The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-24 00:00:00

pap, Jam 115,41k 57 UPS. 1 75 16. Three per rim, 1111 Ili P01er414."1", 101; loam 100. 5e1iZ i1 k..... 74; O. —; YAW Sol% MR lean Ises. M. Tirm ~,,,b 41: Sisk lemen. WA Emlimp ea RialmAre.—Perli me Odom. 17i, 8; 100; Arms end Ileralll4 312 30; goi BIM rs ; N avas, 473; 11ar1k HS 73. 1 Letters from Berne have brought copies of two important documents. The first is the new note addressed by M. Bois le Comte to the president of the Diet, dated Neafcliktel, the 18th January, and the second is the report of the federal commissioners sent to the canton of the Valais, addressed to the Vorort, and dated the 12th January. The contents of thee , formercontain nothing new to those who have heard or read the late debate on the Swim question in the Cham ber of Peers. It is a mere echo of the speeches of MM. Onizot and De Broglie. The latter is a document of, a very important nature. The facts and documental which it discloses establish beyond the possibility of doubt the efforts made by the French government to motract the civil war in Switzerland by the most favish promises of aid and intervention made to the in surgent cantons. It is proved that, about the end of November, M. Gnizot sent an agent to the president of the council of war of the Sonderbund to urge on that body the importance of maintaining the s truggle, on the part of the separate league, as long as possible, and promising in that case the support of the great powers. The report is too long, and has reached us at too late an hour, to allow us to give it in extenso, but its contents clearly de monstrate that M. Onizot neglected nothing which was likely to foment the revolt of the catholic cantons against the federal government. Letters from Milan of the 17th have brought a copy of a proclamation of the Emperor of Austria, dated the gill January, which had been published and placarded at Milan, and of which we subjoin the translation. It is addressed to the people of the Lombardo-Vene tian kingdom. It was received with the utmost co'dness. We Ferdinand I. by the grace of God, Emperor of Austris r., being informed Ai IL. deninrahle event+ recently taken place in our kingdom of Venetian Lombardy, and in order not to allow this population to remain in doubt se to our sentiments in this respect, we request that it should be made known unto them without delay, how deeply we regret such a state of agitation produced by a faction con stantly tending to ovetthrow the present order of things. Let the inhabitants of our kingdom of Venetian Lombardy be well convinced that the principal !Lila of our life has here tofore been the welfare of our provinces ot Venetian Lom bardy, as well as that of the other parts of our empire, and that we shall never fail in our endeavours to accomplish this task. We consider it as a sacred duty to protect by every moans Divine Providence has entrusted to our hands, and to defend with energy these provinces from all attacks, from whatever source they may spring. To this effect we rely upon the good sense and the fidelity of our well-beloved subjects of the kingdom of Venetian -Lombardy, whose welfare and security in the en. jeyment of their rights have always been acknowledged both at home and abroad. We also rely upon the valour and faithful attachment of our troops, wh . ose greatest glory has always been to prove themselves the solid support of our throne and the bulwark against those misfortunes which re bellion aad anarchy might cause to fall upon the persons and property of our peaceable citizens. FERDINAND. Viennn, Jan. 9, 1849. Letters front Leghorn, of the 12th, say that the arrests which have taken place in that city, and the results of the searches made in the dwellings of per sons concerned in the recent movement, have led to evidence of the existence of an extensive plot, having for its object the triumph of a descendant of a fallen dynasty, and that a foreign power was proved to be involved in this affair. The conspiracy is said to have had extensive ramifications. A considerable amount of money and important papers were found at the dwellings of the chiefs of the party who have been arrested. It is added that the Prince of Canino is seriously compromised in this matter. A legal in vestigation of the affair had commenced and was pro secuted with activity. Cardinal Massimo, minister of public works, died suddenly at Rome on the 11th, at the age of 42. The Italia of Pisa says that his death was the effect of the reproof given to him by the Pope for the oppo sition which the cardinal gave to the late motti pro prio establishing the council of ministers. The Italian of Bologna of the I,lth inst. says that the Jesuits have voluntarily resolved to quit Genoa, and that their college had already been closed. Considerable excitement is reported to have been produced at Florence, at Genoa, and other parts of Italy, by the announcement that England, Baden, Wurtemberg. Bavaria, and Piedmont had engaged to give direct support to the Swiss Diet in case any armed intervention on the part of France and Austria were attempted. La Concordia, a Tuscan journal, says that a note is circulated in Lombardy containing the following list of the demands which the municipality of Milan have addressed to the Emperor I. That the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom shall form an independent state, and that the Italian nationality shall be respected therein. 2. It shall be administered by an aulic council, independent of that of Vienna. 3. All the Austrian employis shall be withdrawn. 4. The stamp and excise laws shall be abolished. 6. The number of the conscription shall be diminished. 6. The excise tariff shall be regulated by that of the neigh bouring states. 7. Liability to personal arrest shall be clearly defined. 8. The police shall be reformed, and shall be neither arbitrary nor secret. 9. Defence in criminal matters shall be permitted ! 10. The reports of the Lombardo-Venetian Bank shall be published; that it may be made known whether the interests of all the creditors are intact and have a sufficient guarantee. It. The central municipality shall have a deputy independent of go vernment. 12. The distribution of the taxes shall be re turned to the central and provincial municipalities. 13. Taxes shall be established only in proportion to the pro perty. 14. The law upon censorship shall be modified. No Madrid mail of the 17th had been received in Paris yesterday up to noon. _ HAMBURG, JAN. 18.—ALARMING ILLNESS OP THE KING OF DENMARE.—AOOOVIIIIII to intelligence just received from Copenhagen, the King's illness has taken a very serious turn, and raised apprehensions that the worst may befall (den aussersten fall be ferrhtenlasse). It is scarcely necessary to add, that his Majesty's death would create considerable embarrassment in the north of Europe. Official bulletins are issued daily, in consequence of the con tinued state of the inflammation in the arm, from whisk the king has suffered for several days. MADEIRA.—TEE BISHOP OF CAPE TOWN.— The Penia, Incliamen, having on board the Lord Bishop of Cape Town, arrived safely at Madeira on the 30 th ult , af t er • of ten days from Portsmouth. His lordship , on Newrel e Year's-day, held a confirmation in the English church, in the presence of her Majesty Queen Adelaide, when seve ral young persons were admitted to that holy rite of the church, and in the evening the bishop. and Mrs. Gray had the honour to dins with her Majesty, His lordship, with the clergymen and catechise who accompany him to his diocese, were most kindly entertained and lodged during their stay at Madeira in the residences of the principal merchants. On the 4th instant they sailed from the island, and will touch at Bt. Helena, where it is expected the bishop will again, be celled on to exercise his sacred functiong, in administering the rite of confirmation to the young members of the church ?indent in that island. TEE SIDDONS, which arrived at Liverpool on Saturday from New York, brought about 20,0001. in specie. She brings no later dates. Tit SARAH SANDS. —The screw steam-ship, Sarah Sands. Captain Thompson, sailed from Liverpool on Satur day for New York. Cbt Court. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Earl and Countess Cow l", and the Earl of Liverpool. left the Castle yesterday. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Pnncess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual airings yes terday. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday afternoon at the Castle, and partoost of luncheon with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise this forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the ladies mid gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Ceurtenay otHci mted. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also *Mended the service. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hastie, M.P., Mr. Provo , t Murray, and Mr Bailie Phillips, had an internaw with Sir George Grey en Saturday at the Horne-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood had a dinner party on Friday, at their residence in Dawning -street. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Saturday for his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians are expected to arrive at Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty, on Monday (this day). This intended visit had before been announced, but has been unavoidably postponed by the lamented demise of the Princess Adelaide of Orleans, bee Majesty's aunt. lr PRI ITER ACGMENTATION Or THE ARMY.—We Save reason to believe that, independent of the artillery in seaee already announced, the following augmenta ti on has Seen decided upon : each company of the Guards 20 mem, sack amps of cavalry 80 men, every infantry regiment oa Le Nevis* to 1,000 rank and Ale. By this arrangement us imam of seers is onatemplated. THE INDISPOSITION Or LORD JOHN RUSSELL merely arose from a slight sold. His lordship has already nearly recovered, and to-morrow, accompanied by Lady John Riesell and family, will return to his town residence in Chesharn-place, from Richmond, for the season. THE VACANT Gmarma.—lt is said that the garter vacated by the lamented demise of the Earl Powis is to be conferred on the Duke of Norfolk. OFFICIAL AND DIPLOMATIC CHANOES.—The fol lowing list of changes is given in the Aker's, : Mr. Wil liam Law, one of the clerks in the Treasury, has been ap pointed to act as private secretary to Lord J ohn RuseeU, in the absence from England of Mr. Charles Grey. Tbia ar rangement is consequent upon the election to the House of Commons of both his lordship's secretaries, Mr. E. W. Grey and the Hon. Colo. el Keppel.—Mr. Henry Edward Stan ,ey is appointed assistant précis writer to the foreign office, an arrangement rendered necessary by the précis writer, Lord Anson, having a seat in parliament.—Mr. Arthur Bailey is appointed surveyor-general at the Palkland Islands.—Mr. John Scott is to be surveyor general to the new settlement of Labusn.—The new con sul, Mr. Plowden, who is appointed for the purpose of ex ' tending our relations with Abyssinia, will reside at Mu son's, a port on the Bed Sea dependent on the Ottoman empire. THE GERMAN HOSPITAL, DALSTON. On Saturday a special meeting of governors was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. ILR li. the Duke of Cambridge toot the chair. The meeting was convened by advertisement, setting forth that its object was to receive the resignation of the house cc =duet, and tran sact other business. The minutes of the last meeting havieg been read by the Rev. T. I'. Wright, Mr. E. Sinvaxixo moved that the minutes of the last special court be confirmed, with the exception of these words, "that this general court of governors, whilst regretting the want of harmony which has subsisted between the autho rities of the hospital, is of opinion that Dr. Freund's active usefulness to the hospital from its very foundation, the assiduous, benevolent, and humane conduct evince d by him in discharge of his office as directing physician, entitle him to the continued confidence of the supporters of this excellent charity." The hon. speaker contended that Dr. i was tun entitled to Ws.'" t•onfidence mentiwted in the minutes, and said that the resolution alleging mat he was did not express the opinion of the general body of governors. Mr. S. GUILNEY, jun. seconded Mr. Sieveking's propo sition. Mr. C. COCHRANE said he would move an amendment. He maintained that the meeting was taken by surprise by the present resolution—that the moving and putting of it without the required notice was as illegal, unconstitutional, and arbitrary an act u was ever attempted by any public body. (Much hissing.) It was decided by a resolution of the last meeting, moved by Mr. Alderman Sydney, M.P., and seconded by Sir George T. Staunton, But, M.P., that Dr. Freund was to be retained in the office he bad so long and well filled, and that resolution could not be now sud denly set aside. Mr. S. B. CARRELL, M.P., contended that it was out of order to move an amendment. The only question before the chair was, the confirmation, aye or no, of the minutes of the last meeting. The Rev. L. J. BERNATB considered th►t the resolution ought not to be expunged from the minutes. It ought to be left there, for the opinion it expressed in favour of Dr. Freund was warranted by all the evidence laid before the committees and sub-committees. Mr. Aldernian SIDNEY, M.P., begged to call the royal president's attention to the seventh rule of the institution, " That the special general courts may be convoked by the house committee, or on the requisition of 12 governors in writing, setting forth the subject tube considered. At special general courts, the particular business only for which they have been called is to be entered into." The worthy alder man and honourable member said the rule had not been complied with. If one special meeting could destroy the proceedings of another special meeting there would be no end to meetings. Mr B. B. Cannata., M.P., contended that it was not ne cessary to give any notice of the confirmation of former pro ceedings. Dr. I..RIOND said he rose under very peculiar cirtum stanstancu, because he saw a great body of influential men against him, He was quite sure that ne one expected that he should speak on the present occasion, for the meeting was convened to receive the resignation of the committee, a subject that did not concern him at all. (lieu). Mr. Snivaturro The committee were decidedly of opinion that their resignation should at once be tendered to this meeting, but I took it upon myself to move the confirmation of the minutes, with the exception of the words I have pointed out —The CHAIRMAN: I believe it is right to read to the meeting the minutes, and that they should be put for confirmation.—Mr. Alderman SIDNEY, Id P. : Perfectly right to so put them, but not right to put them when they include an amendment —Mr. B. B. CADDELL, M.P.: There is no amendment, except Mr. Cochrane's, which is irregular. —Mr. Alderman SIDNEY, M.P.: A motion, on the minutes being read for confirmation, that so much o f proceedings of a former meeting be expunged, is an amendment, and cannot be done.—The Chu Haute : The resolution is to con firm the minutes with an exception.—Mr. Aldermen SIDNICY, I say that if your royal highness permit the, ques tion to be so put, you permit that which is not right. The CHAIRMAN : All I wish to do is the best I can for the benefit of the institution. (Hear.) I cannot help regretting that a great deal of a certain sort of feeling which ought to have been avoided was displayed at a previous meeting, ac cording to the reports in the newspapers, and I am sorry that I was not then present, because I think I could have prevented it. Indeed, as chairman I would not have allowed it. I have no personal feeling on this matter—l never allow myself to have any on such occasions ; and allow me to tell you that I am afraid you are forgetting in your feelings for one man the benefit of the hospital. I must not do so. It is the duty of every president to protect the innocent, and see that everything is done fairly and temperately. The CHAIRMAN then pat the question as moved by Mr. Sieveking originally.—After &discussion between Mr. Alder. man Sidney and Mr. B. B. Cabbell as to the regularity of putting the question in the above form, the CHAIRMAN : Whether right or wrong, I so put the question. I have done what I think right, and I will abide by . it. —Mr. Alder man SIDNEY, : I hope your royal h ighness will not allow yourself to be made the dupe of any party.—The CHAIRMAN I defy any man to say that I have ever been influenced at any public meeting by anything but a tense of justice. I act according to the best of my judgment, and am incapable of doing anything in public or private to lead any one to suppose that I could be so shabby as to do that which would lay me open to anything like the imputation conveyed in the remark of the worthy alderman. (Cheers.) A division was ordered by the chair, the supporters of Dr. Frenni to retire to the next room, and be there counted. Mr. COCHRANE: I have an amendment to propose to the resolution. (No, no.) I will be no party to these irregular proceedings. I have an amendment to propose, and will propose it. I have a right as a British subject, and will in sist upon it. (Shame, shame.)—He was about to read his amendment, when the CHAIRMAN said: You have no right to submit any proposal until the division has taken place. —Mr. COCHRANE : I shall persist, and endeavour to show the despotic proceedings of this meeting. (Oh, oh.)—The Citentisare : You ought to be quiet when I told you a divi sion was taking place, and that no one has aright to stop it. —Mr. COCHRANE : They have blocked up the door of the next room, otherwise—(Loud cries of "Turn him out.")' Let me see who will turn me out.—The CHAIRMAN: You had better retire.—Mr. COCHRANE: I will, but I will not be turned out. The CHAIRMAN then announced thereeult of the division. For Mr. Sieveking's propositios4ll3; against it, 41 ; majority 72 for expunging from the minutes the resolution favourable to Dr. Freund. The CHAIRMAN then said the next question was the resig nation of the committee. Mr. SIavEEINo moved that they do not resign. A. person In the body of the meeting proposed as an amendment that they do resign. The former was carried by a large majority. The Chevalier BUNSEN moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. It was not carried unanimously. The meeting then separated, but sot before Alderman Sidney, M.P., Professor Berney., Mr. Cochrane, and several other gentlemen signed a protest against what they con sidered the illegality of the proceedings. CONSECRATION . OF THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER. Theconsecrationof the Rey. James Prince Lee, as the first Bishop of the See of Manchester, was performed yeller da. at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, after the conclusion of morning prayer. There was a large congregation of strangers at the chapel, but few of them are kno vn to us, and most of the regular attendants, among whom were Sir Robert Peel, Sir Walter James, Mr. Cardwell, M.P., and others, were absent. There were but few clergy present, the day and hour toeing one on which, of course, they were generally occupied in the performance of their own parochial duties. The new rector of Birmingham, however, the Rev. J. C. Miller, formerly of Park Chapel, Chelsea, occupied • pew close to the communion table, and sonic of the other clergy of the same neighbourhood had apparently made a point of being present. We learn from a correspondent that some time before the commencement of divine service Mr. Gutteridge, accom panied by a friend, arrived at the chapel, and ',is conducted to the robing-room. The Archbishop of York entered shortly afterwards, to whom Mr. Outteridge said, " My lord, I have felt it right to place personally in your hands this document, a copy of which was delivered to you last *seeing." The Archbishop, being made aware of the sub ' ject to which it related, replied, " I cannot receive anything here."—Mr. Gutteridge rejoined, "My lord, I lay this be. fore you," at the Fame time placing upon the table before the Archbishop the subjoined protest, and then withdrew: To the most Reverend Dr. tduagrave, Lord arehbishop of York; to the Right Reamed Dr. Prole, Lord Bishop of Worcester ; and Me Right Reverend Dr. Sumner, Lord Bishop of Cheater ; the prelates eommirsioned to Tonaecnite the Reverend Jame. PP rince Lee to the bishopric of Manche s te r at Wluteholl Chapel hi : Thems• I Guiterideri a member of the united church of England and Ireland, Is solemnly, ea in the prewno i r .. of Godomizioetre‘t atri the te . rite of Jame es PrircirecLre'eti; on lately nominated Bishop of Man icheater, because of articles and libel 14 accumtloe charging the mid Jame,. Minos Lee with grievous immorality, and eapecially with repeated ett! of drankennere, baring been exhibited against him before commissioners of the Archhiahop of York, sitting at taint Juliette church ie London, on the sth doy of January of thin pre sent year ; and slue because that legal proceedinre are now in course in the Court of Quern's Benda flor invenigadng the truth, or other wise, of charges of wilful lying, sets of drunkenness, and malignity of disposition, aeged against him, the raid James ?ADM LK, and con. tamed in printed and published statements, and credited and van . thousands of the inhabitants of Birmingham, the place iv hi re the coil James Prince Lee bettor several bruter dwelt ; arid a Pilch saad charges of any legal proems, and nonseentotlY immorality are as yefundecided y THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1848. and labigetwedepieot OM anti farther, Mom the eat of mu =6:siddismse Prises Lee to the MOM rank of MIT orders Mt the shaft dromiteeme et his Ms Mfoleml7 =ll:whh smeallasity Sabesshery, AM al a oribit f the Masa me mof the fellre. end e•A l m ilesty Md. vargabary, mat Imild Is Mr, Ist deo a MOS af this setessmeal titre gem end bads* sons saris to oil tow Ind rims Oile= gessio—s Inn ashram I T := sad damp allerailllablefy ale 1111111110—• SIMMONS tk. 111.• witary df Mossitiss of getout Made—es Mime ts• vmstlea of Me Bag Girsi—esita sew est mossiel Melvft • Maim Mi Me Maenad Gad es& sir & madam Width MS* Mar the diehlemme U Demi Mitatkis of the laffitta• — ( lll llmo ourtems" & at the Osliele litwfsmns MIMS Po PIPWINIONP. hi- 2h. lest Royal Divine swift imounmssed st 11 o'clock, at which hour • precooks entered the chapel, consisting of mace-bearers and diocese& edlleers preceding the Bishop elect of Manchester, the Bishops of Worcester and Cheater, and the Archbishop I of York, in the order in which they are named. Four chairs had been placed within the rails, and the archbishop took his east to the right, and the other officiating bishops to the left of the communion table. Dr. Lee, who was in academic robes, occupied a pew immediately in front of the archbishop. The right rev. prelate made the responses in the service with rapidity ; his occasional glance around betrayed anxiety and deep feeling, despite all efforts at suppression. The morning prayers with the litany, were read by one of the usual readers of the chapel. The Archbishop of York then commenced the commu nion service, in conformity with the form of the special service for • consecration. The Bishop of Worcester read the epistle, selecting that taken from the 20th chapter of the Acts. The Bishop of Chester read as the gospel, the passages selected from the 21st chapter of St. John. The Bishop of Worcester was selected to officiate as the bishop of the diocese in which Dr. Lee resides, and possibly also on account of personal friendship. The Bishop of Chester is the senior bishop in the archdiocese of York, with the exception of the Bishop of Carlisle, whose age and infir mities preclude his appearing on public occasions. The epistle was read with that sort of rugged energy and sim plicity which calls to mind the ministrations of the an cient fathers of the church; the gospel, with the persuasive and inspreuive grace which is peculiar to Bishop Sumner. After the Nicene creed and a short psalm, the Rev. John Garbett, honorary canon of Worcester, rural dean, and rector of St. George's, Birmingham, preached an appropriate sermon, in which he made special reference to the duties and obligations of bishops, the great responsibilities of the office, and the necessity of prayer for their support and en couragement. lie concluded with a feeling allusion to the divine that day to be added to the number. The 80W10n beta. eeaeindan ., the hish,,, w . con ducted from his pew ie . the vestry, where he was vested with his rochet, and, on reappearing at the altar, was presented to the archbishop by the two assistant bishops as " a godly and " well-learned man to be ordained and conse crated." The archbishop then ordered the Queen's mandate for the consecration to be read, which, having been done, the oaths of the Queen's supremacy, and that against the power and authority of foreign potentates, were administered, to gether with the oath of due reverence and obedience to the archbishop and to the metropolitical church of St. Peter at York. The archbishop then read the litany, introducing the special suffrage for a binning on " our brother elected," with great fervour; and this part of the service being con cluded, his grace, resuming his place in his chair, proceeded to put the usual questions, which he read with sonorous and dignified emphasis, with which the humble and scarcely audible replies of Dr. Lee, " I will so do, by the help of God," were curiously in contrast. The archbishop, then advancing, gave the prayer "that God would grant strength and power to perform these things," in clear, melodious, ante !deeply impressive tones, by which the congregation were areply ioucheu, u ktl emphatic response evidently showed. The bishop elect being then clothed in the full episcopal habit, and kneeling at the altar, the " Veni, Creator Spiritus," was said, and the arch bishop and bishops laid on their hands. The Bible was then delivered, and the first consecrated bishop of the see of Man chester received within the rails, where he took his place at the right hand of the Primate of England. The sacrament was afterwards administered by the archbishop to the com parative few who remained in the chapel. This being the first public appearance of the new Archbishop of York is London, his grace excited very much curiosity, and the dignified manner in which he performed the service created a strong impression in his favour. It is somewhat curious that both the bishops who assisted his grace in this, his first duty of ordination and consecration, should themselves have been more generally spoken of than any ether of the right rev. prelates on the bench as probable successors to the archiepiscopal throne which Dr. Musgrave fills. CONFLAGRATION IN THE BURLLNGTON ARCADE. The following is a copy of the official report of the damage done by the fire in the Burlington Arcade, which we reported on Saturday: Jan. 22. Threesquarters past four, am.- —Called by police and strangers to a fire in Burlington-arcade, which wee subsequently ex. tinguished by firemen and the engines of the parish, London Brigade, County, and West of England. The cause of fire not known. Da. maim :—Burlington-arc ade , N 0.14, Mr. Russell, walking-stick maker. The building burned down and contents destroyed. Insurance on stock and furniture not known.—Ditto, Noe. 12 and 13, Mr. Perry, hairdresser and perfumer. Front of premises burned, plate glass broken, contents damaged by fire. Ditto, No. 15, Mr. Jefie, foreign bookseller. Front of building burned, and stock in trade injured fire and water.—Ditto, No. 59, Mr. Beaumont, ladles' Moe. I hy maker. Shop and contents desteoyed the first floor horom out ssd r uR. tusu.vet in the Imperial Firc-ofbee.—Ditto, Nos. tie and Cl, Mr. Morral, fancy jewellers and stationers (the .Zi.vdet Cat). Front windows burned, and content. seriously by tire. Contents supposed to be insured in the Sun Office. —Ditto, Nos. 62 and 63, Samuel Christmas, hatter and farrier. Con. tents damaged by removal and breakage. Insured in the Globe Fire Office.—No. 58, Mr. Buhl, boot-maker. Front burned, the plate-gims demolished, and contents extensively damaged by fire and water.— Ditto, Nos. 56 and 57, Mm. Louisa Amer, milliner and haberdasher. , Front of premises damaged by fire, and contents by removal and water. Insured in the Globe.—Ditto, Nos. 16 and 17, Mr. J. T. Cam part, Meier and glover. &miller damage to building and contents. , insured in the Ada. Ofileg—The middle of the roof of Arcade burned out.—The principal portion of the homes are the property of the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, and are insured in the Westminster Fire Moe. The arcade wu last night completely thronged with people, who had been drawn there to visit the ruing Owing to the admirable arrangements of the constables, not the slightest confusion prevailed. ROYAL BOUNTY.—Mrs. Glasscock, widow of Capt. Glasscock, R.N., whose death we alluded to last week as having been hastened by his devotion to the public service, and the harassing duties in which he was engaged, has re ceived 100/. from the last distribution of the Royal Bounty. The Misses Wade, sisters of Lieut. Charles Francis Wade, R.N., of H.M.S. Dido, who was killed in action with the pirates of Borneo, 14th Aug., 1844, have also been presented with 1001. by her Majesty's orders, from the same fund. Those who have read the graphic description of the adven tures in the Indian Archipelago against the pirates in those regions, as given in the narrative of the Hon. Henry Koppel, the commander of the Dide, will perhaps call to mind the melancholy circumstances of Lieut. Wade's death. He fell at Capt. Keppel'a feet, mortally wounded by two shots from the pirates of whom they were in pursuit, at the time being in advance of the men composing the detachment. It was an affecting incident in the funeral of poor Wade, that his com panions feared to trust his body for interment on the land. His remains were consequently lowered into the river, and the burial service was read by his friend and commander from his own prayer book, which he had brought with him, as he said, " for fear of accidents."—Observer. DEATH OF E. W. W. PENDARVEB.—It was cur rently reported at Falmouth on Friday evening, that E. W. W. PenWvea, M.P. for West Cornwall, is deceased, which event, it is mid, occurred at his seat, near Ciunborne, in Cornwall.—Sunday Times. THE TRIAL OF THE NEW STEAM-BITIF THE Dia. PATCH.—Oa Saturday the directors, engineers, and other gentlemen connected with the new South-Western Steam Navigation Company, made a trial of their new ship the Dispatch, built by Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwell, to the Noes and back. The engines were from the manufac tory of Messrs. Mandalay, Sons, and Field. They made 40 revolutions per minute, attaining a speed of eighteen statute miles per hour. LNQUEST, SATI:RDAY.—FATAL FIGHT AND ESCAPE OF VIII StiRVIVOIL—By Mr. Mills, at the Duke of York, Copland-street, Limon-grove, on Thomas Ball. The deceased was drinking in the l'eucutters Arms, Now Cut, Lambethl with a navigator, named Edward Staunton, when they quarrelled and fought. In the fi rst round decineed fell with Staunton upon him. One of the spectators raised Staunton off deceased, who wee unable to move, and was in great agony. Mr. Stephens, a surgeon, was called in, who, after the application of proper remedies, had him removed to his residence, where he died of the injuries inflicted by the fall. Verdict accordingly.—Stan neon was arrested, but on his way to the police station made his escape. IRELAND. Dram:4, JAN. 21. It was for some time doubtful whether the special commission should be extended to the city of Limerick, because there was only one case for trial—bat that was important. Mr. Hill was shot within the liberties of the city while enforcing his just rights as a landlord; and to suffer his murderers to escape the rapid descent of justice might produce a tad example. On the return of the Judges from Clare, Quane was at once placed at the bar for the murder of Mr. Hill. After a lengthened investigation Quane was found guilty, but sentence was not passed before the rising of the court. The commission for Limerick will close to-morrow, but whether this severe tribunal will re sume session is to depend altogether on the condition of the county in the interval, while Tipperary is on trial. REPLY OF DR. WHALE TO THE EARL OF SBURY. This epistle is of such tremendous length, that we can merely give its tenor. The prelate begins by asking the noble lord in what mi nisterial office he has taken out his commission to manage the concerns of the catholic church of Ireland. A late order for fast and thanksgiving was sent by the Viceroy to catholic as well as protestant churches This is of a piece with the letter of Lord Shrewsbury, who is accused as one of those " discreet cathelim" that ministers love to employ. Dr. fd'Hale says that Lord Arundel's letter did not breathe that " slavish and unchristian insolence" which merits the communication of other English catholic peers, who ere mere suitors for ministerial favours. After • lively description of the miseries of the Irish population, the writer I pleads in has own behalf the absence of crime in his peculiar ellemos. Unfortunately the good prelate never alludes to Major Mahon's murder, which took place in his vicinity, and ledto the letters of the catholic peen. This is a very singular omission. The prelate then denounces the system of charitable socie ties in Ireland, who, under English influenee, undertake to hod and preserve children from perishing of famine, by re sifting them into schools. Dr. M'Hale calls this an. &boo& nal& scheme of proselytism. To another charge of Lord Shrewsbury the answer is so follows : tie one proof of its spiritual denitutica, the "repeal rent" is paid throughout the diocese to forward the meosure of the repeal of the legisletive unlea Tee ; and your lordship's surprise, but echo ing the at'eated surprise of oar roomier, will oily strengthen our determination. Poor as we are now, as your lordship auppoees, in respect to schools and chapels, we were far poorer and more destitute when we supported, by similar pecuniary eanifice, the Catholic Aso circa. Did your Lordship or your tellow-peons, now so much man dared at the right of citrus claimed by the priests of Ireland, , after the rem* of St. Paul, then numb any indignant pies against their so-called political interference I Oh, no as long as the catholic peen of Erred—dor to society —from the lowest of of which they were excluded— slept, like the enchanted knights of old, in the keeps of their baronial castles, bristling wtth the penal terrors which iteptaloot the approach, nay, the very hope of liberty— a slumber in which they would bare rill Win without much lose to society, had It net been for O'Connell and the catholic priests and people of Ireland—we do not Sod that there was uttered any complaint from any quarter artier au sacred influence that marinated the men In this peaceful and morel warfare, until the mighty chief routed the drut of grim enueunento that were keeping ward tried their mats, and the clangour of eman cipation awakened them once more to freedom and to life. Who could have imagined that it would ere tree since the chief labour of some of those lord+ to propitiate the inveterate bigots, wheee joy at their bondage could only be equsiled by the.r rage at their liberatiou, and not only to forget the former sharers in their sufferings, but, worse than the compress of Joseph, who only forgot his coptiaty to labour to forge new and more plane fetters for tree who had mainly contributed is shaking off their own. But peers have certain privileges is aEng which no doubt ingratitude is to be numbered. In this very rude, by which they are treated by those from wham they had a ht to expect aid, the catholic clergy find fresh enders t i od e ltify them in the coulee they have adopted. The people sat** contribute their mite to the modern out of rte "poverty, I will admit, and not out of their alswerige This very rare proves their abhorrence of that =Or coney with which they are reproached by their epicures r a national vice, and their unconquerable determination whilst they are as loyal as run portion of her Maestri subject, to be equally free Like the husbandman who sown In rang to reap in harvest, they give their little offering now to obtain that sound legislation which will enure the fruits of industry, and overt the recurrence of tree famines that desolate the land, which, no stray none but bad laws have brought on, and which tree cruel sad unequal laws are terrible rounding. As the destitution, the dikorders ant the o,'„„ o . „•-e afflict the country spriog from tree boo •• ..a u nt Awe, as a troubled " tr """ r"4" what more laudable in the parrs of the people than to labour peaceably for having irritated in their place, a syste m , of wise and benevolent legislatioo 1 As another source of spiritual destitution " is the want of national schools, perhaps your lordship might inform the public, whether from any recent alliance with the national baked, mar sympathies any kindred leaning to that body. If km, will your lordship report likewise of the Protestant catechism, that is eur reptitlonly taught to catholic childreu, in some of those few national actors, that are forced on the ortiteary of the diocese, ewes by catholic COMllliigiolltr., in defiance of the rights of epircupal authority, nay, of the supreme authority of the Pope 1 Is your lordabip aware that it was the instruction of Ms borne that the property ot the national schools resorted to chiefly by catholic. should be vested in the catholic parer% and that in opposition to that admonition every art has been employed to induce the preeentpatrona to resign their knee arid vest the property of the schools exclusively in tips dictatorial body, under the pretence of keeping them in repair, as if they could not be kept in report. under their present trusses and patrone? Dr. M'Hrile continues to plead, that if he does not patronise schools, he folders and islands monasteries, which are much better. The Archbishop defends his enmity to the temperance movement by affirming that the Irish are quite as temperate as the English or Scotch, and that the drunkenness of the Irish is a mere invention of the Londoners ! Th e f o ll ow i n g is ,M 0 a Rood specimen or the latter : Does your lordship mean that we should hand over to the minister the control and patronage of our church! "As long as the catholic church in (retard remains in her present state of undue popular sub serviency sh• cannot fairly and properly work the accomplithment of her destinies." This sentence will no doubt afford a clue to guide the reader, as he wonders at your invective agiinat the catholic hierarchy and your piety for our spiritual destitution ! Yet it walk in the state of thin' popular iubservience" which you affect to deplore, the Irish church erected ins. brief peeiod,the 100 churchesin this dioaese,with our magnificent cathedral at their head, as well as the nutnrerieeschurehes, school, colleges, convents, and monasteries that now cover the face of Ireland. Does your lordship come, like the seducer, to thermic that fora mull bribe from the treasury to build a few churches that ma, be yet wanted, or to put others in repair, we should surrender our freechurchm, the works of our own bands, and the monuments of the piety of a noble people, into the hands of the commissioners of bequests— a Measure that hue done much to dry up our charities--or any other parliamentary commissioners, In order to enable them to "cater into the labours of others!" The rommierdenm of education generally take credit to theorises for all the schools connected with them, though some have the people erected at their two exclusive expense, and to all they contributed a share; and thus you would by some Insidious patronage rob the priest and people of Ireland of their control within their churches as well as the merit of their exertion. This, I artier " would be setting the lath church properly to work to achieve her high destiny." Yes, persuade the Irish hierarchyto resign their churches„ as it was sought regarding our colleges, into the hands of ministerial commiasioneru and then will oar church be in bet full career of accomphehthg the high destiny which her ebonies ire sighing for. Then we should bare such magnificent specimens of the taste and piety of these cam raiesiouers as we have already from the commirmottery of poor laws, in deeming the filthy eating halls of the workhouses sufficiently becoming the obiadon of the augur sacrifice of the masa. Would it not, you may add, my lord, be a great step towards harmony, a moat laudable exercise of economy, and a great relief to the financial embarrassments of you I favourite minister, if such commissioners insisted on ono common church being erected in a parish for relieving Is physical mid spirt. tual destitution, where the ruiners of Luther or Calvin could r after ow roomer Ws.. we In rune parte a G 5..., tied a s s er catholic% no doubt, might loiter to hear, by way of variety, the teaching of the others! But you must bemire that theSaammineonere never forget to place the desk of the tarn over the altar, an is done idready in some of our prison s, in order to inspire the spectator with a hemming reverence far 'protestant ascestiancy." To cap the climax of the "destiny "io store for the Irish church, they must not t k lrine W trirCtmt t % out frt ° ra th which pole ree ministers ooridgfir'urut'sions‘ cours e mtia: 1;1 carehilly excluded. Selections Irons the Bible mot be set before the preachers—the Book of Job for the poor ; and any contumacious preacher that should quote tram Irons or Jeremia% or the other Prophets, any words against wealthy and cruel oppression, should be treated like the poor good gentlemen--I think the Rev. tile. Adams—who lately indeed on his right of pro- testing against the confirmation of the Bishop of Hereford, renting hat claims, simple man as ho was, on the letter of the law, but who was overruled by, the more orthodox interpretation and sterner autho rity of the omornesioners. Are these "the great destinies which the Irish church is to achieve when freed from dependence on their flicks, and from popular subeerrieney 1" If so, it is, I true; a disas trous destiny which the earlobes of Ireland shall never cordemplate. This would be a fan which reminds me of the wordsof St. Hilary, the Bishop of Polctlers, to Oanatioitlus: "You hate the preachers of Jesus Christ—you build the walls of oar churches, in order to defile their worship—you ask the benediction of bishops, in order to trample on their faith, and you invite those bishore to your lemma, in order that ring Rom the table they may, go hike Judas to betray their Master.' Is tr. the itiOrlOWl A ia io n which presents itself to your prophetic view—the sods of ministerisl patronage reedy and successively draw around the church until the should perish in the deadly embrace? Why not, then, at once avow this project, and re veal to the world the deep schemes of diplomacy now at work at home and abroad to enslave her? Eas there been any regent attempt to extort from Rome, ever watchful against fraud, as she is firm against persecution, the delegation of a portion of her authority to any lay envoy of your lordship's acquaintance, in order that the dis cipline and neat tho doctrine of the catholic church, as well as the re putation of the Irish hierarchy, should be played at harard insomeof yaw Loam salaam, and, like the balls of a billiard table, be flung be sad fro soddlat on unprincipled circle of political gamblers! gene of the prig* Is Ireland have the spiritual aid of per haps only one young priest, just turned out of college! In what political terries school does your lordship mean that those young privets. "just turned out of college," should be formed for the numion Maynooth : Ah, tutaynooth I I perceive is still felt to be a failure. Notwontancling the hopes entertained from Ito re cent endowment—out of English money to be stare—and that annual labour of the Duke of leinster and the reformed visiturs to exalt, ex pand, refine the notions of the students by an insight into the mysto rio of mangel wurtrel and bullock feeding, as well so the fusion of various mesas lute one, to signify how the &inaction of needs may be confounded by similar amalgamations. Marion% is still, nal will continue, like an old monastery, where the students are pc ouliarly add icted to the study of logic and theology, and where the love of country cannot be trodden out. Why . not at once reform these abuses, and trace to old Dens, as their genuine source, all the iniquities of the confessional, and all the des IltUICialOllP of the altar ! You must look to the riaing generation of catenaries. Let the old priests, like the old rople through the opuntry, die away or live as well so they can, but you mum take speciai care of the young ones. As they hare proved ungrateful for recent kinder, draft away at once thaw young incorrigible Celts to Saxon land, imperiedise the priesthood and consolidate our colleges like the mime or the custme-house, piece them at once in London, under a board of commissioners and tembers of every colour and form of faith, from iIeStIMOOt lIMN/1111, so recently immortalised In the epigrammatic delinea ting of **eloquent sparred ahninietrator of taerry; who, with se...tff....Tnprociti•e of their own opinions, for probably they Co not wiligice the Irish pupils the hermit datum all; let them as scgaii%. i gGisgual reale of every heresy, the vital air of faith becomes more • tiler rise, until they reach the utter void of absolute un idiltaint faillionalite levity of their carriage correspoed with the peneltil embanians of their creed; and let their language—a perfect of their mongrel faith and their mongrel morals—bee mixture ofirish brogue and English connear, nay, bringing on them the ridicule of the one actuary they are taught to admire, as well as the scorn of the other which they are trained to diaows; and when they shall hare thus become accomplished gentlemen—by taking from them all heart, all oar std all affection for their reentry sod their creed—rend them back again s reran, coo card, and an unfeeling priesthood, to wear at every levee the livery of them semtude sad their hire, and to rival the idols of the establishment in casting salt on the sores of a suffering people and pouring oil on the headset their oppressors; and then, inked, may you hail the edema et Ireland's religious ad political regeneration . !. One mote extract. and a concluding one : What a mete-drama—what a ludicrous and tragic erten, this ea tire affair of Roman embanks and loth clerical denunciations : Is your lordship ewer', t h at whilot one —ottoman preeches and onetime coercion at home, Ms noble relative is said to be • meet enthosiarie worshipper of the wildest forme of liberty abroad ? Nay, he ikr re wonted as the born friend of the youthful Cicerathero, who, it b. said, aspire to be another Rienzi, and to restore the reign of the ancient Tribune, on the ruins of the Empire of the errors of tic Peter. It is even said that Lord Minto, too, aspires to the fame sad hououra d Petrarch, becoming a mord sonneteer in favour of the coming political millennium, and he may be prolonging hi. stay is Rome, until, like the admirer of liberty and Lars, he shares the triumphs of the young Rienzi, by remising the cove. of poetry en the Capitol. It W the m atio ni of Meal an amiss-wino said to be PO battle to the holy father; you bare been streritring by your ea- , lumens on the Irish hierarchy. And for Or oublie I now demand adequate reparation. Your lordship, at least, sad not can. trorert the position, " that evangelical discipline recoares that foe I public sits there should be a patois penance." You ire perfectly I right, my lord ; Dneld was sot a more correct Laser when, ran- proms of the tendency of his reply, he answered to the armoire of Na than ; and foe your public denunciations of the entire catholic church in Ireland, and of some of its dignitaries in partralm, we require your public atonement. You owe it principally to the taboo cud klphin and the Arebbinhop of Caahet, the MOWS? of St. Corer, who though adorned with the crown and mitre bequeathed to polmity the richer of his sanctity and Irish literature. It seemed to have been the o of a ranaorous factioo to make the List h i olop pioneers of the Attorney-renal ; to smooth his approaches by breaking down the fences of the mesentery ; and he hand over t innocent clergymen, stripped of the reverence of the people and the panoply of their leered character, to become the victims of some persecuting bigot., in order that the Sock might be essay dis. pergd, alter striking down the. pastor. Go then, my lord of Strews bury, end for this minor PMOOII Wenn% the church wpenance, and" weep between the ten* sad the Mow." The per end of the staff to which you have directed atter= is anbianatical of their- ! notion to be administered to penitents This penance is to be tem pered with mem, cad even toward' peers, who hate liere'r ,,l 4 more of proud fifth than other penitents, we &sold forbear any ninon*. wiry rigor, but ilsonkt rather stretch out the crook to rector their wandering, and the staff to sustain their faltering steps, IS they sic. preach the tribunal of mercy , : thus realising the mysheal signthe. nos of the ;awn{ crozier —' Naga retreat, suitnal infirm , * Is— ducit ernuiten"-1 have the bosom to he your lorkirp's rery obedient savant, sc Jonas, Areibishop OUP.* SPECIAL COMMISSION. piece of bees' wax rag. Dooley said there was some in his haversack bag. The next time I saw the prisoner he was standing at a table In the middle of the room, and he ap peared to me to be doing something at his musket. About a minute afterwards my wife came up to me and asked me what o'clock it was. I took out my watch and told her. Showell laughing and joking with me, and I bad scarcely got the watch into my pocket when I heard the report of the mus ket. I was standing with my back to the tire, and she was standing on my left. As soon as I heard the report I turned and saw the musket drop from the prisoner's hand upon the door. I saw my wife stagger backwards, and she exclaimed, " Lord have mercy upon us—what have you done ?" I ran up to the prisoner, and said, " You scoundrel, what have you done ? Have you shot my wife ? " I thought at first my wife was fainting, owing to the report of the musket. I sail to the prisoner, in my excitement, " I'll load my piece and shoot you." He said, " Load it ;" and my wife, who was lying upon her back, culled to me for assistance, and I went and lifted her up. There were two or three more men in the room, who took the prisoner into custody. I placed my wife on a form, and she begged to be carried to bed. I carried her to bed and found a wound is her belly, from which she bled a great deal. Mr. Jackson, surgeon, was in attendance immediately, ' but my wife died about half. past eight o'clock. No conver sation bad taken place that evening, before this happened, be tween tho prisoner and me or between him and my wife. I do not think my wife had been out of my tight for three minutes during two hours before this happened. I don't ' think she was five minutes out of my sight from half past twelve at noon to seven in the evening. The pri soner had been in the room, but I do not think I had spoken to him during the time, nor do I think my wife had. There had been no quarrel with the prisoner oa thats day. I do not know that my wife ever quarrelled with him, or said anything to him except telling him that he was more nice than any other man was. It is not the custom in the barracks to keep the muskets loaded except when on duty or on escort. It is against , toe general rule of the army. Stokes was at the parade in I the morning. The nieces are all examined during parade. I can F.::: uo explanation of this occurrence. I do not recollect my wife ever saying an ii 477 word to the Ina . er.! —W. Mustard, sergeant_in the n ew vs-- --- ti aT c_ ii p os r v o tt..! c on S ed to a li t es ..t: abo . ur two bar m .-k en ;: t . h .".-' ".."'" ' and I ha . ve known qiuru - t'oom when the prisoner was brought in w on Thurs• till night. lie was given into the charge of a sergeant of the 57th, who had charge of the guard. A man named Jones asked him if he was sorry for what he had done ? lie replied " No." Jones asked him if it was his intention to shoot the woman ? He said, " Yes, it was his intention to shoot her two months ago, but he was prevented, and he took • second thought." I then asked him if he had ally spite against the sergeant in the room. Ile said "No." The man then wised him if he had any spi,* against the woman, or any falling out with her ? Ile said ".No, but that she had said some words to him which no one should ever know except the priest." Jones asked him if he knew the women was dead ? lie said " No, but that he thought he heard them talking about it." He inked if she was dead, and Jones told him that she died about half past eight. He then said, " I can now be happy; I could not hare died happy if she had lived." 1 then asked him if he had any animosity against any one in the com pany. He said, " Yes; there is one man off on furlough, and if he had bean at home I would have shot him too." I asked him when he loaded the piece ? He said, " He had had it in hie mind at two o'clock to shoot the i l woman, but he could not get a chance, and he thought it was about five o'clock when he loaded his piece." He said he loaded it with ball cartridge. Jones asked him if it was actually 1=1:4; ~,,,.1 ':s.iut it into the arm rack? He said .. . he loaded ii and put it into the race. _"_^ 44 he ma not gei a chance until about seven o'clock, when he ran over, took out the musket, and shot the woman. Jones asked him, in • joking way, if he would tell the secret. He said, "No, I will not ; I will go and lie down, and no one on earth shall know it except the priest." By " the secret" was meant his reason for doing the act. This ended the conversation, and the prisoner lay down on the guard bed. Tlie jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Michael Stokes, who was committed for trial at the nextassises. LIMERICK, FRIDAY, Jaw. 21. Citation OF MURDlR.—Michael Howard, a young man about 30 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of Johanna Houragan, at Bally=nun, en the 6th of April, 1847, by inflicting a gun-shot wound on the side ; it was also charged that the fatal shot was fired by some person unknown, the prisoner and others having been present, aiding and assisting in the murder. The Attorney-General detailed the facts of the case. Houragan, the husband of the murdered woman, and the father of the boy put to death, had prosecuted some per sons who had attacked him, and beat him so severely as to put his life in danger ; and that circumstance was the only motive that could bo attributed for the commission of the murder. After the prosecution police were placed in Houragan'a house for protection, but, unfortunately, they only remained mere at night, leaving the house in the morn ing, and returning again in the evening. This fact being known to the perpetrators of the murder, they watched the house until they saw the police leave it, on the mornieg of the 6th of April last, when they entered, and shot the mother and son. For this offesce one man, another Michael Howard, had been convicted at the last assizes and executed; the prisoner was now arraigned for it, and the jury would have to say whether he was not ohe of those guilty of this dreadful crime. The third of the party, a man named Route, and who wan one of the persons prosecuted by Hou ratan, had not yet been made amenable to the law. Houragan, the husband and father, and Catherine Collins*, a married daughter of Philip Houragan, were ex. Attained, and proved the facts as set forth by the prosecution. The latter said: I was sitting at the fire with my mother when the party came in. One of them stood before her and shot her. He afterwards struck her down on the head with the gun. Two of them went into the room where toy brother was, and said something to him, but I did not hear what. I attempted to go Oct of the house, but there sou a man at the door who turned me back. My mother fell acmes the fire, and was burning when I tOolt her up. She was not dead then, but died shortly after. I heard two shots in the room where my brother was killed. The two men who came in were Mick Howard and Mick Roerke, but I did not know the third man, the one who stood at the door. I did not see his face; I only raw his trousers, as I had to hold down my head. That Mick Howard hes been hanged. The three men went away tort,. • "^. "••••• killed niy , molter they &seen tor my hither. Other evidence having been adduced tending to prove the prisoner to have been an accessory, Mr. O'Hea addressed the jury for the defence, and the So licitor-General replied. The chief Baron charged the jury, and, among other matters, called their attention to the fact, that the prisoner had not a mask on his face, though one of the witnesses swore that he had, The jury then retired, and came out in a few minutes to ask the court for some explanation relative to the different aunts in the indictment. Having obtained the required in- emulation, they went back to their room, and at once found the prisoner guilty on the third count, which' charged him with having aided and assisted in the murder. The prisoner was then removed. He heard the announcement ' of the verdict with a great deal of firmness. HARBOURING A FE/MR.—John and Thomas FraWell were placed at the bar charged with having harboured William Ryan (Puck), knowing him to have been accused of a felony. It will be recollected that William Frewen, the prisoners' elder brother, and who was said to be the owner of the house in which Ryan was arrested, has been already con victed and sentenced to transportation for life. The prisoners pleaded not guilty when tint arraigned ; but Mr, Blackball, their Attorney now applki or per mrs! , :•.e. for them to with draw that plea, and plead guilty. He stated that one of the prisoners had not been in the house for three weeks be fore the arrest of Ryan, and that the other, a younger brother, had no control over the house, and could not prevent any person stopping in it. Chief Justice : Are you about to produce an affidavit of three facts ?—Mr. Blackball I will, my lord, if it be neces sary.—The Attorney-General stated that as the elder brother had been sentenced to transportation, he would not press fur severe punishment upon the prisoners—certainly not to have them transported. But as he was not aware of the facts, he should like to see an affidavit setting them forth.— Chief Justice Well, let the case stand until to-morrow, and let the affidavit be furnished to the Attorney-General.— The prison , rs were then removed. They are both quite young men. MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF A FARMER.—But littlo more than a month has elapsed since we published the par ticulars of a murder which occurred at Backwell, Somerset, the details showing a coolness and indifference on the part of the perpetrators which was astounding. Thia week vie have to record another case of murder, perpetrated in the same county, and within five miles' distance of the former scene of erime. The victim is a respectable farmer, residing at Dundry, Mr. Walsingham Hazel!, aged 63, a man greatly esteemed in the village as a most kind-hearted and inoffen sive person, and well known in Bristol as a frequenter of the bay market. The deceased was last seen in the farm yere'. adjacent to hie dwellire-pone, on Monday after noon, since which time, up to Thateciiy, be bad been miss ing, and his mysterious absence had naturally eacll:fir! the mist intense interest amongst his kindred, friends, and neigh bours. It was not until Thursday morning, as will be de tailed in the following evidence, that • clue was given for the discovery of the crime, which, although for the present shrouded in mystery, has, nevertheless, evidently been com mitted. Two individuals, residing at Dundry, and who have for many years borne characters of undoubted respecta bility, dreamed on the same evening that the body of the missing man was concealed in a well. Upson stating their dream further search was instituted, and eventually the body of the murdered man was discovered at the bottom of an old empty well, long since disused. Suspicion having been attached to two young men, nephews of the deceased, they were given into custody. An inquest was held on Fri day at Dundry. The body of deceased bore traces of violent injury, the front of the head be ing beaten in, evidently with some heavy weapon, whilst the back also presented evidence of several blows having been inflicted. The corpse was apparently that of a most powerful individual, being upwards of six feet two inches in height.—Thomas Capell deposed that he was a farm labourer, and was employed by the deceased and his sister, who held Upton Farm ; the farm was managed by the deceased. The last time that he, witness, saw deceased alive, was on Monday last, the 17th inst. The deceased was a man of very regular habits, and consequently much sur prise and alarm was felt at his being miming on Monday evening. At about holf-past 3 o'clock on that day, witness and another farm servant wcro in the barn thrashing, having been thus employed for the whole day. Whilst look ing over tee hatch of the born, he saw the deceased standing outside the Colts' house, talking in • Diendly manner with his two nephews, Benjamin and John Hazell, who resided on the farm. He never saw him alive afterwards. Upon deceased being missed, active search was made for him, but without avail until Thursday morning, when, in consequence of something which was said, he was induced to go with another man to search an old dry disused well in the yard, near the stables : upon removing the stone which was placed upon the cover, and lilting the cover, he (witness) laid down on his face and looked into the well. He could not, at first, discern any thing, but at length he NSW something at the bottom of the well, and having procured a eandje, be got some well hooks and let them down with a rope, and they hitched in some thing. On lowering the candle they saw blood on the side wall of the well, and having procured further aseietauce they proceeded to drag up what was at the bottom of the well, which proved to be the body of the deceased, Mr. "hull. Atter the body had been removed from the well, it was con veyed into the house and upon searching the le ekem he I found therein • silver 6d., • penny piece, a key, a knife,' pocket handkerchief, two or three straps, and • short piece of rope which he used to carry hay with to the sheep. The prisoners Benjamin and James Hazell were about the house at the time I found the body; they resided with their aunt and uncle.— Joseph Stokes deposed that he is a farm-labourer, and resides at Dundry; he was well acquainted with the dece ased, farmer Hazen, and saw him almost every day; knew that he was missing. First heard of it on Tuesday morning, and bad assisted in searching for him ever since until the body was band. Yesterday morning witness was miming along the read by the farm, and hearing a man thrashing in the barn, witness went to him and asked " Have you yet found the farmer," alluding to the deceased. The man re plied that farmer Hazell was not yet found. Witness then asked if they had searched the well just by. He meant the old dry 1•111 in the same yard as the barn, and adjoining the barn door. He replied that they had not. Witness then said, " Pray do, for Henry Clover dreamt lest night that the body of Mr. Buell was in the well, and Benjamin Paynton also dreamt the same." Witness knew this because Henry Dover told him he had so dreamt, and that Benjamin Paynton had also dreamt the same. Thomas Capel, after expressing his surprise, then came out of the barn door, and they went together to the well. On looking at it Capel said, " Why, the stone looks te me to be in the same place as it always used to be." He meant • heavy flume which was placed on the cover of the well to prevent accidents. lie then moved the stone off, and after raising the cover they both looked into the well. They could see something at the bottom, but could not distinguish what it was. Whams asked Capel if be had any well knippers, and he Went and PROVINCIAL. got them, and they let them down and got hold of some- YORKSHIRE. thing. They then got a clothes line and let a candle down THE MURDER AT THE LEEDS BARRACKS.—The in- into the well, and they saw marks of blood on the side of the quest on the body of Margaret (Jarred, the soldier's wife, well. Before they attempted to remeve the body, when the who was shot by a private in the 5 7rh Reich, at the Leed s candle was lirt down, a body could be plainly seen in the barracks, was held on Saturday. The primmer, Michael well. The marks of blood were on the aide farthest from Stokes, who is 20 years of age, was brought into the room, the barn door. The blbod was about two feet below tie where he remained during the proceedings.—Mr. Price, our- suttee* of the well, and in that was, if anything had been gene, sated: I examined the body of the deceased. On brought out from the stable and throws into the well it exposing the Lody it was observed to be much blanched, and would taut probably have struck on that side. Further as a fault circular wound that would admit the point of the 'immix wss then procured, and the body was drawn up fire finger was seen about two-and-a-half inches from the out of the well, when it proved to be that of Mr. Hazel — navel on the right side. Another wound appeared on the John Hall lam a labourer. I live at Dundry. I helped back, immediately below the last rib and near to the to carry the body of Mr. Mizell into the house, and, alter spine. A quantity of blood had issued from both this was done, I got a hayfork and searched the muck heap these wounds. The body was then opened, and the by the pig -sties, but found nothing there. I then searched whole of the wall of the integuments was turned back, and the dung mixtn which is drawn from the feeble, and I found I traced the progress of the wilted. I found the substance the peak hitch in something which ought not to be there. I had passed through the right kidney, breaking up ha di I not know what it was, but I removed the straw from strumre entirely, and that it nail pasted through the muscles above it, and took out a large ash stick, about two feet and id the back and out at the opening I have described. The a half long, and as big Si. my arm. (The sn o t was here other viscera were injured. It had pained between the large produced, and was a moat formidable wee " intestine and the liver, and both these were uninjured. as any man's upper arm.) On the e There was no disease in the parts. I should suppose that blood and some long grey hairs. TI the wound had been occasioned by some round hard sub- Thee are still attached to the stick. stance, or ball. It could not have been produced by • sword to Hr. John Shorland. I there met or basoeet. It had all the appearance of a gun shot eked him if be knew the stick, wound, and the wour.d was suf&ient to produce death. is the tine with which we prop The I:hemorrhage ooza,ioned try the wound hail caused the wheels. Yourig Hazel' himself death.—W. (lured, husband of the deceased, said : I am the stick so found for that purpose. a private in the Fr its Regiment. Michael Stakes is • pri- the umbrella, which the deceased in the same 'regiment. The deceased was 211 years and ho was miss ed, on a wall adjoin% 4 month: old. I did not know the prisoner until about four 1 zetphews were in custody upon mouths ago, w'oeo I and my wife came to the Leeds bar- murder, and were attended by Mr. racks. Stoke.* was is the regiment before, bat I had oaf, tol. me severe] croseexamined known him hefore then, as I belonged to another company.. he gave most evasive answers. At fir Since we tiave been in Leeds, Stokes MU slept in the same public-house from 12 to Son Mind room wit's me and my wife. About seven ,-clock on milted that he was absent from the .. Thursdrsy evening theprisoner wax in the room with us. '' He was, after the inquiry, t a ken into custody upon suspicion I The piercer cane up t o Michael Dooley, and asked for aI of being an accessory. The jousts' was ....,,wfiourned. SCOTLAND. EDINBUIION, Jut. 21. The northern metropolis is just now in a state of excitement about its impending municipal regenera tion ; but were the suffrages of the community ascer tained by the white and black bean process which Archbishop \Vhately states, in his Hampden letter, was adopted by him to quell the parochial agitation in his Suffolk charge, it would be found that not one man in a thousand knows what the agitation is about, nor cares in any way how it is to be settled. A few active men on 'both sides make up the organisation of the whole movement, both claiming to be the "city," the "inhabitants," the " public, &c. Look ing et the whole question impap (tally, and regarding it as a local question, involving general principles, we are disposed to say that there is much ado about nothing. Giving ample credit to both parties for good motives, we deferentially submit that neither the new municipal nor the new sanitary bills grapple with the real difficulties of Edinburgh. Let us take the case of a dissenter living in a given street. He has to pay for the upholding of the established church, whilst his churchman neighbour, living on the oppo site aide, pays not one farthing; he pays more for the poor than said neighbour; he has a toll-bar set down before his dwelling, and pays in toll dues triple more than those on the other side pay for road taxes: he has a turgid stream Bending its noxious exhalations into the air, whenever he opens his window ; he has a heaving grave-yard in front, the very walls of which are blackened with the oozings of corruption ; and, not to enlarge the catalogue, what do the new bills do for him ? The annuity tax for religion remains un touched; the poor-law tax remains untouched ; the toll tax remains untouched, till the debts on miles of . county road are paid off; the churchyard nuisance remains untouched ; and the water of Leith is to be stagnant six days in the week, and liquescent for one. Truly the suburbans have got well off. The corporation mind is very much like the human eye—a mote irritates, but the point of the finger can be drawn across the ball with impunity. Touch bodies cor porate ever so lightly they are roused—lay hold of them firmly, and they do not make more noise. The "southern districts" of Edinburgh would not have been a whit more valiant had differential usages and imposts been swept away at one stroke ; and as local bills can only be undertaken four or five times in a century, it had been well if questions that must eventually come to be considered had been boldly looked in the face at once, and one agitation sufficed for all. In thus generally speaking of this matter, we by no means wish to overlook specialities in the case of liberal and public-spirited men, but holding with Pope that All partial evil ip maenad Rood, we must be excused for first considering what is imperatively done for the "common good." If Lon don and Edinburgh escape sanitary improvemeat, the cause is lost ;—and this should induce some caution. The town council of Glasgow has agreed by a ma jority of 25 to 9 to petition against the Bank Act. The minority were not in favour of the measure, but voted against petitioning on the pound that the sub ject had already been referred to a committee of the House of Commons. To-day and yesterday a committee of the Ayrshire Iron Company were engaged in paying off their lia bilities on the terms formerly stated—viz., a cash payment to account of 10s. per pound, and bills for the remaining moiety at six and twelve months. The commercial casualties in Edinburgh have not yet sub sided—two other failures being on their way to the Gazette. . sz l i rp n l er b .oem :t f h elin e w tau : T e li n biowt d owomai n lh o d : pron f l U i c t ev.it y ei er was th eint s. rarl airs. They are there new. e stick. I carried - N . .l' stick, and he uod had with hun •!:. ,n‘ng the steble. SI". , ws th! i stupid , n of commitnnt4... Mr. Harmer, sol i. ~ stained by Mr. aerneoLlifthe.g: - ‘ At first he said he wee sr vii , -N :...,..../ Monday, and afte rwerda s ' et the house fir some tin's.