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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the lliessager des Chambres of Tuesday, April 14.) ANCONA, MARCH 21.—Letters from Naples speak with much confidence of a new Protocol, said to have been signed at London by the Ministers Pleni potentiary of the three Mediating Powers, and ex tending the limits of Greece to the Gulfs of Arta and Volo. The presence of Count Matuczewitsc at London has powerfully contributed to the draw ing up of this Protocol, which could not fail to be assented to by the other Courts. A report has been quickly spread at Naples, that the Ambassadors of France and England were going to proceed immediately to Constantinople, to de clare to the Porte this extension of the frontiers, and to make it consent to it. On the other hand, it was said at Naples, that Mr. Stratford Canning would go alone to Constantinople, and would re main there whether the Sultan acceded or not to the new resolutions of the Allied Powers. If these reports should be confirmed, it can only be inferred that France and Russia act perfectly in concert with respect to Greece, while England par ticipates in their determinations only on certain con ditions, and desires to avoid every kind of hostile dispute with the Porte. These various reports have produced a considerable sensation at Naples, and have affected the price of the funds. There is a sensible improvement in the sanitary state of the capital. The Government had opened a hospital on its own account, in which the greatest attention is paid to the patients. NUREMBERG.—The Correspondent of Nuremberc , has the following article from the ba nks of the Danube, 2d April : " It is by no means supposed that the Russian army will, in the next campaign, act hostilely against Servia or Bosnia, except, perhaps, by besieging the fortresses which cover the frontiers of these pro vinces. The motives of this determination have been clearly developed, and are daily justified by facts which are sufficiently manifest to render it un necessary to explore the papers of the Russian Cabinet and of the Staff of the Army, to make ourselves acquainted with them. " The Black Sea will remain the capital point of operations ; and, according to all ..ppearance, the • Russian army will begin, as it did last year, by passing the Danube to Issaktcha. But it is still very uncertain whether this can be done by the end of April, as the winter has much damaged the foundations of the tetes-de-pont, and the dams erected last year, and the marshy banks of the Danube, present invincible obstacles during the first weeks of the spring. " There are now hardly any horned cattle in the Principalities, and it takes a long time to bring them from the south-east provinces of Russia, Podolia, the Ukraine, &c., because they are so remote from the Danube. Hence it is difficult to give credit to the accounts of immense quantities of oxen, with which some Journals enrich their columns in the absence of authentic news, and which required an army of drivers, whom a fertile imagination has very well organised into armed divisions, &c.; but the most essential requisite was wanting, viz, beasts of bur den, and draught cattle, which it would have been difficult to procure." (From the Constitutionnel of Tuesday.) PARtc, APRIL 14.— DONNA MARIA, LEGITIMATE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.—What will the Absolutists say now ? The French Government has just ren dered public homage to the right of Donna Maria to the Crown of Portugal. It declares that it will recognise in Don Miguel only the Lieutenant-Ge neral of the kingdom, and that declaration is sup potted by the Emperor of Brazil, whose abdication was only in favour of his daughter. The follow ing is what we find in the " Almanaek Royal," which has just appeared, under the head of " Fo reign Powers." " Portugal—Maria 11. born 4th of April, 1819, daughter of Peter, Emperor of Brazil, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves, by the abdication of the father en the 2d May, 1826, betrothed at Vienna on the 29:11 October, 1826, at " Don Miguel, born the 16th October, 1802, her uncle, infant of Portugal, Lieutenant and Regent of the kingdoms of Portugal arid the Algarves, by the decree of the Emperor of Brazil, on the 3d of July, 1827." After this declaration in favour of the right, and against the usurpation of the tyrant who oppresses Portugal, the Ministry undoubtedly will not wish us to suspect its candour ; it will give an explana tion concerning the rumour now afloat of a secret agent having been sent to the Court of Don Miguel. It is not sufficient to be separated from the English policy in the'" Almanack Royal," but we must be separated from it in oar acts, whether secret or pub blie. That is not difficult in .the present situation of Portuguese affairs. Who could conceive the idea of a connection with the odious usurper, whose life is one continued scene of crimes, and whose vio lence does not even spare his own family ? Fionrcu FUNDS..-..PARIS, APRIL 14.—Rentes Five per Cents. 108 E 50c. '7sc. ; Three per Cents. '79E 20c. SOc.; Bank Actions, 1860 f. FOREIGN FUNDS.—Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Fal. 86f. 75c. 87c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 82i 83 ; Intermi nable Spanish Annuities, 54ii ; Haytian Loan, 495 f, DUTCH PAPERS. TIFLIS, FEB. 26.—Tranquillity continues to pre vail in the Pachalics of Asiatic Turkey, recently conquered. The winter has been very severe, and all the high grounds are covered with deep snow. With the mountaineers of the line of Caucasus we are on the most friendly terms. Very lately the in habitants or two considerable villages situated at a pretty great distance from the port of Groznaiakre post, have imitated the example of their country. men, and voluntarily mat:;' their submission. ST. PETERSBURG/I, MARCI 29.—The Gazette announces that the third series of rite Russian Loan in Holland was opened on the 'Chang,' at Amster dam, on the 13th March, and was filled in the same day, on the same terms as the preceding. The same Journal publishes a statement of the commerce of the Black Sea and of the Sea of Azoff, in the year 1828. It was not so considerable as in the preceding, on account of the war. Ships arrived. Sailed. Odessa Theatosia l 5 Taganrog Kutseh 62 Eupatoria —Journcd de St. Petersburgh, March 31. BATAvts, DEC. 11.—Our Journals contain the particulars of the capture of the famous High Priest, Kiay Modjo, with five hundred of his fol lowers. It seems that Lieutenant Colonel Le Bron de Vexela and Lieutenant Rolps particularly dis tinguished tht7nseives on this occa-ion ; and that Mr. Nahuys, the Resident, also rendered important services in disarming ::.nd so ling away the prison ers. Kiay Modjo, with his chid adherents, ar rived at Batavia the 28th Nov. 00 board the Mer cury merchantman, under the convoy of hia Ma jesty's frigate the Bellona, and he will remain on board till a suitable residence is got ready for him. These papers contain also the important news, that the equally notorious Maas Locrah, with two of his tons and about 140 men, had submitted to the Go. vernment; also the Pangerang Admo Modjo and the Tommongong Mohamed Kistoebol, both per sons of consequence, who have frequently distin. cruished themselves in the war. • AMSTERDAM, APRIL 14.--Exchange on London, .12 05 ; two months, 11 97 5-10ths,.—Duicle Pa pers, April 15. i k DUBLIN, APRIL 14.—The sumptuous en ' tertaimnents at the Castle are quite amazing to our insular senses. The Duke of NORTHUMBEILIAND'6 dinner parties • wonsist generally of fifty persons. A servant stands be loiod each; ehair; in. addition to which forty other attend ants are kept in tfie room. The kindness and affability 4;1 the Noble Host and his excellent Consort have won a;1 hearts. Alit o 5- rb V i-_-'k.,„,"S LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1829. An interesting Meeting was held on Tuesday last at the Corn Exchange, Dublin, on the sub ject of a public illumination to commemorate the passing of the Catholic Relief Bill, at which Mr. SHELL, in the course of a speech, marked by spirit, eloquence, and moderation, strongly protested against any public exhibition of triumph, on the plea that it would injure the Catholics with the more rational part of the community, and give their joy too much the aspect of an indecent exul tation. We cannot too highly applaud the mag nanimous spirit that has induced the long suffering Papists to come to this resolution ; their victory is not a victory to be commemorated with lamps, candles, and tar-barrels ; it can derive no new splendour, though all the hills in Ire land were to be lighted up by one simultaneous movement—it is the victory of intellect—of jus tice—of common sense—over prejudice, bigotry, and dotage, and should be commemorated in a manner worthy of itself, by the silent expressive offerings up of grateful hearts to that Divine Being through whose gracious interposition it has been achieved. We strongly recommend the attention of our readers to the philosophic and kindly feeling that breathes through every line of Mr. SHELL'S speech on this glorious occasion. In style and sentiment it forms a striking contrast to the stale, vapid, small beer eloquence of that pamphlet-monger, Mr. SADLER. The Constitutionnel of Tuesday states that the French Government has just rendered public homage to the right of Donna MARIA to the Crown of Portugal, and declares that it will re cognize in Don MIGUEL only the Lieutenant- General of the Kingdom. Extracts from the Dutch Papers will be found in another column ; they contain no news worth notice. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 14. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 95"✓ s National Ditto Ditto, New —:Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent. IOIN I Hibernian Bank .... ........ ... Gov. I)eb. 3!4 percent.... P 6 I Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock --I Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent —l Mining Co of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. —;Conmercial Buildings COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 41 Ditto, at sight 12 21 not tt-rdara 2 U 12 41 Antwerp 12 41 Hambu'gh M.B. 13 14j Altona 13 14'-, Paris, 3 days' sight 25 110 Ditto 2 U. 25 85 Bordeaux 25170 Berlin NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4 l -li Genoa 15 65 Venice 4 7 1,4 Malta 4S!4 I ' , apt , s 19:4 Palermo pc r az. 119 Lisbon Oporto 46 R. , o . lan ei ro Bahia 34 Buenos Avies — Dublin, 21 days' sight 1 1,4 Cork 13,4 Prank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 152 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 6 Trieste do 10 6 Madrid 36% Cadiz 36% Bilboa Barcelona 36 % Seville 36% Gibraltar 49% BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Sew Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 4 1 1 HIGH WATER AT LONG M, ruing ...29 minutes after 1. ON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening ...51 minutes after 1 THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) There is not the most trifling news in the City this morning; and with the exception of a mail from France and Holland, no Foreign mails have arrived. Lloyd's is close shut up, and in fact no intelligence can now be expected from any quarter. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) SMITHFIELD MARKET. At this day's market, which exhibited on the whole but a mo derate supply, Lamb and Veal met with a somewhat brisk, Beef, Mutton, and Pork, a very dull, sale, at little variation from Mon day's prices. PRICES PER STONE OF SLES. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to 3. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Large Lambs . ...... 5 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 2 Prime small ditto... 0 0 6 6 Prime large Oxen :3 10 4 4 Large coarse Calves 5 2 5 8 Prime Scots, 4 2 4 4 Prime small ditto... 5 8 6 2 Inferior Sheep 2 2 2 4j Large Hogs 4 4 5 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 ; Small Porkers 5 0 5 4 Coarse-woolledMtto 3 6 4 01 Suckling Calves 12s. to46s.each Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 61 Quarter old Pigs 16s. to2os. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. 'Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. I Pigs. 564 7,690 217 I 110 Good Mulch Cows, which were very few in number, went off tardily, at a little advanced prices. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. s. 4. to s. d. Beet 2 2 3 8 Veal Mutton 2 4 4 0 Pork Limb ~,—*.. ss. 4d. to 6s. 44 FATAL ACCIDENT. On Saturday night two men met with a sudden death, a short distance beyond Musselburgh. John M‘Pherson, drayman in the service of Messrs. Campbell and Co. brewers, Cowgate, set out with two loaded drays, to supply their customers in that quarter. When on his return home, he fell in with David Archibald and Geo. Kedzlie, fleshers, belong ing to Fisherrow, who had been travelling the country in search of calves, and, being quite exhausted, Mac- Pherson accommodated therm with a ride in one of the drays. When between Tranent and Mussel burgh, one of the horses, a young, high-spirited animal, was started by a collision with a carrier's cart, arid was only restrained from running off, by the coolness and resolution of M'Pherson. In order to secure him properly, he took off a pair of strong double reins from the fore horse, on which he put great dependance, and put them on the other, to have him completely under controid. Shortly afterwards, alarmed by one of the fleshers' dogs, when near Walleyford Toll bar, both homes set off, down hill, at full gallop. On finding it was impossible to command the terrified horses, the whole three leapt from the cart, arid all of them fell. One of the wheels went over MPlierson's head, and idlled him on the spot. Another vheei passed over the head and body of Archibald, and he started up, staggered instinctively to the side of the road, where he was found lying a few minutes afterwards, his head resting on tu's hand, and quite dead. Kedzlie was more fortunate. A. wheel passed over one of his arms, which was seocerely fractured, but it was soon set, and yesterday fOreaoon he was in a fair way of recovery. David Archibald Iws left a widow and four children to lament his death. M'Pherson was a sober, steady, industrious man. He had been in the brewery t'or a number of years, and was much respected not ogly by his employers, hut also by all their customers with whom hi: busi ness brought him in contact. He has left 4 w;dow and three children. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. Alexander Lees, merchant in Fisher row, for his exertions, and the humanity he displayed on the occasion. There is a jackdaw d.orniciliated at the Rise holm Lodge, near Lincoln, whose sagacity has made him a favourite of the family to which he belongs, and, in the, wo,ds of our informant, " he is so learned i' faith," that he can tea as much as forty folk together—he barks with the dog, cackles im unison with the hen, gobbles with the turkey, whistles and se, - . - eAms with the children, and offends eyen the very donkey by his inißickry. As jack was display ing his ye:satile talent, in front of tinekodge, and amusing himself in the sioh;hine, a few days ago, espz,iei7lly by dis torting the shimbers fan old sow that lay backipg, the dame of the house was aurprised by hearing a loud fracas, anti ii&Kisual chino*, ba which jack's voice' was uppermost, as if in violent contest with some intruder; on hastening to the rescue, the woman ((mind that a fine hawk, perhaps in emulation of the Grap,al F.ilesAaer's, ;had pounced, "in one fell swoop," upon poor jack, probably with the intention of carrying him away— the sow, litter, and all. This bold and nefarious attempt, however, to sport without license, met with its just retalia lion from the hold jackdaw, Wm gallantly seized his anta gonist, and held him fast, until the hawk was captured by the mistress, who bore off her prize amidst the triumphant "caws" pf her sable favcurite,Poton Gazette, CITY MARKETS-TWO O'CLOCK. The transactions in Colonial and other produce, during the first three tnontlis of the current year, have been on a very limited scale as compared with the amount of sales made in the corresponding period of last year. The quota- tions of nearly every description of produce have suffered a severe depreciation. British Plantation Sugars range now from 6s. to 78. per cwt. for Brown, and from 3s. to 4s. for fine qualities under what they fetched in the middle of Jast April. The same depression exists in East India and Mauritius Sugars. Foreign Sugars maintain their value better. Refined goods are considerably lower than last year—now fetching from Ss. to 108. per cwt. under what Brown lumps realized in last April, and fine lumps from 68. to Bs. per cwt. lower. The demand for exportation has latterly been very flat. The stocks of Sugar are on the increase. Within the last two days the demand for fine Sugars has much increased, and the sales estimated at from 700 to SOO hhds. per day. Good Jamaica from 645. to 665. per cwt. ; good St. Vincent's, 565. to 625. ; brown Tri nidad, f►om 535. to 545. per cwt. The larger sales of Mauritius yesterday, exceeding 9,000 bags, rather checked the private dealings. COFFEE.-The depression in Coffee, both British Plan tation and foreign, which has so long existed, has in a par tial degree been removed, and on referring to the quota tions in April last, it appeals that in Jamaica, Dominica, and Trinidad, a fall of from 49. to 6s. per cwt. has oc curred. Berbice and Demerara range from Is. to 29. per cwt. higher than in April last. Mocha's are decidedly higher, and Brazilians obtain fall prices. The stock of British Plantation is rather under what it was at this period last year. There were some pretty large public salts yesterday, and full prices were obtained by private contract fer good Jainaicas. Rum.---This article is in an improved state, compared with its value in April last, being from 2d. to 3d. per gallon higher. The stock is much lai ger. Yesterday proof Leewards were from 2s. ld. to 2s. 2d. per gallon. Brandy is not much in request. INDIGO. —The East India Company's sale of Indigos, which began on Tuesday, and consisted of 4,040 chests, as far as it has proceeded has been marked with some languour, but good quotations maintain last sale prices ;..in ferior are heavy at from 3d. to 9d. per pound lower. SPICES.-Cinnamon is much higher than at this period last year ; Pepper is rather lower ; Cassia from 4d. to sth per tub in advance. In Russian produce there is but little doing, and prices remain from 38s. to 38s. 3d. per cwt. The most recent accounts from the Russian capital mention that the pur chases there were increasing. The stock of Tallow is rather above that of last year. Hemp is nominally 361. per ton. St. Petersburgh Flax from 361. 10s. to 371. per ton. SILK.—The delivery of Silk last month was very small, not exceeding 700 bales, and the stock unsold does nut much exceed 4,000 bales. The market contimes flat, and more failures are expected. MA RCH OF INTELLECT.—Not a quarter of a mile from Waterloo-bridgo is to be seen the following Notice :—" A daye Scool for Chinch an, ware they are tuught to rede and spele." COOKE told the Liverpool people that "every brick in their town was cemented with the blood of a slave;" yet in no place was he a greater favourite. REMARKABLE MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS.— By wonderful instinct birds will follow cultivation, and make themselves denizens of new regions. The cross-bill has followed the apple into England, Glencoe, in the High lands of Scotland, never knew the partridge till its far mers, of late yea's, introduced corn into their lands ; nor did sparrows appear in Siberia until after the Russians had made arable the vast wastes of those parts of their domi nions. Finally, the rice buntings, natives of Cuba, after the planting of rice in the Carolinas, annually quit the island in myriads, and fly over sea and land to partake of a harvest introduced there from the distant India. It is, however, only the female rice-bird which migrates. Of the myriads which visit Carolina, a single cock is never found.— Glasgow Herald. SINGULAR SUICIDE.—On Thursday night last, between eight and nine o'clock, a circumstance oc curred in the Garrison of the Tower, which has terminated in the loss of life. At the time mentioned, a dispute oc curred in the Stone Kitchen Canteen, between ROBERT KERR, a private belonging to the Royal Artillery, and some of the guards, stationed in the fortres , , on the subject of Catholic Emancipation. KERB, who was a Roman Ca tholic, boasted on the pre-eminence of his faith, and the ascendancy which those belonging to it must necessarily obtain on the setferrient of the question. The guards men were offended at his observations, and a quarrel en- sued, in which blows were exchanged. One of them reached KERR, who rushed out of the Canteen, ran up the Devil's battery, and flung himself into the ditch. The parties who were with him hurried to his assistance, and having recovered the body, used every means to restore animation, but in vain. The deceased was a fine young man of about 25 years of age; he never, up to the calatni tnus occurrence that has led to his death, was known to express any opinion on religious subjects.— York Courant. It will be remembered that, during last Ses sion, and at the commencement of the present, the vine- i growers of France complained of the stagnation of their trade,—of the diminished consumption and low price of wine,—and of their inability to support the heavy burden of taxation with which they were loaded. They therefore prayed the Legislature to take their distress into c ousiderition, and to grant all the relief in their power, by an alteration either of the present commercial system, or of the fiscal exactions to which they were subjected. These petitions were referred to the Minister of Finance, who engaged to inquire into the causes of the sufferings complained of, and to propose a re medy, if possible. On Monday Count Roy, the Minister of Finance, presented to the Chamber of Deputies a Bill for reducing the excise duty on wine, and M. BACOT DE 110- NAND, Director-General of Indirect Contributions, stated the grounds and explained the details of the measure. He totally denied that the distress complained of was attributable to excessive taxation. The proprietors of vineyards found great difficulties in disposing of their produce, but the glut was owing to causes distinct frost Government duties. The great accumulation of wine in the cellars of the pro prietors had been produced by abundant vintages, com bined with other circumstances of a temporary or acci• dental nature. These ci!•cumstances the Honourable Deputy stated to he the increase of the land under vine cultivation,—the means eropioed to augment the quan tity of wine at the expense of its quality„the'minute di vision of landed p ro p ert y favourable to the extension of vineyarth,—the use of other substances besides wine in the slis t ti,thition of brandy, and the diminution of wine d, i n ki ng j A eprtaig classes of society. The remedy for those evils is expected more from the increasing prosperity of the country, and the in creas i ng facilities of communication , than in the allevi a ti on a duties ; but in the mean time Government expressed a disposi tion tn try the latter experiment. A great reduction could not 'he expected, as the state was not in a situa giseable tion to surrender any g,re•it part of th e f our m illions sterling Which it ' derives fromthe duty on wir.e and other xc liquors. In looking for the mode of stimulating goosumption by reducing duty, it was thought best to cancel thitt portiori of the Excise which is levied on wine a t the g ates of to wns , Th is d ut y w as o ft e n e vaded, while th e means em pl o yed foF its 4 0- tion imposed restrictions on trade disproportloned to ita produce. The alleviation of the tax would amount to about ir,,0,000 or 16,000,000 francs, or more than 600,000/. sterling. From the mode i n w hi c h th e ex cise on liquors i s apportioed an towns of different a mounts of population , Paris alone will b,; benefited by the remission to the amount of half th e w h o l e re d u cii..n. Most brandies of French industry a re no w i n a s t a t e of depression as well as the wine cultivation. Would it not show more r e flection, patilotisin, and wi s d om in the French Government , to revise the whole of their com mercial system, th in to apply patch-w or k expe di en t s to particular parts? Their restrictive principles of trade are producing their natural fruit.— Tlltes, MLETING AT THE CORN EXCHANGE. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal of Wednesday.) Yesterday a very respectable meeting of the friends of civil and religious liberty was held pur suant to requisition, at the Corn-Exchange great room, for the purpose of considering the propriety of preventing any manifestation of triumph at the success of the Catholic Relief Bill, which might possibly give any offence to any class of persons, or tend to the slightest breach of the peace. At a few minutes past two o'clock Sir THOMAS ESMONDE, Bart., was unanimously called to the Chair. Mr. J. MURPHY having been requested to act as Secretary, read the requisition. Mr. FINN rose to propose some resolutions which he wished to submit to the consideration of the meet ing. Every person whom he had spoken to upon the subject concurred in the opinion he had formed, that it would be improper to have any illumination or other manifestation of public feeling upon the oc casion of the Catholic Relief Bill having received the royal assent.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—The gene ral opinion was entirely against any such display ; and he would therefore move the first resolution, which, he conceived, embodied the unanimous de sire of the friends of civil and religious freedom.— (Cheers.) —The Learned Gentleman then read the resolutions. He also read an extract of a letter from Mr. O'Connell to a friend in town, strongly depre cating the idea of an illumination. The CHAIRMAN said, he was glad to have it in his power to inform the Meeting that the Catholic Archbishop and Clergy of Dublin entertained the same views. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. D. BELLEW—I rise, Sir Thomas Esmonde and Gentlemen, to second the motion'of my Learned Friend, Mr. Finn.—(Cheers.) The resolution passed unanimously. Mr. DAVID LYNCH moved the adoption of the second resolution, which expressed the sense of the meeting as adverse to any public display of feeling that might give offence to some who had perhaps conscientiously opposed the concession of the Ca• tholie rights. Mr. J. DWYER seconded the motion. Mr. SIIEIL said—As yet we have not received in telligence that the King has given to the determina tion of Parliament the Royal " le vent," but that ere this his Majesty has attached to the great act of his immortal Minister the expression of his gracious volition, little doubt can be entertained. It is pro bable that to-morrow we shall learn that a glorious consummation has been given to the noblest enter prise in which a British statesman ever adventured, and that the new era of Irish liberty is begun. What part does it become us to act ? what course did we pursue in adverse circumstances ? " CEquarn memento rebus in arduis Servare sentem," was the precept to which we undeviatingly adhered. When we were encompassed with difficulties—when obstacles apparently insuperable, and which could be only overcome by matchless and united energies stood in our way, we did not sink under the weight of national calamity, but persevered, with that dauntless determination which has been crowned at last with a surpassing success. We, who have en dured adversity, have now to to bear with what it is sometimes difficult to sustain—a great and unex pected prosperity ; and as we encountered our evil fortunes with a noble fearlessness, let us meet our better destinies with an equally lofty moderation.-- (Loud cheers.) —Let us embody the rest of the aphorism in our conduct, and obey the wise moral injunction— " nec secus in bonis, Ab insolenti temporatum, Letitia." Let there be no offensive ostentation—let there be no vulgar and tumultuous ovations—let there be no effort to humiliate our former antagonists, in whom we may expect yet to find our firmest friends. (Loud clieers.)—A victory, indeed, has been won, but God forbid that we should disgrace it by mak ing our opponents pass beneath the yoke. In my judgment no class of Irishmen have sustained a de feat. The spirit of 'faction, indeed, has been sub dued, and long and deeply arrayed prejudices have been put to flight, hut so far from thinking that our former adversaries (for I trust that they are so no longer) have been ignominiously conquered, I am convinced that they will ultimately share the benefits of the great measure of national equalization with ourselves, and before many months shall have elapsed, that they will, convinced by the demon strative power of events (reasoners who cannot be withstood), participate in the feeling of deep na tional exultation which already prevails through the country.—(Loud cheers.)—The great result of Catholic emancipation will be national tranquil lity and the union of the Irish people. It be comes us to accelerate them. The great measure is teeming with glorious consequences,let us hasten to bring them forth, and with that vie w let us studiously avoid any proceeding which could, in the least de gree, tend to excite any painful or humiliating recol lection. In so doing we shall only act in conformity with the principles which have hitherto charac terised our conduct. It cannot be questioned that the Catholic body has manifested the best disposi tion. I have lately sojourned in several counties in the south, and in districts peculiarly Catholic. So far from there being any demonstrations of arrogance or of galling triumph, the greatest solicitude was every where exhibited to reconcile the prejudices of the Protestant population to the great boon which has been conferred upon us. 'I he effect has been, that through the south of Ireland Catholics and Pro testants are already brought into coalition; a kindly intercourse is beginning to be cultivated, and those social ties which had been torn and lacerated are about to be renewed. It is not exaggeration to say that the very physiognimies of men have undergone a change, and they who formerly passed each other with a scowl, met in tie public way with that kindness and cordiality of look which speak more than words, and is better than any thing which mere phrases could convey.—(Cheers.)—lt behoves us, then, to hold out in the metropolis a useful ex ample, which may contribute to promote the feel ings that have begun to spring up amongst us. (Hear, hear.) There can be no doubt, that if illu minations did take place, many individuals would be wounded by such a celebration—their eyes would be pained by the glare of such a triumph. Is it not wise upon our part to avoid giving the least annoyance. (Hear, hear, hear, and loud cheers ?) Surely our victory is one which does not stand in need of midnight clamour in our streets to set it off, and it does not want any nocturnal blaze from the windows of our city to throw light upon it. (Hear, hear.) The great event should not be prophaned by such vulgar exultation. A transitory incident may be thus commemorated, and lamps ma i be kindled in order to give lustre to what will be forgotten almost as soon as the oil that feeds the flame is wasted. But that which bath befallen Ire. land is inextinguishable and shall not pass away. It will leave a track of light which shall endure through tune. (Hear, hear.) It is like that streak in the h e avens on which men will for ever gaze ; it is bright and everlasting, I may, perhaps, be deemed to use a ild and extravagant diction in speaking of this great incident—but am I not to be excused ?—Where is the man that does not feel his heart beat more rapidly within him at the thought of it ? Where is he who does not burst out in expressions of mingled astonishment and delight at this most marvellous and most: thrilling event `? It is indeed, a new epoch ; ;t jg 4 )ii4d of Hegira; it is from the day on which this great measure reached its consummation that the years of Ireland should henceforth be counted, Sir, I regard this magnificent concession with an unmodified and unmingled gratitude. True it is that a collateral expedient is its companion, which I cp4hl desire to see apart from it; but though I re gret tyre fort}-shilling freeholders have been immo lated, let us remember the altar at which the sacri fice was performed and the god-like principle of freedom to which it was offered tip. Abstractedly considered, the rights of the Irish peasantry 'had the greatest weight —and when the great scales were held foal), and their franchises. were thrown in, they seemed to preponderate—but when the liberty of a whole nation was flung into,the opposite side of the balance, even the forty-shilling freeholders were weighed up. It was, Sir, the fashion among the Romans, when a master liberated a slave, to give him a blow even in the act of manumission; but when the slave started up a freeman he did not feel it. Ireland has been touched with the baton of the Great Duke, but it is only a tap upon her cheek, of which she is scarcely conscious, as she springs from the earth, and resumes the attitude of liberty. (Loud cheering.)—We do not feel the minor de privation, and can remember nothing but the glorious gift of freedom with which it is attended. But let riot our joy, lofty and exalting as it is, bear us into any unworthy manifestations of arrogant and contu melious triumph. No, Sir, it is far wiser and it is far nobler to endeavour by our subdued and well regulated demeanour, to disarm our adversaries of any remaining asperities, and to prove to them that we are willing to commit to forgiveness and to for getfulness all that has befallen. Let " the sweet oblivious antidote" be applied to " the mind diseased" —let large draughts from the salubrious fountain of oblivion be ministered to the country—let every thing be forgotten—and yet not so—let nothing but injuries be forgotten, and let nothing but services be remembered for ever.—(Loud cheers.) [Here Mr. Latouche entered the room, which produced great cheering.] How opportunely has one, whose benefits to his country will live for ever in our recollection, ad monished me by his presence, that there was, in deed, much to be remembered—yes, while we have hearts full of palpitating blood within our breasts— while we live and breathe, we shall remember (else we were indeed unworthy) the men who, linked to us by no other tie than the community of country, and having no bond with us in the sympathies of re ligion, stood beside us in the time of our adversity, and participate with us in those prosperous fortunes which they mainly contributed to bring about— (Loud cheers.)—The joy is theirs as well as it is ours—they fought beside us, they won the battle with us, and of the victory they shall reap the splen did glories and the valuable fruits. But that victory would be degraded by any coarse and riotous celebration. It is not, Sir, by hurras in the streets of the metropolis, and by tumultuous uproar, and by such coruscations as some thou sand tapers stuck in tin sockets can supply, that Catholic emancipation is to be commemorated. No it is in the temples of our religion, of our redeemed and vindicated religion, that we should assemble and offer up our thanksgivings to that Providence which conducts the destinies of mankind, and which must needs have specially interposed in the accomplish ment of this most ‘vonderous achievement. lam not, Sir, I trust, addicted to the language of reli gious simulation, and of false and miserable cant; but I own that I cannot help saying, what I pro foundly feel, that the band of some superior power has brought this great event about. If we are to think that the Almighty God doth ever concern himself with the destinies of the human race, as suredly it is not any excess of superstition to say that what has, beyond any other incident, contri buted to give stability to the greatest empire of the world, is to be attributed to some omnipotent in fluence, and if the finger of man bath written down the legislative liberation of our country, it has been wider the dictation of One of whom it is said, that in his hand " the hearts of kings are placed."— (Loud cheers.) —Let us then offer up our grati tude to Him to whom those blessings may with out any great enthusiasm be legitimately ascribed. Let the Pontiff, the meek and holy Pontiff (whom I am forbidden by an Act of Parliament from calling the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin), let him, whom no Act of Parliament can deprive of his truly Chris tian dignity—(loud cheers)—lift up his consecrated hands, and his unruffled and anointed forehead from the altar—let him raise the old hymn of pacific triumph which belongs to our church, " Te Deum laudamus, te'Dominum confitemur." It was in the midst of the edifices which are dedicated to our grand and noble worship, that the liberty of our country was achieved. Every altar became a ros trum, and every priest became a tribune. At the fire that burns beside the tabernacle, the torch of freedom was kindled—from our pulpits there issued among the people that high and generous spirit, through which all that has come to pass has been effected. It is also in our temples that those achievements may be justly made the theme of exultation, and the resurrection of our country may well be celebrated at a season in which we are wont to celebrate the rising of the dead.—(Loud cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried nenz. con. After a few further speeches, thanks were voted to Sir Thomas Esmonde, and the meeting separated at half-past three o'clock. Round the head of Mr. O'Connell's bust was drawn a wreath of laurel, bound with' green riband, and over it were written the following limes— " Great vindicator of your native land, Thus has her battle prospered in your hand, Ev'n as it must—you could not be withstood, Your course was honest, and your cause was good." HOT-CROSS BUNS. BY THE EARL OF E-D-N. One effort more against the Pope, And all who restoration hope doggrel r hy me , 'Tis good enough to suit the time, de i sway,t ayi An The curst hot-cross bun day. Of I charge ye, Protestants, forbear Odf tl h m i u s gi 'tises ted made n On Friday next, the cross-bun fare, By Popish craft design'd ; Nor taste nor touch the accursed thing, Though all the Bishops and the K —g May not be disinclin'd. Let pastry-cooks against me rail, Let bakers my fair fame assail, By filthy lucre led ; My answer is—" If, Sirs, you bake, Your Constitution is at stake ! A curse is on your head !" For me, and for my house, I swear, No Popish trash shall enter there Whilst I retain my seat ; And this to man and maid I say, " Who lives with me—and takes my pay, Cross-buns shall never eat." My Lords of Oxford and Llantlaff May shake their heads at this and laugh, And simpering say,—" How odd !" My Lords, 'twere well if both of you, Like me eschewed the Popish crew— It were—so help me G—d ! Friends! countrymen ! whate'er betide From Papal power, and Papal pride, From Jesuits, monks, and nuns ; As Protestants unite with me 'Gainst idols and idolatry, Satan and hot-cross buns ! ADELPHI THEATRE.—WO last night paid Mr. HENRY a visit at the theatre, and were highly de lighted with the entertainment presented to us. We were sorry to observe that Mr. H. was labouring under severe indisposition, which, however, (lid not I,revent him from keeping his audience in exceeding goo humour by his varied exertions. The Musical Glasses in particular elicited great applause, and the Laughing Gas was productive of great amusement to .the spectators. The performances concluded by a series of Scenic Representations of great beauty, which were very warmly applauded. To-morrow night will b‘iiis last appearance this season. K CoRK .4AN s benefit, which was fixed for this evening, is necessarily postponed until Monday night, in consequence of that gentleman be ing suddenly seized with an illness lest night, in the middle of the performance, so severe as to deprive him of sense and motion for nearly twenty minutes. Some persons uncharitably attributing the delay to another cause, we went round to the stage, personally to ascertain the fact ; and it was exactly as stated by Mr. Stityrrxit in his apology. A portion of Douglas, in which Mr. KEAN, jun., displayed his powers to greater advantage than in any of his heletoinre performances, was substituted for the remainder of Muctieth,--Southern Reporter of Saturday. STEAM NAVIGATION EXTENDED , AND MADE PROFITABLE. BY CAPTAIN WICONOCHIE, ROYAL NAVY. The great objections to the present mode of ar plying steam to navigation are its inordinate expense, and the little stowage left for goods, even i n the largest steam-boats. And the consequences of the two circumstances are, that these vessels are only used as packets—and if not improved on, will pro bably be, at no distant period, laid aside, for they noNhere yield a profitable return. The following considerations then are deemed important, as bear. ing directly on these points. hick I. A mere abatement in the speed at W steam-boats are usually impelled would be prod": tive of great economy. The resistance to a r e ' sel's passing through the water, and the expen ce at which that resistance is overcome, increa se nearly as the cube of the speed gained : and duoh , after a good medium pace is obtained, an addi tion to it can only be purchased at a most extra vagant cost. The following table illustrates th is very strikingly. It gives the powers by which a re!' sel can be impelled at the several velocities. 3 Miles per Hour, 54- Horses. 4 -- 13 5 25 6 7 69 8 9 10 2. As steam-boats, however, are at present fit" they can take little or no advantage of the above principle. Their power is invariable, or nearly 5 ° —one large engine, or two made to work togethe r ' and thus, to every practical purpose, one. At a given pace, however, the resistance will vary fro r° hour to hour with the weather, and the power should vary too. Steam-boats sought to be worked ec°' nomically should be fitted with three or four smith powers, arranged so that one or more may be or plied, precisely as required; and thus favourable cir cumstances would give a saving, as adverse ones must always cause expence. Lastly. Steam-boats in which economy is studied, should tow, not carry. The machinery of a steam engine takes up so much room, that the remaining capacity, however filled, can never defray the ex" pence, or yield any return ; and, besides this, there appears to be something in the principle of traction favourable, wherever it is applied, to the transport of heavy burthens. A horse will draw more than he will carry. A loco-motive engine, of only eight' horse power, drags ninety tons after it, and cannot stir with even a half of that weight above it. It has been ascertained in rivet-navigation, that one-third of the power will track a vessel, at a given rate , against the stream, that is necessary to impel her a t the same rate, if embarked on board. And eve r y seaman who has sent his boat a-head to tow in a calm, must have been sensible that the same novr e.f employed on board, would not have produced t he same effect. There are two ways, however, in whi rl ' this principle may be applied. Where voyages are long, and' the sea-room i s abundant, it does not appear advantageous to emPl"Y i steam at all, as the only, or even as the princiP a moving power. Vessels on such services are gen e ' rally large; and large steam-vessels labour under this disadvantage,—whatever their power, the fulcru m against which it acts is merely the water o pposed t° their paddles, and these cannot be enlarged in al thing like the proportion in which the weight a n a resistance of a large vessel rise above those of small. But moreover, wind costs nothing; and , °: a large stretch, the balance of chances is so much ', favour of a sailing-vessel's progress, from the sp eed with which a fair wind impels her, and the greater number of points of the compass which give a fair than a foul wind, that not much is to be gained by the punctuality of steam. (The Enterprise, for ex ample, was three days longer on her passage to India, than a trader, the Betsy, from Bordeaux, which sailed about the same time.) Still, if some aid could be thus procured, to meet occasions of long-Pro' tracted calm, or to assist a ship's boats when ern' ployed under unfavourable. circumstances, it would seem of great importance; and this would be al . " - , tually obtained by each ship's embarking a sm all power, say of two, four, six, or eight horses, accord ing to her size, together with a boat fitted to r eceive it, employing them in towing, as required. And such an addition to a ship's stores would, in fact, be repaid in a single voyage to one bound within th e Tropics, where calms are frequent, and boat-ser h vie re e severe. And would be equal to an insurance "T e a -- , 1 the navigation is intricate, and the importance 01 to occasional tug in light weather, or of being ab le t hy lay out an anchor at short notice, is conseque' great,;—this last being an operation, by the waY , e ,d which, more than any other, the f a te of a ship 81. „ t cargo will frequently depend, and which is Y - t scarcely practicable at all, at present, for merch a " vessels, unless in very favourable circumstanc es ' from their scant of hands. In river or coasting navigation, however, or whe re the voyages are otherwise short, and the nav i r tion is confined, a more complete form of the sYS' d tern would seem infinitely better. Strong a" powerful, but not large steam-boats, should vesselsnl' ployed in towing, fr o m p or t t o p o rt, sma ll s without reular masts, but p ossess ed of the means o t o m f steppin g ake a g little ju r yrasaaisti. These s when it vessels may h appear av idogesirab t holds clear fore and aft, would carry very large cargoes for their size. They would be equally Punc tual and secure, deeply laden, and flying lig lit. They could have most comfortable cabins on deck! , and thus carry passengers, as well as goods; yet tr i being entirely dependent on passengers, they worisut not be obliged to lay by every winter, as mull steam-packets now do. The steam-power wool thus work the whole year for its owner, inste ad the half only : besides which, it would not be de" tamed at the end of every short voyage, unloadinf and loading again : but, with a fresh supply of hie would be immediately ready to proceed with another vessel. And there can be no doubt that if worked , besides this, us above suggested with regard t° speed and command of power, a coasting trait, could be thus maintained even more cheaply and safely than by sails, and much more conveniently (See on this head, howeier, a paper " On the most effective Employment of Steam-power in Navig a l tion2 , —Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal April, 1829.) This then is the system of steam navigation Po' posed; and so obvious, and, it may be said, unques tionable are the general principles on which it is founded, that, perhaps, it might be safely left to rest on their merits alone. If the benefits arising frl the use of steam in navigation, are to be extende" 4. or even maintained, it must, in some way, Ile t" ( 1 e to pay, which it nowhere does pow ; and ecoVal f in its application must therefore be a first object et study---not be systematically disregarded. A gr ea effect must accordingly be sought from small pav e r s ' not a small effect from great powers. A reduc ti l ° of speed to a medium, and the use of a variu b l power to meet a varying resistance, are pbYir°,,, methods to attain this end. And the substitu tin of towing for carrying, seems to be at sea precisely, what the transition from the pack-saddle to tb_ wheel-carriage was ashore, without roads to cut, °` hills to climb, and with some other advantages P e i culiar to itself—in particular with an actual hold the water, by means of the steam-paddles, tp used as a fulcrum against which to act iwhere loco-motive engines, and it may he saig horses als° ' have for this purpose only the friction arising fr° ol their own weight. The best and most popular a :: gument, however, in favour of any system, is t " practical one showing the value and extent of its or plications; and a very few of these will therefore ' now be noticed. ' 1. The steam-launches proposed, would seem P e ; culiarly advantageous in the navy. The eng ir thus embarked in a u hole fleet might frequen t l y contribute most essentially to cut off the rear of flying enemy, by being all attached to a few leading ships. In calm weather they might also withd raw detached ships from under a heavy battery, when