The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-22 00:00:00

THAMES.

Samuel Standen was charged with stealing three chests of
tea, valued at 751., a pair of boots and three hats, from the
hold of the schooner London, of Dundee. _ _

It appeared in evidence, that on Sunday morning, about
three o'clock, Inspector Griffin, of the Thames police, and
his boat's crew were on duty on the river, off Bankside,
when a skiff, containing three men, passed them. The in-
spector heard them in conversation as they shot by him,
and one of them said, "Lot's get the things out and put the
boat away." The suspicions of the inspector were imme-
diately excited,:and he directed his men to give way and row
after the skiff, which was rowed alongside the coal barges
moored near Southwark bridge. The police galley soon
boarded the skiff, and two of the men jumped out, got upon
the barges, and made their escape. As they retreated they
called out to the prisoner, who was not so nimble, " come
on yeu -, come on, the police are upon us." The pri-
soner also attempted to make his escape in the same direc-
tion as his companions. The police gave chase and over-
took him before he had proceeded many yards. They
brought him back to the skiff, and found it to contain three
ohests of tea, three hats, and a pair of boots. The police
took the skiff in tow and proceeded towards the station at
Wapping. On their way down the river the prisoner said
"Its all up with' me, I shall get lagged for this, I may
as well tell you where we got it from! Griffin asked him
where, and the prisoner said " I will tell you when we
reach the place." When the galley was abreast of Here's
Wharf the prisoner pointed towards the London, mooredaa
deck,
there, and said, "That's the place we got it from, and if 2d a
go on board, you will find a hamper and chest on
and
tsimaaala-
hit
a t
ah case
see near
, tea."
Griffin
w which
e taht
()a we prisoner we
b beada
rtd wto
thetake
London,oloudtgbeedf nea td he
fecoosuutnal
dd
get -
things in the situation described. The after hatchway was
open, and the hatch itself was tOund on the top of the com-
panion. The inspector immediately aroused the captain and
crew, who were not a little astonished on hearing that a rob-
bery had been committed. The after-hatch was put on over
the hold ou Saturday night last, but was not made fast, and
the thieves had no difficulty in removing it, and raising the
tea from the hold. They could not have done this without
making some noise, but none of the crew were disturbed.
The thieves were armed with a crow-bar,.aa iron bolt, and
other instruments, which were found in the skiff, but which
they had no occasion to use.

Mr. BRODICITI1;;;Idih:;se was complete against the pri-
soner, but in order to afford time to the Thames Police to
look after and apprehend his companions, he should remand
him till Monday next, when he would be committed for
trial. He could not let this opportunity pass without com-
mending the vigilance and alertness of the Thames Police.
It was quite clear they were vigilant and active in their
duty, for the property was recovered and one of the thieves
in custody a very few minutes after the robbery was perpe-
trated.

William Beamont, a youth about 18 years of age, was
charged with assaulting Margaret Beamont, his step-mother.
The parties live at Cottage-row, Poplar, and on the night
of Sunday, the 12th inst., the prosecutr►x, a young woman,
was quarrelling with her husband, when the prisoner, who
was present, interfered, and beat his step-mother in a very
savage manner with his fists, and threw a glass at her head,
which was cut open. Several pieces of glass were taken out
of her head, and she bled profusely for some time. The pri-
soner followed her from room to room, and continued beating
her for some time, and also struck her with a sharp instru-
ment. He had beaten her on several occasions before, and
her husband had also ill-used her.

Mr. Broadwater, surgeon, said the woman was brought to
his shop on the 12th inst. She was then bleeding profusely.
A branch of the temporal artery was divided by some sharp
instrument. There were several contusions on the back of
her head.

The prosecutrix did not wish the case to proceed farther,
but the Magistrate insisted on its going before a jury, and
committed the prisoner for trial.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S
GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and falling off,
the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the bead, is the use
of the two above-named articles,
applied alternately—the bo-
tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a stimulant,
and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any further evidence
was required of the virtues of bear's grease for renovating and
preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used,
and the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame-
rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and Sons,
119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first introduced the use
of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and kill the ani-
mals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with
their names and address printed on the pot, or the chances are
their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to
Lssi.eut. Paltrier and six
thenhoayirAaLreAwßoTrsleLLthEaanvu.s_ele
and drlyers embarked at Roff's Wharf, Woolwich, on Monday,gtinn gunners
'a csmpany, 3d battallas
Blackwell, to embark hi a merchant vessel fora
iena,tojeinCaptain HornbyaagteLot :tta.tlon":

DUBLIN, APRIL 19.—The . tpperary men have practically
established the most efficacious means for bringing out the
local gentry with soothing speeches and plenty of money for
the employment of the idle but industrious sufferers by the
potato disease. The outrages—the burglaries in the corn
stores and robberies of provisions committed on Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday last, in Clenmel and Carrick-on-
Suir, have stimulated the relief committees to increased exer-
tions, and the result has been complete success. Upwards of
1,0001. were contributed in Clonmel alone—several hundred
labourers are employed at good wages ; and contracts for
' works in that town, to the amount of 25,0004 appear adrers
tised in the Tipperary Free Press of yesterday. In Carrick-
- on- Suir order was restored, an unequivocal proof that those
• who can contribute will do so, and at once. The gentry in
the several districts where scarcity is undeniable should be
warned in time of the occurrences m those Tipperary towns,
Let them provide against the worst. 'Tis idle now to
at-
tempt to prove that which all admit—that Sir Robert Peel
has aroused a spirit which will not easily be allayed—that
many places will hoist the flag of " bread or blood," which
have h therto remained quiet in far more distressing periods.
The probability is that a considerable time will elapse ere the
peasantry be content with the dietary of the past or previous
good potato years.
Dezeowavase—An extraordinary presentment sessions was
held in this town. Amongst the magistrates present were
the Earl of Huntington, Lord Stewart de Decies, Sir H. NV.
Barron, Sir Nugent Humble, W. V. Stewart, Esq., M.P.,
&c. Presentments to the amount of 7,2831. were agreed to.
TRAMORIL—A correspondent of the Waterford Chronicle,
writing from Tramore, thus begins his letter t—" Our own
little beautiful town shows evident symptoms of growing
prosperity. Despite black potato commissioners and stark
starvation, we are, thanks to the fates, on the march of
im-
provement."
Lord Glengall was appointed Vice-Lientenant of Tippes
et:Cte starvingres°. Lt,zhaia treNnc.e— distressa
rary in the absence of Lord Donoughmore, county lieute-
nant, but the latter has returned to KTnc-klofty, from Dublin.
held in Coleraine
commissioners
sk pedriao
G. C. Knox, Esq°ll..oo",6'
In compliance with the request of the
for the purpose of appoints
a„,pnedn.tehd4 workhouse.
ehwu wnerothe
ing a relief e';:inmittee for that town.
Several gentlemen delivered their sentiments on the sub-
ject of the apprehended scarcity; some said there was not
lin
mees than the ordinary amount of distress in that locality;
:j.vm.torpedo.irieaeaeidniscidomntaneDazio,yiuyttat,btYed tshCi
inmatesada Castle,
rtfalrebot,
mlheae
there
emxh
teweeehnet
high
gi n
price.t
the
was e
01 potatoes the poor must be badly off, but they had no evi-
dence of any starvation.
pabDir. oßfatileatlis44l
e g 7 In Juii th' fi
he at year:the house wa;
-on-e64-51t
Looks than at present,
now obtaining admittance.
A committee was formed, and the meeting separated.
The Cola eine Chronicle, received to-day, says .1—" The
committee met yesterday in the commissioners' room ; there
was a very full attendance, including three magistrates,
four clergymen--one Protestant, one Presbyterian, and two
Roman Catholics ; three medical men, two of whom held
isiedical appointments in connexion with the union poor-
house, the Coleraine dispensary, and the fever hospital ; and
several of the town commissioners. Both at the public
meeting and the meeting of committee the present state of
the labouring classes, as dependent upon the price of food and
labour, was very fully discussed, and we rejoice to find, from
the unanimous testimony of all parties competent to form an
opinion upon the subject, that the state of the poor in Cole-
raine and its immediate neighbourhood is not worse than in
withthe
average years, while for the present, at least, no serious ap-
prehension
committee,eeercittha
t scarcity need de
effectbe w toefr taani
interfere with the regular course of industry would be worse
than useless ; we would strenuously recommend the collec-
tion of a fund for the purpose of being expended in the em-
ployment, and in the employment only, of the labouring
classes during the summer months." nyed.presWente fully
ympt agreeto
Government has sent 500/. to the poor relief fund at Clonmel.
The Tralee new ship-canal is now open for merchant %W-
-ads the first which entered was the schooner Defiance, of
Milford.

The Carlow paper says, that though provisions are high in
that market, there is no apparent want among the labouring
classes, vast numbers being employed on the railway.
There are 639 labourers now employed by the relief com-
mittee of Limerick.
GALWAT.—The Mercury of yesterday congratulates the
people of Galway on their good conduct, applauds the com-
mittee for its exertions, and goes on to say—" Most sincerely
do we rejoice to learn that the public works, the canal from
Lough Corrib to the sea—the breakwater to Multon island
from Fairhill—and the extension of the quay to Nimmo's
Pier, are to be immediately commenced."
The building of the new college in Galway will be com-
menced early in the ensuing month. The Roman Catholic
Bishop of Galway
-has subscribed 20/. • the Very Rev. Warder
Daly, 50/. ; Dr. Kirwan, P.P., President of the Galway Col-
lege, 201. ; and several other gentlemen sums varying from
10/. to 201.
Her Majesty steamer Dee has arrived at Galway with 110
tons of Indian corn. A cargo of oats has also been received
in that city, which is deemed a most remarkable fact, as oats
have generally passed from Galway outward bound.
Lord De Freyne has 550 men employed in his demesne,
with the view of circulating wages.
LIMERICK, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's steamer Alban yes-
terday discharged a cargo of Indian corn meal into the Ord-
nance store ferry slip.
Her Majesty's steamer Myrmidon, Lieut. Jenkin, R.N.,
which arrived in the Shannon on Thursday, from Cork, pro-
ceeded up the River Fergus, to be in communication with
the civil authorities for the protection of property.
Mr. Walker, Government engineer, and Mr. Richardson,
have arrived at Valentia, to ascertain its capabilities for a
Government packet station.
Oa Thursday several sacks of oatmeal, for` lre relief fund
at Brunee, were sent from this city under a military escort,
and this morning a quantity of oatmeal, ordered by Lord
-,Starrier'. agent; John b•aftcyn, -Esq., was forwardeei unapt, a
similar military detachment, to the confines of Tipperary.
The market price of potatoes has advanced to 6%c1. per
stone, which is 3d. the stone over the price of this time
twelvemonth, and for an inferior article.

The price Of new butter advanced yesterday from 80e. to
90s. :per Grit.

OUTRAGES.
(From the Limerick Chronicle, April IS.)
Three countrymen returning from market attacked and
desperately beaten.
Ten sheep killed in a field, and the carcases (all but the
heads) carried away.
Robbery of arms.
Her Majesty's ship Myrmidon is now stationed in the Fergus
to assist the civil authorities in preventing outrage.
The Rev. T. D. Gregg attended in person, accompanied by
a great number of followers, at the Consistorial Court of the
Archbishop, in Henrietta-street, en Thursday, to put in his
plea and answer to the Archbishop's citation.
The Court sat again yesterday, and Mr. Gregg's case hav-
ing been called on, the Rev. Gentleman appeared and ap-
pointed Mr. Worthington as his proctor. The case stands
over till Saturday next.
CORK, SATURDAY.—.-The American packet-ship Camelia,
register 1,090 tons, Captain French, arrived in the harbour
yesterday, with a cargo (about 25,000 bushels) of Indian
corn and about 10,000 barrels of meal. The captain reports
having spoken, :on 13th instant, in lat. 50 25, long. 20 30,
the barque Courier, 71 days from Sierra Leone, leaky, for
Cork or Falmouth. On the 14h instant, in lat. 50 30, long.
18 20, he exchanged signals with the English ship Charlotte,
bound to the eastward : on the same day spoke the brig
Pekin, bound to the westward, all well, and wished to be
reported. Off Cape Clear passed the barque Hero, bound up
channeL
Lord Stanley has given 1001. towards the Poor Relief Fend
at Cashel His Lordship is in receipt, we believe, of 20,000/.
a year from his Irish property, and for the last ten years there
has not been anything worth naming spent in Ireland. This
subscription is one-half per cent. upon one year's income.—
Cork Southern Reporter.
The Rev. Thomas Croker, Croom Castle, has purchased
601. worth of oaten meal to be distributed gratis to his own
labourers during the summer. This is an example of
generosity well worthy of imitation. May it stimulate others
to act similarly.
Ciamow.—We are gratified to leans (says the Carlow
Sentinel) that this county is much more free from fever at
present than at any former period daring the last five years.
In the Carlow Fever Hospital, as compared with April, 1845,
the number is as 1 to 4, and only one death took place in the
iwon of the
feel thankful to Providence for the
_heewaltuhyyco,
-t where, owing
population in the several towns of h
been
npitthale
naturewithin of the
mrepoonrthtss.froniThouthewr whatever maeyehhoauTde
uprpronspentor ventilation, and
anthde
want
eotpf
ptheoeple are much more liable to fever than in the rural
districts.
to their crowded sotaftfle,itthherowr

MURDER.
The Limerick Chronicle says that John Joye was waylaid
and murdered at Cooga, between Duiocohnta
rDeh
edeacs
onebda
Deceased
,deCydoaf;wpDpaNace
randoeri
t,
and oonf
Sunday night, after quitting a public-house. J. Bennett,
,E,
Johns .i,
Wilful
;mull held
igt
against
an inquest
Thomas
hemee
absconded.Ro
wood-
ranger on Lord Stanley's property.
On Tuesday night a house, the property of James Ken-
nedy, at Sallymount, near Annacotty, was maliciously burnt
to the ground. The inmates had an almost miraculous
escape from being burned to death. The cause assigned for
this outrage is, that Kennedy and his daughter are sus-
pected of giving information to the police of the parties who
fired at the Rev. Mr. Westropp, near Kilmurry. Ken-
nedy is a strictly honest man, but the disaffected vowed
vengeance against his family.
DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.
IRISH Noam MIDLAND.—A meeting of the shareholders in
this Company was held on Thursday, at the office of Mr. T.
R. Evans, South Mall, for the purpose of adopting a memo..
rial to both Houses of Parliament to stay the further pro-
gress of the Bill. The memorial was adopted.
CORNWALL AND DEVON.—The same day a meeting was
held, in the same place, for the purpose of having the affairs
of the Corn*all and Central Devon (better known as the
Padatow project) Company dissolved. This, line was before
Parliament in 1845 and this year, and was on both occasion'
thrown out for non-compliance with standing orders. Al-
derman Fagan took the chair at the meeting of the share-
holders, and after some discussion a memorial praying t
have the affairs of the Company wound up was agreed to.
GREAT COUNTY DowN.—A meeting of the Cork share-
holders in tins:company was held in Mr. Evans's offices yes-
terday, when a memorial for dissolution was agreed to.
ythien Bill
was TEMPLEMORE, NENAGII, AND SHANNON. The share-
shaomldeerpslaiene,
uth,hiseupraojmecetmaolsrioalhetoldhaotmh eHetoivangesyteso tsetordpa
et 101 e
valued by
theth
Waterford e
was agreed to.
a jury
at
and Limerick Railway.
land required for the
therates fixed
couOnntyishhuerrsdiff,aYwaasnasd
by Mr. Walsh,
The proprietors consented to
s3eensbtleerdd ay
empanelled
Ellis were engaged
Messrs.ane and
the valuator of the railway directory and the jury returned
verdicts accordingly. K
as counsel for the company.

CADVERTISZMENT.I DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE
iVniveein°tNedZßlACOlTlVltiliDC' tfit'esjk, LfolrEßrmellielfLlot trwreilislelm' PiccaraLLT.—Newly
e deafness, and when
inserted in the ear cannot be perceived by the nearest observer—
they are entirely different from all others, and are the smallest hear-
ing instruments constructed—measuring only a quarter of an inch in
their widest part; they may be securely adjusted in the ears unob-
served, and removed therefrom with as great ease and facility. Per-
sons are enabled to join in general conversation, and to hear most
distinctly in a place of woiship, &c., and what should be greatly
considered, a natural expansion of the cavity of the ear is preserved
par-
tially the cause of deafness—and by their use
obviated. Also
—a thickening or contraction of which in many instances is
n...
Also inf-
lation of singing noises in the ears is een:ilpruelyn.
0 immediately the
proved hearing trumpets of every e
that it and dullness which appear
newly-invented speotacle lenses
either by day or candlelight, placedeinids before imperfect vision,
every object becomes clear and
before the edyesis
distinct, so that the mot aged defective sight becomes bright and.
youthful, natural, and original state-
brilliant, an
t werful aehromatie telescopes, opera glasses, and Also the m°l- P°
Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomon', opticians, ems
microscopes.
in any ay connected with a parson of the same name in their
notmediate ibsreantg7t°stotremits
im
neighbourhood , nor in any part of the country. To prevent
mistakes, be cautions, and obeerve—only to be had at 19, Albertnarle-
street, Piccadilly, opposite the Tor lloteL

On Thusday next, the 23,1 Inst., In 3 vols., post Byo.
OREST L.
A TALE OF SOCIAL LIFE IS 1830-31.
"True loves are often sown, but seldom grow on ground."
SPENSER.

journed debate on the first reading of the Irish Protecti f
Life and Property Bill, were re-appointed for Friday.
Mr. CHRISTIE then moved, pursuant to notice, for copies 1
of ad correspondence between W. DAY, Esq., last Assistant-
Commissioner of the Poor-laws and the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, and the Secretary for the Home Department, relative
to his involuntary resignation of his Assistant Poor-law Corn-
missionership, and of ail minutes relative to Mr. DAY'S re-
signation, and to the appointment of Colonel Wade as his
successor ; also, that it should be an instruction to the Com-
mittee on the Andover Union to inquire into all the circum-
stances under which Mr. DAY was called upon to interfere.
Mr. C. PoWELL seconded the motion.
Sir J. GRAHAM would offer no objection to the motion,
thinking it highly desirable that investigation should take
place into the matter.
The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then moved for a Select Committee to
inquire into the allegations of the petition of Mr. Jonathan
Duncan on the mal-administration of affairs in the General
Post-office. If it was not for the mal-administration in the
General Post-office, the public of London might have their
letters delivered an hour and a half earlier than they were at
present ; and this assertion he would undertake to prove. 'I lie
mal-administration of which he had to complain was not of
yesterday, but ninny years' standing. pain
was
ready to
prnvc, that the private undertaking, called " Kelly's Post-
office Directory," was a job that gave great dissatislaction to
the officers in the Post-office, and was highly detrimental to
the public service.
Mr. WILLIAms seconded the motion.
Mr. CARDW ELL defended the course adopted by the
Post-office authorities, and opposed the motion.
Mr. MoFFArr supported the motion, being convinced
that inquiry into the course pursued by the Post- office would
tend to the public good, inasmuch as it would lead to some
alterations in the mode of conducting business at that great
establishment.
andN kLr the Chancel-
loruncom besc Mr.t. D
After some observations from Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Brother-
ton, o n
of the
e Christie,Ex ch eciDulerr.,
is
Baring,F.
B.otVaey .
T
in reply,
The House divided, and the motion was lost b
of 43, there being for Mr. Dun combe's motiony a majority
92. 49, and against

Mr. S. O'BRIEN then moved, pursuant to notice, that after
the present session all inquiry with respect to Irish Railway
Bills, which at present took place in London before both
Houses of Parliament, should be proceeded with in Ireland.
Mr. F. FRENCH seconded the motion.
After some observations from Sir R. Peel, Mr. C. Powell,
Mr. Wakley, Lord Claude Hamilton, Colonel Connolly, Mr.
Maurice O'Connell, and several other Members, the motion
was lost, npon a division, there being 25 in favour of it and
69 against it.
The Polling Places (Ireland) Bill went through Committee,
and the House adjourned.

The enthusiastic burst of joy and congratulation dis-
played by the National Guards of Paris, and indeed the
population generally, on the safo return of Louts
PHILIPPE to the Palace of the Tuileries, forms an agree-
able and, to a certain extent, a novel feature in the life
of that able and distinguished Prince. Several of the
former attempts at assassination were not isolated acts,

nor did they fail to excite sympathy among numerous
classes who had been disappointed by the results of the
July Revolution—the failure was rather regretted than
the wickedness of the deed ; repetitions of the horrible
crime were therefore feared, and all good men—all
anxious for the peace of Europe and the advancement of
civilisaticn—nay,:even the Great Powers of the Continent,

hat hesitated long to acknowledge his title—were pecu-
iarly anxious for the safety of a life so necessary for
:he consolidation of a general peace. The sentiments
that now prevail throughout France, as far as intelli-

gence has reached this country, and the fact is honour-
able to the people, are of a very different character.
Spontaneous and unanimous expressions of welcome
greeted his MAJESTY on his arrival at the Palace, not
the formal tributes usually paid by the legislative bodies
and public functionaries, by judges and placemen and
priests, but the sincere welcome of the middle classes—
all the respectable traders and shopkeepers of Paris—
the armed citizens who have the deepest interest in good
government, and even of the unarmed multitude, too apt
to look forward to change as the only chance for better-

ing their condition. The KING, therefore, who has en-
dured so many vicissitudes and risked so many dangers,
who has persevered in a system of government adopted
when he stood almost alone, might therefore evince no
ordinary degree of emotion when such manifestations
not only displayed attachment to his person and family,
but an adherence to that moderate and cautious policy
which at first was so unwelcome to the worshippers of
blood-stained heroes and ruthless victors, and which has

in time given France more real and lasting power than
perhaps she ever enjoyed. This is the greatest triumph
yet obtained by the Napoleon of peace, and it has come,
too, at a most opportune period for the Government—the
eve of a general election. On such occasions the Op-
position attribute almost every political movement
favourable to the Ministry, and even what may appear
a casual occurrence to some plot or trick on their part

with a view to influence the electors ; but here is an
event which they cannot pervert to their purpose. M.
Gunar and the wood-ranger, who played so well into
his hands, could not by any possibility be accomplices.
The madman or the miscreant missed the KING by a
miracle; the narrow escape of a family, admitted by all
parties in France, even those most hostile to the dynasty,
to be a model of domestic virtue and happiness, has given
additional effect to the scene, and will contribute not a
little to the return of Members favourable to the policy
which the SOVEREIGN has so long and so advantageously
maintained. It is worth at least twenty votes to M.
GuizoTi and, therefore, taking all circumstances into
account it would be difficult to point out any general
election in France so likely to be favourable to the peace
of the world. M. TRIERS cannot find out any real
grievaece to press upon the attention of electors.
Agreeably to his amendment, the Chamber, with the
concurrence of the Cabinet, voted eighteen millions
to purchase timber for the construction and repair
of ships of war above the sum recommended
by the Naval Committee. He can find no fault with
GUIZOT'S policy in Greece, where French interests pre-
dominate. Spain, though undergoing constant transi-
tions, is still under the tutelage of the French Court
and Cabinet ; the ouragecus claims of President POLK,
and the wanton aggressions of the south-western States
of America on a republic which French poliey must at
all risks protect, have cut short TRIERS'S phrases about
the natural alliance of France with the United States
and the bounden duty of every French Ministry to cul-
tivate the friendship of the young republic, in order to
protect the world against the insolent dominion of Eng-
land on the seas. As for England herself, not a whisper
comes from that quarter against her ; the entente cordiale
has been adopted by the pacific TRIERS as a watch.
word, and PALMERSTON and he are resolved to rival
ABERDEEN and CUIZOT in allaying national animosities.
These are all very favourable symptoms for the peace
of the world, and joined with the alarming and diaboli-
cal, though fortunately harmless, deed committed at
Fontainbleau, and the hearty congratulations of Franco,
• must afford no small consolation to the venerable Prince
, who has now fur sixteens years guided with such dex-
terity the destiny of France.

Another most unforseen delay bas arisen from the
circumstance of there not being sufficient Members pre-
sent on Monday to form a House. Every one must deeply
regret this casualty, as public business is thereby pro-
crastinated until Friday evening, at the very earliest.
The evil consequences which must result from such a
lamentable succession of obstacles in the way of legisla-
tion are not to be calculated—they defy computation.
Spread of scarcity in Ireland ; increased stagnation in
the commercial transactions of the empire generally ;
impunity to agrarian assassins ; fresh opportunities for
the extension of pestilence in those portions of the sister
country e
try most afflicted with dearth—these, and a multi-
tudef other minor, but sequential effects must tend to
render the social redemption of
many portions of Great
Britain more and more impracticable. Fit
undoubtedly, the protectionist gentlemen
of all mostthe
csaftuesre
colsfustshisof grievous sluggishness,
usstleumggsishtniellse, facing clause
with the most
Pig-headed pertinacity ; then arose
quint opposition to the movements of the Caabilnuebtleen-
the part of the Irish representatives —a party equally
stolid in their determination to retard the progress
Legislature. Of this belligerent spirit the hiatusofof Mon.
the
day is but a single instance among a thousand, but that
one is more glaring and more intolerable, perhaps, an
all its predecessors put together. The c:
origin of this is
as manifest as the proceeding itself is paltry. Some
among our Con tempararies, with what we cannot but re
gird as a wilful misprision of judgment, actually attribute
the non-formation of a House on Monday to the precon-
certed indolence of Ministers. That is a wretchedly un-
stable accusation, nor can it escape evaporation under
the scrutiny of a moment. First, is it founded upon our
experience of the present Ministry? Secondly, is it con-
ceivable, regarding the matter us to its capability of pro-
ducing advantage to their cause? Thirdly, does it tally
with their anxiety to shorten the Easter recess?
Fourthly, is it compatible with any one act of theirs
which has transpired during the present ses:ion? To
all these, and a score of other inquiries of a similar
t:aidency, any man with two ounces of brain in his head
must, in sheer honesty, return a most emphatic nega-
tive. The imputation is freposterously untenable. But
looking at the broad and simple facts of the case, the
deduction forces itself upon our conviction : not to the
Ministers is that empty House attributable, but to the
opposition of the Irish Members. How do
thein incorrigible
factsorri gb
i stand?
Why, the list of representatives pre-
sent (and which list will be found in another column)
shows that Mr. O'CONNELL and his colleagues unani-
mously absented themselves from St. Stephen's. Surely that
circumstance is amply corroborative of our conclusions.
Let not Parliament, however, deceive itself—the observa-
tion of the people is more than ever directed to its move-
ments at the present moment; and upon the character of
those movements will depend its approval or its reproba-