The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-15 00:00:00

• err node kr contracting the loth 61360,000,000 fr. was With of it among the specalston at the Passage de m o th. is said that it was to be at 4I per cent, for Inf. • ,4w, to be paid up by athathly imbalance. It was to be m ad, two ran after the payment of the lath instalment, by r oily payments at par. As the Mlthater of Finance has goas far Nernst days to Ages, sotkieg eta be decided on ython Tetanal. It is said that before his departure be wa ordoanaths authorising the issue of treasary bonds to the Meath of 25,000,000 f. Advicea from Floss e% ISM, Ind 1148rei with the journals of the latter gap el the 4th and sth, have been received. A pepaiseasishration on a grist s ole took place at Flores°, ea the sth, on the Mae ice of the publication of the proclamation of the Grand Duke, to which we adverted yesterday, for the establishment and organisation of t he national guard. The people collected in thou sands under the windows of the Pith Palace, express ing, by all the usual ways common to multitudes, their gratitude. The entire population, from the most exalted to the most humble, caught the fire of the common enthusiasm. A committee has been elected at Leghorn, consisting of Count Lardevielle, gonfa lonier (chief magistrate), Giuliano Ricci, avocet, Luigi Gera, avocet, I'. Butolommei, Micheeli Palli, Fr. Pacho, Giovanni Fanelli, and A. Swahili°, to re plate the grand festival appointed to take place on the Bth in celebration of the establishment of the national guard. Cardinal Lambruschini arrived in Rome on the 30th ult. from Civita Vecchia. He entered the city accompanied by Count Pietro Ferretti, who had gone to Castel di Guido, 10 miles from Rome, to meet No offensive manifestation towards him took place. The Roman Adcerliser of the 4th inst. has the following : It is said that the answer recently arrived from the court of Vienna to the Holy See expresses in the name of the Emperor regret for the impression made on the Holy Father by the late events in Ferrara, which his Majesty does not regard as the invasion of anther ' s, but the exercise of his own right, as resulting from article 103 of the treaty of Vienna ; that if any impropriety has been committed, the is to be attr.buted to the ezmutioners of the act, who have proceeded contrary to the instructions received; that his Majesty has never had the intention of occupying the poo- title states, into which nothing should induce him to send troops, unless invited by . the Sovereign Pontiff; that the whole controversy reducing itself to the explanation of the abovenemed article, of the word place, and the rights thence deducible, his Majesty is content that the question should be decided in Rome, in whatever manner both parties may agree to. The Cutemporanea, Roman journal of the 4th; says that several citizens intend to invite Gioberti, the well-known writer on politics and history, to visit Rome. Ifs signalised himself by declaring in his Prolegomeni " that the emancipation of Italy would issue front the Vatican long before the election of Pins LX. The same journal says that the Austrian ambas sador, Count Latzow, presented a note to the Pope, in which the right of occupation of Ferrara is main tained, but a desire for negotiation is expressed. His holiness replied that it was first necessary to eva cuate Ferrara; that negotiations might then be entered on, not respecting the right of occupa tion, but on the meaning of the term place in the treaty ; that if evacuation were re fused, he would endeavour to compel it. Cardinal Ferretti is represented as having declared that his holiness would lint send a protest to Vienna ; that he would next recal his nuncio front that city, and deliver passports to the Austrian ambassador at Rome; that he would then publish a bull of excom munication, which had been already prepared; and in the last result he would make an appeal to the whole population of Italy. The following letter from Leghorn is given in Galignanrs paper, dated the sth inst.: We have just received intelligence here from Ferran. Affairs remain there in the same state. However the Tyrolean Chaaseurs who have been said to have weed the Po, have either reti red or gone into cantonments on the left bank of the river. It had been rumoured at Ferrara that Cardinal Ciacebi'waa, on account of his health, about to relinquish the government of the legation . but, on the 24th alt, it was ascertained that he would remain at his pest. On the following day a numerous deputation of the citizens went to his eminence with an address, expressing the general satisfaction. A disturbance broke out at Sienna on the sth, owing to the imputed misconduct of a baker, by which a factitious price was given to bread. The governor, Count Ragnoni, appeased the people, and, to consequence of the desire generally expressed by the citizens, granted the provisional organisation of a civic guard, to which arms were immediately distributed. The Madrid mails of the Bth, with the journals and correspondence, have been received. Among their contents that which most especially commands atten tion is the alleged protest of the French cabinet, made by the Duke de Glucksberg, against the amnesty. It will be seen, by referring to the letter of our own cor respondent, that he affirms that he has good authority for this announcement. " The fact," he writes, " has been confirmed to me by an authority which places its truth beyond all question." We find the rumour of such a measure credited by some of the Madrid journals, such as El Clamor Public° and La Prensa. We collect from these, however, that the reported protest was not against the amnesty in gene ra, but against its extent We have seen other letters from Madrid of the Bth, in which the fact is altogether discredited. On the Bth the Duke de Glucksberg gave a grand diplomatic dinner, to which all the ministers were invited. This fact is produced as a proof that no misunderstanding prevails between the actual cabinet and the French embassy. Count San Antonio, the uncle of General Serrano, has been appointed to the command of the Halberdiers, vacated by General Ros de Nano. The report is un founded that a portfolio has been offered to I)on Lorenzo Arrazola, and that M. Goyena has tendered his resignation. The moderado party say that a division has already manifested itself in the cabinet, MM. Salamanca and la Eacoenra being opposed on certain points to MM. Cordova, Roe de Olen°, and Goyena. The mall of the Duke de Oluckaberg is thus ex plained by L' Union Monarehique : The cabinet hes at last comprehended that M. Deems, jun. (the Duke de Glucksberg) has become injurious at Madrid from very insignificancy. This diplomatist at gems has been able to oppose us impediment to the deeigns of Mr. Bulwer, but, by way of compensation, he ham found means of rendering himself completely disagreeable to the young queen. In the commencement, Isabella was diverted by the awkward manners and perfect nullity of the French charge d'affaires, and especially with the doctoral tone he adopted when offering his remon.strances to her Majesty. M. Decazes, a youth of six and twenty, had taken upon himself the put of a Mentor; he was the echo of the seven maxims of the ex-regent. Isabella said to him one day : " Was it your father, sir, who taught you all these fine things The diplomatist was struck dumb. For some time past he bad grown quite obnoxious and could never obtain an audience. " Thank God! !" said the tauten one-day, " he is neither my chaplain nor my con fessor, I shall receive him no more." Weary of a position as sad as ridiculous, M. Elie Dresses has imparted his tribula tions to M. Guizot and to the relations of Isabella ; and it has been decided he shall be relieved from his thankless office. M. de Bacourt, on whom has fallen the perilous honour of representing the King oldie French at Madrid, is a diplo matist of the school of M. do Tarried. The Swiss diet, as we announced would probably happen, has adjourned to the 18th October, for the purpose . of allowing time to the cantonal governments to give instructions to their respective deputies on the question of the measures to be adopted to enforce the execution of the decisions which the diet has come to and which have been hitherto resisted by the cantons of the league. The division which now disunites and distracts the Swiss confederacy may be thus briefly stated. The confederacy consists of twenty whole cantons and four half cantons, varying within yery wide limits in population, territory, and wealth, and differing also in language, religion, and customs. Eight whole cantons and two half cantons, including those of greatest population, wealth, and intelligence, 'ruches Berne and Geneva, are desirous of consoli dating the Swiss nationality by giving greater strength and power to the federal govern ment, which presides in common over all the cantons, as distinguished from the can tonal governments by which the internal affairs of the cantons respectively are directed. They are also desirous of expelling the Jesuits from the territory of the confederacy, and of declaring any partial league or confederacy between any particular cantons illegal. To these measures the remaining eight whole cantons and two half-cantons are opposed. But, as the ma jority in the diet necessarily decides, the question,bas now arrived at the practical issue as to how the federal government is to compel these eight cantons and two half-cantons to submit to such decision. The despotic states of Eastern Europe and France take the aide of the minority in this dispute ; England is represented as favouring the federal government. The matter, however, must now be speedily brought to an THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1847. fon him, to protect him from any peruke demonstration, and no disturbers took place. Cardinal Penettl has este birthed a wr of policemen in unithem, • mesons* which has mach gamed the populace, as it deprives the local police of its meet and ismukiteral eharecter.—Another letter from Rase announce the arrival in that city of in envoy from the United Stare of Amara, to negotiate a Sleety of amity and coalmen, between the two countries. This treaty will lay the foundation for the rtablishment of , diplomatic relations between the two govenustents, and it la said a nuncio will shortly be seat from the Pope to Wash- The citizens of Rimini have followed the noble example of those of Bologna, Ferrara, and Fort, in offering their lives and possesuons to his holiness for conserving the 1 independence of the Roman see and its tarritorkil integrity. 1 The communal council has 'dammed a declaration to the 1 pro-legate in this purport.—Roman Advertiser. NAPLES, AUG. 28.—There haabeen unusual ga iety here during the doendays, owing to the Femme of the rime de Joinville and his fleet. The young °Seers are very toad of dancing, and there his be a reunion somewhere every t evening. M. and Madame de Luttroth lighted up their I villa, at Capodinionte, and it was quite a inky scene, but the Prince de Joinville's Illuminating his fleet wee quite unique. Vesuvius makes a beautiful dirlay, and it bunt forth, too, the night the French fleet east anchor in the bay. On the side towards Pompeii, scarcely more than the reflection is seen, so the crowd of faahionables at Caetellarnare came to Naples to see this I belle Aorreu r ! It flames impurely at the cep, and stones I are seen thrown up to a great height. Another aster has opened half-way between the hermitage and the old I entry, from which run two large streams of lava. HOLLAND.—M. J. Swart has addressed to the Anesierdonsrelie Courant the following emanaunicatien " According to the advice transmitted by the commission for the improvement of the East Indian charts, Lieutenant the Baron N. Gransneb Tengnagel has meetly discovered in the Satanists roadstead a sunken rock hitherto unknown. This rock retarded at the west of the isle of Onnat, to the south, 1 deg ease, and the bailee of the rock Mathildas, south 43 decent. When the waters are low there are but • 3 fathom of moor ahem the rock and 64 fathoms around it. I If this atamemot ecommeed with the chart of the Batavian roadstead published by the aammisima he the improvement of marine charts, it will bs laadlkmethasaidrack is situated between the islands of Schiedam and Ilettesdarc end the isle , , of Oorust, to the north of the sertleenelern point of the last ' named. RUSSIA.—ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 2.—The Em peror ham just issued a abase, which forbids the insurance ' in foreign countries of real property situated in Russia, under pain of a fine of 3 per cent. on the sum insured. The same ukase plains a tax of I per cent. on the amount of every policy of insurance against fire made In Russia. The pro , steeds of this tax are destined to contribute to defray the 1 expenses of the administration of police in the locality in , which the object insured may be situated. The Minister of Worship and of Public Instruction ha enjoined the pro testant comistories of the provinces situated on the Baltic not ' to employ for the future in their official document& any other language than the Hessian. To effect this, a translator will be attached to every consistory at the expense of the govern. meat, with a salary of 300 roubles (1,200 francs) per annum. The government has proposed prises for the best statistical des-ription of each province, and even of each considerable district of the empire. These prizes will consist of gold medals, of the value of 300 and 150 roubles. The successful works will be publi.hed by the government, and 300 copies will be given gratis to the author, with the right maned to him of publishing himself all subsequent editions of his work. TURKEY.—ER7.EROUX, Atm. 14.—We have re ceived news from Teheran up to the Lt of August. The corps of Serbasen, 15,000 strong, which it had been proposed to increase to the number of 40, 000 men, now occupying the town and its vicinity, have rebelled, on account of th eir pay being in urea?. They have already created disturbances, and the first minister, Hadschi Mena Afghani, has been compelled to resort to the greatest humiliations in order to re-establish order : the affair was not settled when the courier departed. It is beyond a doubt that the Hadschi, who is point of fact directs the government, has very war like views ; however ' it is not yet ascertained whether his projects lie to the east or to the west. He has had some hundred cannons melted, and ordered several hundred thou sands of gone, principally in England. This number, though great, seems to be exact. But then orders will not be executed with iut trouble, as money is wanting ; the dis order of the finauces is beyond belief.—Gazette d' Awesome g EGYPT.—ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 29.—The Nautilus, screw steamer, which sailed benee on the 24th inst. for Liver pool, put back to this port on the 25th with considerable damage—her masts, rigging, bulwarks, deck, and cabin, have been all destroyed, and her cargo (wheat, beans, and erre, either totally destroyed or considerably damaged and port thrown overboard, having taken fire about 100 Miles Iron this port. The machinery is uninjured, and no lives were loot. UNITED STATES.—PITILADELPHIA, AUG. 30. . A corresp indent writes: "I hive just received a telegraphic despatch from Cincinnati (to which point the wires have already been extended), stating that a tornado, which pared over the village of Kingston,. Indiana, one day last week, ' had torn tp a large menagerie and sirens-tent belonging to • General Welsh, killing Levi North, the great circus.rider, and wounding several others. An elephant and several of the finest of the animals were also killed." BOSTON, AvG. 30.—" The Hon. Mr. Laseelles," writes a correspondent of the above date, " is at the Ocean house at Newport, very dangerously ill of typhua fever. He is receiving every attention. Dr. Wanes, of Boston, has gone down by railroad to consult. I left there last evening, tI and before starting saw his physician Dr. King he was in a drowsy state, and the chances were against him; but the . announcement of his death in the Herald and Tribune is premature." COLONIAL. ASCENSION, At7o.7::onhe 9th nit. there was not over 40 tons of water on the island, an unprecedentedly small quantity, much leas than there was when the Penelope and Tortoise both proceeded to St. Helena three years ago for a supply. The scarcity arose from the number of vessels that wired seal were supplied with that commodity during the month preceding. On the 11th and 12th, however, we had several productive showery, and our tanks are now well filled, though every individual on the island is still on short allowance, viz., a gallon a day. It is a valuable commodity at Ascension, and requires to be husbanded. We were visited by the rollers on the 16th, 17th, and 18th, whirls, however, did no damage, but entirely prohibited communi cation with the shipping in the bay. " These present one of the most interesting phenomena," says Webster, in his " Narrative," " that the island affords. All is tranquil in the distance ; the sea breeze scarcely ripples the surface of the water, when a high swelling wave is suddenly observedrolling towards the .island. At first it appears to move slowly for ward, tiU at length it breaks on the outer reefs. The swell then increases, wave urges on wave, until it reaches the beach, where it bursts with tremendous fury. The rollers now set in and augment in violence till they attain a terrific and awful grandeur, affording a magnificent sight to the spectator. The beach is now mantled over with foam, the mighty waters sweep over the plain, and the very houses at George Town ere shaken by the fury of the warm." FEARFUL CATASTROPHE AT SEA. We yesterday announced the loss of the ship, Mamlouk, of New York, on its way to Liverpool, occasion ing the destruction of 42 human beings. We are now able to add from the New York papers further patticulan of the catastrophe : The ship sailed from New York, Aug. 9, for Liverpool, with 4 cabin passengers, 36 in the steerage, and a crew of 24 officers and men. She received her first infon , on the night of Sunday, August 15, in about latitude 38 N. and longitude 67 W. She was then lying to in a violent hurri cane, under the main spencer and lore topmast stay sail. About 10 minutes before 12 o'clock she was struck by a heavy squall, and careened so much that the cargo shifted, and she immediately fell upon her beam ends, the weather rail on the quarter deck being within a few feet of the water. The main and mizen masts were immediately cut away, and the ship righted, but the cargo burst open the hatches and floated about, creating much confusion, and increas ing the impending danger. Within a very short time the vessel filled, and she became water-Inpd, the starboard rail being under water. In this condition the crew and peasengen remained until daylight ea the next morning, the 16th, when the dreadful truth became apparent to them that out of 61 souls only 22 remained alive, the others hay. lug been washed overboard. The steerage passengers occu pied the hens on deck, and ware in bed at the time of the disaster. The heavy sea that struck the ship swept this house overboard with all its inmates, and hence the great loss of that dere of passengers, only one of the 36 having been saved. The cabin passengers were also in bed, and, se the ship lay on her beam-ends, they were rescued through one of the windows on the weather side. The captain,Chris tianson, was once washed overboard, bat recovered himself ' in the rigging of the mainmast. The names of these lost are annexed: Psseorous—.l. Blue, Miss L Hoplerk, P. Dowling, Ws and In. rant; J. Joyce, wife and infant; Mai a. OilLtr iii lliserke, Kr. Green, E. Green, wile sad three chllehmt ; W. H. Humph rey, Mr. Mathias, H. Hami ll , Hr. Tit*, nod lady, . Dainesn, E. Bishop, Mr. o'ool, Miss 1. %gamins, _Mtn Merwlmwd. IThlioni T. Doris, Mr. T. H. Gerry, lady and child ,• J. Gomm Caew —W. Honest . J. Dryer, J. Alin, EL Dunham, R. Dowbn, B. sailors ; W. Millet (ed.), ccek. The names of those saved are : J. G. Butler, ER., of Brooklynk Capt. and Mn ChlifdlMloll F. Patten ; Mr. IL Plant, of Demerara ;D. B. Halm ; ; Miss mate. Throughout Monday end Monday night the Mom ota tinued to rage, the sea making a complete breach over the wreck. On Tuesday the sufferers descried a vessel, but the weather continued so stormy that they . could not i= any hope of being aided by her, and night again 0 them in their wretched and dangerous situation. Oa Ws&' nesday morning, however, the same vessel they had SIM IS the previous day, the brig Belize, Capt. James 11. Dawes, from Boston, bound to Port-au-Prince, was seen b•sEilig down to the wreck, the weather having at this time some. what moderated. Though the attempt to rescue the sum. vivors was still attended with some danger, Capt. Dawes and his officers and crew bent themselves nobly to the task, and the twenty two sufferers were safely conveyed on the Belize. Their manta were immediately end generously provided for, and the greatest attention paid to their weak and worn-out condition ; and the mate in relating the gene rous conduct at Capt. Dawn, shed tears of gratitude; he said he never received such treatment. Capt. Dawes changed his course, and brought them all safely to New York, where they arrived on the morning of the 27th of August. The Mamba* was a new vessel, on her first voyage. She was 850 tons, and owned by Warren Delano, Jun., Esq. She had a full cargo of Hour, provisions, dec., which was worth about 50,000 dollars, and was insured fur 81,500 dollar.. Ebt Court. AIEIIIIIEIE. SEPT. 12.—The alarm of wind and rain which prevailed the whole of yesterda y continued wish unabated violence this morning. Her Majesty and the Primes, and the royal household, attended the performance of divine service at Ardverikis. The Doke of Cambridge arrived at Bushy Hoene, Buskl•Puk, yesterday morning, to pay a visit to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, from the residence of the Duchess of Gloucester at Richmond. The Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman had an interview with Lord John Russell yeeterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Dunboyne, Mr. Partison. M.P.. and Mr. Warburton, had interviews yesterday with Lord John Russell. • The office of the Commissioners of Railways wee removed yesterday from Great George-street to the °depart ment of the Board of Trade, Whitehall. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Canada and the other North American province', 'tad ale from the Governors' of the Cape of Good Hops sad Western Australia. (From last night's Casette.) WHITEHALL, BEPT. 11.—The Queen ban been pleased to appoint Lord IL Grosvenor, E. Chadwick, Esq., Dr. T. S. Smith, Professor S. Owen, and R. L. Jams, Esq., to be Commissioners for inquiring what special means may be requisite for the improvement of the health of the metro polis : and also to appoint H. Austen, Esq., to be secretary to the said commission. THE CRISIS AT STOWE.—Wo are requested to data that there is no truth in the muouncement of a Sun s:glazer, to the effect that the parties at whose snit certain tags have been taken against a noble duke, are "a wealthy Jewish firm in the metropolis, remarkable fur the magnitude of their monetary transactio ns." The announce ment elderly took its rise from the fact that the Baron Meyer is Rothschild is High-Sheriff of Beckinghamshire for the =mit year, and was ex-oficio bound to put in force the writs obtained by the creditors of the noble duke.—Times. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS, GUILDHALL.—SANI TART RAIOULATIONS.—Yesterday, the commissioners of City men &rambled at their chambers, in the Guildhall, to naive the report of the sub-committee on a subject con sented with the important question of the sanitary improve mat of the City or London—Deputy Peacock in the chair. The following report wee read :—To the Hon. the Commis &won of the City of London : Tear asier moire appiletel fe seathar if any. =I whet ✓ap Mal le Lahr In Os am salsa at paliament to *Min ea set te pre Mare mere le als erriarlar ea to am tma neared ft pm en the New Over Oreperg Se wassestg et gleirg• larger mg= et Wider to the Mew sew% allm. awl le when air lamested to awry oat the =the set la her elm or prints grad Me Ma Meer hdre Se met deertilip lire= =hem to the imams* eappipuf feelar,,re disestellhe de= ft pet Mr= In farther ersrawrassiMes, *lra the New awe Oiragegg s men% ellast an arrapereet to Fehr has dared eihrorlsk we hen Or me la .pteg hes is= ems. = and diner of he New Elver Ourany haw, by law Ith of AVM ll= *Mr that they we Ml= te se a d=le re to is nary wards ef Ow City, will we Mee leen Me, though we me /MY that Is my err Ors Mit nil not ha me mesh fen as mid he were the brilleelat eudi seri peeper= le peer= we allier reeepries kr as mat iracar Mhz emilled lees, le ent he perm ef the ate It le ehhale, es= elt, we haw dlesee r tdd warefeei le the arias alere, phi* have era, by earimseter er by Mir poem, fermi= love seinasier te demand he ear she el threpreers. lathireprilettemereleihrs, le alarrightp anew ad Maps within Ibis Ay tar been merd by es and try per trireme, sad in me of the ease hgel innelleps kew her; NM to are the elmele= eni erwleing off awed end grains, or of he =dee Gorda In the ratiorlty of Ina ISM the dot bee Ma Mier= to ad ea the ownsra or aces piers =the praises le eilletlimerired Mr • and with very few emptier the ewes bee art 'NI reap Um weating th• smosity of sire ildosietnissima. We het lanais In re yset tat these penerelem pea hew hem the insensate of a p Mlle um the per MM.= et three bye ple=ra.• bian apart In my am mit Mita= for the mar bare= erred hem Ids says a shismet Y aril of the swiss Mon tweedlit =dr raw ad of the NOM adopted thereepem.—W. A. PUDIC% Z. L. ism, H. L. TAYLOR. Then havers a list ad the mime totalities vi-ited, sad the resolute steps taken le impel the cleansing and draining of the filthy and nisi warts, alleys, and lanes, autosipt which were of tam inauded the miserable dens and hovels in which Doctor Lynch was struck with his fatal disorder when attending to the sick. The report adds : We farther beg to report, in reftmes to the Impnrteat of the ezpedimy of your M proseeeweee,dre pstt et e m nest seri= fe Maim Maim= p that it is errant pee should rake application la Ur nut mina of peorlimset for an met te mend eel Mad year pact powers; red Mar, n S he It. Mire rest he elm k the awl= of Oreber rid harrier nest, heel your inarden, yea sneer Mears= lestrat lir fiementesneer, with the eristme =yew dal, is pram a Miter a WE which Mould et me Mime peer era= peerery reed= with sash Just powers se are nerem le met the readments of re ere; and tbat when the sold OM inn I have lea *proved by yes, a anterior to that yaw he ors cart Meld apply to the Omura of Oommon Council to pramml to ob tain ends act In the r caranraary mode. All A whkb we sahralt to the rtv ,h curt.—W. A. Pascoe - IL IL L. Joists, The report gave much mtisfaation to the court, and was unanimmuly adopted. THE POOR IN ST. PANCRAS.—OFFICIAL INVESTIGA TION.—Yesterday a numerously attended meeting of the director' of the poor of St. Pancras took place in the new board-room adjoining the workhouse, King's-road, Camden town ; Mr. Churchwarden Howarth in the chair.—Mr. Pitt, the agent ef the board, brought up and read a lengthened report as to the over-crowded state of the workhouse, from which it appeared, that on the 6th inst there were 1,5:30 inmates, for the socontraodation ef which number 43,911 feet of house-room existed. The dimensions of unoccupied ground in the rear of the workhouse was 320 feet by 212 feet. In the first floor, to accommodate 780 persons and 6 children, there were but .524 beds ; rooms between the new vestry-room and boys school, 54 beds to 73 person.; infir mary (men's side), beds 44, peruses 46; infirmary (women's side), b ed s 126, persons 16.5—total 170 beds, and 211 persons; boys' school 83 beds, and 163 persons ; girls' school 136 beds, and 296 persona.—On the motion of Mr. Douglas, this report was referred to the committee appointed to inquire into the condition of the poor, with reference to better classification and accommodation.—Mr. Clarke then called the attention of the board to the charges which had been made in the public prints with reference to the treatment of the poor. More particularly the letter of a blind and paralysed pat c w . ained George Whitfield, which contained such serious against the master and the board, that he considered an immediate investigation neceseary.- After some discussion it was resolved to call is the master and the inmate, Whitfield, and enter into the inquiry forthwith.— George Whitfield, on being examined, said he was totally blind and paralysed, and had been in the workhouse 12 years. On the fiat Friday in August he applied to the master for permission to visit his mother, 80 years of age, at Camberwell. He asked for two or three days and was re fueed, unless he discharged himself. He applied to the com mittee of the board and they confirmed the master's decision. He thought this very harsh and oppressive, seeing that he had no means of getting • living. He did not write the letter which appeared in the paper of Saturday, but he acknowledged that it was done by his dictation. He must be excused telling who did wilts it. Had a card in his possession, which gave him the privi lege of going out on Sundays, but went out for a few hours on the Tuesday following his application by the master's permission. It was not true that his bed had been kept by the master for a week; never was oat of the house a single night since the appointment of the new master; considered the master treated him harehly.—Mr. Eaton, the master, denied the allegations altogether. He declared that he never gave Whitfield the permission to go out en the Tuesday, and that he never saw him from the time he went before the board on the Friday, until the fol lowing Friday, and that his bed was empty the whale time. -.-Whitfield said he could prove by the inmates of his ward that he was never oat as described.—Mr. Wright then moved and Mr. Marks seconded a resolution., " That in the estates of the board, the allegations egaimet the meter were alberebtL"—The melba was teals" aminewsiy ; sad a aweitaisa having ales less abated, arthebi the lose of the new masa& ebeata Is the iambs, awl that it ha taken frost dim sad thick own clothes Maass ea their discharge, the had *eke up. SOUTH Enna Itoolimaltom..—ltuderday Sir W. Riddle and R. A 800 _,,ease, Seq., the Iserhaws appointed to revise the HEW al seems ire the wan* of Essex, gave no. tice that they will earrirm the milk& of the soothers division of it on Wsisseday next at Rwahrd. On the fol lowing day the court will sit In Stratilift The number of Claims and objections we mock parr dies renal. FIRE IN BERMONDSET-sTME.—Last night, about 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in Onset Ikemondsey-street. In the course of a few minutes the entire district wee IBM admitted to such an extent, that, hem London-bridge, it appeared as if the greater part of the lam in the street ware at in. Numerous sepias. sass seethed the whew it w heal thst the premises beksaleg M lie raps sal tug arersheee, wen wreppatis ea Wan= sheet of tams, Ms fire Nat which was lawailas high into the air, tlawaselag daeleustioa to the ermeradinC a ui= Fortunately, an abohum !ripply of water was obtained, end a powerfal stream was thrown by fhs eertere into the midst of the Imes, but they continued Is bane until the whole of the stock is trade was on fire ; sad ie wee with no little difficulty that the size manufactory beta et to Mr. Mike was saved from destruction, and also an log yeast warehouse. The fireman enoosedad, by 12 is' oak, is getting the complete mastery over the conflagration, but not until the entire rings ofpromises in which it commenced, together with their contents, were reduced to ashes. • INQUESTS, YESTUDAY.—SIMPICIOOS DEATH OF A Fastata.—Before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, Camden-town, on the body of a female unknown, apparently about 25 years of age, now lying in the dead house of St. Pancras Workhouse. Connor, a groom in the service of a gentleman, residing in Gower-street, said that on Sunday night last, about twelve o'clock, he, together with another young man, were in Tottenham-court- read in a Ea". of intoxication, when they met deceased who was slightly known to them. They gave her something to drink and then prevailed on her to accompany them to when he (Connor) resided, which Is a loft over some stables in Chinese melee, They were so drunk that they could not tell what happened after their arrival, but on the following morning they _band the eimemsd oa the floor apparently lifeless, wilier , " Ilealoal aid being procured, proved to be the case. Informationwea then given to the police, and as the deceased was net known, the body was removed to the workhouse.— The COMM! seemed that ander the very singular eveum ilaneaaM thew he mast adjourn the inquiry, we 041 the bodyned, but for a pwe mortal innialnkon.—llr,th e surgeon of St. P'sncras workhoisso , was instnint this operation. The deceased, who is of- fair ampiezion, about 5 teat inches in height, was wa r eddeemed, in a peen lavender and white striped and mousseline de lain dress flounced, blue cardiral while Silk drawn bonnet with wreathed' green dowses, • pe ir of white silk knitted gloves, one of which had a monism. b u oon, and the other, one blue and one Men ; in I.er pocket was a email pocket.book and some tablets; On one lest is written, " E. 7, . 1 i infra .I:lead court, Bremdwity, Weetndaster;" on Ike oPPanIY leaf Li Ma a retry esactuding with the quotation, She never told haloes," and appended, the name " Jane Atrah Usher." Another name in the book is " William Browr, Percy square, Begnigge.wells." There was also a paper heati,d, " A curs for love." The Inquest was adjourned till Thursday. DRATn IRT Flllll.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Hanow pub'ic house, High-street, Poplar, on view of the body of Elisabeth Paaamcre, 71, of No. 5, Harrow-lane, Poplar. —Jobe Ease -1 mon, night watchman in the employ of the East India Dusk Company, stated that on Saturday night last he left his wife in bed, and went to hi, work as usual. He returned home about eight o'clock on the following morning, and discovered the deceased lying in the passage gaits dead. She was most frightfully disfigured, and the whole of the upper part of her body was completely burnt to a cinder. A candle was found lying under her boa,. It is supposed that during the aidht the deceased had an occasion to go down stairs, when, on re turning up stain, she slipped and fell down. Her clothes caught Sr. from the candle, and, being very feeble, she was unable to move.—The jury returned an open verdict of "Found dead." DEMONSTRATION TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF MR. GRANTLEYBERKELEY.. GLOUCESTER, TUESDAY NIORT.--This afternoon the j grand demonstration to celebrate the return of Mr. Graarley Berkeley for West Gloucestershire, took place here. The strenuous opposition which Lord Fitshardinge offered to his brother's return is well known. The proceedings com menced with a grand procession, partly on horseback and partly on foot. There were a great number of ladies in the procession, and several efficient lands of music. The proem aion started from Elton-hall, the residence of Mr. Ba lms, and upon the arrival of Mr. Grantley Berkeley at Mr. Balme's, he presented that gentlemen, ea serjeant of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, with a maenifi . cent costly sword, as a token of the high esteem enter , tained of him in recruiting and reorganising the disbanded Gloucester Hussars.—Mr. Balms having acknowledged the compliment in a abort address, the procession started through all the principal meets of the town on its way to the place where the dinner was to take plate, which, owing to their being no inn in the town of sufficient size, the banquet was served up in a large marquee, erected at the back of the Albion Tavern, where upwards of 200 persons sat down to dinner —Aaron Gauld, Esq , presided.—There were also present:—Hon. Grander Berkeley, M.P. ; Rev. T. Mac donald, catholic priest; Rev. Mr. Osborne; Rev. Mr. Lees; J. G. Simons, Esq.; lion. F. H. Berkeley; Mr. Cor nelius Braun; Messrs. Hubert, Teague, Carpenter, &c. The cloth having been removed, the chairman said invitations had been sent to a great many persons, whom be lei s sorry to say were not present; amongst them were a number of members of parliament and other persons of die. tinction. Answers had hen received from several members of parliameat, all of whom expressed the highest gratifies Lion at the triumph achieved by purity of election in the re turn of Mr. Grande) , Berkeley, Mr. Manta, the member for Birmingham, characteristically spoke of the victory as having floored the Castle. Mr. George Thompson, member for the Tower Hamlets, and Col. Thompson, member for Bradford, severally explored themselves in terms of the greatest gratification at the victory which purity of election has won in the return of Mr. Grantley Berkeley . — Mr. Hall then read extracts from several letters, and amongst others from Mr. Hume, M,P., Mr. Sharman Crawford M.P., Mr. H. F. Berkeley, Mr. Drakes, M.P., &c. — The Chairman gave " The Queen, Prince Albert, and the test of the Royal Family," which having been drunk, the chair man gave, in a neat speech, " The People, the source of all legitimate power."—Mr. W. Carpenter replied.—The next toast propes-ed by the chairman was " Civil and Religious Liberty," which was replied to by the Rev. T. Macdonald. —Several ether minor toasts having been drunk, the chair ' man rose to propose the " Health of the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, M.P.," and was proceeding when our express left. MADRID, Barr. 11. Doss any impartial man need more proofs of the selfish, ungenerous, jealous character of the foreign policy of France? if so, let him ponder the follow ing fed, which has been confirmed to me by an authority which places its truth beyond all question : The BrosseA ambassador, the D*llll of Glueksbery, has preames4 so the Same of Pram*, Remind die amnesty ig the decree of the 2al q 1 Ihrinsaber. He iss joissftd in the name of lid Was of Meat pene_ rig id's, against that geandas mai asmabie The idiot. WM* proposed to amen as people d It s t which gaol lii boos sr bit orantry to the of a end orbited, proseeiptiesi i which spread gladness among flakes, and restored hope and chearbehasse to thodiands of desolated bereaved 1 hearths ' • which was the great authentic sign he ell Spaniards to leave their miserable wrang ling* and set to heartily at some work far the imam good ; which was received with a about ofjahllse which yet echoes through the whole panin- Ea; which turned groans into blessings, and e- I add dismayed the satellites of old Oppression—the Ye of France has dared to protest against 1 Z= li immense national benefit ; and that in the name efts illegitimate and bastard pretensions of an led', eidnaL It is a great political crime of the French government, which, coming on the top of other social Mines, perpetrated by men who stood in the imme diate neighbourhood of the throne, ought to indicate to the eyes of all Frenchmen how unworthily they are represented by the friends, the ministers, and the sys tem of Louis Philippe. The Duke of Glucksberg having thus formally pro tested, in the name of his government, against the great amnesty of Sept. 2, the ministers requested him to present the same protest in the form of an official note. The duke has not hitherto acceded to this request. The Gazette of yesterday contains a decree of some importance, making law (that is, subject to the future approval of the legislative body) the bill, presented on March 17, for regulating the taxation of the in dustrial and commercial classes. It seems in entire conformity with the system practised in Turkey, by which the different sorts of tradespeople form them selves into guilds, which have to furnish a certain ap pointed sum to the government, each community set tling in its own body the quota assigned to each individual, with due regard to a maximum and mini mum fixed by the government. The decree is' , generally well received. But the constitution alist progresistas protest against the system of governing by . decree -law, which, however beneficial the provision, is a bad pre cedent, and another step in the fatal path of illegality. If I remember rightly, Mr. Drinkwater, in his excellent life of Kepler, has • page in the true spirit of philosophy, which regrets that that great discoverer's mischievous system of guesswork, which made him for the rest lose so much time in testing imaginary harmonical principles, should have been rewarded by splendid result., which only tended to confirm his fond bias, to mislead his pupils, and to overrun the newly conquered world of science with a race of geometrical gamblers and alehymists. In the same way it may be regretted that Senor Salamanca's decrees embody such desirable laws: their very excellence tending to foster a dangerous arbitrary system. For the rest, there seems to exist a wish upon the part of the ministry to put off the Cortes as long as possible. Meantime the moderados go the length of even chal lenging. dissolution, knowing, perhaps, that the cabi net desires neither the assembly nor dissolution of the presepresent Cortes, but the continuance of the gala peal nt Cortes, but the continuance of the statu go.. l'he Faro is more than usually violent, and threatens once more, if they are ..enied a legal and constits tional arena, an appeal to arms. So that it seems I highly probable that the present ministry will soon be assailed by an opposition little short of that which upset the Pacheco set. If the liberal press, and, I may add, the English press, support them, they will go on, and un9aestionably develop measures of vast utility to Spain. if they are discouraged on all sides, they will grow demo ralised, and unfit for further useful service, will begin to squabble among themselves, and finally the more decided moderados among them will cell in Narvsez again. The struggle once established, buckler to buckler between the progresistas and Nat , vaez, there appears every chance of the latter coming off victorious; for, from what I hear, he is likely in that case to be supported by Serrano, who seems, from some cause, to apprehend unpleasant results from an ayacucho ministry. Some appointments of importance appear in the Gazette. General Dominguez, Count San Antonio (uncle of Serrano), is appointed commander of the Halberdiers, in the place of Ron de Olano. Lieut.- General D. Jacopo de Espinosa is dismissed from the captaincy-general of Grenada, and D. Jose Monso late captain-general of Valencia, is appointed in his place. The military governor of Cadiz, 1). Lucian Campzano, is appointed captain-general of Valencia ; and General 1). Mariano Belesta military governor of Cadiz. The principal Carlist news is the death of the famous cabecilla Don Fernando Gomez, called the _ . • Ebanista, and the destruction of his small band near Lugo, by Captain Mendoza. The rebel chief was discovered in the loft of a house near Opeeio. The range was surrounded by the soldiery, and he was incited to give himself up, hie life having been guaranteed. He scorned the proposal, which his ex perience had taught him would not be observed, issued oat of his hiding place, discharged his blunder buss, and was killed by the soldiers. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aro. 31. There is no government whose servants are more zealous than those of the cabinet of Vienna; and yet there is no government more strict in exacting sewer service to its orders, or less generous , n the distribution of its favours. The devotion of the different employi4 to their sovereign is unexampled. No act, however questionable as to its re spectability, but becomes at once honourable when per formed for the service of the Emperor. A few dais since a solemn Te Delon was performed in one of tke churches of Pers in thanksgiving for the failure of the late conspiracy at R ome. There is a very large number of Italians resident in this capital, principally political refugees, all of whom were present on the occasion. lAfter the To Desna there was a banquet, at which healths were proposed and speeches made—all, of course, in praise of liberty . and the Pope. Count Stunner, the Austrian intermit:ars, saw in these proceedings a political demonstration, which he knew would give great displeasure to his government. As the readiest way of calming the irritation which the news of the Te Deism must produce on the cabinet of Vienna the internuncio determined to denounce the ring leaders of these pious tumults, and at the same time to give a proof of his own zeal and watchfulness in the cause of the Emperor. Accordingly, on the day following the ceremony above-mentioned, Count Sturmer arrived at an early hour from Buynkdera at the hotel at Pera, where the banquet had taken place. Ile entered alone and unaccompanied, with the most perfect indifference to the pomp and cere mony which in Turkey surround an ambassador. Re com plained of weariness and hunger after his ride of twelve miles, and with a naive urbanity appealed to the hoepitality amine host. Count Stunner, always courteous, was that mein more so than his wont ; he blandly re t urned the waiters and invited the master of the hotel to bear him company at breakfast. Mine host was overwhelmed by the honour. The count had a thousand little questions to ask about the ceremony of the preceding day, which mine host, in the fulness of his heart, was only too happy to answer. The internsuido regretted emeedinfly that he bad not been present it meet have boo so interesting a sight. Of course the mold tel who were the excellent men that seemed aim Wien ' la the ceremony; who made the meet idetent et the laaquet; and who proll the mot lesels. The IlWe iseeraturie to awe thee seer Men be lei berg el i hs leek a very friendly leave d Wee bed. Memel meet aseupaleeely the bows of the wahine, mi. wwwwelegbleasself in his carriage drove back to bis rim et neyeklires. It would be difficult to de scribe Vie entilamsant 'Ake prevailed amongst the unhappy Italian YINIROB at Pere who took part in the Te Deum and subsequent temegsetprhen they heard of the interest whit t he ntermingle took in the proceedings. The power d the Austrian government over their subjects is as greet in Turkey as in their own states; and the punish. meat of an offender is as prompt and sure at Con stantinople as at Vienna. At a simple order from the inteniuncio, an obnoxious person is seized, placed on board an Austrian government steamer, and conveyed on the spot to the dungeons of Trieste or Venice. There have been, of late, several instances of the kind, but there is one which took place last year—the kidnapping of the Armenian priest—which your readers cannot fail to remember. It is rumoured here that the Turkish troops have expe rienced some severe cheeks in Albania, and that Darbhour Perla, the seraskier, has been forced to retreat. The sol dier' landed from the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, some time since, at Arlen's, are said to be usable to move trim that place without a reinforcement, the insurgents muster so strong is the neighbourhood. The Turkish fleet have left the Dardanelles, and are at present cruising in the Archipelago. FRANCE.—Nsw FRENCH BANK NOTES.—The Bank of France, it is said, will commence issuing its 200 f. notes about the end of the present month. ITALY.—A correspondent writes from Rom*, on the Stht—Cardiaal Lambrnschini has arrived here, and in a suffering state. The Cardinal Secretar yof State rode be- CUSTOMS DUTIES ACT. Ste,—Permit me through the medium of your co lumns to draw attention to a glaring instance of the reckless and oppressive manner in which the Board of Excise encroach upon the functions of the legislature, and arbitrarily sport with the property of the subject. An act was pawed last session (10 Vict., c. 23) entitled "An act to alter certain duties of customs." The history of this act is generally known it was one of the concessions made by government to the planters, merchants, and others connected with the sugar colonies, in order to alienist* the pressure they were likely to experience during the transition , from a restrictive to a free-trade system." The preamble ' declares that the duties enumerated • in the table to this act annexed," shell be levied upon " the goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in the table to this act annexed." The only articles mentioned in the table are :—" spirits, or strong waters, the produce of any British possession in Ame rica," not being sweetened or mixed spirits ; rum, the pro duee of any British possession within the limits of the Ewe India Company's charter," rot being sweetened or mixed ; 1 and " rurnebrub, however sweetened, the produce of and imported from such possessions." These are the only spirits to which the provisions of the Customs Duties Act of last session relate, es to which they can be mad. to apply without an iniquitous, illegal, and unconstitutional perversion of the expressions of the statute. The meanng of an act of parliament must be sought within the compass of the act itself, and therefore I would be warranted in stopping here, satisfied that I had proved the provisioas of the Customs Duties Act to relate to colonial spirits, and to colonial spirits alone. I may add, however, that I have the authority of the various minters of the re spective deputations appointed to watch, oppose, or support its progress through parliament, as also of several official ' persons, that in passing the measure referred to the inlet- lion of ministers and the legislature was to eoliths its appli cation to colonial spirits. It so happens, however, that in clauses 3 and 7 of the set the word "spirit" is used without any reference to the table annexed, and without any qualifying epithet, such as " eo/o- Mal," or the like. Clause 3 enacts that no spirits imported I into Great Britain or Ireland from beyond sea shall be seat from Scotland to England or Ireland, from Ireland to Eng land or Scotland, or from England to Scotland or Ireland, unless they shall have been duly warehoused on the first ire.- portation, and upon payment of the duty exigible in each of those parts of the United Kingdom respectively, on entry for home consumption. Clause 7 enacts, that no spirits whereupon the duty imposed by this act shall have been paid " in any one of the ports of the United Kingdom above mentioned shall be carried to any other under penalty of forfeiture. On the ground that the epithet " colonial" Is not prefixed to " spirits " in thew clauses the Board of Excise interpret them as applying to brandy and holland' as well as to rum. The consequence is a most unjust, vexa tious, and oppressive interference with the internal trade of the country. Daty paid brandy and holland, are me longer allowed to be sent as formerly from Scotland into Ragland or Ireland, and from Ireland into England or Scotland. There is no differential duty on brandy and, holism* and an unrestricted trade bas existed in those spirits since the time of the union. My firm, and many others engaged in the same business, are seriously affected and injured by the unprecedented interference of the Board of Excise with their trade, by applying to it the regulations of an act intended to apply to a Clan of spirits subject to suite) different regulations. " The duty imposed by this act " 1S not paid on brandy and hollends ; with what show of justice then can the Board of Excise subject the transmission of these spirits from Seothind to England, for example, to penalties only enacted against the transmiseion of spirit' liable to "the duty imposed by this act ?" Yet in June last the order of the Board of Excise subject ing the internal trade in brandy and holland.' to regula tions enacted exclusively for colonial spirits was issued. We applied at the time to the board to pant permits se Ismeasig. The only answer we have yet received is that " the mese is under consideration." We have applied to the Lords oldie Treasury: their answer is—" They are advised that by haw they have no right to Wafers." Similar mamas have bees obtained from ttia Mend of Trade. There is then se sthesties teethe lawlemdetheitht etas Board of Excise. The *alma of the Bird et Bait meet have had, ex officio a prisidpsi head 111611/11( lie Orsems Duties Act. lie in ' aintsfes that the Lid end Ti diens, bath a range of application never dreamt of by ibb Willa who introduced, the West Indians who soppeelni, or the distil- lers who opposed the bill. What is the amid= seentelly suggested by this circumstance ? That be bithedemally pr's motel the vague phraseology of these ethers with • pre determination to take the advantage of it he now does, although he thereby cted tenous injury on many re speetable merchants foe the benefit of the English distillers. I lay no strew on the circausstanoe that the latter class have, from their local position, more ready scow to him. I ask you to We publicity to these remarks ; for there is no chance of obtaining justice at the hands of official men, unless when we make them feel that the community at large are aware they have placed themselves in an equivocal position, either by committing or permitting ipjustice. A SCOTC/1 SPIRIT lii.lloll,lft. IRELAND. • Dosint, Barr. 13. The poor-law guardians at Galway owe nearly 7,0001. ; they have struck a rate of 3,0001. and up wards, and there is an outstanding arrear of the former I rate amounting to 3,0001. Of course they have no cash in the treasurer's hands, and consequently all their supplies are had on credit. They find them selves in difficulties. Dr. Phelan, assistant poor-law commissioner, stated some days since, that he knows nearly 100 other unions throughout Ireland in a similar position, and suggests to them a plain cause why they are so, and a plain remedy. The unions having no funds in bank are obliged to purchase supplies on credit, and to pay exorbitant prices. In this way they are always in debt and difficulty, and the burthen on the union is ultimately greater ; for whereas the cost of mainte nance of a pauper in Dublin does not exceed Is. 9d. per week, in Galway it reaches 2.. 80. per week. The remedy, of course, is to lay on a rate, which,after making every allowance for non-payments and in evitable arrears, will leave a surplus, and enable the guardians to start with a capital It would be well if the commissiimen could force guardians to adopt that course. We have ftirther evidence today of the activity of the 130ars1 of Works. The final notices for the drain- 3 age of L oug h c er ib .`eve been published, and the work w ill Imme di a t e l y b e undertaken. In Dunmore also, in the county of Galwa the drainage is about commencing, and the local paper; which has more than once complained of the board r especting it, to-day admits that the delay originated ift other quarters, e., with the proprietors. A return has been published which exhibits the working of the Temporary Relit Act in the county of Wexford, which comprises four poor-14w unions. In two of these, New Roes and Enniscorthy, Liu• pro portion of the population to be provided for under the Temporary Relief Act, was one-fourth in each. In the first-named union the population relieved was' 18,730 ; the government advance amounted to 17,2494 The rate for repayment amounts to 3a ltd. in the pound oa the valuation. In Enniscorthy the population relieved was 16,413 ; the advances made, 11,8114; the rate Is. 10)d. in the pound. In Wex ford union the population relieved was 10,880, or orie fifth the population ; the advances, 7,8934. ; the rate to be levied ls. 41d. in the pound. In Gorey, three fourths the population sought and obtained relief, or 29,292 souls the rate here will be Is. 10)d. in the pound ; the population being leas in proportion to the valuation than in the other unions. Sir John Burke, Bart., father to the member for Galway, and uncle to the Marquis of Clanricarde, is alarmingly ill of apoplexy and paralysis combined. THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—Tbe usual meeting of this body sou held to-day, Mr. James Fagan, M.P. fur Wex ford, in the chair. The proczedings were not of an im portant character in any respect. The rent amounted to 701. A MODEST PROPOSAL.—An enthusiutic gentleman writes to the Freeman's Journal to propose a subscription for Mr. O'Connell's family—a bagatelle of 100,0001. Tht task, he sap, " is as easy as it is pleasing. Every person who chooses to prove his love of country, and his gratitude to the successor of the purest patriot and greatest champion of freedom that Ireland ever produced, can do so at an imperceptible ler. If tiO united contribute • pound, or if I in 80 give but a pound, 100.0001. would be raised by the Irish people. Two aids are requisite; but these two ore always foremost when the voice of their country calls—the clergy and the press." When it is remembered that the subscriptions for a mono ' meat to Daniel O'Connell himself have not yet reached 3001., the gathering of a " plum" for his sons, though it may be extremely " pleasing" to the imagination of Mr. Amscus Patrics is by no means** very "easy." SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, SIM 13. To the great disappointment of the Edinburgh public, Mdlle. Jenny Lind will be prevented by indis position from giving her intended concert this even ing. The following is the bulletin of Mr. Liston, of London, and Professor Miller, of Edinburgh, the former gentleman happening to be here on a visit, having indeed, by accident, travelled down in the same train with Mdlle. Lind : We hereby certify that, in emmagnence of veeee cold, accompanied by wee throat, htdile. Lind is conical W ber room, and cannot pot- Ably attempt the fulfilment of her public engagement Li-morrow. — (Signed) Roar. LSOTON, Jak )(MUM.. —Win ..trtch, Sept. 12, 1847. As the postponement is indefinite, the disappoint ment to parties coming from a distance is great ; and the staid spirits who resisted the original high charges may yet have tickets at a discount. This week Mrs. Butler visits Glasgow. It is quite correct that the contractor or builder of the Peebles hustings is to be criminally tried for his imperfect carpentry. In the calendar of the ensuing Jedbargh assize appears the name " Alexander Dick son, for culpable neglect of duty in constructing elec tion hustings." It was formerly mentioned that the remains of Baird and Hardie, the political mart} rs of 1820, were removed from Stirling churchyard to one of the new cemeteries in Glasgow. Saturday last was the 27th anniversary of their execution, and was com memorated by a soiree' When the sentiment of the evening was given, the audience rose and sung the " fifth hymn ;" but as the name of the collection is not given, we are unable to judge of the appositeness of the " musical honours " on this singular occasion. Tun PIIIIBLES FICTITIOUS VOTlMS.—During five days last week Sheriff Napier presided at the Peebles Registra tion Court, investigating the validity of male 200 county votes. The manner in which these franchises were created gives a curious insight into the art of manufacturing voter,. A landed proprietor conveys to the embryo elector enough land to create • vote ; no money is paid, but a bill of ex change is given, and the rents continue to be received by the granter of the assignment. An account of these rents is kept by the landlord, and they are credited to the voter ; while to his debit is placed the interest on the unpaid bill of exchange. This interest, however, is of course always less than the annual rent received on his account, and the balance goes in li i uidation of the principal sum carried by the bill. It is obvious, therefore, that in process of time the amount would bedewed off, the fictitious voter be turned into a real one, and get the land for nothing. But to prevent that, when a contest impends, the landlord gets the bill paid, that is to say, the drawer of the bill lends the free and independent acceptor thereof the cath to take it up, which he does, giving a second bill as security for the loan. Whereupon the voter boldly presents himself at the polling booth, swears he is in actual possession of the land, in respect of which he tenders his vote, and votes accordingly. The election blows over, and when the time has passed for opposing the return of the member thus brought in, the second bill is returned, and the transaction closes. Such is the system disclosed at the Peebles registra tion court, and by which Mr. Mackenzie was returned by an ez facie majority of 77. By this disclosure, no fewer than one hundred and fifty of the 200 disputed votes have been declared bad by the sneriff, most of them Mr. Mackenzie's supporters. The result of the parliamentary committee, which will doubtless sit on the matter, may therefore be very easily foreseen. WALES. TILE SHIPWRECK AT CARNARYON BAR.—On Mon day an inquest was held at Carnarvon on the body of Mary Humphreys, the woman found drowned in the cabin of the Vine schooner, wrecked on the bar on the night of Saturday last. From the evidence of one of the seamen who had been recovered, although found senseless, named W. Williams, it appeared that the schooner was on her passage from Port duilleen to Bangor ; that they had lett the above piece about 3 or 4 o'clock ; that nothing occurred until about 6 o'clock, when she struck on the sand-bank ; the captain, G. Grif fiths, was at the helm at the time, and he was well acquainted with the navigation of the bar. They had previously ex changed their mate with one of the hands of the yacht Gem. There were on board, when the vessel struck, the master, J. Owen, J, Jonas, the yaehtman, and the female, who was a passenger to Bangor. The Vine was driven over the bank by the extreme noleace of the waves: the crew took refuge in the rigging, with the exception of the female, who was in the cabin. he witness saw the Englishman washed (roes the rigging, when he tried to swim. Did not as. the others washed away. Did not see any boat attempting to reach the wreck. Did not snake a signal for a pilot, as the captain knew the navigation well. Could see the shore for some time whilst in the rigging, and thinks that the wreck could be seen from the land. Is sun that the body is that of the woman who was in theeabin when the vessel struck. Ver dict, " Found drowned." PROVINCIAL. STATE OF THE COTTON Titauu.—The uneasy feel ing of the manufacturers is at last developing itself pretty y in attempts to reduce wages—the long, much `s7anrlrciliresult of the stagnation of trade ; and it was stated at Manchester yesterday, that notices had been ivuet by manufacturers, of a positive reduction of prices on Saturday night last at Morley, Ashton, and Stockport. At Moseley the Lands are said to have met on Monday night, and to have come to a resolution to resist the attempt, and to prefer standing idle for a time. At Manchester, yesterday, a private meeting was held at the offices of Mr. Heron, solicitor to the Cotton Spinners' Union, which was called by circular. A number of manufacturers were present at the opening, but it was explained that tha intention was merely to have convened the secretaries of the various district branches, and these official gentlemen were consequently left to do the business. The meeting being a private one, no detailed account of what was done could be obtained by our correopondeet ; Ina it was stated that one of the objects was to consider the proposal of the operatives, made several weeks ago, for a suspension of labour in pre ference to a reduction of prices; and letters were read from J. Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., and Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., recommending the adoption of the plan suggested by the operatives. The operatives have armed another address, in which, addressing their fellow.workmen and workwomen, they say with a depression of trade and bleak winter sp• proachim, the question arises, " What can we do for the bat?" They say that they_have seldom had occasion to compli ment their masters, but all mambo convinced that throughout the whole of this crisis there has been (with a few exceptions) no wish to reduce wages, but, on the contrary, a disposition to stave off the evil some other way A complete cessation of labour for a few weeks, they say, a a serious thing for many of them, when high-priced food and short time have rendered them less able to meet such an ordeal ; but if the interests of their country demand it, they hope there is public virtue enough in every man, woman, and child, to make the sacri fice ; and they call upon the working people to meet coming events with " equanimity and British fortitude." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CatteluDea.—That pereema who aro desirous of rake W Otkerey Theoluket liemeola sea re MU Mee mat la tit4tin le the maires ela es here the iota a aarst. 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