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SPIRIT•OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The adjourned debate on the Irish Tithe Bill was resumed last night. Before, however, en tering on the, discussion, something was said about the valuers of crops, which may enable us to form a guess with regard to the consequences of the measure in Ireland. Colonel Perceval asked " whether the Bill now before the House afforded any security to the persons employed to value crops. If it did not, he wished to know whether it was the Right Hon. Gentleman's in tention to bring in any measure for that pur pose ?" Mr. Stanley said " that the question now put was undoubtedly one of considerable importance, and would deserve the consideration of the House. He believed that there was no provision in the present Bill for the security of the valuers of crops. He trusted there would he no necessity for such a provision ; but if there should be, the House must undoubtedly take the matter into consideration, and provide whatever security the circumstances of the case might seem to require." Mr. Callaghan observed " that there were no means of protecting the valuers of tithes, and he did not think that any per sons would be found to undertake that task." This augurs very ill for the restoration of order. Ministers are unquestionably placed in a situation of great difficulty with regard to Ireland. They are called to execute the laws, and the people being arrayed against the laws, to execute them is to throw the country into disorder. The laws have not been made in the interest of the people, and the people have never yielded a willing obe dience to them. They have been taught, too, that their only hope of obtaining a repeal of bad laws is in defeating them ; and it is unnecessary to add, that the most dangerous lesson you can teach a people is, that relief is only to be ob tained by resistance. The habit of resistance is much easier taken up than abandoned. Even the best-intentioned Ministry cannot make the laws what they ought to be in a brief space of time ; and, lest the habit of resistance become rooted in the social system, they must be desirous to enforce the laws, however bad, so long as they are not repealed. The Irish people, on the other hand, have proceeded so far in their combinations against tithes, that it is no longer possible to execute the law as it is. There is, therefore, in what regards tithes, a complete anarchy. It is not in the power of Ministers to execute the law, without doing violence to the principle which ought to be at the bottom of all law—the salus populi. The question is—how the Government can be extricated from this perilous position, with least injury to the common weal "As the opposition to the law regarding tithes is the destruction of the tax ; and, as the destination is deemed objectionable by Ministers as well as the Irish people, we wish Ministers had com menced with the consideration of the most ad visable destination with a view to remove the chief cause of the opposition of the people. Ministers have, however, taken the most logical mode, if we may use the term. They wish first to ascertain the extent of the disposable fund, and then they mean to attend to the disposal of iF. This was neatly put by Lord John Rus sell, who observed, " the first question, as to whether tithes could continue in their present shape, he understood to be by common consent abandoned on all sides. This being disposed of, two other questions then presented themselves : the first, whether any other income could be sub stituted for the present ; and the second, to what purpose the money so obtained could be ap plied ?"—Lord John added, that ; " as to the first of these questions, he must say, that it seemed to him that the Representatives of Ire land gave an importance to it which it did not truly possess ; and that the real difficulty lay in the second of these questions." The Irish IVlem hers, however, know how incredulous the people are as to the intentions to alter the disposition of the Tithes, and their opposition to Ministers is, we doubt not, attributable not so much to their own apprehensions as to their knowledge of the apprehensions entertained by the Irish people. Lord John did not hesitate to declare, that— " Ile thought that the Protestant Church of Ireland was too large—(Cheers)—not only for the purpose of giving instruction to that part of the population of Ireland which professed the Protestant faith ; but he thought it too large for its own permanent stability.—(Great cheer ing.) Therefore, whenever the question might arise in its proper day, and at its appointed time—(Cheers)—he should be ready to maintain the views which he had for merly expressed.—(Cheers.) It was certainly the opinion which he had always held, that it was the duty of the Le gisliture to provide for the religious and moral instruction of the people of Ireland, in a way in which that had never yet been done.—(Hear, hear.) What was intended by our ancestors in the establishment of the Church of Ireland for religious and moral purposes, had not answered that end—(Cheers)—and as the Legislature bad now to con sider anew in what way that end might be best attained, it was bound to respect—as, he believed, every Member of that House was ready to respect—the rights of those who had existing interests in the present arrangements.— (Hear, hear.)—Preserving to the Church those rights of property, which it justly claimed, the Legislature might provide for its future welfare; at the same time that it would deliver the people of Ireland from the state of igno rance, in which they were proved to be by the daily ac counts received from the newspapers ; or from other sources of information." Now this is a most important declaration hi orn a Cabinet Minister; and the Irish must be blind indeed, not to see an immense difference between the spirit of a Cabinet of which so liberal a speaker is a Member, and a Tory Ca binet. Here we have an explicit admission that tithes are public property, in the disposal of which the Legislature ought to be governed solely by considerations of public advantage. The old doctrine, that the established Church of Ire land ought, merely because it is established, to possess this public property for ever, whether the public advantage would be thereby promoted or not, is fairly discarded. Difference of opinion may be entertained with regard to the most bene ficial mode of appropriating the funds not exclusively allocated to the clergy of the Protestant Church ; but there is no difference now as to principle. The Protestant Church of Ireland has indeed been a signal failure, and the means taken to support it ought to be an eternal lesson to men that no institutions can endure which are not founded on the attach ment of the people. In the church of Ireland, the people were the only party left out of consi deration. All that was thought of was property So much was this the case, that Archbishop Boulter seemed to be jealous, if we may judge from his letters, lest the conversion of the Papists should create too many claimants to share with the Protestants the loaves and fishes of the establishment. All churches founded on such a basis ought to perish—they are not ehurches of Christ but of Anti-Christ. And the Protestant Church of Ireland will leave no re• grets behind it. It is curious to hear the notions of some people with regard to what a clergy ought to possess. 'Mr. Lefroy said— " He was prepared to show that the Protestant clergy were not too numerous in proportion to the Protestant ' 1 te)filaCillbi+that the whole amount of the revenue, if and that the ap a ::„Wi ::hitX hifiliti4ed, was not excessive, tiF,ti4Li clf. ; t , kfleis which they received n wasadvantage. 11 4t"4 N .,;54 1: 2 -4 ~ .i .°:'' . - : -.;:r.; ...—* t :6 'f , ".•.,; \.. :2 -2 ri -- - 1 - - i . "--: k_. 4u , ),)a , id,og ous to the interests of religion, and beneficial to the people of Ireland themselves. The Protestant population amounted to 1,269, 9 88, and the number of benefices was only 1,2,52; giving 1,000 Protestants to each benefice —( Hear)—and if the revenues of the church were equally distributed, they would give to such benefice an income of no more than 1991. a year." The clergy of 1,269,288 have only a million of acres, and the tithes. Let us suppose the Presbyterians and Catholics were to be placed on the same footing. The Presbyterians are as numerous as the Episcopalians ; they ought to have another million of acres, and another tithe. The Catholics are to the Episcopalian Protes tants as six to one ; they should then have six millions of acres and six tithes. There would remain to the rest of the Irish nation two or three millions of cultivable acres, and two-tenths of the produce. On a division, leave was given to bring in the Bill by a majority of 124 to 32, or 92. We would fain hope that the Irish Members will see that they have done enough for the people, and that the measure will not be further opposed.—[horning Chronicle. It is scarcely necessary to contradict the report circulated yesterday, that the Leveret had seen Don Pedro's expedition off the Rock of Lis bon, as our readers must recollect that the date of that vessel's departure from the Tagus was the 30th ult., and that on Thursday we published intelligence dated the 3d inst. We have, how ever, the satisfaction of stating, that letters brought by the Leveret hold out a confident anticipation of the speedy triumph of the Con stitutional cause. In spite of all the vigilance and rigour of Don Miguel's satellites, means have been found to make known to the people the approach of the expedition, and to prepare them for its reception. The press, which tyrants are ever eager to attack, proves always too powerful for them in the end. A number of papers, in the form of handbills, have been cir culated among the troops and the inhabitants of Lisbon, and of several of these circulars we have received copies. They appear to be in tended fbr different classes, and are sent forth under signatures suited to their respective destinations, as " Hum Fidalgo," " Hum Veterano,” " Hum Ecclesiastico," "Hum Re ligioso," &c. They expose the falsehoods of Don Miguel's Gazettes, vindicate the cause of Donna Maria, and are well calcu lated to produce the desired impression on the public mind. The soldiers are informed that the Duke of Braganza comes to restore the usurped crown to his daughter,—that the sacred Quinas, against which no true Portuguese will fire a shot, wave over the masts of his ships ; and care is taken t o assure t h em that Lord Grey is still Minister of England, and that no power remains in the hands of the Duke of Welling ton. In one paper a friar expresses his deep re gret at having contributed to deceive the people by preaching sermons in support of Don lkliguefs legitimacy, and hopes to obtain pardon through a sincere repentance. It has been reported in some letters from Lisbon, that Don Miguel was making preparation for his ecape to America, and the fact is stated in the secret bulletins circu lated in Lisbon, We subjoin translations of two of them. " Portuguese S ddiers,—Listen to the groans of af flicted human nature, and to the voice of the country, which appeals to you for your aid, and invites you to heroic deeds. Recover your ancient glory; abandon the Usurper; unite with the Senhor Don Pedro, and your worthy comrades whom he commands in person. Save your country, your honour, and your national dig nity. Restore the throne to our legitimate Sovereign, the Senhora Donna Maria 11., and re-establish the consti tutional charter. Finally, cease to be the passive instru ments of the ferocity of a despotic Government, which has ruined the nation, and which seeks to render you odious to your peaceful fellow-citizens. " You have families, relations, and friends, whom re ligion and the laws of nature oblige you to protect. Can it be possible that any of you would wish to shed inno cent blood, solely to satisfy the ambition and caprice of a lawless Prince, who devotes himself to degrading and barbarous amusements, wasting the revenues of the country, while you are suffering privations, and the whole nation is plunged into an abyss of misery? Never, Por tuguese soldiers ! never can you cherish such base, cruel, and inhuman sentiments. " Do not credit the falsehoods of the usurcer's coriphwi, they are invented to deceive you. The English squadron remains before the harbour of Lisbon, and will be ready to aid our cause, if need be. " The Americans have come only to claim indemnifica tion for the insults they have received. They belong to a republican Government, which recognizes every de facto Government without reference to its origin. " Senhor Don Pedro is momentarily expected to land. Remain firm until the day of his landing; but on that day hasten to join him. He will receive you as a father re ceives his children. Imitate the brave French soldiers, who, on being ordered to fire upon their fellow-citizens, united with them, and turned their arms against the op pressors of their country. Follow the noble example of the English, who were prepared to take the field with firmness and good order to secure their rights and tranquillity. By such conduct you will merit the blessings of your country and the admiration of the whole world. " Viva the Constitutional Charter !" Viva Queen Donna Maria II!" Viva Senhor Don Pedro, our de liverer !' and Viva the brave Portuguese army !' " Lidacm, June 25." " Awake, Portuguese !—Don Miguel is secretly at work, making ready to be off in the Boston, American corvette, lying in this port, with all the money of which he has robbed the country, and of which the Visconde de Queluz has the keeping, in the Quinta do Alfeite ! Not con tent with this immense plunder, the Usurper has just or dered a forced contribution on the windows of all the houses in the kingdom—a contribution never imposed in Portugal, even during the war against Napoleon, and campels the nation to pay decimas duties on labour, and double taxes! And all this for what ? For the base purpose of filling his coffers before he makes his escape.— In this way the country is reduced to misery. Awake then, fellow-citizens, awake ! Do not allow yourselves :o be deluded by the tyrant and his infamous adherents ! Let this advice, which is given from within tile Palace itself, be heard. " Lisbon, June 22. " A FIDALGO." " Postscript.—June 25.—Now Don Miguel is this day on board the corvette—a proof of the truth of what 1 have related above. The coffers from Villa Vigoza, Queluz, and Bempost are, perhaps, also already on board."— Times. Well may the Russian party in England re joice at finding that, although the Poles have the unavailing sympathy and compassion of the House of Commons, Russia obtains more sub stantial proofs of British favou r in millions of hard gold taken out of the pockets of the over. taxed British people, to pamper the insolence and feed the ambition of the Autocrat of the North, who tramples Poland in the dust, and treats England with scorn by cancelling th e treaty of Vienna, in which England had pledged herself to the protection of the independence of the Polish nation ! Yet Mr. Macaulay asks " of what regard was it to England whether Russia behaved well or ill towards Poland, as far as the question of publtc faith was concerned ?" We will tell him—England is bound by a treaty still ill existence (unless it is admitted that the insolent Ukase of the Russian tyrant has anulled that quintuple treaty) to protect the independence of' Poland ; consequently the treatment which Po land receives from Russia ought to be a matter of consideration with England as a question of public faith--but as to the payments to Russia on account of the Russian-Dutcli Loan, the treaty in that case had ceased anddetermined by the hap peninb ofthe contingency on which it was expressly stipulated that the payments should cease and de termine. In the face of these facts the supporters of the Russian-Dutch Loan job tell us that this country will be eternally disgraced if it does not keep faith with Russia : but it is of no conse quence that it violates its faith with regard to Poland ; there is no dishonour in that. Such is [ the patriotism—such the morality—such the sense of equal justice, not of inveterate Tories and antiquated boroughmongers, but of professed Liberals—of purity-of-principle men—of leaders of the march of intellect in the British House of Commons in the nineteenth century ! When we find Dr. Lushington attempting to prop up so bad a " job " as this, we consider that he has nearly as bad a cause, and certainly a worse ex cuse, than in accepting a brief to defend th e practice of burning widows in India. In the latter case he was the hired Advocate who was paid to make " the worse appear the better rea son," and to argue in favour of sanguinary c r i me against the dictates of morals and humanity. In the former instance lie volunteered to prevent England being eternally disgraced, forsooth ! by not keeping faith with Russia— a Power that had just then committed a flagrant breach of faith towards this country, and came to receive our money covered with the infamy of that vio lation, and reeking with the blood of Poland, whose independence we guaranteed as so lemnly as we did the payments of the Rus sian-Dutch Loan. As to the treaty which guaranteed those payments, there never was a more daring attempt made upon com mon sense than to say that it had not expired in spirit, as well as in letter. It expressly sti pulated that the payments should be made while Holland and Belgium continued united ; but, when the sovereignty of Belgium should " be severed and pass away" from Holland, the pay ments should " cease and determine." Can any thing be more plain and unequivocal than this stipulation, as contemplating the severance of the two countries, by whatever means it might be accomplished ? No, say the Ministers, and the sycophants of Russia, it meant a severance by foreign invasion not by internal violence. There is not the slightest intimation of this in the treaty, nor any thing to lead to it. To sup ply those words is, in fact, to make a new treaty. Why did England undertake to paw the money to Russia at all ? For what other object than to induce Russia to favour the existing union of the two countries ? That was the consideration of the contract which gave Russia a legal claim for the money. The severance having taken place, no matter from what cause, the considera tion was gone, and the contract founded upon it fell to the ground. While the two countries remained united Russia might have been called upon to repel by force of arms a foreign invasion. She might be put, in time of peace, to the expense of keeping up a larger military establishment than she otherwise wanted, to guard and protect the kingdom of the Netherlands; but when those countries agreed to separate, and did separate, there was no further necessity for the interposi tion of Russia—the work was done which the sapient " settlers of Europe," in 1815, con tracted with Russia for—and Russia having been relieved from the obligation of protecting a' kingdom no longer in existence, the payment for her protection should, as a matter of course, have ceased. It would have been just as wise for Lord Castlereagh to have made a contract to subsidize Russia annually as long as old London-bridge was in existence—for the treaty was merely a pretext to put money into the coffers of Russia in a time of peace, as we were accustomed to do during the war. Supposing Lord Castlereagh had made the payments contingent upon old London-bridge being in existence, and had sti pulated that, when it ceased to exist, the payments should cease and determine—and supposing the bridge had fallen down—what an argument it would be to urge that the payments should still continue because the bridge had fallen to pieces of itself, and had not been knocked down by ex ternal violence ! Yet this is the argument of the supporters of the Russian-Dutch-Loan job, who have the hardihood to contend that, because the words which relate to the contingency are general, they should be taken in a particular sense. But Ministers themselves admitted tha the treaty had expired, by entering into the Con vention of the 16th of November, the basis of which was the necessity of an application to Parliament to enable the Crown to continue the payments —or, in other words, to obtain the sanction of Parliament to a new or supple mentary treaty. That Convention was made h direct contradiction of the opinions of the law officers of the Crown, which had been given i❑ .., preceding month of June ; but, notwithstanding the Convention, another payment was made, in December, without the sanction o f Parliament— and, in the debate of January 26th, the Minis, tern relied on the law officers of the Crown, ant did not say a word of the Convention of November ! So difficult it is, when men get into a crook e d course , to rega i n the straight Path ! As to those Journalists who defend Ministers in this job on the ground that the Tories, if in office, would do the same, w e say it is an extraordinary line of defence for a purity-of-principle Government. The Tories certainly did not spare the people's money while in office ;—does this justify the waste of the people's money by the Whigs ? What matters it to the eels by what hands they are flayed alive ?—Morning Herald. We beg to point the special attention of the electors of the United Kingdom to the result of the petition, which was presented last night, from the parish of, Marylebun e , by M r . H ume . I t _ . prayed that the day fixed, as the last on which the payment of poor-rates and assessed taxes, up to the 6th of April, could be made, so as to qualify the different classes of electors for voting at the ensuing election, an d w hi c h is fixed by Act of Parliament for Friday next, the 20th instant, might be prolonged, so as to enable every one who, by his property, is otherwise entitled to a vote, to qualify himself for the use of his franchise ; but, as will be seen from Lord Althorp's reply, there is no possibility of complying with the application. In the Re form Act, the usual clause which provides for the alteration, or total repeal of any act, in the course of the Session in which the Act has been passed, was purposely omitted, and the clause, in consequence, which renders it necessary for all persons, otherwise qualified, to pay up all rates and taxes which were due previous to the 6th of April last, on or before the 20th July, cannot be altered. Let every elector, therefore, bear in mind that he must, on pain of disqualifi cation, comply with this clause of the Bill on or before Friday next ; and let him prove his sense of the privilege conferred upon him by taking care to qualify himself accordingly.— Morning Advertiser. The debate upon the Russian Dutch Loan terminated in favour of MauEters by a ma j or i ty of 46. Thus have the Repre sentat i ves of the people recorded their deliberate sanction of one of the grossest and most extrav agant jobs ever perpetrated. The decision of yesterday morning will doubtless excite regret, but it cannot create surprise. All persons who are acquainted with the materials of which the present House of Commons is composed must have been prepared for the termination of this debate. No act per formed by such a House can possibly create sur prise. A majority of its IVlembers obtained their seats by pledging themselves to pay a slavish obedience to the mandates of Govern ment ; and in accordance with this pledge they have supported every Ministerial measure with out discrimination, whether tending to a sacrile gious assault upon the Constitution, or to a pro fligate waste of the public money. After such a decision it would of course be useless to refer to the many able arguments which have been advanced against Ministers ; to the lucid and convincing exposition entered into by Mr. Herries, or to the forcible case in point adduced by Sir Robert Peel. 'We must be permitted, however, to ob serve that a plainer case was never brought for ward against any Government. The words of the treaty were before the House, stating the precise circumstances under which payment should cease ; the identical circumstances thus alluded to in the treaty were admitted on all hands to have actually taken place ; Holland had ceased to pay her portion of the stipulated sum ; and yet, in defiance of all this, Ministers, the " economy and retrenchment Ministers," assert that they are bound to continue to pay the money, and do pay it accordingly. If ever any act of the Government called for the censure of Parliament, surely this act of extravagance calls for it. Why the very arguments of Ministers themselves tend to prove the weakness and rottenness of their cause. It was asserted by Lord Althorp, and not by Lord Althorp alone, but by all the Ministe rial speakers, that, notwithstanding the separation of Belgium from Holland, the treaty of 1815 remains in full force ; and yet, on the 16th of November last, Ministers entered into a con vention, the first article of which states that, " in virtue of these considerations, his Britannic Majesty agrees to .recommend to his Parliament to enable him to continue the said payment." If the treaty remained in full force where was the necessity for this new convention ? And again, on the 21st of May, Messrs. Hope aneCo., the agents in Amsterdam for the Russian loan, applied for the usual half-yearly payment ; and what answer did Ministers return ? Why, that a new convention had been entered into with Russia, and that until the said convention had been ratified by Parliament they had no autho • rityf or paying the money ! These were the very words used in answer to the application of Messrs. Hope and Co., of Amsterdam ; and therefore it is plain, by the confesssion of Ministers themselves, that they have paid away the public money in defiance of the authority of Parliament. The fact is, the treaty of 1815 is altogether nullified by the forcible separation of Belgium from Holland ; but Ministers, anxious to purchase the good will of the Autocrat, have entered into a new Con vention, by which England is still to be com pelled to pay her portion of the loan, after the other party (Holland) has peremptorily refused to pay. That Ministers should be anxious to secure their places at the national expense, is very natural: but we apprehend that those liberal Members who have constituted them selves the peculiar guardians of the public purse, and who have frequently charged the Tories with extravagance, will find it very difficult to defend their votes upon this occasion. It is true, Lord Althorp, perceiving how fast the tide of argument was setting against him, threatened a resignation in the event of defeat ; but is this paltry threat deemed by the liberal Members a sufficient excuse for the support of a profligate job ? Do they pretend to argue that they are justified in consenting to a shameful waste of the public money merely because Lord Althorp threatened to resign ? or are they of opinion than that the mere threat of resignation is to be deemed sufficient at all times to protect Ministers from the conse quences of every act of knavery or ignorance which they may choose to perpetrate ? If such be the sentiments of the Liberals in Parliament, we can only say that they entertain odd notions respect ing the proper duties of a legislator. It is need less, however, to argue the question now; the debate of Thursday has decided the point, and doubtless the country will be saddled with the expense of completing the payment to Russia. This is certainly a serious evil under our pre sent embarrassed circumstances ; but at the same time the debate has effected some good by dis playing, at this critical period, the true character of those charlatans who talk so loudly about economy and retrenchment. Doubtless the liberal Members who supported Government on this occasion, will be able to explain satisfactorily to their constituents why they voted away some millions of the public money, at a time when the country is required to hoard up all its re sources against the chances of a war, and at a time, too; when the revenue is daily and hourly upon the decline. The radicals are clever fel lows, but they will find it difficult to get over this affair. The General Election must take place soon ; and it is to be hoped that wherever a Mi nisterial tool makes his appearance, some patri otic Tory will start up to remind him of the Russian Dutch Loan. Thus will the mask be torn from a crew of paltry impostors.—Morn ing Post. GRAND TITHE MEETING OF KILKENNY, WEXFORD, TIPPERARY AND WATERFORD. REPEAL of the UNION, A DEPUTY LORD LIEUTENANT IN THE CHAIR. The most splendid exhibition yet made in Ire land of the public detestation of tithes, took place between Knocktopher and Ballyhale, Sunday last. The general impression was that less than 200,000 persons could not be present; every part within twenty miles round, of the four above-named coun ties sent forth their inhabitants, men and women, in dense masses. While the Committee were pre paring resolutions, &c., we watched the continued procession of people passing from the Waterford side, through the village of Ballyhale, proceeding to the field appointed for the meeting to be held in, and, for upwards of two hours, did the line continue unbroken, while an equally imposing mass of human beings on foot, and in chaises and cars, and on horse back, moved into the field from the roads in the di rection of Kilkenny. Between the pauses in the cheerings were heard on every side the sounds of fifes and drums, and full bands of mu ' sic; and the inhabitants of each district were arranged under their respective banners, hun dreds of which might be seen, orange, green or tri colour, floating as thickly, and far more widely extending, than the mast-head colours in a spacious and crowded port. Numbers of Protestant gentle men attended, who took a deep interest in the pro ceedings. No military or po li ce appeared. This was judicious. Among the banners was one bearing a well exe cuted painting from the "Parson's Horn Book," representing a starving Irishman and woman, carry ing one of the bloated dignitaries of the Church, and behind was added a spavined horse, carrying a figure said to have a likeness to one of the witnesses examined by the Tithe Committee, and who, in the picture, acted in the laudable capacity of slave driver. This banner was borne at the head of ten thousand men from Piltown, lig.ssborough, and its neighbourhood, and bore an inscription " Power of ejectment—Landlord and driver."— Another represented the devil as auctioneer, stand ing on the back of a cow destrained for tithes, and vainly offering her for sale, while on the one side a Reverend pot-bellied man, with rueful looks, ejaculated " No bidders I no bidders !" and on the other, a tithe proctor " with the fur of his hat brushed back." as Banim says " to show it was a beaver," moaned forth, " God help us poor proc tors." It would be almost endless to enumerate those bearing likenesses of O'Connell, &c., and in scriptions of "no tithes," "a total abolition," "a just Reform or repeal," and other loyal, constitu tional and popular sentences. In the front of a fine body of gentry, farmers, and peasantry from the country around Carrick was borne a eqgin, emble matic of the funeral of tithes, and bearing suitable inscriptions; and a truly Irish funeral it was; for thousands had walked that day twenty miles to attend it, and returned home the same night, with out having had perhaps a sixpence in their pockets, to procure refreshments. The Chair was filled by the Hon. Col. Pierce Butler, of Ballyconra, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the County, who went 28 miles that morning to re cord his detestation of the tithe system, and to de mand a full and just Reform, or Repeal of the Union. He addressed the Meeting ably, and was followed by gentlemen from Kilkenny. He ad dressed the meeting ably, and was followed by gen tlemen from Kilkenny, Mr. M‘Grath, of Waterford, Mr. Rivers, of Tybroughney ; Mr. Hutchinson, of Kiltorcan ; Mr. F. Lalor, of Freshford ; Mr. Bayly, Mr. Hayden, of Caherlusk, &c. As the meeting was far too large to allow all to hear what was spoken at the principal platform, a second was put up at a considerable distance, from which several of the speakers made their addresses. The proceedings occupied from one till half-past four o'clock; and great as was the crowd, and conse quent pressure, no accident occurred, nor was there any ill-behaved person to be seen. After the meet ing, nearly 100 gentlemen and respectable farmers sat down to a most abundant and excellent cold dinner, which did great credit to Mr. Conway of Ballyhale, under whose management it was pre pared. The Hon. Colonel Butler acted as Presi dent. E. Smithwick, Esq., as Vice-President, and after several toasts and speeches, the party broke up at an early hour. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR. -The demand for Muscovades this week has ' been languid, but the prices have not given way; the to tal estimates of the sales this week are 2,800 hhds. and tres. In the Refined Market there has been little business this week, and the dull state of trade has also been affected • by tha unfavourable reports from the Hanse Towns. This afternoon refined sugars of all descriptions are in very limi ted demand, and the little business done has been at lower prices, the grocers at the present time having very little inquiry for the fine descriptions, while the continued un favourable accounts from Hambro' prevent any transac tions of consequence taking place in the lower sorts ; the stock on hand, however, at the present time, is only small; for crashed there are scarcely inquiries. EAST INDIA SUGAR. --The public sales have offered 3,678 bags Siam, and 200 baskets Manilla, which went off at steady prices, good yellow 21s. to 225. 6d., fine yellow 225. to 235., ordinary white 24e. to 255. 6d. , good to fine white 266. to 275. 6d. ; Manilla brown 21s to 21s. 6d. MAURITIUS SUGAR. -Notwithstanding the inactive state of the Raw Market, the public sales, consisting of 8,000 bags, have gone off steadily, the whole finding buy ers, fine browns and low yellow from 51s. 6d. to 525. even at an advance of 61 The quantity in first hands is now reduced to about 9,000 bags, and the present stock being 52,000 bags less that last year, together with the circumstance of no immediate arrivals of any magnitude being looked for by the principal importers, will naturally keep up, if not advance the price of this article. The fol lowing are the particulars of the sales :-Very ordinary brown (only 20 bags) 565. 6d., middling to fine brown 51s. to 525., low yellow 51s. 6d. to 525., middling yel low 525. 6d. to 535., fine yellow 545. to 555. 6d., mid dling gray 525. to 525. 6d., good strong gray 545. to 541. 6d.-270 bags of the above were for exportation only ; very ordinary brown, almost black, sold at 1 8s. 6d. good grayish brown 21s. 6d. to 225., fine fine brown 235. to 245., low yellow 235. washed of the above from 18s. to 22.. Since our last there are no arrivals. FOREIGN SUGAR. -This Market continues without any activity, and as the public sales have been of no extent, the prices remain nominally the same. 107 boxes Ha vannah and 61 chests Brazil were put up to auction last Tuesday, but the chief part of them bought in; Havan na!), good white, rather soft, from 355. to 365. ; Bahia, ordinary to good white, 255. 6d. to 27e. The arrivals consist of 138 chests Brazil. This day, at public sale, a small parcel of Para Muscovades, good strong yellow, sold at 21s. COFFEE.-The Coffee Market has been very dull this week, and a considerable proportion of the public sales have been taken in; where sales have been forced, in the languid state of the trade, a decline of Is. per cwt. has been submitted to. The public sales consisted of 753 casks 180 barrels British Plantation, 1,870 bags Foreign, about 1,200 East India and 250 bales Mocha ; about one half of the British Plantation has been taken in, the hol ders looking for the former highest prices of the Market, good to fine ord. Jamaica 80s. to 845., nearly former prices for the proportion sold ; Dominica sold Is. a 18.6 d. lower, fine ord. 81s. and 82s. ; 500 bags St. Domingo, good quality, were taken in at 635., for which 61s. 6d. was bid, good ord. previously sold at 625. ; 600 bags Havannah sold, good to fine ord. 645. a 695., mid. up to 735. 6d. ; ord. brown Sumatra sold at 555. and 565., and good ord. 575. 6d. and 595. ; good ord. Batavia and Ceylon 595. a 625., ord. to good ord. Havannah 71s. a 795. By private contract 3,000 bags Ceylon sold at 60s. This day's public sales consisted of 4 385 bags Brazil, good quality, nearly the whole was taken in at 618., good fine 655., Is. a ls. 6d. lower; the Market remains in the same state, the holders not giving way, and the buyers refusing to purchase, except at a re duction ; 47 casks 322 bags Havannah all sold I &Power ; 155 casks Briti4i. Plantation at former prices for the pro portion sold. Si n ce the sale large parcels Brazil sold at nearly former prices. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND9.-The Ruin market has been rather dull all the week ; the late advance of 3d. to 4d. per gallon in Jamaica has prevented the trade from purchasing, as they will not submit to the advance, and in Leewards there has been little done, on account of the Go vernment contract ; it was concluded yesterday for about 1,200 puns, under is. 7d. per gal, since which no pur chases are reported. Brandy is very heavy, and for Geneva there is no market. TALLow.—The price of yellow candle Tallow has ad vanced to 425. but there is little business. INDIGO.—The East India House sale commenced on Tuesday; it consisted of 7,419 chests, of which 729 were withdrawn previously to the commencement of the sale, the good and fine qualities sold 3d. to 4d. under last sale; the mid. and good at last sale's prices, the ordinary a shads higher, since which the good and fine have gone off at a further small reduction ; the Madras heavy at from last sale's prices to 3d. discount. Fourth day-3,694 chests have now passed the sale, of which about 100 have been taken in. There is no alteratio❑ in the rates of the pre vious day's sale ; Indigoes continue to sell with little ani mation at 4d. a 6d. under the prices of last sale. The qua lities uncle' 4s. are selling with great spirit at full last sale's prices. FRUIT.-There continues to be very little doing. The holders of Currants have been kept in suspense lately, in consequence of its being reported that some a lteration in the duty was contemplated; it is expected, however, to be decided this week. SALTPETRE.—The extensive speculation in Saltpetre continues —refraction five so' at 31s. 6d. and 325. This day's public sales, 258 bags of Saltpetre, 14 and 15 refrac- o o 31\-I,iii i d ] .rna; . o , B : g o do,o d o d i r t d t gt. .ruge public i ro cs e d dn6.oi sale, poefrannaynaes,xtgeonotdtofarirep9od; good 4-ad., fair 41d. ; 350 tun], 325. Corrow. The Cotton Market has been steady; the accounts from the manufacturing districts are very favour able. The purchases public e t this week sNovlfeoeok BrazilE c g o yupßsitsiactieno:f7l:o3ior bags, sold ord. to good fair, 4-id. ; 350 Surats, ord. to good fair, trade has fallen off considerably. SILK..—The Market is rather better, though the illtera ttlioieTßndoiei RlCE. — This ,E,it b a.c o_ nc t doT t i r o_h i sold 15s. to 16s. SrtcF.s.—There is little alteration • i❑ spices ; Pepper i rfli TOBACCO. — There day's h o m e Continues heavy at the late reductiOn ; Pimento sta good quality 6d. TEA.—The deal ration has caused Boheas to be at per lb. discount ; the opinion of the trade is in fat of Cungous. On,;.—The pure! lases of Linseed Oil for America lately been extentiv e ; the prices are higher. RaP e for forward delivery las bee❑ in good demand. Cola Oils are steady in prig. e. Olive Oil a shade lower. PR ICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, ceUW from the Returns made in the week ending the 10th ( 13 / f t June, 1832, is 28s. 1 lid. p er H un d red Weight, exclusive o t • Duties of Customs paid Cr payable th ereon on t h e Imports' thereof into Great Britaits. PRICES (1F HOPS.—July 13. Kent Pockets 4l 15s. 51. 5... to 41. 1 5 ' Sussex Ditto . 4l. 5/. Os. to 51. 4 2' WHIBX Ditto 41. Si. O s . to 51. 1 Farnham Ditto. 71. 03. 101. O. to 0!. Seconds 01. Os. 51. Os to 71. ...sow A....Ng ....new« 41. Os. 41. lOs to 51. 15 s. 41. 41. to 41. I °' 01. Os. 01. Os. to 01. (A Old Duty laid at 160,0004 Kent Ba Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto.. PRICE: OF OIL. 4 , 1 A 1 Rape Oil, brown 6s. yew.. Refined Linseed Oil ‘23 10 11 5 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill , per thousand Rape Cake, per t0n,,,,,,,,,.,.,,,, WHITECHAPEL H AY AIARKET.—JuIy 12. Hely 604. Od. to 95i. 0(1. I Clover...-. 804. (XI. to 136 g. Straw 344, Od. to 474. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES.—JuIy 13. Ware.-~ 3/. ss. to 3/. 10s. per ton, PHI CES 0 Per lb. - Butts, English 15 21 Ditto, Foreign 15 IE3; Dressing 12 14 Ditto .17 IS Ditto, light Crop Hides, light .—.. 12 131 Ditto.... „4p to 451 b. 131 141 Ditto l4l 151 RAW ter Stone. s. d, to s. d. Hest Heifers& Staers2 4 2 8 0 2 2 LEA'IHEK. Per lb. d. to English Horse Hides., 12 Spanish Ditto Per dozen. Calf Skins.. 36 to 441 b. 15 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 19 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 17 Small Seals. Greenland 181 Large ditto HIDES. Per Stone. 1, d, to s Ordinary 1 8 Market Calf--..... 6 U eact SHEP SKINS. Short Wool Os. Od. to O s .Od. Lambs Is 6d to 2.5. Shearlings—,.......os. On. to Os. 10d.. . PRICE OF TALLON Town Tallow ...........,......... 445. (kl. Yellow Russia 43s. (Al. White 425. 6d. Soap Ditto 4ls. 6d. Melted Stuff. _ _ ~ 345. Od. Ditto Rough. 225. tai. ', SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow Soap —60 s. Mottled 72s. White Graves 14s. Good Graves PRICE OF RAW FAT, perstone of Sib. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters). .29. ba_:, PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows v", Candles. per doz. is. Od. to B s . Od. I M ou ld s, per dozen —... ..9s. 6°., COAL MAR Per Ton. s. d. Adair's 17 9 Blagdoe Blain 16 6 If 9 Kenton West 19 0 Ord's Redhugh 16 6 Pontop Windsor 15 6 Townley 17 0 Walls End Bell & Brown 20 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co.—. 21 6 Walls End Callerton —.. 17 0 Ditto Clarke and Co.— 18 0 Walls End G05f0rth..—....., 21 9 Walls End 29 0 Ditto Killingworth 19 6 Walls End Newmarch—.... 21 6 Ditto Northumberland.. 19 6 Ships arrived since iET.--July 13. Per Ton. s. 'l5 Walls End Riddell's 20 Bells 16 Lambton's Primr05e.,,.,.,,,,, 20 20 0 Walls End Hetton 2:2 5 Walls End Lambto n Walls End Stewart's 22 W. E. South Durham.. 19 a Walls End Tees 21 Walls End Elgin 16 0 Llangennech Pemberton 20 North Durham and Selby 0 Walls End 16 a Silkstone 1 , 1.1 d and C 0... 18 Warde's 18 ' a Walls End 15 " last market-day. 31. SOUTHALL MARKET.—JuIy 11. This day's supply was moderately good throughout, but as the market was rather thinly attended attended by buyers, particu larly from London, the trade with each kind of meat was ved d ß i e d e l f , at the following prices sp o e d r 3s Sib. to sink . rx th i e . t o o ff 4 a s ts 64 :-.: Mutton 3 6 4 6 Pork Lamb ............... 4s. lid. to ss, fid. The foregoing quotations are Lamb 2d. to 4d. per stone lower than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise station a ry. B ea sts, 136; Sheep and Lambs, 4010 ; Calves, SO; Pigs, 2g. A eonsi• derable part of the supply left the market unsold. HAILSHAIII MARISA:T.—JuIy 11. 3s. 4d. to 3s. 10d. 3s. Bd. to 4s. 4 n.... 4 . 1 * Mutto. I 3 6 4 6 Pork 0 0 0 0 Lamb ~..—..—. 41. Bd. to ss. Gd. Supply good ; trace with prime stock moderately brisk, with that of inferior quality very dull. ARUNDEL MARKET.—JuIy 10. 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. I 3s. 4d. to 4g. 2.J. Mutton 3 6 4 6 Pork 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. 2d. to ss. 2d, Supply moderately good throughout, and trade dull. CHICHESTER MARKET.—JuIy 11. 8eef.,,,,,, 3s. Od. to 3s. 10d. 3s. 4d. to 4s. a' Mutton --13 2 4 2 Pork w . 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. od. to ss. Od. Store Sheep and Beasts were in steady demand, at somewhSt advanced prices. Supply good throughout; trade with leaf , stock dull. RUMFORD MARKET.—JuIy 11. d. to s. d. 1 I t Mutton P. lon 0 8 310 Veal 3 0 4 2 Pork Lamb d. to ss. 2d. Suckling Calves from 14s. to :16s ; 4s. Qu O arter old Piggl NA A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TH B. d. s. a• A 3 3 6 4 u to 18s. each' WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Ashburn 62 66 22 27 38 42 Basingstoke 56 74 26 35 20 25 40 44 Bath 46 68 30 42 22 28 38 46 Bridgewater 54 70 26 29 22 26 28 36 Bristol— 56 60 34 39 20 23 36 42 Chesterfield 58 64 21 26 36 42 Derby 64 66 30 33 24 26 36 38 Devizes 66 70 28 34 20 i 7 39 43 Doncaster 57 68 26 32 17 25 40 44 D0rche5ter............. 56 62 30 33 20 23 36 42 Ex 64 66 26 38 19 26 38 48 G10uce5ter.—......... 52 66 26 38 18 25 32 44 Rungerford 48 72 28 36 20 28 34 44 -- 62 39 23 35 Newbury ----.... 44 72 27 35 20 32 58 42 Homsey 56 66 30 36 21 27 Shaftesbury 56 37 27 —.. 44 Shepton Mallet 56 62 32 39 20 26 36 42 56 62 32 36 21 24 36 40 Taunton 58 72 35 20 as Yeovil 52 66 34 43 20 26 36 46 Per Bushel. s. d. B. d. s. d. 8. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d• Shrewsbury 90 9 6 54 56 50 60 00 0 0 LEEDS CORN M A RKET.—JuIy 10. Wheat, Norfolk and Sufiblk, 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 32s. to 355. --- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoc --Healing, For. 12d. to 13d Eng. 11%d. to 13d. per st. Shelling Rapeseed, English, 161. to 24s Foreign, —l. to —l. per last --Mealing, For. I2d. to IL Shelling Rapeseed, English, 161. to " Li VEttFOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—JuIy 10. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red --... Scotch, Welch, and Manx 9 4 9 10 Irish, White 8 4 8 6 -- Red 8 2 8 4 Foreign 9 6 10 0 , ,- r ,- • OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, p er 451 b 3 0 3 Irish Foreign 2 2 7 2 10 ' 26 8 ; HAiu.liv, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 36 0 40 0 ' 50 5 6 Scotch and Irish, p er 60Ib s. -I . Feeding 464 9 , i, English, per Imperial quarter 3357 00 3470 Irish, &c. Foreign 'ls 0 39 English, per Imp er i a l quarter O OO :4 1 36 0 38 0 1 Foreign 34 0 36 0 ,1 , English, per 2801 b. 49 0 50 0 Irish 46 0 48 0 OtTMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 23 0 24 6 INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. RYE, per Imperial quarter NIALT, per Imperial quarter - IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending July 9. Wheat. Oats. I Barley Flour. O a tmeal. Qrs. Qrs. Qr s . ' I Foreign, Brls. 03 IrishaeC. Scks.l I.oads. ~. 12,05 4,071 1,131_ 511 7,2 4,131 BEANS J PEASE FLOUR 1.. 11 , 1 p l eefrt ofh e t r hTeh e fi I •. p s r t C l i - S CASE.--At Union-hall, on Thursday, RICHARD STANTON, the brazier, who once worked for Mr. by his wife some years ago, and dreadfully wounded with a razor, was charged with . intermarrying with LYDIA HunitEs, his first wife being still . living. LYDIA said, Poratrxx, of Clerkenwell, and who was attacked in bed that three months after the accident occurred to the de to go to his first wife. Fearing the violent f•ndant, which was in 1824, he came to her and said be she went and lived with her mn had left his first wife for her. inhuman. conduct. He then courted her, and she married him, but a few months after iso wife,e ha d . never supported the c hild. th en She was delivered of a child nine months after the marriage, which was in existence, and a picture of the prisoner. Mr. WEI?Gm: OO D--Did he never disclaim being the father complainant; o offs red of the child . in cons equence of the accident stated to have befallen him during th e h ours of repose, his wife labouring at Vie time under a fi t of jealous phrenzy ? No, said the to on payth e fi co v ii e t s i h ar il y i , in s g in s c l e y e b e e k ly has for b been h takeneild if upi lie would not press the case ; and I have now no inclination to do so. Mr. WEDGWOOD said no such arrangemen t could yet be entered into. He then asked if the prisoner was actually li v i ng with his first wife, who had inflicted such a serious injury on his person ? Complainant re plied th at h e was, and she did not thinle the first wife quiry. H e sa i d nothing for in would come f o rw ar d to g i ve ev iden ce . The Magistrates said th ey s h ou l d r e mand the prisoner to give time in defence, and appeared dis tressed in spirits. BIRTH. On the 11th inst. in Great Rus4elhstreet, Bloomsbury-square, Mrs. Jones, of a • . DIED. At Albany street, Regent's park, Captain Joseph Dowsont Elder Brother of the Trinity House, in his 55th year. On the 6th ult. at Barbados, in the 53d year of his age Michael Cavan, Esq., many years a resident merchant of Oa. island. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT TUX SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON.