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      enemv / on one occasion , should not feel surprised if he meant to include the Castle . This is mere speculation , however . _ _ , " There is Father Redmond of Arklow , and I thank him from my heart for it , and so will Ireland . He was the first man to repudiate all names and symbols of disunion . No man shall forget the hearty enthusiasm -which hailed his denunciation of all attempts to divide the people—no man can fail to remember the generous glow which fell on the assembly like a second sunlight ¦ when Dr . Beritoul , with his rugged Derry accent , clinched , as it were , the cordial union of the provinces . A union not of name alone neither . On every question that was discussed , on every side of the discussion , men took their placesand stated their views in utter oblivion of creed

      , or province . The Conference was Irish , and Irish only . And on every point that involved a great principle an Unanimous vote was taken . ' Discuss the question all day if you will it , but we must have an unanimous vote . ' This was the spirit of the proceedings . It is a thing to be told and cogitated in St . Stephen's , to be heard with horror by the exterminators , and to give hope and heart to our poor exiles in America , this unanimous declaration that the Irish tenant shall have perpetual tenure , and a regulated rent in future . It is a thing to move England more than men think . As Thomas Carlyle said the other day , this Irish tenant agitation is very likely to become ' soon an English , and a Scotch one too , ' And If it does ?—"

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      NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . The meeting of the Reformed council of this Association—which has abolished its own property qualification—was held on Thursday last , and it gave the most satisfactory proof of the new vitality which has been infused into it . In the evening a tea-meeting was held at the King ' s Head , and was a proper sequel to the proceedings of the morning . The room was Crowded and the assembly most enthusiastic . The following resolutions were carried unanimously : — * ' That this meeting , composed of numerous members of the Council of the National Reform Association , elected bv the members in general , in conformity with

      the recommendation of the Conference held in April last , and of a large and influential body of gentlemen representing various districts in and about the metropolis , rejoices in this opportunity to congratulate reformers ^ in all parts of the kingdom upon this satisfactory adoption of popular principles in the constitution of the council , and desires to declare its implicit confidence in the gentlemen to whom the future operations of the Association have been thus delegated and entrusted . " That this meeting would record its high satisfaction at the result of the recent election for the borough of

      Lambeth , and would offer its grateful acknowledgments to the electors of that borough for having returned to Parliament by a triumphant majority a member of its council , and a consistent advocate of Parliamentary and Financial Reform , in the person of William Williams , Esq ., and for having thereby set a noble example to the independent electors of the kingdom at large , to whom , as well as to all reformers , this meeting urgently appeals for increased energy in Bupport of the National Reform Association ; and the gentlemen present pledge themselves to use their utmost efforts to extend its influence and to increase its means of operation . "

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      SIR LAUNCELOT SHADWELL . The Right Honourable Sir Launcelot Shad well , Vice-Chancellor of England , expired at an early hour on Saturday morning at his residence , the Barn Elms , Putney . It cannot be said that this event was unexpected , Sir Launcelot Shadwell having been for some time seriously ill . It is now about a month since he was suddenly seized , on his way to London , with a fit which was understood to be of a paralytic

      nature , and since that time he has been gradually sinking . His death will not , however , be the less lamented . He has presided over a branch of the Court of Chancery since the year 1827 , and has secured the entire respect of the professon , by the general soundness and invariable impartiality of his judgments , by the regularity of his attendance in his court , and his untiring assiduity in the disposal of its business .

      Sir Launcelot Shadwell was the son of a barrister , well known in his day in the courts of law . He was born in the year 1779 , and was educated at St . John ' s College , Cambridge , at which University he took an honourable degree as 7 th wrangler and j ' unior medallist . He subsequently obtained a fellowship , and in 1803 was called to the bar at Lincoln ' s-inn . In 1821 he was appointed a king ' s counsel , and in 1826 he obtained a seat in parliament for the borough of llipon , by favour of Mies Lawrence , of Studley Park , who , by means of her property , long held the power , if not the right , of presentation to that honour . His parliamentary career was brief , extending over little

      more than one year , he having been appointed Vice-Chancellor of England nn the 31 st of October , 1827 . Ho twice filled the office of a Commissioner of the Great Seal . The first occasion was after the resignation of the Lord Chancellorship by Lord Brougham , when ho was associated in the commission with the Earl of Cottenham and the late Sir John Bernard Bosanquet . The second occasion occurred only a few weeks ago , when Lord Langdalc , Sir J . M . Ito ' lfe , and himself were' appointed Commissioners of the Great Seal . On both these occasions , ho was enabled to give a living to one of his sons in the Church . On the former occasion ho gave a living at

      Southampton , to a son now sometime deceased , and the other day he gave a good living in Yorkshire ( the only one , we believe , that fell to his gift during his brief tenure of the Great Seal ) to another son , the Reverend Arthur Shadwell . He was twice married , and has left a large family . His eldest son is at the Chancery bar , where he bids fair to uphold the legal reputation of his family . For many years the late Vice-Chancellor held the office of auditor of the estates of the late Miss Lawrence , of Studley , under whose will he received a bequest of thirty thousand pounds . Up to a very recent period , he appeared to enjoy the most robust health . It was said in the courts that he bathed every day in the year , no matter how severe the season , in one of the creeks running from the Thames , near his house , at Barn Elms , and that this practice was the cause of that vigour ^ of body which he showed , even at his advanced period of life . It is even said that on one occasion he granted an injunction in the water . It occurred in the long vacation ; the counsel and solicitor went to Barn Elms ; they found him in the water ; counsel stated the facts of the case from the bank ; he ducked under the stream , and , sputtering out water , said , " Take an interim order , sir . " Under the Act 5 Victoria , c . 5 , the successor of the Vice-Chancellor of England will receive a diminished salary ; it being enacted by the 37 th clause that no such officer should henceforward receive a salary of more than £ 5000 a-year , or a retiring pension of larger amount than £ 3500 a-year . The appointment vacant by Sir Launcelot Shadwell ' s death will naturally be offered to Sir J . Romilly , her Majesty ' s Attorney-General . In legal circles , however , some doubts are entertained whether that gentleman will accept the office . It is understood that the Attorney-General is most anxious to secure the Mastership of the Rolls , which it is also understood is likely , at no distant date , to become vacant by Lord Langdale ' s resignation . In the event of Sir John Romilly declining the Vice-Chancellorship , Mr . W . P . Wood , M . P ., and Mr . Bolt , are spoken of as likely to be elevated to the dignity of a Vice-Chancellor . In case the Attorney-General becomes Vice-Chancellor , Mr . Cockburn will succeed to the Attorney-Generalship , and Mr . W . P . Wood will , it is believed , be appointed to the Solicitorship .

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      AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA . The differences between the Austrian and Prussian commanders at Mayence respecting the transit of the Baden troops destined for Prussia have entered into a new and very important phase . The Austrian Government has issued a peremptory order to the commander of the fortress to oppose the further transport of troops from Baden to Prussia by force of arms , although this order appears very difficult of accomplishment , as the Baden troops in going by land are quite beyond the reach of the guns of the fortress of Mayence , yet we believe that the order itself for this inimical demonstration will carry its full weight in the proper quarter .

      The plenary diet at Frankfort , so calledby Austria , and so constituted by itself , has closed its career by a self-destroying decree , in virtue of which its own political decease is declared . Provision for a successor was made by the expiring plenum by devolving upon the Cabinet of Vienna the task of inviting all the governments of Germany to form a restricted diet . The Minister Manteuffel has tendered his resignation . Stockhausen , the minister of war , is said by some of the journals to have also left the ministry , which , however , is an error . Both , however , are alike opposed

      to the policy of Radowitz , believing it must be followed by most unhappy consequences . And yet it is the execution of this policy which is to be expected as soon as the King shall have accepted the resignations of the two ministers just named . A war with Austria , should such actually take place , would probably be commenced by Prussia taking possession of the federal fortresses of Rastadt and Mayence , which stand within her own borders or those of her allies . Afterwards Frankfort-on-the-Main . would probably be a scene of war .

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      AMERICAN POLITICS . The chief item of news by the last American steamer is the rejection by the Senate of the longpending Compromise Bill . It is stated that the question of the admission of California is to be considered separately , and divested of the many collaterul issues which encumber Mr . Clay's rejected bill to such an extent as has earned for it the sobriquet of The Omnibus Bill . " The New York Herald makes the following remarks on the rejection of the Coml > romise Bill : — " The crisis so long predicted and so intensely dreaded by all good men and true , by all patriots of the new world , is at hand , if it has not actually come upon us . The highest self-devotion and talent of the land have been exerted in bringing about a settlement of this question . Both have failed , or may fail , according to present appearances , in producing the desired result . The Governor of Texas has called an extraordinary session of the Legislature , for the purpose of adopting measures to maintain what the people of that State insist is their

      rightful boundary , and to resist any attempt , come fro m what quarter it may , to dispossess them . The day of meeting is close at band , and it certainly would be advisable to settle this troublesome question before any rash steps should be taken by Texas . " President Fillmore has held his first levee , and in the course of a reply to an address from the Russian Minister , declared his adherence to the policy of strict neutrality and non-interference in regard to the affairs of all foreign countries .

      Mr . Webster , as Secretary of State ; Mr . Corwin , Secretary of the Treasury ; and Mr . Hall , Postmaster-General , of the new Cabinet , have already accepted their commissions , and commenced their labours . Messrs . Crittenden and Graham have also accepted their appointments , but have not arrived at Washington . It is not yet known whether the other two will accept office . It is asserted in political circles in Washington that the differences between the American Government and that of Portugal have been adjusted . The terms are not given , nor is it stated where or when the adjustment took place .

      The cholera was prevailing to a fearful extent in Mexico at the date of last advices . At St . Louis Potosi , 300 persons had died out of a population of 25 , 000 . In the city of Mexico it was making awful ravages , and in some of the mining districts the country was depopulated . So violent is the disease that of 2000 cases reported from the 25 th of May to the 2 nd of July , 1234 had died ; and from the first appearance of the cholera until the 2 nd of July there have been 15 , 000 cases and

      6400 deaths . The disease has broken out with great violence in Vera Cruz . The wheat harvest throughout the country has been gathered , and the quantity produced is said to be far greater than ever before . In many of the Western States , where Indian corn has heretofore been the principal crop , a large amount of wheat has been grown this year . Missouri , which is one of the smallest wheatproducing states , has an estimated surplus of 500 , 000 bushels .

      According to present appearance there will be a tremendous emigration from the Atlantic States to California during the present year . Up to the 17 th of June last we are authentically informed that some thirty thousand adventurers passed Fort Laramie , on the overland route to the modern El Dorado ; and the rush by the way of Chagres and Panama is still very great . The probability is that the new state on the Pacific will receive an accession to her population of sixty or seventy thousand within the present year .

      Accounts from the cotton-growing districts are more favourable , but this should not be construed into any indication that the crop will be a large or even an average one . The report is merely noted and quoted in contradistinction to the unfavourable ones already sent over .

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      THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION . The twentieth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science has just concluded at Edinburgh an unusually prosperous and successful sitting . Everything has smiled on its proceedings . The weather , which , at the former meeting in that city , sixteen years ago , proved so treacherous that for three days the streets were deluged , has this time made amends by a week of unbroken sunshine , which has shown to the best advantage all the glories of the beautiful city and its

      neighbourhood . The various sections have had more papers brought before them than they have been able to hear read in full , and an amount of zeal , activity , and harmony has characterized the whole proceedings to an extent unsurpassed at any previous meeting . Fewer distinguished foreigners have been present than on some previous occasions ; not , however , because their interest has declined in the association , but because , as numbers of themselves have stated , they are induced to postpone a visit to this country till next

      year , when the attractions of the great exhibition of industrial products will be added to those of the association . A considerable number of illustrious strangers have been present , and a great impetus has been given to the public interest in scientific pursuits by the large and gifted assemblage which has been deliberating for a week with open doors upon all the important discoveries of the past year . It does not fall within the scope of our journal to report in detail the proceedings of the sections , which , after all , are not by any means the most important part of the doings of the association . The Geological Section , as usual and as deservedly , has

      been the most attractive , some four or five hundred persons daily attending its sittings . The greatest interest was excited by the appearance of the Duke of Argyle as the author of an important discovery , which promises to solve for us the geological age of the famous island of Staffa , a problem which had been considered quite insoluble . The Duke addressed the section in a style which has called forth universal commendation , and not a few do not hesitate to pronounce him the best speaker who has appeared at the meeting . His Grace was listened to , especially by the lady members who crowded to hear him , with a prepossession in his favour which was not shown towards other speakers less favoured by nature and fortune . But , after making every deduction for this , no candid critic could refuse to admire

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 17, 1850, page 484, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1850/page/4/