The Express. — London, England, 1847-05-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1847. t erries which man could render to as d tes way, his grafted' for being. placed lal .Der, u ,` (Hear.) He would conclude his ob. fi t tri= with one prectial remark, for he liked not to con k re generalities. Th-re were always co in our gaols and houses of gieeki litfe.7, o % b e tween 4,000 . end 5,000 every year in the Lo d ti o tTensport Shi p were at all times conveying obese I This criminal population aright amount to I . *ll 30 000 *wo e 20,000 and , thro2hout as . , kingdom ; the m ould wee Immaterial ; knew it was tea great. „uding those who escaped punishment, the g i be bed mentioned might be doubled. How was obrest ad to be ma Improvement as in our penal cede, ec rt.inty of ateetion, w one important means; het well considered the subject, agreed that blii „ &a , d il a, .t s ystem of punishment, or the best penal we ld !led' towards eradicating crime by punish. so t It ...jilt deter peroons from getting into immoral b ie a had little effect on those once depraved, sewn bed hies had become a second nature, and who pre pped ea tbs probability of escaping punishment. (Hear.) sat t o do. effect of punishment in prepaying persona 6 , * el en.,...e5, was the reformation of offenders,— la I to the honour of this country, at sane. b, NvAwickshire. Bat a much more important ZT O - e r ,,..seing crime was found in the education of the b * , ...kb criminals mainly sprung. This class p i d the reh, the respectable (with few exceptions), nor he meabes...., the strength and sinews of their country, * pm l a bour bed been the real source of our national gnat s, (Cheer) Unfortunately, Criminals were mainly bead among.. the destitute claw, who had not the means of shades ft , their children ; and if schools, especially inf.nt o g g ek, were established for this close, the maid effective be ibb t oo wnuld be taken for reducing crime. Assuming fist the 100 1010 indigent pennons in London had 7,000 or LOCO thikln a, from th ree to five yeah d, infant or train * KU& n .ight first to be established for this number, and gas would the axe be laid to the root of that baleful tree which was core' than the poison tree of the Indies. (Hear.) Tido this e ff e ctually, be believed that state aid would be *war y ; but till that wad be obtained, let the utmost b o n etary ellerts be abb. This was his ease, as the lawyers o ld a y, e r the ragged schools. Since their establishment beam 200 3011 - Andrea had been rescued from the teed a • plor tile igninance. Be trusted the efforts of the thantabla .cold seer increase the number; and that bene volent per* , • would not content themselves with meaning pod oily, but woad astraily do good. (Cheers.) yr. Wan., the umetery, read a report, which stated Mettle *Mob W lea speamiehortly after the last annual peaties, whoa the aseit bed MOM than realised the expels. imam ef the pesmalla • regularly trained muter and Slitateniksi been esgeguL The number of children attitud inal*, sad Swag WM& ems near 300 ; those attend. fixt ibe 1111...., school were taken in the morning to St. &baydarr.h, under the are of the ousatheadents and imam The boys led made eamideenha improvement in ihe mann , rudiments el insewiteiga, mid had become much am clean'? eaderly in their @evasion& With the sib the mo.t decided impreeementbei alien place : or b*, cleanly, and attentive, they hal enerised every one nfle lied visited the schools. In mar rowed schools, an egempt bad beset samesellaily mole in provide the children heel eater avails madams • end Mr. H. B. Ker , fla recorder of Andover, had Aired Away guineas toward; Iledi en Meese when the commitese were prepared to Nay it into effect; at preeent, their crippled funds Sabato any attempt in that diesestios. The committee looked to the future with mesh apprehension, u their means am Welly inadequate to any M the schools in their pre late/fa The balms in the leamenee's hands would not asp liat deposal& Open three seentha. The Bishop of Remain floe sddreesed himself to the allehen of the school, what ocarina and demeanour he mid refuted every argument he had heard against ragged schools. lie . elated to them, In simple language, an anec dote respetti• g some men end boys who were killed in a coal ante i ll uorative of the influent* of religion on the miuds eta young. His lordship then referred to a meeting, on the pram. evening, in the Hanover-square Rooms, in sup. pa of logged schools, and expressed a hope that the move ment you. '.on become general, not only in the metropo lis, but throughout the country.. Thirty years ago their _ aak ehainone bad taken part in the promotion of infant camas, in •hick course he (the Bishop) had followed the alibis lord, e.,d endeavoured to tread in nit steps. (Hear.) In fhb object, much prejudice had had to be encountered ; lint the pr nciple being once established, it must he AUCCeeI /IL Ten yeas ago, no one would have listened to the pre vail of a mega echoed; its promoters would have been effierwhelm..l with obloquy and ridicule. Now, the objectors *me silent ; and in ten years more, instead of hooting, they wield be hooted. (Cheers.) It was said education was may; but was not a criminal education costly ? Ardent *eft were consumed to the extent of fifteen millions sten lag a year; and if half that sum was devoted to the pur ples§ of ethic stion, a great moral reform. would be ahead. Mar.) Who knew but that, from amongst the childrem et Ohs ragged school, might spring men of the highest die. saYbs ; tor it was • well-inown fat that the most eleveded shalideas in this Gauntry were accessible to the humbles!. Mating this in mind, let the friends of humanity redouble heir exertions in support of these schools. If any ens Vaal know how much could be effected by one energetic ad determined mind, let them read, in the last numbers! Sr Edinburgh Review, what had been done by Sarah Mar. Ys.ln 6n xi Yarmouth, towards improving the condition of isslates of gaols. Much wee done is these school', by pilliseine cleanliness : he had never known a very wicked ma with a very clean face. (Laughter.) By inculcating Who of personal cleanliness and selkespect, half the battle teed& be g .i..cd. (Hear.) Mew a few words from the Rev. Hugh Hughes (presidest alai sees 1) and Mr. D. W. Win, Bad Beouonae., en Isaias the**, dated that be had feet Ilegard 37 yaw in alias a rem* ainsegien. Ids bed came to the easeasien that troth abirehmem and dir sinters were very excellent friends of eidanseles, bat there Was one thing for which they were each IMPS flocious —a Victory over the other. (Applause, and semis expressions of di tr. t ilar maims then next &debased the meeting ; and another hyena wee snag by the children. At the close a ealeettoce was made in aid of the funds of the institution. ENTERTAINMENT TO SIR HARRY G. SMITH.—The washers of the Senior United Service Club gave a splendid inartitionteut at their club-house in Pall-mall, on Tuesday evadmg to Major. Can. Sir H. Smith, to celebrate the return dim gallant °Meer to his native country after his arduous @Whoa In the But Indies. Lieut.-Oen. Sir A. F. Barnard, 0.q.5., and G.C.H., presided, and the Earl Waldegrave sampled thr vioschair. Sir H. Smith eat on the right of ehalmMn. After the usual toasts, the health of SUeate theltolte of Wellington was drunk amidst great 11 e. The pßant chairman then rose, and, having ROO SMIONIIIIIIW address to the gallant general in whose =they limonbled, proposed the health of Major- Sir fly Smith. The health of the gallant general MWlTi,med warm plaudits, and the teas* was drunk r by honours by his brave oomph one is arms. Sir Istry Smith, in replying, expnred the gratification he azpirienced at the cordial reception he had met with sines lie arrival in England. The health' of the chairman and the vice-chairman ware respectively proposed, shortly after whhh the company broks up. CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.—The annual general out of the Incorporated Church Building Society was held pettedly in the society's rooms, at 4, St. Martin's-place; Orace the Archbishop of Canterbury, president, in the Mob. The report stated that the number of applications in &mune of the year has been 145, and the number of grants 1121, being more than those made in the preceding year. Of punts, 50 have been made towards building addl. tied churches and chapels ; 21 towards rebuilding eat ehorshes and chapels ; and 62 towards enlarging existing Hardee and chapels. Then gnats amount is all to Ana The additional chunk seas to On obtained by the undertakings towards which lbw grants have bees made is the amnuat of 40,8443 sitting., at which UPS are to be bee and unappropriated. The osoisey has now, dome ib in t/1001b in the year 1818, agile A la the oodles of TM new disMaisse and chapels, of Vida amhar 330 ow amme whirl taw been brought under the asosidersola et the Mal* dub, the last seven years. The annalsr of emawtained in the years 1846 and 1866, sad thy" ra is f ais ell, Mg 160. Of the mass aided dusky the year. 30 sew d districts far which it is the Arai" liglisa Comma' Wows will, be der limy have ea =MN of providias adiewmwet. Th em MOM sow 113 a populsdan 106,107 mesh, withsi gi e s 7 pewhise Ihmeavor elmselmetma. Of the soar &gig tho •iZoce 3,7901. las bar *goaded th sti e=g n these places, by whisk maw walla provided for 21,668 mwmans, ibel au* The total number °Emblem which ham someivol aid boa the misty rose lhowaher, 1843, is now 103, esestain- UNiOf a tsgslher 277,331 and and the amount at *saw he * the weed* wakes and slap& he them limb is 12,002 E; mai the Wed pr .Use if oirmeirresma eilbieed by ths oasis Ws _mid, aw time most sholhalm ;ism WE beWWWltaabt 46,210* be tam But2odtheee di Lila ors nee yea sifted We the list of eakiebisel dis til* TM Ibt et *me diebkin palibleed by the ssesass, thelOommiwisson ampimes SO photo t and lone h good mum to below that IRMO of they ehmenios 001 fo be mole& Twaei the belliai of OS" lbw as be ma dm* the sosistra aid will he aengho—la brybsa may al Ihmoinstior have beenaboady namlivedibit milkollern will bawds to the sock* To bast Her applrirmy 'OM °a a mimed bale of pm*, will rogoire a mama of *Oho dna WNW. It was reported at the hi owsl gravel 0/11, Ha the amount *ea 'heady rambseel an ass am of dram Who' louden Emil Islam wme 13,8861. Daring Ow yam* Pet ibr nee lledle miltedeme have COMP la, sod the Mid amesunt readvad is SOO/a Ids. Bd. The lame ban the bads of the treamorsr be the Slat= tact, vas only 1,818/. 3d. ; the amount of great@ being . 60 6671., while the mama is pa= b e g al 3d. lietwitiostandint the Madam whia the mask hostsessgelkel slept its Joao of grub, thin ME Mashy is newesing the aodheary bow oxlmodel Imilre the dame eaa the aselety lOW leek kr easalewt eopil lake. tram lbws elmonemboasem it hoe boom Ow** canapes Illepaose way epallogly He =1 bit to them, or is mom et memipt bealtolienry esalalka hum TMmsbiriamamllolyesomcngla enesmL The smipts from densdisos, subleriE sa md amemitlemma ham dlmessan and &last mesietios, w Ine wti t asomealoi to nasty 8,6001., have this year 7 Thor toe tasty esebadve of those base boa re. Timwe e ed la sawn ap to the to the " appear prensot lately pot forth. ppall Me, time, OAK I ce Is. ad. ; and the aromilles are glad be r forth. . • Moe imam* in the @amount of the anneal sub. mipbons, The Eight Rev. the Mew ot Worcester moved adoptioa of He meet, bid& was worded sad M. In ratura*g by mskaowledipasst he a vote of pried to hiss, 11M, Chow the Arekbhhop of Csatabary alba* ia ten* of high poi* * the MIL snore them 7ettr, given by Mhe cettets kr the building of Marches. veer et Swab were Nepsetively moved sad seeedMil by di ef Wesemeer, Chester, end Glea m**, end Sir Meket M, vat Met re-ekeriag Masses =E e l" : 4 the li Ytw Zipe l" el=, B ba tte t pt e , Isa. _ MARTLIIIOIII AJMOCIATION.-- Yeehmity, lismes s abeg osa MM pleas el the Marylebene Baited Rehm e aS lite Wedateelena Biremk _OtidiPPONNO• Km thdatlmpumh det Me ppm et ewaslasaleg tie Moine ef Adliadel lir Main Napier, M.P., ea his &eglantine* by pit rntd te the _neare d ef the fleet in daTegne. The remiedea vies !V Be ee puma : a &lie Mismgreleime aliededm buten OM the Mame Meal by Mr amble f g me tds MIA hie libek mugs Ma ky hi m andneat imall a F 1= ew 14 Ihrly simt Yen ; Mt Moe emeibeedes the Impssinse *the dutles, leagen times and vela the ears asseallse r s a r egertnes= 4e =r " g weigh it 0. henjme seasime. ea • beim me 1a lietrammelble WWI elleimerweiremee of sash dram Anoeher w•, impeasive ef esedidence in the other member foe the bereeed, Sir B. Hall, having been pawed, and several gesehes eanae, the meeting separated. THE Dom flocurrE.—The members of this society, established in 1750 for the purpose of supplying the poor with religious and moral books, held their 97th anni versary meeting yesterday evening at Exeter Hall. T. Challis, F.eq., alderman, took the chair. The report stated that donna the last . year the eunmittee had added 57 publi cations to the society's catalogue, with • due consideration to the different ages, qualifications, and circumstances of the numerous teatime, and that since the last annual meeting between 9,000 and 10,000 of their publications had been issued from the depository, and within the last four years 39,000 volumes were distributed, conveying the principles of evangelical truth. The report concluded by strongly urging on the public the claims of the society, and particular attention to the fact that the terms of co-operation were, that for every sabeesiption of one guinea per annum the subscriber to the institution was entitled to a grant of hooks, selected et pleasure, of the value of 11., at reduced prices, and that the half-guines subscriber was entitled to books valued at 71. ad., at the same rate. The balance ' sheet showed that the receipts and expenditure from the let of January to the 31st December, 1846, amounted to 8151. 104. Od., and that the stock now standing in the names of the trustee* of the *misty amounted to 3,2741. 12a. I Id. reeds. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. H. Shep herd, Bev. E. A. Dams, Hey. Dr. Barber. Mr. Pepper, and the Rev. G. Pritchard, in support of one resolution, pro- posing the adoption of the report, and another tothe effect that the meeting and all the frlendaof such objects as were contem plated by the institution were deeply impressed with the urgent necessity of frequent and fervent supplications to the Almighty to render their exertions at once efficacious and permanent. Both were adopted unanimously. The report vigbeen adopted, end the officers fur the ensuing year appointed, the usual vote of thanks to the chairman was carried, and the meeting separated. NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Last night the annual meeting of the subscribers to the above in caution, founded for the relief of decayed and necessitous newsvenders of the metropolis, took place in the News Ex change, Fleet street, for the purpose of receiving the report for the put year. Mr. L. Wild having been called upon to preside, said that in conaeqnence of use thin attendance of the members present (in consequence of its being the Derby day), it bad been suggested that it would be better to adjoum to a future day. The meeting would not have bran called at all for that day, knowing it was one devoted to pleasure, but that they were bound to do so by their rules. Mr. Hatton then mimed, and Mr. Hall seconded, a resolution to the effect that the meeting should be adjourned fora month, which on being BA, Vim envied. A vote of thanks having been given to Os elmirmen, the meeting adjourned. PUMICE DOUGLASS IN THE CAMBRIA.—The marietions which, it will be remembered, were placed on this gnatlemen, on Keditiedi of his being " allowed," after ming his peseme-meney, as sail in the Cumbria, were, it seems, net Mimi & the voyage. He reached home on the 4th nit, and,ia• letter width he published in the Boston Liberator, on We arrival. he states that he was not only de prima of the *Akio ef eating in the saloon, but was also sitat oat fume. sellaisee emmhip. There were two Sundays daring the verge, sad is eudoemity with the relipioas ideas of the eremsey, se weß es of the British public, regular swim were performed es board, from which he was en filaded es amens* of the °Moor of his akin. On the other Mad, " aside Bea this prescription," he concludes, " I was as well provided for as any other passenger. Indeed, my apartmeata were much to be preferred to any which I saw on board. I was treated with the utmost politeness by every officer on board, and received every attention from the servants during the whole voyage." lama ELEctione.—Sir,—Might I hope to enlist your services in behalf of a measure much wanted ? In England the time for county elections is limited Is two days, for boroughs to one. In Ireland the army sheds= Issi five dap, and I em not sure whether the boroughs are Willed to a lees number. Every one knows whet excite ment is created even in this peaceful land by a matested meaty election, bat in Iremsa, pertly from the driastwr of the people, partly It meek multitude* being esegregaird at one ironing ph.., It elm to a far_ greater pitelt data It ever doss kers, and with hailer& th ea ene We sad mimeses the other, yam* imagine she sasts ark** endeendmisa theseaulptsem mem* fee dm kap days, and the Wile Of fliiNawa the whets Meaty is reduced to he menthe sherwards. • gsteseel eisetien is sew ap- Mmehing ; famine and from me deanating that miaow biami: will it then be wise te Wag together emit imp name of an matted sad diosesei pepalsnen, and the peeler thirds the fetes* sad mem unhealthy mouths et doe year ? Weida It net be aim makat by a abort act to Wad to us the bum& ef the Miglidt kw of eleeden, restrict us to two days, ma Mew as se divide the ermaxim Into electors] diet:lets with diothest ? Lopt year there was an act intredesedl, P eflr a b ess ut it Nay the returning aisles le Moreau the number el booths when the number et proem whose moms ff. with the mom letter, sal who 'sees otherwise be at the same booth, email MO. I safer I lea . 7 0 th=t dried to Me apprestidag *Mita, and am only that Mb, wide mem to me ilkaly babe • really act, has sot brag since bee. intsseriesed by too Irish nurraber.—R. C. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN EOUNDSDITCH.—An alarming fire broke out this morning, shortly before one o'clock, t l itm l the premises nspector of M ean aLlia..Dangvie,mat 100, uster . f li co ol i ntli a t steady repaired to the spot, and owing to their exertions some Mrseewhich were under the main budding Were named; but in a mace of time almost incredibly brief the whole.of the manufactory Decease one immense sheet of Seam which completely illuminated the whole of the city. Intellfgenoe was promptly forwarded to the firc-ritatiesa, and when the engines arrived, the Pair had at tended to 1103, Houndeditch. Water was most abamist, and the firemen succeeded in getting the mew, by me o'clock, but not before Mr. Davis's premises were seedy gutted, the upper part of Mr. Wd% monsaseury best out, and the lower part extensively deelegua hy u lde 'sad water. The children in the plass wan Meld to anima eet Is notate of nudity. Mr. Davis wee not Irani Mr • li t= —ME SUICIDE NEAR THE BANK . 07 ENGLAND. Before Mr. Payne, in St. Thomas's Hospital, on Tuesday evening, on the body of Valentine Zia, a Gerson emlfirent, who cut his throat on Thursday mpraleg i Z i k Ptimemelmost, Bank. The principal wit =l ihrwerd by Serpent Harding, of the City were • Mr. Gibbons and a Mr. Dutton, both of whom were mein the spot at the moment, and who distinctly law be man cut kb throat. Mr. Dutton deposed that a mend party was walking with the unfortunate man at the time, but who immediately ran away from the spot, sal mosepea melee. Dr. Sewell, the medical gentleman, peeved dr 'Me et it the par fellow was in &trim the two days he remained alive Es the hospital. The moon having semesed Up, the jury returned a verdict that, " Weak@ • Isis was in an unsound state of mind whom he 'smoke* the lei sec" Berjeant Harding him used his Mout ow demenes le buss out the man who ran away, but without skeeliliel the slightest clue to him. It is hoped that this ukases I'M some forward, or the friends of the poor man may never be discovered. INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINIDIBS. The mooed seeds/ of the members of this instits- Sea for the twat was wee laid at Birmingham, on Meaday sea& J. B. M'Omsell, leq., of the Leas and North-Wastent hallway, peesidlee. Several were read ; stowed dam was ose by Mr. Buda, and Matte' today, rtiog la a hairewelim "snag at et l a series of tiest lass ow the ericluatia Lem opiaisa that by wag • erwobar of dm, Welt of adlidest . dimity twat be Ireed hr the papaw al etaddes hes hee the we. The repent it Li piper seemed la be that its aeon* migleterve se a oils ha the wedreedla of has se fiatihe veriest towslft et dr may be assembsiod with He had expsedlleas of pews,. It hathsr set forth the - gra ftveseett the eat was heed to be upeadreKeyerematudarhataisawa assaulted ma samosas of air,tillewist tbesedditobest bh week with mere ream Vows experiumede had bees sae at the Seas the object of whisk was to show whet density of air aid be obtained wham the vases moved at a Ind shay, with the outlet pis aimed. sad with it sok at various ass The yaw oleo esaised latereesi gp aft eerwisg the selesity lithe ps of the tear par seem, and the Koze teas= drive the i ts ra . ginuo The triedems amb e.esd that le read near an Atoka whim the tbeeretield sad the dye tithe war me self seta The fader dwarel thee the telet erielag hr the he saws be Mal al adisleat she Hat the air may has a fres sad ee harropeed astioa is its seas to the blades of the far, Our Vibe Nava e.wmMesalsid that it is des at tha mesa el yews. A is the ease 'Warn was readies Ye. lassr at the _ lddMwatsr Fasairr, snow, sod di diswelfribs immeimble ali da Z the needs rides eat of his expednersh 'dirtied dint sea* whit thew_ waisted by these 'Ai& hail bees la. siltated by Yr. Dow. Kr. Jam. eat hulk that by the pro Ned aseatrastios tithe los he bed tea ambled tw 10 to 00 was al hem per day, at as rata of hew 110,: i ig a g Er. led id& a atparlitoms of set et the le mesh to el hes aredesei. sad with as dabbheerr pewee mine; 1111.111 d jimighe dm, tan ,le deehe al gae dew. A MIMI des meld adadre to the I= ai etto of thy heat the ayeided; met this yeiat it saservoi fir tabaretZdwatirra. In is rar n owo k e t ef the =wise h sea shed by M. AlimawaOsedt, Maw has, da the system propesad le be theft' by Ilb. Dad& bad base, tar the last two ow these issalie,L wawa wow use L Leabratire, and that our malt ins the pwietdea of a law quality of Mos The sear was thea albs' at shod owe for diseturioa ar • taw day.—lsaaar peper read. ocestalaing a suggestion worthy of notice, was from Mr. Crawford, Moil engineer. It was a plan for an improved bee& he railway carriages, and • model of the invention wee onhatted. After letting forth the defects contained inj=ent system, Mr. Crawford said : " I propose a arrangement for accumulating power equal to •Mambet of men, in proportiou to the (*Magee on which breaks are to be applied, and with& means of connecting the betas of the several carriages together ; and of distributing the retarding force or friction La each in proportion to its weight ; and by which mesas the breaks may be as suddenly oft gradually applied es CirCIIMPIWICIS may require their in tegration. To effect this, I submit two plans Awe • cylinder with a piston actuated upon by ' ~owed air, or the ordinary atmospheric preware ogommis venom ; or a series of springs placed in a frame in sermanism with the machinery for communicating motion Me he breaks, giving a decided peefercoce to the latter al , mogeommst as the cheapest, and least liable to get out of order. The connexion may also be formed in two ways, either by a rewelving rod running under the carriages, and fitted with • universal joint and socket at one end, for the mid of the rod in the sdjoioing carriage to fit into. or by atesse of flied pulleys and chains placed under the floor of the whip ; but with either plan it is necessary that a , gobs oboold be attached to the lever of each break, to re gulate the amount of pressure to be applied, and to remedy any diff eerier that may exist in the length of the connecting rods and trial= blocks,lor other pale Ode irreguleriiies." In a subsequent part of the paper, it was set forth that in the adoption of any p'an for suddenly applying a great amount of friction to atop the momentum of • train, it was desirable that it ah7uld be constantly used to ensure its acting when required. It war, therefore, proposed to join the brooks of several carriages together, by either of the arrangements meutioned, and by placing the whole under the coating of one guard, lie would be able to use the breaks f r tie or dinary stopoinz of the trains, by allowing the Bellaire to moil about one half the length of the frame in which they are placed ; or should it be necessary, it would be in his power to throw in the whole effective force of the breaks by a simple motion of toe hand. By this, an alteration is made in the general plan of forcing the friction blocks ag ainst the wheels, by means of levers and rods attached to an horizontal bar pleowl underneath, and at right angles to the length of the carriage, so that any ocasiderable expense in carrying out the plan would be unnecessary. If the springs, by an accident, became disarranged, the breaks might be applied by the hand; and, lastly, with regard to the construction of the springs, those of a spiral form were declared to be the best, if placed in a frame in which they could be regulated, by means of a nut and screw, to any desirable strength. There was a discussion of an hour's duration relgiveto the merits of this inventioa : Mr. Crawford set forth its utility for stop ping suddenly in cases of need, trains elapsing at a high velocity as easily upon an incline as on a level ; the desirabi lity of such a power was admitted, but it seemed to be doubted whether, by the plan proposed, that which was in view could be attained. A question was raised relative to the expense that would be in curred in carrying out the plan, which it was thought would be considerable ; but that point was made subordinate to other objections seemingly of a graver cha racter, and which were raised by the chairman and other gentlemen. These were first, that the plan could not be put in operation unless the carriages on all the lints 9f railway, were exactly of the same dimensions with each other; se condly, whether there was not a probability (under any cir cumstances) of more serious accident by the sudden stoppage of a train than by • gradual " pulling up ;" thirdly, whether it would be at all expedient to intrust so much power as was proposed to one man ; and fourthly, the chairman said he was averse to the employment of any complicated machinery, because in the event of its becoming partially demigod, the octien of the whole might be suspended in a moment of danger; and that consequently he preferred the system they were now working, because although they might not possess all the power that might be gained, that which they did pos ses was sure to be within grasp. All admitted the desira bility of having the control over as great • number of the wheels of a train as possible, and ultimately the further con sideration of this invention was adjourned until the next meeting. SECOND REPORT FROM THE SELECT COM. MITTEE ON SITES FOR CHURCHES (SCOTLAND.) This second report contains the evidence of the Rev. Messrs. Borrowman, Shepherd, Macpherson and Mackay, ministers of the Free Church; of the Rev. Mr. St-wan, minister of the arabltsbed Church of Scotland; Sir A. Campbell who has the charge of part of the estates of Lord Breadalbane (a free church elder); Mr. Mattheson M.P., a landed proprietor, who hat both refused and granted sites ; Mr. J. Grant, Mr. James Allen, and Mr. J. Macgregor, farmers and members of Free Church congregations; and Mr. O. Dickson, agent for the Caledonian Bank in Strath spey, and member of a free church congregation. The innekindicious, dispauionate, and conclusive evidence en the subject that has been given before the C.nnmitt , c, is that of Mr. Matheson, M.P. It is not long, and therefore we print it entire : catraius : You Ire ereesigior et the whole hbind of Low* la the Wade lards I I am.—l haw ,is ere likewise • inre:== • ths ash lend I Not • beep not to • NOW Yes—Wlst Is the of Loa. 1 It is shod le** I tilihek.—le etwornesy gebotril piese in Lewis I The etlo. sled tionk—Whet is the eopeleilog thirst It is about MOO 14614 ••• IP••• Op011i• — r•m• • 11/ 101 Pftlaelkin et Ihe etorowny wog to the hie elwriht A arlbsehis eregeresa— Lad Is thseseritry darts* whit lgolgoaohl sus,lalley w t tenets snentraie m otier ba ser_ yet boa Mrs. • Mr at f . iiidat "ern to gnat by shwa* amok sad Lends dhe had 111111 Fronted sliest atew ird ego 'Fooled Went wieekei Os pregerte. aid I *geeeg *uehebed se esagesseeng Fog se the rearebbe Meg dea she led , *la I ausedagly IlessoomMess Is mar. *ea useinall haw pea* dies wlehea esy • iik& I Mehra* lambi hew dowes—= haw** rages geg es Fee*. bunt redoes I hod be la thee gram, go ebbs hearse is At the Uwe et theirees hol • wesh Forperty lothedwad sees *doh there were se Wwi. wheeliegeedi Is Ow a sib as *et Foga* ley the bow. et the whiliworbe FogilMerg, rehrei eras; ha ohm I are solo eognewiss si Isorlse i vi...• Imes Porillisas I be* thee *we was as home Om either. ain or re. beezwilta, ew,W *rap Mellor* sad the Wheeents *the too *owl : I detroble oods ia lizzlat at cage le grant siss•sanisvry.ll whet I Intim to the Lame under dir e** dreseteseek—lt as per it they hoe set *wined thageniebe rue Mu*, that the bodholseired vaieSdeees tonere°. elm dale peak wail low how aelsedy begrime we* I now nesoredly, wry wale* bawl: nal Seel* he peeled deselles des weeks wee to orgews the pepoleeles did seise as haw hew the rout at reenter roaster anima hboh—lbree iheyFerad abietwege *stow dor* mad *go* sialetwilbes overle the b. hail Mai Os whim Therein egedbegibenies/7 le Soh be ea*. able who en psi rows.-age semis et the prelim la *eh** *theft widMss* aid siesehrelwe *Os Ow 'bona YU keeghergh hen added thetas**. dela porbhns, of WO* Mr ere semi* we* lees awe inisighest tai he the pees_ WO* an ewe sogellelottik emtsYld lfne+ user an easel man 1p swim of Iwo Wm see atYe red thaw—Was =goblin OW volialeg theadewswell hoe lailsow essiewy Wow lost eemeadra with the esaddlabiamt Omsk wee I made a Idol *IW la • eagles aelheelsedvhle WWII I Ogg oar =Old. sad Where I hod lees lore, sad whew my eery lad lea alibi be deasaisea Is Ow ewes • ow steatimag exists *teen the how *dm gel** wpm*. toe bah degree, wet I meshed the esersblea wad have toes d to Ma w = awes *AO I eseemwasa. Wlllithot Oat* at egpoitel agreselow se wish*, et Os whillehed dew* la doe pee iiiiattles reed. halm. est ewe am etas beggar* alowleabis aro* I=l,loh bathe weddrelher degetaid gtraglarrs. Mem abblestkon the rears at a senneekee with d entabileh awe *WNW Iherlage shwa thee ein be the enes—llege a sidulessure how eighllehed to the d * hilmt he lLeez *the claw ▪ *eh Ibis ohm* t Yea—Allatd the eggeblies lona Yo 7 wadyie *at lithe Mabee Ws* lo MA* they gr e a t it pr„ s esialy.—lbe Owes Eel lea begagodly • Feat et wilds( WaL aa r a dook a T aa faa m l i ti a el= er ihe a = a , wane le the aleabosse Y disk app ems w mema—ikee t=s ,..a. l, n al** eresteneellso idea Ihe bet *Mir t Sews ed. persowily make Feet Ohre, Is **FM ths Is whine web woes geed! Yee. I here made seasi. lens I hew seionewell to odd a hew les bees iblellerehlegwerk thea is IlloOdliwass&-Wave made lees sad well = a lethelly yea at web wane w awa*. lam ale wilefteses le be WNW Iles uteesot —Del yes eal OW a they were • wet sib= yOs I await sew Ilea I rephod sy eselters newt the NOM riForebarogebo, ad* ma le alma • Frei bilems spa Ihedserwelerst *me g * law ha. Iles, sea Feet et Wee gob* aged*. etas ea* ettbenowar, arts Woad hadlossbasebawhi* las lei* Ocomilleohed ter dhafeemrw r eller glom is It was est Mae. repbelle bogrhe peels *lowed it ape thew yee erege Is b. se do wry thee then Fest die. tegmeme remalled ta aembesd the menages et ipsia,—Tno bees esewilobeee Web the Melba* weeweik, hoe yen oat I hove sa *nage ; I lew .i lee= be ow Jr yews disc es Set I left whops kw thin ems reel Wok eat eke alsarsassr loge =Ora pm* Is the et the t Yes—ibeeld yew ay= ac ct slorrehdells that they** essietely SW** *ilea b gelled la de er bol of ease bowlibe ; bet anastike al tomb v Is saw cease I* fog dm* t Yes.--ftes yew iamb arigheeleriabe. Wish yes anliggekleve the goals sire amdred a dist Tea— Wes dot hen the Das et Ilelhaseett Is; Wee Dole betherbol, Wheel a his, lot Soy grobabli Wag MO grew Sr Chew km" swam pagetssir lb, rerbb.-11 year opiates that • hop Pada dl.— demsistlea mem Isedsel *the apse mi. shbodase *aipgeatterrypriar, them weld be sanded wiele enewitsalts ilsh *dr earshort Most esswodlyt that ▪ er eria ih r e libr y dais rossiglos say saw Webbed* sweet that *di oadaseellos thwed/ line whlstealbs sta. Ma*. . Hewn ha ems eureseth ss Ihet s kap *Ms et yew lb Ms her ewe, set*** Idelgado IN robs / Tea— ls igueldee et be weed bellede ef be pod* tho halm* hew hog la* deep pow leldwoh segsabelese orgh *ea as a ma halo 11. belay /Need Is Mos t—Priew ths eseleel day gehrols Illeeewarylis The silisposidem el sad *War el the parties who have refired dim es are se tits earemittee appears to be to set up the deems thee lhowsre or have lees violent sad Wadi diadems arm emisested with thetreesiturelmeweimmt. If this wore sa** * warrant the refusal of sitsans a respettehl• commaim sad imitable aural t, it mead be equally aggaleable Mr the Waggons, the ladepeedenr, mil many mbar impmeisit sea, sli of diem at their Grid dermatima liad'ettemleMd eltemuseemie of leestricity. Nay, with Om resort eabildildes dem Dem - Damit Ill'Neile and his friends in PasOlar Nei lathe memadoe dams, it might be extended to the Terra of Aso he the Established Char* of With this agirmittie• we giro Sir J. Orden, c l a r i rriss he hell • 1111•1 s Under against the Free the dell hest of Or Mowing carious paws Is Ile exoniallas of the TM. Dr. Ilmidatosh Mackay. rela tive to some Wimp 'Sidi have appeared in the Gera Erdosse, dieldeb Met tesditmles is miler : The WmaNimelms lead dal Os lighbmists me speedo els Ilg* begebedleat I lases OM Is Its ileillyre Noah what la semi WWI They dd. =idol* bay ass sews art ibeeleas et Epoomet Tilt thwelsee lea seek mime slaw them.—l Mid la mr Mad Mid S imAr i s e:s • deem Met Pa It I Pah- Si mese leth er lisaw irael ht la wht pawls le he a smile ets Welelma tops Is the pelibeilhe yea led la gimbal! Ihettrerm was set imposed by we; to wee Nowt* r we es IN hem 'Moody dream. Two deems were supset ra eZ e ymo a WRY:Wet Ni to shame, es Imam line bah er rors. I Mir Idea duo to low tons so. .-11•1111 lede *eir eimodert Yes they was — Theo twe dreams woe set Weds* tr reat Deoldedly ost.—They 11110111611111 by mum got pallehedbyysint they 111111.—Tes, WWI wedged Owe se es at dram ohl* owe abaft &egad totaany dreamt I I (spy Wine theta to tar bra go.-1116 Maxi Woe dream to 7eal Asa I bandle date to Mb rthadttee wto tt the It woo Wirth et dr fresbudo ; frit is mower et I vat dos yea re ear d; Fakir sr of the tree shwa smith to Pr Wu Pm thews bed We owta* -1, 7 gem ; llrealft Ito; der rare repatted isksidie Yrs diem* ath roterr* lam thin they von dermit—dy "beet thre key dolma by tIM *iatwwnttfrWreatetWaaeps. gaol - the; motet Ilk wethropitteu ••• AMMO ta the wrath of SallisMA arl the after tees berth la the serlithat Rattan r :fella d " drearst it ne t ast rad* rth y or ma misted er ultra yen ady, yem. Ito ethos gi theris Witgeas, pablimboilibisebraust I 7Y.- -I rear tram Ira Allege IN. Is Ohms swersitheambilth drawn Ihstl Oar Wks Okla. tuna the heed** the Id* morthistedthemeadmerest of Or =sa drank NOM thesmrtin. &Pm w000041 " 1. * Wammtbsel Pot thin was • ram Is the molatemarbesd who did moterassat et ale ethillithelabsne whim the sort et ther arard him sweet; tat he had same es sew. Tam bras =MI nimahrldlowfas atailithed 'harsh la thisykso, =Atha Math, cittekes dreshthatio with distrawhethesoweemast; crake madder soilteldth Ihrsthwhetteroverthrlyamatthilehathe themstatibieldersth add to Mow dishwaters h I sieltherktell yea that, ad then; had, I smit h mo meal rthothehimt tbo , matter ; eirdnuoisessnikkg Is ow Be ems arm asl the seism I dram* Is die rather I saw mirth laded* ten et thrth in dr parish, who ere yet Ysselttathe soleiddrd thank ; I maw Illmwmdwo awl d.lk• st keriddbled Amish is ilk Pith Mr. I, ill • . Tb• radairnir t iheeeklitsird chard. win et or sad, mod us were preerthr err a Wld, with • =Ws* wd talk mike or hi st ; Nave ha mthehm, sad ore thin ells loth thy we smith Ws um nt lei three the esmatheaties elite bee shwa woo soommtbk diaselissetilley ma d gamut app tlem a g . them, sad waft anual, =I the as arks inn* sad owe sod 'bosomed et the pekes rides as It rare Is dr ears iaai err their Wads. de Pad 17 Oak Nal *mask did ea atm es earth lath a tow Path Nth kthat alth to the thee at dew a* del* was Path ithemm* Other es every ids. add we dot Oar thee wom tram I' to s ; we hth us deadreghse for oar Id; hat Ira I maw the ream ban earessadi* se. eth W. it Wu ! tatted"; Ist It were dal* down eft ma the UM stied out to =Mrg. tn, but es sett nose th tads tier wok dews with L preethce se both ea oray aids et as, k was ad In u t i — petis km me. idea es* de the WU raid* whitest Ithemithem. sod dr berths deep pred;l: wee =Meth end dem ma Teeth dreg me, me dolor & tisk- I maw are kat the ladres was tots err, V I it net get one Is sr nth omoth to wroth its re kat I wad dirt or MS I tour the am der dry, green& I rode may hag attempt; I amath Or oldie pes4e. 8 7 . 1, It 1 11 . Nor Weld ems via re, amil I hill korm, mad tow ded we se. and the the la vita ma sloth was ihst ; met kw*. whose we g =clot . Ireet d =rerl othlire_wa r el=set w hid ear I three masa the its dim I tope thew*, erten Lod Tr to sae k dim dad ever der that day, I thee motathesd. wad It the Muth Ors orta pewit. I shell mew aim the dew ef the Melaka Aside b thataaserale trasthdoet pm* sees* ; I lath re yertieshe Irk to Sad with OD WftliONl•ii WM drum Os hat I new saes Waren thesasomd, EMI wish to at yea abed* It Is sosenkty treetheed. behest pap 137: "There was a weak a sortie rade la the north ; be may be there we de at Mar; tat he drammal a vary amid. tent* dream, d harass le hthetth es we heard, MI doe Astra, it la seta seed. This nth rersimal et her heit spar in the era bathed thr ethrthe She. WI lb •• . essiOes. We kith destt many whimand adeseladeas weets alvea to. by to. abater 4 the easaishat dumb la thismailt, Ma has hillmatlal Mesa la Ma rla s=lh i l t ul h . ....,=ra d 7.7. ha wham as ha ins at the taper sal of dm shmalow, sal slam at a tais, appeals to hlso, tut the Tame at Ms Wall. haat( a pmer is ass WA mad a pea la the ear ham. /a as Fear flaw war writhe the seam at Qtr pima to the pal* la mgr. The swam was realm as alma ael amMift Mita at am he. Isismi to lama AM whoa he taw am who helm* Is timasif ammel ea the wpm ha drew the pm withal' throe& the UMW sad the NAM toe fetlea Ids amlomessa, Meahs the pm the mom em 110 we wU tot millet aR ca thr e= holds aorta Mink O. selatilisd Midi fa that paha Then wan sem ot Ma amass shoat Mak So meal me la AMC. He mewed sadamidasl whim my ma awes mt Ws, Mt kr as met peat he draw as pm lavesh lara. At Ism Let he MOO 111 OS MY et the ma, elm wee at the time mem tha drum ; the away make a wldle fa MO, hut at ha heist the pen, and was rig to awle damM Or aim at Mis ama vwhea Se am my this la Idevielk a ls b est started, aid his lesmll4 sal he, !Mg mat Ids mar magmhate may (Ma) the ma Mal me II Ids Illop I' These, ha mak was eamsialag, Illos *Matt astral Oat It mama' araryasslath= set daylong Mat It was tray the awlaketaalli; Small ✓ams the Mt as ,leek as am we. Vim The ma Mt thealls Mem m a w r ma MAU to lesteht; haft am al the radii. • Mat he ems la la Aka. The arm sped Om* the mia hint the seiallaell amh, sal amid sat lA =as Ilme Mama DM Ma after el OM H. ma hes shwa that Me view relessal amla to the ealaied Mai 'the Ism Is to hhaelllt The aisalme aro ender tome Mita themes Mama eamdm lY rlalYal aimed It Is in the ram Mae lard M take Mama way at Imam ma. • • • hardy yea me • maelta; warier/al weds, haa Oar — Th at hat yam* to not here et aft. There b • paragraph to that east at ihe madrica the Ant Mem " Is la UM et the Lard tasks his ova am ag ma" That is a b Tae, tide • maiden: Wel, you was • Emelt walidd maim Ma 0•11" No, It it oat tima—Ta• It Is at the and et as mem& Tom alrealka at Om ad staefret lam It Is la Os at the 1004 bWNs am way se wandamen" I Y yam stamsdaa at the earl at the soma drama Is, " Boob ma was a wmartal ward's has Oast "1 Yee; that Is met Ihs rhei g m a ltase Is lee. Masastat—Wleet is the weimpeat maw. leadhas by H. slam or alreamelmemt—lhs rallestka ast Meal a " We would set ids, hike; to Jaye ce to pealemm to brod • =l:twhat Wag mwe a, sal Moil mamma AM" a mar hem He set Ma Ime mil Ma Mate. Mae amalhaft greasmattally wrong la the mama Ur.Hara—Theastry ca ail la your Mal la tarpatin ae. as printed originate U Mr I. Gesimie—Whei Is the Me at that pathetical It is Oct °. raw, MO. All this notwithehraing, Dr. Mackay is an excellent well man, and as useful clergyman. The late Rev. i t e lV r hoinson, of Daddingstone, was not of a free-church or evangelical 'yarning; all who knew him will admit that as a man of genius (iat u ral respects), and an accomplished ashalar, ha steeds' as in the department of pictorial art ; sod we have eteadea know that he estimated no clergyman ei• Scotch thank (ef which he was himself a member) se high for honeydews and ewaal usefulness in his paro chial sphere se Dr. Maekay. - We are quite ready to scone at the preceding mmemigshisla. Ma at that gentleman's expense, but if Sir Jaime will tan war the Wesleyan Magazine he will find plenty of parallel pmeages. And yet no sect bare been more useful in bleakly a moral soul into the masses than the Methodism. Tha toleration which cannot tolerate lelsitesace is unworthy of ths new. STATISTICS OF ENGLISH CONTINENTAL TRAVELLING. To the politenesefliTiiiditi of the mayor of Boulogne, we are indebted for authenticated official returns of the intercourse between England and the continent by the ports of Antwerp, Ostend, Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe, aai Havre, during each of the years 1842 to 1846 inclusive. The results an expressed in the following table: 1.03=11.0. roerawaaa. Sewer Dmlogs. Om- a. MIRO. CaAWL i Diaggc• knew?. Tau. tail 41,154 113 780 11,471 30,728 8,199 109,432 1843 58,888 16,667 31,830 19,079 5,631, 9,677 128,491 1144 75,790 21,473 19,477 18,913 9.1123 7,806 155,034 ypq 70,909 I 18,744 I 18,842 15,843 11,781 8,889 157,179 16M71,297 I 33,748 / 15,2141 17,820 13 , 151 ' 5,635 1138 , 865 ittm r rilM the Pint quarter of the present year the number itt pamingers between these ports and England, so far as enerteined, was as follows: Boulogne, 10,193 pa engeis; Autwerp, 333 ditto ; Ostend, 3,966 ditto ; Calais, 3,067 ditto ; Havre, 1,770 ditto. From March 29 to May 9 inclusive we have weekly re turns of the movement of passengers from Boulogne and Calais, bat none from the other porta. During the week men April 4 last, the number of peeing'', by way of Benham was 1,371 (against 1,193 in the corresponding week of 1846_ and by way of Calais 999 (against 246). Of the 1371 . n, 638 ease ton, e from Folks and 76 di bu m ; 566 embarked for Folk. stage and 101 were bead thror s h u o ondon. During the week mdblif i rll 11 lest the in HUN the Cada, 348M1f6). NI were frea F , and 1111 HMO hem In= mad for Felkatone, and 116 were booked thee* to Undo& Dazing the week ending 18th April last, the Bookies(' penengsre were 1,3)4 *Most 1,329 in 1846), and the Odds 137 frgalnst 279). Of the Boulogne 406 were ,rem Folketene, and 40 direct from • 779 embarked for nibbles, and 91 wan booked disna* . to London. During the week ending 96th April list, tboralepe promegen were 1,292 (against 1,846 in 1846), sad the Oak* 217 (Nset 939). The me aslier. arriving at B•OkiiNl Oh week were 469 from Folk ston., If ken Dover, 81 from Laden ; the passengers eking their departure, 382 for Folkston', 186 for Dover, awl IN kr Lsedria. Daring the week ending 2nd May, the were 1,070 (against 1,066 in 1846), the I = Pe in gara vais4 948). Of the 1,070 Boulogne nrearessa, 416 OM from Folkston., 43 from Dover, ing gi 611111 Latina. Of the departures, 388 were hag reMoilinik Milk Dover, and 70 for London. During On week outs: Ilgiort. asses were 1,448 Boulogne pas- Ouite ( MS, 101 g), ad 209 Caleis (against 239). r e s l, Deakin. plamips t 463 came from Folkston, 62 from Dever, sod 86 direst frees London ; 683 who em barked WO Mob= as their destinatian, 181 Dover, and 111 LOAM We are rhea to bare k pat in our power to these repel* pidedkelly. Stay are curious, and ilksblinee of** Mimeo, draw pin t de greM Bass dewed, really ingpartnat Offhe paintlaree• enseirmakAacee lea gained mere—erieHtely to menlinse fo neses—by the Yard Inilmose of seaway and elemokest travelling, than arralegrea. Its =Me e =teee e tz t ; ter n iX im e be resa i r a ri a L s virre r g or . voyemes mengnaies, mer ender em sligkii as a pima el enbarketke eel &balmlike. Al that sin be date to We ed ly we know, dmehythe Lei antheriliss; bat we heir selephiels enhe immirt et the susin•bsure allows tows* Ms slesmdbeets of Ikea Hadern Company, and in rope* ef mmessmen wi to ttpet= sc whirk ought to be and, Hula IRELAND. DUBLIN, Mn T 18. The lamented death el the Earl of Beesborough absorbs all clams of chisels, and circumstances come to light which prove the deep interest he took in the sufferings of Ireland, when he stood himself on the a o . f . dissolutioo. He continued to transact the business almost to the last hour of his life. On leg he wrete to Lord John Russell on the etemilltias of the country, and on Friday directed thieassel weekly revoke to be read to him. He then dictated a mooed letter to the Premier. Oa Satur day, he sent for hie private secretary, and delivered to him the badge air the ceder of St. Patrick for Ulster King-at. Arms. " In the event of my death," said he, " this hedge should be in the hands of Sir William Betham. 11tke it to him." He retained his senses to the latest moment, and immediately before his death took a fareivill of all his family. It wee generally believed the body would be interred in the Castle Chapel t but it will be conveyed to the family vault at Fiddavrill county Kilkenny. This day the remains will be removed to the chapel, where they will continue until Friday, strictly pnvate. On the evening of that day the funeral will leave the Lower Castle yard for the tA rminas of the Great Southern and Western Railway, where special trains will be in readiness to convey tho body and proms skm to Carlow. On Saturday evening it will be de posited in the final resting place. The royal letters investing the Lords Justices with the adminiiration until a successor to his late ex _ osliewey be appointed, will be received to-day at the Castle, when the Lords will be sworn. Meantime, as the act directs, t proclamation has been issued to-day to the sheriff of Dublin, signed by the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, and which the latter has posted through his bailiwick, calling a meeting of the privy councillors of Ireland for the let of June next, to elect Lords Justices as successors to his excellency, unless the Queen's pleasure should meantime be made known. The citizens of Cork are singularly fond of public meetings, speeches, and resolutions. Every day bas its civic gathering. The last projected, which comes orlon Thursday, will be apt to divide the middle and lower clauses. The requisition calls all together to adopt the best means for protection against a system of assessments which must end in the ruin of the citi- wens and ratepayers—in other words, no out-door relief! If it were possible to reconcile the support of the poor with abstinence from taxation, the trading and commercial classes of Cork might have a claim to exemption. But that is impossible, and all must bear their portion—be it with or without murmur. The Clare Journal states, that in consequence of the supposed reluctance of resident magistrates to act against the people, warrants have been made out to military officers to issue any orders to the soldiers under their command to tire in case of necessity. Whoever knows snything of the respective tempers of magistrates and military knows this, that the first are not quite so merciful as to throw on the se oond the responsibility of manslaughter. There is nothing remarkable in the warrants, but in the pre sent state of public feeling the cause should be ex plained why or when such orders became necessary. The Trake Chronicle has a very pathetic story of a dead horse being contended for by the population of a parish ! The supposed locale is in the south-west of Ireland, well known as Ballinaskelligs. There the famine was so terrible, that thousands contended for poisonous carrion ! This may be either rejected as an invention, or cut down to the fact that the horse was seized for some other purpose than human consump tion. There are three food depots within a very small circle from either of which a people reduced to such desperate circumstances would have been supported. STATe or Tie. COCNTRY.—There is an amount to-day in the R0W010.1.11. Journal evidencing in au extraordinary de.- gree the deteriorated circumstances of the cottier poor. It is well known that the cattier peasant of Ireland, and to some extent the small farmer also, relied upon the pries of " the pig" for the payment of the landlord's rent. It must have been anticipated that, to a very great extent, the pig would disappear with the potato; but that that useful animal should become utterly extinct in certain districts, even under present pressure, is a circumstance for which we could not be prepared. And yet this would appear to have already happened. The fair of Castle Plunkett, county Roe. common, was held a few days since. There was not one pig en sale, the quantity heretofore on sale annually nt that fair being not of leas ♦due than 10,0001. In such a district one expects to hear of fever, distress, and destitution. And they prevail to an afflicting extent. ANOTHIIt MUILDEIL—An account reached town this morning, from the office of the Limerick Examiner, of the murder of a gentleman named Watson, who was shot on Monday morturis from behind a hedge, on the road between Bridgetown and Killaloe. Mr. Watson had recently become agent over some property in the vicinity of Bridgetown, and it was upon that property he met his death. IidePEAL Assoctation.—The weekly meeting was held to-day, by adjournment from yesterday. Mr. F. Burke, • barrister, presided. The proceedings present no features of interest to your readers. The repeal rent for the week was 491. _ _ . . GALWAY BLECTION.—Captain Burke was yesterday re turned for the county of Galway unopposed. MURDER IN TIE COVNTT or DOWN.—Tbe Newry Tele. graph gives the following particulars of the shocking murder of Mr. James Paxton. Suspicion, it will be seen, has (Allen upon the nephew and brother of deceased, who are both held to bail until the proceedings before the coroner's 'lvy shall have terminated: " As already stated, the de who was a bachelor and • wealthy farmer, eged about Si, residing in his own house at Dechomet, in the parish of Draragooland, about five miler* distant from Rathfriland. The other in mates were an aged housekeeper, a female servant, and a boy, who slept in an outhouse in the yard. Early on the even ing of Tuesday the deceased and his household retired to rest. In the morning it was discovered that the former bad left his haimusa and the house but this was not considered 'aibirentlasoy as ha ma habitually an early riser. It amp net moil Visit that the servant-boy, pmeeding down the suss% ageliestally discovered the body of his late muter lying In a peg at water, within 60 yards of the hall date. The body was frightfully disfigured. The boy ran ileansellately to the hones of John Paxton, brother to the tlinsaid, and announced his appalling dissinery. His son, Jarmo Paxton, returned with the mama& to the scene of murder. told him ask te mho any nilina. hot le go for the police, sad say lb* his MAW IRIS Illeuri Bed e lOW that he hhaloir !ITU write * the ofearM The bay sikb ati owi tordingly yeeessgso as dingle& Neffadmifa having rewthied, it wee mon sonalainsi from appearance*, that • violent and mortal straggle had taken place, end teen maintained for sans time, the ground for upwards of thirty yards being torn up and trampled, and the stones here and there, as well on the avenue walls as on the road, besprinkled with blood. On Thursday the coroner, Dr. Tyrrell, arrived, and a jury wu sworn. Evidence was given as above, and also to the fact, that robbery was not the object of the murder, as the sum of Bi., in notes and silver, was found on his The inquest was then adjourned until Saturday. person. following day the local magistrate, Mr. F. C. Beers, who had been in Dublin, returned to the neighbourhood; and, in consequence of some information given him, he, amoompa nied by Mr. J. P. Hill, sub-inspector, and • party of police, proceeded, at night, to the house of John Pantos, which they searched. In an upper room they discovered a coat, the left sleeve of which was deeply stained with blood. The family attempted to account he hilly stating that the old man, John Paxton, had been hisedieg settle; but the statement was not borne out in such a way as to satisfy the magistrate, or remove the suspicion that the ithenvery of the blood-stained garment had created. Conseemeettly, end bemuse of the further circumstance of the foams:its isdatted in the sell, at the spot where the deadly smuggle had taken place, appearing to correspond with the pesnihr shoes worn by the young man, James Paxton. the 'Mut sea of John Parton, wu taken into custody, and **ate/71y WI to bail, in conjunction with two pumas, named Bubo, War and son. On Saturday the coroner's jury again assembled. Some witnesses were examined, whose evidence, however, added nothing material to the facts al ready mentioned. The inquest was then further adjourned to Thursday next. It is believed that the deceased had been roused from bed, on some pretence or other, about daybreak, by • person with whom be was familiar. He was dressed in his usual apparel, excepting his cravat and stockings, which remained at his bedside. Other statements, equally well authenticated, have been made to us touching this dreadful occurrence; but which, for obvious reason', we withhold for the present." THE GREAT BRITAIN BTIAYER.—The Newry Telegraph has the following " Since the fine weather bas set in pedes trians and equestrians, by dozens at a time, have been visit ing We ship, the great paint of attraction bein the break water. The spring-tide beginning on W ednesday last, the labourers deny the bay were taken on board the leviathan, and it war WOE known that the effect of the work which had been going on inside, with smiths and carpenters, was to be tried. The pumps were known to be working, as the this rose, by the streams of water seen issuing ham her in several places. As the tide rose it wee evident that the ship rows slightly also ; but the was not • high one. Thursday morning, however, it roes mash higher, and the same efforts were repeated; sad ra water it was quite visible that the Telld was nearly and very little by the head. At law-water it wu that she stood out of bee ell IA two or three feet ; sad an aaaalag quantity of soil small Wass were thrown into the had,ow left boa befshing, fame of the Limns. who have hot ea her from the list mm intelligent ma, sod they steasi that she was sli in lulls& sad quite afloat eargerbere. No Abet wen mile is INfiletp. It blew strong, end the sea was very high. The ship Nerd to have settled beak shah, bat ft is quite sloe than to oohed* have her in had, al though the hype bele is Minot high wrath for peteltins." SCOTLAND. WAY le. The aura perV are entertaining confident hems that the Mum szpreemmd towards the Mar riage sol Registration Nib by the Seel& umbers who mat in the Clarendon Hotel on Elatardity lut, will have the effect of the bird Advocate to withdraw them altogether. opposition, it should be remembered, houwer, is imiseestod and indis criminating, and is only fornidaMe homes of the lormahntion et the elfestare. M is 'idler assn ner lese Oen the elm the malsoluestere , mad a few bilika lnee=lth s lat :to:autis m :l :Mundy demi regoisitien, the lard Provost et Glesgew has ailed a 'abbe meeting to be held as Wirbanday, for the pupae of cmidering the = il d an aP plinths to goverm ent, or to Sr per mittinf the various banks in Seethed bellied, for a limited tim, to convert die spode psee.th. bald by the. cote t or ether tseueitix Sines the pabi in spdag, 1846, by Mr. Pagan, et Oyer Pge, of alba Sze abolishing tarn *, tolls, asi road and linuirmy ansemeals, end providing read &Ms by an ameal en bar..., the question of toll bars or sat lea best mich hooded, in Scotland, by the press, es well as by county and district and burgh meetings. All parties arc becoming anxious for a change of the present costly and cum bersome system, which, in emoluments of toll tacksmen and their collectots, in advertising and rouping bars, in building and maintaining toll.houses and gates, in enasting toll-bar statutes and paying lawyers for interpreting them, &c. &c , swallow up some forly or fifty per cent. of the tolls exacted from the public ; and Mr. Pagan's project for laying the road rate on horses, and making tue surveyor of as sessed taxes charge it is his rounds, and the collector levy it with the other taxes, is decidedly a favourite. Among the Scottish counties, Banffshire has requested that the Lord Advocate of Scotland should introduce a bill to legalise the plan. In I lsddingtonshire and Ayrshire, where some new toll-bats, to catch the rail way stations, or some new toll statutes, are in progress, the popular ferment has just found vent in large public meetings, unanimously con demning the present system, and resolving to use all means to overthrow ir. Though a second and cheap edition was published, this time twelveino:ith,the plan does not seem vet to have been I much discussed on the south of the 'Need. But we hear of meetings to be held in London, to organise some measure on the subject. It is quite clear that the discontinuance of stage coaches and carriers carte over all the railway districts, will make the toll keepers little other than sieecurists, so that the sooner the country gentlemen and farmers dispense with their costly services, and raise the needful funds by a plan so simple as the horse-rate—a plan akin to the penny post—so much the better for themselves, and all about them. PROVINCIAL. LEEThe ELECTION.—On Tueaday a numerous meeting of electors in the liberal interest was held in the Music hall, Albion-street, "to conaidar the steps to be taken in the prospect of a very early dissolution of parliament, and a con Sequent general election." Duriug the evening there were probably from 600 to 700 electors present, oat of a consti tuency of about 6,000. Several reso:utions were adopted, one of them condemnatory of the government plan of edu cation ; another referred to the suffrsge, and ran an follows : .t this meeting, whilst it recognises in the Reform Act a great and most beneficial improvement in the repreeentative vyalem, would record its decided approval of and carnet desire fora large extenaion of the elective franchise regarding au& extension as due to the rapidly increasing intelogenee crew unrepresented classes. New CANDIDATH Poe DCRIIAW.—There is a rumour in circulation that Colonel Thomas Wood does not intend to offer himself again for the representation of Middlesex, but means to solicit, on the Londonderry interest, the suffragen of the constituency of the city of Durham. • THE ANTICIPATIONS OF THE POET LAUREATE that railways would destroy the solitary quietude of the lake dis tricts are likely to be realized. Cheap trips are advertised on the Kendal and Windermere line, in Whitson week. and the steamers that ply on the lake have positively eogaeed to convey the "unwashed mere trifle, within a hair's breadth of Rydal Mount itself. Biorptottan is onetiitl;:n7a;;towne where petitions are in course angostura in favour of LordMorpeth's Health of Towns' Bill. ATROCIOUS ASTMS? AT ASSASSINATION. — At WOTOOI. ter, on Tuesday, a most daring attempt to assassinate Dr. Turley was made by some villain as yet nodi•covered. Dr. Turley was sitting in the library at the back part of his house, in St. John's, when he heard the report of a pistol, and immediately went out, but could see no person. He called the police, aad search was made. No stranger ' was to be found, but it was discovered that a small hole had been made in one of the panes of glue, that a corresponding perforation appeared en the window-blinds, and that the shot had struck the carved wainscot on the opposite side ef the room. The bullet (which was found on the floor) had apparently been shot from a rifle, and must have passed within a very few inches of Dr. Turley's head, as he sat writing at his table. The report awoke the servants of the house. About a quarter of en hour before the discharge of the pistol. Pr. Turley fancied that be heard footsteps on the gravel-walk outride the library, and at the same time the dogs barked violently. The coachman also heard the foot steps. The policeman, while on his beat, about the saute time, met a person near the house, whom he &scrams) as a I short, slim , well-dressed, middle-aged, gentlemanly-looking I man. No cause can be assigned fcr the attempt. TIsoINOTON WELL-FLOWIHINCI. — On Holy Thursday the ancient custom of decorating with flowers the wells or fountains in the village of Tissington was duly observed. The scarcity of flowers, consequent upon the extreme back wardness of the season, seemed to have stimulated the in genuity of the villagers. It must have puzzled sny but the grod folk of Tissington to produce such a number of beau tiful designs from the very slender stock of materials which their fields, woods, and gardens afforded. The morning gave promise of something like a fine day, hit in the after noon there were Leavy showers of rain, which to some ex tent marred the out-door enjoyments of the wise. 11,w ever, the ancient hospitalities of the place were not Cir. gotten. The religious duties of the day commenced with service at the parish church, after width a sermon appro priate to the occasion wee delivered by the Rev. A. Fits herbert. At the close of the service, the clergy and congre gation, headed by the band, visited the well reading at each in succession a portion of the Psalms, Epistle, and Gospel. Suitable hymns were alto sting. I.IIIIIICIVAVII RE. VALVE OF LANIL—We (Cambridge Advertiser) stated in our last that Mr. Wentworth, of this town, had lately realised for the owner of rather more than an acre of land contiguous to Aylesbury, Bucks, the amazing sum of from 1,4001. to 1,6001. We kave now to publish a still more sig nificant proof of the rapid depreciation which land is expe riencing in this country. At a sale of estates by auction, at Shclford, last week, the same gentleman realised for one of the lots—a piece of land in Stapletord parish—a sum equi valent to 1,5121. per acre ! This we can vouch far. REPRESENTATION Of TIIII COVNTT.—Most 0/ our readers are probably aware that Lord George Manners has complied with a requisition to place himself forward as a candidate for the county and isle, at the approaching election. Mr. Yorke and Mr. Allis will probably be re-elected, and Lord Georg* Mariam is very likely to be returned in lir. Eaton'. place. neve is certainly no appearance of a gathering storm of IZ t t i j o a n , from any point of the compass.—Cambridge KENT. Tun Dintottanon OP I aViiVisys the Maidstone Gazette of Tuesday, is riot confined to Liverpool, but u experienced in this county to some extent. During fourteen days of last montk, of the number of "casual poor" relieved in Dartford 180 were Irish, the majority of whom had had 24.6 d. given to them to pay their passage to this country. From Dartford they go to Gravesend and Chatham, claiming relief of the parish officers, and. if refused, threaten to break the windows. The overseer of Dartford has been obliged, in self defence, to have a policeman to keep guard at his house day and night. rwaroccrmsev Too FOOD RIOTING has extended to Torquay. On Monday eight the bakers' houses in that town were entered by the mob, and the bread seized. Much damage wrs done to some of the shops. The Riot Act was read, the coast-guard turned out, and special constables sworn. Three of the rioters were taken. Next morning a mob of about 200 men, all "navvies," armed with bludgeons end spades, entered the town at 12 o'clock to rescue the prisoners, then under exa minations before the magistrates. On their way to the town ball they were joined by others. They surrounded the hall, but before making any attacks, were disturbed by the arrival of some eout-guard teen, armed with bayonets. "At the sight of the cold steel," says our correepondoet, "the fellows fled, pursued by the Preventives and some special =astable*, who succeeded in making about a d moo of them „ CHANNEL ISLANDS. A FooD BaOT took place in Jersey on Monday morning. The disorder originated with the workmen of La Hauls Road, fbr Wier advantage that extensive improvement was andiertakea a few months ago. These incited others to estasea sal, es usual in such scenes, the culpable and the laseeent ware mingled together in the unruly mob. A few of the ringleaders having shouted out " To Le Queens's mills," the whole body, now at least one thousand strong, in that direction, followed by Mr. Centenier Le M e ;: de arld a flaw of the police. On their arrival at the town Wile, Mr. 1.0 Reilly ad the multitude, but no was paid to him, sad the cry " forward" was given. t Viz inew ei them to attack the mills of Mr. Le pickaxes, and hammers. The dear el the mew at the bosh of the house melted their • eitimpis a shalt lima, until a lam war, mad es a laterniag-rem, Sward It even end they beam ass of those liereldol sores, whorled deim et elmidereemstam saveges. Men, women, mil Memel the mill comminesd strewing Asst. UMW, bat tin i Resriirtim.cm= they weld ter h Ile. &ma k ell spa the wheat maw, sal sentestiai isle ass Sato an the Prim Om war stay they deseerlea sal spend C u rpetelpel snirease is the atb al t u rbes• a teendly et Gent wee 55•17 he arnais est, wal th Ss hid SI aa!mfor w e Vat &se by. min el wheal wen now ia ems art. emil alas seeks fagot in the slow wawa. One et the themeless was eirmweil momma Kith with wheat, crying eft that he hail net salsa two days. News of this tantelteans meeting wee y oesmeyed be the . liiiiienoodaimeesse, and whet* pee seam be the dap* of the Met *et. te tan wet be Ai if the doll • end hind eaten be we the yendenses te ihniestoes =sonl sta nrawate moths. DEO/ 1 . 2t1r time a hrt 'lathe web MI ratainal in 81111 Meld pot of they being wry dieseitsey.WT. e rstlson, !be ,abonie7 44 : 16*Inda is Taos eider std the multi lane, teas be rand one Met .1.1, - , The giaa wit maw Gm jtjhuattn. NA a darbasat vader pe e onansai et lawst , ollt °meal Otesseawi ia the abstain of the Tem Mk °albeit arrival they bleep* the real near the Zelda Hood, mid went and, assural the Milk tw ist aPbbei *am The tear and wheat whist& bud been reassei abed SOO yards wise =Mr ea meat ot tailiar sal i Ts si sktate beaka The pelles mini ert o f sal Sam oast the sestet of 80 mayhags& thew is f ewed bf ea imam nab. Mao ether prima, wars aMeweai ' eseursi. upwards of lee rows rebasessai as quid sia -1 sultha, sail coda was reaftredL It snort thet a eusikw• ' 1 site Mahn et hie lettetwea wore earns the onsissaluals. • I 1"• I: ;