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THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MRS. MABERLY ' S " LEONTINE. " AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. " A story of the deepest interest, wrought out with an ability and am which we have rarely seen surpassed.—Observer. liy far the most delightful romance of its class that we have for a long time encountered."—Naval and Military Gazette. " This is the very book whereby to while away a Midsummer morning —smart, refreshing, and interesting. The incidents and dialogue are precisely of that dramatic and sparking description which the subject requires, and some of the touches of character are marvelously powerful and truthtul. Mrs. M aberl y 's pages excite and gratify curiosity to the end." —Morning Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great. Maribstreet. T" WEEKLY CHRONICLE of Satur d ay and Sunday, the 18th and 19th inst. Contents :- 1. Mr. DUNCOMBE and the GOVERNMENT. The" WEEKLY CHRONICLE" and the " TIMES." 2. The GOVERINMEST ELECTIONS; signal discomflture of the Great Original British Lion from Exeter Hall. 3. GRAND NATIONAL REGENERATING DIRECTORY. 4. Farewell Letter of COTTON TWIST. b. Mr. O'CONNELL and YOUNG IRELAND. 6. The MONMOUTHSHIRE FOLLY. 7. FLOGGING in the ARMY. S. 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 LA-MOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their blends and the Public for theit continued support and patroxage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., Lace place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the nail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, {avows, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Ali Scrip and Share Certificates' must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered tutd advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, ant the proceeds imme diately disposed et' according to instructions. Codices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled I LOMBARDI: ALLA. PRiMA CROt2IATA. Maeda, Madame Grist; Arvind, Signor Corelli; Pagano, Signor rornasari; Vicllnda, Madile. Coroari. Between the Acts a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will be Introduced the celebrated Pas du 3lasque, by Mdlle. Lucile Grain, llllPPorted by Millles. Demebsse, Cassan, and James. Also, the Pas de Quatre, trona LE LAC DES FEES, by Mdlle. Cerito and 31. St. Leon, assisted by Mdiles. Demelisse and Cassan. titer which the a lmired Ballet, entitled LA GITANA. Ls Of tana, 31dIla. Taglioni; Ivan, M. St. Leon ; Duke de Medina, M. Gosaelin; Smnurost, M. Delaval. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. PERROT most respectfully informs the Nobility. Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place en THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, When will be performed (for the last time this season) Belliini's celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITANI. It 'vire, 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.l'ugni, and the Scenery by Mr. Marshall, entitled, LF.S TRIBULATIONS D'UN MAITRE, DE BALLET. The principal parts by Madlle. Taglioni, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, MM. I'errot and St. Leon, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Madame Petit Stehan, and Mdile. Cerito. &c. In the course of the Ballet (tor the first time), an Original Grand Pas, by M. Perrot. entitled LE PAS DES DEESFS. By Mdlle. Taglioni, MclUe. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle.Ceritc, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. Applicattons for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Ot,era Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera is com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. TIIILATICE ROYAL. DRUICY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be presented LE POSTILLON DE LONJUMEAU. Principal characters by 3lonsrs. Boulo, Barielle, De'annoy, Cannis ; Madrues. Charton and Denise. To conclude with the Grand Opera LE ROSSIGNOL. THEATRE ROYA.L, 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 wilt perform the Overtures, " I 1 Barbiere di Siviglia," and " L'Arn bassadrice," " Shaksperian Airs," "La Fille du Re giment Quadrille," and " Oid English Airs." After which, a New and lriginal Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITiCS. Principal characters by Meats. Webster, Tilbury, Buck atone; Mrs. Glover. and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To conclude with the original Farce of THE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hodson ; Jacob Wylie, Mr. Gough ; Miss Char'. tett. Miss Lee ; Sally, Mrs. Caulfield. THEATRE ROYAL, LICEUYI. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed a New Comic 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 LiTT LE 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 new original Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Moloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE- Will THIS EVENING be an ginal Mlod ama, calle TIIE DEVIL OF MARSElperformed LLES ; or, Ori he Spirit of Avarice. In which 3lessrs. Paul Redford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, .nitchinson ; Madan .a Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform. After which will be produced a New Comic Drama, caled THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Wily, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the highly popular Burletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul ,:edford, Wright, Selby, &c., will sustain the principal characters. PRLN , F.sg's THEATRE. OXFORD-sTrtEET. ON MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20, Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In whic i Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. After which (for the first time), a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 'um WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. C. Mathews ; Princess Isalvale, Madame Vestris. To conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Princ;pal characters by Meisrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, Huriner, Comptoli, Oxberry, 3liss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. Homer. AsILLY'i; ROYAL AMPIIITULATRL. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Vatler the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Plince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priscear Royal. Crowded nightly by rank and fashion. Seventh Week of the splendid F,pectacie of our Asiatic Conquests. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' IW ASION ; or, Englami's Victories of 1d46. 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. Dolt-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. IfrAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY Tit EATRX. Success beyond all former precedent of the Operatic Company, and Second Week of Mr. Osbaldiston, Miss Vincent, and a double Dramatic Company. 'Oil THE BENEFIT OF MR. D. W. KING. THIS EVEN LNG Will be performed the Opera of FRA. DIAVOLO. Fra Diavo o, Mr. D. W. King; Lord Al)cash, Mr. ilorncastle • Giacomo, Mr. Weiss ; Lorenzo, M r . C. Whit e ; Z er li n a, M a d ame Ilbertazzi ; 'y AUcasu 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. EVBRY 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, a.l accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction Ot Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented rIOTIITC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CON.'EItTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete k, all its departments, and includes Many eminent native and foreP,;it musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will he exhi bited CALYPSO'S F JttY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi 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 Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli 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 liim, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glees Conservatory is spletidikily ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. _ Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at mix -; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. On WEDNESDAY tizitT, 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-Mommv, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL and FETE D'ETE; combining all the novelties of the season. Admission, One Shilling. T " WEATHruft. —Sum OFFICE, JULY 18. THERMOMETER, -Lowest, 51; Highest. 73; Noon, 69. BA.ROMXTER, 29.39.—W1ND S.W., showery. UlJti WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGETIIIt3 DAY. MOratUg •• 23 minutes after 7. Evening .. 53 minutes after 7. SECOND EDITION. should greatly have preferred that the pensions, granted by the nation in return for valuable public services rendered by the distinguished noblemen to question, should have been made without teterence 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 tak_n in the course of the present debate between the p e cuniary 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 lattercase 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 HARDINGE, 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 6,0001. 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. BUNBURY, 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. I. 7_., -. ' • g-rra- ' ,- t 4 tc r I I Iht ,4, 1 0 ACS . ' l .! • ? I '' , "4--(0 . :',..±7 -,:,!. - ~,,, • ,c,„4.,,f,,,, e ,.,. t . • .. , ~,....;0_,•• ;:44 . 1 ' 4 .*Wgiiv, .'. '1"-mo , ',:-: • ,,- ; . i - F,T . lawis; - i - 4 • -' 7 ,'''';y4tectgatkk-, ' , n - beititing ault LONDON, SATURDAY,-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 Lord.) 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 thegreates t jealousy cfany attempt to interfere pith their constitutional privilege—a privilege, too, on which a great part of their power is based. We confess that we regretted the course pursued by the W. Government iu reference to thus oungitio. We Mr. O'CONNELL has at length replied to the letter of Lord MILLTOWN, to which we callei 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'CoNNELL, 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'CoNNELL) 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, hich 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 R. PEEL in his speech on his retiring from office being carried into executior, 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'CotiNELL 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 MlLL•rowx himself, Lord CLONCURRY, and his second son, there are no others in whom the people have confidence. Surely in this he inflicts' a deep injustice ol the many liberal and patriotic noblemen and gentlemen who have laboured, are lab,)uring, 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'Corr- 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 the 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 measure. 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 tie Served some credit for what they hate already effected, and for what they profess themselves ready to do ? Mr. O'Corctitil himself admits that they mast mine the atempt. 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 BENTINCJ 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 inotion—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"—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 far as possible, on the prin ciple of open exam i nation 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 MANNERS, 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. H. INGLIS 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 BORTIIWICK 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 FUME, 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 SAXE COBURG 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 I , hall pay the same as other property. The second orders that three•fifths of the revtinue of his private estate shall be set apart to pay the public debt ; and that, when the debt shall be liquidated o 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 funeral oration had been confided to Monsignor Luca, Bishop of Averse, a man of great talent. The Nuncio had sent him word that the dipl oma ti c corps . that his t b c te o hd u e l d bli g .s i ih v no e dpi s o ipo ff n e ts n el c iid e o , end, but being confined at was to be present, and had recommended him to avoid the e say. Nuncio T h had The ora orator, everythinga the c,e i t i a le n t d o after his exordium, which embraced the whole universe, ' exposed the plan of his address. He commenced with France, and spoke of the commotions to which she had been exposed ; deplored the scandal caused by the Eglise Fran caise of the Abbe Chatel, and the errors of the Abbe Lamen ' nais; and spoke of the suppo!t which, after so many trials, the Pope had found in the religious sentime n t s o f t h e coun try, and in the virtues and piety of the King. H e t h en pro. ceeded, to speak of Prussia, and alluded to the persecution of the Bishop of Cologne; and, in the presence of the Minister of Prussia, he declared that the late King had been punished by God; he concluded, however, by a eulogiuni on the present King. Russia came next. He commenced by call the Emperor the modern Tamerlane; stigmatised with o energy hen aiTutdliine alluding to t persecution he in t t e d rB t i li e e w Catholics between aiid the Poles;hern the Northern despot and the late Pepe, called Gregory XVI. , anot he r St. and then Leo, arresting in his nefarious designs the new Attila ; and allthis 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 (4 the address. How ever, it is certain that this grave attack, from a man so high iu the Church, has caused a great sensation." We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Moniteur Parisien says that the pit at Fam- Poux into which the carriages fell on the o ccurrence 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 "'atria of Wednesday evening has the fol. lowing A report was current to-day at the Bourse that a second very sericUS accident bad happened on the Northern road. Accordi,ng to our tisithi prildttice Rh have again ap plied at thh '(jrfice ht" the company, and the secretary has 'dec:ared to us that no news of this kind had reached it. We sincerely hope that this contradiction inay not have the tate 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 b 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 advent ige 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 tine at first, and held out favourable hopes, but at present there is reason to fear that the quantity will not be great, but should this be the case it will be in some measure compensated for by the goodness of the quality. The field vegetables, such as beans, lentils, &c., have been so much injured by the late dry weather that a very light crop is expected. 'The vine has been highly favoured by the weather of the last month, and the late rains have tended 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 tray expect the vintage to commence in the early part of September." COURS AUTILENTIQUE.—PArag, JULY 16.—Five per Cents., 25c. 1840, 2100cil ; l 2 Bank ; p 1211. 50c.; Four per Cents., 107 f. •* Three per Cents., 83f. dittolB42, 104 ; Belgian Four-and-a-Half Actions, 3,600 f. ; Belgian Five per Cents., Cents., 10114 ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55%; Romans, 100%; Spanish Three per Cents., 31 3 4 ; Spanish Passives, 5. Exchange on London, one month, money, 251. 65c.; three months, money BUSINESS DONE r• LONDON Central of Spain, % - 4 —Luxembourg, 1.7 —Orleans and 80-Paris -Paris and Ro. Madrid The Her, RAILWAYS AT THE GE, Juur 17. , 7—Great Western Canada, came Constituted, 12 7 / 5 ex d. and Lyons Constituted, 5% i Bale, 4. have arrived. awing 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 appvinted 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 preseni exists between them. An officer, with an escort of horsemen, and accompanied by an inter preter, has also paid a visit, and expresser., 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 rates. Shares 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 £29,266,360 Decrease Bullion Decrease 85,185 Public Deposits, Decrease Other Deposits, Increase ... 1.258,826 Other Securities, Decrease.. 2,100,593 Seven Day and other Bills, Increase •••••.• Notes in Banking Department, Decrea5e.......... 877,460 - The Funds have been very dull this morning, and appear .. a little flat. Con,ob, 95% 3,/ ¢ for present tranfer, and 95% for account; Exchequer-bills 10s. to Ils. 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%, 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 b ,s been at 27 to 274. . Tne Share Market is still rather fluctuating, but appears not to be very well supported. BitITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) _ . Bank Stock .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 209 1860 . u per Cent. Anus. 97% Annuities, . 5, . .. % Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96% 9 5% N T ln h ea r wi e a e Ts p Dh e tori r tecto C ek.. Q ..arter Jan. e ,a n ain t .d ... y C aear o . nsols Annuities .. 95% •%, Long Amities, Expire Jan. 5 , 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001. • • • • " • • • • • Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols lor Aug. 27 • • • • • • • • • • 95% ExeLequer Bills. 1 d. li% (I. 1,000/. •• • 10 i 1 pm. 500/. .. • • •• • • 14 -- pm. Ditto, Small • • •• • • 14 10 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ckillan Bonds, 6 per Cent. 98 Equador Bonds • • • • • • • • . 3U, Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • • • 21 Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 4 Mexican Bowls, 1837.5 per Cent • • 27 Ditto, for the Account .. • • 27 14 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 38 Portuguese Four per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. 44 45 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, for the Account • • • • 24% Ditto, Three per Cent • . • • • • 36% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent • • .. 43 Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 13 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59%%i Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94%34 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE, Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% % .. to Birmingham and Gloucester • . • .100 —130% •• .. to 129 Birmingham and Oxford Junction •• 2 ...• 4%}& • • to -- .. - LI ucki tigliainshire • • .. • • .. • • 425. .... dis. to Caledonian .. .. 20 ~.. 13g .... to Derby and Crewe • . .• 2%.... 6% •• .. to— Direct Northern .. .. 2.... to 1 Eastent Counties • • • • • • 14/. 16s. Od.•••• 24% %.. to Ditto, York Extension • . .• • • 10s. •• .. 2% •to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 73 .• .. to Ely and Huntingdon . • • .. .. 734 .. • . 334 .... to 4 Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) to Great Western •• - 55 .... to Ditte Half Shares .• •• • 50 .. • • 8534 ••.. to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. •• 10 2235 •••• to Lancaster and Carlisle to Ditto, New .. . • .. • • 5 .... 10 .... Leeds and Bra:Word .. • • .. •• 26 6535 .... to Leicester and Birmingham • • • • 225. • 1 dis..• to Leicester and Bedford • 225. .... dis. to Liverpool. Manch, and Newc. Junct. 2% .... 1% .. to London and BirmLugham .. • • ..100 • • ..228% •••• to Ditto. Fifths .. • • .. .. • • 2 .... 2655 .... to London and Brighton • • • • •• .• 50 •• •• 65 4 %to Ditto ditto Fifths • • •• - • • 30 •• • . 42 • • to London and Croydon •• .. 131. 15s. 9d. .• 23% .. ••to London and York .. • • .. • • 235 •• .. 1 ••.. to % London and Windsor .. •• •• 1% •• .. %••.. to -- Manchester and Leeds • . Ditto, Quarters .. • • • • •• 2 •• • • 9 •• • • to Ditto, Fifths • • •• •• •• .. 3 •• .. 11!4 ••.. to Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 425. •• .. 2% pto Manchester and Birmingham .. •• 40 •••• •• to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 • • 103 2 ••• to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • 425. .. •• p• • to p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 142... to Midland •. ..100 15234 .... to Ditto, New • • • • .. .. 21 .... 40 .... to Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• • • •• • to Ditto, New . • .. 1 •• • • 11 1 .432 • • to Ditto, New, Brandling .• .. 25 ••• • 45 •• ••to Norfolk • • .. • • • . 20 • •• 27 34 •• • • to Ditto, Extension .. • • .. .. 2 •• • • 2 .• ••to North British ••• • .. 22% •• • • •••• to Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 8% •• • • 12 34 • • to Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 14— • • 2%% ••to North Kent and Direct Dover • • .. 2% •• " • • t° • • to 3 p North Staffordshire •• •• .. 425. •• •• /s P 1734 •• •• to— Richmond .. 10 2 g .... Vi •• .. to shrew:bury and Birmingham •• • • to 45% .• to 44X . South Eastern and Dover • • • 33% •• • • 16 .• • • to 15% • .. . P • • South Midland 425 .... Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. 10 •• • Ditto, New, No. 3.•• • .. 15 •••• 19 ; • • • t° 3 A tO Ditto, New, No. 4 .• • • .. 2% •• • • Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 10 •• • • 5 ••.. to York and North Midland • • 50 •• • • 5 , / • tot° Ditto. Extension .. •• _ 15 •• • • •; i% 2 * to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 •• • • * FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 1234 5 •. to Boulogne and Amiens .. ..14 •• " Dutch Rhenish •• •• .. to East Indian .. .. .. .. • • .• 5 8 . '• • • 1 . q.14 .. to Louvain and Jemeppo .. • • • • 5 '• • • 2 ... to Namur and Liege . • • • • Luxembourg .• .. . .. . 4 '• • • 31.1 • t • • • • • •• 6 •.• 125%x.d.:: to o -- Northern of France Constituted 5 . " • • 8 4 .... to Orleans and Bordeaux • • • 6 . ‘l . •'2 % k die to Over Yssel - % Paris and Lyons C onst i tute d • • • • 5 •• • • 5 •• • • t , o O Real del Monte. Unregistered .. • • MINES •• • . 3% . .. t ( yESTERDAY.) COURSE OF EXCHANGE.- Amsterdam ......r , ir --- • 12 8 Gibraltar. • ..... ••• • ,A 45 Ditto, at sight • ..... 12 5 ' Leghorn ..... .•••• • • ' • •••" 26 19 Rotterdam ...• • • 2U. 12 9 1 / 2 Genoa • • • • " • • • • • • • • • • •••••.• Antwerp•. .•• • • . 25 10 Milan .• •••• • • ' _ Hamburgh .. •• • • 31.8. 13 15 Venice..... ••'••• • • • • • .. 39% Altona • ............... ...... Naples •''• .; ..... • . 119 k 2 Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 75 Palermo , Pe' ,. „—••• • ' 52% Ditto, 3 months...... 26 5 Lishon.. ••••••• • • • • • • • .. 52% Marseilles ............ Bourdeaux.. .. .. .. 26 10 R i o J a neiro •"•• • • • • Frankfort on Maine.... 122% 1 lahia •••••••• • • • • • • • • Petersburgh, 3 Us._ .. _ Bsi ht N Buenos Ayres . • • ' • " '' Berlin •• .. ....... .or . York, 21 clays' Vienna, effec.flo. ..... 10 9 PhiladelPl a • • Trieste, ditto... ....... 1 10 10 pR c.L9 OF BUL LION, FEN OZ. 1 bars•..£3 17 9 Cadiz• • •• • ...... ••'• 35 li Foreign Gold e • 317 . • ... : ........ 36% Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 New D o ubloons . • • • • • 0 4 94 Barcelona . • ...... .... N ew Dollars •••• • • • • 0 4 11 1 4 Seville... ...... ...... .... silver in bars ____. • • • " • • Voters in cities and b oroug h s must pay vote; it is also th e l ast day for sen ding in all assessed taxes and poor -rat es d ue on the 6th of April last p ast, on or before Monday next, the 20th instant, or ther will lose their in counties; persons c aims for voting claim, unless have changed they of abode. on the rigister need not make a new LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY I S. —Wind S., fresh breezes and squally, with rain. DEAL, JULY 17. —Wind W.s.W. to W N W., fresh breezes and squally.--Arrd. Salaeia, Brodriek, Calcutta; Platina, Kirkius. Port Philip, with bows stove, having been in contact ; Bahama, Ila vannah; James Ross, Kenrick, New Orleans; East London, Grey, Savannah. .Arrved front the River, Dispatch, Plant, Port Philip ; Albion, Marg.:, Sierra Leone; Clio, Massane, Rio Janeiro ; Innius, Wilson, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. FALMOUTH, Juty U.—Wind W., fresh.—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. _ LIVERPOOL, JULY 17.—Wind W.—Arrd. George, Patagonia; George Canning, Mustard, Maranham ; Mobile, Tobasco ; Caroline, St. Vin cent ; Gossypinm, Brown, New Orleans ; Trentor, Coiling, ditto ; Nicholas Buldle, Knight, ditto ; Hardie, Soule, ditto ; Catherine Crane, Charleston; Venice, Dunhay, ditto; Hargrave, 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. RONNE, JULY B.—The Victory steamer, Captain redder, 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 VENTNOR, ISLE OF Wtunr.—Transport barque (No. 22), and sailed for the eastward. :NEWPORT, JULY I7.—Arrd. Eldon, Gillespie, Quebec. AYR, JULY 16.—S1d. Magog, Shank, Coquaine, N.H. CLYDE, JULY 16.—Arrd. Europa, Boyd, and Chevalier, Leitch, Trinidad; Helen, Brooks. Barbadoes ; Mary, Boddie, St. John's, New Brunswick; Perthshire, Thomson, Pugwash ; Cordelia, Love, Newfoundland. Sid. Earle, Boyd, Batavia; Alexander Johnston, Swan, Valparaiso ; Constellation, Fullerton, Restigouche. CORK, JULY 15.—Wind S.—Arrd. Pallas, Hall, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Cumberland, Lass, Bovey, Larache. LutEatot, JULY 16.—Arrd. Triumph, ltaycroft, St. John's, New Brunswick; Primrose, Quebec. Sid. D. B. Bondrot, Miramichi. MARKET . NEW. -(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. New Potatoes, 5s to 12s per cwt; Pines, English, 7s to lOs per lb; ditto Colonial, Is to 4s each; Strawber ries, 4d to 10d, and Raspberries, 64 to Sd per pottle , Hothouse Grapes, 3s 6d to 6s, and Cherries, 4d to 84 per lb ; Peaches, 403 to 50s per doz. ; Lemons, 7s to lOs per 100 ; French Beans, 8d per basket ; Cabbages, 64 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 to 2s 84, Currants, 2s 6d to 58 34, and Walnuts, for pickling, 38 per half sieve. NEWGATE AND MEADETTHALX.. Prime Beef and Mutton were in good request, at full prices. In all other kinds of Meat very little business was trans acted. Beet, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 104; Veal, 3s 64 to 43 4d; and Pork, 31 44 to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. Geese, 4s to 6s; Ducks, Is 9d to 2s 6d ; Pigeons, 4d to 84 each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 108; ditto Chickens, 5s to 6s; and Barn-door Fowls, 33 6d to 63 per couple. Fresh Butter, 104 to is 2d per lb. N - .1,1.1.“."1:. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 45; Lamb, 5s to Gs; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s fid ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Blbs. HUNGERFORD. Full average supplies of most articles were on sale here, whi!e 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 6d to 3;4717R7t;;,2Ti0d to 4s ' • Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 35 8d to 4s lOd per 81bs. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to 8%,d; of Household Ditto, 6d to 7%d per 41Us loaf. HIDE ItIAEICET. 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 1 ,0 ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3 1 Ad to 4d ; do. 88Ib to 961 b, 4d to 4 1 / 2 d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4 1 ,4 d to sd; 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- IMgs, 10d to Is. THE SUN ; LOgtsN, SATURDAY PV_gNING, JULY J.E3_lB-0. .s< 11a .Y IVIA7iLSEICS. SKITRZIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ t. 41 ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 12s ; Wheal Straw, 1/123 to 11 14s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 ; Clover ditto, 4/ to 5/ 1:3s; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 41 to 51 lis ; Oat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average supply, and a slug gist' demand. New Meadow Hay, 21 to 31 5s per load. RAILWAY COMAIITTEES, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. CORNWALL.—WEST CORNWALL. Their Lordships met this morning at the usual hour; Lord Denbigh it: 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, Lni stood very much in need of railway accommodation. This hue 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 Molesworth, and Mr. Tremain, large landowners in the immediate neighbourhood, were opposed to the line. Mr. James Grew!, a general merchant at Loswithel, was examined by Mr. MONTAGUE SPillTll, 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 tat the cost of conveyance of guano, &c.. would not be materiallti• lessened. The witness in the cross-examination, spoke of the traffic in spirits at ;.oswithel and Plynxuth, and on Mr. Austin making some observation iu an uz:der tone about a punchcon of gin, .►lr. 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 toe 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 aga i ns t t h e 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. in A the r. assent Chapman,of th s e ol the line. He also proved his attendance at the vestry bc o i t ni o r m t i o s s t i h o e n e Bill, f w vv a s o c o a d l s l e a d n , d a n F d O r h e a s t n s d e t d o 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 he 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 moi al character. He believed that an illustrious personage resident at Kew was indifferent to this railway, though he 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 w , gild be very injurious to their interests. Could not ray 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, arid the gradients were favourable, beit:g one in 330. The e , timate was 40,000/. Cross-examined by Mr. WAHICEN—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. CaLvaaT—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 comiderable 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 ort.iered to be de ,red. On our re-admission, the CHAIRMAN said that the Com mittee were of opinion that there had riot been a sufficient amount of evidence adduced in support of t his Bill. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. Room D. 5 GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE. The Committee on the merits of this Bill met to-i',av 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 about one a day went through to Carlisle, and these would represent the number on the average that carnet': um Glasgow via Kilmarnock for Carlisle. The other passengers were for places along the route. The traffic by this coach had great ly 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 ttle carpets, but 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 front the former pl ace to C umnock. There was a g ow deal of Netwg- from Ziliaaarliock ?owl Hei • Dumfries. kept froth twenty-live to thirty post-horses, :lid there might be as many mote iti the town. He generally bought his horses at Dumfries and the dettthern markets, and if they had a railway they would no doubt be brought by it. He thought there would be 1,000 or 1,200 horsed brought each year by the railway. A great number of dairy Ayrshire cow 3 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 travellers 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 of the passengers by the Standard coach to and from Carlisle were from or going to Glasgow. The passengers, on the day he spoke of, 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 601. each. Of these horses, about three-fourths would go by Glasgow. Of the cows he 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. MURPHY—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 Gla+gow. Ti Viscount 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 and sheep. There were a great number of fairs 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 ti. Ai-duos:smi 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 tat 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. . •-• ..^-11.4,0111 LONDON YACHT CLUB. 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 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 overexpendi 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, i 846, are 7,351,788/. 15s. 9id. _ WEST INDIA PINES.—TIie 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. TOBACCO.—The regie. or Government tobacco monopoly in France, sold in 1844 seventeen millions and a half kilogrammes of tobacco, which prpduced 107 millions of francs ; the expenses were thirty millions of francs. A cu rious picture 13 presented by the table of the average-con sumption in each department. Thus in Lozere, Arriege, and hers, 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 pf France, at six different periods . Elections of Electors. July, 18.31 166,185 ~ 1834 171,015 Nov., 1837 March, 1839 Sept., 1842 And in 1845, according to the Alma-} 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 120,0001. 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 1,000/. 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 mt neys 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 to the fol lowing effect :2Most 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 with 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 turther 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 b ithers, 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 Fink, all about ten or eleven years of age. These were not bathing, but sitting on the bank. However, Ward ordered them to go about their business, and for the purpose of going to their homes they had to pass the spot where Ward was standing, with the scythe in his hands. The two Abells passed him first, and began running away, upon which Vard, as is s t ate d' ex claimed that he " would have a leg o r a w i ng, " and making a sweep cut with his scythe, struck th e po i nt 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 Garble came to his assistance, and carried him home, where lie was stripped, and it was fund that his bowels were protruding through a gaping and fright ful wound in his groin. Mr. Heane, surgeon, who was itn mediately sent tor, stanched the bleeding, re-inserted the protruding bowels, and sewed up the wound; but the injury was of such a fri g htf u l nature, that he pronounced very little hope of the poor child's recov ery. —Cheltenham Chronicle DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN PAVEMENT NEARTHE 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 diseovered 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 had 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 —Ma has been the worst fruit season that has been known for several years past. All the growers in Kent have bad their crops blighted. The general. MR. O'CONNELL'S REPLY TO LORD MILLTOWN. Merion-square, Dublin, July 14. My Lord,—Ths? manner of your letter is a so urce t o me of much pride and great pleasure; its matter involves higher and noble interests. Before I proceed to canvass' that matter, permit me to assure you that 3 , 0 u are one of the very few to whose authority I should feel disposed to surrender my own opi nion; but the subject is of too much importance to be frit tered away in compliments, or surrendered to any of the courtesies of life. You ask me to postpone my exertions in favour of repeal for a season, and the purpose for which you suggest such postponement is, " to give time to form an Irish party to assist the Ministry, if willing, to urge them on if lagging, in procuring justice.' Permit me most respectfully to ask your Lordship what can be the utility of any such postponement, in order to form such a party, or even to form the nucleus of such a party ? Where are the materials for forming so much as the nucleus of such a party? An Irish party—such as you may con template—should, in order to be of any efficacy, or at least to inspire any confidence, be able to compete in public esti mation with the Repeal Association. For this purpose it should consist of several of the nobility and leading gentry of Ireland. The Repeal Association comprises very many of the first landed gentry, and some of the nobility, together with a large multitude of the wealthiest of the commercial com munity, and also the great and overwhelming masses of the middle classes; and lastly, but chief in rank, and most vene rated in estimation, steed the great majority of the Irish Catholic Bishops, and the Catholic clergy of the second order almost to a man, backed by upwards of seven paillions.of the Irish people. On the other hand, what shall be, I repeat, not the great body, but even the nucleus of the Irish party which yott suggest? There is Cloncurry, the patriot of mere than half a century, the man who endured all the horrors of incarcera tion in the Tower, and is as fresh and fervent to-day in his love of Ireland, as he was on the day when he was first punished by incarceration for the crime of loving his father land. There you, too, are, my Lord, to constitute another mem ber, possessing, as you certainly do, the confidence and esteem of the Irish people; and, thirdly, there probably shall be reckoned the second son of Lord Cloncurry. You are but three, my Lord; who else shall we say? The Geraldine?. alas 1 show no signs of Irish vitality with the single exception of Lord William. The name of Cherie mont is no longer heard—that name which once used to rouse, with electric rapidity; the enthusiasm of all the_people of Ireland. But why should I dwell upon melancholy recollections- - why should the memory of other day s bring to my miOd nothing but mournful recollections, rendered doubly sorrowfuf by the hopelessness'of rousing the apathetic and stimulating the indolentl You have, my Lord, no nucleus for your Irish party.; or, if there be, why does it not start into existence—why is there no meeting called—why is there no demonstration made— why is no sign given ? Alas! my Lord, Ireland, as far as such a party as you allude to is concerned, has fewtir no friends. The fetal lethargy of the union has sunk in deadly torpor many of her first names and highest families—there is no material for your Irish party. Reflect a little upon the history of Irish parties since the Emancipation Act was achieved by the popular voice, re sounding, as it did, from the Catholic Association. What in particular is the history of those amongst whom the Irish party"—l use your Lordship's denomination — ought to commence? Recollect that as soon after the repeal agitation had seriously commenced, we were met by the ce lebrated Leinster Declaration, which was first published on the 30th of December, 1830, sixteen years ago. That decla ration was signed by forty of the Irish nobility, including some of the Protestant Bishops, and comprising within that number many who constitute the plague and pestilence of Ire land—the absentee proprietors.. By that declaration they condemned emphatically .the re peal agitation, but they added that which was considered as the condition of their adherence to the anti-repeal cause, it was in the following words:— "At the same time that we express these our sentiments, we deem it a duty to declare our conviction that it is essen tially necessary to the well-being and tranquillity of Ireland that the attention of the Imperial Parliament should be im mediately called to her condition, and its desire for her wel fare be practically manifested by the adoption of measures calculated to ensure her general and permanent improve ment." It is impossible to read that paragraph without consider ing that it implied a pledge that the subscribers would call the attention of Parliament to, and insist upon, the adoption of measures calculated to ensure the permanent and general im provement of Ireland. Such measures the declaration solemnly declared to be essentially necessary to the well. being and tranquillity of Ireland. Is it not perfectly plain that it was intended that this de clare:ion should be considered as plighting the faith of tile declarationists to make the necessary exertions to promo'. from Parliament measures of improvement for Ireland, and did it not imply that in the event of failure in such exertions? the parties would re consider the question of repeal in a fa vourable point of view. Yet, my Lord, though this avowal was proclaimed, !'that . ry saluta measures- were• essentially necessary fox the Well being and tranquillity of Ireland," — yet , strange to say, not the least exertion has been made by those declarationists from that day to this, to attain the well-being, or to secure the tranquillity of Ireland. What materials can be found among such men as these for the formation of au Irish party? Would to Heaven that I were mistaken. But my belief is, that Ireland has nothing to expect from those declarationists, save an acquiescence in good, should it arrive ; a s t he y hav e acquiesced in evils:',,t h c l existence of which they themselves recognised and publis h e d to the world. From the Leinster Declaration I pass to a declaration of higher order,—that of the King, Lords, and Commons, pro mulgated at the close of the repeal debate in April, 1834. By this declaration, the King, the Lords, and the Com mons, solemnly pl e d ge d t h emselves to the I r i s h peoplepeople • s " the removal of all just claims of complaint, and to the pro' motion of all wet.- considered measures of improvement." There sever was a more solem n P ar li amentary p led there never was a solemn pledge more_ sham e fully o • garded or more discreditably violated. N o just e.s.,of colir plaint has been removed—no well considered measure of Sol . * provement has been adopted. The pledge has been unequivocally neglected and vio lated. Yet that pledge was of so high and authentic a nature, tsar I thought it my bounden duty, as one of the leaders of the Irish people, to give it public credit , and to act p recisel y as a I had given it full belief and entire reliance. Accordingly, I moved the dissolution of the then existing Repeal Association. Rely ing on that pledge, the Repeal Ar sociation dissolved itself. It was then proposed—as some instrument to express the public opinion of Ireland was necessary—to form, what you call, an Irish party. The consequence was that we formed the " National Asso ciation of Ireland." It was formed to the explusion of ani repeal agitation, to form a party exactly for the purpose° you mention—" to assist the Ministry if willing, or to urge them on if lagging, to obtain justice for Ireland. Alas! it was a total failure. It is true that many repeaters became members of the National Association, arid were ready to co-operate in car' rying out its purp oses; b u t t h e Whigs and Liberals (a ° they called themselves) refused to give any assistance -nay" their refusal to act with us was founded on a fastidious dis like to assemble at the Corn-Exchange Rooms. Thus this attempt to form an Irish party totally failed on the most idle pretence. It was, indeed, said that the name " National Association " necessarily implied the repeal. I also met this objection, and made another attempt to form an Irish party, under the denomination of the General Registry Association. It was formed in two branched, meet the scruples of those who would not attend at the Corn: Exchange Rooms. One of those branches had a` place 01 meeting in Westmoreland-street, the other at the old spots at the Corn Exchange. I constantly attended both, as they met on alternate days. Having made every sacrifice to procure co-operation of action in something that would deserve the name of an Irisa party, I found to my grief and confusion that the last experi ment more singularly failed than the former. There were but few who joined it—of the few who did, almost all dropped off by degress, and the " Registry Association" died of pure inanition. The truth is, that the heart of the people was not in these exserimenta. And the Whigs and Liberals for whose benefit these experiments were made, had not su ffi cient warmth or energy of patriotism to exert themselves to procure a measure which they admitted to be essential to the well-being and tranquillity of Ireland. After a pause I again formed a new association - -an-assn' ciation which was to be open to the Whigs and Liberals, but to join in which they were not specially invited. It was the Precursor Association. Its avowed object was—to procure a perfect equality of all constitutional rights and privileges for the people of Ireland with those of England and Scotland; in other words to make the union, not a name and a mockery as it is, but a rea lity, b y con f err i ng on t h e peop l e o f I re lan d the justice of perfect equality with Great Britain. The Precursor Association avowed and proclaimed as alternative principle. It was this—that should justice ta s Ireland be refus e d, or unnecess a r ily postponed, the reOs' agitation should re• commence—never to cease until the _lrish Parliament should be seated, once again, in College-green. We accordingly brought before Parliament the first of se series of the measures necessary to equalise our rights with those,of the people of England. I moved for leave ealuleg in a Bill to restore the forty-shilling franchise in Ireland . to o the state in which it has continued in England. My mot was opposed by Whigs and Tories. I had a few votes from scattered Radicals; but I was defeated by an immense ma jority. s o Vf O a s t d h e in a gr t it e rp t That moment the Precursor andAssociationAssociationcocontinues, tin ues l e e Da n; from theL that tlmoment National became,R ep e and d d only hope of the millions of the people of Ireland. - I consumed more than three years in these experiments to constitute an " Irish party," unconnected with the ee l ' d e—an I totally failed—l mis era bl y f a il Irish reP party uncon nected with the repeal is an impossibility. Irish meet, in any numbers, the repeal necessarily predomis Dates. It is the heart-spring of the Irish nation —nothing can console them for the loss of a domestic legislature. I cannot, my respected Lord, therefore, comply with your request ; I cannot consent to postpone the repeal agitatiog even for one hour. I have made my last experiment—and even the tempts' tion of your promise —that if, within twelve months, Sir IL Peel's words were not carried into effect you would join the repeal agitation—cannot induce me to postpone the almost universal call of the Irish people for repeal. I regret exceedingly not being able, as yet, to reckon you among our ranks. But allow me to appeal to your good sense and sound judgment upon this point. You say that the new Irish party ought tobe formed "to assist the Ministry, if willing, to urge them on if lagging, in procuringjustice to Ireland." Why, my esteemed Lord, that is exactly what we, re' peelers, are doing, and will continue to do—without post. poning the repeal. We will give the Ministry every assistance to do justice to Ireland—we will not spare our entreaties, ou r reproaches, and our indignant taunts should the Ministry shrink from attempting to do speedy and effectual justice ti Ireland. They must make the attempt. They are not, an a must not be thought to be responsible for the result, if the) ? make the attempt with good faith and energy. Should they fail, under such circumstances, as I think fail they will and must, they will deserve our gratitude for mak" ing the attempt, and preserve our esteem. But Lord Stanley has already taken his hostile position. His innate hatred of Ireland has driven him to take the field, even before th e campaign is begun. He has thrown out his threats of re', sistance, and he is not a man t o f a l s ify hi s own p ro phecy 0' mischief. However, the Ministry appear to be in a position of grea t strength on the subject of Ireland. They have been offered the assistance of Lord George Bentinck and the protectionists—they have been actually taunted into active exertions by Sir Robert Peel, and tb° s : who agree with him—they are a t th e h ea d of th e Whig 3 10- Liberal party. There never was so favourable an opportunity of 11 o .' cedinjustico to kolowl— there Imo; were fo4 wwy facilAUE •