The Sun. — London, England, 1832-01-23 00:00:00

MR. O'CONN'ELL'S RECEPTION IN BIRMINGHAM. On Saturday last the town was placarded, to announce that a public meeting would be held that evening at the Public Office, to consider the pro priety of giving this gentleman a public reception on his arrival into the town. Accordingly a meet ing took place, but owing, we suppose, to the short ness of the notice (only two hours), it was but thinly attended. In pursuance of resolutions adopted at this meeting, it was announced by placards the following morning, that a procession would attend Mr. O'Connell's entry on Wednesday, and that he would be entertained at a public dinner. Further particulars were to be announced on Monday. Nothing, however, appeared till Tuesday night, when another placard was posted, stating that Mr. O'Connell had been unavoidably detained in Dublin, and that as the time of his arrival was now uncer tain, the procession would be abandoned for the present. At the Political Council, on Tuesday night, the Rev. Mr. M'Donnell read a letter which he had just received from Mr. O'Connell, dated Sunday, in which he stated, that in consequence of an important engagement in a great will cause then in course of trial in Dublin, he should not be able to leave before Tuesday, and would probably not arrive in Birmingham before Thursday or Friday. Accordingly on Friday last a fourth placard appeared, inviting the inhabitants to Beardsworth's Reposi tory, where it was announced Mr. O'Connell would addre-s them. As soon as his arrival at the Swan Hetel became known, an immense multitude as sembled in front of the building, huzzaing and ap plauding, and shortly after escorted the Hon. Mem ber to the Repository. By the time he had ascended the gallery, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. M'Don nell, the whole of the immense edifice was com pletely filled. Not less than 15 or 20,000 persons were present. Mr. O'Connell was received with every demonstration of enthusiastic applause. He was introduced by the Rev. T. M. M'Donnell. On the motion of Mr. EDMONDS, the Rev. Mr. M•Donnell was called to the chair. The Rev. CHAIRMAN briefly thanked the meeting for an honour, the memory of which he should ever preserve ; the honour of presiding over an assembly, and of representing an assembly met to express their approbation of one who was the personation of every virtue that entered into the character of the true patriot.—(Cheers.) He reminded them that Mr. O'Connell was sacrificing an immense professional income, in order to do what ? Not to advocate the interests of Ireland merely, but those of the whole British empire—not of Britain only—but of the whole human race.—(Cheers.) Mr. M. P. HAYNES, after some observation., moved the following resolution :—" That D. O'Connell, Esq., M.P., is eminently entitled to the thanks of the people of England, and that the thanks of this assembly are most cordially presented to him for his indefatigable, uncompromising devotion to the cause of the people, and most especially for his generous advocacy of the English Reform Bill in the House of Commons." Mr. G. EDMONDS seconded the above ; and the resolution was put and carried with loud cheers. Mr. O'CONNELL rose, and was received with great enthusiasm. He said, amidst this cheering kindness he thought that one piece of injustice had been done to him. It was strange he should think so, but as it was his custom upon all occasions to speak what he thought, regardless of the conse quence, he would state what he considered his grievance. It was an injustice to suppose that he came to England for the sole purpose of advocating the close of his own country. He loved that country' . well, but now the first object of his mission was to support the English Reform Bill.—(Cheers.) The principles of that Bill were not so abroad and popu lar as he could wish, but still it was a great mea sure, and he would be its determined supporter. Yes, whatever might be his opinion of the Irish Reform Bill, his first object should be to support the English Reform Bill.—(Loud cheers.) He wished it to be remembered that that was the first object of his Parliamentary mission. —(Hear.) Another of his objects was to conciliate Reformers, to announce that the hearts of Irishmen beat high for the liberty of Englishmen. He told them this, that when the English Reform Bill had passed into a law, they might remember whatever assistance Ireland had afforded them in the struggle, and after wards combine with Irishmen to vindicate Irish liberty in its turn, and to render oppression impos sible.—(Loud cheers.) He was going to give Mi nisters the assistance of his voice, and of whatever peculiarity he might posses to enable them to put the tyrants down, and to pass a Bill by means of which die people would trample upon every oligar chical principle.—(Loud cheers.) For this pur pose he was certain of his own vote, and that of his son.—(Three cheers for Mr. M. O'Connell.) Mr. O'Connell thanked them for that cheer ; it was a consolation to his father's heart. He was going to Parliament to support Earl Grey's Ministry in every honest measure, and he did not anticipate any dishonest ones.—(Hear.) He had been accused of a wish to embarrass Ministers, He had hoped ro find some person in that vast assem bly who would there and then re-echo the charges which the base hireling Press had heaped upon him. Those charges involved imputations which his heart despised.—(Cheers.) He was the best abused man in the three kingdoms.—(Laugh ter.) In Ireland four or five Papers in the metro polis, arid about thirty in the country, abuse him ; one, two, or three days a week.—(Laughter.) But atlii his poor countrymen, guided by his conduct, And not by the calumnies uttered against him, did him the honour to acknowledge him as their advo 4ate and repreientative.—(Cheers.) He came to make no paltry compromise. He did not say to Englishmen, " Assist me and I'll assist you." No `rut when their victory was gained, he would again come amongst them, and doubted not that many would be ready to give a helping hand to Ireland— ( We will, we will) What, then, did he want for Ireland ? Merely a Reform as extensive as that pro posed for England. He wanted for Ireland a fran chise equal to that which the new Bill would give to England ; and he contended that a 51. franchise in Ireland would be only equal to a 101. franchise in this country. But he would make a bargain ; he would consent to take a 71. franchise, which was the same as that possessed by the negroes at Ja rnaica.—(Hear, hear.) The next subject was the number of Members. At the time of the Union of Ireland with England, Castlereagh gave the fol lowing as the estimate of the amount of Members iltie to Ireland :—For population as contrasted with that of %ngland, 202; revenue, 39; exports, 100; ;mports, 93; which being added together and di widad by four, the medium nubmer would give to Ireland 108 Members and a half. —(Loud laugh ter-) Such w as Castlereag h's calculation He would make hi m a present of the half man . ' • for halt a man was o f no use but to Barkers, and Castlereagh was a bitter Buricer of poor Ireland.— (Laughter.) From th e 108 Members Castle re agh struck struck off the eight, and he might as well struck off the 100 ; it would not have involve d have a g reater violation of principl e . Castlereag h was a sad tyrant ; he a as fit for the Holy Alli ance All iance. he sold his country, and he trampled upon her, b ut h e took revenge upon himself and cut his own throat. —(Loud cheers.) Ireland ought to have 170 Mem bers, and how many did he ask ? He would not ask 170, but only 123 ; and he made that request, standing upon the provisions of the Union. Th e Union was con sidered a national compact, and by that Union he would stand. He would not boast i that he was instrumental n forwarding the emanci pation of Ireland, but he must be allowed to con gratulate himself that he laboured with success to obtain perfect relief for the ProtestantDissenters.— (Three distinct rounds of applause we re here given.) known that regard to his political cree d, it was that he contended for the right of every man who pays taxes to have a vote.—(Loud cheers.) Every man who is liable to serve in the militia should also have a vote. These were his principles: he was also the friend of short Parliaments and vote by ballot. For the present, however, he would be content with the Bill before the House. In that House, to which he had the honour to belong, the Bill was cafe—(Cheers) —and he trusted that Mi nisters were strong enough to send up such a number of honest men into the House of Lordi— that reftrgium peccalorum—as would at once over power the votes of the old Tories and the Bishops to boot.—(Loud cheers.) If they did not do this, he should doubt their honesty.—(Hear, hear.) After dwelling upon the advantages which would result from the Reform Bill, in the shape of lopping off sinecures, pensions, &c., Mr. O'Connell said he had another notion of his own.—(Laughter.) No man ever thought of paying another man's lawyer, sur geon, or apothecary ; and he could not imagine why one man should pay another man's parson.-(Cheers.) This must be brought to an equitable adjust ment. The tithe system had a very pernicious effect upon the agricultural interests. Could a farmer be expected to embark so large a capital in the cultivation of land, when a tenth of the produce was taken for tithe, as he could if the whole produce were his own ? Another thing was, that he dis liked the present system of appointing Magistrates. They were were appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county. In Ireland he knew them well, and they played such " high fantastic tricks" against the poor as were sufficient to speak their character. He thought that in England the Magistrates were the most active agents of oppression.—(Cheers.) He was anxious that every Magistrate should be chosen by the people of the parish in which he was to act —(Cheers)—and that unless re-elected, he should not continue in office more than three years. — (Cheers.) Again—look at the law. He was him self a barrister of 32 years' standing; he had devoted his youth to the study of the law ; he had had, and he might say this without boasting, an unusually extensive practice in the law, and yet he would can-' didly and solemnly avow, that he did not yet know what the law was.—(Laughter.) He would tell them why he did not. Because there was no law at all.—(Cheers.) He wanted a Reroim which would remove all restrictions from productive in dustry. Under certain restrictions he advocated a free trade. Not a free trade which would give cheap silks, cheap gloves, and cheap wine to the rich, whilst it gave dear bread to the poor.—(Loud cheers.) He hoped to Ged—he asked their pardon for the introduction of that sacred name—but he did sincerely hope in God that the corn laws would soon be repealed, and no longer exist as a drawback upon the profusion which the Deity designed for man. Whether he succeeded or failed in obtaining justice for Ireland, he would not relax his efforts for Eng land.—(Cheers.) Englishmen, said Mr. O'Connell, I have given my pledge; I will struggle for your freedom to the last. (Words cannot convey any idea of the applause which was given to Mr. O'Con nell at the conclusion of his speech.) Mr. M. O'CONNELL briefly addressed the meet ing►, re-echoing the sentiments of his father. Thanks were voted to Mr. O'Connell for his Ad dress, and to the Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, the chairman. Three appalling groans were given for the bo roughmongers, and the meeting separated. Mr. O'Connell left Birmingham shortly after, and was cheered by a great crowd of people. His recep ion was highly gratifying to his feelings. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.) PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 21.—His Majesty's gun brig Re cruit, 10, Lieutenant Hodges, and Pantaloon, 10, tender to the Royal George, Lieutenant Dawson (which went out of harbour o❑ Friday) have sailed on a short cruise, to try their respective qualities ; they are expected to return to ipithead in a few days. His Majesty's sloop A'ert, 18, commander John C. Fitzgerald, arrived on Thursday from South America, with upwards of 840,000 dollars, o❑ merchants' accounts. She left Rio Janeiro, on the 26th of November, at which time was lying there, his Majesty's ship Dublin, 52, Cap tain Lord John Townshend, senior officer. His Majesty's ship Warspite, 76, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thorns. Raker, K.C.8., was daily expected from the Cape of Good Hope. His Majesty's ship Seringapatam, 46, was also expected, and would sail shortly for England. His Majesty's ship Lightning, 18, Commander Dickinson, was at Cape Frio. pursuing with success her endeavours to recover the Thetis's sunken treasure. The Alert has brought three smugglers, whose time of service has ex pired, and Mr. E. T. 'enables, midshipman of his Ma jesty's ship Dublin. His Majesty's cutter Wickham, Lieut. T. Renou, ar rived on Friday, from Ireland. She saluted the flag and came into harbour. His Majesty's ship Britannia, 120, Captain Peter Rainier, C.B. is still in dock, making good her defects, and we hear she will not be ready for sea for another month. His Majesty's ship Madagascar, 46, Captain E. Lyons, (fitting for the Mediterranean) is expected to proceed thence in about a fortnight. llis Majesty's ship Childers, IS, Commander R. Deans, (having been refitted) went out of harbour yesterday, and, report says, will proceed to the Tagus as soon as her crew shall have been paid wages, with dispatches for Rear- Admiral Parker, C.B. His Majesty's ship Pearl, 20, Commander R. Gordon, is refitting, and preparing to proceed to the West India station, to join the squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir E G. Colpoya, K.C.B. She will probably sail in about a month hence. His Majesty's ship Viper, 6, Lieut. H. James, (having been refitted and her masts and yards considerably !educed) is now ready for sea. His Majesty's ship Galatea, 42, Captain C. Napier, C.B , and Stag, 45, Captain Sir E. Troubridge, Bart., are expected at Spithead from Leith, the latter end of next week. His Majesty's ship Melville, 76, Captain Henry Hart (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.8.) was paid advance of wages on Tuesday, and will sail the moment the wind will permit for the East Indies, calling at the Cape of Good Hope, and taking out despatches for Rear-Admiral Sir E. Owen, K.C.B. The Melville has on board, as passengers, Thomas Henderson, Esq., ap pointed Astronomer, at the Cape ; Mr. Frederick Ken nedy, Midallipinan, to join his Majesty's ship Magicienne ; Mr. J. M. Boxer, Midshipman, to join his Majesty's ship Cruizer ; and Mr. Lewis Maitland, Midshipman, to join his Majesty's ship Imogene. The Vice. Admiral's lady and family, who have been at the George Hotel, we bear, do not leave England • The Hope, transport, Lieutenant Rydir, agent, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday last, from Deptford, with naval stores for that dock-yard. The Amphitrite, transport, Lieutenant Cooley, agent, will sail from hence in the course of the week for Deptford. The Catherine Stewart Forbes, late transport, is now taken up for the conveyance of convicts to New South Wales, and is fitting at Deptford. The Neva, transport, Lieutenant Adamson. agent, sailed from Coquimbo on the lot of October, for Rio and Eng land, and may be daily looked for with passengers and re turned stores. At Spithead—Melville, Alert, and Childers. In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Madagascar, Pearl, Viper, Wickham, Sylvia, and Confiance steamer. PROMOTIONS AND APrOINTMENTs --Lieut. C. M. F..rster is appointed to his Majesty's ship Victory, vice Caswell, appointed to his Majesty's ship Madagascar. Lieut. Philip Hast, of his Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Warspite. Mr. William Miller is app ,inted Master of his Majesty's ship Britannia vice Easto, appointed to command the Ceylon, troop-ship, fitting out at Plymouth. Mr. T. H. Mason, Mate, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Melville. Mr. J. G. Braid is appointed Clerk to his Majesty's schooner Viper, vice Forster, promoted to the rank of Purser. Mr. J. Burd wood, Second Master, and Messrs. E. Young and R W. Suckling, Mates, all of the Britannia, are appointed to the Ceylon, troop-ship. Mr. F. W. Bateman is appointed Second Master of the Britannia, vice Burdwood. 'Tae fol lowing ten Clerks are promoted to the rank of Purser, being iA the number annually made about this period ; viz. —Messrs. John Clarke, Jo F h i n ddi T s, ho th a n s DFuoffirsitier,RJo,bimerets Mason, John Grant, William Horton, John Col ' well, and Thomas T. Jeffery. ROYAL AbatiNts.—First Lieut. Thomas Stockwell, has been removed from the Portsmouth to the Woolwich Division, and Second Lieut. Wm. Clendon, of the Wool wich Division, has been promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and appointed to the Portsmouth Division, vice Stockwell. The reduction of clerks in this dock-yard has been sus pended until the end of March, at which period the fol lowing will be superannuated :—Mr. J. Wickenden, Mr. T. Wickenden, and Mr. Watson, second class clerks ; these three are volunteers for reduction ; and Mr. Mad-1 docks and Mr. Wilkins, first clan clerks. The following reductions have been decided on in the Royal Naval College, at the dock-yard, viz.:—Lieut. Robert Ralph, Third Lieutenant, one out of the two ser jeants of Marines, and eight of the students. In conformity with the general reduction of clerks in the dock-yards, the following will retire at Chatham, on su perannuation allowances at the expiration of the present quarter, viz. :—Mr. R. E. Chevalier, at 145/. per an num ; Mr. W. Spencer, Mr. T. Bullbrook, anti Mr. T. Passley, at 751. per annum each. Mr. G. Wearer and Mr. S. G. Smith are also to be reduced at Sheerness dock yard, upon a superannuation of 337/. per annum ; and Mr. J. Morse, at 2001. per annum. It will be remembered, that the Government some time ago determined to reduce the artificers in the whole of the Dock-yard establishments in England to six thousand. Such reduction to be effected only by deaths and super annuation,. It appears, however, that the decrease by such means was so very slow, that an order has been issued for a reduction of a certain number monthly, from each of the yards in the kingdom. According to this arrange ment, we regret to say that between two and three hun dred men will be discharged during the course of the en suing twelve months from this dock-yard. The situation of Secretary to the Commissioner at Plymouth Dock-yard is about to be abolished, and Mr. Alfred Johnson, the present Secretary, will retire on a superannuation of 460/. per annum. The duties hitherto performed by this officer will be assigned to a clerk of the first class. Mr. Hollingsworth, storekeeper, will also re tire on a superannuation of 4001. per annum. The fol lowing clerks will also be superannuated with the salaries attached to their names :—Mr. Hancock, 300/. ; Mr.' Winchester, 1451. ; Mr. C. Couch, 83/. ; sod Mr. H. Tucker, 751. The above arrangement will not . however come into operation until after the expiration of the pre- ' sent quarter. Mr. John Melvin, of Portsea, late Purser of his Ma jesty's ship Samarang, has returned home invalided per the Frolic, packet brig, from Rio Janeiro. An alteration is about to be made in the Sylvia, cutter, in consequence of her commander having represented that her deck was extremely incommodious, owing to the tum bling home of her sides, and to her being so contracted abaft. Orders have therefore been given to throw out her sides, which, however, it may conduce to convenience, will certainly not add much to the beauty of the cutter. The Conway, 28, on the stocks at Chatham, is in a very forward state, and will be launched on the 2d of Fe bruary next, and be immedately commissioned. She is the s ster-ship to Imogene, both being an improvement on the old 28'.. The latter vessel's sailing qualities are, we hear, very superior to tho , e of the old class. Both the Conway and the Imogene are to be armed with Dixon's 32-pounders, mounted on Sir Thomas Hardy's principle. Extract of a letter from an officer of his Majesty's ship Tyne, dated Pernambuco, Dec. 2, 1831 :—" On Wednes day we are going out for a cruise off the port, sailing in every day to see that all is quiet. This place is so un settled that it becomes necessary for a ship to remain here I to protect the British interests and property. There exists a very strong party who are anxious for a federal form of Government. They tried their strength the other dav, and were put down, or rather gave up and retired to their homes, leaving the fort, of which the Militia had taken possession, empty. The poor Portuguese families are in a terrible fright, as it is certain they will be expelled if the reinl party get the upper hand. The Samarang is at Bahia, and we heard to-day that the Druid had left Rio for the same place. The Lightning is coining to Per nambuco. The Dublin is at Rio. The Rattlesnake and Py lades are gone for a cruise. Every thing is quiet here at present." CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN BRAZIL Despatches and papers, says the IVashington Globe have been received from our Minister in Brazil by the De partment of State, from which it appears that a material alteration is to be attempted in the Government of that country. A knowledge of the projected changes may be best obtained from the following translation of a Decree, passed on the 3d of October, and published in the Aurora Fluminense of the 14th : " THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE EMPIRE DECREES: " That the Electors shall confer upon the Deputies whom they m.ly send to the ensuing Legislature, the privi lege of altering or abolishing all articles of the existing Constitution which are contrary to the following " PROPOSITIONS : " 1. The Government of Brazil shall be. a Federative Monarchy. "2. The Constitution shall acknowledge but three Political Authorities, viz.: the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial. "3. The Constitution shall distinctly set forth the powers, duties, and prerogatives of each branch of the Legislitive Authority separately, and of both conjointly ; such changes being made in the present arrangements in that respect as may be judged necessary. " 4. The Deputies shall he elected for two years, which is to be the duration of each Legislature. " 5. The Senators shall also be elected for a itated period ; one-third of the whole number are to be chosen at each renewal of the Chamber of Deputies. The manner in which this election is to be conducted, and the order of displacement of the Senators, will be expressed in the Constitution. " 6. The Executive shall retain all tie attributes of a Moderating Power ; all others will be suppressed. " 7. The Executive may refuse its sanction to a law declaring the reasons for so doing in writing ; but if, after such refusal, the law again be approved by both Chamber►, it shall be considered as passed, and promulgated accordingly. " 8. The Chapter of the Constitution relating to a Council of State shall be suppressed. " 9. The General Councils shall be changed into Pro vincial Legislatures, each having two Chambers." The laws passed by these bodies which are not within the powers of the National Assembly, shall have force in the Province after being sanctioned by its President. " 10. The public Revenues shall be divided into Na tional and Provincial ; the taxes and duties for the ex pences of the General Government shall be fixed by the National Assembly ; thence for each province by its Legis lature. " 11. During the minority of the Emperor, the Realm shall be governed by a Regent or Vice-Regent elected by the Provincial Assemblies, the votes to be examined and verified by the National Assembly. "12. in each municipality there shall be an Intendant, vested with the same powers as the Presidents of Provinces.' In compliance with orders to that effect, the Barrack-master of Winchester yesterday morning forwarded to London 1,000 iron bedsteads. It has not transpired in what way they are to be disposed of; the order, however, would argue a projected concentration of troops in the me tropolis. —llampshire Telegraph. Church,n a ccident e l n i , ap w p b e ie n h ed . t one looked the k t edto Nw e have had a serious termination. While the reader was pro ceeding with the morning service, the church all at once was filled with smoke, which se alarmed those who were present (and the church is always well filled) that a ge neral rush took place, each trying to be first at the door, and, of course, much impeding each other. The Minister begged of them not to be alarmed, for there was no imme diate danger ; but his voice was not heard, at least not at tended to, for in a very few minutes the church was empty. An examination having been made, it was discovered that the flue which runs below the floor had become very foul, and was on fire, the smoke from which issuing through the ventilators had caused the al arm . I t was vent soon got out without damage. One or two persons fell in the hurry, hut no one that we heard of was hurt. Of course an end was put to the service. The alarm, however, had subsided before the evening, when the church was again very well attended, and the Minister, Mr. VANE, preached a very appropriate sermon. SUICIDE OF THE RECORDER OF EXETER• —The evideHce having been gone through, and the Co roner having summed up, the Jury delivered their verdict —" That the deceased, labouring under a grievous disease of body, and being delirious and out of hie mind, had in flicted on himself a mortal wound, of whi c h h e di e d." Mr. STEVENS has left a widow, and t wo d aug h ters o f tendreer nu years, who, with numerous re l at i ves, an d sti ll n numerous friends, mourn this gr ea t b ereavement. more MURDER AT EVERTON.—We gave in our List week's Paper some particulars of the atrocious out rage committed on the niece of Mr. ()KELL, a t hi s h ou se in Breck-lane, Everton. The unhappy young woman lingered in the In firmar y until Sunday evening, when she expired. On Monday a Coroners Ju r y was summone d, and proceeded to th e Infirmary with the Coroner, THO MAS SHAW, Esq., where they viewed ! th e b o d y. Th e in quest was then adj ourned until fuesdiv• On Thursday i morning, at ten , the Coroner and Jury stain met, and c ontinued to hear ev idence until five o ' c l oc k i n the after noon, when they again adjourned. On Wed nes d ay morn ing the inquest was re sumed, and did not terminate until five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, when a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against a man named JOHN THOMAS, a native of o,westry, who, with hi s w if e , had been arrested on suspicion.--Liverpool Chronicle. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. POPULATIO. RETURN OF THE POPUL. COUNTIES IN IRELAND, N-IRELAND. ,ATION OF THE SEVERAL AS ENUMERATED IN 1831. MUNSTER. COUNTY. POPULATION. Clare 258,262 Cork, East Riding 407 , 935 700,359 Cork, West Riding 292,424 Cork City 107,007 Kerry Limerick 2233,505 . . Limerick City, in cluding St. Frances ~ „ k Abbey, Extra pa- `-"',''' rochial Tipperary...... Waterford Waterford City 28,8'21 LEINSTER. COUNTY. POPULATION. Carlow Dublin Dublin City 203,652 Kildare 108,401 Kilkenny 169,283 Kilkenny City King's Longford' 112,391 Louth Drogheda Town..— 17,365 Meath Queen's Westmeath 136,799 Athlone Town Wexford 182,991 Wicklow T0ta1......... 1,927,967 ULSTER. COUNTY. POPULATION. Antrim 314,608 Carrickfergus Town 8,68 Armagh Cavan Donegal Down Fermanagh 149,555 Londonderry Monaghan Tyrone 302,943 Total 2,293,128 SUM PROVINCES. Leinster Munster Ulster Connaught Total 7,734.365 NoTE.—There are Sixteen Parishes in the County of Kerry, and One Parish in the County of Cork, the Returns for which are outstanding, from unavoidable circumstances. GEO. lIATCHETT. Population Inquiry Office, Dublin, Jan. 13, 1832. TRAFFIC IN ILA YES. CONVENTION BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE KING OF THE FRENCH, FOR THE MORE EFFEC- TU AL SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN SLAVES. The Courts of Great Britain and of France being desirous of rendering more effectual the means of suppression which have hitherto been in force against the criminal traffic, known under the name of the Slave Trade, they have deemed it expe. dient to negotiate and conclude a Convention for the attainment of so salutary an object ; and they have to this end named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : _ _ His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Viscount Granville, Peer of Parliament, Member of the Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Ambassador Extra dinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of France : And his Majesty the King of the French, the Lieutenant- General Count Horace Sebastiani, Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Departments, and Minister and Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs : Who, after having exchanged their full Powers, found to be in due form, have signed the following Articles ARTICLE I.—The mutual right of search may be exercised qn board the vessels of each of the two nations, but only within the waters hereinafter described, namely : 1. Along the western coast of Africa, front Cape Verd, to the distance of ten degrees to the soup of the Equator ;--that is to say, from the 10th degree of south latitude, to the 15th degree of north latitude, and as far as the 30th degree of west longitude, reckoning from the meridion of Paris. 2. All round the Island of Madagascar, to the extent of 20 leagues from that island. 3. To the same distance from the coasts of the Island of Cuba. 4. To the same distance from the coasts of the Island of Porto Rico. 5. To the same distance from the coasts of Brazil. -.- It is, however, understood that a suspected vessel descried, and begun to be chased by the cruisers whilst within the said space of twenty leagues, may be searched by them beyond those limits, if, without having ever lost sight of her, they should only succeed in coming up with her at a greater distance from the coast. 11. The right of searching Merchant vessels of either of the two nations in the waters hereinbefore mentioned, shall be ex. ercised only by ships of war, whose Commanders shall have the rank of Captain, or, at least, that of Lieutenant, in the navy. lIL The number of ships to be invested with this right shall be fixed, each year, by a special agreement : the number for each nation need not be the same, but in no case shall the number of the cruisers of the one nation be more than double the number of the cruisers of the other. IV. The names of the ships, and of their Commanders, shall be communicated by each of the contracting Governments to the other, and information shall be reciprocally given of all changes which may take place in the cruisers. V. Instructions shall be drawn up and agreed upon in common tiover ..... exits tor the urthaers ot both nations, which cruisers shall atford to each other mutual assistance in all cir. cumstances in which it may be useful that they should act in concert. The ships of war authorised to exercise the reciprocal right of search, shall be furnished with a special authority from each of the two Governments. VI. Whenever a cruiser shall have chased and overtaken a merchant vessel as liable to suspicion, the Commanding Officer, before he proceeds to the search, shall exhibit to the Captain of the merchant vessel the special orders which confer upon him, by exception, the right to visit her; and in cue he shall ascer tain the ship's papers to be regular, and her proceedings lawful, he shall certify upon the log-book of the vessel that the search took place only in virtue of the said orders ; these formalities having been completed, the vessel shall be at liberty to continue her course. . VII. The vessels captured for beingengaged in the slave trade, or as being suspected of being fitted out for that infamous traffic, shall, together with their crews, be delivered over, with out delay, to the jurisdiction of the nation t. which they shall belong. It is furthermore distinctly understood, that they shall only be judged according to the laws in force in their re spective countries. VIII. In no case shall the right of mutual search be exer. cised upon the ships of war of either nation. The two Governments shall agree upon a particular signal with which those cruisers only shall be furnished, which are in vested with this right, and which signal shall not be made known to any other ship not employed upon this service. IX. The High Contracting Parties to the present treaty agree to invite the other maritime Powers to accede to it within as short a period as possible. X. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifica tions of it shall be exchanged within one month, or sooner, if it be possible. In faith of which the Plenipotentiaries have signed the pre sent Convention, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at Paris the 30th of November 1831. GRANVILLE. 110 RACE SEBASTIAN!. (L.S.) (L.S.) DINNER TO HOGG ON THE ANNIVERSARY or BURNS.—The Chronicle of this morning says that a popular poet has written some verses an this occasion, which it is hoped he may be prevailed on to recite imme diately after dinner. This poet alluded to is the immortal author of " Hohenlinden." The stanzas, of which we subjoin the concluding one, are worthy of himself and of the occasion. They will be read by Mr. CYRUS REE. Dusa, who has kindly consented to discharge this duty : " These are the triumphs of the god-like mind, And, oh, the deep and generous joy to bind The unfading laurel round the poet's brow! And while thus honouring a living head, Not unregardful of the glorious dead— Such, such to Hogg and Burns our heartfelt homage now!" A statement is in circulation respecting an abuse of a remarkable nature going on at the Post-office, which, if true, must call for some immediate notice from the Postmaster-General. It tells very strongly in favour of its correctness, that the main facts are affirmed by men who would be sure to suffer if detected in a falsehood, and who can hardly hope to escape even from the consequences, in such a case, of speaking the truth. The facts will be collected from the annexed letter :—" A fund was esta blished some years ago by the General Post-office, called the Superannuated Fund, raised entirely by the subscrip tions of the letter-carriers, for a means of support, when, by hard labour, or advanced age, they become too infirm to perform the duties of their station : for many years after its establishment it was appropriated, according to its design, but for the last seven or eight years no supperannus tion bas-taken place, nor has any c tulle been assigned for its discontinuance, although the men have repeatedly peti tioned for information on the subject. But the distressing consequences of this somewhat mysterious reservation, or it may be misappropriation of the fund, by the executive, in whose hands it is, falls on those who are on the sick-list. One poor man, who entered the General Post-office 23 years ago, and has now been on the sick-list six or seven years, is at the present time receiving but Bs. per week, and has a wife, in an ill state of health, to support, be sides himself. Several times two medical men have sent certificates to the office, stating, that this person would never be able again to ' work a walk,' his health scarcely permitting him to walk at all. This is considered to be a case that has a claim on the Superannuated Fund, he having contributed a considerable amount towards it. It is believed to be by no means a solitary case, but that there are many in nearly similarly distressing circutn stances."— Tittles. Saturday evening an adjourned inquest was held at the Middlesex Hospital on the body of Mr. JOSEPH WOOLDRIDGE, so❑ of Mr. Wootnarnox, surgeon, of Jamaica-row, Limehouse, who, it will be recollected, was found dead in a hackney-coach at Portland-place. A bottle was found on the seat. The inquest was adjourned that the contents of this bottle might be ascertained. They were analysed, and proved to be Prussic acid. Ver.. diet—" Temporary Derangement." Total 2,165,193 CONNAUGHT. COUNTY. POPULATION. Galway 394,17 Galway Town 33,120 Leitrim 141,303 Mayo 367,956 Roscommon Sligo Total 1,348,077 POPULATION. ....... ......... 1,927,967 2,165,19'3 , 2,293,128 1,348,077 ARY. COURT CIRCULAR. The QUEEN has appointed Sir GEORGE SMART the conductor of her MaJEsTy's private Concerts. Divine service was performed yesterday at Kensington Palace before the Duchess of KENT, the Princess VICTO MA, and their Royal Highnesses' household, by the Dean Of CHESTER. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign•office, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Earl GREY, Lord DURHAM, Viscounts MELBOURNE, PALMER. ETON, GODERICH, and ALTHORP, the Earl of CARLISLE, the Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Lord HOLLAND, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Duke of RICH MOND, and Mr. STANLEY. The Ministers were occupied in deliberation till near Mix o'clock. The Baron de WESSENBURG, on a special mission from Austria, the Minister for the Hanse Towns, and Sir FREDERICK LAMB, transacted business at the Foreign office on Saturday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from Sir WILLIAM HousrouN, the Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Viscount ALTNORP, Lord HOLLAND, and Lord JouN RUSSELL, visited Earl GREY on Saturday at the Trea.ury. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN, Lord AUGUSTUS FITZCLA RENCE, Lady CHARLOTTE GREYILLE, Lady DACRE, Lord G. SEYMOUR, Lord AUCELAND, Lady HARRISON, Lord SEATORD, Sir W. CURTIS, Lady GORDON, Sir GILBERT HEATHCOTI, &c. honoured Covent-garden Theatre with their presence on Friday evening, to see the second repre sentation of Lord LEYESON GOWER'S new tragedy of Catherine of Cleves. Earl GREY entertained a select party at dinner on Satur day evening, at his residence in Downing-street. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. (From the Derby Reporter.) The Duke of Sussex visited Stafford on the afternoon of Sunday week. On Sunday last his Royal Highness passed through this borough on his way to the Hon. Edward Gore's, at Milford, near this town, and on Mon day left Milford for Newetead Abbey, the residence of Col. Wildman. When he arrived at Belper he was met by an immense concourse assembled from all parts of the neigh isourheod. The horses were taken from the carriage, which was drawn through the town amid the plaudits of the assembled multitude. His Royal Highness, who was evidently gratified by this demonstration of attachment, and seemed in excellent health and spirits, addressed the people to the following effect : " Fellow Countrymen,—l return you my most sincere thanks for the cordial manner in which you have received me in the town of Belper. I believe that the earnest sup port which I have given to the great cause of Reform has contributed in no small degree to the kind reception I have experienced from you on the present occasion. The high integrity of the Minister who has brought it forward is a guarantee of his sincerity in its cause. I have known Lord Grey, and have acted with him through life, and I rejoice to say that there exists not a more honest or upright man. Suspiciou, I sin aware, has ' been cast upon him; but the time will not be long be fore the purity of his character will be made manifest, to the satisfaction of a right-judging people. The cor diality, and confidence which subsists between the King and Lord Grey is mutual, and affords a most cheering prospect. The people may rest satisfied that the rights which they ask, and which they have a clear and indis putable claim to ask, must under such auspices very shortly be ceded to them. And whilst I say this, I can not forbear impressing upon your minds that it is to the right of petition that you must always look for the re dress of wrongs—and to petitions drawn up in firm and decided, and at the same time temperate and respectful language, a deaf ear will never be turned—such addresses must finally prevail. Neither can I too forcibly incul cate upon you, that the best means of seconding the efforts which are making to establish public rights upon a secure basis, must now and ever be the strict maintenance of public order, and a cheerful and ready obedience to the laws. " It has always afforded me pleasure to visit manufac turing places, because in them I see one of the most strik king characteristics of England's greatness. Whilst I look on the countenances of the inhabitants, it brings fully before me the power which suck individuals possess of raising themselves by their talents, and by a prudent and industrious course of life, to great opulence and considera tion, thereby holding out to the husobler classes of society one of the most powerful inducements to assiduity, ho nesty, and correctness of conduct." The Duke was attended by Lord J. Churchill, the Hon. Edward Gore, and the Rev. J. liarrison, of Duffield, one of his Royal Highness's chaplains. It is supposed there were upwards of 5,000 persons assembled to greet his Royal Highness. We have the pleasure to find that his MA JESTY'S Government, in their anxiety to secure the pro sperity of all the great interests of the country, are prose cuting extensive inquiries into the state of various branched of trafie in the manufacturing districts, the condition of the pour, and other objects of public interest. The gentle man to whom this impor t a nt duty has been confided in f trade and commerc e , t o his experienc e , and hi s this place holds a respon si ble influential situation at the Board of Trade, and is. a man, as we happ en t o k now , dischargeeminently enlightened he views d qualifiedutyo : b o y : talents, ufi hi ecd tt.o ohitn in a m anner satisfactory to the Government and beneficial to the community. Leeds Mercury. It is a n w e i t n n t e a s l: e l s e , al o ha l co m e p r l a t i he n ing ,as Judges, the they d o butß Bar, justly, of the state of all or most of th e C ourts i n West minster Hall , upon which so large a sum of public money has been recently expended. The LORD CHANCELLOR avows himself unable to exercise the functions of his office at the period of the day most convenient to himself, on ac count of the well he is obliged to sit in ; while the main entrances to the Court of King's Bench are necessarily closed, both winter and summer, to obviate draughts and noise. We have just heard, from an authentic source, that the Emperor of RUSSIA has left, or was about to leave immediately, his capital, for Berlin. We leave it to politicians to speculate upon the motives of this journey ; but it must be something very important to induce the EMPEROR. to quit St. Petersburgh at this season of the year; aed we presume that nothing decisive will take place in the conference until the interview between the EMPEROR and the King of PRUSSIA shall have taken place.—Morning Post. DON PEDRO.---Don PEDRO was to be at Belle Isle on Friday last, to take the command-in-chief of the army and land forces against Don MIGUEL. By way of preparing for the worst, he has, by will, made proper arrangements as to his private property, which is consider able in cash, diamonds, and estates ; but he does not en tertain any doubt of success. During his stay in France he has observed great economy in every respect, so that his expenditure has very little exceeded that of a private gen tleman.— Court Journal. The commercial portion of the inhabitants of Bristol have been panic-struck by the intelligence of the failure of the bank at Carmarthen. The consequences of the failure will be severely felt in this city, for a very ex tensive business was carried on here with Carmarthen. 1 have heard of one or two cases of peculiar hardship. The traveller of one Bristol house, who was receiving orders at Carmarthen, paid into the bank there, the very day befure the stoppage, 1,0001., and received bills for remittance, which were, of course, of no use. I have been told that several houses here will be materially af fected by the failure. STATE OF TRADE.—We learn with sincere satisfi.ction, during a short visit to Lancashire in the pre sent week, that the cotton trade has undergone revival during the last three weeks. The spinning branch in particular has felt the advantage of this beneficial change, and the prospects for the spring are thought to be very cheering, if the manufacturing districts should providen tially be preserved from the malady which has produced so much alarm all over Europe, and from political cholera— the successive intrigues of the boroughtnongers, which have so severely afflicted the interests of the country during the present winter.—Leeds Mercury. IRISH TITHES AND POOR LAWS.--We have the satisfaction to find that the Leeds petition to the two Houses of Parliament, " praying that Parliament will nut saddle Ireland with any poor laws, till all the church property which formerly belonged to the poor of that country is applied to the purpose for which it was in tended, namely, to feed the hungry and clothe the naked," has been received with so much public favour, that in the short sp ice of two days and a half no fewer than 3,000 signatures were affixed ! This will be thought the more extraordinary, when it is known that the former petition, praying generally for poor laws in Ireland, without men tioning the tithes, received only 800 names, though it lay for signature eight or ten days.--. Leeds Mercury. LITERATURE. EUGENE ARAM.--3 Vets. LONDON, 183 L " Eugene Aram" is the most elaborate of all Mr. Bulwer's tales ; but it is far from being the most fortunate. The truth stands perpetually in the way : reality foils the effect of fiction. The hero is too near our own time to bear being made the subject of romance and enthusiasm. We cannot, while perusing Mr. Bulwer's glow ing account of him, cease for an instant to bear in mind that the Newgate Calendar is nearer the truth, when it describes him, in its own straight forward style, as a ruffian and a murderer. The novelist's scholar should have been wholly an ideal character, like Godwin's " Falkland," whom, in more than one respect, he resem bles ; there would then have been no draw back to the magic of a tale, which so far as eloquence, feeling, occasional acute observation, and exquisite, unerring apprehension of the beauties of our sylvan scenery are concerned, may vie with some of the most popular ro mances in the language. We have said that we dislike " Eugene Aram" as the subject of a ro• mantic tale ; having said this, we know of no other objection that we can raise. Corporal Bunting is a prime favourite of ours; there is not a little in him that reminds us of Corporal Trim ; and had Mr. Bulwer taken less ap• parent pains with this character, he would have rendered it more acceptable, because it would have been more like truth and nature But it is always the fault of comparatively young writers, when they get hold of a pro.. mising subject, to overlay it with an exuberance of good things, and so sacrifice truth to effect. Mr. Bulwer should study Fielding—that prose Shakspeare—with attention, and see how our inimitable novelist, our best domestic historian, who always describes character as if he were on oath, produces the most magical effects by a few easy touches, which drop from him as if un. consciously and the mere effect of accident.-- Smollett will teach him caricature, but Fielding will teach him nature. Next to Corporal Bunting we may place Walter Lester, an ably sustained character, and preserving consistency throughout Madeline, too, is an eloquent creation, though as unlike life as possible ; she is a poet's heroine, and we are old enough and callous enough to be able to resign all these enchanting sylphs without a sigh, in favour of one such breathing homely, artless character as the maid-servant Fanny in " Joseph Andrews," or the Ladl Booby in the same inimitable story. The de. parture of Walter from his home is a good scene but the truest and most graphic touch in it, th 4 appearance of the corded and packed boxes it the hall, is taken (probably unconsciously) from Mrs.lnchbald's "Simple Story,"where the saml incident tells with startling dramatic effect Altogether we feel justified in saying tha " Eugene Aram" contains little to blame, bu' much—very much—to admire. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JAN. 18.—Yesterday the Icing gave private audience to Sir R. Adair. The Journal des Flandres contains the followial article : " The General commanding the army and the fortreast in the Two Flanders; " Considering that the city of Ghent is in a state 0 siege, seeing articles 101, &c., of the Imperialt decree of 24th of December, 1811, orders— " Dating from this day, no journal, pamphlet, 0 ' periodical publication whatever, shall appear in this cii; of Ghent without the previous permission of the Genera commanding the division of Flanders. " Head-quarters, Ghent, Jan. 17. " The General commanding the division of Flanders (signed) " N lELLON." The seals affixed to the printing-office of M. Stevia of the 16th, were removed the next day at noon, after til l publication of the above decree. It is reported a new protocol of the Conference has bell received here. Posts of cavalry have just been stationed at certain is' terrale, in order to facilitate the correspondence betweel the head-quarters and the frontiers. JAN. 20.—Most of the sections of the Chamber Representatives have completed the examination of el° budget. The report on the budget of the Minister of Wel is to be made ou Tuesday. The Ghent Gazette of the 19th says, " We learn the the affairs of M. Stevin, editor of the Messager de Genie who was to be brought before the Council of War, is de' ferred till Wednesday next." The Governor of Maestricht has just caused the hoof of M. Destouvilles, Vice-President of the Chamber Representatives, to be put under seal. A sentinel is placi at the door. It seems this measure has been taken by W of reprisal for the seizure of 10 waggons near Hassell The houses of Messrs. Hennequin, Colpin, Roemers, an` Ch. de Brouckere, are also put under real. In the Chamber of Representatives today, M. Genie' bien required an explanation respecting the decreeof Gent rallon, which suspends the liberty of the Press e Ghent. The Minister of War not having received any re port on the subject, the explanation is deferred till Mond# The Belge, the Emancipation, and the Courier Beige contain long articles on the decree of General Nielloe' which they declare to be a tyrannical and flagrant 'dole' tion of the Constitution. ANTWZRP, JAN. 20.—Yesterday afternoon, M. E. d tl Rue, our editor, was summoned and interrogated by el ° Juge &Instruction, together with the King's Attornel General, at the instance of the military authority, on ec,l count of two articles extracted from the Belgian jouroP i and inserted in our Paper, the Journal du Commerce A e Antwerp. We shall await the issue of the p re li m inerl proceedings before we say any thing of the criminal proW cutler's with which we are threatened. Some journals still doubt whether General Niellon 1,9/ exceeded his duty. This is pretty well. It seems that the inquisitorial police has become mac more vexatious since the monstrous union of that scs' i l dalous administration with the department of Justice bi Royal decree. Within these few days all Brussels has been turned t i r, side down. Nocturn a l d om i c i liary visits have been rose), by unqualified agents, accompanied by disguised gel? darmes, in several houses, without producing any le authority. These, therefore, are so many violations the rights of the citizens, and attacks on the Constitutil by brute force, whi c h are to be registered in the reeoe' , of liberty in all things and for every body. GHENT, JAN. 16.—Some citizens went yesterday ' the citadel, to see M. Stevin, but permission was refor,,, This worthy a n d courageous citizen has not seen any of l!"1, friends for some days. Even his Counsel has not seen him two o'clock to-day. —Journal du Commerce of AntWedr, BERLIN, JAN. 1 4.—There have been no cases of clwl e at Berlin from the 11th to the 14th. Letters from W arsaw o f the 10th say, that all the r i pe r in Poland are hard frozen, and snow has been seen to 0 ,, so that it i s h ope d t h e roa d s w il l soon b e f i t for sledge,i when supplies of various necessaries, especially wood, 0 , be expected in W arsaw .—P russ i an St a t e G azette, Jan . l e VIENNA, JAN. 9.—There are two cholera patients r making here. AUSTRIAN FUNDS, JAN. 9 AND 19.--Five per ...J -85t 85 3.16t1as ; Four per Cents. 76 ; Bank Sha r p 1,160, 1,125 without the dividend.—Austrian (Awe' January 10. Mr. ERSKINE, the Chief Judg e of the 133 11 : tuptcy C ourt , h a ving b een made P r i v y c oun sell ° takes preced enc e, as suc h, o f a ll t h e Puiene Judges of 1; other Courts of Westminster HaII.I