The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-29 00:00:00

destegffigag is Don Manuel Oribe the character ▪ „,' enue noes And, in this sense, 'sty lord, we thank the — pu - •on of this portion of your instructions. for fa-,, i g loos us that "you pro teed a fair and honourable t iK to the government of orate Video and to General ww- now me to observe, that this phrase gives a e i nn ecu i‘ te idea of what has occurred. The armistice mw"e eetneo g p l osed to General Oribe; with him the two ww_ .eet is discussed the propositions ; the negotia heter---in"t-hule Ce r rito, both as to the form and the rod substance t hroe or , four days propositions Toe were presented to th • a . vermouth su quent y mammon wi— W tys g° 1 Oribe were they were het discussed with this go. • moue t h e y not proposed personally, nor even in .. "" offi - e w• 'f o rm; and I trust, my you will have no c - I t , in admitting that, by the wording of your note, it d h e j e opowible to comprehend that this affair has hum ..„ - ,1 . „ I have just stated. Permit me here to add, the w- t - s ro te e i e y ou al did not hesitate to going personally to propose „adors the terms of the trmistioe with General °ribs, erit h - .bola your instructions direct you to treat solely in the f a military chief, it would have been fair and chsewter v : . , pu bory, my Lord Howden,—to have shown iiisdliCediteference towards a government fully recognised as eet h he your own, and to which you yourself came accredited „ ehtpa ny. This would , in reality, have been fair and honoura ble, at least in form. i on c lassify the armistice m fair and honourable, and you do pot h e sitate in saying that it was advantageous to the interests o f g oe teVoleo. But in making this statement in an official rote , yo u only call to mind one condition of the armistice; t h e only one which you considered favourable to this • ent ; and you are silent on the rest . It a pp ears t o s y" my lord—at host according to my own maxims of ruitv,'of morality, and of sound sense—that in order to brm . a correct opinion of the nature of any compact, it is to be acquainted with a ll its conditions. If you eehs such as are fivourahle to the one part, and conceal ogee which are adverse, who can judge if the compact is fair sad becounible, or fatal and humiliating ? all its conditions, you have not Nevertheless, kno win g hesitated to say that the armistice was advantageous to the iatereels of Monte Video. You are new, my lord, in the River Plate you have passed six weeks in Buenos Ayres, astorally recessing your information from the inhabitants of that city; whilst you have bee n . but four or five hours in Monte Video, during which time you have—if we may credit what is publicly affirmed—thought it proper to decline any interview, even with your own countrymen. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that you labour under mon extraordinary mistakes and fundamental errors with vegud to the affairs and persons in Monte Video. This is not your fault, my lord, and I therefore beg you will permit me to disabuse you of some of those errors. The armistice which you considered fair and honourable, and advan tageous to Monte Video, was essentially unfair and ruinous, You mention u a great advantage the monthly supplying of 1,500 head of cattle, to be provided by General Oribe. year 1846 there were imported by But, my lord , in the water into Monte Video 11,220 head of horned rattle, 12,000 sheep, and 1,131 hogs. During the six months that have transpired of this year there have been imported 4 871 head of horned cattle, 5,361 sheep, and 500 hogs. This is the number declared for the payment of import duty ; the actual amount is, naturally, somewhat larger. The cumber of fowls imported by water amounts to some hun dreds of thousands. These facto, which are proved from documents periodically published, will show to you, my lord, that the condition of delivering 1,600 head of nude monthly is far from possessing the importance which you appear to have attached to it. This was, nevertheless, the only favourable condition of the armistice. But at what price was this condition offered to the government ? That of raising the blockade of Buenos Ayres, of the Buseo, and the other ports occupied by General Oribe. Have the con sequences of such concession been explained to you, my lord• They cannot have been for, had you understood them, they would never have been proposed by you. It affords me much pleasure to have the honour of explaining them. The products of the cattle which cover the plains of this country form, in ordinary times, the staple of exports from Monte Video ; and the articles which are consumed in the concurs, being received from abroad into this port, and berm * distributed through the interior, maintain the import tide. The armistice opened General Oribe's port in the Bases, keeping however closed all and every communication between Monte Video and the open country. The natural and inevitable consequence would ha the exportation of all the produce of the country, and the importation of all the goods consumed in it, through the Buseo. Not a single woe, would come to Monte Video, since there would be nothing to export, nor sufficient consumers fur the goods imported. General Oribe, in the meanwhile, would, by the simple proclamation of an armistice, acquire the whole Qom. mem of the republic. This, ray lord, is but little. You are aware, o ffi cially, that Don Manuel Oribe has confiscated, by decrees solemnly published, the estancias (estates) of all his political enemies. Previous to the blockade of the Buses, he exported through that channel many thousands of hides and other produce of the confiscated (standar. The blockade of that port, and the orders issued by the Brazilian government, that all cattle introduced through the frontier of Rio Grande by General Oribe should he returned to those who could prove them to be their legitimate property, put a stop, in a great measure, to the Vandalic destruction of that pro perty, of which Oribe disposes in such an arbitrary man ner. If a channel is opened fur him, which he does not ' new possess, for exporting the produce of those estanciar, do you not perceive, my lord, the inevitable consequences? Oribe would bring the cattle to this town from these very =lncited triclours, for which their owners would have to lull off , during t y; •rid, moreover,,e s he months woulel make the armis tice , e all possible haste tothe largest possible number of cattle, in order to export as much as he could, before the Buseo was again dosed as a port. This, my lord, is palpably evident. Should you doubt that such is the usual conduct, the political and commercial maxim of bon Manuel Oribe, permit me to inform you, that amongst the documents presented by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Chambers, on sth May of this year, you will find an official corre spondence, in which the minister plenipotentiary of Rosen asserted that the imperial government is under the obligation of permitting General Oribe to sell in Rio Grande the cattle of the confiscated estancins, even though they be claimed by their owners; and he demands that orders should be issued to that effect. This official fact will prove to you, my lord, what General Oribe would do with the confiscated estancias, were the port of the Buseo opened to him. You have not come, however, to the River Plate, I venture to believe and to affirm it, to encourage the depredation of contheated property by Oribe ; but, on the contrary, to re gain that such abominable sequestrations be raised, and private property duly respected. Do net forget, my lord, that many estanciaa in this country belong to British sub jects; nor that those natives whose property is confiscated by General Oribe are the mutt purchasers of the manufactures imported by your countrymen, to whom they are cons-- gently debtors for them. Allow General Oribe to ruin these, and you will have ruined, in proportion, the commer cial interests of your own countrymen. These, my lord, will he the consequences of raising the blockade of the Buses. You yourself can now judge whether the government of this republic, charged, on the one band, with its defence, and on the other with the protection of the property of its citizen,, could consider advantageous, or could have accepted an armistice, which would completely dry up the fountain of its resources, creating at the same time an abundant revenue for its enemy ; and would, be tides, afford him the facility, which he does not now ponsese, of destroying and exporting the property which he has con fiscated. Add to this the advantages which would accrue to the dictator of Buenos Ayres, the enemy of this republic, from the raising of the blockade of that port—advantages for which he gives nothing in exchange—and then say again, my lord, that 1,500 head of cattle, for which payment re to be made, is an adequate compensation ; say whether you still consider each an armistice a fair, honourable, and advan.- impetus treaty. It is necessary here to take breath : I, to continue to my sell the honour of writing to you ; and you, my lord, to do me that of perusing what I have still to write. Your com nanication to Sir Thomas Herbert embraces other points more important even than those already examined. On them you will, I hope, permit me to address to you to-mor row another letter, which, I trust, will have the good foe tus of coming to your hands previous to your departure bum our port. Meanwhile, I have the honour to be, my lord, your most obedient servant, Tan PRINCIPAL EDITOR OF THI COMO? , tiO tie la Plata. Cbe court. - - WINDSOR, TIIIIRSDAY.—The Queen will hold a lei7council on Saturday next, at one o'clock, at the Castle. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early stalk to-day. The royal family took walking and pony exer cise in the slopes. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shoot ing this morning; his Royal Highness WU attended by the Earl of Morley, Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore, General Bowles, and Colonel Seymour. Lord J. Russell arrived at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner tiny at the Castle this evenings expected to include the Duchess of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, the Marquis and Mar diionets of Lansdowne, Lord J. Russell, Lady A. M. Daw son, Bironeas de Speth, Lernon, Rev. J. P. Lee, Kr. G. E. and the Hon. Mn.M Amon, Miss L. Dawson Nam Rev. F. Auon, and Lieut.-Colonel Craufurd (com manding Grenadier Guards). The Duke de Broglie, French ambassador, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial.office. Sir R. Roreford had also an interview with the noble earl yesterday. Mr. Tancred had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Lord J. Russell left his residence at Richmond yes terday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial trice from the governor of the Mauritius. WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.— Yesterday afternoon the collection of wild animals which kerns the well known exhibition at country fain was, by command, arranged in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle, that the Queen and the royal children might see the lions, ,t 3 den. elephants, and other strange creatures which have so , pcs been popular with her Majesty's subjects. The Queen vtiked twice around the exhibition, entering into familiar ameenation, with reference to the animals and birds, with the proprietor, Mr. Wombwell, and Mr. Edmonds. The Ittntion of her Majesty, and especially that of the junior ftitches of the royal family, was peculiarly attracted ( itaitta a couple of lion-tiger cubs, a cross-breed between e Bengal tiger an d a Catcrarian lioness, which ere whelped about two months since at Applcdore, Kent. Miss Chapman, known as " the British Lion .1 ," was anxious to enter the den with the lions, tigers, nott:len, and to go through her usual perilous per . This dispky, however, by her Majesty'. ex rem command, was not permitted to take place while the Queen was present. The Queen wishing to as. the large elephant, Jentoonah, fully eaparitoned, with the " Lion Queen " seated on its bask in the howdah, Mi's Chapman rode round the quadrangle, the elephant exhibiting some 1 curious gambols, highly to the amusement of the court. After her Majesty ha retired, not only the domestics of the establishment, bet the whole of the gardeners, labourers, and others engaged about the grounds, were permitted, by command of the Queen, to view the exhibition. One of the equerries in waiting was also despatched by her Majesty to Dr. Hawtrey, at Eton, inviting the whole of the masters and the boys at college, to the number of between six and seven hundred, to view the col lection. Shortly afterwards the head master, accompanied by several other of the ousters, and followed by the boys, arrived in the quadrangle. Her Majesty, who was at this moment seen, with the Prince Consort and the royal family, standing at the centre window of the corridor, was greeted by the Etonians with throe times three hearty cheers. The " Lion Queen" went through her performances in the dens, with the nine lion, tigers, panthers, and leopards several time,, immediately after her Majesty had retired. At six o'clock in the evening, just u preparations were made for the caravans to leave the Castle, Mr. Wombwell I received commands to light up the whole of the interior, the Queen being desirous to view tte animals at night, and it was expected to see them at feeding time, a large quantity if raw meat having been provided. GERMAN HOSPITAL. A special general court of the governors of this institution was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopweate-street, for the purpose of appointing a committee to investigate the validity of the statement contained in the report of the house committee, read at the special general court of governors on the 14th inst. This statement had reference to the conduct of Dr. Freund, the directing phy sician, who had been suspended front his office by the corn. mittee. At the previous meeting, held a fortnight ago, the matter was very fully discussed; but an adjournment be came necessary, in consequence of the committee having resigned in a body towards the close of the meeting. His Excellency the Chevalier Bun‘en, the Rev. Dr. Kuper, and other gentlemen having entered the room, Mr. B. Cak bell, M.P., was called I. the chair.—Mr. Deeenstmst moved for a return of the minutes of the last meeting.—Chevaher Bunsen said there were no minutes.—Mr. OPPRNIIIIIM said he had never heard of such a proceeding.—The SeCReTARY said that no minutes had been drawn up on that occasion. The CHAIRMAN said, that with every wish to conduct the proceedings fairly to Dr. Freund, it had been suggested that three should be appointed by . the committee and three by Dr. Freund—the ox to appoint on umpire, if necessary ; and the more quietly and harmoniously this was done the better. He wished to know if Dr. Freund agreed to this arrangement? Dr. BERNAYR said he would not. This was now no ques tion about Dr. Freund. His friends at the last meeting had been grossly insulted by the committee, who, after the pro ceedings had gone on for a consid , rahle time, threw up their charge as members of the committee. Alter some angry discussion, the Rev. Mr. BRIINAA'S asked who were the committee, as the old committee had resigned? The last meeting bad been dissolved on a false pretence, and the committee had afterwards found out that they had no right to resign; and now they insulted the go• vernora by refusing all information. If they were so treated the great body of the governors would be driven from the institution. The CHAIRMAN said there was no actual resignation— (" oh, oh")—but merely an offer to do so by Dr. Kuper. The Rev. Mr. BRRNAYS said the resignation had been re ceived, and the Duke of Cambridge had dissolved the meet ing in consequence. The CHAIRMAN said the committee could not resign in this way—it was impossible fur them to do so. He should therefore hold that there had been no resignation. Dr. BERNAYS said—Then they ought to be placed in the same position es they were in before the pretended resig , nation._ The CHAIRMAN called the doctor to order; and said, if the meeting was to be conducted by clamour. he would leave the chair. Having decided that there had been no resigna tion, he should decline to hear any further arguments on that subject. Mr. Ald. SIDNEY, M.P. moved, a ft er a few observation., That a committee be appoin ted to investigate the charge, hear the defence of Sr. Freund, and report thereon ; and that, in the mean time, the doctor be restored to the situation he held. After some more angry discussion, the alderman stated that, notwithstanding the resulution come to by the last meeting, after his royal highness lett the chair, Dr. Freund, on pre senting himself daily at the institution, to resume his pro fersional duties, had been refused admission. Such was not the course that the committee ought to have adopted towards an honourable professional man. Dr. BERNAYS said that on condition that Dr. Freund be restored pending the investigation his friends would con sent to the appointment of a committee. Let all proceedings sines the 3d of October be withdrawn, and they sees satisfied.—Mr. C. A. PIiZTLER said it was not true that the doctor had been refused admittance daily. This had only occurred once, on the Saturday after the meeting.— I Dr. BERNAYs pressed for an answer to his question-- whether Dr. Freund would be admitted to the hospital as usual.—The CHAIRMAN said he certainly considered the suspension at an sad , and Dr. Freund was,. ipso facto, in th4osition he before occupied.—Mr. ADOLEHUs Demi said he was willing to take to himself the responsibility of all that had been done by the committee; but on referring to the rules subsequently, he was of opinion that they had ex ceeded their power in suspending Dr. Freund, and he felt bound to state this publicly. Mr. D. H. GAIDECHENS thought the committee had the power of suspension, but was willing to bow to the chair man's opinion, that the suspension wan virtually at an end. Chevalier BUNSEN, as a vice.president of the institution, expressed his belief that the whole of the committee would be bound by the chairman's opinion. He spoke as a friend of the institution, in behalf of which he had devoted much time and attention ; and as such he was willing to rely on the good faith of the committee, in the belief that no one would refuse Dr. Freund admittance. (Hear.) Upon this understanding, come to as between gentlemen, he hoped they would now proceed to appoint the committee of in quiry, whose proceedings would receive the most perfect publicity. He hoped his countrymen would take his word that no obstruction would he offered to Dr. Freund, if he chose to present himself at the hospital. Mr. Steliee submitted his resolution in the following form : . . . . . . _ That a committee of governors be appointed to investigate the charges made by the house committee against the directing physician, De. Freund, with the view of submitting a report to a special court of governors summoned to receive the same; that such committee be also empowered to review the rules for the government of the Mali lotion, and to submit such alterations as they may deem expedient; and that in the interim, pending this inquiry, the auscension placed on Dr. Freund by the house committee is suspended. The CHAI UM AN doubted his power to submit to • special meeting such a resolution.—After a protracted conversation, Mr. Sidney withdrew that portion of his resolution relating to the rules.—The Ctralustaw expressed his opinion that he could not put the rest of Mr. Sidney's resolution. Much irregular discussion ensued; ultimately, Chevalier BUNSEN moved as an amendment to Mr. Sidney's resolution, the substitution of the words—" It being undentsod that the suspension of Dr. Freund, by the house-committee, is at an end," instead of the words with which the original reso lution closed. Dr. KUPEa seconded the amendment. Mr. SIDNEY, u the proposer of the original motion, con sented to adopt the amendment, believing it to be tantamount to the words of his own resolution. . . - The motion was then put and agreed to unanimously. The CitairmAre asked Dr. Freund if he consented to the proposition that three gentlemen should be selected on each tide ? Dr. FanneD said be should leave the matter entirely in the hands of his friends. This was the coarse he had at first proposed, the adoption of which would have soved all this trouble. He complained loudly of the conduct of the com mittee in printing the charges against him, and said that these reports had been circulated, to his injury, in his own country. On the Saturday after the last meeting, he had gone to the hospital as usual, to resume his duties, when Mr. Pretler had interposed, stating that the committee's resolution was still in force, and protesting against his re suming his duties, in the name of the committee, and his own name as the owner of the house. (" Shame.") After the way in which he had been dragged before the public, this proceeding assumed the character of a prosecution against an individual by a public body. (Hear, hear.) He wished for the appointment of six governors on each side. Chevalier BUNbEN objected to so large a number. Dr. FREUND would consent to the appointment of five on each side.—This was ultimately agreed to. It was resolved that five should form a quorum, and that the ten should select an eleventh as umpire.—The proceed ings, which occupied about four hours, concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. WHITTINGTON Crx&—A general meeting of mem bers and other persons interested in the institution, was held last evening at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, to receive the report of a committee appointed to raise a sum of 5,0001. by way of loan for the purpose of establishing • west-end clubhouse. The chairman, Mr. Shun, expressed his regret at the absence of Mr. Douglas Jerrold, whe was prevented from attending by a domestic affliction. The report of the committee announced the success of the City branch of the club, which has been opened for some months, notwithstanding the tem porary check which had been experienced in conse quence of the recent fire. It had been for some time in contemplation to open a western branch, and with this object the committee had nude arrangements to take the Crown and Anchor, the building in which they were at present assembled. The funds of the institution being inadequate for the purpose, the committee had beer. I appointed to raise a loan of o,outli., in shares of 61. each. Towards this, 060 shares had been taken, the number at pre sent required to be taken up being only 40. The committee, therefore, appealed to the meeting to raise the remaining amount, which might be effected m shares of 11. each. The chairman stated that among the gentlemen who had come forward with assistance were Mr. Lushineton, the member for Westminster, 20 shares; Mr. Douglas Jerrold, 10 shares; Mr. Mark Lemon t 10 shares ; and Mr. Charles Dickens, 5 shares. Mr. Lindeman then moved • resolution, express ing the satisfaction of the meeting at the result of the operations of the committee, and pledging them selves by every means in their power to aid the further proceedings.—Mr. Hornsby seconded the resolu tion, which was further supported by Mr. Peacock and Mr. Parry.—The resolution was then carried, and tsroosed lags stayed for about half an hour, during which time the name of additional shareholders were taken, and on the result being announced, it appeared that 51 additional (11.) shares had been subscribed. The proceedings terminated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. METROPOLITAN BENEIUT SOCIETIES' ASTLIIM.—A general meeting of the donors and subscribers of this asylum was held last evening at the London Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, Holborn, for the purpose of electing one inmate. The number of candidates was 17, and the choice fell upon John Flamer, by a majority of 250 votes, a man 74 years of age (with a wife aged 68). After the ballot, Mr. H. Pownall, one of the vice-presidents, was called to the chair, when a report, stating that there were 56 persons at present on the funds of the asylum, and that it was most desirable to enlarge the building by the addition of a new wing, was moved, and unanimously adopted; upon which thanks were voted to the chairman, who made a few remarks upon the advantages of the institution, and the meetin sep TC ated. THE BU ra HERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.—Yes terday a meeting of the donors and subscribers to the above institution, founded in 1828, for affording relief to decayed master butchers, their widows, and orphans, was held at the Freerossons' Tavern, for the election of eight additional pen sioners from a list of 30 candidates; Mr. John Sharpe in the chair. The report stated that since the existence of the society there had been paid to pensioners 14,8141. 17s. Ild. ; the income arising from all sources during that period being 24,4581. ss. Id. The funds requisite for the payment of the pensioners (46 in number), males receiving 20 guineas and females' 15 guineas each, will this year exceed 9.50/. The society has almshouses at Walham-green. The funded pro perty amounts to more than 10,0001. CIIEESEMONGERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. — Yesterday a meeting of the subscribers and friends of this institution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopegata street , for the purpose of electing two pensioners, and for other business. The chair was filled by Mr. Edward Cot , decoy. From the report of the past year it appeared that the society since its formation had been the means of re lieving a vast amount of distress and suffering, there having been a total of 63 pensioners, 20 of whom had died before the last annual meeting. The total amount paid last year in pensions was 6001. There had been given since the for mation of the society upwards of 4,0001. in pensionary relief. The funded property of the institution up to the last account amounted to 6,7951. The total income for the past year was as follows : annual subscriptions, .5671. ; donations, 2301.135.,• dividends, 1891. ss. Id .; legacy, 951 14s. 7d.; making a total of 1,0821. 12s. 92., exceeding that of the former year by about 2001. The report having been adopted, and the pensioners elected, several gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of the society, and in furtherance of its objects, after which the meeting broke up. SUICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—We learn that the gentleman who committed suicide yesterday in St. Paul's is Mr. William Davison, soliciter, 21, Bloomsbury square. SUICIDE OF A CITY ItlEßClLlNT.—Yesterday Mr. Payne, the Coroner for the City of London, received informa tion of the death of John Henry Deffell, Esq., who com mitted suicide under the following circumstances:—The de ceased gentleman, who was in the 70th year of hie age, was a merchant, and had offices in Billiter-court, Billiter-street, City ; his private residence was at 38, Upper Harley-street, l'ortland-place. He had recently become exceedingly despondent. Between ten and eleven o'clock yesterday morning he left home to go to his chambers ; and, in White. cross-street, he entered a chemist's shop, and asked for some prussic acid, in Latin, giving his name as Dr. Randell. The shopman immediately got down from the shelf the prussic acid bottle, which the deceased seized directly, and drank off a large quantity. An alarm was raised, and the parties in the shop tried to secure him, but he managed to run out as far as 10S, Fore-street (a baker's shop), where a surgeon was culled in, and the unfortunate gentleman removed to the Cripplegate dispensary. Every effort was made to expel the poison, but the deceased expired in a few minutes. An inquest is expected to be held this day. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1847. IRELAND. DL - nuN, OCT. 27. The government currency expedient has been re ceived with doubtful satisfaction in our city. Imme diately after the account had been received by ex press, numbers flocked to the Chamber of Commerce, where the results were very actively canvassed. The Stock Exchange first felt the value of the announce ment, as there was a rise of fully 20s. in the price of government securities. The synod of the Catholic prelates terminated yesterday, with an adjournment over to the middle of November. In addition to the documents already published others remain to be noticed, which consist of resolutions adopted on the 23rd and 2Gth inst. The first set warmly thank the Pope for his con demnatory rescript of the provincial colleges, and aim a blow at the national education system. Some late changes, it appears, were defended by Dr. Murray whose explanation was by no means satisfactory to the majority, for the alterations are described as " serious and dangerous," and opposed to the instructions of Pope Pius, who recommended that the property in the schools should be transferred from the Education Board, and vested in the bishops and parish priests. In consequence there is to be a petition to parliament for the amendments of such portions of the system as are, to follow the language of the bishops, " incom patible with the discipline of our church, with the full and free exercise of episcopal authority, and with the safety of the religious welfare of our catholic chil dren."fhe second set of resolutions suggest a peti tion for the abolition of all oaths offensive to the reli gious feelings of Roman Catholics, and the substitu tion of the oath of allegiance alone; thank the Earl of Clarendon for his great courtesy and the enlightened maximscontained in his reply, and in order to strength en " his anxious efforts" to secure efficient measures of relief, should his excellency prove unable to carry his humane wishes into eff.ct, propose that some members of the prelatical body, with a representative body of clergy from the various districts of Ireland, and supported by some of the most efficient Irish members, be deputed to wait, if necessary, on her Majesty, about the middle of the ensuing month. The friends of mixed education had better gird up their loins in time, as a severe struggle is at hand. People look with some anxiety to the course Sir Robert Kane will pursue. He is the president of the Cork Provincial College, and his conduct will give a tone to the higher and middle classes of Roman catholic& There is a powerful and almost universal feeling among these bodies in favour of the new colleges. Cork and Galway will not be easily induced to forego the advantages of cheap and enlightened education for their children, whatever may be the decision of propaganda or of synod. The regret for Professor M'Cullagh has not abated —among his friends it sinks deeper and deeper. A meeting of the junior fellows has been held to-day re lative to the burial intro muros of their lamented brother. A memorial has been presented to the pro vost on the subject, and a special meeting of the senior board will consider the application to-morrow. C. Moore, the sculptor, has taken a cast of the face, which will soon be elevated to marble by the numerous friends and admirers of the professor. The vacant chair of natural philosophy will, it is reported, be conferred on the Rev. C. Graves, now professor of mathematics, and the latter chair on either the Rev. Mr. Salmon or Mr. Roberts. Ponr or LONDONDERBT.—A notice has been issued by the Board of Customs appointing Culmore as a boarding sta. tion for the port of Londonderry, in lieu of the present sta tion of Greencastle. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, OCT. 27. It was formerly mentioned that the county of Dum fries had applied to government in order that Scotch as well as English counties should be relieved from the ex pe nse of maintaining convicted prisoners. Sir Denis Le Merchant states in reply— I am to acquaint you that the Ewa She mama of, wier;sedelleing and paying the expellee of, the todeleernesef priseneuelerseeteeoe to Scotlend, is now radar theionlihnilesefilaardsOliksers of the Treasury. len farthis haler Yet the vele kr eekepkg the expense of einkell preneuller. levliebrehmee Nei klieg Dumfriceehire resekone. m gee i a es naemia any to E Wine eel Welt no alteration hulas bees ale the payment et ke criminal prosecutes, k Ikea* fir whisk pa rpm see=llll. woo granted by yeellmeet for the present year. There is some ambiguity in the answer of the secre tary—as his letter leaves it in doubt whether the "purpose" of the 13,2281. was for the relief of " Eng land and Wales," or " Scotland." Most likely it re fers to the former ; but the grammar is certainly such as should not have proceeded from the Home-office, after the exposures made by Cobbett of the bad syntax of public men. The Edinburgh masons have struck work, in 001111111. quence of the masters having reduced the wages to 21s. per week. As this looks like a fair sum, it is bat right to add that the men regard the winter hours of labor as Only ;even noui. per (ley • while f from the broken state of the weather, the average work only amounts to four hours a day, or Be. 6d. per week. As there is a greet deal of building going on in the city, it is probable that the masters will have to yield. At present there are four banks, two railway stations, a college, a church, and a police-office, besides a variety of private edifices, all in various stages of erection ; and, as most of these must have been contracted for completion within a given time, the men have much in their power, and will doubtless avail themselves of their vantage ground. In the rural districts, labour is not so much in demand. Referring to the Dumfries hiring-market, the Courier says : The space there the Mid-steeple was crowded with women, men, sod boys, but the Intended masters were few and far between. Ploughmen 'merely asked 71. and RI. per half-year, but few obtained more than 6/. Boys mid lads from 21... e. upwards; women from Mia. to M. 10a-5Se. and 60s. being common limes. Many willing bands were =hind._ . . . . . . Road iT3form is still going backward in Ayrshire, notice being given of a new check-bar to be erected by the Ayr-road trustees, ea two regular ban by those of Irvine. The Edinburgh police surgeon died of fever last night. The new municipal bill for Edinburgh will calm no little " porochial" bickering—a species of warfare which Mr. Bumble would no doubt have regarded with much awe. The idea of extending the royalty to the parliamentary boundary of the city, has spread consternation amongst the denizens of St. Cuthbert's, a division of the city existing only in old charters, and which unrighteoaaly exempts its inhabitants from their due share of the public burdens. They pay nothing, for example, to the city churches, and yet take good care to avail themselves of their ac commodation. The question in itself is one of the ' veriest local pettiness, but, as concerns the sanitary improvement of towns, these arbitrary parochial divi sions obstruct all improvement, by limiting the re sponsibility and jurisdiction of public officers, and by making the simplest remedy in local administration dependent on the movement of machinery so cum brous, as to amount in many cases to a literal stereo typing of many of the grossest follies of the past. Mr. Hosack, of the Middle Temple, has to-day published a treatise on the " Conflict of Laws of England and Scotland," the first part being devoted to the law of domicile, legitimacy and marriage, with its effects on property. It were desirable if the publication of this work should still further hasten on that assimila tion between English and Scotch law which has more or leas been going on since the union of the two king doms. Scotland has ever been fertile in legislation, and although advancing civilisation makes Highland ' proprietors, the great patrons of law, more amenable to arbitration than they formerly were, still the,, number of appeal cases carried from the Sc otch courts to the House of Lords is very great ; and as they fall to be decided on the principles of Scotch and not English law, the complication is awkward enough. It is so far fortunate that three Scotch Chancellors have been on the woolsack, Loughborough, Erskine, and Brougham, and that one of the present law lords (Campbell) is a Scotsman ; but these are exceptions, not rules ; and it is indeed anomalous that the deci sions of the Court of Session, pronounced by parties who all their lives have studied Scotch law, should be overturned by English judges, who if even all as pains-taking as Lord Eldon, can only bestow passing attention to the exotic code by which these final deci sions should be regulated. Most of the heavy arrears in Lord Eldon's time were Scotch appeal cases, and to this day the phrase " carry it to the House of Lords" causes the boldest litigant to "hold his breath for a time," and this not so much on account of the ex pense, as from the delay that is likely to ensue. The customs revenue of Greenock and Port Glas gow bears out the favourable returns formerly given of Glasgow : Tear ended Year ended 10414 Oct.. 1847. 10th Oat, 1 8 16. 9 1 " 4 7„, t 696,800 1801,600 401,780 307_,367 itll;7, Port Glasgow 171,608 119,661 £1,273,188 01,029,011 Increase in the year ended 10th Oct, 1847 . 244,1'4 The whole increase on the customs revenue of the United Kingdom for last year is only 260,0004 so that the entire augmentation has very nearly pro ceeded from the ports of Clyde alone. BEAUTIES or THE POST-OPFICS.—Three coaches, Safe the Dumfries Courier, run daily to and from Dumfries and Lockerby, in connexion with trains on the Caledonian Rail way, whereby great postal facilities could be given to the communication betwixt this district and the north. In ad dition to this, they would afford rapid and easy communica tion with Annandale ; but the authorities of the Poet-office do not consider such petty considerations worthy of atten tion. Letters posted here for Lockerby are indulged with a trip to Carlisle by mail coach, and thence, per rail, to Lock erby, a distance of about sixty miles ; while the direct road extends to twelve, over which three coaches pass daily. PROVINCIAL. LANCASUIRE. How PAUPERS MAY BE USEFULLY EMPLOYED.— The committee of the Industrial Relief Fund, Warring ton, during the past week, appointed a sub-committee for the purpose of conferring with the board of guardians, re specting the course to be adopted in procuring suitable em poyment for the able.bodied operatives at present wanting relief. The conference took place, and the following rag. gestions were made to the board by the committee :—That the poor should be employed to cleanse and whitewash all the cottages, yards, and musages, within the borough, but not to include any cottages that are assessed to the poor's rate at a higher value than 7!. per annum ; also, that they should be employed to repair Dallam-lane and other roads, provided assistance can be obtained from the turners and occupiers of property in the vicinity of such roads ; and in Macadamizing part of the Wigan road, which is within the township of Warrington, provided the assent of the trustees of the road and the surveyors of highways of Warrington can be obtained. The board cordially approved I of the suggestions, and accepted the offer of the assistance of the committee in providing the necessary emsioyment, subject to the approbation of the poor-law commissioners. In addition to these proteedinge, the mayor has been re quested to write to the head of the ordnance department, urgently requesting that the map of the town, long since ordered by the late police commissioners, may be immediately supplied, in order that a system of drainage and sewerage may be commenced, and the operatives employed on the necessary works. Several subcommittees have also been appointed, one to report on the propriety of establishing industrial schools for young men, and another for procuring employment, to be called " The Employment Committee.' This latter body has issued au advertisement addressed to farmers and others within three miles of the town, offering to treat for the execution of field labour, draining, the re pairing of roads, &c. Another committee was to ascertain the numbers of operatives unemployed, whit their ageand sex. They have ascertained the numbers to be as follow, so far u their inquiries have extended: Factory operatives, 921 males, 1,012 females ; fustian cutters, 54 males, 103 females ; other employments, chiefly labourers, 79 males ; total, 1,034 males, 1,115 females. The operatives themselves object to being employed in the whitewashing of cottages, &c., on the ground of the prevalence of fever in them, and their generally filthy state, which they consider woald be highly prejudicial to their own health, so that at present not much hu been accomplished for them ; it is, however, to be desired that the efforts of the committee to procure work may be successful. BRITISH ANTI-STATE — CHURCH ASSOCIATION.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds was held on Wednesday evening, in the Music-hall, to receive a deputa tion from this association " for the liberation of religion from all state interference." The Rev. W. Footer, of London, with Mr. Wall, attended an the deputation. The Mttaio hall was thronged with a respectable company, embracing the leading dissenters in the town. The Rev. Dr. Hamilton, independent minister, took the chair, and explained at some length how the present movement had arisen out of the much-agitated question of state-endowed education. The Rev. Thomas &ales enlarged upon the sane topic*, and concluded an animated reek by proposing That In the deliberate papist of iltielsasilij deg alablish meets of riders are Warms to the latersee Mere ireit, sad ',nowt) oberhle eh On bit:rine sie We i l rent Important groan& howls dr Ferree eety—they violate the eterarkime—Ory YIItE vtime or ace men • salears et the wile sempelhd swam frost the towered wok aelleibe Mee Mak wen MOMS= le terrain ; Mat thimble the wa4lisertet sedeZi um e er ewe 'mem era the true bereft et tea *rah red amid the diretaties of that deem srbirt now arts Wu= Mr. E. Baines, jun., warded the resolution, and it was supported by the Be t. W. Forster. The meobation haring been adopted, it wee ieurred by the Bev. B. Brower, baptist minister : nat it eras all who with well tether entry sad to the ere of relies owl morality, elf OM/ awl seed kewswir r Wier to so* the moval of ee eA r amble as the reed err sea- Wilmot et Ohms rem ; het la eased GM Sthe meat mores arum its winlensere a lbi lOW be wend. aml We own ninmeme mho le pens It. y sods ewer es seseedhallarl rpore Mr. IfarT Rawson Wok mewled dm ims ad It was supported by Mr. Mali, who anpremod the sOom which he felt at meeting so large and respectable an assemblage of the nonconformist body, because it afforded hint an earned of the future success of the views which the emaciation had been established to effectuate. The time was at hand, felt persuaded, when the state-protected church would be come a thing that was—an establishment known only in the records of history. Rio address was frequently cheered. The Rev. William Haswell, independent minister, then proptild. and Mr. James Itishardson seconded That la the emblem oldie waft. the British anti-bate Church frodeffon h miens ahisel fd roto wrest be which It lemel—She ter tee sli leMenstmee— melleslZM Ile seggert by sellaliemer. sod resomere tbas Walesa esesmlttes to carry eat Its= In the 111117411 - 7=e as te New Medd to tell number. follow ths rem viessele dew poem ) It was alibespielley IllniVelte u the motion of the Rev. J. FL hts , r, seconded by the Ron J. Ti n:jell'', W ia Z a i dalt Amoefation minister, that thanks be given to the Rey. . Forster and Mr. Nell for their at tendance as a depilation, and for their able advocacy of the principles of the hmeciation. Those gentlemen having seve rally acknowledged the compliment the meeting broke up. THE " Rux" AT NEWCABTLT..—A private letter, !looted by the Scotsman, says : " There were several amusing incidents daring the run on Friday. One fellow drew 1,3001. out, and having paid it in gold, he would have it out in gold, and nothing sloe. 1,300 sovere4ns were, therefore, shovelled into his hat , with which h e wa l ed off down Grey street to the Bank of England ; but they would not emotive any deposits at such a time ; so he sat down as the in the street with his hat before him, sedan— one pocket full after .another, to the entsinhhasent of the passers-by, many of whom had never before ems a hat fall of sovereigns. CHESHIRE. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. —A meeting of the coeunissionen was held yesterday, for the purpose of receiv ing and considering in a more detailed form the proposals of provernsaent for completing the dock-works at Birkenhead. Mr. Mallaby weeks chairman, and there were 16 commis sioners present. Reporters were excluded ; but the result of the meeting (which extended over nearly three noun) was stated to be, that the commissioners had accepted and signed the proposals of the crown, which are in substance the same as announced last week ; and the bill sanctioning the ad vance is to be submitted to parliament as a government measure. .—....—,.—., ..... MR. O'CONNOR'S POLICY WHEN IN PARLIAMENT. —Last evening, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, M.P., addressed an assemblage of nearly 2,000 people in the Exchange Hall, Nottingham, principally in defence of his land plan. At the conclusion of a speech which occupied more than two hours, he said ke had a few words to say to them as their represen tative. It was said that when he went into the House of Commons he would wow find his level. He had been there before, and then he found his level ; and that level was, independence and uprightness of conduct. And when he went into the House of Commons again, he should go with more experience., with more knowledge, and better tempered out; and that portion of the press which imagined that he was going there as an inflated, furious, ridiculous de claimer, would perhaps find their own mistake and disappoint ment. The great value that he would be in the House of Commons to the working classes would consist in the feet that whilst collegians, drawing-room gentlemen, and perfumed lords boasted, prided themselves, and rested their strength upon the education they had delved from books, he piqued himself upon the education and the information he had re. ceived front the people, looking for justice themselves. This was what would make him powerful ; and be !should be inoperative in that house, a nonentity, a disgrace to his con stituents, and a nullity to society, if he had not sufficient discretion to know how to bring that knowledge to bear upon that house. He pledged hamar If to the men of Not tingham, that, however the members of the House of Com mons might try to shout him down, they should not do it ; he pledged himself that, however the press might be opposed to his principles, they should not be able to expose his follies as a ranting demagogue—they should not be able to denounce him as a rioting fool. The experience he had got was worth mines of gold; and he did not say it vainly, Whereas go vernment had formerly to glean something like a balance of truth front misrepresentation on both sides ' he would tell them the truth, and the whole truth. Good God! when he walked through their lanes and alleys, and saw the little decrepid children, with their pale little faces and their totter ing limbs that ought to be exposed to the free open air of heaven, to the country air—when he saw the wan and hag gard looks of wives, who, under ether circumstances, should be the comfort of their homes, the pride of their establish- meats, the honour of their household—when he saw the happiness of the working climes destroyed that others might live upon their sweat and blood,—how could he, professing the love be did for them, do otherwise than stand up proudly as their defender and their advocate ? The world, without the affection of the people, would be as a blank to him. Ile reminded them that the municipal elections were near at hand : these were the normal schools ; and if they hoped to preserve the power of securing the representative of their choice, they must exert themselves in the coming struggle to place men of their own stamp upon the corporation of the town. ESSEX. INDICTMENT FOR DISOBEYING A SCIIPCENA.—At the Essex Quarter Session., last week, T. Smith, a labourer, was indicter for having refused and neglected to attend a subpiana. The fact& were these:—Before the month of May last a person named James Little had been charged with stealing a post from Mr. Oliver, and information was given that it was important the prisoner should appear on the trial of that charge, and state what he knew. Accordingly the writ called a subpicaa issued, and was tested by the lord-lieutenant, requiring him to attend at the adjourned session and give evidence in the matter. A copy of the writ was sent in to him ; but on the 18th of klay, when the trial took place, the prisoner did not attend. He had stated to the person who served him with the writ, that he would not give evidence, and he did not appear either before the grand jury or when the prisoner was tried; the conse quence of which wax, that there was not sufficient evi dence, and Little was acquitted. The magistrates thought the ends of justice should not be defeated in th it way, and they directed this indictment. For the defence it was con tended that the indictment could not be sustained unless it was proved that a reasonable sum fur expenses in coming to give evidence and in returning bad been tendered to the party subpccaaed. When the man refused to come, the party who summoned him should have tendered him his expenses, aad not having done so, the prisoner was not liable to an indictment in this court. Counsel for the prose cution replied that the provision only referred to the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland and England, and the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, and the provision was made because those courts had the power of punishing by way of attachment. In criminal cases the witness was not entitled to ask in this way for his expenses, be cause it was a matter between the crown and the prisoner, and it was a principal of law that the crown paid expenses to no one.—lt was replied that by analogy the act would apply to the court of Quarter Session, because seeing what the practice of the Queen's Bench was, this court would regulate its proceedings accordingly.—The Chairman said, the impression of the court was that the parties were not hound to tender the expenses.—Counsel then addressed the jury for the prisoner, whs was an illiterate person, and his conduct could not come under the terms of wilfully, un lawfully, and contumaciously refusing to give evidence. This subpoena talked of " Thomu Smith and John Doe greeting and was it likely that a poor labourer, with bread so'dear as it was in May, should leave his work, and feel such curiosity to see John Doe, not knowing who John Doe was, and come to Chelmsford, not having had his expenses ? When the policeman said, "If you don't come and see John Doe you will be fined 1001., " he said, " You may as well say 200/.," it was so absurd altogether that he could not think it meant anything. If , the policeman had given him ss. and said "if you come you will get a good dinner," he would have been there. From all the facts, he contended that it could not be said he wil fully and contumaciously refused to give evidence.—The Chairman, in summing up, said, it was most important that persons should give evidence of what they knew, for if in criminal matters a person could say " I will not come here, and I will not go there," one of the great safeguards of society would be broken down.—The jury found the prisoner " Guilty."—The Chairman in passing sentence said, if par ties were to disobey the law in this way, no one would be safe, and he hoped if there were others who were disposed to disobey the command to attend a court of justice, they would take warning by this conviction. It was clearly the prisoner's duty to attend when the charge against Little was gone into; in consequence of his absence the charge fell to the ground. The sentence was that he be imprisoned for one month. ENCROACHMENTS OF THE SEA.—The loss of land at the eastern extremity of Worthing by the attacks of the sea is yearly made evident. The town itself, if it be exempt from all probable ill-consequences, may witness the encroachraent, though unpleasantly near, without serious alarm. Within the last two years the East Coast Cloud Sta tion house, which not long before had a platform and a good beach on the south of it, has been washed down by the tides; and within memory various objects—buildings and sites—on the east and west of Worthing have in like manner disappeared. By the Lancing turnpike.road, a few years since, the trustees, linable by groyning to resist success fully the force of the tides, erected a see wall, against which a beach soon accumulated, and, by the united strength of beach and wall, the overflow of the sea into the road was rendered of rare occurrence. The action of the tides, how ever, did not abate, whilst the masonry decayed, and the beach shifting, left the artificial defence (the wall) to offer, almost alone, a resistance to the sea. On Saturday night, during the storm which then prevailed, a great portion of the wall was washed down, and the sea again made its way to the road. There is now no beach on the south side of the foundation of the wall, that being removed farther north ; and the advancing line of the heath thence towards Lancing is indicative of the ceaseless aggressions of the sea, despite the industrious and expensive efforts of the Lancing turn pike trust to stay its inward progress. LITERATURE. A Treatise on the Law of Leases, with Forms and Prece dents. By T Roam' ?Ler?, Bag., of Lincoln's-inn, Bar. sister-at-Law. The extent and importance of the interests in houses and lands—technically, real property—which in this country are secured by leases, must always render a work on the law of leases one of considerable in terest to the legal profession; and there are few others who do not occasionally find some precise know ledge of this portion of law of great practical value. In London, not only are moot of the occupiers of the prin cipal tr ade-houses and private dwellings leaseholders, but leaseholds in which beneficial interests have been created, first, by the builders, and since by successive sub-lessees, constitute a portion of that mass of securities upon which loans of a permanent character are based. Nothing is more striking than the dif ference in value between a plot of land when first staked out and let on building leases, and the same land after it has gone through the hands of a few enterprising builders or ad venturous speculators in building, and has be come covered with shops er private houses. All this improved value is the offspring of commercial progress. Mr. Platt, in his introductory chapter, glifs • OMNI at de ad lady ef 111=111 , dads lartas Weed et Mellselles Mad Id add Ma pada e • = t et woo be yaws; sad It kidded, It de tratneeld twee the waded andlerada of ik dee, ad tbe ids by ski lie embed Alain mid pdatepotere keel deedepal refewurd At Int the dot wpm to Ode bed twidetel leder as the half are w rest at We had. ad wedielatek ter Ws deed thew es Maki say ellrectk do ladd• if aep er. timer, he dna a more uka. id adds add er d=rted la ter.% h — t W e —ell bed rad* grata or d produce ▪ anewapelehe dowsed In towns, rants were early paid, drat in labour, and soon in money. Bat for a long period the leaseholder's interest was somewhat precarious, and he was liable to be evicted by the fraud or default of those who had paramount title, the lords of the soil. On this Mr. Platt says : fle Min of the lessee perfected Ws mate la the land ; and r kw se be yedemed the dutlee ot a dd. he bed • distal de deem the Ida avid the lord ad ill dim be Ma. Side pad mad tika brawita We Mow* awl as Edam- mai base a ma* the elbeefig el Sad arna eillaisa. was &di Enwidelded et the kw to tie peed. eeepenag el teslelm • WV* rdwery wes same W the wwwwww, the sok, ellemiltr, et hood he; ls wad. of a coatedenis; krolred tai t =iwi advs. tiro term for years, ths re:armor being deemed to claim under • title superior to that of the recoveree, or lessor, and, of course, entering and evicting the knee. According to the better opinion, it was not competent to the terroor to falsify the recovery that being • privilege comeded to wine but • cony having • freehold estate. It to true, that be might seek hit remedy in • writ of came tent for damages ; but they were • parr eutionote for the enjoyment of hie tenement, improved probably at the coot of great akin, Moot, and expense. The statute of Gloucester (6 Edward 1., c. 11) was intended to protect the leaseholder against collusive recoveries by the freeholder. The operation of that act was confined to London ; so that its utility was very limited. Its terms, too, were not sufficient to comprehend all the cases in which leaseholders suf fered from collusive recoveries. In this condition, however, the termor remained until the reign of Henry VIII., when the statute 21 Henry VIII., c. 15 put en effectual check upon a course of proceeding alike impolitic and unjust. This act declared that the " Tcrmors should hold their terms according to their leases, as if the recoveries had not been suffered, at the same time giving the recoverors the like remedies against the termors for the rents and services, and for waste, as the lessors had." Thenceforth the interest of the leaseholder has been as secure in point of title as that of the freeholder from whom it is derived. A critical review of this elaborate work, regarding it as a legal treatise, would be out of place in our columns; but we may state, that the propositions of law are clear and precise, generally well arranged, and supported by full statements of the cases and authorities upon which they are founded. The appendix of pre cedents is excellent. There are leases and parts of leases, clauses and powers of leasing, which seem to supply all of precedent and form which the most va ried practice can require. The following summary of the contents of the work will afford the legal reader some notion of the complete analysis. to which Mr. Platt has subjected this branch of the law. Of the definition and general nature of a lease ; of the subjects of demise ; of the contracting parties ; and of their contract. This is divided into four chapters. 1. Who may be lessors; 2. Who may be lessees; 3. Leases between particular individuals; and 4. Of the contract; of the term of the lease ; of the instrument of demise, its essential and formal parts ; of the duration of the liability of the covenanting parties; and of the effect of trans mission by act a law, or alienation by act of the party, of the reversion, or of the lease; of the deter mination of the lease, and its consequences; and, lastly, of the preparation, custody, production, stamping, and registration of leases; and of indorse ments. . . --,7-- There is one part of this subject on which it may just now be useful to dwell a little. In our foregoing remarks we have referred to the immense capital in vested in leasehold property in towns, and at this moment the general character of such property is urban and commercial. But ere long the same sort of property will be created by the investment of capital in rural and agricultural leaseholds. The process may and will vary, but the principle of the outlay will be the same. The enterprising farmer will take from some arced magnate the raw material, an unimproved English farm—and that raw enough is such material, farmers who are striving to improve well know—and by the judicious application of skill • and capital, by the erection of buildings and so forth, he may so increase its yearly value, as to come to possess a beneficial interest proportionate to that ac quired in urban property. At present the farmer will be generally compelled to avail himself of that bene ficial interest by the occupation of the land, be cause landowners like to choose their own tenants and insert stipulations against the assignment of farm leases; but by-and-by, when the true interests of the owners of land become better understood, we shall find such restrictions abandoned, and the terms length ened. That, however, is prospective; but when even leases for 21 years become general—as they must if rents are to be kept up to the present rate—the bene ficial interests of agricultural leaseholders will bear a comparison with those of the holders of town leases. This leads to most important considerations as to the titles to farm-leaseholds. Most English estates are in settlement, the actual possessors being only tenants for life ; and their right to grant leases, which shall be binding on their successors, depends upon "powers" specially given to them for that purpose in the settle ment. Such powers must be executed in strict conformity with the settlement, otherwise they are not binding on the successor; and the tenant who may have laid out his capital on the faith of a lease may be ejected. And these powers vary in every conceivable way, according to the ca price of the settlor, or the fancy of the conveyancer who prepared the settlement. Thus, tenants for life may be authorised to grant leases of lands " usually or aceustomably demised," and then the question arises, whether that power applies to lands which have not been constantly in lease ;• and it is very doubtful whether the life-owners of estates which have been let from year to year, notwithstanding the settle ments under which they hold contain such a power, could grant valid leases. Then we find powers to let at the " usual or accustomed rent ;" or at the " best and most improved rent;" or with the " usual cove nants," or " the same covenants as are contained in previous leases of the same lands," or " as are usual in the country where the lands are situate ;" and these restrictions becoming, from change of circum stances, inconvenient, are often disregarded ; but then the leases are latterly valueless as against the next taker of the estate. So again, it is sometimes required that the power to lease be executed by a deed with a par ticular number of attesting witnesses, or during a par ticular period, as whilst a woman is single, or whilst the tenants for life arc under or above a defined age, or with some otherlperson's consent, and so forth, and very little regard is paid to these matters in granting farm leases. Yet tee what a perilous position the farmer who expends his capital in improvement on s".ch lease stands in. There is no doubt that a per son agreeing to grant a lease is morally bound to adduce his title to the estate ; but then imagine a far mer asking my Lerd, or Sir John, for an abstract of title to the farm either of them may have agreed to lease! Oliver Twist "asking for more" at the pauper-table would be deemed modest in compa rison. Yet there is no real safety for a tenant-farmer without knowing the precise terms of the power under which his landlord can grant leases. This is, in truth, in the present position of agricultare, a mat ter of great and growing importance. On this point the following from Mr. Platt's book are instructive, as sh P rit g g es the vague and uncertain state of the law. It is not rue in practice, on an astormat Ihr a lease, especially where It is to be derived out of a greet err* le require ea layovers. tine of the title of the treaded ifflKe• bet whirr the rodnetket al that title can be "shard cis bill foe ipsollbiLikiiimeir *time hr been the sorest of redeem dteenrstan. wade it need ... Lord Mandleld tend to sheerthat isernsdric i.b % nslasasithstimisit ;metes right anquesticearr. * Mom mid his Webb) wile to be secure when he takes a lassa, timid after awl MEOW the title.deeds;" but be almitteed, at the rase time, that It was net often done, because the Meer relied on the honour of his landket ra ja cazav v id, buid.. that Oa er e of ot u :(1.1121m = . e. , : u7 tooe" dm wa nd erm s : the , , of before the subject was r mach earihred as It MOM Milos Is first, that es a =dna to a hese was ao sr rashly Wins by et law that the lemera i rMel i rt power to plot web a lee" end should show • geed din der the court arrested the jodiposse en the pooled that less nut a yea breach of en esessment is pest• a lam Is slob tint the had 120 i shwa, owl hod net • sollehet Ilds; onl, essendly, Sot Nat weirt there . a °ll"s e ps i Ty agrene"...tnit I.lll.l te lo ti ctr.. umie = l. "bta s 11 = 4 .1610 11.1 .8. 4 1 11:1, 161" :" ...goar w r i :sh a r e ienee m e 7 ett iu. . w e d ain' t t i t u l at ei earmot Nat 4 6. tiol2 of ; a party arreelemalther rehires ee Ude. for the rale at al l lease, aurae ((except la IMO eta Wisp% IEIOO compel a spare performer without prodrellea et his hour% title, as well as his lea; nor, wrest such , rarer so action at law foe a breach of the eireetneat. loyese. flee szorody to provide, to *Crowell tler 1 1•Maj a lt e lhalasor sha abe weed to produce his own title; oak Is he the Ws eilsesierld interests, that the vender doll sat be Mel to maw kb hart Ms. And If no enstinneer bodge Os met of the Ms et lessinid yeepe,ely wawa • et yore seem hiss 11= partied= owl esalltless et sal he Is which is a paddler ee to ea action by him play avid Ids emPb7v Ice work and Is. _ _ Of the actual state of the law on these and other question' touching leases, full information will be found in the work before us, and few will look into it who will hesitate to declare that, like the rest of the law of real property, the law of leases requires much amendment. Plait SOCIETY OF BILITIEffI MUSICIANS. Yesterday morning there was another trial in the Hanoversquare Rooms, of new works by the members and associates of this society. The performance was in effect • public one, the audience being so numerous es almost to fill the great room. The compositions were of various degrees of merit, but all of them exhibited talent, and some were of a high order. This was especially the case with a pianoforte concerto in C sainor by Mr. C. E. Horsley, a work of distinguished genius. It is constructed in the modern form of concerto-writing, of which the finest specimens exist among the works of Beetho ven and Mendelsohn, where there are no longer the formal alternations of sole and tutu passages, but the p i ano f o rte throughout the whole piece is blended with the other instruments of the orchestra ; though, of course, retaining the predominance of a priaeird part. Kr.