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General Bustamente, the President of the Mexican re public before General Santa Anna, has arrived in Paris. The Presse gives the following as the official state of the French navy :—lt consists of 23 ships of the line, 29 frigates, 379-24ths of ships of the line on the stocks, and 2 77.24ths of frigates, 43 steam-vessels, representing a force of 7,340 horse power ; 16 or 17 of these are ready for sea at the shortest notice ; 18 steam-boats in course of construction, 18 trans-Atlantic steam-packets, 24 steam-packets of from 220 to 250 horse power, em ployed by the Poet-office in carrying mails in the Levant, to Alexandria, Corsica, and England.—(These vessels are not calculated to carry heavy guns.) The class of seamen for 1844 amounts to 122,025 men, but of this number only 62,000 may be regarded as able seamen. The French Government is making great improve ments in the post-office. Since the Ist of the present month letters of value or importance can be placed under the more immediate care of the post-office functionaries, with the privilege of paying the postage before hand or not, as nsay be convenient. The towns on the line of the Rouen and Orleans railway have two, and in some places three deliveries of letters a day. The mile poste goes from Paris to Genera in thirty-four hours, and with all this, by a careful and wise economy, the expenses have been reduced more than 320,000 f. within the last six months, without impairing the efficiency of any depart ment. In the interior arrangement of the General Post-office in Paris some very salutary changes have also been made to insure regular attendance and despatch. The following promotions on the occasion of the battle of Illy are, says one of the Paris journals, re garded as certain. General Bedeau is to be made a Lieutenant-General, and is to succeed H. R. H. the -Duke d'Aumale as Commandant of the province of Con stantine. Colonel Cavaignac, of the 32d, and Colonel Tusuf, of the Spahis, are to be Major-Generals. The Swiss Vorort has just made a communication to the States of a note from the French Ambassador, stating that a great number of Swiss who are utterly without the Means of subsistence are continually arriving in Algeria. The, French Government again desires to make known that it does not assign lands to any persons who have not the means of cultivating them. A severe storm of thunder, accompanied with hail, has visited Marseilles, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bayonne, and several other places in the south of France, where it has done immense damage to the vintage. The vintage this yeas- is very plentiful, and it is said that the wine pro mises to be of excellent quality. The first annual grand prize in architectural design bits been awarded by the Academie des Beaux Arts to Desbussons, a pupil of M. Leclerc, and the two second prizes to M. Ledru, pupil of Messrs. Huyot and Lebas, and to M. Laisn 6, pupil of Messrs. lluv and Lenormand. Count Cancrin, former Minister of Finance of Russia, had arrived at Paris, where he is to spend the winter. The French Government is about to erect a statue of Col Left at Rheims, his native city. The German papers announce the accession of Bohemia to the German Customs' Union for a period limited to five years, and attach great importance to the event, as completing the Zollverein on the east. The sixth scientific congress of Italy is now going on at Wan, and appears to be a very brilliant one. At the first general meeting of the society at the Palace of Brera, which has been set aside by the Austrian Go vernment for its use, the statue of the celebrated Cava lieri, the Galileo of Milan, was inaugurated. The Vice roy of Italy was present, Count Borromeo presided, and 1 1. Piola pronounced the introductory discourse. The Meeting then divided itself into seven sections, which are Presided over respectively by the Chevalier Moris, Count /iambuy, M. Hasini, Prince Charles Bonaparte, M. Taddei, and M. Puccinotti. The celebrated Professor Orioli, against whom the Pontifical Govern ment shut the gates of Padua, has been allowed to attend the meeting at Milan. A letter from Jassy, Sept. 4, says:—" Our country also is about to have its railroads. Prince Stourdza, 'who has invested capital in almost all the great rail 3'oads of Germany, intends getting one constructed from Zurin, on the frontier of Austrian Gallicia, to Gal lux, situated at the conflux of the Pruth and the Danube, so as to pass through the whole of Moldavia, and to form the prolongation of that which the States of Gal lola are getting executed from Oswieczyn (where one of the branches of the northern line of the Emperor Ferdi nand is to end) to the frontier of Moldavia. " The Cologne Gazette states that the grand deputation appointed by the Senate and burghers of Hamburgh to decide on the question of the treaties for the navigation of the Elbe has recommended their ratification. The Grand Council of the Valais, in its last sitting, adapted the new constitution by a majority of 53 votes ; but tie first vote is reserved for the declaration of the Primary assemblies, which are convoked for the 20th of lieu month. „yhe celebrated Professor Hugo, of Gottingen, died w 4 the 16th inst., in the 79th year of his age. LAW AND POLICE. A man named Chanceller had his petition dismissed from the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday, because he kod not accounted in his schedule for 121. which he had !eeeived just before filing his petition. It appeared that Ile had paid his attorney 51. of the money. An adjourn- Inent was asked to enable him to sell his excepted arti cles and pay the 12/. into Court. The application was refused by Mr. Commissioner Evans, who observed these eases are a shameful robbery, sought to be committed under the new Act, which I believe very few people can exactly comprehend, but, such as it is, its operation would , ne still worse if I granted your application. Mr. William Thompson, a brush-manufacturer, re -4614;ng at Kentish Town, was indicted at the Middlesex Sessions for a certain nuisance, caused by erecting a sulphur-house for bleaching bristles and dying wood on his premises, at Kentish Town, in the parish of St. Pan cl'as; and also for manufacturing varnish, fancy soap, and other chemical combinations, thereby endangering the lives of the inhabitants of that part of the neighbour 'hood, by inhaling the noxious vapours proceeding from tthe said premises. The trial lasted several hours, and at: half -past eleven o'clock the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. kt Guildhall yesterday, a boy, twelve years old, &naiad James Smith, was brought before Sir Peter liaurie, charged with stealing a rabbit. Mrs. Berkley, from whom the rabbit had been stolen, said that the pri soner was s poor neglected boy, and that she charged tim with the offence not to get him punished, but to g ave him, because he was a clever, industrious, civil boy, ;bout to be lost because he was neglected. If there was an asylum to which poor neglected orphan children could be sent, she was sure no fitter object could be found. There being a vacancy in the House of Occupa tion near Bedlam, Sir Peter signed an order for his ad raission, avd the boy was discharged, and taken to his future home by his benefactress. Maria Bayliss was fully committed from Clerkenwell Charged with stealing a silver spoon and a silver fork, the Proper of Mr. Augustus Ironmonger, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Rothschild, St. Swithin's-lane. At Marlborough-street Abraham Myers, of Off % urt, in the Strand, was charged with having deliberately stak'ibed with a large butcher's knife Robert Clayard, the trop,ietor of the White .Bear livery-stables, Lisle - street, Leiees s ter-square. The wounded man being unable to attend to give evidence, the prisoner was remanded until Sztn.rday. The affray originated in a public-house VUarrel. Mr. George Beck, a solicitor of Lincoln's Inn-fields, told whose privute residence is at No. 19 , Elm - tree - road , ,r, John's-wood, appeared before Mr. Rawlinson, at foar, ylebone, upon a warrant , which had been p laced in Sarin hands of Whipp, the officer, charging him with '',..Yring com mitted a violent assault upon Mr. Josiah vlowes, a painter and glazier, residing at No. 28, Tho- Inas.-street, Oxford-street. The defendant had, it ap- Peered, broken his umbrella over the complainant's head, being thereunto provoked by the complainant having Nicked his little boy. The complainant de nied th e kicking, but admitted that he had pushed the boy away because he had daubed some paint, at which the complain .ant was at work. It also appeared that complainant bad. while defendant was plying his um 'scene, returned the compliment with his paint brush, and IPointed defendant's whiskers white. As there was much conflicting testimony the magistrate left the complainant top to the session if he thought fit . James Lewis, a journeyman shoem aker, and Sarah s taytoan, alias Lewis , a young woman with whom he out cohabited charged with having deserted their male i nfant, six weeks old, which had since died in the 'workhouse attached to the Stepney union, at Wapping, were fully committed for trial. Several men belonging to the British Legion, late in the service of the Queen of Spain, applied at Lambeth street for assistance. They had large sums due from the Spanish Government, but could not get their claims liqui dated, and were starving. Mr. Henry observed that something must be done in the case, and requested Mr. liughes to relieve them in his parish, and he would send on officer with the others to their respective parishes to `do something for their future relief. 00171111r-rAsinowanmz . .The Duke of Wellington is expected to leave Walmer Cita,tle early in the week after next for Apsley House, et . * route to participate in the approaching splendid fes tivities at Windsor Castle, in honour of the visit of his Majesty the King of the French. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro have arrived at the Castle from Is tour of six weeks in Germany, and shortly come to town to attend the nuptials of her Ladyship's cousin, Miss Hope Yore, with Lord Loftus, eldest son of t he Marquis of Ely, which are fixed to take place the week after next. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Au gusta Somerset arc expected to return to Arlington street from Badminton on Tuesday next, for a day or two. The alliance between Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Nieumann is expected to take place in the course iof the ensuing month. The Dow agar Countess of Pembroke and the Earl QUO Countess of Clanwilliam, who are making a tour in tiern:any, are not expected to return home until early in Novel l :oer. The Countess of Glengall and family are prolonging their sojourn at Brighton. The Noble Earl is in Ireland. The Earl axid Countess of Eldon, and the youthful l 'adiee Scott, who are on a visit to the Dowager Lady Faversham. on the West Cliff, at Scarborough, are not 41 . 1 Peeted to return to Ilamilton-place until the end of the THE SUN S LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1844. ensuing month, en route to Encombe Hall, Dorset, for the winter. Th‘ Shrewnhary have arrived tt ~ t 1 - Iluuepy ,:-:01 - ..iersct's villa. at Wimbledon. The Earl of Gosford, who has been on a tour of the German spas, has returned to this country. The Earl of Clare has returned to Mount Shannon, from the seaside. Viscount Morpeth has joined the distinguished party assembled at Inverary Castle, on visits to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, from Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Viscount Clifden has left Lady Dover's residence, at Whit, hall, for the Continent. The Noble Viscount j intedds to remain abroad until next summer. zeLl*CZ.tacaulirlet, is ft- Some time since an account appeared of an intention on the part of the Government to form a police establish ment at Hong-Kong, and that a superintendent and twelve inspectors would be almost immediately sent out. The salary of the superintendent to be 500 L per annum. The arrangements are, it is said, now nearly perfected, but instead of twelve inspectors, only three will be sent out at present, and these men have been selected from the K division. The appointment of superintendent has been given to Mr. Charles May, the eldest son of the chief superintendent of the metropolitan police. We understand that Mr. Peto, who recently purchased Somerleyton Hall, and the Blundeston property, has just bought the Norwich and Lowestoft navigation by private contract ; and it is reported that he intends to widen the sea-gates at Lowestoft, so as to admit London steamers ; also to widen the canal to Reedham ; and then to lay down a rail from Lowestoft on the banks of the cut ; if so, he will prove a formidable opponent to Yarmouth, as vessels and goods coming this way will avoid Yarmouth dues. On Monday week Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart., Mr. Ri chard Corbet, and his keepers, bagged 354 brace of partridges, the whole of which were given away to his friends in Shrewsbury. We understand that the Duke of Wellington has intimated to the authorities of Eton College that it is his Grace's intention to present to that institution a bust of himself. IRELAND. REMOVAL OF MR. BREWSTER. DUBLIN, SEPT. 23.—We have heard in several ria:lrters rumours of the removal of Mr. Brewster from his present office. As to the successor of Mr. Brewster the public are rather indifferent, but the Government, in taking the step attributed to them, may gain, and cannot lose supports They cannot, by the exertion of the most searching scrutiny, discover a man more unpopular than him whose removal is reported to be contemplated. EARL FORTESCUE AND HIS TENANTRY. DUBLIN, SEPT. 24.—1 n consequence of a para graph, which originated in the Waterford Chronicle, and was generally copied in the English newspapers, respecting the conduct of Lord Fortescue in regard to the rejoicings for the reversal of the judgment against Mr. O'Connell, that Noble Lord has deemed it necessary to publish the following address to his Irish tenantry, amongst whom he is at present re siding:— " TO THE TENANTS ON MT ESTATES IN THE COUNTT OF WATERFORD. " My Friends and Neighbours—Having reason to believe that there has been some misconstruction of my conduct on a late occasion, and that erroneous inferences have, in consequence, been drawn from it respecting my opinions, I wish to set both clearly before you. " When, on the news of the reversal by the House of Lords of the judgment against Mr. O'Connell, bonfires were lighted in various directions around us, I heard that my Corbally tenants had declined join ing in them from an apprehension of my displeasure. I, therefore, intimated to one of them, for the infor mation of others, my desire that, in any matter of this kind, they should freely consult their own wishes, without reference to mine, and I repeated the expres sion of this desire to the Rev. Mr. Cantwell, adding, that though I rejoiced at Mr. O'Connell's liberation from what I considered an unjust and illegal impri sonment, I could not take part in any public demon stration of joy on the occasion, connected, as it pro bably would be, with the question of repeal, to which I am as much opposed as ever. " I trust, therefore, you will understand, that whilst I disclaim alike the right and the wish to con trol you in the peaceable manifestation of your poli tical opinions, I have not in the slightest degree altered my own. " I am always your sincere friend, " FORTE SCUE. "Summerville, Sept. 21st, 1844." . . In this address, the Dublin Evening Post justly remarks, " Lord Fortescue has asserted and vindicated the true principle of independence and liberty of action between the landlord and the tenant. Such an example would be most important anywhere ; but in Ireland it is invaluable, because many of our worst social evils have been produced by the political dictatorship of landlords, treating their tenants as serfs, and compel ling them to become the merest instruments for pro moting their factious objects. This degrading ty ranny, practised almost universally by Tory landlords, is repudiated by Lord Fortescue, who, whilst retain ing his own opinions, gives to his tenantry the fullest latitude to exercise their own judgments, unfettered by the dread of persecution from landlord or tenant." OFFICIAL INQUIRY: POLICE SPY SYSTEM. The following is a report of the proceedings at the in quiry held yesterday, before Mr. Corballis, Q.C., at the Lund Commission-office, Dublin Castle. At eleven o'clock Mr. Corballis opened the proceedings by stating briefly the nature of his Excellency's commis sion. He then read the following abstract of the charges preferred against the parties : " FIRST CHARGE. — That sub-inspector Parker, and constable Brophy, being stationed at Shinrone in the month of October, 1843, conspired with one Martin White to have fire-arms placed in a wall at the widow Ryan's haggard, at Cooraclavin, in order that they might afterwards be found by sub-inspeetor Parker, when acting ostensibly in the discharge of his duty. " SECOND CHARGE. That sub-inspector Parker having, on the 20th of October, in the year 1843, re ceived information at Shinrone that fire-arms were ille gally concealed in the widow Ryan's haggard wall, he (sub-inspector Parker) instead of ordering said fire-arms to be seized and brought to his station at Shinrone, directed constable Brophy to remove them to another place, and there conceal them, in order that said fire arms might be found by himself, and that constable Brophy was privy to that transaction, and either actually removed the fire- arms from the wall in the widow Ryan's haggard to a clump of turf at some distance, and con cealed them there himself, or was privy to Martin White's doing so. " THIRD CHARGE.—That Sub-Inspector Parker hav ing, on the 21st of October, 1843, seized a quantity of fire-arms, found by him in a clamp of turf at Cooraclavin, and knowing that said fire-arms had been actually found the day before in the wall of the Widow Ryan's haggard, by constable Brophy, and placed by constable Brophy, or, at all events, with his privity, and by his authority, in the turf, made a report, bearing date the 22d of Oct., 1843, to the Inspector-General of Constabulary, in which he wilfully suppressed all mention of those facts, and suggested that a reward of 5L should be given to the person who gave him the private information. "FOURTH CHARGE.—That Sub-Inspector Parker and constable Brophy, while stationed at Shinrone, endea voured to induce one Martin White to bring an armed party to attack the house of Mr. Benjamin Armitage, or the Widow King, and that constable Brophy gave the said Martin White gunpowder to assist in the outrage. " FIFTH CHARGE.—That constable Brophy conspired with Martin White to put a fabricated Ribbon document on the person of one Thomas MiLoughlin, and that said constable Brophy actually wrote out said document, and gave it to Martin White to copy." The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. Sub-constable Matthew Copeland sworn and examined by Mr. Corballis—l am a member of the King's county constabulary. I was stationed in Cooraclavin, in Oc tober, 1843. .There were at the station four sub-con stables and one constable. Their names were Carroll, Burke, Tracy, and myself, sub-constables, and the con stable (Brophy). Brophy had the command of the Cooraclavin station. Cooraclavin is in the Shinrone district, and under the command of Sub-Inspector Parker. I don't know how many stations Mr. Parker had under his command, but I believe eight or nine. There was a diary kept at Cooraclavin, and it was con stable Brophy's duty to take charge of it. Sub-inspec tor Parker visited the station very often. It was his duty to do so once a month. I don't know if it was Mr. Parker's duty to inspect the diary, but he often did so. The book was always open for his inspection. I knew a man named Martin White. I saw him first at his own house, which is about a mile from Cooraclavin. I first, became acquainted with him because he was a remark able looking character, and I was told also that he gave information to the police on several occasions. As well as I can remember it was one of our men who first told me about his having given information to the police. I saw Martin White at the barrack several times after, but never before. I could not tell what brought him to the barrack. It was always with the constable he commu nicated when he came. He met the constable generally in one of the apartments of the barrack. I don't think there was anyone present but the constable and White on these occasions. I never saw White in the barracks but once. Brophy was not present then. White had a quarter of an acre of ground close to the barrack. I saw him several times at it. I never remember having seen the police with him there. I was told that White had been a schoolmaster at one time. He lived with his father at the time I knew him. I recollect the night the arms were found at the widow Ryan's house. I don't recollect what day of the month that was. The constable, another man, and I, went to the house that night. I don't recollect whether that other man was Burke or Carroll. It was after nightfall when we left the barrack. It was not more than about a quarter of a mile from the barrack to th e Widow Ryan's by a short cut. I think White was with us—l am almost certain he was. I don't recollect having seen White previously on that day. When I left the barrack I did not know where I was going. I went merely in obedience to the constable's orders. Before we went to the Widow Ryan's we stopped convenient to White's house. The constable and White left us for a short time. He did not say where he was going to, but he desired us to re main until he came back. They went off in the direc- , tion of White's house. They ',were about half an hour away. When the constable and Whit e c ame back I saw a blunderbuss with them which they had not when they left the barrack, or rather, which I did not see with them then. The blunderbuss, I think, had a brass barrel. I could not exactly say who had the blun derbuss when I first saw it, but I am certain it was the constable who first pointed my attention to it. He told me it was the blunderbuss that shot Mr. Roberts. We went off then to the widow Ryan's across the fields. We bad the blunderbuss with us. When we go t t o the Widow Ryan's, the whole party with White crossed out to the road. I think constable Brophy had the blunderbuss at the tizne. The constable desired us to remain on the road near the house. We did so. White and the con stables then left us. I know the haggard in which the arms were found. It was in that direction they went. They were away . between half an hour and an hour. We were all the time on the road. Wh en they ca me back they had some pistols—thre e or four I believe. They had the blunderbuss also —at least I think it was the same I had previously seen, but I could not swear positively to it. They showed us the arms when they s g a ? ld t n th o e t m hin i g n the ah w ont a t l of the ehl W un i d dw e o r. Rebauyn came en 'bsa then. hcka 6 anda They rds. aldTothhneelyyy .remained with us two or three minutes, and went back in the direction of the haggard wall. They took the arms with them. They were better than half an hour away. They had not the arms when they came back. There was no conversation on, or in quiries about, what had been done with them. The con stable merely ordered us home. What! no remark whatever about the subject?—None, sir. You did not even ask on the road home?—Some thing might have passed, but I cannot remember it. Was White with you all the way home?—White, I think, went home to his own house from the road. Did they describe to you when they came back from the widow Ryan's how they got the arm s ?—Y es , t h ey sa id th e y found them built up in the wall. Do you remember when the arms were found in the turf clamp?—l do. Do you know ground belonging to a man named Egan? —I do, sir; but I don't know if there be a turf clamp upon it. Had you any suspicion that the arms found in the turf clamp were those you had already seen?—None whatever. Do you know if constable Brophy made an entry in his diary next day about the finding of the arms at the widow Ryan's?—l don't know, sir. Would not it have been part of his duty to do so. Brophy—l will answer that, sir, and say it would be my duty. M. Corballis—Well, there is no such entry here. Brophy—ls the date there, sir?—Yes, I have the date here—there are some entries; but it is perfectly silent as rogards this transaction. Mr. Corballis here read various extracts from the diary, referring to transactions before and after the find ing of the arms at the widow Ryan's, and observed that it appeared to him strange that no reference was made to such an important fact, more especially when there was an entry of the discovery of the arms in the turf clamp. Examination of Copeland resumed—l know constable Ray; I was not stationed at Cooraclavin when he was there. Cross-examined by Mr. Brophy—Are you sure it was a brass blunderbuss we had when we returned from White's ?—ln my opinion it was a brass blunderbuss. When I told you and Burke to remain outside the Widow Ryan's house, did I give you any reason for doing so ?—Yes, to see that no person came out of the house, Mr. Corballis—l do not wish to interfere with any course you wish to take, but you will be examined on oath by your own request, and it would be better to re serve any statement you yourself have to make until then. Brophy (to witness)—Did I tell you that night that I put the arms in the turf clamp ?—I do not recollect, but you may have told me so. By Mr. Gitzgerald—At this time I thought White a faithworthy person. I have had opportunities since of knowing his general character. From my knowledge of his character, I do not believe him a person worthy of credit on his oath, in a court of justice. As far as I know, Mr. Parker had no reason to think that the party did not go out that night in the ordinary course of duty. Mr. Parker was at the barrack the morning the arms were brought to Shinrone. By Mr. Corballis—l could not tell if Mr. Parker was at the barrack a few days before this transaction, or if he had any private communications with Brophy about that time. I never remember to have seen White in communication with Mr. Parker. Brophy—When Mr. Parker and I were bringing the arms from the turf clamp did we not stop at the barrack, and did not the men come out to see them ?—I believe ye did ; and I believe also that some of the men went out to see them. Brophy—That proves we had no wish for conceal went. Mr. Corbellis—l don't perfectly understand the force of that inference. Brophy—Why, sir, Mr. Parker and I were charged with a conspiracy respecting these arms, and it is right to show that there was no concealment. Mr. Corballis (to witness)—Who were the police that went for the arms to the turf clamp ?—I think Mr. Parker, and constables Brophy and Ogle were there, but I don't know of any others. Did you bear them say when they were leaving the barrack OR what duty they were going ?—Yes ; they said they were going to look for arms, but did not mention any place particularly. Mr. Fitzgerald—l am here for Mr. Parker, and I wish to know if he said so ?—He did not. Mr. Fitzgerald—Was he present at the time 7—Not to my knowledge. Mr. Corballis—How soon after the night of the occur rence at the widow Ryan's did you see Mr. Parker at the barrack ?—The day or the day but one after. I know a person named Clancy ; he lives about a quarter cf a mile from the station ; I believe he is a tailor ; I never saw him at the barrack ; I recollect that two pistols were found in his house ; it was before this oc currence, but I don't know how long : I d on 't k now o f a blunderbuss having been taken from Clancy. This ended the examination of Copeland. Patrick Burke, the policeman who remained in com pany with Copeland during the visit of constables Brophy and White to the widow Ryan's, gave testimony similar to that of the previous witness ; he further added—When Constable Brophy and White were in the widow Ryan's haggard, I heard noise of stones like the throwing down of a wall. They came back in a very short time after that. They had three or four pistols and a blunderbuss when they came back. I think it was the same blunder buss I bad previously seen. The constable said that some of the pistols were loaded. They remained with us a few minutes, and then went back to Mrs. Ryan's land again. They went in direction of the turf clamp, where the arms were subsequently found. They were away this time about twenty minutes. When they came back the constable remarked that he did not like to take up the arms, as he did not think he had authority for doing so. He also said he changed them out of the place where they first were, being in fear that the person who gave information would remove them. I understand that that informer was White. And did not White go with him ?—lle left us with him. Now, did it not appear odd t o y ou th a t he should have taken White with him for such a purpose, when White himself was the informer ? Mr. Fitzgibbon—He did not say that White was the informer:?-oh, yes I did ; but I did not give the subject any consideration then. Mr. Corballis—Had Brophy all the pistols in his pos session when he left you ?—lie had all. What did you understand by Brophy saying he kad no authority to take arms?—l don't know. Ile did not:tell you:on what duty you were going 7—Ho did not. And would you not consider that you had sufficient authority to take up arms under such circumstances ?—I would, most cer tainly. What opinion did you form of his refusal to take them up ?—I considered it strange. Did you con sider it your duty to inform your officer of the fact ? No, I did not. When did you see the arms after that ? —Next day; constable Ogle had them in his possession, and Mr. Parker and Brophy were of the party. Was there anything stated by either of them as to the place the arms were found P—Yes ; constable Brophy said he took them from the turf clamp, to which place he had removed them the night before ; and the reason I did not consider it my duty to mention the fact is, that Brophy told me his officer, Mr. Parker, was in posses sion of what he had done ; before we went to Ryan's house, Brophy and Whelan appeared to have had a private conference. Do you mean to say that they went out of the hearing of the rest of the party, or that their privacy was accidental ?—I think they went out of our hearing for the purpose of conversing ; White had the blunderbuss then. Did you ever know an in stance before of arms being so re-deposited in this manner P—Never, sir. *They were always before, as far as I know, brought to the station. Did you ever see White in the barrack before ?—I did, sir. Did you ever see him write there 7—Never ; but I know that he called for paper at one time, and I believe it was for the purpose of writing. Was it well known to all the men in barrack that the arms had been removed ? —Perfectly well, sir. How do you account for White giving up the blunderbuss on this night to the constable —can you give any reason for it 7—l cannot, sir. Was not the blunderbuss in the constable's possession, before you came near Mrs. Ryan's house at all?—It was, sir. By Mr. Fitzgerald—White's character in the neigh bourhood was not good ; it was so bad, that he earned the marked displeasure of the Rev. Mr. Nolan, his clergy man. Ho was not liked in the place. The general re putation of the man is such, that he would not be trusted on his oath in a court of justice. Mr. Corballis—Now, that is not the way to put the question. Is his general character so bad, that you would not believe him on his oath in a court of justice ? —I would not believe him. Mr. Corballis—Did you see Brophy and Mr. Parker in conversation at any time, immediately before this ? I saw them frequently together. I saw Mr. Parker with him, at a time that arms were seized in Clancy's house. Cross-examined by Brophy—Are you sure that the blunderbuss which White had was a brass-barrelled one ?—I am. Could you understand by me that I en deavoured to hide anything, in reference to the arms, that night I—l could not. Mr. Corballis—Oh, no. So far as I can collect from the evidence of Copeland and this witness, nothing of the kind has appeared. This ended - the evidence of sub-constable Burke, and the investigation was adjourned to half-past ten o'clock on Friday next. their contributions—or whether it may be more expe dient to consider the present church in the light of pri vate property, as it has of late years been considered by the proceedings alkided to, and to apply to Parliament for an Act to remove the public place of worship to some other site, where we -may find, as we do on the Continent, that the house of God has something more attractive than stone walls and iron palings. A com plaint similar to this is made by other parishioners— who are obstructed in their right of way to their chapels and to other places where their business calls them. I have to apologise for troubling you with this letter ; the matter being a public not a private concern, it was in tended for the public press, but the high respect which I bear to you personally induces me, is the first in stance, to submit it to you, and to avail myself of the opportunity it offers of assuring you of the consideration and regard with which I am yours, &c., J. GRATTAN. "' To the Hon. and Rev. William Wingfield.'" The Evening Mail of this evening publishes the following " TO THE DISPERSED PROTESTANTS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST OF IRELAND. " Brethren—ln these evil times, as I have seen some faint hearts amongst you, and know of more, permit one of the dispersed of your body respectfully to give you a few words of counsel, and not to count it to him for pre sumption. _ _ "The Snake has thrown a new lure—a Federal Par liament—whether the infatuated Mr. Hutchinson it was who started the hare, or the Snake himself, no matter— the viper has adopted it as his own. Does it require anything beyond common sense to discern that, as far as the Father of Lies is concerned, he only wants that toy well packed with Popish influence and craft to blow up a quarrel between it and the Imperial Parliament on any invented pretence, and then to arrive at his darling Repule ? "Surely, surely, no Protestant awake will heed him. It may be true that much of our business is mismanaged by English officials, who know little of our country and are backward to learn it, but these are only matters of detail ; the basis of the union is fraught with advantage even to excess for Ireland, and it is part and parcel of the plan of the agitators to shower inventions so thick into the House of Commons that there should be no time for Ministers to effect business ; but were the country once at peace within herself, the Scorpion crushed, and his Riverend coadjutors put on their good behaviour, the prosperity of Ireland would know no bounds. " It is true, we have at present the hideous deformity in the heart of the country of a band of infuriated de mocrats, consuming her bowels, inviting adherence and co-operation, threatening massacre, and thirsting for blood; for what else means their phraseology of Ireland biding her time ?' The bait of plunder flung out to the peasant must have had its influence ; for, by true Jesuit finesse, he is perpetually urged to put into the raffle, that he may be eager for the day of drawing ; yet the poor people aro not ill-disposed, if let alone, and the proof is, that it is thought indispensable not to relax for one moment the stimulant of sedition upon them. All this is true, wofully true ; and as it constitutes a govern ment within the Government, having the torch and the stiletto for its device, it may make some honest hearts to quail. But, Protestants, remember you are hated be cause you hold the Bible. It all resolves itself into this. The Bible and the right of private judgment in religion it is which renders Popish priests superfluous lumber— that it is translated into every known language for cir culation, by Saxon aid, maddens them to fury—now that they blindly suppose they have only a short time to wait to sacrifice your Church, which has taught you to know what they are, and what they are not. " You cannot have forgotten the Pope's circular, dated from Rome on the 4th of May last, addressed to his worshippers in Italy, denouncing the New York Bible Society. He tells them plump that reading the Holy Scriptures in the vulgar tongue leads to certain perdi tion, and forbids what the Saviour enjoined. If this be not the beast drawn in the Revelations, God has given us our reason to betray us. This circular was published in all the papers. So, Protestants, take your line. Waver not. Have no fellowship with their principles. I was once an emancipator myself—a conciliator—and now am well reviled as a dupe and worse. Observe the return which the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel daily get for having brought forward the Emanci pation Act, and mind, this is not the exception, but the rule. What folly then it is to hope that the sense of shame will associate some of the morn respectable per sons of the Romanist persuasion to denounce the agita tors ! They don't come forward, at least I know of but one or two that have, and they are well scoffed and spi at by the demon for their honesty. Be not seduced by any of his baits. Hold aloof to the last. It is the trial of your faith. Let every Protestant say to himself, 'lf I was the only one left I never would unite with them.' Nail the Bible and the Union Jack together to your heart. Have something in your hand also to make him repent who would approach with the rags of an Italian priest to defile either. The English Protestant people will yet consent to distinguish between the true and the false in Ireland. Our brethren of the north are alive to our sufferings ; nay, the English Dissenters, much as they may dislike the monarchical principle and the Church, will yet, from a sense of shame, postpone their aversion to these elements in order to teach the turbulent Popish agents here that if they expect protection and security, they must at least let others enjoy it. Watch. Be firm. Be indifferent alike to their cajolery or their threats. Call to mind the words of the Psalmist—which cannot be found, by the bye, in the Popish Missal—' 1 was young, and now am old, and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken,' &c.—l am, brethren, your sincere well-wisher, " WESTMEATII. " Clonyn, Sept. 2.1, 1844." LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION. On Monday the Commissioners held their inquiry at Middleton, and examined several witnesses, includ ing Mr. Warren Hastings Jackson, Mr. Barry, a farmer, William Gleason and Richard Neill, tenants of Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Robert Barry, an extensive farmer. On Tuesday they proceeded to Macroom, where they examined Charles Colthurst, Esq., of Coachford, respecting some extensive improvements in waste lands made by that gentleman ; James Car negie, Esq., of Cork, an extensive land agent ; Wm. Crooke, Esq., a landed proprietor; Rev. Richard Lane, P.P. Ballyvourney, near Macro= ; John B. Warren, Esq., Mr. Edward Ashe, of Macroom ; Mr. Cornelius O'Connell, farmer, Mr. Timothy Murphy, farmer, and some others. On Wednesday they held their inquiry at Kanturk, where they examined Daniel Leahy, Esq., of Rossacon ; the Rev. Jeremiah Beachenor, of Newmarket, P.P.; Sir W. Wrixon Becher, Bart.; Jonathan Bruce, Esq., of Prohurst ; Owen M'Sweeny, farmer ; Bartholomew Verling, farmer; Rev. R. O'Reardon, P.P.; William Allen, Esq., and Cornelius Ryan, farmer, nominated by the hoard of guardians. After the inquiry, they were sumptuously entertained at dinner by Edward Tier ney, Esq., the public-spirited proprietor of the Kan turk estate, who had a large party of the principal gentry of that part of the county of Cork to meet the Commissioners. On Friday they proceeded to King William's-town, the estate of the Crown, on the borders of Kerry County, where they minutely in spected the model farm and improvements, which have been for some years in progress, under the direction of Mr. Griffith. On Saturday they sat at Mallow. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. PROM TIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. lIERALD.—The progressive decrease in the value of money, and the consequent advance in the value of Public Securities, have rendered it necessary for the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to enlarge the tables for the conversion of stock into annuities for lives and terms of years. The tables con structed in 1828 did not contemplate the Three per Cents. rising above par, and, consequently, the terms on which annuities were to be granted being governed by the current price of Consols above par, there was no standard of conversion. The range to which the tables are now extended is to when Consols, minus the dividend, arefrom 1001. 16s. 10d. and under 1021. 1 ls. 3d., and from 1021. 1 ls. 3d. and under 1041. 6s. 11d. This, it would appear, the Com missioners consider a sufficient extension to embrace the practical limit to which it is likely Three per Cent. Stock will advance. The new tables may be procured gratis at the National Debt Office, by any person who may choose to call fur them. As to the future range of the price of stock, no in ference whatever can be drawn from this measure. It is merely a provision made in the event of an ad vance above par, but has no connection whatever with actual prices. We understand the joint-stock banks in the City are preparing to register their public officers, with a view of availing themselves of the privileges conferred by the Act (7 and 8 Victoria, c. 113) to regulate joint-stock banks in England. By tho 47th section it is enacted that any joint-stock bank within the distance of 65 miles from London shall have the same powers of suing and being sued by their public officers as are granted to joint stock banks beyond 65 miles from London, by the Act 7 Geo. IV., c. 46, and shall deliver to the commissioners of taxes the same returns, By the Act 7 Geo. IV., c. 46, any joint-stock bank may register its public officers at the Stamp-office. The number of officers may be two or more, but . a suit is brought or defended only in the name of one. These officers must be shareholders in the bank, but they need not bo bank officers in the business sense of the word. They may be trustees, di rectors, or simply shareholders, but they must be resident in England. The board of directors may at any time recal the name of a party who has been re gistered as a public officer, or supply his place in case of death or other contingency. One of the public officers of placesabode ef must swear to the accuracy of the returns required by the Act. The returns required include the firm or nam e o f t h e banking company, names and places n ac a es d such company, nam es an d pl a ces o t f he allthe bank members of the company, m of abode of the directors, managers, and other like officers of the said banking company, names of the s everal towns and places wh ere the business of the sa id company is carried on. Ties returns are to be made to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes annually, between the 28th of Feb ruary and the 25th of March ; and every return must contain a list of every new or additional director, ma nager, or other like officer ; a list of those who have ceased to be members, and of those who have become members since the date of the previous return. In consequence of this alteration the joint-stock banks within 65 miles of London will discontinue the practice of requiring their customers to sign a special contract when they open an account. All business will be carried on in the name and title of tho bank. Bills will be proved under bankrupts' estate us the property of the bank, not as: heretofore as the property of the trustees. And suits may be commenced against all parties in debt to the bank, though they may have signed no special contract. On the other hand, the public will know against whom to bring their legal ac t ions f or debts duo I the bank ; and when judgment is obtained against the public officer, execution may be issued against all the funds of the Bank, and if they should not be suffi cient, against the private property of all the share holders. No system of banking can afford greater se curity to the community, and Sir Robert Peel was quite right when he said that the privileges we have men tioned are as necessary to the public as to the banks. The act to regulate joint-stock banks received in the later stages of its progress through Parliament, two important additions. One limited the duration of any charter granted to a joint-stock bank to twenty years. This must operate as an objection against existing banks applying for a charter, as in that case they must wind up their affairs at the end of twenty years, unless they have the good fortune to procure a renewal of their char ter. Few banks, we apprehend, would be willing to put a termination to their existence at so short a period. The other important addition is clause 48, which en acts " that every company of more than six persons, car rying on the trade or business of hankers in England, shall be deemed a trading company within the provisions of an Act passed in this session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act for facilitating the winding up the Affairs of Joint-stock Companies unable to meet their pecuniary engagements.' " SUN.—The markets fur Stocks, both English and Fo reign, closed very firmly thi s a f ternoon, C onsols at 991 for Money, and 998 to par for Account. Bank Stock for Account was 2861 to 287 k ; and India Stock 2081 to 209 i. New Threeand-a-half per Cents. have been 1011 for Money. The foreign investments were marked 24 to for the Five per Cents. 358 to 4 for the Three per Cents.; and 48 to 471 for Portuguese Converted ; and 90 to 901 for Brazilian ; being much fuller prices for all than were obtained in the morning. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 5 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 13 ; Eastern Counties, New, 41- ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 161 ; Great Western, 65 to 67 ; Birmingham, 116 ; South-Western, 311 ; Croydon, 2 ; London and York, 21 ; Lynn and Ely, 21; Newcastle and Darlington, 27 to 29 ; North British, B ; Northern and Eastern, 126 ; Ditto, Scrip, 108 ; Nor wich and Brandon, 91 ; York and North Midland, 5 t ; Ditto, Scarborough Branch, 20 ; Paris and Rouen, 181 8 premium ; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, have been 6- ; Caledonian, ; and Brighton, 21 di scoun t. Austraasia Bank Shares were 9 premium. WARSPITE CORRESPONDENCE. (From the Times.) We are informed that the writer of the first of the three letters which found their way into our columns last month from the Warspite, in Tangiers Bay, has, in consequence of the " inquiries," the in stitution of which we noticed on Monday, disco vered himself to the " authorities," and been " severely , reprimanded" accordingly by the Admiral in com mand at Gibraltar. On what pretence, or on what conceivable principle, this gentleman, who turns out to be the chaplain of the ship, has been " severely reprimanded" by the Admiral of the station, or any other Admiral, merely for expressing his own private opinion about the manoeuvring of a couple of French line-of-battle ships, of which he happened to be an unconcerned spectator, we are really at a loss to conceive. We should have thought that the Bishop, if any one, was the authority to which this gentleman was responsible for his opinions; and to have an Admiral catechising the chaplains of his fleet with a view to limit their freedom of speech and opinion about things indifferent, certainly appears to us pretty nearly as great an incongruity as would be exhibited by that well-known naval wonder, the service of the horse-marines. We are really surprised that an "in quiry" has not been instituted into our own esta blishment, with a view to a naval court-martial, or perhaps an Episcopal Synod being held, for the satis faction of the French Opposition, upon the guilty printers and publishers of these wonderfully ac curate epistles. But in any case, and overlooking the absurdity of such an exercise of jurisdiction by a sailor over an ecclesiastic, we put it to any one whether it is—we do not say just or decent, or in accordance with our English notions of freedom of speech and opinion, but—whether it is compatible with the plainest rights and liberties of the meanest subject of the realm—whether it is not, in short, a downright act of oppression and tyranny thus to punish a man for freely saying what he thinks and believes about a matter on which he has as good and undoubted a right to form and express an opinion as has the Admiral who reprimanded him, or the Lords of the Admiralty, or King Louis Philippe himself. We remember to have heard of a tyrant who was grievously angry, and indeed threatened war, against a neighbouring free State, which pleaded the freedom of her institutions as a reason why such summary and irregular proceedings as the oppressor himself de sired and could in his own dominions have put in execution, could not, nevertheless, be taken by the neighbouring State against one of her subjects who was the object of his resentment. It was rightly held that the formality of a trial, and the free and regular course of justice, were not to be waved or impeded at the request or instance of any foreign power whatever, merely because that power was unable itself to comprehend the reason or admit the justice of any such formality and delay. But it seems to us as if, in order to please our French neighbours, or rather to please the worst and least worthy part of them, our own Admiralty had con sented, in a spirit directly the reverse of 'that which we have instanced, to wave for this once the ordi nary maxims and forms of English justice and Eng lish freedom, and to punish men actually for exer cising their undoubted right of forming and expressing opinions about matters open and accessible to all. The lay officers of the Warspite, we are told, have resisted this most inquisitorial and un-English in trusion upon the free exercise of their hitherto un doubted right of speech and opinion, and have re fused to discover the authors of the remaining two letters. We are heartily glad of it. A plainer case , of tyranny—of vexatious, truckling, and most un profitable tyranny—could not occur; and there can be no breach of discipline involved in resisting, or rather baffling, it. If a military or naval officer takes upon himself to have an opinion about any thing concerned with the due administration and order of the service in which he is engaged, and expresses that opinion in a way calculated to impede or injure it, he is then, indeed, amenable to the authorities who direct it, and is guilty undoubtedly of a breach of discipline. But in this case the matter about which the opinion was expressed had nothing whatever to do with the British service. It would have been just as reason able to have punished an officer who wrote home word that the weather was, in his opinion, indifferent, or the Moors deficient in personal appearance, or the rock of Gibraltar a picturesque object from the sea. What is it to the Admiralty even if all the officers in the British navy think, as indeed is not unlikely, that the appearance of his French Majesty's ships Suffren, Je mappes, Triton, and Belle Poule, is not altogether un exceptionable in the eyes of a practised critic, or that their crews do not handle them quite as crack and ex- perienced as seamen should ? is it a crime to enter tain such an opinion ? Or is it a breach of discipline to express it ? It would appear that the French Government in requiring (if they do require), or even accepting, such measures as these, are, in truth, con• fessing that they have no other or better answer than this to give to the letters in question. To suppress the free exercise and expression of opinion on any given matter of fact, is tantamount to a confession that the subject will not bear discussion or scrutiny. W e should like to know whether any British officer would be afraid of any criticisms that the most ill-natured Frenchman, or set of Frenchmen, could pass upon any ship or ships under his command ; or whether he would ask that the naughty boys who pointed out his mistakes should be whipped for their impertinence. But before this spirit of punishment comes over our rulers, we would suggest whether it‘Nouaildi,ntoot be as well to inquire if it is likely, after answer its object. It is done, of course, to please the French, and for no other reason. We would put it to the Lords of the Admiralty, whether they seriously believe that anything, short of hanging all the letter writers at the yard-arm, and formally proclaiming, in the most bombastic language which can be com manded, that the French are the first maritime and naval people in the universe, would be likely to please our very implacable neighbours. We extract, on this head, the following paragraph from a recent num ber of our Parisian Contemporary La France : " e l s Y si l t i y en a grav e o ff ence has been committed, and the necof reparation is felt,j justice s ce is i d s on r e eri h d o e n r e e s d tlL, in the retractation complete and th e adversary. England does not act in this way. We have published the order of the day of Admiral Owen on the subject of the letters of the officers of the Warspite. W e now publish a letter from Captain Wallis to his Ad m i ra l . It is a very dry and insignificant acknowledgement of the receipt of the order of the day, and the name of France is not mentioned in it." This is the reception which the late order of Admi. ral Owen on the subject of these letters meets. Let our readers mark the last words of the paragraph we have quoted:—" You have given us official disclaimers of the offenders" (such seems to be the language of French sensitiveness), " and you have punished and reprimanded them—but disclaimers and punishments are not what we want. We want, to be plain, some flummery about la grande nation , some glorification of France and h e r arms , espec i a ll y her naval great ness, and then we shall be content, but not before." Such is the reception with which any step, even of humiliation and abasement, however low, on the part of England, would be met by the French war party, and such the gratitude which we should get from those whom we thus sought to please and conciliate, for subjecting our own officers to an oppressive inqui sition and an unjust punishment. We recommend the paragraph we have quoted to the attentive consi. • deration of Lord Haddingtonand his colleagues. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. TUESDAY, SEPT. 24.—Yesterday was devoted to the rehearsal of such parts of the sacred music as were least familiar to the band, especially Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise," and the oratorio of Samson, as performed fer the first time at the last Norwich festi val. The orchestra is erected in the nave, and not, as formerly, in the choir of the Cathedral—an ar rangement which facilitates the construction of one which is capable of holding 300 performers. Its chief defects are, that it springs from too great an eleva tion, and rises at too obtuse an angle. The principal singers are too much elevated, and the chorus is only partially visible or audible. These defects admit of easy remedy on a future occasion. The band and chorus are strong, and also select. We observe the principal stringed and wind instruments of the Opera band, and the chorus is well balanced and effective. This morning the festival commenced, and about half-past ten the streets began to be thronged with well-dressed groups, bending their way to the Cathe dral. The usual morning service is performed, com mencing always with the overture to Esther. The same Te Deum is uniformly sung, and the pieces in troduced into the service never vary. Dr. Boyce's anthem, " Blessed is he," and one (and always the same) of Handel's Coronation anthems. We ven ture to think that it would be advisable to vary this arrangement, if not altogether to change the charac ter of the performance, for such it almost is. The cathedral service of the Church of England is so per fect in all its parts, so incapable of addition or sub traction without injury, and contains such a store of music, unrivalled when regarded with reference to its design, that it needs no orchestral aid. The re sponses, this morning given by 150 voices, and the chant, were the most impressive part of the entire service. In Catholic countries the assistance of an orchestra is needed for the performance of most mo dern masses ; but into the cathedral service of Pro testant England it is an unwelcome intrusion. This morning the antiphonal character of the chant (its essence and prime attribute) was not retained. This is a needless sacrifice of propriety. We covet the cathedral service in all its purity and all its grandeur; once in the year we would make a welcome pil grimage to Gloucester, Worcester, or Hereford, to hear it so performed, and we believe that a crowd of pilgrims would congregate for a like purpose. Let the responses be those of Tallis, unequalled as they are for sublimity ; let Clarke, or Blow, or Boyce con tribute the service ; and Purcell and Croft each his anthem. What higher musical treat can be offered to any audience than the anthems—" Who hath be lieved our report," " My heart is inditing," " 0 give thanks," or " 0 God, thou has cast us out," of Pur cell, or Croft's " Sing unto God," " Praise the Lord, omy soul," or " God is gone up." The public at tention is increasingly drawn to the cathedral ser vice ; and we believe that such an opportunity as the present one, in which all its glorious musical attri butes would be fully revealed, multitudes would eagerly seek. What sort of idea, for example, have the inhabitants of this place of these ? The daily service of its cathedral is performed by three male voices only, in addition to the boys. Its essential fea ture is therefore lost; and for the choral grandeur of Gibbons, Farrant, and Aldrich, we have only a miser able burlesque. Such a performance of the morning service as we have suggested would display all its beauty and majesty, while it would preserve intact and inviolate its sacred character, which is now some thing between a performance and an act of devotion. It would be in strict keeping with the character of the building, and in due accordance with the feelings of the audience—it would be simply a yearly resto ration of the cathedral service—the substance instead of the shadow. On the ground of policy we suggest this alteration. A repetition of the same pieces, year by year, will hardly avail to draw a yearly crowd. In point of fact they fail to do so. But such a perform ance of the morning service as we have suggested would be indeed a novelty, and how far a probably attractive one, let the crowds who yearly watch for the return of the Purcell commemoration, and throng the walls of Westminster Abbey, testify. We have assigned the reason why our cathedral music caw. of be heard. It was written for " a full voiced choir," and not for a choir of one voice to a part. The knowledge of the greater and sublimer portion of it, as a necessary consequence, is fading out of sight. The true style of its performance will be lost also. A yearly opportunity is offered in these cathedrals at least of preserving and perpetuating this. The lay clerks and minor canons of the three choirs are all present at these meetings, and is there one of them who would not benefit by hearing Hobbs's admirable reading of Purcell, derived by him, doubt less, from early association with Bartleman ? The dignataries of cathedrals would also learn a salutary lesson. They would learn the musical value of the libraries of their respective churches, they would wit ness the power of their contents in exciting the devo tional feelings, and they would, it is to be hoped, aim at the constant improvement of their choirs, in order to restore to the cathedral service its matchless gran deur and unspeakable value. To return from this vision of the future to the reality of the past. The Cathedral was respectably attended, but the gallery only was filled. The nave was half empty. Any criticism on a work so well known and so often performed as the " Te Deum for the victory at Dettingen" would be altogether super fluous. The performers evinced their familiarity with their work by the correct manner in which they went through it. TUESDAY EYENING.—It is not the custom here to throng to the first night's concert, and accordingly the room was not more than half filled. The selec- tion3 at these concerts, it must be confessed, usually exhibit little musical attraction ; that of to-night ought to have bad more than the rest, for the first act consisted of the best pieces from Adis and Galatea very well performed. Manvers was the best Acis we have heard for many years. The second act was almost a succession of what we suppose are termed popular ballads, interspersed with a song of Rossini and another of Donizetti. The fa vourites with the audience were a Gipsy duet by the Misses Williams, and " Where the bee sucks," by Miss Barrett, both of which were encored. Lindley played one of his concertos in his usual style, and with his accustomed success. DAHLIA Snow.—Yesterday one of the best dahlia shows of the season took place at the Bazaar, Baker street, Portman-square. The exhibitors comprised the chief growers in the country, and the flowers were ar ranged in five classes, there being prizes in all. The first prize of 51. in the first, or nurserymen's class, of 24 blooms for subscribers of five guineas, was awarded to Mr. Brown, of Slough ; the second to Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury ; the third to Mr. Girling, of Stow-market ; and the fourth to Mr. Bragg, of Slough. PROPERTY TAX ON DIVIDENDEL—By an Act which was passed on the 19th July last, the dividends payable on the 10th October next, are exempted from the pay ment of the Property-tax. The title of the statute explains its object, and has reference to the transfer of the Three per Cents:—" An Act to exempt from the payment of Property Tax, the dividends on certain annuities of three pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, payable for the quarter of the year ending the 10th October, 1844." It is declared that no deduction shall be made on the payment of the dividends mentioned on the three pounds ten shillings per cent., under the Act for the transfer of the dividends into the three pounds five shillings and the new Three per Cents., to such parties holding the same, as shall not have notified, or shall not notify within the period prescribed by the Act, their dissent to the conversion, and in case of any sub sequent dissent within the period allowed, a deduction shall be made for the Property-tax whenever such prin cipal shall be paid to them. A CHANGE INDEED I—The large and beautiful chandelier which had graced the banquetting-room of the Cork Mayoralty-house during the old corporate regime, was purchased on Tuesday, for the use of the Franciscan Church (Broad-lane) in this city. It cost originally 501., but was knocked down at the auction for 51.155,--Cork Examiner. HER MAJESTY AT BLAIR ATHOL, BLAIR ATHOL, TUESDAY. ,if::' rt=tir , lncrit i'4,6esty has led since her arrival at Blair Athol has not been disturbed by any incident worthy of recording. The morning walk or ride in the grounds of the castle with Prince Albert and the Princess Royal, the afternoon drive or scramble up the hill-side on ponies, the dinner party, the being roused by the shrill pibroch on the following morning, and so on from day to day,lou fours perdrix—to-day the same as yesterday and yes • terday the same as the day before. Were it not for the anxiety which naturally pervades all classes of her Majesty's subjects to hear of the welfare of their Sove reign, and the interest excited by her Majesty's present mode of life, there is so little variety in this tranquil routine, that the daily movements of the Royal party are scarcely of sufficient importance to be chronicled; The present propitious weather enables her Ma jesty and the Prince to pass a great part of the day in the open air, sub Jove not frigido assuredly, for the heat of the sun is intense, and were it not for the mellow autumnal tint on the rich foliage round the castle, it might be supposed that spring was going to return once more before the coming winter. Yesterday the Prince went out grouse shooting on the moors in front of the Castle, and her Majesty having expressed a desire to witness the sport, the pony was ordered, and her Majesty set forth to ascend the neighbouring hill, which com mands an extensive view of the moors. Her Majesty was accompanied by Lord Glenlyon, who walked by the side of the pony, and the gilly, Sandy Macara, who has had the honour of leading her Majesty's pony during her rambles. The Prince shot six brace of grouse, which were immediately forwarded to the castle. His Royal Highness had intended to go deer-stalking yesterday in Glen Tilt, but as the wind was unfavourable the projected excursion was deemed impracticable. Lady Glenlyon and Lady Canning drove out in the after noon to visit Mr. Butler, of Fascala. Military law is adhered to most rigidly by her Majesty's guard of Athol Highlanders. Lord Glen lyon's brother, the Hon. Captain Murray, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who has lately arrived here, was refused admittance by the guard, because he was not furnished with the necessary countersign, although he offered to write an order for his own admission. We need scarcely mention that the Hon. Gentleman has since succeeded in gaining access to his noble brother's domain ; but whilst the circumstance has occasioned some amusement, it has also evinced the strictness with which these fine fellows perform their duty.—Post. BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton and Miss Lyttelton, who arrived yesterday at the Palace, took a carriage airing on the cliffs this morning, and, on reaching Kemp Town, the Prince and his illustrious sister were taken by Lady Lyttelton down to the esplanade, near the sea, where they promenaded for about half an hour. Their Royal Highnesses were afterwards taken out in the carriage on the Rotting dean road, and returned to the Palace about eleven o'clock. Crowds of persons daily assemble at the Palace gates, to get a sight of the Royal children. According to present arrangements, their Royal Highnesses will leave Brighton next Tuesday, for Windsor Castle. Earl Delawarr arrived at the Palace yesterday morning, from Buckhurst, his seat in Sussex. His Lordship visited Sir Robert Peel and Mrs. G. Daw son, and returned to Buckhurst in the afternoon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel arrived on Monday evening. The Right Hon. Baronet has taken one of those splendid houses in Eastern-terrace, which have become so much the resort of the aristocracy. Sir Robert visited his sister, Mrs. G. Dawson, yesterday, at the Clarence mansion. We understand that the Duke and Duchess of Somerset are in treaty for a house here, intending to winter at Brighton. The presence of the Duke and Duchess for so many months last season had a very beneficial influence upon the trade of the town. Lord and Lady Petre have taken the splendid mansion which their Graces occupied last year, and which we understand they were desirous of securing for this season. The Duke of St. Alban's is expected in Lewes crescent early in October, his Grace having taken a house there for a considerable period. Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, and Colonel Rowley, after a stay of three weeks at the Norfolk Hotel, re turned to Portsmouth on Monday in the Fanny tender. The Countess of Beauchamp, Viscount Lake, Lord Miltown, Lady Harriet Hamilton, Major-General Sir William Fremantle, Lady Henley, the Countess of Glengall, Lady W. Paulet, Lord Lurgan, Sir J. Bathurst, Countess Cadogan, Mr. Marsland, Lady and Miss Bathurst, Mr. Orby Hunter, the Dean of Win chester, Mrs. Gamier, Hon. L. Parsons, Hon. Mrs. North, Lady Lucy North, and Lady Harriet Gamier, are among our fashionable visitors, most of whom are drinking the spa waters at our German Spa. A grand concert was given here last night, which was attended by upwards of 500 persons, Grisi, Mario, and F. Lablache being the attraction. It is scarcely necessary to add that the company were enraptured. Mr. J. Wallack concluded an engagement at the theatre on Monday evening. This evening Miss Rainforth, Harrison, and Stretton are engaged to sing in the opera of Sonnambula. COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation of tho London and York Railway, consisting of Mr. E. Beckett Denison, M.P., and Mr. Francis Mowatt, the two Vice-Chairmen of the Com pany, with Mr. Baxter, the Solicitor, had an inter view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. ➢lr. Edward Drummond Hay, President of the Virgin Islands, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Kinnoull had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie at the Board of Trade yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for Sir R. Wilson, Governor of Gibraltar. VISIT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—COWES, SEPT. 25.—Lord Lincoln, Chief Com missioner of the Woods and Forests, arrived at Osborne House yeterday, and this day workmen are busily em ployed in preparing the house for the Royal visitors. ETON COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY.—PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZE FOR MODERN LANGUAGES.—In consequence of the second extra week which her Majesty has been pleased to add to the holidays, the examinations are postponed to the 7th of October and three following days—Monday and Tuesday, French, Wednesday and Thursday, Italian. The examiners are M. R. de Ye ricour and Signor Pauizzi. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Rev. Lord Wm. Somerset, canon of Bristol, eldest surviving son of Henry fifth Duke of Beaufort, and uncle of the present Duke, was married on Tuesday last, at Filton Church, Glouces tershire, by special license, to Frances, widow of the late Mr. Cornelius O'Callaghan, of Ballynahinch, county Clare. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol officiated at the ceremony. The marriage was very private. His Lordship had been previously married to a daughter of Lieut.• General Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bart., who died in August, last year. CUSTOMS SEIZURES.—TheBoard of Customs having had under consideration their general order of May, 1815, under the authority of which the water-guard officers at the outports are allowed to participate in seizures made out of baggage sent by them to the Queen's warehouse for examination ; and being of opinion that the officers of the water-guard should only be allowed to participate when present at or assisting in snaking such seizures, or when they have given such directions or information as may have led directly to the making of the same, conformably to the practice at this port, and to the general practice in other cases, orders have been issued for the officers to govern themselves in future accordingly, and that the general order of May, 1815, referred to, be rescinded. OUT-PENSIONERS IN THE ARMY.--A Correspond ent informs us it is now fully arranged that the drill and exercise of the out-pensioners of the army, for a certain number of days, is to take place early in the ensuing month, for which purpose all the preliminary arrange ments have been effected in accordance with the Act of Parliament passed in the session of 1843. The men are to appear in uniform, and armed, and it is expected that the general officer commanding each district will make an inspection of them. The out-pensioners to be assem bled are those only who are capable of bearing arms, and they will receive a liberal allowance, to compensate them for the loss they will incur by being absent from their usual employment during the six days they will be on permanent duty, but they will be allowed to return to their homes each night, provided the distance from head quarters be not too great. They will also (under the discretion of the staff officer) be allowed to take their uniform with them, so that they may be prepared, without inconvenience, to be at parade in the morning. It is the wish of the authorities that every possible fa cility be afforded the men in carrying out the present ar rangements. AGE OF OUR LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIPS.---A state ment under this head has been put forth for the purpose of proving that our ships are not so very old after all ; and it appears that halt of them are not out of their teens, while very few indeed have reached the years of discre tion. The Superb, of 80 guns, turns out not to be an old man-of war, but a mere baby, having been launched in 1842 ; while the Boscawen, 74, can hardly be said to have been weaned, having never hoisted the pend a nt. In fact, the line-of-battle ships seem to be in a state of happy infancy, and England may boast of as juvenile a navy as she could possibly wish for.—Punch. COURT-MARTlAL.—Paymaster Anthony Walshe, of MID the 2d, or Queen's Royals, was tried by court-martial at Bombay, on the 26th of February last, on charges of several acts of insubordination, brought by Lieutenant- Colonel Brough, of the same regiment, and found guilty. He was sentenced to be dismissed the service, and a re commendation made by the Court in his favour to the Commander-in-Chief, to which, however, the latter did notfeel it consistent with his sense of duty to pay at tention. TRICKS IN THE JURY LIST. Mr. Mahony (whose letter to the clerks of the peace for the city of Dublin appeared in the Sun last week) has determined to commence legal proceedings against the majority of the cess-collectors, who failed to make a return of the qualified jurors within the time prescribed by law, and against all the collectors, for non-compliance with the provision of the Jury Act, which directs that the lists should be printed and published in the various parishes previous to the re turns being placed in the custody of the clerks of the peace. POLICE INQUIRY AT DUBLIN CASTLE. This day, Mr. Corballis, Q.C., having been pre viously sworn in at the head police-office, as a magis trate for the city of Dublin, commenced the inquiry ordered by the Lord-Lieutenant, respecting the charges brought against members of the constabulary force at Shinrone, King's County. Copies of the charges were furnished to the accused, by direction of Mr. Corballis. The inquiry proceeds slowly, as the questions and the answers of the witnesses are taken down. The court is open to the public. THE CHURCH IN IRELAND. Mr. James Grattan, late Member for the county of Wicklow, has published the following remarkable statement in the Dublin Evening Post : " Tennehinch, Sept. 23, 1844. " Dear Sir,—As lam about to leave Ireland, I take the liberty of inclosing a letter to you, written some time ago, and which it may be useful to publish. Ido so because it is of public interest, and it may be served by publicity in a country where an eminent judge, Lord Redesdale, said he found one law for the rich and an other for the poor, and both equally ill-admistered. " I am your obliged, &c., "J. GRATTAN." " Tennehinch,Auiust3o,lB44. "' My dear Sir,—l have, on more than one; occasion, considered it to be my duty to call the attention of the Archbishop of Dublin to the fact that, for some years past (and while the Rev. Robert Daly, now Bishop of Cashel, was incumbent), the right of way, which had always existed, to the parish church of Powerscourt had been stopped, as also all public access to the church-yard in the parish—thus connecting public with private pro perty, to the prejudice of the parishioners. The right of the church is utterly at variance, as it seems to me, with the law of the land and the usage, even in this unfortu nate country. "' I beg leave now to make to you that suggestion which I made to the Archbishop of Dublin—namely, that a legal opinion of eminence be taken on these pro ceedings, and that you act under it. To you, I under stand,is very happily entrusted the care and the manage ment of this place and property ; it will be for you to decide whether the parishioners and tithe-payers have not a right to that which they always enjoyed, free and public access, at all times, to the church supported by 'J r the m op neck , , n eed o tore er, S Old- tw o b set