The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 18a.

that our grief for the loss of so renowned a hero would
be either deep or lasting. We should instantly think
of Poland, and that thought would enable us to re-
ceive the tidings of his death with true philosophical
resignation.

DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL
AT LIVERPOOL.
(Abridged from the Liverpool Mercury, of Friday.)
Long before the hour at which the proceedings were
announced to commence, immense crowds had assem-
bled outside the theatre, anxious to obtain admission.
On no previous occasion did we ever witness such an
eager desire manifested by all parties to gain access to
the theatre, which had been the scene of many similar
grand demonstrations in favour of popular rights and
liberties. The Chairman of the evening, Wm. Rath-
bone, Esq., accompanied by Mr. O'Connell, entered the
house about seven o'clock. The scene of enthusiasm
which followed baffles all description—stage, boxes, pit,
and gallery rose en masse to welcome Mr. O'Connell.
Thunders of applause, iterated and reiterated, ascended
from the crowded assemblage. The ladies waved their
scarfs and handkerchiefs, and the men their hats; shout
after shout rent the air, and each person seemed to vie
with another in the intensity of their feelings upon the
occasion. For upwards of five minutes a scene of the
utmost animation continued, whilst the gentleman so
honoured bowed to his friends, who thus welcomed his
appearance. As, overcome by the kind reception, he
sank into his chair the House echoed again with the
loudest plaudits, which ceased only when hands and
voices seemed to be completely exhausted. Amongst
the gentlemen on the platform, we noticed the following;
—R. V. Yates, Esq., Thomas Blackburn, Esq., Thomas
Bolton, Esq., Christopher Rawdon, Esq., Richard Shiel,
Esq., C. J. Corbally, Esq., J. T. Crooke, Esq., Charles
Robertson, Esq., Charles Holland, Esq., Eyre Evans,
Esq., Rev. Joseph Maher, James Mulleneux, Esq , James
Brancker, Esq., Richard Bright, Esq., Dr. P. Murphy, T.
B. Segar, Esq., Recorder of Wigan, the Rev. Dr. Appleton,
T. B. M'Manus, Esq., J. H. Greene, Esq., R. W. Ronald,
Esq., S. Bulley, Esq., J. Finch, jun., Esq., Rev. J. Baker,
Thomas Bury, Esq., Jones Waugh M'Bride, Esq., Francis
Boult, jun., Esq., Richard Reynolds Ratbbone, Esq., Rev.
J. H. Thom, Hugh Bullen, Esq., John Yates, jun., Esq., E.
Brotherton, Esq., Richard Itathbone, I:sq., William
Wood, Esq., Thomas Blackburn, jun., Esq., Le Poer
French, Esq., W. B. Hodgson, Esq., Edward Chaloner,
Esq., Christopher Dugdale, Esq., John Smith, Esq., of
the Liverpool Mercury ; Corrie, Esq., barrister ; C.
E. Rawlins, jun., Esq., the Rev. W. Parker, the Rev. R.
Graysten, the Rev. T. Frith, R. E. Harvey, Esq. ;
Messrs. M. M'Divett, Cavannah, A. M‘Divett, R.
Day, Lennan, J. Langan, W. Brown, A. For-
rest, and J. Edwards ; George Holt, Esq.,
Rev. J. Robbards, J. Bradley, Esq. ; also, Ralph
Clay, Esq leader of the Orange party in Liverpool, a
constant disturber of Liberal public meetings, and one
of the parties who signed the requisition to the Mayor.
Mr. RATEII3ONE was called to the chair, and, after the
applause with which he was received, had subsided, he
said—This meeting is neither a repeal meeting nor an
anti-repeal meeting.—(Hear, and laughter.) No man
who comes here is compromised either for or against it;
it is a meeting in vindication of the wrongs of Ireland—
(Tremendous cheers)—in opposition to the violation of
the Constitution in the State trials of Ireland—both of
England and Ireland. Gentlemen, our tried friend, Mr.
Blackburn, will move the first resolution, and you will
have the kindness to give him your patient attention.
THOMAS BLACKBURN, Esq., on rising to move the
first resolution, said, the honour devolves upon me to
submit to your consideration the first resolution, which
is so comprehensive, and drawn up with so much care,
that it will preclude the necessity of any lengthened ob-
servations from me. With your permission I will read
it.—[Here Mr. Blackburn read the resolution.] I shall
not have occasion to dwell at any length on the facts
which it brings before you. That a large propor-
tion of the inhabitants of that beautiful, but ill-fated
island, to which our proceedings especially refer, are in
a state of physical wretchedness and poverty, and that
wide-spread and alarming discontent and disaffection
prevail there, are matters, unhappily, too notorious to
need proof. That this condition of the people is not the
result of any inevitable and uncontrollable necessity is
equally evident.—(Hear.) Ireland possesses immense
natural advantages—a fertile soil, vast mineral wealth, a
most advantageous position, noble bays and rivers, a
quick, ingenious, versatile, and highly talented people ;
in short, nature has bestowed upon her, with a lavish
hand, all that is requisite to secure a large mea-
sure of material prosperity to her children ; and yet her
condition is acknowledged, on all hands, and by men of
all parties, to be a standing reproach to the empire of
which she forms a part, and the most extraordinary
anomaly of the civilised world.—(Cheers.) Now the
inquiry naturally presents itself to the mind of every
thoughtful man—how is the state of Ireland to be ac-
counted for? What is it that thus defeats the very bene-
ficence of Providence, and seems to turn every blessing into
a curse ? To that inquiry the resolution before the
meeting returns a brief, but yet a comprehensive, and I
believe a correct answer. It traces it up, primarily, to
the fact, that Ireland, having been treated in all ages as
a conquered province, and its aboriginal inhabitants as
a subjugated race ; and secondarily, but principally, to
another equally certain fact,—that, for more than two
centuries, the grand object aimed at by Government—
that which has given its spirit and character to the whole
course of policy pursued—has been to sustain and extend,
in the exclusive possession of all influence, wealth, and
power, the church of the miserable monopolising minority
—(Hear, hear, and great cheering)—and to crush, and,
if possible, annihilate another church, to which the im-
mense majority of the original inhabitants were attached.
—(Renewed cheers.) These are, I venture confidently
to maintain, the principal causes to which the peculiar
and startling condition of the sister kingdom must be
ascribed. The Melbourne Ministry and their suc-
cessive Lord-Lieutenants, Normanby and Ebrington,
were, I verily believe, honestly desirous to carry out
the true intent of the Emancipation Act, and to conduct
the Government of Ireland in the only way in which it
ever can be successfully conducted,—by the agency and
instrumentality of those in whom the people have con-
fidence. Now, was it not that part of their policy that
mainly contributed to their fall? Was it not because
Roman Catholics were admitted into the Ministry and
into the Cabinet, and employed (certainly not to any
great extent) in Ireland, that the " Church in danger"
and " No Popery" cry was echoed through the land ?
(Hear, hear.) To that stale and hackneyed cry it was
that the present Ministry mainly owe their elevation to
power. The present Ministry and their supporters dis
placed them on that, as one of the principal grounds.
On this principle they accepted office; and, with the
exception of a few smooth, honeyed phrases from the
specious Premier—(Hear, hear)—their whole conduct
has been in perfect keeping with it. Look first at the
men themselves. The Premier granted the Emancipa-
tion Act avowedly because he durst not any longer with-
hold it; and has again and again declared his determina-
tion to maintain the monster grievance of Ireland in all
its integrity. He selected for his Lord Chancellor the
man who had declared that the Irish were aliens, in lan-
guage, religion, and blood.—(Hisses and groans.) His
Colonial Secretary is the Noble Lord who, for the vilest
purposes of faction, brought in a Registration Bill, the
effect of which would have been to transfer the repre-
sentation of Ireland almost entirely to the Orange party.
His Home Secretary has unblushingly asserted, that
concession to Ireland has been carried to the utmost pos-
sible extent, and warned the unthankful Irish to expect
nothing more. Are these the men to inspire confidence
in the Emerald Isle ?—(No.) And then, again, look at
their appointments to the most important offices. Tell me
not, under circumstances like these, that the Irish ought
to be contented and quiet—that agitation is unreasonable
and uncalled for. I will not pledge myself to an entire
approval of every plan of agitation and resistance that
has been adopted in Ireland—but this I will say, that if
the great bulk of the people of that country were content
to be practically excluded from the benefits of the Con-
stitution—to be shut out from all offices, and all power,
and all emoluments—to see the men whose chief merit
has been an unbending opposition to the rights and
liberties of their fellow countrymen, exalted to the
highest offices in the State—if, I say, they could see all
this, and not adopt every legal and constitutional means
to protest against their grievances and their wrongs,
then they would prove themselves unworthy of the rights
of which they are deprived. Let us merge any dis-
tinction of religion, of nation, and of race.—(Cheers.)
Our object is one. Our interest is the same. We ask
no superiority to any class of our fellow-countrymen.
We wish nothing for ourselves from which we would ex-
clude others. Our motto is, " Equal laws and equal rights
to all."—(Cheers.)
JAMES MueeENEux, Esq., seconded the resolution.
THOMAS BOLTON, Esq., moved the second resolution,
which was seconded by CHARLES HOLLAND, Esq., and
passed unanimously.
WILLIAM WOOD, Esq., moved the third resolution,
which was seconded by CHARLES ROBERTSON, Esq., and
carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then advanced to the front of the
stage with Mr. O'Connell, and read an address to that
gentleman, which, without pledging the meeting to the
language or measures of Mr. O'Connell, admitted the
injustice which had been committed against the sister
country, and at the same time complimented Mr. O'Con-
nell for the peaceable measures which he had adopted
for redressing the wrongs of his country.
Mr. O'CoNNEeE, after silence had been obtained, said,
—How shall I respond to this flattering address ? By
laying my heart before you, and showing you the inmost
recesses of my soul ?—(Applause.) A few weeks have
elapsed since I was in this city before. I was on my
way from Dublin to Parliament. I came here dis-
comfited to be sure, because there was a verdict against
me, but I came undismayed. My pulse did not beat
with a quicker throb. I was nerved with the Same firm.
ness that I always found supporting me in the many
struggles for liberty in which I have been engaged.
There was no faltering about me, and yet I stood
comparatively alone. I was discomfited, but un-
dismayed. An additional nickname had been
bestowed on me, in addition to the number of appel-
lations—of names bestowed on me by persons who were
not by at my christening at all.—( Laugh ter and applause.)
I was called a convicted conspirator. But who called
me so ? Why it was he who is so remarkable for not
being able to pronounce a speech in the House without
being insulting to somebody—Sir James Graham.—
(Disapprobation.) The very man who, within the last
eight-and-forty hours, within my hearing, called the
purest spirits that belong to English legislation Jack
Cedes. Sir James Graham—he gave me that name. I
fling back Jack Cade in his teeth.—(Applause.) I came
here with that nickname, and with, .1 confess, no great
prospect for support or success on this side of the water.
I came over alone, and did not expect much support. I
did wrong in thinking so, and I am here to snake my
open confession, to state that I did not expect from Eng-
land what I have most abundantly received. Never man
felt so delighted to find himself in the wrong, and never
was a man more in the wrong than I was, and here I
am before you, admitting that I was in the wrong, and
unable to describe the joy of my heart that I was so.
My first t.ppearance was in Liverpool, and there were
many Irish voices, and I thought I heard some Saxon
ones too, shouting for me in the square, but I was not
far enough from Ireland to distinguish them, but when
I got to the Covent-garden anti-corn-law meeting there
met me such a vivid, suck a heart-rending cry of re-

Madrid Journals of the 21st have been received, in
which it is stated that the QUEEN DOWAGER would
make her entry on Sunday the 24th, and that great
preparations had been made fur her reception. A tele-
graphic dispatch given in another part of the paper,
announces her arrival on that day, and also the death of
ARGUELLES. Some sharp fighting had taken place in
front of Carthagena, in which several lives had been lost
on both sides.

On the 21st, the Spanish Funds rose considerably at
the Madrid Bourse, and a great deal of business was done.
The Three per Cents. opened at 351, and after rising
to 374, closed at 37i for time. The Five per Cents.
closed at 23k, at 60 days ; Coupons, 304 ; and Pas-
sive, 81..

In some of the Paris papers it is stated reports were
current on Tuesday of the following changes in the
French Ministry :—M. MARTIN DU NORD, Keeper of
the Seals, was to be raised to the peerage, and made a
Judge in the Court of Cassation; the seals to be given
to M. DM lON, Minister of Public Works. Count DARU,
President of the Committee of Railroads, was to succeed

M. DIMON ; and M. ST. MARC GIRARDIN to take the
place of M. VILLEMAIY, the Minister of Public Wor-
ship. No other appointment is mentioned for M. VIL-
LEMAIN. Score of these changes are not improbable.
M. GUIZOT now considers himself quite safe in the
Ministry for twelve months, and he may, therefore, be
desirous of rewarding some of his firmest supporters
by conferring honours and lucrative appointments.
The rage for railway speculation is at present very
strong in France, and as a proof of this we may
mention that the subscriptions, opened at M. GA.N-
NEHON'S bank, in Paris, on Wednesday, for
the Paris and Strasburg Railway, were filled
up in less than half an hour. According to accounts in
sonic of the papers, rather serious disturbance had taken
place in the kingdom of Naples. According to a letter
from that capital of the 18th inst., a movement has also
taken place at Cocenza, in Calabria. The people attacked
the residence of the Prefect and the soldiers' barracks.
In making the attack, their cry was "Down with the
Government!" " Long live Liberty and the Constitu-
tion!" Three men were killed on the side of the people,
and a great number wounded. Of the troops upwards
of thirty were killed, among whom was Captain GA-
Lulu,' and an under officer, besides a great many
wounded. The Government has taken active measures
to put down these disturbances, and great bodies
of troops are now marching into Calabria.
Several battalions have also been dispatched to
Sicily, where disturbances are apprehended. Con-
siderable alarm prevailed at Naples, as the move-
ment had extended over the whole of Italy. Numerous
additional arrests had taken place in the Romagna, and
among others the Canon BRASA. Letters from Leghorn
state that the sentence pronounced by the Military Com •
mission on the insurgents, lately tried, had been con-
firmed by the POZE. Many of them bad been con-
demned to the galleys for life. These disturbances, of
course, are exciting the anxious attention of Austria,
and as the miserable system of government under the
POPE renders it impossible to suppress domestic insur-
rections without foreign aid, a good plea will be made
out for marching troops to Rome, and possibly also to
Naples.

The following telegraphic dispatch was received by
the French Government on Wednesday :
" MADRID, MARcit 24.
" Queen Christina made her entry yesterday into Madrid
at five o'clock in the afternoon, amidst the acclamations of
the population.
"Don Augustin Arguelles died on the 23d."

On Wednesday the French Funds had from
the depression of the previous day. The Three per
Cents. closed at 82f. 95c., and the Fives at 122 f. 90c.
THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents .•
Four per Cents ••• • • • 105 30 . • 105 30 . • 105 30 • • 105 30
Three per Cents.... • 82 75 .. 82 95 82 75 • • 82 93
Bank of France. •.••• • • • .••3080 • • 3090 ..3080 —3090
Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o • • 1120 ..1120 • • 1120
5,000 f. Sharessl2o .. 5120 .. 5120 5120
Belgian Bank...•
1841•• • • • • • .1085 ••1085 —lOB5 ..1085
Belgian Fives losi • • 1031 • • 1051 • • 1051
1840.• • • • • • • . 108 .. 108 . • 108 108
1842
Spanish Active
Threes •• • .
Old Deferred• • • . 7* 7t • • 71 • • 71
Dutch Two-and-a-Half .• •• • 58/ • • 581 • • 581 • • 581
Neapolitan • 101 50 101 80 .. 101 50 .. 101 75
Roman• • • 1061 • • 106 k • • 106; • • 1061
RAILWAY SHARES.
St Germain
Versailles, R.B.
L.B.••••. 220 .. 235 • • 215 . • 235
Rouen
Rouen to Havre• • • • • .
Orleans . e 895 .. 902 50 . • 895 .. 902 50
Strasburg to:Bale.. •.•• • • • • 290 .. 290 • • 280 . • 290
Avignon to Marseilles • • • 765 • . 765 .. 760 • 760

RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, R. 8.....
L.8.............225 .. 235 .. 220
Rouen .. .. .. •... • .

•• 390
•• 235
•• 920

Rouen to Havre
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• •• 285 .. 290 —. 285 .. 288 75
Avignon to Marseilles...... 765 .. 765 .. 760 .. 765

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and tho Queen of the Belgians, accom-
panied by the Princess Royal, took an airing in the
Parks yesterday afternoon, in an open barouche and four.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians yesterday at
Buckingham Palace.
The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in the
Royal gardens.
Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, returned to town yester-
day from Ostend.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer,
Mr. George Edward Anson, and Captain Francis Sey-
mour, joined the Royal circle at Buckingham-palace, at
dinner, yesterday evening.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a
carriage yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough-house.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge took an
airing in a carriage on Thursday, from his residence at
Kew.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert
Peel. the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Earl of Ripon, Sir Edward Knatchbull,
and Sir 11. Hardinge. The Council sat two hours.
The Health of Towns Commission sat on Thursday,
at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Commissioners pre-
sent were the Duke of Buccleuch, Mr. Robert Aglionby
Slaney, Sir Henry Thomas de la Beebe, Dr. David Bos •
well Reid, Mr. Richard Owen, Hunterian Professor of
the College of Surgeons ; Mr. James Ranald Martin,
and Mr. James Smith, of Deanston.
Le Commandeur Marquis Lisboa, Brazilian Minister,
transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Gibraltar.
The Baron Terre di Moncorvo sat to Sir George
Hayter to be painted into the picture of the Christening
of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in St. George's
Chapel.

CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION.—The polling commenced
on Thursday at the usual hour. By ten o'clock Captain
Harris was 71 above his opponent, Mr. Sice, and kept the
lead to the close of the poll.. The official declaration was
to be made at five o'clock, when the Captain would be an-
nounced the successful candidate.
ILuinuaGir, MARCH 23.—T0-day there has been
a riot at Altona, which was speedily quelled by the inter•
ference of the military. The tumult was caused by a number
of workmen on the railway, who wanted to obtain by force
an increase of their wages.
ACCIDENT TO VISCOUNT CANTALUPE.—HiS Lord-
ship, who has been staying on a visit to Lord Wilton, at
Melton Mowbray, and was following his noble host over a
fence, with the Quorn hounds, when he fell from his horse,
and so injured his eye that when he arrived at the family
mansion, in Grosvenor-street, fears were entertainen that the
sight was irretrievably gone ; but yesterday's account was
much moil satisfactory. His Lordship is attended by Mr.
Guthrie and Mr. Harrison, and was so much better as to be
able to receive visits from Lord Liverpool, Lord Bessborough,
Colonel and Lady Catherine Buckley, Mrs. L. Fox, and others
of the family.
Sir Robert Gill met with a severe accident while
hunting with Mr. Candler's hounds, at the Trench Woods,
near Crowle, last week. Sir Robert, during a check, was in
the act of lighting a cigar, when his horse shied, and, rear-
ing himself perpendicularly, fell backwards, with his rider
underneath. Sir Robert was very severely bruised, but is
going on well.

THE LATE COUNTESS OF UXBRIDGE.--Instead Of
the funeral taking place, as was at first contemplated, on Thurs-
terdav, the mortal remains of the Countess are to be removed
from York-street at an early hour this morning, and from
thence are to be conveyed by railroad to Tamworth, on
the Derby and Birmingham line. The mournful cortege pro-
ceeds from Tamworth direct to Lichfield, about six miles.
The Earl of Uxbridge, Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Sand-
wich, Viscount Sydney, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord George
Paget, Colonel Bagot, &c., left town yesterday, for Stafford-
shire, to
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shire, to attend the funeral. The interment takes place at
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Lichfield
een drawn to an
advertisement appearing in another column, emanating from
Messrs. Allsopp and Sons,the eminent brewers of Burton-upon-
Trent, on the subject of pale ale exported to the East Indies.
The rivalry existing for some time past between the princi-
pal houses in this branch of the export trade has had the
effect of making public certain returns which, while they
show the increasing demand for this article, also indicate the
relative positions of the brewing firms in the Indian markets.
In the advertisement a detailed review of the price currents
lately received is given at length, and, without entering into
the controvesy apparently existing between two rival firms,
we may state that the returns there made establish Mr. All-
sopp's 'claim to the highest position in the Indian markets.
THE WEATHER.—Delightful weather prevailed
throughout on Thursday, there being uninterrupted sunshine,
with a moderate breeze from about N.N.E. At noon the
therrnemeter, in the shade, at the entrance of the superin-
tendent's office, in the London Docks, stood at 58 degree,.

a speech, the delivt;:v of which occupied an hour and
of
minutest amidst a thunderous and prolonged hero
applause.) the
Thanks mere than vot to the Chairman sod
meeting separated.
on
MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NF'sV
CITY, FRIDAY Evolo4
There was a little more business done this atop;
in the English Securities, which realised, howeler'fo
cisely the same quotations. Consols were 98(lindlo
South Sea New Annuities were done at 97i; an
Stock realised 292.
ga
The Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds went h• 8 16}
being 37 to Mexican Deferred was supportea
to it Brazil Bonds touched 821; and Colombian, ltve
The additional transactions in Railway Shares p
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 1:4...f
014,
11; Brighton, 51; and South-Eastern, 121 scow
Dublin and Cashel were 3-k; Eastern Counties, s};
burgh and Glasgow, 14 to 144; Hull and Selby, argtilt
Birmingham, 135 ; South-Western, 41 to *; MancPe.7l;
and Leeds Half, 181; Ditto and Birmingham, 810 _nd
Newcastle and Darlington, 191 to 24; Northern teso
Eastern, 13 ; Paris and Orleans, 151 ; South-Et°, .
"01
Scrip, 121 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 64 . Yon,
North Midland, 711; and ditto New, 36 to 35i Pre,
British North American Bank Shares were 8 to 71 Js
British
The exchange on Paris improved slightly,. an 10
Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hamburgh, and Tnesta
about the same. Antwerp was a shade lower.
(From The Sun of Last Night.) pas
In the cotton market at Liverpool yesterday the sales es,
4,000 bales, of which speculators took 600 American, all app
porters 400. The market had a heavy appearance/00r
prices were again lower, say %d. per lb. since Friday'. ...ere
was no change in shares. Birmingham and Gloucester "19;
86 ; Chester and Holyhead, 7; Great Western, Fiftb,l4 51;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 78 ; Dublin • and Castle" fie;
Brighton, 434; South-Eastern, 37%. The desire so stet':
exhibited a few weeks back to speculate in shares, and
was progressing rather too far, is evidently now ehee" beet,
The French advices note that a sort of combination hssolo
got up to raise the value of Spanish Stock in Paris, allioote
here, so as to render the contract for a new loan the weet
facile. But it is very much doubted if the scheme Oa.. tbs
with success, as there is still a total want of credit
declarations of the Finance Minister of Spain.
ever, as the report of the proceedings. in the •rnlers
Stock Market shows, there are not wanting thefie_A. log
who are ready to undertake the herculean task of !T,tile
Spanish credit, not at the expense of themselves, but WIT
certainty that those who take the bait will be sacrifie--2!
proverb tells us that " a fool and kis money are soon Part,„st-for
The history of Spanish loan and jobbing has recently''
of credulous people, been most severely log'
plified. Who, then, would add his name to the bas
list of the foreign creditors of Spain ? M. Salanisnesonsti
arrived from Madrid to feel the pulse of the capitalists,4-0
this subject. Let those who have a surplusage of ch
ord to
they please; but we would warn those who cannot „it)
be disported of their money to have nothing to °`'
Spanish, so called, Securities.
No late colonial advices have come to hand this 0-41,0;
Much interest exists as to the fate of the New biliCAl
Company, an adjourned meeting of the Proprietors dr
is now in progress. of tbt
The report read at the meeting of the shareholders 00'
New Zealand Company gave these important facts colo`
on an interview and previous correspondence with 014000/
nial Secretary, Government .are willing to advanen_tuity‘
to pay immediate claims for labour, &c., upon the secroont
the land purchased by the Company; that the Go,ved; are",
was anxious to support colonization in New Zesiaa:lool/
that instructions of a favourable nature had been tlO
sent out to Sir J. Fitzroy, the Governor, uldfoole;
subject. The Report stated, that there were other an e,e 01.
important topics under discussion than the advinrloot.
40,0001. and as the negotiations upon these points Icefortlt.
yet arranged, the Court of Directors recommended $ e'
adjournment to the 19th April—which no danbtphsir.
acceded to. Mr. Soames, the Governor, was in the niteelrl
The Funds have moved but a shade this ' 9e
ing—Consols for money have been done Broker
and 98k. At the latter price, the Government, bsS.
took 30,0001. Consols. The price for the Acconnt.".yer7,
mained at 98%. • The Three-and. a-Half per Cents. °4041‘
rather havy at a fall from 1021 to 102% 4. Bank o•Prr
Account is at 200 ; Exchequer Bills have receded Oe
mium.
A good deal of business has been transacted in the;t.sit;fB
,
Funds. The settlement was a heavy one, but aisle —bat
dant. Spanish Three per Cents. have touched et%
now 36k, and the Actives 25% to 26. In tirebt,
Foreign Stocks the alterations have been 5•11,h.' 46/'
our list will show. Portuguese Converted were Wel" On".
Belgians, 1044 ; Danish, 884 ; Mexican, 36% i;
30%; and Brazilian Five per Cents. 82%. tleteell;
So much attention having been devoted to the Betio%
of the Foreign Stock Account, the operations in ',,lterew
Shares to-day were not extensive, nor have price;
much. 110.:
MANCHESTER
_STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 28. 7e-srise;
been considerable business done to- day, and the sP, Or;
of the market is of an improving character. There '70,51;
transactions in the following stocks :—Bolton andrre,l. fie!
Bristol and Exeter, 72; Eastern Counties, 114;
Registered, 13%; Manchester and Birmingham, 47 471; row
chester and Leeds, 114; Newcastle and Darlington, ,39;3.1q
and Orleans, 35% ; South Eastern Scrip, 37i111 be
Ditto, New Creation, 4% premium • Chester and olor
74 ; Bury and Rossendale, 5% 6 ; 'Harrogate antaies tl%
borough, 44 ; Scarborough Extension, 204; a`.',,l •
and Salford rd Water Works, 56 ; Huddersfield Canal,

spect and regard, I could not help seeing it—such a cry
of indignation at the injustice done me—such a thorough
and manly declaration—that wherever Englishmen had
power injustice should cease to pervade.—(Applause.) I
have had this scene reiterated over and over again; and
I have met in private, as in public, every disposition
the part of the English people to sympathise and sup-
port the Irish. I am here, and lam come to
make a"public declaration, that there is in England
a living soul of justice that there are pure
waters of life from the fountain of the liberal
hearts of England—that England is for justice, what-
ever her oligarchical legislators may be, and that Ireland
has her best support in the English love of justice.—
(Applause.) I have heard language here to-night that
would do honour to the best orators. lam not flatter-
ing. I have heatd more good speaking, and more dig-
nified sentiments than I ever heard in one night before.
I have heard gentlemen over whom I can, of course,
have no control—gentlemen who differ with me upon the
most material points—gentlem-n who do not agree with
me politically, and who are totally opposed to me in
religious belief—l have heard them advocate the cause
of Justice to Ireland to-night, with a zeal, an energy,
and a splendour of talent that I can admire, but would
in vain endeavour to imitate.—(Great applause.) I am
going back to tell the people of Ireland we have
made a great mistake !—(Cheers.) I am going back
to bind for ever a real union between the two
countries.(Great applause.) I speak not of politics ;
I speak of what is of a higher nature—that communion
of sentiment that does honour to each party, and gives
the real strength and security to the Throne and the
Constitution.—(Cheers.) It will make this country again
what she ought to be—the first nation upon the face of
the earth.—(Great applause.) The moment that the
owls and the bats that still flit about, as it were, in the
twilight of legislation—the moment that we are able to
drive them to their vile dens—that moment shall we
have the fairer flight of the immortal minds of both
countries combined together in one national sentiment
of justice to each and every one.—( Vast applause.) Yes,
Igo back to announce to them, that it is not sufficient
they should struggle for us, but that the determination
will go abroad not to allow the present transactions to
sink into oblivion until an attempt is made—and I trust a
successful attempt—to impeach the authors of the evil,and
the contrivers of all this mischief.—(Tremendous cheering
for some time.) I announce it now that I shall devote not,
perhaps, same years, but whatever time I have to spare of
my life, to the impeachment of those men. Their name
is the inhuman Ministry," and within the last week
they have proved before the world their want of huma-
nity. They won't give the poor man cheap bread. They
will keep it dear in order that Lord Stanley and other
Lords may live in luxury. They are inhuman, for
they told the majority twice that the poor children
should labour as before. They call the men Jack Cades
for supporting the poor children in opposition to the op-
presssion of the rich. If they keep this corn-law on one
hand—if they will not give up this corn-law, and still keep
up the hours of labour, I will call them the inhuman Minis-
try. What I want is that England should understand the
case of the Irish. And now for this charge of conspiracy--
this indictment, thirty-six yards of parchment in length
—literally so—thirty. six yards of an indictment. They
made out a list of forty-one meetings, and they called
meeting in public and speaking in public a conspiracy,
Did they produce a man, a spy who had attended our
meetings ? They did produce a man—they degraded a
man belonging to a most useful, and—when faithfully
performed—a most honourable, prosession ; they turned
one of these men into a spy and an informer. But he
had nothing to tell except what every body knew long
before. The main information against me at the trial
was the public newspapers. I had been so discreet—such
a prudent conspirator in my declarations, that every
thing against me was in the newspapers—every thing
kept so secret that it was all in the newspapers.—(Cheers.)
After adverting at length to the anomalous proceedings
taken against him by the Government, he thus con-
tinued—My impeachment of the Ministry is this—that
being employed openly, publicly, and legally to obtain
this object, I should, at the end of nine months, discover
myself to have been a conspirator all that time, without
knowing it for one hour; that there should be a batch
of newspaper articles, of scraps of speeches, and of
old ballads—for there were both ; and that all
this should be turned into this dark, myste-
rious, unintelligible, mystical crime, called a conspi-
racy. Why, no Government deserves to hold office that
would preside over the hatching of such a charge. There
would be no safety for Ireland ; there would be no safety
for England. Many of you have been engaged in the
factory agitation
Siryou were engaged last year in agi-
tating against James Graham's endeavour to take
the education of.the children of the Dissenters from their
own parents and clergy, and place it in the hands of the
Established Church.—(Hear, hear.) That agitation
was,a.conspiraeys-.according to the Irish doctrine. You
have had meetings, too, for the repeal of the corn-law.
That agitation was a conspiracy, according to Irish law.
When you were looking for Parliamentary reform, that
was conspiracy, according to this doctrine ; and we now,
as I trust, shall look for more reform, for the specimen
we have got has not encouraged us to remain where we
are. I hope we shall go on until every man of 21 years
of age shall be entitled to a vote in .England.—(Cheers.)
You all know that Sir James Graham referred the other
night to one Jack Cade, a fellow who put to death an
Archbishop of Canterbury, and hung a Chief Justice.
Now I met the other night, in the lobby of the House of
Commons, one of the supporters of Lord Ashley, and
said to him, " Surely they can't suspect you of any de-
sire to hang an Archbishop of Canterbury ?"—(Laugh-
ter.) " Oh, not" said he. " I don't suspect you of any
such desire," said I, " but if you have any inclination to
hang a Chief Justice, I could spare you one."—(Con-
tinued roars of laughter.) There is only one person in
the entire trial that has found no one to defend him—
every one else had somebody to excuse him. There
was an excuse for the striking out of the Catholics
from the jury, and thus repealing the Emancipation
Act ; there was an excuse for leaving out the liberal
Protestants ; an excuse for the slipping out of names
from the list ; but nobody ever tried an excuse for
the Lord Chief Justice.—(Hear, hear.) Nobody said
one word for him. He did not say one word in favour
of the traversers, and ro don't blame me if I don't say
one word for him.(Cheers and laughter.) But I do
say, that if ever there was a case for impeachment I
have a case for impeachment.—(Hear, hear.) At all
events, I will proclaim to my countrymen the gratifying,
the delightful intelligence, that, for the first time, an
immense proportion of the people of England are deci-
dedly in favour of Ireland, and determined on obtaining
her rights.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) I admit that you
were right and I was wrong. I always mentioned that
there were some generous and noble spirits that felt for
the wrongs of Ireland, but I never proclaimed until now,
in the face of Europe, that there is a union of the wealthier
classes of Englishmen with their poorer brethren in favour
of the rights of Ireland—a fact that shall be cherished in
the inmost core of my heart—a fact which will induce me
to declare to my countrymen, that never again shall a dis-
tinction be made between the people of England and the
people of Ireland, that all past differences shall be for-
gotten, and that, however the Government may conduct
itself, the generous-minded people of England will ever
be lauded by me with the most ardent feelings of grati-
tude and admiration.—(Great cheering.) I look for re-
peal—l am going to look for it still, because I see no
prospect of relief in this country. If we cannot get jus-
tice from the English Parliament, we are bound to look
for it from our own Parliament. But they say the
repeal of the union would be separation from England.
I utterly deny that. I say more, that whatever incon-
venience Ireland may suffer from the present connexion,
if the repeal of the union would bring separation I would
not agitate for it.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) It will
be extremely useful for both countries to be combined
in the bond ofperfect affection and mutual interests. There
was no separation until Castlereagh, by the vilest of
crimes, destroyed our Parliament and carried the union.
I am now going back to Ireland, and shall bear with me
a lasting remembrance of what my country owes to
England. I am going back to still struggle for the re-
dress of the grievances of which we have to complain;
and one of the first to which public attention must be
directed is the Church. I want an equalisation of all
Churches by not paying any of them by the State, but to
leave every man to pay his own Church. I will cheer
the hearts of the Irish people by the news which I shall
bring them from this side of the Channel, but it has
travelled to them already by the press ; and I can tell
you, before I see them, that their hearts are grateful.
One of the first motions I shall make in the Association
when I return shall be to move a vote of thanks to the
people of England for the generous sympathy which they
have manifested towards my country. But thanks is too
feeble a term; it shall be a vote expressive of the grati-
tude and affection of the Irish people towards the ho-
nest and just Englishmen who have so nobly stepped
forward as their friends the moment they felt satisfied
that a judicial wrong was perpetrated towards them-
selves. I said, at the commencement of these judicial
proceedings, that I was unconscious of having com-
mitted any offence, legal or moral—l say the same now,
although a verdict has been obtained branding me as a
conspirator; and I shall be of the same opinion, even
if the Government should inflict punishment—Cest le
crime qui fait la honte, et non pas l'echafaud—lt is
the crime, not the punishment, of which a man
ought to be ashamed. I feel. I have committed no
crime for which I ought to be legally punished, and
I believe that there are a great many of the same
opinion. Let what will be the result, I go back
to Ireland rejoicing that a real union exists at length
between the Irish and English people—that bywords and
animosity shall bo for ever forgotten, and that both shall
unite in the glorious cause of liberty, and never cease
till their exertions are crowned with success.—(Cheers.)
The people of both countries shall unite as brothers and
fellow-sufferers, they shall stand together against class
legislation and oligarchical tyranny, and when both are
thus combined they will be too strong for their enemies.
The man does not deserve the name of a human
being who does not love liberty, and when
Irishmen and Englishmen are united in its
glorious cause, they will make their country the most
powerful and prosperous on the earth.—(Cheers.) For
my part, it is my consolation and delight. lam a moun-
taineer. I was born on the mountain brow, and be-
neath me the wild waves of the ocean were breaking,
coming in undivided from the coast of Labrador, till they
struck and broke on the rocks beneath my feet. I list-
ened to the sounds of nature around me till they seemed
like voices from eternity, proclaiming to me my duty,
and bidding me to struggle for so lovely a 1 and.—
(Loud cheers.) Yes, they may prevent me this year
from visiting those mountains—(Cries of " Never,
never ")—which have won my affections, which by their
wildness and beauty have filled my heart with love
for my native land, and for its brave, its

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I, 1844.

ASS.IO
ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALBERT AT
DOVER, MARCH 28.—At a few minutes past one %cote ccis
ROyal Highness Prince Albert arrived here in the t:„.
riage of the South Eastern Railway, train,att
-way to Gotha. On alighting from the his -",3•', 04* be
ness was informed that, owing to the state of 'hitt this'd
could not sail from the harbour for two hours. bass 1 bi
seemed rather disappointed. His Royal kligr„;olo4,das
ceeded to view the station, after which, 3- stsw".ir
Colonel Jones, he ascended by the private t 00
to the Archcliff Fort, from which a magecellbetir-ei.
'
of the Channel is obtained, and spent he'„,,l-811,sce3 00
inspecting the fort and surveying the surrounar:tbout,ja
His Royal Highness then proceeded towards the the 'fre4
Hotel, where he stayed a few miutes, and
foot, attended by Colonel Jones, &c., and entere" 1
tbetbieb tlje
o n theboa
board
otshs
ew
steameral l ready
hist receiveow n him.fla
along the quay to the steamer the Princess. Alice, ,:t.e
tered with those of England, was hoisted at the niAOOO
flag, which is a very magnificent one, was sent "
iration• mitt
Woolwich to be hoisted on the Prince's einhar— t
Royal Highness wore a plain black suit, with SI cr;rter Y-61
his hat, and looked remarkablywell. At 1,1. ce„-dste3/11frota
three o'clock the Princess Alice got under weig,T;-iroin "and
out of the harbour. The time occupied by • ides ;‘„esio
the Gotha otthhae Fa;Sai.o. car-
ata:
London to Dover was only two hours and ten n 331 OM to
but for the delay here by the neap-tide, his ILeY„,al,OOO-
- have accomplished the whole journeY
Ostend in about seven hours. cue
Ostend by
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—MF.BUIIII'S
utfert-tbe
off on Thursday, and the vary alluring programme P_H„ to .4
him had the desired effect of filling the hottse liternhe
ceiling. In the concert which took place betwrz sang t.7„:'
and second acts of The Bohemian Girl, DI. Pip deer ctio
songs, the first of which, " While I gaze on tbos,,ef the
_aanii to
was rapturously encored. The performance
_v concerlfr•
Hungarian violinist, Master Joachim, and theocken,
for three pianofortes played by Madame in the cool
Moseheles, and Mr. Benedict, were also feature! „
cert. Immediately after the opera was concluded to'recji:g
cry was raised for the appearance of Mr. Bull 2ent c113;03
the compliment due to his very spirited manageTorword, rt,
the closing season. After a short time he cainelieir
having in a few words thanked the audience for,.„. eveni,_ol
retired amidst renewed shouts of applause. viwto
entertainment concluded with a divertiseinens" layiog
Mademoiselle Fleury danced the Guaracha, 12.61113 C!
utmost grace and suppleness throughout all its
or Prof; of
ments. No benefit could go off with more ec the
every way more creditable to the beneficiaire, tw""
0,
last night.
opol
.... HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-olllge n•
L'Elisir d'Amore was performed for the first time onuwoir
Correlli appeared as Nemorino, and it would hilt late rot
to say one word in praise of Persiani's Adine• the le
elusion of the opera, Mademoiselle Favanti gaveronuito
scene of La Cenerentola, and fully maintained the I joebtPop,
opinion elicited by her former performances. " N°llP the iftl
was loudly encored, and upon the fall of the curtsy roe
w
pearance of Mademoiselle Favanti was reclul'red '
the usual tribute of approbation.

generous, its pious, its moral, its temperate people.—
(Cheers.) Oh, Ido delight in letting my soul expatiate
over the entire soil. I like to contemplate all that nature
and nature's God has done for her ; I like to see her po-
pulation springing up around me ; and when. tyranny
wrings drops of blood from them, my heart weeps for
them, and I will be in the grave before I cease to struggle
for them. (The Hon, and Learned Gentleman concluded