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London, England, 1856-02-16

THE FERMOY PEERAGE.

The EARL of DERBY, on Thursday, called the atten-
tion of the house to the creation of this peerage by
the Government in direct opposition to the law as
regulated by the Act of Union, which limits the
creation of a new peer till three of those existing
have become extinct. One peer might hold three or
more baronies, but the extinction of those dignities
by the death of that one individual was not to he
considered legal ground for as many new creations.
Yet her Majesty's Government now contended, the first
time for fifty years, that the extinction of an earldom,
under those circumstances, was an extinction of a
peerage authorising a new creation. This was directly
contrary to the intent and meaning of the act. tie
thought it unfortunate that her Majesty's Government
should in a single year have contrived to involve the
Crown and the house upon two questions in which the
exercise of the prerogative of the Crown was diputed
and proved to be contrary to unvariable precedent.
The present case had been very properly referred to
a Committee of Privileges, but as these was no one
interested in opposing the claim, and the Crown
neither opposed the claimant nor questioned the
validity of the patent, he world suggest that some
one be appointed to watch the case on behalf of their
lordships.
Lord GRANVILLE did not see any analogy between
the Wensleydale and the Fermoy peerages. The
latter peerage had been created under the advice of
the law officers of the Crown. There was no doubt
that the case should he argued by counsel before
the committee.

Lord BROUGHAM and Lord CAMPBELL thought
there was a close analogy between the two creations.
The prerogative of the Crown to grant honours to
any person was not questioned, the only right con.
tested was the right to sit and vote in the house.
The case should be regularly debated by counsel on
both sides.
London, England, 1856-02-16

SATURDAY,

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
The Annual General Meeting of Proprietors will be held at
the Office of the Society on THURSDAY, the 6th day of March
next. at One °Thick precisely, at which Meeting Six Directors
will be elected.

Auy Propiit tor desirous of proposing a Candidate for the
Office of Director must send the name m such Candidate to the
Secretary at least fourteen days before the day of meeting. The
ballot will commence at Eleven and close at Two o'Clock.
An Election of an Auditor (on the part of the Assured) will
also take place on WEDN ESDAY, the Zoth day of March, between
the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock.
London, England, 1856-02-16

THE PRESS.

believe. The French cannot forget the "Great
Redan " and the "Alalakoff":—

Disagreements in the camp are of daily occurrence, and
incompatibility of temper is the excuse alleged by both
sides. At Kamiesch the French have established a coffee.
room, which they call the Great Itedan, and some one had
written over the door, " Les Anglais ne peuvent pas
entrer ici "—this excited much angry feeling, and would
have been bitterly resented, had not the officers interfered
and ordered the immediate removal of the obnoxious in-
scription.—Letter from the Camp, Jan. 26.
London, England, 1856-02-16

THE ARMISTICE.

Mr. J. EWART, on Thursday, asked the First Lord
of the Treasury whether it would be lawful to
despatch British ships with cargoes to Russian ports
during the armistice which was about to be con-
cluded; and, in that case, wouid articles contraband
of war, such as brimstone, lead, and saltpetre, be
exempt from such permissions of shipping ? If the
sailing of British ships be unlawful, might foreign
ships be chartered for the purpose ; or whether the
blockade of Russian ports would be soon reestab-
lished

Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, said he should recom-
mend persons who wished to engage in such under-
takings to wait till they saw whether an armistice was
agreed to ; and if so, upon what terms and conditions.
THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE WAR:—
CENSURE UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF
HONOURS.

Mr. LAYARD, on Thursday, gave notice that he pro•
posed to defer, until that day fortnight, his resolution
on the subject of the recent distribution of honours.
The terms of the resolution would be as follows:
That this house has observed with regret that those
officers whose conduct in their respective departments has
been shown by the report of the Commission of Inquiry
into the supplies of the British army in the Crimea to
have occasioned great and unnecessary sufferings and losses
in that army, have received honours and rewards, or have
been appointed to, and are still holding, responsible offices
in the public service.
London, England, 1856-02-16

BONUS.

The Sixth Division of Proit; will be made in January, 1F57
Those who complete Policies before the end of June next wil
participate.
GEORGE H. PINCKIRD, Resident Secretary.
99, Great RusseDaireet, Bloomsbury,
London, 9th February, 1836. mei

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
Fleet-street, London, Feb. 7, 18:)6.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET.
ING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will
be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on
FRIDAY, the 22nd day of February instant, at twelve o'clock at
noon precisely, for the pnrpose of confirming (if thought St)
resolutions passed st the General Meeting of Proprietors, held
on Saturday, the 2nd day of February instant, authorising the
alteration of various ekuses in the Society's Deed of Settlement.
By or !sr of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

I)ROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
1 COMPANY, admitting on equal terms Persons of every
Class and Degree to all its Privileges and Advantages.

Offices, 76, CHEAPSIDE, London. (Incorporated.)
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Deputy-Chairman—TAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq.
Win. Wellington Cooper, Esq. Rev. H. Hamilton, De Vesci-
Andrew Durham, Esq., of Bath tern., Kingstown, near Dublin
and Belfast Captain E. Nash Norcott, R.N.
Rev. J. Gleadall, M.A. Thos. George Williams, Esq.
Jacob Montefiore, Esq. E. Gamahel Winthrop, Esq.
London, England, 1856-08-16

(COPY.

4, LOwer Grosvenor-place, Pimlico,
August 5,1856.
Sir,—Having just addressed a letter to the head of
he department of which you are under-secretary, it
s unnecessary for me to take auy further notice of
your letter of the 4th instant than to remark, with
reference to your threat, which I regard not, of
seding any letter of: mine to the 'directors of the
London, England, 1856-08-16

OPINION.

General Beatson's case is clear, and manfully sus-
tained in all honour and truth of argument. His
opponents remain in the same groove of injustice,
and are evidently afraid of disclosing the name of
their informant; whereas they should be eager to
deliver him over to public indignation and punish-
ment, for having misled them into a shameful and
dishonest course. Why do they not take this mode
of amending their wrong doing? There can be but
two answers. Either the anonymous accuser is
powerful, and they fear him, which is disgraceful, or
they have gone even further in their shameful course
of secret accusation than has yet been acknowledged.
They, therefore, screen him to screen themselves.
I do hope and believe that General Beatson will
yet be able to draw the public indignation upon them.
London, England, 1856-08-16

ittlattb.

THE GREAT ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW AT ATHLONE
opened on Wednesday. The exhibition of stock is
described as unusually tine. The Lord Lieutenant
arrived the day previous at Lord Castlemaine's seat
in the neighbourhood. His Excellency attended
the Agricultural Society's banquet on Wednesday.
Lord Carlisle in the course of his speech alluded
to the general progress of•lreland in agriculture, and
quoted statistical returns in proof:—
_ _

-
Since 1848, 178,000 acres have been drained by the
Board of Works, and I imagine more than double that
area by private hands. The deep draining and surface
draining on mountain lands have followed with results of
a like benefit to the upland farmers and graziers. Within
the last twenty years more than a million of Irish acres
have been reclaimed from waste. In 1841, to eight mil-
lions of people there were thirty millions of cultivated
acres in Ireland; now, perhaps, more than one million has
been subtracted from the population, and more than a
million of acres has been added to our cultivated area.
(Applause.) Comparing this year with the last, there is a
decrease of some amount in the growth of oats and barley,
but there is an increase in the growth of wheat of 8:4,683
acres. The increase in green crops amounts to no less
than 114,774 acres ; and though I must admit that potatoes
keep by far the largest item, yet I am in hopes that pota-
toes themselves are grown now somewhat more as a far-
mar's crop than with a view to the exclusive subsistence of
the country people. ( Applause.) The increase in flax,
which I am especially glad to learn, covers 9,000 acres;
and the increase of the whole extent tinder tillage this year,
as compared with the last, amounts to 65,578 acres. So
with respect to live stock—the increase in the number of
horses amounts to 18,000; on the head of cattle, to 35,000 ;
on the number of sheep, to 90,000. There is a very large
decrease observable in pigs, amounting to no less than
250,000 head ; but it is thought by those who are charged
with the collection of these returns that this is owing to
their having been made up at an earlier period than usual ;
Iseauae I believe the farmers generally like to have their
breeds of pigs to feed when they have the largest quantity
of the farm produce to give them.

LORD CASTLEROSSE was re elected for Kerry last
Saturday without opposition.
AN APPLICATION was made on Monday to Master
Murphy, by the official manager of the Tipperary
Bank affairs, for an order in the case of James
Sadleir, to direct payment by the contributories in
the schedule of the balance due on their 401. shares.
The order was granted. Mr. Melden then made
soma remarks with respect to the "private" exami-
nation of Mr. Sadleir, protesting against any blame
for such a proceeding, but at the same time acknow-
ledging himself ready to accept the blame if any
existed. Master Murphy said that he did not think
blame attached to anyone, and that every one would
have grossly neglected their duties if they had not
insisted on a private examination.
London, England, 1856-08-16

DR. FORBES WINSLOW UPON DOVE.

A LETTER from Dr. Winslow to Mr. Barret upon
Dove's case has been published this week. Dr.
Winslow says Dove's case was one of" imbecility" :

His actions were not merely those of a wicked, vicious,
or eccentric man, but they evidently sprung out of a
stunted, irregularly developed, congenitally defective, and
badly organised brain and mind. If Dove had been made,
a short period before murdering his wife, the subject of a
commission of lunacy, the question at issue being his com-
petency to manage his property, what, I ask, would have
been the verdict of the jury ? If the fact of his writing
letters in blood to the devil, his faith in the supernatural

power and prediction of Harrison, the wizard ; the tre-
mendous influence which this " weird " person obtained
over him ; his cruelty to animals ; his having threatened
to shoot his father, and afterwards himself ; his cutting
down his corn when quite green simply because his neigh-
bour had cut his down when ripe; his recklessness of
conduct, want of moral perception ; his inability in early
life to acquire ordinary knowledge, and other facts sworn
to in evidence as illustrative of his sad mental state, were
laid before an intelligent jury empannelled to try the
question of Dove's mental soundness and ability to manage
himself and his affairs, can any reasonable doubt be enter-
tained as to the result of the inquiry ? Upon evidence
considerably less satisfactory and convincing than that
adduced in Dove's case, I have seen juries unanimously
decide as to the mental unsoundness of individuals. Con-
sider, for example, the celebrated case of Mrs. Cumming.
This lady was pronounced insane by a jury, among whom
were several county magistrates, simply because she was
fond of the society of a few favorite cats, had an impaired
memory (no wondertul fact, considering her bodily indis-
position and advanced age ), and was alleged to entertain a
strong aversion to some members of her family who had
by force dragged her out of her own house, and confined
her in a lunatic asylum. From my knowledge of the con-
duct of juries, I feel convinced that Dove never would
have escaped the verdict of insanity if the question for
their consideraticn had been of a civil, and not of a crimi-
nal character—one of property, not of life.
In conclusion, Dr. Winslow says he considers the
case one of "undefined responsibility "
If Dove were positively insane and incapable of distin-
guishing between right and wrong, I would send him to a
lunatic asylum for the rest of his days, instead of to the
hulks or to a penal settlement, but recognising in this case
a partial degree of responsibility, co-existing with much
evident mental disorder, evidently interfering with the
healthy exercise of volition, it would be unjustifiable and
cruel to treat him like a perfectly sane man, or as an ordi-
nary and responsible criminal, and consign him to the
hands of the public executioner.
London, England, 1856-08-16

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London, England, 1856-08-16

AUSTRALIA.

The Royal Charter, with mails of the 25th of
May, has arrived this week from Port Philip.
The progress of the colony was remarkable. New
gold-fields ha I been discovered, and the gold export
for the last month was calculated at exceeding
1,000,0001.
The Government finances were in a favorable
condition, and had a balance of 800,0001. in the
Exchequer.
In Sydney the elections were over, and Parliament
assembled on the 22nd May.
London, England, 1856-08-16

IR ATTOUWB ZileW POEX.

This day is published,
BOTHWELL: A POEM.
By W. EDSIONDSTOUNE AYTOUN. D.C.L.,
Author of" Lays attic Scottish Cavaliers," *c.
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THE PRESS.

THE BLOCKADE OP KARS,
FROM LETTERS AND DIARIES OF
CIENERAL SIR W. F. WILLIAMS, &c.
ur Writien on the spot, is now ready, post 6•0., with Por.
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[SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1856.

Number of I Amount
Policies Effctd.f Insured.

4,277 142,895.99-1
10,107 7,428,018
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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PERIODICAL LITERATURE.

The New Monthly contains a very good assortment
of articles. We cannot, indeed, accept Me. Cyrus
Redding as a very profound guide upon politics ;
but we have a good review of Sir George Lewis's
" Credibility of Early Roman History," and two ex-
cellent magazine tales, " The Butterfly Chase " and
" The Old King's Arms," the latter especially un-
commonly good. None of the remaining articles are
below par.
The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine contains
some pretty imaginative writing, though coloured by
the affectation which unfortunately pervades this
able,though unequal, periodical. " The Two Pictures "
we should select as the best article of the present
month. The article upon " Woman " smacks of the
academic atmosphere. We think the contributor to
this magazine would do well to drop such meaningless
formalities as the following :—" Most sensible I am
" how weakly I have advocated a cause so great," " I
"am conscious with what meagreness I have treated
this great subject," &c.

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The Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints.

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Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament. _ _

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The Social History of the People of the Southern Counties of
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London, England, 1856-08-16

TURKEY AND THE EAST.

The French Ambassador at Constantinople on
Sunday last forwarded to Paris the following tele-
graphic despatch :

The Russi;n Commandant of Kars has notified to the
Governor of Erzeronin that he is ready to restore Kars to
the Ottoman authorities.

Anapa is occupied by the Russians. The inhabitants
have ties and have hidden themselves in the hills.
H.M.S. Gladiator had returned from the Isle of
Seapents on the 2nd. She found there eight
Russians unarmed, and a detachment of fifty
Turkish soldiers.
Intelligence from Constantinople up to the 4th
states:—

Jeheddin Pacha has been named Governor of tars.
Eupresti Pacha was on the point of starting with his
embassy, to be present at the coronation of the Emperor
of Russia at Moscow.
The evacuation of the Turkish territory by the French
troops will be completed on the 15th inst. The gendar-
merie will leave on the 18th..
The harvest in Asia is bad.
The International Commission, which is now sitting at
Jassy, still insists on the Russians restoring the town of
Beira.

THE PRESS.

Baron de Talleyrind had arrived from Bucharest,
and the Russian Ambassador was daily expected at
Constantinople.

The usual mail, with dates from Calcutta to July
3rd, Bombay 10th, and Hong Kong June 14, Wings
no intelligence of particular moment, beyond con-
firming the occupation of Herat by the Persians.
The disturbances in the Madras Presidency were
suppressed for the present.
The Madras Railway was opened up to Arcot on
the 28th June—a distance of 651 miles.

The cholera had broken out with severity at Agra,
and was spreading on all sides. The cases in Agra
amounted to 100 a day.

AMERICA.

Dates from New York to the 29th ult. and Quebec
to the 2nd inst. have arrived this week.

Mr. Herbert had been acquitted of the murder of
Keating, the waiter.
Messrs. Brookes and Keith, re-elected to the As-
sembly by their constituencies in South Carolina,
had resigned their seats on a majority of the house
declaring them " unworthy members."
From Quebec we learn that great preparations
were making for the arrival of the Governor General.
Intelligence from Central America confirms
Walker's election as President of Nicaragua.
Letters from San Francisco up to the sth ult.
state that the Vigilance Committee were actively
ridding the city of rogues and vagabonds of all
classes. Judge Terry, of the Supreme Court, had
stabbed one of the members of the committee in an
altercation. The judge was seized, imprisoned, and
was to undergo his trial. The Governor had de-
clined to interfere any further with the Vigilance
Committee, and had returned to Sacramento.
The Buchanan organs charged the British Go-
vernment with having given the whole of the last
loan of 5,000,0001. to support the election of Colonel
Fremont, and to carry out the abolition of slavery in
the States !
London, England, 1856-08-16

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A despatch from St. Petersburg, Aug. 13, says :
An official announcement has appeared in the journals
that the Russian troops were ready to evacuate Kars and
the Ottoman territory, and that they have received orders
to retire to Alexandropol.

Intelligence from Paris says :
The Russian Government, with the view of granting
every facility for persons desirous of attending the corn.
nation of the Emperor Alexander, has given orders to all
its agents in Europe to deliver passports for Russia
without conditions.
London, England, 1856-08-16

This day, the First Part, es.,
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HEADS OF CASE.

The case states that this is a " town corporate," having
a separate commission of the peace (not containing any
non-irtromittant clause), but no separate court of quarter
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The case further states that there is an existing high con-
stable of the division in which the borough is situated.
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ebituarl

Sin JOHN MILLET DOYLE, K.C.8., expired almost
suddenly on Saturday morning last at his residence,
Lower-ward, Windsor Castle, in the 72nd year of
his age. Sir John had seen much service during a
brilliant military career of nearly half a century. He
entered the army as cornet, in 1794, served in the
Egyptian campaign of 1801, including the actions of
the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, the captures of
Grand Cairo and Alexandria, together with the other
operations of that campaign. He served afterwards
in the Peninsula from February, 1809, to the end of
that war, in 1814, either in command of a regiment
of Portuguese or a brigade, and was present at all
tie great actions. Her Majesty the Queen of Eng.
land and his Royal Highness Prince Albert have
honoured Sir John since his residence at Windsor as
a Military Knight with many marks of their gracious
condescension and kindness, and by the special re-
quest of her Majesty Sir John was recently appointed
a Sergeant-at-Arms.
LIEUT.- GENERAL WILLIAM ALEXANDER GORDON,
C. 8., Colcnel of the 54th, and Lieut.-General P.
HAY, both Peninsular veterans, have also died this
week.
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The Deutschland of 'Vienna, of the 10th, says:—

As soon as the Cabinet of Vienna was informed of the
grave conflict which was about to break out by the refusal
of Russia to restore Kars, and by its occupation of the Isle
of Serpents, it addressed a moat energetic note to the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg, demanding that those islands
should he given up to the Porte without condition. The
charge-d'affaires, M. Balabin, was able to convince himself,
from several conversations with Count Buol, that the pro-
test of the Cabinet of Vienna was very serious. The reply
of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg arrived here a few days
ago. It has produced a very good impression ; Russia
promising not only to restore Kars, but recognising the
right of the Porte to the Isle of Serpents.

Major-General Windham, C. 8., has been offered
the command of a d.vision in the Bengal army. It
is believed that he will accept the offer.

GENERAL BEATSON AND MR. FREDERIOK

PEEL.
GENERAL BEATSON this week has published the
opinion "of the highest, if not the very highest, be-
yond all question, of military authorities " upon his
case, and the copy of a letter addressed by the gallant
general to Mr. Frederick Peel :--
London, England, 1856-08-16

GENERAL WILLIAMS AND GENERAL

KNIETY.

TO THE EDITOR Ole' "THE PRESS."

Beykos, August 1, 1856.

Sir,—l enclose the copy of a letter which I have
addressed to General Williams, and which I am
desirous of making public through the channel of
your columns.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant,
GEORGE KMETT.
Late Hungarian General.
London, England, 1856-08-16

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perpetual curate of Christchurch, Ealing, from
officiating in the church or district, or elsewhere
within the diocese, and from receiving any of the
profits of the living for three years, and has directed
that such suspension shall (at the expiration of the
three years) further continue in force until a certifi•
cate is lodged in the registry of the diocese, signed
by three beneficed clergymen, satisfying the bishop
that the suspension may be properly relaxed.
Sin MORTON PETO suggests, in a letter to the
Times this week, the propriety of Government per-
mitting soldiers stationed in the rural districts to
assist in harvesting operations at the current rate of
wages. The plan is usually adopted in France, and
the high prices now offered for harvest labour sur-
pass those given for railway labour, and have com-
pelled the contractors to cease all but the most
pressing works.
THE REV. GEORGE WILKINS, incumbent of Wix, in
Essex, was reprimanded by the Bishop of Rochester
last week, for unbecoming conduct in the pulpit on
May 4th last, in having replied to an accusation of
falsehood, made by Eagles, a parishioner, in coarse
and vehement language, giving rise to a disgraceful
altercation.

ROCHESTER NEW BRIDGE, a handsome iron con-
struction, with granite piers, and three arches of 170
and 140 feet span, was opened wi'h great ceremony
ou Wednesday. The bridge is 1,200 feet long and
forty wide.
The ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUIRY into the
origin of the late terrible explosion at the Cymmer
Collieries, Glamorganshire, when no less than 114
out of the 130 men at work were killed, has been re
surned during the week, and some very rema►kable
evidence adduced. From the statements of the few
survivors it appears that the pit was, and had been
for some time, in a dangerous condition. There
were no safety-lamps; the pit was worked with naked
candles; and the signals of danger were simply a
shovel and pickaxe placed in a peculiar position at
the entrance of the heading ; the air in most head-
ings was considered by the men only "mitldling
good ;" and, in Charles's Heading, one witness,
Jones, said he had seen " a cap of gas at the end of
his candle half an inch high," yet the firemen had
not pronounced this heading dangerous. The daily
inspection of the mine also appears to have been
greatly neglected since February, the man Grey
appointed to the duty only going underground once
every fortnight; and for fourteen days previous to
the explosion no inspection had taken place at all.
The inquiry is proceeding.
A COLLIERY EXPLOSION, resulting in the loss of ten
lives, occurred on Wednesday at Oldbury, near
Dudley. Taking a naked lighted candle into the pit
against advice was the cause of this lamentable
accident.

THE FIRST PILLAR of the Manchester Exhibition
building was raised with great ceremony on Wednes-
day at Old Trafford. Mr. Thomas Fairbairn offi-
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at which the usual complimentary and anticipatory
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think themselves Whigs, and who sit for Irish
seats, though they have allowed " The Sadleir-
ites " to carry off the official honours due to
their political connection.

Now, so far from seeking to environ this
subject with sectarian considerations, we rather
desire to draw attention to the singular fact
that even the heads of the Roman Catholic
Church are beginning to quake at the ab-
sorbing influence of " The Irish Platform."
Hence they are trying to induce some of the
priesthood to retire from political action, and
the Irish Roman Catholic Church is at pre-
sent on the verge of a mighty schism, in
which the Catholic Primate, Dr. CULLEN,
represents the "Austrian" policy of the Courts
of Rome, and Archbishop WHALE undertake
to manage the interests of the " national "
Roman Catholics of Ireland.
It is worth note that the administrators of
the Roman Catholic Church should have thus
anticipated peril to their order, while the
territorial Whigs in Ireland never perceived
the danger which yawned for their old sys-
tem. As a party the Whigs have ceased to
have any root in Ireland. Their great historic
names are blotted out of the representation of
Ireland. Neither a Ponsonby, . nor a Boyle,
nor a Grattan, nor a Brabazon, sits for an
Irish place, though those eminent families
have not declined in social power. " The
Platform " has taken the place of a Parlia-
mentary system ; the legitimate influence of
educated and industrial classes is depressed,
and the power of petty pretensions, endorsed
by trading partisans, is exaggerated.
It is a mistake to suppose that this is an
old evil. On the contrary, it is of modern
growth, and threatens to become worse every
day. Rank, property, and education, are not
fairly represented in Ireland. The genius and
public talent of the country have declined
under the ascendancy of such a system. The
empire has not gained in power, while Ireland
has lost a reputation by an order of things
which, unless checked, threatens to become
one of the worst political evils of the United
Kingdom.
It gives us pleasure to have learned that
there are strong symptoms that at Athlone, as
well as elsewhere, a reaction is setting in
against trading tribunes. We sincerely hope
that the constituency of that borough will vin-
dicate its character by electing Captain HAND-
COCK as its representative.
London, England, 1856-04-12

DENMARK.

The High Danish Chamber, after a long discus-
sion, and in spite of a strong opposition on the part
of the Ministers, have decided that every member
has a right to demand explanations from the Uovern-
ment.

The proposal made by Denmark for the capitalisa-
tion of the Sound dues, has been definitely declined by
our Government, though Lord Palmerston expresses
a willingness to receive fresh propositions.

PERSIA.

Intelligence from Tiflis, April 7, states:—
The Persians have taken possession of the Island of
Karate, in the Persian Gulf.
The Minister at War of the shah is dead.
The Khan of Barabchan has been arrested.
AMERICA.

Intelligence to the 28th ult. has arrived this week
from New York. No intelligence of the Pacific.
The American ship John Rutledge, Captain Kelly,
which sailed Jan. 16, from Liverpool, with emigrants
for New York, ran into icebergs, 19th Feb., breaking
in her bows, and was subsequently abandoned. One
man, named Nye, was rescued from an open boat,
after drifting about for nine days, by the Germania,
which has arrived at New York. Nye reports that
all the passengers, 120 in number, and the crew,
thirty.five, got into boats, excepting the mate and
carpenter. Hopes were cherished that some vessel
passing might pick them up, but a storm succeeded
the wreck. Nye, who underwent great privations in
the boat, gave a frightful account of his sufferings,
twelve of his companions having died in the boat one
by one in great agony, during the time it was adrift.
When rescued he was nearly frozen to death, and
had been without food for two days.
There was no political news of any importance.
Mr. Clayton had concluded his speech on the Central
American affair, and declared that the British people,
he believed, would rather turn out any
Ministry than
go to war with America.
It was supposed as not improbable that General.
Walker would appeal to England for support in his
seizure of the property of the Transit Company, who
have demanded the interference of the American
Government on their behalf.
AUSTRALIA.
Intelligence from Australia to the 20th Jan. details
the funeral of the late governor, and the assumption
of the reins of Government by General M'Artbur.
The colony was tranquil. Lady Hotham was on the
point of starting for England.

AN EXPEDITION TO MADAGASCAR, to punish the
Queen for her cool treatment of some French sub-
jects on a late occasion, is much talked of just now
in Paris. Charivari has ceased to publish carica-
tures of Russia, and has now begun to familiarise
the public mind with a war with Madagascar. One
of its sketches depicts a non-commissioncd officer as
giving directions to a soldier practising at a target
" We must alter our system of firing," says he, "for
we are going to war with Madagascar." "Salt,
caporal," replies the soldier,
"au lieu de per eU le
Wawa je vela tire( stir is nein'
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