The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-07 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE AVENGER. We are enabled to furnish a more oomplete account of the loss of this steamer, though as yet no light is east on the manner in Which the awful catastrophe took . place. Little doubt, however, can exist that it was in endeavouring to make too direct a course from Gibraltar to Malta that the steamer touched on the rocks which abound off the Barbary coast near Tanis. The Avenger. left Gibraltar on the 17th of December for Malta, and was seen on the 20th, from the mast head of the Pacha, Captain Olive, which had left Gibraltar five hours after her, and was steering the same course. This was the l ast that was seen of the Avenger. The Pacha arrived at Malta on the 22d, and left it on the 24th for England. On the 25th she was signalled by the French war-steamer Lavoisier, and Captain Olive was informed that the Avenger had been wrecked on the evening of the 20th, on some sunken rocks known as the Sorello Racks ' about thirteen miles from the Island of Galita, off the African coast, it then blow ing a gale from the westward. This must have hap pened within a few hours after she had been seen from the masthead of the Pacha. The Pacha proceeded, in company with the French steamer the next morning, and cruised about the Island of Galita and near the Sorelle Rocks,where she picked up several pieces of wreck abreast of the island, and saw many other pieces floating about, but could trace nothing of the ship or hands. She left the spot at noon for Gibraltar. It appears that all on board the Avenger perished, except three officers, the surgeon, and five of the crew, who escaped in a boat to Tunis. It was at Tunis that the Lanoisier heard of the wreck, and front whence she immediately went out to render assistance, and while attempting it met with the Pacha. --- The following, which appeared in part of our last evening's issue, is the only document relating to the loss of this ship that had reached the Admiralty concerning this catastrophe. It is from Capt. Du Penhoat, of the Lavoisier, French war steamer, sta tioned at Tunis, to the captain of the Pacha steamer: At Sea, in sight of ealita, on board the steam-corvette Lavoisier, stationed off Tunis, 11.30 a.m.,Dec. 2G. 84,—1 begin by thanking you fur aemmpanying me ; we are now, at the moat, two miles from the Rocks of Sorelle, according to observations and soundings. The particulars given to me by the vice-consul of France, at Goletta, state the place where the steam-frigate Avenger, Capt. Napier, was lost on the 20th Iheember. According to the declaration of an English officer, arrived at Tunis with four men, to the English vice-consul, there were six men (of whom two were officers) drowned in the boat in which that officer came in taking the shore. A British sailor told the French vice-vmsul that when the boat left the frigate the latter was dismssted of her lower masts, and boats broken, which Induces the belief that this unfortunate accident is complete, the crew not having any means of escape. I think, after our search, you may eoatioue your voyage. The Ll.VOisi4r will peas by the north of Gallia, and will not leave that island without the certainty of there being none of the survivors there. I beg you will make use of these accounts, by making them known.—lani,&c., I)u PENHOAT, Captain of Lavoisier steamer.—To the Captain of the l'acho. The crew of the Avenger wee 270 in number, and some idea may be formed of her large complement of men when it is stated that she had seven engineers attached to her. It is hoped that as she was fitted with paddle-box beets, some of the crew may have reached the Spanish or African coast, and that further advices may leinen the present estimation of the loss of life. It is probable that more particulars of this disaster will reach by the steamer conveying the Southampton portion of the India Mail. ebt Court. WINDSOR, Tnuasonv.—The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Mary, accom panied by PI ince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, took leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert;this morning, and left the Castle. The Duke of Cam bridge proceeded by the Great Western Railway to town. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include the Duchess of Kent, the Etrl of Aberdeen, the Earl end Countess Delaware, the Earl of Auckland, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. W. S. and Lady Caroline Lascclles, E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Dr. Meyer. REMOVAL OF TIIE COURT.—WINDSOIt, ThURSDAY EVENINO.—Monday next is the period now fixed upon for the departure of the court from the Cutle to Claremont. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George re turned to town yesterday from Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and Prince Frederick of Hesse returned to Kew yesterday from Windsor Castle. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived in town yes terday afternoon from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere has arrived in town from Brighton. The Duke of Bedford has left Woburn Abbey for his seat, Endsleigh, near Tavistook. Despatches tbr the Governor of the Cape of Good Rope were sent off from the Coloniatoffice on Wednesday evening. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. HER MAJESTY'S TWELFTH-CAK E.--This cake, which has been manufactured by Mr. Mawditt, her Majests 'a tint yeoman ennfec.ioner, and which was exhibited last evening to her Majesty's royal and distinguished guests in the green drawing-room, at the conclusion of the banquet given by the Queen, Is a moat elaborately executed and tasteful spe cimen of confectionery. Around the base of the cake are a great variety of Chinese figures, interspersed with allegorical devices, birds, beasts, &c. Oa the top is a classically formed circular temple, with openings all around ; the bottem being of glass to represent water. A great number of imitation gold and silver fish are suspended from the roof by means of wires, which, when put in mo tion by a curious contrivance, appear, by being reflected in the glass below, to be alive and swimming in the water. We should observe that they are not visible to the spectator as they are suspended, but only by being reflected in the glass beneath. The temple is surmounted by some massive rocks, in which is enclosed a large musical box. Placed amongst the rocks are upwards of twenty Chinese figures, seteral inches in height, playing various instru ments, and most skilfully executed. Upon touching a secret spring the music commences playing, and the whole of the mimic band are set in motion, their heads bobbing about to the tune in a most lifelike manner. The box containing the music is hidden beneath the imitation rocks. The cake (which is more than three feet in diameter) with its multiplicity of curious and classical ornaments, is upwards of four feet in height, It was in 9tcted yest:rday (Thursday); morning by the Duke and Duchess, Prince George, and the Princess Mary of Cam• bridge, before their royal highnesses' departure from the Castle. TIIE LATE EARL or HARROV/BY.—The remains of this venerable nobleman have been consigned to the tomb. The interment took place:at Bandon Church, where the an. cestral vault is situated. In accordance with the express desire of the defunct peer the funeral was conducted with out any ostentation, the principal tenantry and the labourers employed on the family estate being the only additions to the ordinary attendance on these solemn displays. The funeral procession formed at Bandon-hall, and proceeded at a slow pace to the church, at the entrance the officiating clergyman, the Rev. W. E. Cold well, receiving the corpse. The Earl of Harrowby and the Hoe. Granville Dudley Ryder, sonsof the deceased earl, were the chief mourners, and among the immediate members of the family who attended the ob eequies were the Hon. Frederick Dudley Ryder, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Charles Hervey, Captain Saurin, the Hon. 0. Forteacue, Viscount Bandon, Mr. Ryder, &c. The tenantry were all attired in deep mouning, also the labourers and dependents of the deceased earl, who were supplied with their sombre habiliments in compliance with the will of the late earl. The impressive service appointed for the burial of the dead was feelingly delivered by the rev. gentleman before named, and the whole of the mournful proceedings passed off with decorum. • ILLNESS OF ADMIRAL USHER.—Letters from Cork give slight hope of the recovery of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Csker, the gallant Commander-in-Chief there. On Sunday he was sinking fast, and his son, Capt. Usher, had been sent for. DEATH OF LIECT.-GEN. A. BETHITNE.—Wehave to announce the death of Lieat.-Oeneral Bethune, who ex pired oft Tuesday at Blebo. his seat in Scotland. The gal lant deceased was in the 77th year of his age. He served in Holland in 1799, and was severely wounded in the lungs at the battle of Alkmaar. He accompanied the ezpethtion ander Lord Nelson to Copenhagen, and while serving on board the Bellona he received a wound from a cannon-shot, which lacerated his lower jaw. His commission al ensign bore date 14th Much, 1789; lieutenant, 13th June, 1792 ; captain, 12th April, 1793; major, 29th April, 1802 ; lieut.- cel., 23th Oct., 1809; colonel, 12th August, 1819; major general, 22nd July, 1830; lieut.-general, 23rd Nov., 1841. DEATH OP TILE HON. LINDSAY P. HURRELL.—This respected gentleman died on Saturday last, at his seat, Stoke Park, near Ipswich, from an attack of the prevailing epidemic. The hon. demised, the second son of the late .Lord Gwydyr, by Baroness Willoughby 'd'Eresby, was born in June, 1786, and married, in July, 1807, Miss Frances, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Jas. Daniell, by whom be leaves a numerous family. Lord and Lady Wil loughby d'Ereaby, Lord and Lady Carrington, the Counter; Of Clare, Mr. and lion. Mrs. Heatheote, &e., are placed in luourning by the lamented event. PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.—The following Paeans were yesterday proclaimed under process of outlawry at the Sheriff 's Court, by Mr. Hemp, the bailiff: Lord William Paget, Erie Baker, Stephen Temple, C. H. Bur. en, W. W. Sleigh, Edward William Cobb, George Pitt Sees W. Cuthbert (elk.), Crewe Read, Hon. Henry Stan 6ael Graves Frederick Holder, Stephen Bradley, Edward Hens Bayrd, William James Laughton, Henry Arundel!, and William Platt. DIOCESE OF HEREFORD. CONSECHATION.—His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, owing to his advanced age and increasing in armitim, will not conaserate the new Bishop of Hereford (Dr. Hampden), but has issued his commission to three bishops, whose names have not yet transpired, to officiate on the occasion. The day fixed for the consecration le Sun day, January M. It will take place in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. ADDRESS TO DIAN 1611111WITHIIIIL—A meeting of the clergy of the northern division of the Deanery of Melling, convened, in compliance with a requisition to that effect by the Hon. and Rey. F. J. Noel, Rural Dean, wee held on Monday, in the Assembly Room, West Mailing, at which it was unanimously agreed to present the following address; to the Dean of Hereford _ _ " We, the undersigned rural dean and clergy of the northern division of the deanery of Haling, in the arch diocese of Canterbury, desire to assure you of the cordial sympathy which we feel for you in the difficult and trying position in which you have been placed in consequence of the course whieh has been pursued with reference to the' election of a bishop to the sea of Hereford ; also to assure you of the grateful sentiments of respect and admiration which we entertain for the truly loyal and resolute manner in which you have acted in the conscientious discharge of your duty to God, the Church, and the Queen. Cordially adopting your solemn protestation of loyalty and humble devotion to our sovereign, and of implicit respect and deference to the laws,of this realm we beg at the same time to express to yen our earnest desire to afford you all possible aid, comfort, and support in the present I emergency." The above address, having been signed by those prrsent —about a dosen—hu ben forwarded for signature to those I who were prevented from attending the meeting, after which it will be sent to the Dean. INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB. A special general meeting of the governors and friends of the Institution for the Adult Deaf and Dumb was held yesterday morning at the board-room, 26, Red Lion. square, Bloomsbury, for the purpose of examining the pupils on the occasion of one preparing to leave the establishment. The meeting, which was very fully attended, having been opened by prayer, 2. 0. SIMPSON, Esq., observed that the purpose for which they had met was to witness the examination of some of the present inmates of the charity, in order to ucertain their respective capabilities and their knowledge of religious subjects. The examination would principally be directed to ' a young woman, who, during the time she had been in the instituuen, had been instructed in needlework of va rious descriptions, and had been taught to understand the Scriptures. But in addition to the female alluded to, several others would be etatnined, with a view of ascertaining their progress in the various branches of industry carried on in the institution, the objects of which were to receive the adult deaf and dumb, whether they were educated or not, and to instruct them iu some trade, by means of which they would subsequently be enabled to sustain themselves by their own honest exertions. The Rev. Dr. STOLLE, of the University of Leyden, then proceeded to put different questions to the young woman, who war about to quit the establishment, by means of writing on a large slate board erected for the purpose. The answers were communicated by • similar proois, and many remarks of eat faction and surprise were elicited by the rapid and correct, if not intelligent, replies set forth. In accord ance with the request of some person in the body of the meeting, the rev. gentleman wrote—" What is God ?" to which the pupil almost immediately attached the answer— " Love, mercy, and goodness." In answer to the same in quiry one of the male pupils wrote " A spirit." The inte resting proceeding continued for some time, and the answers in general fully proved the efficiency of the superintendence of the teacher, Mr. D. Murray, who enlisted the Rev. Dr. Stale in his examination of the pupils. The report of the society was read, and laid upon the table, from which it sp. pears that After anxious but unavailing attempts to induce another society whose funds appeared sufficient to continue their superintendence and aid to the deaf and dumb beyond the period of childhood, this society war instituted at a public meeting held on the 2lat August, 11341, under the presidency of the Right Hon. Laud Calthorpe. It sou um- Wished foe the large and generous purpose of rescuing the adult deaf and dumb from ignorance, vice, Bud misery, and rendering them mend and happy members of society, and preparing them to receive the blessings of immortality. Fur those great tints arrangements were made to enable the society to afford itustructbvi to thou who had received none; to continue and advance the Munition of such as had attended schools; to teach the !rodes of tailoring, shoemaking, and millinery; to afford to the deaf and dumb the advantages arising from Mmasent and cheerful society amongst themselves; and, above all, to make them acquainted with the gospel of truth, and habituate them to regular exercines of devotion. AU these means are sow in operation in the institution, where a fully muddled teacher, a mistreat of general needlework and millinery, a master tailor, and muter shoemaker reside, and devote their whole time to their respective duties. Prayers are read morning and evening, and on Pund.iys the chapel is open, not only to inmates of the inatitation, but to all deaf and dumb pumas suul their friends, with whom prayers are laid, and religious iditrUCtioll is communicated forenoon and evening, in a manner adapted to reach the understanding and the heart of those who attend. There are now 18 persons under in struction in the institution. The benefits of thecharity are not, hot, ever, confined to the inmates. The poor nod afflicted deaf and dumb from all parts of this great city apply to this society for advice, employment, and alms. Many of them are visited at their own dwellings; and the teacher la occulonally called to the gaols and pollee cells to afford advice, and generally when ors such er rands to shield humanity in its inmost degradation from responsibility to human laws, which they neither understand nor appreciate. In currying out these object., and making neces sary alterations on the house, a debt of about 430/. has been incurred. To assist in liquidating this debt, the committee have presented a memorial to the corporation of the City of London ; end considering the nature and extent of the benefits which this lutitutioe--the only one in the kingdom—will be enabled to confer upon a suffering and afflicted class of society, if supported by adequate memo, the com mittee tender their best and anxious exertions to promote the objects of the institution, and hope to be favoured with that counsel and aid from this meeting, which will enable them to carry nut the beneficent purposes of the satiety to a greater extent than they have hitherto been enabled to do. A variety of questions were put to the " bearing masters" of the shoemaking and tailoring departments, and from the replies given it appeared that the deaf arid dumb, although not so easily taught as those possessing the powers of speech and hearing, were found to be very apt ; and, comparatively * * peaking, hut little difficulty was experienced in instructing them in the several trades.—The meet ng then separated. THE MURDER OF THE TWO CHILDREN. The inquest on the bodies of the two children who were found dead on Saturday morning last, in the house No. 3, Cupid's-court, was resumed yesterday before Mr. B sker, when Jeremiah Donoghue deposed that he lives in the opposite house, No. 9, in the court, and that between the hours of one and two o'clock an Saturday morning, while lying awake in bed, he distinctly heard the cry of " mur der " twice, and recognised it as coming front the girl Amine Blake, whose voice he well knew. He rose and went to the window, but not seeing any light, and hearing no farther cry, he returned to bed and in about two hours after was awakened by a now, when he dressed and went to the oppo site house, where he found that both the children had been murdered.—The Coroner then read over the depositions of Mr. Wright and Mr. Courtney, surgeons, of Whitecrces street, by which it appeared that upon • post smarten exami nation of the bodies the only external marks of violence they perceived were a few scratches and alight bruises upon the neck and face, particularly on the cheeks and tip of the nose, as if from pressure, and that internally, they found the duns mater and the substance of the brain, when cut into, covered with numerous bloody points, and the pia mater, u also the lungs, gorge I with dark fluid blood. Both witnesses having been examined, stated that front all these appearances they bad no doubt whatever that the chLdren'a death had been caused by suffocation.—The Coroner then re capitulated the evidence to the jury, who almost immediately returned • verdict of " Wilful murder" against Harriet Parker, the foreman observing that the majority of the jury were for accompanying the verdict with a censure upon the crowfoot of the father. The mother of the children, who had come up from Birmingham, was present, and produced the certificate of her marriage, bearing data 1836, but she was not examined. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE EUSTON STATION. . _ The following are — someptirticulare of the dis tressing accident which occurred yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the London and North Western Railway, by the falling in of the wail of a colonnade, de. signed as a promenade for passengers, and forming part of a new grand passenger hall. There wore a large number of men employed on the scaffolding in the interior of the build ing, upon whom the superincumbent mem fell with a ter rible crash. As soon as the dust, caused by the falling rubbish, had subsided, v ehccking sight presented itself. Upon the re maining portions of the columns, and at the very bottom of the building, the bodies of several of the workmen were seen. Mr. Butterwick, the foreman of the works, gave I orders for all hands to assist in extrication of the mea ; and Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent of the North Western Railway, who was in his office at the tine, sent the police and porters to assist. In a short ' time six men were brought out, but they were so covered with blood and rubbish, that the nature of ' their injuries could not be ascertained. They were removed with all speed to the University College Hospital, and were attended by Mr. Quoin and Mr. Evans, the house surgeon. Another and another were then brought out, un til the numbs found amounted to eleven, and it was still supposed that more were under, but in consequence of the dangerous position of the scaffolding, the further search was proceeded with most cautiously. They were conveyed to the hospital, where they at present remain. Ihe accident, for the present, cannot be accounted for. Mr. Butterwick states, that at three o'clock on the previous afternoon he inspected the whole of the wall, and found everything correct, the columns being firm and good. Mr. Bevan, the clerk of the works under Mr. Cubitt, who is the contractor for the buildings, says that he was on the spot at ten o'clock yesterday morning, only a quarter of an hour before the wall fell, and did not observe the slightest defect. Mr. Hardwick, the architect to the company, was at the scene of the accident shortly after it happened, but he is unable to give • positive opinion as to the cause. The clerks of the works, Messrs. Bevan and Hoare, state positively that there were no cracks in the columns, which were built in the strongest manner possible ; nor can they account for the sudden manner in which they gave way. From an inspection of the ruins, the columns appear to have given way, not in the centre, but near the base. The weather, no doubt, had had a consider able share in causing the columns to give way. To give some idea of the massive character of the work, Mr. Bevan states that the quantity of brickwork which fell would weigh between five and six tons. Some of the servants of the company had a narrow escape, for at the back of the wall is a passage leading from the THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1848. parcels-office in Whittlebury-street to the platform, the only shelter being a few boards covered over. At the time the accident happened two or three of the porters were engaged in bringing parcels from the office through this purge, to go by the mail train, and were nearly buried beneath. For many boars throughout the day a large body of the workmen, under the direction of Mr. Butterwick, were engaged in reraor:ng the fallen debris, a rumour being pre valent that, in addition to the eleven sufferers so speedily rescued, there were several others busied beneath. This work was superintended and energetically aided in by Mr. Butterwick in person ;and that gentleman refused to have the roll of the men employed on the stupendous building called over until every brick which bad been displaced had been removed. The latest accounts report that one of the sufferers has dicd. METROPOLITAN SANITARY COMMISSION.—DRAIN AOS or Eeritem.—ln reply to the inquiries of the Sanitary Commission, in their note, addressed to the clerk of the Lewisham board of guardians, under date 28tk October, 1847, Mr. Thomas Lewin, of Eltham, an ex officio guardian and the vice-chairman of the Lewisham board, states, that " the parish of Eltham comprises a population ratheeexceed- Mg 2,000 persons, the mass of whom reside in the village so called. Having a good fall in all directions, EMI= admits of drainage at no very greet expense. Although a proper drainage of the village has long since and frequently been thought of and at various times proposed, it has always failed to be carried into effect from the difficulty of rasing the required fund from the parties interested, in due propor tion to the benefit accruing from it to the several properties. Some persons object, that they have already accomplished the object, as respects themselves, by private drainage on their own premises. Others, as nen-resident landlords, aro unwilling to provide against an inconvenience which they do not personally feel. While their tenants complain that they are not the parties on whom such an expense should fall, and it has become evident that unless this important object be to be accomplished in some compulsory way, there is no accordance, from which it might be expected, in the pariah itself. The drainage of the village, such as it is, is in general effected by the means of cesspools, many of which in rainy seasons overflow, and (cession most offensive smells. The drainage of the dwellings of the poor is most ina dequate. There are several courts in the village in the mid space of which • mass of pestilential filth may in general be noticed, and it is in these situations that fevers meetly occur. From these courts streams of filth are continually poured out into the water-tables of the street, so that it is surprising there is not even a greater amount of illness amongst us than we at pre sent experience, notwithn*iding the natural salubrity of our air. The water at Elation is from surface springs, rang ing from 18 to 25 or 30 feet deep. The main springs here lie very deep indeed, viz., from 150 feet to 200 feat deep; and it has been suggested to me by a medi cal gentleman of the place that this surface spring water is in truth vitiated by our cesspools, and the soakage of their overflowing.. There is one considerable ditch partially covered which serves for the drainage of a good many houses, at the western end of the village. This ditch in the open part of it is very offensive, particularly in a nursery garlen through which it flows, and where it is dammed up for the purpose of accumulating manure. There is also another open and very offensive ditch at the eastern end of the village, which serves for the drain age of a house there. This runs • little way along the high road (very stinking), and then runs down some fields, ter minating in a large hole or pond close to some cottages and to a gentleman's residence, where several have lately had fever. A part of the parish, called Pope street, about half a mile to the south-east of the village of Eltham, lies in a low flat or bottom, and the people there, whether from drainage being imperfect or from the want of free air, are apt to have fever. I leave to the medical officers to say what corrections we require, and will only add my hope that we may be con strained by some well advised sanitary law to take better care of ourselves in this parish.—Tliona Lewitt." SANITARY REFORM.—PARISH OP ST. ANNE, LIMEHOUBE.--Yesterday forenoon, an adjourned meeting of the parishioners of St. Anne, Limehouse, was held at the Town-hall, Church-lane, to receive the report of a committee appointed to draw up a memorial to the Metropolitan Com missioners of Sewers, on the sewerage of the parish gene rally, and the nuisance complaiaed of, with reference to the sewer which empties itself into Limekiln-dock, in particular, which question was brought under the consideration of the vestry in consequence of a statement by Dr. Barnett, that the first case of cholera in that parish had its origin in Lime kiln-dock. Mr. J. Rugg, churchwarden, in the chair. The memorial stated that " the attention of the memorialists had been drawn to the injurious consequences which happen to the health of the people of the parish, from the in halation of an atmosphere contaminated with noxious gases, and generated in an atmoaphere:of highly refuse matter ; that very few sewers had been made in the parish of Lime ' house for the last century, and that heavy sewer rates had been from time to time levied on the parishioners. That there was an inefficient drainage throughout the parish, and the endeavours of the inhabitants to keep the cellars and other plasm clean had been frustrated from that cause ; that the yards of the houses in the upper district were, in many lest taws, covered with stagnant water, in which is mixed, vegetable matter in every stage of decompo sition ; that Vitt_ part of the sewer which did exist was of but little use, inasmuch as the channels of the sewers lie ab )ve the level of the floors of the basement stories of some of the houses, and the only mode the inhabitants had to rid their premises of retail water, was by stoking cesspools and pumping it from thence into the street ; that the main sewer, which passed through the parish, emptied itself into the Limekiln Duck, which was situated in a densely popu lated neighbourhood, and closely surrounded by houses and places of business, the effluvia arising from the mouth of this sewer were horribly offensive, destructive to health, and injurious to trade. The memorialists having learnt that an immediate survey of the metropolis had been directed to be made, respectfully submitted the above facts to the consider ation of the commission, trusting that they would carry out those plans which would be most likely to be beneficial to the inhabitants."—Mr. Dunbar, a ship-owner, observed that the inhabitants near the Limekiln Dock suffered seriously in their healths from the foul state of the air. It steps were not taken to remedy the evil, he would be compelled to remove hie business. In the year 1843, a. memorial was sent to the poor law guardians and the commissioners of sewers for the Tower Hamlets, complaining of the injury done to the health of the inhabitants.—Mr. Wilson, chief clerk to Mr. Dunbar, stated that he had been very unwell for some d aye, and unable to eat well. He called on his medical adviser, who said he was suffering from indigestion brought on by the impure air of the locality in the neighbourhood of the office.- -Mr. Snape, a butcher, remarked that meat was rendered putrid by the effluvium from the sewer. His wife, before she came to reside where they at present lived, was in the enjoyment of excellent health. She was now always unwell, while he almost always had the doctor in his house for his children.— Seversl other parishioners having spoken to a similar effect, Mr. Dunbar proposed and Mr. Dixon seconded the adoption of the memorial, which was unanimously agreed to.— Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the vestry broke up. THE REPORT OF THE ORDINARY OF THE GAOL Or NIWOATE.—At the last court of aldermen, Mr. Davie, the ordinary, presented a report on the gaol of Newgate. The following is en extract : " Those who have never been brought into close contact with parties committed to New gate, can have little idea of the dreadful scenes of distress witnessed when charges of embezzlement, or forgery, or breaches of trust, are alleged against members of respectable families. I often think that if a young man could on a visiting day see a heart-broken father have his first inter view with his criminal child, or if he could behold an ago nised widow sinking to the earth with agitation at the sight of her boy in jail; could he witness the shame and di race felt by near and dear relatives who are involved in the consequences though free from the guilt of his offence—he would surely pause before he ap propriated his employer's mosey to his own pur poses, and would suffer any extremities of poverty, rather than subject his relatives to such heart-rend ing sufferings. Our feelings are continually harrowed by such . spectacles, and I wish that the guilty could see them in time to avert their repetition. Many such per sons are committed to Newgate, convicted, and transported in the course of • few slays. They not unfrequently receive a heavier sentence than the youth who has been for years a thief, and several times previously convicted of crime. Moat affecting circumstances are elicited by the correspondence of such persons with their friends. Some of the most distress ing pictures of sorrow are exhibited in the affectionate letters of a sister or confiding wife, the desolation in the domestic I circle, the heart-stricken parent, the manly and yet merciful reproof of a well-informed brother. But the most striking affection of all is in the poor widowed mother—no crime can kill her feelings : they remain in the most deplorable cases of guilt, as a ruin in a desert, to show what has been in former days and what is now. These painful feelings ought to be dwelt upon. They contain almost the only ray of hope that will effectually deter offenders from these crimes. Many painful instances tran spire, some at every sessions, of vices separating a member from a family circle otherwise happy—children looking up to a father for bread, but find hint in Newgate. Can words describe the distresses of a virtuous wife thus surrounded and worse than widowed by the dissolute conduct of her husband? And can any young man read this exact picture of what is continually occurring, and yet be, heartless enough to plunge his relatives into such wretch edness ? The records of the last year show that the near connexions of magistrates, clergymen, dissenting ministers, merchants, physicians, solicitors, and almost all classes haws so fallen ; and 'I fear that the coming year will disclose Simi lar results from similar vices. It would he a happiness if these remarks could reach a guilty youth, and induce him to abandon his associates, his pleasures, and his criminalities before they involve himself and his Mends in the fearful severities of penal inflictions. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—ACCIDENT AT THE NEW Hot:SN OF LORDS.—Before Mr. Bedford, at Westminster Hospital, on the body of J. Webb, aged 27.—The deceased, a mason, was employed at the new Home of Lords, and on Saturday morning, while descend ing a ladder over the central arch, his coat was caught by one of the upright poles, which occasioning him to ore his balance he fell a distance of ten feet on to the stones below. He was taken to the hospital insensi ble, exhibiting no external injury, but he died on /docility morning, his . death resulting, as ascertained on the body bring opened, from rupture of the intestines and constipated inflammation of the abdomen. Verdict—. Accidental death."---ALLEOZD DZATII Tame FURIOUS DRIVINO.— Sams coroner and place, on the body of J. ;Nash, aged 58, a horse-dealer, late of Cumberland-make; who was alleged to have died from injuries received by the reckless driving of a man named French on the 4th of June last, The man French went in a gig to show the horse, which was harnessed to it, to a person at Chelsea, and on re turning met deceased. ne latter jumped up, when on entering Birdcage-walk the horse set off at full gallop, and the off-wheel wining in contact with the park railing they were both thrown out, deceased sustaining • compound frac ture of the right leg. He was conveyed to the hospital, where he had not been once visited by French, who he re peatedly said, by whipping the horse, was the cause of the occurrence, and who while he lay onthe ground trod upon the injured limb.—French, who was present, positively denied deceased's statement, and said that the horse took fright at the soldiers in St. Georges Barrackyard.—Deceased lingered till Tuesday last when he died.—A verdict was returned " That deceased died of fracture of his leg, but how occa sioned there was no evidence to prove." THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE BAR. The following is the petition referred to in our leading columns : The humble petition of George Gun Hay, of No. 44, Lin coln'sinn-fields, in the county of Middlesex, attorney-at-law, showeth—That your petitioner is the attorney retained by Senor Don Tomas Rodriguez 13t1r00, by Senor Don Do mingo Fernandez Martinez, and by Senor Don Angel Jimenez, respectively, merchants of Havana, in the island of Cuba, in three several actions brought by these parties re spectively, and now pending in her Majesty's Court of Be chequer of Pleas, at Westminster, against the Hon. Captain Joseph Denraan, of her Majes's navy ; and to one of which actions , viz., that of " Buren v. Denman," the attention of your honourable house has been very re cently directed. That these actions were commenced on the 3d day of August, 1842, and in the month of November, 1842, your petitioner retained the services of Mr., now Sir Fitzroy Kelly, knight, as counsel for the sold plaintiffs in these three severalactions; and that front the period afore said up to the month of May last (with th 3 exception of the short interval during which Sir Fitzroy Kelly he:d the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-General), your petitioner acted under the advice: of Sir Fitzroy Kelly. as such counsel in all the stages of these actions at law. That by means of hav ing advised your petitioner on the affairs of his said clients the said Sir Fitzroy, Kelly has become most intimately acquainted with the case of your petitioner's client', Huron, Martinez, and Jimenez. That in the month of October last it was intimated to your petition, r that Sir Fitzroy Kelly, although s.ill holding the retainers of your petitioner on behalf of his clients, could no longer act as their mussel, in consequence of the Attorney-General hay ing required his services as counsel for the said defendant, Captain Denman. That your petitioner, immediately on his receiving this intimation, wrote to the said Sir Fitzroy Kelly, reminding him of his having been for so long a period retained by your petitioner as counsel for his clients, and of him having so repeatedly advised on their case ; but he received back for answer from the said Sir Fitzroy Kelly, that he had " no choice in the matter to which your petitioner's letter referred ; that the crown had required his services, and that he was hound by his oath of office to obey." That your petitioner then addressed a letter to the Solicitor to the Admiralty, who is and has been from the commencement of these actions conducting the defence of Captain Denman, and from him he received for reply, that, "having received the directions of the Attorney- General to retain Sir Fitzroy Kelly, he had not any discre tion upon the subject ;" that he had " explained to the At torney-General that Sir Fitzroy Kelly was the leading counsel and adviser of the plaintiffs ; and that, on the hear ing of the demurrer (in the course of the pleadings), Sir Fitzroy Kelly actually appeared in court and argued for them." That your petitioner, impressed with the great im portance it was to his clients that Sit Fitzroy Kelly should continue their counsel, and impressed also with a sense of the great hardships that his clients were made to sustain by being deprived of their leading advocate, memorial. iced the Lords of the Admiralty, who are defending these actions, through their solic'tor ; but their lordships have refused to forego the cervices of Sir Fitzroy Kelly. That your petitioner respectfully begs to ca/1 the attention of your honourable house to the tact that neither the Crown nor the department of the Admiralty are parties to these actions ; and that the actions (as appears by the titles of them) were instituted, and have been always conducted, against Captain Denman individually ; and your petitioner therefore humbly submits to your honourable house that the interference of the Lords of the Admiralty is gratuitous and uncalled for. That your petitioner respectfully begs to sub mit to the consideration of your honourable house the hard ship and injuotice which his clients are made to suffer by the conduct of the Lords of the Admiralty and of the chief law officer of the crown, and which not only strikes at the root of the independence of the bar, but is calculated to destroy all professional confidence, while it is a Referent act of tyranny inflicted on your petitioner's clients. Your peti tioner therefore humbly solicits the notice of your honourable house to the grievance which he has thus respectfully brought to your attention ; and he most respectfully ven tures to hope that he shall not make this appeal in vain, but that your honourable house will exert its powerful interfer ence to protect your petitioner's clients against so gross a lease of oppression and injustice. And your petitioner will ever pray, &e. GEORGE Gun Hay. IRELAND. DUBLIN JAN. 5 The charge of Chief Justice Blackburne finds some favour, even with those who most differ from him. It is regarded as moderate in tone, clear in exposition, and, by its impressiveness, calculated to produce a deep effect. Some of the provisions, however, which he disinterred from the statute-book for the special use of the commission, have startled by their singu larity—among them the conviction of an accessory be fore the fact to a murder which never had been com mitted. In England there must not only be a combina tion and conspiracy to murder, but there must be an actual murder before the accessory can be convicted. In Ireland the simple agreement to commit, without any murder, constitutes a capital felony. This view of the law is likely to affect some of the prisoners. Taken altogether, the charge is regarded in a fair light. A report of the proceedings will be found in another part of our paper. The charge of the Chief Justice alludes to the laws now in force against vagrancy as a means of checking hired outrage. The government appears to entertain a similar opinion, for Sir George Grey has issued a circular to all the magistracy of Ireland, directing their attention to the propriety of arresting and strictly examining all vagrants and susoicious-looking strangers. Some of the lieutenants of counties have anticipated the wishes of the government. The number for trial at the ensuing Mayo assizes is 33; at quarter sessions, 149. The county gaol in Castlebar contains no fewer than 483 inmates, in cluding debtors and lunatics, with prisoners tried and untried. The prison was originally constructed for the accommodation of 240 ; with the number doubled it is evident the sanitary state of the prison, as well as the reasonable comfort of its inmates, cannot be very satisfactory. Ma. GILDED'S PLAN OP AILIEP.—Sir,--The Si. men tioned in your note of the Ist can be lodged to my credit at Paget's bank, S.. Paul's Churchyard. 1 was much gratified by your notice of my plan, which kas succeeded far beyond my utmoet hope. sod still employs over 500 people. Over 40,000 yards of linens, of the beat quality in their several kinds are made, and as they return from the bleach sent out to the parties who enabled me to carry out the plan by send ing orders. By March next I hope to have sent from my parish over 55,000 yards of such linens as cannot be had in the market. And, notwithstanding the many hindrances from fever, the sadly destitute state of the people, &c. &c., • degree of industry, desire to help themselves, order, and busi ness habits, have been accomplished hardly to have been ex pected. Having proved the practicability of the plan, it is my intention to leave its continued development to those whose more proper sphere or calling it is. And lam happy to say that Lord Sligo is DOW making arrangementa to put 700 people at work on the same plan ; and you could not do better service to the real good of this most destitute district than by making this known, and by recommending all householders whe desire to have servants' table linen, towel ling, and stockings, plain and twilled, of pure flax, hand spun, such as will last them for 20 years, to and their orders to the Marquis of Sligo, Westport. It is a new and happy feature in Irish society to see such interest taken in the well being of the poor.--0. R. GILDEA, the Rectory, Newport, Mayo, Jan. 3, 1648.—[The money has been paid in as requested.] CUSTOMS—PORT or Dctiute.—Notwithatanding the many circumstances, during the past year, but too well calculated to excite apprehensions as to the amount and prosperity of the national income in every department, we are happy to find that the deficiency in the Customs' revenue at this port is by no means so considerable as we apprehended it might prove. The amounts for tke quarter and for the year ending sth inst., and also for the quarter and for the year ending Jan. 5,1847, are as follows : uarter. Yea. Radius 3th July, 1847 5168 Q ,811 2 2 Do. do. 1848 Deficiency SPECIAL Comentatoze, Ctana.—The commission will open at Ennis on Wednesday, Jan. 12th instant, at twelve o'clock.—The following is an abstract of the calendar of pri soners for trial ;—Robbery of arms, 20 ; attacking dwelling houses, &c., 28 ; soliciting to murder, 1 ; murder, 11 ; ad ministering unlawful oaths, 1 ; delivering threatening mes- Nage, 1 ; arson, 5 ; appearing armed, 10 ; shooting at per sons, 3; shooting horses, 1 ; tending threatening notices, 2; assault endangenng life, 4; robbery, 7; abduction, 2; bur glary and robbery, 20; horse stealing, 1 ; sheep dealing, 3; forgery and altering bank notes, 2 ; concealing birth of infant, 2. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, JAN. 5. The tractarian controversy has broken out at the New Episcopal College in Perthshire. Major Jelf Sharp, brother of the Rev. Dr. Jelf, of Ring's Col lege, having proceeded to Glenalmond for the purpose of entering Ins son as a student, was first reprehended by Mr. Wordsworth for not kneeling upon the bare floor during prayers, and afterwards was refused the communion on the ground of his being " an evil liver in the eye of the church." Major Jelf, besides ad dressing a long letter to the editor of the Record, is to bring the affair under the notice of the Scottish bishops in their capacity of college visitors. On the subject of highland improvement, the Ross &Lie Adrerliarr has the following gratifying infor mation : Last year 200 Scotch acres were cultivated and drained on the estate of Ardrots belonging to Mr. Matheson, M.P., and about twelve miles in length of stone dykes and fences erected, whilst 430 acres of lend not susceptible of being otherwise improved, wen planted with all kinds of forest trees. Two good roads have been made when there were formerly but rugged pathways, and which were everything but safe for the wayfarer to traverse after twilight—and in lieu of a few fir spars which went as a roadway from one precipice to the other, over a dark rolling stream, is now • substantial stone bridge, whore architectural structure and beauty is not surpassed in the north. There is also a beau tifully constructed suspension bridge to be thrown across the Aimee, leading from Ardross-house to Lealty. The new 1121111.i0D of Animus is in course of erection. When finished, which will take at least two years, it will excel in aim and grandeur any other edifice is the county. On the estate of Never, during the last four years, 1,000 acres have been thoroughly improved and drained, and about six miles of double atone dykes and fences erected. Planting is also carried on to a great extent. There are new rends being made through Glenglue and Bomb, extending for a number of miles to the most remote parts of this extensive estate. The whole has been carried on by the proprietor, Mr. Munro, without any government aid. For the last three years 75 acres have been trenched and drained, which previous to that time were clad with heather, whim, and broom, and, indeed, most of which were at the time considered to be impracticable. Previous to this improvement the farm only yielded tan small stacks, and now the yield is thirty-three, averaging from ten to eleven quarters each. In one of the newly-cultivated fields, when it was thought little or no thing would grow, the last season yielded oats fully air feet in height, which made live firlots of meal to the quarter. In the west, copper ore has been discovered St Loch wionoch. About fifteen years ago (says a local paper), the propri etor of Kame, Wm. Orr, Esq., observed, while surveying his grounds, signs of the existence of copper ore. The disco very caused some interest at the time, but it went to test for nearly fourteen years, until the autumn of 1846, when it was again revived, and haring reached the ears of an En glish company, parties were sent down by them for the pur pose of inspecting the ore. The investigation was followed by a settlement betwixt the company and Mr. On, and workmen have for some time back been engaged in digging the treasure. The result has realised the most sanguine hopes of the projectors. Already two lode, of the ore have I been struck, and, according to the divining rod, fifteen have been discovered. one of the lodes being not less than 22 inches in thickness. In some plans the ore is found only I three feet below the surface. Breaking mills are in the course of erection for the purpose of breaking down the ore. When operation. are fairly commenced, and the mills are set a-going, which will be in spring, a great number of workmen will be employed on these works. The Clyde trustees are wroth at the remarks on the navigation of the Clyde contained in Captain Washington's " Tidal Harbour Report," and have prepared a long and elaborate reply, which will speedily be made public. At last meeting copious extracts were read from the first examination of Capt Washington, showing that he had then spoken highly of the labours of the trustees ; and it was stated that, in now passing a sweeping condemna tion on their efforts, he was guilty of gross incon sistency. Without attempting to judge between the trustees and Captain Washington on questions of detail, it is obvious to all who read the second parliamentary report that the inconsistency in question is susceptible of explanation. At the time the first report was made, the object in view was generally to ascertain if a governmental supervision of harbours should be entertained. To this Capt. Washington replied, that the state of the harbours in the Clyde and Tay were so superior, notwithstanding natural disadventages, to other harbours, that by government surveillance, it was quite possible for the others to be improved likewise. The Clyde and Tay harbours were not assumed to be perfection absolutely, but relatively to other harbours ; in therefore executing a survey of all harbours, Capt. Washington is quite entitled to measure them by a different standard from what he laid down when engaged in a partial JERE ‘IY DIDDLES Rznivirus.—At the Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday, John !decanter was convicted of attempted wilful fraud and imposition, and sentenced to sixty doss' imprisonment. The nature of the offence was of a somewhat peculiar description, and originated in an attempt by the prisoner to impose upon a small shopkeeper in Ratho, by representing to her that he had been seat by the sheriff to examine her beams and scales, &c. Notwithstanding the repeated protestations of the women regarding the justice of her scales, &c., the prisoner proceeded in the coolest manner to take down and examine the weighing apparatus, and, after pretending to remedy some alleged defects, demanded the sum of 3e. 6d. for his trouble, he having, as he said. made a reduction in her favour of Is. &I. from the usual charge. Some demur having followed, a delay took place, when a eon of the shopkeeper fortunately entered the shop, and, suspecting the design of the prisoner, despatched a messenger for the police, when he was apprehended and taken into custody. PROVINCIAL. LANCABIZIRE. FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.SIIT correspondent writes ; " Liverpool, half-past 4 o'clock, Thursday afternoon.—A fire has just broken out in the large bonded warehouse (full of fruit, sugar, &c.) of Means. Gladstone and Co., in Temple court. It is now in the two upper stories ; but as the fire men have got the branches to bear, it is hoped that it will be extinguished without much damage, ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-ARMS.—On Tuesday morn ing, Mr. W. Ainsworth, solicitor, of Higher Bank, Black burn, shot a sparrow, and gave at to one of his little boys. In the afternoon he was in the kitchen playing with his children, when his youngest little girl asked him to shoot a bird for her. He replied that he was afraid he could not, as they would all be gone to roost, but he would try. He then took down a gun, and, having loaded it, he went into the plantation beside his house. He had been absent but a few minus t when a female servant heard a person moan as if in pain ; and on going out she saw her muter, who had just come through a small gate leading to the plantation in the act of falling to the ground; his coat and waistcoat on his left side being on fire. She ran to support him, but he died in about ten minutes. It would seem that, being unable to find a bird to shoot, the unfortunate gentleman was return ing through the gate with the undischarged gun in his left hand, when the trigger must have caught some part of the gate, and, the gun immediately exploding, the contents were lodged in his left side. The gun was lying on the ground, by the side of the gate, when the servant ran up to him ; and he had reached the back door, which be was about to enter, a distance of some 15 yards from the gate, when his situation was discovered. Mr. Ainsworth, who was about 36 years of age, has left a widow and four children to lament his untimely fate, and a large circle of friends, by whom he was greatly esteemed, to sympathise with this most painful bereavement of his family. ECCLENIASTICAL REFORM IN MANCHESTElt.—Yes terday a meeting of the members of the Association for Pro moting a Reform in the Ecclesiastical Provision for the Parish of Manchester, and of other Lay Members of the Established Church, was held in the Council-room of the Town-hall. Manchester. There was a numerous attendance.—The Presi dent, Mr. R. Birley, said it was now nearly six months since they were called together for the purpose of supporting a reform in the ecclesiastical provision for the parish of Manchester. They would recollect the reasons which com pelled them to call a meeting on a previous occasion. A certain arrangement had been agreed to by the church wardens of the parish and the clergy of the old church (the chapter), which was not conceived to be an effective reform. The committee of the association submitted their case, and the meeting were pleased to approve of that case. After that meeting, in consequence of the support then given, the committee promised to devote themselves to the cause in band, and that if they should be happy enough to merit confidence they would go on till an effective reform was obtained. It would be his duty now to tell them what had occurred since the last meeting. Im mediately after the 16th July, Mr. Dorrington proceeded with himself to London, as a deputation, for the purpose of seeking an interview with Lord John Russell, to obtain a clause in the Blanchester Bishopric Bill, then passing the House of Commons, to retain for the benefit of the parish those funds which had been granted for the spiritual in struction of this large parish. It occurred to them that that was a reasonable sours., and one in which they ought to have succeeded, but that matters were so complicated it could not be done. They proceeded, however, so far as to get entered upon the minutes of the House of Commons the change they wished, as a matter of reference, at a future time. That clause was to the effect, that from and after the decease of the persons now holding the offices of dean and canons, all the revenues at pre sent enjoyed by them, and all the funds accruing from a more economical aad a better management should be de voted to the securing of better ecclesiastical provision for the parish of Manchester. If they could not get that clause in serted, they obtained from Lord John Russell en admission that they bad a very strong claim, and he might tell them that in the interview they had with his lordship, the Pre mier listened with marked attention, and seemed to take deep interest in their proceedings. His lordship subso guently stated in the House of Commons, the same evening, that as the revenues were derived from Manchester exclu sively, provision ought to be made for a better spiritual cure of souls in Manchester by means of those funds. It would be recollected that the association MN originally formed to support the churchwardens in an enterprise of this kind, and the petition of the churchwardens was the ground of their proceedings, though he regretted to find that that body had not acted up to the petition. After the return of the deputation from London, their time was taken up in examining the grounds of their case more particularly, and in preparing for a contest during the session, but previously to that they had en deavoured to gain the co-operation of the dean and canons. He then described and commented on the letters which Llarbetween himself and that reverend body in Septa's al st, dilating upon the wrong which he conceived tt was to the people of Manchester, that men, to one of whom they paid 2,0001. a year, whilst the three others had 1,0001. each, should claim to be exempt from the cure of souls. He regretted too, that the appointments to these prizes in the church hitherto had not been given as rewards to men who had spent an active life among them, and well-earned them, but to strangers or persons of family interest. He contro verted the opinion of one of the canons that the revenues of the chapter were not pariah funds, and quoted the opinion of the Bishop of London against that body, in their objection that a re-distribution of church property would be sacrilege.—Mr. Cawley moved the first resolution, which was to the effect, that the meeting had heard with great satisfaction the mune pursued by the committee, and trusted that they would not relax until they had aoxottpliShed the important objects for which the Immolation was for med.—Mr. Councillor Slater seconded. the motion, which wee carried unanimously.—Mr.Maloolea Ross moved the second resolution, to the effect, that the meeting deeply sympathised in the condition of the pariah, for want of a sufficient cure of souls, as well as in the lament- able destitution and want suffered by a portion of the clergy of Manchester, other than the chapter. A portion of hi speech in which he adduced cases of destitution, and inane cient provision among the incumbents and curates of Man cheeter, which had come within the knowledge of the com mittee, was listened to with marked attention and created • sensible impresaion.—The following is a list of the cases : Cm A. Note from an incumbent, long resident bete, to a friend who sent him M. The note is now la my bands " I have received yow enclorme. and thank you for it. It arrived most opportunely. Juse when I wanted some money, for, I may tell you, I had not MA Is the home.. Case B. Extract note from another clergyman, an incumbent Mar parish, to • gentleman present " The care of incumbents ie word, of charitable consideration. Some, like myself, have very little is. come Ind to support them through life. I should not say suppom rmyW. • year would not, could not, support. As long oe I and others are Weser by the Almighty with health and strength so dr- Merge oar ministry, all things are well ; but when sickness or old re arrive, what then How are pews to be let, and kept let; theg uncertain income, to a great extent, tails ; and the clergy, meeting ta gestral, only having had s bare nifficiency In the days of vigour, were not able to lay something each year past, and, therefore, bars ss manurom" Case C. An incumbent of the perish applied this month to my is. former for a ken of UM on • little private property he had, to es. able him to pay his way till his pew rents fall due. Cm D. An incumbent of the wild; wife, and three or four children. Inseam only 1201. per annum. Obliged to solicit Ins pay. emits in Messes. Case E. An incumbent, income about 100/. Wife and family. Obliged to curtail his family expenditure, and quite unable to gist actuante ednealice to his children. Case P. Crate, salary 1001. Wife and four children. Wife obliged to perform home Mints, from inability to defray the expert of tab servant. Case O. Curate; hammed by •• mall college debt, which hie prer sent income does not allow him to reduce, and, to rave exposure, hr borrowed • trifle from an &Render at hie church, at interest. Class P. Curate ; now removed from Manchester ; salary 60/. Married,—furniture partly hired; occupying a cottage, quite unable to pay current expenses, though employing no servant, even during his wife's confinements, and latterly °hilted to accept • prisute sub. rri =tlon to prevent dimenice. Cl es G. District clergyman married, five children. A most. des titute and overpopulated diatrict. Income 1001. per annum. Mr. Medcalf seconded the motion.—Mr. Robert Gardner moved that the meeting fully approved of the deps taken by toe association, appealing to the House of Commons for a commission to inquire into the ecclesiastical state of the parish of Manchester, and described the opposition he him self had met with, years ago, from the collegiate body ee chapter, when endeavouring to get the law altered, to SS to enable the Manchester Church Building Audoiation to erect new churches in destitute places without their consent, though at that time there had then already been 63 mewls!' places of worship erected in such places.—Mr. John M`Clurs seconded the motion ; and the meeting was afterwards ad dressed by Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Clegr, and others.—All the esolutione were agreed to unsnimously. WARWICKSHIRE. . . ..... A . PROPOSED MODEL PRISIL—A public meeting is about to be held in the Town-hall, Birmingham, for the pur pose of promoting a movement which is warmly espoused by the Rev. Dr. Marsh, of Leamington, the Rev. W. Wight, and other ministers and gentlemen, with the view of tound ing a temperance colony or parish, for the purpose of show ing the beneficial tendencies of abstinence from the drinking customs of society. The subject is, at all events, entitled to the claim of novelty. It is proposed to obtain, as curly as practicable, a railway station on one of the principal lines in some central and eligible pert of the kingdom, and if possible where a fresh population is springing up, or new district when a church and schools are required, then to take the necessary steps for securing the appointment of this district in Perpetuity to five trustees. A school is then to be immediately riveted, and licensed for divine service on Sundays, and as their funds augment the trustees are to proceed to the erection of a church, parsonage, schools, and college. Should soy great difficulty occur in the way of getting a railway station or new district, then the trustees are to take measures to obtain the adtmeson of a parish eligibly situated for their t xperi ment. To this district or parish the trustees (the pro jector having the first appointment) will nominate as the minister a clergyman who will set the people the ex ample of entire abstinence from all the drinking customs of society, and of banishing all intoxicating drinks fr •in their houses. He will appoint to the schools masters and mis tresses carrying out the same principle, and prepared on suitable occasions to impress upon the children the import ance of never acquiring a taste for such beverages. This principle will be characteristic of the entire institution, and thus all holding office will be selected from parties opposed to the drinking usages of society, and who will discoun tenance them in their families and among their friends. .The above arrangement is to continue not during the first incum bency only, but in perpetuity ; the five trustees (being themselves by qualification obtainers) are of course en gaged to observe this important feature throughout the in. admit's. GLOUCESITRSIIIRE. NATIONAL DEPitlCEl3.La.Valinumerous meeting was held at the public rooms, Bristol, on Wednesday even ing, for the purpose of adopting a petition to parliament In opposition to the recommended augmentation of our military force. The chair was taken by Mr. Robert Charlton, who opened the proceedings by explaining the nature of the pro posed augmentation, and the consequent increased wet to the country. He denied that there were any grounds for anticipating an invasion from France—the relaxation of the commercial tariff had led to increased commerce between the two countries. The French, who bad been heretofore abut out by high prohibitory duties, were now enabled to trade with us at a profit, and the Custom-house returns showed that they had not been slow to avail themselves of the advantage. It was not likely they would quarrel with their customers. He believed that many of the advocates of the scheme were not sincere, and an article in the last number but one of the Naval and Military Gazette had let the at out of the bag, and showed that the real object was to provide increased employment for half-pay officers. The chairman denied that there was a war feeling among the masses of French society, and spoke from per sonal experience of the peaceful desires of the bulk of the population.—Mr. John Mills, a member of the corporation, proposed a resolution deprecatory of the proposed increase. He wished to speak with every respect of the Duke ot Wel lington, whom he revered for his years and his many achievements ; but the Duke of Wellington was an old man, and aged persons were apt to dwell and ponder on the pur suits of their youth. Like Commodore Trunnion he had con templated his deeds of youth till he bad fought his battles over again, and he could not help thinking (speaking Wl* all respect) that his letter partook of a kind of military monomania.—Mr. W. Wills, also a member of the town council, seconded the motion, which was adopted nem. can.—Mr. N. P. Jackson proposed a petition to be entrusted for presentation to Mr. Cobden. He pro- posed that if the aristocracy so loved fighting, to let them pick out an equal number of French nobles and fight it ant themselves. If they did not destroy each other, as the Kilkenny eats were mid to have done, the survivors should he transported to Norfolk Island and kept on bread end water. He called on the people to speak out and the government would defer to them.—Mr. Norris, in seconding the.reeolution, ridiculed the idea of the French invading England, and read some statistics of the comparative strength of the two navies in 1840, which showed • very large pre ponderance of strength in favour of England. Ile did not believe that invasion was really feared. &me old men in second childhood who made their shutter' of iron for fear of the people of England ; and some n-ho bad amassed enor mous wealth and turned themselves into watch dogs might fear it : but as to *then he believed it was • delusion. The House of Lords counted 118 and the Hasse of Commons 140 members, directly interested ia the maintenance of the army and navy, and the real object was to provide for the younger sons of the aristocracy.—The lie v. J. P. Ham, Mr. Capper, Mr. Godwin, and others, addressed the meeting, and all the resoles ions were unanimously adopted. KENT. MESSRS. lIALFORD, BALDOCI, AND SNOt:LTEN'iI RANICROPTCY.—The Kodiak (*WWI says : " This bank ruptcy took place in Oct., 1841, and, as inquiries are occa sionally made as to the dividends paid under it, and the pro bability of future dividends, we are euth,rised to state, for the information of the creditors generallt, that under the joint estate of Halford, Baldock, and Bnoulten, debts amounting to 112,8741. 12a. sd. were proved, on which dividends of 4i., 16. 9d., and Is. Bd., amounting to 71. sd. in the pound, have been paid ; under the sepa rate estate of Hslford debts amounting to 20,0651. 14s, ad. were proved, on which a first dividend of 3+. 03d. has been paid ; under the separate estate of Baldoek, debts amounting to 11,2811. 6a. 10d. were preyed, on which dividends of 55., 2a., and 104 d., amounting to Is 104 d. in the pound. have been paid ; the creditors on the separate estate of Snoulten were paid in full, and that 7,2021. 14s. Id., the surplus of that estate, was carried to the credit of the joint estate. We also find that the following balances re main in the hands of the official assignee, namely, 2821. 13s. 7d. on account of the joint estate ; 2281. 13s. 2d. on account of Halford's separate estate ; and 291. 13s. 7d. on account of Baldock'a separate estate ; and that under the present practice in the Bankruptcy Court the expenses of a final dividend of the joint estate will nearly coalmine the balance in hand." pne ficts. THE NAIYINAL LiALLERY.—There are critics in art, and wise ones too, who are at a loss to recount for the selection made by the trustees of a single picture from the Vernon collection fora place in the present National Gallery. Bat the reason is obvious. There is only room for one, and in selecting " A View of Venice " by Mr. Turner, and keep ing it underneath another" View of Venice" by Ceaeletni the trustees silently direct the attention of visitors to the ne cessity of finding another gallery for the munificent gift of Mr. Vernon's collection. The picture, though small, is • capital specimen of Mr. Turner's middle period ; something M between his picture of " The Thames and th e Medway," and those feverish eccentricities of which even this possesses &o ven! startling indications. " SCENE FROM THE EARLY LIFE OF OLIVER GOLD" sacra."—Mr. W. H. Simmons has just completed a canal mezzotint engraving from a picture by E. M. Ward, A.R. A., representing a well-known incident in the early life of Oliver Goldsmith. This delightful writer is said, while in Treace, to have occasionally maintained himself by his skill on the date, and his poem of " The Traveller " lends some autho rity to the story : How often bare I led thy sportive choir, With Zemkss pipe had& the murmuring Loire. The incident is at once picturesque and personal, a repast at a cotttgedoor, with young and old assembled in the sunny scene, and Oliver playing on his bate, while ch ildren stop EMI