The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-29 00:00:00

PAL ACE COURT ( WES TMINSTER) BILL. Lerd I).STUAR r reeved the committal of the Palace Curt (Weetminster) Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he bad told his Noble Friend, over and ester egain, that the Bill which he had brought in on this subject, and which see d for a second reeeine, te-merrow, would abolish altogether the court from which his Noble Fri'esid propose% by the present Bill to remove causes. Under ths se circum stances, if his Noble Friend persevered, he should move thet the Bill he committed that day six mcnths. Lord DUDLEY STUART observed that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman seemed to think that when he opened his mouth no dog might bark.—(Laughter.) His Hon. end Learned Friend boasted of having brought in his Bill, but he did not at ail events do so till ho (Lord Dudley Stuart) broueht in his own. The object of the Bill was to get rid of an intolerable nuisance—to remove cases from a close court to an open one. He accused his Hon. and Learned Friend and the Government of dilato riness, and he thought it reflected no credit upon them that they should have allowed ',such a piece as the Pelace Court to remain so long—(" Hear, hear," "Divide," and various noises indicative if great impatience.) I-lon. Gentlemen might be impatient, but the country was more impatient to get rid of this nuisance. It he car ried on his Bill would it prevent the Attorney-General from carrying on his Bit also? Not at all. But if anything should hinder the Attorney-General from carrying his—should he change his mind from any cause, his (Lord Dudley Stuart's) Bill would go a great way, if not the entire way, to remedy the grievance cf the Palace Court. He did not mean any disrespect to his Hon. and Learned Friend or the Government, but he put very little faith in the assurances of Government.—(Great laughter and cheers,) He did not think that they ever gave an assu rance that they did not mean to fulfil, but he had had such experience of their infirmity of purpose—(Re newed laughter and cheers)—that he did not put implicit confidence in their assurances. The burnt child feared the fire. He was sure there were no more honourable gentlemen in private life in any country than the mem bers of the present Government. But as a Government, in their collective capacity, it was quite a different thing. —(Roars of laughter, and cheers ,from the Opposition benches.) He had known Government give assurances and not fulfil them. He had known them give assurances of their intention to bring in a Bill—bring it in, read it a first and second time, and then at a late hour of the night, abandon it.—(" Name, name.") He would give chapter and verse.—("No," "Name," and ";Divide.") The present G-overnment did it only last year—in the year 1848, They undertook to bring in a Bill to relieve the metropolis from a great burden of police rate. Official letters were written to every parish in the county of Middlesex. The Bill was brought in, it received a first and second reading, and was then abandoned. And how did he know that something of the kind might not happen to this Palace Court Bill? Until he heard some better reason than had yet been offered, he should persevere with his own Bill; and he thought it would not do his Hon. and Learned Friend much credit if he were to put a spoke in the wheel of it. Captain PECIIELL said that his Noble Friend had given the House a proof that the Attorney-General, if ' he attempted to gag, had certainly not muzzled him.— (Laughter and cheers.) The Noble Lord's Bill was before the l louse. The Attorne y- General's was not. They could judge of the one; they knew nothine - of the other; and under such circumstances he thought his Noble Friend was justified in perseverin g . Mr. BROTHER TON moved the adj surnment of the debate. Mr. J. A. sri - ra was sincerely anxious to promote the Noble Lord's Bill, but he was still mere anxious to promote the Bill which the Attorney-General i:ad pro mised. He the rof re truets d that the Noble Lard would consent to put elf his felt a few days. Lord D. C. STUAR r finally consented, and the de bate-was adjourned to Monday next, Mr. Brotherton having withdrawn his minion. PROTECTION OF WOMEN BILL. Mr. SPOONER moved the second reading of this Bill. Colonel SAL WEY moved the a•►journment of the de bate; and sail that when the Hon. Gentleman who had charge of the Bill recollected that when it was intro duced it was sa badly drain that almost any school. could frame a better one—when he remembered that the Right Lion. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department said that it was one that if passed in its then condition would bring disgrace upo❑ the legislation of the c mntry—and when he recollected that he had himself - admitted its want of extensive am .ndment—he coul.d not be surprised that, much as he (Colonel Salwey) wished to see the object and intentions of the promoters of the measure carried into execution, he was justified i❑ opposing one so ill framed. What he wanted to seo was a perfect Bill, and he should, therefore, mo►e the ad journment of the debate. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment ... ..• ••• 29 Against it .•• Majority ..• -23 Mr. MILNER GIiiSO . N . said, it was most unreason able, after what had taken place, that the Hoe. Member (Mr. Spooner) should persist in going on with the Bill 'JChe Attorney-General had described to them what the imperfections of the Bill were, and until the House was aware of the amendments to be proposed to rectity those imperfections, he thought the Bill should not be pro ceeded with. He hoped, therefore, the Hon Member would give time to consider the amendments which he intended to propose; and unless he did so he (Mr. M. Gibson), although he did not wish to give any factious opposition to the Bill, would move the adjournment of the debate. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY had voted last night with the Hon. Member for Warwickshire, but he must say that it behoved that Hon. Member to keep the promise which ho had made to the Attorney-General, ,thet he would introduce such alterations into the measure as would make it a practicable one.—(Hear.) The Bill had been described as a mere farce of legislation, and he did trust that until it was made more perfect it would not be proceeded with. Sir GEORGE GREY said it was not usual to pro pose amendments to a Bill until after the second read ing, and when the Bill went into Committee, when alone the opportunity would be afforded to the Hon. Member for Warwickshire to propose his amendments. Mr. TUORNELY thought the Bill was so inefficient in its present state that the House could not well proceed with it. Mr. SPOONER, really hoped, after what bad fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the House would consent to the second reading of the Bill, as the amendments which he proposed to introduce could only be made in Committee; arid considering the period of the session, and the little chance there was of the measure being carried it' it was delayed, he trusted Hen. Members would at once con sent to the second reading. Colonel RAW DON was of opinion that time should be given to consider the a mendments which were to be proposed, the more especially as the Attorney-Gene ral's words, describing the detects of the Bill, were very strong. Mr. M. GIBSON said, as the Hon. Member for War wickshire persevered, Le would move the adjournment of the ll' use. The SPEAKER said, the Right Hon. Gentleman could not do so, ai he had already spoken. Mr. A. HASTIE would, therefore, move the adjourn ment. Mr. W. PATTEN hoped they would not adjourn the House. The House divided, when there appeared:— A yes ••• •.. ... 22 Nees ••• 53 31 Majority . . —3l On our return to the gallery, Lord DUNCAN WM3 addressing the House, and ob eerving that no ono appeared to be opposed to the prin ciple of the Bill, but many Hon. Members were desirous of being made acquainted with the nature of the amend ments before they allowed it to be read a second time. Mr. SPOONER, alter making a few observations, consented to adjourn the debate to Wednesday next. The debate was adjourned accordingly. Lord ASHLEY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for giving eff,ct to certain provisional orders to the General Board of Health; and also a Bill to effect certain amend nionts in the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Preven tion Act. An HoN. MEMBER here called the attention of the Speaker to the fact that there were not forty Members present. The House was counted, and, there being only thirty eight Members in their places, the House adjourned at Quarter to Two o'cicc!r. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 26. The following is the list of the Majority on the Second Reading of this Bill : ARCIIBISLIOP. liaddington : Canterbury Kianoull DUKES. Longford Buckingham Lansdale Buccleuch Locals Montrosa Mansfield Newcastle Malmesbury Wellington Munster MARQUISES. Morton Abinger Ail sa Nelson Bayning Downs hire Pomfret Boston Droghe d a Powis Bolton Exeter Rosso Bray - brooke Roden Colchester Ely Salisbury R omne y Clarina EARLS. Se lki r k Crewe Abergavenny Sheffield De Lisle Aylesford Stradbroke De Ros Aberdeen Shaftesbury Delamere Bandon Talbot Farnham Beauchamp Veralain Feversham Cadogan 'Warwick Kenyon Courtoun Wilton litimaine Darnley Winchilsca Lilford Dartmouth Waldegrave Folwarth Desart viscousTS. Rayleigh Egmont Combermere Redesdale Ellenborough Bill Rolle EgHilton , Middleton Sandys Effingham Strangford Skelmersdale almouth Sydney Sondes G lengall BISUOTS. Southamptoll Galloway Bath and Wells Stanley Barewood Bangor Wynfori Carlisle Chichester Exeter Gloucester Oxford Rochester Salisbury BARONS. ANNIVERSARY OF HER AIAJESTY'S CORONATION. Yesterday, t-iiig the eleventh antiv!rsary o f h,r M. jests's coronation, the n uit salutes were fired from the St. James's-park End Tower guns. DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterdaymorning,shortly after twe!vo o'clock, a woman resicing in Bedford -court, Covent-garden, committed suicide by hanging herself. From what we gathered on the !pi t, it appeared that the deceased hid for some days past been getting inOxicated, and yesterslay, having procured a small ball of string, the went into her bedroom, and suspended herself to the bed post. On , of her ckiiidren, a little girl, noticing that her mother was I,,nger r;pitetiN than a-nal, al d t h e neighbours, who, upon repairing to the room, cut her down, when, upon examination, life was found to be extinct. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Ye- terday evcnine, at six o'clock, a meeting of the central and district committees of the Liberal electors of the city of London was held at the Hall of Commerce, Thrsalnee clit3-strect, for the purpose of receiving and bring a communication trom Baron Lionel aiTio referencs to the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. Among those present were—Mr. J. A. Smith, MX., Mr. If. A. Agiionby, M.P., Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. Mr. F. Golilsmici, Mr. J J. Francis, Baron Rothschild, Sir A. Rothschild, Mr. W. Pritchard, Mr. 11. Bennoch, Mr. H. F. Atkinson, Mr. Somers Harford, Mr. R. Sslomons, Mr. W. J. Hall, Dr. Simpson, Mr. D. W. Wire, Mr. W. Wil son, Mr. Effingham Wilson, &c. The meeting was a very crowded, influential, and en thusisetic one ; and the proceedings throughout were charecterised by the greatsst unanimity and harmony. On the motion of Mr. HALL, Mr. J. A. Smith was called to take ths chair. Mr. J. A. SMITII then rose and said that he felt it a very high honour to occupy the chair on that o c cas ion, not so much in reference to the particular object of the present meeting—that of placing his valued friend Ba ron Lionel Rothschild in the House of Commons, as representative of this great city, but because he felt it must be an object worthy of the ambition of any man to have his name connected with en election, the result of which he did not believe himself very sanguine in declaring, would be to overthrow, wipe out, and destroy the last vestiges of religious intolerance.—(Loud cheers) Ho should be ashamed of himself if he could occupy them for a moment longer with reference to himself, but he could not help thank ing them for the honour they had done him. They were aware that the object of the meeting was to receive a communication from Baton Rothschild; and when he sat down he would call on him to state the reasons which ; had induced him to convene the meeting, his conduct and motives during the past, and his intentions for the future. But before the Baron rose he thought it right to him, and due to the meeting, to trouble them very shortly with the details of the various steps which had marked the progress in their recent contest in Parlia ment. He did so, both that they might understand the conduct of their late representative, and that they might , know how prudently and cautiously, and at the same time perseveringly and zealously, he had tried to carry out their and his own wishes with reference to his seat in Parliament.—(Cheers.) They were aware that last year a Bill was introduced into Parliament to enable gentlemen holding the Jewish faith to enter Parliament without having tendered to them an oath which they could not take if they were honest and conscientious men.—(Hear.) They were also aware that it passed the House of Commons, and was rejected in the House of Lords. Upon that rejection Baron Rothschild called his friends together, at a meeting held at the London Tavern, at which he (Mr. Smith) had the honour to preside as chairman. The Baron stated what had oc curred, and asked for advice and direc ions as to his future proceedings. The result was a resolution which be would take the liberty of reading. It was unani mously resolved, " 'That this meeting is of opinion that Baron Rothschild, M.P., should present himself to the House of Commons, and demand to b 3 received as Member for the city of London; and that he should take all constitutional means for asserting his rights, privileges, and qualifications, as .1 Member, and for vindicating the principles of civil and religious liberty." Subsequently Lord J. Russell, in his place, gave notice of a ue e Bill in reference to Parliamentary oaths, and this no- ice so given was considered by all the friends of B iron Rothschild, without exception, as a conclusive mason why he should not go to the table and demand to be received as a Member, in the hope that such a step would be successful. The Bill, however, was cut short by the termination of the session, and proceedings were in abeyance until shortly before the meeting o' Parlia ment this year, when Baron Rothschild again called his friend, together and asked for instructions ; or rather, he wrote a letter, stating that he had rec ived a draft of the Bill intended to be introduced at the beginning of the session, and asking for their opinion and advice. A very large and influential meeting took place in conse quence on the 31st of January, at. which, owing to his accidental detention in Paris, he (Mr. Smith) was unable to be present, and at which resolutions were carried with which they were all acquainted. Lord J. Russell, a few days after the meeting of Parliament, introduued the best of all the measures which had been proposed on the sub ject that he (Mr. Smith) tal yet seen. They had had the satisfaction of seeing this Bill pass through the House of Commons with increasing majorities—increas ing not only in numbers, but in the greater intelligence of those who voted. In this respect there had been in the House of Commons a remarkable advance; and he must not forget to pay a tribute to that young man who made the best first speech he ever heard in Parliament — Mr. F. Peel—and who began that night a career which, it he (Mr. Smith) was not greatly mistaken, would not be second in usefulness or distinction to that run by his most able father. There was one circumstance con nected with the debate this year which every one must have observed—the weakness, the apathy, and the worthlessness of the opposition which was offered to their measure. There were many most excellent, worthy men to be found in the minority, but he did not think there ever was a great and important subject in which the speeches of the Opposition werecharacterised by such a contemptible want of argument. Not one new posi tion had been urged; the old stale arguments were ad duced, and the friends of the great cause of religious liberty had every reason to be proud at the result of those debates.—(Cheers.) The fate of the Bill, how ever, had not been the same in the House of Lords; and, however deep his mortification and disappointment might be at the course taken by that body in thus setting themselves in deliberate opposition to the House of Commons and the great mass of the people, he unequivo cally admitted that they had only exercised their con stitutional right in throwing out the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. It was their place and in their power, it they so chose, to interpose delay and obstacles to the passing of measures which they disapproved; but it was a constitutional right of the people, as indespensable and as dear, to do what in them lay to compel by tempe rate but determined conduct the adoption of measures to which they were attached.—(Loud cheers.) It was with that view and that object they were there asserts bled; and he believed he was giving utterance to the feelings of the meeting, no less than to his own, when he said that they intended to send back Baron Rothschild to claim the rigbt of discharging those duties in the House of Commons which they thought him pre-eminently entitled to exercise. —(Loud cheers.) He telt it right to explain the temperate manner in which the Baron had acted, and to show them that, attached as he was to the place in which they bad put him—proud as he was of the honour they had conferred on him—he had nevertheless resigned it into their hands, because he felt he ought not, without their deliberate and express decision, retain any longer the representation of the city of London.—(Cheers.) That Baron Rothschild was right in doing so no one would deny; but he (Mr. Smith) was sure that they were net the men to allow him to suff-r on account of that delicacy of opinion which had guided his conduct, and which brought him there again to go through the ordeat of a City election.—(Cheers.) He had no doubt of the result of that election, and that it would confirm him in the affections of the electors of the city of London. His belief a - as that, if Baron Rothschild went back again to Parliament with the seal of their approbation upon him, bigots as there might be in the House of Lords, there were tew amoug them who would hesitate to admit that the merest prudence would dictate to them in the next session of Parliament an obedient concession to the wishes of the city of London.—(Cheers.) Mr. Smith concluded by calling on Baron Rothschild to address the meeting. Baron ROTHSCHILD, who was received in the most en thu,iastic manner. said—Gentlemen, I thank you sin cerely for this kind reception, and for hiving responded so kindly to the invitation to meet me here to-day. My friend Nlr. Smith, your chairman, ba3 entered at some length into the details of my proceedings.—(Loud cheers.) You must excuse me, gentlemen, if lam rather excited, after receiving from such a number of friends, as I have to-day, so many marks of attention and kindness. —(Cheers.) It is very natural that I should feel more agitated, under the circumstances, than if I were address ing you in an ordinary election, or than, perhaps, as the repre:,entative of so great a city. I ought to do. I, how ever. throw myself on your kindness.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Smith has entered into a lengthened explanation of our affairs, and he has stated them so fully that it will be only necessary for me to make a few remarks to you. As he has already told you, on the 31st of January last I had the honour of addressing a great many whose faces I now have the pleasure of seeing before me. It was then agreed that a committee should be appointed to take the lead, and guide my steps as to the representation of this great city. We then discussed that question fully. We have thought of the consequences of every step which might have been taken under the circum stances. We have well weighed the importance and the duty that exist as to the manner in which you first re commended me to proceed—namely, to present myself at the table of the House of Commons. We have well weighed the consequences of that advice, and to the step which I have now taken; and without entering into de tails, my friends, as well as the friends of civil and reli gious liberty, which we are now advocating, are unani mously of opinion that I ought to adopt the course that I have now taken.—(Cheers.) It was their advice, as it was my own opinion, that without loss of time I ought to resign the trust which you had reposed in me.— (Cheers.) If I had not been so fully aware of your kind feeling towards ma., I should not have been so bold as to have done this without first consulting you; but I was aware that this cause of civil and religious liberty which we have advocated for own interests, was not the prin • cipal reason of your supporting me, but that you are now called on to decide if you are to be dictated to in the choice of the person who is to be your representative. — (Loud cheers.) I was fully aware that everything which regarded the political state of the Jews was at stake, but I relied on the assistance which we were certain to re ceive from you. who also have at the present moment, I will not say so large a stake as ours, but, nevertheless, a very great stake. The decision you came to at the let election has been confirmed now twice by the House of Commons by very large majorities; and, I may say has been supported on every occasion by men who had not voted on former divisions.—(Hear, hear.) In looking throush the list you will find we have considerably gained in talent as well as in numbers ; and if (though I will not attribute it to the fault of any one that it was so) we had been more fort unate we should have had a largo r — (Hear, heir.) But it is sufficient that our Bill has division than we act uall y had on the last occasion. passed the Hote,e of Commone in two consecutive ses sious. Th e H ouse o f L o rds, as our chairma n observed, are entitled t o express t h e i r opinions, and to throw out this Bill if they thi n k p r oper. They -ord . ug Constitution, have only acted ne as they have done on snore ieiperzant eecaeio rie lure now, for it is only when full y mate acquainted with public opinion that they y ield.— (Hear, hear.) The Members of the House of L ords are not in the habit of coming in contact so often with the people—arn not so fully acquainted with their senti ments and feelings as the House of Commons. But when they do become acquainted with the public opinion, and when they know that you wish to have as your repre sentative the man whom you think proper to select for that honour, I have no doubt but they will give way. — (Cheers.) I should be very sorry on any occasion to say anything disrespectful of so important and learned a body as the House of Lords. If I could do so, the love and respect which I entertain for the Constitution of this country would stop me and prevent my continuing in that sense.—(Loud cheers.) There are many resolutions to be passed, and I feel that time is valuable. I will only say that I come forward now to ask you for your suffrages. I come forward to fight this battle with you, and to do everything in my power to render the cause which we are advocating triumphant. lam sure with your assistance that we shall be victorious.—(Cheers.) The support which I have received, the kind letters which I have had from so many friends, the good feeling which I see in this meeting, the many faces that I re cognise of those who worked for me on the last occasion with so much earnestness and determination to conquer, will, I am sure, this time also lead us to victory. Mr. BENNOCSI then rose and proposed the following resolution:— " That while we cordially approve of the manly and constitutional course adopted by Baron Lionel Roths child in affording his constituents the opportunity of resuming the trust they had confided to him, we cannot consent to ignore our deliberate choice or to recede from the assertion of our own sincere conviction, and we are firmly determined strenuously to support Baron Roths child's re. election as Member for the city of London, and hereby pledge ouselves, and the committee whom we represent, to use our best exertions to secure his triumphant return." In proposing this resolution, Mr. Bennoch recapitulated the steps which had been taken to procure the admission of the Jews into Parliament. He compared the conduct pursue d by the House of Lords with reference to the admission of Jews into Parliament with the oppo sition they had offered to the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts and to Catholic Eman• cipation. On both of these occasions the cry was "The Constitution is in danger. Admit these parties to take part in the Legislature, and no man is safe in this country." He (Mr. Bennoch), however, was at a loss to know what Dissenter or Roman Catholic had been admitted into Parliament who had not been first and foremost to protect the Constitution of the country, and who were not in loyalty and patriotism equal, if not superior to the bigots who had lately op posed their entrance. He did not boast of the power to prophecy, but he believed a long time would not elapse before a Jew would be admitted into the highest court of this country. Political discussion was now out of the question; that had been settled triumphantly by the House of Commons, and it was no longer a question between Jew and Christian, but between the electors of London and the House of Peers. It was not the question whether a man should believe in one par ticular opinion or another; even tried by that standard he thought the Jew would have the advantage. It was an easy thing for a man to profess belief in a popular and fashionable creed, but it required some firmness of purpose, some zeal for truth, to profess a faith which brought obloquy along with it—a faith which had gone through all the difficulties and perils of persecution. — (Cheers.) He would warn the House of Lords—it warning was of any use—that they were in possession of privileges of high import, which the indignant voice of the multitude had swept from every other body of the kind in Europe. He did not say this to produce ex citement; but, when the course of events during the last year was remembered, he thought it would become the House of Peers not to excite the population of L ndon unduly, but calmly to concede what they must concede, nod to give to the Jew his just rights and privileges.—(Cheers.) Comparisons between class and class were r.t all times perilous, but never more so than at present.—(Cheers.) Thank God, there was no fear of any popular outbreak, or any physical demonstration; but they had on their side an argument of power—the sword of reason, which would cut down all obstacles, and place in the House of Commons the representative of their choice—Biron Lionel Rothschild.—(Cheers.).. Mr. W. F. A. I)ELANE, in seconding the motion, said, that after the abl and eloquent manner in which the last speaker had addressed them, he would not trouble them with many observations. They all recollected the way in which the last election had been gained by the zealous support and good faith of the citizen 9. He saw around him at the present moment many of those who had stood forward most actively in the former election, and he would only recommend them to use the same energy and zoal which they had displayed on that occa• sion, and their efforts would be crowned with success. The resolution was then put from the chair, and car ried unanimously. Mr. F. GOLDSMID moved the second resolution, which was as follows: " That this meeting, while it recognizes the power of the House of Lords to reject such measures as are pre sented to its consideration, takes this opportunity of earnestly asserting the equal rights of the people, through their representatives, to enforce the passing of such mea sures as they desire to become law, and more especially with reference to their own electoral privileges, by the effectual means recognised by the Constitution; that in the present contest is involved the title of the constitu encies to choose fit and proper persons to represent them, and the duty of vindicating the liberty of opinion and the rights of conscience; and that so long as the citizens of London are supported by public opinion, and the generous sympathy of their fellow-countrymen i❑ their present struggle in behalf of the great cause of civil and religious liberty, as already twice emphatically expressed by large and increasing majorities of the Rouse of Cournoni, they will resolutely sustain the con test until the last remnant of spiritual exclusiveness and intoleranco ceases to disgrace our legislation." Mr. AGLIONDY seconded the motion, which was about to be put from the chair, when Mr. KIRK rose, and expressed some dissatisfaction at the time which had been lost by Baron Rothschild in asserting his right. He also condemned the present Mi nistry and the House of Commons. Mr. CARPENTER wished to know the reasons which induced the committee in February to advise Baron Rothschild to adopt a course opposed to that which the constituency had previously decided he ought to adopt. He had no doubt that there was a good answer to be given; but, as much impatience and dissatisfaction had been expressed on the subject by persons who had been most zealous in the Baron's cause, it was most necessary that an explanation should be offered. The CHAIRMAN said that most ample and satisfactory reasons could be given by the committee for the course which they had advised Baron Rothschild to pursue. He did not, however, consider it politic, or right, or con ducive to the friendly object of the gentleman who put the question, to state the reasons upon which the com mittee had acted. A resolution revivinc , the organization of the last .election was proposed by Mr. PRITCHARD, and carried unanimously. Mr. AMORY moved the fourth resolution, which em bodied an address from Baron Rothschild's committee, piloting out his claims to the support of the Liberal electors of the city of London. Sir DE LACY EVANS, in seconding the resolution, ex pressed his deep interest in the question at issued, which he could not regard as a question of toleration, but as ime affecting the rights of election. He considered that it would have been impossible to bring the question to an issue without a second appeal to the constituency of the city of London. The course adopted by Baron Rothschild and his supporters was highly to be com mended, for its great prudence, moderation, and firm ness, and he thought that be had not left his opponents a shadow of a case against him. Mr. WHITESIDE said that the question was between the House of Lords and the people of London; and the course the latter had to pursue was either to enlighten or frighten the former. To enlighten the House of Lords was, he thought, a hopeless task; to frighten them constitutionally ho thought was within their power. The motion having been put and carried, Mr. T. ATKINSON moved, and Mr. W. WILSON seconded the following resolution, which was agreed to. " That while the vindication of a great principle is cheaply purchased at the cost of the temporary abeyance of a portion of the representation of even the chief city of the empire, we feel deeply the responsibility which is involved in suffering even a brief suspension of our re presentative rights, and we insist upon the immediate re-introduction and pressing forward without delay of such a measure as will effectually remove from the statute-book all representative disqualifications on ac count of religious opinion." After a vote of thanks to the chairman, moved by Baron Rothschild, the meetir.g terminated. ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND. We announced yesterday her Majesty's intention of visiting Ireland during the forthcoming recess. It is well known that this intention is of long standing, and that in several previous years the Queen had hoped to honour her Irish subjects with her presence. The distress unfortunately still so prevalent in Ireland precludes her visiting Dublin in state, as any large ex penditure on mere ceremony would be ill-timed and in. convenient to her subjects. She proposes therefore to embark in the royal yacht, to touch first at the Cove of Cork, and to proceed thence along the Irish Channel to Dublin, where she will re main for a few days the guest of his Excellency Lord Clarendon. Upon leaving Dublin the royal squadron will proceed northwards along the Irish coast to Belfast, and thence cross to Scotland. Although the precise period of her Majesty's visit cannot yet be fixed, it will probably take place as early in August as the termination of the session of Parlia ment will permit. LIFE ASSURANCE.—A. deputation, consisting of the undermentioned gentlemen, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Wednesday: —Mr. Se ward, of the Promoter Life-office; Mr. Higham, of the Royal Exchange ; Mr. Lidderdale, of the Sun ; Mr. Tucker, of the Pelican; Mr. Downes, of the Law•life; Mr. J. J. Thwnes, of the Economic ; Mr. Murphy, of the Provident Life-office ; Mr. Engelhack, of the Alli ance; Mr. Rainbow, of the Crown; Mr. Bunyan, of the Norwich; Mr. M-Kean, of the Scottish Widow*' Fund. The object of the deputation was to place in the hands of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer a petition to the House of Commons, complaining of the practice of certain Life-Assurance Societies, enrolled under the Friendly Societies Acts, and praying that a law might be passed to place the competition between all assurance companies on a fair and equal basis, in respect to all life assurances above 2001. The Duchess of Orleans,accompanied by the Comte de Paris en! the Duke de Nemours. arrived at Black. wall yesterday afternoon, by the General Steam Naviga tion Company's mail steam-ship Giraffe, from Rat- L terdam. SURREY. Julius Coasar, b Challen ... 15 W . Hammersley, Esq., b Brockwell, c Wisden, b ! Wisden 1 Challen ....... Martingell, b Dean ..... Chester, c Humphrey, b ;Lockyer, b Dean • 1 Dean l2 Sheartnan, not out ...... .. 4 Caffyn, b : Wisden 1 C. Coltson, Esq , b Dean 6 C. H. Hoare, Esq., run out 6 __ - Byes, 4 ; wide (Wisden 1, Orsborne 3), 4 .. ... 8 sus Orsborne, b Shearman 4 E. Napper, Esq., b Ches- ;sux. Millen, s Lockyer, b Brockwell l6 H. M. Curteis, Esq., b Shearman W. Humphrey, Esq., c Canar, b Shearman Evershed, not out 3 Byes, 8 ; wide (Shear man) 6; no ball, 1 ter Dean, b Shearman ..... 6 Box, run out l7 \V. Napper, Esq., b Shear- man Bushby, c Lockyer, b Shearman Wisden, b Shearman 102 Surrey went in a second time, and had one wicket down for fifteen runs. The match will be renewed this morning, at eleven. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. FOURTEEN OF HAMPSHIRE. This interesting match commenced at Day's Ground, Southampton, yesterday. The following is the result of the match up to half past five:— HA3IPSHIRE. T. Onslow, Esq., bliver.. 4 E. Theakestone, Esq., s ehat terton, b Clarke ....... 2 G. Townsend, Esq., b Clarke 4 T. C. Elliott, Esq., hit w, b Clarke . Bodle, b Clarke W. Hounsell, Esq.,b Hillyer 01 Day, c Felix, b Clarke Brown, b Hillyer F. Compton, Esq., c Lindow, b Clarke 16 Captain Latour, c W. ) • b Hillyer Sir P. Bathurst, bßyer... I,F. George. Esq., c Parr, b Clarke F. Twynam, Esq., not out 2 IT. Chamberlayne, Esq., c F I I Pilch, bßyer .. Bye 1 ENC: W Pilch, 1 b w, b Day ...... Betting in thvour of All course of people congregate, F.ngland. An immense con to witness the match. THAMES REGATTA. The entries for the Thames Regatta, appointed for the 10th and 11th of July, closed last night, with two excep tions, in favour of gentlemen's pair oars and sculls, k r which three post entries will be permitted, and are as follow: w GENTLEMEN .CULLERS.—MeESN. T. NOrthallittl, Lx don; G. C. Harpour, Richmond; C. Stewart, London; W. Barry, London; G. P. Edwards, London; T. Mar sham, London. GENTLEMEN'S PAIR OARS.—J. G. Chillingworth and J. D. Chillingworth, Twickenham; NV. Berry and A. Harvey, London; G. P. Edwards and F. Marsham, London. GENTLEMEN'S FOUR OARS.—Tho Ariel Club, Cam bridge; the Leander, London; the Thames, London. For the two last races, as above stated, three more boats in each will be allowed to enter. For the Champion Prize for four-oared boats there are seven en tries, consisting of a crew entitled " The St. Agnes, com posed of Henry and Robert Clasper, from Newcastle upon-Tyne, and Robert and Thomas Coombes, of London. To this formidable crew are added the " Never mind-it," consisting of Robert Newell, Pocock, Doubledee, and Maskinnery (all London watermen), the Mazeppa crew, from Durham, a crew from Oxford, another from Eton, and the remainder from London. The Landsmen's Prizes for four-oared boats—There aro are also a great many boats' crews entered for this, including some of those whose names appear in the Champion Prize list. There are a vast number of watermen on the list for pair oars, which are not yet allotted; and also about seventy scullers, from whom the best dozen are to be selected. For the Coat, Badge, and Freedom, the gift of Evan Marris, Esq., for Watermen's Apprentices, there are eleven entries. PEDESTRIANISM. —S. DRIVER. (SCOTT) AND SanTre—The fineness of the weather on Tuesday attracted a rather numerous muster of spectators to the Green Man, Leytonstone, to witness the race between S. Driver and Smith, of Mile-end, to run 150 yards for 51. aside. Shortly after six the men were ready at the scratch, and B ya i r a: PRESENTATION d after a few minutes spent in feints, they left th e mar k at a clipping pace, Driver with a slight l ea d ; and after gooda OFwasr declared Els u Lrt the w nncr MEDALS by . — a MINGILA.M, TUURSDAY.—To-day the interesting cere mony of presenting the veterans residing in this district with the medals t o w hi c h they are entitled by t heir ser vices in the P en i nsular campa i gns took place in the barrack-yard of this town. At hale-past eleven o'clock about 300 pensioners were reviewed in excellent style, by Major Bamford, in the presence of Colonel Scarlet, after which the Gallant Major distributed the medals to all those who were able to attend. Colonel Scarlet then briefly addressed the men, observing that he regretted very much that Colonel Arbuthnot had been unable to attend to distribute the prizes; bus, in his absence, he rejoiced that it had fallen upon him (Colonel Scarlet) to be present. He always rejoiced at having an opportu nity of expressing the admiration he felt, in common with every officer in the British army, when he looked upon those brave men who bad passed their days in the service of their country. He was glad their gallant deeds had been rewarded, although so long delayed. lie was sure there was not a man present who would not blush to do wrong while ho wore upon his breast the medal of his Queen. As a cavalry officer, he could not be supposed to be so good a judge of infantry movements as others; but, from all he had seen, he was betted to say that nothing could appear to him more steady and correct than their movements that day. Ile was sure whenever their services were required they would cheer fully give them for the benefit of their Queen and country. Three hearty cheers for the Queen, and then for Colonel Scarlet, were proposed by Maj r Bamford, and enthusiastically responded to by the veterans; after which they marched off the ground. DEATU or T. T. KEILY, ESQ., or DUNGARVAN.— By acomtnunication received yesterday from Dungarvan, we learn the sad intelligence that Mr. T. T. Keily died on Sunday last, in that town. The cause of death was en affection of the heart. --Cork Examiner. ,AND. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—In Sir Robert Peel's deeply affecting speech at the Mansion-house, there occur two masterly sketches, which, though a contrast was the last thing Sir Robert intended, a reader will naturally compare. The subjects of both are heroic; but the first is an achievement of war, the second of peace. The accidents of the occasion had brought them together; when Sir Robert looked round at the men with whom ho had been invited, and when he had also been reminded by his host of his ear liest triumphs of legislation, he could not fail to think of the absent chief who, at the time Sir Robert himself first entered public life, was standing at bay on the shores of the Atlantic against the conqueror of the Eu ropean continent. Oa the other hand the place and the entertainment suggest e d w i t h not less force the noble deeds of a wealthy and generous corporation towards a distant province, which st ill a ppeals, as it did centuries ago, to the better fortunes and genius of this island. If we now compare what Sir Robert did not intend to com pare, it is not for the purpose of disparaging either the necessity or the glory of war. We are aware that the fruits of just and honourable war do not pass away with its monuments, its captains, its final treaties and awards. Its chief fruit is that supremacy of justice and truth which is the fJundation not only of peace, bat of human society. Its chief benefits are those which a world may enjoy without knowing the benefactor. The fortunes of ages may be cast in the die of one hostile collision. Yet there are features on the peaceful side of the parallel which possess a peculiar force in a country hap pily at peace, among men of peaceful pursuits, 2nd in the midst of that wealth which war may defend, but peace alone can create. " I entered public life," said Sir Robert, " when Spain was occupied by the French armies— by not less than 360,000 French soldiers ; when after the battle of Talavera, the Duke of Wellington retired from Spain, and when he withdrew about 30,000 of the British forces within the lines of Torres Vedras. There was great dejection--great depression. There were prophecies that the British army must evacuate the Peninsula; there was a public proclamation from Bona parte that he himself would take the command in Spain, and that his crossing the Pyrenees would be the signal for the British leopard rushing into the sea, or retiring to escape disgrace and death. Naval preparations were made for the withdrawal of that army from Torres Vedras, in case it should be necessary; but there was one who never saw that necessity, and who determined to maintain his position—(Cheers)—who did this by such gallant confederates as my Noble Friead the Mar quis of Londonderry and the immortal warriors of that time.—(Cheers.) He at length advanced from those lines, and the leopard never paused in its career until the British standard was floating over Paris, and the in dependence of nations was secured by the glorious exer tions and inspiriting example of the Duke of Wellington. --(Loud cheers.) He is still spared to us, and I think I am but echoing the universal sentiment—the universal prayer—that he may long be spared to us to enjoy the full reward of his fame, and that his country may wit ness the lustre of his declining years—(Cheers)—which will not be eclipsed even by the meridian splendour of his early days.—(Loud cheers)." Nothing ever was more splendid than the achievement here related—nothing more necessary to the welfare of Europe, and possibly to the interests of universal huma nity. It is, then, with no invidious or unthankful pen that we point out the sequel, after the lapse of one single generation, as far as human eye can trace it. The Pe ninsula, liberated by Wellington, has effaced, if it ever recorded, that fact. The last thing it wishes to believe is that it owes anything to British arms. A public and most disinterested service, accomplished at a vast sacrifice of blood and of treasure, and which has tied an everlasting millstone round the neck of British industry, has been repaid with political insult, fiscal prohibition, and commercial repudiation. In that capital to which the Duke marched from Torres Vedras, and where " the independence of " nations was secured," there is now installed the heir of the dethroned Na poleon—a man, indeed, of honour and of peace, but ill qualified to resist the destinies of his family and of France. At his almost unconscious bidding the legions of Gaul are once more at Rome. Revolution has long since severed the bulwark which the allies vainly thought to raise against France, by the union of Catholic Bel gium with Protestant Holland. The vast and compli cated machice of Austria is all out of gear. The com bination of territories which still calls itself Prussia just holds together, ready to fly asunder at the slightest excess of regal or popular domination. Germany is no longer in ,any sense one. Absolutism also has com mitted her infractions of the European settlement. It has defrauded Sicily of its just expectations. It has extinguished the nationality of Poland. We have ap parently Legun a period of war. Thus the hero of Torres Vedras and of Waterloo has lived to see all his work undone, and territories, Governments, and national rights once more left to be settled by the sword. It is impossible to say what misery, what degradation we might ha ve witnessed or even endured but for the triumph of the allies in 1814 and 1815; but the very fabric they , - raised has vanished away. From this glorious but perishable work we will now turn to the other side of the con treat " It is.now nearly 240 years since a Sovereign of this country, desirous of making a settlement' in Ireland, sought th,a assistance of the city of London. He invited their co-o Aeration in restoring what were then called the ruinated cities of Londonderry and Coleraine. If there be any pa sty in this country which has reason to look back with pride on Ireland and its connexion with Ire land, it is the city of London.—(Cheers.) It is the city of London—which has done more than Parliament or proprie tors to promote the interests of that country —which has forgotten the consideration of temporary gain, which has foregone present interest, which has sought a coopensation for these sacrifices by promoting the perma ne nt welfare of the district with which it was connected. —(Loud cheers.) I hope after the lapse of 240 years that the city of London may be enabled again to promote the welfare of that country.—(Cheers.) It will act now upon views more liberal—more comprehen sive then hefore. It will not seek, as it heretofore dii, to expel the natives from the soil. It will seek to ele vate their character, to encourage their industry, to find for them permanent employment, to instil the principles of order--ox respect for the laws—of submission to au thority.—(Loud cheers.)" This was a work of peace. It was done under the aus pices of a King whom it has long been the fashion to contemn as though incapable of a single enlightened idea, or energetic act. Its humble aims were the repara tion of rui ncd cities, and cultivation of wastes. Though it did expel the natives from the neighbourhood of those ' strongholds which were meant to be the nucleus of the scheme, it was not really a su b s titution of races. Mer chants, " planters," " u n d erta k e rs," were its chiefs. Through many difficulties, through several rebellions. through wars, through fami n es, through changes of dynasty, it has endured to this day, and is now the chief element of prosperity in Ireland. Bat for Ulster we should scar cely have hope. The estates belonging to the city of London are an oasis in that social and almost physical waste. The cost of that plantation probably did not exceed the contributions of Llnd alone to one year's expenses of the revolutionary war. But the work Still endures, fl o urishes and expands. I. is not written on treaties and maps, but on the people and the soil. It bids fair to last out the world, so that to the end of time a cultivated country and a prosperous people will be a living record of the planta tion of Ulster under James I. vve would not push the contrast too far. The captain " through whom the Lord has given deliverance" to his country leaves his glorious vestiges on the face of th e ear th, as well as in the page of history. All posterity is his debtor. We are only showing the civilian a rival field of honour, whose visi ble trophies are far more enduring than the trophies of war. There is nothing more worthy of British enter prise than the introduction of British wealth, arts, and industry into Ireland. Nor is this appeal wholly un called for. It was only the other day that an Irish peer was vilifying by anticipation the motives of those men who might purchase Irish property, with the double in tention of founding an estate and doing good to their country. He stigmatized it as greediness under the cloak of philanthroPS', a nd even desired to see it thwarted by the sava ge pr e judices of the native population. As if all care for others was not as• sociated with some degree of care for oneself! As if it was not the order of Providence, and the very con stitution of our natures, to make interest and duty as much as possible one! All experience warns us against the freaks of a merely gratuitous philanthropy. Surely to purchase an estate, depreciated though it be, to banisb oneself to a distant province and an unmanageable people, to bury one's fortune in a doubtful hope, to seek no other benefit but that which involves the reclamation of the soil and the regeneration of the people, is at least as honourable as to have served under a Strongbow or a Cromwell, and to receive for one's prowess the estates of a chieftain or a Church. No gentleman will charge a great soldier with ambition or cupidity because while he serves his country he also wins prizes and pay, ranks, titles, and honours ; nor is it usual to charge Peers with selfishness because they are jealous for the Constitution to which they owe their pre-eminence. By the same rule let no one venture to impugn the motives of those who may wish to link the aggrandizement of their fami lies with the renovation of Ireland. CHRONICLE.—The munificent hospitalities of the Chief Magistrate of the city of London have presented us this season with a series of tableaux in which every Englishman may find some gratification for his patriot ism, bis national pride, his professional sympathies, or his party attainments. The dignitaries of the Judicial Bench and the luminaries of the Bar, the prelates of the Church, the Government of today, and the distinguished men who formed the Government of yesterday, have passed in succession before the public eye. The various notabilities of our age and country are here exhibited to us, not as we see them elsewhere, half lost among the busy crowd that fills the stage of life—but grouped as history will group them, when time shall have lent to the view the effect of distance, and giving unity and keeping raneo us s t p o e t c h t a e t picture m w u hih embarrasses l ticpl city ofdetail. the Each contempo raneous com partment is calculated to awaken its peculiar sympathies and to Pall up its appropriate associations ; each hasgro se u r p vaelriv its ow n set of admirers, an d th e genera l observer may efiwneddin t objectshis light,of interest h t ebanquet and given curiosity to in themb Sir Robert Peel on Wednesday must be permitted to sur pass in artistic effect all similar exhibitions with which we have been favoured in the course of the present ses sion. Here, and here only, the centre figure in the piece stands forward with a brear th and prominence which necessarily reduce all the other characters who bear a part in it to the subordinate position of accessories— a prominence fairly due to tie lonz and honouraYe career which has made him, in the eyes of the European public, the ono great statesman of the age—a prominence ac knowledged alike by his enemies and his friends, by the feeble Government which listens deferent'illy to his sug, , ,ettions, and by the heterogen 30113 party which nurses its enmity to the ex-Mtnis:er as a means of preserving its own cohesioa, and in whose political horn-book the letter P stands indifferently for Perfidy and Peel. And when—if our readers will pardon us the use of so bold a trope — the principal personage stepped out of the canvass and became himself the painter, his rapid yet delicate sketches of those who had shared his power and his fall derived their greatest charm from the touch of feeling which gave them warmth and softness of colour, and from the frequent and affectionate reference to the personal tie which had connected the originals with himself. He saw arouud him the men who had fought by his side through the brief combat of 1845—who had composed the strength of the Government formed in 1841—and who with him had sacrificed place and power, and that popularity which is more precious than either, to their honest conviction of their duty to their country. It was not in the nature of man to remain proof against the emotions suggested by such a scene; Sir Robert felt its influence, and we admire far less the felicitous diction which reminds us of his happiest oratorical efforts, than the sim ple, hearty, and genuine feeling which glows through and animates the whole. But the most remark able characteristic, as it strikes us, of Sir R. Peel's speech, is its calm and retrospective tone. Standing once more amongst his old associate!, in the hall which he had entered again and again as the organ of a power ful Government and as the leader of a not less powerful Opposition, the speaker falls not unnaturally, and certainly not ungracefully, into the contem plative strain of the retired statesman. He I re traces the busy past, but casts not a single glance into the busy future. The interests of party and the objects of personal ambition, once familiar to his mind, occupy it now no longer. Father Anchises, enjoying the plea sures of memory in the myrtle groves of the Elysian fields, is not more serenely reflected than he. As he bestows a word or two of remembrance upon each of his old friends, it is impossible not to feel as if they were dead and bu ried, and he himself, ,as dead to the turmoil of life as they, moralising over their graves or pointing to their pictures on the wall. There they are, the ghosts of a departed Administration, called up one by one to receive each his tribute of friendly and affectionate panegyric. There is Sir James Graham—" the Minister with whom I was in daily communication respecting the internal affairs of the Empire, and who brought to the perform ance of that duty the greatest talents, the greatest assi duity, the greatest skill in that department." There is Goulburn—" my earliest political friend, with whom I shared every vicissitude of fortune, who, by his financial knowledge and by his judgment, conciliated the respect of this great city, in whose integrity the most un bounded confidence was placed, and whose ad ministration of the finances of his country was as eminently successful as those of any preceding Chancellor." There again, to the right, is Lord Aberdeen —" my noble friend, who was charged in critical times with the administration of the foreign affairs of the empire, who gained the confidence anti goodwill of every foreign Minister with whom he had to act, who gained for the court of his Sovereign an influence that was wholly due to his personal character, and who made the influence which he had obtained subservient to the great end of his political lite—the removal of obstacles which prevented a good under standing between foreign powers, and the maintenance of universal peace, so far as that was consistent with a scrupulous and undeviating regard to the interests and the honour of our own country." And, lastly, there is "the Duke," who was in the full merechan of his fame when he, Sir Robert, made his entrance into public life, forty years ago. Forty years ago! A states man who can look back through forty years of uninter rupted toil may well speak as one who has borne the bur den and heat of the day, and is ready to welcome the cool and passionless eventide of life. But although it may be quite natural and becoming for Sir Robert Peel to dis course about his old friends and political adherents in this meditative mood, we are much mistaken if the public does not regard them in a very different light. The circle by which he was surrounded was not, after all, the spectral company to whom we have likened them — but a party of live gentlemen, sipping their port, hale and hearty, and retaining in unimpaired vigour all those rare qualifications for high and responsible office which they exhibited a very short time ago. The ablest administrator who ever held the seals of the Home Office is not in his coffin, and has no intention of dying for these thirty years to come. Tho success ful Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had the knack of always turning a deficit into a surplus, and was never behind-hand with his Budget, is alive and well, and in full possession of his sound arith metical mind, memory, andu nderstanding. And yet all these respectable personages, though not dead and buried, aro at present as completely lost to the nation as if they were. They are neither useful as a Government nor as an Opposition—and, to all appearance, they con sider this a perfectly proper and satisfactory state of things. Involuntarily we catch ourselves comparing the men who sat at the Lord Mayor's table on Wednesday, with those who were guests at the same board a few weeks back. Sir George Grey enjoys the high and well-merited respect of his opponents as well as of his political friends—but is he as good a Home Secretary as Sir J. Graham? Does anybody possessed of ten pounds of his own in the whole circuit of the United Kingdom, think Sir C. Wood as able a financier as Mr. Goulburn? If Lord Grey were to-morrow to surrender his place to Mr. Gladstone, can any one doubt that the colonists would be gainers by the change? Is Lord Palmerston —but the parallel is growing ridiculous—and we can only ask, is this to last for ever? Is the country to be for ever deprived of the talents and industry of her best official servants and her most intelligent men of busi ness, and condemned to the sterile incompetence of a makeshift Administration, which cannot govern well, and which is not restrained from governing ill by the check of a powerful and united Opposition. We say that this is not as it should be, when these men are ciphers in the political world—and, much as we lament that discus ganization of parties which everybody talks about, and nobody helps to repair, we must tell them plainly that the largest share of the blame rests with themselves. IRELAND AND THE CORPORA- TION OF LONDON. Yesterday the members of the Corporation who were called together on Thursday last, at the Mansion-house, by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of taking into consideration the great object of benefiting Ireland by the purchase of land in that country, assem bled in one of the large rooms of the building. The LORD Mayon, upon taking the chair, informed the meeting that since he had had the honour of presid ing upon the occasion on which he had convened the Aldermen and Common Councilmen, to consider a matter of such deep consequence, in every point of view, to Ire land, and as a matter of course to the United Kingdom, it had been Isis good fortune to receive encouragement from most influential parties, to persevere in the grand object then submitted for the consideration of the friends of that unfortunate country. It was with the highest feeling of gratification, he had to announce, that in consequence of a letter which he had received from an individual in the most elevated rank in Ireland, resulting from the late meetiug, to which he alluded, he had waited upon Lord John Russell and Sir George Gray, and received from those Ministers the itrongest assurances of support and assistance, in carry ing out any plan suggested for the advantage of Ireland by the Corporation of London. He was not at liberty at present to make public the important contents of the written communication to which he referred, but he wished to impress upon the meeting the fact that nothing could exceed the admiration with which the .personage from whom it had issued contemplated the proceedings of the gentlemen who had, in the discussion which took place on Thursday, so wisely and benevolently expressed their feelings and wishes with regard to the future condi tion of Ireland. He would leave it to the meeting to de termine what course it would, under the extraordinary circumstances in which he considered the Corporation of London to be placed with regard to Ireland, the public acknowledgment of the benefit rendered to Ireland by the instrumentality of the Irish Society, and the probabilities of remuneration, be most proper to select for adoption. In his opinion the most eligible mode would be to assemble a Court of Common Council, to take the question into their most serious consideration; but he was ready to be guided by the counsel of his friends around, all of whom he knew to be the friends of Ireland. The Lord Mayor's observations upon a subject of such vital importance to the interests of the empire were received with the most marked respect and approbation; and it was unanimously agreed that a requisition should be signed, calling upon his Lordship to convene a Court to consider the propriety of appointing a committee to inquire into the subject of purchasing land in Ireland, and thus extending the benefits of civilization and the encouragement of the adequate reward of labour in that country. Several gentlemen, amongst whom were Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. Pewtress, Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman and Sheriff Finnis, Mr. Milard, Mr. Dakin, Mr. Holt, Mr. Wire, Mr. J. Dixon, Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. Bennoch, Mr. Harrison. in fact, the mass of the antagonist politi cians of the Corporation, expressed opinions in direct accordance with those to which the Lord Mayor had given utterance; and the requisition was at once drawn up, and presented to his Lordship, who stated that ho received it with much gratification, and would appoint as early a day as would best suit the convenience of the members of the Corporation for the discussion of the question. FIRE AT THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB•HOUSE.--. Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, considerable alarm was caused in St. James's-square and its imme diate vicinity, in consequence of a report being raised that the Army and Navy Club. house was on lire. Mes sengers were immediately dispatched in various direc tions for the assistance of the firemen, and forthwith the Brigade and West of En g l an d engines attended, when the firem en found that th e fl ames were rag i ng a m ongst the j o i st ings under the first-floor back; and, had it not been for the opportune discovery, there is no doubt that the whole of the premises would have been destroyed. From the examination made after the fire was put out, there is no doubt that the outbreak was occasioned from one of the timbers running into the kitchen chimney, ' and, the soot becoming ignited at an early hour of the evening, had fired the timber. The premises were fully ' insured in various offices. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Her 1114jesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lor d and Lady Howe and Lady Gore, left Tonbridge-wells at 11.15 A.M., yesterday, by special train for Croydon. The Hon. James Byng, ono of th e di rec t ors of the South-Eastern Railway, received the Qu e en at the Tonb rid g e-wells station, and accom panied her 313jeStY to Croydon, where, on the arrival of the trait), Mr. Browne, also ono of the directors of the South -Eastern Railway, was present to receive her Majesty. The arrangements were conducted (much to the satisfaction of her Majesty) under the direction of Mr. Finnigan, superintendent of the line, who travelled in charge of the train. We are glad to find that her Majesty's health is much improved by her short s'ay at this delightful waterin place. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL- LIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THUBSDAY.—This being the anniver sary of her Majesty's coronation, the troops composing the garrison were formed on Sitithsen common at twelve o'clock in contiguous columns, quarter distance, to fire a feu de joie in honour of the occasion, in the followie. , order:—The Royal Artillery, with six eeld-pieces; the Royal Sappers and Miners, the Royal Marines, the 77th Regiment, the 91st Regiment, the Royal Marine Artil lery, with six field pieces. The whole of the bands (as one) were sta'ioned on the right of the line. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitz clarence and staff arrived on the ground shortly before the above hour, when the troops deployed into line, formed open column, and marched past his Lordship in quick time, the bands playing the Grenadiers' March. The line having resumed their original deployment fired the first round of the feu de joie, the artillery seven guns; the line then fired, and seven more guns by the Marine Artillery followed; and the second and third rounds were fired in a similar manner. The line then advanced and presented ,arms, the bands playing " God save the Queen." Three cheers were then given by the line, the general acting as fugleman. The troops then went through sundry reviewing manceuvres under his Lerdihip's direction, which occupied about two hours, to the gratification of many thousands of Fpectators of all grades, who had come from tar and near to witness ness tho interesting events of the day. The ships in harbour and at Spithead dressed at an early hour, and saluted at noon as usual. The Royal yachts are this day ready for sea and are moored. at their summer buoys in the harbour. They were taken out to day round Spithead for trial. Both are in a high state of efficiency and most elegantly re fitted. They will be brought into requisition for the ser vice of her Majesty. APPOINTMENTS. Com. nander—William Charles Aldham (1844), of the Superb,. 80, at Portsmouth, to the Swift, 6, at Devonport, for special service, as we stated on Wednesday. Surgeon—John Sloan, M.D. (1838), to La Hogue steam guard-ship at Sheerness. Acting Master—Edwin Rowe (second master, 1848) .0 the Swift. Mates— Richard Onslow and Henry Hawkes to the Swift. Midshipman—C. E. K. Brett to the Swift. Naval Cadet—Henry F. Nicholson to La Hogue, at Sheerness. EXERMSING SQUADRON.—Her Majesty having re solved to. visit Ireland, we may expect a few ships to be commissioned to accompany the Royal squadron thither. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 27.—The Basilisk and Niger steamers returned to this port on Monday. The Niger is alongside the Dockyard, and will have eight teet added to her funnel, which will be complete by Tuesday next. The Rollo tender, manned with seamen-apprentices, which arrived here on Saturday from Portsmouth, put to sea on Monday, in company w ith the Nautilus tender, similarly manned, from this port. Report states that the apprentices at this port have the advantage in gun nery and broad-sword exercise, and that the appren tices at Portsmouth have the advantage in seamanship. Tice Swift, 6, has been put in commission by Com mander Aldham, who bad charge of the Sphynx. She is to be fitted with all dispatch, and was first reported to sail in a few days for the Pacific, to be under the orders of Rear-Admiral Hornby, and to go by the way of the Cape and Van Diemen's Land ; but it is now said that she is to proceed to Ireland to take the Irish state pri soners aboa d. The following officers have been ap pointed to her :—Lieutenant—James E. Bickford ; Mates—Henry Hawkes, Richard Onslow ; Paymaster and Purser—Arthur A Speed (acting) ; Second Master —E. Rowe ; Surgeon—John H. Patterson. ROYAL MARlNES.—Cartaiu Walsh, First Lieutenants Drury road Elliott, and Second Lieutenants Blankley, with 184 men, the due proportion of non-commissioned officers and drummers, making 200 of all ranks of Royal Marines, have embarked on board her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Wise. CRICKET. COUNTY OF SURREY V. COUNTY OF SUSSEX. More than a quarter of a century has passed since these two counties have been arrayed against each other on the cricket field, and therefore the present match ex cited far more than the usual amount of interest. In the course of yesterday there was a large quantity of fine play exhibited by the different competitors, much to the gratification of the numerous spectators who had as sembled at the Oval to witness the respective efforts of the antagonists. When time was called the score stood as follows, by which it will be seen that upon the first innings Sussex headed Surrey by 23 runs. When the third wicket of Surrey fell the score was 55: TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The only bets to any amount were 700 to 200 agst Impresion, and 200 even between three awl the field for the July Stakes; 7 to 1 to about 1001. agst Thringarth; and 1,000 even between six and the field for the Liver pool Cup; and the quoted odds agst Tophana and Col ling wood for the Goodwood Stakes. Subjoined are the closing prices:— JULY STAKES (NEWMARKET). to 2 agst Mr. Freeman's Impression—taken to 2001. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Tordesillas 6 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Habet 200 even on Sisyphus, Tordeaillas, and Impression agst the field. LIVERPOOL CUP. 9 to 2 agst Sir R. Pigot'a Essedarius, 3 yrs,Ast 61b 7 to 1 ag:4 Mr. Bowes's Thringarth, 3 yrs, 5 8t—taken to 100/. 9 to 1 :gst Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 5 yrs, 6st I2lb 10 to 1 ag-t Mr. Eddison's John Cosser, 4 yrs, 7st 15 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Montague 1,000 even on the field agst John Cosner, Thringarth Essedarius, Keleshea, Montague, and Maid of Masham. GOODWOOD CUP. 15 to 1 agst Lord Egliuton's Belus, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—t Offers to take 9 to 4 about Canezou. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, aged, Tat 71b 10 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs. 7st 131 b 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—t 14 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Tophana, 4 yrs, bit 81b— taken to 501. 15 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's St. Antonio, 4 yrs, 64 71b 18 to 1 ngst Mr. Rolt's Coßingwood, 6 yrs, 9.t 81b— taken to 501. 18 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Fire-ester, 3 yrs, 6st 31b 20 to 1 ngst Duke of Richmond's Syrup, 3 yrs, 4st 91b —taken 4 to 1 laid agst Glen Saddel winning the 300 sovs. Sweepstakes at Goodwood, and Flying Dutchman the St. Leger (taken). DERBY,IBSO 18 to 1 agst Mr. Henry's Pitsford—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Penang—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gordon's William the Conqueror 1,000 to 30 agst Duke of Bedford's John o' Groat—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Moultan—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Gannon's Deicoon—taken. NE PPCAS LIE-UPON-TYNE R ACES.—TIWRSDAY. The Tyne Stakes, of 10 soya. each, the second to save his stakes ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Three-quarters of a mile. (13 Subs.) Lord Z•tland's Cantab... Mr. Bowes's Itybinvka Mr. Wentworth's Ithania ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 Won by a length. The Members' Plate, of 501, added to a handicap of 10 soya, each, 7 ft, and only 5 if d ec l are d ; th e secon d to save his stake. From the Newcastle Turn in. (15 Subs, three of whom declared.) Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 3 yrs, 4st 71b... ... 1 Mr. J. Lillie's Spilead, 6 yrs, ist 81b ... 2 Mr. S. L. Fox's Sir Robert Sloper, 4 yrs, 6st Mb 3 . . The following also ran :—Mr. Ilesseltine's Andalu ian, 3 yrs, 53t 21b, and Mr. Laidlaw's Lady I-am-off, 4 yrs, sst 121 b. Won by a length. The winner is objected to for car rying 31b over weight, and not declaring it until after the race. The matter is referred to the Jockey Club. The Gold Cup, of 150 sovs., by subscriptions of 10 soya. each; for three yrs olds, 6st 101 b; fuur yrs, Bst tilb; five yrs, 9st; 6st and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geld ings allowed 31b. Two miles. (15 Subs.) Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 6 yrs ... (Marlow) 1 Mr. J. Cookson's Camphine, 4 yrs ( rempleman) 2 Any odds on Chanticleer, who won as he pleased. The Gateshead or Lottery Stakes of 10 sovs. each, pp, with 50 added; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake. Two miles (25 Sub,). Mr. Bowes's Thriagarth (J. Holmes) 1 Mr. Johnstone's Snovt storm ... Mr. M. Daw•son's Lammermoor ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 Mr. Meiklam's Roland Won by a length. The Innkeepers' Speculation Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft. Heats, from the Newcastle Turn (10 Stabs.) Mr. 11. Baker's Present, 3 yrs... ...(Bisham) 1 1 Mr. J. Cookson's Camphine, 4 yrs ... 4 2 Mr. T. Walker's Penny Post, 3 yrs ... 0 3 Mr. Dawson's c, by St. Martin, out of Madeline, 3 4 Mr. T. Dagg's Isabella Noel, 5 yrs ... ... 2 0 Won in a canter. WINCHESTER RACES—TrtuasDAY. Tho Great Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. New mile (16 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Glauca, Bst 51b ... walked over The Original Hampshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake. Two miles and a distance (21 Subs, 14 of whom declarei). Duke of Richmond's Vampyre, 5 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. Greville's Puffy, 3 yrs, sst 71b, carried sst 131 b 2 Mr. 13,3ath's Antagonist, 5 yrs, 7st 10113 (S. Mann) 3 Mr. Etwall's Mesaman, 4 yrs, Est 31b ...((r. Brown) 4 2to 1 on Vampyre. Won by half a length. The Foal Stakes of 25 sovs. each; colts, Bst 91b; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b. New mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. J. Day's Bernadotte, (allowed 51bs) ...(A Day) 1 Mr. Payne's Glenlyon (allowed 31bs) (Flatman) 2 Even betting. Won by half a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b, &c. Three quarters of a mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. W. Etwall's Soldier's Joy c Bst 41b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Dorrien's Cldrielea, Sat llb (W Howlett) 2 Captain Delme's Festive, Sat llb ... (S. Mann) 3 Betting-2 to lon Claricles, and 7to 2 agst each of the others. Won easily by a length. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. J. Powney's The Hero, 6yrs,l Ost 21b (A Day) 1 1 Mr. Nicholls's Rosalinda, 5 yra, 9s t l llb (E. Parr) 4 2 Duke of Richmond's Buffalo Gal, 3 yrs (Kitchener) 3 dr Mr. Nevin's Diana, 3 yrs, 7st slb ...(J. Sharpe) 2dr Mr. Tubb's Fair Helen, 3 yrs, 63t 51b (Abraham) die. Betting-5 to lon the Hero, who won both heats in a canter. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each and 20 added. Heats, one mile. Duke of Richmord's Pell Mell, 5 yrs (Flatman) 1 0 0 Mr. Osbeldeston's Chat, 5 yrs... ... ••• 0 1 2 Mr. Southby's Streamer, 4 yrs ••• .. 0 0 3 Mr. Nicholl's Fisticutr, aged ... ... ... 0 2 0 Mr. Judd's Red Rfibin, 4 yrs ... ... ... 0 0 0 Mr. J. Day's Colocynthus, 4 yrs ... ... 00 0 Mr. Etwall's fby Emilius out of Pelerine, 3 yrs 0 3 dr Mr. Dawson's St. Oswald, 5 yrs ... ... 2 odr Mr. Smith's Fugitive, 6 yrs ... 0 0 dr Mr. W. Sadler's Master Murray, aged ... 0 0 dr Captain G. Delme's Snatch, 3 yrs ... 0 odr Mr. Kimber na Antelope, 4 yrs 0 dr The first heat was won by a length and a half, the second by a neck, and the third easy. GOODWOOD STAKES BETTING. 14 to 1 agst Giselle—taken. 16 to 1 agst Emma Donna—taken. 16 to 1 agst Antonia—taken. 16 to 1 agst Remembrance —taken. 20 to 1 aget Syrup—taken. 22 to 1 agst Collingwood—taken. INSCRIPTION FOR THE PROJECTED MONU MENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN FIELDEN, ESQ. By CHARLES SHARP MIDDLETON, Author of " Hours of Recreation." To Fieldea's justly honoured name, Whose country's grateful love we claim, This monumental stone we raise, A lasting tribute to his praise. He was a man of goodly parts, Lov'd and caress'd by honest hearts, And e'en by nature seem'd design'd The benefactor of his kind. From honest humble ranks he sprung, Oh, pride of birth! let every tongue Bespeak his best and noblest claim, The architect of his own fame. And rear'd to fortune's gilded fans, Still virtues glitter'd in his train ; Link'd to one cause, he did contend, The people's joy, the poor man's friend. And when we would his praises tell In words that should bespeak him well, Let this suffice, the best we can, He liv'd and thus he died—A SAN. RAILWAY SH.AItE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JUNE 28. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Very little business was done to-day, it being a ccount day, The market was, however, flat, and the closing prices for Great West,rn, New 171. Shares, which was the principal atX" in which business was done, was 3i dis. LIVERPOOL, JUNe STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was very 'Preference, Quarters, 7% day. The sale s are—East Lancesbl_r?" ) Fifths, 3% dis.—Ditto, Lancashire and 'Yorkshire (M. t and l ittle business transacted to. (L. and Bury), Halves, 1011 d s . —London and North-Western, 132 —Ditto, New Quarters, P. D itto , Quarters, (C.), 3% P.—Man , and Lincolnshire, 4%—Midland, 69%—Ditto, chester, heid „ n Z scottish Central, 24—York, Newcastle, and B et . ions w ii i al c s . x E c - ri ." - A tr o C z h .—m as ATh e) N , ec 6 Ht p r e Ea r ns C sTa e E n c; to-day were as follow : cent. till 0 2 , 8 3 . , JUNE s % dis. Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 3 5-16 p.—Clltheros (No. 1), 7% c.—Whitehaven and Furness, 12% dis.—Wharldales. 2% die. —West Riding Union, 4 11-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 4% dis.—Dover (No. 4), 6 13-16 BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 28.7 STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow : Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5% ex in., next accoount Ditto (B), dis.—Ambergate, 5% dis.—North St a ff or d sh i re„ 4 % dis., next account—South Stafordshire, 4% dia, next account. YORK, JUNE 27. STOCK EXCISAYGE.—Tho transactions to-day have been as fol low:—Great Northern, 10% Ditto, Preference, 21. 19s. —North British, Preference, 21. 9s. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (New castle Extension), 14%—Di:to (G. N. E. Purchase), 4%. DREADFUL FIRE IN ESSEX.—Last night (Thurs day), about ten o'clock, the quiet village of Layton. stone, Essex, was aroused by an awful conflagration on the estate of W. Payze, Esq. It originated among the stacks of bay, and, as soon as the calamity was known, three parish and also a private engine were taken to the spot. Water was fortunately available, for the ready assistance afforded by the neighbours for miles round from pumps and ponds ; and it is but an act of strict justice to state that two hours hard labour were devoted to the exting uishing of the fi re . B y twelve all furt h er danger had ceased, but a very extensive loss of hay, straw, &c., amounting to two loads, destroyed, and one stacks of straw, the consequenc e . Th e cause was un k nown . I nsured as also fifty l oa d s o f hay, damaged was in the Plicenix Office for loss, which is estimated at 6002 THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN SOUTH STAT. FORDSHIRE.—A coroner's inquest, summoned to inquire into the cause of the deaths of the several unfortunate men killed in Mr. Morris's pit at Great Bridge on Tues day last, commenced its proceedings yesterday (There to their immediate interment, it dawaise)aacusmedoourrwnsiiined.thg,awvhieewn, after viewing the bodies of the