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the House ? He might turn to those fifth-rate men who
made themselves the lecturers out of that House of those
whose opinions he entertained, but who, in that House, never
uttered a word— (Hear, and a laugh)—and he would ask them
where would have been the cause of Parliamentary reform if
Catholic emancipation had nut been carried? Where would
have been the cause of free trade, or where might it be, if
the Roman Catholics declared against it ? (Hear.) But he
was consoled on that part of the subject by reflecting that
there was not one distinguished Free-trader—he did not re-
fer to those gentlemen who shot their small arrows at them,
but who never stood up against them—but to those Free-
traders who supported the question both in that House and
out of it—that there was not one who was not against this
Bill. The distinguished members of the late Sir R. Peel's
Government were against it ; the Hon. Member for Man-
chester, the Hon. Member for the West Riding, and the
Hon. Member for Montrose were against it..—(Hear.) He
would warn the Noble Lord, then, before he put this Bill
upon the table, that by it he might arouse again in the people
ot Ireland, who were just emerging from the consequences of
pestilence and famine, and just reaching perhaps the shore
on a frail plank, the fanatical spirit of sectarian animosity,
and perhaps involve them again in another twenty years'
struggle. If indeed that struggle should come, the result
would be, he was convinced, as it had been before, victo-
rious to the people of Ireland, and never would they 'loathe
the sword until they had deprived those who had oppressed
them of the power of oppression —(Cheers.) They won that
struggle before, and they would win it again. The Noble
Lord boasted, and, if he did not retract all he had done, it
was the proudest beast ho could make, that he assisted them
in recovering and reclaiming religious liberty. If then by a
tyrannical majerity in that House the Noble Lord struck
down their liberties that night, they would go firth from
that House and would never cease until they had re-esta-
blished sham. They would never be intimilated by mo-
mentary defeat. They had braved scenes of persecution :
tne avenging sword of Cromwell was upon them; the in-
sidious treachery of the Stuarts beset them ; exactions and
confications—he used the word openly, plainly, and ad-
visedly,—the confiscations in which the ancestors of the
Noble Lord bad taken so conspicuous a part, were upon
them. But they had triumphed over them, and would
triumph again ; and they would do so, not forgetting their
allegiance to their Sovereign ; but, while acknowledging the.
allegiance, they would continue to assert, as the Constitution
allowed them to do, their allegiance in spiritual matters to
the supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Lam domus lEave Capital immobile saxum
Accelet, imperiumque pater Romanis habebit."
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman had certainly a very difficult task to perform, and
he certainly had no hesitation in saying that he did so with
very great ability. He should own, however, that it ap-
peared to him the case was beyond even the powers and talents
of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. The statement he
made on a former occasion, and alluded to by other Mem-
bers of the House, was, that with respect to Ireland, the
titles taken from sees, was forbidden since 1829, and that
therefore Roman Catholic bishops were under the greatest
persecution from that time to this, or that the present Bill was
not one of pains and penalties. It appeared to him that that
proposition was undeniable, and the Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman endeavoured to evade it. He (Lord John Russell)
would next refer to his observations with respect to the
necessity of consulting the feelings of the people
of England. He said no doubt it was necessary
to consult them, but he did not say it was ne-
cessary to consult the Protestant, and all he did was to
consult the national feeling.—(Cheers.) He should say in
the same way, that when the Pope attempted to ob-
tain a complete dominion over France, that those who re-
sisted it were those whose feelings ought to have been con-
sulted as the people of France, and although the great majo-
rity were Roman Catholics, they were not prepared to bow
the knee to a sovereign not their own, and a foreign prince.
—(Cheers.) It might well be said in that instance, that the
feelings of the people of France ought to have been con-
sulted, because they would not submit to decrees which
came from Rome.—(Hear, hear.) It certainly was a mis-
fortune, as he said on a former occasion, that Catholic Eman-
cipation was so long delayed, because, as it was truly said by
Mr. Grattan, the effect of it was perfectly to incorporate the
Roman Catholics with the See of Rome, and he asked no
better evidence of the truth of that assertion, than the speech
of the Honourable Gentleman who just sat down.—(Cheers.)
rhe Honourable and Learned Gentleman said that he did
not at all mind the Act of 18.19, because it was never
enforced, and he called on him (Lord John Russell) to
say would he now do so. That question had little to do
with the present Bill, because if the provisions were never
enforced, or if it were our determination to enforce them
against all those who took their titles from existing sees,
the present Act would have been quite sufficient, and no
new Bill would have been required. Then the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman asked, did they mean to enforce it
in the same sense as the provisions of the present Bill?
and quoted the opinion of a Learned Gentleman to show that
the first clause did not apply to Ireland with the same
stringency as the present law. If no spiritual functions
could be exercised, should the present Bill become a law?
How was it, that in spite of an Act of 1829, these functions
were exercised from that day to this, and nothing was done
to prevent them ? The Honourable and Learned Gentleman
said they did not enforce the present Act, but he should
remember that before that was done an offence must be
committed, and evidence given. The blame could not be
attached to Governments with which he was connected far
not enforcing the Act singe 1829. It was not alone to
Whig Governments, but to them of the Duke of Welling-
ton, and when Lord De Grey and Lord Haddington were
Lords-Lieutenant in Ireland, and the present Chief Jus-
tice of the Queen's Bench in that country was Attorney-
General. But, independently of that, the Roman Catholic
prelates of Ireland changed the law, and did not in scarcely
an instance, use any assumption of sees or dioceses in Ireland.
well, then, if with an exception, a most reverend arch-
bishop, who took a title to which he bad no claim, no public
act of those prelates was signed by their titles, surely there
was no necessity for enforcing a law which was not violated.
.L( Hear, hear.) If the Act was obeyed, what could they
expect further ? What was intended was to prevent the
ostentatious assumption of those titles, and if that was
obeyed the Government would be satisfied with that obe-
dience ; so that the difficulty of the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman was no difficulty at all. What was done in Ire-
land ? he Roman Catholics took titles from the ancient
sees since a period forty years after the Reformation, and
they saw no reason to interfere with that. It ought not to
be the business of this, or of any other Government, to make
out cases against them by inquiry; but when a person
comes forward and declares that the Pope has divided this
country into districts for the establishment of dioceses, and
that by his authority he has abolished the see of Canterbury,
then he must say that was not a question, of exercising reli-
gious functions—(Cheers)—but a daring defiance of the
authority of the Crown, and what might be pro-
perly called an act of &egression to which the Parliament
could not shut its eyes.— (Hear, hear.) This was an
.offence against the nation, and they could not therefore
except Ireland as a part of the United Kingdom. What was
required by the Act of 1829 has been done, but if in Ireland
and in England by assuming these titles, they should set up
this authority against that of the Crown, in that case the
Crown ought to take steps to assert its authority.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said the Act of 1829 was
repealed by the Bequests Act, which had been brought in
by the Government- of Sir Robert Peel. Was it likely that
the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon should in-
troduce a measure for the repeal of an important part of an
Act which gave the right to Roman Catholics of sitting in
that House without ever adverting to such an alteration in
that measure. The words were, with regard to bequests.
" in trust for any bishop or archbishop exercising functions
in certain districts;" and with regard to priests, they were
described as persons " having pastoral care and superintend-
ence over congregations of persons professing the Roman
Catholic religion." The next assertion of the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman was, that it was doubtful
whether the preamble was borne out by the law.
It was the general opinion of lawyers, that by
law they could not assume titles of any doceses
in this country; but when the Attorney-General stated that
there was a doubt upon that point they were justified in
acting on that opinion. The Honourable and Learned Gen-
tleman expressed an opinion that the law prohibiting the
assumption of titles was null and void. The Honourable
and Learned Member for Midhurst did not act upon that
impression, for he did not propose to insert the words " be
it enected," but the words " be it declared." He could see
whether the preamble was borne out by the law. The
Honourable grad Learned Gentleman next stated that this
Bill was a violation of religious liberty, and in metaphorical
language threatened them with the resistance they might
expect to receive from the Roman Catholics ot Ireland, when
be said, they would never sheath their swords until they
had overcome their oppressors. He was sorry they should
regard the Bill in the light of persecution, but on that ac-
count they were not called upon to resign a tittle of the
rights inherent in the Crown.—(llear, hear.) They must
preserve the sovereignty and independence of the nation.
He was nut prepared to exchange the religious liberty
which they enjoyed in this country, and which the Roman
Catholics would enjoy after the passing of this Bill
,for the religi,)us liberty in Rome.—(Cheers.) They were
told that there was a person in prison in Rome for circu-
lating a translation in Italian of the Sacred Scriptures.—
(Hear, hear.) It was not at Rome, but in another Italian
state.—(Hear, bear, from Mr. Keogh.) The Hon. Gentle-
man thought it a great triumph that the case had not oc-
curred in Rome, but it was under the influence of Rome that
the occurrence had taken place. Would the Hon. Gentle-
man say that Protestants would be allowed to build a church
at Rome, to go there publicly, and to defend their opinions
as here? No such thing.—( Hear.) That was the sort of
religious liberty they would enjoy at Rome. He rejoiced
that he could read " Whateley'a Logic," and other works
prohibited at Rome. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman pro-
duced an excommunition pronounced by a bishop in Scot-
land.—(Flear.) The title under which that, bishop acted
was not legal, the clergyman had therefore an action
against the bishop, and got a verdict, and the bishop was
obliged to compromise the action. He esteemed himself for-
tunate that he could compare this country for the enjoyment
of religious liberty with any other, where the Church of Rome
had the prevailing power. The Hon. Gentleman displayed
an indignation which did him honour, against what had
been done towards a Minister of the King of Sardinia. Let
him be sure if these doctrines ot the See of Rome, not the
doctrines of the Roman Catholic religion, but the political
doctrines which they endeavoured to extend over Europe,
were to prevail, he would not enjoy half the liberty and
halt the power of expressing his opinions and defending them
in that House which he now did under a Protestant Sove-
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subjects. In the aeitation which took place on this subject,
there had been thirty county meetings, which would iihow,
a strong feeling on the subject. Some of these meetings
were very insignificant. One of them was held in York.
Special trains at half-price were engaged, and noblemen and
gentlemen announced to attend, hut although the meeting
took place in a town with a population between thirty and
forty thousand people, not more than 2,50 a attended, and a
great many of them were Roman Catholics. There was no
agreement displayed by the speakers at these meetings as to
the remedy for the injury, if there was one. From the
smallest of the country practitioners to the greatest of them
there had not been found the smallest thing that the Legis-
lature could act upon. Then there was the celebrated Dr.
Cumming, who delivered a lecture at which Admiral Her.
court presided. They made the proposition that the Cardinal
should be at once put ou board ship and sent out of the country.
Atter three mouthe' deliberaties4 they had the speech ef the

noble Lord, which was not very much to the point. He
had now found out his difficulty, and he found that he could
not deal with the matter without throwing Ireland over-
board. The Noble Lord objected to the Synod .of Thuides,
but the Protestant bishops and clergy had been as meddle-
some and troublesome, and more so, than the Catholics,
when they dared. Then the Synod of Thurles had been
equally divided upon the question, and that was more than
could be said of the Protestant bishops and clergy upon
similar questions. When the Noble Lord made his speech
he could not point out the particular sin of which the Pope
had been guilty, but had been obliged to resort to what law-
yers would call cumulative evidence, in.support of his case.
But the real offence was the importation -of this bulls yet he.
proposed to do nothing to prevent the introduction of an-
other bull. He (Mr. Bright) admitted that there had been
offensive language, but then he never found priests who did
not use offensive language. The language of the Pope,
offensive as it was, was rather a form than a substance, and
was not a stifficient justification for the Legislature of Eng-
land to proceed, to legislate upoa the subject. The supre-
macy of which the Noble Lord spoke was a mere fiction, and
it was so from the time of James the Second. At the pre-
sent moment there was no supremacy but that of the three
estates of the realm and of the law, and unless these late
proceedings had violated this, it was absurd to say that there
had been any violation of the law. The making of bishops
by the only power that could make them was no violation of
•the law, or invasion of the prerogatives of the Crown. 'rho
Qu :en did not pretend to make them. It was no ignoring of
the Protestant Church, because the Pope had al wayit ignored
the Protestant Church of England, and he took precisely the
same view of that Church which that Church took of the
Dissenters in this country. This was what one church al-
ways did to another. He was no friend to bishops of any
( Hear, hear.) A constituent of his bad pointed out
that this change was really an r increase of independence in
respect of the people. Vicars apostolic were subject to the
arbitrary will of the Pope, and those extraordinary statutes
which he :night please from time to time to enforce.
The change from vicars apostolic to bishops in ordinary was
for the benefit of the Roman Catholics of this country.—
(Hear, hear.) The course taken by the Pope was calculated
to relieve the Roman Catholics from much of that ultramon-
tane doctrine of which they had heard so much. The Noble
Lord said that a foreign power had attacked the independence
of this country; but the whole matter was one of sentiment.
He would admit that the language •was insolent and offen-
sice, and he thanked the Noble Lord for not making this Bill
more offensive than it was. The question now was not a
question of Protestantism, but of politics. He would look
at it as such. And now who mere the injured? The Pope
and Cardinal Wiseman were unscathed. The true suf-
ferers were the Crown of England and the six or
seven millions of its Roman Catholic subjects. The
gulf which had formerly separated Ireland from this
country was this session made wider than it had
ever been before. This was an evil of great mag-
nitude. The Noble Lord had adverted to the proceeding
at the Synod of Thurles as one of the reasons for bringing
forward this Bill. But at that synod one of the bishops
was in favour of the Queen's Colleges in Ireland; but the
Noble Lord's policy had united all the Roman Catholic
Bishops against these colleges. The missionary powers of
the Roman Catholic Church had taken hope from the present.
The Apostles put down paganism and established Christianity
by the influence of their preaching and teaching. Luther,
single-handed, wrested from the Church of Rome the power
which it possessed. There they had Church identified with
the State, and supported by vast temporalities, and yet they
were afraid that this Church would be overcome 'by the
Roman Catholic Church, which had no power here. The
Church in Ireland was in such a state that there was not a
man in the kingdom that would hold up his finger in sup-
port of it, and it only required the Noble Lord to lift up his
finger against that Church in this House to have it swept
away.—(Hear.) Yet this was the Church which the Noble
Lord said was inviolate. It seemed to be a question be-
tween the Bishop in St. James's-square against the Arch-
bishop in Golden-square. The Noble Lori said he had con-
sulted the Lord Bishop of London on this Bill. He re-
gretted that this course had been pursued. He had seen
that the bishop at one meeting shed tears. It was rather
a curious sight to behold a bishop with 20,0001. a year shed-
ding tears. It reminded him of a story told of a monk of
Cyprus, who could shed tears as natural as he could exhibit
perspiration, and who subsequently feigned madness to avoid
being made a bishop.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord felt
he was in a quagmire. At least his colleagues did, and he
thought the better course would be for the Governmest to
withdraw the Bill, rather than proceed with it. The truth
was, the Noble Lord was practising a cheat upon the people
of England. They wanted a Bill to put down what was
called Papal aggression, but the Bill before the House was
not the measure that they desired.—(Hear, hear.) The
Hon. Member for Salford said that neither his Right Hon.
Friend (Mr. M. Gibson) nor himself represented the feel-
ings of his constituents on this subject. This might
be so, and the time would come when that question could
be settled but his Hon. Friend had now obtained
the approval of a rev. parson in his borough who had al-
ways opposed him, but who now thanked God that he was
represented by such a man. That House was composed of
six hundred and fifty-six Members. They were supposed to
be the foremost men in the country, and it was their duty
not to be the victim of a popular cry. It was their duty to
stem the cry rather than to be led away by it. Looking at
England with her free press, her progress in industry and in
morals, she would be ever able to resist any aggression,
whether it came from Lambeth or from Rome. He was one
of a sect which had invariably upheld the principles which he
had attempted to advocate-one of a sect that had suffered
for principles which the Noble Lord had said he introduced
this Bill to uphold, but he felt it to be his duty as a citizen
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The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion ..
Against it ... 365
Majority against the motion ... ...--311
An HON. MEMBXR having moved that the House should
now adjourn.
-

Lord J. RUSSELL rose, and referring to the length of the
discussion which the subject had already undergone, said,
that in point of deliberation, they might very well be consi-
dered in Committee.-- (Hear, hear.) After the divisions
which had already taken place, he was not disposed to detain
the House by further divisions. He would, therefore, pro-
pose the debate should be adjourned till Thursday next.—
(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.")
The debate was adjourned accordingly.
PROPERTY-TAX BILL.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
third reading of this Bill.
After a few words from Mr. COWAN, which were wholly
inaudible in consequence of the noise in the House,
Mr. HERRIES expressed a hope that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer would not in the present state of the
House press the third reading of the Bill. It appeared to
him that the Committee on the tax, which had been
agreed to, should be appointed before the Bill was read a
third time.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, understand-
ing that the Bill was only to be passed for one year, consi-
dered that there could be no objection to its being read a third
time. The appointment of the Committee was wholly inde-
pendent of the passing of the present Bill.
The Bill was then read a third time.

On the question that the Bill do pass,
Mr. HERRIES inquired when the Committee was likely
to be appointed?
The CHANCELLOR of the EYCHEQUER could not say
until he ascertained what Hon. Members were willing to
serve on the Committee. He was in communication with
several gentlemen with a view of obtaining their services,
but two or three gentlemen, who he had hoped would have
served, had declined to do so. He had no doubt that in a
day or two he would be able to lay a list of the Committee
on the table.

In reply to Colonel SIBTHORP,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had
before stated that the claims of parties assessed under
Schedule 1) would ba fairly brought under the consideration
of the Committee.

The Bill was then passed.
The Apprentices to Sea Service (Ireland) Bill was read a
second time.
The report on the resolutions relating to conferences with
the Lords was considered and agreed to.
THE WOODS AND FORESTS.
Lord SEYMOUR moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
make better provision for the management of the woods,
forests, and land revenues of the Crown. and for the direc-
tion of public works and buildings. The measure was, he
observed, the same in its general features as the Bill of last
year, though there were some alterations in the details.
Lord DUNCAN hoped the Noble Lord would afford an
opportunity for discussing the measure on an early day. A
Bill of the same kind was introduced last year, but it was
thrown over to the end of the session, and was never dis-
cussed.

Sir W. JOLLIFFE suggested that the Government should
take the discussion on the principle of the measure upon the
second reading.
Lord SEYDIOUR would state, when he brought in the
Bill upon what day the second aealling would take place.
Leave was then given to introduce the bill.
PETITION OF REV. PIERCE CONELLY.

The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY moved —" That the
order of the House (May 1), that the petition of the Rev.
Pierce Conelly be printed for the use of members only, be
read, for the purpose of being discharged."
Mr. STAFFORD said, the circumstances of this case were
somewhat peculiar. It had been decided by the Printing
Committee that the petition to which the Noble Lord's reso-
lution referred should not be printed in the ordinary way, so
as to be accessible to the public, and therefore ,it had been
printed for the usel of Members only. The allegations of
the petition were so extraordinary, and affected so many
persons, and the circumstances of the case were likely to
attract so much public attention at this time, that without
in the least wishing to prejudice the case on the one side or
the other, he hoped the House would not be led, by assenting
to the resolution, into the publication of a series of persona-
lities.

The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY said that it was
the excitement prevailing at the present moment which in-
duced him to take notice of this petition; under ordinary
circumstances he would not have done so. He happened to
enter the Committee on Public Petitions at the time that
petition was under consideration, and when it had been pro-
posed that it should be printed for the use,of Members only.
He moved that it should be printed and published in the
usual way, but his motion was negatived. He disliked
the half publicity which had been given to the petition,
and demanded from the justice of the House that full pub-
licity should be given to it, in order that he might obtain
information which would enable him to disprove its alle-
gations.
Mr. THORNELY said, that after much consideration the
Petitions Committee resolved to print the petition for the use'
of Members, because it referred to an unimportant questiono
respecting which a Member had introduced a Bill to the
House; but they refrained front printing it for general Cir-
culation because it contained imputations of a serious nature
on the character of individuals.
Sir R. INGLIS apprehended that if the petition were
printed for general circulation the House would be invob'ed
in another Stockdale and Hansard or Howard case.
Mr. ANSTEr reminded the Hon. Baronet that by the
provisions of the Bill passed a few years ago no actioii for
libel could be brought on account of anything containeain a
paper published by order of the House. All the facts stated
in the petition had been given in evidence before the Eccle-
siastical Court. •
Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND had known the petitioner
for two years, and had seen all the documents quo* in the
petition. tc
Mr. G. BERKELEY and Mr. KEOGII supported the,motion.
to anything
Sir G. GREY thought, that if the petition was such as it
was represented to be, the Committee had exerciiCA .a sound
discretion in printing it for the use of Members entY.
the waste-
Mr. AGLIONBY thought it absurd to attribtite secrecy
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which had been circulated among upwards of
into4:lo persons. Most of the petitions would find their way
if the
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ties whom they ,affected, and obtaining from them the in-
formation necessary to vindicate their characters before the
House. _ . _ _

After some further dizeussion, the Houtse divided, when
there appeared—
For the motion' " 41
Against it 131
Majority against the motion ... —9O
TS NAVY.

On the motion of Mr. ,SIDNEY I:IERBERT the follow-
ing returns were,ordered :
" Of the number of officera on. •the present admirals, vice-
admirals,.and rear-admirals' list respectively, who have not
served a sufficient time as captains to entitle them to their
flag:
" Of the number of officers amongst the first 100 and the
second 100 respectiyely ourthe :captains' list, who have not
yet served a sufficient time as captains to entitle them to
theirliag: • ' •
" Of the number of officers who, at any time since Sep-
tember, 1846, have accepted the "retirement as retired rear-
admirals or retired captains : •
" Of the number of flag-officers, captains, commanders,
and lieutenants respectively now on full pay: • •
" And, similar return of the number hold►ng employments,
but not on sea, pay, wider the,-Admiralty or the Board of
Customs respectively."
The other orders were disposed of; and the House adjourned
at a Quarter to Two o'clock.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.

The 13riti31.1 and North American Royal mail steam-
ship America has just entered our river. She brings
seven days later intelligence from the United States
and. British North America, having sailed from Boston
On the 30th'ult., and called at lialifaX to land and re-
ceive mails and passengers on the 21 inst. The number
of passengers brought over is 111. She brings 26,0001
in specie on freight.

The America spoke the Royal mail steamer Eucora
on the 4th inst.

The Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Leitch, arrived
at Halifax at 6 r.at. on the 29th- ult.. and was after-
wards passed by ti-te America off Boston.
The United State. sLearn-ship Ohio, Shenek, with
Har4nnah mills of the ult., 200; paJs('ngers, and
140,0001. in gold (lust and 20,001) dolli. specie freigh:,
arrived at New York on the 2471 i ult.

Tile now United States mail stenln-ship Ilutnlioldt,
Lines cornmandcr, sister ship t the Franklin, would
leave on the 3d inst. for Southampton.

Oar miscellaneous accounts tinnounce that a large
new steam-ship, of 1,200 tons, was being constructed at
New York, for a new steam line, to run between
Charlf.stun and Liverpool. In Pittsburg Jenny Lind
had bcen grossly insulted, stones having been thrown
into her carriage, and afterwards into her dressing-
room. She subsequently refused to sing agiin, and left
instantly for BaMmore. Great indignities had been
offered iu South Carolina to the officer from Boston who
conveyed the fugitive slave Simms back to that state.
On the 231 ult. a grand entertainment W 8.9 given at
Astor-house, New York, by the St. George's Society,
at which Sir H. Bulwer, who had just recovered from
severe indisposition, was one of the principal guests and
speakers. Dr. Beals presided, and the Swedish Minis-
ter, Mr. Lytton, son of Sir E. B. Lytton, was also pre-
sent. Several of the orations, more especially those of
Sir H. Bulwer, were of a remarkable character. Cap-
tain Cooper responded for the British army, Sir H.
Bulwer for the Duke of Wellington, and Mr. Lytton for
his father, the great novelist.
A ateam•boat had been seized at New York, charged
with having been intended for the Cuban expedition.
Six persons had been arrested and held to bail. The
President has issued a proclamation against such expe-
ditions. The particulars of the affair are thus re-
lated

" The United States Marshal having received intelligence
that a vessel had been chartered by certain persons inte-
rested in the invasion of Cuba, and secretly fitted out with
implements of war, and taken down the bay, where she was
anchored, awaiting the arrival of several hundred men, the
Marshal had the steamer Jacob Bell charterei and kept in
readiness at Pier No. 1, North Liver. In the mean time he
called upon the Chief of Police to furnish a force of his men
to aid and assist the United States authorities. All ar-
rangements being consummated, they boarded the steamer
Jacob Bell, which steamed towards Governor's Island, but
turned up the East River and went alongside of a United
States revenue cutter, and was made fast, and sailed down
the bay in search of the craft suspected. The 'Marshal and
his forces remained down the bay until Thursday morning,
to watch the vessel and such persons as were expected
to be conveyed to the craft at different hours of
~the night.
The suspected craft, however, was the steam-boat Cleopatra,
which, during all his search, was lying quietly at the pier,
foot of North Moore-street. She is a large boat, about 14
years old, and was employed as a sound-boat, to which she
proved herself well adapted. She has a large quantity of
coal on board (we understand 250 tons were ordered), occu-
pying the forward cabin and hold, boiler-rooms, and a quan-
tity piled on the forward deck. She has also on board a
great number of large empty casks, which now stand on end,
the whole capable of containing, probably, some 7,000 gal-
lons of water. She looks rough, and not newly painted, nor
has anything been done to her to give her any different ap-
pearance from an ordinary sound or river boat. The water-
casks, &c., we understand, were ordered by Captain , Wilson,
who claims to command her. She was alleged to be bound
to Galveston, Texas. There were some sugar-boxes, &c., on
board, such as fire-arms are usually packed in, but on exa-
mining them, they were found to contain hams and other arti-
cles. Application was made to the Navy-yard during Saturday
for some marines to take charge of the Cleopatra, which was
granted, and they now have her in custody. Mr. C. Rack-
lewitz, is young man, a native of Poland, one of the deputy-
marshals, went to South Amboy on the same day, where it
was said some Germans and others had assembled with a
view to embarking in a Cuban expedition, disguised himself
as an emigrant, and conversing in German witn some of the
parties, obtained information which induced him to get five
of the parties to come with him to this city. Affidavits
were prepared charging William T. Rogers, jun. (nephew of
Dr. J. K. Rogers), John L. O'Sullivan (son-in-law of Dr.R.),
Captain Lewis, formerly of the steam-boat Creole, engaged
in the former expedition (charged with being, in fact, Cap-
tain of the Cleopatra), Major Louis Schlesinger, cne of the
Hungarian patriots. Pedro Sanches, a Spaniard, residing in
this city, and Dr. Daniel 11. Burtnett, an old resident, with
preparing the means for a military expedition against Cuba,
in possession of the Queen of Spain, contrary to the sixth
section of the Neutrality Act of the 20th of April, 1818.
The parties thus charged were arrested and held to bail in
3,000 dollars each to appear for examination."
Tue Erie Railroad was completed as far as Lake Erie.
Sir Henry Bulwer delivered a long address at the St.
George's Society on 23d April.
From Mexico dates are to the 9th of April. The
financial condition of the Republic was deplorable. A
Immal complaint had been made by the Ministry to the
United States Government as to the Indian outrages ou
the frontier, which by treaty the United States were
bound to protect. Mexico refuses to ratify the Tehuln-
tepee Treaty as yet. The correspondents of the New
York journals say that there will be a deficiency on the
year to meet the exigencies of the Government amount-
ing to 4,000,000 dolls. The Minister of Finance was
enueaveuring to consolidate the interior debt, and to
raise a revenue. A loan of several millions was con-
templated.
`fru:dna-and Co., Mexico, had failed for 250,0001.
sterling.
Our latest advices from Hayti furnish a more con-
nected account of the recent plot to overthrow the Ln-
penis! Government, and re-establish the Republic. The
conspirators, it would seem, were blacks, and not mulat-
toes. The discovery was made in consequence of the
arrest of a person who was suspected of robbery. Five
of the conspirators had been shot.

New Orleans is again threatened with the ;desolation
of water, owing to the flood in that river and the cre-
vasses in the levees, both above and below the city.
Butterfield's stables with fourteen horses, and several
adjoining buildings, have been destroyed by fire at
Utica, and the alleged incendiaries have been arrested.
Incendiarism is the curse of American cities. At New
Orleans, last week, Charles Roussell and his wile agreed
to commit suicide. He mixed two tumblers of
poison and took one of them, but the lady changed her
mind immediately after her husband had swallowed the
fatal dose. He died. She lives, and has been dis-
charged from custody by the magistrate. The cause of
this romantic suicide is said to have. been jealousy.
John Clines was hung at Freehold, New Jersey, on
Friday, for the murder of James Shields. The night
before his execution he set fire to the prison, but the
filmes were extinguished and his escape was prevented.
is few days since a terrible railroad riot, in which
six hundred Irishmen were engaged, took place at
Hornersville, New York. It arose out of a strike for
wages. Three were killed, and many wounded. The
military were called out, and the ringleaders arrested.
Another railroad riot took place on the Central-road,
near Greensburg, Pennsylvania—one killed, and several
wounded. Hazard's powder mill blew up at Enfield, on
Friday week—one killed and three wounded. A free
negro woman, named Barnes. was murdered at Leonard-
town, a few days ago, and her husband is accused of
the foul deed. A curious affair recently took place at
A blacksmith, who was a notorious
drunkard, with a wife and family he did not support, was
convicted of inveterate intemperance, and sold by auc-
tion, for the term of four months' labour !

During March the New York Post-office received by
the European mail steamers 618,990 letters, and 293,264
newspapers; and forwarded 620,181 letters, and 366,916
newspapers. . _ _

Stillness throughout the States was in an excellent
condition. The export of specie from New York con-
tinued to be on a considerable scale, and seemed likely
to continue, as quotations for English exchange had not
given way. The money market continued in a satisfac-
tory state. Money was by no means scarce. The de-
mand far stocks was firm, at former rates.

There was little doing in breadstuffs at receding
prices. Western canal flour, 4 dolls. 374c.:t0 4 dolls. 50c.
per barrel; Gennessee prime wheat 1 doll. 12c. to 1 doll.
14e. per 601 b.; Indian corn, round yellow, 62c. to 64c.
per bushel, steady; Indian meal, 3 dolls. 121 c. to 3 dolls.
25c. per barrel. . _

The cotton market at New York continued in a de-
pressed condition; sales could not be made except at a
reduction, which holders generally bad submitted to.
New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 1140. to
I*3. per lb.; Uplands and Florida, mid. fair to fair,
102 c. to 114 c. per lb. The current excess of receipts
was 9.00,000 bales over that of last year. Prices declined
on the arrival oat of the Asia's news. _

Provisions were in good demand, at firm prices.
Freights were inactive, and low in quotation.
Exchange on London 1101 to 1104 (good demand),
Paris 5.10, Hamburgh 36i 361, Bremen 79/ 79i.

BARREL ORGANS AND ADVERTISING VANS.—The
following is a return to an order of the Honourable the House
of Commons, dated April 14, 1851, for copy "of the instruc-
tions given by the Commissioners of the Police to the police
officers relative to the preventing obstructions and other
nuisances, caused by the large travelling barrel organs and
advertising vans in and about the metropolis":
/( (MEDLORANDUK.)
" March 21, 1851.
" The police would be justified in stopping music playing
in the streets, and, if necessary, removing the parties in
cases where, from the loud noise or other circumstances,
danger is caused to passengers in the streets, horses frightened,
or the thoroughfares obstructed. Let instructions be given
accordingly for the guidance of the police.
"I:ICHARD MAYNE.

"Whitehall-place, April 19, 1851.
" To the Superintendants."
the" atidov
einasitsritniegtivoannssh, atbvesr
abeneent givenbeng
atnoythl
law
pwsopliecceiarespecting
i i_
cable to them. In case of actual obstruction of a thorough-
fare by these vans the police would interfere, as in other
cases of obstructions, and enforce the law - 2d and 3d N lc.,
chap. 47, section 54 (6).. "RICHARD MAINE.
April 19 , 1851."
‘R‘ Whitehall-place,
flower of the mind, giving out
wholesome fragrance ; reverie is the same flower, when weak
and running to seed. —Eliza Cook's Journal.
COUROSION IN STEAM BOILERS.—The follosting
experiment has been tried at Owlett Hall Colliery, Gilder-
ston, Yorkshire, by the proprietors, Messrs. Mason and As-
guitb. It appears that the two boilers used at this landsale
colliery are built in the oblong form, and are each 32 feet in
length and 5 feet in diameter. From the hardness of the
water a corrosion had taken place. After trying a annber
of experiments without success, they
put between Vbs. and
Sibs. of leather currier's' shavings into each boiler, and this
b* entirely prevented aal Walla curlvaioa•