The Express. — London, England, 1848-03-24 00:00:00

over bye madman. The King of Patna /. has not escaped the stigma cast on royal races. The first element of conservatism, the kingly, has perished, or at least received a deadly blow in Europe—another catastrophe which we may congratulate this country upon having escaped. Siete the introduction of Lord NORNIANBY'S bill for improving the health of towns, to the present time, numerous lamentable failures have been made in the attempts to legislate on this impor , ant subject. Lord LINCOLN'S bill was too cumbrous, and too hastily prepared, to meet the exigencies of %I:0 evil, and did not possess in itself sufficient merits to overcome the interested opposition of those, desiring to retain the civic powers which they had long neglected. Lord NIORPETH met with little better success in his bill of last year, and was obliged to succumb to an opposition from the authorities at present constituted under local acts. During the pre vious year, the frightful rate of mortality taught tnose who had thus successfully . re sisted all attempts at improvement, that the existing powers were insufficient to stay the march of disease, and were wholly useless in preventing its diffusion throughout the empire. This stern lesson has had its good effi ets ; and Lard Monrevu's bill, again in troduced this session with considerable modifications, is likely to pass without incurring any further obsta-1 cies of a serious nature. It is true that Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, and other large towns have in structed their representatives to oppose some of its provisions in committee, but a few conciliatory alte rations would render it acceptable even to them, without in any way interfering with the efficiency of the act. The objections to the proposed measure mainly de pend upou the obnoxious manner in which a central control is constantly obtruded upon the attention of the local boards. The towns possessing local acts desire to retain the powers already granted to them, being willing to accept a central control for all new authority, with which they may be vested under the proposed act. There is a prince /brie reason in this, but it will not bear a close investigation. For the last three years, the most laudable zeal has inspired commissioners of sewers, aed most extensive improvements have been made by them in the various localities over which their powers extend. But this new-born activity has arisen chiefly from the fear of exposure by the peripatetic health commis sioners, who went about with the expressed intention of discl osing abuses. The amount of work executed during these three years is probably equal to that effected for any period of ten years previously, and in itself is a convincing proof of the benefit of directing the attention of the central powers to the manner in which private acts have been carried into operation. The report of the health commissioners mainly con sists of an exposure of the lax manner in which the powers already existing have for a long time been executed. It is not therefore sufficient to point to the activity of the last few years as a proof that central superintendence is unnecessary. We have always been convinced that a general board, to inspect and generally to superintend the provisions of the Health Act, was the first condition for its success. But it is a most obnoxious proceed ing to give to that hoard the duty of taking cogni sance of the detailed works of the local boards, who ought not to be constituted unless they are capable of managing the works intrusted to them. We extract the 40th clause of Lord Mom - Tiles bill as an exam plc of the proposed detailed interference of the gece ral board with the local authorities. And be it enacted, that before discontinuing any sewer or drain, constructing any new sewer or drain where none pre viously existed, or altering the cour.e or level of, or aban doning or destroying any sewer or drain, constructing any new wa'erworks, and in such other cases as may from time to time be directed by the said general board, it shall be the duty of the local board of health, one month at least Defer: the intended time of commencing such works respectively, to cause public notice of the same to he given in the district or part of a district to which the works relate, and to cause written notice of the same to be transmitted to the sail gei as ,craloubcoi.irl3 g , to ot h er d with irea such maps, plans, and particu lars This is only one example, and not the most extreme, of the endl se interference which the general board is to exercise over the local authorities. Every para graph of the bill obtrudes this board in an unpleasant and altogether unnecesaary manner. The 105th clause contains all the power necessary for this general board, except in extreme eases. It enacts that, when ever the provisions of this act have been neglected, exceeded, or contravened by the local board of health," it shall be lawful for the general board to proceed against it by action in courts of law. It is only against the petty interference with detail to which we object, a general superintendence being all that is necessary. This might be given without the appearance of making the local boards mere servants of the central authority, unable to do anything with out specific permission or command. These subsidiary boards are not even allowed by the 24th clause to appoint "officers and servants," or to fix their "wages and allowances." except " with the consent of the local board." If this restriction of power had been confined to the election of supe rior officers, such as surveyors and inspectors. we should have deemed it a safeguard against local prejudices and interested patronage; but extend ing as it does to subordinates, it assumes the charac ter of an endeavour to monopolise a power by the general board which cannot be productive of good. This continual interference with local authority is the crying evil of the present bill, and, unless altered in committee, will produce continued dissatisfaction when introduced into operation. The bill, as a whole, includes the most desirable provisions for the promotion of public health, framed, we are bound to admit, with care and honesty of purpose. In all acts hitherto passed, with respect to private and public improvements, the principle has been admitted that the expense incident to their execution should be immediately levied upon those having a beneficial iuterest in them. The levy of rates, often enormous in amount, has pressed with peculiar hardship upon those whose incomes are small, and dependent on house property ; so much so, that it not unfrequently happened that the total an nual amount derived from the property became mort gaged for several years. The present bill has ob viated this unequal and severe pressure, by distri buting the cost of improvement over a period of years coincident with its duration, thirty years being generally allowed for the reimbursement of the outlay for permanent structural works. This wise provision will be of the utmost relief to the poorer districts, where the heavy expense of sewerage could not be defrayed at oue time, and, therefore, where it was rarely executed at all. In London, sewerage is con structed on general rates ; so that this evil of the provinces has not been felt. We have also to record our approval of the ester blishment of reception rooms for the dead before burial. The want of accommodation in the crowded dwellings of the poor resulted in the desecration of the bodies of those who died in them. The revolting familiarity with which these are treated ie productive of much immorality ; and, in addition to this mental deterioration of the survivors, the physical suffering and extension of disease occasioned by the retention of dead bodies in unventilated rooms, called loudly for legislation on the subject. The establishment of reception rooms under the 66th clause, by providing a voluntary means of mitigating this evil, will probably in the end effect its entire removal. In Germany, Itussia, and other countries, where such reception rooms have long existed, the respect paid to the dead has in no measure been diminished, but on the contrary has been enhanced, by rendering death less familiar. The sanitary bill now before the house has endea voured to grapple with the monster smoke nuisance of large cities. The clause referring to it, has not, how ever, been drawn up with a full knowledge of that experience, which has rendered local enactments for the same purpose entirely inoperative. The most ingenious legal quibbles have been devised to enable manufacturers to escape from the compulsory erection of furnaces and chimmes, which are no longer to pol lute the atmosphere by the emission of opaque smoke. The clause, as it now stands in Lord Morpeth's bill, is of little use, and may easily be evaded ; but as it is to be amended in committee, we defer oar stricture upon it until it is issued in its improved form. Our principal objection to the bill as it is at pre sent before the house, is to the central interference in the details of work, which should be confided to the local board alone, with only a general superinten dence by the former. There are other points in the bill which are objectionable, such as the arbitrary Power of the general board to decide upon disputed questions in certain cases, without power of appeal. Hat as material modifications are expected to be pro- Posed by Lord Munruu, we prefer giving our ge neral adherence to the great principles contained in the bill, feeling assured that the minor grievances, if not removed now, will soon be so, when experience has fortitledthe apprehensions felt with regard to then. (From the Daily News.) Ova readers will do us the justice to admit that we i are not given to boasting or self-glorification, to spiteful attacks, or invidious comparisons with our contemporaries. We have been quite contented to plod our way, and leave the public to form its estimate of the respective merits of cheap and dear newspapers. We cannot, however, allow the records and achieve meats of this week to pass without calling to them the attention of the public. In this week the tidings of two momentous revolu- I tions have reached this country. That at Vienna the • Daily News was the first to announce on Monday morning last. Our first edition of that day contained news from Vienna of the 13th, being the successful insurrection, the resignation of METTERNICH, and the consequences. The first edition of the Times on that day had no accounts from Vienna later than the 10th : nor was it till late on that day that it published the news of the revolution. The other papers were equally behind. Then cornea the event of the Berlin revolution. We published a full and complete account of it yesterday morning in our first edition ; whilst Times, Post, and IliTald had a complete hiatus in their intelligence, not knowing or telling anything of the events of the night of the combat. The Times laments that the Prussian Gazette gives " no details of the conflict." The other journals are equally in arrear. Now, when it is considered that all these high-priced morning papers continue their combination against the Daily News, that they club their expenses, their boats, their couriers, and thus reduce every item to one fourth of what is imposed upon us, it is no small subject of congratulation to find, that the Daily News can thus distance its gigantic and combined com petitors. We confine our remarks to our priority in the German intelligence of this week. Did we choose to go back to the late French revolution, aid to the dates of our supplying the intelligence, we could establish similar proofs of daily triumph and priority over the leagued monopolists. What adds to the un fairness of these combined and defeated journals, is their invariable practice of stealing every piece of intelligence that appears in our columns, without the slightest allusion to the print from which they take it ; while columns of our foreign matter arc copied into the Globe (last night for example), which evidently is an evening branch of the great monopoly, and from the • Globe transferred into these monstrous receptacles of stolen goods, the columns of our double-sheeted and double-faced contemporaries. GERMANY. PROGRESS OF REFORM IN PRUSSIA. PRUSSIA.—The King has nobly and promptly redeemed his pledge to forget past animosities. The following general amnesty appears in the ..illyenieine Preassische Zeitung of March 21 : Yesterday, I declared that from nay heart I have for gotten and forgiven. But, in order that no douht may re main of my wlwk people being embraced in this forgive ness, and becauie I will not have the great future of our Fatherland now dawning upon us dimmed by painful remi niscences of the past, I hereby proclaim—pardon to all who hare been accused ti . f or condemned for political offences or offences perpetrated by the initrumentality if the press. My Minbtcr of Juvice, Uhden; is charged to give immediate effect to this amnesty. FREDERICK W ILLIAM. Berlin, 20th of March, 1919. In the official journal a circular of the Minister of Justice, giving directions for the fulfilment of the royal amnesty, immediately follows : All tribunals and the Procurator-General in the Royal Court of Appeal at Cologne are to see to the immediate exe cution of the preceding royal dccr,e, and in consequence to provide for the immediate liberation of all persons to whom the amnesty extends, provided they are not cumulatively &rained on account of other crimes.—Unume, Minister ot Justice.—Berlin, March 20. This appears to have 'seen the last act of M. Uhden in his ministerial capacity, for this notification im mediately follows The resignation of the ministers of justice, Von Savigny and Uhden, and also of the ministsr Count Stolberg, pre sented before the proclamation of the 19th inst., have to-day been accepted. 1 have nominated M. Bornemann, Doctor of Laws, minister of justice, and have summoned M. Camp hansen, president of the Chamber of Commerce, to stand by sty side in the capacity of minister. The directors of the vacant ministerial posts will continue to discharge their duties till they are definitively filled up. There is a fine and kingly spirit evinced in this arrangement, by which the last act of the retiring minister is made to be one of clemency and oblivion for former grudges. Some of the incidents which characterised the pro ceedings of the 19th in Berlin are given in the Ger man papers, and are well wortn transcribing. It appears that the withdrawal of the troops in the forenoon took place contrary to the advice of the King's councillors. The King replied to a deputation of citizens the same sentiments which are expressed in the proclama tion " to his beloved Berlinese," and imposed as a con dition of the withdrawal of the troops, the clearing of the barricades. In ans4er to a remark of the King on the greatness of his power, a man who accom panied the deputation made the following firm reply . : " A victory, your Majesty, would in this case be equi valent to a defeat." Thus, by degrees everything was granted—change of ministry, release of prisoners made during the night, and withdrawal of the troops. It was a tine sight to see the retirement of the soldiers from the fearful service in which they had been engaged, the people showing their joy by waving of white flags from the windows, and by songs and shouts of joy. The King granted the release of the prisoners in person, appearing for that purpose at the balcony of the palace. In the meanwhile great crowds assembled on the Schlossplatze, and in the court of the palace, in order to choose deputations t o the King, praying for an armed civic guard. At the same time, as it by general consent from all quarters, the dead bodies of citizens killed in the combat, decked with flowers, were brought in funeral procession to the royal palace. A mass of people with bare heads accompanied the procession. Four of the bodies, fearfully disfigured and covered with green boughs and flowers, were drawn in open biers up to the gate and under the balcony of the palace. Loud cries were then raised for the new ministers, Count d'Arnim and Count Schwerin, to appear on the balcony,but these shouta were drowned in a great cry of " The King." The King, accompanied by the Queen, leaning on his arm, then appeared on the balcony, and saluted the people. His countenance was much agitated, and the Queen, at sight of the dead bodies, instantly retired. In vain a party of the assembly around cried for silence, as the shouts drowned the King's voice; but a few words were heard, and the King, unable to get heard, retired amidst acclamations. Then the stout voice of Count von Arnim was heard from the balcony, from whence he managed to get heard fora few minutes ; and amidst many interruptions spoke nearly as follows: " Gentlemen, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the attention you have kindly paid me. The men whom the King has once more called to him in order to work with him for remodelling the consti tution on a free and lasting basis, cannot fulfil this object unless you support them, and unless you con tribute to the restoration of order in the city. Here storms of " Hurrahs," " Vivas," " Yes, yes, " No, no," interrupted the minister, in the midst of which a young man, whose pale cheeks and glaring eyes told of the combat of the previous night, raised himself on the shoulders of the bystanders to address him. " The people," he said, " require, above all, arms with which they can defend themselves, and no longer allow themselvestobe killed without defence." Count von Ar nim answered, "The military have, by order of the King, retired. The people has no longer any attack to fear from them, and can return peacefully to their usual occupations." " The people," retorted the young man, " requires the Prince of Prussia to renounce his claim to the throne." At these words the minister retired from the balcony. The crowd set up a great shout, bat the cry of " Peace—to our homes,' having the preponderance, the mass began to separate. At this moment Count Schwerin spoke from the balcony, and was received with a loud hurrah. He said : " You have heard that a new ministry has been formed, of which I have the horfoar to form a part. I give yon my word that all shall bs done for you ; all your rights shall be attended to. Do you, on your parts, do all in your power to prevent any dis turbances. The arming of the citizens will imme diately take place under the superintendence of your beloved Herr Von Minutoli." THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1848. In the evening the arming of the citizens com menced, and the city was illaminated. On the morning of the 20th a large crowd as sembled before the palace of the Prince of Prumia, theratening to demolish it ; but the words" Property of the people—national property" being written in large character, on the walls, the demolition did not take place. The houses of other unpopular indivi duals were attacked, but no damage of any moment done. _ At noon on the 20th a large assembly of stadenta took place in the chief lecture room of the university, for the purpose of arming. After the close of the meeting, Count Schwerin, the new minis er of public worship, addressed them. The news that the Ministry of Justice had been given to Herr liornemann, and the Ministry of Finance to Herr Camphausen, who had been called from Cologne for that purpose, was received with great joy. A deputation of Poles waited on. the King, on the evening of the 19th, to petition for the liberation of the Polish prisoners lately tried—the result of the petition was the openin? of the prisons at Moabit, at 1 o'clock on the 20th. I'he prisoners were all set free, and they went in triumph to the palace, accom panied by a great crowd shouting and otherwise ex pressing their joy. The horses were taken from the carriage in which Mieroslawski was, and it was drawn in triumph by the crowd to the palace, and thence to the university; the King coming out to witness the sight on the balcony. Mieroslaweki stood in the earriag. , , which was open, holding a black, red, and gold nag in his hand, and crowds from the windows and in the streets greeted him with waving of hand kerchiefs. In various parts of the city bowls are placed, into which numerous donations are put by the passengers for the widows and orphans of those who tell on the lath and lath of March. The Freiman States Gazette sae: "The orphans and widows of the heroes who fell on the 18th and 19th of March, and many who are severely wounded and incapacitated from work, are in the greatest dis tress. It is a sacred duty to aid them in this time of need, and will, we are sure, be gladly fulfilled by their fellow-citizens." A letter from Aix la Chapelle, dated March 21st, says, the night has passed over quietly, and there has been no further breach of the peace since order was restored by the military, who acted with the greatest forbearance. It is confidently expected that similar scenes will not be repeated there. AUSTRIA.—The dates from Vienna are to the 18th. The following official announcement has been made : His Imperial Majesty has been graciously pleased, by a royal resolution of the 17th, to command the constitution of a responsible council of ministers, for the deliberation and execution of the principles lred down in the imperial patent of the 15th of March. This council of ministers will consist of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the household, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of War. One of the ministers will be appointed president of this council of ministers, and will take the lead therein. His Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to command the Lord High Chancellor to make known to the burghers of the capital his Majesty's satisfac tion at the faithful loyalty which, as in times of old, they displayed during the last few days, and to expense to them. as the new constituted national guard, his high approbation of their fealty and loyalty, their zeal and praiseworthy exertions for the restoration and consolidation of public peace and security, with the lull assurance that they will ever retain the same honourable bearing. In like manner, the admirable conduct of the academic students is, gully appreciated by his Majesty, who desires that his high satisfaction may be conveyed to the uni versity and the polytechnic institutes, viz., to the presidents, the professors, members of the faculty, and students, for the devotion which they evinced during the last few days, and their very strenuous exertions for the restoration of the public peace and security, and these thanks are heightened by the certain conviction that, in so far as is compatible with the duties of their calling, they will ever be equally willing to ca-operate for the consolidation of public tran quillity. His Majesty, the Emperor, by an imperial decree of the 17th of this month, in consequence of a humble petition presented to him, has been pleased to decree that bills of exchange, which ought to have been presented for acceptance or payment Irons the 13th to the 18th of the cur rent month inclusive, in Vienna, and in the places appertaining and included within the police circle, shall be valid for presentation on the 20th of this month. Vienna, March 18.— JOHANN TALATZKO, BARON VON ORSTIRTICA. Various addresses have been presented to the Em peror, expressive of gratitude and loyal attachment. The procession by torchlight tcok place last night (March 16). It commenced at seven, and lasted till ten. The whole city was splendidly illuminated, and the tout ensemble was the most imposing spectacle, perhaps, ever witnessed in Vienna. Letters from Prcsburg of the 14th say that imme diately the dismission of M. Metternich was known, M. de Kossuth announced it to the Chamber of Depu ties, and proposed that they should go in a body to the Archduke Palatine, to ask him to convoke the Cham ber of Magnates to adopt an address of the deputies. The Deputy Zola declared every one who should not join M. de Kossuth a traitor. The deputies went to the Archduke, who was addressed in their name by M. de Lossuth. The Archduke replied with much energy, and was loudly applauded. The address was to be sent immediately to the Emperor. The joy is universal. The whole of Hungary is in an uproar. Archduke Stephen had arrived in Vienna with thirty Hun ' ganan deputies. The people took the horses from the carriages, and dragged him in triumph. The funeral ceremony for the victims of the disturbances took place on the 17th, with great pomp. don on Tuesday from Madrid, to resume his diplomatic functions, after an absence of nearly six months. The Duke de Broglie, the late ambassador from France resident is London, has sent an agent to London with instructions to dispose of his carriages, plate, and other property belonging to the duke left at the French embassy when the duke departed for Paris in January last. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Hon. Hugh Chelmondeley, eldest son of Lord and Lady Delamere ' and Lady Sarah Hay, second daughter of the Karl and Countess of Linnoul, was solemnised yesterday, • numerous circle of the relatives and friends of both families attending as witnesses to the ceremony. The •Earl and Countess of Kinnoul gave a sumptuous deyeiner to the wedding party in celebration of the nuptials at Hampden House. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, MARCH 21.—The official royal of the Hague publishes the two following roy decrees: We, William 11., upon the report of our Minister of the Colonies, dated Jan. 12, 1848, letter A., No. 1, and the letter of our Governor-General of the Dutch Indies, dated August 4, 1847, No. 424, submitted to our decision, with their consideration and advice, heard by the Council of State (notice of the 16th rout., No. 3); have decreed and do decree:—Article I. That our Governor-General of the Dutch Indies is authorised to permit the importation of fire arms and gunpowder into the entre/As of the island of Java. 11. Our Governor-General above-named is au thorised while maintaining the regulations at present existing against the importation, the sale, and the possession of fire-arms and gunpowder in the islands of Java, Ma dura, Banks, and the Moluccas, to permit the importation and the sale of these articles in the Dutch Indies. Our Minister of the Colonies is charged with the execution of the present decree, a copy of which shall be sent to our Council of State for their information.—The Hague, March 19. The Minister for the Colonies, J. C. Baud. —WILLIAM. We, William, &c. &c., have decreed and do decree, our governor-general of :the Dutch ladies is authorised to enact the following regulations in modifying the existing tariffs of the import and export dunes in the itands of Java and Madura:-1. The tea of the island of Java shall be introduced into the Ne.herlands under the Dutch flag free of import duty ; the export duty under foreign Hags remains fixed at 4 per cent. 2. That sheet lead which is now used for packing tea, introduced under the Dutch flag, shall be exempt from import duty, provided that it is accompanied by a certificate that it is of Dutch manufacture, but when introduced into the kingdom under other circumstances, it shall be subject to an import duty of 6 per cent.—The Hague, March 19. Minister fur the Colonies, J. C. Baud.—WILLIAM. The first chamber of the States-General has been summoned to meet on Tuesday, the 28th instant. bt court. The Prince and Princess de Joinville, and the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday. The D uke of Cambridge gave a dinner to the noble directors of the concerts of Ancient Music, on Wednesday evening, at Cambridge house . The party included the Duke of Wellington and Earl Howe. A Cabinet Council was held on Wednesday at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the ministers is town, with the exception of Earl Grey. The council sat one hour. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, and Mr. Timm, solicitor to the board, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday. Mr. Wyon, of the Royal Mint, had an interview yesterday with the right hon. baronet at his official residence in Downing street. Lord Ashley had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation, including Mr. Beckett, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and the town clerk of hfanahester, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of her Majeety's Commissionen of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-Owe. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. H. Labonchere, at the office of the Board of Trade. PRINCESS NICHOLAS FATEBRAIT.—The Earl and Countess of Jersey yesterday received letters from Vienna which convey the intelligence of the aeceuckement of the Princess Nicholas Esterhazy. Her highness was safely deli vered of a daughter on the 16th inst., and both the prices and infant were doing favourably. Don letting, the Spanish minister, arrived in Loa- COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of public business. HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHEUENT.—The Lerd Mayor, the moment the court was formed, rose, and stated that he had received • letter from Sir G. Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, announcing her Majes ty's safe delivery of a prince's. (Loud cheers.) The com munication was, upon the motion of Mr. J. Wood, seconded by Mr. Seeping, ordered, amidst acclamations, to be entered upon the journals of the court —Mr. J. Wood, in moving that a loyal and dutiful address be presented to her Majesty the Queen, upon the birth of a princes., observed that the public worth, the high example, and the private virtues of the sovereign were so well known and so justly appreciated that to dilate or enlarge upon them would be unnecessarily to occupy the time of the court, every member of which, in common with the whole country, rejoiced at the safe and happy event, and at the recent addition to the domestic comfort of her Majesty and her illustrious consort. (Loud cheers.) He felt, without venturing to offer en opinion upon what had already occurred and is still occurring on the continent, that it was (and particularly at the present time) as well the privilege as the duty of the corporation of London to express the strongest feelings of respect and re- gard for her Majesty's person, and of attachment to the mo narchy and the free constitution ot the country, and the hope that that constitution and the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of this great city and of all the subjects of the realm might be maintained and continued under the rsign of her Majesty and her descendants to the latest poste- rity. Such, he could not hesitate to say, was the state of the continental nations, that it became more necessary for the citizens of London to show that they were satisfied with the institutiuns which were so well calculated to up hold the monarchy and to perpetuate the good government of the country.—Mr. Wood then moved that an humble, loyal, and dutitul address be presented to her Majesty upon the joyful event of the birth of a princess.—Mr. Snelling and Mr. Wire having addressed the court in similar terms, the motion was agreed to unani mously, amidst great applause.—Mr. John Wood then moved, seconded by Mr. Snelling, that • committee be ap pointed, and be attended by the law officers of the corpora tion, to draw up the address forthwith.—The motion was unanimously agreed to, and the committee was appointed. Upon the return of the committee to the court strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the address was (we under , stand) read and unanimously agreed to. The court then ordered that the address should be fairly transcribed, and presented to her Majesty by the whole court; and it was referred to the committee to consider the most advisable mode of presentation. There never was ass„ occasion on which more decided unanimity was expressed by the corpo ration of Lyndon than the present vote of loyalty and at. tachmeut to the sovereign was intended to characterise. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. Yesterday a meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex took place at Hicks's•hall, Clerkenwell. The chair was filled by Mr. H. Pownall.—The deputy clerk of the peace having read the minutes of the last court, the reports of the visitina justices of the county prisons were produced and read. That relating to Coldbath.fields prison stated the sanitary condition of the establishment to be satis factory : it contained a total of 1,141 prisoners, exclusive of children—vie., 933 males and 208 females. The report from Westminster Bridewell stated the number of prisoners at present therein confined to be 537 males and 197 females, maki ig a total of 734. The report from the House of De tention showed that since the date of the hat report, Janu ary 10, the total number of prisoners committed to that pnson, was 1846. UNAUTHORISED VISITORS TO Pftisofis.—ln consequence of the governor of the Coldbath-fields prison having, some short time ago, received at the prison as visitor.; two persons who were objectionable to the visiting justices, that body paned a resolution making it imperative that every visitor should have his ;same and addteu entered in a book to be kept for that purpose by the gate porter. The governor pro tested against the rule, and, as tar as he was concerned, it was annulled. The chaplains also protested against it; but, as far as 1, garded them, the visiting justices determined to enforce the regulation, and the chaplains now memorialised the full court to order the rule to be expunged from tl.e order-book. A long and very animated discussion took place upon the matter, and the result was, that the rule laid down by the visiting justices was coafirmed ; the numbers being—ayes, 20; noes, 10. New LUNATIC ASYLUIC—It was resolved to raise 10,000/., by mortgage on the county rates, for the new lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch, making a total of 30,0001 raised for the lame purpose. After transacting some routine business the court broke up. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMEN. MEET .OF THE LAW. A general meeting of this society was held on Wed nesd►y evening, at 21, Regent-street. Mr. M. 1). Hill, Q.C., presided. The minutes of the tat meeting having been read and confirmed, the consideration (adjourned from the Bth of March) of the report of the committee on the law of pro perty was resumed. The second part of the report, which wu that brought under consideration, was upon the subject of " compensation for permanent improvements, commonly called tenant-right." Atter going through the various branches of the subject and the questions arising therefrom the committee concluded by proposing the adoption of the Billowing principles, in the event of any alteration being made in the law upon the subject—a course which, however, they did not recommend at present. - • • • - - I. Improvement.; for which eomprn•ation um be allowed should be carefully specified by means of information obtained from pensons of agricultural experience. 2. No compensation should be given unless the tenant has given the landlord the option of doing the work him self. 3. The propriety, extent, and coat of the work should be settled before it is done. 4. Dlsnutes should be settled by arbitration. 5. Com pensation should be limited by reference to the annual rent, snot within these limits its measure should be the prime wet of the work, subject to a deduction, bearing for each elms of improvements a different but fixed proportion to the length of subsequent enjoyment by the tenant. 6. It should be subject to deduction, pro tante, in case of incomplete elocution. 7. A subeequent holding should, for the purpose of oom peneation, be considered a continuing holding. IL If the landlord is the absolute owner, the compensation should be recoverable as • charge on the land in the nature of a rent charge. They consider, lastly, that any such alteration should be accompanied by an exten sion of the present law concerning bad husbandry, so as to give the landlord a remedy for all deteriorations in his property caused by the acts or neglect* of the tenant. Disputes to be settled as in the case of compensation. - - - - - MT. STUART moved a series of resolutions, of which no tice had been given: That the report be received. That while thin society fully admits the ditfleultim which attend any direct legislation on the eubjeet of compensation for rutexhausted improvements of the land by the tenant which is now called tenant-right, yet that this society consi ders that it is both just and expedient to admit, and if it be possible to enforce, the existence of such right. That although no uniform rule exists reepecting ouch right, it boo long been acted on and sanctioned in different parts of England and Wales by the custom of the country. That the exi-fence of such a right is highly favourable to the promotion of good agriculture. That the existence of such a right tends greatly to the benefit of good tenants and good landlords, while the denial of any such right would operate chiefly in favour of bad Mentor& and bad tenants. That this society considers that the existence of such right should be the basis of all agreements on the subject. That if some tribunal was appointed on the principle of the admission of the exist ence of such right, it would be for that tribunal to regulate and esta blish - - - Mr. FARRELL, while admitting the justice of many of the principles laid down in the resolutions, considered that the question could be better settled by private arrangements be tween landlord and tenant than by any legal enactment. Mr. liosainos spoke in support of the resolutions. He considered it a great reproach to this country that there was no means of obtaining with any certainty a statistical report of the amount of its produce —a fact which was ascertained as regarded France and America, although under circumstances of greater difficulty. ' Mr. WEBSTER having seconded the resolutions, The CHAIRMAN made some remark, upon the general subject, suggesting what appeared to him the best means of settling the question, namely, the adoption of a contract on which every tenant should enter into the possession of land, with liberty to set such contract aside by means of a specific contract, but the former always to hold good in the absence of the latter. He thought such a contract would contain a sufficient degree of flexibility, inasmuch as, if it was not suited to the general purpose of the country, the fact would soon be shown by its being negatived specially in every case. He concurred in the principles of the resolutions proposed, and were he not in the chair, would have had much pleasure in supporting them. The resolutions were adopted, with the exception of the last one, which Mr. Stewart withdrew with the consent of the meeting, which then adjourned. CANADA COMPANY.—An annual meeting of the proprietor:llM held yesterday at the Canada-house, e St. Helen's-place. Mr. Charles Franks took the chair. The report of the directors stated that the amount of sales of land effected during the year were as follow: Crown reeerves, 12,276 acres, at an average of 18a. 2d. per acre; Huron tract, 15,426, at an average of 135., making a total of 27,702 acres, producing 21,172!., to which were added 13 town and park lots, lots in Guelph, 347 acres ; 35 town lots in the Huron Tract, 305 acres ; which made the entire amount re ceived from the sale of land 21,8241. The lands leased were as follow: Crown reserves, 16,987 acres, producing an annual rental of 6231.; Huron Tract, 71,151 acne, producing an annual rental of 2,9001. ; and making the number of acres leased, 88,138. The aggre gate amount of land sold and leased was 115,840 acres. The amount realised by the leases, including 151 town lots in the Huron Tract, producing an annual rental of 1741., was 3,6971. The eat of management during the year amounted to—in London, 2,1861. ; in Canada, 4,7601. The assessment and road tax, estimated as equal to a payment of Id. per acre currency, on all the wild lands held by the company in the year 1847, liable to taxation, was 3,8001., and the income tax, 5231. The general debtor and creditor statement of the company's affairs, as they stood on the 31st Dec., 1847, showed a total of 423,7771. • of which the balance, represented by the value of 1,346 ,773 acres of land, which are paid for and remain unsold, besides the town lots, Guelf, Goderick, &c., amounted to 138,1711. The amount collected by the payment of bills receivable in the year 1847, was, for princi pal, 16,0431. ; and for intereq, 9,7201. ; making 25,7631. cur rency. By the value of 1,346,773 acres of land, which were paid for, and remain unsold, besides the town lots, Guelf, Goderick, &c., amounted to 138,1711. The assets would be subject to the current rate of exchange, if realised, and re mitted to this country. The premium of exchange paid for the remittances made this year had been equal to a sum of about 2,0001. The condition of the company as regarded land was as follows: Land originally purchased, 2,484 413 acres, of which 2,399,64,5 acres had been paid for, leaving 84,768 acres not paid for, of which 3,154 acres had been rejected. The amount of purchase money of the 2,484,413 acres was 348,6:401., of which 11,8901. was unpaid. Of that sum, 10.1351. being the instalment due in July 1843, for lands rejected had been remitted and released ; and 1,75.51. now remained to be expended on improvements. The amount due to the company in the year 1847, for rents on ten years' leases, was 7,3001. ; and there had been received to the 31st Dec , 1847, 4,1001. The committee announced that all unsettled matters between the government and the company had been brought to a conclusion ; and that the company had neeived a general release and discharge from the crown of all claims under their original agreement with government. The report was ordeted to be printed. Mr. J. Mackillop was re-elected as deputy-governor; Messrs. J. Fu/lart , tn, \V. T. Hibbert, and J. 11. Mitchell, as directors ; and Mr. W. Gauesen as auditor. The usual complimentary vote to the chairman concluded the proceedings. INTERCOURSE. WITH THE CONTINENT.—The weekly return of intercourse with the continent 'bows the following numbers for the week ending March 19: through Bouloghe, 1,845, and through Clllllll., 190. 'she numbers for the CORM sponding period last year were: through Boulogne, 873; through Calais, 262. The 1,842 passengers through Boulogne may be subdivided as follows : from Folkestone, 298 ; from Dover, 70; from London, 85 • total, 453. For Folkestone, 936; for Dover, 61; and for London, 396 ; total, 1,392. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAacl 22 _ _ . To-day the city has been in a state of great excite ment. At 12 o'clock Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchell. accompanied by a large circle of friends, both of the Young and Old Ireland sections, moved from the Confederation-rooms in D'Olier-street to the head office at the Royal Exchange, to give bail tor their appearance, in compliance with Mr. Porter's ' notifications. The shouting all along the line of route was tremendous, and more especially in front of the old parliament-house. By accident, a troop of artillery was passing at the same moment with their guns, which appedred to quicken the enthusi- ' asm of the procession. I send you a report ' of the proceedings at the police-office, and the subsequent p:oceedings in the rums of the Confederation, where the language used was re markably violent, far exceeding in vehemence any previously spoken or written. The course pursued, according to the 3fad, which speaks Oil authority, is attributable to the cabinet, and not to the Earl of Clarendon, who would suffer much more rather than commit himself to such a struggle. After the proceedings at the head-office had termi nated, the accused returned, and were welcomed in D'Olier-street by an additional crowd, amounting altogether to not less than 10,000 persons, who, un deterred by the heavy rain, cheered and scouted most vehemently. The conduct of the O'Connells, in offering themselves as bail for their adversaries, has covered them with popularity. You must not suppose the Yourg Ireland party cast down by the calamity which has befallen their leaders. The declaration of one of these orators at the late Manchester meeting is to be the future policy of the remaining chieftains. Should Messrs. O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchell, undergo the full penalty for sedition, three others are resolved to take their places and utter precisely similar sentiments. Should they, too, he cut off, three others of the fedaree, or devoted, are ready for the fate of their brethren. And thus will it go on until the whole party is imprisoned or exiled. Then exii bon() prosecutioes and proscriptions? Such is the prospect held out to the government. I have heard this programme declared by one of themselves. , At a meeting of the trades last night a " defer fund" was established, and fifty pounds subscnikd in p a few minutes. _ _ . The informations have been forwarded to the Crown-office by the magistrates ; the traverser' have applied for copies of those voluminous documents, which the clerks are now engaged in making out. The crown solicitor, it is said, has sent retainers, on the part of the prosecution, to Mr. Jonathan Henn, Q.C., Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., and Sir Colman O'Loghlen. These gentlemen, with the attorney and solicitor generals, and probably Mr. Sergeant Warren and one cr two others, will be the counsel for the crown. MILITARY MOVEMENTS. - Yesterday all the troops stationed at the Custom-house, Bank, College, Rotunda, Four Courts, &c., were removed to their respective barrack* The reinforcement of cavalry brought to Dublin last week returns to quarters this day. It is considered that the recent display of military force has produced the desired effect, and need not be continued. The Cid Life Infantry, one of the finest corps in the ser vice, in to arrive here to-morrow. They will be passed in divisions by special trains to Templemore. PROSECUTION OF MESSRS. O'BRIEN, MEAOHER, AND MITCHELL. Mr. KOMIIIiP, the crown solicitor, was in attendance at the magistrates office on behalf of the government, but the de fendants were not represented either by counsel or solicitor. The presiding magistrate' were Frank Thorpe Porter, Esq., James Magee, Esq., and George Wyse, Esq. Amongst those present were Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., Mr John O'Connell, M.P., Mr. T. M. Ray, secretary to the Repeal Association, and a great number of the Young and Old Ire land parties. The accused parties having taken their places within the bar, Mr. Porter read a short abstract of the information in Mr. Mitchell's case, as follows "For that he, the sai l John Mitchell, did, in a certain paper caileu ties United Ira Amon, unlawfully insert and publish, in that paper, on the 19th of February, ultimo, an article en titled" Striking Terror ;" and in said paper of the 4th of March instant, did also insert an article, headed and entitled "The French Fashion;" and also in said publication, namely, the United Irishman, did insert and publish, on the 18th of March instant, a letter, entitled or addressed 'To Lord Clarendon, her Majesty's Executioner-Geceral and General Butcher of Ireland.' " (Great laughter, continued fur some time.) Mr. Porter here threatened to clear the court if any sock manifestation again occurred. All these publications (be continued) were calculated to excite unlawful opposition to her Majesty's government ; and he called upon Mr. Mitchell to rind security—himself in the sum of 2001., and two securities in 1001. each, that he should appear personally in the Court of Queen's Bench in next Easter term, in the regular sittings at Nisi Fritz", or at whale ver other time may seem fitting in due course of law. If Mr. Mitchell had his bail present, he (Mr: Porter) was ready to receive them. Mr. Mitchell then put in as bail Arthur O'Hagan, Esq., and James M'Donnell, Esq. Mr. O'Brien was then called on and informed by Mr. Porter that the charge specified in the information to which he was called upon to put in recognisencex was, that he had delivered in the Music-hall,on the 15th of March instant, a certain seditious speech, calculated to excite unlawful oppo sition to the Queen's government. Mr. Porter then said be was ready to accept the tender of Mr. 0 Brien 's bail. Mr. Maurice O'Connell here intimated to Mr. T. F. Meagher, that if he had not already procured bail, by would be happy to become his surety. Mr. Meagher thanked Mr. O'Connell in the kindest manner for his courtesy ; but said he had been provided. Mr. John O'Connell made a similar offer to Mr. William Smith O'Brien, who would also be said have accepted the courtesy, had his arrangements not ben already made. Mr. W. S. O'Brien then put in as bail Richard O'Gor• man, sen., Esq., and Francis Comyn, DI. These gentle men having been accepted by . Mr. Kennels, crown solicitor, Mr. O'Brien asked the magistrate had he any objection to give him a copy of the information to which he had put in recognisance ? Mr. Porter said the course the magistrates intended to adopt was to make the recognisances returnable at once to the Crown-office (at which, of course, copies can be pro cured). Mr. Francis Meagher was then called upon to be bound in recogniaances on an information charging him " for that he, ow the night of the 15th of March instant, in the Music Hall, in the parish of St. Thomas, in the city of Dublin, did deliver a certain seditious speech, calculated to excite unlawful opposition to the Queen's government in Ireland. If Mr. Meagher were provided with bail, he (Mr. Porter) wu ready to receive them.—Mr. Meagher then tendered as bail Arthur James !reload, Esq., and William O'Hara, Esq., as his recognisance". The parties then retired from the police office, the cheer ing and the accumulation of people being in a very great degree increased. They proceeded to the council-room of the confederation in D'Olier-street, opposite the Dublin library. From the windows of those confederation rooms, Mr.O'Brion addressed the assembled multitude. His harangue was however all recommendatory of the forgetfulness of all differences among repeelers, and the necessity of union and fraternisation. His allusions to the offer of the Messrs. O'Connell to be of his bail were loudly applauded. Mr. Mitchell then presented himself at the window ; but so eager were the crowd to hear him, that (not adopting the safer movement of Mr. O'Brien who pot one leg through the window, holding on with his band), he was compelled to stand outside en the ledge under the window, being held from within by the skirts of his coat. He was received with • deafening cheer. He commenced by telling the people that the affair of that day had not frightened him in the least. He hid been held to bail for writing certain " sedi tious articles." He would inform the English authorities that he would do so again. He had been accused of exciting " discontent" against the English enemy. To be sure—aid he would de so again and again. If to speak the minds of the Irish people were sedition there should be plenty of it— end stronger speaking, too, it might be, than they dreamt of. But the people should stand by them. If they did, they were invulnerable. He and those who acted with him demanded that support, which they would neither ask not deserve if they were;capable of flieching. (Cheering.) If the people raw the slightest tendency in them to shrink, let them hurl them from their position—drive them for ever from the path of citisenship. Let the people all unite—all unite—all stand closely sip at the back of the movement, and they would succeed in banishing from Ireland the English government which usurped the rule of this country. Mr. Mitchell withdrew amicl,t tremendous cheericg. All the time he had been speaking a thick min was descending, but not one of the multitude stirred. Mr. Meagher then presented himself, and was received with immense acclamations. He also got out on the ledge beneath the window, and spoke for a few moments bsre• headed ; but the rain descended eo heavily that he was re quested to put on his hat. He expressed li , iniselt as nat by any means intimidated or 1111110)ed b' the occurrence that day in the English government's office m Dame-street. He was ready to meet them in the Queen's Bench, or in a still wider field. (Loud cheering.) There would in these &tate trials be none of the attributes of former uses : no shrinking or attempts to render the accusation less heavy, or the re sponsibility more light. :Co, all would be acknowledged; the " sedition' would be sgain ennuciated in the teeth act judge and jury, and to the wry beard of the English viceroy, if they willed. But the people should stand by them. (Cries of "We will, we will," and loud cheering.) Let them who held their monster meetings beneath the bright eyo of heaven now recollect their pledge, and never more finder such assemblages abortive. See what had been done he Vienna, as brought by that morning's mail. An unarmed people precipitated themselves on the bayonets, and into the yawning muzzles of the tyrant's artillery. Ono volley—the, people fall—some two hundreds are wounded, some twenty killed—a rush, and the day is won ! Vicuna is now in the hands of the people. (Immense cheering.) After rime other remarks Mr. Meagher withdrew amidst repeated plaudits. Mr. Richard O'Gorman, jun., addressed the people, telling them there should be no shrinking ; for that, though the prison and even the scaffold should be the lot of some, others there were, full many, to occupy their place. Mr. O'Gorman concluded by requesting the vast assemblage to retie in peace and orate to their houses. Mr. Doheny next ROdressed the meeting. He told thaw of the great assemblage he bad attended in Manchester, and assured them that not a drop of blood would be shed in Ire land which would not be revenged in England. He rolled upon all Irishmen to unite, for by union, fraternity, and courage they would prevail, and overthrow their oppreniers. The assemblage shortly afterwards separated, the rain still continuing. SCOTLAND. EDINDURGII,Mmacu 23. In reference to the expected visit of the Queen to Scotland during the ensuing season, the 41,eri& ra Journal says: It is understood that Mr. Abernethy, our harbour en gineer, new in London, has been consulted by the Admiralty as to the capabilities of the New D,:ek to receive the royal yacht, ann has satisfied their lordships that the Victoria and Albert, with the squadron attendant on her Majesty, will have Luellen' anchorage and all necessary accommodation. Steps are accordingly being taken to expedite as fast as possible the cowls don of the works. We have already mated that the neighbouring property of Abergeldie has been secured, as affording accommodation to the royal households], as well as an adaitional extent of shooting. grounds for the prince con sort end party. B al moral Rouse, a bile in the heart of the Highlands, is . arrounded by the Feats of sees ral of the no bility , so that, in occupying her new residence, her Majesty may be as retired, or her court as gay, as she pleases. According to .he Inverness Courier, Balmoral is out of the circuit of the northern Highlands, though it is not much more than twenty miles from Aviemore, across the hills. The scenery of her Majesty's in tended visit is highly picturesque —rock, wood, and water, and abundance of game. Lord Byron's famed Lochnagar is in Oa immediate neighbourhood, and Ben Macdui—which threatened to rival Ben-Nevis —overlooks the district. The fine river and lion of Th e, the fertile valleys among the ranges of moun tains, the forest of Braemar, and the other alpine and beautiful features of the natural landscape, will no doubt be visited by the Queen, and made popular among tourists. Placards having been put up yeeterday,announcing a meeting of the unemployed, on the Carltowhill, some fears were entertained for the safety of the peace, ' but, what with rain and cast wind, the number assem , bled did not exeeed 600, and alter adjourning to the less romantic precints of a hall, tew.perate resolutions to the magistrates were discussed and agreed to. PROVINCIAL. LANCASUIRE. --.—. THE ADLINGTON HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A sub scription baring been commenced for the relief of the family of William Wyatt, ai.o fur rewarding the other parties who exerted thenuelves to nears the desperate perpetrators of the highway robbery at Adlington, in Cheshire, it Ix now announced that the amount collected in Manchester is a little over 7501. This, with the sums raised elsewhere, will fully suffice for the principal purpose intended—namely, that of preventing the widow and family of the gallant fel low who lost his life in supporting the laws, from suffering the evils of want, in addition to those they must necessarily incur from the loss of their natural protector. The olject of those who originally promoted the subscription was nit to raise these poor people above the station in which they . had hitherto lived, but to make them easy and comfortable in it, by providing them with an income equal to the weekly wages earned by the head of the family before his murder. That object is now avomplished; so far, at least, as the pre vision or an adequate fund for the purpose is concerned. LORD iiaRDIRCE AT 1 : 1i".3( E.—Yesterday the quiet village of Pinshurst, famous no the birthplace of the gallant Sir Philip Sidney, prttentid a gay and animated scene. Lord liardinge, whose seat, South-park, is in the neighbour hood. arrived with hie family from London about 1 o'clock : and as this was his lordship's tint visit since hie return from India, the inhabitants, one and all, assembled near the tine old church to bid him a welcome, which they did in the most enthusiastic manner. The Rev. Mr. Dodd, the rector, then read a congratulatory address, to which Lord Hardinge replied zt once, evidently much gratified by the sheers of the inhabitants. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 23.—APPOINTMENT —Lieutenants: IL M. Elliott, to St. A . M.:tilt ; W. R. Rolland, to Sidon ; A. S. Speck to St. Columba.—Second ninster : S. W. K. Freeman. to Triton.— Clerk in charge: J. H. W. Bowman, to Triton.—Clerks : C. Hutchens. to Ran Josef; B. C. White, to Um—Midshipman C. L. WAddllove, to Victory.—Clerks' assistant C. J. Evans, to Wellmley.—Bont swains W. Collison (acting . ), to Illustrious; P. Tucker, of Resift ance, advanced to 2nd class. J. Burn, to be retired ocimmander, under order in council of MO. SPORTING. TATTERSALLM—Titeasnay. goat of the quotations given underneath are made op from very small investment.. ; the betting, in feet, was extremely dull, and the only featum were en obvious disposition to my against Ballinafad and to back the following animals fur the earlouu en-Ma in which their names ale mentioned:—Joe Sot, LOA, Rattrap, Glen fsaddel, Mar q uis of tabnynghani, Hatton 1 3 !atoft Enchanter, Springy Jack, and Whltatone. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE .*:.; !ARES —5 to 1 mat BallicJad. 10 to 1 apt Joe o' Sot, 13 to 1 arn Waltaltate-bar-without it 1 5 to I 13 to I apt Tkialledown (t;, 15 to 1 apt Lady Midair (t freely), 1 to 1 opt Joe Lovell. 20 to 1 apt Sagacity (1), 25 to 1 apt Free Lance (t). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-8 to 1 sgst Bat-trap (t), 9 to I iwgt Jericho (t), 12 to 1 spa Marquis of Oonynghani ;t:, 12 to 1 apt Glen Saddel 0). No other. mentioned. CHESTER CI:P.-30 to 1 agot Hetlllaß Platoff colt (taken to Md.), 30 to 1 apt Swallow, 30 to 1 sprat War Eagle, al to 1 aar3 Enchanter (V,, 40 to 1 egos LOW to 15 apt The Tama (t), 1,000 to 15 asst Raw (1,. DERBY.-9 to 1 eget Surplice (taken and afternanls off.), 10 to 1 ago Spring; Jack (t 11 to 1), 12 to 1 apt Glendower (t 13 to 1), 20 to I apt Fern, 2U to 1 apt Lnadatonc (t 23 to 1), 23 to lava Nil liesperandum (taken and Afterwards off.), 35 to 1 apt stinger 1 (take apt n and afterwards It o .5 1 apt Whitatone It to 1001.1, 50 to he Sheriff (t 1,40, to .5 Hee/Ulan . It). ULD MEETING.: WLDC. !MAY, BIBUILY SpAzza of 10 eon. each, 5 ft, with 50 added. Door 2 milts. Mr. Pearoe ndllakboT t r izr . Pearl I tar C. Cockeren „. Logie Mr. Knowles', Cesabrook... . ..,...... (11x. 3 MkWymadeallthemlningmdlmbyaliftL EPSOM RACES., The new Derby Course will be need this year for the first time, and from an elaborate plan, with sections of the old and new COUTOPP, just published by Mr. Henry Dorling, the clerk of the aurae at Maroon, it appears that there is but little differenoe between the two, the new ground being only half a milt in length, anti ,je,ning the old moose at the mile post. The gradients or rate of inciime ion are marked on the plan, showing that the new half mile is nut gaits so severe as the old one, the average rate of inclination being I in 14, while on the old mune It war 1 in 47. The new ground is forty yards in width, bat at the start it is muds wider, giving room to parade the horror. The most important advantage of the new course over the &A will be the bringing the start and every part of the race In • lull view of the stand, an event which every one can appreciate, and which is all that was required to complete the improv menu that have been going on under Mr. Moiling% malt Efficient management. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Lswits, MARca 22. en - n. ila.—Before Mr. Juliet. Coleridge and a tipeclal NEWTON V. TEE LONDON AND SOUTH COAhl RAILWAY COMPANT. — This was an action brought by the plaintiff— who, being under age, sued by his father as next trieud—to recover compensation from the Brighton Railway Company for having falsely imprisoned him. Mr. Sei ant Shee, in opening the case, said the plaintiff was a young gentleman nineteen years of age, the sun of Mr. Newton, a member of the bar, and of very re spectable connexions, and whose name was upon the list of the consmander.in chief to receive a commisaion in the army ; and he brought the present action to recover damages for most unjustifiable, and, as he should submit, illegal treatment which he had received from the defendants through one of the persons in their service. The circum stances under which the action was brought were these : In October last Mr. Newton, the father of the plaintiff, was staying at the Stevie Hotel, Worthing, and on Sunday, the 17th of that month, the plaintiff, having been invited by his father to go and see him at Worthing, took a secon4-elms return :ticket tat London, which would entitle himAer ge back on the second day. Accordingly, after havinS ta sell the Sunday at,Worthing together, Mr. Newton an eon arranged to proceed together to town by the 20 min tt train on Monday morning, and they proceeded to th at Worthing with that W e stin. lt appeared that thjy rti, e f .; ~ ,~ I