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more ready to abdicate all power than I it TO
IRELAND—I insist on. ip,ti4l4.trbiii rneana Ana iti legisla-
tive connection o.th tnaland I am NOW ready to be satisfied
wltt—scut is, if it be speedily and effectually conceded. But
if you and your colleagues refuse justice to Ireland, then I
fall back on "the Repeal," and conjure the Irish to insist, Mid
if unanimous, they will not insist in vain, on the restoration of
a domestic Legittaut*. .
Hut it is idle to reason with :yeit ne rash and igno-
rant men who constitute oitr pally in the House
,of
They hold a council of war at Apsley-house' 444 is,siling from
that cabal...ttore like a Turkish divan than `a Britiili ellembly
--they hi despite of reason or Voniqiiffi 'setu:i, proceed at once
to destroy every
nbActmetit favourable to Ireland.
Yours is, In plain trust-,an O tteedinglv fooliskcotcrie. In-
sanitylnd you all. Whytot4 1.664. yoii have
7k tihas teoing. First take Ott! fact's, and see whether the
maniacs in Petila?.‘ Zould act as wildly, as absurdly, as ridieuz
lee,slv is iS k and your majority of Lortft haVe ddne:
N6w, do just look at these reV.V nets
This year, you, and:fiskir " war battalion" in the House of
Lords, have tt:ken up the Irish Tithe Bill as it came from tbb
Conttens. You have, it is true, rejected the appropriation
'clauses ' • but it is equally, tote tnat you have unanimously
adopted so much of that 'lithe Bill as related to the income
and payment tf ctlie clergy of the Establishment in Ireland.
Net!, tet not this be forgotten.
In other words, you accepted) adapted). even urged i'or-
ward the tithe regulatien ttf that Bill.
Now, atm vtAttS*o jast did this—they took up the tithe •
compoiAtioit tit Irtiftna as the basis of the payment of the Pro:,
stttn't attgy. They struck off 30 per cent: team thai
position, that is, they reduced the legal inCenie eVbt'y I'Bx
testant clergyman 30 ter tent. Mark that.
It is quite tree: thilt in addition to the 70 per cent. left to
the Prottitailt Clergyman, there were by the same Bill to be
nael/41.121. 15s. per cent. out of the Ecclesiastical Tediporall-
ties Fund, making together as en tt%COtttc tor each Protestant
parson, 721. 15s. per teht, tYn the amount of his tithe composi-
tion income:

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, SEPTEMBER 8.
Lord DENMAN took his seat on the Woalsack at a quarter
past four o'clock, when judgment Was delivered in the several
appeal cases that stood for judgment. In the case of
ft W06,9(11\ b.. patli tat' Pittllotn," 1nd010,4 'TA; postponed
tti the absence of Lord Vrougliaiii; tclio hear iirs ci,e in dig
Court phalli-4u., .. ~ ; ' , • J
G.E.MI SS FROM THE HOUSO cpPO'Nolol\ig.
Mr. kittitaAL, and bner Members of the house of Comtildi:j,
brcught up a message from that House, requestin.; to be fur-
nished with a copy of the sth Report of the Select Committee
of this, House appointed to enquire into the present state of the
siireral gael and lidttsc . eorrt'dilcn in England and. Wales,
together with the evidence taken before the
ordered.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL.
Mr. tERNAL and mfiet Members .* of the Commons
brought up a tnetsag6 front that House, sititing that
the House of COMMOns did ndt insist UpOrt disatfrOEing to the
titildndment§ irAerted by their Lordships and that they agreed to
the amendments made by the Lords to the amendments made
by the Commons to the amendments made by their -Lord-
ships, in the Bill fcir the bead' fegtibition of Municipal Cor-
porations in England
_and Waled:
GLASS DUTIES.
Mr. BERNAL brought Up n ittis,SsW froth the Commons,
stating that they had agreed to the amendments made by. their
Lordships in the Bill for Repealing the Duty upon Glass.
_ _

Mr. I)F.priAL also brou,ght up the Starrip Duties and the
Aseloged T4iceft. AtrietOttO4nt Till 9.
,Msel the Charities Com-
missioners bill. and the iZefortti Vtifilitnielit geotlßucl

TITHE BILL.
Lord MELBOURNE moved the third reading of the
Tittio Insltilliieht Stl4pe,Vtiti
Lord WllAtiNdb 1F141.1 thought that it *at fitter folly to
suppose that the clergy of Ireland could ever pay the rtithiey
that had been lent there, and the sooner the country made up
their Minds to lose the money the !Jetta, With respect to the
Irish Church Bill, that, hi his opinidn vraS °Tie of the most
mischievous measures that had tier both intrOdueed. the House
of clottinitina had Stated that they neverpaSS Ali With-
out an appropriation clause for the surplus, while ill§ fad
was that there *as no surplus.
Viscount MELBOURNE Contended that the observations
of the Noinc Lotd fritlfh to the drikingl Which
granted the loan as to that no* before their bordsitipt. 'the gez,
ble Lord had contended that the Government ought net td t+sibe'
lent that money td the Protestant Clergy of Ireland.—( Hear.)
But it It were necessary to tall their Lordships' attention to the
eircum.stanees under which hat bill had been introduced into
the other I-louse, find he (LA:O Nielbotirtie) would otitetid it
had been repeatedly stated in that flonge, that It *d.4 iidt
a grant but a loan—that it was a charge on the people of Eng-
land for the maintenance and . sustentation of the Protestant
Establishment in Ireland=it Vad been stated that the Govern-
hielit intended to insist upon the fdeaeiT et the ttl,?ttey and
with that distinct understanding the House of Commons had
passed the Bill, and Parliament had concurred in that
loan: The Noble Loll had said that the sooner his Ma-
jesty's Clovetnment it tip their thitifil. to tile money
never being repaid the better. • He ( Viscount Meilkiiiffte)
had been ready to do that if it could have tended to the
general settlement of the whole question—if it had been
made part of the settlement of that measure, and have thereby
laid the foundation of lasting religious peace In Ireland.
But would the Noble Lord say that without having any meant
of ascertaining whether the clergy had the means of repaying
that loan or not= will the Noble Lord 'assert that the Govern-
ment would be discharging its duty to the country, that it would
he acting in anedondrdidal ipiecm i ' tipoti etlittfged political views,
if, without any arrangement having been entered into—ii'ithz
out any palliating or justifying circumstances—they were now
to give up all that money to the clergy, without anything having
been advanced to justify them in such a course?—_( Hear.) The
Noble Lord had said it was impossible that the Clergy could
ever pay back that money. With respect to the amount
advanced generally, that might be the case. But the
Noble Lord must be aware that a sum. of 102,0001. per annum
in the shape of tithes had been undertaken by the landlords.
Should not the Government have the discretion confided to them
of enforcing the re-payment of that money wherever they might
deem it necessary, and withhold it wherever justice or com-
passion prompted them to do so? The Noble Lord had alleged
that Government had been actuated by a niggardly spirit—tat
he ( Lord Melbourne) denied. The Noble Lord had condemned
the conduct pursued by his Majesty's present Government
when in as well as when they had been out of power—he had con-
demned the clause of appropriation passed by the House of Com-
mons, and the resolutions founded thereon, but he ( Viscount M. )
could not agree with the Noble Lord in his condemnation, in
any respect. He ( Viscount Melbourne) thought the resolu.
tions alluded to had been agreed to reasonably, wisely,
and prudently by the House of Commons. ( Hear,
hear.) If their Lordships had agreed to the reasonable
measure of reform for the Irish Church which had been
proposed in the other House, the question would have been set
at rest ere that period. Their Lordships had, however, viewed
tke matter in a different light, and he (Viscount M.) concurred
with the Noble Lord opposite that the question had been left
in an extremely unsatisfactory state ; but this he would dis-
tinctly affirm that his Majesty's Government were not in any
way responsible for that state of things.—( Hear.)
Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed that the tenants
were liable for the arrears of the preceding occupier,
which was extremely unjust towards them, and preju-
dicial to the landlords. Under Lord Stanley's Act,
it was provided that if the landlord undertook to pay
the arrears of tithes, he could enforce payment from the
tenant. But the operation of that Act had been greatly
impaired by a fear, on the part of the landlords, that
in undertaking the arrear, they would become liable
for the future tithes. It was not his intention, how-
ever, to go into the details of this qdestion, but he must say
that he did think the Noble Viscount, and his friends
responsible for the resolution to which he had alluded.—
( Hear.) There was no hope that that resolution would ever
be agreed to by that House, and the Noble Viscount must have
known it when he took upon himsclf the Government.
That resolution formed a new, a necessary, and a permanent
obstacle to that union of public men which the noble Viscount
and the Noble Marquis must know, was necessary to the
welfare of the country, and which never could be established
while that resolution stood. There was no hope that they
would assent to that resolution. He did not speak in reference
to any opinions he held as a public man but he alluded to
feelings of a far stronger character, which were not only
entertained by Members of this House, but by a large
number of persons, both in this country and in Ireland, who
were members of the Established Church, and who felt that it
would be sacrilege to agree to such a principle as that contained
in that resolution. .

Yeti Mid yOur Lords actually agreed t o reduce the Protestant
tlergy from every 1001. to 721. 165., that is, a loss of 27/. ss.
upon every 100/. of kr,14.1
This plan r'.t.t 'and your Lords not only agreed to this year,
but urVit on the Government to complete It. It is true that
by another piece of folly-1 mean the rejection of the
appropriation clauses—rendered it impossible for the Wyatt:
ment to comply.
But let it not be Fist sight of that you and your Apsley
House Co*,ter being a majority of the House of Lords) this
year agreed to the reduction of tithe income In Ireland
20. bs. per cent.—that is, to 721. 15s. for every hundred
pounds.

But what did you and these same Lords do lost par 0 Why,
you rejated a Bill not containing Ally obnoxious appropria-
Cub clause, and giving the litutAtant clergy in Ireland 771. 10s.
per cent. ! t

Let thit, bb but understood. Last year the Irish Protest-
al.!*Alergy could have got 711. 10s. per etnt, gßait'eci, payable
at the Treasury ; but that you and your Lords prevented it,
and threw out the Bill.

This rein you and your Lords offered and pressed that a
"Bill should pass giving but 721. 15s, per tent. to that clergy,
Instead of the 771. 10s., which they might have had, if you had
permitted them, last year.
And after this you fall back on your piety, and insist, for•
sooth, that the Irish Protestant clergy are not to be rubbed !
Why, who is robbing them ? Is it not you and your " war
battalion ?"

Last year they could have had perfectly secured to them
771. ies. per cent. You refused and rejected it.
This year you offered to take 721. lbs. per cent., but at the
same time destroyed the 13111 which was to secure it.
Was there ever folly, absurdity—should 1 not add wicked-
ness—equal to this?
What will you take next year ? Why, I suppose you will
be delighted with getting 601. per cent., as was at one time
proposed. The purchaser of the Sibyline books was vastly
wise, compared with the party of which you are the leader
and manager.
But what a party his which you do manage. How I should
like to see a "catalogue raisonnee" of the whole. Winchilsea
immersed in fanaticism and fatuity ; Lyndhurst, buoyant in
legal dexterity and political tergiversation ; Newcastle, stam-
mering unintelligible arrogance ; Kenyon, blubbering Orange
rhapsodies; the sinecurist Ellenborough (how long is he to
have this sinecure ?) talking low Toryism ; and the sagacious
Devon, more of a elm k still than a Lord.
But I am weary of the muster-roll. I only exclaim, as I
review the entire, « Be these the masters of the British
people? Are these the absolute and unaccountable arbiters
of the destinies of millions ?" What drivelling nonsense to
talk of constitutional rights or liberties of freedom—of social
guarantees OF LIBERTY-if these, and such as these, be the
uncontrollable regulators of all that is near and dear to free-
born souls. Two hundred men, the masters of millions !
and the millions daring to assume any other denomination than
that of slaves Oh, shame !"

But for the present I forbear this topic, and I come back to
the Irish part of your colleagues—those especially who have
assailed me.

They are few and foolish. And, first, there is Londonderry
—bless the mark ! The sapient Londonderry, described by
an uneducated Irishman in terms you would call vulgar, but
which I believe to be very accurate, " as not having under-
standing enough to herd geese upon a common." I verily
believe, for my part, he would riot know how many he ought
to bring home in the evening, although I answer for it he
kould bring home one goose more than could be eaten.
Then there is Lord Limerick, the only man upon whose
estate it is a familiar thing to have human beings die of hunger.
He has a large income. Did anybody ever hear of his con-
tributing to a charity ? And yet this aged being is quite
vivacious when any mischief is to be done to Ireland.
Next I should enrol Lord Strangford. But for the pre-
sent I shall spare him, with this caution—not to assail me
again, else I will publish his hereditary honours in the shape
of an act of the Irish Legislature. He will understand me,
and pass me unnoticed in future.
I am, indeed, weary of describing, even so shortly, those
who have made personal attacks upon me. I come back
readily to the influence I possess in Ireland, which you call
power, and simply ask how much you and your party in the
Lords have done, this Session, to continue and consolidate
that power.
First.—You have annihilated the Irish Church Reform
Bill, and wisely insisted that the Irish Protestant Establish-
ment should be kept up to the most superfluous extent of
inutility.
Second.—You have rejected the Irish Constabulary Bill,
which would have effectually converted the Irish police from a
partizan into a protective force--diminished its expense whilst
it increased -its efficiency—and this you did on the very worst
principles of partizanship—that is, because the Bill contained
an oath prohibitory of Orange or other illegal societies. For
this most insufficient reason, Ireland is deprived of an economic
and most useful measure.

Third.—You threw out the Irish Marriage Bill, and left the
guilty parent to revel in his iniquity with impunity, whilst you
inflict all the punishment upon the innocent and defenceless
children. Oh what heads and hearts there are amongst you
Tories, lay and episcopal
Fourth.—You rejected the City of Dublin Police Bill, and
left th'at, city to the protection of a most inefficient and expen-
siv-4 police—the expenditure over 48,000/. a•year—the utility
below zero—and this was done lest the bigoted and beggarly
Corporation of Dublin should have any of its blushing honors
tarnished.

Fifth—You effectually cushioned the Irish Corporation
Reform Bill, and left the hornets to enjoy, fur one year more,
the plunder and the venom of their own corruptions. You
have given them another year of impunity and peculation, al-
though you are aware that there are but 13,000 corporators of
all sorts and sizes to manage the municipal affairs of cities and
towns comprising more than 900,000 inhabitants.
Lastly—You have rejected the Irish Registry of Voters
'Bill—one of the wisest, the most impartial, the most useful
measures to the purposes of economy and justice that ever was
brought into Pailiament. It is quite true that if that Bill
passed into law no more seats in the House of Commons would
be disposed of by the oaths of Tory Committees—to you a de-
plorable consequence.
After all this black catalogue of mischief you may complain
of what you call undue influence and power, but as a rational
man I scruple not to ask you what prospect there can be of
diminishing that influence or power, whilst the only hope of
Ireland is centered in those friends to whom she concedes that
power, and who she knows by experience will persevere in
ceaseless exertions, until they extort from reluctant and selfish
bigotry a full measure of justice for Ireland ?
Even the letter I now address to you is one of the labours of
my vocation. It demonstrates to the people of England the
persevering malice of those who refuse to Ireland any relief or
redress. It makes the wise and the good in this country un-
derstand the pertinacious iniquity which weighs down Ireland,
and weakens every part of the British dominions..

I conclude with assuring you that there is but one way to
destroy the power of the agitators in Ireland : it is to put that
country on a perfect equality of 'rights, privileges, and fran_
chises with Great Britain. We demand no more—we never
will be content with less.

From you we expect no aid—you have always hated or
lespised your own country—you never called yourself -an
Irishman. There is that about you so ungcniil as never to
have been shared by any other native of the green and lovely
isle. There is another feature in your character perhaps
more strange still. It is this : you are the only man who has
attained greatness without having once used a generous or
ennobling sentiment. 'I here is nothing of the " mons divi-
nior" in yoUr composition ; you were never accused of bring-
ing forward modest or unpatronized merit ; the objects of
your patronage were, and are, your parasites, or worse. You,
also, were never suspected of one generous action.
Again, see what your history as a statesman is ; one month
you declare publicly that you should be mad if you were to
accept office—the-next month found you Premier!
Again, you declared that the old rotten borough and ncmi-
nation system was the perfection of human wisdom. Yes, it
is literally true—you called it the perfection of human wisdom,
and now, forsooth, you are a follower of the Tamworth Re-
former, who only pants for power to extend the blessings of
reform to all the branches of the State

For the present I have done with you. My next " fami-
liar epistle" shall be to your reforming colleague, Sir Robert
Peel, in reply to the impudent specimen of clap-trap hypocrisy
exhibited by him at Tamw•orth.
I have the honour to be, my Lord Duke,
With all the ceremony of courtesy,
Your obedient servant,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.

The bronze statue erected to the late Baron Cuvier,
Was inaugurated on the 28th ult., at Moatbeliard, the native
Pliee of the Brett aetltralist.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH begged to call the atten-
tion of the House and his Majesty's Government to the difficult
situation in which the landlords of Ireland were placed by the un-
certainty of the law on the subject of tithes; that uncertainty was
sapping the morals of the country, and pressed most heavily on
those landlords who were proprietors of tithes themselves, upon
whom the Clergy had turned round though they could not get in
their own tithes. He would always lay it to the door of a
Noble Earl now in that House, who, when Chancellor of the
Exchequer, proclaimed that' tithes were extinguished.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said a few words in
reply, which were totally inaudible in the gallery.
After a few words from the Earl of R 0 DEN, the Bill was
read a third time and paised..
The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from
Yarmouth in favour of the amendments to the Municipal
Reform Bill.

The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage. and the
House adjourned at 20 minutes to six till to morrow at half.
past three.

The Edinburgh. Courant, reporting two cases of in-
cendiarism at Linlithgow, in which sentence of imprisonment,
for a short lime, was pronounced, says—." This offence has of
late been rather common in various parts of the country, but it
is hoped that it will be effectually checked by such examples."
THE HARVEST.—The' cutting and housing of
corn is proceeding very rapidly in all parts of the county of
York. If the weather should continue fine another week, two-
thirds of the white cern will be got in, and nearly the whole
cut. In the cold land on the moor sides, and in the districts
from Harrogate to Skiptou the crops are more backward;. and
there is much corn uncut. The crops are generally good of
all kinds of grain The late rain, without being at all detri-
mental to corn, has produced abundance of grass and fog, and
much improved the turnip and potato crops.— Yorkshire'Gaz.
THE COUNTRYMAN, IN LONDON—A STALE
TRiCK. —Yesterday Mr. Edward Aldridge, a respectable
farmer, residing in Bedfordshire, made the following com-
plaint at the different station-houses of being robbed of 20
sovereigns. From his statement it 'appeared that he arrived
in London on Saturday morning, and proceeded along the
New-road on his way to the house of a friend whom he was
going to visit ; on reaching the Colosseum he was engaged in
admiring that splendid building, when he was accosted by a
stranger, who politely asked hint if he was quite. well. He
said, " I don't know you ;" when the stranger answered " Oh,
yes, you do, in Bedfordshire, from which place, I suppose,
you have just come up." He replied "that he had," when the
stranger said, " You look fatigued, I am going to have a
pint of porter, if you like to partake of it you may with
pleasure." They then entered the parlour of the Caf6 Co-
losseum public-house, where, having sat a short time, the
stranger said " I am one of the luckiest fellows in England.
I came up three days ago to receive 8001. which had been.
left me, but I hav6 sent 700/. to Bedfordshire, where I live,
and have kept 1001. in my pocket to stop a few days and see
life—do you think it safe to keep that money loose about
me? " " No, Ido not," replied Mr. Aldridge, " put it in a
purse." " I've got none„' said the stranger, " but will wrap
it in brown paper." He then pulled out what appeared to be
Bank notes, and having wrapped them up asked Mr. A. to
put them in his fob for him, which the latter did. He then
advised Mr. Aldridge to do the same with his money, and he
having wrapped up 20 sovereigns gave it to the stranger to put
in his fob, but having heard 'of the tricks of sharpers kept a
watchful eye on his hand, and on the job being finished felt
satisfied that all was right. The stranger then gave Mr.
Aldridge a sovereign, which he pressed upon him, for advising
him how to take. care of' his money, and hoping they might
soon meet again, went away. Mr. Aldridge immediately
went to his friend and told him how soon he had earnt a sove.,
reign. His friend told him •to see if his money was safe,
when
he laughed at the idea, sa,;ing be was certain it was safe, as
he had. watched the man. hand all the time it was at his fob ;
on looking, however, be ultimately found that the- sovereigns
had been abitraCted and four 'halfpence and three farthings
substituted instead.. Mr. A. is quite sure the thief, who was
dressed like a countryman, must have seen bins get off the
coach rod follfysred till he voke,

TUB SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1 S),

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

• , SHANNON'..
A BILL for in itgOeverete of r n6igotion of the river
Shannon.
The following is the preamble, which fully eiAliPs' tthe
nature and proposed object of the Bill :
" r'fitireter. improvement of the navigation of the river
Sha!riedni,fronl it (.),;i'itEio it 1-iattole Allen, in the county of
Of tlec...sald tSill contribute to the
i e:;era Pr pertlyenriptierep,
dioCUlture'; 140etio4r of
Ireland, lulu fe'ffd and iniploeenrent fit
the respective counties and aisitiH4 adjoirriegsach nhiogaiion :
And whereas certain surveys have been made. ternlii‘ AC' derec-
tion of the Lord Lieutenant of -Ireland, whereby it firifdees
that the whole course of the said river, embracing 232 miles of
continUoUs int:qpltion tnpy be improved and thrown open, and
rendered effectually riifigel& b`e the eeecution of divers pro-
posed works : And it is expettietif neCessary works
should be executed under the direction 61 The Oornmissiarters
for the, promotion and extension of public woelte Aelairdi anti
the controul and conservation of such navigatioi; fesTed in
them ; and that the cependiture attendant upon the impraez
mcnt of the said navigation shall, in the first instance, be de-
frayed out of the public revenue, and that one moiety of the
-sum so advanced shall be a free grant for the improvement of
such navigation, arid the other moiety repaid by twelve half.
yearly instalments out of the surplus of the produce of such
tolls as itay accrue from the said navigation, after defraying
the eirpensee df maintaining the said navigation ; and in case
the surplus of such toils should prove insufficient in any year
to pay the annual instalment Oren clue, that the deficit shall he
made good by a local rate or esseesniunt moon the counties and
districts adjoining such navigation, and benefited by the im-
proverrierit thereof, in such shares and proportions as may be
fixed and established in manner hereinafter mentioned, accord-
ing to the particular extent of benefit arising out of such im-
provement of the said navigation, to each of the said counties
and districts respectively.
" And whereas it is expedient, with a view to the improve-
ment of the said navigation in the most judicious, effectual, and
economical manner, that the works necessary to be executed
for that purpose should be previously ascertained, and an esti.
Plate, tirade of the expense attendant thereon, and of the sum
repitecl fe' fv. raid for the compensation of the several persons
posseised of rint tight of fishery, or other right in anywise in-
jured or prejudiced by the said proposed works, and for the
purchaae of any lands or tenements ,required to be taken for
!lie etteticei of wharfs, piers, landing places, 'or other purposes
etthiwied oith the said navigation.
" Be it flier:44e enacted, &c., that Commissioners be ap-
li
pointed for carrying fig Act into execution." The powers and
directions of the Cornimiss!onere are described in the several
Kla4ses.throughout to the end.

Yesterday, the P..mle of the East India Company
as regards Bandannas and KOCal' handkerchiefs, took place at
the India House. The quantity of tian4annas was 13,065
4nci 4,114 pieces of Korahs, forming the rmoinder of
the stock of Om .tornpany's importation. An expectat)on was
entertained that the ge'Othf; being the last that will be offered,
selected by the superintendttifig' el* the East India Company,
ttoold have realized high prices; ttt't the contrary was the
fact, ifid flf.wcyll having gone off at prieea fail Sire per cent.
lower than last Stile: The excellence obtained by trit!. British
manufacturers in the fabartthrs of silk handkerchiefs, is the
principal cause for this want of Oft, shown in the purchase
of the produce of India and China.
The protiallgation of a notice for the couttact.of a
large quantity of rum for did the of the Navy, by order of the
Commissioners for exercising the Oa, of Lord High Admiral,
added to the circumstance, that during the Firnmlt month con-
traeig also taken for large supplies of beef and pork for
the same service, tilt indiNed a belief in many quarters -thot
there is to bean increase iii the number of ships of war em-
ployed on active service, and attentiOff ie directed, to the policy
of the government of Russia towards Turkey, V the cause of
an increase of the British naval force, should any augmentation
be contemplated. The contracts already announced are
75,000 gallons of rum, and Y,OOO navy tierces of beef, and
9,500 tierces of pork, besides other miser articles required for
provisioning the navy.
MAIVYLEBONE RADICAL ASSOCIATION.,--,/ent
night, at eight o'clock, a very numerous meeting of the wodi,
ing classes was held at the Mechanics' Institution, Circus-
street, New-road, Mr. Veargus O'Connor in the chair. The
object of the meeting was to extend the elective franchise,
to obtain equal representation, annual Parliaments, and vote
by ballot, and thus carry out the principles of the father of
Refortn, the late Major Cartwright. Several resolutions to
that effect were proposed and carried, and a Society este-
bdshed. A committee was then appointed to draw up the
rules and regulations of the Society, and it was agreed that
they should report their proceedings at a general meeting
to be held next week.

A new road has lately been opened to travellers
from Paris to Strasburg ; it is much less hilly than the old
one, and is Macadamised nearly the whole way ; there is a
saving, moreover, of money and time. The distance from
Paris to Vitry by the new road being only 20 posts three-quar-
ters, while that by Meaux, the old road, is 25.

IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDE PARK.—On Monday
last Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson, K. G. H., one of the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests, accompanied by Alexander •
Milne,. Esq., the Secretary, and several other gentlemen,
made a general survey and inspection of Hyde Park, prepa-
ratory to commencing the projected improvements and altera-
tions which the Board has ordered forthwith to be proceeded
in. It is intended that the present Lodge of the Park- keeper
in the Rural Cottage, with the extensive barns, wood-houses,
&c., adjoining the receiving-house of the Royal Humane So-
ciety shall be pulled down, and on their site erected, in the
modern style of building, the required offices of the Park, in
a line with the residence of Mr. Dawson, the superintendent
of the Park, and the enclosed portions of garden ground at
the back of these premises are to be converted into shrub-
beries, ornamenthir the ride by the river. The footpaths are
to he re-Made, and rendered more level, and, to prevent ac-
cident; the deep declivity of the shelvinc, bank of the river
adjoining the footpath is to be considerably lessened. An in-
spection of the timber in the Park is also to be made, in order
to supplant that which is in decay, by young and vigorous
trees. The bed of the river is likewise to be thoroughly cleared
out, and in a few days the water will be gradually let off. It
is estimated that the work will eccupy about two months, and
give employment to a number of hands.
On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, a most
dreadful fire took place at a farm in the holding of Mrs. Price,
called Bubney, situate about two miles from the town of Whit-
church, on the Malpas-road, which, we are sorry to say, could
not be got under before the whole of the farm buildings, stacks
of hay and corn, together with three cottages, were entirely
consumed. How the fire originated is not known. The
buildings are the property of the Countess of Bridgewater,
and are not, we believe, insured.—Staironishire Advertiser.
Last week, s person who has for a considerable time
past been disordered in his mind, and who resided at Quarrel,
a collier village near Carron, having met with two acquaint-•
anees, they supplied him with whisky. In their going home
they had to pass one of, the many deep coal pits in that quarter,
when the unfcrtunate victim, from intoxication, of course being
advised by his unthinking companions, leaped into it ! The
poor fellow was killed on the spot. We presume the Sheriff
will look after this shocking case.—Glasgow Herald.

One of the most extensive drain shops in Darlington
has been converted into a Temperance Coffee-house, having
every convenicnv for rational amusements, and it is confi-
dently expected it will meet with encouragement. It will be
centbacted under the =trim of the Darlington- Temperance
Society.

The iron trade lids tindefgorie rat more
serious than could be well irnvined by tim§e het intimately
connected with it. In 1824 the price of pig iron 019 be
token at 111. to 12/. per ton, and that or bar iron at 13/. to
16/., while within the last two years, the same quality of pig
iron has been sold at 41. 55., and bar iron even at so low a
price as 4/. 17s. 6d.
The cholera clecreaseB at Coni, but its itattoe
dreadful at Itaecobigi, the King of Sardinia's residence. In
the course of two days there have been 44 cases and 11
deaths; at Genoa in one day there hate been 136 new eases
and 3t deaths, On the 24th and 23th of August there were
41 new cases at Leghorn, and 'A at Florence,—Augebury
Gazelle.

DISTRESSING CASt.-,---011 Monday week one of '
those distressing and heart-rending scenes, which unfortu-
nately are of too frequent oceurteneei URI plate in the parish
of Alarylebone. It apyars that On the thotning hi 9tiestiVri tt
decently clad, but- truly distressed, female, named Mary ,Do-
!lolly, about 26 years of age, who between four and five months
ago quitted Ireland in the hope of bettering her condition,
leaving her husband in a state of starvation behind, applied to
the parochial antheritles et the Workhouse for relief, having
been unable to obtain employment of any description in toren,
The Board was then sitting ; but although she represented ttr
them her truly deplorable slate, alleging at the same time that
she expected every hour to be confined, her application for
relief was answered by one of the persons present, rho told
her nothing could be done for her. She then, In a state of
mind bordering on distraction and despair, left the place, and
on reaching th-e street, sat herself down ,I,:v the workhouse door,
and gave vent to a flood of tears ; a uurAer of persons quickly
congregated at the spot, and among them a female pauper with
ree
th children, who advised the poor creature to apply at the
Queen's Lying-in Hospital for admission. The wretched -be-
ing then got up, and with assistance made her way so far as the
infirmary in the New-road, when she declared that she could
proceed no further, and sinking down at the door, said,
" she supposed she must lie there and die." For about an
hour she did lie there, when another poor woman who was
passing, having ascertained that she occupied a garret in Ho-
race-street, Edgeware-road, procured a little tea and sugar,
which a weekly pittance just received by her from the work-
house for the support of her own family enabled her to pur-
chase, and offered to accompany her home ; it however, became
fully apparent, before they had got many paces, that unless the
wretched being was speedily lodged in some asylum,. she
would, in all probability give birth to a child in the public
road. The greatest exertion was used by som eof the by-
standers to assist her to the Lying-in-Hospital alluded to,
which is situate within twenty yards of the Yorksh.;re Stingo,
Paddington. On reaching the spot, another and a
vparently
an insurmountable difficulty presenter,' itself; as the'
destitute
creature was nut in possestion of a recommendatory lett sr from
any subscriber to the institution, but as it happeneil to be con:1-
mittee-day,, and a number of gentlemen were sitting, site Vk.
by direction of the secretary (who was convinced of the e
treinc urgency of the case) admitted, and had not been. '47
bed before she was delivered of a fine boy (her firstAiZugand
is going on•wta
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