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40NEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
Le ih Le Liverpool Market yesterday a large business was done
,7"ten, and prices were firmly -.supported. Sales, 5,000
the en speculation, and altogether 8,000 bales.— The sales in
10 Share Market were only moderate. Eastern Counties
t 1
3. .
'
ks 6 Grand Junction, 232 ; Birmingham, 237 • South
ho.',
35i; Do. Now, 35i ; Paris and Lyons, 31. 4s. 6d. ;
,risi.ed Orleans, 39i•
the
were o arrivals in the City of importance, either
Qit lee 13ritishn colonies or from the Continent, to-day. f
lair "aid appear from the Report made yesterday of the at-
Qr the
London Joint Stock Bank, that the concern, no -
tiql'ltautnng the low rate of interest that has ruled for so long a
ctil't Past, is working well. A dividend at the rate of 6 per
of 2,,was declared. As this Report appears in another column
11er e"e it is not necessary to advert to its contents
Joie, further than to observe that the system of
41/oYtnek Banking is fostered in the City of London,
iklarci: all the denunciationsi- of the supporters of the private
POlis tibg interests, when it was first introduced to the metro-
Oilhar,Y the London and Westminster Bank manager, Mr.
Att,;„
"ade -g the indications of an augmentation to the
lig, °I the port of London, it may be worth no-
ble, that both in the St. Katherine's and the London
+4(' additional berths and warehouses for shipping and goods
he %arse of formation. There is a good demand for 13!-I-
-ttki:°011factures for exp.ortation, and the number of ships
stle!lneargoes in the River Thames shovrs a very consider-
Tceerease on the list at this time last year.
t;lte th Private edifices received this morning from Belgium
4er• at, the manufacturers of that country were becoming
licitiesed with fabrics suitable for exportation, the go-a-head
tideld'eef Production being too general. It is to be appre-
kawith
obat the same results will be exhibited among our own
411$:e re!, (a revival of trade having occurred), unless due
served.
tkohe"ternissioners for the Reduction of the Debt made their
!let na:s in Consols, this morning, at 97, taking very nearly
D'4ah 1440unt as the did yesterday, but of Exchequer Bills
~tork Ib'e net yet taken any into their hands. The market for
f,thka diWorn this morning a more buoyant aarance
b"°4l 9627 d yesterday. Consols for Money have advanced
Seg t°
97, and for the Account to 97, but prices
the •ZAain lower. A move in advance has taken place
Nile(' "et, Three-and-a-Half per Cents., which have
'o2k 102, and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half por Cents.
til,ll:S;one purchase y sterday, on account of an Irish bank,
repo'46lo3—ne:s•
oinf these Securities has certainly added much to
, nd crease a feelig to the
Petrelletti reduction athe interest of those Stocksadverse to three
4273. ' Bank Stock has remained at 1861; and India Stock
teiwi bRe a remitta-ce as 72,000 dollars baying been
tre-
-41%
wi,/ theeed Clyde, West India steamer, has very consider-
-8r: the hopesand
ii,41140111,at-gellnitl'ii- It is- in fact a most satisfactory feature to
their and Mexico show a strong determination to
th now. True it is that many years have passed
1 °. 'llterest uon the debts of each were not
,Vlstint„" sec possible these States have commenced
t‘,Netlei Weintldsthat the " repudiating " States of the
'llpl 'ePublie " woul I follow so good, and honest an
96tprice of Mexican Bonds has been very firm this
Ilgee per p°2i to 32/1 ; Spanish Bonds are heavy ; the
tom the ;etnte. at 21% and the Actives at 21i. But a
st4"ke, has taken place, in Dutch Stock. Brazil Bonds
11?' farthL**
ANN :1' call of 10/. a share is quoted in the Great
4e. naihnt Shares,
twit The and the premium isit3niow 31} per
tttd Co, Palf-Shares have receded to premium.
011:1; not "t 1" are a shade lower than the day before yes-
Th!lthstanding the Report of the Directors is favour-
kittllra. °A,Lonk_don and Birmingham Shares are at 136
trki. Th -•aneuester and Leeds Shares are worth 30 pre-
-104 e French Railways command a good sale. Aus-
'liseouank Stench
at a- premium.
.Colonial Bank at
41144; and
Union of London at premium per share.
SII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3
stoek (From the Official List.)
Per p_ . 1864
•• •••
111 per Ileduced Annuities (jaiper Consols. Annuities: 961 97 964
,eisu'ent• Reduced Annuities
1414 fir Cent. Annuities lOlll 102
Dit ti",!1,8, 1,000
he,,asel% Ender 1,000
t Ste,,k ['ening
achem.-

len,e_ ~..! ................................. .142d7.3
loboi:ollls, 14d.
6004 ••.......... - ..... .• • 68
014„ bitt„ • •... ............
qt% - tnall.
trvi, FU
tlt‘ 4trukth THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Lii4a ton-cilst 5 per Cent.,
114 !to for
~ 31 1837, 5 per Cent... -- •- -
3322 h
514,41,_ We Account
Pa No, 'Otis, 1822, 5 per Cent.
b?llitto -""do, Five per Cent.
?- fort h. e Account 22 21/
I .toi, _ passive Bonds
Oitt4or"per Cent.
,teh 2, toe Account 3O/
h 444,
lop: r Cent . 54/
.. .....
;41416
.the Account '544
k ItlcECr%Cent.
, -P. SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
k.11,,,e11a-.lE:wAva. Paid,Per Share.
'l4a t" `44 berb 100 . to
t4t:4Bll.4ght'lla Y .....
"..
''''. .....
tl, ' Ina lid Gl'o-t:ic..e.t;te.; ......... :101011
itiilllo.lv °unties 1 64 ...
to 63/
tsh.- et t Re-:-:* ............ -,.. 23 ... -
, 711 mciPArrecl ........ .....
104,3! ern
.......... ......... 50
114 -81 .......
41. _ xaras•. ... a. -
d,' Se, v 4 ••• . ........... .. 50 ..... ti 9
- ‘11411;i",:. .......... .. .. 59
ft, kod Bilt' ;on ...... ...-. 50
4 tild soy ,ingltarn ......... 100 236 ...... to ---
14,1 tile': ico :It4hoWn Western . 41% ...
14011
.144,4 4 'ld ( Oartisle . Trunk)...
134
1.14...... to —__
1414,1; ant ILeedo ........... 6 - 6 ......
o 100
Iv .nt -,,,,, ....... ... 70 .99 ..... to
li. iti, E ... ............. ...100
,'1 0., ..3tern ........ 45
,uik t .e. an, ........
tiMtor t, ..s.,
rs ............ 20
li %mi. and D0ver...... 50
titt444 NOl .t, . .........
,„ttri,„:.! i Midland.. .... 50
-41444 ; '°' Branch ...
24 17a...... to
Nii*... to
, '011,,,, - torwich... .. . 13
V...". OCK BANKS.
40
401..... to --
' 111.14 (141 evv).
It"LO"
I tidt
in
i/tE
N' ark,-4 In STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 10.—The
itckhl t'et has been very quiet to-day, with a general
t,1,; p. In lency in prices.—Sheffield and Manches-
-141,1'1. ',rl s and Lyons, 3 3-16 ; Eastern Counties,
" tit 'l' üblin and Drogheda, 54 to 544. ; Manches-
fir ui
mgharn, 37i to 381.

Ai''iCWOOD.

Ilt r', r")-F-'i,----ISLE OF WIGHT.
ito ,
._
2(FROIL OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
IL 0 40 UNS OUT.—HOw often have we been told
gt ,s 'ltt atlemen and elderly ladies, that a long and so-
il; 1* t illways followed a quantity of wild berries-
6oi't ge crop of haws was a bitter sight for the poor,
~' .er saw them so plentiful as this season, one of
s'' ;ever known• Our woods and lawns are ein-
illttt7,-iilt.! ll'ellilv. white thorn: trees ; o.unr hedges are com-
;tlt4i,
~ist-urea
covered
)Ip,erireNdet,wlnthd nhoaww,st
anthde middle of Ja-
privet-.berries.
tetl el
,s
are
as green . as in_May,e
41.ke.44, q.
se
plentiful. T(::
th' h k it it is unnatural, is afreak
hie tr A 4,1 of too trifling a nature aannd
awl
illde
tarnede
'of nature on a
to require a
;krike:l ,i eetcPared with a whole country. Were
',,_4(itbl'llvi ' Only one orchard to break blossom at
isarf°. e 'old be worth mentioning, but it would
•t,Nt 'is 4151 sal to the
T unusual a earan c e of the fields
,111Netei,-1 present. N tedt!tiiii; 30'10.
(
thermometer is at 57, and
leia‘lileti and Marchioness of Sligo and family are
4ttd'att, a Cowes about the 16th inst., for No. 2,
ktt, ')lti 157 bet • ilis Lordshi's alth has been much
tol4,lsow , residence in these Isle of Wight. He
?Ie tti rst‘ viee every day. His Lordship proposes
, ‘1
rtt ies for the summer in May next.
Ne'''ts ,h. ~,
.............................._
i.4'l. i--------------r,
0. 14; t , -E,AL OF THE UNION.
') ,41,1'"'i 't DUrtlo
EX FOE n•
kki Aaieh, • (1•0 , - 9 ESQ, ALEXANDRIA, W t n
Ite,,,Y ell, 1 ti, •,e differ from you in opinion respec i g
qt. *14,1,41R a . not believe is worth one rush to Ireland.
.41'1,1 il, ctieti r that nature which would be useful, would
1.404e,e1vt). thil it Parliaments in Ireland, seven in England,
Oit,h. 'Nei . . d, for the purpose of relieving the Imperial
'/!, s Nilo: te 1 trumpery masses of subordinate legisla-
S rievetio l'i trliament is overwhelmed. Ireland is,
t'‘lttll't 4ad. Y ep‘oressed, but certainly not one jot more
, I 1 tit 4 The fault, I fear, lies more in the people
'ht; i 1 i 'nr t ' ,ht th eir governors. What Ireland really
0 ''''t (1c der eon rency trebled in amount, and issuing
:.'q ;11/ •' ii,.. "tres. in loans and accommodations, to
. -',l l:11,-", having the will to borrow it, in sums of
'N f ,_' f eu:katras of 1,000/. or 2,0001. each. The eni-
lltD, wes -,r! stuns wctild be found safe and profitable, in
II I ' o, ii Industry, ass soon as such increased issues
ssi,, i:t I,.re,:.matltuitsitmere
Itu proJuce what are called " remune-
IN re
Vellt,°J3 glattee , ,would not only open. the flood-gates
. ' attee'l•Lvoul a thousand centres in Ireland, but I
fe,sii , and ,u47ally give away five millions sterling in food,
l'i)':.l. r?nture, to a million of the poorest families in
k , li im's gift alone would of itself produce an extra con-
N. it, or fr,o(!0 uction, of perhaps 20 or 40 millions of the
'I in Ireland in the first year.
tiljtc'C Vitra, ~,,,,I,,,ani, dear Sir, your's til)
Oh • `-"`" ilc., 1843. T.
:---------....______--..
its
.. !kr.,t. ------:-----_____________
SS ' ,4ty met" loTs.--Last evening, the members of
Nit, \ri, 0,. the
.first time during the present season,
'ti 44 k ,s. •iP. R. S., presiding. Mr. Wishaw; the secre-
Pt Is eowvaPer en the si;bject of the new street-sweeping
.:
a 4ajeet;sliraYed under contract with the Commissioners
I gferltY author.,°°,6 and Forests, in Regent-street, and also
ici, tuts, tb h'ea,; describing their mechanical apparatus,
, el„, idea of
thee efficiency of their operation. Mr. Cochrane,
e‘h,,
.I',
.1,34
.... Practical Association for Improved Street-
-1 !theateir..'7o_. the meeting a plan for employing all the
ra 11`!)s ett teeT ?ithe.metropolis Uy means of regularly clean-
aebt
of
may 07.0117 t to which he had drawn the attention
del al iewly inveientedading of two other papers,s sotnemthef
Vads allwitys (a trial line fire-escape and a proposelr y
.44 a.tha busine of which now exists at auxhall),_
ltf °4 bu business of the evening.
Iti'scAl: rrivrsrfrZ toßDEAux.—The illustrious Prince,
'it ,to tleNta . any provincial tour, continues to find nu-
s,,%, iisvi tunas with addresses from various parts of France.
'11.4 'lrelin 'are amongst the latestpresentations :—Charles
tae eit
4, Comte de Mir beau pVicomte de Mirabeau, 1:
,4117(tereearitCe_e_, Pr. Bondael du'Faouedie, Francis Bondel
lI.N ,h." de Es'e '"r--tes de Cadoudal, Battur, Comte d Erm,
t aiN.tk' de aaregavd, Vicomte Charles de la Rochefoucauld,
iiht 11. 60d. Zvi; Marquis de Bellenave, Henri de Catheli-
-4,0 d, /1,..,," let, Baron Arnous-Riviere, Marquis de PHs,
d,, ht ti, ae. i‘l'aui; vicornte de Gaiyneron, Vicomte de Ceres,
%,() r tie I , ~,,F"' La Rebours, Comte de Lapanouse, Comte
li 'll taz,,e'`.,77`.'°l,ae, Odillou Belard, Baron Betaunay, Comte
igli James'8
•"POnate de Chazelles, Comte de la Laurencie,
iti re de' Reviers de Mauny, Comte de la Haye St.
144 "t L, p
:: ~,,, „a EtitsTVANlsm.—On Monday Mr. E.
, fide;
with madertook for a trifling wager to walk
44 hin:,7ol hit, the hour, wearing a pair of dredging boots,
kt, N,i,Vr_ from ten to fourteen pounds. He accomplished his
ttt!4 ii tu ;11Par!nt ease six minutes within the given time,
titeti,,,,,; e disappointment of many present, who had, in
e 4,,,_e eof the unfavourable state of the weather, and tan-
ar4l,"_!'s of the pedestrian, betted heavy odds against him.—
. (, ,
iiazette.
0,15.
ish,u.':i LIMENT To
11, 17,1 e fi,St ~_ . 'rim LAWYERS.—To-morrow
`... o,"
v_,7iyasotfullighilta.ry Term, the Law and Equity Courts-
woicia,d '.' in Westminster J.iell with the usual for
: ..

PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN LONDON.

'lucre is an ev►t c'est►tiy iuipe►►di.►g over we
fate of all public buildings and works of art in
London. Vexatious as this fact is to all who take
an interest in the embellishment and grandeur of
the finest metropolis in Europe, it is no less cer-

. •
tainly true. There is no want of high intellec-
tual perception and classical taste, of vigorous
conception and beautiful adaptation in the de-
signs contributed by our leading artists for edi-
fices, statues, pillars, bridges—{whatever be the
species of public work to be undertaken)—when
the execution of the affair is opened ostensibly
to public competition. There is, notoriously,
where the expense of the work is to be provided
tbr by a municipal tax, a parocitial or a district
rate, or a vote of the House of Commons, no lack
of money and means for its construction in the
first style and with the best materials of work-
manship. Let those who affect, with some of
our Continental neighbours, or on the authority
of the dogmatic WINCKELMANN, to question the
genius and capacity of the English for the higher
and more imaginative efforts of art, candidly re-
view the late exhibition of the Cartoons in West-
minster Hall for a complete refutation of this
superficial and arrogant notion-. For, with re-
gard to these designs for fresco paintings, it may
be truly said that British genius, in a school
entirely new to its efforts, has leaped, at a single
bound, into the maturity of pomver and expres-
sion. But, with all these elements of excellence
existing among us in abundance, it does happen
that, in nine cases out of ten, their effect is marred
or missed, diminished or obscurted in combina-
tion. The most beautiful and best adapted ele-
vations and designs for an exchantge, or a church,
are brought under public notice, and stamped
with the approbation of the highest authority,
which that public will recognis e; but, in the
course of a few months, the actme I structure, as it
begins to rise above the surrouthd,ing horde, very
plainly indicates to the interests ti spectator that
some other plan had been seleccaed, and is being
carried out under some other influence more
potential than the principle of h o;aest election, or
the marked sanction of the public.. Favouritism no-
toriously prevails in the mock con nt ells of municipal
and other committees to whom th.e administration
of these matters is generally remitted, on the
assumption that they will be impartially and
indifferently dealt with. But it. fis more difficult
to account for the perseverin! r incompetency
with which the chances of exhii ting a pre-emi-
nent advance in what we shall c all national art,
are, year after year, either disregarded or thrown
away, carelessly unheeded, or rn.) re scandalously
rejected when offered. Of all branches of
national art, there is none in whi it more con •
cerns the splendour of the capii'A 11, the scientific
reputation of the country, and_ the improving
taste of the people, that the ;most attainable
approval to excellence should •b e secured, than
in the architectural productions: and the sculp-
ture we speak of. Of all the departments of
public duty there is none which its. so grossly neg-
lected by that section of the Ex .tecutive to which
it is more immediately confided..
Westminster-bridge requires• few remarks.
No party seems to know wl,r.at is doing, or
what is to be done. The t2iovernment, or
the Bridge Commissioners, have come to no
decision hitherto, but prefe r leaving the
carts, omnibuses, coaches, waguons, and foot-
passengers to join issue vi.rith the de-
nounced arches, on a sort of " benefit of sur-
vivorship" principle ; or, perhaps, it is intended
that, if the traffic and passengers; continue to pass
and repass, without tumbling• through, the
bridge, by its Commissioners, may bring an
action of damages for defama ti on against Mr.
BARRY ; and, on the other hand, if casualties of
the kind apprehended shall some fine morning
happen, Mr. BARRY shall be at "liberty to remove
the ruins of the old, and tiwow over a new
bridge; the latter to be of poj.nted arches and
inferior span, "as prayed." I'here might be a
sort of objection to this future " give-and-take"
arrangement, barring the jeopardy, and perhaps
sacrifice, of some score of bipe d and two score
of quadruped lives, which it may possibly entail,
in the interval, were it not that there is already
much too general a disposition in certain quarters
to act upon it.
It appears that the new frontage in the British
Museum, which is to replace the old French
quadrangle, next Russell-street, is very rapidly
proceeding with. Have any guarantees been
taken for our having an elevation worthy of the
design, the contents, and the character of the mag-
nificent collection and library contained within
the walls of the main building ? Was the design
opened to public competition ? Has there been
any such encouraging excitement attempted with
the almost dormant genius of our modern
school of architectural design as has been
recently practised with such happy results in
respect of our youngest school of historical
art? We fear that the sort of freehold or
fee-simple which SMIRKE has acquired—some-
how or other—in all the past reparations, addi-
tions, and erections in the general building of
the-Museum, have extended to this new façade.
Really, to judge from the club-houses, and
theatres, and other edifices, with the Greek
quoderisms of which Sir ROBERT has long made
; us so familiar, we feel great despondency about
the effect of any new " works" of his. The
finest efforts of a genius, which do not exceed
the servile appropriation of a Doric portico, how-
ever good the antique example, and the most
timid and monotonous adaptation of thermal
fronts and basilican walls to the purposes of
modern public buildings, whatever their own
uses and oljects, are altogether below the cha-
racter, the energy, and the grandeur of the
people upon whom—for some reason or other—

their efforts are year after year inflicted.
It has been shown, by a Report to the. House
of Commons, how it was gravely debated and re-
eotnmended. in Select Committees that the ma-

jestic preparation of the " Nelson Pillar" should
be reduced to so modest and inoffensive a scale
as not to crush into a merited, but absolute im-
perceptibility, the wretched perpetration mis-
called the " National" Gallery. The absurdi-

ties consequent on the irreconcilable pretensions
of a façade which is at once protected and
hidden, broken and devoured by its own vaunted
portico—(a major absorbed by a minor)—and of
a column whose faultless proportions of shaft
and capital, as they appeared on the original
elevation, would render but more evident and
ridiculous the already dwarfed outlines of
WILKINS'S fatally accomplished design (its
tawdry ugliness was even then, alas permanent
in monumental masonry), these things might
have taught parties entrusted with the manage-
ment of such matters the wisdom of well con-
sidering their plans, and the aspect and effects
of the works, before proceeding to the final
business of setting and building them up. But
what has been the result ? After a world of
preparation, and many flourishes of trumpets,—
and statistics carefully collected of the number
of sailors who could, at this day, be brought toge-
ther, survivors of the fight of Trafalgar,— coquet-
tings with the Governor of Greenwich Hospital,
about giving leave to these veteran tars to assist
at the raising of NELSON'S statue, and at a
dinner to be given at its summit, at the feet of
the Admiral,—the statue is raised one afternoon
impromptu ; the veterans, after being numbered,
are never called for. But the colossal image of the
great hero has been placed on its pedestal, an effect
of mechanical power, achieved with consummate
skill and promptitude. By slow degrees, the
hoarding has descended, first from around the
cocked hat, afterwards from around the limbs,
finally from the feet and surface of the figure :
when, lo ! some seven or eight weeks having
helped them to the conclusion, the managers
discover that the coil of cable on which one side
of the figure is supported has too massed and
rock-like an appearance. Up go the boards
again, to favour the secresy of the statuary's
mystic chiselling, for remedying of this defect;
and the inauguration, which was to have taken
place on the anniversary of the Trafalgar fight
in October last, bids fair to be postponed to Octo-

ber next. But, as Trafalgar-square begins to get

'up its tprraces and NvallKs. new permanelt tenants
—in bronze and marble—take possession of the
reserved pedestals! GEORGE IV., mounted on a
horse of a much more interesting, and becoming,
and distingue air than his rider, is already lo-
cated at one angle of the raised terrace—GEOßGE
IV. by no means bears him like the " finest.
gentleman in Europe," but resembles one of
CHANT REY'S most indifferent sitters, prac-
tising in a quadrille of equitation at Du-
CROW'S. GEORGE 111. is to be removed bodily,
with his two portentous tails, to a pedestal at the
corresponding angle. These positions are so
well'chosen, that the figures look neither at each
other, nor up to NELSON, but with a sort of
military drill expression of " eyes straight." It
is understood that King CHARLES 1., from
Charing-cross, and King JAMES H., from the
back of Whitehall Banquetting-house, are to be
the next importations into the square. We are
curious to know whether they, too, are to look at
DRUMMOND'S bank and FARRANCE'S pastry, like
an advanced guard to the two GEORGES ? Or,
is King JAMES 11. to be brought with his face
opposite to GEORGE 111., as if to read a posthu-
mous lecture on political as well as religious
bigotry; whilst the " martyred CHARLES" iS to
contemplate, pensively, the wondrous fortune
and quiet end of the voluptuarian successor to his
sceptre, and discoverer of his remains at Wind-
sor? These rumours we give as they have
reached us. To us it seems that the general
effect of such an arrangement as this—of four
such statues—will be at once false in principle,
and incongruous in effect. Who, are responsible
for these locations?

LITERATURE.

MAXWELL'S HISTORY OF THE REBEL-

LION IN IRELAND IN 1798.

Nothing can be more opportune than the sea-
son selected for bringing out a work like this,
which treats of the most exciting, and (if that
which is tragical be so) most interesting portion
of the history of that section of the empire,
which now engrosses the most anxious attention
of, not merely the subjects of the British Throne
of all classes and denominations, but also that of
European and Trans-atlantic nations. The work,
which is to be published periodically in parts, is
likely, if we may augur from) the first number,
to prove very interesting; and by no means the
least attractive portion of it will be the Illustra-
tions, by George Cruikshank, two of which are
given in the present Number. The subject is one
rich in romantic incident, alid in Maxwell's
hands ought to illustrate well time trite old saw,
ihat " truth is stranger than fiction." We can-
not, however, but regret that the chapter on the
" Leaders of the United Irishmen" is so short.
It was quite impossible in so brief a space to
give anything like a satisfactory notice of the life
of each of those misguided, but chivalrous
high-winded men. We quote the following at
random :

" A curious anecdote, related by Dr. Madden in
his biographical notice of Addis Emmet, is cha-
racteristic of the extent to which political and pro-
fessional enthusiasm will hurry individuals. Emmet
was retained for some persons charged with the ad-
ministration of unlawful oaths—at the time a capital
offence—ar.d was addressing the Court in arrest of
judgment.
" He took up the pleadings in which the words of
the oath were recited, and read them in a very de-
liberate manner, and with all the gravity of a man
who felt thut he was binding his soul by the obliga-
tions of a solemn oath. The words were to the fol-
lowing effect :—" I, A. 8., in the presence of God, do
pledge myself to my country, that I will use all my
abilities and influence in the attainment of an im-
partial and adequate representation of the Irish nation
in Parliament ; and, as a means of absolute and imme-
diate necessity in the establishment of this chief go d
of Ireland, I will endeavour, as much as lies in my
ability, to forward a brotherhood of affection, an
identity of interests, a communion of rights, and an
union of power among Irishmen of all religious per-
suasions, without which every reform in Parliament
must be partial, not national, inadequate to the wants,
delusive to the wishes, and insufficient to the freedom
and happiness of this country."
" Having read the test—defended its obligations
with a power of reasoning and a display of legal
knowledge, in reference to the subject of the dis-
tinction between legal and illegal oaths, which the
counsel for the prosecution described as producing
an extraordinary impression—he addressed the Court
in the following terms :
" My Lords,—Here, in the presence of this legal
Court, this crowded auditory—in the presence cid the
Being that sees and witnesses, and directs this
judicial tribunal—here, my'Lords, I, myself, in. the
presence of God, declare, I take the oath.
"' then took the book that was on the table,
kissed it, and sat down. No steps were taken by the
Court against the newly-sworn United Irishanan :
the amazement of its functionaries left them ihn no
fit state of mind either for remonstrance or approval.
The prisoners received a very lenient sentence."'

BOOK OF BRITISH BALLADS.
How, London, 1844.

Part IGTL

The illustrations of this Part are its principal
recommendations, the majority of them being
executed in a very superior style of art, and:. dis-
playing powers of fancy of no ordinary chars icter.
As for the Ballads, they are merely repu bllca-
tions from Percy, Ritson, Scott, Mothevvvell,
and other well-known collector; of these pleas-
ing old popular poems.

COURT CIRCULAR.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out she Ipting
yesterday in the grounds and preserves in the vicini qty of
Claremont. His Royal Highness was attended by M.a Jor-
General Sir Edward Bowater and Mr. George DP,ivard
Anson. The Royal party returned to lunch.
The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday iworn-
tag prevented her Majesty taking her accustomed early
walk.
Major-General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner h ad the
honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday eveni 'ng at
Claremont.

A deputation on the subject of the Chester and rfoly-
head Railway, consisting of Mr. R. H. Collett, M 17-. W.
H. Thomas, and Mr. Duff, had an interview yest e rday
with Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and the C. han-
cellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the
First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The
deputation were accompanied 13:. Mr. George Carr Glyn,
Chairman of the London and Birmingham Railwa, 7, Mr.
W. H. Moss, Director of the Grand Junction Ri-:bitway,
Mr. Creed, and Mr. Tynne. Mr. J. Walker also at tei ided
the conference.

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived in town yes-
terday afternoon from Hawarden Castle, Flintshira., the
seat of Sir Stephen Glynne.
Colonel Malcolm transacted business at the Fi roign-
office on Tuesday.
Sir Henry Hardinge, Secretary at War, visite Sir
James Graham yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Hen. Robert Clive transacted business yes to rday
at the Treasury.
Sir J. Graham and Sir Thomas Freemantle had :inter-
views yesterday with Sir Robert Peel.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined with thee Earl
of Aberdeen yesterday evening, at his Lordship's. resi-
dence, in Argyle-street.
The Earl and Countess of Ducie and Lord M.Ol .eton
arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-square, on. 'ues-
day evening, from Rufford Hall.

ENLARGEMENT OF THE LONDON DOCKS.—T'he ex-
tensive alterations making in this great emporium of sl tipping,
wealth, and the produce of all parts of the globe, are pro& tee ding
rapidly. The splendid entrance wilt soon be finished,„ as the
foundation is now nearly completed, and workmen are ;busily
engaged in pulling down the building recently occupied b y the
Government emigration agent, Lieutenant James S( dF ;wick
Lean, of the Royal Navy, to make way for the improv, :re .ents.
The old entrance and the store-shops on the southern a id e will
be levelled to the ground as soon as the new building. s :are se
far advanced as to permit of their being demolished; ore whose
site will be erected a most commodious range of ware h ouses.
The building for the commissioners, committee-roo it and
superintendent's offices are to be on a very large sea le , and,
when finished, the London Dock will be one of the fine st com-
mercial buildings in the world. Notwithstanding tha t this is
the dull season of the year, there are no less than 3t) to 35
vessels fitting out for foreign ports.
Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an adj plumed
inquest at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of J oh annah
Mahoney, aged 51, a fruit-woman. It appeared in ttv idence
that early on Friday evening last deceased, whilst er ossing
Regent street, near Conduit-street, was knocked down by one
of Pickford's vans, in which were two men named Heve itt and
Crundell. She was knocked down by the pole, but the • van did
not pass over any part of her person. She was picked.. -up in a
state of fright, and led to the Shakspeare public-housve, Tyler-
street, where for some time every attention was paid to 1! er. It
being seen, however, that she was lapsing into insensibal, y, she
was removed about eight o'clock to the Middlesex Ho. sp ital, in
which she died in about an hour after her admission.. Mr.
Corfe, the house-apothecary, who had opened the body,,. said she
died of apoplexy, caused by a sudden shock to the syst, nu, for
there was no external or other injury, the effect of Violence.
The van was going slowly when it knoeked her down,. and the
jury, attributing no blame to the driver or his comps n;ion, re-
turned a verdict—" That deceased died of effusion of -blood on
the brain, from having beenaccidentally knocked down by a van."
BRIGHTON.—COMMENCEMENT OF THE MiI•CKEREL
FISHERT.—Within the last few days several of the Brighton
boats have left for Plymouth, to commence the mackerel
fishery. Some of the Hastings boats have also shot 'their nets
off that town, and on Monday two of them brought 'in the first
mackerel caught this season; one boat having taken 1,300 and
another 600, which fetched on the beach at Hastings 545. per
100. They were bought up for the London make r. Up-
wards of 200 sail of French fishing boats are imparted off
Brighton and the neighbourhood, and having lately shown a
diiposition to encroach, her Majesty's brig Nautilus, Lieute-
nant Paulson, has beers sent round to protect our boats, and is
now cruising in the Channel. On Monday the Naupilus an-
, chored off Brighton.

ST. JOHN'S NEW CHURCH, NOT-
TING-HILL, BAYSWATER.
The ceremony or laying the first stone of the above
church took place on Monday last by the Venerable
Archdeacon Sinclair, Vicar of Kensington, in the pre-
sence of a numerous,' and, considering the inclement
period of the season, highly respectable and fashionable
assemblage. Among those present WE observed the Rev.
Messrs. Kennedy, Phillips, Pitman, Sherringliam, Theyre
Smith, Howlett, Haiosey, Burnell, and Rowlatt. The
Earl of Hop( teen, Sir John Conroy, Sir Henry Willock,
and the Hon, Mr. Lascelles, C. K. Murray, Esq., W. A.
Shaw, Esq.,,(trustees with the Venerable Archdeacon),
Richard Roy, Esq. (who has munificently presented the
site of the ground on which the edifice is to be erected),
Thomas Allason, Esq., and Messrs. Stevens and Alex-
ander, architects.

Shortly after one o'clock the proceedings were com-
menced by the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, who
addressed the assembly as follows
My Christian Brethren—l have long looked forward
to the solemnities of this day with mingled feelings of
satisfaction and anxiety—of satisfaction, from the hope
that we are about to provide for the grievous spiritual
destitution in this neighbourhood ; and of anxiety, from
the inadequacy of our funds as yet fcr the completion of
the undertaking. That additional church accommoda-
tion is most urgently required in this portion of the
parish, no man can doubt who is at all acquainted with
the circumstances of the case ; no man can doubt it who
is aware that there is a population of 12,000 persons,
after all deductions, still connected with our parish
church ; that for this vast number only 1,200 sittings
are provided, and that of those only 80 are accessible to
the poor, so that to our shame one of the most
remarkable characteristics of Christianity was well nigh
obliterated among us, that to the poor the Gospel should
be preached. In considering how the deficiency in our
funds may be provided for I am not without hopes that
our wants may elicit contributions even from friends and
strangers at a distance. From them, however, no great
amount of support can be expected. We must look
especially to the inhabitants of this parish. I trust that
all, to whatever district they may belong, will feel the
strong ties of interest and sympathy which should unite
them to their fellow parishioners, and induce them to
co-operate in this work. I look with greater confidence
to those who have attended at the parish church, many
of whom have shown an example which I sincerely
wish all will follow. I trust above all to the in-
habitants of this neighbourhood—to those whose
spiritual wants we are about to provide for—
to those who hope here to worship—hero to be
instructed in the truths of religion—here to be prepared
for heaven. We read in Holy Scripture, that when
Moses was about to erect a tabernacle in the wilderness,
he called the congregation of the, children of Israel to-
gether, and gave commandment that whosoever had a
willing heart should bring an offering to the sanctuary
of God. The result of this commandment is ever me-
morable. The liberality of the people went beyond the
exigency of the case, and it was actually necessary to
issue a proclamation throughout the camp, forbidding
them to give more. Again, when David was preparing
to build the temple, we read that he also called a solemn
assembly, and demanded of them, " Which of you is
willing, this day, to consecrate his service unto heaven?"
The result, again, was ever memorable. The people,
in a burst of generous enthusiasm, outvied each
other in bringing gold, and silver, and brass, and
precious stones of all kinds, into the treasury of
God, and instead of claiming merit for this unexampled
liberality, they returned thanks to God for the opportu-
nity afforded them of expressing their gratitude for his
mercies, and in the humblest terms of adoration ex-
claimed—" All things come of thee, and of thine own
have we given thee !" And what, my Christain brethren,
were the blessings which the children of Israel so eagerly
and so magnificently acknowledged ? Their social pri-
vileges and advantages, their redemption from the bon-
dage of Egypt, their prospect of a Messiah. And do
not we, as citizens of Great Britain, enjoy social privi-
leges beyond any nation that ever lived under heaven ?
Have not we, as Christians, been delivered from an in-
finitely more galling yoke than that of Egypt, and are
not we, as Christians, in full possession of those glorious
promises of which the Jews saw only the shadows and
the types ? Let us not, then, submit to be outdone by
them in Christian liberality. Let us remember the ap-
peal of the Apostle to our Christian sensibilities—" Ye
are bought with a price"—" Ye are not redeemed with
corruptible things"—" Ye know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that though he was rich yet for your sakes
bheecboemeeatrniechp.rr, that we, through his poverty, might
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