The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-26 00:00:00

ensuing month, en route to Encombe Hall, Dorset, for the
SUMMARY OF NEWS ,wiTtlelre.Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have arrived
on a visit to the Countess of Newburgh, at Slindon House,
Sussex, from the Duke and Duchess of Somerset's villa,
at Wimbledon.
The Earl of Gosford, who has been on a tour of the
German spas, has returned to this country.
The Earl of Clare has returned to Mount Shannon,
from the seaside.
Viscount Morpeth has joined the distinguished party
assembled at Inverary Castle, on visits to the Duke and
Duchess of Argyll, from Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
Viscount Clifden has left Lady Dover's residence, at
Whitehall, for the Continent. The Noble Viscount
intends to remain abroad until next summer.
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On Sunday evening their Majesties the King and
Queen of the French received the Neapolitan Ambassa-
dor and the Minister of Public Instruction.
The Marquis of Lansdowne and family have arrived at
the Hotel Meurice.
General Bustamente, the President of the Mexican re-
Public before General Santa Anna, has arrived in Paris.
The Presse gives the folloc ing as the official state of
the French navy :—lt consists of 23 ships of the line, 29
frigates, 379-24ths of ships of the line on the stocks, and
277.24ths of frigates, 43 steam-vessels. representing
force of 7,340 horse power ; 16 or 17 of these are
ready for sea at the shortest notice ; 18 steam-boats in
eourse of construction, 18 trans. Atlantic steam-packets,
24' steam -packets of from 220 to 250 horse power, em-
Pl°Ye the Poet-office in carrying mails in the Levant,
to Allexandria, Corsica, and England.—(These vessels
Ste not calculated to carry heavy guns.) The class of
"'Men for 1844 amounts to 122,025 men, but of this
number only 62,000 may be regarded as able seamen.
The French Government is making great improve-
'ems in the post-office. Since the Ist of the present
month letters of value or importance can be placed under
the more immediate care of the post-office functionaries,
viitb the privilege of paying the postage before hand or
",°t, as may be convenient. The towns on the line of the
440, lien and Orleans railway have two, and in some places
bstee deliveries of letters a day. The male poste goes
Paris to Geneva in thirty-four hours, and with all
Lus, by a careful and wise economy, the expenses have
"Peen reduced more than 320.000 f. within the last six
months, without impairing the efficiency of any depart-
;stn. In the interior arrangement of the General
ost-office in Paris some very salutary changes have
Ito been made to insure regular attendance and
eesDatch.
k_The following promotions on the occasion of the
l'ittle of Isly are, says one of the Paris journals, re-
rded as certain. General Bedeau is to be made a
''',ieutenant-General, and is to succeed H. R. H. the
"like d'Aumsle as Commandant of the province of Con-
;,tstitina. Colonel Cavaignac, of the 32d, and Colonel
tts,uf, of the Spahis, are to be Major-Generals.
the
Swiss Vorort has just made a communication to
e States of a note from the French Ambassador, stating
that a great number of Swiss who are utterly without the
Beans of subsistence are continually arriving in Algeria.
iuei French Government again desires to make known
osst it does not assign lands to any persons who have not
" means of cultivating them.
A severe storm of thunder, accompanied with hail, has
tinted Marseilles, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bayonne, and
ttreral other places in the south of France, where it has
ulie immense damage to the vintage. The vintage this
'is very plentiful, and it is said that the wine pro-
mites to be of excellent quality.
h The first annual grand prize in architectural design
litt.s been awarded by the Academie des Beaux Arts to
Desbussons, a pupil of M. Leclerc, and the two
teeiond prizes to M. Ledru, pupil of Messrs. Huyot and
Oss, and to M. Laisn 6, pupil of Messrs. Huy and
-non:nand-
Leount Cancrin, former Minister of Finance of Russia,
`:sbarrived at Paris, where he is to spend the winter.
he Trench Government is about to erect a statue of
'lbert at Rheims, his native city.
gThe German papers announce the accession of Bohemia
ine German Customs' Union for a period limited to
me Years, and attach great importance to the event, as
LcPleting the Zollverein on the east.
ache sixth scientific congress of Italy is now going on
Milan, and appears to be a very brilliant one . At the
114, t general meeting of the society at the Palace of
i;ers, which has been set aside by the Austrian Go-
trlstnent for its use, the statue of the celebrated Cava-
;ti, the Galileo of Milan, was inaugurated. The Vice-
113' Of Italy was present, ount Borromeo presided, and
meeting
viola pronounced the Dintroductory discourse. The
e't.ing then divided itself into seven sections, which are
%,aged over respectively by the Chevalier Moris, Count
utlY, M. Hasini Prince Charles Bonaparte, M.
1.-°l4, M. '.faddei, and M. Puccinotti. The celebrated
Wenttee.
eesor Orioli, against whom the Pontifical Govern-
shut the gates of Padua, has been allowed to attend
s meeting at Milan.
letter from Jassy, Sept. 4, says:—" Our country
),,11°is about to have its railroads. Prince Stourdza,
Nod has invested capital in almost all the great rail-
fsetu of Germany, intends getting one constructed
Zurin, on the frontier of Austrian Gallicia, to Gal-
loos, situated at the conflux of the Pruth and the Danube,
e.."'s to
the pais through the whole of Moldavia, and to
prolongation of that which the States of Gal-
-14 are getting executed from Oswieczyn (where one of
~‘e branches of the northern line of the Emperor Ferdi-
'4ld is to end) to the frontier of Moldavia."
iNlie Cologne Gazette states that the grand deputation
tf...P°, ted by the Senate and burghers of Hanaburgh to
pi.`tde on the question of the treaties for the navigation
,Ve Elba has recommended their ratification.
WThlGrand Council of the Valais, in its last sitting,
K,Oeted the new constitution by a majority of 53 votes ;
w'm the first vote is reserved for the declaration of the
ary assemblies, which are convoked for the 20th of
month.
oa tir celebrate Profssor Hugo, of Gottingen, died
Itth inst., in thee
79th year of his age.
LAW AND POLICES.
#
rOrn -,144 named Chanceller had his petition dismissed
ste the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday, because he
tEt.t'ot accounted in his schedule for 121. which he had
be .
just before filing his petition. It appeared that
me`u paid his attorney Si. of the money. An adjourn-
ties Was asked to enable him to sell his excepted arti-
ttr„ and pay the 121. into Court. The application was
used by Mr. Commissioner Evans, who observed these
tkir are a shameful robbery, sought to be committed
tk.,.er the new Act, which I believe very few people can
47tlY comprehend, but, such as it is, its operation would
i/t"'d worse if I granted your application.
kitiLt• William Thompson, a brush-manufacturer, re-
-4.7g at Kentish Town, was indicted at the Middlesex
1104,`°118 for a certain nuisance, caused by erecting a
Bit house for bleaching bristles and dying wood on
teiketnises at Kentish Town, in the parish of St. Pan-
tti:; and also for manufacturing varnish, fancy soap,
tlaves chemical combinations, thereby endangering
11041 yes of the inhabitants of that part of the neighbour
the, Baby inhaling the noxious vapours proceeding from
It ,id premises. The trial lasted several hours, and
Itituf-past eleven o'clock the jury returned a verdict of
Guilt
At Y'
Guildhall yesterday, a boy, twelve years old,
147,_41 James Smith, was brought before Sir Peter
frolo, charged with stealing a rabbit. Mrs. Berkley,
tehlm Whom the rabbit had been stolen, said that the pre-
te,7l' was a poor neglected boy, and that she charged
tk;" With the offence- not to get him punished, but to
te him, because he was a clever, industrious, civil boy,
to 'lt to be lost because he was neglected. If there was
too"
to which poor neglected orphan children
to,'o be sent," she was sure no fitter object could be
ti-
-7 There being a vacancy in the House of Occupa-
-4 :near Bedlam, Sir Peter signed an order for his ad-
ttit st°o, and the boy was discharged, and taken to his
ore home by his benefactress.
et,sria Bayliss was fully committed from Clerkenwell
peed with stealing a silver spoon and a silver fork, the
if IV of Mr. Augustus Ironmonger, a clerk in the house
3srs, Rothschild, St. Swithin's-lane.
A e
eetl't Marlborough-street Abraham Myers, of Off-
-44, in the Strand, was charged with having deliberately
tee, "9 with a large butcher's knife Robert Clayard, the
.Prietor of the White Bear livery-stables, Lisle-street,
site ester-square. The wounded man being unable to
tieti?'4„ to give evidence, the prisoner was remanded
tie„ Saturday. The affray originated in a public-house
acre).
4t. George Beck; a solicitor of Lincoln's Inn-fields,
St. those private residence is at No. 19, Elm-tree-road,
)4 'John's-wood, appeared before Mr. Rawlinson, at
thotYlebone, upon a warrant, which had been placed in
114
ow; hinds of Whipp, the officer, charging him with
'"R committed a violent assault upon Mr. Josiah
aka es, a painter and glazier, residing at No. 28, Tim-
'street, Oxford-street. The defendant had, it ap-
V4t,ed. broken his umbrella over the complainant's
ite, being thereunto provoked by the complainant
hiking kicked his little boy. The complainant de-
llo the kicking, but admitted that he had pushed the
t 1 "vay because he had daubed some paint, at which
cette°,l:Unlainant was at work. It also appeared that
treitmoant had, while defendant was plying his um-
Painted returned the compliment with his paint brush, and 1
tocoo defendant's whiskers white. As there was much
Dieting testimony the magistrate left the complainant
to the session if he thought fit.
Pe„tites Lewis, a journeyman shoemaker, and Sarah
herml, alias Lewis, a young woman. with whom he
leett cohabited charged with having deserted their male
vree ,Tlt, six weeks old, which had since died in the
af,r'ulouse attached to the Stepney union, at Wapping,
efully committed for trial.
the sec men belonging to the British Legion, late in
ktr service of the Queen of Spain, applied at Lambeth-
NZ: for assistance. They had large sums due from the
dal'rb Government, but could not get their claims liqui-
seel:L,and were starving. Mr. Henry observed that
must be done in the case, and requested Mr.
ketigoltes to relieve them in his parish, and he would send
do
_ulcer with the others to their respective parishes to
i'ottiething for their future relief.

Some time since an account appeared of an intention
on the part of the Government to form a police establish-
ment at Hong-Kong, and that a superintendent and
twelve inspectors would be almost immediately sent out.
The salary of the superintendent to be 500 i. per annum.
The arrangements aro, it is said, now nearly perfected,
but instead of twelve inspectors, only three will be sent
out at present, and these men have been selected from
the K division. The appointment of superintendent has
been given to Mr. Charles May, the eldest son of the
chief superintendent of the metropolitan police.
We understand that Mr. Peto, who recently purchased
Somerleyton Hall, and the Blundeston property, has
just bought the Norwich and Lowestoft navigation by
private contract ; and it is reported that he intends to
widen the sea-gates at Lowestoft, so as to admit
London steamers ; also to widen the canal to Reedham ;
and then to lay down a rail from Lowestoft on the
banks of the cut ; if so, he will prove a formidable
opponent to Yarmouth, as vessels and goods coming this
way will avoid Yarmouth dues.
On Monday week Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart., Mr. Ri-
chard Corbet, and his keepers, bagged 35f brace of
partridges, the whole of which were given away to his
friends in Shrewsbury.
We understand that the Duke of Wellington has
intimated to the authorities of Eton College that it is his
Grace's intention to present to that institution a bust of
himself.

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL
FESTIVAL.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 24.—Yesterday was devoted to the
rehearsal of such parts of the sacred music as were
least familiar to the band, especially Mendelssohn's
" Hymn of Praise," and the oratorio of Samson, as
performed for the first time at the last Norwich festi-
val. The orchestra is erected in the nave, and not,
as formerly, in the choir of the Cathedral—an ar-
rangement which facilitates the construction of one
which is capable of holding 300 performers. Its chief
defects are, that it springs from too great an eleva-
tion, and rises at too obtuse an angle. The principal
singers are too much elevated, and the chorus is only
partially visible or audible. These defects admit of
easy remedy on a future occasion. The band and
chorus are strong, and also select. We observe the
principal stringed and wind instruments of the Opera
band, and the chorus is well balanced and effective.

This morning the festival commenced, and about
half-past ten the streets began to be thronged with
well-dressed groups, bending their way to the Cathe-
dral. The usual morning service is performed, com-
mencing always with the overture to Esther. The
same Te Deuns is uniformly sung, and the pieces in-
troduced into the service never vary. Dr. Boyce's
anthem, " Blessed is he," and one (and always the
same) of Handers Coronation anthems. We ven-
ture to think that it would be advisable to vary this
arrangement, if not altogether to change the charac-
ter of the performance, for such it almost is. The
cathedral service of the Church of England is so per-
fect in all its parts, so incapable of addition or sub-
traction without injury, and contains such a store
of music, unrivalled when regarded with reference to
its design, that it needs no orchestral aid. The re-
sponses, this morning given by 150 voices, and the
chant, were the most impressive part of the entire
service. In Catholic countries the assistance of an
orchestra is needed for the performance of most mo-
dern masses ; but into the cathedral service of Pro-
testant England it is an unwelcome intrusion. This
morning the antiphonal character of the chant (its
essence and prime attribute) was not retained. This
is a needless sacrifice of propriety. We covet the
cathedral service in all its purity and all its grandeur;
once in the year we would make a welcome pil-
grimage to Gloucester, Worcester, or Hereford, to
hear it so performed, and we believe that a crowd of
pilgrims would congregate for a like purpose. Let
the responses be those of Tallis, unequalled as they
are for sublimity ; let Clarke, or Blow, or Boyce con-
tribute the service ; and Purcell and Croft each his
anthem. What higher musical treat can be offered
to any audience than the anthems—" Who hath be-
lieved our report," " My heart is inditing," " 0 give
thanks," or " 0 God, thou has cast us out," of Pur-
cell, or Croft's " Sing unto God," " Praise the Lord,
omy soul," or " God is gone up." The public at-
tention is increasingly drawn to the cathedral ser-
vice ; and we believe that such an opportunity as the
present one, in which all its glorious musical attri-
butes would be fully revealed, multitudes would
eagerly seek. What sort of idea, for example, have
the inhabitants of this place of these ? The daily
service of its cathedral is performed by three male
voices only, in addition to the boys. Its essential fea-
ture is therefore lost; and for the choral grandeur of
Gibbons, Farrant, and Aldrich, we have only a miser-
able burlesque. Such a performance of the morning
service as we have suggested would display all its
beauty and majesty, while it would preserve intact
awl inviolate its sacred character, which is now some-
thing between a performance and an act of devotion.
It would be in strict keeping with the character of
the building, and in due accordance with the feelings
of the audience—it would be simply a yearly resto-
ration of the cathedral service—the substance instead
of the shadow. On the ground of policy we suggest
this alteration. A repetition of the same pieces, year
by year, will hardly avail to draw a yearly crowd. In
point of fact they fail to do so. But such a perform-
ance of the morning service as we have suggested
would be indeed a novelty, and how far a probably
attractive one, let the crowds who yearly watch
for the return of the Purcell commemoration, and
throng the walls of Westminster Abbey, testify.
We have assigned the reason why our cathedral
music can:. of be heard. It was written for " a full
voiced choir," and not for a choir of one voice to a
part. The knowledge of the greater and sublimer
portion of it, as a necessary consequence, is fading out
of sight. The true style of its performance will be
lost also. A yearly opportunity is offered in these
cathedrals at least of preserving and perpetuating
this. The lay clerks and minor canons of the three
choirs are all present at- these meetings, and is there
one of them who would not benefit by hearing Hobbs's
admirable reading of Purcell, derived by him, doubt-
less, from early association with Bartleman ? The
dignataries of cathedrals would also learn a salutary
lesson. They would learn the musical ♦alue of the
libraries of their respective churches, they would wit-
ness the power of their contents in exciting the devo-
tional feelings, and they would, it is to be hoped, aim
at the constant improvement of their choirs, in order
to restore to the cathedral service its matchless gran-
deur and unspeakable value.
To return from this vision of the future to the
reality of the past. The Cathedral was respectably
attended, but the gallery only was filled. The nave
was half empty. Any criticism on a work so well
known and so often performed as the "Te Deum for
the victory at Dettingen" would be altogether super-
fluous. The performers evinced their familiarity with
their work by the correct manner in which they
went through it.
TUESDAY EYENING.-ft is not the custom here to
throng to the first night's concert, and accordingly
the room was not more than half filled. The selec-

tion3 at these concerts, it must be confessed, usually
exhibit little musical attraction ; that of to-night
ought to have had more than the rest, for the first act
consisted of the best pieces from Acis and Galatea
very well performed. Manvers was the best Acis we
have heard for many years.
The second act was almost a succession of what we
suppose are termed popular ballads, interspersed with
a song of Rossini and another of Donizetti. The fa-
vourites with the audience were a Gipsy duet by the
Misses Williams, and " Where the bee sucks," by
Miss Barrett, both of which were encored.
Lindley played one of his concertos in his usual
style, and with his accustomed success.

DAHLIA SHOW.—Yesterday one of the best dahlia
shows of the season took place at the Bazaar, Baker-
street, Portman-square. The exhibitors comprised the
chief growers in the country, and the flowers were ar-
ranged in five classes, there being prizes in all. The first
prize of 5/. in the first, or nurserymen's class, of 24
blooms for subscribers of five guineas, was awarded to
Mr. Brown, of Slough ; the second to Mr. Keynes, of
Salisbury ; the third to Mr. Girling, of Stow-market ;
and the fourth to Mr. Bragg, of Slough.
PROPERTY TAX ON DIVIDENDS.—By an Act which
was passed on the 19th July last, the dividends payable
on the 10th October next, are exempted from the pay-
ment of the Property-tax. The title of the statute
explains its object, and has reference to the transfer of
the Three per Cents:—" An Act to exempt from the
payment of Property Tax, the dividends on certain
annuities of three pounds ten shillings per centum per
annum, payable for the quarter of the year ending the
10th October, 1844." It is declared that no deduction
shall be made on the payment of the dividends mentioned
on the three pounds ten shillings per cent., under the
Act for the transfer of the dividends into the three pounds
five shillings and the new Three per Cents., to such
parties holding the same, as shall not have notified, or
shall not notify within the period prescribed by the Aet,
their dissent to the conversion, and in case of any sub-
sequent dissent within the period allowed, a deduction
shall be made for the Property-tax whenever such prin-
cipal shall be paid to them.
A CHANGE INDEED ! - The large and beautiful
chandelier which had graced the banquetting-room of
the Cork Mayoralty-house during the old corporate
regime, was purchased on Tuesday, for the use of the
Franciscan Church (Broad-lane) in this city. It cost
originally 50/., but was knocked dawn at the auction for
155..-Cork Examiner.

Th 001TRT-PASEIXONAMIIII.
ta °Duke of-Wellington is expected to leave Walmer
tit stle early, in the week after next for Apsley House,
thrPle Co participate in the approaching splendid fes-
ItLes at Windsor Castle, in honour of the visit of his
It-Jest, the King of the French. The Marquis and
tour of Douro have arrived at the Castle from
to :ur of six weeks in Germany, and shortly come to
11 to attend the nuptials of her Ladyship's cousin,
1t.5.4 Rope Vere, with Lord Loftus, eldest son of the
after of Ely, which are fixed to take- place the week
trnerktlext.
u'uo Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Au-
St St% Somerset are expected to return to Arlington-
:et from Badminton on Tuesday next, for a day or
11.02 The alliance between Lady Augusta Somerset and
,i`To Nieumann is expected to take place in the course
rt,!?e ensuing month.
101,111„o Dowager Countess of Pembroke and the Earl
e'rrnk-;ountess of Clanwilliam, who are making a tour in
any, are not expected to return home until early in
ovember
tahe Countess of Glengall and family are prolonging
ihaeojourn at Brighton. The Noble Earl is in Ireland.
Lade esEarl and Countess of" Eldon, al.o. the youthful
j?"„ c.ott, Who are on visit to the Dowager Lady
tx„fillunl, on the West Cliff, at Scarborough, are not
r'ted to return to Hamilton-place until the end of the

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1844.

IRELAND.
REMOVAL OF MR. BREWSTER.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 23.—We have heard in several
quarters rumours of the removal of Mr. Brewster
from his present (Alice. As to the successor of Mr.
Brewster the public are rather indifferent, but the
Government, in taking the step attributed to them,
may gain, and cannot lose support. They cannot, by
the exertion of the most searching scrutiny, discover
a man more unpopular than him whose removal is
reported to be contemplated.
EARL FORTESCITE AND HIS TENANTRY.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 24.—1 n consequence of a para-
graph, which originated in the Waterford Chronicle,
and was generally copied in the English newspapers,
respecting the conduct of Lord Fortescue in regard
to the rejoicings for the reversal of the judgment
against Mr. O'Connell, that Noble Lord has deemed
it necessary to publish the following address to his
Irish tenantry, amongst whom he is at present re-
siding. :

" TO THE TENANTi ON MY ESTATES IN THE COUNTY

OF WATERFORD.

" My Friends and NeighboUrs—Having reason to
helkve that there has been some misconstruction of
my conduct on a late occasion, and that erroneous
inferences have, in consequence, been drawn from it
respecting my opinions, I wish to set both clearly
before you.

"'When, on the news of the reversal by the House
of Lords of the judgment against Mr. O'Connell,
bonfires were lighted in various directions around us,
I heard that my Corbelly tenants had declined join-
ing in them from an apprehension of my displeasure.
I, therefore, intimated to one of them, for the infor-
mation of others, my desire that, in any matter of
this kind, they should freely consult their own wishes,
without reference to mine, and I repeated the expres-
sion of this desire to the Rev. Mr. Cantwell, adding,
that though I rejoiced at Mr. O'Connell's liberation
from what I considered an unjust and illegal impri-
sonment, I could not take part in any public demon-
stration of joy on the eccasion, connected, as it pro-
bably would be, with the question of repeal, to
which I am as much opposed as ever.
" I trust, therefore, you will understand, that
whilst I disclaim alike the right and the wish to con-
trol you in the peaceable manifestation of your poli-
tical opinions, I have not in the slightest degree
altered my own.
" I am always your sincere friend,
" FORTESCUE.
" Summerville Sept. 21st, 1844."

(Mr. Corballis—Well, there is no such entry here.
Brophy—ls the date there, sir ?—Yes, I have the date
here—there are some entries; but it is perfectly silent
as regards this transaction.
Mr. Corballis here read various extracts from the
diary, referring to transactions before and after the find-
ing of the arms at the widow Ryan's, and observed that
it appeared to him strange that. no reference was made
to such an important fact, more especially when there
was an entry of the discovery of the arms in the turf
clamp.
Examination of Copeland resumed—l know constable
Ray; I was not stationed at Cooraclavin when he was
there.

Cross-examined by Mr. Brophy—Are you sure it was
a brass blunderbuss we had when we returned from

White's ?—ln my opinion it was a brass blunderbuss.
When I told you and Burke to remain outside the
Widow Ryan's house, did I give you any reason for
doing so ?—Yes, to see that no person came out of
the house,

Mr. Corballis—l do not wish to interfere with any
course you wish to take, but you will be examined on
oath by your own request, and it would be better to re-
serve any statement you yourself have to make until then.
Brophy (to witness)—Did I tell you that night that I
put the arms in the turf clamp ?-1 do not recollect, but
you may have told me so.
By Mr. Gitzgerald—At this time I thought White
a faithworthy person. I have had opportunities since of
knowing his general character. From my knowledge
of his character, I do not believe him a person worthy
of credit on his oath, in a court of justice. As far as
I know, Mr. Parker had no reason to think that the
party did not go out that night in the ordinary course
of duty. Mr. Parker was at the barrack the morning
the arms were brought to Shinrone.
By Mr. Corballis—l could not tell if Mr. Parker was
at the barrack a few days before this transaction, or if
he had any private communications with Brophy about
that time. I never remember to have seen White in
communication with Mr. Parker.

Brophy—When Mr. Parker and I were bringing the
arms from the turf clamp did we not stop at the barrack,
and did not the men come out to see them ?—I believe
ye did ; and I believe also that some of the men went
out to see them.

Brophy—That proves we had no wish for conceal-
ment.

Mr. Corballis—l don't perfectly understand the force
of that inference.

Brophy—Why, sir, Mr. Parker and I were charged
with a conspiracy respecting these arms, and it is right
to show that there was no concealment.

In this address, the Dublin Evening Post justly
remarks, " Lord Fortescue has asserted and vindicated
the true principle of independence and liberty of action
between the landlord and the tenant. Such an example
would be most important anywhere ; but in Ireland
it is invaluable, because many of our worst social evils
have been produced by the political dictatorship of
landlords, treating their tenants as serfs, and compel-
ling them to become the merest instruments for pro-
moting their factious objects. This degrading ty-
ranny, practised almost universally by Tory landlords,
is repudiated by Lord Fortescue, who, whilst retain-
ing his own opinions, gives to his tenantry the fullest
latitude to exercise their own judgments, unfettered
by the dread of persecution from landlord or tenant."
OFFICIAL INQUIRY: POLICE SPY SYSTEM.
The following is a report of the proceedings at the in-
quiry held yesterday, before Mr. Corballis, Q.C., at the
Lund Commission-office, Dublin Castle.

Mr. Corballis (to witness)—Who were the police that
went for the arms to the tuff clamp ? I think Mr.
Parker, and constables Brophy and Ogle were there, but
I don't know of any others.
Did you hear them say when they were leaving the
barrack on what duty they were going ?—Yes ; they said
they wero going to look for arms, but did not mention
any place particularly. •
Mr. Fitzgerald—l am here for Mr. Parker, and I wish
to know if he said so ?—He did not.

At eleven o'clock Mr. Corballis opened the proceedings
by stating briefly the nature of his Excellency's commis•
sion. He then read the following abstract of the charges
preferred against the parties :
" FIRST CHARGE.—That sub-inspector Parker, and
constable Brophy, being stationed at Shinrone in the
month of October, 1843, conspired with one Martin
White to have fire-arms placed in a wall at the widow
Ryan's haggard, at Cooraclavin, in order that they might
afterwards be found by sub-inspeetor Parker, when acting
ostensibly in the discharge of his duty.
" SECOND CHARGE. That sub-inspector Parker
having, on the 20th of October, in the year 1843, re-
ceived information at Shinrone that fire-arms were ille-
gally concealed in the widow Ryan's haggard wall, he
(sub-inspector Parker) instead of ordering said fire-arms
to be seized and brought to his station at Shinrone,
directed constable Brophy to remove them to another
place, and there Conceal them, in order that said fire-
arms might be found by himself, and that constable
Brophy was privy to that transaction, and either actually
removed the fire- arms from the wall in the widow Ryan's
haggard to a clump of turf at some distance, and con-
cealed them there himself, or was privy to Martin
White's doing so.
" THIRD CHARGE.—That Sub-Inspector Parker hav-
ing, on the 21st of October, 1843, seized a quantity of
fire-arms, found by him in a clamp of turf at Cooraclavin,
and knowing that said lire-arms had been actually found
the day before in the wall of the Widow Ryan's haggard,
by constable Brophy, and placed by constable Brophy,
or, at all events, with his privity, and by his authority,
in the turf, made a report, bearing date the 22d of Oct.,
1843, to the Inspector-General of Constabulary, in
which he wilfully suppressed all mention of those facts,
and suggested that a reward of 51. should be given to
the person who gave him the private information.
" FOURTH CHARGE.—That Sub-Inspector Parker and
constable Brophy, while stationed at Shinrone, endea-
voured to induce one Martin White to bring an armed
party to attack the house of Mr. Benjamin Armitage, or
the Widow King, and that constable Brophy gave the
said Martin White gunpowder to assist in the outrage.
" FIFTH CHARGE.—That constable Brophy conspired
with Martin White to put a fabricated Ribbon document
on the person of one Thomas M'Loughlin, and that said
constable Brophy actually wrote out said document, and
gave it to Martin White to copy."
The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with.
Sub-constable Matthew Copeland sworn and examined
by Mr. Corballis—l am a member of the King's county
constabulary. I was stationed in Cooraclavin, in Oc-
tober, 1843. There were at the station four sub-con-
stables and one constable. Their names were Carroll,
Burke, Tracy, and myself, sub-constables, and the con-
stable (Brophy). Brophy had the command of the
Cooraclavin station. Cooraclavin is in the Shinrone
district, and under the command of Sub-Inspector
Parker. I don't know how many stations Mr. Parker
had under his command, but I believe eight or nine.
There was a diary kept at Cooraclavin, and it was con
stable Brophy's duty to take charge of it. Sub-inspec-
tor Parker visited the station very often. It was his
duty to do so once a month. I don't know if it was Mr.
Parker's duty to inspect the diary, but he often did so.
The book was always open for his inspection. I knew a
man named Martin White. I saw him first at his own
house, which is about a mile from Cooraclavin. I first
became acquainted with him because he was a remark-
able looking character, and I was told also that he gave
information to the police on several occasions. As well
as I can remember it was one of our men who first told
me about his having given information to the police. I
saw Martin White at the barrack several times after, but
never before. I could not tell what brought him to the
barrack. It was always with the constable he commu-
nicated when he came. He met the constable generally
in one of the apartments of the barrack. I don't think
there was any one present but the constable and White
on these occasions. I never saw White in the barracks
but once. Brophy was not present then. White had a
quarter of an acre of ground close to the barrack. I saw
him several times at it. I never remember having teen
the police with him there. I was told that White had
been a schoolmaster at one time. He lived with his
father at the time I knew him. I recollect the night the
arms were found at the widow Ryan's house. I
don't recollect what day of the month that was. The
constable, another man, and I went to the house that
night. I don't recollect whether that other man was
Burke or Carroll. It was after nightfall when we left
the barrack. It was not more than about a quarter of a
mile from the barrack to the Widow Ryan's by a short
cut. I think White was with us—l am almost certain
he was. I don't recollect having seen White previously
on that day. When I left the barrack I did not know
where I was going. I went merely in obedience to the
constable's orders. Before we went to the Widow
Ryan's we stopped convenient to White's house. The
constable and White left us for a short time. He did
not say where he was going to, but he desired us to re-
main until he came back. They went off in the direc-
tion of White's house. They (were about half an hour
away. When the constable and White came back I saw
a blunderbuss with them which they had not when
they left the barrack, or rather, which I did not see
with them then. The blunderbuss, I think, had a
brass barrel. I could not exactly say who had the blun-
derbuss when I first saw it, but I am certain it was the
constable who first pointed my attention to it. He told me
it was the blunderbuss that shot Mr. Roberts. We went off
then to the widow Ryan's across the fields. We bad the
blunderbuss with us. When we got to the Widow
Ryan's, the whole party with White crossed out to the
road. I think constable Brophy had the blunderbuss at
the time. The constable desired us to remain on the
road near the house. We did so. White and the con-
stables then left us. I know the haggard in which the
arms were found. It was in that direction they went.
They were away between half am hour and an hour.
We were all the time on die road. When they came
back they had some pistols—three or four I believe.
They had the blunderbuss also—at least I think it was
the same I had previously seen, but I could not swear
positively to it. They showed us the arms when they
came back, and said they got them in the wall of Widow
Ryan's haggard. They said nothing about the blunder-
buss then. They only
.remained with us two or three
minutes, and went back in the direction of the haggard
wall. They took the arms with them. They were better
than half an hour away. They had not the arms when
they came back. There was no conversation on, or in-
quiries about, what had been done with them. The con-
stable merely ordered us home.
What! no remark whatever about the subject?—None,
sir. You did not even ask on the road home?—Some-
thing might have passed, but I cannot remember it. Was
White with you all the way home?—White, I think,
went home to his own house from the road. Did they
describe to you when they came back from the widow
Ryan's how they got the arms?—Yes, they said they
found them built up in the wall. Do you remember
when the arms were found in the turf clamp?—l do.
Do you know ground belonging to a man named Egan?
—I do, sir; but I don't know if there be a turf clamp
upon it. Had you any suspicion that the arms found in
the turf clamp were those you had already seen?—None
whatever. Do you know if constable Brophy made an
entry in his diary next day about the finding of the arms
at the widow Ryan's?—l don't know, sir. Would not it
have been part of his duty to do so.
Brophy—l will answer that, sir, and say it would be
my duty.

Mr. Fitzgerald—Was he present at the time ?—Not
to my knowledge.
Mr. Corballis—How soon after the night of the occur-
rence at the widow Ryan's did you see Mr. Parker at
the barrack ?—The day or the day but one after. I
know a person named Clancy-; he lives about a quarter
cf a mile from the station ; I believe he is a tailor ; I
never saw him at the barrack ; I recollect that two
pistols were found in his house ; it was before this oc-
currence, but I don't know how long : I don't know of a
blunderbuss having been taken from Clancy.
This ended the examination of Copeland.
Patrick Burke, the policeman who remained in com-
pany with Copeland during the visit of constables Brophy
and White to the widow Ryan's' gave testimony similar
to that of the previous witness ; he further added—When
Constable Brophy and White were in the widow Ryan's
haggard, I heard noise of stones like the throwing down
of a wall. They came back in a very short time after
that. They had three or four pistols and a blunderbuss
when they came back. I think it was the same blunder-
buss I had previously seen. The constable said that
some of the pistols were loaded. They remained with
us a few minutes, and then went back to Mrs. Ryan's
land again. They went in direction of the
turf clamp, where the arms were subsequently found.
They were away this time about twenty minutes. When
they came back the constable remarked that he did not
like to take up the arms, as be did not think he had
authority for doing so. He also said he changed them
out of the place where they first were, being in fear that
the person who gave information would remove them. I
understand that that informer was White.

And did not White go with him ?—He left us with him.
Now, did it not appear odd to you that he should
have taken White with him for such a purpose, when
White himself was the informer ?

Mr. Fitzgibbon—He did not say that White was the
informe4?-oh, yes I did ; but I did not give the subject
any consideration then.
Mr. Corballis—Had Brophy all the pistols in his pos-
session when he left you ?--He had all. What did you
understand by Brophy saying he kad no authority to
take arms?—l don't know. He did not:tell youon what
duty you were going ?—He did not. And would you
not consider that you had sufficient authority to take up
arms under such circumstances ?—I would, most cer-
tainly. What opinion did you form of his refusal to
take them up ?—I considered it strange. Did you con-
sider it your duty to inform your officer of the fact ?
No, I did not. When did you see the arms after that ?

—Next day; constable Ogle had them in his possession,
and Mr. Parker and Brophy were of the party. Was
there anything stated by either of them as to the place
the arms were found 7—Yea ; constable Brophy said he
took them from the turf clamp, to which place he had
removed them the night before ; and the reason I did
not consider it my duty to mention the fact is, that
Brophy told me his officer, Mr. Parker, was in posses-
sion of what he had done ; before we went to Ryan's
house, Brophy and Whelan appeared to have had a
private conference. Do you mean to say that they
went out of the hearing of the rest of the party, or that
their privacy was accidental 7-1 think they went out
of our hearing for the purpose of conversing ; White
had the blunderbuss then. Did you ever know an in-
stance before of arms being so re-deposited in this
manner ?—Never, sir. They were always before, as
far as I know, brought to the station. Did you ever
see White in the barrack before ?—I did, sir. Did you
ever see him write there 7—Never ; but I know that
he called for paper at one time, and I believe it was for
the purpose of writing. Was it well known to all the
men in barrack that the arms had been removed ?

—Perfectly well, sir. How do you account for White
giving up the blunderbuss on this night to the constable
—can you give any reason for it P—l cannot, sir. Was
not the blunderbuss in the constable's possession, before
you came near Mrs. Ryan's house at all?—It was, sir.
By Mr. Fitzgerald—White's character in the neigh-
bourhood was not good ; it was so bad, that he earned
the marked displeasure of the Rev. Mr. Nolan, his clergy-
man. He was not liked in the place. The general re-
putation of the man is such, that he would not be trusted
on his oath in a court of justice.
Mr. Corballis—Now, that is not the way to put the
question. Is his general character so bad, that you
would not believe him on his oath in a court of justice ?
—I would not believe him.

Mr. Corballis—Did you see Brophy and Mr. Parker
in conversation at any time, immediately before this ?
I saw them frequently together. I saw Mr. Parker with
him, at a time that arms were seized in Clancy's house.
Cross-examined by Brophy—Are you sure that the
blunderbuss which White had was a brass-barrelled
one ?—I am. Could you understand by me that I en-
deavoured to hide anything, in reference to the arms, that
night ?—I could not.
Mr. Corballis—Oh, no. So far as I can collect from
the evidence of Copeland and this witness, nothing of
the kind has appeared.
This ended the evidence of sub-constable Burke, and
the investigation was adjourned to half-past ten o'clock
on Friday next.

their contributions—or whether it may be more expe-
dient to consider the present church in the light of pri-
vate property, as it has of late years been considered by
the proceedings alluded to, and to apply to Parliament
for an Act to remove the public. place of worship to
some other site, where we may find, as we do on the
Continent, that the house of God has something more
attractive than stone walls and iron palings. A com-
plaint similar to this is made by other parishioners—
who are obstructed in their right of way to their chapels
and to other places where their business calls them. I
have to apologise for troubling you with this letter ; the
matter being a public not a private concern, it was in-
tended for the public press, but the high respect which
I bear to you personally induces me, is the first in-
stance, to submit it to you, and to avail myself of the
opportunity it offers of assuring you of the consideration
and regard with which I am yours, &c.,
" J. GRATTAN.
"' To the Hon. and Rev. William Wingfield.' "
The Evening Mail of this evening publishes the
following :

" TO THE DISPERSED PROTESTANTS IN THE SOUTH AND

WEST of IRELAND.
" Brethren—ln these evil times, as I have seen some
faint hearts amongst you, and know of more, permit one
of the dispersed of your body respectfully to give you a
few words of counsel, and not to count it to him for pre-
sumption.
" The Snake has thrown a new lure—a Federal Par-
liament—whether the infatuated Mr. Hutchinson it was
who started the hare, or the Snake himself, no matter—
the viper has adopted it as his own. Does it require
anything beyond common sense to discern that, as far as
the Father of Lies is concerned, he only wants that toy
well packed with Popish influence and craft to blow up
a quarrel between it and the Imperial Parliament on
any invented pretence, and then to arrive at his darling
Repu le ?
"Surely, surely, no Protestant awake will heed him.
It may be true that much of our business is mismanaged
by English officials, who know little of our country and
are backward to learn it, but these are only matters of
detail ; the basis of the union is fraught with advantage
even to excess for Ireland, and it is part and parcel of
the plan of the agitators to shower inventions so thick
into the House of Commons that there should be no time
for Ministers to effect business ; but were the country
once at peace within herself, the Scorpion crushed, and
his Riverend coadjutors put on their good behaviour, the
prosperity of. Ireland would know no bounds.
" It is true, we have at present the hideous deformity
in the heart of the country of a band of infuriated de-
mocrats, consuming her bowels, inviting adherence and
co-operation, threatening massacre, and thirsting for
blood; for what else means their phraseology of Ireland
biding her time ?' The bait of plunder flung out to the
peasant must have had its influence ; for, by true Jesuit
finesse, he is perpetually urged to put into the raffle,
that he may be eager for the day of drawing ; yet the
poor people are not ill-disposed, if let alone, and the
proof is, that it is thought indispensable not to relax for
one moment the stimulant of sedition upon them. All
this is true, wofully true ; and as it constitutes a govern-
ment within the Government, having the torch and the
stiletto for its device, it may make some honest hearts to
quail. But, Protestants, remember you are hated be-
cause you hold the Bible. It all resolves itself into this.
The Bible and the right of private judgment in religion
it is which renders Popish priests superfluous lumber—
that it is translated into every known language for cir-
culation, by Saxon aid, maddens them to fury—now that
they blindly suppose they have only a short time to wait
to sacrifice your Church, which has taught you to know
what they are, and what they are not.
" You cannot have forgotten the Pope's circular, dated
from Rome on the 4th of May last, addressed to his
worshippers in Italy, denouncing the New York Bible
Society. He tells them plump that reading the Holy
Scriptures in the vulgar tongue leads to certain perdi-
tion, and forbids what the Saviour enjoined. If this be
not the beast drawn in the Revelations, God has given
us our reason to betra' us. This circular was published
in all the papers. So, Protestants, take your line.
Waver not. Have no fellowship with their principles.
I was once an emancipator myself—a conciliator—and
now am well reviled as a dupe and worse. Observe the
return which the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert
Peel daily get for having brought forward the Emanci-
pation Act, and mind, this is not the exception, but the
rule. What folly then it is to hope that the sense of
shame will associate some of the more respectable per-
sons of the Romanist persuasion to denounce the agita-
tors I They don't come forward, at least I know of but
one or two that have, and they are well scoffed and spr-
at by the demon for their honesty. Be not seduced by
any of his baits. Hold aloof to the last. It is the trial
of your faith. Let every Protestant say to himself, If
I was the only one left I never would unite with them.'
Nail the Bible and the Union Jack together to your
heart. Have something in your hand also to make him
repent who would approach with the rags of an Italian
priest to defile either. The English Protestant people
will yet consent to distinguish between the true and the
false in Ireland. Our brethren of the north are alive to
our sufferings ; nay, the English Dissenters, much as
they may dislike the monarchical principle and the
Church, will yet, from a sense of shame, postpone their
aversion to these elements in order to teach the turbulent
Popish agents here that if they expect protection and
security, they must at least let others enjoy it. Watch.
Be firm. Be indifferent alike to their cajolery or their
threats. Call to mind the words of the Psalmist—which
cannot be found, by the bye, in the Popish Missal—' I
was young, and now am old, and yet saw I never the
righteous forsaken,' &c.—l am, brethren, your sincere
well-wisher, " WESTMEATH.
" Clonyn, Sept. 21, 1844."

LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION.
On Monday the Commissioners held their inquiry
at Middleton, and examined several witnesses, includ-
ing Mr. Warren Hastings Jackson, Mr. Barry, a
farmer, William Glesson and Richard Neill, tenants
of Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Robert Barry, an extensive
farmer. On Tuesday they proceeded to Macroom,
where they examined Charles Colthurst, Esq., of
Coachford, respecting some extensive improvements
in waste lands made by that gentleman ; James Car-
negie, Esq., of Cork, an extensive land agent ; Wm.
Crooke, Esq., a landed proprietor ; Rev. Richard
Lane, P.P. Ballyvourney, near Macroom ; John B.
Warren, Esq., Mr. Edward Ashe, of Macroom ; Mr.
Cornelius O'Connell, farmer, Mr. Timothy Murphy,
farmer, and some others. On Wednesday they held
their inquiry at Kanturk, where they examined
Daniel Leahy, Esq., of Rossacon; the Rev. Jeremiah
Beachenor, of Newmarket, P.?.; Sir W. Wrixon
Becher, Bart.; Jonathan Bruce, Esq., of Prohurst ;
Owen M'Sweeny, farmer; Bartholomew Verling,
farmer ; Rev. R. O'Reardon, P.P.; William Allen,
Esq., and Cornelius Ryan, farmer, nominated by the
board of guardians. After the inquiry, they were
sumptuously entertained at dinner by Edward Tier-
ney, Esq., the public-spirited proprietor of the Kan-
turk estate, who had a large party of the principal
gentry of that part of the county of Cork to meet the
Commissioners. On Friday they proceeded to King
William's-town, the estate of the Crown, on the
borders of Kerry County, where they minutely in-
spected the model farm and improvements, which
have been for some years in progress, under the
direction of Mr. Griffith. On Saturday they sat at
Mallow.