The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-24 00:00:00

MON DAY EVENING. JULY 24, 1849.

will be carefully arranged, and the war department of
the United Irishman, and the ' Practical Instructor,'
and Elsy Lessons on Military Matters' of the Na-
tion, reprinted. With the same object the journal
will be published in a convenient pocket shape, at the
convenient pocket price of 2c1., and to facilitate its
work it will be published twice a week, the opinion of
the editors on an Irish revolution being that it ' %were
done, when 'tis done, %were well %were done quickly.'
Several approved felons Imre promised their assistance,
and the editors have to announce that articles will ap-
pear in early numbers from C. G. Duffy, John Martin,
T. D. Reilly, T. D. M'Ghee, M. M'Dermott, M. Doheny,
Joseph Brenan, Stephen J. Meany, James F. Lalor, and
a host of competent felonious contributors.—Otlice, 11,
Trinity-street.

CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT IN LIVER-

POOL.

In consequence of information to the effect that
8,000 men, sympathisers with the Irish Repealers,
were armed in Liverpool, waiting for the opportunity
of a rising in Ireland, to burn and destroy all they
could, the Mayor, Magistrates, Aldermen, and
Councillors of the sixteen wards issued circulars, of
which the following is a copy, to all the respectable
and peaceable inhabitants :

" Liverpool, July 22, 1848.
" Sir,—We earnestly beg of you to attend a meeting
of some of the inhabitants of this ward this day at the
Adelphi Hotel, at half past seven o'clock precisely.
" Considerations of no ordinary importance oblige
to urge your attendance, which, be assured, we
should not venture to do so strongly, were it not a
matter of imperative necessity, a necessity the magis-
trates are now acting upon, and which they expect us
and you to aid them in preparing for."
In obedience to the wish conveyed in the circular,
meetings of a 'post satisfactory character took place,
and every possible preparation was made for any
emergency which might arise. A large number of
troops have arrived in Liverpool, and were to be
seen in every direction on Saturday.

Glendower
Loadstcn•

ion, on the strength of the distances (3 miles 5 furlongs),
trill to the lot of Lord Eglinton, with
Van Tromp ... (Marlow) 1
Cossack ... ... ••• ... (Templeman) 2
Halo or Red Hart ••• ... (Nat) 3
Planet or Red Hart's starting is in the present
state of things very improbable. For the Gratwieke
Stakes, Corsican, Surplice, Wiasma, Swordplayer,
Dough, Archery, Hornpipe, Loadstoue, and Distiffina,
include all that are likely to show; Scott has three—
Corsican, Wiasma, and Archery, two of which will run.
Kent has three likewise—Surplice, Hornpipe, and Load-
stone, but the latter is not expected to start, being re-
, served for the Drawing Room Stakes. Surplice., of
course, will win with four to one betted on him ; Scott's
horse will be second, with Hornpipe and Distaffina
well up.
The Ham Stakes will have most of the following as
runners :—Honeycomb, Pyrland, Osterley, Fleece, 13elus
or Solon, Canada filly, Rochester. Semifrane, Fury colt,
Vanguard, colt by lon, filly by Venison, and Mirror; of
the above Pyrland, Solon, Semi:vane, and Wild Bleed
(the Fury colt), are on the dubious list.
Honeycomb in his present form is the best of the
Goodwood lot (to my eye the winner), and Mirror is a
magnificent mare; these two with the colt by lon, and
Semi!ranc, if he starts, will have the rest of the field safe.
The Drawing Room Stakes, I presume, will come off'
thus:—

... (Nat) 1

Canezou ..• ... 3
The Goodwood Club Stakes to Collingwood or Pilot.
The second day's sport bkzins with a sweepstakes of
10 soya. each, which with the Queen's Plate, the
Steward's Cup, the Member's Plate, and the Cowdray
Stakes, have not been entered for as yet.
The Orange Stakes to Corsican or Hornpipe, in the
absence of Red Hart.

Of the original entry for the Goodwood Stakes forty-
seven remain in, and from eighteen to twenty four will
meet at the starting post on Wednesday next to contend
for this the Stake of the week.

Between now and the afternoon of Wednesday, several
important changes may be brought about, that will
materially alter the present aspect of affairs, but I think
the following list contains all that will run for this great
event :

st. lb.

st. lb.

Chanticleer, 5 yrs 6
Bantatn, 5 yrs, ... 7 12
Diplomatiat, 4 yrs ... 7 11
*Rowena, aged, ... 7 9
Hydrangea, 5 yrs ... 7 7
The Tartar, 4 yrs ... 7 7
Plaudit, 6 yrs ... 7 5
*Clementine, 4 yrs ... 7 0
*Sheraton, 5 yrs ... 613
*Raisthorpe, 4 yrs ... 6 12
Gaiety, 4 yrs ... ... 6 8
*Marquis of Conyng-
ham, 5 yrs... ... 6 7
*Watchdog, 4 yrs ... 6 5
The Baronet, 5 yrs ... 6 5
All the above have arrived or will have done so' on
Monday evening. Those marked thus * may be coil-
sidered the most probable non-starters, but such pranks
may be played off in the course of Monday and Tues-
day as man in his " philosophy dreams not of," and thus
capsize the best calculations made by me or any other
person.
tar,Al heiato have the best
of it by long chalks ; and for a fancy team should takep, Chat,
According to weight, condition, and money, I consider
Bantam,Re-
flection,
Chanticleer,
Diplomatist,andT Remembrance The
eTar,
Bantam, Diplomatist, Reflection, and Remembrance,
placing them thus :
Bantam ... 1
Remembrance
Diplomatist .. 3
On Thursday there are no less than thirteen races on
paper, two of which will be walks over.
A Sweepstakes of 100 soya. will go to Helter Skelter's
owner.

Pillage,4 yrs ... 6
Fern, 3 yrs ~. ... 6 0
Sally Maggs, 4 yrs ... 6 0
Dough, 3 yrs ... 6 0
farella, 4 yrs ... 5 13
Chat, 4 yrs ... 513
I)oloraine, 4 yrs ... 512
Millwood, 4 yrs ... 512
*Wintonia, 4 yrs ... 5 12
f. by Don John, 3 yrs 5 11
Remembrance, 3 yrs . 5 2
Reflection, 3 yrs ... 410
*Alpheia, 3 yrs ... 4 10
Black Doe, 3 yrs ... feather

A Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each will have the Fly-
catcher filly, the Picaroon filly, Cynthia, and Susan for
runners; the filly by Picaroon or Cynthia for winner.

The iincing Stakes to Glendower or Corsican.

The Goodwood Cup will muster a rare bred set of
nags, including The Hero, Van Tromp, Cossack, Miss
Sarah, Sadcne, Gardenia, Ellerslie, Miss Lydia filly, and
Armin.

The performances of the three first are well known;
between them and Gardenia the race will lay, but much
will depend on who gets the best of the bout in the 300
Sovs. Stakes; the winner of that race, if he starts for
the Cup, is certain to be placed; but, after the dressing
he is sure to receive on Tuesday, I fancy the judge will
give his award in, favour of
The Hero ... ..• ...(A. Day) 1
Van Tromp ... ...(Marlow) 2
Gardenia
... (Sharp) 3
The 200 Sovs. Stakes to Tiresome.—Belns second.
The 25 Soya. Stakes to Honeycomb or Mirror.
The Sussex Stakes to Glenalvon or Touchy.
The 50 Sovs. Stakes to Archery.
The Molecomb Stakes to Uriel or Solon.
On Friday the 50 Sovs. Stakes to Mirror.
The Nassau. Stakwto Tisiphone or Canezou.
The Ilialfmotui Stakes!. te- the Goodwood Stable.
Thu 260 Sera. Stakes.to Cucullus.
Thuv est& the first racittf reunion in the world.
For the Ebor Handicap, Ellerdale, Bst 21b, Philoso-
phet*fitst4, Meaux, 7sts.and Hornet, 6st 81b, are very well
irt; from thilatigartfitte, in all probability, the winner
will spring.—..lam, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Saturday, July 22.

THE GOODWQ01;141-EETING AN.

TICIPA TED.

"Time shall quench full many a people's records, and.
A Hero's acts."—SARDANAPALUS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIB,—As prophecy is the "history of events to come,"
so prophets, it is clear, are simply historians de future.
Bat as historians differ widely in their records of the
Tast, it is surely not surprising that chroniclers of the
fature should differ yet still more.
Hance, "Vales," "Index," "Pegasus," cum multus
alias, are all at Lotus; and hence it comes to pass that I
presume to offer my Opinion, albeit I do so with becoming
diffidence, inasmuch as I stand opposed to the vast majo-
rity of my brethren. _

I shall at present offer no further comment, but merely
attach my "return list," which forms, you will perceive,
a brief synopsis of the main events about to be decided.
—I am, Sir, yours, &c., GEORGE WIZARD.

TUESDAY.

The Levant Stakes—Glauca,.
The Gratwicke Stakes—Wiasma.
The 300 sovs.—Van Tromp.
The Ham Stakes—Belus or Honeycomb.
WEDNESDAY.
The Goodwood Stakes—Chanticleer 1, Bantam 2.
The Orange Stakes—Red Hart 1, Kileshca 2.

THURSDAY.
The Cu
p—Lialo 1, Tine Hero 2, Miss Lydia filly 3.
The Racing Stakes—Surplice 1, Glendower 2.
The Molecomb Stakes—Uriel or Solon.
50 sous. Sweepstakes FRIDAY.
—Highland Fing.
The Nassau Stakes—Canezou.
The Richmond Stakes—Leadstone.
The Chesterfield Cup—The Marquis of Conynglaam.
The Selling Stakes—Pyrrhus the First.

CO URT CIRCULAR.
I ler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Prince Albert, on Saturday morning, at
Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and the Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Prin-
cess Alice, left Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four,
at twenty-five minutes before three o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, for her Majesty's Marine Residence, Osborne,
Isle of Wight.
Four royal carriages and four followed, containing
Prince Allred, the Princess Helena, and the Princess
Louisa, and also the Countess of Charlemont, the Dow-
ager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Kerr, Major-General
Bowles, lion. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Major-
General Weinyss, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour.
Her Majesty and the Prince Albert were conducted
to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the Master of the
Horse, the Groom of the Stole, the Vice-Chamberlain,
Lord Camoys, Viscount Clifden, Sir Edward Bowater,
Captain Francis Seymour, and Sir James Clark.
The august party was escorted from the Palace to
the Nine Elms Station by a party of Prince Albert's own
Hussars, and left for Gosport by a special train on the
London and South-Western Railway.
The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert,
accompanied by the younger branches of the Royal
Family, reached Osborne soon after six o'clock on
Saturday afternoon.
Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Charle-
mont, Lady in waiting, the Dowager Lady Lyttleton,
and the Hon. Miss Kerr, the Equerries in waiting,
Major General Wemyss and Colonel Seymour, the lion.
and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, and Major General Bowles.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party.
Yesterday (Sunday) her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness took their usual early walk in the grounds at
Osborne, and the Royal children were taken their ac-
customed airings.
Divine service was performed by the Hoc. and Rev.
C. L. Courtenay, at eleven o'clock.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess Bernhard of Saxe
Weimar, accompanied by the Princesses Anne and
Amelia, left Marlborough-house, the residence of the
Queen Dowager, on Saturday morning, for the Con-
tinent.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, left Marlborough-
house at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for her
residence, Bushy-house, Bushy-park.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel,
South Audley-street. Lady Augusta Bruce was in
waiting on her Royal Highness.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princess Mary, attended divine service
yesterday morning, in St. Michael's Church. Baroness
Bose and Baron Knesebeck were in waiting on th, it
Royal Highnesses.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
divine service yesterday in the chapel of the Female
Orphan Asylum.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper,
honoured the performance at her Majesty's theatre with
her presence.
Their Royal :Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta, Cadogan and
Mr. Edward Mildmay, honoured Lord Foley with their
company at dinner on Saturday evening, at his residence
in Grosvenor-square,
A deputation of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany, consisting of Mr. James Wentworth Buller (chair-

man), Mr. Charles Hutton Gregory (engineer), Mr.
William Hicks Townsend (surveyor), Mr. Edward Clark
(solicitor), and Mr. Baum-4 had an interview with the
Commissioners of Railways, on Saturday, in their of-
fice in the Board of Tr;:de.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.
Dr. Wesley officiated nod preach( d the sermon. At the
daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. T. Hel-
more, and the lesson:i by the Rev. J. V. Povah ; the ser-
mon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. Tlie an-
them, "0 how amiable," (Greene) was sung by Messrs.
Francis, Bennett, and Bradbury. Mr. Turlo presided at
the organ.

SPIRIT of the Pill3L/C JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS or THIS DAY.
TIMES.—We never knew a more timely concurrence
than that which is presented by the energetic proceed-
ings of the House of Commons on Saturday and the
budget of treason arrived from Ireland last night. As
far as concerns that appeal to the public which our legis-
biters are usually supposed to make through the medium
of the reporters' gallery, they might ou this occasion
have done all in duails show, and left their justification
to the Irish columns of the Monday's papers. The
case against the traitors was, indeed, so strong that Lord
John Russell took only a few specimens from an abun-
dance of public materials, and no more thought of stating
all that could easily have been adduced than a geologist
would think of bringing away in his pocket the whole of
a remarkable stratum. But the facts on which the
Heuse of Commons acted on Saturday are quite thrown
into the shade by the manifestoes since arrived. The
authors of these documents are positively screaming
treason against the British Crown. They are bawling
and bellowing rebellion as if they would not only drive
every Irishman to the act, but were equally anxious
that every loyal Englishman should understand them in
the strongest possible sense. Not only is it utterl:e im-
possible to put any weaker construction on these rabid
harangues, but it is equally contrary to the wish of the
authors. We should both astonish and offend them if
et:, attempted to make cut that they meant less than
rebellion. There are necessities which are great but most
painful. It was a Fed solemnity which the house of
Commons had to perform on Saturday morning. On a
notice, given only a few hours before, the House tact
at art unusual time, heard a Minister read an indict-
ment against a numerous party, thereupon suspended
the usual forms of deliberation, ',and at one sitting
passed through all its stages a Bill suspending from
their constitutional privileges eight millions of men.
There was an overpoe erieg unanimity. Four
leaders of party, the Minister, Sir Robert Peel,
Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Hume, answered for important
sections of the House, and whether in the genial ciuquence
of the Conservative Chief, or the cold caution of the
Reformer, expressed their consent to the measure. The
House acted at ousee and as one. A deep conviction di-
rected its course, and a great indignation spurred it on.
That conviction was as true as it was deep. That iudig-
nation was noble. We have said that all the leaders of
party voted and spoke for the measure. But it received
au affecting testimony, far stronger than any which party
could offer. Sir Lucius O'Brien, the unhappy brother
of the rebel Smith O'Brien, voted for the Bill, and
explained his vote on the sounder t and most brotherly
calculatiou of consequences. Of course, those who
are at large will be immediately arrested end de-
tained; and those who, by some strange mismanage-
ment, have been allowed to propagate their treason
through the gates of one of her Majesty's prisons, will
not soon depart from that abode. Now, it is evident
that under all contingencies this is a very good game for
a traitor. If there should be an Irish rebellion forth-
with, the
rebel in eirnythsaefcwslt:oleeaswi
hewvahevore ,
havebwe ee
nh
borneod l
decimated
i rnt o a
thebt
ee,
.eosrtl,da nwdillmnoes honourabletNewgate or Spikeplace
open
heatp en
Island. If the rebellion should succeed—which, how-
d a
in
burdeniwar,mpo s
williabnl deevent—hist ofhe
dt hocCoordnaialy:f dahenisd:
cell and elect him to the Provisional Government. It;
on the other hand, the rebellion does not succeed, and
half a dozen rebel armies, officers and all are annihilated
in the attempt, the incarcerated chiefs will be able
to repeat those celebrated lines of the Roman
poet, describing the pleasure of one who
stands on the shore and witnesses a vessel
labouring in the storm. They will be heroes
and martyrs without any further trouble, danger,
or pain. We must say that we have never yet discerned
the smallest spark of patriotism, generosity, or truth, or
anything in fact but the basest selfishness, in these agie
t,itors. There is not one honest feeling which they have
not outraged over and over again in their career. For
example, they have not only done no justice to the gi-
gantic self-sacrifices of England for Irish relief, but they
have uniformly denied them, and published to the extre-
mities of the earth that England had deliberately with-
held all assistance, and had purposely destroyed millions
by famine. With the tremendous example of France
before their eyes, they are seeking to plunge their coun-
try into a state to which all the revolutions, civil wars,
anarehies, famines, pestilences, and other disasters the
world has ever witnessed, would furnish no parallel or
approach. We should not be just to our own sense if
from a mistaken courtesy we ascribed any good to these
men. They have considered themselves alone in the
matter, and are simply endeavouring to rise on the ruin
of both countries.
CHRONICLE.—The British Parliament has been
placed on its trial, and has nobly sustained its character.
We confess to having looked with some anxiety for the
result. There is in the English mind such a real and
inveterate jealousy of arbitrary power, and there is,
moreover, so strong a temptation (for vulgar minds) to
! acquire a pot-house reputation by the noisy factiousness
which assumes the semblance of that jealousy—that wr
were not without fears lest Lord John Russell's Bill for
suspending the Habeas Corpus Act might meet with a
mischievous and discreditable opposition. We rejoice to
say that such was not the case. Not only did the
House at once, and almost unanimously, pass the Bill,
but there was hardly a sign of base compromise be-
tween the wish for its success and the fear of appearing
to econtribute towards it. To use Sir Robert Peel's
words, there were felt to be two parties in presence, the
Sovereign of Great Britain and the conspirators
against her Throne; and the House of Commons took
its part on the side of the Sovereign. There was some
talk, indeed, about the necessity of" remedial measures
going hand in hand with coercion," which is about as
reasonable as to propose, in the presence of an armed and
furious madman, that a course of physic and diet should
" go hand in hand" with depriving him of his knife and
putting a strait-waistcoat upon him. But as that view
of the subject was very speedily dropped, when it ap-
peared that the House was thoroughly in earnest, and
not in a humour to tolerate cant, we do not think it
worth noticing at any length . When a populace is
brought to such a frame of mind as to believe that, in
the words of their orators, the land is to be given up to
them for a prey, " from the sun to the centre," any " re •
medial measures" of ours would only be cast back in our
teeth. A posture of stern repression is the only one
which they can appreciate. Lord John Russell's speech
was is his very best manner—simple, manly, and
straightforward. We are happy to give our un-
qualified approbation to the course pursued by Minis-
ters throughout the whole of this business, and
are not prepared to dispute even the time which they
have selected to bring forward their measure. There is,
no doubt, a chance that the policy now adopted towards
Ireland may be found to have come too late to prevent
bloodshed ; and that the Irish populace, excited and in-
furiated as they now are, will not allow their leaders to
be taken from them without a struggle, and if so there
will not be wanting plausibility, and even weight, in the
assertion that Ministers ought to have struck their blow
earlier. But, in the first place, we are not quite sure
that such an insane and hopeless outbreak might not I
tend, more than anything else, to the permanent estab-
lishment of tranquillity ; and, secondly, we see very
great force in Lord John Russell's argument, that it is
of the highest importance to carry along with him,
in a measure of this sort, a full concurrence, on the part
of the House and the country, in the conviction of its
necessity. We believe, with him, that the danger of
immediate insurrection has developed itself daring the
last few weeks in an unprecedented manner, and we feel
that at an earlier stage of the " club movement" there
would have been a very powerful and mischievous re-
sistance to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act,
while any less decisive measure would have done more
harm than good. We farther approve of the direction
in which Government have resolved to act—that is, in
the form of their coercive policy. When all the world
was urging them to " put down the clubs," we felt, as
Lord John tells us he felt, that a mere enactment
defining and prohibiting that particular kind of orga-
nization, would necessarily be ineffectual and nugatory
so long as the law remained in other respects the
same. When the Bill now in progress shall have
passed, indeed, it may be followed up and supported, if
necessary, by some measure aimed at seditious clubs,
arid its operation will also be assisted by that of the
Arms Act, under which the Lord-Lieutenant is now
proceeding; but we are inclined to think that, patting
aside the contingency of an immediate outbreak,..r hii.,
Bill will be alone sufficient fur its purpose, it' nu)
the
and ably administered. At any rate, it will itilheb
greatest
matter to a crisis, which is au object ofand
not by the
importance, at a time selected by
us, and
fencing with
rebels. There can be no paltering or
the Executive
such powers as those with which Confederates must
is now about to bo armed. The
chance of fight-
ine. If they sutler lose their last
either fight now, or
to bo disarmed and un-
themselves
officered, they will sink into
apowerlese and dispirited
mob—and Ireland will
be once more in that condition
which we are, unforttutate)thye introduction of remedial
measures—
, compelled to recognize as
the most favourable for
which may be called the tran-
quillity quillity of impotencconditoto
When such shall be the case, we
opportunity will not be lost, as it was
earnestly trust the
Governmentandthe
and that the Legisla-
tor©atter 1798,
this country will see the urgent necessity of
of t,
dealing with theof their disaffection, and pre-
venting the .
causes
continuance of the lamentable and disgrace-
ful state of things of which we are now reaping the fruit.

Now that her Majesty has given up her visit to
Ireland, and all eyes will be turned to the land of cakes,
as the next place for a holiday trip, the cheap excursion
train comes in most opportunely. A run to Edinburgh'
or Glasgow by the London and North-Western and
Caledonian Railway will be no very bad thing during
the hot weather, for that is to come, and as Mr. Marcus
has never promised what he has not performed, we hope
he will be encouraged in his undertaking. At Whit-
suntide he brought up some 1,600 or 1,700 persons by
his special excursion train from Liverpool and elsewhere
to London and back, and his management was univer-
sally lauded.
The Overland Mail for India, Egypt, and the
Mediterranean, via Marseilles, will be despatchei from
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, this even-
ing, the 24th init.

______...................—........
r,
TO THE SECRETARY OF TH "e 4
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
SIR,—On Wednesday the 19th the Roman Catholic
Relief Bid was thrown out on the motion for going into
Committee; and the Parliamentary Electors Bill had a
narrow escape on the bringing up of the Report, which
was carried only by 66 against 62.
Considerable 02position seem; to be rising against the
introduction of a Sale of Bread Bill; the bakers peti.
tioning and declaring that it requires of them things sub-
stantially impossible. There is always room for a sus-
picion, that the anxieties with which legislators are ever
and anon seized, lest the public should be wronged to the
extent of a quarter of an ounce in the weight of a loaf of
bread or a pound in a sack of coal!, aro capable of being co-
existent with a readiness to see a stout monopoly in
these or other articles, provided the advuntage went
to the right persons. In the present case the bakers
profess they are quite willing to tell their bread by
weight, but that au enactment which demands that
loaves after baking shall be of a certain precise weight
and no other, is what neither baker nor man can
execute. There is a prodigious disposition in society
for everybody to plague everybody he can, through the
instrumentality or law; the natural tendency of which
is, ;or everybody to be plagued in turn. Bakers are un-
popular, in all; Ohrbarous countries; but the law ought
nut to aid in directing popular malignity.
On 'Thursday the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill
went to a second reading by 216 against 9 ; one of the
minority declaring stoutly, that the practices to be op-
posed by the Bill were what he had always followed,
and always would. Something was heard too, of the
argument of a former day, that treating was not for-
bidden to Christians though Bribery was ; which is
copied from Fielding's chaplain to Newgate, who re-
quests that if people insist on drinking, it may be punch,
as being a liquor no where spoken against in Scripture.
On .Frida), more Sugar. But in the course of the
evening the Government stated its intention of bringing
in a this to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland
till 1 .March 1d49 ; for which purpose the House is to
meet tomorrow.
On Saturday the House met at noon. Lord John
Russell moved the First Reading of a Bill to suspend the
Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland till 1 March 1849. The
Member fur Nottingham (F. O'Connor) spoke iu reply.
The Member fur Rochdale (Sharman Crawford) moved
an amendment to the effect that remedial measures
should be substituted. After speeches from a con-
siderable number of members, the First Reading was
carried by 271 against S. The Second and Third Rvad-
ings were subsequently made without a division, and the
Bill passed.
ii state of things seems to be tide. Ireland is avowed
to be within three weeks of civil ‘..:.r. Circumstances
connected with the progress of the potato crop prevent
the rising from taking place sooner. The Go wernu,ent
therefore has three weeks start. The question is not a
civil but a military one ; or at all events, though in the
hands of the civil power at present, it is military in its
bearings. It is a sad thing when men will fight. But
when they insist on it, and particularly when they insist
on fighting an established Government, those
that take the sword must tike the chance
of tailing. by the sword. Fifty years ago there may
have been a state of things, which it' it were present
now, might induce many in England to look with some-
' thing like neutrality upon the coming contest. Be; no
such s:ate exists at present. To hear the leeguat4e used
in Ireland, it might be supposed that savage men called
Saxons were stalking through the country, cooking
little children for their dinners, and carrying off Irish
maidens to their Castle of Dublin. Instead of which,
they are giving their millions for the relief of Irish
destitution brought on by the tellies of crops, and the
great majority of them are working iu parliament and
out of parliament, to do everything that may remove
the memory of past discontents, as fast as the obstacles
which exist to Irish improvement and their own, can
bit-by-bit be overcome.
To this may perhaps be replied, that the Irish have
a right to break off the connexion with England if they
like. This is not so clear; unless it can be demonstrated
to general satisfaction, that either the Irish, or English,
or both would be the better for it. And of this there is
no shadow of showing, on any one of the three heads
concerned. We have parliamentary government,
a long way it may be irons being perfect,
yet so good as with heaven's grace shall enable
us to obtain all we eau justly want. Under
such circumstances, men must be mad, or under the
weaker form ~f mental malady, who insist on entering on
a civil war. None could think of it, unless unfortunate
persons under suilering which in part relieves them from
responsibility, or men calculating on rising in importance
in a parliament in Dublin, in proportion to the differ-
ence between Ireland and the United Empire.
But when men insist on a needless civil war, the
first thing to be wished is that it may be a short
one. And of all ways to make it short, none is more
likely to be effective than laying hold of the leaders
if it can be done. The moment it is settled
and clear that men mean to appeal to force, force
becomes the rule, and can never be applied better
than for prevention. Neither need there be any greater
squeamishness about an enemy's press. Napoleon in
Italy talked of the arme des proclamations ; and he was
right. As soon as fighting is begun, speaking or
writing in support of it is as much a warlike act as
sounding a trumpet. A trumpeter, in the construction
of the Mutiny Act, is a soldier with a trumpet; and the
man who on a day of battle sounds the charge through
the press, is as fair an object of hostility as any that can
blow through brass.
The Government have wisely not hampered their
present demand with the consideration of other mea-
sures. But it is plain that unless the war should go out
of itself, more must come. Among these, one which
there is not much difficulty in perceiving, is that you of
tho manufacturing districts of England must look out
fur yourselves, in the way of guarding against demon-
strations which in the natural course of things the Irish
leaders will endeavour to get up in your neighbourhoods,
to prevent troops being despatched to Ireland. As it is
not stated that the Irish insurrectionists mean to fight
with sticks, it is a direct conclusion that your Special
Constables will be obliged to show themselves under a
more active form. As one accustomed to look at this
kind of things, I cannot but think on the responsibilities
arising out of the three weeks start, and how much might
be done in that interval, which should have the effect of
preventing mischief, a thing, as your surgeons will tes-
tify, vastly easier than cure. I have myself no charge;
except perhaps a little as may relate to you. My advice
to you therefore is, if things grow worse as they
are pretty sure to do, do not resist a proposal to take
your share with the rest of the country, in turning out
at short notice forty thousand Civil Guard, to
keep things quiet in the absence of the regulars.
The rough apportionment of such a force would be,
ten thousand for the Metropolitan Districts and south,
ten between that and the Trent, ten more to the Tweed,
and ten for Scotland. It would be one in five hundred
of the whole population; but the places more imme-
diately concerned should reckon on raising the double,
to make up fur those where from thinness of
population the plan might be inapplicable.
As it is not intended to move from one part
of the country to the ether, this requires the
number to be increased; but the number stated would
make disposable the whole of the regular force, and
give a high probability of preventing disturbance in
England. There is no force so cheap, as that which
never comes to action. Above all things, we that intend
to have a competent measure of Reform, but by other
means than insurrection, must not Ire under the imputa-
tion of leaning towards the madcap plan which
Ireland.
sto
mend the empire by establishing Communism in
dt
The model for such a force is an embo ymmeenl
in the year 1797 for a very similar purpose,
of what were called the Volunteers being
marched
to preserve the peace of the country
away to meet invasion. This body served_
blue common
found their own clothing, ue
pay and
buttons with
coat with black velvet collar and gilt
nta.
waistcoat and pa
in
or without a letter, blue
were not) and
loons (frock-coats and trousers then..
SS no Mal
his affairs, or was pusl.,
from going about
his Sunday coat. he arms
beyond sometimes wearing
inuskets and black belts, were
and accoutrements, brown
plain round hat. In this dress
The officers were sufficiently
found by Government.
swords. . i
to was hindered
expense
Their appointment
distinguished by "'Lard-Lieutenants of counties. I can-
notovel u
Companies.utee rm ; bu t
pro probably IL' which this body was dis-
tinguishedthink it probable. theyservices in them, to whom from
Many gave their services
in the Volunteers was not
variouscaufsreoslinvitith
two hours' private drill, out
agreeable.
"e'hst
were called
ccaallileedd tlhteeselrr
of uniform, times a week, such companies might in
ethnreeemade capable of using their arms, at
three weeks be anybody likely to come against them,
virellsotb'ytht-enaine by
receiving
least Its we
iii fife, and form in line where told. Six
and
pensioners -company might be allowed for non-cons-
InPeinssl°,;;;o_cers,drills,
fmnarrtkhe.rs, andpivot men,
a when called out, i days they actually served.
l'aris
pad, 6in Ireland would be one of the likeliest
A thingsn rebellionit nl the
eventworld f barricadestthoeirrensueeweetshse(and
nothing in
is
impos-
sible) there might be a necessity for improvising three
ber of all kinds on foot in 1797 ; for which the
hundred thousand men here, which was about the num-
,y2o4utrho
jb
ue obedient e, nltB4B servant,
proposed would be a good foundation.
'T. 1 ERRONET THOMPSON,
Blackheathl,allSdlor:
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morningl3
, i
o'clock, William Thomas liewson,Zeed67s, awthoeiwghast
tried and convicted at the last Central Criminal Court
Sessions, of the wilful murder of William Woodhouse,
one of the turnkeys in Cold-bath-fieldsprison, under-
went the extreme penalty
Neogoa of the law in the front of
LtO
zwGICAI. SOCIETY. The gardens of this
society, in the Regent's j'ark, are by general ne
allowed to be one of the most dei htt loruonwgsesetiieifitdhnioi
igu
the limits of the metropolis. One never g
the amusement, fur it is at all seasons
ever changing,
ever new ; and the shrubs, flowers, parterres, and other
(Tremens, exclusive of the fine collection of animals,
form in themselves, a sufficient inducement for a frequent
visit. The " promenades" of the season have been well
attended, and that of Saturday was, perhaps, more
brilliant and numerous in its company than any of those
previously held. The weather, which was threatening
and rainy in the fore part of the day, gave place to a
brilliant sunshine in the afterncon, a change that had the
effect of attracting to the scene of pleasure a great in-
flux of "beauty and fashion." Two military bands were
in attendance, and by the alternate performance of the
best operatic and other music, that part of the gardens
in which they were stationed formed the grand centre of
rendezvous throughout the day. We are sorry to learn
that the lion, which has always been admired for his
healty and noble appearance, has departed this life. So
many others, however, were present on Saturday that we
did not much miss its absence.