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PUBLICATIONS.

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SPIRIT 6f,fhe PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The Attorney-General for Ireland has
abandoned the two indictments against Mr Mitchell
in one:: in, to renew them in another. No kind of
interee - will attach to the technical discussion which
too •ce in the Queen's Bench as to the appearance
of Mitchell by person or attorney. It is suffi-
ci; , eto know that an information is filed, on the
tr
.of which the merits of the case will be sub-
-t" lly at issue. Whatever may be the case
. -
w Messrs. Smith O'Brien andMeagher, who
we suspect since the passing of the late Act will
be ready enough to slip their necks out of
the halter, Mr. John Mitchell appears inclined to
go on merrily enough: His language the other day
when in conference with the two Chartist delegates,
shows that he at least is sincere when he expresses
his determination to go on with the agitation at all
costs and at all events. Mr. itchell is pFobably doing
the country good service despite of himself The greater
his violence, the shorter will be his reign. Irish agita-
tion
in its present form has reached the hour when it
must cease to be. Conciliation-hall is too, and the
Irish Confederation too strong, to atestv?;etak
the desired
purpose. The Old Ireland or Conciliation-hall party
will shortly have to date from the Hegira or flight of
Mr. Sohn O'Connell . Their more tempestuousslbirethren
of the Confederation must come to a
stand
much for the reason that a party of drunkeibtrthiaevivrlperrestiyn
the public streets leave the full celebration
oif
(cries unaccomplished and half the gas-lamps of a szf'rls-et
unshatteree. That reason is prosaic but" satisfactory Street
unshattere. That reason is prosaic but Satisfactory. A
party of dull dogs in the' shape of policemen lay hands
upon upon the Bacchanalian rout, and convey them to a cool
sequestered spot where the English sot and the Irish
rebel must alike learn a lesson of composure and re-
pentance. It would be too much to expect that with
the extinction of these two organizations—the one
effete, the other premature—that agitation in Ireland
should definitively cease. Wherever there is ignorance,
wherever there is poverty as the raw material, and
needy adventurers to turn it to account, there the manu-
facture of agitation will progress, now in greater, now
in lesser parcels, according to the varying circumstances
of the time and the chances of profit. Thus much, how-
ever, will be gained:—By the recent Bill the Irish pa-
triots will be referred to their proper category, and that
not a very high one, in the pub he estimation. They
will be broken up into inexplicable and irreconcileable
sections. Already since the death of Daniel O'Con-
nell we have witnessed a repetition of
short time of the old
story of Alexander's generals. _
confusion will become thrice confounded. The curious
in nice distinctions will have an opportunity of
indulging the bias of their minds. Physical force and
moral force will prove the two points of departure from
whence a thousand rivulets will flow with varied pro-
portions from the parent fountains. It will be as diffi-
cult to distinguish between them as between the here-
tics of the Primitive Church, or the scholastic dreamers
of the middle ages. There is nothing strange in this.
Could the spectre of Daniel O'Connell be summoned up
from the Ender of Glassnevin, the astute shadow could
not suggest to his successor any means of keeping to-
gether the discordant elements of agitation in Ireland.
They had already escaped from his control. Where he
still in possession of the I3rehon throne in Conciliation-
hail, he would be unable to check O'Brien Poliorcetes,
or Meagher of the Sword, or the humane philosopher of
the United Irishman in their mad career. He
himself would have gone out of fashion for
the same reason that the dilatory security of
a two horse stage gives place to the explosive
speed of the steam express. It was not possible in the
nature of things to keep an assemblage of Irishmen quiet
Pin the tea-room for any lengthened period of time while
'Donnybrook with its usual amusements was in full
Career outside. The famine first, and then the coati-
' nental revolution would have deranged all its calculations.
,He at least, however loudly he might proclaim them,
was abundantly aware of the inadequacy of " Irish
'grievances" to justify a sanguinary civil contest. He
know, moreover, the certain failure that would attend
upon armed rebellion. Let us devoutly hope, for his
own sake, that he was sincere in the profession of
his wish to avoid the bloody arbitrament of war. A
second repeal agitation, equal in duration and poli-
tical significance to that carried on for a quarter
of a century by Daniel O'Connell, is now perfectly
out of the question. We might as well look for
another ten years' war against Troy in our own times.
To make no mention of the different capacity of the
historical and actual leaders of agitation, the heroes of
the Irish Confederation approach their task with the
unfavourable prestige of a twenty-fiveslyears' failure.
Irish grievances have been so much and so often dis-
cussed in the Imperial Parliament that their nature is
exactly understood both here and in Ireland. There is
the question of the Roman Catholic priesthood, which
is, perhaps, the only grievance peculiar to Ireland. The
other changes demanded find their counterpart on this
side ot , it .5,, • •
either here or there tne present state of the law exercises
any appreciable influence on the physical condition of
the people. Extension of the suffrage, increased privi-
leges to the municipalities, and so forth, are claimed by
the " Extreme Left " in England as well as in
Ireland. Upon other points —such as the relation
between landlord and tenant, and the regulations af-
fecting landed property—the Legislature would be too
happy to arrive at any satisfactory solution, could
any be indicated such as experience would sanction
or ,reason allow. Exclusive of such questions as those
we have just enumerated, we find the more violent of
the Irish Members, when called upon categorically to
enunciate the grievances of their country, wasting the
time and patience of the House with impudent attempts
to extort subsidies from the public Treasury, or hurling
reproaches at the Minister for aggravating those conse-
quences of the famine he did his utmost to avert. No
continuous agitation was ever founded upon so rotten a
basis as detected misrepresentation, and this is all upon
which the modern school of Irish patriots can hope to
build. Conciliation- hall was within an ace of being
closed the other day. The moral force " humbug," as
it is called in Ireland, is on its last legs. After the
death of Daniel O'Connell its only support came from
the turbulent and disaffected amongst the Roman
Catholic priesthood the disciples of the M‘Hale
school. Now that the Pope, by his rescript, and all
that is dignified and respectable in the Church in.,
Ireland have set their faces against the desecration'
of their calling by the prieethood, Conciliation-hall stands
alone. This, however, potential as it may he, is not the
main cause of the decadence of that noble institution.
It is Messrs. Mitchell, and Meagher, and Smith O'Brien
who have taken the wind out of the sails of the O'Con-
nells. The first-named patriotic gentlemen will ere long
have time to reflect at their leisure upon the good old
proverb about the " half loaf" and the "no bread." An
issue will now be tendered them which it will be compe-
tent to them to refuse or accept. On the first hypothesis,
there is an end of their trade; on the second, they will
have an opportunity at once of trying conclusions- with
the Government. In either case we may predict that
the days of the Irish Confederation are numbered. It is
time that there should be an end of all this civil turmoil,
and that the monstrous falsehood of the Imperial mis-
government in Ireland should be scattered to the winds.
Whatever force, physical or moral, the Government may
need to put an end to the disorders by which Ireland
has
been so long ae,itated is ready to their hands.
They have evinced already their earnest desire to do
all
that legislation can achieve to remedy the misery of
that country. There is ono remedy which would prove
of more value than a thousand tatutos, or an annual
bickering about the fundamental laws of the kingdom—
and that is peace and tranquillity. Lord John 'Russell
cannot sow the soil of Ireland from Waterford to Done-
gal—Lord John Russell cannot reclaim the Bog of
Alien, nor convert Connemara into the similitude of the
Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick. These are not the
times when a First Minister grasps a big stick, and goes
out to his twelve labours like Hercules. The Irish,
however, can do all these things for themselves, would
they but once admit to their own minds the necessity of
labour, and the uselessness and criminality of causeless
political agitation. The measures whlcii will enable
LordClareiidon to deal with the insane and unprincipled
men who are now engaged in driving their country to
the verge of ruin is now the law of the land. Not a
moment should be lost in putting its provisions in force,
and we shall soon see if a small body of men despised hi
England, rejected by France, and condemned in Ireland
will much longer continue to threaten society with dis-
solution.
CHRONICLE.— On Tuesday last Sir H. J. Fust per-
formed a difficult and anxious duty, and performed it
well. Giving judgment in the case of" Geils t'. Geils,"
will be admitied to have been a very critical under-
taking, after what has come before the public touching
the circumstances, the parties, the doctors and proctors,
and the judge. Not merely the character of the Court,
but the dignity of English justice, might have been com-
promised, had he been wanting to the emergency. He
was bound to rise superior to both suspicion and intimi-
dation. It was imperatively required of him, that he
should not be irritated into fretfulness by the snappish
bark or savage bite of the advocate, nor stunned out of
his sobriety by the thunder of the press. Above all, he
had to avoid that worst, and yet most frequent, kind of
moral cowardice—the doing what he thought wrong,
lest, ;if he dig what he thought right, an
unworthy motive should be imputed to him. A
judgment which occupied seven hours and a
half in the delivery can only be printed in
an abridged form by a newspaper, and should not be
hastily criticized ; but, so tar as our present lights
extend, we think it will at least carry conviction to
the minds of all impartial readers, that the evidence
has been carefully sifted; that the essential points have
been judiciously separated from the mass; that the prin-
ciplesd of law have been logically applied to the facts; and
that sound justice, emphatically speaking, has been
done. The proceedings in this case (andihef the
im-
portant) were commenced by the gentleman, in .
shape of a suit for the restitution of
acronntielogn:stalrleigghintsg.
The lady retaliated by a claim fora
ruseepty,
l adultery, and
three perfectly distinct grounds;in
sicblo kind. The Judge
conduct of a still more rep
refused the separation on there reprehensible
and third grounds;
but granted it on the secdon3di•rsa.nud oeils tuor
returnopiniontobeheirs
) right. To have ordered
hits (as
prayed), would
husband, and cohabit with 11

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have been monstrous tyranny; but it is proper to say at
once, that nothing was proved against Mr. Geils
that essentially distinguishes his conduct from that
of other young men of loose morals, who have mar-
ried young women of quick sensibility, half-spoiled by
parental indulgence, and quarrelled with them. The
manner in which even her best qualities might have led
gradually to the fatal differences which ensued,
clearlywas
stated by the judge; she was highly and de-
servedly esteemed by her friends, but she must have
been very badly advised indeed when she suffered her-
self to go the awful lengths, in the way of accusation, to
which she stood committed in the end. Dr. Addams
must excuse us, but when he was pleased to declare of
himself that he was " a triton among the minnows" in the
Court of Arches, we were as much struck with the ludi-
crous exaggeration, as with the unbecoming arrogance
of the bout. He may be an able advocate, but he was
certainly not a well-judging one, when he placed
an odious, :ague, and ill-supported imputation in
the foreground, and made an indiscriminate on-
slaught on every one, from the judge to the
crier, because the whole world would not join with him,
on the instant, in declaring Mr. Geils a brute and a
monster, to be driven with execration from society. Sir
H. J. Fust said, " that this was the first case, he be-
lieved, in which the question had ever been raised as to
the particular kind of offence here charged." It may be
the first time such a charge has
,come before the Court,
hut it is certainly not the first time such a charge has
been brought against their husbands by women, who
ofs thawie lady, it a ready
understand how any person of sense and feeling could
ell.Pgrage. a _wife, .in -niiittiug. fumy a charge agamat-
the father of children, unless she 'lists prepared
with evidence leaving not the remotest doubt on
the mind of any reasonable being of his guilt. Is
it possible that Dr. Addams can have read (not to
lay, drawn or settled) the thirty-second article, and
not been struck by its indirectness, uncertainty,
and
inconsistency ? And then, the affecting simplicity
ady•apparently as ignorant of the forbidden
chapters of natural history as Madame Lafarge, who
assures us,
in
in her Memoirs, that, though she had per-
sistedhereslf to be living
tseparately from her husband, she believed
seems t res Qstensiblement grosse 1 But this sim-
plicitythe mother) t o run in the family. "I advised her (said
o take advice upon the subject, and in the
As to Mr. all communication with her husband."
Humes,evidence f . confession all it , ar irom amounting to a
very profligately am ounts to is, that Mr. Geils talked
down and drank and that Mr, Hume afterwards sate
a glass
argue that insufficient of wine with him. To
Pro
be-
cause complete proof
is unattainable,
is to• sanction
should be admitted,
the grossest injustice; and itso
in any quarter, that the slightest should never be forgotten
sort may make the whole of a man's after life a burthen
imputation of this
to him. The marriage vow would lo
se
it were liable to be set aside on the firstits sacredness if
new inclination, the first feeling of satiety, growth of a
discovery of a difference in taste or temPreror. the first
people should be compelled to make a sustained Married
effort
for a period, and neither divorces nor separations should
be rendered too easy. But there is a medium in most
things; and we incline to think that too much difficulty,
of the technical kind, is thrown in the way of separa-
tions in England. There may be cruelty without blows;
and there Easy be infidelity ou the part of the husband,
without unkindness. Sir H. J. Fust, however, being
bound by precedent and practice to base his
decision on some specific head, did right in
fixing on the allegatiun of adultery; but we are
sorry he was prevented from pronouncing broadly for
the separation, on the ground that it was utterly impos-
sible for the parties to live together again; instead of
relying exclusively on Mr. Geil's illicit intercourse with
women of an inferior rank, which, deeply culpable as it
is, implies no lasting estrangement of affection in the
man. "By heaven, by all that is sacred," said Jones,
"your image was never out of my heart.' The delicacy
of your sex cannot conceive the grossness of ours, nor
how little an amour of that sort has to do with the
heart." " I will never marry a man," replied Sophia,
very gravely, " who shall not have refinement enough to
be as incapable as I am of myself
making
such a distinc •
Lion." The whole of these proceedings illustrate,
in the strongest manner, the defective character of
our ecclesiastical jurisprudence, and the faulty consti-
tution of the court. It is not the judge, the officers,
or the practitioners, who were to blame for anything
that has been made the subjeet of invidious com-
ment, but the system. Sir 11. J. Fust has successfully
vindicated the particular examiner,' bent, at is Wi be,
said for such a method of examinatio, ne witness
lk
looks as well as another on paper: all sins esitation
or confusion are dmitted; and Nte ' skoUld ber
H. J glad to
know why such istues as those *wh\cki Si J. Fust
had to try should not be submitted to a jutvy, as wegl'
as those involved in an action of slander, seduction, or'
crim. con. In the spiritual courts, or a court of equity,
a man and his wife, backed by th • •
their respective friends,
moy ..rotAxully pin tlil criminatin and • • •
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cub-Fe-bill; and theiii-VirrtrittritiVaiWiateirtetit:
Johnson'ti reply to Gilbert Walmsley, the registrar of
the spiritual court at Lichfield, who objected that the
catastrophe of Irene was too much precipitated, since
the author could not make the heroine more miserable
than she was in the third act. " Yes, I can," was the
reply, "I can put her into the Spiritual Court."

THE NEW NOVEL " ANGELA," UT THE AUTHOR
or " EMILIA WINDHAM."—This work will certainly
add to the well-established fame of' one of our best and
purest novelists. The story is marked by great delicacy
of sentiment and moral beauty. It is written with great
feeling, and appeals to sympathies which all mankind
have in common. The writer's view of life is large, and
her perception of character quick and distinct. Her
central figure, " Angela," stands out in light. In the
work are personages whom we recognise at once as re-
presentatives of whole classes of society. Mrs. Usher-
wood, the handsome, active, ostentatious wife of a rich
City man, who expects her governess to be constantly at
work from six in the morning till nine at night ; Mr.
Darby, a patron of the turf, always hovering between
beggary and opulence ; Augusta Darby, high-spirited,
impetuous, and passionate, but with her pride subdued
by her affection ; and Mr. Vavasour, the heir to a peer-
age, but a scanty income, whose natural elegance of
mind renders him unwilling to enter on the active busi-
ness of life ; these are portraits finished with a masterly
hand.—Britannia.

Howard

Aionek

Yesterday their Royal Hignesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended
by the Lady lionoria Cadogan, the Baroness Posen, Sir
11. Mildmay, Mr. Mildmay, and Major Stevens, visited
the exhibition of the Royal Academy, previous to its
opening to the public. They were received and con-
ducted through the rooms by the keeper and secre-
tary, Sir Richard Westmacott, and the rest of the
council.

PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE
JEws.—The usual annual meeting of the British Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews was
held
u eeyesterday evening in the Freemasons' Hall, Great
C~lstreet
, which was on the occasion filled in every
part with a highly respectable audience. The chair
was taken, at six o'clock, by Mr. John Dean Paul, w ho,
in opening the proceedings alluded to the great changes
which had recently taken place in different parts of the
world as having some bearing upon the prophecy which
announced that the Jewish nation would yet be recon-
stituted. lie congratul.ited the meeting upon the pros.
perity which attended the society, its hinds having in-
creased, and its labours in diffusing Christianity among
the children of Israel having been crowned with consi-
derable success. From the report which was read by
the secretary it appears that the society has established
acollege
tebeai o
ducattion. young Christianized Jews,
n,i r
training fur e
become the missionaries of the
a
Gospel among their own people. During the past year
eight pupils have been qualified to undertake these
duties, and the results of this experiment are looked
forward to with confident hopes of success. The amount
of subscriptions for the year was stated to be 3,3001.,
out of which there remains unexpended a balance of 501.
Th_e_Rev. Dr. Archer. the R.,v. Mr_ Ilamiltim, Captain
Vernon Ilareourt, and other gentlemen, addressed the
meeting in support of the
usual resolutions, after adopt-
ing which the meeting
separated.
BEFOaaI MOVEMENT
IN BIRMINGHAM.-13IR.
MINGIIIM, THURSDAY.—During the past week the fol-
lowing declaration has been in course of signature in
this town;._." We, the undersigned, earnestly desire the
following political changes, and hereby express our de-
termination, by all peaceful and constitutional means, to
obtain the same:—Household suffrage, vote by ballot,
electoral districts, and triennial Parliaments." The de-
claration, up to last night, had received the signatures of
upwards of six thousand of the inhabitants of this bo-
rough, including the two representatives (Mr. Muntz and
Weston,
Cutler, Scholefield), several of the borough magistrates,
Aldermen Muntz, Room, Thornton, Phillips,
during
sixteen
Cutler, Lawdon, and Palmer; and about fifteene
VI
councillors. There were several meetintrgs,„
and other
h,
the past week on the extension of these various parties,
u
ra
changes, but it is probable that
will
h
having the same object in view,
vl
to this join in the above
declaration. A meeting of the
subscribers
Wednesday next, at the
de-
claration has been called for
Town•hall. This morning dt the Chartist section of Re-
formers, between
the more moderate there
would appear to exist
whomcraenconcilable differences, issued
an address to " the gentlemen composing the people's
party in the House of Commons. " A meeting of this
party is to be
i helds
in the Town-hall on Monday next,
end will, it
announced, be addressed by Mr. Henry
Vincent and others.
GLasc ow.—A DISCOVERY.—EarIy on Tuesday
morning, a reverend gentleman, residing in the west end,
was , prcparin
. e• to retire to rest for the night, when he
heard a singular noise proceeding from under his bed.
His curiosity, we shall not say his fears, Was so much
excited, that he made immediate search into the cause.
His surprise may be imagined when he discovered,
stretched at full length, a young girl who was sound
asleep, and apparently so comfortably situated that she
entertained no apprehension of beingdisturbed.
He
immediately raised the alarm, and
in a few minutes
afterwards the damsel was in the hands of the police.
Her object had been plunder, as a bundle was found
lying in a convenient spot, ready bsnatchedall
to when
the family had retired to rest, and everything quiet.—
North British Mail.

INTELLIGENCE.

\_ \

• PORTSMOITTH, APRIL 27.—Tly,
ilo'.ve, 120, Captain
Slr :famesi.itirlirig, arrivei at Spithead this morning,
and anchored at eight o'clock with the Queen Dowager
On board from Madeira, which i‘he left on the evening of
thP 14th inst., the Scourge in c,wapany, which has been
towing the Howe during the last three days. The
Scourge has brought the luggage into harbour.
The Fairy yacht embarked his Royal Highness Prince
Albert at Aiede's pier this morning and brought him to
Spithead to visit the Queen Dowager.
The Lightning steam-tender took out the Lieutenant.?
Governor and staff this morning, to Spithead, to visit
the Queen Dowager.
Wind S. Moderate breezes and cloudy weather.
The following mates passed for lieutenants on board
the Excellent this morning :
Messrs. Iluthwaite, Carrington, and Hope, of the Ex-
cellent ; Mr. Peel and Acting-Lieutenant Hickley, late
of the Persian; Mr. Andrews, late of the Bramble; Mr.
Comeek and Mr. Gibbons, late of the Ceryslort ; and
Messrs. Gibson and Lloyd.

IRELAND.
REPLY OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT TO THE
BELFAST ADDRESS.
DUBLIN, APRIL 26.—QUARTER TO SiX O'CLOCK:—
The following is the copy of the reply of the Lord-
Lieutenant to the address from the town of Belfast;
presented to his Excellency this day at the Vice•regal
Lodge.—

"Gentlemen,—The opinions of a community so dis-
tinguished for energy, enterprise, intelligence, and
honourable industry, as the inhabitants of Belfast, must
at all times command the most respectful consideration;
for no persons can be better qualified to form fi sound
judgment upon the condition of their country than those
whose interests are deeply involved in its continued
prosperity. Your address, therefore, founded upon
resolutions which were agreed to, with remarkable
unanimity, by a public meeting at Belfast, is of the
utmost value at a moment when you justly consider that
the best interests of Ireland are endangered, not by a
free press, and legitimate discussion, which are the great
bulwarks of national liberty and prosperity—but by the
utter rejection of truth and argument, and the adoption
of every device and invention that could seduce a
suffering and excitable people into open rebellion, and
acts of the most sanguinary violence.
"In language befitting the occasion, you have de-
nounced the few mischievous men who, for their own
purposes, seek to entail such incalculable misery upon
this country; and I beg you will except my cordial
thanks for the public service you have thus performed,as
well for the expression of your satisfaction with the mea-
sures that have been and are being adopted to maintain
the peace of the metropolis. It was my duty to guard
against the occurrence of outbreak, and by every means
at my disposal to protect the people from their advisers,
upon whom alone should fall the punishment due to their
guilty designs.
" The calm and deliberate opinion which you have
pronounced in favour of that Legislative Union by which
the integrity of the British Empire is maintained, can-
not fail to have great weight, not only in Ireland, but
throughout Europe. You have found the union with
Great Britain favourable to the increase of your manu-
factures, the extension of your commerce, and the gene-
ral prosperity of your town, because you have
applied great intelligence and energy to the develop-
ment of national resources, and because you
have never entertained the belief that any po-
litical or legislative measure could form a
substitute for the exercise of persevering in-!
dustry and skill. For my ' own part I am
firmly convinced that the maintenance of the union
fie_c ti ,
prosperity, expect f
is far more important to Ireland than to Great Britaia,
nn
weiutsld
soon
due
rand that all those who honestly, though perhaps without
repeal betternd the irlegislationand delusionsincreased
it poled by diminished production, impoverished trade,
and
tra s,
and the ruin of
confidence and credit—that these would
excite to fresh agitation and the desire for further
political changes, which would '
only entail upon Ireland
the horrors of civil war orwo
It behoves all persons, therefore, the
anarchy of independence.
this rash experiment, well
tehea who desire to make
in mind that they are,
with few exceptions, opposed
intelligence, and the education the property, the
those classes, in short, who have theof
greatest
country; by all
test
tke wellbeing of Ireland, and that rea
wherever,
interest in
as at
Belfast, men are determined to advance by
honest industry, the legislative union lies been attended
of
by all those benefits which it is manifestly calculated to
produce.

" If anything could add to the value of the determi-
nation which you have unanimously announced to uphold
the Throne and Constitution, and to assist in the main-
tenance of law and order, it is the fact that it has pro-
ceeded from gentlemen of various shades of political
opinions; but the fact also of their differences as to the
general principles and details of government in this
country is, in itself, a proof of the difficulties which at-
tend all attempts to remedy social evils that are the
growth of ages, and many of which would be far more
easily removed by individual or associated efforts, than
btlegislative enactments. I need hardly assure you,
however, that her Majesty's Government earnestly
desire to promote the welfare of Ireland by meastieree
that will develop her resources, and by. every means in
their power redress acknowledged grievances, and satisfy
those who have cause for complaint.
" I shall have great satisfaction in complying with
your request, and making known through the proper
channel to our GraciOus Sovereign the loyal sentiments
contained in your address, and I am sure that they will
be received by her Majesty with the favour and Ippro-
I emanate."

THE ARMY.
The route for the 2d Dragoon Guards to proceed
from Dublin and Newbridge to Glasgow, via Belfast, has
been countermanded. They are to remain in their pre-
sent quarters until further orders.
There are at present ten regiments of cavalry in Ire-
land, and only one in Scotland!
A temporary barrack, capable of accommodating 100
infantry, has been recently taken by the Assistant-
Quartermaster-General of the Belfast district, at Carrick-
macross, and will be occupied by troops forthwith.—
Banner of Ulster.

COUNTY OF WICKLOW ELECTION.
At the close of the poll, last night, the numbers stood
as follow:

... 321
... 316

Majority ... 5
The poll can be kept open until to-morrow (Thursday)
evening.

ATTEMPT TO A SSISSINATE .—An account which
reached town today states that an attempt was made
yesterdey, within a mile of Limerick, in the county of
Clare, to assassinate Mr. Banytine. Six balls were
lodged in his gig, but, fortunately, none took effect on
the gentleman's person.

DESTRUCTION of BARTON MILLS
BY FIRE.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
On Wednesday evening, at about half-past ten
o'clock, a fire was observed to commence on these pre-
mises; and being a corn-mill, and consequently very
combustible when once inflamed, the conflagration was
very rapid and very splendid. The fire was first ob-
served in that part of the building which is generally
appropriated, as it was in this instance, to meal and
shudes. Thence it spread in every direction, and in the
morning all that remained were the outer walls. The
beautiful village of Barton is about five miles from
Manchester, and about a mile from Eccles in one way
and from Patrieroft in another. The mill, which has
long been a favourite study for the artist, is very pic-
turesquely situated on the margin of the river Irwell.
It is directly opposite to the lock at which the packet
discharges or takes in passengers at Barton, and is
placed Close above the celebrated aqueduct which has
conferred immortality on the name of Brindley. The
mill rests upon a fine red sandstone rock, out of which
several of the entrances to the interior have been rudely
excavated. Seen !rein the aqueduct, Trafford Park
forms a beautiful back-ground to the rustic structure.
For the origin of the fire no reason has yet been ois-
covered. Commencing where the shudes were de-
tuchosatptsou
thnuenewen.o2,
usi
waste
eetthloteur
hwuoasty.t
iuo nf
As the
in
vasgueuhe caosnjwleectuhArae, at -
htp
e 1 bi
pUt
se t ed
of
fresh charhcoa
have produced the dint.
wheel appears to have been ikncmmottitound atatuderatilmlineg, otherupon
persons imagine that a spar
some combustible matter, may
Poultry
6 of them have been burned
already ascertained that _
had been kept on the premises, and it has bee* 9
to death. A flat stone in on
The mill, which has beene of the walls of the mill
'
bears the date of 1 .
Jones and Prichard.
insured, is the property of Sir Thomas de Trafford, and
is in the occupation of Messrs.

ST. JOHN'S, SOUTEIWARK.—THE LATE CHARTIST
DENONSTRATION.—Yesterday evening, at seven clock,
tvoiti;ll3alol3l,j' " toiestthyes 160 tolive instantm ent forler tthhee
take.. into consideration a vote of thanks
effectual
tmi
oena means
a numerous and. respectable meeting of the inhabitants
of the parish of St. Johns, Southwark, was held in the
es
adoptedthe peace of the metropolis, and also to consider the
propriety of adopting a declaration expressive of the
determination of. the inhabitants to uphold the just
rights of the Sovereign, and the authority of both
Houses of Parliament, and to preserve by combined and
persevering efforts the peace of the metropolis against
all attempts that may be made to disturb the public
tranquillity, or to put in peril the lives or property of
their tellow-parishioners and fellow subjects." The Rev.
Mr. Ralph, the rector, was called to the chair ; and re-
solutions, embodying the sentiments of the meeting, were
unanimously adopted.
S. INGULAR CASE.—A case of a very singular de-
scription, illustrative of the influence of an excited or
overwrought imagination, occurred here on Monday
week, which has unhappily terminated in a fatal man-
ner. It appears that two mischievous boys, residing in
Simon's-square, Nicholson-street, for the purpose of
amusement, seized a little fellow about eight years of
age, who was also resident in that locality and was
known to them, and charging him with some trifling
depredation from his aunt bound his arms with a piece
of cord, and proceeded NA ith him to the police-office at
St. Leonard's. Before they reached that station, ho.w-
ever,',a passenger, attracted by the distressed condition
of the boy, released him from the grasp of his bullying
companions, and sent him away home in a very agitated
state. The little fellow was put to bed, but he became
rapidly worse, and during some periods of nervous ex-
citement cried out to cut the cord and let him off.
Every exertion was made in his behalf, but the unfortu-
nate child expired on Wednesday from the effects of the
fright he had received. The boys, who had acted in so
thoughtless a manner, were taken into custody, and the
case is at present under investigation,—Edinburgh
Weekly Register.