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du p b 1 ,uld not enco o : which . .• well II ulioy to thoughl it, be ?ir PO' 50; and 1 intrO• r faitbr _ &Dr 0 ye beet) tion.''' at Ira , )n the • rigq leartelb be fore prhoPs owl )11 ba d ent of kilt 4 cool° DoiPl° lora ,stem wea k ' r e for terri: ;h o p_ _ t " o w" 0 thei 60 0 d for ,opal 1/+~~i ibe ,a of riod. sae :01e. not, mail o to rerl .) 0 11 111 ad G' A. it 0 3. )t contrary, he felt that he had been deprived, as well as his ancestors—(Loud cheers and lsught'.r)—of what he and his anceFto;s had been entitled to fer two centureS, and thee the Act of 1829 was an act of justice for w tuch he had rio right to fi el any extra humility. He was,' howeesr, much surprised w hear the Lord Advocate say that if the rot in question had beer, done quietly—with humility— sub rosa—behind a political screen—on the sly, no effsnce weulcl be taken, and that the wetter would have been passed over uequestioned. The Right Hon. Gentleman bad sp ken of tne Episcopal Church of Scotland and of Bishop' Skinner exercising authority only in one district; but if the Right - lion. Gentleman had put diocese fur district, and Glasgow for both, he would have been nearer the fact. The Hon. Membsr then read a petition presented by Mr. liastie from 200 members of the Presbyterian Church in Glasgow, com plaining of the encroachments of the prelacy in Scotland since 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 patie!s of their private carriages. The Right Hon. Sectetary for the Home Dpartment, too, had given notice of a (-lease exempting the Scotch bishops from punishment for these acts. And yet the Lord Advocate had said the people of Scotland were nut indignant. The Pope appointed bishops not as a temporal but as a spiritual prince ; and if he were lodging at Mivart's, as he had been at Rome, by the last accounts, his power of a ppointment would be the same as at present. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government was constantly iaunting 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 Rome. ,It the Noble Lord meant the word incorporate in a spiritual sense, he spoke loosely, for the Catholics of Ireland had beets 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 insult to their allegiance. It 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• giants 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 say 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 Hon. and Learned Member for Athlone (Mr. Keogh), said that if they (the Irish Raman Catholics) were pi r secuted by this Bill, they were equally pure cuted since 1829, because the 24th clause of she Emancipation Act contained all that was curtained 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 subjects. Why was the 24th clause of the Emancipation Bill inserted? It was to pacify the bishops in another place—in fact, it was to give a sop to the whale:—(Laughter.) He asked the Noble Lord whether he 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? He 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 in 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 Aci? 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 dream 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 lion. and Learned Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Bethell). It was read 'serially in that House in March last by the Hun. 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 latter 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 lion. 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 fur one would not bear this with either patience or moderation.—(Loud laughter.) What 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 occurred which he would not gladly avail himsslf 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. Itsynolds) 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 beaches—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 hum 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. Member fer Louth (Mr. Bellew). When the Noble Lord was inspeaching 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 fur Louth. Votes of censure have been passed upon all such Me-opera 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 wit constantly voting against the Government for the purpose of putting them out of office? He 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 was 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 —e Go," and they goeth; Come," and they cometh, he and others would be sent about their business in a very short s p ace o f t i me, —( H ear, h ear. ) Let him imagine an appeal t - I„ elsiah people. Why the watchword wilt he—" Down with the Whigs"— " Down with the violators of the Act of '29"—" Down with the men who bring in a Bill to re p ea l the Emanci pation Aci"—" Down with those Whip who put a pe nalty of 1001. upou Dr. Murray it he consecrates a priest"—el. Down with the Government who weilletri:fm(puhr r e D 3a o je z ne with w b the by a packed jury a nd send to a lelgaol e beloved bush , p s if he be found guilty " —` men, who, forge ttin g their ancient pfe slip their dcge o f war against the creed of th e I r i sh people." No w he did not pretend k ied._to (Laui!hte lass, lord, lord, nor, indeed , a lord of any He was certainly a Lord Mayor last year. but h e had parted with his honours. and had descended from the exalted position of the peerage into the Commons . —(Renewed laught er . ) But the Hon. and Lea Learned Lord Advocate appeare d to have not read etory with much advantage. For 200 years that the . Whigs were in power the penal la ws were all passed; ' t is true they went to war with King George lll.—for then it appeared that a sudden ray of enlightenment came upon them, when they waged war with that intolerant Mo narch; they then practiced self -denial, and support el the principle of Catholic emancipation. If they thought themselves right they deserved no credit for their con duct there; and it they thought themselves wrong they deserved considerable censure (Laughter)—because they must have had 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 them out of power. The Noble Lord said the other night that this measure of the Pope's was only part arid parcel of a wide-spread conspiracy to mar the policy of England in t °reign courts. He (Mr. Reynolds) had a word or two to say to the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Lord Pal , merston) upon thissubject. What were the facts? Cardinal Wiseman was created so in 1847, and was then publicly gazetted in Rome. The Noble Lord was aware that it Was in September, 1850, that the C , rdinal was elevated to the office which he now holds. He (Mr. Reynolds) now asserted that on the night of the elevation of Car dinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster, the fact having been duy published in Rome, Mr. Freeborn, the British .. 09 05u1, his 9faciid residence EN* ItLHE on. the occasion from the base to the attic, nod had 'Placed over the grand entrance to his man ;esetrin the Royal arms of England. He would - next state another fact, and he challenged contradiction to the statement. He said that the same Mr. Freeborn, the British Consul at Rouse, went on that night, clothed in his official cosone, to Cardinal Wiseinan's levee; and in the company of foreign Ministers celebrated the elevation of Cardinal Wiseman to . the office of Archbishop of Weetseinsrer. seAlav tent. , "he did not understand hole the .House utel have , nee gativsd the resolution of the liuneurable Member tor Stafford (Mr. Urquhart) that. her Majesty's Govsrn ment had encouraged the heads of the Roman Oath , lie church in the conduct they bad pursued. The Noble Lerd, the First Munster of the Crown, had said that that was a European conspiracy; but he (Mr. Reynolds) could undertake td`sey 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; and 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 heisted. and that they ought to have no petese there. if that Bill were passed. It was tne 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 one 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 eonfessed that he remembered with shame and regret the division of the preceding day on the insulting Bill of the Hon. Member for &Rhein (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 he with drew the word Paltrier—(Laughter) — which the Hon. Member for Berkshire hao declared would impose duties which no English gentle man would undertake to dis charge. When he recollected that fact he could not help feeling ashamed of the cempany ho had of late been keeping.—(Much laughter). He foiled, too, that among the 91 Members who had voted for the Bill were some Free-traders—members of that party for whom Ireland had sacrificed 3,000.0001. a year by sup portiug the free-trade measures adopted in this country in recent years. He believed the greater portion of these 91 M..mbers would have voted for a repeal of the Rstean Catholic Emancipation Act. In conclusion, he would tell her Majeto'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 nut be far distant, and at that election Ireland would send to that House at least 80 Members strenuously opposed to any Ministry who should coun tenance such a measure as that; they would send to that House men like himselt—(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. NVIIITESIDE said, that standing as he did in the presence of men ot superior ability and talent, he should not, if this ware 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 then. 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 psst.—(Hear, hear.) It they were obliged to refer to history, let them look back to the past, with the view of obtaining profit as regarded the future.—(Hear, hear.) Who was Cardinal Wiseman ? He was one of the Privy Councillors of the Pope. One by whom the Pope was elected 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 of England when Jeffrey 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 stands at the present moment.—(Hear s hear.) On Ire laud 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 iegete 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 Proteitsnt 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 w i t h f e ll ows hips 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 had 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 thee 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 Rob, rt 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 friend of his at the head of the commission, expressed himself so 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 the late Dr. Crolly. Up to that time what was the mode in which Roman Catholic bishops were elected is Ireland? The late Dr. Doyle, in his evidence before a Committee of that House on the sub ject, said that while the right of the rope was recog uised in Ire land 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 three clergymen submitted to him by the Irish parish priests for the office of bishop. This was the evidence of the late Dr. Doyle. Now, what had been done upon the occasicn of the death of the late Dr. Crolly? Why, three names were forwarded to the Pope, namely, Dr. Dixon, Dr. O'llaulon, and Dr. Gueriog, and the Pope by the course which he had adopted had annihilated for ever the independence of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland. He set 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. fur 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 Rome.—(No, no.) Well, who was the author and promoter of the Synod of Thurles? Why, Archbishop Cullen. Let them look to the form and matter of that synod. The law was violated by its being held, yet under 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 end persons of different or ders, and yet. although all this was done iu 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 sanction of the Gcvernment.—(Uear.) At the procession which took place the cross and the crczier were borne by p r i es t s an d bi s hops, and men of various orders, just as be had seen it at Rome. At this proces• sion the people knelt, and the troops, paid by the State, manifested their sympathy ii at solemnities that were pass ing before thesis ( ear.) The Hon. Gentleman read an Extract from * — He the Times in corroboration of this statement. Ireland to say why called h on tne Attorney-General for a violation of thelaw ° -permitted proceedings that were steps to punish theoffendersand also whether he had taken hear.) If they referred in this case?—(Hear, to would find that it was equallyttie matter of the synod, they ; for it not only denounced deserving of condemns but all schools where the same the Queen's Colleges, out—namely, where the religiouporr theciples were carried Church wee impugned. Next there is the e oman Catholic syno dical duty, where the rich are held up to Lasehof the poor in the following words—" that the rich chagrin of be sent away at the last day for their severity on the poor, and the labourer shall be saved," and to that opinion the Lord-Lieutenant o f Ireland asse nted. — (No, - no.) He would soy, for it was said by that synod that the rich were the exterminators of the people; but, on the contrary, he could show that such was not the case, for Armagh bad far superior institutions to any other part of the county, and those institutions were principally supported by the wealthy of that county. H e contended that if legal evidence could be produced as strong as conviction, it would be found illegal that Doctor Cadet' should put himself up as the delegate of the Pope. But he should say that if that gentleman could exercise authority in another coun try, he ()could hot 6 11 - d 1419111 d aoi hue the power of ex- LONTIOW; -- -!‘ rum, erciing it in Ireland. He agreed with the Hon. Mem ber for Manchester (Mr. M. Gibson) that the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland should have enforced the law against the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland, when they assumed undue titles, as such was evident from the address presented to the Lord-Lieutenant in 1847, in which were such signatures as John, Archbishop of Tuam, end John, Bi4hop of Clonfert. Though he might admit that the Archbishop of Tuam might be.in sonie. degreeljneitiable, Tethe shou:d say thit JOhn 'Clonfert had no tigh't - to claim to it“tthie Such a title 6. At "the 541 De tim., he shi.uld say. that the blame was not's° -lunch - to - be - attributed tii those who assumed such titles, as to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, who recognised such an assumption by styling them " My Lord," and " Your Grace," and, he added to that, that he would wish to have their advice and opinion in the management of Ireland. He asked the House to look to that point, for it was on that quibble that such titles were claimed. Might he not hlve courteously told these bishops, that he could not rtceive such au address, thus signed, as it was a violation of an Act of Parliament? Again, in the Charitable Beque-ts Act, the Roman Catholic bishops are allowed to hold rank; sad 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, aud, 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 epeak of the Member for Manchester (Mr. M. Gibson) as he was absent, but he should make une remark with respect to his speech, namely, that he (Mr. Whiteside) was astonished that that lion. Gentle. man should recommend the Noble Lord (Lord J. Rus sell) not to mind the feelings of the people of this coun try. As to the Hon. Member for Athlone, he should say that he did not expect that he would appeal to any thing but justice, and for that reason he was astonished at his assertiun, when be 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 he should say the 2,500,000 Protestants of that country were in favour of the mea 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," he 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 tew words from Mr. LAWLESS, in opposition to the measure', Mr. MOORE considered that the speech of the Hon. and Leareed Member for Enniskillen (Mr. Whiteside) had been a miserable failure. He wished that the debate should be adjourned, to give every Member of the House an opportunity of defending their repective bishops, for the Hon. and Learned Gentleman 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 an opportunity of express ing their opinion on such a charge. He considered that the only- point the Hon. and Learned Gentleman made was 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, he could not agree to the adjourment of the debate, and should, therefore, take the sense of the House. Mr. REYNOLDS believed thatavhen the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) adverted to the mode of presenting petitions, that be 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.—(Hear , 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 Raman Catholic chapels throughout Ireland for the purpose of protesting and petitioning against this measure. These petitions they were requested not to present in globe, and he now told the Noble Lord that when be had a petition to present, he would use 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.—(Hear and laughter.) After a few words from Mr. O'FLAHERTY, the House divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it _ _ . 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 debate.—(`Hear, hear," from the Irish Members.) Tne 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. Alban's Bribery Commission 13111 were each read a second time. The Small Tenements Rating Act Amedment Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. S. HERBERT having moved the nomination of the Select Committee on the Passengers Act, Mr. WAWN 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. rARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. ;From LI e Vot es 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 Chair."— 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, Antkony Barron, Sir IL Howard, Sir R. Ponsonby, C. F. Blake, M. J. Keating, Robert Power, Dr. Blewitt, Reginald Keogh, William Power, Nicholas Burke, Sir T. J. 31`Cullagh, W. T. Sadleir, John 'haler, P. S. Magan, W. H. Scully, Francis Corbaily, M. E. Maher, N. smythe, George Crawford, W. S. 31 eagher, Thomas Somers, J. P. Devereux, John T. Mahon, O'Gorman Sullivan, Michael buncombe, T. Moore, G. H. Talbot, J. H. Fagan, James Morgan, H. K. Tenison, Edward K. Fox, pollard M. Murphy, F. S. Young, Sir John Fox, W. J. Norreys, Sir D. Grace, u. D. Nugent, Sir Percy TELLIES. Grattan, Henry O'Brien, John Lawless, Cecil Greene, John O'Brien, Sir T. Reynolds, John Higgins, George O'Connell, John MAJORITY-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, Geurge-yard, Lom bard-street ; 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, 81. per cent. to the landlord, and that the property is of the average value of 114 years' purchase. The amount of interest to be paid is calculated by Mr. Neison, the actuary, at 51. per cent. upon the purchase money for 114 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 tor 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 21. per cent. out of the rent in favour of ' borrowing members, leaving with the compound interest, 6/. 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 atford 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-, tors 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 tit() terms and conditions set forth in that prospectus. After the transaction of some formal business, the meeting separated. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.—A poor man named Mgdahon, 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 c,ffin on, by order of the guardians. The proverb "killing wish kindness" is outshone by them, for they are kind even after the man is killed. Those who would root up thegraves sooner than let a poor man go without his last 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, Eq., 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 Coun tessDowager liprbgry, will ake place en Satur day mat. Pit-TWAY - MAY - _rvrimmTwtt, TIER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-R0021f.- The Queen held a Drawing-room yesterday afternoon in St. Jsmeee Palace. Her Majesty and nine Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace ; etcurted by a detach ment of the Life Guards. Their 13.0y - al Highnesses the Prince And Princess of Prussia were presfint, attended by the Countess A. de Hacke, Countess Louisa °nulls, and the gentlemen of their euite., *His,l - tuyal Highness the Dukeof Cambeidia was - at- . tended by the Hun. James Ilsodo s aki and Lord William Paulett. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar attended the Drawing-room. Before the Drawing-room Sir John Milbanke was presented to the Queen at an audience by Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of Gosford had an audience of her Majesty to deliver the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath worn by his father, the late Earl of Goeford. The Queen's Hon. Corps a Gentlemen-at-Arms were on" duty in the State-rooms, with their sub.officers, Majors Cooke and Nevill. Lord Foley (Captain of the Corp-), Mr. James Tyler (Lieutenant), Major Harmer (Standard Bearer), and Captain Curling (Adjutant), were present at the Drawing-room. Her Majesty's body guard were on duty in the palace as usual, under the command of Sir Seymour Sadler, the Egon in Waiting. Her Majesty — and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert were attended by the Countess of Gainsborough (in Waiting), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Douro, the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Countess of Charlemont and the Viscountess Canning, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hen. Eleanor Stanley (in Waiting), Hon. Beatrice Byng (in Waiting), Hon. Amelia Murray, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Hon. Flora Macdonald, and the Hon. Mary Sey mour, Maids of Honour; the Hon. Mrs. Trevor (in Wait ing), the Viscountess Forbes, and the Ihn. Mrs. George Campbell, Women of the Bedchamber; the Lord Stew ard, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom in Waiting; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to his Royal High ness; Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness. The Queen wore a train of blue watered silk bro caded with gold, trimmed with blue riband and tulle, and ornamented with diamonds. The petticoat was of white satin trimmed with tulle and white riband, and also or namented with diamonds. Her Majesty's head-dress was diamonds and feathers. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia wore a train of white watered silk trimmed with gold blonde. The petticoat was of the same material ornamented in front with poppies. The headdress was formed of dia monds and emeralds with feathers and gold blonde. Her Royal Highness wore the Louisen Order, and also the decoration of a Russian Order of Knighthood. The following presentations to her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert took place in the Diplomatic Circle: — By Mrs. Abbott Lawrence:— Miss M.‘Curdy, daughter of the United States' Charge d'Affaires to Austria, By the Viscountess Palmerston:— La Comtesse Alfieri, Lea de Cavour. By M. Van de Weyer:—. M. Grenier, Membre du Senat Beige. M. de Rossins Orban, Vice-President de is Chau:sabre de Commerce a L'ae. M. A. Demanet, Lieutenant-Colonel de Genie. M. A. Poncelet, Ingeniitir en Chef a rAdministration des Chemins de For. M. Jules Gerne,ert, Ingtaieur en Chef des Mines. M. Coppena. By Mr. Abbott Lawrence:— Hon. Mr. M'Cardy, Charge d'Affaires of the United States to Austria. Lieutenant Parrott, of the United States' Navy. Mr. James Lawrence, eldest son of the Minister, and formerly Attact 6 By Le Marquis d'AzPglio:— Le Comte Charles Albert Alfieri. By Baron Koller, Austrian Charg6 d'Affaires: — Le Chevalier de Burg, President of the Austrian Commis ion. The Count Hohenthal, Saxon Minister at Paris. By M. MarescaWU, Charge a'AffAres de France: — Baron Charles Dupin, President de la Commission Fraulaise de rExpobition M. Frederic Barret, Secretaire du Commissariat GC. ueral de France. M. Octave Sallandronze, Attache au Commissariat. M. Ferdinand Dervien, Attache a I'Ambassade de France 1 Londres. M. le Comte de Kergorlay, Membre du Jury Fraocais. The Diplomatic Circle was attended by the Bel gian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Octave Delepierre, Secretary; Mr. B art h o l eyns de osselaert, Attaché; and Madame Barth°leyas de Fosselaert, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Rus sian Minister and Baroness de Brunnow, and M. Alexandre de Berg, First Secretary of Legation; General Prince Castelcieala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. Canofari, Secretary of Legation; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, and Baron Lange, At tache to the Legation; Count de Reventlow, Danish Mi nister, and Count Reveatlow Criminil, Secretary of Legation; the United States' Minister and Mrs. Law rence, Mr. Bancroft Davis, Secretary of Legation, and Colonel Lawrence, Attache; Senor Isturiz, Spanish Mi nister, and M. Diaz, Second Secretary of Legation; le Marquis d'Azegli, Sardinian Minister ; le Marquis Oldomi, and Count Corti; 'Secretaries of Lgation; Count Schimmelpenninck, Netherlands Minister, and Baron Stratenns, Conseiller de Legation; the -- Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi; M. Mussurus, Ottoman Minister; Prince Vogorides, Con eiller de Legation; Zia Bey, Secretary of Legation, and Dilaver Effendi, Attaché; Baron Koller, Austrian Charge d'Affaires; M. Mares calchi, Chargé d'Affaires de France, and M. de Saux, Second Secretary of the Embassy; the Chevalier de Ribeiro, Portuguese Chargé d'Affaires; M. Amaral, Brazilian Chargé d'Affaires • Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., the Queen a Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the ViScountess Palm ers t on , an d C o l. the Hon. Sir Eward Cast, K.C.H., her• Majesty's Mas-' ter of the Ceremonies. The following ladies bad the honour of being presented to the Queen in the Gerieral Circle:— Miss Ainslie, by Viscountess Jocelyn. Miss Emily Valence Ainslie, by her aunt, Mrs. Chisen- hale Marsh. _ Lady Emma Anderton, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Norfolk. Mra : J. Ireland Blackbarne, by her mother, Mrs.lreland Blackburno. Hon. Mrs. Edward Pleydell Bouverie, by Viscountess Folkestone. Mrs. George Bonner, by Lady Grant. Mrs. Brown, by the. Duchess of Gaafton. Mrs. Cary, by Lady Camoys. Miss Cary and Miss Edith Cary, by their mother, Mrs. Cary. Miss Harriet Calthorpe, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Gough. Miss Alice Cathcart, by her mother, Lady Georgians Cathcart. Miss Crawford, by Lady Elizabeth Jane Wathen. Lady Cecilia Con)nghana, by Lady Churchill. Miss Cholmeley, by her mother, Lady Georgians Chol meley. Mrs. Boyce Harvey Coombe, by Lady Grace Van deleur. The Hon. Mrs. Colville, on her marriage, by her mother, Baroness de Clifford. Mrs. Wodehouse Currie, by her mother, Mrs. Vernon Smith. Viscountess Cranley, by the Hon. Lady Middleton. The Hon. Mrs. Colborne, on her marriage, by Lady Seaton. Mrs. de Freville, by Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere. Mrs. de Arroyave and Miss de Arroyave, by the Hon. Ai rs . Arbuthnot. Mrs. J. Elphiostone Dalrymple, on her marriage, by the Countess of Camperdown. Theresa xlMirsss. 1a C ) a l r l o in li g, ne by her pigby, mother,by herMr cousin, ou y i a n n , sh L a a w d e. Lady Mrs. W. Duff, by Lady Laura Money. The Countess of Darnley, on her marriage, by the Dow ager Countess of Darnley. Mrs. G. Elers, by Viscountess Palmerston. Miss Elers, by her mother, Mrs. G. Elora. Mrs. Lane Freer, by Lady Price. Miss Isabella Fazakerley, by her mother, Mrs. Fazakerley. Miss Fits Herbert, by the Countess of Harrington. Mrs. Colquitt Goodwin Duff Viscountess Andover. Mrs. G. Gibson, by the ess of Norfolk. Miss Clara Goddard, by the Duchess of Bedford. Mrs. J. Gott, by Mrs. Weymouth. Miss Eleanor Gosling, by her mother, Mrs. R. Gosling. Mrs. Hutchinson, by she Dowager Countess Somers. Miss Frances Rose Heath, by her mother, Mrs. J. B. Heath. Lady Hartopp, by the Countess of Gainsborough. Miss Hartopp, and Was Gertrude Hartopp, by Lady Hartopp. Miss Herschel and Miss Isabella Herschel, by their mother, Lady Herschel. Mrs. Boys Harvey, by Viscountess Forbes. The Countess of Harrington, by the Duchess of Bedford. Lady Honyman, by Mrs. Gascoigne. Miss Holliday, by Mrs. Laurie. Miss Hume, by the Countess of Wicklow. Mrs. Albert Hambrough, by Lady Seaton. Hon. Lady Heathcote, by Lady Willoughby de Eresby. Miss Heathcote, by her mother, Lady Heathcote. Ai rs. Hardinge, by her sister, Lady Hardinge. Miss Maria Hardinge, by her mother, Lady Hardinge. Miss Kinlock, by the Marchioness of Douro. Mrs. Nigel Kingscote, on her marriage, by Lady Char lotte Calthorp Gough. Miss Georgina Knight, by Mrs. Edward Rice. Mrs. Augustus Lloyd, by the Countess of Rosso. Mrs. Livesey, on her marriage , by Lady Alan Spencer Churchill. Miss Mary Sbaw Lefevre, by her mother, Mrs. John Shaw Lefevre. Hoe. Mrs. Lindsay, on her marriage, by Lady Lindsay. MisstLaurie, by her mother, Mrs. Laurie. Mrs. Joseph Lamb, by the Dowager Lady Talbot do Malahide. Miss Amelia Lamb and Miss Josephine Lamb, by their mother, Mrs. Joseph Lamb. Miss Jane Long, by her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Thackeray. Miss Chisenhale Marsh, by Mrs. Fanshawe. Mrs. Kcnreth Macaulay, by Lady Trevelyan. sirs. Napier (of Milliken), on her marriage, by the Countess of Charlemont. Miss Jephson Norreys and Miss Jephson Nmeys, by Vimuntesi Palmerston. 18, _ Lady Northcote and Miss Nor:licote, by Mrs. VT. E. Gladstone. Lady Anne Caroline Chandos Pole, on her marringq, by the Countess of Harrington. Mrs. Wyndham P or t man , by Lady Portman. Miss Mary Portnaan, by her mother, Mrs. Wyndham Portman. Mrs. George Pipon, by Mrs. Hayward. Mrs. James Pbtt, by Mrs. Archibald. Miss M. GaVin Pringle; by the Marchioness of Broadal bane. Miss Jane Portal, by Lady Elizabeth Drummond. Miss Rolls, by her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Thackeray. 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 Smith, 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, Lady Augusta Seymour. Mrs. George Stratton, by Lady Honyman. Miss Stratton, by her mother, Mrs. George Stratton. Mrs. Symons, by Lldy Emily Foley. Miss Symons and Miss Ellen Symons, by their mother, Mrs. Symons. Miss Selina Thsckeray, by Lady Elizabeth Thackeray. Miss Tracy and Miss Georgiana Tracy, by their mother, the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Tracy. Mrs. Gladwiu Tarbutt, on her marriage, by her sister, Mrs. Savage. Miss Vandeleur, by her mother, Lady Grace Vandeleur. Miss Warburton, by her mother, sirs. Warburton. The Countess of Winciviisearby -her mother, Mrs. Ed- _ ward Rice. Mrs. Yorke Yorke, by her sister, the Hon. Mrs. Howard. Miss Yorke and Miss Caroline Yorke, by their mother, Mrs. Yorke. LADIES' DRESSES. The following are a few of the principal dresses: — 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-dress, feathers and lace lappets; ornaments, diamonds. DUCHESS OF SO3IERSET.—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 egraffes 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 agraffes of diamonds and pearls, the complete toilette being rich and most dis tingue. Coiffure of ostrich feathers, blonde lappets, and magnificent tiara of diamonds. COUNTESS Or DARNLEY.—Bodice 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 LlUME.—Costume de cour, composed of a rich pink glace train, tastefully trirqmqd with bouillons of tulle and agraffes of ribbon ; body and sleeves to corre pond ; dress of• tulle iliusion,,,with fluunces, trimmed with ribbon and a chatelaine of gum cistus and ivy leaves, over a white glace slip. Head-dress, feathers and lappets. MISS MARY FIUME.—The same. COURT CIRCULAR. - Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the Draw ing -room. tier Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, took a drive yesterday afternoon 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, left 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 Hache, the Countess Louisa Oriolla, the Marqnis 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 Goltz, 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 in 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 aro compelled to sell our sugars at 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; butlincredible as it may ap pear, we have been denied even the privilege of being placed upon an equal footing with the Dutch and Bel gian refiners in our owe markets. "Being thus shut out of the foreign markets by the Dutch underselling us by means of their high bounty, and from the home market by the 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 siugular 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 be 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 put 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 biought 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 ell these proceedings, we 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 be 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 Government 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 think it desirable to cause foreigners to be supplied with the article at a price bel ow the actual cost o f production, there is no reason why they should not be permitted to do so. They will soon become tired of taxing their peop le for such a purpose, and then the trade can be re sumed here with the certainty of not being interfered with for the future by any similar experiments.— Times. HER MAJESTY'S TFIEATREL—Amongst the noble and distiaguished individuals honouring her Maje4y's Theatre with their presence yesterday (Thursday) evenimg , noticed his Grace the D uke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchessof Cleveland, the Marquis of Sligo, Marquis of Clan ricarde, the Earl of Lonsdale, Earl and Countess of Stam ford, the Countess Dowager of Hopetoun, Earl Bruce, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl Talbot, Viscount Dupplin, 'Vscount Clifden, kc. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with his presence last evening. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Mr. Cavendish, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Bliss Emily Cavendish and party. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Her Majesty and his Royal Highness I'rince Albert, accom panied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia honoured the performances with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess Hacke, the Countess Oriulla, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Count Puckler, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. - *epilog'', U4Or You 13gyeu, and the Marquis of Orland. - del, rf'r - r" F--lEPTCH We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN pub ashes along article in the Pres.ve denying that he is the supporter of the candidateship of General CAVAIONAC for the Presi dency ; he 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 most energetically. lie concludes his communication as follows : " Who made the rut in which M. Bonaparte is over throwing us? It was M. Cavaignac. 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 R e . 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 Cavaignac, I admit, very honourably descended from power, to which ha ascended less honour ably;lB4B, has a n dd o t t h c a e t a s his e c d onduct be bothvery since th fi e rm 2oth n d D v e e c r e 3 m , Ig o r : derate; but in my eyes that does not suffice to redeem the irreparable errors of the past, and to give certain pledges fur 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 of no known political m an , 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. EMILE Dg GIRAaDIN does not vouchsafe to reveal the " local habitation and the name" of the mysterious " coming man." M. DE LAMA.RTIIVE-plitfrighbrib- the Pap an elo quent reply to the attacks which have been made on him in the Assemblie Nationale by the Fusionists, under the inspiration of M. GutzoT. 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, but 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 days which try the strength or the weakness of new-born Governments, who had foreseen them? Who had armed the beforehand? Who had brought from Africa a Republican chief in order that the necessary defence of the Republic should not be 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 brave 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 the history used by the fusion. We do not wish to recriminate by writing the sadder or truer history of the defeats of your cause and of your states men; our motto you well know is not " Woe to the van quished!' No. ' Respect to the vanquished!' is the motto of the true Republic; -stud 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 Ministere who make fusions in their journal at Paris. There is between the romance of Voltaire and the poli tient romance of the Assemblee Nationale only this trifling difference—it is, that at Venice the face is masked during this carnival of Kings, and that 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 citizen—LASSARTINS.” We read in the Ordre " The Illessager of yesterday evening spoke of a se cret understanding between the President, M. Viicon, and M. de Lamartine. According to this combination, M. Faucher, and even M. Baroche, would quit the Mi nistry, and be replaced by MM. de Lamartine and Bixio, and M. Odilon Barrot would be 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. de 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 Elyi4e, say that Dr. Wren 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. I.6an 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 irritazitn 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 CabinVt, from Whicli M. Faucher would be excluded ; but it is hoped to compensate for this by tho accession of MM. Bixio and ',smarting, 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 LAROCHEIIQUELEIN 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 news of a nature to disturb the public peace. The Messager 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 Cents. opened at 90t. 30c., rose to 90f. 50c., ;fell subsequently to 90f., and closed at 90f. 30c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 90c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 910 f.; Rouen, 616 f. 25c.; Havre, 255 f.; Great Northern, 472 f. 50c.; Avignon, 225 f.; Vierzon, 425 f.; Basle, 143 f. 175 c.; Paris and Strasburg, 365 f.! BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Luxembourg, 3 1 /B .—Namur and Liege, 7%—Northern of France, 14 5 A—Orleans, and Bor deaux, 3% Paris and Rouen NlA—Paris and Strasburg, 1O —Sambre and Meuse, 374—Tours and Nantes, 5,15. 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 W.—The Three per Centst were done at 36 for time ; the Four per Cents. 14i; the Five per Cents. at 16i; the Debt without In terest at 6i; and the Coupons at 81. GERMANY. The Diet of Frankfort was not opened on the 12th, as had been expected. The Prussian Plenipoten tiary, M. Rocuow, however, accompanied by M. BISAIARK, arrived on the previous evening at Frank fort. On the 12th, all the members of the Central Federal Commission assembled for the last time. The Diet is expected to open on the 17th. "Our correspondent at Hamburgh," says the In. dependance of Brussels, "states that great agitation prevails in that city, in consequence of severely s p ix ro A m u ies s de t ai r ta ia tr n o. soldiers The Austrian having military a b a e t a h t o e r n i t i a e a newspa pe r had punish the guilty parties, but have since asserted that they cannot discover them. This is not believed po pular the population, and it is very difficult to prevent demonstrations. Extensive military precautions have b e e C a n o Gazette says that th e Austrian o a g k n e e n. T h " D k E ers, u Mi nisterthecamofmFisinsianonceo,f M. hay proposed to aZlO;hers, convoked by him, to open a loan of 100 ,000,000 florins in specie (the florin is 2f. 59c.), in order to increase the me tallic reserve of the Bank to 140,0130,000 florins, the Government taking the engagement not to issue any new paper mon e y. The Austrian Government has ordered seven regi ments of light cava l ry to be turned into lancers, , in consequence of havin f dth surrection in Hungary the lancers had a decided g oun at during-the late =- superiority over every other description of light cavalry. The Conferences at Warsaw between the Emperor of RUSSIA. and the King of PRUSSIA are expected to be of great importance. It is not certain that the Emperor of AUSTRIA. will attend; but D.Z. DE MAN. TEUTFEL, the Prussian Prime Minister, M. ROCHOW, Prussian Plenipotentiary at Frankfort, M. M.EYEN. DORFF, Russian Minister at Vi enna, and M. DR B UD . BERG, Russian Minister at Berlin, have been sum moned. It had been said that Prince DE NusEutoDE would also attend, but this is not certain. RUSSIA. During the last month agents of the Russian Go vernment have been visiting France, 13elgium, and England, to ascertain which cou n t ry could ' best su pply an txteasiya order fir arrue. 7,120 ageats bays at last given the order to some estabi:shmeLta at ; 50,000 muskets of the first quality, a quanc tity of powerful carbines cnd conic bullets, are to be supplied. ITALY. A letter from Florence, in the Risorgimento of Turin, announces the resignation of General LAT:MIER, the Tuscan Minister of War. NAVAL IN TELLI GENCE. ARRIVAL AT PORTSMOUTH OF REAR-ADXIRAL HORNBT, C. 8., AND THE ASIA, 84.—The Asia, 84, Cap tain R. F. Stopford, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, 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 net an chor at Spithead till nine o'clock. On Thursday morn ing at eight o'clock she saluted the flag of the Commander in-Chief, Admiral the lion. Sir Bladen Capri, with 17 guns, which the Viceroy returned with eleven, and BOOR afterwards Admiral Hornby and Captain Stopford landed at the dockyard to pay their respects to Sir Bladen Capel. Tt;e Asia left Valearaiso on the 13th of February, arrived at Rio the 23d, and left the 37tla t thas making the passage home from the former place in 92 daya—an average passage. The Rev. Mr. Haletead, late chaplain of the Dcedales, 19, Captain Wellesley, and Mr. Davis, assistant master of the Nereus, with some in valids, have come home pessengers; two or three of th* latter have died, and the Asia has also lost two seamen, named Mellish and Casa; the former fell from the foretop, and the latter from the rnainyard, 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, KAfaxsvell, and Co., the emi rell When the Asia left Rio that o. eeil - siraty - -•streee, Strand, out cruizing. The was still sickly. consignednTehnThe British navyrepresented wo wine-merchants, squadrone. a s a re r . r s e . Hh ,S. Robertson.rthn were s e, place Southampton, 50, Captain Cory,. with the flag of Rear- Admiral was being towed out as th e A a i a went The Admiral was left on shore, and was int Reynolds, Rio. T n gone into the country. The Brazilian Admiral's fl ag was lying on board a man-of-war at Rio. Yesterday the Commander-in - Ch placed the ief Sprightly at the service of Admire Hornby, and at about two o'clock he with his family le ft the Asia tinder the compliment of manned yards, when his flag w as finally ha u l e d d own , an d th e p a rty landed at the Vic toria Pier. The Asia's orders are to pay off at Portsmouth. Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, got under weigh at Spithead on Wednesd afternoon but brought up again in a sh or t t i me. W u nderstoo d she was awaiting her portion of p reserved meats, what she had rece i ve d having been returned to the victualling offices, where. it is said, a large quantity has been condemag.d as unfit put in r equ i s i t i on yesterday, at one for food. Having recei ve d a fresh supply, the steam tug o'clock, kand o Echow t as wed the Prince Regent into the offing out side the Nab, when she made sail about half-past three, P.N., with a light wind down channel. Leopard steam-sloop has been dismantled and her jurymasts taken out. She remains in the old basin to be docked for the purpose of being coppered, and prepared as an advanced steamer. _ " - Tiger steam-sloop, is being prepared for commission. The Argus is ready, and is now being painted outside. Low TIDE AT PORTSNOUTII.-01 1 Wednesday there was a remarkably low ebb tide, and in consequent* thereof the two steam-vessels attached to that port grounded outside the harbour mouth. Tho Sprightly steam-tender had been out to Spithead to the Prince Regent, and was returning through the Swash passage, when she struck on the south outer point, where she Mewed and listed o►er 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 Elornen, 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. Commodore 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, the 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 on board the Retribution, she was hove off without much trouble. Four ships of the squadron—lndefatigable, Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Robinson ; Dauntless, and Arethusa—were to lease 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 inetant. 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. WOOLWICH, MAY 15.—Chief Engineer—G. M. Burt, to the Devastation, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop of 400- horse power, ready fbr commission, at Portsmouth. Second Master—Albert Collier (1849), to the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwicb. Assistant Engineers—Richard Gray (acting first class), Thomas Lee, and 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 aro to bo granted to all persons be longing to this dockyard to visit the Great Exhibition in Hyde•park, 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.N. Antelope steam-vessel, Lieut.' C omm ander is to be paid off here on Saturday, Hecate steam-sloop, Command h er Han d, ing. arrived at Portsmouth, from the river Tyne, on Saturday , ' her boilers having given way, and it is uncertain wheth er it will not be necessary for them to undergo such rep airs as to render it more advisable to pay her off and tura over her o ffi cers and crew to another stesm -vessel, as there are several ready at Portsmouth a nd Plymouth, than to keep her in commission during the time iterill require `t o again place her in servicea ble condition. Vessels in the Harbour—Figgard flag ship, Black Eagle, Monkey, Antelope, and Furious steam-vessels. In Dock—Shearwater an d Fair y steam-vessels. The Mastiff, which was for m an y y ears employed on the teli t smyth, h surveying service in the North Seas, is also in dock, t t e l s e s r eis. MAL . The. have o i c in k d , D T w ri a d r e f n e t, team ßa . men and b b e e en c a om t p w le o t r e k ly in b broken reakin ui g ) tor-night. nm 6 ill the morning to 6 at night, and are allowed ss. per ton as remuneration. The Mastiff was a vessel of -185 t burden. PEMBROKE. MAT 14.—.T116 following sions of the Valorous steam are the dimen• Pl u ln to, t H he yd i L as , i fi7h G tn riene g n, _sloop-of-war , just launched from her Majesty's dockyard at Pem broke : Feet. Inches. • 243 3 ••• 210 0 •.• 185 ..• 36 • 35 81, ... 35 Ot 24 6 Length over all Do. between perpendiculars Do. of keel for tonnage Breadth extreme Do. for tonnage Do. moulded Depth of hold Burden in tone, 1,257. The Valorous will be immediately taken into cloak to be Foppered, jury-rigged, and ballasted, prior to liet a e l navigated round to the eastward, to be fitted . w i t h n t h e steam machinery, which is awaiting her arrivsl Thames. The detatchm en t o f t h e 77t h R eg i men t of o t, under Lieutenant W a ll ac k , l eft Pem b roke Dock for Plymouth. and has been relieved by the s2d. and fortress The half-y ear ly i nspect i on o f the troo p' very es by Colonel L ove p rove d th a t both were eient state. m end of Lieutenant duty at Pembroke, under-the %%moo The detachment of the Royal d and it is con*. Colonel Ellis, is about to be bo re a upplied by a four-Qom- Marines now doing tured that their place wil l whence detachments will be sent head quarters of a regi men t , c om arthen, &o. Pembroke being made the ptounCy a t i l .d ep ig o an t o , f s t w h 3 ll s e , , [ADvEnisEri v i i—An Extra o rdi nary Case o f si Indigestion, and Flatulency, cured by Hon.. bairatee Rhan, a native merchant of Patna,, . su ffered for years from bile, indigestion; sad a'ithoug consulted the moat eminent:Ear' ° e vince, yet he derived no benefit from their h he wi ß finaa l I tty i u : ise l l e pon s Efei A lyist s t :: : ei_ a a nn c p k di cdr , i but gradually became more debilitated. Having day s everer attack than usual of these dreadful maladies. one a • dto try H he determined to ollevray's Pills, and this medicine. which has obtained such 'high repute throughout the worpi ► very soon reinstated him in perfect health, and in gratitado or the benefit, he desires this wonderful cure to be made_p b l y:Z . Sold by all Druggists, CITY Or LONDON HOSPITAL and at Professor Holloway's I; O il 1 . " went, 244, Strand, London. treat of n t , CHEST.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert bas t itir f lt o u ed n Lis intention of performing the ceremony of ) 7 ja it i L g on the 25th at tion stone of the above intended new P lws t of the institutioa, June next. The Earl of Carlisle presi i d m en en who take an in. and a number of noblemen and genet expected to be present terest in the success of the charity are occasion. The s i te oi f to support his Royal Highness "i° FOR DisNASIO Cr 'Fly!' on of ground adjacent to the hospital comprises a spb_sciou!' s _ par k, and the building, as the principal entrance of V designed, cannot fail to pro e v fle s . i 1 to the poorer classes serer' jet a cnl n rnamental to the neighbolls" hood, as well as greatly . en b ta in the surrounding districts. ing under chest complain last evening, at the Thatched How' club dined together Graham, brother to Sir Jams* ' Charles Cals . .—The members of Otis Tavern. Captain Tag ROYAL NAYT Graham, presided, for the evening, Admiral the Earl of Eg- Monday, g his Sir --uest Edmond Lyons, Admiral Sir Thomas mont, Admiral a nd WA S supported hy Captain Pierrapont Ad mi ral Price, Captain Charles Fremantle, emit, Cochrane, C a p tain Courtenay, Captain Rodney Mundsy. S. Fremantle, rip a 1, Capt Plumridge, Captain It4Dougal, Ca p tain —-- cc) t Captain Mau el l , ciaptaia Oak% "a Copula Jobu "lb w. Hilus_o te n : Captain