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LITERATURE.

NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, for Augnst 1345.

No. IV.

This number contains few, but they are important,
papers. We have articles headed, " Chemistry in its
relation to Agriculture," " Life of Lord Hill,' " Sav-
ings'Banks," " Tytler's History of Scotland," " Hospitals
for the Insane Poor," " Colonisation and the Allotment
System," " Welsh's Church History," " Mrs. Hamilton
Gray's History of Etruria," and " Vestiges of the Na-
tural History of Creation." A fair variety of subjects,
but a majority of them somewhat to ponderous for a
periodical. We have been very happy to meet, under
the first of these reviews, with occasional notices of a
most valuable work of the father of the present Earl of
Dundonald, " The relations of Chemistry to Agricul-
ture" (4th, Lon., 1795). It is long since we made our
first acquaintance with it • a period in which elementary
treatises on the chemical properties of soils, and of
various kinds of manures, were far more scarce than
they are at present. With equal pleasure we recal our
first perusal of another tract, the title of which forms the
second item in the heading in these papers, we mean,
Sir Humphrey Davy's " Elements of Agricultural Che-
mistry" (Lon., 1814). These works are reviewed in
common with Mr. James Johnston's " Lectures on Agri-
cultural Chemistry and Geology" (Edin. and Lon , 1844);
and the same author's " Elements of Agricultural Che-
mistry and Geology" (Lon. and Edin., 1844). We can-
not convey a more favourable impression of the good
sense and good spirit in which the reviewer has taken
up this important subject, of the intimate relations sub-
sisting between the extension and improvement of the
process of chemical discovery and analysis, and the de-
velopment of agricultural fecundity, than by quoting the
following passage; promi,ing, moreover, that the words
we have printed in italics merit to be recorded in gold.
They accurately touch that which is, at once, a capital
heresy in our theory of domestic agriculture, and a faint-
hearted and timid apology for deficient enterprise and
industry.
" The advocates for protection not only predict disaster and
ruin to the existing agriculturists as a body, from the opening
of the trade in corn, but they foretell, also, that half of the poor
lands (as they call them) of the empire will be thrown out of
cultivation. This statement is, we believe, made in good faith,
but it is made in ignorance of the capabilities of the soil, and
of the means of developing them. Most of what these writers
call ' poor lands' ought rather to be called neglected lands.
The wealth they are capable of yielding, and the mode of ex-
tracting it are little understood. The pressure of harder times,
should they unhappily fall on our already heavily burdened
agriculturists, will lead to the discovery of this unseen wealth,
and will gradually impart to the now called poor lands' some-
thing of the character of those now called rich.' Lands which
were considered sterile and worthless a century ago, now pro-
duce as much as rich lands did then. Has knowledge become
so stationary in our day that we may not expect the next
century to produce a similar improvement ?"
Neither have we much to except to in the writer's
primary positions touching the duties and rights of a
national agriculture. We could have wished that they
had been introduced with the preliminary axiom, for
which we are prepared stoutly to contend, that " climate
is determined by the geological conditions of the soil."
The Reviewer maintains—
" Ist. That the soil of a country is intended by the Deity to
maintains the people who live upon it. 2d. That it is the duty
of those to whom the tillage of the soil is entrusted to see
that the means of living ate raised for the whole people
(allowance, of course, being made for extraordinary seasons,
which no skill or industry can avert. 3d. And that, if the
tillers of the soil do not raise food enough for the whole
people, a free access to foreign markets should be
permitted, for the purpose of supplying the remainder."
The remainder of the paper is devoted to the exposi-
tion of these principles, and is full of interesting matter,
but too entirely made up of multifarious details to admit
of any intelligible abstract. In the review of the Rev.
Mr. Sidney's Life of Lord Hill, there are some sensible
remarks on the deficiencies of a generally interesting
book. Lord Hill's is a reputation that will ever be dear
to the country of his birth. His honest, manly, frank
bearing, his calm intrepidity of purpose and vigour of
action, as they are most proper to, so are they best
appreciatee Iby his compatriots. If anything could add
to the universal and even affectionate respect which
Englishmen of all ranks have ever entertained for Lord
Hill, it would be supplied by the proof incidentally, and
as it were unconsciously, adduced by his biographer, of the
singular modesty with which this gallant and open-hearted
soldier earned and reposed under his blushing honours.
Mr. Sidney has certainly been somewhat too chary of
these personal anecdotes, which, it is to be presumed, he
must have bad the best opportunities of gleaning among
the family and connexions of the deceased.
" Take, for instance, the important battle of the Nive, or
St. Pierre. That battle was, by the common consent of both
the French and English armies one of the most bloody of the
whole war. It was also one of the most glorious to Lord Hill,
who fought and gained it with his own troops alone, against
one of the ablest French commanders, Soult, who vigorously
assailed him with a force of nearly thrice his numbers. The
events of the day were full of vicissitudes, and were repeatedly
ominous of disaster, calling forth all Hill's talents, not merely
as a skilful General, but also as a brave soldier. In any cir-
cumstances it must have been a most arduous task to sustain
the eager attacks of the French, confident in their valour, their
numbers, and their leader; but, unhappily, the astonishing
misconduct of two British Colonels, in different parts of the
field, who withdrew their respective troops
,from action at the
most critical moment, unexpectedly aggravated the difficulties
of Hill's position to such a degree, that with an inferior leader
all would have seemed irrevocably lost. He had stationed him-
self on a mount in the rear of his troops, from which he could
descry the movements of the contending forces. On the in-
stant of discovering this disaster, he flew to one of the regi-
ments who had been thus betrayed, and who were burning to
wipe off the disgrace, and with that regiment, supported by
some other troops, he retrieved the wavering battle by a bold
and vigorous charge headed by himself. All this we learn
from Colonel Napier writing the general history of the war,
and all this, at least, should have been contained in any
biography which was to do full justice to Lord Hill, and to show
the British army with what intuitive promptness he could meet
those sudden emergencies, in which the indecision of a moment
might have caused the loss of a battle; and with what varied
resources both of prudence and daring he could bear up
against apparently overwhelming dangers, until, at length, he
compelled reluctant fortune to his standard, and snatched a
brilliant victory, as it were, out of the very jaws of defeat."
There are given some delightful letters from Hill to
his sister, describing the actions he had been just pre-
viously engaged in with graphic simplicity and a singu-
lar sense of his gratitude for his hair-breadth escapes.
A spirited account, also, of the brilliant affair at the
bridge of Almarez (which place stands before his native
Hawkstone in the patent of his barony) makes us sensi-
bly lament our want of space to transcribe it. " Savings
Banks" is the title of a remarkable commentary on " An
Appeal to the Editors of the Times newspaper by two
Lay Members of the Church ;" to which, as well as Mr.
Ty tier's " History of Scotland," we may recur at some
future opportunity. The article on the " Report of the
Metropolitan Commissioners on Lunacy" is a carefully
written and well reasoned argument in favour of more
numerous and better organised hospitals for the house-
less poor. Mrs. Grey's " History of Etruria"—cer-
tainly one of the most interesting essays in the province
of antique and classical topography which has been pro-
duced in our language—receives a due meed of critical
notice and approbation, and the reviewer's judgment, we
observe, confirms the opinion we have already recorded
on the crude and unsatisfactory character of the " Ves-
tiges of the Natural History of Creation"—a signal fail-
ure in an attempt of signal temerity, but which, strange
o say, has attained a fourth edition.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY
REVIEW. July, 1845.
It can scarcely be expected of us to acquiesce, im
plicitly, in the views and doctrines of so High Church an
advocate as this able periodical. Nevertheless, it is most
gratifying to us to bear testimony to the great ability
and research which all the contributions to the present
Number exhibit. These contributions are devoted
respectively to reviews of works connected with Scrip-
tural Geology (under which heading we meet with the
Rev. C. Burton's " Lectures on the World before the
Flood" and the " Vestiges of the Natural History of
Creation") ; " The Presence of Christ in the Holy
Christian;" "The Movement in Germany" (an excel-
lent essay) ; " The Natural Limits of Subscription ;"
"Savoy and Piedmont" (the Royal Dynasty of Sardinia);
" The Prospects of the English Church, her Pastors, and
her Poor ;" " Life of Dr. Bell ;" "Jesuits and Je
suitry ;" " Rural Deans ;" " Tait's Meditationes He-
braicm ;" "Endowment of Maynooth—the Debate and
the Division." Of all these the one which presents
itself as best adapted to our purpose is " Jesuits and
Jesuitry." At the commencement of this paper we find
the titles of Mr. Charles Seager's " Life and Institutes
of the Jesuits ;" Michelet's and Quinet's "Des Jesuites;"
Eugene Sue's " Juif Errant" (a llebrew gentleman,
whom we were, at first, astonished to find in such goodly
company, but for whom the Reviewer makes out a bril-
liant case); and Von Duller's " Geschichte der Jesuiten."
At the present moment the old imputations against the
formidable sodality of Jesus, touching " that most
damnable doctrine that Princes excommunicate by the
Church of Rome may be lawfully deposed and mur-
thered," derive, from peculiar circumstances, a resus-
citated interest after a slumber of about two centuries.
The following passages are significant :
" Against the oft-repeated charge of aiding, sanc-
tioning, or committing regicide, M. de Ravignan de-
fends his order, with as much fruitless zeal and hope-
less intensity as he can summon to the arduous office:—
' There is another doctrine of which the name resembles
a tempest, and appears still to heap upon us dark clouds
—I mean tyrannwide: Such are the opening words of
his defence ; and one would suppose that they would
have been followed by an eloquent and indignant denial
of the fact, with proofs substantiating a denial so elo-
quently and indignantly made. On the contrary, he is
afraid to discuss the subject, or, perhaps, not afraid, but
only obedient.' • I shall not discuss now (he writes)
any more than before : a severe law of the Company
absolutely forbids me And yet he has not hesitated to
discuss the truth] of other charges, less heavy indeed
than this, the name of which, as he well says, resembles
a tempest, and which still covers those it accuses as with
masses of dark clouds. If he avoids discussion, how
then does he succeed in Isis attempt gt refutation ? By
ceasing to be a theologian, and condescending to history.
He recounts the history of the matter, and complacently
claims a favourable verdict by virtue of his recital. The
substance of what he advances is this : that, in 1614, the
General Aquaviva issued a decree which is still in force.
and which expressly forbids, in virtue of holy obedience,
and under pain of ex.communication, to any priest—
that he shall commit murder ? By no means, but—that
he shall say that murder may be committed.' Mark
the latitude of this decree, which forbids every member
of the society to affirm, in public, or in private, in
teaching, in writing, or in replying to those who may
ask counsel, that it is allowed, under pretext of tyranny,
tol kill kings.' This decree, so boastfully. adduced in
favour of the innocence of the Jesuits, and in force now,
abs, -,shitely says nothing more than that it is unlawful
for a permitted, it does not
man say that regicide is
' fess hat repi-
even add, that it is uutawf."l to°4
than that of tyranny,
tide is allowed under other pre— • and with-
The law of God (our law), expressly, La
Out circumlocution, says, ' Thou shalt do no mu.—

The law of Loyola, amended , by the famous Aquaviva,
employs a multitude of words, merely iinpl7ing, Thou
shalt not say that murder may not be committed under
ai.y patext ; thou shalt only refrain from affirming that
it may be committed under one.' The silence here,
that gives consent to many murders, has not escaped
Jesuitical ingenuity ; and it were easy to show what
crimes have been committed, under another and less
equivocal rule of the order, which says that all things
done by it were for the glory of God, and that there-
fore the end amply sanctifies the means employed to
reach it."

LETTERS on the UNHEALTHY CONDITION
of the LOWER CLASS D WEL ZINGS, especially
in LARGE TOWNS; founded on the first Repo. t
on the Health of Towns Commission. By the Rev.
Charles Girdlestone, A.M.
These letters are a benevolent and useful commentary
on the valuable Parliamentary report mentioned in the
title. The present letters relate to the points is the
case proved ; the nature of the inquiry, and of the evi-
dence ; drainage and sewerage ; supply of water ; rid-
dance of refuse ; ventilation ; various local unhealthy
influences ; public buildings and assemblages ; demoral-
ization ; town and country compared ; application of
remedies. The pamphlet is illustrated by wood cuts,
maps, and plans, copied from the original Parliamentary
report.

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rt shire, s—Soath Midland, 9—Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Go ole, 4SX—Welsh Midland, 37—York and Car-
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EXETER, Auo. 27.
STOCII EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—North Devon. 214
prem.-I',:xeter and Yeovil, 1/2 prem.—Exeter and Crediton,
83/4 nwall,
lIUDDERSKELD, AUG. 27.
&wit EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Manchester and
Sheffield. Midlands, 5 lA—Grand Union, Ms.—Glasgow and
Dumfries, 33s.—.North Western, s—Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire, 41%.

YORK, AUG. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten-
sion, 3%—London and Croydon, New, 11. 16s. prem.—
Newcastle and Darlington, New Brandling Junction, 371/2—
York and North Midland Extension, 241 A—Great Grimsby
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Leicester and Bedford, 3/. 13s. 6d.—London and York, 6/.
16s. 3d.—Manchester, Buxton, &c., 814—Newcastle and
Berwick, 2414—North Staffordshire, Pi—Shrewsbury and
Trent Valley Unix], 314—West Riding Junction, 14.

HULL, AUG. 27:
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Hull and Selby, 106—
London and Croydon, New, 11. 17s.—Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, 9%—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares,
514—Grimsby Dock Extension, 81/6—Leeds and Thirsk,
1514—North British, Half Shares, 96—Dublin and Gal-
way, 31i—East Lincolnshire, 17s.—Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding, 27-4—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 13s —Goole,
Doncaster, Sheffield, &e.' 1/. Iss. 6d.—Grand Union, 15s.—
Hull and Gainsborough, l4s.—Leicester and Bedford, 2/. 15s.
—Leicester and Birmingham, 20s.—London and Birmingham
Extension, 235. fid —London and York, 616—Manchester,
Buxton, and Matlock, Bi/ —Newcastle,
—Newcastle Durham, and Lan-
cashire, 375. 6d.—Newark and Sheffield, 316—Nottingham
and Boston, 275. 6d.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 275.
North Western, s—North Staffordshire, 616—South Mid-
land, 714—Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 3/. 1 ls. 6d.—
Wakefield and Bradford, 80s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union, 10s.

EDINBURGH, AUG. 25.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 35.-
Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/.-British
and Irish Union, 3/.45. 6d.-Caledonian, 101. IN.-Caledo-
nian Extension, 2/. 165.-Clvdesdale Junction, 9/. - Direct
Northern, 2/. 4s. 6d. - Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.
-Ditto, New. 18/. - Dundee and Perth, 41. 125.-Edin-
burgh and Bathgate, 2/. 1 ls.-Edinburkth and Glasgow,
90/.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 151.-Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. Hs. 6d.-Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Preference, 171. 10s. 6d.
-Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 18s.-Ditto,New, 1/. 35.-
Edinburgh and Perth, 11. 13s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire.
891.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 22/. - Garnkirk and Glasgow,
411.-Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/.
58.-Ditto, Preference, 21. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. 15s. 6d.-In-
verness and Elgin, 11. 25.-London and York, 4/. lOs.-
Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-North British, 31/. 10s.-
Ditto, Halves, 9/. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. ls.-Scottish
Central, 7/. 145.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 55.-Slamannan, 18/.
-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 15s. 6d.

IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

DUBLIN, AUG. 25.—The weekly meeting of the As-
bociation was held this day, John Reilly, Esq., T C., in

e chair.

Mr. JOHN OVONNELI„ M.P., in moving the adoption
of the following address to the Protestants and Presby-
terians of Ulster, said that, notwithstanding the ridicule
with which their endeavours to conciliate the Orange-
men had been received, they would persevere in those
exertions, and would•not cease to point out in a Chris-
tian spirit the disastrous consequences which resulted to
their common country from the disunion and divisions
which had unfortunately so long existed.
ADDRESS OF THE LOYAL 'NATIONAL REPEAL
ASSOCIATION TO THE PROTESTANTS AND

PRESBYTERIANS OF ULSTER.
,6 FELLOW COUNTRYMEN-Our common country is in
distress and poverty, and we, Irishmen, cannot agree to help
her !

" Why is this ?—what advantage have we in our fights and
divisions? None ! The advantage is to England.
" Were we pulling together, England would listen to our
just demands ; the absentee landlords would be made to come
and spend at home the rents they now waste in foreign coun-
tries. The harsh resident landlord or agent would speedily
be called to account, and made to deal honestly with the far-
mer and respect his tenant-right.
"Every penny of the money we pay in taxes is, after dis-
charging the Lord-Lieutenant's expenses, and those of our
crippled public offices, swept away to be lavished in making
handsome squares in London, or paying English debt, con-
tracted without our consent, and without any benefit to us.
" Were we, Irish Protestants, Presbyterians, and Catholics,
good friends with each other, we would very soon stop that in-
justice as all others : and whatever we had to pay in taxes should
be spent among us, and so give us some return of our money.
" After the great Protestant movement of 1779-1782, all
Irishmen were for a time reconciled to each other ; and the
consequences were free trade, a free Parliament, and a degree
of prosperity in agriculture and manufactures, such as Lord
Clare himself confessed no nation ever before attained to in so
short a time.

" The Englishman found the means of dividing us again.
He made use of our religious differences. He blew up again
the smouldering embers of religious rancour, until they burst
into a Sre that scorched and withered every genial feeling of
the heart, and dried the fountains of charity even iu their in-
most source

" And he rejoices to believe that revilings, and bitter de.
fiances, and taunts and insults passing between us still, and
still we are, as he fancies, as far as ever from thinking of our
common interest—the interest of our common country, of the

Ireland of the Orangeman as of the Papist.
" Nay, the other day, the London Morning Chronicle called
the idea of our ever coming together ' an egregious absurdity,'
and said it was a farce to threaten England with a union of
Irishmen ! that that was impossible.
" What a chuckle of base unchristian gratification there is in

these words.
" And is this to last? Is the world for ever to mock and
jibe at us? Is Ireland to be for ever poor. neglected, robbed,
insulted, despised, because of her divisions?
" What benefit to and• party amongst us is there in these our
sad and ruinous dissensions ? What advantages are you reap-
ing from them, or has there been to us? Alike we are laughed
at and contemned, in turn we are oppressed.
" Your meetings now are as odious to the Government as
ours in 1843. The same unconstitutional means are being
resorted to to put them down. The same injustices are being
done to you now, as then to us.
" We can end this if we will, we can make our demands be
attended to, ourselves be respected, our country be restored to
her rights.
" We can do this again as it was once before done, in the
glorious era of 1782, when your forefathers in arms shook
hands with our forefathers in chains, and both vowed together
to make their country a nation.
" We can do this if, in the name of our common Creator, we

forget and bury our miserable differences, and make a long pull,
a strong pull, and a pull altogether for old Irelend.
(Signed by order of the committee)
" JOHN O'CONNELL."
The SECRETARY read the following letter from Mr.
Smith O'Brien, M.P., inclosing his subscription for the
current month :

" Cahermoyle, August '2.0, 1845.
"My dear Sir—l inclose my subscription for the present
month to the funds of the Repeal Association.
" I am very glad to perceive that the association is about to
apply itself with vigour and earnestness to the registration of
repealers throughout the kingdom.
•. We cannot too often repeat the undoubted truth, that no-
thing would tend so much to advance the cause of repeal as that
a large majority of the Irish representatives should appear in
Conciliation Hall, or in the House of Commons, in the cha-
racter of uncompromising advocates of the legislative freedom of
Ireland.

" Resolute men of high abilities, and of upright principle,
can, undoubtedly, be found to represent the sentiments of the
Irish nation in the next Parliament, if the people of Ireland
will give to the cause for which they would cheerfully lay down
their lives—the less glorious sacrifice of time and exertion
which it is necessary to qualify them to exercise their electoral
rights.
" Scanty as are our electoral privileges, the repealers of Ire-
land have it in their power to return at least seventy represen-
tatives, if they will unremittingly persevere in those efforts
which are required to render their franchise available for the
service of their country.
" Patriots of Ireland—The destiny, not of Ireland alone, but
of the empire is subject to your control in so far as human will
can control the destiny of man. Doubt not that a nation's
will can secure a nation's freedom if high purpose be sustained
by resolute and persevering action. We bow, indeed, in reve-
rential submission, to the Sovereign Ruler of this world. We
may not repine, even though it be his decree that this land
shall continue to endure sufferings unknown to other nations ;
but we are encouraged to earnest and hopeful action both by
the divine precepts and by the experience which teach that
Providence never fails to support, to strengthen, and to guide
those who seek to attain righteous ends by virtuous means.
" What aim can be more noble—what more holy, than that
which aspires to accomplish the liberation of the country which
gave us birth ?—I remain, my dear, Sir, very faithfully yours,
" WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN.

" To M. Ray, Esq., &c."
Mr. Joule O'CONNELL said that on the last day o
meeting he felt it imperative on him to make an appea
to the Catholic hierarchy for a decided expression of
their opinions with regard to the Colleges Bill, as certain
statements, which had been uttered in different quarters,
induced the belief that the amendments made to the Bill
had rendered it satisfactory. Since then he had been
honoured with a communication from Dr. Cantwell,
Bishop of Meath, which pronounced emphatically that
the education scheme, in its present form, had not the
confidence of the Catholic prelates. The Hon. Gentle-
mm then moved that his Lordship's letter be read and
inserted on the minutes, and that the thanks of the
Association be conveyed to him for this additional proof
of his zeal for the happiness and welfare of his country.
Captain BRODERICK-urged upon the repealers an im-
mediate attention to the registry ; and read a communi-
cation from Belturbet, which stated that " Molly Ma-
guireisrn" was still rampant in the county Cavan. On
concluding, the gallant gentleman handed in 22/. 14s. 6d.
from Oldcastle, and read a letter from the Rev. Dr.
Leonard, through whom the remittance was made, which
contained the following passages :
" This sum speaks loudly for a domestic legislature. It
shows there is nothing temporal more anxiously sought for by
the poor but spirited people of this locality. From the day on
which Henry 11. placed his unhallowed foot on our beloved
island we had many sad proofs of English affection. When
we complained we were only reviled; when we trusted, we
were betrayed; when we craved mercy, or even fair play, we
were only persecuted with some new kind of cruelty. The
law (as we see in O'Connell's history) was often called in to
devour what the sword had spared. Our Parliament, when we
had one, was sometimes a safeguard. Our beloved country
continues afflicted ; our cherished religion, if not persecuted,
is grievously oppressed in the members of its religious orders.
It is our duty to study concord, to cherish conciliation. We
are temperate ; we must be firm. The fawning and short-
sighted policy of England is (I fear) going to try us with the
thirty pieces of silver. We must be on the alert, or the spirit
of Judas will take possession of us. Without being prophets,
we can guess the object of the extended grant to Maynooth, as
well as that of the godless education system. Wee see very
clearly the result of the nicknamed Charitable Bequests Act,
which robbed our poor of 26,0001. a year, be the same more or
less; and though I maintain there is an obligation of restitu-
tion, I will not mention upon whose shoulders I think it rests.
Love of our beloved religion, and attachment to our country,
were the objects most dear to the hearts of our predecessors
in the faith—shall interest, or fear, or money, or hope prevent
us from discharging, the duties we owe to both? I answer em-
phatically, in the name of the Irish priesthood, never. If I
dare ask a favour of two great men of whom we were once so
, fond—and I trust we will shortly renew our attachment—it

would that they would fling the robbing Bequests Ant to
the winds, as it has proved itself an enemy to charity, and con-
sequently an engine of hell. The • godless education system
won't fare better: see what it has done in Frarce ; see what
it has done in Germany! And will not the same cause pro-
duce the same effect?"

After the disposal of some further business, the rent
for the week was announced to be 2071. 13s. 7d.
The meeting then adjourned.
IRISH PACKET STATIONS AND RAILWAYS.
At the last Kerry Assizes a resolution was moved by
Arthur L. Saunders, Esq., and unanimously adopted by
the grand jury, to the effect that Sir Robert Peel be re
quested to urge en the Government the necessity of ex-
amining the several fine harbours of the coast of Kerry,
" so as to determine whether one or other of them may
not be the most suitable of any in the United Kingdom
as a packet station for intercourse with North Ame-
rica." This resolution was accordingly conveyed to
the Premier, through the foreman, Sir William D.
Godfrey, Bart.
The following is Sir Robert Peel's reply
" Treasury, Aug. 13.
" Sir,—l am directed by Sir Robert Peel to acknow-
ledge the receipt of the resolution which you trans-
mitted to him from the grand jury of the county of
Kerry, relative to a careful xawination of the harbours
on the coast of Kerry, with the view of selecting a
packet station for intercourse with North America.
" The subject of the relative merits of harbours on the
west coast of Ireland has, at different times, had the at-
tention of Government, but the selection of any one in
preference to others fora packet station is a subject re-
qeiring very mature consideration. The question is not
merely as to the comparative extent and security of the
harbours themselves, and the opportunities of access or
egress for sailing of steam-vessels, but reference must
also be had to the communications by land, and the
facili'ies for connecting them with the interior of the
country, and with Dublin. Tho progress of railways in
the south-west of Ireland will be of material importance
as an element in forming a judgment upon this subject.
—I have the honour to be, your obedient humble servant,
" JOHN YOUNG.
" Sir Sc illiam D. Godfrey, Bart., &c."

DINNER TO THE LICENSED VIC-

TUALLERS OF BIRMINGHAM.

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING —To-day the
Licensed Victuallers Protection Society of this town dined
together at Vauxhall Gardens, in celebration of the 23d anni-
versary, and it was most certainly a very spirited affair. Mr.
Sergeant Allen was to have presided, but owing to severe in-
disposition that gentleman was prevented from attending, but
his place was very ably filled by Thomas Phillips, E,q., mayor
of the borough ; supported by John Bourne, Esq., high bailiff;
Councillors Rodney, Palmer, Atkinson, Baldwin, Matchett,
Cheshire, and several other members of the corporation, and
several of the medical and other professional gentlemen of the
town, amongst whom were S. Cox, Esq., E. Sandford,
Esq., barrister; J. B. Payne, and deputations from London,
Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Coventry, &c. Amongst
those gentlemen from London were Mr. Walter, Mr. Elt, Mr.
_ _ _

and Mr. Wire. The dinner took place in a splendid
pavilion, erected for the occasion, in the above grounds, and
was conducted with much animation. Nearly 400 persons sat
down to dinner, which was served up in admirable style by host
Stewart. The cloth having been removed,
The Mayor proposed in suitable terms " The Health of the
Queen, Ciod bless her."

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The toast was responded to with great cheering; after which
the admirable band of the Enniskillen Dragoon Guards (kindly
allowed by Colonel Moore to be present) struck up the Na-
tional Anthem, and played it with great effect.
The health of " Prince Albert" was next proposed by the
Mayor, who observed that they bad seen his Royal Highness
in Birmingham, and had been extremely delighted with his
affability of manner and great condescension. His Royal
Highness had won the affections of all classes, not only in Bir-
mingham, but in every other part of her Majesty's dominions ;
he therefore proposed with all his heart, " The Health of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert." Band—" Prince Albert's
March."

" The Health of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the
Royal Family," were then proposed and warmly responded
to ; after which the Chairman proposed " The Army and
Navy," " The Noblemen and Gentlemen in both Houses of
Parliament who have advocated the interests of the Licensed
Victuallers of England," " The Authorities of the Town,"
" Success to the Birmingham Licensed Victuallers Associa-
tion," " The health of the President," " The County and
Borough Members," " The Visitors who have honoured us
with their company," " The Health of Charles Ribble and the
United Towns Association," " The Gentlemen forming De-
putations from other Towns," " The Honorary Members of
the Association," " The Incorporated Society of Licersed
Victuallers of London, and success to their splendid charity,"
" The Press—more particularly that portion which has advo-
cated the cause of the Licensed Victuallers," " The Health of
the Vice-President, the Treasurer, Committee, and Secretary
of the Association," " The Warwickshire Lasses," " The
Stewards," and " The Host."
The company, in reply to these toasts, were addressed by
Mr. William Cheshire, Mr. Cox, Mr. Wire, and several of the
deputations from the various towns, after which the conviviality
was kept up until an advanced hour.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS.
The following is a complete and correct list of the sentences
passed upon the convicted prisoners at the last session.
Sentence of death was recorded against Charles Peden.
Transported for Life—Thomas Peat, Henry Winzenberg,
George James Aungier, and Ezra Bass.
For Fifteen Years—George Smith, 22, Aaron Steinbourne,
Edward Long, and Robert Haynes.
For Ten Years—Daniel Dwyer, William Joseph Carroll,
Charles Haley, John Ricketts, Paul Cooper, William Cole-
man Balls, John Smith, 35, William Owen, and William
Edwards.
For Seven Years—James Grimes, Griff Griffiths, Charles
Johnson, George Wellfare, Titus Adams, James Byrne, Sarah
Marlborough, Benjamin Birdseye Reeve, George Hall, James
Shambrook, William Aldridge, Benjamin' Perry, alias John
Davie, Michael Carroll, Mary White, Catherine Kell, William
Gale, and Henry Sherlock, 17.
To be imprisoned for Two Years—Richard Jarvis, William
Symon, John Byles, Daniel Davillin, Elizabeth Newton,
Martha Carter, and Thomas Mason.
For Eighteen Months—Thomas Hillyer, William Suggell,
William Warne, and George Brett.
For Twelve Months—George Williams, 24, Robert Fitz-
harris, Thomas Williams, IS, Francis Cavalier, Elizabeth
Malloy, alias Hannah Dunworth, John Taylor, 33, Mary
Smith, 45, John Richards, 19, John Jones, 17, Anne Wilson,
55, Thomas Borden, Benjamin Stook, Edward Stuart, James
Collier, George Martin, John Henry Thompson, Samuel
Wren, George Evans, John Higgs (county gaol), William
Stevens, Ralph Chillingworth, Thomas Roach, Anne Donney,
William Grant, Thomas Barnes Bankes, Sarah Banks, William
Elford, Elizabeth Elferd, George Hare, William Goodright,
Mary Anne Jackson, George Wright, William Baylis, Frede-
rick Dibbin, John Hutchinson, Matthew Hopkins, Robert
Whitby, alias John Rock.
For Nine Months—Charles Castleman, Thomas Weston,
John Leary, Thomas Cunningham, John Payne.
For Six Months—James Bell, Thomas Harman, James
Kesley, John Andrews, John Harmer, John T. Wright,
Charles Reeves, John Glynn, William Matthews, William
Sullivan, Joseph Hoye, James Hughes, Frederick Witticombe,
Sarah Julian, Robert Miller, John Moore, John Bessell, Eliza-
beth Cabbett, James Murphy, William Wall, Edwin Clark,
Thomas Burke, Anne Williams, John Walker, John Broom 19,
Robert Brown, 32, Mary Ann Williams, Frances Hatch, Mary
Anne Smith, John Burke, John Cabbett, James Downs, Emma
Webb, Edmund Webb, John Williams, 18, Henry Chedgey,
Eliza Uplen, Louisa Coode, John Parker, Gorman Myers,
Edwin Clark, James J. Taylor, James Flynn.
Thirty-five prisoners were sentenced to be imprisoned for
three months, and a number of others were sentenced to shorter
periods of imprisonment, varying from two months to one day,
in Newgate. Forty-five prisoners were acquitted, and the bills
against only ten prisoners were ignored by the grand jury.

WORCESTER MUSICAL
FESTIVAL.

WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The first concert
was given last night, at the fine old hall of the College, the
ancient refectory of the monks. The company numbered at
least 600 or 700, including the elite of the city and county.
Handel's Acis and Galatea formed the principal feature of
the evening, and in our experience of the progress of musical
skill this charming exhibition has never been more beautifully
interpreted.
To begin with the ladies. Miss Rainsforth sang the recita-
tive and following air, " Hush, ye pretty warbling quire," in a
manner that won all hearts. The flageolet accompaniment of
Mr. Chard rendered the whole a perfect gem.
The Misses Williams took part in Acis and Galatea to-
night, but it was in the course of the subsequent miscellaneous
performances, in singing a duet, composed by Hatton, " We
are two merry laughing fairies," that the audience were, it
may be said, " taken by storm," and awarded to them showers
of applause, and a vociferous encore.
Miss Whitnall, who, we believe, is a Liverpool lady, and who
distinguished herself at Thalberg's concert in London, in Fe-
bruary last, sang a new ballad by Linley, " Thy spirit of
love," to which she imparted a tone of delicious melancholy
worthy of the best stanzas of Moore.
Passing over a brilliant concerto (Mendelssohn), by Madame
Dulcken, on the piano, which excited much surprise at the
mechanical acquirements of the hand and arm, we come to the
great gun of the evening, Herr Staudigl. To those who have
heard his " I rage ! I melt ! I burn !" his " 0 ruddier than
the cherry !" or his " Rage, thou angry storm !" our attempts
at description would be impertinent ; to those who have not
heard him, they would be worse than useless. In extent of
compass, flexibility, fervour, and purity of tone, his voice has
certainly never been surpassed. The delighted audience, with
foot, hand, and voice, demanded a repetition of the celebrated
air, " 0 ruddier than the cherry," to which he immediately
acceded with the greatest good nature. The effect will not be
easily forgotten by the good people of Worcester.
Of Messrs. Young, Hobbs, and Machin, we have just space
to state that they fully maintained their reputation, but we
fancied that Mr. Pearsall was something below the mark, and
presented weak points (as indeed, what lover does not ?) in his
character of the unhappy /leis.

The concert terminated just before midnight, with scarcely
a weary eye or ear among the audience.
This morninr, (Wednesday) the performance at the cathedral
consisted of a chronological selection of anthems, and Spohr's
great oratorio of " The Last Judgment." The anthems were
by various composers, from Tallis down to Havergal (a reverend
gentleman now residing in this city, and whom we have seen at
the present meetings, a delighted listener and participator in
the services). The cathedral was again well filled. The
opening concerto was magnificently played by the band, under
the leadership of Mr. Loder. Next followed the old fine
antlsem (Psalm c.) of Tallis, and Orlando Gibbons's full
anthem " Hosannah," Blow's,Wise's, Purcell's, Croft's, and
Boyce's anthems, but the gem was Croft's " God is gone up
with a merry noise." This effect, including that of the
quintet by Hiss A. iss Whitnall, Messrs.
Young, Hobbs, Machin, and Williams,Chorus, was truly sublime.
Mr. Havergal's chant, " Give thanks" (for which he
received the Gresham prize), was " butchered " in
one of its movements, which was accordingly begun
again. After this followed an anthem (Psalm lv. )
by Mendelsshon, the first time of its public perform-
ance, and to which, accordingly, the musical critics had
looked forward with anxiety. The composition was well sus-
tained by Miss Rainforth and the chorus. The oratorio of
Spohr's has been well described as an all •inspiring composition;
the subject itself is oue which none but a genius of the highest
order would attempt in its most lofty flight. It was first per-
formed in this country at the Norwich Festival in 1830, and
fully established &polies reputation. So finely was it per-
formed to-day, that the unprecedented circumstance of a re-
demand for the solo and chorus, " Blessing, honour, &c."
took place
The collection at the doors this morning amounted to
251/. his. 9d. Among the distinguished company we noticed
Lord and Lady Leigh, Sir John Crmpbell, &c...
The concert this evening has been provided for by an ad-
mirable selection. There are, among other beauties,

Acethavon'a arorture to .110 t awd altsfur,l4 in erah
two madrigals, " Now is the merry month of maying," t
" All creatures nois•are merry. n.inded ;" the great scene from
Oberon, " Ocean, thou mighty monster," for Miss Rainforth ;
Hatton's celebrated " Revenge ;" and the song, " Haste, nor
lose the favouring hour," from .Der Freischutz ; with several
other pieces allotted to Staudigl, and songs fuul duets for the
Misses Williams.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE

CONTINENT.

COBURG, Arc. 23.—There has been no incident in
connexion with the royal party here to-day that is
worth recording. After the little excitement of the fes-
tival yesterday they have settled down into quiet again.
After leaving the festival ground, they returned to the
town palace, where there was in the evening a ball. It
was over at an early hour. Supper was served at half-
past eleven, and the royal party returned to Rosenau at
two o'clock. Her Majesty, the Prince, and the Duchess
of Saxe Coburg (the wife of the reigning Duke) drove
out to-day for a short time. They came into Coburg to
see the museum and picture gallery. The rest of the
party dispersed on pedestrian excursions to view the
beauties of the surrounding scenery. This will in all
probability be the history of the movements of the Court
here for the next few days—indeed, until Tuesday next,
when Prince Albert's birthday is to he celebrated. The
Court will leave the next day for Gotha, where they
will remain four or five days, returning by way of Fulda
and Frankfort to the Rhine, on their jourat y home. It
is ex?eettd that there will be at Gotha a grand stag-
hunt, or rather a Goole on a very large scale.
The place on which the festival was held yesterday
presented throughout the evening, and till a late hour at
night, the appearance of a fair. The whole meadow
glittered with lights, and there were long lines of booths
and drinking tables all fil!ed with merry people. An
odd and grotesque addition to this scene of nocturnal
revelry presented itself in the shape of al fresco cooking
places, where, on fires made of heaped fir branches, enor-
mous gridirons were continually covered with still more
enormous sausages, which were handed round among
circles of greedy purchasers, on whose faces the lurid
light of the fires produced an effect quite Rembrandt-
like. Then there was also a travelling theatre ala Ri-
chardson, where tumblers and posture-makers performed
their jests to a gaping audience ; and gigantic merry
go-rounds, with hobby-horses and carriages, mounted or
filled with people of both sexes, produced tee most ab-
surd combinations of effect possible, as they whirled
madly round to the music of polkas and other airs
played by a capital band. And although the people
were as merry as they could be, what made this
German fair so pleasing was, that there was no drunken-
ness or indecorum. The people here seem always to re-
member what is due to themselves. They do not, in the
midst of their enjoyment, lose by excess the faculty of
enjoying
The beauty of the neighbourhood of Coburg increases
upon you the longer you stay. From every point fresh
views open, and with the most delightful variety. Kal-
lenberg, the favourite palace of the feigning Duke, dis-
tant about four miles from Coburg, commands some of
the finest prospects. Like almost all palaces or " resi-
dences"'around, it is perched on an eminence, which is
reached by winding roads through a plantation, quite as
beautiful as that which leads to Rosenau. The interior
of the palace is fitted up in the most elegant and at the
same time " conatortable" style. Indeed, it deserves to
be so characterised more than royal residences generally.
There is no ostentation or display such as is met with in
" show places," but everything is of the most perfect
workmanship, and in the most exquisite taste. This
summer palace is not built on a grand scale, but,
like Rosenau, it has more the air of the residence of
a private gentleman. The architecture is an odd mix-
ture of the turretted style with the cottage ornee, and
the effect is very pretty, although the materials are
incongruous. Here the Duke and Duchess spend
the greater part of their time during the fine weather,
and a more delightlid retreat could not well have
been selected. Like everythcrig else in and around Saxe
Coburg, it belies the vulgar notions entertained in Eng-
land as to the German style of living and manners. The
Duke is fond of sporting, and keeps here a small pack
of hounds. The residence is full of evidences of his in-
clination this way. One room, for instance, is almost
entirely filled with emblems of the chase, worked into
all imaginable ornaments. The easy chairs are made of
antlers. Another room (the Duke's private study) is
filled with engravings of every sort of sporting, French
and English. The country, however, from being so
much wooded, is not well adapted for field-sports gene-
rally ; but a large preserve of wild boars is maintained
at a short distance from Kallenberg. Attached to the
palace is a neat private chapel, in which the English
spectator is surprised to see the crucifix on the altar, as
in Catholic churches. But this is a very general custom
in the Lutheran churches of Germany.
To-night the Queen and the chief visitors at Rosenau
attend the theatre in Coburg. The performance will be
Schiller's Bride of Messina. The Duke of Saxe Meinin-
gee is expected to join the dinner party to-day.