The Express. — London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

EOM! OF THE WREN. S IN THE HOUSE OF COMMON. MONDAY, Maim IL MOOS OF THE lid I.—i-wwwidwe of liwprka; ad Bawl of oba `ICON of Way. add Mar. Naas we us WO Swam TrzZlaiddmilibths., fra . d imilli . ttr b il y ge ; wad Chaser Railway (1111 Alas nr Hum maw—Peer Rabat (Imalmd); Imied !mart/ Pr7l;rll 1.30 n, Bum 2o a,. KEPUMTIO). (Farther orb i_o2 L d Fairs Chown; Coma *tin 0 revans ea) Claire; Gas Warta 41rnbthetenrurth Oaths; 1310 a. re OF MO FION4 0:4 ORDERS OF m DAY; Poo' Pima (gamuts) Ent.. (Oa notion that the figusahea Yam tie agle) Wriaime, replier tast lie morel of Mei Iserahle cos L .= efUsardier labeled ; Mr. Piaui Siam Is wee at two primilo shim poor-law to bele/ ; Mr Id. OVasamll, to tine Ilast Mrs be gibed ales Minim It lip. (bedssalerr Sir N.M. Dame, am mew addidered aims sod marrherath of ethane I mr1111; Lord hie Ilara4 bean tie est didalles mormard dire ir f sod d; Mr. likakkess. to Mesa I ; ltr. Mee, Is rem eidllissal aseilmilsinirs of Me net iimp be ralsd rereellig le Ordr ant rd Imam ; Mr. P. ings, Is mesa ennedimar le mime 1, red NdYrl rearm ; Lord Onerimr. Ism amelmat le dare l ; Mr. Omery dr , or am addlessid dere ; Itr.9•l6ollrlmtninove lfsraga Miami am; Mr. J. dOmei, le arm smsbaest ;Mr D. (le sea et Mr. M. J. mimes mein brig arratied), ism sillemal mime. Lime Priefirrr (Imurn) Mu. (in atheathlth(.--14.learrark, Warn that eas pies et relief for Irish psorbylowa wawa st MA pipet r emeld le unjust and im pala& minis buries as repair la Oral NI ars alto el- Mimi ; Mr. Oreem le ram ammliset re aim 0 ; Viscount Mem le mere addlemel rise; Nr B. PRIM" 10 NM addi tional inn ,• Kr. 0. ismalass, to mem annandmet as Mee 1, Mr. Milk Mil" Is same adWlreYimea. Mamie am ram, es. Mum Data (a f saurther Irriisradas report).-11r. Watt, to Nee ammenbellta d adidneal isms. INDIEFENDEXT NOTICES Or RIOTIONS.—Lord O. linginek. to ==.from chairman sal dimly elMrman of /Vanish 11r. Oreene (et the thee of business), to move OWNS= Magog to pekoe bill.. TUESDAY, M&ee I. NOM= Or MOTIoNS. —Yr. Ewan, to sere the tolni= doe& peolionont. Mr. Milner Oita." to ono Wil for tin of agdonikeel etstietke in Engird mod Wake. Throat boil" Is aro toe • stet onmaittce co kw Melo at as ineweerdel Mellows irilloCldan PR H. to moo kr • onowigno ef tin obi O bare ea the act regalegegjkink took I. ke r Inge 11 VAL 77). Lott lasels. to dell ef telwidwo a goad Ilk. M Men. e. Lord Jolts lifennena NE alloatlonto to. pont aritlrdOneee. Mr. to Ewe kw regime Teasels, to ham dlorliWaw. Mr. kali le owe tee returns of tube Iswe awl ken Awoken IM In/ aloe let Nov., 181rErr. Homo. to mew Yr seeeento reletteg to to. British Museum. Kr. Bond WOOL to moo for roans mod papers relating to the Poor Knight. of WYdnor. Mr. C. (Yaks. to non for returns relating te entraorknors wok= in county Own ORDERS Or THE DRAY.—lrma we on non leap 11311 L. Begentb Orel Onegany (Paddinglin and Liteelewee Itelweq sad Branch); MossOrsOte, Matzo, Modook, and Whorls harden LE nay Deviation MBA WEDNESDAY, Maacs 10. ORDERS OP THE DAY.—Bin To se MAD Swoon Tree— Arrest for Debt (Ireland; SRL Rule to Commas. —Roma Catholic Relief; Drainage of Land THURSDAY, Ilitsacrt 11. NOTICES OP MOTION.—oir F. natter, to more bill to remedy defects in titles to mersuagek Re., under inclossue acts, from the award not ding deposited or enrolled In the limited time. Mr. Hume, to make ht , motion relative to Mode. Mr. Bond Cdibell, to draw atteatioa to the petitions of the Pow IMOD of Windsor. Dr. Wowing, to call attention to the petition of Sir T. Brisbane and ORDERS OF THE DAY.—AdMarnad debate on Omar. But. TO as nano Saroso Inns. —Cheater sad Holyhind Railway (Extensions, AA) Ban. Btu. IS Connrrrxx.—Poor BEL FRIDAY, Math IL ORDERS OF THE D Y.—Bsua To as sun SECOND Trnit.— Endways ; Idomimler Ouzal Naricatkm Sale: Army Serrice. NOME OP NOTION.—Mr. Bond Cabbell, to ram for returns FIIAIIIO to mike sortbosamis CIVERLAND NOTICE.—I deeply regret to give NJ notice the yobbo et flaillstail. India, Egypt, &c., who lave sentimasi to patronise m Arm to its parcel department hem Me edam, of the waibi redo and to mate it with out tom or INMAN OW to ape of the RrusPnir ad Wow" stmemely et the rambeelor sad Oriental Com weiwly obbit I ego mode to pay them double height sod he the meld mad basbeso, and which was dearly Wooded to test sip mi thorde, it beseems my duty, out of tweedy to he pills et largo sod lajmdes to myself, to state, that after the k hlk, MAN Ala WE sot melee pilred6 in con merlon with dot Paystmear and Ortmloi Ormipmy, of 11, St Mary iae; for it woo el gm bet= bit by Om smell mew* that Si I was the pima I/ Me melba se seregm. melt lees *at oae, Mow Ivey odeleose leo lima lot moo siriosem...would he.. b om bend Many la mmegis g a amormlb otaldallesids no and dlessesedd Y Ibmeselme. 1 Mee *MO* ame mere WWI Mr. Auatla, tbr emilmer, Y pad' ef Nemo belelbe Isllm Ind mom. I onneeatirs et the everbod cub o term old* se memyysom dt • say life he,. Me se emelmigy dreelsd, mei ea my raters 14a m Wow ro be Ms to toped Mao pile he be motioned moan Mae. pendent of that company. THOMAS MAMMON. ghr Opprow. overlend chard melts, Ms Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India. Moog Kong, ix., will be made op on the manias ot the Sth March. The malls for Also, OporM, Lisbon, Madeira, Wig, and Gibraltar, will be made np on the morning of the 17th March. Tbs overlent mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian 1/11104 fsttden, Ceylon, India, Tlong.Nong, and China, .is Southampton, made np on the morning attire 20th of Marsh. The mails for New booth Wales. Van Diessenh Lend, end Neiv Zealand will be made up on the evening of the Slat Marele, The West India mils, excluding those Sr Mateo, Hoeduras, and /he Marnmsh, will be made op on the smug of the Slat March. The walla for Brltielt North Ameritech Bermuda, and the United Mates, will be made up on the evening of the brd April, The malls for the Brune, the River Plats, Monte Video, Pernam buco, Ruhia, Madeira, and Buena Ayres, will he made hp on the • ileg of the Sth ApriL TO CORRESPONDENTS. She Ad,rtiming 0:1lets of the " DAILY NEWS" on 4 "EXPRESS " have lye REMOVED from 90, FLEET-STREET, to No. 10, BOUV FIRIE9TREET, FLEET STREET, contiguous to tlooPrtoting anliublithlag Ottlet:;. - Wo cane,* Wks, In any way, any oneunnniestion that le NW to on ardwglddg7 ; bat those who choose to diktat cm in emblem will End inrooolidanoe respected. NEITHER CAN WE UItIWEITAKE. TO RETURN ANT MANUSCRIPTA WHATEVER. w e • Adtertimeewswit Intended tor Tea Express, Laidowriadgepspir, he el tee Met by Tao o'clock on the day of HIGII WATER AT LONDON-313DM Tan my—Morning, 53 oda pot 5; Altsmia. OM& post 5. To-llossow—ltoralng, 10 oft. pot 8 ; ID i. past 8. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 8. Weitz Ireland an independent country, no rational person can have a doubt that its existing state of overgrown pauperism, connected with the inability of the middle classes to relieve or employ, and the still more helpless condition of the nominal owners of the land, would lead to the inevitable result.and re medy for such bankruptcy and confusion, via., a revo .ntion. Ireland in 1847 is, with regard to physical oonditisn, precisely what France was in the spring of 1789:—a famine throughout the land; the upper classes nominally rich, but really poor; unable fully to employ or to relieve; a middle class, hating the upper class for its monopoly of the laud, and for the no one which it made both of the land as proprietors, and of their social I,osition, as guardians and pro viders for the interests and welfare of the popu lation. No one class of society could duly fulfil its part or function; no one class could supply the other with what it wanted. The result of such a state of things in France was a revolution, be cause there was no superior power to stay it. In Ireland such a power is felt, which is the power of England. And the task of the imperial govern ment is to bring about the best results of that revo lution which it prevents, avoiding the bad results. In undertaking such a task, a government is consulting more directly for the security and stability of the upper classes and their property than for any other, and ought, therefore to reckon on their support. If, however, the upper classes be wilful or ignorant,—if they do not see that what is done is done from necessity, and for the avoidance of revolution,—such shortsightedness may render them angry, and fling the upper dames into direct opposition and enmity to the government, the necessity of whose interference they will not allow. This was the case with France in 1789. The landed interest withdrew from the King and govern ment its support, and both were precipitated into the gulf of revolution. If,—not in the year 1789, that would have been rather too late, but in the year 1770,—an assembly of French notables had decreed a poor-law, and pro claimed the right of the poor to be maintained oat of the property of the country, it is probable that a revolution would never have taken place; and this, not from the direct operation of the poor-law in feed ing the peasantry, but in the necessity which it would have imposed on the French proprietors themselves to go to their estates, part with their encumbered pro perty, set their houses in order, and take measures to employ and give activity to a population which, like that of Ireland, had been reduced to the lowest and scantiest degree of aliment in the midst of a rich soil. A poor law, that is to act merely as a poor-law, and provide alms, is a miserable invention, degrading to all classes, unnecessary in a state where industry is on the increase, capital overflowing, and where the labouring class are educated so as to know their rights, wants, interests, and dignity. If the poor-law for Ireland turn out to be a mere slaw-distributing sta tute, it will fail, utterly fail. To render it not a poor. feeding, but a rich-exciting law, must be the object of whoever seeks to derive any greet political benefit from it. With respect to the cast and north of Ireland, there is little doubt that an extended poor-law will work well and produce great benefit. In the west and south it is most certainly a bold and hazardous experiment, that will require much wisdom, much patience, much auxiliary efforts and legislation, in order to suit it to a state of society of which few have a correct idea. There are large districts in the south and west of Ireland where the number of paupers far exceed the number of pounds sterling annually paid for rent, and where any other kind of revenue or produce than land does not exist. Let fate send a bad crop or no crop to such a district, and what can a naked poor law do for it ? Such regions must have aid either from the whole empire, represented by the government, or from other districts, this aid to be given in emigra tion, or the i'relamation of waste lands, or fisheries. Let it not be supposed, then, that it will be enough to vote a poor kyr and wash oar hands of Ireland. The poor law machfnc, t be set in motion, will re-. quire extensive efforts, in greasing the wheels, re moving the ruts, and repair:ng many a break-down. If the non-existence of property, form the difficulty in some districts, whet* a population has sprung from the soil unnoticed, ;Ae the AUTOC 'MOSES of old, the want of suthocity and con cord is the difficulty in wealthier district.. The misfortune of those districts in the south of Ireland is, that whilst the legal authority is in the hands of magistrates and men of property, irresistible power, by the great law of number and intimidation, is in the hands of the people. If there be middle cleaves, they side with the pc, nper and the priest, and a feud exists, for which boar de of guar dians, and elections for them, will be battle • ground°. The Irish party, as the landlords call thermal% 'es, were very proud and puissant the other day a t their place of meeting. The delegates of a hos tile and anti-landlord faction have, however, also reached London, and sought interviews with in fluential people, with the Premier himself among% others. We much mistake their language, if they do not consider and hail the proposed provision for the poor as an Irish agrarian law. Were government to foster such a spirit, what would become of the Irish party .? Even as it is, we fear much that this party and Uir feeling will predominate in the south of Ireland ; that boards of guardians, even with the augmentation of ex offieio members, will prove unable to strive against it; and that the Poor-law Commiesioners themselves will require all the aid of moral and physical power to prevent the Irish lower claws from construing and converting the poor-law into an effective con &cation. _ We certainly regret that the machinery of an Irish poor-law should be largely and effectively pat in mo tion for the first time in a year of famine. Admitting all the evils of the labour rate, anything is preferable to an extensive system of out-door relief, commenced net undera provisional enactment by temporary machinery, but as part, parcel, and result of a permanent system ' and law. If there exist at the present moment an im mense difficulty of changing from the labour rate to the relief committee, the future return from the system of general relief to that of little or no relief will be more difficult still. The legislature should have voted the poor-law first, and then left the landlords of Ireland to deal with the poor. But to establish the system of half a million of able-bodied paupers to be employed on public works, and then vote a poor-law, is severe. The amended clauses of the poor-law, however, give to the landlord and the commissioners all the authority requisite for maintaining their influence, and restricting the undue extension of the law. But will they be able to exercise it ? Have Irish landlords the energy, the activity, the fairness? Will they not throw themselves, in despair of physically regene rating their country, into clubs for obtaining political power ? Will the screw of the poor-law have the effect of fixing them to their duties, or of nailing them to impttissant inaction? We must own that we can no more answer these, than we can a hundred other questions of a similar kind, and must frankly consider the Irish poor-law as an experiment, a necessary and a bold one perhaps, but still an experi ment, of which it would be very unsafe to prognosti cate the results. Two parties have combined in the opposition to the government plan of education! those who, like Mr. Bt IN ES, oppose all state inter ference • and those who, like Dr.ITAUGHAN, object to the s pecific plan described in the minutes of council. We might, per haps, add a third party, who, in the vagueness of vituperation, leave it all but impot-sible to discover what it is they oppose, or what it is they recommend. To the section of opponents represented by Dr. VAT:GHAN we are anxious to address ourselves with those feelings of brotherly kindness, not impos sible, we trust, between those who agree in principle and differ only in details. The question they have to decide is not " whether the plan of national education is tho best that can possibly be devised," but " whether it is the beet attainable under existing circumstances." If an architect is obliged to build on ground already occupied to a great extent by edifices which cannot be removed, it would be a great injustice to demand from him a building as perfect and harmo nious in all its proportions as if he had been free to select an unencumbered site, and to frame a plan in perfect independence. The objections urged against the minutes of council by the Morning Chronicle, the Manchester Examiner, and other moderate journals, would have much weight if the government had now, for the first time, to devise a plan for the elementary education of the people. In such a case the entire management, control, and administration ought to be confided, as in the United States, to public and rapes sible bodies, both local and central, and the it stern ell national education should be assimilated to the aye tem of national police. But the Educational Com mittee of the Privy Council did not, on their appoint ment, find an open field before them for action ; it had been almost wholly pre-occupied by school socie ties connected with the great religious communities; these societies had done, and were doing. much good ; it would, therefore, not have been desirable, even if it had been practicable, to remove them; and thus the interference of the state was almost necessarily confined to assistance instead of direction. The state had to ask content before it could give aid, and the condi tions of this consent could only be fixed by . the mutual agreement of both parties—by the receivers as well as by the givers. The Educational Committee of the Privy Council wisely made inspection a condition of assistance. We could wish that the appointment of inspectors had been confided exclusively to that body, and that in making such appointments nothing should be taken into account but the educational qualifications of the candidates ; we disapproved of the National Society's demand that the inspectors should be clergymen ; of Lord BROUGHAM'S proposal . that they should be barristers of five years' standing ; and of Mr. G. P. It. JAMES'S recommendation that they should be literary men of established reputation—all such limitations savoured to us of the " Nothing like leather! " in the old fable- But when the original scheme was only saved from shipwreck in the House of Commons by a narrow majority of two; when it was actually con demned by a large majority in the House of lords, when an education, or rather, an anti-education, clamour was rained for the vilest purposes of faction, we thought it the part of wisdom and the part of justice to offer such modifications of the scheme as would calm the exaggerated fears of the timid, and the hollow pretences of the factious. Fear =7:tion have been silenced in the church ; it only remains to inquire whether this great good has been obtained without any unworthy conces sions justly calculated to excite the alarm of the dissenters. There are two great educational associa tions in England. If we were asked, do we approve of the entire system, and of all the regulations adopted by either or by both of these societies? we should unhesitatingly answer in the negative ; but, at the same time, earnestly deprecate their dissolution in the existing state of the country. The course then which circumstances pointed out as most expedient, if not absolutely necessary, was to make the existing church schools and the existing dissent ing schools as good as possible, by bringing them under a system of efficient inspection with their own consent. The National School Society demanded that its representatives, the prelates, should have a concurrent voice in the appointment of inspectors of national schools; the British and Foreign School Society made a similer claimfor a shareinthe appointment of inspectors of British and Foreign schools ; the Committee of the Privy Council complied with th requisitions of both. We are sorry that such compliance was necessary ; we should much rather have seen inspectors appoint ed by the board of education, as in Ireland and in the United States, but we should much rather yield on a point of such minor importance, than lose the benefits of inspection altogether. The inspectors of both classes of schools are prohi bited from interfering with the organisation, disci pline, and regulation of the school, and they cannot even attempt to examine the religious instruction, ex- THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1847. cept upon the invitation of the managers and directors. The inspectors of Church of England schools do not visit these which are connected with the British and Foreign School Society, or any dissenting commu nity ; each great association has thus its own in spectors, and the same share in their appointment. That experience will induce both associations to lay aside their absurd jealousy of state interference, and allow a uniform system of inspection to be esta blished, irrespective of religious denominations and doctrinal differences, we sincerely hope and we fondly believe; but the time for such a consummation is, we fear, distant, and all that can now be expected is that which has been established, a system by which the inspectors of church schools should not interfere with the schools of dissenters, but that both should be perfectly free, perfectly equal, and perfectly inde pendent. The Committee of Privy Council is appointed to superintend the distribution of a parliamentary grant voted in aid of the efforts made by voluntary asso ciations, whether of churchmen or of dissenters, to extend the benefits of elementary education to the great mass of the community. This, it must be observed, is a very different position from that occu pied by the Irish Commissioners of Education, or by the' board of education established in the state of New York, both of which have to deal with schools locally organised, and not held together by any great society or association. We confess that we prefer the Irish system, or the New York system, to the English ay stem ; but the English system is firmly es tablished in the country, and statesmen must deal with that which actually exists, not with that which , s very remotely possible. Hitherto there has not been breathed a suspicion o f mfaimess or partiality in the distribution of the eee t ‘ =eatery grant; the reports of the inspectors `, - a r i ca I have been published t and are before the coun ,,,, ba ye not exhibited a single instance of undue in- W hren ,e ; if there appears to be at present a larger roiopoyt i o , .1 of clerical than of lay inspectors, we can ansounee, on good authority, that an addition to the . &a g o ? lay h ispectors is contemplated. No advantage is gives . no p, 'eference is proposed to church schools or to churchmen over dis over dlieserrfin, 7 schools , &nert ,. Th e same assistance is tendered to the sc h oo l s, t h e ma , e rewards offered to the teachers, in both. Th e /hi t sh and Foreign Society, like the National Society, cats receive aid for their normal schools, inwards `or their efficient teachers, ..and prm pee ti . 0 . advancement for their diligent pupils. Ought they . 'n . such a case to udopt . the tan " this availeth me gimp of the Pension n. I mster , Mordecai the Jew sitting in nothing so lontris sei the king's gate ?. We are opposed to all se Italian exclusiveness, and we sincerely regret tb . find t h, At its spirit so deeply per vaded the meetinirrecenUy. in held Leeds. It is, how ever, consolatory Wand that on the eveningof this day there will be a nnetiatr h e d, composed of men of various religious desonsinatio. IS and political parties, prepared to declare, that rig °mom, and its Items sary consequence, crime, are t .ommon evils, so the remedial measures for their ren loyal are at once the interest and the duty of all clam sof the community. Church and dissent, Gory and 'whiff , conservative and reformer, are esinal snare. ' e f rom the ntig education which trains up an lacre. 'wag number of proficients in juvenile delinquency, 'lnd menaces a proportionate increase is adult mm e'; and to this fearful evil and worse prospect they at e not likely to be reconciled by any abase at figu res whether statistical or rhetorical. OUR columns of today Comeau the (met tint of another awful mine explosion, whisk has m rept from life eighty industrious IDOL leaving widows and orphans to lament first, and then perhaps to star we. But a few weeks since, a similar, though sot so di *estrous an explosion, took place in the seam aeighbo taboo& Eighty lives loot in a railroad collision would rt, wse up the public and the government, for all *lasses travel on railways, and are affected by theeetesiients. The fate of the poor, ignorant miner, attraessmore minnow sympathies, but ought not to be urgent's& 'What is the state of the mines , * ease? Titase men are induced to work undergmand„ reeeivinh• generally higher wages than the ordinary pay of the labourer or mansfaeterer of the district They age , for the most part, unable to select the pita in wilin g. they work • as in most eases the supply is rear than the demand, they must take work when it. ts offered, and they do so whether the pit is in a site state or not. They are not,and came& be, judgeani the case. A pit is considered to be in a salt condition whoa the roof is for the must part sound,. when the main galleries and working-places are tolerably ventilated, and when due care is taken to obtain early notice of any unusual risk. The methods of ventilation, and the general conditions of working, seed not be de tailed, but it should be known that there is always danger to a certain extent, arising partly from the falling of roofs, and such like accidents, but chiefly from the presence of a light gas, whieh exudes from the coal, and which, mixed with certain proportions of common air, readily explodes when exposed to flame. In mines known to be exposed to the risk of accidents from this foul air, it is the ordinary duty of some person, either a superior workman, or an officer of greater importance, according to the extent of the works, to go down before the men begin work, taking with him a Davy lamp, by observing which he discovers the state of the pit, the lamp indi eatin a dangerous mixture of air, but not exploding it. No pit can be considered properly worked in which there is not this superintendence. If, on exami nation, there is found to be so much foul air that a candle would produce an explosion, the ventilation must be rendered more complete, or something must be done to remove the danger. Much, of course, depends on the intelligence and coolness of this superintendent, since there are gene rally certain places where the air is most dangerous, and these depend on the actual condition of the workings at the time. In cases of much foul air, there is, however, always danger, and some districts have to be shut off from the general ventilation, only being approached with great precaution. Many of the very best and meet valuable mines are constantly in such a state, that it is not possible for them to be safewhen an open candle isundcrground. Now,it is not unbequently in these very mines, where every precaution is taken in visiting the works, where every known and prac tical method of ventilatioa is adopted, regardless of ' expense, that the worst accidents occur; and these accidents are the more mysterious and terrible from the perfect order and regu la rity of every thing that seemed to admit of superintendence. It will be, of course, supposed that the person se lected to decide on the state of the pit, and upon whom the lives of those empl oyed during the day actually depend, is one wort hy of his trust, end is intelligent enough to foresee and prevent &evident/. Sometimes this is the case, but by no meana always ; and in the present instance, for example, one part of the pit was known to be in a dangerous state, and orders were given not to enter it but with the greatest pre caution. The underground steward and the foreman, both, however, leave the pit ; in their absence, precau tions are neglected, and the dreadful explosion takes place. There exists an almost sane prevention against accidents of this kiud in the simple, but ingenious, lamp of Sir HU3IPHRY DAVY, and bearing his , name. To all intents and purposes it is a safety lamp ; for, if not absolutely safe, it is so much more SD than any other instrument, that it must be looked upon as practically near to perfection as any human contrivance is likely to be for such purpose. For mines such as that of Oak's colliery, the exclu sive use of this lamp would most certainly be far safer Asa the occasional use of open lights. And this is 6U Ord Alp be done ; but is this a trifle ? Consider the Me of two railroads, one having a sufficient and well-trained staff of inspectors and constables, acting under proper orders and doing their duty; the ether with no such staff, or one utterly inefficient, and on which no care whatever is taken to avoid accidents. An accident may happen on the well-regulated line, but surely no one will say that it was not worth while to attempt anything, if you cannot have abso solute and perfect security. We use with satisfaction this parallel with the railroad, for it is much to the purpose, and speaks to the feelings of most men. Government interferes to enforce the safer plan in the one ease, why does it not in the other? There is no practical objection. The expense, it is true, im somewhat greater, but very little, for the plan has actually been adopted in some mince, and is found to succeed ; but it requires to be enforced. Whenever, in the judgment of efficient persons, it is necessary to insist on the exclusive use of the evy lamp, it would hardly be too much to require that it should be used. We are well aware that the exclusive use of the Davy lamp is not required in many mines; end there fore any hasty legislation that would attempt to en force it generally would be simply an absurdity. The plan required is not one of this kind ; and we are glad to find, that in the report now before government by Sir H. DE LA Beene and 1)r. PLAYPAIR, the super vision suggested is far more practical Such fearful accidents as that of Barnsley call urgently for the speedy attention of government to this subject. The journals and correspondence from Paris of Saturday contain little matter of general interest. The King and Queen of the Belgians lett Paris for Brussels at noon on Friday. The Courrier de Marseilles announces that an sr- I rangement is in progress between the French and Spanish Governments for the establishment of a coal depot for the Mediterranean steamers and a French hospital at Port Mahon, in the Balearic Islands. This report is said to be the only foundation for the rumour that France contemplated obtaining a cession of these islands from Spain. The same measures fer the relief of the lower'', classes of the population, by supplying them with breed at 2d. per lb., the difference being paid by the municipality, which have been adopted in Paris, have been also resorted to in Lille, where great dis tress prevails, and other provincial towns. The Go vernment has authorised the municipality of Stras burg to obtain from the military stores there two tons weight of bread for the relief of the population. The embarrassments produced by the dearness of grain have begun to react upon the revenue, and we arc assured that at this moment the difficulties en countered by the Minister of Finance are much greater than the public is allowed to suppose. Our Paris correspondent says in his private letters that " the receivers-general in the provinces have not been able to collect the supplies necessary for the public service. At present, sixty millions are requi-ed, and not above twenty-five are forthcoming. Within the last two months, prompted by the consciousness of the approaching financial difficulties, several of the receivers-general offered to make advances to the Minister of Finance at 41 per cent., which offer the latter had the imprudence to decline. He has never theless now been compelled to solicit this SCCCOMMO dation, which has been refused at less than 5 per cent. Under all these circumstances, financial men in Paris entertain a full expectation that a loan will become inevitable, and that a proposition to that effect will be made to the chambers within a month or six weeks. We shall then see a curious contrast exhibited between the promptitude and de cision with which public business is executed in Eng land, and the very different mode of proem ding in France." _ _ The present exhaustion of the treasury is ascribed, and not without reason, by the opposition, to the lavish expenditure by several of the ministries, but more particularly by the foreign department, in the course of last year. Among these the cost of the Montpenier marriage holds a conspicuous place. Meanwhile the public distress is aggravated by a variety of concurrent causes, among which may be mentioned the delay of the arrival of grain from the Baltic and the Black Sea, on amount of the season of the year ; the delay of arrivals from America, partly from the nuns • cause, bat much more from the cul pable conduct of the ministry in deceiving commerce until the eleventh hoar ay false asearances of the sufficiency of the harvest. In addition to these is the drain of specirsin the Bonk, and a consequent in crease of interest and contraction of discount. With all this, the mean., of subsistence rises steadily and rapidly. On the Ist of Mow* 1846, the price of tie sack of flour was b4s. 6d., whioli was higher than tha average price of the some season. On the Ist March, 1847, the price of the sack of dour was 88s., being 62 per cent. dearer than last year, and above 70 pie cent. dearer then the usual pace at this- season. Industry everywhere necessarily; &eh this severely. Sales diminish,enallt is oontraoted, money disappearst• The resources of commerce we diminished, while CM de mands open it are increased. Employment is with (hewn, and in some departments troops of labo sera cad artisans inotiathe wintry, literally without work or bread. Henan the disorders, reports of which daily fill the eolurms of tin park journals The immediate measures- adopted by government in this deplorable state of thiegs are, first, the absii time of all impost , duties on grain; secondly, ihe opening of the coastiug-tralis in grain trshipit of ail nations ; thirdly, the appropriation of the service of the waggomtrain and the artillery to the internal , conveyance of coat; and Really,. the seationing of government steam ire-in the. Llindenellee, the Straits of Gibialtaa.and fie• Channel, to expedite the arrival! of veseele Lion risk grain. from. America and the Black Sea. by hating them. in calms,. or adverts. winds, It wßlberecollesbed that ne lately announced the reported intention of: the Mug. of Prumia to adopt: some asemares favaemble te.the freedom. of the press. in his dominions, end to eudeavour to being about a. • concerted movement in the same directim. among the states of the German confederation. We are iily• formed, on good authority,.thak about a month slime the King of Prunes made- a. eommunination on thin minket to Prince Mettemiab, which„ however, has. remained without result. Under these oircumstanote it is said that the Prussian. monarch himself has is: tided on taking the initiative intheapproaching meet ing of the states, and that he will propose there the abolition of the censorship. and the establishment: of such a free press as may be consistent with the whet of the constitution. We are further assured. that the King by consulted Count d'Arsim, Prussian, mi nister at Paris, on this subject, whit has given a fa vourable opinion upon, it, end has sent his secretary of embassy, the Countele Ilatsfeida, to commasucate his sentiments to the Xing at Bolin. The Ceuat de Hatzfeldt was to have left Purism Saturday., The Prussian ministry proposed, on the mission of the opening of the states, to compose a speech for the King to deliver, &soh the custom in France mid Eng land, but the King declined this, and intrids to de liver, himself, an, unwritten speech express:ag his per-. sonal sentiments. Lord Norman by has issued cards of invitation to alb the members a the cabinet, for a dinme at the em bassy on Tuesday next. ' Queen Christina is expected at Bayenne on Thum , day_ next, and at Paris on the 15th. ' The bureaux of the chamber authorised on Satar day the reeding of the project alms of M. Duvargier de Hauranne, on electoral reform. This decision was . carried by the opposition in spite of the resistance of the cabinet. The Madrid mails, with the journals av i d corre spondence from that city, of the 27th and 28th ult., were received hs Paris on }}idly and Saturday. They brought no intelligence of general interest. Accounts continued to be received of Owlist demon- strations in the provinces, and the government was adopting active measure& of repression. Two ordonnances were published,—one increasing the number of members of the Spanish Academy, and the other establishing a royal academy of mothe matioal and physical science. The resignation of 1 Gen. Pezuela of the captain-generalship of Madrid, has been accepted, and Gen. Manso appointed in his place. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 17. .. - PROSPECT Or A WAR BETWEEN TURKEY AND I GREECE.—'fhe French man-of-war steamer envier arrived here yesterday, with despatches from Athens for the Turkish government. M. Coletti had refused ' to make the required apology to M. Mussurne, but King Otho wrote an autograph letter to the Sultan which was believed to be of a conciliatory import. In his despatch, the Turkish envoy at Athens an nounced his intention of demanding his passports, in consequence of the attitude assumed by M. Coletti, such being the instructions which he had received from the Porte. Yesterday afternoon, a conference of the representatives of the five great powers took place at the residence of the French ambassador, of which the intelligence from Greece formed the sub ject. Immediately after the conference, M. do Boor queney repaired to the private residence of Ali Effendi, the minister of foreign affairs, with whom be had a long interview. At the very moment I am writing, M. Mussurus, the Turkish minister at Athena, has arrived on board the war-steamer Eregly : I, therefore, break off my despatch, as I am determined to watch narrowly all the particulars of an event which threatens to be of such grave importance. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer will leave this to morrow, and by her I shall send you all the details. Mr. Wellesley, the British minister, accompanied by Mr. Alison, her Mojcety'a Oriental secretary, is, whilst I write, in conference with Ali Effendi. The original subject of the conference was to hare been the Turco-Persian question, but doubtless the news from Greece will mitt it into another channel. FRANCE.—BIum]) lizine.—The Court of Assizes of Chateauroux delivered judgmenC, on the 4th inst., in the case of the rioters of Buzanvass, in the department of the Indre. Those riots, occasioned by the dearth of provisions were attended with the murder of a proprietor of that dis trict, and the plunder of several houses. The court accord ingly thought proper to apply the law in all its rigour. Three of the accused were sentenced to death, four to hard labour fur life, and all the others, with the exception of one who was acquitted, were condemned to hard labour or imprison ment for different periods, and to the pillory. MARSEILLES, MARCH I.—The overland India mail, ' which left London on the evening of the 24th February, having met with a considerable quantity of snow on the road, did not reach this place until last night, half-put nine o'clock. The Flamer, Commander Lavie, sailed with the despatches for Malta at eleven p.m. The Flamer had, it is said, for freight nearly two millions of franca for Alexandria. The French government st, sner, Alexandre, which left Alexandria with the Egyptian and Syrian mail on the 20th February, is not yet signalled. It is greatly to be feared that she has met with some accident between Alexandria and Malta. Our latest accounts tromAlgeria are to the 26th February. No news of any importance. The weather in the south of France is more than usually cold and wet. Makes. 2.—The Alexandre has not yet been signalled. NETHERLANDS.—TRADE WITH JAPAR.—THE HAOLTIC, MARCH 3.--The last news brought by the Over land Mail announces that the presents sent by the King of the Netherlands to the Emperor of Japan have been conveyed from Decima to Jeddo, escorted by a great number of Japanese civil officers, and had arrived on the 24th of January. These presents, being exposed to view in the great hall of the palace, were examined by the Emperor, the general of the crown, and the great men of the empire. The Emperor expressed himself particularly satisfied with the beauty of these presents, and the portrait of the King of the Netherlands excited his great admiration. The Japanese government has caused orders in writing to be drawn up to be delivered to commanders of foreign vessels who may approach the coast of Japan. The object of these orders is to inform them that they can not enter the Bay of Nangasaki, but that they can anchor to the north of Carvalbos, without, however, sending any per son belonging to their crews on shore. Three French ships of war had anchored, on the 20th of July, 1846, in the bay, near to Papenburg. The sight of these ships bad caused great sensation among the population. In the same month two American ships of war appeared offJeddo,"for the purpose of asking permission to trade ; but they were answered that the Japanese allowed only the Netherlands and China to carry on trade, and that only Nangasaki. It seems that the Danish war-frigate, Oalathea, under the command of Count Stein-Bille Brahi, cast anchor off the bay of Jeddo, but was not allowed to enter. The islands of Linkio, which are placed under the sommand of the governor of Satsouma, are now frequently visited by European ships. The efforts of some European., who endeavour to settle there, have hitherto been fruitless. However, two Europeans, left by a French ship in one of those island., have been very well treated by the islanders. It is s id that the French squadron has also shown itself in those seas, and that Vice-Admiral Cicale, commander of the squadron, bad an interview with the chief of these islands. On the 10th of February and the 18th of March, 1846, a violent fire broke out at Jeddo, and a street part of the city was reduced to ashes. - - GERMANY.—POLITICAL CRISIS IN BAVARIA.— The affair which we lately noticed as having taken place at Munich, relating to the well-known Spanish nonsense Loll Mentes, lias, it seems, assumed a more serious character than that of a passing amour of the monarch of Ba varia. A letter in the Journal des Dibals,of Friday , corrects the turnout of the expulsion of the lady from Munich, and makes the following remarks on the resignation of ministers " You art aware," says the writer, " se all Europe is aware at present, of the high favour enjoyed by the too well known danseure, sad how her royal protector, rather than give her lip, has accepted the resignation of his ministers. It is an unheard of octarrence, and must have greatly sisprised you. To-day, however, I send you a docu ment, which, I think, will not anise less astonishment. It ire protestation drawn lip by the ministers of the king spawn his mistress, and a large number of copies have been cireulated. It ite hoped that some pious indiscretion will drop teas document in the domains of publicity, and have such anteffect, char when our ling, tired aso much scandal and cured of his deplorable enters, will be obliged I. meal ' his minute', they is-II return to power amidst the acclaim itiona of all Europe, awl with all the honour's, due to virtue, long unappreciated, and triempl.ant after the rudest trials. het others be deceived! But I woteld fain suppose that you, who are cognisant, in part at least, of she intrigues in which the subscribers 7e. this protestation had a hand, you who know their acts of blind and cruel intolerance tower& all liberal opinions in Learope, le you will not be elm dupe of all this tine display of virus . Your own history must have made you toootrell awarein France of the passions and the morality of the-eltra-Cathelie party to- seed any light on the subject. In thisnevere and harsh language addrt seed to our king, who is moused with rite defection of the amity, and even with a reveibtion, you. will recugaise the language of those men who- think they hold the sway of $ secret power, the source of which springs beyond the frontiers of theiwoountry. lasthi. resignation, offered at such length, and in so eracourteeme w manner, you will reeo,miee the instigate* of a party who feign to leave power 10 sesame it again stronger end name formidahle than ever. This is the , Ave ground of the qualities, and ie ma so melaneboly a gutsiest I did nos' fear to be accured of endeavouring to be witty, I might repeat the- words of one of the most eminent and dis tinguished men et our country, who said that the (meant was not as persons were mede to believe between vice and virtue,hat between Lula and Loyola It is a play upon words, no doubt, but one neverthelem which expresses well the true slate of things. And bow is all this to east I an only say tbatthe liberal peaty here are in consterna tion, asl .wise from experience, they fear that the meats pro voked by se °unions a shniu of circumstances may turn against: therm again. It is s.ilely from personal devotion to the monarch that M. de Maurer one of the most eminent men calla liberal party , and whose name is inserted with an alr.aseeperfniious skill in the protestation, has consented to accept, ad interim, the vacant post of minister; but no ono seen as yet any peoepect eif a dosage of that glider... which, for mom than fifteen years, hes given up. the efface of our country to the evil paseene. of , the ultra-Catholic party."—The foaming is an abetractose the recent protnet of the Ilavarien ministers against- the conduct of the king. The report ef the ex asperatiOnofethe populace against the Spanish dawns*, and of bar iternorol 1111107 a gnard of genrmes,. was with out (emulation : ualtei---Tbere ere fidenesor their ,yhen meyL inw7taxli . .rith theeas _ -overran hare say the alimmative alt — th — tham, .......ctovenounce the sawed days to which they are pltdged, sr to sallapthetheonscienots aad exam themseivesto the painful tit of Incoming the displcasas of their well-loved monarch. Saes balls tad natamity in which the undovignel fled themselves pared lw tha to*ldadaton which *ads to accent to the Signora Lola limilsollo rights* a native of listsuis A I are iiicambis of iseddsa death they gale to void Mnsty, and they rover hesitated Ice a isessgaig kril their resolution.'tits gumtree of no...al:Satan was sod pliably mentioned by the coueeitior of stag Moisesr, la thin theCeuncil of *Maur the Mt of the preen* masa, as dm eslamitty that could ever at t Bavaria. lido oplollm um sunned by sit the council, ant is at the tame time thsearemion of the egMis al ail the faithful. subject. of your bigestv. and t wee not sissamigy to convoke a Causal (.1 State to maim it be shared aghast seeeme by all the unassigned. Since the month* Naar tat the eyes of the whole cousdry hare bees turned towards Masish. la all the provinostof Berm* the sole tuyia of I:covenantal's*** taking place lane, bs it either in private a in public, andaaginimis manifested on theanklost are of a most swims maitre. Us Nose for the FererwlpMgiafahes daily in Me Mastro( all; ~wry We nothing la hese Mg tweaks, of bitter censure and ata meatml &sa f ancmurais.. ]maso i n, Me notioal pride is bast: der Boratedah the public Iles Liao the iter47,lurress: whose ado- My sad to raw Malemy cannot foe a moment be sues- Illaremrs for whet is openly taking place. The the sorer sod of 1 metre were witaimars of his heart. ofelant bit seine. The Pi ince-Ilishop of Itamiau, on hearing rag ft upset wan epteod that be had exported aa oclai indlgfilsansans this state of this" tot no time in writing to t di& fingdamoma at Mulch, requeding them to coratakt the repor* the nallinand cower whenever the mac might moire it, and to stalksigaissaain, that he enapprosed enasi*of what had taken * tr= Ills Mier to so Keret. It wil l soca be known throughout t dal whet ottle the result! The foreign of la lint the mad sassdaluassecalotes and the most against ysig 3E. The No. 3 of the Unit ! b subjoined* a stelae. It is in min that : the gess eithemos to . 1.1 from entering the =Ow aee 4ffiew- , art eagerly mod. The lady lean aottbe pile Wad gat eguimail; it is r- meted wry dua, sod meat WM. ‘lll be e rate In eras K Tao mollmolgoolhommesailly ad weighed weighed all Um eir osometistoo eta step 10. which their and Mottle ausetuoseit for goer Illiegy, and their *low of the gravity if the einem- Masts sims Mended them. Their to sonviction ia, that if your Ma y Yma we sad deism to Marken to their aupplica it is dul to maw OS flanallan digger** to them by the tioes. goodwill Ltd walF dome of somegego, ma Oat there remains but one duty kw then to 111114, doe el reepeeetally entreating your Majesty to retake le 'bleb *had entrusted to them. XM. , Minister of For. ign Affairs one of the king's I boueohold, l ac also sent le his resignation. A private correspondence from Munich of the lid fart. states that an enteufe took place at that city on that day, owing to the lectures of M. Lassen: (a Jesuit) having been suspended b 7 the now government. The students assembled in large bodies. and it was found necessary to clear the streets by the Spanish Guard, no the gendarmes are called by the people, since the accewion to power of Lola Monte*. It is stated that the king sent for M. de Bourgoing, the ' French ambassador at the court of Bavaria, and explained to him his reasons for accepting the resignation of the ministry, requesting him to notify it to the King of the French. VIENNA.—TME TRIESTE ROCT'E.—A letter from Vienna, dated Feb. 26, questions the statements of the Lon- don correspondent of the Allgenteine Zeitteng, with regard to the supposed preference of the English government for the Marseilles route. The repeated triumphs of the Austrian Lloyd [and Waghovol must have convinced both Austria sa4 England of the superiority of the German route. Noble has been lately interchanged between the cabinets of Louisiana Vienna on this subject, and some results already appear, as Austria has determined on completing, as nun u reale. a railway connection between Trieste and Baran.. The Austrian Lloyd, also, has determined on a bi-monthly stenos --oication between Trieste and Alexandria, in 'eon nexion with the post over Suez. Among the five seam-zessels now building for Company in the dock-yard at. Trieste there are two for Egypt which already show that they are to be rapid boats. 'hen -these sea communitsstions ere oannected with the overland railway, it is sent they will be employed by a German company, no longer acting as the mere jockey for England, but for the interests of Germany. When this is accomplished, there can be no doubt that the practical mute of the English will prefer the German ront• u the surest and meet expedi.tous to India. Tourists, slm, will probably prefer this divereLled road to the lung sun g; from Marseilles to Alexandria. By a decree of the Ifof. /samosas-, from the lest of the present nonth all letters to t& British possessions in India, and to all places in the Chingos empire, are to be sent by Trieste and Alexandria, instead by England.—AUgemeine Zeileteug. A IHItATRE BURNED DOWN.—The account we gave of the burning of the Carbrube Theatre, 213th ult., is con. I firmed by &letter which contains the following details : " The Grand Ducal Theatre is a heap of ashes. Soon after 6 o'dock, and when a considers hie n u caber of persons had already emend the theatre, the third tier of boxes being neArly Kild , inc fire broke out suddenly in a box en the second tier. The fire broke out immediately a ft er the gas us lighted; in a few minutes the whole of the ii.terior of tli g theatre was in filmes. Assistance was soon procured from all sides, but as it was impossible to ease the theatre, efforts were directed towards the preservation of the adjoining houses. Stueral persons in the boxes lost their lives, for as soon as the tire appeared, escape was difficult. Some w& who were in the third pier jumped into the second, and then into the pit ; others threw themselves out of the windows into the yard. A great number were wounded in the crush. The pre ciac number of the dead is not yet known, but it must be considerable, for all escape by the doors was cut off by the flames. Another letter states dist 70 persona are miming, and that 20 dead bodies hays bus tumid. milt (!I_4rurt. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual air. ings nn Saturday in the vicinity of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Mice, walked and rode on Saturday morning, in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal llighnesaes the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday morning in Orcevenor Chapel. Baroness Hummerstein and Baron Knesebeck were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning in St. Paul's Church. Knightsbridge. H.KII. the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. - - A Cabinet Council was held at half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were Lord John Romell, the ?darqiiii of Lana olowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pal merston, Earl Grey, the Earl Auckland, Sir John Hob house, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Vi.eouat Morp, th, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hen. H Labouchere. The Lord Chancellor arrived kt 4 o'clock. The council broke up at a quarter _past 5 o'clock. Sir 'Thomas Barrett Lennerd had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home Office, on Saturday. A deputation, consisting of Lord Monteagle, Viscount Massareene, Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, M.P. Mr. Ha milton, and Mr. Grogan, had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at Ma official residence in Downing street. Mr. Roo bad an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. The Rev. Dr. Cooke had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. Prince and Princess Calhmaki, accompanied by Monsieur Zohrab, have returned to town from Cowes, Isle of Wight, whither they had gone to witness the launch of a fine steamer, built by Messrs. T. and J. White fur the Ottoman government. The vessel was named by the Princess Calli rnaki, with the usual ceremony, the Raasittee Tidjaret." Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office, for the governor of Gibraltar. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the sermon was preached at the early service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley; and the sacrament was administered by the Bishop of London: the Duke of Wellington and the Dowager- Countess of Errol were among the communicants. FRENCH CONBUL-UENERAL.—We understand that M. Durant Ste. Andre, the French consul-general resi t dent in this country, is on the eve of dep sating for Paris, with the view of retiring from hie official station in this country. THE EARL AND COUNTEsti OF CLARENDON enter tained his Eineßetsey the Count de St. Aulaire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marehi mos of Alla bury, the Earl and Countess Granville, Viscount and Viacountess Palmerston, the Bud of Clare, L•trd and Lady Beauvale, Lord Bowden, Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. It. M. Milner, &c., at dinner on Saturday last, at t►eir residence, in Grow , n, r-crescent. The Right lion. the Speaker of till House of Commons had a yearliimentsry dinner on Entarday last at his men-ion in Einen..quare. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will give a dinner party and wreemr.ly on Saturday next at their resi dence in Carlton-gardens. His Excellency the French ambassador has issued invitations for a grand entertainment to their RILED. the Duke and Dachess of Cambridge on the 17th inst. at Man chester Hunt. ROYAL MAARIAGIL —We understand that a tnatri atonial alliance is on the lapis between H.R.H. Prince Albert Frederick Auguste, son of Prince Johan, and heir presumptive to the throne of Saxony, end H.R.H. Princess Charlotte, eldest daughter of their R.H. Prince and Albrecht of Prussia. The Prince Albert of Saxony was born the 23rd April, 1828, sad Princess Charlotte of Prussia, 21st June, 1831. DEPUTATION FROM " THE IRISH PARTY* TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. A deputation from " The Irish Party" waited on the Prime Minister, at bin official residence Downing street, on Saturday last. Lord MONTRAOLE informedi the noble lord that the deputation bad in view tits bringing under his consi deration a series of re.cdutions, adopted at • meeting of peers and members of parliament connected with Ireland. The noble lord then, at considerable length, detailed his objections to the application of the out door system of relief to the able bodied in Ireland, and warned the government against press ing upon tbc legislature of the country measures containing peonsions which were at variance with the feelings, and condemned by the judgment, of the educated and intelligent e' oases in Ireland. The last of the resolutions is to the following effect : That the principle of giving ontdoor rehab, the able-boded la borer of Ireland tins been condemned by the various parliamentary men mittees and commission, retell se by the public ofikersappointad toomaider thlssubjee:And that theesperiencent the last twelve months, by • kirk it hoe been shiornbow MK. even though accompaaled with work, has interfered with ordinary agricultural labour and en dangered the future production of lood for the pmeople, &macerates conclusively how much more fatally a eystem of gratuitous out-door relief to the elite-bodied laboorar will produce and perpetuate the same lamentable consequences. . _ . Lord dolor Ilesstitt, said he had attended to the resole boas read by the noble toed, and the various arguments which the deputation had put forward in support of their viewe. He did not mean to express any opinion whatever on the resolutions of the Irish peers and members of parlia ment ; but he repeated, what he had before said elsewhere, that the opinion daily gained ground, not only in this country, but in Ireland, that the dittrem and want to which the pi mile of that country may be reduced, even in ordinary yrare, ought to give them a claim upon the property of Ire land,—such a claim as the people of England had upon the property of England in times of great distress,—and that there should be legal provision made for relieving the destitute in the workhouse when the workhouse was not full, and out of the workhouse when it was full. The noble lord then briefly adverted to the safe-guard thrown round the bill for the permanent extension of the poor-'aw in Ireland by the recomtruction of the boards of guardians, and the increase of ex-officio members, and con cluded bystating that the resolutions presented to hiMwould hr duly considered by her Majesty's ministers, but that he mild not pledge himself to recommend further alteration of 1 the bill than had already been made. The deputation then withdrew. THE Intsli PARTY.—The members of the Irish party met twice during the past vri els at their chambers, Ring-street, St. James's. Lord hlontragle presided on Thursday, and the Earl of Monntcashel on Friday. lord Moutesele announced that he had received the resolutions adopted in reference to the Irish Poor Relief Bill, and that they had been signed or assented to by 64 peers. and 43 ms mbeta of parliameat connected with Ireland, who eon. tittered the extension, of an oat-door system of relic( to the able-bodied labours's of Ireland would tend to their de moralization, and lead to consequences moat dangerous to property.—Mr. W. S. O'Brien wished it to be distinctly understood that be dissented from those resolutions in tote. lit considered that the Poor-law Bill proposed by the go wrnment was calculated to prevent the recurrence of those dreadful seems of destitution and misery with which lee. land was too familiar, and although possibly it was nal the best measure of the kind or altogether free from de feets, he should give it his warm support, believing that the out-door relief system would work well. the Earl of Mountcaabel brought coder cone deration the subject of emigration, and suggested that a plan might be contrived by which the government should contribute one' fourth of the coat of emigration, in the ease of each family willing to emigrate, the colony one-fourth, the WOOD is which they resided one-fourth, arid the family onefourtb. The noble earl estimated the coat of each individual emi grating to Canada at 41. It was agreed that a special meet- Should be called for Monday to consider the expediency of adopting the English poor-law, rather than the propond amended Irish poor relief bill. IbIARYLEIDONE VESTRY, SATURDAY.—FAILURR OE THE PAROCHIAL FUNDII.—At the meetinf t of the Maryle bone vestry, Be,. Dr. Spry the chest , r. Flood, vestry clerk, stated that in consequence of the high price of pro- visions, the expenditure for the support of the poor exceeded the receipts last week 4161. RhOENT's CANAL RAILWAT.—Mr. Florid laid before the vestry the following communication, announcing the withdrawal of ea much of the bill for constructing the Regent's Canal Railway an affected the Regent's-park and the parish of Marylehone Regent's CanalOwnpany.—Parldingtoo and Lireehonse Railway._ Elr,—We have the honour to state to you, for the information d tbs vuary of the parish et St. Marylebou, that the Regent's Canal Corn. puny yield to the opposition offered to the passage of the pr posed railway thmugb the liegent's-park, and that in the comiaittec en the bill all the powers sought tosarry the kneel railway thumb any for lion or the parish of St. Maryletione will be struck tubby the pro moters.—Lvos, Bowe, tt Etua, bolieltors to the bill. UNITED SERVICE INETITI;TION.—The sixteenth annual meeting of the members of this institvition was held on Saturday. The report of the council announced the com pletion of the extensive additions and improvements. The funds for the building of the new lecture-room needed to be augmented, and special attention was called to that point. The council called attention to the increa-e in the number of visitors, which was partly due to their having thrown the mum= open to the pubite fox three days at Bader, at