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• al; k bog only brougl:t added discontent and difficulties' k its train, and its unfintunate effects are already appear_ kg. We have now be:iwe us an Irish paper, of only a few back, which states that a young pentleman, of one of toot respectable Catholic families at Youglial, in the' ea my of Cork, hail dial on last Saturday week : on the ch,yriog M on day' his remains were to be interred in the! burial-place. 'The Catholic clergymen (tho account Rho wer•• called *Ton to attend the procersion to the ch , rc li.yartl, would not nib the minister's permission to , they wen. too proud to beg that, as a favour from n o, to which Col were eojo:ned by the Almighty : but tie rill:ions of the duceasol made the application, wad if rfitirei, probably under the pretext that the humble r,otion did not come from the l',itholic clergyman. This is oo h itis:ance otily of the many that have slimily succeeded, .... _ a•t: sltro to follow, this unfortunate and most unpopular) hill We stated all this when the measure was in pro gym; but our representations were unavailing, and the awl:mg-holy results arc now daily disclosing themselves. Prot-statit Prelates and. Clergy of Ireland seem as if thee were determined to bring the monstrous Church I:i,.:.blitlintent of that island into general odium and dig ; all their acts seem fatally directed to thnt end. tl list a picture easel !tlr. 1/swoon's letter to the hlayor of Rrry, of a few days since, present . of that Prelacy ! I low i o c u lgjitiz the reproach that the Secretary's letter conveys!' The Bishop of Derry, 1)r. Knox, receives, it is said, tacitly thousand a-year from that See, and the Ibms of th: Day• se upwards of four thousand ; and vet the Cathe dral is in raitts• and service, for some years, has been 4%4e/rated by sufferance in the Presbyterian meeting-hone tbt tuna of Derry ! Can such a state of things exist, asl the Itegidature longer be blind to it? Is it not plain that the Church Eatiablishintnt of Ireland is encompassed ! round with corruption and negligence, and that it needs a thorough and general reform ? And the sooner it is cv• synced the better, if its ultimate preservation is !wird tu. _ . Tor. Ki No.—The information received from Windom , code, respecting his Majesty's health, is of the most fa rocrable character; the attack of the gout is gone, and his Mkiffly ' S general health is goal. Yesterday 'morning the l)nke and Duchess of Clarence preseedel from their residence in Stable-yard, St. James., , in their carria,:e and four, to Ifeptford, where their Royal Ilighnemies went on board and inspected the discovery ships lying there. Their Royal highnesses returned to tenni in the afternooe. The Doke and Duchess of Clarence honoured the Italian Opera House with their preatoice on Tuesday night. Yesterday the Duchess of Glonceater and the Princess S4phia visited the Princess Augusta at her residence in :gable-yard, St. James r, whore their Royal Highnesses partook of a djetsise, and afterwards rode out together. On 'I itcsilay morning a courier arrived at the Colonial Ciftier. Downing-street, with despatches from the lonian Islands. We understand that the hatisc of Niemen. Alexander and Fletcher have received a letter of the Bth March, from a palate who accompanied Sir G. M . Carthy to Men, which data not mention a word of the battle with the Ashan ti: a.—busing Paper. Liters were. received yesterday from Cephalonia. but the dates are not very recent. They state that extraordi nary exertions are making in all starts of Greece to meet the threatened attacks of the Porte ; and that the jealousy which subsiatial between the Greeks and the cnterprisiug foreigner% who have employment under the Government is gradually subsiding. Retract of a letter, dated Canton, January 9:—" Every thing goes on quietly here, and the. Linton affair is at Iz oi set:leil, by the Emperor of China leaving the King of to punish f'aptain Richardson and the inur siersts, should they ever dare to return to their own cowntry." Yeltertlay a Court of Directors was heM at the East India Douse. when the following chartered ships were thus stationed, viz.:—The Claudine and Boyne, fur Ben gal direct, to be afloat the loth into. ; and the ayton, for Bewpd and flentavolen, to be afloat the Isth inst., and to sail from Gravesend at the expiration of thirty days from their coming afloat. CHANOE or ADNIIIIII.TIATION. — Reports of the int artediate resignation of Lords Liverpool and Eldon circu lated pretty freely in town on Saturday and yesterday. We believe, however, they owe their origiu more to the desire of the public for such an event, and to the probabi lity of its occurrence, than to any thing that has yet been .decided on the aithject. The great age of the Lord Chan arikw, the alterations which the constitution of him Court moat prolribly undergo, to satisfy the people of Eugland, with whom it has fallen into a degree of unpopularity almost without an example, and his Lordship's late unfor tunate disagreements with some of the must respected and prominent members of the lbw, must, doubtless, make him wish to be speedily relieved from the fatigues of office. Lord Liverpool'. delicate health would seem to make retirement equally desirable to him ; so that a partial change in the Cabinet is not at all unlikely to happen. Should it fortunately take place, there can be little doubt but that a great improvement in the system of government. in England and Ireland, would follow. The sound con stitutional principles which his Majesty imbibed in early Lie, and the liberal inclinations of his mind, would of course Wiwi: him to adopt the views of Mr.Canninir in pre firmer to those of Mr. Peel. The in fl uence of the former wood become paramount in she councils of the nation; and the benefits of his enlightened policy would be soon felt in all parts of the empire, but especially in Ireland, as it Is well known that the Marquis Wellesley, and the splendid statesman who preside' at the Foreign Office, are perfectly agreed in r space to the manner in which this country ought to be treated. We need not remind our traders that Mr. Canning and the nettle Viecroy are per sonal and political iriends.—ThoWia Fl ermam's Jusirnal ey . 21funday. • A rumour very generally prevails in this and the Eng lish metropolis, that we are shortly to have a change in the Ailminititration. It is reported that Lords Live , pool and Eldon have resigned their seats in the Cshinct, and that the former Nobleman is to be succeeded by Mr. Robin aori, who is to be raised to the Peerage. Some say that Mr. Robinson is to succeed the Marquis Wellesley, while others mention the Marquis of Lanallown as his successor. It Is aka asserted that a dissolution of' l'arliament is to take place forthwith. We treat the entire as idle rumours, for which there is no teal foisadatioe.—/risA 'flow of , tite.". Tilt LOllll Nlavocit--At the Quarterly Assembly an Paid ty, the citizens of Dublin were disappointed in their esoktatlons of the re-election of oar present excellent sAtief Magistrate to fill the important office for another year. It appears to have been the general wish of the Corporation that his Loribiltip shnuld have been ro-eleeted, bet it was found to be contrary to one of their standing loos. We lurk no doubt, however, that our fellow-citi zees will conw/bewatel, anal in a suitable way, to evince their respect and gratitude to his Lordship fur his unwearied exertions to pro.note their intercom—lrish Timm (:rent itlstreqt exists amongst the Sheffield cutlers. These ortiruns have published on address to the public, in which they say. " Taking an average of wage. throughout the trade, we shall find it not tam exceed from 9s. to I Is. per week, soil they are working from fourteen to sixteen hours per day." The curious in natural history have abundant food for contemplation in the siasgular individual who has been in troluml to the public as Miss Crachami, the Sicilia.' Dwarf. l'uli:.e most others of whom any record is pre served, she is not uulv diminutive, but beautifully pro pmtienell, and so perfect in every respect that many members of the faculty have given it as their opinion, that she will not increar„: in size, and that there is every proba bility of her living . to a considerable age. Miss Crachami is oboist nineteen incises high, of slunder snake, but still well proportioned ; she is said to be Its years of age, yet her countenance indicates a more advanced period at life, and her weight is under five pounds. We bete'', that this int:untwist stinted growth, oonsbined with doe proportion, 4wl, in none respects, crew elegance of form, is unique. PASIIION.4BLE IVTELLIGENCE. Harness de Willoughby entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Tuesday. at her house, Whitehall; suiting whom were, Hail Clare, }tail tiocksavage, Lord A. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Ar., butlinot, Mr. sneyd, Mr. Campbell, Ate. The Karl of Forutseue entertained the Directors of the Ancient Music. the Alarcuis of lamsdown, and a large party, at dinner yesterday, at his 1 (.11% . in limo - emir-square. Earl :whim had a dimmer party yesterday, at his house in At . lingion.streat. Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot had a large party at dinner yesterday, at thur house, 11 . 11iteliniLitince. The nuke of Gloucester liati a I.7ard dinner party yesterday at ('muster I louse, Perk-lane. The Earl of llednor has arrived at his brine in Lawer Grosvenor street, 1141111 his seat, Longford Castle, Wilts. Sir Welkin and Lady 'fanjet Wm. Wynn, and family, ar . rived 011 Tuesday at their house in St. James's-square, from their Peat in Wales. - _ _ A GENERAL INQUIRY I. ANCIENT ARMOUR : As IT EXISTED IN EUROPE, NUT PARTII ULMALT sw Edo. LAND, FROM THE NORMAN CONMUEST TO THE UNION OF KING I:HAILER II.; WITH A GLOSSAVY OF MILITANT Tsar's or THE 31IDDLI; Auks. IN Toss:, VOLUMES. By SAMUEL RUSII MEVRICK, LLD. and F.S.A. (Jcnuingi.) The style in which these magnificent volumes are got up, entitles this " (knrral Inquiry into Aneiroti Armeur" to be considered as a national work, and,—which i' renally creditable to the spirit of the publisher and to the l i beral j patronage of literature and the arts in this country,—it is i such a work as, on the same subject, no nation but our I own can show. England has contributed more towards this branch of knowledge than all Europe Insider', and the name of the present writer is a sufficient pleeige for the ac curacy of the information it conveys. The Itugiiry here pursued, branches out into a great variety of collateral topics, which well deserve the attention of the philosopher, and will amply repay the research of the man of letters. It embraces some of the most curious incidents in the history of human nature, and furnishes the best materials tawardit illustrating that infinite and endless contrast which exhibits itself in the character of our species. Man seems to be, for the most part, like other animals, variously constituted, and impressed from his origin with a difit'reut temperament both of mind and body. Reason and the passions, when left to themselves, seem, under different latitudes, to take a different direction. In the nations where nature has been left to grow wild, the natives, like the large species of ants, which Huber denominates Amazons, appear to have been maraud ers from the beginning ; they plague and plunder each 'other without remorse, and, like those restless and unruly insects, they catty on a species of shire trade, and recog nise no right but the right of the stronge:.t. Others, like the nations of the lately-discove re it island of Loo-enno, en- Ijoy their natural state of freedom in peace and quietness, and observe the rules of hospitality and the maxima of justice so religiously, that it might puzzle a missionary to account for the contrast ; and this too, witkotit any visit iase inspectors from oar A+ lend, and without any niel from those pious preceptors who have hitherto kept " our church universal in the right way." Amongst the most disorderly of our species, the strongest have, in all ages, been made sensible of their trealatess ; ' and in the rudest states of society, tone means or other of defence have been invented, which might " make inners:ice 'double sure." The war-mat of the South-sea Inlanders, and the wicker shields of the Japanese, are but prototypes of the helmet and breast-plate which defended our hardly lees barbarous ancestors from " The iron sleet and Jeremy shower," which mowed them clown in reptedrons, and consigned them to their winding-sheet in spite of their twisted mail. The origin of defensive armour is as ancient as the earliest , era of the arts ; it, in fact, is so ancient, that its origin is 1 mythological. 'l' ice indefatigable researches of our author e has left us nothing to desire on the score of information, as I to its introduction and progress, in every age and in every 1 elation to which it can faithfu ll y be traced. It is, as con -1 meted with our own country, that the majority of readers I will deem it most interesting, and on this bend our curio sity is amply grati fi ed. Our warlike forefathers have left ' their memorials in our churches and abbeys, wherever they could put them on record. They have made their very tombs their armour-beaten. We find them stretched in " grim repose," with their swords in quiet by their sides, but braced and buckled up, as if they were one day to give an account of their " feats in arena," and expected they should only rise again to answer the question of " Beard y , e the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ?" But to the philosopher all this will elucidate the character of the human mind ; and to the historian it will mark the trimmers of the age, and the condition of the times. " Some of the customs," says the author, " which had their origin in those military achievements, of which the following pages treat, ettabilsli the varying fashions and modes of the world, in atte m pting the acme general object of personal defence from age to age; others the permaneary of some national habits and manners; others again arc curiously connected with the etymology of modern lane Piarle In the significant, but sometimes bumble wrap ping 0. craite round the left arm of the military,, pr metern- I ing, who would recognise the kerclaf of idrattumer, pre sented anciently by his • sovereige 'tally' to her chosen knight, which booted him to heeesereiee, end with which he must not part but with his life? 'Yet such is its origin. On the other hand, the scull-cap and shield of the Turks and Saracens, in the first crusade (11 Hi), an expedition which diverted the eldest son of the Conqueror from assert ing his right to the throne of England, arc precisely those of the military among the Georgian and t'ireessian tribes at this day. or, it is hoped, will the etymologist despise one aid when we instance dug as signifying a pistol, while pis/obese implies a dagger, and semi-Mtge a corruption of 1 arymitar, as showing that conclusions should not ba too readily formed from sounds; when we exhibit our Dilli ... ----..-- ---- ---- -- - _____ GOON/ as ' being in all languages called so, because a mus- We have received the Paris Journals of Monday evening. keteer on horseback, with his burning match, riding a gal -lln the morning of that day, the offices of Ardouin, Hubard, lop, as many times he (loth, may something resemble that and Co. were visited by a great number of persons bekr - beast which naturalists cull a fiery dragon ; and when we ing the bonds of the Loan of the Cortee, who came to de- shew that the tides of knights eucountering,fiery dropsa mend the payment of their half-year's interest. This in the Holy Land, took their origin front the dread in payment not hieing made, they won to the Exchseege, spired by the (heck fire ejected from tubes, with rumfes ' where they vented their discontent, ascribing their tuts- made to resemble those of that fabulous animal. To thaw fortune to M. Guebliard, and said—" Down with the who are interested in more modern warfare, it will probe- Loan of M. Cuebliard." This cry, which was several bly excite sonic interest that our researches have enabled times repeated, caused a momentary inteiruption on us to fix the first use of small fire-arms to the year 1430, 'Change; one or two persons having been induced to go and that ualiefe we find them in the county of Durham. away, tranquillity was restored ; wiwn three genel'armes if Bin a main object of this work is to establish that :reelectl at the gate of the street Notre Dame des Victoires. rhronolvy "I' costume, with respect to ancient arms and 'flee Constiorlienne/ represents the affray as rather more 1 armour, which has hitherto been so imperfectly regarded serious. and the appearance of the gend'annes as having alike by writers, painters, and dramatists of modern times. been followed by several arrests. Lieutenant-General Zeal for the truth of history requires us to remind modern Count de Bourmont arrived in Paris on satunlsy morning, writers anti artists, that the barons of King John were tun and immediately called on the Duke of Angoulenre• liabited, as they are commonly painted, in the knightly The t'rien. Con. action, in which a celebrated tragedian accoutrements of Edward the hint:, and that a sepulchral will figure as the defendant, is expected to be tried this effigy, clothed in armour of Itichanl the Second's time. Term, or shoring the sittings after Term. The plaintiff i cannot represent Ithys Prince of Wales, a cotemporary of (it has before been mentioned) is a persen whose civic henry the Second, al though it is confidently made to weer rank entitles him by rotation to the highest city honours. his name in the frontispiece of a respectable historical 'flee defendant is shortly to embark for America, where he work. The full feeling and effect of historical aneolotes will again exercise his splendid talents. and incidents sometimes depend essentially on our acquaint- On the return of a fashionable frail one the other day ante with ancient armour. An example or two will suffice. frem the Continent, the lady was met at Rochester by Wi l li am t h e conguer„, to crush the rebellion of his roe, her injured husband, who pathetically explained to her besieged the castle of Gerberoy, on the borders of Nor that his house could no longer he an asylum for imputed 1 manly. During the siege, Robert, in a vigorous sally. irregularity, and that they must part fur ever. The fair !engaged a knight envel in armour, wounded hit ore is reported to have received this intelligence with the ! the ante, and unhorsetl him tit ore At the moment of his fall same philosophical indifference which site exhibited during' hi s h e l met " wee ,' b ac k , and be di scovere d t h at hi s ants her voyage across the Channel, in a moment of imminent ' 1 gonist was—his father ! With a true chivalrous feeling he danger, and directed the poetiilions to thrive to Tunbridge dinnounted with precipitation, respectfully assisted Wile Wells. The wealthy husband is reported to have given up Ham to regain hi s h one , an d mantle d h i m to depart. to the lady the whole of' her own fortune, amounting to The armour of that day covered the threat and head, nearly one hundred thousand pounds, and her jewels, leaving the face exposed: the helmet was a mere skull which are stated to be of immense value. There is to be cap. How, then, are we to understand this interesting no Crim. Con. aetion.-21forning l'aper. Scene? A circumstance apparently trifling is all that is It is proposed to establish a permament Refuge far Pea- wanting. This skull-cap was furnished with a broad piece titute and Houseless Persons in the city of London ; and of steel which covered the nose, and was termed a aural, else premises now occupied as the London 11'orkleouse so that the instant it was put on the features were ton par have been suggested as suited to the purposes of such an tially seen to be recognised. In the fall it might be thrown', , institution. back, and thus discover the wearer." Ti.v. Petere enen.—The Duke of Orleans, when Re- It is obvious that every requisite which personal incluse gent, had ocerneion to be very angry with Lord Stair, be tr and external assistance could procure, towards the. per- I cause he believed that he hail done hint an ill-office with feetion of this work, has been soughßwith success. the King of England• seed prevented the latter from en v ring into thee alliance with France and Holland. If that " The materials," the author himself tells us, " for the alliance had taken place. the Regent could have pr e - undertaking have bees espies (accurate as far as poweble to vented the Pretender from beginning his journey ; but as obtain them) of ancient seals, illurninatione, painted glass, England refused and monuments, which, when chronologically arranged, to do so, the 'hike was Obliged to do nothing but what was stipulated fur by the treaty of p e ace ; have been compared with extracts from historians end poets, front wills, inventories of armour, anti royal ordinances; that is to say, not to succour the Pretender with money nor arms. lie ordered, in Lord Stair's presence, towels, and here the author would acknowledge th e ki n d ness ( dm, friend Major Smith, his coadjutor in the cosenne ut the ' Major of the Guard, to arrest the Pretetider on his passage thiough Chateau-Thierry ; but it is said that Commies original inhabitants of the British isles, in the lo a n o f hi s was well acquainted with the Regent's secret intentions, memoranda and drawings. The usefal hints of his much ' nd set out, reselved not to find what he went in search of.. esteetned friend, that most able and critical antiquary, Tits Geet.x Revemeriox.—A most admirable Work Fte•re cis Douce, Esq., and the valuable communications h is j e st a pp ea red, on the origin and progress of the ti: eel Revolt'. on all that relates to Scotch armour, from one ne Lee to he tine, tine, &r. lay E. Illaryuiere, Esq. Among the extrnaratinary events admired for his private virtues than hit boundless talents, ' of modern times. none have occurred of more po.erfail interest than' hi s good friend, Ste WALTER SCOTT, Bart. those which continue to agitate the clank shores of Greece; and 1 „,, i , ' yet , bow imperfectly arc they known b us! It is trite we neva- ! lne numerous illustrative plates with which theme vo skarn, bear of battles, massecre s, and bumming. ; hut no analysis limes are enriched, the splendid and costly style in which ' of the Week character, no accurate or connected account of their they are illuminated, and the elaborate pains bestowed upon notes smuggle for independence, new any rational hypothesis re-. their execution throughout, render this work highly worthy 1111 : gardleg its result, could possibly he formed. until Mr. Blaquiers's. „ a . s petronage it faineance' iron his Ala.. ' Sabi Ilbe the cause led him to visit .. the Isle,' of ttrsece, where " kudos Sappho loved and sung"—the only pl a n , i n d ea g, b y jesty, to whom it is dedicated, and whose competency to iiiidt redwing materials ter such a Work ceuel be collected. the munificeni -- • e- •-. t e ., • e appreciate the value of its contents is well known. The Karl and !'monies of Darlington and family arrived yea tet 'lay . at their house in St. James's -Noire, from Cheltenham. m Avahi at lemon's lintel, St. Jantes'autreet --John Lesion. Esq., from his seat in Haute ; Captain 311oulevy and Captain Tigh, from Paris. Arrival+ at Jordan's lintel, St. James's-street:—Mr. and Mrs. Bolton and family, from their seat, near Liverpool , John Taylor, El : from his seat, Spring-grove, ll'omestershire. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have left ditto, fur Paris. The are. Mr. Duncan and the Rev. Mr. Lee hare arrived at the Itriti.h Ilcxel, Jermyn-street, from Oxford. Mr. and Mrs. Itigip and family attired yesterday at the Water loo Ilutcl, Jennyn-aircet, from their mat, Antrim, Ireland. Lord and Lady Caatlecoote are at the St. l'etcrsburgh Dover-street. ----- Arrivals at Kirkhani's Hotel, Lower Brook-street:—The Bishop of Litchfield and Mrs. Ruder, from Litridield ; Mr. and 31rit. Tempest, from divir seat in Vorkiihire: Ind Thomas Cecil, from Lincolnshire; Sir Henry and Lady rllathiss, from Bath. Captain and kits. Masco and family, and Mrs. Factor, have arrived at Blake's Hotel, Jemirn.street, from Dover. Arrivals at MivArt's Hotel, Lower Brook-street Bryan. Esq. arid Mrs. Bryan and family from the Continent; &igen Wyatt Edgell Esq. and Mrs. and the Minn Erigell. from I.:Khan, Surrey ; William !Amnon, Esq. and Mrs. Laininon and family Lady and 311 its Allen, from !laming;; Thornton, Esq. and Mrs. and the Misses 'Thornton, front a tour; Sir Si. Vincent Cat ion, from a tour; Lord Dorchester. from a tour. Departures:— William Hutton, Esq. and Mr.. flldten and fkorily, for 4=l *eat., Lancashire; William Mount, Eaq. and Mrs. family, for Waxing-Ow, Newham!, _Barka ; Thomas Staples, Eat ' and Mts. Staples famq, fee MIL SIGNOR 1 IS7 RUCCI. Last night this gentleman commenced his mks of fm proviwiziomi for the repent season at the Argyll Rooms. The audience was extremely numerous, and of thy most respectable character. We observed many persons of rank and high fashion, and a large proportion of those most dis tinguished about town for literature and art. This is as it should be. It evidences a desire to panellize every tes of merit, and to extend the friendly hand of we :bwire to an enterprising, educated, and highly-gifted straE. This sort of extemporaneous versification on any su bjec t whatever is peculiar to Italy ; indeed there is no r European language which admits of it. Great flexibility,: smoothness, variety, facility of combination, and aptitude for rhyming, are absolutely necessary to the impriaisatore. These are the characteristics of the Italian tongue, and are, at the same time that they facilitate extemporaneous corn- 1 positioc, fatally injurious to the higher class of poetry. We have heard, both in Italy and elsewhere, a great: many linprovisatori, and whilst we were struck with their extraordinary command of language, we slid not much admire the originality or force of the senti ment. Signor l'istrucci, in this respect, is superior to any of his brethren. Ile is not only gifted with a marvellous facility of versification, but his expres sions are singularly poetical, and his matter of a quality that will stand the test of criticism. His manner, too, is singularly impressive; a little too theatrical, perhape, but very energetic, varied, and graceful. Ills voice is sonorous anti powerfel, and his enunciation clear, distinct, and cut phatical. The therms were given to hint by as person who pleased, and related to all possible subjects. The lint was the Lassa ; and he immediately commenced a strain of high poetry upon this reward and ornament of moral, intellectual, and military distinction. We have no splice to detail the manner in which he treated it, or to quote any of the sentiments sir illustrations. It was lousily applauded. The next was he Judgment of Brntiis ; then eucceeded an ode on The greatness of (;nd as discoverable in Me souls of nature—Florenee--The Death of Framinondos. In all these he was remarkable for the ease, reatlintats, fluency, and force, with which be poured forth, a series of smooth and beauund stanzas. It was like areertexhans tible river. Between the several recitations, some (4 the leading performers of the Italian Opera presented them eaves to the audience. Toni and Ikeretti sang a duet very pleasingly. The celebrated terzetto, Sara falnia delusa, from Rieciardo, was delightfully given by Ronal Beg,nis,' Mademoiselle Marinoni, and Signor Toni ; and these, toge ther with De Begins and Heves, gang the quintetto which terminate+, the first act of /I 7'urcie is Italia, with great effect. The whole performance appeared to afford much satisfaction to the audience. Signor Pistrucci (he is the brother of the engraver to the Mint), is not only a poet, but also a distinguished artist. Ills melt perform ance is fixed for the 2:id of June. RRITISII AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The tweetltb mmlyerrary or the British and Foreign Rible Society was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern. The mom was crowded before eleven o'clock, at which period several Nohle men and Gentlemen entered the room. We observed on the plat form the Bishops of Lichheld and Covenuy, Lord Gambier, Lord Calaulp, Charles Grant, Esq., ALP., Slid many other most dia. tinktn!..lsl4 rrwma. The Prt %Went, Lord TElGNmoutir, was unanimously railed to the Chair. The Serretart Ithe Rev. Mr. P.a.V.lner) then proceeded to read an abstract of the Report of the Society's proceedings for the last year. It was very long, hut its interest never *bated. The pro gress of the teociety, in their extensive career of benevolence, has coneiderably increased since the law annual meeting. New versions of the Scriptures are still preparing. Those already prepared under the inspection of site Seeley Pave undergone revision. Some of them have actually pissed through fifteen editions. New dons appear to be continually °peeing for the further spread of the Holy Samoans, and the mein diepositien of the funds of the. Society is ever prepared to mete those new demands. While the :"I:CRETARY was reading the Report, Lord liar. wiwhy entered the ronm, and was received by the meeting with the wane.* expressions of applause; Lord Roden shortly afterwards entered, wed was received wide similar demonstrations of applause. The amounts from South Amerin were peculiarly gratifying; " her fields," in the language of the Report, •• were already white few the 'lancet ;" but, indeed, there was no toilette of the world from which the accounts were not equally eneouragirg. All na dons seem anxions to evince their atachnient to the benevolent cause of the British and Foreign Bible Society. in turning to the &medic affai es of the Society, the Mmmittee could not but deeply regret the low emosined by the British sod Foreign Bible Society by the death of Mr. Grant. one of the Vice-Presidents, and one of the plaint friends of the cause in which they were engaged. The low of such a man was not rosily supplied. The Society too bed to deplore the death of one of their Secietarics, who was most skil fully acquainted with the Oriental 'Angleton. The accounts front the friends of :hie Society throughout England, proved that the cause was Tepidly advancing throughout this island. In Scotlxnd tim the Swint , was advancing with a stead? progress, and Ireland hail not been neelected. (Applause.) J he friendsof this Society were perfectly convinced that the feelings of the Irish people were most likely to be regulated, and their condition improved, by time peru sal of the Holy Scriptures; and they were now engaged in cireu ; bating the New Testament in the Irish cturheter. (Applause.) The Resort concluded by recommending to thellociety to persevere in their exertions, until the whole earth should be tithed with the Cha pel of God. The Earl of lIIIRROVIIT rose to move that the Report—an abstract of which they had just heard read—might be printed. , The tneeting would perntit hint to make a few observations upon those parts of that Report that peculiarly engaged his attention. There wits one question which lie felt disposal to put upon the very', hearing of the report—upon considering the extraordinary erect produced by the Society. Was this the report of a Society that had existed . for centuries-elite:an—that had grown gradually, and by the accumulated labour of many years obtained its present eminence? (Applauac.) The answer wan calculated to amaze. No ! it is the Report of a Society in its mere infancy I or, at all events, of a mere minor society. It is now only in its twentieth year, and it has only been fee the latter ten yeses of its existent that it has advanced without restraint, and vigorously prosecuted its objects. Mew, hear, hear.) It wan gratify ing to him, that while our benevolence crossed the Line, an wan dered forth to visit all who were benighted and ignorant, our own people at home were not neglected or forgotten. it was very grey tifying to hint to see that the state of Ireland was not neglected; that was s isometry in which their exertions would be most usefully and in which, indeed, necessarily they ought to labour. Ireland would not. one day or other, be insoneible of such exertions. If they looked through the Report, it was quite wonderful the wide extent over which the Society 'Tread its beneficent influence. book to the Elands in the Pacific Octun,—the existence of which had been un known until ascertained by the enterprising spirit of one of our countrymen—involved, as they formerly were, in the most die gusting licentioutnees,—now anxious to receive and profit by the Scriptures of `t the living and true nod, and Jesus Christ, whom he lath tient." If they looked to the vast empire of China, how ever at first they might iodine to despair of its enlightening, yet the accounts centained in the Report were at all events not calculated to strengthen such misgivings. Ile despaired not of the success of this cause—it had greatly preserved, but not to them belonged its success—it was the Lord's &nog, and marvellous indeed was that success in their eyes. (Hear.) The Noble Earl moved that the Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society fur the last year ; should be prints,. The Earl of Ronr it said, that the Noble Lord who had just sat down had en ably touched on some parts of the report, that lie had left him little to any, except to second the resolution that the report in question, to an extract of which they had with so notch gratification attended, should be printed model: the direction of the Committee. But he could not help expressing . his gratitude that he wets now permitted, with the meeting, to witness the twentieth anniversary of the Beulah and Foreign Bible Society. (Cheers.) It would ill become him in take up the time of the meeting in entering into the details of the progress of the Society, and of the blessings to be derived trout tt ; but then was one simple fact which lie could not omit stating to the assembly. I will not, said the Noble Lord, say how many years since, I knew a man who was itornlved in all the scenes of fashionable dissipation which the Irish metropolis cloth most abundantly supply. It was his chief object to loik for pleasure, and to stifle the thoughts of futurity. Ile hail no CUM tier heavenly things, but in this world's worthless-; nee. he ilklk especial pleasure. It happened to this indisidaal so; whom I allude to be present at one of the meetings of your society in Su hair; h. wasted there from Idle curiosity; and, whanted to be detected in such a place, he retired to a corner of the room. While that man wood there so secretly, and so concealed. he heard opinions delivered which were indeed new to bitn, and which pe netrated his soul, for he then felt that if these aetitiouents were cornet, his eternal Asbury was well nigh aceompliehed. Ile was not an old man, but years flew apace,—eo thought the individual to whom I ant alluding—and what then was to become ofhis immortal soul? So he was exceedingly sorrowful, but it pleased God in that; society to inform his mind with right principles, for a good man was there, and he spoke of the power of (hid unto salvation, and he cautioned that meeting, and every soul there, to build their faith upon the Bible, and not upon the words of man (hear); and he told them that to all who sought the assistance of the Holy Spirit, that assistance would not be denied. foe that God had peon rased tt to open to them who knocked," and that by prayer and suppli cation the word of God would be made manifest to all. This individual, therefore, retired to his closet—poured forth his sloshes to the (,nod of mercy, and it pleased that (lad to listen to his prayers, and to lead him to the way amid the truth and the life; and though I cannot deacribe to you the joy and ; ci—of mind which that man experienced, yet will !say, that in all sgriefs, and Clod bath given him his share, lie has never despaired since that day of the blessing and protection of !leaven. l'heve, in the Bible, he has found a protection from the storm which few have fdt more keenly, but I trust few with :note perfect resignation. (Applause.) That individual is permitted this day to have the honour of addressing you (loud applause); he is permitted now to declare the obligations which he owes to an Anniversary Meet. ing of your Society. The Noble herd, in concluding, expressed his gratitude to the Society tior their aorta in Inland, and gave to the resolution his most cordial support. The Citata Max then propood to the Meeting the resolution moved by lawd Harrowby, which was unanimously adopted. The Bishop of LICIIVIWLD and Cove:write moved the next resolution, " That the thanks of the meeting should be given to lewd Teignmouth, President of the Society. for his unceasing at tention to the interims of the Institution." The Noble and Rev. Prelate, in adverting to the various efforts made of late by the Society, congratulated the meeting upon the prospect row evening to their view in l'olombia. and onotrasted the progress which the Soristy was now making in that nes ly-fonmal (lovernment with the spirit of bigotry and persecution that disgr occd the tins: intro duction of l'hristianity among that people. The corsequenee WAN that despotism, civil And religious, had covered that land and inn paired her moral energies—had node it the scat of superstition-- the very fastness of Papal power (cheers); but the storm had at length subsided, and they were now ptrtnitted, tinder the guidance of Hint who " puled the whirlwin d and directed the storm," ' spread through that country the glorious tidings of" peace on earth and good-will onwards man." (t !hero.) Lord BASH As. seconded this resolution, which was unanimously rdLord Tr tow m urn returned to the meeting hi. sincere thanks for the honour conferred upon him. The Report was most grati tying to hint, and he was quite sure that in their exertion there'' would be no rely:allot). (Applause.) A French Peer, whose name we could not ascertain, was here introduced to the meeting. He stated that the Bible Society in Paris felt most grateful to the British and Fofeign Bible Society for their beneficent assistance. Ile assured the Society that the Protestants of France were attached to the cause of Evangelical religion. (.Ipplause.) lord BE tge moved a vote of thanks to the Members of the hlnyal Family, for their continual patronage of the Society. The motion au.: seconded by the Rev. Mr. Parsons, and carried ,with much applause. C. I:natty, Esq. M.P., then appeared, and he was received with cdisiderable approloation. He took the liberty art movie? a resolution sir thatiks to the Vice-Presidents; he moved it with mach gra:We:atom for he sots satisfied it would be received by the toecting with mouth satisfaction. But he could not content him. self with merely moving that rt.-solution. !lateral it aas impossible to restrain some aciitinortits of mlniimtion, some expressions of de halt', and even eaultation, at the progress of this Society. If any man had statist a century wto that in the course of twenty year such a society as the present should rise and dourialt--that it should arise, not at a time of peace, without advantages except its own innate excellence. and except the assistance which it gradually relleeted to side Ilion, he might now say, the great and the noble of the lonia—it would indeed appear wonderful how such a So ciety could have been this estoblishial, so contrary was it to the co 1111 l aon progress of nature. all whose operations were slow, and scented only to proceed to eminence by a patient continuance in well-doing—se did it mock all other attempts, and bank all human Novi-Oat ion— Tante: molls erat Rmnanani condere gentem— was the peel's exclionation in contemplating the foundation of a city. hut here was /to achievement whose " builder and maker was tied ;" thus at 011 Cc sikncing out wonder when we attribute to him !lie guidance, !lineation, and government of this institution. licers.y The Rev. Mr. NI tin it loos. frem the .1n glo.Chinese Christians, secs: leil tbi. Ur gave au interesting account of his labours in translating the s,riirturrs into thr language of China. The V.. 01116011 of thanks to the Right Ili retvna and Right honourable the V ie....Tn....Monts nt the Society was then carried. Josilli J. ti ILN 1 T, t..-retary to the Norfulk and Nov. ' with Bible Association, moved the nest ruolutioa, " That doll thanks of the meeting should be given to the Secretary and tree; surer of the Society for their services to this Society, and that the Secretary be requested to continue in 'Alice for another year." He observed that he had great pleasure in moving this restdolion, for' DO one felt snort deeply than himielf the advantages derived to this society froth the stevicet of these gentlemen. When a meeting _cif this description was intrusted to him lie always felt that thilitka , were still more eminently due to the author of the institutlon to 01 * that God who had so signally advanced their hositudon i sod he heard to-dxy from a Noble bead that bil coniendoe t d ' vidence, was .!ue to attending an anniversary inertias. MI 1 Society, it was to him only= additional prod of dielaritthst cellence of the Society. The Seinturel, given Ityptalriaie inspiration, might be read by themselves. lie Of great Pbtestant principle of perusing the Scriptures wittildi__ or comment. lie begged, with these observation', to tnide,ilik • solution which he had previously read to the Society. Tice Rev. Dr. WAIL:MAW. from Glasgote, seconded the resells: dol, which was carried uosnirtsously. Sir litonhi: Rost: moved the next resolution, which was that the thanks of the me e ting should . be sleep to the Patron' and °dem of the Society throughout this country and Ireland. The Rcv. Mr. Mtersox seconded the rescuution, which was alto unanimou.le adopted. Admiral gaunt en then moved the thanks of the meetly,/ td the President, for his °mato Wet day in the chair. This Resolution was stliaported by the Rev. Mr. Cunnligbam, Reetor of Ilarmw. Lord TEIGNMOCTII briefly thanked the assembly, foe so re spectful and catitying a prod of attention, and the meeting separated. CATHOLIC BURIALS IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Slll,—Having, by our note inserted in the Courier paper of the 17th Mat. requested " that the public opinion may be suspended. for a few Mira. as well upon the teat ra of the Archirlabop ot Dublin, which the Bishop of Limerick read to the Douse of Lords, as upon the observations of that right Rev. Prelate." we shall now proceed to offer the explanations which that notice inematei, in dur defence against their egression. Those letters and olwerrations we %entreaty Used U mania& version upon a petition presented to Parlimilent curwey behalf against the risk Burial Bill. and referred, particularly to our as. union—•• That no inconvenieree had resulted from the practice of free burials, as it existed is that city (meaning Dublin). prior to the appointment of the Most Rev. Dr. Magee, as Archbishop of the diocese." --- The Archdishop observes, that by the words " Free Burial," we " must be sapposcd ta—itte.nd to— crprert the undisturbed privilege of the Roman Catholic Priesthood to officiate in the church-ya rd' of the Ckrgv of the Established Church." Our meaning is di.- tinctly marked by our words—" the practice of free burial as It existed in tido city prior to the appointment of the Most Rev. De% Magee."—ln another part of our petition, it in designated " thd pratlire of free burial," an " it has beg existed ;" and it is thus described as a " practice" four several times in the petition ; at the Same time that the word " officiate" is not once used by vs. How's ever, aa the Archbishop refers to the affair at St. Kevin's as an illustration of his meaning. and the 'Bishop of Limerick. and the Parochial Ckvgy of hubtin, do the name, it is plain that we al refer to the same description of act or priKtice, which they des/gran! " officiating : " . The practice B raciice thus alluded to was that which we ourselves repeat. edly w itnessed in the Protestant church-yards in the clef of Dub lin; namely, far the Catholic Cles,tyman, in titterdanee at ow burial of Catholics, to repeat the psalm, " he Proftwilfs," and to add a short prayer. without making any ostentatious display, or using or wearing any vestment, badge, emblem, or mark what. ever ; or l'erfohnleg any religious rite or ceremony whatever f or doing any art whatever that could distinguish him from any other person in attendance. Which practice we alleged, by out petition, existed prior to the apintment of Ih. Magee; and it la now insisted by his Grace, that this allegation is a reiteration of the charges brought against him at the rime of the burial of Mr. Darcy, in S'. Kevin's church-yard. last September, " although (he adds) the most decisive proofs of the hill falsehood of the allegation (which connected him with that transaction) hare be le placed before the public ;" and, in order to make it appear more distinctly that this imputation of " tutal falsehood" Is dinned "gills,' our assertion of the existence of such a procelee, he aisle these emphatic words; " Although nearly forty yeah a reeklabt of Dublin, and not unacquainted with the occurrences of an ec clesiastical character within that period, I had eti;er heard of sr Roman (*earth Priest officiating, or attempting to officiate, at any interment within the church-pod of any of the parishes of the metropolis, until I rend the tenh given by th e public papas of the proceedings at St. Kevin 's; " meaning, of course, that such proceedings constituted what he considers officiating, and lie calls those proceeding. " a new and alarming state of thinia," and " an iceosion of their (the Clergy's) rights." In this direct and po.itive assertion of the falsehood of our idle. gation, lee is represented to be sustained by_ the amen/ tralmory of the Bebop of Limerick, And by the distinct evidence of the pa rochial Clergy of Dublin, who are toned hy his Grace to "have signed a declaration that, to their knoteledee, no Roman Catholic priest hats ever officiated, or attempted to officiate, in their church. yards respectively, with the exception of the St. Krvin'm business, and a similar attempt, since that, in St. Mary's." whereby it sra pears, that according to their acceptation also of the term official. In g. the instances to which they refer calm within its meaning. We were not Insensible to the serious character of such charges of deliberate " falsehood" made in such a place, and coming form such quarters ; but the time selected for the attack, being the Tau Itiatll , ,,lt of the eve of an adjournment, prevented, as we are coed. dent it was intended to do, the possibility of immediately COMMU• uicaring our feelings to thaw who witnessed the attack. We ar • now prepared, after the most minute inquiry, and most mature consideration, to declare, that the impression sought to be conveyed by the Archbishop of Dublin. the Bishop of Limerick, and the parochial Clergy of Dublin, in contradiction to the alleges: 'ions in our petition is. to use their own 'phrase. " not only untruo, but totally destitute of any foundation in truth;" and, Amid it ultimately appear, as we promise that it shall, that every material allegation made by our 'students, in contradiction to oar 'petition s or in vilification thereof, and which was capable of being mvesti. gated by us. is utterly unfounded, we trust we shall be excused when we decline being concluded by any other statements emanat. ine front the same quarter s as to physic orders or regulations which it is in their power to disclose or conceal, as suits thejr pu but the circumstances of which are incapable of being aseerfained by any eflim of infinity. We assert, and hereby undertake to prove, in any reasonable practical manner that our opponents can suggest ; nay, even by their own evidence, if they will submit to a cron-exarnination :- Ist. That prior to the appointment of the present Archbishop of Dublin, it had been the atiiffsein weedier of Catholic Clergymen. when attending the burials of Catholics in Proteetaut church-yards in that city, to offer up prayers at the time of interment. That no instance has occurred within our times, either as St. Kevin's or at St. Mary's, or at any other churchyard in that city, of any Catholic Clergyman performing, or attempting to per. form, the rites or ceremonies, or any or either of the rites or core. Nome* ordained by the ritual of the l'atholic Church to be pa. formed at burials ; nor did Catholic Clergyman wear or nor a attempt to wear or use, any vestment. badge, emblem, or limb whatsoever; or do any act. save by offering up such short prayers. that could distinguish Mm from the Protestant or Catholic Lay men in attendance upon such occasions; nor was there any the slightest deviation from their utifonn, immemorial practice, urns tiny measion, either at St. Kevin's or St. Mary's; nor was then any "new" or "alarming" proceedings on those occasions on the part of the l'ottottic Cietgo. nor any attehmipt made by them to that "an invasion of their (the Protestant Clergy's) rights," as positively risen 01 hr the .Irchhishop Magee. Although we could, with perfect fairness, eall upon our asseihmes to disprove the latter mention, as it is necessarily negative, we will nor avail punches of that reasonable privilege, but proceed at once to the pnaluction of those proofs, which, we trust, will obtain the general public assent to our accuracy ; and, in order to prevent re. ;entails we must unite both our propositions in the application of' the proofs thereto, as the documents to which we refer connect both points, and the separation of them would lead to useless an. ',Minton*. In the first place, we submit to consideration. die ex. tract of a letter from the venerable Dr. lilske,Cathalie Arelideedon of Dublin, to the Editor of the Dahlia Erealag Herald, dined the 19th Septeniber, 11M, and inserted in the Cowen , 26th of that month :—" Whoever is acquainted with our Irish customs meat have noticed that it is not usual for the Catholic Clergy of the country to appear at public places of interment in any official eat hoar, or to read there the Derriere which is prescribed in their ritual for such occasions. %%11E11 invited to a finned by the friend* of the deceased, they attend , like their other fellow-citirens ; they are seen amongst the anted ; they are not distinguished by any mark indicative of the Catholic Priesthood. and, if' remiestedto offer a prayer for the departed soul, they pronounce front memory, that which is in general 11.4 C =crest the laity, and wht,ii every layman may, with propriety. offer on similar occasions. SW* is aNd hashers the plittiiiT .y Catholic elergonwn in ;Wan!. since the enactment of the Penal t'ede. 1 now appeal to all those Of OVOI O fitigiON, who were tors-nt in Kevin's church-yard, when the interdict from his Grace the Protenant Archbishop of IMblin was ..... communicated to me, and 1 ch.& coy stet of them to sued that I departed on that fro,ion Front enntions and intohtrnake prise lice of my Kererend !Sect:wen. I did nothing which any layman might not lawfully ilo_-nothing which has not been done by Ca tholic Clergymen and Catholic laymen, limier the administration of the most bigoted Prelates, and slating the most persecuting periods tif former times. Vitlding to the particular request of a very near and venerable relative of the deceased. I wok of my hat, to assuage, by a short condoling prayer, the sorrows of the living—to im plore perpetual nit and peace for due departed soul and- a 1 tide moment, and without any other provocation, the order of Doctor Mager was ranc in my ears, that I mist soot der any prayers errl that h; rare. The allemitions in this letter never were contradicted by say watt of the Tact con course of Pmtestamt and Catholics to whom that solemn appeal was suede. Pint, there was published in the Courier (October StD, a document under the head of " Ireland—Claims of Catholics to pray firer the dead, in Protestant church-yards," par porting to be a " Statement of the Gauntness at a funeral phi" took place on Timidity. the 11th of September. INTL in the thatch yard of St. Kevin's, Dublin." and it was added, that this tank meat " was made upon oath before the Lord Mayor of Dublin, by the sexton of St. Kerin's church." The name of the Lord Mayor was not alibied, neither was there any Jurat annexed over any of the 'onus used in framing affidavits, nor did the Lion! Mayor or the Sexton, or any other person whatever, ewer certify that it was a TOW and genuine document, sworn as it was TertOCOtTa to hive been, brtine him I t ordship, or any other Magtstrate. or peraaa whatever: nor did the or any other pets t ba wbatevlr, p.. pml,er oft tar ;getout tot support, the allagattoos t • S~ *f