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TH__E SUN, LOON DON, THURSDAY, MAY 26, .i.&z36.

sure in addressing so numerous and respectable a meeting. 1
They were evidently multitudinous and enlightened, but to
prove whether they were also patriotic, he would ask them
one question, which he would request them to mark and
answer=" tithes or no tithes," which did they wish for ?
(Cheers, and cries of "No tithes.") Corporation reform,
or uational degradation, which would they advocate 2
(Cheera,) He was glad to bear that cheer ; it sounded
the knell of corruption and exclusiveness.—(Cheers.) The
people were determined to have corporate reform, and it
must be granted. They had leaders with heads capable to
direct and there beat in every bosom around a heart coura-
geous to follow.—(Cheers.) The pruning-knife must be used
to lop off the useless or detrimental branches ; and if the
knife was found unequal to the task, the axe would be laid
to the tree, and root and branch of the upas of corporation
felled down.—(Hear, hear.) They would never cease agi-
tation till Ireland was what she should be—
" Proud England's sister, not her bonded slave: "—(Cheers.
.ave.

The resolution was then put from the Chair, and carried
unanimously.
JAMES POWER, Esq., M.P., said that he held in his hand
a resolution which contained accusations against a body of
men whose recent acts had rendered them unpopular in
Ireland and disreputable in Europe.—(Hear, hear.) Their
conduct was calculated to create disunion in Ireland where
it did not already exist, and to continue it where it did
exist.—(Cheers.) As a representative of the people, he
had lent his support to the present Government, and well
had they deServed it ; but of what service was the energy
of the Ministry, or the assistance of the Members, of the
Lower House, if the Lords were determined to entertain
no measure meaning to effect good for the people ?
Mr. CALLAGHAN said—My Lord and Gentlemen, I am
about to submit to your attention a resolution which refers
to that House which opposed every good measure for Ire-
land, and originated nearly every bad one—(Hear, bear)—
that House which must either be abolished or admit within
its walls such men as my Lord Milltown, whose patriotism
might serve to palliate the bad qualities of the others.—
(Hear.) I would, however, recommend gentlemen who
are anxious to curtail its privileges to curtail their own
speeches, as I perceive the hour grows late, and I shall set
them the example myself.—(Cheers and laughter.)
Mr. P. SWEET3IAN said he would follow the admirable
advice of Mr. Callaghan. He briefly but forcibly addressed
the mcetine.

Mr. JOHN DILLON said he would not detain the meeting
long, he only wished to remark on a part of Mr. Finn's
speech. He had told them that it was likely that Colonel
Blacker would be re-admitted among the Magistracy. He
would ask, could it be possible such a gross insult was in-
tended for the people of Ireland ?—(Cheers.)
Lord MILLTowN said he must interrupt Mr. Dillon, as
he was not speaking to the question, and he could not, at all
events, sanction an attack on a private character.
Mr. DILLON said, he would be sorry to disobey the Noble
Chairman, but he must remark that a person who notori-
ously violated the law should not be entrusted with its exe-
cution. He hoped both Whigs and Tories would take a
lesson from the present meeting, the latter to despair of
carrying corrupt measures for the future ; and the former
to learn to be more speedy and energetical in obeying the
people's wishes, if they hoped to retain the people's confi-
dence.--(Cheers.)
Mr. MARTIN proposed the next resolution. He said he
fully concurred in its tenor, but would not delay the meeting
by any remarks.

Mr. MICHAEL POWELL seconded the resolution, which
was put and carried unanimously.

Nil% DICKSON, K.C., concluded an eloquent appeal by
hoping that. dissension and disunion may depart from
among us. that we may hear no more of English, or
Irish. or Scotch, hut ,glory in the name of united Britons.
--(Hear.) That religious d'ssens'ons may cease, and
disr garding the mere term of Protestant. Catholic, and
Pr:.byterian, glory in the name of united Christians.

BALL, 111. P., seconded the resolution.

Mr. FITZsIMONS, M.P., said—Fellow-citizens, we are
again met to agitate for old Ireland.—(Cheers) I. though
a minor disciple in the school of agitation, and but a young
apprentice in the craft, am nevertheless a zealous labourer.
—(Cheers.) Formerly we agitated for religious liberty
for our country, awl now we demand for her an equal
.m asure of reform.—(Cheers.) The Lords, after insulting
use can no longer exist in irresponsible tyranny ; some
al wration mast take place in that House, and it only re-.
m ins to consider whether it will be a reform, by the in-
fuaina of such men as Lord or an organic change
instl;e construction of that body. The people are advancing
in the p::th of right, and :vith the assistance of the God of
even, who has sent his glorious sun to shine; upon us tl.is
v, they will be successful over tyranny and injustice.
Mr. Pte.or concluded an able and trgiunentative speech,
in which lie reviewed at great length the principles and ten-
dencies which the ossemhly had met to discuss, in the fol-
lowing words :—Therefore, it is, my Lord (said Mr. Bigot)
that I say again, reject this Bill. The consequences of
adopting such a scheme of legislation as it proposes, cannot
he contemplated without alarm by any of those—and I am
one of them—who have hitherto cherislied a desire to main-
tain the Union. They who so desire ought not to be

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tempted or goaded into reconsidering their opinions upan
that question. The principles involved in this measure lead
directly to that among the other perils to which they lead.
I tra.l:4; the firmness of the Government, and the.combi:ied
energies of the people, will guard us against the calemity
of passing such a law. I believe the country is roused. It
will speak with power, but with temperance. Ar.d when
Ireland sends forth a universal cry lhr justice, and that cry
i 3 seconded by the British people, - recollecting how we
stood by diem in their time of need, I have little fear the
ZdiniStry or the House of Commons will defeat themselves
by an acquiescence in the scheme of insult and injustice now
sought to be inflicted by the Lords upon the Irish people.
Mr. W. G. KELLY made some observations, which were
very favourably received. he concluded by saying, that the
propcsed measure of the Lords would have one good effect,
for it would rouse up every Irishman to speak loudly his
indigreant feelings at their tyranny and injustice.—(Cheers.)
After giving, three cheers for Corporate Reform and the
abolition of Tithes, the immense body of men' who filled
the Coburg Gardens, quietly retired to their homes, with-
out one accident having occurred during the whole day.

(The Dublin Evening Post ciescribes the mecting as
beinz beyond all question one of the most imposing—ona
of the 'most important assemblies ever convened in Ireland.
It was composed of the Whigs and Reformers of Ireland
now in Dublin—of Noblemen and Members of the House
of Commons—of the leadinir barristers—of some of the
foremost merchants, and a concourse of between twenty-five
and thirty thousand ready and devoted people. It com-
prised all classes in religion—all ranks and shades of Irish
Reformers, from the ultra-Radical to the most moderate
Whig—ig, indeed, the latter, like ourselves, who have
always connselled peace and moderation, have not aban-
doned the quality and taken the lead in the most vehement.
We refer, hs an illustration of this observation, to the posi-
tion which Lord Killeen has taken. and to the remarkable
speech which he made ; to the able and unanswerable
speech or Mr. Pigott ; to the speech of Mr. Ball, the
Member for Clonmcil ; and of Mr. Sergeant Woulfe, the
Member for Cashel. Now, these are men who are not
much inclined to agitate, unless they are forced by neces-
sity of the crisis to throw themselves, as they have done,
into the front of the battle.]

Viscount Palmerston had a long conference on
Tileslay afternoon with the Prince of Orange, at his Royal
Highness's apartments at Mivart's Hotel. We understand
that great personal cordiality exists between the Prince and
the Ministers, all of whom, including the Premier, have paid
visits to him since his arrival.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF 44 THE
PILOT."—At length the public are about to be gratified by a
new production from the pen of this distinguished writer, the
announcement of whose works excites now all the interest
which used to attend a new publication by Sir Walter Scott.
Certainly Scott for truthful pictures of our national manners,
and particularly of those of " the land of the mountain and the
flood," arid Cooper for his spirit-stirring, and graphic stories of
the sea, and far those tales founded among his native and
primeval forests and almost ocean-lakes have never been
equalled. The writings of such men are ornaments to the
age in which we live, and are likely to be among the few
works destined to survive our own time. Mr. Cooper's new
work is to be called " Excursions in Switzerland," and will
immediately be published by Mr. Bentley.
TIIE 79TH REGIMENT.—On Tuesday morning,
the first division of the depot of this gallant regiment embarked
on board the Velocity steamer, for Edinburgh, where, we un-
derstand, they are for the present to be stationed. During the
time this regiment has been in the barracks here, the excellent
order and soldierlike conduct of the men has been highly laud-
able, and has secured for them the esteem of all classes of the
inhabitants of this city, and we may be allowed to mention a
fact which speaks more in their favour than anything we could
say—viz., that, during their stay here not one individual has
been before the Police Magistrate on any complaint whatever.
To the exemplary and gentlemanly conduct of Major Young
and the other officers of the detachment, we feel proud to bear
our sincere and willing testimony. Great regret is felt at
their departure by a wide circle of friends, to whom their esti-
mable and gallant bearing has justly endeared them.—Aberdeen
Herald.

TIIE MOUNTAIN DECAMERON.—The author of
this romance is evidently animated by an enthusiastic ambi-
tion. He desires to create for himself a " name apart." The
iteration of poetry, of novel, of romance, that do not even ap-
peal to one lofty cmotion--do not lay the hand on the ever-
waiting lyre of the heart of man—must be wearying to thou-
sands. Why, then, not break away from such a beaten track?
To paint the human heart in storm (a moral spectacle as grand
to the soul as that of a stormy ocean)—to relieve its terror and
its gloom by the gentle touches of woman's tenderness—of the
thousand svectnesses of childhood—of love, pity, the gene-
rosity of self-devotion--such great, such delightful exercise of
human sensibilities, seems to be the endeavour at least of this
Mountain Decantfron.

A 44,

DUBLIN.

Aye, let the land, '
Whose sons, through centuries of woe have striven,
And perished by her temples, sink awhile,
Borne down in conflict ;—But immortal seed,
Deep by heroic suffering hath been sown
On all her ancient hills."

Ireland is awakened—roused from the slumber of re-
pose. into,which she had been lulled by confidence in the
exertions of a liberal and beneficent Government. The
conduct of the House of Lords, and its motives, as mani-
fested by the speech of Lord Lyndhurst, have alarmed the
Reformers, and stirred up an energy among them which
has no precedent here, except in the events of the year 1828,
preceding Emancipation. The great meeting of this me-
tropolis to petition for Corporate Reform and the abolition
of tithes, will be held on Monday next at the Coburg-
gardens. Similar meetings will immediately take place in
Drogheda, Waterford, and Westmeath : and probably be-
fore the Ist of next month, all Ireland will have demon,
strated her indignation at the insult offered her by my Lord
Lyndhurst's crude and irregular attempts at legislation.
This spirit has been evoked by an association just formed
in this city, under the name of " a Committee to Petition
for Corporate Reform and the Abolition of Tithes." They
have sent circulars throughout the country, suggesting ex-
ertions for similar purposes ; and these circulars are being
responded to with alacrity and determination. I attended a
meeting, held this day at the CORN EXCHANGE, preparatory
to that on Monday, and never witnessed so much unity of
purpose and decision. It was an adjourned meeting from
Thursday last, and the attendance was numerous and re-
spectable, embracing gentlemen of every rank and persua•
sion. Sheil, however, seemed to be the very soul and spirit of
the body. I have frequently before seen him in public and
private life ; and witnessed some of his most happy displays
of forensic eloquence. But I have never till this day had
an opportunity of seeing genius and talents of the highest
order, develope themselves under the influences which
seemed to actuate Mr. Shiel on this occasion. He was
evidently unprepared to make a long speech ; and would
perhaps have said little in promoting the topics to be
brought forward on Monday, had not accident as it were
prematurely opened the treasures of his mind. The Sub-
Committee appointed to prepare the resolutions and peti-
tion, had omitted any mention of tithes—confining them-
selves to Corporate Reform alone. This, Mr. Shiel ob-
served, was not going half-way towards disclosing the
objects of the Committee ; which had in contemplation the
attainment of perfect tranquillity for Ireland. There was
no use in demanding niggard and pitiful instalments of a
debt of justice, due to his beloved country, while so much
remained to be paid off—the accumulation of ages. He
then said, that, being on his legs, he might as well explain
his views of the present aspect of things, and the policy
which ought and must necessarily be pursued. in order to
comply with the exigency of the times, and the wants
of the people. Here he took a rapid view of the
most prominent features of the present crisis, and the seve-
ral political events since emancipation, and said, the people
of Ireland, before and since that event, were struggling
against the exorbitant power of the Church establishment,
which was " head and front" of every offence against their
rights and franchise. The establishment of the Welling-
ton-Peel Administration and its overthrow, proved that
to demonstration ; and it would be uncandid to disguise
from the Legislature the honest feelings of this Associa-
tion on so momentous a question. There could be no
peace in the country, nor security for life or property, while
it remained unsettled. Every effort, therefore, made by
Irishmen, should be directed to the root of the evil ; and
it was vain for them to assemble, and petition, if they would
not declare their conviction of the necessity of this most
essential principle of reform. He went on to demonstrate
that the present conflict of parties would not terminate till
the people had shown the utter incapability of the Tory
faction to govern the nation, in conformity with the " spirit
of the age," and the demands which it had a right to make.
I regret not being able to furnish you with even an outline
of one of the most effective speeches I ever heard. It can-
not reach London before Wednesday, and probably not
even then, will
you find in the Dubl;ri papers a report
conveying any adequate notion of its brilliancy and effect.
At the commencement his sentences were abrupt and un-
couthly, or rather discordantly, uttered. Ile seemed to
labour under inspiration, and would remind you of Virgil's
description of the Sybil, preparatory to her solemn enur.-

clarions :

" Non compt.^ mansere comm.; sed pectas anhelum."
But when he became filled with, as it were, the magnitude.
of his subject, .and all the interests of his country steed in
relic; before him, his utt:2ranee and his action were alike
free and unembarrassed ; graceful, harmoniods, and per-
fectly in obedience to the feelings and patriotic sentiments
which lis vocabulary so forcibly expressed. Indeed the
only difficulty under which he seemed to labour,. was that
of preventing one train of ideas from overtaking another,
and contending with it for priority of deliverance, so rapidly
did they crowd upon him. And they were no cold, corn-
mon-place topics and arguments, such as may he gathered
from any periodical. that calls itself independent, for the
last seven years. They were " thoughts that breathe and
words that burn," arising out of fact's, and a judicious ob-
servance of passing event:, selected and combined together
in such a -manner, as if not appearing perfectly new, to ex-
cite new emotions and principles of action, " taut= series,
juncturaque pullet," in the minds of his auditors. Under
such stimulants Ireland must soon become not only unani-
mous and energetic, demanding all great objects of reform,
but irresistible in enforcing them.
Earl Mulgrave's defence of his Government. has not only
increased his popularity, but excited the admiration even of
his opponents. The case of the High Sheriff of Wexford, in
particular, proves his straightforward, open, and manly course
of policy towards this country. There is scarcely a gen-
tleman frequenting the hall of the Four Courts who does
not admit the justice of superseding Mr. Leigh, notwith-
standing he may not have been an Orangeman at the time.
The maxim noseilur a sociis, and the declaration of a Con-
servative barrister, respected and beloved by every man
who knows him, and who will not shrink from stating what
he knows, formed the grounds on which the Solicitor-
General thought it his duty to interpose in the manner he
did. If .Mr. Leigh, therefore, be aggrieved in any manner
by the circumstance, he should seek redress from his own
friends, rather than from a Government which seems deter-
mined to administer impartial justice, without regarding per-
sons or prejudices. As the matter now stands, truth seems
to be suspended between Mr. Leigh's own declaration and
the testimony alluded to ; and, though public opinion, in-
cluding therein the sentiments of both parties, may not push
the balance to either side, the great majority of Irishmen
arc pleased with the course pursued by Earl Mulgrave.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

REIGATE RACES-FIRST DAY.

WEDNESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. for two-yrs old ; colts, Bst. 61b. ;
fillies, Bst. 31b. Three quarters of a mile. Winners to carry
41b. extra, if twice 71b. 3 Subs.
Sir G. Heathcote's Countess—The Colonel...(Bncke) 1
Mr. Farrell's br. c. by The Colonel
Won easy by two lengths.
Gold Cup, value 150 gs., given and won by David Robertson, Esq.,
in 1835, and IT-given in 1836, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.
each. About two miles and a half. The winner to be sold for
500/. if demanded, tce. Three years old, ist. 21b. ; four, Bst. 61b. ;
fire, 9st. 21b. ; aged, 9st. 61b. ; mares and geldings allowed 31b.
The winner to pay 10/. towards the improvement of the Course.
10 Subs.
Colonel Peel's ch. c. Jacob Faithful (Pavis) 1
Mr. Theobald names Olympic
Duke of Richmond's Pussey, 5 yrs
Mr. Sowerby's b. f. Boddice, 4 yrs
Mr. Balchin's br. m. Levity, 5 yrs 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Jacob Faithful, and 2to 1 against Pussey ;
no other mentioned.

Pussey made play, followed by Levity, for a mile and a half, when
the latter declined, and her place was taken by Olympic. About
half a mile from home Pussey declined, and the running was taken
up by Olympic who was passed at the last turn, and beaten easy
by two lengths.
A Plate of 50 sovs., given by the Ladies of Surrey, for horses that
have never won before the day of entry. Three•yrs old, 7st.
71b. ; four, Bst. 81b. ; five, 9st. ; six and aged, 9st. 21b. ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, about a mile and a half. The
winner to be sold for 1201.

Duke of Beaufort's Hatfield, 3 yrs...(Flatman) 1 2 1
Count Bathiany's The Sulphide, 3 yrs. . . 2 1 2
Mr. Molineux's g. f. by Dunsinane, 3 yrs 3 dr
Mr. Price's ch. g. by Aaron
Hatfield tho favourite. The first two heats won by a neck, and
the third by a head.
The Hunters' Gold Cup, value 100 sovs. 12st. each ; mares and
geldings alloweJ 31b ; winners to carry 71b. extra, if twice 101 b. ;
thorough-bred horses to carry 101 b. extra. Heats, about two
miles.

Mr. Baring's b. g. Lofty, aged ...(Capt. Beecher) 1 1
Mr. Knight's ch. g. Gameboy, 5 yrs
Mr. Thompson's b. m. Agnes, aged...
Mr. Bainbridge's br. g. Stradbally, 5 yrs 0 4
Mr. G. Pannel's b. h. Hokee Pokee, aged 3 5
Mr. J. Mathew's ch. g. Ace of Diamonds, aged... 0 dr
Mr. Agate's b. h. Nonsense, 4 yrs
Both heats won easy. The winner claimed.
In, the two or three years that have elapsed since their com-
mencement, these races have progressed with a rapidity almost
without precedent. They can now boast of two or three gold
cups, Flenty of money, the Newmarket judge, and the Epsom
clerk, a new and improved course, and a host of wealthy and
influential supporters—in short, of all the essentials of present
and future prosperity.. The company yesterday was immense,
and included the Duke of Beaufort, Earl and Countess So-
mers and family, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Lord G.
Bcntinck, Colonel Peel, Sir G. Hcathcote, R. Etwall, Esq.,
M. P., D. Robinson,c.
Turner,Esq., Esq., T. cmrnen
C .Codringtorno,Escti, Esq, j
,M.p.:j..
Harman,Tobin,E sEq!,cl.C'aptain Fairlie, Captain Gardnor, ecc. The
sport was most excellent.

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.

The Queen gave a state ball (the second this season) at
St. James's Pal ,ce on Tuesday (the anniversary of the Prin-
cess Victoria's birth-day).
The arrangements were similar to the former occasion, the
Throne-room and Queen Anne's-room were prepared for
dancing, having orchestras in both, for the quadrille bands.
The King's Guard was on duty in the Colour-court. The
Yeoman Guard lined the guard-chamber and the approach
from the grand staircases. The officers present were Sir
Edward Pearson, the lieutenant ; Mr. Ellerthorp, clerk of the
Cheque; and Sir Thomas H. Curteis, the exon in waiting.
The entire suite of state rooms were brilliantly illuminated
with ormolu chandeliers and candelabra; the Ball Room had,
in addition, a number of side lights, furnished by Perry.
The Royal Closet was set apart for cards.
The ball was numerously and brilliantly attended; the
dresses of many of the ladies being new for the occasion.
Several of the noblemen wore their stars and badges set in
diamonds.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Prin-
cess Victoria, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the
reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, the Hereditary
Prince, the Prince Albert of Cobourg, and the Prince of Le-
ningen, and attended by the Duchess of Northumberland,
Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Baroness Lehzen, Sir John Con-
roy, Sir George Anson, Count Colowrat, and Baron d'Al-
vensleben, arrived at ten o'clock by the Colour-court.
Their Royal Highnesses were received on the grand stair-
case by Captain Vincent, R. N., Hon. F. G. Strangways,
Captain Curzon, R.N., Mr. Mellish, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Jones, the Queen's Gentlemen Ushers, who conducted their
Royal Highnesses through the state rooms to the Royal closet.
The Duke of Cumberland, the Princess Augusta, attended
by Lady Louisa Cornwallis and Sir Benjamin Stephenson;
the, Land ravine of Hesse Homberg, attended by Madle.
Stein ; the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Sir Samuel
Higgins; the Prince of Orange, the Hereditary Prince, and
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands ; Prince George of
Cambridge, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Wood, and Prince
Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, arrived and assembled in tia,,
Royal closet.

'oort after ten o'clock their Majesties and the Royal party
entered the rooms, and were received by the bands playing.
" God save the King:: Having passed through the rooms
to Queen Anne's room, or the ball room, the King and
Queen, and the Royal visitors, took their seats on the elevated
platform at the end, the back of which were hung with crim-
son drapery.
Weippert's full band, of thirty performers, was stationed in
this room, and as soon as their Majesties and the Royal Family
were seated, commenced with a new quadrille (the Alexan-
driva), composed expressly for the occasion in honour of the
Princess Victoria.

The first set was danced by the Princess, the Ladies Hill,
and the Hon. Miss Bagot ; Prince George of Cambridge, the
Princes William and Alexander of the Netherlands, and the
Prince of Saxe Cobourg.
The following new music was performed by Weippert's band
during the evening :—The Leiningen, Saxe Cobourg, and
Nassau waltzes, and quadrilles from Les Huguenots, Ben-
yowski, Briganti, and Elixir d'Amour. The celebrated Vocal
Gallope was repeated three times by special desire.
In the Throne-room Mr. Collinet's band of distinguished
professors from the King's Theatre, including Messrs. Na-
daud, Tolbecque, Remy, Barret, and Rode, executed Musird's
new music. Amongst the favourite quadrilles were Micheline,
Les Deux REines, L'Angleterre. Among the waltzes were
Les Violettes and Der Trohsinn mein Ziel.

The admired gallope of Beniowsky was repeated by desire.
The band was ably led by Mr. Nadaud.
At half-past twelve o'clock the King and Queen left the
rooms for the Queen's House, where supper was served in
the Drawing-room to their Majesties, the Duchess of Kent,
the Princess Victoria, the Princess Augusta, the Landgravine,
the Duchess of Gloucester, the Prince of Orange, the here-
ditary Prince, and Prince Alexander of the Netherlands,
Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Saxe Cobourg
Gotha, the Hereditary Prince, and Prince Albert of Coburg,
the Princc of Leiriingen, Prince Ernest of Hesse, the Duke
of Argyll, Marquis of Conygham, Countess of Sheffield, (Lady
in Waiting) the Duchess of Northumberland, Earls Howe,
Denbigh, and Albemarle.

The Grand Banquet-room was at the same tirre ()pence,
and supper was served to the general company.
The King and Queen and their illustrious party returned to
the Throne room soon after one o'clock.
The. Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria left at two
o'clock. Their Majesties remained in the Thron3-room till
three o'clock, when they retired with the Royal Family, soon
after which dancing ceased.
Among the company were the Russian Ambassador; the
French Ambassador, and Countess Sebastiani ; the Neapoli.:an
Minister, and Countess Ludolf; the Prussian Minister,
the Hanoverian Minister, and Baroness d'Ompteda de
Strabe ; the Danish Minister, and Baroness Biome ; the Por
tuguese Minister ; the Grecian Minister and Madame Tri-
coupi ; the Bavarian Minister, and Baroness Cetto; the
Brazilian, Netherlands, Sardinian, and Saxon Ministers ;
Noory Effendi, Ottoman Minister, accompanied by Mr. Sa-
lome, his Majesty's oriental interpreter; the Austrian, United
States, and Belgian Charges. d'Affaires; Count Gramme ;t,
Secretary to the French Embassy ; Count Seckendxff
( Prussian), Mons. Lichtenberg ( Hanoverian) Baton Rehatt-
sea (Swedish), Count Moivan (Sardinian), Chevalier de
Ribeiro (Portuguese), Count Plessen (Danish), and Tal-
laat EiTendi (Ottoman). Secretaries of Legation ; M. Lebzel-
tern. Attat:he to the Austrian Embassy ; Mr. Mantlers, At-
tache to the Portuguese Legation; the Baron de Lagos,
Count Charles and Countess Pozzo di Borgo, Count Gustavus
and Countess Blucher do \Vahlstadt, Count Limburg. Stirum,
Baron and Baroness de Rutzen, Mons. Frederic yea
Vaunter (Professor of History in the University of Berlia),
Ovannea Aga, Master of the Sultan's Powder Mills; Count
Erdody, Chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria ; Baron
d'Ompteda, Aid-de-camp to the Duke of Cambridge ; Baron
d'Ompteda, of the Jaeger Guards; Baron Nolcken, of the
Swedish Guards ; Captain Bedingfeld, of the Austrian ser-
vice ; Counts Colowrat and Festetietz; Mons. Alexander de
Bethmann, M. de Regina, the Lord Chancellor and Lady
Cottenham.

The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta,
the Landgravinc, the Princess Sophia, the Duchess of Glou-
cester, the Princess Sophia Matilda, the Prince George id
Cambridge, the Prince of Orange, the Princess William and
Alexander of Orange, their Serene Highnesses the Reigning
Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, the Hereditary Prince, Albert
of Saxe Cobourg, Prince of Leiningen, and the Prince Er-
nest of Hesse, assembled at the Duchess of Kent's, at tao
o'clock on Tuesday (the Princess Victoria's Birth-day), to
offer their congratulations to her Royal Highness and the
Princess Victoria on the happy return of the day.
The Duke of Sussex was prevented coming by the state of
his sight, but his Royal. Highness sent the Duchess of Kent
and the Princess very affectionate messages on the occasion.
From one o'clock to seven o'clock the company calling at
Kensington Palace was incessant, and the string of carriages
so great, that many of the, visitors were obliged to sit in their
carriages for nearly an hour. Upwards of fifteen hundred
names were left on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's
visiting-book.
The King gave audiences yesterday to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Duke of Richmond and Colonel Wood.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria paid the
Duke of Sussex a visit yesterday.
The Duke of Cumberland, after being present at the-
Queen's state ball on Tuesday evening, left town for his resi-
dence at Kcw.

His Seren, Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg
Gotha visited the Prince of Orange and the Lord Chancellor
yesterday.

The chancellor of tha Exchequer left town yesterday for
Howsdew House, near Ware.

The Marquis of Anglesey gives a sumptuous
entertainment this day in Old Burlington-street, to his
Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, the Commander-in-
Chief, and a distinguished party of military officers, many of
whom, including the Illustrious Prince, were the Gallant
Marquis's companions in arms at the battle of Waterloo.
The Duke of Wellington, on Saturday, the 18th of
June, will give his annual Waterloo fete at Apsley-bouse to
the General and Field Officers engaged in that memorable
conflict. The Prince of Orange is expected to defer his de-
parture from England until after that day, in order to be able
to accept the Noble Duke's invitation.

I'he Prince and Princess of Capua entertained a
distinguished party at dinner at Mivart's Hotel on Monday
evening, and afterwards the musical talents of Signor La-
blache, of the King's Theatre, were engaged for the amuse-
ment of the company.
The Prince of Orange
and his sons went from Mi-
vart's Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, in one of the royal car.
riages, to Kensington Palace, to pay a congratulatory visit to
the Princess Victoria, on the return of the anniversary of her
natal day. The Princes partook of a dejeune at the Palace,
and afterwards visited the King and Queen at St. James's.
The Marquis of Bristol, Earl Tyrconnel, Earl of Albemarle,
Lord Southampton, Sir F. Trench, Lord J. Manners, Lord
Brudenell, Sir J. Graham, Baron Osten, and Sir George
Hoste, paid their respects to the Princess on Tuesday and
Monday. It is, we believe, the intention of the Prince, previously
to his departure, to place his two sons at the University of
Oxford, where he was himself educated. His Royal High-
ness's third son, Prince Frederick, will shortly gn on board
the squadron which is destined to cruise in the Baltic, after
which he will proceed on his intended voyage to the East Indies.
Mr. Notter, the Box Book-keeper has just put
forth a very attractive bill of fare for his benefit, which takes
place to-morrow night, at Covent Garden Theatre. The per-
formances commence with Sheridan Knowles's play of The
Wife, which has not been acted these four years, and in which
Mr. C. Kemble will sustain the part of Julian St. Pierre,
originally played by the author of the piece. In the laugha-
ble interlude of Hide and Seek which follows, Mr. Keeley
will make his first appearance here these four years, in his ori-
ginal character of .Moses ; and the entertainments arc to con-
clude with the last novelty—The Steel Pavilion ; or, the
Charcoal Burner of the Hartz.
It is stated that upwards of 20,000 individuals are
at present residing in the metropolis, who have been brought
to town by reason of the various new railway and other specu-
lations. and whose presence is required to obtain the various
Acts of Parliament.
FRENCH IDEAS OF ENGLAND.—Scribe, in his
Visit to Bedlam, acted in 1818, makes his heroine take up
her abode at a pleasant villa on the banks of the Thames, close
to the New Bedlam, of which Dr. Willis is the Governor,
and which is situate near the gates of London. The hero, a
young man of fashion, travels with six horses and three pos-
tillions, and breakfasts on porter, at the sign of the Grand
Admiral,

BRITISH LEGION IN SPAIN.

The following is the General Order issued on the 17th,
by General Evans, for which we had not room in our pub-
lication of yesterday :
GENERAL ORDER.

Head-quarters, St. Sebastian, May 17, 183 G.

The time requisite for obtaining reports from the com-
manders of brigades and regiments, enumerating the officers,
non-commissioned officers, and men, who more particularly
distinguished themselves in the glorious action of the sth
inst., and the necessity of classifying the names of those so
reported, has obliged the Lieutenant-General to postpone
till the present moment the duty so grateful to his feelings
of expressing to the troops his deep sense of obligation for
their noble and admirable conduct on that day.
The enemy's defences, after five months et preparation,
had become screened on either flank by a river and a
morass, and defended by what may be termed a garrison of
3,000 men.

Before day-light our three columns of Spanish and Bri-
tish troops, under the Brigadier-Generals Chichester, Reid,
and Shaw, ascended, attacked, and carried in the most
prompt and excellent manner the enemy's first line of en-
trenchments. A series of barricades, some deep ravines,
and, for the moment, insurmountable obstacles presented
themselves to oppose any further immediate progress against
the enemy's centre and right. What we gained, however,
in that quarter was firmly maintained till the proper mo-
ment arrived for a farther advance.
In the mean time the Ist and 2d brigades, and the
Spanish corps attached to them, still pressing forward,
carried in a brilliant style that Part of the second line in
their front, where the 7th, 9th, and 10th regiments esta-
bli?hed themselves, although continually exposed to a very
heavy cross fire.

The whole of the Ist regiment, with detachments from
the 7th, Bth, 10th and Segovia regiment, continuing in the
same direction their triumphant career, soon lodged them-
selves, notwithstanding all the difficulties of the ground,
close under the enemies third and last line of defence—the
redoubt or battery of Lugariz. From this point some
heroic attempts were made to climb over the enemy's pa-
rapets on the summit, led by Colonel Ellis, accompanied by
Majors Freestun, Hicks, Thompson, Captain Scarman, and
other officers. These efforts, which were for a time inef-
fectual, owing to the steepness of the ascent, but still more
to the extreme fatigue and exhaustion of the troops from
previous exertion, redounded in the highest degree to the
honour of those engaged in them. One of the chivalrous
onsets referred to was headed by Captain Knight, aide-de-
camp to General Chichester, a gallant officer, who never went
into action without achieving distinction, and whose loss is
a source of the utmost regret to the Lieutenant-General
and his companions in arms.
At length the admirably directed fire of his Britannic
Majesty's ships under Commodore Lord .1.311 n Hay, and
especially tnat of the Phenix, Captain Henderson, de-
stroyed a part of the enemy's defences. The 4th and Bth
Regiments of the Legion, under Lieutenant-Colonels Han-
ley and Godfrey, just disembarked from his Majesty's ships,
now mounted to the assault through the broach thus made,
and with the most cool and splendid intrepidity, without
firing a shot, rendered themselves masters of this long.con-
tested point.
At the same moment the Saragossa and Oviedo Regi-
ments, the distinguished volunteers of Guipuzcoa, the mo-
bilised company of NatiOnal Guards, the 3d, 6th, and Rifles
of the Legion, penetrated the centre, carrying in rapid suc-
cession several fortified houses, and capturing the enemy's
cannon in that part of the line. At this point the rebel
standard, erected in the centre of their works, indicating
their intention of giving no quarter, became the prize of
the Westminster Grenadiers, under Lieutenant-Colonel
Churchill. Here also fell, mortally wounded, the rebel
chief Segastibelza. On the other hand, it was in this last
charge that Colonel Tupper received his wounds. Be was
leading on his men with that daring ardour, which those
who knew him can conceive. He met the fate of a brave
soldier, and his honoured remains now rest beneath the
spot ennobled by his fall.
The victory was gained—the enemy fled utterly routed
in all directions. The first proper fruit of this memorable
action, was the destruction of the enemy's works erected
against this interesting city, and of placing it and its im-
portant bay in a state of permanent security. This preli-
minary is now nearly accomplished ; and shortly—the Lieu-
tenant-General has no doubt—but that further successes
await the troops.

The Lieutenant-General has now but to endeavour to ex-
press his sense, though inadequately, of the merits of those
whose conduct shone most conspicuously on the occasion.
For himself he claims nothing but that of having been the
senior officer present.
It was an affair of straightforward fighting, and the end
was distinctly gained by the intrinsic valour of all ranks—
officers and men—Spaniards as well as British.
The extensive experience, superior ability, and unbounded
zeal of Brigadier Generals M‘Dou7al and Reid, are so
fully known and appreciated,, not only in this corpS, but in
the British army, that the Lieutenant-General need only
say, that to their advice and assistance on every occasion,
and to their indefatigable exertions in forwarding the exe-
cutive parts of the service, he is more indebted than it is
possible for him to 'describe.
To Brigadier Generals Chichester and Shaw, for 'their
constancy, decided practi-al skill, courage, and rare example,
in directing throughout the day the first and second bri-
gades under their command, the Lieutenant-General will
ever feel the deepest sense of gratitude. The prominent
and conspicuous claims of those four officers in particular
to a high and honourable consideration for their great share
in•the issue of this hard fought contest are submitted to
the Government, and will not be unattended to. To the
Governor of St. Sebastian; Don R imon Rebollo, to Colonel
Don Joacquim Maria Bellosa, commanding the Oviedo Re-
giment, and for a time succeeding to the command of the
Light Brigade, Colonels Don Tibucio Saraeed, of the Sa-
rogossa Regiment, Don C. Mellendez,of the Segovia Re-
giment, Don N—, of the Jaen Regiment, Don Fernando
Cottoner, commanding the Volunteers of Guipusco, Don
Jose Resus ta, commanding H. C. M. Marine Forces,
Lieutenant-Colonel Don Manuel Menendez, of the Segovia
Regiment, Captain the Baron Burghold, of the San Fer-
nano Regiment, and Licuts. Don Francisca Serranno, of
the Carbineros of the Real Hacienda, and Don Luiz
Gautier, of the Royal Engineers. To Colonel Coign-
houn, whose well known ability and energy in com-
mand of the Artillery, were of the greatest service, and
to the, following officers commanding regiments of the Le-
gion ; Lieut-Colonels Ellis, Churchill, Harley, Ross, Swan,
Godfrey, Fitzgerald, O'Connell, and Fortescue, the very
best and highest acknowledgments are due. In this List
of brave and excellent chiefs, it would indeed be difficult
and invidious to make any selection. To the Officers of
the General and Personal Staff, to the Quarter-Master
General, Brigadier-General M'Dougall ; the Adjutant-
general, Brigadier-general Le Merchant ; to the Military
Secretary, Colonel Considine ; my aide-de-camp, Lord W.
Paget ; Lieut.-Colonels Cotoner, and Lezama ; Majors
Escudero and Herman, and Shelley, and Don Ignacio Gur-
rea, the three first named of my aide-de-camps having been
wounded, and to all of whom, for their devoted zeal and
remarkable efficiency, he offers his sincerest thanks. And
he has only again to reiterate to the whole of the troops—
officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of both na-
tions, this heartfelt testimony of his admiration of their
conduct. In the brief and hurried dispatch, which the
Lieut.-General transmitted to Government at the close of
the action, pressed for time, and nearly overwhelmed
with fatigue, he felt unable to enumerate at the moment
more than a few indeed of the names of those who
had distinguished themselvei, and he therefore thought it
more just not to do this partially, but to embody the whole,
as he now does, in one record, which will be transmitted to
the General-in-Chief and Minister-at-War. The whole of
these named in this order, as follow, receive the decoration
of the military merit of St. Ferdinand, and the non-com-
missioned officers and privates, for their conduct also in the
field of battle, according to the recommendations sent in, re-
ceive the decoration of Isabel the Second :

THIRD CLASS OF ST. FERDINAND —Brigadier Generals
M'Dougall, Chichester, Reid, Shaw.
SECOND CLASS OF ST. FERDlNAND.—Brigadier-General
Le Marchant ; Colonels Ramon Rebollo, I. M. Belloso,
Tibucia Saraged, Jose Resusta, chief of Spanish Marine,
Colquhoun, Considine, Lord William Prget, Captain Hen-
derson, H. M. ship Phoenix ; Lieutenant-Colonels Fer-
nando Cotoner, Fitzgerald, Godfrey, O'Connell, Churchill,
Ellis, Harley.
LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.—AIex. Cruise, 9th Regt.
Staff ; Malcomb Ross, 6th Regt. ; M. Fortescue, Rifles ;
J. Thompson, Ist Regt. ; J. Hicks, Ist. Regt. ; W. F.
Campbell, 3d Regt. ; R. Cannon, 4th Regt. ; J. Shaw,
10th Regt. ; B. Mitchell, Bth Regt. ; V. Lezorma, 7th
Regt. ; A. Losack, 4th Regt. ; G. M'Cabc, 7th Regt.;
A. Jockmar, Staff.
DEPUTY INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF HOSPlTALS.—Ru-
therford Alcock.

MAJORS.—J. O'Neal, 6th Regt. Staff ; J. W. Wool-
ridge, 4th Regt. ; J. P. Meade, 10th Regt. ; G. Mitchell,
and Major Hogg, Bth Regt. ; Major Cotton, 9th Regt. ;
Major Boyd, Rifles ; Major Fitzgerald, 3d Regt. ; F.
Clerk ; 6th Regt. ; M. Newcombe, Rifles ; P. Ramsay,
4th Regt. ; W. Shields and T. M'Knight, Bth Regt. ; G.
Talbot and Edgar Beckham, Ist Regt. ; W. L. Freestun,
3d Regt. ; Don Raphael Escudero, A.D.C. to the Lieut.-
General ; G. F. Herman, Rifles, Staff ; Don Ricardo
Shelly, A.D.C. to the Lieutenant-General ; P. Thoreau,
Artillery. _ _

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CAPTAINS.—T. Edge, 7th Regt. ; W. H. Fitzgerald
and E. Parke, 10th Regt. ; E. W. Thompson and F. B.
Street, 9th Regt. ; Andrew Mackie and J. Sheppard, 9th
Regt. ; C. Galway and Count de Railing, 10th Regt. ; R.
Reevil and M. Regg, 3d Regt. ; J. Shaw and C. Wood,
Gth Regt. ; E. Costello, R. Atkyns, and Jeffries, Rifles ;
Baron de Burgold, Spanish Army, attached to Light

Brigade ; P. Allez, 9th Regt. ; R. Wright, 10th Regt. ;
Don Vicente Geonaga, Volunteers of Guipuzcoa.
LIEUTENANTS.—Don Ignacio Guerrea, aide-de-camp to
the Lieutenant-General ; C. Townley, M. Ximines, Ist
Regt. ; J. M. Chadwick, and James M'lntosh, 3d Regt. ;
Walter Carey, 6th Regt. ; E. de Burgh, and John Court-
ney, Rifles. Serrano attached to the Light Brigade—W.
Phelan and Alexander Duncan, 7th Regt. ; Lieut. J. H.
Hamilton, Artillery ; J. J. Sparrow, 9th Regt. ; Felix
Prado, Volunteers of Guipuzcoa.
ENSIGNS.—J. C. Byrne, 9th Regt. ; H. O'Donnell, 10th
Regt. ; Volunteer Dillon, 9th Regt.

DE LACEY E AYA NS, Lieut.-General.
By command, J. GASPARD LE MARCHANT,
Adjutant-Gen.

Since Eguia's retreat strong detachments have been sent
from Fontarabia and Irun to reinforce the garrison at Her-
nani ; the enemy's advanced posts are at the Venta Hill.
Within these few days past the Carlists appear to be ani-
mated with a more loyal spirit, and to show a disposition
to follow the usages of civilized warfare ; they cease to fire
upon our pickets, and will frequently come down and con-
verse familiarly with our men. In one of these conversa-
tions an officer of theirs admitted that their loss in the late
affair was upwards of 500 men, which, considering how
they were covered, shows the intensity of an English line
of fire.

This morning, his Majesty's steamer ilfessenzer, ar-
rived from Portuf.xalette, bringing round a battalion of ma-
rines, 600 strong, under Major Owen. General Jaurcguy
has arrived at Socoa with 1,500 men; and will be here to-
morrow. Our force will be as follows :
The Legion
Spanish troops
British Marines and Marine Artillery

10,200

A further reinfonement of Spanish troops may be daily
expected, which will then enable us to extend the circle of
operations to Passages, Fontarabia, and Irun, thus cutting
off the enemy's communications with the French frontier,
from whense he draws so large a portion of his supplies,
Sze. Should Cordova, on the other band, made an avant
movement, which, considering that he has at least 50,000
men disposable, the Carlists, hemmed in between the sea,
ourselves, and Cordova, cut off from their supplies, must
either fight on our own terms or surrender. This is Bien
entendu, that Cordova's operations are so well conceived,
and executed with skill and rapidity. So favourable a mo-
ment has not occurred since the .commencement of the war.
The enemy are completely paralysed from the effects of the
late affair, and the active co-operation of the British forces
must convince the deluded population that in clinging to the
Pretender, they cling to a falling tower, whose fall will
overwhelm them in its ruins.

The following official list of promotions in the British
Legion is to take effect from the date of the sth of May,
1836 :

To be Brigadier Generals :—Colonel J. G. Le Mar-
chant, Adjutant-General Ist Regiment ; Colonel C. Shaw,
K.T.C.S., 6th Regiment.
To be Colonels :—Lieut.-Colonel Fitzgerald, 9th Regi-
ment ; Lieut.-Colonel G. C. Swan, 7th Regiment ; and
Lieut.-Colonel E. L. Godfrey, Bth Regiment.

. _
To be Lieut.-Colonel and Commandant 4th Regiment :
Brevet Lieut.-Colonel P. Harley, K.T.S., from the 9th
Regiment.

To be Brevet Lieut.-Colonels :—Major J. Thompson,
Ist Regiment ; Major J. Hicks, Ist ; Major S. Ross, Gth ;
Major W. F. Campbell, 3rd ; Major R. Cannan, 4th ;
Major S. Shaw, 10th ; Major. B. Mitchell, Bth ; Major
M. Fortescue, Rifles ; Major V. Lezama, 7th ; Major
A. Losack, 4th ; Major G. M'Cabe, 7th ; Major A.
Jockmus, Bth.

To be Majors :—Captain Ramsay, 4th Regiment ; Cap-
tain Wooldridge, 4th Regiment ; Captain J. Cotter (vice
Harley, promoted), 9th Regiment; Brevet Major G. Hogg,
Bth Regiment ; Brevet Major Boyd, from the 10th Regi-
ment, to be Major in the 'Rifles.
To be Brevet Majors—Captain Freestun, 3d Regi-
ment ; Captain O'Neale, 6th Regiment ; Captain Her-
man, Rifles ; Captain Talbot, Ist Regiment : Captain
Meade, 10th Regiment ; Captain and Adjutant F. Clarke,
6th Regiment ; Captain. W. Shields, Bth Regiment ;
Captain R. Hamilton, 7th Regiment ; Captain New-
combe.

To be Captains—Lieut. Bovil (vice Ramsay), promo-
ted), 4th Regiment ; Lieutenant George Jeffreys (vice
O'Bcilly 'killed), Rifles ; Lieutenant J. M'lntosh, Rifles ;
Lieutenant Arnold (vice Seaman killed), Ist Regiment;
Lieutenant J. D. Miller, (vice Knight, killed), Bth Re-
giment ; Lieutenant A. Erskine (vice Hogg promoted),
Bth Regiment; Lieutcnant M'Kellar, vice M'Ncil killed,
Gth Regiment ; and Lieutenant Carnaby, Gth Regiment ;
Lieutenant and Adjutant Edge, 7th .Regiment, to be
Captain and Adjutant ; Lieutenant and Adjutant P.
Alien, 9th Regiment, to be Captain and Adjutant, vice
Cotter, promoted.

To be First Lieutenants—Second Lieutenant H. L. de
Backer, vice M.-Kellar, promoted, 6tll Regiment ; Second
Lieutenant W. Forster, vice Balfour, killed in action, 6th ;
Second Lieutenant M. Deilamore, 6th.
To be Lieutenants—Ensign I'. H. Roberts, vice Miller,
promoted, Bth ; Ensign R. Shields, vice Erskine, pro-
moted, Bth ; Ensign J. J. Sparrow, vice Allex, promoted,
9th ; Ensign Doherty, vice Arnold, promoted, Ist, dated
12th May ; Ensign Fergusson, vice Cooper, Ist dated
12th May.
Hugh Robertson, to be Quartermaster of the 7th
went, vice Warner killed in action.

Sergeant liowitt, to be Quartermaster of the 6th Regi-
ment, vice \Varner, promoted to the 7th.
Quartermaster Sergeant Hayes to be Quartermaster of
the 9th Regiment, vice Wright, killed in action.
Sergeant Holy to be Ensign of the Ist Regiment, vice
Doherty promoted.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ross. of the 6th Regiment to
be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, from the 13th inst.,
vice Tupper, deceased.
Brevet. Major and Adjutant Clerk to be Major and Ad-
jutant, vice Ross, promoted, lath May.
Artillery—Captain Thoreau to be Brevet-Major, I`2th
May.

Medical Department—Assistant Inspectors of' hospitals
R. Alcock, K.T.S. to be Deputy Inspector-General o;
Hospitals for services in the field.
(True copy) C. WETHE R A LL, Lieut.-Col.
Freeman's-Court, Cornhill, May 24.

Loss OF FOUR LIVES.—On Tuesday morning
last, as four young men were descending in a carriage into a
coal and mine pit, at Sirhowy Works, the carriage, by some
unknown means, got entangled in the side of the pit, and the
chain by which it was suspended gave way, when the unfortu-
nate victims were in an instant precipitated to the bottom, a
depth of about fifty-four fathoms, and their bodies were found
mangled in such a dreadful manner, that it was with much
difficulty they were conveyed to their respective homes, by
their trembling fellow-workmen. Two of the unfortunate
sufferers were inmates of the same house, which they both left
together in the morning in the bloom of life and full of vigour,
little dreaming of the dreadful fate pending over their heads,
and which in a few minutes put an end to their existence, in
the manner already described ; but, before eight o'clock, their
shattered remains were conveyed back from whence they came.
—Cambrian.

RECIPROCITY.—The people of Ireland, England,
and Scotland, require the application of a principle which has
been long recognized by the Constitution of Great Britain,
and sanctioned by the approving judgment of the wise and good
in every age since man emerged from barbarism. But a hand-
ful of privileged persons, just 180 little Lords, answer the rea-
sonable requisition of 23 millions of men constituting the
wealth, population, and intelligence of the kingdom, by saying
that they will send the Corporations to destruction—yes, they
insolently declare that the elective principle shall not be intro-
duced—they add insult to outrage, and vociferously damn them
all to annihilation. Now, where let us ask, would be the in-
justice, moral or political, if the people of Great Britain,
through their representatives, were now to demand a law to
annihilate the power of the men who thus wantonly off:ind
justice, and outrage the entire kingdom by their indecent,
dishonest, and scandalous acts. There would be some reci-
procity in dealing thus with these nefarious exclusives.
MR. GREEN'S ASCENT.—This intrepid voyager
ascended from the Surrey Zoological Gardens on Monday
evening, at half-past seven o'clock, and descended at Neston-
park, near Guildford, at a quarter before nine o'clock. The
balloon passed over Vauxhall. When over Hammersmith
Suspension Bridge it was at its greatest elevation, being
20,000 feet, and although the wind was extremely strong, the
balloon was stationary for nearly three-quarters of an hour.
The last sixteen miles were made within twelve minutes. A
great deal of difficulty was experienced in landing on account
of the grappling irons having passed through the woods tear-
ing away the upper part of the trees. The balloon was ulti-
mately secured by their taking firm hold of the branches.
The internal capacity of the balloon is 22,000 cubic feet of
gas, which is equal to 120,000 gallons. On Tuesday Mr. Green
made his 213th ascent from the same gardens, accompanied
by a gentleman whose name was not given. The ascent was
grand in the extreme.

The Tory proceedings at our Theatre on Thursday
last, in humble imitation of something of the sort about a
month or six weeks since at Covent-garden, will pass as an
excellent joke among the Reformers, upon whose heads (tin.
fortunate wights 1) so much conservative froth and foam was
vented. The business from beginning to end appeared to be
a trial of strength as to who could best abuse the Whigs.
Colonel Sibthorp was the first to let fly ; Sir E. F. Brom-
head followed, and in due course a Mr. Wetherell, from
Northamptonshire, and Mr. G. Sharpe. We believe the pre-
eminence lies with the gallant Colonel, for though the others
proved themselves by no means deficient in the art of railing,
the greatest share of applause followed the Colonel's denun-
ciations. Indeed, his gesticulations and his elocution, his
graceful bows and Roscius-like distention of the arms—fit at-
titudes for the stage he trod on—all combine to prove that the
palm of merit belongs to the gallant Colonel.—Lineola Ga-
zette.