The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

1 E S UN, L ONDO n uns befor e the Committee were appointed. It was a sta nding order of the House that no party interested in Bill sho u ld b e appointed as a member of a Committee on that Bill. Now, here was Mr. W Stanley, I Wh w asdeeply i n t ereste d on t h e su bj ec t o f this Bill— W uy should he be appoirted on the Committee ? He I r egarded t hi s Bill as a public measure, and, ththeerefore, be treat e d it as suc h ; an d he thought that I rules of the House should nut be set aside on this ease ' Re would therefore move that Mr. Stinky be not a ppointed on the Committee. ' 41. • W. 0. STANLEY said he had no wish what ever to be appointed on the Committee. The motion for the appointment of Mr. Stanley was a gr x rd to. b e - 'r. WILLIAMS pro p ose d t h a t fi ve Members should th ch osen by th e C omm i ttee o f S e l ec ti o n and added to `-' . eCommittee. H e did no t think that he was out of order in making such a motion. e motion was then agreed to. AB OLITION OF TRANSPO itTATION. '"'• KELLY wished to know whether in abolishing transportation, periods of imprisonment, be compulsory la th:l"nd exile, were to be substituted equivalent to a xed sentence of transportation now passed; or Wheth er, it was to be left to the option of t h e E xecu ti ve Government, according to the circumstances of the case? Sir G. GREY sa id t h at h e had already stated the e l ou rse to b e ta k en in his observations the ot h er even i n g. maximum and minimum of the imprisonment would such de p end uon the good conduct and industry o f th p e convict. The Act of Deportation would take place a later p er i od, but the plan su b sequent l y a d o pt e d Would be the same as that laid down by Lord Stanley. THE CORN AND NAVIGATION LAWS. Lord ti• RUSSELL rose and said—Sir, I beg to give llnt ice that I will to-morrow move for leave to introduce a Bill to to extend the period of the suspension of the duties the im portation of foreign corn. I shall also move or leave to introduce a Bill to continue for a limited Period the suspension of the Navigation Laws. RAILWAY BILLS OF THIS SESSION. i The CRANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said as f wa s exceedi ng l y d es i ra b le t h at no t i me should be lost "1 oproceeding with the resolutions of the Committee With „ respect to these Bills, be begged to propose that the vw., at.ration of the m s ho u ld be proceeded with before t he other orders of the day on Wednesday next. Sir , AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. ". PEEL wished to know when the papers with w r e t s t lect to Portugal would be presented to the House. It Acces s Yt ary that they should be presented without dei h j as the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) had expresse, itl_ tio willingness to postpone his motion. Certainly zas most important that no time should be lost. ta ry . °r i d J. RUSSELL said his Noble Friend the Secre _ -or Foreign Affairs had stated to him that the Paper s c ould would be presented to-night, but the . printer Illip o h, 11 „." have a sufficient number of papers printed to - L o — r ' d ", o o. Members before to-morrow. Nehi kz• BENTINCK wished to ask a question of the pre fleets of different . nations were engaged, t a was the the that the superior officer should command. In o ll e t as e of the French fleet taking part in the operations th e -p e oast of Portugal, he wished to know whether * -ri llee de Joinville, being Lord High Admiral of and England should command the combined fleets of France Crngland ?—(Laughter.) that r d J . RUSSELL—No arangement has been made t ati(2 Lata . avvare of to put the forces of the different ti eo i n ln question under the command of any one par to s r officer. On the contrary, orders have been given th e 1, W. Parker not to take the conjoint command of d b rench or Spanish naval forces; though I have no 1ai () : 1. .., t that great respect will be paid by these forces to wiv ieo and opinions in case of any operation. With h - e gN to the Prince de Joinville, I have not heard that atic r about to proceed to the coasts of Spain or Portugal, therefore, there can as vet be no question about his 'IV the command of the combined forces. t enti r • ELLICE wished to know whether it was the in j;°n °f the Chairman of the Railway Board to bring Ai? R.ailway Bill this night ? Ii)i Q I S TRUTT was understood to say that it was not t s .3' to be b roug h t forward, i n consequence of other uless which had precedence. L ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. th at ABOUCHERE, in reply to a question, stated rece.the subject of polling at elections in Ireland had Ir e i lved the attention of Government. In counties in du ard it would be extremely difficult to shorten the difficult of the term for polling, as it was extremely otut r that appoint a su ffi c i ent num b er o f p o lli n g places th e purpos e . H e regretted that i t h a d not b een i n , oru e Power of her Majesty's Government to introduce e naio measure to the H ouse on thi s su bj ec t, w hich would view'e Hon- Members to consider the subject, with a to to th , whole reconstruction of the electoral system case With With regard to the boroughs in Ireland the to in was diffe rent, and he di d not d espa i r o f b e i ng a bl e " nc t roduce a Bill to s h orten t h e d urat i on o f t h e p o lli ng , lE :l n ih he thought could be so framed as to meet the eti°4 of both sides of the House. Si r TIME OF IMPRISONMENT. Righ t tr -r ITZROY KELLY said he begged to ask the \Psi; • 'lon. Gentleman (Sir George Grey) whether it peri od tended to specify the maximum and minimum sir Imprisonment. uEORGE GREY said that he had already Itat e a , t eon the House th a t th e su bj ec t h a d b een t a k en i nto s iueration. It was intended (as we understood the Art on w h o was mos t i n di st i nct ), t h at the int rr4(lntitent should have reference to the term of tran• SPOrtation. EMIGRATION. Th e Earl -.3f LINCOLN rose for the purpose of making gin explanation relative to what had been stated a few evenlngs ago, that he (Lord Lincoln) intended to bring forward the plan for emigration which had been pro posed by Mr. Godley. It had been asserted that the deputation had stated to the Government that they had authority to say that he (Lord Lincoln) should bring forward Mr. Godley's scheme before the House. Now, as that assertion was obviously intended to apply that he was to bring forward his motion in a hostile form, and that he intended taking advantage of the Govern ment as far as lay in his power, he begged to give that assertion his most determined denial. lie had stated e xplicitly to Mr. Godley, and the other gentlemen who were with him, the form of his motion, and the mode in rhioh he intended to bring that question forward. He ad never for an instant deviated from that form, and if de gentlemen were deceived, it was their own fault. 'le had to ld t h em eac h an d a ll w h a t he had intended to I I ?' With reference to Mr. Godley he held a letter from in which he expressed his regret that such state -"ants should have gone abroad. He regretted the !natter the more that Mr. Godley, who anxiously desired hbenefit hi s kind, who was sincerely desirous o f servin g ,: 1 4 country, should have also been subjec ted to the W: t Y,tlippancies of anonymous writers. Unfortuna tel y Noble Friend the Member for Dorsetshire was not sub stantiat e but perhaps the Hon. Member for Kerry wo uld "ustantiat e the accuracy of his statements. NMI.* ll MORGAN O'CONNELL said that as far as hi s _ coection extended Mr. Godley had carried the in rtions of the Noble Lord o effect. The fact was, t t wo subjects were started when the deputation went to 0 _ the Tr easury. T wo su bj ects were l a id b e fore the 01'vernrnent, one was Mr. Godley's scheme, and the t e ! was the Government's consent to such an inquiry the Noble Lord proposed the other night. The Go- Gnment did not consent to this inquiry, and Mr. Y said he was authorised by the Noble Lord oppo li to say, that he would bring the matter before the cuse He (Mr. M. J. O'Connell) understood by that t hat he should forward the general subject of colonise "; and not the plan of Mr. Godley. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that the Hon. Member fo r Berry had stated that which was in perfect confir mation of his own recollection of the subject. Two subjects were mentioned. One was Mr. Godleys' plan, and the other was the question of appointing a Corn ruittee to inquire into the subject of colonization. It did not appear to him that the subject of Mr. Godley's plan was brought especially before the notice of the vovernment. When informed that the Government did not intend to support the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry, he understood Mr. Godley to say, that the subject would be brought forward before the House. He (Lord John Russell) was left in doubt whether it was the appointment of a Committee or the general subject of colonization, that would be brought forward ; but he never for a moment thought that it was intended that Mr. Godley's plan was to be the matter brought before the House. CASE OF SIR E. WILMOT. Mr. SPOONER rose to bring the case of the late Governor of Van Diemen's Land before the House. The lion. Member, who was very indistinctly heard 1 4 roughout, prayed that the House wou l d g rant " 711 its indulgence while he proceeded to lay before them the facts connected with the dismissal of the late Eardley Wilmot;:which had excited so deep a sensa tion both in that House and out of doors. That lame nted individual was now beyond the power of persecution ; but it was due to his memory to clear it from the charges Which had been made against him. These charges had .... n ever be en state d i n p l a i n terms ; even the dispatch of ' 4l '. Gladstone stated that they were defined with the words " living in a state of concubinage with convict Women ;" and to his dying day the subject of them was 1:10 more than this : What were the charges, or who Were the persons behind his back, who adva nced what e ( Mr. Spooner) had no hesitation in saying were mere charges,fin alike unfounded and unjust? What were the i 4 ( .1 8, and how did they originate ? Three gentleme n - "me to this country from the colony, and had certain communications with the Colonial office. Two of these gentlemen laid no restriction upon the use of their names, bout one of them did ; and, therefore , he ( Mr. S p ooner) d not refer by na me to either of them. Having ma g a li t t o h no e ebarges, the then Secretary of State (Mr, r ley Wilmot off a dispatc b—a public . dispatch—to Sir Subje ct nothing mot, with which, as it alluded not to the of the charges, he (Mr. Spooner) had private to do. But he sent off another and a dispatch, dated the 13th day of April, 1846, which stated that communication had bee n made to him which excited no sma ll su rprise, 2 1 , 48 touch as they related to his p r i v ate life. To these Charges he said he would not a dvert, but he said that the Government felt it imperative to request his resigna tion- The re was noth i ng in those c h arg es that could load e him to fo rm any p l an f or hi s ow n vindication. Y were so uncertain in their character, and so vague . In their d escr i pt i on, that he was utterly at a loss h ow to deal with them. But he did what Sir George Arthur • had done under similar circumstances ; he called his together, and said—Elere are certain char2e , preferred against me by the Government at home ; I the E i n tYi. say so; if lam not guilty, then represent to During f h ish Government that they were unfounded. paragra e time that this subject was under discussion a rec ap i t VPPeared in the Naval and Militarg Gazette, t hing the charges. To that paragraph the Lord Chief Justice of the colony replied in a letter to the editor, giving the statement his unqualified contradiction. The Hon. Member then read the letter of the Chien Justice, to the effeet that there was no truth in the latter part of the charge, which stated, that no persons of character or respectability went to the Government house except en business. The reply of Sir E. Wilmot on the sth of October, 1846. denied the imputations con tained in the letter of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Glad stone, and requested to be informed of the names, the dates, and the specific charges which were made against him. He also said that he would lay the letter of the Colonial Secretary, of the 30th of April, before the Executive Council, that the whole matter might undergo full investigation. That letter was written by Sir E. Wilmot, to the Colonial-office, and it was worthy of him, as being an honest man, guiltless of the charges made against him. (Hear, hear) Having left the charges before the Council, a Committee was appointed to investigate their, and the result was that they acquitted his Excellency of the charges. They also stated that the Bishop of Tasmania and the Right Rev. Dr. Wilson, a Catholic Bishop of the colony, would be shortly in London, and would bear testimony to the good conduct of his Excellency. They certified, in the most explicit terms, that as far as they could ascertain, no thing had transpired to justify the charges which had been made. There was also a document, signed by all the officials and principal people of the colony, to Sir E. Wilmot, on his resigning the government of the colony, that he carried with him into private lite their best wishes. Mr. Gladstone's reply was that he was not dismissed in consequence of any specific charge, but of the general notoriety in the colony of the badness of his character. Now these charges he (Mr. Spooner) had shown had been denied by every gentleman and every Christian in the colony, and that all the statements were false in every respect. (The Hon. Gentleman then read a letter to the eldest son of Sir Eardley Wilmot from Mr. Gladstone, which stated that there was more than a full acquittal of the charges brought against him in the memorial signed by the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land.) With these testimonials, he was sure that the House would join in the acquittal they already pronounced. But he did not rest his case only there ; be had a letter from a person whose name would be well received in that House—the Bishop of Tasmania—(Hear, hear)—which spoke most highly and favourably of Sir Eardley Wilmot. and designated the rumours respecting him as false and slanderous. The Hon. Gentleman then read a letter from the Catholic bishop of the colony (Dr. Wilson) which also gave from personal knowledge the most unqualified contradiction to the unfounded slander against the moral character of Sir Eardley Wilmot. The family had a right to complain of the conduct of the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial-office, who had refused to give the accused the opportunity of defending himself. Such conduct was not to be expected from him who had ever set himself up to be the jealous defender of public liberty.—(Hear, hear.) To say the least of it, his answer to heart-rending appeals was cold , unfee l i n g , and hardl y to be expected, Lord BROOKE, after the clear statement of his Hon. Friend, felt that little remained for him to do than concur in what he had done. He regretted and deprecated the anonymous charges which had been made against Sir Eardley Wilmot. But documents had been laid before the House, on the ground of which he did boldly expect an entire acquittal of that gentleman's character from the stain which had been thrown upon it. Sir R. PEEL said he rose to express his opinion then upon the subject, because he had stood in the same relation to Sir Eardley Wilmot as the Hon. Gen tleman who had spoken before him. He had been one of his constituents ; he knew the manner in which he had discharged his duty ; and he was influenced by the same feelings as the Honourable Gentleman who had already spoken. He well knew the circum stances under which his Right Honourable Friend the Secretary for the Colonies had made that appointment which placed Sir Eardley Wilmot in office as Governor of Van Diemen's Land. The re sponsibility of an appointment, such as that, was great, for a colony so distant. His Hen. Friend did not wish to appoint a military gentleman to an office where he should be called to exercise the duties of a civil func tionary. But the sole reason for appointing Sir Eardley Wilmot to the governorship of that colony, was his ex perience in the administration of the law as a magistrate for a long period at quarter sessions. Having him ap pointed to that office by the universal voice, having filled that office with entire approbation, and having as a Member of this House ditected his attention to the amendment of the Criminal Law, it was thought that it was not possible to find a better or superior individual to fill that appointment. But he (Sir R. Peel stood in an other relation to Sir Eardley Wilmot.. He had been connected with the Government in which his Hon. Friend Mr. Gladstone held office, and he would now speak of the feelings of Mr. Gladstone in reference to these charges. As for the grounds on which he thought proper to remove Sir Eardley Wilmot from the appoint ment which he held, his Hun. Friend who first spoke on the subject had exercised a wise discretion in declining to enter upon them at all. Those were points which could not with much rood effect, and with very little propriety, be canvassed in that House. He must say, however, that Mr. Gladstone, in writing to Sir Eardley Wilmot, had not advised his withdrawal on account of any neglect of the duties of his office, but the peculiar position of the colony, and the general tenor of his dispatches indicated the propriety of the appointment of his successor. It was admitted then, that no neglect of his own had led to his removal from office. He (Sir R. Peel) spoke now of the public character of Sir E.Wilmot. But his Friend Mr. Gladstone was placed in a most peculiar position by the o r private h r tepersons—persons in the conveyed colony, o ri m. There and independently o f t h e G ovenment , voluntarily i m __The werelivingcon firmed the rumour which had reached his ears, and which had been spread in New South Wales. These par ties, all of unimpeachable character, informed his friend that the character of Sir Eardley Wilmot was such as to unfit him for the discharge of hi public duties. That rum our, and that confirmation, hadnotinfluenc influenced Mr. Gladstone in what he had done, for the removal of Sir E. Wilmot was an act done independ en tly of such a report, or such charges. At the same time his friend did not think it would be consistent to re-appoint him to ano ther colony till such charges upon his aracter had been totally cleared off. What was Mr. Gladstone to do? It was right that Sir Eardley Wilmot should know the charges which had been made against him. Mr. Glad stone, therefore, in a private dispatch, made the commu nication to him. With a view to that, as one of the parties giving the information was within the United Kingdom, he was applied to for liberty to use his name, in connexion with the charge ; but that was ref used.—(Hear, hear.) And his Hon. Friend had stated that the friends of Sir E. Wilmot had received the admission from the other two that the charges were false. On the part then of his Eton. Friend, he had to state to the House his entire con viction that that information was totally and entirely wrong, and that Sir Eardley Wilmot was entitled at his hands, to the full admission, that the charges affecting his private character were without foundation. That admission, and such a statement, as it was but justice to the character of the deceased, must also be highly satis factory to his friends. He (Sir R. Peel) only added, that having heard the documents and statements brought before the House by his friend the Member for Birming ham, documents that had been drawn up by Sir Eardley Wilmot, looking at the nature of the charges, and the character of those who made them, he also expressed his own opinion that those charges must be considered en tirely and totally without foundation. He felt that this was but an act of justice to the character of the late Sir E. Wilmot, and to the widow and the family whom he had left behind him. (The Right Hon. Baronet resumed his seat amid applause.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not feel it necessary to add anything to what had been said by the 'non. Gentle man the Member for Tamworth, more than that it must be a source of satisfaction to the family of Sir E. Wilmot that that Hon. Gentleman and Mr. Gladstone had both expressed their strong conviction that the imputations made upon his character were without foundation. He would not have risen but for the seeming imputation which was thrown by an lion. Member upon the character of the Noble Lord in the Colonial-office. Lord Grey had merely heard that there was an accusa tion against the character of Sir E. Wilmot—he had no means of knowing whether it was founded in truth ; he did not know the names of the parties who made the charge, and what was more, he did not have the evi dence on which these individuals founded their charge. He had, therefore, no means of arriving at any judg ment upon the subject ; but surely, because the Noble Earl had said in his letter that he could not recommend to her Majesty, the rew appointment of Sir E. Wilmot he was not to be charged with having adopted the charges upon his character. There were reasons altogether irrespective of these for such a course in a Member of the Government. As for the conduct of Mr. Gladstone, as to the propriety of the course which he had taken, he would not then deliver any opinion. a But he only hoped that the Hon. Member (Mr. Spooner), nd the friends of Sir E. Wilmot, would remember what ever opinions might be held by the present Government or the public in general as to his administration, that all these charges upon his private character had been swept to the winds, and that his son might rest satisfied that he lived under no dishonourable imputation. Mr. VERNON SMITH said that in the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, he only regretted that some symptom of party character seemed to pervade it, and although it seemed to have the wish to do justice, yet a spirit of party pervaded all his observa tions. He thought that, of all the duties which were imposed upon Secretaries of State, the most sacred was that of protecting the cha racters of those who were absent in foreign countries on the service of their King and country, and that no charge should be made, or permitted to be made, against them, unless upon the most positive and conclusive proof of their delinquency. In this instance, the name of the party making the accusation, was withheld ; and why should the character of any man, who was personally employed in the service of his country, be open to the charges of a nameless accuser.—(Hear, hear.) He was here to admit that Mr. Gladstone, as far as the private feelings of Sir Eardley Wilmot were concerned, had done all in his power to allay the sere which his previous conduct had created ; but he thought that the previous charge which had eeen made, had been made harshly, and upon very uncertain evi dence. Mr. NEWDEG ATE said that he had not intended to have said a word on this subject, but the Right flon. Gentleman who had just sat down had handled Mr. Gladstone's conduct very roughly—almost too much so. —(No, no.) He thought it most unfortunate that Lord G No t b 3y le, h L ad or n d o a t su t p t u h r el e H - , l a t d h e n of theb l e r Government, course o adopted fd ing the scandalous charges made ag a i ns t the namsbeayvootf‘hvea deceased public offieer. Sir J. GRA ANI said that he was rejoiced to be able to sty that the shade or taiet of suspicion whieli had been raised against the name of Sir E. ‘Vilmot had been entirely removed. With respect to the conduct of the present Colonial Secretary, he thought that there was no ground of complaint, for after he (Sir J. Graham) sat down, the gentleman who represented that office in the House would rise and state that there was no vestige of any accu6ation against Sir E. Wilmot remained in that office. With regard to the conduct of Mr. Gladstone, the accusations made against Sir E. Wilmot were made by three individuals upon such strong authority, that no Secretary of State would have been justified in overlooking them. Two of these gentlemen were at present in Van Diemen's Land, and the third had shrunk from allowing his name to come forward as one of his accusers.—(Hear, hear.) Mr, Gladstone had done all in his power to soften the harsh ness of Sir E. Wilmot's recal as far as it could be done, and in all proceedings towards him Mr. Gladstone had adopted the very kindest course. He put before Sir Eardley Wilmot the accusations made against him, and gave him every assistance in his power to enable him to clear himself. These charges had since been entirely disproved, and he was glad to be able to say that the character of Sir E. Wilmot, both public and private, had been freed from any taint or :-uspicion. The only fault of Mr. Gladstone was by sending that private letter which warned Sir E. Wilmot of the position in which he stood. . . . Mr. H AWES said that he had hardly thought that it would be necessary for him to rise upon that occasion. With regard to what his Hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham had stated, it was not altogether accurate. His Noble Friend near him was not cognisant of what was alleged against Sir Eardley Wilmot except through a dispatch from that gentleman himself. He agreed with his Noble Friend that no record of accusation ex isted in the Colonial-office against Sir E. Wilmot. He did not wish to cast any reproach upon Mr. Gladstone. Atter a few words from Sir C. DOUGLAS, Mr. CURTEIS said that he did not envy the feelings of those three gentlemen who originated the calumny against Sir E. Wilmot. If they had not caused that gentleman's death, they at least embittered his dying moments, and he must describe them as foul calumnia tors. He objected to the conclusion of the address of the Hon. Member for Birmingham. He merely rose to show the three gentlemen to whom be alluded that a strong feeling existed as to their conduct, and from the expression of that feeling he had not shrunk.—(Hear.) Mr. BORTHWICK said the Hon. Member for Tam worth had asserted that the grounds upon which Sir E. Wilmot had been recalled were not public; but no doubt his recal was produced by some circumstances stated in the secret dispatches. Whether communications to which allusions had been made were, or were not, anonymous, they were sufficient to induce Mr. Glad stone to act upon them, and to inflict upon an innocent man a deep injury. The Governor was sacrificed in this case, and the calumniators were protected. It was quite clear that the present Colonial Secretary had nothing to do with the matter, however it might be sought by the predecessors of the present Ministry to attach to them the odium of an act of which they alone were culpable. Mr. HORSMAN said that be rose merely to ask whether the Hon, Member for Birmingham had fur nished the name of the Gentleman in question to the Colonial-office, and whether it was intended to take any steps respecting this, which was called a foul conspiracy. As regarded the other part of the transaction connected with Mr. Gladstone, of which they had heard so much that evening, he must say, particularly - anxious as he was to avoid any personal allusion, that he felt it impos sible to refrain from saying that he (Mr. Gladstone), though he had acted candidly in forwarding the secret letter to Sir Eardley Wilmot, still that his conduct was extremely rash and extremely indefensible. It had been admitted that he had acted indiscreetly. In con clusion, he must say that public duty called upon them to express their opinion strongly when a public man had been grievously treated. Mr. SPOONER said he did not know the name of the gentleman alluded to. Mr. HORSMAN said he held a high official situation. Mr. SPOONER said he did not know the person al luded to. Captain GLADSTONE said that the Hon. Gentle man who had just sat down, had expressed his regret gret that the late Secretary for the Colonies had not at the bottom of his letter to Sir E. Wilmot, senior, ex pressed his sorrow, and avowed his indiscretion, in the course he had pursued. lie could assure the House that his Right Hon. relative had been only actuated by a sense of kindness in his conduct to Sir E. Wilmot. He deeply regretted that the charges had been made, but his defence rested on these charges, for he could not have acted otherwise in his position, than to have asked the recal of the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. If they knew the names of the parties who had made the accusation, they would feel the dif f icul t y in which his Right Hon. relative was placed. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he did not know why they should not have the names of these gentlemen, who had informed 4 ' my Right Hon. relative" of these untruths which had led to the disgrace and recal of an honest man. He had his own thoughts of what constituted official reserve when he found that the charges of knaves were received to the ruin of honest men. The accusa tion must have been a grave one, which would lead to the recal of a Governor o f one of their Colonies, and why were they not supplied with the names of the par ties making these accusation , w i thout makin g any enquiry into the truth of these charges this gentleman was dismissed.—(No, no.)—No, no ! why he was punished ; he was dismissed.—(No, no.) Then, if he was not dis missed on account of this accusation, for what reason was he dismissed ? Why, they had the reasons of dis missal given in the private letter of the Secretary him self. He stated that the reason for his recal was im moral conduct ; he stated that he could not recommend him to any other appointment, because of his immoral conduct ; he stated that he was incapable of governing the colony, because of his immoral conduct. But what was the specific accusation, and the date of it ? Let the House learn that, if it was intended to satisfy it, But it was also the case that ignorance, audacity, and mischief had always characterised their government of the colonies. He hoped that the time would soon arrive when they should n-t be burdened with an irresponsible Colonial Administration. Mr. HOPE said he should not follow the Hon. and Learned Gentleman through the whole of the charges which he made against the Colonial Administration. The grounds on which Sir Eardley Wilmot was recalled, were of a public kind, and had no reference to his private character. Earl Grey had expressed his satisfaction at that recal; he had admitted that the grounds on which Sir Eardley Wilmot was recalled, was sufficient, without any reference to his private character. He (Mr. Hope) could, if the House required it, show what were these public grounds, and he was sure that they would be deemed amply sufficient to justify that removal. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that he distinctly charged the late Secretary for the Colonies with having dismissed Sir Eardley Wilmot on the faith of these anonymous calumnies. The Hon. Member refused to give the dates of these charges, but they were contained in the dispatch itself. That dispatch was dated the 30th April, 1846, which was the date of the very private letter which re called Sir Eardley Wilmot on the ground of his immoral conduct. Well, he had said he would not take up the time of the House with the personal part of this subject, and he would keep his word. Now, with regard to the general question, he could not help thinking that the present Government had passed over the claims of Sir Eardley Wilmot in a very cavalier manner, and the question for that House to decide was this, were the colonies always to be governed upon Mr. Gladstone's principles. A defence of Mr. Gladstone had been at tempted by those who were associated with him in office, but he ventured to doubt its honesty, or why were not the names, upon which this unfounded charge was made, not disclosed ?—(Hear, hear.) This case was very similar to one he had formerly brought before the House, when a public officer was dismissed from office upon insufficient grounds, and he really thought it too much to be called upon to rest satisfied with the declara tion that Mr. Gladstone had discovered his error, and repented what he had done. The House ought to have some guarantee in future that more caution would be used by her Majesty's Government in cases of this sort. Sir WALTER JAMES really must protest against the language used by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, while speaking of his Right Hon. Friend the late Secretary for the Colonies. The c b ? e n d v i i s n h c o e n d e t s h t, at b h u i t s he ß f ig or ht on H e o d n i o d ur n a o b t le th E in ri k end so. dis H m e iss fe e l d t Hon. and Learned Gentleman pronounced his defence to Sir Eardley Wilmott, upon public grounds, and not upon the faith of charges against that Gentleman's personal character. Mr. W. MILES would not allow the sincere friend ship he entertained for the late Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary for the Colonies, to interfere with his arriving at an impartial conclusion upon this painful topic ; but he could not bring himself to the belief that his Right Hon. Friend entertained the feelings attributed to him by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. He felt confident that his Right Hon. Friend wrote the letter to which so much allusion had been made, with the view of giving Sir E. Wilmot an opportunity of clearing his character, while he was no less certain that Sir E. Wilmot's dis missal was founded upon public grounds and public grounds alone. His Right Hon. Friend felt that Sir E. Wilmot was not competent to perform the functions of governor of so important a colony as South Australia, and it was through that conviction the dismissal was agreed upon.—(Hear.) It was no great charge to make against a man that he could not govern a colony, when some of the most experienced Members of that House found the task to be a very dtfficult mat ter. So far as that charge was concerned, therefore, it went for nothing, and he attached no importance to it. It did not lessen Sir E. Wilmot in his estimation, nor would it have lessened him in the estimation of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary for the Colonies, for he knew that had he remained in office he would have em ployed Sir E. Wilmot in another capacity the moment that Sir Eardley had cleared his character from the im putation that had been cast upon it. So far as the let ter was concerned, he thought the friends of Sir Eardley Wilmot were indebted to his Right lion. Friend for bringing about these explanations, because they would teach future colonial Governments that they could not be too cautious in entertaining charges against honour able individuals entrusted with the government of dis -1 taut colonies. Sir R. H. INGLIS thought it a matter of regret that the tone of the debate for the last hour had been so widely different from that at its commencement. The debate began with a speech more of sorrow than anger by the Hon. Member for Birmingham, and his defence of the injured Sir Eardley Wilmot was considered by all persons present as complete and triumphant. Not a single angry word was heard in the debate until within the last hour, and he hoped that the subject would now be brought to a conclusion similar to that of its com mencement, so as to afford opportunity for the House to proceed with the other business before it. The subject then dropped. REGISTERISG BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The order of the day was then read for going into Committee on these Bills. Several petitions were presen said ted against these Bills. The LORD-A.DVOCATE that he was happy TUESDAY that he did not stand in the way of the motion of the Hon. Member for Birmingham, seeing the very able manner in which he had performed the duty which de volved upon him. He would now endeavour shortly to state to the House the grounds which had led the Go vernment to propose the present Bills for the registra tion of births and marriages. There could be no doubt that the subject anticipated by the Bills was a very im portant one, for the purpose of affording accurate statis tical_and other important information. For the considera tion of the course proposed to be followed in carrying out the Bill, the Government had to bear in mind that a system of registration had existed for ten years in England. After mature consideration it was decided that a plan similar to that proposed in England should be adopted in that country, and it was therefore proposed that a central registration office should be established at Edinburgh, with numerous other districts or divisions. The existing town clerks of the larger towns of that country could afford the opportunity of immediately carrying out the provisions of the Bill at considerably less expense than in this country. With respect to the ex • ponses of carrying out the Bill, it was not proposed that any advances should be made from the Treasury to meet the expenses of carrying cut the measure, but that local taxation should be made to support the whole of the system. He thought that if he attempted to raise the expense of this registration from the personal or real property of Scotland. such a rate would not be favourably received. It then became a question with him, what course, under these circumstances, he should adopt, and after a care ful consideration of the subject, he could see nothing more expedient, more cheap, more convenient, or more just than a parochial rate, as proposed in this Bill. He knew there were strong objecti ,ns to this mode of rating, but of the various proposals that were made to defray the expenses of the registration, it appeared to him t o be the most eligible. He had asked those who objected to this mode of assessment, what other course they would propose, but none of them were able to give him a satisfactory solution to that question. There were 786 session clerks, 423 inspectors of the poor, and many of them held various offices, such as clerks of session, collectors of the poor•rates, clerks to the heritors, and also other offices of various kinds ; and he found that a schoolmaster, who had been one of the great leaders of the movement against these Bills, was a session clerk, an inspector of the poor, a collector of the poor-rates, clerk to the heritors, and held, besides, seven other offices—(Cries of " Hear, hear ")—in fact, he did the duty of eleven other offices. They were told that registers were kept in Scotland ; so there were in England before the Registration Act ; but as the best results had followed from this Act, in England, and as great evils prevailed in Scotland from the inefficient system in use, he thought it ought no longer to exist, and that the Bill before the House ought to be passed to remedy it. In fact the system pursued in Scotland was utterly useless. Intimately connected with registration was the subject of marriage. Both the common and statute law of Scotland required nothing more to render a marriage valid than the con sent of the parties, of the age of maturity—no consent of their guardians was necessary, nor was the intervention of any minister of religion necessary to perform the ceremony. Perhaps he might be met with this argu ment—that it was a salutary principle to make marriage depend upon the deliberate consent of the parties ; but, nevertheless, it was pregnant of evil, as there was no standard—there were no fixed rules or criterion of what was a valid or invalid marriage, and such contracts might be proved either by writing or merely by parole evidence. If a man and woman pro mised to marry each other, and connexion followed, the law said that such a contract was insuperable from a mass of inconsistent facts the law might infer marriage. He bad known cases proved from letters which had been exchanged between the parties, but the marriage of which were so obscure that the judges trembled at the decision which they were obliged to give. Under such a state of things could it be wondered at that most lament table cases were repeatedly brought before the courts of justice. There was a case which had given rise to one of the most distinguished judgments ever delivered from the Bench. A gentleman of birth, who afterwards became the inheritor of a very high title in Scotland, and very rich estates, contracted a marriage of this kind with a lady in 1802 or 1803 ; but the marriage between them simply consisted in letters which had passed between them. They never lived together like married people. In 1808 the gentleman came to England. Being a man of no honour in this respect, and thinking, perhaps, that evidence of his former marriage had been destroyed, he contracted a marriage with a lady who was connected with one of the very highest families in England. There was no issue ; but soon after their marriage, a suit was commenced against the husband by his former wife, and the decision of the Court annulled the second marriage, and the lady thus divorced was doomed to much degra dation in consequence. But let them suppose a case in which a title or extensive property was involved, and they would perceive how great the evil was which he sought to remedy% There was not a country in the civilised world in which the law of marriage was so un justifiable as in Scotland. The banns of marriage were published generally in an inaudible voice, and at a time that the congregation were either in the act of assemb ling or dispersing, not as they were in England at the most solemn part of the service, when every body was attentive. By the statute law the witnesses could not be prosecuted unless a clergyman in orders celebrated the marriage, and consequently the people resorted to persons who were 3 not authorised. Now he proposed that no marriage should legally take place, unless cele brated by the recognised minister of religion ; and he would say, that unless the parties chose to resort to the clergyman they should go to the public register, where competent persons should witness and legalize the act. —(Hear, hear.) Now it had been objected to him, that he proposed to make marriages valid for a time, and then not so. He did not propose anything so absurd. But in order to prevent such mar riages as those of Gretna-green, which were moat objec tionable, he had proposed that the register could not certify unless one of the parties was resident within the district for a certain period of time. His object in ris ing was to move that the House do resolve itself into a Committee for the consideration of the subject this day three months. In the mean time, he would give every possible consideration to every fair and legitimate allegation:which could be urged against him, he certainly would not lend an attentive ear to any clamour which might be ignorantly, urged. Mr. FORBES said that he would continue to object to the Bill, and he was content to remain in the class designated by the Noble Lord as " unreasoning." The people of Scotland objected to the Bill on account of the stigma it would impose upon local schoolmasters, who would be prevented by this Bill from exercising their functions. The people of Scotland objeoted to this Bill also because it would in effect prevent the poor man from being married according to the rites of the national Church. He thought the clause which com pelled the parties present at the death of an individual, whether relatives, medical attendants, or any other per sons to give information of the event to the register was objectionable. These were some of the grounds on which the people of Scotland petitioned against the Bill. The motion was then agreed to. PRISONS' BILL. The adjourned debate on this Bill was postponed till Thursday. TURNPIKE ACTS. The Turnpike Acts Continuance Acts Bill was read a ,hird time and passed. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND). The Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill was read a se cond time. NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT. The Newfoundland Government Bill report was brought up. PRISONERS REMOVAL (IRELAND). The Prisoners Removal (Ireland) Bill was committed, and ordered to be reported this day. The Burgh Police (bcotland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Police Clauses Bill went through Committee. The Royal Marine Service Bill went through Com mittee. The Trust Money Investment (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed ; as was also the Juvenile Offen ders Bill. The Leith Harbour and Docks Bill went through Committee. On the motion for the postponement of the MIDLAND AND GREAT WESTERN OF IRE• LAND RAILWAY BILL, Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said that when this Bill came before the House. it was his intention to call the attention of the House to all the details of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. HUDSON, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it was his intention to bring on the Bill. STAGE CARRIAGES DUTIES BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the report on this Bill. On the motion for the adjournment of the House, Colonel SIBTHORI! begged to, call the att e ntion of the House to the acci den ts that had occurred on the London and North Wester n Railway. No less than sev enteen lives had been lost on railways durin g the last fortnight, and he tho u g ht Government ought to adopt somem measure prevent such los s o f lif e. Mr. HUDSON said that no person could regret these accidents more than he did, and he wou ld not object to an inquiry being instituted to i nves ti ga t e the subject. Cala mities of a similar character had occurred by other means of conveyance than railways, which it would be as well eq ua ll y to i nvestigate. ' Nothing was more d is tressing to the directors of railway companies thaw these accidents, and he was sure, if the astute mind of the Hon. and Galla n t C o l onel could sug crest any means by which they c ou ld b e prevented, they 'would be only too happy to adopt them. The House then adjourned at Half -past Twelve o'clock. SURREY THE ATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siit,—A statement having appeared in your paper that the roof of the Royal Surrey Theatre has been injured by the fire which took place at the tavern adjoin ing, this morning, I shall feel obliged by your correcting the error into which your reporter has fallen. Neither the roof, nor any other portion of the tilt atre having s ustained the sligh test dama g e, and, consequently, the performances procee din g as us ual. Your obedient servant, J. KERSCHNER, Acting. Manager. Royal Surrey Theatre, June 7, 1847. LORD CASTLEREAGH S TRAVELS.—We are re quested to state that Mr. Colburn has this day published A Journey to Damascus, through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petrcea, Palestine, and Syria," by Viscount Castlereagh, M.P., in two vols. post Bvo., illustrated with numerous En gravings, from original drawings taken on the spot. Mr. Colburn has also just published the Tenth Volume of Miss Strickland's " Lives of the Queens of England;" and, 3, " Memoirs of Lady Sundon, and of the Court of Queen Ca roline, Consort of G eor g e II.," b y Mrs. that Dr. Whitl e y, one of the Thomson, two vols., yesterday from typhu s f ev er, caught ofeesiceal duties.—Liverpool paper. p din o i ssvvltrhisecidiors.c,uehwrgagirrteeghot:Pstoo;rdthiisreatdiai tits)er. 'EVENING, JUNE 8, 147. MAGAZINES (CONTINUED). THE SPORTING REVIEtt. Herring's high-mettled racer has degenerated— poor fellow!—to the shop. Not even the questionable dignity of a cab-hack, or the unenviable prerogative of a cockney's Sunday job-horse! No ; the mise rable slave of a butcher's boy, to be pricked by one rusty spur, to be flayed at the bending of the neck by the chafing of a common meat basket, and as Dickens says feelingly (enough to him just now) " to be beaten about the head as though it was made of wood !" The companion engraving, " The Stalker's Home," is clever for the peculiar dispo sition of the lights. About the literary contents there is, as usual, a rollicking, frollicking, dashing merriment that is quite contagious, and which is likewise a capital filip to digestion. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. According to the United Service Magazine, the new planet Neptune bears not the slightest resem blance to Canning's knife-grinder—" Story, God bless you! it has some to tell, sir ;" and the contri butor, who has become its mouthpiece, tells the nar rative of its discovery with all the zest of a lover of hobgoblins and of an enthusiast in astronomic re search. " A Leaf from an old Log" has all the fla vour of a weavelly biscuit; it is a yarn of much sprightliness. The " Tale of the Sea" appears to be of indefinite length, for it continues to wind out coil after coil without intermission. There is an admirable article headed, " Justice to the Navy Progression," written by Tristram. We recommend the million to read it, and to remember the glories of the British navy at the same time. The following, we doubt not, will be an interesting list to K everybody : RELATIVE RAN OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY IN QUEEN VICTORIA'S REIGN. Admirals of the Fleet ... Field-Marshals. Admirals ... „ Generals. Vice-Admirals „ Lieut.-Generals. Rear-Admirals ..• „ Major-Generals. Commodores of First Class Commodores of Second Class Di rec t o r-General of the Medical „ Brigadier. Generals. Department of the Navy Captains, after three y'ears as such „ Colonels. All other Captains ... Medical Inspectors of Hospitals „ Lieut.-Colonels. and Fleets ... ••• Commanders... ... Secretaries to Flag-Officers Corn manding-in-Chief „ Majors. Deputy Medical Inspectors of Hospitals and Fleets ... Lieutenants, Masters of the Fleet Masters, Chaplains ... Secretaries to Junior Flag-Officers „ Captains. and Commodores of First Class I Surgeons, Paymasters and Pursers...! Mates, Assistant-Surgeons „ Lieutenants. Second Masters, Mipshipmen , Ensigns. The subsequent portions of the magazine are of average ability. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. What we have throughout, from first to last, re cogrised as clearly as God's sun at the noon-day the Oxford and Cambridge Review has only now de tected. We mean about the principles, or, rather, the no-principles by which Michelet is actuated in his literary compositions. Thus speaks the organ of the two Universities : "At length the mask is thrown off—or more charitably, and, we believe, more truly—at length the plant is full grown, the germ has reached its development,—Michelet is an avowed infidel. It will be in the remembrance of most of our readers that at a time when religious men in this country, even good Churchmen, were more than half inclined to look with favour on this powerful writer, and to see in him simply an assailant of the abuses of Popery and the villanies of Jesuitism, we came forward to warn them against making common cause with one whose assaults were in truth directed against religion itself; whose weapons, while they seemed hurled against the mere armour in which Popery stands encased, pierced through to the very vitals of Christianity. We proved, chiefly by the writings of M. Edgar Quinet, whom M. Michelet admitted to be his alter ego, that it was the spirit of the French Revolution, the spirit of Voltaire, Rousseau, and Condorcet, which these well agreed joint-writers were endeavouring to propagate. And now M. Michelet has openly proclaimed that this is indeed the case—now at last he avers that he not only goes the same lengths with his yoke-fellow, but that he even goes beyond him ; for the first time he sets himself to oppose Christianity. We are glad that it has come to this. Henceforth the influence of Michelet in our own country will be trivial—inappreciable. He may continue to sway the mind of La Jeune France, but here, among (=selves, he will be powerless. Even in France, we are inclined to think, his popularity will suffer by the publication of the present work. He had better have remained where he was, the advocate of a vague Pan theism, than have declared himself, as he now has, a Deist, a mere Voltairist. Deist, negative, precise, and cold, can never attract men. Pantheism, positive, vague, and glowing, has at all times a charm, and for this ge neration, which is struggling out of selfishness into love, out of exclusiveness into catholicity, it must of necessity have a most peculiar one. Michelet, with all his power, will scarcely, we think, win men over generally from the poetic and imaginative, to the more intellectual and logical creed. He will find his followers, no doubt—but we should expect a division from henceforth in the councils of La Jeune France—a schism between the Micheletists and the Quinetists—wherein the former, uMless we are much mistaken, will be the minority. Even if Quinet himself succumbs to the stronger mind and keener intellect of his ci-devant friend and present adversary, the school of Quir et will remain ; in a na tion of warm and poetic temperament Deism can never absorb Pantheism." All this is correct enough, but with a ludicrous exaggeration in regard to the importance of M. Mi chelet. The writer need have no fear that such a man as Michelet will sway the mind of La Jeune France, while such a man as the young Count de Montalem bert is in existence. The leadership of La Jeune France is the natural and avowed prerogative of le Jeune homme 1 Michelet writes like one whose principle of life is galvanism; the divine afflatus is not for the like of him; his book-shelves are the very shambles of literature; his own works, though for a while adorned by an ephemeral glitter will, in the end, rot and putrify, and be forgotten like the very garbage. The magazine sustains its character. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. George Gilfillan has commenced in the present number a series of " Literary Portraits of Female Authors "—repudiating, we presume, the vulgarism of authoresses. We regret that this brilliant critic has abandoned the sketches he had already begun of living writers, for notwithstanding his very biunder ing estimate of the poetic genius of Alfred Tenny son, we were solicitous to hear his utterances upon Charles Dickens, upon Thomas Noon Talfourd, upon Douglas Jerrold, and the like. These delineations, we trust, are however only postponed. " Mrs. Hemans " is considered in the present number, and we think very justly denied the too-frequently abused title of a poet. For her exquisite womanliness, I for her passionate susceptibility, for her graceful and musical diction, we read her with the same enthusiasm as does Mr. Gilfillan, but we agree with him she was no poet. A songstres3 she was—a lyric nightingale she was as much is Mademoiselle Jenny Lind—but she was no poet. The article is cleverly written. Speaking of the Liberator, Tait observes:—" O'Con nell was the most kingly man of these days. His crown was indeed a cap, but his power was not cere monial, but real. He was the hero of his country men. In the eyes of the Liberals of Europe he was the august voice of an oppressed nation. Roman • Catholic Europe revered him as the sainted champion of Religion." The remaining articles are varied, and some of them excellent. NOTICE TO MARINERS. BAY OF NAPL ES—CHANNEL OF PROCIDA. Sicilian Consulate General, London, 4th June, 1847. Notice is hereby given, that from the 30th of April, 1847, there will be exhibited upon the Point called Cioppeto, in the Channel of Procida, in lat. 40 deg. 46 min. 39 sec., and long. 11 deg. 40 min. 48 sec. of the meridian of Paris, a catadiop trical apparatus of the 4th class, producing a constant and unvarying light, at an elevation of about 23 metres above the medium level of the sea, and visible at a distance of about 12 miles of 60 to the degree. DEFECTIVE STATE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE AT CAPE COAST CASTLE. A communication has been received at Lloyds, complain ing of the very defective state of the Lighthouse at Cape Coast Castle. The agent for Lloyds at that port, on receipt of a written complaint to him from the master of the schooner Guineaman, on the subject, had addressed the Colonial Go vernment on the subject, the reply to which was, that the causes of the grievances complained of would be iu• quired into, and necessary steps taken to remove them. The lighthouse, in its present state, is represented to be worse than useless, for that it misguides vessels. In stead of being visible seven leagues distant, it scarcely lights the anchorage, indeed masters of vessels knowing the an chorage prefer being guided by the lights in the merchant houses in town, or by those in the castle. The lighthouse is well situated, but badly constructed, and still worse managed. The light is seldom visible in fine weather beyond five miles, and often not at all at that distance. Captain Thompson, of the Guineaman, states that he had repeatedly, whilst at anchor, watched the lights and seen the lamps go out one after the other. Masters of all vessels pay a fine of three dollars for the lighthouse. = CURRENTS IN THE SEA.—A slip of pasteboard with writing on both sides, put into a bottle, was found near the larger of the Saltee Islands, off our coast, on Monday. The writing on one side is—" Barque Mohawk, from into pore pore to London , March B,Current papers—Please send to the editor of the Nautical Magazine when and where found. Latitude 49 degrees 00 minutes north; longitude 12 degrees 29 minutes west. W. Douglas, master." On the other side—" Latitude 49 degrees 00 minutes north ; longitude 15 degrees 29 minutes west. W. Douglas, mas ter." Underneath this is now written, in compliance with the request to state " when and where found," " West of Large Saltees Island, May 20, 1847." Wexford Inde- pendent. MILITARY I NTE LLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, JUNE 4. — The depot of the Bth (King's Own) Regiment has arrived at this garrison , fro m Canterbury, . for embarkation for India and the 63d, recently formed into a four -company depot, was detached from th e Provincial Battalion, and to date its s e paration from the Ist of the month. The depbt is in corn- Mand of Major Green, who has ree , mtly returned from India. EXETER ALL.—A performance of flaydn's Creation" will take place on Monday next, the 14th, under the management of the Sacred Harmonic Society, for the b ene fit of the inhabitants of Scotland suffering from famine . The Queen, the Q u e en Dowa g er, t he Roya l Family , and a • boat of diattnguished peroonageo, patroniao the undertaking. S IT N • ,!`z7rlr,r , = THE LATE MR. O'CONNELL. CAMBRIDGE INSTAL - The Universal Prussian Gazette devotes the following - article to the late Member for the county of Cork : At the risk of some (It gree of repetition we must lay' "It is not the least significant circumstance in the life before our readers a programme of the proceedings at of O'Connell that the last eventful scene of all' took the Installation of his Royal Highness Pace Albert place in a foreign land, so much nearer to Rome than to next month, so far as they are yet definitely Itidd'upon. Y We have already stated that her Majesty and her England, that no one member of his numerous famil was in attendance upon him in his last moments, and Royal Consort will arrive here on Monday, the sth that all which had formerly filled his life with patriotism of July. It was hoped that the Chancellor would and love was there submerged in the litanies of Italian have been amongst us on Saturday, the 3d, so as to priests and in the absolute and exclusive superintendence attend Divine service at St. Mary's on Commencement of the Romish Church. Sunday ; but it was found that this would be an in " This is perhaps the mora l an d th e goa l of a life convenient arrangement, and consequently it has been which has excited more than that of any of his contem- abandoned. The Royal visitors and their suite will leave poraries the astonishment and sympathy of the people; Buckingham Palace about ten o'clock on Monday, and and the impartial historian will probably some day an- proceed to the Tottenham station on the Eastern Coun nounce that, if O'Connell was active an Ireland, he ties railway, at which place a temporary platform will laboured for Rome. A not altogether ungrounded or b e ere cted for their accommodation. A very elegant inappropriate comparison has been made by an English ne w carriage now in course of construction for them, in print between O'Connell and the great Martin Luther; which they will travel down to Cambridge. The station but the resemblance is only a personal one; it only con- here will be handsomely fitted up on the occasion, and cerns the characters of the men, especially in the impe- accommodation will be provided fora considerable number tuous manner of expressing their emotions, but is not 0 1 ladies to witness the arrival of her Alejesty and the discoverable in their fundamental principles and objects. Chancellor, who will be received by the Mayor and The great Protestant leader opened the broad highway municipal authorities, and conducted by thew to the of modern liberty to the minds of awakening Europe ; gates of Trinity college. We are not at present aware the Roman Catholic demagogue narrowed even the in- what arrangements are made, or likely to be made, with terests of his country and the cause of liberty in favour regard to the afternoon of 111ontley ; it may be that t h e of that priesthood and that church which it was the Queen and the Prince, retaining a lively remembrance grand object of Luther to destroy. It is true that the of the glories of King's chapel, will again attend Divine example of O'Connell and the success of his endeavours ,ervice in that magnificent temple; but this. we appre_ have, in many parts of the world, powerfully excited the heed, is nut decided open. In the evening there is not Roman Catholic Church, by a strang e alliance between inueli doubt that they will cline in the hall of Catherine Hall their cause and the objects of the pop u l ar agitators of witti the excellent Mast. rof that s ociety, the present our age ; and Rome has won more proselytes in the Vice-Chancellor ; and subsequently theme will be a con mask of a tribune than in the state vestments o f royal cert in the Senate House, arrangemente for which are confessors and monastic inquisitors. But this, after all, p rogress i n and we have reason to ho p e that; Jenny Lind is the most striking, if not the only success, so far as a g lend the charms of her voice to the other charms of , this can be discerned in our own times, that posterity the occasion. will ascribe to Daniel O'Connell, be it for good or for On Tuesday the grand point of attraction will be the evil. It it affirmed that he emancipated Ireland, that he Senate House, where the Installation Ode will be per was the saviour of his country. Would to God that he formed, and various academical p roc eedings will take could lay claim to this renown, for Ireland would now place under th e p res id enc y o f hi s Royal Highness the be effectually saved and emancipated ! Would to God Chancellor. In the afternoon the horticultural fete that only one-half of the e xertions w hich have been in the beautiful grounds of Downing College made in order to maintain a party agitation, and only will take place, at which her Majesty will one-half of the money which has been squeezed from the be present. We hear gratifying accounts of the starving peasantry under the pretence of attaining im- arrangements in progress for this fete, which is ex possible and imaginary objects, had been appropriated pected to be of the most sumptuous kind. Edgington to the enfranchisement of Ireland from the most pro- will supply six or seven large tents, as well as one for found ignorance, to her redemption from the ruinous the exclusive use of her Majesty, and we believe that effects of idleness, to the amelioration o f h er social con- the scene will be enlivened by the presence of a military dition, and to the teaching of her people what it really band. The admission to this fete has been fixed, by her is to be free 1 If O'Connell's life was directed to the Majesty's request, at the low price of five shillings. On purpose of proving that the regeneration of Ireland de- the evening of Tuesday there will be a Royal banquet pended upon the assertion of certain political rights, and in the noble Hall of Trinity College; after which her on the magnifying of the power of the Romish clergy— Majesty will hold a small reception at the Lodge. then were these the great ends for which he really corn- When we wrote last week it was expected that her bated ; then, in fact, the last hours of his life m ay have Majesty and the Prince would quit Cambridge at an deeply bowed him down, and he may have seen occasion early hour on Wednesday ; but circumstances have to turn away from the desperate state of the country occurred since then which will probably delay their which once hailed him as its deliverer. For the loud departure for a short time. On Wednesday last the cry of anguish raised by the nation, the howlings of the Vice-Chancellor issued the following notice:— hungry, the desperate neglect of the first laws, according " St. Catherine's Hall Lodge, June 2, 1847. to which the inhabitants of the earth earn their daily "Several members of the University having expressed bread—the degradation of receiving nourishment from a wish that arrangements should be made for a public those who had always been the object of the constant breakfast, or other entertainment at the ensuing corn and unremitting hatred and censure of the Irish party— mencement, all these considerations are the present perturbatory re- " The Vice-Chancellor requests that all such graduates sults of the policy of O'Connell in Ireland. He had succeeded, by his incomparabl e i n fl uence, i n ra i s i ng a as are disposed to promote this object will meet in the Lecture Room under the Public Library on Friday - whole nation in a hot-headed pursuit o f an ill usory next, deter phantom. The repeal of the union was to be th e panacea the 4th instant, at one o'clock, to consider and e in fr i e n e e t. von the measures necessary for carrying it into for all evils, and to result in the abolition of all kinds of injustice; everything else was to be sacrificed to this In t accordance with this notice, the meeting took place one object. They believed him—the credulous, confid- s y ee es on er d d e a d y in whe n the proposal for a public breakfast was e v n e t r e 3 r - e a d pi m it to ed f m or ann h ing, and blindly zealous people. They followed him, were at once entered and willingly shared their miserable pence with his e o r l , din an g d on ar w ran e g a e n m es e d n a ts y morning, in the grounds of Trini y and St. John's whit But and his agents : they were ready to die for him. rival societies are to be united t r the occasion by ah a But even before his last hour had arrived, a more temporary bridge across the Cam, token, we hope, of powerful judge than human Governments—a mightier a perfect burial of whatever ill-fee , in may have arisen arm than the power of England, had annihilated the at the late election. This will be a g ora gnificent whole fabric. It is not the repeal of the union or the tainment, and we we cannot doubt that it will upon the enter voice of O'Connell that will emancipate Ireland, but the insight and industry of the people , who hold their fate whole eclipse all oth er f es ti v i t i es d ur i ng t h e I nsta ll at i on . in their own hands." A public fete at Magdalene College has been talked about, but we believe the engagements of the Royal visitors will not permit them to be present. It is understood that there will be no general illumi nation: the season of the year seems to interpose its authority against that mode of testifying loyalty. But we hope for a magnificent display of fireworks. We have authority to state that the following distin guished persons have accepted invitations to be present: —Duke of Wellington, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert and Aiar eiuLadyMarquis Peel, o f Northampton, Lord p M o a f r Marquis d oo London, Lansdowne, ,and Bisßishop of Oxford.—Cambridge Chronicle. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. The Queen took an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday, attended by her Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess Jocelyn. Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Mar shal) Equerry in Waiting, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by his Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice and the Princess Helena, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. (Extracts from the Provincial Journals.) LANCASHIRE.—Heaven is kind, if man is ungrateful. Never was there such glorious weather as that which has blessed the country during the last three weeks, and never, we believe, did the crops increase so rapidly in so short a time. The wheat and spring corn present a splendid appearance. The beans are equally promising. The grass is most luxuriant, and the potatoes never came up with such a prospect of abundance if the old disease does not again attack them. In short, during the time of which we have been speaking, nature has been working long hours and short hours, and all hours for man, and the result shows that the time has been well occupied.—L iverpool Chronicle. YoRKSHIRE.—Another week of magnificent summer weather has confirmed the hopes of an early and favour able harvest. There has now been a month of the finest weather possible, and vegetation of every kind is in a healthy and vigorous state, excepting only the potatoes, which are again found to be suffering from the mys terious disease which destroyed them last year. The opinion, however, has revived that the stock of corn in the country is very low; and this, combined with the potato disease, has produced a decided rally in the market. —Leeds Mercury. DUNFRIES.—A new order of weather began here on Thursday last. Thursday and Friday were quite worthy of May. A slight thunder-storm passed over our town early on Saturday morning, so early that few of our citizens heard it. It seems to have been general in England: London had its share of it. It was followed here by a copious and refreshing shower, which told prodigiously on vegetation after the heat of the two preceding days. Saturday was a somewhat dull day; but it was soft, mild, and feeding to the crops. Since then the weather has been magnificent, and the full glory of summer is upon us. Monday evening, with the broad rising moon, was almost the loveliest we ever saw on earth. It has been noticed as a fact that the oak is earlier out than the ash this summer, which is by no means always the case ; and this, they say, foretokens a dry summer. When the ash is out before the oak the summer is to be a wet one. This is not our place for speaking minutely of the crops ; but we may state that they are looking well in this neighbour hood. Some of the early sown oat fields seem almost gone, whether blighted by the cold, by vermin, or by disease. Throughout the south of Scotland, and especi ally in the confines of Lanarkshire and Peebles-shire, the mischief was too common. In many cases fields were ploughed down as quite useless. Whatever may be the case elsewhere, the blighted fields in this neighbourhood are gradually recovering, and their crops may still be fair.—Dumfries-shire Herald. GLOUCESTERSHIRE —THE POTATO CROP6.—Having seen statements alleging the prevalence of potato disease amongst the growing crops in this neighbourhood, we have thought it right to make as diligent examination and as general inquiries into the accuracy of these state ments as our time and opportunities have permitted, and we are happy to say that the result has been to per fectly satisfy us that, for the present at least, the general—almosttabunduannivterhsaarlzsintd o i universal—indication, a thistli ln , i points mpaort n t r o t) o t. a One or two symptoms of disease on t he leaf has been healthy and pointed out to our observation, and a solitary leprous tainted potato or two amongst the early hot-bed produc tions; have been shown to us; but these are exceptions in proportion to one in a thousand, which, in ordinary times would have been overlooked entirely, and are only now of importance as tending to excite apprehensions that a greater development of disease may unhappily supervene. We think there are good grounds for hope and confidence that such will not be the case. The atmospherical influences this year have been and are of quite an opposite character to those of the two last years. A severe and protracted winter prepared the earth for the reception of the seed, and a bright summer sun has followed to bring to healthy maturity the crops. We perceive that reports of disease have also been i re ceived from Ireland, from the Isle of Wi g ht, an d f rom various parts of England, but they have all been fol lowed by disclaimers, qualifications, or contradictions. — Gloucester Journal. DEVONSHIRE.—HAY HARVEST.—A field of young grass, in this neighbourhood, belonging. to Mr. de r. N. Woolmer's Exeter Gazette. Tuckett, was carried on Tuesday in prime o Il ames uisE.—A correspondent has se nt us some fine wheat ears, which were plucked on the first of June, being two days earlier th an an y at all a pp roaching them i n forwardness could have been fo und last y ear. The l as t three APO • ks have done wonders for all kinds of crops, and thrown the interest ed p ro p he cies of a late harvest and expected scarcity into the shade.—Hanip shire Advertiser. MoNMoUTHSHIRE.—The bark season has commenced at Newport, Monmouthshire; the pric es are f rom 60s. to 85s. per ton. Our Monmouth s hi re correspondent • c ea o t u h ld er be fo l r vis t h h e e d la fo s r t . fortnight t ar h e as ev b e e r e l, n . and hay- ma ki ng wi ll b e general in es a wavh f ye e ers— w rY''et days. hl;3;lTgk hitnehgat Wel‘ well, have heard no complaints yet about potatoes in this country."—Bristol Journal. ITERTFORDSHIRE.—The hay season commenced hero on Monday last. The crop has since been carted, and, now may be seen a new rick of meadow hay. The cinquofoins are ready for the scythe, and two farmers have begun to cut them. The crops are fine, and hay ing will soon be general.—County Press. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yester day, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lady Alfred Paget, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance during dinner. Her Ntajest)'s private band afterwards attended in the Palace. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen paid visits to her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborougn House ; to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House ; and to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, at Cambridge House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, and also her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. The Royal Duchess paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, at Cambridge House. Prince William of Hesse Pbilippsthal arrived at Marlborough House, Pall-mall, at twelve o'clock yester day, from the Continent, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, attended by his suite, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry with his company at dinner yesterday at Holderness House. The Marchioness of Londonderry had afterwards an evening party. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein with their company, at dinner, yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cam bridge House, and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house. Yesterday the Hereditary Grand Duke visited and inspected St. Paul's Cathedral. In the afternoon his Royal Highness, accompanied by Prince William of Philippsthal, and attended by Earl Howe and Count de Beust, went to the House of Lords, and also inspected the new Palace at Westminster. Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thornton transacted business at the Foreign office on Friday. Earl Cathcart had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Welman had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. HARVEST PROSPECTS.—In the Exchange News• room, on Saturday, a clump of wheat was exhibited from Mr. Neilson's farm, at Halewood. It was sown the first week in October, is now upwards of three feet high, and beautifully shot into ear. Mr. Thomp son, of Sutton, near Eas tham, states, in a letter to the Mail, that he cut a field of grass last Mon day, and was carrying it on Saturday. The crop was so heavy that the mowers laboured to deliver it from the scythe. An old practical farmer who was present stated that he had never seen a finer crop, and it was in first-rate condition. He intends to take a second crop from the same field. " Grain," he adds, " looks excellently well. As con cerns the potato blight, my crop is not enough advanced to give any opinion at present. I can detect no symptoms The plant looks well." Haymaking commenced near Bath above a week ago, and in the neighbourhood of Flolmforth heavy and luxuriant crops have been housed." The Leeds Intelligencer says, " On Tuesday morning last a gentleman called at our office with a fine stalk of rye, with the ear shot, which he ha l plucked on the previous day in a field near Addle. We should doubt whether that ancient of men, the oldest inhabitant,' ever knew rye shot in the month of May before."—Liverpool Albion. BODY FOUND.—We are requested by the superin tendent of police at Margate to insert the following notice : —" Found at sea this morning, near Margate, the body of a respectably dressed man, about five feet tan inches high, well made and very much decomposed, dressed in slate or gray speckled trousers, Albert slippers, cotton socks, black dress coat, and mixed casimere waistcoat; supposed to have been in the water about two months." ASCENT OF MR. GREEN'S BALLOON.—Last evening one of the best ascents that hal been witnessed for several summers was made by Mr. Green in the Nassau Balloon, from Cremorne-gardens. The number of persons attracted by the announcement of what was to take place was very numerous, and within the ring by which the balloon was fenced off from the great body of spectators was an assem blage of many of the comic writers, dramatists, &c., to wit ness the departure of Mr. Albert Smith, Mr. J. Lee, and some of the confederate writers in the amusing periodicals of the day, who accompanied the veteran aeronaut in the car. The balloon appeared from the gardens to pass the river about Westminster, and take towards Kent. The grounds were crowded. The company after the ascent partook of the fes tivities prepared by Mr. Ellis, the proprietor. Music, danc ing, fireworks, dramatic representations, singing, &c., formed the diversions of the evening. The place is now in admirable order, and the walks, parterres, &c., are well laid out. PONTYPOOL.—DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Thurs day afternoon last. between three and four o'clock, a dreadful accident happened at the Partneynidd forge by the bursting of a boiler. The scene was really terrific; one l arge p i ec e of iron passed through the roof of th e for everything before it, and fell close by the ogee' door, several stones and bricks dropped on t h e roof of the houses near; and the windows were all broken. There were alto gether fifteen persons scalded and otherwise injured, tan of whom aro now under medical care. In such large works, where there are hund re d s o f men, women, and children em ployed, it is surprising how any of them escaped.—Herejord Times. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Merca n tiI e Lif e —lt has been rt.- marked by intellig en t foreigners, that cases of . baldness prevail greatly in this country, an d as a cause, that the unwearied application to com mercial pursuits cont r ib u t es l argely to this result. Be this as it may, nowhere is a protective and restorative preparation more needed ; and probably there is no European people to whom artifi cia l applf. anees have bee n 80 eminently serviceable. The numerous orts,zo, of recovery of the hair after having fallen off, or partial baldness, aro truly astonishing. The testimonials of the efficacy of Oldridge's Balm of Columbia place its power and virtues beyond all doubt or cavil Ss. Cd., Cs., an d ll s . p er bottle. No other prim* are genuine. Oldridgs's Baba, 1, Wellliston-stresl, tie second 1 " 11111 1/U1 t/te Ursa. TYPHUS FEVER IN BRlSTOL.—Bristol, WQ regret to say, is, in common with Newport and other places oil I re l,nd,in . the Western coast, now suffering. from the . ravages of the consequence . . of t ch yp e h g u r s ea fe t v i e n r iu i x m o p f or l t r e l d sh have . arrived in Bris— tol in a state of complete destitution and disease, the effects of the famine in that unhappy country. In St. Peter's Hags pital, which is in Bristol used as one of the poor-hottses. fprrupers. w ho there are now upwards of forty cases of severe tndans f eve r, chiefly atlecting the Irish paupers; and the great est care will be required to be taken by the medical au. thorities to prevent its spreading among the other inmates of the hospital, which contains some hundreds of inha bitants. The governor and d e p u t y - governor of the Bris tol Corporation of the Poor have memoralised the Home Secretary upon the subject, praying him to take imme diate steps to prevent the masters of sailing vessels from bringing paupers from Ireland, many of them in a state of fever, and landing them on our shores, leaving them to the mercy of casual charity, or to the relief afforded by the poor'a. rates, Y.~ ~