The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-12 00:00:00

MR. O'CONNELL IN CORK. GREAT DINNER. (From the Cork Examiner.) The grand banquet to O'Connell took place at Cork on Monday evening. It was a most splendid affair, the preparations having been made on the most extensive scale. To say that the banquet-hall presented a bril liant and imposing spectacle, would be far short of the magnificent coup d'ceil that burst upon the astonished vision of the 800 gentlemen who assembled within its walls. All that vast extent of space could produce, or that elaborate and elegant decoration could effect, was done in order to render this demonstration memorable in the minds of those who participated in its festivity. A splendid canopy of rich crimson damask stretched the whole length of the upper end of the vast saloon, en tirely arching over the table at which sat the Chairman, the guests of the evening, and the principal members of the Corporatien, together with the city, county, and pro vincial members. Over the canopy, which was orna mented with gilt cornices, &e., and put up by Mr. I).. W. Galligan, was placed a crown, with the letters " V. R." in resplendent gas, which shed a flood of light upon the arms of the different corporations present. Immedietely under the canopy, and above the chair, were the words " Justice to Ireland," emblazoned in letters of burnished gold. The tables were covered with the most costly ornaments, and furnished with every delicacy that care or expense could supply. The ceiling was decorated by three medalions, cr centre pieces, from which large chandeliers depended. One, nearest to the chair, contained a representatiun of the old Irish crown and harp ; the other the Royal arms of Britain, and the third those of the Prince of Wales. We must notice two interesting figures, interesting not only from the ability with which they were executed — but from the sentiment they were meant to convey. At either end of the crimson canopy was placed one of these figures, the one representing Erin stretching forth the hand of peace to her haughty sister, England, who was repre sented by the other figure. The pillars supporting the galleries were wreathed with bright evergreens, that im parts d a fresh and pleasant effect. The galleries were tilled to their utmost limit by more than three hundred ladies, dressed with fashionable elegance, and all wear in"'g their brightest smiles for "the hour a nd the man." W. Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P., took the chair. Near the Chairman we noticed John O'Connell, Esq., Grena ; Mr. Caleb Powel, M.P., Limerick ; Sir David Roche, M.P. ; Dan. Callaghan, M.P. ; John O'Connell, M.P. ; Maurice O'Connell, M.P. ; Nicholas Maher, M. P. ; E. B. Roche, M.P. ; Morgan John O'Connell, M.P. ; Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart., Toureen; Sir Ben jamin Morris, Waterford ; J. Callaghan, Esq., Errina House, county Limerick ; Rev. Mr. Tierney ; Richard Barrett, Dublin ; Edward Thomas Power, Waterford ; Very Rev. Dr. Fogarty, P.P , Lismore ; Henry Russell, Esq., Russell House, Charleville ; Very Rev. Dr. Laffan, P.P. Fethard, Tipperary ; Joseph Ha) es, Esq , Cork ; T. S. Copingrr, Esq. ; J. P. Midleton ; Doctors i.ald win and Bourke, P.P.'s, Clonmel ; Wiilliam Galwey, Esq., Fort Arthur ; the Rev. Dr. Murphy, Cork ; J. Galwey, Cork ; T. Healey ; Michael M'Swiney, Cork ; and, of course, an immense number of persons. The Corporations of Limerick, of Waterford, of Clon mel, of Kilkenny, of Cashel, and of Cork, were appro priately represented. When the cloth had been removed, the Rev. William O'Sullivan read letters from the Archbishop of Tuam, from Drs. Slattery, Crotty, O'Higgins, and Kennedy, ac counting for their unwilling absence. The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the first toast. He called on them to fill a bumper in commencing the pro ceedings on that interesting occasion, by drinking the " Health of the Sovereign." He saw before him a mag nificent array of names, whose patriotism was unbounded as their loyalty was unquestionable.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish people had ever shown a disposition to uphold the principle of monarchy. Whatever antipathy they might hold against a British Parliament, there was none against the British Queen.—(Loud cheers.) He need scarcely allude, then, to Norway or Hungary, nor to the N ell known " Mo riamur pro rege nostro Maria Theresa." If such be our loyalty now, continued the eloquent Chair man, what wiil it be when we are able to associate with our cause the name of our venerated and beloved Sove reign?—(Cheers.) That her reign might be ever memo rable for her attention to Ireland, to Irish right, and Irish prosperity, was his devout and most sincere prayer. —(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with the ut most enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The People." " The 'Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family resident in England," were duly honoured. The CHAIRMAN said that the next toast he had to give was " The Land of our Birth and of our Affections." The CHAIRMAN—I shall not delay you longer—your impatience must be relieved. I have now to propose to you the health of the veteran patriot who sits by my side.—(The company here rose en Incase, and gave re peated cheers.) Gentlemen, here is a great moral ex ample. Hitherto, mankind had been too much in the habit of awarding their admiration and applause to those who had distinguished themselves not by augmenting the happiness of mankind, but by extending throughout the world carnage and slaughter, and the name of great has been given to those who have sacrificed the greatest number of human beings. But we, Gentlemen, are assembled here to-night to set to mankind an example in awarding our admiration and homage to the man whose whole life has been spent in endeavouring to secure by peaceful means alone the happiness of his countrymen and of his species—a nobler description of greatness surely than that which can be claimed by any of those, or which history has given to them on the grounds which I have mentioned.—(Hear.) To the Irish nation Mr. O'Connell is endeared not only by his connection with these topics, but especially when we consider his contin uous unceasing efforts to redeem his country from pro vincial degradation—when we see him entering life as a combatant against the union, resisting with all'his youth ful energy, in all the eloquence of youthful vigour, that measure. Again, in 1810, we find him taking advantage 'of the first opportunity that presented itself for recalling to his countrymen a sense of the wrongs they had sus tained—(Hear, hear)—and in 1830, when he began to feel that the Emancipation Act was, as regards the great mass of the people, a dead letter, he hoisted the standard of repeal, nor was that standard laid aside for a moment until he had a reasonable expectation that from the justice of England this country might hope for peaceful legislation.—(Hear, hear.) He gave to that experiment ample time, be exhausted the patience of his countrymen, and at length, in 1839, after having for five years relied on the reasonableness of the claims advanced, and on the justice of the English people, and found that that on which he relied was based onno solid foundation, he then indeed rehoisted the standard of repeal—(Cheers)—and was he not justified in that course ? Some doubted at the time that Mr. O'Connell was justified, and for a con siderable time there was apathy in the public mind. But Mr. O'Connell has been justified by events. But when it was found that the same policy was adopted which was pursued by Conservatives out of office, and that this country was to receive nothing but insult and disgrace from England, then indeed the Irish nation arose in all her might, and, by the spontaneous action of the whole nation, hundreds of thousands met in the dif ferent parts of Ireland—they invited Mr. O'Connell as their organ to attend ; he did attend, and he spoke in vehement and indignant language.—(Cheers.) It is possible that in using it he may have brought himself within the operation of some bad law, derived from pre cedents furnished in the history of the worst times.— (Hear, hear.) But how did they seek to make Mr. O'Connell responsible—by holding him responsible for the acts of the Association with which he was connected, and for the reports in newspapers, circulating the ac counts of what passed in that Association. He was to be made responsible for every article which appeared in those papers, and that was English justice.—(Groans.) The proscutors, however, obtained a verdict, and now let me ask them what they have gained ?—(Hear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell.) Have they suppressed the move ment in favour of a repeal of the union ?—(Loud cries of " No, no," from various parts'of the room.) Your voice answers that question, and it will be re. echoed by millions.—(Cheers.) If any man were doubtful or hesi tating, the prosecution had brought that man forward.— (Hear.) Let me ask whether they accomplished one of the objects they had in view—of diminishing Mr. O'Con nell's popular influence ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Will the power of his mind be less when his body is confined in a dungeon?—(No, no.) I, upon this occasion, as a friend to English connexion, declare that I feel it a solemn imperative duty, which I could not reconcile it to my conscience not to perform, to tell the British Gp vernment that it is my firm conviction that if O'Connell be imprisoned, as I presume he will be in the course of next week, that Ido not believe that in this country one single arm will be uplifted.—(" Hear," from Mr. O'Connell.) But lam bound at the same time to tell them that there has been no act—l will not say since the union, but for centuries—which could so greatly alienate us from English connexion—no one act, and I speak it not in the way of menace, but in the spirit of a friendly warning, which I believe will tend so effectually to the ultimate separation of the two countries.—(Hear, and cheers.) But, Gentlemen, be this as it may, our duty is clear—we are here to record our protest against the whole of these proceedings—to:tender to our illustrious guest our unbought sympathy, and to assure him, not only in our own names, but in the name of the Irish nation, that within the walls of his prison he possesses more than ever he possessed the affection of the Irish people.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have now to ask you to drink, and I need not solicit your enthusiasm, the health of him whom his country salutes as its father, end its moral ruler.—(Cheers.) I give you health and long life to Mr. O'Connell.—(Great cheering, the com pany rising and not resuming their places till the toast was responded to in the most cordial and enthusiastic SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. N EWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. The Column Stakes, of which we forwarded the result sv'aru the Heath, deserves a few additional particulars. e junuing was made by Mr. Osbaldeston's filly, fcl elbY the Alea colt and Economy, Crenoline lying .e (pace moderat e ly goo d to the bushes, then became twpast, and was so well sustained that at the . cords *o nly were left i n th e race —M r . Osbaldeston's filly 1 4 1 ! Crenoline. The struggle home was uncommonly Crenoline, who h a d run a wa iting race, and never r: until the last three strides, winning on the post sod end The Agreeable colt was a middling third, ba Alea colt, who broke down, a middling fourth. o f RACE COURSE, THURSDAY, THREE O'CLOCK.. eot the three races, to which a miserably poor list is wits / led : two only were decided at the time our parcel to s "Lae tip for the last train at Hock erill; the third it i ic ts between Colonel Peel's two, Orlando and Zenobia, pi„,.. l ,be Duke of Portland's' Manto filly, and is so corn -44,7Y " certainty " for the Colonel as to render it un rijulry to forward an express throughout. The first or jaraexcited great interest, not from its intrinsic value 6,, Penance, but from the additional line it was alcu (ftt:.' to give of one of the Derby cracks, Delapre, iii"Nly fancied ran second to Rattan on Monday, to give 91bs to a horse that won at Warwick, and g t ae eond to Vit e lli us a t N or th am pt o n. It came oil at Nit two o'clock as follows: ' re lutakes of 50 s o vs . each, • h ft, for three yrs old. 4111 Al D.M. (4 Subs.) )4 4 ..,. be marle's Delapre, 7st 71b (Whitehouse) 1 11 -I % l o°ll's Father Mathew, 6st 21b e t us e betting was unusually heavy for a race of this 10 e „' 6 , 146111 1 T after two or three fluctuations at 11 to at his uelapre. Father Mathew made strong running best into the cords, was challenged half way Q' l li l n; liter the end, and was beaten after a severe 841 4 k 1 1 half a length. for three yrs old, 6st 121 b ; eriti ',.. l)B ; iest platet.fib;fi ove,f 0. ; 9 5 st 1 ; six and aged, 9st 31b. D.M. b uil • winner to be aold for 300/., &C. °I.- Graft° C (J. Day, jun.) 1 Lo r d Rs; n ataract, 4 yrs 2 nuteteol.r..Plefollewir'Sbny:S Zar la 9 n 4 e, Y o r u s t of Jason's dam, 3 yrs T 3 also ran:—Lord Miltown's Bourra o h:tee:lV yrs---Mr. te Roers's Amato, 3 yrs - Col. Wyn d- d % to -11In sk1111yrs—and Lord Albemarle's Candi - , 4 yrs. • 3 agst czap-gst Slane colt, 7 to 2 agst Numskull, 4 to I W on and sto 1 agst Amato. and ti lt , r a y a - length; Col. Peel's colt a bad third, ssee en Zrers beaten oft filin` e a of 200 sovs. each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b ; ee• st 41b, the produce of mares that have bred a inner 1 , 4 , of the Two Thousand Guineas, Grand Duke th„.._ -- "ae, 1 , Derby, Oaks, St. Leger, to carry 71bs extra ; 31b5 by untried stallions, or out of untried mares, "'M.; (6 Subs.) Colonel7l Peel's ' Orlando by Touchstone... Walked over. ttitve following horses were sold this morning :- 0 ( 14 , 1 15 guineas ; Emotion, 40 guineas ; Ends-and atilt b,r,,guineas ; Elmira, 32 guineas yearling gaj oe L:somModore or Albemarle, out of Emotion, 10 r ft . to' -B TER Cup,—Bramble is now first favourite at 10 as no o th er change. The D er b y b ett i ng as b e f ore. as, NEW BETTING Room.—At the suggestion of 4111 influential members of the Jockey Club, the list be ready every night in this room at half-past ten ago& - w match for Friday.—Duke of Bedford's Espoir, 2 on 'lb• agst Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 7st 121 b ; T.Y.C. "'" , b ft T h EAST KENT HUNT RACES—TUESDAY. , e Hunter s ' S ta k es o f 5 sovs each, a mile and a half, l ist 71b eac h. Th e winner to be sold for 200 L, &c. 1,0 Subs -4r ) . • • Wilson's Creeper, aged (Owner) 1 Little's Pickwick, aged The 1. Seven others started. - 'arniers' Plate of 301., and 10/. for the second, 24 r. list 71b each. Heats, one mile. )41...t mines Gay Las s , 6 yr s ...(O wne r) 0 1 2 1 1 I L. • Collard's Vesper, aged --.4 • Ayers' s Blucher, 6 yrs 1 2 0 3 3 The n Five others were not placed. utar rison Plate of 20 sovs, added to a Sweeps of 3 r e v : each, list 71b, one m il e an d a di s . Wi n ner to old for 80/., &c. (6 Subs.) 14: Captain Power' s Kit ten (l ate Si mon P ure ), 6 yrs ... 1 Li Pickwick, abed 2 Imperial 3 44 • Stuart' s Columbine, aged T h l rishroan and Carlotta Grisi were not placed. q uot e Scurry S ta k es o f 1 soy. eac h, 11 s t 71b, three- Won e k r a of a mile, w i nner t o b e so ld for 401., &c., were o di Alr• Hobb's Bavarian, (Simmonds), beating hilde Harold, and two others. s „ t ;:te Tally 11 0 Stakes, two miles and a distance, 12st, Stitt () w°rl by Plough Boy (Jackson), beating M r . C Allington, Mr. Wilson's Creeper, and Mr. yes gelding D i t T Easter Plate was walked over for. e - "PuPITCH STEEPLE CHASES—TUESDAY. - ‘ e aP Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added bl f rom the fund. Four miles. ( 11 Subs.) sr, ill_ o r ethe , rton's Marengo, aged, list (Owner) 1 af t J uert s Birthday, aged, lOst 71b k a ' r nes's Jack, lOst 10lb r. G rindle's A ce of Diamond's, lOst 51b 1 ) , h ree others were placed. A good race, and won . a len gt h . weepstakes of 3 soya. each, with 20 added ; winner to ad r. .,, re be sold for SQ/., &c. Heats 2 miles. fir. M therton's Jack, aged, llst ..., (Owner) 3 1 1 nhala's XX (late Ball) ll s t liiarslla 0 dr Patrick'sll's Mysti c , list 1 fell Shakesp eare, list The fi rst heat' was won cleverly, the other d s is and easily. NEWMARKET CR A CErV------17,D THIS DAY.) VEN MEETING—THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 (CoNci.unED.) fillies, colts, Bst 71I) ; Colonel Peel's 'fillies, Bst each, h ft, for three yrs old Bst 41b. D.M. (6 Subs.) 311 a) .. out of Touchstone (allowed 5 to 1 o Duke portl .......................................... (Nat) 1 Beiram, out of Manto (Boyce) 2 and half n `i r 'andO, who won in a canter by a length 'reading of thisTeicllT. TIECURSDA T State of the odds up to the at half- list" at the Subscription Betting-moat, ast t ‘n . l'b l - "TPSTA Itzti . •=S to 2 agst Lothario-5 to 2 agst i o n STARES.- 5 to 1 agst Gaper -5 to 1 agst Murat-5 to 4 11,,‘ w ° agst the field. Only the first two backed. The ewer, Napier, Minotaur, and Fraulein are scratched. 1( 2 ) tot° agst Bramble CHESTER cur. agst P an 25 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn to 25 ; ag —taken agst Preedora—t I No others mentione d to 2 DERBY. to agst Rattan —t a k en 25 to 1 agst Orlando '25 to agSt Ugly Buck—t 25 to 1 agst lonian ag"st Mount Charles 25 to 1 agst Running Rein 25 to i ---take n 1000 to 10 agst D r . Philli mroe 25 agst Campanero —taken 10 00 ' agst Leander 1000 to 10 agst Vat colt—t 100 0 ev en Orlando agst lonian. 10 0 even between Cockamaroo and Mount Charles. A even Mount Charles agst Mr. Ford's lot. 5 the field agst two. Cant o -- licaP for To-morrow--Garry Owen, Bst 131 b ; Ta t 9 n , 7st 131 b ; Wee Pet, 7st 121 b ; Elegance filly, /11-• ; Sister to Corranna, 7st 31b ; Birdeen, Est 101 b ; irk, sst 101 b. tord lth s - nnke of Bedford's Panther receives from _,Neter's Antenor. Tw'o yrs 4TTERICK BRIDGE RACES.—WEDNEsnAY. old sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each ; Bst 51b, fir. ltelttoine,'fisl ju lie a s r , i B an st ß 2 a lb m .— say One mile. h Z e e e tl laanrude' (Cartwright) 1 by St. Martin Marchioness LOrder to Co-heiress Lord Gl _ et, Stakes of 10 so vs . ea ch.—Two miles 3 145. Fil m sbf b y M uley Moloch (Templeman ) 1 s Dr. Taylor ,•• • The opening match BOAT RACE. o f th e sea son took lace esterdaY %ai l :),,ngst the gentlemen of the Oxford Subscription -s, — " n ano. The opening of the boat-racing season at an earli . er Period than heretofore has long been a desideratum, and tie . e_xenmple set in this respect by the Oxonians, althoug . h ev: o ztlowtlY-wilrlom w The contest ant of practice, not in O a first-rate condition much satisfaction to the admirers of the sport. der, the disteastneveabseif;:tospt ;nal, silver oars and a silver rud- Tahe.gentlemen nlet at their r fro m ni s W , at e t n ess ins r t s e . 4 if past five, and drew for crews. The following were lotted r t s o o P ri u e, t s, ne a y i together, and took their station • t before six o'clock, at Vesttninster-bridge : a just White. Blue. Yellow. lir' Mab erlY, stroke Mr. Yellow. stroke Mr. Lambert, stroke. Alr. Welch 2. u- 3. Mr. Mevnell 3. Mr. Conant 1. Fr: Taylorn 2. Mr. Spateswoode 2. Mr. Stapylton 1. Mr. E. N. Conant 1. Mr. Hullah ALr. Stapylton, Mr. Hammers, Mr. Pemberton, rs, , steerer steerer. steerer Roy -al Academicians the St. George's, a portion of the l'esinder Club, and half-a_ dozen other boats or so were out to: witness the race. They all went away together, and it IlnlEta a very animated and pretty struggle for the first three .rters of a mile. Blue then took the lead, but at Vaux tal,lbidge Yellow bumped them, and took their steerage off. „ w 4 Yell then went in advance, and kept it the whole way, ti ar nil ing by above a length, although closely pressed by Blue oughout. White was some distance astern. The gentle- Th,en afterwards sat down to a good spread at Aviss's, the 43e113 Tavern. ------------- i .4-RIIIOE EUGENE. --This day, April 10, is the an- It viersary of the death of, in 1736, of Prince Eugene, the 1. ebrated commander, in with the great Duke of Marlborough, of thealled armies. He died .tit Vienna. lie was so popular in England that a maiden ttidY bequeathed him 2,500 L, and a gardener, 1001. At t• Helen's church, Worcester, is a set of bells with names inscriptions, . „and recording the victories gained een Anne's reign, when they were cast. Among them] is one entitled " Eugene," and which bears this e kinpet :..... " With joy I hear illustrious Eugene's name ; ~, l'av'rit e o f fortune and the boast of fame. " . -UxP TFOßD.—Di c k enson, the husband of the un fortunate lunatic who lately murdered her two children at Reptford, was found dead yesterday morning, having hung i.lunself to his bed-post. Before doing the deed, be wrote !e.tters to several friends, from which it plainly rppears that 'lts misfortunes had upset his reason. He appears to have swallowed poison previous to hanging himself, and a razor was found under his pillow. , etutious BEQUEST. —Thornas Flet c h er , w h o was -L atinist t o Q ueen Elizabeth, gave directions by his will, that his collin should be opened every seven years an d e xP)sed to publi c view. His request was comp li e d w i t h several times, and the last amount of the ceremony is in newspaper, dated the 3d of November, 1734, in which it is said that, t" Yest6rday his body was ex- Posed to such persons as had tickets to enter the church. . -I ;he body is enclosed in a paste, not unlike the composi tion which surrounds the Egyptian mummies ; and his cones would be quite invisible, had not a portion of the upper crust been broken ba." manner.) Mr. O'CONNELL rose, and a scene fAlowed such as we have never before witnessed—the entire company pour ing forth vollies of the most deafening and enthusiastic cheers, while the ladies waved their scarfs from the gal leries. Again and again was the applause renewed, every burst being more vigorous and prolonged than that which preceded it, and we are positive that ten minutes elapsed before the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was allowed to proceed. By a most ingenious picee of mechanism, a golden figure of a winged messenger of heaven was let down from the ceiling, immediately over the chair. In its hands it bore a silken flag, upon which, in letters of gold, was inscribed the scroll—" Ireland expects that every man will do his duty.". As this emphatic warning was exhibited to view, the cheering was renewed. Order being at length restored, he proceeded to speak as fol lows :—This is, oh, it is a beautiful scene ; it is a scene unequalled in Ireland—oh, it is not exceeded in any country ; yes, it is a beautiful scene.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) It is not alone the transcendent loveliness that smiles on us that renders it beautiful; nor less is it even the perfect accuracy and regularity of the arrangements; but it is a beautiful scene to have so many of that class of persons of intelligence of mind and independence of person assembled at the mere call of patriotism to bear . once again, in my humble presence, the testimony of their undying love for Ireland.—(Hear, and loud cheers.) To be sure, no man ever received such a compliment —(Cheers.) No man who ever stood upon the threshold I of a prison received such a c• mpliment. — ( H e ar, hear, and cheers.) No man who evE i stood on the steps of a throne was honoured as I have been honoured, though on the threshold of a prison ; but I would not change that prison, with the compliment, for the throne of any monarch in the universal world.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Let our rulers know that there never before was such an assemblage in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Who would have thought formerly that Kilkenny would havo marched to Cork—that the Mayor of Kilkenny would shake hands with the Mayor of Clonmel, and the Mayor of Limerick join both at a festival before the Mayor of Cork ?—(Laughter, and cheers.) Well, miracles will never cease--(Laughter)—and that this moral miracle should be wroueht onehalf of a convicted conspirator, 1.1 more miraculous than all.—(Laughter.) I would wish to ask you, end there are enough of you here to answer my question, What crime have I committed ?—(Loud cries of " None.") I declare to Heaven Ido not know. I be lieve Chief Justice Pennefather does no know, nor am I aware that the sagacious jury knew what crime thereon victed me on. I repeat lam not aware of the crime, but I am sure of this, that if it was to be committed over again, lam the boy for it.—(Great cheering.) I have done nothing of which I am ashamed before man, or tremble for before my God.—(l - 1-ar, hear, and cheers.) I hope I am not presumptuous, when I say the latter. — (Loud cries of " No, no.") I would not have done anything that my conscience told me was wrong. But I was doing wrong—(No, no)—for, as the Poet very beautifully said— " Alas for his country! her pride has gone by, And that spirit is broken that never would bend." • _ _ And the following lines are most apposite:— " O'er the ruin her children in secret must sigh, For 'tis treason to love her, and death to defend." And here am I, an arch conspirator, for I do love my country ; and I consent emphatically to die in her de fenee.—(Loud cheers.) " Itnpri,ed are her sells till they learn to betray, Undistinguised they live if they shame not their sires, And the torch that would light them to ictory's way, Must be caugh t from the pile where the country expires." It is in these lines, not in a law book—in these lines, and not on matters of fact—that my indictment is to be I' , mid. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Attorney-General and his confreres ran out the indictment to thirty-six yards—(Loud groans.) What have I done that you should groan me?—(Laughter and cheering.) If you had permitted me, I would have told you that the At torney-General spun out thirty-six yards of parchment under the indictment which is contained in these few rhymes that I have spoken.—(Hear, hear.) I have loved and struggled for Ireland ; I love her still, and will struggle for her independence while my heart beats in my bosom.—(Loud cheering.) But the objects of the prosecution are manifest ; for is there one of you who doubts that its object was to,put en end to the agi tation for repeal—(Hear, hear)—to resist the demand of Ireland for a self-government ? It is not the idle vanity of this compliment that brought me here ; it is not even to gratify a more pleasurable sensation of my mind in meeting the respect and affection of persons, the kindness of any one of whom would be a greatgratification to -me— it is not that that brought me here this night--i t is another, a higher, and I hope I will be pardoned for saving, a nobler motive, that induced me to come here.—(Cheers.) I am advanced in life—the prison may terminate my existence.--(Sensation, and cries of " God forbid.") I am not shrinking from the dungeon.—(Cheers.) I do not speak in a whining or pitiful manner ' - but I do trust that my last moments will be enlivened by the reflection that I should have lived longer had I not loved Ireland so intensely.—(Loud cheers.) I came here from another motive. I came here for the purpose of proclaiming from this spot to the entire province of Munster, north and south, east and west, the duty you have to perform .to your country.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) lam here to read you a lecture, not to thank you.—(Cheers.) I came here for the purpose of instructing you, not to gratify any feeling of vanity, or to express to you how much I thank you, and am indebted to you.—(Loud cheers.) In order that every man should understand my advice, it will be necessary for him to reflect, and understand the position of the country, as also the posi tion in which he is placed.—(Hear, hear.) It would be an idle thing for any man to suppose that I am not to go to prison.— (Cries of " no.") Yes, for as sure as I see you here, I shall have to go there.—(Renewed cries of " No," and cheers.) What folly you talk! sure you have not the key of the gaol door to lock it against me. —(Laughter and cheers.) I say I shall go to prison ; I do not say I will go, because it witl be against my will, but I do say that I shall go, for I will be commanded there. How can any man suppose that I am not to go there? There are three ways of avoiding the prison— the first is by making submission to our enemies, a course which you would not recommend. — (Loud cheering.) I thought we would agree on that point.—(Laughter.) The second way is by the result of the writ of error ; but I confess I know so much of judges that my own conviction, as en old lawyer, is that we have tee clearest possible case for setting aside the judgment.---(Hear, and cheers.) The third way would be by the Government abandoning the pro secution, and Inilding us under a recognizance to come up for judgment at an indefinite period.—(Hear, hear.) But they will not do that ; the man knows nothing of human nature who supposes our rulers would act so.— (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) They will not do so for they could not afford to do so; for this reason, that they have not the manliness, as such might be construed into the fact, that being convinced of their error they wished to retract from it, and to admit the assertion of Lord John Russell.—(Hear, hear.) No man who knows any thing of the divinior of Stanley could imagine he would relax in his attack on Ireland and me, and I say it with out bigotry, on every Roman Catholic in Ireland.— (Groans.) Sir James Graham knows that I placed him in a very awkward predicament. and he was ready to fight me who would not fight, but would not fight O'Gorman Mahon, who would fight.—(Hear and cheers.) I beat Peel so hollow when I extracted from him eman cipation, pardon me for saying I, for you helped me; but we extracted from him Catholic emancipation, which he will never forget. As for the Duke of Wellington— (Hissing and groaning)—poor old man ! they cannot bear him even at the Horse Guards, where everything is con ducted in so arbitrary a manner—any person who could think that such a Ministry relax does not possess the amount of common sense which I would be inclined to give him credit for.—(Hear.) Take it for granted, the sentence will be carried into execution. Take this also with you, they may imprison me, but they will not vex me—they may confine my person, and they will do so ; but they will not deprive me of a single pleasurable sensation.—(Cheers.) If I have not the enjoyment and exercise of my native mountains, though I shall not be cheered by the merry sound of my beagles, I Will dream a day dream of them, and will turn my mind to pursuits that will be sure to yield delight and insrruction.--- (Hear and cheers.) There is no horror in confinement that a man working for forty years cannot have in con templation ; and my astonishment is that they did not imprison me before now—that they did not begin by confining me.—(Hear.) Under these circumstances what I want to do is, to announce to you your duty.— (Hear.) The first duty of every patriot is to proclaim t e r v a e n re c i u w i h i l e i t r y e . Haebazlu Youte n e c c o e u s l s d i t of n y ot g r p a e t r i perfect c p our ur e e a n c e e m and enemies es more than by giving them to hear of a disturbance in any tranquillity con fare them.—()t he i a i n e s a b r. y I p v a h r i t d o i f Pae n They have ready 30,000 men ; the y have their " Fox you will - and geese" batteries--(Laughter)—they are ready and confound and md and many of them would be glad to hear that the people ex posed themselves to danger.—(Hear, hear.) Again, if the least disturbance took place. all the sympathy evinced by our friends in England would terminate. All good men of our own party would forsake us, and you, Sir (turning to the Chairman), could not remain with us, nor is there one of our many friends that would not abandon in despair the cause, if there was an outbreak on my account. I have but one earnest prayer to put up; and I call on my countrymen, if they value my ser vices, if they entertain- for me a real affection—not a lip affection—(Hear, hear)—if the affection which they have wrung into my heart be true, end of which I am so little deserving(" No, no," and cheers)—l conjure them to show their affection for me by their dutiful sub mission to the law, and to allow me to work out their cause by the proper means.—(Rear, hear, cheers, and loud cries of "We will.") I have another demand to make on the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) I have again to use the vanity of calling on the people of Ire land in my own name—(Cheers)—and in the names of the respected and patriotic gentlemen assembled here, to show their respect fur me and them by persevering and doubling their exertions in behalf of the repeal of the Act of Union.—(Hear, and cheers.) I will put it to you in this way—do you wish to gratify your ene mies ?—(No, no.) Why was the prosecution esta blished? Why am I to go to prison? I want to have it known throughout Ireland that you pronounce every individual no man, who is not a Repealer.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Answer the State prosecution—an swer the selection of the jury—answer the dropping of the slips from the jury list—answer every part of the ease—answer my imprisonment—answer everything, by becoming more determined Repealers.—(Hear and cheers.) Pronounce to every man my temporal, I was going to say, malediction.—(Hear, hear.) No descrip tien of man is so base as the Irishman that pretends to the slightt st political honesty, and who is not a Repealer. —(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I trust that no friend of mine will keep company with the man that is not a Repealer.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I do not want you to separate from the Conservatives, who are a re spectable body and true to their party ; I do not call on you to draw a line between yourselves and the Conser vatives, for the Conservatives are just and true to them selves ; but I want you to draw a line of demarcation between yourselves and the men who pretend to have a regard for Ireland, and who would have you believe they are not the tools of the Conservatives. I tell you they are Orangemen of the most fatal nature who do not answer the late trials by the prcclamation of repeal principles.--(Hear, hear.) Let us be able to count oursel% es, or rather our enemies. --(Hear, hear.) The Roman .senate at one time determined on making their slaves wear a peculiar sort of dress, so as to have them distinguishable from the freemen; but one senator, more sagacious than the rest, said, " Do not dress them, for they will theft be able to count themselves and us also." (Hear, hear.) I say now, do not be ashamed to wear come token—call it a " prosecution button."—(flear and cheers.) Let there be a mark—let every man be capa ble of being counted—let there be some public symbol worn voluntarily, not by associated means, for that would come e ithin an indictment, and then the world will know who are for and against repeal.—(Cheers.) I want to put Ireland to the test—l want to know if her suns will declare for the AttorneyeGeneral and llrew ster, or for O'Connell and Smith O'Brien.—(Tremen dous cheering.) The re peal must continue—(Hear) — it never was included in the indictment—nay, the Go vernment was compelled in the indictment to have a spe cial finding, acquitting the meetings of all illegality ; and how the jury were able to discern between what was guilty and what was not guilty, and taking up every Mr. O'CONNELL—i believe I am, Sir. The CHAIRMAN provased the healths of " The Catho lic bishops and clergy of Ireland, the tried friends and incorruptible guardians of the people. The love and reverence of their flocks have ever been dearer to them than the smiles or rewards of power." The Very Rev. Dean Com. responded to the toast. " Father Mathew, the Moral Regenerator of Ireland," was given. A few other toasts were then disposed of, and the meeting quietly and peaceably dispersed, after spending an evening of more than usual recreation and moral en joyment. DOVER. (FROM oup. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) - THURSDAY, APRIL 11.—The Princess Alice steamer, Commander Luke Smithett, arrived this afternoon at half-past two, from Ostend, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Leiningen, Colonel Wylde, and Captain Seymour, having made the passage in four hours and forty minutes, with a fresh wind contrary. It being low-water, they wer e immediately brought in a galley from the steamer, in charge of Capt. Mer'cer, R.N., and landed on the South Pier, under a royal salute from the Western Heights. They were received by Colonel Jones, 1.E., commanding the garrison, and a guard of honour from the 95th Regiment. The Princes and their suite immediately drove to the railway station, where a state carriage had been prepared, and proceeded in a few minutes by special train for London, under a second royal salute. The weather being very fine a vast concourse of people had assembled to welcome the Prince Consort on his re turn to England. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned to the Castle this afternoon from Germany. His Royal Highness, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson and Colonel Bouverie, arrival from town b 3 a special train at the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, and immediately entered one of the Royal carriages which was in readiness, and pro ceeded to the Castle unattended by any escort. The Prince arrived at the Castle at half-past six o'clock. Her Majesty took her usual walk in the precincts of the Castle this morning. The Royal Family were taken out to-day for their customary airings. In the afternoon the two Queens rode out for a carriage airing, attended by the Ladies in Waiting, the Countess of Charlemont, and the Baroness d'Hoogvorst. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen is' ex pected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Devereux arrived at the Castle to-dzy, and have succeeded the Hon. Misses Liddell and Paget as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty. HiS Majesty the King of the Belgians walked in the Park to. day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Davison, and Colonel Sir George Couper, will join the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert passed through town yesterday afternoon, on his return to Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness, attended by Mr. George Edward Anso n and Col onel Bouverie, arrived at the terminus of the Seuth Eastern Railway from Dover, and immediately p rocee ded to Paddington, taking his departure by a special train on the Great Western Railway for the Slough station. 'Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence on Wednesday evening. The Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., will breakfast with the Lord Chancellor on Monday next, the first day of Easter Term, at his Lordship's residence in-George street. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall gardens, yesterday even ng, from his seat, Drayton Ma nor, Staifimlshirc. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller to the Com missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday, evening from the Colonial office, for the Governor of New Zealand. part that was unpleasant, it would be for a greater ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET " white witch" than I profess to be to discover.—(Hear.) COMPANY. Let every man that hears me take his part in the move- The annual general meeting of the proprietors of ment ; let every man who hears me circulate—l will not say my dying request—(Cheers and laughter)—but the , this .Company was held yesterday, at the London last I shall make prior to falling into the fangs of the ITavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiv- Att o r n ey-Geneeal,—(Loud cheers.) A prison door has mg the Directors' Report on the affairs of the Com a kind of halo for a man when suffering for his country; I pany for the year ending December 31, 1843, and for I have now a new claim on Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) the election of Directors in the room of those out- Formerly everything was smooth enjoyment, for the going. hilarity of my disposition in laughing and causing others At one o'clock A. Colville, Esq., deputy-chairman to laugh at my own jokes, rendered everything easy ; of the Company, took the chair, when the Secretary the life I have led has been one of unmixed happiness ; having read the advertisement calling the meeting, no man had so many blessings of family society, their The CHAIRMAN said that ' the Directors met the remains surround me, broken and mutilated as they are, Proprietors with more satisfaction and confidence compared with the most tender part of my existence ; than they had yet done, because theytheir difficulties, considered that but still I have those to whom I can look with pleasure _ and gratification—(Cheering)—and, excuse my parental they had now turned the corner of affection, when I add with pride also—(Hear, hear, and and found that the business of the Company and the vociferous cheering.) It is time that I should show my contract service were performed with regularity and love for my country by some species of suffering ; and without any accident now for twelve months. , They there is a sort of compunction about me that I am not might therefore presume that, so far es that part of more affected about going to gaol than I am.— (Laugh- the business went, their great difficulties were over ter.) I feel then that I would deserve more of Ireland; and come. The Proprietors would also see that the that I would possess more power to rouse the country, money account bore a better aspect, and they and to have those .ho are Repeaters distiuguished entertained the hope that, by continued attention from all others.—(Cheers.) I have detained you a long to economy, they would curtail the expenses of time—(No, no, and increased cheering)—but I had a solemn duty to perform. They sometimes use my name the Company in a great degree. He assured them as that of a political sect, and I have heard men called that the attention of the Directors would be especially 1 , O'Connellites " and it is only out of gaol that I would devoted to that object. The Directors also looked like such ; but 'I can tell you that no man is an " O'Con- with confidence to the increase of passage fares, as the nellite" that is not a Repealer —no man, in my opinion, public seeing generally the ships perform their work can have a legitimate excuse for not becoming a Re- well for a length of time and without any accident, peeler if they carry the sentence into effect.—(Great a greater number of passengers would no doubt take cheering,) At the present moment, to crown all, the c y advantage of the accommodation of steamers than had with the most insulting measure that England has hitherto done. ever dared to promulgate. I think they have brought in Th e S ecre tary then read the following Report : that Bill at this moment f the purpose of taking ad-" This is the annual meeting convened pursuant to the vantage of the absence of the men mho would fight it a. terms of the Company's Charter; and the Directors line byline, and as I will not be able to keep my eye on have t it —I speak it not in vanity, but lam sure my friends he pleasure to state, that they meet the Proprie tors with greater satisfaction and confidence than they will flght it for me.--(Hear.) I see my young an talented have done on any former occasion. colleague (Mr. Roche) with a smile on his countenance " The fleet of the Company is in a high state of indicative of his determination ; but I did not want efficiency and order; performing the contract service that index to show me the determination of my with perfect regularity, and, as the Directors have rea young friend.—(Hear, and cheers.) My esteemed friend son to believe, to the entire satisfaction of the Govern in the chair sought for justice from England, but could merit and of the public. get none—they gave an Arms Bill, and refused inquiry „ The Directors have also to state, that the expecta into the state of Ireland—he knows the difference of the lions as to income which they expressed at the last meet present measure, and whether it is likely to be a boon or ing have not been disappointed. an insult.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I have described " The following Accounts are submitted:— your country. I cannot describe.what your countrymen " Ist. The Working Account for the year 1843, the are.—(Loud cheering.) Those who differ with the great Balance of which is carried to the credit of the Profit mass of the population on religious grounds respect their and Loss Account. fidelity and venerate them for it.—(Hear, hear, and "In the working account for the first six months of cheers.) Every person is aware of their morality ; the 1843, submitted to the meeting held in October last, the world knows of their temperance.—(Loud cheers.) No balance subject to insurance and wear and tear was battle-field of England was ever stained with blood that 34,341/. 15s. 7d., and the balance of the present account, the foremost amongst the victors were not Irishmen — oh, there are no qualities that men could possess to adorn for the whole year is 94 , 219 /. 9 s. ; consequently; the ' last six months have produced 59,8771. 13s. 5d., thus humanity that they do not possess—(Hear, hear)—and justifying the opinion expressed at the October meeting, (looking to the ladies galleries) where blooms a beauty that the earnings of: the Company would reach 120,0001. like theirs?—(Hear, hear, and great cheering.) I am per annum, subject to insurance and wear and tear. speaking to you as if a voice mere issuing from the " 2d. The Profit and Loss Account, in which is tomb of a gaol, but not in the mournful accents of charged the insurance and ordinary repairs of the fleet danger.—(Loud cheers.) Irishmen, the time is come; for the year 1843 ; the balance of the Solway's account, preserve the peace—observe order—do not run a risk. after crediting it with the sum which was insured on I conjure, you, as you love Ireland, and hate the that vessel ; the expenditure for extraordinary repairs mat-administration of justice—as you esteem the occasioned by accidents and dry rot in two of the ships ; Chief Baron, and dislike the Chief Justice and complete repair of the hull and engines of the Actaeon, (Groans)—iii short, if you love Ireland—if you want to including new boilers, which were found necessary, upon confer on me comfort when in my dungeon, you her return from the intercolonial service ; also some pay will rally for Old Ireland and Repeal. The Hon. and ments on settling accounts with agents abroad ; and a Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amid the most en- loss on the coal account, arising chiefly from waste and thusiast.ic acclamation and waving of handkerchiefs, deterioration by climate since the commencement of the which were renewed, and continued for upwards of ton service ; but these are not likely to occur again, as the minutes, the entire company standing for the whole foreign agencies and c.ell stations are now placed on a time, the ladies waving their scarves, and applauding most more systematic and economical arrangement, and as enthusiastically: experience has enabled the Directors to select the coal Mr. O'Coseeen—l am going to propose a toast; and least liable to such deterioration and waste. drink it as you please. Our Chairman has talked of me " 3d. A balance sheet, or statement of assets and liabi being in gaol ; but I can afford to be so, when there lilies. is a man in Smith O'Brien who can ever lead you, and " The Company have claimed against the estate of never mislead you. I give you his health.—(Cheers.) Acraman and Co. for 34,189/. 17s. 7d. being the differ- . The toast was drank with nine times nine. enc e between their contract price for the Avon and Se- Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, in rising to return thanks, said: vern, and the sum paid to them for and expended in The manner in which you have received my health adds finishing the ships; whatever therefore may be recovered one additional stimulus to the excitement which has will be in reduction of the cost of those vessels. been produced by recent events.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. " It will be perceived, that there are in these accounts O'Connell has done me the honour to advert to some several heavy charges arising from accidents, &c., all of passages in my life—whilst he has greatly exaggerated which, with one exception, happened during the first my merits and my abilities.—(No, no.) 1 am, however, so far able to look back with pleasure on the whole of year of the Company's operations ;and of which the Directors trust there is no reason to apprehend a recur my political life when I reflect !Ilion the motives which rence, considering the less dangerous navigation the governed me. I can truly say the has been no act of m r ships have now to encounter, and the greater experience my life, public or private, that was the result of so much with respect of the Company's officers ; not a single casualty having deliberation as that which brought me into out (Greatyouranks— cheering)—that there was noneoccurred during the last twelve months. Every to standing claim on the Company, arising out of past the motives of which I applied so severe a scrutiny, and none for which I could so safely ask the blessing of Ilea .transactions has been satisfied, and the service of this ven.—(Renewed cheering.) Shall I live to regret, as I?' will has • commence free from all past therefore liabilities. s am told I shall, the step I have taken? I trust not, if' my countrymen retain the. same, peaceful attitude ot e "In conformity with the resolution of the last general moral dignity which they have lately sustained—(Hear) meeting, the insurances have not been renewed, and it is —they have abstained from rushing int o heedless intended to set apart annually the sum of 25,000 /. to struggles which would bring the country into anarchy meet this liability ; and this charge will appear in the 1844 and confusion—otherwise, though I could not impeach account of the year rec accordingly. " my motives, I should regret my conduct. It is a source Although the Directors deem it unadvisable, at the moment, to off any e as to what surlus of legitimate pride to me that I am enabled to meet you pre may a sent ccrue during the er current estima year, t yet they are clearly at this dinner, and to occupy the high station to which of opinion there will be a considerable sum applicable to your kindness has raised me.—(Cheers.) the liquidation of debt, to the replacement of capital, or The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Repeal of the to the payment of a dividend. Union." " The Directors have the satisfaction to report the The toast was received with deafening cheers, and was the sum remaining due at this time for Loans is 70,000 e most enthusiastically responded to. showing an improvement in that respect of 50,0001 Mr. ROCHE spoke to the-toast. since the meeting held in October last. Sir H. W. BARRON, after an eloquent speech, begged - " By order of. the Directors, leave to propose " The convicted conspirators," &c. " E. CHAPPELL, Secretary, Mr. J. O'CONNELL being loudly called on, replied, and resumed his seat amidst rapturous cheering. The Rev. Mr. TIERNEY also returned thanks in a speech of much eloquence and considerable force, as did Dr. GRAY, he having been called on. Mr. STEELE, too, responded in - a specch which was enthusiastically cheered. Mr. FAGAN next propos'ed,:" The 'Liberal Members representing the province of Munster in Parliament." Mr. D. Callaghan. M.P., Sir D. Roche, M.l'., Caleb Powell, M.P., and M. J. O'Connell, M.l'., severally ac knowledged the honour. The latter gentleman was catechised whether e was a Repealer.—(Cheers and clamour.) " 55, Moorgate-street." The CHAIRMAN having put the question of the adoption of the report, Captain Wnisu congratulated the Proprietors on the improvement in their affairs • however, there were a few matters on which he wished for information. Under the head of stations, &c., and salaries of agents, there was an increase this year of 1,5001., notwith standing that last year they had been promised there would be a reduction under this head so as to effect a saving of 1,0001. Then the item of pilotage amounted to more than one-half of what the pilotage of the whole British navy cost last year. He wished to know how it was that this item was so large. He also desired an explanation of that item in the balance sheet of the report—"lnsurance Account, unsettled claim on the underwiting of the Medina, 4,0001." The CHAIRMAN said that the increase in the item of stations, agents, salaries, &e., in the last half of the year over that of the first half arose from the circum stance of several of the payments under this head being made annually and not half-yearly, which threw the heavier payments into the account of the last half of the year. With regard to the charges for pilotage, &c., the Directors only paid what they were obliged to do. The port charges, which came under this head, added greatly to the amount, and in speaking of vessels of the Royal Navy it was to be borne in mind, that they had to pay no such charges as port charges. Then the peculiar cir cumstances of navigation in the West Indian seas — such as the draft of water, the state of the weather, and the like, which frequently rendered it necessary to keep pilot; a long time on board—caused great ex pense in thi respect ; but if all those matters were taken into account, together with the nnmber of times the vessels had • to enter the various ports, it would be found that the sum was not too large. With respect to the Medina, the unsettled claim arose from a question of salvage which had not yet been finally adjusted, but he had reason to expect that the amount would be recovered. Mr. MONTAGUE wished for some explanation re specting the sum of 34,189/. 17s. 7d., the amount of the Company's claim against the estate of Acra man and Co. He wanted to know bow it could have happened that so large a sum over whatthat firm were entitled to had been paid to them. The CHAIRMAN said that some time previous to the stoppage of that house, the Directors, wis.hing to have the ships in their hands finished as soon as pos sible, gave their assistance for that purpose. If they had not done so they should have been in much greater difficulties in the matter ; _ besides, they had ascertained that the money they had advanced had been laid out in finishing the ships. Mr. RIDGEWAY complained that the Company paid the officers in charge of their ships at a higher rate than that at which the officers in the Navy were paid. The CHAIRMAN said that it was not a just com parison to make between the salaries of their officers, and those of the officers of the Navy. The comparison should rather be between the pay of their officers and that of the officers belonging to a Company of the same kind, and he believed that if there was any difference in that respect they were rather under the rate of other Companies. It was their object to get efficient officers. If they gave poor pay they would have inefficient officers. The captains and mates in the Company's service were as efficient as any to be found in the service of any other Company, and he did not think their pay extravagant. A PROPRIETOR, whose name we understood t, be Terry, revived the question of the loss of the Solway, and took occasion to reiterate some or the complaints that were so rife some time ago against the inanage ment of this Company's steamers. He particularly mentioned the Dee. Mr. T. BARING said that, with re spect t b o the Dee, they had lately had th e hi g hest app ro a l tiT to the e pressed by 0 0 passenger s on board that vesse a. ability and conduct of Captain Heinslev and as to the general arrangements on board. In fact, the most flattering testimony had been lately borne by numerous passengers respecting the management of their vessels. The adoption of the report was then put and carried. Mr. Cotesvvorth and Mr. Hibbard were re-elected, and Mr. T. Masterman elected, Directors. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Chairman and Directors, and The CHAIRMAN having acknowledged th e compli trent, the meeting separated. WooLwicti.—Durlng the three days of Greenwich Fair the visitors to her Majesty's Dock-yard, Royal Arsenal, • Repository, and other Government establishments, has been greater tlian ever known before. They are open gratuitously to any respectable individual. The Lord Bishop of Chichester intends, we under stand, holding a confirmation throughout his diocese in the ourse of next May. THE MUSTARD TREE OF SCRIPTURE.—At the last meeting of the Asiatic Society, Professor Rovle read a paper in which he stated that he had "traced an Indian tree, by its Asiatic synonym), to be the mustard tree of Scripture." It is called lcharjal, the Arabic word for mustard; and the tree is found in the north-west of India, and has acrid bark and edible berries. It droops like a willow, and has leaves similar to those of the Salvadora Persica of botanists, which Dr..Royle feels no doubt.is the mustard tree of Scripture. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1544 THE ZOIST • a Quarterly Journal of Cerebral Phy siology and Mesmerism, and their Applications to Re- • man Welfare.. ,Bailliere, Regent-street. We have . obserrd with much gratification the pro gress of this able periodical, the filth number of which is now before us. It is devoted, as its title implies, to the kindred sciences of mesmerism and phrenology—kindred in so far as both relate to the nervous system ; phreno logy applying exclusively, indeed, to one portion—the brain, while mesmerism seems to embrace not only the brain and the nerves arising more immediately from it, but, in addition, ail the other nerves of the body ;. and the two sciences, when fully carried out, may be ex pected to constitute a complete physiology of the nervous system. In the prospectus, after speaking of the two sciences separately, the editors say:— " The extraordinary phenomena elicited during the excitation of the cerebral organs by means of mes merism, and establishing a connection between the two sciences, constitute another department, demanding the most serious attention and investigation ; and the ulti mate results of which may transcend in value and utility all that man has yet dared to hope from science. Let, what many facti render probable, be once established, viz., that this state of increased activity can be rendered permanent and carried into the natural state, and who does not catch a glance of a mighty engine for man's regeneration, vest in its power, and unlimited in its ap plication, rivalling in morals the effects of steam in, me chanics?" The first number contains a powerful article on Phre nology, or Cerebral Physiology, as it is more appro priately named ; an equally powerful article on • Mes merism.; several minor Original Communications on both subjects ; and a pretty full report of the Proceed ings of the London Phrenological Society. The leading articles in this number are introductory, and will hardly bear curtailment. The second number has an admirable article on " Our Criminal Code," advocating the moral treatment of criminals, in opposition to the system of punishment now in operation, and denouncing particu larly the punishment of death—" With our present knowledge, when we look back, it does appear strange that society should have been so long occupied in punishing men instead of searching after the causes of criminal actions," &c...." That the judge and jury should investigate all the circumstances occurring during a long course of criminal conduct. unanimously express their abhorrence of the particular crime for which the prisoner is arraigned, by returning a verdict which ne cessarily consigns him to the gibbet, and yet never ask themselves the question why does this man differ from us?" &c...." The punishment of death is one of the blots which still characterise our semi-civilised condi- ti0n."..." We take not our ground en the inex• pediency of retaining the punishment of death in our pena code, but we proclaim the immorality and injustice oi such a proceeding. It is immoral, because it it our duty to endeavour to reform and improve our brother, and not to destroy him. It is unjust, because we can pre vent him from committing crimes, by adopting other measures ; and because we have no right to destroy a being who is acting according to organic laws, in other words, whose actions are necessary. On what ground is it continued ? It is not beneficial to the criminal, for he is destroyed. Neither is it beneficial to those who have not committed crimes. The latter may be divided into two classes ; one composed of beings who are a law unto themselves,' and who under the ordinary temptations attending their career, never commit what may be called a criminal action ; the other composed of beings, who, from an ill-balanced brain, and the addition too frequently of most unfavourable external circum stances, are disposed to recognise no law, but to have recourse to force and cunning upon all occasions, and adopt proceedings suggested to them. by this organism, and for which society, ignorant of the natural laws, con demns to various kinds of punishment, and frequently to the scaffold. What good effect is gained by such a course ? An execution excites no feeling of terror amongst those predisposed to commit a crime similar to that for which the unfortunate being is suffering. The security of the social state is not increased. Man is not to be reclaimed by exciting his fears • the hypocrite may become more hypocritical, and the coward and demon more slavish and nily, but surely such a con summation is not to be desired ; this, certainly is-not the aim of judicious legislation. Destroy the sinner, and you destroy the tendency to sin in his neighbour ! Torture and kill an individual in the presence of as sembled thousands, and affectionately tell them to be hold his agonies, and to reap moral instruction ! Can greater ignorance be manifested ? Yet this is the course pursued in civilised Britain. Does the specimen of legalised destructiveness, exhibited by an execution, excite the moral organs in those witnessing it ? Quite the reverse ; it is a direct stimulant to the animal organs. How absurd then the notion of elevating and improving man, by presenting to his notice the destruction of the most unfortunate, pitiable, and de graded specimens of his species. Ferocity and barbarian ruthlessness still characterise our criminal - law. Ignor ance and indifference are still personified on the judicial bench ; for there physiological science is not studied, and moral promptings are uncared for." "It may be asked, if this punishment is abolished, what do you propose to substitute ? On what principle do you intend to govern men, and to punish offenders? Individuals who hare committed actions which are op posed to the s,afety and stability of the social compact should be confined ; not for the purpose of punishment, but solely with the object cf reformation. A Govern ment framing laws for the regulation and control of a people, should have the power to seclude those indivi duals who break these laws ; and, during the seclusion, those measures should be adopted most calculated to enable the offender to recover and retain his lost station in society. Those who have committed.crimes against life, or those whose actions and cerebral conformation prove them to be incapable of free intercourse with their neighbours without the committal ofcrime, should be Confined for life, and be considered moral patients, more fitted for the wards of a moral infirmary than for the treadmill, the solitary cell, or the scaffold," &c. These extracts will suffice to show the general bear ing of the article, for the more complete working out of which, we must refer our readers to the work itself. This, and the Third Number also, contains cases of the cure of a variety of diseases by means of mesmerism from Dr. Eliotson. After stating that for six years he had "carefully and constantly investigated the powers of Mesmerism over different diseases," and had employed a former pupil at University College to mesmerise for him during the whole of that period, Dr. Elliotson says, " I have found it one of the most important remedies, and accumulated a great amount of decisive evidence of its marvellous powers, even when all other means have failed in the hands of the most noted practitioners. This evidence I shall gradually send to your publication. It would probably nit be received by the medical journals, and I should indeed be unwilling to transmit it to . any medical journal or society, since the conduct of the mes dical profession has been so disgraceful, both intellec tually and morally. My statements will, I know* be relied upon. They are not only true to the letter, but are the result of the most patient and careful labour, gone thrOugh with no view to emolument or reputation, but for the love of acquiring and disseminating know ledge. I have never received a fee and never will, for practising mesmerism, from the humblest or the highest. Reputation is:out of the question. The medical profession being totally - ignorant of the subject, have thought proper to stigmatise me as a fool, a visionary, a madman, aye, and a quack, for under standing something of it. Their ignorance and conceited obstinacy have been my disgrace. From being thought a 'careful and conscientious ob server,' a most skilful physician in ascertaining the tea] nature of a disease, and in employing remedies ;' a great contributor to the improvement of the medical art,' an worthy to have the largest and most leading practice ; destined to divide the town with Dr. Chambers, who was to be the Halford and I the Baillie of the day,' pos- sessing the highest claim to be physician in ordinary to the Monarch ; ' styled the first physician of the age,' in letters brought by patients without end, the only effect of which was to make me work the harder, that I might one day really deserve such commendation', I was all at once considered destitute of all my previous knowledge and skill, incapable of observation and investigation, and unworthy of any practice," &c. The Doctor goes on in this and the succeeding Numbers to detail some highly interesting • cases of insanity, St. Vitus' dance, palsy, and deafness and dumbness erred by mesmerism. We have not room for any further extracts at present, but shatl return to the subject on a future occasion. A LANDSCAPE IN SOUTH AMERICA.—A new and surpassingly beautful landscape burst suddenly upon our view, seeming to dance in the transparent atmosphere. On either side mountains, those on the left in deep shadow, those on the right standing forth like colossal figures of light, in a beauty and spieudour that seemed really supernatural, every tree, every branch s hining in its own vivid and glorious colouring. There lay the valley in its tropical luxuriance and beauty, one sheet of bloom and blossom up to the topmost crown of the palm trees, that shot up, some of them 150 and 180 feet high. Thousands and millions of eonvolvoluses, paulinias, e fe a rn nd to su t i l n ie . btrigeenotrnuiansk,sn,efnrodmrobtiitzlernst,Llikmshtion mils of the trees, and thene . e ag fallin gracefully climbing thanfrobnii• ranches th e down, and catching and clinging to the mangroves and blocks of granite. It burst upon us like a scene of en inofßlack Manchesterwood. chant:cent, as we emerged from the darkness, of the forest into the dazzling .light and colouring of that gin. si l l PEA-GREEN. “T H w Two .A y N 7 1 gh . f e s — in Th e t M exico, an rio , u , having, as is pretty well known, many and various pledges, some of which it has found, and ~ has,still finds, it diffi cu lt to convert into the " rea d y , hit on an expedient, within the however, last few days, of ridding itself, though perh a p s not at its full cost, of a most splendid dress' of the well-known Mr. Tl'ing-eass'' once the property , rt , yne, better known, no doubt, as " Pea-green H • aple. This splendid affair has "come off," this week, in the shale of a lottery or raffle. The estimated value sai is • d to have b, en 1,000/. The bank took, so says the report, twenty shares or tickets, ~ and its manager, Mr. W. Smith, also one ticket, which kov:2d to be the lucky one; so that it is probable we shall witness another lottery or raffle in due course. This splendid article of the toilet, has been on show, and those only who have seen it can duly appreciate its richness and s pleaulour.—Liverpocl Chronicle. DESTRUCTIVB FlRE.—Last evening, the tar and naphtha distillery at Bromley-common, the property of Mr. Bethell, was destroyed by fire, together with a considerable quantity of valuable materials used in the business. The origin of the calamity is not ascertained; but the flames made their first appearance in the counting-house, and, owing to the inflammable nature of the property, all the efforts made to stop the conflagration were unavailing. Mr. Bethell was not insured. TnE CROPS.—We rejoice to state that the wheats on the Cotswolds present a remarkably vigorous and healthy appearance. The oldest farmer never remem bers a better prospect.—Gloucester Chronicle. MONEY -MARKET and CITY NEWS• FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIMS.•-•-As the holders of the Three-and-a-Balt' per Cents. 1818, in spite of what has already been said, may not be all aware of 1116 peculiarity of their position with respect to the operation of reduction, it is as well to re peat, that if they do. not signify to the Bank of England their assent in writing to the Government plan on or - before Saturday, the 20th inst., they will be deemed to have dissented. The annual meeting of the Shareholders of the Royal Mail Steam-pad:et Coinpany took place to-day, and passed - 01er quietly compared with previous proceedings. 'l.' lie working of the steamers is not yet sufficiently pro fitable to enable the - Directors to declare a dividend, but the result of the 'Operations - of the past year is favourable to the opinion :expressed at the October meeting, that the eat nings'ot the Company would reach 120,000/. per annum, subject to insurance and wear and tear. 'I he present accounts nppe..r to contain heavy charges for accidents and inexperience in the early career of traiiness, and hence the absorption of a consderable portion of the revenue veceitoel. However, as all ottt standing claims accruing from past transactions hate been satisfied, the service of the present year will com mence free from such liabilities. In conformity with the resolution of the last general meeting,' the insurances upon vessels' have not been renewed, and henceforward it is intended - to set apart annually . the sum of 25,0001. to meet any loss that may arise in this respect. The Directors offer no estimate as to the amount of surplus likely to accrue during the current year, yet they say they are clearly of opinion that a considerable sum will re main applicable to the liquidation of debt, to the replacement of capital, or the payment of a divi dend. The sum remaining due by the Company for loans is 70,0001., which it seems is a decrease of 50,000/. since the half-yearly meeting in October last. There was little discussion of an interesting character to-day, but pointed_ reference was made to the large amount of 34,1891. 17s. 7d., proved for by the Directors against the estate of Messrs. Acrarnan and Co., being the difference between their contract price for the Avon and the Severn, and-the sum paid to them for and expended in finishing those vessels. With respect to the desire ex pressed by several of the shareholders to be put in pos session of simplified accounts, it was promised on the part of the Directors that attention should be given to this subject, as also to proper economy in expenditure. The report • was adopted unanimously, and there ar.- peared to be a much more friendly feeling among the shareholders, who now appear shortly to expect some return for their invested capital. SUN.—After the slight reaction of the morning, oc casioned by a few sales to realise upon the great ad vance, the Consol Market closed with some firmness at looi to f ; .Exchequer bills supported the rise, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. rallied to 104; India Stock was 294 to f ' Spanish Active Bonds closed at 261 I - the Three per Cents. at 371 ; Mexican, at 36; Ureelx at l6f 1,- ' Brazilian, at '801; Peruvian, at 30f to 31; and Dutch • Two-and-a-Flail per Cents. at an improvement to elk.' ' The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Chester and Holyhead were 21 ; Great ' Western, 35 ; Birmingham, 136 to 135 ; Dlanchester and Leeds, 43i ; South Eastern, 1 ; York and North Midland, 68 ; and Paris and Orleans, 15i to 154 pre- I mium ; Eastern Counties have been 104 ; and ' Strasburg and Bale, 21 to '1 discount. London Joint stock Bank Shares were 31 ; and Provincial of Ireland, New, 7 tol premium. TRANSIT THROUGH EGYPT. Mr. Waghorn, the indefatigable and active agent for the transmission of passengers and stores across the Isthmus of Suez, has addressed the following very satisfactory letter to \ the Times, in answer to some complaints made, as it appears, in error, by some pas sengers.going to India : Sir,—ln your columns this morning is a letter from 17 gentlemen, connected with the civil and military ser vices, en route to India, complaining of the bad arrange ments made for their transit through Egypt, more par ticularly over the Desert; and really it is a source of great regret to me to hear complaints made, while, ou the other hand, the greatest possible credit is due, even under ,the chief circumstance complained of, viz., the ratigue and exhaustion of the horses, arising from a course of nature, over which human means can have no control. _ _ . In September, 1842—eighteen months ago—that fear ful mortality, the murrain, visited Egypt, as it occa sionally ever has dune since the time of the departure of the Israelites from it. It was one of the standing plagues inflicted by the Almighty upon Pharaoh, for refusing to let the children of Israel go." This fearful mortality has taken away ten. twelfths of the whole of the cattle of Egypt since that time. In October, 1842, out of the number of horses in the Desert for the transit of passengers, upwards of 100 died by murrain in that month, and its ravages not only continue in various parts f Egypt, but deprive the cattle that remain of their usual stamina and strength. The I'acha has lost upwards of 1,000,0001. sterling in camels, dromedaries, and horses, without mentioning sheep, goats, and other cattle, since September, 1842. His ships have been constantly goilT to Tunis, Syria, Trieste, and other parts of the Mediterranean, to pur chase cattle for the comm.n purposes of husbandry, and many of them die a few days after their arrival. Under circumstances like these, had the passengers been aware of them, such complaints as have been made could never }lave emanated from them against the Transit Company. Eighty passengers arrived at the Alexandrian' end to India, and upwards of 100 at the Suez end from India, on the same day ; consequently the cattle on the Desert had to do double work ; and it hould have been a matter of thanks, instead of cots plaints, that they all got over that Desert, and embarked to and from India without one being left behind. Sir, I think enough has been said to exotterate the Transit Company, who are doing their utmost, under the Dacha's soul-stirring influence, amidst heavy losses, to give satisfaction to all who pass through. Regarding the provisions, the murrain will not allow the cattle that remain alive to pin fat or strength, and therefore their meats are lean, and do not look so well is otherwise, and this will account for the ordinary looking state of the provisions: also, the great influx of passengers at Alexandria and Suez (more than 180) would not allow of sufficient time to get them better ; for it never can be known until the arrival of the steamers, whether there are 50 or 100 to provide for., I beg pardon for trespassing so long on your columns, but hope this explanation will be deemed satisfactory by more than the majority of your readers. I remain, Sir, your faithful and obliged servant. THOMAS WAG HORN. Egyptian-offices, 34, Cornhill, April 10. THE INDIAN MARRIAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six, —Mr. Ramsey presents his compliments, and begs to state that Mr. Alexander Cadotte (the gentleman who was married by him yesterday morning at St:Mar tin-in-the-Fields) is a French Canadian, and is a Mem ber of the Church, having been duly admitted by the sacrament of baptism at the town of Sandwich, in Up per Canada. 103, St. Martin's-lane, April 10. THE NAPOLBON MUSEUM.—This exhibition, per haps the most curious of any of the numerous exhibitions in the metropolis, and one that has cost the proprietor the un wearied application of many years to collect, has undergone a complete re-arrangement, and has been opened to the pub lic now at a rate of admission that everybody, to whom such things as the collection contains are f any interest, can afford to pay. During the short time that the Museum in the Egyptian-hall has been closed, many judicious alterations have been made in the hanging of the portraits, in the classi fying of the various objects illustrative of the Emperor of the Frerch, of the history and events of the Freed'. Revolution, of the general history of Europe for more than half a cen tury, and of all the distinguished and remarkable charac ters with which that period abounds. There is now a om plete series of portraits of statesmen , marshals, generals, warriors, patriots, &c , forming a pictorial narrative of the events by which the reigns from Louis XVI., of the Republi can Government, of the empire, and of time c ommencement of the reign of Louis XVIII., were rendered remarkable. These portraits, or at least the very great maiority, of them, are exceedingly fine as works of art The miniatures and enamels, which are most exquisite gems when considered in reference to their execution, the persons they depict, and the anecdotes with which they are connected, are unrivalled both m cla ed ss a , l b s, y an w d h b ie r h on h z i e s s t „ o t r i , i 7 e sh se o ri ul es d as objects of vertu and as illustrations of great personages and stirring events. re are amongst the recent additions to the collection a. fine half-length portrait of Frederick the Great, once in the possession of that monarch, and a fine por linTglsmobfitihsthat, be studied, and without it cannot be understood, t a a n n ( i l s a l a l all things have been re -arranged, and now afford the curious and time ot por trait coins,it ofS student an almost graphic view of the events to which they relate, and impress upon the memory, through the eye, the incidents which tradition and w r itt en narrative handed down. The very valuable collecti on o f letters, both on public business and priN • ate affairs, of public documents and 'of . family re cords ha s also undergone a revision in its arrangement, by which a more easy reference to its contents is secured. Without making invidious comparisons between such an ex hibition as this and some others by which the public are at tracted, it must be said that it argues little for good taste to prefer the howling of semi-savages and the deformity of stunted nature to the treasures of art, the records of history, and the relics of great events and great men.—Times. INFEnNAL MACHINE IN SkiErnELD.--,About half past 'one on Saturday morning some murderous rascal threw a tin case loaded with gunpowder into the bed room window of Mr. George Gillott, file-grinder, re siding at 197, Granville-street Park, Sheffie:d. Mr. and Mrs. G Mott, with an infant, Caere at the time in bed ; but on juniping• out Mr. Gillott saw the fuse burning, and very w isely get his wife and child doe n stairs as quickly as possible. They had, scarcely however, crossed the lower room towards the door, when, : tbe ex plosion took pace, shaking down part of the ceiling of the bedroom; and breaking every pane in the window, with a part of the sash also. One panel of a cupboard in the bedroom was forced out, while a post and part of the wall of a large closet adjoining was blown from the upright. Even in the lower room one panel of a doer was broken, and in the garret the roof was lifted partly up. In this place two apprentices were asleep, but only one was awoke by the noise of the explosion. On hear ing it he directly j umped up, and sagaciously observed to his companion, " Bill, Bill, get thee up, or else we shall be suffocated." Happily neither of the lads sustained a ny personal injury. So great was the shock that it shook the wall of a house next door, occupied by : Mr. James Barker. The flame from the powder came up wards of a yard through the windoW into the street. It i 3 time that such awful proceedings were officially- in quired into. The lamentable frequency of their occur rence is rapidly degrading the character of our town. It is a deplorable siste of society which permits innocent families to be at the mercy of the midnight assassin.— Sheffield Iris. ang rely [nal I it. the yet I to Afer ness wed nerd 11 to o 5. C 3 8 4 4, 3 8 3 0 4 2 SI 8 6 8 icing Pi. d• 9 6 2 1 0 3 3 0 4 i ds of ,tera- Plan' has'. 6d t• 6run, been been Aions 656 , :i 22i much u JO ) nue' :k els ; frolli ! ylon , alaild , i ou gll wad e ~ tula