The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-16 00:00:00

S UN, LONDON, FRIDAY Er YEN IN G, MAY contrary, ho felt that he had been deprivel, as well as his ancestors—(Loud cheers and laughtcr)—el what he and his ancestors had been entitled to for two centuries, and th a t t h e A c t o f 1829 was an act f justice for which he had no r i g ht to 1( el any extra hrenility. He war, however, much surprised to hear the Lord Advocate soy that if the net in question had been done quietly—with humility—sub rosa—behind a political screen—on the Sly, no offence would be taken, and that the matter Would_ have been passed over unquestioned. The Right nom Gentleman had spoken of the Episcopal Church of 'Scotland and of Bishop Skinner exerceeng aethority only in one district; hnt if the Right Hon. Gentleman had put diocese for district, and Glasgow for both, he Would have been nearer the fact. The Hon. Member then read a petition presented by Mr. Hastie from 200 members of the Presbyterian Church in Glasgow, com plaining of the encroachments of the prelacy in Scotland slue 1840, and the assumption of the bishops of the Episcopal Church, asserting that they assumed territo rial titles and bore the episcopal mitre on the panels of their private carriages. The Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department, too, had given notice of a clause exempting the Scotch bishops from punishment for these acts. And yet the Lord Advocate had said the people of Scotland were not indignant. The ' c hile appointed bishops not as a temporal bat as a spiritual prince ; and if he were lodging at Mivart's, as he had been at Rome, by the lest accounts, his power of appointment would be the same as at present. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government was constantly taunting the Catholic Members of that House with the Sardinian act of re fusing absolution: but if the Noble Lord was right, why did he not oppose the Act of Emancipation of 1829? The Noble Lord, in replying to the Hon. Member for Athlone, argued that delaying emancipation would have forced the Catholics to incorporate themselves with tome. If the Noble Lord meant the word incorporate in a spiritual sense, ho spoke loosely, for the Catholics of Ireland had been incorporated with Rome since the conversion of that country by St. Patrick. If, on the contrary, the Noble Lord meant it in a temporal sense, he offered a gratuitous iasult to their allegiance. If he talked of their incorporation with a pocket or duodecimo edition of a primer, that was an offence against their Common understanding. They had sworn their alle giance to the Queen, and they would not allow the Noble Lord to impeach that allegiance. He admitted that the Lord Advocate had spoken with great modera tion, and had made the best he could of a bad cause, but he did not ray one word about the Bill. He gave the Learned Lord Advocate great credit for avoiding that one subject, for it was a very tender point. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government, in answer to the Ron. and Learned Member for Athlone (Mr. Keegh), said that if they (the Irish Roman Catholics) were per secuted by this Bill, they were equally persecuted since 182 e, because the 24th clause of the Emancipation Act contained all that was contained in the present Bill. Let him (Mr. Reynolds) remind the House of the spirit of the Bill of 1829. The object of that Bill was to emancipate 10,000.000 of Roman Catholic subjects. The object of the Bill before the House was to enslave those 10,000,000 of loyal subject!. Why was the 24th clause of the Emancipation Bill inserted? It was to Pacify the bishops in another place—in feet, it was to give a sop to the whale.—(Laughter.) He asked the Noble Lord whether be intended to interfere with the free exercise of the Catholic religion in the United Kingdom? Did he intend to fetter the Catholic bishops in the discharge of their clerical functions? The Noble Lord said he did not. Did he intend to interfere with the Bequests Act? H 3 said not . Well, then, will the Noble Lord permit him to propose a clause in this Bill, declaring that nothing therein contained shall be con sidered to prevent the Catholic bishops is the United Kingdom from discharging their episcopal functions as they were in the habit of doing? and another clause that would secure to them those rights that had been,guaran teed to them under the Bequests Act? If the Noble Lord permitted him to do that then there would be no fur ther opposition to his Bill. But the Noble Lord would not do any such thing. Under such circum stances, they were determined to fight that Bill by every means in their power. He held in his hand a most im portant document; it was the opinion of an eminent lawyer, and a Member of that House upon the merits of the Bill. He alluded to the Hon. and Learned Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Bethell). It was read partially in that House in March last by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dundalk (Mr. T. M'Cullagh). The opinion went so far as to say that the first clause of this Bill involved the second and third, and it was a mistake to suppose that its stringency was in the slightest degree impaired or altered by the omission of the fatter clauses. He (Mr. Reynolds) would fight the Hon. and Learned Member for Aylesbury against the Noble Lord. Let the matter be settled between them. That opinion fur ther stated that the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland could not exercise their functions in Ireland if that Bill were passed into a law. That opinion was not only given by the Hon. Member for Aylesbury, but it was confirmed by two other eminent lawyers—namely, Mr. Bramwell and Mr. Surridge. Through the influence of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Athlone, the opinions of three other lawyers were taken on the subject, and they had not only corroborated all that he had read, but had gone further, for they said that if the Bill passed, even in its modified shape, there was an end of the exercise of the Catholic religion in this king dom. They were taunted with a want of patience upon this question. He for one would Loud not lane bear this What with either patience or moderation.—(hter.) had brought him and the other Protestant and Catholic Members who had entered the House as supporters of the Noble Lord over to the opposition side of the House? Why, it was this Bill of pains and penalties. What had induced him and other Members of that House to make a declaration that they would use every effort in their power to hurl the present occupants of the Treasury bench from power? Nothing but the present Bill.— (Hear.) He had never said that he would vote black Was white, but he said, and repeated, that so long as the Government became the persecutors of his creed and of the millions with whom he was joined in religious belief, that there was no opportunity ths.t occurred which ho would not gladly avail himself of to wrest from their hands that sceptre of power which they had so much abused.—(Loud cheers.) He would be glad to know whether those men who went to their clubs, who answered their bell, and ran into the lobby to vote upon a question which they knew nothing about, did not vote that black was white? Did not their officials vote just as they were ordered by their rigid taskmasters? When he (Mr. Reynolds) asked some of them why they voted that way, they said they could not help it. They were officials in harness, well secured in a Californian trap.—(Laughter.) When he asked some of them why they did not speak against such a Bill as this they replied that they could not, because they la boured under a disease peculiar to the Treasury b enc h es —namely lucrative taciturnity . (Laughter.) There was the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Drogheda (Sir W. Somerville), who represented a Ca tholic community, who had called on him three times to resign; but he would not resign—he knew much better than to do that. The Right Honourable Baronet was thus keeping forcible\ possession of his seat. Because he was Secretary for Ireland he was voting to forge the chains upon his Catholic countrymen. There was another Irish Member—a Lord of the Treasury forsooth—the Hon. //ember fez. Louth (Mr. Bellew). When the Noble Lord was impeaching his creed and his clergy on the 12th cf that month—when he was pitching Sardinia in his face, who was the most vociferous cheerer of the Noble Lord? — why the Hon. Member for Louth.—(Hear, hear.) Who was the man that cried him (Mr. Reynolds) down most vociferously? The Hon. Member for Louth. Votes of censure have been passed upon all such Members for Ireland, and their representatives were called upon on all occasions to vote against Ministers. But they had never taunted the Opposition with voting that black was white. Were they not constantly voting against the Government for the purpose of putting them out of office? Ho was censured, but they escaped obloquy. The distinction between them was that he was guilty of political petty larceny, while they were guilty of political highway robbery. The handwriting W 33 on the wall. They have been weighed in the balance, and have been found wanting. A day of reckoning was approaching, and so much the better. Although it might inconve nience some of his party, they were quite prepared to go through it in order to test the feeling of the country in respect to the persecutors of their religion. — <Hear, hear.) He had now some information for the Ministers and those seated upon the other side. This Parliament would not last for ever—(Laughter)—and although the Noble Lord might say to a certain number of his followers—" Go," and they goetb ; " Come," and they cometh, he and others would be sent about their business in a very short space of time.—(Hear, hear.) Let him imagine an appeal to the Irish people. Why the watchword will be—" Down with the Whigs"— " Down with the violators of the Act of '2l"—" Down with the men who bring i n a Down with those Whigs who put a Bill to repeal the Emanci pation Act"—" pe aalty of 1001. upon Dr. Murray if he consecrates a ppriest"--" Down with the Government who will triumph by packed Down with the jury and send to a felons' gaol one of our beloved bishops if he be found guilty"—.• men, who, forgetting their ancient professions, now let slip their dogs of wa r a g ainst the creed of th e Irish people." Now he did not preteM to be a l aw lord, nor, i ndeed, a lord of any kind.—( Laughter.) Learned history He was certa inl y a Lord Mayor last year, but he bad parted with his honours, and had descended from the exalted posi tion of the peerage into the Co mmons. a —(Renewed l eug hter.) But Hon . thenet re n a d d Lord Advocate app eared to have that Whi with much advantag e. For 200 years the gs were all passed; tis true were in power the p enal laws Ge r e lll.—for then it they went to war w ith King ? g appeared that a sudden ray of e nlightenment came upon ' them, when they wage d war with that intolera nt Mo narch; they then practi sed self-denial, and supported the principle of Catholic emancipation • If they thought themselves right they deserved no credit for their con duct there; and if they thought themselves wrong they deserved considerable censure (Laughter) — they must base bad some other object in view: They talked of the Catholics owing a debt of gratitude to them. Why, they were not in power when the great charter of their religious liberties was granted them. The Irish Catholic Members kept them in power for twenty years, and the " Irish brigade" would never relax their efforts until they turned thorn out of power. The Noble Lord said the other night that this measure of the Pope's was only part and parcel of a wide-spread conspiracy to mar the policy of England in foreign courts. H e (Mr. Reynolds) had a word or two to say to the Noble Lord the Secretary for For( ign Affairs (Lord Pal merston) upon thiseuhject. What were the facto? Cardinal Wiseman was created so in 1847, and was then publicly gaaetted in Rome. The Noble Lord was aware that it was in September, 1850, that the Cardinal was elevated to the office which he now holds. He (Mr. Reynolds) now asserted that OD the night of the elevation of Cer canal Wiseman, Atchhishep of Westminster, the fact having been duly published in Rome, Mr. Freeborn, the Britiab .00110•11, illuminated his o ffi cial residence .~}.~cf: vU'• T E on the occasion from the base to the attic, and had placed over the grand entrance to his man sion the Roy al arms of England. He would next state another fact, end he challenged contradiction to the statement. lie said that the same Mr. Freeborn, the British Consul at Rome, went on that night, clotihd in his cificial costume, to Cardinal Wieeman's levee; and in the company of foreign Ministers celebrated the elevation of Cardinal Wiseman to the office of Archbishop of Westioinher. After that he did not understand how the House could have ne gative ci the resolution of the Ilonourable Member fur Stafford (Mr. 'Urquhart) that her Majesty's Govern ment had encouraged the heads of the Roman Catholic Church in the conduct they had pursued. The Noble Lord, the First Minister of the Crown, had said that that was a European conspiracy; but he (Mr. Reynolds) could undertake to say that neither he nor the other Catholic Members of that House knew anything of such a conspiracy. On the contrary, they had supported the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on the motion respecting his policy in the month of June last; had if they had withheld that support they would have ensured the removal of the Noble Lord from office. He told them they would have no peace in Ireland, and that they ought to have no peace there, if that Bill were passed. It was the Roman Catholic bishops and priests, and not Lord Clarendon, who had prevented an in surrection in Ireland in the year 1848; and yet her Ma jesty's Government proposed that those men should, at present, be rewarded by a Bill of pains and penal ties for the services they had performed. One good had resulted from that proposal ; and that was that it had banded the Irish Members together as ono man. Those Members had sworn on the altar of their country that if that Bill became law they should, in order to put it into execution, pass over the dead bodies of the Catholics of Ireland.— (Cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter.) That excited their laughter; but he would tell them that when they were compelled to double the police force and to turn every village into a garrison, John Bull would begin to murmur when he found that he would have to put his hands into his pockets up to the very elbows. He confessed that he remembered with shame and regret the division of the preceding day on the insulting Bill of the Hon. Member for Bodmin (Mr. Lacy); and he certainly was astonished to find that ninety-one Members of that House had voted in favour of a measure which the Hon. Member for Berk shire, Mr. Palmer—(Cries of "Order") —Well ho with drew the word Palmer---(Laughter)—which the Hon. Member for Berkshire had declared would impose duties which no English gentleman would undertake to dis charge. When he recollected that fact he could not help feeling ashamed of the company he had of late been keeping.—(Much laughter). He found, too, that among the 91 Members who lied voted for the Bill were some Free-traders —members of that party for whom Ireland had sacrificed 3,000,0001. a year by sup porting the free-trado measures adopted in this country in recent years. He believed the greater portion of those 91 Members would have voted for a repeal of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act. In conclusion, he would tell her Majesty's Government that if they were to pass that Bill, they would enter on a struggle in which they would necessarily be worsted. A general election could not be far distant, and at that election Ireland would send to that Home at bast 80 Members strenuously opposed to any Ministry who should coun tenance such a measure as that; they would send to that House men like himself—(Laughter)—not like him physically, but like him pledged to take every oppor tunity of hurling from power any Government that might attempt to cripple the civil and religious liberties of the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WHITESIDE said, that standing as he did in the presence of men of superior ability and talent, he should riot, if this were a question having relation to the finan cial affairs of this great country, have presumed to ad dress the House upon it. But as the question was one of that nature in reference to which his constituents were influenced by the greatest anxiety—one on which the Protestants of Ireland felt the deepest interest, and one which had stirred up the Protestant feeling of this coun try—he trusted he might be allowed to allude to it with out being supposed unnecessarily to intrude upon the at tention of the House.—(Hear.) The history of Ireland was a paintul subject to reflect upon than. Would that he could apply to it the words ot Pope— " Let darkness hide it—let oblivion bury—" adding from his own heart, might a bright and happy future compensate for the gloom and memory of the past.—(Hear, hear.) If they were obliged to refer to history, let them look back to the past, with the view of obtaining profit as regarded the future.—(Hea, hear.) Who was Cardinal Wiseman ? He was one of the Privy Councillors of the Pop?. One by whom the Pope was eh - etc(' and who might be Pope himself. He said he was, and no doubt he felt himself justified in saying so, that he was a loyal subject of the Queen. Yet what said the Pope in his rescript. He alluded to the happy days ot England when Jeffeey was on the bench and James on the throne. He said that this country was to be divided into districts, and that they were to be ruled by bishops of his ap pointment. His cardinal carried out the edict of his master, and that was the condition in which England s tands at the present moment.—(Hear, hear.) On Ire land the Pope had also, unasked, conferred his blessing, for he had sent Archbishop Paul Cullen as his legate to that country.—(No, no.) Yes, Dr. Cullen appeared as archbishop and legate of the Pope in a Protestant city of a Protestant province in Ireland, and pro ceeded to execute at once the office to which he had been appointed.—(Cries of " No," and cheers.) It had been held by commutation on our statute that the Pope had two modes of interfering with the internal affairs of this country. One was by promoting foreign invasion, and the second by fomenting domestic broils. It was a curious fact in connexion with this point that when physical force failed, then priestly influence was brought into action.—(Cheers.) It was said that the Queen's Colleges were dangerous to the faith and morals of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Now how did this case stand? Why in former days the Irish Parliament was called upon by the Roman Catholics to throw open the colleges in that country to enable the Catholics to compete in mental acquirements with their Protestant countrymen. That acquirement prevailed, and the University of Ireland was thrown open to Irish men of all creeds, and the honours of the University were accessible to all men. — (Cries of "No, no.") Yes, save those connected with fellowships and scholarships, and in this college, founded by a Protestant Queen, and for Protestant students, Catholics were educated, and obtained those honours which their acquirements merited. —(Hear, hear.) There it was that Mr. Sheil laid the foundation for those attainments which had secured for him the admiration of his countrymen and of that House, and where many of the gentlemen by whom he was sur rounded bad obtained those educational advantages which they now enjoyed. Yet in this university they had a school of divinity, which was not objected to by the bishops and clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. But then came the Queen's Colleges, which were now objected to by the Roman Catholic Church, on the ground that they were dangerous to faith and morals. When first Sir Robert Peel proposed these colleges, he instituted a Commission to take evidence on the sub ject. The first person examined on the subject was the Protestant Archbishop of Armagh, and the second was the Right Rev. Dr. Crolly, who, according to a com munication made to him by a f his at the bead of the cemmission, expressed himself sa well satisfied with the intended Queen's Colleges, which were now declared to be opposed to faith and morals, that he pro posed, out of his small means, to advance 1,0001. to es tablish a professorship. That was the state in which the question of the Queen's Colleges stood at the time of the death of th a late Dr. Crolly. Up to that time 'what was the mode in which Roman Catholic bishops were elected in Ireland? The late Dr. Doyle, in his evidence before a Committee of that House on he sub ject, said that while the right of the Pope was recog nised in Ireland as regarded the elections of bishops of the Irish Roman Catholic Church, yet that, in fact that right was never exercised—his course being to select one of the he priests three clergymen the office ofbishop. This submitted the wasthelrish evidence of the late Dr. Doyle. Now, what had been done upon the ooaasicn of the death of the late Dr. Crolly? Why, three names were forwarded to the Pops, namely, Dr. Dixon, Dr. O'Hanlon, and Dr. Guerin, and the, Pope by the course which he had adopted had annihilated for ever the independence of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland. He sot the three names submitted to him aside, and selected for the vacant office Dr.. P. Cullen, of whom he was dis posed personally to speak in terms of respect, as he was indebted to him, when at Rome, for great attention and courtesy.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. Cullen, in consequence of the Pope's appointment, came to Ireland as Archbishop of Armagh and Legate of the Court of Biome.—(No, no.) Well, who was the author and promo ter of the Synod of Thurles? Why, Archbishop Cullen. Let them look to the Corm and matter of that sy nod. The law was violated by its being held, yet in ider the influence of a superior power to that, by which the synod was convened, this inter ference with the law was overlooked. In the first place, as regarded the form of the synod, there was a pro cession of priests and friars and persons of different or ders, and yet, although all this was done in violation of the law, the police attended the procession, headed by Mr. Gore Jones, the magistrate, and it was in conse quence believed that the synod was held under the au thority and sanctilon of the Government.—(Hear.) At the procession w hich took place the cross and the crozier well, borne by priests and bishops, and men of various orders, just as he bad seen it at Rome. At this prows • sion the people knelt, and the troops, paid by the State, aaE manifested their sympathy at solemnities that were pass ingxtract tkom the Times reed before the m.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman Ireland to say why he permitted a violation of thestr,in corroboration of this statement. He called on the Attorney-General for hear.) If they referredproceedings that were andto t a h l e s o in.o w t t h e e r t whether rt the he y h o a o d d e t k h r e y steps to punish would find that it o offenders in this case?—(Hear, tion ; for it not only ere 0E23 the religion was equally deserving of condemns neounced the Queen's Colleges, but all schools where principles were carried out—namely, where nb eedr. t ich ae g rx i o o t n h of f there the is e the oßomanase oof Catholic syno dical words_ el , el up to the chagrin of sent swa y at the last day for their Church was w i h m e p r e e duty, n t e( a v t e the rty club o n thesha ll poor,be the poor in the following to that ii opinion the and the labourer shall be saved," Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland assented.—(No, synod that the He would say, yes; for it was said by th - t:t ( any other mot rich were the exterminators of the people; contrary, lie could show that such was not the but, the Armagh had far superior institutions to of the county, and those institutions were principally supported by the wealthy of that county. Ile contended that if legal evidence could be produced as strong as conviction, it would be fou n d illegal that Doc tor Callen should put himself up as the delegate of the Pore. But he should nay that if that gentleman could. exercise authority in another coun try, he could not au4 ebould not have the power of en- ercising it in Ireland. He agreed with the Hon. Mem ber for Manchester (Mr. M. Gibson) that the Lerd- Lieutenant of Ire?and should have enforced the law ceair,st the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland, when they assumed undue titles, us such was evident from the uuidrese presented to the Lord-Lieutenant in 1847, in which were such signatures as John, Archbishop of Tuani, and John, Bishop of Clonfert. Though he might admit that the Archbishop of Tuam might be in some degree justifiable, yet he should say that John Cloefert had no right to claim to assume such a title. At the same time he should say, that the blame was not so much to be attributed to those who assumed such titles, as to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, who racegnised such an assumption by styling them " My Lord," and e" Your Grace," and, he added to that, that he would wish to have their advice and opinion in the management of Ireland. Ho asked the House to look to that point, for it was on that quibble that such titles were claimed. Might he not have courteously told those bishops, that he could not receive such an address, thus signed, as it was a violation of an Act of Perliament? Again, in the Charitable Bequests Act, the Roman Catholic: bishops are allowed to hold rank; and the Lord. Lieutenant, in addition to that, wrote to the governors of the colonies to allow such titles, and all this through the influence of the Pope, and, through such a system, the archbishops of the Roman Catholic Church were to have precedence at the levee of the Queen. He did not wish to speak of the Member for Manchester (Mr. M. Gibson) as he was absent, but he should make one remark with respect to his speech, namely, that he (sir. Whiteside) was astonished that that Hon. Geßus ntle- man should recommend the Noble Lord (Lord J. sell) not to mind the feelings of the people of this should try. As to the Hon. Mem ber for Athlone, he sho say that he did not expect that he would appeal to any thing but justice, and for that reason he was astonished at his assertion, when he stated that the passing of this Bill would insure agitation for twenty years in Ireland, and that nine-tenths of the people of that country were of the same opinion; but be should say the 2,500,000 Protestants of that country were in favour of the melt sure.—(No, no.) Yes, the late Sir Robert Peel declared in the House that there were 1,200,000 in Ulster; and although Connaught had been lately laid waste, yet there were still there some good Protestants who would be with the people of Ulster in favour of the people of England on this occasion. For these reasons he hoped that his country would be guided by their counsel, obe dient to the laws, and inspired by their example. Mr. KEOGH did not say there would be 20 years' agitation. With regard to the words " drawing swords," be considered that the Hon. and Learned gen tleman was rather severe, for the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) had already admitted that those were used metaphorically. After a few words from Mt. LAWLESS, in opposition to the measure, Mr. MOORE considered that the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Enniskillen (Mr. Whiteside) had been a miserable failure. He wished that the debate should he adjourned, to give every Member of the House an opportunity of defending their repective bishops, for the Hon. and Learned G entleman had made an onslaught, not only on the Roman Catholic bishops, but on the Protestant bishops also; and for that reason he thought that the Members for the Universities of Ox ford and Dublin should have a n opportunity of express ing their opinion on such a charge. He considered that the only point the Hon. and Learned Gentleman made wt;s his attack on the late Attorney-General for Ireland. Lord J. RUSSELL said that after three nights' de bate, and the mode in which petitions were brought fcr ward to delay the time of the House, and he could not erefore, agree to the adjourment of the debate, should, th take the sense of the House. Mr. REYNOLDS believed that when the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) adverted to the mode of presenting petitions, that he alluded to him.—(Divide, divide) No, he would not allow a division till he was done; and he, therefore, claimed the protection of the chair.—(Gear, hear.) In the ' early part of the evening he had presented 22 petitions from 22 Roman Catholic congregations, of whom meetings were held on Sunday last, and on that occasion no less than 1,500 meetings were held simulta neously in Roman Catholic chapels throughout Ireland for the purpose of protesting and petitioning against this measure. These petitions they wore requested not to present in globe, and he now told the Nle Lord that when be had a petition to present, he would the right which the House allowed him of reading its title, stating its contents, and reading the names of the signa tures attached to it. As regarded the adjournment of the debate, he thought there was every reason why that should be agreed to, as there were several Irish Mem bers who had not yet addressed the House on the sub ject.—(Bear and laughter.) After a few words from Mr. O' eared FLAHERTY, the House divided, when the re a pp For the adjournment .............. . ... 46 Against it ................................. 359 Majority against the adjournment --313 Mr. R. M. FOX then moved the adjournment of the House. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if he could understand that Hon. Members really meant to conclude the debate, and that they were not keeping it up for the mere pur pose of obstruction, he would not oppose a motion for the adjournment of the debate.—("Hear, hear," from the Irish Members.) The debate was thereupon adjourned until to-morrow (Friday). The Valuation (Ireland —Salaries and Allowances) Bill was passed through Committee. The Lodging Houses Bill also passed through 'Com mittee. The Audit of Railway Accounts (No. 2) Bill, the En• franchisement of Copyholds (No. 2) Bill, and the St. Alben's Bribery Commission Bill were each read a second time. The Small Tenements Rating Act Amedment Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. S. HERBERT havieg moved the nomination of the Select Committee on the Passengers Act, Mr. `'PAWN objected to the constitution of the Com mittee, and moved that the House do adjourn. On the gallery being cleared for a division there were found to be only thirty-four Members present, and an adjournment consequently took place at a Quarter to Two o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWIN G , RO 03 E. The Queen held a Drawing-room yesterday after] soon in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty, and Prince A {bort arrived from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a did ,ach ment of the Life Guarth. Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince es cf Prussia were present, attended by the Countess I t. de Macke, Countess Louisa Oriolla, and the gentler' , their suite. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge vin s at tended by the Hon. James Macdonald and Lord Vg illiam Paulett. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- 1 fi'eimar attended the Drawing-room. Before the Drawir t ;-room Sir John Milbenke was presented to the Quee t at an audience by Viscount Palmerston, Secretary ( if State for Foreign Affair/. The Ewa of Gosford had an audience of her lasjesty to deliver the insignia of the Grand Cross of ti id) Bath worn by his father, the late Earl of Gosford. The Queen's Hon. Corps of Gentleraeraat-Are as were on duty in the State-rooms, with their sub. officers, Majors Cooke and Nevill. Lord Foley (Captai: iof the Corps), Mr. James Tyler (Lieutenant), Major garmar (Standard .132arer), and Captain Curling (Ac natant), were present at the Drawing-room. Her Majesty's body guard were en duty in th a palace as usual, snider the command of Sir Seymour Sat it sr, the Exon in Waiting. 'er Majesty and his Royal Highness the ;Prince Albert were attended by the Countess of Gainst < Tough (in Waiting), the Duchess cf Norfolk, the Marc h ioness of Douro, the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Conn to 353 of Charlemont and the Viscountess Canning, Lathe+ I of the Bedchamber; Hen. Eleanor Stanley (in Waiting ), Hon. Beatrice Byng (in Waiting), Hon. Amelia Murrkr„ Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon.. Lucy Kerr, Hon. Flora Macdonald, and the Hon. Mar 3 Sey mour, Maids of Honour; the Hon. Mrs. Trevor (in: Wait • ing), the Viscountess Forbes, and the Hon. Mrs. 13 eorge Campbell, Women of the Bedchamber; the Lord .Stew ard, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Hen e, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Marquis of 'Ormonde, L o rd in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Licue-Colonel Hon. C. B. I IsipnEa Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Lieut.-C tcslonel lion. Robert Boyle, Groom in Waiting; Lieut.-C ;colonel Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to his Royal ,Eligh nes.s; Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in WI titing; Lieu].-Coloncl Francis Hugh Seymour, Eque,sey in Waiting to his Royal Highness. The Queen wore a train of blue watered 811'k bro caded with gold, trimmed with blue riband and e , and ornamented with diamonds. The petticoat was of 1 vhite satin trimmed with tulle and white riband, and ala J or namented with diamonds. Her Majesty's head-dretsi ; was diamonds and feathers. ller Royal Highness' the Princess of Prussia we .re a train of white watered silk trimmed with gold blonde. The petticoat was of the same material ornamen tad in front with poppies. The headdress was formed o 4 dia monds and emeralds with feathers and gold blonde,. Her Royal Highness wore the Louisen Order, an d i also the decoration of a Russian Order of Knighthood. Tho following presentations to her Majesty the g,ueen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert took pl sese in the Diplomatic Circle: — By Mrs. Abbott Lawrence: — Miss MeCurdy, daughter of the United States' Clarg‘ d'Affaires to Austria, By the Viscountess Palmerston: — La Comtesse Alfieri, L 63 do Cavour. By M. Van de Weyer: — M. Grottier, Membre sin Senat Belge. H. ae basins Orban, Vice-President do h Chtunbre do Commerce a L*,, , e. lii. A. Demanet, Lieutenant -Colonel de Genie. M. A. Poueelet, Ina:deur en Chef a l'Administration des Chemins do Fer. Jtdes Gernaert, Ingeaieur en Chef des Minute M. M. Coppons. By Mr. Abbott Lawrence: — Hon. Mr. M. Cady, Chargé d'Affaires of the Iritited States to Austria. Lieutenant Parrott, of the United States' Navy. Mr. James Lawrence, eldest son of the Minister, and formerly Attache. By Le Marquis d'Azsglio: Le Comte Charles Albert Alfieri. By Baron Koller, Austrian Chargé d'Affaires: — Le Chevalier do Burg, President of the Austrian Commission. The Count Hohenthal, Saxon Minister at Paris. By M. Marescalchi, Charge d'Affaires de France: — Baron Charles Dupin, President de la Commission Franeaise de l'Exposition Universelle. M. Frederic Barret, Secretaire du Commissariat GS reral do France. M. Octave Sallandrouze, Attaeli au Commissariat. M. Ferdinand Dervien, Attaché l'Ambassade de France I Londres. M. to Comte de Kergorlay, Membre du Jury Francais. The Diplomatic Circle was attended by the Bel gian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Octave Delepierre, Secretary; Mr. Bartholeyns de Fosselaert, Attaché; and Madame Bartholeyns de Fosselaert, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Mis sion Minister and Baroness de Brunnow, and M. Alexandre do Berg, First Secretary of Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. Canofari, Secretary of Legation; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, and Baron Lange, At taché to the Legation; Count de Reventlow, Danish Mi nister, and Count Reventlow Criminil, Secretary of Legation; the United States' Minister and Mrs. Law rence, Mr. Bancroft Davis, Secretary of Legation, and Colonel Lawrence, Attache; Senor leturiz, Spanish Mi nister, and M. Diaz, Second Secretary of Legation; le Marquis d'Azegli, Sardinian Minister; le Marquis 01(joini, and Count Corti, Secretaries of Legation; Count Schimmelpennincla Netherlands M inis t er, and Baron Stratenus, Conseiller de Legation; the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi; M. Mussurus, Ottoman Minister; Prince Vogorides, Conseiller de Legation; Zia Bey, Secretary of Legation, and Dilaver Effendi, Attachg; Baron Haller, Austrian Charge d'Affaires; M. Mares calehi, Chargé d'Affaires de France, and M. de Saux, Second Secretary of the Embassy; the Chevalier de Ribeiro, Portuguese Chargi d'Affaires; M. Amaral, Brazilian Charg6 d'Affair es • Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., the Queen's Principal Seeretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Viscountess Palmerston, and Col. the Hon. Sir Edward Cut, K.C.H., her Majesty's Mas ter of the Ceremonies. The following ladies ha4the honour of being presented to the Queen in the General Circle:— Miss Ainslie, by Viscountess Jocelyn. Miss Emily Valence Ainslie, by her aunt, Mrs. Chisen hale Marsh. Lady Emma Anderton;ter her marriage, by the Duchess of Norfolk. Mrs. J. Ireland Blackbiline, by her mother, Mrs.lreland Blackburne. Hon. Mrs. Edward Pleydell Bouverie, by Viscountess Folkestone. • Mrs. George Bonner, by Lady Grant. Mrs. Brown, by the Dathess of Gaafton. Mrs. Cary, by Lady Ctenoys. Miss Cary and Miss Edith Cary, by their mother, Mrs. Cary. Miss Harriet Calthorpee by her mother, Lady Charlotte Gough. Miss Alice Cathcart,- by her mother, Lady Georgiana Cathcart. Miss Crawford, by Lidy Elizabeth Jane Wathen. Lady Cecilia Conynkham, by Lady Churchill. Miss Cholmeley, by'ber mother, Lady Georgians Chol meley. i Mrs. Boyce Harvey' Coombe, by Lady Grace Van deleur. The Hon. Mrs. Col9llle, on her marriage, by her mother, Baroness de Clifford. Mrs. Wodehouse Carrie, by her mother, Mrs. Vernon Smith. Viscountess Cran4y, by the lion. Lady Middleton. The Hon. Mrs. Colborne, on her marriage, by Lady Seaton. Mrs. de Freville,l4y Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere. Mrs. de Arroyave and Miss de Arroyave, by the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot. Mrs. J. Elph instone Dalrymple, on her marriage, by th e C o untess of Careperdown. Mrs. Dialing, lifher mother , Mrs. Fansbawe. Mi s s Caroline IsDigby, by her cousin, Lady Th e r esa Digby. M rs . W. Duff, by Lady Laura Money. TheCountess,of Darnley, on her marriage, by the Dow ager Countess of Darnle y . Mrs. G. Elerealsy 'Viscountess Palmerston. Miss Eters , by her mother, Mrs. G. Elam Mrs. Lane Fr eer, b y Lady Price. Miss Isabella Fazakerley, by her mother, Mrs. Fezakerley. Miss Fitz Herbert, by the Countess of Harrington. Mrs. Colquitt Goodwin, by Viscountess Andover. Mrs. G. Gibson, by the Duchess of Norfolk. Miss Clara Goddard, by the Duchess of Bedford. Mr& J. Gott, by Mrs. Weymouth. Miss Eleanor Gosling, by her mother, Mrs. R. Gosling. Mrs. Itutchinson, by the Dowager Countess Somers. Misi Frances Rose Heath, by her mother, Mrs. J. B. Heath. Miss Hartopp, and Miss Gertrude Hartopp, b y Lad y tatly Hartopp, by t h e Countess of Gainaborough. Hartopp• el. Miss Isabella Herschel, by m other, Lady Hersc h their Miss Herschel and M Mrs. Boys Harvey, by. Visconatess Forbes. The Countess of Harrington, by the Duchess of Bedford. Lady Honyman, by Mrs. Gaseoigne. Mi ss Holliday, by Mrs. Laurie. Miss Hume, by the Countessbaydy of La d icklow. y Hon. Lady Heathcote , b y Willoughby Willoughby de Eresby. Miss Heathcote, by he r mother, Lady asffeathoote. Mrs. Albert Hambro u g h, Mrs. Hardinge, by her sister, Lady Hardin g e. Miss Maria Hardinge, by her mother, Lady Hardin ge . L Miss kinlock, by th e Marchioness of Douro. Mrs. Nigel Kingscote , on her marria g e, b y Lad y Char . lotte,Calthorp Gougb. Miss Georgina Knight, by Mrs. Edward Rice. Mrs. Augustus Lloyd, by the Countess of Ross.. Mrs. Livesey, on her marriage, by Lady Alan Spencer Churchill. Mir; Mary Shaw Lefov re, by her mother, Mrs. John Shaw Lefevre. Hore'Mrs. Lindsay, on her marriage, by Lady Li n d sa y. Miss Laurie, by her mother, Mrs. Laurie. Mrs. Joseph Lamb, by the Dowager Lady Talbot de Malahide. Miss Amelia Lamb and Miss Josephine Lamb, by their another, Mrs. Joseph Lamb. Miss Jace Long, by her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Thackeray. Miss Chiseuliale Marsh, by Mrs. Fanshawe. Mrs. Kenreth Macaulay, by Lady Trevelyan. Mrs. Napier (of Milliken), on her marriage, by the Countess of Charlemont. Mies Jephson Norreys and Mies Phillips Jephson ,Norroys, by vibcoupteas Foiraepton PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Vctes and Proceedings of the House of Commons) THURSDAY, MAY 15. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Question (9th May), " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chain"— Question again proposed; Debate arising; Motion made, and Question put, " That the Debate be now adjourned." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 46. Armstrong, Sir A. Hope, Alexander O'Flaherty, Anthony Barron, Sir H. Howard, Sir R. Ponsonby, C. F. Blake, M. J. Keating, Robert Power, Dr. Blewitt, Reginald Keogh, William Power, Nicholas Burke, Sir T. J. M'Cullagh, W. T. Sadleir, John Butler, P. S. Magan, W. H. Scully, Francis Corbally, 11. E. Maher , N. Smythe, George Crawford, W. S. Meagher, Thomas Somers, J. I'. Devereux, John T. Mahon, O'Gorman Sullivan, Michael Duncombe, T. Moore, G. 11. ' Talbot, J. H. Fagan, James :Morgan, 11. K. Tenison, Edward K. Fox, Richard M. Murphy, F. S. Young, Sir John Fox, W. J. Norreys, Sir D. Grace, 0. D. Nugent, Sir Percy 'MUM Henry O'Brien, Jolt 4 Lawless, Cecil Grattan, Greene, John O'Brien, Sir T. R ey nolds, John Higgin,s, George O'Connell, John kIAJOBITY-NOES, 359. LONDON, SUBURBAN, AND HOME COUNTIES PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. This society held a public meeting on Wednesday, at the George and Vulture City Hotel, George-yard, Loin be.rd-!Areet ; Mr. W. Aldridge took the chair. No premium or bonus, it appears, is charged by this society to members borrowing, advances of money being made in the order of application, thus avoiding the ruinous consequences of selling the right to an advance to the highest bidder. The profit made upon every purchase is apportioned equally among the members. This is done by assuming that leasehold property re turns, in the shape of rent, al. per cent. to the landlord, and that the property is of the average value of flit years' purchase. The amount of interest to be paid is calculated by Mr. Neison, the actuary, at 5/. per cent. upon the purchase money for 11i years. The interest and purchase money added together gives a total sum to be paid by borrowing members ; this, divided by the annual rent, gives a quotient of fifteen years, the period it would take for a member to acquire absolute ownership of his dwelling, by simply paying his rent to the society. In the table, an allowance is made by the actuary in his calculations of 2/. per cent. out of the rent in favour of borrowing members, leaving with the compound interest, 61. per cent. for the investing members, fairly and safely obtainable, thus insuring strict equity and mutual gain to all the members. The table is constructed on a scale of payments from five to fifteen years, so that members who can afford to put by a part of their incomes may repay the purchase money in any less period they prefer. Mr. HARVEY, the secretary, said the society was es tablished to remedy the defects and inconveniences ex perienced in other societies of this nature. The promo ters of the society had a full conviction that its plans were such as to give satisfaction to all parties. No re demption fee, or any charge of that kind, was required* Mr. Neison, who held the first position among actuaries, certified that the table in the prospectus might be fairly and safely adapted for the purposes of the society, upon the terms and conditions set forth in that prospectus. . After the transaction of some formal business, the meeting separated. :en I BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.—A poor man named M'Mahon, lately discharged from Kilrush Workhouse, died on Wednesday night near Carrigaholt, in the county of Clare, and was buried on Thursday morning without a coffin. The people at whose house he died stated that he came tot tering to their door on Wednesday evening for relief; after going a few paces distance he fell; they then brought him in, laid him on a wisp of straw near the fire—he died. They buried him early in the morning —could not stand the fear ful bad odour from him—could not get a coffin. The coroner came on Friday, disinterred M‘Mahon. The verdict— " Died of starvation." On Saturday the relieving officer came and again disinterred him for the humane purpose of putting a coffin on, by order of the guardians. The proverb " killing with kindness" is outshone by them, for they are •kind even after the matt is killed. Those who would root up the graves sooner than let a poor man go without his lest jacket must have been maligned—they must have clothed their live paupers well. Limerick and Clare Examiner, April 30. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Alexander Stewart, Esq., of Ards, in the county of Donegal, nephew of the Marquis Camden and cousin of Lord Lon donderry, with the Lady Isabella Toler, third daughter of the Count ess D owager o f N or burr, wi ll place on Satur day next. that quite on at the ?t that all er the pre' hear. ib country, ►sition ,hingß• /w elt; He of the _ e for' iritual entry• t blow o cate) r side feel), 16. 1851. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Parieirezet:-nals of yesterday. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN publishes a long article in the Fresse denying that he is the supporter of the candidateship of General CAVAIGNAC for the Presi dency ; be merely stated as a fact that the candidate - ship of the General was making rapid progress, but he mentioned the fact merely for the purpose of counteracting the candidateship moat energetically. He concludes his communication as follows : " Who made the rut in which M. Bonaparte is over throwing us? It was M. Cavaignae. Thus if I were to live a hundred years I would never pardon his inexcus able conduct, during a month, from the 22d May to the 22d June, 1848: the state of siege without necessity, the transportation of 11,000 Frenchmen without judgment, the suppression of the Gazette de France and of the Re presentant du Peuple on the 20th August, that is to say two months after the 24th June, when one hundred thousand soldiers were encamped in all the public places of Paris. General Caraignac, I admit, very honourably descended from power, to which he ascended less honour ably; I add that his conduct since the 20th December, 1348, has not ceased to be both very firm and very m e derate; but in my eyes that does not suffice to redeem tho irreparable errors of the past, and to give cert a i n pledges for the future. Thus, during several months, my idea has been fixed, for the President of the Repub lic on a candidateship which would be that o f no known political man, which would, consequently, be neither the victory nor the defeat of any party, but which would be the triumph of the idea the most noble and the cause the most just." M. Emma DE GIRARDIN does not vouchsafe to reveal the " local habitation and the name" of the mysterious " coining man." M. DE LAMARTINE publishes in the Pays fill elo quent reply to the attacks which have been made on him in the Aseemblie Nationale by the Fusionists, under the inspiration of M. GuizoT. The following is the conclusion of the article : " You say that bands of demagogues invaded the Assembly by surprise, and owing to the bad manage ment of its chiefs. That is true, bat in. an hour after who mounted on horseback at the Hotel de Ville, at the head of the civic columns which formed with enthusi asm? Who entered there? Who arrested the pro gress of the factions, and restored liberty and dignity to the outraged representative body? Where was the van quished, where was the conqueror? But the days of June, you add! Even those days, similar to all daye which try the strength or the weakness of new-born Governments, who had foreseen them? Who had armed thed beforehand? Who had brought from Africa c Republican chief in order that the necessary defence of the Republic should not he suspected by the people of royalism? Who gave him the command? Who had assembled sixty thousand men under his hand? Who was it that made no reproach to him except for not hav ing brought forward rapidly enough, and in a manner sufficiently imposing, a body of troops strong enough to stifle in an hour indecisive demagogy under the hand of armed democracy ? Who was every where present ? Who marched to the attack with our heroic soldiers? Who wept at the fate of the bravo men who died for the cause of order? Who fought and conquered with them? There again is de magogy or democracy. Where is the conquered, where is the conqueror? Wherever you state a defeat, facts prove a victory. This is how the Republic has been since February 24th the constant plaything of dema gogy! This is tho history used by the fusion. We do not wish to recriminate by writing the sadder cr truer history of the defeats of your cause and of your states men; our motto you well know is not " Wee to the van quished!' No. Respect to the vanquished!' is the motto of the true Republic; and where would you have been if the Republic, vanquished as you pretend by de magogy, had adopted another motto? Voltaire relates , in his • Candide' the accidental meeting at Venice, dur ing the Carnival, of three or four dethroned Kings, re duced to the condition of private individuals, and consol ing themselves with their incognito by supping together at the Rialto. Now it is no longer dispossessed sove reigns who enjoy the Carnival at Venice; it is fallen Ministers who make fusions in their journal at Paris. There is between the romance of Voltaire and the poli tical romance of the Aesemblee .Nationale only this trifling difference—it is, that at Venice the face is masked during this carnival of Kings, and tbat at Paris it is only the name that is concealed. For our part, we speak with our face and our name unmasked, and we sign as a simple citize n —LABIARTINE." _ _ - We read in the Ordre : " The Messager of yesterday evening spoke of a se cret understanding between the President, M. Ve7on, and M. de Lamartine. According to this combination, M. Faucher, and even B.Z. Baroche, would quit the Mi nistry, and be replaced by MM. de Lamartine and Bixio, and M. Odilon Barrot would bo President of the Coun cil. We believe this statement to be incorrect, but it is considered certain that an interview has taken place be tween M. Veron and M. do Lamartine, and that it was after this interview that the Doctor, who has personal motives of irritation, commenced his campaign against the law of the 31st May." The following is the article from the Messager : "Representatives whom we could name, and who are acquainted with the secret views of the Ely, oa, say that Dr. V eron was the faithful organ of the President when he laid down as an ultimatum the alternative of the prorogation or the repeal of the law of the 31st of May. The same representatives assert that the Presi dent is very much dissatisfied with M. Lem Faucher, and even with M. Baroche, who hesitates in his appre ciations of that law. The telegraphic dispatch of M. Faucher has filled the measure of irritation already ac cumulated against him. M. Fould and M. Rouher have alone retained the affection of the President. There is a talk of a new Cabinet, from which M. Faucher would be excluded ; but it is hoped to compensate for this by the accession of MM. Bixio and Lamartine, who would adopt as their programme the repeal of the laws of the 31st of May and the prolongation of the powers of the President by universal suffrage. M. Odilon Barrot, who makes no secret of his aversion for the law of 31st May, would be the President of the Ministry." The Gazette de France states that the Marquis DE LAROCHEJAQUELEIN is confined to his bed by a rather severe indisposition. The members of the Republican Opposition of the Assembly are to meet on Sunday at LEMARDELAY'S, to deliberate on the course which it will be advisable for them to adopt with respect to the revision of the Constitution. The Messager was seized at the Post and at the offices of the journal, by order of the Procureur of the Republic, for the article announcing that an order of the day had been issued by the Minister of War calling fourteen regiments to Paris. A prose cution has been commenced against the publisher of the journal and the author of the article, on a charge of having intentionally published false new& of a nature to disturb the public peace. The Messner of yesterday persists in declaring that its statement is true. It says :—" We again guarantee the correct ness of our information. The confidential order of which we have spoken was given by the Minister of War." The Bourse was not so firm as on Wednesday. The Five per Cants. opened at 901. 30c., roso to 90t. 50c., 'fell subsequently to 90E, and closed at 90f. 30c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 90c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 810 f.; Rouen, 616f.25c.; Havre, 2551.; Great Northern, 4721. 50e.; Avignon, 2251.; Vierzon, 425 f; Basle, 143 f. 175 c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3651. , BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 3 4 —Luxembourg, 3 1 , 8 —Namur and Liege, 7%—Northetn of France, 14%—Orleans, and Bor deaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen 24 1 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 10'1A—Sambre and Meuse, 374—Tours and Nantes, 5%. Lady Northeote and Miss Northeote, br Mrs. W, E. Gladstone. Lady Anne Caroline Chandos Pole, on her :main; by the Countess of Harrington. Mrs. Wyndham Portman, by Lady Portman• Miss Mary Portman, by Ler mother, Mrs. Wyndham Portman. Mrs. George Pipon, by Mrs. Hayward. Mrs. Jatnes Platt, by Mrs. Archibald. Miss M. Gavin Pringle, by the Marchioness of Breadal bane. Miss Jane Portal; by Lady Elizabeth Drummond. Miss Rolle, by her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Thsekeray. Mrs. Rolls, by her mother, Mrs. Rolls. Miss Anne Ross and Miss Eleanor Ross, by their mother, Lady Ross. Mrs. Ravenhill, by the Duchess of Norfolk. Miss Ravenhill, by her mother, Mrs. Ravenhill. Mrs. E. William Robertson, by the Hon. Mrs. Phipps. Mrs. C. J. R. Sawyer, by Viscountess Forbes. Miss Ann S►nith, by her mother, Mrs. Felix Vaughan Smith. Miss Augustus Spearman, by her mother, Lady Spear- man. Mrs. Scoresby, by the Countess of Rosse. Miss Eliza Seymour, by her mother, Lsdy Augusta Seymour. - - Mrs. George Stratton, by Lady Honyrnan. Miss Stratton, by her mother, Mrs. George Stratton. Mrs. Symons, by Lady Emily Foley. Miss Symons and Miss Ellen Symons, by their mother, Mrs. Symons. Miss Selina Thackeray, by Lady Elizabeth Thackerny. Miss Tracy and Miss Georgiana Tracy, by theirmother, the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Tracy. Mrs. Gladwin Tarbutt, on her marriage, by her sister, Mrs. Savage. Miss Vandeleur, by her mother, Lady Grace Vend°lcur. Miss Warburton, by her mother, Mrs. Warburton. The Countess of Winchilsea, by her mother, Mrs. Ed ward Rice. Mrs. Yorke Yorke, by her sitter, the Hon. Mrs. Howard. Miss Yorke and Miss Caroline Yorke, by their mother, Mrs. Yorke. LADIES' DRESSES. The following are a few of the prinipal dram:— HER MAJESTY. A train of blue watered silk, brocaded with gold, trimmed with blue ribbon and tulle, and ornamented with diamonds; the petticoat was of white satin, trimmed with tulle and white ribbon, and also orna mented with diamonds. Head-dress, diamonds and feathers. DUCHESS OF BEDFORD.—Train of black tulle, em broidered in silver, over black satin; petticoats of tulle. embroidered in silver, over satin. Head-these, feathers and lace lappets; ornaments, diamonds. DUCHESS OF SOMERSET.—Costume de cour composed of a train of white moire Gothique, brocaded with bou quets of white lilacs, lined with white satin, very ele gantly trimmed with blonde, pearls, and agraffes of white and lilac marabouts and pearls; corsage and sleeves a la Louis XV., with rich embroidered blonde; splendid sto macher of diamonds and pearls; skirts of white tulle and blonde flounces over rich white satin, with bouquets of white and lilac marabouts and agrees of diamonds and pearls, the complete toilette being rich and most dis t:ngue. Coiffure of ostrich feathers, blonde lappets, and magnificent tiara of diamonds. COUNTESS OF DAANLEY.—BocIioe and train of rich white moire antique, lined with glace silk, and tastefully trimmed with blonde and bouquets of rose-coloured azaleas; petticoat of tulle, with bouillon of gauze ribbon and wreaths of azaleas. Head-dress, feathers, blonde lappets, tiara of diamonds. Miss IJME.—Costume de cour, composed of a rich pink glace trait), tastefully trimmed with bouillons of tulle aLd agraffes of ribbon ; body and sleeves to corro pond; dress of tulle illusion, with flounces, trimmed with ribbon and a chatelaine of gum cistus and ivy -leaves, over a white glace slip. Head-dress, feathers and lappets. MISS MARY HUME.—The same. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the Draw ing-rcom. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, took a drive yesterday af:ornoon in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Sey mour, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia, attended by Colonel Fischer and Lieutenant Von Heinz, loft town yesterday to inspect the Britannia Tubular-bridge. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Prince and Princess of Prussia, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal suite con sisted of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Countess A. De Haohe, the Countess Louisa Oriolla, the Marquis of Ormonde, Count Pukler, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Major Von Boyen. The Prince of Prussia, attended by Count Golfs, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations yesterday morning. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting at the office, Whitehall-place, yesterday Mr. W. Parker Hammond had an interview with Viscount Palmerston on Wednesday at the Foreign office, relative to the extension of British commerce is Eastern Asia. SUGAR REFINING. A memorial addressed to the Members of both Houses of Parliament by Messrs. John Craven and Co. has been widely circulated in the City on the sub ject of sugar, refining. It involves two matters of complaint, one of which may be questioned, while the other is so remarkable, yet at the same time so ludi crous in its character, as almost to defy belief in the fact that it has been pressed upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, without being met by an instantane ous remedy, although the way in which the coffee question has been dealt with has prepared the com mercial public against surprise at anything that may transpire between them and the Government. The case in question is described by Messrs. Craven as follows : . " As the law stands at, present we, as refiners in bond, are only permitted to export our sugars to foreign coun tries; but as the Dutch and Belgian Governments allow their refiners a bounty of several shillings per cwt. upon the export of their refined sugars, they have so mono polized the foreign markets by being enabled to under sell us, that we are compelled to sell our sugars at a great sacrifice. "In this dilemma we have repeatedly applied to Go— vernment to admit our goods for home consumption upon payment of the same duties which are charged upon Dutch and Belgian goods when entered for con sumption in this country; but,iincredible as it may ap pear, we have been denied even the privilege of being pieced upon an equal footing with the Dutch and Bel gian refiners in our own markets. " Being thus shut out of the foreign markets by the Dutch underselling us by means of their high bounty, and from the hem° market by tho Government re fusing to admit our goods for consumption, we are driven, in order to prevent our works from being stopped altogether, to adopt the following most singular and most absurd course: — "Under the Custom-laws British refined sugars after being shipped to foreign ports and touching foreign soil are, upon their re-importation into this country, held to ho foreign goods, and upon payment of the duty charge able on foreign refined sugars, they become admissible for home consumption. In order to meet these require ments, we adopt the following course:—The sugars are pet on board a steamer and conveyed to Jersey or Guernsey, and after being landed in either of these islands, they are reshipped on board the same vessel, and brought back to this country. The Government then consents to receive the duties, the highest which are levied upon any description of foreign sugar, and by this roundabout process the home market is at length opened to us. " It is unnecessary for us to point out that the expense we are thus put to, viz., double freight, double landing charges, double dock dues, double insurance, &c., is a mere wanton waste of money, in addition to the loss of time, and damage done to the goods by being tossed about and exposed to bad weather during the various processes of transhipment. To lessen the expenses and absurdity of all these proceedings, wo have proposed to Lord John Russell, that in place of sending our goods to a foreign soil, we should be permitted to bring the fo reign soil to our goods, by importing a cargo of foreign earth with which, being placed in a bonded warehouse, our goods could be brought in contact, under the surveil lance of the Customs authorities. This no doubt would bo a very absurd proceeding, yet it would be wisdom itself compared with the system which we are now com pelled to adopt." The other point of complaint is founded on the alleged circumstance that the Dutch Goverment by granting a bounty to their sugar refiners enable them to undersell the English houses, who could drive them out of the field if the trade were left to its na tural course. But although this is undoubtedly in jurious to the firms in question, it is not a matter calling for interference. If the Dutch Government d think it desirable to cause fore i g ners to be supplied with the article at a price below the actual cost of production, there is no reason why they should not be permitted to do so. They will soon become tired of taxing their people for such a purpose, .and then the trade can be resumed here with the cer may of not being interfered with for the future by any similar experiments.— Times. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ---Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals h on ouring her Maje4y's Theatre with their presenc e yesterday (Thursday) evening, we noticed his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Marquis of Sligo, Marquis of Clan ricarde, the Earl of Lonsdale, Earl and Countess of Stam ford, the Coun Earlsowager of Hopetoun, Earl Bruce, Earl of Malmesbury, Talbot, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount Cliftlen, kc. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. — His Royal Highness the Duke of Ciunbridge honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with his presence last evening. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Mr. Cavendish, the li on . Caroline Cavendish, Miss Emily Cavendish and party. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accom panied by their Roy al Higlinesm the Prince and P r i nces s o f Prussia hon oured the performances with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess Backe, the Countess Oriolla, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Count Fackler, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. 11, Seymour, Msjor Von Baien, and the Marquis of Ormond. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. The elections were proceeding in a manner favour ably to the Bravo Murillo Cabinet. • MADRID BOLSA, MAY 10.—The Three per Cent st were done at 36 for time ; the Four per Cents. a 14i; the Five per Cents. at 16k; the Debt without In terest at 6Z-; and the Coupons of GERMANY. The Diet of Frankfort was not opened on the 12th, as had been expected. The Prussian Plenipoten tiary, M. Rocnow, however, a ccompanied by M. BisalAuK, arrived on the previou s evenin g at Frank fort. On the 12th, all the members of the Central Federal Commission assembled fur the last time. The Diet is expected to open on the 17th. " Our correspondent at Hamburgh," says the ln• dependance of 13russe.ls, "states that great agitation prevails in that city, in consequence of six Austrian soldiers having severely beaten a newspaper editor. The Austrian military authorities had promised to punish the guilty parties, but have since esserted that they cannot discover them. This is not believed b y p the ul ar population, dem o h str a ti and oh i s. t i Extensive s very difficult military , miltoryi)rerent precautionspo- have be en Gazette says that the Austrian he Cologne log n taken." e The convoked in specie Mi nister of Finance, M. DE RUBECK, has proposed to the commission of bankers, and others, by him, to open a loan of 100,000,000 florins (the florin is 2f. 59c.), in order to increase the me tallic reserve of the Bank to 140 ) 000,000 fl o ri n s, the Government taking the engagement not to issue any 17h p e a A pe u r s m tri o a n n ey doverument has ordered seven regi ments of light cavalry tobe turned into . lancers, in consequence of having in f• - 14 found that during the late in surrectionsuperiority ---- oh,e — r Ull e g v a e r r y y the lancers had a decided other description of ligh t cavalry. The Conferences et Warsaw between the Emperor of RUSSIA. and the Kin • of King PRUSSIA are expected to be of great importance. It is not certain that the Emperor of AUSTRIA IA ill attend ; but M. D B MA TEUFFEL, the Prussian Prime Minister, M. Rocno EYEN w, Prussian Plenipotentiary at Frankfort, M. DI Doan', Russian Minister at Vienna, and M. DE BUD BERG, Russian Minister at Berlin, have been sum moned. It had been said stntha Prince D . E NESSELRODE would also attend, but this t certain. um, and IUSSIA. During the last month. h F r u a gents of the Ru ss i an C o _ b e a o n ‘ E , e n r g n l m an en d t , h to ave as b c eeern t ain sit n et tr ßelgi y could best supply an extensive order for arms. The agents have at last given the order to some establishments at Liege; 50,000 muskets of the first quality, a quan tity of powerful carbines and conic bullets, are to be supplied. ITALY. A letter from Florence, in the Risorsim'ento of Turin, announces the resignation cf General LAu GIEB , the Tuscan Minister of War. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL AT PORTSMOUTH OF REAR-A otriaa. Hortease, C. 8., AND THE ASIA, 84.—The Asia, 84, Cap tain R. F. Stopford, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hereby, C.B. (white at the mizen), made her number off Bembridge Lodge, on Wednesday, evening, at six o'clock, but the wind being light she did not an'- chor at Spithead till nine .'clock. On Thursday morn ing at eight o'clock she saluted the flag of the Commander in-Chief, Admiral the Hen. Sir Bleden Capel, with 17 guns, which the Viceroy returned with eleven, and soon afterwards Admiral Hereby and Captain Stopford landed at the dockyard to pay their respects to Sir Bladen Cepa. Tim Asia left Valparaiso on the 13th of February, arrived at Rio the 23d, and left the 27th, than making the passage home from the former place in 92 days —an average passage. The Per. Yr. Halstead, late chaplain of the Deedalus, 19, Captain Wellesley, and Mr. Davis, assistant master of the Nereus, with some in valids, have come home passengers; two or three of the latter have died, and the Asia has also lost two seamen, named Mellish and Cass; the former fell from the foretop, and the letter from the mainyard, both falls proving fatal. The Admiral's family and Mrs. Parker have returned home in the ship. Some of the ladies landed at Portsmouth on Wednesday evening. She has brought home a small freight, amounting to about 100.000 dollars' value, which will be landed;to-day, consigned to Messrs. Shaw, Maxwell, and Co., the emi nent navy wine -merchants, of Salisbury-street, Strand, represented by Mr. H. Robertson. When the Asia left Rio that place was still sickly. Cory, with out as the Asia the c r u fl i z a i g n g. of R e The ar. was left on s h ore. and was The British squadron were all o it u h t S Aw o ed u nm t t ir a na m tl o p i t e n iyo , 7 5 0 0 11 , sCh, The w p A t a a ds imni beingrCa o l r R gone into the country. The Brazilian Admiral's flag was lying on board a man-of-war at Rio. Yesterday the Commander-in-Chief placed the leftthe - about two o'clock he with his family Asia under whenwas Sprightly at the service . of Admiral Hornby, end „s the compliment of manned yards, h is fl Vic toria Pier. finally hauled down, and the party landed at the Vic- The Asia's orders are to pay off at Portsmouth. eat Spithead on Wednesday afternoon, but brought n p Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, got u nder weigh again in a short time. We understood she was awaiting her portion of preserved meats, what she had received having been returned to the victualling oces, where, it is said, a l arge quant i ty has been con d emn ed as unfit Raving for food. received a fresh supply, the steam tug ffi Echo was put in requisition yesterday, a t s one o'clock, and towed the Prince Regent into the offing out side the Nab, when she made sail about half-past three, pine with a light wind down channel. Leopard steam-sloop has been dismantled and her jury masts taken out. She remains in the old basin to be docked for the purpose of being coppered, and prepared as an advanced steamer. Ti g er steam-sloop, is being prepared for commission. The Arus is ready, and is now being p a i nte d outs id e . Low TIDE AT PORTSMOUTH.— On W e d nesday ther e was a remarkably low ebb tide , and in consequence thereof the two steam-vessels attached to that port grounded outside the harbour mouth. The Sprightly steam-tender had been out to Spithead to the Prince It.gent, and was returning through the Swash p assage , when she struck on the south outer point, where she stewed and listed over till the flood tide made, and she got off about five o'clock without injury. The Echo tug-steamer was proceeding to Spithead to tow into harbour the Danish man-of-war brig Hann, when she took the ground a little inside the white buoy, and also remained till the flood tide made, when she also came off without injury. Whilst on shore Admiral S. Pres cott went off to the Echo. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden, ar rived at Lisbon, from Devonport, on the 3d. She had the misfortune to get on shore going in. Crossing the bay the: tide was running so very strong that she could scarcely stem it, and this induced the experienced and judicious master to go a little too near in shore to avoid the tide, and so she touched. Comntodore Martin, immediately it was ascertained that she was on shore, ordered the Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, Captain Hal shot, to get up the steam ; she shifted his broad pen dant from the Leander, 50, to the Dauntless, and pro ceeded to render every assistance. Fortunately, th e service of the Dauntless was not required—boats from the different ships had already arrived, and through their able assistance, and the zeal and activity displayed cn board the Retribution, she was hove oft without much trouble. Four ships of the squadron—lndefatigable, Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Robinson ; Dauntless, and Arothusa—were to leave Lisbon on the 13th instant, on a trial cruise. A melancholy accident happened on board the Inde fatigable, on coming to an anchor on the 3d instant. Some lubber checked the main brace and thereby hurled several men off the main yard ; one poor fellow, a gunner's mate, died on the spot, and two others were severely injured. APPOINTMENTS. WooLavion, MAY 15.—Chief Engineer—G. M. Burt, to the Devastation, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop of 400- horse power, ready for commission, at‘Portsmouth. Second Master—Albert Collier (1849), to the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwich. Assistant Engineers—Richard Gray (acting first class), Thomas Lee, end W. E. Campion, to the Devas tation; C. H. Putt and H. D. Gardner, to the Fisgard; Owen Jones, to the Cuckoo, at Portsmouth. Master's Assistant—W. Gillard, to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. Mr. Spencer Pidcock, Woolwich Dockyard, is ap pointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Dockyard Brigade of that establishment, vice Manning retired. Two whole days are to be granted to all persons be longing to this dockyard to visit the Great Exhibition in Hydsepark, but their Lordships will be greatly dis pleased if it should come to their knowledge that any of the men had devoted either of these days to any other object than visiting the Exhibition. The launch of the Brisk screw steam-sloop, building at Woolwich, is postponed from May 31 to June 2, owing to the former day having been fixed for the celebration of the Queen's birthday. The launch will take place about three o'clock P.M. Antelope steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Smyth, s I otohpe, river tvahinesdmabiTl it Commander yoitnsoz en Hand, sat u is to be paid off here on Saturday , the 17 th inst. a r d r r a i y v : dh her undergou p n a c y e r h t e a r i nos such f w e h h a n e r t de h p ate turn rar i s t Poirit6semaoteuths,tefarmom abwsoi t e on r boilers nb a , ed i i e n nr g e given eiet ssma royr w et a .o y ar d , over her officers and crew to anothtr steam-vessel, as there are several ready at Portsmouth and Plymouth; than to keep her in commission during the time it will require to egain place her in serviceable condition. Vessels in the Harbour—Fisgard flag ship, Black Eagle, Monkey, Antelope, and Furious steam-vessels. In Dock—Shearwater and Fairy steam-vessels. The Mastiff, which was for many years em ployed on the surveying service in the Nort h S eas, is also dock, and will be completely bro ken u p to.nigh • The men have been at work in breaking her op from 6 in the morning to 6 at nig ht, a nd are allowe d rs s_B. per ton as remuneration. The Mastiff was ayc 1 o of 185 tons burden. Trident, Rattler In the Basins — Greenock, —lux, Pl u to, Hydra, Lightn in g , and Dwarf steam-vessels. r E MBROSU. MAY 14.--J. l following are the dimen sions of the V alorous steam s oop-of -war, just launched from her Majesty'a dockyard at Pembroke : Feet. Inches. Length over all ... ••• ••• 243 3 Do. between perpendiculars ... 210 0 Do. of keel for tonnage ... 185 61 Breadth extreme ... Do. for tonnage ... 3 5 us Do. moulded „, Depth of hold „, 24 6 Burden in tons, 1,257. The Valorous will be immediately taken into dock to be eoppered, jury-rigged, and ballasted, prior to being navigated round to the eastward, to be titted with her steam machinery, which is awaiting her arrival in the Thames. The detatchment of the 77th Regiment of Foot, sap! Lieutenant Wallach, left Pembroke Dock for Ply and has been relieved by the 82c1. fortress The half-yearly inspection of the troops an d _ ~,,,. by Colonel Love proved that both were in a very `"` cient state. nor doing The detachment of the Royal Alarines _ of Lieutenant duty at Pembroke, under the command nd 8 i is conjec. Colonel Ellis, is about to be removt i a. y b a iour-corn. tured that their place will be sapPti'ng made the head. MOULD, pany depot of the line, Pembroke Id dtachments will be sent quarters of a regiment, whence. en scc. to Cardigan, Swansea, Carm_a_ro.L.:......._ Extraordinary indigestion, C ase a Flatulency, cured by a native merchant of P a t na, [ArvERTISEMENT.j M1111M1MM11.....mm..--- -Ali d d erived no benefit from their Hollo way'sßiliouPills. a — ek K , h l a n ii d r: i e g et e : s: l " t u b ' al: sl : at Pr r O e f p e u ss t o e r Holloway's E br h flatulency ; and although he consulted the most eminen t sur geons th, ancr in the East Indies, suffered for years h fr e o a m l bile treatmoefntt,nebuPtr°gvradually became more debilitated. Having one day a severer attack than usual of these dreadful maladies, i such 1 HOSPITAL n high L roum this medicine, h in ou g t ra t t h i e tu w de or f l o d r , he determined to try Hollowa y ' s t vw i e i h e r iyc b i b e nefit, n ol e o' a fi ns t r , °b he t ast desires del Pills a n d Sold by all Druggists, andcure to be made public.— t Strand, London. Establish ment, is - men f 24 4, FOR DISEASES Or THE CITEST.--IliS Royal intention of performing Highness th Prince Albert has signified his OTT 0 r LONDON il:lte dd stone of the above 'eceremony of laying the founda tion June next. The Earl intended new hospital on the 25th of and a number of n h of Carlisle president of the institution, terest in the c ICineu and gentlemen who take an in to support his successßoy of the charity are expected to be present the hospital oyal highness on the occsision. The site of the principalcomprises a snacious area of ground adjacent to entrance of Victoria-park, and the building, as designed, cannot fail tal to prove ornamen to the neighbour hood - , ...s well as greatly beneficial to the poorer classes suffer ing under chest complaints in the surrounding districts. THE ROYAL NAVY Cnun.--The members of this ' club dined together last evening, at the Thatched House Tavern. Captain Charles Graham, brother to Sir James Graham, presided, and was supported by Captain l'ierrepont Mundav, his guest for t h e e vening, Admiral the Earl of Eg mont, Admiral Sir Edmond Lyons, Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Admiral Price, Captain Charles Fremantle, Capt, S. Fremantle, Captain CourtenaY, Captain Rodney Munday, Captain Deacon, Captain Plumridge, Captain - 111‘Dougal, Captain W. Houston, Captain Itlatilisell, Captain OalieS 3 and, i Captain John Forbes. tench atiOn' Euro - un by t that mile" eCn 6 Ynage land , , a aid , the r, a n try WWI ,y he true pp y G 3C0", - vbien 11 as of t o aight b e . Pro' and iltr9- Faith , 13, A S bee° was the i g bt irted )fore hots lati -30 had it of, Lt 01 )uld iple