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these could iti no blockade other way be relieved; and on _ service, they would ena bl e a squa d ro n to resist a st eam force sent against it in light weather, !molt as well as the largest steam-tugs, without wen cher th e expence or embarrassment of such vessels ohen blowi ng h ard. They would further tow their w n a m_ • Ps In calms, giving them perhaps two or three knots an hour, when, at present, they lie absolutely h e l pless ; and would convey boats on de tached service of any kind, (wooding, watering, pro visioning, l aying out anchors, rs,chasing, or cutting O ut t) with these especial Advantages,—fewer men Would in most cases be required to be sent in them, and they would be brought to work fresh and l'igorO us , w h atever distance or direction to which t hey Were detached. An advantage would be thus given to large ships over the small craft usually em ployed is privateering, piracy, or smuggling, which rould go far of itself to put these down. And as tlY, the . u n i versa l app li cab i l i ty of steam-power, 4 9 thus embarked, to almost every emergency, Would seem to give it an advantage over a fixed P.ower. in a large ship, supposing even that some sacrifice of efficiency, on particular occasions, was unavoidable. But the system is not exclusive, and largebe com bi ned with any farther establishment of kge steam-boats which it may be deemed advisable to keep. 2. Steam-launches would next especially benefit traders to the East Indies. These vessels have to cross the Equator twice in the course of their voyage, and are each time perplexed with calms and baffling airs, through which if they could be thus certainly 'lapelled at the rate of fifty or sixty miles a day, they would probably s h or t e n the average duration of their passage, b y sides, a lae sum n on less than three weeks. Be of money has been subscribed in India to be paid t o an y p ern who shall accomplish the voyage, more or less by steam, within a given ti me ; and this also might be thus gained. And at all e vents, Indi a w o u ld be much mo r e essen ti a lly h enefitted by the introduction of a system which w ould shorten every passage out and home, than by s hy single exertion of this sort, though possibly more splendid. And the recommendation of a s hip to passengers would be very great, where she furnished with this assistant to her other powers of motion. 3. The Straits of Malacca and China Seas are, on the other hand, pecularly fitted to be improved ln their navigation, and to have the resources of their respective shores developed, by the introduc t!on,, of the more complet e fo r m o f thi s s y s t em . Th e communication between Penang and Sinca- Pore,t and all th e ne i g hb our i ng coasts , i s em b arrasse d Y the monsoons, (frequently near the land dying calms,) and it is, at all times, further perplexed by currents, and narrowed by the jealousy of some, and rendered anxious by the treachery of others, of bthe.native tr ib es. The improvement, then, would t:oducimrneue'llse' were steam - nav i gat i on on t hi s p l an in • and the extreme facility of being thus towed about, would, in all probability besides, extra ordinarily st i mulate native enterprise, and open new markets to commerce sooner than any plan which could he devised. -. 4. And the same may be said of the west coast of South America. There the wind and current both set constantly to the N.W., and a very fre quent fog hangs over the shores of Peru. The con tquence is, that although the passage from Chili to P eru is short when the destined port is hit, this is often a very difficult operation; and, when not ac caniplished, a long delay is unavoidable. The re turn to the southward, on the other hand, is always tedious; and the result of all is, that the mutual in tercourse is on the smallest possible scale, every market rises and falls according to its own supply, and foreign commerce to each is a mere lottery. There is nothing, then, so much wanted in that quarter of the world, as a free port, (if possible in sular, and British, at Juan Fernandez perhaps, if it Could be obtained,) which, by a well-arranged sys tetn of country navigation, should have a constant ee tnmunication with all parts of the main coast, and elicit the resources of the smallest, as well as of the greatest markets. Such an establishment would ant icipate a century of the natural or neglected rinwth of th ose countr i es; wou ld b e , at t h e same t i Le, a Sto c k E xc h ange , w h ence every v ib rat i on i n . neir entire demand or supply would be felt in this catintry like a p u l se .— an d per h aps t h e amount o f British Capital already invested in them would alone warrant such a fu rt h er exert i on on our part, to hasten its p rod uctivenes s , an d f ac ilit ate it s communications. But fro m the local circumstances already adverted t n ' i t may be s a f e l y sa id , t h at on l y steam-navigation, or rather only steam-towing, could effect the ultimate object. A free port could do little without it, al though It could do much even without that, for the natural consequence of an easy communication is to Produce a level, without assistance. And it may be added, that there is coal in Chili, and wood also vary cheap ; and that the speculation would be thus Y and lucrative to whoever embarked in it. . 5 . The communication between Fernando Po and the rivers in the Gulph of Benin, from which ° much has been augured for the civilization of Africa, must in like manner remain incomplete, Without the same powerful agent. And the navi tation between this country and the Baltic is also Precisely that for which it is especially suited, the Channels being narrow, the course devious, (requir aig several winds to sail it,) and occasional delays .exatious, as hazarding detenti on . B ut w i t h out lolloi.ving up an enumeration which can only be !cane tedious, a few observations will be hazarded n il one more topic only. 6 . There is, perhaps, no part of the world where a steam -tug establishment, worked as above pro- Posed, wo u ld b e a more i nterest i ng exper i ment an at the port of London. Coals, fish, grain, building -stone, even to a certain extent bricks, are ;rat or riv er -b orne to Lon d on ; an d t h e b ene fi t to tL e ceunnunity would be very great indeed, were e suppl y of the m punctua l as by a waggon, in steadu of d e p ending, as now, in a great degree on the chances of the weather. On the other hand, a Co mpany en tering on such a speculation would do perhaps, to bargain first with the Corporation, f or some advantage in the river -dues, for at least a n , years, t h at when successful it might not be im kedia• tely thrust aside by competition (and it aught to obtain this readily, in return for the public t nefit it would confer, not only intrinsically, but 1 , an example). It might also be obliged, for a u, to have some vessels of its own, to be freight oppoitunity m i g ht offer, and be towed about iLtd prejudice was overcome. But its great ob i sho u ld b e not to compete w i th esta bli s h e d OPing interests, but to serve them ;—to offer to Y their vessels from port to port, without masts, r o ZPer than they can go with them,—and . to 4 Vi e , them all iteam,packets into the bargain. t could do this certainly, and the benefit Would,n be mutual. .t.here are from 20,000 to 25,000 coasting entries th a r T a llY into the Port of London; and supposing pit i; each Vessel makes twelve, and that, at this t an one steam-tug could work three, (no unrea 70naule allosvances,) there is here an opening for ni steam-boats, and ?,00Q steatn.packets, comma -4 ta ng along the coast, from this point alone. at first sight these numbers look ridiculous ; (an c if th ere i s an a d vantage i n t h e system at a ll, O a" t hiS seems hardly questionable,) this is un in4htedly the opening, even without improvement th p th e trade; and it contrasts advantageously with th; P r ospect, otherwise apparently inevitable, of c o t accom m odation being soon lost altogether for 'ninon purposes. But there is another point of in which the subject seems yet more import t' and th e c ommen c e ment of the system, were it tst- en Only at first on the scale of an experiment, yet tOre worthy of the capital and enterprise of Great ,The ti mes h ave b orne, o f l ate years , ver y hard on C r Merchants. Consumption has in no degree hC Pt Pace with production ; and the pressure has envy continued so long, that it has produced on ."e public mind a feeling; of apathy on the sub jt, which is, in truth, the worst symptom of the disease. Time, it is said, will work a cure : but what eure—and how wrought ? Will it not be the cure of exhaustion, and founded on the ruin of FASMONABLE INTELLIGENCE. large masses o f the community ? for things which ' . CHANGES. The Duke of Devonshire, for Chiswick; the Marchioness merely jar, may indeed thus he reconciled — but Dowager of Salisbury, for Hatfield, % esterday afternoon ; Earl of where absolute contiarieties meet, one or other Dudley, f or Wi m bl e d on ; M r. an d - the Hon. Mrs. Hope, and must be destroyed ! By an analogy, however, Mr. Henry and Mr. Adrian Hope, for Deepdene; Lord and very common in the history of human agencies, the Lady George Cavendish, Lady Charles Fitzroy, and Miss Caven_ dish, for Eastbourne, Sussex; Mr. and Lady Catherine Caven_ cure in this case seems to be derivable, in some de dish, for Latimers, rnar Cheshunt, Bucks; Countess St. Antonio gree at least, from a judicious use of the very for Roehampton ; ' Earl and Countess Mansfield, Viscount Stour: cause of the disease. Steam has been the great mont, and the Ladies Murray, for Caen Wood ; Captain and agent in exciting the production, it should - now Mrs. Horace Herbert, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Courteney, be employed in facilitating the distribution, of our for Tunbridge Wells; Captain Stewart, for Hounslow; Mr. and Airs. manufactures. We have hitherto attempted to parker, for for h Tham m es r a D n i d tt m on rs ; i L l i n e n u n te in nan f tf r Lieutenant-Colonel and mr. and m r r , s. o ß r u ß ch ri a g na t n o , ; or . force a foreign trade, by heaping our commodities e Wells; Major an g it M o r n s! together in distant, is o l a t e d mar k ets; an d we have Wallace, for Brighton ; Major Robert Denny for Sasslivse Jones, b ni tir o y n ; Mr. tr o r o y ' l for Houns l ow tli y s a t o yn e Major , not adverted to the fact, that these markets have the rrlgt l i Vi to rs n . i Se Cn w r!L n ;n fl. Peters , Bri ;n and Miss Brighton; the very limited outlets into the interior, and along Dublin ; l Dlr. and Mrs.Ari g es itib l t coast, of the countries in which they are placed. Faint u o n f d T lVll e o t i;ne%, Esq aaTls'tslisetrCecout,o t fr os o a m of hls ot s r e i a in t in at kn ie t i Our great object should be now, therefore, to im- house in C aven di s h -squ e, from Ireland; the Ladies Fitzpatrick, prove the domestic communication of these distant at Woods, Northamptonshire in to G o r s o: i v r e e oor i ga a c o e f d Lo rs m 41imeisrbscaiti; Hanover countries Farming countries ; and for this purpose nothing would square, their in Norfolk ; the Marquis atlci Marchioness seem so well calculated as the system which has (A a L re ansdowne and family, for their viinitala Richmond; the been here shortly reviewed. It is eminently a lies Elf or at it i o esLof Bylstolirfdroamorliiegidous Holland , fmroeins's-.otiar their' h ouse coasting system ; and it just so happens too, that in Berkelef i square, for Holland house; Lord Wallscourt, at almost all the points now left in the world, of Crawley ' s aptc.ii A, c o O u t Hotel , Oaattedi C tro kf'sr)OmAltremmYsioer-s . let xs fr h r y a E t s o q ur a i any promise in the way of markets, are situate ditto, from his seat in Derbyshire; the Fan of Clancarty, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, for within or about the tropics, and are thus peen- Dublin ; Lord 1)unlo from ditto, for the Continent; Sir 0. liarly adapted for its application. One tug would i ;Wood, from ditto, for Brighton; Captain Dunlop, from ditto, be easily able, in such climates, to tow several b o u r ry lifigton h e t v he A r ev.aV m ard e, p r lll om ith ai g o o:ll f d o i r tto ox fo f r o at r e e r : other vessels at a time. And if these were native D. Grady, Esq. at ditto, from Ireland; Captain Hay, at ditto, , from India; J. St. Leger, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; J. Oakes, j Esq. at ditto, from Suffolk; Miss Peters, at ditto, from a tour; Dr. T. Y. Spencer, R.N. at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Portsmouth; J. Disney, Esq. from ditto, for his seat in Essex; Wm. Hawkins, Esq. from ditto, for Brighton; the Earl and Countess of Somers and family, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Eattacir Castle, Herefordshire; Captain and Lady Agnes Byng, from ditto for Wrotham Park, Hertford shire; Mr. and Mrs . George Wyndham, from ditto, for Cromer Hall, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Edwardes, at ditto, from Wales ; Capt. George Edwardes, at ditto, from Ireland ; E. Parratt Esq. from dittto, for. Essex ; E. Protheroe, Esq. from ditto, for Hemel Hempstead. ARRIVALS AT THE YORK HOTEL, BRIGHTON. Mr. Fry, Mr. Field, Mr. and Mrs. Talbot, &c. &c. ARRIVALS AT THE STEYNE HOTEL, BRIGHTON. Hon. A. Herbert and Mr. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W. Thornhill, three Misses Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson. Miss Lockton_ , Miss Hughes, Mr. and Miss Henderson, Mrs. Vandergutch, Mr. 0. Downes, Messrs. Robinson, &c. ARRIVALS AT THE ALBION HOTEL, BRIGHTON. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baring and family, Mr. Villiers Stuart, M.P. Mr. Edward Foley, M.P. Mr. and Mrs. M'Naghtan and family, Mr. and Mrs. Morris and family, Mr. Cowell, Messrs. Lloyd, Mr. Forde, CoL Barnet, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Reynolds, Mr. Terrail, Sir Thomas and Miss Hare, Hon. Mr. and Miss Coventry, Mr. Hublon, Mr. Swinnerton, Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield, Mr. Whippy, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Mildmay, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Miller, &c. boats, and laden on native account, they would be just so much the better suited to the great end —for they would then embark native interests in the ugency of our trade. And to conclude:—the career thus traced for steam, as applied to navigation, is surely more worthy of the magnitude of the discovery, than any at present open to it. The powers now used are gigantic : and they are literally thrown away on mere speed, on the conveyance of pleasure parties, on the amusement, perhaps in some de gree on the convenience, of life: but they are scarcely at all applied to its real business: It would be difficult to find a stronger presumption than is furnished by these circumstances alone, that they are yet in the infancy of their application, and that the change which is to make them useful is to come. 15, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury•. ROYAL GIFTS.-MAUNDY THURSDAY. Yesterday being Maundy Thursday, his Majesty's annual donations were distributed with the usual cere monies at Whitehall Chapel, to as many poor and aged men and women as the King is years o'.d—viz. 67 of each. The custom has been traced back as far as the reign of E !ward 111. A large quantity of provisions were distri buted to the Maundy people in the morning, in a tem porary building constructed for the occasion at the back of Whitehall Chapel, in which, after being arranged round two tables—the men at one table, and the women at the other—each person was supplied with a loaf of bread weighing one pound and a half, by Mr. Hanby, Secretary to the lord High Almoner, and Mr. Jones, Groom of the Almonry. Six large wooden dishes containing pieces of fine beef, each piece weighing three pounds and a half, were then placed on the tables, when the Sub-Almoner read the following grace before meat : " Bless, 0 Lord, this Royal Maundy to the use of these Thy servants, and dispose their hearts to the praise of Thy holy name, with gratitude to their Royal benefactor, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." The beef was then distributed, after which came the grace after meat : " Graft, 0 Lord, in the hearts of these people grateful obedience to the Royal dispenser of these Thy blessings, and cause them to look up to Thee as the Supreme Au thor of every good, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." A wooden platter, containing two salt cod, two salt salmon, 18 red, and a similar number of salt herrings, and four loaves, was nest placed before each person. Large leather flagons filled with ale, and several wooden ale cups, were produced by the distributor. The Sub- Almoner, and attendants, drank to the health of King George IV., which was also drank by the Maundy people in succession. The recipients then departed with their load of provision. The recipients re-assembled in the interior of Whitehall Chapel, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to hear divine service, and to receive the remainder of the Royal Maundy. At three o'clock the procession entered the Chapel, pre ceded by the Yeoman-Usher, and ten Yeomen in their state dresses, one of the Yeomen bearing a large gold dish (set apart for this purpose in the reign of King William and Queen Mary, whose initials are engraved on it), round the edges of which were ranged the purses, containing each a sovereign, and as many silver pennies as the King is years old, the Sub-Almoner, followed by two girls and two boys from the Westminster National School (selected for good conduct), the Secretary, and the Groom of the Almonry, and others wearing white scarfs, and carrying nosegays. Sir George Smart played a voluntary as soon as the procession entered the chapel, and continued playing till the whole had taken their stations—the Sub-Almoner and two Yeomen within the altar, the officers and children on seats, and the Yeomen along the aisle, under the Royal closet and at each door. The Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal was within the altar. The church service appro priated for the day was read by the Rev. Dr. Vivian. The anthems were sung by Messrs. Evans, Goulden, Hawes, Nield, Hobbs, Wild, Welsh, Clarke, and eight of the young gentlemen of his Majesty's Chapel Royal.'w The first anthem was " Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy," (Hawes), which being sung, shoes and stockings were distributed to the Maundy men. The second anthem was, " Praise the Lord, 0 Jerusalem," (Scott). The woollen and linen cloth were then distributed by the Sub-Almoner. The third anthem was, " 0 Lord, grant the King a long life," (Nares. ) The purses of money were then distributed to the Maundy men and women. The last anthem was, "Blessed be thou, 0 Lord God of Israel," (Kent). After which followed two beautiful prayers for the King, and the usual prayers to the conclusion of the ser vice, which being ended, a silver flagon, filled with wine, was brought by the Officers of the Wine-cellar, and the King's health was drank by the Sub-Almoner, the Officers of the Almonry, and the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, the organ playing " God save the King." The Officers of the Wine-cellar, and Mr. Hanby, Groom of the Almonry, afterwards supplied the whole of the Maundy people with a cup of wine each, permitting them to retain the cup. Mr. Howse, Serjeant of the King's Vestry, preceded the pi ()cession. The Bishop of London, as Dean of the Chapel Royal, St. James's, confirmed about 50 of the young Nobility and Gentry yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, assisted by the Sub-Dean and by the Rev. Mr. Hall. The Dean of Westminster will preach this day at the Chapel Royal ; and the Archbishop of York, as Lord High Almoner, will preach at the same chapel on Sunday next, being Easter Sunday. THE MEMORABLE MAJORITY DECISIVE OF THE CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. [The Majority on the Second Reading of the Catholic Relief Bill in the House of Lords decided its fate. On that memorable occasion, as on several others, we spared neither labour nor expence in forwarding, by Express, the earliest intelligence of such an auspi- cious event to all parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. That our exertions proved eminently suc cessful will be seen by the following handsome testi monials copied from several of our Contemporaries, whom we take this opportunity of thanking for their kindness and liberality. ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Exchange Rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 7. SIR-.-We are again indebted to the indefatigable exertions of " The Sun" Newspaper for receiving the details of Saturday's Debate in the House of Lords on the Catholic Relief Bill, full 24 hours before they would have been accessible to us in the ordi nary way. And when we consider that the Legislature has been occupied in discussing one of the most beneficent measures that has been brought before it since the Revolution, our acknow ledgments (observe I am speaking on behalf of the body of sub scribers to this Institution) are pre-eminently due to the spirited individual who conducts the Paper above-mentioned, for laying before the public, with such celerity, information so vastly im portant. _ _ Although the leading news'-rooms and hotels of this town were more or less supplied with the late editions of Saturday's " Sun" at an early hour this morning, owing to the liberal ar rangenn nts of the Proprietors of that Journal, yet so great was the excitement of the public mind, on finding such a prepon derating majority in the Lords, in favour of the Catholic Relief Bill, that the Editor of the Tyne Mereury deemed it expedient to publish a Second Edition of his Paper in the course of the day, with Saturday's Debate, and in doing which he handsomely acknowledges the courtesy that so enabled him to gratify the public. Speaking soberly, it may be safely averred that the Parlia mentary intelligence of this day has diffused the most lively sa tisfaction among all classes of his Majesty's subjects here, save those who are tardy in getting rid of their prejudices. But these good persons should bethink themselves, that we live in times when the eyes of the world are upon us, and when we cannot fall back upon the benighted ages of superstition and exclusion. Truth and justice call for equal eligibility to all classes of the community, with reference to their peculiar modes of thinking upon religious subjects. Let us indulge the hope, then, that the good people on either side will lend a willing hand, and thus the auspicious work of national conciliation will be speedily ac complished. I have the honour to remain, Sir, yours &c. A SUBSCRIBER. (From the Berkshire Chronicle of Saturday, April 4.) THE SUN.--‘. The Sun" Paper, containing the Debate on Thurs day night, in the House of Lords, was delivered at our office yes terday morning, in little more than six hours after the House ad.. journed !—Since " The Sun" has been under the able management of Mr. Yoinvo, its exertions have no parallel amongst its totem_ poraries. The cost, however, must be enormous. (From Drakard's Stamford News of Friday, April 10.) THE SuN.—Really, the friends of liberal opinions are much in debted to " The Sun " Newspaper for the efforts made by its Pro prietors to give the earliest information. The division on the second reading of the Catholic Relief Bill, which took place be tween eleven and twelve on Saturday night, was in Stamford about eleven on Sunday morning, just as our good Protestant neighbours had gone to church. A Cabinet Council was expected to have been held at the Foreign-office on Wednesday afternoon ; the meeting was, however, postponed till yesterday afternoon, in consequence of the absence from town of the Duke of WELLINGTON, who left town in the morning to attend his MAJESTY at Windsor. About three o'clock yesterday afternoon the Ministers assembled at the Foreign-office, Downing-street : those present were the Duke of WEL LINGTON, Earls BATHURST and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEO. MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD, and Mr. HERRIES. The Council sat in deliberation till near five o'clock. Despatches were received at the Foreign , office, Downing-street, yesterday afternoon, from Sir Clias. 134c0T, our Ambassador at the Hague. Prince ESTERUAZY (the Austrian Ambassa dor) had a conference with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday at the Treasury. Earl BATHURST, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Viscount AlELvitr.z, visited the Noble Duke yesterday. The French Ambassador had a coßference with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Duke of WELLINGTON returned to town on Wednesday evening from Windsor, and afterwards dined with the Cabinet Ministers, at the residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The celebrated GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE had a singular antipathy to drummers. He was once reading the official account of a battle, in which among the returns of killed was a drummer. When he came to this point, he dropped the paper, clasped his hands, and with the same exultation he would have exhibited in Shylock, exclaimed, Thank God ! thank God ! there's one - drummer gone at last." (From Feliz Farley's Bristol Journal of Saturday, April 4.) - - NEWSPAPER Dismercm.—We have again to express our great obligations to the spirited Proprietors of The Sun," by whose extraordinary exertions we received yesterday afternoon, a Second Edition of that Newspaper by Express, containing a very full and evidently a very accurate report of the important Debate in the House of Lords on Thursday night, on the second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, up to the time of their Lordships' ad journment, half-past one o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning. (From the Warwick General Advertiser of Saturday, April 4.) THE SUN.—We feel a peculiar pleasure in acknowledging the great obligations we are under to the spirited Proprietary of " The Sun," not only on this but upon many other occasions. The De bate in the Lords, on the Catholic Relief Bill, was not adjourned till past one on Friday morning; it was printed in " The Sun," at considerable length, sent down to Birmingham, by Express, and brought to us a distance of more than 120 miles, by the up-Mail, at seven the same evening. Labour and expence, which are in surmountable barriers to others, are but stimulants to their exer tions.—The same Paper was received at Birmingham about one o'clock. (From the Brighton Gazette of Thursday, April 9.) The spirited Proprietors of The Sun" Newspaper have this week manifested another instance of exertion and activity, which must be re.nembered by the public to their advantage. On Sun day morning at eight o'clock we received an Express from "The Sun-office," with copies of the Paper, containing the Debate of the previous night, with the division in the Lords, reported to the extent of 18 columns. These were immediately distributed in Brighton, and the neighbouring towns, and the intelligence thus distributed at an unusually early hour. An enormous ex pense must be incurred by these exertions; for expresses were, we understand, dispatched by " The Sun" almost every night last week to various parts of the kingdom. (From the Birmingha3n Journal of Saturday, April 4.) The Debate in the House of Lords terminated at half-past one o'clock yesterday morning ; on the motion of Lord Eldon, it was adjourned. We would instance, with feelings of obligation, th e very surprising exertions made by " The Sun " Newspaper--as is usual in that establishment—in this instance. The Express Edi tion, containing the whole of the Debate to its adjournment, reached our office yesterday, (through our agent, Mansell, Union. street,) at twenty.five minutes to one o'clock, p. m. Thus the reports of the later speeches were transcribed, printed, and in Bir mingham, in Eleven Hours! It is our intention to publish, in a Second Edition, the conclusion of the Debate—with the division on the second reading of the Constitution-breaking Bill. (From the Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday, April 4.) CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.—At half-past ten, last night, we re ceived, through Mr. Willmer, of Lord-street, . 0 The Sun" of Thursday evening, with a report (ten closely printed columns), of the proceedings up to the adjournment of the House, at one o'clock on Friday morning. The adjourned Debate, (of ? Friday evening) is advertised by Mr. Willmer, of Lord-street, to arrive here by Express, in The Sun" newspaper to-night. By this spirited effort the Liverpool public will receive this important intelligence, at least fourteen hours sooner than by any other source. (From the Liverpool Albion, of Monday, April 6.) . , Tun SUN NEWSPAPER.—The country is under another obliga tion to the spirited Proprietors of this Journal, for furnishing it with the earliest intelligence of the important Debate which took place, in the House of Lords on the night of Thursday, and on Saturday, on the all-engrossing Catholic question. An Express from" The Sun Office" reached Mr. Willmer's, in Lord-street, on Friday night, at half-past ten o'clock, bringing copies of a Second Edition of " The Sun," which contained the speeches delivered on the preceding night, although the House did not rise until one o'clock on Friday morning ! Late as was the hour when the Express arrived, the newsmen perambulated the streets until nearly one o'clock, on Saturday morning, vending copies of" The Sun." Another Express reached Mr. Willmer's on Sunday night, at eight o'clock, bringing copies of a Third Edition of that Journal, which contained a report of the adjourned Debate on the preceding day, as well as the division on the DU Such exertions to communicate early intelligence to the country are truly wonderful, and they will, we have no doubt, be duly appreciated by the public. (From the Carlisle Journal of Saturday, April 11.) THE Sylq NEWSPAPFR.,.-We Ilayo frequently had occasion to intelligence to the p u bli c; and we have now to notice the extraordinary exertions of the Proprietors of this Paper to convey early mention another instance of most extraordinary despatch on their part. The Debate on the second reading of the Catholic Relief Bill in the House of Lords did not close till nearly twelve o'clock on Saturday night, the whole of the speeches in that day's Debate were printed in " The Sun," despatched by express from London early on Sunday morning, and reached this city, a distance of up wards of 300 miles, by half-past eleven o'clock on Monday morn ing ! After some delay, owing to the difficulty of procuring Glasgow—at the former of w hi ch places it arrive d a t horses, the Express was again forwarded from this city to Edin bounergoloc h, c and k on Tuesday P lO ll l lOB, and at thd latter (some delay limping t a ken place on the road which we cannot yet explain) at eight o'clock. These exertions must be made at an enormous ex pense; but we have no doubt but the public will duly appreciate them, and properly reward those Who labour go strenuously their gratification. To the Proprietors of " The Sun " the coun try newspapers owe a deep debt of gratitude. (From the Manchester and Salford Advertiser of April IL) EXTRAORDINARY DISPATC H.—The spirited Proprietors of "The Sun" Evening Newspaper made another strenuous and successful effbrt on Saturday night last, by forwarding " Suns " express, containing the result of the second reading in the Lords of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, to every town of importance in the United Kingdom. The express, for Manchester, departed from " The Sun-office," at twelve o'clock, and at six o'clock the follow ing even ng, the Papers, containing the whole of the Debates of the preceding night, with the majority and minority of the House, were on sale at our Post-otlice. Were this the only in stance, on record, of extraordinary dispatch used by "The Sun," it would, no ctoubt, excite the utmost astonishment, but we have frequently, in justice to the conductors of that Paper, had occa sion to allu.te to feats of a similar description. - Mr. MURDO YOUNG, to whose indefatigable management of that Paper the public are mainly indebted for this surprising priority of intelli gence, travelled post from London to Liverpool, in sixteen hours, on Sunday last ! bearing Papers for all parts of Ireland. So great was the excitement in Liverpool to learn the result of the Debate on the "all absorbing question," that the news-venders' offices, on the arrival of the express, were besieged by applicants, who displayed the utmost anxiety to obtain copies of "The Sun," by offering 2s. 6d. each, to receive them immediately. SCOTLAND. (From the Inverness Courier of Wednesday, April 8.) . , We are indebted to a Third Edition of The Sun"—a Paper which makes greater exertions to supply the country with the latest information on public matters than all other Journals put together. (From the Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday, April 7.) By the spirited exertions of "The Sun" Newspaper, who despatched an Express with a Second Edition of their Paper, con taining the whole of the debate, we are enabled to give the divi sion on this important question. (From the Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday, April 7.) We are again indebted to the very spirited exertions of the Proprietors of" The Sun" Newspaper for the division on this im portant question. Soon after the close of the discussion they dis patched an Express with a Second Edition of " The Sun" con taining the whole of Saturday's Debate, which reached this city at half-past twelve o'clock last night. (From the Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday, April 14.) The Sun" Newspaper again made one of those public-spirited ellbrts, on the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, for which it has been so conspicuous under its present Management. An express for Edinburgh left London at four o'clock on Satur. day morning, with Papers containing a full report of the proceed ings-in the House of Lords on the previous night up to the divi sion. The express should have arrived here yesterday morning, but by some mishap, unexplained, it did not reach the agent, Mr. Somerville, till last night, a circumstance to be regretted after so much expense had been incurred. (From the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Thursday, April 9.) THE SUN NEWSPAPER.—To the great exertions of the spirited proprietors of "The Sun" Newspaper, the public in So.tland are indebted for the first notice of the conclusion of the Debate in the House of Lords on the Second Reading of the Catholic Relief till. The Express sent to this city travelled with the greatest dispatch, and reached here at a quarter-past one on Tuesday morning, by which the public were put in possession of the Debate and Division fourteen hours before they could be re ceived in the regular course of post. (From the Edinburgh Observer of Friday, April 10.) Through the extraordinary exertions of that most spirited London Journal, " The Sun," we were enabled to acquaint our readers with the result of the Division in the House of Lords on the second reading of the Relief Bill, although it did not take place till half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday evening. The whole empire, and particularly Scotland, is deeply indebted to the Conductors of " The Sun" for their efforts on this occasion. The Express, which brought the Paper containing the Division, reached this city about one o'clock on Tuesday morning ; and through the attention of Mr. Somervill, Agent here for " The Sun," we were in possession of the particulars before we went to press—thus anticipating the mail of the following evening by nearly fifteen hours. (From the Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday, April 14.) We have learnt, from Mr. Somerville, the agent here for "The Sun," that the Conductors of that enterprising Paper despatched an Express from London, at three o'clock on Saturday morning, with an edition of that Journal, containing a full report of the debate and division on the third reading of the Relief Bill. This Express ought to have reached Edinburgh soon after one o'clock yesterday morning, which would have put the public in possession of the news a whole day earlier; but by some accident not yet ascertained, it did not arrive in due course. The activity of " The Sun" has rendered the whole of the Scottish Editors its debtors. (From the Caledonian Mercury of Thursday, April 9.) THE. SUN NEWSPAPER.—This Journal has again distanced all its competitors. By incredible exertions, its Third Edition of Satur day, containing the whole Debate of that day, with the exception of one or two unimportant speeches at the commencement, which appeared in'its Second Edition, reached Edinburgh by express a few minutes past one o'clock on Tuesday morning; and thus brought us the intelligence of the glorious result of the discussion in the Lords, nearly forty hours before it could have reached us through the ordinary channels. Enterprise like this deserves the gratitude of the press and the support of the public. (From the Glasgow Free Press of Wednesday, April 8.) Limited as our space to-day is, we should be guilty of inexcus able ingratitude did we not here express our warm admiration of the astonishing efforts of "The Sun" Newspaper, which, with a despatch that is almost incredible, forwarded to this city, by one o'clock yesterday morning, the conclusion of the Debate in the Lords on Saturday night, and thus put the public of Glasgow in possession of what they could not otherwise have obtained until at least twelve hours afterwards. As " The Sun's" despatch was expecte,t, crowds of gentlemen thronged the Exchange until its arrival, and it may well be conceived with what eagerness the Paper, when it did arrive, was opened, and with what anxiety it was read. Next to the expression of their feelings regarding the result of the Debate, was that of their admiration of the effbrts of " The Sun," and it is due to the Paper in question, that this admiration should merge into a feeling of grateful and constant patronage. From the Glasgow Herald of Friday, April 10.) • By incredible exertions, and at an expense which we cannot understand, " The Sun " Newspaper printed a full report of the Debate of Saturday, which did not terminate till eleven o'clock at night, and transmitted numerous copies by express to all parts of the country. We see by the Edinburgh Papers that they arrived in that city about one o'clock on Tuesday morning, and at the same time they were received here ; so that there must have been two expresses to Scotland. Though we could derive no benefit from this arrival, we are not the less grateful to the Proprietors of " The Sun " for their spirited exertions, and we trust that public patronage will in some degree remunerate their enterprise and liberality. (From the Glasgow Chronicle of Wednesday, April a) . , We have often had occasion to acknowledge the benefit which Provincial Newspapers have derived from the extraordinary ex ertions of the Proprietors of" The Sun," not only by giving the Debates nearly to the hour of post, but by sending expresses se. veral hours after the departure of the mails. Of this despatch another instance was afforded on Saturday night. The division in the House of Lords was not announced till half-past eleven ; yet, by the enterprise of the Proprietors, copies of their Paper, with the whole Debate and Division, reached Edinburgh at two o'clock, and Glasgow at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning. Though too late for the whole of our impression, we were thus enabled to give in a part of it the earliest notice of the Division. (From the Dumfries Courier of Saturday, April 4.) -- - , We have received a copy of "The Sun" Newspaper, the Pro prietors of - which have actually accomplished what at first sight appears to be an impossibility. Though some of their reporters must have remained in the House of Lords till near midnight, they actually printed in their Saturday's number, and despatched to all parts of England on Sunday, a full account of the previous evening's proceedings. This is altogether extraordinary, and we confiden.ly trust the Proprietors of the excellent print in question will rise higher and higher in public estimation, and reap more than ever the reward of their spirited and well-meant exertions. IRELAND. (From the Limerick Evening Post of Tuesday, April 7.) An express copy of The Sun," which arrived at a late hour last night, brought us a full report of the second day's Debate. (From the Dublin Morning Post of Tuesday, April 7.) We have just received the Express Edition of The Sun" of Saturday night, by which we are enabled to lay the result of the division on the second reading of the Bill before our readers. (From the Dublin Morning Post of Monday, April 6.) At a late hour last night we received, by an extraordinary Ex press, The Sun" of Saturday, by which we are put in posses sion of the adjourned Debate, which was, shortly after two o'clock on Saturday morning, further adjourned to one o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. (From the Dublin Morning Register of Tuesday, April 7.) We have received this morning, by E x p ress, a l ate ed i t i on o f The Sun," containing the Debate on the second reading of the Relief Bill, up to its close on Saturday night, at half-past eleven o'clock. (From the Freeman's Journal of Tuesday, April 7.) THE Dtvisrox.—The Motion for the SecOnd Reading of the Catholic Relief Bill was carried in the House of Lords on Satur day night by a majority of One Hundred and Five. This most gratifying and glorious intelligence is contained in the Second Edition of " The Sun " Newspaper, brought to town by Express. (From the Cork Constitution of Thursday, April 9.) The Debate was resumed at one o'clock precisely, and by the extraordinary and unprecedented exertions of "The Sun" Lon don Paper, we were put in possession of the proceedings to the close of the Debate on the same night ! (From the Cork Mercantile Chronicle of Wednesday, April 8.) NATIONAL. TRIBUTE TO MR. O'CONNELL—We had a portion of the proceedings of the Meeting held at the Mechanics' Institute on Monday, in type, when the second edition of " The Sun" of Saturday arrived, bringing to us the conclusion of the Debate on the Motion in the Lords, •for the second reading of the Catholic Relief Bill. We were accordingly obliged, though most reluctantly, to set aside our previous arrangement, and to postpone to Friday what we would with great pleasure give our readers this day. (From the Cork Southern Reporter of Thursday, April 9.) At an early hour yesterday morning we received an Express Edition of "The London Sun" of Saturday night, containing a r eport of the Debate on the Catholic Relief Bill, up to the division. We instantly published a bulletin of the gratifying intelligence, which was forwarded by special conveyances to all the towns on the Waterford and Limerick lines, at a distance of 30 miles of ro ad, and to the Dublin and Western lines by the evening coaches. Our friends in town were put into possession of the welcome news in about an hour after it had reached us. (From the Waterford Mirror of Wednesday, April 8.) RELIEF BILL—The characteristic industry of The Sun " has enabled us to continue our report to an advanced period of Satur day. The final result has not yet reached us. While some per sons anticipated an adjournment on Monday, the greater number expected a division towards midnight. A favourable majority was expected. Some carried their expectations as far as ill. The Rev. R. C. DILLort, author of that im mortal and never-to-be •forgotten history, " The Lord Mayor's voyage of Discovery to Oxford," is, we perceive, advertised to preach a sermon this evening in St. James's Church, Clerkenwell. JAMES WHITEBY, some fifty years ago, was a noted and eccentric theatrical manager, and also a very penurious one, of which lie once gave tolerable proof.-- Representing the crook-backed tyrant, he excl4irned, t , Hence babbling dreams, you threaten hel.e in vain con, science avaunt,"—that man in the 4r920a wig Mere has got into v{C pit withaut paying.--RICHARD'S himself again." The same person while on his death bed actually made a contract with an undertaker for his funeral, stipulating that he should take half the amount in tickets, for his widow's benefit. TO THE CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. When I am writing these lines, it is more than pro bable his Majesty is giving his Royal Assent to the Eman • cipation of the people of Ireland ; and, before I go further, give m leave to set the mind of my country right on one subject which in my mind thy do not fully understand. Who is the auth, rof the liberty of Ireland ? Who is the first cause? Whose is the impelling mind? I say, after a close and industrious inquiry, the King, George the Fourth, is the liberator of Ireland. It was he who gave the tone, set the example, made the converts, and achieved the %venders of the days we live in. Is it flattery to power which prompts the publication of these honest truths ? No man who knows me who will not acknowledge that if my present Sovereign was the reverse of what he is, the de voted friend of by-gone rrejudiees, the humble echo of Lord Eldon, I should not be backward in speaking of him in language I hope not unworthy of the high character I alluded to, but most certainly not unworthy of the cause of which lam an ardent advocate. But the King has put an end to discussion, he has taken his station at the head of all that is powerful from wealth and eloquence and genius, and he has sent round the entire circle a fire, which has illuminated one party and consumed another. To the King, therefore let Ireland pay the first tribute, and next to those Ministers, who, if the King were not the ascendant mind, dare not, would not, attempt that which they have gloriously accomplished. It is, no doubt, a glorious and heart-exciting era in which we live. I have now been in this land of freedom and integrity five weeks—l have mingled with all parties, high and low, and I can assure you that I never met with any man who did not admit the claims of Ireland on the justice of England. Even those who differed from me (and I found some) always differed like gentlemen and scholars, never denying the sin cerity of my opinions, and of course answered by me with tile expression of reciprocal satisfaction. I have had a hun dred discussions with the most distinguished men in Eng land, whom I met at the Tavistock Hotel, and I never found one —no, not one—whose bosom did not over flow with the kindest and most generous feeling for Ireland. Nor will I presume to say that my presence brought forth such opinions. I sincerely believe they were the natural offspring of kind and generous hearts, and springing directly from their native sources. It is so every where in the British empire. The Bar of England, witls Scarlett at their head, a body of light and learning which burns up the old-woman follies of Eldon—the Bar of that great and wonderful little country, Scotland—the literature of Scotland, with Sir W. Scott at its head—the commercial intellect of England, with that enlightened Corporation, the Corporation of London, at its head, the Favells, the Waithmans, the Rouths, at its head. What had the cause of civil and religious freedom to fear when such were the champions? Delightful is the atmsophere I now breathe ; with triumph I look forward to the day when my children (and they will do honour to their coun try) shall enjoy the fruit of what I, following in the wake of my great countryman O'Connell, endeavoured to sow the seed ;—when they will enjoy the opportunities a par tial Constitution gave to such a man as Lord Eldon to rise (and great is his praise for so doing) from the family of a blacksmith to be Lord Chancellor of England. My fine children may now look forward. That they will be grateful to the King, loyal to the Constitution, and fearless in its defence, I will be the guarantee. It is true—oh !it is quite true—that our great generous, and magnanimous people, the forty-shilling freeholders, are flung into the shade—they are deprived of their invaluable right of voting for their Representatives in Parliament. Te preserve the rights of the existing freeholders I have done my best ;—to prevent the operation of a retrospective Act I have not been idle. I have failed in the execution of my wishes; but much has been conceded ;—olt ! yes, much has been conceded—so much that the spotless integrity and wisdom and eloquence of Earl Grey yielded to the temptation.— Holland gave way—Durham gave way—the Whigs of the Lords and the Commons surrendered to what they con ceived the greater good ;—am I in error when I bow my head to such authorities ? I should be presumptuous if I did not defer. I therefore take the Bill with the sin cere hope, that it may be all its most sanguine friends anti cipate. I have said much has been obtained ; the Irish Bends for the future will be without suspicion ; the Jury box will be purified ; Catholics will be Sheriffs ; Pro testants and Dissenters will be Sheriffs; national confi dence will be the result. I trust another year will not pass over until the Irish forty-shilling freeholder will be re stored ; the fraudulent freeholder deprived of his fran chise, and the fearless, honest man restored. Wellington has astonished the empire. So did the elder Brutus asto nish Rome. He was thought a fool. He rose front his mother earth, and established the freedom of his country. I can find no better parallel in history. Excuse this letter ; it is written as I have ever written, with a heart full of enthusiasm for the union and happiness of Ireland, and the strengths and invincibility of the British empire. JOHN LAWLESS. Tavistock Hotel, April 12, 1829. MR. LAWLESS. 'A NOTE TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. Ireland has been stigmatised by her enemies as wild, vindictive, and turbulent; and eulogised by her friends as the land of hospit dity, generous ardour, and daring valour : but by neither friend nor foe was the Irish heart ever yet styled ungrateful. Shall we permit that worst of epithets now to be applied to her? Now, in this her dawning hour of prosperity ; now, when (to use the words of one of the most elo luent of her sons), " the rancour of sectaries is about to vanish, and the altars of uncharitable ness to smoke no longer." When the nation sends up her patriot voice to Heaven, and implores its choicest blessings on O'Connell, as her benefactor, shall he who has been as sociated with that great man in his splendid career, who with him has " borne the burden and heat of the day," and put to hazard his all, in the mighty struggle for na tional freedom, shall he be forgotten ? Let it not be hence forward a reproach to the soil of his birth, tint one of the first, if not himself the foremost of the founders of Irish Liberty, has been overlooked by the men of his own time. Amid the glorious triumphs of political importance which Ireland is yet destined to enjoy, and when un born generations shall decree, as most certainly they will, a Statue to the memory of John Lawless—" Ingrata Pa tria," will be inscribed on its base, should we of the pass ing age, forget him and his services? It is to be hoped that nothing so degrading as this fact, will stain the fair page of the future story of Ireland, but that some very strong proof of the gratitude of his countrymen will attest their deep sense of the talents, courage, perseverance, 'and patriotic devotion of a man without the honourable mention of whose name the annals of our common country would be defective, and without whose manifold exertions that dear country's cause would, in all proLability, have been lost for ever. I will not, for I am sure I need not, say more. E. I\ , Bath, April 6, 1829. SIIERIDAN had half a (IWR bottles, and as many candles, befere hitn wben the familiar spirit of poetic Capture was upon him; thus philosophically proving that light and heat are the congenial elements of life. BURNS composed his immortal song of Scots, wha /sae, after tak ing a " Stirrup cup." THOUSON, being asked how he could paint spring so beautifully in the midst of winter, replied that he had an " evergreen e,"i i Lo;d ; BOT'S table." SAVAGE forgot over u ‘ bottki. o> Iv* that he was a bastard ; and GO:c. - lETII never compose:) feli c:tously till after he ha 4 ibe . favekn, IiVRON wrote his immortal satire, of' :the .44105 h Lards and Scotch .flevc:ee..;sbe.tt:ecn: tvo bottles, one wine, th e o th er g i n . translated Virgil over a bottle of Lord DORSET'S wine i and SHARSPEARE himself, Fancy's child, wrote his Merry Wives of Windsor when drinking Queen Riss's present of sack. BARRY CORNWALL, of pieto4al memory, conceived his noblest and boldest deigns aver his bottle of claret; and it was there, t ; o, that Loc KE fi rs t t h oug h t of combatin g the .A riztptelian logic. POPE kept a bottle of champagn e in his study, to " help the Muse's speed," and k4I3IIIER had one in his writing-desk.—himpoailMion. TITT, MIRE OF WELLINGTON IN THE FIELD. Head-quarters sometimes dashes by us, or across our line of march with him, who, now, (like Mat l borough, or the angel, (I forget which,) in the be ginning of the last century,) " rides on the whirl wind and directs the. stor m ," l ea di ng, o f ten s i ngly, at the front. We know Lord Wellington at a great distance by his little flat cocked hat, (not a fraction of an inch higher than the crown,) being set on his head completely at right angles with his person, and sitting very upright in his hussar-saddle, which is simply covered with a plain blue shabrack. His Lordship rides, to all appearance, devoid of sash ; as, since he has been made a Spanish field-marshal, lie wears on his white waistcoat, under his blue sur tout coat, the red and gold-knotted sash of that rank, out of compliment to our allies. Fr6m the same motive, lie always wears the order of the Toison d'Or round his neck; and on his black cockade two others, very small, of the Portuguese and Spanish national colours. His Lordship, within the last year, has taken to wearing a white neckerchief instead of our black regulation, and, in bad weather, a French private dragoon's cloak of the same colour. I continue these details respecting our great captain (who may yet lead us to the gates of Paris), as I always found every minutiae of celebrated characters as much sought after by the inquisitive (among whom I class you), as the very deeds which have brought them into notice. Often he passes on in a brown study, or only returns the salutes of the officers at their posts; but at other times he notices _those he knows with a hasty " Oh! how d'ye do," or quizzes good humouredly some one of us with whom he is well acquainted. His staff come rattling after him, or stop and chat a few minutes with those they know, and the cortege is brought up by his Lordship's orderly, and an old hussar of the First Germans, who has been with him during the whole Peninsular war, and who, when he speaks of him, uses a Ger man expression, literally meaning good old fellow, emphatically implying in that language attachment and regard.—Naval and Military Magazine. LOUIS .FIFTEENTH AND THE FIVE SISTERS. Five sisters of the family of Nesle, whose fortune was not equal to their birth, and whom natnre, though with much diversity, had endowed with her most precious gifts, had the most easy access to the Queen. Madame de Mailly, the eldest of them, good, simple, free from artifice, liable to weakness, but capable of great constancy, was the first mis tress of the young Prince. The courtiers had but little fear of any ascendancy that she might gain : she was not pretty. This intrigue was involved in mys tery ; but the second sister, Mademoiselle de Nesle, afterwards Marchioness of Vintimilla, had already in the retirement of a convent, conceived the plan of becoming Madame de Mailly's rival. Divested of timidity, now flattering the Prince and now his Ministers, now pretending gaiety, and now deco rum, she made a conquest of the King, who, then taking the first bold step in the career of scan dal, publicly avowed her as his mistress. She died. Mademoiselle de la Tournelle, blooming with beauty, and pretending to blush at the example of her two sisters, aspired to replace them. She inflamed the Monarch by the indifference with which she pretended to receive his homage; but, yielding at length, after she had sufficiently resisted, she was created by her royal lover Duchess of Cha teauroux. She was also overtaken by death. The King was, for a long time, inconsolable for this loss ; but the dissipation of a brilliant and corrupt Court having effaced the sad impression in his mind, and wakened him to the necessity of fresh delights, he formed a plan for the conquest of the remaining sis ter. The Duke de Richelieu, who prided himself on_ having been intrusted with the infamous affair, was righteously doomed to the shame of its miscar riage. She was replaced by the Marchioness d'Etiolle, afterwards Duche, , s de Pompadour.— Monthly Magazine. CAPABILITIES OF IRELAND. Land in Ireland is rising in value, public confi dence has been restored, and the spirit of concilia . - tion is rapidly advancing throughout every part of the country. The Protestant and Catholic Nobility and Gentry has set the example, and it is now hoped that all party irritation will finally subside, and that unanimity, industry, and good fellowship, will animate all ranks, and diffuse happiness through out that long distracted Island. The capabilities of Ireland are immense. The country has every thing within itself that mankind can require. Nature has done much for it, and man but little. Ages of mis government have prevented the people from being either benefitted by the fertility of the soil, or ad vancing in civilization; but there will be no excuse hereafter for the landed proprietors of that valuable part of the United Kingdom continuing to be absentees. It is both their interest and duty to remain among their tenantry, to encourage industry and promote concord among all classes, whether Protestants, Catholics, or Dissenters. In the city of Cork, and other parts of the South of Ireland, the most marked symptoms of conciliation ttro apparent, and must lead to the most beak , - ficial results; while, in the North, it is hoped,, that the good sense of the people will induve them to follow the laudable example of their brethren in the South, and thus consolidate the interests and perpetuate the happiness of their native country, We are the more persuaded that such will he the result, from the tenottr of the letter which will be found in another column from one of the Irish agi tators—but at the same time that we denominate him an agitator, we must also add,, the most honest and the most disinterested of the whole fraternity —we mean Mr_ Lawless. His letter breathes spirit of the purest conciliation throughout--of re gret indeed that he had achieved every object which he considered necessary for the v:elfare of Ire land, but of entire and unalloyed satisfaction that so much had been done—of gratitude to the King, whom he considers the best friend of Ireland, and of admiration of the wisdom of the Premier, who, without any previous intimation, conceded all that justice and humanity required; but, above all, a deep feeling of the kindness of the people of. England, " whose bosoms" he states to have fouwi " overflowing with the kindest and most getmows sentiments towards Ireland." It is pleasing to find such p eace and eoneiliatiou succeed the angry political storm wilich has lately been raging; and the only wish Ny6 have to express is that it may long continue, and be productive of the best fruits which the best friends of Ireland could wish.—Morniv Advertiser. A new i4terary Journal has appeared at Pads, ca4e.l Le Voicor, almost as large as the Times. it is rather a clever paper s aP . I is becoming a favourite. We are informed that in many parts of the country large tracts of land are under water, owing to the late heavy rains.—Morning CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS.—There is an article, in gie. last number of the Westminster Re, view, on Ale ". Weekly Newspapers," in which it is stated, apparently on good authority, that the total num -113,r of copies of newspapers printed in Great Dritain, dur ing the week, is nearly 500,000 ; that the daily average consequently, more than 70,Q(10; and that, including children and others who can read, every 357 persons have thus one newspwr among them. On Tuguiray thirty rank and file of the 78th Iligy,„„nders, under the command of Ensign A. \V. WEnn, embarked on board the Earl of Wcm ss smack, for Gravesend, on their way to join the service com pantos in Candy ) , in the island of Ceylon. It is satisfac tory to learn that the regiment has been remarkably healthy, having lost only a corporal and three privates during the quarter ending 24th September. Nine of the regiment are on their way home invalided, inc!uding the drom-nojnr, and a colour-serjeant. --Edinburgh Observer.