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lions before the Cfmmitt ee were appointed. It was a st sta nding ord..r of the House that no party interested in Bin sho u ld he iv.ointed as a member of a ° L ininitt* e 01 . t. that Bill appo . Now, here was Mr. W Stanley, vija was de eply interested on the subject of this Bill— rhgya redhe Id °, he be a pp o i nte d on the C omm i ttee ? H e ere , ' 0 ,,, t 3, this Bill as a public measure, and, the ' he treated it as such ; and he thought that titles of th e H ouse should not be set as i de on th i s --44 - He would therefor e m o v e th a t Mr. Stanley b e ;ant • , apponiteu on the Committee. Mr- W. 0. STANLEY said he had no wish what ever to be aointed on the Committee. The motion for the appointment of Mr. Stanley was itgreed t o . Mr. WILLIA.MS proposed that five Members should th chosen by the Committee of Selection and added to e Committee. He did not think that he was out of order in making such a motion. The motion was then agreed to. xt AB OLITION OF TRANSPOii,TATION. M. KELLY wished to know whether in abolishing trans portation, periods of imprisonment, compulsory la bour, and exile, were to be substituted equivalent to t he axed sentence of transportation now passed; or ,„ Wh ether it was to be left to the option of the Executive Gov ernment, according to the circumstances of the case? Sir G. GREY said that he had already stated the ' oo urse to b e ta k en in his observations the other even:•og. The maximum and minimum of the imprisonment would *such depend upon the good conduct and industry of t he convi c t, The Act of Deportation would take place % later period, but the plan subsequently adopted Wo uld be the same as that laid down by Lord Stanley. v r RE CORN AND NAVIGATION LAWS. Lord J. RUSSELL rose and said—Sir, I beg to give notice that I will to-morrow move for leave to introduce %Bill to extend the period of the suspension of the duties t ill the ; 4t eportation of foreign corn. I shall also move or "re to int ro d uce a Bill to cont i nue f ar a li m i te d Period the suspension of the Navigation Laws. RAILWAY BILLS OF THIS SESSION. it The C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said as w as exceedingly desirable that no time should be lost 'a proceeding with the resolutions of the Committee With respect to these Bills, he begged to propose that the eunsideration of them should be proceeded with before the offer orders of the day on Wednesday next. Sir AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. 11. PEEL wished t o k now w h en th e papers with ,2spest to Portugal would be presented to the House. It 1;os necessary that they should be presented without de li", as the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) had expressed it eowillingness to postpone his motion. Certainly W ,. 43 most important that no time should be lost. t4,440rd J. RUSSELL said his Noble Friend the Secre p:Del for Foreign Affairs had stated to him that the fts -crs vfould be presented to-night, but the printer not have a sufficient number of papers printed to -9 T _PIY Hon. Members before to-morrow. Iti r r i rd G. BENTINCK wished to ask a question of the the Lord opposite. It was well known that when ° ueets of different nations were engaged, it was the flirsetice that the superior officer should command. In the Coast of the French fleet taking part in the operations se coast of Portugal, he wished to know whether -Ve Pr ince de J o i nv ill e, b e i ng Lord High Adm i ral of Lrt!ttee, s hould command the combined fl ee t s o f France '414 E ngland ?—(L aug h ter. ) th Lord J. RUSSELL—No arangement has been made ans aware o f to put t h e f orces of the d iff erent t i c pls in questi on un d er t h e comman d o f any one par ot° officer. On the contrary, orders have been given th Vi r • Parker no t to ta k e t h e con j o i nt comman d o f ddb r enCh or S panish naval forces; though I have no his ! tthat gre at respect will be paid by these f orces to t e ,, "lee and op i n i ons i n case of any operation. With k e 6 '!trd to the Prince de Joinville, I have not heard that ,r about to proceed to the coasts of Spain or Portugal, taki,_therefore, there can as yet be no question about his 1 4% the command of the combined forces. te,qr• LL LIGE wished to k n ow w hether it was the in -1:911 of the Ch a i rman of the Railway B oar d to b r i ng Atis of Bill this night ? STRUTT was understood to say that it was not h„ brought f orwar d, i n cons eq u ence of other —illness Which had precedence. ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. that!: 14ABOUCHERE, in reply to a question, stated toceitne subject of polling at elections in Ireland had . Lelved the attention of Government. In counties in eA d ..._itTl it would be extremely difficult to shorten the stio e et ., of the term for polling, as it was extremely for t c.!t° appoint a sufficient number of polling places the purp _ use He regretted that it had not been in knUovver of her M a j esty ' s G overnment to i ntro l ute enable to th e H ouse on th i s su bj ect, wh i ch would vi ew ! Hon. Me m b ers to consider the subject, with a la t.O the whole reconstruction of the electoral system With regard to the boroughs in Ireland the Ithitlwas different, and he did not despair of being able ro cluee a B i ll t o s h orten the durat i on of the polling, a ki e " he thougsides of ht couldthe be so framed as to meet the ctio n of both Howe. Sir Bight 41 li r TIME OF IMPRISONMENT. „,..TZROY KELLY said he begg e d t o as k the `fritoo. Gentle man (Si r G eorge G rey ) whether it N rio l a il tended to s p ec if y t h e max i mum and minimum s ir of imprisonment. st lit EORGE GREY said that he had already eon e . 4 :to the House that the subject had been taken into Rosideration. It was intended (as we understood the Gentleman, who was most indistinct), that the im -4°7llnent should have reference to the term of tran- IPortation. EMIGRATION. The Earl of LINCOLN rose for the purpose of malting an explanation relative to what had been stated a few evenings 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• meat as far as lay in his power, he begged to give that . assertion his most determined denial. He had stated eXplicitly to Mr. Godley, and the other gentlemen who • 'were with him, the form of his motion, and the mode in hhieh h e i ntended to bring that question forward. He t hese nev er f or an instant deviated from that form, and if - b ell etie gentlem en were d ece i ve d, i t was th e i r own f au l t . t'" had told them each and all what he had intended to 143• With reference to Mr. Godley he held a letter from , in which he expressed his regret that such state t—ents should have gone abroad. He regretted the otter the more that Mr. Godley, who anxiously desired h ; b enefit hi s ki n d , w h o was s i ncere l y d es i rous o f serv i ng 's, co untry, should ha ve a lso been subjected to the I l ia f hppancies of anonymous a riters. Unfortunately ,C'oble Fri en d th e M em b er f or D orse t s hi re wa s n o t aent, but perhaps the Hon. Member for Kerry would Ttitantiate the accuracy of his statements. t eco r • M ORGAN O'CONNELL said that as far as his te llection extended Mr. Godley had carried the in flitinns of the Noble Lord into effect. The fact was, at two , „ subjects were started when the deputation went Go th e Treasury. Two subjects were laid before the oth v e eru nient, one was Mr. Godley's scheme, and the as the Nob Government's consent to such an inquiry ve,L'o Noble Lord proposed the other night. The Go ciZnent did not consent to this inquiry, and Mr. site, said he was authorised by the Noble Lord oppo - Bay, that he would bring the matter before the th 4 :l e • lie (Mr. M. J. O'Co nne ll) un d erstoo d b y that ti c , "he Bhuu 1 d for war d th e genera l su bj ect of colonise -1; and not the plan of Mr. Godley. 1.. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that the Hon. Member : IKerry had stated that which was in perfect confir a„tt,inn of his own recollection of the subject. Two :"JeCts were mentioned. One was Mr. Gudleys' plan, . 11 . 4 the other was the question of appointing a Coin rttee to inquire into the subject of colonization. It `ld not appear to him that the subject of Mr. Godley's Go vernment. Was brought especially before the notice of the ` lo vernment. When informed that the Government did sot intend to support the appointment of a Committee Of Inquiry , he understood Mr. Godley to say, tlust the j &Obect would be brought forward before the House. lie ( 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 Gov ernorT of Van Diemen's Land before the House. The i t h On • Member, who was very indistinctly heard Wroughout, prayed that the House would grant them Its indub , ence while he proceeded to lay before gt the facts connected with the dismissal of the late „tr Eardley Wilmot,rwhich had excited so deep a sensa 4on both in that HoUse and out of doors. That lamented r l i,vidual was now beyond the power of persecution ; 4.,t was due to his memory to clear it from the charges ' e n had been made against him. These charges had er been stated in plain terms ; even the dispatch of I,7"o,...,GAadstone stated that they were defined with the v t0r ., 43 living in a state of concubinage with convict ti c - s e n ;” and to his dying day the subject of them was Iper mo re than this : What were the charges, or who he (Slr 6 the persons b e hi n d hi s b ac k, w h o a d va n c ed what el lm , • Spooner) had no hesitation in saving were mere fe cte g e _st &like unfounded and unju%t? What were th e ate' I ` lll7 l how did they originate ? Three gentlemen . cc to .this country from the colony, and had certain telitrunications with the Colonial office. Two of these hut o e „ me n D laid no restriction upon the use of their names, shoufd a n ca c ; them did ; and, therefore, he (Mr. Spooner) tn,ade tj;.",,, r efer by name to either of them. Having \*lodst ot io -4 arges, the then Secretary of State (Mr, z-dtrdley *L e nt off a dispatch—a public dispatch—to Sir subject nf . 1 " 11 ?t, with which, as it alluded not to the nothino. ; til e charges, he (Mr. Spooner) had p rivate .. ..o d o. But he sent off another and a APIA dispatch, dated the 13th day of h id k _ f. 184 n -. which stated that communication 14 4 ,_"_" n made to him which excited no small surprise, charges as they related to his private life. To these the he he said he would not advert, but he said that tiol‘xorernment felt it imperative to request his resigns iceltd There was nothing in those charges that could h e _ b ia s to f orm any plan for his own vindication. ha j e yvere so un certa i n in their character, and so vague d e :V 1 . ei F descriptio n , t h at he ' was utterly at a loss how to bad i with the, eltic, . But he did w hat Sir Georg- , Arthur •• CCith rel u•ider st!.niltr eireurns;aePes ; he called hi-; - 1446p. i .m tzether, and said--flue are certain char.,e , "litat.g l ;il;„ a glinst me by the Gevernwent at home ; if 1 lllle S A - '' Sas. ' 3.) ;if I stn notguilty, the; re )reient to b in; glish 6. - , - , .;,,, , ; parag ng the tim e that. Lucy were u koni,..ir ~.. that this subject was under discussion a 4PPeareci„ in the Naval and Militarg Gazette, - me chtrgee. To that paragraph the Lord Chief Justice of the colony repel erl in a letter to the editor, giving the statement his uequ d;fleci contradiction. The lion. Meinbesr then read the 1, tter of the Chief Justice, to the effeet that there was no truth in , he letter part of the charge, which stated, thae no persons of character or respectabi;ity went to the Government house except on business. The reply of Sir E. Wilmot on the sth of October, 1846, denied the imputations con tuned 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 mode against him. (Hear, hear) Having left the charges before the Council, a Committee was appointed to investigate there, 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 life 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 ; he 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 lion. 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, unfeeling, and hardly 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 Lot 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 Earoley 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 directed 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 Hon. Friend who first spoke on the subject had exercised a wise discretion in declining to enter upon them at all. Those were pints which could not with much good effect, and with very little propriety, be canvassed in that House. lie 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 There l werethepriv t ate hree infor p m er a s t o io n n s_ w r h e ic r l s e owns in the c asconveyed to him. nd living independently of the Govenment, voluntarily con firmed the rumour which had reached his ears, and wh ich al h l a c el f b u e n e i n nip spereacadhainhlNp character, sraoauttehr,Winafolersm. Theseinformed a fr par ties,friend dthat the character of Si r Eardley a Wilmot was such as to public duties. That rumour,unfit himanfodr that the Confirmation,dischargeof influenced Mr. Gladstone lvilmot inw wag an what he had done,dhadaheindependently forep hish had not n h d e ent of removal of u Sir E. report, or such charges. At the same time y s fiLl did not think it would be consistent to re-appoint him to another colony till such charges upon his character 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 refused,—(llear, 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 lion. 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 chat aster 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 frion:fs. He (Sir R. Peel) only added, that having heard the documents and statement:, brought before the House by his friend the Member for Birmeg 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 lion. Gentle man the Member for Tamworth, more than hat 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 up.m his character were without foundation. He would not have risen but for the seeming imputation which was thrown by an Hon. Member upon the character of the Noble L:erd 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 mans 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 new 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. Glaliton'e, as to the propriety of the course which he had taken, he would not then deliver any opinion. But he only hoped that the Hon. Member (Mr. Spooner), and 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 observations. He thought that, of all the ditties which were imposed upon Secretaries of State, the most sacred was that of protecting the cha racters of those who were abseot 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 caracter 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 sore which his previous conduct had created ; but he *thought that the previous ell , irge which had ,seen made, had been made harshly, and upon very uncertain evi dence. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that he had not intended to have said a word on this subject, but the Right lion. Gentleman who had just sat down had handled Mr. Gladstone's conduct very roughly—almost tr.,o much so. —(No, no.) He thought it most unfortunate that Lord Grey had not pursued the nobler course adopted by the N o ble Lord a: the h2arl the Geverimpnt, of disav , r4- i, r2: t e seaoil ettee7 , . , s made a g ainst the name of a put>lit . Sir J. (iZ tI,tlT sai;l:that.La ikia rejoiced to he n;. caht whioh been raised against the name of Sir E. Wilmot had been entirely removed. With respect to the conduct of the present Colonial secretary, he thought that there was no ground of complaint, for t 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 accusation 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 aui,.ority, that no Secretary of State would have been justified in overlooking them. Two of these gentlemen were at present iu 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 bef pre 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 suspicion. 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. HAWES 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 cagnisant of what was alleged against Sir Eardley Wilmot except through a dispatch from that gentleman himself. He agreed with his Noble Friend teat 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 he alluded that a strong feeling existed as to their conduct, and from the expression of that feeling he had not shrunk.—(Hear.) Mr. BORTHWICI( said the lion. 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 whicla 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 he 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 indefensib!e. 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 sail he did not know the name of the gentleman alluded to. Mr. HORSMAN said he held a high official situation. Mr. SPOONER said he d.d not know the person al- i 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 lion. 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 difficulty in which his Right Hon. relative was placed. Mr. ROEBUCK seid that he did not know why they should not have the names of mese gentlemen, who had informed " my Right Hon. relative" of these untruths which had led to the disgrace and mat of an honest man. He had his own thoughts of what con,tituted 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 of one of their Colonies, and why were they not supplied with the names of the par ties making these accusation, without making 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 nit 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 tie,. Cplonies with haling 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 Aprii, 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 dt , cide was this, were the colonies always to be governed upon Mr. Glalstobe'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 discloved ?—(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 he 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 guaraetee 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 th e l ate S ecretary f or the Colonies. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman pronounced his defence to be dishonest, but he fur one did not think so. He felt convinced that his Right Honourable Friend dismissed Sir Eardley Wilwott, 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 Hon. 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 tant 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 &bate 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 beard 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 vfflrd opportunity for the House to ..roceed with tit , th r tin-iness More it. The 6;T then dr , pp-d. IiEGISTERI Bpart•-; AND mARRI.wEs ' (s.i,orLA.ND) iaLL. • • _ T!-„, wa:s then" read - for 7,oing irtrt Committee uu tri,:se Several petitions were presented against these Bills. The LORD-ADVOCATE said that he was happy 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 wouid now endeavour shortly to state to the House the greueds which had led the Go vernment to propose the present Bills for the registra tion of births and marriaeee. There could be no doubt that the subject anticipated by the Bills was a very im portant one, for the purpose of effarding 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 a ff or d t h e opportun i ty o f immediately carrying out the provisions of the Bill at considerably less expense than in this country. With respect to the ex • penses of carrying out the Bill, it was not proposed that any advances should be made from the Treasury to meet the expenses of carrying out the measure, but that local taxation should be made to support the whole of the system.. He thought that if h e attempte d to ra i se t h e expense of . this registration f rom t h e persona l or rea l 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 o f t h e su bj ect, h e cou ld se e nothing more expedient, more cheap, more convenient, or more just than a paroChial rate, as proposed in this Bill. He knew there were st rong o bj' ct i ins to t hi s mode of rating, but of the various proposals that were made to defray the expenses of the registration, it appeared to him to be the most eligibl e . H e h a d as k e d t h os e who objected to this mode of assessment, what other course they would propose, but none of them were able . to give him a sati s f ac t ory so l ut i on t o 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 al so o th er offices of various kinds ; and he found that a schoolmaster, who bad been one of the great leaders of th e movemen t aga inst 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 wo man 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 had known cases proved from letters which had been exchanged between the parties, but the marriage of which were so ob,,cure that the judges trembled at the decision which they were obliged to give. Under such a state of things could it be wondere 4 at that most lament table cases were repeatedly brought before the courts of justice. There was a case which had iven 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, be contracted a marriage with a lady who w as connecte d 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] 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 most objec tionable, he had proposed that the register could not certify unless one of the parties was resident within the district for a certain peri o d o f t i me . His object inris 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 l en d an attentive ear to any clamour which might be ignorantly urged, Mr. FORBES said that he would continue to object to the Bill, and be 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 pr evente d by this Bill from exercising their functions. The people of Scotland objected to this Bill also because it would in effect prevent the poor man from being mar r i e d according to t h e r it es 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 i n f ormat i on of the event to t h e 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 oa this - la 'was postponed till Thursday. • 4. TURNPIKE The Turnpike Acts Cunti:,uanee Acts Bill was read a bird time and passed. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND). The Destitute Persons (Ireland)* Bill was read a se cond time. NE WFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT. The Newfoundland Governmint 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 (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and I,assed. The Police Clauses Bill went thro']gh 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, ord 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 SIBrHORP begged to: call the attention of the House to the accidents that had occurred on the London and North Western Railway, No less than seventeen lives had been lost on railways during the last fortnight, and he thought Government ought to adopt some measure to prevent such loss of life. Mr. HUDSON said that no person could regret these accidents more than he did, and he would not object to an inqairy being instituted to investigate the subject. Calamities of a similar character had occurred by other means of conveyance th an railways, which it would be as well equally to investigate. Nothing was more distressing to the directors of railway companies than these accidents, and he was sure, if the astute mind of the Hon. and Gallant Colonel could sug gest any means by which they could be prevented, the would be only too happy to adopt them. y The House then adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. SURREY THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A statement having appeared in your paper that the roof of the Royal Surr e y T heatre 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 theatre having sustained the slightest damage, and, consequently, the performances proceeding as usual. Your obedient servant, J. KERSCHNER, Acting-Manager. Royal Surrey Theatre, June 7, 1847. am an as d eu S s' yr t i ll a r , 2ug h il v Viscount Castlereagh, LORD CASTLEREAGH, S TRAVELs.--W e are re- Egypt, Nubia, A ra bi a Pe A trcea, quested to state that Mr. Coll)orn has thi s d ay publ i shed M.P., in two vols.. post Svc., illustrao:l with numerous En gravings, from original dri!wiugs taken or, the spot. Mr. Journey Palestine,to D Coil-m/111as also just published th e Tcrith Vllume of MiFs Sticklir.d's - Lives [if the Qtz: . :.ns et England -" gnd, " ilenfoirs. , of I,..idy Strldilii, alai of the C , )kirt of 'Queen ':9- roline, Consort of GPorge II. , " '4) 3 41 , ::• Thoms.: , n, two vo!'.. post Bvo., with Portraits. We regret to state that Dr. VV hitley, 'one- of the district surgeons, di e d yesterday from - typhus fever, Caught in the dioharge o f hi s professional duties.--Lioerpooipaper, MAGAZINES (CONTINUED). THE SPOR7 ING RE VIEW. 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 dige,tion. COLBURIVS thVITED According to the United Service Magazine, the new planet Neptune bears not the slightest resem blance to Cann►ng'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 everybody:— RELATIVE RANK OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY IN QUEEN VICTOKIX'S Admirals of the Fleet ... ...with Field-Marshals. Admirals ... „ Generals. Vice-Admirals Lieut,-Generals. Rear-Admirals „ „ Major-Generals. Commodores of First Class Commodores of Second Class Director-General of the Medical „ Brigadier-Generals. Department of the Navy Captains, after three years as such „ Colonels. All other Captains ... Medical Inspectors of Hospitals „ Lieut.-Colonels. and Fleets ... Commanders... ... Secretaries to Flag-Officers Com manding-in-Chief „ Majors. Deputy Medical Inspectors of Hospitals and Fleets ... Lieutenants, Masters of the Fleeti Masters, Chaplains ... Secretaries to Junior Flag-Officers ~ Captains. and Commodores of First Class I Surgeons, Paymasters and Pursers,) Mates, Assistant-Surgeons „ Lieutenants. Second Masters, Mipstiipmen „ 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•• cognised 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 ➢lichelet 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 Condurcet, which these well agreed joint-writers were endeavouring to propagate. An .l 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. Ho may continue to sway the mind of La Jeune France, but here, among ourselves, he will be powerless. Even in France, we are inclined to think, his popularity will suffer by the publication of tho 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, unless 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 Quinet 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 ! Michelet writes like one whose principle of fif e is galvanism ; the divine afflatus is not for the 'fike 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 blunder 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, 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 songstress she was—a lyric nightingale she was as much as 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 NAPLES-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 in• 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 SZA.—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 Singe. pore to London, March 8, 1847. Current papers—Please to 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 N TELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, JUNE 4. The depot of the Bth (King's Own) Regiment has arrived at this garrison, from Canterbury, for embarkation for India; and the 63d, recently formed into a four-company depot, was detached from the Provincial Battalion, and to date its F apAration from the let of the month. The depOt is in corn. amid of Major Green, who hab Hownt ly returne , i fray. Indio., EXETER .11Au..7--A. performance a }I ~c,i•e at itiu" will take piact on AlormAy , text. the 14th, umit-r rj:4 9 mimagellielq of the S , - : - in t t benefit of the inhabitants of Scotland suffering from famine. The Queen, the Queen Dowager, the Royal Family, and a host 01 distinguished personages, patronise the undertaking. THE LATE MR. O'CONNELL. The Universal Prussian Gazette devotes the following art'cle to the late Member for the county of Cork : , " It is not the least significant circumstance in the life of O'Connell that the 6 last eventful scene of all' took place in a foreign land, so much nearer to Rome than to England, that no one member of his numerous family was in attendance upon him in his last moments, and that all which had formerly filled his life with patriotism and love was there submerged in the litanies of Italian priests and in the absolute and exclusive superintendence of the Romish Church. " This is perhaps the moral and the goal of a life which has excited more than that of any of his contem poraries the astonishment and sympathy of the people; and> the impartial historian will probably some day an nounce that, if O'Connell was active in Ireland, he laboured for Rome. A not altogether ungrounded or inappropriate comparison has been made by an English print between O'Connell and the great Martin Luther; but the resemblance is only a personal one; it only con cerns the characters of the men, especially in the impe tuous manner of expressing their emotions, but is not discoverable in their fundamental principles and objects. The great Protestant leader opened the broad highway of modern liberty to the minds of awakening Europe ; the Roman Catholic demagogue narrowed even the in terests of his country and the cause of liberty in favour of that priesthood and that church which it was the grand object of Luther to destroy. It is true that the example of O'Connell and the success of his endeavours have, in many parts of the world, powerfully excited the Roman Catholic Church, by a strange alliance between their cause and the objects of the popular agitators of our age ; and Rome has won more proselytes in the mask of a tribune than in the state vestments of royal confessors and monastic inquisitors. But this, after all, is the most striking, if not the only success, so far as this can be discerned in our own times, that posterity will ascribe to Daniel O'Connell, be it for good or for evil. It it affirmed that he emancipated Ireland, thatghe was the saviour of his country. Would to God that he could lay claim to this renown, for Ireland would now be effectually saved and emancipated ! Would to God that only one-half of the exertions which have been made in order to maintain a party agitation, and only one-half of the money which has been squeezed from the starving peasantry under the pretence of attaining im possible and imaginary objects, had been appropriated to the enfranchisement of Ireland from the most pro found ignorance, to her redemption from the ruinous effects of idleness, to the amelioration of her social con dition, and to the teaching of her people what it really is to be free ! If O'Connell's life was directed to the purpose of proving that the regeneration of Ireland de pended upon the assertion of certain political rights, and on the magnifying of the power of the Romish clergy— then were these the great ends for which he really com bated ; then, in fact, the last hours of his life may have deeply hewed him down, and he may have seen occasion to turn away from the desperate state of the country which once hailed him as its deliverer. For the loud cry of anguish raised by the nation, the howlings of the hungry, the desperate neglect of the first laws, according to which the inhabitants of the earth earn their daily bread—the degradation of receiving nourishment from those who had always been the object of the constant and unremitting hatred and censure of the Irish party— all these considerations are the present perturbatory re sults of the policy of O'Connell in Ireland. He had succeeded, by his incomparable influence, in raising a whole nation in a hot-headed pursuit of an illusory phantom. The repeal of the union was to be the panacea tbr all evils, and to result in the abolition of all kinds of injustice; everything else was to be sacrificed to this one object. They believed him—the credulous, confid ing, and blindly zealous people. They followed him, and willingly shared their miserable pence with his priests and his agents : they were ready to die for him. But even before his last hour hid arrived, a more powerful judge than human Governments—a mightier arm than the power of England, had annihilated the whole fabric. It is not the repeal of the union or the voice of O'Connell that will emancipate Ireland, but the insight and industry of the people, who hold their fate in their own hands. 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. 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 Majesty'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 Holderne ss H ouse . Th e M arc hi oness 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 Beast, went to the House of Lords, and also insneeted the new Palace at Westminster. Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the bffice 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 Eastham, 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 Holmforth 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 had 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 ten 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 or MR. GREEN'S BALLOON.—Last evening one of the best ascents that has 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 the bursting dreadful order, and the walks, parterres, &c., ar e we ll l a id out.o PONTYPOOL.—DREAD F U L ACCIDENT ._ 0 n Thurs daylast,aecidaefntetrnhoaopnpened at between three o t r b t r h e o e y an oid d d fo f u o r rg o' b lo y ck, a of a boiler. The scene was really terrific; one large piece carrying everything e i ry ro t u b i o passed fo ro t through the el roof olose of by thethe office forge, ofthe houses several stones and bricks dropped on the Thereroof gather fifteen persons scalded and otherwise were alto near ; and the windows were all broken. whom are now under medical care. Ineo nj la u r r g e e d, w te o n rk o s t: where there are hundreds of men, women, ployed, it is surprising how and children ern- Lk edDbVyEirlitTiellSi Times. any of them escaped.—Hereford r A gEe3nltEfNorTei3gn—erMs, tehractan canest ile of L baldnessi fe . in this - rnere.,, country, :nal ass cause, that the unwearied application to corn -Itphraevsailbegrenearticy- p.lrge!ts eontributeQ largely t- this result. Be this as it ma : ', nowh ' e ci r (' t , a I , r ,, tceuve and r,s ordtiv, pr,,paeatipn more n""" • : • and 1 , u , b41 , 1t , ther2 is no Euro pe•,ple'to whom artiecial aP; -, l ' it ' s 11 '''. I,, in so eminently sery ccr.ble. The numerous car,- rc,:cw,.ry ~, , te.? ha r - sel.r luring Caen off. or P 11,021 t'atdn ? ". '''' try astonishing. Tne testimonials of the effi ca cy of Olartdge 6 Balm . of Columbia pl ace it s p ower a nd v i rtues beyond all doubt or cavil . 38 . 6d., 65., and I ls. per bottle. No other prices are genuine. adride's Balm, 1, Wellington-street, the e eaen d houSe from the Eirritati. CAMBRIDGE INSiALLATIOIN7 At the ."isleof some drgri e o f re p e titi on v. . e must Jay before our rt.. .'sdcrs a next month, , :io tts!" programme of the proceedings at a li s theyloy i a a re l 3 . 11 i ..t zzh i! ; fi e ,, sc itc P ly ri v n re :vo A ” l r b%rt . the Inst a ll at i ot . Royal C onsort viill art. We hav e a l rea d y sinted that h er M e j esty an d her •ve hero on Monday, the sth attend Divi ne service at St. lt: of July. i t was hoped th at t h e Chancellor would have been amongst us on t ...aturday, the 3d, so as t o ary's on Commencement Sunday ; b ut i t was found th a t this would b e an in convenient arrang ement, and cons,'quently it has been! abandoned. Th e R oyal visitors and tt.. eir suite will leave Buckingham Palace %bout ten o'clock fin Monday, and proceed to the Tottenham station on the I.7astern Coun ties railway, at which place a temporary pla.tforin will be erected for their accommodation. A very elogant new carriage now in course of construction for thet ti, in which they will travel down to Cambridge. The stsi tion here will be handsomely fitted up on the occasion, And accommodation will be provid e d f or a considerable nunp, er of ladies to witness the arrival of h er M ajesty and Ow Chancellor, who will be re c eived by the M a y or an d municipal authorities, and coaducted by them to the gates of Trinity college. We as'e not at present aware what arrangements are made, or likely to be made, with regard to the afternoon of Monday; it may be that the Qaeen and the Prince, retaining a li yely remembrance of the glories of King's chapel, will again attend Divine service in that magnificent temple; but this, we appre hend, is not decided upon. In the evening there is nc4 - much doubt that they will dine in the hall of CatL erine Hall with the excellent Master of that society, the present Vice-Chancellor ; and subsequently there will be a con cert in the Senate House, arrangements for which are progressing, and we have r e ason to hope that Jenny Lind will lend the charms of her voice to the other charms of the occasion. On Tuesday the grand point of attraction will be the Senate House, where the Installation Ode will be per formed, and various academical proceedings will take place under the presidency of his Royal Highness the hancell Jr. In the afternoon the horticultural fete in the beautif u l grounds of Dowoing College will take place, at which her Mejesty will be present. ‘ . Ve hear gr a tif y i ng accouato o f t h e arrangements in progress for this fete, which is ex pected to be of the most sumptuous kind. Edgington will supply six or seven large tents, as well as one for the exclusive use of her Majesty, and we believe that the scene will be enlivened by the presence of a military band. The admission to this fete has been fixed, by her Majesty's request, at the low price of five shillings. On the evening of Tuesday there will be a Royal banquet in the noble Hall of Trinity College; after which her Majesty will bold a small reception at the Lodge. When we wrote last week it was expected that her Majesty and the Prince would quit Cambridge at an early hour on Wednesday ; but circumstances have occurred since then which will probably delay their departure for a short time. On Wednesday last the Vice-Chancellor isseetl the following notice:— " St. Catherine's Hall Lodge, June 2, 1847. "Several members of the University having expressed a wish that arrangements should be made fur a publics breakfast, or other entertainment at the ensuing com mencement, The Vice-Chancellor requests that all such graduates as are disposed to promote this object will meet in the Lecture R et)m under the Public Library on Friday next, the 4th instant, at one o'clock, to consider and deter mine upon the measures necessary for carrying it into effect." In accordance with this notice, the meeting took place y( sterday, when the propsal for a public breakfast was seconded in a very spirited manner, and arrangements were at once entered into for holdinEr, on Wednesday np , roin. e -r„ in the ground s o: . Trinitya,:d S-.. Jobe's, vvlii,eb rival societies are to be united for the occasion by a temporary bridge across the Cam, in token, we hop e , of a perfect burial of whatever ill-feeling may have arisen at the late e l ec ti on . T h i s will be a - magnificent enter tainment, and we we cannot doubt that it will upon the whole eclipse all other festivities during the Installation. 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 presebt: —Duke of Wellington, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Lord Morpeth, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Northampton, Bishop of London, and Bishop of Oxford.—Cambridge Chronicle. THE WEATHER AN]) THE CROPS- (Extracts from the Provincial Journals.) LANCASHIRE.—Heaven is kind, if man is ungrateful. Never was there such glorious weather as that which bats 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, durinrthe 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 o: eupied.—L iverpool Chronicle. YoRKSHIRE.—Another week of magnificent summer weather has confirmed the hopes of au early and favour able harvest. There has now been a mouth 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 trom 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. DUMFBIES.—A new order of weather began here on Thursday last. Thursday and F r id ay were quite woi thy of May. A slight thunder -storm passed- over our towns early on Saturday morning, so early tbrat 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 cf 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. T his 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 L.tnarkshire and Peebles-:hire, the mi , chiet was too common. In many eases fields were T on ilz n e d down n' to lisetosr. v< ha7c•rPr r-ev en the case elsewhere, the blighted fields in this neighbourhood are gradually recovering, arid their crops may still be fair.—Dunyries.shire !Jerald. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—THE POTATO CROPS.—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 f w eu e tl a y r e s ahappyusy f to us say that, te present rhas been to ptehre general—almost universal—indication, points to a healthy and abundant harvest of this important root. result t at least, One or two symptoms of disease on the leaf has been 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 re ceived from Ireland, from the Isle of Wight, and from various parts of England, but they have all been fol lowed by disclaimers, qualifications, or contradictions. — Gloucester Journal. DEVONSIIIRE.—HAY HARVEST.—A field of young grass, in this neighbourhood, belonging to Mr. N. Tuckett, was carried on Tuesday in prime order.— ' h were plucked on the first of June, wheat ears, whic h all approaching them days earlier than any at hla l a V smrt oo voe sNhmre three andS ITT E Hx expected a te i r RE G . azette. —A correspondent has sent us some fine could have been found last year. The have c do r n .i e ty ys i •o n n to de t r h s e fo s r bad al e l ._ ki a nd a s mpo f crops, an weeks throw thrown the interested prophecies of a late in bein g llA forwardness mtwrsoliiaE . —The bark season has commenced sat, Monmouthshire ; the prices are from SOs. Our Monmouthshire correspondent at shireto BNS Advertiser. es.wpp oe rrti tmo no . sa y s: ...._ ,, The weather for the last fortnight has been everything that could be wished for. Crops are every where looking IA ell, and hay-making will be general in a few days. We have heard no complaints yet about potatoes in this country."—Bristol Journal. HERTFORDSHIRE.—The hay season commenced here on Monday last. The crop has since been carted, and now may be seen a new rick of meadow hay. The cinquefoins are ready for the scythe, and two farmers ing will s oon b e genera l . —C ounty P ress . have begu n t o cut them. The crops are fi ne , and hay- TYPIIUS FEVER IN BRlSTOL. — B ristol, we regret to say, is, in common with Newport and other places on t t h y e ph w us es f t e e v re er, coast i consequence of ale great influx of Irish paupers who have arrived i n Bris tol in a state of comple te de.Tituti on and disease, the effects imported now Bfrnoffmerivlgreland from the rav ages o f the , i n of the famine in that unhappy country. I n S t. Peter ' s Hos pital, which isin Bristol used as one of the poor-houses, c hi e fly sheeting the I r i s h paupers; and the great there arc now upwards of forty case s o f severe typ h us es fe t ca ver, re will be required to be taken by the medical au thorities to prevent its spreading among the other inmates of the hospital, wireii contains some hundreds of inha. bitants. Inf. govs,lpor rinq , Ittlotv-wbvrnwr of tile Brie. ("i C''' . ''' .'•'. • 7 , • 0 :: 1, c ro.lllo7:..itiOd the Home • •0 take imtne i't- . .!! t •,f ve69€, from tiodi malty 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's rates. lit ii; SUN, LOND N, TUESDAY 'EVENING, JUNE 8, 1847.