The Express. — London, England, 1849-05-10 00:00:00

,____- ----- *ma by by Plus the Nunn retiring to goo set to Marseilles ; and who ban ever since boon s ows to redeem his own reputation by bringing the Lack is triumph to Rome, and by making his indebted for that triumph to French arms. Sono the despatches of the Duo e HARCOURT have well &Wog for a speedy intervention. He rem ota it as certain of snows' ; he asserted that Moe oss a moderste party ready to rise and support the lock, sod to welcome the Pipet who must in turn owit to the conditions of resuming Count Roast's m od of constitutinal government. Several mem laid the president's cabinet, with the President boil', were for adopting the Due D'Halcoorr's o bi* Others were strenuously opposed to it. Bat s nst satin is as Austrian note of the pupae el i s t r oops of that power to advance into the w e Intervention party carried the day, and W I Z odition was ordered to sail. tae lnal To O r fault of intenenins at all was not 1 .a im osesi seisdost or precaution in the conduct of of sending a diplomatist or a civilian to got, Otatral OODINOT was left to employ merely os mode of military command. From Civ:ta, when iss laded, he stet word to the Romans to submit and to French mediation. They rejoined by wishbgte b. told on what conditions or guarantee. You AA b iro Done, was the rude answer of the Freach ea awsdert which hurt the pride of the Romany. It was btenJed as a rebuke to Mazzixt, and a refusal to beg with him. Bat such a rebuke identified, M ow, Haulm with the rest, and moderates and ha moisrates united in abhorrence and hostility to F'sm dictation. To follow op his madam, Goma& Oumsor opposed force to fang nada IS air jack, was defeated, and has brought des an his pd and his government. How ill-jadied an opeditioo, in which repulse incurs ridicule as 11411 f a disgrace, and where even success would be mmethnig to be ashamed of! And then the delay deprives the French of every meditated advantage. The res istance of the Romans sires the Austrian' fair pretext for marching too. lad as the popular resistance of the Romans to the French will this effect, the priestly and absolutist party in Rome will fan and suborn resistance, in order bet they may have their beloved Austrian' in the Qui. Anal to counterbalance the French on the bracelets. too, will pat its lazzaroni finger in the pie I Naples, a poehis or mess of conflicting views and into rens will take place at Rome, compared with which the Roman Costiteent it:elf was order. Nor are the untoward results confined to Italy. Is France, odium is excited against the President aid his goverment, who cannot in reply reveal frankly their motives. The aim no doubt was to counteract Austrian influence in antral Italy. But in order to do this with a fair pretext, and neaps the direct hostility of the despotic piwers, the French govera meet affected to act in horror of ultra-democregy , Indeed it pretended all things to all men. To eh; Italian constitutionalists it promised to resume Itoests plane, to Austrian diplomacy it promised to put down Tad repablieanisre, whilst to the National Assembly the expedition was sect as the plea of keeping up French influence in tbe psninsula. General OUDINOrIi conduct and bad sumo has made the French pro fissions tail with all partiet. The liberals in the National Amiably insist that to preserve inflame sad protect Roman independence of Austria, the eze peditien should have gone no farther than Civil.. To them the French government cannot say in reply 1 that their aim was to put an end to Roman anarchy, and restore the Pope by a coop de main, thus leasing the Austrians no pretext fa advancing to the gates of Rome. But, altogether, nerer did intervention more folly assume that most deplorable of characters,—of bring I fault as well as a crime. TO-NIGHT we 'hall, as a wetter of course, have ministers opposing l'slr. DRUMMOND'S motion for a revision of the public expenditure and taxation with a view to relieve the pressure upon industry. With a prophetic instinct, which taught them that such Is were certain to be urged upon pa:Fitment =sore than one quarter during the session of 1849, ministers began to argue against them through their organ the Economist, so long ago as January last. We leave the Economist in the hands of a writer who dates from the rooms of the Liverpool National Confederation, whore reply to that journal will be found in another column. The task undertaken by thorn who advocate a revi sion of our whole system of finance is arduous, because It consists less in convincing the reason, than in influ encing the will, of men in office. Statesmen shrink from a revision of national taxation, because the magnitude and complexity of the undertaking terrify them, and because they are haunted by misgiv bp, not altogether grouedlevs, as to their own com petency to grapple with it. We are told in the Bible LL the sluggard says there is a lion in the path." He was too lazy to go abroad, as.d invented this mon strous lie as an apology . . Our statesmen are too lazy to undertake the revision of taxation, and excuse their inertness by inventions yet more grossly and palpably inconsistent with fact—that there is no in equality or injustice in the existing system, or that it Is impossible to devise any system that ill not be quite as unequal and unjust. When our rulers try to persuade us that the exist ing systek of finance is not quite so unequal and unjust as it appears, they are more adroit than to deny that the direct and immediate incidence of taxation presses most disproportionately on industry. If they did, the figures of their own annual balance sheets would contradict them. With a con sistent pertinacity, which in a good cause would have been a virtue, our legislators have for a century back laboured to shift the burden of taxation from the shoulders of the proprietary to those of the industri ous clams. The property of the landed interest is lass heavily taxed than that of the mercantile classes, and more than one-half of the annual revenue is raised by imposts which press more heavily upon those who have no realised property than upon those who have. About fifty-seven millions were raised by taxes in 1847 ; thirty-five of these millions were the produce of the Customs and Excise. The articles upon which Customs and Excise duties are paid are manly theme articles in general use, of which the poor man cosy games and requires to consume almost as much as the rich. Hence the proportion borne by the tax to the fond oat of which it is paid comes to be, in the cam of the poor man, a hundred times greater than it is in the case of the rich. Of the remaining twenty-two millions, about fifteen were mimed by mesas of stamp duties, probate and legacy dells., fire and marine insurances, the Post-office, the tax en professional incomes and capital employed in =amerce, and some otter', all of which press heavily an the classes engaged io trade or professions, to the imperative exemption of the land-owning arido army. There imam seven millions, which may be allowed to press more heavily upon this last named elms than any other, though even of these a large cis•;(es in the case of the duties on carriages, raid by the indurrial classes, or arises (as in the case of the crown lands) from national property. The effort betrayed by these simple facts, to adjust the pressure of taxation so as to leave the land owning aristocracy, who return about two- thirds of oar (so-called) representatives, compara tively free, and to tax the politically powerless labourers more heavily in proportion to their means than the influential moneyed elms, would be still) matt glaringly apparent were we to enter into details. One example may suffice; even in the Satter of turnpike tolls the landlords have contrived to procure for themselves and their farmers a cam pent e exemption from the burden. But we arc told that, " however unequally or un fairly levied the tan may be in the first place, there is a tendency, in spite of legisl ation , don, for such in equalities to adjust themselves . " This is consoling the over-taxed classes much in the same way that 11r. lieesos attempted to cowls the shareholden lathe York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway. He bad I rated largely, it was true, on one ()cession, by selling them dares above the market price, but on an other he bad incurred large personal risks for their advantage. "There was a tendency for isequalities to adjust themselves in spite of the chair man's helping himself to a lion's share of the prate." the parliamentary is on a par with the railway lessoning. There exists no such principle of own relation or adjustment as is alleged. On the con trary, the practice of imposing a dispreporfiensta amount of national taxation on mercantile and in dwtriel by diminishing profits narrows sus usage of employment, and aggravates the direct plume en the poor by a superadded indirect Plume. et we turn from the chapter of taxation to that st expenditure, the inequality and injustice of our financial system bemuse still more glaringly ap parent. It was CASTLEII4OH, or VANIKITTAIT, or some such sage, who resisted the " ignorant impatience of tasation " of his day by the ingenious argument that money raised by taxing the people was spent among the people—that the sums drawn up by the state from the general fund were reodistributa in fort:algal" showers among all classes. This is pretty and poetical, bid unluckily not true. The fortilimeg showers may bedew the blab places of society, bet they rarely, if ever, reach the valleys. When the state takes money, it takes libe rally from the poor, and after a more measured sad guarded fashion from the rich; but when it spends money, it lavishes the outlay among the wealthy and their clependen's, forgetting the poor altogether. The comparative expenditure of the country on civil and military offlor re, diplomatists, lawyers, and such like, and on bricklayers, will ills-crate our meaning. The pretext that the existing systern of finance is not unequal and unjust will not bold water. The pretext that any system of finance must of necessity be unequal and unjust is equally worthless. At all events it is premature to assume so much before the experiment has been tried. The nation has too d eep an interest in having its financial grievances to be frightened by " the lien in the path" which serves the inmates of Downing-street and Whitehall as an excuse for sitting drowsily with folded hands in official apartments ostensibly devoted to public basi_ _ _ Retrenchment in these branches of public exceedi tMwhich are demonstrably sheer loss for the whatever they may be for the aristovace 7isilitary, naval, and diplomatic services —would of itself, by lessening the' burden of taxation, go far to make its inequality and injustice lees oppressively felt; and a gradual, but not too slow, transition from indirect to direct taxation would go still further. The arguments against direct taxation all resolve themselves into the allegatlonthat it is unpleasant. It I. to be feared that a pleasant tax is as little likely to be discovered as the Oiler's pher's stone. And it may be doubted whether a pleasant tax, if it could be invented, might not be as injurious as certain pleasant and seductive liquors, which are more gratifying to the pa ate than benefi sial to the esestitation. An indirect tax may be pal 'without its fall amount becoming apparent ; the tax- I payer is therefore less sensible of its pressure- 1 in other words, it is less unpleasant t h a n a direct tax. Bat, preeisely on this account it is less likely to stir up the public to resist wantonly profess expenditure, and therefore more iejurions. Again, direct taxation furnishes a clue to the real amount of a mates rea lty, and way thus, it is alleged, injure his credit. • argument rests upon a confusion of legitimate with illegitimate credit. Legitimate credit is enjoyed by the man who can procure advances, because others bars such confidence in his judgment, @Wallin's., pro bity, and energy, as to feel confident that though he may not have ties means to repay the msno w, he will when the time arrives at whichundertakes to pay them. Illegitimate credit is enjoyed by the man who persuades others that his means are greater than they really are The indications given of the real amount of a man's property by direct taxation may ?es'roy illegitimate, but cannot affect legitimate credit. Here, again, the effects of direct taxation may be unpleasant to certain parties, but they are un deniably beneficial to the public at large. To the alleged difficulty of introducing a system of direct taxation, we only reply that the task of reforming our finances is admitted to be no easy one, bat that the necessity of undertaking it must over-rule all such objections. The real ground upm which those who oppose Mr. DRUMMOND'S motion will attempt to justify their votes, is one of which we shall hear sotbing in pir liament ; it will be reserved for confidential whis pers It is that they have no confidence in his judg ment or ability. Why, then, was it left to him to make the motion ? This excuse cannot be received, unless those who offer it take the business, without logs of time, into their own hands. MARY ANNE CROSBY, though restored to her home, is not, there is reason to fear, to be allowed to remain there in pew,. Several correspondents—one of their communications will be found in another column—notice suspicious irquiries that are Icing made as to the amount of rent paid by the CROSSIES, when it was last paid, whether their cottage is taken by the year or half-year, and so forth. These inqui nes closely res.mble what were made by the laird of Ellengowan's agent about the gipeies who occupied the huts at Dernclengh, after the Laird bad been elevated to the dignity of " a guetus peas :" possibly their ulterior objects may also be akin. The squirearchy and magistracy of the Ringwood district will, if they arc wise, allow matters to remain as they arc. They have had li'tle profit and leis credit from their unmanly attempt to imprison the poor woman and her infant ; they will be yet more shamefully baffled if they se3k to assuage their ' bile by turning her and her helpless fam ; ly out of doors. Men may do what they like with their own : the landlord may let his house to any tenant, or no tenant, as he pleases ; no Englishman will on that account cease to regard his proprietary rights as cured. Bat therein not a man, woman, or child in the country who, it MART ANNE CROSBY and her family are "evicted" alter the Irish fashion, but will know that, had she refrained from lifting the game traps, or that, had she even quietly served out her time among the felons, she and hers would have been left in quiet possession of their miserable shed. The whole country will know that she and her family suffer hos for their own faults than for the presumption of her honest neighbours and the press in venturing to help her. And the feelings aroused by such tyranny can make them selves felt in many ways. Means will be found, we dfflibt not, to pay any arrears of rent that may be due by the Caossys, in order that there may be no mis take as to the cause of their being turned out of doors should matters come to that pass. Meanwhile we have an advice for the good men awl tree about Ringwood. In this world the weak as. always held to be in the wrong. Get power, and men will do you justice. Game prams, eanowledge none as fellow-beings who do not maws the elective franchise; they listen to complaints sad remonsthencee from electors only. The eon of the Berl of Noratiotrore sits in parliament for the borough of Wilton by the grace of his maternal uncle ldo Earl of PEMBROKE ; and the Earl of PEMBROKE'S lialf brothe. sits in parliament for the electoral divi sion of S mth Wilts. Now, there is an amociation in Birmingham which has practically demonstrated that a 40s. freehold can be acquired for some twenty pounds, and that even in a pecuniary point of view mach an investment of the mcney is a tolerably gold one. Judging by their representatives, there ought is be liberal partiey of respectable strength in Salisbury and Southampton ; and both of thew places are favourably situated for the formation of afteeholdlaad social, with South Wilts and South Hants for the scene of its operations. The landlords will not be I able to excite a prejudice against ruche society on the l score of foreign interference; and it will find many allies and coadjutors in the valleys of the Wily sad Avon, so thickly studded with towns and villages. An independent interest of registered electors mq thus be formed, which cannot be despised bi o t e l i te families who aspire to the representation of h Wilts,South Hants, and Wilton, A sturdy band et 40e. freeholders will be respectfully listened to, whew they protect against such acts of oppression as that at which MARY ANNE CROSBY has been the victim, sad call for the repeal of the antiquated demoralising law in which they have their origin. VICE-CHANCELLORSHIP OF THE COUNTY PALA TINE OF LANCASTER.—We nadentand that Lord Campbill, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has conferred the appointment of the vice chancel lorship of the County Palatine, which office is in his rift * and vacant by the demise of Mr. Twigs, upon k r ; wood, QC., one of the members for the City of Oxford. Tin Maine ANGLING PRESERVATION SOCIETY held its annual meeting yesterday, at the Freeman.' Tavern; W. H. Whitbread, Esq., in the chair. The econ omy, Mr. Funs 1, read the report to the meeting, which was very well attended by tho brothers of the angle. The report sea a very "sanatory account of the stars of the society's preserves, and held out a prospect of excellent sport, provided the weather should prove propitious, which was set the case during the last season. The 'tetanal of accounts showed a balance of 611. 9s. 10;d. in the tressarer's kends, to meet the future masa, whisk aro of a very moderate and highly awful ehareelsr. The annivere.ry , dinner will take place very shortly, the articular; of whin will be duly anonneed, when it is to be hoped than will be a good attaadimis. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, THE COURT. THE ROYAL CONCERT. The Quern gave a noticert yesterday 'eosin; in Buckingham Palace, at whisk a party of 350, comprising the priocipal stability sad gentry in tows, were present. Half past 9 o'clock was the hear of levitation, sad at that doe the company began to arrive at the palace, end were eon dusted up t h e gnat stamen sad through the green drawing roma late the picture gallery, where the abhors emembled. The Deck= of Glossesser arrived at a quarter past 9 o'clock, attended by Lady Georcina Bathing sad Ccicoel the Haa. Ammons *WAAL The Duchess d Ent woe attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Colonel air George Casper. The Daher, of Cambridge was attended by lady Augusta Wages sad Bust Earnabeek_and was asses panted by their royal Memento the Hereditary Grand Doke and Grand Daehemai Strait:. Prince Leopold, Coast of Emma yes alle Gaatelokala, the Neeptilltsaltialeter. adat by General Palace The Royal Family were seedeed by the Maids of Honour and the Grooms and Egascrles I. Waiting to the (lases and the Priam, who imadneled their royal idgbassess to the white drawing-toss , whore km Majesty and prime Albert received their Massdene Asians. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar sad Palm liMlemtel Heim Philippstahl were she peaset. The n Chem sad Pelage Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of East, the Dimino ot Oloosester,. the Deckers Of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Doke and Greed Bashes@ of Meekleabargh Busk% and the Coast of Byrseass,_ gamed ham the white drawleg room shortly before tea o' au* Mae the grand saloon, which was fitted up se a conesramma. gee Majesty and his Royal Highness wen attended by the Ladies sad Gentleman in Waiting. The genus& anapsay having also entered the saloon, the concert maamsseed. The following was the progruama : PARTE PIMA. Trio, "La mice Dateddla," Mood Maria, eial " , • lablessalm LOni IMMO.) to Mozart Ts, elk,' MEM (Holaw ll Dl nob) Duo, w " Timm io aoa poted," MEM. Pare& • Al (Dame de Legal Al; "11 bat eider ism his," Ng. Mario (Tampa) itereldt Duo, " Pee platen alla dieggra," Mai. Gad • Mg. LAMM' (Tussle Dada) itoniaL Ab p ")d m attend" !Idly. Awl (Dams Ce- Mereandante. 'ftmlinW "Mende) all air." lieeddes Pam& s A•ri. amen Mario • latiadiel Iduemers) MGM. PARTE 85(X)NDA. Ate, " Rode belanada,* Pamdi Ribald° lfadaeehL Ate Was). '2lll_l•M ath...a. "l l lre Pembertni • Labia:be Ise a 2 .-- Timir ds ketemmer," Motile. Weber. ' alr= ) la Mang" Medlin Ands Big. Tiendndni Mon Sem) .. ..... Nowt. Air "Osmide-tu la elia4MP' dlg. liMio Mame de n M .. LAMM ...... -....- Nevadan. ditlThMd. ^ 1.114 • u = a s i AI ( Ow erin % x. (Dia Ism) Gisid A il, - 7 - , , LW ansagellumts between debsen and thou. orediton, When ap proved by • large majority of the latter ; and, thirdly, pro ',Wont for the speedy dirtritottion of the estates of deceased iceolvent traders. - . Mr. BRADBURY baring seconded the reeedution, it wee unanimously saved, aim 1101118 °larcenous float a gentle man in body of the teeming, who deeltred that the views of the couraftee were, to a great extent, shared by the inmate:chi mew, traders, and bankers of Mcnekater, who were all mat ensisnethat the measure, having, in its mo iqalaglii podiums, been as newly bis, 0118 . 1 1. in the averse of the present maim Mr. 'MAWS That calsog— the mods el t of fraudulent bankrupts therein reposed ic Uable to many eonstitetlasel objteolts while the moms seememewied by the oesesttte• for the sass purpose meld with eld.setablished precedents, and offend no adotewledged pledges of law, and ought, there fore, to be adopted. What the committee proposed was to make the Court of a Own of Relief, patting every creditor who had hh debt in the position of a jodermeat creditor, seder* to the gestation of the mart ; and the committee bed ev . ery hops that they should still be able to carry out their mews. 13t; ieac;iatiea vas adopted tinaairaoutly. Mr. HOWELL atoned— ttsitthe committee be instructed to sue its admit exer tions to urge upon her Majesty's government, and upon the 'restate:re, the early passing of Lord Brougham's bill, with the istroMmtion of provisions, to accomplish the above im portant objeets." Mr. GROUCOCK seconded the :isolation, which was unanimously adopted. Mr. CIASSIOIT moved, and Mr. )dune seconded, the 51 resolution : 4 That snbeeriptions be raised for defraying the expenses of comb* the •10111 of the osmadttee into elect." The Insolation was asaaisimgy carried. A vote of theatre wee pre= a, :' to John Nauman, Bat., M.P. , for his ce this day, s ad for his ibis genduct in tee ll =r, and having bras cordially admied,_was asimewhedeed. haldrier:Terf=moty.t6thslla=cr4Clorerattltut'o said this mergag, and esprees the medial concurrence of that bait !malleels et*, Leads& Committee. TIM sepmated. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. The annual Meeting of this Aetheietion was held yesterday at Exeter Hall; J. P. Purs"u"e , Esq., in the chair. The body of the ball was well filled, and there were also a great number of persons In the galleries. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day, adverted at come length to the disturbed sate of the Conti nent, contrasting the peeceable condition of protestant coun tries with the anarchy and confusion width prevail in ROlllll/1 catholic countries. Amidst this slate •e 1 things popery remained unchanged. Popegy is its advemity remained unheralded. He then read a let ter addressed by Pins lE. from Gaeta to the rth! arch", archbishops, end bishops of the Raman catholic church, which represented the Virgsn Mary es the mount object of worship. In this letter the Pope declared " the foundation of our confidence is in the holy virgin. It there be any spiritual truth we know it is from her, and her alone." It was awful to find attributed to the mother I of our Lord that which belonged only to cur Lord himself. I The hoe. gentleman concluded by calling upon the meeting to ep%old the pure principles of protestantism, and thus to mush the vile blasphemies of popery. The Secretary (Mr. Lord) then read the report. It ap peered from the balance-sheet that the society la in debt to , the amount of 6001.. to set against which there are vests' amounting to 5001. It was stated that premiums had been offered by the society for the best essays on Tarim" subjects cannrWa with Protestant principles. Mr. J. BATEMAN moved the adoption of the report,' and the appointment of the committee for the ensuing year. In alluding to the flight of the Pope he observed, that the holy fathsr had made a very sudden exit from the patrimony of St. Peter. The Saviour bad said, "I am the shepherd of the flock, but he that is an hireling acerb.' The Pope in flying had shown that he wee an hireling. (Cheery.) He had left his subjects, to return at the delicate point of French bayonets. The Rev. D. FOLEY, of Clonmel, in seconding the resolution, entered into some details with regard to the ams. duet of the Roman catholic priesthood in Ireland. Ia Om emu of some observations on the Maynooth grant be stelled that he had been informed of instances in whisk MIS et mow given to Maynootlx for the purchase of books had Pm to landlords to pay rent. He wished John Bull to know how his money was applied. (Laughter.) The resolution was then put and carried. Me. PETERS proposed the following resolution: That this meeting detains to acknowledge, with gratitude to God, the blesring.s which have attended the efforts of this ' and similar societies to awaken protestants to a sense of their danger and of their duty as regards tho power, progress, and designs of popery ; that, white the result of the elec tions of members of parliament which have taken place since the annual meeting last year, Las manifested a deter. mined feeling of oppoeition to any measure in favour of en dowing the Humid' priesthood in Ireland, it is still the duty of protestants to 11611 their utmost endeavours, in a per severing, determined, and prayerful spirit, not only that no further concessions be made to popery, but that the grants already made by this protestant country be discontinued. The resolution was carried. Other resolutions in conformity with the object were also agreed to. ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL The commemorative festival to celebrate the 91st anniversati of this charity was held yesterday at the Lou don Tavern, Bishougate street, Samuel Morton Pato, HR., M.P., one of the Vice-Presidenta of the charity, in the chair. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. G. F. Taylor, 'misted by Mr. Holmes, Mr. Bland, Mr. C. Kenny, Mr. Fortesene, and Mr. F. Smith. After the usual COWS had been giveo The Csatawate, inpropoaing " Prosperity to the Orphan Working School, and may it continue to flourish for ever," acquainted the company that they had not the advantage of the presence of the children in consequence of its being ad mission day, and the duties of those who accompanied them rendered their absence unavoidable. The institution was formed is 1758, 91 years since, for 20 boys. It had now under its ears 200 children, vii 129 boys and 71 girls. The average anneal admission to 1835 was 16 ; from 1835 to 1840, 19 ; from 1810 to 1815, 39 ; and during the last two years 100 children had been admitted. The annual subscrip. lions were : Funded property. Children. In 1820 „Sal 0 0 523,000 0 0 91 1830 542 11 0 31,000 0 0 100 1840 ..... . fill 0 0 29,000 0 0 100 1819 1,807 0 0 39,399 7 9 200 The objects 'ought to be benefited by this clarity, wen poor orphan and other necessitous children, who were ad mitted between seven and eleven years of age, from any part of the kingdom, provided they were in good health and had never been the inmate, of a prison or a workhouse. They remained in the school until they were fourteen years of age, when the boys were placed out as apprentice., with a pre mium of 51., or clothing to that amount : the girls wire trained for domestic service, and were provided with sites ' does, each girl having a suitable outfit of the value of three guinea,. During the seven following years, to encourage them to persevere in grad conduct, they were annually re warded with Runs Teepee from five shillings to one guinea, on producing satisfactory testimonials from their employers. I Altogether, 1373 poor children had been admitted into the scholia, most of whom, after reoeiving • religious, useful, and suitable education, had been placed in situations, in which they had, by industry and good conduct, obtained a comfortable livelihood, and some of them had risen to influ ential stations in moiety, and become governors of the charity. The first thing to which be would call their attention was the perfect catholicity of the foundation of the charity itself. No denominations or distinctions were known. The only thing required was that the children should be orphan and ne cessitous ; they obtained a sound religious education with out sectarian hiss, and that industrious habit which was ne , massy for the development of the system of every &dd. This placed the society in a position to claim, at the hands of all, universe! rapport. He had the pleasure of presiding at the last examination of the children, and any interest he might have felt in the institution waiver, mace enhanced by what he there saw, and he would earnestly noommend every (deka of the charity present to pay the festitation a visit et the earliest period, and he was sue they would be amply gratified. The examination was saddastsey and perfectly sound. The children exhibited an amount of information on all useful subjects, which surprised him and every one who had been there on previous oceadors. All the friends of the institution would feel, en going over the new building, that the arrangements were sminsmtly calculated for the objects in view. He was much interested to find amongst the chil dren the orphans of ministers of various denominations and the orphans of many missionaries. As to the whole buildirg and the arrargements at Haverstock-hlil they could not desire to have an institution placed on a better buds ; he never saw a building more eminently cal misted for its purrs:, or money more judiciously expended. He hoped the society would receive substantial tokens of their good will, and that to-night they would show that the cause of the orphan in 1849 was u deer to an assembly of British gentlemen as it bad been on any previous occasion. The tout was neeived end drunk with great enthusiasm. Mr. Kaaanaw, M.P. proposed the health of the Chair man, S. hi. Pete, who returned thanks. He observed that they had now in the institution two children, the offspring of an excellent minister in Weiss; who had both been brought to be partakers of the benefits of the institution by a daugh ter of a clergyman of the church of England. Varifa other tents were given; sad, after the announcer mat of sabouiptions to the amount of 40W., the company esparated. PROTECTIONIST PETITION-MARINO.—A correspon dent of the Brighton Guardian states that in the neighbour. hod of Piecombe several signatores—or rather, cross: e— wers obtained last week by representing the prayer of a pe tition tithe be in favour of a repeal of the malt duty, whereas the pn also prayed for the restoration of a yrotectire duty OR do m. The FREE TRADERS at SWINDON met on Monday evening to take steps for defeating the protectionists, who, it a ppeses, have been actively engiged there carrying about petitions against free trade, and obtaining signatures in senoras obleotionable ways. NEW IRISH CATHOLIC BISHOPfL—DE. Murphy, P.P. of Permoy, has been appcdnted Bisholl of Coyne and BIN; and Dr. Kelly, of the diocese of Derry, has boon g radated enecessor to the lamented Dr. Maglr.n.—Beenirsy Fort N. at the pianoforte. The Judge Adroeate-General had an audience of the Queen yeeterday, at Buckingham Palace, and submitted to has Majesty the proceedings of ems conrts-martisl. Viscount Poneonby was presented to the Queen y, at an audios , " by Viscount Pastrami, Ler U s sre l se Principal Secretary of State for Pereira Affairs. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty - - yesterelif._ Her Majesty the Queen visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday at Marlborough-house. A deputation had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at hie official residence in Downing street, ea the part of the Royal Geographical Society, including Mr. W. J. Hamilton (president), Sir Roderick Murchiem, Sir C. Malcolm. mud Sir F. Beaufort. Mr. West Nash had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. at the °climatal-Am Mr. Hodges, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downina-otrset. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Huns Department . , hie Muted invitations for a full dress dinner party at the Clarendon Hotel, on Serif day, the 19th hut., to celebrate the Queen's birthday. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has issued cards for a full dries dinner at his residence in Downing-street, on Saturday, the 19th May, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. BANKRUPTCY LAW. A public meeting was held 3 esterday at the London Tavern, J. Masterman, Esq., M. in the chair, to receive a revert of the committee appointed at a public meeting of merchants and traders, held at the London Tavern, May 3, 1842, for the purpose of obtaining an amendment of the law of bankruptcy and insolvency. Mr. CCATIB, the solicitor to the au:elation, read the M- P"- It stated that after the expression of the opinion of the meeting in 1847, that the bill for the amendment of the law of bankruptcy introduced into the House of Lords by the lard chancellor was not ealcalated to meet the want. of the country, the committee hastened to place before his lordship the views entertained by the meetleff. They accordingly reprinted the bill, Inserting alterations and clauses of their own in italics, and forwarded them to the law lads On the introduction of a third bid, by Lord Brengham, in 1848, a special committee was appointed, and before that committee 66 witnes.ee, chosen from such classes as were beet able to form a correct opinion of the worlds, of the existing laws, were examined. Before this committee the necessity of the points adopted by the meeting in 1847 was amply proved in evidence ; for 16 out of 23 witnesses agreed in stating that the restoration of a power to arrest, under certain restrictions, was absolutely necessary. The committee of the mesticg accord:ugly recommended that the debtor should be arrested by order of a commissioner 1 of bankruptcy, b.f.rrs whom the creditor should prove his debt ; that the debtor, when taken, should be brought before the court at the coat of the creditor, when the commissioner might discharge the debtor absolutely or conditionally on receiving bail for the debt ; that the debtor should be discharged if taken into custody, or left at liberty, notwithstanding the existence of the warrant, ' when, being subject to the bankrupt laws, he signed or Med a declaration of insolvency. It had not been deemed Mamba to press the question of arrest on mane pro se% brat the bill of the present session would meet many Of OM views of the committee and the meeting, and would he to • very great extent a benefit to the trading comma any and preventive of fraud. The committee regretted, however, that the clause for allowing the Bankruptcy Comet to administer the effects of a deceased trader instead of the Court of Chancery, had been struck out, as the lad advo eate and the solicitor-general of Scotland agreed in stating that the same clause had Betel very ben. &daily in that peet ef die kingdom. The committee acted on the principle lan a audit was absolutely necessary i n commerce, it was ebnialie te rend protect those ec who gave and to er reependble those who reived it. It it, was desirable to podia punishment for fraud, but in every way to facilitate the relief of the really honest debtor, and it sou certain that a bill founds 1 upon these principles would greatly add to the swardy of the commercial classes. In the statement of their Imam the committee stated that their expenditure had un enetinhly exceeded their receipts by 3001., or that at least 11lad incurred liabilities to that amount. Their receipts 1 1:fie year wore 3881. 181. 10d. Mims= HOOPER, in moving that the report now real headlight' ead circulated under the direction of the com ma* aqwessed his gratification at the progress which had limn made in removing the monitions and most mischievous geleinsMes of the bankruptcy laws—laws orleulated solely for the leads of the fraudulent. The measure now before the Henn of Laois wee oat embodying much practical improve ment, asst he lisped that before it passed into law it would be idwiswi still more beneficial to the honest trader and to the BMW portion of the community at large. More cape daily he was convinced that the protection to trade would never be perfected until arrest under memo process was , reamed. MAW. HAWES, in seconding the resolutios, dwelt apes miens portions of the committee's report, and of the MUM* before parliament. Those clauses of the bill which Nem& to arrangements between debtor and creditor were, as at gitemst drawn up, of a very unsatisfactory nature, MSS Ow be-tiers like and simple settlements be ...„, , , , i Weft Ow , where such were otherwise practicable, hat i7s fact, to a minor bankruptcy , subjec t to all the and expensive machinery of the court. He bad, bowWW, received a letter from Mr. Miller, on the ct of lane Brougham, intimating his readiness to meet Mr. Miller said, " I am directed by Lord Dee=hire. my that, sender proper guards, his lord = Is- popend to assent to the proposition that a W nine-tenths in number the minority, and vain*, shall he Id% at and I have his lord- IlWa indedelliess to prepare the namely artistes." As diWodes he . be understood, Um Mad at Manchester le Ile claws of the bill; the committee, in deek miatemplated a meson of relief more than a pawl 111111M11; but still sous disunion in punishment, wham pent was due, should be left to the court , a nd he had le fear that, administered es the law would be by lespendble men in open court, with the supervision of the Pi% the penal powers entrusted to the commissioners would be aimed. The statement in the report that ths lames eye- Weed bytes& from the present system of bankruptcy and in solveney amounted so 50 millions sterling ayear wuratlier un dw that eve( the mark. The dividend paid upon the whole =of property which peened through the Court of Bank ing not more than 3s. in the pound ; and that upon : 81 7 passing through the Court of Insolvency not Man se. in the pound. A letter had been from Mr. Sale, of Manchester, intimating that the Manchester maniac , . had decided to call se a eedeg of the trade there, pass resolutions in support up a deputation, and o f the li e s on committee, sand peddled. The meelation was then adopted insanimously. Mr. ELLIOTT moved the mooed resolution : That whilst this meeting congratulate* the tionntry upon the introduction into the Hones of Lords by Lord Brougham of a BM for the Consolidation and Amendment of the Laws of Bankruptcy, imamate* as it comprises many of the opi nions so long advocated by tha ooenniercial sat r i lls dames of the community, sad will tend to some results, yet this meeting, on behalf ef the mercantile end leading dams of the metropolis, is unableXregrove of the bill, became it contains no provisions for Onto effict three of their most important provision ladispensalile reoon meedatkee, namely, thee[ restoration of arrest for debt upon gams proem, ecconipened with ample precaotiosa against BS taw abuse —a dmple and inexpensive mode of effectual; CORONER'S INQUEST.—YEs rtRDAY. FATAL AFFRAY ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WAY.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Linden H.plat, on th. body °flames Cater, aged S 5 years, who was &Send whin dia from injuries he received in an affray with a nun, named David Archer, who stands charted at Worship street Police Court, with having canted the death of the deceased. George Gower, a porter at the Shoreditch statists of the Eastern Counties Railway, stated that the deceased and ' Archer were plate layers on the sem lino, and, on Thanday wising lest, a quarrel took place between them. At length the deemed threw down his shovel and made an attempt to strike Anther with his fists, but tined to do se. Atelier returned the blow, sad struck the deceased on the breast, and he stumbled back wards and fell heavily upon the rails. A surgeon was sent for, and the dimmed was subsequently removed to the hospital.—Mr. Edwards, house surgeon, said the deceased had received a fracture of the base of the skull, about three inches in length, from the effects of which he died on Mon day last. Several witnesses were examined, but they were unable to state that the deeeued fall from the force of the blow.—The Coroner Paid it armed be advisable to give Archer the benefit of the doubt. Verdiet, " Accidental death." FINANCIAL AND lAMENTARY REFORM. SOUTHWARK. _ _ _ A meeting of the Pmencial and Parliamentary Reform Association, embracing the several perishes of Sr. Saviour's. Christchurch, and Sc. George, in the Borough of Southwark. was held on Tuesday evening at the Three Tuns, in the High-street. Thos. Bailey, Esq., the recto's churchwareen of B'. Saviour's, was moved tar the chair, who briefly stated the objects of the meeting, and expressed his entire concurrence in the principles embodied in the resolu tions of the central weiery, of which Sir J. Wslmsley, M.P., is the president. After some considerable discussion, and an 'Ashanti speech from Mr. John Thymic., the. following resolution was unanimously adopted: " Test Luke Embleton i Esq. be chairmen; Thomas Cailey, Em , treasurer ; and Mr. '&illiam Howard honorary secretary. That all persons subscribing ls. and upwards ter annum be members of the association. And that the gentlemen now present be a committee, with power to add to their number." It war also resolved that a public meeting should be held in the Town-hall at an early day ; that the hon. secretary be requested to get up a requisition to the high-bailiff, Wit. liam Pritchard, But , from the s:veral associations in the Borough; and that a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Apo's, Pellat, John Thwairs, Thomas Walker, Thomas Bai ley, Thomas Satterley, W. H. Mathews, and the hon. were tam be invited and requests' to suprrietend such public muting. After en eloquent speech from William Linwood, Esq., who attended as a deputation from the central association, and several valuable remarks from Messrs. Marton, Satter ley, Mansell, Reath, Lane, it..., the meeting adjourned. MEETING AT BRISTOL. A numerous and respectable meeting of citizans wan held at Bristol, on Monday night, in the Mtge public room, Broadmsad, far the purpose of hearing tram W. Brags on exposition of the views of the Liverpool Financial Refotru Assiseision. The chair wititaken at 7 o'clock, by , GEORGE TUOMMI, E'q , one of the town cosamllers for the ward of at. Mary Itaeliff. - - - - - - The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, said—Those who had read the public newspaper must be aware that in the north of England two associations had been formed with the salutary object of promoting a reform in the finan cial arrangements of this country. The one was established at Liverpool and the other at Manchester, and gentlemen might augur favourably of the ultimate effect of those an :el ation', whoa they remembered that that great movement which ended in the repeal of the rank:tire corn laws, also originated in the north of England. (Chien.) They would that night hear an addren from a gentleman who repre sented the Liverpool Association, and who had come down fer the purpose of ascertaining whether there was a feeling alive in the west of England similar to that which so widely prevailed in the north—(chi en) ; and whether there existed a desire among the population for a reduction of the present excessive and unnecessary amount of taxation. Mr. BEGGS that came forward, and was received with morel applause. He said he had been invited by the council of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association to spend a short time in visiting the west of England and ex plaining the views and objects of that association, in order to ascertain how far the public mind was prepared and ripe for assisting it in the carrying out of more extended eperatiens. He believed that the present time was, above all times, one most appropriate for carrying out a searching inquiry into the financial condition of the country. (Cheers.) The in dustrious classes in the north of England, as he doubted not was the ease In other parts of the empire, were fast sinking from the state of honest independence, which they once en joyed, to one of dependence:upen government sapient or the provision afforded by the hand of private charity. As a proof of this he might refer to the report of the poor-law com missioners, which showed that one in nine of the popula tion livid upon charity; and which also disclosed the alarming fact that the poor rate had, from 1714 to 1846, increased from about two millions to over seven millions. (Hear.) He might also refer them to the Bankrupt List, the Insolvent Lees, and to other public do moments, as mob of the depressed condition of the commer cial, manatee:Meier, and trading elsoes. He would not be understood es seeking to charge this state of things entirely upon the government, nor did he assert that any government, however prudent, could maintain in prosperity a people who were prone to indulge in reckless and insane speculations, and who were borne down by the pressure of their own vicious habits, as well as by the measurn of their rulers. , (Hear, hear.) Still, however, it could not be denied that the example of wasteful and extravagant expenditure of the government in excessive salaries, large pen• done, and prodigious armaments, perniciously affected every branch of industry. (Cheer.) The speaker then referred , with much ability to the recent occurrences abroad, and to the present condition of the continent of Europe—he ex plored his conviction that financial difficulties and the peones d the public burthens were at the root of most of the disturbances which had arisen, and bad contributed to the changes which had taken pl ace, and be argued from this that it would be wise, and prudent, and patriotic, to examine whether any similar financial evils existed in Great Britaia. (Hear) What had entailed the heaviest burthena upon this country ? The wan in which we had engaged. And what had been the results The objects for which we had levied war, and for which we had drained our gold, and had poured oat our blood like water, had been entirely lost. (Chews.) We fought Menton • Dour bon'monarch to France, and to depose a Napoleon, and yet a Napoleon was now the Chietruler of that nation, while the Bourbon dynasty seemed to lee for ever overthrown. (Hear.) We fought to impose a catholic monarch in Spain end to re- Store the Pepe to Rome, but what was now the state of things? (Hear.) England sought to force catholicism on every country of Europe , and yet at the same time she op- Ireland because Ireland was catholic too. (Hear.) The true cease of discuss in a national, as it was often in a social point of view, was living too . fast and spending more money than we could affird in the payment of salaries and pensions, and the maintenance of expensive foreign posenions. (Cheers.) All manner of charges had been urged against the association. (Hear.) It had been charged with seeking tb over throw the church and to destroy the religion of the country. Now it venerated religion, but it dud no see the justice of paying 1,600,0001. a year to 1,600 dignitaries of the chuh, while it divided a leui sum among 10 000 clergymen who did all the work. (Cheers.) It loved aid venerated the Queen, but it did not think that I the barbarous appendages o f monuchin in by-gone ages was essential to of Queen Victoria. (Cheers. It I believed that the security the chief protection of the monarch lay i n the hearts and affections of the people, and it believed, too, that the cutting off of a something trom the civil list, so far from impairing its stability, would give additional security to the throne. (Cheers.) Mr. Beggs then went on to jusify agi tation as a means of promoting the attainment of a good object, and analysed tte Homes of Lords and Commons, in order to show that, as 702 membere of the imperial legislature were connected with the army and navy, and therefore interested In the maintenance of the pre sent costly war establish m ent, it became necessary that there should he some pre-sure from without. (Hear.) He then referred to Mr. Cobden's too ion, and reminded the meeting that the national debt of this country hod increased from 1.800,0001 in the time of Charlesupwards of 700,000,000 1 . at the present time. Ho contended that the proposition of the bon. member for the West Riding was not only perfectly reasonable—(cheers) —but that it ought to be carried and might he safely adopted. The speaker then re ferred to portions of the public expenditure, which might, he conceived, he saved, and concluded an able and eloquent address by appealing to the men of Bristol to lend their aid to the Financial Reform AVSOMItiAI. (Cheers.) The adders was warmly applauded, and seemed to peo duce a considerable effect on the meeting. THE BEAUTIES OF YORKSHIRE. John Hartley, the pretended publisher of a work entitled " The Beauties of Yorkshire" (no such work, as it is stated, ever haring been printed), Ind an account of whose apprehension at Blanchester was given in the Express of Monday, wee brout‘ht for further cumin tion betore the magistives at Manchester yesterday. Mr. Berwick, the chief superintendent of the detective police, said the prisoner bad beta remanded, the court ' would recollect, from Saturday, on a charge of ob taining sums of money from individuals amounting to a guinea in each ease, by false Fewness —the false pretences being that he had published a book called the " Beauties of Yorkshire," and supplied them with copies of it ; which book there was mum to believe bad never been published, and consequently that copies could not have been supplied. Some of the noblemen and others in London, whom it was evident he had obtained the money from by these Wee statements, had been written to, and their answers had been received—if the court would please to read them. He had a pocket-book taken from the prisoner, in which was a list of 89 noblemen and gentlemen, in his own hand writing, marked as having paid him their guineas. Mr. Goulden, solicitor, said he had attended the court at the request of Mr. Novick, and could state some facts rela tive to the prisoner having att.:Wed to defraud clients of his ; but he would not say that the case would reach the prisoner. In the month of May, 1844, (continued Mr. Goulden), I prepared an assignment forte benefi adverti t sed of thatthe creditors of a rerun named Thompson, the claims of such creditors must be sent in by a cer- 'sin day. Among the letter' which came to hand was one from the prisoner Hanley, which, however, he writes under the feigned name of John Smith, and desired me to attach that name to the deed for a claim against the estate of 121. 10a. I referred to my list of credit." and not lindicg the claim here named, I wrote to the delpor, Thonspann, sad was informed in reply that he had no suet creditor. I heard nothing more of the claim till the month of October, when I reamed a note, signed John Smith, decade; me to remit the same by return of poet, and which contained a postscript ay follows: " Wri.e me (tinder cover) addressed John Hart ley, Req.. Maws, Yorkshire." On receipt of this letter I wrote to Thcwapson, enclosing it. His answer was, "Itis an imposition, and I ke ow nothing of the party ;" and this answer I transmitted to the addrem contained in the alx.ye letter. In reply to it I received an epistle declaring that John Btu - 4 , 1 had called at my office three times when he was last in Man chester, adding, " I had not the pleasure of seeing you ; I wanted to know if any dividend was payable, and who paid it, but your clerk could not inform me." I inquired from my clerk if any such person as in this letter had called at the °Mos in my absence, bat he said no one had called about the matter. On naming the subject to Mr. Thompson, he said, " I owe him en such money; let him bring his sa tiny, " Here*. correspondence dropped on that 'abject, and I heard wain mars of the prisoner till November, 1848, when a person named Fellows had died intestate. He was a small brewer in Ardwie.k, anal I advertised that errdi tors should send in their claims to Mr. Sutton. Soon after wards Mr. Sutton received and forwarded to me a letter which . he had received, from John Hartley, claiming 8!. 51. for a pocket of hope said to have b-en supplied to thi de . Upon Kr. Batten bringing me the letter, the writing and the name both Match se se somewhat familiar, and I. had an idea of some unpleasant asiociations conne cted with them. I compared them then ea ' I.have done now, and there can be no doubt as to their being the same writing. I placed myself in communication with Mr. Beswick, the diet superintendent of police, at the time, and I told Mc &Mon to write and appoint an interview ; but the prisoner avoided the trap, and wrote again. Mr. Maude—Well, I do not see what is the use of going into these Littera—what have you to connect him with al this ? Mr. Beswick—l hove found upon the prisoner the seal which he has mei in making wp the letters just read. I learn that his name is Hartley, or Hutt. ley; that he Lam at Malham, in Yorkshire, where he has a small estate of his ewn, which brings hint in about 401. • year. You will perceive by the letters I have handed up to the bench that the parties written to in London decline to come all the way down here to proicents. Mr. Maude—Well, he must be disehargi d. The prisoner was immediately set at liberty. MARY ANN CROSBY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXPRESS, Sir,—Your able comments on this poor woman's case, one of the many cad instances of the work ing of an iniquitous and unrighteous law, have caused the victim's release, and come few gifts through the Express and other* lea have afforded a slight recompense, but she is not safe. 1 have had the curiceitg to go into the neighbour hood of Ringwood, and the oppressors contemplate, I doabt not, the turning her and her little family and her unemFloyed husband cut of house and home, or hy an inquiry, which I have ascertained to have been made, as to the amount of hertent—whon last paid—and whether her humble cot was taken yearly cr quarterly? Have the unchristian sappreters of these iniquitous laws fully enough to a tempt this? Wickedness enough I know they have, although noble earls and men who call themselves God's minis ters are amongst them. Surely the press will watch this intention, and denounce any further act of op pres.ion, even though that act may yet more fully effect the downfall of the game laws. 1 had 83010 further curiosity in this matter, as to the costs. She is subjected to 12s. 6d. costs ; and on my return to my own district—thank Grd! a little less game preserving—l looked at the table of foes —signed by the (now) Primo Minister I think—and • I cannot see that more than Bs. 6d. can be charged; or say, if the canmitment is charged 9s. 111. Who gets the illegal excess P—if it be illegal, as 1 believe— and what remedy have the friends of Mary Ann Crosby if it be so ? Her oppressors, like the pound of flesh, may yet have it in a way they little expect. The Ham ps hire men are ready fur the onslaught if they have a case. The earl and the magistrates are furious at your dragging them and their acts befure the public, bat the public are grateful. The squires cannot, for the life • of them, tell how the Express could know what olpression was working at Ringwoad—perchance, what illegal costs were belay taken there ; nor why the Express ahoald say the case of Mury Ann Crosby would prove the dawning of their mealy gamelaws. But it will be so. I am, &e., AN ADMIRER. - A - IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAT 9. Your political crisis attracts scarcely ai.y attention here. There is a profound apathy upon all political subjects, and questions of free trado do not move this community. In other times the name of a Stanley government would stir up the wrath of the Irish public, but for the present politics here are almost for- - - gotten. It was rumoured that the state prisoners would be removed to London during the arguments in their cue; bet up to last evening no order for their re moval had arrived. The prisoner Martin has much [ improved in health. Archbishop IsltHale has acknowledged the receipt of near 4001. for the relief of the poor in his diocese. Mnitnen.—On Monday evening the widow of Diniel Murphy, of Teerealten, near Macroom, about eighty years of age, was brutally murdered in her own house, and several articln belonging to her taken therefrom, including a gold ring with her initials. The @append perpetrator is a man of the name of William Murphy, living on the lands, whose brother works with a son of the deceasid. Alter having been murdered the woman was put into her bed, the room door clew), the kitchen door !ricked, and the key taken away. As nobody lived with her, it was not until the even ing of the next day that she wss discovered. On some very slight suspicion Murphy was arrested, when the ring and several other articles belonging to the deceased were found on his person. A few minutes before being arrested, when the corpse was discovered, he went to the house and feigned to cry over the mangled body of the deceased. Informations were also lodged against him and a relative of his named Duggan, for sheep-stealing, on the clearest evidence. Duggan is in custody, and the sheep restored to the owner. Neither person or property can be consi dered safe in the pariah of Kilmichael, which is so often the scene of theft and murder.—Cork Examiner. FINE ARTS. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. IeCCOND MOTICI.] A new race of punters sprang up in this country with the decoration of the New Houses of Parliament. Some foreboded from this movement the downfall of the exquisite home subject, for which the country had become so renowned, and the excellence of which had been crowned by Wilkie. Tuffs artist's eminent qualities had made him so independent of the charm of colour, that the graver alone had sufficed to give him European reputation. Others, on the contrary, looked to immense achievements by the English school, when it should have added the perfection of drawing to its own original colour. Amongst those who strove boldest for these com binations of perfection was Mr. Cope. Ho has three pictures in the present exhibition: "Fires:4e Musings," "The First-born," and " Griselda's First Trial," a car toon for the House of Lords. They severally display an amount of excellence which gees far to proclaim possible the solution siughtby the critics. We find the sanctity of R iphael's early din rings in the first men tioned subject, mere ly a young girl with foot on a fender: the head and shoulders are fine enough for an antique cameo. Griselda, fainting at the lc as of her child, has the wire-drawn contour necessary for fresco: the compzetion of the group in the fore round is finely conceived. In the "First-born" the maternal eye is fixed on her "infant prodigy"— prodigy in every sense, the foreshortening of whose little head is equal to its colour. The anxiety to kiss, and the fear of awakening, are both unmistakeably rendered. Although Dyee's sketch for a fresco is striking. the stiff lady is blue is an old acquaintance. Mr. Armitage has impressed • canvas with Ausonian gloom. The sadness is not only in the visages of the well•known diameters of the Triniti di Monti; but also in the face of the eastern princess come to London, with the see word—" Gilbert." Sad ness is indeed the motive power in Mr. Armitage's compositions. Thus, in this version of the I Beckett legend, instead of introducing us to the happy meet Mg of the lovers, the moment chosen is that in which the children point tawards the house of " Gilbert." We do not know how far this may be allowable; but ' in the present cue the difficulty of rendering this ' slender phase of action is well overcome; the claildre , show a careful perception of playfulness, as they i a ray of hope to the mind and visage of the he et' . The colouring may be thought sombre, as is' . A 1?g _ . ~~~ e: ~~