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lay s "eminent illt°" ill. d r the wean I 0 4. he Right )nof th e Pl - 00 • ece. • 0 1 , for leave t O IP love a re , / 0 ' the Rigbt seyeral lm ittee to r.O or - 6 . - / focie fiS nal s remili to e !oo3P-1 499 f LA No ,4oP 4 fps ee l f C d ode r t r 4, 0 lop °Pen the qn Sid er estion he was a b out to bring under the con ation of the House that evening ; and strong as ,%rioe.nrethhaiSt feaenli.nes respecting it—deep as was his convic- In the task of "' " %Ise} • • delay in dealing with it would only add fro net to pt procastination—he should shrink to theattention House calling of the Haig a so largely and ably discussed at the begin s4g of the present session, if he saw anything like a eoe ee, however distant and faint, that her Majesty's Go *ererae..,„ eachnu were prepared to entertain the principle upon the settlement of the question must ultimately th at this He did not for a moment suppose dual this question would or could be advanced strong?e!l efforts, or that the inveterate feelings or pre ithuiees, he 'would call them, which had plunged them for '` na .._.Fe hundred y ears i nto a course of vicious legislation. which still retained such a hold on the minds of t e h Dntr ar3Y, W ould be r emove d b y individual effort. On the ', whenever t h e t i me for dealing practically with theb question a rr i ved, it would require the best efforts of stooAes.t men of both s id es to remove the obstacles which r on the way of a settlement. Much forbearance, hwh mutual concession, would be required ; and he ti h, lev ed that men on all sides must follow the opi th'en of Bishop Watson, who, in the debate on sr oa u tin ,°, said that " they must learn to give up eord sin gs tuin to secure great things, as tranquillity, cell a, p(r hear.) He admitted the ' e -esto, ll was difficult and complicated, but that was no c a lt s t ,on why it should not be entertained.—(Hear, hear.) e • Em ancipation was difficult, yet Catholic Erman tZlll?ati°ll was carried. Nay, the more difficult and corn ated the question was, the more indispensible did it bef o clne . t hat the House should entertain and promote it n o re it was forced on it by events over which they euruld have no control—the more incumbent it was to it ncl tai to l e t e. ll° difficulties and unravel that complication, - Lie F ' 4 e° , if possible, the I r i s h Ch urc h upon a foot t4 Ire co nsistent with its own profes se d o bj ec t s , an d tlii,gjeai.t in terests it was intended to pro mo t e . With 0 a th e „ e ' in g• if he s aw any thi ng lik e a progress i ve pol i cy e P a rt of the Mi n i s t ers — anyt hi ng lik e an h onest ties`t raina tion or desire t o gra ppl e w ith t h e real difficul teo-dwhich the Government of this country had to con kr Wi th —to regard Catholic Emancipation as peat Pitt reenrded it, as the first of a of , series ' of measures for the amelioration sPira .eift ild, framed on a large and comprehensive 1)oli t ' and carried out with a vigorous hand—such a ttiru o ,ws that would have no warmer supporter than pla /'rie ll e - , l ' Be adopted on this point the words of an Hor . i. °f his, whom he was sorry not to see then in his li e sa e, with Whom he often concurred in opinion, though for 00 the other side of the House—the Hon. Member Wish e3 ' olo uth—who said, on the first debate, " th a t his th e ws 'at to see his Right Honourable Friend . , s tenti o h ead of the Government announce . his T ree - of altering the anomalous position of t th e `estant Church in Ireland, while he maintained o tieh Prin ciPle upon which a Church Establishment e t t o of rel.• be maintained in any country . for the . purposes loolo., 1 141 "°, but giving up the doctrine that it was to be adoe - ;`," as a Protestant stronghold." He (Mr. Ward) en , o 'en that principle altogether, but he would ask any leve -er nan on either side of the House whether the X 5 on was indicated by Honourable and tvh7Leci Gentlemen, either by word or deed, that w°ol d warrant him in entertaining the belief toen t Bll °,,h are the sentiments of her Majesty's Govern for ,'Vas there any good legislation at all in prospect great - t e h la a n n d r. : Had the Government announced any g in their policy, any change that might s74ably be expected—had any one thing . been said f tlisetine calculated to remove or to allay the just cause of P r il , t ent, the just cause of excitement which prevailed of eland, and thus bringing back the alienated feelings '-gl e .PeoPle of that country to England and this House. the /, ; 11 1 , hear.) Th e only m e a s u re commence d was er o ;' 80 Registration Bill, which the Right H on . Gen ate „ ri, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ist:fl o unced his intention of proceeding with on the Tit . 1 ' r id ' y if the state of public business a d m itt e d it. Mherhe believed, was, that the Bill had b een every tioo:e„received with such an universality of condemna tilktaat th ey would never hear of it again. There was to rr i" i e 13i11 which the Right Hon. Baronet the First teas:: ° the Treasury alluded to at the beginning of the a n e i ll ' for further endowment of the Catholic clergy. 4f 41 not know whether that was included in the . list Pre 4 ?,, a stires to be introduced by the Government . in the at 'at session. But there was, in truth, no legislation Psa;i''' for Ireland since this time twelvemonths, and if. 1 44 1 1 f rom their works to their words, they looked at kodts'eclarations as a criterion of what their future -e f t ~.was to be, he found that there never was a time 41414 sp here was so little of what was good expected, They s f, much of what was bad anticipated.—(Hear.) -a not only taken up a position which . was . • ' i _ but the yh d ledged themselves to maintain it. t Wer; "'ad had - a series a of declarations within the last 1 14 str; in onths, from almost every member of the Mi tillensive to Ireland, discouraging . to those who, ") Part ike hira „ se lf,. wished it well . without any direct reference sr• e °l3 Jects, and destroying all hope of good to arise st i - rh ell who had been tying their own hands upon the e-LPortant questions which could possibly be brought aO st r ° t r ie,`gem• His Noble Friend the Secretary of State • -h` ,4olonies had declared that he could see no differ ,7staetTetc,ween a Protestant Establishment and a Pro- Q overei n ; that in 1829, when Catholic Eman ,4fith was ca g rried, there was an implied agreement, , wr• i e P,would be a gross breach of faith in those who uath,-,,htnat measure to depart from. Now he really had ,S,,tir e j" aware that the present Government was . com . posed I .‘ o es l t, °f those who carried Catholic Emanciion.— n tit i l e ' e ,ar-) If the Right Hon. Baronet the Member ~da had been told, at that period, that he would 0 0 41 :1 himslf in a Government of which the Right Zare . iTea,,ronet (Sir R. Peel) was a member, he would s 'elv e much surprised at such a . declaration. .Such, ver n °l 4 was the first declaration illustrating the inten -;„ t he Government. In the next place, an H . on. Tl,,,eoo te s -a n ra ,.w_ e hose - opinions on Irish affairs were entitled at otwgefrobl h. weig e h e t n — t and they derived more weight appointment as Secretary to the , ; (4. 4s,tthY--hulad his recent that the Church was a line eves-earation etween parties ; that no Conserya kit Stat esman b could, without dishonour to fum ,tl4l,44tilid r uin to his party, make any other de o ,„ .4 aodthan th a t h e was determined to do all ati lB e PeWer to maintain inviolate and intact the dign• etizh''" s ition of the Established Church. Then came the ktr,ll.°,Baronet, 0• the Home Secretary, who, while he k krelandas the fatal field which had separated 'et 1.'411 his former friends, who he could never hope to ti gain st , except as opponents, in . answer to many Oble I,'"'erttte and rational suggestions made by his 1, rieod the Member for the city of London, said— itlie'ieet all these L. that nostrums ; they are all incompatible •ip Ntl, preference which the Protestant State of E rig a „ I,tiseour f undamental princi s p a le_,..h s a . s me d n ec . ided on giving kt %tid ed the Protestant . E Establishment." h t " " I stand," • the iiPon the choice made by this country sc ale . Reformation —confirmed at the Revolution tll the Act of Settlement—and ratified e re.ttegst ct of Union. I hold that preference to b (l,: e t‘, l ," e firmest foundations of our liberty ; Ibe got' be the work of the greatest statesmen, _ and I at 44 010 elt will be overthrown by any Repeal As h ea d (Hear hear.) Now, the Right Hon. Baronet oe to _o s f her ' Majesty it 's . Government, had had the these declarations. He eswiad ee l , iderably mod "If we were n Y ;v g co a nvinced that the social 4 4,..." 11 of Ireland requires a alteration of the law p,.,'°l:3ont'ailr.tuere from the com p a ct which has been made, nld not be prep a ed to maintain that corn ,j4e 44ut still he came to the same conclusion, in sub -4 brig s : his colleagues; because he said afterwards, ath .g r e to,,reason and conviction in aid of compact and aaimble "Pse 00 d I come to which,th conclusion that the best p it o il w d the course I for one, as far as my th e ie t t.. ei's can be exerted, can pursue, is to main -Ist"' deo i ntegrity the Protestant Church." Now, skate at:rations held out veryl' d hope as to the ,of Ireland, but a still stronger ite and a still 4 qe ° at d eclaration on the same su bject had been reetl thither 4 place, to which he could not allude more pest' Cli by saying, that there were c t e_rt e a m inorgans all C op of that i tt t)° k the liberty of imparting to _h Cbprehti, th e place to which he referred, 0 the ocea ilPresentation of a petition on the su , bet n ol the Irish 4 t:i% ' ll, . 6 Duke of Wellington said, The Protestant tieett subsisted in Ireland for 300 years. It had been tl;kete,er during a system of contests, re t b_ and h Ireland at tipiotiretit r w as part of the compact mad y r est ed 'ue union ; it was the foundati e on wi on . which the faith at,' and you cannot depart from it without being N t1 ; 11 ,11 a ,•lPaeh of faith worse than those pecuniarbreaches t o have been alluded to on such occa. 4C 4 e.. tit u w , all these declarations were, in his . humble to "41 ' very d • tic. They irritated rio t t .useless an- very imp " i he' any 'ace—they settled nothing; they . co_uld not t a re dto a system which was indefensible upon any 4 44 / 41 , 4 4hi e lla toral right. He could not but help referring t i 'l k „t on cbteasion on which a Royal Duke, in alluding ta " C atholic Emancipation, had made a remarkab . le tt e ni • Th e in kch nes t , speech of the Duke of York did more l er Y ° alienate and exasperate Ireland . than all the st ep a i pp he 4 ; 4 , suffering of which he had complained—( Hear, eoncession to Catholics would be a total change tlil ied s et tOental Principles of the Constitution and a blow t j e „: e .rY root of •t that nobody could be more in -,eer\P-gee Lation than his 3 Majesty, but there sail a great olili;°roeL?'ween tolee n late and emancipation. He said that l k t i(11, -I°ll,9ath stood the way of concession, from the end t giS 0 4 wui ell the King could not release himself by any k id ho h: l o or be releasedby any act of the Legislature. t ou tte t toNidttilioribierobibed those principles in his earlies ‘ 4 d:ret' or , d to their ustice after the most mature NiNd l e ,*' : To those .I principles be still adhered, 'e t ] - of h. -a mtain and act to them, down to the last mo- F it . 44 ri t i t t ie i ll , e i l li ti st o e totte ,..... i " him God.—( Hear, hear.) That kid ttla ileipat i o ho n ;lev e e: sto the course of events, for the e Act w ! s he four yearsafterwards— krtll:tiet:°" it teas d a lay ea a great and wise measure, ~.44- " e sp ly e e ,tor half its o gra e ce and utility. There was a re f' the Right Hon, Baronet, the Secretary . of tr, t s c o , ,at the time of its delivery, made an impression t.tholie:lktl,t,F„Y• When he(Mr. Ward) had quoted it en a b 'ets," flkd a tc, -t i , the Right Hon Baronet, said that if the Ca ;l,4 eves tei,surne organs senses, affections, sod passions, *erit.:eY.WUthi ne ' ver be satisfied if Catholic Ernanci 11p, - t,„ er, ye tv ee penned, to l eave an intrusive Church in Ireland, uuld b e ' first use they would make 1 aft to reinstate their own Church ; hat political 4 ere er the delivery of that speech, the Rornyanet,Cwitthhion li Put tithed e it tithe enjoyment of p p power. —( Hear.) 84 ti f Right ela Y Ire Hon. Baronet. then, how they could °I red • I mid without doing that which, 27 Yom ago, ste e p v 'onld b e io snete at . utterly impossible to withhold ifici tis _e .e ti of ,e ion were carried. Now, let him recal to t ik! 1 4 t :4 4 hrit ti r e House what was the real subject of . diu . tae them with any lengthened statistical details t 141 1 % ( - 17 -esso nse t° revenues of the Irish Church ;it ins the i ettlP° 6 4l Y cl ° I ' o . because his No ble Friend had placed at t oo bt Y th e p ...e re most recent data whiakt eould be sup -414 : ti ght bet? "laStieal Commissioners. The question was nth .th, %Ni le bef o r e he in such a shape that he believo4 e h eyee ye very little difference of opinion as to the amount w h it tast is year his estimate of the revenue , of the to eir el r 65 2,5 3/ " Was fter-edingly his perfect and 10.49 . ttl,%4,,natar„. The estimaee of his Noble Friend, OW ,, _ were afterwards explained, w t a. e ee ry 0 1_ 4 fiblerene e of 1 :20,000/. BOO) those t . e , "eo under the mark. He believed be atitiai revenues —the revenues held by dean-, 1 1 **" -wl.; th e eN!anons at 196.132/. ; the paro c hial tithe s at eo p a l at 9 ,0001.; tithe, bold by dignitaries at 24,000/. ; making in all 524,660/. Deduct from this 25/. per cent. for the rent-charge, and there remained 390,4951. Add for episcopal revenues, after deducting tithes, 162,0001., which made 552,753/. ; add to this the value of glebes and demised tithes, and the total present income of the Irish Church appeared to be 652,000/. He believed the estimate formed by Lord Morpeth s , ime years ago, was 744,9261. Well, now, they had to provide out of this income for a popula tion of 750,000 Episcopalians. In the original returns the Wes leyans were improperly incluied. Thy amounted to at least 100,001 persons, and were totally independent of the Establish ment.—(Cheers.) In England there were 14,000,000 Pro testants. There were in Ireland 2,450 parishes, and 1,422 beneficed elergy. In England there were 10,700 parishes. In Ireland there were two archbishops and ten bishops ; in Eng land, with an episcopal population ten times larger, there were only two archbishops and twenty bishops.— ( Hear, hear.) To one bishop there were in Ireland 115 benefices; in England there were 412. The diocese of Lincoln contained 1259 benefices, and that of Norwich 1,033 ; so that there were two bishops in this country for 2,292 benefices., whilst there were 1,422 benefices in Ireland with ten bishops and two archbishops to superintend them.—( Hear, hear.) He put it to the House whether one archbishop and three bishops weiuld not be an ample provision for 1,422 benefices, with 752,000 Protestants, costing eighteen or twenty shillings each? But that was not all. Including educational grants, grants for building churches, and other objects, not less than 3,310,000/. had been voted since the union, to support the Irish Establishment. The charter schools, founded by a Primate Poulter, were proselyting schools, in which the Catholic children were taught to regard their parents as heretics. How could they be expected to turn out well. when they were educated in such a belief? Ir point of fact they had not done so. He did not wish to repeat anything which he had stated already ; but some of his firmer state ments having been denied, he felt bound to allude to them. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Recorder of Dublin said that the neglect of the native language had been greatly over rated. The Honourable Gentlemen then referred to events which occurred in the reigns of Elizabeth and James to bear out his statements on this subject. The Hon. Gentleman then went into a series of statements, to show that from the first establishment of the English dominion in Ireland. the object of the Government had constantly been to enrich.the Church at the expense of the people. The lion. Baronet the Member for Oxford had on a former occasion al luded to the great improvement which had lately taken. place in the Episcopal clergy in Ireland. According to the Hon. Baronet the Apostolic age was on the eve of returning in that country. Now, it so happened that he (Mr. Ward) was constantly receiving communications from Ireland on the sub ject of the Church. He believed that he might say that his desk was the general receptacle for all documents relating to the abuses of the Established Church in Ireland. Now he held in his hand a doeument, of the authenticity of which he had no doubt, it was entitled a catalogue of the genuine effects of the late venerable Thomas De Lacy, Archdeacon of Meath, to be sold by auction, and was dated in February last. Among the articles for sale, he found enumerated forty thorough-bred horses and mares, justly celebrated in all the hunts and steeple chases in Ireland; an entire Spanish ass; a spanish donkey in foal; thirty couple of beagles, and thirteen brace of greyhounds well known in the county of Meath.—( Hear.) These things seemed certainly very little like the Apostolic age as he under stood it. The Hon. Baronet would find that there was still small rooom for improvement. These documents had been transmitted to him by a Catholic clergyman, who, in his letter, had stated that the placa r d enc l ose d wou ld ill us t ra t e th e man nerin which the wealth of the State was lavished on the Church of the minority in Ireland, but he protested against the wealth b e i ng t ransferred to the C athol i c Church. Hi s de sire was to see it employed in some purpose which should be useful to all classes of the people. guch were the doctrines entertained by the whole Catholic prelacy and priesthood. Now bow could they imagine that the people of Ireland, when they saw these revenues, which had been originally left for the sup port of the Catholi c re li g i on , t h us l av i s h e d on t h e mem b ers o f a sinecure Church, who wasted them in the proeusion of worldly luxury—how could they imagine the people of Ireland could place any reliance on their sense of right or of justice? He admitted that the late Archdeacon De Lacy was a kind, hospitable, li beral man—he did not complain of him, but of the system. Nature had intended him for an excellent fox-hunting squire, but the law had made him a bad archdeacon.—(Laughter.) But then they were told that to meddle with the Irish Church would be a breach of the Act of Union. If the Act of Union had no better foundation to stand upon than that, God help them and it—it would not stand twelve months.—( Hear. ) He could not forget the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government on the Dissenters' Chapel Bill—a measure which met with his hearty concurrence. The Right Hon. Baronet had spoken of the good effects of perfect tolera tion at Tamworth, where they were like a happy family, with a Unitarian chapel at one end of the town, a Catholic chapel at the other, and the ,church, like the cut in the Honourable Baronet's caricature, keeping the peace between them. —(Hear, hear.) Surely T amwort h was not t o b e th e exception—why was not the Tamworth system made co-exten sive with the empire ?—( Hear, hear, from Sir R. Peel.) He knew the meaning of that c h eer . I n T amwor th t h e Ch urc h had her rights, and the Dissenters were tolerated. That was right, for the Church was th e Ch urc h o f t h e ma j or i ty ; b u t l e t the Right Hon. Baronet transfer the revenues of the Church to the Unitarian or the Catholic minority, and he would have a little Ireland at his park gate in a fortnight. He utterly denied that they were bound to support the Irish Church, either by the Act of Union, or by the Emancipation Act of 1829. The Catholic oath, in 1829, was framed without any participation or compact with the Catholics, and, at the time of the union, not only was there no compact in favour of the Church, but there were assurances given by Mr. Pitt, and by Lord Corn wallis, that the union should be immediately followed by Catholic emancipation. As a proof of this, he would refer, not only to the communications of those distinguished men, but to the whole course of the union debates. As a proof of Mr. Pitt's sincerity in this instance, he would remind the House that when Mr. Pitt found he could not carry his measures in favour of the Catholics into effect, he resigned office, in 1804, and yet the men who dined at Pitt clubs coupled Mr. Pitt's name with Protestant ascendancy.—( Cheers.) Why, Mr. Pitt had actually struck out the sixth article of the union as it came from Ireland, which saved the Church all the rights, privileges, and jurisdictions which then belonged to it, and had substituted the article as it stood at present, guaranteeing to the Church its discipline and doctrine in the place of the original sixth article ; and he made this substitution on the ground that he wished to reserve to the Imperial Parliament the power of considering what it might be expedient to do for his Majesty's Catholic subjects. Now, it was not possible for a Minister of the Crown to hold stronger language than this. But, even supposing the Act o f U n i on h a d guaran t ee d t h e pre servation of the Irish Church interest, still he might ask the Right Hon. Baronet how he proposed to deal with the question? This was the last remnant of the old system. The Right Hen. Baronet must have foreseen some years ago that it must come to this. He had emancipated the Catholics, and he also stated that when they were emancipated, if they had the feelings of men they must necessarily use their power to endeavour to obtain the restoration of their own Church, and that the union with Scotland bad never been completed until that had been effected. How did the R.ght Hon. Baronet mean to deal with this question? Did he mean to fall back on the " No Popery" cry, and to re-enact the Catholic disabilities? He had lately seen a remarkable suggestion on this point from a gen tleman who had at one time been honoured by a high eulogium by the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, he meant the Rev. Hugh M'Neill, who, although he was not now pm portant as he was some years ago, before the present Ministry came into power, was still a gentleman possessed of considerable local influence. That gentleman as late as December last, in addressing the Conservative Operative Associa tion of Liverpool, had given it as his opinion, that the British Constitution would be destroyed unless political disabilities were again imposed on the Roman Catho lics.—( Hear, hear.) He hardly thought the Right Hon. Baronet would agree with that gentleman. Then there was another gentleman, the Rev. Mr. Glover, who, in a re cent work on Ireland, had stated it as his opinion that all the agitation in Ireland was owing to the double episcopal rule of the Roman Catholic Bishops .and of the Bishops of the Esta blished Church, which was the ancient Church. Mr. Glover stated that it was entirely in the power of the Home Secretary to stop the agitation at any time, by issuing a royal proclama tion informing the people of Ireland that the Roman Catholic Church was a new Church, not dating to a later period than the seventeenth :century, and that the Bishops of the Esta blished Church were the true representatives of the Apostles, and of the Saints in general, and of St. Patrick in particular ; that that was the old religion, which was not the less old because it was preached in the English language. Those were professions made by men who professed the sin cerest regard for all classes of their fellow-country men, and one of them at least had been lauded for his mil.lness by the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies. Was the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government prepared to say that Catbelice were not justified in voting for those reforms in the Established Crouch which a large portion of the Protestants of this kingdom were in favour of? Did he mean to go back to the days of 1753 or of MI, when Lord Westmoreland indig nantly rejected a petition front the inhabitants of Cork, because it contained a paragraph which prayed for the remission of some of the penal laws which then afflicted Catholics? Did the Right Hon. Baronet subscribe to Mr. Montgomery Martin's recommendation—to punish every Irishman who happened to be a repealer with the loss of his goods ? Did he believe in the soundness of the triumph over " the convicted conspirators ?' Did he believe that that success would insure the peace of Ire land ? He thought that would be a most unsound conclusion, and one which he saw nothing in the present condition of the affairi of that country to warrant—he saw nothing in Ireland now but a sullen dogged feeling of dislike to England, and a distrust of our justice.—( Hear, hear.) There was a general feeling there, that if O'Connell had been an Englishman and tried m England, he would hays been acquitted—( Loud cries of " Hear, averse")—that he was in prison because he was an Irishman, and beeause be was tried in Dublin.—( Hear, hear.) Such a feeling naturally gave rise to strong and general re sentment. He saw no sign of discouragement or despondency on the pert of those who had joined Mr. O'Connell in the re peal agitation. He gaw no sign of any disposition to ask un worthy favours of the Crown to effect the release of a man who, . whatever his faults might be — and he (Mr. Ward) did not be lieve they were greater than what would naturally fall to the lot of one engaged in active public duty—a mats whom history would pronounce to be the most eminent of his age and coun try—he saw no disposition, he repeated, to sue for even his liberty, although it would be, no doubt, to the Irish people a source of unspeakable satisfaction. He feared, i f the wounded feelings which at present existed were not allayed, that the struggle would soon be of a different nature—a struggle for separation instead of repeal. Were the sympathies of Europe with them in this persecution of Ireland? He thought not—he did not think the Government could rely on them for a moment. Ireland was our Poland, and what was felt for Poland we ought to feel for Ireland. He did not ask them to go to Catholic Belg'um or Catholic France, but he would go to Protestant Switzerland and Protestant Ger many. The Hoc,. Member then referred to a passage in a French work, the " Bibliotheque Originel," lately published, in w hich it was stated that the present condition of Ireland was utterly uhtenAle. The work was circulated over the whole Continent, and to Continental newspapers generally had ;per fect. horror of our policy. They could not understand the mi serable inconsistency of our applauding public liberty, and yet practising the most illiberal policy upon a large portion of our fellow-subjects, dos' three centuries The greatest ereelties had been practised pn them in the name of the Irish Protestant Church Estelalisbritent,—( Hear.) Why the treaty of Westphalia, although it. territorial re gelatiees had been long since blown to the wind, was prised 'by the th;rmaes, because it conferred civil and religious liberty. Germany sympeehised with Ireland, and wished to Fee hpr shake off that yoke of oppression, that cruel yoke, by the torturee of which, as Judge Jebb remarked, you might d track Ireland by bet blood, like a wounde map.—((js are gway 800,0001. a year for the hear ) Whilst we were voting of the blacks. we were e; a s e nle r e t l o ly , t h he ig fd li:A t e i n o l haggling ateest 4. paltry sum of 8,000 1 . a of 7,000,000 of our fellew-subjects.—( Hear, hear.) Was it not lamentable to see us riskioie She peace of Ireland, to pre oes e 44,, twenty-sev en serve vi.)try ;eaten system, 'which years ago, &Marta pest be abandoned, and ,)~'hick, e gfrci saw the P g could not survive Catholic emetleißtion• We of Prnssia laying the first stone 'or the f:4llWlic cathedral ite Cologne mid acclamations, and yet 'thi OtreP of England ,ceuid ;tot place the name of the moles (listing uished Cailielip in her realms on the Privy Cottee4l, ;Oboist encountering ti \ e veiger abuse of Exeter Hall. He %reels; MI upon the House tha,t eight a. ttq the first step to put an end to al)s ossetn. He trusted .(.hat .that the e con . stp sp e hiee , of the Irish Church would reeiee mee, at the ban At the Commons of England, and teat teeie kietAts source of discontent would be removed , and that trantrultity would be permanently established. Ireland would have her right., however they might slight them. Our only choice was whether Ireland should receive her rights from our justice or through our humiliation. He preferred conceding at once what it would be dangerous and unjust in us longer to with hold. On a subject so exhausted as the nresent, he would not longer dwell, but he believed the House had no other means of averting the repeal of the union than by proving that the Imperial Legislature can legislate for the whole people of Great Britain and Ireland on the principles of equality and justice, and that they were not only able, but willing, to consummate at once this work of civil and religious renovation.—( Cheers. ) Lord ELIOT said, that during the last session of Parlia ment the subject of the Irish Church had been so thoroughly discussed that he did not think it necessary to trespass, for any length of time, on the attention of the House. He had on that occasion so fully stated his opinions, that he thought it the less necessary to trespass on their attention. If he rightly under stood the motion of the Hon. Member, it was much more limited in its nature than the motion of last year. Neither did the Hon. Gentleman go into the same ample details as on a former occasion, but contented himself with requesting of the House to accede to his motion for inquiry. The principal argument of the Hon. Member was, that as the Members of the Established Church in Irelaad bore a small proportion to the whole people of Ireland, that, therefore, the Established Church should be stripped of its temporalities. He admitted the pre mises, but denied the conclusion. It was not a mere question of numbers, it was a question of principle, of right. They were not now called upon to consider which was the best mode of supporting the Established Church in Ireland. They had now to deal with the Church which had a prescriptive right to its temporalities nearly 300 years. He did not think the argu ment of prescriptions could be altogether disregarded by Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House. There was no part of the speech of the Right Hon Gentleman, the Member for Edinburgh, on the Dissenters' Chapels Bill—that eloquent, argumentative speech—which seemed to have made a greater impression on the House than that in which he treated of pre scription. He showed how much his right was cherished, and to what an extent it prevailed, not only in the polished States of Greece and Rome, but even among the uncivilized nations of the East. But he (Lord Eliot) did not, by any means, altogether rely on prescription. The temporalities of the Established Church were secured to her by the Act of Union, and were confirmed by the Catholic Emancipation Bill. The fourth article of . the union was decisive on this point. Mr. Pitt, who had been frequently quoted as an authority by the Hon. Member for Sheffield, was decidedly adverse to the abridgment of the tem poralities of the Established Church. The Noble Lord then quoted the speech of Sir Henry Parnell in 1811, in which that distinguished man stated that the Established Church in Ire land had been seeured in strength by the Act of Union, which was one of the objects of that union ; and he quoted Mr. Pitt's authority to the same effect. Mr. Pitt was of opinion that the Established Church in Ireland would derive security from being consolidated with the Established Church in England. The people of England had been assured at the time the Catholic Relief Bill was passed, that the Protestant Church in Ireland would be secured by it. Mr. Grattan, in 1823, thought the revenues of the Established Church should be supported, and should not be subjected to any species of spoliation. Lord Plunkett deprecated in the strongest manner the transfer of any portion of the temporalities of the 'Established Church to the Roman Catholic Church. He said he respected the rights of the Established Church, and would resist any encroach. ment on them. He maintained that the property of the Church ought to be held as sacred as any other species of pro. perty ; and down to 1832 the present Earl Spencer, then Lord Althorp, held language of the same nature. He was adverse to any Spoliation of the revenues of the Church. After dwelling on this portion of the subject at some further length, the Noble Lord proceeded to notice the argument of the Hon. Member for Sheffield regarding the mal.administra lion of the Irish Government in respect to Church patronage. The Hon. Member said that appointments had been made in the Irish Church which were calculated to excite the discon tent of that people, and that those dignitaries who were so appointed were unfriendly to the people; and the Hon. Member attempted to bolster up his case by readings placard, announcing the sale of some of the property of one Archdeacon Lacy—an elderly, eccentric gentleman, who, be it remembered, was not dependent. upon the revenues of the Established Church, but had an ample property of his own, The Hon. Member had somewhat misrepresented his (Lord Eliot's) sentiments; he had not said anything which could be construed into an opi nion that Catholic Emancipation in any way invalidated the Established Church. Neither could it be urged as a reason for spoliating the revenues of the Established Church, that they should be applied to the Roman Catholic Church, or to the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy ; for the Roman Catholics, as well as their clergy, repudiated the idea of a State provision. Then, what would they do with the property of the Established Church were they to confiscate it? Mr. M. O'CONNELL—AppIy it to secular purposes. Lord ELIOT was entirely averse to any such application, ad he believed if the revenues of the Established Church were taken away none would lament it more than the Roman Catholics themselves. Whatever opinionhe ( Lord Eliot) might entertain regarding the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy, and he owned he was not unfriendly to it, must, during the present state of feeling on the part of the Roman Catholic population and clergy, be altogether abandoned. But this was not the time to discuss that subject. In fine, he conceived that the Hon. Member's plan was unjust, inexpedient, and incapa ble of producing the effects which he anticipated from it ; and firmly entertaining these opiniors he called upon the House in the most earnest manner to reject the motion. Mr. ROSS said he had heard it stated by Hon. Members on the other side of the House, on several occasions when this question was under discussion, that there was no real grievance in the establishment of the Protestant Church in Ireland; but he and others knew well, from practical experience, that these asseverations had no foundation in fact, and that wrong did exist. There was one Hon. Member on the Ministerial benches (Mr. Shaw, we believe), who never hesitated to say that, for his religion, he was ready at any moment to lay dow n his life. He for one did not doubt his sincerity, but he disap proved the feelings which prompted such an avowal. He be lieved such sentiments to be irreconcilable with the Christian dispensation. There were some occasions when his sense if duty would compel him ( Mr. Ross) to fight ; he would fight fo r his country, but he would not fight for his religion, because, in doing so, he must necessarily be attempting to violate the con science, the scruples, and the religious feelings, of his fellow man. It was said by the opponents of the present motion that, if it were agreed to, it would be consenting to the destruction of the Protestant religion in Ireland. He hoped he was as good a Protestant as any man in that House, and his opinion was that no injury could ever accrue to the Protestant faith by any such step. He believed the Protestant religion to be placed on too solid a foundation ever to be shaken, even though all its endowments were swept away. But, for his part, he was prepared to contend that even if this was a real grievance, they were bound to consult even the preju dicea of those from whom they differed. And when the Roman Catholic population of Ireland looked at their own clergy, and then at the rich clergy of the Estab lished Church, and contrasted the two, they felt keenly how strange and strong that contrast was. Under these circum stances, then, the question arose, what was to be done? It had been said that evening, as on previous occasions, that a Committee only was asked for, and that no specific measure of relief had been suggested. Now, in his (Mr. Ross's) opinion, the Hon. Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward) had acted much more suitably and respectfully by leaving the remedy to the wisdom of the House itself. The Honourable Gentleman called on the House to consent to take the first and necessary step towards a remedy, and that was by going into a Committee of the whole House. He thought they ought to act towards the Roman Catholics as they acted towards the Presbyterian clergy, who received the Regium Donum. It was due time for the House to turn its attention to the subject. There was danger in delay. He did not mean to say there was any danger of a rising on the part of the people of Ireland, for peace and order had been preached to them. But human nature was human nature, and the Irish people might avail themselves of the first oppor tunity presented to them, and when that House would too late repent it had not hearkened to the advice of the Hon. Member for Sheffield.—( Hear.) . Mr. SHAW said he was not surprised at the weariness which seemed to pervade the House upon this subject, whether it arose from a consciousness of what the result would be, or from its having been so frequently discussed before. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Sheffield, as usual led the attack on the Established Church of Ireland, of which he (Mr. Shaw) was the humble advocate in that House, but he perceived from the speech of the Hon. Gen tleman that the tactics of the party with whom he acted were considerably changed. The mask of professed friend ship towards the Established Church had been at length cast off. He was glad of it, for the professing friend was more dangerous than the open foe. There was no more talk of surplusses and appropriation clauses. The destruc tion of the Established Church was now put forward, and this he believed was always the object which Hon. Gen tlemen opposite had in view. The issue now sent to the House and country to try, was whether the Established Church, after a possession of 300 years, was to have its property confiscated, and the Roman Catholic Church established in its place?—(No, no. ) The Hon. Gentleman again said that there should be no hig gling about terms. He would not admit of terms, but would take his stand on the ground of justice. As the representative of the Church of Ireland in that House, he would repeat the terms of the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman had spoken of the failure of the Established Church in Ireland in winning over the people. A main cause of that, perhaps, was the maladministration and neglect of the Irish Church. The Hon. Gentleman again alluded to there being no Protestant prayer-books printed in the Irish language for the use of the people. Now he begged to tell the Hon. Gentleman that the Protestant prayer-book was the first ever printed in Dublin, and during the last twenty years thousands of them had been circulated by the Society for the promotion of Chris tian Knowledge. The Hon. Gentleman then went to parti cular cases, and referred to Archdeacon De Lacy. Now, this clergyman was the owner of a considerable private fortune, which he spent in works of charity, and if he kept a great number of cows, he gave away the milk to the poor. If he was fond of sporting, there were perhaps not far from where he had lived Roman Catholic clergymen who were also fond of their gun and their hounds, but he should be sorry to adduce this as an instance of the contlact of the Roman Catholic clergy generally. The Hon. Gentleman then quoted a hand. bill of the auction of this clergyman, which he supposed was drawn up by some George Robins, giving as flourishing an account as po-sible of the property to be sold.—( A laugh.) The character of no Church should be estimated from the conduct of individuals. What were the cir cumstances of the Established Church in Ireland ? Now, he believed there was no practical grievance now felt by the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Whatever grievance they had suffered with respect to tithes bad been removed by their being transferred from Catholic to Protestant landlords. The nett income of the beneficed clergy was now about 350,0001., including curates , 377,0501 . The income of the archbishops and bishops was about 6 i,OOOl. a 'ear, Adding the incomes of deans, chaplains, &e., the total would be about 550,000/. a year. The average of the benefices, supposing them to be 1,400, was 332,0001. That was 2251. for each beneficed clergy man. He believed that the Hon. Gentleman had understated the number of Episcopalians in Ireland. According to the Commissioners of Instruction, it was 850,000 ; but the Wesleyan Methodists of Ireland considered them selves as belonging to the Established Church, and , supposing that to be the case, the entire number of Episcopalian Protestants in Ireland was not, he believed, less than a million. Fifty sinecures had been abolished since August, 1b33, and thirty-two pluralists had been taken from the list ; there were at present only eighty-one pluralists remaining. lii 1847 it wisp roported that there were 345 non. residents; there were now only 1011. When the Temporalities Act had been brought into full operation, he believed there would not be two benefices worth 1,5001. a year, and not ten worth 1,poo;. There were, under the bishops and clergy of the Irish Church, 1,873 e,hoels, cf.in4ining 102,520 scholers, Now hp could not help observing that stieli !ts ' thei bef,erp the jloes ‘ e would e rather tend to excite than to allay the animositieseliiph had hitherto existed. He did not believe that the abolition of the Irish Chereh week, §ive the Catholic population a single meal ;‘ and he thought it was hard that those Ns ho had been the firmest friends of /3ritishtonnexiOn, and 46110 suffered so rery privations, should now be threat- erred with the destruction of Flat institution:--(lfear, heir.) Tlt eMect of the motion could ill:it be 'mistaken ; but hd trusted that he shy old 'never liye to see the day'when the Government could countenance such a propobiOcp : Mr. REOING I'ON knew id what new party the flop. an d i,e‘ri•;.:.d q,ntleman might c(insider . himself •to bet mg ; I?3u;p4ecicstb4ld4iiii,ltlav,,gLiipe;had ju,E t o e t n ma i n w l th d be which reo s i h a IA seeds Thy PiQnr kt i gt}ti*an pai . Thiel) `hg rBE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1844. COLONEL STODDART AND CAPT.- CONOLLY. - Captain Grover has received letters from Dr. Wolff, dated Meshed, from the 14th to the 24th of March. The intelligence contained in these letters was con sidered so important, that they were sent open to Constantinople, for the perusal of Sir Stratford Can ning. This will account for the dates being anterior to those already received, extracts from which have been published. At Askarea, two miles from Meshed, Dr. Wolff was met by Mullah Meshiakh, the Jew of Meshed, who assisted him in 1831, when he escaped from slavery at Torbad. He was accompanied by Muham mad Ali Seraf, Colonel Stoddart's agent. They had heard of his approach by the caravans. This Muhammad Ali Seraf was the channel through which all the correspondence with Bokhara was car ried on, and the Doctor says, "In less than two hours I found this man to be a lying, treacherous scoundrel !" Numerous proofs were given of his villainy, and it is shown that he alone, and not ' Colonel Shiel, is to blame for the detention of the Sultan's letter. The Doctor discovered that this man had in his possession property belonging to Colonel Stoddarl of the value of 2,0001. sterling. He thus relates a conversation that took place : " I asked him whether he had sent on the Sultan's letter which had been sent to him a year ago, which he had sent back to Colonel Shiel on the report of their death, and which Colonel Shiel had returned, with an express order that it should be forwarded to Bokhara at any rate ?" Muhammad Ali Seraf—" No, for nobody dared to take charge of the letter." Myself—"Why_did you not gi ve it t o th e man w h o was sent by the Vice-Roy 33 days ago, at the re quest of Colonel Shiel, and who also took a letter from the King of Persia ?" Al. A. I was afraid that the King of Bokhara might suspect the messenger." Dr. Wolff immediately took the letter from him, and placed it in the case with the letters of the Sul tan and the King of Persia. Sir Moses Montefiore had kindly written letters to the Jews of Bokhara, Samercand, Balk, and Kokau, which were to have been seat through a highly re spectable Jew of Meshed, named Mullah Medee, but Colonel Shiel, of course, according to Stoddart's di rection, sent them to this Muhammad Ali Seraf. Dr. Wolff inquired about these letters, and found the most important one, addressed to the Jews o f Bok hare, in possession of this man with the seal broken; he took this letter, and as it was no longer of use h i has returned it to Sir Moses Montefiore through Co lonel Shiel. In a subsequentletter the Doctor mentions that Aga Abool Kasem, a respectable merchant, formerly British agent, informed him that Colonel Stoddart had sent Muhammmad Ali Seraf shawls to the value of 1,0001. sterling, for the purpose of raising money to purchase an estate. The Doctor says :—" I asked him about that ; he replied, that he had still the shawls in his possession, and that he intended delivering them to Colonel Stoddart's sister in person ! and then sat down to write a letter to that lady. You see by this that the fellow is a rogue." It has already been mentioned that Dr. Wolff was to be escorted by 270 Turcoman chiefs. He gives an interesting account of their having been assembled in a tent by the Viceroy, who showed to them the letters of the Sultan, the King of Persia, the English and Russian Envoys, and thus addressed them Here I recommend to you an English Mullah, recom mended to the Kings of Bokhara and Khiva by four Sovereign Powers. They stroked their beards, and swore to convey me in safety to Bokhara." Another chief of a caravan, named Kurban, who goes to Bokhara every three months, states that Stod dart and Conolly are alive, and imprisoned in the Kalai outside Bokhara, and the Doctor says—" Ka bulli, a Turcoman chief, showed me a letter written by his brother at Bokhara, in which he states that Stoddart was alive to a certainty; and his Excel lency the Assoof Addowla (Viceroy), of Khorassan, to whom I sent the King's courier, to inquire whether I should go to him, at Madden or Meshed, sent me word that Stoddart and Conolly were alive last year." Dr. Woolff states that the Saleh Mohammed, who communicated to Shiel the report of the death of Stoddart and Conolly, is not the Saleh Mohammed whom he knew in the year 1826. He also mentions that an Ambassador from Russia had arrived at Bokhara. Captain Grover communicates to the Editor these facts as he has received them, and, as he has always done, without comment; and he hopes to be allowed, on the present occasion, publicly to express his grati tude to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the powerful means he has so kindly employed to aid the mission, and which, should the Almighty have spared the lives of his friends, will, he doubts not, procure their restoration to liberty. belonged, by whatever name they might choose to call them selves, had always been the greatest enemies of Ireland. The Hon. Gentleman had come down to-night to explain the present position of the Irish Church, and had at tacked them for bringing the condition of that Church before the public. He would not now stop to ascertain to what the fact was to be attributed that the Church had not up to the present time mad e one esnvert mere since the hour it was planted. It might perhaps he owing to the maladministration and mismana , Yernent of its funds. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman asked them to have pity upon the poor Church of Ireland, because it had only 81 pluralities.—( Hear, hear. ) He could not have believed that any Church could have found a defender that had Po many.—(" Oh," and cries of " Hear, hear " from Mr. Shaw.) He took a very different view of these matters from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. He told the Hon. and Learned Gentleman how he, as a Roman Catholic, regarded these things. The Hon. Gentleman took credit for the fact of there only being 109 incumbents of the Church not being in benifices, so that, according to the Hon. Gentleman's own admission, one-fourteenth of the beneficed clergy of Ire land were absentees. They could have no better authority for that fact than that of the champion of the Established Church of Ireland. There perhaps might be an excuse for the absenteeism in Ireland, because it so happened that in many parishes in Ireland there was nut a single Protestant.—( Hear, hear.) In the parish in which he resided snch was the case— ( Hear, hear)—and in the whole union there was not thirty persons who attended the parish church.—( Hear, hear.) It was monstrous that the motion of the Right lion. Member for Sheffield, which only asked for a Committee of inquiry into the state of this Church, should be refused by the Go vernment.—( Hear, hear.) He would not stop to offer an opinion as to the manner in which such an announcement would be received in Ireland. The policy of the Right Hon. Baronet was a most dangerous policy.--( Hear, hear.) It was never to leave a stand which he had taken until the tide came and drove him back from his position. He, a Roman Catholic, told the Right Hon. Baronet this. He was one of those whom the Right Hon. Baronet had emancipated, but whose emanci pation he had through the greater part of his life bitterly op posed, and he stood there a living example that the policy which the Right Hon. Baronet pursued for a great part of his life was false and untenable.—( Hear, hear.) He was surprised to hear it said that the Catholic peasantry paid no tithes. The instant each tithe Bill had passed the landlords had raised the rents, on the ground that they had to pay the tithes. Mr. F. SHAW—They must get it in one way or another. Mr. REDINGTON thought the Hon. and Learned Gentleman seemed really to think that this question of the Church in Ireland was only a question of pounds, shillings, and pence. He wished to guard against its being supposed, for one moment, that he wished to transfer the revenues of that Church to the Itoman Catholics. If he thought that the present motion would tend, even in the most indirect manner, to the establishment of the Roman Catholic religion in Ireland, or to the payment of its clergy by the State, he would record his vote against it.—( Cheers. ) He had not yet seen any example in which the payment of a State Church had ever tended to the benefit of the Church or the State.— ( Cheers.) It was vain to suppose that the Established Church would long subsist in Ireland. Nothing that resembled it would be found in an other country on the face of the earth. While a niggardly grant of 50,0001. a year only was made for the education of the people—while that people were taxed to support the poor, was it not mon strous that they should be called upon to pay tithes for. the support of this Church, in addition to the immense revenues which it otherwise enjoyed. The cause of the Hon. Member for Sheffield was the cause of justice, and although they might oppose it successfully for the present, vet as sure as there was Justice in Heaven, it must ultimately succeed. Col. RAWDON moved the adjournment of the debate. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the adjournment of the debate having been agreed to. COUNTY RATES BILL. Sir W. HEATHCOTE moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee on this Bill, which after some discus sion was agreed to. 'The Bill passed through Committee and the House resumed ; and the Bill was ordered to be reported on Thursday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House, at Twenty Minutes after Twelve, adjourned till this day ( Wednesday). MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TEE MORNING PAPER S OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12 pea mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. Witt. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 45i ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 524, it follows that gold is 0.27 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101(1. perounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 1310-1 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 91, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent - . dearer in Hamburgh than in London. SUN.—The English Securities leave off firmly, and Consols improved a shade, being 984 to Exchequer Bills remained as in the morning. Reduced Three-and a-Half per Cents. touched 101 1 1. Spanish Bonds supported the previous prices —the Five per Cents, were 22i 4, and the Three per Cents. 341 to -I, Venezuela Bonds were at 40, Mexican receded to 34f-1, Columbian were 13i- to 4,andChilittnlo4 to 1041. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 17 ; Croy don, 5 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 19 to 18} ; Nor wich and Brandon, .54 ; South-Eastern, 24 ; Ditto, New, 64. Paris and Orleans; 181 to : 4 1 ; and Paris and Rouen, premium. Eastern Counties, Ili ; Blackwall, 94, and Greenwich 58 discount. British North American Bank Shares were 8 discount, London and 'Westminster, 6} premium, and Provincial of Ireland, 21i premium. The rate of exchange on Paris was steady, and, in deed, on most of the other Continental cities. The following paragraph in a Sydney paper conveys news from New Zealand, to Jan. 10 : " Governor Fitzroy landed at Auckland on the 26th December, and immediately took the oaths of office. Two addresses, purporting to be from the natives of New Zealand, but bearing internal evidences of having been concocted by the land- sharks, were presented to the Governor. Their principal topic is dissatisfaction at the state of the land regulations, which the Governor pro mised to inquire into. Mr. W. Shortland, who has held the difficult and unthankful office of Acting Governor since Captain Hobson's death, had resigned his office of Colonial Secretary, and been succeeded pro tem. by a Dr. Sinclair. The Legislative Council met on the 9th instant, when the Governor presented three short Bills ; one for extending the Supreme Court by allowing the apppointment of a judge at Wellington ; a Bill for in troducing grand juries, and allowing certain chiefs to sit on them ; and a third for giving magisterial powers over the native population in remote districts to certain chiefs. It was expected that the passing of these Bill would only occupy a short time, and his Excellency in tended to sail in H.M.S. North Star, for Cook's Straits, aboutthmels6uthre for ins ti jrig instant, and, on his return, would intro duce a ea the land claims." The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from tcheoinpour,tcohfinLaondon, for the week ending Thursday last : Silver Bars to Hainburgh „ Rotterdam 22,060 oz. ~ Rotterdam „ Hamburgh „ Bullion to ditto „„ ,s,OOO oz. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 45 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Genoa 25 90 Antwerp 25 90 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice 47 Altona l3 l4i Naples 39 Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 65 Palermo, per oz ll7 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon 54 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 121 i B ahia 23 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 364 Buenos Ayres Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldys sight Vienna, effec. 11.31x1 953 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao 36 New Doubloons.— 0 0 0 Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 4 10 Seville Silver in Bars 0 4 11 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. lER MAJESTY'S SHIP CLEOPATRA.-MAS- SACRE OF PART OF HER CREW. An extract of a letter received at Lloyd's from their agent at the Cape of Good Hope, of the 16th April last, throws some light upon the occurrence in which Lieute nant Molesworth and seven of the crew of her Majesty's ship Cleopatra lost their lives, and of which certain par ticulars were given yesterday. From this it will be seen that the natives were the aggressors, and that the me lancholy loss of life referred to occurred in the discharge of a special act of duty, for irritated by detenti on an d re pulsion in an endeavour to thieve, the two natives men tioned evidently instigated their countrymen to perpe trate the murder of eight persons who had offered them accounts to have be en very no wrong, and were the last to imagine such an o u t rage . prompt The natives n e a r appearcarrying their from all horrible execu tion. This is not the first act of the ki n d t h at has oc curred upon that coast, but' is peculiarly extraordinary in this instance as being perpetrated u p on t h e persons of those to whom the natives of that part of the African coast are indebted for strenuous exertions to suppress the slave trade, and can only be explained fr om th e principle which instigates all uncivilised nations to the commission of such barbarous usages. ‘ Cape of Good H4e, April 16, 1844. "Her Majesty's ship Cleopatra has arrived in Simon's Bay, having struck on a coral reef on the coast of Midges on the 21st of March, and whilst weighing the kedge-anchor (which had been used to warp her off) on the 23d, Lieutenant Molesworth 'and seven men were killed by the natives. This was brought on from two of the natives having been forcibly turned from the boat whilst endeavouring to steal some of the stores." IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.—ESTABLISH MENT OF MARINE HOSPITALS, Admiralty, June 10, 1844. Sir,--I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Committee for ma nag i ng the affairs of Lloyd's, an extract of a dispatch from the Lieutenant- Governor of New Brunswi . clt, receiv e d b y my Lords from the Goloniab-office, notifying that marine hospitals have been established in that olony.--4 am, Sir, your most obedipu servant, (Signed) JOHN BARROW. To W. Dobs,n, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's, Extract of a dispatch from Sir W. M. G. C o l e b rooke 1 : Atopril 24, 844: Lord Stanley,' dated Fredericton, New B runsw i c k, Ma - f 4 t e hospials i - f f t y@ St. John's ; 6.4 . tfiblchpd at St. Andrii, anu 'vine - PAts,`)iplter;4"sie4 a l rid d iw6ctieanioi , are .o ce iye,cl, and' prOVided with every comfort. These establishments are supported from a fund raised on the shipping frequenting the ports." At Stockingford, the ()ther day for a vt , ager. of a shiffiag,', "sx(it:(l4 . ate' 4 Pick of f'l 111). 4 . 3 tf . f5, with a pound o bidad an butteli'antl ate &I holt ! in, th half afi'libur.• ' ivp: aii'lj.avii had - an ititefyiew 'with the Earl of A pail l entsi6 iesterclayl at thp ofOcc 0rt49:1304rd of ptcl9; BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, JUNE 11. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The Church is evidently gaining ground in France. In this place the change is most perceptible, as every one can bear witness who had been present at the celebra tion of the Fate Dieu some years ago and had also an opportunity of seeing the procession and service in the church on Sunday last. The people showed much greater devotion and reverence for the rites than, per haps, at any period since the revolution. They attended in vast numbers —men, women, and children together ; and the clergy, aware of their importance, carried them selves with an air that showed they looked forward, and at no distant period, to recover that supremacy which they once held over the thoughts, morals, and religious feelings .of the community. To do them justice they have exhibited indomitable perseverance and skill in et'- fecting their purpose. When religion was at the lowest ebb, and the priests were objects of indiffe rence, and not unfrequently of ridicule, they submitted to contempt, and scoffing with Christian patience and forbearance; they reviled not again, and endeavoured to make an impression upon the irreligious public rather by their passive resistance, their humility and religious fervour, than by the authority of the State even in the days of the Restoration, when the Court was wholly in their favour. Their plan is one which can hardly fail of success if they do not grasp at their object too rudely, and before the time. The ceremonies of the last week exhibit their tactics in great perfection. This period of the year, the most delightful of the season, has been ' chosen for admitting the young into communion with the Church. The weather is generally most suitable for the processions, for erecting altars and canopies, and performing the most solemn religious rites in the open air—a circumstance, which it is well known, gave an indescribable effect to the religious gather ings of the Covenanters, and which is still observed at the celebration of the Sacrament by their descendants in the North. But the Catholic Church has far sur passed even these sturdy religionists in their scheme for captivating the people. They begin with the young. On Thursday processions of boys and girls, to the num ber of about five hundred, were formed at particular places, and then conducted to the principal church to be confirmed. They were all decked out in their best dresses, and those of the girls were peculiarly elegant and graceful, being of the purest white muslin, with long veils flowing over the face, occasionally some ribbons of a striking colour, and little garlands of roses on their heads. The mothers of the children, and frequently the fathers too, were in the line with the rest of the crowd, addressing their children in affectionate terms, and evi dently delighted with the impression made on the bystanders by their gay dresses and happycountenances. On entering the church the ceremony of confirmation took place, and they afterwards departed in the same manner in which they had arrived. On Sunday, the ceremonies were on a grander scale. Altars were erected in the principal streets, shaded by long tape r i ng branches of birch, so arranged as to resemble groves, with all the outward symbols of the church, massive candlesticks, with fifty tapers burning, wreaths of flowers hung up in different quarters of the temporary fabrics, which were generally lined with white linen in the interior, and coi'ered with tapestry of various colours. From ten to eleven o'clock religious ceremonies of the most solemn kind were performed by a chief priest in gorgeous robes, and assisted by a long train of his brethren. This procession was headed by two church beadles, and more warlike men than they could not be found in the army of France. They wore large cocked hats, with epaulets, swords, &c. carried long halberts, the spear at the top being at least a foot and a half long, and, t o a dd to their martial air, they rejoiced in moustachios which would have done honour to a bold dragoon. Thus the religious ceremony ended, but at five in the afternoon high mass was Nile,. brated in the Church of St. Nicholas, and the whole of that large building, galleries and all, were crowded with spectators. The pompous service was very imposing, at times sublime, and certainly formed a striking contrast to the dull, monotonous rites performed in the English Church. The Puseyites are aware of the fact, and are borrowing the weapons of the Church of Rome to sustain the tottering fabric, and revive the power of the priesthood. It would be well if they did itin a more honest way, and marched out in a body to join their Catholic brethren. The increasing power of the clergy here has evidently attracted the attention of the Goverumenti and M. Guizot, perhaps also the King, has resolved to counteract it by the New Education Bill, The Church, however, may in time succeed if she carry on her assaults with her usual prudence and per severance. This delightful watering place is rising in importance every day. There is a constant bustle on the pier from the frequent arrival and departure of English steamers, which certainly contribute greatly to the traffic and activity of the place. The English now are increasing in numbers, and appear to be on the hest terns with the inhabitants. There is (7:eat 15,nm, however, for improve -44:41ne c i f the public offices at Boulogne, parti cularly the passport office. Though orders had been given by the Commissioner of the Customs, and a board hung up at the door of the office to the offeot ttat mits to embark would for thq fkituN bF i'a; e afed lietween one and fotir $ - acli day, yet the officers frequently et this Order, as well as others, at defiance. I n f act, there is a great deal of looseness of discipline in Fr enc h offices, particularly as regards foreigners. But day a party applied at half-past one foie permits they were told nano wound be issued 0 three; ' whim for no reason that coup' be given. There were two or three bfficrs in tihe'bureau who had absolutely nothing to do, yet the applicants were compelled to return into the town, and unneeewiril l y hurry their 4epairtiire, because tliq ligsgns:o cit4t4o,ughrprcip . q. tp annoy *stralzers and neglect the - orders of their chief: The tiiithoritiei may rest assured that such conduct cannot be concealed, and that it will have its due effect in prevedting their best customers, the English, from visiting the place. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. The annual conversazione given by Mr. Walker, - the President of this very useful and flourishing Institution, took place on the evenings of Friday and Saturday last, when the attendance was even more numerous than usual. On the former evening about 300 gentlemen were pre sent, but on the latter there was a much more brilliant assemblage, comprising the most distinguished persons for rank in science or the fine arts, who it was gratifying to perceive, all felt the hospitality of the worthy host who, attended by Mr. Manby, the secretary of the institution, received the visitors on arriving, and directed their at-. tention to the objects most worthy of notice. In the principal saloon we noticed some good busts by Mr. J. E. Jones; one of Major Blak,ney, the other of Manby, the secretary, both of which were remarkable for their striking similitude to the originals.. There were likewise other busts by the same talented and rising artist in the different rooms. A very beautiful, and, at the same time, simple sketch, made at Strathfieldsaye, of his Grace the Duke of Wellington on horseback, by Mr. E.- H. Bailey, was much admired. Some bronzes from the,. collections of F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., Mr. Deville, and Mr. Grissell, were placed in various parts of the rooms also wood ca rv in gs f rom R ogers, Pratt, and Vincent. A' very beautiful engraving of the Duke of Beaufort's dog, by T. Landseer, from a recent picture by his bro ther, Edwin, and a Maltese dog, by the same clever artists, were much admired. Portfolios of sketches by Oliver, Buss, - Kendrick, Tripp, Gastineau, and Goodall, wero exhibited, and a portfolio of litho graphs of eminent men, by Baucjeret. Scanlan had several excellent sketches of scenes of domestic life, but his best was an Irish scene, and an episode from the history of the White-boy, in Ireland—an affecting story —now being engraved by Brown. Part of a collection of rings, formed of beautifully carved heads of the ancient Greek philosophers and poets, attracted much attention, as did also some nature, flowers coated with metal by the . electro-deposit by Elkington and Co's process, and some by the simple electrotype itself, from Mr. Ibbetson ; Mr. Dennys contributed some c h o i ce art i c l es i n the fine arts de partment ; one was a bust of Lorenzo de Medici by Michael Angelo, the other a painting by Denner, supposed to be of his mother, which was the most exquisite thing we have seen for some time. Professor W heatstone's re- - cently-constructed magneto-electric telegraph was ex hibited, two of the apparatus being placed in different rooms to telegraph signals from one to the other, which was done with the utmost facility. Advancing further into the rooms, we found some chronometers from Den and Frodsham ; and also a machinery for tracing ellipse by Mr. Farey, a gentleman well known in the scientific world, In the model-room, which was lighted by two gas chandeliers on Faraday's ventilating principle, were various models of steam-engines, by Lord Dundonald, G. Rennie, Maudslay and Field, Boulton and Watt, and Barrie. In the centre table was a full-sized model of Greener's harpoon gun, which has been found so useful in whale fishing, and a life-boat by the same gen tleman ; around were neatly arranged models of Captain Bullock's beacon, which is erected on the Goodwin Sands ; the South Bishop's Rock. and Coquet Island Lighthouses, a ballast-lighter, and raft of th e Maplin Land Lighthouse, from th e Trinity-ho use ; Russian camel for lifting large vessels over sand-hanks, a model of the Victoria and Albert Yacht, of her Ma jesty's ship Rattler, of Sir W. Symond's schooner yacht, and other very interesting models from the Admiralty. Models of various forms of screw propellors from Ren nie, F. P. Smith, Galloway, and Grantham ; Mitchell's. screw pile lighthouse battery ; Bush's caisson and com pass by the same, intended for the Royal yacht ; a model designed to show the principle of the atmospharie rail: w ay, from Mr. Vignoles ; Prosser's timber railway and locomotive, with guide wheels for traversing very sharp curves ; Barlow's hollow iron keys for fastening the rails in the chairs ; and Wood's soft metal bearings for rail way axles ; models of agricultural implements, from Mr. Cottam ; models of London-bridge, with its coffer dams and part of the centering, Ston e l e i g h Abb ey Bridge, by the late John Rennie. The walls of this room were beautifully ornamented with specimens of Adams's baunabic composition, a new material for architectural decoration. In the lower rooms were the heavier models of ma chinery, consisting of Burnett and Corpe's concentric steam-engine, Bodmer's breaks for heavy machinery ; also screwing tops and cutters, and a machine for fortn. ing the cutters; various tools from Holtzapffle and Whit worth ; Mereweather's cabinet fire-engine ; Davison and Synington's mode of cleansing brewer's casks ; Haddan's railway wheel; and a gas meter by Clegg, besides many other very beautiful models, which want of space alone prevents us from noticing. Among the distinguished visitors present we noticed particularly the Marquis of Northampton, the Earls of Lincoln, Devon, Dundonald, and Lovelace; Lords Blayney and Courtenay; the Bishop of Lichfield; Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Rolfe ; his Excellency Ali Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador, and suite ; Sirs R. Peel, M.P., W. Burnett, E. Cust, J. Rennie, P. Laurie, W. Clay, M.P., J. Barrow, T. D. Acland, M.P., C. Bur rell, C. Pine, R. Inglis, M.P., H. Fleetwood, M.P., W. White, J. Trollope, M.P. 11, Ellis, G. M urray, 11. Webb, H. Douglas, T. Goldsmid, J. Lughington, G. Clerk, M.P., W. Tuyll, and H. T. De la Berhe ; J. Masterman, Esq., M.P., P. Pusey, Esq., M,P„ H. G. Knight, Esq., M.P., B. Estcourt, Esq., m.p„ Em merson Tennent, Esq., M.P., J. Brotherton, Esq., H.Drum mond, Esq., M.P. ; Admiral Sir 13. Martin; Major-Ge nerals Monteith and Pesky ; Colonels Maberley, Sykes, Jackson, Herbert, and Sloane ; Lientenant,Colonels Spottiswoode, Sabine, Alderton, and Wells ; the Lord Mayor, Meer Jaffer Ali Khan, Loof Oolah Khan, Mo. hammed Allee ; Counts Gola, Lopez, and De Ve,sen ; Messieurs Horace Vernet, Baugmet, Godershall, Siemens, Shalenees, Bindervald, Vanzellers, Hebeler, and Mix ; Barons De Gerlach and De Linden, &c. It were injustice to forget to state that the scientific enjoyments of the evening were greatly enhanced by the generous hospitality and attention of Mr. Walker, whc; received the moll zealous and efficient co-operation from Mr. Manby, the Secretary. -- - - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK RACES. The Stewards have given notice that no horse will ba allowed to start for any stake at York, in the present year, without his mouth being examined (if required) by one or more veterinary surgeons, to be appointed by the Stewards. If an objection to a horse's age shall not be made until after the races the Stewards will insist upon a similar examina tion; and if the owner or trainer of any horse which has come in first shall refuse to allow the examination, such horse shall not be considered the winner, but the stake shall be given to the first horse In the race which is duly qua- lified. The Marquis of Exeter has accepted the office of Steward of the Jockey Club, in the place of Thomas Thornhill, Esq , deceased., NEWMARKET, 1844. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst, agst Mr. E. Walker's black cob horse (half bred), 6 yrs, 7st. T. M. 31, lOhft. The match between Minotaur and Wee Pet, for Monday in the Second October Meeting, is off by consent. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1846. IVEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 71b. each. T. Y. C. Duke of Bedford's fby Gladiator, out of Misnomer—Lord Exeter's fby Hetinan Platoff, out of Amina—Mr. Payne's f by Camel, out of Vat—Duke of Rutland's f by Gladiator or The Doctor, out of Flambeau's dam. ASCOT HEATH, 1847. LAST DAY.—Mr. o by Sir Hercules out of Adeline, Bst 71b, agst Sir W. W. Wynn's f by Touchstone, out of Semisarius, Bst 41b. Old Mile. 100, h ft. BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL AND THE HOUSE OF OC CUPATION BELONGING TO BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL.—His Majesty the King of Saxony, accompanied by his suite and the Earl of Morton, visited these establishments yesterday morning. Sir Peter Laurie, the President, Mr. Ralph Price, the Treasurer, and several members of the Committee of Governors, attended upon the occa sion. His Majesty, during his visit, made many in quiries respecting the management of these Royal Hos • pitals. The necessary details were explained to him by the resident officers, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Nicholls. His Majesty appeared to be much pleased on noticing the absence of all restraint amongst the patients at Bethle hem Hospital, and at i.eeing so many of them employed, both inside and outside the galleries, and acting as ra tional beings. His Majesty expressed great astonish ment at being informed that persons thus employed, and to all appearance responsible for their acts, were luna tics, and he declared that, with such evidence before his eyes, he had no doubt of the extraordinary efficacy of the system adopted for the cure of the numerous pa tients. His Majesty accepted the various books contain ing the history of the ancient foundation of the two hos pitals, tha rates and regulations of their government, and the plans of the several buildinga, and also the re port published by the Governors at Christmas last. The drawings and plans of the large additional building fluty being erected at Bethlehem Hospital for convalescent wards for the patients, &c. &c., were exhibited to him. His Majesty expressed great satisiketion with the ar rangements at the House of Occupation, and the . mea. sures used for the reformation and employment of the in mates. Before he left Bethlehem Hospital, the King inserted the following record in the visitors book : —‘,l have inspected this noble institution with much interest and found everything in perfect order." s CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER AQ-kINST A MASTER or A VESSEL.—On the arrival of the brig Chieftain, from Spalatro, with a min of bones, at Southampton, on Tuesday week, ihe master, Capt. Reay, ryas arrested 0 0 14 charge of having murdered one of his crew, named 14eorge Harrison, on the 21st of December last, near Spalatro. He was forthwith conveyed before the ma gistrates, and underwent a lengthened oxamivation, in the conrso, Of Which it appeared in evidence that, on the d 4,37 named, the ship's company returned from shoe , At•ether fresh," when a quarrel took place between them, and the carpenter declared that he saw the master, with out the slight est provocation whatever, place a pistol to deceased' s eye, fell, 0,n4 anCi deliberately shoot him : Tie d ecease d survived twelve hours, when he died. On the part of the defence the prisoner handed into Court a, 41 : tifteate, bearing the signature of James Thesuasi British Vice-Consul at Finnae, officially acting at Spa latro, the purport of whio was as follows:—That he (Hill) had been offioisilly . instructed by Sir Thoina; Sorrll, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Trieste, itiveUtige the circumstances onieucvted. with the death Of the deceased, and ni\p‘ a eti t reful inquiry he had copan to the opinion l that it had resulted entirely from aced, spent, and not wilfully, as was at first represented. He found the crew in a mutinout_state, and greatly preju diced against the (11,PtOn• ..the magistrates consulted together for spme time, and on their return to the Court conatuitiea the prisoner fbr trial on the capital charge. COURT CIRCULAR, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George . Ed war d Anson, Lurd George Lennox, and if Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, went yesterday morning- to lay . the foundation stone or the new Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, in the Ful ham -road. His Majesty the King of Saxony, attended by his Ex cellency Baron ,de Gersdorff, the Earl of Morton, Lord in _Waiting ; Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Monsieur de Mincli - witz, Count Albert Vitzthum, and Dr. Carus, went yesterday morning to the Bazaar in Portman -street, and after wards went to the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park. His Majesty walked through the gar dens and viewed the interesting collection of animals. '1 he King honoured Mr. Hope with a visit at his resi dence in Duchess-street, aid inspected the gallery, and afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace, to lunch, at two . o'clock. Captain Siborne had the honour of presenting to his 'Majesty the King of Saxony yesterday a cop ): of hi s " History of the W a t er l oo Campaign," ' to wh ic h hi s Majesty is a subscriber. His Majesty, to whom Captuin Sibarne has the honour to be personally known, was pleased to expre..s his admiration of the work. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, were taken their daily airings yesterday in the royal gardens. In the afternoon the King of Saxony, attended by the Earl of Morton, Lord C. WePe ley, Baron de Gersdorff, and the Gentlemen of his suite visited the British Mu seum, the United Service Club, and the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. Before returning to Buckingham Palace, his Majesty honoured th e 'Earl• and C o u n t ess Delawarr with a visit, at their residence in Upper Grosvenor -street, and also visited the Countess Amherst. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday included his Excellency Baron de Gersdorff and the Duchess of Buccleuch. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend ance during dinner. Yesterday evening, soon after nine o'clock, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Majesty the King of Saxony, left Buckingham Palace for her Majesty's Theatre, to honour the Italian opera with their presence. The royal suites included the Earl of Morton, Lord. Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, Baron de Gers dorff, M. de Minckwitz, Count A. Vitzthum, Major. Reichardt, and Dr. Carus. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duelless of Cambridge honoured the Italian opera with their pre sence last evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday :afternoon at the Foreign- office. • It was attended by Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharnelitre, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Had dington Earl of Rip on, Mr. Gladstone, Sir E. Knatch -bull, and Lord G. Somerset. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall place. There were present the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishops of London; Durham, Winchester, Bangor, St. David's, Exeter, Lichfield, Lincoln, Llanclaff, Norwich, Ripon, Salisbury, and Worcester ; Earl of Devoll, Earl of Harrowhy, the Right Hon. H. flobho use Sir George Grey, an d t h e D ean of Westminster. , Ilia Excellency the French Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at. his official residence in Downing -street. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon and New Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial -office. Dispatches were- also received yesterday from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. ThQ ROAD to FORTUNE, or the RISE of M_ JAQUES LAFFITTE. When 111, La.flite came to Paris in 1778, the extent of his ambition was to find a situation in a banking-house, and to attain this object he called on M. I'erregaux, the rich Sn iss banker, to whom he had a letter of recom mendation. This gentleman had just taken possession of the hotel of Mdlle. Gurmartl, which had been put up to lottery by that lady, and won by the fortunate banker. It was to this charming habitation, which has since been demolished, that M. Laffitte paid his first visit in Paris, and, as it were, took his first step in the Parisian world. The young provineial—poor and modest, timid and. anxious —entered by that gateway which had witnes . sect so many of the gaieties of the last century. lie was in troduced into the boudoir of the danseuse, then 6-cotne the cabinet of the banker, and there modestly stated they object of his visit. " It is impossible for me to admit you into Toy es. tablishment—at least, for the present," replit:d the banker ; " all my offices have their full complement. If I require any one at a future time, I will see what can be done ; but in the meantime I advise you to seek else where, for I do not expect to have a vacancy for some time." With a disappointed heart the young aspirant for em ployment loft the office, and while with a downcast look he traversed the courtyard he stooped to pick up a pin which lay in his path, and which he carefully stuck in the lappel of his coat. Little did he think that. this tri vial action was to decide his future fate, but so it was. From the window of his cabinet M. Perregaux iiad observed the action of the young man. The Swiss banker was one of those keen observers of human ac tions who estimated the value of circumstances appa wAtly trifling in themselves, and which would pass un noticed by the majority of mankind. lie was delighted with the conduct of the young stranger. In this simple notion, he saw the revelation of a character ; it was a guarantee of a love of order and economy, a certain pledge of all the qualities which should be possessed lay a good financier. A young man w h o wou l d pick up a pin could not fail to make a good clerk, merit the con fidence of- his employer, and attain a high degree of prosperity. .. In the evening of the same day, M. Laffitte received the following note from M. Perregaux : " A place is made for you in my office, which you may talto possession of to-morrow morning." The anticipations of the banker were not deceived. The young Laffitte possessed every desirable quality, and even more than was at first expected. From simple clerk, he Soon rose to be cashier, then partner, then head of the first banking-house in Paris, and afterwards, in rapid succession, a Deputy and President of the Council of Ministers, the highest point to which a citizen can aspire. On what a trifle , does the fortune of a man sometimes depend. But for the simple incident of the pin, M. Laffitte would, perhaps, never have entered into the house of M. Perregaux ; another employer might not have opened to him so wide a field of action, and his talents and intelligence would not have led to such mag nificent results. Little did M. Perregaux think that the hand which would pick up a pin was that of a man, generous to pro digality in doing good —a hand always open to succour honourable misfortune. Never were riches placed in better hands —never did banker or prince make a more noble use of them. PRINCESS ROYAL STEAMSHIP. —This favourite ves sel, having undergone considerable improvements in her cabin accommodations, has again taken her place in the line between this port and Glasgow. We have no doubt she will sustain the celebrity she has already obtained, and that the continued patronage of voyagers to the west of Scotland will remunerate her owners. Of one so well known in the Glasgow and Liverpool trade as her com mander Captain M'Arthur, it is scarcely necessary for us to observe that he still ministers to the comfort of the passengers under his charge.—Liverpool Albion. DEPLORABLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A me lancholy accident occurred at Broadway on Sunday, the 2d of June, in the garden of Mr. Morris, grocer, of that place, whereby his granddaughter, Mary Ann :01 Morris, aged fi ve y ears , met w i t h h er d eat h . An in quest was heldthwafsnllewing day, on the e when n y ibtefaoprpeeaCre. appeared ßest, that a E r. Joseph Wilson Morris, the uncle of deceased, took from his brother's room a double-barrelled pocket pistol, and with it went to th e gar d en , w h ere h e fired off a cap to frighten the birds ; he then put on another cap and discharged that, when the pistol went off, and the deeeased, who was going along the p a th, f e l l to the ground. Her uncle immediately picked her up and car ried her into the house, when it was discovered that she was shot, the ball, a very small one, h av i ng entered the 'centre of the forehead and passed out at the back part of the head, forcing out : a portion of the brain. Messrs. Smith and Beadles, surgeons, were soon in attendance. but of course could not - be of any service. The unhappy young man was totally unconscious of the pistol being charged: both barrels, however, were so, and, it is sup pclua, had been for seven years. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental d eat h , with a deodand of IL on .the pistol."— Worcester Herald, MELANCHOLY DEATII or RALPH TAYLOR.—The nom •of Ralph Taylor is well known to the operative elas:es of this district. Some few years ago, he was a leader in moat of the trades union movements, which were then so prevalent, and also in the Ten Hours' Bill agitotion, in which he might be considered almost as the right-hand man of Oastler and Sadler, the latter of whom he greatly assisted when he contested the repre sentation of the borough of Leeds. F or a l ong t i me, h e had tak en no part in public matters, and having lost all settled habits of industry, had abandoned himself to a. life of excessive and destructive dissipation. His death occurred under very melancholy circumstances, at the e L a e sVfro W m or w k l Workhouse, he se,o d n ie T d u w es a d s ay deri mlioranmingla tremens, st. produced u d e i ed. die ease was also 'labouring under by excessive drinkin g . inflammation of the lungs, upon which there was an eit. fusion of blood. In the opinion of Mr. Burland, hi s cage e s s w i b a e brought that he could have recovered. It . appeared that he had d one thoadthebeweonrkhhopoeulseess, afardomittlhreasdagynibteefoirmepho little else but drink for some weeks before, and at night he had slept sometimes in outhouses, and at other tii es. walked all night about the streets. He was about forty years of age, and was a cloth-drawer by trade. Such was the melatiolieiy end of poor Ralph Taylor, a man who, by the possession of good nature/ abilities, obtained, 11W1 for a considerable time preserved,- an ascendancy over the minds of a largeportion of inis fellow -operatives, many of whorl\ viiit be not a lithe shocked to hear of his untimely death. The jOil returned a verdict s of "Died N‘aie natural causes.,".-=Zeeds Times. FooLuAai6rss.—At Fort Puntales I Witnessed the folleVol.g.soene:---A cannon shot from the enemy buried it t:c 4 in the sand bags in front of one of the buildings, and* second followed exactly in the same direction, not even widen ing the opening th e fi rst had made. A soldier belonging to fatigue party of the 88th Regiment, on seeing this, put the ado of his head against the hole, simply saying to his com rades, " Now, you shall see if th are good markstnen ;" but the next shot that was fired, and every succeeding one for several minutes, went wide, of the mark.--United &nibs '1