The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-21

that the plan for rsi,rm.ng ,he tariff would b. carried
| into iull effect Several Liverpool housss had an
nouncsd their intsstion VI con,mencnx The boasss~
of cotton brokers IN Manchester. The holders o.
capital we're cAu,ioss "i"s 10 large Investments ID
p,oioc,sd railwsys, and the failure Of some great
wine dealers The rates Of exchange all The lead
| ing poia,s on the continent were higher,
| The new ministerial appointments had been pro-
| claimed. Lord DaIhousie succeeded Mr. Gladstone
as President of tbs Board of Trade; Sir George Cieh
stepped into the vacant Vice Presidency, with inc
| Msstsrship oil Mint Sir Thoma. Fremantle Is the
Secretary for LELAND he 10 succeeded Secretary al
| War by MIR Sidney Herbeni and the SecretaiyshIp
| 10 the Admiralty thus left vacant Is filled by pIomo
| iug Mr. Henry Thomas Lowry Cory, one OF the
| ofds TO be bis own servant while Lord Joeelyn 10
10 be The new Lord MIR. Bardwell is one OF the De.
| eretarias 10 the Treasury, and this Hon. william
| B,oyhom Barring, Paymaster General.
| The oonvocation al Oxford had condemned The pas
ages selected from Mr., WARDS publication and de-
| graded him from his academcal honos. The propo-
sit,on for eensurng Mi Wards book was carried by
a majority Of TIT TO 1885, and that for deprisng HIM
| of In, degrees also carried by majority OF o69
| to 81. MIR. Ward addressed a letter TO the Vice
Chance or of OxfoId, IN which be declares that be
| considers himself morally unaffected by what had
passed at the University. Mr.. Oakley, IN another
letter TO the Vice Chancellor avowed The same senti-
ments as Mr.. Ward, and challenged the University TO
| proceed against him ia the same manner. IL was un-
| derstood that Mr. Wards application TO the Court OF
Queens Bench for a uia'danlus to oxford university
TO restore his degrees would be made Immediately al
| ter the commencement of the Eastern Term Mr..
| Ward is about to become married man, which, OF
course implies voluntary resignation OF his fellow
| ship al Oxford,
| The Standard says that Mr. Oakley, of Margaret
street chapel, has been suspended by the Bishop OF
| London; but Mr.. Oakley had conuadcled the as
serton IL he is To be proceeded against IN the
eeclessscs lcours, in order that his alleged oiencs
| may be fairly investigated.
The Royal Family continue to enjoy good health.
| They had been to Brighton for week. IL was ru'
mofsd that the Queen and Prince Albert WILL during
| the sumner, pay visit with great State TO LOUIS
| Philippe at the Tuileries.
| Toe Board established by patent during the PITT
administration, for opening the letters OF foreigners
suspected Of having reasonable designs against this
| or foreign governments, has been abolished.
| During the monlh of February, the losses by the
cattle epidemic were very heavy in the counties Of
Cheshire, Derby shire, and Saiordshlre; and II had
made lis appearance in Essex and IN Ayrshire.
| The family Of the late DR.. Abercrombie presented
his valuable professional library, amounting to nearly
1000 volumes, to the Royal College Of Surgeons Of
| which he had been a member since 1904.
Lord Brougham is preparing lite Of Voltaue.-
| He Is writing Il IN English and French and the work
is TO be brought out in the two languages, simulta-
| neously IN London and Paris.
| The ship Henry, of 500 tons, burnt near
Blackwell, London. She bad just been taken out of
dry dock, after having had kl0Oo expended her in
| new coPpeIing her and repairing her. The loss will
| exceed tl0 600.
| The Secretary at War had decided upon the
tion of five experimental military prisons, TO which
superintendent, selected from the halfpay list are
to be Immediately appointed, at salary in the ma
Joriiy of cases, OF GOO per annum.
The Admiralty have ordered Mr.. Lang, the de-
signer of the Terrible TO furnish drawings for first
class steam fIgate similar to the Terrible posi-
BILE, with the exception that she is 10 be propelled by
| the screw.
The celebrated banker Bendricks, formerly part
/ ner 10 the emluent firm of Nicholson and BeDdricks,
OF Stockholm, died recently in that city, aged eighty
three years The deceased possessed several lron
and copper mines and leaves colossal fortune. He
has bequeathed above 10000 to various public cha
| rltable institutions.
The Rev. Sidney Smith died on the 22d of Februa-
| ry, IN the 74th year of his age.
IRELAND
At the meeting of the Repeal Association, Feb IT,
| Mr. John O'Connell criticised Sir Robert Peel's IL
nancal MISUNDERSTANDING, however, that 1t would
produce vast benefit to the poorer classes in Ireland.
Bitter complaint was made that the people Of Dub
lin, and In ali quarters, were ind erent about the
franchise, and that the conservatives were gaining
ma orites on the registry. MIR. OConnsl announced
the receipt of e52 from Washington, and f250 from
Baltimore. The rent of the week, including these
sums, was stated at a75l los. I'd AT the meeting
Monday the oath, Mr.. Robert Dillon Browne deli
1
Roebuck in reference to the absence of the Irish
peal members from Parliament and for his motion
for the extension of the income to that country.
He dared to rebuke the Irish members towards.
He could with much more truth apply the epithet to
his friend and employer, the coward Papneau. Roe
buck was the paid advocate of the Canadian rebels,
the British agent of the concoctors of that rebellion,
who acted base and cowardy part. They melted
the people of Canada to Instruction, and the mo-
meDt personal danger appeared, they ran away, and
IaEtt -.
Iy. Mr.. OConnell, speech in condemnation Of
the land commissioners report, described it as the
most exquisite piece uf insIpldy that proceeded
from public men. 1t was what Goblet called " cat
lap'-stuh unfit for the consideration of great men,
and only fit for the imbecilIty of childhood. While
that document was worthless, far as the remedial
concerned it was valuable to this ex-
tent, that it exhibited the state Of the Irish people
far inferior to any thing that could previously be
dited in England. Tins state, he contended, was the
consequence Of the Union. None but plunderer
and robber dared to propose such an mpost after
such report. The weeks rent was announced to
be G366.
The Northern Wing states that DR.. Captwell,
Catholic Bishop Of Meath, has directed his priests
withhold the sacrament from any person who sup
ports the Requests Act.
, DR.. Brown, Romsh Bishop of Ephin in the usual
pastoral letter to the clergy and laity earnestly de
nounces the rband system, and calls the faithful
to gard as the deodest enemies, those who would
seek 10 connect hem win secret societies. or secret
obligations
here is doubt that DR.. Murray will be i'm
medatey raised to the rank of Cardinal 10 reside at
Rome.
FRANCE.
The position of the French Ministry has not alter
ed since the last preceding advices. M. Guizot had
made trial of his strength by dsmssing two en-
pioyes of the Government who voted with the Oppo-
sition, The reported collision between an Engl;sn
and French ship at Tahiti had been contradcted fiji.
ciaiy.
The Government have sustained another triumph,
but of such nature to show its real weakness.
The Secret Service Money Bill, by which 1000, 900
francs is appropriated to unaccounted-for exp.ndi.