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London, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

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THE LATE MR. O'CONNELL. CAMBRIDGE INSTAL -
The Universal Prussian Gazette devotes the following -
article to the late Member for the county of Cork : At the risk of some (It gree of repetition we must lay'
"It is not the least significant circumstance in the life before our readers a programme of the proceedings at
of O'Connell that the last eventful scene of all' took the Installation of his Royal Highness Pace Albert
place in a foreign land, so much nearer to Rome than to next month, so far as they are yet definitely Itidd'upon.
Y We have already stated that her Majesty and her
England, that no one member of his numerous famil
was in attendance upon him in his last moments, and Royal Consort will arrive here on Monday, the sth
that all which had formerly filled his life with patriotism of July. It was hoped that the Chancellor would
and love was there submerged in the litanies of Italian have been amongst us on Saturday, the 3d, so as to
priests and in the absolute and exclusive superintendence attend Divine service at St. Mary's on Commencement
of the Romish Church. Sunday ; but it was found that this would be an in-
" This is perhaps the moral and the goal of a life convenient arrangement, and consequently it has been
which has excited more than that of any of his contem- abandoned. The Royal visitors and their suite will leave
poraries the astonishment and sympathy of the people; Buckingham Palace about ten o'clock on Monday, and
and the impartial historian will probably some day an- proceed to the Tottenham station on the Eastern Coun-
nounce that, if O'Connell was active an Ireland, he ties railway, at which place a temporary platform will
laboured for Rome. A not altogether ungrounded or be erected for their accommodation. A very elegant
inappropriate comparison has been made by an English new carriage now in course of construction for them, in
print between O'Connell and the great Martin Luther; which they will travel down to Cambridge. The station
but the resemblance is only a personal one; it only con- here will be handsomely fitted up on the occasion, and
cerns the characters of the men, especially in the impe- accommodation will be provided fora considerable number
tuous manner of expressing their emotions, but is not 01 ladies to witness the arrival of her Alejesty and the
discoverable in their fundamental principles and objects. Chancellor, who will be received by the Mayor and
The great Protestant leader opened the broad highway municipal authorities, and conducted by thew to the
of modern liberty to the minds of awakening Europe ; gates of Trinity college. We are not at present aware
the Roman Catholic demagogue narrowed even the in- what arrangements are made, or likely to be made, with
terests of his country and the cause of liberty in favour regard to the afternoon of 111ontley ; it may be that the
of that priesthood and that church which it was the Queen and the Prince, retaining a lively remembrance
grand object of Luther to destroy. It is true that the of the glories of King's chapel, will again attend Divine
example of O'Connell and the success of his endeavours ,ervice in that magnificent temple; but this. we appre_
have, in many parts of the world, powerfully excited the heed, is nut decided open. In the evening there is not
Roman Catholic Church, by a strange alliance between inueli doubt that they will cline in the hall of Catherine Hall
their cause and the objects of the popular agitators of witti the excellent Mast. rof that society, the present
our age ; and Rome has won more proselytes in the Vice-Chancellor ; and subsequently theme will be a con-
mask of a tribune than in the state vestments of royal cert in the Senate House, arrangemente for which are
confessors and monastic inquisitors. But this, after all, progressin and we have reason to ho p e that; Jenny Lind
is the most striking, if not the only success, so far as a g
lend the charms of her voice to the other charms of
,
this can be discerned in our own times, that posterity the occasion.
will ascribe to Daniel O'Connell, be it for good or for On Tuesday the grand point of attraction will be the
evil. It it affirmed that he emancipated Ireland, that he Senate House, where the Installation Ode will be per-
was the saviour of his country. Would to God that he formed, and various academical proceedings will take
could lay claim to this renown, for Ireland would now place under the presidency of his Royal Highness the
be effectually saved and emancipated ! Would to God Chancellor. In the afternoon the horticultural fete
that only one-half of the exertions which have been in the beautiful grounds of Downing College
made in order to maintain a party agitation, and only will take place, at which her Majesty will
one-half of the money which has been squeezed from the be present. We hear gratifying accounts of the
starving peasantry under the pretence of attaining im- arrangements in progress for this fete, which is ex-
possible and imaginary objects, had been appropriated pected to be of the most sumptuous kind. Edgington
to the enfranchisement of Ireland from the most pro- will supply six or seven large tents, as well as one for
found ignorance, to her redemption from the ruinous the exclusive use of her Majesty, and we believe that
effects of idleness, to the amelioration of her social con- the scene will be enlivened by the presence of a military
dition, and to the teaching of her people what it really band. The admission to this fete has been fixed, by her
is to be free 1 If O'Connell's life was directed to the Majesty's request, at the low price of five shillings. On
purpose of proving that the regeneration of Ireland de- the evening of Tuesday there will be a Royal banquet
pended upon the assertion of certain political rights, and in the noble Hall of Trinity College; after which her
on the magnifying of the power of the Romish clergy— Majesty will hold a small reception at the Lodge.
then were these the great ends for which he really corn- When we wrote last week it was expected that her
bated ; then, in fact, the last hours of his life may have Majesty and the Prince would quit Cambridge at an
deeply bowed him down, and he may have seen occasion early hour on Wednesday ; but circumstances have
to turn away from the desperate state of the country occurred since then which will probably delay their
which once hailed him as its deliverer. For the loud departure for a short time. On Wednesday last the
cry of anguish raised by the nation, the howlings of the Vice-Chancellor issued the following notice:—
hungry, the desperate neglect of the first laws, according " St. Catherine's Hall Lodge, June 2, 1847.
to which the inhabitants of the earth earn their daily "Several members of the University having expressed
bread—the degradation of receiving nourishment from a wish that arrangements should be made for a public
those who had always been the object of the constant breakfast, or other entertainment at the ensuing corn-
and unremitting hatred and censure of the Irish party— mencement,
all these considerations are the present perturbatory re- " The Vice-Chancellor requests that all such graduates
sults of the policy of O'Connell in Ireland. He had
succeeded, by his incomparable influence, in raising a as are disposed to promote this object will meet in the
Lecture Room under the Public Library on Friday-
whole nation in a hot-headed pursuit of an illusory next,
deter-
phantom. The repeal of the union was to be the panacea the 4th instant, at one o'clock, to consider and
einfrieneet.von the measures necessary for carrying it into
for all evils, and to result in the abolition of all kinds of
injustice; everything else was to be sacrificed to this Int accordance with this notice, the meeting took place
one object. They believed him—the credulous, confid-
syeeesonerddeadyinwhen the proposal for a public breakfast was
evnetre3r-eadpimittoed fmorannh
ing, and blindly zealous people. They followed him,
were at once entered and willingly shared their miserable pence with his eorl,dinangdonarwranegaenmesednatsy
morning, in the grounds of Trini y and St. John's whit
But and his agents : they were ready to die for him.
rival societies are to be united t r the occasion byaha
But even before his last hour had arrived, a more
temporary bridge across the Cam, token, we hope, of
powerful judge than human Governments—a mightier
a perfect burial of whatever ill-fee, in may have arisen
arm than the power of England, had annihilated the
at the late election. This will be agora gnificent whole fabric. It is not the repeal of the union or the
tainment, and we we cannot doubt that it will upon the
enter-
voice of O'Connell that will emancipate Ireland, but the
insight and industry of the people, who hold their fate whole eclipse all other festivities during the Installation.
in their own hands." A public fete at Magdalene College has been talked
about, but we believe the engagements of the Royal
visitors will not permit them to be present.
It is understood that there will be no general illumi-
nation: the season of the year seems to interpose its
authority against that mode of testifying loyalty. But
we hope for a magnificent display of fireworks.
We have authority to state that the following distin-
guished persons have accepted invitations to be present:
—Duke of Wellington, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert
andAiar
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Peel, o
f Northampton, Lord
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London, Lansdowne,
,and Bisßishop
of Oxford.—Cambridge Chronicle.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and
his Royal Highness.
Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday.
The Queen took an airing in an open carriage and
four yesterday, attended by her Lady in Waiting, the
Viscountess Jocelyn. Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Mar-
shal) Equerry in Waiting, attended on horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by his Equerry in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice and the
Princess Helena, accompanied by the Dowager Lady
Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage
and four.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
(Extracts from the Provincial Journals.)
LANCASHIRE.—Heaven is kind, if man is ungrateful.
Never was there such glorious weather as that which has
blessed the country during the last three weeks, and
never, we believe, did the crops increase so rapidly in so
short a time. The wheat and spring corn present a
splendid appearance. The beans are equally promising.
The grass is most luxuriant, and the potatoes never
came up with such a prospect of abundance if the old
disease does not again attack them. In short, during the
time of which we have been speaking, nature has been
working long hours and short hours, and all hours for
man, and the result shows that the time has been well
occupied.—Liverpool Chronicle.
YoRKSHIRE.—Another week of magnificent summer
weather has confirmed the hopes of an early and favour-
able harvest. There has now been a month of the finest
weather possible, and vegetation of every kind is in a
healthy and vigorous state, excepting only the potatoes,
which are again found to be suffering from the mys-
terious disease which destroyed them last year. The
opinion, however, has revived that the stock of corn in
the country is very low; and this, combined with the
potato disease, has produced a decided rally in the
market.—Leeds Mercury.
DUNFRIES.—A new order of weather began here on
Thursday last. Thursday and Friday were quite worthy
of May. A slight thunder-storm passed over our town
early on Saturday morning, so early that few of our
citizens heard it. It seems to have been general in
England: London had its share of it. It was followed
here by a copious and refreshing shower, which told
prodigiously on vegetation after the heat of the two
preceding days. Saturday was a somewhat dull day;
but it was soft, mild, and feeding to the crops. Since
then the weather has been magnificent, and the full
glory of summer is upon us. Monday evening, with the
broad rising moon, was almost the loveliest we ever saw
on earth. It has been noticed as a fact that the oak is
earlier out than the ash this summer, which is by no
means always the case ; and this, they say, foretokens
a dry summer. When the ash is out before the oak
the summer is to be a wet one. This is not our
place for speaking minutely of the crops ; but we may
state that they are looking well in this neighbour-
hood. Some of the early sown oat fields seem almost
gone, whether blighted by the cold, by vermin, or by
disease. Throughout the south of Scotland, and especi-
ally in the confines of Lanarkshire and Peebles-shire, the
mischief was too common. In many cases fields were
ploughed down as quite useless. Whatever may be the
case elsewhere, the blighted fields in this neighbourhood
are gradually recovering, and their crops may still be
fair.—Dumfries-shire Herald.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE —THE POTATO CROP6.—Having
seen statements alleging the prevalence of potato disease
amongst the growing crops in this neighbourhood, we
have thought it right to make as diligent examination
and as general inquiries into the accuracy of these state-
ments as our time and opportunities have permitted, and
we are happy to say that the result has been to per-
fectly satisfy us that, for the present at least, the
general—almosttabunduannivterhsaarlzsintd
oi universal—indication, a
thistli ln , i pointsmpaort n t
rot) o t. a
One or two symptoms of disease on the leaf has been
healthy and
pointed out to our observation, and a solitary leprous
tainted potato or two amongst the early hot-bed produc-
tions; have been shown to us; but these are exceptions
in proportion to one in a thousand, which, in ordinary
times would have been overlooked entirely, and are only
now of importance as tending to excite apprehensions
that a greater development of disease may unhappily
supervene. We think there are good grounds for hope
and confidence that such will not be the case. The
atmospherical influences this year have been and are of
quite an opposite character to those of the two last
years. A severe and protracted winter prepared the
earth for the reception of the seed, and a bright summer
sun has followed to bring to healthy maturity the crops.
We perceive that reports of disease have also been i
re-
ceived from Ireland, from the Isle of Wight, and from
various parts of England, but they have all been fol-
lowed by disclaimers, qualifications, or contradictions.—
Gloucester Journal.
DEVONSHIRE.—HAY HARVEST.—A field of young
grass, in this neighbourhood, belonging. to Mr.de r.
N.
Woolmer's Exeter Gazette.
Tuckett, was carried on Tuesday in
prime o
IlamesuisE.—A correspondent has sent us some
fine
wheat ears, which were plucked on the first of June,
being two days earlier than any at all approaching them
in forwardness could have been found last year. The
last three APO • ks have done wonders for all kinds of
crops, and thrown the interested prophecies of a late
harvest and expected scarcity into the shade.—Hanip-
shire Advertiser.
MoNMoUTHSHIRE.—The bark season has commenced
at Newport, Monmouthshire; the prices are from 60s.
to 85s. per ton. Our Monmouthshire correspondent
•ceaotuhlderbefolrvisthheedlafosrt. fortnight tarheasevbeerel,n.
and hay-making will be general in
esawavhfyeeers—wrY''et days.hl;3;lTgk hitnehgat
Wel‘ well,
have heard no complaints yet about
potatoes in this country."—Bristol Journal.
ITERTFORDSHIRE.—The hay season commenced hero
on Monday last. The crop has since been carted, and,
now may be seen a new rick of meadow hay. The
cinquofoins are ready for the scythe, and two farmers
have begun to cut them. The crops are fine, and hay-
ing will soon be general.—County Press.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence,
Clarence House, St. James's.

The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yester-
day, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen,
Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lady Alfred
Paget, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs.
Anson, and Sir George Couper.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend-
ance during dinner.
Her Ntajest)'s private band afterwards attended in
the Palace.

His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen paid
visits to her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at
Marlborougn House ; to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House ; and to
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at Cambridge House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, and also her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. The Royal
Duchess paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at Cambridge House.
Prince William of Hesse Pbilippsthal arrived at
Marlborough House, Pall-mall, at twelve o'clock yester-
day, from the Continent, on a visit to her Majesty the
Queen Dowager.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine
of Russia, attended by his suite, honoured the Marquis
and Marchioness of Londonderry with his company at
dinner yesterday at Holderness House. The Marchioness
of Londonderry had afterwards an evening party.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and
Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Austrian Ambassador
and the Countess Dietrichstein with their company, at
dinner, yesterday evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar visited
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cam-
bridge House, and the Duchess of Gloucester, at
Gloucester-house. Yesterday the Hereditary Grand
Duke visited and inspected St. Paul's Cathedral. In the
afternoon his Royal Highness, accompanied by Prince
William of Philippsthal, and attended by Earl Howe and
Count de Beust, went to the House of Lords, and also
inspected the new Palace at Westminster.
Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister,
visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the office of
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Thornton transacted business at the Foreign-
office on Friday.
Earl Cathcart had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Welman had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday at the Home-office.

HARVEST PROSPECTS.—In the Exchange News•
room, on Saturday, a clump of wheat was exhibited
from Mr. Neilson's farm, at Halewood. It was sown
the first week in October, is now upwards of three
feet high, and beautifully shot into ear. Mr. Thomp-
son, of Sutton, near Eas tham, states, in a letter to
the Mail, that he cut a field of grass last Mon-
day, and was carrying it on Saturday. The crop was
so heavy that the mowers laboured to deliver it from the
scythe. An old practical farmer who was present stated
that he had never seen a finer crop, and it was in first-rate
condition. He intends to take a second crop from the same
field. " Grain," he adds, " looks excellently well. As con-
cerns the potato blight, my crop is not enough advanced to
give any opinion at present. I can detect no symptoms
The plant looks well." Haymaking commenced near
Bath above a week ago, and in the neighbourhood of
Flolmforth heavy and luxuriant crops have been housed."
The Leeds Intelligencer says, "On Tuesday morning last
a gentleman called at our office with a fine stalk of rye,
with the ear shot, which he ha l plucked on the previous
day in a field near Addle. We should doubt whether
that ancient of men, the oldest inhabitant,' ever knew
rye shot in the month of May before."—Liverpool Albion.
BODY FOUND.—We are requested by the superin-
tendent of police at Margate to insert the following notice :
—" Found at sea this morning, near Margate, the body of a
respectably dressed man, about five feet tan inches high, well
made and very much decomposed, dressed in slate or gray
speckled trousers, Albert slippers, cotton socks, black dress
coat, and mixed casimere waistcoat; supposed to have been
in the water about two months."
ASCENT OF MR. GREEN'S BALLOON.—Last evening
one of the best ascents that hal been witnessed for several
summers was made by Mr. Green in the Nassau Balloon,
from Cremorne-gardens. The number of persons attracted
by the announcement of what was to take place was very
numerous, and within the ring by which the balloon was
fenced off from the great body of spectators was an assem-
blage of many of the comic writers, dramatists, &c., to wit-
ness the departure of Mr. Albert Smith, Mr. J. Lee, and some
of the confederate writers in the amusing periodicals of the
day, who accompanied the veteran aeronaut in the car. The
balloon appeared from the gardens to pass the river about
Westminster, and take towards Kent. The grounds were
crowded. The company after the ascent partook of the fes-
tivities prepared by Mr. Ellis, the proprietor. Music, danc-
ing, fireworks, dramatic representations, singing, &c., formed
the diversions of the evening. The place is now in admirable
order, and the walks, parterres, &c., are well laid out.
PONTYPOOL.—DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Thurs-
day afternoon last. between three and four o'clock, a dreadful
accident happened at the Partneynidd forge by the bursting
of a boiler. The scene was really terrific; one large piece
of iron passed through the roof of the for
everything before it, and fell close by the ogee'
door,
several stones and bricks dropped on the roof of the houses
near; and the windows were all broken. There were alto-
gether fifteen persons scalded and otherwise injured, tan of
whom aro now under medical care. In such large works,
where there are hundreds of men, women, and children em-
ployed, it is surprising how any of them escaped.—Herejord
Times.
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TYPHUS FEVER IN BRlSTOL.—Bristol, WQ regret
to say, is, in common with Newport and other places oil
Irel,nd,in .
the Western coast, now suffering. from the. ravages of the
consequence.
.of
tchypehgurseafetvienriuixmopforltreldsh have. arrived in Bris—
tol in a state of complete destitution and disease, the effects
of the famine in that unhappy country. In St. Peter's Hags
pital, which is in Bristol used as one of the poor-hottses.
fprrupers. who
there are now upwards of forty cases of severe tndans
fever, chiefly atlecting the Irish paupers; and the great-
est care will be required to be taken by the medical au.
thorities to prevent its spreading among the other inmates
of the hospital, which contains some hundreds of inha-
bitants. The governor and deputy-governor of the Bris-
tol Corporation of the Poor have memoralised the Home
Secretary upon the subject, praying him to take imme-
diate steps to prevent the masters of sailing vessels from
bringing paupers from Ireland, many of them in a state of
fever, and landing them on our shores, leaving them to the
mercy of casual charity, or to the relief afforded by the poor'a.
rates,