The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-21 00:00:00

BRIGHTON-WEDNESDAY. His Majesty, accompanied by the Countess of Mayo, drove out this afternoon, at his usual hour, for an airing. The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Lady L. CA'3rn wallis, took a carriage drive this morning through the prin cipal streets of the town. The Duchess of Gloucester, ac companied by Lady Falkland, also took an airing this morning. Yesterday his Majesty gave audience to Mr. Mellish, Marquis of Conyngham, Capt. Pelly (Deputy Master of the Trinity House), and Mr. Cannon (of the Adjutant General's Office.) Prince Ernest of Hesse, Prince George of Cambridge, and the Rev. Mr. Wood, returned to the Palace yesterday evening, at a quarter before seven o'clock, from a visit to Earl Brownlow. Colonel and Mrs. Walton, Col. and Mrs. Chatterton, Col. and Mrs. Shaw, Col. and Mrs. Wynyard, Admiral Sir D. and Lady Gould, Adm. Sir T. and Lady Rodd, and Col. D'O y l ey, h ad the honour of dining with their Ma jesties yesterday evening. The following distinguished persons called at the Palace this morning :—Admiral Sir D. and Lady Gould, Sir Robt. Gordon, Rear-Admirl Sir Tremayne and Lady Rodd, MajoraGen. Sir Joseph Stratton, Marquis of Co nyngham, Lords Adam and Augustus Loftus, Lord and Lady Radstock. The Queen has honoured our Master of Ceremonies by patronising his ball. Major -Gen. Sir Charles Doyle has arrived at Hampton Lodge, on a visit to Sir E. Codrington. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and the Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham are on the eve of their de parture from Brighton. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne attended a meetir , of the Church Commissioners yesterday in Whitehall-place. The Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and other Commissioners, were present. The Swedish Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Lord Chancellor was present at the Cabinet dinner given last evening by Viscount Melbourne, at his residence in South -street. The King's Advocate had an interveiw yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday from Lis residence at Broadlands, Hants. His Lordship joined the other Cabinet Ministers at dinner, in the evening, in South -street. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbraham, at the Sackville Hotel, Sackville street, from Leamington ; Captain Percy, at ditto, from Dublin ; Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvy and family, at ditto, from Scot 411d ; Mr. and Mrs. Latouche, at ditto, from Dublin ; viscountess Chelsea, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from the Marquis of Londonderry's, Wynyard ; the Honour able C., M rs. and Miss Tollernache, at ditto, from their seat, Huntsmore Park, Bucks ; Lord Albert Conyngham, in Hill a_treet, from th e E ar l o f Chesterfield's seat, Bretby Park, Leic estershire ; W. T. Egerton, Esq., M. P., in Wilton crescent, fro m Tatton Park ; Charles Lyne Stephens, Esq., in rort man.. square, from his scat, Chicksand's Priory , Bedford shire; Mrs. and the Misses Gee, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, fi•ora Brighton ; John Grevy, Esq., at the St. James's Hotel, jermyn-street, from America; Captain Campbell, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover- s t reet , from a tour ; Henry Bentinc k, Es q ., at the P u l tney Hotel, Albamarle-street, from a tour ; Captain Edgell, a ditto, from Standerwick Court, Somerset ; Mr. and Mrs. S per k s, at ditto, from Byfleet, S urrey ; Si r F ranc i s an d Lady Stapleton and family, at the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, from Kent ; Colenel Stapleton and Mr. Pan sanleY, at ditto, front Berks ; Mrs. General Waddington and Mrs. Kerr, in Lower .Montagu-street, from Ramsgate. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. Williams and family, from the Waterloo . Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their seat, Weston-green, Thames It t" ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Williams ' from the Sackville Rotel, S ae k v ill e-street , f or W ort hi ng ; Captain Grant, from ditto, for the Continent ' • Mr. and Mrs. Lacy, from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Rev. Mr. Pigott, from ditto , for Hastings ; Earl O'Neil, from ditto, for Antrim ; Mr. and Mrs. Hope, from ditto, for Paris ;' Mr. Boydel, from ditto, for Brighton ; Lord Francis Egerton, for his seat, Oatlands ; Hon. - Henry Howard, from Yorkshire, for Leamington ; Mrs. Dowdswall, for Brighton ; Colonel and Mrs. Davies, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson and family, from ditto, for Brighton ; Captain Gordon, from Itaggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WALTHAM ABBEY STEEPLE CHASE. This event came off yesterday afternoon over a line of coun try selected with considerable judgment in the neighbourhood. It attracted a numerous attendance of sporting men, and, as far as we could gather, must have answered the expectation of those concerned in the " getting up." The race was for a sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 added, for any horse, I2st. each, across four miles of fair hunting country, &c. The line chosen commenced at the upper corner of Nazing Common, Opposite Mr. .Palmer's house, and terminated on some common land near Breow.stiek Hall, about a mile from Waltham Abbey ; theland was pretty Jevel, grass throughout, with the exception of two or three ploughed fields, which, as well as the others, were exceedingly heavy"; the jumps were not less than 50 in number, independent of Csolkin Brook, which crossed the line in three places ; the fencing, however, was, on the whole, less difficult than last year. Out of nine horses named the follow ing only came to the post :—Mr. Elmore's g. h. Grimaldi (Captain Beecher): Mr. Firth's Laurestina ( Mr. Powell) ; Mr. Betts's Brush ( Mr. Wiggins) ; Mr. SeiTert's Parasol (owner). The start took place a few minutes after three o'clock, the first field or two being done at a walk ; Laurestina then jumped off with the lead at a good pace, and was the first clear of the *sea (about a mile and a half from the starting point). She then increased the speed, maintaining her position undisturbed until within three or four fields of the last brook, about a mile from home. Here Parasol and Grimaldi went up and ran a few strides in company, after which Parasol took up the running appeareci to have the race in hand. She was first over the °, ol t, and Laurestina second. Grimaldi, however, fell in it, T,u,gave Captain FK.echer a shaking that will keep Waltham daunted, in his remembrai;ce for some time to come. Nothing el_ k at and at the next fence was t uP with his horses. In m a ting this jump Parasol managed heroet rid a her jockey, who was ,:ot able to remount and get into action in time to recover his ground. Laurestina , ? a w led . for a few yards, but was headed a: the next leap by a l; ns it l r o a n / 3 eecher, who improved his advantage every stride , cleverly by about three lengths. Parasol was beaten six or seven length s from the winner, and Brush at least thirty. Laurestina f e ll twice at her fences without dislodging her zider. Parasol could not have lost had her jockey kept his .I . T r at at the h e d ge immediately following the brook. Wheth e r a n i z o h made a n y m i stake we did not learn. Those who arc _ us on th e su b ject can inquire of Mr. Wiggins, or M r. Sans Souci," as he was ridiculously described in the cards, Th, le Bishop of Peterborough is still very ill—so much so as to be unable to leave his room. _iThe few Tories in Tiverton are endeavouring to ndu ce M r. B. B. Dickinson, of Knightshayes, to come f orward for that borough at the next vacancy. It was currently reported yesterday, that Mr. Rathven, M.P. for Dublin, whose dangerous illness we formerly no ti ce d, was no more. Fr om p rev i o us accounts t here is much reason to fear that the report is too true. - An old writer says, " the Spaniards are eagles on their horses, lions in their fastnesses, wom e n in the open nelk , A modern Spaniard being asked some particulars of th e,., manners and morals of his countrymen , replied , " Read Blas ; the Spaniards are the same Still." Mr. J ames C o l er id ge , who lately died, of Ottery S l. Mary, Devonshire, was father of Mr. Justice Coleridge. commanded a corps of volunteer infantry at the time of onaparte's threatened invasion of this country, and was the t o G enera l Si mcoe , w hil e i n comman d o f Western District at that time. Mr. Coleridge, who was 1 ° his 76th year, was also a Deputy-Lieutenant and Ma gistrate for Devonshire. Mr. Young, of Carlow, having at a late examination , a s witne ss up 4 on his oath, felt himself ass a il e d by language eld towarcls him by Mr. Berwick, and having in vain sought redress . ; has inflicted the penalties of posting and bodily chastisement upon the offender. Mr. Berwick is one of th e newly-appointed Assistant-Barristers, and cousin to the Messrs. Grattan, „Tq.l 3 .s.—Waterford Chronicle. CLON Nt EL.-The Solicitor-General, it is said, in tends offering himself as a canes: ate for the representation of this borough. Mr. Stephen It,:ce, son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is also spoken of. in either case a Re formeri would be returned. of the VERrOOL TII EA TRE.-The singing ses Smith is beyond all • On return to town they will take praise. t their place amongst the newly disco EXPLOsioN A T GL A SGOW.- Arthur, the druggist in alas ow, who was lately committed for wilful fire-raising, has not yet been served with his indictment. The trial, of course, cannot take place befor e the Bth February. FAT,A.L ACCIDENT —At Dounieston Coal-works, a young wan had taken up his quarters on the night of the 9 t h in,:tant, and fro m the fall of snow on Monday, had still remained, till about six o'clock that evening, when in the act of conveying a shovel -full of live coal from the engiae_house to his humble dwelling, hi s foot slipped, and Ile was precipitated to the bottom of the pit, a distance of one hundred and forty-four feet. Hi s death Was work of an i nstant. The body was w i t h the greatest prompti tudebrought a b ove groun d , an d carr i e d to the out-house of caw of the neighbours, where the corpse was dressed, and a •enftn being procured, it was next day decently interred in Dalltlellington ehurch-yArdp The unfortunate wanderer, whose name was unknown, described himself as 22 years of age, the son of a pensioner and renovator of clothes in Ayr, and was on his way to Creetown in Wigtownshire.—Dum fries Courier. The Connaught Dinner to Mr. O'Connell was given on Monday. All accounts from the West of Ireland concur that it was one of the most important assemblies ever held in that province. LORD SANDON.—The Liverpool Courier con tains at a length greatly disproportioned to its interest, the proceedings of a Conservative meeting held on Tuesday evening at Liverpool, where Lord Sandon detailed all the state secrets in which Conservative cunning has long been in the habit of dealing so largely and so dishonestly. It has long been known that, in the neighbourhood of Boulogne-sur-Mer, there was a quantity of iron Ore lying near the surface, of excellent quality, and capable of being wrought at an easy rate ; but no smelting-houses have as yet been established, for want of coal for the furnaces. Lately, however, it has been discovered that the country does possess coal, and it is more than probable that nume rous iron-works will, ere long, be raised, as the attention of the English who frequent Boulogne has been turned to this source of wealth, and specimens of the ore have been taken over to England to be assayed. STATE OF CRIME IN JERSEY.—The Argus of Tuesday last devotes much of its space to the record of crime in that island. It is said that a set of miscreants are perpetually prowling about the place, day as well as night, committing lawless aggression on the property of the little community, ascompanied by outrages against the person of the blackest die. Accounts of attempts at assassination and incendiarism are described as being of familiar though past occurrence. This dreadful state of demoralization is ascribed to the general drunkenness of the perpetrators. HARD LIVING.—At a social party in town last week, a military gentleman who had seen a good deal of service abroad, in the course of conversation observed that the " hardest living," (i. e. dissipation) he had ever seen was in Jamaica." " There," continued he, "it is a common thing for each of us to drink a third of two bottles of wine, and swim the same in a bottle of rum." " And is that what ye's call the hard living?" cried an Irish gentleman present. " To be sure it is," rejoined the first, " and, pray, what may you think hard living ?" " Och, my dear, its in our coun try there's the hard living—the half o' the people, in the dead o' the winter, sitting on the mud-floor, eatint , the pratie and drinking the cold water : by the nose o' the Pope! that's what I calls the hard living !" SOUTIIERN AUSTRALIA.— A meeting of the emigrants intending to proceed to this colony was held last evening at the office in Adelphi-terrace. There were pre sent about 60 gentlemen, and a long desultory conversation took place relative to the objections which had been urged against the immediate founding of the settlement, and the communications which had been carried on with the Colo nial Office upon the subject of the delay which, for some of the emigrants so unhappily, has been occasioned by that department. Mr. Stevens, the Secretary to the South Australian Company, was present, and from his statements it appeared that the causes which hitherto prevented the Company from carrying their plans into effect had been re moved, and that arrangements were in progress for send ing out two vessels which the Company had purchased. It was said these two vessels would quit England on the Ist of February, with surveyors and emigrants. Since the question has been agitated at Madrid of a recognition, of the independence of the transatlantic states, some hopes are beginning to be manifested here among the holders of the stock of those countries that it may lead to the satisfaction of their claims, which have been so long deferred. Their entire debt up to the end of last year including the arrear of interest, amounts to 25,000,0001., and is chiefly held by British subjects. The recovery of so enormous a sum, which is most justly due, having been employed by these countries in achieving their independence, becomes very fairly an object of na tional importance, and well deserves some energetic in terference on behalf of the Government as soon as any chance is afforded of its becoming effectual. Most of them are now believed to be in a situation to be able to meet the demands of their creditors, and in all cases there can be no doubt of their power to offer a handsome com promise. As there appears to be nearly a certainty that the independence , of all of them will at once be acknowledged by Spain, they will obtain the further relief of being enabled to disband the large armed force they have hitherto employed, for which the delay in such acknowledgment was the chief or only pretext. Now is the time, therefore, for some new and urgent representa tions on this head ; and it is advisable that the mode of proceeding, both by the Government and the creditors, should be so matured and prepared as to arrive out and be announced at the same time with their declaration of in dependence from Madrid. The interference, not only of this Government, but of Spain, should be solicited, for though the latter can only of course, employ a recom mendation, it would come with peculiar weight at a time when such a boon was about to be granted, and when Spain did not intend to accompany it by the demand of any concessions to herself. On the part of England, were the interference to take an offensive shape, after other expedients have been tried in vain, it would be difficult for the countries against which it was di rected to offer any valid plea or remonstrance against it. The advantage to them, on the other hand, of re deeming their bad faith, and re-establishing their cre dit, would be beyond all calculation. British capital, and skill, and industry would be encouraged to resort thither, and their progress in civilisation and wealth would be acce lerated with extraordinary rapidity. They may become in time what the United States of North America are now, who owe everything to their admirable system of credit, in which they have gone far beyond even the European States who occupy in that respect the highest rank. There has been a supineness until very lately among the creditors of these countries, which can only have arisen from the sup position that no new feature of the case presented itself of which advantage might be taken to renew their exer tions. Such an occasion does, however, undoubtedly now present itself, and it will be culpable negligence on their part, and that of the Government, if it is allowed to pass by without some combined effort suited to the greatness of the stake at issue.—Morning Paper. FOUR-WINGED DRAKES.—A brace of drakes, when at home, fix their head-quarters in a deep ditch, a spot they guard with the utmost jealousy. One of the twain is as white as snow or the swan, baiting its black feet, while the other is so mixed, mottled, and pied that it pre sents all the colours of the rainbow. Nor is this all ; for both are furnished with four wings, the upper pair of which serves as a sail in the water when the wind is moderate, while both are useful when they rise whirring overhead, and take their morning flight to inquire after the health of the neighbouring poultry. The lower wings, during the process of swimming, cling closely to the sides of the owner, while the upper stand nearly erect, and are joined to the shoulder in the usual manner. The parent duck hatched a number of more birds last summer, all which were common place save the feathered Manxmen described ; and our correspondent, in concluding his letter, says "they are the only four-wingers that ever appeared in this part of the country." This, how ever, is a mistake ; for two or three years ago we heard of a duck on the farm of Sherrington, in the parish of Car laverock, that was furnished in precisely the same manner. —Dun fries Courier. AN UNLUCKY MISTAKE.-011 Sunday morning last, during divine service, the respectable congregation of the new church at New Mills, Derbyshire, were for a time thrown into a state of consternation, by an announcement which was made by the worthy clerk, with all the solemnity befitting such melancholy intelligence, before he gave out the hymn, and which was couched in these terms : I have just received a postscript, announcing the death of our much-injured and beloved Queen, who departed this life last night at 10 o'clock—let us sing to the praise, &c." Such melancholy and unexpected news of course produced an " uncommon sensation," and great was the amazement of the worthy villagers at the rapidity with which the in formation had travelled to reach that remote part of the country in such a very short time. At the conclusion of the service, the clerk was besieged by anxious inquiries as to the author of this melancholy postscript, and by the assistance of Mr. Wood, the organist, the mystery was at length solved to the joy and satisfaction of all parties. It appeared that Mr. Wood, being desirous of changing the hymn originally intended to be sung, for another which he considered more appropriate or more convenient, to pre vent confusion he wrote a note to that effect to the clerk. In the hurry he tore a slip of paper from an old letter which he had in his pocket, and wrote on the blank side of it, without examining the contents of the other side. Unfortunately, this scrap of paper was part of an old letter which announced the death of the late Queen Caroline, and the clerk, without looking at the information which it was specially intended to convey to him, supposed that the news was sent to be communicated to the congregation.— Manchester Courier. WIIA.T is HEA T. TII ?--I ' ll tell you what it is, that you may love it better, put a higher value upon it, and en deavour to preserve it with a more serious, stricter obser vance and tuition. Health is that which makes your meat and drink both savoury and pleasant, else .Nature's injunc tion of eating and drinking were a hard task and slavish custom. Health is that which makes your bed easy and your sleep refresi;ing ; that revives your strength with the rising sun, and makes you cheerful at the light of another day ; 'tie that which fills 4p the hollow and uneven places of your carcass, arid makes your body plump 4 nd politely ; 'tis that which dresseth you up ::: .Nature's richest attire, and 1 gdiorny your face with her choicest colours. 'Tis that which makes kercise a sport, and walking abroad the enjoyniZr. t . of your liberty. 'Tis that which makes fertile and increaseth the natural eedowrnents of your mind, and preserves them long from decay, FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES : -CONTINUATION OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY. The Duke de Broglie, in continuation, said that the dif ference that prevailed in the Cabinet as to that measure was solely with regard to its timeing. He was bound, at the same time to add, that the question started in the Chamber on Thursday last had never been discussed in the Council, and it was with a considerable degree of surprise that Ministers had listened to M. Humann's developements on the subject of the reduction of the 5 per Cents. Th e statements made by his late colleague as to the immediate expediency of that measure, were merely M. Humann's private opinions, and it was rather unfortunate that he had presented them in a shape which apparently stamped th em with the sanction of the entire Cabinet. This appearance, where the reality was wantiag, rendered it imperative on the Cabinet to explain that the proposition made with re gard to the interest of the debt came solely from M. Hu mann, and this explanation he (the President of tU Coun cil) now gave without the slightest intention of wounding the feelings of his late colleague. With regard to the question of the reduction of the Five per Cents, considered only with reference to itself, lie had to say that such a measure could be laid before the Chamber only through the medium of a Government proposition to that effect, or of a proposition originating with the Chamber. He was under the necessity of stating that Government could not during the present 3 ear present such a proposition, nor could any precise period be named for its presentation. He had also to add that should such a proposition be brought forward by any Hon. Member of that Chamber, Government would consider it a duty to oppose it.— (Murmurs.) M. D'Argout (Minister of the Finance) said a few words for the purpose of soliciting the indulgence of the Chamber, and claiming the support with which his exer tions for the welfare of the country had already been aided. under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty.— ( Hear, hear.) M. Augustin Giraud begged to observe, that he had not, without due reflection, adopted the resolution of addressing some questions to Ministers on the subject of the reduction of the Five per Cents. On Thursday last, when the then Minister of the Finance presented the budget for 1837, and stated to the Chamber his opinion in favour of the reduction of the Five per Cents., be (the hon. deputy) was naturally led to inquire of the Minister why he did not immediately present a bill on the measure which he had so warmly advocated. The explanations given to-day in the Chamber he looked upon as a mere exchange of compli ments between the President of the Council and the late Minister of Finance, and not as in any degree affecting the real merits of the question. He would now, therefore, re peat his demand for a categorical explanation from Minis ters on the question of the reduction of the Five per Cents. The President of the Council admitted the equity of the measure, though he thought it at present unseason able. He (the hon. deputy) wished to be informed of the Minister's motives for entertaining that opinion.—(" Hear,' from the left.) The President of the Council, in reply, expressed his opinion that he had already explained himself clearly and positively. He had been asked if Government was pre pared to present a bill in the course of this session on the reduction of the 5 per Cents. To this question he had answered decidedly i❑ the negative. He had next been asked at what period Government would present such a bill, and be bad replied that Government could enter into no engagement with reg►rd to the events of the future, which must depend upon circumstances - . To enter into a detail of the motives which induced the Government to give such an answer would be to prejudge the question, and to act in opposition to the practice of all legislative as semblies, which could never sanction a debate on such an important question as that now before the Chamber on the occasion of an incidental discussion. Should the Chamber take the initiative on this question in the course of the present session, Ministers would afford such explanations as might then be required. President—ls the Chamber of opinion that sufficient ex planations have been given on this question The question was decided in the affirmative by a consi derable majority, and the President accordingly announced that the Chamber passed to the order of the day. M. Lepelletier d'Aulnay presented the report of the com mittee on the proposition of M. Pelet (de la Lozere), for the introduction of certain modifications into the regulations of the Chamber. The committee approved of the principle of the proposition, but proposed some slight alterations in its form. Wednesday next was fixed for the discussion of the proposition. M. de Golbery demanded to be heard on the order of the day. The Hon. Deputy stated that a volume had been distributed to the members of the Chamber, containing the observations of the Cour Royale on the bill relative to the judicial organization. He demanded that these observations, which were of the utmost importance, should be laid before the committee, and that a supplementary report on them should be presented. The Minister of Justice remarked that Government had not presented a new bill, but merely demanded the re-con siderationofthe committee's report. M. de Golbery thought it necessary that a supplementary report should be presented. Messrs. Vivien and Amilhau followed on the same side ; and after a confused and tedious discussion, the Chamber decided upon passing to the order of the day on the propo sition of M. de Golbery. Consequently the bill relative to the judicial organization is not to be laid before a new committee. M. Rivierc de L'Arque demanded that the Bill on the patents should be again noted on the order of the day. At the suggestion of M. Fulchiron, however, the Bill was ad journed indefinitely. M. Vivien demanded that the proposition of M. Martin (du Nord), relative to the inquiry into the tobacco mono poly, should be again noted on the order of the day.— Agreed to. As also a similar proposition from M. Prevost Lygonie, for the re-consideration of five Bills relative to the interpretation of different articles of the law of the 28th of April, 1816. Two propositions, relating respectively to the re-consi deration of the Bill on the lateral canal from the Loire, and the Customs' Bill, having also been agreed to, the sitting was adjourned at four o'clock. SITTING OF TUESDAY, JAN. 19. M. Dupin, President. The order of the day was the discussion of the project of law upon vicinal roads. Before this subject was entered upon— 11.1. Moreau (de la Meurthe) brought forward a proposi tion for leave to present a project of law for granting pen sions to those soldiers who had been admitted to the order of the Legion of Honour by Napoleon during the hundred days.—Laid on the table. The President intimated, that the discussion on the above measure should take place immediately after that on the bill upon vicinal roads. M. Jaubert addressed the Chamber in opposition to the latter project of law. The Hon. Deputy said that no one could deny the importance of having a perfect mode of com munication by means of good roads throughout France ; it was a measure universally called for. But the project of law presented to the Chamber was not likely to remedy the evils complained of ; it was by no means in accordance with the information which experience had furnished upon this subject. -The Hon. Deputy was proceeding to analyze the details of the project of law, when our reporter left. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. JAN. 19.—1 n the Chamber of Representatives yesterday there was presented, among others, an analysis of a petition from the proprietors of the forests of Ash, in the district of Louvain, asking for an augmentation of the import duty on ash timber from the North of Europe, and likewise of a petition from the tanners of Namur, supported by the Chamber of Commerce of that city, desiring a commercial treaty with France, or if that cannot be effected, the acces sion of Belgium to the German commercial union. The Chamber afterwards continued the general discus sion of the budget of the Minister of War, which was not closed till after a very long debate. The discussion of the articles was then commenced. The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordinance, the object of which is to prevent accidents at the places where the iron rail-roads cross the ordinary roads, canals, or rivers. Persons on foot or on horseback, and carriages of all kinds, are not to proceed along the roads in sight of the train, drawn by steam-engines, till the latter have passed. They are to let the train pass, and remain at the distance of ten yards. The masters of ships, vessels, and boats of all kinds, must anchor or stop at the distance of one hundred yards from the bridge which he wants to have opened, and cannot proceed till he receives permission from the bridge-keeper, who is to let him pass as soon as the train is gone by. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, Jan. IS. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lOl% Loan of City, 18.32, Four per Cent 9.04 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent l3l,si, Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ll4 —Brussels Papers, Jan. 19. ANTwEnp, JAN. 19.—A letter from Frankfort of the 13th January, says—" At length, after several days debate, the Legislative Assembly of this free city, yesterday gave its sanction to the treaty concluded at Berlin, by which Frankfort joins the commercial union. Several points were warmly o . ppesecl, but it} fine thp wko,ip o p t e 4 by a great majority. The ratification will be now sent to Berlin. . . , The Merchants of New York have already sent large orders to 4qrqpe tq rqqkp up for the loss of thOse destroyed by fire. Among others given in Belgiorp, is ape for 7,000 chests of window §lass ; which the nlgngf4gcgrie§ gf the " A \- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1836. district of Charleroi are to deliver at the beginning of Fe. bruary next.—Journal, du Commerce d'ilizvers, Jan. 20. VIENNA, JAN. B.—We hear that the coronation of his Majesty the Emperor, as King of Bohemia, will not take place in May, as was expected, but in September, so that his coronation at Milan will probably be deferred till 1837. The session of the Hungarian Diet, to which a fourth pro longation has been granted by his Majesty, will hardly take place before the end of next month. The district of Tran sylvania will be opened immediately afterwards. VIENNA, JAN. 9.—The mail from Constantinople has arrived to-day, but it brings no news that is at all interest ing-. It was believed there that his Majesty, the King of Bavaria would go from Athens to visit the Turkish capi tal. Baron Stunner, the Austrian Internuncio, has re ceived the Grand Cross of the Bavarian Order of Civil Merit. AUGSBCIIGII, JAN. , 14.— HALLEY'S COMET.—The Comet, after having been invisible for about a mouth, was again seen from the observatory at Milan, on the 30th of December. It was at sunrise in Scorpio, and its course was towards the constellation of the Wolf. The intensity of its light was greater than when at the same distance from the earth before it passed its perihelium, and was nearly equal to its light on the 9th of September. It will be visible till April. The earth approaches towards the comet in March, but will remain at a much greater distance from it than in October. Dec. 30ch. 18 h. 21 min. 45 sec. mean time at Milan, right ascension 244 deg. 51 min. 35 sec ; south declension, 24 c 4 g. 36 min. 49 sec. Dec. 31. 18 h. 29 min. 42 sec. meantime at Milan, right ascension 244 deg. 35 min. 16 sec. ; south declension 24 deg. 45 min. 5 sec. VIENNA, JAN. 9.—Five per Cents. 102 ; Four per Cents. 100 ; Three per Cents. 76 ; Bank Shares, 1395. A/ge mienc • Zieutung, 15th Jan. CONSTANTINOPLE. DEC. 23, 1835.—The Divan, when I last wrote to von, had not yet got out of the state of perplexity in which Lord Ponsonby's note had thrown it. This assembly came at last to the resolution of informing the British represen tative, that although the Turkish Government fully acknow ledged the validity of the representations made relative to the conduct of Mehemet Ali, and the justice of England's claims for redress, yet the Porte felt loath to return a ca tegoric answer to the, application made through his Excel lency's channel before being made acquainted with the na ture of the English Cabinet's intentions, should Mehemet Ali refuse to obey the Imperial firman. In answer to this note, Lord Ponsonby replied that the question which the Reis Effendi had addressed to him being one of a highly important and delicate nature, he requested that the space of four clays might be allowed him, in order to give the subject the whole consideration it merited. On the fifth day after the receipt of the above-mentioned communication, his Ex cellency forwarded to the Porte a note, stating that he enter tained the hope that Mehemet Ali, faithful to his duties of a vassal, would, on-the presentation of the Sultan's order, comply with its injunctions ; should, however, his conduct disappoint the expectations of the British Government, nei ther the dignity nor the interests of England could permit her tamely to put up with a similar injury. In this case, however, the Porte might rest assured that the British Go vernment would not take a decisive step without her parti cipation and previous approbation. This explanation has been considered as satisfactory by the Divan, and it has been resolved to deliver the firman, such as the English Ambas sador originally applied for. It appears from the intelligence received from Syria, that Mehemet Alli, far from showing any disposition to avert the storm gathering against him, is fully determined to brave it. He is a c ti ve ly pursuing his military preparations in that' country ; and the general opinion in Ibrahim's camp is, that early in the spring this General will take the initiative. One of his aides-de-camp has been sent to France, in order, it is said, to engage Officers for his staff. Here, also, the renewal of hostilities is looked upon as certain, although Russia is using every effort to dissuade the Porte from com ing to a rupture. Teffic Bey, one of the Sultan's secre taries, was sent a few days ago with autograph despatches 'to Redschid Pasha's camp. According to the latest intelligence from different parts of Roumelia, the most perfect tranquillity reigns in Albania, and in every part of European Turkey. The Roumely Valessy, convinced that it will be impossible for the Porte to introduce any reforms in the country lately the seat of insurrection, as long as the petty hereditary chiefs are al lowed to remain in possession of authority, had applied to the Sultan for authority to depose the most obnoxious among them. In virtue of the imperial order, be caused lately four of the principal Albanian Pashas—of Dibra, Yakova, Ippek, and Dukaneen—to be arrested. They are on their way to Constantinople, where, like the other Pashas who have been guilty of political offences, they will live un molesta on their incomes. The Turkish fleet began on Friday last to return into port. The Capitan Pasha, as I mentioned in my last, is shortly expected. A steam-boat was sent to-day to meet him, and should the wind continue adverse, to bring him up to Constantinople. The Levant arrived here on the l 7th inst. from Athens, and sailed on the 21st. for the same port. In consequence of an agreement between the Greek Government and the owners, this steam-packet will twice a month perform the voyage between this port and the Piraeus, touching each time at Smyrna, Tchesme, Scio, Syra, and Tino. The want of a regular communication between Turkey and Greece had . hitherto proved a desideratum severely felt by the foreign representatives, diplomatic agents, and commer cial classes in both countries, as well as by travellers. The Greek Government has done everything in its power to render this undertakinc , a profitable one to th e owners . The same advantages which b foreign ships of war are entitled to, have been granted also to the Levant. It performs six or seven days' quarantine. Early in spring the steam communication between Vienna and Constantinople will be fairly established. A traveller will then be able to go from Vienna to Athens in 17 days. The cabin fare amounts to 100 dollars, living included. Owing to the rapidity of cur rents in the Hellespont, Bosphorus, and Danube, the voyage from Athens to Vienna will require 21 days. Letters from Trieste mention as positive the establishment of four Aus trian steam-boats, which are to run between Greece, Smyrna, Constantinople, and Alexandria. The two Russian steam-packets which for the last three years have run between Odessa and Constantinople con tinue to perform this service regularly twice a-month. Neither the wintry terrors of the inhospitable Euxine, nor the immense losses which the company has suffered, have led them to give up this undertaking. The whole expenses, it would appear, are at present defrayed by Government. No pecuniary sacrifices can appear to it heavy when ex pended in the acquisition of early intelligence from a quar ter so vitally interesting as Turkey is to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. . . The Sultan, whose great hobby is to imitate the Mo narchs of Europe, has ordered lately that the anniversary of his birth-day, and also that of his accession to the throne, should in future be kept as holydays throughout the empire. LIBEL UPON A HANGMAN.—It would appear that there is a law in France which expressly forbids, and under a penalty, all persons from calling the executioner by any name calculated to cast odium upon his office. In describing the last scene of two noted malefactors Lace naire and ilvril, which occurred some days ago in Paris, the newspapers generally spoke of the chief agent upon that occasion as le bourreau et ses valets, which perhaps may be translated Jack Ketch and his imps. At these terms M. Samson fils, the functionary in question, took serious um brage, and wrote in remonstrance to the journals. He states that he is called in the law l'executeur des arrets crii urinals (executioner of criminal judgments) and that he is so addressed by the Minister of Justice and the Judges, and that his assistants are to be denominated aides not valets. He therefore warns the Journals to use more respectful language in future. The law to which the hangman refers is an arret of the Council of State of the 12th of January, 1787, which was confirmed by the Convention of 1792. This affair served as the gossip of a day in Paris. FEMALE SAILORS.—A correspondent writes us Having seen lately in the public papers an account of a female sailor serving on board a man-of-war, it may be inte resting to your readers to learn that three females served and fought on board the Victory, in Lord Rodney's engage ment with the French ; they were discovered after the battle to be females, and were sent on shore at Lisbon, where they were clothed at the expense of the British fac tory there, to which Mr. Turner, formerly of this city, was then the treasurer ; a collection was made for them, which amounted to about 25 moidores. They were afterwards sent to Falmouth by one of the packets, and brought to their homes in this city. They belonged to the parish of St. Edmund, on the Bridge ; one of them was blind of an eye, a very stout lusty woman ; the others were short, but stout. They had served at the guns most valiantly during the whole of the engagement, and had not received any injury.— Western Luminary. NEWSPAPER TA x.—Another sacrifice to the tyrannical law which forbids the circulation of public intel ligence without the payment of a heavy tax, has been made in the person of an industrious and respectable individual, Mr. Blanshard, of this town. Although we are sufferers, in common with our contemporaries, by the sale of un stamped newspapers, still we are heartily sick of these end lessloT of the ENchemuer may and unavailing prosecutions. Ministers ought really to trifle no longer with public feeling, but proceed to total abolition of the duty in the castling stlsslon. The 1311 Ce lett Thornierils departMent that fit ble smuggling cannot ,pro a be prevented ; and in the case of newspapers, the chances again s t th e revenue are greater than in other branches of centrabao t ra d e, i nasmuc h as o piaion is altogether in favour learn from any Cie,* in Sr, Von smut led infoilltAtlon Cf. the purveyor of Obscrvefi a 1 PUBLIC DINNER to MR. O'CONNELL AT TRALEE. Mr. O'Connell proceeded from Derrynane Abbey at an early hour, and arrived at Tralee about four o'clock. The weather was inclement in the extreme, and took its due effect upon the spirits of all anxious to be present at the entrance of the " Liberator" into the capital of his native county. Mr. O'Connell's carriage, however, came in much earlier than was expected, as it was evidently pre-determined by him and his friends not to accept of any public entry, or encourage crowded processions. The room, in which an entertainment both costly and sumptuous was given to the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, is capable of containing two hundred and fifty persons, when seated comfortably at table. This number was present. After the cloth had been removed, the following toasts were given by Mr. F. MULLINS, M. P., who presided : " The King ;" " The Princess Victoria ;" " The People ;" " The Army and Navy ;" " The present Government." The CHAIRMAN begged to direct their attention to the next, and he should say, the most important toast of the night, and he would demand a high bumper therefore. When the great services of their illustrious guest were considered, it certainly was nothing but presumpti on i n hi m to attempt to expatiate on them. Ad why ? because he felt that all pre. sent were acquainted with him too well to need any eulogy from him ; but, although it was his duty to be silent on such a personage, he wonld leg their patienc; for a few minutes while ho called to their minds the services lie had rendered his country. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to allude to Mr. O'Connell's public career—his long and ardent strug gles for Catholic Emancipation, his subsequent efforts in aid of Reform, and his recent assistance to his Majesty's Ministers in their carrying through the House of Commons the impor tant measure of Municipal Reform for England. After a lengthened and loudly cheered address from the Chairman,he concluded by proposing " The health of Mr. O'Connell." The toast was received with the most vehement enthu siasm, the applause and acclamations continued for a tedious length, and were kept up with all the best energies of hilarity peculiar to the Irish heart. When it had subsided, Mr. O'CONNELL rose and said—Do you know what brought me here ? I didn't know myself until this evening I saw a passage in the Times newspaper, which told me that my busi ness to Tralee was about the registry of the borough, which is in an awkward way ; and so it is in an awkward way • but for whom ?—why, for the Conservatives.—(Laught er .) I did not presume to stand before you since my late recess from my Parliamentary duties, and I was glad of the hint given me by the Times, for it brings to my recollection an important and gratifying fact, that the first contested election was in this very borough—the first of those elections which set a tone and dis played an example to the rest of Ireland—an example that was well imitated, and had the effect of giving a great number of good men to Ireland as her representatives. And you will do the same again in Tralee, unless a little more of the money be forthcoming. Why do I allude to this topic first ? Because the struggle in this borough was the com mencement of a struggle which was the most successful that Ireland was ever engaged in. Well ; lam bound tq com mence a new agitation.—( Hear, hear.) I have not been wasting my energies since the close of Parliament. No ; I have been consulting the wants of my nature in restoring my physical powers. The field sports have dismissed me active and fresh from my mountains, and, therefore, I say, huzza . for agitation.—( Cheers.) And why not huzza for it ? If it failed before, I would say drop it ; but Wellington and Peel have taught us how to succeed in agitation. They have taught us, while we look back at the past to look forward to the future; and while we ponder on the good we have achieved, to bear in mind that such should be only a stimu lant to accomplish more ; and although my natural exility of temper is such as to make me prefer a good joke to a good argument, yet I cannot but feel and acknowledge that the present is the most awful crisis that Ireland ever knew, or Britain ever experienced. Yet do I despair? No; I re member when I could as easily swallow one of those moun tains upon which I was so lately hunting, as to draw together -even: the one-fifth of the number I see before me now, and still I did not despair. But now, while my heart throbs with suspense, I look to the past far encouragement. I pause over the present with anxious fear, and look to the future with the ardent desire to render the liberties of Ireland per manent and irrevertible.—( Cheers.) To be sure we have ob tained religious equality, although your purses still feel a little now and again.—( Laughter.) After that Reform was carried; for before it, Reform could not pass—it was impos sible for any Minister to carry Reform with the Catholic Question on his back as a sort of a make-weight to re tard it. The next thing I regarded as the most useful thing for Ireland was a domestic Legislature. I acknowledge it ; and though the pride of my nationality is for the moment asleep, it is not dead. lam an Irishman. Ido not know that Irishmen arc inferior to other nations. All experiments have been tried to have justice done to Ireland; and with what effect, let me as'c you ? I spent five long years in my experiments upon the Orangemen, trying to persuade, argue, and conciliate them ; but to no purpose. This convinced me that as long as the Orangemen hold their official situations— and, by the bye, I see that some of your magistrates swear themselves Orangemen in the Court of King's Bench—and their power over the rest of their fellow-subjects, you may as well reconcile fire and water, or poison with medicine, as to think that they can be induced to yield up their prejudices and factious views. Next, the House of Commons told us that Ireland could be better governed by a Legislature of Great Britain than by one of her own. For that reason I consented to bury that question in oblivion, but no more. Why did I do so ? Because I was promised better government from the Members of the Imperial Parliament than Irishmen would provide for themselves, and I was anxious to give a fair trial to British honesty, British integrity, and British ca pability.—(Loud cheering.) I entered into no compromise or surrender of my views or my aspirations for my country, but I was anxious to ascertain the extent of British capacity in governing Ireland. And now we can make the experiment in the best way. Reform was gained for Englishmen by the as sistance and co-operation of Irish Members—for I must say, independent of the exaggeration of friendship, on the part of your Chairman in mentioning my name, that the British Le gislature are bound to acknowledge many obligations to the Irish Members for the helping hand they lent in the hour of need—and how are we rewarded ? I am anxious to impress this upon the honest minds of Englishmen, and, from what intimations I have got, I shall have some opportunities to do so speedily. Scotland has received a great accession to her voters. I'll put it through the press—for what I say here shall go to the eyes of Englishmen—that although we Irishmen had a share in the struggle, we had none in the victory. The reverse was the fact ; for we had a diminution of votes, addi tional power being giveu,to bigoted barristers-4 Hear, hear j-- and their professional swearers, who had nothing to do but to learn to " lip the leather," as the saying is, and thus destroy the franchise of the people; for two or three men had nothing more to do than to stand outside a person's house, and then go swear to the value of its internal improvements—( Laughter) —and any honest man's vote was destroyed—fellows who would swallow the book if necessary, or roske an attempt to swallow the houses.—( Great laughter.) Now, I put my foot on it. I say that the English and Scotch derived substantial benefits from the Reform Bill ; just appreciate the benefits derivable to the English nation by the abolition of a system that absolutely put English boroughs into the power of Chi nese Princes ; for I assert that the Chinese actually nomi nated English Members of Parliament. —( Cheers.) See, then, the Scotch : Scotland had forty-five Members,_ and she has now fifty-three—thereby ge tti ng an a ddi t i on of eight; while Ireland, who should have at least one hundred and fifty, by her population, had only one hundred, and received one in addition : for, although five additional Representatives were given to Ireland, she got but one really, as two nega tive quantities were thrown in to spoil the boon in the two Members given to the Orange University—the pious and im maculate University of Dublin. Now, I put my foot on it. Will we get justice now ? Justice I must have. Why do I support the present Administration ? Because lam con, vinced that they have given us a pledge of their auxiety to do justice to Ireland, by the appointment of a good Irish Secretary, Lord Morpeth—(Cheers)—than whom there is not a nobler being alive, or one with a kinder heart ; and a good Irish Lord-Lieutenant, Lord Mulgrave—the noble ness of whose character is an honour to human nature.— (Cheers.) There is not a braver man alive, morally, poli tically, or personally, than Lord Mulgrave. Something was thrown out about the intimidations of Orangemen to Lord Mulgrave.—( Hear.) Why, what cares he for the faction ? a man who went down, accompanied with one aide-de-camp, to the head of a mutinous regiment, while he was Governor of Jamaica, and stripped them with his own hands of their co lours, at a moment when some of the ruffians might have rushed on him and made it the last of his life ; but he was con tent to let it be his last, as that moment was spout in the dis charge of an act of duty.---( Cheers.) Think you he is afraid of Orangemen ?—( Cheers.) Look to his conduct in the case of Reynolds, who was tried by Judge Doherty ?—(Cheers) —and while I am on the subject, I must say that it is impos sible the newspaper reports of that trial can be true—l cannot believe them to be correct, for in a case where the very police , officers were the witnesses called by Reynolds, who swore that he was trying to preserve the peace, and how Judge Doherty or Judge Smith could omit to send that fact to the Jury, I cannot conceive ; or how the Jury could commit n y one under such circumstances, I could not imagir:e. But Lord Mulgrave, the man of personal courage In J ama i ca, without any application, at least in my belief, dismissed Rey nolds from gaol. I was for some time conldering with my self whether, as Member for Dublin, I. was not bound to make application for his discharge. Yet I did not ; and I am sure Reynolds did not; for a braver creature does not ex ist, or a better hearted Irishman than he is. No, I said to myself, " I much mistake human nature if I am deceived in Lord Mulgrave ; if it be right that it be done, he will do it." I was right in my estimate of him; the fearlessly brave Lord Mulgrave sent Reynolds home from gaol. Look to his official appointments. I think you have an instance in your own bo rough of his just discrimination by the nomination of Mr. Murphy, who is not a man of Tory principles or bigoted views. ____(Cheers.) Would you not Think there was a wide difference between sending down Judge Perrin to try one of you, and sending Baron Foster ? Would Judge PcITIA4 ask your reli gion ? No; nor does he care wbitt religion any man has, or whether he has a ny -- -(l.,aughter)--uni es s it bo for his own sake—at least he Vatr,idn't try, Lim by that test.----( Laughter. ) Yes ; we I,NII have it as an instance to refer to in English his tory, that justice bas been done towards Ireland by Lord Mulgrave—_a proud and solitary instance. Lord Anglesey was sent here to do justice, and how did he do it ? Why, he made Judges of Joy, Doherty, and Foster. But then he had the best intentions in the world. They say that hell with good intentions ; and so it was w it)" • ,s paved vernrnent ; for never did the h . uini and his Go under the feet of 0 - - tricks burn more fiercely Lord A r poor Irish, than they did w idd e u h ri a n v g e .. 6 ,esey's Ad m i n i s t ra ti on . But now h i other prospects, and another Government, we can turn about to the holiest Englishman, and avow our intention to support and rally round the present Government. We. can tell hint that the power and might of Ireland's political exertions will be to confirm and render permanent the present Government. —( Great cheering.) W e can say, there is no justice in your reform, as you extended it to us. What was Scotland before her Municipal Reform Bill ? Why, so many Tralees.-.. ( Laughter.) There were but six or eight, or ten or twelve persons at most, in whom the entire control of a corporate town was placed. Now Scotland has a complete , reform ; an d I am glad of it, and so must every one who is it friend to liberty, for Scotland was never conquered yet. Strange to say, this Scotch Municipal Reform Bill was carried through both Houses in the very same session that the general Reform Bill was passed. The Lords got so thumped about the head by the main measure of reform—( Laughter), that they were unable to attend to the necessary means for stopping the pro.. gross of the other useful act of legislation. England got, a good, au excellent Reform Bill. The Lords opposed it; bat the late corporate elections show how her municipal aff a i rs have hitherto worked, and the Spee. - ly improvement that Bill will bring about. Now, regarding Ireland, shall we get it ( A voice, "We must.") Oh, 'tis easy to say we must ; but I say we must, if we stick together.—(Cheers.) That we must obtain it is the object of my mission it is the pur e pose for which I came he re an d h ave laboured elsewhere, I am an apostle of that sect who hold that the greatest benefits are to be had from a conjunction of these moral powers which are possessed by a people, and that physical power is but an adjunct to those powers—perhaps to be exhibited., but not to be used—for I hold the use to be the abuse of it. lam now about to make the experiment whether .iieft..ice can be got for Ireland—perhaps I am explaining seenewhat more tediously than I should do.—( No, no.) however, I come not here to talk merely, but to speak actions. I say that the Union is de monstrated to be a connection between master and slave, if England and' Scotland are to have municipal reform and Ire land not to have it.--( Cheers.) Talk not to me of the sepa ration of the two countries—l call that cant; give me justice, I say.—(Cheers.) On municipal reform the validity of the Union hinges. Deny us corporate reform and the parchments of the Union Act are as rotten as they can be,. and no sparrow can get through a spider's web with more case than will the people of Ireland destroy that union.—( Vehement cheering.) Cement the Union with justice, and you made it an adamantine chain.—( Great cheering.) I say that notwithstanding all nay feelings of pride for my country, although I am the hired. servant of -the people— ( Cheers)—yet will I lay down then all at the foot of the Union, provided you bind me to it by justice. But look to your unjust conduct, and l e defy you to call on me to respect the Union. We must, get this municipal reform that we want so much—it is a 7ery nice thing to have at any rate. Why, could we not Tralee as th e p resent corporatorsmake as good provosts in ? There are some of us a s fat as ever th e y wer e —(Great laughter.) But, se r i ous ly, whateve r improv - ement it would make in Tralee, see what effect weul'!.. it produce in such cities as Dublin, Cork, Belfast, and terry. Oh, how I long to see the day when I shall hear the. rogues' march played after the corporation of Dublin.— (Laughter.) It was suggested to me at the time that Ca tholic Emancipation was carried, that illuminations on a ge neral scale should be ordered ; but I said " No" at the time, for I considered that we had been aided by Protestants in our struggle then, and that the triumph should be vvith not over them ; but I promise now, that if we get Municipal Reform, we shall have illuminations for it ; for there corpo rators are of no religian—they are corporators.—(Laughter.) This reminds me of an anecdote I heard about one O'Shaugh nessy, a tailor, from a certain part of the world which you may easily guess. This O'Shaughnessy was employed by the late George the Fourth, and after a short time it was whis pered into the (then) Regent's car that his tailor was a Pa pist. So the next time 0' Shaughnessy went to measure his Royal Highness, he said, " Mr. O'Sbaughnessey, what reli gion are you of ? ' The tailor had the impoliteness to allow him to ask him the question a second time, and then replied, e Why, your Majesty, what religion? why I'm a tailor, your Majesty."—( Loud laughter.) In the same way, when you ask these corporators what religion they are, they answer " we are Corporators." (Laughter.) But we'll have a bonfire over them shortly. I cannot help mixing up a vein of jocu larity with a subject that is of a grave nature, and with the se rious expression of my feelings on the welfare of my country. The struggle is not now between two religions, for all reli gions are excluded from corporate priviliges, unless it be some religion fit for the gang- The struggle is for all classes and creeds; and in my hopes for the future I cannot prove iudif.. ferent to the perils of our present situation. In England, the liberties of the people are threatened ; but to what extent? A vain boast, by the Tory press, that the municipal towns will not reap all the imagined advantages of the Bill. What is their language towards the Irish people ? Have you seen the Tory newspapers? They are in an agony of revenge on the Irish people for their late efficient service to the Melbourne Administration. They talk of proclamations and Tory rule : they threaten nothing less than the devastation of this country. They call the Irish people savages, and the Priests " surpliced ruffians"—" a brutal Priesthood." But they never shall put their designs into execution unless they draw the Cromwellian sword again. Never.—(voices "Never, never!") Think you if the Tories were in power, would you be safe in walking the streets? What would defend you from the Orange Club of Tralee? And if such be the case in Kerry, what would it be in the North of Ireland, where the Catholics are comparatively few ? The apostles of sedition and may vilify the peo ple, their creed, and their clergy, but we disregard their tongues as long as we are secure from their bayonets. Whatever they do, Archbishop Trench has the merit of serving you, with the grace of God, upon a leeitat_ (Laughter)—and what else are their proceedings or remon strances, but swords, muskets, writs, latitats, tied faciases, and elegits ?—( Laughter.) Quite different from_ the doctrines you (looking to the Rev. Mr. Falvey) or,yoeir father preach. —( Laughter.) But what do y ou thiee has been further done by this Tory press ? Did you se ,pose there was a mis creant so inhuman as to praise acts of blood, as to exult in the blood of the son of Widuw Ryan ? Did you suppose that a dog could be found to do so? Yet there is a fellow on the Standard of the name of Gifford, the son of " the dog in office," As we would call him ; he has done so ; he has gloated in the scenes of Rathcormac. Oh, the terrible faction I My first step shall be to rouse the people into a feeling and an atti tude of resistance. The question • is—the safety of property. Then must we have no waverers. The Athereans punished not the beaten men in the political contest, nor of course the victorious, 'out the neutral—(Cheers). True, the faction have not the sword drawn ; they have not the dragoons, but that ie from want of power ; their teeth are grinding to masti cate the people ; and I proclaim all men slaves who assent to it by standing neutral. I accuse the Waverers of aiding the fac tion—l accuse then; before the court of their own consciences-- I impeach them of abetting and assisting the worst and most infamous faction by whom a country was ever accursed—always excepting the Duke of Cumberland.—(Great laughter.) I henceforth call the neutrals Cumberlanders ; all the little boys in the streets shall shout " Cumberlanders " after them. I announce to you the greatest crisis this country ever saw to the present moment. Life and property. 'are not safe if the King's Ministers be dismissed from his Majesty's Councils. Yet we dread not the faction. We conquered them before. Justice will triumph again. I remember when the voice of our complaints was like the wailing of a babe, yet it grew into the voice of' a giant, possessing all its strength, none of its harshness. I remember our Unions, when with but o ne heart and fourteen million s o f hands-4 Great applause)--we demanded our rights, and obtained what Waterloo Welling ton, and Peel, in his religious whimperings, said we never should get. Now I prophecy again that we must get what we demand. Tithes must be abolished ; the stream of human blood now beginning to flow must cease ; two men have been made victims already to them—one shot by a pistol loaded by a Minister of God. I weeder did St. Paul ever load a pistol ? But I should not mix the melancholy and the grave together with the ludicrous on so solemn a subject. What do I advise, thee, regarding tithes ? Resistance ? No ; petition front every parish for the total abolition of this impost. Re-echo the cry of the starving clergy, with the cry of the starving pea santry.—(Cheers.) They talk vauntingly of large subscrip tions being given to the Protestant clergy of Ireland, by the English people : and so let it be. That's just as it should be. What signifies a million a year to the English people? And. if they choose keeping a Church establishment in Ireland, for their own amusement, why let them do so, but take care to pay for it. As to urging on Stanley's Bill, a n d ma ki ng the landlords responsibl for tithes, let landlords beware of that. There is enough of rent already to be collected, without adding to it. Let the voice of Ireland be spoken out on this subject. Let but one cry go from the Giant's Cause way to Cape Clear, mid from the Hill of Howth to Conne marra, calling for their abolition. I thank you for ygur pa tience. I thank you for your sympathies. I have announced to you the danger of our situation unless we sustain the pre sent Government. Then down with the Tories ! Down with the Orange faction. That is the sentiment that pervades my breast. [The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then re sumed his seat, amidst plaudits and other demonstrations of respect, which contiemed for several minutes.] The remain;:og toasts on the list were given and responded to with great warmth. Many volunteers were likewise of fered .; amongst the rest the health of Mr. _A. C. O'Dwyer, ba; Mr. O'Connell, who passed a very high eulogium on That gentleman's principles and talents ; also taking occasion to condemn the conduct of the Committee whose decision de prived Mr. O'DWyer of his scat in Parliament. Mr. O'Con nell left the room at twelve o'clock, and was followt•d by all at the end of the table where he sat: The company continued to enjoy themselves for a short time longer; Messrs. Wild, Hughes, Johnson, Portals, 'and Mat thews, gentlemen connected with the New Strand Theatre, waited yesterday upon Mr. Mash, at the Lord Cho.niber lain's Office, in consequence of a communication received from thence last evening, advising them to discontinue their performances. Mr. Mash received the gentlemen in the kindest manner, and promised to acq uaint the Chamber.. lain with their imm e di a t e a nd ready compliance with his in structions. It is confidently hoped that his Lordship w ill take iuto his earliest consideration the claims of th'e ladies and gentlemen who have been thus suddenly deprived, of their engagements, and allow them to re-open the hoti. se f or a short period. The hecertain English lady from the b a t fatal du e l w hi c h succeeded, a r r o c r e e c ig n ? t .co4rtnd elopement have been s_ l ,l,, j ects of unceasing curiosity th e u pper eirvi— s. Th e more recent p assages of th , ,3 life of the frail beauty are now as well known as fb e earlier ones—but - there is a most interesting period undissolved—that which she passed in Paris with the Yrince, while the question of divorce was being settled here. On this point, the Court Journal of Saturday next will contain some curious revela tions.