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1 4 NENING EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, .Li:. 28. Tkie LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the WA"- ac). ; a t Fiv( o'Clock. Earl'SoNtur,s, late Viscount Eastnor, took the oat's 'and his seat. THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR read her Mijesty's Abswer to the Achheiq, which was ordered to Le en tered on the Journals. The Duke of WELLINGTON would take that oprortunity of saying that it would be very desirable if nine mode were adopted of makng• known the time when their Lordships would go up to her Majesty with the Address. Had he known the time it would epr !air.ly have been his duty to have attended ; and he 000111 say for several others of his Noble Friends who were ignorant of the time when the Address would I Jr presented, that it was their intention to have been present.—( Hear, hear.) Viscount MELBOURNE regretted that public notice had not been given in the House ; but he thought it had been generally understood that the Address would be received at two o'clock. Ile had given pri vate notice to several Peers ; but he agreed with the Noble Dukc, that it would be better if the matter had been stated publicly. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from Bury St. Edmunds, praying for the relief of Dis senters from Church-rates and the discharge of Mr. Baines. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. The LORD CHANCELLOR had a communica tion to make to their Lordships to which he wished to call their attention. He thought it his duty to live a communication with Mr. Justice Bosan quct, the Chief Judge of the Central Criminal Court, relative to certain proceedings which had taken place in that Court respecting a Member of their Lordships' Ho , :ae. In answer to that communication he had received a letter from his Lordship, in which he stated an indictment had been found against the Earl of Cardigan at the last October sessions, for feloniously shooting at Mr. Harvey Tuckett, with intent to kill or do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. 4dolphug, who appeared as C ounse l f or th e Noble Earl, prayed that the recognizances might be respired to the ensuing Sessions, on the ground that the No+..le Earl, being a Peer, could not be tried in that Court, whereupon the recognizances were ordered to be respited in order to have the indictment tried before a proper tribunal, or before the Lord High Steward of the House of Peers. That he had further ascertained from the Clerk cf . the Arraigns, that similar orders had been made for respiting the recognizances at the following Sessions. Their Lordships having now a knowledge of the facts, they would perhaps think it right that the same course :.hould be adopted as on all similar occasions, and he apprehended that the first step should be for their Lordships to appoint a Committee to inquire into the coarse of proceedings that ought to be adopted. He found from the Journals of the House, that the mode of appointing such Committees was not always uniform. In the majority of cases, these Committees were appointed to consist of all Peers who had attended during the existing Session ; in other cases, it had been re ferred to a Committee of Privileges. Either course might be adopted, but he (the Lord Chancellor) thought the better course would be to adopt the precedent, that the Committee should consist of all those Peers present during the existing Session, as they . would thus secure the attendance of a greater number of Peers. Alter a short pause, The LORD CHANCELLOR asked if it was their Lordships' pleasure that a Committee should be appointed, to consist of all Peers who had attended during the Session to inquire into the practice of the House upon the subject. This was the plan adopted in 17-16, and there was also another precedent, namely, to apply to the Chiefs of the Courts of West minster to attend the House upon the subject, though perhaps that course would not be necessary in the pre sent case, as two of thoso Chiefs were Members of their Lordships' House. It was then agreed that the Committee should meet on Monday next at two o'clock. COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill for a first reading, stated that his intention was to adopt the same course which was pur sued with the Bill last year, namely, that after it had been printed, and read as soon as possible a second time, to move that it be referred to a Select Committee. Lord REDESDALE said a few words, which were inandiblein the gallery. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed. CHURCH INTRUSION (SCOTLAND). The Earl of HADDINGTON wished to ask the Noble Viscount at the head of her Majesty's Govern ment a question, the importance of which to the north ern part of the United Kingdom must be his apology. The question related to tVit unhappy dissensions which agitated Scotland on the subject of Non-Intrusion. He wished to ask whether it was the intention of Ministers to propose to Pe.rliament any measure to allay the animosi ties which existed, and to settle, as far as a Parliamentary provision could settle, the question ? or whether the Government, being satisfied with the law as it stood, were determined to afford its full protection to those who were disposed to obey the law. Lord MELBOURNE agreed with the Noble Earl as to the importance of the subject. The question had been most seriously considered by her Majesty's Minis ters, and they had not thought it necessary to propose any measure to alter the existing law. The Earl of HADDINGTON hoped that the Noble Viscount would answer the latter part of his question, as to whether it was the intention of Govern ment to protect those who obeyed the law ? Lord MELBOURNE said—Certainly, as a matter tf course. The Earl of HADDINGTON said he would not deal candidly with their Lordships, it he did not state his opinion that the question could not be settled without the intervention of Parliament. The Earl of HARD\VICKE then put a question to Lord Melbourne, the import of which, and of-the answer, was totally inaudible in the Gallery. Their Lordships then adjourned. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. - A meeting of the above SOciety for scientific business was hell on Tuesday evening, at which W. Yarrell, Esq.. presided. Several presents were exhibited, amongst which was a dorus (hole thuria), an animal as yet but little known, the gift of Sir E. Cust. It was caught in the sea at Porto Rico, but al though great care was taken it only lived two days after confinement. Its colour is of a yellowish brown, with bright spots and streaks, and its skin rich and sincoth. Its length is six inches, and its breadth two inches. A com munication was read relative to a wreck or skeleton of a sp.miea of sponge of exquisite beauty, found off Helongos, Phillipine Islands. It is of a whitish colour, about nine inches in length, six in circumference, and of a hollow cy lindrical form somea hat resembling a cornucopia. Exter nally it is partially covered with a uet work of fibres, ex tending longitudinally and transversely, some of which are as line as the hairs of spun glass. It was designated tex . Clissima. Mr. Gould presented and described two birds ( liirnantasses Novo Zclandro), from Port Philip, New Zealand. They were distinguished from others of that fa mily by their black-plumage. A paper was read regard ing some hares caught in Thibet. The animal does not . burrow, and i ts peculiarities differ widely from those found in Europe. The meeting then adjourned. ROYAL BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON•- A meeting of the Society was held at their rooms in Pall mall, on Tuesday evening, when the following persons were elected Fellows i—Prince Esterhazy, the Duke of Sutherland, the Hon. Colonel Anson, M. P., henry U. Thomson, M D., D. D. Davis, M.D., John miles, Esq., John Ward, Esq., Arthur Well es l ey Ward, Esq. , and Neville Ward, Esq. After the ballot M r . S owerby concluded his paper upon the varieties of structure in wood, which gave rise to the appearance called curl, and other ornamental figures. The Chairman, Dr. Roxburgh, announced that the works now in progress upon the So tiety's ground in the Regent's Park were the formation of the principal walks, the lawn, and the medical garden. Among the donations reported was a quantity of build ing ston e , p resente d by M r . Ward from his quarries at Calverly. LIEUTENANT WILLIAM M. LYNCH, INDIAN NAVY.—lntelligence has been received of the decease of this distinguished young officer. A short time previously to his decease he had desc en d e d the Tig r is and Euphrates . in the Nimrod s t eamer , f or t h e purpose o f conveying from Bussorah the officers and mon of the expedition. They had suffered severely from the climate ; many were dead, the survivors i nca p a bl e o f act i ve service. Ho had the satisfactio n of rescuing them from their dreadful position ; but his own health was sacrificed in his exertions. On his retur n to Bagdad lie was ordered h ome f or t h e b ene fi t of his health. Be w as son o f t h e l ate Major 11. Blosse Lynch, of Partry, county Mayo, and nephew of Colonel T. B. Lynch, of Plymouth.—Dublin Evening Post. SUPPOSED MURDE R NEAR DROITIVICII.- Yesterday ('Tuesday) a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Powell, farmer, of King's_hiii, near \Vichbold, which to tally destroyed the premi ses . 1s the engines were re turning one of the men on croiling a brook saw the re mains of a well-dressed young woman, whose soddencd hand lay above the water. Her head revealed severd large and ghastly wounds, and as they were lifting up t h e corpse to place it on the engine, a long piece of hair, with flesh adherent, dropped from her head, e vi d ent l y severed from the crown by a blow with some sharp instrument The body was taken to the Crown Inn, at Wichb o ld, where it now li es . Th e youn g woman :s name is Patrick, niece to Mr. Benjlmin Patrick, of )Nichbold. She has latterly b een res idi n g at Bi rm i ng h am . — Worcester Ch ro . nicle. The mackerel season has this year commencod very favourably, and sanguine expectations are enterta.ned • that the season will be a long and prosperous one. All the Brighton boats engaged last year in the fishery are now at Plymouth, where there are also a great number of French boats, many of which, laden with salt for the purpose, cure their fish as they take them. They also purchase those eauOt by our fishermen, givin g a good pries not only for ' roackarel, but also for fish of a coarse and very inferior description. The last intelligence from Plymouth make Breeds, of Hastings, a gainer already to the amount of 2504—Brig/don Ga;ette. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPEUS OF YEiTF.IcDAY. (From the Globe.) ' We have great pleasure in announcing the return, by a large majority, of Colonel Ferguson, as Member for the Kirkaldy district of burghs. Our previous infor mation led us to anticipate this result, whieh is creditable to the good sense and discernment of the constituency. The intrusion candidate has had the fate which befals intrusion in Scotland generally. We regret to learn from our cor respondents, that the Cupar agents for the Tories, and Colonel Lindsay the Tory candidate for the county, have been in constant communication with Dr. Bowring during the election. " Noscitur a sociis" is a lair enough maxim in election contests. There is a time honoured Scottish proverb, " He that will to Cupar, maun to Cupar." Dr. Bowring has been to Cupar, to dine with the Tories, and to divide the Liberals , and it is charity to hope that he comes back a sadder and a wiser man. We shall only say of the state of mind which tempted him thither—not that he was 1110 d to go, but merely, in the local phrase, Fitish. The state of the poll shows what a wanton attack it has been on Dr. Bowring's part ; and the num ber he has polled is, we learn, made up in great part of Tories, who have been too glad to make him their cat's paw, in hopes that he might cause such a split in the Liberal ranks as would open a door for their advances on another occasion. It is difficult to decide whether Dr. Bowring, or those who have made use of him, cut the less enviable figure in this coalition. (From the Standard.) We have heard but one opinion of the Queen's Speech—viz., that it is the most meagre, cowardly, and unsatisfactory document that ever Ministers placed in a Royal hand. We have referred to one of its omissions in a preceding article, but another has filled the com mercial classes with dismay, and all other classes with disgust —we mean the omission of a reference to the position of the country in !elation to France. Every one in England expected some manly and dignified, but conciliatory, notice of the subject, and the pacifically disposed portion of the French people must look for it with still greater anxiety. It is not, however, to be found. Lord Melbourne dared no more open the question in his Cabinet of oven questions, than he dared to challenge Mr. O'Connell in Parliament by a notice of repeal. The Times has this morning an able recapitulation of the "negatives in which the Royal Speech is so affluent," to borrow Dr. John son's grandiloquent joke. In one view—a view per haps not contemplated by our admirable contemporary —the list of things wanting may be eminently use ful. The people of France may see that they are not singular in the disregard shown by our rulers. The war in India, which has cost so much—the finances of the country, though so long declining —even the threatened dismemberment of the empire, fail to call for any observation from her Majesty's advisers. France has, therefore, no reason to complain more than our selves. Frenchmen too must see, that if our Ministers have not spoken, the people of England have spoken the language of friendship and respect now by their most honoured and most trusted leaders, as they have been for many months speaking the same language by their faithful press. (From the courier.) The carrying coal trade for the supply of the metro polis and its environs employs some 2,000 vessels, worth about 2,0001. each on an average. It would be difficult to divide, from the general argument, the number of vessels employed, independent of the ordinary trade, under the rule of the factor ; we have, therefore, assumed our averages and rates of interest for wear and tear so low as to allow for any exceptions. The total capital for the shipping alone would at 2,000 vessels, worth 2,0001. each, be 4,000,0001. The number of hands employed in each vessel may average about seven ; the voyages abeut eight per year ; the coals carried about 2,700,000 tons. Now, the detention of the vessels in the general routine being three weeks between Gravesend and the Pool, the delays of each vessel would be twenty-four weeks in each year, or nearly one-half spent in worse than useless idleness, as the vessels have to anchor and weigh some four or five times to take a higher station in the river, until they reach the Pool for unlading. The wear and tear is greater than in moderate weather at sea, and the men are dissipating their time and money, to the disgrace and demoralization of the banks of the Thames, while their wives and families are suf fering privations in the north. No wonder Wapping and Ratcliff exhibit such scenes of iniquity and misery, while crime is thus nursed by continued pay and con tinued weeks of idleness in men whose superiors are so little above them as to have no moral control whatever. 'I his part of the question of the coal trade as much re quires the attention of the parties interested as the ex cessive price of carriage over the first cost of the coal itself. If we take the capital of the ships at four mil lions, the interest on that amount for twenty-four weeks of each year would be 92,'3001. at five per cent., to which add the expense of keeping the men for these twenty-four unnecessary weeks, being 14,000 men at 3s. a day pay and provisions, would come to 342,800/. ; and interest on the coals lying in the ships in demur rage, say at 153. a ton for 2,000,000 tons, would give 33,6151., with the enormous total, without wear and tear of the vessels and gear, of 469,715/., or nearly half a million of money absolutely wasted in surcharge from delays alone in an article of such absolute neces sity to all as coal ; and we have here not touched upon those other items which are incidental to the discharge and delivery after arrival in the Pool. It must be very evident, that, with the present arrangements between the coal-owners in the North and the factors here, much of this excess of freight is unavoidable. THE INDEPENDENT WEST MID DLESEX INSURANCE COMPANY. Wednesday afternoon a gentleman named Smith made application to Mr. Rawlinson, at Marylebone, under the following circumstances : Applicant stated that he was the proprietor of the house No. 27, Baker-street, Portman-square, and that he granted a running lease of seven, fourteen, and twenty-one years to a person named Hole, one of the principals of the Independent West Middlesex Insur ance Company. The whole of the party connected with the concern had recently, as his Worship must be aware, absconded, and he was unable to obtain a return of the lease in question. He was desirous of again let ting the premises, but was unable to do so from an ob jection which was very naturally raised by persons to the renting of a house of which other parties were in possession of a lease. This was a serious loss to him, and he wished to be informed what steps it would be advisable for him to adopt. He had been to Mr. Biggs, solicitor, No. 38, Southampton-buildings, who had taken up the matter for the unfortunate annuitants, and he had got possession of the house, but the lease was what he wanted to get hold of. Mr. RAWLISSON told the applicant that he could render him no assistance in the matter, as he had, ac cording to his own showing, possession already. Had the party to whom the premises were let deserted them, leaving rent due, he (the Magistrate) could in due course of law have given him (applicant) pos session. Admitting that the lease could be forth coming, he apprehended thut, if it were of any value, the creditors would be entitled to the benefit of it. Applicant added, that it was a heart-rending sight to witness the parsons who were now constantly making inquiries at the premises respecting the " Company," by whom many of them had bacn deprived of nearly every shilling they possessed. The whole amount of which unsuspecting people had been defrauded by the said " Insurance Company" could not, he ima gined, be less than 200,000/. Sir Peter Laurie, with whom he had had an interview, was taking up the matter very strongly. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Brighton Gazette. ) PLIITSMOUII, JAN. 28.—The Indus, 84, Captain Sir James Stirling, will remove from her hulk during the week, and proceed to Spithead to complete her crew. The Tweed, 20, Commander Douglas, will go out,of the bar. hour in a few days, (ported for the South American station. The Snake, 16, in Sheerness Basin, and Bittern, 16, at this port, are to be brought forward for commission. The steam frigate Salamander, Commander Henry, re mains at Sheerness, under Admiralty orders. Iler desti nation is not accurately known. The Dee steamer, Commander Slierer, and brig Satel lite, 16, Commander Robb, are ordered home from the North Amer:can station. The latter was at Bermuda, on the 15th ult., all well, refitting. The Dee left Ha lifax, it is supposed for England, on the Bth November; but as she has not yet arrived, must have taken a cir cuitous route. The ships at Spithead are the Iris, 26, a new corvette, Capt. Hugh Nurse, and Pelican, 16, Command er N ap i er the former destined for the Cape and West African station. Both are awaiting Admiralty orders to proceed. The Calliope, 26, Captain Herbert, and Samarang, 26, Captain Scott, are on their way from the Brazils to the coast of China, to join Rear-Admiral Elliot. The steamer Alban, Mr. King, Muster, is rt fitting in the harbour, to proceed to the Irish ports, when ready, for men for the Navy. The Cracker cutter, Mr. Hogg°, will in a day or two return to Jersey with .tores and provisions for the Sea flower cutter. The brig Nautilus, 10, Lieut. Beaufoy, is ordered to proceed to Plymouth from the north coast, to refit for fo reign service. The brig Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, is nearly ready for sea. She is to be in future attached as a tender to the Royal George yacht. AT SPITHEAD.—Iris, 26, and Pelican, 16. IN HARBOUR —Queen, Victory, Indus, Tweed, Royal George yacht, Excellent, Cracker, Rapid, Alban, Echo, and flag tenders. 13 RADFORD MARKET.—There continues a fa • ir demand for low and middle qualities of combing wools, and prices, if not higher, are very firm. There is a very indifferent sale for finer qualities. The prospects of the Yarn market are bettering, and the spinners are asking higher prices. They are not, however, generally obtained, as it is impossible for the manufactu rers with their present prices to give an advance. There is an average business doing in pieces. The stocks are as low as we ever remember knowing them at this season. Prices unvarying. York Courant. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S ADDRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM AT TAMWORTH. (From the Staffordshire Advertiser.) Our readers arc aware that the Right Hon. Sir Ro bert Peel has come forward most liberally to assist in the establishment of a library and reading-room for Tamworth and its neighbourhood. We understand that Sir Robert has given the munificent sum of loot. towards the object, and has kindly accepted the office of President. The institution is founded on a compre hensive basis, without reference to rank or to political and religious distinctions. Sir Francis Lawley, Bart., is the Chairman of the Managing Committee. The Committee of Management and the Book Gin:- mittee having been appointed, a public meeting was held on Tuesday last, the 19th instant, at the Town-hall, Tamworth, the Right Hon. President hav ing consented to deliver on that day an address explana tory of the objects of the institution. The Town•hall was crowded on the occasion. Sir R. Peel was accompanied by Lady Peel and two sons. At one o'clock, Sir It. PEEL rose, and addressed the assembly as follows:—It has been usual, on the foundation of an in stitution similar to that which it is now proposed to establish in this town, to open the proceeding with an inaugural lecture or address, explanatory of the objects of the institution, and of the regulations on which it is proposed to conduct it ; and in conformity with that practice, and because I am sincerely desirous of faith fully discharging the functions which belong to the ap pointment to which I have been recently elected, I have willingly undertaken to perform a dnty which is generally assigned to the office of President. I feel that I shall best perform that duty by attempting to explain to you, in very simple and very perspicuous language, the views of those who have taken a leading part in the establishment of this institution, and the advantages which we think it holds out to those who are willing to become members of it. I feel perfectly convinced that on such subjects as the extension of knowledge and intellectual improvement it would be vain to hope to discover any novelty, either of argument or expression. I conceive that on such an occasion, and in such a meeting as this, any parade of learning would be an idle affectation ; and if I do add anything to the simple explanation of the objects of this institution, it will be to recal to your minds truths which are very obvious and very trite, but which do not, gene rally speaking, exercise a practical influence upon the conduct of men that corresponds with their obviousness and with their importance. It is proposed to establish a library and a reading-room, for the advantage of this town and neighbourhood—the reading-room to be open for certain hours of every day (with the exception of particular holidays and Sundays), under such regulations as the Committee of ma nagement shall determine. It is proposed that the library shall be open to all persons, and that they shall be permitted, under certain re gulations, to have books from the reading-room at their own houses, for the amusement and instruction of themselves and their families. We propose that the advantages of this institution shall be open to all per sons of all descriptions, without reference to political opinions or religious creed, who shall have attained the age of fourteen years. We propose that the institu tion shall be open to the female as well as the male portion of the population of this town and neighbour hood ; because we consider that we should have done great injustice to the well-educated and virtuous women of this town and neighbourhood, if we had sup posed that they were less capable than their husbands or their brothers of benefiting by the instruction which we hope to give, or if we had supposed that they were less interested in the cause of rational re creation and intellectual improvement. We pro pose, also, that they shall have equal power and equal influence in the management of this institu tion with others, being well assured that the influ ence which a virtuous woman can hold (if it be neces sary to call it into action) will always be exercised in favour of whatever is sound and profitable in respect to knowledge, and whatever is decorous and exemplary in respect to conduct. It would be presumptuous in me to anticipate the decision of the Committee of Manage ment on many points which are reserved for their con sideration ; but I do hope it may be possible hereafter, and at no distant period, to extend the advantages of this institution beyond those which are contemplated in the printed paper. I hope that it may be possible to make some arrangement, by which, at some hour of the day, not interfering with the hours set apart for reading, it may be possible for parents to take their children be low the age of fourteen, that they may benefit by access to the maps or globes, or books of reference, which may be deposited in the library. I hope, also, that we are laying the foundation of a great treasury of knowledge—of stores more various and more rich than those we at present con template. For instance, I am not too sanguine in hoping to live to see the day when it may be possible in this district, not deficient itself in mineral productions, and bordering upon a great division of England that is preg nant with iron and coal (the great incentives, to human skill anti industry), to form a collection of minerals most interesting to a mind inquisitive after knowledge, and facilitating the comprehension of such treatises as may te written, and such works as may be pub lished, on mineralogy and such kindred subjects. It is proposed, also, if our funds will permit, to cause the delivery of plain and popular lectures (comprehensible by all) on such subjects as astronomy, botany, and mineralogy —upon the recent improvements that may have been made in the arts and manufactures— upon the application of scientific discoveries, and on the result of the experience of practical observers as to agriculture and to those various trades and occupations which chiefly engross the attention of this district of the country. These are not, I trust, over sanguine expec tations. I think the acquisition of knowledge has a great tendency to multiply itself ; and if I can only persuade you to enter upon that delightful path, I am sanguine enough to believe that there will be open to you gradual charms and temptations which will iaduco you to persevere.—(Applause.) 'The library that we shall form will, I trust, contain works not merely con nected with abstract science, but treatises corning home to the daily business and daily interests of those who arc concerned in the pursuits of active industry. Now, let me take two departments of knowledge, on which I think most useful information might be deposited in u library of this kind. Let me first speak of works con nected with agricultural improvement, and let me make an earnest appeal to that most valuable and respectable class of society, I mean the ftirmers of this country, to whom we arc so much indebted for their general deport ment, whose respectability and success are intimately connected with the best interests of this country. I am perfectly prepared to hear from them that they receive with great distrust the advice of persons who are not practically connected with farming. No one is more deeply satisfied than I am that it is much easier to talk of farming than to farm. lam not surprised that they (the farmers) distrust the theories of specula tive farmers. lam not surprised that they listen with distrust to the result of experiments much more exten sive than their capital enables them to engage in. I consider those feelings to be perfectly rational and per fectly natural ; but, on the other hand, if the farmers of this neighbourhood (because they are practical farmers) think that their experience is all-sufficient —if they think that they have nothing to learn—if they think they can safely neglect the opportunities of acquir ing knowledge connected with their proper business, let me tell them that they labour under a greater and more dangerous delusion than the gentlemen who undertake to instruct thorn.—(Applause.) If you are satisfied with the limited experience that your own farm affords —if you really believe that the farming in your parti cularparish admits of no improvement—let me remind yuu that these were the impressions entertained 50 years since, and 100 years since, by practicalf ariners, who then thought, I have no doubt, that there was nothing to ho earned,and that there could be no advantage in attempt ng to benefit by the experience and experiments of others. Now, with respect to works on agriculture, which might be included in the library of this institution, let me ask any reasonable man, whatever might be his practical ex perience, whether he does not think it highly probable that advantages might be derived by his having access, on the payment of one shilling quarterly, to such in formation as may be deposited in this library ? [The Right lion. Baronet referred to the information con tained in treatises on agriculture, mentioning Remarks on Thorough Draining and Deep Ploughing, by Mr. James Smith.] Was it possible there could be any harm —not in a farmer being forced to adopt this system of farming—but in hearing what was the result of experi ments ? This little book was given to him (Sir R. Peel) by that eminent man, Dr. Buckland, the great geologist, on his return from Scotland, after having had an oppor ntAulnri.t sy treatisemo i f t Iten had ae i g t lately the improvet lion.re ce v e Be m da r n t s eAt on ne t Report a i e i r t uf d'a o ir n 3mg the toof Diseases to which the Wheat Plant is liable," ob served, that if the farmer told him that he bad informa tion on the subject already, he would inform him that Professor Henslow, the Professor of Botany at Cam bridge, had stated, in reference to treatises written for a prize offered by the English Agricultural Society for the best essay on this subject, that it was evident to him (Professor Henslow) that the authors were ignorant of many facts well known to scientific men for many years, respecting the nature of those diseases, and the causes producing them ; and that in point of fact no one treatise was deemed deserving of the prize. It ap peared to him (Sir Robert Peel) that the farmer, whatever importance he might attach to practical expe rience, could not deny that he might derive great be nefit from reading treatises on this and various other subjects—such as the proper time for laying manure on the ground, the chymical properties of that manure, and the liability of the volatile parts flying off into the atmo. sphere. It had been also suggested that popular lectures might become a subject of the greatest importtance, upon the simplest method of keeping account of profit and loss. —(Applause.) Now, he was informed that nothing could be more imperfect than the accounts which were kept .TTI 14! SUN, LONDON. FR TT) AY, JA NITA It Y . , 29, JP4 by a farmer of the daily outgoings of his farm and the profit returned from actual outlay. Nor 'could he doubt that if a farmer were instructed as to the most simple method of keeping such an account, and was supplied with a bock containing the proper (oral, the greatest advantages might be derived from his hay ing the opportunity of judging of such improve men ts as the one lie (Sir R. Peel) had been referring to. But (eaid Sir R. Peel) these are merely examples of the in formation which might be made easily accessible. Every oewspeper teems with notices of publications, written upon popular principles, detailing all the recent discove ries in science and their connexion with improvements in arts and manufactures. Let me earnestly entreat you not to neglect the opportunity which we are now willing to afford you. It will not be our fault if the ample page of knowledge, rich with the spoils of time, is not unrolled to you. You will not be able to say that " chill penury'' has frozen " the genial current" of your aspirations for knowledge and distinction. We tell you that here is access for you to that information which may at the same time facili tate your advance in your wordly occupations and lay the foundation for mental improvement.—(Applause.) Do not be deceived by the suers that you hear against knowledge, which are uttered by men who want to depress you, and keep you depressed, to the level of their own contented ignorance. —(Renewed plaudits.) Do not believe that you have not time (that is what you will hear) for rational recreation.—(Applause.) Now, believe me, that it is the idle man who wants time for everything.—(Laughter and applause.) The industrious man, the man who is persevering in his pursuits, is the man who knows the value of the economy of time, and can find leisure for rational recreation, as well as for his attention to his business.— (Continued applause.) Do not believe that the acquisition of knowledge, of such knowledge as we shall offer you, is inconsistent with the success of your worldly pursuits. Depend upon it, you cannot exercise and sharpen your intel lectual faculties in one branch of knowledge without becoming better men of business in consequence.— (Applause.) Depend also upon this, that there is a spirit of inquiry afloat, and that there is a degree of competition requiring the utmost mental activity and exertion. Every steam-boat, every railroad—all the facilities of intercourse—are operating as premiums upon skill and intelligence.—(Applause.) They are shortening the distance between the producer and the consumer. It is not safe for you to remain behindhand, for, depend upon it, if you are inferior in point of skill, in point of intelligence, in point of general knowledge, to the manufacturers and producers of other districts, those increased facilities of intercourse to which I have been referring will transfer the demand from you to others ; and you will be labouring under a fatal delusion if you place confidence in those sneers to which I have alluded, and if you believe that increased intelligence is incompatible with worldly success. On the contrary, I believe that society is now in the posi tion that increased intelligence and increased knowledge are absolutely essential to success in your worldly pur suits.—(Applause.) Again, do not believe that science is not a field which is perfectly open to you, whatever may be your occupations and conditions in life. I ask you to consider the names of those men who, at the present moment, or within your own memory, have acquired for themselves immortal fame by their eminence in the arts and sciences. I ask you to call to mind the names of Mr. Rennie, the great engineer, of Sir Hurnphry Davy, of Professor Faraday, of Sir Francis Chantry, of Mr. Wheatstone, the inventor of the electrical telegraphs, and of a hundred others I might name—to consider their first position in life, the diffi culties which they had to struggle with, and to search out in their early origin—not for the purpose of despis ing it, but of admiring the more the interval between their origin and the eminence to which they subse. quently attained.—(Applause.) I have mule inquiry upon this subject,. and I cannot help reading to you one or two of the answers I have received on the subject of eminent men of the present day who have raised them selves by having had the early opportunity of acquiring knowledge, and by the simple determination to over come every difficulty that poverty or a low condition might oppose, and to raise themselves from it.—(Ap plause.) [The Right Hon. Baronet here road a letter, dated the sth of January, stating that Mr. Grainger, the great architect, who had rebuilt the town of New castle-upon-Tyne, within a few years, in a style intl. aitely superior to Regent -street, and whom he (the writer) met at the Duke of Northumberland's a short time since, began his career as a poor mason's boy carry ing a hod of mortar. In the interval between 1834 and 1838 he converted Newcastle from a black and thick clus ter of brick to a condition exceeding anything lie (the writer) had seen, except in the best parts of Edinburgh. In a postscript to the letter it was also stated, that the late Mr. Harvey, who died at an early age, a Professor at Woolwich, published an excellent work on meteor ology ; lie worked for many years as a carpenter in the dockyard at Plymouth, afterwards became a teacher of mathematics, and was advanced to the professorship above-mentioned. The Right Hon. Baronet observed that he had in his possession a letter from the writer of this treatise on meteorology to one of the most eminent men of the present day. That letter was indeed to his (Sir Robert Peel's) purpose, and he would not with hold from the meeting its contents. The author of it was cold in the grave, but it was a voice from the grave, and entitled on that account to the highest autho rity. Sir Robert Peel here read the letter, dated the 31st of March, 1834, of which the following is the substance :—" In forwarding these papers for accept ance to men bred and educated at Oxford, he (Mr. Harvey) confessed lie felt much diffidence and fear ; and nothing but the great and unexampled personal kindness he had experienced during the visits of the British Association, and the kind indulgence shown towards him, could have got the better of those feelings. He would, therefore, be pleased to regard the work as the production of one blessed at that time with nothing like unbroken leisure, and all whose early days were lost amidst vulgar associates in a carpenter's workshop, and whose edu cation never reached beyond reading and writing. He wrote this in the fullness of those feelings which beat high, and which looked back with the most poignant re gret on the years that were spent in heartless labour, and without a friend to open to him a path which might have led to academical distinction, and by con sequence to some higher and brighter prospects in the world." Why (said the Hon. Baronet), if we should have some kindred spirit in this town that should be drawn from those heartless Associates, and, instead of spending his time among vulgar amusements, should have the means of procuring access to those treatises which this man wanted, and the absence of which he lamented, shall we not be tenfold repaid by the reflection that we have given such a man an opportunity of rescuing himself from such associations, and of enabling him to walk in early fife in a path that leads to virtuous fame.—( Ap plause.) But if you still want any additional proof that the heights of science are not closed to the hum blest amongst you, look around, I say, at this neigh bourhood. If you go to Lichfield, you sec the statue of Dr. Johnson. If you go to Handsworth, you see the statue of Mr. Watt. Look in this very town, and who is the man that is now engaged in exten sive works, for the purpose of bringing coal and lime under your immediate command ? Mr. Stephen son, the engineer. Mr. Stephenson, lum assured, worked for three years as a boy in the meanest capacity in a colliery at Newcastle. He saved 1001. by mending the watches of his fellow -workmen for half-a-crown a-piece ; and he devoted that 100/. to provision for his indigent parents, and set out with a light heart and conscience for the purpose of accumulating more. The result has been that he presents a daily example of en couragement to our eyes, and brought within our im mediate contemplation in this town. He presents an other example, where, from the lowest origin, merit has been able to raise itself to high eminence and great respect.—(Applause.) My appeal in my recent observations has been addressed chiefly to you who compose the working classes, or to men engaged in the pursuits of active industry, to induce you to enrol ourselves as members of this institution. I now make an appeal to others in more prosperous circum stances, who probably have had an education which enables them fully to appreciate the advantages of knowledge, and who are enabled, if they will exer cise their power out of their affluent means, to spare what may be sufficient to insure the perfect suc cess of this Institution. I hope they will not be deterred from it by any belief' that they arc risking injurious consequences, either to the moral or religious character of the people, by giving them the opportunity of acquiring such knowledge, and such only, as that which we profess to give. For my self, I cannot believ e th a t w e shall beinterfering with any legitimate object of human policy ; or that we shall be counteracting any of the purposes of that Almighty Being, who has entrusted us with faculties which dis tinguish us from the beasts that perish, and who will demand from us a severe account of the manner in which those faculties have been employed. I cannot think that we shall dissatisfy men with their lot, by proving to them that avenues of distinction are open to which merit alone (whatever be the lot and condition of men) can secure access and gain the prize. I cannot help thinking that by bringing together, in an institution of this kind, intelligent men of all classes and all condi tions in life, by uniting together, as we have united, in the Committee of this Institution, the gentleman of an cient family and great landed possessions with the skilful mechanic and artificer of good character—l cannot help thinking that we are all establishing a bond ofsocial connexion that will derive more than common strength from the pure motives that influence us, and from the cause in which we arc engaged.—(Applause.) I cannot help believing that we arc harmonizing the grade.- tions of society, and binding men together by a new bor.d, which, as I said before, will have more than ordinary strength on accou n t of the object which unites u (Loud applause.) Nay, I am sanguine enough 'to be lieve that this very institution will afford the opportunity of honourable and appropriate reward to humble merit. In a society limited like this, small in point of ni imbers, it is very difficult to find any distinctions of an honour able nature ; but I must say, that I was forcibl y struck on Saturday last by a distinction which was paid, aud which I cannot help thinking must have a powerfal effect in encouraging men to honourable conduct, and n:so to intellectual improvement. The subscribers to this institution on Saturday last were called upon to give their votes in favour of those who t , linuld be placed upon the Committee of M inagement. There was one individual who united, without exception, every vote which was given. There being 57 votes to give, those votes were given (in a single case only) unanimously in favour Of ono individual. I aid think it was a remarkable and most honourable and encouraging compliment, on chancing to cast my eye on the voting papers, to find that every man (whatever was his condition) had delivered in a paper which contained the name of " James Simmons" —(Applause)—and I think you will agree with me, that that man must bedew! to every impulse of honourable fame who did not envy the feelings of James Simrnons,when, by the unanimous voice of every one entitled to vote, he was called upon to take his place on the Committee of Management of this institution.—(Applaw:e.) I can not believe that there is any risk to religious impressions and religious belief by opening the avenues to literary acquirements. I agree with the Bishop of London in the opinions which lie has delivered upon that subject in the sermon which he preached on the opening of King's College. He expressed sentiments, in language worthy of the sentiments which it conveyed, and in which I for one cordially concur. (Tim Right Hon. Baronet here read an extract from the sermon alluded to, in which the Bishop of London observed, that there was nothing in the revealed will of God which limited and restrained the inquiries and conclusions of man in any branch of knowledge properly so called, or which interfered with the freest exercise of hisiaculties ; but that the very constitution of man, which led him to in definite inquiry, and which was adapted to it, afforded a sufficient reason for believing that its Divine Author intended it for that purpose. The principle of curiosity was almost the first which manifested itself in the human mind. The sagacity of the elephant, though it might differ in different individuals of the same species, and although by some it might be dif ferently exerted, was at all times a definite qua lity ; whereas the faculties of man were sharpened and strengthened by exercise, the capacities of his mind were enlarged, and past experience was made the ground of future improvement. Under pro per limitations, they might join in the praises lavished upon philosophy and science, and go forth with their vo taries in the various paths of research by which the mind of man was enlightened and instructed. Such studies removed the veil which to the ignorant or care less observer obscured the traces of God's glory in the works of his hands.) That (said the Hon. Baronet) I firmly believe. I never can think it possible that a mind can be so constituted that, after being familiarized with the great truth of observing in every object of con templation that nature presents the manifest proofs of a Divine intelligence—if you range even from the or ganization of the meanest weed you trample upoe, or of the insect that lives but for an hour, up to the mag nificent structure of the heavens, and the still more wonderful phenomena of the soul, and reason, and conscience of man—l cannot believe that any man ac customed to such contemplations can retire from theta with any other feelings than those of enlarged con ceptions of the Divine power, and greater reverence for the name of the Almighty Creator of the Universe. We believe, on the contrary, that the man accustomed to such contemplations will feel the moral dignity of his own nature exalted ; and, struck with awe by the ma nifold proofs of infinite power and infinite wisdom, will yield more ready and hearty assent—yes, the as sent of the heart, and also of the understanding— to the pious exclamation, " Oh Lord, how glorious arc thy works ; thy thoughts are very deep. An un wise man doth not consider, and a fool doth not under stand."—(Applause,.) It is the unwise man and the fool that form unworthy conceptions of the Divine I nature and the Divine power. Far different were the tinpressions of those mighty spirits who have the most considered this, and have made the greatest (however imperfect) advances towards the understanding of it. These are the thoughts with which Sir Isaac Newton concludes his profound speculations into the material causes which produce, and into the laws which regu late the motion of the heavens ; he says, " This beau tiful system of sun, planets, and comets, can have its origin in no other way than by the purpose and com mand of an intelligent and powerful Being. He governs all things, not as the Sovereign of this world, but as the Lord of the Universe. He is not only God but Lord or Governor. We know him only by his pro perties and attributes—by the wise and admirable structure of things around us. We admire Him on ac count of his perfections —we venerate and worship Him on account of His government." These are the thoughts from which Sir Humphry Davy,: in his last illness, derived, according to his own ex pression, pleasure and consolation, when every other source of pleasure and consolation had failed him. He is speaking of the moral and intellectual qualities of the true scientific inquirer into natural philosophy. He says—. His mind should always he awake to devotional feeling ; and in contemplating the variety and beauty of the external world, and developing its scientific won ders,, he will always refer to that Infinite Wisdom through whose beneficence he is permitted to enjoy knowledge. In becoming wiser he will become better ; he will rise at: once in the scale of intellectual and moral existence ; his increased sagacity will be subservient to a more exalted faith ; and, in proportion as the veil becomes thinner through which he sees the causes of things, he will admire more the brightness of the Divine light by which they are rendered perceptible." That (said the Right Hon. Baronet) is my belief. My belief and hope are that an increased sagacity will administer to an exalted fame—that it will make men not merely believe in the cold doctrines of natural religion, but that it will so prepare and temper the spirit and understand. ing, that they will be better qualified to comprehend the great scheme of human redemption.—(Loud ap plause.) My firm belief is, that that superior sagacity which is most conversant with the course and constitu tion of nature, which sees the wonderful preparations that are made for the subsistence and enjejinent of the meanest animal, will be the first to believe that that Al mighty Being who has made such preparations for mere physical enjoy ments has not left in neglect and indiffer ence the im mortal soul of man. Knowing the difficul ties that attelad every object which we can see, obr.:erv hig the gradv:.al system of progression and change, and that one course of existence is made preparatory for another, I mu sanguine enough to believe that that su perior sagacity will be the first to turn a deaf ear to objections anal presumptions against revealed religion, will be the first to acknowledge the complete harmony of the Christian dispensation with all that reason, as sisted by revelation, tells us of the course and consti tution of natuere. These are serious and solemn sub jects, but I he pc not unfitted for an occasion when wo contemplate an institution of this nature.—(Applause.) They contain. at least an exposition of my views and hopes with respect to the progress of knowledge, which alone efoild induce me to take a part in an esta blishment of this kind. I will now release you. I shall shortly leave :you for the purpose of engaging in the scenes of warfare on the great arena of political conten tion; but if f can believe that before my departure I have laid the foundation stone of an edifice in which men of all political opinions and of all religious feelings may unite in Ele furtherance of knowledge without the asperities of party feeling—if I can entertain the hope that there will, be the means afforded of useful occupa tion and ration al recreation—that men will prefer the pleasures of kid owledge above the indulgence of sensual appetite—that there is a prospect of contributing to the intellectual and moral improvement of this town and neighbourhood,, then I can safely say that I shall he repaid, with tie ifold interest, for any time I have spent or any attentie , :,l I have given to the formation of this institution. (The Right Hon. Baronet resumed his seat amidst lou:s1 and general plaudits.) Sir F. LAWLFY, Bart., then rose and said, that high and elevated as: must have been their gratification in list ening to the :speech they had just heard, he was quite sure they could not depart to their homes with any degree of saaisfaction if they had not an opportu nity of expressing to Sir Robert Peel their heartfelt ecknowledgmerets for that address—an address dis tinguished by :so much kindness, good feeling, and friendship, but above all, by that deeply religious feel ing which he had instilled into all their hearts and minds upon tns present interesting occasion.—(Ap plause.) He now proposed to that meeting that they should all rise from their seats in token of thanks to Sir Robert Pea.. The compavy simultaneously rose, and expressed their approbati 5O amid loud and general applause. Sir ROBERT PEEL said he was deeply grateful for the very kind manner in which they had received his humble exertic as. Every effort of his life should he directed towards the improvement, in every sense, of that town and •neighbourhood, with the welfare of which his own interests were immediately connected, and which, from every circumstance of neighbourhood, residence, of early association, and intimacy of kind friends, commanded his warmest and most affectionate attachment. The mooting then broke up. A rude ignorant fellow called on the late James Howe, Cue painter, who was well known for his spirited re presentations of the lower animals, and inquired whether he war," The man that drew the picture of brute beasts ?" " I am," replied Howe; '• Shall I take your likeness ?" Laird of Logan. " If I'm not at home from the club to-night, at 'ten o'clock," said a b usband to his better half, " don't wait for me."—" That I won't," said the lady, significantly; ‘• I won't wait—lll come for you." He returned at ten precisely. No intelligence of the Levant mail of the 21st bad been received in Paris on Tuesday. The dates from Marseilles were on the morning of the 23d. A man was one day wheeling a barrow across a churchyard, not twenty miles from Manchester, when he was threatened by a clergyman with condign punishment for his daring outrage in polluting the consecrated ground by his wheelbarrow. The man, scratching his head, said, I did not know but the wheelbarrow was consecrated too, for I borrowed it of the sexton." DUBLIN LAW INSTITUTE. (Abridged from Saunlers's News ',eller.) On Thursday last Thomas Wyse, Esq., rtI.P., Chair man of the Select Committee on Education, and one of the Lords of the Treasury, was entertained at dinner by the Principal and Professors of the Dublin Law Institute. at their Hall, Queen's Inn Chambers, in acknowledgment of the services rendered by their distinguished country man in the advancement of science, an I the support of the objects for which this institution was founded. The guests were about 50 in !slather, amongst whom wet Q his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Master of the Rods. the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Arthur Moore, Sir Philip Crampton, Bart., Sir Henry Marsh, Bart., Sergeant Stock, Master Curry, the Second Rernembrancer, Mr. Commissioner Macao, Robert Holmes, Esq., W. E. Hudson, Esq. ; Messrs. Gilmore, Major, Dickson, Brook, Ilickson, Queen's Counsel ; Professor M'Cullagh, Captain Larcome, Captain Kennedy, Surgeon Carmichael, several mem bers of the Liar, and other Fellows of the Society of the Institute. At seven o'clock the party sat down to a sumptuous repast, got up under the superintendence of Mr. In gram, of York -street, whose fame stands deservedly. high. The wines were of the rarest vintages, and the champagne and claret secured the most marked and general approbation. The chair was occupied by the Principal, Tristram Kennedy, Esq., supported by Professors Napier, Hard ing, Molyneux, and Whiteside. After the usual toasts of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, &c , " the health of Mr. Wyse" was proposed, and received with cheers. Mr. `NYSE then rose and said that he found the or dinary language of acknowledgment very inadequate indeed to the expression of his thanks for the high, he might add, the most unusual and especial honour which had just been done him. He had not the advan tage to belong to their learned profession, though des tined for it in early life—he was not of them, though cordlally and earnestly with them in all their ho nourable pursuits ; to many he was only known as a public man, recommended on'y by his public exertions in aid and advancement of ob jects dear, he well knew, to them both ; and yet this evening he found himself surrounded by the highest names on the bench and at the bar—by the the of the sister professions—by men whose lives were ht glory of their country and fame, the common pro perty of all that was eminent for character and talent throughout the land. We all felt proud of being their compatriots ; they were our boast in other countries ; to receive the sanction, the approbation, the thanks of such men as these was a reward and a triumph indeed. To no other unprofessional man had such a testimony, he believed, been vouchsafed ; it was tin exampled, unattempted—as singular as it was great. Nor was this the only cause of gratification the ground on which this dinner was given by him was one, of all others, he felt the most honourable. It was not the tribute_ of partisans to a partisan ; not even the cele bration of old friendships, or the pledge of new ; so far from this being the case, it had not one element, not one excitement of a political or sectarian nature. We wore of various creeds, of various politics, though in this instance of one party. Protestant and Catholic, Conservative and Liberal, Whig and Tory, had come together as one body and spirit, to testify their unanimous and deep interest in an object not only common to all, but he might add, paramount to every other which could engage the consideration of thinking and honest men —the intellectual and moral advancement of their coun try. To participate in such a scene—to be in any way linked with it was a high gratification ; but to be thus placed by their partiality in the front of it was beyond his (Mr. Wyse's) acknowledgments. He had no other claims on their kindness than the deepest sense of the importance of National Education generally, but es pecially of those higher and leading branches which di rected or influenced others—than a strong desire to see perfected to that amplitude and power of which he be lieved it susceptible, but which he should be pardoned for thinking it had not yet attained, the highly influen tial profession of the bar, than a not less strong convic tion that, amongst the means most indispensable to chieve such an end, early, wel 1-ordered, well-digested legal education, under qualified teachers, in well constituted and well-managed institutions, was amongst the first ; and that from what he knew both of the plan and the practice of the institution, in the midst of which he then had the honour of standing, he believed the Law Institute fully calculated to fulfil these conditions, and destined to raise the legal charac ter of Ireland, high as it might be, to an eminence which it has not yet attained. As a branch, then, most important in that great system of general education, for all branches of which, in turn, he had endeavoured with feeble means, but lie hoped not wholly fruitless results, to labour, ever since he bad entered public life, he had for many a year, even previously to the suggestion in the report on education, most anxiously sought the establishment of a Law School for Ireland. He gave, not cheerfully only, but earnestly, cordially, and he would also say persever ingly, his aid, his efforts at least, whatever they might be, to the promotion of this important object.—(After some further observations on the same topics, the Ho nourable Gentleman continued)—Even the best amongst you, be his walk in after life whatever it may, must have felt sensible how much of labour, of time, of thought, might have been spared, had he had good finger posts to direct him in his outset. How many have toiled through the swamps and morasses—through the brushwood and jungles of useless reading—for years, and not discovered till after much waste of time and exertion they had reached circuitously their destina tion, that there was a short, clear, and direct route to the same point which would have been an economy of all most valuable, to give it no other name, had they known it in time. Not only is it well to learn what we ought to know, but what we can afford not to know, and know what we ought not to know. Nor are the public interests less to be considered ; they have a - right to be protected against quackeries of all kinds, as far as positive institutions can protect them, in whatever profession it may be. Are there none in the legal, as well as in others ; no empiricism, no experimenters on the public as in compare viii; no livers on the petty tricks of' the day ; no feeders on the cre dulity of mankind ; no traflielsers in unblushing impu dence and insolent pretension ; no audacious ignorance and confident blindness cooling into unmerited wealth on the follies and confidence of the community ? From ranch of this the public might undoubt edly be screened ; and if from any portion, however small, it is surely worth the while of those who have the guardianship of the public interest at heart to look to it. The Law Institute pro poses in a great degree to effect this ; it is the first attempt of the kind in the empire ; it is the most adapted to our institutions ; for the short time it has been tried, it has proved eminently successful. The nature of our University organization presenting one body, analogous to the single philosophical faculty of foreign universities, renders such eta appendage especially requisite. In other countries jurisprudence has a philosophy—is a science , it occupies in all colle giate institutions the rank next to theology. Why only in this country—of all others interested i❑ its progress and elevation—why should it be so long a mere art ? In too many cases a disjointed, and to the less seat citing, an apparently heterogeneous mass of opinions, of prece dents contradicting precedents, of authorities, of techni calities. A law school in its true vocation should seek to systematize and philosophize—to elevate the art into a science, and this is the aim and end of the Law Institute. It should seek to bring the law more into contact with other sciences—to breathe their spirit into it, at the same time that it never forgets its original and charac teristic form and purpose. A lawyer is ever a better lawyer for being something more than a lewyer. The more objects of comparison, the juster his conclu sions, the wider his experience. The philosophic lawyer has a principle for all his practice. The technical lawyer often errs, even in his most com mon practice, because he is always without a prin• eiple ; nor would the law only gain by such a school aid the influences which sooner or later it would infallibly generate. From these slight beginnings, as in other countries, would proceed a school of diplo macy—a school of constitutional legislation ; not that the unity and simplicity of the present plan should be disturbed by such adjuncts, but that from your example taste for such studies and institutions suited to such taste would gradually spring up. Our diplornatiete are not the first assembly, as a body, in Europe ; there have been those whose sound sense and wide-sought wordly experience have supplied the want of knowledge, even of the most ordinary professional description ; hut the under machinery of the department evinced how much injury, how many impediments are thrown its the way by incompetent, ill-adapted, ill-acquired previous education. Our diplomatists are not, as in Germany and France, drafted from their special schools, but sent to irn proviso their functions often from a course of life and study the most opposite to such objects. Our administrators are not better ; indeed worse. Our ad ministrative organization itself requires general re view, if not reform. It is the aggregate of suecessive departments, accidents of accidents, thrown up as the necessity of the moment requires, uniting func tions and duties often the most opposite. The officers of these departments, especially in the lower grades, have been chosen generally without examina tion, certainly without any special course of study. It is only within this last year that, in one department espe cially, such improvement, and with great success, has been introduced. Yet in all the countries of the Con tinent administration has been as much a profession and a science as that of the law or medicine ; the man is adapted to his work ; the instrument to its end, and the work is done better, and in the end more truly and surely accomplished. But if no other profession is in more need of such aids than that of the Legislature, how small a portion of the historical, political, econo mical, and legal studies, which one would think ought to have formed the indispensable elements of a legis hater's education, are now touched on in the instruc EVEN'I.VGFmvrT tion of by far the largest proportion of our Leg's: 1;1 , ore. Look to our returns, called for withont reference to time, place, object, to what preccdr(!, what is to follow, to any system or col.erence soccer—look to our Committees and Redorts ; ,title analysis, concentration, or d er , often answering only , OCAi and tempora , y purpose, scarcely answering that Lek to our Bills wrought into Acts without kW" h , dge 2-encrally of the first principles of comp osit ? 9 and arrangement, phrase in profusion ovcrlayla! , ease witneut philosophy--without com preliensivf e ness ; au experiment for the man or hour, to , u _ d 'mended in the ensuing session, and suratne9°'.., possibly in the next. All these fruits foil" from the fertile root of evil, bad professional legal eda' cation,. or no leg a l e du ca ti on a t a ll. Every other PO; fe,s demands an apprenticeship, every science :Iv previous study. N o °Le thinks of improvising mat r matics, yet wh a t b ung l er i n l a w making °le law Intzrpreting but does not, by the think tact of admission to the arena of either, t"' himself qualified to decide impromptu on boll,l Belonging then to the former, no wonder lie ("; W.) should feel interested in every wiought in the studies of the latter ; tl i t i e T Y Pr i °ll% tl 'etitil'a n l : ll , enlightened, stimulated, assisted each other. r r t) ,Y - iy then, Gentlemen (said Mr. Wyse), but not excluti ve y to you—for as " there are many mansions in rn i i father's house," so there are many labourers of s ot icasons and grades in his vineyard—to You, nor exclusively it is true, but to you pre-eminently abi; others, and more emph a ti ca lly th an o thers, is t O , highest of human t as k s en t rus t e d. 'l'o your pr o fession belon gs no t on ly t o bi n d up the h et/ b r i, that are b ru i se d, t o d rag t h e v ill a i n w ith a" 0 , hoarded malignities into day, to right inneeeecof to avenge wr omz , to exorcise the legion dev il evil which infests all society, but you have als o th e function and d u ty i n r i g ht o f superior d Oi bo and station, by examp l e an d precept to exten of empire of knowled ge ; i gnorance o f v i r t ue ov er vice' oe moral good over mora l ev il, o f sp i r it over ma tter, to word—of civiliz a ti on — o f e d ucat i on . Y ou h a ve t°,r in g your part fully i n th e p rogress o f m i n d, not on ly to o again what h as b een d one , we ll an d no bl y, by you r Pao decessors, b u t i n d o i ng more, an d i n d o i ng b e tter they—in surp ass i ng th em —i n surpass i ng yo urselv d e , , In such a cou rse no thi ng i s i n diff erent ; everythig. a , d t everything is part of t h e un i versa l i mpuls2. it this he (Mr. Wi se ) so spec i a ll y b a i led the i n stitu te l whose labours he h a d a l rea d y re f erred to. lie belie ve he it a great movement in advance, a large sta g e 4 1 t ile true intellectual r e g enerat i on o f hi s country .be hoped the day was not di s t an t w h en h e s hould allowed to sit under the shade of the tree they w c . r o planting, and whilst enjoying the refreshment (31 ( 4 shade and the beauty of its f ru it s , not f orge t the I)2 ' n t to which both were owing. Il e conc l u d e d by rene vo o his thanks for their kindness, and hoped he Inie, lt Ad o long allowed the hon o ur o f co - o p e r a ti ng i n t h e ir 1 0 " -- ,. and sharing in their useful and glorious results' (Applause.) di; iv The CHAlrtmaN then gave the he a lth o f their i t guished guest, his Gr ace th e A rc hbi s h op o f Dahli °l ; o l great promoter of science, as well in this co ootri f of elsewhere, whose presence afforded a further PO" yt the value of their instituti on , an d t h e general oteree9 taken in the promoting of the objects for which it founded. hip The ARCHBISHOP. in returni ng th an k s , ex presse` l i o p great delight at findi ng i n suc h an assembly Ines polite opinions in politics meeting for the comma ° fare, for the important purpose of assisting in the c ol blishment of an i ns tit u ti on w h ose beneficial resulitils, been plainly d emons t ra t e d b y t h e e l oquent ge ntle se t', Mr. Wyse. lie also exp r essed hi s d es i re an d 8 11% ; - t bo so far as was in his p ower , t o a d vance t h e o bj e cts °; society. WYSE then gave " The health of Mr. ncdy, the Principal." A tlis t Mr. KENNEDY, in returning thanks, observe - l eo there were but two circumstances which could him to relinquish his position in the society, the first , l b d his retirement he could advance the object which he t he so much at heart, the welfare of the institutio n ' ye other that of seeing the institution established ° li o broad and permanent a b as i s as to ren d er i t inder°"A - of individual exertion or casual support. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Irish Bench', those distingui s h e d M em b ers o f i t w h o were prese"'oo The MASTER of the Itor.Ls returned thanks dif behalf of the Irish Bench, and observed that th e o ti ficulties he h a d hi me lf exper i ence d i n t h e direetir-0, of his own course o f s t u d y , on enter i ng t h e le d e' Pbe fession, were too deeply impressed on his mind t high easily forgotten. The or di nary o b stac l es to a ce d all were exposed who ma d e th e l aw t h e i r s tudy' of him to hail with extreme satisfaction the founda t 'citll this institution in Ireland. He had watched t he anxious care the proceedings and progress of t his Law Institute from its earliest foundation up to, truly interesting and important era of its eiti s ;; c re and the result of his judgment was, that to s t : - the success of so valuable an undertaking, ,',,,1 ia reetion and guidance could not have been Pl a—‘ ,, 9 sake or abler hands. He would only add, on his 'l,l behalf; that in whatever position he might at anY t ,l 1 ; 1 0 ) be placed, he would be found ever ready to do anytP; h g y in his power to advance the interest of this praisew oP and important institution. rii After other toasts, th e p ar ty se p ara t e d a t no 3„0 hour, all evidently much gra tifi e d w i t h t h e pro eec"' - ' and good taste evinced during the evening. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. - ----- ; :4 ' ?pit Win:at. Barley. I Oats. i Bean:. ........../., ---•--- -- ----:--- tO s 0 Per t?..iarter.i s. to s. I s. t s. J s, to S. ' S. to it , i 4 Bath ... CO 7230 40 1 25 , 35 44 50 "....„ lilandford —56 ( 1 28 34 24 27 46 ...... :Ti Itridport ............' 68 ..... AO sl Chard ................. 56 62 30 34 18 24 40 44 ..,., Gloucester 156 64 28 37 20 28 4.4 50 ' •;: i Ea e' cr ;6O 70 27 34 21 28 40 -- 46 43 Guildford .—, ;68 71 32 37 32 36 46 5 0 3 6 a Newbury— i 52 66 27 31 19 32 42 50 40 ; Reading ......, '4i , 72 28 40 50 23 42 5.- - ) .... tt,ilistniry -,, ,52 64 28 :15 22 28 4. 48 „... . 5 " Slit rborne , 6d 62 34 39 i 56 P 3 44 48 40 .... SileptonMallet 54 64 30 38 24 21 38 98 .... 0. . Uxbridge ~., I 37 43 23 28 ‘V.aininster 44 63 31 41 23 25 41 54 Wiiichester, i6o 64 I _ _ _ -- eeovil 156 CO 30 34 22 30 42 LO LEEDii CORN 'MARKET. Ohl 4 Wheat, Norfolk :out Sutliilk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 6olb. Yorksliirc and Lincolnshire Grinding !Semi (Bib. •,,,,i, t 00.,, ,l Ost, , , l'i)tatue ,• M:d eing, t or. —.l. to—.l. Eng. 111; 2 ,1. to ..1 1 , • PC xt l shelling 9 8s. to '....9J• I DEVIZES CORN MARKET. S. e I'cr Sack. s. ii. s. d. Per Qua' ter. 1. l' t u : 44 ' 0 First Wheat 00 0 to 31 t; Oats Er.coilit Third ) ..... -- ~4 ' ••••• "'Alley 27 0 38 6 Bread (uergallon). 1 ; MARKETS. MN. ,:if) t 01.4 0.11 , BarleY, AleCklenbUrgli ' tel I,jl 'i . -- Magdeburgli . 1 . to 0 4 Holsteno .......• ;:,..,.. to 0 _.... Summer ,...0 to pi Oats, Eider -- Mecklenburg ••• 4,1 to I .;‘ -- Holstein 1-- Elst Frie,.land !,,, ti, ~,,0 I Poase, ,Mecklenburg Beans - , to ,64 B W uck heat Jo- ~. ,!•16 " 10 Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares lON. Ma 4 7 nham Madras d'•) 04 Surats 4Ni Domingo r, 1 FEE. 4 1 : , W IN Dc: Lingo La titizo ra ! ) 41 I/!4 Porto Rico 4)i llavittinah l'i ti." 3 Ihsrmint.) toi 4 a Bahia, 'White ............... 5 ; ' :t' ji Bronco .............. "'3.: i Pernambuco, White •...57. .`i, , Brown ... 5 wit, 5 to hi HAMBUR Wheat, Marks 124 t 0.15-4 --- Magdeburg 1'33 to 3541 - Aubalt, white 333 to :372 red 330 to 3i4 Brunswick 3d4 to 312 -- Mecklenburg 2etl to 354 -- Polish I lolitoin Tier, Mecklenburg „ 222 to 240 Dantzic taping and Kt, niggburg -- Upland ---- liiga COri Carolina and Tennessee 7 1 41.0 9% Ceoigia, ibt Sol!' 7 14 e.'3 7 3d and Ith 5• - 4 63/2 M,cltt COI I" to 1:31,, Batavia ...... Rio Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit ravaonah, While Brown 5 0! , ,', to, White 5 1 4 (N Brown Manilla, Broi FLAT SILVER WATCHES, 4. dU- 1114 . s fi te o each.—Elegant Silver W a t c h es, su i ta bl e for t h e wa l i deo. pocket, with the horizontal escapement, jewelled in f' )ur e r silver dials, hand t o mar k th e seconds, maintaining s t f o t'„," continue goin g w hil s t b e i ng ound, and double ha ei ‘ or; cases; price 41. I6 i . Gd each. The p e rf ormance is wO r o olt" A. B. SAVORY an d SONS, 0, Curnhill, London, I the Bank of England. SILVER TEA an d COFFEE SLR V 1 , (i :Ct ° Drawings o f th e newes t patterns, w ill b e forwarded, "afli;43r: any part of the coun t r y, i n answer t o a pa id letter, ud culars of size, weight, and price ; or Purchasers v."," sho" most extensive assortment of the silver Services in tde c o tre e ' Rooney. Either Tea-pot, Sugar Basin, Cream Ewer or pot, may bit had separately. T. COX SAVORY, eU Silversmith, &c., 47, Conlinll (Seven doors from GraOec street), London. TABLE CANDLESTICKS, superior to . 404 for durability, equal in appear a n ce . Table canclit'' t" 1 1 ' 4 ' inches high, 75. per pair ; 9 inches high, 93. ; 10 incl!e-1, 13+ per pair , ditto, with rich sh e ll moun ti ngs , 9 i nc hes 11 4,:i eery per pair ; snuffer trays, with shell mountings and e bast , an ds tre, 4s. each. The parti c ul ar me t a l o f w hich tht .t i ' l great variety of other articles are made, can unlyll o t° silver by:reference to the stamp. Catalogues gratis. t. RIPI'ON and BURTON, \Veils-street, Ox.ford-st .BIRTHS. h er r r I. on ', lilth of Novemb er , a t G enzano , ne ar Rom'' , i ' it' eellency the llueltesi StOr7.3. Cuarirn, of a son. ill c har On the 20th inst., at Ilighgate, the lady of W. T. son, Esq., of a daughter. 31r 9. On the '23d inst., at Luffness, East Lothian, the 11°n. George H ----' Elope, of a son. ____.----- MARRIED. 0,0 On the 9th inst. at the British Embaisy, Nap!" Mr. ll I A l ‘ Valoiti ne , o f Palermo, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter ° pitons° Matthey, Esq., Assistant-Commissary-General. tioge4 On the 26th inst., at Haekthorn, Edwin George, • Y ° to son of G. It. I'. Jarvis, Esq., of Doddington Hall, Lilf; ° of Frances Ameotts, eldest daughter of Robert Craerof r'sq Haelithorn and llarrington Hall, in the same eottitil:!___/ D II? D. 7 of l ite On the 4th inst. at Southampton, Arabella, witi () ; I : h ire , late W. T. St. Quititin, On the 22il inst., Alaria Hannah, the wife of G. 1, ” ' 3 Esq., of Seampston Hall, Y , or s ''' o jeri , _....+0 Esq., of Clifton-hill House, London : Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOU I d 10 No. 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. HZ st i rai the county of MicltlleEexe—Friday, January 29 1"" CO Hot mot quo: 1,01 w et are If ri the) I Is Ass Si r 1 G ran PZ, 1),':, ti, All . v. 1 ~..,__ de e ....... as ~, P (li lt 1 11(1 e,,1 P„; 4 Po top i s