The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

THE SITN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, lBl6.

interest required.—(Cheers.) I now speak to the Liberal
electors of Weymouth ; I have told you of my feelings
towards Mr. Gordon, and that nothing could have in-
duced me to oppose him ; and I am not opposing him
now. I beg the Liberal electors to be prepared for trea-
5011—to weigh well their force—to measure their strength,
and to measure it in time ; and referring you to my
public conduct, feeling confident that I have done no
discret* to the representation of the town—holding still_
the opinions which first obtaided me yours and Mr.
Gordon's support, I am ready to stand by you as one
Liberal candidate.—(Loud cheers.) I will stand by you
if you will stand by me ; Mr. Dodson may vote for mo if
he pleases, bin I would rather lose my seat than ask him
for his vote.—(lmmense cheering, followed by three dis-
tinct rounds of applause.)
Mr. 43 ORDON —Gentlemen, I have waited here three
hours—three long hours—since I stated that I was not a
candidate for Weymouth, because Mr. Christie intimated
that something would come out against me. Now I
want anybody to have the goodness to tell me whether,
in your estimation, Mr. Christie has made out a case
against me.—(Mr. Christie—" Oh, no;" and Voices—
" No, no.") It has been proffered me that if I liked to go
with air. Christie I should have my seat and Mr. Chris-
tie's; but I won't. I want to go to bed, gentlemen; I
shall have the gout.—(lioars of laughter.)—So, gentle-
men, I will bid yon all good night.—(Three cheers for
Mr. Gordon were called for and given, and the Hon.
Gentleman retired.)

Admiral FERRIS then came forward, . and said he
had very much pleasure in proposing the following re-
solution, which was completely in accordance with his
feelings :

" That we, the electors and non electors of Wey-
mouth and Melcombe Regis, having watched the pro-
gress and conduct of our respected representative, W. D.
Christie, Eq., from the first moment of his entering
Parliament until the present time, have felt, and continue
to feel, the utmost confidence in him; and request that
he will now accept our cordial thanks for his votes upon
all the important measures that have received the sanc-
tion of the House of Commons." _ _ .

The Rev. J. TJRQUELART seconded the resolution in a
speech replete with genuine humour and kindly feeling.
He thought that from the eloquent remarks that they
had heard from their noble, fearless, and most inde-
pendent Member, and from the manly explanation of
Mr. Eobens, they might come to this conclusion, that
Messrs. Robens and Christie were likely to shine in the
political world quite as much as Mr. Robins in the
auctioneering world—:...(Loud laughter and hearty cheer-
ing)—for both of them could use the hammer, and knew
how to give a knock-down blow. He was very sorry
that they allowed their great benefactor, Mr. Gordon,
to leave the room until ,the close of the proceedings.
Mr. Dodson had said it was desirable to have a big man,
and Mr. Gordon would answer to that description, and
then they would have a big man and (patting Mr.
Claxistie on the back) a little man—little in everything
but talent, honesty, and eloquence.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. Dodson had said he had had opportunities of selling
Mr. Christie. Now he thought Mr. Christie had shown
that it was not very easy to sell him, and that it was
impossible to buy him. Mr. Robens had shown
" measure for measure ;" he begged them not to let
it be " love's labour lost ;" and he sincerely
hoped it would not be " much ado about no-
thing." (Much cheering.) Lct them look back
to their Meraber's conduct—to the untiring bold-
ness and energy with which he beardd the
tyranny' of the Poor-law Commission. Watch also
(what, it it were not a very dangerous ground for a
clergyman to venture on, he would descant upon,) his
efforts to open the universities. As one who had been
for many years a fellow a one of them, he would say
(without for a moment identifying his entire sentiments
with Mr. Christie's) that for many past years his mind
had been deeply hoping that the time might arrive when
the power of expanding the universities might be put
on a solid basis of satisfaction to all 'denominations.—
(Hear, hem) They had a Noble Member—let them
keep him ; "let bygones be bygones." Let them
endeavour to promote the interest of the town in every
respect. It was time that Weymouth should be known
in other parts of England for other things than its dis-
cord.—(Great cheering.) •
The resolution was then put, for and against, and
decjared carried n ntm ca ous ly.
lir. Crime-re briefly acknowledges it, and moved the
thanks of the meeting to the Chairman, which had just
been carried, when
Mr. PENNY stepped forward, and raid it was very de-
sirable that Mr. Gordon should be obtained as one of
their representatives, etherwise he might aleept a pro-
posal Nom another constituency. He therefore would
propose that a committee be appointed for the purpose of
waiting on him. _ _

111r.-ROBENS begged them to recollect that the inde-
pendence of the town was at stak.e, and h® hopad they
would not sacrifice it to a paltry advantage. He was not
one who for a moment would oppose a requisition to Mr.
Gordon, under proper circumstances. He did not be-
lieve Mr. Gordon capable of acting dishonourably in this
matter with them, but he thought it not unlikely that
false friends might place him in a false position. Let
them secure Mr. Gordon, but while they did that, let
nothing be done that could interfere with the interests
of Mr. Christie.

Mr. CIIRISTIE said that nothing could give him
greater pleasure than to appear for that borough
tlonjunction with Mr. Gordon, on terms satisfactory
all the Liberal electors, and he pledged himself that
everything he could do should be done after that
meeting for the purpose of securing that result. He
begged
.the Liberal electors; however, to be on their
guard, and to meet in private and determine the course
they would pursue. Mr. Gordon said that he would
stand irrespective of party. With all due respect to
him, he could not understand why, to a man who had
always mixed himself up with a great party in the state.
and who bad given so strong a support to Mr. Bernal
and himself when first he came there, such " a change
had come o'er the spirit of his dream." Mr. Gordon
was associated with an individual who had misled him,
alul might mislead him still, and who, after that meeting
hid pledged themselves to support Mr. Gordon, irre-
spective of party, might take steps to bring some person
there to prevent his (Mr. Christie's) return with Mr.
Gordon. Under these circumstances, he trusted Mr.
Penny would withdraw his motion.
Mr. PENNY did so with great pleasure, and the pro-
ceedings terminated.—Sherbourne Journal
Mr. Gordon, on the 24th inst., issued a circular to the
electors of Weymouth, in which he states:—" I did not
address the meeting on Wednesday evening without due
eonsideration ; I felt then, and I still feel, that my own
comfort and the tranquillity of Weymouth require that I
should withdraw all claim to the honour of representing
you in Parliament ; it is impossible therefore that I can
accede to the desire of many kind friends, that I should
reconsider this determination."

Sump PRACTICE.—On the evening of Friday last,
a commercial traveller went to the Derby Post-office,
and having deposited his letters in the box, he was in
the act of walking away, when a female threw herself
into his arms, and used the most endearing terms. She
expressed herself delighted that she had once again met
her " dear John," after so long an absence, and caressed
him most passionately. The astonished traveller desired
her to g..) away, protested that he knew nothing of her,
and at length somewhat rudely released himself from
her grasp. He endeavoured to account for this extra-
ordinary conduct by seeing whether anything had been
extracted from his pockets; all being right there, he
became somewhat perplexed. When in the act of dress-
ing himself on the following morning the extraordinary
scene of the previous evening was still vividly impressed
upon his mind. He taxed his memory in order, if pos-
sible, to recollect whether he had seen the fair one before,
when lo! as he was placing his cravat round his neck, he
missed a splendid pin with which it had been adorned at
the time he went to the pest-office. The caresses and
endearing words of the frail fair one were all explained,
and he is left to epjoy the recollection of the dramatic
event as best he may.—Derby Reporter.

OWEN MAGILL. This hard-hearted desperado,
who has rendered himself so notorious latterly by the
prominent part he took in the prosecution for murder of
his aged fatirer, has for some time back been prowling
about in the neighbourhood of lorkill, and committing
many depredations upon both person and property. In-
formations against him were lodged by his uncle, whose
life he had threatened, and a warrant was issued for his
arrest, but he eluded the vigilance of the police until
Saturday la*, when he was encountered alone, and cap-
tured at Minya's, near this town, with a loaded pistol
in !".,kand, by sub-constable Robert M'Kinley, of Cam-
lo f.uMVcilice •station, to whom too much I)raise cannot
be ascribed for his courageous conduct in this affair.
Magill k now safely incarcerated in Armagh gaol.—
Newry Telegraph.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG FEMALE.—On
Tuesday night Mr. Joseph Payne, the Deputy Coroner,
held an adjourned inquest, at the Vestry Hall, John-
street, Horsleydown, respecting the death of Eliza
Brown, aged 24 years, whose friends reside in Vauxhall
Bridge-road, Pimlico, who was found dead in the river.
It appeared from the evidence of numerous witnesses,
fiat the deceased, who Was very respectably connected,
and was a quiet and well-conducted girl, had formed an
acquaintance with a Mr. Allen Smith Redhead, breeches.
maker, of Bedford-place, Vauxhall Bridge-road, Pimlico,
On Saturday', the 10th inst., the deceased visited a per-
son's house at No. 5, James-street, Buckingham-gate,
with Mr. Redhead, which place they left at half-past
eight o'clock in the evening, and proceeded for a walk
round the West-end of the town, after which he left the
deceased at her mother's house. On the following morn-
ing she left home, promising to return to dinner, but
nothing was seen or heard of her until Tuesday, the 13th
inst., when her body was found off Pickle Herring-
stairs, Horsleydown. She was not unhappy nor weak-
winded, and expected to be married on Christmas-day
next. The only additional evidence was from William
Enthall Thoreman, a clerk, who stated that on the even•
ing of Saturday fortnight, between seven and eight
o'clock, while he was passing over Waterloo-bridge, near
the first recess from the tollgate, on the Strand side, he
saw a female, similarly attired to the deceased, in a de-
sponding state of mind. He called a policeman, but
m
before they had ti m© to ;each her, she precipitated her-
self into the water. An alarm was raised, and every
to
endeavour used save her, but she was carried away
by the tide. The jury returned a verdict of " Found
drowned; butcame into the water there was not
how s; ca
to prove."
sufficient evidence b ore
'BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BLUES'—Last evening
meeting of the members of this
tbe half-yearly general m •
littlemen who received
society, which is composed of
the chair.
at the
their education at Christ's
chair. The
London Tavern ; J. Perkins,
aear amounted
report stated that the receipts for the half!
of 107/.
to 4281. 18s. 6d., including a previous balance
subscriptions, 1641. 17s. interest on stock (amounting
6,1000, &c., and deducting the disbursementsp,:anni,,?ionlaLt:
of 115/. remained. There are at present 14
on the funds. Thy report stated that his Royal'H:l:ers
ness the Duke of Cambridge had consented to presidg—a-t ,
the next annual festival.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND
LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patro'age,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TutsuAir and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours,' containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme-
diately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London.

TrIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING '

Will be performed Balfe's celebrated Opera, entitled THE MAID
OF ARCO'S. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani ; Jules de
Montagnon, Mr. W. Harrison ; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet,
Mr. Weiss ; Ninka, Miss Isaacs ; Isoline, Madame Anna Bishop.
After wbich will be produced Anber's popular Ballet Opera, called
THE MAID OF CASHMERE. The principal characters will be
supported by Messrs. Rafter, Weiss, Horncastle, Jones, Hodges ;
Mdlle. Anita Dnbig,non, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mdlle. Adele Benart,
Miss Missent, &c.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
31, JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
FOR ONE MONTH ONLY.
M. JULLIEN has the honour to state that his Annual Series of
Concerts will commence
TO-MORROW (FRIDAY), OCTOBER 30, 1846, and be continued
FOR ONE MONTH ONLY.
31. JULLIEN has great regret In announcing that he is impera-
tively called upon to terminate this Series of Concerts at a period so
unusually early, but the new Proprietors of the Theatre having stipu-
lated for possession of the premises on Tuesday, December Ist, in
order to commence the demolition and rebuilding of the interior, for
their grand Italian Opera, 31. JULLIEN has no alternative. The
last Concert will, therefore, most positively take place on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28Tn.
Notwithstanding, however, the shortness of the Season, M.
JULLIEN has determined to present to his patrons every poss,ble
attraction, and has made such arrangements as will afford them
Four Weeks of Unrivalled Musical Entertainment. During the recess
he has composed a new Grand Descriptive Military Quadrille, to be
entitled.
"THE BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE,"
and intended as a companion to " The British Navy," which was
last winter honoured with such distinguished approbation.
In order to render complete the Grand and Novel Effects intro-
duced in this Piece of Music, M. JULLIEN has (by the kind conde-
scension of the Military Authorities) succeeded in engaging, (entirely
in addition to his own complete and numerous Orchestra),
FOUR DISTINCT MILITARY BANDS,
viz.

The Band of HER MAJESTY'S 2nd LIFE GUARDS, under the
direction of Mr. WAETZIG (by the kind permission of C0L0N...1.
WILLIAMS) ;
The Band of HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL HORSE GUARDS, BLUE,
under the direction of Mr. TUTTON (by the kind permission of
COLONEL SMITH) ;
The Band of HER MAJESTY'S GRENADIER GUARDS, under
the direction of Mr. SCHOTT (by the kind permission of COLONEL
HOME) ; and
The Band of HER MAJESTY'S COLDSTREAM GUARDS, under
the direction of Mr. GODF ttEY (by the kind permission of COLONEL
SHAPE).
These Four Grand Military Bands will, during the progress of the
Quadrille, be combined with the Concert Orchestra, and form a
Musical Ensemble at once novel and extraordinary.
The whole conducted by M. JULLIEN.

The immensely increased expense incurred by the above arrange-
ments is evident. The Prices of Admission will, however, remain as
formerly; M. JULLIEN (having considerably enlarged the space
allotted to the Promenade) intending to trust for his remuneration
to an increased number of Visitors, rather than to an augmentation
in the prices of admission.
Prices of Admission. _ _

Dress Circle .• ••V V •• • . 23. 6d. t
Promenade and Boxes .. •. •. Is.
Private Boxes, 103. 6d., IL Is., and 1/. I Is. 6d.
Places ant Private Boxes may be secured on application to Mr.
O'Reilly, at the Box-offlee of the Theatre; Mr. Mitchell, Oli Bord-
street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and at 31. Jallien and Co.'s
Musical Establishment, 214, Regent-street.

THEATRE ROYAL. HIYM A RKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee,
THIS EVENING

Wlll be performed an original Comedy, entitled LO K BEFORE
YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W.
Farren ; Mr. Rashlelgli, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Yere, Mr. 101 l ;
Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe ; Mr.Hardman. Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs,
Nfr. Webster; Torn Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs.
; Claribel Oddingtol, Miss For tescue ; Mary Oddlngton, Miss
P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Ilarlinan,
Miss Julia Bennett.

After which, a New Comely, In three acts, entitled QUEEN
HARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster,
Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, &c.
During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " Les
Mousquetaires de la Reins," and "Lestocq ," the "Old English
Ws" (Fantasia); ival " ltoccQo" (Walser.)
To conclude with a new Farce, called SPITING GARDENS. Lord
Courtington, Mr. Holl; Wl' Arthur Lovel, Mfr. Howe ; Scoreup,
Ifr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup,
Aliss Julia Bennett.

...
Ilex-of:lce open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of
%fr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper.

TIIF.ATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
"MRS. HARRIS" WILL APPEAR EVERY EVENING
THIS EVENING

The performances will commenc3 with a New Comic Drama,
1.0 PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by
3ressrs. A. Wig in, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A.
trigan, Misa Hicks, 31144 Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley.
To be followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry
Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Binary
Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris,
3lr. Keeley.
After which, a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH?
Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham,
Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove. and Miss Turner.
To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled BOOTS AT THE
SWAN. In which Messrs. F. Vining, H. Butler, Collier, Keeley,
and Miss Daly will perform.

TIIEA.TItE ROYAL, ADELI'iI[.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented a new-domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA.
iLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan-
q'.ore,. Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul
Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0.
; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ;
v:tigenia Clairgille, Madame Celeste.
After which will be produced MRS. DAMP'S TEA. AND
TURN-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters
by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss
Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor.
To be followed by a new Extravaganza, In two acts, called THE
; OCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by Messrs. Paul Bed•
ord, Wright, Redmond. Ryan, Selby, Waye, Mitehenson, &c. ;
Miss Woolgar, Mrs. P. Matthews, Misses Ellen Chaplin, Harding,
Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c.
To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled DID YOU EVER
SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honey-
bun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F.
Matthews; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts,
entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of
" Giselle." Tho principal characters personified by Miss eeorgiana
Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses
Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Honner,
Peren, &c.
After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled ALL FOR THE
BEST. Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton ; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ;
Parchment, Mr. Smith; Isaac, Mr. Honner; Clara, Miss Honner.
To conclude with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND
FLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Roxby, Compton, Harris ;
Mrs. Hughes, Miss E. Honner, and Mrs. Fosbroke.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
Tuts EVENING
Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet,
Mr. Macready ; Ghost, Mr. Cooper ; Claudius, Mr. Fredericks ;
Gravedigger, Mr. Webb ; Gertrade, Mrs. Ternan ; Ophelia, Mrs.
Charles Gill.

To conclude with the Drama of THE BRIGAND. In which
Messrs. Neville, Lewis, Saville, Pelham; Mrs. Saville, Miss R!ch-
ardson, &c., will perform.
Box•otHce open from eleven till four o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, and Royal Family. Continued success of Herr Amodio
Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, with feats of strength
on glass bottles. The Champion Vaulters, Messrs. Henderson
and Lee, will execute twenty, thirty, and forty somersaults.
THIS EVENING
Will be produced the grand Dramatic Spectacle of MAZEPPA ;
or, The Wild Horse. Support:A by the principal dramatic talent of
the Company.
After which, new SCENES of the CIRCLE. In which um Bri-
tish and Foreign Artistes will appear.
To conclude with the WASHERWOMAN OF ST. REMY.
Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the gentry and public that he has
formed an expensive engagement with STATTMAISTER HEIN-
BRECHT, from Berlin, with his four highly-trained Horses. This
foreign Artiste, having arrived in London, will appear for the first
time in England in a few days, in his new and peculiar exercise
of equitation with those highly-trained Steeds.
Box-otEce open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
a-id commence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot.

SUICIDE FROM DISAPPOINTMENT IN MARRIAGE.—
An inquest was held on Tuesday evening at the Old
Parr's Head, Aldersgate-street, before Mr. Payne, on
the body of Ann Ayleff, aged 24. Thomas AyJeff, shoe-
maker, of Maidenhead-court, said that the deceased, his
daughter, had for some time past complained of pain in
her head, and had frequently said she feared she should
go out of her mind. On Monday morning as she had
passed a restless night, witness left her in bed while ho
went down stairs to get the breakfast ready, and on re-
turning
in about a quarter of an hour, found her hanging
to the top of the bedstead, and quite dead. She had
formed an acquaintance with, and wished to marry, a
young soldier, but witness objected to the marriage, on
account of his being in the army. He came a few weeks
ago in his regimentals, and hearing witness's objection
that he was not able to support a wife, he seemed to
agree to the reasons given against the marriage, and
said he hoped that his uncle would purchase his discharge
from the army. The deceased and the soldier then took
leave. Witness had no doubt that her grief when the
match was broken off was the chief cause of her illness.
a
then
Other witnesses said that the deceased had grieved much
iltadhheradmaogthreera'tsfadneal,hiorsixgomino,nttohs
ago,
and sincegraveyards,
particu-
larly that where her mother was buried. The
Jury re-
turned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."

Dedieated, by permission, to her Majesty.
NOW READY, THE NINTH VOLUME OF
LIVES OF THE QUEENS
OF ENGLAND.

By AGNES STRICKLAND.
Comprising the Life of
3IARY of MODENA, Consort of James 11.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

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Summer Sketches in Switzerland, by Miss Costello.
Why do I love thee?
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Jessie, by A. Maynard.
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boons to the poorer people in the shape of allotments,
or rather of garden patches attached to their dwell-
ings, should not be accompanied with the
injurious recommendation of a precarious
cad deceitful vegetable. Now that then
is so much probability of the successful cul-
tivation of the Indian maize in lieu of
the less nutritious potato, we are sanguine that a
better substitute for that fragile tuber may be intro-
duced, not merely to the allotments of Dorsetshire,
but to the wider and equally neglected tracks of
Ireland.

After all the dismal disclosures of want and
wretchedness among the Dorsetshire labourers ; after
having acquired the mournful knowledge of their
habitual destitution, and the painful conscious-
ness of their mental and bodily abasement ;
it is some solace to find their natural guardians,
even at the eleventh hour, acknowleding their
great sins of omission, and avouching their determi-
nation to assuage the torments inflicted upon many
generations by themselves and their more culpablr
predecessors. It is a solace to hear this solemn con-
fession, and this assurance of regret; and it is well
to feel that the compensation of those miseries will
be in accordance with the dictates of a repentant ge-
nerosity and the impulses of a laudable emulation.

There can be no doubt that next to a temporary
arrangement —settlement, for the present, were hope-
less—of the pressing difficulties of Ireland, whirl
must be first considered and dealt with by the Legis-
lature in the ensuing session, the great question o.
national education will Occupy a large portion of tht
attention of Parliament. The Government itself is
pledged, by the city of London manifesto of the
Premier, t introduce the subject upon a " compre-
hensive" scale; and, even:were we without this au.
thoritative assurance, the public mind has so long
been bent upon the necessity of supplying the intel-
lectual wants of the middling and humbler classes,
that the force of opinion alone would forbid the Go-
vernment remaining inactive on a matter of sucl
national interest. had we earlier attended to the pro-
minent duty of imparting to our countrymen the
blessings of mental culture, what moral advance-
ment might we not by this time have accomplished,
and what a reduction of crime would there not hay.
been yearly effected ! Independently of the superior
example set us by other civilised countries—and
those our nearest neighbours—our own crimina'
statistics, periodically furnished, ought to fill us witl
shame for the neglect of which we have been guilty.
We have frequently noticed the notorious dispropor-
tion among criminals of those who can neither read
nor write compared with those who have acquired
such elementary instruction, affording us the legiti-
mate inference, that in the ratio of the spread of know
ledge crime diminished. It is a melancholy circum
stance to contemplate that nothing has so much de
terred public men from grappling with the subject ot
national education as the prevalence of religious
jealousy ; and we are not without the
apprehension that the over-wrought zeal and
mistaken enthusiasm of many well-meaning,
but really bigoted men, will be forthcoming to oppose
any liberal measure that the Executive may propose
for the diffusion of general enlightenment. Education
has been for centuries a complete monopoly. The
Established Church has had the entire power in her
own hands. Everything has been done for the uppei
ranks of society that could have been expected, when
the stimulus of competition has been wanting; a few
charity and Sunday-schools have been kept on foot
for the poorest of our fellow-creatures ; but the edu.
cation of the middling classes has been nearly altogether
unheeded. The Church will not resign her accus-
tomed power without a struggle, and the specious plea
will continue to be dogmatically put forward, that
education is worth nothing without religion, which
ought to constitute its foundation. We fully concede
to the truth of this proposition, but hold, neverthe-
!ess, that without prejudice to the same the State
may go a great way towards ensuring education to
dl ranks of the people, upon the principle of religious
toleration.

We have read with feelings of unmixed gratifica-
tion the masterly speech which the Archbishop of
DunLIN delivered at the recent soirée of the ➢lan-
chester Athenaeum, immediately after Lord Mort-
PETH had concluded his eloquent oration, and to
which we adverted a few days since. His
Grace left Dublin for the express purpose of

being present on the occasion, persuaded, no doubt,
that the opportunity was a most seasonable one for
enunciating and enforcing certain truths, as well as
for propagating particular information of intrinsic
importance. The speech of the Archbishop will
amply repay perusal. The views put forward are
most extended and Christianlike, the reasonings
leveloped most cogent. For upwards of thirty-eight
years, in an active and zealous manner, as a writer,
teacher, and founder of different establishments, has
his Grace been connected with the cause of education.
For the last fourteen years the Most Rev. Prelate has
been chiefly occupied with the introduction of na-
rional education into Ireland, which, he considers,
" will prove one of the greatest boons which has been
conferred by Government on any part of her MA-
JESTY'S dominions." This system has been made the
theme of much vituperation ; but, as explained by
the Archbishop, we are sure it will meet with merited
commendation :

" We do not undertake to teach the whole of their
religious belief, to give the whole of their religious edu-
cation to the children of different denominations—be-
cause we could not possibly do that for all of them toge-
ther, without violating the consciences of some of them.
We do not propose:, therefore, to give a complete educa-
tion. The system is to ITT to the parents of each child
he religious education of that child, the right of reli-
;ions education in that mode, be it right or wrong in my
opinion, which they. themselves think the best.—(Much
cheering.) Vie give to the children jointly, and irefriendly intercourse with each other, all the instruction
which they can conscientiously receive together. And
io much of that instruction, I am happy to say, con-
u
i-
ut ts
of
f knowledge
common
tChristianity
history,uityn which, thank
of those great
h s ofth our
[leaven, we all agree, much as we differ upon other
points."
This, as far as the principle is concerned on which
r
the system is based, seems to leave nothing to be
desired. His Grace subsequently remarked, in
terms of fervid eloquence, that it was not right to
force upon children any religious instruction which
their parents may disapprove :

" I never can believe that the Founder dour 17,eligion,
who, when he was apprehended and dragged away to an
Ignoble death, declared that he could call on more than
rwelve legions of angels to his rescue, and who told his
wer zealous disciple to put his sword into his sheath--
I never can believe that it was his intention or desire
that his sacred word should be forced upon any one
igainst his will, inclination, and conscience."
This language does honour to its author. We
Nish the whole bench of Bishops were equally en-
larged in their views. However, a more enlightened
! aigu ofs sibo by his
hui of Parliament.sWe shall hope that the
spirit is beginning to animate the heads of the
Church, as was, in a great degree, evinced during the
se
iound advice tendered, and the excellent example set
wobethe episcopal
r compeers.
them by the Archbishop of DUBLIN, will not be lost
fulfilment
rea t e t
impediments now lying in the path of national
education.f
this hope would removal
val
ofone
The
of
the g

most
important meeting of landowners and
rn
the country, and
iind dearness
;entry was held at Feroy on Saturday last, for the
purpose of
" discussing the present alarming state of
Derrynane taking such steps as might be deemed
advisable to meet the exigency created by the scarcity
ieneflci4l employment for the people." The county
Members attended, Mr. O'CoNNELL having come frond
specially for the purpose, in
of food, and the want of useful and
in order to hear
he sentiments and understand the views of his con-
itituents and to assist in carrying them out as far as
ciossible.
gentlemen,
Every such assemblage, at which the views
if intelligent well acquainted with the
wants of their respective localities, are elicited, must
be extremely valuable ; facts are stated and authen-
ticated which will form data for the authorities to
lraw their deductions ; and, although the conclusions
if the speakers or the resolutions adopted may possibly
lot be fully warranted by the premises, still the
ittentton of the Executive will necessarily be directed
hereto, and a full consideration will be secured for
he projects by which it might be suggested that the
xisting distress should be mitigated, and the condition
if the people of all classes ameliorated and improved.
It was chiefly owing to what had occurred at similar
meetings, and the forcible manner in which the
leticiencies and defects of the Labour-rate Act were I
pointed out and explained to the Lord-Lieutenant by i 1

the gentlemen selected to attend before his Excellency
as deputations, that we probably owe the vigorous
and bold determination adopted by that patriotic
nobleman of taking upon himself the responsibility of
;anctioning a deviation from the letter of the statute,
by which the greatest benefit may be obtained, if due
advantage be taken of the powers thereby afforded to
the several baronial sessions.

The proceedings were restricted to the deeply im-
portant questions they had assembled to discuss, and
everything that could by a possibility have occasioned
lifference or dissension was carefully excluded. Mr.
O'CoNNELL, true to the pledge he voluntarily offered
.vith respect to the proposed National Committee, to
which the present meeting was in some degree
analogous, checked the expressions of esteem and
respect which were loudly offered to himself, feeling
that they might possibly be tortured into political
manifestations—and thus afforded an additional proof
)f the confidence that may be reposed in him, and of
the fidelity with which he would observe his engage-
:nents.

The first resolution conveyed a certain degree of
;ensure on the Board of' Works fur not facilitating
Ind expediting the projects submitted to them for
approval, a censure which was most strongly repeated
,o3r, Mr. O'CONNELL in his speech, and also in the letter
.which he wrote from Kilkenny on the following day
ro the Repeal Association. The emergency is un-
ioubtedly most urgent, and not a moment's time
should be lost in setting the people into active occu-
oation wherever useful and valuable works have been
°resented for. Some allowance, however, must be
made for the extraordinary weight of the business
thrown on that body, increased, as it has been in many
instances, by the refusal of the people to employ
themselves at task work, and the organized opposition
they have offered to the mode of employment and the
%mount of remuneration offered, and in others by the
conduct of some of the presentment sessions, who, as
ft Macroom, indiscriminately sanctioned every pro-
position made without discussion or investigation,
leaving it to the board to select the good from the
bad, and to refuse their approbation to the jobs which
have too often been brought forward. Another
reason also might possibly have occasioned the op-
Arent inaction of the board—the great majority of
the presentments had been passed before the letter of
his Excellency announced the determination he had
trrived at of sanctioning works of a reproductive
character, and it might fairly be presumed that the
magistrates and ratepayers might desire to reconsider
the manner in which the great expenditure decided on,
amounting on an average to one year's poor-law
valuation of the several lands in the districts, should
he applied.
These considerations offer some apology for the
board; but we sincerely hope that the stimulant
thus administered may not be thrown away, but that
in every case some of the most desirable works may
immediately be commenced in each of the baronies,
io that the people may obtain instant occupation, and
the means of purchasing the food so essentially neces-
sary for their destitute families. If the staff of the
board is insufficient for the amount of labour cast upon
them, it should forthwith be increased to the requisite
strength.
That part of the Treasury Minute which directs
that the pay of' labourers should in every instance be
2d. per day under the ordinary rate of wages in the
dstrict, was most properly condemned. The re-
muneration for labour should be sufficient to enable
the poor man to obtain the necessaries of life—a
sufficiency of plain food for himself and family ; this,
at the present prices of provisions, it is impossible for
itim to procure, and the wages should undoubtedly
he raised to an adequate amount. 'We had hoped
irons what fell from the Premier and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, at the audience which they gave to
the Mallow deputation, that the objectionable clause
would long since have been modified; in fact, the
present state of affairs imperatively demands a
change in this respect. We are unable to discuss
from want cf space, the several resolutions adopted.
A deputation, consisting of one or more members
from each relief committee, was appointed to join Mr.
O'CONNELL in presenting a memorial, founded on the
resolutions, to his Excellency, and to day has
been fixed for a conference with the Lord-Lieutenant
upon the subject of the meeting, as well as upon the
general state of the country. We hope that the
gentlemen thus selected may not separate and dissolve
themselves after the interview; they would form an
admirable foundation for the National Committee•
How could such a body be more usefully constituted
than by representatives deputed by each of the relief
committees throughout the entire country ? Every
locality would be adequately represented, and there
would be persons competent to state to the general
body its peculiar wants. The first step is all that is
necessary, and if the gentlemen, now appointed,
continue their meetings in Dublin, their ranks will be
increased by numerous adherents, and a National
Committee will be formed to devote their time and
their energies to the amelioration of the people, and
the means of escaping from the impending difficulties.

Accounts from Switzerland are to the 221. The
elections at Geneva passed off without the slightest
disturbance. The result has been, that out of ninety-
three Members of which the Grand Council is com-
posed, sixty are firm supporters of the present
Liberal Government.

At Bale, too, the Liberals have mustered in such
force that the Government resigned their functions to
the Liberal opponents voluntarily, and the change,
which leaves the Liberals in undisputed possession of
power, was accomplished without the peace being at
any time disturbed.

The Jesuit party in the canton of Valais, who, al-
though they possess the Government, and command
the armed force of the canton, are yet in a
minority as compared with the Liberal party, are
getting alarmed for their supremacy, and are adopt-
ing their old tactics of endeavouring to rouse the
ignorant and fanatical peasantry to massacre their
opponents, and are, as they did two years since, in-
citing and practising secret assassination. The fol-
lowing is an extract of a letter from St. Maurice, the
frontier town of the canton, situated on the Rhone,
where it divides Valais from Vaud :
" The revolution of Geneva has alarmed the Govern-
ment of this canton, menaced with an approaching
downfal by the victory of the Liberal party. The
Council of State, in these circumstances, has put under
arms
and it
fears some of the
to
o citizens,
entrustbut
arms their
toothers
is
whoseinsuffi-
cient,d
e
votedness to the Government is very doubtful. Attempts
are made to excite tht fanaticism of one part of the po-
pulation against the other, and the tables of the cabarets
nameare
of coveredreii
owni.t h
Aproclapublicmationsti
odnraarwynh
as pie v
e nn b
ethe
seen declaiming from the balcony of his re-
sidence, and endeavouring to instigate the people
against the Radicals, and preaching a little St. Bartholo-
mew against those whom he calls the impious. In En-
tremont and Upper Valais secret meetings are held
every night, and the report is current throughout the
Canton that a troop of fanatics, armed by the mysterious
persons who compose these meetings, are to strike the
principal Valasian heads of the Radicel party, who live
in exile in the canton of Vaud. Already M. Maurice
Barman, who resides at Bex (Vaud), has been near
falling a victim to one of the fanatics, and he owed his
life only to the vigorous opposition which he made to the
man who attacked him."

done at 21%; the Five per Cents. at 21%; the Debt with-
out laterest, 6%; the Vales, 83/ ; and the Coupons, 201,x.
On the 21st the Three per Cents, again declined to 3414
for cash, and 34% for paper. The other stocks experienced
to change.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
They are filled with accounts of the devastations
committed by the floods in the south and west of
France, and great fears are entertained that France
will suffer much during the ensuing winter from
scarcity and disease. A great quantity of produce
must have been destroyed by these inundations, and it
has been clearly ascertained by the Fiench Govern-
ment that the late harvest was much less productive
than the most unfavourable accounts had represented
it to be.

The Moniteur publishes an ordonnance, by which
the Minister of Public Works is authorised to apply
an extraordinary credit of 2,000,0001. to repair the
injury caused by the inundations to the public roads,
canals, and embankments of rivers. Another extraor-
dinary credit of 500,000 f. is granted as a "subvention"
to the proprietors of the suspension bridges, which
had been either destroyed or damaged by the floods.
A second ordonnance places 1,000,0001. at the disposal
of the Minister of Commerce, to be distributed among
the sufferers by the overflow of the Loire, the Rhone,
and their tributaries, and allocates 400,000 f. in aid
of the hospitals and charitable institutions of the
inundated districts. A third ordonnance directed the
attention of the Minister of Public Works to the
necessity for creating employment for the labouring
classes during the winter season, and empowers him
to dispose for that object of a sum of 1,500,000 f.

In consequence of the disasters occasioned by these
inundations the KING has given up the idea of having
any fetes at Versailles in honour of the marriage
of the Due DE MONTYENSIER. The Journal des
Debats says—

" We announced that a grand theatrical representa-
tion was to take place at Versailles on the occasion of
the marriage of the Duc de Montpensier; but the King,
deeply touched with the disasters which have fallen on
several of the departments, has countermanded all kinds
of rejoicing. There is no family fete for our princes
when a public disaster has scattered misery and mourn-
ing amongst so many cottages. The royal generosity
will be vouchsafed to the great number of unfortunate
persons who have no other resource but the sympathy
which they inspire--it will be the most noble manner
of feting the marriage of the Duc de Montpensier. ,
- -

The KING of the BELGIANS arrived in Paris on
Surday, and proceeded at once to the palace of St.
Cloud, on a whit to King Louis PHILIPPE.

The Due D'AUMALE arrived in Paris on Monday.
It was reported on the Bourse on Tuesday that a
telegraphic dispatch had been received from Madrid
announcing that the Queen of PORTUGAL had been
deposed, and that NARVAEZ, at the head of 30,000
Spanish troops, was about to invade Portugal to
restore Donna MARIA to the throne.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 82f. 95c.; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 10c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,257 f 50;,.; Rouen, 922 f 50c.;
'Havre, 707 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 692 f 50c. • Avignon,
892 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 587 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 517 i. 50c.; -Bou-
logne, 475 f. ; Troyes and Monter6au, 350 f.; Basic, 222 f.
50c. ; Fampoux, 510 f.; Dieppe, 360 f.; Paris and Strasburg,
495 f.; Tours and Nantes, 505 f.; Paris and Lyons, 521 f.
25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette,
480 f; Spanish Domestic Debt, 333/.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—
MARSEILLES, OcT. 21.—Marseilles and Avignon, 885 f.;
Northern, 685 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

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—Luxembourg, 1 —Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France
Constituted, 12—Orleans and Vierzon, 13!,i --Orleans and Bordeaux,
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