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ebtrb Ebttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING. QUARTER TO SIX O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst The Pzior 15 to 1 agst Cattonite 16 to 1 agst Sir Robert 16 to 1 agst Merry Andrew 18 to 1 agst Freedom 20 to 1 agst Pagan 27 to 1 agst Martyr 30 to 1 agst Tacita DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 7 to 1 agst Rattan 15 to 1 agst Orlando 20 to 1 agst Cockamaroo 25 to 1 agst T'Auld 'Squire 30 to 1 agst Voltri 40 to 1 agst Loadstone 40 to 1 agst Vat colt 45 to 1 agst Campanero 45 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh 50 to 1 agst Bebington 50 to 1 agst Mount Charles SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. "FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The Pro-Corn-law League has met with a repulse in one of its strong-holds. Somersetshire, agri cultural though it be, has pronounced against the Corn laws, adopted a free trade resolution, and a petition to the legislature found upon it. The meeting at which these results were obtained was a legitimate county meeting, convened by the High Sheriff, in pursuance of a requisition presented to him, numerously signed by the principal landowners of the county, and several of their tenants. Most of the representatives of the leading families and a large number of clergymen were present. The meeting, which was held at Bridgewater on Friday last, consisted of at least 4,6130 persons. Notwithstanding the manifest advantages to the landowners from a meeting so convened in such a county, the defeat of the monopolist resolutions was decisive. The effect of such a defeat upon other county meetings will be most dis couraging. The Premier's declaration in favour of the sliding-scale, and his determination to stand or fall by it—wrung from him, as that declaration was, by the demonstrations got up by the landlords to fright him into a pledge in favour of protection—has fallen powerless upon the confederation formed against mono poly. The Premier may pledge himself, and the land lords may take counsel together how best to counteract its influence on the country ; but their united efforts will be vain. " The question has taken too firm a hold upon the sympathies of the nation to be settled by such means as they propose. The mischief's of the sliding-scale will be made the more manifest by their efforts to bolster it up against the assailants • whom they have provoked by their perti nacity, and encouraged to persevere by their senseless refusal to be instructed by what is taking place before their eyes. There is sot now a practical man in the country who does not see that it is utterly impossible to maintain the existing system. The question has re solved itself into a moderate fixed duty upon corn im ported from foreign countries, or a total abolition of all duty. Every week, almost every day, furnishes some fresh proof of the danger of delay. Within the House of Commons, and outside its walls, one influential indi vidual after another declares that, as between the pre sent system and total abolition, the preponderance of advantage to the public interests is vastly in favour of the latter. The thinking portion of the tenant-farmers, were they polled to-morrow, would affirm the same truth. The conduct of Sir Robert Peel on this subject has infused a spirit of mutation into agricultural pursuits, and given rise to well-founded sus picions of his sincerity, and more of his ability,' to sus tain the position he has assumed by his recent decla ration. And yet, amid all these portentous indications of impending destruction to their cherished system, the monopolist body, incapable of estimating their position, vainly hope that the fast-sinking vessel, in which they have embarked, will weather the storm, right itself, and aga n get into smooth water! Sir Alexander Hood was the champion to whom the monopolist party committed their cause. The worthy Baronet duly appreciated the honour thus conferred on him, and certainly exposed himself most gallantly in its behalf. He felt as sured of tr;umph, and congratulated the gentlemen on the hustings, by whose means the meeting had been called, that " they found themselves supported by the yeomanry, the tenantry, the gentry, and he would say the labourer too —(' No, no,' and great uproar)—in de nouncing what could be called by no other name than the revolutionary proceedings of the League.—(Cheers and groans.) He rejoiced : it was one of the happiest days of his life to see the yeomanry of the county of So merset coming forward and, like men, prepared to take their stand, if needs be, foot to foot and breast to breast, against the enemies of their property, their peace, and their Frosperity." Sir A. Hood evidently feels that the hope of the landowners rests upon their purse, rather than upon any principles they can put forth, or any arguments they can employ against free trade. Hence he invoked large pecuniary contributions—contributions which must be much larger than those the Anti-Corn-law League can obtain." how these contributions are to be employed he said not. It is evident, however, that the worthy Baronet has an eye to the old Tory practices at elections, by which the monopolist-upholding majority in the House of Commons may be kept up. STANDARD.—Men of all parties are asking how it was that the Noble Mover of the Irish resolutions in the House of Lords was left " alone in his glory" by every member of the ex-Cabinet ! Lord Ripon's speech cer tainly reduced them to a piiable condition. According to Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Lansdowne was taken ill, and as he intended to speak, the debate . was courteously adjourned from Tuesday to Thursday. Thursday came, but not a word came from Lord Lansdowne ! This was passing strange, after the adjournment and the rea son assigned for asking it. Not a word from any one 'of the ex-Cabinet, though the debate originated with a member of that Cabinet. Of course Lord Lansdowne must have intended to speak, as the adjournment took place chiefly to give him au op poi tunity of doing so. What a tribute, then, was it to Lord Ripon's excellence, that after a day and night's consideration, by far the most elo quent of the Whin. Cabinet relinquished his intention of replying to it. B ut there was some law involved in the discussion, at least it was so enunciated by the Whig organs. This was clearly a mistake, or the ex-Chancel lor of Ireland would assuredly not have been silent. His whole professional life was spent in the courts of common law—he was 12 years Attorney-General for England. In matters of law there is not to be found a more com petent authority. Surely, then, the doctrines of the Irish Chief Justice could not possibly have received a stronger or more flattering assent than that acorded by his silence. After all, the division might just as well have taken place on Tuesday. Of course, the absence of the Noble Lord who left the House ill was the "sole" cause why it did not. Others assign a different reason. Was Lord Duneannon unluckily absent from town, with the Whig proxies in his pocket, or locked up ? IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) • H OUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. LIBEL AND DEFAMATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that he should to morrow move the second reading of this Bill pro forma, with a view to its being referred to a Select Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he thought the Committee had better be the same as the one appointed last year. GAMING TRANSACTIONS (WITNESES' IN DEMNITY) BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the second reading of the Bill to indemnify witnesses giving evidence before a Committee of their Lordships' House on the subject of gaming. It had been found impossible to make a search ing inquiry into the subject of gaming without having the evidence of persons who had been implicated in gaming transactions. It could not be expected that men would willingly give evidence on the subject while their testimony might render them liable to qui tam actions. He felt that the result of - this inquiry would at once dissipate the erroneous views taken in some parts of the country, that the object of this Bill was to save rich persons only from the effect of qui tam actions. Unfortunately, there was a great deal. more gambling amongst the poorer classes than there was even amongst the rich. His object in bringing this Bill before their Lordships was to obtain such evidence as would enable their Lordships to legislate on the subject. The Bill was then read a second time. IRISH REGISTRATION. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from Drogheda, praying that the same municipal fran chise as in England should be established in. Ireland. PRIVY COU.NCIL.—PATENTS. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill, and moved that it be read a first time, for continuing the patent of Lord Dundonald for a further term of seven years. The Bill, as we und erstood the Noble Lord (who, from ill ness, was imperfectly heard), was to gi ve t o th e J u di c ial Committee of the Privy Council the power to recommend an exten sion of the time for patents. He proposed to empower a Committee of that House to inquire into the subject matter of a petition- - that the Committee should report ' to the House, and that then the House should address the Crown upon the subject, and pray the Crowrito take it into con s id erat i on, and, the subject mat ter being referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Crown should be empoweredtogrant a (longer term. His only, doubt h a d been whether should not be by a joint address of both H ouses —rather t than an address from either one —that his proposal should be carried into effect. Lord CAMPBELL said he entirely approved of the principle of . the Bill. But he wished to su b m i t for their Lordships' consideration whether the time had not arrived at which it was desirable to extend the privileges of' patents to a longer term, say fourteen or twenty-one years. The powers of the Judicial Com mittee could, in his opinion, be now wisely extended and he, therefore, suggested that to it should be given the power of divorce a vinculo et matrimonii. He thought that the time and duties of Parliament should be confined to objects having reference solely to the interests of the empire, and that they should not be called upon to Telieve the. adultress or the scoundrel husband. These . ) I?3'Wers ought to be left to Courts, and he knew • re s te tribunal than this Judicial Committee of the (mei!. By giving this power to the Committee 1 1 14, y Cotnicil, they would provide a remedy for :_the iiroor - ilv, hich could now only be had by the rich. The 13,41tD CHANCELLOR thought it would not be adv*ble to mix up matters of divorce 'in the ;16-4 ..;.,.~ Bill now presented to . their . Lordships. .. If his I Noble and Learned Friend (Campbell) would bring in a Bill on the subject of divorce, and its adjudication by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council :hould have his best consideration. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would take that op portunity of stating, that in opposing large powers to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, when the Bill giving those powers .was before their Lordships, he was actuated solely by a prudential motive in going step by step where a new tribunal was being constituted. He should say thit the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council would be an infinitely better tribunal for this sort of business than that which now existed: It would have also another great recommen dation—that of cheapness, and the law would then be protective not, as now, to one class alone but to tne whole country. Lord BROUGHAM wished only to observe that the suggestion now thrown out had not escaped the atten tion of the framers of the Bill, constituting the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. There was in that Bill a clause not exactly giving the absolute power to Lthe Privy Council, but giving to it power to in quire and report:—making it, in fact, auxiliary to that House. His plan would be, never to part with the jurisdiction now possessed by that House, but that the Judicial Committee might report to the House, and under sanction of the ?louse give its judgment in these cases; because he was then, as now, very jealous . of transferring the jurisdiction which belonged to them. He said at that time it was better to go step by step.. He thought they had be go on so now. The subject was one of infinite importance, re quiring great considoration but, in his opinion, the course hinted at by his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Lyndhurst), was by far the most judicious. He (Lord Brougham) would frame a speciall Bill for this object which, with the help of the Consistorial Court, the Right Rev. Prelates, the Law and Equity Judges would, he hoped, attain the point aimed at, and make the law as available to the poor as it now was to the rich. Certainly, as the law at present stood it was a law for the rich, and not for the poor, not - only to the wrong of the party, but to the great injury of the morals of the poor. Lord CAMPBELL said he should be the last person to transfer the powers of that House or of Parliament I to the Privy-Council or any other body. The question, however, of a divorce a vinculo matrimoni he thought ought to be referred to a judicial tribunal. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that after the divorce was obtained, then came the question of whether the parties should be allowed to marry again. That he ap prehended to be a question for Parliament alone. Under these circumstances the expenses of such proceedings would not be diminished, intorno& as, in the first place, a trial must be had; and then a Bill in Parliament. Lord REDESDALE did not think much expense would be saved by 'taking questtons of this kind before the Privy Council, except, perhaps, as to the length of the inquiry. Before the Privy Council such case would be probably disposed of in one day, whereas before their Lordships' House the enquiry would occupy a longer time. Under the present system great expense was in curred in the shape of fees to agents, solicitors, and various other persons. Not only were these charges on one stage of the bill, but they were repeated in every stage, although no word perhaps, had been said during the progress of the bill through these stages. Lord BROUGHAM said he was one of the trustees to an estate, respecting which a Bill had lately been obtained from Parliament. The trustees had just re ceived a bill of 3671., that being the Parliamentary agent's bill alone. Upon this Bill not a single witness had been examined. The whole expenses of this Bill, which was unopposed, and merely obtained for the pur pose of granting leases, was 1,2001. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR. the Bill was laid on the table. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH the Metropolitan Improvements Bill was read a third time and passed. OFFENCES AT SEA BILL. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE the Offences at Sea Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES IN IRELAND. The Earl of RODEN rose to put a question to the . Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack respecting a deeply-interesting subject to a large portion of the people of Ireland. It was with respect to a Bill at present before their Lordships with regard to Presby terian marriages. in Ireland. At a meeting of the Presbyterian Society of Ireland would be held in Belfast on Thursday next, they would naturally be anxious to know as to the probable time when a definite jugdment would be given upon the subject of mixed marriages in Ireland. lie wished therefore to know when it was probable that that judgment would be given. The LORD C FIANCELLOR said he had had a com munication with the late Lord Chancellor, and it had been arranged that the judgment should be given on Friday next. What the result of that judgment would be it wou:d be difficult for him to say. Four Noble and Learned Lords had already given in their opinion, but, of course, he was not at liberty at present to state it. It would be sufficient for him at present to say that on Friday next the udgment would be en. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that this was a question of such deep and general interest to all parties in Ireland, that it required the greatest pOssible atten tion from their Lordships. COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. Lord MONTEAGLE said, that upon the subject of a railway to Holyhead, although he did not wish to press the Government for a decisive answer, inasmuch as it was under the consideration of the other House just now, but he should urge upon the consideration of the Go vernment the great importance of having the utmost facility in the communication between this country and Ireland.—(Hear, hear, from the Duke of Wellington.) To give effect to this it was essential that the harbour of Ilollyhead should be as safe as possible. He was induced to allude to this subject, because he felt the great inti. r est which it excited in the public mind in Ireland. The Duke of WELLINGTON fully agreed with the Noble Lord upon the importance of the subject of a speedy communication with Ireland and the Government were fully impressed with the necessity of doing all in their power to forward this object. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH laid upon the table cer tain returns relating to the Post-office. FEES IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR in laying upon the table, the return of the fees received in the Court of Chancery ; and that in consequance of the late altera tion made in that Court, the amount of fees fell short of the income of last year, and this was partly owing to the compensation tees, which would have the same effect upon a future occasion. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Roch dale, praying for certain improvements in the town. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the Anti-Corn-law Association of Preston, praying that the military establishment- of the country might not be in creased, and expressed satisfaction at the assurances of pacific relations with other Powers in her Majesty's Speech. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Read ing, containing 1,662 names ; one from Maidstane, con taining 432 ; also a petition from Sudbury, and fr om Marlow, and from the Chairman of the Complete Suf frage Union at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying for the extension of the Suffrage, and the establishment of com inertial and religious liberty. Sir JOHN TROLLOPE presented a petition from Holbeach, in Lincolnshire, against the Anti-Corn-law League. The petitioners prayed that the House would not listen to the delusive schemes of self-interested par ties.—(Great laughter.) Mr HUME presented a petition from the Peace So ciety of Ross, praying that the military establishment of the country might be reduced. THE LATE WAR IN CHINA. The SPEAKER read a letter from Sir George Burrell, acknowledging the thanks of the House, presented to him for his services in China. POOR-LAW. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from Dews. bury, praying for an alteration in the bastardy clauses of the Poor-law. POOR LAWS. Mr. P. BORTHWICK gave notice that, upon the House going into Committee upon the Poor-laws'Amend ment Act, he would move for the introduction of clauses to prevent the separation of married people, abov e s i x ty years of age, in workhouses ; for permission to married people under that age to attend each other in case of ill ness ; and for out-door relief in certain cases. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would, to-morrow, move for returns of the number of appeals brought before the House of Lords in the last two years. The HON. MEMBER also gave notice that he would move for a return of the number of Custom-house agents discharged in consequence of fraud, and the amount of penalties recovered from the sureties. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice, that on the motion for the third reading of the Small Debts Bill, he would move as an amendment that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Mr. WALLACE postponed to the 29th instant the several motions of which he had given notice for this evening, respecting the Post-office and the Customs. The HoN. MEMBER also gave notice of a motion for a return of the amount of receipts from the sale of papers published by order of the House, and also of the expense incurred in defending prosecutions in the Courts of Law, arising out of these publications, in order that the balance should be ascertained. THE GAMBLING ACTIONS. Mr. CHRISTIE gave notice, that in Committee upon the Horse-racing Penalties Suspension Bill, be would move that the power of proceeding for penalties under any Act of Parliament should be taken from common informers.—(Hear, hear.) BRAZIL. Mr. LABOITCHERE gave notice that on Thursday next he would bring under the consideration of the House the existing treaties with Brazil. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. Mr. HAWES moved fora return of papers connected with the treaty of Washington.—Ordered. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND). Sir R. FERGUSON gave notice of a motion for returns relating to the registration of electors in Ireland. THE QUEEN OF OTAHEITE. Mr. HINDLEY begged to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman, the First Lord of the Treasury, whether there was any truth in a paragraph which appeared in one of the morning papers of this day, to the effect that Queen Pomare, of Otaheite, had been deposed by the agents of the French Government ? Sir ROBERT PEEL had not so much leisure as the j Hon. Gentleman to read the morning papers.—(Laugh. 1 ter.) He had therefore not seen the paragraph referred to, and was unable to answer the questibn. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. On the motion of Sir H. DOUGLAS leave was given to bring in a - Bill for the improvement of the Liverpool docks. .x _ . RAILWAYS. , • Leave Was also 'given to bring in Bilrg for' the forma tion of branch lines connected with the :Manchester and Leeds, the Hartlepool, and other railways, SUPPLY. _ _ The Order of the Day for going into Committee :of Supply was read, and postponed till Wednesday next. POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND THE PRESS. On the motion for reading . the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Poor-law Amendment Bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had a question to put to the Attorney-General. It appeared that the proprietors of several newspapers in Ireland had withdrawn them selves from the Repeal Association, the reason stated by them for so withdrawing being that Chief Justice Penne father had laid it down as the law that the whole of an association were responsible for any article that might appear in any paper of which the proprietors might happen to be members. Mr. Barrett, of the Pilot, and Mr. Gavan Duffy, of the Nation, had both stated this as their reason for withdrawing from the Association. Now the question he had to put to the Attorney-General was this—whether, if the matter pub lished in any newspaper, the proprietor of which might happen to be a member of any association, the whole of the members could be made responsible, if that matter was put in as evidence against that association?—(Hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Hon. Gentle man had been kind enough to apprise him, a few minutes previously, that he intended to put the question to him. In answer to it, he would say that he had no doubt the proprietors of the newspapers in question were well advised, and had exercised a sound discretion in retiring from the Repeal Association. — (Cheers and laughter from the Ministerial benches.) But whatever they might do, under that good advice, it was impossible for him (the Attorney-General) to form any judgment in reference to the general question whe ther the contents of a paper, of which the edito - r might be a member of an association could be used as evidence against the whole of the members, unless he knew the objects of the association, to what extent the editors were mixed up with it, what the articles were in refe rence to those objects, and what use was made of those articles.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial side.) Mr. ELPHINSTONE said he was a member of the Anti-Corn-law League—(Ministerial cheers)—which was an association for doing away with monopoly. — (Ministerial cheers and laughter.) Now there was a journal which was called the League, in connection with: that Association, and he wanted to know whether he (Mr. Elphinstone) and every other member of that league was liable for every article that might be published in that paper ? He wished to have an answer to that ques tion from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Hon. Gen tleman had addressed his question to him, but he did not know that he was entitled to the honour of such a distinction—(Ministerial cheers, and laughter)—but in answer he would strongly recommend the Hon. Gen tleman to take the advice of his ordinary professional legal adviser.—(Renewed cheers and laughter from the Ministerial benches.) Lord EBRINCTON and Mr. HINDLEY here rose about the same time, amidst the derisive cheers of the Mem bers on the Ministerial side of the House, and the latter Hon. Gentleman commenced speaking amidst cries of " Order, order." The Hon. Gentleman having sat down, Lord EBRINGTON, who had first caught the Speaker's eye, proceeded to ask, pursuant to notice, the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure—or the same measure which had been already proposed, with respect to the Administration of turnpike-trusts in England. _ _ Sir J. GRAHAM said that he had intended to intro duce a measure on the subject, but that a commission had been appointed to inquire into, and report upon the subject. The Commissioners had fully investigated the matter, and he expected that their Report would be ready in a very short time, and before introducing any measure of the kind, he wished to have the advantage of receiving their Report. Mr. HINDLEY said he must confess that he was not satisfied with the answer which had been given by the Attorney-General to the question of the Honourable Gentleman behind him (Mr. Elphiustone). He (Mr. Hindley) had consulted his professional law adviser on the subject, and that gentleman told him that the Asso ciation called the Anti-Corn-law League was a perfectly legal one. But that would not decide the question if the Attorney-General was directed, as in the case of Mr. O'Connell, after 11 orl 2 months, or a long time had elapsed, to proceed against its members.—(Cries of " Order, order.") He repeated it would not decide the question which his legal adviser had decided in his favour.—(Re newed cries of " Order, order.") He now asked the Attorney-General whether the Anti-Corn-law League was a legal Association or not?—(Jeers and cheers from the Ministerial benches.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appealed to Hon. Gentlemen on both sides of the House, whether he had ever declined answering any question put to him in that House ? If the Hon. Member had really any question which he wished to ask him (the Attorney-General), relative to himself (Mr. Hindley) he would be very happy to answer it, and without a fee.—(Cheers and laughter.) But if he answered the question now he would be oc cupying the public time in a way in which he did not think he should be justified in doing. IRELAND—ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the Order of the Day in resuming the adjourned debate on Lord John Russell's motion for a Committee to inquire into the state of Ireland being read, Mr. HORSMAN rose and said, that he felt it his duty, as an English representative, to enter his protest against the policy which her Majesty's Government had pursued with regard to Ireland. It had been ad mitted on all sides that we had arrived at a great crisis ; and he should support the motion of the Noble Lord, be • cause he thought it necessary to inquire how that crisis bad arrived.—(Hear, hear.) There were certain facts on which no difference of opinion existed. It was ad mitted that three years ago Ireland had been handed over to Honourable Gentlemen opposite in a state of peace and tranquillity.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The habits of the people had improved—(Hear, hear) — troops had been withdrawn—(Hear, hear)—the adminis tration of justice was respected—(Year, hear)—and the repeal cry was comparatively speaking unheard.—(Hear, hear.) Now, however, the repeal cry had become a national cry.—(Cheers.) More troops had been sent to Ireland, and the country was covered with garrisons ; thus proving that the Government intended to act upon the announcement which had been made last year, that concilihtion had been carried to its utmost extent.—(Cheeri.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Cork bad been prosecuted to con viction, and that Hon. and Learned Gentleman was now only awaiting the sentence of the Court which would consign him to a gaol.—(Hear, hear.) By what means had that conviction been obtained ?—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had boasted the other night of his moderation and fairness; but he (Mr. Horsman) mus t confess that he had never known of any proceedings in which moderation and fairness had been more com pletely dispensed with than in the recent prosecutions in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He would not dwell upon the animus which had been exhibited throughout those pro ceedings by the Learned Gentleman who had repre sented the Government—(Hear, hear)—to the extraor dinary preliminary boasting by which the case had been prejudged.—(Hear, hear.) He would not speak of the calling upon one of the counsel for the traversers to produce his license—(Cheers)—or. of the insisting upon the presence of the traversers in the Court during the whole of the proceedings.—(Hear, hear.) These were all extraordinary and vexatious proceedings—(Cheers)—but they were matters personal •to the Attorney-General.—(Cheers.) But why a as the list of witnesses on the back of the indictment not furnished to the traversers ?—(Hear, hear.) It was essential to the defence that they should be furnished with the list, and he would ask the Attorney-General for England, if in the whole course of his professional experience he had ever known an instance in which the list of witnesses had been refused.(Hear hear.) He would ask the At torney-General if he would, under similar circum stances have refused the list ? Then the application for a copy of the jury list, which was equally necessary to the traversers, in order to prepare their challenges was alsorefused.—(Hear, hear.) The sheriff had trans mitted that list to the Home-office, and had offered to furnish a copy :to the de fendants if the lAttorney-General would consent, but that consent had been withheld.—(Hear, hear.) What reason could they have had for such refusal ? Was it not to be presumed that they were acting under the in structions of the Government ? The production of those documents were essential for the defence of the traversers on their trial, and yet these documents had been refused. Then, with regard to striking off the names from the jury -list, how had they proceeded ? It was said that eight of those who were struck off were repealers. He took that statement as it was made, but there were still four others who were to be accounted for—two Roman Catholics- and two liberal Protestants. He should like to know why it was they were struck off. The Government, by the 'proceedings which they iy'opted, succeeded in keeping twelve men on the jury who combined the three-fold elements of being Protes tants, Anti-Repealers, and Conservatives. With regard to the omission of the names from the general list, though it might have happened through accident that they were left out in the first in stance, the Government took care to avail them selves of the error, and they forced on a trial with an in complete jury list. It was a maxim of law, according to Lord Bacon, that if a man found a door open and en tered, and having purloined something broke out through a different way, he was guilty of burglary. It was in a similar way Government acted in those trials. They obtained a jury according to their own wish, and obtained a conviction, but it was one not likely to be . much respected.(Cheers.) It was a conviction which he hesitated not to say, was a false conviction (Cheers) —and would be followed by no moral results. And if no moral results followed from it, what practical results would follow from it. The Right Honourable Gentleman told them of one practical result which had already followed, namely, that peace was restored to Ireland. But he. was not aware that the peace of Ireland had ever been broken.— (Cheers.) It was a peace like a sort of smothered rebel lion.—(Hear, hear.) As the Noble Lord said, they held Ireland by military occupation. They held her in peace as long as there was peace in Europe --(Hear, hear)—as long as they were in a state of quiescence,' but the moment a move was made, the moment a shot was fired, they would fall in pieces. —(Cheers.) If they continued their present policy to Ireland, they must play the coward at hole, S [IN, LONDON; Id OND A Y ] VEN Iwo, PlilBR :A, IA44 and truckle to France and America.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet did not read aright the the spirit which now prevailed in Ireland. He would do well to consider that spirit. It was a spirit which had before now been seen in England and Scotland. It was a spirit similar to that with which Scotchmen secured the independence of their country ; it was a spirit like that which Lord Chatham said he rejoiced to see in America ; and let him tell the Right Honourable Baronet it ". was a spirit which great men sympathised with, which good men inculcated—a spirit which the boldest and 'then wisest statesman would do well to consider, and which the boldest minister might not be ashamed to tremble at. Notwithstanding, the vaunting of the Right Honourable Baronet, there was no man in the whole empire at this moment who had so much cause for alarm as the Right Hon. Baronet. To whom had the Right Hon. Baronet delegated the government of Ireland ? They were told by the Right Hon. Baronet the other night of the commotion which was created in the Home-office by the Clontarf procla mation. They were told that an attempt had been made to wrest by force the executive from the hands of the Government. They were told that on that occa sion the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Lord Chancellor, and the Attorney and Solicitor-General were sum moned to the Home-office, and that they remained four days in debate. The only man who was not sum moned to that important Council, was the Prime Minister of England. (Some observations were passed across the table, ' which did not reach the gallery.) He . must say that he saw many causes of alarm in the present state of affairs in Ireland, and these causes of alarm were not at all lessened by the manner in which they were treated by the Govern ment. It seemed to him to be a case on which no per son could reflect seriously without alarm. He did not mean to enter into any of those queions connected with Ireland which were fit subjects of inquiry. He would only say on that occasion that he thought, among the many causes of complaint which the Irish people had, one of the greatest, as well as the most frequently urged, was the want of sym pathy among English Members for Irish grievances. Every evil which had ever been felt by Ireland was in some degree owing either to English bigotry or Eeglish dislike. We had hitherto denied all the claims of justice till now—justice and self-interest were combined. This was no longer an Irish question. He believed that if the prosecution which had recently been conducted in Ireland had been conducted in the sane manner against _,he Chartists, there would have been a sensation from one end of England to the other, and • that business of that House would 'have been stopped until the injustice had been redressed. The course of justice should be as dear to them on Irish as on English soil.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that the unity and iniegrity of the empire were at stake. The eyes of Europe were upon them. He would read to the House the opinion of a writer, whose authority on such subjects stood ex ceedingly high. The Honourable Member then read an extract from an author, whose name was inaudible ; in which, after a statement of the position of Ireland, it was said that, unless in time England permitted some small inroads to be made upon her tyranny, the result would be fatal to English greatness. Such was the opinion of a writer, who was as impartial as he was enlightened, and he hoped that the warning thus given would not be heard in vain. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said that as an Irish pro prietor, taking a very deep interest in the welfare of that country, he must express his regret at the tone and manner in which this question had been sub. mitted.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He did hope, when he saw the announcement of this discussion in the paper, proceeding, as it did from a Noble Lord, for whose statesmanlike qualities no man in that House entertained more sincere respect than himself, that Ireland would not again be made the battle field of party.(Hear, hear.) If he had conceived that the course proposed by the Noble Lord was calculated to benefit Ireland, no party ties or personal predilections would have prevented him from stating the opinions which he entertained.—(Hear, hear.) Now before he proceeded further he thought he might con gratulate gentlemen on that side of the House that the charges for which the G overnment bad been arraigned were - admitted to be unfounded.— (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord, the Member for Sun derland,' with that abstinence of party spirit which charaeterised him, admitted that they had not been established ; and the Right Hon. Buronet, the Member fur Devonport, had also acquitted the Government. But he found that, in the speech of thelgoble Lord, there was a sentence which showed that, even in the Noble Lord's opinion, the circumstances in which Ireland was placed, it was necessary that something should be done to assert the majesty of the law.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that was a great admission, coming from a party which inculpated the Government, and had not when in power made itself very remarkable for its power of enforcing the majesty of the law.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord had proceeded to attack the Govern ment for their conduct in the disposition of their patron age. Now he (Mr. H.) must admit that there was no great enthusiasm in Ireland in favour of the Govern ment.—(Laughtcr.) But they must look to what was the nature of popularly in Ireland. There was nothing easier for a Government than to attain popularity in Ireland. They had only to throw themselves unreservedly into the hands of one or other of the extreme parties, and they would be sup ported by the shouts of exultation on the one side, and by the silence of terror on the other. Such popularity was inconsistent with his notion of an impartial Government.—(Hear, hear.) The Government of Lord Normanby had no pretensions to the title of impartial.—(Tory cheers.) That Government obtained popularity by giving up everything to one party solely l i and e xslusively.—(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) He would now come to the question of the Noble Lord's proposition. The moti on o f th e N o bl e Lord was in itself very large and comprehensive, but the suggestions which he threw out for the amelioration of the grievances to be inquired into were exceedingly small. All that he proposed to do was to make a new appropriation of the revenues of the Church, and what the Noble Lord considered a more impartial distribution of the patronage of the Crown. The Noble Lord acknowledged that his hopes for the pac ifi ca tion of Ireland, as far as they depended on his measures, were unfounded, as he admitted these mea sures to be impossible. Now he (Mr. S. Herbert) en tertained an opinion that the Roman Catholic clergy ought to be endowed. He entertained that opinion, because he was anxious to see them placed in a situation above the necessity of taking part in political agitation. He believed that in many parts of Ireland where an indisposition had been mani fested on the part of the priests to join political agita tion, it had been difficult for them to obtain their dues. He believed that the people had themselves protested against the amount of those dues, and the necessity of political agitatio n had be en superadded to religiousin fluence, in order to obtain them. This was a lamentable thing, as the Catholic religion was one always allied with the maintenance of peace and order. Again, he wished to see the clergy takefi from a higher class of men than those who were now found in it. The Noble Lord had said it was better that they should be taken from the lower order of society, but he differed from that opinion when he saw the little respect paid to the clergy when they were of a rank only a little above the peasantry. After all, the Government proposed much more than the Noble Lord opposite— they proposed a more comprehensive plan and greater changes. He did not include, of course, the pro posals of those gentlemen who supported the Noble Lord. There was one point—he meant education—to which almost mere than any other conceivaßle means he looked foa the amelioration of the condition of the Irish people. The Irish peasant came over to this country in the harvest, where he saw men of his condition enjoy all the comforts and happiness of a highly civilized nation, and he went back to Ireland at the close of the harvest time with no feelings of dissa tisfaction, for the Irish peasantry, above all others, were remarkable for their gratitude ; but he went back to Ireland an unchanged man, without exhibiting any desire to adopt the improvements and the advantages of those which he had witnessed in England. To what could that be attributed but to the want of education. He would recommend the adoption of measures to put an end to that state of things, and he would have the Protestant and the Roman Catholic of Ireland put upon a footing of the most perfect equality. It was by such means they would ultimately effect the amelioration of the condition of that unhappy country. He did not think, as some others seemed to be of opinion, that nothing would satisfy the Roman Catholics but the. spolia tion of the Church Establishment. That Esta blishment did not press upon the Roman Catholics for it was supported chiefly by the Protestant landlords. There was another point to which he wished to refer. It appeared to him that of all the symptoms he had seen since he had the honour of a seat in that House, from which he could augur a better state of things for Ireland, it was the tone they had adopted in the present debate—he meant the tone of kindness and good feeling in which every Hon. g en tl e man who had spoken on that side of the House had referred to his Roman Catholic fellow countrymen. He believed he spoke their senti ments as well as he did his own, when he said they were willing and anxious earnestly, and a t once, to co-operate in effecting the improvement and amelioration of their common country. He made these observations by reason of the interest he took in the subject, and looking with anxiety to the proposal which the Government meant to make, lie was prepared to give their measures not the equivocal assent or lukewarm vote of one in office, but conscientiously to give them his warm, earnest, and hearty, approbation. Mr. SMYTHE said that he rose for the purpose of explaining a sentiment in a speech which be made last year. It had been said that he wished to see Ireland governed in the spirit of O'Connell. Such a sentiment was never expressed by him. He said the very reverse What he said was, that while he disliked both extremes. he preferred seeing Ireland governed in the spirit of O'Connell, rather than that of Cromwell ; but he disliked both extremes—persecution and prosecution on one hand, and undue truckling to the Roman Catholics onthe other, He could not give his vote on this occasion without ex pressing a hope that the Government would come for ward with some well-timed measures—such as the settling of the relations between landlord and tenant, which, if brought forward in a spirit like that which animated the concluding remarks of the Mon. Gentleman who had just sat down, would renew the link which should subsist between the people of Ireland and the Conservative party. He hoped the Go vernment intended to move and bring forward this and other measures, and if they did so he did not despair of seeing the Irish people once more looking to them for sympathy, and not preposnessed apipst Opp; Mr, JOHN 0 1 CONN.ELL said that the Catholics of Ireland were satisfied with their priesthood, whom they loved and revered, and who were worthy of their love f and reverence.—(Hear, hear.) He challenged them to shew any priesthood so pure in every act, so devoted to their religious duties, such admirable minist6rs of religion. The Hon. Gentleman said that the Catholic religion was a monarchical religion. In his opinion, it would be more correct to designate the reli gion to which the Hon. Gentleman belonged as a mo narchical religion, beCause the Sovereign was at the head of it. They accounted it one of the proofs of the divine origin of their religion, that it perfectly adapted itself to every phase and state of society which existed. It was under the fostering care of that religion that Belgium was working out a spirit of rational liberty, and they looked to it as the religion which would supply the elements of order against the wild outpouring of irregular liberty in North America. It was that religion which rests ain ed the people of Ireland under excitement, and enabled them patiently tobear distress and poverty. It was that religion which instilled into these sentiments of liberty which he trusted would ere long have fruit in the prosperity and legislative independence of the country. He had not risen with the intention of answering the Hon. Gentleman on the other side. He had risen as one of those who in an early part of the debate had been styled convicted conspirators.—(Cheers.) He did not acknowledge the justice of that designation unless it could be — considered as a conspiracy for men to labour to their utmost to discharge the duty which they owed to their country.—(Cheers.) which was the next in importance to that which they owed to their God.—(Loud cheers.) As one of those convicted conspirators, he rose to speak, perhaps, his last words in that House—to make his parting declara tion before he returned to Ireland, to meet and to incur the vengeance of the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite.—(Cheers.) He said to incur their vengeance, for he should continue to exert him self with as little ability perhaps, but with more ar dour and zeal than ever, to incur their vengeance, by exerting himself in the cause of his country.—(Cheers.) He did not rise for the purpose of offering any apology, or urging anything in palliation of that for which he, amongst others, had had the honour of having been con victed. If he urged anything on that point, it would only be to call upon every man in Ireland, who had not yet joined the repeal movement, to act as he (Mr. J. O'Connell) and his companions had done—(Cheers) — to devote their liberty, their property, and if necessary their lives, as he and his compani ms had done and were ready to do—to restore legislative independence (LEFT SPEAKING') THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR IRELAND. The Right Hon. Gentleman is in the unexampled po sition, that he holds one of the highest offices in the State through commisseration and sufferance. His Par liamentary friends defend him not. They offer merely the apology that he anticipated that a set would be made upon him, and though he was resolved to be governable he broke out at length into lawlessness. The-more he anticipated the less he is excusable, on the grounds of rashness. No body but himself observed that there was a particular call upon his valour, but when the call was made, he could not pretend that it was unexpected, and he was the less excusable for any extravagance is the course he thought proper to' adopt. The storm having come on, it passed away with an in noxiousness to him almost miraculous. If Fitzgibbon played his cards as some persons say he should have done, the grand State prosecutions could have been de stroyed at his stage of the proceedings. One can well imagine the effect of taking the infuriated Attorney • General at his word; and repairing to a distant spot to give the " satisfaction" denianded. From this peril he has escaped, and he has had to deal with a most indul gent Bench, though in the progress of this trial a gentle man had been brought under the animadversion of the Court merely for a want of due courtesy to the High Sheriff. One comfort the Right Hon. Gentleman has, and it is no small one in these bad times, that the Pre mier has proclaimed in Parliament that the Government has not contemplated, and does not contemplate his dis missal. There is, in this respect, also the comfort to the people, that while the Right Hon. Gentleman remains in office he must be a damaging adjunct to the Tory Go vernment. The Judges of the Queen's Bench are greatly blamed in London on account of this affair of the Attorney- General. The chief responsibility in the matter lay with the head of the Court, and if the needful had not been done he was of Bourse principally in fault. It was ob served that the member of the Court who was most for ward in urging on an assertion of its authority was Justice Perrin. There was, however, on the whole such a failure as to provoke amongst our neighbours even the humiliating sentiment of derision. The Times has ob served, with characteristic insolence, that the Court did its best to facilitate an accommodation for the " jontle men." One thing should be remembered, when all others are forgotten, relative to this unique business, that the principal official parties obnoxious to blame are persons pushed into their station by Tory appointment. Mr. Smith is Sir Robert Peel's Attorney-General, and Mr. Pennefather, who was so sympathising, or (more correctly speaking) who was bewildered a manager for the " jontlemen," was his Chief Justice.—Dublin Pilot. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS—TUESDAY. (GEORGE RENNIE, Esq., in the Chair.) A paper was read byMr. J. Grantham, describing a series of experiments on an iron vessel called the " Liverpool :::erew." This boat was 65 feet long, 12 feet 6 inches beam, and had 3 feet 9 inches draught of water ; she was propelled by two high pressure oscillating engines, with cylinders 13 inches in diameter, and 18 inches stroke ; the pressure of the' steam in the boiler varied from 501bs. to 601bs. the square inch, and it was cut off at one-fourth of the length of the stroke, working the remainder by expansion ; the nominal power Has 20 horses, but it did not really exceed 181 horses. The cylinders were placed diagonally, with 'both the piston rods working upon the same crank, the driving shaft being beneath the cylinders, and running direct to the propellers, without the intervention of either gearing or bands. The screw propeller was enlarged three times, and at last was left at 5 feet 4 inches diameter, by 20 inches in length ; it was set out with a pitch expanding from 10 to 11 feet, on Woodcroft's plan; it was made of wrought iron, with four short arms with broad shovel ends, whose united area was 16 square feet, 13 feet only of it being immersed, as some portion of the arms was constantly above the water ; the angle of the centre of the float was 45 deg. The speed of the propeller was generally 95 revolutions per minute. With these dimensions the speed attained was de scribed as 101 statute miles per hour. The amount of " slip" of the screw. in the water, as ascertained by Massey's log, was stated not to exceed five per cent. Several experiments were detailed, which showed that there was not more tendency to "list," or to turn round by the action of the screw than with the paddle-wheels, and the vessel was stated to have excelled all the other steamers of the port of Liverpool in towing out vessels in a rough sea. Designs were submitted on this principle for a steam frigate, and for large steamers working with oscillating cylinders direct upon the main shaft. In the discussion which ensued, the various forms and modifications of screw propellers and their relative merits, were very ably treated by a number of speakers. Mr. Rennie gave a sketch of the introduction of a kind of screw used by Mr. S. Brown with his gas engine, which was tried on the Thames ; the more successful attempt of Mr. Smith, and the building of the Archi medes and other vessels. He mentioned also the claims of Mr. Sauvage, of Boulogne, to the invention, and his being recently rewarded by the King of the French. Mr. Rennie entered largely into the theory of the forms of the propellers, and in this he was followed by Mr. Farey, Mr. Galloway, Mr. Samuda, and others ; and M. Normand, of Havre, who is celebrated for giving such superior forms to the vessels built by him, gave a slight sketch of the Napoleon French frigate, in which he eulogised the engines constructed by Mr. Barnes, and the general re sult obtained with the vessel; but it appeared that the speed was not superior to what had been obtained with paddle-wheels. A model 'was exhibited, by permission of Sir 11. T. de la 'Mae, from the Museum of Economic Geology, showing all the kinds of valves used in pumps for drain ing the Cornish mines, and the merits and defects of the various kinds were very ably explained and commented upon by Mr. Jordan, under whose directions the model was constructed. Mr. J. Taylor gave an historical sketch of the introduction of the various improvements, the causes which had led to them, and the effects they produced. The length of the discussion upon the screw propeller left so little time for the subject of the valves, that it was announced to be renewed at the next meet ing, Tuesday, Feb. 20. EXTRAORDINARY REVRLATION OF A MURDER COM MITTED IN IRELAND ELEVEN YEARS AGO.- 1 -NORTHAMI , TON, FEn. 15.—A curious revelation has been made by one of the soldiers of the 83d Regiment, at present stationed at our barracks, by which the perpetrators of one of those cruel and dastardly murders which we are constantly reading of in the Irish papers, are likely to be discovered and brought to punishment. The man's deposition was taken before J. Mar shall, Esq., one of our borough Magistrates, yesterday, but as the parties are still at large, the examination was strictly a private one, From what I can gather, the murder in ques tion was committed in the year 1832. The witness was then a boy about 12 years of age, and was with others in the field gathering blackberries, when he observed four men, whom he knew, and whose naives, I understand, he mentions, run across the fields towards the high road. They were armed. Shortly after the witness heard a cry of " Murder" proceed ing from the road, and then two strangers passed him and his companions, as if coming from the direction of the Cry. He asked them what the cry was about? but the only reply they made was to tell him to go about his business. When the witness got upon the road, he saw the four men he had first seen in the fields standing over another man whom they had on the ground, and were beating. Soon afterwards the murdered man was brought home by the police. The witness told the circumstance to his father at the time, who desired him to hold his tongue about it, and beat him. It appeais that the unfortunate victim had made himself unpspular by taking a quantity of land which had previously been let in small holdings, and he was therefore waylaid on his return from market, and murdered. The party who saw the murder committed , mentioned the parti culars shortly afterwards to a Roman Catholic priest residing the w Secretary e t t h a e r y man o f State, state s and themurderto the to have been committed. in the neighbourhood , but , thanks to that gentleman's co n . sc i enc i o usness, the subject has remained a myste r y u p t o t h e present time. I understand that copies of the d e p os iti ons magistrates s b tr e a e t n es ib lth a e district rde6 to in A RARE VISITOR.--A few days since, Captain Searson, of this town, shot., on the banks of the river Trent, a rare visiter, from_ the Arctic regions, called the Dusky Grebe. It is beautifully marked, and being a novelty so far south, was placed in the hands of Mr. Reid, of this town flip preservation.—PQAMkr Gaxcttg. stop tfie press to announce that the hills surrounding Nenagh are at this moment (eight o'clock, Tue4day evening) all illuminated:—Nenagh Guard*, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. (Abridged from the Post.) We trust the lessee has framed his programme with more than his ordinary acumen and sincerity of purpose. During the past season we found he had suddenly brought her Majesty's Theatre to that degree of splen dour it ought always to have possessed, and in which it had, until his time, been lamentably deficient ; and we thought it but fair to yield him that measure of applause, without which lessees, no more than virtuosi, can brilli antly enact their parts ; still under present circum stances, we must watch his progress with a jealous eye. The theatre must fill. Apart' the daily increasing taste for music—particularly vocal and dramatic—there are numberless incentives to attend ber Majesty's Theatre. It is the rendezvous of the aristocracy, of all those who shine in society—of all the literary and tasteful men who throng to the great metropolis, as well as of all foreign ers of distinction visiting this country. By appearing there, the gay members of society proclaim their ar rival —ascertain who amongst their friends is in town — receive their visits and combine their movements in the career of pleasure. When a Court mourning, or any other untoward public event, stops for a time the current of pleasures, the Opera is still the never-failing resource. Here for the first time the aristocracy of wealth meets on an equal footing the aristocracy of lineage, whose ranks it may ultimately recruit ; and here likewise the pro vincial visitors in their hasty railroad trips to town have an opportunity of seeing at one glance the distinguished characters who are the subjects of conversation in the most distant parts of the land. And here, it is said, also "that in the snug causeries or a box are laid the foundations of more marriages than in the contest with fair rivals in the turmoil and exhausting amusements of crowded routs and balls." - We, who. entertain our warmest allegiance to Euterpe, must regard the vocal troupe most vigilantly—for, as to the ballet, we are destined to be overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the followers of Terpsichore. No doubt the ballet will make the fortune of the florists, and the stage be impassable from the showers of bouquets. Stephan, Carlotta Grisi, Cerito, Fanny Elssler, and Taglioni herself, are announced, independent of another Florentine ballerina of rising fame, Mademoiselle Frasi. The Germans, the French, the Swedes, the Italians, each have their fair representative, whilst John Bull is to play the part of Paris to these rival goddesses. It must be confessed that there is great piquancy in this union or succession of talents. The public had abundant op portunity of observing last year how varied are the sources of effect in this art, which has only lately attained so high a degree of perfection, concealing all effort, and combining grace with poetry. The new ballet of Esmeralda is destined to set off the peculiar style of Car lotta Grisi, so well suited to the heroine of Victor Hugo. The chef d'oeuvre of the Mmented Princess Marie of Orleans' chisel, the beautiful statute of Jeanne d'Arc at Versailles, has suggested another ballet, and a character well adapted to the pure style and remarkable mimic powers of Elssler, for " Fanny Elssler est la qrace sans mechancete," as was once. said by that admirable critic, M. de Stendhal—so devoted to the stage that he wrote his best works at the back of his box at La Scala, to the sound of music. So far as we can at present judge by the lessee's pro gramme of the fast approaching Opera season, the most hypercritical will be satisfied. We trust the finished picture will be worthy of the boldness of the outline— all will depend on the taste and feeling of the executive. The lessee should not relax in endeavours that are sure to be rewarded, for, independent of other extraneous at tractions, this year are expected visits from many of the most illustrious and several august personages of the Continent, not excepting Louis Philippe, and they are sure to draw to her Majesty's Theatre those numberless spectators who are attracted as much by the wonders before as behind the scenery. Considering art as our paramount object, we shall still not be unmindful of this prevailing curiosity, and from time to time we shall in dicate the habitual places of the distinguished sub scribers to her Majesty's Theatre, to guide and gratify the casual observer, and at the same time record the support given to that splendid establishment by those who are its principal attraction and ornament. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The far-famed ballet of the Beauty of Ghent was produced at this theatre on Saturday, with the most complete success. Monsieur Albert, the composer of the ballet, superintended its production, and Mademoiselle Fleury and - Monsieur H. Vestris sus tained the principal characters. The plot is simple, and easily understood—a great merit in a ballet. Beatrice (Mdlle. Fleury), the daughter of Cesarius (Mr. Howell), a goldsmith of Ghent, is betrothed to Benedict (Mons. H. Vestris), a young Flemish officer. The Marquis de San Lucar (Mons. Albert) would fain induce her to elope with him. Like Victorine, she sleeps upon his proposal, and, in a dream, goes through the splendid misery of the situation to which she would be reduced by her acceptance of the Marquis's proposal. Then -comes the misery without the splendour, until at length she re turns to Ghent, a miserable destitute pauper, 'and sees Benedict married to another. The only refuge left for the wretched girl is to die, and she throws herself into the canal. She wakes and finds it has been all a dream; and the ballet concludes by her marriage with Bene dict, whose hand she joyfully accepts, repulsing the pro fligate Marquis with scorn. There is a comic part, that of Zephiros, a dancing-master, which was acted with rich humour by that first of buffo dancers, W. H. Payne. It is, perhaps, the best thing that Payne has yet done, and the audience were convulsed with laughter whenever he appeared. The scenery by the Grieves is exceedingly beautiful, and the groupings are most picturesque. The scene in the first act, representing a Flemish fete on the banks of the canal of Ghent, is in fact a tableau vivant from Teniers. It is one of the most beautiful things we have ever seen. Nothing could exceed the elegance of the groupings in this beautiful scene. In this scene there is a splendid procession of the authorities of the city, in which is in troduced a figure of Fame , standing on a globe ; the globe turns round perpetually as the procession proceeds, while Fame keeps her position standing on one foot, with her trumpet to her mouth. This was followed by the pas de rlvrogne, admirably danced by Messrs. Payne, Delferier, and Madame -Petit Stephan, after which Miss Clara Webster, the first of English dancers, performed a pas seul with the most exquisite grace imaginable. The scene concludes with a pas de deux by Mons. H. Vestris and Madlle. Fleury. Madlle. Fleury is very beautiful and exceedingly graceful; her dancing is charac terised by ease, elegance, and neatness ; she performs the most astonishing feats without apparent effort. It was much and deservedly applauded. Mons. V es t r i s i s a pup il of Monsieur Albert s, and has only recently made his debut. He his worthy of his name. •His tours de force are truly astonishing, and they are all performed with the utmost elegance and apparent ease. He bids fair to be the first dancer in the world. The mantle of his ancestors has fallen upon him, and he will be a worthy representative of the Vestris dynasty for another generation. In the second act we have a magnificent masquerade scene, and a splendid illumi nated pavilion, belonging to the Marquis, in Venice. The splendours of this scene surpass even those of the far-famed masquerade scene in Gustavus. A grand di vertisement is introduced in this scene, consisting of a pas Cracovier, by M. Delferier and Miss Clara Webster ; a pas de Nayades, by Miss O'Brien ; a pas de deux, by M. Vestris and Madame Petit Stephan ; and a pas de Diane MTV Poses Antiques, by Mademoiselle Fleury. This pas de Diane is one of the most classi cally beautiful performances we have ever • beheld. Nothing could exceed the grace and elegance of Millie. Fleury's poses from the antique. She gave us all the positions of the huntress goddess from the ancient sta tues, while her attendant huntresses were trouped around her. This, perhaps, - is the mot classical per formance ever introduced on the stage. It is needless to say that she was rapturously applauded. The first act was a tableau vivant, illustrative of the Flemish school of art. The third act illustrates the Italian school. When the curtain rose and discovered the park and villa of the Marquis, with figures picturesquely grouped in the foreground, we could almost imagine we were looking on one of the marvellous creations of Claude Lorraine. The scene changes to the ancient ruins of the canal of Ghent, and we again return, to the Flemish school. This ballet is by far the most magnificent that has yet been produced here, and we are not surprised at the almost unparalleled success which attended its production at the Academie in Paris, and which will no doubt be equalled, if not exceeded, by its success in this country. At the fall of the curtain Mdlle. Fleury was called for, and led on by Albert. She was greeted with thunders of applause. Vestris was also called for, and appeared leading on Clara Webster, and accompanied by Del ferier, who led on Madame Petit Stephan. The ballet was preceded by Balfe's opera of the Bohemian Girl, which was represented for the fiftieth time, and the attraction of which seems to increase at each represen tation. The house was crammed. Every scat, even in the slips, was occupied before the rising of the curtain. The following distinguished members of society visited Drury-lane Theatre last week :—The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, the Duke of Leeds, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Marquises of Lansdowne and Salisbury, Marchioness of Conyngham, Earl and Countess of Verulam, Dowager Coun tess of Westmoreland ; Ladies Villiers, Somerset, Foley, Pol. timore, Graham, Woolmore, Burgoyne, Errol, Count Kiel mansegge ' • Earls of Chesterfield, Cardiga n , M unster, Jersey, Errol ; Lords Castlereagh, Macdonald, Alfred Paget, Seaham, Glamis, Sussex Lennox, Adolphus Fitzclarence, W. Graham, Maidstone, Foley, Strathaven, C urzon , W enlock, Russell, Strafford ; Sir John Burgoyne, Burt., Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., Sir Thomas Gage, Bart., Sir John Campbell, Batt., Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Colonel Peel, Colonel Cavendish, Hon. E. Byng, Hon. Mrs. Lister, Mrs. Morier, C. Standish, Esq., M.P., T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., Hon. Craven Berkeley, M.P., Hon. Grantly Berkeley, Hon F. Stanhope, &c. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S' GRAND PARLIAMENTARY DINNER.— On Saturday evening Sir Robert Peel received a very numerous circle, at dinner, of his supporters in the House of Commons, at his residence, 'in Whitehall-gardens. Tice banquet, which was of a sum pt uous description, wagawed up in the picture-gallery. Covers were laid for ibrty-eight ; and the following noblemen and gentlemen constituted V ag party :—Viscount Grimston, Viscount Ossulsto_,n lath Mo niker Right Hon. C. W. Wynn, Right' Hon. C, FA Law, Hon. Francis Charteris, Hon. R. Neville, Hon, Duncombe, Sir Edmund Hayes, Bart., Sir J. Hamner, Bart., Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., Sir W. Jolliffe, Bart., Hon, F. Scott, Sir J, Owen, - Mr. H. Stuart, Mr. C. Tumor, Colonel Bruen, Colonel Wyndham, Mt: George Bepton, Mr. George Palmer, Mr. Montague Gore . , Mr. V. A. Morgan, Mr. Master, c M o u r n nw dai ii , L M er r 4 . ; W. MaTtin Mr,lll‘Geacily s Mr, Lockart, Mr. I%fr. Wezer_y, •A , f. p lk f l'. (4 l 4 W dru ll , ; M M r r .' V J: il D r ! d r. ° D n 'o lk u f gl r. Dodd, Air, Dickinson, Mr. Colville, Mr. Collett, Mr. R. Cla ton,' Mr. Buckley, Mr. Botfield, Colonel H. Badhe i Mr.. Baillie, Mr. Castell, Mr. Affix, and Mr. A4WO.Y.. A similar entertainment will be given on S4tnr4y next by the Right Hon. Baronet, t e h m e r. l o o7 eti m in e. 17_1 e l n lr t o il fTlt e s la l4 cs severe e f r e e w w o d a% s e r, -aprevious labo u r t e o r Knight's quarry, situate at LadyLeittjhdire was •e m verd re am o o v n i g n s g :t: quantity of stone and rklblti4l, wh bird's nest, coining three young ones, all of them alive and i 4P.pareutly doing welL—Doneaster Gazette, . . PROMISSORY NOTES. The return of the circulation of promissorr notes payable on demand,- during the four • weeks ending the 3d inst., by the Banks of England, Ireland, and Scot land, is rather more interesting than usual, exhibiting a very decides increase—principally by the Bank of Eog; land—that will n o t belik e ly to ga i n the approbation 01 those inclined to a cautious policy. The discount brokers may easily account for abundance of money and its low value, for although in rather more. request, no one offers higher rates, when suer an addition is made in four weeks to the paler circulation- of England alone. The Scotch Bon' s have been far more prudent. ENGLAND. Bank a England now £91,828, 0 _ . °2 • Last time Increase 2,86 01 Private Banks now 6 ' Last time 157, 463 Increase Joint-Stock Banks now 3, 234,9 99 Last time • 21 1,434 Increase SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private. and Joint-Stock Banks *46 last time 2, 9 0"' 3 Now • ,343 Decrease IRELAND. 00° Bank of Ireland now 3, 591, {R9 65 Last time . , 91 ,35 u Increase Private and Joint-Sto c k B an k s now 2,429, 56 9 Last time 3 ' Increase 6B , 00° Brillion now Last time 1 4 ' C3B'' 8 429° Increase SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . HEREFORD STEEPLE CHASE—FRIDAY. 'lb The Hurdle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added, 115 "01? each ; the winner to be so ld f or 3001., & c . H e ats, one and a half. 1 1 Mr. Jenkins' Lycurgus, list 71b (Byrne) Mr. W. Taylor's Nora Creina (late Kate Kearney) , llst9lb ......................................................... Mr. Holman's Fli g ht, ll s t 71b .............................. 0 4 Mr. I. Day's Preissnitz, list 71b ........................... 5 Mr. R. E. Clarke's Little Robert, list 121 b ............... 3 6 Mr. Tollitt's Sister to Ferneley, llst 21b ... . .... . ......... Won very easy. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. COVENTRY, 1844. Nominations for the Trial Stakes.—Ben-y-Ghln , Ninety-one, 3 yrs—Moustache, 3 yrs—Celeste, 3 yrs l :l,l% ° of the Gipsies, 4 yrs--Aurungzebe, 4 yrs—Venus, 4 Y" by Muley Moloch, dam by Velocipede, 3 yrs. i f 14 I ' Handicap of 10 sovs. each, hft if d ec l a i e d 4—n r „,_ David, 5 yrs, Bst 111b—Chance, aged, B s t 10lb-40 11 lir 7st 111b—Fama, 6 yrs, 7st 111b—Jack, 5 yrs, 7s 'ope Pickwick, aged, 7st 71b—The C ura t e , 4 y rs , 7 s t 71b- -- 3 1 1, aged, 7st 61b—Aurungzebe, 4 yrs, ist 21b—Celes te, 6st 71b. : 6 1 6 The City Stakes.—Akeley, 4 yrs—Europe, 4 - r s , t 3 yrs Exciseman, 4 y rs —Th e M a j or , 5 yrs— wlr"-e 6 yrs—Chance, aged. A Silver Cup with a Handicap of 3 sovs. each. D' ° o- 16 —Utica, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—The Major, 5 yrs, B s t 21b-- 5 yrs, Bst. pets Nominations for the Hurdle Stakes.—Ballugan fl ' Simple, Mudlark, Roulette, Councillor. e r FIRST REPORT from the SEL — , • COMMITTEE on RAILWA va ss The Select Committee appointed to consider wh e . t ,q o and what new provisions ought to be introduced Il ia Railway Bills as may come before this House dul present or future sessions, for the advantage of L'i, e epe and the improvement of the railway sy s te m , and w` ~v i e, consider whether any and what changes ought to ber,, the Standing Orders relating t o R a il wa y s , and b tu the empowered to report their opinion the reo n from tin a; to the House ;—have considered the m a tt e r referred ' y and have agreed to the following Report : mitteepoi( Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Coo the following clause be inserted in all the Railway e j coming before, or passing through Parliament ; 4, And be it further enacted, that nothing here i n c 1r 0 , b ,,! . shall be deemed or c ons t rue d t o exempt the railw a, t he P 1 or the said recited A c ts a u th or i se d t o b e ma d e fro°, genel visions of any general Act o f Parliament, or of Pro' Act relating to Rail wa y s w hi c h may pass during t"" or any future session of Parliament." l$ LOSS OF THE BRITISH BA .— BOLIVAR. • , ----- The following has been received at Lloyd's :; 1 84 4 ' i , " Foreign-office. Feb. I" r d e es oe " Sir,--I am commanded by the Earl of Ab e 11 1) ethei bet transmit to p . m, for the information of the ` l . o !' o and Committee at Lloyd's, a copy of a dispatch 1 for eS , Majesty's ' Consul at the Cape Verd Islands rely the loss of the British barque Bolivar.—l am, ' S ir ' Your most obedient humble serV . ,,,, a an t bo (Signed) " CA. O4 ' , "To William Dobson, Esq." &c. &c. 0 100 (Copy.) " Cape V er d s , Oct. ~r t le " Sir,—lt becomes my unpleasant duty to r e reo total loss of the British barque Boli v a r , Franci s ' OP master, bound from Sierra Leone to Englan!'" 6 cargo of timber. Ws ° Oh " The Bolivar, in consequence of making re islo o , endeavoured to get into one of the ports of thes e , e V e e e 1 but, the leak increasing, the captain and a il forgo doned her, and took refuge on board the Eog, is hre e a il ' Adrastus, which had remained by them previous. D of f :0 1 J " The captain and crew were 'landed at -.- ° lac, -, i and sent from thence to the British Consulate " co si' fe L f it is my intention to send the whole to the or , tile Africa by the first English vessel that may ° A sd 0' Gambia or Sierra Leone. One man has dieth• fe tl ,ii for i ,tp whole, including captain and mate, have rece l ,,ber` tenance and clothing, with medical attendance was necessary.—l have, & c ., (Signed) "JOHN itENDiti4l'. " John Bidwell, Esq." it .: , #hing - tti..' TEA DRINKING.— What a curious ~ cot , o t , 0 that all of a sudden, the remotest nation of tbe i4 c olls . :,rir wise unknown and foreign to all our habits, she ° , o ur 'c t i9 6 us a domestic custom, which changed the face to st , ot oa il, ing refreshments; and that insteadOf ale and In e chive. io te all the polite part of England should be drinking u s es, roi l ' fusion, and setting up earthenware in their ho teo ptiki p til with preposterous scenery. We shall not speak c Oli , o f li n' t P`'‘ for our parts, of any such changes in the history wh ich o for habits, any more than a change of the wolt io utl f t; comes from the west, and now- from the east!,„ t ioll ..,° a t ll , - , some purpose. It may be noted, that the lost"" t 0, s'i o te' drinking followed the diffusion of books tunoni,6 ves tit, t ija; growth of more sedentary modes of life. T hc , e brrlit e° upon cold beef and " co o l t an k ar d s ," were an a ctin ' do oel generation. Tea-drinking times are more de' , a t th e ill,., to reading; riders in carriages, or man ufactVer s o ioo l ; t o or the steam-engine. It ma y b e take,u as 411 e llcb4t ; more sedentary, the mo r e t ea -d r i n ki n g. The cooth-;s00 not the best in the world ; b u t it i s na t ur al, till a il ail: 0 .1; ter be found. Tea-drinking is Vetter than drs ts,'" - ia l lf, practice which, if our memory does not deceive c i r clesiioli'4 mg in amongst the politest and even the fairest gr . oe , e the transition from ales to teas. 'When the late s tifig i t oPI I O by an effort worthy of him, suddenly left off the, a to P o t z brandy and water, by whi h h h d been tempL e ~,,t o . o tr, e e a h j 4 tolib a it 0 his disappointments, or rather to loosen 1— ally co d if; pleasant hour of supper, he 'took to tea-drinkil to 11 0 0 ,I be owned, was latterly tempted to make tun e r io wed l ', 0 4 for his loss of excitement, in the quantity he 4 ~3,--'it ' but it left his mind free to exercise its pore'. itl i as Waller beautifully says of 't i , - ~ r ed 0+ " The palace of the soul serene ;,, 0 1913 0 „103 ~,, not to be sure, the quantity, but the tea itself , r• l' eo lolio the other drink, The prince of tea-drinkers `'.,„' sst e n i g, ll t oo one of the most sedentary of men, and the — thes t o' It is to be feared his quantity suited him - 01 01 : 9 2 3 . 'oboe ' 4 cups, which we hear such multitudinous stor l o' or very small in his time.—Leigh Hunt. T l,tir et 5 # r 0 CURE FOR HOOPING-COUGII.—"It, ~.," t ae (4 ;0 P' ) l 4 superstition in Cornwall, Devonshire,__am i '"" pleb j osii of- England, to inquire of any one siding i e n , 4o ,tefe r of a remedy for the hooping-cough, an" ' ___ named is regarded as a specific.—Nirrer• ----- , g.; ____- - _ --- . Do h, , ______ ____ BIRTHS. , chola ,i o { On the 2d inst., [tit Florence, the littlY o f e lady of a daughter, . ....,,,dol, the fe ll' On the lath inst., at Leominster, hear Arun ~ the Rev. E. H. Ravenhill, of a daughter. ~,,_„4 o p, f ''''. u jj On the 15th inst., the wife of Charles r""'" 1 the r citor, Thavies Inn, Holborn, of a daughter; ._ e _...so , • ~.. On the 15th inst„ at Mossley-hill, of Alfred Smith, EN., of a daughter. a t's-1 3° „i i e ege of' On the lath inst in Tichfield-terrace, U „ be 10 1 o j Sherston Baker, of a son, still born. Rector}', IX On the 11th inst., at Tartaragbao be 4 - Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements, of ac he 1 _.,,, t • On the 14th inst., at Park-place, ten ism- ( J_ John Beaufin Irving, Esti., of a 5011. the wife o near J.,iv ry- 4,0 r On the 16th inst., in Finsbury-circus, P i. ' Milligan, Esq., of a daughter. ~,,, tlie vr iegi MARRIED. „ . .„,.f o rd, ' ; ',, r .te..,,t. On the 15th inst., at St. Mary, Vi r al:,b; o f 1 1 ", P l ' John Langley, M.A., Mr. Henry Gris'e!!....hter eh oi l City-road, to Marian Greenwood, eldest aa" b De . 4 o i_, Wells, Esq., of Wallingford, Berks. the B ritis to Pe i , On the 30th of November, 1843, a ~ EA ., i Ae p Rio de Janeiro, James Edward Le Breton , road o g 0 Ann, daughter of Joseph Dickinson, 1, s1" °P 7ii crate_Ae Leeds. ofßis li°s " Q ' i • Jo tg Wigan, to e t 0 13 F t a h n i n n i s e t : , 3 T .o l u i onmgesastPdaarutg, daughter of Th 00 0 0 0 Esq., of Bank House. as George',.,,fcis f all eo On the 15th inst., at Dorking, Thon. _ ii ..,, sea- 0 .1 • IC J 0 1 Charles Barclay, Esq., of Bury-hill, to .r...u.. :: 0 . 4 D o riollg• 0 ht. of the Rev, James Joyce, Vicar of , c , r th d og le. Tw O oo n n t , h E e sq ls „ th of in A s v t. ar , a e t , InVeidrt4fordt,oA jrtailr;ove,,,,g,cp, the late Randal Norris, Esq., of the Inner l' 00 ----.--_____-_-- a 1 1 ° DIED. F A huol l .4, he On the 16th inst., in Manchester-86,1'8re' f Litoefi s : ll o/e" Viscount Glenswerth, grandson of the Earl ° 01l- • On the 12th inst.., at Paris, le Comte de Wrico inure, father-in-law of his Excellency the 3 1 '''' ti tle I t° at this Court. On the 9th inst., Gertrude Angelica Mills, yeang e ter of John Mills, Esq. f fitig F 4 On the 4th inst., at Paris, Henry liarlo.t, rs t l* Po lio otk Sussex. _,,, 1 , On the 14th inst., in Perev-street, Betif°' - - , . goy' P von Hoist, historical painter, aged 33. -, •iderof ' o p ar l es th d e e I s s t t . l e i a n , st E ., sl a ,s t a S g l e i d al 7 fo 6 r . d, Alt P On the 15th hut, Ann, eldest daughter oi ' tb- C. of Marylandltoiut, Stratford. • ~ v ow 0 6 the •10th inst., in Norfolk-crescont, IlYs'-' 1 4 fire Ann, the wife of John Mackenzie, EBcl- . • t he c'' near tirl'r jum._ 00: On the 15th inst., at Gonalsten, Notts, MO, , o f Jr'llntlita,-FA ---- -- fot) - . - .......... ... ‘ ,....... ~,,,' 10 .-- Of, h o , ----------- London : Printed and Published by BlVlW°strat4 No. 112, Strand, at The S un Of fi ce, 1410.111 County of Middlesex, Monday , February 2, 9 1 1844 .tV TA is, 1 1,nj a Colon J 01,4 ,C°llni $3144 it? t ,Z 1, - ; , , ~, t,, i t , 4.4