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' ...1.11.1111111.1 regular position of the Swiss Con ederation and of its t,'..4t, ~, / )" ' ''' „.•,... •-•:7. k . st •-• _-_„..,„-- ''''\9 41, I fti--- )a: ~...k -,._ . _ e-. 4, :"A„ , • ~,,..., \--, ----- l'' ' ( 9,,t-7 . 4 , ----9 " '..' - i st 2, • .4 •z-f• • • -,,,,,, ' -- \ - 11*— , I', A, -. / • - 'l, 4. ' I REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ‘3l Notice is herb} given, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL of the Proprietors of this Company will be held in London, Pursuant to the Act of ParlianieA, at the Padding ton station, on Tntta.snAy„, the 17th of Februars next, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for tie Election of Three Directors in the Place of the same numbcr who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair Will be taken at One o'clock precisely. t hs ea l uhtoanirieisyst relations with Europe? Id o no t h es it a t e t o say th a t it is not, and to add that su c h a s t a t e o f thi ngs mus t not subsist.—(Marks of a pp ro b a ti on .) T wo t hi ngs are requisite to make it ce ase . It i s necessary t h at the Powers of Europe, who have guaran t ee d t h e per petual neutrality and the in v i o l a bilit y o f th e terri tory of Switzerland, should con ti nue t o un d etstan d each other, to concert amon g th emse l ves , an d t o h o ld to Switzerland, withi n th e li m it s o f th e i r r i g h ts, as well as of th e r i g ht o f th a t country, a. clear and decided lan guage . It i s necessary, at t h e same time, that, by th e emp i re o f trut h , b y the in fluence of advice l o y a ll y g i ven, b y t h e influence of that und ers t an di ng, ev i dently and efficaciously should be brou g ht a b out i n Switzerland itself; it is the interior of Switzerla nr ', should acknowledge the bad course in which th e y h a d b een engaged, and employ themselves efficaciously and energetic a lly t o get out of it, and to get their country ou t o f i t. Th e Honourable Count de Montalembert ye s t er d ay a d. presentiments—l will not say predictio ns . Th e same thing, said he to Switzerland, will happen to dd to Switzerland, in terminatime you that you yourselves have done. You have pre ferred conquest to allianee, and you kno , e the evils of conquest. M. de Montalembert is deceived. No, nothing of that kind will happen. There is not in Europe, in the hearts of any of the great Powers who are treating in this affair—there is not the shadow, the most distant appearance ' even of bad designs or ill-will to Switzerland. The independence, the prosperity, the neutrality of Switzerland are to• day, as in 181-5 ' necessary to Europe. They are desired and wished for by Europe altogether. Switzerland has only to return t o th e legal, moral, regular order established by th e tr ea ti es —to the same order, which is the only one, that su it s both Switzerland herself and Europe. Th a t dep en d s upon her. I have the confidence and the h o p e —y es , I have the confidence that th a t w ill arr i ve , an d t h at Switzerland w ill re t urn o f h erse lf t o t h at or d er o f which she ha s nee d, an d w hi c h E urope h as the r i ght to see rei g ni ng i n h er t err it ory. B ut, I repeat,:that will not arrive e xce pt on t h e con di t i on that the un derstanding, the un ion , th e common action otEurope, shall be evident to the eyes o f S w it zer l an d , and shall give to honest people the strength t o d o th at w hi ch they ought to do, by making them feel the necess it y cf it.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from the Count de Montalembert in explanation, The President read the seventh paragraph of the address which was adopted without a divieion.so rmesese rsmepaeecentci oho I,ri CHARLES •USSEI.L, Chairman. BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the Act. _The Transfer-Books will be closed on and from Monday the 7th 1-9 A G Pru !Ls sag 0, 1 7,:260.] LON :JON, t.: ~• JANUAR Y 18 , 1848. •t;D:, [PRICE SD. of February-, and will not be re-opened until utter the said Half- Yearly General Meeting, on the',l7th of February ; and the ➢ividend • for the Half-year ending the 31st of Decemb,r last will be paid to the Proprietors who may be registered on the Company's books when closed. By order, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. January 13, 1848. WANTED, a PARTNER in an Engineering and 'lloiler-mak:ng Establishment, in full work, well-situ ated in one of the principal ontports. The present Establishment is fully employed with work for steam-boat Companies anti other par t'es of the highest responsibility, and is capable of considerable ex tension. Insufficiency of Capital is the alone cause of the present advertisement, and to a party with trom 7,00 q. to :0,0001. at com ic-land, the pi eseut offers a good opportunity for a safe and advanta geous investment. 'References of the highest respectability will be given and required. Apply to A. 8., Mr.-Abbott, 3, Pump-court, Temple, London. s rRICTURES OF THE URETHRA—ABUSE OF INSTRUMENTS. Just published, price 55., Bvo. in cloth, ,THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all its Varieties and Complications. With Practical Observation Son the Use sect Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment thereof. The whole illustrated by numerous and important cases, and being the result of long, extensive, and successful practice. _ . FRENCH CHAMBER OF PEERS. ' fia w ,obn , rhuobi abuse edh it, and of at s onf sodbur be insulted force tl hen a t n u n t d e s h d e imightshall h ha el r conquest f c o d o r e right, a conquest for an alliance, w ill one d ay l earn to h er cost w h a t t h e he a funeral or a ti on , w h at i s consolingmifse.ea defeat, r ln i sV d oh e the r ebwn t 3 h i ss a Gsh te loa s las t l adversity, the respect and sympathies of honest men. As to conservative or political Switzerland— for to me that is the same thing—l shall take the liberty of giving her a counsel, which is—not to in vite any foreign power to her aid, to reckon only on herself. Let her find strength in union, in a perfect understanding of her wants, and, above all, in a per fect respect for the principle of religious liberty ; it is surely time that the Protestant and Catholic Con servatives should understand each other. lam of opinion that the cantonal sovereignty is henceforward definitively lost ; but the religious sovereignty will remain triumphant after so many trials. I shall, on that point, only repeat what M. Villemain, a year back, said of Poland, which I love to compare with Switzerland A people which watches by its altars over its nationality cannot perish." The pre sent situation may be thus briefly summed up; the flag which, in 1832 and 1834, you vanquished at Lyons, has now risen again on the other side of the Jura, on the most liberal frontiers of France, and with the support of England; and, in France, you now have more than in 1832 and 1834, open sympathies, avowed by the Convention and the Mountain. I do not ask, it may well be supposed, for any measures of exception ; but what I desire to witness is that well disposed men may open their eyes—may arm them selves with resolution. For me, the greatest of evils is fear. What, think you, has been the origin of all the catastrophies which have desolated France ? The fear which the well-disposed have felt of the vilest wretches.—(Cries of " Yes, yes," approbation.) Let us not give up to the wicked a monopoly. of energy; let the right-minded defend order at home and abroad, by testifying their horror and disgust for all that resembles 1792 and 1793 ; let the principle of all men, anxious for what is right, be the union of liberty with order and peace; let us comprehend, by what has just passed at the other side of the Jura, how dangerous it is not to tolerate liberty even amongst those who do not think as we do. Let us not forget that that liberty has just been betrayed and immolated through the agency of England, and that France is bound to be its rallying point and its safe guard.— (Loud and continued applause.) trp t hhe read dk,Seit Swiss foreign statesmen should not be brought forward in our discussions. What I then called for I now again demand for the name of a Noble Lord, yesterday men tioned in this tribune. I return to the question itself. It is true, that independently of the interest of Swit zerland—in the interest of Europealaction we have attributed—l have attributed—a great importance to the circumstance that England should enter into that action. I have from the first moment made sacrifices to arrive at that result. I believe I have a right to say, that the independence of our policy with regard to England is now well proved.—(Movement.) It is fully proved that every time we meet a great national interest we do not hesitate to do all in our power to make it prevail. But we have not, and shall not in future, on that account continue the less to attach ex treme importance to the good intelligence between France and England; we will not continue the less to botht thoughth i think k t that he o independenceno e n t g w re o a , t or occasions, c threea of i f o nosu, years i in the o aicg policy uses of civiliza tion and j ustice, the common action of France and Eng land is salutary for the peace of the world. What we a w nd e c th on e t d in ig u n e it t y o think to this day. Every time that, in maintaining of our country and of its government, an occasion presents itself of bringing France and England to act in common in any of the great causes of which I spoke a little ago, we will do it ; we will attempt that common action, even if we should have some inquietude as to the result of our attempts.—(Very good.) In the question which now occupies us we should have thought that the action of England, in common with that of the Continental Powers, would not have met with any great difficulties. The inte rests and the rights of the sovereignty of the cantons and the relations of the Helvetic Confederation with Europe had all presented themselves, as I have just recalled to your recollection, in 1832 and 1833, on the occasion of the revision of the compact. The principal secretary of her Britannic Kijesty had at that time manifested his opinion, and characterized his policy. Here is a dispatch which, on the 9th of June, 1832, he addressed to the English Minister to nicate it to the Diet. My honourable friend, the r_satomaadweroatlelustioon Mr.to it in his on speech. I demand of the Chamber the liberty to " LORD PALMERSTON TO MR. PERCY. osefsLJßourrndoegpu 1i eaBl3mhert: Confederation, with the order to commu- ART -UNION OF LONDON. Incorporated by Royal Charter. 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The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. ALBION HOTEL, BRICGATE, LEEDS. SARAH WALKER , Wid ow o f t h e l ate Th omas Walker, begs to return her sincere thanks to her Friends and the Public for the kind Patronage bestowed upon her late Husband, and also to itIIIIOIIIICC that it Is her intention to continue the business as heretofore ; and it will be her constant endeavour to deserve fur ther patronage and support. No expen=c shall be spared in the llo tel to afford every accommodation to Commercial Gentlemen and Private Families. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. EXAMPLES. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX. Yesterday evening a meeting was held at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street, attended by many of the most influential inhabitants of Westminster, who have for many years exerted themselves to obtain a repeal of the window-tax, and who conceive that the present is a most important time for pressing upon the Government the justice and necessity of repealing that unfair and impolitic tax—and that any sanitary measure unaccompanied with the repeal of the window duty would be defective and unsatisfactory. Tile requisition stated that those who joined in it believe that the efforts already made to obtain a repeal of this tax may be materially aided by an organiza tion, embracing the metropolitan districts with the provincial towns and boroughs, many of which, *while strongly opposed to the tax, have not fully exerted their influence in seeking to obtain its repeal. The meeting was fully attended. Mr. Charles Ltbhington, M.P., was called to the chair. Perma- Sum the Annual , Policy Bonus In nest Re- Assured AWL E Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor .g I miant. lout in Assured. Cask. Annual row on , Premiums. Policy. £ s. s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. r 1837 243 9 3.112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 .f s. d. 1838 218 4 899 81015 13 5 445 0 0 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 110 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 II 1 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2, 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 81 49 10 0, 7 10 4 247 4 5 The Albion flotel is in the most central part of Leeds. Good Stabling mid Choice W►nes. WALKErt'S NEEDLES (by authority), • the "QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are easily threaded, even by the blind, and have improved points, temper, and finish; the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert in relief on coloured grounds. Sent free by post, by any respectable dealer; on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling value. The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &e., °Rice, or any of Its branches in the country; 01 lie forwarded post ftee. ~ may be had at the or, on application. will tOIIi, Secretary. H. WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR THE MILLION are about half the price of the " Qtteen's Own." H. W. also manufactures improved Crochtts, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, SG:, Gresham-street West, London. F. FERGUSON AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm., Is. 9d. ; Yellow soap, 48a., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Hottled, 60s. and G4s.; Wax (7andles, Is. per lb.; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. 5d.; Trans,tarent Wax, Is. 11d.; enuine Wax, 2s. Id.; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; Rose, 2s. Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Hale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. The CHAIRMAN said that the subject of sanitary improvement had of late made great progress, and he was glad to be able to state that the Government were desirous to afford every assistance to this pro gress. The rich had now joined the poor in this desirable work, and he had no doubt of its perfect success. IRELAND. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. • GRAVESEND via BLACK WALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Hallway ant Boat included in one Payment. Tore Cabin and Second Class Railway; NINEPE SCE ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE MULLING. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin . 64 saken •••• .. • . Bd. No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Troia The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 73y, 834*, 9%, 113, 1, a, and b. Sundays, at 73{,, 834, 1134, 1,3, and S. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 934, 11, 12, 13%, 3,4, and b*. Sundays, at 9%, 11, 134, 3,4, and 6*. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hear before each of these times. Packets marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per- Witted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London Nary quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Three Months, 11. 15e. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; Mr. 'Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall. November n, 1847. ACURIOUS ACROSTIC. ttend to the following eurions lay, A word of advice we've a wish to convey; A llow us to offer (you cannot do less) A few observations concerning choice dress. A 11 those who have purchased of MOSES and SON, A dmit that their garments were never outdone ; A nd, reader. you'll find when you purchase goods there, A dvanta:/es offered you, many and rare. A stounding improvements do MOSES' display, A nd many choice novelties famed in the day. A t no other house can the public behold A ttnictions to equal what MOSES' unfold. A nd then may look at the prices we quote, A list we present which we wish you to note. A. 11 felks when they fled that the prices thus run, A veil themselves gladly of MOSES and SON. A nd do they regret when their bargains are made ? A re they ever disposed to find fault with our trade ? A n answer to this we at once will bestow, A nd the answer's in one little negative—NO I LIST OF PRICES. Beaver 'Pullout ...... •••••••••• .. • • .. • • .. from X 0 9 0 • Chesterfield and Codringtou's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed.. ••• • • • •••••• • • • • • • ••• •• • • 1 The Pasha Coat ..... ............ . The •Bullreer, especially adapted for snowy and wet waather.• ...... . ..... „ „ I • 9 The Premier. ••.•• • •• • •••• • • • • a 1 1 0 Boy's Winter Coats, in every style.• •• • • •••• • • 0 6 • Mea's Do. Trousers, lined .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • • 4 0 Doeskin • • •• ••••••• • • • • • 0 12 6 Dress Coats.. •• •• ••.•• • • • Frock do.• ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • Doable-breasted Winter Vests • ..• • ... ..... . ...• 0 2 0 /1•11 collar ••••.• • • • • • • ..... ' • .• •• . • 0 1 6 Boys' Hussar and Thule Suite •• • • .... •••• • • • • 11 16 6 • XADB T 9 XIABIRL. Winter Coats, la every style and shape, hand somely trimmed • ....... •••••• • • .. • • ....from 1 6 0 • Milled cloth Overcoats, velvet collar and cuffs • • 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper...... ••.. • • • • • 0 18 6 Doeskin Trousers . ..... Best, or Dress •• • • .... • • ....• 1 6 0 Dress Coat ........................ 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Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public. against impostors, but kayo learned that the antradesman- Ake falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other holm in or out of London; , and these who desire genuine and chesp clothing, &c., should call at, ee send to. Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—Bo business transacted at this establishment from sun set !'ridgy. till sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. DREDGE'S HELL-ALL, or celebrated Em brocation, has long been known throughout the West of England as the most efficacious remedy for Rheumat;sm. Lumbago, Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Agee. tions, Face-ache, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frozen Limbs, Chilblains before they are broken. It is likewise an infallible cure for that dan. gerous disorder the Quinsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to fail after a few hours' application. Observe—That none can be genuine unless the stamp affixed to each - bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No. 95 , Farringdon-street, who have purchased the property in this valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge, late of Wishford, Wilts. Retail price, Is. liAd. and 2s. 9d. per bottle; and sold retail by all respectable Medicine Venders in town and country. A R R I A E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other abliPosing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ern bitter tie latter. The solitary ono may shield himself under the plea of enntion and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un eoblproeing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. 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Jest published, and may be had in French •r English, in a Sealed Envelope, is. ecl„ •r post-free, from tke Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise en tke Physiology at Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of lift!, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical O bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising' from these causes, close study, or the influence of topical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from 'mils eretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Orgasm, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various Inittries that art produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD•SQUARE, LONDON. actor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. It erriage requires the ftilftimont of several conditions, in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happinees. Could the * ell, which c overs the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and Its true source in every instance disclosed, In how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when ab used. the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or less Injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on are nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, productive of greater severity of misery t• the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains as accurate and complete account of the natomy and Pttp.lology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly 1t !equirea the cl osest attention and study, for what subject can of snore importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should Viee Possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy ctim of excessive indulgence and v icious habits, whether acquired _o early life or fro m the follies of advanced age, while suffering M their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap- Pl ying to a qualifi e d physician for relief. Shame and the dread so fre quently, but erron eously entertained that these complaints are yeYo nd the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking ler assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he loogets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of ss a br, e . sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, lava -01..4,3 characterise the inteiNent and practical physician, and to the qu=sic man who can show by lila possession of the requisite legal ido 7 l tt atolls that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his proft.s- 4rt4lLPtlssuits, the utmost confidence st should be extended. 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Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, 1 - IHE SILENT FRIEND, a M e di ca l W or k on I_ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and tke means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PE It ICY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; lianmr., 63, and Sanger, 15 0 , Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne -treet, ilavimirket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of tile anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART IT. treats of the consequences resulting from excesslveindul gence, and their lamentable egad/ on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. 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CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry Into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Cetnplete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, It and d comprehen sire Dissertation Consumption. Including as' on MARRIAGE, I ncont i nence, and Celibacy. 111 s ted with Coloured Engravhigs, explan a t ory of the various :I a ) Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and re Co., xford- Consul street ting , London, No. 60, Newm an ., stet, O Member of the London College of Medicine, sac. &c, CONTENTS OF THE WORK, Chap. 1.. —Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, Illustrated with Coloured Engravhig, Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Bod y ', evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Islclancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations en the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice 0(st:1f-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Orniondicea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gicet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap. s.—syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Clses, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittain , 54, Paternoster-row ; (lord ni 116, Lcmienhall street ; Hannay and 63. Oxford-street; Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street, London; Winhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, n 4 , Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, it, Greenside-street, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; and all Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it lirect from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or PostalN Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and tb.•are be be consulted from Tentl II Two, and - hum Five till ,Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxibrthstreet, London, and comary patients may be successfully treated, en minutely describing their case, and enclos ing the usual fee of lb for advice. Mr. HUGGETT, the secretary, read several letters from various eminent individuals apologising for non attendance, and expressing entire sympathy with the views of the meeting. Mr. Wren, M.P., proposed the first resolution, which, in terms, stated that the window-tax i s un equally imposed, falling most heavily upon the trad ing and productive classes—that it restrains the in dustry of the country, and obstructs the progress of architectural improvement—that, excluding light and preventing due ventilation in dwellings, it tends to encourage habits of uncleanliness, to engender the most fatal diseases, and to impoison the health and strength of all classes, especially the labouring poor. The Hon. Gentleman enforced the correctness of the position taken, with respect to the injustice of the impost, and argued that its abolition would be at tended with the most beneficial results without any injury to the revenue, for the people, rather than con sent to the continuance of a tax so oppressive, would submit to taxation.in another shape, so that the defi ciency would:easily be made up. He was happy to find some gentlemen around him who had been en gaged in obtaining a repeal of the house-tax in 1833 and 1834. He thought they had a strong claim for a repeal of the window-tax, for, if he remembered rightly, they were at that time given by Lord Althorp; or his Administration, a distinct pledge that the impost would be abolished. The window tax pressed most severely on the middle and working classess, and though they were reported to be agitators, it was found they had acted most patiently under the burden and the taxation that afflicted them. If the window tax had oppressed the rich with anything like the severity with which it bore down upon the poor, he thought it would long since have been removed ; but the middle classes, from a desire not to interfere with the Ministry of the day, or to embarrass them in their legislative measures, abstained from agitation, and hence it was that they found the impost still main tained. The Noble Lord now at the head of the Government was. one of those who acted with the Grey Administration when the pledge of abolition was given —he, to a certain extent, was carrying out the principles of that Government, and it now became incumbent on him to redeem the pledge, if for no other reason, or on no other ground, than simply because the pledge was given some years back. The present was a most opportune period for agitating the question, and a convenient season for organization, for when they saw a Government determined on effecting sanitary reform, it was fitting they should call their attention to this .tax, as affecting the health of large towns and the lives of the middle and lower classes. In their first report, issued by the Sanitary Com missioners, the state of the sewers alone was pointed out as the cause of sickness and infection, and the various diseases which preyed upon the masses of the people. Not a word ss as said about the shutting out of wholesome air, and the impeding of proper ventilation, by the blocking up of windows consequent on the burden of the win dow-tax. It struck him as rather strange that so much attention should have been devoted to the im perfect sewerage of the metropolis and large towns, while the thorough ventilation of the houses was altogether overlooked ; but then, upon reflection, he remembered that windows were taxed, and that the sewers were not.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He hoped, however, that the windows would not be over looked, and that ere long they would have free air, plenty of light, and good ventilation. He rejoiced that 'Westminster was now doing—what it had always done—its duty, and that it took the lead in an organi• zation which, he had not the least doubt on his mind, would terminate only with the total repeal of the window-tax. Larger towns were only awaiting the example of London, to follow it ; and before many weeks had elapsed their organization(would be general. The feeling was, that the tax must and should be repealed. True, it yielded something like 1,600,000/. per annum, but then the people were content to pay an equal sum in another form ; and after that meeting, when the ramifications of the projected association were complete, and the organization wide extended, they would say as one man that the tax should not longer be continued. The advocates of the tax men tioned, that as it was easy of collection, and as it yielded 1,600,000/. yearly, it could not be dispensed Nvith ; but neither of those questions of expediency ought to enter into consideration. The tax affected the health, the lives, and the rights of the people. It was pronounced to be unjust and oppressive, and it should be repealed.—(Hear, hear.) %Ir. HEALEY seconded the resolution. He said there could be no doubt of the importance of this question. There had as yet been no guarantee given to the public that a change was to be made in the existing laws with respect to the window-tax. 1k had no doubt of the success of this movement, for it was one deserving of the most perfect success. The Government could not, in fact, provide perfectly for ' sanitary reform unless it provided free circulation of air and free access of light.—(Hear.) The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Mr. SAUNDERS, of Bath, said that this tax operated with great severity upon the city of Bath, in conse quence of the peculiar plan upon which the houses were built. This tax was, in fact, opposed to the liberty of the subject ; and when it was considered what a small amount of revenue it returned, it would be at once admitted that such an obnoxious tax ought not to be continued. He had great pleasure in pro • posing this resolution—" That an association be now formed, to be called ' The London and Provincial Union for the Abolition of the Window-tax,' for the purpose of obtaining, by every legal means, the total and immediate abolition of that obnoxious tax." Dr. Simrsow seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. J. GBORGE proposed the appointment of a com mittee to carry out the views of the meeting. The resolution having been seconded, was unani mously agreed to. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated. JAMES THE SECOND, EDITED BY W. H. AINS- WoRTII, ESQ.—A new historical romance has just ap peared under the auspices of that established favourite, Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, entitled " James the Second," which will afford the reader a comprehensive view of a most important period in our history, whilst interesting him with a lively narrative full to overflowing of charac teristic adventure and pictures of life and manners. The King and his Court —the most influential political and religious leaders—Colonel Sydney and the emissaries of the Prince of Orange —and the plots of Sunderland, Father Petro, and the French Ambassador are brought forward with all the scenes of that great drama which ended in establishing the Protestant monarchy and reli gion in England. The stirring nature of the times in sured to the reader a stirring story, and in the practised hands of Mr. Ainsworth, such materials were certain of being invested with all the attractions that can be given to a well constructed fiction. The inauguration of the part of the Marseilles to Avignon Railway between the former city and Arles, took place ou Sunday last. COUNT DE MONTAIEMBERT'S SPEECH ON SWITZERLAND ON THE 14TH INST. Count de Montalembert—Out or all the documents that have been presented to us, I shall take notice only of that in which M. Guizot speaks of the coun ter-action which the victory of the Radieals would have in Europe, and of the dangers which the Duke de Broglie yesterday so eloquently depicted. What ever may have been hitherto said, the war in Switzerland was neither for nor against the Jesuits, neither for nor against the Cantonal sovereignty; they fought there for you, and they fought there against you—they battled for and they battled against that regular liberty of which you are the representa tives in Europe.—(Hear, hear.) Such was the real object of the struggle called forth by men who would not demand better than this very day to fling from the other side of the Alps and of the Jura the fire brand of civil war. It is social order—liberal order— which has been vanquished in Europe by a new in vasion of barbarians. Before entering on the question, allow me to remind the Chamber that at this very period last year I was in this tribune to denounce the violation of treaties and the occupation of Cracow; this year I am about to do the same thing. Last year the question in agitation was the last remains of Poland, this year it is the cradle of Helvetic liberty. I will not speak to you of the excesses committed, of priests killed in the heat of combat, of those outrages which have been branded with reprobation by the highest authority in the world, by the Sovereign Pontiff. But see what was done in cold blood after the contest. The Radicals re-established confiscation, that punishment of the times of oppression a n d feudality. They have levied fines, not only on religious houses, but on the citizens themselves. And what were those fines ? They were the entire fortunes of the vanquished.—(Sensation.) They did not stop there. The conquerors dared, with their blood-stained hands, to write the name of St. Vincent de Paul; and do you know why ? In order to exclude the sisters of charity, guilty of hiving de voted their lives to the service of the poor and of the sick. They were driven out like wild beasts, and only had an hour's delay allowed them to quit Switzerland. —(Murmurs.) But this is not yet all. Behold those men ascending the road which many of you have followed, that road which has been traversed by so many Christians, where the French Republic itself halted with respect, where Napoleon left remem brances of glory and toleration, and where repose the mortal remains of one of the brave officers of our army, General Desaix.— (Hear, hear.) Do you know where they are going ? They are going to rob the monks of St. Bernard.—(Hear, hear.) And here Count Pelet (de la Lozere) must allow me to make one observation ; it is not only the Jesuits that have been struck ; the Protestants of the Canton of Vaud suffered similar treatment ten days after; they also were forbidden to exercise any kind of religious wor ship. The consequences of the events which had taken place in Switzerland have already been felt in France. In the department adjoining that country the people were in alarm. I was in Bourgogne, where the banquets of Dijon, Chalon, and Autun took place. You know what a part Switzerland played in those scenes. Ido not come here to denounce the banquets and their originators. I approve of the language of the com mittee. Those manifestations are tolerated by liberty, and it is liberty I wish, above all things, to defend. Religion has no need of defence, it is eternal ; pro perty changes hands, but it always exists and defends itself. But what ends with a people is liberty— during long ages it disappeared. Take care ; Radi calism will destroy liberty ; Radicalism is its anti. podes, it is the exaggeration of despotism. Count Mole—Excellent! Count ite Montalembert—Liberty is respect for man, Radicalism is contempt for man —contempt the most arrogant. I consider myself entitled, more perhaps than any other, to speak in favour of liberty. I have been deemed exclusively devoted to religious liberty—but no ; I am devoted to liberty of every description—to liberty in its fullest sense.—(Appro bation.) Liberty has been the idol of my existence, and if I have anything to reproach myself with, it is that I have loved it too well. But I do not repent having done FO—(Hear, hear)—and it is because I love it so ardently that I cannot bear to see it sullied. I comprehend the tactics and the language of the persons of whom I have just spoken ; but what I do not comprehend is, the conduct of a dynastic and regular opposition which applauds the success of Radicalism in Switzerland. If the cause of the Swiss Radicals were to triumph in France, what should we have ? Disorder and anarchy—nay, worse than anarchy, for that at last becomes extinguished of itself. We should have organized Radicalism, and yet the dynastic opposition applauds it. We have witnessed the annihilation of liberty at Friburg, Lucerne, everywhere. Lately, in the canton of Vaud, an electoral law was established ; the ballot was abolished ; voting by a show of hands was decided on ; mid the election was placed in the hands of the prefect, who frequently proposed himself. Lately, too, a Jesuit happened to say to the prefect, " Count the votes!" He was at once seized on and thrust out of the canton. The elections are effected in several cantons under the influence of the federal troops—that is, of foreign bayonets. How do you suppose the most moderate of the Radicals act ? During the elections they place the candidates and electors who are in their way in the guard-house.— (Laughter.) Such are the theories of the men to whose success toasts were drunk at the banquets of the Opposition ! But since I have thus denounced to you the crimes which have been committed in Swit zerland, whom do you imagine I consider as the principal offender ? The Foreign Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty.—(Sensation and agitation.) When Noble Peers stand up in this tribune, and speak what they think of the Emperor of Austria and of Prince de Metternich, I ma y surely declare m y opinion of Lord Palmerston. It is he who is m y eyes is the- executioner of the inde pendence of Switzerland ; it is he who, at the moment of makin g a manifestation in favour of the good right, insisted on a previous under. standing among the Cabinets, and so produced pro crastinations, during w h ich he pressed on hostilities in Switzerland. At a biter period, when the work of iniquity was accomplished, it is he who declared in the House of Commons, that he had nothing to say to the excuses which were being committed; it is he, in fact, who enveloped by his patronage those who put down independence and justice in Switzerland. I have always been a partizan of the English alliance ; I have defended it under many circumstances, against the attacks of its adversaries ; moreover, I am a pas sionate admirer of that great Eeglish nation who first presented to Europe the model of constitutional go vernment ; but these sentiments cannot stifle the ex pression of my opinion and my judgment on the present line of policy pursued--a policy everywhere the same. Where is the great man who at this me ment represents England in Switzerland going when he quits Berne.? To Const an ti nop l e —and why ? To promote a war on Greece, on that young monar chy, which is the enfant chdri of Europe, and one of the glorious works of the present day. There can be no doubt that the Minister who sends him there has caused the death from grief of one great Minister, M. Coletti, whose praise is in every mouth.—(Marks of adhesion.) There are no Jesuits in Greece.— (Laughter.) No, but there is F renc h i nfluence, and he cannot suffer that, and if he has Opposed justice in Switzerland, it is because the cause of justice is the hear.) We have also had cause of France.--(hear, in our history many g loom y days, but never such sad pages. We have ha d our days of despoti s m, but it was a glorious despotism. Anarchy has also been at other periods carried in Europe at the point of our bayonets ; but then at least we preserved at home peace, order, security, an d j us t i ce. — (Hear, is not with impunity that En gland has followed hear.) It lowed her policy. The encouragements given to anarchy in Greece, in Switzerland, will not remain unpunished ; the flames of that conflagration will cross the channel, and show England that propriety, justice, and liberty are 2 not the privilege of one nation alone. Must I now pass from the great criminal to the small one, and examine the policy of our own Cabinet ? I believe that it had good i ntent i ons, and lam grateful to it for them ; I believe it was in the right in wishing to intervene in the affairs of Switzerland, and I have nothing to add to the lu minous demonstration yesterday made by the Duke de Broglie, but I find that the conduct which it adopted neither responded to its intentions nor to its duty ; I consider that it acted under the influence of a yoke for which I always reproach it--that of weak ness. Thus, if it had shown itself more sympathetic and more powerful at Ferrara, it w ou ld h ave b een still stronger in Switzerland. When the Ministry has been spoken to of the Jesuits, it has not had the courage to say idea that was only a farce The phan tom which it caressed two years since has now risen with a thee; !erring aspect, the law i n j ust i ce says, " Do not to another what you would not that another should do unto you." But it soon after aids, "The justice that you mete out to others shall be meted out to you." It is unnecessary for me to say, that I l do not ask for a posthumous, intervention of which no one dreams. lam riot i':, office, and Ido not occupy I . myself with the polity of the day or of the morrow, but I plunge ire' m the future, the look of a man who believ - , 4 in Divine justice. Switzerland, M. GUIZOT'S SPEECH. The following is the speech delivered by M. Guizot on the Swiss question, on Saturday, in the Chamber of Peers : The President of the Council—Before entering on the subject under discussion I wish to re-as sure the Chamber as to the expression of " Swiss cantons," employed in the Address. It is the word consecrated by custom, and is found in all the credentials delivered to the King's ambassadors in Switzerland. Thus, therefore, when the Committee on the Address employs thejexpression in question, it only makes use of a term generally used in our relations with Switzerland. Gentlemen, if anything could inspire me with a sentiment of regret for having done my whole duty in an important and complicated matter, and accomplished all the ob ligations of a sound and just policy—a regret which I trust I never shall experience—it would be what occurs to me in this debate. I am a point of attack for the most opposite reproaches. I have done too much or too little—l acted too soon or too late—l was actuated by good intentions, I carried into effect good principles, but not efficaciously, not sufficiently. Why are these contradictory reproaches ? Because I was unwilling to att ac h m y se lf t o an y fix e d o r exclu sive idea—because I was determined to take into ac count all rights, all interests, all facts—because I wished to present unceasingly to the mind the whole question, all its elements, all its phases, and the future as well as the present. I admit that certain inconveniences have resulted therefrom, and certain sacrifices were rendered necessary ; still I per sist not the less in thinking that I was right, that I did my duty, and that the future, perhaps at no re mote period, will prove it. I consider the arguments of the Duke de Broglie relative to the question of right and the points of fact to remain still unanswer able. I also accept as legitimate the approbation which the Duke de Noailles bestowed on the princi ples that guided the Government in this matter; and I regard as a tribute in our favour the deep and vir tuous impressions which Count de Montalembert yesterday made in every heart. These are the important parts of the question, and what I have to treat before the Chamber is insignificant when compared with them. What I have to address you on is simply the prudence and propriety of the conduct adopted by the Government towards Swit zerland. Gentlemen, since 1830 the policy of France towards Switzerland has been invariably favourable— on the one hand to her independence abroad, and on the other to her liberties at home, and to the progress of her i n t erna l governmen t. As an irrefragable proof of the truth of this assertion I can appeal to our conduct on two great occasions : first, in 1830 and 1831, w h en were accomplished theinternal revolutions which followed ours, these revolutions having received the strongest support from us ; and secondly, in 1832 and 1833, when the revision of the federal compact occunied the attention of the whole Confederation. Far from offering any ' opposition to that proceeding, we supported, as much as in us lay, the legitimate exercise of the right of Switzerland to decide in her own affairs. But when this question of the revision of the compact was dis cussed, we were in presence of a moderate, liberal, and governmental party, who had no desire to renew and prolong revolutionary proceedings, but were, on the contrary, anxious to terminate them and govern the country regularly. Unfortunately, by the side of that party, and during the time that it governed Switzerland, new facts developed themselves. A religious spirit sprang up with great violence —a spirit of a dogmatical and ardent character. I allow that there are dangers attendant on such a spirit, but taking everything into consideration, I am of opinion that it does more good than harm to society. By the side of that awakening of religious spirit was placed the progress of the Radical party, for if the religious sects had been in presence of a moderate and liberal Government in Switzerland, you would not, in all probability, have ever heard anything of the late events. The Radical party is naturally anar chical, tyrannical, and profoundly irreligious ; a struggle, therefore, quickly set in between the Radical party, having the advantage in the majority of the cantons, and the religious spirit, active and ardent in the others. In place of a moderate and prudent Go vernment, such as we had previously lived with, we found ourselves in presence of a Radical one, which neither dissembled nor repressed, I am forced to declare, the hostility of their party against the con servative policy of the Government of July. In a great country it is not necessary to pay any marked attention to the language of journals, or to the out breaks of such or such a person in a public meeting, when by the side of such demonstrations there is a strong Government to repress them. But when clubs evidently weigh on the Government, when the men who govern are themselves governed by what is said by the journals, how is it possible not to take notice of what is printed in such publications, and of what is done in the clubs ? It was that which we were led to do by the changes, I may almost say the revo lutions, effected in most of the Swiss cantons. But what was our conduct then ? Did we menace Swit zerland ? Did we assume a belligerent attitude ? Not in the slightest degree. At the very time that we felt the necessity of assuming towards Switzer land an attitude of observation and warning, at that very moment we rendered homage to the principle of the independence of nations and of foreign governments. We have been accused of not having gone far enough, of not having spoken loud enough at first, of not having at once provoked in Europe preventive and efficacious measures against what was going on in Switzerland. Why did we not do so ? From respect for the independence of the Swiss and of their Government. As long as the Deputies sat regularly in the Diet and discussed their affairs legally, by what right could we interfere ? AS long as there was a chance that the affairs of Swit• zerland could be regulated amongst the Swiss selves, we did not think it fit to go beyond warnings and advice. We took measures certainly to bring Powers of promptly an understanding amongs t the of Europe, if such should become necessary ; but we went no farther. Our respect for right did not permit us to go beyond that point. But when the explosion took place, and all reconciliation amongst the Swiss themselves was clearly impossible—when the seven dissentient Deputies withdrew from the Diet, did we lose a day to offer mediation ? No, we at once called for the common action of the great European Powers —of all of them—for we held it to lie most important that the action should be unani mous. First, in the interest of Switzerland ; because we were always anxious that all matetial intervention should be kept back—that nothing should be employed but a moral influence, in order that it might be of use to Switzerland; that action we considered ought to be unanimous, and that unanimity we care fully endeavoured to attain. Next, we sought for it in the interest of Fi•ance—in the interest of our gene , "ral poliZy. Ana before I enter on this part of the question, I think it right to remind the Chamber , that three days back I demanded that the names of " Foreign-office, June 9, 1832. " The events which have passed in Switzerland during the last session have attracted the attention of his Majesty. Great Britain having been a party in the treaties of 1814 and 1815, by which the neutra lity and inviolability of Switzerland have been guaranteed, and in consequence of which the system has been established which unites the separate can tons in a general confederation, it is impossible that the Government of his Majesty can see without un easiness the prospect of any important changes in the federal compact, which might affect the political relations of Switzerland, with respect to neighbouring states. " The Government of his Majesty has been in formed by you that a proposition will be made to the Diet at the period of its approaching meeting, for the revision of the federal compact. The Govern ment of his Majesty has not learned what alterations in this compact may be expected to be proposed. It may happen that there are, perhaps, changes which may be made with advantage in the dispositions of the compact, and against which no foreign power could raise any reasonable objection. But any alteration which may tend to the destruc tion of the independent sovereignty of the se parate cantons, and of placing all under the arbi trary authority of a central government, will produce a change of so much importance in the political condition of Switzerland, with respect to its foreign relations, and will be so much at variance with the stipulations under which the neutrality and inviola bility of the Swiss territory have been guaranteed, that the guaranteeing Powers would undoubtedly be authorised to raise objections against any such change, " The neutrality of Switzerland is essentially at tached to the federal system at present established in that country, and consequently when, in 1815, the great Powers of Europe proposed, not less for the general interests of all than for the particular advan tage of Switzerland, to invest its territory with the character of perpetual inviolabilityand neutrality, the contracting Powers required, as an indispensable preliminary to such a guarantee on their part, that all the cantons, without exception, should sign the federal compact. " You must therefore lose no time in taking the necessary steps to acquaint the proper parties with the sentiments of the English Government. On this point, you will say that it is very far from being the intention of the Government of his Majesty to inter fere in the purely internal affairs of the Swiss Go vernment, but that in a matter having such direct relation with the stipulations of the treaties in which Great Britain is a party, the Government of his Ma jesty is persuaded an expression of its opinions, frank and without reserve, will be received as a proof of interest and friendship. " You will say that if the changes which it is in tended to propose in the federal compact have relation solely to reglementary dispositions, it might be more prudent to postpone them to a future period, when the public mind will have become less agitated than it is at present, for fear that in raising these questions in the present state of opinion, other and more em barrassing discussions may ensue. But if the inten tion be to make changes such as militate against the independent sovereignty, and the political and separate existence of the cantons, you will strongly represent all the diftlulties and all the dangers that the execu tion of such a project will produce, as it appears to be incompatible with the arrangements established in virtue of the treaties of 1815. You will observe that it is altogether improbable that all the cantons will agree to a plan which would be a manifest injury to many of them, and that consequently every attempt to execute such a reform may lead to a civil war." I ask the Hon. Count de la - Itedorte what difference he finds between this languague • and ours—between these principles and those which we have supported ? It is evident that there is none ? It is evident that the sovereignty of the cantons has been in these latter times much more seriously attacked and compromised by what has taken place in Switzerland than it could have been in 1832, at the time when the revision of the compact was treated regularly and constitutionally in the Diet itself. Thus, in 1832, the opinion of the Powers who signed the treaties of Vienna, as to the meaning of these treaties—as to the rights of sove reignty of the cantons—as to the necessary relation established between these rights and the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland—that opinion was univer sally adrnittted ; and we might have hoped that, it would be equally so in present ci rcums t a nces. It has been otherwise. We have no right to complain of its policy A Government is quit e entitled to modify ; licy but when we have made sacrifices of time,. sacrifices of language, to have the concurrence of England to our proposition of mediation, in order that by our unanimity : it might be more effi cacious in Switzerland, and we had, I repeat it, some right to hope that result, and no one can be surprised that we sought it. For my own part I do not repent the sacrifices which I advised the Government of the King to make in order to obtain the unanimity of which I speak.. I regret it th e l ess , because, although these sacrifices have retarded the offer, and consequently prevented the effieacy of th e m ediation, the Swiss question appears to me to be far from being terminated, and Europe ought no t so soon to cease to occupy itself with regard to it. I will not, gentlemen, again place before you the picture which the Count de Montalemb ert SD eloqu en tl y p l ace d b e f ore you yesterday, of the interior positi on o f Switzer land. It requires an absol u t e necess i ty to i nduce one to resolve to bring such facts before you, and in such language—the only language in which they could be spoken of. I will limit myself to a resume in a few words of the melancholy situation of that country. What do you think of political liberty in a confedera tion in which one p ar t o f t h e sovere i gn s t ates i s i n th e military occupation of the others, and where troops and federal representatives preside at the elections ? What do you think of civil lib er ty in a confederation where property is treated as you have seen ; where exile, con demnations, and fines amounting to confiscation, are inflicted without trial, not by the tribunals of the country, but simply by the provisional Government itself—by th e conquerors? They are real war con tributions. What think you of civil liberty in a country where the ancient chiefs of the government of certain cantons are, at the moment of the elections, carried out of their cantons, because it is feared that they will influence the elections, and carried to another canton until the elections shall have been finished ?—(Hear, hear.) What think you of re ligious liberty in a confederation where such facts as have been brought to your recollection occur, whe ther with regard to Protestants or . Catholics ? I wish to add nothing to this bu t a document, which I ask the permission of the Chamber to read, and which proves the state in which the relations between the civil powers and the Catholic Church are at the present moment i n the Confederation. It is the protest of th e P ope, Pius 1.X., transmitted in his name to Switzerland, and addressed by himself to the Helvetic Confedera tion, against all that has passed in that country. Here it is. [M. Guizot then read the protest.] Gen- DUBLIN, JAN. 16.—Notwithstanding the positive assertions to the contrary, there has been a decrease, and a decided one, in the extent of crime in the dis turbed districts of the south since the Special Corn mission•commenced, and the proclamations were issued by the Lord-Lieutenant, under the Act for the Pre vention of Crime. The Limerick Chronicle—an authority not likely to be questioned on this point-- has deemed it necessary to contradict the statements of some Dublin Conservative journals, to the effect that all the measures of the Executive had failed to produce even a temporary abstinence from crime. The Limerick Chronicle adds—" There has been no murder in Clare or Limerick since the Special Com mission came down to these counties." The only agrarian outrage of a serious character in the Limerick papers is the following:— "On Thursday evening, during the hours of six and seven o'clock, an armed party entered the house of a respectable farmer named Malone, residing near Goulogue, about a mile and a half from Doonass, beat him and his son severely, threatening him if he did not give up the lease of the lands he held from Mr. Lloyd, of Mount Catherine., they would again vi sit him and not leave him so quietly. Malone's wife is dangerously ill from the effects of the fright. On Malone's assuring them he had not the lease in the house, they departcd after firing two shots. The neighbourhood of this well-conducted man is thickly inhabited, yet no one came to his assistance." ADJOURNED SPECIAL COMMISSION AT LIMERICK. The , judges are t o return f rom Cl ara to Li mer i ck on fuesday next, and on Wednesday they are to open the adjourned commission. The calendar of prisoners for trial at the adjourned commission in Limerick contains the names_of ninety-three persons, and embraces no less than twelve distinct cases of murder or conspiracy to murder, besides Whiteboy offences, attacking houses, seizing arms, &c. This is an appallirg exhibition of crime, after the numerous caies disposed of alrt ady at the commission for this county. The first case for trial at Limerick is that of the Quains, for the murder of Mr. Ralph Hill. LIMERICK, 'JAN. 15.—THE CONVICTS FOR MUR DER.-14iiii4111 Ryan (Puck), Andrew Dea, and John Renihan, under sentence of death in the county gaol, for murder, are, ue learn with satisfaction, all become reconciled to their ignominious fate, and sin cerely penitent. The Rev. Mr. Bourke, Rev. Mr. Bunton, and the Rev. Mr. Quinlan, of St. John's parish, visit them daily, also the Sisters of Mercy. A barrel of gunpowder, in the possession of Wil liam Vaughan, a labourer, at Doonas, was discovered yesterday by the police. We hope the local magis trates will look close to such a matter as this. All the villages in the proclaimed counties are to be occupied by a large military force preparatory to general search for firearms. _ MEETING OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS.—A. provincial journal says—" The Roman Catholic pie lates of Ireland will hold another conference in Dublin, upon the poverty and distress of their several dioceses, before the meeting of Parliament on the 3d of February." NEW MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF EDO^ CATION.—James Gibson, Esq., barrister-at-law, has been appointed, by his Excellency, a member of the National Board of Education. Father Mathew intends to visit Rome before pro ceeding to America. APPALLING CASE OF DESTITUTION AND DEATH.--• The Limerick Examiner Says—" On Wednesday last an inquest was held in the neighbourhood 01 Hospital under melancholy circumstances. It appears a family named Touby, consisting of the mother and four chil dren, were in fever, in a temporary hut, erected for the occasion. On the night of Tuesday the hut took fire, when the eldest son, Michael, who was nearly convalescent, exerted all his strength, and succeeded in removing the mother and three children beyond the reach of danger, but having returned to see if all was safe, the burning hut fell on him, and be was found next morning a black and shapeless cinder. The above is the substance of the evidence delivered at the inquest. The deceased was a fine young man, about 18 years of age." r . Lisbon, Tlie sailsTerribwleithstceaanmv-afsrsi,gaatne,d whichisot i left steamo r k thef passage. The crowded state of the vessel with o ord nance and naval supernuinararrs, prevented General Napier and his family proceeding from Cove by t h e Terrible, on a visit to his relative, Ad m i ra l Si r Charles, commanding in the Tagus. n ALARMING FlRE. — Yesterday morning, between the hours of five and six, a fire, nearly attended with the most disastrous consequences, broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. James Baldock, the Kent and Essex Inn. situate in the Kent and Essex-yard, Whitkchapel. The flames originated, from some unexplained cause, in the front bar, and when first discovered they were making fearful havoc amongst the spirits. "rhe whole of the inmates were immediately aroused, and a messenger was sent fir the engines. There being an abundant supply of water obtained from the East London mains, the brigade, under Mr. George Folio, the foreman of the district, set to work, and after some time the further progress of the alarming element was cut off, l,ut not until a considerable quantity of spirits had been consumed, and the bar burned out. Fortunately, Mr. Baldock was insured in the Licensed V!ciutillers Fire-office. In accounts from France it is stated that the pro dir!., of the Marine Salt Works in that country for 1845 am ,unted to 3,385,495 metrical quintals, valued at 12,984,2051, an i that the mantiracture afford. d emi,loy went to 15,064 persons. It, wz; understood among par ties interested in the exploration of salt pits that the Government were desirous of investitiZthe State with the privilege of_the exclu-ive management of the sale of this article, and that with this view a project of law had been brought before the Chamber. According to what was known of the nature of the meastue. the proposal appears to be that the fixed price by the State shall be 27e. pt. kilogramme, and by retailers 30c. In these accounts it is asserted that the attention of the Belgian mining in terest has been recently directed to workings for the discovery of zinc. In Liege, where indications have already proved favogut,rabinle, a s d o ve g n r t e h a t t es a a dk t . i s i i e re it h h a id s , b t e h e a n t sweavilerifaelsatepdplitco e applications for concessions have latterly been made to the authorities. SITTINGS OF TIIE COURT OF CRANCERY —A. me morial very numerously signed has been agreed to, and is on the point of presentation to the Lord Chancellor, setting forth the great inconvenience and loss of time occasioned to the barristers and almost all the solicitors practising in the Court of Chancery, from i:s sittings being held durin g t erm t i me at a p l ace di s t an t'f ro m the • Mister's offices, and other %places of business. It also states that the Courts at Lincoln's Inn are more cotuwo dious to the public as well as the practitioners since the Opening of the new Hall there, which Courts are wholly unoccupied during term. The memorial then prays that his Lordship will direct the necessary steps to be taken for causing the sittings during term at Lincoln's Inn during such terms in which Parliament is not sitting. A similar memorial is in agitation among the country solicitors, who are greatly inconvenienced by the Courts sitting so far from the Law Institution in Chancery-lane. Th returns connected with the Prussian ports of Konigsberg and Pillau show that the number of vessel which arrived there during 1847 'amounted to 951, measuring 54,139 lasts. The departures included 962 6 vessels, measuriug 57,388 lasts. i F%`