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which was a cloud happily passedaway, Their Repeal meet- 
ings would nowgo on without interference from any quarter. 
There was, however, one source of apprehension—arising 
from hired incendiaries and disturbers. On this point, he 
teferred to a letter which appeared in a Dublin paper; 
from a correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, in which 
the writer insinuates that such persons had been brought 
over from England to create a riot at the Tara meeting. 
This, said Mr. O’Connell, was a topic which they must 
not pass over lightly. By whom were these monsters 
employed? By the Government? By the police merely, 
or whom? Was it not terrific to think that underlings 
Should be employed to get up a riot in order that slaughter 
might be done on the people of Ireland? Such persons 
had been employed among the Chartists, in England ; but 
the people of Ireland were determined to keep the peace, 
and would not be ensnared by them. He dwelt on this 
head with great vehemence for some time, and expressed 
his determination to hunt the matter up. He next 
alluded to Mr. Feargus O’Connor’s plan for the work- 
people of England—the observance of a sacred month, in 
which they should do no work—and said that, for himself 
he sought no revolution—but a bloodless, stainless one— 
a return to a former time—such a revolution as that of 
1782, or 1829. To be sure the people of Treland would, 
if required, leave the harvest uncut—or give up the con- 
Sumption of exciseable articles. ‘I throw out this hint to 
show that we are not deprived of peaceable resources. 
The harvest is now nearly cut, so that I am for the present 
like a man speaking the day after the fair, and as to the 
no: ption of exciseable articles, we will wait for 
the emergency.” He next entered into the subject of his 
Statistical inquiries for the basis of the future constituency 
of Ireland, and repeated nearly all the chapter of last week 
On the same head. He again dwelt on the great necessity 
of not being in too great a hurry with their work. e 
concluded by predicting the downfall of the Trish Church 
Establishment, and said that there will, shall, and must 
he agitation in Ireland, never to cease till they have their 
Parliament in College Green. The rent for the week was 
announced to be 10977. 6s, 8d. 
Belfast. A meeting of those noblemen and gentlemen 
who signed the requisition for a meeting in Belfast, on 
the 7th inst., for the purpose of expressing their determi- 
Ration to resist the Repeal of the Legislative Union, 
Maintain the integrity of the empire, and take measures 
or the protection of the lives and properties of the Pro- 
testants of Ireland, took place last week, the Marquess of 
Donegal in the chair. A series of resolutions was passed 
sfaction of the meeting with the Queen’s 
Speech, and declaring that ‘as loyal subjects of her 
Majesty, determined at all times to support the authority 
of the Queen, and anxious to comply with the spirit, as 
well as the letter, of her expressed wishes, they feel it 
their duty to forego the meeting fixed for the Tth Septem- 
ber, lest the Protestants of Ulster should be charged by 
their enemies, however unjustly, as the cause of continuing 
Political agitation.” They also declared ‘their full con- 
Viction that the Repeal agitation is not only a politic. 
uta religious effort to organise their Roman Catholic 
fellow subjects, for the purpose of dismembering the 
Titish empire, destroying the Protestant religion, over- 
turning the Government of the Queen, and establishing 
-4pal domination in this country.’? A declaration to be 
*igned by all the Protestants in Ireland, and presented to 
er Majesty, was then adopted, expressing their resolution 
in their several spheres and stations, to maintain the 
oly Scriptures as the standard of Christian faith and 
Morals, preserve unshaken loyalty to the Queen, defend 
the Protestant suc on to the Crown, and to stand 
together to defend, with their properties and lives, the 
integrity of the empire, as cemented by the Legislative 
‘ion, — Mr. Green made a suce 1 ascent in his 
balloon on Saturd from the Botanic Gardens in this 
if possible, to cross the Channel to 
t, but the wind being very light, he 
y Craigavad. House, the residence of Mr, 
Orbes, and within a few hundred yards of the sea, and 
Teturned to Belfast the same evening. The excursion 
p2cupied twenty-nine minutes ; the distance being about 
€n miles from the gardens. 
, Cork,.—A ‘curious incident occurred during the ball 
8lven at Cork in honour of the British Association, which 
€xemplified the adroitness of the Irish police. A number 
°f the swell mob honoured Cork with a visit for the occa- 
°n, some of whom came express from London, and 
ee them several female practitioners. The crowded 
and 
Hiltee, dressed in ball costume, having observed one of 
“hes 
Mtr 
of The gentleman, of course, in the pauses 
3 the dance, did the agreeable to the lady, who appeared 
ch pleased with her military-looking admirer. The 
ance ended, the gentleman’s arm was offered for a pro- 
nade, and when near the door, he quietly resigned his 
batiner into the hands of a brother oflicer, about whose 
Phearance there could be no mistake. 
SCOTLAND. 
ee dinburgh.—An annual synodical meeting of the Epis- 
ie clergy of the united diocese of Moray, Ross, and 
fn 8yle, was held at Inverness on the 17th ult., at which, 
th Teference to the umbrage taken by certain parties to 
it. Sceasional use of the old Scotch communion office, 
ane the unanimous opinion of the Synod that there 
tee to be no difference between the Episcopal Church 
ii cotland and the united Churches in England and 
land, in the administration of the holy communion, 
In consequence of this opinion, the Dean was requested 
to convey the desire of the Synod to the Bishops, that the 
requisite alteration should be made in the canons, so 
that the English communion service should henceforth 
be exclusively used. 
raemar.—The presence of a royal Prince at one of 
those athletic exhibitions, a ‘ gathering” in the High- 
lands, is an event so unusual, that the Braemar meeting 
this year possessed an extraordinary attraction to the 
“ men of the mountains.” His Royal Highness Prince 
Alexander of the Netherlands being at the Mar-lodge, the 
shooting quarters of the Duke of Leeds, honoured the 
annual gathering on Friday week by his presence. The 
Duke of Leeds, with many of his followers in full highland 
garb, and many of the gentry, collected at the park-gate, 
when the Duke received the Prince there on his arrival 
from Mar-lodge. The highland games then commenced, 
such as putting the stone, running, throwing the hammer, 
tossing the bar, leaping, dancing the strathspey and sword 
dance; and at the ion of the prizes 
were awarded to those competitors who had distinguished 
themselves in the various games. 
the sports, about 200 persons sat down to a repast at the 
Castle, General Sir Alex. Duff, president of the society, 
in the chair, supported by his Royal Highness the Duke 
of Leeds, Lords Prudhoe, Elcho, Lilford, and a numerous 
party of visitors. 
SMiscellancous. 
The Royal Banquet at Eu.—The following extract 
from a description of this banquet, by the reporter of the 
Morning Chronicle, who was an eye-witness of the 
Scene, will hardly fail to interest our readers :—‘‘ In the 
evening I obtained admission into the Palace, and the 
rare Opportunity of seeing the Royal host and hostess, 
with their illustrious guests, at dinner. ‘The scene was a 
very splendid one. When a King of France entertains a 
Queen of England, whatever of costly or gorgeous can be 
obtained will not be spared, and certainly upon this occa- 
sion the magnificent stores of Louis Philippe were put in 
requisition, ‘The apartment in which the banquet took 
place is a large and very richly decorated one, looking on 
the garden terrace.’ It is hung round with portraits, set 
in handsome frames, and the roof is pannelled, richly gilt, 
and painted with subjects taken from the history of France. 
The plate, which was all gold or silver gilt, was of the most 
splendid description, and in the centre was a most magni- 
ficent plateau of gold, with large vases of the same costly 
material, filled with flowers, At8 o’clock dinner was an- 
nounced, when his Majesty the King of the French, with her 
Majesty Queen Victoria at his right, and the Queen of the 
Belgians at his left, proceeded down the grand staircase to 
the sadle-d-manger, which is situated on the ground floor of | 
the chateau. ‘The King of the French appeared to be in 
excellent health and spirits, and to enjoy himself vastly 
on the dccasion. He seems to me to beara striking re- 
semblance to some of the later portraits of George IV. 
clumsy, vulgar personage which be is occasionally repre- 
sented in his portraits. He sat at the centre of the table. 
On his right band sat the Queen of England, and on his 
left the Queen of the Belgians. The effect of her sea 
voyage has ‘‘ shown’’ on Queen Victoria. She looks in 
excellent health, but the sea and air have given her a wore 
flushed appearance than that with which we are accus- 
tomed to see her ; nor has the sun been more sparing of her 
complexion than it would be of that of her fair subjects— 
in short, she is as brown as a berry. Her Majesty had 
the Prince of Joinville on her right hand, and carried on 
a most animated conversation with him during the whole 
time of dinner. She laughed and talked with as much 
enjoyment and freedom as if she were totally unconscious 
that upon her shoulders rested the whole weight of the 
government of Great Britain. She had on a dress of scar- 
let silk, and wore upon her arm the Order of the Garter, 
and across her breast the ribbon of that Order. Her head- 
dress was very plain, the hair being simply braided, an 
her jewels were handsome emeralds and diamonds. The 
Queen of the French sat immediately opposite the King, 
having Prince Albert on her right, and the Duke d’Aumale 
on her left. Her Majesty on this occasion was very silent, 
and the con tion did not appear by any means so ani- 
mated on this side of the table ason the other. However, 
her Majesty, though reserved and silent, enjoys the pre- 
sence of company, and the visit of Queen Victoria and 
Prince Albert have been peculiarly gratifying to her. 
On the left of the Queen of the French—of whose 
dress I ean say nothing, but that she wore a very long 
feather in her cap—sat the Duke d’Aumale, who, if 
what all the world says be true, may hereafter be the 
Prince Albert of Spain. He is a good-looking, fair young 
man, and has appropriated to himself a large proportion 
of the sense of the family. Next to him sat the Princess 
of Joinville, an exceedingly handsome and pretty person, 
with a most superb diamond necklace about her neck. It 
is said she is eighteen, but she certainly looks two years 
younger. Her figure is very slight, her complexion rather 
fair, and her features small, delicate, and beautiful. Where 
there is so much of beauty it is not very easy to pick, but, 
upon the whole, I think the Princess of Joinville should 
have the apple. The Queen of the Belgians sat on the 
left of her Royal father. She is so often in England that 
her figure is known to many of your London readers, She 
is handsome, and of pleasing appearance and demeanor, 
and is said to be'the great favourite of her parents. Of 
her brother, the Duke of Montpensier, who sat next to 
her, I can only say that he is a very young man, who is 
assiduously engaged in the cultivation of a pair of mousta-~ 
chios of great promise. His neighbour was the Princess 
At the termination of | 
| He is a handsome and portly man, aud not at all the | Comte @ Euan 
Clementine, who has been recently married to Prince 
Augustus of Saxe Coburg, a cousin of our Prince Albert. 
She is not quite sohandsome as the rest of the family, but 
that says nothing in a family so distinguished for beauty as 
that of Orleans. The Duchess of Orleans was not present. 
She was at the chateau, but being in weeds, French eti- 
quette does not allow her to dine in public. She was, how# 
ever, one of those who went to Tréport to weldotne the 
Queen, and I have since learned that Queen Victoria 
visited the Duchess after dinner, and saw ‘the young peo- 
ple,”’ to whom she paid such gratifying attentions, that 
she speedily became a great favourite with all of them. 
The only other royal personage whom I have to allude to, 
is our own Prince Albert. He was looking extremely well, 
and was much admired by the French ladies. ‘+ Quel bel 
homme, quel beau garcon!’’ is the universal cry. Queen 
Victoria has also found favour in the eyes of the French 
gentlemen. © There is but one opinion among them as to 
her beauty, her exceedingly fine bust, especially her neck 
antl shoulders, and her amiable and gay manners. Ina 
conversation Ihad this morning with an officer high in the 
household, he expressed himself delighted with her anima= 
tion during dinner, and the gaiety of her conversation 
both with the King and the Prince of Joinville. - Of the 
other guests, the most conspicuous from the position I 
occupied, were M. Guizot and the Earl of Aberdeen, both 
of whom looked very grave. I have only to add, that, with 
the exception of the King, who wore a military dtess, and 
of M. Guizot and the Earl of Aberdeen, who were in 
diplomatic dresses, all the rest of the party were in mufti. 
The dinner party broke up at a quarter past ten, after 
which there was some music. The musicians came from 
Paris. The number of attendants, liveried and unliveried, 
was extraordinary, fully equal to the number of guests: 
The royal livery of France is like our own—searlet } but 
the coats are made in a very Louis Quatorze style, loaded 
with heavy worsted lace, like that used to trim the linings 
of our carriages, and the effect is heavy. Iwas rather sur- 
prised at the number of anliveried servants on the occasion; 
but Lunderstand that they are considered the very height 
of stylein France, though to me the effect was a bad one, 
as it took away uniformity. I have given a very inade- 
quate description of what was, in fact, a most gorgeous 
scene ; but where there is so much to admire, and so much 
to remember, the whole is apt to become a mass of confu- 
sion in the memory, The apartment in which the banquet 
took place wasa very splendid one, and was lighted in the 
most brilliant style; but 1 may mention, for the informa- 
tion of those lucky people who may be fitting up handsome 
dining-rooms, that in the King of France’s there are no 
chandeliers. All the candles were placed upon the table.” 
The Chéteaw a’ Eu—We are indebted to the seme 
source for the following account of the building which 
will hereafter hold a remarkable place in the history of 
our time.—‘' The Chdteau d’u came into the hands of 
Louis Philippe, not as King cf the French, but as heir to 
his mother, who was the daughter and heiress of the 
Duke of Penthievre, and from whom he also inherited the 
snd other extensive inheritances. The Chateau 
stant from Tréport, which is on the sea 
beach. The valley between Tréport and the Chateau is 
certainly bare of trees, from its proximity to the sea, but 
it is otherwise one of great beauty. It has one great 
attraction, the want of which is felt by our countrymen 
in almost every other part of the continent of Europe— 
it has a beautiful sward and green bills. None know but 
those who have felt the want of these beauties how badly 
they are compensated by stunted vineyards or indifferent 
brushwood. Beyond the Chateau, towards the interior of 
the country, is a lovely valley. It is well wooded, having 
a small, but pleasing river ranning through it, and studded 
with cottages, orchards, and farm steadings, which remind 
one strongly of similar scenery in the south of England. 
In passing through all parts of Normandy, Englishmen 
are continually struck with the similarity of the objects 
they see to those they have left at home, and it is impos- 
sible to look at the churches, cottages, farms, and villages 
in this country, without being struck with the fact, that 
we owe much of the beauty of our home scenery in Eng- 
land to our Norman ancestors, who only imparted to us 
the taste of the country which they themselves had left. 
The chateau was built in 1578 by Henry of Loraine le 
Balafre, Duc de Guise, on the site of a castle which had 
belonged in turn to the Lusignans, the Briennes, the 
Artois, the Clives, and the Saint Pols, and was burn 
is two miles 
greatness. At all events, it is : 
breaking out of the Revolution the chateau was seized 
upon by the so-called National Representatives, and 
consigned, with all its valuable effects, to the hammer, 
w any part of those effects happened to be kept 
together, the valuable history of Eu and Tréport’ does 
not clearly explain; but this is certain, that afier being 
shorn of two extensive wings by the revolutionary forces, 
it was restored, on the return of the Bourbons to France, 
to the mother of Louis Philippe, who left it to her sons, 
and in whose possession it has been for several years. 
Some additions have since been made to the chateau by 
Louis Philippe, and it is splendidly fitted up, the walls 
being clothed with a most valuable collection of historical 
and family portraits, including those of the Royal Family, 
and of the various lines of the Counts of Bu, to the 
number of 1100. The pictorial decorations are such as 
render it superior to any palace in France, with the 
exception of Versailles alone; and from the beauty 
and elegance of the furniture, and the propriety of its 
other appointments, it is inferior to few residences in any 
other country, either in splendour or comfort.) Its greatest 
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