The Express. — London, England, 1848-12-25 00:00:00

l' aligt:L lbw 44 &WI rale mei If ere reri el ad ri▪ k rue IA woo tic Ciesis trearb I crews' su • J it r • sa/ vi rita • bag a is r tm :mo w 011 " j1" 1 is to visor wee---"- - oweue wee pyleg se mesh of public attendee, I have to beg Omer el trierties the tothiwing eztreet frees if 1" t oowo w aw a coed Military Cheadle, Ott. n). which lein id tk e ip.„,.. le pubis Ilan' tlie westelsl impendi.ure of tti. seduaure departamet :-" Yes, the O w"- er.4•wa Is d-rimeil, barer at Meath It 10 Meer wood w be as w ee mbreess on the state, • dog se the we. of oar m ammy system. se entree of whisk wenn* l e g ooeue g - w hen the yet Odd battery went to Dread ; whoa, of the aria at owe Wok( from the counneederis. ihk( (MU ,Mlle the athehtsf that may arias to the pride w e n by holm OM r- in .chtef at the Oninanere mei soa mo u s r et treTrt de Clusnl.), it cord wad move, as we useistwoood. said the 10....4.11if w. at at midnight to of the Seeretary to 'he Mater gsedifts "Mt t i r g r a ms ,4 6 / 7 boas engai t ed with the Yoshi o wer el, hia TOTNESS. merry England ere gm e. e i the Ile of Olt The I,_ 4l °._"i" , n_.„tile „.1114._" the You may travel through half ma im esmessi'll tit' V oi l " " 8 4 """" res e i - 6 .7' s r""• " 1 ' you meet with a town like Tolosa.. Down the aids e t em :-Illasea tbe Oww,„_____ lll . 3 : 1.300 f. ; 77, Ywr i u sUi g ews "i„,„ 2ool. i . of • • steep hill rune its quaint picturesque and gabled awl? of ‘" Tie the Muceetieseval, 1,0001. ; ffermary street, crowed midway by an ancient arch, and h,, sr g 1, . Now, tn.• real working inch of the ending at the handsome bridge that spans the cheer -I.3*Ls im • ful Dart. On the other side of that neer • cluster of ga ps! wr to he the secretary i. the board mad the g au storekeeper ; that I. e the lm'eatat ' Oa' vi la - Irks houses line its bank, and forms the mho& . --- , i ,, s " whole the or•inshrs arts give to tall otkor elee . ' s.- w ed ly • ew e c e , we menu to au k of Bridgetown, in the parish of Berri WWI., went any i , ____ . odowpwoo. no the 9th of t hi s lua u. t h e famous to Henry of Exeter sod the couteesmeio P =. eu f ee , as we • *0 I stmt." per, the Thomas Hastings, captain Loyal Shore. Such scenery as there is about Tomas, osela r 9 w ith the ie.:retry to the hoard, an.. as . w.• bad nearly hills and dales and river aide views, such walks and emitted e n, reertary to the rtee - . l_ler i et . it r l ed _Di . el in e bs ar rides and drives about, such bathing and beating mil p a w, rset t ai i : gl u t 'wa d 74 . to •'• wow " ws L e r oo bow s trout flehing and points for sketching when you am rsi V sr es :e artillery and ertiothr departments, ea well se tired of the rod, are not to be found everywhere, we "t ic aO. ,evil ranch, the IMIAWM general berg at Cower, promise you. we clerk of the ordnance, who is also A. D. C. to the our- But you will not have been long in Totness ere you w aiter irechief. at New Tether, seal the sativeyee-geseral wil l observe that there is something unusual about it s Leila about him in am is , e h., where. The two sow re siden t , . T oe people on one side the street stem ▪ orlon retie" upward. of 91.0001. per annum (at the - T ower ai.d at Pell mad) For it. purpose of patrorage„ familiar enough, but you may remark tl at they do the y vapmnon of officers in the onlohnee department, ehil not speak or even look at those upon the other. The owl &Airy, is greater than in say other government de- very romps seemed decked for the purposes of eon- f user foe the performance of similar duties -A Tax trait. In one stationer's they do not keep red foss sealing-wax, and you would be almost kicked out it POEM Or Rerrox.-Sir, -Your exposure of the Lon asked for it. Some of the. shops, out the other watiewel sa t e""inl lo nging .° rimmt " d, are crimson enough ; there is • fruiterer'', wwwf u s p o t or institution belonging to the empire is be. su e ell Mini, end with. you to the gratitude and moi s t_ where the red side of the apple is carefully turned U s , of all moment.. Atuonest cater works at pre- towards the light, and a chemist's where the bottles son sowing on, there is one-s very pet one, so are so very crimson, as evidently to indicate that they d e be-athieh • is meal respects most ob j e c t ion' were not selected by accident. And as they oast their e bb : the oonstructios of • levee pow at Dover, the ere ci radiacce into the street you may see the people onl elise is tome likely to tweed them fell short of two mil. the other side scowl at them darkly, and 100 deep awe After the low of the Corm-for end Reliance Best I edia moo, is,,. four or Ave vows ego, it was prop teed to form purple with anger and vexation. Wren of refuge en different point. of the coast, to which All this is about politics. Tawas is a small ho d* gi , iiht lir for sheer. lo ',eh weather se we. then wipe- rough town, and parties are very equally divided, neer. Tee le oposal ileiginah 41 with the merchants and, as is usual in such carer, run extremely high. at Waded, gad wag intend.d to apply to our comae,- There is nothing said or done in the place on which a s io - our. A committee eh, and at ihe prompting of the p rw esmat, • cowniiesion, eoreistinv almost exclusively of blue or orange construction is not put. You are Me nof the two grecs was formed to determine on the watched to see which omnibus you step into and west Annie p ninon. for sock h whoops. The d o ff-rent re- which hotel you dine at, and are judged of accordingly. pmts loved by both bodies lii iv reed end re-read, and I defy A stream of water runs down the steep street, splash say seistmsod person to 1r... up from such reading without a • u t g and dancing . merrily along, with •• ■gsy, cleanly, aseisetioe tint the evidence In facuorot Dungeness ea • site tor ladle bermes rosin every rear, cr, whether for its position in red cheerful sir, quite unconscious of doing erg. the Chow I, its astral wires. spa, aid its, womb far be- Yet even that stream of w tier is at this moment a Ilea Diet r, fully Muifying sir W spew, de in his protest party topic, and each learned argument as has been 10MM the 'cheers. D Ore, was deter:Gilled on by the brought to bear upon it, such reams of paper as have military rssioion, in cantor eite with ti, recommen been used in writing about it, such divisions as it has d itt ies of the celebrated letter of the Duke of Wellington, who eau re no safety for Engird, ua . excited in the town council, such jealousies as it has hes the whole ( s uet i s f orr ,g, .1, and tree population armed. treated in the town-would really make it turn red or In Terre the reports of this commission . , the great ..iffieulty purple to think of, if it could only be made to knew sod sure, of taperer in the eons racoon or this harbour it. If thing* go on at their present rate that stream (whisk k. I ven in tere a to ga l e y no at lar w ,7 ,d mere as han saa t ship dswnsil,lsue.veor will probably be deep dyed yet with the blood of the factious and contentious people. Which colour it will is do want of essieriel, all of w len has to be brought from ismer direr , s-Osentry. Foredo, and somewhere be of, then, must depend on the party that gains the 1 believe from the cart of N 'folk between one and two victory ; for the blues declare that red blood does not hundred .11 , of neviesth" 13 ^ *Pahl' was the 'Man' run in their veins, and never shall if they can help it. Use of thedeflee the barbmw at D 'rev • place of resort for You might have hoped better things from 'Messe r wed' war Pearners, Inisrewl of e h rbour of refuge, that . seeing what occurred there at the passing of the Ern dm prepaid i. brow ore in Fr ales le one for Messier "porn a.. gme ., 04 e t d e d e fi ne e. - th e term en i• form Act. Before that time it had bean a close carts ven ally eispeed to them - with too great a seas- partite borough in the hends of the tories, without wee, of justice. Had the idea of a real "hart. or of being absolutely subjected to any powerful family. refer " for ill human obj sew Paired in the minds of the But when the limits were extended in 1832 the inthe projectors of this schwa-. and •hey had he n really qualified bitantedid what sou would have thought • • very sensible he the teak they undertink, they might have learnt with a little irquiry that some Devi n or i ight learns from the thing. They elected es their members two residents spot thee were cons dering, soy goantity of atone that Was in the locality-a Mr. Parrott, who has • small estate emired t have been lowa , "ear of the l awn lta. near Tomes., and a Mr. Cornish, who had practised giy-sqMr . t, chiselled, rough nibble, Le. , at the lowest as a solicitor in the town, and had made himself co rrode m the owners of property on the opposite freshly popular by opposing the old corporation. To ride of the Channel The owners would have been too glad to e ll -the labourers too glad of. the work-the boat °weer elect these gentlemen they rejected Lord Boringdon, Megladeftbefreighte Every tideresse2o.oobeetsceuldhave the noble heir of the whig Earl of Morley. left 80-dowse with mars-hut " Porta d'agyregion et de It was an evidence of good sense, to say the least, Selmer •• against France was the governing principle, and to select, as the electors did then, a couple of local web that it was impossible to ask their assistance. By-and- member., to the rejection of the titled young gentle bye, when French ranee. are in • erre fl ourishing . condi tion, they will ;ether , coustreet a *ioise barb itir in • boy man who knew less of their affairs. But the constitu te the west of Cape Urines admirably adapted for the pr.- ency was not destined to remain long free from family Pam ; and the hastfit we shall derive from our wetly 'seder influrice and aristocratic domination. The limits of ulnae will he that the steam' Catlin+. with Pemearee end the borough had been extended across the bridge into letters, betimes the two countries, will owe and ester the 5h5 ,...., ; "of Berry erry Pomeroy , which almost exclusively Forts wither refeemee to toe tides and that will be the tad '"' of it.—All OattetnAL Sosecanies. belongs to the Duke of Somerset. His grace began to Lout TAEATION.--Str - As an inhabitant of Pad- look after this property. House upon house rose op deism Sr several years, and a courant silhowilor to your posite to Totness, until the new quarter wefieerhweed paper from the firth day of its p. bik Aim. I sprung op which is now called Bridgetown. alt rimai te me that you tom larni-w to the e"Eatnei" There was a great hotel built, " the Seymour. • Herm, Die. 23. ties named from your earrinpe. acs dent " K. el " a others N u n to t h e puu do ws o f , w , s , am . and / w o w it may arms," and a snag row of 10i. honsee, "Soy Astonishment is an insufficient teem to express the moue Mee' "-all let, as you may readily suppose. feeling of the public this morning, when, at the sit e. the Wine Of Inducing your neleternie resders in the wish, sad through them the it. neighbours who are sot to " the right sort." And the register being made thig of the court, Mr. Justice Perrin, in the face of waders, to pre their shut' ,» to the wheel in order to do safe, "the right hon. the Lord Seymour, elder son repeated refusals at one time even to listen to argu "ay with such an "am", is the present dal as en' 'lee" end heir apparent of his Oreos the Duke of Somerset," merit upon the order of non publication, and who, yes "telt Daria 7 the last live ye us I' ie . I b s t i ave, well took advantage of the opportunity presented by the medal, made a formal decision on the point, confirm hews that the incr. am fr m the occuratioe of new horns resignation of Mr. Cornish is 1834 to present himself ing and abiding by his order, announced that the it been a. least 40,0001 per annum rental, yet, without i oonyer Aim increase of poo-, oar highway, poor, and chu rch to the Mt abitants as a candidate. His lordship was court had come to the conclusion the - the order pro wess are nosily the sm.. i s toe pound ; in addition to this returned, of course. hibiting publication should be rescinded, and that the vestry last year, for the purpose of equalising the asses. On this occasion there was first perceptible that publication of the proceedings might take place as meats, which was very rarer , "'erne" the tehnietrish to spark of party feeling which has since kindled into usual in ordinary cases. His lordship intimated that a rack rest, as charges no tee property-tax books; timed* • farther leemmed rental of some 35,00D1 , but instead et any so intense •a game in Tothesa. Lord Seymour had this resolution had been come to in consequence of missies in our rat,., 49 out of .very 30 borer:sires voted against the Reform Bill as member for the the course the proceedings had taken. Doubtless Ihrolleheet the perish bad an increased east to pay, b y being rotten borough of Oakhainpton, and though he came th e l e arned j u d ge ad v erted t o t h e f act t h a t Meld from a rating or 2.. 3d. to a reek-rent with • smith de- forward as a liberal in 1834 he was by no means f or severa l d a y s th e cour t has been 00m. tatted, which is equal to about le. 3d. extra. This is very wepta bl e to a portion of the electorate. A Mr. pied with what may be termed preliminary ntrearelioary. and 1 caner account ier it, bat ewminly, if May ne came to =pore him, end polled 73 votes, matter, and that the same will probably prevail for Oar expenses have increased in the rime ratio as the vestry- delis rime, as rated by " K Q,"II is sadly rederateee, but in 1813 Lord Seymour and Mr. Parrott another day or two, and, therefore, that no disadvan- Uses what pretence, I theold lute to know, can they have were returned 'without& contest. At the general oleo- ta g s can arise from publication of mere law argument, mad it how 2.101 to 4001. between 1838 lied 1840, sad to tion of 1837 they were opposed by Sir George Adams, and their judgments thereon. But then, when the 01 . 1 - between 1842 sad la" ? It • stated he is a very al' of Bowdon, a military man, and a tory, whose father trial shall really come on it will be too late to renew diet femme, which I Wove to be the ease, and so doubt had eat for the borough many years, but who was the order ; and indeed, the whole proceeding only Ms duties have iscreard, but I do urn find say Ma to ser the salaries ef or tee respectable cellectoes w h ose es , beaten by a majority of 40. Tide was a trial of serves to show that the order ought never to have been ~srdWi and labor neer have ineressod muck more ; and strength preparatory to what was amino. made. ufo .it al ast many dale ei - me ll sew by the Pares that A parliament or two before the Reform Bill, there I informed you that, yesterday, on the prisoner *"" I "9"tablessitstssr bad, eft*" • very sewn "mew , had been introduced to - T.-them Mr. Berg Baldwin, being called on to plead, Mr. Butt handed in the '''''" the vestry eial"hi, et 15 ?' Clew" Dme'a, at • " • eentheman of large landed estates in Ireland " general demurrer to every count in the indict s/My of tooJ. per MMus. Ottr parish is certainly mesh • " . , beer, bet the deity euter be six Mid, wither is our sleek (county not sPentileall named). He married ment. The Attorne . y-General immediately joined • weliseiend pad/ mars. sir, •• thee- w semethArems ie , ise Boyd, daughter of a gentleman who represented in a demurrer, and mid he was ready to argue lt, and the steal of Despeark" • the iishabitaate of the should Lymington in several ante-reform parliaments, and was determined, if it should in argument be ruled hi" "s"ssless. 1.01;e1 Used" ' , emir" ae t • la' who was deeply interested in what were known as egainstthe prisoner, to press for finaljudgment nponit. Bel w wheal. esherwise, as ia Paddington, the review " the French claims." Mr. Baldwin was con- The argument on the demurrer proceeded this lesessere. and our estimates, or expenrikere, inmate like one as Is the sw w i t h our se u ese L_Z.-F e ddi ag tee, netted with a solicitor in Totnees, who intro- morning, when Sir Colman O'Loghlen was heard Deemed 14. 1848. duced him to the town. It was not a bad against the sufficiency of the indictment. Having Quoins' CONSTABLEL-Many thanks, sir, for thing for Mr. Baldwin to get into parliament. He concluded his argument the Crown was afforded some year pietism remarks of last Friday epee the regent us- was director of all wets of joint stock banks and is- time for consultation, and it appearing impossible to wasefratithisse homes magistrates and error as to their serum companies, and investment societiee, sed, sob- terminate the argument by Christmas it was decided eras tadisial e reen it YZl . sl i tta f to the ii=ti e h sequently, of no end of railroads, trunk and branch. by the Court, both sides according, that the came of the Sillleremos of °plebes existing se to the And We all know very well what a long way the let- be adjourned until W e d n e s day . next. Meet drama mamas ef referleine the present slavery and ters " /LP." go, when tacked to a name on the list of The Lord-Lieutenant went in state to the theatre blet=._ meat Of immesselen rimers' inquiries The ruse a directorate. l ast night. The house was never known to be so • " the deplorable inercletearY m the parties Ilea' Mr. Barry Baldwin had been thrown over silage- c r owded. I n th e greater p or ti on of th e pit th ou was MAper erring the duties of vamoosing wastables. I they by the - Reform Bill, but he still kept up a sort of not eve@ standing room, and not a place could be had Pair es ma " eeee P i ' nal ea" to the " gets &via "' combos with the borough. He lived a good desist in th e boxes. It is said that the party which regards there the duty is discharged by active parochial ceeetablea. Set what is the rule ? The rsepoauble task of procuring, UMW, which is not far off, and he now and then Lord Clarendon with disfavour used considerable =fe end arranging evidence and empanneling rape- looked over to see his old supporters. He saw, of efforts to "get up" a party to proclaim it. They leo is amalgamated, as • prescriptive right, with the course, how comfortably the Seymour family 'attar were, however, not snocessful, and the Saunders of this eMse of beadle, • funerary who pockets the in- the borough, and he began to think he should like to morning assures us that nothing could be more en voi* fees, in &Adair' to a handsome proshial •t eosin for it himself. thusiastio than the reception accorded to his excel aim. Aid to whom la the bedisased beedlethip-e kind a eos in citron cunt dirsitere -greerell . L i sstined? Why It happened a few years back that an active tory lency. The Freeman ' s Journal, as might be expected, le aged mom_ , almost mentally and edi dierialided partisan in Totness had a brother-in-law who lived magnifies the o pposition. 211 the Nodding duties of life. Some intolortuee on a little estate of 140 acres or so outside the town, The provincial journals of this morning contain Illfhlindeen sr , dosfueos, and sometimes both, is are imPedi. but within the limits of the borough. It was about little intelli i genceof interest. The Nenagh /indicator eb ehie eleme "t e lall•P',_„,i'"lf sen_T__,ln the w • ni s „,"""",„ s , h .,„" be e t the only purchasable property of any consequence has a long detail of a case of eviction , giving names g e s wa -- " t m ... ;;1 04 .... "" i t k ar a p p ." y r 7 0 7 w0000 of t i ww . "an w i w i u n ag - ---'. within those limits . . The duke of _ course does . not and numbers of the victims. . _A shocking fratricide, . gads. el a welewe t e ...ju ry ? c m wirs .ost 174 = sell ; be buys, and his grace has the greatest part of has been perpetrated in the north, near Brats theemefell y with the dark and intrichte err of the property about there as it is. Mr. Baldwin killen, of which I transmit the particulars. Mast which inn infrequently fright the ChrMties world from thought it would not be a bad idea "to set up a little Tan TREATTiI BOTAL-His Excellency the (Lord Lieu "leeiriety ? In short, are not vigour ended seil bah, estate jest for all the wide world like his grime ;" so he IN_ t i musers., sad a more t'.an ordinary kaowledg• of Ins wawa and the Countess of Clarendon honoured the theatre Meth ethehte requisites to a due discharge of seek duties ? hams the purchaser at a heavy price, of the 140 loot even i ng w i t h t h e i r presence , m g t h e per f ormances raft d o n ee , ee ford , e l , she i n a was hi ng mus h by scree and the house-- 2 " Gunton.," as it is called. It berg by ormintand, the vieeregal bee was fi s hed _u s p m as a : Il k Walley. might is the hands of the pollee be Made is to be let untarnished mow, if anybody wants to mew eel omen sa•maaaa• was aa of , . . crwwad we Gan reedlect, even for • CeinnMill, and weniervielet to the pollution of our Darted stream of take It, this very dreamier* had the effect, in some degree, EIe i a *dies But the persist system is, k. 0. 1 A practice exists in Totness, and has extended of causing a slight commatios at intervals for Some ft. wuwe i wible 4 every is i ww " • "" ii aisa•dia ' " .e it self to other parts of Devon, of which the legislature, of the oocapanta of the ph, by the severe pressure %an of the ego. The various parochial authorities are certainly could not have around them, were pushed upwards, to the annoyer)! of I - W Praible fad the ignorer awl incompetesey of their OM- li Passing tine-- Reform Act, maid. A sow in the right dinction was made bet week foreseen the •abuse. It is customary for a voter those who, located behind, had their vision inte . rfered with. and the arise of " tit deem " appeared almost l ik e mockery by the o ff icials of Hackney, who is vestry notified their in- to register, not for a house of the yearly value .„ the ejected judicious who soma aa if about to step on maddest °l. to le, the seetnirdeff Ken" indride__ntf of 101., but for land of that value, prodded the land the stage or into the as the ode aveilab'e spar ihisi °I beadle ' wi th • ‘iiii a a PP" till l l 5 ' """..' has any bricks and mortar upon it, valuable or not. whets they see m * bu n roam. Whei t t un en . Mises to the former race. This step was pietlead by aegis lleiel end medical authority, and the aluerusesimeat waaof the modes in which the Somerset influence has cellemir MEMOS Oak hey they Weds received with long One . A • d repreed eihseriss, •hw Meese only he ding to renewed nest feeettethly Nerved. -I am, dr, your amble servant, been extended in Totems is by this system. piece an n borer el wiser ; awl re lay la the upper boxes, who As OLD Patina lIIIMMIZIL-Londas, Dee. 18. of ginned on the hill side is let to " a site man ; ...,_ was arm He wet peeseverieg of the disorders finding n __,Flllll IM FINaBORT.-Yestorday morning a fire u p on it is haat a =seabed. The lessee Nesters for cm that uww i l e se , us oleo „ mail .. ... hid the prevailing links oat 4 ...,... c. lb. ..working. premises,,„ w,.,f,._M ear t..* We j t ,„„ h hei rj al w building hut" If you have am Y land at all this sentiatairthe , esased - 10 -. Esplay her opiniors. The as4 ,i - ---•-• ___,'"' • '" e * '• ~__•, '"`"* . P . ''' . ....j ' •........'• .by far the cheapest way to deal with it with a view The eadral sadism having been sung, the play of the -.., was venue the porrowdeltStame On WO west Is . . Band • •—it will •• N erms Kw. was repeemoted. The " forusly Queen-. mutes t t h a t to electoral unmenew a comma Na kw minutes before z o'clock. It berg field i n Allowed, In which Him Faucet ale night, and ilw ""=" he iv" the We es a" , tit tiedies ageW a ad P erba r l , _.__s_l°l• -let the sktdand the s __ her neeptioe was moot eordiaL aP hr a striained the part of Merted Ire in preventing the lames boo which it grow to WI" good friend who "''' Afro Itreavireiht. The ballet of "La Boehm" afforded • . the aa__•••tin•nne property , in which they el. In s e - n - ineee llE .,._ got no vote otherwise-don't be too particular about display Of attramive dandies by the artistesatresent en --- eare ,sold not get the Ilre wholly enecrea ea* cue ths matter of rent, and on the day of polling yogi will gaged; acid their Fwerlieseles having rem ained until the 31 " • "" end 1114 'rata*" wan , destroyed. The "eel face-----1 T h e cow -shed v o ters are called rime, •• Hod gave the Queen" being sung, they retired . amid • egg coneiderable but fortunately Mews Weedmissee have ou r "' w ' 6 7! wen Mend in the Allier* Fire-office. " lintey voters in Devonshire; it was a long t ime _am B • the cheering et those present. LleutenantHeneral Sir Bd , whoosh' was verpised on entering; his box, o . betiffirr, SkronDite.-FATAL WAG lith-Bethre Mr. before we coult e find . the meaning of the term, but " .. was grecte lik rith the real hearty welcome he is accustomed yor a Were several groans " Honey" has 'Hance explained to be a corruption to receive , but for the Lord Ma Um ra". a t the Black Lion, New Xestegeretret, Spied „__"ths, Da tote body of C. Delay, aged 36 , a plesimer.-0. of " lean - to. The cow-sheds are " lean-to's," and v .! it Tae Lo NDMIRT STEAMER.- Mr. Brewster , Q.O , ...._wni • elmentr, depend to having known the desired, n othing more. ... ree ' u p •• clads) easier led, wee ie Wed MAIL °° Mr. Baldwin, having purchased Gendone, pro- seethed, tor that • yin chambers to the Maid Juries of the Qiesen • Beach, to admit the captain of the Loadooderry """ wilts" was is company with the 41••••• " ow ,„,' i d • needed to take • lemon from the enemy, and to make swam to bail. His lordship, alter hearing ruses! upon the taproot° of the Black Lieu, when the dressed hat he st-old drink tee Ire pints of porter, within as lour, " linney voters" all over his property. It is mos,. the affidavits on which the motion was grkunded, anti on team granted elberm e h i If flee minutes to each pint, or forfeit ten shil - amusing to ascend one of the hills at Totneeo, onnsideretion of the whole of the charm , h o e worth of drink. The bit .7as metered; sad dm lie' Nosed Miles drank ma pads withal the waded bell was la the i7 driaktag the eleeentb, when he tell to We grouse, wed was immediately seamed to hie Pidgin. in • make it laseastbility, where he was allowed to resale ea the Ow, wholly unsteadied, tW the klliewiag issonatag, whoa, set boob., rallied, • apes was sal ed is ; bat the maa died es eke mat day.—The wow herbs saimadvemed is severe terms apse the pees impeepriety dash sew% the jury eetarsed • medico of " Died from essemire &taking." and look verweetd over Berry • Pomeroy end Chariblde. Beery field has got its cow, and I every cow has got a little shed, and, you may rely sp it, every little shod km got its "Laney-voter. " We took the trouble to vat • " Hanoi." It was not may to get at, for the mad in sad around it was mere than 8 1 .41 e-deep. We found it open on one ride, as all shoes are, for the greater no:ps length. One small por:ion, however, was off from the feet, end out of :hisamm_Parune,.°.% there was an spoke , for a chimney, sud a hole w hich was made to do duty for a window. :Ili.'" the "hussy-voter's" drawing-room. It is unnenisra7 to my that we bad not the pleasure of fi nding has "at home." It being pretty evident in Tothess that Mr. Baldwit: was not mating himself so particularly popular for nothing, it became necessary for the liberals to consi der what was to be done. Mr. Parrott, the sitting member, was not a wealthy man. He was aware of the feet, and so were all his constituent+. but bad he been ever so ignorant of it the Tories would have taken care to let him know it. The taste with ' which, even on the heating., Mr. Parrott was taunted with his poverty and Mr. Baldwin's "Irish estate." were descanted on, was by no means commended by the best judges. Mr. Parrott frankly admitted that he was not in a position to stand a contest with an individual of such " enormous property "as Mr. Baldwin. He put him self in the handed his constituents. His constituents thought if there was such enormote property to be forthcoming they might as well know a little more about it at once, so it was agreed that Mr. Parrott should take tte Chiltern Hundreds and give Mr. Baldwin au opportunity of "showing out." This was in 1810. Mr. Baldwin had bean canvsasing in expectation of a general election. He probably calculated that if Mr. Parrot was not frightened out of the field, he should have a good chance of getting up his popularity and beating him easy on that occasion. But this unexpected resignation, coming, too, just on the eve of • general election, was " a reaper," end no mistake. If you ever saw an Irish horse at the worst fence in a steeple chase, you may form some idea of the lord ofilurstoue's look when he heard Mr. Parrott had resigned. It would be impossible to fled • parallel for his visage, when he was told, io addition, that no lees a person than Mr. Blount had taken the field to oppose hire. Mr. Blount is a catholic gentleman of some wialth, who is married to a daughter of the Duke of Somerset. There happens to be a certain catbolio idle, ace about Totness, and that circumstance, and his wealth and his connexion, rendered Mr. Blount a very formidable opponent. The liberals at Totems had been divided by Lord Seymour, the whigs going with " the family," and the radicals with Mr. Parrott Mr. Blount was sufficiently liberal for the latter, and received, of course, the support of the former. But it was " neck or nothing" with Mr. Baldwin. He was too deeply committed to withdraw. A gentleman who has been boasting for 18 months of the immense things he is going to do, and of his vast means of ac complishing them, cannot afford to back out of scrape of this sort. So Mr. Baldwin, with all the, Rallautry of his countrymen, determined to put a " bould face" upon the matter, and take the fence at every hazard. The scene that maned baffles all description. Poli tical feeling at the time ran remarkably high. The two parties were known to be very close. The email number of the constituency enabled the nearest cal culations te. be made as to the result. It was felt, especially by the tories, to be necessary to employ every artifice and every electioneering engine. lett. midation, treating, bribery, every description of bad influence was brought to bear by both parties. Mobs were brought from Dartmouth, Ashburton, and Exeter, and the most disgraceful +woes of brutality and violence were perpetrated hourly in the streets. Voters supposed to be " bottled" in private houses or other places were sought after by the mobs on either side, who regularly stormed the premises in which they were supposed to lie conisaled. At length the day of polling came, and it was even closer work than was expected. When the poll closed the num bers were—equal! The mayor refused to give a casting vote, and made a double return. The matter was referred to a committee of the House of Cum ' ons, and we shall tell another day what happened afterwards. lIIRLAND. - OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1848. th A mff ik e d i s h As order *the Derry magistrates *take hail in the ems, items sto-alett. &Tarzana PIIATZIOIDI.—A wen wind Jobs Mae, woodranorr to the Berl of Beniekillsn, disappeared lest week le a mysterious Rumor. The body of the unfortunate mu wee found ea Teseday bat, ender sate circumstances a. leave so doubt that he was foully murdered ; and, If we ate to credit the facts that have been swcrn to, murdered by his own brother. The body was feud is the Billies river, at the foot of Olessusy-wood, about two adios from his late residence, with a large Mass spas kis breast, his vest 1 sad cast buttoned over it, and tied with ropes made of straw or osier willies. Art inquest wee held, sad the fasts of the ere, so far as they have trees pined, ere as follows:—The discharged arm* Kerr, who, It would appear, wee an accomplice in the transaction, and approver, being the principal witness: It appears that after the unfortunate man went to bed, all the having partaken pretty freely of whisky. the r and Kerr wait out, but returned in a sheet time, sad, tapping at the wi:ldow, told the dammed to rise, for there were persons in the wood ratting timber. The deemed thereupon arose, and accompealed them into the wood, but they bad not gorse for until dm brother fired two shots at the de ceased, bevies both a gun and a pistol, ostensibly for the purpose of attacking the persons who they alleged were cutting the timber. Both shots tailed, however, to deprive the deceased *life. He Meat to run away, and the inhuman brother thou ed to heat out his brains with the butt-end et the gun. When the murder was com pleted the body was takes to the river and thrown le, where it was found. Bo fey Is the evidence of Kerr, who is evi dandy cautious of saying anything that will inculpate him self. It dues not appear, es yet, that Cathcart, the other servant, had anv*hinfe to say to the transaction. It is believed that some circumstances relative to the property of deceased, which he was said to be about disposing of, but which his brother would have inherited at hie decease, led to the foul and unnatural eat, which for atrocity has not bean equalled in this part of the country for many years.— Enniskillen Rporter. WALES. APPOINTMENT OF WELSH INSPECTORS OF Somalia —A number of memorials have been Mined and trensmitted to the Lords ot the Committee of Council on Educatioe praying that any gentleman appointed to the cake of inspector of the Welsh schools may have • thorough acquaintance with the vernacular idiom of the country. In answer to the asoolo/1111 from the deanery of Bt. Asaph the following reply wee forwarded : Committee of Conned en Kassalloa. Idol Des., 18411.—Rev. air, —I have the honour to edmientedip the maim of your letter, dated the 14th Inst., with La enelennne. Ima Dreated to Warr yea that ray lords are hilly andlde of dr begorleass at tie naive marred to la the resserbil Sera beallthlps bre reason to that me of She sanderen who is.. bens vesemmeried to bee n **sty ter amsoint meat aa inspeetee et riser tall be head hilly arapreed to the inepestioa of schools la We. lam to add that •ha isludge of the relish langur* will be arablissed by my lords le be an Indispensable qualification of th e lasoeskir to ,loci the Well dr Ina will he entrusted. —I have die lasear to to, rev. Stir, maraud servant, HAUT Curers/.-7M M. W. IL Owen, di. JOllll Milian/ seq., M.P. fur Maceles=, transmitted a latter on the aloe melted to L Ord John Russell, and the iambs( Is Use Premier's reply : ceipt Wobareselisey, Da el le, I 1 S4O..—lile i —I beg to aehaeldlap ihe re of year Iran the Ith at. the rie r tbs ton of riser la Walla. I etatir inst el anew on with ai yew l et a the at = that as sae shoell is appdated to ads most laterasa stir who is not. pal Webb ertsdas; rid I have as dank thls via is the arta cleat gerldeedon insbeled epee by the amm/sese et some en edit. MIS" whoa seelana a It le meat Ihe maser le Wow. I will traasesit Mir and Ors a y e Mr. Owes ft lewd Lans downe, bet I do not this* Urn aped be any apprairmine as this point monist your efflartsyrea.—l hsve the borax to be, dr, your obedient eraser, J. Diseseu..—John WWlemty E.q., M.P., boon W) ifs, 111. maple. PROVINCIAL. JENNY LIND AT letifeitinVitt —This vocalist has this week boon fulfilling her benevolent engagement to the Manchester public, entered into some months back, of giving two concerts in aid of the infirmary. This inatitati..n hes been of late Jae efficient for the purposes designed in come. quince of the original building having become inadequate to the demands upon its means of internal accommodation fur patients. To remedy the :dittmity two ooerses atiended with great expense had to be adopted. One was to remove the lunatics altogether, and raise • separate building !for them in the country; the other was to pull down a portion of the infirmary itself, and to substitute two new wings to the building, very materially increasing its event. 'ale merchan s, manufacturers and other inhabitants, when called upon to inbeeirihe for these objects, answered the appeal with liberality, but the tonne have, notwithstanding, been found insaHtei.nt for the work ; and hens, the prestat concerts were projected. The first concert was on Tuesday, at the Concert-hall, admission a guinea each. The other was on Thuraday night, at the Great Free Trade-hall, when the admis.ions were on • Kale graduating from a guinea down to bell a-crown. The result has been sucese.ful beyond anticipation, the receipts hat ino reached (including a donation of 1001. which the occasion has called forth) the extraordinary 'mount of 0601. Allowing 4601. for expenses (which tall probably be the outside), there will thus be a balance applicable to the hind• of the infirmary of more than 2,4001. CHARGE OP DEFRAUDING • FIRE INSURANCE COMPANT.—W. C Domain, who formerly carried on busi ness a a paper.ruler he Bwift'acourt, Csatle.street, Liver pool, was, on Friday, chem. el at the Police Court tit arson. Paine tape. Clough deposed that a fire took place on the prisoner's premises on the 6th of last month. —Mr. J. Horner, engraver Cases-street, deposed to the Wiesner, who was on inti mate terms with him, calling at his shop, and stating, in allusion to the fire, that Tomlinson and Webster, who were formerly his apprentices, but now in business for themselves, had told him (Domain) that they bad their suspicions with respect to the fire, and knew all about the wire business. He (Demaio) said they wanted him to give them something to keep silence, and he had given them 61. and • cutting machine. The prisoner, upon this occesion. stated that the fire had originated in cons.- quenc of a cigar he wee smoking having dropped into the paper shavings. The prisoner called upon the fol. lowing day, when he said those lads (Tomlinson and Webst-r) intended to transport him. He (witness) said the prisoner was a fool to notice them. Hew could they him? Prisoner said, " Don't talk that Ivey, man; look here," and threw down • letter, which he (witness) read The letter was addressed to Mr. Domain, and signed with two initials, and was to the effect that they were taking down evidence aOnut him (the prisoner) in Clayton square, and he had Memer hasten to the writer. Witnem asked the prisoner what evidence they could have against him, and he said, "It is that wire affair, but the lads did it." The prisoner then explained that a wire had been carried up the staircase and along a beam, and to a box fixed upon that floor; that this wire was attached to a piece of sandpaper placed beneath a stone ' and near to which was a hoe of lueifer witches; that upon the wire being pulled, the sand-paper would ign ite the matches, and se communicate the fire to the shavings. He said one of the lads knew of this wire, having treced it 'long the be in. The prisoner mid he believed the fire had been thus ocessiesed, and that he could set fire to a place by electricity, it he were jolly well paid for it. Oa Tuesday weak, witness met the prisoner in the street, and he said, " Good bye, I have done them, and the lads will net get their 61."—The primmer was remanded until Wednesday next. POCKET-PICKING EXTRAORDINARY. There were on Friday placed at the bar of the Manchester begingh court, a little girl, named Mary A. Murphy (who stated that she was nine years of age, bat who seemed is be about eleven), and three young women, decently drafted, calling themselves BO*. Dwyer, Jam Brows, sod Cath. Brown. Kr. Messick charged the girl with pocket-picking, and the other prisoners with receiving the property, knowing it to be stolen. The facts of the case were these :—On Wednesday, a young lady named Becher, came into town fur the purpose of shopping. On her way, she was closely followed into a jeweller's shop by Murphy, but was not aware of the fact, Mrs. Mendelson, the shopkeeper, however, saw the girl enter, and, from her unconcerned bearing and the neatness of her dregs, nought that she was an atnudent on the lady. Miss Esther spent about twenty minutes in selecting several artiel' es for pur chase, and during the whole of the time the little girl stood very close to bar. When about to pay for the articles, she missed her pocketbook, which contained a 61, note. liar pan*, however, was still in her pocket. Thinking that she night have last the book in the shop, she began to look about for it ; Mrs. Mendelson assisted, and so also did the little girl. The search was unsuccessful ; end Miss Ember mine to the conclusion that she might have dropped it at the counting-house of Mr. Bellboy's, ' or left It at home. Thither she proceeded, bat the missing pocks...book could act be found. Immediately after she had left the shop, the little girl went out, totally unsuspected by any one; for Mrs. Mendelson regarded her as the attendant on the young lady, and the latter looked upon her as belonging to the shop. In a short time afterwards, Mrs. Mendelson mimed from her pocket her own puree, which contained twenty-two sovereints and a halkovenign, two of the sovereigns having been cut at the bank. She aao seined one or two keys. Being convinced that she had the purse in her pocket a abort time before Miss Basher entered, the began to suspect that both eke and the ung lady had been robbed by the little girl ; and when Mies Bather returned, there ensued inquiries and explanations which etrengthened the suspicion. Information was given to the police; and on th • (Awing day the girl was auptehendsd ins shop in Old Market-place m the act of picking a lady's pocket. Policeman Garla nd, who was in plain clothes saw the little creature engaged in what appears to have been her calling, ar,d took her into custody. She dropped a puree on the ground. Several filiation. were put to her, in reply to which eke stated that she only entered the town on Wednes day ; that she eons iron Derry, in Ireland, sad that she had no friends sere. A ft er telling a nu mb e r of falsehoods, she confessed that she had been lodging at an eatansphoun, near to the Old Church, kept by a person named Smith, and she gave up the key of ber box, in which, she some money would be hand. Mr. &swish, by Garland, went to the eating house spoken of, and found that the three other primness, who said they were sisters, occupied a room there. On Jane Brown he bound Mrs. Mendelson's keys and purse. Ile then witched the room. Between the bed and mattress he found a quantity of new clothing, and a lady's rosewood work-box was concealed tinders watand. The key which had been given un by Mary Ann Muroby Winked this box. In one of its cogs es, Mr. B. awl* dlesevend the pocket book and . note belonging to Mho Itsrese sad. in another compartment, a poi beg, apparently ustaiitiag nothing but sugar, bat ha 441. in gold, wagged up in paper, ee anted in the midst it. Amongst the geld then wage two cut nftereigna banging to Mn. Mentleina. • peach named TIMM. wham Misr imps a Main Sinaloa& mer bet, deposed that en Tnied•ay last he net the whole of the prisoner Is the 14 10 111 01 :ten vault% Deenerate. They told fin that they were ONE/en, sad askad him to show them the town. H. did so , a nd in the evening they went to the I theatre. The yonce ladies not only rid all; the expenses, bat they presets& Tuner with it very beadrome purse fer his kind attention to teen. Ann Dual, servant at the Llangollen tares, sorroberated a part of Tamer's evidence, sad produced a very Swat puree, which ors of the foals had even to her. In all, Is purses wore trued to the FM seas& Mr. Bawl* expritemed hie belief that the whaM of the prisoners had bees in the habit of Stelae out to pink ladies' peels% end applied to has then remanded bra few days. - Mr. Kiude said that the caw was very gear egoist Mary Awl Murphy and Jane Brown; the dere - Piss seminst them sight be take, and the others were reseeded. YORICIMILL CosraddlON or isillftDlß:--Thime. Malkin, the youth who was tried on Wednesday, sad kind guilty of the murder of Esther Inman at Leeds, has shim innsfeased hie guilt. It will be seen by the report of the trial that the convicted you h strongly protested his innoesnee and said that he never intended doing her any harm. He also ap t« be but little affected by the fearful position be wag a. flowerer, since then, he has considerably softened, end shown signs of contrition ; and on Thursday he made a con• feesiou of his guilt to the 1141 V. T. Hutton, the prison chaplain, to the effect that he was the cause of the death of hie lover, ' and that he had contemplated the murder for some time previously. A Wire POISONED ST HER HUSBAND.—At Clay ton, hat week, a report was prevalent that a married w.a. man, named Judith Holdsworth, had been poisoned by her husband, James Rokbwortb, a farmer and blacksmith. He is sixty years of age, end his wife, who has since died, wee th.rty. They have been married five or lit years, sod have not lie. d on terms of affection or kindness. Holds woeth had a crabbed temper and miserly habits, and his young wife had a vagrant disposition that led her frequently (it is reported) to associate with other seen. Holdsworth has had two wives previously, and report intimates that their exit also was the result of foul play. The prin cipal evidence is the deposition taken before J. Rand, at Clayton, on Thursday night last, a few hours before Judith lioldsworth died, from wheh it appears that on the Tuesday previous she had lain in bed longer than usual, and her husband had brought her some flour porridge for breakfast. See saw there was something particular in it, and on getting up gave some of the porridge to the at. Alter taking about a pint herself, she began to feel poorly, and questioned her husband as to the porridge. He saki there was nothing in it but "flour and milk." She then put her finger tote her mouth and vomited, when he instantly threw the vomit into the fire, and also a piece of maim, which, in answer to her inquiry, be said had come out of his pocket. Au inquest was held on Tuesday morning last, when the raid.. of a post mortent examination, which had been made in the interval, proved that death had been caused by the swallowing of arsenic. Several witnesses deposed that deceased wee taken very ill on Tuesday morning week, and that an emetic had been administered. The jury, afti r some difficulty, agreed upon a verdict of " Wilful mord,. " against James Holdsworth, who was committed to York assizes. The eat is still alive. CUMBERLAND. PUBLIC DINNER ;tr7.soZjillMOUTH.—Ort Friday evening a public dinner was given at the Sun Inn, Cncker mouth by the electors of that borough, to their two mem bers, Messrs. AglionLy and HOTIIMaII, in compliment to them for their uniform consistency and unflinching integrity, u gentlemen, friends, and members of the legislature. John Steel, Esq., officiated as chairman. CIIE:51111tE. MURDES.—On Sunday last a female named Bridget Stanton brought a child to the police station, in Macclesfield, and stated that her husband bad so ill used it that she did am expect it would live many hours. The child was examined, but not►ing was mound to be the matter , with it, and the women departed. A few hours after this the female again coiled with the thi!, which was dead, and fearfully injured, saying, " I told you it could not live." The police were then despatched fur the husband, whom they apprehended during the day. The parties living in the same house se the prisoner swore that the man and his wife had had a slight quarrel during the morning ; that toe latter said the man had as much right to take c ire of the child as she had; and when he went out she cried ater him, end said that as he would not take any trouble with the child, she would do something to it whicn would hinder him Irom going to work. She then told the lodgers that her nu hand h►il almost killed the c mid, but upon their going to look at it they found it quite well, and uninjured. She then took the child out, and whilst proceeding alorg the road it supposed that she murdered it, for there metre numerous wounds on the head and cheek, and two of the teeth had been focilily removed. An inquest was held on Friday, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Mur der" against Bndget Stanton, who was forthwith com mitted to take her trial at the ensuing assizes, and the father was liberated. NORTHAMETONSIIIRL TENANT RIGHT. The Peterborough Farmers' Club, at their lan meeting, discussed the question, " What measures could be adopted to cheapen the cat of the produc tion of font ? " A lengthy debate ensued, in the course of which the question of tenant right was alluded to, as inci dental to the matter before the meeting. The following re solution was then agreed to, " That it is desirable for the tenantry of this country to have that, capital so secured as to enable them with confidenoe to spend their money freely in the soil, which would aww a great dement: for labour, and produce en inerramd quark, of food at a less price." NORTHUMBERLAND. IRISH PAUPERS IN ENOI.AND.—On Wednesday an extraordinary meetieg of the guardians of the poor of All saints' parish, Newcastle, was held in consequence of an un plication having been made to Mr. Wilson, the relieving officer, by about 150 men, representing themselves as in a state of destitution. The cases were minutely gone into, and it was found that the applicants were Irish, with the ex ception of one Englishman and one Sootehman. Several of them stated that they had beta out of employment since the harvest. The guardians told them that they had no em ployment to give, but they were prepared to offer them tem porary relief in the auxiliary ward, in the Castle Garth, pre. paratory to their being removed to Ireland. Not a single one would aeeept the offer ; end relief was accordiuNly re fused, except in a few HMS, where the Ismailia were found to be sick, and unable to be removed. Several of them said that their passates bad been paid to England by their land lords ; that they had nothing to go back to ; and that they might as well starve in England as in their native country. Not a few of them ware very uproarious, and one said that be would commit some sot for which he would be trans ported. WARI Siz Livra Losr.—A deplorable accident, by which six persons lost their lives occurred at an early hour an Friday morning, at the Bentillo Colliery, the property of Messrs. Bridgwood and Co , situate about three miles from Henley. It t Nieuwe that about 6 o'clock five men and one boy went to their employment, and were being lowered down the shaft of the pit, when the link of the chid to which the corfe was attached snapped asunder, and the whole of the unfortunate creatures were precipitated to the bottom, a distance of 360 feet. They were most horribly manglsd, scarcely a bone remaining whole. It is needless to state that every person was killed on the spot. Their names were — T. BoTtany, a single man; J. Jones, a married man, with one child; W. Cotton, a married man, with bur children; C, Harleetone, a married man, with one child; W. With row., a married man, with three children ; and J. Derricota, a lad. WORCESTERSHIRE. THE ABUSES AT KIDDERMINETIR, GRAMMAR _ _ Bottom.. —A special meeting of the town council of Kidder =Meter has been held to receive the petition agreed to at the public meeting, complaining o. the removal of the mayor irons the feoffeethip of the Grammar School, and bel li ng the corporation to take rush steps es to them m t appear advisable to procure his admission to that y. The petition having been read, it was moved by Mr. Brixton, and ascended by Mr. Tudor, " That a memorial be drawn up by the maned, and presented to the Ossifies of the Grammer School, asking them to take the neosseary steps to make the mayor of Kidderminster, for the time beisg, a feoffee ex-oSsio." To this an amendment was moved by Mr. Harvey, and seconded by Mr. Roberts, " That the council do not receive the petition of the town's meeting." Considerable discussion followed, and eventually the amendment was rejectsd, and the original motion car ried by 13 to 6. It was then ordered that the town clerk should draw up the memorial. Mr. Minton mentioned in the course of the dismusion that the bishop of the dimes' had replied to the town's meeting petition, presented to him by the mayor, saying he would as :soon as possible after Christmas name a day to meet the complainants. THE NATIONAL firireitTlV;TTO — N.—Al a meeting of the Wooster National Hate Association, held on Thursday, it wee resolved thin the boreal* member/ (Mesa/. Ellis and Harris), with the mayor and Mews. Whetstone, Dabbs, and W. Mika, should from a deputation to wait upon the county members upon this qesetion. It was further resolved that the secretaries be Aldred to write to Nottingham, Bradford, Norwich, and other large towns inviting their co-operation, and requesting the appointment of delegates, who should all assemble in London, fl oor the purpose el having another in terview with the government and the Poor-law Board. THE INCOME-TAX SCREW AT WORK.—The Lei crater Mercury says "Disorder, hurry, perplexity, and distress have prevailed at Hinckley, during the last day or two, amongst the poorer ratepayer', and all snob as are striv ing to keep their heads above water. This has been owing to the vexatious manner In which the Income Tax papers have been served upon them. The said papers did not arrive until late on Monday evening, when some 600 had to be filled up by Messrs. Gillespie and Law, which rendered it impossible for many of the ratepayer to receive their notices until Wednesday evening, the day of appeal at Market Bosworth being on Friday. Many parties whose in come is not half the amount required by law have been served with these irritating missives ; others have been served with papers charging them with taxes for income ‘'.e rived from the occupation of land which they have ceased to occupy for the last six years; and other* have been charged MOM for income than the amount of their rental. These parties must either submit to be robbed of their hard-earned substance, or be compelled to go to Market Bosworth to ap peal, to the utter neglect of their priming bus Less at home. The benefit, too, of the act of parliament, which gives ten days' notice before the day of appeal, has been withheld from the inhabit/tate of Hinckley, through the grove neglect of the assessor. It is probable that some MO parsons are placed in this awkward rredicament.".. PROPOSED RESTORATION or BRIaTOL HIGH Capes —A local paper says "The crows raised in old time were of three several kinds—ecclesiastical, commercial or market crosses, and commemorative. Of the latter class wee the noble specimen which it le now proposed to restore. It was erected, app irently ea the site of one previously existing, in the High.street, Bristol, in the year 1373, to commemorate, by voluntary contribution of the citizens, the granting of a new charter by King Edward the Third; and adorned, in course of time, with the statues of that monarch, and of other ro)al benefactors to the city, vie., John, Henry the Third, and - 14 ward the Fourth. Ise 1633 ;it was taken down, enlarged. and platted on a higher foundation, and four other statues in emasuisoration of forth., benefits, were added, tie., those of Henry the Sixth, Elisabeth, James the First, and Cherie@ the First. In 1733, it was removed to College rota, from whence it was unhappily taken. 1763, env. sub tequila', erected in the grounds of Sir Richard Hoare, at Btuusbead, when it still exists. It is now irrevocably lost t . th e shy of Bristol, not only because it cannot be legally alienated, but because its dilapidated state renders removal intoomibls. Enough, however, happily remains t, furnish all requisite Information as to its proportions and details, so that there is no practical difficulty in the way of its restoration, Obvious reasons forbid its re-erection on its original site, bat the Dean and v..hapter have expressed their willingness to permit its restoration is College green. And it is wineeived that for such restoration there can be no more befitting time than the pr sent. The ancient cross was a sort of historic pillar, bearing record to the gradual advancement of the city of Bristol in those earlier times when the interests of conswere• and the progress of civilisation were dependent en the ;tensed taus/ of princes. It is proposed t t re-erect it at a singularly auspicious epoch in the annals of our city, when the ovular tine of Bristol u s free port promises to open new paths of enterprise to her industrious p.pulation. The re-erection, therefore, of such a monument at such a time may be re garded as an expression of civic hope as well as gratitude— an avowal that the ancient metropolis of the west is still alive as over to the recollections of her early renown." DEVONSHIRE. THE TRACTARIAN DISPUTSB, in this county, hays caused a degree of excitement which e 4 eta, not Idte'y tre abate. A meeting took place at Plymouth, on Tuesday, presided by Col. Dunsterville. It was addressed by !dr. J. N. Bennett (who reviewed the recent history of tracts riannot), by Dr. Bellamy, Mr. Little, Mr. Bohan, Mr. Ci , Mr. Slworthy, Admiral Thomas, and others. A memorial to the archbtshop was adopted; and a n 'glutton passed, to the effect that the trivttarisn evil " rec ices encou ragement from the Lord Bishop." The asses of the Rev. James Shore, and the Rev.yr,Oorham, were referred 'IE47 SINGULAR DZATII.—On the 22nd inst., an inquest was held at blabledon-park, near Tunbridge, the cuuntry seat of •ohn Deacon, E.-q , the banker, before J. Dudlow, Erg , coroner, touching the death of Robert Pope. a groom, who had been many years in the service of the above named gentleman. It appeared from the evidence of the fellow-servants o f the deseased, that aot tasking hie usual appearance in the hall on the ;vetting of th, kilt Dec., a search was made in the stable, and after iv me time be was fund quite dead fn one of the hay rack., with kis h•ad down wards. From the fact of the hat of the deceion d having been foun ' in the manger, it woe 'apposed that having dropped it in the rack, he, in attempting to regain it, tell in, and was unable to extricate himself ; t-e rack being upwards of four feet deep. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. lIAIIPSHIRF._ SUICIDE OF A LADY.—On Friday evening lost an kquest was held upon the body of Mn. Twynam, the wife of Dr Twynam, of Know's-hill, rear Dishops,ko. The unfortunate lady, who flail been for ROl3lO time in e state of depreuion, destroyed benelf by aucharging the con tents of a gun through her bead on Friday morning —Sarah Berber, sousentaid in the family of the deceased, said : Her age was about 62. She breakfasted with Dr. Twynam. Atter breakfast she went fir a walk, and witness went with her. Upon their return deceased told her to send the cook for orders for dinner. She then desired wiener." to go up sad dust the drawing-room. She was gone about two minutes. On coming down stairs she met the cook, and went into the room, which smelt of gunpowder, and there was a good deal of smoke in She then discovered that her mistress had shot hers. If. They bad been obliged to keep knives out of her way for some time. About a month ago she cut her left arm with stable I knife, but it was not known whether by atehleht er not. Deceased had once tried to take poison, but had been pre vented.—This evidence was confirmed by other witnesses.— Mr. Goldstone, surgeon, deposed that be saw the body of the deceased lying back in the caay chair, the head reclining to the right side. The eft side was very much shattered. The face had dark marks, like that of gunpowder. A portion of the lower jaw was driven through. The charge appeared to have gone through the mouth ; the left side of the bead and a large portion of the eontents were envied away. The poker was close to the right hand. The nun was lying between her knees, with the stock on the ground, and the barrels piloted towards the head. It ap peared to him that deceased discharged the Rue by touching the trigger with the poker. It must have caused instant death.—Mr. Wilson, surgeon, said Mrs. Twynam was af- flicted with a disease of the brain, which suhjeeted her to aberration of the mind. She was incoherent in ter manner, sometimes more, sometimes le-e. It affected her whole nervous system. She had not entire contr.' over herself.— The jury returned a verdict of Temonrary insanity." LITERATURE. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. By CHARLES DtcesNa.—Dr. Birch. By Al. A. TITHARSH - - No writer has been gifted with tee nip,. erious power of arresting the attention of the public, and .c,ng it to do what it is in most cases, and to most persons, least inclined to do—to listen, in so great a degree as Charles Dickens. The huge ear of the public, we do not say the lung ear, is by his side, and he can pour into that receptacle what he pleases : merry aar or dirge, sonnet or sermon, a lesson or a satire. Others have enjoyed this privilege before him, and have made use of it to awaken stormier passions. But none have filled the office of people's laureate with higher nor yet with kindlier aims than he. Some, for instance, get the ear of the public m, rele to pour into it the tale of slander, or awaken the eachinnations of malice. Some have appealed to the envy of the ignorant, the arroganoe of the fop caste, or the servility of helotrv. Some have deified the brute passions, and others have erected temples to trivial fancy. The good public swallowed all. But the public was then a narrow circle, and the public is now • big world. Scott fascinated and amused it, taking advan age meantime of his powersto preach the doctrines and instil the philosophy of gentility. Dickens has got the same audience be fore him, extending over them the same magic wand of imagination; but the use he makes of his power is to preach the philosophy of humanity. This he always does with power, with beau.y, and with poetry, pleading the cause of the humble without offending the high, and acting the popular champion with all the energy and all the sympathies of the de magogue, but without his turbulence, his intrusive ness, or his ambition. It is remarkable indeed how opinion has set in this direction, and how the great didactic professors of the day—for our great didactic professors arc after all our light and imaginative writers—all obey the same impulse, and work through different ways to a coin• mon end. There is Thackeray evidently influenced by a very strong dose of that education, which teaches the worship of the " porcelain clay" of birth and breed ing, and who thinks that ladies and gentlemen are quite another genus from women and men—even he, he who might have been • Theodore Hook in wit and philosophy twenty years ago, is something ieflnitely better now than the mere wit or the sheer satirist. Even he can mock the great and patronise the humble. He, the born snob-killer, does not look for snobs merely in that class to which they were originally confined, when he first studied the species at the university—he finds them above as well as below him, and is mercilessly impartial. We have not seat his " Dr. Birch," although w e put it at the head of this article, but such glimpses as we hays had of it in shopwindows and such s;.'ecimens as we have had of it in the columns of contemporaries sufficiently attest its vigorous sketches of juvenility, whilst • few stanzas at its close, evidently to the memory of poor Charles Buller, evince what indeed wanted not proof, that a deep vein of feeling lies beneath not merely the satire, but even under the caricatures of Master Titmarsh. To return to Dickens's " Haunted Man," which we have read, may we venture to ask whether our kind lier feelings depend upon the faculty of memory, and especially whether they depend on the recollections of " sorrow, wrong, and trouble ?" This is a psycho logical question, that Mr. Dickens answers in the affirmative, and upon which he forthwith indite@ a very pretty and pithy tale, somewhat misty, somewhat German, but containing many noble pages, many striking and original scenes. The Tet terbys alone are • magnificent Rembrandt ; and the boy with the baby, no less than the boy of the ragged school, two true pictures of two very low grades of English life. But of the latter Mr. Dickens has not made enough. He still owes us one of hie own minute and finished pictures, after the manner of Wilkie, of • ragged school. We bow to Mr. Dickens as master of pathos and of the picturesque, but in morals and metaphysics we should venture to question his omniscience. Accord ing to the moral of Mr. and Mrs. Tetterby, oar pre sent affections are but the result of memory. Is not this akin to the doctrine that makes love a habit P And then the honest couple are made to grow indiffer ent to each other, merely from the recollection of their sorrows and troubles being erased from the me mory. Amongst their sorrows and troubles the no velist includes the comely forms of both when in youth, —for these too are forgotten—whilst all the joys, surprises, acts of kindness, the bright side of life in fact are accounted nothing. The philosophy of all this art does not hang together, and would not bear the scalpel of the anatomist. The obliteration of the recollection of sorrow, wrong, and trouble, would not have the effect depicted. If, indeed, you blot from age all the associatiais and reflected feelings of youth, you hebetate it. But youth, or •a A Net tY). In I bi Ng 11 4 Se h.. 111 Wei I a( t or '-lL