The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-14 00:00:00

~~ . eata► 10' 9 ) 7 ,yOP° s ; [coo* e s to' tho 96 norr We Corse► a the a d al w hs" r SS t° Mar t e 'aged' 419 re' alYi . e 210 97 98 1 01 11 11-16 29 8 4 d 59 OSP' EICO 88* 15 3rn ;; , 0i 116' , (Ws C V l6l it ICI 5 136 3 62 3 14 2. 5 e 11 1042 197 , A L 317# 6, it”s 66 54 7 4 4* 2 1 1 41 9 3 1 1 )2 5 Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13% 14 • Caledonian, 1314 ; Cam • bridge and Lincoln, 9% 10 1 4 ' • Clithero Junction, 4 3 3 / prem. • Churnet Valley, 9 1 ,4 %; Direct Northern, 5 1 % 5 ; Ely and Bedford, 3 5-16 %; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. Cs. 3d. 1/. 7s. 61. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester 2 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 6 1 4_ ; nzitidersfield and Manchester ilailwav mill Canal. ; ;:raite.•6l,.i ; 4 1 - / , ' ! • its ,ind West ;:i;.to. ; Ormskitk, and Preston, 3%; Lifithm, Woree,ter, Oxford, and Rugby, 4%; London and York, 3%; Manchester and Burton,4% 4; Manchester, Sheffield, and Junction, 9 %; Newark and Sheffield, 6 5% ; North Western, 5 1 / 2 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2 ; Preston and Wyre Extensii.n, 3 1 pent ; Sin flield and Lincohishiie Junction, 265. 6d 28s. 9d. ; Trent Valky, 19%; Whitehaven and Furness, 4; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cet re, 3 ; Park and Lyons (English), 3 1-16; Ditto (Grauntron's). ; Union -Bank of Manchester, IOIA. SPORTING INTELLIGE,%CE. BUTheRTO.N CONSTABLE RACES—WEDNESDAY. (iold Cap for Hunters: 4 vrs, lost 911/ ; 5 yrs, llst 7L); a .Vile and a-half. arr. Fewson nd Gold Pippin, 6 yrs (Mr. Namby) 0 1 1 Colonel Ttiompson's Hamlet, aged 0 0 2 Captain Alien's Wasn, 6 vrs 0 0 2 13 Ir. W. s co w- A ..• 00 0 ~ ur., 5 ........ r. rt Creyk ch m nut if Ahn,. 6 ' .. r % 2 0 ,it• , The Drawing -ro om Stakes ot 5 sovs ‘i-ith 30 added. One mil e amt three-quarters (7 Sobs.) Mr. Baxter's Legacy, 5 3 - r s C°l °Tiel ThAmpsurl-1 el,ll . . Alr. Milbank nd Montgomery Match, 20 SoVB, 1 Ist each, once round and a distance. 4. 1. • Tray's Calom e l (M r . L. Ford) beat Mr. Lamb , rt's Tom h umb. .TartheeristhißrlWAS Stakes of 4 sot's each, e mile and thr.'e -1 Mr. Walker's Ibv .Tuley loch, out of Sister to 14131 a, walked over. Plate of THURSDAY. The r arm ra' P f 5 • dded to the Innkeepers' urse, o ", 41 -d, once round and a distance, was won in three by Ur. Irvin 's Ranger, 5 yrs, (W. Wilson), beating kii_r-o'ourileity.,BJohnson's Isabel, Mr. Haworth's Autocrat, Captain The Queen, and Captain Cooper's Little John. Ty e Ba ss Constable Handicap, of 20 sox s. each, 101 t, and I.l2l4Trrr:ißTS:l.l:ll-,,,,51: ft, declared, i i d o - r e t c o la b r e e llt, ' 5 " yrsY' So added. (2 n'ile ( s ß ) umbv) 1 2 'r w b a e m ci s ifa b t r it c . , .. l 2 3 . r . ' . L . n . e 71b each, thorough Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with ten added, lOst Won i n ,""orough bred horses 71b extra, half a mile, were Sip 'wo heats, by Mr. Whiting's Lill (Francis), beating L _ UsOn lirea and several others. Pols tie Criteri on H andicap, of 20 sovs, added to a sweeps t a k es B °y& each one mile and three-quarters, was won by „ ‘ouello, beating two others. Th N°R THLEACH STEEPLE CHASES—FRIDAY. The Cotswold Handicap of 2 soya, each, and 20 added. Mr. s (19 Subs.) Ymmonds's The Brick, 10st IQib ....(Crickmere) 1 Bir.; ,c,, Buck' s Si r John, lOst 71b 2B. Smith's Galopade, llst 3 A Several others ran. Won by half a length, cleverly. Ws' Sw eepstakes of 2 sov s s e ac h and 15 added, list 71b each, ten otners w ,° ll by Mr. Wheeler's Tomboy (Crickmore), beating by two lengths. tows B ETTING AT MANCHESTER —FRIDAY. 5 T HOUSAND GUnSEAS STAKE.S.-5 to 2 agst Idas (t)— agSt K e d ger. rit 3 HP aER CUP.-9 to 1 agst Catarazt—l3 to 1 agst Obscu ag:t-;-"" to 1 agst Semiseria (t)-14 to 1 agst Era- 2 0 to 1 Arinesour-25 to 1 agst Strathspey-25 to 1 agst True (tlk. (taken to 501.)----8 to 1 a , st Obscurity and the Era ell to 500 The rest as befrire. do n : . 111 % - "-OtrerS of 18 to 1 agst Clear-the-way, but nothing Noth ing done upon Newmarket Handicap or the Oaks. and the Directors authorised to take the necessary steps to carry it into execution.—(Cheers.) Mr. Join , : Ews, the Deputy Chairman, after a few observations eulogistic of the proposed arrangement, seconded the motion. This, after some remarks from Dr. O'Brien, Mr. Mather. Mr. Ell's. and other Proprietor, was cirried I .:td A vot-. ~f thtNic rvt,s,l to t' ,, e Cha , rtnan, with the 4-”lthnsin-ra tts.•lly oisplayei by this ct,nlp,ny, and thc- meeting s•-parated. INSTITUTION' ()F CIVIL ENGIN EERS. (Sir John It nnie, President, in the chair.) aprin, 8 —The paper read was by Mr. J. Baldry Redman, des- ribing the new cast-iron p er at Grreaesend, just omplerial, from hi., designs. and under his super intendence. after an intreductere me moir, deselibing the rapid groe ef steam navigation, and conse quent it:crease of the town end demand for greater ac• cornaalatinn, the paper gave an account of the more of construction ad. pt d, which was illustrated by dine wings and a model of the work by Mr. Salter. The tier is situated in fruit of the Terrace gardens, in a line curb H mer-street The length is two 'hundred run; tiftv f , t. ant it is. stipperre.t upon tweeh -two Doric eidatrins f cast iron twenty -eight, feet ling, weighing nearly ten •reis each. The firs' ti- ris situated at high weter ;nark. arid tinini thence :here are three spans of fifty fr, t each to the pier-head. which is ninety feet long by thirty feet wide. Horizontal iron girders support the platferm. and the external girders are inclosed by an entabla , ure cinch also forms the parapet. At the south end ore solid abutments and alley. walls to support the ser.rie ith, and stone °fie , a with turrets Hank the entranee. The.first tier of girders is carried ever the esplanade in front of the gardens, whieh is thus con tinned underneath the pier; the whole area of the ale.- form is covered by a wrought-iron roof, boarded and slated, and supported upon crinpled iron pilasters, with corrugated iron panels between, and the sides can be in closed at will by shutters. Skylights are introduced in the roof. The approach from the river is by a double flight of steps. with landings to suit all states of the tide. A powerful light is (..xliibited from a cast iron lighthouse surmounting the junction of the roofs at the pier-head, which is supported upon a system of iron trussing forty-three feet in span ; octagonal coaper gas lamps are suspended from the apex ef the reof. This structure has been designed to meet the views of the con servators of the river, so as to offer but little obstruction to the navigation, and there is a clear headway of eight feet underneath at highwater spring tides. The comfort and convenience of passengers by steamers have also been materially consulted The paper described in detail the method adopted in getting in the foundations, which was one of the chief features of the paper, as the method was novel, viz.:---by sinking cast-iron cylinders to a depth varying from nine to fourteen feet below the level of low- water mark of spring tides, and keeping their tops always raised above high-water mark, the ground was excavated from within them, and they were filled With solid rock to the level of low water mark, where the columns were bedded on the strong bases. The work occupied two years in its construction, and has been since Easter Monday opened to the public. A very ingenious machine was exhibited for making with perfect accuracy artificial teeth, gums, and palates. It is the invention of Mr. Aim •s, who described its action and demonstrated its capabilities. A plaster. of paris cast of the gums, &c., having been obtained, a peculiar moulding composition, softened by heat, is pressed upon the cast and allowed to cool. In that situation if is then removed, and reduced t'a the shape of the intended teeth, and if on trial this com position model is foran! to fit the mouth accurately, it is placed in the faceplate of tae machine, and a perfect copy is obtained by the mechanical action of the revolving cutter or tool. The machine consists of three slides is ; two are placed vertically and move in two di rectiens, horizontally and vertically, but each the vertical plane. Upon these slides is a plate of iron, to which is fixed the composite model and the substance in which the copy is to be produced. The two, there fore, partake of equal motion. The third slide is placed horizontally, and admits of horizontal motion only, but at right angles with the motions of the perpendicular slides. Upon this slide a tracer with a blunt point is permanently fixed, and parallel with it is a revolving cutting point or drill; by the three sliding motians, the tracer is made to pass over the surface to be copied, whilst the drill is -constrained to describe an exactly similar surface in the substance placed before it, and by the rapidity of its motion, joined to the delicacy of its action, copies with accuracy the most minute projections on the ca't. In the speci men exhibited, the finest filaments were accurately delireated on the ivory carving, and the machine was pronounced to he capable of adaptation to many other purpose beyond dental carving, in which it was designed, and for which it has been entirely used by the ingenious inventor. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Devon and Somerset staghounds will meet on Mon 'V and Thursday, at Dulverton—at 11. s A lt Farq u h arson ' s hounds, on T hursday, at Deadmoor ; T,Bishop's Caundle. the Old V.H., on Tuesday, at Houghton Wood ; Friday, at 6 Old ;range House—at half-past 11. at The li adsworth hounds, on Tuesday, at Darton ; Thursday, ~,a m bleforth ; Saturday, at Womersley. WT he Earl of Harewood's hounds, on Monday, at Riffa ; pie s T i ll o es daY, at Spacey House ; Friday, at Tadcaster—at half 1, OM Yarbo roug h' s h oun d s, on M on d ay , a t R oston W oo d ; aY9 at Little Limber Lodge. c The Essex and Suffolk hounds, on Tuesday, at Ardleigh , ; Friday, at Wiston—at half-past 10. , 4e "Tiverton hounds, on Tuesday, at Beachcombe Planta o°ll6l.6/e ; Thursdaat y, half- Ch at ipstable Village ; Saturday, at Spring Park—past 10. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Several horses have reached Newmarket for the ensuing In l p ee , t ing, and appearances, if they do not promise a brilliant -fl ex, are so far favourable, that most of the standing en togements are likely to be run. Th e l as t arr i va l s include— , rd Chesterfield's Knight o f th e Whi st l e , P oor S o ldi er , ady Wildair, Javelin, Triunion, and Newsmonger---Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo—Celonel Anson's Kedger and Je tail—Mr. Bowes's Heather Bell and As-you-like it --Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer and Semiseria—Lord Str re lb e's Idas, Evenus, and Boarding-school Miss John Day's The Ugly Buck—Mr. Wreford's Win e,helsea—Mr. Gardnor's Captain Flathooker—Mr. , S. zterbert's Antler and Ajax—Mr. Greville s Alarm— For Pavne's Sir Francis, Johnny, and Queen blab—Mr. i t ( l's Fuzbos, The Attorney, Mademoiselle, and Qui Tam— * Stebbing's Celeste—Mr: Batson's Homceopathist, Accacia an Harriet filly-- 4 Mr. Drinkald's Vol-a-Vent—Sir . W Wynn's Poor liov, The Soldier, and Rowland—Mr. lsbottom's Pine Apple—Mr. ,Kelly's Lydia Languish— O ro r t ` 4 o Bentinck's Ratafia, Discord, All-round-my .Hat, will in Oil. and My Mary. The principal races of the week to ~,1 3e the two Riddlesworth's (mere shadows, and not likely hf c 'iZ zli t,cc more than a couple of starters), the stakes in tai n - 4 l'l s edor and Idas are engaged (apparent " cer for i,S), the Column Stakes, and Newmarket Handicap, of whi c h th ere w ill' be a good field, the Claret. 4- 1 „', a nd the matc h b etween th e U g ly B uc k an d ge ste 7, et it: The Newmarket Handicup, a new race sug ar by the inhabitants, does not boast so large 1, 45 --ee P ta nce as had been anticipated ; but " Rome tott not built i fresh, and its promoters feral ot be clf.- e o4 r t ' l. rd frotn exertions—let them be in their outions to the fund, and not be above canvassing for sho u ti 3 i e d rib ers . to the Stake ; and there can be no reason why it t 1 143 oecoine a prominent " feature" a . meeti t ng e t , ta la of l ate years somewhat fallen from its high es a_t • coef e course of the week, it is expected that a elub e .,. re llee will take place between the Jockey Ilrop o l 3 " committee of the inhabitants with regard to the Cab continuation of the Eastern Counties line from tom 'dge to Several members, believing that a rail of the seclo to the tow . n would interfere with the respectability ngs, have expressed a favourable opinion . of the co % —Plated e within • Direct London and Norwich, which will not eight or ten miles of Newmarket ;. the ark'to_wns "flowerer, are almost unanimously for the line to Bury, Port ot .'e t l i !d to use ev effort to obtain the sanction and sup b ornin„,l ie Club. A question as to the correctness of Zanoni's pr e f ei ;oen for the Chester Cup, arising out of an objectio e ottm ed bY Colonel Peel is also expected to come on in the e of the meeting. The paper announced to be read at the meeting of Tues -lay, April 15, was "On the peculiar feature of the atmospheric railway system." by Mr. G. Riridey, A4soc. Inst. C. E. It is expected that the meet ing will be very fully attended, and that the description ill be v-!ry iate , est nom. THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. Two questions were involved in Mr. Christie's motion respecting the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge on Thursday evening; one was their system as to those whom they admit within their pale, the other their system as to those whom they exclude. Both have been negatived for a time ; but a warning has been repeated. It now amounts to an historical fact that the Reform Bill was hastened by the high-handed refusal of those in power to rectify some few proved abuses ; in the same way the Universities may be assured that if they do not exert themselves to correct what is amiss within their walls, they will by-and-by be reformed with a vengeance from without. The wider question of th e a d m i ss i on t o O x f or d an d Cambridge degrees of Catholics and Dissenters we do not enter upon at present ; we propose only to notice some points of discipline and rules of practice, which, as real well - wishers of the two sister Universities, wo should desire to see amended. We are not here speaking of such matters as caps a n d h a t s , or s t u ff an d silk gowns ; indeed, we do not object to a reasonable deference to rank at college, since rank is a thing that will be, and ought to be, deferred to in after-life. We are alluding to essentials—to such vital matters as the course of study and the pecuniary outlay of students. And first, with respect to the course of study; we find from the returns of the various Professors, and more particularly from the statement of Dr. Daubeny, that of late years the attendance upon public lec tures has so fallen off and declined that it is now almost entirely discontinued. Twenty or thirty is the maximum of an audience, while some of the professors are without so much as the humorous Dean's " dearly beloved Jonathan," and are reduced to empty walls, silence, and sinecure. All the instruction now supplied is furnished by the private or the College tutor. The effect of this is to alter the nature of the Universities, and to degrade it—to make them mere clusters of contiguous schools, instead of being what they were designed to be—comprehensive and harmonious machines on a grand scale, for giving to the minds, sent up to them in states of greater or less preparation, the last polish and perfection. Under the tutorial, as distinguished from the professional, regime— under the College as distinguished from the University education—what does a student gain more than he did at a public school ? Does he, except so far as he himself brings maturer faculties, gain so much instruction ? At school, after learning his lesson, he rehearsed it to his tutor, and was examined in it daily in public by the master. At the University he has two examinations in tour years I We are well aware that eminent men issue from our Universities ; but they take much of their learning with them to those seats of the Muses, and they would bring yet more away if the system were improved arid ewurged. With respect tts the expense, we are well aware of the difficulty of sumptuary laws, and of tho ease with ich restrictions on the purse, or rather on credit, are evaded ; but sure we are that with the large authority of proctors, tutors, and heads of house , , much mere be dose to prevent the years of a university career, which ought to be happy and useful, from being the source, of ruin and misery for life. Thoughtless as ) (meg men too often are, there yet are ways of deal ing with them that might be tried with much success ; to reasonabl , restraint might be added friendly remon strattes, en appt al to parent', an appeal to their own feelings and better judgment. The hundreds which are waste t in riot, have often been raised for the young academic by the denial of comforts at home ; to re mitet him of this, to point out to him how valuable to himself at some not distant day, how productive of much more real tonjoyment, west he is throwing away would rue, might be tried oftener than it is, and with much soccess. Our pages have frequently recorded trials where young men have been sued, by those who smiled and trusted, for articles which no jury could construe into necessaries—for items lavished by an extravagance that would be ludicrous if it were not melancholy. This evil might be easily redressed : it might be provided that no tradesman residing in or within a certain dis. tance of Oxford or Cambridge should be entitled to sue tor, and recover from, any undergraduate any debt of above one year's standing, or of above 5/. or 10/. in amount, except there were a previous written order from the tutor of the undergraduate's college, without any inquiry in Court whether the goods were necessaries or not. At present a very large majority of the students of our two leading Universities are sent to them to be prepared for admission into the Church ; and of these a majority again are persons in such circumstances that 300/. or 4001. a year for four years are sums which they cannot very well afford. Still less can they afford to acquire habits of extravagance—habits which they must unlearn afterwards by a painful process. The legitimate expenses of a college career need and ought not to be heavy, even if the colleges had not been amply endowed. In a German University a mod crate yearly payment to the tutor, the fees to the various professors, and the cost of board, are covered by a com paratively small sum. In the English Universities the tutors have their college endowments, the professors enjoy the ample liberality of the founders, the colleges have space for students: why should there be a ruinous expense? Surely, with their ample means, their enor mous revenues, our Universities might afford to supply all educational wants at the lowest charge. Why should an irptitutien by far the wealthiest not produce the most liberal programme of instruction? We do not under value classical learning; but we contend that for modern times it is not suihcient for a man to know Latin and Greek alone. Of modern languages at the present day a gentleman is expected not to be utterly ignorant; but these are things which Oxford and Cambridge do not profess to teach, which, in limiting their honours and degrees to other acquirements, they virtually exclude. — Times. -AL MEETING OF THE MlD `asitND RAILWAY COMPANY. ep. A i — OF THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOU - Xali E TE jt AND BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER S ATURDAY.—This afternoon a special gene said mee ting of the shareholders in this railway w n as . sid e ! t t the railway station here, for the purpose o . co the r tA in F the conditional agreement lately entered into by (! em ~-"rectors, for the lease by the Midland Railway (3,„- ir ny of the recently amalgamated Birmingham and keeti7nester and Bristol and Gloucester Railways nutnerously attended. 4 etn . ‘ r(34I GE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Di ithea stated the heads of the agreement entered a ural -Itl4 the above companies, which was that the ter-gamated lines of the Birmingham and Glouce i s n - W. and Bristol and Glcucttader should be leased 6Pietuity to thellidLnd Company, at an annual rent th e • P e r cent. on the share capital of 1,800,0001. the ii',l!,dland Company to take upon themselves_ 450„wilities due by the other party to the extent of th e . „`MClt ; the stook of the other companies to becom w e e,,,FroPerty of the Midlands ; these arrangements whi e t tence On the ist of July next, and any diffe . rence , th e l ;'1 toteht arise to be reterred tt, the arbitration of rd of Trade. Th. Midland Company were also Vt.. 2 Ve II se lines at any time aithi n rower to purchase these liitr three years. 146. El , ernsox then stated that there was a great did. snan -al mo on the part of the Directors to enter into any aoaae ta s me by which the Company shonld incur fresh betit)ottsibilities, but at the same time they thought this lin::t han that any otho• Company should have the ttestion. abu t ELA TR 3 A _ e W or thy C t •,;• then went ito a lengthened d Itaa, 4l nt Of the 13-oaks anti , ipated from the propo it e i, lettal'gement, and said that possioly the Act for t i 44. 1 „,.; ''';ght not be obtained this ses*loo, but he unt er that no legal d ffi ailty stood in the way or t hk e u n pn li ,he aireetnent L 4t - orwe. Vie then added , than, jeer god of trade had seen the justiee th th e Pht forward by their eompany, and he hop. d e p that e o tl e would the source of an increased in fame t ' the sh trett.dders. The first of these proje , ‘ 7 11°1 Y reported on was the line from Lincoln to taighc‘al, 34 in length. Ihe Board had to ea, t r tol alao in &your of trio hoe from Sw nom to I )on- NZ' ' ll ' 4 lo a part was left void between Gains , to 'lsl;a' and Dot:caster. He hoped, however, that. I at.- ent Mil e h w ould enable them to extend it to Lincoln, li w ould make ether 36 miles. Then there was the oft ll@ f, her S to Peterborough, 48 miles, so that i i , t her the Board of Trade had reported favourably 14 riz - m iles of railway. The number of shares . issue I ittking these was 50,500 to the Midland proprietors, th N . 5,. ) 5 °0 to the Sheffield and Rtitherham, making toge °,soo-'°°,,,°. The number authorised to be issued was h e ltaa a i ; was. thus particular in stating the facts, e ah e had seen letters in the newspapers asking where t eteti n ar " were. The last time he had the pleasure of .*cak i ,F• the Proprietors he alluded Torticularly to the tlll v . cg,,, of the Midland line. The Directors had since i ltie - ,m e ",eortled the promise then made of working the t l'ain - s -te.t elatly. The Proprietors would find that the Clie,t r, Wer e now runni ng w i t h t h e utmost regularity.-- ktre. he now The Di rectors had entered into an exttlt•t?t with the London and Birmingham Company t 1) r,4o,‘"ltte certain tra i ns fully an hour. By this means 'sh 4,411(0 wo uld be abl e to perform the journey f rom ort, ' tt to Newcastle, a distance of 303 miles, in the of ten and a , half . boars. lie would just Itty .the meeting,. of one other thing., to guard against wits „ - views of parties buying shares.. This wits ~,r,ererence to the 31. shares in the Birmingham th e s‘: ueester. These shares were now exactly in kaal,tlie position as before the ccntemplated amal fer,ii,„ 'O. As doubts had bean thrown out in re aw 'e to this matter, he deemed it rght that this should go f,)rth tnt wit 0 the paalic. %Yuen the proposed agr!e- t 1 11 •4) 0t ; sanctioned, the Bills now before Parlitontn ~.tirtian.e,,hY these companies will probanly be with 'sat th e 111 ,, e would just add, further, that it was possibl . e th..6:_•ket for this lease tnialit not be obtained this t he understitod from Mr. Carter, the solicitor ‘l ,., l etlte r ,• ) „ lll3 allY, that no 1, gal difficulty stood in the way th tin it at nce• o This was proposed to be dune thatthe beside o f ai r e „ of next.—(llar, hear. The Ho. eoncludsid b i movn a t lotion, res to the effect afire g ement read should be confirmed, TTIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING-, APRIL 14, 1845. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Jublt Optaton. " Who runs may read." PO SIGN. The Princess de Canino, widow of Prince Lucien Buona parte, has addressed a letter to several French journals, pro testing against several passages in the " History of the Con sulate and the Empire," just published by M. Thiers, as inju rious to the memory of her husband. The Princess adds, that she is preparing for publication a refutation of these passages, founded on authentic documents. Father Loriquet, of the order of Jesuits, died at Paris on Wednesday, in the 78th year of his age. The Cure of Campagmac, in the Aveyron, died on the let inst., in his 101st year. General Baron Veilande, formerly a Deputy for the An , dennes, was found a few days ago lying dead by his fireside. The immediate cause of his death is believed to have been a sudden tit of apoplexy. The treaty which General De la Rue signed on the 18th ult. with the Commissioner of the Emperor of Morocco has reached Paris. M. Roche, who acted as interpreter to the General, arrived with it; soon after his arrival M. Roche was received by the King. The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, appointed to examine the proposition of M. Remusat relative to the in compatibility of certain administrative functions with those of Deputies, had rejected it by a majority of 6 against 3, and chosen M. Hebert, the Attorney-General, for its reporter. A St. Petersburgh letter of the 27th ult. states that within the la-t few years there have been found in Siberia, at dif ferent depths in the earth, a great quantity of the bones of the Mastodontes; and, as the tusks and other teeth of these antediluvian animals not only possess all the qualities of ivory, but even surpass that of the elephant, in being less fragile and less liable to turn yellow, the merchants of To bolsk, Tomsk, Ornsk, and Jennisseisk, have formed them selves into a company, to carry on a trade in this new article They are said to have been so successful that, during the last year, they transported to St. Petersburgh upwards of 16,000 lb. weight of the tusks and teeth of the Mastodontes, which have been sold at 30, 40, 60, and even 100 per cent. higher than elephant ivory. Articles made of this new mate rial are in great request in the Russian capital. .4.41% The business of the Western Circuit has terminated. Charles Peacock, who was out on bail, surrendered to take his trial at Gloucester on a charge of forgery. The prose cutor, a man named Davis, gave his evidence in a very extra ordinary and confused manner, and the jury at once returned a verdict of acquittal, in which Mr. Baron Platt said he heartily concurred. This case concluded the Oxford Circuit. After a trial of nine hours and a half, Hocker was convicted at the Central Criminal Court of the murder of Mr. Delarue. An errand boy, named Michael Henry, in the employ of Mr. Godfrey, of Great Carter -lane, was fully corn mitted from Guildhall, on a charge of stealing a cash-box, containg 70/., with which he had escaped to Ballinasloe. The Earl of Bective summoned an omnibus driver, named Searle, to Queen-square, for damaging his Lordship's cab, by carelessly driving against it. The evidence was of a very contradictory character, and Mr. Burrell dismissed the com plaint without throwing imputation upon the witnesses on either side. COUILT-FASHIONABI.E. His Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow gave an elegant entertainment on Friday at Ashburnham House. The party was given expressly to the Duc de Brog lie. Among the distinguished circle were his Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess de St. Aulaire, the Earl of Aberdeen, Count Louis de Noailles, Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, the Countess of Malmes bury, Dr. Lushington, &c. Covers were laid for twenty-six. The Lord Chancellor will. receive the Judges, Queen's counsel, &c., on Tuesday next, the first day of Easter Term, at his Lordship's residence in George-street. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have arrived at Northumberland House from Alnwick Castle, for the season. The Marquis of Bristol has quitted his mansion in St. James's• square for Brighton, where the Noble Marquis pur poses to reside during the summer. n The Countess of iladdington will hold an assembly on Thursday next at the Admiralty. Viscount Melbourne received a select party at dinner, on evening, at his residence in South-street. The Earl and Countess of Dundonald have arrived at their new residence, Chesterfield• street, May-fair. Earl de Grey, who has suffered much since his return from Dublin from an attack of rheumatic gout, is considerably better. Great improvements and additions are in progress at the Noble Earl's seat, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth and family have ar rived in St. James's-square for the season. MISCELLANEOUS. The Perthshire Courier says have been informed that official intimation has been lately received, that her Majesty and Prince Albert do not intend to visit Blair this ensuing season. The royal visit to Ireland, and engagements with various members of the English nobility, will entirely ab sorb ad the leisure which the Queen can command this sea son ; but we understand the same intimation also conveyed the gratifying intelligence, that her Majesty and Prince Al bert both look forward with much pleasure to being enabled to pass some portion of the autumn of the following year at Blair Castle. On Friday a meeting of the rate-payers of St. Clement Danes was held in the vestry-room— Mr. Wilkinson, church warden, in the chair—to make a poor•rate for the ensuing quarter. The chairman stated that, in consequence of the Commissioners of Police having omitted in their last warraat to include the Duchy of Lancaster in the Liberties of West minster, there was a deficiency of 2,4001. in the previous rate, which they, the rate-payers, would have to make up this quarte. Mr. Cull, churchwarden, moved, and Mr. Dickson seconded the fixing of a 9d. rate, to supply that deficiency, which was carried nem. con. On Friday a general court of the Governors and friends of the Seaman's Hospital Society was held at the office of the institution, No. 74, King William-street, City, to receive the report of the last quarter; Mr. T. Labouchere. the trea surer, in the chair. The report showed that the receipts amounted to 2,774/. Is. I Id., including annual donations, 1,286'. 12s. 6d., and annual subscriptions 538/. Bs. 6d., and that atter the payment of all expenses, there was a balance in hand of 705/. 13s. Bd. There were now on board the Dreadnought 160 patients. Altogether 840 had been re received, of which thirty were in her Majesty's service; 650 of all nations in the merchant service ; and there had been 49,414, since the establishment, relieved. The report was received, and the meeting broke up. The English Prelates of the Roman Catholic Church, to the number of ten or eleven, at present in London, on Friday forwarded to Sir Robert Peel their united thanks for his con duct on the Maynooth grant. COURT CIRCULAR. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace, on Saturday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal left town in a carriage and four, at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, for Claremont. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice was taken an airing in the Royal Gardens on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace in an open carriage and four, at a quarter-past twelve o'clock on Saturday, for Claremont. The Marchioness of Douro. Lady in Waiting ; Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting; Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, and Col. Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Albert, followed in another carriage and four. Her Majesty and His Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Dowager ady Lyttelton, the Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, Lord George Lennox, Sir Frederic Stovin and Captain Francis Seymour. The royal party were escorted from the Palace by a party of Light Dragoons. Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Royal suite, and the domestic Household, attended Divine service at Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. _ . . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Royal infants were taken for pony and walking exercise in the forenoon. _ . THE DucnEss or GLOUCESTER.—Her Royal Highness passed an indifferent night on Saturday night. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Royal Duchess yester • day at Gloucester House, and the other members of the Royal Family sent during the day to make inquiry after the health of their illustrious relative. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Hall ; the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakies. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, from St. John, chap. ii, verse 25. The Anthem, " 1 was glad" (Purcell), was sung by Messrs. Hobbs, Haw kins, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the Organ. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Wellesley, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and the Hon. William Ashley. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson. _ _ The Duke of Cleveland, the Countess of Wilton, Lady Wharncliffe, Lords Devon, Cawdor, Colville, Cantilupe, Ha thereon, Polwarth, Norreys, Ingestre, Templemore, and Ebrington, were among the nobility present. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Fred. Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yester day. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the sermon. The Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz attended Divine ser vice yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. Baron knese beck and Mr. Edmond Mildmay were in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meek lenburgh Streliz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Earl of Sefton with his company at dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Belgrave-square. The Duchess of Kent honourei the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Colonel Sir George Cowper. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenbnrgh Strehtz, also honoured the Italian Opera with their presence His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl inspected Captain Siborne's new Waterloo Model on Saturday. Mr. Everett, the American Minister, had an interview with Sir R. Peel on Saturday. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Sa turday. Mr. Lyall, M.P., Mr. Somes, and a Deputation had a'n in terview with Sir R. Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing on Saturday, at their office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop cf Ban gor, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Lord President of the Council, the Earl of D e von, the Earl of Besborougb, Lord Ashley, and the Right Hun. Sir George Grey. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had au interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Sir R. Peel had a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. The Hon. Henry T. Liddell has arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Scotland. --- On Wednesday, the magistrates of Yarmouth brought forward the case of John Barney Bales, the sergeant at-mace, who appeared as a witness in the Yarmouth mur der. He is charged with having assist e d t h e sol i c i tor for up a ca se aga i nst the prosecution, evidence wills a l ean i ng towar d s t h e theand phrai prisoners. s‘o'inijegr A s gi n inv i eg n n q e t u tl i l r in y sg was to take place into his conduct, before a full bench of Magistrates, yesterday (Friday).-- Norfolk News. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT THE NoRE.—A coroner's inquest was held on Monday forenoon, at Admi ralty House, Sheerness, on view of the body of Vice-Ad miral Sir J. C. White, 1i.C.8., Commander in Chikf at the Nore, who died very suddenly on Friday last. From the evidence of the secretary it appeared that the deceased ad miral had E ern complaining for several days previous, but not to excite any apprehensions of a fatal termination. On Thur .day last he had so far recovered as to be able to have a party at dinner a ith I im. On Friday fore noon, about eleven o'cleck, he was seized with a return of the pain in his chest while putting his signature to some official papers brought into his royal by the secretary, and expired in a few moments. Dr. Miller, the surgeon Of the flag-ship, attributed his death to an affection of the heart, and the jury immediately returned a verdict " That the gallant officer had died from a disease of the heart." The Trafalgar, 100, Captain Martin, is painted black, and all the ships in commission and in ordinary have their colours h a lf- mast hi g h. DEATH OF ANOTHE R F LAG OFFICER.—Admiral of the Blue Henry Rap er , Esq of South Audley-street,ros venor-square, and of Ilmer, Bucks, has departed this life in the 78th year o f hi s age . Al t ho u gh Vain Admiral Ra per, the deceased was a mostgallant officer, and served with great distinction, but his services must have been too an cient to be remembered in the more recent distribution of honours and additions to a name. Admiral Raper was second on the list of Admirals of the Blue. The precise date of his entry into the ravy is not known, but he was midshipma n o f th e C am b r id ge a t the relief of Gib raltar, and was wounded in the actions off the Doggt-r Bank, in 1781. Re was made a Litutenant on the 22d November, 1790, and was Flag-Lieutenant of the Queen Charlotte on the glorious Ist of June. He ob tained his promotion to a Commander for that service on the 4th of July, and was made a Post-Captain on the Ist of February, 1796. He commanded the Champion in the unfortunate expedition to 05- tend, in 1798. He afterwards commande.l L'Aimable, and in that ship, in 1799, gallantly engaged the French frigate Syrt'me and the 13ergire corvett'. He obtained his rank of Rear-Admiral at the general promotion of the 12th August, 1819, that of Vice-Admiral on the 1 22d July, 1830, and Admiral on the promotion in honour of the birth of the Prince of Wales on the 23d November, 1841. THE NOTORIOUS SLAVE FELUCCA —The slave fe lucca that beat off the Growler's boat, so gallantly com manded by Lieutenant Lodwiek, has escaped no less than six times from our men-of-war cruisers—once from the celebrated Waterwitch, 10, commanded by Captain (then Lieutenant) Matson ; once from a prize of the Waterwitch ; twice from the Iris, when commanded by Captain Tucker ; once from the Kite, steam-vessel ; and once from the boat of the Growler, steam-sloop. She is well known to all the men-of-war officers, and there is not a man on the coast who would rot be delighted to give that account of her punishment and capture which we hope soon to record. She i s a l ong , l ow, sneaking craft, with a stump of a m as t not six fet t above the deck, but having a yard running up at an angle of 45 degrees above 180 feet long, with a sail that propels her through the water at such a rat e as to dis tance the swiftest cruiser. We have heard that she was built at Barcelona, and has a crew of between sixty or seventy of the worst description of men stealers. Captain Matson, we believe, captured a sister vessel to her, which for a long time had been notorious on the coast of Africa for her impunity and success. The Waterwitch came within range, and, by a well-directed shot through the slings of her im mense yard, knocked it about their ears, and thereby the slaver became entirely at her mercy. On this occasion the semi-pirate captain seized a musket and shot dead the man whom he had placed on the top of the mast to look out. The escapes of the felucca that beat off the Growler's boat have been very narrow. On one oc casion she was almost caught by a tender of the Water witch, named the Pretty Polly. Thia vessel was a beautiful little crafr, and : on being captured, was manned from the Waterwitch, and sent into a slave dealing port, to lie in wait for this felucca. Nut aware of the capture and altered character of this and, she discovered vessel, but deeming her to be still i n th e i n i qu i tous pursuit, the felucca stood into the place w ithi n a quar ter nearlyof a mile of down got she was in the vicinity of an enemy. Sh e i mm edi ate l y, Pretty large Polly,s sail, when we believe, had by great exertions of a numerous crew, got up her sail again, the Pretty Polly firing at her, and endeavouring to get nearer ; but, having such few hands, and the felucca being so fully manned—the wind also falling, and the felucca capable of being rowed with ease—the tender had no chance with her. When the felucca got out, and perceived her advantage over the Pretty Polly, she several times most impudently bore down on her, fired a shot, and then ran away in no time. The Waterwitch was only about fifteen miles oft and the tender made all haste to com municate with her ; but when the Waterwitch and the Pretty Polly arrived at the slave port the next morning, they found that the felucca had been in, and by force of arms had seized a cargo of slaves, and had departed. Her escapes from the Iris were almost miraculous. It is generally believed that nothing but a steamer will catch her. FRENCH AND ENGLISH NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.— We have received the following letter from a naval officer who is intimately acquainted with the French and English navies, and the state of naval architecture in both countries:— " Le Havre, April 3, 1843. " Sir,—The naval officers of the old sChool,.living in retirement at this port and its environs, have read with much pleasure the constant and judicious views which the Alorning Herald has taken in its columns of the momentous subject of naval architecture, hitherto so unaccountably neglected in a country where the perfec tion of this art, from our insular position and its immense commercial operations, ought to be considered of paramount importance. When, Sir, we contem plate the lofty structure of a first-rate man of war, made to encounter and resist the wildest elements of heaven, we must concur in the soundness of the remark made in this country, that ship-building is a Carriere qui e.riye tad ce gue les connaissances humaines ont de plus alktrait,' and the precaution and means taken by the French in selecting the best builders, fully account for the superiority their ships have ever retained, both in sailing a nd beauty, over our own. Indeed, so import an t is held the value of mari time genius and naval architecture in this country, so superior are they considered to those talents requisite to navigate or tight, that in the reign of Napo leon a Monsieur Forfait, of the building department, was intrusted with the administration of the French navy, as was also M. Charles Dupin, who about eight years ago was promoted from a teat at the French Admiralty Board to the office of Minister of Marine. Every impartial naval man, from the last debates over the y F ou re r ii in the House of Commons, will see the ne cessity, if we of Some naval a v o a f l from French invasion, of reviving the school emancipating a d science, so important to our very existence, from the readers,e architecture,hd, es a i ue st ik( en:dp preserve ofinviolable our our superiority shores trammels of political interest and of ignorant prejudice. w ay not be acquainted with the means employed by our neig hbours to obtain efficient ships. The following are the plans which the French Admiralty adopt fur this important aim. When the Government want a ship built they make it known in all the naval ports ; and the ship-builders, who are a talented and well-educated class, are invited to send to the Admiralty models, perfect to the smallest minutire, and drawings, sections, and specifications, extremely minute in their details ; these, it is understood, are referred to a committee, who examine them, and, if necessary, have the ship-builders before them, to answer any questions that may be deemed advisable. When the model most approved of is agreed to, the builder is informed that h th e e is A d d i m ree ir t a e l d ty to h aeveemcmhoeisieer e ihis h model iiiidio ga an v d ess p e l l an i s n , a e nd x. act accordance therewith, the Government furnish ing every material requisite ; and during its con• stru3tion, a Member cf this Committee frequently visits the port, to verify that she accords with the model and specifications. The builder receives a present for his model, which becomes Government property, and is paid quantum meruit, which is agreed upon before her keel is laid, the builders having, as I understand, no yearly salary as ours have. "Thanking you, Mr. Editor, with my brother officers here, for the great interest with which the Herald has espoused the naval service, I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " E PAULETTES." —Herald. f or a near post - office. We wish s ome mem ber Plymouth people havepurchased by subserip p an e Society would look in a t th e E xeter t h sh e iet n eh t i h u e m clerks are huddled together in that hole, o ti n o en one, , 0 wf a and air. It and calculate how long it would take to poison them off appears to be one of the fever f a o x C e t i e t ° YouthrFai 13 L CORN best rooms fur breeding that could be well de vised.— Western Times. THE FREE coutteu.—We refer to the advertise ment of the Free Church (Exeter.) The engraving of the intended edifice of Christ Church shows that it will add to by want of room iAt P so - a o on c l r ko d: p e o cA t l the ornaments of the city. The building is rapidly proceed ing,and we hope that the friends of this good cause will hand their donations to the Treasurer, Mr. Crofts. Those who give promptly, give twice, as the proverb goes. Western Times. thus settling the pt;int that soliciting by From the Kent Herald it appears that the Quarter Sessions have q uashed 21 of the convictions of the Graves- Pani);;thin the door-way of the Company's office end Magistrates a gainst Rowe, the touter for the Star Steam to law. In two cases in which the solicitation contrary y the street the convictions were confirmed. FRIDAY.—There is a large arrival of Wheat this week ; the quantity keeps the market depressed, and prices are again rather in favour of the buyer. There i s , however, no desir e to press sales, and at Is. per quarter decline a large business would be done. Barley very dull, an d ls. per quarter lower. O a t s an d Sh e lli ng steady. Bean s do not vary in value. No aiteration in other articles. ~:n B IRVING II LONDON A- - ' AM RAILWAY. FAST TRAINS. —A trial was made on Tuesday, with a three-hours' t r ain, from London to. Birmingham, and the di s t ance wa s accom pli s hed, w ith thirteen minut es to spare. The tra i n will run daily on and alter the Ist of next month.—Railway Record. ELY AND B R AN DON RA I LILO AD.—Messrs. Grissel and Pete, the contractors, are making rapid progress in their undertaking here, and will, no doubt, complete the line by the time appointed. Qne of their engines arrived here on Satntday, d r awn by eleven fine horses, and the tender drawn by six horses, w hich will soon be brouglit into action, as they will now have to convey the materials a greater distance. The crossing of the turnpike-road front r -,-. 1,, , to Newmarket will be complete in a few days, when Weir work will be merely to r emove the earth across the f ens , w hi c h, only a f ew years since, were three-parts of the year under water. — Cambridge Advertiser. The Governillent co9trot fur i of..),Qep gailur.3 of null for the navy, was on Friday takenbyMessrs: ; —e in -- on, Hart, and. Son, 59, Fenchurch -street. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS OF LONDON. (From the London Journal, April 12.) NO. V.-BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. This journal is ahnost entirely devoted to matters con nected with the t'r,porting World. Its principal features of attraction are therefore constituted by intelligence re specting the Turf, accounts of Regattas, the proceedings of Yacht Clubs, and narratives of Prize Fights, Pedes ian Exploits, and all kinds of information relative to manly pursuits, Games of Skill or Chance, &c., &c. Its " Notices to Correspondents " settle all disputed points in reference to the rules or customs of the above departments. From the regulations of a brutal prize-fight to the etiquette of a genteel game of ccart, is this journal an undoubted autho rity. The result is, that Bells Life has not a class circulation like many of its weekly Contemporaries—it is seen on the table of the Peer and in the parlour of the public house—it is read alike in the club and the tap• room. In political principles it is very liberal, and ad vocates the popular cause. But then the Tory sports man who reads it carer, nothing for its politics—all he regards is the peculiar information of its special depart ment. Some years ago Bell's Life was famous for its wood-cuts, caricaturing the prominent vices or foibles of the age. The poetical accompaniments to these graphic designs were of the richest and raciest kind of humour —indeed, they were remarkably clever, and, we should conceive, might be resumed with advantage to the journal. . _ " Poet's Corner" was also a famous feature in Bell's Life. The metrical epistles of Scroggins and other sup posed characters, were in their class inimitable. They were humorous and witty, but never ill-natured,--sa tirical, but never personal. The pm-try, that tow ap pears at times in Belts Life, is written by a clergymsn residing in the Isle of Wright. This is not, however, the only instance of clerical talent being employed in the composition of humorous poetry ; for, en passant, be it observed, that those atnazingly clever legends which have appeared in Behtleils Miscellany, and Colturn's New Monthly, Magazine, with the signature of "Thomas Ingoldshy" attached•to them, emanated from the pen of a reverend gentleman of the name of Barham. Mr. Grady is the aquatic reporter for Bells Life ; and with the aid of one of his sons, he collates and arranges the minor sporting intelligence. Mr. Dowling is the principal editor. This gentleman manages the more im portant business connected with the Sporting World. He is said to be the most graphic and spirited delineator of a priza-fight that the sporting world can boast of. His income arising from his situation is upwards of 8001. per annum. Indeed every one connected with the edi torial department of Bell's Lrfe is most liberally paid. The proprietor of Bell's Life in London is Mr. Clement, the late owner of the Morning chronicle. This gentle man spares no expense in obtaining intelligence, or in maintaining the reputation of his journal as the princiral organ of the Sporting World. He was lately offered the sum of 75,0001. for Bell's Life, but did not feel disposed to part with so valuable a property. The circulation of this journal is 25,000 weekly. The profits arising from the advertisements alone are 801. weekly. NO. VI.-THE OBSERVER. The Observer is the property of Mr. Clement, the owner of Belts Life in London. The Observer is a journal which publishes no country edition on the Sa turday, but appears on the Sunday morning, and is chiefly circulated amongst the upper classes. Great ex pense is incurred in obtaining the very latest intelligence up to the hour of going to press : thus if any event of importance occur in London or its vicinity, even so late as twelve o'clock on Saturday night, or very early on the Sunday morning, the Observer will be sure to record it. And this is not done in a few words : the most mi nute details relative to the occurrence—be it an acci dent, an offence, or any event of moment—w;ll be given with the mention of the fact. The reader of the daily journals on the Monday morning will invariably per ceive numerous quotations from the Observer. The circulation of this journal is not extensive. It is now under 5,000. Its advertisements are however nu merous and well paid ; and it is an especial organ for the insertion of " Births," " Deaths," and " Marriages." The principal editor is M r . D oxa t, a gent l eman o f extensive information, great experience and considerable learning. Mr. James Grant, the celebrated author of " Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons," " Impressions of Ireland," &e., is cne of the chief writers engaged upon THE OBSERVER. The notices of new works and theatrical reviews in this journal are written with great talent and impartiality, and are quoted as good authority. GALVANIC RINGS (GALVANISM.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln all ages and in all times something or other very wonderful has been put forth by doctors in order to create mystery and confusion in the public mind as regards the cure of disease. Under their patronage we have of late years had Homoeopathy and Animal Mag netism. Is it therefore to be wondered at that persons should take advantage of the gross ignorance which they know pervades society as regards the healing art, and that to make money they should bring forth such tWngs as galvanic rings for the cure of diseases ? But, we ask. who are the responsible parties for such dAttAions ? Why, doctors, because they not only themselves set the example directly, but foster them by their false teaching in the medical schools ! Let us a4k one more ques.ion. Could any Hygoist be imposed upon by such quackeries as Animal Magnetism, Hotmeopathy, or galvanic rings? Most assuredly not, and for this reason, that the Hygeian system teaches 114 n the nature and functions of his body, and he knows that in order to eradicate disease of any kind, he must cleanse his body and purify his blood by proper purgatives, and since Animal Magne tism, Homoeopathy, galvanic rings, or the other charms cannot do this, he is satisfied that they must be delu sions. Doctcrs also take advantage of such impositions as galvanic rings in this way. When a patient emu. plains of having derived no benefit from them, oh they say, " Why don't you place yourself under a regular medical man, and don't meddle with quackery?" when, in truth and in fact, they themselves are the supporters of it.—We are, Sir, your obedient servant, MORRISON AND MOAT, For and on behalf of the body of llygeists. British College of Health, New-road, London, April 12, 1845. THE GRANT TO MAYNOOTH. The following is a fuller report than we had room for on Saturday morning : Mr. GLADSTONE, who spoke as follows :—Sir, I am sure the House will excuse me if I profess my anxiety to take the earliest opportunity of delivering my sentiments in the debate. I feel it my duty to apologise to the House for having suffered one occasion in which this measure was discussed to pass by without expressing an opinion upon it, or having given a vote. The truth is that I did not think I could vote on the division of last week, without stating to the House the reasons on which that. vote was founded, and I did not on the other hand feel that I could put the House in possession of my views of the entire case until the Bill was printed, and until I was enabled to take a view of all its provisions. It was on that account, and not from any desire to avoid the responsibility in cumbent on me, in common with every Member of this House, and incumbent on me, for some special reasons, frankly to disclose all the sentiments I entertain on this ques tion. I have no reason whatever to complain of the course taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford, who felt it his duty to call for an ex pression of this House. Representing, as he did, a very powerful and wide-spread sentiment among the people of this country, and entertaining sentiments the dictates of a con scientious conviction, I could not be surprised at the course pursued by my Hon. Friend. I fully admit that the minority of last week did represent the general and prevailing sense of the people of England and Scotland.—( Hear, hear.) But, making that admission, I must state, for my own part, that' after the most full and mature consideration of the question in the position in which it stands, I am prepared, in opposition to what I believe to be the prevailing opinion of the people of England and Scotland—of my own constituents, from whom I deeply regret to differ, and to my own deeply-cherished predi lections—l am, I say, prepared to give my deliberate and anxious support to the measure before the House.—( This an nouncement was received with loud and prolonged cheering from the Opposition.) I will advert to some reasons which have been advanced in support of the measure, and which, I confess, appear to me inadequate to its support. My Right Hon. Friend, in the closing part of his address, observed that the grant he proposed amounted to no more than a liberal and honourable construction of that compact. My Right Hon. Friend remarked, that that compact, the Act of Union, he did not interpret in a literal sense, but in that spirit of equity which ought to subsist between the English and Irish people. I confess that doctrine greatly facilitates my approach to the consideration of this question. I believe, with the Right Hon. Oentleman, the Member for Dungarvon, that there is some thing like a compact in this case. I do not mean with instru ments binding the parties to all eternity ; but I mean a state of circumstances and relations between the Parliament and the people of Ireland, which precludes the question from being considered as a new one, for it has been a matter of discussion in a very considerable degree in previous debates upon the annual vote to Maynooth. But, Sir, I do not think that argument is altogether applicable to the present question. I have to consider the measure on other grounds —to consider it in the circumstances of a new measure. With respect to the contract, I will quote a few words of Mr. Peicival, which have net been yet mentioned in these discus sions. Mr. Percival said, in 1812, that he supported the grant as it stood, because it was one of those which the Parliament of Ireland thought they should preserve at the union ; because he found it in fact given over to Eng land as a part of the union. If the grant were fairly open to opposition after the union, he should certainly be disposed to resist it, becanse he thought it in principle wrong for a State endeavouring to establish a particular system of reli gion, to provide for the maintenance, ecclesiastical endowment, propagation, and encouragement of another religion. He (Mr. Percival) found, that a Parliament composed of Irish men, possessing the whole religious endowments of the country, altering the law for the purpose of enabling parties to establish colleges, and making, in the first instance, con tributions in support of a college, which was continued from year to year. After quoting some further observations of Mr. Percival, the Right Honourable Gentleman read the following extract from the same speech. " Under these circumstances, I say it would be most ungenerous in you (the English Parliament) to avail yourselves of that numerical superiority and strength for the purpose of withdrawing the grant that has been conferred by the Irish Parliament,and which, I am confident, thelrishParliament never would have withdrawn." But he found that in the declaration of Mr. Perceval, whose whole conscientious convictions were opposed to the grant,whose Government was founded upon prin. elides of resistance to every concession, great or small, to Ro man Catholics, but a man whose native honesty and candour led him to recognise the obligations of good faith and which led him to make the declaration to which he had alluded. When he looked at the fixity of the grant for su many years, he could not think that at this itioment theie could be any doubt with respect to the recognition of the but he felt that the changes which were grant by holiameni, now proposed to be made were so material with respect to the foundation of the College, as to m a k e t h e tmestien almost al together a new one. He Would not ' at all Nava referred to the question of contract, had not so many petitioni 'l7l . h 1 .1 ' trod denier that ' it seen fisted, presented to that House referr e d i n i t en , isted, or that Parliament w as b oun d h ta e to consider was, the prop osa l o f the Right Hon. l ll i the head of the Government, effected vow lli founcianvil of the pat....,.:. merely I " mereiy going to change the g oing to He was not annual into a permanent one, but he atgoing to place the building under the immediate control of Government, thereby establishing a connexion with it as close as it could well be. The increase of money appeared to him must important, not simply because it was an increase of so many thousands, but because it altered the character of the State in relation to the College. Originally it certainly was not intended that the State should entirely maintain this college; and the Duke of Wellington declared that the institution was not to be entirely supported by the State. In fact the eight or nine thousand a year voted to Maynooth was only understood as the part of a collection made for its support. The State was only one of its contributors. But it was clear they were now going to depart from that system. The whole plan was about to be reconstructed. The professors who had but scanty salaries, were now about to be liberally rewarded, and the aliment, education, and care of the pupils there was to be taken under the consideration of the State. The basis of the College was about to be changed a most material change, but that change he had made up his mind to support.—( Hear, hear.) He entirely re pudiated one argument that had been employed in support of the increased grant—that of restitution. He disclaimed it in every point of view—in point of law and constitution, and on the ground of its being contrary to everything he knew of history. He would not now go into the details on that argument, but if that was to be done as an act of restitution, it was one of the most shameful confessions that could be made by the Legisla ture.—( Hear, hear.) The Government made a gift of a shilling or a sixpence in the pound. If this were made a case of restitution, would it not be most shabby, worse than shabby —infamous and disgraceful to offer such terms ?—( Hear.) He, therefore, had nothing to do with the argument of restitu tion. Then as to the funds which are to provide for the educa tion of the priests, and to the class of society from which these were selected, he thought, with regard to the Roman Catholic priests, they were selected from the only class they could be taken from. Reference too had been made to Germany, and the reason asked why more aristocratic persons entered a: Roman Catholic priests in Germany than there did in Ireland ? In answer to this he could state that in Germany there was no ' other church ; but that was not the case in Ireland. In Ger many the Romish Church bore something of the same relation there as the Established Church of England did in England. Therefore, he did not think that any great alteration was needed on that head, but did think that, whatever might be eiven to add to the professors' dignity and ease, would probably tend to smooth down the course of education. It was well known that, from the extremely small salaries of the pro fessors at Maynooth, they were induced, as soon as possible, to seek out district churches, in order to better their posi tion, and by these means it was not likely for the college to retain the very best theological teachers. By increasing the salaries this defect would be remedied. Another argument had been used as to thoseselect of this measure, which was ridi culous. It had been assertre that this grant was to be voted in order to the increasing and prumulgating of Protestantism in Ireland. Now this argument appealed to him as reasonable as to say that by the invention of printing books had become scarce, and that locomotion was a means to 'retard commerce. It was hard to say, that by having given them these extra means, you have weakened their cause. Indeed, he thought it I the meanest argument he had ever heard brought before a public assembly; therefore he would throw that entirely our of his arguments. Then, in approaching this matter, he would take it as it appeared to him at the present time, and under the present circumstances. If he had had any agency at all in the matter, it would have been probably used to have retarded the scheme as at present proposed. Now, it was a general rule whirls had been laid down, and which involved a very popular argument, that those who paid the I taxation of a country should share the benefits and pri • vileges which it had to offer, and the question which he I had to ask himself was, whether his mind and conscience recognised any firm, fixed, and permanent principle, which would justify him in setting at nought these popular—and for that very reason, important—considerations? Nothing had more completely satisfied him of the difficulty of finding ade quate arguments in opposition to this measure than the nature of the arguments that had been brought forward and relied on on the part of its opponents.—( Hear, hear.) Almost every man who had spoken against this Bill had founded his main arguments on some small question of detail. The opponents of the measure had not ventured to rise to the height and breadth of the question.—( Cheers.) His Hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle (Mr. Colquhoun) though be had cer tainly reserved to himself the right of falling back upon the ground of religion—had not pressed forward that ground as the most convincing and appropriate. The arguments w tech he had thought best suited to address to the Parliament of England were arguments he small points of detail. his objection was principally to the structure of the Bill. 'I he questions lie had raised were mere questions for Committee, and he had not laid down any broad ground for his objection to a mea sure which had for its object such vast and important changes. His Hon. Friend had also stood upon the failure of that object, as far as it at present had been carried out. One of his grounds had been that the endowment. of Maynooth was an experiment of Mr. Pitt, and that that experiment had failed. But that seemed to him the most superficial, partial, and unfair deduction.—(Cheers.) lie begged to inquire whether it had ever been Mr. Pitt's calculation to found the college anti to do nothing more? No; the view which Mr. Pitt had taken was to train the priesthood, and then to find provision for their subsequent support.—( Cheers.) To a certain, and only to a limited extent, they had trained the priesthood ; but they had not made—they had not endeavoured to make—any provision for their subsequent support. That might be right, or it might be wrong; but it would be ridiculous —no, he would not say ridiculous, but it was most unfair—when only part of the experi ment had been tried, to arrive at the conclusion that the whole experiment had failed. If the experiment were to be tried, it ought to be tried completely. They ought no to try a small part, and then argue upon the failure of the whole.—( hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle had also spoken much of the defective state of the College of elaynoot h as to literature. His Hon. Friend was generally accurate, but he did not know whether he was or was not so on the present occasion ; but he had made a point founded upon the defective literature of Maynooth College. But could any one look at the state of Ireland—could any one look at the divisions on the subject of religion which disturbed that country—could any one reflect on the history of Ireland for mazy centuries, and especially during the last century—and, giving their due weight to these topics, could any one, for any single moment, suppose that if the literature of the college of Maynooth were defective, that that was a ground for refusing 1 the present measure ?—(Loud cheers.) That was a question of detail, anti what an argument was it in cons I trast with the matter of the petitions which had been pre- ' serded, with the movement which had taken place on the subject, with the strong religious feelings of the opponents of the measures out of doors. His Hon. Friend shrunk from the grounds, and from the arguments of those petitions, and of that movement. He was afraid to meet fully and fairly the main principle, and he confined himself to those secondary considerations which did not necessarily interfere with the suc cess of the Bill, and which might he reified hereafter. His Hon. Friend had also alluded to the working of the system of education in Germany, and had referred to the case of a man —the same, he believed, who bad seceded.—(" No, not the same," from so-ne Hon. Member.) Well, they had better not take any collateral debate, and he would reserve the main line of his observations. Considering the popular line of argument which had been taken in favour of this measure, and the movement in support of it, the burden of proof rested with its opponents, and he asked what was the ground in the law or Constitution of the country, and not only in the law and Constitution, but in the convictions of the peo ple, which was the living basis of the Constitution, what ground of objection—strong, definite, and permanent— could be taken against the Bill ? What he was interested to inquire was, whether there was any permanent means of resisting the principle upon which this measure was founded? He, of course, did not allude to physical resistance. He had never entertained a doubt that, at all times and under all circumstances, this country would be able to bear up against the efforts of physical resistance and opposition ; but though he entertained this opinion, yet he thought that the circumstance of that resistance ought not to be excluded from consideration. He was not afraid to have it east upon him that he paid too high a regard to the means of conciliating opposition. it was a paradox in human nature to deny that conciliation was a grateful or that it was not generally a politic course of action— ( Cheers. )—and he would willingly submit to reproach and mis construction rather than refuse to grant what was fair and generous to a people who were their fellow-Christians and their fellow-men.—( Loud cheers.) But, in examin ing this question of principle to the best of his abilities— though there was little of that principle relied upon in the speech of his Hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle—he found, on one side and on the other, very extreme opinions. On one side it was contended that any religious endowment whatever was contrary to natural justice. On the other side it was asserted that a State endowment Was contrary to religious duty. He could not hold one of these opinions or the other. He could not hold that it was contrary to natural jus tice that a government should support one religion in prefer ence to another, and he believed that few men would think so if they considered the paradoxes involved in the proposition. The Hon. Member had referred to the case of India. They did not, as a rule, interfere with the religion of the natives. Whether they did so sufficiently was a question worthy of con sideration, but it was one into which he would not now enter. But in India there was a Mahomedan and a Hindoo population which supplied the taxes to th e B r iti s h Govern ment, and they did not hesitate to apply without a scruple, and with no sparing ha n d, suc h port i ons as t h ey could afford for the encouragement of the Christian religion. He did not think this contrary to natural justice. He thought it consistent with the highest justice, and with the most grave and se rious considerations. But it might be said that the people of India were not Christians, and that a broad distinction was to be drawn between Christians and all other sects and classes of religious worshippers ; but to test this principle he would put to all who belonged to his religion—he would put the case of Queen Elizabeth and King Edward, at the time of the Re formation. As they were all aware, the Reformation did not spring from the ground. It descended from above. It was handed down by the bishops, the clergy, and the monarch be fore they impregnated the people with doctrines that were then new. The great mass of the people were impregnated by those above them. He did not enter into an 7 other questions to which those troubled times gave rise. He said nothing as to the means used for propagating the new opinions. He said nothing as to the persecutions and cruelties which then had been • prac- 1 tised ; but he asked, was there any one who held that it was the duty of Queen Elizabeth to have refrained from endeavour- I ing to communicate to her people that whi ih in her belief 1 was the greatest blessing she could impart ? If any one enter- 1 tained such an opinion he was not one of them, and he most I emphatically protested against the truth or reasonableness of ' any such doctrine. But he could no more agree with those who contended that a State endowment was contrary to reli gious duty. Those who supported that proposition seemed to confuse the duties which a man performed in his individual capacity and the duties he was called upon to perform as a member of society.--(Hear, hear.) In his individual capacity such a man was his own ruler, Each man was not only allowed, but was by duty bound, to form an opinion for himself on those serious and sacred subject; ,a 1 I concessions anti mutual but in civil arid political society eash man was depentle-ii society upon the existed ws. every man surrender.—( Loud Opposition cheeirtsh.iefrel.sloe man was i t , he O bn w s d n e i l c mf t ° ll a ai P t o c i a l. of his ow ti feelings —if every e--w,twever that man was that insisted mande terminated would st f u o r l ,lht to i w u s tlsstulueerthe sente(nLeueuodhieciltiemerus.s; i whole sco u rosfe,suu:hieetty tp e h l u i rr s osw" H e o ldh n e . th Friend the Member for NiewucslaPsnde—had admitted that he could not bind every body to the adopt ion of Isis principle. w H a e y t s r u ti s i t u e u d g t i h tt, a tauhde Isiheo'sutlidlitiotbt ho glinit i , s sun d a e t r s t t z a d t . pe l u l p e le ha w d eerie happy who e n j oye d the inestimable advantage of religious unity, and with whom that religious unity marked the conduct of their legislation, blessings, placed that advantage at 'he head of all civilhe would and s u o u c t i a e l a r n a i p r ila% saet h h y e w w o t, u th l (1101119(.1:i withholding earn popularity his p u ti p l i a u r i i u t u y that fertile, indeed, of misery and sorrow were the religious dissensiees which prevailed amongst them. 13:et he could not say tial that trut n this mould d e f f u o r ti ru nd ; s s u a ch ttsi n a le ctur od y y e a f il d w eri e i r li t t o e t a h rn . l substim ' Ireland. He did not And in this principle - • 'd P"Ple of , Bible geee e e epee w hi ch the . wind e 1 a clear and intelli vsliieli every , body could fee, 3 ... tor ever rest—something agree with ;.. .. and understand,' if they did not a . •e ••• Hut it might be said, " Ilere is particular fo rm o f religion to be established, which, under any other circumstances, you could rejset and cltsepprov.e of." Was this a broad and pcsietanent ground on t7h h i s i c m h e a t hs,e, e Parl iament ee" l el stand and refuse their consent to t.i:oitsaet who opposed was the natureitoeb objected e e t i t i e e d o t i o sp a o n si y t opposition a t b o l i t s ii t is_ tam ? Some of ment, whilst others entertained opinions exactly the reverse of this. What permanence or stability of resistance could be ex pected from a body of men, song of whom were as wide apart from the others as were the poles? Here was his Hon. Frien the Member for the University of Oxford (Sir R. H. highs), who stood, as he himself, under different circumstances, and in a different condition of the country might Lave stand, adv - ! eating the exclusive endowment of the Church f rejected,but if this Bill ss_ter ( e en) eers. amongst what comeanions would he find himself . e But that was not all—for a large i proportion of the rest of those who opposed the Bill, but ei ho did not go the length of abjuring all endowments. altogether re fused to follow his Hon. Friend in his support of the Church of England, and laid claim to an equal endowment for all forms of Protestants. Yes; opposition was one thing, but the esta blishment of a broad, just, and yermanent policy was soother. —( Cheers.) It was very easy to form a combination—he used the word in no offensive sense—by an accidental conjunc• ' tion of those who (Heed on almost every subject, %high might effect the immediate purpose in view ; but when they came to ask upon what principle a Government was to rule, or a people to be governed, what answer could they give ?—( Loud cheers.) In this ca'e, what answer would his Hon. Friend give to the people of Ireland ? When that question once presented itself. a new order of ideas was started, and fresh obstacles rose up to the mind in a frightful and gigantic form.—(Cheers.) fhe opponents of this measure ought to state to the Irish people upon what principle they proposed to proceed. Did the oppo sition to this Bill support any such principle as that for which his Honourable Friend contended ? Del they propose to con fine all endowment to the Church of England ?—( Hear, hear. ) There was notoriously a violation of that principle in a new cue every recurring year. It was not enough, he said, for them to object to this or that. They must show some intelligible plan of proceeding, on which they were to take their stand. One prneiple was the total abrogation of all religious endowment. That principle was supported neither by the House nor by the country ; and it would, consequently, be ridiculous to speak of that as the fixed principle of their conduct. He would dismiss that altogether. Then others said " Recognise the differ, nt forms of Protestantism, but exclude whatever is in commuion with the Church of Rome." This was not good in a constitutional or in a religious point of view. He did not understand what was meant by a thing of so unde fined and vague a meaning as that which they called Protes tantism. By this he meant to convey no reproach. He was quite aware that Protestantism was a something quite definite to some minds. Ile knew that in the minds of many ten it was something snore than a mere negation—that it wee a sub stantive reality, and definite embodiment of truth. But whe ther this was so or not, it was clear that the Constitution did not recognise that which was called Protestantism. It was true that the Constitution required the Sovereign to be a Protes tant. but the word there used was made definite by the Act of Parliament ; for the Act required that the Sovereign e s e e ni be a communicant of the Church of England. So he said that be could not, understand, and that the Constitution did not recog that which was so vague, so indefinite, that which floated and varied every day. Was it not impossible, then, for the op ponents of the measure to take their stand upon Protestantism lie would not open any religious discussion, but what he in sisted upon was, the difficulty of making this ground a clear, intelligible, substantive basis of public policy. He under stood the- definite alliance between the Constitution and the Church of England, and he also was aisle to understand the connexion between the State anti the Established Church of Scotland, but that appeal, he confessed, was weak to his reli gious feelings which was founded upon negative t erms an d things which were left in uncertainty and vagueness. Re• markable were the words of Mr. Burke, contained in the last letter he had written ou public affairs. These words had been written in the later years of his life, when his mind was under a solemn impression of the reality of future things. In 1799 Mr. Burke had said, " It is not agreeable to piety or principle to eive any without neg ative relig:on. Su c h i s Protes tantism withhold these privile ges f rom jtout a privileges e rete o d, a those who entertain clear and intelligible views of religious faith, anti from whom we do not greatly differ, is neither just nor reasonable." Mr. Burke had then begun to find that the exclusion of the Roman Catholics was impolitic and unjust, and such had been his opinion in the later years of his life. He was aware of the religious feefings of many Members of that House and of the country; but, being so aware of that religious feeling, he implored those who rested upon that feeling to consider how it stood. Ile would not make any minute comparisons as to the dif ferent forms of religious persuasion, but had they such reli gious consistency as justified them in pleading religions .cruples ?—( Hear, hear. ) To judge rightly of this question they ought to put themselves in the position of Roman Catho liss.—( Loud Opposition cheers.) They °sight always to argue from the point of view in which they stood with whom they were dealing. He should, indeed, be surprised if any one doubted so obvious a principle. Did they not give votes of money to other religious bodies ? Would their conduct in that respect bear scrutiny ? Had not a measure winch, dur ing the last session of Parliament, had been introduced by his Right Hen. Friend (Sir R. Peel), been called the " Sociniau Endowment" Bill by licensed politicians ; but they needed not to travel so far back for a real Sociniati Endowment Bill, for every Appropriation Bill which they passed at the con clusion of each session, contained votes of money for the en dowment of Socinians. He might be told that this was only done from year to year, and might at any time be stopped. That seeemed to him more a technical than a substantial ob jection. The question he put to himself was, would it be stopped ?—( Cheers. 1 Would any one propose its disconti nuance? Ile might lament it, but if it were not to be altered, it was dishonest to refuse to recognise it.—(Cheers. t His Right Honourable Friend had presented a petition from the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster. They had the candour to admit that they received money front the State. The doe trines they supported were Arian principles, and feeling that they were thus further removed from the religion of the State than the Roman Catholics, they could not understand why, as they received a State endowment, th e College of m aynooth was not entitled to receive it also. If those petitioners did not understand the reason, he must be a sanguine man who ex.. peeted that the Roman Catholics would understand it. He could not, then, find in the practice of the Constitution, or in the conviction of his opponents, any substantial, fixed, arid per manent ground for opposing the present measure.—(Hear, hear.) It was stated that the Romish Church demanded greater independence—that there was something peculiar to that Church which rendered the endowment objectionable, but it was manifest that in this objection the oppo nen t s cf the measure had descended from the main ground of their principle.—( Hear, hear.) They must sit her be able to propound a constitutional profession of faith fur which they l would claim a perfect uniformity, or they must sdiret that the ' Roman Catholic Church, like any other religious beedv, was entitied to take her chance in urging such claims wren Parlia ment as she best could. Belig thus unable te e ei, eeeer an y ground which would warrant the Legislatue e in pursuing the course of exclusion against the Roman ( 2.atliolies by the rejec tion of this Bid, he would proceed 'co say that the boon con ferred by the Bill was a great bo'en. It was most imps): tent as to the principle it involved. - tie would not refer to it if it were disputable, but there eenild be no doubt that the Bill. though. it did not decide the question s the payment of the Roman Catholic clergy, did most emphatically and conclusively, decide the religious objection to that measure.—(Loud Opposition cheer*.) Insuperable obstacles might arise upon ether grounds, but let them not conceal the fact that the mea sure of his Right Honourable Friend, brought forward in the year fe e ls, decided any religious objections which could be raised on that question.—(Cheers.) In another point of view. this was a great measure. He slid not attribute its greatness to the thousands of pounds which swelled its importance, but the House should know that never had there been such an en dowment granted on such terms. He did not intend to im pugn the principle upon those grounds —on the contrary, he quite supported it. Only let it not be said that this was a paltry gift. He did not know what was the amount of the en dowment to Trinity College, Dublin; but if that were larger in amount, it was granted on different terms. It was usual to grant to the Established Church honorary privileges suet pecuniary endowments; hut they imposed upon that Church corresponding restrictions--they regulated the pet formanee of her service—they restrained the assemblies of her clergy_.. they attached to their gifts various conditions.—( Hear. hear. ) He was now speaking of general rules. It was the case in Germany—it was the same in France. There was something in all these eases of giving and taking between the Church anct the State. it was well known that in France and Austria no Papal bull was valid without the consent of the State. The Government claimed the right of assent over all Papal ordi nances, spiritual and secular. And so, though this might be a limited endowment, it showed a spirit of confidence and kind ness which he trusted would be appreciated.—( Cheers. ) The gift was fettered by no condition, and in this respect was an endowment more liberal than that which the State conferred upon the Church of this country, and upon the church of any other countries. He said, then, that thisletes an Act ,of great importance, and a boon of great ruagui.. tude ; and being thus a boon of great magnitude, has trusted that if they had made up their minds that eircum-, stances required it from them—if they did not find in their hearts and consciences any permanent principle of resistance to this measure—he trusted that they would givei t freely.--. (Loud cheers.) It might be said that this would operate as e premium to sedition. It might be so regarded. It might bet accepted in a wrong, an ungracious, and ungrateful spirit—. but of that they had no right to think. If this were of itsete a just and a righteous Act—with reference to the circuits stances of the country and of the time—they should not allot" themselves to be governed by a consideration of the mannerist which it would be received. He had lately read the worth oC an Hon. Gentleman, who was well known and was as Member of that House (Mr. O'Connell), which, being characteristic of his humour and point, the How. would perhaps permit him to read. He said " Agitation, thank you; Conciliation-hall, I am much obliged to you; Repeal Association, Maymeh, ought to pray for you."—. (Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") Well, the doct r i us , he would suppose was held, or might be arid, in Ireland, that this was a premium to agitation, and an encouragement to further agitation.—(Hear, hear.) But he hoped those wises held this argument would remember that agitation was a two.. edged weapon—that it might be used on the one s id e as well. as on the other ; and that, if the Irish people offered a te m pti ng field for agitation, it was equally possible, fro m a v i ew of the for a. e se d d e u p e r t e t ea ve t e 4 : the tpheet is t te a k b pn l table, ,tlTtthhi petitions sh thish‘vandisctuhhbajhteec night was satisfied wou ld yet be laid ght been laid u p on the table, and t would e flog n e o u t e l t e r s y s , teiemprteianigat,iengotit.l—ess(iHnevaitri, a this inviting , not hear.) less H alike both the one agitation and the other. He trusted that a gentler and wiser spirit would prevail among the Meta. hers of this House—(Hear)—and likewise over the general mind of the country. lie trusted that in Ireland, as in Eng., land, parties would feel convinced that they ottght not to Press too far on either side their ea 1 • l • it claims and extreme opinions. If parties held that religions t was involved i n thi s question, an d that it did not a d mit of two h e wou ld as k , it such was t o b e the state er things, what was t o b e t h e fate of this country b u t t o be hopelessly torn by endl ess di sputes, w i t h the los s , he feared, even o f that religion which parties hones let professed to inculcate.—(Hear.) B• But lie cherished the hose that these unfavourable anticipations would not be realised ; that there would be a disposition to consider how impossible it was to live in a country where there were different reli. pious persuasions, if every one was to urge his own claims to an extreme point. He trusted that teen would refuse to sec. render themselves to the unchecked dominion of these feelings, and that th e y wou ld acquiesce in a just consideration sa i the claims of others. Ile knew it would be said that they had admitted the principle of this measurs, and that it would after. wards be carried out to its extreme length. That was an ar gument which it was difficult absolutely to disprove ; but it may be far from being true as applied to political matters gene, rally, and especially to the affairs of this country. That wse,se argument used against concession at the time of the Asaesican war, and Mr. Burke disposed of it in a few words, v...nich were very applicable to th e i r present pos i t i on . Mr. Butt e said, whe2 he was pressed with the argument that to ceemply with the eon. cessions of America would only whet their appetite for move'. he replied--" It is a great mie".ike to imagine that mankind follow out in Practigt their speculative principles. either in government or freedom, as far as their arguments or their language 'fight lead them. We, Englishmen, stop short of the extent of the principles by which we support parts cf the Constitution, or even of the whole." These were the words of a man who acted adequately on his material interest* and not his metaphysical principles-4 Hear, hear.) He rile , . fessed that his belief was that these words were applicable, toast 11 communities on earth, but esertiauy To periods, and to a England, be:. see th - , ause it was impossible not tothe _ yitem of law and of government consisted iryt co; eo fnation of oppo. s ite courses, which shaped and milted each other, and scarce ly one of which was carrieet out to its extreme length. while all subsisted tega..- - .aer in harmony, producius the happiness hind, welfare of the people. Who that recollected the Struggle attendant on the Reform Bi.l, • and the arguments regarding popular rights which were then brought forward, but roust be surpriPed to see how the apparent consequences to be drawn 1