The Express. — London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

BUSINESS OF THE WBEk_ IN THE HOUSE OF p IMoNB. MONDAY, Fos. 15. ORDERS OF THE DAY.-Secotro itsempos.- Railways Ohe. Wadi, whereat' dalsoto ; ebedleld tkaaL brkla werownsa.-Peor Ether (Ireland) ; MOM* Duties ; labourimi Itor fluami). Oaeourrwe BllleekT. NOTlClitt Or NOTIOIMI AMMO OY ORDERS OF THE. DAT. Peon Itetars (lharAirrk-(0a MOOD that Ha Speaker Bare the Mob) Mr. tV,firlim. lo alloara to the Drepartance of Urging lbe amid rtaarra at nem WOW hp samaillim view.' es. odd & Mfg Mr. Dear doer to roe that r entrelts of oirr or be Itholosl dm net dhoti ire of It tor to reit is ha lhortd. (Is sommittoe) Mr 11. W. Rorno, r srw ailldral erre rid smoodhosat Mame 9. Lard J. armal.l • mon sallolliihm et ow dorm Orr mil Mr. MaAl=l , me . oilhlon to IA &M. W. Part Orr ,to roe and amorwer an drew 1 ant M. Mr. W. Orr CAldr, ft nor taw dour Lard Courtter, to sow therdos of wait WOW woordloos the AAA to rim abbe. hodir ram rib efillaren- aro In sr est ei workhouse. Comes Dern tan morn kr gig lose erarltaa)-Lord G. Beothiek, to we to z Ike lattoolootosamilha Lasorneo Pooa (Lander) tardm/VAI-Or. hark to Am tmalihasta• boormoserr Moo Ar lionorm-hz do Ley Wool to ark llret Ornitronet el w ad Tao* Imam itootottoo Wait- Miljp. Mr. to auk the menu Aram roopAlm Ile Wonololla Mir at alr War hare, to ask Mr Om. pew wads= Milne I 'Nitwit& Mr. traddfisatok Am he how to WI to mom ths Mhail or Os samba dlor of mil runty lbe Fr' sr balmy Aim Ur. Mme hit ▪ wormahrilo h °Keit orpottAasers. Dr. lou ✓& ft sooorhat AMA tan MaMs. potrotal 111 k Pr., be AIM Alt dr Air thrsoliat O'BrlA.to mAyt hr ore or Cut grryt 11ollor or Oh NA., IMOD _Kr. Twins. ad of Mr. War, retard to In Mr. Orr% of Mb 1147, to Cart Mt. Mar, to 1101 , 11 Mt womb to borroAi AA ME* Mormoloo, Atm hr elag o r . Irmo% report at lowtlphoo rot Asst at ▪ tuto. AWL Mr W. Clq,r are ram et pawn In purr it.cd t t Irk OrpenT, storm rig rearrat ban has tart Wm to priori@ is porta at tam dm urn xi . . 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Nor, to Atonsorditmaloral ostoomlo &AA tomb 410 tootast alrloo owl otaxwoos tho onoramo otivoldtk sorlors. OALtabo%lompot C e illont Ist ono oleo lid r IlorAdlogothr MAID Ma bilk 1111Pe. 1142, to the rod period to Wrier Am halo met FRIDAY, Ps NOM= OF 1110110 N.-Mr. w. B.llk OW" to ar Ur dim Writ or the Chantror of the Eseherur Atolhor pronmol holthiAbo onolohloo Ado nereary porno to ardour hurl vooi WO. lad poreltue • and roar armeard aro le Mira ow= or TSB DiT.-Bur. To is coannerr-Lended WAOHORN'S SECOND PAMPHLET on MAW W AINGIIALIA. obtrowed to Ws Wog Haw Esti WON dolonlal SOW= Mob 0.. SUBIC. Elder, sad OwobillY• LENNY LIND.—A beautiful PORTRAIT of MINT tiara elll/11 aa Itt mna ar i alb. J. law, Esq., &LA., OW day pabliobol by Yr. Pabboher to boy Majorty, Library, U. OW Sasd..trwt. 10. 66. ; Prints, W. Elir enirtoo. The rib lot Mph hig Asbas, limb= eel Cllbrearr, tell No Mi at t op Who the the 1 The Weet Wile mi. then hit /kW^ . Ikalleoh awl the lievoneh. AT be =de op at the howilmi otlhe Mb lehrom. ifs olorlehe Era hit Gamow Meth, theme, dee kin lima, 1 Srt/4111.0106102.4161•Phintadthles, *is lloithempless ' min open me Newissotthe et Pelanarr uat..... Ilra otiellese demi nels. via Merielhi , to the W I% Mi. Hong Nom Its. tral be Wads op co the stir The see dee be Am 'Weiss, V Diann's Load, and New lealehlelll be mile or ea lee ttet the lot Iteeoh. TY mile Ist Mei Iteettb apois. sad the United . MONO. will let orb up *the seest ' =a the Ird Womb. The mil kr the Ilnift the atter Plate, Monte Video, Pernanu = la Milk Yloast" owe Illemeo Arm, will be made op an the tot et Sts - TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Alvadling Me= of ibe DAILY NEWS" and "EXPRESS" have leis MISTED fr 90, FLEET-STREET, to No. 10, SOUSIRZIAIESEET,FLEETETREET,eceitigeosi to the Pristine art PaWOW Masi. - We NINA t say waLany cosamankatka that la Neat to as Li= g amitialla rewarded. NETIVIERCATt na WI UNDERTATPE TO INNIIN ANT YANUteCRIPTS WHATEVER. ••• albolommaft hisecka for The Bawer, Imam main papa, same be at lb. Ono by Two Wawa on Ow day of pabileados. BM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. • Mos DlA—Nsismor, 41 min. past I ; Afternoon, 4 min. past 2. To-Yonsow—llmsbyr, 27 soln. pest 2; Afternoon, 52 min. pre 2. LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 15. Ws are likely to have much more ample leisure to discuns principles and plans of education than might have been hoped some months back. The minds of men were somehow or another made up to expect • large and national scheme of public instruction, apparently without calculating that the mere proposal, much less the mooessfal carrying of such scheme, required a superabundance of power, as well as of pecuniary resources to support it, such as no government in our day is likely to enjoy. These overweening - hopes of the immediate birth of an education scheme arose from a satisfactory reason, the circumstance that a large and altogether new section of the public had turned its attention to, and of course kindled ita enthusiasm in, the cause. These votaries were young and new, and, therefore, full of hope, not having yet experienced the blight and dis appointment already fallen on their pr ed ecessors. It is now some ten or twelve years since our education iota came forward, eager, and not only sanguine, but certain of consummating their great plan des pite of the prejudices of churchmen, high and low. The reform of the representation, and the sub jugation of the House of Lords on that one great point, induced Liberals to hope that the blow might be followed up, and further con quests achieved. The great victory of that day, how ever, turned out to be like the victory of an army of irregular troops and nomadic tribes, which after a triumph are sure to disperse, and break up, each sol dier hurrying to his home with his share of booty, and leaving the chiefs alone to honour and guard the forsaken standard. From that day the great banner of liberalimm and progress has been more upheld and followed by volunteers fl ocking to it from hostile ranks, than by the number, constancy, or unanimity of those who Int raised it. Liberal doctrines home policy, foreign policy, trade, jurisprudence, have been mote advanced by the softening and modi fication at opponents' prejudices and hostility, than by the force and power of their own original majority. Let the fits of a ll the grad questions of the day be examined ; how universally they have been advanced, linot canted, by newiconverts, and not merely by the seal and talent of individual converts, but by the entire mind and feeling of the hitherto anti-liberal having, in thee. respects, undergone a notable • • and change for the better. It was impossible for the great phenomena of these effects not to have attracted the attention of Liberal leaders. It was impossible for them not to reflect how much they had won, how much they were daily winning, from the coming over of their old an tagonists, from the gradual disappearance of preju dice, the softening of rancour, the enlightenment of reason, and this, too, in material interests. To try to follow the same path in pursuit of the extension and improvement of education, has evidently been of late years the policy of those charged with the administra tive superintendence and advancement of education. There existed one great and powerful body in the country, a portion of whose interests and duties centred in education. Those interests and duties this body had certainly allowed to sleep, till roused to the necessity of exerting them by the efforts of reli gious rivet. But the Church of England has put forth both. The influence of that body throughout the conatry, its connexion with the magnates of the land, and its power over the labouring class in radio dis• - Iricts, point it out as an obstacle sot to be overcome by open hostility ; and, at the same time, as an in ert If equal power in furthering the great aim of the enlightened men of the day,—a good secular, in oonjunction with a religious, system of national instroction. Hence, to conciliate the church, and not brave it, to have it uan ally, not an opponent, has certainly been the aim of the council of education. But this has not been done with the view of giving into the prejudices, favouring the exclusiveness, and lending support to views of proselytism, entertained by the church. On the contrary, to mitigate the retention and strictness of these narrow views in the church and its chiefs, has been the constant aim, and one not pursued without considerable and matibfactory anocan. Now, the question is, whether it is better to pursue this policy, or at once break with the church, by pro posing a system of national education altogether inde pendent of ecclesiastical control. In the first place, each an attempt could have no chance of be i •mp u rzi into law by the higher branch of the l e g And its result would not only be to suspend the pro gress of education, such as it is, but to destroy u it is that portion of secular instruction and secular inspec tion, introduced even into the schools of the esta blished church, as the price of government aid. A journal which represents the scruples of the die ' Renters on this subject, sod expounds them with force and talent, deprecates the few proposals made by Lord LANSDOWNE, as strengthening • system which is posed to, and must for ever preclude, a truly na tional and impartial system of education. We mud own that, so far from seeing anything of the kind, we descry the direct contrary in Lord LANSDOWNE'S statement. In the progress of educational system there marked,we see government control gaining on the church, not church control upon the government. We see secular education intermingling in a larger propor tion with relieous. And we see, above all things, the class of Bandmasters raised into a profession--a profession not dependent on the ckurch,but bound, by its training, salary, and prospects, to the state. The great obj ection of the representatives of the British and Foreign Society to the plan of the Council of Education, is, that the inspectors are under the control of the prelates, and consequently hostile to the Society in their reports. But, after all, the true race between the National School and the British School inefficiency of education. And if, for our parts, we were desirous of rendering one of these claws of schools inferior to the other, we would indulge that class, which we wanted to depress, with an indulgent inspector; whilst the schools that we were desirous to push to perfection, we should insist on visiting with repeated, and searching, and unswerving scrutiny. This advantage, however, will not be given to either sect It is impossible, with the vigilance and the publicity which prevail, for any such unfairness to be practised. As to oomplete unanimity in teaching, ' we do not know that Englishmen ought to desire it. The very existence of popular education amongst us is due to the rivalry of the two religious parties which took it up and disputed it. And we must own that the extension of National Schools, under episcopal superintendence, would be viewed with se fear by us, were it not for the counteracting and eespeting principles of more independent schools. THE operation of the great organic change on which FERDP.RICH WILLIAM IV. has stamped his =me, will probably be sooner felt in a practical shape than theoretically comprehended in all its bearings. Some will quarrel with the measure of liberty granted to the aew Prussian parliament, and sneer at the prospect of its being only convoked in order to dames money bills. The practical statesman is, however, aware, that while all questions can be brought under discussion as standing in some con nexion with money bills, there ie no way of rousing public attention for many weighty subjects half so effectual lathe showing how they affect the pocket. The first result which we anticipate (we suppose in common with the framers of the measure), is the imparting vigour to the state credit. From the following statement of the financial position of Prussia, which we extract hem official documents, it must appear strange that the credit of the government should require invigora tion from below, if we may be allowed the term. In the report to the King cm the state of the public debt, in Deoember, 1842, the highest figure the debt ever reached, is stated to have been 208,733,170 doll. ; or, in round numbers, about 30 millions sterling. This debt had been reduced by the operation of a well managed sinking fund to 150,103,434 dollars, orlittle more than twenty millions sterling, by the year 1843. The reports of the commissioners are made only once in ten years, consequently no o ffi cial notice of what has been redeemed since 1843 has been given. It must be premised that the above sum includes the= currency of Prussia, amounting to 25,742,347 a which state debentures to the vales cl I dollars are deposited as a reserve in the enshigner. R would not be easy to produce a more eatidactory bthisial statement, to all appearance, than the above. Ora rd of an enormous debt has actually been Wtheseesti within twenty-five years. This period included, moreover, two armaments against expected attacks from France, on a scale that was perfectly suited to the emergencies, and w ell calculated to deter aggression. We allude, especially, to the year 1840. In 1842, the government was strong enough to pro pose a conversion of the whole debt bearing interest at 4 to 3i per cent. All this has, moreover, been effected without any other increase of taxation than that of the import duties, which was demanded by the manufacturers, and which is known until list year to have diminished the revenue from customs' dues. A view of the recent financial crisis at Berlin and its probable causes, may throw some light upon the causes and effects of the constitution now granted. As long as the repayment affected chiefly foreign (English) loans, the market was improved by the reduction made. The state credit was supported, and no diffi why was created. But when the debentures held in the eountiy or even at Amsterdam, Hamburg, Frank lin, or Vienna, were called in, it amounted to a posi tive diminution of the circulating medium. Remit tances were made, and debts of large amount are esestedr paid with the debentures - 7ot states, whose meat is geed. The debenture, with its coupon, answered ite purpose of a receipt for a deposit at interest. Ina in transactions between private indi viduals hesloweg• is saved, as the debentures are made oat "to bearer," and no book transfer is required. The operation of this curtail ment of the circulating medium became sen sible at the period of the great railroad speculation of 1845, and the payment of calls in that year became difficult. A plan was suggested by the minister ROTHAJ, based upon the probability that the exigen cies of trade would absorb a sum proportioned to that withdrawn from circulation, which, but for two cir cumstances, might have been sucoeesful. The minister overlooked the great cause of the favour in which Prussian paper stood in the market, viz., the excel lent management of the public debt by the responsi ble commissioners appointed as national trustees by the late king. These men were of too high sluing to be tampered with, and refused to sandkm anyproject but a direct loan to be imb edded. to the late king's promise, to the netional representatives assembled in parlia -1 1111.111. 31. ROTHE& was driven to the experiment if sethethe the Royal bank of Berlin, with power to thine thleteee power that bad been taken from it by spiel 1111111asut at the time the trustees were so lemnly appointed fix the public debt by the late king. With this imp Itheitas were only partially satis fied. The liusmarat was obliged by them to althallele saw Donk patent that it was not rsignsilhis fire Ss ads issued, beyond the value of the implYl whist the mown intended to subscribe. But awes as., MIMS saws go down to history as the saviours of thide eremlog, in this trial of moral theage, Meows. ffeathea=tid, Ftorrvreu, and Prmw, withdrew effnoffeeer hem the department of the finances, threader - natio* et illecredit on M. Ro- THltell WNW& thee! net be gat over. This Sid MOW was enhansed by a second, width malt be Teemed. as a serious cause of sling in:Europe in tin isms of the present year,— 'Tethreatening attitude assumsd by the three northern powrs towards Poland, Italy, and Switzerland. It w e aabut usual that they should seek to repress Nish nationality. Bat the attitude assumed, and thaprincildes acted upon by the Pope, by the King sir mina, and by the Swim liberal government, tigers with the preparations of Austria to crush thwi, occasioned great anxiety and uneasiness. Bops were long founded on the moderation of France; but preparations were made privately for a war; and these preparations consist chiefly in boarding bullion. D all 1848, Dutch and Belgian gold has been at a uring high premium even in private circulation. The new notes were especially looked upon with doubt and suspicion. While men's minds were in this state came the double blow of the Mouter marriage and the seizure of Cracow. How Pr usia was forced to yield consent to the latter, is a secret that will probably ere long be disclosed. At all events, the consumma te& of that joint act placed the King of PRUSSIA in a position, with respect to popular opinion in his own dominions and in Germsay, so false and daugemus, especially if any spark should kindle war, that his Majesty judged it advisable at once to right his bark, politically and financially, by flinging himself to the other side. And hence the promulgation of the con stitution. Two very dier.eputable abuses of ecolmiastioal revenues have le,cly been brought to light: one by the eerreelewwkent of a contemporary, the other by no lees a PenV.4 than Lord STANLEY; the former iz,volv ins the mputatiou of a bishop, the latter eeriottell THE EXPRESS, MONDAY compromising the character of a dean; and in either case the matter has been discussed in a spirit favour able to the church generally, and with a view only to . the extension of the establishment's usefulness. The former ear refers to the county palatine of Durham, and the facts are briefly these. Bina* the introduction of railways worked by locomotive engines into that county, the number of coal mines in it his very largely increased; and as a large proportion of the property in that county belongs to the bishop of the diocese, to the dean and chapter, and to the church in its parochial capacity, this extension has proportionally augmented their revenues. To such an extent has this augmentation gone, that it stands ad rind by the bishop that (notwithstanding the statute which aimed at reducing, and which was generally supposed to have succeeded in reducing, his 0:0 1 to at least one-half-8,0001. a *Gee princely and inordinate revenues enry g e l d - 11 his predecessors) he has in one year received more than double the amount that ever fell to their fortu nate lot, and that his usual income ready exam the average amount of what was formerly tide So, in like proportion, has the revenue of the clergy, under whose glebes coal is to fed and is worked, increased. Now coal is not, it will be observed, exhaustless : the mine that yields enormous sums to-day is probably in ten or twenty c h ae r ei ti tines comparatively worthless; and for the • and clergy of Durham to treat its temporary as yearly income, and to appropriate to themselves the capital of the church that lies embowelled in the earth, is for them to misappropriate the property entrusted to their charge. On the Name principle as they are now acting they would, morally, be as jaidi liable in denuding the surface of the church pro perty of the soil for their own benefit, and leaving it unproductive to their successors. They are, in point of fact, though not perhaps of law, alienating to their own nee the property they eidey as tenants for life only ; and this misappropriation occurring in a county in which spiritual destitution is pre-eminent ; for, in spite of the large proportion of its property belonging to the church, the mining population is practically and substantially bereft of spiritual nurture by the church. The miners are very much in the hands of a class of Methodists called Ranters, who join the advocacy of the charter to the instruction, such as it is, of the goepeL This state of things is so monstrous, that, it Might be sup posed, it needs only to be stated to be rectified ; but the fact is otherwise. It has repeatedly been brought under the notice of government by the Ltrarost family, yet the alienation is annually proceeding; end unless parliament quickly interfere, the church will he altogether deprived of a large part of its property by its unnatural children—by i c t i :iiti e can daughters." The remedy is obvious ' • the greater pro portion of the funds arising m this new source alt wealth, and apply the interest of the capital so funded to church extension in the diocese of Durham. The other case of abase arises in Manchester. The dean and chapter of that town divide nearly 6,0001. a-year amongst them, whilst the parochial duties of the town are assigned to a set of district clergy by no means well paid ; and the dean and chapter have the modesty to think, that they are morally justified in doing as much or as little as they plum foe the spiritual benefit of the metropolis of cotton. Pry claim the right of non-residence, whenever they perm and for as long • period as they please, on paymentof Is. 4d. a day to the poor during their absence; they claim the right of accepting onerous duties in ether parts of the kingdom, and of permanently raiding there ; and the rights they claim they also exercise. And when the shurchwardens object to this "doing as they choose with their own," the Dean quotes musty old charters, and talks of libels and calumnies, and sends two canons off to Landon to listen to Lord STANLEY'S well-founded but disagree able comments in the House of Lords. We really had expected something better from a person of Mr. HERBERT'S accomplishments, learning, and high cha racter. At a time when ministers and the episcopate are plaguing their heads bow to give Manchester the advantage of a bishop, her torturing his brains forargu ments to deprive it of the benefits of a dean and chapter. But the days when mush quibbles and subtleties could prevail against common sense and the common interest are past; and tie owner Mr. HERBERT yields to the necessities of his position, the sooner will he re ,blish his graceful reputation in public opiniou. Various reports continued to circulate on Friday in Paris respecting the probable ministerial changes. We cannot offer a better or more comprebenave view of these than the following, from the Slick of that Some expedient is now sought for seriously to escape from the embarrassments in which they east themselves with such inconceivable folly. An appeal has been made to the devotion of M. Guisot. To cast himself into the gulf to save the entente mediate, is it not a crowning sacrifice worthy of a life devoted to the worship of that idol ? A letter from an illustrious member of ;thei house of Coburg has in dicated, it is said, the expediency of such a sacrifice. But the seal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs goes only as far as the funeral pile. Re has not thought fit to understand this diplomatic insinuation; he intrenehes himself behind the shattered fragments of his p o lish make a last stand, and sell his life as as passible. Another difficulty presented itself. was the man daring enough to wept of such a „ ag• without an ' inventory? Would M. Mold, for the p setishction of gratified vanity at supplanting a fled, his place, to have M. Duchatel at his aids, and M. Gusset in trout of hint ? Would it not be ra;% the batter drain the cop to the very dregs, to give his to his m in at mortal enemy— to the men who, the eof the eadition, aimed a deadly thrust at him by the quotation, Omni* semkgir ;NV diffieb miaow. With the Duke of Broglie mattes, might be more easily arranged ; Id. Guise* wend leave power with the honours of war, and, what him still mom, he would have intelligences e m ail citadel, and tie hope of returning there: fbr it is known how the Duke of Broglie disdains a post where he may but Mille a borrowed autb. But woad the noble duke moat to sit upon the iistiwial Imam to keep a pima Mdag the 466We:tot AM thin did ha selt, the tomement d bas Choke a est es N. Owlet's squire at destines elthe dimedea ea the l Would his ememien be regarded la a hvembielgr by England ? It woe net hoped for ; wm, lberneem, neasasary to throw _up this embinabe. They bed an Mar Wind" the scenes full of geed will end mod, ready to eat any part . proposed to him. M. le Oemte lbehatel would willingly display in the mid domain al brawl polio" that adios of which he pve so many weaderful exam* is the electoral lists. X. Chia showed bat little rata far this expedient. For some time the maxim pmethmte a his colleague excited his vssigishae, sad mgemiendl b his breast a sort of preerstimat of a enwesam. his hurt and his pride emu& the Ma that hie mierene as were to pees Imo the Mob of we menu .sagm fame walk to wesid them. Name shemagest *Mb reminded the Mares, a the lallodor maw a pas doer as a ressikry peddnawhen lle woldlb• Masai • ligheremel g o eg g d i sk pig Went', you will In main pa= M. Dnehatel appreciated the advise end remnimi Tesleadey, ems maim was mob el Milos the S=: 4 =ler bill that iallt nesest visti Fati . mda and rta are to be asselliniollllllllllolll6llll lIMIPIF.OONS. tie Jerome and Load Hammy as to be Aiwa up as • lembeela M er pore the F ea st alm belted gods. Inpaml Masts On idea of so a setpalent. the WM of them squabbles, Emden at Marshal Boat is add is be en the wane and the redpeakm of the preekbat tithe conned would increase the dread? Mess exabarremmeals of the actual position of the Mina. To .mesas, M. Clubit's prediction has proved true ; news bee been received here of the positive adhesion of she maim of Berlin to the interpretation given by Bagbeii to the beaty of Utrecht, and, on the other head, the nsotalty le hit at London, as well as at Paris, of recalling the two salsem dm, whose position has become intolerable. It is dm that the cabinet maim ha programme; "To maintain the English alliance, and make Francs enter into the European concert." The report of the intention of Lord Normanby to leave for Loudon was confirmed in La Pattie of Thursday evening, and repeated in the journals of Friday morning. L' Union Monarchique, a new legitimist journal, formed by the coalition of La &anoe, La Quoti dienne, and : L'Eche Francais, says that it is autho rised to state, that the answer of the Berlin cabinet to Lord Palmesston's note respecting the marriages has not been yet o ffi cially transmitted , though its tenor is known, and that it will be not the answer of the P rumba cabinet alone, but a collective note of the three northern cabinets. The same journal adds that it is authorised to may, that the answer will refer first to the fact that the three cabinets have never acknowledged the garessamat of Queen Isabella, and that they will adhere for the future to the same =roe, but that they see with much satisfaction the English ca binet adopt a resolution which wall have the effect of restoring Spain, so far t the succession is concerned, to the situation she held before the will of Ferdinand VII. The question of subsistenoe becomes daily more serious ; no estimate, even with tolerable approxima tion, has been, or can be made, of the actual stock of grain now in France, and consequently no probable *mate an be obtained of the quantity which must 4(31,, FEBRUARY 15, 1847. dm b e imported to avert the evil of scarcity until the mu t b arr ed. The greatest anxiety is con =tly felt by the government, in much as to efface in a great degree that which llamas the international embarrassment. Intelli gence just received from St. Petersburg, seriously aug ments the alarm, and menaces France with very grave consequences. It is announced that an imperial ukase has peoh;bited the ex portation of ones from i the ports of Russia. There san end therefore to the hopes of thelargesupplies hitherto assuredly reckoned oa &on Odeon. Although bread is supplied to the lower population of Paris at W. per lb., the earplus being paid by the state,great premiere and privationare felt, owing to the extravagant price of all other • means of sabestence, many of which have risen to 100 per cent. above their ordinary prioe. PARIS, FRIDAY, 5 o'CLocn.—The Bonne has been more steady to-day, prices of yesterday being sustained. We have learned in quarters entitled to credit that Lord Normanby has been authorised to .spend for the present all personal relations with M. Oamot, but that he has not yet received the cove for which he applied. Be awaits the arrival of a courier expected on Sunday with the reply of Lord Palmerston to his note. A telegraphic despatch was received at Paris on Thursday evening from Madrid to the effect that the Infant Don Enrique had been ordered peremptorily to quit the kingdom, and had infect departed for Bar celona, where he was to embark. It was said also that an English agent named ?dishy bad been oon ducted to the frontier by the police. At the close of the sitting of the Chamber of Dept- ties, on the sth, M. Cortina complained with some warmth that the documents laid before the Chamber relative to the marriage of the Duchess of Montpell ier, were not an official production seek es he had demanded; he wished for something more ceepieee. M. Roca de Togores, the new Minister of Public In struction, declared that the new cabinet would give an ample nation when the Minister of Foreign Min should be present. The two vice-preaidents of the chamber had not yet been elected. There were two reports current at Madrid, on this 6th : one was, that the Queen, by the advice of her council of ministers, had refused the consent de manded by Don Enrique to his marriage with the sister of Count Casten ; the other was, that an army of observation was to be formed on the Portu guese frontier. FRANCE.—THE ADDRESS.—The project of the address was voted in the Chamber of Deputies, on Friday, by:a large majority, as follows .—Number of voters, 332; for the address, 248: against, 84. "We learn," says the Union Monarchique,"tha tie Court of Madrid has expressed a desire that the Delis ied Desiem de Montpensier should shortly return for a time into Spain • bat it is said that 34. Bream has advised that this visit .filieuld be adjourned. The negotiations on this subject are still going ou." SPAIN.--CARLIST EXPEDITION TO SPAIN.—The Equznoi states that letters have been received at Madrid from Rome, announcinF, on the authority of accounts hem Genoa, that the Sardinian government openly permits the fitting out of vessels for a Carint expedition to Spam, and that OVUMI light vowels have already taken in arms and ammunition. The chie6 of the expedition hope, it is said, se get possession of the Balearic Islands, by a coup de ~sous, pre s paratory topro claiming the Count de Montemelin King pr 11,1,1 G LN — yI—THE QUEEN Or FEUSSIA.—The bul letin of the Bth inst. announces an improvement in the health of the Queen. SILEBIA.—In the district of Hirschberg, in Silesia, where most of the linen manufactories are situated, andwhere the greater part of the population is without bread, another misfortune and at this season of the year a most unaccount able one, his come to add to the general misery : the want of water is so great that the authorities have found it necessary to prohibit the use of all drinkable water for all purposes not urgently indispensable. THE NETHERLANDS.—AMSTERDAM, FEB. 10. —At a meeting of landowners in the province of Utrecht, an address was lately agreed up= to be presented to his Ma jesty, petitioning for the abolition of the corn law. After stating their reasons at great length, they add " For those reasons, the undersigned take the liberty respectfully to re quest his Majesty that he will be pleased to withdraw the law of the 29th Dec., 1835, and totally to abolish the diffe rential duties enacted by it." RUSSIA.—POLAND.—A letter from Berlin of the 3rd of February states that, notwithstanding the denials of the Austrian journals, large numbers of Russian Loop have been marched into Poland, especially in the western districts on the Galician frontier. As regalia the incorporation of Poland with Rush, Bays the lettewteedsli already de facto, and the communication of M. de Meng rode to the English and French ministers does not in the slightest degree alter the case. The Polish provinces are far from being tranquil, and the powers must be always on the MX (bout. The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Earl Spencer, Earl of Hardwicke, Earl of Lincoln, Lord Portman, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, But., and the Keeper of Her std a Privy Puree, were introduced by Lord Campbell, then Munßar of the Duchy of Lancaster, to her Majesty, and leek the eMhe as zumben of the Council of the Duchy of Latimer. Navas, the Clerk of the Council to the Deekr, eYendedr &see Toro had an audience of the Queen, _nail wank& la km Majesty his credentials as Envoy Batreerammeg art Meister Plenipotentiary from the 'Republic off Venewsele. Hie Exeelleney wee introduced by Viscount' Palmmellem, 0.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary ci 'ute Persian Affairs, and conducted by the Hon. Ilk Edward Can, K.C.H., the Master of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty was attended by the Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of Mateo, Lord in Waiting ; the Vier Chamberlain ; and Sir Redoes Storm, Groom in Waiting._ The Queen visited H. R. H. the Princess Sophia on Saturday, at her residence at Kensineon. H. R. H. Prince Albert went on Saturday morning to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somenet-honea. H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent, and H. R. H. the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, visited her Mat.sty on Saturday. The tonal party at Buckingham Palace on H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent, their riraL. dinDeke and Duchess of Cambridge, H. S. H. Prime Paid* ef Rene, Count Alezander Mensdorff, his esselleng Mast de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Deis of %Wellington, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Algona Quienen, Barman de Speth, Earl and Countess of Clarendon. Lai Rebut Grommet, Lewd George Lennox, and Mr. Illomed Mffibaay. Yeiftdey snegniet the Qom and Prince Albert the Dachas et UM, the Wks mad gesMassa Is waiting, and the deirelle besselesig, Pmt disfae en vioe In the private impel Heekinghant Pekoe. The Hen. and Rev. C. L. Omenerny eleheeed. His S.H. Prises Fredreie of Hew was present at the Queen's levee on Friday. Col. J. G. Griffith, Bombay AAIMIN7. was nreentieed to her Majesty at the levee on his ream Asa lain, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Clare, K.P. Indy assumes arid. and the Hon. Miss Paget, bare enteeedei the Hen. Misses Stanley and Dawson as the Maids of Herne in waiting to the Queen. TheirßßH.H.theDakeandDucheseof Cambridge, and the Primer Mary attended divine service yesterd ay morning In Grosvenor Chapel. A cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Forsignnifice. The ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of flint°, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pal ' mentos, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the lischequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhonse, Lord Campbell, the Berl of Clarendon, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Eight Hoo. H. Labouchere. The ommeil sat two hours and a half. The Elul of Stradbroke, Earl of Auckland, and • de unwise, had an interview with Lord John Unseen on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. John Hamby, M.P., and Mr. F. S. Head, had an interview with *alight Hon. B. Stratton Saturday, at the aloe of the Commissioners of Railways. Mr. Cross had an inter view with Sir George Grey on Saturday. The Rev. W. Marshy had also an interview with the right bon. baronet on Saturday, at the Houte-oace. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting an Saturday. A NEW GOVERNOR FOR CANADA.—A report pre vails that Major-General the Hon. Charles Gore, who woo promoted in the last brevet, has been appointed to the com mand of the Eastern District of Canada, in swoon= to Major-General Sir James Archibald Hope, K.C.B—United Service Casette. Tna ROYAL SOCIETY. Tag Meitatris or I NOI7IIIIIIIPTON'S CONYIBRIAZIONZ.—The Of North ampton, ss president of the Royal Society, gave the lint his usual annual series of soirees on Saturday night at l o h lordship's mansion in Piccedilly. Prins Mb ar t, and above 480 noblemen and gentlemen, more or lam 000 . neeted with the different literary sad saientalle institue.ono o f this country, mood the noble president's Minion b,7 th e ir presente. A NEW Courr.—On the evening of the, 16th inst., a few minutes after nine o'clock, Mr. Hin?, di.„,,ag a telesoopic comet in Cepheus. . in the is a faint nebula ' sky, with a slight condensation the riraire, though ao positive lindens is visible. DUMBER' IN IRELAND AND ScoriAND.—The under grasstes of Wadhem College, Costrod, have set a good oi. ample to the other colleges and Wks throughout the univer sitY.halrlsii subscribed the libel, l sum of 1061. 16s. 6d. to the misty tog the sells( of distress 1. 4 i n l an d aid &aka. THE IRISH PARTY. Another meotiog of Peers and members of the Hou s e of Commons was held on Saturday, at the:: chambers, Piz!Mamma-stmt. Lord Monceaule in the chair. Mr. s pett suw,eds was introdaced to the meeting, and, after some b r i e r e b een ations, explanatory of the object of his visit, laid before t h e s oemben of the Irish party a scheme for sup pler.. t h e f ao ,ii to carry out Lord George Bentinck's mea sure, 1u ease it s hould receive the sanction of the legislature. Mr. Spottiswoode twoitted that the money for making the railirays might be e.sily provided by meaus of Exche quer not, o f 11 . eac h, h, , aring no interest, and receivable in taxes and other governmeot payments, without cost to the Exchequer, and without disarranging the national fineness ; but on the contrary, the circulation of such Exchequer notes, by providing the wages of labour, would inmost* the consumption of excisable articles, and thereby improve the national revenue. This and other suggestions made by Mr. Spottiswoode ware canvassed, but no formal resolution upon their merits was adopted. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. THE STATE OP IRELAND.—On Saturday a meeting of the Marylebone vestry took place at the Court-house, Marylehamo. The Bev. Dr. Spry, the rector, in the chair. Mr. Gear Daniell rose to move that the proposition of Lord George Bentinek to expend sixteen millions of money in Ike eunetenction of railways in Ireland is unjust in prin ciple, impolitic, and detrimental to the empire at large, and UMW. vestry cordially approve the course the government have adopted in giving their determined opposition to this 1 most nefarious measure.—Mr. David Salomon. seconded the resolution. He was prepared to my, that the scheme for taking sixteen millions of money for the manufacture of Irish railways, was a scheme for the benefit of Irish land lords, and not hing else. The only remedy, in his opinion, was to compel the landlords of Ireland to do their duty— (Cheers) —and he oonaidered it was the bounden duty of every constituency in the kingdom to meet and support the government in their measure of giving • poorlaw to Ire -4nd.--Bir Benjamin Hall said he understood, from the best information in the city, that such a scheme as Lori George Benstinek's was treated se moonshine- , -(Laughter)—end he thought he would find it all moonshine In the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) For his own ,art l be would give it his m ost determined opposition. The resolution was then put from the chair, and carried unanimously, amidst loud cheering. Mr. Joseph then moved that a petition founded on the resolution be forth with prepared, and be placed in the hands of Sir Benjamin Hall, en Monday, for presentation to the House of Commons on Monday evening. The resolution was seconded, and also carried sons. eon. TEE RZWINT'S CANAL RAILWAT. — The chairman re ported that the deputation from the vestry had accompanied the borough members to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in opposition to the Regent's Canal Railway, and that the commissioners informed them that they had taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, as to their liability to the Crown tenants, and that they would consider the whole matter as soon as they obtained that opinion. The report . on the motion of Mr. Daniell having been entered on the minute. the vestry separated. BAST INDIA SALT MONOPOLY.—The Marmiester Cherefiers of Saturday contains the following inteeseekto War: Law pea Menus sod astideenn Ia Mann yen lbet I y 140811•1 a amlamialdm dam q turd, ft Dinls le IL!. Mr Wwwwww, et*** me thee %be load steward bee=ay • • mho' Ser b satMae le the bad poem of 114 easer sea bi landed d the elrs4 prollandes, las me mow as my Mbar made of wesseatea. I hare nib as y• had amnia le me a espy of the bst as easslst„ timed* ma malst. Is esegradahn mann Ming Min this MOM et ear er= t tLescr i zy mea medal and sewlelley par peeeetel ammillen be ads gen me at Chrh =, rasa, end ratty, es aim to rare yen et my an Maas but mad empeafte ad mgarby, tem* the tell sepal, or, at *seat,andistelde nedliallsa at ode rod der, se Miss Waft Mallas, les en my blewmftels le Meths beetawr De dga !MIA lit, ‘ll obellently pm, D. C. Arian lk lismandreek Feb.10141.--TOI.A. TIMM, En, Charm Cowmen Amsderma, mandmeer. A GENERAL MOURNING.—Poo* have not put 011 " inky suits" and bought hat-bands; Mara has they had silks and satins dyed ; neverthelas, we remember few royal deaths that have occasioned such a general mourning in Eng tal as during the last twelve days the mourni . u . g . for the of little Donsbey. It is felt to be a national 1 *ty.— Jertnld's Weekly Newspaper. 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It mkt be no Yarn wafter le pima en sends mar the Ifthaie &done Mb* have Man Me tememmend Ma. Man k Mtn Mee addhaten Is Me My gig Med eller; easels In Mob the e s Mae alimamilmaima M IMO /IBM me* a master et mane nal sober: mann hi um nab they me mild. And be Meet Mt Was se menlial mar I • *soda men not as% =Li dble seanets,est at the iamb paadased. • park to shed es bed es se alessrl• al Ines le maim are 41•101•01111Momy et Ita abellems et Me mast dn. AM km Mee Mee, eateloMell I<d awwwgreplioly simnel Mniet ; sat maw are et emmionee, sot ming ma Me have pp obi Ida i debrulam et the est, bat ima may *mom at the art of dlreensr:Lint beam IPA tee they 1 71 2 he foe anamm k. Was llat peement set abent thdr system penny sma emes eels Wrap iettealtea t am hz=2Lbsltter a l= pulp eaellet esioneeme Ihs Mega ed. et Mama ftaisseen. vbe his neiseaty nem Oft lad eanallat ambit draft and a mime le the pikes hawMaeeWb Leg and meld aseeman hat tons ardent no mmusesed, *me wend be Ms hies* lessefteg Manes leanness. OM the yens ems te tan yenedlem er I terra t =4ll:ll B sra el ea l rin: be the wear et the Irides are sem be Ilte paten te the Elliot MI thst h nag ea at men; every *log b tee dal mad sdanalleg am a rase* whlsh they hen an seeftseee. They are sinsbad Mk the manse et semi as Deasbal ma, se men ma as Prim Mss lik at Memo" Mr ash a poem* men net an asenelea ; Mary OM Mom is ths sant Item te et eseadsse Insman Mei, bat sisetelben Mee* el • bra • her Mae than sift* bean ter. AM t Dsm ast eet. Mele Is Oa mennsame Eat Mr de sat tree wahlhemeghtenolandieena et ! The My way lea*, amid= Is to mein megmeant warms sequalated wah we *en the theory, end =II the lisahr whisk Is ea Inert lambi am masetes, the et man be ,Y pa dee ednifinelle mil the clergy nem* Impottor.—l sea, Oa, a. T.& INQUESTS, SATURDAY.--SUILIDE.—Bp Mr. Payne, at the Crown, Lambeth-road, on the body at Jabs Davis. About half-past nine on the evening of Wedaselay deceased called at the ehakemeare Celistedemps, St. George's-road, and havizorompfel • hod tieOm t he partook of some coffee and Mewl Mil t wlltri te rest at ten o'clock. There were two beds in the NM % end at one o'clock, Elizabeth, the servant, enteand Ile sem le show another person to the vacant bed, and at • lba lowing (Thursday) morning, deceased wmfound the bed with a handkerchief tied tightly roomiltik. A policeman and surgeon ‘lOlO celled whoa stag email bottles were found en hia pockets, which lel emeleiiell oxalic steed, besides a half-sown, Midis mid a pow piece, and the enjoined letter S r a6. 47. my note Is John Davis. ham a testko M whom I have this moan papa a letter. I ban else an soul this town. YeresprE, bat w all that, Ise! l i rt men le any one with r,y exit, bat soft la and seam* Wm. Mr. Hooper, the surpeon, had made an extesimmedeMble, and said there was. every appearance of the demeesi Udei taken oxalic acid. The handkerchief was, draft" lied in seder to accelerate death by strangulation. Thu bl y was adjourned for further evidenoe , and to bare the tided If possible.-- -DINTITUTIONI.—By Mr. Wakley, .P., at the King's Arms, the Coal-yard, Drury-lane, on the body of a woman, between 60 and 60 jean of age, whose name was unkhdwr. Theme Yeake deposed that he lived Ia • Mr roomed cottage, be the back of C harlmetreet, and ORS Ment a fraengin two men, who described thsneftes is endrm. gat issersd, took one of the now Tostarkor W 0 ,0.1114 as Ilk sad had not since rennin. Oa M. boo my me me, aria my, " I know lam dyl er • Mud hem th aperessat. Th ese cries were followed Wised eftraela .fter acme thee, mittens, accompanied by mom, hese • apes the does ' ,- whoa they beheld the women, Jok e = elestelted deed mile door. The furniture ettleasema el is old kettle alai esimpet.—Xr. Eaterelt, peosehlet elm gees, maimed Mabel, ear death, without Mks able M tam la it the dishiest podia at bad. The Immedlees ram al mar Tala plreellin t weer ea the hadso_lest ts based list the deemed bad died Rem ollereellim eat osid.-21rojoey gave it se their *Wee that eloomei bed been mervel ti death.—Kr. Waldo" add Er _Mire* he entombed Menne meita, ft wee bona M ton Mem diet they timid anams *air needled e w e Yor e : posed le by tbe ommemeelloarwies I melees to he emidedley libe i tedn es eee et Am. Ile sober I day, eupdmemded aim temode to their vekb—alber some beistienAt i t a mp seeemed a verdict in eemodeete web the tildes et tbe mews& as to the Immediate mum el dealik . let ,I< lnbred It le be their concludes that street is death. — A Rex Satre.—By . Mr. Map. lest Pete Emu, Chasoolda, Southgate, on the body of. Jinni Barron. About one tenant 9n Tuesday afternoon lint Writs Roberta, the imam if Mr. Barnett's farm, was standing at the balk deer Wing into the farm-yard with s loaded gun up to his shoulder, the barrel of which wY passed through an opening in the door, and penjecte.l about two feet on the other side, waiting to shoot some sparrows which had alighted in the yard. The moment he fired at the Medi, the deceased, who was crossing the farm-yard, passol within range of the gun, and received its contents his back, between the collar end blade-bone of his leis shoulder ; be was conveyed into the house immediately, and Mr. Hewer, surgeon, of Southgate, was promptly in attendance, and stopped the hemorrhage from the wound, which was about the size of half-a-crown piece. A portion able clothes was forced into the wound, and from the skin sairrounciing it being extensively burnt, it was the opinion of the surgeon that the deceased was not more than a yard from the gud when be received the charge. Everything was done for the deceased, but he sunk and died early on Wednesday morning from thMock the nervous system had sustained by the injury. It was shown that Roberta and the deceased were on the most friendly terms with each other, cad just before he died, he told one of his fellow-servants, "It was a bad job, but he was sure that - Roberta did not intend to harm him." Verdic•—" Died from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted by William Roberts," and the jury, in returning their verdict, felt that no blame was attributable to Roberts.' IRELAND. DUBLIN, Fas. 13. Cork still maintains its dreadful supremacy in des titution. The Cork Reporter, of Thursday, contains the condensed evidence on eleven inquests in the town of Mallow. On the preceding Monday there were forty-four corpses in one of the workhouses of the city; and on the Wednesday following, one hundred interments took place. Four hundred is stated to be the weekly mortality of two unions—Skibbereen and Bantry. With this fearful state of things, when the country invokes the speedy aid of the government, the threatened resignation of ministers has excited the most intense apprehensions. Such a disaster, at such a crisis, would be the greatest calamity that ever befel this country. The Reproductive Employment Committee have been for some days in deliberation on the ministerial measures, particularly the revised poor-law. The fruits of their combined counsel at length appear in a series of resolutions. The committee — Admit the neoeailty of providing relief for the tem porary distress; but they protest against the justice ' and expediency of presshg through the legislature the proposed amendment of the Irish poor-law, without previously laying before parliament all the measures intended for the relief of the present distress in Ireland. The committee express their apprehensions that the enor mity of the evil which sprang up in England under the Elizabethan poor-law, is aot less imminently dangerous to this country, and that all constitutional means should be adopted to playact the proposed Poor-law Amendment Bill from becominf law. They recommend the workhouse as the test of destitution—u the only stringent test that can be applied to distinguish between destitution and imposition— that there should be no legal right of relief—that the provi- Skala of the proposed measure are objectionable, because they would impose the Nuns burden of taxation on proprietors who expend their incomes in the improvement of their estates, as en those who disregard the duties of proprietor ship, and they urge that the area of taxation should be small in extent ; that it would be unfair that the support of the poor should be exclusively charged upon land, whilst all other reproductive capital should escape taxation ; and the mpg that all persons deriving income out of land should bear their charge of the poor rate. The warmest thanks of the eoulaittee were passed to Lord George Bentinck, for what they designated his well devised measure for the encourage ment of railways in Ireland, and a petition to parliament was unanimously adopted, praying that the bill brought into both houses for the encouragement of an extended system of railway communication in Ireland, might be passed into law. At the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, on Thursday, a discussion took place on the quantity of seed required for green this Benson. Nearly 800,000 Irish acres were calculated to have been under potatoes last year, and in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining seed, only one-fourth of that number, or 200,000, were calculated to be under potatoes this year. The remaining 600,000 acres must then be sown with some green crop besides the potato. Apa thy and the public works have also diminished the accumulation of manure below the usual amount, the consequence of which will be that a large portion of the 600,000 will remain altogether unoown, without the application of artificial manures. Last year only about 60,000 or 10,000 acres were sown with turnips, and this year at least seven or eight times that breadth of land must be sown with turnips and other green crops, to provide for the cattle next winter; consequently, the supply of manure in 1848 will be less even than in this year. The result at which the council of the Society has arrived, is that the Irish landlords should supply their tenants with guano, +bone- duet, and other artificial manures, and that it is the duty as well as the interest of all those who are connected with the country by official station, or as ponsessors of property, to endeavour to procure sack a supply of seed as may be requisite, and to take steps for ascertaining the quan tity now available. The letter of Messrs. Keel ing and Hunt would imply that potato seed is not to be had, at any price. A Belfast merchant has assured a friend of mine that swain abundance may be had, if the price be given. He stated that he would him self undertake to supply seed to plant the entire pro vince of Ulster, at 131. per ton. The price is enor mous, and, with the chances of another failure, the smaller description of farmers, and many of the higher, would not incur the cost and risk. A philanthropic Quaker, Mr. Robinson, of Clara mills, addresses his " esteemed Mend" the Premier on the waste reclamation scheme, of which he highly approves. In 1838 he took 100 acres of ploughing bog, which now produces better grass than he has seen in the neighbourhood of London, with excellent crops of potatoes, turnips, oats, mangel, &c. Seven years repaid the outlay. There are four essential conditions, he says, to bog improytrment—eneerise, to keep the surface dry ; marlingjb add weight to the soil and bring on vegetation; manure, to stimulate marl and bog ; and water convenient to be acted on by the sun in summer. Mr. Robinson recommends also to his " esteemed friend " the extension of the 43rd Elizabeth, which " mast vastly increase the prove rity of the country and the income of the landlords;" and an equitable tenantry bill, to mecum the value of improvements for thirty years. The following have been appointed commissioners for the relief of distitution : —Sir J. Burgoyne ; Sir R. Routh ; Mr. Redington ; Col. Jones, of Board of Works ; Mr. Twisdeton, Resident Poor-law nmimioner ; and Col. WOregor, Inspector- General of Constabulary. The run on the " road nuisance? is still tremen dous. The Gazette of lest night contains proclama tions for 16 additional sessions. The rush may be ascribed, not toe desire to take undue advantage of State liberality, but to bring works already in opera tion to a close before the seed time begins, so as to leave all hands free for spring labour. A Clare landlord has lately imp eached the accuracy of your " Dublin correspont," as though he toe a malicious pleasure in conspiring with Captain Wynne to strip the class to which he belongs of their vod name as the true friends of the poor. I know Captain Wynne only by his public conduct. MT estimate may have been erroneous in the opinion a the Clare landlord ; it is at least fully established by the only organ of public opinion in that county, tke Clore Journal: We venture to say, in reference to this county in general, that many and gross abuses have existed, which if aot per petrated by committees so a body—they were at least eonnived at when perpetrated by individual mem bers ; and many • • poor and friendless man in the county of Clare has bad reason to bless the exertions made by Capt. Wynne on his behalf—while soli interest too often induced those whose duty it was to pay more attention to his case, to give the preference to a more favoured butler deserving object. He was undoubtedly while in this county not merely tea friend of the poor, but the friend of the " poorest of the poor." And in making this assertion we know, from the knowledge which, as a public journalist, we felt it our duty to obtain of his public conduct—that we only do him • common act of justice. The weather, which has been uncommonly severs for the last four days, with a frost exceeding in inten sity any we have had in this country for many years. shows eymptoms of a break up this evening. Since twelve o clock a thaw has set in. The Warder of this day contains the following corroboration of my statement in the Express of F There is now little, if any, doubt that the venerable Judge Burton has determined to retire from the hoods, and it is generally understood that he will be sacceeded by the Attor ney-General. If we are not =Misheard, ccrourreatly Bar with or immediately au neat to the resignation of Judge ton, Yr. Croker Barrington will be appointed to the ogee of Crown Solicitor. The Marq uis of Waterford , in addition to very ex tensive em ployment in drainage, has ordered the per. chaos of Indian corn to the amount of 4,0001., to he retailed at prime cost, and a portion to be distributed ,to the destitute of the district around Curraghmore. GLLWAY ELicrlow.—The nomination took place yester day, at eleven o'dvak, the sheriff of the town presiding. O'nah_ertY. the repeal candidate, was proposed by Mr. Arthur ifelWi; a load magistrate, and seconded by Mr. =go tanner in the town. Yr. Lachlan Maclachlan . the Solicitor-Genera, Mr. Monahan, and his nomi • =am was mesaded by Mr. Rickard Lynch. Kr. Mae • 1~