The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-21 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
There was a very numerous and respectable meeting held
,
Tuam on Saturday last, on the subject of the proposed
tailwa, Y from the metropolis to Galway, or some other bay
on,_ttie Western coast.
_„Messrs. Lynch, Blake, Browne, Sir W. Brabazon, and
all the other representatives of that part of the country, are
li,uxious that the line should run directly across the country
Qiurn Dublin to Galway, Clew Bay, or Blackrod in Mayo,
111311 e another party, supported by Mr. O'Connell, are en-
deavouring to ha% e Valencia, in Kerry, appointed the packet
station . The chair was taken by the Right Honourable
• Browne, and the greatest enthusiasm pervaded the meet-
ing, Which was attended by a large number of the landed
proprietors and gentry of the two counties. Shares to a
nrge amount were taken ; and should the report of the
Government officer, who is at present engaged in a survey
°f the bays on the Western coast, be favourable, there is
little doubt of the success of the undertaking.
There will be a pretty tithe war in the west of Ireland
Quring the present winter. It is calculated that at the ap-
proaching Quarter Sessions of Galway, five thousand tithe
Processes will be entered—many hundreds for sums under
six-
Pence. The determination to resist their payment is
Zell' general in that quarter, and the clergy will every day
Have more reason to regret the extraordinary conduct of
their m •
k ends the Tories, in depriving them of all chance of
"t4ining any portion of their incomes.

A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers will be held
,n town at the middle of the next month.
The Commissioners of tho Privy Seal, until the ar-
tral of Viscount Duncannon from Ireland, are the Hon.
iFrederick Byng of the Foreign Office, and Mr. M. Phil-
l'Ps, the Under-Secretary of State.
Viscount Melbourne is expected to return to South-
!street to-day, from a visit to his sister the Countess Cowper
4t-Penshanger, where Sir Frederick Lamb has been also
staying on a visit previous to his departure for Vienna.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, accompanied
tY Lord Frederick Beauclerk, brother to the Duke, and
t two Misses Burdett, have returned to Stratton-street
they
their tour in the north. On the 10th of November
„I_*Y go to Brighton for the winter. The Duke and Du-
'
iess have withdrawn from his Grace's seat Redbourne,
41tr Falkingham in Lincolnshire.
_ On Saturday last, as the Hon. G. Berkeley, M.P.,
R riding in the vicinity of Harrold Hall, he met with so
severe a fall as to render medical advice necessary, though
Re are happy to say that no dangerous symptoms have
aPPeared.•
Dr. Paris has accepted the Professorship of Ma-
teMa
Medics at King's College, vacant by the resignation of
r• Bisset Hawkins.
PUBLIC DINNER.—J. A. Stewart Mackenzie, Esq.
of Seaforth, M.P., has arrived at his seat, Brahan Castle,
Ross-shire. A public dinner is to be given to this gentle-
moaunrat
.his constituents, in Dingwall, to-day.—Edinburgh
Courant.
ittmtaiVltrion.Jerrold has two new pieces ready for repre-
-the first a comedy for Drury-lane, and the second,
burletta for Madame Vestris's theatre, to be called The
Ma't's, an Ass ; the principal parts, as usual, to be played
) Messrs. Liston and Keeley.
A new melodrama by Mr. Planche, to be called
Travelling Carriage, is in rehearsal at Drury-lane.
`ne ehorus-master, Mr. Harris, is daily drilling the cho-
ruseB I
~ n Balk's grand opera previous to its introduction
"ext Week.
TIIL QUEEN'S THEATRE.—We understand that
e celebrated amateur, Mr. Lionel Goldsmid, whose talent
be a mimic is well known to the fashionable society in which
moves, is engaged by Mrs. Nisbett to appear at her
theatre to-morrow evening, in John Reeve's popular cha-
Zter of Tom Twigg in Catching an Heiress, and a burletta
to be called Hearing is Believing, which is well calculated
wProduce a display of this gentleman's very peculiar
e
nits. His engagement is, we understand, a very limited
Z• ]icing only for three nights, in consequence of very ex-
tra arrangements for the ensuing week.
I. IIEATRE ROYAL BIRMINGIIAM.—A Mrs. Stir-
5, in the Vestris line of characters and comedy, is now
Kra
cung universal attention at our theatre. She is young
apd hanzlsonie, and possesses talent of the first order.
t,O COXNELL FESTIVAL.—At a meeting of the
I,:Puittee for conducting this festival, it was agreed to di-
tileue the surplus 'fund equally among the following chari-
ths:--The Destitute Sick Society, New Town Dispensary,
hue Fever Board, the Leith Humane Society, and the Edin-
th Catholic Schools.—Edinburgh Courant.
ntan'ter: Acheson Lyle has been appointed to the Chair-
•TaulP of the King's County.—Dublin Register.
tagx he
appointment to the Deputy Remembrancers p
teas, we believe, yet been
willhave every
fes.o to be satisfied that it be such a one as the pro-
ti *la and the public in general will applaud. Every mea-
,ie": of this government gives it a new claim on the confi-
ee and gratitude of the country.—Dublin Register.
G.
• trardm, professor of chemistry at Rouen, has
seaba: to the Academic des Sciences of Paris two small eels,
4rt at three or four inches in length, which came out of an
aur.,iall well at Elheuf. They are of a blackish colour,
r not resemble those which are found in the neigh-
Reitru"d• This seems to prove that the sources of these
11.0,1 are not supplied by mere infiltrations of the earth, but
"' subterranean canals.
4°BTICULTURAL SOClETY.—Yesterday there
n 53
k a meeting of the members of this Society at their
tour in Regent-street. The attendance was more nume-
-3 than of late, and there were many Ladies introduced
Lvisitors. The chair was taken by Dr. Henderson. A
cation was read from Sir George Mackenzie, on
Ala nuni
nlna
the cultivation of that valuable root the potatoe. He re-
endedd giving it plenty of room, and full exposure to
hQ d eight• With respect to planting whole tubers or sets,
eidedly preferred the latter. He had found even the
pe:ing to yield a full crop. From a careful series of ex-
the otents made with sets set from the crown, others from
outrnici3le, and others from the root-end of the potato, he
kiee:(.,l the Crown sets yielded the least, and the root sets
sinedly the heaviest and best crops.
byt CitIPTURAL IMPRESSIONS.—At the Cupar Pres-
C,"Y, in the course of Mr. Cathcart Drysdale's trial, Mr.
~eanasel addressed a witness—Well, Thomas, do you
41:- Kt the blow with the coat-tail was heavy one ?—'Deed,
thiti.tcAt would mainly depend whether or no there was ony
e, ill the pouch o't.—(Great laughter.) May be ye
Rif ken that there was a man in Largo, that thrashed his
enoucli wi' a stocking and a Bible in the fit o't.
enewod laughter.)
'jets lie judicial investigations into the late formidable
Alpo at Berlin have ended by throwing the whole blame
Aro: the military. The tribunal found that some of the
ilietsPs bad behaved rudely to the people, and two sol-
the. are to be punished for following the rioters into
houses
mlifeesterday.
,Lr
evening, between four and five o'clock,
deuoa number of vehicles of every description were en-
Streeturi,4ls to pass each other at the Corner of Gracechurch-
'the wheal saishop3gate-street, Leadenhall-street, and Cornhill,
~ of a Portsmouth coach touched the nose of a
lire Young Young horse in a cart, and, notwithstanding the
of its driver, it suddenly backed on the foot-pave-
and forced the back part of the cart with such vio_
against the shop window of Mr. Jones, the silver.

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smith and jeweller, that t*.e whole of it was demolished.
Fortunately there happened to be several of the City Po
lice close to the spot at the moment, or the light-fingered
gentry would have had a profitable scramble, as the win-
dow at the time bad in it nearly a thousand pounds wortli
of property, consisting of diamonds, gold and silver
watches, &c.
- - -

The following distinguished party are assembled at
Pengwern, the seat of Lord Mostyn, enjoying the hospita-
lity of the noble owner :—Lord and Lady Robert Grosve-
nor, Hon. E. and Lady H. Mostyn, Lord W. Lennox, Si;
P. Egerton, M. Biddulph, C. Legh, and Bold Houghton,
Esqrs. At the grand battue, last Saturday, nearly 600 head
of game were killed.
_ _

Raspberries of unusual size and flavour were last
week gathered in a garden at Winchester.
In the Duke of Buckingham's garden, at Aving-
ton, a gourd has been this year produced, measuring, in
circaniference, eight feet four inches.
The Paris Journals inform us that the price of
bre td has again fallen in that metropolis ; in England it is
only the ivheat that falls.
An estimate has been made out by order of Govern-
meat of the loss sustained by the late fire in the Peniten-
tiary at Milbank ; its amount is 7,0001.
A project is on foot for establishing a railroad to
connect Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton, with a
branch to Stourbridge.—Birminglianz Journal.
Mr. Thom, the Ayrshire sculptor, is now at New
York. It is said that he intends devoting himself to his art
in that country.—Edinburgh Courant.
At a meeting held at Merthyr-Tydvil, on Monday
last, it was determined to form a railway between that town
and Cardiff, for the more expeditious transit of the various
productions of that important manufacturing district.—
Cambrian. _ _ _

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Saturday last
the temporary bridge erected over the Moy, at Ballina, gavo
way while the people were returning from chapel. We un-
derstand that three persons found a watery grave by this
lamentable accident.—Dublin Freeman.

The inhabitants of Southampton, desiious of pro-
moting by every means in their power the success of a mea-
sure calculated so largely to benefit that town, have pre-
sented six acres and a half of land to the proprietors of the '
railway at the nominal price of ss. an acre.
A Correspondent of a Provincial Paper, in reference
to incendiary • fires, where horses are likely to be burnt,
and through fright become intractable, states that the lives
of these ~'aluahle animals may be saved by throwing a wet
blanket over the head of each, so as to prevent its seeing
the flames, or smelling the smoke.
RAPID TRAVELLING.—A correspondent of the
Glasgow Herald writes that he left Greenock by a steamer
at half-past seven, p.m., on Wednesday last, and arrived in
Liverpool at half past two next day ; did business in Liver-
pool for two hours, and arrived at Greenock on Friday at
three o'clock, p.m. ; the whole time occupied being thus
only 431 hours.
Yesterday morning, between seven and eight o'clock,
the kitchen chimney in the house of Mr. Rivelett, of Upper
Seymour-street, Somer's-town, having caught fire, he as-
cended the roof for the purpose of extinguishing the flames,
when his foot slipped, and he fell into the back area, a height
of nearly 40 feet. The injuries he sustained are so severe
that no hope is'entertained of his recovery.
EGYPTIAN PAGANINIs.—The admirers of Paga-
nini may learn with surprise that a species of violin, with a
single string, is not only well known in Egypt, but is fre-
quently played in the streets with extraordinary skill. Of
the celebrated Italian the Egyptians never heard, but they
often listen with delight to the sounds drawn forth from a
single string by a wild untutored Arab.—Hogg's Damas-
cus, 4c.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Four o' Clock.

THE KING OF HOLLAND'S SPEECH.

OPENING OF THE STATES GENERAL AT
THE HAGUE, ON MONDAY, OCT. 19.
" NOBLR AND MIGHTY LORDS,
" With contentment I can give your Noble Mightinesses,
at the opening of this Session, the assurance that our con-
nexions with the foreign powers are of an amicable nature.
" Meanwhile the political situation of this kingdom has re-
mained unchanged since the communications made from my
part to your Assembly in Spring of this year.
" In the continuing deficiency of an opportunity to settle
the disturbed relation with Belgium worthily and consistently
with the honour and interests of the country, and in the un-
certainty of the time when more favourable prospects will offer
to that effect, it has therefore been a principal aim of my cares,
to regulate the interior concerns in such a manner, that the
pressure of the extraordinary circumstances in which we con-
tinue to be involved, may be less severely felt by my be-
loved subjects. For that purpose the previously granted fur-
loughs to the volunteers and schutteryen, and the men of the
sundry levies of the national militia has been extended as far
as the service of the kingdom did by any means allow. With
the same intent the entire dismissal of the levy for the year
1826 is likewise already preparing so as to take place yet in the
course of the present year. My desire to alleviate the taxes is
moreover favoured by the amplitude of our East India produce,
which will allow an increased subsidy to the ways and means
of the mother country.
" The interior situation of the country, upon the whole,
affords reason for a grateful satisfaction.
" Order and regularity continue to prevail in the interior
administration.
6"f he army and navy are always giving most laudable proofs
of their discipline and order for the service.
" Opportunities for a useful activity are no where wanting
to our industrious countrymen. The meritorious inhabitants
who successively returned from the army into civic life, have
resumed their former occupations, or found other means of
supporting themselves.
66 The prospects of an extension of trade and navigation
commence to be re.dized more and more. In this respect an
increased animation is to be perceived.
" The manufacturing system is acquiring a vigorous de-
velopment. Its progress, during the two latter years, ex-
ceeds what might reasonably have been expected.
" Excepting the low prices of corn, the situation of agri.
culture would be very satisfactory, the greater part of the pro-
ductions of the land having yielded an ample harvest.
" The fisheries are conducted, upon the whole, to advantage,
and are insensibly extending. The result of the great fish-
ery,' during the expired year, was sufficient to give content.
" The entertainment and amelioration of canals and roads,
to improve the communications in the interior, and supply
foreign nations ; also in behalf of agriculture, trade, and manu-
factures, is an object of the continual solicitude of the Govern-
ment, which provides for this according to the means and cir-
cumstances.
" Instruction continues to afford good fruits ; the sciences
and arts are always meeting with zealous professors.
" The elapsed year has not been unfortunate for our dykes
and sea fences.
" By the overtures, to be made from my part to your As-
sembly in the course of the present Session, your Noble Migh-
tenesses will be informed of the initial results of the new regu-
lations introduced in Dutch India. The prospects for the fu-
ture continue to be favourable.
" The measures taken in a part of the island of Sumatra in
consequence of the former disturbances there, are of a nature
to dispel all apprehensions in this respect.
44 A perfect tranquility reigns in all the other East India
possessions.
" The West India colonies are enjoying the same advantages.
" The prosperous course of many branches of nationarin-
dustry, supported by the favourable situation of the ultra-ma-
rine possessions, operate amply and beneficially upon the re-
venue. The, amount of the latter completely answers the ex-
pectations, and thus enables me to propose to your Assembly
the supplies for the ensuing year with some diminution of
taxes, as will appear by the projects of laws concerning the
Budget, which arc in readiness to be presented to your High
Mightinesses.
" The credit of the State remains invariably firm. The pre-
vious economical Administration, the Dutch good faith, and
the co-operation of your Assembly, may serve as pledges that
it will not be shaken.
" On account of the more and more increasing hardships of
those for whom the produce of corn is a principal mean of sub-
sistence, I have thought proper to give effect to the consider-
ations that have occupied me for a long while respecting the
most expedient means to ameliorate their lot. In the regula-
tions that will ere long be proposed to your Noble Mighti-
nesses on this subject, it has been the particular aim to com-
bine the freedom of trade with the interests of national agri-
culture.
" I shall likewise call upon the mutual deliberations of your
Noble Mightinesses in the course of this Session for the en-
couragement of the cultivation of waste lands, and other rural
improvements.
" Also, not only the project left undecided in the preced
ing Session for the revisal of the Code of Commerce, with the
necessary alterations, but likewise the entire third book will
be laid before your Assembly, whilst the Commission, ad hoc,
is busily engaged with the revisal of the code of penal prose-
cutions.
" I confidently expect that, especially as the law for the ju-
diciary organisation and the administration of justice has al-
ready been completed, your Noble Mightinesses, appreciating
the value of a national legislation, will readily ouncur in the
adoption of the projects that are still to be presented in the
present Se sion to that effect.
" I offer thanks to Providence for having been enabled,
after the five difficult years elapsed since the Belgian insurrec-
tion, still to present to your Noble Mightinesses an encou-
raging aspect of the present situation of the kingdom.
" As long it 4 a religious feeling, and the spirit of concord
and orderlit ass u;11 characterise the Netherland people, I
continue to 4oster the hope. slist we may expect from the
bounty of the Almighty the conservation a ,14, prpspilt adr
vantages, al d, finally, a gratifying result."

Stocks at Amsterdam, Monday, Oct. 19.—Two and a Half
per Cents., Mi.