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talked •' the benefit this measure would confer upon the landlords of Ireland, and of his being the proprie tor of lend in five counties in Irel and. Other lion. Members spoke in the same strain. The Hon. Gentle zin objected to the legislation for Ireland, and the poor• I ,”' especially. N ow a ll t h ese s p eec h es , an d thi s opposi tion to our honesty, resulted from one state of mind— Bfeeling th at E ngland ha d a r i g h t to support I re l an d. ut, he would ask, where was the money for this rail road to be got from—where was it to come from? Why, from the pockets of the people of this country. What Were they going to do? They were going to advance in °ney from the Exchequer to Ireland to make a rail. w aY. He was not in the habit of quoting " Mansard," but , he held a speec h o f t h e Ch a nc e llor of the Ex chequer's in his hand with reference to a similar but lar g e r measure. The Right Hon. Gentleman then said th at he did not lik e t h e S tate to b ecome a money -l en d er . If the parties could give security for the money they wan ted, and if the speculation was a good speculation, ! °e ry one kn ew t h at t h ere wou ld b e no d i ffi cu l t y i n get e`illg a lo an f rom pr i vate i n di v id ua l s . H e wante d to nn w why the Chancellor of the Exchequer had charged eie opinion. In 1847 Lord George Bentinck had pru- P„ os ed a plan of railroads for Ireland, should ver such " P l an. deserved support, was one thathave re celved it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed it, and now came forward with a much smaller, to which, however, all his own objections applied as forcibly as "e r• He told t h em t h at i t wou ld open u p the district, and draw trade to it. Well, it that was the case, ac cording Wills own showing, it should induce the private l ender t o Come forward. He must distinctly object ter alto gether to th. it lending money to Ireland, or to any Pert of th e ki ngdom. L iok at the state of Irelnd o It Ras in every respect worse than it was i n 184 7, an d what was the state of things at present is England? In every litii °° in the co un t ry , i n the rural districts especially, the oor-rates were increasing. In frugal industrious Scot year t h ey and the rates last year were h a lf a m i l li on ster li ng, this Mt were likely to increase to 600,0001. While in ) at cases they had not previously been 40,000/. This was not a state of affairs t° encourage any grants to Ireland. Be sides the Right Hon. Gentleman had formerly shown himself that Lord George Bentinck's plan would not ern- E l °Y the labourers of Ireland, but that the works would aexecuted by able-bodied labourers from England.. Jrithout entering upon any argument upon the subject, he would simply content himself by strongly repeating his protest against taking the money from the pockets . O f the hardworking industrious operatives and artisans, to maker ailroads in Ireland for any company whatever. . Mr- HUME said his Hon. F r i en d appeare d to misun tuilte e rstend th e question entirely. The measure would not 4 801 4 1 e farthing out of th e p oc k e t s o f th e ar ti sa n s of this country, nor would it take any of the taxes.— (Re ar, hear.) All that was proposed was, that the Go vernment should aid the company with its credit, and in return it would receive a guarantee of 3 per cent..on the line, He must repeat, a more unexceptionable and useful proposition he could not conceive. —(Bear.) Mr. NEW DEG ATE most heartily rejoiced that the Plan of his NoWe and lamented Friend was now admitted to have b een a practical and useful one. He could not but r egret that th e Hon. Member for Sheffield should on such ground s op a lan which would benefit the la ndlords of Ireland ose . lie could give his cordial support to the. proposel o f t h e G over nment, because he had r e e l ,4, ll , i ' suPPort to a much larger measure, when T r he - b"' forward by his Noble Friend.—(Bear, hear.) _ , Government had then opposed that measure, yttereas if they had had the comprehensive genius and 11;i:eiglat of his Noble Friend, Ireland would now have /li e n in a very different position. The arguments of the 1 id yst R . Gentlem an th e M em b er f or C am b r id ge were . 0 'act eorg , the„ same as had been formerly used against Lord Bentinck's pl tn. But he totally denied that the ; OW re ought to leave the people to . perish, if their IMO rewarded exertions could not sustain them. The blo ntl °f Government was to foster the people, and deve. b a r e t ° 43 means by which their skill and industry could bel!' r eu g ht into pr o fit a bl e act ion, and in this respect he ac leved the co ld and h eart l ess d octr i nes o f po li t i ca l r ta y had b een most m i sch i evous to the country. h r- RO EBUCK said he did not object to this advance e _ 013 !c se atese it would benefit an I r i s h l an dl or d, an d as to th e rvation of his Honourable Friend (Mr. Hume) that Ir%ere overnment merely gave its credit, if they did so the ? ruraent would be in some danger of having to re aeem that credit. Sir EL w . 13 4 Ron. G e 1 na "-RRON said he had an answer to the wards a nt -aitni;The Government had advanced up to starvin seven lii " ° ns of moneyfor public works, not rich, no g' pauperised, and miserable Ireland, but to perous England, where everybody was em• PofloyedPand the means of creating wealth were boasted ailr ,_ he fo un d for vanc by the Ti mes as sup canals and bridges, 1,470 000/.; erabundant. Among these ad. r v . °ads, 600,000/.--(L oud cries of " Hear " from the Arish Members.) For building poor-houses, 1 900,0004; ~,tiwaterworks—( fo r Hear) —'70.000/. ; and for the Thames ;L., nue', 250,0004—(R -newed cheers.) Where was the l ' al ..°Lt. Member for Shsffield then? Why was he not in els pi a he Irelande to oppose such advances as the.e, not to famish lol_ g , but to wealthy England? The fact of the itsttpx was, it was nothing but the bile and the anti tirl h feeling, which seemed to run in his blood, , fts he had at induced him to come forward and talk done of the hardship of taxing the hardwork mg citizens of England for Ireland.—(Much merriment vethaes excited ' by the Honourable Baronet's mimicry of h „ vn tee and manner of the Honourable Member for a e l e 'd ) He could show, however, from the highest iluatihortties, that all such advances to Ireland heretofore and I ! ° t only been repaid to the Government, principal pr_ vtintreet, but that actually their expenditure had ° dof benefit to the revenue. For instance, on the of authority Mr. Le " i ng et , e and all' "ad upon which 70,0001. had been expended, tw of which was repaid, had, in the short space ot , !years' given an inert ase to the revenue of 40,000/. . I j or evidence of the late Chairman of the Board of ( 7 4e ks in Ireland, an English gentleman, now in high lti in This ;°„unfrv, was to the same effect. Use: . ` 4 " . "Eltrir said he should not have felt sa- Ireland, at t and which h d it' he hai_, l not expressed the gratification he felt, _. m the aid '' 'new Pervaded all classes of the people of to renderhe intention of her Majesty's Government Ittan.Government they had proposed doing. He hoped would follow out their views, and he Sir them for bringing forward the present measure. pl. ...'_'r u, .. D. A.CLAND said he had opposed the gigantic se ein hich had been brought forward by a lamented bbl had F.riend (Lord G. Bentinek)—and he had opposed _4erincipally on account of its magnitude—but he had, u rtheless, in the course of the same year, and with Perfecten consistency, supported other propositions for the e u i . efit of Ireland —and he should, upon the same prin elle' give his support to the present proposition for (Aie„ and. The lion. teed Learned Member for Sheffield r. Roebuck) had taunted an Hon. Member who had 'Poken in favour of this measure, because he said he bad Property in five Irish counties. NOw he (Sir T. D. Aciand) had no property in Ireland, but he spoke as an i ndependent English Member, and he felt it was the duty °f this country to lend every aid that was possible to I reland. —(Hear, hear.) There were no more grateful People than the Irish, and it was incumbent on the Go ternment in the present condition of Ireland, to give all ,Possibl e assistance.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to know 'roni his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Ex- Chequer, whether the advances which had been made in ;;! 41 7, had been paid up? Because, if they were, under o cir cumstances of the time, it was idle to talk o' dan ger or risk now. The best outlay of money would b it ' l l _ that whi c h wou ld b ring back profitable returns Thethe work an d t h e l a b our of I reland.—(Hear.) lite Ca to t h e ttNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, i n rep l y 8„,.. question of his Hon. Friend, coul.t bear the most ',ll,eteactoly testimony to the fact, that every . single six which had had been had been advanced so the railroads in Ire bette; PE t e r n'EV been repaid.—(Hear, hear.) TO could assure the Houie that they had no that labourers on their railways, than the labourers a c h tta e t arao from the sister country. When they saw the in the Res which had resulted from the making of roads . !pmt making , of th e 8 ulghlands of Scotland, they might safely infer the vast advantages which would accrue to Ireland from railroads, and he thought that Govern - not do better than give every support to the Mr, and extension of such works. Si r t . FtEWEN supported the measure. P osse LUCIUS O'BRIEN claimed for his country the but if , of a proper share of enterprise and industry, ti,egoleeof Ireland . in the di spensations of Providence, a heavy eels _ eal_nad fallen upon the land, he felt assured that the Present would appreciate the liberality of Go the lit i and forward with such a proposition as t. After the h, for one, gave it his hearty HERBERT, e resolution a few o bservation s from Mr. H. The c a was agreed to. h ad ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER next to the distressedprose a further adva n ce for the relief of said be unions He had stated Months reeea: on Om, to be secured upon the rate in aid. a. former occasion that, for the three ral ly prevail e d in P -- --ng Ice_ harvest, the greatest distress gene reland. They had already ~.. advanced • More than the 100,0001. which had been voted, the di f• h • ..: eying been advanced oul, of the civil contin . gen . e beginning ties, oreo the been than 10 of June the advances h . adno i t: ,0004 weekly. Since then the aa v an than been 15,0001 . weekly, and he did not suppose that it could be i le d ss till the early crops of potatoes — in full consu " w hich he Was to say were exceedingly good—were korning, would naption.. There had been already advanced 175,000/ ., which, with 15,0001. he had advanced that make th e ent i re advance 190,0001. It W as his i ntention fortber advance onfolfsOtoo movel a resolution for a still flitting down, that it , 00 . He would state, before houses, but he would i e for the reconstruction of work .yote for an advance was also his intention to make a only mentioned it nolv mi e v a e it in another Committee. He had escaped his recollection.t it should be supposed that it In answer to a questionle Mr. STAFFORD, The CHANCELLOR of stated that he had before hine th a e li E t X P ßE Q U Eß further unions, that they were 23 in number, the most distressed it arid among thoie allina, Ballinrobe, he mentioned were the unions of I3andon Castlereagh, Castlebar, Carrick -on-Shannon, Dingle, -Ennis, Ennistowen, &e. le Sig Str D. NORRE I'S wished to k now ho far the nof rates had gone on in these unions col the co l lection had been enforced? , and whether _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied the the collection of the rates in all the distressed unto had been enforced to the utmost pracble extent. -1:11e resolution was then agreed to, and the H sli med, ()use re POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL . t"ird O 4 the question being put th a t thi s Bill b e read a tim e , 4 r• JOHN O'CONNELL rose to move the following Zetand way of amendment:—" And whereas, by the 24P1 2 Vic., c. 56, the Poor-law Commissioners are owered to appoint fit persons to be chaplains to ;eel:Elthbuses, be it enacted, that no clergyman shall be htiltPiled a fit person for such office, or if appointed, to be Inued in such office, who shall not be approved of by cldivary; and Ow no elets . Yenuslaull be removed stance aspect %v ow.- to ex miles, lumen cs and ertook merest ) pro at an !counts inte nterest cronies etween s same 1 0,0001. Is were satisfy' n Ath while e-fifths ey will , f their t wat tle Go- fit, to that a very may be Le most a good Ves tern State& ihich it antages hat the tenters, wages rrceiv )0, who on the in next :zing in again lication ertality, totonau ing the DOol. to cordial :tendon ipletion I. The were so had not xecuted pended e lines. tided in aost all 3tion of t of this ion the of rail ?rimed 'e them If being ierative. , uld not is a re- t be un dvanced of more a COlll O r.) He y would unions. city of assist le value he value of car- Koool. nt than sheries. raised, ns ; end an Aug vas esti of Lon d confer d. That o cart,' success'. id bring ition of thought Govern- o follow entered, whether ntry, it olidated stern of nt that t would ions for aided called vould at of view Tha at far hen the 'antagea recuur to an Le barn" icreases lat wai of the eared It Lid keep n a net ) !inure a state lens on able to e to be also to be ful of the he felt 3 Cum- e, that nar4 , roposal justifi already vas ex certain e corn d fully ed that hequer, st with Hon. great P - that d • P a n B coo doff° THE S N, from such office save by default of duties purely civil in their nature, without the consent of his ordinary." Why should the Pocr-law Commissioners be constiiuT , d judges of the spiritual fitness of either the Roman Cs thotic or the Protestant chaplains? He hoped the Go vernment would allow the clause to la , added to the Bill, if only for the sake of facilitating the working of the poor-law. Sir W. SOMERVILLE hoped the House would not he induced to consent to the introduction of the clause, which he doubted very much would, if adopt,d, facili tate the working of the poor-law. The first portion of the clause was quite superfluous. Special care was taken by the Poor-law C.ammissioners b,fore . chaplains to workhouses were appoiated, to consult, ma respectful manner, the archbishop or bishop of the district, us to their spiritual fitness. Mr. A. STAFFORD considered the latter portion of the clause would be found impossible to carry out in a correct spirit. After a few remarks from Mr. ECULLY, and an ex planation from Sir W. SOMERVILLE, Mr. M. O'CONNELL expressed a hope that the Hon. Member would not press his motion to a division, as i n the event of his doing so, he should vote a g L i ns t th e clause as it now stood. The remedy in the present case would be worse than the disease. The Committee disiltd, when there spreired— For the clause ... ... 3 Against ... 74 Majority against ... —7l Mr. GROG AN moved the following clause:—" And be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act, in all cases where any land, or any house and land. or any house, shall be held by the tenant thereof for any term not exceeding one calendar month, at a rent not exceeding the rate of one pound sterling by the month iu Ireland, and the term or interest of such tenant in such land, house and land, or in such house, shall have ended, or shall have been duly determined by a legal notice to quit, and such tenant (if such tenant do not actually oc cupy the premises, or only a part thereof) shall refuse to deliver up the possession of the premises, it shall be lawful fur the landlord, agent, or receiver of his rents, to cause the person or persons so neglecting to deliver up the possession to be served with a summons in writ ing, to be signed by a justice of the peace of, or having jurisdiction in, .the county in which the said premises shall be situate, to appear before the next court of petty sessions to be holden for the district within which the said premises shall be situate, to show cause why the said premises should not be delivered. And if the tenant or occupier shall nut appear at the time and place appointed, or if such tenant or occupier shall ap pear, and shall not show t the satisfaction of the Jus tices Issembh d at such; court of petty sessions, reason able cause why possession should not be given, and shall still neglect or refuse to deliver up the possession of the said premises, or.such part thereof as he was in posses sion of at the time of the service of such summons, to the said landlord or his said agent or receiver, it shall be lawful fur the said landlord, or his agent or receiver, to give to the said justic-s proof of the holding, and of the end or determination of the tenancy, with the time and manner thereof; and it shall be lawful for the said Jus aces to issue a warrant to any constable, authorising him within a periol, not less than seven, or more than ten, clear days from the date of such warrant, to give posses sion of the premises to such landlord or his agent. Pro vided always, that entry upon any such warrant shall not be made on a Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas day, or at any time except between the hours of nine in the morning and four in the afternoon." Sir L. O'BRIEN supported the clause. Sir GEORGE GREY . regarded the clause as one to facilitate ejectments, and as such ought not to bo consi dered in connexion with a measure for the relief of the Irish poor. He strongly recommended the Hon. Gen- tleinah to withdraw tti - ec!ause. Mr. GROG AN then withdrew the clause, and pro posed another to the effect—That where any person, who shall be in the occupation of any land, or of any house and land, under any lease, contract for a lease, or other tenure, in Ireland, of greater extent than a quarter of a statute acre, shall apply fur, and shall have received relief under the laws now in force for administering re lief to the destitute poor in Ireland, it shall and may be lawful for the board of guardians of the union, within which such persons shall have been resident when such relief was administered to him as aforesaid, and they are hereby required, on the application of the owner of the said land, or house and laud, so held by such persen as aforesaid, or if his authorised egent, to grant to such owner, or to his agent, a certificate in writing of the relief so administered to such person; and it the said land, or house and land, shall be in an abandoned state or condition, and shall be unoccupied, it shall be lass ful for the said owner, or for his agent, upon the reeeipt of such certificate from the board of guardians as afore said, to enter upon the said land, or the said house and land, and the same to have, hold, occupy, possess, and enjoy, as in his or their former estate, notwithstanding any unexpired term in such lease, contract for a lease, or other ti nure of such land, or house and land, and as if such lease, contract for a lease, or other tenure, were wholly void; and if, upon the receipt of such certificate as aforesaid by the said owner or his agent, the said land, or the said house and land, or any part thereof, shall be in the occupation of such person as aforesaid, or of any other person or persons claimin4 to hold trim, by, or under such a person as aforesaid, it shall i.e lawful, for the said owner, or his agent, to cause a summons in writing, signed by a just:cr of the peace, of or having jurisdiction within the county where said premises shall be situate, to be served upon the person sir persons who shall be in the occupation of such land, or house and land, or any part thereof, to attend at the text court of petty se,siols to be htslden in and for the district within which such land, or such house and land, shall be situate ; and it shall be lawful for the jus tices of the peace, assembled in such court of petty session, and they are hereby required, upon produc tion of the certificate of the said board of guardians as aforesaid, and upon proof that the said land, or house and land, or any part thereof held by the person named in such certificate as it'eresaid, is and con- tinues in the occupation of such person, or of any other person or p-rams claiming to hold the same, or any , part thereof; from, by, or under such person as afor , - said, and that a summons to attend the said cilia has been duly served upon the person or persons who shall be in the occupation of the said land, or h,,uso and land, or any part thereof, to order and direct that the possession of the said land, or house and land, shall be delivered up to the said owner or his agent; and the said justices shall, upon the application of the said owner or his agent, issue their warrant under their hands and seals to an) constable acting in and for the district within which such premises shall be situate, to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the said owner or his agent, the possession of the said land, or the said house and land, and the said warrant shall be a sufficient warrant to such constable to enter upon the premises with such assistants as he shall deem necessary, and to give possession accordingly, not withstanding any unexpired term in any base, contract l f wt o aean r nrdu a r,raea l n e nw as tde e sra , :sa o e willf r .hsoub o icei t yh he vli r enosi tenure of such l an d, or h ouse an d lease, contract r c pc o re n o t v r if a do c er t d foraaanl always., ylsl.,,enatghs longer period onrop(e)struhi such than ten days from the date thereof; and pro. vided also that no such warrant shall be executed until after four clear days' (Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas-day excepted) notice of the deci sion of the said justices shall have been given to or left at the usual place of abode of the person or persons who shall be in the occupation of the said Lied, house and land, or any part thereof, by the said owner ur his agent. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN supported the clause. Sir GEORGE GREY con,idered it unnecessary, in asmuch as the matter was provided for to a considerable extent by the measure be ore the House. Aft er a few words from Mr. SHARMAN CRAW FORD, who supported the clause, and it, 23 The Mr t thesjie E e r l T a divided, os B e C when ßOl -)E t ' h w e there who appeared— For supported Against it M Sir against AßTHUß aj ß or l i t t O y OliEa clau — se 7 t 4 o the next t h effect of altering the liability of lessors for rates in re spect of tenements nut exceeding the value of 4/. to a value nut exceeding 2/. As the clause existed he consi dered it operated unfavourably upon those parties who were rated at 4/. Sir GEORGE GREY having opposed the clause, it was negatived without a division. Mr. NAPIER then moved the following clause:— " And whereas it is just and reasonable that the deduc tion for poor-rate, claimable by the person immediately liable to pay tithe rent-charge, should not exceed the de duction by law allowed in the case of any fee farm rent or other rent charge chargeable upon and payable out of the rents and profits of the rateable property charged with such rent and rent charge, be it theretore enacted that it shall not be lawful for any person immediately liable to pay the tithe rent charge to deduct therefrom, for every pound in value thereof, any furtner or greater suns than one half of the poundage of any rate made atter the passing of this Acr, for the relief of the poor; provided always *hat nothing herein contained shall taken to affect or alter the right of deduction of the en tire poundage of any rate made before the passing of this Act." Sir GEORGE GREY objected had made a suggestion to the o Committeeti'i s which clause s . a t il e:k though t o h a a g l h f t t the thatra 1 t the Irish poor - law which had bee dto in th e c l ause. H e eun adopt e d, an d w hi c h unfair ad vantage g i ven thheocuogneitehraetd t in h e e r t e th w e o c u a l s d e b a e ll a u l d i should he e n r e b e y ess ta a l r r y in h g e e rate, and that 1, s to uc t h he 6 t h i settled between the landl ord and the ( t it e r be n tenant, and not be tween the titheowner and the tenant. Mr. NAPIER said the case of England and Ireland were totally different in this case , because the landlord rd in Ireland is not held resp onsible for the ten ant, wherea s in England the landlord is the res p onsible person for the tithe rent-charge. He regretted to say that in the case of rent-charge the clergy are the only sufferers; for the jointures, mortgagees, annuities, and other landed in terests escape, while the clergy, after a deduction of 25 per cent. previously, are still doomed to a furhor re duction of rent-charge by this Bill. He considered that this clause of his was worthy of being inserted in th: , Bill, as it would obviate much injury to so worthy a body. Lifter a few words from Mr. P. SCROPE and Sir J. YOUNG against the clause, on the grou nd that thou g h the cl erg y had a little to complain of, .),- , 2t while the landlords and tenants were made to be the principal sufferers, he thought that the clergy should take a small share of the grievances, _ Mr. HAMILTON sa id t h a t th e re was no analogy between the cl erg y on t h e one hand and the occupier a Et! landlord on the other hand, because the occupier had the benefits of his farm, and the landlord the ad vantage of his income, while the clergyman had neither, because of his position. Sir 7 D. NORREYS said he felt fully assured that thi -, question h a d no reference whatever to tever to the occupying tenant, bat that it waswholly and landlord solely a question, as the landlord would have to pay the whole. . e Mat charges $ d h I a as e could not wake any de- LONDON, TUES DA Y'' EVENING, diction from the tenant, he should therefore support the clause if a division should take place. Mr. B. ROC itli said that he thought that the Hon. Baronet (Sir D. Norreys) was a a supporter of the Church, because, as he believed, he (Sir 1). Norreys) was himself a titheowner, and was, OY-ref - ore, tieing as his own c!Junsci.—(Lntighter.) Ile objected to the clause, because it unjusily tended to exempt the titheowner from these taxes to which he and every other occapi,tx are subject. The !louse then divided, when there appaared For the clstre 50 .•• ••• -----75 Against it Maj rity against The clime wag therefore last. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL then moved the omission of clause 7, which appoints rent Barges by way of annuity and jointure mrale liable to deduction for poar•rate. He was certain that this cfause would give rise to endless litigation, end being co.vineed of is imp dicy, if he saw any intantion of retaining it in the Bill he shauld cer teitily divide the House upon it. Toe :notion was agreed to without a division, and the Bill was read a third time. On the qaeAtiati that the Bill do pass. Mr. A. STAFFORD said that whatever inhumanity, itlastiee, or oppression, might attend the oderatian the first end second clauses, it ought to he rememhet d, and he wished it might ga forth to the country, that the Irish 'Members were in no degree chargeable with the consequences, fur they had voted sitaiast them. He was by no naeans prepared to say that in this .8.11 the Gavernment td not improved upon the Irish poor-law ; but still he thought that a much more afilcieet and just measure might have been prop )tied. The Bill was in• tended expressly to introduce capital into Ireland, and in this respect it was an accompaniment of the . Licata bored Estates Bill. The capitalist would purchase land under the delusive impression of a maximum rate of five shillings, but would soon find that his rate would be eight shillings in the pound, the rate of 61. for the rate in and the balance added in Committee to make up the amount. The Bill, in fact, placed the property of Ire land in the hands of a people who had not to pay the rates, and that was the justice which Ireland bad to re ceive from a Poor-law Act. Mr. BRIGHT said he confessed that after sitting in the Committee from first to last ho found himself more confused at the end than he was at the beginning— (Laughter)—and on that account he had not voted upon the propositions submitted when the veto was in Committee. He had, however, formed an opinion against the principle of the maximum, and with regard to the operation of the whole Bill its Ireland, he thought it would be nil, or next to nil. To relieve Ireland ma terially reference should be had much more largely to surrounding circumstances, and he looked to other Bills, rather than to this, for any good resula Mr. H. HERBERT said he thought he might chal lenge the House to produce any evidence in support of the principle of the maximum, or of union rating. Sir D. NORREYS said he only rose to express his regret that the question should have been pressed ihreugh to this stage. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL postponed the con sideration of the Lords' amendments, particularly the 22d &awe, of the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, until Friday next. The House went into Committee on the Joist-Stock Company's Act (1848) Amendment Bill. This Bill went through Committee. The Highway Rates Bill went through Committee. The Poor Relief (Cities and an-oughs) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day. The Tides of Religious Congregations (Scotland) Bill went through Committee. The Boroughs Relief Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day. The Trustees Relief Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be cominitted this day. The House went into Committee on the Turnpike Trusts Union Bill, for the cousideration of the Lards' amendments, which, alter some conversation, were .greed to, and the House resumed. The Bribery at Elections Bill, as amended, was con .idered, and the amendments agr. ed to, and ordered to be printed and read a third time en Friday next. The Friendly Societies (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. The Bankruptcy (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and pa s sed. The adjourned debate on the Petaco Court (West minster) Bill was adjourned to Thursday next. The other orders of the day were di,po3ed of, and the House adjourned at a Quartz r to Two o'cloa. RIGHTS OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION. A feeling of sympathy and commiseration, ii not of respect, was pretty generally felt for the Duke of Brims wick during his legal campaigns against a certain obscene publication. To be compiled to maintain a protracted struggle with men who degraded literature into a means of pandering to the meaucet tastes and most licentious passions, was no slight addition to the loss even of a crown. The thought might indeed at times intrude itself, that the vermin of the press only fixed themseves on men who were less guarded in the choice of associates, and scenes of ausur.ement, than strict pru dence dictated; but indignation at the venal inventors and disseminat irs of filthy scandal prevailed, and the Duke of Brunswick's actions tor damages were seconded by the goodwill of the public. But success in any pursuit is apt to be dangerous to eneu weak in intellect oe deficieet in prudence, and such a man the circunestene s under which the Duke forfeited his throne had suilitheruly proved h m to be. ree success which attended the foretedc exertions in which ha generally ha 1 engag , (l ate persevered, against the advice of those who imagine that there is .carcely less shame in thraslain , a scoundrel than in being thrashed by him, appears to have given the Duke an unhappy liking for such pursuits. The touch of da mages and colts has had the same efF,ct upon him as the taste of blood upon the shaith-hound. Flushed with hi, victetit , s over trsders itr eb,cene scandal, he is be ginning to strike indiscriminately at the whole press. Were there no principle of law involved in sueh pro ,•ecutions, by which the itherty of the pri es or the right et tree political discussion is endengered, they %voted have been quite unwordiy of notice. Tae like of Bruns• wick has been so cenipleiely thrown, by the waves of civil turmoil, tar upon the beach, beyond the po,sibdity of the highest spring-tide ever again washing him back Into public life, that there can be no use in drawing his frailties from their dread abode." His pugnacity, his eagerness to rush into law proceedings, is matter of notoriety. There can be little sympathy felt for indivi duals who get themselves involved ie law suits by attack ing a person nut worth noticing, and who appears to like nothiog better than the excltetuent of litigation. They might have known what would have cane of it. But the law, as laid down by Lord Denniiin and ap plied by the jury, in the case of the " Duke of Brunswick v. Harmer," is su pregnant with danger to the press and to free political discussion, that a protest mutt be re corded against it. Four articles appeared in the Weekly Dispatch nswse paper in the months of September and October, 1847, and March, 1848, in which the dethronement of the Duke of Brunswick was adverted to. The articles were purely of a political character ; and the Duke's case was introduced incidentally by way of paral lel la Plutarch, in treating of the more r• cent one of the Duke of Lucca. Of themselves it is evident the Duke felt that they w ' buld scarcely warrant an actuin, fir he sought to aggravate their character by estabiiskine' a con nexion between them and an article which had appeared in the same paper as far hack as September, 1830. The latter article also was in the main pelitical, but contained allusions which trespassed upon private life. Sir F. Thesiger, on behalf of the defendant, pleaded the statute of limita tions in so far as the article of 1830 was concerned; but Lord Denman ruled that the subsequent publica tiens barred the application of the statute, and the decla ration of the foreman showed that the jury regarded the publications of 1830 and 1847 as one continuous net, and t hat they had read the succinct paragraphs of 1847 and 1848 by the reflected light of the more questiunaele one ut 1830. Damages to the amount of 500/, were accordingly awarded against the proprietor of the Weekly Dispatch, on the ground that the article of 1830, and the articles published 17 and 18 years later, were parts of a continuous systematic attack upon the Duke of Brunswick. Is it in she slightest degree probable that any party or parties, animated by personal malice, would have allowed 17 years to intervene between their attacks? The utter silence regarding the Duke of Brunswick, persevered in for seventeen years, is proof sufficient that no ani mosity was entertained ag tiast him personally; and that the notice •taken of him was prompted solely by a desire to illustrate and establish a political principle. It is quite possible, even assuming that the articles of 1830 and 1847 proceeded from the same pen, that the writer in 1847 might have forgotten the existence of the article of 1830. It is very probable that the proprietor takes no part in the managetnent of the paper, and that the present edi tors and writers hail no connexion with it in 1830, and no knowledge of what it then contained. The unguarded irespass on the field of private life in 1830 was wrone, both in point of morals and taste ; but it was doubtless rendered more venial by the style in which the controversy was at that time conducted on both sides. The Duke advanced grave charges (personal as well as political) against his uncles on the one hand, and his ci-devant subjects on the other; and the advocates of his deposition retaliated in kind. Bath parties were to blame for the introduction of irrelevant and exasperating topics. But the war of 1830, between the Duke of Brunswick and the Dispatch, is a matter of nearly twenty years past. The public had forgotten it. All parties now connected with the Dispatch had forgotten, if they ever knew of it. It was al if it had never hap• pened, to all save the Duke of Brunswick himself, who had brooded over it—alta write reportani. It was with no small labour that a copy of the paper containing the obsolete offence was ferreted out by the publishers, when applied for, they knew not why, by an emissary of the Duke. Yet, but for his gratuitous and forced con nexion of the forgotten article of 1830 with the articles of 1847 and 1848, the latter could not have been brought within the reach of the libel law. There is no safety for the press, or for any person engaged in political discussion, if such a 'practice is to he tolerated. Had an action been brought in 1830, the j c u a d n g o e ni a y nd jury would have been aware of every cir cumstance of extenuation or provocation. Now, they parties using them within the reach of the law. There it,dt: oti hmfu t es l a s eyi a vni t :l err measuring et o a r ms d ot i fiarnd Ni i n ' i e gsw r c e lhua,on t s i ;: uan d as.g w eod : which bring the is no man, however severe in the exercise of self-control, after nearly half tu a l7n'shet'e)Ptimi century, tisah,ye nador b a:de e for such a lapse, because he engages in per fectly of the conduct of the same party, end to free and useful political debate. The the Judge and jury in the case of the "Duke ck v. Harmer" is (we have no doubt uniuten . however iattprodt.iehoetfumecgentntuririilita isemyes,rith.ouliet:senensa)iiisaAor c i wan ' if a ni g rave erkereachment on the liberty of political • dioquion....-,Exatitiner. MIGIZINES, &1.-(CONTINUED.) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The papers comprising the number of this able periodical for the present month are of a very high order. The first is an elaborate critical analysis of air. Ruskins' interesting and learned. work, " The Seven Lamps of Architecture." The other literary notices are written in a fair and candid spirit, doing justice alike to the author, the critic, and the public : " The Virgin Victims"—" Iphigenia"—" Jephtlaa's Daughter," a poem of considerable length, in two parts, of great poetical merit, glowing with true in spiration, and high and pure feeling. We cannot avoid treating our readers to a stanza or two from " Jeplitha's Daughter," though perhaps not the highest specimens of poetical excellence we could select, but they seem to us simple, touching, and beautiful " And yet I know not—surely Life is sweet! Life—it is Love it ,- 4 Light. Lie--'tis to wander on with buoyant feet Wherever Earth is bright. To know sweet labours, sweeter still reposes, To look on sunlight, and to smell the roses. Life—it is crowed' wi , h flaw; rs, and full of eyes - That we know well. and pleasant memories! And woman's life Ba Meth thro' all its springs, and ripeneth That it may have some fruit, or ever death 13/tiseth his sharp-edged knife. The soaring mountains, and the sounding sea, What are their songs, but life and liberty ? Life, shouts the storm— Li'e, screams the Eagle—Lire, th' unfolded flowers I.IIY e pencilled on their petals by the showers And sun, where'er they form. "Yes, but there's more, for Life hath other things, It it bath love, hath hate— If it bath pleasant walks, bath wanderings Or mountains desolate. Life, it bath weariness, and much vexation, And mid-stream strife, with no sweet alternation, And seldom sunlights—and decaying blossoms — And loves, deep-sepulchred in selfish bosoms, And Life bath also many quench'd eyes, Missed one by one, and restless memories That walk among the dead; They seek for comfort, finding none—so cold, Lies on the long black hair the heavy mould. Ocean and hills, disquieted, Grow weary in old age—the Eagles bear Life like a burden up the mountain air, And flowers men rudely- crush, E'cn where they live their little happy lives, Betray'd, because they blush," The notice of the interesting life and writings of the late Professor Butler, of Trinity College Dublin, is worthy the reader's attention. " Ceylon and the Cingalese" is continued in its usual graphic, amus ing, and instructive style ; "The Opium Clipper, an Atter Dinner Yarn," is light and characteristic. The paper which demands our attention is a satrical poem "Dublin," in imitation of the third Satire of Juvenal. This poem, though requiring a few additional turn ings of the stylus, and though somewhat rugged in the versification, possesses much merit, and has a dash of spirit and boldness current through it which rather pleases us; but we have some little more to do with this poem than its mere literary merit. We feel the author has done us great injustice in placing us in the category of the anti-Irish press ; the shaft of the satirist should be pointed with truth, otherwise it falls blunted and useless to the earth, utterly power less either to serve a friend or to hurt an enemy ; we feel that the arrow which has been shot at us bas 3 passed by like the idle wind which we regard not." For upwards of half a century has The Sun been the successful champion► of humanity and liberty, and long, ere this young aspirant for poetical fame emerged from the " black north," ere yet His infant lungs inhaled Dungannon's air," The Sun was, as it still is, thy ~ warm advocate of the rights and liberties of Ireland ; perhaps, after all, we were but pressed into the author's service for the mere purposes of versification ; a few extracts may perhaps amuse some of our readers. "1, I admit, make not the least pretence To frank the fallacies of common sense;' Can't comprehend, and truly never could, How Absenteeism does any good ; Nor how, just now, if Court and Parliament, Lords, Ladies, Commoners, and Madams went To live at Petersburgh, the Cockney folk Should take it as an economic joke. Worse still, I never yet could bear the jest Would make me ' evil bird ' in my own nest, Nor simpering cry How Irish,' when some tool Has haply broken Hoyle's or Priscian's rule. In Ireland, now, would Irishreen advance, Who but your supple, servile, has a chance ? Nor hero alone the selfabasing game Prospers. In London, with e'en less of shame, As more of profit, 'tis pursued by all • The servile Irish of the eapital. Yes, I confess, that crew degenerate Are they of men I most abominate ; Nor shall one touch of tenderness debar My 'minting them the rascals that they are. 'l'is not alone low Dodder disemhogues Its Brook's dull sediment of bulls cud brogues; Lee, Shannon, Liffey, with united streams, All bear their foal contingents to the Thames. • Nor only is the pLraFitic part • In Lo:ters pi. ed. It scandalises Art ; • Oh, shut the book—on shoots degrad e d cease To trace the shame anl genius of Maclise. Turn from the scoffing page your.s.,ddeted eyes, Where taste and feeling make self-sari-Rice, And mvazre,Trap„ue presents his rugged foil To the smooth Briton, in the sketch of Doyle: Doyle whose fine pencil g:nerously applied, • Moves-free:as beauty in hir.virgin pride; Put to home mockm , s et detraction's suit, Stumbles and shrinks,. a conscious prostitute. Ah! youths, .before the gifted bend you lift To strike your mother, think who gave the gift; Nor scorn the land, tho' poor she b., and far, That nursed the genius' makes you what you are. Yes—lrish all the men who chiefly mar P. or pleading at Great Britain's bar. enti•lrish pr. ss, an Irish host Itself', Sun, Standard, Herald, Morning Post. In fine, who with seditious dirt begr:mes Poor Iceland in she leaders of the Times Up•closes with the prompt diurnal he The opening hand of English charity. Gloats o'er our crimes, and laughs our woes to scorn? A servile Irish scoundrel, bred and born!" This number closes with a powerful and argumenta tive paper on the necessity of Church Reform. It is evidently written by a true friend of the Church, the admitted and palpable abuses of which he would wish to remove with the least possible danger to its sta bility. There is one matter to which he refers, call ing loudly for reformation, ." the unequal distribution of Church property." It is monstnAis to contemplate the enormous sums applied to the building of episco pal palTes, while in many dioceses the working clergyman scarcely receives as much as the labourer employed in raising these gorgeous structures. THE NEW MONTHLY. An article in the New Monthly fur July, entitled " A Summer's Sunday in Town," contains the fol lowing beautiful sentence in reference to flowers in the dwellings of the poor : " But amidst this repulsive picture some signs of beauty show themselves; and piles of plants, and baskets of fair flowers, soften by their presence the air of pollu tion, moral and physical, which the scene suggests — germs of good in the wild fields of evil—soft voices whispering of pure and lovely things, amidst all this rankness, and filth, and rage! And many, ay, many a sacrifice is made to home by the purchase of them us an offering to it—an offering that obviates half it: , enaneness, and lets in a glimpse of heaven on its unclean obscurity; for a sense of sweetness, en appreciation of beauty, enters with them, and lone is not all lost, nor a latent sentiment of niceness banished, from the meanest room wherein flowers find a place." The following passage coincides with the sentiments in reference to Sunday travelling, &0., which we have again and again expressed Let not the man of leisure, or formal sectarian, rail at the thousands who on this one day transport them selves from their labour-world—the city's beaten tracks; its dingy offices and counting houses; its crowded work shops and busy wharfs; its wearying shops and strange smelling warehouses; its endless sounds of barter; its ringing of monies; its cries of want; the rush, the throng, the clamour, the smoking of factories; the clanking of machinery; the harsh music, under cover of which beggary stalks the streets; the rattle of its thousand carriages running here and there an hourly race against time. • Let them not rail at the born thrall of daily labour, who takes advantage of the summer's Sunday to refresh his soul with a notion of new scenes —a taste of nature's beauty; who seeks' the breezy hill side, the green fields, the silver-sanded broolslets, and bares his week-long-fevered forehead under a fresh tree's shade.' Is there no religion in the grateful glance with which his eye surveys the unaccustomed beauty spread around him?—the distant hills; the teem ing valleys with green corn making mimic waves upon their sl , pes; the scattered hamlets, Lice human folds, lying white and still midst pasture-meads and sunny orcharch; the scented air; the soft blue sky, with clouds that lock like frosted silver on it! Is there no sense of inborn piety in the sweet peace that falls upon his heart, anti purifies it h' Modern Jew's Progress," " The Spirit of Chanze in Southern Europe," " Machine de Main tenon," and many interesting articles are also contained in this periodical. AINSWORTH. Mr. Ainsworth's historical romance of " Guy Fawkes" is commenced in this number. " Crichton" draws near its conclusion. A new edition of this brilliant romance, with the spirited illustrations of Cruikshank, which have appeared in this magazine, has just been published in one volume. " Crichtou" exhibits, in no spsring degree, the various imperfec tions and attractions of the time to which it relates, and of the pen by which it is related. It is s gor geous picture or a dissolute court, and an enthralling history of a somewhat unworthy hero. Nicholas Mitchell has contributed an interesting story with a useful moral, "The Woman of Fashion," to Ainsworth for July. JULY .10, 1849. UNITED SERVICE. The United Service Magazine gives the conclusion of the " Reliquim NelsoniAnte." some remarks "On the Aleditgaz..stion." and other papers of military and nautical interest. In an article on " Republicanism in Italy" we find the Island of Elba suggested as a fitting residence for the Pope. THE MIRROR. Mr. Percy St. John resumes his most interesting adventures of a French Republican in the present number of the Mirror, . and gives U 3 a stirring description of the state of Paris, moral and phpi cal, on the 4th of June, 1832, the day of the funeral of Gr-.neral Lamarque, and of the barricades of the Cloitre Mery. Tne interest of this tale increases as it progre3sel, and containing, as it does, a faithful history of the secret societies in which the Republic was organized, it cannot but be most interesting at the pros nt period. The author of the " Biographical Sketches of the Kings of England" gives us in this number a biography of Henry VIII., and the author of " City Clubs" celebrates the Knights of Jerusalem who hold their revels in the far-famed St. John's Cfate, where of yore Cave was wont to print and Johnson to write. Mrs. Ponsonby furnishes a tae of thrilling interest, entitled " The Island of the Loire, and Miss Fancy E. Lacy gives some de lightful snatches of poetry. As a whole this is an excellent number of the Mirror. THE METROPOLITAN. The, first article in the Metropolitan, for July, gives a severe, and we hope, a useful exposition of the vicious tendency of the writings of George Sand and French novelists generally. ECLECTIC REVIEW. The Eclectic — Review, as usual, contains several well-written criticisms upon interesting subjects, such as " The Poetry of Science," " The Rupert and Fairfax Papers," &c. In this last criticism we cannot think that justice is done to Mr. Eliot Warburton. Our opinions differ from those of the critic in the Eclectic, inasmuch as he tells us he read Mr. Wxr burton's book " with much commiseration," and we ourselves have perused it with infinite delight. THE LONDON JOURNAL OF PATENT INVENTIONS. Among other interesting matters in this Repertory of Patent Inventions we find the following : METHOD OF RENDERING IVORY SOFT AND SEMI TRANSPARENT. BY H. LE DOCTEUR L. ELSNER. " For some time past ivory has been manufactured in Paris into semi-transparent articles, which, on being plunged into hot water or milk, are rendered soft and pliant, like leather. Necks of children's sucking bot tles, rings, and other articles, which it is customary for children to put into their mouths, have been manufac tured from this substance with so great advantage, as to have induced M. Geisler to undertake some exp , :riments in relation thereto. He has found that the ivory articles may be thus prepared, by immening them in a solution of phosphoric acid, known in commerce as acid. phos phoric. per., of sp. gr. 1.130, and leaving them there until they become transparent; they are then to be taken out, washed with water, and dried with a soft cloth, — and will, by this means, be rendered as flexible as leather. The ivory hardens again on exposure to the air; but will resume its pliancy on being plunged into hot water. Phosphoric acid of a less degree of con centration has nu efft et. With regard to the duration of the immersion, this cannot be determined, as it mate rially depends upon the quality of the ivory. " [A curious characteristic of ivory has been merle known through Mr. Lsyard's discoveries at Nineveh. Ia the ruins of one of the excavated palaces, he found some ivory ornaments, in good preservation, although they must have been buried for more than two thousand years; but, on being exposed a short time to the air, they crumbled at a touch. Some specimens of these orna ments were forwarded to the British Museum, where they underwent an examination, which showed that the gelatinous portion of the ivory had perished ; however, this was restored, by boiling the ivory in gela tine, its original quality of hardness and durability re turned.]—ED. Lon. Jour." MISCELLANEOUS. Sharpe's London Magazine gives" a continuation of " Lewis Arundel," and the conclusion of Dinah Muloch's beautifully told "History of a Household." We miss the admirable "Diary of Mrs. Milton" this month. " The Story of a Family" is continued, and is full of interest. The Sporting Review and the Farmers' Magazine each contain a portrait of the Earl of Yarborough. The Journal of Design is as graceful and instructive as usual; among other papers in this number is Mr. Redgrave's " Lecture on the Study of Botany." The Colonial Church Chronicle contains a most interesting account of a " Conference -aith a Mussulman." The Colonial Magazine gives an abstract of a priza essay by Mr. J. A. Leon, on " Improvements for Growing and Manufacturing Sugar in the British Possessions," to which was awarded Prince Albert's gold medal at the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com merce, on the 14th of last month. the Patent.lournal as usual, abounds in matter of scientific and mechani cal interest, among which is an abstract of Sir Charles Lyell's Lecture on the Alluvi3l Condition of the Valley of the Mississippi. The Belle Assent blJe gives a bc , autiful portrait of the hapless Bride o f Lammermoor. Dr. Shelton Mackenz:e has com menced a serial tale in this number, which also con tains one of Elizabeth Yuuatt's always delightful papers, and a poem by the accomplished editress, Mrs. Newton Crosland. Le Follet is as charming as ever ; it has reached us in company with Le Lion and a similar brochure of Children's Fashions. These last are as graceful as Le Follet, but the gent!emen who figure in Le Lion are far from rivalling the at tractions of their fair companions. One in particular is attired in a sky-blue coat, which would excite considerable attention in St. James's. The Land we Live In conducts us this month to "Nottingham and the Hosiery district." It contains a fund of interesting information, historical, manu facturing, and picturesque. Charles Knight's" Studies of Shakspere," Part VI., forms the sixth number of the National Library of Select Literature. The Pictorial History of England (containing a map of North America) chronicles the death of the Duo de Reichstadt. Frank Fairlegh proceeds with its wonted spirit. The pencil of Cruikshank exhibits, by way of illustration, the melancholy " results of giving satisfaction." LITERATURE. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Illustrated Edition. Vol. IV. If any previous historian ever saw more numerous editions of his masterpiece during his lifetime, we are convinced that no one has ever before witnessed in the prime of his manhood such various and costly reprints as Archibald Alison. The present volume of this beautifnl republication of the " History of Europe," embracing the interval between 1796 and 1799 inclusively, is embellished with portraits of General Bonaparte, of Moreau, and of Ney. Per haps this particular division is about the most en thralling as it most certainly is the most marvellous of all the periods described by the annalist. In proof of this it is only necessary to remind the reader that it narrates the naval glories of Great Britain during the time when Jervis, and Howe, and Collingwood, and Duncan, and Nelson were in their zenith—that it records the rise of Murat, of Junot, of Duroc, of Mas sena, of Augereau, of Lannes, of Ney, of Moreau, and of Marmont to celebrity—and that it recounts the appearance upon the field of European warfare of the most wonderful man of modern times, in battle a Cid, in generalship a Hannibal, in legislation a Justinian, in grandeur an Augustus, in ambition an Alexander, in pride a Sesostris, in daring of enterprizes a Caesar, in capacity of administration a Charlemagne. The miraculous campaigns in Italy, and the chivalrous expedition to Egypt, are here pourtrayed in succession ; :and, turning over the leaves of the volume casually, it is scarcely possible for the reflective student not to be struck by the sad and solemn omen contained in the superb quota tion from Livy, on the fly-leaf, that final sentence, we mean, where the master-annalist remarks—" et adeo variabellifortuna ancepsque Mars fuit, ut propius periculum fuerint gui vicerunt." The words thrill upon our comprehension in all their astonishing and antitheical truthfulness when we pause in the flush of our admiration at the account of the dazzling vic tories of the young General Bonaparte over the Aus trians and the Arabs, and suddenly remember the crumbling away of his colossal empire, and his hor rible incarceration for six dismal years on the rock of St. Helena. Several points in the present portion of Mr. Alison's narrative are directly opposed to our own unimpassioned and deliberate opinions. For example, he reprobates for their atrocity the massacre of the prisoners and the poisoning of the sick at Jaffa, when the former. was manifestly a bitter necessity, and the latter has been proved to be a fabrication by the declaration of the surgeon that, at the period in question, there was not a single grain of poison in the medicine chests! The three engravings are highly finished, and admirably characteristic. THE BRITISII POLITICAL, COMMER CIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND lIIS TORICAL GAZETTEER; Travelling Road Book, and County Atlas. The seventh part of this enterprising and useful publication has reached us ; it contains an excellent map of Kent, accurately marking the division of counties, boundaries of boroughs, distinguishing those boroughs returning two members, and those return ing one, those wholly disfranchised and those dis franchised of one member, principal places of county election, polling places, market towns, with the dis tance from London, churches and chapels, seats of nobility and gentry, railways, turnpike-roads, bye. roads, mail-coach .roads, rivers, - &c., &c. It i also I embellished with a beautiful engraving of "The Bright'on Viaduct on the Hastings Branch." It opens with an interesting description of Old Basing. Hants, a township and cbapelry in the parish and hundred of Basingstoke, 50 miles from Lon don--famous as the place where Ethelred I. was de feated by the Danes in 871. After the Conquest the manor was assigned to Hugh de Porter, who also ti,eld not less than 55 lordships in this county. Ho erected a large castle, which was rebuilt on a magnificent scale by his lineal descendant Sir William Psulet, who was created Marquis of Winchester by Edward the Sixth, and who afterwards was made Lord Chamber lain to Queen Elizabeth. He was Lord Treasurer of England, through the fitful changes' of the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. To one who inquired how he contrived to retain his post through such a variety of circumstances,' he replied, by being a willow, not an oak.' John, the fifth Marquis, was distinguished as a faithful and able adherent of Charles I, and defended the castle successfully du r in g a siege of two years, until at last it was finally taken by Crotowell hinaselt' in 1645. Hugh Peters, after the seige, in his report to Parliament, said, 'lt was a house fit for an emperor to dwell in, it was so spacious and beau , tiful."The Marquis from this defence called the castle ire-Loyalty,' and caused the name to be written on each of the windows with a diamond, which so provoked the Parliamentary troopers, that they burned it to the ground. There was a bed there said to be worth 1,4001., and the plunder was so great that a private sol dier got so much as 3601. in money. The loyalty of the Marquis was the more remarkable, as it came from a Roman Catholic subject to a Protestant Sovereign. The personal property destroyed with the castle . was esti mated at the least at 200,0001., an enormous sum in those days. The Marquis lived till the restoration, but re ceived no recompense for his losses. The sixth Marquis was created Duke of Bolton by William 111., which lapsed in 1794. The present, the fourteenth, is the premier Marquis of England." Such historic records as these are full of deep in terest, and we trust will be fully appreciated. The present part fully sustains the character of the pre-. ceding ones. The first of the half-crown parts is pro mised by the Ist of August, which we have no doubt will be brought out with the same accuracy and beauty as the monthly parts. NEW MUSIC. THE VOICE OF ,SONG. The Poetry by E. L. _Blanchard ; thi Music by Lovell Phillips. This song, which is arranged in the favourite key of E flat major, has, to quote a portion of its own words " A magical charm in its strain." The melody is tenderly expressive, and the sentiment of each verse the true poetry of the heart. TO MISS VANDENHOFF. ON HER RECITATION u " ANTIGONE," AT EXETER HALL, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27. Shall genius such as thine be lost to art? Such gifted beauty flourish unreveal'd? Such grace and energy not play their part? Such inspiration, at its fount, be seal'd? Such passionate outpourings thrill the scene, Like gleams of bliss, too few and far between? The chivalry of intellect forbid Die age's treasure from the age be hid! _Behoves the foremost nation of the eartb, Oa high, to elevate the foremost worth. For this is she of whom the Grecian dream'd, The grand ideal that convinc'd his sight, When, on his trance, the awful pageant bearo'd Of Creon's haughty line all plunged to endless night. Thro' the throng'd vista of two thousand years, E'en from the life, the Bard his portrait drew; Saw, in a vision, as she now appears. Antigone—dear, high-soul'd Maid!—in you, The fir.t in whom—oh, memorable feat Of Woman's powersl—the likeness glow'd complete. Never, till by thyself, the Poet's aim Was fully vitalis'd and all-express'd; No, not when Athens, thut►d'ring to his fame, In laurei'd crown her tragic hero dress'd; For mask= and male Antigouez could ne'er Fulfil the miesion of his lofty verse, The chapter of the huma❑ face lay bare, The mind's emotions, thro' the eye, rehearse! The female* heroine, to Greece unknown, Thy fortune is to stamp Antigone thine own. THE AUTHOR OF " RURAL SONNETS." Inner Temple, July 2, 1849. Impersonations by women not being permitted" on the Greek stage, its heroines and other female characters were entrusted to men. CONVENT OF MOUNT CARMEL. At daylight filled away, and the wind blowing fresh, sailed past the town of St. Jean d'Acre, its battlements frowning in the distance, and anchored under Mount Carmel,- before the walled village of Haifa. With great difficulty I landed through the surf, in company with our dragoman and our vice-consul at Acre, who had come with us from Beirtlt. We were in danger of perishing, and only rescued by the Arab fishermen who came to our assistance. They are bold and dexterous swimmers, as roach at home hi the water as the natives of the Sandwich Islands. The increasing surf preventing further communi cation with the ship, we proceeded first to llelia and thence to the convent for a bad, for in the miserable village there was no accommodation. The first thing in Syria which strikes a visitor from the western world, is the absence of forest trees. Except the orchards, the mountains and the plains are unrelieved surfaces of dull brown and green. No towering oak, no symmetrical poplar, relieves the monotony of the scene. The sun must surely be the monarch of this clime, for, outside the flat, mud-roofed, cube-like houses, there is no shelter from his fiery beams. The road to the convent led for a short distance through an extensive olive orchard, and thence up the mountain by a gentle ascent. On the plain, and the mountain side, were flowers and fragrant shrubs,—the asphodel, the pheasant's eye, and Egyptian clover. The convent stands on the bold brow of a promontory, the terminus of a moun tain range 1,200 feet high, bounding the vale of Esdraelon on the south-west. The view from the summit is fine. Beneath is a narrow but luxu riant plain, upon which, it is said, once stood the city of Porphyrea. Sweeping inland, north and south, from Apollonia in one direction to Tyre in another, with Acre in the near perspective, are the hills of Samaria and Galilee, enclosing the lovely vale of Sharon and the great battle field of nations, the valley of Esdraelon ; while to the west lies the broad expanse of the Mediterranean. But the eye of faith viewed a more interesting and im pressive sight ; for it was here, perhaps upon the very spot where I stood, that Elijah built his altar, and " the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench." We were cordially received by the monks, " Bon frere Charles" in especial, who, as it was Lent, regaled us with vegetable soup and fish. Within the convent is the celebrated grotto of Elias, with a beautiful marble rotund() in front, and a chaste and richly decorated chapel above it. In front of the mein building is a tent-shaped mausoleum, erected over 2,000 Frenchmen, who, sick, and unable to defend themselves, were massacred by the Turks. The con vent was then used as a hospital. The word" Carmel " means garden. Mount Carmel has been visited by Titus, St. Louis, and Napoleon. We procured here some ofthe fossil e . chini resembling chalcedony, in the form ° Malt—petrified, i t i s said, by a curse of the prophet who was refused some of it by the proprietor when he was faint and weary. They are nothing more than round hollow pieces of flint, with smooth and coloured protuberances Friday, March 31.—Wind changed off shore with a smooth sea. Sent to Acre for horses, and hoisted out the two " Fannies" and landed them with our effects. Pitched our tents for the first time, upon the beach, .without the walls of Haifa. A. grave-yard behind an old grotto-look ing well (then dry) on one side, and a carob tree on the other. This tree very much resembles an apple tree, and bears an edible bean, somewhat like the catalpa, which, in times of scarcity, is eaten by the poor. It is supposed to be the " husk " spoken of in the beautiful and touching parable of the prodigal son. Indeed, I have heard orien tal scholars maintain that "husk" is not the proper translation of the Hebrew word. The fruit is called (by the Christians) St. John's bread, and the tree, which is an evergreen, " the locust tree," from the belief that its fruit is the locust eaten with wild honey by St. John in the desert.—Lynch's Expedi tion to the Dead Sea. AN ELOPEMENT—AN ADVENTUROUS DAMSEL.-- A Jew days since the daughter and only child of• Haynes, retired excise officer, of Dartmuuth,a_d o., D l Cunningham, of the firm of Messrs. Garter and gentleman had Staffordshire, eloped together. rho young rh e young had been forbidden access to the Douse. ,ias done, the lady was rutsoned with; but the u more unreasonthle she became, e a m s n l ci v r :h il y , some means she obtAined communication tvith . % e vo till hts purt was equ Alv l o th to p at with Lis love. I t therefore planned that on next market day, or rat h er a ono o'clock on the following morning, ho should pro vide himself with the means of escape, which should be effected from the window of the young ladv's bed.roJw, which happ , ,mod to face the rublic surer. The night arrived, but her paienee b:cowin,4 exhawtlo, she could not wait longer, and, so me hours before the appointed time she hers,-11 escaped from her windur; iw-P -p-ned to be a dormer one), without assistance, to the parapet of the house, and thus she actually passetl over the roofs of four adjoining houses (throwing her bundle into the street as she went on), and gaining access to a window which happened to be accidentally open, she passed through her neighbour's house unheard, and has tened to the hotel where her lover usually put up, and where, indeed, he was safely enshrouded between the blankets. They afterwards went as fast as they could to Exeter, and were made mau and wife in proptr manner, to their aatioNetion. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTRUDAY. LIVEr.POOL CUP. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Thringarth, 3 yrs, sat—taken 5 to 2 agst Sir K. Pigot's Essedarius, 3 yrs, sst 61b taken and offered 9 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 5 yrs, 6st 121b— taken and afterwards offered 13 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Westow, 3 yrs, Sat—. nominal 20 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs, 4st 1 01b=taken to 1501. In the early part of the afternoon as little as 6 to 4 was taken about Tbringarth—at the close 7 to 4 was cared currently; Essedarius was very steady at 5 to 2; 7 to 4 laid on the two agst the field, and 500 to 3 agst Cantzpu. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Captain Wrather's Maid of Masham, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 14 to 1 rgst Lord Exeter's Tophana, 4 yrs, 6st 81b— taken 15 to 1 rgst Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 5 yrJ, 7st Gib 16 to 1 sgst Mr. E. R. Clatk'a Glselle, 6 yrs, Gst 121 b —takan 16 to 1 agat Duke of Ruticnd's Fire•ester,3 yrs, Gst 3lb 160 to 6 agst Duke of Richmond's Syrup, 3 yrs, 4st 91b 17 to 1 agat Mr. Blake na Bacchanalian, 4 yrs, sst 131 h - .—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Roles CAlingwood, 6 yrs,9st 81b—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Van Dieman, 3 yrs, sst 61b—t Bitechannlian, Maid of Masham, end Coliingwood, were the ()I:1y horses in requ es t ; a l most any o dd s agst Plaudit. GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 2 agst Lora Stan!ey's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst 4 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's The Hero, 6 yrs, 10st 9 to 2 apt Colonel Peel's Tadmor, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb--$ 10 to 1 agst L sd Eglinton's Solon, 4 yrs, Est 3lb 14 to 1 ag,t'Lord Egliuton's Belus, 3 yrs, 7st 4:b The odds against Sidon were taken to at least 5001. Nothing else backed to any amount. DERBY, 1850. 18 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam'a The Italian-20 to 1 taken freely 25 to 1 cgst Duke of Bedford's John o' Groat—take 28 to 1 50 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Witchcraft A large sum was laid out on The Italian at 20 to 1. Nothing else backed. DERBY, 1851. 10,000 to 100 agst Jingle colt—taken 10,000 to 100 apt Jenny Jumps colt—taken 10,000 to 100 agst Edward of York—taken 5,000 to 75 agst Trunnion—taken LIVERPOOL RACES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING, FIVE O ' CLOCK. The following horses have arrived :—Sicyon, Ribaldry, Penthesilea, ch f by brother to Riddlrswortb, Old Dan Tucker, Garenden, Essedarius, Sweetheart, the Widow, Rumanee, Shilmalier West, Harriott, Harum-scarum, 2 yrs; fby Don John, out of Sister to Ainderly, 2 yrs; by the Provost, out of Patroness; Crazy Lad, Anthony, Captain Grant, Stepping-stone, Bun-mot, Lamb's-wool, Hammer and Tongs, c by Tearaway out of Sister to Johnny, and Timothy. Executor is not expected. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR PLATES, &C. WEDNESDAY. The Croxteth Stakes. Roland, 3 yrs--ch f by the Provost, dam by Actaeon, 3 yrs—Essedarius, 3 . yrs—Raby, 3 yrs—Sylvan, 4 yrs. Plate of 60 sovs. Roland, 3 yrs—b c by Young Longwaist, dam by In heritor, 3 yrs—Dies Faustus, 4 yrs—May-day, 3 yrs-- Bughley, 3 yrs—Old Darialda, 3 yrs—Garendon, aged. _ THITRSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 30 added. Old Darialda, :3 yrs (100/.)—Lidgate, 2 yrs (501.) b c by Young Longwaist, 3 yrs (50/.)—bc by Tearaway, out of Sister to Johnny, 2 yrs (501.)—La Voleuse, 3 yrs (501.)—br f by Touchstone, out of Lady Emily, 2 yrs (801) Her Majesty's Plate. Thibault, 3 yrs—b c by Young Longwaiit, 3 yrs—. Raby, 3 yrs—Roland, 3 yrs—Dies Faustus, 4 yrs— Great Westera, 4 yrs—Sylvan, 4 yrs—The Arab, 3 yra —The Alp, 3 rs. FR IDA T. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. The Arab, 3 yrs (1201.)—Old Darialda, 3 yrs (100) b c by Young Longwaist, 3 yrs (500—Crazy Lad, 4 yrs (500—Great Western, 4 yrs (501.)—Anthony, 3 yrs (50!.)—b f by the Provost, out of Patroness, 3 yrs (501.). GOODWOOD CUP WEIGHTS. st lb Chanticleer, 6 yrs lO 0 The Hero, 6 yrs lO 0 Van Tromp, 5 yrs lO 0 Cossack, 5 yrs 9 4 Flatcatcher, 4 yrs 9 4 Surplice, 4 yrs .. 9 4 Fernhill, 4 yrs El!erdale, 5 yrs Canezou, 4 yrs Maid of A7asham,4yra 8 6i Limestone, 5 yrs 8 5 John Cosser, 4 yrs 8 1 Nil Deiperandum, 4 yrs & his, 3 yrs 7 4' Black E,:gle, 3 yrs 7 41 L')rd Glasgow is the new ricer Uir,l E,2linton, who re THE DISPUTED RACE FJP st lb Tadmor, 3 yrs Borneo, 3 yrs 7 4 Glenalvon, 3 yrs Cbicaneur (French) 4 yrs .Standard (German) 4 yrs ... 7 1 IJellyfish, 3 yrs The Flea, 3 yrs 7 0 .Eva, 3 yrs Robert de Brus, 3 yrs 6 13 St. Winifred colt, 3 yrs 6 10 Landgrave, 3 yrs ! Solon 3 yrs 6 3 Juggler (French) 3 yrs steward of the Jockey Club, aires by rotation. TIIE MEMBERS' PLATE AT NEWCASTLE mu be ri,merobered that in this race Niiss Ann, having won, was object•ad to by the trainer Spithcad, on the ground that she carried 31b. over eight without dtclaring it half an hour before the race. Oa behalf of the objection it was proved that the over weight was carried, and that no declaration was posted until twenty minutes before the time at which the race was advztrtised to be run. Oa the part of the winner it. was shown that the declaration was made to the judge —and to thou clerk of the scales—neither of whom - edit s:d:re.l it to ha their duty to receive it. When the pro por official was at last found, and the declaration duly made, it wanted only twenty minutes to the prescribed time of starting, but from various delays the race was not run until fifteen minutes after the appointed time. Under all these circumstances, the stewards of the Jockey Club, to whom the question was referred from Newcastle, de cided that the declaration was sufficient. It would be well if in future the stewards of country meetings would adopt and publish the rule that all declarations respect ing weights should be made to the clerk of the scales— who is certainly the proper person to receive and deal with these matters. ENTRIES IN FICTITIOUS NAMES.—A feeling is abroad adverse to this time-honoured custom of the turf, and some recent occurrences have caused its inconvenience to be slightly felt. Nevertheless, the veil is very con venient, without b longing in the least degree to that class of deception which attach discredit to their perpe trator:. In tact, in nine cases out of ten no deception is intended. The only object is to protect a personal identity from the keen eyrs of curiosity or prejudice. It is a pity that so fair a screen should not remain avail able for propar purposes and honest men, who yet may be unwilling to parado their names upon the turf. Per haps some middle course might be adopted to preserve an honourable incognito, without risk of the evils which are now justly made the subject of complaint. Parties entering horses in a fictitious name, might at the same time bo bound to send their own names to the secretary of the Jockey Club, in confidence, to be revealed by him only in case the party entering should make default, or otherwise become amen able to turf law. Thus the pre sent evils would be obviated, without attaching odium to a practice which, like many other useful customs, is only dishonoured in its abuie. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING.—That indefatigable turf commissary, Dorling, has succeeded in establishing third meeting at Epsom. It was originally designed to have come in between the Newmarket first and second October meetings. To this the Jockey Club demurred, on the ground that it would interfere with their es tablished stakes. Tuesday, the 18th September, is the day fi..liy selected-5001. will be given in public money —and if the meeting but receives the patronage it seems to merit, we shall no doubt enjoy a very good day's sport in the autumnal gathering at Epsom. Abingdon races are " postponed until further notice." The Produce Stakes are announced to be " off by con sent." Altogether, this looks very much as if the whole affair were " off by consent " for ever and a day. THE LORD'S DAY ACT.—A. return moved for by Mr. C. Baring Wall, shows that the number of persons convicted in England and Wales, under the Act of Charles IL, commonly called the " Lord's Day Act," in the year 1848, amounted to 131. The offences consisted of " driving cattle through the streets to the terror of church-goers;" " playing at unlawful games durinF , " Divine service;'" " exorcising their worldly calling; " travelling with a waggon;" "driving lime-carts," " driving asses and mules laden with coals," and " work ing on railways." CREMoRNE-GARDENS.—Yesterday the first of series of aquatic amusements was exhibited on the river in front of the gardens of this place, in the presence of a great number of people. There were combats, both with lances and swords, between men belonging to the Blues; teats of strength and activity between several wrestlers of first rate celebrity; tilting at the quintain, g to th r e en . d , e ° r se th it e . ex hibition of g w re a a l s k e i : &e. ; and the curious o r, in other w ord s, a bowsprit projecting 1 a tort' pole." over the water , and smeared with feet of the w alkers insecure. The gardens are now in good order, cud they are well conducted by the pro and his assistan T pro prietor tb. It was not until a late hour that the whole of the entertainments were closed, and the company dispersed, Tial ROYAL BOTANIC SCClETY.—Yesterday afternoon the concersdzione of the society was held in the conservatories awl gardens in the Regent's-park. The novelty of the presence of ladies was amongst the littrsctiom of the occa,ion, which, with the fineness of the weather, a min d to bring together a more than meal number to pAa-ons. The iiluaration of cconomie botaay was the nun jest proposed. There was a con siderable collection of paintings, several of which were the productions of the artists and students of the Scht of of D, sign, who are permitted to study in the gardens. The specimens of plants and their application were very many. Atoosg them were British plants, fossil plants, tsatifeire, New Z •aland planets, tropical fruits, &c. Mr. F. W exiabited applications of gutty percha fo the telekouphonan and accsu.tie apparatus. Mr. shaw, Mr. Suwerby. and Mr. Valley exhibited micro scopes. The gardens and general collections were thrown open. Amongst the company present were the Duke of Beaufort, Lord lit n niker, Ladies Morgan, Fel lowes, L. Grattan, C. Stirling, Murchison, Hamilton, Winston, and Barron; the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Barton, W. Fitzgibbon, &e.; Sir C. Murchison, Sir F. Knowles, Sir J. Hamilton. &c.; Colonels Sabine, Hanmer, Bentley. and Wells; Professor Ansted, and many other members of the fashiouable World, and persons connected wilb minim