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for spititual instruction to paupers of the Roman Catholic faith: Colonel WOOD considered that the effect of the Bill under consideration would be, eventually, to put an end to all settlement but that of birth, and to entail on the people of Scotland all the evils of the English poor-law. By fixing seven years as the period for effecting a settle ment, the practical effect would be, that the great mass of those not born in Scotland, but industriously engaged there, would not be able to gain a settlement. It would entail on the country all the evils of the 13th and 14th Charles 11., and lead to a war between parishes, as to which should be burdened with the maintenance of the poor. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said he wished to make a few observations or. the Bill, which he would have looked upon as a step towards laying the foundation of a substantial system of relief for Scotland, had it not been proposed that those who formerly were entrusted with the ad ministration of relief were still to have it continued in their hands. It was his opinion that it could not be placed in the hands of worse persons—(Hear, hear)— as they had shown a most unpardonable neglect in the way they had acted towards the poor of that country, What was the condition of that country under the administra tion of relief ? It exhibited a system of extermination, in which the people were cleared away, and the country turned into extensive sheep-walks. Certain statements had appeared in the Times newspaper, to which he would call their attention. The Hon. Member then read ex tracts front the letters that have recently appeared in that journal, illustrative of the clearance system in the counties of Ross and Sutherland, especially in the parishes of Ardgay and Glencarrie. He would ask why the poor-law of Scotland had not prevented this deplorable state of things ? He wanted to know what the heritors and kirk sessions had been doing to allow such proceedings to go forward. This clearing system was not confined to the district he had named, but extended itself over the whole Sutherland estates, there being many instances in which 30,000 acres of pasture were only inhabited by a few shepherds, the land having been depopulated to make sheep-walks. If a proper poor•law had existed such a state of things could not have taken place, as the poor would have had a settlement, and could not have been driven out. It was a system which extended mendicity and wretchedness among one class, and rendered the wealthy hard-hearted and callous towards the sufferings of their fellow creatures. These were most material points to be considered when they spoke of a poor-law for Scotland. Other parts of Scotland were suffering very much from the want of an efficient poor-law. In Glasgow it had been stated, upon authentic grounds, that hundreds died annually from the want of the commonest necessaries of life. If they went into the description of what had lately taken place in Sutherlandshire, they would find much to shock them. There was no protection for the poor man, and the whole country seemed in a state of desolation. If the accounts in the newspapers were true, this state of things should not be suffered to exist He would not vouch for their truth—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from both sides of the :House)—he repeated, he would not vouch for the truth of these statements, but thought it right to mention them there, so that they might be explained or contradicted by Scotch Members, The law would, he thought, be most severe in its opera tion as regarded settlement, and he entirely objected to the 17th clause of the Bill, which respected the removal of English and Irish. This clause pressed with peculiar hardship on the Irish, who had no settlement in Ireland by the present law, and who, when thrown upon the shores of that country, had no legal claim for assistance in any particular parish. The 72d clause was a most barbarous one, for if an Irishman who had been oncere moved again became chargeable to the same parish, he was treated as a criminal. Sir J. GRAHAM—It is the law of England. Mr. CRAWFORD—Then it is disgraceful to England or any other country, to keep such a law on the Statute book. Mr. LOCH said he wished to say a few words about a statement which had been made by the Hon. Member for Rochdale, relative to the treatment of the tenantry of Sutherlandshire. These accounts quoted by the Hon. Member were not true.—(Hear, hear.) There were no tenantry better treated than those of Sutherlandshire, nor none more flourishing ; no pains that could be taken by a landlord which had not been bestowed upon them, and they were a most industrious well-disposed popula tion. They had frequently been forgiven their rent, and 60,000/. had been distributed among them by the land lords. Sutherlandshire had wonderfully improved since 1828, and one village there, Glencarrie, which, in 1813, exported 3,500 barrels of herrings, last year prepared 37,000, employing no less than 3,900 people. Neither was there an illegal still in all Sutherlandshire, a great proof of the moral improvement of the population. The Hon. Member concluded by saying that the reports in the newspapers were grossly exaggerated, and that he was willing to give the Hon. Member all the facilities in his power to ascertain the fal ehood of these statements. The LORD-ADVOCATE said he would commence by adverting to statements which had appeared in the newspapers, respecting what had taken place at Glen- Carrie, in the north of Scotland. And first, be must say, that he was by no means inclined either to approve of or defend a system of wholesale ejectment. He thought that if a landlord wished to diminish the num ber of tenantry on his property, if he found such a step necessary, he (the Lord-Advocate) thought it should not be done suddenly and at once, but gradually. But respecting what had taken place at Glencarrie, he be lieved the reports to have been greatly exaggerated, and his belief was founded upon inquiries which had been instituted to ascertain the accuracy of these statements. It was not a case of sudden ejection, for negotiations had been going on for a period of two years between the managers of the land and the tenantry. Arrange ments had, in fact, been concluded to the satis faction of the tenants who were to vacate those lands, and who gave their consent to that course. The lands were accordingly let to others, but the tenantry afterwards changed their minds and refused to go. To many of these tenants abatements had been made. Some of them had received sums of money and assistance towards emigrating, and they were so far from being in the state of destitution de scribed, that several hundreds of pounds had been paid to them, as the value of their stock. Notwithstanding the observations of his Learned Friend the Member for Leith, he thought there would be no difficulty in mak ing those alterations in Committee, which would render the measure generally acceptable. He considered that sufficient provision was made in the Bill for the protec tion of the pauper against the parochial boards. With regard to the objection of his Learned Friend, that there was not an uniform system of rating adopted in Scotland, more particularly in means arid substance, he had not found in the five volumes of evidence collected by the Commissioners on that subject, anything against the fairness and justice of that system of taxation. Since the Bill had been circulated he had received various communications approving of that part of the Bill ; and, moreover, he believed that public opinion was generally in favour of it. If the system was right, and had been found to work well in Glasgow and other places, as he could prove by the testimony of very high authorities, he would ask if it was advisable to prevent the people from resorting to this mode of assessment in preference to any other ? Nevertheless power was given in the Bill to adopt a different mode of assessment on property, for instance, where it was thought proper to do so from local and other causes. Parochial boards would, no doubt, adopt a system best suited to the place. With regard to the objection of his Learned Friend, as to the extension of the period of residence from three to seven years, he believed there was a general concurrence of opinion that such an extension should take place—that opinion was entertained by all who had turned their attention to the condition of the poor in Scotland, whether in towns or in the country—Dr. Alli son among the number.lllis Learned Friend, was strongly opposed to the removal of paupers from England and Ireland, and urged that their support was most oppres sive on the rate-payers of Scotland. Now, it did appear to him (the Lord Advocate) that they could not deprive an English or an Irish pauper of relief out of the poor rates, because there was not sufficient provision in their own country, though there ought to be, for a Scotch man was not entitled to relief out of the poor-rates of Ireland. lie considered that the erection of poor-houses should be left to the proper parties, and - to consider whe ther they would afford paupers relief in them or out of them. A Noble Lord (Lord Arundel) suggested that some provision should he made for the spiritual wants of those who differed in their religious opinions from others of the poor. There was nothing in the Bill to prevent such persons from being attended by the pastor of their own religion. He knew several parishes in which no medical talker was employed, and in many of them his services were rendered unnecessary by the longevity of the inhabitants.--(A. laugh.) However, power was given in the Bill to apply a portion of the rates, in the shape of a subscription to hospit a l s , f or the benefit of the poor. The Bill provided that funds should be provided for the relief of indigent persons In sickness, as occasional poor. The Learned Lord then referred to the general details of the Bill, and concluded by stating that no objections had been urged, or suggestious raised, which might not be adopted in Com mittee. He boped, therefore, the House would not ob ject to its going into Committee, as it would be of great_ advantage to the p oor o f S cot l an d.—(ll ear. ) • _ Mr. HUME thought that the o bj ect i ons h a d b een fairly met by the Learned Lord who 'had just sat down. He could only say that the subject was full of difficult y . If they could steer th b e etween the two extremes it would . be well. From the which h mrnunicatioas he had received from the borou ghs ts he represented, all differing in the tenor of their conte nts, b ut all agreeing in the end at which they arrived, tha t n there great difficulty in the question, and he thoug ht th e refore wae that upon the whole the safest plan would be to su ffer r the Bill to pass over till the next session. All dithe great point as to the amount of relief which sh ou ld edon be administered in those cases where it was impo s si bl e to appeal to the authorities, and he thought that i t was somewhat unsafe to leave it, as the Learned Lord (1 ; :o the enlarged charity of the individuals in whiesolineesie cases of immediate distress occurred. 4 n eig hb ourhood those therefore evidently full o f diffi culty, and he Zueghlasit better therefore that the measure shouldllebe mustsub ?flitted to a Committee up stairs. admit that the Learned Lord h a d very fairly answered the objections of the Honourable Member for Leith, but still he had not obviated tho evils which had been pointed out in the previous speech. He himself had been an advocate for the alteration of the poor- law, but he must acknowledge that it had not alto- Faber fulfilled the expectations which he had formed of it. Little time would be lost by the delay, and as the advantage of giving a perfect measure was exceedingly great, he thought the better plan would be to defer the measure : and as he was sure that every Scotch Mem ber would feel it his duty to bring, all the information which he could obtain, there w6talf be grounds for deci sion far superior to any which they now possessed, and he should therefore desire that the measure should be postponed for one sear more. Ur. COLQUIWUN felt, equally with the Ho. Aleut, ber for Montrose (Mr. Hume), the difficulty of this ques tion, but he was compelled to differ with him as to the result. It was true that there was great doubt as to the measure of relief to be administered in cases of absolute destitution ; but, when ho recollected that the board of supervision, which this Bill proposed to insti tute, would bring any cases of flagrant abuse be fore Parliament, he thought that there was suffi cient security for th just exercise of its powers. It should also be remembered that the kirk of session also possessed the power of interference, and notwith standing the changes which had lately occurred in the Church of Scotland, yet he believed that all parties would work conscreaneously in carrying out the provisions of this Bill. And if they did not, it should be recollected that they were subject to the jurisdiction of the ecclesi astical courts. So that even from them there was a security by no means contemptible. It would, there fore, in his opinion, be far better to come to a decision than to hang up the measure even for another year. The Hon. Member for Leith was desirous of a change in the assessment, and he thought there was much in the objection. When it was remembered, as had been stated by that Hon. Member, that all the developments of Scotland had taken place within the last 65 years, it was evidently plain that the assessment ought to be thrown more largely on houses in towns. In those cases of emergency, where there was no opportunity of meeting the distress by the ordinary means, they had no resource but to apply to some extraordinary source. Such was the case at Stockport a few years ago. There the poor's-rate had proved entirely inadequate to meet the ditress.—(Hear.) It was, indeed, only intended to meet ordinary occasions from poverty, an I when any great period of calamity, such as those which the variations of commercial existence were sure to oc casion, they could only be met by some extraordinary appeal to the public kindness and sympathy of human nature. These occasions had been so met in Stockport, Glasgow, and other places. But these were only extra ordinary occasions, and he thought that if there was to be any permanent provision for the wants of the able bodied labourer, it would lead to a system of demora lizing tendency which would ultimately lead to a total depravation of the popular mind. For these reasons, agreeing with the Hon. Member for Montrose as to the difficulty of the question, but disagreeing with him as to the danger or benefit of delay, and believing that there was an urgent necessity for interference, he should give his cordial support to the Bill. Mr. E. ELLICE quite agreed with the previous speakers in the difficulty which surrounded the question; but he thought that however great that difficulty, yet it was a duty of the House to encounter and overcome it. He thought that the suggestions of the Hon. Member for Leith were well worthy of attention ; but at the same time ho differed as to the way in which that suggestion was to be carried out. The several parts of Scotland totally differed from each other in character and condi tion, and to endeavour to apply one and the same remedy to people in such very different circumstances, and with such very different wants, must turn out a total futility. The east and the west, and the north and the south of Scotland, were all under very different circumstances, and they were applying a mea sure which would act most unequally. To any one who, like him, had seen the Highlands, it would appear ridiculous to suppose that any board in that district would assess themselves. He believed that no one Bill could apply to all parts of the country, and he conceived, therefore, that at would be necessary to have one Bill for the Highlands of Scot land and another for the Lowlands. Scenes were at pre sent enacting in the north of Scotland which reflected disgrace on any civilized country—(Hear, hear) —but was there anything in this Bill to put a stop to those proceedings ? He believed not. He did not wish to mix himself up with the opinions of any person or persons, but looking at the reports which were now periodically sent from the Highlands, he could not help expressing his gratitude to any person, or body of persons, who were the means of bringing the state of the Highland poor before the country. He thought that the facts therein stated fifully proved that unless parishes were compelled to give the poor com pulsory relief, certainly no voluntary assistance would be sufficient for that purpose, and most decidedly he thought that the poor ought to have some fixed system of medical relief. Another plan, which would be greatly calculated to ameliorate the condition of the poor in the Highlands, would .be to :teach the children the English language. Why should property, he would ask, in Scotland, be exempted from an assessment to which it was liable in England and Ireland? He thought this Bill a most ill-advised one, and he trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite would re-consider it. He did not think that they had evidence enough of the state of that country, for certainly a body of evidence had been supplied to the House by the Commissioners which fully illustrated the state of the poor., yet he would again earnestly entreat that the measure might be postponed for the purpose of re-consideration. Mr. R. SCOTT was strongly opposed to any post ponement of this question, for he was of opinion that the longer they deferred legislating on the subject, so long would the Scottish poor Jae kept in their present miserable condition. An Hon. Member on the opposite side had lamented that this Bill would place a greatly extended power in the hands of the Kirk Session. He did not think that power would be ill-bestowed, for during every period the Kirk Session had proved them selves the friends of humanity and of religion. The poor-law in Scotland was good, the principle of it was excellent.—(Hear). He was glad to hear those cheers from Scottish members. It was only the want of an assessment that made the case of the poor so miserable. If they took the ministers from the north of Scotland, they would find every large proportion of them in favour of a compulsory assessment. If they took the medical men examined, they would find that 80 per cent, of them were in favour of compulsory assessment. Most of the sheriffs' substitutes, and in fact the large proportion of all the influential witnesses examined, were in favour of a compulscry assessment. What ought to be the course, then, for Government to pursue ? Why, simply to introduce into this measure a power of compulsory assessment in parishes where it might be required. Mr. P. M. STEWART regretted that Government seemed determined to force this Bill through the House in the present session, because, considering its vast im portance to Scotland, and, indeed, considering its im portance to the whole country, and considering the pre sent state of public business, he thought it would have been a fair concession to Hon. Members connected with Scotland, and a relief to the Government themselves, if they had acceded to the request of the Hon. Member for Montrose, and referred the Bill to a Committee up stairs. He denied that the Bill, in its present form, would introduce any improvement into the present state of the poor of Scotland, and he thought it must be startling to every Scotch Member to find, that the mo ment the Kirk Session was discovered to be inoperative, a measure of this hind was brought forward, which he defied any Hon. Gentleman opposite, from the Learned Lord- Advocate downwards, to prove to him would be productive of any beneficial effect. Without detaining the House on the minute details of the Bill, he wished to proceed at once to what might be considered the great point of the measure, namely, the two administrative bodies to act under the Bill. He would go at once to the Supervisional Board, which had already been demolished by his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Leith. Now, the whole constitution of that board was indefensible, and he took it to be a matter of one of those very points which would have to be settled when they went into Committee on the Bill. There were to be nine members of that Board, part of them to be nominated by the Kirk, pert by the Sheriff, anal the remainder by the Crown ; but the only two members who would be favoured with the confidence of the people, would be the two provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Such would be the constitution of the Board, which it was proposed to entrust with powers which appeared to him to be most anoma• lons—powers which, instead of tending to relieve, threw ob stacles in the way of the poor obtaining their just rights, while, at the same time, they gave undue and unnecessary protection , to the parish,authorities. This appeared to,him to be most uniast, for if one party ought to have been favoured at all, he t:eoue'' t that party ought to have been the poor and not Pe, : s i s t 4 was said the Bill was to correct the mad-admin i :stration of a ' good law, but, in his opinion, the poor were in e'oetter state now than they would be under the Bill. AU these points, however , were to be settled, altered, or . imer.ort'A in Committee ; but , ' considering the advanced period D t . 'the session, and consid er i ng that the Bill contained a s as eighty clauses, he th oug h t it would be more becotia':;ig in Government if they were to put off the Bill till next session. They were going to apply ma chinery which Was constitutionally wrong, which could not worsi - , and which would increase instead of abate the abuses ':under which his country was suffering. He said, then, that the Bill, unless it were amended throughout almost to affect its principle, it would be impossible for any Scotch Member to give his vote in support of the measure. But of this he was quite sure, that if they passed it now, his Learned Friend the Lord Advocate would have to bring in a Bill next session to amend it ; and how much better, and how much more cre dit a bl e wou ld it b e f or t h em to obviate this ne cess it y , an d postpone t h e Bill f or a s h ort t i me with a view t o it s amen d ment. The poor wou ld su ff er no hard ship from this course, because the Bill contained no one re deeming quality, so far as th e p oor : man was concerne d. A distinguished writer, h e b e li eve d i t was B a il ey, h a d sa id that i leg islation ought to be for the poor, because the rich could take care of themselves ; but the Bill, though professing to assist and care for the poor of Scotland, was decidedly against their interest. It was a Bill to protect the interest of the lairds and heritors of Scotland, and not to better the condition of the poor ; and if Government persisted in pushing it forward, he should give them his most determined opposition. Sir J. GRAHAM was surprised that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, after entering so strong a protest against the Bill, had .not concluded by making some motion which would have brought his opinion in a substantial shape before the House, because, if this Bill be not calculated to pro_ vide for the wants and abate the hardships under which the poor of Scotland labour, he did think the Hon. Gentleman, being a Scotch county Member, had failed in his duty in not moving its rejection.—( Hear, hear.) He would now trespass for a few moments upon the attention of the House while he adverted to a few of the objections which had been made to the Bill in the course of the evening. And, in the first place, he would call to the recollection of the Hon. and Learned Member for Leith, who had taken so creditable and active a part to bring under the notice of the public and the House the distresses of the poor of Scotland, that so far back as two years ago,this subject was first brought under the consideration of the Government . He held in his hand the r e p or t o f a comm i ss i on which . was issued by the Crown in January 1842, and it was i p ria swoihoo p inr o cth s r s oo l tf b r i e e s to dissemble the fact, that the issuing of that com mission had raised in a great degree the expectations of the Scotland. —(Hear, t Ico m m i s si ona labour e du a- under( l had e a r , s o h m : e a e r . td)oo:ThTbteh but n o twiths t anding asn o Hon. ttwoi t th e hsl l t Member gur conclusion adverse opinion, he th e thouehteo with him that with ,respect that the inquiry Hon. Member would admit could to facts, it was utterly impossible hear.) All the facts have been carried further.—( Hear, been fairly elicited, and tha t he could possibly . be discovered had afraid the doubts of the Hon. Member . for Mont rose could w r as t be remov ed by carrying the atthilenHfuourtsehe,rt,haantdthhee I:tigedhto rem ind the lion. Mem :rived when it would a st n i d g worthy be an absolute desertion of their dirty applywe ifa Government did did not make some attempt to some sort. He did think then it w of the House to institute a further inquiry, forasthenot obtaining time, nor did he think it worthy to deterttiPelof by sending it up stairs. It was to be dealt with by and in ti lit House and immediately ; and if the proposition of her Ms... jesty's Government were erroneous as well in p r i nc i p l e as in detail, as the Hon. Member for Leith had represented it to be, it was their duty to deal at once with the question.—(Cheers.) Now he must state that the Hon. Member for Montrose did his Hon. and Learned Friend the Lord Advoeato justice, and no more than justice, when he stated that the Learned Lord had fairly grappled with all the objections which had been urged against it ; and so far as the Hen. Member was concerned, it appeared to him the answer of hi Learned Friend was satisfac tory. The Hon. Member who had just sat down had cor rectly stated that the poor-law of Scotland was sound in prin ciple, and humane in its policy, and effectual as far as a matter of lew, but defective only from mal-aministration. Now it was precisely with, defects in the administration of the law that Government were dealing and endeavouring to apply a remedy. He could not agree with the Hon. Member, whose knowledge and connexion with Scotland were certainly mere extensive than his own, that the parochial board, from its very nature, was unconstitutional and defective. For of what was that body composed? It was composed, first, of heritors, or those who contributed in the largest degree to the poors' rates, and, in the next place, it was composed of ministers of the parish. If assessment became general, the present Bill introduced a most important change, by giving all the rate-payers in the parish a voice in making that assessment. But there were authorities of a high character opposed to the principle of assessment al together. Amongst them were Dr. Chalmers, and (as we un• derstood) Lord Dalmeny. Bu: he thought that matters had now arrived when assessment was necessary. (Hear.) Still he thought it was desirable to leave assessment volun tary. He did not think it would be wise to make assessment compulsory in the first instance. It was true that the appeal given by the present poor-law of Scotland appeared to recog nise a more impartial tribunal than the English pauper had to appeal to. But, in point of fact the appeal in Scotland was altogether illusory.—(Hear, hear.) He had great objec tions to any delay of this measure, and the arguments of the Honourable Member for Montrose had not con vinced him that delay would be productive of any good. The legal authorities in Scotland, who had paid-the greatest at tention to this subject, were in favour of the Bill. The Solicitor- General for Scotland wws in favour of it. The three Sheriffs who had been consulted en the subject, and who had the best means of judging of its merits—that is to say, the Sheriffs of Renfrew, Perth, and Forfar, were in favour of it. He did not think that if more time were given, there could be contrived a better tribunal than that which was proposed in the Bill. In Scotland the poor had a right of appeal, which the poor in Eng land had not—( Hear)—and as that right was to be confirmed, he did not imagine that any wrong could be done to the poor, if the decision of the local authorities was borne out by the de cision of the ultimate reference. The 67th clause gave an ap peal to the Sheriff, whose decision, if in favour of the appellant, would be conclusive, and without expense ; hut it was not to preclude the pauper from a further appeal if the decision were against him. The Bill would also establish in every parish an inspector of the poor, who would have the power of reporting on, and in some cases of revising, the de cisions of the parochial board. He was quite open to receive arguments which would alter his own preconceived opinions, and to alter the constitution of the boards of supervision. But he was astonished at the objection which was made to the pub licity of all the proceedings of those boards. What could tend more to the cure of those terrible hardships of the poor in Scotland than the publicity of the proceedings of the parochial boards, and the agency of a controlling power? Much had been said as to the right of the able-bodied poor to relief. The law of Scotland did not give them relief ; and as to the occa sional poor, the 62d clause gave them a claim to relief.— (Hear, hear.) That clause would meet all the exigencies of cases which might reasonably be expected to arise, in the case of the able-bodied poor, occasionally and unavoidably brought down. With respect to the distinction between burghed and rural parishes, all that the Bill did was to maintain and to regulate the existing law. The Bill contained provisions which were calculated to give aid to the poor in their respective localities. An Hon. Gentle man made a reference to the necessity of the assistance of me dical gentlemen in the Highlands of Scotland, which was quite impracticable and inconsistent. The establishment of medical men in such districts would be, in his opinion, quite at variance with reason. Then with respect to the prolongation of indus trial residence from three years to seven. He did not say that seven years was the right period, but there were reasons why the time should be prolonged in that country. The migratory character of those who laboured in the manufacturing districts rendered it indispensably necessary. It was not ex pedient to postpone legislation on this matter, for this was the time to legislate. In principle there was no objection to this measure, but there might be objections in detail, which could be remedied in Committee ; the law itself was already sanc tioned by the feelings of the community at large. That House was the only place to discuss the question, and not in Com mittee upstairs, from which the people of Scotland would hear nothing. And he challenged the Gentlemen opposite to discuss this matter fairly with him. He hoped that the Gentleman opposite would not make the proposition which he intended, and if he did make it, he hoped earnestly that the House would resist it. Mr. FOX MAULE said that Hon. Members opposite could not suppose that he had any other object in view than to provide for the difficulties, the extent of which he was ready to admit, but when he looked at this Bill, and read the provi visions of it, he could see no prospect whatever of bringing it into operation, if it were to be only discussed before a Com mittee of the whole House ; on the other hand, if the Bill should be committed to a Committee upstairs, he denied that it could be called a hole or corner meeting ; on the contrary, his opinion was, that the discussion on its merits could be car ried on much more beneficially to the measure, and more satis factorily to those to whose care it should be committed ; and if he did not think so he would be the last man to make such a proposition. His object was to have this Bill examined care fully, and have all its propositions put properly before the public when it should be brought down to the House. This was no unusual course, for it was one that had been adopted upon another Bill affecting Scotland in that House. He had heard the objections of the Right Hon. Baronet, and in answer to them he would say that if he were to regard them merely as a private landed propretor, he would let the matter pass quietly; but regarding this measure as he did, he could not help saying that the Bill appeared to him to be one which afforded pro tection to the rich only. He would not detain the House by going into the details of the provisions as to the remedies at law given by the Bill ; but this he would say, that before a poor man could take his case before the Court of Session he would be materially intercepted. He next objected to the presence of the minister at the parochial board, because the funds collected at the doors of the church were not added to the poor funds, while those who had the management of them were to be mem bers of the parochial board. The Bill also proposed the dis qualification of a class of personal called heritors, to which he would also object ; because those who would have the best right to vote would be disqualified, while a landed proprietor might have the power of conferring a number of votes. This was, in other words, what was called a plurality of votes, than which nothing could be more objectionable. He had to object likewise to what was called the Superior Board, as well as to what was called the combination of parishes ; but all these were topics which could only be fairly discussed in Committee up stairs. If they did not deal with the measure with a view to a perma nent arrangement, it were far better they did not interfere at all, for they would be doing more harm than good. He, therefore, considered that it should not be referred to a Com mittee of the whole House. By referring it to a Committee up stairs, as he had proposed, they would gather the opinions of all parties, and would be better able to form a judgment as to the course they should adopt. He should, therefore, feel it his duty, if his suggestions were not adopted, to take the sense of the House, that the whole question be referred to a Select Committee. Mr. P. BORTHWICK thouglat that the Right Hon. Gen tleman who spoke last, and the Hon. Member for Renfrew_ shire, wore the last two Members in the House who should oppose the present measure. He did not hear a single argu ment advanced why the present Bill should be referred to a Committee up stairs. A committee of the whole House was, he considered, quite competent to deal with the measure, though it did consist of eighty clauses. Mr. ELLIS felt it his duty to say a few words, before the House came to a decision on the second reading of the Bill. He entertained a somewhat different opinion from most of the Members who had spaken on the measure.—( Hear.) He was not one of those who were very much in favour of centralization. He agreed so very much in the objection which had been made to this measure by his Hon. Friend the Member for Leith, that he could have wished that his Right Hon. Friend had sent this Bill to a Select Committee up at' s . rs. He thought that s ome i nqu i r i es oug h t to h ave been rnsLe as to the propriety of establishing the boundaries and unions in Scotland which this Bill p ro po se d t o fi x . was it possible that this measure could be fully aanside:ed in a Committee of the whole House, looking to the stat: d of public business at pre sent. He trusted that no atte:., pt would be made to alter the existing system of asses sme:-..r._( Hear, hear.) The d:ffic u lt he surrounding this subis: ‘ ,, were es Mr. great, and he trusted that th e y would fully and w ',ally be considered before this measure was proceeded wi O 4. . M. OLES could not allow this Bill t o p ass w i t h ou t ten derin',',' his thanks to the Government for having brought the al:astir() forward. He thought that they would have been but tcllmm f am e n e tt th s e u ee r ‘ p u i p i e s m e s t d ba ei a rr t s f t o h r e Hpee p-etiecting th e i r d u t y if t h ey had not done so. He could not fret lhtog p roposition fresaetnsd o ui f nrpg tl r i ti e ;eh ißsaitguhtihtuis7toloonao.ksi looking gl e e n teo - t the existing state of public business. He deprecated delay, and he trusted that they would all unite in their endeavours to make this Bill as perfect in itself as possible. Mr. HASTIE did not think that this Bill would carry re lief to the Scotch poor. So far from that, there would be more difficulty in carrying such a law as this into effect, than there was now experienced in carrying out the existing law. With regard to the mode of assessment ho considered it highly ob jectionable, inasmuch as it did not sufficiently define the dis tinctions to be adopted in the various kinds of proporty, while it was sufficiently explicit to create differences between the landal and urbal proprietary. In a word, so far from regarding the Bill as one calculated to gire relief, he believed it would be but a further mode of depriving the population of Scotland of those remedial measures which other districts had been ac corded.-7( Hear. ) Mr. AGLIONBY (amid loud cries of " Divide, divide,") merely wished to satisfy the country, that on both sides of the House an anxious desire existed to afford relief to the Scotch community, and he thought the greatest credit was due to the Government for having introduced a measure with that in tention. On the commencement of the discussion he had thought it would be better to send the Bill to a Committee up stairs, but after the fair and unreserved explanation of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department, an explanation which removed every difficulty, and answered every objection, he should rather prefer entrusting it to the consideration of a Committee of the whole House. Mr. COLLETT (who from the repeated cries of "divide" was almost inaudible in the gallery) was understood to ask wherein the appointment of commissioners of assessment—five of whom ho thought would be virtually required by the Bill— would be vested, and what their salaries would amount to. Sir JAMES GRAHAM replied that the officers would be appointed and paid by the Treasury, but as to the probable amount of salary he could at present give no idea. Mr. FOX M A ULE did not consider that the question raised by the Hon. Member affected the principle of the Bill, which he sti:l regarded as unsound and prejudicial. On the question being put, Mr. CUMMING BRUCE (amid continued cries of " di vide" from every quarter of the House), suggested that if infal libility should be the result of this measure, it would meet with a success which but few Bills carried in that House could lay claim to or expect. Mr. HU'slE, after having heard the speech of his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Leith, and the reply of the Secretary for the Home Department, than which a more satis factory or fair explanation could not have been afforded. thought that it would not be consistent with the interests of those he and his friends consulted to 'divide on the present occasion. While in Committee the Bill could receive altera tions or amendments, and he hoped any propositions contem plated for the improvement of the measure would be reserved for that stage of its discussion.—(Hear, hear. ) Sir J. GRAHAM would wish, in accordance with the con venience of the House, to fix Monday sen'night for going into Committee on the Bill ; and on Thursday next the Member for Somerset, and others desirous of proposing alterations, mill lay their amendments on the table of the House. Con sidering the spirit evinced during the latter part of the discus sion, he would promise to give all the suggestions mooted the fullest investigation, and as extensively as possible would admit them into the provisions of the Bill. Mr. P. STEWART, being the first that had led the forlorn hope, would concur in the suggestion of withdrawing- all further oppositio n for the present. Mr. FOX MAULE would not press his opposition. mettftera: few words f rom M r. RUTHERFORD, the amend withdrawn, an d the Bill was read a second time, and orde was to be committed. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUN E -13, 1845. IBM! BANKING BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the order of the day for bringing up the report on the Irish Bank ing Bill, and proposed several verbal amendments. Mr. REDINGTON then rose, and begged to propose the adoption of the motion of which he had given notice, and which was a clause to this effect—" That whereas, by an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the 21st and 22d years of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, entitled an Act for establishing a bank, by the name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland," it was, amongst other matters, provided, that nothing therein contained should be construed to enable the said corporation, or any person or per sons on their behalf, to lend or advance any sum or sums, to be secured by mortgage or sale of lands, tenements, or heredita ments, redeemable, or anything therein to the contrary not withstanding ,• and whereas such provision is not contained in any Act establishing or regulating other banks of issue in this realm ; and it is expedient that the same should be repealed, be it therefore enacted that the same shall be, and is, hereby fully repealed." All he asked them to do was, to place the Bank of Ireland in the same position as the Bank of England, and the other banks of this country. The clause was then brought up, and read a first *ime. On the second reading being pi r Oposed, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed its adoption. The locking-up of capital on mortgage was a re prehensible principle and ought not to be encouraged, as its tendency was to cripple other branches of industry. The dan ger was, that if, in times of danger and difficulty, the Bank of Ireland was allowed to advance money upon security of the kind proposed, its proceedings might involve the whole coun try and produce the most disastrous effects. It was on these grounds that he opposed the clause. Mr. MASTERMAN agreed in the sentiments expressed by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Sir R. FERGUSSON thought it was rather hard to de. prive the Bank of Ireland of a privilege which was conceded to the Bank of England. Mr. ROCHE supported the clause proposed by the Hon. Member for Dundalk. It was too bad that the Government itself should be the very first to throw overboard the report of the Commissioners that they themselves appointed. Mr. REDINGTON said the Chancellor of the Exchequer had thrown overboard the principle of which he himself was at one time a strenuous supporter—that banks should lend money upon landed security. The Right Hon. Gentleman might rely upon it that banks would be sufficiently cautious of their securities, and they might allow the banks to manage their own business in this respect, without any fear as to the consequences. There was no statute to prevent it. The Noble Lord was anxious enough to get a clause that money should be advanced for purposes in England. He did not go so far as the Noble Lord. They said that was a legitimate bank in Ireland, and he only asked for that which was left to every other banker. He had no hope of carrying his amendment, but he repeated it again, he only desired that the bank of Ireland might be left to manage its own affairs, and to enjoy the same privileges as every other bank in the United Kingdom. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that he wished to know how the proposition would be entertained, of permitting united companies in Ireland to deposit monies in banks incorporated by Act of Parliament, or established by Royal Charter. The question then substantively was—Were banks, so incorporated or established, to be permitted to enjoy the same advantages as the banks in England? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this was the first time he had ever heard of such a question, and he was not prepared to reply to it, but at the proper time he would give an answer. The difficulty, as it appeared to him, was, to ascertain what was the requisite accommoda tion for publio bodies without either restriction er unneces sary looseness, but he would consider the matter, and give a reply hereafter, for it certainly was a point of considerable importance. The clause was then passed. On the clauses being put for regulating the amount of circulation, Sir D. NORREYS said, that he saw no reason which should influence the House or the Government to restrict the issues of the banks of Ireland, and merely by an assumed liberality give advantages to the public banks of enlarging their circulation which the private banks did not possess. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if the Hon. Baronet looked to the principle of the Bill, he would see that no restriction whatever was intended. The number of the branches of the public and chartered banks was un limited, and it mattered little whether the circulation was issued by private banks or by branches of the Bank of Ireland ; all that he required was, that the circulation should only be increased in proportion to the gold in their coffers. After some few remarks from the O'Cowon Dow, and Mr. REDINOTON, the report with a number of verbal amend ments was agreed to. On the question being put that the Bill be engrossed, Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN rose to move the re-committal of the Bill. He said he had sat in the House for the last fourteen years, during which time he had witnessed nothing but bad legislation towards Ireland, and this Bill appeared to him to be in many respects no exception to the rule the House had hitherto pursued. He complained that due time had not been given to the people of Ireland for considering the Bill. It was only last Saturday that a number of persons connected with banks in Ireland waited upon him on the subject of the Bill, and certainly, at that time, those individuals had not seen it in its present form. Some most important clauses had since been introduced into the Bill, and as he thought the people of Ireland ought to have an opportitnity of considering them, he felt constrained to move as an amendment to the motion before the House, that the Bill be re-committed. The SPEAKER reminded the Hon. Member that he had allowed the time to slip by when he should have moved his amendment. The motion before the House was that the Bill be engrossed, and the Hon. Member must be aware that the time when he ought to have moved his amendment was when the motion was put, that the amended clauses be read a second time. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN—Then I move that the debate on this Bill be adjourned for a fortnight. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could see no reason for the amendment, except it was to put. upon record the objection of a particular party to the present measure. Sufficient notice had been given to the managers of all the banks in Ireland and there was no ground for the complaint of the Hon. Member that time had not been given. He did not think that the Hon. Gentleman meant to take advantage of the time of the night. But it was really the fact, that all the objects of the Bill were made known to the Irish bankers be fore the Bill was preposed. Mr. ROCHE said that not one of the arguments of the Hon. Member for Limerick had been met by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. For his own part, he hoped that the Bill would work better.than it was expected to do in Ireland. How ever, on the part of his constituents, he must oppose the Bill. Lord BERNARD supported the Bill, and said that he could not agree with the Hon. Gentleman opposite, that the people of Ireland were opposed to it, for he had not received a single request to present a petition against it. He could not sit quietly in the House, and hear nine millions of people so talked of, by Gentlemen who pretended to represent the numerical majority of the people. But if they represented the Numeri cal majority, they did not represent the intelligence or the property of the country. Mr. P. BORTH WICK said that the Irish Members who absented themselves from the House had no right to complain that the Members who attended to their duties in Parliament were ignorant of Irish feelings and Irish affairs. After a short conversation, Mr. S. O'BRIEN withdrew his amendment. The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Monday. THE IRISH CONSTABULARY. Viscount CLEMENTS moved for certain returns relating to the Irish constabulary, which, after a few words from Sir T. Faxma TLE, were granted. The House adjourned at Half -past One. PAP.,LIAMEN TARP DIVISIONS. (Front the Votes and Proceedings of the house of Commons.) THURSDAY, JUNE 12. BANKING (IRELAND) BILL. Clause (to repeal so much of the Act 21 and 22 George 111., for establishing a Bank, by the name of The Governors and Company of the Bank of Ireland, as restricts the Company from lending money on mortgage) brought up, and read a first time ; Mo , ion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause he now read a second time." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 12. Blewi tt, - It. J. O'Brien, W. 6, Wawn,:j. T. Blake, 31. J. o'cl9nor Don Wyse, Thomas Duncan, Georg° itoehe, E. B. TELLERS. Hamilton, T4ord C. Somerville, Sir W. LecliAgton, T. N. Norron, Sir B. J. Trelawny, J. S. Ferguson, Sir B. A. MAJORITY-NOES, 51. Baird, William Darby, George Lockhart, William Barkly, Henry - Emma, William Mackenzie, W. F Bernard, Viscount Fitzroy. Henry M`Neill, Duncan Bolder°, 11. G. Flower, Sir J. Masterman, John Borthwick, Peter Fremantle, Sir T. Manic, Fox Bowles, Admiral Gaskell, J. M. Nichol', John Boyd. John Gordon, Captain Pringle, Alexander Broadley, 11. Gottlburn, H. Bashleigh, W. Brotherton, Joseph Graham, Sir J. Richards, McCaig Bruce, Lord E. Greene, Thomas Scott, Frances Bruce, C. L. C. Harris, Captain Smith, T. B. C. Bruges, W. 11. L. Hawes, Benjamin Stuart, Henry Buckley, Edmund Henley, J. W. Sutton, 11. M. Cardwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Thesiger, Sir I'. Claute,j(W. L. W. nape, G. W. Wellesley, Lord C. Clerk, Sir Georgo James, Sir Walter TELLERS. Curry, Henry Jannyn, Earl Young, John Cripps, William Lincoln, Earl of Lennox, Lord A. THE WHITE SLAVE; OR, THE RUSSIAN PEASANT GIRL. BY THE AUTHOR OF " REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA." —This remarkable novel will doubtless meet with an equal degree of public approbation as has been bestowed on the analogous productions of Hope and Morier. The fiction has been framed, not only to illustrate the con dition of the immense white-slave population of the Russian empire —with a few of its horrors—but as a living portraitu re o f men and th i ngs i n t h at - country . I t brings upon the scene personages drawn from the most varied classes—from the Emperor down to the slave girl Nadoshta. A connecting link throughout the tale is the interesting Jane Grudzinska, the daughter of a Polish squire (created Princess of Loviez), the second and beloved wife of the dreaded Grand Duke Constantine, who, after repudiating his first wife—a Princess of Saxe Cobourg—consented to renounce the Imperial throne to secure her hand. This singular episode acquires an immediate interest from the trial at present pending before the Court of Berlin, between the creditors of that lamented lady and the Emperor Nicholas, they grounding their claim against him on the fact that ho did not allow her to inherit the fortune bequeathed to her by her husband, and, after her death, claimed in vain by her aged father, who retired to die in poverty and obscurity, after having seen his daughter intermarried with the Russian Caesars. PENINSULAR SKETCHES, EDITED BY W. H. 'MAX WELL, ESQ., AUTHOR OF " STORIES OF WATERLOO."— Mr. Maxwell is so well known for the talent and variety of his works, that his very name on the title-page of a book is sufficient earnest that its contents will contribute to the amusement of the reader. No one cvxeels Mr. Maxwell in his sketches of the military club and mess table, in the description of officers at home, and in his pictures of their mixed labours, perils, and wild inter vals of sport and diversion in the field or on real service. In the work before us we have perils by sea and land, bold operations, and narrow escapes by night and by day, the most pi cturesque narratives o f service, and incidents and adventures of the most attractive order. These are subjects to suit the taste of every reader.— Messenger. LABOUR PROVIDED BY RAILWAYS. - That some idea may be formed of the immense stimulus the trade of the country would derive front the formation of the con templated railways, it is only necessary to state that were 2,000 miles of the projected railways to be constructed, it would give employment to 500,060 labourers and 40,000 horses for the next four years. The necessary building, sheds, and permanent way would cover 20,000 acres of land, and to lay a double line of rails would require 400,000 tons 1 of irort.—Railway Shareholdera' <Vanua& ASCOT HEATH RACES. (THURSDAY.) Having avoided the crushing at the Paddington and Slough stations, and the crushing on the thoroughfare from Windsor to the Heath, by patronising the quieter and snore convenient route by the South-Western to Woking, we reached the course about the usual time, to find that our expectations of an attend ance consistent with the greatness of the occasion, and the fine ness of the weather were amply realised. T he privileged in closure was filled with equipages, occupied by well-dressed people, and the Grand and smaller stands crowded, and the whole scene surpassingly animated and brilliant, serving to prove that the substitution of the Emperor's Cup for a prize that, apart from the presence of royalty, had for so long a pe riod formed the principal, indeed, the single feature of the day, had not in the slightest degree tended to diminish the attrac tion ; on the contrary, we question if the assemblage, either in number or rank, or those essentials to a genuine " grand day," heat and dust, have ever been exceeded. It will have been ga thered from our notice of her Majesty's visit on the first day that the royal circle at the Castle was select. Several additions were made to it on Wednesday, and the cortege yesterday was increased in extent, and was accompanied on horseback by the Master of the Buck Hounds (who we were happy to find had so quickly rallied from the effects of his accident on Tuesday), the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir Edward Bowater, Col. Drum mond and Col. Brooks. Shortly after one o'clock it appeared on the New-mile, and slowly making its way through the crowd up the course, arrived at the Royal Stand a few minutes before the hour of starting for the Queen's Plate, the horses for which were already mounted, and ready to canter to the starting-post. Her Ma jesty, who we were delighted to observe, looked in excellent health, was greeted with every demonstration of loyalty and regard, and frequently, in the course of the day, was graciously Meased to acknowledge a similar expression of feeling. The arquis of Exeter, who was in attendance on Prince Albert, arrived on the course before the commencement of the races. In the intervals between the races, several of the nobility paid their respects to her Majesty, and were graciously received. On the conclusion of the race for the New Stakes, the royal party retired to luncheon, and immediately after the Visitors' Plate, having been gratified by a succession of highly interesting races, and not less so, it was stated, by the orderly and respectful bear ing of the multitude congregated on the course, her Majesty departed for the Castle. Her Majesty was pleased to express her unfeigned gratification that the truly royal gift of the Emperor of Russia was won by a nobleman who so long and so worthily filled the high office of Master of the Horse in her Household. Besides the royal visitors, the company present included a vast number of the magnates of the sporting and aristocratic circles. The private room appropriated to the use of the Master of the Buck Hounds in the weighing stand was occu pied by several ladies of rank. The Jockey Club Stand was also fully occupied by the members, and the principal floor of the Grand Stand exhibited a display of beauty and fashion that no other course—we may say, no other country—can ap proach. The lawn, too, notwithstanding the heat of the sun, was so thronged, not merely with the betting men—for the ladies seemed to recognise it as an agreeable lounge—that we found some difficulty in ascertaining the amount and nature of the business transacted on the various events. It was clear, how ever, that there was the same disinclination to speculate on the Cup that had been observable on the previous days; to account for it, we should state that Mr. Irwin is supposed to have an in terest in Alice Hawthorn as well as in Faugh-a-Ballagh, and these, up to the last moment, had it in their power to place the layers of the odds at a great disadvantage—hence the absence of the usual quotations on the Cup in our report of Tuesday's races. In thus speaking we are guided solely by rumour, which may be or may not be true; we merely allude to the subject for the purpose of accounting for the great dulness of speculation. It will be seen that the race brought out a field of only four horses, and that it was won by the Earl of Albemarle, with the same horse and jockey that carried off the Ascot Cup in 1844. Ralph, belonging to the same nobleman, won the Cup in 1843 I But we must draw our account to a close, first, however, submitting as full a list of the company as our other duties permitted us to collect:— Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of Downehire, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl of Veru lam, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl Sandwich, Earl of Southampton, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Earl of Suf field, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of March, Earl Bruce, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord and Lady Newport, Lord Leveson, Lord Maidstone, Lord W. Powlett, Lord Villiers, Lords A. and H. Lennox, Lord A. Fitzelarence, Lord Glarnis, Lord Sydney Osborne, Lord Somerton, Lord Duncannon, Lord Ipswich, Lord E. Russell, Lord Stanley, Lord Charles Man ners, Count Batthyany, Count Caroli, Sir J. Hawley, Sir W. Codrington, Sir G. Heathcote, Sir W. Wynn, Sir S. Spry, Sir W. M. Stanley, Sir G. Houston, Sir H. Peyton, Sir H. Mildmay, Sir R. Bulkeley, General Wemyss, General Pigot, Colonel Peel, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Richardson, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Hon. W. Pitt, Hon. E. M. Mostyn, Hon. Colonel , and Mrs. Anson, Hon. N. and C. Forester, Hon. Captain Rous, Hon. Frederick and Francis Villiers, Hon. Captain Spencer, Hon. J. Macdonald, Hon. Captain Boyle, Hen. R. Colborne, Messrs. Batson, Copeland, Greville, Clive, Rush, S. Stanley, J. Stanley, Pettal, P. Williams, J. Bayley, J. Mills, New ton, Lowther, R. Peel, S. Graham, Biggs, Seymour, Jaques, Shelley, Wombwell, Bowes, &c. The races terminated shortly after five o'clock, and there ensued a scene of confusion that we have seldom seen sur passed on a Derby day—it was aggravated, in no small degree, by the clouds of dust that completely encircled the course, and rendered driving, sans accident, a task requiring more than ordinary skill and carefulness. Several collisions took place, panels out of number were smashed—two or three horses died in the immediate vicinity of the Heath—many others were beaten to a stand-still before they reached Windsor; on the whole, however, the " Cup Day" of 1845, in all the attributes of racing greatness, may fairly invite comparison with any of its predecessors. The following is a sketch of the sport : Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas for three years old, 7st 21b ; 4 yrs, Oat 91b; 5 yrs, 10st ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b. Once round and in. Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 5 yrs Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Queen Pomare, 3 yrs Sir S. Spry's fby Sir Hercules, 3 yrs Sir G. Heathcote's Gwalior, 3 yrs 4 The following also ran : —Lord Lonsdale's Liverrnan, 3 yrs— Mr. W. Scott's Cataract, 5 yrs—Lord Exeter's Adrianople, 5 yrs. Betting even on Minotaur, and 4 to 1 agst Queen Po mare (taken)-5 to 1 agst Cataract (taken)—and 6to 1 agst Taglioni filly. Sir T. Spry's filly made the running, at a had pace, followed by Cataract, Queen Pomace and Gwalior, the others closely laid up. With two or three trifling exceptions this order was observed to the distance, where Queen Pomare, Minotaur, and Cataract closed with the filly, and they ran in a cluster to the stand; the favourite then parted company and wen cleverly by a length ; a dead heat. for second between the Taglioni filly and Queen Pomare, and Gwalior a very good fourth. The New Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 100 added ; for 2 yrs old colts, Set 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Winners of 100 sous. 51b extra. T. Y. C. (49 Subs. ) Lord Lonsdale's c by Bay Middleton, out of Jubilee Mr. Forth's Sting by Slane The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Balchin's Sir Edmund, Mr. Bateman's Fleur de Marie, Lord G. Bentinck'a Princess Alice (51b extra), Mr. Booth's Moose Deer, Mr. Cooper's Madcap, Mr. T. Dawson's Grimston, Mr. W. Edwards's Breastgirth, Mr. Godding's Dexterous, Mr. Greville's f by Emilius out of Rint, Sir J. Hawley's Fugitive, Mr. Herbert's c by Venison out of Pet, Mr. Hook's Buttress, Lord Lonsdale's c by Bay Middleton out of Miss Milner, Mr. E. Peel's Dejanira, Mr. T. Powell's Holloway, Mr. Rawlinson's Cherry Bounce, Mr. W. Scott's Malt, Mr. Thompson's Pyrrha, Mr. Treen's Astonishment, and Mr. Wreford's West Countryman. Betting.-9 to 4 agst Princess Alice-3 to 1 agst Sting-3 to 1 agst West Countryman-6 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's two -8 to 1 agst Cherry Bounce-10 to 1 agst Astonishment-12 to 1 agst Jubilee filly—and 15 to 1 agst Madcap. At the second start all got off well, Breastgirth leading, followed by Sting, the Miss Milner and Pet colts, Astonishment, Madcap, and several others ; the Jubilee colt and the Rint filly lying off. They ran nearly in these positions to the distance, where the Rint filly joined the frcnt rank, the Jubilee colt also well up. The lead was now taken by Sting to the railing, and appeared to have the race in hand ; the Jubilee colt now showed a-head, passed Astonishment and the Rint filly a few strides from home, come with a rush at the last, and won on the post by a head ; Astonishment third, Rint filly fourth, and the Miss Milner colt fifth. Th. St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft ; for colts Bst 71b, and fillies Est 41b. Old mile. (6 Subs. ) Lord Stradbroke's Ides Lord Exeter's Lyons 5 to 1 on Idas, who won, in a canter, by ten lengths. A Piece of Plate, value 500 sevs., the gift of his Mejesty the Emperor of all the Russian, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each ; for three yrs old, Est 101 b ; four, Bst 51b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 3 , bs. Once round and in, about two miles and a half. (26 Subs.) Lord Albernarle's The Emperor, 4 yrs ...... ..(Whitehouse) I Mr. Irwin's Faugh-a-ballagh, 4 yrs Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, aged Lord G. Bentinck's Cowl, 3 yrs Betting at starting :-7 to 4 on Faugh-a-ballagh (offered in thousands), 5 to 2 agst Alice Hawthorn, 6 to 1 agst Cowl, and 10 to 1 (nominal) agst Emperor. Faugh-a-Ballagh took the lead at a strong pace, the Emperor lying next him, Alice Hawthorn third, and Cowl, who never appeared in front, last. The intervals between the horses increased after making the turn at the top of the course, but no change in the order of running was observable until they reached the brickkiln, where Alice Hawthorn took the lead; the favourite lying second, and the Emperor third, well up. They ran so to the distance where the Emperor and Faugh-a-ballagh went to the mare and defeated her, the run ning was then taken up by the Emperor, who carried it on right gallantly to the end, and amidst cheers that bespoke the estimation in which ono of the most amiable men on the turf is held, won by two lengths; Alice Hawthorn a bad third, Cowl broke down at the last turn. The Visitors Plate of 100 sovs. (handicap) by Subs. of 5 sovs. each, the surplus to the second. Once round and a distance. 52 Subs. Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel, 3 yrs (Arthur) 1 Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 5 yrs, 7st 41b 2 Mr. Rogers's Glee, 3 yrs, Est 41b 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, Bst 21b—Mr. Herbert's Ajax, aged, 7st 21b—Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Withy nd Robin Hood, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Duke of Rutland's Welbeck, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Lord Glamis's Arcanus, 6 yrs, 7st 21b—Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower, 4 yrs, 6st 41b —Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, 3 yrs, sst 51b—and Lord Exeter's Lyons, 5 yrs, sst 41b. Betting-2 to 1 agst The Libel (taken freely), 6to 1 agst Wee Pet, and 10 to 1 agst Best Bower and I-am-not-aware Ajax took the lead at a moderate pace, followed by Boarding school Miss and Lyons; the others laid up. No change was observable till they reached the Brisk-kiln turn, when The Libel took up the running, and with Wee Pet, Best Bower, and Glee in his wake, went on with it to the end, winning in the most triumphant manner by two lengths. Glee a bad third. Sweeps of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b, out of mares that never bred a winner previous to the time of naming. New Mile. (7 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Javelin ... ...(Nat) Mr. Thompson's Mongrel Lord Exeter's Tunick sto 4 each agst Javelin and Mongrel. Won cleverly by half a length; Tunick a bad third. The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 50 added, if not walked over, for Swinley Course. (8 Subs. ) Mr. A. W. Hill's weetmeat, 3 yrs, 7st 41b walked over. The programme for this day (Friday) consists of the Three Hundred Sovereign Stakes, the Chesterfield Stakes, the Bri gade Stakes, the Borough Members' Plate, and three classes of the Wokingham Stakes. In our preliminary remarks to the first day's races we glanced at a subject that has during the last few days caused some little excitement in the racing circles. It has been suggested that to prevent misapprehension it would be advisable to speak in more definite terms. The " black cloud" then to which we adverted refers to an alledged offer of a large sum to John Day, jun., to " pull" the Melody colt (now called Dis cord) for the Derby in Little Wonder's year (1840), which offer was refused, and subsequently communicated to the owner, Mr. Etwall. A statement to this effect has been laid before the Stewards of the Jockey Club; and John Day, we are informed, persists in his story. On the other hand, the party upon whom this very serious imputation has been thrown, not only meets the charge with a flat denial, but de clares that he is prepared to establish by his book, and by letters from John Day, Jun., that so far from being in a posi tion to wish to have the horse beaten, he had actually backed him, for himself and the individual whose integrity he is as. serted to have assailed, to win a large stake. The inquiry, w hear, will come on to-morrow (Saturday). COURT CIitCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAT.—The Queen and the Duchess de Nemours returned to the Castle from their drive in the double seated Droshka about seven o'clock yesterday evening. The band of the Royal Horse Guards performed during dinner yesterday evening the following pieces : verture—lphigenia— G luck. Selection—Alma—Costa. Waltz —Electrisen Funken—Strauss. Selection—" Robert le Diable"—Meyerbecr. Quadrilles—" Chateau de Kenilworth"—Rossini. March—" Midsummer Night's Dream"—Nlendelssohn. This morning the Queen and her illustrious guests took an early walk in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken their accustomed walks and rides on the terrace and slopes. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived in the forenoon, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and the Hon. Captain Spencer. The Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary Sackville West, and the Earl of Aberdeen took their departure from the Castle this morning. The Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain left the Castle at half-past eleven o'clock for the Royal Stand, at Ascot, to be in readiness to receive her Majesty on her arrival. Soon after twelve o'clock the Earl of Rosslyn, Master of the Buck Hounds, left the Castle in a pony landau and four for Ascot, accompanied by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, and Mr. Digby. Colonel Bowles, Captain Francis Seymour, Dr. Prcetorius and the Hon. Captain Spencer, R.N., followed in another pony landau and four. At half-past twelve o'clock the Queen ar.d the Royal party left the Castle for Ascot race course in the following order. A barouche and four, conveying her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke aid Duchess de Neninurs. A btrouche and four, conveying her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness Prince George, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and the Duchess of Buecleuch. A barouche and four, conveying the Marchioness of Exeter, Lady Adeliza Manners, the Duke of Rutland, and the Master of the Horse. A landau and four, conveying the Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, the Lord in Waiting, the Marquis of .or monde, and the Right Hon. Sir R. Peel. A landau and four, conveying Lady Peel, La Baronne M. de Finguerlin, M. Bord de Bretizel, and Lady Anna Maria Dawson. A landau and four, conveying Lady Theresa Digby, the Hon. Miss Liddell, and Mr. George Edward Anson. A landau and four, conveying the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lady Adela Villiers, the Hon. Miss Kerr, and Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duke de Nemours, and Prince George and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, wore the Windsor uniform. The officers of the royal household all appeared in the came uniform. The Duke of Buccleuch and the Hon. Colonel Grey (Equerry in Waiting) were on horseback. The royal cortege was attended as usual by a numerous retinue of outriders in scarlet liveries. At half-past five o'clock the royal and august party returned to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent shortly afterwards proceeded to Frogmore House. The juvenile royal family were taken airings in the afternoon. A grand banquet was given by her Majesty in St. George's Hall, in the evening. The dining-table was arranged with very great taste and splendour. The plateau was divided into three compartments ; that in the centre containing the magni ficent St. George candelabrum • a candelabrum on each side having the cornucopia sculptured at the base ; and vines in moss-covered vases on each side ; one loaded with green, and the other with purple grapes. The other compartments of the plateau both contained the " Hesperides Candelabrum," of silver gilt ; vases of the same precious metal, some filled with rare plants in flower, and others with growing strawberries, elevated on circular pedestals of silver gilt, having the shafts fluted and highly burnished, and the bases engraved with royal arms. Vines were also placed at either extremity of the table. A number of beautiful ice-pails, modelled from Flaxman's designs, greatly added to the splendour of the plateau, and numerous candelabra of silver gilt, bearing wax-lights, illumi nated the banquet with great brilliancy. The royal dinner party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, his Royal Highness Prince George. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Duke and Duchess of Bucclessch, the Duke of Rutland and Lady Adeliza Manners, f the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Mar quis of Normanby, Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and the Ladies Clementina and Adela Villiers, Lord Seaham, Lord F. Paulet, Lord Leveson, Lord Burghley, Lord Brownlow Cecil, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Le Ba ronne M. de Finguerlin, Hon. Miss Kerr, Mr. and Lady Theresa Digby, Hon. Captain and Mrs. Spencer, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, M. Pierrepont, Captain Francis Seymour, M. Borel de Bretisel, Rev. Mr. Canning, and Mr. Neville. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Sinfonia," Pastorale, Ist movement"--Beethoven. Valse, " Le Bouquet Royal"—Jullien. Homage to the Emperor Nicholas—Coote. Glee, " The Chough and Crow"—Sir H. R. Bishop. The Orleans March—Auber. Waltz_" The Dalkeith"—Labitzky. Serenade Polka—M. Carroll. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended. Colonel de Mallard, and a deputation from the Island of Jersey, had an interview with Lord Wharncliffe yesterday, at the Council-office. IRELAND. THE CORK REPEAL BANQUET. (Abridged from the Cork Examiner of Monday.) In consequence of the lateness of the hour at which Mr. O'Con nell arrived in town on 'Sunday evening, it was arranged that the addresses to be then presented to him should be held over till the next day, at one o'clock, then to be presented in the Chamber of Commerce, at which hour the large room was thronged with county and city gentlemen, deputations, and inspectors. The at tendance of ladies was also large and fashionable. The Mayor presented Mr. O'Connell with an address from the corporation of Cork. Mr. O'CONNeLL, after expressing his pleasure at receiving the address, said—Let the man most disposed to despair or sink it; apathy open his eyes, and compare our position now with what it was three years ago, and deny, if he can, that we made greater progress in that time, and got over a greater space to the accom plishment of our object, than now remains to pass over.— (Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) Eight millions of human bAngs were never refused a request ; there is only one thing that could mar us—that is, any act of criminality. But did you not see the hundreds of thousands that assembled yesterday, the firmness and boldness with which they stepped forward, the order and regularity ? Did you not see the battalion of Amazons from Kinsale, and where is the coward that would not fight in such a cause ?—(Great cheering.) Yet, there is not a semblance of fighting. The Duke of Wellington said we could not carry re. peal by foule; for the first time in my life I have the pleasure of concurring with him.—(Laughtar.) I would not take repeal if I got it by force ; and I justify that by telling the people of England that anything that is attained by violence strikes at the root of all social order and happiness, interferes with private life, and enters into the family circle; prevents prosperity, and begets revolution, violence, and anarchy, and all that species of mischief that results from ill conditioned society. The old adage said, " ill got, ill gone."—(Laughter and cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman made suit able replies to the other addresses. The levee terminated at half-past three o'clock. THE BANQUET. In the gallery more than 800 ladies were seated, all dressed in full costume, as if at a ball. The application for tickets was equal to twice the accommodation. The Mayor of Cork presided. rd niversary of our liberation, we will be at Enniscerthy. is ringing; in Wexford they can return four repealers ; and is an oath regist ere d i n h ea ven, that unless they are repeaters tneir will have nothing to say to them.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I°r are we to be conque r ed Only by division.—(Ch eers.) Th . el gloried the other day in the idea that they had created divono n. Sir Robert Peel said, in the course of debate—and it was great sign of his sense—his frankness exceeded his Pru den eat —that he brought in the Bequests Bill, which had a grth effect in breaking up the confidence that existed between bead; 1 ; priests and the people.—(Loud laughter.) Heaven help his He gave us an education Bill, which is sure to I divid (Louft laughter.) I differ with him. The h ierar n chy of re's 7 have pronounced that Bill (and I agree with them) as being i o l ° _,,, ous to faith and morals.—(Hear.) 'Why was not the penal 7 enacted at once—that code that held it to be constitutional recognise the existence of six millions of Catholics in Ireland? bs (Hear.) Let them mix the education as they like, there shall no connexion ; we will spurn the cup from our lips.—(Hear, cheers ) Who will be a party to the robbery w hen he know OP restitution can be obtained ? E n gland had 513 Membersstha i; time of the union—lreland had 300 ; and they made this sively honest bargain, they struck off 200 of the Irish Mc but 1 but did not touch a single English one.—(01), oh.) Th at is they call a uni o n. Aft er s imilar remarks on t he union, loci . O'Connell gave " The Right Worshipful the May or of Cork life and prosperity to him." RePe al The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and gav e „ The Martyrs." Mr. STEELE and Mr. Baneerr returned thanks . Hear ; After other toasts, „ fl e The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had t o propose wa '_" tee local importance—" The County and City Members, Repeal Members of Ireland." Mr. Roche was n ot at home, of b e would be happy to be amongst them, and he was t he firalwmth showed them the cherished green.—(Cheers.) At a ball, i„ t hat they had the Dragoons and i n f a ntry, he outshone them all t hem uniform ; and, taking heart and limb, he was the soundest of ' god all.—(Cheers.) He would now speak of the City gamit Yours, might say to them, as Queen Elizabeth said to the chiefs-- _ daro as you demean yourself." Since jobbing in Parliament Wat.ves,pg away with, they had many constituencies, but few r epresents ° , t hey they would not any longer submit to rnaLrepresentation. " wanted(Hear, e a rb a eer_ representativefor there were e y should en t l g e o m e a n n w d be would petitionee Id f b °: : ° ,... , n n e ete g .6 to transport themselves for six months, and they should! st"tend many other Members who would be serviceable if they shout the Parliament of Ireland at the Conciliation-hall.---(CheerLZiatim, Mr. D. CALLAGHAN, M,P., rose, and was receiv ed with °typo% He said I was a repealer before I ever heard of such a tot (The offered to the repeal Members representing Irelande: address speaker here alluded to that part of the " Li berator' self from in which he objeced to Mr. Callaghan a bsenting h in" in geeec a the Conciliation- t hall, and his determinat ion to eit mers• the electors of Cork in favour of none but repeal complal° theoretically and practically.) However, _. o f the of that ; but I cannot be insensible to the observatto w na to t he Chairman, who, zot et co fa n r te e n x t ce w c i d t e h d b r i e e st d r u ic t t y in lb g i i isi irn e l ov al l l° o P n1):_ l o l i tbigf ma, sions to me. But I will pass this subject by, that there is no man in this assembly more satisfied re lte' from conviction, from early feeling, and from subseq°7. tion, that this is the most misgoverned country in „ le oiell en (Hear, hear.) If one of us go to England afters 1 ,,4 us 144 , from our legislative duties, the first question a e • lea" . " How are you in Ireland are you 0 041 1 ta ' t es tk a : (Laughter.) Why, they actually know no more 1 . 7,.." - ) Pe r m ' they know of the land of Jericho.—(Renewed 11°8°`.ii.,008 pa ool. effort was made to degrade us, and make us 1 0 ° k the House—in fact, the name of an Irishman wa ll th : etoedl of contempt—almost when we entered the House, le" it pew :; to bring forward any matter connected with Ire land : T s, w nv id immediately deserted—or, if one of the ion011i" sh o legislative displays are generally confined to th e occ upPlo 4 : h e happen to enter while an Irish Member se aa " tention, he immediately retreated, exclaiming, ,-," - And .. h Irish, it is that Irish prater who is now going °°',,, e (Col a ; d o be the way in which Irishmen are treated in the loke" - m. am I, with a knowledge of all that, to be rulPP°r..de s antall e. , o repealer—l, whose personal experience of the "7 - he ii , e7„,ietl fi rm ie t te t d o on be c l o r n e!a id n e d red by e th t e m u e ni r o e n pe i e s le c r e ? rtai i nl d y e c f o y n3 o P y r ` id 4 ooo ll 7l: to state upon what occasion I was backward in - n obs° cause of repeal, or of not showing myself strictly 4 ' m e, Pio cause.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) You will Pa rd , n h n e t men, if that I felt indignant at the reference a made to me here to-night from the chair, in 118 , 1 7al"Mwe sory test applied to me, " Why I did not attend 8 S . 7 0 fer".0111 11 Hall 2" I consider the chairman has no right t° . i' e d ;00 in this manner.—(The speaker was here inteloe°4 l .oo voices exclaiming " Question, question.") „„st, wsi e r _„d u- I have not strayed from applying myself to thew- oci -- o p.- - way in which it was given. I assert that I l tt, al td haa t" Irishman, determined to nail my colours to the oath 4 by repeal to the utmost. It is true I was not in "' r d signed" declaration" was to be signed ; but when I h A e f a tell sn , h e table of the Chamber of Commerce, I went iniro e "li e d st "" l AO it.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I may not have O ran ethe r ciliation-hall, nor at the People's Hall, like the,-siorit'. (Mr. Callaghan was here assailed by several espy" 11.0 11- nation.) h vile r Alderman ROCIIE—Is Alderman Lyons -16 O a cheers.) Such observations should not be Made' ho e the :6000‘ Others called out " Retract," while here a nd r-he Conti hiss, and others cried out, " Why don't you g o t° t 00 0 ^ a d 11 In d hall ?" This always elicited a tremendous cheer. ale n ature , t o or After some further interruptions of a similar „ d oft to and Learned Gentleman continued—l am not cal" for my colleague— A Voice—No, nor yourself.—( Loud laughter, 8 r mms , ds thri Mr. CALLAGnAN—I wish he was here to speak rb I do. lgro t ,_ dare say, he would speak with more eloquence tha n _„ re sen - 011; I do say, that when I shall have retired from the rcr w injoi° this city at the next election, which I mean to do, n ! m oirb ° you, heart and hand, and I will give my vote for ° 0 1r .04 not m b r e . a F r A e G p i e N ale p r r .— op ( o ll se e d ar t , h h e ea t r o . a ) st_,, within:, sm i t h . receii le :4 l o the Protestant Patriots of Ireland." The toot °— great enthusiasm. 01$ t he Sir R. MUSGROVE returned thanks. Mr. O'Connell then retired with the h ot company separated. ded the Mr. Hodges, the Government reporter, was resent d ette the proceedings at Cork, as well as at Tara, ISTa/ a °, monster-meetings as have been already held. ne e% 9 . 1 TIM STOCK EXCHANGE• nt. CO.-- A ar- Durum!, JUNB 11.—Government Three per C a no --Ki °4 4 —Three per Cent. Stock, 1014 I—Bank Stock , # „on, 1 ",e0 4 and Bray Railway, 6& —Dublin and Belfast .1°°'1,..," Dublin and Mulllngar, ),--Dublin to Galway , 4 4 v i v oirnititi Ballymena, 81—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 55i Si 1-,10014., Limerick, Si 3—Waterford and KilkertnY , " 4 end T for" jo s and Carlow, 2k—Cork and Bandon, Cork killen, 4 4—Belfast and County Down, 55 Other guests, Old 21—Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 1,„..1. any Sligo: 21—Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Jun 0 1. 11 rr MISS CLARA '';EYTON'S l E s PI TAINWIENT she 0 OW — ga l ter h e 0 Miss Clara Seyto.n has resumed her ell esdg s e po t the Princess's Concert. room. On W edn wen her 111 An d bet-, r f e' her entertainment on " Co.:DedY ," r sslY ' I) lie r , t o she sang a new comic song, „, r tten exP a c tire on .t r o d! Mrs. Cornwall Baron Wilson. It i 5 S i, the t o 018 S t; nailing follies of the day, not only aim at, but hit, " folly as * # 0 7 0 voyance, the Polka, hydropathy , the P ti ,. f oe ( ' ARO . 4 fountains in Trafalgar-square—all pl t n eev io each aim is " a hit—a palpable hit. t„ nr ed, bite say that the song was enthusiastically ebl'7,4,ich7;oll Albert Smith's " Musical Scamper, W it in P °ll ,l go de ' tertainment concluded, and which !acre s cr owd every time it is repeated. The room wa' s and certa..?o,oo. step'l_lA if s n ,e e e wrr L a rgile; grand dti,tit or - --- ADO e 0 A I erti' l l In ii# announcedl‘\lburlesquevTo u l . . E i to A o T ou appear , E , — O i TnR Cindere ll a .hai :s i new a n . .5, fairy g le i. n r i formaln d o:104.40 Monday evening next, in addition to their Per 4 / 0 ,- ' 0 01 3 70 ,10 l ' 'OD 'ini The Hindostan, from China, just arrived in the sr ueo elo l, f e r o t brought home a pair of these interesting, b u ,.,, t oce ," $ 0 10 ,,,, creatures. This is believed to be the first "" t rl* t osl_; having reached this country alive. They he a d ' 6 . 1 O e ot r I to the orang.outangs, but the form is more slot:fin laritivereei, sence of tail and extreme length of arMa giv e t : is de c ors ° 4 tesque appearance. The Name of .. Wou.wou for 10 e , 0 0P• th their peculiar cry, which is remarkable, not 00 1 1 ra duat e ;fore!, nary power and volume, but for a succession of g os h Isti, it( it may be heard at great distances resounding thr GaAs 1,00( and admirably serving its purpose of a call to th e As %/a g o, ligence they fall but little short of the chinWanzegielet e',. e ir 1 1 ,, this, while on boardship they would disengage t.l . i . e eete d tP .44 O;; ; ', chain that, by being entangled, would have ' 11 5 ; 0 0‘ o r e De gross. The reach of the extended arms, in 3 ill ; vo yage A exceeds six feet. They were fed during the . Adte fruits of various kinds, vegetables, and eggs- 5.„........- eelo Act Alf. lie f PUNCH TO THE PROVINCIAL PoEwSieui the ths presents his 'compliments to the gentletnen ""ttenti° 10"000'1' the provincial press, and begs to call their a ar ecleS is o which makes it highly penal to approPfiat,e,e, ere% o'o value of forty shillings. As all Putsch's aTt l ' 01 cot SScor derably more than that insignificant sum, it i'' ages Wi th s 0f, 5 , 0' ingly criminal to steal wholesale from his l'f' s i bis [[ " ' ls"' 11%0, knowledgment. Mr. Punch has been robbed p l c 0 e i0 ,01701, siderable quantity of Caudle, and other vain'. g tbe r be gs O ie jel quests country editors will remember, when 01 1, 1' Ile thell„,os, to give Mr. Punch credit for his own brillialw• „ e ebs; old' that if this system of unblushing theft is l e e Pursued ' oft Dl' Of the painful necessity of nilTitig up a fen el ira r Po lg iOng,efs' as moles are occasionally impaled on barn-doer" t i l e o ,,isi o gri HANOVER, JUNE 6.--f esterflaY ois D ir g ot s oo o Hanover entered on the 75th year of his aj e. te rdsl e „ f arPet ad celebrated with extraordinary splendour.oe"Dslle* or' were eplendid fire-works. The King receiVe.;os A o ell 15 ,01 h of the civil authorities, and in the evening the oto rant) ol and a supper. His Majesty, whose health is'yg_lo, signalised the day by numerous pretial' orders, ko. t i ter' 2-_-= __________ 0 05 - t ett e ' BIRTH • st ,,of 3 jt .o On the 30th ult , at Naples, Lady of a daughter, Par',1.5,1% , .40 On the 9th inst., at St. Jiande-street, lu di , of tJP. still-born. the la On the 10th inst., at Woburn-,squarer id F Browning, Esq., of a daughter. ta Csrtneti JITARIIIED,. of IA 10 4 h JO - , On the 10th inst., at ShorWell, Is't. jaura,fo4' 4'l Ditmas, Madras Engineers, to Isabella k i sh i r e, f ritl o ioti v of E. Boghuret, Esq., of Beverley, Y° r _ hu rch ( l e r of On the 10th inst., at the parish:- daught logliti Kent, the Rev. G. W Sandy, to rntlY , , cod t, f Cleaveland, of the Royal Horse Artiller3lAris, Se toes., o On the 10th inst., at Brighton, LacY.,.,,i,bton,_ , ter of the late Rev. J. M. Rice, of, .1...b1t0w , c olll Li ii -jio Elton, Esq., second son of Sir Charles Lot itbo to t , Cleordon-court, Somersetsliire. chu r c h ° f - jar, -- le On the 10th inst., at the parish : f for oo t te shire, Thomas Gray, Esq., s urgeon j 51 06 50.0 1 1/ w, glow of the late Mr. 11. Simpson. 11, Georq ter of Of; the 10th inst., at Tooting filthe clang" • cote, o f clapham, to Emily Satoh, Mr. R. nicks, of Tooting. At the right side of the Chairman, who wore his official robes, sat Mr. O'Connell, clad in the uniform of the 'B2 Club, and wearing round his Neck the aldermanic chain. Next to Mr. O'Connell sat Daniel Callaghan, Esq., M.P. ; Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P., in the 'B2 uniform; Captain Broderick, and Richard Barrett, of the Pilot, similarly attired, and Mr. Primrose. At the left side of the chair were Sir Benjamin M. Wall, Mayor of Waterford, wearing his robes over the 'B2 uniform; Thomas Steele, wearing the 'B2 uniform ; Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart., ase. The CHAIRMAN proposed ' The health of the Queen," which was received with every demonstration of loyalty and affection. The choir sang the National Anthem. The CHAIRMAN next gave "Prince Albert, the Pi ince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family resident in England." Mr. Maumee O'CONNELL, M P., proposed " The people—the Irish people."—(Vehement applause.) The CHAIRMAN then, after a suitable eulogium, gave " The health of their loved and admired Daniel O'Connell, the man of the people."—(Tremendous cheers.) Mr. O'Commatt said—l am literally unable to address you, and that incapacity did not commence in the overwhelming reception with which you have greeted me, for it has lasted me through the last 24 hours.—(Hear.) My mind is absorbed in the delights of yes terday. Every faculty is wrapped up in admiration of the people and the scene altogether. Oh, it was a splendid scene. What a majestic assemblage, what an awful multitude, what a tremendous collection of rational, sentient, tranquil, but determined people. Oh, I pity the man that would not spend an hour in the delight of contemplating such a scene. What brought that multitude toge ther ? Love of fatherland. What was their object ? Liberty.-- (Hear and cheers.) What are their means ? Peace, order, tranquillity, and determination.—(Cheers.) Oh, it was a ma jestic scene. He who has not viewed it can entertain no con ception of what it was; and he who has not seen it as I have, labours in vain to trace the slightest picture of that majestic assemblage of Irishmen panting to be free.—(Loud cheers.) Do the Government understand U 3 ? Look at the proceed ings, and trace the progress of the Maynooth Bill, a good one In itself, and liberally granted ; but then we did not ask for it.—(Laughter.) They have been debating with vigour what great things they have been doing for Ireland ; but, like the story of the country girl, when the fellow refused to marry her— " Nobody asked you, Sir, she said." Sir R. Peel said " there was a cloud in the west ;" it was only a small speck, but it might soon expand into an immense thunder-storm, and lightning, hail, and the thunderbolt might be scattered round. "Therefore," said Peel, sagaciously, " we will meet the storm and hail and thunder. bolt by a few additional pounds." Was there anything ever so ridiculous ? But it was a precious avowal, a kind confession, and must have been good for the man's soul—that is, if anything can be.—(Renewed laughter and cheering.) He admitted that there was no getting a proper jury, and that he could not put us down by law, as it was a "mockery, a delusion, and a snare." We have come to that crisis; we have travelled halfway; we have got through, as the children say, "the biggest half," and the remainder depends on yourselves.—(Hear, hear.) j address each of you, and I tell every man he has his country's libOtY in his hands, and if he chooses to rally she must be a nation.—(t beers.) The crime of continued servitude in Ireland rests on the man, no matter how humble, who votes for any other than a repealer. (Cheers.) There must be no working-off with Federalism (Cheers.) I know the principles of my excellent friend beside me (sir. D. Callaghan), and no person is more grateful for his friend. ship ; and when he next stands for your city—as I trust he again will—l hope he will be a repealer in practice as well as belief. want no man to violate the tics of friendship; if he cannot give us his voice, let him retire. These observations point to your second Member; j own they do.—( Hear, hear.) It may be said that if you compel him to advocate repeal, you will spoil his career of legal eminence, for he is a man of first-rate talent, uniting the qualities of integrity with learning, ability, and every other quali fication that. could fit him to fill the judicial bench with honour to himself and credit to the Constitution.—(Hear.) But you cannot afford to place him 6P the bench at the expense of Ireland. No person can suspect me of motives of an irritated nature. I am performing a duty; but it will be also a part of my duty to come to your city and proclaim that no man of the half-and-half shall get a vote; vote for no man who tells you he is hot to-day for Ire. land, and cold in the cause of England to-morrow, for the sake of promotion. I now call on Cork to right itself, and send in two repealers. Von do not know the' advantage of this decision, for many men that might be inclined to go but half way will go the et en tire way; and if the talented gentleman, the Member fur Cork, thri iws himself into our ranks, I will help to bring him on my shot ilders in triumph, and return him with joy and acclamation p t - gUR jo y; the repeal Member for Cork.—(Cheers.) I pledge myself if . „ i d bY co . 1 ,0 ti • h e . does not come forward at each election, that painful as it sabl.l 3 ' l The be to oppose the son of a dear brother, I svill perform that Usrislosi won 'd 'TO 112. Strand. _ „ 14 diet, • —(Hear and loud cheering.) How are the Government to 1 in the Preonet 1. puts an end to a spirit of this kind ?—(Hear, hear.) I have an in. . trans_ s y Ja e 13, "' an. 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