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[Orl i ' 'loci The) L i ass ligb• a lane . it j id pla c . ed b a a ddc ipl two 1.11 .7 e kep t e ico, 1, to cl ', l !So, v sai.,. ant ; a nd . 0 1 it st. r ya depose d s i b s f ts f Aug' t h the ui ° Ws st de & o il c u s i m ° N t° : 60 I ns " . .ole i e pft.,,er of reln o n 6 4 ,:0 bead ,nd e 4 for tl ' l pouns e , rayFe barge the er , 00 i tte d, th he "" OP trY uP° beep put 111111 to the s3#l' '1 1; mon sattb clear atil t ' es c oasui in to- ns ee r th fl TUEAST INDIA 1101T3E, MARCH 11, 1846. E COURT of DIRECTORS of the - EAST Exc r i ,, l ? l, l COMPANY do hcr;:by give notice, that }h o A.TE of and A i*' . , , GE at which they will rzecive Cash for Bills on Bengal Is. ii,, g ur , s will, ftom the present date, and until farther notice, , tie theseu the Company's rupee , and for Bills on Bombay Is. III: 2 d. utpany's rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary, MR. ADAMSON, BAKER, pubi leti 13, arwick-lane, Newgate-street, begs to inform the Proved iat he is making the INDIA CORN BREAD on a much Principle, and , it is highly recommended to people of weak zSTBOURNE TERRACE TONTINE. TO In 3,700 Shares of 1001. ‘'e divided into Five Classes of 740 shares each. De, osit, 10/. ; to be returned without deduction in the event of failure. TRUSTEES. George William Anderson, Esq., 69, Harley-street el William Esq., 1, Cavendish-square LAN barles Wardell, Esq., 43, Wostbounte-terrece. tt " — Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square. SOLICITOUS. Ir e Sits B Reg • SOLICITOUS. Thrupp, and Clark, IV, Oxford-street ltt ',tulle-terrace is confessedly one of the finest ranges of build- Li th • g„ rom , e metropolis. Its proximity to Hyde-park and Kensington film;, great width, elevation, and gravelly soil, and the very slops "' and commodious arrangement of the interior of the man esent a coinbination of attractions which must render it a most prop: Plvestment ; particularly where the object is to secure a ehild r ," ° for a child or children, because by nominating such child or Thevn there must necessarily be a ood income for such as survive. Uorni ria roPrietor of every share of 1001. will have the privilege of 1 146 ; Ilt :t one life at any time previous to the 24th December, life Ina a nd should the nominee die before that day, then another equ a l b e substituted, so that all the subscribers may be en an t fit„.,ing on the 25th December, 1846, the day from which the I,:vul be receivable by the Company. I„l,•ielteeZie Tontine will be divided Into Five Classes of 740 Shares ; the s of the Ist Class to be under."... • • ....25 years of age. 2d 21 from ............25 to 40 „ 351 ~ .. ....40 to 55 „ • PP • • • ... 4th 55 to 65 „ Estl sth .... • • • • 65 upwards. litth ° ma- - , ing the rental at 20,0001., each class will be entitled to one 4 .000/. per annum ; an d th e surv i vor o f suc h class will not it s sess that income for hi s life, but will have the power to leave et . 40 he pleas for the resue of the term of 98 years. nom t of course se necessary for the proprietors of shares, in either kitAD y „ b e of any particular age ; rnanyyoung persons, for instance, toillin:°Minate a life in the sth, or elder class, with a clew to their Of ‘ Into absolute possession of the 4,0001. per annum at the end ert;;`en or twenty years, and with the certainty of a more rapid in- A7,ef dividend than in the junior classes. tii r g at estions for Shares must be sent, under cover, to .. Messrs. Scot t 3 „n's, Thrupp, and Clark, No. 160, Oxford-street; Sir Claude ere,„' 'art, and Co., Cavendish-square ; to either of the Cammittees, 41,4 nn dennentioned Agents—the Secretary to the Hall of Com- T hreadneedle-street ; George Allen, Esq., 43, Princes•street, vnp 0 1 ; T. M. Archer, Esq., Leinster-chambers, Dame-street, 4 'ifist:' 41,1 1 Cunliffe, Esq., Preston, Lancashire ; Messrs. Fletcher e4 B , I rP, Liverpool; Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Man pro r; and W. H. Collis and Smith, Birmingham. Age,l s Pectuses may bd obtained from the Solicitors, and the respective ki t : 3 7 from Mr. Thompson, Architect mad Surveyor, No. 2, Con liou,.,,'reet West, Hyde-park or from J. Tippett, No. 34, West- Ze:terrace, who will show the houses. tO,Pileatiens will be received up to Wednesday, the 22d of April, beig those for any particular class double the number required ol t ,, lt at Period when notice will be immediately given, and the :" S ect; the , committee being desirous to discourage all specula teqtbn4rd to allot the shares to bona fide applicants only. It is they , te d , therefore, that parties will not apply for more shares than stet, ish to take, and that they will make a separate application for IOST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY, -,. Th e for 1146. th e i.: e arliest copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and No P"ving reviews have already appeared in the leading metrope -JeUxUals:— , hie .... SUN, December 27, 1845. ")0, "ork has now reached the forty-seventh annual edition, and o n ' 4 , 1, credit of Mr. Kelly, the proprietor, who has spared no expense t 4 , 11, .40 ,,, sir in the compilation, keeps progress with the times, and hity, more than any similar publication, the great changes which tDi ks '',. 'en Place , not only in our trade. and commerce, but in the T , Nild . .. al ce and extent of this vast metropolis. No other nation 14,11,:!Irnish materials for such a work, and to these is the compiler i,4 indebted for such a mass of useful information, useful, not to tlit is , cl asses only, but to the whole community. There is not one leltli c „ il the community to which some of the directions are not ab %tn. ~i r n ecessary. It extends to 2,074 pages, printed in a close, but k! f a ; tl d bold type, and is accompanied by a beautiful, minute, and t lltt " tre have had an opportunity of judging, a correct map of th e le streets of London, with the names of each distinctly marked. th e ;Tork does great credit to Mr. Kelly, and we have no doubt that l 'iii,,F e llent manner in which it is prepared, and the information l'ltt sitaccess. eOliVeys, will insure for it universal approbation and cora- It l a ,_, GLOBE, Jan. 17, 1846. }; ; "'. l 3' necessary to say of this established work, that it sustains !45 ~,*.:'gh reputation for accuracy and comprehensiveness which 1414141er volumes, in Mr. Kelly's hands, at once obtair.ed for it. nit .. `„," 4 all London residents this annual has been an indispens '44o4:4ltae. In the present year several improvements have been , T/ DIES, January 9, 1846. 'est e , 'euMe unlike many others, as it increases in bulk, increases ''lllee'll a ndently in value ; thus every succeeding edition Is snore I Stes h , a ,than its predecessors, end the book of 1846 contains more „Yee. surpasses than the book of 1845. The volume for the current 10 th e er Pasees anything of a similar kind that has ever been offered Pnblie as a guide-book to the names, occupations, professions, lee,cleLi bi tations of the hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants of rho e , .. or that has ever yet been issued from the press. In • if has a " local habitation and an ame" is noted down—that esse e ,"e be a housekeeper, an office-keeper, or the proprietor or Ne e af anythirg beyond a furnished lodging or the humble oc- S'eet s , °f an attic. There is an " Official Directory," a " Street Colsejle..,7 tort' Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," a eete sr enre," a " Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal Dl ,' Italie! a " City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," a infs' Directory," and a mass of other matter, explanatory of L. 3 ▪ ' thine s , foe" es which are nece .sary to be known, and which are net to 'llia the 47th together and easily accessible in any other volume. e "„ t ablim e a e 47 th annual publication of the work, which is now so fully anitY ei s ' s In public estimation, for the accuracy and multi tee' that its intelligence, requisite for every class and for every eee e se of be with Out it is almost an imputation on the common ' cli atne e ,_'`a Persons connected with the trade of London or the business of life. keepers e MORNING HERALD, December 27, 1845. Xeellent work, the 47th edition of which has just reached us, le e s st P e ace with the commercial requirements of the times. The Th e e eefilce Directory" of some twelve years since, and the " Post s !ireetory" fo r th e com i ng year present a remar k a bl e con t ras t. Ti o e L w e w as confined to a meagre list of names, comprised within a _ 4e e s or three et. miles, and might have been put very conveniently coat pock Year after year it has increased in size and 11 4 ,, 4 ` 8 various and valuable stores of information to its columns , ; its 1 h reds of pages test have grown into thousands, and it now embraces ‘. . repels and its suburbs, from north to south, east and west, se 1 1) . prises within its voluminous pages otinformation (now esene ,, ly indispensable to the merchant and tradesman) an ,pirectory,' a " Street Directory," a "Commercial •Leire cts s) . l e- a " Trades' Directory," a "Law Directory," a "Court .- "Pailiamentary Di rec t ory ," a "P os t a l Directory," eir ett "Y Directory," a " Con v ey ance Directory," a " Banking the . e , ' e' and a variety of ether copious li s t s o f I n f orma t ion , toy ee t e'e transcription of which would occupy considerable time. e O , f " Provincial Inns" extends over 31 pages of three columns sseL lls " Post Office London Official Directory" over 48 pages, :Is `,,eseight of w hich are of four and twenty of two columns each ; eireet Directory" 472 pages of th - ee columns each; its 'ski its and Professional Directory" 50 4 pages of two columns Lee, "s " Trade Directory " 623 pages of three columns each; its ~u.e si reetorypages ; " Court Directory " pages eth ee nentary D'rectory "36 pages ; " Postal Directory (most testi well compiled) 67 pages, &c. This portion of the work has 0 7. 11 . enlarged and improved. It now supplies us with the le tt e l al'very of the London letters at each town and village in see, l•ed Kingdom at which there is a Post-office or Receiving -4 ;,aud the time at which the letter-box for London closes at Receiving lc ; also the distance of each from the po3t town through d in e eel Iseelete' tale London letters are transmit as te so d. We also observe that the of London, which h for me years past accompanied i ree 4 ? ; 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , e, and which has been frequently much improved, is ren More valuable in the present edition. The names of each Most distinctly printed, and we hesitate not to state that ot the best Maps of London extant. The Work is printed e e bs eei e e e ar e bold type. We can scarcely think it requires special re ill es'elatithoiu't it. on fur no man who really has business to transact can The s MORNING CHRONICLE, Jan. 17, 184 It - ste Cannel volume just published of this laborious and valuable e b isre' ls rees the same mead of approbation which has bean so de- Jsrahrhestovred upon its predecessors. In mere size, it is con lefel larger than any of them, not only by the introduction of o,Doe a e r alatiou, but in consequence of the yearly growth of the me i:44,4' to the avocations and whereabouts of whose inhabitants it is hie e- to form the " directory." The enormous multitude of facts eslreie's Condensed in the bulky volume before us is really over et:lle.4l' ; Yet they are not more than are requisite to snake the k lu our overgrown city duly acquainted with one another's top and residences. The facts are presented in the same available Oahe' with the same attention to accuracy and recentness of in te't'lsi o i l which characterise the volume ooh 1845, and rendered it a Otis t Perfection as a directory. We serve some useful atl- L 4e 4 e o the contents of the present publication, especially in the 1 7,esie l „ a evoted to the Post-office arrangements, which are so rapidly ` l s s ati g extended and complicated maid' the double impulse of W an and the penny postage. a ils e MORNING ADVERTISER, Dec. 24, 1845. e t t l em 5 "„ .91.1 z, published by Kelly and Co., which has now made its 1 4e es1 leearance for forty-seven y ears, is decidedly one of the most 11 1 4 04 Worksn,, of the day. It contains an immense amount of infor be kesie t be greatest importance to all in any way connected w th ikt.w.,„, -1) ° 11 8. It comprises among other information, an " Official e r deelS, a "Street Directory," a "Commercial Directory," a t ee ' ere a s h ,eurectory," a " Law Directory," a " Court Directory," a 111 7 : 1 • e - ? ° Directory," a " City Directory," a " Postal Direc- Se, ee . s s 'onveyance Directory," and a " Bank Directory." Under tc"aas divisions will be found masses of Information, com- S4ecess besto w ed attributes of accuracy and completeness. The amount of h e ,, on the compilation of this work must necessarily kis 4 l l !e ee -I , lv e erY great, and nothing but a liberal pt tronage from the i s4a litis kr "l remunerate the enterprisingproprieto i rs for their outlay Directory" i u i l t ar c ly on e t h a e l a n p s: a s t s i n n g th n • ea‘t‘uPr "Post-office s a t 1 - t o d ffi q c u e a y do o n f t e 4 bls - "„ ( ls no t fewer than 2,000 large closely-printed pages in th e s t et treble columns. All things considered, we look upon ' it 1, 11 el• w ell e e a,Pest, as assuredly it is the most valuable and useful, fly 'which emanates from the press of England. The map "Ally evmg it appears to us to be mach improved ; it is certainly sxeellent and perfect. WEEKLY DISPAH Dec. 28, 1845. e t , e "'ossal guide to the great metropolis is a striking illustration elele,irestats of British perseverance properly directed, and British p,enikediciously employed. For many years the French " Al e},Sels, of Fifty Thousand Addresses" was considered one of the theeh of the world ; but the Messrs. Kelly have achieved a work qi.l,4eh 'ilaY be aptly termed a wonder upon wonders. Lar g e ti 4 4," volume be, the Mtn of information contained in it is hePrtsing ; and every department is arranged with so much epeee e ntuent, and accurate discrimination, that the business of s e s'el,'.to its pages is as plain and simple as to a dictionary or 'nose scheme is alphabetical. We have, in this volume, " Street " " Commercial," " Trades' " " Law," " Court," I, l7, l es7'utary," Postal," e e Conveyance." and " Bank ehiNet. tortes." But these heads only comprise a portion of the contained in the work. There are other departments 1 4 tt N exl Ul l'e found Invaluable to the commercial public. The fel ts,4.e e w s act from the preface should be quoted The Oven- Is s l t it im 'eSSed by the proprietor are of no ordinary character ; the le s ''°flant Majesty he means placed at his disposal through the , 'te em her 's Postmaster-General. The General Post I S, :St th s ,rs, under the direction of his Lordship, collect, each in t he 4 l l sUs e - l e _u'let, the information from which the volume is compiled. r 1 s; (1 11e s 'Y'euracy in such a book, the collection of the information R 4`d by'lrattitaneOUS • and how completely this is effected, is Ilt'tY•Q t he fact that ' an intelligent letter-carrier performs within t k le s ,, es - l r e hours all the duties annually required of him for the .41L43' of the Post Offiee London Directory." We need not 'elle t!, e ' a slendation of this work ; its reputation is established 04. aB4 * ot , BRITANNIA, December 27, 1845. seo t ss et; 4 `serful annual continues to keep pace with the times, ..,'Assjs ea? I Theve. It now numbers upwards of 2,000 closely eet t eed Xs' this immense mass of matter being so judicnsly Znl,„ge 1 0 '2 arranged that any item of it can be picked out with ofl' °I a minute expended in the search. From the con ks,the It ht s i nfor Proprietor with the Post-office, he is enabled to eke eze) tnation from the most authentic sources, and (a great CA, th." combine it simultaneously. Some objection has been 04.4,1,4,,tc l etter-carriers being employed for this service ; but, Zteel'atist of r all other considerations, it is certain that the Post ks e e beie, greatly advantaged by the publication, both from eiesell directed more accurately, with this book as a guide, Th e v 24 ,waYs being at hand ready far reference in cases of it as, Th e ° muse has all the merits of its predecessors ; displays, 01411 the care in every department and as a work of l e Sie se lese de `ne merchant, trader, or any person engaged In buse eate e eu, leaves nothing to be desired. It is one of the most e t lf,eee ess euPles of great industry, intelligence, and capital Olt Wee o auY employed in the production of a work for facill zte4 4eerations of business and extending trading intercourse, 44eeti3as sit Is in ingenious affods. Of its -e ar Pe a rfection as it acorns s passible for any r werk to be este be i ls „Ye Se of te n ] s ha d BULL, January 10, 1846. S t eak, tee, "en had to bear our testimony to the extraordinary le - 4 _ l le r l !'eti en Most laborious compilation, its fulness and accuracy 1 / 44 : 44. 5 5, a w, and its consequent value to every one who " lives, te bee his being" in London, that all we need now do esi e et, ez _ Se t e s , ' , client as were the preceding volumes, this one res / e c s,'ell eh euous improvoments, which add largely to that pre- Nie g Z,.• It is a work of immense care and labour, and of I t h. Limy. thFfes, It AILWY HERALD, Jan. 1840. e e seeue e ee ee eetn of the" Post-office Directory" to men of business sele t es to, not do without it—it is indispensable, thumbed over, le‘se 'ses 1 ' 4 3 1 by day-, dies ye °llettee and week by week—a counting-house, in I rytho u , ,ssending, could do almost as well without an ink es, t k re a Directory." We have made a great many trials acs i t e el the work, exercising a careful scrutiny, and in no es is ensuered under the test. 41 s ees RAI , it ere e tele LN'S AY EXPRESS, Jan. 1846. ZkeZ.ItPO for any work to be more correct than this, e kte tt ebl y :lid a „ecaulliled in all its laborious detail. It would he Ne rea„"ere comprehensive or snore useful work than this a a ',eel exhibition of this vast city. The typographical eon s teeiZe- e t Plate as becomes the well-deserved popularity of t 44 by e ~. e edlese to say in s ow than ULU the book known. I 'y man of htletneas in Lendola. r ._ it 4. "F : C ..T 1, ( ri ---r% l i tA : .:11: / ' i ,c 4 , `, 7, i i A t4.J.t-ii vti. , , . 1 ~ • t"..1 , Orr • • 4 CIS '4 l/ • f 4r,„ No. 16,685. LONDON, THURSDAY 'l4 ..vt • EASE IN W "ALKING, VoTILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is induced to g ive publicity to his much admired PAE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and DURABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him In manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles alwayr, ready on sale. Established in 1767. • No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY Capital, 100,000/., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. Deposit, 2s. per Share. in accordance with the Act. (Provisionally Registered.) N.B. The allotment of Shares will take place on the 16th of March next ensuing. William Stiles, Esq. Professor Ryan. M.D., LL.D. Captain Kenyon Robert Nicholson, Esq. Henry Francis, Esq., Patentee Dominique Causse, Esq. Joseph Peplow, Esq. Henry Ault, Esq. Charles Brooke, Esq. John Kissick, Esq. SOLICITOR—J. F. W. FOSCOMOyeT, Esq. BANKERS —Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. This Company is formed for the purpose of carryinz out, and bring ng into general use, an invention (secured by letters patent) for au sop roved manufacture of gas of a superior finality, and at much lose expense than the usual cost, by an apparatus so simple in construc tion, and so compendious in form, as to be available in any building or situation where the ordinary supplies of gas are not accessible. Full details in prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the' Company, 159, Drury-lane, with forms of application for Shares, and where may be seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the gas exemplifi,d. Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must be made all communications, post free. UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.- CONTRACTS TAKEN for lighting up with a superior GAS, and at a reduced rate, towns,. villages, lighthouses, dockyards, hos pitals, theatres, public offices, manufactories,printing-offices, prisons, barracks, railway-stations, asylums, schools, and other large build ings, where the ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be ad dmsSed to Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, 1M), Drury-lane. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE ► changes in a few minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, by simply using a comb wetted with the liquid. One application will produce a pleasing and permanent change. Price 3s. 6c1., 60., and 103. per bottle. To be—hatl—rf the Proprietorir;' 2,, Nottingham-place, Ftildghte street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapsidc ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdork-street; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of most Per.inners and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to aay part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, peat-paid. I'lease to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. -BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, ie OPEN DAILY from Ten till Five. Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. THE CAMPAIGN on the SLJTLEJ creating immense interest at the present moment, there is exhibiting at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the most Distinguished Men both in the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN MENT of LAHORE, taken by a lady of rank, distinguished in the Fine Arts, during her residence in India. By means of the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are on a magnific: nt scale. Mornings, at Half-past Four o'clock ; Evenings at a Quarter to Ten. The LECTURES include those on ASTRONOMY, during Lent on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAN'S WORK ING MODEL ascending and descending Inclined Planes, &c. &a. _ _ _ _ Admisalon, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. IRISH LINEN TRADE.—An Irish House in the Manufacturing And Bleaching Trade, having at present an extensive connexion in London and the West of England, Is die. posed to make arrangements with a Gentleman conversant with the trade to conduct the sale of their goods in those districts: Applications'by letter, with real signatures, addressed C., Ireland, the care of Messrs. Daweons, 74, Cannon-street, City, and giving such references as to respeetability, &c., &c., as the writers may be enabled, or may think necessary, will receive duo attention. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MARCH 10.—The market continues in a depressed state, both for goods and yarn; the few transac tions that take place being generally at reduced rates, which spinners and manufacturers seem more generally disposed to accept than for two or three preceding weeks. There is still, however, considerable inquiry for some description of cloth ; and it seems prAable that a Flight concession from the cur rent rates would lead to extensive purchases. ROCHDALE, MARCH 9.—There has not been the least im provement in the flannel market to-day ; everythingremains inactive, and the sales have been limited. The wool market has also been dull, and purchases fur cash m'ght have been bought at less prices. The wool dealers have suffored much by the late failures, and it makes them very cautious in doing business on credit. LEEDS, MAnclr 10.—We cannot report any improvement in our market. to-day; there is, in fact, le.s doing. Stocks are accumulating in the hands of the manufacturers, and although they are disposed to submit to somewhat lower rates, the merchants confine their purchases to the narrowest possible limits. HUDDERSFIELD, MARCH 10.—A very fair quantity of plain goods have been cold in our market this day, and buyers in the warehouses have been more numerous. Fancy goods are dull of sale. Could there be an alleviation of the present pressure 7h the money market, there would be doubt less a great increase of business in this district.—Manches.er G ua. &an. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, MATten 9.—The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day ; Daniel Callaghan, Lq., M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN having congratulated the Association on the result of the Mayo election, which he regarded as the, greatest popular triumph sin , :e the Clare election, and a❑ unequivocal demonstration in favour of repeal, The Secretary read the folloiving letter from Mr. O'Connell:— "British Hotel, Jerrnyii•strcet, London, March 6, 1846.' "My dear ltay,—ln my first letter on the recent Ukase of the British Minister, I stated only three of my objections to that oppressive and afflicting measure—the new Coercion Bill for Ireland. " My first objection consisted in the contrast between this and every former Coercion Bill. They were, each and all of them, temporary enactments—they were limited in duration. e t e ; PUBLICATIONS. Bonus Bonus In a • T I en p added. Cash. 61 aerz re o Will be Published, 3 vols. Bvo. 0 QIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S MISCELLA. x l xs d 1837 4191 13 5 487 13 5 413 17 1 4395 11 1 I._ NEWS WORKS. Including his Contributions to The Edln ' burgh Reviaw. Collected and Edited by his Son. 60 1000 74 3 . 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longincuis ;of whom nasty 1 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 be had, 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5 " This alone is a perpetual law. " This is to form - pit and parcel of the perpetual con stitution of Ireland. It has the hellish perfection of perpetuity of pain and infliction. " It will save time and trouble to every future Minis ter. Despotic power will always be ready made to their hands. be had, _ MR. MACAULAY'S ESSAYS. 3 vols 365. LORD JEFFREY'S CONTRIBUTIONS. 4 vols. 48s. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS. 3 vols. 3Gs. " Ireland must exist with her oonstitutional rights and liberties held by the sufferance and with the eva nescent permission of her despot f or th e ti me b e i ng . The Governor may ba a violent partisan ; he may be what is still worse, a well-intentioned, weak-minded being—a fit instrument to be used in the hands of irre sponsible knaves. He may be t!, priggish formalist, who n ay think highly of technicalities and forms, and may have a sovereign disregard for substantial justice and troth. " In short, no matter what manner of man the Go vernor shall be, there is, by this Bill, to be vested in him the uncontrollable power to annihilate every vestige of constitutional liberty, and to enact irresponsible des potism. " His power is to be perpetual. " My first objection to the Bill, therefore, is its per petuity. " It may indeed be said, that if the period shall arrive when murders shall totally cease in Ireland, when there shall no longer ba any manslaughter committed, when no person shall be shot at, or stabbed, or cut, or wounded, nor any grievous bodily harm done to any body, when such millenium arrives, then this law will be repealed. " I don't believe it. I don't believe that the English Government will ever voluntarily give up any power Lr dominion they may have over Ireland. " The case of 1782 is not, as we lawyers say, a case in point. England had just lost America by refusing to conciliate—she preserved Ireland by rational conci liation. " The causes that induced England to conciliate Ire land at that period are part of history. It is matter of prophecy, and I firmly . beliere, almost unerring pro phecy, that causes of a similar nature will produce effects not dissimilar. " For the present, my first objection to the Bill is its perpetuity. " My second objection consists in the absolute false hood of its title. "It is not a Bill for the better protection of life, and to facilitate the apprehension of persons guilty of offences in Ireland.' " It really and in truth is, a Bill for rendering more insecure life and property in Ireland, and stimulating to additional crime. " My third objection is, the absolute and unlimited power, on any exeuie however trivial, or upon any pre tence however untrue, to place the inhabitants of dis tricts, and counties, and provinces in Ireland out of the pale of the law, and beyond the protection of any con stitutional right. " I have said so much on these three points in my first letter, that I shall now consider— " My fourth objection to the Bill, which consists in the unlimited powers given to the Government over the persons and properties of the Irish people. " Let it to recollected, that a proclamation under this Bill will be equally valid, whether it be founded on the assertion of a falsehood or the assertion of a truth. In other words, truth or falsehood in the allegation of the proclamation is totally immaterial. The proclamation is of equal validity with the one as with the other. " Well, the proclamation having issued, my fourth ob jection consists in the extent of powers vested in the Lord Lieutenant by means of his own proclamation, true or false. The powers are these : " Ist. The power of appointing as many resident magistrates, inspectors of constabulary, head con stables, petty constables, and sub-constables and con stables, as the Lord Lieutenant shall think fit, such persons to reside in the proclaimed districts, and all of them to be clothed, fed, maintained, and paid at the expense of the occupying inhabitants of the proclaimed districts. The second power is that of compelling the in habitants of such proclaimed districts to remain within their respective places and homes from sunset to sun rise. " Tho third power is that of allocating any sum of money, to any amount the Lord Lieutenant chooses, as a reward for the apprehension or discovery of any per sons being guilty of any offence in the proclaimed districts. " The finirth power is to allocate any sum of money the Lord Lieutenant pleases, to the relations of any per son murdered in the proclaimed districts , or to any per son permanently injured in that district. " The fifth power given by the Act is that which makes the former power of allocating money to injured parties and their relations afflictive and grievous. There would be no objection to a reasonable allocation of money to compensate injured persons and their relations, but that should be done in a constitutional way, out of funds voted by Parliament, by annual votes. The ob jection to the fifth power is, its totally unconstitutional nature. " This fifth power, the Lord Lieutenant by his pro clamation invests himself with, is that which enables him, if he thinks fit, to levy the most enormous sums of money from the occupying inhabitants of the proclaimed districts, merely at his will and pleasure, without con trol, without check, without any legal responsibility. " The sixth power enables the Lord Lieutenant to appoint such person' or offices (these are the words of the Act) as he shall think fit, with full authority to make such ratos as the Lord Lieutenant may deem ne cessary on every occupier whatsoever within the dis trict.' There is no limit to the Lord Lieutenant's ca price. The rate may amount to the entire value of the property of each occupier. No matter, a valid rate to the full extent of the last shilling the occupiers are worth, may be made, and there is no relief, no remedy, no traverse, no appeal. " Mark, my countrymen, such a Bill as this is called a Bill for the Protection of Property l!! " The seventh power with the Lord Lieutenaat ac quires by his own proclamation, is that of levying and collecting such capricious rate, though it were, as I have said, to the full value of the property in the dis trict ; and such collection or levying is to be made by the constabulary or other force in the distri c t, w h o are ori h a y, potatoes, and in short a ll t h e property of the occupants, and to sell the distress for pay men t o f the rate. _ . corn,auth sed to destrain furniture, goods, chattles, cattle, " There is, then, a provision of a most oppressive nature, that is, that the entire rate sh a ll b e paya bl e and levied on the actual occupiers, and whereas the rate is based upon the poor-rate ; yet the Bill contains this provision, that although persons holding l an d s un d er t h e value of 4/. a year are cons idered too poor to be charged with poor-rate, set these wretched paupers are charge able to the proclamation-rate to be made pursuant to this Bill. 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Agents—Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ; sold by. all medicine venders. THE STORM OF WEDNESDAY IN SCOTLAND. The severe hurricane which we experienced on Wed nesday last, and which was productive of so many serious casualties in this city and neighbourhood, we observe, has been felt with equal severity in many other places. The following are a few records of the effects of the storm : - DUNDEE.—Shortly after high water on Wednesday the wind increased to a hurricane, and between nine and ten o'clock the fury of the tempest was at its height, gradually subsiding afterwards till about the time of low water. We may mention the following amongst the nuixterous casualties attending the visitation of this war of elements here. The South Mail was two hours and the North Mail one hour later than usual in arriving, the state of the weather in the former case rendering it impossible for the Ferry steamer to effect a landing on this side of the river, the whole breadth of which presented a tempestuous sheet of foam. The tide swept the quays in all directions, exposing life and property to extreme hazard ; and, ha d the springs not drawn considerably off, the shipping and other pro perty exposed to the sweep of the impetuous flood must have suffered very severely. Even as it was, several vessels were considerably injured. The effects of the tempest were also felt on shore. Part of a factory at the Hawkhill and the back part of a house at Logie were blown down ; the rope work between the Arbroath Railway station and the Seagate was nearly demolished. An erection in Mr. Adamson's shipbuilding-yard was partly unroofed, and one in Mr. Stephens's was thrown down; while the inclosures of Messrs. Kerr and Guild's bonded yards were almost completely prostrated. A chimney stalk situated between Shorter-road and Tally street fell with a tremendous crash through the roof of a glazier's shop, but fortunately no one was on the pre mises. There were many narrow escapes, but, so far as we have heard, no serious accidents were caus:d by the storm. PAISLEY.—We certainly never saw the wind rage with such terrific force, nor have we ever seen the streets so strewed with chimney cans and slates, but happily that description of damage, coupled with the tirring of thatch roofs, and the breakage here and there of a few panes of glass, are the most severe losses that have been . sustained. 01 sill the buildings about the town, Mr. Kerr's new factory has suffered most severely, but still in nothing• but the tearing off of the slates. A boy who resides in Queen-street bad his arm broken by the falling of a chimney can. At Elderslie two houses were unroofed. At Neilston a drying -house was blown down. Not a farm has escaped less or more damage. KILMARNOCK.—About ten o'clock a large stalk of chimneys in Robertson-place yielded to the storm, and fell with a tremendous crash through the roof of a weaver's shop, happily without injury to life or limb. In the newly opened print-works of Mr. P. Brown, in Wel beck-street, about seventy panes of glass were blown out. Several trees were also blown down in our neighbour hood. -- BRIDGE OF SV ElR.—Between nine and ten a.m., on Wednesday, when the hurricane was at its height, a young girl, in ga ing home from her work at that time, met with a vet., serious accident, being felled to the ground by a large piece of a wooden ridge which was blown off the M ill-of-Gryfe byre, at the distance of twenty or thirty yards from the road. On being taken up, it was found that her thigh bone was broken, and that she was otherwise severely wounded in the head. GREENOCK. —This town, as well as a large part of Scotland, was visited on Tuesday morning by a storm of wind of unusual violence. We are very glad to be able to say, that it. has been unaccompanied by any loss of life, or material destruction of property in this neigh bourhocd. f..3;Zetes, cans, and panes of glass were broken in the more eluvated parts of the town, and in a land in Hamilton-Are et, a large portion of a stack of chimneys was overthrov n. The storm has extended to Ireland ; and in Parsons town a house was blown down, killing a woman and her child. Numerous other casualties are also reported to have occurred throughout different parts of the country. —Glasgow Argus. SERIOUS A:ND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—OH Satur day morning, .Mr. P. Nuthall, at the Lime Kilns in this town, met spites a very distressing accident, under peculiar circumstanc is. A man named Bowles, employed by Mr. Nuthall in has timber-yard, was in the - act of drawing a deal from one of the stacks of timber; just at this moment Mr. Nuthall ?paned to paws, when a portion of the pile fell upon him, and so completely overwhelmed him that his body was not. discoverable. On extricating him, it was found that one leg was broken in two places; two or three ribs very int Leh ,jured, if not fractured; and several other severe bruises were; found extending nearly over the entire surface of his boe.y. Mr. Nuthall's medical attendant (Mr. C. Aldred, was immediately in attendance; but at the time of writini; 'this it is scarcely possible to form any very accurate opin'.on al to the extent of the injuries received, or state of the. suffer. !r.— Bury Herald. LEWES I.—THE SPECIAL BURDENS UPON LAND.—At the Petty Sessions held here on the 3d instant, John Taylor, the Ringatter-gate keeper, appeared before their Worships to answer an information preferred against him by Robert Raw linson, bailiff to Captain Hart. Taylor, it appeared, under the err )nevus idea that all who drove a vehicle on the high way should alike pay toll, charged complainant with toll for a cart laden with a roller. For this he was summoned, there being n provision that implements of husbandry should pass toll tree . He now pleaded guilty, and was fined vs., mclud lug e fsts. 7 -13righton Guardian. ~? ~i .-, AI , „ " a_ , -- " , r. l , ''.• i ...„ ( a, „,,,,,:„:,•-- , . ‘,,..,,,,,,,...„...--.--, Q.-if ~--,.. _.•_:-.,* • - ~7.:', - ', ' ,;'). , 4 741. , • t‘ , if _.ri). 0 . r ikr • W'• r "s . '. ~._ Ik6C‘' ,: - "77','",` ,5.-, ~,..,,..,,,,,, . -..,--,, 4 , 1 , 7 ~,0 4 ., •,, r.: -T.: ~.,--.4, t::t.: , z ,-,. \ • 114 4 .1. , ,,,.. , .;,„-.., .... 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There was, however, a quality connected with that description of discipline to which ! neither the Chaplain nor his present correspondent had adverted ; but he would, from the blue book which he held in his hand, supply that great omission, and show to the Court the attractive side of the picture, as his brother Magistrat e h a d i ndulged in describing . only its darker shades. That blue book, it should be remembered, was not a romance, or a novel, but a serious and pious document under the-hand and seal of the most grave and 11;:verend Prison Inspector, which, as the title of the book ostentatiously stated, had been "presented to both Honses of Parliament by com mand of her Majesty," for the instruction of members, and printed and circulated for the edification of the public at large.—(llear, hear.) The letter was addressed to the chaplain of the Preston Gaol, but, as was cus tomary with the correspondence in these reports, the name of the writer was not given. It ran thus, familiarly and kindly-- " Dear sir e —l h9pe you will excuse the liberty I take, as a stranger, in writing these few lines to you. I read an account of the new Penitentiary at Preston a short time ago in Chamber.' Edinburgh Journal, and my reason for writing this is, that I wish to subject myself to the dis. cipline of the prison for twelvemonths, without commit ing any crime. —(A laugh.) lam a young man of very respectable family ; my friends are wealthy, and I am myself possessed of a good property ; money is not an object to me, comparatively speaking, but I have unfortunately within the last two years got into a habit of drinking too freely, to my very great injury, and distress to my friends, and I am convinced the only plan to break myself is to cut myself off en tirely from it, but unfortunately I have not resolution enough as long as I am at liberty, and I have, therefore, made up my mind to shut myself up.—(Laughter.) I wish to be in a separate cell, and have a haodloom to weave at—(Great laughter,)—which I understand, having learnt it a few years ago for my own pastime ; and I intend to pursue the cold bathing system with the water supplied to the cell, and the drinking of cold water also, as recommended by the Hydropathic estab lishments now in use in England and on the continent.— (Laughter.) I feel very anxious about it, and, as I said, money is not an object. lam willing to pay down 201. as soon as I am admitted, which will insure the institution from any loss; • but I do hope you will take the thing into consideration, and let me have a favourable answer soon. I hope you will not refuse me suddenly, but if you think a personal interview with 'any of the inspectors cr managers of the prison would further my views, I could come over to Preston on purpose, to make an arrangement as for certain. Nothing can lure me from my purpose, though I should be sorry to have to commit crime for the purpose of getting in, as it would so much distress my friends. lam twenty-three years of age, of a good constitution, and h ave never suffered from sick ness at all, so that I am certain my bodily health would be good and I should give no trouble, but stick steadily to my work.—(Great laughter.) I shall feel very grate ful if you will be kind enough to drop me a line by re turn of post, and, as I am a stranger in Preston, please send me word how I can be admitted to see the interior of a prison, and whether you would have conversation with me yourself, if I were to conic over in the course of a week. I shall be very anxious for a favourable I answer as soon as you CUR make it convenient.—And I remain, Sir, yours truly." As soon as the Court recovered from its fit of laughter, Alderman FAREBROTHER proceeded—The letter, as was proper amongst gentlemen, received a speedy answer from the worthy chaplain. The contents of that answer were modestly withheld, but it might be inferred from the tone of the next letter, that the authorities of Preston held out to the youth of twenty-three, some bore of a domicile within the sequestered bowers of Preston House of Correction ; bat in order to make as surance of admission, a sly hint Wit. 7 contained in the next letter, that if he could not be allowed to show its benefits without committing crime, he would consult an attorney, who would doubtless provide him with a passport to the great object of his desires.—(Hear, hear, and laughter). What had been the result of that flirtation between the chaplain and his unnamed cor respondent did not appear, but the following letter closed the correspondence, which the chaplain had deemed a sufficiently important voucher of the merits of his pet system of solitary confinement to get embalmed in the inspector's report. . _ Dear received your letter on Saturday last, and am much obliged for your promptness in answering mine. As you say, my requ. st is extraordinary, but my determination hes been long formed, and I am not at all inclined to change it. I feel very anxious to hear from you again, and hope the visiting magistrate will decide upon admitting me, as I wculd much rather me•ke my journey ae:ross the country to them two ; however, if he make any objection I shall come over to Preston, call to examine the establishment, and consult with an attorney about the affair, for nothing but 12 months in a solitary cell, with labour, &e., will satisfy my mind— (Roars of laughter)—for I am quite certain the benefit I shall derive will far mare than counter balance any inconvenience I may suffer. Anxiously waiting your reply, I remain, Sir, yours respectfully."— (Laughter.) From the foregoing specimen of the con tents of the prison reports, the public might learn how the time of the prison officers and prison inspectors had been wasted, and the public money consumed, by get ting up such trashy stuff.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that the public would have their eyes opened to the de lusion attempted to be practised upon them by repre sentations respecting the solitary, or, as it was now called, the separate system. • The change of names did not change the nature of things, and it would be found insufficient to exchange the name of solitary for separate confinement, unless they destroyed its crushing solitude and maddening isolation. (Hear, hear.) The theory upon which the advocates of the sepa rate system relied was, that men would be deterred from the commission of crime by the anprehension of the dreary solitude to which they would be comigned, so frightfully injurious to both the mental and bodily health of the victims of that system. Had that de scription of solitude proved that an abundant supply of officers was required, in every gaol where it prevailed, to avert, by frequent visits at the cells, those fearful con , sequences ? —(hear, hear.) If that relaxation of the system became necessary to the preservation of mental and bodily health, what would become of the argument on which the justification of the system rested—namely, its power by its severity to deter the prisoners from the re-commission of crime ?—(Hear, hear.) He should cheerfully support the motion, because he felt that if there still existed any mismanagement in the City pri sons, it ought, to be rectified. The prisons were all of an ancient date—they had been built at the time upon the bat models, and the greatest attention bad been paid by the Court from time to time to increase their accommodation and amend their discipline. The gaol of Newgate, in its objects and purposes, was unlike any other prison ; it was a place for the strict confinement of prisoners from the metropolitan counties, preparatory to their trial at the Central Criminal Court. The arrangements and discipline suited to prisons for convicted criminals were unsuited to that gaol. He re peated, he was not inimical to substantial and rational improvement, but he was opposed to the system of soli tary confinement of untried prisoners, which it was the purpose of the inspectors to force upon them. The country would, before long, find out the enormous cost which these experiments would cast upon it. Besides the cost of constructing the gaols upon that system, the annual expense would be immense. It might suit the purpose of the promoters of the system to keep down the amount for a time, but the enormous staff of officers which prisoners would teach dep a r n e d ssin te g ilk con to h. required r ed t o the away seq uences of solitude, must add to the cou n t r y an overwhelming nominal sum.— (Hear, hear.) Th e nomi nalttobe cost of persons subjected to that system of confine ment, in the early stage of the business, amounted to between 301. and 401. a year. To what sum it m i g h t in crease, when the system was fairly established, it was impossible to state. The Alderman concluded by ex pressing the strong indignation he felt at the ingenious attempts to excite sympathy for the most abandoned criminals, at the same time that the poor and the help less seemed to be wholly left to th e i r own resources, as far as the interposition of Governm en t was concerne d . Sir J. DUKE said it was quite impossible to alter New gate in such a manner as to adapt it as a gaol for the separate system. It would be better to pull down that prison than to attempt any alteration of the kind. Alderman LUCAS declared that he was a decided enemy to solitary confinement, as he believed, upon un questionable authority, that it was ca l cu l ated to produce insanity , in the unfortunate crea t ures who were subjected to it. `That was one of the part s o f t h e system in the notorious Bastile, which was th e a bh orrence and detesta tion of the Christian wor ld , an d which every friend of humanity rejoiced to see utterly destroyed. Alderman SIDNEY having, at the suggestion of several Members of the Court, withdrawn his amendment, Alderman WILSON rose to propose an amendment to the effect of holding a conference with Sir J. Graham upon the subject of the necessity of constructing a new prison, as comprehended in his (Alderman Wilson's) motion upon the day the Court was adjourned, on account of the small number of members present. He ably advo cated the view taken by Alderman Sidney upon this subject, and contended that not a single argument bad been urged upon the other side calculated to weaken the effect of the inspectors' report, which represented the existence of evils which, if not soon remedied by the City authorities, must certainly find active opponents in the Aministration. He considered that the magis trates of this City betrayed a strong tendency to the very desire which they foolishly supposed was a neces sary consequence of the separate system, when they_ thus pertinaciously adhered to a mock discipline, which all society pronounced to be ruinous to the morals of t he people. Sir PETER LAURIE suggested that it would be ab surd in the court to go to the Secretay of State, with out having examined the inspectors'_ had not the least report. In that report are several statements which foundation in truth; and nothing could equal the folly o f the inference drawn from the alleged consequen ces o f the separate system, that it was calculated to prev en t any attack of hereditary mental disease. S e veral members entreated Alderman Wilson t o with draw his amendment, as they considered una n i m i ty o f gr eat consequence on such an occasion. 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Price Is. l3d. and 2s. 9d. per box, also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the Nsnne and Address of " Thomas Prout 229 Strand, Loudon," on the GeTernmeut Stamp MARCH 12, 1846. " Woull it not be better to devote time, attention, and legislation to amelierate in some degree the condition of so miserable a population, instead of devoting time, at tention, and legislation to devise modes of unconstitu tional coercion for that unhappy people ? "There are many other horrible clauses in this Bill which I shall recur to again. But I wish to pause for one moment, to call the marked and deliberate at tention to the most important and absorbing considera tion of one simple fas•t. " That matter of fact is this, that the entire hope of the Bill treats with indiscriminate and undistinguishing severity the innocent as well as the guilty; and more especially that, in the attempt to detect a comparatively small number engaged in crime, punishment is not in flicted alone on the guilty smaller number, but is equally inflicted on the innocent great majority. " Thus, fur example, a crime is committed, or obliged to be committed, for it is all the same, in one district or county, and immediately a proclamation may issue of outlawry, not only against the district or county in which the crime is as committed, but also any adjoining dis trict or county. The number of criminals in such case would, at least in a 1 probability, not exceed six- or eight —the number of persons effectually punished in their property would amount to ten thousand, twenty thou sand, or perhaps one hundred thousand, or even more. " It is a maxim in our law, and often quoted by the be -t of our judges, that it is better that one hundred guilty should escape than that one innocent should suffer. This Bill, however, goes on a directly opposite principle. It punishes one hundred innocent, upon the chance of inflicting chastisement upon the one guilty. " And all this medley of legislation is facetiously called a union between Great Britain and Ireland. "I reserve the consideration of the other and most hideous clauses for my next letter. For the present, I have only to observe, that it is re ported that Lord St. Germans has graciously conde scended to limit the diiiitiOn of the Act to "about four years. I hope and trust the firmness displayed by the Repeal Association has made him shrink from the more atrocious enactment ; but the little Lord is not to escape in that way. He formed, fostered, and matured the Bill, with all the odious tyranny of a perpetual law. If Ireland shall ever have justice done her, the iniquity of the project will, I trust, be adequately punished. "For my part, I will not spare him a single observa tion. What a miserable estimate he must form of our love of constitutional rights. Freedom reckons by the hour—liberty is counted by the day—and he who would acquiesce in one day, one hour of servitude, is as despicable a miscreant as the base tyrant who imposes the chain. My fifth objection to the Bill is the unlimited power it gives over the persons of the Irish people. " By the 15th and 16th sections, any person who hap pens to be out of his place of abode, at any time from one hour after sunset until sunrise, may be arrested by any constable or policeman—that is, by anybody—and transported for fifteen years. Mark the offence, and mark the punishment. Gracions heaven ! fifteen years' transportation for being out of a man's house for five minutes. "It is not necessary togive any proof against him, but the fact of his being out in the open air. It is not ne cessary to prove that he was out for any unlawful pur pose. I repeat, the only proof under this Bill to enable the C(.urt, whatever it may be, to condemn to fifteen years' transportation, is the mere fact of his being in the open air within the prohibited hours. " The prosecutor in such a case is bound to no proof of guilt ; but the unhappy prisoner is told he will be allowed to prove his innocence. " See what a total violation of the first principles of our criminal law is this Our criminal law declares em phatically, in the language of all the Judges, that every British subject is to be deemed and taken as innocent until his guilt is proved—proved on the oath of wit nesses. But this Bill reverses the maxim, and declares the man guilty, unless he is able to prove, on the oath of witnesses, his innocence. " Fiftten years' transportation upon an ac:usation unless innocence be proved. "I have often spoke harshly of the Emperor Nicholas; but I will do him the justice to say that he never issued such a Ukase as this. " The sixth objection to the Act is another frightful power. It is one enabling the magistrates to issue a warrant to enable any person to break by force into any hous.. in which liquor of any kind is sold, in a proclaimed district, and to arrest any person in the house not being an inmate or traveller, and such person, for the mere fact of being in such house in the prohibited hours, is liable to fifteen years' transportation. " Mark this—a man is found in a house where liquour is sold, at night, unarmed, defenceless, and for that offence—offence !—he is liable to be transported for fifteen years. _ _ "I an sick of this Bill. There is a group of other offences, some not punishable at all at common law, and the others punishable only by fine or imprisonment, which are made liable, in proclaimed districts, to trans portation for fifteen years. " Two topics more, briefly touched, will bring me to a conclusi( n. " The first relates to the imperative necessity of every repealer exerting himself to prevail on the people to keep the peace, and not to violate the law. There never was a period when it was so emphatically true, " "rhat whoever commits a crime Strengthens the enemy.' " The next topic relates to what fills my mind wi,h the bitterest anguish, namely, the hideously mistaken and unconstitutional course that the Ministry adopt in respect to Ireland. We repealers are most anxious to put an end to crime, and to see the country tranquil lised, We know that it can be done by adopting the proper course. Let the Irish people be conciliated. In stead of Coercion Bills, bring in Bills to equalise in Ireland the elective franchise with that in England. " Secondly. Give Ireland her equal proportion of re presentatives in the House of Commons. Thirdly. Give Ireland equal municipal rights with England, and give them without reservation. "Fourthly. Above all things, immediately amend the law of landlord and tenant. Give to the landlord his adequate rent ; but secure to the tenant possession of the land until he shall ba repaid for all actual improve ment made by him upon the premises. "Fifthly. Place the law of landlord and tenant upon the same footing with the law respecting all other con tracts, and take away all the relics of the feudal supe riority of the landlord. "Sixthly. Impose without delay a heavy absentee tax in Ireland upon all non-resident landlords, and apply the produce to lighten the burdens of county-cess and poor rates on the occupying tenants. " Let the Government do all these things before it presumes to bring to the House of Commons a Bill to trample down all constitutional rights and liberties. They may deem it a shorter and easier course to abro gate the constitution than to concede constitutional equality. "Is the Parliament of Britain only competent to coerce, and not to equalise the franchises and rights of, both countries ? I believe so. " Still, there is one course open to them—it is that of abdicating a power which they abuse, and cannot apply to useful purposes. "Let them awow their incapacity, and restore to the people of Ireland their domestic legislature. Let them thus establish tranquillity and prosperity in Ireland, secure the stability of the throne, and the permanence of the connexion between both conntriEs, " Believe me to be, very faithfully yours, " To M. Ray, Esq." " DANIEL O'CONNELL. Mr. GRATTAN, M.P., moved tho insertion of the letter on the minutes, and then entered into an elaborate con demnation of the Coercion Bill, expressing his convic tion that penal enactments were wholly inadequate to meet the evils of the country. Till a better feeling sprung up between the aristocracy and the people, there could be no peace in Ireland, and that consum mation could only be hoped for in a satisfactory and, final adjustment of the landlord and tenant question. A vote of thanks to the electors of Mayo having been proposed and adopted, the rent of the week was an noinced to be 2831.45. sd. The meeting then adjoured. THE POTATO DISEASE. GALWAY, MARCH 7.—We fear that the worst antici• pations of the people, respecting the state of the potato crop, are about to be realised. Already the markets are but scantily supplied, and hundreds clamour fur this almost necessary article of food, but cannot procure it even at exorbitant prices. It is really pitiable to witness crowds of poor creatures, whose means will not allow them to buy in a week's supply at the Saturday's market, looking, but in vain, for a day's food during the week. On Wednesday there was scarcely a cart load to be had for love or money, but since then some few baskets have been brought into the town for sale. &roc), MARCH 7.—The famine anticipated by the failure of the potato crop has actually set in at Sligo. In the half-barony of Coolavin, a portion of the people are now without food, or the means of procuring it ; they areliving to a the bounty sad and deplorable a c o nditionuntyoftheirneighbours, A'howill ba soon reduced as themselves. The Government is about to bring Indian corn to this port ; so far so good--but they must give the people the means of buying it, or their labour will be in vain. Employment is what is required, and we trust it will be granted. STATE OF CRIME—THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRICE SD, God and the law of the land; for, as the Apostle says, Let every soul be subject to higher powers, for there is no power but from God; and those that are ordained of God; therefore he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God, and they that resist purchase to themselves damnation.' A system which encourages the midnight assassin as well as the noonday murderer— a system, the impious abettors of which hesitate not (for their interested purpose) to attribute even to the ministers of their religion a culpable indifference to the wants of the poor, and a base subserviency to the caprice of the rich, charges as wicked as they are false. " We are perfectly aware that the poor have many grievances to complain of, and that it is our duty to aid in alleviating their sufferings ; but it is not by violence or outrage this gr ea t en d can b e attained ; it is by humble supplication to the Throne of Mercy, and in the midst of danger and of difficulty to place our entire con fidence in the God of Justice. We most earnestly exhort the opulent and the wealthy to be indulgent and charitable to the poor, to sympathise with them and their wants, rather than, by adhering too rigidly to their rights and privileges, provoke indignation, and thus in• duce a people already too sensitise, vainly, and irre ligiously to imagine, that there is no redress for them, save by illegal combinations and lawless violence." VICEREGAL COURT.—The Lord Lieutenant enter• tained the following party at dinner on Saturday, in Dublin Castle :—Hon. Mrs. Robert Daly, the Marchio ness of Sligo, Lady Elizabeth Brovrne, Lady 11. Browne, Captain and Lady Adele Ibbetson, Lord Sidney Os borne, Lord Henry Loftus, Mr. and Lady Eleanor F,therstone, Lady Florence Balfour, Mr. Lowry Bal four, Lord and Lady Castlemaine, Hon. Miss Hand cock, Lord Dunsandle, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon. Mr. Corry Connellan ; Hon. R. Daly and Mr. Cust, aides-de•camp in waiting. _ COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday, at which a long and interesting discussion took place upon the report of the Inspectors of Prisons upon the stwe of the city gaols CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—THE CORPORATION. The LORD MAYOR directed that the correspondence which took place between the Town Clerk and the clerk to Christ's Hospital, relative to the reception which the Lord Mayor might expect:to meet at the Hospital, upon going to visit the school on the public supper nights, should be read. Upon the motion that the correspondence be entered on the repertory of the Court, The RECORDER intimated that the Court ought not to have such documents entered upon their journals. It would furnish evidence against themselves to have them upon the books, and if they inserted the application, they must necessarily enter the saucy answer.—(Hear, hear.) The LORD MAYOR—I shall have nothing to do with Christ's Hospital. I consider that I was acting dis creetly in directing the Town Clerk to write to Christ's Hospital, that I mightnot be charged with neglect of the privileges of my fellow citizens, but my sight having been denied I shall go no more.—(Hear, hear.) The correspondence was then ordered to lie on the table. THE GAOL OF THE CITY. Sir P. LAURIE rose to submit the motion of which he bad given notice to the Court, " That the report of the Inspectors of Prisons relative to the gaols of the City be referred to a Special Committee, consisting of all the members of the Court, for consideration." He was glad that on the occasion upon which Alderman Wilson had brought forward a motion of importance. which could not have been properly discussed in a small Coin t, he had effectually interfered, by desiring that the Court should be counted. It would have been im possible at such an hour to answer a spech of great length, in which a proposal of communication with the Government was involved.—(Hear, hear.) His object was to induce the Court to proceed exactly in the same course as that on which they had prceaeded in 1836 and 1837, without entering into the merits of the report of the Inspectors. He could not, however, help alluding to one statement which was made in that report. The inspectors represented that several of the Aldermen had expressed their approbation of the separate system. He did not know where they could have received that in formation. By whom had they been enlightened as to that point? He would just state a fact or two in testimony of the happy effects of that sys tem. Bethlem Hospital, of which he was the governor, and which was doomed to receive all the it:Fane of all the surrounding gaols, had not been burdened with a single mad inmate from any one of those places of confinement, with the exception of the Penitentiary at Milbank, and the New Prison at Pen• tonville, the only prisons in which' the system was strictly enforced.—Mear, hear.) The one was so pro lific of unhappy victims of that sort of discipline as to produce sixteen lunatics in a few years, and the other, which was comparatively in its infancy, had al ready, although but four or five years old, contrived to prove its efficacy upon five unfortunate creatures who were at that moment under the only discipline which gave them a chance of recovery.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted the Court would agree to his motion without entering into the matter of the report. Alderman SIDNEY very much questioned the accuracy of the statement made by Sir Peter Laurie, as to the supply of madmen from the City prisons, so highly complimented, to Bethlem Hospital,'and asked for exact numbers and dates. Sir PETER LAURIE (as our reporter understood him) believed that Pentonville Penitentiary had contributed at least one lunatic or madman annually since its erec tion; and that at Milbank, had sent in sixteen within the period of about six or seven years. The inspectors know very well how to select the prisoners best adapted to their views, as evidences of the efficacy of the prin ciple of separation. Alderman CHALLIS thought it would be advisable to drop the discussion in the Court, and to resume it in the Committee, where they could ascertain what alterations were practicable and eligible. Alderman Sidney rose and said it was certainly his intention to move an amendment upon Sir Peter Laurie s motion. Ho must say, that he differed essentially from his senior brother magistrates in his view of this im portant question. He did not view it in the light in which Sir Peter Laurie seemed to regard it. When Sir Peter Laurie wished to get rid of a subject, which happened to be disagreeable to him, he, with a great ap pearance of candour, rose to refer it to a Committee, well knowing that such reference would be the most sure mode of extinction.—(Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear," and " No, no.") The fate of ell the reports hitherto made upon the subject adequately proved that the readiest way to stop inquiry was to call for a Com mittec.—(Murmurs.) Had they not been for the last seven years assailed by reports as strong as that to which attention had been made, and were they to goon perpetu ally referring, and reporting, and doing nothing ? The present state of the City prisons reflected dis honour upon those who had the power of producing a reformation in them. In a Committee it was a matter of much difficulty to get gentlemen to attend to and examine the details. The whole history of the gaol dis cipline of the city of London exhibited the want of that vigour and energy, without which the prisoner could not be reformed, society could not be protected from conta mination, and the city of London and its magistrates could not escape condemnation and obloquy.—(Hear, hear.) lie was ready to admit that the City prisons were at present much better than they had liad ac la k e n e o n w in led d g ay ed s gone by.—(Haar , and laughter.) that such was the case ; but he denied that the improve ment was much better than a mere contrast to what it ought to be, looking at the means which the city of London had at its disposal, and the authority which it exercised in effecting improvements of another kind. He denied that the separate system was calculated to produce insanity, or any other malady of the kind. He believed, on the contrary, that it brought back the mind to a healthy condition, and strengthened its moral tendencies ; and there were instances in which persona, whose progenitors had been subject to mental disease, who were indebted to the operation of system stemfor a marked improvement in their conduct h and The Alderman character.— (A laugh, and cries of heremr. Clay,re ad the chaplain quotations from : ‘ o ß a th e observationse r a ; nrdesstohno wHodu stehoef of t d h e e cr l e t a e Rev. Correc tion, on the separate system, of crime in the North L ancashire dis trict , ascribable, in the opinion of the reverend gentleman, to the system he commended. (He here read a variety of documents, in favour of the views and opinions expressedbytheinspetors.) He gathered that information from the report of the in spectors. Was it then to be said that the City of Lon don was to remain neutral under such circumstances ? Every syllable uttered by the inspectors in condemna tion of the City prisons was accurately true. He was himself a witness to the frightful evils of the want of discipline in them. What could be expected from a plan which permitted twenty-six men, some of them convicts, and others untried, and some likely to be acquitted, to be locked up for several hours together' n idleness ? (Hear, hear.) Could it be supposed that those w h o escaped would do otherwise than, upon their discharge after such contamination, join, and be the captains of bands of thieves, become greater adepts, and at last dis appear altogether by transportation or the gallows ? (Hear, hear.) He hoped the Court would look seriously at such a picture, which presented no exaggeration. He, for one, would never consent to the continuation of the evils he so feebly described, but society so dreadfully suffered from.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman Sidney con cluded by moving an amendment, " That it be referred to a Committee immediately to inquire as to the most elegible place in which to build a new prison adapted to the plan of the separate system." The Alderman had, in the course of his speech, referred m ist particularly to Beading Gaol and Preston House of Correction. _ Alderman FAREBROTETER said the preceding speaker had been profuse in his quotations from the Prison In spector's reports of the two crack gaols of ill' , kingdom —Reading county gaol, and Preston House )ICorree tion. If a man wished to refute his own arguments, the next best thing to writing a book was quotingt rem one. Mr. Clay, the chaplain to the Preston House of Correc tion, who had written so fully to Alderman Sidney, ap peared to be a very communicative gentleman, and fond of a very numerous, if not a very select class of corre spondents. In the report of the Prison Inspector, which he held in his hand , ther e was a rich specimen of episto lary correspondence with the worthy Chaplain ; and he supposed in the next annual report Alderman Sidney' s c orrespondence would be raised to the same elevated distinction. The worthy Alderman had expatiated in CLERGY. The Right Rev. Dr. Browne, Catholic Bishop of El phin, has issued a Lenten Pastoral to the clergy and laity of that diocese, dated from Athlone. The following are extracts : . __ " We earnestly solicit and intreat, that, guided by that good sense, and those lively convictions of the faith which we know you to possess, you would put from amongst you, as the deadliest enemies of your happiness and place, those who would seek to connect you with secret soc ie ti secret obligations. For we have heardt't t! tl : ) :some among you who walk disor : ; : ell,hut curiously m e ddli ng . N ow derly,w these that ; I ti a e denounce, and we beseech them, in the Lori t < Christ, that working with silence, they would ) t tilovin bread. And if any man obey not our Ivor,' 4 11 itepistle, note that man, and do not keep company w that he may be ashamed yet do not esteem I : an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. But yr t my brethren, do not weary in well doing.' -" We allude t ) !tat accursed and illegal system of 'Molly 31aguirio,* equally condemned by the law of