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THE NEW NOVEL. }tow rea4 at ell the Lbrarles v in 3 vols., mks. illA BERLY'S " LEONTINE." AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. A story of the deepest interest, wrought out with an ability and kill which we have rarely seen surpassed.—Observer. " By far the most delightful romance of its class that we have for Si long time eneountered."—Naval and Military Gazette. " This Ls the very book whereby to while away a Midsummer . .morning — smart, re fr eshing, and interesting. The inci dents and dialogue are precisely of that dramatic and sparkling description which the subject requires, and some of the touches of characterare marvellously powerful and truthful. Mrs. Maberly's pages excite and gratify curiosity to the end." —Morning Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE of Saturday and Sunday, the 18th and 19th inst. Contents :- 1. Mr. DUNCOMBE and the GOVERNMENT. The" WEEKLY CHRONICLE" and the " TIMES." 2. The GOVERIIMENT ELECTIONS ; signal discomfiture of the Great Original British Lion from Exeter Hall. 3. GRAND NATIONAL REGENERATING DIRECTORY. 4. Farewell Letter of COTTON TWIST. 5. Mr. O'CONNELL and YOUNG IRELAND. 6. The MONMOUTHSHIRE FOLLY. 7. FLOGGING in the ARMY. 11. ROBBERY by ACT of PARLIAMENT. With all the news of the week. Office, 337, Strand; and all newsmen. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support anti patro:lage, luta to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TULSDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock. at the Mall of Conuneree, Threadneedle-street, London. to which place, favours. containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Mall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera. entitled I LO3IBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA. _ . . Oiselda, Madame Grist ; Arvin, Signor Corelll ; Pagano, Signor Fornasari ; Viclinda, Madlle. Between the Acts a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will be introduced the celebrated Pas du Masque, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, and James. Also, the Pas de Quatre, from LE LAC DES FEES, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mdlles. Demelisse and Cassan. After which the admired Ballet, entitled LA GITANA. La Qitana, Mdllo. Taglioai ; Ivan, M. St. Leon ; Duka de Medina, M. Gosselin ; Smourost, M. Delaval. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. PERROT most respecttully informs the Nobility. Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, When will be performed (for the last time this season) BellLini's celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITANI. Elvira, Madame Grist ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Arturo, Signor Mario ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet Divertissement, in three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by Sig. Pugni, and the Scenery by Mr. Marshall, entitled, LES TRIBULATIONS D'UN MAITRE DE BALLET, The principal parts by Madlie. Taglioni, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, MM. Perrot and St. Leon, Mdlle. Louise TagUoni, Madame Petit Stehan, and Mdlle. Cerito, &c. In the course of the Ballet (for the first time), an Original Grand Pas, by M. Perrot, entitled LE PAS DES DEESES. By Mdlle. Mdlle. Louise Taglionl, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle.Lticile Gratin, and M.M. St. Leon and Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATICE ROYAL. DICUHY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be presented LE IkiSTICLOT4I.3iLO.).TJUMEAII. Principal characters by Monsrs. Boulo, Barielle, Delaanoy, Cannis ; Madams. Charton and Denise. To conclude with the Grand Opera LE ROSSIGNOL. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. W. Farren; Tony Lumpkin. Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs, Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Bennett. The Band will perform the Overtures, " Il Barbiere di Siviglia," and " L'Ambassatirice," " Shaksperlan Airs," "La Fille du Re giment Quadrille," and Old English Airs." After which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by M es srs. Webster, Tilbury. Buck stone ; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To conclude with the original Farce of THE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. 'Judson ; Jacob Wylie, Mr. Gough ; M 193 Charl colt, Miss Lee ; Sally, Mrs. Caulfield. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed a Ne;6omiC Drama, of a singularly novel cha racter, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Meadows, F. Matthews, A. Wigan, H. Butler, Belling ham, Turner, Kinloch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Miss Fairbrother. After which, the burlesque of ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN (the last three nights). Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Kinlock, and Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the now original Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollldge and Miss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, The Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Paul Redford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform. After which will be produced a New Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. TO - conclude with the highly popular Burletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright. Selby, &c., will sustain the principal characters. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STItEET. ON MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20, Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. After which (for the first time). a. Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. C. Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. To conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, Homer, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. ASTLEY'a ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. 'Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Crowded nightly by rank and fashion. Seventh Week of the splendid Spectacle of our Asiatic Conquests. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle. called THE sums' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846. In which ' the whole Stud and Company will be brought forward. Magnificent SCENES of the CIRCLE, introducing the French and British Professors. The whole concluding with A RACE FOR A DINNER BOX. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Success beyond all former precedent of the Operatic Company. and Second Week of Mr. Osbaldiston. Miss Vincent, and a double Dramatic Company. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. D. W. KING. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. Fra Dtavo'o, Mr. D. W. King ; Lord Alicash, Mr. florncastle ; Giacomo, Mr. Weiss ; Lorenzo, Mr. C. White ; Zerlina, Madame Albertazzi ; Lady* Allcash, Miss Betts. To be followed by a GRAND CONCERT. The Performances to conclude with LUKE TIIE LABOURER. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her cuianeum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of Mr. Damson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and Includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exlil blted CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illuml nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. _ The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of PMebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelll will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive lam, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendaily otnamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at silt•; Concert at half-past six; and the Eruption at dusk. On WEDNESDAY NEXT, July 22, the Royal South London Flori cultural Society will hold their Second Grand Summer FLOWER SHOW in these Gardens, on which occasion upwards of sixty Gold and Silver Medals and a valuable Silver Cup will be awarded for the best productions of Miscellaneous Plants, Cut Flowers, Fruit, and Honey. On MONDAY, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL and FETE D'ETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. _ _ _ Admission. One Shang. TOE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, JULY IS. Tailtastostwrzn, Lowest, 51; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 69. BAROMILTXR, 29.39.—W1ND S.W., showery. 11.1011 WAS:TWIL AT Lowilati-itati.nonTlllll DAY. morning .. 23 minutes after 7.1 Evening .. 53 minutes after 7 SECOND EDITION. 41-Z tc„, t.,.. •. • lE . " At ') !" 017 § 4 7,4t . • - 'u ittlaltil $1 --"-ZAilt :... - LONDON, SATURDA.i", - JULY 18, 1846. The House of Lords on Thursday came to a resolu tion rescinding that adopted by them on the sth of June last by a majority of twelve on the Hardinge and Gough Annuity Bills. On the present occasion, which was the first division taken by the new Ministry since their accession to power, they suc ceeded by no less a majority than twenty-nine in inducing their Lordships to re-consider their former decision. The Bills are now therefore restored to the state in which they were sent up from the Commons, and there no longer exists the difference of opinion between the two branches of the Legislature, which must have proved fatal to the success of the measures, and which might have totally deprived the Noble Lords of any compensation whatsoever from the country, owing to the success of those who wished that they should receive a higher amount. The Bills, being money Bills, must be passed by the House of Lords in the same manner in which they come up from the other House, and any alteration or amend ment would certainly be rejected by the Commons, who entertain the greatest jealousy of any attempt to interfere with their constitutional privilege—a privilege, too, on which a great part of their power is based. We confeis that we regretted the course pursued by the late Government in reference to these annuities. We should greatly have preferred that the pensions, granted by the nation in return for valuable public services rendered by the distinguished noblemen in question, should have been made without reference to, or being in any manner dependent on, the li berality testified by the East India Company, for the important results secured to them by the exertions and bravery of those gallant officers, and that both should have been enjoyed at the same time. We do not think that there is any very great probability of similar cases again arising, and rewards being con ferred for equally valuable services; but should it be so, there are few who could regret the cause of such liberality from a grateful nation. A distinction was taken in the course of the present debate between the pecuniary rewards granted by the East India Company and the nation ; in the former case they were conferred as a recom pense for the valuable services rendered by the indi viduals themselves, and would cease with the lives of the persons by whom they had been earned ; but in the latter case the reward proceeded from the Crown, the fountain of honour, by which the individuals were raised to the peerage, and the pensions were not intended as a reward, but merely to enable the parties to sustain, in a proper manner, the dignity of the rank to which they had been raised by the favour of her MAJESTY. With this view the latter pensions were continued in each case to the two immediate successors of the Noble Lords. It would appear as if the pensions might as well be made to commence after their deaths ; but the object of granting it to them at once, with the contingent provi-• sion, that so long as they received payment of the annuities granted at the same time by the East India Company, the Parliamentary grant should be withheld, was to afford a precaution against any dis advantage which might ensue from having received those annuities: from a temporary body, the exist ence of which could not be guaranteed beyond a certain time. In this point of view, the contingency which at first sight may appear to have the character of mean ness, and to derogate from the liberalityof the country, may be justified. It was also stated by Lord RIPON that the East India Company's pensions would be payable out of a revenue administered by them under the provisions of an Act of Parliament, which was, in fact, the revenue of the State, though managed by them ; that the Act of Parliament would expire in nine or ten years ; and that they would then cease to have any control whatever over that revenue, unless the Act was renewed. The Noble Lords would then be receiving both pensions from the nation, and there would be larger sums thus payable than had ever been granted to a Governor-General. A letter was also read from Viscountess HARDINGE, expressive of the strong anxiety felt by the family of Lord HABDINGE, that on this subject there should be no difference of opinion ; and that, above all, that difference should not arise on a pecuniary matter; and that, as representing Lord HARDIN GE, they felt confident that such would be his feelings, and that on his behalf they were perfectly satisfied with the amount of the provision, and the manner in which it had been made, and the Bill introduced. These considerations, and more especially the letter, so creditable to the Noble Lady by whom it was writ ten, must have had considerable weight with their Lordships in influencing the course ultimately adopted. We cannot regret that a collision should be spared between the Houses on so very delicate a subject, from the result of which the Noble Lords must have been the first sufferers, as it is very doubtful if the House of Commons would sanction the introduction of new Bills if their Lordships had adhered to their amendments. A report was stated by the Earl of WICKLOW, that since the introduction of the Bills, Lord GOUGH had succeded to a property of the annual value of from 4,0001. to 6,000/. a year. We believe that such a report was not well founded : it alluded to property supposed to have been bequeathed by the late Mr. 13 UNHURT, M.P. for the county of Carlow, but the amount of which, we have been informed, did not exceed 3001. per annum. The Bills may now be said to have passed with the unanimous approbation of the Crown, both Houses of Parliament, and of the whole com munity, as they last night obtained their third read ings, and on receiving the royal assent, will come into full operation. Mr. O'CONNELL has at length replied to the letter of Lord MILLTowm, to which we called public at tention last week ; and as might have been expected from his recent declarations on the subject, he has re- fused to accede to the reasonable and moderate re quest contained therein, or to postpone the repeal agitation even for an hour. Much as we respect Mr. O'Cora4ELL, honest and successful as his exertions on behalf of his native land have, hitherto, undoubtedly been, and great as the experience and foresight which a man of his extraordinary sagacity and mental power must necessarily have obtained during a career of agitation, as a leader of the people for more than fifty years, we are reluctantly obliged to question the wisdom of his decision, and the justice of the grounds which have led thereto. In the first instance, he pays a well-deserved com pliment to the noble writer, assuring him that he is one of the very few to whose authority he (Mr. O'CoNxELL) would feel disposed to surrender his own opinion. The energy and activity with which his Lordship has ever laboured on behalf of Ireland, the liberality of his opinions, and the readiness he has, on all occasions, exhibited in joining his brethren for the redress of the grievances under which Ireland has so long been afflicted, demanded such a compliment at the hand of Mr. O'CONNELL, which he was not the less willing to render, as his Lord ship's letter contained a pledge that he would join the repeal ranks in the event of full and perfect justice not being rendered to Ireland, and the recommenda tion of Sir It. PEEL in his speech on his retiring from office being carried into execution, by her being placed on a footing of real and substantial equality with England in her civil, political, and municipal institutions, within twelve months from the present time, a pledge of which Mr. O'CoNNELL intimates his intention firmly, but respectfully, to demand the fulfilment. Mr. O'CoNNELL asserts that there are not the materials for even the nucleus of such an Irish party ; that, with the exceptions of Lord MILLTOWN himself, Lord CLONCL'BRY, and his second son, there are no others in whom the people have confidence. Surely in this he inflicts a deep injustice on the many liberal and patriotic noblemen and gentlemen who have laboured, are labouring, and will continue to labour on behalf of the green island and its inhabitants, although conscientiously opposed to the repeal, which in its results they believe calculated seriously to injure not only Great Britain, but Ireland itself, in no less a degree. They all form an Irish party, anxious to promote her welfare, her prosperity, and happiness, to raise her in the scale of nations, and to remove all well grounded causes of complaint. Does not the improved spirit exhibited in the Legislature when any liberal and beneficial measure is brought forward, or sentiment uttered favourable to that country, attest this? Was not the declaration of Sir R. PEEL in favour of full and perfect equality with this country, if not to the letter, at least to the spirit, received with most cordial approbation by the great majority of the House ? And did not the statesman who proclaimed so liberal, so just a proposition, entitle himself to a place amongst the Irish party, embodying, as it does, all that the most zealous advocate for Ireland could claim or desire on her behalf, all that Mr. O'CoN NELL himself for many years demanded, and in the hope of procuring which he tried the various ex periments he has himself set forth in his letter, and which led to the formation of the "National Associa tion," the " General Registry Association," and the " Precursor Association," the avowed object of each and every one of which was " to procure a perfect equality of all constitutional rights and privileges for the people of Ireland with those of England and Scotland ?" Are not the senators by whom the pleasing enuncia tion was so loudly cheered, and who thereby evinced their readiness to carry it into full and perfect execu• tion, who so readily joined in tite just and proper measure for sweeping the last remnant of the penal code from our statute-book, and removing the last vestige of bigotry and intolerance, who so readily received the measures for the improvement of the social relation between landlord and tenant, and protecting the latter as far as possible in the enjoyment of his holding, entitled also to admission into such a party. Have not the Ministry deserved some credit for what they have already effected, and for what they profess themselves ready to do ? Mr. O'CONNELL himself admits that they must make the attempt. Can he doubt that they will do so honestly and efficiently ? They will have the energetic support of the Whig and Liberal party, of which they are at the head ; they will receive the assistance of Sir ROBERT PEEL, by whom, as he states, they have been taunted into active exertions, and his personal friends and fol lowers; and, though we confess we do not place much confidence in the promised assistance of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK and the protectionists, to which he also alludes, the unanimous' wishes of all other sections and parties in the House, and their earnest co-opera tion with the Ministry, must render any oppo sition from that quarter useless and unavail ing. The Ministry are undoubtedly in a position of great strength on the subject of Ireland. Do not the re-elections of the new Ministry, without a single seat being lost in consequence of the accept ance of office, afford the strongest evidences that the feelings of the public at large in Great Britain are identified with the Liberal party in their wishes and intentions in respect to Ireland ? True it is that an occasional exhibition of bigotry, of intolerance, may have taken place ; but look to the uncontested return of the Secretary for Ireland, for Taunton, and the glorious and triumphant ma jority for Mr. MACAULAY at Edinburgh, and do they not testify that those feelings were not participated in by a large proportion of the constituency in these towns ? We do hope that Mr. O'CONNELL may him self, ere another year has elapsed, acknowledge that he was in this instance mistaken, and that when sa tisfied of his error he will give up the attempt for the dissolution of the Act of Union, and by his great in fluence assist in cementing more firmly the bonds of friendship that will subsist between the nations, and in promoting a real union, in which will exist strength and power. According to a custom which has become abso lutely habitual to the Hon. Member for Dumfries, he introduced last evening, for the first time during this session, his educational motion—a motion imply ing the expediency of an annual statement as to the condition and prospects of education previous to going into Committee on the education estimates. With this primary other secondary motions were combined —as to the " formation of additional training schools, for schoolmasters to be encouraged"-t-as to aiding the accumulation of public libraries for the perusal of the inhabitants of the larger towns—and, finally, as to the expediency of " appointments to the subordinate offices of Government being made, as fer as possible, on the - prin - ciple of open examination of the respective qualifications of the candidates." A cursory survey of the somewhat desultory discussion which arose out of the scheme proposed by Mr. EWART for the adoption of Parlia ment, will amply attest the enormous discordance of opinions entertained in regard to this most important subject. The Hon. Member for Dumfries himself in sinuated that the system of education adopted in France demanded the serious attention of our Legislature, while Lord JOHN MArisErts, taking the undoubtedly clever compilation of M. CARMENIN as his text book, inveighed upon the Gallic system as one of the most specious, but reprehensible charlatanerie. The Hon. Member for Weymouth, on the other hand, considered that the possession of a degree from the University of London should be declared a necessary qualification for any one desirous of being nominated to certain employments under Government, while Sir R. IL Nom considered that such an arrangement would prove in every respect pernicious. The Hon. Member for Montrose stoutly maintained, from cer tain statistical calculations which he had been at the trouble of making, that these islands retain a greater amount of ignorance than any other country in Europe; while Mr. PETER BORTHWICY insisted no less emphatically that there is a greater pre ponderance of crime in France, Spain, or Portugal than in the British Islands—two propositions diametrically at variance, one being, so to speak, a mathematical refutation of the other. It is not, however, our intention to dilate upon this divergence of opinion as to the necessity or the particular mode of encouragement to education ; we purpose merely at this moment to direct attention to the abstract merits of the question, and to express our sympathy with the aspirations which were uttered by the Hon. Member for Dumfries—aspirations for the earnest consideration of a subject so intimately connected with the moral elevation and the social happiness of the people of this great empire. It cannot be forgotten that previous to his re-election as their representative by the citizens of the metro polis, Lord JOHN RUSSELL particularly specified the education of the multitude as one of the principal matters requiring the attention and the active inter ference of Government. In his observations upon the motion of Mr. EWART, the Prime Minister has, if possible, enforced that declaration. He acknow ledges himself " impressed with the conviction that the absolute amount of ignorance in this country is in itself a most lamentable fact ;" and the inference which can alone be drawn from such a confession, and especially when uttered by a statesman so peculiarly associated with the Reform Bill and with free trade, is, that (a grievance so intolerable existing) it must be eradi cated ! That is the only rational deduction from such language ; it is the only honest corollary to such a premise ! We may therefore, without much fear of meeting with disappointment, anticipate the in troduction of some wholesome and comprehensive reform. Nor are we the less sanguine upon this par ticular, when we hear the Premier declaring that the subject of education "is one in which he feels, a deep interest, and which he has very much at heart ;" or again, when he pronounces himself unbiassed in favour of any antiquated modes of tui tion, regarding the writings not only of CICERO to be useful, but those of JEREMY TAYLOR to be instructive. Before a very long period has elapsed we shall hope, with Mr. Jo- SEPH HUME, to see 800,0001. voted for the education of the people, and considerably less than 870,0001. for the prosecution and punishment of crime. The Duke of SexE Conuao has just presented to the Assembly of the States two Bills, which have been received with the greatest enthusiasm. The first declares that the property of himself and his family shall no longer be exempt from taxes and dues, but shall pay the same as other property. The second orders that three-fifths of the revenue of his private estate shall be set apart to pay the public debt ; and that, when the debt shall be liquidated ; one-fifth shall be for ever employed in relieving his subjects from taxes and contributions to that amount. A letter, dated Naples, July 7, says : " The honours paid here to the memory of the late Pope were marked by an incident which is much spoken of. The duty of delivering the f unera l oration had been confided to Monsignor Luca, Bishop of Ave a tim a man of great talent. was to be present, and had recom t i everything that couldbygiveoffence, u t e b n e d ed diplomatic h iin t o avoid corps The Nuncio had sent him word rs the time to ; his bedbut being confined at after his exordium, which embraced, intended to say. The orator, exposed the plan of his indisposition, the Nuncio had not ascertained what the Bishop e d mbracect the whole universe, France, and spoke of the coma dress. He commenced with o c t a i e o u n se s d to by wl t ii h c o h E sh g e lls h e ad F b ra ee n n_ , s of f the exposed; deplored the scandal.? the King. t3 e l f l Abb t e he Lamen so many trials., e llen . pro ceeded_ of the Abbe Chatel, and the nais ; and spoke of the support whi r c e il the Pope had found in the religious sentiniteern coun try, and in the virtues and piety of to speak of Prussia, and alluded to the persecution the Bishop of Cologne; and, in the presence of the 11tI t if i l o i n st of of Prussia, he declared that the late King had been punished r by God ;_ he concluded, however, by a eulogium on th e present King. Russia came next. Ile commenced by call ing the Emperor the modern Tamerlane; stigmatised with great energy the persecution of the Catholics and the Poles; and then alluding to the interview between the Northern despot and the late Pope, called Gregory XVI., another St. Leo, arresting in his nefarious designs the new Attila; and all this in presence of the Russian Minister ! Spain, Portugal, and England were treated with some consideration ; but what was strange is, that not a word was said relative to Austria ; Prussia and Russia had all the honours of his attack. It is said that the Ministers of these two Powers demanded explanations from the Nuncio, and received an assurance that he had had no previous knowledge of the address. How ever, it is certain that this grave attack, from a man so high in the Church, has caused a great sensation." We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Itioniteur Parisien says that the pit at Pam poux, into which the carriages fell on the occurrence of the accident on the Great Northern Railroad on the Bth, has been carefully explored by fifteen hussars, who have plunged into every part of it, and that no bodies were remaining there. The Patrie of Wednesday evening has the fol lowing : A report was current to-day at the Bourse that a second very serious 4cemieut had happened on the Northern Rail- TA IE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVPNIMG, JULY 18, wet road. According to our usual prudence we have again ap pof this kind h a d reac h e d i t. W e t no of news the company, and the secreta r y h a s declared sincerely hope that this contradiction may not h ave t h e f ate ied at t t l o ' e us officetha of that which was given a week ago." The Duke D'AUMALE, who passed through Aix on Saturday, and received the troops in garrison there, has arrived in Paris. Accounts have been received from Algiers to the 9th. The refractory tribes in the province of Con stantina have all submitted and pail up their contri butions, and five Arabs who were concerned in attacking a convoy of wounded soldiers have been delivered up to the French authorities. The Courrier de la Gironde gives the following account of the state of the crops in that district :—" The wheat harvest has nearly terminated throughout all the depart ment, and in many places advantage is being taken of the fine weather to thrash the corn. This operation but too fully confirms the fears entertained that the hot weather of the early part of June would affect the quantity of the crop. The potatoes looked fine at first, and held out favourable hopes, by the beans, but at present there is reason to fear th a t th e quan tit y w ill not be great, but should this be the case i t w ill b e i n some measure goodness of the quality. The field vegetables, o lentils, &e., have been so muck; injured by the late dry weather th at a very li g h t crop is expected. The vine has been highly fa voure d b y t h e weather of the last mouth, and the late ra i ns h ave ten d e d ci npeaas be ted such forch much to improve the swelling of the fruit; its vigorous growth is a matter of astonishment even to those who daily watch its progress. From the failure in the crop of certain vineyards, and the havoc caused by the late storms, we may however calculate that this year will be but a middling one with regard to quantity, but there is every reason to hope that the quality will be good. If the present weather con tinues, we may expect the vintage to commence in the early part of September." Coups .AUTIIENTIQUE.—PARIS, JULY 16.—Five per Cents., 50c.; Four per Cents., 107 f.; Three per Cents., 83f. 25c. 20c. • Bank Actions, 3,600 f. •, Belgian Five p er C ents., 1840, 1014 ; ditto, 1842, 104; Belgian Four-and-a -Half per Cents., 101 1 / 4 ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55 ; Romans, 100 1 / 2 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 31%; Spanish Passives, 5. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 65c. ; three months, money, 25f. 471/4c. • I%—Northern of Frame Constituted, 12% ex d. BUSINESS DO/sTE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 17. --Orleans 4 Lux ' rdeaux, S;.%—?aria and Lyons Constituted, 5% Central of Spain, 3 iii — Duteh Mellish, 7—Great Western - Canada, —Paris and Rouen, 38—Strasbourg and Bale, 4. e i a n n b d o uirfo Madrid papers of the 11th have arrived. The Heraldo has the following from Ceuta, dated July 4 : "The Emperor of Morocco has placed under the command of the Governor of Tetuan the province of Anchors, which joins our territory, and the other provinces near it, and has separated it from the pachalic of Tangiers. For this purpose a new Governor has been appuinted at Tetuan, and an alcalde for the contiguous territory, who have paid a visit to the Spa nish General, and expressed their wish to preserve the good harmony which at present exists between them. An officer, with an escort of horsemen, and accompanied by an inter preter, has also paid a visit, and expressed, on the part of his Excellency, the same pacific sentiments." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 4,000 to 5,000 bales, at firm ra t es . Sh ares were much . the same. The Stock Exchange is to be closed from Wednesday, the 29th instant, to Monday, Aug. 3, owing to the visit of Prince Albert; and the settling day for the end of the month, is fixed for Aug. 3. There appears still to be a good deal of uncertainty respecting the cotton crop, and it is as much as a writer on this side of the Atlantic can do to steer clear of error by con sulting conflicting authorities, and endeavouring to elicit something tangible from the whole. In the accounts re ceived this week, we find various prognostications of short crops, and among them the following, by a firm in one of the southern states : "These figures speak so conclusively for themselves, that without entering into any elaborate argument, they must tend to place the future prospects of the planter in a more flattering light than we have been enabled to represent them for some two or three years past. The only circumstance that could materially affect these expectations would be the recurrence of an over whelming crop, an event which the developments of the sea son thus far scarcely lead us to apprehend. On the contrary, the accounts from various sections of the country induce us to the opposite belief, inasmuch as the cold and rainy spring has, in many portions of the cotton-growing regions, inflicted such severe injury on the plant, that without venturing on any estimates with regard to the yield, we may be permitted to say that there is not much prospect of any great excess next season." Rather more favourable advices reach us from the German wool fairs, and the sales were brisker. The features in the Bank of England weekly return to the • 11th inst, are these:-- Notes Issued Decrease Bullion Decrease 85,185 Public Deposits, Decrease Other Deposits, Increase Other Securities, Decrease... 2,100,593 Seven Day and other Bills, Increase ........ ....... 54,202 Notes in banking Department, Decrea5e........... 877,460 The Funds have been very dull this morning, and appear a little flat. Consols, 95% .3 4 for present traufer, and 95% for account ; Exchequer -bills 10s. to 11s. premium ; and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 97% to 97%. Bank Stock has been firm at 209. East India Stock has been supported at 261. The dealings in the Foreign Investments have been limited also, but, except Portuguese, they are generally supported at the previous rates. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 36 1 / x , and the Five per Cents., 24 7 4 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. are heavy at 44 to 45. The accounts from Lisbon are considered to be unfavourable, and a good deal of diffi culty is anticipated in the collection of the revenue. Mexican Stock has been at 27 to 27 1 4. The Share Market is still rather fluctuating, but appears not to be very well supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the °Metal List.) Bank Stock • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 9618 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. ~ 9 51 ,% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 97 y, % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. _ Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 „ 101 A India Stock • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 261 India Bonds, 1,0 00 /. • . .. . ••• • • Ditto, under 1,000/. Consols for Aug. 27 .• .. .. .. .. ii,s7i ExcLequer Bilis. 15i d. 1% (1. 1,000/. •• •• • • .• •• 10 11 pm. 5001. •• •• •• •• •• 14 —.— pm. Ditto. Small •• •• 14 10 pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Cliilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. ~ 98 Equa dor Bonds .. .. . .. .. 314 •.Granada, 1 per Cent. .. .. _ Ditto, Deterred ~ .. .. .. 21 4 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 27 Ditto, for the Account • • • • 27 1 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent ~ „ 38 l'ortuguese Four per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .„ .. 44 45 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. , _ Ditto, for the Account .. .. 24% Dim , Three per Cent .. .. .. 36%i,3 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. „ 43' Ditto, Deferred .„ 13 Dividends on the above payable in London. & Eastrn Jn. 2 %.... % .... to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, soi,,,N Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94„ li BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PE& SHARE. 100 •• • 130 —.. to 129 Birmingham am! Oxford Junction .. 2 .... .1%1,4 .. to Buckinghamshire • • •• " •• • • 425. ..., sA di s . to L A I ; r o i b u o iri N m o n t l t i a t i cg ii Caledonian • • • • •• • • • • •• 20 —.. 1314 ..., to (1111(7utgisier ~ .. .. 1 , 21. .... 2 .. . to Derby and Crewe Direct Northern • • • • • • • • • • 2% ..., R 4 .. .. to 1 Eastern Counties • • • • • • 14/. IGs. 00.— •• 24% %.. to Ditto, York Extension .• .. .. •-•k , •• •• 73 .... to Elyn'i •• • • 334 .. .. to 4 Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1%..., .... to Ditto Great Westeni • • • • • • • • .. 85 ..._ .... to Edinabiuldrgiliftdin(gldiaosngovr. .... :: . 10 .... 2234 .... to _ Half Shares • • •• • • • 50 ..., 85 .... to _ Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .. Laticaster and Carlisle • • ~ .. 40 •• •• 56 .... to and Newc. Junct. 2 1 / 5 .... 1% %.. to Ditto, New .. •• • • ' • •• • • 5 .. 10 .... to :: .•: .. 30 •• • • 42 1 ,, .... to . Leeds and Bradford . • • • • • •• 26 ..., 6514.... to Leicester and Birmingham • • • • 223. ~ 1 dis.— to Leicester and Bedford • • • • • • 228. .. .. 14 dim. to London Liverp ali•idMlatirricilgliain • • • • ..100 .• .• 22814 .... to Ditto, Fifths •• • • • • " • • 2 •• •• 26% .... to .. 131. 15s. 9d. .... •• 5° •• • • 65 %1.i % to L L o o u n ii d di t o ot : . dafitidt(4.l.l(2;ritiogt3lidtaoonn ...... 23 %•. • • to London and York • • • • • • • • 2 14 •• .. I .. „t o 7 ' London and Windsor • • • • .. 1% .. „ Yu ••• • to —/* Manchester and Leeds • . • .. 82 .... _ .... to Ditto, Quarters .. • • • • • • • • 2 •• • • 9 .. • • to -- Ditto; fifths • • .. • • • • • • 3 •• • • 11 M •••• to Ditto, Extension .. .. .. • • 425. •• .. 2% pto .._ Manchester and Birmingham .. • • 40 •• .• ...• to yoBEIGN..ItA.I.LI‘::::: ipii/i(1.•• ttc()) Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. .. 1 •• • . 10., Manehester, Buxton, and 3fatlock • • 42e. .... % p.. to 1,4 p Manchester and Southampton •• ..100 Midland New •• :• • 100 2 :•• •• •• 152 1 % 44 .• .• .• .• t t O o Ditto, -- Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 .... ... Ditto, New .. to • • •• •• •• •• 1 •••• 11 104 to Ditto, New, Brandllng .. .. •• 25 .... 45 .... to Norfolk • • .. • • • • • • • • •• 2 0 . •• 27 % •• •• to -- ' Ditto, Extension • .. • • • • • • 2 •• • • 2 •••• to • • • • to North British .. .. .. .. •• 22 •• •• Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • •'• 2 , ;4::.. to 1 3 4 • • • • 12 1 ,4 .... to Ditto, Carlisle Extension North Kent and Direct Dover • • • • '''''' '• • ' ' l 4 •• • • to North Staffordshire .. • • • • • •to 3 D Richmond .. .. .. .. .• • • 1 ,?,,, —• • I n 7 p „ Xi., - Shrewsbury and Birmingham .• - • „•,'" —• ' 't , •• • • to uth Midland • .. .. .. • • 4 ht, •" • ill p.. t o South Eastern and Dover • • • • • • 3 , 0 3 '' •• • • 1 5 % • • to 441 i Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. • • ' • ;'' •• • ;„„• • to 15% Ditto, New, No. 3 .. •• •• •• '" •' - ' ,1 •• •to Ditto, New, No. 4 .. .. .. •• % 3 ' , 4 li .. to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth • • to York and North Midland • • • • • • •• ' • - .,.7 , ~" • • to Ditto. Extension • • • • •• 15 •• • • ' 41 .; , %'4 •to D Lo it u t v o a E in as a t nd au j d e l i V e es ; t po ltid .. ing , E . xt.e.nsio.n. I •• " 13 4• • • • . to Namur and Liege 14 •• •• 12 !si%•• to Dutch gne and Andeas • • • • • • Rhenish .. .. • • •• . 6 •• ' • 7 „ ••• • to East Indian .. • • .. .. • • u s • "• • 7 . •••. to 5 •• • • I . N. —to Luxembourg .. 4 •• • • 2 ...• to •• •• .. •• •• Northern of France Constituted •• • 6 •• •• PA •••• to Orleans and Bordeaux Over Yssel . .. 4/. 3s. 4d...”i % dis to -- I'4l-1 ' and Lyons Constltuted • • • • • 5 •• • • 5 •• • • to MINES • • 31•• -• • to Real del Monte, Unregistered • • • • • COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam . ...C.F. 12 By, Gibraltar.. .• Ditto, at sight .. 12 5% Leghorn ..............30 45 Rotterdam .. i • u • • 1. 9 Genoa •••••••••• • • • • • • 26 10 Antwerp.. . •• • 2 ..... —— .. 26 10 Milan •••••••• • • • • • • • • Hamburgh .... ~ NE B 13 15 Venice.. ••••••" • • • • • • Anoint. .. ' • - - s'aplos ...... •••• • . • • 397,‘ ... ......... _ - 119 1 , Paris 3 . ~,, d ays eight .... 25 75 raIeTIOO, per OZ. 'LW ) , 3 months. . 26 5 Lisbon.... ••• • • ..• •• • • 52 Marseilles ........ •• , 26 10 Oporto •••••••• • • • • • • • • 62 3 i Bourdeaux ...... •• • . 26 10 Rio Janeiro • • •• • • ••••• 24 Frankfort on llahle • :. : 122 ai Bahia •••••••• • • • • • • • • r etersburgli, 3 Us... ' Buenos Ayres •••• • • • • Berlin ..• • . . •• • Nzew York, 21 days' sight ...... .... Vienna, effec.flo.... • 19 91,1 2 Philadelphia .. .... Trieste, ditto.... .• .. 10 10 ' Putcxs OF BULLION, Pin OZ. Madrid ••••**• • •• • • • 35.0 Foreign Gold 10 bars.. £3 17 9 Cadiz .. • .. : .... ••• • . ... .3'6% Portugal Gold Coin .. 317 5 Itilbao.. ............. .. . New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 Barcelona ......... New Dollars ........0 4 9 , ,,i Seville .......... ... : '.: --- Silver in bars • ........ 0 411 34 .. • ' 421%14. :. . : : - . Voters in cities and boroughs must pay all assessed taxes and poor -rates duo on the 6th of April last past, on or before Monday next, the 20th instant, or they will lose their vote; it is also the last day for sending in claims for voting in counties; persons on tile rigister need not make a new claim, unless they have changed their qualification or place of abode. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) I.oNnorr, Jutr Is. —Wind S., fresh breezes and squally, with rain. DEAL, JULY 17.—Wind W.S.W. to W fresh breezes and squally.—Arrd. Salacia, Brodrick, Calcutta; Platina, Kirkins. Port Philip, with bows stove, having been in contact ; Bahama, Ha . vannah; James Ross, Kenriek, - New Orleans; East Lomlon,'Grey, Savannah. Arrived from the River, Dispatch. Plant, Port Philip ; Albion, Martin, Sierra Leone; Clio, Massane, Rio Janeiro; Innius, Wilson, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. FALMOUTH, JULY 17.—Wind W., fYesh.—Off port, 16th, Tropic, Barbadoes. The Indian, Pain, arrived here, exchanged colours, on the 23d April, off Lover Island, with a French brig, supposed to have lost her boats and sails. LivEurooL, JULT 17.-171nd 19.—Arrd. George, Patagonia; George Canning, Mustard, Maranham ; Mobile, Tobasco ; Caroline, St. Vin cent ; Gossypium, Frown, New Orleans ; 7'rentor, Coiling, ditto; Nicholas Buidle, Knight, ditto ; Hardie, Soule, ditto ; Catherine Crane, Charleston; Venice, Dunhay, ditto; liargrave, Baltimore; Promise, Montreal ; Mars, Smith, Alexandria. Sid. 16th, David Clark, Swan, Calcutta. The Outward-bound schooner was on shore this morning on Taylor's Bank, but has got off, and is returning. RONNZ, JI LY B.—The Victory steamer, Captain Pedder, from London to St. Petersburgh, which went on shore upon this island sth inst., has been got off, after discharging part of cargo, which has been reshipped, and she has proceeded. OFF VE;ITNCIt, ISLE OF VlGllT.—Transport barque (No. 22), and sailed for the eastward. NEWPORT, JULY 17.—Arrd. Eldon, Gillespie, Quebec. AYR, JULY 16.—Shl. Magog, Shank, Coquaine, CLYDE, JULY 16.—Acrd. Europa, Boyd, and Chevalier, Leitch, Trinidad; Helen, Brooks. Barbadoes; Mary, Boddie, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Perthshire, Thomson, Pugwash ; Cordella, Love, Newfoundland. Ski. Eale, Boyd, Batavia; Alexander &Musical, SIN an, Valparaiso ; Constellation, Fullerton, Restigouche. COI:II, JULY 15.—Wind S.—Arrd. Pallas, Hall, at. John's, New Brunswick ; Cumberland, Lass, Bovey, Larache. Limeateg, JULY 16.—Arrd. Triumph, Raycrott, St. John's, New Brunswick; Primrose, Quebec. Sid. D. B. Bondrot, Miramichl. MARKET NEWS..-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. New Potatoes, 5s to 12s per cwt; Pines, English, 79 to lOs per lb ; ditto Colonial, 1 s to 4s each ; Strawber ries, 4d to 10d, and Raspberries, 6d to 8d per pottle ; Hothouse Grapes, 3s 6d to 6s, and Cherries, 4d to 8d per lb ; Peaches, 40s to 50s per doz. ; Lemons, 7s to lOs per 100; French Beans, 8d per basket.; Cabbages, 6d to is per dozen; Greens Is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Celery, ls, and Horse radish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Spinach, 6d to Sd per junk; Cucumbers, 4d to 2s each ; and Melons, 2s 6d to 6s each ; Carrots, 3s to 4s, and Turnips, is 6d to 3s per dozen bunches ; Apples ' 2s to 3s ; Peas, 2s to 3s 6d ; Gooseberries, Is 3d t o 2s Bd, Currants, 2s 6d to 5s 3d, and Walnuts, for pickling, 3s per half sieve. NEVITGATE AND LE/MENSAL". Prime Beef and Mutton were in good request, at full prices. In all other kinds of Meat very little business was trans acted. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. Geese, 4s to 6s; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 5s to 6s; and Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 6s per couple. Fresh Butter, 10d to is 2d per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d toirSci; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to 68 ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs. BUNGERPORD. Full average supplies of articles were on sale here, while the general demand was in a very inactive state, at but little variation in prices. BILLINGSGATE. Full average supplies of Fish were on sale here, while the demand was steady, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s Gd to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Sibs. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to B;.' 2 d; of Household Ditto, 6d to 7%cl per 41bs loaf. HIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3 ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3 1 d to 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4 1 0 ; do. 961 b to 1041 h, 4 1 hd to 5d ; do. 1041 b to 1121 b, 5d to 5 1 , 4 d. Calf Skins, each, 4s to 6s ; Horn Hides, 13s ; Lamb Skins, 2s to 2s 9d; Shear lings, 10d to Is. UAY MAW-SETS. SmminELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 51 I6s ; Oat Straw, 11 108 to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 ; Clover ditto, 4/ to 5/ 13s; Oat Straw, 1110 s to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 4/ to 5/ 17s; Oat Straw, 1/ 108 to 1/ 12s; Wheat Straw, 1112 s to 1114 s par load. A full average supply, and a slug • gish demand. _ _ New Meadow Hay, 21 to 31 5s per load. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. CORNWALL.—WEST CORNWALL. Their Lordships met this morning at the usual hoar; Lord Denbigh in the chair. All the members were present. Mr. Trewitt, steward on the estates of several landed pro prietors in that part of Cornwall through which the line passes, was examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE. and said, that the country there was a rich and agricultural district, and stood very much in need of railway accommodation. This line would give that accommodation, and would be a very great benefit to the public. On cross-examination, he said that he be lieVed Sir Joseph Saul, Sir William Moleswortb, and Mr. Tremain, large landowners in the immediate neighbourhood, were opposed to the line. _ _ Mr. James Grewl, a general merchant at Loswithel, was examined by ➢€r. MoNTAGuE SatiTtr, and gave evidence as to the importance of that town as regarded the mineral. agricultural, and general traffic of the country. He himself dealt largely in guano and artificial manure, and also in stone and other minerals. The cost of conveyance of all these kinds of produce would be rendered much less by this line. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. JAMES, who endeavoured to show that the traffic was not so great as he had represented, and that the cost of conveyance of guano, &c., would not be materially lessened. The witness, in the cross-examination, spoke of the traffic in spirits at Loswithel and Plymouth, and on Mr. Austin making some observation in an under tone about a puncheon of gin, r: JAMES would like some people had a punch, on the head.—(A laugh.) Mr. Austin returned the compliment by shaking his fist angrily at Mr. James, who then proceeded with his cross examination. Room C. The members of this Committee re-assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. RICHMOND RAILWAY (KEW BRANCH). Mr. CALVERT opened the case for the Bill, and stated that the line promoted by his clients, which was one mile and odd in length, would, from the commercial and other advantages it would bestow on the district it proposed to accommodate, prove not only desirable for the inhabitants of Kew, bUt also highly remunerative to the pro moters. There certainly were petitions against the Bill, but it would be shown that, as regarded injuries com plained of by proprietors of property along the line, those were of a nature that could be compensated, while the peti tions from Mortlake and Kew were not entitled to the favour able consideration of the Committee. There were petitions in favour of the Bill, and a vestry meeting had been held at Kew in favour of the Bill. They had also obtained the consent of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to the construction of the railway. Mr. Chapman, solicitor to the Bill, was called, and handed in the assent of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to the line. lie also proved his attendance at the vestry meet ing at Kew, where, after some discussion as to where the terminus should be, a resolution was agreed to approving of the railway, provided that the terminus should be at the Queen's school, which was subsequently changed into a resolution of plain assent. He also stated that there was a great communication between London and Kew, at which latter place there was a number of omnibuses, in addition to which there were several steam-boats stop ping at Kew, which carried a large number of passengers, and that the principal inhabitants of Kew were petitioners in favour of the Bill. _ Cross examined—Was not aware that there was any public meeting in Kew in favour of the Bill. Could not un dertake to state that at the vestry meeting to which be had alluded there were more than ten persons present, though he believed there were. As far as he was aware the parties composing that meeting were not interested in the Bill further than from a conviction that the line would be advantageous to Kew. He and a Mr. Brown, a gentleman occupying a small house at Kew, addressed the meeting. Was aware that there were no pe titions from Kew and Mortlake in favour of the Bill, though he was aware there were petitions against it from these places. He did not consider the signatures to the last, with some ex ceptions, respectable. By the term respectable he meant rank and station, not any thing affecting moral character. He believed that an illustrious personage resident at Kew was indifferent to this railway, though be could not state that he based that belief on any authorised information. Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Popham, who were petitioners against the Bill, owned about 69 or 70 chains out of 130 chains of the line. The property of Mr. Popham was let out chiefly in market gar dens, which was very valuable property, and the occupiers were of opinion that this line would be very injurious to their interests. Could not say that Sir William Hooker enter tained the same opinion. Mr. Locke, engineer to the Richmond line, was called and examined—The line of deviation on the plan would come within fifty yards of the residence called Cromwell House, but an assurance had been given at the time that the preamble was proved before the Committee of the House of Commons, that the extreme limit devia tion would be taken. Believed that the residential injury complained of was a matter merely of compensation. The line crossed the public road on a level, but he considered it better to cross on the level. There were no outworks on the level, and tlfe gradients were favourable, being one in 330. The estimate was 40,000/. Cross-examined by Mr. WARREN—This would be a loco motive line. It would take about five minutes to go from Kew to Mortlake if this branch were made. Re-examined by Mr. CALVERT—This line would do as little damage as possible in the direction in which it went. There would be eleven or twelve trains on this line, and he expected considerable traffic along the line. Mr. WARREN, on the part of some of the petitioners against the Bill, contended that the Committee should reject the Bill, and was proceeding with his observations when the room was ordered to be cleared. On our re-admission, the CHAIR3fAX said that the Com mittee were of opinion that there had not been a sufficient amount of evidence adduced in support of this Bill. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. Room D. 'GLASGOW, DUMFRIES. AND CARLISLE. The Committee on the merits of this Bill met to-day at eleven o'clock, Earl. St. Germans in the chair. All the other members of the Committee present. The examination of witnesses for the Bill was then re sumed. Mr. Charles Brown, coach proprietor of Kilmarnock, exa mined. He said he. was the proprietor of two coaches that ran south from Kilmarnock. The one coach was the Standard, that ran through to Dumfries and Carlisle; and the other was the Lass of Ballochmyle, to Cumnock. The number of passengers booked last year at Kilmarnock by the Standard coach was 9,215. This was from January 1845 to January 1846. Of these stout one a day went through to Carlisle, and these would represent the number on the average that came from Glasgow via Kilmarnock for Carlisle. Theother passengers were for places along the route. The traffic by this coach had greatly increased the last year, and so had the profits. A great number of parcels were taken by this coach, and they were often asked to take carp e t s , b ut they were obliged to refuse them. Besides the two coaches he had named that went south, there was a coach from Ayr to Dumfries, and also one from the former place to Cumnock. T here was a good deal of pouting from Kilmarnock towards Dumfries.' He kept from twenty-five to thirty post-horses, and there might be as many more in the town. He generally bought his horses at Dumfries and the southern markets, and if they had a railway they would no doubt be brought by it. lie thought there would be 1,000 or 1,200 horses brought each year by the railway. A great number of dairy Ayrshire cows at present went south, and he thought, were the line formed, there would be at least a thousand sent an nually. The line now proposed would make complete com munication between Ayrshire and England. At present it was the practice for English t rave ll ers to visit Kilmarnock in their way' to Glasgow, and to transact business in the former. They generally came by his coach. To the CHAIRMAN —The distance from Kilmarnock to Carlisle by the road was 94 miles, and to Dumfries 60 miles. Cross-examined—The Standard coach left Kilmarnock every morning for Carlisle, and took about ten hours. There were two coaches that went to Cumnock only. The coach from Ayr to Dumfries did not go by the valley of the north. The Glasgow passengers to Carlisle went mainly by the Caledonian route. He did not know that the main bulk ot the passengers by the Standard coach .to and from Carlisle were from or going to Glasgow. The passengers, on the day he spoke ot; were those who booked from Glasgow, though there were some through passengers that did not so book. In the number given he had given those booked for all distances, long and short. Included in the 1,200 horses that would be carried by the railway, draught horses, many of which, in that county, were worth 501. or GO/. each. Of these horses, about three-fourths would go by Glasgow. Of the cows ho had named, a considerable number, he believed, were sent by steam. He could not give any proportions of those which went by land and by steam. The finer kind of horses were raised about Annan and Carlisle, and the draught horses in Galloway. To Mr. Muni-HY—He was sorry to say that the great de mand for horses for railway work had increased their price. The increase in price was not double, but it might be about 25 per cent. The greatest increase in his posting had taken place within the last two years. The railway proceedings had increased the demand for post horses to some extent, for the purposes of engineers and surveyors. At present they could not book passengers at Kilmarnock till the arrival of the train, unless they wrote through to Glasgow before. Re-examined—The course adopted in relation to horses was, to bring them from Dumfries to Kilmarnock to be ex posed for sale, and, if not sold there, to be taken on to Glasgow. To — Va . count CANNING—He could not give the passengers for the year previous to 1845. Mr. Rolston, farmer, who resided at Dunduff, near Ayr, examined—He farmed two farms, one of 700 acres, Scots, and the other 1,000. He dealt largely in cattle an d s h eep. Th ere were a great numb er o f f a i rs held in the district, which were attended by English dealers, principally to purchase cows and heifers. From 1,200 to 1,500 of these went at present south by the valley of the Nith. A portion also went by the Ardrcssan steamers. If a railway were formed there, cows would no doubt go by it. A good number of fat cattle and sheep were raised in the district, which went mainly to Glasgow, because, for want of travel ling accommodation, they were shut out of the English mar ket. With a railway he thought 2,000 or 3,000 fat cattle and 8,000 or 10,000 sheep would go south. There would also be a considerable trade in bringing barley from Dumfries for brewing purposes. In Ayr and Kilmarnock 600 or 700 tons of barley were used for brewing. Cross-examined—He had been engaged in collecting infor. mation on the points he had stated. The Lothian barley was heavier than the Dumfries barley, but he could not say that it was better for malting purposes. He was informed not. The fat cattle now went principally to Glasgow, ex• cept what were wanted for the consumption of the district. Cows also went to Glasgow and Edinburgh, but he did not think they went by railway. LONDON YACHT CLU B. The match amongst the yachts of this club for a silver cup, which was undecided about three weeks ago, was yesterday re-sailed. The following started Yachts. Tons. Owners. Don 7 ...... Messrs. J. Gardner. Nautilus 6 ...... J. P. Helme. Hazard Ackbourne and Charles. The distance sailed was from East Greenwich to Gravesend and back. The start took place at twenty minutes to twelve, when the Don went out in advance, showed the way down to the flag buoy, which she rounded at twenty-five minutes to two; Hazard was second, at twenty-one minutes to two; and the Nautilus close on her stern. The Don held her lead, winning by forty minutes; the Hazard being second, the Nautilus having carried away something on her way up. From a Parliamentary Paper issued this morning, giving an account of the net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended the sth day of July, 1846 (after abating the expenditure there • out defrayed by the several revenue departments), and of the actual issues or payments within the same period, exclusive of the sums applied to the redemption of funded or paying off unfunded debt, and of the advances and re-payments for local works, &c., it appears that the excess of income over expendi ture is 2,820,472/. 13s. 6d.—Also, from an account of the Ba • lances of the Public Money remaining in the Exchequer on the sth day of July, 1845 ; the amount of money raised by the additions to the funded or unfunded debt in the year ended the sth day of July, 1846 ; the money applied towards the redemption of the funded or paying off unfunded debt; the total amount of advances and repayments on account of local works, &c., with the difference accruing thereon, it ap pears that the balances in the Exchequer on the sth day of July, 1846, are 7,351,788/. 15s. 9id. WEST INDIA PINES.—The importation of pine apples is not confined to the port of London or the places in transit thereto from the place of their growth. A vessel called the Rival has arrived at the port of Liverpool, from Nassau, New Providence, having on board, besides 74 live turtle and the usual description of cargo, 600 dozen of this fruit, the production of the place. So large an importation into the port of Liverpool will have the effect of making them as plentiful there as they are in the metropolis. TODACCO.—The regie. or Government tobacco monopoly in France. sold in 1844 seventeen millions and a half kilogrammes of tobacco, which produced 107 millions of francs ; the expenses were thirty millions of francs. A cu rious picture is presented by the table of the average con sumption in 'etch department. Thus in Lozere, Arriege, and tiers, southern departments, the least tobacco is used ; while in the Pas de Calais, Nord, and Seine, northern departments, the greatest average is reached. Paris consumes thegreatest quantity of snuff. NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN FRANCE.—The following, copied from official documents, gives the amount of the re gistered electors of France, at six different periods : Elections of Electors. July, 1831 166,185 „ 1834 Nov., 1837 198,836 March, 1839 Sept., 1842 217,640 And in 1845, according to the Alma-1 . 238 ,251 nack Royale, there are The Directors of the London Joint-Stock Bank have declared a dividend at the rate of six per cent., and the surplus profit carried to the guarantee fund makes that fund 110,873/. A question was raised at the meeting relative to a division of the amount over and above 100,0001., some of the shareholders seeming to think that the maximum of a reserve should not exceed that sum ; but the directors, it appears, imagine that 120,000/. or 150.0001. should be the limit, and they have promised to consider the question and report by the next meeting. ST. BRIDE, FLEET-STREET.—A vestry meeting of this parish was held last night, to receive the report of the com mittee appointed to consider of the best means of disposing of a premium of 1,0001., arising from St. Bride's Annuity Estate, and on other business. The chair having been taken by one of the churchwardens, Mr. Smith, the vestry clerk, read the report of the committee above referred to, and which was to the effect that the said sum of 1,00')1. should be invested in the public funds until some more eligible and profitable in vestment should be found, the interest arising from such in vestment in the meantime to be applied in the same manner as the other moneys arising from the estate. SUGAR DUTIES.—The Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 29 (of the present session of Parliament), entitled " An Act for granting unto her Majesty, until the sth day of August, 1846, certain duties on sugar imported into the United King dom," has been printed and furnished to the revenue depart ments throughout the kingdom, for the information and guidance of the officers of the Customs in the matter. As it was intimated on Monday night, and again on Thursday evening, in the House of Commons by the new Premier, that he should probably on that evening move the continuance of the present sugar duties for a further limited period of time, in order to afford opportunity for discussion with re spect to the new measure in relation to the subject, it may be useful to give a copy of the new Act now the object of notice, which is very succinct, and is t o th e fol lowing effect :--Most Gracious Sovereign, we, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia ment assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray your Majesty's public expenses, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the duties hereinafter mentioned, and therefore do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and %ith the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and tem poral, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the duties imposed on sugar and molasses, and the bounties allowed thereon, by an Act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the Bth and 9th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled an "Act for granting to her Majesty, until the sth day of July, 1846, certain duties on sugar imported into the United Kingdom," shall be further continued until the sth day of August proximo, 1846. 2. And be it enacted that all the clauses, powers, provisions, matters, and things contained in the said Act, shall be extended to this Act, and to the duties and bounties hereby continued, in as full and ample a man ner as if the same had been repealed and re-enacted in this Act and made part hereof. 3. And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present session of Parliament. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—We have this week to re cord an act of savage atrocity (says the Gloucester Journal) seldom paralleled, at least in this neighbourhood, where, we are happy to state, crimes of every flagrant nature are by no means frequent. Alongside a meadow near the goods rail way station, runs a brook, called Poplar, which has for years been a favourite bathing place with boys. This brook skirts a meadow occupied by a man named Ward, a milkman, of morose and excitable temperament, whose grass, no question, has been often damaged by the trespass of the juvenile bathers, a circumstance which has given rise to frequent feuds between Ward and the boys. On Saturday evening last some lads were bathing at one end of the brook whilst Ward was cutting with a scythe rough grass from the side of a footpath some distance off. Near him were three little boys, two named Abell and one named Fi n k, a ll a b out ten or eleven years of age. These were not bathing, but sitting on th e bank. However, Ward or d ere d t h em to go about their business, and for the pu r p ose o f go i ng to their omes they had to pass the spot where Ward was s tanding,w r i s th , a t i h ni e scythe in his hands. The t wo Ab e l' s passed him first fit began running away, upo n which Wardw, .as is stated, ex claimed that he " would ha ve a leg or a .ing," and maki ng a sweep cut with his scyth e , struck the point of the murder ous weapon into the lower part of the back of the unhappy little fellow Fink, who ran a few yards and then fell to the ground. A man named Garbie came to his assistance, and carried him home, where he was stripped, and itwas found that his bowels w ere protruding through a gaping and fright ful wound in his groin. Mr. lleane, surgeon, who was im mediately sent for, stanched the bleeding, re-inserted the protruding bowels, and sewed up the wound; but the injury was of such a frightful nature, that he pronounced very little hope of the poor child's recoverv.—Cheltenham Chronicle DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN PAVEBIENT NEAR THE BANK. —Yesterday, in making excavations for the formation of a sewer in Founders -court, near Tokenhouse-yard, between there and the Bank of England, the men discovered at a depth of about thirteen feet from the surface, several feet of a Roman pavement. Its appearance showed that it had been much worn. It Lad formed the ground floor of some apart ment, as the walls still remained, and were constructed of Kentish rags, strongly cemented together. THE SCARCITY OF FRUIT.—This has been the worst fruit season that has been known for several years past. All the growers in Kent have had their crop blighted, Th e scarcity is geueral. 10# MR. O'CONNELL'S "REPLY To LORD MILLTOWN. Merion-square, Dublin, July 1 4 . f My Lord,—The manner of your letter is a source to me much pride and great pl easure; i ts matter i nvo l ve s WO" and noble interests. Before I proceed to c anvass th a t matter, perm it me to assure you that you are one of the very few to venv i , authority I should f e el di s p ose d to surren d er m y own q t . nion ; but the subje c t i s o f t oo muc h i mportance t o be ag o tered away in complim en t s , or surren d ere d to an y of courtesies of life. „,a1 You ask me to postpo ne m y exer ti ons i n f avour of rer 4 for a season, and th e p urpose f or w hi c h you sugge st au postponement is, " to give time to form an Irish party iiii assist the Ministry, if willing, to urge them on if lagging' procuring justice.' Permit me most respectfully to ask your Lordship il lat can be the utility of any such postponement, in order to fo r m such a party, or e ven t o f orm t h e nuc l eus of such a nat,4?o, Where are the mate r i a l s f or f orm i ng so muc h as t h e n uct o e r of such a party? A n I r i s h party — suc h as you may La template—should, in order to b e o f any e ffi cacy , or at lee to inspire any confidence, be able to compete in public o ' 3 illation with the R e p ea l A ssoc i at i on. F or t hi s pur pose ~1 „ , should consist of s evera l o f th e no bili ty an d leading gall" of Ireland. gib The Repeal Asso c i a ti on compr i ses very many o f the landed gentry, and some of the nobility, together wife., large multitude of the wealthiest of the commercial cOI munity, and also th e grea t an d overw h e l m i ng masses of middle classes; and lastly, but chief in rank, and most vel ii o rated in estimation, stand the great majority of the I r l e r Catholic Bishop s , and the Catholic clergy of the second Ou s t almost to a m an , b ac k e d b y upwards of seven m i l li o ns "' the Irish people. ss , g st On the other hand, what shall be, I repeat, not the ea: o body, but even the nucleus of the Irish party which Z a e suggest ? The re i s Cl oncurry, t h e patr i ot of mere than "sr a century, the ma n w h o en d ure d a l l t h e horrors of i nca reep tion in the Tower, and is as fresh and fervent to-day 1 0 r a love of Ireland, as h e was on t h e d ay w h en h e w as punished by incarcerati on f or th e cr i me o f l ov i ng hi s father land. There you, too, are, my Lord, to constitute another lo ce en1 0 ; her, possessing, as you certainly d o , th e con fid ence an d est . of the Irish people; and, thirdly, th ere p ro b a bly shall reckoned the second son of Lord Cloncurry. You are but three, my Lord; who else shall we say? it s The Geraldines, alas ! show no signs of I r ish v it a lit/ 11 ,1 0 - the single exception of Lord William. The name of het to mont is no longer heard—that name which once nense rouse, with electric rapidity :the enthusiasm of all therve of Ireland. But why should I dwell upon melancholy recollectiee.s why should the m emory o f ot h er d a3 s b r i ng to m y nothing but mournful recollections, rendered doubly s one) ..,d by the hopel essness o f rous i ng the apathetic and stimu lan" the indolent? You have, my Lor d, no nucleus for your Irish party if there be, why does it not start into existence--why is tb no meeting called—why is there no demonstration neea v o why is no sign given? Alas! my Lord, Ireland, as far such a party as you allude to is concerned, has few 0r,,, friends. The fatal lethargy of the union has sunk in den torpor many of her first names and highest families—ther e no material for your Irish party. Reflect a little upon the history of Irish parties since tb Emancipation Act was achieved by the popular voice,' sounding, as it did, from the Catholic Association. What in particular is the history of th ose amon gst 5v .. „ 130 , " the Irish party"—l use your L or d s hi p ' s denominattil ought to commence? Recollect that as soon a ft er the i'T c r agitation had seriously commenced, we were met by 0 7 :10 0 lebrated Leinster Declaration, which was fi rs t publieh, e s o the 30th of December, 1830, sixteen y ears ago . That area ration was signed by forty of the Irish nobility, inc lo 7o some of the Protestant Bishops, and comprising withiP e ye number many who constitute the pla gue an d p es til en ce_oi land—the absentee proprietors. C the l ßy that declaration they con d emne d emphatically _Ass peal agitation, but they added that which was consider it the condition of th e i r a dh erence to the anti-repeal at was in the following words:— el 3 t * "At th e same t i me that we express these our sent.o3oo. we deem it a duty to d ec l are our conviction that it is e tially necessary to the well• being and tranquillity of Ir e - 0 1' that the attention of the Imp er i a l P ar li ament shoul d be el , mediately called to her conditi on , an d i ts desire for hoe ost fare be practically manif es t e d b y t h e adoption of melee calculated to ensure her gener a l an d permanent iMP ment." d er It is impossible to read that pa ragrap h w i t h ou t consi a ll ing that it implied a pledge that the subscribers won? tio o the attention of Parliament to, and i ns i s t upon, the glee of measures calculated to ensure th e p ermanent an d gen erO provement of Ireland. be Such measures the declaration so l emn l y d ec l ar ed tO , o essentially necessary to the w e lt being and tranquil ' Ireland. r Is it not perfectly plain that it was intended that tb aeration should be considered as plighting the faith e' / 0 0 . declarationists to make the ne cessary exert i ons to P , r oe J from Parliament measures of i mprovement for I re l a nl io ve did it not imply that in the event o f f a il ure i n such e-a,e r s fir ill the parties would re consider the ques ti on o f repea l vourable point of view. , otbr, Yet, my Lord, though this a vowa l was proclaimed, flee: salutary measures were essentially necessary for the , 00' being and tranquillity of Ireland,"—yet, strange to 0 4 00 the least exertion has been mad e b y t h ose d ec l a rati e s from that day to this, to attain th e well-bei ng , o r to the tranquillity of Ireland. th e e t What materials can be found among such men as t' ebs t the formation of an Irish party? Would to Heaven ' t hing were mistaken. But my belief is, that Ireland has O no its to expect from those declarationists, save an acquiesc e ,' the, good, should it arrive; as they have acquiesced in aloe existence of which they themselves recognised and Pu bes to the world. „ o f From the Leinster Declaration I pass to a declarati ° ' pre higher order,—that of the Kin Lord and Cominli - mulgated at the close of the repeal debate s in April, te e set Or By this declaration, the King , the Lords, and the tt/ mons, solemnly pledged themselves the Irish P e "' re "the r emona a all just claims of complaint, and ° motion of all well-considered measures of improvemen e ge h ar. - Ircr way a more soie nm havrionearY PIS diafe there never was a solemn pled g . s harneftil l Y garded or more discreditably violated.Sliust cause of car _ r plaint has been removed—no we ll cons i dered measure s' provement has been adopted. The pledge has been u nequ i voca ll y neglected Oa fated. lated. Yet that pledge was of so high and authentic a natur e ! ' tie, I thought it my bounde n d u t y , as one o f t h e leadersinoe Irish people, to give it public credit, an d t o ac t precisev I Acco had given it full belief and entire reliance. rdingly, I moved the dissolution of the then eg Repeal Association. Reb ing on that pledge, the BO th e sociation dissolved itself. nlt was then proposed—as som e i ns t rument to ex r r ese 00 h‘ t public opinion of Ireland wa s necessary—to form, call, an Irish party. ste!ss The consequence was that we formed the " Nationa- f se; ciation of Ireland." I t was formed to the exclusion ere" repeal agitation, t o f orm a party exactly for the P.O you mention--" to assist th e Mi n i stry if willing, or n them on if lagging, to obtain justice for Ireland." Alas! it was a total failure. t he It is true that many repealers became members „ c a r'O f National Association, and were ready to co-operate rying out its purposes; but the Whigs and Liberals a)4 they called th emse l ves) refused to give any assistanc e ': car their refusal to act with us was founded on a fastidious like to assemble at the Corn-Exchange Rooms. Tb es t 0 1e attempt to form an Irish party totally failed on the o°- pretence. It was, indeed, said that the name " National Asee -nebiti°ll necessarily implied the repeal. to P t I also met thi s o bj ection, and made another atte r , lll , o oo form an Irish pa r ty, un d er the denomination of the u'is, Registry Association. It was formed in two - brane'orei meet the scruples of tho se w h o would not attend at the l co of Exchange Rooms. O ne o f t h ose b ranches had a PiSlePesti meeting in Westmoreland -street, the other at the o ' ss saes at the Corn Exchange. I constantly attended both, of met on alternate days. opere_tir r ie' Having made every sacrifice to procure co action in something that would deserve the name of an party, party, I found to my grief and confusion that the last e s 5; 4 Tiler . . 0 ment more singularly failed than the former. but few who joined it—of the few who did, almost all a r i °l o or e off by degress, and the " Registry Association" died inanition. t be l 'a The truth is, that the heart of the peopl e w as not 1 i. . 0 80, experiments. And the Whigs and Liberals f or whose v` t o 0 1 these experiments were made, had not sufficient sval l t s sil energy of patriotism to exert themselves to procure an i 00 which they admitted to be essential to the well-beiltei • tranquillity of Ireland. Olt After a pause I again f o r me d a new association-01. ciation which was t o b e open to the Whigs and Liberi"l,o; ~,- t)", to join in which th e y were not specially invited. It Precursor Association. Its avowed object was—to press, for perfect equality of all constitutional rights and privile . ,,g e d; the people of Ireland with those of England and Seott e jseri other words to make the union, not a name and a ni s f ele" as it is, but a reality, by conferring on the people of the justice of perfect equality with Great Britain. s e „ The Precu rsor A ssoc i at i on avowed and proelai`" e d i;se alternative principle. It was thi s —th a t should ...lI'S Aril` - peA l Ireland be re f use d, or unnecessar i ly postpone d , the agitation should re-commence—never to cease until to , Parliament should be seated, once again, in College - ! of. „Its series accordingly brought before Parliament the . first „ I t series of the measures necessary to eq u alis f e o o r u i r ea ri v g e h t ts o those of the people of England. I m o ved , in br to th ea stateßill to in rat which h e t the a e fo e r e t n y t - i s o h o i e l l d i n i g n franchise England. was opposed by Whigs and Tories. I had a few votes •„,ss scattered Radicals; but I was defeated by an immens e jority. an ace' That moment the Precursor Association was at --- Joe' m m l y re_ m l_a o n frot e iooo and the Loyal National Repeal Association stood in its Poi and from that moment became, and continues, the grea t only hope of the milli ons o f the people of Ireland. I consumed more than three years in these experinien...oel,t9 constitute an " Irish party," unconnected with the re Sefr I totally failed—l miserably failed—an Irish arty us; the netted with the repeal is an impossibility. skherer A - 0 01' Irish meet in any numbers, the repeal necessarily p re : t eini nates. It is the heart-spring of the Irish nation- 41 " can console them for the loss of a domestic legislature., / or I cannot, my respected Lord, therefore, comply w it q ls tise t request ; I cann o t consent to postpone the repeal fig' even for one hour. I have made my last experiment—and even the te s si l l ft; tion of your p rom i se —th at if , w i t hi n twelve mon ths ! .0 01, Peel's word s were not carr i e d i nto effect you would .I°!psoS'' repeal agitation —cannot induce me to postpone the universal call of the Irish people for repeal. ye I regret exceedingly not b e i ng a bl e , as ye t , t o reckon among our ranks. But allow me to appeal to your good sense an d p,o sionews judgment upon this point. You say that th e new Irish, ought tobe formed "to assist the Ministry, if willing, o them on if lagging, in procuringjustice to Ireland." Ito Why, my esteemed Lord, that is exactly what t ps e peelers, are doing, and will continue to do—withe u ;s tsne, o , poning the repeal. We will give the Ministry every on' to do justice to Ireland —we will not spare our entrel n istri o reproaches, and our indi gnant taunts should t h e bit' t o shrink from attempting to do speedy and effectual in e ,", t , an; Ireland. They must ma k e t h e attempt. They are 13 :"/ thee must not be thought t o b e responsible for the resu lt, make the attempt w ith good faith and energy. 'nit t ° Should they fail, un d er such c i rcumstances, as I °l t 0 1 ° ' they will and must, they will deserve our gratitude fe s t aoll ing the attempt, and preserve our esteem. But Lord 4re d has already taken his hostile position. His innate to' Ireland has driven him to take the field, even be', fore re' campaign is begun. He has thrown out his threa' e becl sistance, and he is not a man to falsify his own Pr°ll oleat mischief. However, the Mi n i s t r y appear t o b e i n a pos ition Of b strength on the subject of Ireland. a Geer They have been offered the assistance of Isor o stia l 9o Bentinck and the protectionists—they have been n d th e t j taunted into active exer ti ons b y Si r R o b ert P e el, ! v ia e" who agree with hi m — t h ey are at t h e h ead o f the " Liberal party. o f see . 0 There never was so f avoura bl e an oppertali"teca lt/e ceding justice to Ireland —there mar were so ntADY •