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they were.—(Laughter.) Now he was Prepared to sup port the Bill which he suggested, and which with one clause would effect all that was necessary, and he was convinced it would meet with the approbation of Par liament. The RECORDER willingly took upon himself the blame of opposition to the grand remedy of the Honourable Alderman. He fervently hoped that the Court would not think of proceedit.g - with a Bill so limited. He hoped the Corporation would not meddle with the qua lification of electors without looking also to the qualifi cations of the eleeted.—(Rear, hear.) He thought it was contrary to the interests of the Aldermen to go to Parliament to legislate without the acquiesencl of the other branch of the Corporation—to attempt to alter any of the institutions of the City with out the consent of the Court of Common Council. — (Hear, hear.) Ho was opposed to the idea of cobbling the Corporation with a single clause—of carving out a little novelty to send to Parliament to be licked into shape.—(Laughter and cries of "Hear, hear.") The petition of Mr. Ashurst was then referred to the Committee, and the Court adjourned. COURT OF ALD A Court was held on, Tuesday for the dispatch of bUsiness. litTizinolvlNc OPEN OF THE LORD MAYaR ' S COURT . Die. .. W illiam Hen r y A s h ur ,t appeared .t the bar. n, t i o ' n: Aiderman H ooper pr2,ented the following pea " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayer ani Aldermen Of the Cit y '- 14 111 of London. The resp , !‘c - tul petition of Wil- L eee " . . 2ll rY Ashurst, of 137, C'neapside, en the City of --4‘012, attorney -at-law, ,_7S.heweth—That your petitioner has obtained from __eee alajesty's Court of Queen's Bench, her Majesty's yt7eraptory writ of mandam ,<, commanding your Lord t•tup and the Court of Aldermen to cause yonr petitioner f ;,,be admitted an attorney of the Mayor ' s Court of the NAV of London. the B ight That he has caused such writ to be duly served upon B.ight Hon. the Lori Mayor and other Aldermen of ue Coy. fail; That the sa id wr i t O f man d amus w as issued after tha argument and discussion raised by the attorneys of said p ut Court tv:airut your petitioner. and they hav e him t o very cons iderable expense and delay through 0, medium of the City solicitor, and your peritioner believes at th e expense of the citizens of London. " T hat your petitioner has heard and believes that the 4tto r neYa of the said Court have ma in applied to your en ourable C ourt to f ur th er resist your petitioner's application, and that instructions• may be given by your I . l :! eno urable Court that the City Solicitor may .o utr ectod to bring a writ of error upon the said judg ment, and f urt h er postpone o b e di enc e to the said writ of 'fldamus, Your petitioner submits it would not be wise to do either, but to allow the lawyers on both sides to fight Out their c m n litigation, and that it would be right for Your rtonourable Cour t to obey the Queen's writ, unless t hose who wi s h t o k ee p th e Lord Mayor's Court shut up 'rem the public can convince her Majesty's judges that Court s of justice are not at this day intended to be cpen to all her Majesty's subjects, and will themselves bear the costs of so hopeless a task. "Your petitioner respectfully prays to be heard in oPpositi on to the p e tition of his opponents." Mr. Ashurst, upon being asked whether he wished to add anything to his petition, said he was desirous to say a few words. About three years had elapsed since he had commenced his efforts to throw open the Mayor's Court to the citizens of London, against whom it was practicably shut, inasmuch as the attorneys employed by individuals were not allowed to act there in cases with Which, from their acquaintance with the affairs of their Clients, they were best qualified to act. As a peremptory mandamus had been issued by the Court of Queen's Bench to admit him to that Court, the Court of Alder men ought not now to allow the City purse to be resorted to for the purpose of opposing an individual by by a process involving great additional expense. He sought a public g,.d, and seeing the way in which justice was administered in the Mayor's Court, the Court of Aldermen ought to wish to have the facilities and privileges of that place extended. So slight was the practice there, arising from the contracted sphere of its operations, the business being confined to three persons, it was fre quently the case that on the day appointed for the sitting of the Court, no Court sat, Now, at a time when the Government were throwing open all the courts in the empire, it appeared most preposterous that the City Court of justice alone should be attempted to be made the exception. It appeared that the attorneys of the Mayor's Court were petitioning to continue the exclu sion, against the unacimoue opinion of the judges, and if the Court of Aldermen determined that the expen-es of these gentlemen should be defrayed out of the City Purse, it was certainly but reasonable that his expenses should he paid out of the same fund. He would answer for it, that if such should be the intention of the Court of Aldermen, from a fondness fir disputation, they should have abundance of litigation. He hoped t he Court would not give to the attorneys of the Mayor's Court the opportunity of adopting the means of further procrastination, and ! n u " putting him to additional expense He was Z er PlY desirous of the simple privilege which was ex -nded to all other corporations. He wished that the Public should be allowed to come into the Mayor's Court with their own attorneys. As the case was now, if he Wanted anythi ng d one f or a c lient in that Court, he was cliged to co to a stranger, so that double lawyers were to he he paid, for gentlemen of that profession had not the 'ePtitation of acting for nothing.—(Laught.r.) Alderman WOOD said it co urse wrongly asserted, that the Court of Aldermen in the course they were pur-uing r i t,',.this cas e ass i ste d the attorneys o f t h 3 M ayor ' s Court. e proceedi ng in the Queen's Bench was against the the aYcir and Ald ermen, and not aga i nst t h e attorne y s o f te Mayor' s C ourt, and the app li cat i on f or t h e new re ar 1 1_ to the wr i t o f mandamus was, un d er a ll th e circum c , n , ,es Of the case , t h e on l y course w hi c h the Court cann adopt. The following report of the Committee was then read: C ommitte e w h ose names are hereunto subscribed, your for General Purposes, to whom, on the 23d illeyorodferMarch last, it was referred, to consider Mr. de conamutticati on i n re l at i on to th e judgment _ u hvered in th e Court (.1 Queen's B e n c h on the manda- Q__ granted by th a t C ourt, calling upon the Lor d M ayor ;:_ c t r Aldermen o f t h e Ci ty of London to admit William 7r Y Ashur s t ( an attorney of one of the Superior eurts of W es t m i nster) to be an attorney of the Lord Ma y or 's Court ; told to whom it was likewise referred oto confid er the petitions of Messrs. George Thomas, ola.ert rt-ynot, J e t ,, C arter, and George Ashley, three toe atterneys of the Lord Mayor's Cou"t, in relation to . the said jedement, do certify that we have proceeded l y i ri se th d e a e n o d n e ti , ; s •r u - a l t t i ;i n o . f the said refereed, and have ad- Pearson, and haveMr.th Recorder and Mr. Solicitor Rey sell, Carter, and Ashle been attended by Messrs. Rey said Court, who purchayst:dthree of the attorneys of the who were heard and exami sir respective situations , it appearing to fl i ef upon their petitions ; and or •applia.ition must b n e uiVensable that a return Queen's Bench on the first made or ttoermel: fur eCtohuertcoor the writ o f of potation to be pertnitted t o make a new return to tnendarnur Record, referre.l it to the solicitor, under the advice of the; r, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. Ilugh Hill, the Counsei e m ployed City in the previo us . on the part of the su ch measures tereP. i r n oce a e s t:ings in this matter, to take should appear these und. r the circumstances, ff which gentlemen to be most expedient. n° t l bl ea we submit to the judgment of this Ho e Court. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 12.—PROGRE8S OF EMIGRATIO'.3.-- The extent of the emigration this season from all parts of the country will far surpass all the calculations that have been made upon the subject. Thep easantry—the larce as well as the small farmer and cottier—the cattle and pig dealers, the small traders and shopkeeper-, are flying from the country in all directions. A vast number of vessels employed in the importation of food are taking return cargoes of emigrants; but still there is not halt enough of shipping accommodation at the various out ports, although great numbers proceed every tide to Liverpool, or some other Englisl4ort, to seek a passage across the Atlantic. The progress of emigration from the metropolis is thus described by the Dublin Evening Pos4:— " There are . now eleven vessels in berth in the river, one for Quebec, and two for the United States. Every one of these will sail within the next five days for the American coast with nearly 5,000 emigrants from Ire land. About half the number of these will be provided by their late landlords with a free passage, rations on the voyage, and money on their arrival in America. We believe the remainder of that number will proceed on their own account, and after defraying the expenses in cident to their passage they will carry with them a very considerable sum of money, the produce of their own chattels which had been submitted to sale, added to the remittances they had received from their friends, who had had the good fortune of being on American ground before them." CORK, APRIL 10,—The tide of emigration to America seems, within these few days past,. to have reached its full height in this city. Though there are this year less vessels leaving direct from Cork than usual, and the passage money to New York is increased 50 per cent., the demand is beyond the power of local agents to ac commodate. The quays are daily thronged with cars containing bedding, b oxes , &c., belonging to the emi grants, the grea t er num b er o f w h om are from Kerry, Limerick, and Tipperary. This morning the Nimrod steamer, bound t o Li ver pool, left the quay with 1,080 deck passengers, besides children, who had paid the passage money, 10s. each, to Liverpool, and it was cal culated there were at least 200 more who rushed on board, and who were to have paid, as the vessel cleared out between the quay and the passage. It may be easily conceived what those poor creatures would suffer on the passage, being absolutely as densely packed together on the deck of the steamer, as any " monster meeting we have ever seen assembled, On Tuesday six hundred and ten deck passengers sailed in the Ajax, direct to Landon, not one of whom came under the denomina tion of a pauper, the greater number being able bodied labourers and their families, and agricultural and domestic servants. Many of the former were to proceed to France, where they expscted to get work on the. railroads. There were a great many females. also, who went to look for employment as domestic servants in England. Yesterday a vessel from Scot land, in which 500 berths were engaged at Cork, passed the harbour without calling, haling made up her full complement there, and the agent will have to send the people, by Liverpool, the best way he can. Oar quisys are almost impassable from the crowd congregated on them, a'l seeking to obtain a passage to " the lard of plenty," while numbers are every moment hurrying through the streets making preparation for their respec tive voyages. Most of these emigrants are of the better class of farmers, and, generally speaking, have had in terests in their farms, and small sums of money at their disposal, but the failure of the potato crsp, and the con sequent burdens which have been placed on the hind for the repayment of the money advanc , d by the Beard of Works, c , upled with the fear of the introduction of the contemplated system of out-door relief, has created such a panic amongst them, that they have thrown up their farms to the landlords, drawn out what money they had been saving for years from the bank, and are leaving a country in which they saw nothing but ruin staring them in the face. The land which they have thrown up is, in many cases, left unfilled, in consetinence of the inability of the landlords to cultivate such large tracts ; but there are many instances in which the ground has been broken up and sown with oats. In many districts of the country the cultivation of this crop during the present year is unprecedented, but it is tar from be ing as economical a grain for food as barley.—Cork Reporter. EYRECOURT, COUNTY GALWAY. —Deep and dire is the distress which prevails here, and were proof of this melancholy fact required, evidence of its truth may be evinced from the immense crowds of emigrants daily departing from this land of wretchedness and woe, leaving behind them friends, home, and country, and not caring whither they may he borne from this scene of misery. Some are going to America, some to Australia, and, in fact, to mostly every quarter of the known world, where there might be a prospect of ameliorating their present condition. Not alone persons who were eking out a miserable subsistence by their daily labour, but men who possessed many " broad acres," and who could live comfortably on their farms, are abandoning their hold ings, eager to fly. Some landed proprietors in this neighbourhood have purchased the farms of as many of the tenants as may be disposed to emigrate; and, in consequence thereof, the people, for miles round, are busy making preparations for the long journey, and so intense is their desire to be away that they are disposing of their effects at half their value, and not even procuring the articles necessary for the voyage. I can safely say one-third of our people are going, or have gone. I have counted no less than from 16 to 18 families who have left a small district, the extent of which is not more than a mile in circum ference ; and from one village near this town, sixteen young women are on the point of embarking for Ame rica, the majority of whom, if they staid at home, could obtain a dowry of some 201. each ; but still they are better satisfied to trust themselves to chance in a pros perous and free country than live here at home, where, like many others, they might end their days in misery and wretchedness. lam glad to have to inform you that mortality is considerably on the decrease since my last communication. —Galway Mercury. WATERFORD.---Etnigratitin from the port of Water ford is increasing every day. The stsamer William Penn sailed from our quay on Friday, carrying out to Liverpool about six hundred American emigrants. Every available portion of her decks, fore and aft, from stem to stern, was crowded with passengers. It is confidently asserted by persons who have an opportunity of knowing it, that those emigrants carry out with them upwards of 10,000/. in cash.— U aferford Freeman. GRAND CANAL.—Great inconvenience has been felt for the last two days in the' town, by poor emigrants and other passengers, in consevence of the basis being prevented running as usual, by the bursting of a tunnel between Shannon harbour and Tullatnore. It will take some days to repair thei'amage, and in the meantime the passengers from Dublin will be conveyed on cars from the breach to the fly-boat, by which means they will reach Ballinasloe in the course to the day. The poor emigrants who have been delayed here are the greatest sufferers.— Bullinasloe S'tur. STATE OF THE PROVINCES. W. T. COPELAND. " Tubs. CHALLIS. Alcier!rtnan WOOD said it was ob‘j'elictileods.tcrtOhOeDC'Ourt of si, ,Rt-r 1 that they k fe u t nn at of the , Mayor's the great body of the profes- Ma)or s Court. Now, what was the ef pristettihne that C ourt. ? To admit the petitioner to !business were was here ? What would the petitioner do vole London It w the fact that nine-tenths of the ; andpendent upon the customs of the city consequences sortie opinion might be formed of Mayor's Cowl h s „ t len he of ignorance of those customs, stated that one of the attorneys of the ecognisances" had been obliged to pay 6001 , in sense , citienc ° ref an ova act in the simple 'matter of taking b„ t lie was anxious to throw open the th Cher we e Court of Aldermen should take care that re not involved in pecuniary responsibilities by gnor• ange as ance of the profession To accomplish such a r:froergrearsidt' eldr w y a t s contemplated by the petitioner it would be tx „ ce to have an Act of Parliament calculated to all other entirely. It was said that there was an analogy „ courts between the City of London and c er corporations. He had thought that such was ..e s.nt ase, hut he .found that by the Municipal Act the . n i s of the courts of all the other corporations were ~nriihattd, while the proceedings in the City of London -, entirely depended upon th e ir cus t oms . Ald erm a n Were perfealyjustified, upon legal grounds, in issuing a writ of error. - The RECORDER said the Court of Aldermen was Undoubtedly in this case the defendants nominally, and they were acting under his and Mr. Gurney's, and Mr. Rill's advice, in instructing the City Solintor to apply for a writ of error. The gentlemen of the Mayor's Court bad purchased their places for very large sums of money, and the Court of Aldermen were bound to show that they did n bt loosely hold the character of the offices, or the responsibilities attached to them. They were bound not to yield to the application for admission to the Mayor's Court till it was clearly ascertained by the opinion of the other judges that the writ of mandamus was maintainable. He should be glad if the Mayor's Court c 'uld be put in such a position that gentlemen could practise in that as they practised in other courts, but it was impossible to regatd the question without re ference to the peculiar practice, the heavy liabilities arising from errors of judgment or ignorance. and the losses to Which the attorney's of the Mayor's Court would be sub sated,4 if the whole profession were to pour in upon them. The Learned Recorder then core particularly described the nature of the duties of the attorneys of the:Mayor's Court, and stated that the Court of Aldermen were act ing upon his suggestion to proceed deliberately, without in the slightest degree prejudicing the interests of either Party. • Alderman WILSON considered, that instead of ex- Pending the City'i cash, the Court of Aldermen were doing - all they could t' save it. He wished the Court of . Comtnon Council, to which the petitioner belonged, Would show some disposition of that kind.—(A laugh.) What the attorneys of the Mayor's Court wanted was, riot to exclude Mr. Ashurst, but to receive compensa tion for the 9,0001. which the gentlemen of the Common Council had taken from them for their offices.—(Hear.) Alderman HUMPHERY said the Court was bound to tiro') the matter altogether, as Mr. .Ashurst had ob tained the writ of mandamus, and let the attorneys fight ',tout amongst themselves. The opinion of the Queen's 'w i nch would, he had no doubt, be confirmed, and what winild the Court of Aldermen do then ? The sJest W ay was to allow Mr. Ashurst to fig h t cut his battle in tue Court of Queen's Bench, and not trouble the Cur- Poration with more law. Alderman MUSGROVE suggested that the petition of )4r. Ashurst should be referred to the committee from which the report had emanated, and thought that some means might be adopted fur the avoidance of litigation. Some conversation here arose on the subject of re forming the corporation. Alderman WILSON started up and said, " By the bye, what progress is Alderman-Hutuphery making with his Reform Bill ? '—(Laughter.) Alderman HUMPHERY said the answer to that ques tion would in some degree involve the Recorder. His Proposition had been agreed to, and the Berrenahraneer had been instructed to draw up &Bill to repeal the 11th of George 1., without the opinion of the Recorder and Common Sergeant ; however, that officer could not get on, and the Recorder happened to be so oecupied that he could not give any opinion on the subj4ct. The Learned Gentleman, however, gave an opinion in the committee, which the followed. Be said they ought not to p rocee d w i t h the y Bill, and the majority agreed With that opinion, which showed what sound reformers Cork, Sligo, and two or three other southern and western cotinti s, are still most s mei) of .cted by pesti:ence. :s'utjoiaed are seine details supplied by the provincial journals CORK, APRIL 10.—MORTALITY AMONG THE POOR.— In cony quence of orders received from the constabulary authorities, the police of this city have ceased to supply coffins to the poor. The accounts from the several stations have been furnished to Thursday night, the day on which the aid of the constabulary, in this particular. ceased. In the Gaol-road district Acting Constable Casey ob tained 53 coffins from the Ist to the Bth instant, for that number of unfortunate people who had died within that period ; and on yesterday, up to about two o'clock in the evening, 24 or 25 more applications were made to him, which, however, he was obliged to refuse. In the same period (Ist to the Bth instant) Constable Porter supplied 57 coffins-16 of which were given out on Wed nesday. In eleven of these cases the bodies were brought to the barracks, and left there, or in the old market, for the police to coffin and bury! In 22 cases, out of the 57 just mentioned, Constable Porter was obliged to hire men to convey the bodies to the graves. there being none to care whether they rotted in the ground or above it. We understand that Major Beamish, with his characteristic humanity, has made arrangements for the supply of coffins, till the operations of the new relief committee are in full work. The deaths from fever and destitution are still as numerous as ever, and, notwithstanding the re duction in the price of food, the people are fast dying off, relief having come to them at too late a period. Any person walking up Great George's-street would be horri fied at the scenes which meet the eye. There is scarcely a hall door, or unoccupied shop,, the door of which is not taken up by a group of starving and exhausted crea tures, and when the public thoroughfares present such a picture. in what state must the miserable lures and alleys of the city be in. On yesterday the last member of an entire family namen Reilly, consisting of six per sons, died, all of whom expired within the week ; whi l e the last of another wretched family named Crowley, consisting of seven persons, expired at Gaol-road at about the same time. Another evil which afflicts the people, in addition to fever, is the small pox, in the various stages of which numbers of half-naked ehildren are to b' seen daily lying in the streets.—Cork Reporter. The Cork Repmter states that fever has broken out to an alarming extent in the constabulary force of that city, so much so, that not more than one•half the usual num ber are able to do duty. SLIGO, APRIL 10.—Ne have been informed, by what we mu t consider the very best authority—the medical men of the town—te a t there are no less than a thousand fever patients within the precincts of our borough 1 In some of the obscure districts from two to eight persons are lying under the one roof, in fever.—Sligo Champion. Some days ago a man di e d o f typ h us f ever , u p on the property of Sir linger Palmer, in the barony of Tireragh. His wife, an -old decrepit broken-hearied cre-i;nie. crawled about for a day or two, t.. procure tnea. s to bury her husband, but she begged from beggars, and her solicitations were consequently in vain. She retired to her miserable bore!, and died. For ten' days the two JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, BY SIB GEORGE SIMPSON, GOVERNOR IN-CHIEF OF THE IitUDSON'S BAY COMPANY'S TERRITORIES.—This narrative, which will probably be found oneof the most interesting among all tho , e of our adventurous travellers, is to ba published in a few days by Mr. Culburn. The great novelty of the expedition arises from its having been performed priccipally overland ; and the position and influence of the author, his enterprise and scientific attainments have, it is said, enabled him to make extensive additions to our limited knowledge of the various interesting portions of the globe which he traversed. The contributions to the geography of the great American continent, in par ticular, over which he proceeded from Canada to Van couver, will, doubtless, be extremely valuable, as well as his notice:4 of the various tribes of the aborigines with whom he came in contact—his residence at Silka, and account of the Aleutian Archipelago—his descriptions of Kamschatka and Siberia—and his journeys over those vast regions of the Russian empire concerntrg which we have hitherto received such scanty information. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON —lt is understood, from a source upon which we may rely, that as his Grate's son (the Marquis of Douro) intends next month to visit the Scottish estates of his father-in .law, the Marquis of Tweeddale, in the county of Haddington. he will be ac compahivd by the Duke, who will r,ruain at. least one day at 131-rwick, in order to enjoy the society of a distin guished military character in the vicinity, whose gallai.t conduct in Spain very speedily secured him his Clrace's approbation and patronage.—Berwick Advertiser. TB SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MOANTNO, APRIL 15, 1847. bodies lay in the hut, without a human creature coming f STATE OF THE CORN MARKETS ' near them. At length the people of the place deter- IN FRANCE. mined upon burying them, and a group of peasants All the letters received on Monday in Paris from the assembled for that purpo se, hut such was the stench from towns round the capital, without exception , speak of higher prices having been insisted on and obtained at the bodies, far gone in a state of decomposition, that and Saturday's markets. Ttiey also express a conviction, they feared troesr(e)imveociveulvh,:lythicrtripmwsingofdothwenptehserihleonucsec: over they finally that from the shortness of the supply offered for sale prices must again advance. The following is given by the remains of thlectased ! In the barony of Tireragh, and the county of Sligo, this most awful these advicea as the amount of rise in the hectolitre of sepulchre can be seen at the present hour. Sir Roger wisest in the following markets :—Rouen, ; Villers- Palmer keeps a to wn residence in London—we saw it Cotterets, 2f. ; Beaumont, 2f. ; Lagny, It. to 2 t. ; Bray some months agre and can state that it is not excelled by sur-Seine, 2E to 2E 60c. ; Erampes. 2S to 2'. 75c. ; Or any other mansion in the metropolis of the world—and leans, 3f. 30c. to 4f. ; Vernon, 2'. to 2f. 50f, ; Versailles, yet his tenants, the people who by their industry enable • If. 33c. ; Soissons, if. 50c. to ; Pentoise, If. ; Dour him to live in this state, die and are buried after the dan, 3E ; Melun, 2f. •, Uontereau, 21. 66c. to 3f. 33c. ; f a shion we have described. Oh God ! is not this horris St. Quentin, 2f. ; Le Mans, st. 25c. ble ?—Sligo Champion. The accounts which we receive from Belgium state COUNTY OF LONGFORD.—At cur quarter sessions, that the corn markets in that country were again very which ended on Tuesday evening, 2,055 processes were firm, and that in some instances there had been a de entered, 1,600 decrees and dismisses obtained, and five tided advance in prices. The independence Beige says: — men, namely, Patrick Mulligan, Thomas Hourican,John The fall in corn which began to show itsel f seems Pettit, Bernard M•Grarry, and John Judge, were i already to have stopped, although the fall which to .k sentenced to transportation for stealing cattle.—Long- place in the last fortnight of .March was far from ford Journal. being so great as the enormous re.° which took MONAGHAN QUARTER SESSIONS.—James Major, Esq.. place during the first few days of the same month ; assistant-barrister, is just now presiding at one of the and although she priess are even now at a price so largest sessions ever known in this cetiety. There are I excessive that it ought to ineuce holders to realise upwards of 1,000 civil bid entries, and the ejectments their profits, the prices continue firm in all the markets more than double any preceding year. Every person to of Belgium. The variations in our market on S Iturday whom money is due is resorting to legal proceedirige, sot were of little Consequence, and the same was the case a that they may get decrees to arrest persons preparing A nt ,,,, er „ Ghent, and Louvain*. Today the provincial to go to America. The needy landlords, too, are en - papers and our own private '' letters inform us that deavouring by this meats to get some rent from their p r i ces h a ve remained without variation at Mons, Iles impoverished tenants. Small lessors, fearing the opera- selt, and Namur, and that there was a slight fall at ; but at Brues Lion of the Relief Act, are endeavouring to snatch all Poperinghe and Verviers w h e at rose they can get, while the only persons who can aid the poor from 2E to 2f. 50c. pet hec:olitre. are the large proprietors.— Monaghan Standard. The tariff for bread, at Brussels from the 12th of COUNTY OP KERRY.—KENMASE.—On Sunday last, April, is fixed as follows --F 'Am per kilo there were no less than five dead bodies in the streets of ir4e qua y, • gramme; second cm litbread, 46 3,53 c., and brawnc - Kentnare, without a human being to claim them or look Compared with a - • the previous fortnight, there is a fall of after their burial, till Mr. Daniel Mahony and another ic. on the first and second qualities. respectable shopkeeper had them sevenths conveyed to the grave in a false-bottomed coffin.— Tralee Chronicle. COUNTY OF Giewar.—The labourers disbanded under the twenty per cent. proclamation have been in many in stances recalled, or suffered to enter again on the works', in the neighbourhood of Loughrea.—Ballinasloe Star. TILLAGE or the LAND.—Generally the accounts are still favourable, with the exception of those western and southern counties where, between the apathy of land lords and the poverty of small occupiers, large districts are entirely neglected. In many cases tenants who pos sess the means of purchasing seed, but who are in arrear for rent, are afraid to crop the land, lest the landlord should seize upon the produce. THE CORN MARKET.—IMPORTS AND EX PORTS. Colts, APRIL 10.—During the week we have had large arrivals of grain and bread stuffs from America, and several European ports. On Thursday and yester day the following vessels arrived at Cove :—Venelia. from New Orleans, carrying nearly 900 tons. registered burden, 581 ; Ramble, Prom New York, 397 tons ; Pu ritan, from New York, 300 tons : Ruth, from New York, 159 tons ; Uncas, from Norfolk, 422 tons ; Louisa, Odessa, 120 ; Harmony, Caminho, 170 ; Ru perto, Bilboa, 150 ; Luisna, Norfolk, 299 ; G. Skof field, New York, 430 ; Fronde, Philadelphia. 180 ; Montreal, Norwich, 392 ; Redport, Carril, 173 ; be sides a considerable number of others in our Cove Note, but the tonnage of which we have no mention.—Cork Reporter. WATERFORD, APRIL 10.—The receipts of home grain to market continue light, yet, under existing circum stances, larger than might be expected. Wheat ad vanced Is. to 25., and oats folly Is. per barrel on Wed nesday's currency. Barley rules heavy, the trade being confined to seeding. Few fresh arrivals of Indian corn to note, but there is a very large quantity at our quays, and in store; and some cargoes being unfit for human food, the prices rule very various—some so low as 275., anti good sound corn 345. to 355. per barrel. EXPORTATION OF AMERICAN FLOUR FROM CORK.— It is a singular fact, that one thousand barrels of Ame ricer) flour, imported direct to Cork, were shipped for Liverp :01 to-day, per the Nimrod, and a considerably larger quantity was offered for shipment but there was no room in the vessel, which carried an en•irite :us freight and an unprecedented number of passengers.—Cork Remoter. EXPORTS FROM WATERFORD.—It will appear to our readers paseiug strange, that wheat and flour are being shit pod from a land where thousands are daily perishing of famine. Wheat aid flour are being shipped for Lis bon tram the city of Waterford , and Idian corn to Me den a, from the city of London.— II ate'ford Freeman. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, Mr Sullivan. solicitor, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in a few words, expressed his regret that the overtures made by Mr. John O'Connell on the last day of meeting, to the Young Ireland party, for a reconciliation, had been rejected. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL then adverted to the proceed ings of the " Irish Confederation" on Wednesday last, which, he oloserved, greatly depressed him. It had been intimated to him that, in making the advances towards a reconciliation which he had made, he had gone too far, and - had received communications fr om the highest names in the country to that effect. The speech of Mr. Smith O'Brien had filled hint with surprise. That gentleman had accompanied expres sions of personal kindness towards him (Mr. John O'Connell) and his father with a charge against them, which, if true, would have rendered them unworthy of the kindness or personal regard of any man, and which ought to subject them to the reprobation of every honest, good, and patriotic man in I reland— (Clmers.) If they were traitors, as the charge implied, they ought not to have been complimented, they ought to have been denounced.—(Hear, hear.) if that charge were true, the people ought to pet them down—if the charge were true, they should be driven with execration from the political stage—(Hear, hear) —and every man conscious of their delinquency in that resin•ct , was him self a delinquent, if. holding a position of influence he did not use his influence in ga:ltering the opinion of the people against them —(Cheers.) Mr. Smith O'Brien had charged them with a Whig alliance, and with the most terrible consequences resulting from that alliance —the death of the people from starvation. With regard to that Whig alliance, he (Mr. O'Connell) did not wish to use any term of personal offence to Mr. O'Brien—he would not for every light and unguarded expression which a man might utter, wish to violate the laws of God, and reply by bitter and acrimonious language to those unguarded ex pressions.—(Cheers.) He took those expressions of Mr: 0' Brien as unguarded, and his answer to them was this —without meaning offence to him or to any one what soever, but solely in the vindication of his (Mr. O'Con nell's) character—that the assertion of a Whig alliance between his father and himself was an utter, an entire, and a most complete falsehood.--(Loud cheers.) A falsehood without the shadow of truth.—(bear, hear.) A falsehood that could not be supported, and therefore caght not to have been advanced.—(Hear, hear.) A falsehood most cruel and grievous in its effects—a falsehood lightly uttered, and one which he challenged the man who tietered it to make good, or prove against than—(Cheers.) It might be stated that he (Mr. J. O'Connell) was again showing the white feather, if he added that he did not mean any personal offence to Mr. f 'Bpi- n in using the eiephatic expressions he bad uttered. Mr. Bri-n might have believed what he stated, but it was not the less a tahehood.—(Cheers.) It was a false hood propagat' d by the en, mies of the country, and he deeply regretted that Mr. O'Brien should have adopted it. up .n such light grounds without the shadow of proof, or attempt at proof. To be sure Mr. O'Brien had used some personally exculpatory e2cpressiens towards them. as it a.cribing the " all ants " to an impaired state of his (Mr. O'Connell's) tither's facteties, or that he was a traitor to Ireland without knowing it. 'they did not shrink from the charge which had been preferred against them by Mr. O'Brien ; but all he would say was, ae the charge had been made, let it be proved. (Cheers.) Arid what :were the cons. quences which had been im• puted to them? By reason of the Whig alliance, the lives of the people had been saerificed. He (Mr 0 Connell) would deal with that subject as calmly, a. coolly, and as collectedly as he could with a charge which he knew to be unfounded. It was one of the weightiest charges that could be brought against any man—a charge which, in the excited state of the country, was likely to be taken up without examination, and was calculated to raise a cry against those wh.,, withinit fee or reward, were d,s charging their duty to this country in those disastrous times.—(Cheers ) Who was it, he would ask, that first reminded the Whig Government of the inist,ke they were committing ? Was it the Young Ireland party?— (No, lee ) Was it Mr. Smith O'Brien ?—(No, no.) It was in that hall that their policy was first combatted, and it was from the same place that the " parrot cry," as it was called , " of food, food for the people" proceeded.—(Cheers.) The Honourable Gen tleman, after some further observations in vindication of his conduct, concluded by saying that ho had done for ever with "Young Ireland," and that any advances for a reconciliation should proceed from that party. After some further business had been disposed of, viz., the adoption of a petition to Parliament in favour of the Dublin Improvement Bill, and an appeal to the constituencies of Ireland in favour of the repeal candi dates ; Mr. John O'Connell moved that a sentence from a le'ter to John Russell from Sydenham should be dis played on the walls' on Conciliation Hall, viz., " That the people of England did not care one rush for your Irish hobby-horses." The rent for the week was 19/. 4s. 9d. PROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON. The specification of this patent (taken out in the name of Mr. John Taylor, of the Addphi, became due and was enrolled the other day.—The following is a correct abstract of its contet,ti The patentee states that the invention consists in the manufacture of explosive compounds applicable to min ing purposes and to projectiles, and as substitutes for gunpowder, by treating aid combining matters of vege table origin with nitric an-{ sulphuric acids. The mat ter of vegetable origin which he prefers, as being best suited for the purposes of the invention, is cotton, as it comes into this country freed from extraneous matters; and it is stated to be desirable to operate OVA the clean fibres of the cotton in a dry state. The acids are nitric acid of fr0m.1.45 to 1.50 specific gravity, and sulphuric acid of 1.85 specific gravity. The acids are mixed toge ther in the pvportion of 1 measure of nitric acid to 3 measures of sulphuric acid, in any suitable or c .nv, nient vessel not liable to be afruted by the acids. A gr , at de gree of heat being generated by the mixture, it is then left to cool until its temperature falls to 60 or 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The cotton is then immersed in it, and, in order that it may become thoroughly impregnated or saturated with the acid-, it is stirred with a rod of glass or other mat rid not affected by the acids. The cotton should be introduced in, as open a state as practicable. The acids are then poured or drawn off, and the cotton gently pressed by a presser of glaz'.d earthenware, to press out the acids, after which it is cover. d up in the vessel and allowed to stand for about an hour. It is sub sequently washed in a continuous flow of water until the presence of the acids is nut indicated by the ordinary test of litmus paper. To remove any nucombired p , r tions of the acids which nyty remain after the cleansing process, the patentee dips the cotton in a weak solution of carbonate of potash to one gallon of water, and par tially dries it by pressing, as before. The cotton is then highly explosive, and may be used in that state; but, to increase its explosive power, it is dipped in a,weak so lution of nitrate of potash, and, lastly, dried in a room heated by hot air or steam to about 150 degrees Fahren heit. It is considered probable that the use of the solu tions of carbonate of potash and nitrate, of potash may be dispensed with, although actual experience does not warrant such an omission. The patentee remarks, that nitric acid may be employed alone in the manufacture of explosive compounds, but that, as far as his experience goes, the article when so manufactured is not so good, and far more costly. When used, care should be taken to employ a much less quantity by weight, to produce the same result, than of gunpowder ; and it has been found that three parts by weight of the cotton produces the same effect as eight parts by weight of the Tower proof gunpowder. The cotton, when prepared in the manner before mentioned, may be rammed into a piece of ordnance, a fowling-piece, or musket ; or may be made into the shape of cartridges ; or may be pressed, when damp, into moulds of the form of the bore of the piece of ordnance for which it is intended. so that, when dried, it shall retain the required figure ; and that it may also be placed in caps, like percussiou caps, and made to explode by impact. Lastly, the patentee states, that although he prefers the use of co tton, other matters of vegetable origin may . be similarly treated with acids to form an explosive com pound, and that acids of an inferior specific gravity may be employed. The patentee having thus described the nature of the invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, states, that he does not confine himself to any of the details above specified, so long as the peculiar character of the invention is retained, :ix., he manufacture of explosive compounds from matters of vegetable origin by means of acids. But to acl; , pt the patentee's own expression, What I claim is the manu facture of explosive compounds from matters of vegetable origin, by ro , ans of nitric acrid, or nitric and sulphuric .scads."—Mecha nics' Magazine. SUICIDE THROUGII BODILY AFFLICTION. —Tuesday evening Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner. held an in quest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Richard F ilse, aged 67, a hat dyer, lately living at No. 31, Martin street, Blackfriars-road. The evidence. proved tha t the deqestsed had, for a considerable period, been co nfined to his bed with dropsy, a disease of the heart , a nd a complication of other complaints. It was the general opinion that the deceased's mind had become impaired by reason of his bodily suffering. On the night of Mon day last he took advantage of the temporary absence of his wife, and with a razor he inflicted a terrible wound in his throat. He was removed to the above hospital, where he died yesterday morning from the effects of the injuries inflicted. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMFORT, SAFETY, HEARING, &C. IN THE NEW OPERA HOUSE.—The means of properly heating and ventilating the house appear to have received dud attention. Hot-air stoves are fitted up under the pit stalls, with flues to conduct the warmed air over the house ; and every gas lamp in the corridors has a ventilating- pipe above it. On thesis, and some other points, however, we reserve our opinion, not venturing to form one hastily. For the extin guishing of fire, should it occur, mains, supplied from cisterns in the upper part of the house, are provided, with cocks end hose on each tier. As to the general safety of the building, notwithstanding the rapidity with which the works have been carried on, they have been (lore in the soundest and most 'substantial manner, and so as to entitle Mr. Albano, the architect, and all con cerned in them, to great praise. As regards the con veyance of soiled, We are disposed to consider the new opera- house singularly successful. During the perform anee we visited every part of the house, and found in every place that the lowest sound from the stage was distinctly audible.— The Builder. MONEY MARKET.-- - The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mill , which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100 per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of s 5 42 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 $5, it follows that gold is 0.51 per cent dear.-r in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4304 per mark, which, at t he English Mint price of 3/. 17s. loid. per ounce for standard ash', gives an exchange of 13.71; and the exchange at H anbtirgh on London at shat t being 13 64. it follows that gold is 0 47 per cent. dearer in Hatnburgh than in London. The course of ex change at New York on London is 104 per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follow that the exchange is 5.58 per cent. against England But the quoted exchange at New York being for at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted frcin the above - difference. FEMALE EDUCATION IN TEE EAST.—On Tuesday evening ttie members of the Ssiftety for PremotingFeinale Education in the East held' their tenth anniversary meeting at the Music- hall, Store street, Bedford- square. John Lsbouchere, was in the chair, supeorted by the Hon. end Rev. H. W. Noel, the Rev. Dr. Legge, from China; the Rev. J. R. Graf, from Sierra Leone; the Rev. 'Dr. Cumming, &c. &se The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that a favourable oppor tunity now existed of establishing a female mission at JerUsalein. A lady was ready to undertake the manage ment of a school in the Holy City, under the direction of the Bishop. The report read by the secretary stated that the receipts of the past year amounted to 2001., and the expenses to 521., the balance being paid over to the central cotruitte;.:. The report was unanimously adopted, after which several resolutions were pissed, and the c tmmittee of ladies having been elected, the meeting separated. ALLEGED MURDER IN STEPNEY.—On Tuesday Mr. William Bsker, coroner, received informatien from Webb, the constable of Whitechapel, of the death of IVilliam Beige, aged sixty-two years, a painter, of No. 3, alorgan-strset, St. G. urge's in the East, who died in the London Hospital on Monday last, from the injuries he had received from a female named Rance, who keeps a Eper shop in Jubilee-place, Stepney. It appears that. On Tkursday evening, the Ist inst., the dece ased and se vheoruasle,otwhheernm she enw r e u r s e h e s i d n gtihntgothe inth r pacer in her hand, and threatened to strike them if t he y did not ro it o h m of Rance 's s leave off singing. She was very muc h intoxicated, and the deceased endeavoured to quiet her, but , instead of doi ig so, she struck him a vi o l e nt blow on the a bdomen, which rendered him insensible. While upon the ground upon she commenced jumpingeootamp w him in a most violent manner. The deceased bled most profusely. from the mouth, and he was with great difficulty rescued by his companions. The poor fellow was immediately carried to the London Hospital, where he expired on Monday last, from the injuries he had received. Mr. Bake. directed that a post mortem examination should be mader At the Western Literary and Scientific. Institution on Monday evening, an interesting and valuable paper was read by Mr. W. Smith, C.E , "On the best means of Protecting Buildings, &c., frem the effects of dis charges of Atmospheric Electricity." The subject was ably handled, and beautifully i l l us t r ated by diagrams, models, &c. The meetin g was well attended. These meetings are a new feature in this institution, and will, no doubt, prove highly attractive, and are in addition to the Thursday evening lectures. The first of these meetings was on the sth April, when a paper, by Mr. Claudet, on " The Recent Imp r ovement in the Daguer reotype Process" wits Md. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF (SLUES. —Tuesday evening the anniversary festival of the Benevolent Society ot Blues was held at the Louden Tavern, Bishop.gate street, when 180 of the patrons and s ubscribers of this society attended and partook ot an excellently arranged dinner, provided Isy the Messrs. Bathe arid Breach. The objects of this society, which was Imitated in the year 1824, - and has from that period steadily advanced in its reseurses and use' ulness. are the providing relief to distressed persons educated at Christ's Ho .pital, stud to their widows and orpeans. The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor presided, supported by Mr. Alderman l'h - -iripson, Major-General Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, and Benjamin Bend Cabhell, Esq. After the usual loyal toasts his Lordship proposed the toast of the even ing, " Prosperity to the Benevolent Society ot Blues." The secretary read the list of subscriptions, from winch we select the Q teen and Prince Albert, 25 guineas ; Duke of Cambridge, 20 guineas ; Alderman Thompson, 101. 10s. ; Lord Mayor, 101 ; Mr Shetiff Challis, 101 ; B. B. Cabbed, Esq., 101. ; Miss Nixon, daughter of the late President, 101- Lieutenant-Colonel Pettigrew, 101.; which with others Of a .imilar and less amount'swelleo the list to nearly 700/. The vocal arrangements were tinder the direction of Mr. T. Cooke, assisted by Mrs. A. Nt.ivt , n, Miss Cubits, and Messrs. ill, Shoubridge. and Martin, whose efforts were loofa warmly applauded. Thanks having been voted to the chairman, the company broke up at a late hour. Mr. Harker officiated as toast- General and Lady Susan Reeve and family have arrived at their house in Portm .n-square. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.—A few evenings ago, about dusk, a man name , ' Mugg, of Burton-on-the %Voids, having been to see his brother, at Sherwood. near Nottingham, in returning home on the Flood-road. took it into his head to jump over the wall opposite the skinner's house, and mistaking the locality, he tell, not upon the bail, as he intended. but into the canal. The water at that place is very d. ep; and, as he was unable to swim, his situation was one ot extreme peril. He contriveo, however, by dint of much struggling, to reach the side; but being ni ar the seven arches, there is a smooth wall down to the water's edge, so that he was unahle to get out. Fortunately, he found a corner in which there was a ledge sufficiently low for him to cling to; and in that position he remained for two or three hours. His shouts for help were not noticed by the passers by; or the place when , the poor fellow was fixed was so removed from sight that it could not be ascer tained whi nce the cries proceeded. At last, a person discovered . Mugg's " a hereabout.," and immediately went to the Trent Bridge Inn for assistance. It was DOW quite dark, but four young men procured from the Trent side a light skiff, and, launching it in the canal, proceeded to fetch him off. Some time was thus lost, for the boat had to be carried a good distance over land; and when they arrived at the spot,. they found that some persons had let down a rope from the bridf.,e close to him, but he was so benumbed as to be quite un able to grasp it. He was, in fact, in the last stage of exhaustion, and there can be no doubt that had assist ance been only a few minutes later, he would have slipped from his hold and been drowned, He was with considerable difficulty lifted into the boat and conveyed to the Union Inn. where he was put to bed. He had, however. so completely lost the use of his limbs, that he was obliged to be curried into the house; nor was he OA to utter a word. Every attention was paid him, and he at length recovered. A PICTURE OF EGYPT, DRAWN ON THE SPOT, BY MISS MARTINEAU.- -01 e imprerbi..n hail taken me by surf rise. I used to wonder—ane always did till now —at that stupidity of the Israelites which so angered their leader—their pining after Egypt, after finding it impossible to live there. It was inconceivable how they could long to go back to a pia , e of such cruel oppression, for the sake of anything it could give. I now wonder no longer, having seen and felt the desert, and knowing the charms of the valley of the Nile. One evening lately, just at sunset, the scene struck upon my heart, oppressing it with the sense of b7auty. A village was beside an extensive grove of palms, which sprang from out of the thickest and richest clover to the height of eighty feet. Their tops waved gently in the soft breeze which ruffled the surface of a blue pond lying among grassy shores. There were golden lights and sharp shadows among the banks where a stream had lately made its way. The yellow sand-hills of the desert just showed themselves between the stems of the more scattered palms. Within view were some carefully tilled fields, with strong wheat, lupins and purple bean blossoms ; and some melon and cucumber patches were not far off. Cattle were tethered beside the houses; and on a bank near sat an old woman and it boy and girl, basking in the last rays of the sun with evident enjoyment, though the magical colouring given by Egyptian atmosphere could not be sostriking as to English eyes. But whatmust it have been in tbe memory of the Israelites, vvandering in the desert where there is no colour, except at sunrise and sunset, but only glare— parched rocks anc choking duet or sa n d! I will not attempt now, for no one has ever suc ceed( d in such an attempt, to convey any impression of the apt-aline dream in. ss ot the depths of the d sort. I ran only say that when it rose up bef ire me in contrast with that nook of the valley it sunset, I at last tuid. , rs , ood the surrender of heart and reason on the part of the I-rat-lit, s, and could sym pnthiee in their forgetfulness of their pasi. woes in their pining tor verdure and streams. for shade and good food, and for a perpetual sight of the adored river, instead of the hatefol sands which hemmed them in, whichever way they turned.—People's Journal M. RONGE.—A letter from Breslaw of the 3d says:—" In tile month of March, 1846, M. Renge wits condemned to a month's imprisonment, for having preached at Magdeburg without the permission of the authorities. It was thought that the execution ot this condemnation hail been abandoned by the Government, but such is not the fact. The day before yesterday M. Range received from the police of Breslaw an injuncti. n to undergo the sentence pronounced against him, and yesterday he rendered himself a prison , r. Upwards of two thousand persons accompanied him on his pas sage, crying, • Rouge for ever!' Religious Liberty for eyi•r!' But this demonstration gave rise to no dis turbanee." BE JuaT BEFORE You ARE GENEROUS.—A shep herd in the county of Caithness lately lest two or three of his master's sheep, and, being determined his employer should not bee loser in the matter, stole the same num ber from a neighbour, for which he has just been com mitted to the gaol of Wick.—liess-shire Advertiser. DEATH AT A BALL.—On Tuesday - evening last a festive party given by Lieutenant-Colonel Fitztnaurice, at his residence, in Berkeley-square Cheltenham, was shocked by the awfully sudden de a th o f one of the guests, a young lady named Quinelar, who had formerly been a governess in the family. The deceased had after supper danced a quadrille, and bad just partaken of an ice, when she was suddenly taken ill, became insensible, and though a medical gentleman was as one of the party, she expired within a few minutes. Death was caused, it is presumed, by effusion of blood on the brain. An inquest was held on the body on Thursday evening, by the deputy-coroner, when the Jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God."—Gloucestershire Chronicle. BARLEY.--This valuable grain, which may be said to be the "staff of life" of so many of the humbler classes of South Wales, has been so exceedingly scarce in this and the two adjiining counties of Pembroke and Cardigan, as to have occasioned great distress. The price, consequently. has been enormous, as much as 7s. Gd. a bushel in many places, at the same time that the labnuring poor have been obtaining from 7s. to Ba. a week wages. Under these circumstances, we are re joiced to find that a merchant of this town has had the foresight to import several cargoes from different foreign ports. We hope it may prove beneficial to the spirited importer, its it certainly will be to this neighbourhood. —Carmarthen Journal INCENDIARY FIRE. — A little before midnight on Saturday last an incendiary fire was discovered on the farm of Mr. Hill, at Murton, three miles from South well, in the county of Nottingham, which destroyed a stack, containing upwards of seventy quarters of wheat. The flames were first observed by Miss Hill, who saw a red glare through her bedroom window, and on giving an alarm her father proceeded to the stackyard, but the fire had gained too great an ascendancy to leave any hope of saving any portion of the stack. An engine from Southwell, and a crowd of people from the villages around flicked to assist, and by great exertions pre vented the tame= from communicating with the other stacks at d the farm buildings. The owner, who is utuvet sally respected, is fully insured in the Nettineham and Nottinghamshire Fire-office, and the damage is estimated at 2601. master. THE LATE INQUEST AT ST PANCRAS.--In conse quence of the absurd heading, viz., " The late myste rious affair and suppos ed m u r der in St. Pancras," given death, by the penny a - liner to an acco unt of the inquest held o trhe n ew , F ii ot r i i nr d y a yw has , a gone body o n nna t et h u e ralde of William Henry be he n Mss ve ' rr.d Mill an c t abroa d ,ol a, that the unfor tunate nothwithstanding t man was the v ictim of foul pia .. . Nothing can be m ore unfounded. It was clearl y proved by the evidence, ilii ims r that he died from the bursting of a blood-vessel in the lungs, and nothing t r anspired . at the ; .nquest to j us tify the very absur d beadin g wh ich the penny-a -liner gave to the paragraph. THE RIVER PLATE.—A handsome monument is about to be erected b y Rear-Admir al Inglefield, Com rnander-in-Chief of the fleet in the River Plate, and his brother o ffi cers, in hon our of the men who fell in the aetion of the 20th November, 1825, at Punta Obligato. The top of the marble is decked with various naval em blems, surmounted by a wreath of laurel; underneath is carved a highly-finished representation of the place and tort in sight of the fleet sent against it. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. —Tuesday t h e monthly meeting of the meinb,rs of this a ciety was. held at their ehawbers in Lincoln's Inn fields. There were present the Bishops ,-,f London, Winchester, Durham, Peterborough, Lichfield, Carlisle, El', , Worcester, Lincoln, and Hereford ; the Dean of Chichester, the Dean of Hereford, the tev. Dc. Spry, the Rev. .B. Dalton, the Rev. W. J. Hall, and a large number of other c hurch - dignitaries. A lengthened dis cussion took p l ace with reference to the religious state of the colonies and dependencies of the British Crown, and liberal grants were made in aid of the society's ob jects in the newly-formed diocese of Morpeth (Austra lia), the Cape of Good Hope, Adelaide, and Newcastle (New South safes). Several letters from destitute con gregations were read• end requests complied with, after which upwards of 60 gentlemen were elected subscribing members of the society. FURIOUS GALE.—The Scotch papers contain se veral accounts of the gale which prevailed so generally on Thursday last, but which a pp ear s to have raged with niwonted fury in the north. There was a great loss of lite in small boats along the coast, and many vessels were seriously illillled; but we have not, yet heard of any ex tensive shipwrecks. IMPERI, AMEN T. HOUSE Ok COMMONS, April 14. -The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE It AILW AY. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition against this Bill. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT. Mr. GREENE preseno•d srpttition against t he West minster Inwrovemern. Bill, us well us several others on different subjects. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. CH RISTOPH ER presented ,petitions from seve ral places praying that the Rouse woull take measures for retaining the advant)g-s of the harbour of Harwich, as well as several other harts Airs on the coma. GOVERN ‘I ENT EDUCATION PLAN. Mr CHRISTOPHER a so presented a petition from several parishes in Lincolnshire in favour of the Govern ment ran. POOR REMOVAL ACT. Mr. CIIRIS 7 I'6IIiiRttIsOI)Ws a petition from :he union of Sleaforti against this law. ROMAN cATnomc RELIEF. Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Mundy, and heversi other Mem bers present, t 1 pet►tions again,t the Bill for Roman Catholic lieliF f. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCHEME. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a petition from ttv inhabitants of Bristol in favour of the Govern went plan, SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION Mr. C.' BERKELEY also presented petitions trom the parishes of St—Michael end St. Philip's in 8ri,4,1, in support of the lion. Member fur Birmingham's motion, in favour of the ladies. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF. Mr. RAIKES CURRIE presented severs' petitions against the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. Mr. GRAINGER piesented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Durham in favour of the Bill. Mr. WATSON presented nineteen petitions from Stafford, Bishop'sStortford, Newport, and other places,in favour of the Bill. Mr. BROWNE also presented several petitions in Tavour of the Bill, SHEFFIELD, MANCHESTER, AND LINCOLN SHIRE RAILWAY. Sir J. YARDE BULLER presented two petitions against this Bill. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN. Mr. HALSEY presented petitions from several con gregations of Protestant Dissenters against the Govern ment plan of education. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from Manchester, complaining that the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway Company had imposed such fares that the expense already amounted to a great hardship, and praying that the House would take some measures for its removal. The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition from Hooton to the same effect. RATING OF TENEMENTS. _ Mr. WIfg(SIFAiTEN also presented petitions from Warrington and Bolton-le-Moors against the Rating of Tenements Bill. CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY. Mr. SPOONER presented thirteen petitions from various places in favour of the Bill for this line. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF. An lioN. MEMBER also presented several petitions in Favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. Petitions were presented in favour of the Bill, by Mr. B. Escott, from several places in th• counties of War wickshire, Northamptonshire, Southampton, and other places ; by Lord J. Manners, from Mel on Mowbray, Lincoln, Birmingham, Penzance, Manchester, Salford, lath, Atherton, Knaresborough, several places in the county of Staffordshire, and numerous other places; and by the Earl of Arundel and Surrey nineteen petitions. Petitions against the Bill were presented by Mr. Fee rand from Pembri , ke, trim the city of London, the parishes (if Chelsea, St. Andrew's, Holborn, from various metropolitan parishes, from the city of York, from Dorset, and various places in the counties of Kent and Essex, and from the city of Ripon • by Mr. Spooner thirteen petitions ; by Ste R. 11. Inglis, nine petitions, and by Mr. Islewilegate. AGRICULTURAL TENANT RIGHT BILL. Mr. CHRISTOPHER gave notice that be would, A hen this Ball was brought before the House, present a petition against it, and also move that the !louse do resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill that day six months. CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. On the order of the day being read for going into Committee on this Bill, Sir It. H. INGLIS said, that when he recollected how often the House had rejected the measure, and that it was rejected iu the last session by a majority of 120 to 80, he thought that the most fastidious Member would not accuse him of giving unnecessary trouble to the House when he asked the H0u,,0 to rescind the decision to which it had arrived upon the measure a short time since, and rtturn to the sound principle upon which it had acted last session. When he considered the immense importance of the principles involved in this measure he trusted that he had still less reason to apologise to the House for intimating thus early his intention of again taking the sense of the House upon this question. He believed the present was one of a series of measures having a direct tendency to unprotestantize the consti tutien of England, and to degrade its Church.—(Hear, hear.) It was not oily a question affecting the Church of Englaed, but one which, in his opinion, struck deep at the P. otestantism of the country. lie was perfectly ready to acquit the Hon. and Learned Member fur Kin sale (Mr. 1e atson) of an 3 intention to bring about this disastrous state of things. He was aware that the Hon. Member (Mr. Watson) had introduced several clauses to avert the oppwitioe to this me.isure ,• but these clauses ref.rred only to the latter portion of the Bill, and left wholly untouched the great objections to it. They did not so far chunee or medify its character sa to justify him (Sir R. highs) in relaxing his Opposition to it. He considered that Englat.d was a Protestant state and empire, and the Bill under consideration had for its object the complete destruction of that character. Now he asked the law advisers of the Crown to lend him their attention, while he showed that it would have the effect of endangering the security of the Protestant Church in this country. Now the point to which he wished to direct their attention was, that it would repeal the 30tH of the Act of Charles 11., and also the Act passed in the second session of the same year. This Act made it imperative on all the Members of the Le gislature and upon the Sovereign to make a declaration to maintain the Protestant Church in this country in all its integrity. Now by the Relief Act passed in 1829, the declaration, as far as regarded the Members of the Legislature, was partially repealed; but the declaration, as far as retarded the Sovereign of these realms, was left untouched. It was necessary that every monarch, on accession to the throne, should make this declaration, and he believed that many of them had witnessed the present most gracious Sovereign making it. But if this Act of the 30th Charles 11. were wholly re pealed, he would ask what would remain for the Bill of Rights to cork upon? He believed it would become wholly nugatory. sow, let the House recollect that that declaration was the testimony of the nation against the Catholic religion, anti was the foundation on which the cl sim of the House of Hanover to the throne .f these realms rested. If this Bill, therefore, passed, the Bill of Rights would become nugatory, and the security of the Established religion endangered. The lion. Member here recut(' the declaration of the 30th of Chart, s IL, and asked the Hon. Member (Mr. 1 arson) whet: , er this 8.11 would not shake that by which it was secured that this country should alwa)s re main Protestant. lie admitted that the Bill was improved as compared with that of last session, but still there was nothing intro :uced into it which could reconcile him to the dangerous principles which it sought to 1. galise. He considered this as one of a series of aggressive measures which had been passed during the last fifty years. If he uttered haish language against Roman Catholics he could only say that he regretted the necessity which compelled him to do so. There were many li, , •man Catholics for whom in private life he entertained the hie.hest respect; but in the dis charge of what he considered a public duty, he could nit retrain, even in their presence, from making state ments which might not be quite palatable to them. He regarded the Church of Rome to have been for three centuries the inexorable, the unchangeable enemy of Protestantism—of Protestantism in this country—the unchangeable foe of the Church of England, and he challenged any one to contest this point with him— that so far as hostility to httestantism was concerned, the Roman Catholics had not changed—had not abated one iota for the last three centuries. He admitted that there had been times when the pretensions of the Church of Rome had been allowed to conveniently sleep, but they had invariably awoke to greater vigour than before; and yet in 1829 many good easy men held that the danger of the Church of Rome only existed in the wild fanaticism of some few Protestants. But he asked if during the last fifty years the pretensions of the Church of Rome had not proved as vigorous and as practical as at any former period ? He asked the Honourable Member who in troduced the Bill, if in 1783 it would have been con ceived possible that any Pope or Prelate would have ab solved She subjects of the King of France from their alle giance, and transferred that allegiance? Could more have been done in the sixteenth century,and was more done? It was done in the sixteenth century by Pope Pius V., who was canonized and made a s aint. Similar things were done between 1783 and 1810, and t he services of that Pope and Gregory VI I. it appeared at t h is day were treated as great deeds , and were appearing in reviving strength and vigour; and he, therefore, con tended that until they had something more than the wish of a Member of that House —something more than his assuraece that the Roman Catholics had changed, and that it was no longer the lion but the lamb—until he found that they had forgone the claims which were thundered forth in the Vatican by both these Popes, and that they had no arms in their arsenal ready es t h o iot b r eu e lsde d n i n r t e o c tp t e tei d opn . e a s e t wna t t h st e oh fi se r nl s dy t uf n u o r n t h v e e ; c n o i e n n c t e ion. E opportunity , veii model for Popes; b ht u tie t where was th e liberality clPaimase3 not rs a w l h te ic r h ed ff ay , n measuresfor him of whenhisheprehaaedcessodof the a e te v s e t n an l•ith st ti n r ) a m w h n the avin law which prevented other religious bodies? Wh y, t hi s most liberal Pope had not prevented English Pro s pl.ce of worship in his "eternal • y t ff ..... 01 . (Hear, hear.) Then again ' had the House for gotten th e con d uct of the Jesuits in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium ?—(bear. hear.) He heard a cheer from a Noble Lord with whom he had the misfortune to differ, but did he mean by that cheer to deny that the Jesuits had not disturbed the pun, peace of France, Switzer land, Germany, or rirdgium ? Did he forget the con duct of the Jesuits in Louvain, and that they had almost gained that kingdom to themselves ? 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Such a mew :tare as t h at r; 'sec' coal.] not he pasied into a la* consisteroly r i qr . not to the Church of Ergivid, whi c h ~,,'s th e (xi=trirce of as she Church uf lti.me c.,litint t „ .o d t .score in long the Noble Lord at the head of the t : . a rise cur, which, coating trom such a Mall, deserved i forget the dying words of h is anuitu t .ll" nr eonsi-• dlred prophetic—" not to assist the progress o f if, Tht - resistance of Popery Villa one o; the great est 'Per.)"." on% eta of his - life; and he called open o h . 1 4- I , • iji .. G.tver, Ile i'r,7l,,rtd Lord to act in the spirit of his dlastvous strict stor. a,.,1 to resist any 'lather me:.sures which had rot- clot it otj cc i, the d e giath,tiol, of the Church of Lug anti, the hurn;iia lion ot Protest:anti:lTh and the final as , cndancy of the It“cifin Cathol - e relig:nl;s—(l{car.) ELter' aillin i 2 : t h e" %leas, he felt he should 1, -, 11 , ill dischsrge his duty if he did not move, as an amendOen t s that the House should resolve itself into a Committee OD :he Bill this day six months. Mr. LAW seconded the motion. .„ The Earl of ARUNDEL and SU said that the RRI:A Church of Rome had been accused of pssocptiou ; he was not prepared to deny that persecution bad been many times exercised by members of that Church — in fact he admitted that the Church of - Rome had persecuted, but those acts were to be estiitlated by the spirit of the times in which they occurrei ; and he might point to the Old Testament as furnishing some authority for persecution. Hon. Gentlemen were aware that he alluded to the wars waged by the Israelites against those nations who held possession of the pro mised land. Previous to the 16th century the whole of Western Europe was of one faith—heresies had arisen from the commencement of the Church of Christ, bat at that period the whole relations of society were overset by the Reformation, and a number of heresies sprung ur. And here he would observe that there was a great difference between a heretic and a member of a heresy. A heretic was one who once belonged to the faith of Christ, and who seceded ; but a member of a heresy was looked upon with a much more lenient eye by the Church ; he was consi. dared by no means guilty in the same degree. He wished to argue the futility of throwing any resttictions in the way of a sincere believer by other than legitimate means. His Honourable Friend had said that the Church of Rome was antagonistic to Protestantism.—(Hear, hear.) So it was, and so it ever would be, until Protestantism was extinct.—(lroni cal cheers.) The struggle would continue, and would last, and other churches would arise long after the Church of England had passed away and was forgotten. Mr. PLUMPTRE said that the Noble Lord had stated very plainly that the contest wa s going on of Popery i against Protestantism, and that t would and should go on until the latter Church bad become extinguished ; he , stated such to be his intention, and such to be that of his Church. Now be (Mr. Plumptre) ob jected to the present Bill, because he believed it had for its object the same intention. He thanked the Noble Lord for speaking so platnly; it was what they lamented, that they did not knew where to find their enemies. tor hey assumed the attitude t:f war exactly at s t u he ite in d or be e i n r t co th n a v t en t i h e aspur posee t enyce.feltHtel-.3 of his Church was to continue and maintain the e t i o . their d own m po t w h •e a r, t e h r struggle until Protestantism was for ever extinguished. He would tell him that the Protestants of this country were a prep • red to ine,-t those words with others of a directly opposite character.—(Hear, hear) He agreed with his Hun. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford, that nothing could be more painful to him than to say an 3 thing which might wound the feelings of any Member; but they must not refrain from speaking the truth from any such fear, and it became them not to remain silent when they heard the declaration which had been just uttered,—(Hear.) He could not agree with the Noble Lord, that Protes tantism would become extinct, or that the Church of Rome would triumph over it. He felt so far from that, that Protestantism was founded on a rock; but he regretted that the present Bill would revive the struggle, as it' would no doubt tend to promote the inte rests of the Church of Rome. He would :oppose the Bill, and every other measure of the same character, which went to destroy or endanger the Protestant truth or the Protestant Church. If he spoke warmly on the question, he at least spoke honestly, and while /he differed with Honourable Members on the matter, he did so with the kindest feelings. It was not on personal grounds that he opposed the measure, but because he considered it based on a bad principle. Lord 11. VANE said the lion. Member who had last addressed the House seemed to have wandered a idely f run the subject. If any one were to read the Bill, a ith the antendmints now propo•itti by the Holt. Member ter Kinsale, he could tot sae how it was po;sible to take such a course in the debate. lie considered the H.,r). %leather who had just sat down had misrepresented, or at east rei.uriderstood, the observations which had fallen from the Nub:e Lord (Arundel), though he (Lord fl. Vane) must at the same time observe that the sentiments which that Noble Lord had uttEred were not his. He did not think that the Church of Rome would succeed over the Protestant Church, and that they both would become one. This, he was persuaded, was &so the opinion of the great body of the people of this country. Still, he thought the Honourable Member (Mr. Plumptre) had misunderstood the argument employed by his Noble Friend. The Hen. Member had alleged that the Noble Lord supported persecution because he hal referred to certain passages in the Old Testament, and applied to a differ. nt order of things, which justified it ; and th a t t h erefore the Roman Catholic Church was justified in doing the same thing. Now, he (Lord H. Vane) considered this not to be the opinion of the Noble Lord, but that he meant to say, that in bygone days persecution generally prevailed and pervaded the, conduct of all religious sects and opinions. Toleration, in fact, had not been understood or practised till within the last century and a half. But his Noble Friend adjured persecution now, and only expected that by the prevalence of opinion his Church would become triumphant. He (Lord 11. Vane), however, was of a totally different opinion. The Bill, said the Hon. Member for Kent (Mr. Plumptre), would change the whole character of the population. He objected to it because it would unprotestantise the country. In support of that opinion, he had given no reasons, had advanced no arguments, but be con sidered it would do so. The Hon. Member had also re ferred to the danger of permitting the Jesuits to come into the country, calling the attention of the House to the t roceedings of that body abroad during the last fifty years. He deduces from that great danger to the Protestant faith. Now he (Lord H. Vane) would observe, that at present Jesuits did come into the country, though the Catholic Emancipation Act expr-ssly forbad them. Practically the law was of no effect, the spirit of the age was against penal enactments, on account of religious be lief. The Bill as amended, by its provisions tor the registration of all those belonging to monasic orders, would be quite suffice ut fir ill us. ful purposes. If they were to go on the policy recommentie , t by the Hun. Member, they ought to rescind and repeal all the laws to advance religious liberty pa-sed in the last 30 years. He (Lord H. Vane) could not see what. object was gained by hatritg laws on the statute b. ok which c ould not be enforced, and which still contai ed a stigma on a particular fAith. But the Hon. Member had objected to the repeal of the 30th Charles 11. on the gnound that it would affect the Bill of Rights. If that really were so, nothing could be more easy than to introduce a clause into the present Bill, declaring that the Bill of Rights should not be affected by it. This would obviate at once the difficulty. He had been induced to rise and take part in the debate because of the unfortunate turn which it had assumed. That House was a place, least of all places, for theological discussions, and they sho - uld avoid all such allusions in their discussions. The whole—the real—question they had to consider was the removal of certain civil disabilities which the Bill proposed. This Bill had been modified to meet the views of several Hon. Members, and especially of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tarnworth. He was quite free to confess, that the public exhibition of pro cessions, through the streets of a manufactur ing town especially, might to many persons prove a stumbling-block, and that the clauses, therefore, which authorised these processions through the different p ar ts of England were inconsistent with the general c h a racter of the Bill itself. Believing this, he was sincerely rejoiced to hear a declaration to that effect from the lion. Member for Kilkenny, and rejoiced that that Hon. Member had so decidedly expressed his opinion on this subject. But, as his Honourable Friend had con sented to remove this objection, he could not at all see that any danger whatever could arise to the Protes tantism of this country from the passing of the Bill. The object of the Bill, as it appeared to him, was simply to obtain an equality of private position for the professors of the two religions, and by the expunging of the objec tionable clauses, the only danger that could have been apprehend e d had been averted. Mr. SPOONER rose to say only a few, a very few words, with a view to set the Hon. Member for Ken dal right, as to .what had fallen from the Noble Lord opposite (the Earl of Arundel and Surrey). At the com mencement of his observations that Noble Lord had expressly stated that he deprecated persecution in any shape, and had, in the course of the earlier portion of his remarks, expressly stated that, in his opinion, nothing whatever could justify persecution. Yet, notwithstanding all this, the Noble Lord, towards the conclutiou of his speech, had said that there were certain passages in the Old Testa ment which give reason to suppose that under peculiar circumstances it would be countenanced by the Al• mighty.—(Cries of " No, no.") The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY begged to correct the Hon. Member. Ile had never attempted in any way to justify persecution, or to say that under itdZ circumstances it was to be resorted to. What be had endeavoured to represent when alluding to the passages of the Old Testament was, that the contest which had been going on , and which must continue to 014 be tween the Roman Catholic and the Protestant Churches, Was one _ entirely of a theolog i ca l .character, an d the ay rage