The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-19 00:00:00

THE ULSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC MEMORIAL,

A deputation appointed to present the memorial of
the Roman Catholics of Ulster, praying f,)r the super-
session of the Castlewellan magistrates, waited on
the Lord-Lieutenant at one o'clock yesterday. It
was accompanied by thz: Right lion. the Lord Mayor
of Dublin, who introduced the deputation. The Lord
Mayor, after a few bri(f observations, introduced the
deputation individually, consisting cf Mr. Arthur
Close, barrister, Dr. Eleburne, Messrs. Maguire,
Lennon, and O'Hara, Mr. James .M.Gournn, barris-
ter, who, as secretary, read the memorial, containing
signatures amounting to upwards of 62,0001., in-
cluding 165 Roman Catholic clergymen. His Ex-
cellency then read the following reply :
" Gentlemen,—l have attentively considered the me-
morial which you have now presented, and a copy of
which had keen already forwarded to me.
" Although I am fully sensible how important it is
that in the administration ( f justice,. distinctions of
creed and party should be unknown, yet I do not feel
that I can properly recommend to the Lord Chancellor
the prayer of your memorial, riz. To super ode in the
Commission of the Peace certain magistrates who, at
tty Sessions held in Gistlewellan on the 9th of Oc-
tober last, reins( d to take informations against parties
proved to have formed a portion of an avowedly illegal
assembly.'

" It (foes not appear thet any of the magistrates whose
emoval is desired took part or were personally impli-
cated in the transactions which formed the subject cf the
iiivestigstion of the petty sessions referred tr. When
assembled, however,
against pteht.,.,:yonsdiv,dhodewceidt
anute,tgetdo
to
oreeheaivvee
ifonrf°all end p llinsion of an assembly which, in the opinion
f the Commissioner, Mr. Berwick, and the Attorney-
General, was illegal ; but I cuijoict consider that the
r. fusal of the magistrates to act on that view of the
lts.w (however correct) affords just grounds for super-
steling them in the commission of the react,. It
has been the faattice of the Government in this country
to atroid legal advice to Cue
it
local magistracy in the dis-
charge cf their duties; but is not to be supposed, nor
can it be justly contended, that the opinion thus given is
binding on the magistrate who receives. it, although oh-
tairel at his instance. He is still free to act on his own
judgment and responsibility. The law and the consti-
tution have confided to him this power, and he should

not be removed from the Commission merely upon the
ground that he declines to abide by the opinion of a
legal cflicer of the Crown.

It is unnecessary for me to state how deeply I have
deplored the larnentehie occurrences of the last 12th,
July, which were attended with such fatal consequences,
and I can assure you tlit.t her Ml,j,sty's Government
fully recognises a e necessity of putting an end to those
risal party displays, which tend to keep continually
alive feelings of animosity and will between htr Ma-
jesty's subjects of difh•rent religious persuasions."
NATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.—It is stated
that Mr. James L. O'Perrall, brother of the Governor
of Malta, has been appointed the second salaried
Commissioner of the National Board of Education.
The salary for each of the resident Commissioners is
1,0001. per annum.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTEU.—FRIDAY.
LIVERPJOL STEEPLECHASE,-140 to 18 agst Knight
of Gwy nue (t), 15 to 1 agst Rattrap (t), 16 to 1 agst
Peter Simple (t), 500 to 25 agst Fanny Grey (t), 150
to 6 eget Rory be Aisy (0.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.—Nothing done worth
quoting.
CHESTER CIJP.-25 to 1 list Ginn (taken to all
the money that could be got '
on), 25 to 1 a...at Peep-
o'-day Boy (offd), 25 to 1 agst Whim colt (Ad) 25 to
1 agst Miss Ann (30 to 1 taken ,freely), 33 to 1 agst
Lady Evelyn 40 to 1 agst Fugle•man (0. Nothing in
any force except Glauca and Miss Ann.
DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 10 to 1 agst Ghillie
Callum, 13 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel (t), 16 to 1 apt
Voltigeur (t), 16 to 1 agst The Italian, 27 to 1 agst
Mayors (tike 30 to 1), 1,000 to 15 agst Sir Charles.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
York and Ainsty hils., Mon., Ske!tin-10.
Red House ; Thurs , Copgrove; Sat., Skipwith•bridge
—lok.
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Sir Tattou Sykes' hds., Wed., halfway between Stam-
ford-bridge and Gate, Helmsley; Pluckham-10i.
Helderness hds., Tuep., Londesbro'-asenue; Thurs.,
Burton Constable; Fri., lieEsle Toll-bar; Sat., Brandez-
burton—lq.
Sinuington hdr., Tues., Hovingham ; Fri., Tylase,
bri_dge-10.

llurworth hds., Tues., Enter-common; Sat., Kennels
—lO/.
Captiin H. Lewia's his, TaeF., Dishforth; Thum,
Cowsby Mill; Sat., Harisey
Mr. Hildyard's harrF., Mon., Stainton-vale; Fri.,
Sunny-cross —lO/.
llambleton hds , Tues., Lineekiln louse; Fri., Hood-
hill-10.

Stocktm and Billingham harm, Tues., Elton; Sat.,
Se ,ton Carew—lo -.
Durham county hds., Mon., Grindon Chapel; Wee.,
Hare and Hounds; Fri., Woodharu-10/.
Morptth harrs., Tues., Clifton ; Fri., Widdington
—lO.

Dumfriesshire hds., Tues., Rockball; Fri., Hodhart-
bridge-1 Oi.
Suffolk hds., Mon., Chedburgh Hall; Fri., Rushbrooke
West Norfolk harrs., Mon., Great Massingham (a
deer); Fri., Guist (a deer)-11.
Be tale hdr., Mon., Watlass; Wed., Pickhill ; Fri,
Kiplin-101.
Eamont 'harm, Mon., Lazonby; Wed., Calthwaite;
S).t., Bull's Head, Plumpton-104.
Sir Henry Seale's Ws., Tues., Member Post; ThrE.,
Ogwell.
Mr. Morgan's lids., Mon., Dunterton; Thurs., Deer
Park-10i
Whitehaven harrs., Tues., Water-end, Loweswater.
Mr. Marshall's hdr., Mor., Tetcott Village; Thum,
Loffincolt Shop-10i.
Tiverton lads., Mon., Sa-nifird Peverell Village;
Wed., Warnicombe, near Tiverton; Sat., Oakterd-
bridge-101.
Che3hire hds.. Mon., Tivenlow Hall; Wed., Marbury;
Thurs., Appleton; Sat., Booth's o:.elibk-10i.
Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., the first open day at the
kennel-11.
North Staffordshire hdr., Mon., Stoke Heath; Wed.,
Hilo( tt Hall; Fri., Walzberton Lodge, Doddington-10i.
Pytchley hds., the first of oq. day at the kennel-104.
Atherstone hds., Mon., Red Lior, Appleby; Wed.,
Hampton Coppice; Fri., Coombe; Sat , Harris Bridge
Heythrop
,hdr., Mon., Great Ten* ; Wed., Long-
borough Gate; Fri., Bruern; Sat., Ditchley.
Mr. Powell's hds., Tues., Plough and Harrow; Fri.,
Llanboidy-10
Shoa Quilt hds., Tees., Rhydienon; Fri., Celzsffren
—ll.

Tayside hdc., Tues., Lleekryd Bridge; Fri., Dolbsid
House-10.

Llanelly hde., &for., Pembroy House; Fri., Kidwelly
—lO.
F. 13. hde., the first hunting day at the kennel.
Baron Rothscbild's steg hde., Mor., Oving ; Thur.,
Hulcott-11.

Mr. Trelawny's hds,, the first open day, at the kenne;
•10i.

RHYMES FOR YOUNG READERS.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
TRY AGAIN.
King Bruce cf Scotland flung himself down
In a lonely mood to think;
t ue he was monarch, and wore a crown,
But his heart was beginning to sink.
For he had been trying to do a great deed,
To make his people glad,
lie had tried and tried, but couldn't succeed,
And so ho became quite sad.
He flung himself down in low despair,
As grieved as man could be;
And aster a while as he pondered there,
"I'll give it all up," said he.
Now just at the moment a spider dropp'd,
With its silken cobweb clue,
And the king in the midst of his thinking etopp'd
To see what the spider would do.
'TA a 3 a long way up to the ceiling dome,
And it hung by a rope so fine,
That how it would get to its cobweb home,
King Bruce could not divine.
It soon Logan to cling and crawl
Straight up with strong endeavour,
But down it came with a slippery sprawl,
As near to the ground as ever.
Up, up it ran, not a second it stayed,
To utter the least complaint,
Till it fell still lower, and there it laid,
A little dizzy and faint.
Its head grew steady—again it went,
And travelled a half-yard higher,
'Twas a delicate thread it had to tread,
And a road where its feet would tire.
Again it fell and swung below,
But again it quick mounted,
Till up and down, now fast, now slow,
Nine brave attini is were counted.
" Sure," cried the King, " that foolish thing
Wilt strive no more to climb,
When it toils so hard to reach and cling,
And tumbles every time."
But up the insect went once more,
Ah me, 'tis anxious minute,
He's only a foot from his cobweb door,
Oh, say will he lose or win it!
Steadily, steadily, inch by inch,
Higher and higher he
got,
And a bold little run at the very last pinch
Put him into his native spot.
" Br avo, bravo " tl e King cried out,
" All honour to these who try,
TI o spider up there defied despair,
He conquered, and why shouldn't I ?"
And Bruce of Scotland braced his mind,
And gossips tell the tale,
That he tried onca more as he tried beim,
And that time did not fail.
Pay goodly heed, all ye who read,
And bew are of saying, " I can't,"
Tis a cow artily word, and apt to lead
To Idleness, Folly, and Want.
Whenever yon find your heart despair
Of doing some
goodly thing,
Con over this strain, try bravely again,
And remember tha .••: , fider and King .
ELIZA. COOK.

IRISH RAILWAYS AND THE POST-OFFICF,;--111 the
spring
r the year 1848 it will be remembered that a re-
ference took place between the Great Southern-Western
Pailsvay Company (Ireland) and the Post-office, as to
the rates which the railway company were to receive for
the conveyance of the mails. The arbitrators were, on
Post
the part of the railway company. Mr. Wyndham Hard-
ing;.h. ;
the
Olathe gait ofn
the P
being
Mr.stoffice, Captain Williams,
Manley, Q C.; and a
R
strange difference then appeared between the sum
offered by tie Post-office and that awarded lay the um-
pire: the average rate per mile offered by Capt. Williams
on the part of the Post-office being only Is. per mile, while
the rate awarded by Mr. Harding to the railway
eemparty was 33, 6d, per mile; and the rates finally
awarded by the umpire were 3a. 2d. Ter mile, thereby
virtually ratifying Mr. Harding's award. It aas sup-
posed that both parties would be bound by this award
for three years; but the Post-office having on a tech-
nical point succeeded in re-opening the question, on the
extension of the railway to Cork, the matter has been
again re farred to arbitration, Mr. Wyndham Harding
again acting for the company, Captain Williams for the
Post-affice, but Mr. hewn, Q.C., being in this case um-
pire. The result has again been that a very much
!atm!r sum has been tv,varded to the railway company
than the Post-..ffice offered. The offer c f the Post-office
for the 2co miles (Dublin to Carlow and Cork) over
which the mails are conveyed four times daily on the
railway was, it appear?, at the rate c f 20,0741. per anum;
Mr. I lardine,li's award was 51,1001. per annum; the um-
pire (:Ir. ileun's) final award 40,1481.
PERVERT TO ROME.—Letters from Rome of the
sth inst., announce, that on the previous ea.. , Cardinal
Patrizi, Vicar-General Of the Pope, repaired to ti e
church of the Noviciate of the Holy Hrar', at the f aft
of Mount Janiculum, to receive the abjuration of Mrs
Helen Cavendish, a relative ef the Duke of Devonshire,
who embraced tl e Catholic faith. After the ceremony
the Cardinal administered to her the sacrament of coL-
(i
gov ierron the fili
fire,ti and then gently
nflation. Princess Borghese acted as gothnothee to
the new convert.
SLIPPING IN FROSTY WEATHER.—It is important
gP, rough emery
to
powder,l i-,n() & thate ~ on
nb
tat.
heating
shovelstanding upon the same, so as to imbed the grains into
gum, percha sole', a roughness f tu: face will be ac-
quired which will afford the utmost proleaion even on
the most slippery roads.
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