The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. -~- Sir William Boyd has been honoured by the Em peror with an audience at the Tuileries. Sir Wil liam presented to his Majesty the first, second, and third volumes of his " History of Literature," and tendered the homage of the dedication, which was graciously accepted. His imperial Majesty pre sented to Sir W. Boyd a magnificent gold snuff box, richly set with diamonds, as a souvenir of his esteem. • General Count Ornano, who replaces the Duke de Padoue as Governr of the Invalides, was born in Corsica, and is allied to the Bonaparte family. He is now in his 68th year. General Lebrun, Duke de Plaisance, who succeeds him as Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, is the eldest son of Lebrun, who, after the 18th Brumaire, shared the Consulate with Bonaparte and Camba ceres, and was a peer of France under the Restora tion. General Lebrun was born in Paris, in 1775, and entered the army after the 18th Brumaire, as lieutenant in the guard of the First Consul, and joined in the campaign of Italy with the rank of captain. He was aide-de-camp to General Desaix at Marengo, and was afterwards aide-de - camp to General Bonaparte, with the rank of chef d'escad ron. He went through the campaigns of 1806 and 1807 as colonel of the 3d Hussars, and was charged by the Emperor to bring to Paris the news of the battle of Austerlitz. He took part in the battle of Lena, and was made general of brigade on the field of Eylau, and general of division in 1812. In 1813 he commanded the garrison of Antwerp. At the Resto ration Gen. Lebrun gave his adhesion to the new go vernment and was decorated with the Order of St. Louis. On the return of the Emperor Napoleon from Elba, General Lebrun was appointed to the command of the department of La Champagne, and 'was elected representative for the Seine-et-Marne. The second Restoration did not forget his conduct during the 100 days, and it was not until 1824 that he succeeded to the chair which his father had left vacant in the Chamber of Peers. In 1830 he was elected secretary of that Chamber. General Lebrun has been member of the Senate since 28th January, 1852. A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brussels says :—" I some time since told you that bull fights were to be introduced at the Hippo drome. All the contracts were entered into. M. Arnault, the director of that establishment, had ordered everything ; torreadors, picadors bulls, and men, but at the last moment everything was broken off. If lam well informed, as I think I am, the refusal of the authorisation was decided on at the request of the Empress, who is said to be opposed to Spanish habits being thus imposed on Prance." The grand fête offered by the members of the Legislative Body to the Emperor and the Empress took place on Monday night with great magnifi cence. Not only were the splendid decorations of the Legislative Palace worthy alike of the illustri ous guests in whose honour the ball was given, and of the high body of the State who offered this mark of respect to their Majesties, but all the arrange ments were of the most perfect description. The persons invited began to arrive at 9 o'clock, and from that hour until half-past 12 o'clock an unin terrupted stream of carriages was to be seen advanc ing towards the scene of festivity on each side of the river. Three entrances were opened for the guests ; the principal one, that by the Court of Honour of the Palace from the Place de Bourgogne, was reserved for the carriages of the Imperial party, of the ambassadors, and of a few privileged per sonages ; a second entrance was by the avenue of the hotel of the President of the Legislative Body ; and the third, on the other side of the Palace, was by the steps in front of the Pont de la Concorde. To make this arrangement available, it was neces sary to unite together the hotel of the Presidence with the Palace of the Legislative Body, and this Was effected by means of a temporary construction erected over the whole length of the garden lying between the two buildings. The building thus raised, and which formed the very centre of the Pe, consisted first of a vast jardin d'hiver ; next, of an immense ball-room ; and lastly, of a supper room, capable of accommodating 250 persons at a time. The first-named of these constructions was separated, throughout its whole length, into three distinct galleries communicating with each other by means of wide arcades, and all most tastefully arranged with flowers, evergreens, statues, foun tains of falling water, mirrors, long lines of chan deliers from the ceiling, anethousands of lights along the walls. The side galleries were ornamented with a trellis-work of green and gold, through which creeping plants were made to twine their tendrils, whilst statues of boys, so formed as to appear to be made of silver, and supporting cor beils of flowers, were placed at suitable distances down the sides. The centre gallery was simply ornamented with festoons of flowers on a white ground to prepare the eye for the decoration of the ball-room to which it led. This immense hall, for such it may be justly termed, was hung with white transparent muslin, trimmed with blue satin, white curtains similarly ornamented, hanging in thick folds over its several entrances. Festoons of flowers and escutcheons, in white and gold, bearing the cyphers of the Emperor and Empress, were the ornaments of the walls. Midway on the right, Strauss's orchestra was placed ; and exactly oppo site the spot where he wielded his baton, the tempo rary construction communicated with the Legisla tive Palace by means of the Salle des Pas-Perdus, transformed for the night from its usual severe sim plicity into a grand saloon of honour for their Ma jesties. The groups of statuary, which usually at tract the eye of the spectator, had been removed from their places at each end, and the whole of the walls were so covered with crimson velvet and gold, immense mirrors, shrubs and draperies, that had it not been for the beautifully painted ceiling from Horace Vernet's pencil, the hall would have been beyond the possibility of recognition. Rich chan deliers of cut-glass and gilt bronze were suspended from the sides, and above, just under the cornice, were to be seen the arms of the 86 departments of France. In the centre was placed a lofty dais of crimson velvet, the drapery being brought to a point above, where an eagle, with outstretched wings, appeared to grasp the folds in its talons. Tinder this canopy were placed two chairs of state for their Majesties, and three arm-chairs of crim son velvet for the members of the Imperial family. To this room before the arrival of the Imperial party all access was denied, except in the cases of the ambassadors, the marshals, a certain number of functionaries, the members of the Senate and of the Legislative Body, and a certain number of ladies of distinction. The passages leading from this room to the other parts of the building were all ornamented with flowers, evergreens, and ta pestry, as were the Salle du Trone, which served as a withdrawing-room to their Majesties in the course of the evening. At half-past ten, the carriages of the Imperial party entered the court-yard of the Legislative Palace. Their Majesties were received at the foot of the steps by M. Billault, the President, at the head of the members composing the bureau of the Chamber, and the deputies appointed to act as stewards of the fete. Their Majesties were then conducted through the Salle des Armures, men tioned above, which they stopped a moment to ad mire, to the Salle du Trene, where the other mem bers of the Imperial Family and the Ministers had already arrived. Almost immediately after their Majesties, accompanied by a most numerous suite, proceeded to the Salle des Pas Perdus, and took their seats on the chairs of State prepared for them. The Princess Mathilde occupied the seat on the right of the Emperor, whilst Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon were on the left of the Empress. The Emperor was in the uniform of a general officer with high boots and white inexpressibles, and wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. He appeared in excellent health and spirits. The Empress excited, as usual, universal admira tion the male portion of the spectators exclaiming " How lovely a woman !" and the ladies crying out " What a charming dress 1" Her Majesty wore a pale-pink satin robe with magnificent point lace, and trimmed with white roses, surrounded with their green leaves. Her hair was worn off the forehead, the back of the head bearing a quantity of flowers sprinkled with diamonds. On her neck was a necklace of diamonds and emeralds of great value, and her Majesty wore en swatoir the cordon of the Order lately sent to her by the Queen of Spain. After their Majesties had graciously sa luted several persons whom they recognised in the crowd before them, and had conversed with some of the Ambassadors, the Imperial quadrille was formed to open the ball. The Empress danced with M. Billault, President of the Legislative Body, and the Emperor with Mlle. Billault, daughter of that functionary. The other persons the quadrille were the Princess Mathilde, who ha M. Fould, the Minister of State, for her partnei and their vis-à-vis being M. Rogier, the Minister of Belgium, and the Countess de Hatzfeldt, wife of the Prussian Minister. As soon as the qua drille had concluded, their Majesties resumed their seats, and conversed for some time with the per sons around them. The Emperor also d escen d e d from his place to speak to others. Their Majesties then walked through the rooms, and appeared struck with the taste displayed in the decorations. They then withdrew to the Salle du TrOne, where they remained conversing for some time with the persons admitted to their presence, and about half past eleven proceeded to the Salle des Conferences, which was fitted up as a supper-room, tables being set out round three sides of it, and capable of allowing 300 persons to partake of refreshment at the same time. After partaking of some slight re fection, their Majesties returned for a few minutes to the Salle du TrOne, and then took their depar ture at about twelve o'clock, the Emperor expres sing to M. Billault his entire satisfaction at the admirable manner in which the fête had been con ducted. Looking generally at this fete, the guests were unanimous in declaring it to be one of the most successful seen in Paris of late years. The number of beautiful women present was extraordinary, and the display of diamonds unusually fine. The vast variety of official costumes imparted a peculiar ap pearance of animation to the scene ; and the uni forms of most of the military services of Europe were to be seen there, the scarlet of the English army being pretty numerously represented. Some English court-dresses were also to be seen worn, it is said, by same of the gentlemen who had in the morning presented the peace address to the Em peror. The number of gentlemen in ordinary ball dress, namely the plain black coat, amounted per haps to about a fourth part of the male guests pre sent. It is calculated that about 5,000 persons passed through the rooms in the course of the night. About three o'clock the company began to thin, but dancing was kept up with great spirit until half past four in the morning. To such persons as were not present, we must declare, in conclusion, that we can convey to them by our description of this brilliant fête, but a very faint idea of the admirable taste of the decorations, or the perfect success of the various arrangements. The Moniteur contains a decree maintaining the Count Argout, senator and governor of the Bank, in his functions as president of the commission of surveillance of the Caisses d'Amortissement. All descriptions of Rentes experienced a serious fall yesterday, and the Bourse generally has been of a dull and declining character. The Three per Cants. for cash maintained their position on Mon day, while the same description of securities for the account fell 15c., have gone down 40c. yesterday, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have added 15c. to the fall of sc. which took place the previous day. For the account the Three per Cents. have given way to the extent of 40c., and the Four-and a-Half per Cents. 10c. Bank Stock, which has been steadily declining for some days past, has again come down down, the fall being no less than 50f. At the close of business the following were the quotations :—For cash : Three per Cents., 79f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 103 f. 50c. For the account : Three per Cents., 79f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Bank Stock, 2,590. AUSTRIA. The Augsburg Gazette, under date of Vienna, 23d, says—" The report that Field-Marshal Ra detzky had tendered his resignation appears to be confirmed. It is stated that he will be replaced by an Archduke, who will have a general as an aide de-camp. But this is only a rumour. Letters from Turin, in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 25th, state that the Piedmontese Government has sent Colonel Actis to Vienna, with dispatches for Count Revel, the Sardinian Ambassador there. They are said to contain a note in reply to the Australian note on the subject of the refugees, and positive instructions to Count Revel how to act in any emergency. The Monitore Toscano of the 22d announces that the treaty of commerce between France and Tuscany is to receive its execution on and from the 10th of April next. TURKEY. A letter from Mars'pines of the 25th states that that Mr. Tucker, the English Cabinet courier who brought the dispatches for his Government from Constantinople, had returned on the previous day with instructions to Admiral Dundas and Colonel Rose, and immediately embarked on board the Caradoc. In an article on the present position of affairs in the East, in the ministerial Austrian Correspon dence, it is contended that the Russian claims are no way tending to violate the independence of Turkey, nor at all likely to disturb the peace of the world. A letter from Constantinople states that the agreement between the founders of the new bank in that city and the Government has been signed. Among the clauses is one declaring that the ac counts shall be published periodically, and be at all times submitted to the shareholders on the first requisition to that effect. SPAIN. The Spanish Senate on the 24th was again occu pied with the report of the committee on the affair of General Narvaez. The only points of interest which presented themselves in the course of the de bate were—first, a declaration made by the Minister of Marine that there was nothing derogatory to the general in the order given by the Government to go to Vienna to study the organisation of the Aus trian army ; and next, a statement by the Presi dent of the Council, to the effect that the ministers had purposely kept back for twenty days the address of the general to the Queen, because they had proposed to give him some additional mission, but that the publication of the address had pre vented this. The Senate then, by 106 votes to 64, rejected the resolutions proposed by the majority of the committee, and which were favour able to General Narvaez. " Amongst the minority, says a letter, " were a certain number of public functionaries, army inspectors, membizs of the Royal Council, &c. Some of the Ministers at first thought of dismissing these gentlemen, but this idea led to a very animated discussion in the Cabi net. The Minister of Justice, it is said, made no objection to the dismissal of all except the judges, who, by law, cannot be deprived of their places ; and he said that if their removal were insisted on he would resign. No decision has yet been come to on the subject, but it is supposed that it will be satis factorily settled." The Stock Exchange was not open on the 24th, owing to the religious solemnity of the day, but the 3 per Cents. were done at 42. THE ,'BABE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 100 8i all 100 all Aberdeen A mbg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc Closing Prices I esterday. lies'neas done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. _ RAILwAYe. Bedford and Ble:;chley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do.wit'ioutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. D0. , 6 thtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. 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Steam Navigat 100 50 General Screw Steam 20 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land. 20 24 Nrth. or l'uropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. Do . ~, ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South AustraLLand 52 54 52 1 1 Submar. Telegraph„ 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... , ! 100 28i Van Diemen's Land 23 24 MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was veiy scantily supplied with al kinds of English wheat. Selected samples moved off readily at the extreme rates paid on Monday, whilst the value of all other qualities were well supported. For for ward delivery there was rather more inquiry- The imports of foreign wheat have exeeeded. 18,0C3 quarters ; all descriptions moved off slowly. In. prices, however, no change took place. Floating cargoes sold readily, at very full prices.. Fine barley moved off freely, other kinds slowly, at last week's currency. There was a moderate sale for malt, at previous rates. There was a slight improvement in the sale for oats ; but beans, peas, and flour were much neglected. English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 690 310 1,640 Oats. 1,360 6,150 Flour. 620 18,510 500 sks COOO brls E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1853. LITERATURE. The Indian Archipelago: By Horace St. John. 2 vols. Longman. This work is a description of a comparatively un known region, its history, and present state. It contains lively and varied accounts of the inhabi tants and their customs, and is likely to entertain and instruct the reader. The following is a sketch of one of the principal islands of the Asiatic Archipelago : . _ "Celebes occupies the centre of the tropical zone, and lies in the Molucca sea. Its length and breadth it is difficult to estimate, being composed of four peninsulas, with an area of about 3,578 miles. Its coast presents a great number of bays, gulfs, and capes of eccentric outline. Three deep arms of the sea penetrate it from east to west, and the four gigantic tongues of land, united at the centre by an inconsiderable mass, give the island its peculiar shape. The southern peninsula was once supposed to be a separate island, abounding in riches, whose woods at night were illumed by swarms of the firefly, imparting to them a magical beauty. The west ern and northern coasts are bold with few reefs ; but along the other shores shoals and formations are spread, some hidden, some appearing above water. The surface is lofty, with considerable hills, and towards the north several volcanoes remain active to this day. Some of the mountains rise 7,000 feet above the level of the sea—usu ally with round tor flat tops, the perfection of woodland scenery ; no broken, rugged peaks appearing to harden the outlines of the landscape. The physical constitution of the island is basalt in decomposition, covered with a bed of soil, largely formed of volcanic detritus, from ten to twenty feet in depth. In the north continual tremb lings of .the earth have rent it into many chasms, and large quantities of sulphur have been thrown up. In each of the peninsulas distinct features would appear in a minute description ; but where a sketch only can be afforded, the whole may in general' terms be remarked upon, for the peculiar details are not visible in a super ficial survey. " Though a mountainous island, Celebes presents along the borders of the sea wide plains covered with verdure, and beautiful valleys, some of which enclose lakes more or less extensive. Nothing enhances the grace of a landscape more than a lake, and those of Celebes are distinguished by their beauty. Magnificent basins of limpid water, raised on a smooth plateau, en circled by a rim of low hills, tufted with palm groves or overlaid with soft sward, glitter under the sun of the East, and glow like vast sheets of silver. They are often spangled with the pearl-white flowers and the green leaves of the water lily, with other aquatic plants of splendid bloom. Water fowl of many species, some with crimson and purple crests, inhabit the lakes, and birds construct their nests on the floating fields of vegetation. The scenery of the island becomes wilder as you leave the sea. Shallow, but beautiful, streams intersect the long sloping plains, springs of sweet water trickle between the rocks, which are scattered, confused with green knolls or thickets of flowering shrubs. Thick forests cover the hills, and large tracts of the level country. Oaks, maples, sycamores, cedars, teaktrees, the upas, and numerous others, inhabit them. The woods, how ever, have in many parts of the interior been cleared away, and the bright tints of the cultivated ground, the cool refreshing rice fields contrast strongly with the dark old drapery of nature still thrown over extensive tracts, unvisited by industry, and enlivened only by rivers, breaking into magnificent cascades." interference is solicited have expressed contrition for their crimes, or manifested any sense of gratitude or loyalty to the gracious Sovereign whom they have so grievously °Tended, and to whose clemency some of them are indebted for their lives,' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, M ARCH 29. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the Coin . mauder-in-Chief at this port, visited the Highflyer, 21 screw-frigate, Captain Heathcote, yesterday afternoon, after the departure of Rear-Admirals Berkeley and Fan shawe, and Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, the Surveyor of the Navy. The Highflyer seems quite an object of interest in the harbour. Her gallant captain will be superseded on Friday by Captain Moore, son of the late Admiral Sir Graham Moore, and nephew of the late Lieutenant- General Sir John Moore. Captain Heathcote is super seded merely because he has not studied steam, whereas Captain Moore took deep interest in the fitting of the Highflyer for commission, so much so that it was ex pected he would have been appointed to her. His last command was the Harlequin, 12, in the Mediterranean. Captain Heatl.eote intends to qualify for the command of another steam-ship by studying steam at Woolwich dockyard. "To you. my lords and gentlemen, I have no hesita tion in admitting that the effort which I made in 1848 to excite an insurrection in Ireland was rash and inexpe dient. Events prove that I had miscalculated the chances of success. I regret that effort, not so much on acccount of the consequences which it has entailed upon myself, as because I believe it to have been disastrous to my country ; but, until my sentiments of patriotic duty shall undergo such a change as I do not now contem plate, I never can be brought to express of it contrition as for a crime. lam contented to rest the vindication of my design upon the revelations of the census of 18M. I have read in history of desolation occasioned by con quest, pestilence, famine, and civil war, but I can find to case in which 2,000,000 of human beings have been swept from their native soil, or consigned to a premature grave, within a period of five years through the conduct of their rulers. I conscientiously believe that this ap palling sacrifice of one-fourth cf the Irish nation, as well as the general suffering with which it has been accom panied, might have been altogether prevented by wise and benificent government Under these circumstances I may acknowledge that I committed a mistake in supposing that I should be supported by the Irish people in the attempt to resist unconstitu tional legislation, and to avert national ruin by an appeal to arms ; but I cannot express contrition for such an attempt as if it were a crime. If it be a crime to have loved the land of my fathers with fana tic affection—then lam a criminal. If it be a crime to have devoted to the welfare of that land a life of unre mitting toil —than lam a criminal. If it be a crime to have foregone for its sake every object of personal am bition, and, what I prize still more, the endearments , of domestic association in the happiest of homes—then I am a criminal. If it be a crime to have encountered for its sake every sort of obloquy and danger—then I am a criminal. If it be a crime to have humbled myselffor its sake to political adversaries, beseeching theta to unite with me in a common effort to save our common coun try—then lam a criminal. If it be a crime to have stooped for its sake to solicitations from the British Parliament, galling alike to personal and national pride —then lam a criminal. If it he a crime, when I found peaceful remonstrance unavailing, to have incited my countrymen to appeal to that final arbitrament which even England can honour in Hungarian failure and in American success—then I am a criminal. If it be a crime to have desired to win the freedom and indepen dence of my country with the least possible amount of bloodshed, and with total abstinence from revolutionary excesses—then I am a criminal. Were lin the pre sence of my Maker, I could not acknowledge as a crime this devotion to Ireland. How, then, can I express contrition for it to that Government which has been, both direetly and indirectly, both in times far remote and in the days of its recent calamity, the agent to which it owes its oppression and desolation? Compared with the calamities of my beloved country, my own own personal suffering is a matter of insignificance even to myself. Yet I cannot find in the treatment which I have experienced any grounds for that gratitude which the Irish exiles are reproached for withholding. When convicted at Clonmel, by a species of trial upon which I am not now disposed to animadvert, I prepared myself to expect that the sentence of death recorded against me would be executed. I will not say that there might have been some hazard in attempting to carry into effect that sentence ; but it will not be forgotten that even the British public was shocked at the idea that we should be put to death by the same men who had invited Sir Wm. Napier to take command of a rebel force for the purpose of coercing an adverse party to pass the Reform Bill, and who, at the very moment when we wore convicted, were relying upon the support of the Canadian rebels for the mainte nance of their influence in North America. Yet I was prepared for this result. As the law then stood, the alter native penalty which I incurred was death or imprison ment in Ireland during the pleasure of the Queen. Neither of these alternatives was applied in my case ; but, by ex post facto legislation, I was consigned, as a tran sported convict, to perpetual separation from my coun try and my family—a punishment which I then consi dered, and still consider, worse than death. I refused, in 1849, to accept such an ex post facto enactment as a mitigation of my sentence, and my experience during the last three years still forbids me to consider this com mutation as an act of clemency. How, then, can I tes tify gratitude for what I deem to be wrong ? Neither can 1 find any cause for gratitude in the treatment which the Irish State prisoners have experienced in Van Die men's Land. It has been exceptional ; but it would not be difficult to show that it has been exceptional against us rather than in our favour. The efforts which have been made by the local Government to annoy and humililiate us evinca a spirit which I can characterise only as dastard spite ;# and, the proceedings of Sir Wm. Denison having been sanctioned by the home Govern ment, it deserves to share the praise which be may claim. Rulers may brand and punish patriotism as a crime, but it is not in their power to induce mankind to "shrink with abhorrence" from those who have been condemned, because unsuccessful, for the exercise of this virtue. Had we been treated as ordinary felons, such treatment would, even in this country, have irritated public feel ing without withdrawing from us the sympathy of one generous mind. I shall not waste your time nor my own by recapitulating the various circumstances which justify me in holding this language. It is sufficient that I should say, at this moment, after we have em dured four years of imprisonment, no convictwho holds a "ticket of leave" is- subject to the restrictions which, notwithstanding the exaction from us of a parole, have been imposed upon all the State prisoners except Mr. Mitchel. The case of Mr. Mitchel is also exceptionnl, and affords a striking illustration of the vindicative spirit by which the British Government has been animated towards the Irish exiles. In consideration of the hardships which the convicts brought from Ber muda along with Mr. Mitchel, underwent while de tained on board the Neptune at the Cape of Good Hope and on the voyage ,a conditional pardon was granted to all on board, whatever might be their crimes, with the single exception of the Irish patriot. In proceedings such as these I can find no cause for gratitude. Lord Eglinton proceeds to reproach us with having made no professions of loyalty to the Queen. Had we expressed respect for her Majesty we should probably have been rewarded with banter and contempt. In my case, such professions are as needless as they are unavailing. I cannot remember that I ever in my life uttered a word disrespectful to Queen Victoria. I never conspired against her person ; nor, except inferentially, can it be said that I conspired against her crown. Yet one of the most prominent of modern British statesmen condes cended, for the pi/pose of raising a prejudice against me, to allege, upon no better authority than a story invented by a hostile journalist, that I aspired to revive in my own person that native royalty which was, during many centuries, hereditary in my family. While I regarded the inteference of the British Parliament in the affairs of Ireland as a usurpation, I was willing to acknowledge the Queen of Great Britain as both de jure and de facto Sovereign of Ireland. Until the hour at which I insti gated the people of Ireland to take up arms in resistance to an unconstitutional enactment of the British Parlia ment, I was prepared to adopt the ancient constitution of my country, impersonated in The Queen, Lords, and Commons of Ireland,' as the legitimate authority to which I owed subjection. Had the abortive insurrection which was occasioned by the misgovernment of the Bri tish Parliament been successful, a republic would pro bably have been established in Ireland ; but with me at least such a result would have been a matter of necessity rather than of choice. I admire the republican institu tions of America, but I am by no means convinced that a republic is the only form of government under which nations can be free, prosperous, and happy. I have now no new professions of loyalty to offer. I conceive that allegiance is an obligation reciprocal with, and condi tional upon, good government. I conceive that re gard for the rights and welfare of our country is a duty paramount to the respect which we owe to its chief magistarate. Such are the principles to the maintenance of which the family of Brunswick owes its seat upon the throne of England, and by the due observance of - which the crown may be best preserved for its present possessor and her descendants. In concluding this address, I will not conceal from you that I have been disappointed in the result of your intervention in our favour. Though I expected little from the magnanimity of English politi cians, I yet thought that motives of expediency would probably lead to compliance with your request. Be lieving that a general and unconditional amnesty in re gard to the insurrectionary proceedings of 1848 is dic tated not less by policy than by generous feeling, I thought it probable that Lord Derby's Administration would have made a graceful concession to the wishes of the most high-minded portion of the Irish nation and to the universal voice of North America. I was the more inclined to indulge this belief when I found that three of the most eminent of my counsel—Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Napier, and Sir F. Kelly—have become law advisers of the Crown under the new Ministerial arrangements. As these functionaries, not only in their professional capa city, but also as private gentlemen (and in the case of Sir F. Kelly by an extra-forensic proceeding which is, I believe, without precedent), protested that I was not tried according to law, I thought that, unless they be the most contemptible of mercenaries, they would, as Government officials, maintain the same opinion which they had delivered in the proceedings connected with my defence. tThese expectations:have been disappointed. If I were disposed to cherish resentment against England, I should console myself with an assurance that the day will arrive, though perhaps I may not see it, when the British Government will regret that they refused your repuest. But I find a purer source of consolation in the consciousness that the penalties which have been in flicted upor me by British legislation have been merited only by my devotion and fidelity to the . land of my birth. Commander Joseph Bickford, recently promoted from First-Lieutenant of the Cumberland, 72, flag-ship on the West India station, and lately appointed Commander to the Albion, 90, in the Mediterranean, is appointed to supersede Commander ICynaston in the Cumberland, the latter officer returning to England. • The London, 90, Captain Mundy, was inspected at Spithead yesterday by Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Coch rane. The Cruiser, 14, screw-sloop, C omman d er t h e H on . G. H. Douglas, is refitting alongside the Blonde hulk. She seems to have met with rough weather in her late cruise. No information has been received here yet regarding the fate of the leaking and insufficiently -manned barque Duncan Ritchie. Captain Haan, of the galliot Agneta Juliana, parted from her when she was about 40 miles south-south-east of Scilly, and, as the wind blew in that direction, he considered she would go there. A cutter was in company with her when last seen. The barque registered 508 tons, and was launched at Aberdeen in 1843. A court-martial, consisting of Rear-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., President ; Captains Sir T. Maitland, C. 8., of the Agamemnon; E. H. Scott, of the Neptune; W. H. Henderson , C. 8., of the Blenheim ; J. Shepherd, of the Victory ; G. W. D. O'Callaghan, of the Encoun ter ; Francis Scott, of the Odin ; W. Crispin, of the Victoria and Albert ; E. Heathcote, of the Highflyer .; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morn ing at nine o'clock, on board the flag-ship Victory, in this harbour, to try a seaman gunner of the Excel lent, named Robert King, for desertion. Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, prosecutedfor the Ad miralty. The prisoner entered the Excellent on the 13th of September, 1851, and, having acquired the gunnery science, deserted on the 23d of December following. He was apprehended in London on the I6th inst., by William Cutler, a quartermaster of H.M.S. Crocodile, a vessel stationed in the Thames for the reception of volunteers for the navy, under the command of Lieu tenant Greet. Cutler finding the prisoner not provided with a man-of-war certificate, or a mercantile regis tration ticket, took him before Lieutenant Greet, before whom he admitted he was a deserter from the Excellent at the time named in the charge. Lieu tenant Greet sent him down to this port, where Cap tain Chads and the master-at-arms of the Excellent recognised him. The evidence established the charge. The prisoner offered no defence, and threw himself on the mercy of the Court, but called upon Captain Shep herd, one of the members, to speak as to his character , he having served with that strict officer in H. M. S. Inconstant. Captain Shepherd at once testified as to his character having been " very good" during the time he was in his ship ; and the prisoner must have been a deserving, good man to have merited that testimonial at his (Captain Shepherd's) hands. In consequence of this testimony the Court only awarded the prisoner twelve months' imprisonment in the County Gaol at Win click ter. SHEERNESS, MARCH 29. The Conquestador, 50-gun frigate (razeed from a 74, and one of the advanced ships), has this day been brought down from her moorings and taken into the fitting-basin to be prepared for immediate commission. The African and the Myrtle, steam towing:vessels left here to-day for Chatham, for the purpose of towing the screw steam-frigate Imperieuse, 60, Captain Rundle B. Watson, down alongside the cool depot Fortitude, where she is to take in 500 tons of Welch coals preparatory to her departure. WOOLWICH, M.utcH 29. APPOINTMENT. Second Master John W. Read to the Prince Regent, 90, at Plymouth. IMPROVEMENTS IN EXTRACTING GOLD AND SILVER PROM THEIR ORES (BAGGS' PATENT). These improvements, but recently introduced, and already adopted by some of the leading gold companies, are not based upon any untried or theoretical notions with regard to the extraction of the precious metals, but are founded upon the well-known results of extensive practical experience. Mercury is used in these arrange ments as before, but under circumstances eminently cal culated to extract the gold or silver with great rapidity and completeness. In the ordinary process of amal gamation the two objects aimed at are-Ist, the sepa ration of the mercury into innumerable small globules, so as to present an extended surface for the exercise of chemical attraction ; and, 2dly, to aggregate these globules into one mass, and so separate the metal from the quartzose debris which has been stripped of its auri ferous treasure. These two operations, as at present con ducted, consume a very great amount of time in the first place ; and they are always attended with a considerable loss of gold, as well as of mercury, from the difficulty of fulfilling the conditions upon which the success of the process depends. In California, where the sys tem of gold mining is extensively practised, shaking tables are employed, which require to be made with the greatest exactitude, to produce anything like a profitable result. But in every instance the operation is tedious, and the result imperfect, and attended with loss. If gold, like iron, could only be endowed with the property of attracting and being attracted by some subtle force operating at sensible distances, like that of a magnet, the process of extraction would be comparatively easy ; or if, without destroying the liquidity of mercury, we could only cause it to assume the form of a sieve (which appears at first sight to be a physical impossibility), and then cause the material upon which we are operating to pass over and over again through the meshes of that sieve, it is obvious that we should realise the de sideratum of an enormous surface of action, and multiply the points of contact between the com bining substances to an extent hitherto deemed un attainable. Now, every chemist knows that when a fluid body acts upon a solid, the action is limited to the points of actual contact ; so that if a globe of mercury were made to act upon gold quartz, the surface would be exercising its power of affinity, while the interior of the sphere would be practically inactive ; and though we are aware that the globules of mercury, in the ordinary process of amalgamation, are mechanically small, yet, chemically considered, they are very large, and hence there results a great waste of power, time, and material. The idea of a mercurial sieve, to which we have just adverted, forms the leading feature of the present invention. Taking into account the num ber, length, and diameter of the cylindrical wires which compose each of the sieves, the total service pre sented to action is upwards of 160 superficial feet ; and if we only , suppose the barrel to make 100 revolutions to begin with, in the short time so occupied the materials which it contains will be brought into close and intimate contact with no less than 16,000 square feet of mercuri alised surface a surface incessantly renewed by the percolation of falling mercury, and as continually presenting its powerful attraction to the fine parti cles of gold which are made to pass through its meshes. Considering the nature of these arrangements, we are not surprised at the statement of the inventor, that the process of amalgamation may thus be accom plished in one-tenth of the time usually occupied in effect ing it, and that 90 per cent. of the mercury ordinarily required is saved. Not that a smaller per centage of this metal is added to each charge, but that ten consecutive operations may be performed in the time now occupied in the reduction of a single charge ; so that a given weight of mercury does ten times the work it has done hitherto. Iu a cheaper form of amalgamation, under this patent, the sieves are dispensed with, and replaced FY amalgamated balls of copper, thrown loosely into the cask with the quartz ore, and a proper quantity of metallic mercury. When the necessary combination has been effected by either of the above means, it becom es necessary to separate the auriferous amalgam from the ref use mate rial with which it is now associated. This is a pro • cess which commonly occupies time, and to take silver as an illustration, it is the practice in the European method of producing an nanalgu rn of this metal from the rock, to cause the barrels i n which the chemical un i on has been effected to be reduced in speed to about 8 re volutions per minute, instead of making, as previously from 20 to 25. By this means the minute globules of mercury are aggregated into one mass ; but the opera tion is not effected under two hours, and even then a portion of th e metal is lost. In - addition to th e Alli ance Company ments have b een already adopte d these irciprove by the Anglo-Califor nian and A ng l o-Australian Go ld Companies ; and g rea t results ar e l ooked forward to from their application i n California and the antipedes.—Afining Journal of Sa turday. SHIP-BUILDING ON C LYDE.—There are at present 100 vessels in course of construction on the Clyde, and of these only six a re timber-built—all the rest b e i ng built of iron. It is also notable that these iron vessels consist both of steam and sailing vessels, though the former class preponderates. The aggregate tonnage of the ships now in course of construction on the Clyde, amounts to upwards of 60,000 tons. The engines of the steam part of this great fleet have an aggregate of more than 14,000 horse power. The probable value of the whole, though the estimate is necessarily inexact, cannot be much short of two millions sterling Yet in a f e w mouths, this enormous amount of shipping will be off the stocks, and its place supplied by a new produc tion, equally valuable. The number of workmen em ployed in building the vessels and making the machinery is about 15,000. The number of hands employed in raising the raw materials from the basin of the Clyde, within a circle of 20 or 30 miles, for these and similar great works, is still more immense. Another most gra• tifying feature of the ship-building trade of the Cl yde is, that the employers in nearly all the establishments were working men themselves within the last 30 years. Most of them had attained the period of middle life before they turned their attention to iron boat-building at all. The men are not only the architects of their own fortunes, but the creators of a new branch of industry.—North British Mail. --- ‘‘l have the honour to remain, your obliged and faithful servant, " WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN. "New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land, Sept. 14, 1852 THE LONGWOODS OF THE GRANGE—A Novel, by the Author of " Adelaide Lindsay."—The Longwoods are a f am ily group in the story of whose life, as told by the successful delineator of "Ad e l a i de Lindsay," even blaze romance readers will fi n d a c h arm and an interest simi lar to that which attends the annals of the "Vicar of Wakefield"—arising from the homeliness of the scenes, the reality of the type of character, and the clear possi ble plot. In the very simplicity of the story, and the characters contriving to sustain eager reading to the end—and, at the end, to live as familiar acquainta.ll be a cquaintances. The test of th e novel writer ' s creat i ve c apacity, will perceived proof that the writer is au artist--and artistic conception and consistent finish are the traits of the sketch. Our readers will find in "The Longwoods" a novel worth reading and worth remembering.—Daily News. NATIONAL CEMETERIES. The following is a copy of a petition presented to the House of Commons by Mr. Mackinnon,—" To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, — The humble petition of the President and Members of the National Society for the Abolition of Burial in Towns, showeth that it was clearly demonstrated before a com mittee of your honourable house in the year 1840, and more fully before the special committee appointed to inquire into The Effect of Interment of Bodies' in 1842, that the burial of the dead in the midst of the living is a practice fraught with the most disastrous consequences. That your petitioners would remind your honourable house, that during the prevalence of epidemic cholera in the metropolis, the remains of between 2,000 and 3,000 persons, who had perished from pestilence, were deposited weekly in places long since incapable of body. That it hasgivingdecent long ,muchheeleesa m atter of common less sanitary, burial to a single notoriety,so tproduce that the are and d i bodies of the d ea dsp sca os n ed daou o l fso s a a incal culable injury to the public health and the public morals. That during the prevalence of a pestilential disease, which p your petitioners believe was, in many instances, clearly traceable to the practice which they call upon your hon. house t o arr est, the bodies of the dead were deposited in streets and thoroughfares,-under and around chapels and human habitations—in the very mid st of two millions of the inhabit ants o f th e me tropolis. That utterly regard lees of rep ea t e d warnings and predicted consequences, the bodies o f th e dea d have been, and continue to be, placed one upon another and side by side, in deep pits ; whilst thousand s o f others have b een , a nd continue to be deposited in shallow graves, with an utterly unprotec tive covering, of a few inches of soil (chiefly com pounded of human remains) over each coffin. That your petitioners beg to remind your honourable house, that the practice of intramural burial, in itself so injuri ous and destructive by the systematic employment of means fox' the purpose of providing space for new comers. That the mischiefs thus inflicted upon the liv ing are incalculably increased by the mutilation and dis uurbance of bodies previously interred, and also by the incessant turning up of human remains, in every stage of decomposition. That your petitioners have abundant evidence to prove, that in London, Bristol, Waterford, and other places, some of the most virulent and fatal cases of recent cholera were developed in the immediate neighbourhood of burial-places. That your petitioners respectfully suggest that, although the mistakes of cen turies, as to the insanitary construction of the habitations of the living, and the sewerage of cities and towns, can be rectified only by necessarily slow degrees, and at an enormous pecuniary outlay—the immediate arrestation of the practice of intramural burial—a practice which admits of neither palliation nor excue, is as easy as it is urgent and imperative. That, for the above and other cogent reasons, your petitioners respectfully call upon your Honourable House to interpose your authority —to accord a power to step in between the living and the dead—and to pass forthwith, a general act for the forma tion of national cemetaries far removed from human dwellings. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c."— G. A. Walker, Surgeon, in Practical Suggestions for the Establishment of National Cemetaries. LAMENTABLE AFFAIR.-M. Emile de Vauxonne, Judge at the Court of Appeal, and President of the Council General and of the Municipal Commission of Lyons, went on the 25th to the shop of M. Gobert, gunsmith, to get a pair of pistols repaired. By an inexplicable chance it happened that the pistols were loaded, and on M. de Vauxonne touching the trigger of one of them to show M. Gobert what the pistols required, the arm went off, and the charge struck the gunsmith obliquely in the breast. He at once fell on the ground crying out, " I am a dead man. M. de Vauxonne, horror-struck at what had occurred, seized on the other pistol and blew out his brains. When medical aid was brought to M. Gobert it was discovered that the wound which he re ceived is not likely to prove of any gravity. This fact renders the precipitancy of M. de Vauxonne the more to be lamented.—French paper. PREFERENCE SHARES, 100 all 100 !Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. e Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £ l O Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent Cork&Bandon 5i p.c Dundce Perth &Aber deen Junction l EastAnglian (.:C3 10s) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 'Do. (k,7 17s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Countie s Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2_........... . Do., New 6 p. c. St I Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.— EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb. Pith &Dundeei 5i per cent.. Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £,20, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... T,ondon and Brighton Guarar :Red 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertiole, 6p. c., 1852 Do. New Gua-. 6 p.c London & S. Western Con. Thirds 100 6 100 100 Londonderry& Color. 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Madras Namur S.; Lego (wl . l l l interest) Do. (cx , riterest) Nort'iern of France Do. 201. 3 p. e. Lids (=my. B. &Ams. Shs. ) Norweg:anTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans '_'aril and Rouen 1.'.1,r-s and S:a? - .1•,J , :g1 ParisCaen & er Qv ebe &f *chir ond.. Rouen and Havre._ 1 Sambre and /leuse..._ Do. 5i p. ct. Southern of France...'w Upper Ird;a Scrip..,_' West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref._ Western of France._ West. of Switzerland.' Zealand.. los losi los 108 18i -- 193 4 d -- par 6t -- 63 3/ - 41 k - lip - 18 p - 1i p 14t - 15 18i -• 19 3i - gi 1125 - 127 109 - 111 - 105 107 x, 1150 - 152 - x(1 - xtl thz; 31 -- 3 i 10 -- 11 131 -1 3 i 8 - 9 lot 14g —lsoxd 22 —2 3 P —6l 109 111 25 26] I LI: rat 11.1 1s 1.1 1) 1.4 15# Par 4 i> l 26i 263 20 21 par 101 103 5 —. P. - 1 P :(4N. `(1.49.1 1 — d— par 14 —1 5 i 2 2l p 21 -- 2 dis 5 —6 p 1 1 2p 1 1p P 74 8i 4?, 41 13 16 4 2 , 3 / 4 d A P 9 11 p 2 2p 7 74 5i 6i 36 361 - 15 9 1 18 81 - 1 8 1 ) 42i - 43 42 - 43 334- -33 i 46 - 5 P P - 20 - 21 - 98 4 i 5 41 3 4. 1 51 p 9 6 lop 1 id WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day ruled very firm, and sold at the following quotations : Beef, 28 6d. to 38 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, fis 2d to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 48 6d; pork, 38 Od to 48 2d per Eilbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very scantily supplied with all kinds of hops, for which the demand is steady, at full prices. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 30.—Wind this day at Noon, E., light breeze, and fine clear weather, but barometer falling. DEAL, March 29.—Wind, E. by S. Arrived Kaffir land, Stephens, Callao. Sailed - -Menam, Sydney, N.S.W. LIVERPOOL, March 29.—Wind, S. Sailed—Devonport, Apalachicola ; Bloomer, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Abbotsford, Rio Janeiro ; Falcon, New Orleans ; R o b er t K e lly, and Albert Franklin, New York ; Buena Vesta, Boston ; Louisa Munro, St. Stephens, N.B. ; Jessie, Halifax. SCILLY, March 28.—Wind, E. Arrived—Bywater, Jones, Thrail ° • Albert, Johnson, Galat z . Th e D uncan Ritchie ' Leith to Melbourne, put in h ere yes t er d ay ; s h e is expected to be able to proceed after caulking her top sides. —A pilot boat has just come in for men to assist in a Hamburgh ship from Glasgow to Melbourne—the crew having mutinied, and, it is reported, taken away the long boat. Mem.—The Clara, Braeft, sailed from Glasgow on the 18th March, for Melbourne. CARDIFF, March 29.—The Jane and Mary, of Falmouth, was run into by the Maria, hence to Alexandria, and re ceived considerable damage to hull. WARKWORTH, March 29.—The Fame, of Dundee, is on Boulmer Rocks belged ; should the weather continue mo derate will discharge and got off. SHIELDS, March 28.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Ulverstone, Boston ; Bell, Quebec. WATERFORD, March 27.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed— Throft, Alexandria Q lIEENBTOWN, March 28.---Wind, S.E. Arrived — Atalanta Sturrick, Paraiba ; Norval, W a ll ace , Pernam buco ; John Wesley, and Contest, Mazagan. ; Svangelistra, Ibrail ; Lady Bannerman, Spicer, Galatz. POOLE, March 29.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Genus Spe culative, Galatz. , -- BRIDPORT, March 29.—Sailed—Abie, Good, St. John's, Newfoundland. OFF DARTMOUTH, March 28 . — Arrived —Gazelle, Cox, Bahia. FALMOUTH, March 29.—Wind, E., strong. Sailed — Elizabeth, Melbourne. BRISTOL, March 28.—Wind, S. E. Sailed—Congo, Africa ; Mora, Melbourne. WEXFORD, March 21.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived — Fanny Palmer, Cutlin b ,c , Galatz. CORK, March 23.—Wind, E. Arrived --Stamboul, and Mary Brack, Odessa. _ _ IdissELL 'BAT . , Feb. 20.—The Mary, from London, wernt on shore on the 16th inst. during a heavy gale, and has be come a total wreck ; crew, except one man saved. • BOSTON, March 16.—The United States arrived at /igf, York on the 12th inst. very leaky, Was d oc ked, and soon after sank.—The Mississippi, Roterdam to Baltimore, las i been got off Sharp Island, March 7, and up to Baltimore, without damage. MAURITIUS, Feb. 9.—The Yossypium, Moulmein to Queenstown, put in here, Jan. 21, leaky, has repaired, and will sail in a few days. Observations on India. John Chapman. The author of this volume has been a resident in India for many years. He gives us a descrip tion of his journey, and !accounts of the inhabi tants, country, politics, and climate. He considers the natives should be brought forward to occupy situations of trust and importance, as one race is unfitted to rule another, and gives a number of the curious customs and habits of the dwellers on the banks of the Ganges. The Traveller's Library. Nos. 36, 37, 38, and 39. These interesting and informing little serials pre sent us with a variety of contents. In the first is an essay on Swift and Richardson, by Lord Jeffrey, reprinted from the Edinburgh Review. The next is a translation, by Lady Duff Gordon, of Professor Ranke's " Ferdinand 1.," and "Maximilian II."of Austria, being an essay on the political and religi gious state of Germany immediately after the Re formation. In the two concluding numbers men tioned above, we meet with Alexander Dumas's " Memoirs of a Maitre D'Armes, or Eighteen Months at St. Petersburgh," translated by the Marquis of Ormoßde. It must be gratifying to those who desiderata cheap literature to find so much presented to them as is here the case. Own Dhit, and other Poems. Effingham Wilson. A pleasing and simple little volume of poems, containing a variety of tales and lyrics, which, if not possessed of much striking originality, are agreeable and entertaining. Lays of the Future. By William Leask. Partridge and Oakey. This little volume is on somewhat ambitious sub jects—such as light, mystery, the state of the world, &c. The preface says—" That there is a good time coming is believed by some, rather hoped than be lieved by others, and absolutely despaired of by multitudes." The author is one of the more hope ful class. Two of the best poems are the Church of the present and of the future. Ten Sermons of Religion. By Theodore Parker, Minister of the Twenty-eighth Congregational. Church of Boston. John Chapman. These sermons comprise a variety of subjects. In the preface the author remarks that he has been repeatedly asked to publish a little volume which might come home to his readers in the details of every-day life. A great deal of sound observation is to be met with here, and solemn truths are en forced which are common to every religion, and in which all varying sects must agree. These reflec tions are very good. "Some of you are young men and maidens. You look forward to be husbands and wives—to be fathers and mothers—one day. Some of you seek to be rich, some honoured. Is it not well to seek to have for your self a noble, manly character—to be religious men and women, with a liberal development of mind and consci ence, heart and soul. You will meet with losses, trials, disappointments, in your business--in your friends and families, and in yourselves many a joy will also smile on you. You may use the sunny sky and its failing wea ther alike to help your religious growth. Your time, young men, what life and manhood you may make of that ! Some of you are old men—your heads white with manifold experience, and life is written in storied hiero glyphics on cheeks and brow. Venerable faces, I hope to learn from you. Let 'me ask you, if, while you have been doing your works, have been gathering riches and tasting the joys of time—have been son, husband, father, friend—you have also greatened, deepened, heightened, your manly character, and gained the greatest riches— the wealth of a religious soul, incorruptible and unde filed, the joys that cannot fade away ?" MR. SMITH O'BRIEN 1N EXILE. The Nation of Saturday publishes the subjoined ad dress from Mr. W. Smith O'Brien to the nobility, clergy, members of Parliament, corporate bodies, and gentlemen who have memorialised in favour of the Irish State pri soners now living in penal exile in Van Diemen's Land : "My Lords and Gentlemen,—During the last four years I have been induced by various considerations to abstain as much as possible from every sort of appeal to public opinion ; but I feel that I should be justly charge able with ingratitude if I were now to refrain from offer ing my best acknowledgments for the generous sympathy which has spontaneously prompted you to endeavour to procure for the Irish State prisoners restoratipn to our homes and families. Nor am I at liberty to leave wholly unnoticed the language which has been applied to us by the Viceroy of Ireland in answer to your memorial. It is difficult for me at so great a distance to understand fully the impulses of public feeling in Ireland ; but I believe that I am not mistaken in supposing that the memorialists may, for the most part, be divided into two distinct classes of persons. The first is composed of those who concurred in many of our sentiments with respect to the grievances of our country, but thought that a resort to arms for the purpose of obtaining redress was either not justifiable or not expedient. It is not unnatural that our lot should engage the sympathies of this class of our fellow-countrymen. The second is com posed of persons who concurred neither with our senti ments respecting the wrongs of our country nor with our opinions as to the best mode of vindicating its rights and averting its ruin. These men, though they now seek to mitigate our sufferings, would have boldly encountered us in the field, but, with true magnanimity, they do not shrink from an avowal of their belief that we were im pelled to our unsuccessful effort by pure and honourable motives. Nor are they so distrustful of the strength of the institutions which they uphold as to believe that the return of five men to Ireland can endanger those institu tions. I know not which of these two classes is most entitled to the tribute of thanks which I am now desir l i - ous to offer, I can admire a brave and generous foe as much as I love a faithful and attached friend—as much a s I scorn a mean and vindictive enemy ; and I am proud of my countrymen when I contrast their noble bearing towards us with the petty malignity which has been displayed by those who claim to be exponents of the sentiments of the English nation. From the hour when I was arrested to that in which Lord Eglinton delivered his answer to your memorial, English states men have laboured to blacken the character of the Irish patriots of 1848, either by personally imputing to them the most unworthy motives, or (as in the case of Lord Clarendon and Birch) by hi rin g calumniators to defame them. In this ignoble warfare against men who d e eEfenngdli English pr themselves ess ;b u t they e have manifestations b eenw . ell tasenwt,ellanasd in n n s l o r m el e an re d s — p longer rh hich have recently taken place in America characteral led in e ixn noaf n s supportedylllop a l t e n n b y g y p st r a ec i ed n e s nt u ed ne i g n u the history of political offenders—signally evince that they have utterly failed to accomplish their inglorious design. Leaving unnoticed the indications of this spirit -which are to be found in the answer of Lord Eglin emctasnuifne ' ton, I proceed to offer a few remarks upon the reasons which his. Excellency has urged as grounds for the refusal of your request. "'None of the persons,' he says, ' in whose behalf my S . P - Pt., W 1- 4 %;`~>, ti