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London, England, 1851-02-14 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY s FEBRUARY 14; 1851.
EVE SUN,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.
t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq.
*Hugh Croft, EN. *John Shaw Esq.
tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. f*Edinund S. Symes, Esq.
*Ralph Gough. Esq. t*t!lement Tabor, Esq.
*M. C. Mailer, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
*Johu Moss, E.:44. t*Augustus Vigne, Esq•
AUDITOR.
(Professor Wheatttone, F.R.S.
PSITSICIAN.
tJ. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
SURSEON.
VIE. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
ACTUARY.
t.W. S. B. Woolhonse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c.
SECRETARY.
*D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
BANKERS.

t'►3fessrs. Glyn, Hal Unix, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.

SOLICITOIts,_

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Messrs. Sutton, Evrens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, fasinghall•
street.
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAPITAL —500,000/.

The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab e the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.

Ns Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is
63.0001. • tr,e amount covered by the Policies of the *lately ,as
, 1,781)4861. ; and the reserved profit, applicatee •.1..2 Ikons bonus to
the assured, amounts to 82,4541. Os. 6d. At the last-annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1550, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversionary a dition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

Annus
Pre-
tuiusn

Policy
taken
,9nt in

Bonus in
addition
to Sum
Assured.

Perma-
nent Re-
duction of
Annual
Premium.

Bonus in
Cash.

X s. 4
292 6 9
267 11 4
241 18 6
193 12 6
189 12 6
162 16 8
115 10 10
77 19 2
66 15 0

4 s d.
139 16 9
126 17 2
113 17 7
93 16 8
69 5 10
76 18 4
65 10 10
38 15 10
44 10 0

X B. d.
22 13 1
19 19 7
17 8 8
14 • 10
13 E 11
11 8 3
8 1 10
5 9 11
4 10 1

I he s.d.
1000174 3 4

THE RAILWAY ASSURANCE COMPANY,
for granting Assurances upon Payment of a Single Premium,
against Loss of Lilo or other Personal Injury arising from Railway
Accidents.
Incorporated under tt e Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.
Capital Onc Hundred Thousand Pounds.
Offices, No. 5, ;:it. James's•street, London.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliani. I The Common Sergeant.
The lion. Henry G. Spencer. Charles Hopkinson, Esq.

CHAIRNI!N OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Su• James R. Carmichael, Bart.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
Fra,:cis Heed Wilson, Esq.
The distinctive feature of this Company consists in the sufficiency
of ONE PAYMENT' to cover an A-surance for the WHOLE OF
LIFE.

The flr,t is the only expense and trouble, there being no annual re-
newal of premlum.

By granting Assurances to Passengers only, and excluding all
those persons in the employ of Railway Companies or Contractors
among whom the heavier risks occur, the Directors of this Com-
pany are enabled to issue l'olicies at a lower rate of premium than
is offered by any existing Company.
It will be seen that, by a single payment of Five Shillings, any
Railway Traveller may be assured in the sum of 1001. for the re-
mainder of his life.
Up4ll proof being given that a party assured has met with his
death by railway accident, the Company will pay to his representa-
tives the full amount of his Policy.
If the accident shall result in personal injury only, the Company
will pay to the assured a fair compensation lbr such Injury.
Assurers have the option or travelling in carriages of any class, and
on any railway in the United Kingdom.
The Directors are now granting assurances upon the following
terms, viz.•:—

For every Policy of 100/.
rf Pt 19 5001
SP
1 ON/
91 11 9 •
„ „ „ 2,0001.

. 01. ss.
. 1/. ss.
. 21. 2s.
. 41. 4s.

Agents are appointed in all the principal towns of the United
Kingdom, from whom every information may be obtained, as well as
of the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, No. 5, St. James's-street,
London.

W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

SU N LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
LON DON.
fIiARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO
PO Ult •FI
Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re-
maining in force Sc each Septennial period of division, will PARTI-
CIPATiI,' IN YOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society ac-
cruing after Midsummer, 1850. in proportion to their contributions
to those profits, and according to the conditions contained in the
Society's Prospectus and Act of Paniament.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
are much lower than many other old-established offices, and Insurers
arc fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad-
dition to the accumulated funds derived from the in estments of
Premiums.

CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

SMOKY CHIMNEYS.-NO CURE NO PAY.

ir DOWSON, 123, Oxford-street (five
tri • doors west of Re;ent-circus), sole manufacturer of
CUNDI"S PATENT REGISTER GRATE, begs to call attention to
it, as being the most elegant, inexpensive, and certain Cure for
rooky Chimneys. _ _

A Prospectus'forwarded upon application, post free.
J. E. DOWSON is also the sole manufacturer of CUNDY'S PA-
TENT HOT-AIR and VENTILATING STOVE, for Churches,
Warekouses, Shops, Entrance Halls, &c. Patronised by the Society
of Arta, in whose rooms, John-street, Adeiphi, it may be seen in con-
stant use ; and also at Messrs. Hitchcock's, St. Paul's Church-
yard ; and at the Manufacturer's as above. A prospectus may be
had free.

MARBLE CHIMNEY-PIECES, GRATES, and FENDERS are
on view in the extensive Show Rooms, in great variety, and of the
most elegant description, at greatly reduced prices. Every article
manufactured upon the most perfect principle.

J. E. DOWSON, 123, Oxford-street (lie doors west of Regent-
circus), London. ,

DAVIES'S CANDLES, 41d. and sd. ; Pal:
mer's 6%d. per lb. ; magnums, Bd.; mid size, 7%d.;
wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, ”id., 9d., and 9%c1. ;
Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, Is. 2d. ; fine wax, Is. sd.';
genuine wax, 2s. 3d. ; sperm candles, 2s 2d. to 2e. 4d. ; transparent
wax, Is. 4d. to 2e. 4d. mottled soap 565. and 60s. per 112 lbs. ; yel-
low soap, 445., 50,., and 565. ; Windsor soap, Is. 4d. Ter packet ;
brown 'Windsor, is 9d. ; rose, 2s. ; almond, is. 6d.; sperm oily
7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 6d. ; seal, 4s. ; argand or cobza, 4s 6d.;
sealing wax, 4s. ed. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established
warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Westminster County
Court.

PO :YTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Lectures on. the Music of Wales, by Ellis Roberts, Esq. (Harp
tat to WWII. the Prince of Wales), pith Vocal Illustrations by Miss
Blanche Younge, R.A. of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Friday Evenings at Eight, and on Saturday, at Three.—The Ce-
lebrated Juvenile Harpists (the Lockwood Family) will perform
under the direction of Mr. Frederick Chatterton, daily at
Four.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which
will be exhibited Allman's Patent Electric Light.—Lecture by J. H.
Pepper, Esq., on Fire and its Antagonists, with brilliant Experiments.
—Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope.—New Series of
Dissolving Views, illustrating some of the Royal Residences of Europe.

Admission, IL —Schools, Half-price.
Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ax.
'ept Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
' Licensed by Act of Parliament.
ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL.
STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
(Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-equare.)

OPEN EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Plstons, M. floulcourt.

Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence 111
Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.

NICOLL'S REGISTERtD PALETOT.
This garment exemplifies in its cluiracteristics the :general
excellence and moderate prices oilerved throughout Messrs.
NICOLL'S establishment, where
DRESS for EVENING or MORNING WEAR has its allotted
space.
UNIFORMS—N'avaI, Military, and DL.k)matie, present, in their
department, the unusual asrect of fair prKes for cash ; also
ROBES—Municipal, Clerical, &c., hat separate rooms, and are
planed on the came footing with the ahoy .
BOY'S CLO JUNG.— This is a new department, wherein provi-
sion is also made for the display of much elegance and economy.

THE CITY ESTABLISII3IENT clrmspoTids with the above, and
is at 21, CORNHILL, the entrance to the Shipping Department
being in Change-alley.
NICOLL'ie TOGA can be used either as a cloak for the shoulders
or a wrapper for the knees ; it is registeted 6 and 7 Viet., cap.
and can be had in London only of 11, J. wal D. NICOLL. MER-
CHANT CLOTHIERS, PALETOT PATENTEES, and MANIJ-
FACTUftEiti of CLOTS, REGENT—STREET (from 114 to 120
inclusive); and 22, CORNHILL.

CAUTION.—Many have assumed the ttse of the word " Paletqt,"
but Messrs. Mic9ll are the sole patentees of the design and material
(in winter or summer substances) employed in the manufacture of
this inextensive and gentlemanly article of costume.

ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS.
HERR. -PRICIIT MAN DEUTSM.
QUI SI PARLA ITALINNO.
AQUI HABLASE EL ESPANOL.

Now ready, Fifth Edition, price 28.,
THE BOOK of LIFE for MESSIAH'S KING
DOlt. By ELIZABETH.
London : Palmer and Clayton, Crane-cour, Fleet-street ; and al
Books,llers.

PROFESSOR BROWNE'S CHIN COM-
FORTER surpasses everything yet produced for a comfortable
shave. Its fine, r ch, and emollient cream lather gives the chin a
luxuriant coolness, softens till beard in a surprising manner, and
makes shaving a luxury. Sold in square ankes, 6d. each, and io be
had of all stationers,:chemists and periumers, in the United Kingdom,
and of the proprietor, Fredk. Browne, 47, Fenchurch•street.

THE TEETH and BREATEI.—A good set of
Teeth ever insures favourable impressions; while their pre-
servation is of the utmost importance to , every individual, both as
ye_gards the generallealth thowtkri:er nuotteation oflbed, and the
consequent possession of pare and sweet icii-exth. Among the various
preparations offered for the purpose, ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or
Pearl Dentlftice, stands unrivalled in in its capability of embellish-
ing, purifying, and preserving the teeth to the latest period of life. It
will be found to eradicate all tartar and concretions, and impart a
pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface, remove spots of inci-
pient decay, render the gums firm and red, and thus fix the teeth
firmly in their sockets ; and from its aromatic influence impart
sweetness and purity to the breath.
Price 2s. 9d. per box. Beware of spurious imitations. The genuine
article has the word; "A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden,'
engraved on the Government stamp affixed on each. Sold by them
and by chemists and perfumers.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
ff EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
JlLdi SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, soup, Curries, and Salad
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.

- The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe.
guard to health.

Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, `'ere-street, Oxford-
Street, Landon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen
and Merchants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in
sauce.

N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap_ of the bottle.

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.
With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure.
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
Just published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and
Italian, in a Sealed Enveiope, 2s. 6d., or post-free. from the
Anther, for forty-two Stamps,
S" PRESERVATION; a
Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on
the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth aid Maturity,
usually acquired at au early period of life, which destroy
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of
Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangeinents resulting from Indis-
cretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem-
bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings,
illustrating the inatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re-
productive Organs, explaining their strictures, uses, and functions,
and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary
habits, excesses, end Infective,
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
87. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian
Medical Society of Edinburgh, itc., &c.
This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana-
tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative
sonditiens in health and disease. The author, who has taken the
highest medical honours' as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to
the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted R ith ad-
vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili-
tated through secret practices acquired is youth, or by the excesses
of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects
of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un-
ceasing misery and regret.
Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill,
or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who
may be consulted en these disorders personally, or by letter , daily,
from ten till two, and from six till eight

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented by her Majesty's Servauta
21st time, a new Comedy, called,
THE OLD LOVE AND TIIE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtonn,
Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney Courtoun,
Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs.
Yemen; Camilla Haytliorn, Mrs. Nislaett ; Cherry Bounce, Bra.
Walter Liter.
To conclude with THE INNKEEPER'S IMAM •TER.. _

rtinATRE ROYAL, HA IMAREET
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE-
SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain
Montague, Mr now° ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla-
mer, Mr. Selby; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss
Reynolds , Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining.
To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD.
FOR NoTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier,
Mr. Howe ; Young Dir. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED
William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Ca;•tain Crosstree,
Mr. Parselle; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckatone; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed
ord ; Susan, Miss A. Vining.

TliturttE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled
SELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth.
"hike de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Air. Boyce ;
heCheyalier de Itolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel-
! or,Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ;
Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Bird
Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ;
or, the Spider 'ding. Characters by Messrv. Wright, P. Bedford, C. J.
smith, Honey, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwllltam,
Stadamq Celeste, &c.

'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
btheritMlanNeagEsSn7.ent of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstaff, Mr.
BarWtilleTlll::n.edYeAr

After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO
THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR 1310GE'IsZE ; or, Harlequin and the
Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ;
Harlequin, Mr. Connack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; anti Columbine,
Misa Carlotta he Clercq.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed
THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma-
thews, Yining, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. C. Horn.
After which an entirely new and origami Fairy Extravaganza,
to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter,
Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
To conclude with
Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale.

NOTCE.
ik/ir R. HOWITTIS NEW WORK,
MADAME DORRINGTON,
OF TIIE DENE,
THE STORY OF A LIFE,
IS NOW READY Al' ALL THE LIBRARIES, in three Vols.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
The Public is respectfully, informed that Mr. BARTLEY will
perform only TWO NIGHTi. more, and that consequently the
Final Representations of Shaiespeare's Play of HENRY IV. will
take plats This Evening, Frlda.f, Feb. 14, and, for the Last Time, on
Monday, Feb. 17.

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is so signally distinguished from the general class of
the literary or political ephemerals of this pam-
phleteering age by the simple elcquence of its style,
the soundness of its observations, the accuracy of its
statistical information, and the fervid honesty of
purpose which appears to have animated the talented
writer, that we are induced by a sense of duty to call
public attention to its high merits. The conside-
ration of the Whig policy in Ireland does not
seem out of place just at this moment, when her
last and best Chief Governor is about to be re-
moved, we trust only to be placed in a position
of increased usefulness, and where he will be enabled
to carry out measures for the good of that country
which he has so ably governed in times of danger,
and suffering; and difficulty, and whose true interests
we believe he has sincerely at heart.
The occasion which suggested the investigation of
this question to the learned author is somewhat
characteristic. It appears that at the late Limerick
election a rampant orator, in a fit of indignant
patriotism, burst into the not very Christian, nor
very classical exclamation, " THE WHIGS,
WHAT HAVE THEY EVER DONE FOR IRELAND ?" to
which the rejoinder made by the crowd amid shouts of
applause Was, " YERRA, DIDN'T THEY DESTROY THE
GENTRY ?" To the consideration of these questions
the author has applied himself with a clearness, a bold-
ness, and an impartiality alike creditable to his
feelings as an Irishman, and his ability as a writer.
After contrasting the -two great. political parties in
the State, and pointing out with great perspicuity
the difficulties of the Whigs to carry out any mea-
sures of importance in the face of a great and power-
ful Opposition, he comes to the question, whether the
Whigs have really been the cause of the ruin of the
Irish gentry? He says—
" From the passing of the Act of Union to the year
1846, the state of this country was such as almost to
baffle all attempts at description—its social condition was
an anomaly without parallel in the history of ancient or
modern times—there was nothing like it since the
world began—there was no order in our social scale—
every one was in a false position from the peer to the
peasant—the peer in reality poor, but in appearance rich,
high in rank, intolerant in politics, extravagant and
profuse, but only the nominal owner of his princely in-
come, still indulged his hereditary tastes, played on the
old game of going in debt—disregarding the duties of
property, remembering only its rights—hunting, gam-
bling, racing, neglecting, cursing, or despising his
country, and restricting her liberties whenever .he had
an opportunity of doing so. The peasant, passionate,
reckless, and indolent—badly housed, badly clothed, and
badly fed, alike a stranger to material comforts and to
moral improvement—living almost in an avowed con-
dition of perpetual warfare with his superiors—occa-
sionally passing through all the phases of a desperate
criminality, but still enduring, without mitigation or in-
termission, all the sufferings and privations that hu-
manity could be afflicted with—lived on a life
of crime, want, idleness, and despair; to-day the
victim of misery the most appalling ; to-mor-
row the avenger of wrongs the most unparalleled.
The gentry, who occupied an intermediate:position, imi-
tated the vices of their superiors, and in nothing did
they resemble them with such scrupulous fidelity as in
abusing their country, neglecting their tenantry, squan-
dering their property, or insulting the religion and dis-
regarding the miseries of the poor. The nobleman was
generally a recognized and confirmed absentee; and as
many of the gentry as could followed his example, and
those who from necessity or inclination remained at home,
looked on themselves rather as the occupiers of a hostile
country than the citizens of a well-governed .state.
Having no feelings in common with the peasantry by
whom they were surrounded, and too shortsighted or
too haughty to create any subjects of mutual interest,
they were in the most offensive sense of the words,
' aliens in blood, language, and religion,' exhibiting it by
the sullen isolation with which they kept apart from
their Catholic fellow-eountry men, or by tolerating their
society with an ill-concealed condescension
Their pious zeal loved to propagate the Gospel in foreign
parts, instead of practising its precepts at home; their
motto was to reclaim the heathen, not to improve them-
selves; their charity was confined to a weekly but trifling
contribution at the parish church.
religion consisted in denouncing the Pope ; their
patriotism in supporting Coercion Bills and Aims Acts;
their liberality and good feeling coesMed in rack-rcet-
iug and harassing their tenantry; their humanity and
justice in plundering and evicting them. By suck
agentry were no bogs drained, no waste lands reclaimed,
no trees plant, d, no peasantry employed, no industry re-
warde !, no schools founded, no Irish manufactures encuur•
aged, nt.r political rights extended; indolent themselves,
they were the came of iudolt nee in others, though they
never ceased denouncing the idleness of the pour;
clumsy and careleqi in all matters of business, yet
energetic and resolute in the pursuit of pleasure, lavish
in the expenditure of money, indiff,rent as to the means
of its acquisition; alittni appttens, sui profitszt3, proud of
their Faxen oxiAin, but ashamed of their Irish truth,
their characters may be summed up in a sentence, WITH
OUT THE VIRTUES OF EITHER RACE, THEY WERE IN-
FECTED WITH THE VICES AND FOLLIES CF BOTH."

If this be a faithful picture of the Irish gentry we
do not think it required the assistance of Whig or
Tory to effect their ruin. The learned author pro-
ceeds to point out the many advantages conferred on
Ireland since the accession of the present Govern-
ment to power. The exertions made during the
famine—the large advances made for railroads, and
the improvement of land, the several Bills passed for
the reform of the law ; but, above and beyond all, he
points to the triumphant administration of the Irish
Executive. Lord CLARENDON crushed rebellion with-
out bloodshed, and created respect for the laws by a
judicious combination of mildness and firmness. To
his able colleague, Sir W. SOISIERVILLE, who works
more than he talks, that country is indebted for
several measures of great social and political impor-
tance. We shall only say i❑ conclusion that the able.
author has eminently succeeded in showing, " WHAT
THE WHIGS HAVE DONE FOR IRELAND !"

" What haTo the Whigs done for Inland? or, The
English Whiga and Irish Famine." By a Barris.er.
Dublin: Edward J. Milliken, 15, Collage-green. Lon-
don: Longmans and. Co., Paternoster-row.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
M. Durni was re-elected President of the Legislative As-
sembly for the next three months. In like manner, General
BEDRAU, M. DAau, and 31. LEON FAUCHER were re-elected
Vice-Presidents; and MM. ARNAUD (do l'Ariege), LACAZE,
CHAPOT, PEUPIN' and BERARD, Secretaries. There still re-
main one Vice-President and one Secretary to be nominated.
The gentlemen mentioned above having alone obtained the
necessary majority, another ballot will take place this day
for the election of these officers.

This re-election of M. Durex and of the majority of the
Vice• Presidents and Secretaries his given great satisfaction.
A million copies of M. Ds MONTALEMBEReB speech has
been printed for distribution.

The Pays announces that notwithstanding the request of
the PRESIDENT of_the Republic that no subscription shall be
opened for him, the idea is persisted in, and it gives the
names of six persons who have opened lists at their houses.
A correspondent of the Palls suggests that a sufficient sum
should be raised for the purpose of purchasing Malmaison,
and presenting it to the PRESIDENT.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic hes announced his inten-
tion of immediately selling his horses.
There was not much business transacted at the Bourse,
and the price of Government Securities declined slightly.
The Five per Cents. opened at 97f., and closed at 96f. 80c. ;
the Three per Cents. closed at 58f. Sc.; Orleans Railroad
Shares, 895 f. ; Rouen, 6711. 25c.; Great Northern, 481 f. 25c.;
Avignon, 195 f. ; Vierzon, 423 f. 75c. ; Basle, 161 f. 25c. ; Bor-
deaux, 400 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 383 f. 75c.; Tours and
Nantes, 255 f."
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 13.
Boulogne and Amiens, 91,i—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 16%—East Indian, 12% —Namur and Liege,
834—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Paris and Rouen, 27N—
Paris and Strasbourg, 10:34—Sambre and Meuse, 3!4,--Tours
and Nantes, 5%.

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