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“The ferment of a free, is preferable to the
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VOL,. II.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 17,1830.
NO. 22.
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From the Charleston Courier.
“ Oh Mother, I screamed and I screamed-
did’nt you come ? n
Mother! come not in tears—they fall in vain—
They nover can win me to life again;
But, oh, when he stood with his flashing eye—
When his poniard glittered so fearfully—
When with horrible words and gestures wild,
lie grasped by the hair your innocent child—
In that hour of terror, and pain, and gloom,
When I ►creamed for jou, mother, why did you not
come 1
“Yourparagon, Prince,” exclaimed he, “ is
a monster!”
“By St. Mary! Doctor,” rejoined the
Prince with a smile, “you cannot be serious
or your system must be false.”
“You arc incredulous; but wait: time will
show which of us is right.”
When his vengeful Etccl, as he onward pres),
Fell deadly and deep in my trembling breast—
And again and again, as lie kept me under,
Each chord of life seemed snapping asunder—
When my heart lay drenched in its crimson flood,
And my cries were choked with the clotted blood—
Oh ! why, ere the blow that sealed my doom,
My mother, dear mother, why did you not come ?
But you did not come. My life blood is flowing !
Oh think of me still, mother, where I am going !
Hut for this world—Death's chill is on my brow,
And your tears and prayors—they aro useless now,
Vou may dream of mo through the lone weary night,
You may list for my step with the dawning light—
You may seel; me still through our silent home—
You may call lor me mother, hut I cannot come !
Some years after this a horrible and unpar
alleled crime spread dismay throughout Ger
many'. The criminal was sentenced to be
degraded from all his titles and dignities,
and afterwards to be beheaded ; the sentence
was put into execution.
It w’as the brilliant Count de Pehf !
Two months aftfcr the ball -ziven by Prince
Mclternich, and in which he had figured so
conspicuously, the Young nobleman had mar
red the heiress of one of the richest and most
illustrious families of Hungary. Young and
charming, she had but just made her appear
ance at Court, when the Emperor disposed
of her hand, with har free consent it is true,
lor she had not been able to behold the Count
without feeling for him llic preference, which
all other women gave him. Immediately af
ter his marriage, the Count retired to a dis
skilfully directed, at the same time com
manding her, on pain of instant death, to ut
ter no cry. The wound made, he appeared
for some minutes to revel with delight at the
sight of the spouting i^lood. He then coolly
applied the bandage as before.
This second wound healed, he had every
successive fortnight made a fresh one, and al
ways with the same calm and inexpressible
cruelty. No one in the castle suspected the
true cause of the alarming and progressive
state of weakness shown by the Countess
who was almost always confined to her bed.
Meantime, nothing could assuage Pehf
’s sanguinary monomania. The Count-
several years filled the situation of a Com
missioner of the Navy Board. Every where
beloved and esteemed, he was no less so here
than elsewhere. He commanded the respect
and esteem of all who knew him, and ibrmed
friendships which, nothing but relentless death
could have severed. , ,
The name of Bainbridge, now added to
those of Decatur, Persy, and Macdoxough,
will long be held in grateful and affectionate
remembrance, not merely by their surviving
associates in {he perils and glories of the ser
vice which they adorned and elevated, but by
the whole country, of which they were true
citizens and faithful servants.
tant estate, wishing, as he said, to enjoy,
jcuemt ana.
From the New York Constellation.
CRANIOLOGY.
TRANSLATED FROM TIIE FRENCH.
What think you of this brilliant Count de
Pehf—? he has been at Court only a fort-
nigh), and already all the-women arc in love
without constraint, his newly found happiness.
The first three years were happy ones : the
birth of two children still increased their fe
licity. The Count lived in the closest se
clusion, visiting neither relations nor friends,
nor permitting any one to enter the castle.
His wife, without having any open ground of
complaint, found him cold, reserved, and so
vere; a gloomy frown frequently settled upon
his features. Although he never spoke a
harsh word to, or struck one of his vassals,
they always retired from, or trembled at his
appearance. He had but one pleasure, which
was the chase ; in all seasons of the year he
gave himself up to it with equal and indefati
gable ardor. The deer was his favorite ob-
Ile was extremely dissatis-
css’ beautiful body was no longer but one
horrible ulcer, furrowed as it was by her hus
band’s dagger—although the wounds were
not deep (the monster with a refinement of di
abolical cruelty, taking especial care they
should not be mortal) yet they were so nu
merous that they threw the poor victim hito
a violent fever, and her life was in imminent
danger. The Count after much indecision,
determined to call in the surgeon, after anew
threatening his wife with the whole weight of
his vengeance, if she betrayed his infernal
secret, and strictly enjoining the surgeon not
to endeavor to find out the cause of his pa
tient’s illness. He, like every body else in
the castle, imagined the Countess to be in
■with him. It is seldom you see so much
grace and noblcnt- ;s united to wit and learn-1 ject of pursuit,
ing. The Emperor wishes to marry and fied when the animal was killed outright, and
attach him to the court; I think he will go wished only to have it crippled; his delight
fir.” then was to satiate himself with the sight of
“I have only had a glimpse of him. He his agonies as he was torn in pieces by the
l.as many personal advantages: hut” [ hounds. When the struggle was protracted;
consumption from the austere, secluded, and
mysterious life she led. Well skilled in his
profession, he soon traced her situation to a
more extraordinary reason; a arm of benev
olence and intellect, a great admirer of her
virtues and resignation, he succeeded in wring
iag the secret from her.
Without leaving the castle, ho informed
the authorities of what had taken place. One
afternoon, as he returned from the chase
the Count found the castle-yard filled with
cavalry. Arrested and taken to Bude, he was
tried, condemned and beheaded.
Don’t you make a hasty application of your and the death-rattle loud and prolonged, a
system to him.” singular smile animated his features, and he
> My judgments are founded only on ob-1 was cheerful for the remainder of the day.
ovation, and as yet I have not examined I If the hunt had afforded him no gratification
him with sufficient attention to be very posi- of this kind, he made his dogs fight, and al.
live ; hut a handsome exterior is not always lowed no interference till one was disabled,
indicative of good and eminent qualities.” If they tried to run away, he pitilessly killed
-As for him I give him up to your closest them with his own hand. These ccccntrici-
ru'.ir.y. Analyze his features; feel what ties, however, did not seem more strange
call his osseous protuberances, and I am I than those of many other Hungarian nobles
•mite sure von will think with mo that a lofti-1 who resided on their estates, and kept aloof
beau-
< r soul was never enshrined in a more
lifts! body.”
“ Perhaps so.”
This conversation took place at a magnifi-
<-« nt ball given at Vienna by Prince Mettcr-
nieh. There, were assembled all the per-
mages of the Austrian Court most distin-
from the Court. The Count moreover was
very liberal and even profuse, to all who ap
proached him.
During the last two or three months, he
had attached a surgeon to his establishment;
because he was determined that for the fu
ture no stranger should come near the castle.
guished for rank and fortune: all the ambas-1 The surgeon was largely paid and had no
sudors of the European Powers, all the high other duty than to attend to the health of the
From the National Intelligencer.
The last Piiiladelphia papers bring the
sad intelligence of the death of the uprig.it,
honorable, and chivalrous officer, Commodore
William Bainbridge, of the Navy of the
United States. For several years past afflic
ted by a lingering disease, the news of his
death has caused more pain than surprise.—
We had been prepared for it, iadeed, by the
accounts of the state of his health in which
he had returned from the Eastern States to
Philadelphia, with the obvious desire to
breathe his last in that city. We may be
permitted, however, yet to express our sor
row for an event which has deprived the
country of one of its best citizens, and the
Naval Service of one of its brightest orna
ments.
Commodore Bainbridge was in his sixti
eth year, and might have been spared to us
for many to come, hut for distressing com
plaints contracted in the service, which fi.
nally terminated his valuable life. He was a
native of Princeton, in New Jersey, and was
An Electric Eel.—I was standing in the
gallery of a house belonging to a half pay of
ficer (now a planter) when I observed a large
jar in the garden: I enquired what it contain
ed, and was told an electric eel, “ but,” said
my friend, “ I have had it a long time, it is
sickly, and has entirely lost its electrifying
powers.” I went to examine it, and saw a
brown, flat headed broad tailed eel, four or five
feet long, with a look of “ noli me tangcrc,”
moving slowly round the inside of the jar.
The planter then taking up a piece of an old
iron hoop, said in an offhanded manner, “If
you touch him with this, you will perceive he
has lost all his power.” I did so, and was
nearly knocked flat on my back: the shock
was most severe, though the eel did not ap
pear to be the least agitated; of course my
friend was highly delighted.
Scenes of great diversion are occasioned
among the English sailors who come to Sta-
brook by electric cels ; they are told to bring
them to be cooked. Jack bares his arm, and
plunges his hand into the jar, and in a mo
ment receives a shock which benumbs him;
he looks round in wild amazement, and then
at the cel, all the while rubbing his elbow.
“Try again, Jack, for a bottle of rum;” he
does so, grasps the cel firmly, grins and
swears at “the beggar,” receives shock after
shock, drops the cel in despair, and runs off
as if the devil had struck him. A little dog was
thrown into the jar one day, in which there
was an electric cel, and was so paralyzed that
it sunk helpless to the bottom, and was got
out alive with some difficulty; and a horse
that attempted to drink out of the jar was im
mediately thrown back on its haunches, and
galloped off with mane and tail on and snort
ing with terror.—Alexander's Sketches.
officers of the crown, covered with rich cm- inhabitants of the manor, but he had been | horn on the 7th day of May, 1774. At an
broideries and orders; a crowd of charming enjoined by the Count to have as little inter-
women, young, elegant and graceful, spark- course as possible with any other person::,
ling with diamonds, and dressed with the
greatest splendor. Amidst all these noble
persons, the princes de C through whom
Metternich hoped to gain Alexander’s partic
ular friendship and good will, was very con
spicuous; but young Count de Pehf-
and particularly to observe profound secrecy
| as to all circumstances, however unimpor
tant, that might take place on the estate.
One afternoon the Count returned to the
castle after an unsuccessful hunt; his looks
were more than usually gloomy. Without
changing his dress or taking refreshment,
whose brilliant exterior, high rank, and amia-
Me qualities, had in so short a time made him 1 as was his daily custom, lie hastened up t.o
a universal favourite with the fashionable so-1 his wife’s apartment. Her little children, her
ciety of Vienna, attracted even more atten-1 only pleasure and consolation, were around
tion and remark than the princess. The 1 her; she immediately rose and rushed to cra-
Count had left his fine Bohemian estate, and brace him. The Count ordered the chil-
appeared for the first time at Francis’ court, dren to leave the room,
to whom he came to render homage as his I When he was alone with his young wife,
sovereign. Metternich had already marked he told her to be seated, and placed himself
him as his own. before her in such a manner as to be able to
The first of the speakers was a man about I see her slightest change of countenance. He _ ^
forty, whose person, though effeminate, was then drew a long dagger from his belt, the ! frigate Philadelphia, under his command, in
very prepossessing. He had an expanded blade of which was triangular and skilfully | the harbor of Tripoli, his long imprisonment,
forehead, a wdl-shapcd nose, large blue eyes, sharpened. He appeared to amuse himself! his fortitude and courage under it, are matter
and an agreeable moutli, around which an en-1 by feeling its point now on the end of his fin- j of history, and need not be here dwelt upon,
chanting smile always played at command, ger, and then on the palm of his hand. The j Let one anecdote suffice as illustrative of the
His manner was winning, and put you at your Countess, struck by this new and unexpected j character of the deceased Hero : Whilst he
case in a minute. Perfectly selt-posscssed | scene, cast her eves down, and awaited the was in captivity, and the American Gen. Ea-
early age he was apprenticed to the sea-ser
vice, and behaved so well that he rose to the
command of a merchant ship at nineteen years
of age. From that time (1793) to 1793, he
commanded merchant ships in trade from
Philadelphia to Europe ; during which peri
od, in the small ship of Hope, with four small
carriage guns and nine men, he had an en
gagement with a British schooner of 8 guns
and 35 men, commanded by a Sailing master
in the Navy, and compelled her to strike her
colors, though the two countries not being at
war, he could not take possession of her. In
July, 1798, he unexpectedly, and without
any application on his part, received from the
Executive an offer of a command in the rank
of Lieutenant in the Navy. We shall not
pretend to recapitulate liis subsequent servi
ces. His capture by the grounding of the
Opinions on Secession, &c.—In a letter
to Mr. Carrington, in 1787, Mr. Jefferson
said—« where two parties make a compact
there results to each a power of compelling
the other to execute it. Compulsion was
never so easy as in our case, when a single
frigate would soon levy on the commerce of
any State, the deficiency of its contribution.
In 1811, Mr. Jefferson said, in a letter to
Mr. Tracy, “that certain States, from local
and occasional discontents, might attempt to
secede from the Union; but it is not probable
that local discontents can spread to such an
extent, as to be able to face the sound parts
of so extensive a Union.”
The editor, of the Richmond Enquirer, in
1814, held the following opinions:
“ No man, no association of men, no State
or set of States, has this right to withdraw it
self from the Union of its own accord. The
same power that knit us together, can only
unknit. The same formality that forges the
links of the Union is necessary to dissolve it.
Until that consent has been obtained, any at
tempt to dissolve the Union, or obstruct the
efficacy of its constitutional laws, is Treason
—Treason to all intents and purposes.”
« Any other doctrine, such as that which
has been lately held forth by the Federal Re
publicans, that any one State may withdraw
itself from the Union, is an abominable her
esy.” .
From Locke’s Miscellaneous Papers, published in bis
Life, by Lord King.
Thus I Think.—It is a man’s proper bu
siness to seek happiness and avoid misery.
Happiness consists in what delights and con.
tents the mind ; misery in what disturbs, dis.
composes, or torments it.
I will therefore make it iny business to seek
satisfaction and delight, and avoid uneasiness
and disquiet; to have as much of the one and
as little of the other as may be.
But here I must have a care I mistake not;
for if I prefer a short pleasure to a lasting
one, it is plain I cross my own happiness.
Let me then see wherein consists the most
lasting pleasure of this life ; and that, as far
as I can observe, is in these things.
1st. Health, without which no sensual (as
opposed to intellectual) pleasure can have
any relish.
2d. Reputation: for.that I find every body is
pleased with; and. the wan: of it is a constant
torment:
3d. Knowledge : for the little knowledge
I have, I find I .would net sell at any rate, nor
pari with for-any other pleasnre.
4th. Doing good : for I find the well-cook-
qd meat I eat to-day does now no more de
light me; nay, I am diseased after a lull meal.
The perfumes I smeit yesterday now no more
affect me with any pleasure; but the good turn
did yesterday, a year, seven years since,
contin ics still, to pleasure and delight me as
often as I reflect on it.
5ih. The expectation of eternal and incom
prehensihle happiness in another world, is
that also which carries a constant pleasure
with it.
If, then, I will faithfully pursue that happi-
jFomgn $l$m.
ness I propose to myself, whatever pleasure
offers itself to me, I must carefully look that
it cross not any of those five great and con
stant pleasures above mentioned. For ex
ample, the fruit I see tempts me with the taste
of it, that I love ; but if it endanger my health
I part with a constant and lasting, for a very
short and transient pleasure, and so foolishly
make myself unhappy, and am not true to my
own interest.
Innocent diversions delight me. If I make
use of them to refresh myself after study and
business, they preserve my health, restore
the vigor of my mind, and increase my pleas
ure; but if I spend all, or the greater part of
my time in them, they hinder my improve
ment in knowledge and useful arts, they blast
my credit, and give me up to the uneasy
state of shame, ignorance, and contempt, in
which I cannot but be very unhappy. Drink
ing, gaming, and vicious delights will do me
this mischief, not only by wasting my time-
hut by a positive injury endangering my health
impair my parts, imprint ill habits, lessen
my esteem, and leave a constant lasting tor
ment to my conscience ; therefore all vicious
and unlawful pleasures I will always avoid
because such a mastery of my passions will
afford me a constant pleasure greater than
any such enjoyments, and also deliver me
from the certain evil of several kinds, that by
indulging myself in a present temptation
shall certainly afterwards suffer.
All innocent diversions and delights, as far
as they will contribute to my health, and con
sistent with my improvement, condition, and
my other more solid pleasures of knowledge
and reputation, I will enjoy, but no farther
and this I will carefully watch and examine
that I may not be deceived by the'flattery
a present pleasure to lose a greater.
minute. Perfectly self-possessed scene, cast her eyes down, and awaited the
on all occasions, he knew how to mingle in termination with inexpressible anxiety.
* - ’ “ Madame, you must die’‘
the dissipations and follies of the great, but al
ways with the determination of profiting by
them. The second, although more than fif-
“ What mean you!” cried the Countess,
terrified at his words, and the hollow tone
ty years of age, had all the vigor and bold, I with which they were pronounced.
ness of youth; his forehead, already bald, “ I repeat it Madame, you must die, and
ton was advancing upon Tripoli, the Pacha
sent word to Capt. Bainbridge, in no doubt
ful terms, that he had the means, which in
From the Mississippian.
Two Important Historical Facts.—
Mr. Madison’s resolutions have been strongly
relied on as asserting Nullification. They
seemed to us almost, if not entirely, to justify
this construction, until the appearance of Mr.
Madison’s letter to Mr. Everett, recently pub-
lished, which contains explanations of a highly
satisfactory character on this Subject. Three
was high and open; his manly features an- that, without noise, without complaint.”
nounced habits of deep thought and decision. Then seizing her by the arm, he stabbed
This was the celebrated Dr. Gall, the illustri- her in the side; she fell fainting without a
ous physiologyst; the former was Prince Met- groan—When she came to her ’senses, she
ternich, Prime Minister to the Emperor of was upon the bed, and a dressing had been
Austria. put upon the wound. The Count was alone
According to his usual custom, the Prince with her in the room, his eyes steadfastly fix-
had retired in the middle of the fete, into the | ed upon her, his lips parted with a slight
solitude of his closet, in order to despatch smile. He appeared happy in observing the
some business. Gall remaining alone, and different impressions wrought by fear or pain
struck with the warm partiulity displayed not I upon his victim’s countenance,
only by Metternich, but the whole court f or have changed my mind, Madame,”
the young Count, was determined to watch I said he, when he saw she had entirely recov-
him closely, during the rest of the eveniug. I ered from her insensibility, “you 6hall live;
As Count' de Pehf was finishing a I but your life will depend altogether upon your
minuet which ho had danced with the beauti-1 discretion. At the slightest whisper of what
fill Princess de Schw ■> end during which I has or may hereafter pass betwixt us, I shall
eveiy one had crowded around to admire his know how to insure your silence forever.”
easy, and graceful, and elegant manners, the | The Count continued his usual life. Ev-
case of extremity he should use, of injuring ; are two facts lately developed, which, indc-
the Americans in the most tender point, by j pendent of Mr. Madison’s letter, furnish valii-
putting his prisoners to death, &c. thus ho- i able illustration as to the true import of these
Prince, who had returned to the saloon, and I ery day after returning from the c’uase he
stood behind Dr. Gall, tapped him lightly on 1 went up to his wife’s apartment, and curious-
thc shoulder: . . I ty examined, but without speaking, the wound
“ Weft,” said he, “have you scrutinized 1 he had made. One evening, when it was
him narrowly; are you not now convinced nearly closed, after carrying the point of his
that the Count is a paragon of perfection?” dagger from one part to the other of the
GaH drew the Prince aside, without reply, Countess’ body, doubtless to increase her ago-
andwhen they were out of the circle: jnizing suspense, he inflicted a new stab,
ping to intimidate the captain, and induce him
to write either to the Commodore or to Mr.
Eaton. Capt. Bainbridge’s reply was, that
he and his officers were in the power of the
Pacha, and that he might do with them as he
pleased; that the United States had many,
other officers, and seamen, and that, conse.
quently, they should he no loss to the coun
try. It may readily be .conceived that, after
this reply, he was importuned no further.
. The event of his life, however, which has
most familiarized our readers to his name,
was his gallant achievement of tho capture
of the Frigate Java, on the 29th of December,
1812, being the third of those victories which
established the character of the American
Navy. The action was a severe one, am?
among our wounded was the Commodore
himself. The generosity of the victor to the
vanquished covered him with as much glory
as. his valor in battle; and for his honorable
courtesy on that occasion, the gratitude of the
prisoners was expressed in the most feeling
manner. °
Since the conclusion of the war, Com.
B. has commanded with great reputation and
popularity at several Naval stations, and for
resolutions. As they wore originally draft
ed, the 7th resolution declared the Alien and
Sedition acts “ unconstitutional, and not law,'
bul wholly null and void, and of no effect”—
On nation of Mr. Taylor of Caroline, who in
troduced the resolution, the words in italics
were striken out, without a division. Thus
making it only the expression of opinion, and
taking away its Nullifying features. This is
the first fact.. The second is, that the third
resolution, as reported, ran, “ that this As
sembly doth explicitly and peremptorily de
clare, that it views the powers of the Federal
Government as resulting from the . compact,
to which the States alone afe parties.” Upon
the suggestion of Mr. Giles, the word. alone
was stricken out. It had been contend ->d,
that the people only, were parties to the com
pact; and the resolution declared that the
State, alone were parties. Mr. Giles said,
“ the general government was partly of each
kind,” and on this ground the word alone was
stricken out. The doctrine of Nullification
is based upon the assumption that the States
are the only parties;. if the people are also
parties, this air-built theory tumbles into at
oms.
Anecdote of Spurziieim—It is a curious
fact which wc lcara from a note to Spurz
heim’s Physiognomy, published by Marsh
Capon and Lyon, that the deceased pliilantrho
phist, when he visited the prison at Hartford
last fall, poiuted out the two men who became
the leaders in the late conspiracy and murder,
as very bad criminals. Dr. Brigham, who
was in company with him, says—
“The negro, Crnsar Reynolds, who, from
the testimony, it appears, actually committed
the murder, he noticed, when at some dis
tance, and remarked, «that negro interests me
much,’ and begged the liberty of examining
his head minutely : and after he had done sc,
he said he had the best formation intellectual
ly of any negro he ever saw, (and he was far
superior to most blaqks,) but, stated that he
was a wretched and dangerous man,. capable
of doing any wickedness, and one that would
persevere in injury.”
The Warden has repeatedly assured me
that Dr. S. gave the characters of many of
the criminals, especially the noted ones, as
correctly as he himself could who had long
known them.
The Albany Daily Advertiser seems to
have been very successful in securing epi
taphs ; among-them is one of a sailor who
desired no other than the following to be in
scribed on his tombstone:
“Here I l»y as snuff.
As a bug in a rug. ”
He however found a rival in another towns
man, who put this upon his byway of “op
position:” y
“ Here I lay snugger
. Than that other bugger t”
At
A scrat for Debating Societies.
a debating club not far Off, the question was
discussed, whether there is more happiness in
the possession or pursuit of an object? and
was decided no doubt in favor of the .follow
ing ; “Mr. President,” said the orator, “spose
I was courtin’ a gal, and she was to run away,
and I was to run arter her, would’nt I he hap
pier when I cotched her than when 1 was run-
nin’ arter her?”
From the Net* York Cour. and Enq.of thcZZth nit.
TEN days LATER FROM ENGLAND.
Our news-schooner Eclipse boarded yes
terday oft* Rockawav, the packet ship Roscoe
Capt. Rogers, and about three o’clock in
the atcernoon wc received our files of Lon
don and Liverpool papers brought by that ve%
sel ; the dates of the former arc to the 24th,
and of the latter to the 25th June, on which
day the Ilcscoe sailed.
The bill in relation to the emancipation of
the siaves in the British Colonies having pass-
ed the House of Commons, has been carried
up to the House of Lords. Though its fato
will not he finally settled until it h .s passed
t e l .tter body, the rnouied interests ure already
full ot speculations as to the means by which
the twenty millions arc to be raised, that is to
be given to the. planters as an indemnity.
o settled plan seems however as yet form
ed on this point. Tho mortgagees of West
India estates and the absentee planters resi
ding in England, seem satisfied with the bill
as it has passed the House of Common^. It
is very doubtful, however, whether it will bo
received with the same cordiality in tho West
Indies, for the resident planters do not simply
complain of losing the value of their slaves,
but allege that by emancipation they will lose
the working power. Free labor they look
upon as a dream. Tho claim of the planters
is thus illustrated by a London Journal:
“ If all the farming implements of a depen
dent country were destroyed by some superior
legislature without the possibility of replacing
them, Me agriculturists might not bo fairly
compensated if their compensation were esti
mated by the selling price of ploughs, carts,
and harrows before the general destruction.”
We believe that tho whole scheme will mis-
carry,-and that the Colonies will be in a flame
after the twenty millions have been squeezed
from the people of England. ,
A very unexpected concession has been
made by the British Ministers, to the Opposi
tion, in the progress of the Irish Church Re
form Bill through the House of Commons.
The bill contained ;l clause providing that tho
produce of the sale of Bishops’’ leases after
paying them their incomes, should be applied
to such purposes as Parliament might think
fit. Against this, the conservative party
most vehemently protested. They maintain
ed that the produce of the leases was ecclesi
astical property, and ought to be applied on
ly to ecclesiastical purposes. Tho majority
possessed by that party in tho House of Lords
placed it in their power to defeat the bill alto
gether, and it is roundly asserted that this
concession on the part of the Government is
the result of a compromise with them. It
appears highly probable.
We regret to perceive that the French
Chamber of Deputies has delayed till' anoth
er session the discussion on the treaty with
this country, and consequently that it has not
made the appropriation required to enable the
government to fulfil its engagements. Let
ters of the 29th of June from Paris; say, that
the present session was expected to close in
four or five days. The Ministers of Louis
Phillippe have expressed their determination
to retain possession of Algiers, although tho
Bourbon government which acquired it, de.
dared to the British Administration, that
their expedition was directed' by no view's of
conquest. Earl Grey when questioned,on
the subject, evaded expressing his opinion, by
alleging that he had received no official in
formation of such declaration on the part of
the government of Louis Phillippe.
From the Dublin Morning Register. '
Mr. O’Connell—Repeal.—A letter was
received in town yesterday from Mr. O’Con
nell, from which the subjoined is an extract:
“ I know that any. rational discussion of the
all-important question of repeal is impossible
in this advanced and complicated slate of pub
lic business. Wc should hove either been
deprived of ‘a House’ by members going
awav, or wc should be treated with contempt
and ridicule by men who are now thinking of
nothing else save escaping from London and
getting rid of the session. You have, no idea
of the effects which must be ! produced in this
country, as well as in Ireland, by the total
and ludicrous failure of the attempt, to discuss
it now. It would literally be equal only to
the plan of « privateering after the war.”
“ I have given my notices for the first day
of the next sefesion. I will bring them on the
next thing after the King’s speech shall be
discussed. Every day up to that period will add
to my materials for introducing the great re
generating measures with proper effect.
“ I will begin my * Letters to the True
Sun’ again in the next week, ft is nccessa-
ry I should show the Irish people my rea-
sons, in detail, for objecting to discussion m
the present session, while I commence my
operations to bo, prepared for the ensuing
one, when the repeal campaign shall be open
ed with vigor commensurate to the object to
be struggled for. •
« Every day’s experience convinces me
that, by a little' perseverance, we snail
achieve tho repeal, as the people achieved the ,
Catholic question, and are now achieving
the actual abolition of tithes, the first step to
w hich was taken on Wednesday night,
“One great reason why I would not bring
on the repeal this session is, that it would
giye a ficticious patriotism to menwho have
been acting badly through three-fourths o?
the session ; and, indeed, it is just such men
who, in general, are forcing it cm at pretfonlr.
