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tended by a great number of Protestants which the resident clergyman had neglected, because he differed with the system of education which was pursued in it, and did not think it his duty to attend it, and the children were consequently rendered liable to be educated in a faith different from that of their parents. Mr. HAMILTON would be sorry to give a silent vote upon an occasion like the present; but he agreed with the Noble Lord who had moved the amendment, that no system deserved the name of education that was not based upon religion. He, therefore, could not absolutely give his assent to every part of the measure of the Government; but, nevertheless, he agreed with the Hon. Member who had just sat down, that there were large masses of the Irish people attached to no particular religious sect, who would be glad to take advantage of these colleges, in the event of their being sanctioned by Parliament. Great efforts had lately been made to promote education amongst the lower classes of the Irish people, but no attempt had yet been made for establishing a system of education amongst the middle classes of that country. It ap peared to him that education always descended, and never ascended, and as this Bill would give the blessings of education to a class who had hitherto been unable to avail them selves of the existing system of education, be was not inclined to oppose its second reading. He could not, however, say thus much without at the same time regretting that some provisions had not been introduced into the Bill to provide for the religious instruction of those young persons who were to be educated at those colleges. The religious objection to the Bill might, however, be easily obviated by Government extending those clauses which sanctioned the voluntary endowment of theolo gical professors in these colleges. Captain B. OSBORNE could not understand how Hon. Members who supported national education could oppose this Bill, because, in his opinion, it rather extended that prin ciple than otherwise. The real question, however, at issue he apprehended to be the propriety of esta blishing a system of mixed education and secular instruction; but he thought the arguments which had been applied to a mixed education could be as forcibly urged against the social intercourse, in after life, of those who professed different re ligious opinions. There were certain clauses in this Bill to which he was strongly opposed. He alluded to those clauses which placed the power of appointing professors to those col leges in the hands of the Government, for it appeared to him that the Home-office was desirous of possessing as much pa tronage as the Horse Guards. He regretted that he was obliged to give the Government only a meagre sup port ; but while they were legislating upon this subject, they ought at once to establish some central institu tion, like Trinity College, for the education of youth of all sects and classes in Ireland, who might distinguish themselves in one of those provircial establishments. Mr. GLADSTONE agreed with the Noble Lord the Mem ber fee the City of London, that this measure was an imperfect one, but in the present existing state of things in Ireland, where the religious opinions and sentiments of the people were so much divided, how was it possible that a measure of this kind could ever approximate to perfection, much less reach it? He was not one of those wile would join in forcing even a more perfect measure than this upon the Catholic clergy and laity against their wish, and it would be monstrous that on account of a mere majority of English voices to refuse the tender of that which would be considered a boon in Ireland. The Noble Lord stated that he thought it desirable that the Catholic Prelates should be consulted on this measure, and stated that Archbishop Murray could give most valuable advice to the Government. There might or might not have been such com munication, as far as he knew ; whether it had taken place or not, or whether it was desirable or not that such consultation should take place, he was not prepared to say, but it was his opinion that very considerable weight should attach itself to the wishes and views of the Irish people. With regard to the question of consultation with Roman Catholic prelates, he should express an opinion a little beyond that of the Noble Lord in the course of a recent, debate on the question of religion as relating to Ireland. He thought that the Noble Lord the Member for Newark (Lord John Manners) adverted to it as advantageous that a diplomatic relation should exist between this country and the see of Rome. He was of that opinion also, for the original prohibition of that relationship was not a pro hibition on religious grounds, but on religious pounds.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") It may be said that that relationship ought to have been renewed long ago. He agreed that it was rather late now, but in any measure like the one now under discussion, he thought that it was most unhap , y, for a great many reasons, that they should continue to refuse the esta blishment of a diplomatic relation and ordinary good feeling which existed not only between Christians but all civilised nations, and which ought to exist with the Pope in particular, on account of the religious position which he held. He only referred to the fact that a di?lomatic relation had been in existence, and that it existed now, though unavowed, in con sequence of the absolute necessity which a successful Govern ment thought themselves unable to resist. It was said, and with a g-eat appearance of truth, that on the question of edu cation there ought tobe a communication between the Govern ment and the heads who represent the Roman Catholic people. Archbishop Mut ray might, for instance, when consulted, give the very best advice, and with the greatest ability, but his authority was not supreme ; it would be liable to be overruled by orders from the Court of Rome. The English Govern ment would then be in the position of having hound themselves to persons not of the highest authority. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, made al lusions to the University of Oxford, but he was of opinion that his information was rather incorrect. It. was 14 or 15 years ago since he left that University, and fell, perhaps, under the same imputation as the Right Hon. Baronet; but he did not think that at that time religious instruction was insuffi derfection. He agreed with him in this, but he owned he did not think it a merit in the Bill. He owned it would have been better if the measure now brought before them had been less carelessly prepared, and had led, as he thought it would have led, to the establishment of a complete system of education in Ireland. He said this because he acknowledged that the motives which had induced the bringing forward of this measure was to provide for the happiness of the people of Ire land. He agreed that the object was praiseworthy, and he differed widely from his Hon. Friend the Member fbr the University of Oxford, who was one of the strongest ()ejectors to this Bill, but at the same time, on a revision of the different provisions of the Bill, he could not but think that it still re nired much alteration and improvement to fit it for 11 e objects for which it was intended. He did not consider the scheme recommended by her Majesty's Government would avail for the purposes to which it was ap propriated. As respected Ireland, he thought that the Roman Catholic religion there rendered it incumbent that a better organisation should exist in any scheme of academical education than was contemplated in that country. In England there was an Executive Government which was respected ,by the people, who paid a willing and ready obedience to it, and there were established laws which were generally acquiesced in and obeyed by the people of both England and Scotland, and there was a Church in both those countries which was in the possession and exercise of great influence. There was also another relation, that of landlord and tenant, which yielded the landlord the due fruits of industry, and extended to the tenant the blessings of protection and peace in his avocations. If we look at all these relations as regards Ireland, we shall discover a very great difference between them. The Executive in Ireland was vague and unsatisfactory. The.administration of the law was attended with danger and difficulty, and was unsafe. The Prime Minister of the Government had admitted there was no confidence in the administration of the law which gave satisfaction to the people of Ireland, and a similar objection would apply to the present Established Church in Ireland. The relation of landlord and tenant, as it now existed, tended rather to the commission of crime than to the good conduct of the people. On the subject of education, he thought that the various orders of the State ought to be united together, and any measure that had for its tendency the promotion of the goOd of either class should be adopted, so as to receive the sanction of all parties. He held with a great proportion of the people of England that the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland was one of those powers by which great good might be promoted, and by which all the people there might be united together in social brotherhood, and be reduced in obedi ence to authority, and to a feeling of just respect for the laws. The Roman Catholic Church, in his opinion, ought to be consulted on any scheme for popular education in Ireland. The terms which they might demand might be extravagant, but what to receive, and what to reject would be a matter of mutual accommodation. The Academical Education Bill, as it at present stood, created great distrust amongst the Ro man Catholic Prelacy and priesthood in Ireland, and they had come to a resolution, implying fear and distrust, that the faith and morals of the middle orders of people in Ireland would be endangered, and probably destroyed, by the proposed enea-ure ; and unless these difficulties were resolved, the Roman Catholic clergy coula not conscientiously recommend those persons who came to them for spiritual advice, to send their sons to the colleges it was proposed to found. He thought that the Roman Catholic Prelates would receive little satisfaction from the various observations that had fallen from Hon. Members, in that House, on the subject. They had been told that it was intended to put down their power with a strong band. Observations had been used by the Hon. Gentleman who had last sat down as to the system of education pursued in Italy, and that at Verona pupils were in structed in the principles of a faction which was called "Young Italy." He had also alluded to the educational plans pursued in the Universities of Germany and France, but so far from following the unwholesome precedents laid down by that Hon. Member, he (Lord John Russell) would fly far from them and avoid them as precedents to be altogether avoided.— (Hear, hear.) He would ask if no means could be suggested that would render the proposed measure more acceptable to the religious majority of Ireland. It had been objected to the measure that it did not embrace any provision for religious education. They had been told by the Right Hon. Gentle man opposite that there were precedents and analogies for in stitutions of education without religion, but it appeared to him that the analogies had very little resemblance; and the prece dents were without authority.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had said, with respect to the schemes of edu cation pursued at Oxford and Cambridge, that very little reli gious education prevailed in those establishments, and yet they would not admit Dissenters into those collegiate institutions. Before the reformation the hoads of those colleges were univer sally Roman Catholics, but during the reign of Henry VIII. they had been deprived of their appointments and sent adrift; and again, in the reign of Queen Mary, they had been reinstated in their places; and further, when Queen Elizabeth succeeded to the throne, these professorships were resumed by persons profess ing the Protestant reformed religion, and it was provided that religious instruction should form a main constituent of the edu cation taught in those universities. With respect to secular education, it was not true that it was an evil unless accompanied by religious education; and, in his opinion, it was a desirable thing.—( Hear, hear.) He would say, that no man who pos • sessed the means of gaining secular instruction without religious education would refuse to avail himself of the means afforded. There was, however, a difficulty in public education which could not be easily resolved as to the classes who were to be instructed. He had given his support to the measure for esta blishing the University of London, because he thought that Dissenters, Roman Catholics, and others professing religious opinions not congenial with those entertained by the Esta blished Church, should not be deprived of the opportunity and means of obtaining a collegiate education equal to the advan tages which were derived from Oxtord and Cambridge Univer sities, from which the individuals referred to were debarred. The London University possessed the power only of conferring degrees. 'There were various colleges in connexion with the University belonging to the Independents, the Baptists, and others, where the peculiar tenets of those sects, as regarded religious matters, were conducted by theological professors. The ease of analogy of this University and the Universities of Scotland, where the re4• , ion differed only in ceremonial per formances from the Established Church, were not applicable to the condition of education in Ireland. In Ireland there was a university which was liberal to a certain extent, as far as re garded its under-graduates, but with respect to the bestowal of its honours it was separate and exclusive.—( Hear.) He would contend that that university could constitute no prece dent for the establishment of the proposed educational system. The universities intended to be formed should differ in their system and bearings from ail the universities in Eng land, Ireland, or Scotland. They should be arranged on such principles as would suite the state of the country. The Hon. Member for Cork objected to the scheme because all the professors were to be nominated by the Government. If the people of Ireland were willing to accept this arrangement, and were content that the professors should be so named, he had nothing to say against the measure, but the contrary was the case. The people were afraid of the mal-influence likely to result from leasing the power altogether in the hands of the Administration. He (Lord J. Russell) could not see the great advantage to be derived from these colleges as at present . proposed, either looking to the state of Ireland, or regarding the principles on which the colleges were to be fouadeJ. He con tended the Government ought to take advantage of the influ ence which the Roman Catholic clergy possessed. He would say let secular instruction be given if you leave out religious education, but if religious instruction be contemplated, let the Roman Catholics be consulted.—( Hear, hear. ) If you would give them authority to expel students who were disobedient to the order- of the Board they would get over the evil. But there remained another feature of the plan ; that was, the feature of giving degrees of studentship at the University. He thought that ought to form part of the plan. They bad the Trinity College attached to an University able to give de grees, and consequently superior to these provincial institutions. For these reasons he thought the plan crude and ill-digested, and he thoueht that it would have been much better if they had consulted the Roman Catholic Prelates, and others high in au thority in that Church; they would have had a much better prospect of coming to a favourable 'termination. He meant such men as Archbishop Murray, a man whose fidelity to his church was to him a high proof of his fidelity to the State ; and had they taken such advice as his, the future would have been much more clear and happy. The Presbyterians were, he be lieved, favourable to the plan, but this did not give the advan tage which they obtained in the grant to eleynoo.h. That went straight to its object, and was net taii.ted with the defect which this Bill would suffer from. Notwithstanding all these deficiencies, however, he could not agree with the Noble Lord the Member for Newark in opposirig the second reading of this Bill. He should vote for it because he thought its ob ject was a good one, and he believed that her Majesty's Ministers would introduce such improvements into it in Com mittee as would render it much better than it now was. If those improvements were not introduced, they would be voting their money for purposes which, year after year, would prove less and less satisfactory, but he believed that these improve ments would be introduced, and he should, for these reasons, vote fur the second reading. Lord MAHON said that be should vote for the second reading, but only because he expected great improvements would lie introduced into it in Committee, and if those im provements were not made, he should give his most strenuous opposition to it on the third reading. In 1839, his negative against the motion of that day had been overcome by a majo rity of only two, and he still thought that the sentiments which he then expressed that no college could be complete - without religious instruction had been proved by experience to be correct. The Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of the Home Department had said that the pupils could obtain reli gious instruction on each day, but was it their inten tion that the :,e colleges were to 'be schools for the towns only in which they were placed, or i ns tit u ti ons f or th e provinces in which they were situated? If the latter, then certainly the argument that he bad used on this point fell to the ground. He was ready to move the addition of this principle himself, or he was ready to assist any other amendment. Without the addition of the principle of religion, instruction would lose the best of its characteristics, and become almost useless. They might, indeed, enlarge the mind and refine the intellect, but they would not corr , et the heart. He trusted, therefore, that her Majesty's Government would consent to introduce this print iple into their measure—to introduce a principle without which it appeared to him it would prove injurious rather than beneficial. Mr. A. HOPE said, that so'far did he differ from what his Islcble Friend who heal just sat down had stated, that he hoped the measure would be so amended in Committee, but he believed that it was so faulty that no amendment could render it available for the purpose for which it was professedly intended, and it apparently was only the opening of a little 21 141ee, but it W 34 t h e fi rst step towards the i ntro d uct i on of that system f rom th e C ont i nent wh i ch ren d ered them, _n Ihis opinion, so inferior to the universities of this country. The (gove rn men t entered o ffi ce on th e t ac it un d ers t an di ng that th ey c on d uct the aff a i rs o f t h e country on t h e principl es of Conservatism, and that they would uphold the Constitutio n i n a ll its integrity. Yet in 1845 th e y h a d pro mulgated a similar to the one i ntro d uce d b y t h e Whig Government of lv 5, which th ey h a d patched up in stead of resennct:uctin ig. - He co nc l u d e d b y express i ng his intention of g i v i ng his most strenuous support t o th e amend ment of the H on. Member f o r Newp or t. Mr. M. MILNEs exp lain that when he re f erre d tot h e uni 'versifies of Oxford and Cam bridge, widge, he wished it to be under stood that they were in a more efficient state than they had been for years before. Mr. V. STEWART thought that f some ki n d c f education had id t u a c k a e t n t ion was loudly called f or i n I reland. give the higher cl asses of tha,tmiieunatnreinli beenet education , whilst eerfli classes en had been whilst the education o f t h e middle ltdochtha countr y the comparatively neglected. H e gave his best w thanks Go vernment, for having adopt e d a measure whichwou effect of facilitating the progress o f e d ucat i on in that and it was one which he thought was th e b est that could or be tr devised under the present circumstances of Ireland. It would have been folly to have recommended a sy stem of education at variance with the opinions of the clergy, who had great influence over their flocks. It was recommended by some that a see tern of mixed education should be adopted ; but if that were so, the Protestant College on one side, and the Roman Catholic clergy on the other, would oppose each other, and much of that good feeling which subsisted between this country and Ireland would be very much diminished in cense q uenee. The opinion held by many of the Bishops, that if the education to be adapted was to be a mixed one, that they shoUld have the appointment of all the professors was absurd W ith __ respect to an assertion which had bee n made b y the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford (Sir R. H. Inglis) that he understood attempts had been made to subvert the national schools of Ireland, he referred to the case of the Rev. Mr. M'Nee, who was censured by the Rev. Dr Davey , the Bisho p of Waterford, in an assembly of clergymen, because on visiting the seaside he interested himself in a school which was at. Home Department had quoted from the report published in 1836, that it was intended to frame the Bill on " sound prin ciples," it hag been brought forward as resting upon " sound ' principles." When Members came down to the Houseand told rte they were going to deal with sound princip* it would be ad visable to consider on what those pringriples'tested. He con tended that educational instruction should be left entirely to the willing selection of the recipients, and not thrust upon them ; arid he further considered it a perfect delusion to at tempt any scheme cf education in Ireland, without consulting the interests and opinions of the Ronan Catholic clergy there. They will not receive any measuse which they could not adopt without suspicion. The Bill had met with the unanimous re fusal of the Irish Bishops to adopt it. For these reasons, not regarding it as a measure contradictory of principles long and consistently entertained, because he believed that the Govern. ment consistently introduced it as in consonance with the ne cessity of the times, and rendered compulsory by the pressure from without, but considering it in theory and practice, for they had the experience of the Scotch, Belfast, and London colleges, though the latter he scarcely considered in point—es sentially impolitic, he should, though reluctantly, record his vote against the second reading of the Bill. In entering this opposition it might be retorted that he should proposed a better expedient ; though he did not assent to that proposition, he was not unprepared to give a sketch of what he considered would be a preferable, if not a benefical system. He would suggest that an honest and fair attempt be made by the Government to induce parties well inclined in Ireland to unite for the benefit of their respective Churches, and volun tarily to establish colleges and religious academical institutions. Such a system he believed would, under the sanction of a fos tering Government, prosper in itself, as withdrawing dissen sions and conciliating acrimonious feelings, and at the same time affording a feasible means of education and religion. In the absence, however, of anything approaching to such a prin ciple, he could not assent to the present measure, although, at the same time, he protested against the conduct attributed t the Government.—( Hear, bear.) _ _ . _ cient. Before they became graduates in that university, they were obliged to attend lectures on divinity. The great bulk of instruction was given in the private rooms of the tutors, and addressed to their particular pupils ; and that, perhaps, was the most valuable instruction. That continued while they were undergraduates. As respected knowledge in religion, he did not think that there was not an insufficient stock afforded when he considered that those who received it were about to be Members of that House, or who were to be country gen tlemen, or lawyers, or persons filling the various relations of life. In point of theory he was of opinion that the measu-e now before the House had fallen far short of measures which had been formerly granted. The Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) then referred to the system adopted at the London Univer.ity, and to the efforts of Dr. Arnold to obtain the in troduction of some amount of examination on the texts of Scrip ture, which should be common to all Christians. He (Dr. Arnold) was !I - A prepared, however, to admit Jews, but the plan now intended was to admit Jews. The different stages of Christianity were important to be known to the historical student, whether Heathen or Christian. fie might be told that that system was not as fit for Ire land as it was for England but he should say that it was more fit for Ireland than England, because the religious ,distinctions in that country drove them to a greater extremity; and because the dangers of that system were more likely to arise in this country, where the religious discipline of religious communities was lax and weak, than in a country where indi viduals were under personal religious discipline. The Right Hon. Gentleman then referred back to the middle ages, when it was not compulsory upon the students at Oxford or Cam bridge, as members of those Univers,ties, to attend lectures or worship, because there was no daily warship. The system of Mr. AI ORE O'FERRALL regarded the principle of the Bill as wholly dissimilar from that of the national education. In the latter the pupil remained under the surveillance of his parents, and was by them trained up in the religion they desired and professed ; but in the measure now proposed the students were wholly divested of authority or control. On political and religious considerations, therefore, he felt it his duty to give his vote against the second reading of the Bill. He regretted, therefore, that he could not vote for the second reading of the Bill. lecturing was no doubt a re. pious system , because it was admi nistered- in a religious spirit, but it was when those univer sities became colleges that the religious principle was applied. The inns or halls in which the students were thenreceived were originally nothing more than boarding-houses, and did not at all approach to the character of colleges. He would beg to state, that those Hon. Members who opposed the system adopted by the Government, were only enforcing their own private opinions.—( Hear, hear.) The policy which induced the Government to bring forward this measure was the same policy as that on which was founded the grant to Maynooth. He (Mr. Gladstone) gave his assent to this measure, not be cause it accorded with his own private opinions, but because it was likely to be acceptable and useful to the people of Ireland, and was in consonance with the dictates of society. He saw many objections to the plan of the Noble Lord, and he thought the object he had in view would not be gained by it. He considered the defects that had been complained of might be got over by voluntary contributions. The Bill contained one principle of religious instruction, that was, providing rooms in which lectures might be delivered. He thought secular education without religion was had, but that was not the question before the House. There were other points in which the question might be regarded. His Noble Friend the Member for Newark had said, why not establish a system of Roman Catholic education? Why if that was done they would be obliged to establish a system of Trinitarian edu cation, and perhaps a system of Arianism itselfs and when he looked at the alternative, he thought they would be doing far more injury by adopting the plan of his Noble Friend than that brought forward by the Government. Both on the ground of principle and practicability he thought the plan of the Noble Lord far inferior to that proposed by her Majesty's Ministers. After having passed the Maynooth Bill, he thought they would be deserving of the reprehension of their constituents, if they preferred the plan of the Noble Lord to that of the Government. He did not apprehend that there was such difficulty in electing professors as had been anticipated by some Honourable Members. The Right Honourable Gen tleman concluded by stating that amid a choice of difficulties he should vote for the second reading of the Bill, in the firm be- lief that if its provisions were carried out good would result from it. Mr. WYSE did not think that sufficient information had been given to the House of the manner in which education was to be carried on under the Pill. He was anxious that universities should not be turned into mere grammar schools. He admired that part of the plan which would tend to open the only university they had in Ireland to all. He had considered this measure for many years, and though he . had some objec . tions to the details of the measure, he was as he had alway been fa ourable to the principle which would give a mixed system of education, becauso he believed it would lead to the best re sults. The recognition of a system of academical education was a great step gained in that House. He thought education ought to be based on religion and morality, and the question was, would the Bill have that effect. If these colleges were intended, he presumed the) were, to be not merely colleges for education, similar to that taught in the Universities, but what he considered of much more importance, to be colleges for the education of the middle classes in all the industrial branches, they ought to take steps to secure as many students as possible, at as cheap a rate as was consistent with the maintenance of the establishments. The most important part of the question was the appointment of the professors themselves. He thought it was of infinite importance, not merely in reference to the colleges themselves, but with refe tenee to the whole march of Government with reference to the social concord of the entire country, that if they were to have Processors in these colleges, whatever their talent and ae qtsirements might be, they ought to be above suspicion. He could not give his assent to that portion of the Bill which placed the power of nominating those professors exclusively in the Crown. Any precedent for such a proceeding could not be found in any of the Universities of England and Scotland. His views of the Bill were founded on objections which he considered applicable to it in its present state. He would be ready to give his assent to other principles connected with this measure as a mere matter of education. There would be no hope of religious spiritual equality in Ireland, unless you told the people that the religious feelings of their youth should not be prejudiced in any way. He would not wish for an exclu sively Roman Catholic College, or for an exclusively Presby terian College, but let it be equally free from religious influences of every description. As regarded Maynooth, it was proper that its fundamental principles should remain unaltered, it was solely appropriated for the education of Roman Catholic priests, and to the furtherance of that object let it be con tinued. He could not admit that the Crown ought to interfere with the regulations of that University. The present pro posed system of education would not administer satisfactorily to the requirements of the people. Whatever scheme was founded o n j us t an d liberal prlticiples for the education of the Irish nation, should receive his most cordial support ; but the establishment of such system must leave ope n th e a d van t ages to be deri ve d f rom it, equally, fully, and fairly to all classes of the f‘f r community.. Ac K L A ND observed that he would °ti ld sho c r a t a l a y m r i e c v a i l ew Ed th a e . means by whi c h it was proposed to carry the it Edu cation measure. Hith er t o no Member who had spoken on the subject had expressed his unqualified approbation of cte a d and it.— (Hear.) The measure had been so pulled to pieces by different Hon. Gentlemen, that only se bare stump remained. There was a great difficulty in dealing the question as regarded the assumption of an Hon. Member, who who concluded that the appointments to the professorships' should be placed distinctly on a religious footing. The result would be that persons going into those colleges should have a religious education without one farthing having been paid for th a t purpose, With regard to the principles on which the Bill was founded, the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the After a few words from Capt. BERNAL OSBORNE in explanation, Sir R. PEEL said, until he had heard the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman he thought whatever differences of opinion might prevail on the detail: of the measure that there was a general concurrence in one sentiment—if the Govern ment could overcome the difficulties which had arisen from different religious creeds—( Hear, hear )—and could ex tend academical education in Ireland, that it would be a great boon.—( Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend doubted whether that necesssity existed, and whether the institutions would effect the good that was intended. Looking to the population, he might now be assured that they could overcome the difficulties which they had to encounter—that, looking to the state of Ire land—to the extent of the population—an ample provision for academical education was called for as much as at Oxford, Cam bridge, King's College, and other institutions in this country. They had undertaken the education of the lower orders. They had 400 institutions iu the country, with the pupils from the age of 12 to 14, the most important period of all whose educa tion was to be superintended. They could not send them to Scotland, and the question then was, were they to have esta blishments in Munster and Connaught or not, with the means of education ? He would read an extract from a work of great interest to all who had anything to do with the means of edu cation. The work was the composition of an eminent. profes sor, Dr. Kane. It had been necessary to establish a geolo gical professor, and they had appointed him because they had a strict confidence in him, and had no fear of the fulfilment of his duty. This was the person whom they had appointed to instruct the whole people of Ireland, and they did not think that because he was a Roman Catholic he would pervert the office he had been ap- - pointed to fill for sectarian purposes. What was the opinion of Dr. Kane, given long before the establishment of those aca demical institutions was contemplated? What, he said, was the opinion of Dr. Kane with respect to the resources of Ire land and the means by which those resources were to be deve loped? He gave his opinion in the concluding chapters of his work. In the course of those observations he stated that his impression was, that the want of capital was the bugbear cf Ireland. What Ireland wanted was a development of the industrial energies of the country. This would develope the whole of the resources of Ireland.— ( Hear, hear.) It was this which led to the institution of the collegiate establishments. This was an answer to his Hon. Friend the Member for Somersetshire, when he told him that the instructive institutions of Ireland were to be founded on the principle that the instruction of the lower classes was to be confided to men who were in the confidence of the people. Among the youths who were there educated they were to give all the prestige of their early years, and to mix in the world with the impression that they were to mix with those with whom their early years were present. Supposing they had altogether laid aside the question of religious education, still there were points which well deserved the observation of the House and peculiar to the country of which they were speak ing. They could not send the pupils to England or to Scot land, and he thought that the best plan would be to institute academical institutions in Ireland. But what was the religious portion of the religious orders in that country, and what was their position with regard to the State. What was to be done with those professors of a moral and scientific character. The whole of the youths of the country were to be instructed, and according to his Honourable Friends, there was to be a difference between the Roman Catholic and the Protestant. The Presbyterians might make the same claim, and what would be the consequence of the principle which his Hon. Friend the Member for Oxford ( Sir R. H. Inglis adopted, and who styled the subject one of immense godlessness. There were Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Pres byterian prejudices to grapple with in this matter. There was no prescription of fifty years, as was the case with regard to M ayneoth, There was here no awful delusion to be advocated in the name of religion. He was aware that he hcd stated the substance cf the speech of his Honourable Friend the Member for o:ford—not the speech wldch he had de livered, but the speech which he would have delivered if he had bees apprised of all the circumstances.—(Laughter.) The original proposal was that Government should only par tially contribute to those institutions, and the grand juries of the different counties should provide for these institutions, and the contributions of Government were to depend upon die extent of the voluntary contributions. By the present measure, how ever, Government bound themselves to erect buildings and establish professorship', and it was not unreasonable to call upon the parents of the children to be educated at these col leges to attend to their religious instruction. What was the religious instruction given at Harrow? Was it done by a master giving a morning lecture on theology? No; the course was this—the parents of the children ascertain the moral cha racter of certain persons who act as tutors at Harrow, and if their inquiries prove satisfactory the parents commit their children to the care of the tutor, and invest him with parenta 'authority. Now was this much better ? Was it not more effectual than establishing a religions system of education, and why should not the same course betaken at these Colleges? It was the course taken at the institution in Liverpool and Bristol, where it had worked well ; and why should not the same system be extended to Ireland ? But Parliament had already sanctioned the extension of this system to Ireland, for in 1810 Parliament sanctioned the establishment of an institution which was called the Belfast Academical Institu tion. That institution affords classical and mercantile educa tion to youths, disconnected from all religious instructions. Dr. Crolly had borne his strong testimony in favour of those institutions, and he would pledge the experience of this distin guished prelate against the predictions of those Hon. Members who said the religious education of the youths to be brought up at these colleges would be neglected. Dr. Crolly distinctly stated the religious education of the pupils in the Belfast Insti tution were strictly attended to, and a due and proper regard was paid to the various religious principles of all who were edu cated at that establishment. Now, this was Irish experience, and he—setting it against the predictions which had been in dulged in by some Honourable Members might add, that the only objection Dr. Crolly had against the Bel fast Institution was that it possessed professors of theo logy and divinity. Now, nothing had more surprised him than the opinion of the Irish Roman Catholic prelates. He had read the documents they had published on this measure, and nothing had filled hies with so much surprise. Was it not monstrous to suppose that a youth professing Roman Catholic principles could not be instructed in theology except by a Ro man Catholic tutor. Now, this appeared to him to be really absurd ; but were not the youth belonging to the ' Established Church placed upon the same footing as those professing Roman Catholic principles? But independently of this was it likely that a professor of anatomy, after describing the miracles of the working of the human body ; after describing how every artery was connected with the fibres of the human frame, would terminate his anatomical lecture with an attempt to undermine the religious principles of his pupils. He could not conceive it possible that a gentleman holding the high station of professor of the sublime sciences of anatomy and astronomy should take advantage of the power he posses-ed over his pupils to turn their minds against those re -I;gious principles in which they had been brought up.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that the plan would be incomplete, unless these colleges were incorporated with each ether. The union of these institutions into one university would be preferable to the giving to each college the character of an university. If the plan worked well, and met with confidence, some time hence would be the period for considering whether then they should be incorporated, and what power the universi ties should possess with respect to the giving of degrees, &c. They did not shake any declaration then on that subject. The Crown would have the power even without the aid of Parliament of incorporating the Uni versities, which would, of course, be the ease if the colleges gave satisfaction. The measure was at present objected to, because it did not comprise, every thing which might here at er be connected with it. These were the principles on which they came to the conclusion, considering the peculiar circumstances of Ireland, and the position of the population, that they had a better chance of making that system of religious education more acceptable to those whom it may more imme diately concern than if they were to found separate theological , professors, or professors belonging to the different creeds of those who may resort to those colleges. His Hon. Friend said that no system of education could answer un less it was founded on a religious basis, bat he should admit that religious instruction should ema nate froe:t the Church of England. There were objec tions made by a high party in the Roman Catholic Church, but still notwithstanding these objections, notwithstanding the opposition which by some portion of the laity was urged against this plan, he (Sir Robert Peel) yet had reason to think that there was a very considerable portion of intelligent, and respectable men of all persuasions who were disposed grate fully to accept the proposal of the Government, and they trusted that experience would falsify the predictions which were urged against the measure. If they could carry on the system which prevailed in the national schools, if they couldunite the youth of Ireland in one common system of education, he be lieved that they would go far to soften the asperities which on account of religions differences existed in social life in Ireland, they would alleviate the condition of the youth of Ireland, they would lay the foundation of the development and improvement of those natural and material resources with which that country abounds, which had not been developed less from the want of capital than from the want of that industrial and scientific knowledge which, combined with an instruction in religion, it was the object of the Government to bestow. Mr. 111. J. O'CONNELL said that he should say a few words in explanation of his differing from those with whom he had both private and public ties. His English education had enabled him to see that they, the Roman Catholics, had no thing in the way of undermining to fear from their Protestant fellow-countrymen. He was sorry to see that the present Bill was brought in in its present skeleton shape ; they learned more and more with respect to that from every speech that `:.a s made on the opposite side. There were one or two 'points tuhgehptoin there ts o contained oold which he felt s t rong ly o pp ose d t o , an d w hich he wou ld oppose on a future occas i on if t h ey were not amen d e d. B e Was ailed- IA! t thought o c f lau t s h e is . be n in o opposition to s t o h m e etb l4 i'a th g kind, that persons when they entered the college ls Id s ou state what were the religious op inions nought there could be no objection to that. t h ought chapels the re was a • He in endowing hadgreatdeal in what the Right s n on . B aronet said. He tho ught upon the w hole , with ta e a l terat i ons he G had ende avoured to suggest, the good one. H e th ought the Govern men tovernmen.c measure was a power of appointi ng the professors, tmt as now w ';6"id not haveere the i TIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, JUNE - 3, 1845. would perhaps be better to leave the subject in the hands of the Government. He regretted that while the measure had been brought forward the great evil of the exclusiveness of the Dub lin University should still exist. Mr. SHAW rose amid loud cries of " vide, divide." He did not en:Of-eV approve of the measure, but he had not heard one p ! wile a better for it, and he had not a better to propose himiof. He tho ught , therefore, th a t he was not justi fied in refusing to give his assent to a measure brought forward under the auspices of the Government.—( Hear, hear. ) Sir V. BLAKE would vote for the second reading, although he was not satisfied with the Bill in its present form. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion 3ll Against it Majority for the Second Reading —265 POOR-LAW—SCOTLAND. The Poor-law Amendment (Scotland) Bill, was read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time on Mon day next. THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS. The ROYAL FAVORITE. 3 vols., post Bve, TIKE FOLLOWING ARE NOW READY. VIII, THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 3. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. BENEFIT AND LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE OF THE DANSEUSES - VIENNOISES. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that the BENEFIT of the DANSEUSES VIENNOISES (their last appearance but one), will take place ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, When will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; 11, Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Basilio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their most favourite Dances. Their Performances this Evening will include the celebrated " Pas des Miroirs," the " Pas des 3foissonneurs," and (for the first time) a New Divertissement, entitled POT POURRI, com prising a resume of their most admired Dances :—Hornpipe, by Mdlles. Kock and Weber; Schweitzer Tanz, by Mdlles. Pragher and Henekel ; Tarentelle, by Mdlles. Itorarius and Sperl; Tyrolertanz, by Mdlles. Florianschutz (sisters) ; Cracovienne, by Mdlles. Mina and Werner ; Mazur, by Sixteen ; Linzertanz, by Mddles. Kock and Weber; Polonaise, by Mdlles. Pragher and llenckel ; Polka, by Four ; Hongroise, by Mdlles. Florianschutz (sisters) ; Toleo de Xerxes, by Mplles. Sperl and Franz Weiss ; Coda, by all the Danseuses Viennoises. With a Musical Entertainment, combining the talents of Madame Castellan, Mdlle. Brambilla, and Sig. 3loriani. To be followed by various Novelties in the Ballet Department, in which will appear Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Mdlles. 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Morning .. 36 minutes after 0 I Evening .. 0 minutes after 1. 4A) k , * tA SA #l, fi;47 - pfr 0 1 17- ' 191 E `:♦ ;.; k 40!;. 111 I u 6 ) IT " eltentllS 2/11:11t. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five. The LORD CHANCELLOR announced that Mr. O'Dais coLL had been dismissed from the commission of the peace in Ireland. The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the second reading of the Maynooth Bill. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE supported it as one of the most conciliating measures that had ever been introduced into the House. The Earl of RODEN moved, as an amendment, the ap pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the na• ture of the instruction given at Maynooth. A long debate ensued, in the course of which their Lord ships were addressed by the Bishop of LONDON, the Earl of St. GERMANS, the Duke Of MANCHESTER, Lord BEAU MONT, and the Bishop of CASHEL, and eventually the debate was adjourned at one o'clock. The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to Mr. P. M. STEWART, said it was the intention of the Government to commit the Scottish Banking Bill pro forma, for the purpose of making some trifling altera tions, and to take the discussion on a future day. The adjourned debate on the Academical Institutions (Ireland) Bill was then resumed by Mr. MILNES, who expressed his regret at the course pursued by the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland, and his approval of the Go ♦ernment measure. Lord J. RUSSELL also supported the measure, although he believed it stood much in need of im provement ; but in the hope that it could be improved in Committee, he should vote for the second reading. The House was afterwards addressed by Mr. A. HOPE, Mr. V. STEWART, Mr. HAMILTON, Captain B. OSBORNE, Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. WYSE, Mr. ACLAND, Mr. MORE O'FERRALL, Sir H. PEEL, and Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL. The House then divided when the motion for the second reading was carried by a majority of 265. SO much has been said and written about the May nooth Bill, that we believe most readers are heartily tired of the subject, but the new features which the question assumed last evening by the appearance of two Bishops in opposition to it, and the very grave effect produced in Ireland by the hostility of certain Churchmen and sectaries in this country, require a few observations. One of the first fruits of that hostility was the enthusi astic, national, and, to not a few, alarming display exhi bited in Dublin on Saturday. On no one point is ana tion so sensitive as on that of religion, because it is justly held sacred, because it is the choice of the people, and is a matter not between statesmen of different countries, but between man and his CREATOR. Could it be expected, therefore, that the Irish—a jealous and excitable people— would remain apathetic amidst insults heaped upon their faith, and their venerated priests and prelates, not only by sectarians who differ from each other, but by Churchmen, who recognise the Catholic Church as their head, and are anxious to be again joined with it in communion? This is a fact which can admit of no dispute. Popery has `already made great inroads upon the English Protestant Church : the Primate and a large proportion of the Bishops are believed to be strongly infected with the errors of PLISEY and NEWMAN, and the open and decided measures adopted by the Bishops of LONDON and EXETER leave no doubt whatever that they are cordial believers in these errors ; yet Dr. BLOMFIELD last night denounced the Catholic religion in the strongest terms, as if he were a Protestant of the purest character. "He had pledged himself," he said, " by solemn and awful words to discountenance and drive away all strange and false doctrines, and he could not consistently vote for the maintenance of an institution, the express object of which was to propagate error." Yet good Protestants consider the Puseyite doctrines both " strange and ' false." Mr. WARD and others denounce the Reforma tion as a great crime ; the Bishop of LONDON, both in charges to his clergy, and the new formulas which he recommends, gives every countenance to these strange and false doctrines, yet now he holds himself up as a mirror of ecclesiastical perfection, and loads the Irish Catholic prelates with reproaches for their errors and heresies. But another more important reason seemed to sway the pious Bishop's mind. The measure would lead to the establishment of two antagonistic churches, and to the endowment of all religious systems. The plunder of the old Catholic Church he therefore feared would be divided, and consequently his share would be less; and how did th's subtle and J,suitical Churchman get over the difficulty about Canada ? In that colony a religion full of errors and heresies was established by Act of Parliament, with the consent of the Episcopal bench, but that gives no offence to the conscientious prelate; the division of the spoil in that distant land cannot affect the English Church, but nevertheless it establishes two antagonistic churches or more, and therefore is liable to the more weighty ob jections for which a ban is pronounced against May nooth. Not a word is said against liberal grants to Canada and Malta for the support of Popery, be cause, says this peace maker, " they were conquered countries," and Ireland is therefore to be treated worse than a conquered country. If the object of this Right Rev. Father in God were to drive the Irish nation to Madness, he could not use more forcible and more appro priate language. Does this agree with the injunctions of that sacred volume to which, with uplifted eyes, he so often appeals ? Can he insult and provoke the inhabi tants of the sister island and at the same time sing with the Psalmist— " How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity !" We turn with delight from such religious bigotry to the language used by the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, contrasting, too, so nobly with that of his late brother, the Duke of YORK, and to the .just and humane sentiments expressed by the Duke of WELLINGTON, who told the House, with his usual frankness, that there was no religion in the question, but a great Christian principle. Another awful catastrophe, occurring between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning last, has added a new testimony to the scandalous neglect of all precautionary protection against accidents by fire, which it seems to be a point of honour with all the authorties of the metro polis, municipal as well as parochial, to. maintain. The scene of this calamity was in Fenchurch- street—one of the most eensely-crowded districts of the , City, where the accumulation of houses is so excessive that one's only wonder is how the thriftiness of City-owners hip can so long have tolerated the existence of many spa cious and even magnificent mansions, fitted for the accommodation of a civic aristocracy which had not yet vown too proud to live " within the walls," but which in these altered times occupy, with their marble-floored halls, and their oaken staircases, and their spacious landing v ? so much room that might be far more profitably devoted to the little minikin tenements of modern times, so many of which could be erected on the ground-plot now occu pied by a single one of these substantial fabrics. In point of fact, in the rear of the house which was de stroyed—a building, in many respects, of the character we have described—various very inferior tenements, of which the frontage was in Lime-street, had been bricked out by a substantial, unbroken back wall, rising much above those tenements, and shutting out all in gress and egress to the houses that have been gutted by the fire, except from Fenchurch-street, in which was their own frontage. Can any situation be imagined more hopeless as to the chances it would offer for the escape of the unfortunate inmates suddenly aroused by the alarm of fire? The results in this in stance were just what might have been anticipated from such conditions. A wife, having with great difficulty aroused her husband to an indistinct sense of their com mon danger, and persisting with a noble resolution to devote the precious moments available for that purpose to recover him from the sort of stupor which the heat and smoke of burning timbers so fatally induces, succeeds in this generous object. But, in the confusion of the scene, she becomes incapable of availing herself of the same means for securing a retreat which she had indicated to her husband, and either mistakes the stair ascending to the roof through which he had already passed, or falls, overcome by the fury of the conflagration, before she can reach it. Horrible to relate, herself and her young infant were consumed to ashes! The almost lifeless feinale, whom the husband had seized up from her prostrate position on the leads, or roof, and borne through many dangers to a place of safety, under the impression that he car ried with him, his wife, turned out to be their servant, who had fainted, and, but for his timely assistance, must also have been consumed. The house of these un fortunate people consists of several stories, with large and capacious windows in each floor. A fire-escape might have been most readily applied to either, axed had it been to the second or third floor win dows, there can be little doubt—there is every human probability—that she might have been saved, together with the infant, whose existence has been thus violently terminated in its first blossoming. But no fire-escape appears to have been brought—to have been at hand—to have been even thought of ! For aught that appears to the contrary, it may be inferred that no such machine exists in that most populous neigh bourhood. At little more than an hour after midnight three houses are consumed in an incessantly frequented thoroughfare ; little or no property is rescued from them, and two human beings are permitted to fall a sa crifice to the same unaccountable apathy, or neglect, about the better provision and security against such visi tations, which, only a week before, had involved five others in the same terrible form of destruction in an opposite quarter of the metropolis. At what point of cumulative extermination our authorities mean to interfere what may be the maximum number of "deaths from fire" which they will regard as sufficient warranty for in curring the expense of providing and depositing, at so many convenient stations in each of the City wards, an escape apparatus, costing so many shil lings each—it seems difficult to surmise. The still more appalling casualties by fire which, since the conflagra tion in Bucklersbury, a few years ago, have given a cha racter of fearful interest to fires breaking out in the City, have hitherto produced so little disturbing influence in the indolence of the magistracy and the subordinate functionaries, in the establishment of any arrangements in system to mitigate the most disastrous evils attendant on these catastrophes, that we can hardly venture to anticipate any more beneficial result from the lesson which this last sad incident should teach them. What are they about ? Is the constitution of the municipality of London so exquisitely selfish in its principles, that until some Alderman or Deputy-Sheriff—some Common Councilman, or some member of the Bridge-House Committee, at least, becomes himself a sufferer in his own person, or the persons of his connexions, by these midnight fires, the private residents, tradesmen, and others—whether of the Livery, or unadmitted to its freedom—must not venture to hope that their lives or their property may be deemed of sufficient importance to be the legitimate objects of civic protection and soli citude ? The accounts from Madrid, which are to the 26th of May, are of a very singular and alarming character. No sooner had the QUEEN left Madrid than NaßvArz committed an act of despotism which would scarcely have been endured had he been entrusted by the Cortcs with the full powers of absolute Dictator. The two editors of the Clamor Publico, Senors CORRADI and CALvo, arrested for a humorous article directed against this military chief, were within twenty-four hours after ward forced into a coach at the prison door, and carried off, without trial or even indictment or accusation to Cadiz, to be there shipped for Manilla. If the Spaniards submit to this, liberty is utterly extinct in that de voted country, the constitution a mockery, and any safeguards of rights and privileges a mere delusion. A ,meeting of the editors of different papers was to take place at the office of the Tiempo, but should they speak their sentiments, they will propably be marched off as companions to their unfortunate brethren. BOURSE.- Three per Cents., for cash, 33,1 ; Ditto, for Account, 341; Five per Cents., for cash, 23; Ditto, for the account, 24k. The principal topic of discussion in the Paris papers is the abdication of 1)on CARLOS, but with the exception of the Journal des Debuts, which is understood to ex press the opinions of the Government, there is nothing in them of interest to the English reader. That journal says, one of the clauses of the Spanish Constitution ex cludes the family of Don CARLCS from any alliance with the Royal Family, but at the same time adds, that if the marriage of his son with the QUEEN would eff, ct the blessings promised in the Prince's manifesto, the Spanish nation would abandon that point, and accede to an act which would close family differences, and prevent the possible recurrence of a war for the succession. It may be inferred from the whole article, that such a result would not be disapproved of by the French Government. These papers contain no news. Several of them adopted the enlarged size on Sunday, and now have a respect able appearance, as vehicles of intelligence, which could not be said of them before. Nothing of consequence was done in the Funds al TORTONI'S. HOUSE Or' LORDS-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock to hear appeals. RICARDO V. GARCIA& The further arguments in this appeal occupied the House the whole morning. The Peers present were—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. SAVINGS' BANKS. The Military Savings Banks Bill was read a third time. CONSTABULARY FORCE.—( IREL AND. Viscount CLEAIENTS moved for returns respecting the constabulary force in Ireland, more perfect than those made up to the 7th of March last. The return was agreed to with some modifications. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last Evening contained — The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The Parliamentary intelligence of the Evening;being a full Report of the Debates in both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. The whole extending to Eight columns and a half of the smallest tyee. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled IL PIRATA. Imogene, Madame Grisi : Adele, Madame Bellini ; Gualtiero, dig. Mario; Goffredo, Sig. A. Giubilei ; Itulbo, Sig. Dai Fiori ; and Ernesto, Sig. Fornasarl. Between the Acts of the Opera the Danseuses Viennoises will appear in a New Pas, entitled " La Polka," and the " liongroise" (being their Last Appearance but Two). To conclude with an entirely New Grand Ballet, in Five Tableaux, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, entitled ROSIDA ; OU, LES MINES DE SYRACUSE. The Ballet and Mis en scene, by M. St. Leon. The New Scenery by Mr. Marshall. The Music by Signor Pugni. Rosida, Mdlle. Cerito ; Alman, M. St. Leon ; The Queen of the Mines, Mdlle. Moncelet ; Torbern, M. Di Mattia. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances : -- First Tableau.—" La Sicilienne" (New Pas de Caractere), by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, accompanied by the Corps de Ballet. Second and Third Tableaux.—Pas du Diluent', by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mesdlles. Ferdinand, Demelisse, and Cassan. " Pas des Quatre Nations" (New Pas de Caractere), by the Corps de Ballet. To be followed by "La Wolinlenne," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Fit Tickets to be made at the Opera-cflice, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. ROBERT AND BERTRAND. In which M. Silvain, M. Delferier, Mr. A. Webster ; Mdlle. Weiss, Mdlle. Louise, and Mdlle. O'Bryan will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDERJ. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farrell; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Messy Tulip, Madame Yestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; ratty; Mrs. Itumby. After which, MY W WE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foezle, Mr. W. Farron ; Mr. /Sudd, Mr. H. Holt ; Mrs. Quickfidget, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, .Buckstone. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be performed POOR JACK ; or, THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. Jack Somerton, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Eleanor, Mrs. E. Yarnold. After which; will be produced, a New and Original Farce, entitled THE IRISH DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby ; Paddy Murphy O'Braliaghan, Mr. Hudson. To conclude with PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, 11r. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs. Yates ; Phcebe, Miss Woolgar. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Wal lack ; Rolando, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Juliana, Miss Cushman ; Volante, Mrs. Stirling., After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LE PRINTEMPS. supported by Messrs. Gilbert and Marshall, Miss Baffin and Miss Marshall. To be followed by a New Drama, entitled THE CHEVALIER ST. , Mr. Wallack ; The Countess, GEORGE.Mr s. S t Stirling. ng :ihe Chevalier St. George THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TIIE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a;i Original Comedy, entitled OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Stanton, and Keeley ; Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Previous to which a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha ricters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Dawson. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque , entitled C IND E REL LA. The Principal A. Wigan, Mr. F ran k Mathews, Mr. Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, Sc , J C . h a i r v a . c t c e r o s l i b ec riCs Keeley,ley 31 . ie SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES. — ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. whose Performances continue crowdedt o T e l x i e ci celebratedteaiiuniversal(t fasi 11 fashionable Astonishment,lh iIiPP and are nightly witnessed by audiences, will repeat his SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES at this Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, for a short period only, commencing at Half-past Eight. ~M ORNING PERFORMANCE; . And in consequence of the great success on Monday Morning last, M. Philippe will g ive a SECOND or, MATINEE MYSTERIEL SL on MONDAY next, June 9, com mencing at Half-past One o'clock. anal inexplicable feat of LES g et LA GRANDE MENAGERIE, L'Arlequiu Celebre , Le Drapeau Nationale, La Cuisne Infernale, i r fA S S C I Q N " S q u D e E '. un i ve rsally considered the most extraor d i nary Tour d e Ph y si q ue ever accomplished, and which, on ever y occasion of its bein g repre sented, has excited the m ost enthusiastic admiration, will be repeated every performance. and poi s the soN s s r / p p , r i o s n i n, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIKATRE. PROPEIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Crowded Houses--Conflrmed Success of the New Spectacle, in which the Arab Horse (trained by M. Tournaire) is pronounced to be the grea t e st w onder of te Age. TH h IS EVENING And during the week, the GODOLPHIN ARABIAN; or the Race Horse of the Desert. Scenes in the Circle by Monsieur Tournaire's French Groupe of Equestrians. To conclude with a Favourite Frrce. Box-office open from Eleven tlli Five. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. In compliance with the wish of several influential and fashionable parties, and in order to accommodate those who, residing at a dis tance, are prevented from visiting the nightly representations at the Amphitheatre, as well as with a view to the gratification of the 'uvenile members of families, Mr. BATTY has concluded an arrange ment with Mons. Tournatre for THREE DAY PERFORMANCES, introducing the entire troop of French Equestrians. These per formances will take place on Thursday, June 5, and 12. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURBEY THEATRE. Will be produced an entir e ly New Drarsa, THIS EVENING entitled THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. With New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, and powerful east. After which, by particular desire, BLANCHE HERIOT, with all its extraordinary ellbeiS. To conclude with a Romantic 'Nautical Drama, entitled THE WEIRD WOMAN OF THE WRECK. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. atrice, from Eleven to Four, A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON I —GRAND FETES. ALBERT is daily Success beyond all former precedent —The Brilliancy of the Pyro technic Finale exceeds all imagination. The Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by 11. R. H. PRINCE visited by thousands, approbation. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty and hailed with universal the QUEEN DOWAGER, H. It. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &e. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS. THIS DAY, TO-MORROW, AND THURSDAY. The Proprietor, in redeeming his promise to produce a " Different Subject each Season," continues- the Series of Remarkable and Beau tltlil Places by presenting A MAGNIFICENT AIODELUDItEPIIESENTATION OF Loch, as it formerly exist e d, --...... EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and o f S co t c hmen, and the i mmortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," intr o d uc i ng the Old and New Town, the Nor' the Calton Hill , . Nelson lit Moninnent, Arthur's S eat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle , S ir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institutio n , H o l yroo d Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld R ee ki e. " The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. And from the more than usual care taken in the execution, is allowed to be the happiest production of Mr. Dan son's pencil. The PROMENADE CONCEUTS, SO deci dedl y popular at this Egablishment, will this 504Soti hO on an unusually effectfre scale. Mr. GODFREY has boon OCCUpi e d s i nce the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasi n g succession of superior Novelties, which will b e p ro d uce d in rotation, incl udin g some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign C omposers, n ot yet performed In this countr y . Messrs. llrlrrisons, the celebrated Performers on the Rock liar inonicon, from Covent-garden Theatre , will p erform every Day during "ale week from three till eight o'clock. . -nil at Dusk will take place the most ex traordinary Exhibition of , IRE WORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires on the Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aqu atic Rent and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake 1 The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in produced. The Tableau designed. and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design which combined with the Faux D'Arti ace, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display over witnessed. Feeedng of the Carnivora, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, /v., at Fire i Comer' at Six; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine. Admission, One Shillirl. VICE-CHANCERY.---(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole jay with the further arguments in the part-heard case of Tomlinson v. Troughton. The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce with that of Rust v. Marrion; and the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, with Westby v. Shaw. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) PARKINSON f. MUSGROVE ♦ND ANOTOER. This was an action against the late Sheriffs of Middlesex for an illegal distress. The defendants suffered judgment to go by de fault. Mr. THOMAS stated the case. The plaintiff is a Miss Martha Parkinson, who, with her sister, lived in Gloucester-place, Port man-square, and were teachers of music. In January, 1844, hew. ever, an execution was issued against the goods of Miss Catherine Parkinson, and those of the plaintiff were also taken and sold. He (the Learned Counsel) did not wish to say anything to aggra vate the circumstances, as the plaintiff would be satisfied with ob. taining the value of her property, and some trifling remuneration for the Inconvenience she had sustained. Miss Catherine Parkinson was called and proved that the goods in question belonging to her were worth 3001. Her sister's was worth 501. at least. Two brokers valued the property at 551. The UNDER-SHERIFF said the plaintiff was entitled to the full ♦alue of the goods, and perhaps something more, for the inconve nience she had sustained. The defendants had suffered judgment to go by default; indeed there was no possible defence, as the law declared that the sheriffs should discriminate as to whom property belonged, and however difficult that might be, they were responsible for their error. The case had been opened with great considera tion, and little else was asked for than the value of the goods. The great difficulty in all these cases was to see how far there had been proper inquiries to ascertain the ownership, for no doubt—in most instances—false appearances were resorted to, he did not mean to say it was so in this. All the property was so used, that credit was given on the faith of the ostensible landlady being the owner. The jury would, therefore, in estimating the damages for inconvenience, take that circumstance into considera. tion.—The jury gave a verdict for 551. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) EAT IVEARILETS. SMTI.7IPIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 12s; use ful do., 4/ 14s to 5/ 3s ; fine Upland do., 514 s to 5,8 s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 613 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 2! is to 213 s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. Prices about stationary. CUMBERLAND. Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4! lOs ; useful ditto, 4! 12s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to 5/ lOs; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 51 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 is to 2/ 3s per load. Trade tolerably steady at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Hoarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ Ss useful ditto, 41 lOs to 51 3s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 4s to Si 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 2! 3s per load. Supply but moderate, and trails rather dull. COAL MAZE/LET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 14s 6d ; Carr's llartley, 17s 6d ; llasting's Hartley, 17s 6d ; Ilolywell Main, 16s 6d ; Old Pontop, 15s ; Ord's Redheugh 14s ; Taylor's West Hartley, 17s 6d ; Wall's-end, Bell Rob son, 16s 6d ; Killingworth, 17s; Braddyll's Hetton, 18s 9d ; East Hetton, 17s 3d ; Lambton, 18s 9d ; llartlepool, 18s 9 d Kelloe, 18s ; Brown's Deanery, 18s ; Seymour Tees, 18s ; South Durham, 17s 6d; Llangennech, 21s; New Walker, 16s. —Ships arrived, 23. .) T - -- LLOYD'S 8 El IPPIN G.—(TH IS DAY LONDON ••, . L NT. 3.—Wind S.W. light bronze and fine. DEAL, JUNE 2.—Wind S. to S.S.E., light.—Arrd. Eclipse ("Si .,, ° Hit , Hay, South Seas ; Palos, Brown, CharleFton for Rotterani, damage, • • having been in contact with a vessel, and been ...chief, Sf• three planks ' iii midships. Sld. John Brown, Jamaica ; A. , -_,., To . John's ' , New Brunswick ; Adelaide, China ; her mojestY'6 PA'. falgar, Portsmouth. OFF DUNGENESS, MAY 31.—Paullne, Jansen. Porto Rico far linn a* burgh. and PORT. - . ()writ, JoNE 2..e-Wind g.S.W..,Arrd. Barft_ liedinft' o jillr sailed for London. Off, Philadelphia, Nett York for tsetse ; 0, dostln • . Several ships, barques, and brigs have passod u P tn. eters PLYMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Wind variable.—Ade line. Downing, ..-ying Leone ; Isis, Amsterdam for Batavia, foremast, k.c., IPS"' . 1 1f or encountered a gale off Cape Finlsterre.Off,Rio packet, Thornat. box cut down G.inbia, out 39 days; Diamond, Irvin, Baltimore; Aree t ri ll ';,.. un s, Grenada. Midwinter, Grenada ; Tippercance, Gray, B APoll'''' sane I , FALMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Wind variable and light.—Arnd• —Brier, Orion, Colquhoun, Pernambuco. —May 31. Off, Cock urn ; +re - old, Tobago. June 1, Tarqulna, Scott, St. Jag° de Cuba i-n, — f ; o o of Liverpool, New Orleans. The Ilerald, tilt' , ll'K of Belfast, boa' steamer,tduo e e , t s e,: s d : o z i l a d to ct L rhe i e. : 4 l• l p ha o ,, o ei l dn , .s i p a r t u: 3 lg L a l l o e n a g k . o 9 n IN V] . , e With . gild /"Ii 4 ill 0 I , li IN G G I S ) is r 4 ' 4 SOUTHAMPTON,II,,,,,IitD.J,rU—DubIin, —,2o6,Sitilli., JlTto.cnveiso:seytedanmeye,r,:ee:::::fe4::;l7..4 HARwICH, JUNE I.—A schooner, with sidle marked cutter -NePean," was discovered yesterday morning by th r eeßevenue, Scout, a complete wreck.:':._ of ber materials a been We ° ' crc w supposed to be drowned Orr sr. Devin's , MAT 30.—Gco n Barbadoes for Cly de ! Yetimouyit, Mey HEAD 2.—The Hero, Harmrglaan,a 'from London to !Di; 31,1 ~,L . ir t ia : - ; ot r , o \ o 1 r :i , ll north, got in the Know! yesterday morning, nit came eff * o f intrltain. . proceeded. . .. rr • „ goloSea , Willis, Mediterranean, N Tri Buenos Ayres; Malibran, Reed, Old Calabar ; A n "' yrica; Croabio , ITrosica; Mary Ellen, Barbadoes ; Maid of Cashmere, rfelil e n ; mi ning/ Lady Sale, Alexander, Havannah ; Henry Bliss, -" a e - Victor/. Favourite, Young ; Pliarlsalia, iVadsworth ; Bona , e a, -nd Clyde , oizna,bNotehw Wood,Orle :Challenger, bow White, New Orleans ; Robert Watt, Johnson, Apalacbicoloi„too. Theobald, Savannah ; Tamerlane, Theobald, Savannah; f".Awje, Persia; Harriet and Jessie, Connor, and Groat Britain, " Mobile ; Henry Clay, Nye, New York. ... hich A; SHERRINGHAM, MAT 31.—The Temperance, of 'Ters e, ' W —nee fro 2ncl ~Fdr;e}s:hEatib reeze k d CountesS dered off the Dudgeon on the 24th instant, lies about two ..- of T o. it, with about four feet of masts at low water. The rannY'_-0111ell mouth, and the Alpha, of NeWCASIIe, remain sun k about fo nt from the Sand, off Sherringilam, in the track of colliers. alai. WHITEIIAVEN, W. JUNE I.—Wind S.—Arrd. Paragon , '' a forgaire f, COUK, MAT 31.—Wind S.E., moderate.—Arrd Ellen and Goulding, St. John's, New Brunswick. LITTLEHAMPTON, JUNE I.—Sld. Atalanta, Sale , QuebeL _ ..L.—.-----...........---. Se rl ' i' 29, ALBEMARLE- STREET, PICCADILLY, r r.,,sacOr s, INVENTED SPECTACLES, POWERFUL -...- dby his OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, f&C.--"Patr°lj_jerpoolger Majesty the King of Hanover, her Grace th e , ho s of Duchess of Bedford, their Graces the Arebb?fle'von- Canterbury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes 0 ' "-, stet A ve le n s t s e r d s. d Ma c° k shire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, n erd' Del Co rp.-' Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Elphilh Kildare, s od i ~..00. • erfent new CO y i st oet Spectacle Lenses Leßn.seSsoulopinoloinsa, Opticians, have p.. Immediately they are placed before lIDP d doling ° either by day or candlelight, that Inisl slll o d, ev e which appear before the eyes is at ono row woo o gia object becomes clear and distinct, so that th, e , s ad i l Microscopes, . final state I _., defective sight becomes bright and -briluan4 , s leo brought to its youthful, natural, and origGioss..l 000 the most powerful achromatic Telescopes, - • st is Jast rW ments for relief of extreme Deafness. " s re 00 Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, „, 00 Invisible, and all kinds of Meatiotion.l 01 1 .• e 1 in any way connected with a person of th e f at oi . in their immediate neighbourhood, nor is e l l r aebs er" country. To prevent mistakes, be cautiou's° Piece- m, or only to be had at 39; Albemar le -street, posite the York Hotel. • col l. A dello° 16...40/.03- i r l e i g e e n a t t ly the. festival on behalf of the We learn with regret that Mrs. ..-n too ted r7, - , / otia fined to her house by indisposition, and will be P- colleg e n this rt MY' , h ute ci ,..„ , 0 toll, AN ABORIGINAL.—A native boys - A d .bee.m.., - ;Ow , nglish so as to be understood, made his escape from Flinder's Island , on o 00 ewe!, fe d a in the bush by some of the police, was conducted t te y. • no Se, in this city. There he has remained for several-Pr, •- ' /I.7.,iforn•_ . , c i set, and has tine the policemen, and seems quite happy and con t t eigcle e ago' w 7iii instruction, ail. and we " with humane.- e I. a ~rO,„, DI l i l s oba n i 0 1 w Tow li n vi t n 'ou g ri i er n . race nea rly a ' extinct ;he seems highly suscep. d oe bo. opehlaiobcio:uut:totleiliiiria:teitiliedlcuneri.guonrwsifinacrurti7t:Tgo, ~._fotOe.::::tb:_,,: °Jr.-1,; brought to England by riginal inhabitants of the Australian colie n li •0 1° F. O g li Gate ll sh ill e v s e drsileslollsllent :: It; South Australia .r. of e - ._ 0 p. , 0 • some years ago, as the age , • - ~yala - -.th e The lad is an orphan, and was taken out of the l ag ent e. broken English, can read and write, and is 45 in i Wed th ,.„ 6 Mr. Forster, of Gateshe '-gr. 0. „. e ol a nary run of boys of his age.-Nerreastle iotaii,a- ho r ed- a Dl , ' Mr. Napier, of the Irish bar (Iv t be Irlit 1 high compliment delivered by Lord LYn‘b n" , t ' a i lsoL a t d e e P e ltiel l self and the judges in the Ilouse of Lords) , "'"- ye w - ....a 0 al London Un* - • 1.1 lailteside, a 6., iv ersity (now University College), t t Wb"'" -^es the law class under Professor Amos. Mr. •:. -- ,.,..ined 0 OWL in the State trial of O'Connell and others 0 . with D l k v.' admiration, was a fellow student in the same do' ~. 01P7,,,cti0 0 ANOTHER DESTRUCTIYE Fing•--41170,,,Iderer#j; tween eleven and:twelvela Are, attended vrith e0 051 . t ve0,.-„ ° ,, ' ots ._,,, of property, broke out in No. 11, Mount-street,T'o'dd,ni'posp;', within a few doors of the IsTational Bathe. 31-_,,, 5t tiltir.l.,a. and child, and a female servant, were in their u ... ..., 1e es P:, oeilr - . of the building. There were likewise upon the P i r:r e WO' 00; a lodger, with his wife and mother, and ad i n ...4014 1° 5 The brigade, the West of England, and other eue-coyth o r a the spot, and an abundant supplY Lambeth Water-Works. The result was the Aocit - i ir e 00,1, 1 S of Water OlogrUCtittsdOn o , tfr, building, with the greater part of the furniture, The bl ot sll , * but no injury was done to surrounding propertY. dar Inspe c cured in the Sun Fire-office.; The pollee , " behaved admirably. sit tiPae l: sablish.- to • A company is proposed to bee s .- osheries ...stet for prosecuting on a large scale the de-aes DOW,'" - re' coast of Scotland. a o f the ~t o We understand that the steweru3 C O orief, i e nnt appo d hiti i i o l i c i nt y e town council of Mr. .. of th .. ~..y med ..- races, Earl Spencer and F. A. M il bank, Geor g Esq•lt'.e:Jantiellt 0(11; son of M r s - Alde r ma n Birley to the appointeaonir's are law - ~ Course, in the place of the ' late Mr. Mart i n. I T 0 114 e t: Orders were received at Toulon, °I;,„ e! . . e l ,, tlh oc t 1i c0 .id .... will give general satisfaction. th e to prepare for immediate service three ahipa 01 ' - '",t, n of '', f r ow that their destination is first Cadiz, then tile e"'`.- ice d or e .nr lel ioof 6 4 /11 WARSAW, MAY 21.—The Einpe---,,,, of ..-...- gee,,' 1- and Prince t asketvitch. The city P eters burgh the day before yesterday, at tbC fort.c;ordke'ie giewsk, only a few leagues from Wartan_LAtt "Einit e ted i n tA o'clock, he arrived here, accompanied bY rtin-inufai"-- the ' evening. The Emperor, who, during his stol.fas Oen ** „a bienski Palace, will go to-day, a ft er attending oi` Ott li'" camp.- Ilantb urgh Paper. nn Air Net tO 0.- ot, 7 0 . DEATH OF LORD HARRIS.—We reg __,day 1006 0 a the demise of the above nobleman, whe expired oneorotamotoo, was splandidli si d e e In to tlif an illness of only four days' duration, at 11 ,L.,, 5 , 10 01 ,,tit, ceU ers t Feversham. The deceased William George hoiy - n 'f oetin - oe o do Seringapatam and Mysore, in the East Indies, an ijeateinotofe of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , 3 r o ot ; 1 C. % the 1 01 1 in the army, and Colonel of the 73d Regiment of , as bor n o n woo , Order of William of Holland, K.C.11. and C. B ' , l o aotir g O f O c oet. of May, 1829. His Lordship married, of dannary, 1782, and succeeded to the Null) t . c a t o f ms s" or 1809, Eliza Serena Anne, daughter of Williaut Dick , I sl7' Isl _z„ r t 111; county of Perth, who died on the 25t11 of Jail c ,Y,,,o(R ou ottir.:li condly, on the 28th of May', 1824, Isabella, orly_ialis DesTioid ._1 cock Temple, Esq., of Waterstown, WestrneaF,-,,,, 00_ 4 11 0 " left issue by both marriages, and is sacceeded o) ," frits.:o. d G eorg. ti p , surviving child by the first union, the Hon• ~ Ae gis , „aru , o f now Lord Harris, who was born on the 14th co -;,',10 r - poi The Duke of Wellington has caus ü bang set. first, on J . l , 1',,,,,0id, .. invilation to be issued for the annual Waterlo? o f that ,ion pe House, 011 the 18th instant, in commemmoratiorstoie ;tooto victory of British arms. His Royalllighness rc o c nirs' of to honour the Noble and Gallant Duke With his DO ‘ e of casion. The atoo' r fr ...-- ..da- 1 ) THE GRAND CALEDONIAN BA LL ', diet lA - to tear Wellington, in reply to an invitation front the 1 otioelfelie24, this splendid fancy dress ball, has sigaided,!,,lteall tlie.„..evertinrlol, sent. The ladies patronesses have, its us rid '" a flitches Toeete,_ooo! tiers of the Royal Family. The Duke alie so f al ce pp-,,,,0 Prince George of Cambridge, and the Duchersoot tor bet pf . e, e , I most probably attend, if nothing occurs to Pre y , to 0 41 ," plee;tl the invitation. The Duchess of Kent has ee ,_,. e ,•0 te „ J o p i engagements will unfortunately compel her to 1,7,_`1,0 ,-, 0 t o '' M. Musard has been honoured wltu rno te I WO rilinge commands to superintend the to a-, . l tdf, pith :Maple, on Friday next, at Buckin,gliani Fa it ' a ...,1 ffi Ol, Sir Herbert and Lady Compton flr,sclpe,.ce. other fa - hionables, were amongst the nuateron i [ C' Pw- rV e psf e steam ' nieS London on Sunday last by the Antwerpen Tha ite , par TOBACCO ShIUGGLING.--At t he su se:,oo s er d Ge orge . „ d et..,,, ei te , o r court yesterday, five sailors, nam e ec he, .-..,.. n ta ••,-- srl e ih o rs Moritz, Vincens Staglio, Vincens "Itossitta, 1... ored ti: cussovich, belonging to the Austrian ship iich b y 31+ e , 0 ,0 00 ;10 1 , lying in the London Dock, were fined 10. 'lnds n tleb s:l lo°ls ied smuggling one hundred and twenty-one p O 7 - _,d are oi ef 0 The men are remarkably tall and Powerful, and are - L on aof, with their huge moustache and mi li tary . betif e . n e l f 0 , 4 1,1 4 ' striking contrast to our sailors. i , , RAILWAY SPEED. o n nisi,ance Dear '-iti '' and Birmingham was lately performed in onse_ool iftil minutes. One hundred and ten miles in ed , 0 0 P r 1 ,04 ff 0. nutes !-Railway Chronicle performed here last night by the Sacred _1!_o_r;;; and!w.,1090,51;i EXETER HALL. Meildolssollll'6_,;;S,,toileeeti%oel circumstances of peculiar interest. her 31 1 V,„,1 the nagli„die d oe attended by a small suite, being present. c t , r,, W,, fen , f i _... Majesty, who was received in a noble Mau ` _rca;ts eac"fielloe _O7l National Anthem was sung, by the leading he ° %. on t li /Ye %as , tot the chorus. The Royal party oratort°' r 31,ered ;al orchestra and remained until the end of the odigh )1 c To sung by Miss Ilirh,c 3iiss DolbY, ne rr Sta 00 0 tort Mr. Alfred Novell°, and the general effeet, unce ttafit e Thje .......',., to occasional inaccuracies, was far from being ~,tjASPisid °Peat was crowded to excess. G 0.,,...„ yeranioe ARTESIAN WELLS IN TRAr AL i i, yea ri Cit'freta 01 ing the past week the water from these We _ t a tp op ply_ ei dec_4o occdpied the the new Muses of Parliament, and . no' united'll, th e 0 re fi Ttit le If% offices in Parliament-street and Whit! • 111_,chs 40 ye or Chelsea water-works having been discont 4 freren roftk,',llo °_. II be supplied before the 24th instant. FOU r ing tile s t. : ic, aria ‘e fee , 't opened for the supply of water for watering (I°3 alentogro:,o placed in St. James's Park, one at the ~_ Govern ,., Ort ic at '""r in Great George-street. The water to ! , : ..hot oe is iii • supplied from the upper cistern at the OF, t yel "- to the upper mains, by which, in ca-se o I-' inundated. Of O file BriiTH S ' jW. S eilb tO i° co a ,i,„ Doi 0 0 of a daughter. 11 4 i " e .., ae re' f S On the 28th ult., at Tunbridge-0; _on. 0 , 1.4 0 0 On the 26th nit., at Liverpool, s irs. • Bowland Moffit, 54th Regiment, i s t . pties . i .fic catt or lady of A. P. Onslow, Esq.' M ora - Ge°l6 the daughter. Sr i ' , ss rls , ara• rise , On the 28th ult., at Bernardast,r_e..! 'ciyil S eri On the 29th ult., at Clap ham liege° t'S•V ~..,f f P' mole, of a daughter. , lace, - .f 0. O. Al . o d t lady of W. Forsyth, Esq., of a b rid ge, oats, ~ .4 ", Gad l"° On the 30th ult., at ura of ' . On the 30th ult., at St. Andrew S'P tr ot On the 30th ult., the wife of ..1 • -., hen,r""' , 9 44 Astley Paston Cooper, Bart., of .. a ..ell'iock, Dial, ,600 r,O of a daughter. of a o n ' f 0• ' V l ' i le ° Ci iir wick-crescent, Hyde-ar •fe o • the , T 1 On the 30th ult., time lady of Ilen r Y - •ri'de ll " , On the 28th ult., at Eghanl , 10 1 li ..,,..hsr, golf surgeon, of a son. ld pu tte r s f job° _AI On the 28th tilt.,• at Park& , G r '''" Marryat, of a daughter. n the la" °' .. On the 29th nit., at Bright° , ,fsio. th, t ile On the 29th ult., at Blackhea . Ol e 00 $ Logan, Madras .Army, of a son. A le el de° 0 Ormsby Gore, Esq., of a daughter. , lady of A• ova- a D', n o, 4 0- jobthhirts t c , in Sc° t ', B Ge org._ tons" 0 On the 3d ult., at Greene . r pooi, & boil le v - nr. 0 isworth, '''' I,oth H. 0 -0, son of George Stone, Esq.. Daughter di. ..i s c. , ,o; Ada Cicely Georgina, fifth ito' r Oil' h• 18.1 els e 27th, at St. Peter's Church, Live of Cosham Lodge, Hants. c, pours C hure ' le} 1 00 'e ll' tr 11 0 0 111 0 0 On the 29th ult., at 0.• ~i 1 1, e Montreal an .... cop ~,i,,,, Jols.a Mactavish, Esq., of adWater, ' to "'' On the 29th Worthing, at 13r 0 o licitor , Hon. Henry George Howard, to 0 Ada. 'JP free - Foard Tribe, Lo e. r L g f Broadwate Sophia Fearn, o of Sussex, . tot J et cls l3gb DOD . lis" el (15, On the 20th ult. at Bath, Maria op , of the late J. Burnett, Esq. f Th" 1111 On the 28th ult., Ezekiel Harman, Eyq•► ° Herts. On the 30th ult., at Bromptou, Francis Veseft ---1 4 i t r/ 1 151 tUR London: Printed and Published byoff ° No. 112, Strand. Printer. at Dee awn. t he iso Strand. in the Precinct of the Sacoplo Middlesex, Tuesdsy, thlllo 3, 1845. e✓. RAILWAY NEWS. Staimcribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAP.WAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE• of EACH DAY. un-office, 112, Strand. Iter tOw hi g b 1 4 04 La , 41 ko,,