrmaster, vice Young, who each. 46th F.—Ens. J. Crymee, to be lieut., by pur., vice Menzies, who mt.; W. R. Hroketh, gent., to be hen, by pur., rice Comm. 47th F.—Lient. C. Wine, to cam by par., vice Rookie, who ret.. ; Env. N. G. Philip., to be lieut., by pur., vice Maine; Fite- William P. Stonier, gent, to be ens., by pur., vice Philips. 51. t F.—Ens. A. N. Armstrong, from the 57th F., to be ens., vice Uoyd, who retires. 53rd F.—Caps J. Mac Neale Walter, from 90th F., to be apt., vim Bastard, who exah. 57th F..-Capt. G. K. M. Dawson, from 14th Lt. Dregs., to be capt., vice Hunt, app. to 711th F. ; G. J. Forsyth, gent., to be ens, by pur., vice Armstrong, app, to the 51st F. 60th F.—Assist. Sul.. G. A. F. Shelton, M. 8., from the 28th F., to be Assist-Burg., vice O'Brien, decea.ed. 64th F.—Lleut C. S. Jeffrey, to he rapt., be pur., vice Parker, ..1.0 0080. ; Ens. H. R. C. Godley to be Game y pur., vice Jeffrey; F. F. Hood, gent., to be ens., by per , viy. 74th F.—Lieut. T. Wallnutt to be capt., by pur., vice De Butts, who rote. ; Ens. L. A. Brydoa to be lieut., Ar n. r., vice Wallautt ; J. M. Wdoon, gent., to be ens., by pur., vice 78th F.--Capt. G. H. Hunt, from the 57th F., to be rapt., vice Gar rett, app. to the 14th Light Drags. 79th F.—Lieut W. Scott, from the 34th F., to be lieut., vice Street, who exchanges. 84th I.—Quartermaster T. Young, horn •he 41st F., to be ensign, rice Elliott, who exchange.. 87th F.—Lleut. A. H. Cobbe, to be rapt., by par., vice Turner, who ret..; 8 e. Lieut. lion. A. M. Cathcart,' to; be lint lieut., by pur., rice °abbe ; J. Peytoo, gout, to be sec. bet by pur., vioe Cathcart. 90th F.--Capt. W. B. Butard, Irmo the 3 3 r d F., to be capt, elm Welter, who exchanges. 97th F.—Capt. J. N. Ilibtert, from Ist Drag. Gdit, to be cants viee Harvest, prom.; Lieut. R. Bruoe to he e.apt., by pur., vice nib. bat, who rets.; Ene. 1.. W. Reynolds to be lieut., by pur., a loe Bru ce; T. H. Pipon gent.. to be ens., by pur., vice Itcynolds. 2nd Wert India Regt.—W. Criepin, gent, to be en.., without per., vice Knaposan, who roe. ; Acs-Burg. T. Parr, from the staff, to be amourif., vice Kehoe, who exch. 3rd eta India Regt.—Capt. G. 82. M. Lovett, from 18th F., to be cent, vice Million, who each. Marver.—Capt. J. N. Ilibbert, or 97th F., to he major in the army. H t hr.?. —Amistant-8005. T. Kehoe, M.D., from the 2nd ' Wen India Rest., to be aseketant-sargeon to the forms, vine Put, who axed WAR-OFFICE, Juts lg. The Annual Army List, corrected to the 31st March, with additioca and .Ment io n while printing to the 19th May, 1448. with an hide", is now in course of putllcation, and may be bad of Messrs. Parker, Funny's% and Parker, ADMmilitary library, Iffbitehall. IRALTY, JI'LY 14. Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieut. P. Orly" to be capt., vice Shoveller, placed on h.-p., on account of 111.hawilltl Second Lieut. R. G. Hallilay to be lira lieut., sloe Otislow, poem