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great majority of the people, weary of Republican
Government, and anxious to restore the institutions
of their fathers without again submitting themselves
to the Crown of Spain, would welcome an Emperor
Loin the most exalted family of the Old World.
This expectation had been disappointed. Though
some sections of society and some parts of the
country had received him with cordiality, he found
a determined resistance, and might have declared
himself convinced that the majority was against
him. So also the support of the French failed him.
When he accepted the Throne-it was on the express
condition that he should be maintained by foreign
assistance until his seat was perfectly assured. Yet
at the bidding cf the United States the Frenclrre-
tired and left the new empire to its fate. Maxi-
milian was, therefore, released from every obligation
to defend it. In morality and in honour he was
justified in bidding farewell to his followers and
quitting the country. But he chose to stand by
them to the last and to maintain his and their cause
as long as a city remained for him to defend. The
end has been unfortunate, but the spirit which ani-
mated his conduct will not the less be admired.

IREL AND.

A letter from Dublin, dated June 27, says :

" Great dissatisfaction has been caused in this
country by the announcement made on the part
of the Government, that it is not their intention
to introduce any kind of a Reform Bill for Ire-
land during the present session. When the Irish
people were actively and peaceably engaged in
agitating for .the attainment of various political
measures necessary to establish equality, and im-
prove the condition of the country at large, those
in power invariably cried out that their demands
should be favourably considered if they would but
abstain from agitation, and allow that calm so
essential for enabling the Government to delibe-
rate on measures of utility for this kingdom. Now,
there has been very little political agitation in Ire-
land during] the last twenty years, and yet at the
end of all this time the laws which statesmen of
all parties have again and again acknowledged to
be most partial and unjust, and the continuance of
which is a disgrace to England and Imperial
legislation, are still left to linger on the Sta-
tute Book, to the perpetual annoyance and irrita-
tion of the overwhelming majority of the inhalli-
tants of this country. And while these unjust and
irritating laws are continued, no practical step
seems likely to be taken towards securing for the
Irish farmers the benefit of the improvements
effected by them on the soil. The power of evict-
ing the leaseless tenants of Ireland, after their
enriching, by the expenditure of their labour and
capital, the lands rented by them, is still left in
the hands of their landlords, and such men as the
Earl of Lucan are at liberty again to employ the
crowbar brigade when interest, passion, or bigotry
shall suggest to them to do so, and by thus
summarily flinging thousands of men, women, and
children upon the roadside, as the noble (?) earl
was not ashamed to do a few years since, expose
them to hasty death by cold and starvation. So
that the case•of Ireland at the present day may be
summed up in a very few words. In the first
place, numerous laws opposed to the first principles
of justice and liberty—which, next to the Catholic
religion, are the two things dearest to the Irish
heart now oppress; annoy, and madden five-
sixths of the Irish people. And, in the next place,
;nine-tenths of the farmers of Ireland are without
leases, and hang on the breath of the landlord or
his agent for their existence, without being en-
abled legally to create any interest or security of
tenure for themselves by the: expenditure of their
capital, the employment of their time, or the ex-
hausting of their strength, in tilling, draining,
fencing, or otherwise improving the farms rented
by them. Surely this state of things requires re-
form, and yet the Irish people are now told that
although England and Scotland, shall immediately
obtain an extensive measure of Parliamentary
Reform, Ireland shall get none !
The Special Commission, which was presided
over by Chief Justice Whiteside, and which was
adjourned for a while, has been reopened iu
this city. It recommenced its sittings last week,
at Green-street, presided over by two Catholic
judges, the Right Hon. Justice Fitzgerald and the
Right Hon. Justice O'Hagan. Mr. Justice Fitz-
gerald congratulated the Grand Jury on the ab-
sence of ordinary crime in this metropolis, and ex-
pressed his astonishment at the fact of therebeing
on the City Calendar not one case of violence, and
only a very few cases of fraud. Now, Mr. Justice
Fitzgerald is a sound lawyer and a just man, pos-
sessing a most penetrating mind, and, therefore,
the public congratulation of such a man on the
state of the criminal calendar is the strongest po-
ssible evidence of the general tranquillity and good
conduct of the population of this country. Contrast
the conduct of the people of Dublin with that of
the people of London. Not one case of violence
in the course of three months, out of a population
of nearly 300,000, whilst the public are every day
violently assailed, garrotted, and robbed in the
streets of London even when the sun is shining. It
is said that evil deeds seek darkness. This used to
be the case, but is no longer so in London, where
thieves and robbers now openly ply their nefari-
ous trade in the public streets in the noonday !
There is no city in the wide world of equal popu-
lation with Dublin where so little crime is commit-
ted. The same can be said, with truth, of the
rest of the kingdom, and what a pity, then, that
our rulers will not give Irishmen the benefit of
equal and just laws, the effect of which would be
to put a speedy end to political crimes, which are
all that now disturb Irish society. While ever
partial and unjust laws continue, so long will
political offences continue to be committed in Ire-
land, and they who perpetuate these partial and
unjust laws, whether Lord Russell and the Whigs,
or Lord Derby and the Tories, must be regarded
by enlightened Europe as the real authors of the
political crimes of Ireland, whilst those who resist
such laws, however unwise and guilty their con-
duct, deserve, in my mind, compassion as well as
censure. If the one-sided laws now in force in Ire-
land be continued by the Imperial Legislature,
whether it be Whig, Tory, or, ,Reformed, disturb-
ances will break out again and again in this coun-
try, and so long as ever the cause is suffered to re-'
main it will only be a question of time as to when
fresh disturbances shall take place. This is the
natural effect of bad government, and all who sin-
cerely desire to put an end to these periodical out-
breaks in Ireland are bound to exert themselves
to remove the cause, which is unjust legislation,
founded upon the anti-social principle of governing
the nation for the benefit of the minority of its inha-
bitants. The minority of any kingdom ought to
be glad to be placed in equal position in all re-
spects with the majority, and if they be not satisfied
with this, then the rulers of both, acting with
firmness and justice, are bound to establish this
equality ; as long as they refuse to do
so, they must, be held morally answer-
able for the consequences, whatever the number
of the political victims periodically sacrificed to
the Moloch of Protestant Ascendancy. 'l' his is
the third special commission now sitting in Dublin
in less than two years, besides one in Cork and
another in Limerick. I do not know how many
have been convicted altogether, but I remember
that at the close of the first commission in this
city, the late Attorney-General, boasting of the
service then rendered to the State, triumphantly
announced that they had convicted one for each of
the Thirty-nine Articles. He then thought that
this was quieting the country. But the proceed-
ings of the special commissions of this year show
how vain was the imagining of that learned gentle-
man. His successor, Mr. Chatterton, can now
boast of having secured the convictions of a still
greater number. But they must be miserably
blind politicians who do not see that convictions,
even if obtained, not at the hands of exclusively
Protestant juries, but of the most impartial that

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could be chosen, will fail to have the effect of per-
manently quieting this country until the disturbing
causes shall. have been wholly removed, and our
gracious Queen allowed to rule her Irish subjects
with even-handed justice. This principle of govern-
ing:is opposed to the ascendancy principles of Mr.
Chatterton and of Mr. Warren, and I would there-
fore respectfully and earnestly advise Lord Derby
and Mr. Disraeli not to be influenced in the smal-
lest degree by the political opinions of the pre-
sent Attorney and Solicitor Generals for Ireland,
if they, themselves, be really desirous of extending
just and beneficial legislation to this country. 'The
Earl of Derby now possesses the power of termi-
nating ascendancy and doing full justice to Ireland.
Ile says he is desirous of doing her justice. Let
him then act with the amount of moral courage
equal to the occasion, and he will find the task
comparatively easy. If the religious distinctions,
created by the unjust and wicked laws passed in
former times be at once abolished, and Irishmen
then placed on a perfect footing of political equality
with Englishmen, there will be an end of rebel-
lions and of all attempts at rebellion in Ireland.
But if these two things, which common sense sug-
gests to all impartial minds, and which are founded
ou the principles of eternal justice, be not attended
to while the time is, European complications
might isoon arise—aye, before one year more—
when British statesmen would send the message
of peace to Ireland, but the wires might return as
• the final answer—" Too late !" I do not use this
language by way of threat, but do so in the spirit
of honest remonstrance. lam anxious for the
peace of my own country, and the happiness and
prosperity of the Empire, and my intimate know-
ledge of Ireland justifies me in saying that there.is
no time to be lost in applying even-handed and
wise legislation to this country, and that the Go-
vernment ought not to allow the present session
of Parliament to pass away without bringing
forward such measures as will restore confidence
to the Irish people, and give them reasonable hope
of obtaining speedy redress by constitutional
means. This is the duty of those entrusted with
power. ;If they do their duty now, they will
secure the peace of Ireland and the affection of
the Irish people for England. If they neglect
Ireland this session, upon them be the consequences,
which must depend upon events.

Inspection of the Blanchester VolunteerE.

On Saturday the Third Manchester Rifle Volun-
teers had their annual inspection under the very
advantageous circumstances of a capital muster,
weather as fine as could be desired, and for a re-
viewing field one of the most charming spots iu
South Lancashire. The men mustered in the yard
of Chetham College, where the usual preliminaries
to the more active duties of an inspection were gone
through. They next proceeded to Victoria Station,
where a special train of more than twenty carriages
was in readiness to convey them to Worsley, the
colonel of the regiment having ordered the inspec-
tion to take place in his park there. The volun-
teers were marched right on to the platform, and in
a minute after they halted the carriages were filled.
The train ran through to Worsley in a few minutes,
and then, after the briefest possible delay, the regi-
ment marched to Worsley old park. When the
field statement was made out it was found that not
a man was absent without qave, and leave had been
granted to only 37. The total strength of the re-
giment is 778, and there were present on parade
741. Of those present there were 1 lieutenant
colonel, 2 majors, 9 captains, 8 lieutenants,
7 ensigns, 2 surgeons b 5 sergeants, 12
buglers, 641 rank and file, 1 adjutant, 1 ser-
geant major, and '2 sergeant instructors. The
regiment was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
the lion. A. F. Egerton, M.P., with whom were
Captain Heaton (the adjutant) and Major Clark.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce, the inspecting officer,
was accompanied by Captain P. Turner, of the
Lancashire Light Horse ; Major Bridgford, of the
Ist Manchester Volunteers ; and Major Grover and
Captain O'Shea, of the 4th Administrative Battalion
of Lancashire Volunteers.
Although the inspection was held at the distance
of half a dozen miles from Manchester, yet the in-
terest felt in the occasion was sufficient to cause a
good attendance on the part of the public. Many
of the visitors were from Manchester, but the in-
habitants of the district also turned out very nu-
merously. The ground was in charge of about
100 men of the 4th Administrative Battalion,
under the command of Captain Jee. After the re-
giment had saluted and marched past, the men
were put through a number of manoeuvres, which
were simple, but sufficient to test their efficiency.
The manner in which the men performed the duties
of the day is deserving of the highest commenda-
tion. Their steadiness and precision won repeated
applause, and fully merited the encomiums which
were universally expressed. The bayonet exer-
cise was capitally done, and, as it happened
to take place at the brightest time of the
afternoon, it was seen to great advantage.
The excellence of the firing was particularly
remarked upon by the inspecting officer. Saturday
afternoon's work was not absolutely faultless, but
the deficiencies were trivial when compared with
the manifest superiority of the regiment in most
respects.
At the close of the inspection Lieutenant-Colonel
Bruce addressed Colonel Egerton and all ranks of
the 3d Manchester. He said that time pressed
with him, and therefore he could not spend but a
very few seconds in addressing them. But ho
could assure them• that he had been most highly
pleased with the inspection that day, from first to
last—while looking at the books and documents
of the regiment in their orderly-room, and with
the men both on their private parade in Man-
chester and there in the drill field. He was happy
to say that everything was most excellent. The
movements; which were simple, had been steadily
performed. Evidently all the men bad done their
best, and he did not wonder at what they had done,
because he saw by their books that their
attendance both at company and battalion drill
had been good. The marching past in open
column was a little thrown out owing to the want
did
know why Ile
of covering. That was a mistake he had never seen
rectified in the volunteers.
enlace thronging. to see
Perhaps
t hem s l i u t, ht not
of the distance fiagit
was, but they never got
seemd to foret it. This
rtaut poiut ;e gon the contrary, it
was not an unimpo
was
aostll abtu the
was very important, because when one company
lost a little of its covering, all the others were more
and more thrown out. The marching past in quar-
ter distance column was excellent, and all the firing
was surprisingly good ; ho never heard better
volley firing than that with which they opened
that afternoon. After remarking upon their excel-
lent muster, he said he thought the regiment was
deserving of every praise, and concluded by con-
gratulating Colonel Egerton on being in command
of such a body of men.
Colonel EGERTON said he had the permission of
the inspecting officer to do what had never before
been done in that regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Bruce's
staff appointment would soon end, and he was
afraid they would not have the honour of see-
ing him at another inspection. He, therefore,
asked the regiment to give him three hearty
cheers. This proposition having been duly re-
sponded to,
r Lieutenant Colonel BnucE thanked the regiment
for the kind feeling which they had shown towards
him, although it involved a breach of discipline.
He wished the regiment all prosperity. The men
afterwards proceeded to a place where refreshments
I were provided for them, after partaking of which
they marched to the railway station, and the same
special train quickly brought them back to Man-
chester.

Qrs. ending, Stylg,rirscsisn
Completeaiti `Total
o. d.
Dee. 25, 1866 .... 433 63 1.18 21,70. i 6 7
March 25, 1867 .. 321 162 483 :0,911 11 9
June 24, 1...417 .... 449 91 500 2,8,:311.18 2
1,165 3 6 1,431 87,033 16 6
Totals to 111.
1866. 20,1'63 5,0.1 25,471 931,629 610
Grand totals to
midsummer, 16: 21,823 5,527 27,155 1,( 70,659 3 4
The total withdrawals since the formation
society (1852) to Midsummer, 1867, are 302,066 411
The total sale of land for the same period

is 518,508 11 0
The reserve fund to Midsummer, 1867, is 13,348 3 0

The register of rights stands as follows :•-•
Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total.
6,638 3,356 1,808 11,802
Deduct rights exercised on estates, J‘c,, 9,132
Unexercised rights ... 2,670

The last share number on the register of rights by
seniority of membership is No. 18,968. The last share
number issued to Midsummer, 1867, was No. 27,155. Since
the last report (March 9th) the following estates have been
allotted :—Malvern Link (West Worcestershire), Bth May,
1867; South London Estate, Putney No. 5 (East Surrey),
28th June, 1867. The Malvern Link Estate was allotted
after a public meeting at which Viscount ltanelagli and
Colonel Meyrick were present as a deputation from the
hoard. Tho property is within a few minutes' walk of a
first-class station on the Worcester and Hereford branch
of the Great Western Railway. The Society's land has an
extensive frontage to the Worcester and Malvern Turn-
pike Road, and is free from the heavy rates of Great Mal-
vern, being without the boundaries, iu the parish of Leigh.
From the sales of plots already effected there is every
reason to expect that building operations will commence
forthwith. The contract for the works will be carried out
as speedily as possible. Tho South London Estate (Putney
No. 5) is situated opposite the Cedars, Putney No. 1, on
the banks of the Thames, and adjoins the Society's other
estates at Putney. The land communicates with the
upper Richmond road through the new road on the fourth
Putney estate, called Disraeli-road, and is within a few
minutes' walk of the High-street of Putney, the railway
station, and the bridge. The South London estate has a
frontage to the extreme western boundary of the parish
of Wandsworth. The committee have been enabled to
retain Mouliniere House, now called Herbert House,
which it was at first intended to pull down, but which,
by a satisfactory arrangement, will remain undis-
turbed as a residence. There was a considerable sale of
the plots on the day of allotment. The next allotment
will be on the 26th of July, when the second portion of
the East London Estate (Forest Gate) will be offered. The
rapid sale of the greater portion of the first part of the
property, on which building has commenced, affords good
grounds for expecting that the second section of the East
London Estate will meet with equal success. The proxi-
mity to the station, and to Wanstead Flats, of this eligible
building property, and its adaptation for houses to suit all
classes of the community, have rendered the East London
Estate a popular locality, as meeting the constantl3 in-
creasing demand for dwelling-houses in the eastern su-
burbs. The contracts for the works on the following
estates aro i❑ progress : East and West London (Forest
Gate and Fulham), New Ferry (Cheshire), Stafford (South
Staffordshire), Sandown No. 2 (Isle of Wight), Putney
No. 4, and North London, Fiuchley. As the 20th of July
will be the last day feu• sending in claims for county votes,
it is earnestly requested that the purchasers of land on the
Society's estates in 26 counties, if not already on the re-
gister ler their respective counties, will communicate with
the solicitor, in order that the freehold franchise may be
secured to them and each property duly registered. The
requisite deeds and particulars of the land should be for-
warded to the offices in the event of any objections being.
made. Holders of plots should also be careful to specify
the most coevonieut polling-district in which to exercise
the franchise, for the county or counties wherein their
property is situated. The Society's legal adviser shoUld
also be at once informed of any change •f address and any
alteration in the qualifications. The allotteos of the Con-
serv;tive Land Society have the advantage that their
eltaiwal privileges are supported in the RTistration Courts
free of expense.

Naval and Military Intelli,Nuce.

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The screw steamer Duncan, 81, 800 horse power,
Capt. G. llancock, and the Viper, 2, 180. horse
power, Commander H. E. C rozier, will leave the
Nore, for Portsmouth, at the end of the present
week, in order to be present at the naval review
at Spithead.
The Lion, 60, screw line-of-battle ship, 2,611
tons, 400 horse power, Capt. John M. Hayes, C. 8.,
arrived at Spithead • yesterday morning from
Greenock, and took up a berth at the west-end of
the anchorage, as one of the ships to form the squa-
dron for the review of the 17th inst. On anchoring
she exchanged the customary salutes with the Vic-
tory in Portsmouth harbour, the flagship of the
Admiral Commander-in-Chief, Sir T. S. Pasley.
The Irresistible, 60, screw line-of-battle ship,
2,642 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. John .13,mlase,
C. 8., also arrived at Spithead yesterday front
Southampton Water, and took up a berth at the
anchorage in the vicinity of the Lion as one of the
ships for review. On dropping her anchor she ex-
changed salutes with the Victory.
Capt. John Corbett and the officers and crew re-
cently serving on board the armoured iron screw
frigate Black Prince, turned over from that ship
yesterday at Portsmouth to her sister frigate, the
Warrior, 32, 6,109 tons, 1,250 horse power, selected
to succeed the Black Prince in the duties of flagship
of the Admiral commanding at Queenstown. Before
proceeding to Queenstown the Warrior will take
part in the naval review on the 17th inst.
The Black Prince was commissioned at Ports-
mouth yesterday by Capt. C. Fellowes, pro tern., of
her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, for service
at the coming naval review, and during the day re-
ceived detachments of seamen and marines on board,
and engineers and stokers from the steam reserve.
The Valiant, 24, armoured iron screw frigate,
4,063 tons, 800 horse power, was commissioned
yesterday at Portsmouth, pro tem., by Commander
Charles 11. Stirling, of her Majesty's ship Excel-
lent, for service at the coming naval review, and
received draughts of seamen from the Excellent,
on board, and engineers and stokers from the steam
reserve.
The Royal Sovereign, 5, armoured turret ship,
3,765 tons, 800 horse power, has been commissioned
at Portsmouth, in o tem., by Capt. Cowper P. Coles,
C.D., as one of the ships for review, and is taking
in her supply of Welsh coals preparatory to leaving
the harbour for Spithead.

The unarmoured screw frigate Mersey, 36, 3,733
tons, 1,000 horse power, was commissioned pro tem.,
at Portsmouth yesterday, by Capt. H. S. Ilillyar,
C. 8., for service at the coming naval review, and
received detachments of seamen and marines, with
engineers and stokers from the steam reserve.
The screw iron troopship Malabar, Capt. F. D.
Rich, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday
morning from Spithead, and was placed in the War-
rior dock to clean and paint her hull below the water
line with the " Ilay" preserving and anti-fouling
composition, in readiness for the naval review and
her speed trials over the measured mile.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Fox, Staff Com-
mander Moriarty, C. 8., sailed from Woolwich yes-
terday, laden with boilers and engine gear for the
10-gun iron double screw corvette, armour plated
Penelope, 2,947 tons, and GOO horse power engines,
at Pembroke ; and a 4 gun steam sloop, 1,084 tons
and 300 horse power, left Woolwich dockyard, and
moored at the powder buoy, to ship her armament
and war stores to join the Channel iquadron.
The Captain's naval pension of £BO a year,
vacant by the promotion of Captain 'l'. S. Brook,
has been awarded to Captain G. A. Seymour, on the
Retired List.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant J. C. Drew to
the Fisgard, additional for surveying service in the
Lightning ; Lieutenant W. L'E. Walsh to the Royal
Adelaide.

SWIMMING MATCH IN TIIF. SEIIPENTINE.—Yester-
day a sssimmiug match took place in the Serpentine. Six
competitors started from the " old elm tree," and reached
the bridge in the following order :—R. Haywood, 1; J
Robinson, 2; H. Jenkins, 3 ; IL Humphreys, 4; J. T
Archibald, 5 ; and 11. Baxter, 6. Time for Haywood-5
minutes 33 seconds.