The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-30 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. On Saturday a special general meeting of Proprietors of this College was held, at two o'clock, in compliance with a requisition, for the purpose of accepting his Majesty's Char ter of Ineorporation, by which the proprietors are constituted a, corporate body, by the name of " University College, 'London." HENRY WARBURTON, Esq., M.P., having been called to the chair, stated the object of the meeting. Mr. aAss proposed a resolution to th e e ff ec t, " th a t it i s th eopinion of this meeting that the Collegiate Charter be accepted." Colonel ALEXANDER seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN stated, that under the provisions of the deed of settlement, it was necessary that the acceptance of the Charter be decided by ballot, as any alteration in that deed must be made by that way of voting. Lord, NUGENT begged to ask why there was a provision in the Charter for the election of Vice-Chancellor, and none for the constitution of the Senate of the University of London? The CHANCELLOR ofthe EXCHEQUER said, the members of the Senate were to be appointed by the Crown. The Minister of the day, whoever he might be, could be called to task, if he made improper appointments, by the Chair man, by the Council, and by the whole people of England. His Majesty's Ministers hoped and flattered themselves that tan Corporation they had formed, and the names that were in the charter, were a pledge that no future appointments that might be made could be in any spirit different from that which characterised what had already been done.—(Cheers.) Dr. BROWNE, as a Trustee of the great body of Dissen ters, thouight it proper to let them be aware of the situa tion under which the University might be placed, if the charter were accepted at the present time. They ought to be informed that the Act of Uniformity was still on the Statute Book of England, and though it had in part been repealed, it still applied to all masters and other heads, fellows, chaplains, tutors, and other public professors of or in any college, &c. By the charter which was now offered them, they were to be styled a College, and therefore must necessarily come under that Act, which required conformity to the Liturgy of the Church of England, as by law esta blished. He, himself, would be ready to run any risk that /night -be incurred by opposing the provisions of that Act, but as a lawyer, and as a Trustee of the Dissenters, he bad thought it his duty not to allow this meeting to pass over without directing the attention of the Proprietors to the 'fact. At all events he considered that such a dis graceful Act ought not to exist upon the statute books of England any longer.—(Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. HENRY b C. ROBINSON must regret the course that the Learned Gentleman had thought proper to fol- Inw on the present occasion. Mr. WILKS, M. P., was of opinion that the meeting should be adjourned, and that the opinion of Counsel should be taken on the question.—(Cries of" No, no !") If it were ascertained that the Act could not apply to this University, then all would agree that the Charter should be accepted. if the decision were otherwise, he thought that every one would be of opinion that the acceptance of the Charter should be delayed until the objectionable Act Were repealed. The CHAIRMAN said that the question had been raised in Council, and had been fully discussed, when it was re solved" That it was not expedient to take the opinion of Counsel on the subject of the Act of Uniformity."—(Hear, hear.) Even granting that the Act was capable of full application to the Charter, the wises t course, he considered, would be to trust to the spirit of the Government, and of the public, so that if any difficulties should arise, they might look to them for support.—( Cheers.) Mr. HARDY (of Walsworth) thought that nothing was more judiciously or wisely done than to bring the pre- Sent question before the meeting.—( Hear.) The C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Dr. I3rown e had acted as a trustee of the Dissenters, and therefore had done no more than his duty in bringing for- Ward the question.—(Hear.) What should be done in the 1 matter was. another consideration. He thought that be fore the proprietors came to a decision, it would be expo- ' client- for them to take a short review of the proceedings concerning the charter. He would not go into the discus sion as to whether the act of uniformity had any bearing on their institution. He would, however, advise them to ac cept the charterowhich they had so anxiously sought and asked for, and if the point of objection practically occurred, he : would have them go to the legislature —to any govern ment, whatever it might be. He remembered and would relate an anecdote which the late Mr. Mathews, the come dian, used to tell, in which an active lawyer, whenever his client tendered an observation, cried out to him, " Take care ! take care ! for you know not to what you m a y expose yourself. Don't sit ; don't stand ; don't sleep ; don't wake ; don't do any thing ; so awful arc the conse quences !"—(A laugh and cheers.) He himself did not apprehend any difficulties. If they did meet any, be re peated that he would afford them active, if not primary, s upport.—(Cheers.) Mr. CLARKE warmly supported the acceptance of the Charter. Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR begged, as a Dissenter, to refute what had been hinted, that they had given rise to this de " bate. The object of Dissenters had always been to set Unjust laws at defiance.--(Cheers.) He hoped that they would not separate without accepting the Charter. 'The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. A vote of thanks to his Majesty's Ministers, for the course they had taken, was adopted without a dissentient, and amid loud applause. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VUSSF.;LS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, JAN. 25. The Monarch, Foulaton, from Havre; Sir Edward Banks, ' ° "vood, Rotterdam ; City of Hamburgh, Hart, Hamburgh ; t lersliellin,g Bramer, Emden ; Abczdiva, Venina, Groningen ; St. Leonard, Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Lord Russell, Lick, Mes sina; Fanny, Cooke, Jamaica; Richmond, West, Trieste ; Selina, Ledstone, Mogadore • Lavinia, Wyllie, Cadiz ; Couria, Grave, Constantinople ; William, Soames, Rotterdam ; John, Gray, Rio Janeiro ; Harpooner, Howard, Cape of Good HOpe. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. The Britannia, Downie, for Harnhurgh ; Avon, Sim St. Lucie ; William Jolliffe, Middleton, Calais ; Lucella, M•Le man, Virginia; Robert, Moritz, Stettin; Hercules, Meyer, Stettin ; Mermaid, Chapman, Madeira. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARCO. The Union, Condere, Calais ; Toronto, Griswold, New York ; Ludt!, Jackson, Antwerp ; Fyne, Marler, Ostend ; C reenend, Earles, Guernsey and Jersey ; Sophia, Barclay, Jamaica ; Duke of Manchester, Griffiths, Jamaica ; William Jolliffe, Middleton, Calais. „, CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. The Melanie, Lande, for Gravclines; Highflycr, Newton, St. Michael's ; Cater, Mcrrcls, Dunkirk ; Isabel, ChesSer, St' Michaeps. 'ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, JAN. 28. The North America, Hoxie, from New York ; Concord, Le Gros, Malaga. ENTERED FOR LOADING. The John A. Robb, Bennett, for Baltimore; John Trough ton, Jordan, Ch ar l eston; L a dy Turner, George, Copenhagen ; Mary Ann, Kemp, Genoa ; Sultana, Rogers, Leghorn ; Emerald, P rem bl e , M o bil e; C yc l o ps, Finney, New Orleans; , Glover, ditto; Robert Thomas, Grundy, Quebec; Eli Whitney, Dyer, Savannah ; Commerce, Prowse, St. Mi chael's; Terra Nova, Calder, St. John's Newfoundland. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Cyrus, Howson, for Sierra Leone ; Lively Lass, Wat t_erson, Dcrbyhaven; Esther, Douglas, Rio Janeiro; Chan -408, Smart, Demerara ; Joven Edrique, Garey. Havana ; Eliza Jane, Bowen, Genoa; Don Juan, Rutter, Barbadoes ; Seaflower, Grass, Jersey ; Elizabeth, Airey, New Orleans; -'ethers Bowen, St. Michael's ; Jeau de Locqueng hein, -Tethers, Antwerp; Cumberland, Croakes, Nantes ; Favourite, Al'Neill, Algiers; , Susannah, Mortey, Bremen. SAILED. Evergreen, Moran, for St. John's, Majestic, Miller, Hobart Town ; Tally-ho, Dagget, Virginia. The Duke of Wellington will give a grand banquet to a numerous party of Conservative Noblemen and friends this evening, at Apsley-house. The R ev . James Appleton, M.A., has been insti tuted t o t h e vicarage of St. Neot's, on the presentation of the Lord Chancellor.—Cambridgc Chronicle. SUICIDE.— o'clock, Mr. n Friday morning about eleven Mr. Edward Kneeves, green-grocer, of No. 21, Augus tus-street, . Regent'spark, terminated his existence by cutting his throat from ear to car with a razor. It ap pears that the deceased, who was twenty-seven years of age, was formerly a gentleman's coachman, and left his situation ab ou t ten months ago to be married to the house- Maid. They then, with the money they had by them, set UP in the above business, but had been unable to establish a connection, and consequently their money was nearly all gone ; and about a week back they were, obliged to dis continue the trade, a n d s h ut up shop. This circumstance s eemed to prey heavily on t h e mind of deceased, and on 'rid ay morning his wife went out, leaving him at home, but, on her return, found him lying extended on the floor in the bed-room, his throat frightfully cut, and a razor in his right hand, - as also another by his side, both of them having been evidently used in the suicidal act. Surgical assis tance was procured, but in vain, as he was qu i te d ea d . His wif e is only within a week of her confinement. The Royal Thames Yacht ball took place at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Thursday evening, the 26th inst., and was attended by upwards of 400. The rooms were elegantly decorate 4- Dancing commenced at ten O 'clock, to Adams's fashionable band, and continued until • one, when the whole of the company partook of a splendid supp er ; after which dancing was resumed with re-animated spirit, and continued until six in the morning. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 28. MR. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD'S RESIGNATION. Mr. Crawford resigned last Wednesday afternoon. We copy from the Freeman of Saturday last what is stated in that journal to be an authorised statement of the circum stances which led to the regretted resignation of this pa triotic and well-intentioned man. Mr. Sharmau Crawford had a commnnication with some leading individuals of the Liberal interest, in passing through Dundalk on Saturday, the 21st of January last, and made an arrangement that a public meeting of his consti tuents should be called for Wednesday, the 25th of Jan., for the purpose of giving him an opportunity of communi. eating with them on the subject of the Church Bill. He was afterwards informed by letter that it was deemed in expedient to call a public meeting, but that a meeting of electors should be called by circular for Tuesday, the 23d, for the purpose of preparing instructions for their Repre sentative. The meeting was accordingly held on the day before that on which Mr. Crawford had appointed to at tend ; and one of the resolutions declares in substance, that if a Bill similar in its provisions to the Bill of last Session should be introduced by Government, it ought to be supported. .Dlr. Sharman Crawford attended in Dundalk on Wed nesday, agreeably to his original appointment, and received a deputation, who communicated to him the resolutions agreed to the day before. Mr. Crawford viewed the reso lution above-mentioned as decidedly hostile to his opinions. He complained particularly that such a resolution should be adopted without permitting him the opportunity of explain ing his views to his constituents. He considered that such a course being taken precluded all explanation from him, and placed him under the necessity of immediately vacating their representation. Mr. Crawford having read a very severe answer, instantly left Dundalk. TtiE NORTH.—In our last Paper, we gave strong and exulting expression to our honest conviction, that Liberal principles are making rapid progress in the North of Ire land. Whilst we writing, Mr. O'Connell was speaking at the Corn-Exchange, in terms of contemptuous denuncia tion, of our whole province. We have read some pas sages in his address with exceeding pain, because we think them unjust to a large section of the people of Ireland, who yield to no other in devotion to her rights and liber ties, and because we think them calculated to produce an imprdssion, in a high degree injurious to the national oause. —Newry Examiner. TIIE GENERAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, JAN. 26. A meeting of this body was held this day. The Hon. I. Ponsonby was called to the Chair. On taking the chair he rose and said—Gentlemen, I had the honour of joining your Assembly from the conviction that while none of your proceedings were unlawful it had a strong tendency to ;promote that which I have most at heart, namely, obtaining complete justice for Ireland.—(Cheers.) The violent, and I think unjustly violent, attacks and asper sions thrown upon his Majesty's present Government, ren ders it a paramount duty for all men who concur with them in the course which they are now taking, to declare that concurrence in the face of the British empire. lam told that a most outrageous abuse was heaped upon the King's representative at the meeting of Protestants held at the Mansion House on Tuesday. I beg you will mark this— that abuse was heaped upon him by men who call them selves exclusively loyal. That King's representative, strong in his own character, and strong in his own integrity, can well afford to pass over that abuse. We should, throwing aside all minor differences, rally, as one man, round his Majesty's Government till substantial justice is obtained for Ireland ; and, as the first, the principal, and most im portant step towards that complete justice, a full, com plete, and radical Reform of the present Church Establish ment in Ireland. Mr. M. COSTELLO acted as Secretary, and read several communications, and stated that although ho was well aware that Mr. Crawford was the unceasing friend of civil and religious liberty—that . he was the poor man's friend and protector against the Orange magistrates of the north —yet he (Mr. C.) must say that in the Committee, when Mr. O'Connell brought forward his resolutions, and where not less than 50 or 60 members attended, it was considered by all, that Mr. O'Connell's resolutions went directly to the question of instalments. Mr. VIGORS, the candidate for the borough of Carlow, said that he had been but a few moments in the town of Carlow, yet he was congratulated by several friends, who assured him that his victory in Carlow was as certain as that their cause was just. He was on his way to meet the con stituents of an independent county, where a battle was to be fought, and he had come from a spot where friends ware fighting the battles of the people. He was present at the Middlesex meeting of Reformers on Monday last, where the first sentiment pervading the assembly—upheld not merely by the eloquence of the orators, but also by the enthusiastic feelings of the audience—was justice for Ireland. It was too much the cry, in Ireland, that the English Radicals were indifferent to the cause—the fact was precisely the re verse. He never saw such enthusiasm manifested for the prosperity of Ireland, even in an Irish assembly, as at the meeting in Middlesex. Mr. FINN, M.P., in allusion to Carlow, observed, that if it were necessary that a general contribution should be made for the Carlow election, to ensure the return of Mr. Vigors, it would cheerfully be effected.—( Cheers.) Mr. FRENCH (the Secretary) here entered the room, and informed the meeting that he had just returned from the borough of Athlone, and that there was not. the slightest doubt but that Mr. John O'Connell would be returned by a majority of fifty for that borough.—(Cheers.) Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL handed in the sub scription of Mr. Daniel Shire Lalor, of Castlebar, near Killarney. He then explained the reason why the contri butions from Kerry were so small. In the western parts of Ireland the crops had miserably failed, and men were there fore chary from necessity of their liberality. Major Macnamara, M.P. for Clare, here entered the room, and was received with loud cheers. Sir WM. SOMERVILLE handed in the subsc"iption of the parish of Ardcath, county Meath. He observed, that the Association should not allow itself to be led away by the discussion of abstract principles, but confine itself to the objects for which the Association was called into existence, namely, to obtain a good system of municipal reform, and a satisfactory adjustment of the tithe question. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the protectors of Protestantism were actually those who were considered its assailants, and its real enemies those men who made use of the name of religion for oppression and unjust supremacy. The burthen of the meeting at the Mansion-house seemed to have been his humble self. He was present except in name. Reduce the people to an equality of law, give them the benefit of the Legislative Union, and demonstrate to the world that Re pealers were in the wrong when they insisted upon repeal as a remedy, because it would be unnecessary if justice were done to Ireland. Three weeks ago he received a letter statinc , that 100/. were deposited in the same bank in which the indemnity fund for the Dublin election petition was placed. It was deposited in the name of an English lady. He concluded by proposing a vote a vote of thanks to the " English Lady." The Hon. Gentlenian then proceeded to animadvert on the .2Vorthern W/liJ. It was not his fault if that paper had now got a topic about which to abuse him ; he did not care one farthing for the Whig, and had only assailed it as the representative of Mr. Crawford's opinions. He did not blame himself, except it was going too far to conciliate Mr. Crawford. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1837. FOREIGN INTELLIGL'NCE. FR /INCE. (From the French Papers.) The Journal du Ham.d of the 25th inst ant states the following :—" The MathUde, Capt Garnot, h us just arrived here with six young ambassadors from Madagascar, which she took on board at that place to convey to France, whence they will proceed to England, accompanied by- the captain. They all speak and write English with remarkable purity and fluency. The voyage of Captain Garnet, who was well received in the capital of Madagascar, promises to be of great advantage to France in consequence of the rela tions which he has formed with the Government of that island. We have reason to hope that on their return from England to France the ambassadors will be received with the consideration due to their mission of peace and friend ship, The following are their names and titles : Prince Adriansitohaina, Colonel ; Adrianetseheno, Lieut.- Colonel, and officer of the Palace ; Ramanaiwhoraisina, Lieut.-Colonel ; Ranera-Major Ra Havolahy-Rasairanabo." Extract of a letter of the 22d inst. from Toulon : " Orders are being given here for the embarkation of about 700 men belonging to the different corps of the army of Africa. which have already arrived. A battalion which is to arrive here on the 28th inst. is also to embark in ten days afterwards, independently of the troops sent to the depot of the Foreign Legion. This force will first proceed to Algiers, where the work of organization has been com menced for the campaign about to be opened in the spring against the Bey of Constantine. The greater part of the troops now in the provinces of Oran and Algiers, and who are inured to the climate, are to join the expedi tion, and they will be replaced in .the respective garri sons by the troops from France. The disposable force, ac customed to the climate, may be estimated at about 6,000 ; Bona alone can furnish 3,000 men. There will be at least 4,000 from France, and the natives whom the Government have ordered to be levied will amount to from 4,000 to 5,000 men, besides the Spahis and the African Chasseurs, who arc to be re-organized. The Government brig La ilfalouine arrived yesterday in the quarantine-roads, from Tripoli, which place she left on the 10th inst. She has touched at Mesurata, Siax, Gesta, and Malta. When she sailed, both the plague and the cholera were' raging with great violence at Tripoli." The Federal of Geneva of Tuesday last announces the arrival of the Grand Duke Michael in that town, on the afternoon of Monday. The Duke travelled under the title of Count de Romanoff. He alighted at the Hotel des Pergues. The Helvetic, of Porentruy, of the same date, has the following :—" On the 19th inst., at nine in the morning, the Grand Duke Michael took his departure for Fribourg. It has been remarked that the Grand Duke conducted himself like a true Russian, for he received no Member of the diplomatic corps, and did not even pay a visit to his sister-in-law, the first wife of the Grand Duke Constantine." SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS. Mr. O'CONNELL said, it is of the deepest interest on its results to the public cause the people of Ireland ought here after to take in struggling for the attainment of their li berty, and the preservation of their honour, their lives, and their properties. It is now really they arc called upon to make a vigorous exertion. 'Tis true we have striven much before , but every thing we have hitherto done is mere children's play, when compared to what we must do, what we have before us now. But in looking to the future, I, for one, am full of hope. And these men who made such a display of truculence and uttered such sentiments at the meeting alluded to, have given the people of Ireland a pretty sample of what they might expect if the party to which arc attached men of such principles, came into power. The time is now come when we should all rally for Ireland, because we are, in doing so, doing what is right. I mean to propose, that in every parish, or at least as many parishes as we can influence by the advice or re commendation of the Association, there should be meet ings held at as early a day as possible, on next Sun day if we can, for the purpose of appointing pa cificators, and preparing a declaration ; expressive of our entire confidence in the present Lord Lieutenant and the Government of which he is the organ in Ireland ; and also for the purpose of preparing petitions to both Houses of Parliament in favour of Corporate Reform, and for the abolition of the blood-stained system of tithes. I trust that meetings will take place on the afternoon of next Sunday, which shall be marked by the peaceable, tranquil, and unanimous adoption of all the measures then proposed ; and that, without any ill feeling, Protestant and Catholic will meet together next Sunday if possible ; and it is 'my wish that the Association should publish a resolution to that effect. I say that in adopting this plan we have, to counteract much enmity. Let me not be mistaken, Ido not want a Catholic Establishment for Ireland. There is not a Presbyterian in England or Scotland, more decidedly opposed to a Catholic Establishment in Ireland than I am. I'do not object that you, or any other man, should not make the parsons twice as rich as they are—(No)—but I do object that the Catholic people of Ireland should pay these parsons. We have the House of Lords against us, almost a majority of the House of Commons, and a Con servative phalanx out of doors, who yell and bellow against us. We have friends in England ; but some of the Radi cals are acting in 4 manner favourable to those who are op.. posed to us, and arc dangerous to the people of Ireland. For my part, I believe there are many Radicals who take the name in order to betray our liberties.—(Hear, and " No," from one voice.) They have thrown into the back ground a Reform of the House of Lords ; and it is impos sible that any man of true Radical principles would not be opposed to an irresponsible legislative body, except, indeed, as Sir Robert Peel says, to God.—(Hear, and laughter.) I tell you where our resource lies—it lies in ourselves.— (Loud cheering.) In this room, Sir, we carried Emanci pation, and in this room I tell you, Sir, we will carry Cor porate Reform.—( Repeated cheers.) Oh, yes, it is in our selves we must confide. " Hereditary bondsmen," &c. I never looked to Ireland with such hope before. Never, even in the palmiest days of the Catholic emancipation question —never were the people so determined and united. They are all inspired by the one feeling.—(Cheers.) Ac cording to my plan of pacification I mean to turn this feel ing to good account.—(Hear, hear.) I hope even to do something in the North ; for, notwithstanding what Mr. Sharman Crawford says, we are not so successful there as elsewhere ; but perhaps a new light may break upon the North.—( A laugh.) At all events, nothing can tend to extend its influence more than this most useful measure. 'We are now sixty Members—(hear)—counting you, Sir, (addres sing Major Macnamara) in that number, and I will say, Sir, never did any man vote more honestly or more often. --(Hear.) If, Sir, the present Administration remains in office, and that my plan is adopted, instead of 63 we shall have 90—(hear, hear) —perhaps more, for who can tell but that a little of this new light may break in upon some of the gentlemen of our Dublin University.—(Laughter.) On the other hand, every event is only giving us accumu lating force. After some severe remarks upon Lord Roden, the Marquis of Downshire, Mr. Clayton Browne, and on the " malignity" of Lord Stanley, as shown by inflicting the " worst of tyrannies," the Lord and Deputy-Lieutenants of counties—Mr. O'Connell said, I told the Carlow men that for the first time an insult had been offered to the people of Ireland—that injuries had been inflicted on them for centuries, but that for the first time was it endeavoured to be reasoned upon this insult offered by Lord Lyndhurst, that we arc unfit for the enjoyment of liberty.—(Great cheering.) I asked them would they en dure this stain, and from every quarter the answer I met with was—" No, never," repeated by the voices of thou sands. It. may, and I trust it will, reach the ears of Lord Lyndhurst. I did not use the words attributed to me by Mr. Clayton Browne ; but I told them they would be guilty of the greatest infamy, if they did not exert them selves in a just and peaceable, but energetic and unceas ing manner, until the insult was wiped away ; for we were surrounded by noblemen, and I said there was not a wretch so depraved and so mean in Ireland, as the man that would submit to that insult which would be heaped upon us, and who would not strain every nerve to save his friends ; but I often told the people that they may be sur prised ; and the nation that would submit to the injury, would be enslaved for ever ; and I told them that they were men who were ordered to obey the law of God, not to submit to any criminal custom. There was nothing more certain than that the man who johied the third in the insult had insult invited by the fifth ; but I invited them to exert every nerve, for the faction coming were stimu lons for blood—they would be driven at last to blot out the injury in case of blood, or they should perish themselves to the last. I owe my thanks to Mr. West, who is look ing for a Judge's place, through Parliamentary traffic, for introducing to the Protestant meeting the •circumstance of my having endeavoured, for so long a period, to conciliate Orangemen. He says he will not deal with any person but with a Protestant. Would not he make a very capital Judge ? He is generally called " Sow West." I never saw a human countenance so like a pig's cheek as that of West. There shall be no " Greens" under it, for he hates any thing green.—(Great laughter.) It should be pig's cheek garnished with orange Peel.—(lncreased laughter.) Mr. Sheil here entered the room, and was immediately recog nised and cheered.—(A voice exclaimed, " Give Sheil a taste of the pig's cheek.") Mr. O'Connell then continued . —The great duty of the Association, while the Parliament sat, was to prepare petitions to Parliament. There was a system of confederacy and combination in the country to raise the rate of wages. He would tell the people that any man who connected himself with such a society was liable to transportation. Were not the streets of Dublin three times stained with blood ? Was not a lawyer murdered in Thomas street.? Was not another man murdered in York street?—(Hear.) The men who combined were acted upon by Orangemen, who stood behind the curtain. The Asso ciation would prepare petitions throughout the country, de monstrating to the enemies of the people that unless justice was done to Ireland, the country would demand a repeal of the Union.—(Tremendous cheering.) Mr. SHEII, rose at a quarter before six o'clock, and was received with rapturous applause. He referred at great length to the " Court declaration" against the Protestant meeting. Mr. GRATTAN, M.P., brought forward a series of re solutions, condemnatory of the conduct of Mr. James Emerson Tennent, M.P., which, at the suggestion of Mr. O'Connell,' who considered the subject unworthy of occu pying the time of the General Association, the Hon. Gen tleman withdrew. Nlr. O'CONNELL ' S motion, recommending the holding of a public meeting in each parish in Ireland, for the purpose of petitioning for corporation reform, abolition of tithes, and vote by ballot, as well as the appointment of pacificators, was put from the chair and carried by acclamation. Mr. SHELL moved the admission of a friend of his as a member of the Association—Mr. Valentine Bennett, of of the King's County, was the gentleman he alluded to, and he begged to hand in 51., which had been transmitted to him as Mr. Bennett's contribution. Mr. Bennett was a gentleman of fortune and influence, and he (Mr. Shell) begged to read a letter he had written on the subject. Mr. O'CoNrcELL seconded the motion of Mr. Bennett's admission, and moved that his letter be inserted on the minutes. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that his motion for the meeting of the parishes be referred to the Committee, to devise the best means of carrying its objects into effect. The motion being seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. CosTlim.o moved the admission of Patt Quinn, of Thurles, and expressed a desire that Mr. O'Connell should second the motion. Mr. O'CoNNELL—Why, ydu ask me in such a coaxing way, I can't refuse.—(Laughter.) On the motion of Mr. MANSFIELD, it was resolved that the association approved of Mr: O'Connell's support of the Government, and that at the present crisis, hostility to the Government would be a betrayal to the best interests of the country. 111 r. O'CONNELL announced the justice rent for this week to be 3811. 17s. Bd. _ _ . This announcement was received with cheers. Mr. Visors was called to the chair, upon which Mr. O'CONNELL proposed the thanks of the meeting to Major M'Namara, for his proper and dignified conduct as their president. He is, said Mr. O'Connell, as true an Irishman in parliament, as he is in appearance. The motion was carried amidst cheers. The meeting then separated. The honest and patriotic members for Westmeath ' Mon tague Lowther Chapman, Esq., and, Sir .Richard Nagle, Bart. were entertained.at a public, dinnorby constitu ents, at Mullingar, on . Wednesday. Mr. O'donnell was present. Da. :ABRAHAM. —The Right Rev. Gentleman was in terred on Thursday last in Trinity Cathedral. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—There was a report in town yes terday that -a distinguished peer, whose name was subscribed to the protest addeclaration, sent a challenge to a Tory nobleman by ageneral officer, for his insulting personal tirade at the grand Orange meeting. JUSTICE RENT. - The justice rent for the last week amounted to the liberal sum of 8811. 17s. Bd. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Hodges, having refused to attend or take the Chair at the great Protestant meeting, will, it is said, be created a baronat.—Limerick Chronicle. Mr. Duffy, of Kilkenny, disappointed of the Filacership of the Exchequer, which Mr. Carew O'Dwyer has got, is to be a police magistrate of Dublin in the room of Sir Wrn• Starner, who retires on a pension. —Limerick Chronicle. Mr. Galwey has declined to stand for tais borough. Mr. Power will of course be returned. The Limerick Chronicle says —" According to the ac counts received from all parts of the country, resistance to the law is virtually at an end. Marshal Solic has left town on his return to Paris. Monday, the High Court of Justiciary met to swear in the Lord President of the Court of Session as Lord Justice General. The clause of the statute which enacted that the duties of Lord Justice General should, after the death of the late Duke. of Montrose, be discharged by the Lord President was read, and his Lordship took the oaths and his seat on the bench, as President of the Court. — Edinburgh Paper. The Trinidad Gazette announces the death of Lady Jane Hill, the wife of Lord George Fitzgerald Hill, Lieutenant-Governor of the colony. Mr. Meluish, of Pitcombe, near Castle Cary, who is now in the 108th year of his age, possesses all his faculties, walks to church every Sunday, and reads the smallest print without spectacles.—Bath Gazette. On Wednesday, Charlotte Harrison, tho young girl who was committed in August last to Warwick gaol, to take her trial for the wilful murder of her own child, died of a broken heart. The wretched creature, who was only seven teen; declared up to the time of her death that the infant was not killed by her.--Leamington Chronicle. SITTING or JAN. 28. The President's Chair was occupied by Gem Jacquemi not, one of the Vice-Presidents. The Order of the Day was the report of the Committee on the petitions. M. Merlin, the Chairman of the Committee, laid before the Chamber a petition from several Polish refugees, who complained of the diminution of the subsidies granted to the foreign refugees, and of the extreme rigour of the state of surveillance to which they were submitted. They prayed the Chamber to reject a system of economy so fatal, stating that the diminution or suppression of the subsidies would have the effect of bringing about the repeal of the law of the 2, I s.t April, 1832. The Committee, stated the Chair man, without wishing in the least to weaken any measures that were really connected with the public interest, propo sed to refer over the Petition to the President of the Council. The Minister of the Interior rose to lay before the Chamber a detailed account of facts relative to foreign emigrants. The number of political refugees of different nations in France amount to 6,360 individuals, of whom more than 5,000 are Poles, and during the last year more than 400 Poles had arrived from Germany to seek an asylum in France. The Government, which has incessantly continued to exercise the most benevolent intentions to wards them, had used every means to advance them in all the different means of livelihood which are open to the in dustry and activity of citizens in general. The different schools and colleges had been rendered easy of access to them, by granting them a dispensation from . all the expenses of examination, &c. They had been declared admissible to the military schools, &c. Their classsifleation in different professions and trades had been favoured in every possible way ; and the efforts of the Government had produced the most happy results ; two hundred and sixty-eight of the refugees had spontaneously renounced all claim to any subsidy whatever, and at the present time at least two thirds of them are employed in some way or other in lucrative occupations. The Ministry had accordingly conceived that they might commence a reduction of the subsidies, which would, at least alleviate the enormous peouniary sacrifices which the Chamber had made for the last six years, and which had already amounted to 19,554,000 francs. Other considerations and other facts had prescribed this line of conduct to the Government. Among the re fugees were some who lead a sumptuous life at Paris, and who, after passing the season at the bathing places of the Pyrenees, or on the coast, returned to claim their portion of the subsidies. Others received no assistance whatever, but were surrounded by domestics, who were on the list of those who received. While others refused to work altogether, declaring that they considered the grant. made them by the country as a debt due to them from France. These had been the reasons of the reductions of the sub. sidies a fifth, which the Government had thought right to effect, taking care to except the aged, the infirm, children, and women. Without this reduction it would have been compelled to demand a supplementary subsidy from the Chamber to the amount of 700,000 francs, a proposition we had not thought right to make. But at the same time he repeated, that it never ceased to be animated by the most benevolent sentiments towards the political refugees. M. de Tracy rose to protest against a measure so abrupt which aggravated so greatly the unhappy position of the refugees. He could scarcely believe the exactitude of the details they had just heard, which could only have been pro cured by means of the police. He reminded the Chamber of the marks of interest that they, as well as the whole country, had bestowed upon the Polish exiles, and con jured them to remain consistent to themselves, and refer the petition over to the Minister, with the support of their pressing recommendation, to have it considered with favour. The Minister of Public Instruction then stated, that.thc Government had done what it thought agreeable to the vote of the Chamber, and reminded them that the Chairman of the Committee upon the Budget, had expressed their wish that all demands for a supplementary credit for these grants should cease. . . M. Mauguin said that he was glad the question was thus put, since he was convinced that the Chamber could not hesitate a moment to support any demand for a supple mentary credit in this particular. According to him France had contracted a moral debt towards the political refugees, and particularly towards the Polish emigrants, and that they should not think of indemnifying themselves at the ex pense of these exiles, for the sacrifices the Spanish Carlist emigrants had cost them. The Minister of Public Instruction replied that the French Government had been. more hospitable aid more generous than any'other'; that it' hathione'six times more for the Poles than Ettldnd';' and "tlint'he could not consent to the sacrifices they had voluntarily imposed on themselves, being called a debt. It was no debt, it was a country's liberality. Messrs. de Tracy, Fulchiron, and Salverte spoke also upon the subject, when the order of the day was put to the vote, the Ministers taking no part in the voting. The order of the -day was rejected by a great majority, and the Chamber referred over the petition to the President of the Council. Other petitions were presented of but little interest . FRENCH FUNDS.—FARIS, JAN. 27. Five per Cents., 109 f. 15c. 10c. sc. , Four per Cents., 10tf. • Three per Cents. 791. 75c. !lank Actions, 2,405 f. 2,4001. Rente de Naples, 98f. 70e. Spanish Actives, 26 25 , X% Spanish Passives, 7!,', 7. Relgian Loan, Five per Cents.. 103. Portuguese Three per Cents. 3".17/ 8 31. Haytian Loan, 375 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper 251. 9.7 1 . e. ; money, 251.. 27!..5c. Three months, paper, 25f. 714 c. ; money, 2.A. 7 1 ,4 e. —Court Authentigue. • FRENCH P UNDS.—Paius, JAN. 2.5. Five per Cents., 109 f. 15c. 10c. Mc. Four per Cent., 101 E Three per Cents., 79f. 70c. 65e. 70e. Bank Actions, 2405 f. 2,400 f. lientc de Naples, 9Sf. 65c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%• Spanish Actives, 25% 26 25 3 ,4%1(2• Spanish Passives, 7 oFit• Portuguese Loan. Three per Cents, 30% Haytian Loan, 375 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 30c.; money, 25f. Three months, paper, 25f. 1 0c. ; money, 25f. 7;‘e. —Cours Aullicnticate. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 1001. 20c. Three per Cents. 791 Sc. 3 - Bank Actions, 2,400 E Bente de Naples ' 9.9 f. 85c. R o man Five per Cents., 104 i. Belgian Loan, 103. Belgian Society, 1,5601. Portuguese Three per Cents., 30%, Haytian Loan, 375 f. Spanish Actives, 25V i . Spanish Passives, 6 Ys• - Miguelites, 12. SPAIN. (From Madrid Papers, received, to the 22d instant.) VrrroutA, JAN. 16.—The excessive cold which has prevailed this good while, and the deep snow which again covers the ground, had paralyzed the operations both of our own troops and those of the rebels who remain in some vil lages of Biscay, with their Generalissimo at their head. It is said that in the vicinity of the siege, where the action of the 24th December was fought, six more pieces of ar tillery have been found, which the enemy concealed in his flight. The ,gallant General Espartero left Bilboa on Thursday (the 12th). with 11 battalions, taking the direction of Bal maseda, the other roads being impassable. *. Villareal is piqued at having been deprived of the com mand, and has shut himself up in the Castle of Guevara, which he will not leave, disobeying all the orders of Don Carlos. The latter continues at Durango. (From El Espanol of the 21st January.) VITTORIA, JAN. 16.—The rebels who besieged Bilboa, occupy still the same position as per last, recovering from the grand defeat they experienced before that place on the 24th and 25th of December. The so called Royal head quarterS continue at Durango. Gomez with his men is at Ochandiano, Escoriaza, and Arelievakta ; Villareal, at Ara,'mayona, much indisposed, with Moreno and his troops, recover inn from the fit of illness caused him by a grand disciissioa he had with the Pretender. The rebels on their side are vcry discontented at being commanded by a Casti lian, and if the weather improve and they get another drub bing, we may'czpect grand results. The houses of this city are converted into barracks. It is said an extraordinletry Commissary of War and Inspector has arrived, and we noch wish that the commission should be extended to other Leauches,. certain that his zeal and activity would produce good effect. The Espanol of the 17th contains the following extracts of a letter from Valencia of 12th January An important capture has just been made in this city. An officer of the Guard having learnt that a certain Dio nisio Montzabal has got into the' city, who is one of the men of the Board of Morella, and whose mysterious con duct and bigoted politics rendered hi: a extremely suspected, effected his arrest in the night of the 9th near the Convent of the Nuns de la Purete. _ _ " Dionisio Montzabal, who had gaineci the sexton of the establishment, was able constantly to pass the night in the convent. A domiciliary visit took place, awl the following papers were seized : " 1. A. proclamation of Don Miguel to the Portuguese. "2. A proclamation of Don Carlos to the N a •varese. "3. The copy of a convention entered into to place Don Carlos on the throne of Spain, Don Miguel on that of Por tugal, and Henry on that of France. The powers Were to interfere with irresistible forces in favour of the RGsval candidates. 4. The copy of another convention, concluded at Lon don, in which the pensions were fixed which Christina, Donna Maria, and the King of July were to enjoy in their exile. " Among this man's papers there were also *Ater very cu rious documents." (From the Madrid Gazette of the 21st of January.) Walt-OFFICE.—The Brigadier, second in command of Arragon, writes to the Minister of War on the 14th inst., that Captain Baquer, commanding the moveable column of the capital of that kingdom at Cutanda, being informed that the rebels of Feria and Jimeno were - OR the 14th at Cortes, he determined, though ignorant of their 'number, to march to that point with his small force, consisting of 150 fusiliers 'of the company of Saragossa, 41 mobilized National Guards, 50 horses of the invincible 6th Regiment of Light Cavalry, and 20 of the free corps ; that on ar-• riving at Cortes, the rebels, cowardly frightened, had marched to. Herrera ; but ; leaving the road at 1 o'clock in the night, the said Bawler, with his force, proceeded by the most craggy part of the Sierra and pine woods of Segura notwithstanding the most terrible cold and deep snow, but neverthelesS retched at daybreak Terricilla del Rebollar, where he presumed the rebels to be, and distributing his troops to the best of his judgment, he ordered Lieutenant 'Nlalchior de Torres and Sub-Lieutenant Joze Marie Gon zales, with two-thirds of his infantry, to surround the vil lage, and to enter it at the point of the bayonet, if the enemy was there ; which actually happened to be the case : the rebels made an obstinate resistance, which compelled him to reinforce the infantry with the rest, keeping only the cavalry as a reserve. The result of this glorious day was the killing of 28 in the streets, including two officers, and the taking of eight prisoners, three horses, and 34 stands of fire-arms, two, swords, and a quantity of eqnipment and ammunition. The second in command very particularly eulogizes Don Manuel Bagder, as well as the other aforesaid officer's merits, and the decision of the troops. M AMID, JAN. 20.—Her Majesty the Queen-Regent has been pleased, by a Royal order of the 3d inst., to grant the Grand Cross of the National and Military Order of Skin Fernando to the Mariscal de Campo Don Santos San Miguel,' Governor of Bilboa, for his particular merit in the defence of that uncongnerable place during its third siege. By Royal decrees of the Bth inst., to grant the Grand Crosi of the Royal American Order of Isabel La Catolica to the' Mariscal del Campo Don Antonio Maria Alvarez, for the services he has rendered in the pursuit of the rebel Sanz ; that the same class to Don Felippe del Rivero, for his merit in pursuit -of the rebel Gomez ; and to Brigadier Don Ramon Maria Narvaez, for his particular merit in the said pursuit, but most especially in the action of Majaceite. (From El Castellano (evening paper) of Jan. 20.) It is asserted that the ease of the Bishop of Palencia having been heard on an appeal on his part, and that of Fis cal of the territorial Audiencia of this court, the sentence of the court below, which characterizes him as a Carlist, has been revoked, and that for ,the crime of abandoning his dio cese, and flying from thence, he has been sentenced to be confined during the civil war in such place as the Govern ment should order, after the termination of which he is to expatriate himself; his temporalities being confiscated. Though the crimes committed by persons of high station and dignity are on that very account deserving of punish ment, and though the public thought the Bishop of Palencia, owing to his position, to have incurred a greater, examples of which are not wanting in our history, we rejoice that the Audiencia has, in our opinion, satisfied public vengeance by imposing an immediate punishment. SARAGOSSA, JAN. 16.—General Quiroga leaves this to day for the army of the centre, and Corral, his second, re mains in command. SAN SEBASTIAN, JAN. l.2.—The 4th battalion of Na varre, after being nearly destroyed before Bilboa, has re turned to its province to succour Garcia, threatened by the attitude of Sarsfield, though the dreadful weather has restrained that General from the operationi he prepared. In the night of the 6th instant 400 of Gomez's cavalry, dying with misery, :unshed, unbooted, and shirtless, have arrived at Tolosa. They are transformed into a baud of brigands, and spare neither house, shop, nor kitchen. Thus the inhabitants arc obliged to keep their doors shut, as if the town was invaded by hungry wolves. They seem to come from llernani, to reinforce the division of Guiselade, who is very ill. _ VALDEPENAS, JAN. 15.—The rebels in these parts are insignificant ; but as they are not pursued, they commit daring robberies. They have carried off horses and cattle from Danirel, Manzanares, Cozar, and Melgoreja. ROYAL, DECREE. " Isabella 11., by the Grace of God, &c. " The Cortes, exercising the rights vested in them by the Constitution, have ordered the following : " 1. Is excluded from the succession to the Crown of Spain the rebel Don Carlos, and all his descendants. " 2. 'The same exclusion strikes equally the ex-Infantes Don Miguel, of Braganza ; Don Sebastian Gabriel, of Bourbon and Braganna ; and Donna Maria Theresa, of Bragaaza and Bourbon, and all their descendants. " Palace of the Cortes, 15th January, .1837. ( Signed) "J. FERRER, President. " J. DASBUCLES and V. SALVA, Sees. " We,ordcr all the tribunals and authorities to enforce the present decree. You will see that it, be executed. (Signed) " The QUEEN REGENT. " Done at the Palace, 17th Jan., 1837. " To Don J. M. Calatrava, President of the Council.'' SOUTH AMERICA. BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 15.—This morning, the following letter from the British Minister, Mr. Mandeville, to the Chairman of the Committee of British Merchants, was posted at the Commercial-rooms : " Buenos Ayres, Nov. 15, 1836. " Sir—l have been informed by this Government that the convention which was signed on the 28th of August by the Plenipotentiaries of Chili and Peru, mentioned in my letter to you of the 6th instant, has not been ratified by the President of Chili, and that a squadron of eight Chilian ships of war, under the command of Admiral Blanco, sailed on the 29th Sept. from Valparaiso, to blockade the ports of Peru. • " I remain, Sir, your most o'ledient humble servant, "J. H. MANDEVILLE." " William Orr, Esq , &c." Exchange, 7d. per dollar ; 6 per Cent. Stock, 68 to 70 BOLIVIA. CIRCULAR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATED STATE OF BOLIVIA AND FERU. LIMA, AUG. 20.—The recent political change, whereby the two states of Peru form, in union with Bolivia, a grand federation, is a matter of such importance, that I should ' deem myself negligent if I omitted acquainting you with this great event, and the causes that induced it, since Pro : . videnca has deigned to make me the instrument in so me morable a crisis. You are doubtless aware of the turbulence that has so shaken Peru during the latter years of its political existence. You have known and deplored the interruption of social order, and the cri►ninal usurpation of public authority by a bold and enterprising rebel ; his armed oocupation of so large a portion of territory, the conflicts of the legitimate Government,. the consequent confusion, and the just appre hension of surrounding state's at this close approximation S 4 0 % At - Y4 •Q • of disorganizing elements, frenzied passio, revolution. In previous periods of agitation and cliso • vian Government and nation .had asked the • r Bolivia as their sole resource. &it - the latter cupied with its own affairs, and, content with internal pros ' perity, could not accede to requests so opposed to the line of conduct traced out from the first of my admink tration. But its isolation , was assailed, its safety com promised, when the troops of. the usurper, after overrun ning- the northern state, menaced that of the south, where the lawful President could scarcely maintain his authority. Still I remained passive, despite these powerful motives, till the Creaty . of June 15, 1835, supplied the legal forms, and sanctioned with legitimate authority the occupation of Peru and the military operations of our troops, acting , simply by the public will. Splendid successes annihilated rebellion, and freed the country from the oppressor's yoke. The nation was left free to express, through its legitimate organs, the vows that rea- • son and experience so long inspired. 'rho Asseiobly of Si- • cuani first sanctioned the separation of the Southecn State of Peru, and invited the North and Bolivia to unite iu one great federated nation. The Congress of Bolivia assented to the project, and ordered it effectuation ; and then the Northern section, recognising the new State, formed four departments of its proper territory, and binding itself a • member of the federal nation, completed the great scheme of associated fraternity, whose arrangements must be settled by the Congress of Plenipotentiaries. • By the vote of their respective 'assenrblies, the two new Peruvian States have devolved on me the charge of their destinies, and bind themselves solemnly by the act of the Federal Congress. The acceptance of those arduous func tions was , a duty imposed on me by the course I was corn- - pelled to from the first—by the promise that bound me to , exterminate anarchy—and, more than all, by the confidence of nations that recognised in the restoration of Bolivia, anti the formation of an orderly and disciplined military force, the firmest pledges of their own security. Yet I hesitated till the wisdom and judgment of the three nations united to require a uniformity of measures as essential to - a confede racy and indispensable for-its consolidation. It cannot escape your judgment and experience that the South American Government, far front uneasiness at the creation of a political body combining social guarantees with stability and energy, must regard it as a pledge of . future peace, and a barrier framed against anarchy by the amalgamation of interests once separate aid conflicting. Foreign Powers can feel only confidence W and brotherhood in the course of the present and future Government. My system, accredited by seven years of pacific 'Administration L towards all our continental republics, offers ample pledges of neutrality and forbearance, of frank and friendly re latiuns. SANTA CRUZ, President. 1 1 EMBROKE.---SIR J. OWEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. PEMBROKE, JAN. 26, 1837. SlR—Perce.lvino• in your paper of the 11th inst. that you have inserted ' some observations stated to have fallen from a 211 r. Laws ;at a meeting at Pembroke, relative to the Charities, who is represented as not mixing himself upr with the politics of the' county ; and suspecting but few of your readers, by the de,vription here giVen, may under stand who the speaker is, what has caused the insertion of his speech in your paper, I beg to make the following remarks : A few of the independent persons residing in this neighbourhood have stepped forwarl to prevent the further mismanagement of tbePonbroke Charities ; and that abuses have and . do now exist, only requires a reference to the Charity Commissioners' report, but they (lid not discover the. full extent of the abuses. It has been said that tire private character of Sir J. Owen has been attacked by the attorney who conducted the petition to the Lord Chan cellor against the appointment of the late trustees. This he denies. However, I believe it will be found that gross mis-statements have been made, and great duplicity re sorted to by those interested in a continuation of the Charity abuses. As some of your readers may not have an opportunity of reading the Charity Commissioners' Repoit, I will men tion one instance of mismanagement in the year - 1825. lease for 60 years on Charity lands was granted to the late Town Clerk at one half of what it was soon afterwards'let for, and what was at the same time offered, by a gentleman of the county. I more particularly mention this lease, be cause it was irreguldrly granted, and could have been can celled if the trustees (who were relieved .of their functions in August last). had acted vigilantly in their duties, It is rio less true that-about this same period (1823 .and .1827) other leases for three lives were granted on two farms, with farm buildings on them, at less than eight shillings per acre ; and it also, appears by the said report that 548 a,lees of land near . .the town, of New Quay, now let for only 1431. per year ; therefore, with these facts in view, any prjUdiCCd person must perceive that the object has been to prevent similar abuses being practised in future, and not (as Mr. Laws, insinuates) to attack the private character of Sir J. Owen, which stands too high to need any fawning parasites thrusting themselves forward as his defenders, where no defence was necessary ; and I am sorry to per ceive he has a number of pretended friends who arc ut terly regardless of any thing excepting their own aggran dizement ; and when their trickery protrudes so far beyond the bounds of prudence as to unveil their manoeuvres, they endeavour to shield themselves behind the mantle of Sir J. Owen,-in the hopes that his well-known popularity will pro tect them from the scorn of all holiest men. A misnomer has been made in stating that Mr. Lawse made this speech, doubtless for some good reason : the per son who really did make the speech, and took a very pro minent , part at the meeting, was a, - Mr. Edward Laws, formerly a clerk in Chatham Dock-yard, from whence he was sent to America, and f'roin thence appointed to Pem broke Dock-yard as clerk of the cheque ; but whether this more rapid rise in the service than his less fortunate con temporaries was from his superior tact or talent, or whe ther it arose through the influence of his uncle, Sir R. Sep pings; in his more palmy days, I leave others to discover. I, however, think it bad taste in this gentleman to talk•of want of tact or talent ; and I believe it is an admitted axiom that those qualities, particularly the latter, are con sidered quite unnecessary to advancement in the civil service of the navy :—it was at least held so by the late Nary Board ; but however the parties alluded to may lack these, they have at all events sufficient honesty to expose charity and other abuses, careless of smiles or frowns - which may arise from any quar ter. The other parts of this speech are such a tissue of hypocrisy and rhodomontade, interspersed with Yankee say ings and quotations, that it deserves no notice. This Mr. Laws is moreover an Alderman of the Borough, and was proposed by another dockyard officer as Mayor but -de feated by the other members of the ward, who thought it improper that a dock-yard officer, and a Tory, should be the returning officer in the, event of a parliamentary elec tion, particularly as the Admiralty have given strict orders that they are not to interfere in politics. It is, Sir, a pity, that Government, who pay such large salaries to some of their officers, (and who have little to do for it) should not check their ambitious propensity, and pre vent their indi:'ectly opposing their views, wasting nearly the whole of their time in attending to local politics, getting up speeches for the public prints, or writing anonymous let ters against their superiors in office ; and I really am so un charitable as to believe that of some of them would throw overboard the interest of their constituents, where their inte rest with a Lord Lieutenant or Member of Parliament in terfered with their borough duties—particularly as there offi cers are returned by the votes•of persons miler their con trol, but which I hope will soon be reformed. I rewain, Sir, Your obedient servant, A REFORMER. Sir Edward Knatclibull, Bart., :has taken the very fine mansion in Cavendish-.square so long the abode of the late Bishop of Durham. The Earl and Countess of Bradford are expected in town in the course of the present week, and will take pos session of their new town mansion in Belgrave-square. His Royal Highness the DUke of Sussex, accom panied by, Colonel Wildman and Lord John Spencer Churchill, arrived at Kensington Palace on Thursday even ing, from NewAcad Abbey, Nottinghamshire. The ordinary meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held on Monday evening, Francis Bailey, Esq., V.P., in the chair. Several donations were announced, and four members were elected. Captain Washington, the se cretary, read a letter from Mr. Vice-Consul Wiltshire, at Mogadore, dated December 13, which announced that •Mr. Davidson had commenced his journey. across the desert, accompanied by fifty men and one hundred - camels. He had every where found - the natives very hospitable, and exhibiting much nobleness of character, •till the date of the last accounts, and had left Sheick Boyroux for a pe riod of eighteen days, during . which time no intelligence had been received from him, which was considered satis factory, particularly as there were no warlike tribes on the borders of the desert. Letters bad also been received from Captain Alexander, dated Oct. 15, which stated that the next day his party would locate on the Orange River. A communication was read from Mr. Barker, containing an account of his travels in Syria, as also from Lieutenant Willsteed (who was in the room), being a geographical no tice of the southern coast of Arabia, and containing an account of his travels to upwards of seventy miles into the interior, his party being the first Englishmen who had vi sited this part, no European having before penetrated a distance exceeding five miles. —The meeting adjourned to Feb. 13.