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Ameanl. 62,0' 31,3 22 6,53 1 6,9 35 65, 373 89, 251 0 119,47 1 urns. It--• M il Drnitr; toil; AIM ! -..TAO trio& 0 c EOYAL POLYTECIZNIC INSTITUTION. -111 Y •PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR SCH(ENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe- Onens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex tstre compounds, by Dr. RTAN, daily at Half past Throe; and on evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the EL I'CTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED dally, by Professor BACIIIIOFFNER, especially with reference ! the new patent of Messrs. N. tt and Gamble, By the OITHTDRO r4.Iti MICROSCOPE areexhibltedspeclniens of the DISEASED PO OE, showing the Leaves, Cuttlngi of the Tubers, ke., together Inth the DESTRUCTIVE INSECT, sepposed, by A. Sines, Esq , to, be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, . NG EXPERIME 1. TS, DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, Ike, _ _ _ Admission ls. Schools, half-price. Ab entire YEW ant! Be (UTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING lAMB will be introduced At CHRISTMAS, and the Institutioa w open on the evening of Saturday, the 26th. COTICIC TO HOLDERS OF POLICIES' IN THE EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON. UNITED KINGDOM. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, • No. 8, • Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. The attention .of Holders of Policies. In the .Equitable Assurance votapany of London, Is particularly called to the idalf-credit Scales " .Premium of this Company, by which table the bonus to be de- L b u'ed at the next investigation of the - Equitable Assurance Cons r`PY's aftiltra, ifr.fanuary, 1850, may be Secured at a present annual wa&rnent of one-half the rates generally charged by other conma !tes. In the event of death the sum insured will be paid, after deduc- Lmn-of the.other half of the rates. , Should the life Insured survive the d eclaration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may _be due th ereo n ; "or in the event of the party being at that time in 4 M health; • the - policy can be kept up at the full premium of the age when first accepted. The above plan, originating with this Coro- D 4 nY, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last division of profits the Equitable Assurance Company, in 1840, when It was largely *dppted, and many of the policies then e&cted are still In force, . 1, 114 large bonuses have been added to them on the scale of the fol -4°,04 table t— `Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 •• •• 6 yeari 10 months .... £683 6 8 5,000 ........ 6 years •••• • • • • 600 0 0 5,000 5 years ...• ••• • •• 500 0 0 5,000 •• 4 years •••:• • • • 400 0 0 5,000' ;, • 4 years •••. • • • • ...... 400 0 0 5,000 2 years .. •• •• • • 200 0 0 5,000 ........ 1 year ••••• • • • 100 0 0 r rosilectuses andevery.information may be obtained on application i r the Resident Director. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq. , at the Offices, No. Wjtterloo-plece, London. _chg. 30, 1816. THE J.,ICDNSED VICTUALLERS'- and (GENERAL FIRE and LIFE. ASSURANCE COMPANY, • ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; U. THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH ; GREAT BRIDGEWATER- STREET, MANCHESTER; I. ^4SON-BUILDINGS and MATHEW-STREET, LIVERPOOL. •Empowered by Act of Parliament. 1,„_•••ne Company transact business in every de p artment of Life and "iri - Aasurimest, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY-4. T. Clement, Esq. 4-the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the :art Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of Lteecent. to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual 'meths. Par the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, ... .7.1!10ut a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has been oillated, on which, as well as on the 'participating scale, one-half tht sn b lip = may remain on interest at 3 per cent. for five years, $ person to insure his life for 1,0901. on the imm e diat e r a nee/at of the premium for 5001. only. for following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance bf 1001. , I `.. the whole Life, one-half of which may remain for five years by paying the interest annually at five per cent.; and should policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then .21f-ducted. -.40 10, without profits ..'EI 13 0 With profits $0 • • I 19 3 .... .......... 214 3 . • - 4 3 4 . - -•••• eonsidg ebly le - and for IF- so " Eor short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, b y nos or contingencies not usually advertised information may be "sed on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE- DAPARTMEN T. The Company Insure houses, furniture, . stock In trade, farming i t ho ck9 and every description of personal property, against loss or Tbe by fire. 4 .2 Directors beg to remind their friends whose Premiums become „LA at Christmas, that no extra charge is madekat this Office for the pTsfor of Policies, and that they will be rated on terms peculiarly ti parties insuring. v .lsnrancee may be e ff ected for any perlol of time ; If for seven '"" 1 . the Premium and Duty will only be chirged for six. _ b e-cot:ether, IBM. JOHN BIGG, Secretary. TION AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANC SOCIETY, 41 . • • 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 41400,000. Empowered by let of Parliament. au. Institution embraces important and substantial advantages 111,7 respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured • °kali occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for he f the Polley, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; t h ,2 ,4 option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in ' meet other conveniences or necessity. g lit Z:rances ibr terms' of years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. lb e remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare h 1 Mar . n bonus, varying from 35 to *5 per cent. on the premiums paid ' ll h Polley erected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. ti Premium. 01 Bonne Beaus in ; 5 added. Cash. S. 1 2, a U Assured 4; may ; Narrow. 11837 `c, S. d. IC" 1 a 4 11839 j :18411 ( X 21715 l'.£loo 011 , 192 3 0, 37 1 4i 166 11 10, 74 1 9 116 7 6, 54 010 111 8, 4910 0 !XIS 0 4!, 13 10 2! 11 3 1 7 18 11, 7 10 4! 4445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 2% 13 4 247 4 5 Th be, ti ...,..vlsion of profits is annual, and the next will be made in - ~.ller of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Seeretary. SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COM- No. 5, St. la P m A js r -Areet, London. TRUSTEES. Sir Augustin Brydges Henniker, Bart, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P. henry Formal', Eeq Claude Edward Scott, Esq. DIRECTORS. CllATlLWAN—Lleutenant-Colonel Lord Arthur LennoX. Ilxrt•TT-CH•IEMA?(—T. C. Granger, ESQ., M.P. John Ashburner, Esq., M.D. T. M. 11. Batard. Philip Patton Myth, PAK. Henry Broitdwood. Clunieii:.FareVatb er . m " — Tun,ch Fraser, Esq. John Gardiner, Esq, Aaron Asher Goldsmid, Esq. Lord Macdonald. Alexander Ogilvie, Esq. • - Henri William Pownall, Esq. Assurances and annuities granted do favourable terms. The - Rates of Premium, of which the following are specimens, are 1 1 the lowest scale consistent with security. ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR ASSURING 1001. Age. 1 ...._ 1 For One Year. For Seven Tears. For Whole Life, A e. d. 1 1 0 1 1 8 L s. d. 1 13 7 'lt plan of ACthus :CIMIUIatiYO Assurance , by depositing instead of „ 11 Premiums, se:_ L ue deposit plan, commencing at the age 20, 401. per Annnm 0 ""1 the assured at the age of 0. d. 9495 1974799 1 0 61 0 4° Deferred Aiuitie : s coin : meni' at : any : speci 33 ll l6 e ls 2 l al9: ranted e. ..T.har with l ase the age at $ 2 9 a Polley for • . or *anent return of The Premiums, in c: Which the annuity is to commence is not attained. H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. TO MR. PRoirr , ' 229 , STRAND, LONDON. Siz,—The f o ll ow i ng „ arti . Doncaster , September 26th, 1844. .' elitist. h , P equest that they might be rorwarde,deve been handed to us with a Deli' publication, if you Should dec.,: -. i . i.,:ffirtuckot to y em ;kd o .osE u r , t tr f t.o th rDsou p i e cie.h 7 s i t s e s r i , on ag f e o d r and Co., Doncaster. , E li zabeth Brearley, , residing i n D '''tweetrforty and fifty, was severely y twyo Zt on la n gi , e w um ith ati s s c m ar , c a e n l,.‘ d , Ticetited• after taking etrflned to her bed for a per iod she e m f .a n s ea s r ign l PILLS, and after Power to lift her arm ; all ""° doses. of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMA s h, The boxes was quite recovered.' .f , above recent teitimonial is a rurther proof of the great efficacy ;•,_ this valuable medicine, which is the most effective rt, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Doloronx, p r w ern w titl Y for ii i e l a d and Face, o ft en mistaken for tooth-ache, and for an G outy'l° the ,nthatic Tendencies. and . i t' also gratifying to have permission to refer to the foli o n tl emen,'selected from a mnititude o (others, whose stationvinin -eZety has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public - i s e ,,l n t, :—.T. H. Mandall, Esq., Coroner, Doncaster ; the Rev. Dr . el ''''' °e rB ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Mr. Miskin, brewer and rrailtster, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton ; John J. Giles, Esq. °ll eY ; Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; William Courtenay, E sq. : Bortennave Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants. ; all of whom pr ,re received benefit by taking this medicine, and have allowed the aft l i P e ri te,i eto . r the priviltge of publishing the same for the benefit of the hie S°l , o fi . by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his IQ:" 0 Y all respectable Medicine Vend • hroughout the United dorn. ~,., 4 ~.ce 2s. 9d. per box. th k for BLAIR'S GOUT RHEUMATIC rims, and observe e im pr s a me and address of " T om hs Prout, 229, Strand, Londoon," tLan iess ine ed medi upe e n inL the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the WISE CHOI C E; OR, THE JUVENILE'S WISH. A new year's gift I'm ask'd to choose, thing I never can refuse ; And as the choice is left to me, flz on what it is to be. They've offered me a rocking-horse, • slut that will never do, of course• something better in spy eYet Which Messrs. MOSES san supply'. The Braided Suits, a(MOSES' Mart, Will make me biok so very smart, -That 1 have only one desire, A suit of juvenile attire. 'Tis MOSES' Mart, where Master Tom Gets all his , genteel dresses from ; Acid 'Dick, and. Will, tern up their noses, 'At any but thi dress of MOS ES. „tn fact, se h oo l-mates, ev*ry one, Oat about MOSES and h is SON. The choice I make, then, in my heart Is this—a Suit from MOSES' Mart ; And none can readily despise, A wish so good—a choloe so wise. LIST OF PRICES. EADT 'MADE. . . X I. d Iteave,r„,_ • .. • 8 6 1 111, from •• •••• • • • ... Pashas , erfields and di .• • • .. • • • • • ' • • • • ' • • • • . . I ) •o ,rsays, a Chesterfields, and every description 6 0 of winter coats."... ..... •. : - , ;cope Winter Coats, in every style and make ••..••• • • • :. ; • * 4 ' 6 110eseedionTr.ousers,linea • • • • " . 77 . • • I) rete Coata •• • • • • .. • .••••• ••• • • •• • • ........... • • .... 010 6 P l .,rock Coats ••••• • • • • • •• • • 15 ° — ... °U ble - breasted Tests .. .. •..... '°l B ' Utiliser and Timis Suits .............. •••••• • • ' • • • 0 18 6 2 eys' Winter Trousers . ....... ••• • • • Ditte•Ttesta.........••• • • •e• .. Mourning to any extent at five minutes' notice. •• • • • • . ' ' '• .. • - ' -• 18 Art8 , TO. BLEASURS. Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, mad* to any style, handsomely trimmed .. . .... ..-• ..... ..... „ •• ...... 1 :5 0 kilned Cloth (.oats, trimmed, vel v et collar and cuffs, lined 2 6 0 'rwee s l Overcoats• •••• • • • • .... • • ........ • • .••..• • • • • • 0 18 8 ,„.. T weed Trousers .... •• • ~.._."'l n ter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6 ~ .71 t Dress Trouser .. .urea,ceats B ... ................ ....... ............. 1 12 0 p.* — •quality mad. • e •••••••• " • • " • • • ....... •• • • 2 1 5 0 Frock Coats ..... ..... • ..... •••••• • • • • • ........... .... 1 15 0 B estquality made •••••••'•"•' • ' • • • • • • • • • ..... ••• • • ... 3 3 0 Fancy Vests . . Satin 1.. -.1.....n or fancy . . . . • • • : : ........ : : : : •• : : : : : : : :: .. :: .• : 12 t : ussar .ancy and Tunic Suits •• • • (Thser re•—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to men anre, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrap ers, Clothiers, Hatters, Boaters Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. 4 . 155, an d 156, 147 2dinorie3, and 83, 84 , 85, a nd 56 Ald g ate, sty. London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the pliblie against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman 11Xe falsehOod of b e ing conn ec t e d w ith t h em , or it's the same concern , as beets resorted to in many Instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other houre in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and the p clothing, &c., should call at, Or send to, Minorite and Aldgate, City, London. . o t l .o.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun -14.7. till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clo c k • ehttinee to the far department is-at $3, ittligate, miter of else "'Will* I 4 Akita e, oppodto the dzurtli. %~... ~- -- ~~ ~- '.et- -% 1. ; _ - • • ))IF• - .ccui • I v = l / 4 - , (4 t , e l lop • • - • "/ •ft: 4 o e : • 0 tik A(V . _ \ • 300 - , IEI 4 7r , , , * lt+ 4,1 A A- LON DON, MONDAY IVIORNING SIT N 7 DECEMBER 28, 1846. paicE SD. No. 16,934. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES UNIO RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby giVen, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London ; on WED NESDAY, the 20th day of January next, at One o'clock, r.x., for the puriose of taking into consideration and approving ' or otherwise, the proposed application to Parliament for the partial Deviation of the line, and the Amendment of the Act constituting this Company. Al-o, in compliance with the requisition of the shareholders, for the further purpose of taking into consideration and approving, or otherwise, certain propositions for an Amalgamation of this Company with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Ita . lway Company. Any shareholders who desire proxies in order to vote at the said Meeting will have the same forwarded to them on applying at the Company's offices, and by payment of the 2e. 6d. each, the cost of the stamp. By order of the Board, CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Dated Company's Offices, 1, Peet's-corner, Westminster, December 18, 1846. BY ORDER OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. G corn- WESTERN RAILWAY.- On and after WEDNESDAY next, the 30 th instant, in co . Nance with the orders of the Postmaster-General, the NIGHT MAIL from Exeter to Paddington, will start at 9 P.M. instead of 9 35 P.M, as heretofore; it will leave Bristol at 11 50 p.m., Glou cester at 11 40 Pat., Oxford at 1 45 A.M., and the other Stations in like proportion. Particulars of which may be obtained at the Rail way ,ttations. The Train from Teignmonth; in connexion with the Nieit Mail, will start at 8 10 P.M. By order of: the Directors. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. EWRY, ARMAGH; and LONDONDERRY 1.1 JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, Notice is.hereby given, that a FIRST DIVIDEND of Ten Shil lings per Share will be PAYABLE to the Scripholders in this Corn. pany, on and after M6NDAT, the 16th day of November instant, be tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, en application' at" Messrs. Spooner, Atwood; and Co., Bankers, London. The Bank of Scotland, The District Bank • • • • The Provincial Bank of Ireland Edinburgh. Liverpool, and at Dublin, as heretofore, The Scrip must be endorsed by the party presenting it, and deli vered. up to Bankers, and a receipt signed for the amount of the Di vidend ; the Banker in exchange, will give a certificate of the Com pany entitling the holder to such ' further Dividend or Dividends as the Directors may be enabled to make upOn the final s&t.letheht of the accounts. , , This arrangement has been made at, the yectnest of Scriphohiers residing in England and Scotland, to avoid the risk and expense of forwarding Scrip to Ireland. ' CITARLEMONT, Chairman. Newry, No. 8, Trevor-hill, Nov. 4, 1846. D IRECT BOMBAY and .MADRAS RAIL WAY. • • Notice.—The FIRST HALF YEAR'S INTEREST, at 4 per cent. per annum, will continue to be PAID till the 31st inst. Scrlpholders are requested to present their scrip at the offices of the Company between the hours of Twelve and Three, when it will be stamped and the interest paid at the same time. • By order, JAMES WARD, Secretary. Offices of the Company, SS, Fencherch-street. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MONEY. The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans of Money for period: of flve or seven years, wider the authority of their Acts of Parliament, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The interest will be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist of July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties Tending may prefer. Sealed tenders, stating the amount and term of years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commissioners, endorsed "Tender for Loans."—Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. By order, RICHARD HIND, Sec. THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, (aided by Voluntary Contributions.) for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, Local, and General Debility. SURGEON—F. E. COURTENAT, 11./LC.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes generally, this Institution offers, in all eases, gratuitous surgical Assistance, and in others medicine also free of expense. Apply at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. footing, with respect to all rights and advantages at home and abroad. The seventh article declares that no article should be more highly taxed in Ireland than in Great Britain. The eighth article gives an appeal to the House of Lords—secures the continuance of the Irish Court of Admiralty—and repeals all the laws that conflict with the treaty of Union. Such is the entire of the treaty of Union, which still re mains in force. • The soleinn ratification of this treaty by Great Britain and Ireland iespectively is thus ex pressed in the wo r d s o f t h e treaty:—" And whereas, the said articles having, by address of the respective Houses of Parliament in Great Britain and Ireland, been humbly laid before his Majesty, his Majeity: has been graciously pleased to approve the same, and to'recernmend it to his two Houses of Parliament in Great Britain and Ireland, to consider of such measures as may be necessary for giving effect to the said articles. In order therefore to give full effect and validity to the same, be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in the present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the said foregoing recited articles, each and every One of them, according to the true intent and tenor thereof, be ratified, confirmed, and approved; and be, and they are hereby declared to be, the articles of the union of Great Britain and Ireland, and the same shall be ia force, and have effect for ever from the first day of January, which Shall be in the year` of our Lord 1801." No words can be more full—no meaning more unequi vocal—no declaration more solemn than those contained in this ratification. By it the two kingdoms Qf Great Britain and Ireland solemnly covenanted with' each other and with every citizen of both countries, that so long as the union existed, so long should the terms and condi tions upon which that union was agreed to, be exactly and faithfully fulfilled. By this ratification the kingdom and people - of Great' Britain solemnly covenanted with the kingdom and people4seland, that, although the British Members of the :d PVliament outnumbered 'the Irish Members bt five te l; a4l„hhitmikjority, great :as it is, should be powerless to violate the articles of union; and that the United Parliament should be conipe tent to alter the articles of union only, in the manner and at the time for that purpose limited and appointed by the articles themselves. • Competent is the very 'word used for this purpose by the treaty itself. Thus, in the seventh article, it is covenanted ire these words— " That if at any future day the separate debt of each country respectively shall have been liquidated, or if the values of their respective 'debts shall be to each other in the same proportion with the respective contribution of each country respectively, then it shall be competent to the Parliament of the United Kingdom to declare that all future expenses thence forth to be incurred shall be defrayed indiscriminately by equal taxes, imposed on the same articles each country"—that is, that under certain circumstances the otherwise unalterable nature of this part of the seventh article shall be changed—that it shall, under such cir cumstances, become liable to alteration, and that .the United Parliament, before incompetent to alter this part of the treaty of union, shall, by force and effect of this special provision, then become competent to alter it. By force and effect of this treaty, the Parliament of Ireland ceased to exist, as did also that of Great. Britain. The Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland did not, there fore, attempt, in the year 1800, to bind' their successors, for successors, in the legal import of the term, they had none ; both of these Parliaments were at that time ex tinguished, and a new Parliament was constituted, en. titled the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The avowed object of the treaty of Union was to supersede the old Legislatures of these kingdoms, and substitute in their place a new form of government : this, of itself imports legal obligation, permanence, and uncontrollability by any laws but the authority empowered by that treaty to alter or abolish its enactments. By force and effect of the treaty of Union alone was the United Parliament formed and consti tuted. The United Parliament has no prescriptive rights in Ireland—no ancient prerogatives, which so often loom larger than the truth amid the gloom of antiquity. It is the creature of the treaty of Union. That treaty is the sole fountain of its power, the only legal source of its anthority in Ireland; and if the treaty of Union be not in full force in Ireland, the Parliament sitting in London has no more right to legislate for Ireland than the Con gress of America. Within that treaty the extent of the powers of the united Parliament, taut be sought. By the letter of that treaty is its: jurisdiction marked out and limited. Tee two sovereign kingdoms of Great- Britain and Ireland, by a great international compact, united themselves together, formed a new legislature, and for ever bound by a supreme, unalterable, uncon trollable law, the legislature which they had themselves created and constituted. The treaty of Union thus be came the written constitution of the empire, and a law of supreme paramount obligation, revoking all opposing statute s—a law which the unitel Legislature, its creti• ture, is altogether incompetent to violate or annul. When I say this law is unalterable, I, of course, merely speak as a lawyer. In the same way I should say that the succession to the Crown was settled by an unalterable law. r am perfectly_ 4WMP...t1140 . 6 algsenels caseaAhere sort - to emend any law, if such a proceeding be necessary, for the safety of the state. This implied resulting power in the people, in all cases, to provide for their own safety, however, is not a legal and regular course, it is an illegal and violent one. It is the revolutionary remedy, sometimes necessary and wholesome, but one which until it has actually occurred, cannot be used as an argument by counsel, nor as a reason by a judge, Notwithstand ing, therefore, the existence of this extreme right, it my argument be correct, I am justified in saying that the treaty of union is a law revoking all opposing laws ; that every Act of the united Parliament is to be read as if it contained a proviso, that nothing contained in it should be construed to repeal or alter anything finally settled by that treaty ; and that all statutes made in violation of its pr ov i s i ons are, i pco facto , nu ll a nd v oid. My next proposith n i s s i mple in i ts terms an d e asy in its proof—it is, th a t b y t h e s i xth art i c l e o f th e union, her Majesty's subjects of Great Britain and Ireland are entitled to the same privileges. The part of the treaty of union upon which I rely to establish this proposition is the first section of the sixth article, which is in the following words :—" That it be the sixth article of Union that his Majesty's subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, shall, from and after the first day of January, 1801, be entitled to the same privileges—and be on the same footing as to encouragements and bounties, on the like articles being the growth, produce. or manufac ture of either country respectively—arid generally in re spect of trade and navigation in all ports and places in the United Kingdom and its dependencies—end that in all treaties made by his Maj est y, his heirs and succes sors, with any forei gn P ower, h i s M a j es ty's subjects of Ireland shall have th e same pr i v il eges a nd be on the same footing as his Majesty's subjects of Great Britain." This section recites four covenants entered into between the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, four of those terms or conditions, which the kingdom of Ireland sti pulated for as the price of its independence; they are, in tact, four limitations to the power of the united Parlia ment, and set out four matters which the united Parlia ment shall for ever be incompetent to, enact. The first of these covenants is, " That from and after the first day of January, 1801, his Majesty's subjects of Great Britain and Ireland shall be entitled to the same privi leges," that is, . that from the day on which the union shall take effect, and so long as that union shall exist, the inhabitants of each island shall have an inalienable, incontestable, indestructible right and title to every pri vilege enjoyed by the inhabitants of the other. This covenant mutually extended to each country all the pectic liar privileges at that time enjoyed by the other, and pro vided that at no future time should the United Kingdom be competent to grant to the inhabitants of one island any privilege which it did not at the same time grant to the inhabitants of the other —nor, on the other hand, to take from the inhabitants of one island any privilege that it did not, at the same time, take from the inhabitants of the other. The second covenant is in reference to encouragements and bounties to the produce and manufactures of the two islands. This covenant declares that British and Irish subjects shall, so long as the union exists, " be on the same footing, as to encouragements and bounties on the Aire articles, being the growth, ,, prodnce, or manufacture of either country respectively. By this covenant the united Parliament is limited and rendered incompetent to grant or take away any bounty or encouragement to the manufacture or produce of one island, which it does not, at the same time, grant or take away from that of the other. The third covenant contained in this section is in reference to trade and navigation. By this cove nant it is stipulated "That the inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland shall be on the same footing in re spect of trade and navigation, in all ports and places in the United Kingdom and its dependencies." By this covenant perfect equality in all matters connected with trade, in all parts of the United Kingdom, is for ever established between Great Britain and Ireland, and the Parliament of the united empire is declared incompetent to disturb that equality. The fourth covenant assures to the inhabitants of both islands an equality in all advan tages derivable from treaties made between the united empire and foreign powers. It declares that in all treaties made by his Majesty, his heirs and successors, with any foreign power, his Majesty's subjects of Ire land shall have the same privileges, and b e on th e same footing as his Majesty's subjects of G reat B r i ta i n . Th e first three covenants contained in this sect i on sec ure to the inhabitants of Ireland, perfect equality with the in habitants of Great Britain, in all rights, privileges, and advantages at home or in the colonies. The fourth co venant, which I have just read, secures to them a similar equality, in all rights, privileges, and advantages, ac quired by treaties with foreign countries. The treaty of Union does not contain any provision authorising the slightest alteration in any one of these covenants. Th ese c ovenants, therefore, form portions o f the written const i tu tion of the country, and are supreme unalterable opposing statut e s. A t h ome there fore,Bri- tish colonies — in hi s native land, a nd in foreign countrie s laws, a rnectoakbirnogada—in the British island s , an d i n t h e ll —perfect equality with Englishmen, in all civil rights, benefits, privileges , a nd advanta ges , is the inalienable , i n d estruct ibl e birthright of every Irish man . This equality was the great political advantage for ages sought for by Ireland—the great price , agreed to be paid for her legislative independence. This equality, in the largest and most beneficial sense, is for ever sect' •xl to Ireland b y the great international compact and treaty of the Union, and so long as that union exists, never can that equality be taken from Ireland except by arbitrary power, and lawless usurpation. By virtue of that right thus secured by in ternational compact and solemn treaty—by virtue of that supreme, unalterable law, I now demand that my client shall be admitted to the enjoyment of the pri vileges of the elective franchise. I have proved that he is the owner in fee of land in this county, of the clear yearly value of forty shillings. I have proved that a similar owner in England is entitled to the elective franchise. I now call upon you, Sir, in obedience to the sixth article of the Union, to place him upon the registry of this county. I admit that the Parliament of the United Kingdom has attempted to raise the lowest qualification for the elective franchise in Ireland to 101.; that is to makejt five times greater than the lowest qua lification in England. I acknowledge that Parliament has attempted to deprive the Irish forty-shilling free holders in fee of their elective franchise ; and thus to take from her Majesty's Irish subjects a privilege which still belongs to her Majesty's En.tlish subjects. But that is the very act the sixth article of Union renders the Parliament incompetent to do. The Act of Parliament attempting thus to violate the articles of union is ipso facto null and void. My client's right to the elective franchise stands precisely on the same grounds on which the rights of the Parliament it self stand. The same treaty that gives to the United Parliament each and every one of its rights over Ireland gives also, uno flatu, to my client his right to the elective franchise. The Parliament can co more legally deprive my client of his right to the elective franchise so long as a similar right exists in England, than my client can legally deprive the Parliament of its own peculiar rights. I now demand that any client shall be placed in respect of the elective franchise upon an equality with his Eng lish fellow-subjects, and be put'in possession of his con stitutional right. -For if the treaty of the Unionte still in force—if the pledge so solemnly given be not broken— if the terms and, conditions granted to Ireland as the price of the union be not. withheld—if the supreme un alterable law benot violitOkand the conatituttotinf the country trampled under foot—then is my client's right to the elective franchise as perfect as that of the Sove reign to the throne. _ _ 'the Assistant-Barrister, in giving his decision, com plimented Mr. Ellis upon the able manner in which he brought forward the claim: the arguments were quite new, and in rejecting the application, he took a note of the case—Mr. Ellis being afforded the right to "ap peal." INTERESTING DECISION—THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. During the past week Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magis trate at the Hammersmith Police-court, decided a case of considerable importance to the public at large. The case was brought before the magistrate for investigation by the especial order of the Commissioners of Police, - having arisen under the provisions of the Police Act (2d and 3d Victoria, cap. 47, sec. 67), which enacts, " That it shall be lawful for any constable to stop and detain, until due inquiry can be made, all carts and car riages which he shell find,.employed in removing the furniture of any house or lodging, between the hours of eight in the evening and six in the following morning, or whenever the constable shall have good grounds for believing that such removal is made for the purpose of evading the payment of rent." Police constable, William Ravening, T 113, was charged on a special sheet, with having illegally stopped, goods from being removed. Major John Bartleman deposed that he was an officer in the Honourable East India Company's service, residing at 31, Addison-road North, Notting-hill. On the 2d inst., between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Coulson was removing some furniture from witness's house by witness's direction, when the defendant came up and seized the property right in front of witness's house, saying that he should not release it until a receipt was shown. Witness asked the defendant what re ceipt he meant, but he would give witness no direct answer until witness pressed him very hard, stating that there must be a mistake somewhere, as witness had been only three or four days in the house. Defendant said the receipt he wanted was the landlord's, for rent; whereon Mr. Coulson suggested to the defendant that the receipt he wanted was tor the furniture then being removed. Witness also told the defendant that there was no rent due, and that he should go and inform the landlord; but the defendant refused to release the goods until Mr. Richardson's (the landlord) nephew came and said there was no rent due. The defendant then said he had never asserted there was rent due, and that he had required no receipt for landlord's rent. Defendant also said he acted under the orders of Sergeant Blun dell, T 9. The defendant, in answer to the charge, pleaded that he had acted under the orders he had received from superiors, and called for his defence Charles Amos, T 151, who deposed that one day the latter end of November last, Mr. Coulson, upholder, of High-street, Nutting-hill, asked witness if he was on duty in Addison road, North, as he wanted the police to pee Lela there innll.--oe awn guotis rt-moven - trom there, and that if he saw anything removed they were to stop them and let him know, as the gentleman had had some goods o' him (Mr. Coulson) to the amount of 314. or 321, and he had- heard a very queer account of him. Witness told Mr. Coulson he did not go so far as Addi son-road North, but he would report it to his sergeant, on which Mr. Coulson thanked witness, who reported what Mr. Coulson had told him to his sergeant when he . came round. Witness afterwards told Mr. - Coulson that he had reported it to his sergeant, when Mr. Coulson said he was very sorry that he had told witness as he was likely to lose a hundred pounds customer through the things having been stopped, and that if the gentle man came to witness, he (witness) was to say that Mr. Parker had been to witness. George Dunbar, T 91, deposed that he received in formation from the last witness about the goods likely to be removed from No. 31, Addison-road North. Knowing Mr. Coulson to be a house agent, he thought it was for rent the goods were to be stopped. Nothing was said by Amos to witness about rent. Witness told inspector Havell that he thought it was for rent. Witness also told Sergeant Hogan the same. Inspector Havell, Sergeant Hogan, and others corro borated the evidence of the preceding witnesses. Mr. Cmvx asked Inspectors Morgan and Havell, who were present, if private constables were expected to obey the orders of their superiors, without any inquiry or exercising any discretion themselves ? The inspectors replied that the private constables were expected to do so. That being the whole of the evidence in the case, Mr. CLIVE, after some consideration, declared it to be his opinion that there had been great negligence on the part of the police in taking and giving instructions on the subject of the removal of goods, without having previously satisfied themselves that the case was one in which they were by law entitled to interfere. That they were deceived by Mr. Coulson appeared very evi dent, but great blame must still be imputed to them for allowing themselves to be so easily deceived, especially when the slightest enquiry would have at once set the matter right, or at all events have thrown the responsi bility on Mr. Coulson, who was the proper party to bear it. He might also observe that the common precaution of obtaining a written instruction from Mr. Coulson was neglected. In the case before him, although the orders emanated from authority, yet the whole proceeded from the report of a private constable, itself caused by mere word of mouth information from an interested creditor, never sifted or inquired into at all. It therefore appeared to him that all the ceremony of transmitting orders from superior authority might be avoided, if, after all, one private constable acted at last upon the information of another. At the same time, the effect was to render the private constable less responsible and more indifferent than if he acted on his own authority in this case. It was clear that to fine the defendant Ravening would be to punish a man for obeying lawful authority, and therefore the effect of the system was that no person is punishable at all. He however felt that he should not be performing his duty to the public if he did not fine the defendant, but he would defer his final decision as to that point until a future day. On the case being again called on, Superintendent Williamson and Inspectors Morgan and Havell were again in attendance to watch the case on the part of the police commissioners, when Mr. CLIVE, addressing the defendant, said, that what he bad stated to be his opinion on the case, on the previous occasion, he had only to repeat aga i n . He had in the interim well considered all the points in the matter, and was of the same opinion still, that the defendant was placed in an unfortunate situation, but that he (Mr. Clive) must fine him in the full penalty of 101., or a month's impri sonment, and leave him and all other constables to get out of it the best way they can. In doing so he felt him self bound to look to the hand that does the illegal act, and to punish that individual. The defendant was then removed by the gaoler to the lock-up, but the money was shortly afterwards paid by a relative. Mr. Clive afterwards entered the following remarks upon the charge sheet, with a view to their being laid before the Police Commissioners : " It is with great regret that I have passed this sen tence. It is a case in which the present responsibility of the constable is found unfortunately conflicting with his duty, as a member of the police force, to his superiors. On the part of the public, however, I must look only to the individual guilty of the illegal act, and cannot allow him to escape from his responsibility by pleading the commands of his superiors. The inconvenience result ing from a constable occasionally refusing to obey an order on account of his belief that it is mistaken or illegal, is less than the evil to the public arising from the abso lute irresponsibility of an officer who may at any time shield himself behind the orders of his superiors." We understand that the Commissioners of Police have since suspended the constable from both duty and pay, without any limit being stated to the suspension. The Duke of Wellington does not receive any company this Christmas at Strathfieldsaye, owing to the indisposition of his friend the Right Honourable Charles Arbuthnot, who continues confined to his room, from a severe attack of gout. Lord and Lady. Charles Welles ley are staying with the Noble and Gallant Duke. THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. " Then came the merry maskers in, And carols roared with blithesome din; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note and strong." SIR WALTER SCOTT. The word "carol" is said• to be derived from the Latin cantare, to sing, and rola, an into* ction Of joy. By some writers, however, it is supposed to be of Ita lian, and by others of French. extraction; its meaning is, generally, a song of mirth and exultation, especially of religious joy. The " Christmas Carol," in particular, is a song in celebration of our blessed Lord's nativity. This kind of pious ballad is undoubtedly of very remote origin. Bishop Jeremy Taylor, in his "Great Exem plar," fancifully remarks that the first Christmas carol was the hymn of the angels to the shepherds in the plains of Bethlehem:—" Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will to men." Milton, also, in Para dise Los', thus mentions the same anthem:— " His place of birth a solemn angel tells To simple shepherds keeping watch by night; They gladly thither haste. and by a choir Of squadron'd angels hear His carol sung." This hymn was introduced at an early period into the services of the Church, being sung either at Morn ing Prayer, or in the Communion Office, or before the Lessons on Christmas Day. In process of time, other hymns of the same kind appear to hate been formed after its example ; and it is stated by the celebrato,d ritualist .Durandus, that anciently bishops were accus tomed . on the above festival, to " sing carols among their clergy" in the cathedrals. • In a Latin poem, written about the middle of the fifteenth century,- and soon after translated into Eng lish, the following allusion,to the practice of carolling in church at Christmas occurs : " A wooden child is on the altar set, About the which both boys and girls do dance and trimly jet ; And carols sing in-praise of Christ, and for to help them here, The organs-answer every verse with sweet and solemn cheer." The " Chriatmas Carol," hOwever, was not oontinod 0) tale Church offices-in medieval times. ," It has been the _custom, * says a modernwriter ; 4-‘ for tlyls.common people of England for many centuries= to-go about in bands, at an early hour on Christmas morn, serenading, their neighbours with what are called ' carols.' " Such also was the usage in other parts of Christendom. "During the season of Advent," remarks Mr. Digby, " the waits, while other men took their rest, wandered, singing hymns in the streets ; and on the blessed night every one kept watch like the shepherds, while minstrels chanted Christmas carols." In these ancient poems the inhabitants of each town and village used to be repre sented making the offering of whatever best object they possessed to the infant Saviour and the blessed Mother. These ditties even gladdened the festivals of royalty. Henry VII., in the third year of his reign, kept his Christmas at Greenwich ; on the twelfth night, after high mass, the king went to the hall, and kept his estate , at the table; in the middle sat the dean and those of the king's chapel, who, immediately after his Majesty's firs; course, " sang a carall." The earliest collection of Christmas carols supposed to have been published, is only known from the last leaf of a volume, printed by Wynkin de Worde in 1521. " These," says Brand, " were festal chansons fir enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity; and not such religious songs as are current at this day with the common people, under the same title, and which were substituted by those enemies of innocent and useful mirth, the Puritans." We differ from the above antiquary in reference to the puritanical origin of the "religious" Christmas carols "current at this day." Many of them appear to be even of earlier date than the Reformation; and, since the Precision's, as is well known, hated Christmas Day as Popish and aati-Christian, and abolished its observance wherever their influence extended, it is most improbable that they should have composed songs for its celebra tion. Be this as it may, the majority of the medieval Christmas carols were "religious." Some of these, in a more or less interpolated and modernised state, have been handed down to us, and though, perhaps, wanting in interest to a refined mind, are sometimes admirable for their simplicity and tenderness. Take for example the ensuing stanzas from that quaint old ditty, begin ning— " Joseph was an old man, an old man was he, And he married Mary, Queen of Galilee," which was sung by companies of little children at Christ mas, and which " brings fairly before us the paintings of the old masters, where Joseph is always represented as so old a man, and Mary sits in the oxen's stall with her crown on her head." " As Joseph was a walking, he heard an angel sing— Tbis night shall be born our heavenly king; He n-itber shall be born in houses nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise, but in an ox's stall; He neither shall, be clothed in purple nor in pall, But all in fine linen, as were babies ail; He neither shall be rock'd in silver nor in gold, But in a wooden cradle that rocks on the twand ; He neither shall be christened in white wine or in red, But with the spring water with which we were christened.'" ...11.4samtaira .11 LllitiG U 731 11 " - " 0 fair, 0 fair Jerusalem ! when shall I come to thee, When shall our griefs be at an end? Thy joys %%hen sha 1 we see? • . The fields were green as green might be, when, from ll's glorious s , at, The Lord our God lie watered us with His heavenly dt.w so sweet." These words could only have been written by ore fully conversant with the ritual of the Western Chun+. They are adapted from her Advent service. Very melodious to our ears is the rhythm of the carol te ginning with " I saw three ships come sailing on," gnd containing the verses which follow : , "And all the bells on earth shall ring, On Christmas-day, on Christmas-day; And all the bells on earth shall ring, On Christmas- day in the morning. And all the angels in heaven shall sing, On Christmas-day, on Christmas-day, And all the angels in heaven shall sing, On Christmas-day in the morning. And all the souls on earth shall sing, On Christmas-day, on Christmas-day; And all the souls on earth shall sing, On Christmas-day in the morning." 'Our space will not admit of our giving to our readers any more specimens of the simple - Christmas carols which animated the devotion of our pious ancestors. We will row offer a few remaila on those early " feste-chan sons" which were merely intended to be incitements to Christmas revelry. Perhaps the most interest ing of those extant is an Anglo-Norman carol of the thirteenth century. It is too long for insertion here, but it gives a very interesting picture of the gaiety and kindly feeling which the festival of the Nativity appears to have excited among all classes, and dwells with much satisfaction on the long list of Christmas dainties, and the profusion of rich wines. Another of these secular carols was discovered in a MS. of the times of Henry VI. The song itself, however, from the style and spelling, may be assigned to a century earlier. "It seems," says Miss Lawrence, " to be sung in the week before Christmas, when the household maidens all busied themselves with dressing up the halls and chana. bers with evergreens. The great hostility expressed to wards ivy may be accounted for by the circumstance of its being used at funerals." A few lines of this carol in modern orthography may not be uninteresting here:— " Nay, Ivy ! nay, it shall not be, I wis ; Let Holly have the mastery, as the manner is. Let Holly stand within the ball, fair to behold; Let Ivy stand without the door; she is full sore a-cold. Nay, Ivy ! &c. Holly and his merry men deftly dance and sing; Ivy and her maidens are always sorrowing. Nay, Ivy ! Holly hath berries, is red as any rose, Gay-looking to the hunter, as through the wood he goes; Ivy. too, hath berries, but black as any sloe; Thither come the owls, and eat them as they go. Nay, Ivy i" &c. The Reformation did not impair the popularity of the Christmas carol in England. A writer in 1631, in his description of a good and hospitable housekeeper, has left the following picture of Christmas festivities : "Sup pose," he says, "Christmas now approaching ; the ever green ivy trimming and adorning the portals and part c.tres of so frequented a building ; the usual carols to observe antiquity, cheerfully sounding ; and that which is the complement of his inferior comforts, his neigh bours, whom he tenders as members of his own family, join with him in this consort of mirth and melody." At the end of a " Miscellany of Epig rams, &c." published about the same period, is a " Christmas carol," which contains a recital of the pastimes in vogue at that season. This, and similar compositions of the seventeenth cen tury, make, however, no pretension to any religious cha racter ; but, in the mean time, others also, of a devo tional strain, were in general use. Wharton mentions a license, granted to one Tysdale in 1562, for printing cer tain goodly carols to be sung to the glory of God ;' ard again, " Christmas carols authorised by my Lord of London." Bishop Andrewes, in one of his sermons on the Nativity, preached on the twentieth-fifth of Decem ber, 1619, celebrates the day as " glorious in all place, as well at home with carols as in the church with anthems " From the time of the famous prelate just mentioned to our own, the practice of singing Christmas carols in this kingdom has been preserved; " varying probably in circumstances and degrees, but dispersed, more or lass, over the different parts of the country." In Heath's " Account of the Scilly Islands," he says that, it is usual there to sing carols on Christmas day at church. Dr. Goldsmith, in his " Vicar of Wakefield," writing about 1763, and " laying the scene of his narrative at a small cure in the north of England," relates that, among other customs which they retained, the inhabitants "keep up the Christmas carol." Brand, in 1795, remarks that little troops of boys and girls, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and other places in the north of England, " go from house to house, knocking at the doors, singing their Christmas carols, and wishing a happy new-year " A wrier in 1811, describing the manner in which the inhabitants of the North Riding of Yorkshire celebrate Christmas, ob serves, " About six o'clock on Christmas day I was awakened by a sweet singing under my window; sur prised at a visit so early and unexpected, I arose; and looking out of the window, I beheld six young women and four men, welcoming with sweet music the blessed morn." "Carols," writes Mr. Hone, in 1825, " begin to be spoken of u not belonging to thiscentury, and few perhaps are aware of the number of these now printed.' He adds that he possesses "upwards of ninety, all at this time published annually." Mr. - Howitt, in 1838, remarks, that the Christmas carols which were sung about from door to door, for a week at least, not twenty years ago, are rarely heard now in the midland counties. More northward, from the hills of Derbyshire, and the bor dering ones of Staffordshire, up through Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Durham, you may fre quently meet with them. The custom of Christmas carolling prevails in Ireland to the present time. In Scotland it is unknown. in Wales it is still preserved, to a greater extent, perhaps, than in England. After the turn of midnight on Christmas•eve, Divine service is celebrated, followed by the singing of cal oh to the harp; and they are similarly sung in the hot aes du ing the continuance of the Christmas holidays.—. Sharpe's London Magazine. HIGHLANJ) GAMES-CHRISTMAS- DAY. A numerous and well-appointed meeting of the hardy men of the north assembled, "shinty" on shoulder, to revive their recollections of " the land of mountain and of flood," and in generous rivalship to test their activity of bait) and strength of sinew, in the athletic games of their country. The gathering place was Blackheath; and nowhere in the vicinity of the metropolis could better ground be selected. The weather too was in the highest degree propitious ; a keen and cl ar atmosphere braced, .withotit chilling, the nerves, and to this cause may partly be attributed the abandon with which each [IIJ - dander gave himself to the sport, and the uniform good humour that prevailed among those assemhled. Mr. Gibson and Alt. Buchanan, having been appointed a committee of selection, they proceeded to divide the fi hi, and thirty players having been mustered on either side, the hall was thrown up between the " two hails," and the game of " shinty " commenced in right earnest. One side sported red and the other green, but in this instance the greens were the wider awake, and, after a tough contest,., in which clubs and shins were equally roughly treeted, the greens came of the victors. Two more games were played, which were divided, the reds having achieved one triumph in the course of the day.: The party then returned to town, ,yriel each " Took aff his s , ?veral e ay, Resolved to meet anithur day." DEATH OF THE SARDINIAN MINI;) I ER. It is with feelings of deep r• gret that we record the decease of the Count tie Poilhn, Minister from his Majesty the King of Sardmta to the Court of St. James. The melancholy event, which took place on the . 21st instant, at the town residence of the deceased, in Lower - Grosvenor-street, did not transpire publicly until Thuriday evening. His Eic,•ilency was first attacked :• with the complaint, the fatal termination of which we now-record, about a month since, he being at the titre on a marine excursion with Sir W. Middleton, of Shubbard Park, Suffolk. On an examination by some local surgeons, it was found that a severe pain in the side, by which he had been somewhat suddenly seized, arose from the formation of an abscess. He was subse quently attended by Drs. Ferguson and Bright; and after remaining for about three weeks at the seat of Sir W. Middleton, he returned to town in a weak, though apparently not in a dangerous state. On Friday, the 18th, however, a most decided change for the worst took place, and he rapidly sunk, expiring on the following Monday. at the age of 49. Tire Count was a member of an old Sardinian family of great respectability, and was the hereditary holder of an ancient title. At a very early age he entered the service of his country, and we are informed served with considerable distinction in the war against Napoleon. He subsequently directed his attention to diplomatic affairs, and when hut of very tender age came to this eountry as secretary to the Due d'Agile. He was sub sequently advanced to the office of Charg 6 d'Affaires. He afterwards proceeded as Sardinian Minister to the Hague, from which he returned about ten years since to this Court as chief Minister, and in such capacity he has terminated his earthly career. He was a member of the Roman Catholic religion, and WAS attended in his last moments by the Rev. Mr. O'Connor, of the Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln's Inn-fields. He never was married, and the Marquis Pallavieino, one of the legation, was the only one of his friends present when he died. His mortal remains will be interred thig day next in Kensal-green Cemetery, and the ceremony will be a private one. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. _ EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, New, 59s.—Direct Northern, 465. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 29 Ditto, New, 15—East of Fife, 545. —East Lothian Central, 45s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 20 Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 6% ex new—Ditto, New, 745. Edinburgh and Perth, 355. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4%—Great North of Scotland, 55s.—North Bri tish, Thirds, 78s.—Ditto, Quarters, 72s.—Ditt o , N ew Quar ters (scrip) 31s. —Stirling and Dunfermline, 70s.—Stirling and Midland, 50s —Strathern Junction, 82s. 6d.—East Indian Railway, lls. 9d. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 24 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 251.—Cale (Ionian, New, 495. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 425. 6d.—Direct Bombay and Madras, ss. 3d.—Direct Northern, 47s.—Dundee and Perth, 29—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 725. 6d. —East of Fife, 595. 6d.—East Indian Rail way, 12s. 6d.—East. Lothian Central, 475. 6d.—Edinburgh and Nor; barn, 15!2—Ditto, New, 745. Edinburgh and Perth, Ed.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 383, Di t to, Halves, 9%—Glasgow, Dumfries. and Carlisle, 61 9s.—Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, W. 7s. —G lasgow ' Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, Si. 7s.—Glasgow, and MonklandJur,c __ tioc, 6.ls.—Great North - of Scothincl, 50s.—Great Indian 51s,—Manchester and Southampton. 32s.—Midland, lialves. 614—Newcastle and Berwick, 35th—Scottish Midland Junc tion, 14 3 /—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 575. W.—Stir ling and Dunfermline, 66s.—York and Newcastle, Pre ference, 7%. FRIDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. Jones, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, apothecary, Jan. 15, at half-past one—R. A. F. Kingscote, Sandgate, Kent, mer chant, Jan. 18, at half-past one—E. Leman, Church-row, Old Swan Pier, Upper Thames-street, Jan, 18, at half-past eleven. In the Country. S. Shute, Crediton, Devonshire, woollen-manufacturer, Jan 21, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. Tweddle, Liverpool, soap manufacturer, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— W. Barker, Tottington Higher-end, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Taylor, Springhead, Yorkshire, wool and oil-merchant, Jan. - 22, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Potter, Man chester, and W. Maude, Darwen, calico-printers, Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—R. Compt , n, M. Price, and T. Crompton, Shriglev, Cf shire, brickm: kers, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Mancti ster—''. H. How, North Shields, ship and insurance-brokt,, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court, New cast le-upon-Tyne—W. "to, son and J. Mellis, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video, mer chants, Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Rawlinson, Spalding, Lincolnshire, tailor, Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Nottingham. CERTIFIbAI ES. At the Court, Basinghait-street. C. Starks, jun., Southampton, builder, Jan. 15, at one--. W. Aldred, George-street, New Kent-road, builder, Jan. 18, at half-past twelve—R. Walton, Church-road. Battersea, li censed victualler, Jan. 19, at half-past tweh e—T. Thomp son, Brighton, grocer, Jan. 19, at twelve—G. Jaques, Tot hill-street, Westminster, plumber, Jan. 22, at one. , In the Country. J. Garsed, sen., and J. Garsed, jun., Leeds, Yorkshire, cloth- manufacturers, Jan. 19, at eleven. at the Court, Leeds —J. Nortcliffe, 'Thornhill Briggs, Halifax, Yorkshire, dyer, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Birley, Eccles, Lancashire, card manufacturer, Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—G. B. Franklin, Shrewsbury, printer, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court, Birmil zham—J. Knight, Birmingham, timber-merchant, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the I Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, Jan. 15. J. Bradshaw, Marylebone-street, Piccadilly, woollen draper—J. Beaton, Upper-street, Islington, tailor—S. Joyce, London-wall, stove and range-manufacturer—J. Gibson, Manchester, veterinary : surgeon—H. Hutchinson, Liverpool, merchant—J. Wheelwright, Stoke Saint Melborough, Shrop shire, farmer and timber-dealer—J. Southern, Kiddermin ster, victualler—A. T. Edwards, Idol-lane, Tower-street, bricklayer. PUBLICATIONS T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLVII., will be published on SATuaDAT next. CONTENTS: I. THE MARQUIS i f MONTROSE. 11. TALES by a BARRISTER. 111. PRESENT STATE of SCIENCE—FARADAY'S DIS COVERIES, IV. THE RAGGED SCHOOLS. V. THE STUARTS in ITALY. VI. GIL VICENTE—PORTUGUESE DRAMA. VII. IRELAND. VIII. DIVISION of PROPERTY in FRANCE. John Murray, Albemarle-street. In Weekly Numbers, price id.. 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NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confidently recommended as a simple but certain remedy to all who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Billet's and Live Complaints ; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impar ing strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system, Sold in bottles at Is. I N i d., 2s. 9d., and I is. each, in *very tow n i n the kingdom. CAUTION.—Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS,' and do not e persuaded to purchase an imitation. RAILWAY RETURNS. TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Ram ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:-- .6 Last gil 4 week. Q. 9 Week ending A 175 479 464 603 603 553 568 Dec. Di 17 22 20 189 214 - 456 3,039 ^,201 9,005 7.036 613 - 426 - 1,905 1,784 784 680 - 112 1,124 - 17,366 17,355 - 979 36,582 34,741 644 644 6,003 5,019 5,703 5,516 -- 844 7,6 88 7,386 17,929 16,231 1,278 1,717 410 1,263 1,038 1,095 - - 5,788 - 4,616 495 421 1,648 948 6,361 5,451 593 - 1,251 1,162 679 583 5,142 4,757 `'SIXTH ARTICLE OF THE UNION. (From the Leinster Express.) .A 1 a recent sessions in the county of Monaghan, Mr. Hercules Ellis applied to register a claimant for the elietive franchise, upon a 40's. freehold interest. The .10Liqualification being the lowest recognised in this country, under the Irish Reform Act, such an applica tion is quite novel ; but Mr. Ellis founded the right of his client upon the Sixth Article of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland, which pro vides that " the subjects of Great Britain and Ireland should be entitled to the same privileges, and be on the same footing, with respect to all rights and advantages at home and abroad." Whether the " privileges" conferred by the above enactment provide equal political rights for the people of the United Kingdom, we must leave to others more learned in the law ; we are. however, dis posed to think that the.passage more, directly refers to the trade and commerce of the two countries, and upon this point, our readers will recollect that we have upon several occasions cited this very article of the Union, in support of the claims of the Irish distillers, and similar questions, wherein the traffic of this country has been seriously obstructed. To Mr. Ellis must be awarded the credit of having brought this important subject under consideration, and we are informed that it is the inten tion of the learned gentleman, to submitthe ease to the discussion of the HouSe of Lords during the ensuing session of Parliament. , . • . It is strange if such a provision had been made at the union, 47 years ago, that so little has been said of the matter ; and we are inclined to think that the terms of the sixth article are two vague and general to be made applicable to Mr. Ellis's construction.of its tendency: It will be recollected, that a short time previous to the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act, the 4145. qualifies. tion waipossessed by the Irish electors, and that a -spe cifie Act of Parliament—in the necessity of which, by the way, no person more fully concurred than Mr. O'COnnell—disfranchised this class of our constituency.:. even subsequent to that period; in '32, the Legislature ; passed a special Act upon the subject, and defined—al ' thOugh very clumsily—the franchise under the Reform Act. If there be any weight in Mr. Ellis's arguments, it occurs to us that the Imperial Parliamenthad nopower to make a distinction between any portion of the subjects of the " United Kingdem of Great Britain and Ireland," and if he can support this view of the question, all the Acts which have been specially directed to Ireland, bear ing a singular tendency, must be rendered a dead letter : the laws relating to the Irish Church, in the reduction of 'her bishops, and 25 per cent. of her income, must come 'under the same clause,.as well as the Corporation Act, 'the Arms Act, the Marriage Act, and various others: in short we might add, that the word ("Ireland ") invari ably inserted at the headingof every Bill, brought before the Legislature, bearing reference to this country, should be expunged, and thus every clause, from the preamble to the conclusion, must be " left out." Of course our observations merely apply to the ten dency of Mr. Ellis's arguments: with reference to their law or justice, we do not at present offer any opinion, further than a plain common sense view of the bearings of the case; and so far as our judgment and experience warrant us in the conviction, that as both countries are circumstanced, there must be a distinction made in Acts of Parliament iu reference to their relative necessities. We sincerely wish it were otherwise, and that " the Union" could be established upon that basis which would bind us equally in our several relations with the State. In fact, therb should not be any distinction; and we be lieve the day is not far distant when the same "privileges" must be conferred upon all the people of the United Kingdom. We are not disciples of that system of Rip Van Winkleism which would retain " things as they are." We cannot close our eyes to passing events, and the in fluences of the altered circumstances of the times, upon society: we, desire to qualify the people of this country for every privilege which our liberal and enlightened constitution confers, by inspiring a more exalted and independent spirit amongst them, and by inciting them to devote more attention to those industrial pursuits and "arts of peace," which must best entitle them to the exercise of those political privileges, which all who con tribute to the welfare of the State have an equal right to enjoy. Of late years—particularly since the temperance movement—it cannot be denied that the moral condition of the Irish people—making allowance for those agrarian offences incidental, to the wretched condition of.the pea santry, and the over-competition for land—may be com pared with advantage to the state of any country; and it is this feeling, more than any other, which would' inspire us with confidence. Their social condition can Only be ameliorated by suitable exertions on the part of those whose best interests are identified with the im provement of the country, aided by that mutual confi dence between the different classes, without which the best efforts must prove fruitless. Sir Robert Peel, in resigning his place as first Minis ter of the Crown, declared his conviction that this country could no longer be successfully governed by party influence, and he avowed his desire to legislate for Ireland upon precisely the same principle as regards the " privileges" of the people as for England and Scot land. Mr. Eltis's proposition is peculiarly calculded to have those rights defined, and as the subject is likely to suing session, we give the arguments advanced by the Learned Gentleman, as reported in the Northern Standard : Counsellor Ellis—To enforce my client's right to the elective franchise, it will be necessary to establish the four following propositions:—First, that the treaty of the Union forms the written constitution, and supreme laws of the c3untry; revoking all opposing statutes; second, that by the sixth article of Union, her Majesty's subjects of Great Britain and eland are entitled to the same privilege; third, that my client is the owrer in fee. and occupier of land in this county, of the yearly value of forty shillings; fourth, that a similar owner and occupier in England is entitled to the elective franchise. The last two of these propositions I have proved by evi dence—the first two I shall endeavour to demonstrate by argument. If I shall succeed in doing so it necessarily follows, that my client is entitled to the elective franchise. For, if a supreme law gives to the inhabitants of this country, as their right, all privileges enjoyed by the inhabitants of England, then is my client, by virtue of his qualification as a forty•shilling freeholder in fee, en titled to the elective franchise in this country. My client's right altogether depends upon the construction of the Act of Union. I shall, therefore, ba obliged to observe upon the origin, nature and constitution of that Act. For sonic time prior to the year 1800, no power on earth (to use the words of the declaration of Irish rights) had authority to bind the people of this country, except the King, Lords, and Commons of Ireland. In that year a treaty wss entered into and concluded, for the purpos' of uniting the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland into one kingdom. This treaty is commonly called the Act of Union. This instrument is not, however, a mere Act of Parliament, but a treaty—it is so expressly termed in the second paragraph of the fourth article, which runs thus:—" That such Act as shall be passed to regulate the mode by which the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and he Commons to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom shall be summoned and returned, shall be con sidered as forming part of the treaty of Union," No other Act of Parliament is styled a treaty. What is the meaning of the word treaty? It does not signify a law enacted by a governing body, to bind its subjects, but it, means a compact entered into between co-ordinate and sovereign powers, The co- ordinate and sovereign powers who were parties to the treaty of Union were the separate and independent Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, represented respectively by the King, Lords, and Commons of each kingdom. The treaty of Union commences with the following recital:— " Whereas. in pursuance of his Majesty's most gracious recommendation to the two Houses of Parliament in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, to consider of such measures as might best tend to strengthen and con solidate the connexion between the two kingdoms, the two Houses of Parliament of Great Britain, and the two of Parliament of Ireland, have severally agreed and revived,. that in order to promote and secur e the essential interests of Great Britain and Ireland, and d to consolida te the stren g th, p ower, and resour c e s of he British empire , it will be advisable t o concur in such t measuresas may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Britain lreland a n i n d t o c o n i d i t k o n i n s g a d : ro m a , y i n b e s u e c s h . tablished y ance of the said resolution , both Houses of the said two manner °reat a Parliaments respec twe y, have likewise agreed upon cer tain Great Britain and Acts of the respective Parliaments of Ireland. And whereas, in further ance on a s n u d ch following." Immediately after purposes in the teno r articles for e this recital, the treaty se ts out the articles of union, tides were first settled by to England as the terms eight in number. These ar the Irish P ar li a ment, and sent Ireland would consent to be united to E ng l an d. and condi t i ons u p o n which e ffectuating and establishing the said England accepted these conditions with so me s l ig h t a l tera tions. Ireland agreed to these alteratio ns , an d con fi rme d the articles so altered. The articles of U n i on t h us b ecam e matters o f stipulation and bargain between th e t wo independent kingdoms of Great Britain an d I re l an d. Great Britain sol emnl y ce of these terms pledged h erse lf to an exact o bservance and conditions, and Ireland confiding in this solemn pledge, attimefully consented competenttothe toreject. union i c h she was at th These articles contain a great number of covenants of a temporary nature, which in certain events, or after a certain space of time, the United Parliament was, by special provi sions, empowered to repeal. The covenants for the alteration or repeal of which no provision is made in the treaty of Union, are shortly these:—The first ar ticle declares that the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland shall be for ever united into one kingdom. The second article settles the succession to the crown of the United Kingdom. The third article declares that the United Kingdom should be represented in one and the same Parliament. The fourth article (together with the Representation Act, which, as I have already mentioned, formed a part of the treaty of Union), settled the number of Lords and Commons who should sit in the United Parliament, and the manner of their election. The fifth article united the Established Churches of England and Ireland, and declared that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the united church should remain as they were at that time established for the Church of England; and also that the Church of Scotland should be preserved as at that time established. The sixth article declared that the sub jects of Great Britain and Ireland should be en titled to the same privileges, and be on the same NAME OF RAILWAY. broath and Forfar ••••••••• •• •• •• Oh ester and Birkenhead .•• • • • •• .. Dublin and Droghe da ..... . ......... Dublin and Kingstown •••••••••••••• Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • Durham and Sunderland . .• Edinburgh and Glasgow .•• • •• •• .• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East L anc asihre .• . ......... • • • ..... E as tern Union .• •• • • • • ....... ...... . Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Gl as gow and Greenock........ .• .• Gravesend and Rochester• • .• ..... Great Southern and Western • • • • • • •• G rea t Western, &c • • • • •• • • • • • • •• •• •• H ar tl e pool .. • • • • London and North Wer,ern, &c ..... London and Blackwall.... • • London and Brighton . ••• • • • • ••• • • • L o ndon and Croydon . • • • • • • • • " " • • London and South Western ..... Manehester, Bolton, and Bury •• • Manchester, Leeds. and Hull Assoc•• Maryport and Carlisle •• • • •••• • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham• • • • Newcastle and Carlisle• • • • • • • • • • • • " Newcastle and North Shields.. ...• •• Newcastle and Berwick •• • • • ....... North British .. Paris, Corbel], and Orleans .• • Paris and Rouen • • ................ Preston and Wyre• • • • s'heffield and Manchester • South Eastern and Brami.es ........ South Devon•••• • • .. . • • ............ York and Newcastle . ....... .. York and North i 7 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Barugh and W. B. Smiler, Ratcliffe-highway, store shippers—E. H. Jones and W. J. Fryer, Cornhill, jewellers —F. Boardman, W. T. Naylor, J. T. Naylor, J. E. Naylor, W. Armstrong, S. P. Oxley, and J. 0. Owen, Valparaiso Tacna, and Lima, merchants—A. Wentzell and C. Cownden, Lambeth, licensed victuallers—W. Hughes and J. Frimston, Manchester, hardware-dealers and cotton-dealers—R. Freer and W. Field, Rugeley, Staffordshire, surgeons—S. Rither don and J. J. Carr, Bitliter-street, naval architects—J. Mur ray and H. Sharpe, Paternoster• row, woollendrapers—C. H. Beaumont and IL Fearman, Charles-street, Hutton-garden, plumbers—S. Crowder and G. Crowder, Sun-street, cane and whalebone manufacturers—J. B. Sparke, A. Sparke, and T. Cooper, Norwich and East Dereham, Norfolk, ironfounders (as far as regards the said T. Cooper)—A. L. Edgar and H. Amey, Liverpool, brokers—J. Morris, J. Hall, and W. E. Milner, Bedford, Lancashire. coal proprietors—Katherine Hud-on and Sarah Crouch, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, school mistresses—G. Gaston and W. Wright, Sheffield, stock brokers—T Wolfe and J. Purkiss, Russell-mews, Keppel street, Russell-square, liverymen—R. W. Lloyd and C. Wallis. Liverpool, law-stationers—Maria Greenough and J. J. Holland, Manchester, stnallware manufacturers—R. Ferris, W. Score, and N. Chappell, Bristol, vinegar makers— W. Sutcliffe and W. Pass, Greenacres-moor, Lancashire cotton-waste dealers—T. Tarsey and T. Mitigate, London— J. Patison and W. A. Turner, Star-court, Bread-street, Cheap side, warehousemen—L. Allen and I. Isaacs, Hounsditch, cigar manufacturers—J. Hillman and J. M. Beckett, Aston, Warwickshire, tin-plate manufacturers. SECOND COURT- MARTIAL, AT CHATHAM, DEC. 2.l.—lrothedia.tely after the Court had assembled this morning, Lieutenant Grant commenced reading his de fence. He did not mean, he said, in his general plea of not guilty, to deny the facts ; but he submitted that he had not acted contrary to military discipline, and quoted the case of Lieutenant-Colonel Hogg, of the 55th regi ment of Foot, in 1819, at Plymouth, as a case in point. He dwelt much upon the testimony of Lieutenant Chads, to show that at the time Captain Bull was the actua officer in command. He assured the Court he had been influenced in what he had done by feelings of a desire to do good ; and he trusted the Court would not fix him him with wilful disobedience of lawful orders. He then called upon the Deputy Judge Advocate, the Hon. Capt. 1 Gordon, to produce the correspondence with the Acting Town-Major e Jackson w a so :att s echreCalaleped by the Court ;after which , tospeak to what;Assistant-Sur geon transpired on the poop of the Mary Anne on the morn ing of the 10th of July, relati ve to t h e pr i soner ' s hesitat ing to obey Major Shadforth% orders. This witness's testimony finished the proceeding, and the Court broke C up. The sentence, of course, cannot be known until cone firmed by her Majesty. \ Petitions are being numerously signed in Lincoln, to Lord Palmerston, praying that the Government will attempt to negociate with France foraustoe to the Queen. of Otaheite ar.4 Ira su bj wi t c —Ltncoin Mercury, IF , INS All/ al* eel. 0 nme l• r cro•P Uon 10 kroog) ork orP so* ga'