The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-10 00:00:00

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' - r- , 4-%., .". 6/: ----- '--, le Ell 'L~ ' ~~~~~ Court, at his chambers in Southampton-L lings, London, or, iu default thereof, they will peromptorlly be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. G. WILSON. February 7,1548. TENDERS FOR LOANS. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY . COMPANY Rill receive TENDERS for LOANS on Mort :age, in sunas of 1,0001. and 'prods, at per mit. interest, payable half-yearly, and for periods not exceed ing iciest years. .. . By order, London Terminus, Jan. 31, 1848. T. J. DIJCKTON, Secretary. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND. 42, Moorgate-street, London. Notice :s hereby given, that the SEVENTH .ANNUAL MEET . ING of the Donors, Subscribers, and Friends of the BENEVOLENT DEPARTMENT of this Association will be held at the London Ta vern, Bishopsgate•street, on FRIDAY, the 18th February, 1848. The Chair wilt be taken by JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., the Treasurer, at Six o'clock precisely. By order of the Board, THOMAS MULLINDER, Secretary. February 9, 1538. AL, AND GENERAL [CE SOCIETY. 'OAS. M.D., Chairman. CLERICAL, MEDIC lJ LIFE ASSURA: DU IC' JOSEPH MOORE, George G. Babingtou, Esq. Rev. Richard Garvey, M.A. John Blacken, M.D. Joseph Henry Green. Esq. Sir Beni. C. Brodie, Bart., T.R.S. Oliver Hargreave, Esq. Rev. Alfred B. Clough, M.A. Clement Hue, Samuel Cooper, Esq. Samuel Merriman, M.D. Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A. Andrew A. Mieville, Esq. Thomas Davies, Esq. John Rt. Mowbray, Esq. James Dunlap, M.D. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. In addition to Assurances on Healthy Lives, this Society continues to grant Policies on the Lives of Persons subject to gout, asthma rupture, and other diseases, on the payment of a Premium propor tioned to the increased risk. The plan of granting Assurances oa Invalid Lives originated with this office in the beginning of 1524. Every description of Assurance may be effected with this Society, and Policies are granted on the lire of persons In any station, and of every age. The Rates of Premium are Lower than at most ether offices. BONUSES. The two first Divisions averaged 221. per cent. on the premiums paid ; the third 281. per cent. Tile fourth bonus, declared Jan. 1847, averaged rather more than 361. per cent., and from the large amount of Profit reserved for future appropriation and other causes, the Bonuses hereafter are expected to exceed that amount. The Society's Income, which is steadily increasing, is now Upwards of 116,0001. per Annum. Tables of Rates (with the last Report), can be obtained of GEO. H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary, No. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. BROCKEDON'S PURE CUMBERLAND LEAD, for DRAWING PENCILS. The Patentee having bought the entire Stock of Crude Black Lead from the Cumberland Company, is now ready to supply Pencil Manufacturers with this important article in a state of perfect parity, tree from grit, and con densed by his Patent Process to all degrees of hardness. 29, Devonshire-street, Queen-square. _BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. Report of Richard Tothill, Esq., of Heavitree, near Exeter, M.R C.S.L., for " I have now for thirteen years conducted the Exeter Hygeian Dis pensary, wherein the poor of Exeter and its neighbourhood have been treated gratuitously with Mr. - Alorison's purely Vegetable Medicine of the British College of Health, and lain still more confirmed in my opinion (from practical experience, not in one or two cases, but in hundreds), that the Ilygeian system is founded in truth. The cases which have been cured by that excellent medicine have not been of a common character, bei as I may say, the incu rables of the hos pitals at Exeter, it being only . after trying all sorts of treatment that patients have recourse, as a - last resort, to the Hyge lan medicines. The names of the parties ' and their addresses are recorded in my book for the inspection of the public. I have treated upwards of 300 Poor patients during the past year, and have now about 150 on the Dispensary books. In conclusion, I beg to return my sincere thanks to the subscribers to the Dispensary. (Signed) RICHARD TOTHILL, Surgeon, in. " Heavitree, near Exeter, Jan. 1, 18-IS." N.B. No chemist or druggist 13 authorised to sell Morlson's Pills. 1 / 4 IPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of iiith,,kuals who for upwards of twenty Years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, tic., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it throagh the hair), and pro auees by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it Can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair •,y their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 33. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 2,, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate !treet, Wbiteshapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 6i, Corn bill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24 , Old Bend street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, Musona-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Veadors in town and country. Sent to an l"Oart of the kingdo m by receiving a remittance, pest - Paid. r , ease to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Flair Dye." Obser ve. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION' of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change col air or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction " roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's trnitrOveMent may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. DR. HA mPDE N. A FEW THOUGHTS AT WESTMINSTER - HILL. The Judges assembled at Westminster-half, On a matter important to great and to small ; The "me was exciting, the Court was a crarnm'd 'un, And all seemed absorbed in the subject of HaraDclea. Each opened his ears, while he opened his visiegt, • All anxicats to come at the Judges' decision. 'Twas pleasing to see, in a place so immense, The " gents of the long robe" with interest intense ; While the Judges appeared in their wigs and their ermine, The Bishop of Hereford's case to determine. My opinion concerning this matter—but st p ; 'Tis a party affair, and the subject must Vrop. For a topic like this—a political one-- Is kept in the hack-ground by MOMS and SON. Yet MOSES and SO your attention would call To a few ecatter'd musings in Westminster -hall. 'I here were certainly many things there to admire, While thousands assembled with taintless attire. I could trace, while I stood in the old justice r roorn, The presence of MOSES (at least in costume); Each of which (though I wouldn't run anything down), In beauty could vie with the long legal gown. While I gazed on the ermine the Judges had on, I thought of the Furs of E. MOSES and SON. The Boots and the Shoes, and the Prime Paris Hats, The Gloves and the Kerchiefs, t;: - e Stocks avid Cravats, ~, Plainly proved that the concourse in Westminstef-bak, Had given another great building a call. May they do so again —may the Mart he a " crantred 'nn ,• And thus conclules MOSES, with Perin Dickson Hampden. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Beaver Taglioni •••• .„ .• ......., „„ p rom £0 9 0 Chesterfield and Codrington's, ant every description of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed ................... 1 The Pacha Coat .. The Bullmer, especially adapted for snowy and wet wzather. . The Premier.— ••••••• • • • •• • •'• • ' • ••••• • • • • ° 15 • Bay's Muter Coats, in every style.. •• • • 0 6 0 lien's Do. Trousers, lined ...• ••• • • • •• • • 0 4 0 I)ot...skin ••• • • ......• ............ 0 12 6 Dress Coats...• Frock d 0........ .• Double-breasted Winter Tests.• •••• • • • • ........ 2 0 Roll Boys' llussar and Tank suits ••• • • MADE TO MEABBBI. 'inter Coats, in every style and shape, hand- Comely trimmed Millet( cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs .• 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper ••••••••• • • • • • " " " 18 Doeskin Trousers ••••••• • • " • • • ' . 1 2 0 1 6 0 Best, or Dress•• • • •••• • " . Dress Coat Best quality made.. ••••• • • • • • 2 15 0 Frock da. 1 li 0 • Best quality made •••• • • • ..... 3 3 0 Ca shmere Testa .. 0 6 Plain • • • • •• • 0 12 0 In or Fancy • • • • • • • • • • • ' O Y'4 Hussar and Tunic Suits .. •••••• • • • • ' **** 0 1 6 6 0 0 • Suit of Clothes complete ...... •••••• • • " ' • 116 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Obse r 7 e•—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea ,„,,e, if not app rove d of, will be exchanged, or if prefer red, the ••••AleY returned. 11 08E8 and Furriers,Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Bettors, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for g7 , '"!T Rd Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 83, ' ( . l, Z i a l. and 6 Al4gate, City, London. b u ." ll .—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard tie againgt Impostors, but Lave learned that the tintradesman h,!tc ' biehood of being connected with teens, or it's the same concern, Goon resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. eY have no conn ex i on w ith any other house in or out of London; f n hese who de s i re genu i ne an d c he e p clothing, Ica., aholld call at, Cr x send to, liinories and Mdgate, City, London. e; business transacted at this establishment from sun- Ars WA sunset Saturday, when business is-resumed till twelve LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND M ATURITY.--WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Jo. aid May be had in French or English, in a Sealed 6 nv elePe, 2s. ild" er pest-free , from the Author, for forty - two t aps, SELF-PRESERITATION ; a Medical Treatise ti io an the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive tart, no and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma tto * 4; ns nallY acquired at an early period of life, which enervate k oi _ Yolcal and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural Ap"g°, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with. Practical s _nervations on the T rea t men t o f N ervous Debility and Indigestion, onether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of 1r ? Le al climates; L ocal and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, e mri cture, and a ll D iseases and Derangements result i ng f rom Inils . Z etl en . With F or t y coloured Engrav i ngs , illustrating the na tosnY, Physiol ogy, and Diseases of the Repro d uc ti ve Organs, ialtdag their structures, uses, and functions, and the various juries that ar e produced inthem ' hy solitary habits, excesses , an d Inf ection. BY SAMUEL LAWERT, S. BED FORD -STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDON. boctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the Tniversity of Edits ttrgh, Licentiat e o f A pothecaries ' Hall, Lou d en , Honorary Member _ the London 'Hospital Medical Society, &c. ss tat ar riage requires the falftiment of several conditions. Isi_ordcr it may be really the cause u i m utual happiness . Cou rt th e ,Itwhich covers the or i g i n of d omest i c vrre t c hedness, be raise d, Q its true s ource i n every instance disclosed, in how m any could ).01 , 00ft.traeed to physi ca l di squalifications and t h e i r attendant disap ',wilt', eats. Excesses are a l ways i n j ur i ous ; th e gift, which 1'12" „,,;" in moderation i s f raug h t w i th advantage , Isecomes, when "•ed, the Pr o lifi c source of mischief, and of greater or l ess i n jury ,e , constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on `n o Haters and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, haProductive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, 7 any ether to which it is subject. An his work contains au accurate and complete account of site ‘ ,.._remY and Piayeiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of lr relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly e _ c l a lrea the close s t a tt en ti on an d study, for what subject can bny . more importance than the preservation of the health, e t of th e p h ys i ca l capabilities of which every MAR should. I Possessed. It unfortunately happens that th e un h appy ;tetisn of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired tot early llfe er from the follies of advanced age, while suffering 'rent their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap- PiYing to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so bel t entiently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are yond the reach of art, alike restrict hire and prevent his see ki ng r assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he rtota that accurate discriminationi n ascertaining the causes of ulaease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva- VANS characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the rnedical man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal rtualifleations that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes nnal„ Pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Da. iERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas i` n 't , Y, and th e great extent of his practice fer many years is a -"a ntee fur his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. 62rablished by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, „ 4,,t ate raoster row ; fiannay, 63, Oxford street; Stasis, Tichhorne- L, • Haymarket; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street: Gordon, lag,, trout '" I • • • fr. • .• • ex e AUtllOr, wh b ousulted ou these disorders personally b y o Ma) e daily. from Ten till Two, aid from Five till Elgitt • at his a.lkYlltircl-strvet Ecodfomt-aqusxa Undo. N0.17,279.] LONDON, TH URSDAY E N G ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. SUBSCRIBERS for the Season 1847 desirous of RETAINING their BOXES and STALLS for the present Season are requested to make immediate application (by letter) to the Secretary, Mr. Hampton, at the Theatre. The ,ÜBSCRIPTION will consist of FORTY-SIX NIGHTS, com mencing Tuesday, March 7, and terminating Saturday, Aug. 12. The following are the Terms for the Seaon : BOXES. . Grand Tier • • ••••. • •• • First Tier .. . ..... • • ..... ....... Pit Tier .. . .. Second Tier ••.• • • • • ... • ... •• • - ...... 180 „ Third 1 ler .. ••..••. • • • • • ............ • • 125 „ Fourtli Tier ...... . • .. 2 .:: • ... ....• 95 „ STALL! , ............ 35 Pounds. Fit Fi-at Amphitheatre.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes for the Night or Season, to be obtained at the Box-office (corner of Bew-street and Hart-street); and at the principal Libraries and Music-sellers. The Lox-office is now open from Eleven to Five o'clock. LAYING the FOUNDATION-STONE ol"rilE SUNDERLAND DOCKS. The imposing ceremony of laying the foundation stone of this great national undertaking took place on Friday, the 4th inst., in the presence of a vast con course of spectators. The stone was laid on the southeast side of the dock by George Hudson, Esq., M.P., a variety of coins, copies of the local newspapers, and a sine plate containing the names of the directors and officers of the company, having been previously deposited. Among those present were the Duke of Cleveland, Sir Hedworth Williamson, M.P., R. Stephenson, Esq., 31. P., the Lord Mayor of York, the Mayor of Sunderland, Joseph John Wright, Esq., and the prin cipal influential gentlemen in the neighbourhood. After the usual formula had been gone through, Mr. Humors stocd on the stone and said—Mr. Mayor, my Lord Duke, ladies and gentlemen—l have been called upon to-day to perform the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of an undertaking which will tend to the prosperity of the port of Sunderland, and this important district, and to the welfare of this , great nation.—(Hear, hear.) I am sensible that this task would have been better performed by my Lord Duke or the Mayor, but having received the request of my colleagues, I have undertaken to perform the duty, and I assure you that no one could have per formed it with more pleasure and satisfaction, for there is no one who can feel a deeper and warmer inte rest in its success. As an Englishman, I am warmly attached to everything that contributes to raise the nation in the estimation of other countries, and to advance its interests. You cannot undertake works of this nature, giving facility both to the import and export of produce, without advancing the national weal. It was one of the glories of England, that works which in other countries are undertaken by the Government, ere here conducted by private enter prise, and if there is one thing more than another which tends to raise this country in the eyes of foreign countries it is the large amount of money— not raised by taxation but voluntarily contributed — expended in internal improvement. Neighbouring nations may have more beautiful and magnificent fountains, but it is not necessary in speaking of the excellences of other nations to depreciate our own.— (Hear, hear.) I would ask, however, whether there is any country in the world which, for practical and useful works, can be compared with England.— (Hear, hear.) We were told that it was impossible to construct the docks now in progress, but we have confidence is the gentlemen who have under taken this work that they will accomplish what they promised. We have not goee forward hap-hazard with this work, but cautiously and quietly, and I have no doubt we shall succeed in all our designs,and induce parties to bring their vessels to this port, which must benefit a district teeming as it does with population. In a philanthropic point of view this un dertaking is worthy of public support ; it will be valuable as a harbour of refuge, and thus alike pre serve life and property. After complimenting the ladies who were present, he proceeded—l do not think the sun of England is yet set. We have been told our sailors are slack by a gentleman who during his travels became enamoured of foreign ports, and this statement has been given on the authority of the American Consul. Why, whoever heard of idle Eng lish sailors ?—(Laughter and applause.) I invite that gentleman to come to Sunderland and see the honest British tars for himself ; he will not, then, hereafter have to ask the American Consul respecting the character of our sailors. He will be able to bear testimony to the fact that the British seaman is su perior to any sailor in the world.—(Loud cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, the ceremony which I have performed this day I hope is the harbinger of still greater cause for rejoicing on a future occasion, when we shall have to assemble to witness the opening of this dock.—(Cheers.) We have begun the work, and we have steadily and quietly pursued our course, not having stopped our men even during the late commercial distress.—(Hear, hear.) We have gone on quietly and cautiously ; but our contractor, whom I am happy to see here to-day, and with whom I have previously had dealings in connexion with other undertakings, and who I believe is a man who will perform every thing which he promises, had not, during the heaviest crisis which ever affected the commercial world, had not to discontinue the works. —(Applause.) I say it is matter for congratulation that throughout that crisis, which was brought about by the cruel operation of a measure, which I will not discuss in this assembly, we were able to go steadily forward with this undertaking. And I take this fact as an indication that the directors, before entering upon it, have sat down and carefully counted the cost, so that they might not enter into engagements which they were not able to meet ; and they are prepared to go on with the works so long as the shipping inte rest shall require a good and sufficient harbour and dock.—(Cheers.) You want a southern outlet for your produce, in proof of which I need only refer to a fact of very recent date, viz., that only a fortnight ago, 2,000 sail (at any rate not less than 1,500) were blocked up in the Tyne and the Wear for the want' of the very accommodation which we are now about to give. —(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I am told by my friend Mr. Murray, in whom I have the greatest reliance, from experience, in seeing what he has performed, that this dock will not only be a protection to property, but also an outlet by which the great staple commodity—coal—will find its way to the consuming districts, whatever may be the state of the weather, wind, or tide.—(Cheers ) This dock will not only be an advantage in a corn senercial point of view, but, as has been referred to by Mr. Bramwell, it will prove highly beneficial to the poor of the district, who are dependent for this ab solute necessary of life--a necessary of life of which, next to food, it is highly important that there should always be a constant supply of in the poor man's cot tage.—(Cheers.) On that account it is that I feel the greatest pride in being connected with this un dertaking, the accomplishment of which is con nected with so great a boon to this district.— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the port of Sunderland has been used for the shipment of coal for the last two cen turies; and I am quite convinced that when this dock is completed, you will have a large increase of shipping, not only from London, but from all parts of the world. You will have vessels visit your shores laden with rich produce, and instead of being obliged to take ballast back with them, they will take a valuable cargo back to the shores from whence they came.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, these are the consi derations I say which attach themselves to this undertaking, and I will not deny that I rank in this country as one of the greatest advantages of our undertakings that we have conducted them in such a manner that they have generally proved remunerative to the shareholders. If the district wants this accom modation, and all this be true, how can any man doubt that this undertaking will prove productive to the parties investing their money. I think it will ; indeed I amcertain it will. The vessels are built so much larger than they used to be fur merly, that it is absolutely necessary to have a dock of corresponding dimensions. This is a con. eideration which will commend itself to the minds of every person present. And there is another gratifying circumstance, that last year, with all your disadvantages, and with a total want of dock accommodation, the quantity of coals shipped was considerably augmented.—(dear, hear.) Some alarm has been created in consequence of the expres sion of an opinion by a great statesman, lest the coal of this district should be exhausted.—(Laughter.) I have looked a little into this question, because the statement to which I have referred came from one high in authority, and therefore deserving of respect; but what turns out the result of my investigation ? Why, that for 1,700 years you may go on shipping to the same extent that you have done before, and that even then I don't know how much coal there will be left.—(Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, there is another disadvantage which, by the con struction of this dock, we propose to remedy. Some three or five weeks ago you had a large fleet of vessels lying here, and the damage done in one night was upwards of 10,0001., and on a previous occasion I believe that damage was done to the amount of as much as 30,000/. under similar circum stances, which we must recollect, creates not damage only, but endangers life. Therefore if the port of Sunderland had not had the accommodation which was thus rendered absolutely necessary, surely the shipping interest would have looked out for some other port. The importance of this undertaking is manifested by the unanimous feeling of pleasure evinced by all who have attended here to-day to witness the performance of this interesting ceremony. To the directors of any undertaking it is always a matter of satisfaction to feel that the public participate in their anxieties, and are consequently ready to give them their coun tenance and support. No great undertaking like this can be carried through without deep thought and much anxiety, and that being so,'.i.t must be satisfac tory to those who are in responsible situations to know that their hands are strengthened by a generous public, who are both able and willing to esteem and appreciate the noble work which they are about to accomplish.—(Cheers.) In their behalf, then, I beg to offer to the ladies, to h i s G r a c e the Duke oCleve land, to my Hon. Colleague, and to all, indeed, who . T —,,,• c - , " crr , i , r. ,1 ~ 4.1- : 7 7-"Pful thanks for iv). nouring us with their presence and countenance this day; and I trust that this work may, by the blessing 0 Him, without whom nothing can succeel, be pro ductive of the highest advantage to this nation ; and I appeal therefore to our reverend friends present to pray to that God, who rules the destinies of us all, that He will vouchsafe to bless this undertaking, and to enable to to accomplish all that has been put into our hearts, and that we are anxious to perform. The Rev. W. Webb then offered up an eloquent and appropriate prayer ; after which a salute by seve ral guns was fired, and three hearty cheers being given by the asst mble.d multitude, the proceedings at the docks concluded. A public dinner took place in the evening at the Bridge Hotel, to celebrate the important event of the day. Mr. Hudson presided, supported on the right by the Duke of Cleveland ; and on the left by John Scott, Esq., the worthy and respected Mayor of Sun derland, C. Bramwell, Esq., R. Spoor, Esq., and William Ord, Esq., Alderman and Vice-Admiral of the port, acted as Vice-Chairman. Among the com pany was the principal number of the gentlemen who had b?en present at the laying of the stone. After the dinner the usual loyal toasts--" The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," " The Army and Navy," &c.—having been given, and received with great enthusiasm, The CHAIRMAN said they had now come to the toast of the evening, but as he had already dwelt so long on the subject he should not detain them at any length. There was no toast, however, which came more to their hearts than success to the undertaking they had met to celebrate that day. Perhaps some of his friends might say, " Have you taken proper means to secure its success ?" He replied that he believed the directors had taken every possible means of doing so.—(Cheers.) They had obtained the assistance of an engineer in whose ability and judgment they had the greatest confidence and reliance, and they had also secured the services of contrac tors who, although they would take care to get all that is due to them, are one of the best firms of contractors in England.—(Applause.) The next point was, had they the requisite capital at their dis• posal ? He thought this would be found quite an easy matter, and that they would be able to provide the money as rapidly as the contractor did the work. The contract is to expire in nearly two years, but he knew that if they found the money his friends, the Messrs. Craven, would very much expedite the undertaking. It would be to the:r interest to do so, and he thought he could pledge himself, on behalf of the directors, that the money should be forthcoming ; if the shareholders could not find it, it should be found by some means or other.—(Cheers.) Having an Act of Parliament, which it was not their intention to amend, but to execute and carry out, he trusted they would go on, and as speedily as possible com plete the work which they had begun, so that they might have before long East and West Indian ships lying in the docks and sailing from the port.— (Cheers.) He was satisfied the wants of the district require the undertaking, and they had adopted every means for securing its prosperity. He therefore called upon the company to join him in drinking " Success to the Sunderland Docks."—(Drank with rapturous and oft-repeated cheers.) The CLIAIRMAN then rose, and in a short and ap propriate speech, proposed " The health of his Grace the Duke of Cleveland." The Duke of CLEVELAND, on rising, was again warmly cheered. He could assure them, with the greatest sincerity, that he was not only much flattered by their kindness, but thankful to the directors fur the invitation which they had given him of being present on that occasion, and witnessing an interest ing ceremony connected with perhaps the greatest un dertaking ever attempted in this part of the country. —e(Applause.) He congratulated the direotors on the auspicious commencement of this mighty undertaking, the success of which, he might venture to say, was now no longer doubtful.--(Cheers.) He observed that in this country enterprise had always kept pace with wealth, and by skill and experience scientific improvements had been brought to the highest state of perfection. He might state that many of the inventions of modern times are of so gigantic a nature, and have so rapidly been brought forward, that the review seems more like a fiction or dream, than to partake of sober reality. He believed the first railway was between Stockton and Darlington, then followed that between Man chester and Liverpool ; and they all knew the state of perfection to which railways had since been brought. Had it not been for these great under takings, they would never have heard of the skill of a Stephenson—(Applause)—a Locke, a Brunel, or a Rendell ; and ,perhaps they might never have heard of the genius of a Hudson.—(Cheers.) The Chair man had already remarked that not having visited this town since 1812 he was much astonished to find the alterations and improvements which had taken place. He remembered then there was a poor miser able pier, and nothing in the shape of docks; but indeed it was so long ago that he had almost forgotten what sort of a place Sunderland was.—(Laughter.) But nothinglgratified him more than to witness recent improvements, and he was l e i sure that if the dock proved as successful as they had a right to anticipate, the greatest credit would be due.to his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hudson), as well for the boldness of his under taking, the risk which he had run, and his intense anxiety to benefit the town which he so worthily re presents, and which he trusted in God his Hon. Friend will long continue to represent, as well for his own satisfaction as for the benefit of the people of Sunderland.—(Cheers.) Having said this much, he trusted the company would allow him to propose the health of their worthy Chairman, with three times three. (The toast wa s drank with loud acclamations.) Mr. HUDSON briefly responded to the toast. CHRISTOPHER BaamwELL, Esq., proposed the health of" the Marquis of Londonderry, the Lord which was drunk with gienteernaaln applause. of the County," The CHAIRMAN then gave " the Mayor and Corpo ration of Sunderla nd. " Lord lieutenant The MAYOR returned thanks. Mr.e The Alderman 'inshort and graceful lan- Mayor and Corporaticu g o f 0 o i Lord returned thanks. The health of " the M em b ers f or t h e B oroug h,'.' being given by R. SpooruYork." o; proposed. kL an D i‘iAy "the Esq., the Chairman ac knowledged the t oast ; and having paid a high com pliment to Mr. Murray, the Engineer of the Docks, con cluded by proposing his health, to which Mr. Murray respon ded in suitable terms. H. MORTON, Esq., in brief and suitable terms, pro posed the health of " the Members for the County." J. J. WRIGHT, Esq., next said that the toast which he had to propose was that great interest on which the welfare of the community, and the happiness and prosperity of the nation more depended than upon any other—an interest which had tended more than any other to promote the wealth, power, and glory, with which it had pleased Providence to bless this country. —(Applanse.)—He need not say that he alluded to the shipping interest of Great Britain. If it had not been at that late period of the evening, he might have called their attention to the importance of the shipping interest, first, nationally, then locally, and lastly, in its connexion with that great enterprise which had been the happy:cause of their assembling together that night, by every means God had placed in his power. He would be brief on that occasion, but he could not help putting to them a few common sense questions, by asking them to what England owed its towering position in the scale of nations, but to British ship ping ? To what did they owe their national freedom but to the wooden walls of old England ? To what did they ascribe their pre-eminence in the wide temple of the world's commerce but to the enterprise of that British shipping, which carried the produce of British manufactures to every civilised country upon which the sun of heaven shone ? lie said that when they suffered British shipping to decline, th e sun o f t h e i r prosperity would be set. If they took away B r i t i s h shipping as an element o f their national character, the British name would be swept into oblivion. He said if they removed British shipping from among their national defences, of which they had all of late heard so much, they removed that groat tower of safety behind which alone they could repose in honour able peace. Such was the national import ance of the great interest which he rose to propose on that occasion ; but if they looked at it in a local light as a spring of local' aggrandise ment, they would still find it to be equally impor tant. To the shipping interest that port owed every thing which it possessed. It was the shipping inte rest, as their engineer had just said, which had raised the town from a mere fishing village to the state of prosperity in which they now found it. It was the shipping interest that had so abundantly in creased their trade—that had impelled theii manufac turea—that had increased their population—that had opened out new sources of employment. It was the d shipping interest thai, bad manyraise gentlemen whom he saw around him fro m the position of daily labourers to a position of honourable competency. 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In those days there were many diffi culties to be overcome—many interests to be recon ciled ; but to their chairman must the inhabitants of Sunderland stand indebted for the accomplishment of that great undertaking, and he trusted the inhabi tants would be grateful to him, and that posterity would give him all praise. But for his determination to be brief, he might have enlarged much upon this topic ; he could not, however, sit down without offering his fervent aspirations that the prosperity of British shipping and the welfare of Sunderland docks would be evially great, and go hand in hand. D. JONASSOHN, Esq., proposed the next tent— " The health of Robert Stephenson, Esq., the Member for Whitby." Mr. STErnmasoie, in returning thanks, said he could not help expressing the pleasure he felt at see ing the foundation-stone of that great work laid—a work which he believed to be most important to Sunderland at the present time, and one which was colculated eminently to increase the wealth of the town, and excite the enterprise of the people. WILLIAM DIGBY SEYMOUR, Esq., of the Northern Circuit, said—l am called upon at a late hcur, and when in no small degree fatigued by the heat of the room, and the pervading excitement of the day, to give a toast which certainly does not yield in impor tance to any which has preceded it this evening.— (Hear.) Before addressing myself to my appointed task, 1 must express my thanks to the directors for the singular compliment they have paid me in send ing me a special invitation to be present upon this auspicious occasion. lam connected with Sunder land by such a near and happy tie—(Cheers) —l am so closely related by the bonds of kinsmanship and by the impulse and affections of an enduring friend ship with one of the most honest, most able, and most eloquent of her public men, and I have at all times received Such proofs of attention and respect from the people a Sunderland, that I would be failing in a sense of duty if I did not—no matter at how great professional inconvenience—come down to witness and bear a part in the proceedings of this happy day —a day the moat fortunate and remarkable in the annals of this ancient town and borough.— (Loud cheers.) The laying the first stone of the Sunderland Dooks is an event in our national as well as our local history, and suggests re flections full of public as well as private interest. — (Hear, hear.) To-day an example has been set to the industrial enterprise of the country.—(Hear, hear.) To-day an impulse has been given to the energies of British shipping and of our northern trade.—(Hear, hear.) To day we commemorate an advance in our maritime architecture—and to-day another stone has been laid in the temple of general peace.—(Cheers.) Suppose atithe beginning of this century some one now present, who was then full of youth, and hope, and eagerness, had seen a vision, and had heard a voice of prophecy—that he had been taken to some com manding eminence whence he could view the port of Sunderland and the surrounding country, and that it was told him that within fifty years the genius and industry of man would construct a highway between London and, Sunderland, over which he could pass and repass with arrowlike speed, accomplishing in nine hours the journey of several days—what a look of incredulity he would assume I But, suppose further it was said to him—" See you those goodly ships which lie crowded and nestling together, like water fowl upon the bosom of the river —(Cheers)—and see you yonder those high and jutting banks, that rough and rocky shore ; those ships will grow old and decay, but within fifty years, and when other ships trade in our northern sea, that headland will have been removed, that rocky shore sunk and ex cavated, and there will be safe and inviting docks, pleasant moorings, and sheltered harbours, where the largest ships may repose in safety, free from the rage of the ocean and the fury of the storm.—(Loud cheers)—would he believe his in formant ? Would he not treat as a delusion this promise of industry:so great, and enterprise so am bitious Yes ;he would rouse, as it were—he would stir himself from a dream—and exchange for the less cheering impressions of real life the picturings of a romantic fancy. What he could not believe we have witnessed—what he would have doubted we have done.—(Hear, hear.) And yonder, on that wall of the room in which we are now assembled, is a writing which is fall of heavenly wisdom, of sublime and eternal truth—a writing which needs no Daniel to interpret it, a writing which is the proper motto of labour, and should be inscribed on our banners in every enterprise—" Nil desperandum auspice Deo."—(Cheers.) M y friend Mr. Wright has re ferred with his usual eloquence and power to the shipping interest of Sunderland, but I cannot refrain from a brief allusion to the subject. I know the topic is a somewhat difficult one upon which to speak without giving offence to some gentlemen here • but, properly considered, I think the question of the support or repeal of the navigation-laws is not a party question, it is a public, a national, an imperial ques tion. It is an abuse of language to call it a question of party politics. It is a question of life or death, of rise or ruin to the port of Sunderland.—(Hear, hear.) But if I must not speak in the language of argument, lest I may disturb our harmony, I shall speak in the voice of warning what will find a response in every breast. I implore our rulers to be cautious. I ask for calm reflection. I demand, in the name of British shipping, that they will deeply meditate, that they will patiently inquire before they lay their inter fering hands upon this ark of the constitution. I would remind them that the shipping interest is not a child of yesterday. I would bid them to become students of history, and read how the shipping of this country has steadily increased and is daily increasing under our existing legislation. If they hesitated, or doubted, I would tell them a significant and stubborn fact—that in 1844 the tonnage of this port was 164,692—that rising steadily from that, in 1845 it was 178,580, and at the close of 1847 the registered tonnage of the port was 192,057.—(11ear, hear.) I would say, beware of the fallacy, that the supply cannot equal the demand.—(Hear, hear.) The argu• ment which, justly or unjustly, overthrew the corn laws is not to be repeated here, for whatever the demand for British;ships may be, British shipowners can meet and satisfy it.—(Cheers.) If I was for bidden from using the word protection, they dare not hinder me from using the word persecution. I would say, pause before you provoke or injure the greatest interest in the country; experiments in states are like experiments in the human frame, and your empiric skill must not make its first essays among the ship owners of England. Were my voice unheeded, I would call to my aid the great name of William Huskisson.—(Hear, hear.) I would remind them of his opinion expressed in the debstes on the Reci procity system, and how he said, in effect, " Thus far you shall go." Let this be the frontier and limit of your concessions. If I was still unheeded, I would appeal to the parent himself of political economy, the author of the " Wealth of Nations," who said, " Two interests require protection."—(Hear, hear.) The first I must not allude to now ; but the second was the shipping interest of the country ! —(Cheers.) Sir, the coal trade, too, must receive an impulse from the construction of these docks, and other carrying trades will visit us more frequently. I believe it will lead to a better trade with the East and West Indies, with America and the Baltic. — (Hear, hear.) I believe it will lead to a larger ex port from the mineral districts around, and that assisted by increased railway accommodation, and facilities of transit, a wide field will be opened up of inland traffic. I believe the most sanguine man in this room cannot over-estimate the probable amount of good to be derived from the construction of these docks.—(Hear, hear.) It will lead besides to peculiar results affecting us locally and at home in Sunderland. Sir, I remember to have read in my schoolboy days something in the elegant 2Eneid of Virgil, which is applicable to the rising hopes and opening prospects of Sunderland. He tells us that serpents at times rub off their old skin among rough and pointed rocks, and come forth in bright and glittering youth again. And it seems to me as if Sunderland, flinging off the slough of age and indolence, was rekindling the light of her juvenile days, and bracing herself with new born vigour !—(Loud cheers.) When I look to her Athenseum—when I hear of her Committees of Im provements—when I consider her sanitary measures —I hail the advent of prosperity and happiness. I admire the swift-going wheels of this moral revolution —and I regard the construction of these docks as a record—a monument—and a perpetual triumph of this patriotic and enrerprising spirit !—(Cheers.) The architecture of these docks is also of uncom mon merit. I remember that Sallust, the Roman historian, speaking of the luxury and extrava g ance of the splendid age he lived in and adorned, alluded to "the building out of the sea," as he expressed it. Had he lived in our time, I think we could have shown him a work of public utility, of which old Rome, in her paliniest days, would ihave proudly claimed the execution. It seems to me as if Sunder land was happily de stined to exhibit to the worl d the rarest :specimens of British engineering , talent, and architecturallong m go n ee i bs it u skill. i when surpassed thousands at t ed h; r hastened bridge— itb (Cheers)— and tell hither toe is the time gaz.2 upon it as an arch flung 11 -y very magic over your tall ships and busy river?—(Cheers.) And where else can we find labour so wonderfully directed [PRiek5D. and applied as in these docks ? Where else such piles of huge and solid masonry ? Where else such vastness of general design, such carefulness in minute detail ? For my own part lam lost in wonder and delight when I look upon these works, now rapidly advancing, and this delight is not lessened when I consider that every pile driven, in the construction of those docks, is a new fulcrum for the prosperity of the country.—(Hear, and cheers.) Lastly, Sir, when you laid the foundation stone of the Sunderland Docks, you laid another stone in the Temple of General Peace.—(Hear, hear.) Amidst commercial difficulties, springing, in the main, from providential afflictions, amidst the fall and ruin of old esta blished houses, and the insolvency of the most respectable merchants—amidst the depression of trade, the suspension of labour, the impeded action of credit, and checked circulation of capital—amidst this dark and gloomy parenthesis in the history of our national fortunes, we hear the mutterings and menacing, of war—we are threatened with the ap proach of hostile invasion—and our unwilling ears are startled by the dismal tones which call for mili tary preparation ! Sir, I believe the French are not a nation of buccaneers and freebooters.—(Hear, hear.) Piracy is not part of their tactics, nor is it legalized by the code of Napoleon. Besides, they are an essentially discriminati ng peop l e —th ey know there is a difference between an Arab chief and an English yeoman.—(Cheers.) Nor will they argue so strangely that John Bull msy be taken asleep, because they coaxed Abd-el-Kader to Paris.—(Hear, and laughter.) Far he it from me to say that we should slumber when danger approaches, or be slew to assume an impo,ing attitude when an enemy is at our gates, or frowns upon our shores—(Hear, hear) —but I would not have our national energies roused unnecessarily into action. I would not have us irritate the foe by providing too zealously for the supposed consequences of his vengeance.—(Hear, hear.) To fear an enemy is to flatter him; and too eagerly to make ready for war is to shake the stability of peace. —(Cheers.) Sir, I respect great military talents, and no fame is more deservedly bright than that of him who has led our armies to battle in defence of our rights, our liberties, our national existence. I would not detract from the honours our soldiers have ga thered on well-fought battle-fields, or pluck a laurel from their victorious brows. I would not lower the dignity of our flag—that flag which has floated tri umphantly in every clime under which a Sydney con quered and a Nelson fell—that flag Which has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze."—(Cheers.) But, if I am to learn the state of a nation from the character of its triumphs I would sooner argue for the wisdom and stability of England from a triumph at which you, Mr. Hudson, presided—(Hear, hear)— a triumph over natural difficulties surmoatn;ed, over time and distance vanquished—a triumph of waggon roads led across fens and marshes—of merchandise and passengers carried through divided hills and filled-up vallies—of bridges crossing deep and rapid streams, and spanning them with giant arches—of rocks excavated—of heights levelled—of matter and masses yielding to human industry and skill---a tri umph of peaceful labour and successful enterprise— than from the proudest triumphs of our most memor able battles.—(Loud cheers) Who would not prefer that campaign of art, and science, and skill, to the squandering of a nation's money, or the shedding of a people's blood P—(Hear, hear.) Who would not prefer the glory of a newly-opened dock or railway to the brilliant recollections of a Blenheim or a Waterloo ?—(Cheers.) Who would not prefer the peaceful works we have this day witnessed to the tells, the troubles, the tears of war ? War ! the lord of desolation! the autocrat of ruin t widowing and wasting, depopulating and unhallo wing —paraly zing the strong man's arm and frenaying the • ood man's heart—sacrificing the hopes, the eom'forts, the liberties of a free people to its own overwhelming and tyrannous necessities ! (Loud cheers.) Sir, lam told of national defences, and that the necessity for them is urgent. If by national defences it be understood that we should have a sufficient standing army at home ready to check the advance of an invading foe, and show a battlefront in the hour of peril and the first alarms of war, I agree with the wisdom of such a preparation ; but if forts and bastions, and watchtowers, and military bulwarks and erections be the national defences in tended, then, Sir, I think there are other defences more worthy of attention. I think that inland traffic, maritime trade, security to the shipping interests, a steady rate of wages, a mild and humane poor-law, an extended education of the people, sanitary im provements, commercial credit, and a more freely acting currency, are far better national defences.— (Hear, hear.) Am Ito be told that an enemy would feel less jealousy at seeing the ships in our northern harbours freighted with British coal instead of being armed with British cannon ? Am Ito be told that an enemy would look with more disquiet at a new fort built upon the heights of Dover than upon new docks constructing in the ports of Sunderland ? No, Sir. The first best way to defend the country is to make the country best worth preserving. —(Loud cheers.) Merchant ships and merchant seamen, maritime trade and commercial credit—here lie our true strength—no foe can be really terrible while we are girt around with this national panoply !—(Hear, hear.) The man who leaves his plough to defend his fireside may be unskilled in military tactics, but he supplies the deficiency of his skill by the bravery and fervour of his heart, and believe me, Sir, it is not the fear of future defeats, nor the memory of ancient triumphs, but it is a spirit of peaceful enterprize— the steadier action of labour and capital—domestic happiness and social contentment—which can keep alive in this country a genuine and indomitable cou rage—which can foster our native strength—which can develop our insular resources, and make us feared, envied, and respected by the nations of the world !—(Cheers.) Therefore, I rejoice, above all, in the proceedings of this day, for we have given to the public good, new hostages of public tranquillity In conclusion, Sir, when you gave "The Docks," and Mr. Wright "The Shipping Interest," you gave between you the toast which I have now to give con jointly. The shipping interest is so related to the docks, and trade to the shipping interest, and the port of Sunderland to all of them, that in wishing success to one you wish it to all. Sir, I do wish success to all. May they form an enduring and happy co-partnership. Long may they flourish, dispensive of local and general good. Whatever clouds lower elsewhere, may the sunshine of prosperity be upon the dccks, the shipping, and the trade of Sunderland I (Loud cheers.) May they advance and be promoted together; and, inasmuch as they are so closely and intimately con nected, may their success be one and mutual !—and may this golden band be never disunited !—(Cheers.) " Prosperity to the Port and Trade of Sunderland, was then drunk with enthusiasm. Dr. BROWN proposed the health of 31rs. Hudson, to which the Chairman responded. THOMAS BROWN, Esq., next proposed the health. of the Master and Brethren of the Trinity House.—(Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the contractors and their workmen, which was responded to by Mr. CRAVEN. He then gave " The Ladies of Sunderland," after which the company separated. GRAND DRESS BALL. At night, a ball on a very extensive scale, which by e the rs a n d rank nt directorshkeran offriends, th station,D tookok including ca e lc m ue dpiainnngy thet theo Athenaeum, which was deco rated with a profusion of laurel and evergreens. wasthe Polytechnic s g h l a v r e e n h o b l Between four and five hundred cards of invitation were issued, and full that number of persons were who were at the dinner, and Hall of the pprriensecniptargtehnetlaseisneembly. These included most of the several ladies of r Countess of Essex and Mrs. Hudson. IRELAND. STATE OF THE POOR. DUBLIN, Fen. 7.—The accounts from the western counties are not al ogether so deplorable as those received last week. In Galway union, where paid guardians are installed, steps have been taken to save the desti tute peasantry from absol u t e s t arva ti on . The Poor.. law Commissioners have directed that there shall be no election of guardia ns thi s y ea r, so that the affairs of the union will continue to be administered by the paid vice-guardians. The Limerick Examiner gives a further most afflicting account of the condition of the poor in that quarter. That journal says : " Some unaccountable fatality must attend the deliberations of the Limerick board of guardians. It comprehends many men of undoubted intelligence and great personal humanity, and yet its measures are defective and abortive ; the depopulating process thrives under it as well as under the most landlord ridden board in Ireland. Within the .workhoreuese. the deaths for the last week were . thirty- - t'= v e er and without, the number, preventibleby o s u one hundred as many more. In this union per hap 3 defective orra application of the poor-law,. must am graves are filled every week by the of 301. was recently tion of the poor-law. A bill of patients from paid one party for the . conveyanc e Hospital, and some of the workhouse to Barrington 's these ill-fated beings were . taken . from their beds in rit a to p twice trundled into a I the very 0/1 3 i 5 of their name., .--•_ 7 ,..,,,,a r j - , / 7 A z ...- • " covered" car, carried through populous strtets, andy' dropped at Barrington's, where, beforelAey - rtifild be removed farther than the entrance all, they pe rished. In one day, nine children, Iled from their beds, in measles, in which exposure to cold is fatal, and conveyed to Barrington's, dropped dead in the hall, one after another." There are some further accounts of deaths from starvation in Kerry, Limerick, and King's County. )STATE or CRIME.—The accounts from the pro claimed districts exhibit a decided diminution of crime. In the county of Limerick, in some in stances, the peasantry are voluntarily surrendering fire-arms. REPEAL ASSOCIATION, THIS DAY.—Thii body met to-day ;N. V. Maher, Esq., M.P., presided. The secretary read a l e tt er f rom lr. John O'Connell, M.P., in which the Hon. Gentleman acquainted the association that he had given notice of his intention to bring under the consideration of the House of Commons, on an early day, the question of the repeal of the union; the document also recommended a " re peal mission" through the country, with a view "to revive the repeal organization in every quarter." Mr. J. H. Dunne submitted to the meeting the recent letter from his Holiness the Pope to the Romaa Catholic Primate of Ireland, and argued that the appearance of that document proved to demonstration that English influence was operating on the Court of Rome. The letter from the Propaganda proved that, but it also demonstrated that the machinations of England had been entirely defeated. On concluding his observations Mr. Dunne read, "as the best com mentary on the letter of his Holiness," the answer of Dr. Higgins, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh, to the Primate. (This document will be found below). The secretary announced the receipt of 30/. from the clergy of the diocese of Kilmacduagh, forwarded by the Right Rev. Dr. French. At the termination of the proceedings the rent for the week was said to be 761. Dr. O'Higgins, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh, has addressed the following to the Freeman ' s Journal : " Dublin, February 6, 1848. "I\lr. Editor,—Finding that a recent letter from the Propaganda Fide, seeking ecclesiastical informa tion regarding the systematic defamations of the sacred character of the Irish bishops and priests, and inserted in the Evening Post newspaper, well known to be Lord Clarendon's organ, has been introduced to the public (with what fidelity of translation the learned reader will judge), I think it due to the pious solicitude of the Propaganda, and the Catholics of the empire, to publish, through the columns of your honest and invaluable journal, the following corre spondence between the Most Rev. Dr. Crolly, Primate of all Ireland, and myself. " My object is to secure the co-operation of all true Catholics in supplicating the Holy Father to insitute, through some neutral and unpurchasable agents, a minute and searching inquiry into the conduct of our priesthood, in order that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, may be known. " The former Mr. Villiers, of a certain celebrity in Spain, and now our self•lauding Viceroy, will, I hepe, condescend to submit to his diplomatic comrades, the present Premier, and Lord pinto, that this is the real fair play of which the English Government boasts so much, but which, as the world knows, they practise so little.—l have the honour to be, Mr. Editor, your obedient servant, " Pti W. O'HIGGINS." "THE PRIMATE TO THE BISHOP OP ARDAGIT. " Drogheda, Jan. 27, 1843. "My dear Lord,—l have the honour to submit to your Lordship's consideration a communication which I lately received from the Holy See, of which I give you a correct copy, and after you have read it, I hope that you will favour me with a line on the subject. [Here the text of the letter of Cardinal Fransoni, with a translation, are given.] " I have the honour to remain, with the highest respect, my dear Lord, your obedient servant, " 9C W. CROLLY. "The Right Rev. Dr. O'Higgins, Ballymahon." " THE pallor OF ARDAGRTO THE PRIMATE. " Ballymahon, January 29, 1848. "My dear Lord,—l have the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of your Grace's note of the 27th inst., together with a copy of a letter from his Eminence Cardinal Fransoni, dated the 3d of this month. On the subject referred to in that letter your Grace desires to have a line from me; and compliance with your request I beg to say, that I believe your Grace is now bound to make known to the Propaganda Fide, that a most wicked and diabo lical conspiracy is being carried on by almost all the English and Irish press against the Catholic hierarchy, the Catholic priests, and the Catholic people of Ire land ; that Lord Minto was sent to Rome to deceive the Holy See, and that the means he and his friends use are notorious calumnies against us all. " I think also the Cardint stetted be informed that, under the name of legal right the body of the land lords of Ireland are literally starving the poor, and doing so without a single remonstrance from our Lord-Lieutenant, or his employer, Lord John Russell, and that neither ever published a single word in vindication of the Archbishop of Tuam, the Bishop of Elphin, and other Irish ecclesiastics, notwith standing that they demonstrated the charges made against them and their priests to be the premeditated slanders of their enemies. Of course you will further state, that whilst the whole of the English and Irish Government press publish daily every sort of ruffian libels on ourselves and clergy, they scarcely ever publish our defence. i think, too, the Propaganda ought to be solicited to send over to Ireland some in telligent, pious, and independent Italian ecclesiastic, with instructions to go from diocese to diocese—visit our priests and our poor—see matters with his ows eyes, and report to Rome without consulting the feel ings of any party, religious or political. I have my self publicly suggested that England should semi honest Protestants among us to ascertain the truth; and if this be done, and that the Propaganda send the ecclesiastic referred to, Rome will soon be enlightened —the conspiracy blown up—the real friends of order, justice, and mercy made known to the world, and the intrigues of the unprincipled exhibited to the execra tion of every lover of truth. " For my own part I have for the last two years constantly gone through the most afflicted portions of this diocese, preaching patience and resignation to my persecuted and half-starved people, and my reward is to be involved, in common with my brethren, in the infamous calumnies that are heaped on our heads. Our Viceroy, too, has proclaimed portions of the diocese as free from agrarian outrages as the streets of London, and yet he calls himself our friend and protector ! The people are dying everywhere from cold and hunger, and still he refuses to apply, in their favour, the laws or the other means at his dis posal ! Were Rome to know (and please God she shall know) how we are persecuted, she would look on our forbearance almost as miraculous. If we write a line in an honest journal to repudiate calumny and bring public opinion to bear constitutionally upon our heartless rulers, we are at once gazetted by the infidel press as the disturbers of that peace which we alone are preserving. " As for my priests, they never directly or indi rectly denounced any landlor d or other citizen from their altars, nor have they up to this been accused of doing so. Their flocks are patient and resigned, with death staring them i n the face, and neither they nor myself shall ever seek redress except by those peace ful and constitutional means to which every subject of the empire has an inalienable and undoubted right. " Finally, I say, let effective means be tak en t o e nlighten Rome on every detail of this infamous anti national and anti-Catholic conspiracy, and the ene mies to our creed and of our race will be humbled, and some little justice done to poor calumniated and per secuted Ireland. " I have instructed Dr. Cullen to furnish to the authorities in Rome an authentic copy of my letter to Mr. John O'Connell. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your obedient servant, " W. O'HIGGINS. " Most Rev. Dr. Crolly, Primate of all Ireland. ' CHANGE IN THE ENGLISH MAILS.—DUBLIN, FEB. B.—From and after the Ist of next month the morning snail via Birkenhead will be discontinued, and a mail will be dispatched each forenoon by Holy head for London. The mail via Liverpool will re main without change for the present. This is the first move in anticipation of the completion of the communication by railway between Holyhead and London, after which the Irish mails will be trans mitted by the Holyhead route. The Irish inlrnd mails, after the Ist of March next will be dispatched from the post-office at seven o'clock, P.M., an hour earlier than at present. EXECUTION AT LIMERICX.---Williamßyan (Puck), found guilty of murder at the Limerick Special Com mission, was executed yesterday. KING'S COLLEGE HOSTITAL.—OVVing t o the great P revalence of; sickn ess, and the very material increas e o f applications to Ri n g's College Hospital, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn, the committee of that institution have benevolently augmented the benefits of the charity, by occasionally placing . extra beds in the wards, and re ceiving the more afflicting and urgent cases. The de mands upon the ont-door treatment having increased to a corresponding degree, it was stated at a recent meet ing that the co-operation of the affluent was urgently nee& 1 to enable the continuance of the benefits of the institution. PROTECTION PROM FIRE.—A large and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Alarylebone was held last night, for the purpose of considering the propriety of sending a deputation to Government, to urge the neces sity of some g eneral measure for the protection of life and property from fire. Lord Dudley took the chair , and was supported by Sir B. Hall, M.P. It was finally adopted that a deputation should wait upon Lord Mor peth on the subject. The debate on the Jewish Disabilities Bill will be resumed on Friday. ,t.` +