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London, England, 1869-05-05 00:00:00

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LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
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40 to 1 agst Bosworth (taken)
Arrived—Consternation.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The half-yearly inspections have commenced at
Aldershott, but, owing to the constant fall of rain
yesterday, they were discontinued. On Monday
Major-General Carey, C. 8., inspected the 2d
Battalion of the sth Northumberland Fusiliers,
which, under the command of Colonel Kirkland,
formed up on the green in front of club-
house at ten o'clock. Shortly after the forma-
tion, the inspecting General, accompanied by
his Staff, arrived on the ground, and was received
with the general salute. He then inspected the
ranks and saw the battalion march past in open
column of companies and grand divisions, in quick
time and in quarter distance column, with arms at
the trail. Line having been reformed, Major Car-
den was called to the front, and put the battalion
through the manuel and platoon exercise, and
Lieutenant and Adjutant Hackett put it through
the bayonet exercise in review order. It was then
exercised in battalion movements by Captains
Chapman and Scott, and in light infantry move-
ments by Colonel Bartlett. On Colonel Kirkland
resuming the command, the battalion formed
square, and the Major-General addressed the men
in complimentary terms. The battalion returned
to head-quarters at hdf-past twelve o'clock, and
the General then proceeded to visit the hospital,
canteen, and other departments. At the dinner
hour he inspected the rooms and kits, and at half-
past two o'clock the battalion in shell dress, arms,
and accoutrements, testing the subaltern officers at
company drill, &c. He next inspected the books,
and, lastly, saw the officers at sword drill. The in-
spection was in every respect satisfactory.
rho movement of a company of the 2d Battalion
3d Buffs fror4 Devonport to Aldershott has been
postponed.
The Secretary of State for War has sanctioned
the issue or repayment of ammunition for shooting
matches, on the scale laid down in the Horse Guards
Circular of the 3d of May, 1856.

Her Majesty's troopship Orontes, Capt. Phelps,
embarked troops at Portsmouth yesterday after-
noon, and was under orders to sail in the evening
for Gibraltar, St. Vincent's, St. Helena, the Cape
of Good Hope, Algoa Bay, and Natal, on a round
of troop relief service.
Admiral Milne hoisted his flag yesterday morn-
ing on board the Revenge in Plymouth Sound.
Two Prussian ships of war have arrived at Ply-
mouth. The sailing frigate Niobe, 22, Commander
Berger, from Havannah April 7, for Kiel, came in
on Monday evening. She is under quarantine.
The Endymion, 21, screw, unarmoured wooden
frigate, 21 guns, 500-horse power, Chaptain Charles
Wake, which arrived at Spithead on Saturday, from
Lisbon, has gone into Portsmouth harbour, to be
docked, &c., preparatory to joining the flying
squadron.
The Devastation, one of the turret ships ordered
to be built, and referred to by Mr. Childers in his
exposition of the Navy Estimates, will be con-
structed in Nc. 7 dock of Portsmouth yard, where
half of her midship section has been temporarily set
up in wooden batten frames. The side armour will
project from the ship's hull proper, from a depth of
six feet below the water line to deck level, some-
what on the principle adopted in the American
navy for turret vessels. The Devastation will be
commenced immediately. No. 7 dock is vacated
by the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, now being
rebuilt there, whose date of completion is fixed for
the end of the present month.

ANOTHER ROBBERY OF ARMS AT CORK.

CORK, May 5.

At midnight the goods store of Mr. Connelly
was entered by seven men. They carried off a box
containing arms. The Mayor has left Cork.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

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IMPERIAL 2AltiaTAllEil

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tins Day.
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock.

THE MAYOR OF CORK,

Mr. GLADSTONE moved that the ()1...1:As of the chy be
postFoned till after the noti,, of motion iot leave to bring
iu O'7ullivan'6 D.sabllit- Bill.
Mr. BAG WELL asked what time the Prime Minister
would give the house to consider the grave constitutional
question involved in the mat ter ?

Mr. GLADSTONE said the Lill would be sent to the
Mayor of Cork by the evening's post. It would, there-
fore, be in his hands, as well as in the bands of members
of the Louse, by to- morrow (Thursday) morning. He
thought that by Tuesday next -it might be convenient to
have a morning sitting for the purpose—they would Le
able to propose the second reading of the bill. It would
then be time enough for the Mayor of Cork to pray to be
heard by counsel, if he thought lit.
Mr. BAGWELL—I are perfectly satisfied.
The motion having been agreed to,
The ATTORNEY-GENERA L fo: IRELAND moved
for leave to bring in a bill for removing the Mayor of
Cork from his office. In a lengthened review of the
conduct of the Mayor of Cork the learned gentleman
said that he entered upon his duties at the be-
ginning of the present year, and soon after com-
mencel to sit in the Police-court of the City cf Cork.
Almost ;from the first day he eat upon the bench
his conduct seemed to have been systematically de-
voted to lowering the administration of the law, and
bringing it into contempt, whilst abusing and insulting
the borough magistrates. The expressions he constantly
made use of were such as "I am here by the will of the
people ;" "My opinion on this bench is as good as that
of the biggest orator in the country ;" " I should like to
see Cork without a single policeman in it ;" " I should
like to see all the magistrates suspended." The
Government bad had those expressions under its con-
sideration, but the only way of proceeding against the
Mayor of Cork was by way of indictment for misde-
meanour, and that would have been a very protracted
process. On the 27th of April, however, the mayor,
who was the chief magistrate of that city, charged with
the preservation of its peace, and with holding up to every
man in the city, an example of law and order, presided
over a banquet in honour of two i eleased Fenian prisoners,
and made use of language which had been received
with horror all over the country. Having read the
words used by the mayor on the occasion the learned
gentleman said he did not think any comment on the
language was necessary. (Hear, hear.) It was, however,
language uttered by the Mayor of Cork, who was entrusted
with the administration of the law, and it became therefore
essential that ho should no longer preside in the police-
office of Cork as a person fitted to administer the law. It
was right to state that the Mayor of Cork had given in a
local newspaper what he called au explanation of his
language ; but the explanation would, he thought, be con-
sidered by all reasonable men no explanation whatever.
(Cheers.) The idea that the wretched criminal who fired
at the young prince in Australia ceuld be animated by
noble motives muse be abhorrent to every honourable man.
The Government felt no hesitation in taking an excep-
tional course with regard to the Mayor of Cork, and they
1 resolved, therefore, to bring iu a Lill dealing special]) wish
•
_ 11;s case.

Mr. Bagwell, Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Nowdegate thought
it was unwise to make tha subject one so important as to
call for special legislation.
Mr. MAGUIRE could not give his consent to the pro-
position of the Government. Ho felt quite certain the
mayor of Cork never meant to advocate assitSsina.:ion,
Mr. WALPOLE thought it much bettor to wait for
further information before they hastily brought in a, bill
which might prove a very grave precedent.
Mr. DISRAELI said as the Government had thou;lit
it wise to release the Fenians, he supposed the Mayor of
Cork thought ho was perfectly justified in malziug
speeches in their honour. lie could not give his
approval of
,the course the Government had thought it
their duty to adopt, and, after many years' expezietc the
Government measure was the first case he had over
known of a bill of pains and penalties brought in for the
utterance of mere words, apart from acts. He regretttd
that the bill had not been introduced into the House of
Peers, in which the regular form of trial could have been
gone through and the evidence substantiated upon oath,
and when the bill came down to them they would have
the measure in proper form.

Mr. GLADSTONE defended the course pursued by the
Attorney-General for Ireland, because it was strongly
supported by the precedents that existed on the point.
He thought that the course the Government had adopted
was out) most consistent with justice, as the Mayor of Cork
being a Commoner, had a right to be judged by his peers.
the Commons and not the House of Lords. With respect
to the attack that had been made ho was quite prepared to
defend the course, and also to show that it was desirable
in this happily isolated ease to bring in a bill to have the
executive officers of municipalities elected by their fellow-
countrymen under the control of the Government. He
did not complain sa much of the course taken by the right
hen. gentleman opposite, but he did cwmplaiu that in his
desire to attack the Government he had outrun the judi-
cial
impartiality he had himself earnestly urged. lie did
not think there was the slightest fault to be fcund with
the Attorney-General fir Ireland, at.d he was certa;n that
no person had ever 110(1 the office who was better able to
advise the Govert.ment iu cases of difficulty than Ow
right hon. gentleman who now held the office. Nu d Jubt
it would ha desirable to have the evidence substantiated
ou oath, but there were many precedents of b:118 of pains
and penalties being first introduced into the House of
• Commons, and on that assertion ho was strengthened not
only by precedent but by principle. By the course pro-
posed a man elected to a high municipal office would
be called upon to appear at the bar of the House of Com-
mons. (Loud cheers.)
A legal discussion on points of procedure arose, in which
Dr. Bull, Mr. Henley, and Sir S. Northcote, urged that the
case should be first hoard in tho House of Lords, as the
regular tribunal, whilst the Solicitor-General urged that
equal justice could bo done by the course propose(' by the
Government.

Mr. MURPHY, from his knowledge of the Mayor of
Cork, and from letters and other information he had re-
ceived, said ho was sure the Mayor had no intention of
endorsing or propagating in any way the horrible crime of
assassination, and that he (the Mayor) had not the most
remote idea of the effect of his words. _ _

Colonel KNOX said the cause of the state of things in

Ireland was not local, but might be sought elsewhere—
they might be Gladstone or they might ba Bright. (" Oh,
oh,' and laughter.)
Mr. BEIZESFORD HOPE said the independent Con-
servatives had not the slightest sympathy with the Irish
policy of the Government, which had at last come for-
ward with a direct and manly proposal. They would not

look to technicalities or musty precedents, but they would
do all they could to strengthen the hands of the Execu-
tive officers of the Crown for Ireland in rebuking sedi-
tious language, but he hoped that it would ba understoo I

hattheiudependeut Conservatives would support no leader

in tampering with treason for the sake of party triumph,
which might end as disastrously as certain other party
triumphs.

Lord JOHN MANNERS said it was not a case of party

triumph at all, but a question of the personal liLerty s. f
Englishmen, and the regular administration of justice.
Mr. HARDY warmly denounced the conduct of the
Mayor of Cork, and gave the Government credit for hav
ing at last acted with decision.
After a few remarks from Mr. Johnston, Mr. Syno
and Mr. Esnionde, '
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland, in reply,
pointed out that before the bill could become law it would
have to pass both houses, and that as each would insist
upon its own procedure if it thought necessary, there was
no practical difference whether it was brought in in that
house or in the House of Peers.
Leave was then given to bring in the bill, which hal--

ing been done, it was read a first time.
On the motion of the Attorney-General for Ireland, it
was resolved that a copy of the bill and the order for its
second reading bo served upon Daniel O'Sullivan, Mayor
of Cork, and that the Attorney-General for Ireland be
ordered to adduce evidence in support of the said bill on
the second reading thereof.
HYPOTLIEC ABOLITION (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Mr. CARNEGIE moved the second reading of this
Lord ELCIIO, as an amendment, moved that pending
the consideration of the whole question of the law of
hypothec as at present existing in Seotland and other
countries, further consideration of the bill he delayed.
Mr. CAMERON was addressing the house at a quarter
to six, when the debate was stopped in accordance with
the standing orders.
The house shortly afterwards adjourned.