The Express. — London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

• o pal bays taken place Be he tiere de ihmtl"neent and sea eanne.. partments ei tie aryls ed Sew thilmal leh en.7l;r ll7l l l lie awe Oa " lagerevessasts Whoa Ina lellai a oldie Ma►eoleo " i n yeses ago. there was en hals he shfly Se ' :IA in ; boys slept two in • bed, OW, praltal it • am; the breakfasts were sour beer and bud ; one thaw • ato we ek ass milk and water called " sky blue," and' teed .. — ad " tam The iafirmary was a nasty low ill.vend. wa g plus,. sad then were many other things which, watk the t enemas positive abominations. .ge • •e e now ineroved. The sanitary regulations a neeftallsat Tkr row* moealigwl the boas by the extinction of separate ward for spat a o ye,Tba — vaed ta be the moral le et of the school. gossa dar of sorters bee ban automated. French is greizid ifGoassa Is cast, it welt to be. In a desire . prunes ter B=lM to hewn these improve whatever may be in the constitutional Z l e i Nwer _ so g adult there are some—still we • giet WR WOO It credit for these =ena mel.: and I quite agree with your Alfred, that the credit of nothing d this met be attributed to the city influence in the . shOd TMerapaalke connexion with the hospital is • l oge drybann Maul of the old times. When the school im p g a isdat by Edward VI., the corporation was a reality, = athearat eminent men in the City , but now the plasm of the City do not aspire to the old effete • lemeitra The City do nothing, and for aas tu7 and mos hoes doe nothing for Christ's Hospital. It retains its pdegeges and jobs them. Whatever Christ's Hospital is, omits merits and defects, it is such from influences ax ioms to the citizen influence*. Doubtless the infusion of opinion paying 6001. for the governorship, has changed Ihnuntitution of the school. So much the better. This t, and the amount collected from this source, at least, me rearantees that there is a certain public interest for the o wl. The citizens manifest no interest far it, but are only wady atter its emoluments. I suspect halt the jobs in ragiet'e liospit.il could be shown to be someway connected a* City indiums. What is most wanting at Christ's Hos- Ohl is a better mode of electing the committee, and the aesdoing that body a real representative of the governors at Inge A n y reformer should work at that point if he would biannual good.—AN OLD BLDII. . • THE OPPRESSIVE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—The Abiplald rinses says " A person may advertise in omni bus —coeer the walls with placards—ocupy the streets d i t nab din fact, use every means which his ingenu. ilgr an devise for the _purpose of making known his wares— Zary no duty. But if he put a lone in • newspaper, doubly taxed, he imme*ately . pays to government au shilling and aixpence. If a poor girl wants a situation— al& time when every farthing is of importance to her—she per the same amount of duty as a noblemen would do for ~ e ge~mg an meats valued at 10,0001. And this is justice." —We ( Wilts Sheaderd) fully agree with the remarks of our esalsoyeary, sad keg to en the time when the govern ors% of this great wintry shall no longer require support wrung from the neeenihes of the needy ; for it is indeed bird that those who seek dostiess, and consequently want the means whereby hey may procure their daily bread— that these poor needy trestans should be used ea means of crewing Is. 6d. out of sash general application for employ feet ! Advertisement duty must ever be oppressive. A ItEW AND CHEAP DEODORISER--The Man chester Guardian of Saturday says, " & discovery, which rltto be of great value, has just been announced a r. Young, a chemist, of this town, who, instead of ranual"fraisiAgytlitme knowled ge partedl f to cli.relip4ulteedilil s ual adithemntataaZhahaave is. used for the pupae of removing the offensive odour of sight soil and of other decomposing matter, but to all Uo& commonly in nee some objection may be urged. Some, sash ss chlorine sad enlphureous acid, along with the im plement smell, destroy the fertilising properties ; others, nab as nitrate of lead and chloride of zinc, are expensive ; bet the one now proposed is free from either objection. The sew deodoriser is a watts product from the manufacture of chlorine; it consists principally of a solution of chloride dmangutese, with a variable quantity of chloride of iron, sad generally a little hydrochloric acid and free chlorine. It h produced in very large quantities; one house throws away fi6 tons of the solution daily, and the total quantity . 11 believed to exceed 110 tons a-day, not any of which is, at present, usefully ,employed. Experiments have been made which have satisfied Mr. Young that this solution ham, in a high degree, the property of preventing decomposition in organic matter. Cesspools, and other places, giving out the most offensive odours, have been immediately sweetened by , it The immediate effect of adding this subdues to offensive matter is the conversion of the hydro. eslphoret of ammonia, which is the mod offensive of the gases of decomposition, into the sulphuret of manganese and aturiate of ammonia, or, as it is eta called. chloride of ammonium. The latter is a valuable manure, and the former, though of less value, is not injuri ous to vegetation. Manganese, like iron, possesses ne acrid metallic qualities, and is, like it, used by nature as a food for pleats. Dr. R. Amos Smith is subjecting this new deodoriser to the test of exparlosat ea ea extensive scale, and we shall ionisers whether ha oaks issaelly se great as it now appears „ to he. The iatrodatithe staabariemalse removing din gustlng • add* though • gnat eanuedeseeJenetetunnued sdven , tee, or rather, it mai a biresm yodel by a danger if not . guarded &phut—the at tadadag us to tolerate the existence of decomp osing di, If Its haaediete disagreeable effects are prevented. Thou glt it fa sand probable that the removal of the offensive pees set degamgesition very con siderably diminishes their door, It Is swain that it is not • by these means entirely avoided. If, timbre, the use of a • deodoriser were to induce us to omit of the retention in the town of filthy matter injury . rather than good would be the result. The only true security is the entire and imme diate removal of all Douce* of impurity to the air from the a nW e bo on tarod. of our ar pools sii di;e n tas e ,..th , ea:l7.am soon as i tr the universal introduction of water closets in their place. Until this can be accomplished, however, as a temporary expedient, and as a remedy for partial, though serious, nuachiefs, we think it highly probable that the deodoriser,. discovered by Mr. Young will be of great value." SHIPWRECK, WITH Loss OP LITE.—The Pbcenix steam ship has just arrived at Bristol, bringing a portion of the crew of the Lord Canterbury, which was wrecked anise the following circumstances :—The Lord Canterbury was • very fine timber ship, and was bound for this port from Quebec, which she left with a full cargo, and a crew of 20 men and boys, having encountered a succession of tremendous gabs. She on the sth instant became waterlogged and to tally unmanageable, in which condition she floated until the 16th when she was fallen in with by the John, of Bideford, from Brunswick. The captain and crew of the John, bj their exertions, fortunately succeeded is taking the mate, Yams Merchant, and twelve others of the crew off than wreck, anclloonveying them in safetfon board the John, bat owing to the increasing violence of the gate, and the night setting in very dark and hazy, they lost si ght of her, sad were obliged to leave the wreck with the captain, Bruce, and six of the crew—via., John Thomas, of Cardigan ; an old seaman named George ; James a Scotchman, who lay dead from fatigue and want of food. Two other boys named Charles and William. but whose other names are not known, were unfortunately abandoned to their fate with the easel, and no doubt they all perished shortly afterwards. The captain of the John treated the portion of the crew that was preserved with the greatest kindness, and having conveyed them to Milford, they were brought to Bristol by the Phatnix. FIRES.—Iii HOLLAND-STREET.—L•et night about a quarter Ware 10 Wade* • ire Oahe out upon the exten sive range dpieniessbsimisk. to Men% Alfred Bennett sad Henry Maim Itmba, ad millwrights, Carrying on bailees is Ht, Blackftiaremad, mar Bleckfriarotieldge. The Isms, when first perceived, had obtained a One 10 eithei and pattern shops, a continuoue line of bads. needy MI het long, and duo stories high. The lemma the eseralsewe discover , was Made, an alarm was sounded In the yeast way, and in the course of a few minutes the belesghte to the Royal toci ve r a l for the protection of Ilk tie wind, and also manes of Leadest-belgals. Upon reaching the spot the whole of the pelleat imp mad fitting rooms were enveloped in a rowel RIMIS of Ilan% and for some time it was feared that the while Of die property would have fallen a prey to the fury of the dasO . - element. The engines as they severally arrived were desire up in front of the bust ing property, but nabehmately • lath of water retarded for some time We opentlue *the flessea, sad the thaws, ou restrained, continued to make meet foetal program The firemen, however, the beta[ they maid obtain an adequate supply of water, bad their mashies* In operation, and the flames were safely subdued by half-Mat II o'clock, but not behest the pattern Idle and OM turnery wen soar pletely gutted. The dames has mast base Una great. The origin of the dkanke le unknown. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—NUMEROUS DEATHS IN TIN MILBANK PRIBO/I.—By Mr. Bedford, in the =beak poison, on the bodies of William Bowers, aged 22, esateesed to seven years' transportation, for stealing some eider; - James Brooks, aged 22, a soldier, under sentence of trans . portetion for 21 years, far insubordination and striking the • Peutenant-colonel of the regiment ; and Matthew Thomson, sired 30, described as a weaver, sentenced to seven ' transportation, for theft. The two former died in the nfirmary On Saturday, and the latter yesterday afternoon. The father of the deceased Bowers, also a prisoner, and a patient in the infirmary, was examined respecting the treat ment his son had received. He said that both himself and his eon were attended to with the utmost kindness, and that they were treated far better than they would have been at home.—The, jury returned verdicts of " Natural I)eath." There were three deaths in the prison last week, and there an so many of the prisoners unwell that some of the wards adjoining the infirmary have had to be appropriated to the reception of patients. It may be stated that neither of the above deaths were from the _prevailing epidemic. Tier CAMVAL WARD AT Sr. PANCZAB WORKHOUSE. — Before Mr. G. Mills, at the Elephant and Castle, Old Saint Pancraeroad, on W. Lane, aged 42, late a casual pauper in St. Pancras workhouse—Last Saturday night deceased ob tained admission to the casual ward, when he complained of Illness. During the night other camel paupers called the watchman's attention to deceased, who was then lying on the floor in a state of partial insensibility. At seven o'clock on Sunday morning the watchman found hint still on the floor in a precarious state, when he induced him to leave the door for the sleeping bench, and informed the porter of de ceased's dangerous state. Mr. Robinson, the surgeon, called as anal at ten o'clock, but was not informed of the au dition of deceased, who was found dead between one and two edock. The coroner and jury visited the usual ward, which consists of a small room, in which there is a raised bench covered with straw, on which the paupers sleep in their clothes, and opposite'the bench, and in the same ward, l'eoPen cempeoh. Upon entering the 'Mavis was so offen sive, although some Man had elapsed gum its inhabitants left, that it completelyovereame those who were bold enough lb visit it, The jury :exproned their determination to ra tan a verdict of "manslaughter" against theauthorities, but THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEKBER 23, 1847. lobe Mid by the lesuernepaa that deeelesel died of a fatal diumeevit teseg iftsiblir, they tetanted mild d " natural aa valleallfiad smileuratiss of the thie u rr,Plet, ti e eereary et die treehheese, be. Masi As jury Sat the immedlegis oreoltel • musk ea► mesa heti he swel poes, Ibis* to Whit NS peetualide . ssr IRELAND. Due.m, Dae. 21. The Assailer still lies in a very precarious stab. The demi formed on one of his lungs levies hunt,' the weeltreleteto which he has been reduced preemle the 0101M0 Of the purulent matter in the meal manner, Powerful medicines are, in 'consequence, mpioyed b) absorb it, and already bave produced Kam allsct. HU breathing is Mere two, and cough lent treablestene. l'lss Plllll Of Einem an absentee nobleman, but kind end hberelibea remitted the half year'. dna on the Isit of November, and also paid the poor rent reem while Sir Charles H. Coots, St. George Caulfield, and the Rev. Mr. King, rector of liallyflin, have strook me 20 and 25 per cent. The conduct of the latter gentleman, who 'holds considerable property in Ros common,' has excited the particular admiration of the .Roatommon Journal. In the town union the county ceu is said to reach the immense sum of 7s. 6d. in the pound ! There must be a mistake in local calculation, and county use substituted for poor rate. The proposal to " adjust all disputes and differ snoes" between the two parties in the Dublin corpo ration be. found some disfavour among the citizens atante. Some of the liberal concessions are re in a fair, others in en unpopular light, 1. e., adverse to the popular interests. The conservatives have prepared a memorial to be discussed in the municipal council, praying for an identity of all rights and pnrileges between the municipality of Dublin and those of England, and the establis hm ent of the three years' rating clause. It also /reposes the re tention of the present 101. rating qualification in Ire land, though the three years' rating qualification in Ragland is counterbalanced by a 51. rating qualifies-1 tion ; and, hotly, it suggests the abolition of the, existing ward divisions. Of these prayers and pro positions the popular party accept only the first without reserve. The second is objected to as directly tending to diminish the democratic influence; but it would be accepted on condition that the Si. rating of England be substituted for the 101. rating of Ireland. The redistribution of the wards is the great obstacle. The object, according to conservative theory, is to have property more fully represented in the council. "To that," reply the liberals, "we have no objection. Increase the qualification of represen tatives, but do not deprive the poor citizen of his franchise by a redivision of the wards." Matters look favourably for a happy adjustment of all conten tions. Tun REPRAL Lueocievion.—Aldermaa O'Brien, M.P., presided at the meeting on Monday. The hall was very full, and Mr John O'Connell and his brother, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, were received with great enthusiasm. The speeches were of course confined to reviews of the pro ceedings of the recent short session of the legislature, and to certain indications of future policy.—Mr. John O'Connell called on the constituencies of Meath, and Mayo, and Kerry, to pronounce whether they were eatistled with the course taken by their representatives, Messrs. Grattan, Dillon Browne, and M. J. O'Connell. He also bidicated as the future policy to be adopted, that the parishes of Ireland should if possible stumble severally in the in terval between this and the February session, to call upon the legislature to pass remedial measures for Ireland, nee. sures calculated to give food and employment to the people, to call for the development of Ireland's resources, and for tenant-right. Mr. O'Connell promised that on the first day of the minion of parliament, the eleven measures propounded by his late father in 1846 should be in a state of preparation to be laid before the legislature, and that parliament should be alled upon to enact them. He promised that the Irish Members who remained true, and whom he enumerated at 12, would oppose any minist ryl not prepared to deal justly with Ireland. Tito LATB Ma. LLOTD.—The following is an extract from a letter dated Dec. 17: " You will be delighted to hear that the man who shot Mr. Lloyd is taken and fully identiffed. He was committed the day before yesterday at 13Iphin. I halted there en Wednesday, and was at the magistrates' meeting and saw the ruffian. What is better mill, they have got fourteen or fifteen of the conspirators who put up' the murder. One man has confessed, and they are all to go off to-day to Roecommon gaol, under a s as trong r irfor ha rt- ving evicted The n an for yb . s ody , be b in ult! m si " mp d iy rbd ttlis " In the first place, they owed him arrears of rent, and se condly, he was a middleman, and his life was the last in the lean. The tenants thought the head landlord would con tinue them in their farms at a lower rent than that which they paid to Mr. Lloyd, and that they should also get off paying their arrears. In short, as in Mr. Roe's cue, it was their interest to shoot him, so they got a man from a dis tance to do it. He got either 15s. or it. for the job, which is not the first he has done. There is strong ground for suspecting that he is the man who shot Major Mahon ; at least, one of the magistrates told me so. AROTEER SHIPWRECK AT &ACT...L.—The Cerk Eramiser eentains the following:—" Skull, 1 o'clock, p.m., Dec. 17, 1847.—About four o'clock on the morning of the 17th inst., a ship Lubin with deals and oak staves was driven ashore at Gunpoint, about two miles west of Skull harbour, and three tram whose the Stephen Whitney was lost, and in a few scants Insane a total wreck. Her name has not as yet I been seeedebied, although I went to the place when the Wide we Myles whore in hopes of being able to learn smilkhogel he& Hem of the New have been seen • 110818 l tbsysin•delied bar, ethers that they were driArned a u n P it l in with NM, to amt. nay that were they on beard when the siresitthq_aevereseld land, the beach being sops cipitone. end the beaus running so high. A poor me named Ma a:ilia, while in Shoed of taking one tithe desk which the surge 114 on the reek, was carried away and drowned by the rending surge ; he has left a wife end three children to deplore his loss. Another vowel het oleo cast anchor this teeming outside Skull harbour, sad in =mei et the violent storm which was then reegr a el to eat evep be seats. The commi nand sad ere el the *LEV at Skull, with three other volnn teereorest le sea to and nada the crew and vessel what indolence they Gould, the see ran so high and the gale being stilt unabated they were obliged to return when more than four-fifths of the way, without being able to accomplish their object, the beet which they had not being of the best description. I would moat earnestly recommend to the Humane or some other society to furnish a lifeboat to the coastguards of the Skull station (as it mightno o b b ri e the meenatif saving many valuable lives), as oat could render any assistance to a vessel in anthem off kill harbour on such a day as this or even on a much more moderate day." SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, DEC. 21. This is the period when the half-yearly dividends of the Scotch banks are usually paid, but as the amount of the dividends are not quoted it is to be feared that in some cases they have not reached the customary amount, which used to be from 6 to 8 per cent. Parties who have sold out of joint stock con cerns are at great pains in announcing that they have done so. The Glasgow Herald of yesterday contains advertisements of this description from eighteen dif ferent individuals, certifying, in legal form, that they have disposed of shares in thirty undertakings of the clams referred to. The effect of this will be to depre ciate some kinds of stock unnaturally, and to cause an artificial panic, the alarmists overlooking that cer tain kinds of enterprise can be best undertaken by (joint stock effort, and that, properly conducted, they must prove the safest and most ex tensive form of investment in this country. The Ayrshire Iron Company shareholders have, according to the report of to-day, subscribed 100,0001. for the immediate satisfaction of creditors, and are prepared to pay that amount within a month. The convenor of the sheriffs of Scotland having ordered blank forms of anti-nuisance proclamations to be filled up by each sheriff, intimation was sent, amongst others, to Sheriff Alison. The learned judge wrote to the Glasgow town council that, having no I funds at his disposal for such a purpose, he would defray paper and print if the council would pay for the bill-sticking. The council munificently agreed ; but it is really humiliating that the fiscal power of a sheriff should be so limited as to make such a paltry matter the subject of formal negotiation. In Fdin burgh, Dr. Alison has submitted a proposal to the metropolitan council in reference to the apprehended approach of cholera. At is understood that the liabilities of the Ayrshire l Iron Company amount to 217,0001., and that the assets, consisting of property and debts, amount to 71,0001. The number of partners is stated -at 196, which would give 8001. to be made up by each. But about 100 are worth nothing, and of the balance many have become insolvent, so that the ultimate extent of the mischief is still incalculable. It is said that a payment of 10e. in the pound is to be offered for Jan. 15, and that bills are to be granted for the remaining 10s., and 5 per cent. interest, payable in equal insbil manta, at the end of six and twelve months. Various rumours are current as to whether these proposals have either been made or accepted ; but in a diess time the formal investigation will be =nomad — which is particularly desirable, as the general &say is favourable to the propagation of all - kinds of exag gerated reports. The stern testimony of the Gazette, however, leaves no doubt as to the extent and seve rity of the disasters. Ia Gilroy the calendar for the appoushing ei omit i* unmet* hem. Fay, who immand his wife, lime of the ez=a. i t the liar . At th e thei 00all Of JalltiSisty in • _videos, ham Um heard boot the of atikdor of • auf =Ma as le the accountabW of a deaf! eat &sob with aim& report of the egedoesolest ibili t i Vte velves loom mine details, whisk my he latowestlas area le ahem who have Mat Dealer Leal whine ea "The Idol " kr Worm. bend& beit te baselieetysil bob so know- WINONA . loatasos, Oat Wirt beg seeek=dn. di" 411 14. 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FL/a.— f t was latoisoly (.bated that a 'society woo con templated for the essounagausat of the cultivation of flax in Scotland. The nee( kr formation and for the election of office-bearer task plus in Aberdeen on the 21st inst. ACCIDENT ON TIM EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAIL WAY.—OII SINALTAIky, u one of the forenoon trains of W. line was on the pokt starting from the village of Kettle, • guard named Munro, while either in the get of unending or descending from the carriage, mined his footing and fell under the train, which passedin, over his body. The unfortu nate man was instantaneously killed, his limbs being dread fully lacerated and bruised by the accident. Deceased was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and especially by his fellow servant. on the line. BIBL2B AND PitaYss-noons.—When the Bible mono poly in Scotland ceased some years ago, Dr. Adeei Thom son, a dissenting clergyman in Coldstream, vainly supposing that he could print and bind the Scriptures cheaper than pro fesaional bibliopoles, set a ping a binding-shop and printing office on the hanks of the Tweed ; and, as might have been expected, having no very clear perception of supply and demand, finds himself overwhelmed with a stock of Bibles to the value, it is said, of ten thousand pounds. He bus been canonised u a Bible martyr by his brother divines, and appeals are being made by • central committee in London to oome to the rescue of a man who, no doubt with an amiable but most foolish intention, has gratuitously put himself in • mercantile fix. And, what is worse than all to the Scotch brethren, not content with printing the Bible, the worthy ' doctor has been getting up church of England Prayer-books for the market—an instance of seal and catholicity in a pre*. byterian divine quite remarkable. PROVINCIAL. FACTORY INFORMATIONS.—At Manchester, on Tuesday, the government inspector, Mr. Graham, appeared at the police-court to lodge an information against Means. Falkner and Co., cotton spinners, for having employed a child, named Elizabeth Gough, in their mill, without send ing her to school or producing the schoolmaster's certificate oilier attendance there. A second information also charged the defendants with having employed two boys, named Mess and Mellism, without having entered their names in the registers required by the act.—The defendants pleaded guilty to all three information', but stated that it was the fault of the schoolmaster.—Mr. Graham mid he had found Messrs. Falkner extremely irregular, and must, therefore, pray for penalties in each case.—Mr. Maude said ithe plea of forgetfulness by the defendants was inadmissible, the law must be obeyed. He inflicted a penalty of 50s. in each case. IMPROVEMENTS 7N ASFITON.—For a length of time the very centre of Ashton has remelted in a moat discredit able condition, being occupied with old dirty buildings, ear. rounded with filth, and most of them empty for years past. Recently, however, the mayor, J. Fletcher, EN., purchased lime old premises, and this state of things will soon be slanged. In fact, one part of the nuisance hen been taken dawn, and in its place is erected a portion of what is named the " Market Avenue." The avenue, when completed, will extend from the main street to the market-place, and thus open through a passage which will prove advantageous to the public, both as a road to the market-place and in a uni tary_ point of view. NAVIGATORS TURNED HIGHWATMEN.—A most daring outrage was committed on Monday evening, on the highway near Liverpool, at the early hour of half-past six o'clock in the evening. Mr. Jackson, car proprietor, is London road, called in pursuance of previous orders at the house of J. Houghton, Esq., Mill-lane, West Derby, with a one-horse car , where he took up Mr. Houghton and his sis ters. When the vehicle was proceeding rather slowly up the hill, near to Newsham-house, Jackson, the driver, was astonished to perceive three powerful-looking men suddenly cram immediately in front of the horse's head , and call upon him to atop. One of them, without a moment's delay, seized the enrb rein, and 'napped the horse ; and drawing from underneath his jacket what appeared to be part of an old word, or a large carving knife, he threatened to stab the driver if be attempted to pr oceed an inch. The two' ' other men immediately opened the car door on the near side, and presenting two formidable-looking horse pistols at the head of Mr. Houghton, demanded that the party should give up what they had, Mr. Houghton, seeing the helplessness of his situation, at once said, " For God's sake save our lives, and I will give you what I have," at the same time putting his hand into his waistcoat pocket and pulling out some silver which he had placed there to pay the fare with. The ruffian said, " Well, be quick and give it." Mr. Honehton immediately replied, 'lt is only six ;" and as the fellow laid hold of it, with a degree of anxiety, just as the ladies in their terror were about to take their gold watches and chains from their necks, the sound of the horn of an approaching omnibus was heard, and the robbers immediately made their escape; one running down Lower Breck-road, and the others leaping over the wall into the fields. The car then proceeded about thirty yards, when it was met by the West Derby omnibus, which left Liverpool at sin ; and the party having been too seriously alarmed to think of prosecuting their proposed visit to the concert, got into the omnibus and returned home. Had it not been for the coming up of the omnibus just at the time it did, there can be no doubt that Mr. Houghton and the ladies would have been obliged to surrender the whole of the property, in watches end jewellery, which they had about them. The driver says there were only three men, sad he only noticed the dress of the one who wore a barmen jacket and tremors. By their voices, he believes they were all Irishmen ; and it is much to be feared, says the Liver pool Courier, now that there are so many out of work, who were lately employed on the Liverpool and Bury railway, and other partially suspended works at the north end of the town, that unless the police at the outskirts are reinforced, and more than usually active, outrages of a similar descrip tion will be of frequent occurrence during the wintermonths. FRAUD UPON A RAILWAY BY A MAOISTRATL— A correspondent says : " A young fox-hunting squire, re sident near Mottram, and in the commission of the peace for this county, was brought before the directors of the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway a short time since for defrauding the company of his fare to Manchester, almost daily, for a period of eight mouths. It appears that he had taken an annual ticket over the line for twelve months, and becoming known to the ticket taker as the ' holder of suck, was allowed to pan without exhibiting his ticket, until eight months after it had run out of date, and he had made no application for the renewal of his ticket. The directors let him off on payment of the fares, and a do nation to the Manchester Ininary and another to the Sheffield Infirmary." 11,11iiirfRIZTJTII1 an. TV eaana RORKE/HES AT RUGBY SCHOOL.-011 Monde] it was discovered that an extensive system of robbery had been carried en by one of the servants in the employ of Mr. B. Price, one of the marten of the school, and proprietor of a board ing-house for the pupils. Many of the boys hare lost clothes and other property. Several persons are in custody. LINCOLNSHIRE. SHOCKING MITEDER.-011 Sunday morning, two labouring men were proceeding from Blyborough to Kirton in-Lindsey, to attend the chapel there, when they perceived the body o f a man in a lane, about a mile distant from Kirton. A dog was lying upon the body. Oa approaching nearer, it was manifest that a murder had taken plea, the throat of the man being cat, and his face being very much mangled. The dog was severely wounded also, but, faithful to his trust, would not permit the men to approach. It was soon ascer tained to be the body of Mr. Charles Copeman, a farmer, of Blyborough, an athletic young man about 26 years of age, who had been to Kirton fair on Saturday, and had continued there drinking until past 1 o'clock in the morning, when he left to go home. It it supposed that he must have been either waylaid or followed by several persona, as the ground about where he lay was much trampled, and bore numerous marks of spiked boots, rush as are worn by navvies." Mr. Copeman was a very powerful man, and a person who would make a most desperate resistance, and his deg, which was of the bull terrier epeeist, would also be a formidable antago , nist, so that it is probable three persons at least most have been concerned in this horrible affair. It is not known what money he had on leaving Kitten, but his pockets were com pletely empty, and turned inside ant, when the body was found, and the amount of 7s. 6d. was scattered about on the ground nest where he lay. After the alarm was given, Mr. Woodhouse, who was well acquainted with the deceased, was early on the spot, but all endeavours to induce the dog to quit the body, or allow it to be removed, were un avallang, and it was found necessary to throw a rope over the Deck and nearly strangle the faithful animal before he would desist from his mistaken guard over the dead body of his master. It may be worthy of mama that the clof is still alive. The deceased was well tam at the principal towns in this county, and the news el his mina*/ death ceased the greatest regret. Three pa lms rre is weitedy at Litton House of Correction on =Bpi eke al bdas the airdereis. ON SUNDAY A DISGRACEFUL EXHIBITION took place at Bracebridue, just without the limits of the city of Lincoln. Several persons of respectable exterior assem bled to witness a prize-fight. The prinuipals were a baker named Blighton and a man named Long. After fighting for an hour and twenty minutes the former was declared the victor—Lincoln Times. THE LABOUR Tsar.—At the meeting of Leicester einffilkos cat Tuesday it wm MOM that the amber of in mates is the workhouse vaseSlobot muter Wimpll more ohm Awed by the Tuba of the amaimiessai Mme eserfm Mimed gm tbs mods of volisokey "imam. ," the pasamit pin hsEg by mem 41a bighepbsess hewn for • after and a Woes loolibei. No, Weal% nimblest poor- Mer ammimisaer, alatst that, In lib "No% the better pima valid be to passeik e gime kr their owls, tins word et the Woe, eeed whale tho ries ta ll at " ol' ems kind of work emit be applied to pay for what tiny received. From ramie semi by the clerk it &p -rim al than WON 9,740 plas me i ka reesipt of relief from the natisa out of the, hovel. Of atm* this num*. imluded Weis of fandiet, and Ann who were de og lte i lalald upon them Is . „ . lettsp was Mid B . lso rsar liar* wow the aata too Dams he OS /144141107 of sone laboar test Using darted ita eses se out relief to able-bodied applicants at this mini eiroseoradrA Ifettitire• —After seats gissomsion &song the swam es to the practicability slimy labour UMfa Idikrikr,llr. Weak said, that the lamb api Imam of the Worst teeps.tisnak and he hoped the boort nada came to soma what** imhba wpon 'it. He admitted the right of the den to Mid at the hands of the malon, bu t . that relief shield be in Morn for labour. The Out law that was made for the re , lef of the poor, from the rates levied upon the property of the inhabi tants, proceeded on that principle. The law never supposed that this right to relief was to be independent of the duty to khan to return for it. But it was not only the legal mode —4t MS that alto which was the beet for the poor themselves. The plan now was to give them small sums and then let them go and make it up as they could. Such • system was highly injurious to all parties. As the guardians were so situated that they could not offer the poor home accommodation where at all events they would meet with suitable clothing, living, and lod,gieg—and it was their duty to provide something for the destitute-let it be work for relief. His remarks only ap plied to the able-bodied ; of course there were the aged, the infirm, and the sick, whom the guardians, he was cue, were relieving, and to whom to such test ought, or could be, ap plied. He would ask, too, when the number receiving relief had reached that fearful amount which they had heard that afternoon, whether it war not essential that some la bour test should be at once provided ? Could it be possible that so large a number was sot of employ ? He should say no ! for if they were they could sot live upon the pit ! ounce received from the union. It must be, t he refore, in ferred, that considerable numbers of them were in work, and at the same time on the perish books. Were not the guardians, by that system, spreading the evil of pauperism amongst the working classes ? His object would be, by urging upon them the labour test, is withdraw from the labour market all that were in receipt of relief, thus leaving it open to those who would strive to do without relief, and oonsequently decrease the amount of pauperism. Besides, the number was now so large that their offieers could not properly look after them ; and how did the guardians know but they were adminietering relief to large numbers who were in full work? He did not recommend this course from any parsimonious motives, but from • due regard to the rights and interests of the poor themselves ; for nothing could be worse for them than a system which tended to extend pauperism amongst them. Far better would it be for all to find every able-bodied applicant work to do, and give him torts relief in return as would enable him to live with common decency. Some of the having stated that the labour test was attended wi great lose when it had been tried, Mr. Weals replied, that whether the sp. plicants worked or not, the union was bound by law to fi nd them adequate relief, therefore they were not to look upon what the poor received as wages, and calculate in the com mon way of business as to gain and loos. He urged the subject upon the board now, because he was confident the commissioners would feel bound to issue an imperative order for • labour test. A protracted discussion enured, which ended in the board passing a resolution, in gnawer to the commissioners. stating its conviction that a labour test was essential, but that it was not practicable in Leicester under present circumstsem FARMING rx DEVON.—At the recent meeting of the South Devon Agricultural Society, the Rev. W. Cod= said that in this county sheep farming seemed but very little understood. It was admitted as a matter of fact that the chief expense in raising wheat was the labour and manure ; and he asked them to consider what an enormous quantity of labour and manure they could ace by sheep farming. Look at the short steep hills in this district, where a couple of wretched horses were employed in dragging 5 cwt. of manure up the hill, and see the labour and expense they would save by folding their sheep on the ground. The principal expense of Devonshire farrniag was the horses and if more sheep were kept less horses would be required: He had lately visited the farm of Mr. Sotheron, one of the members for Wiltshire: he had a farm of 200 acres, 'on which he had 600 sheep, sad he was going to Weyhill fair to purchase 200 more. His sheep were not running over the meadows, but kept on turnips and artificial food, and it was well worth their whik to try the experiment of mixing with their turnips a metals puede& of oil-cake, or hay cat in chaff, and the improvesmet treslel wpm their belief, besides making the mom melt 111111111‘11141able, and thus adding to the fertility tithe ash and pmeduelng heavier crops of wheat. Another extraonlemeny iseproneseet would be effected by the more extensive ldesieselea of Italian rye i pun. Ur. had impeded emd whisk protested rye seem hist mew& sat ealy to bile • lien beta mar et wee les b e st berjs. prealseed elms teas pee ewe, sod the teed lasted two yew. B. eteedlesett dam Sims emi in sisted on the feet el NO lie, letiet Imp es In emu of land, to show whet *wild le dens by ertilial There was soothe treat Ade& to the "Nisisf rofithit' culture in this county, the high hedges and the eumell fie I it was illustrated lit his own parish, where the hedges h a il been thrown down, the fields thrown open, and the ' ' farms therefore in the highest cultivation, whilst a little way off there were fields not larger than a pocket handkerchief—At the Tiverton meeting Mr. Kekewich said: It to happened that this county was of a very undulating surface, and most of the farm-yards were built on the aide of the hill ; and they were bad enough—more wretched farm-yards did not exist in any county in England. You might see in these farm yards that most delightful liquid, that most invaluable treacle (he might call it), running away to waste into the brook, from the brook into the river, and from the river into the sea, where it was quite true that it did tire up , but perhaps never fell again as the nom farm. If, landlords desired to set an =ample In ell agricultarblee to improve their own estates, the lent thing to down to pow vide them with bettor farm-yarda. The moment be (Ms. Kekewich) became a leaded propeller, he saw it we fa poesible for his Womb to go aa_ via the Wallop they had ; and now be woe set aelmAsil Se erdees Set lie lam he had laid out both in this south/ and almost redueed him is beggary—bed well ni g h him before the coandmioner of Bankruptcy ; but had reaped a full reward in seeing chit tenants were prospering, and that they met hint with gratitude. SONZESETSHIRE. _ . THEFT BY • MAN Off ilOrEarT.—At Bath, on Monday, a gentknna seas& Alfred Z. Buchanan, was charged at the Guildhall Wl*senile( a toilet bottle from the shop of Mr. Hamper, knay washewnonan, in that city. It was maid that the pikers Us bat lately returned from India. The cane excited meldatalie Wend tram the re ctable sphere in whisk the prisoner hes Kebab) mond. The first want= was a pang mot used Brewer, an assis tent to Mann. Shaw and Fiala silk wales, vise deposed that on Saturday a balm= 6 and shah, he wee attracted by the p ow id dr vdmerr, sad seeing him cater Mr. 's shsp he to look through the w, sad wssosf y he saw the prisoner take the toilet bottle Bon off a glass can and drop it into his coat pocket Lean whisk he went to another stand sad took a purse. The wham. th= gave information to a plena I Mr. limperi essidey, and, on the prisoner leavinatit r dap, whialse did alma leine diatelv, he watched lira* s mend eked% said he was given' into oustedy . Meespees seeldsol. Pam the evidence of a pang warm, who we saving Ice the slop, itx that the debater did not pashas 'madam but m *Kral wbriser they had a haw erlieli whisk he d lout whisk. wee net in stook. Ns then mks& t o weed stands, sad exesnined the saki= upon dose ; and wbilet in the shop she alma a heed purse, and on looking abaft for ti the primmer pat it on a sideboard towards her, NOW " That k a very= puns," sad then walked oat et die shop. Oa being with the that by the °mural& who took him into enstody prisoner ad net deny it, bat merel said he " whited par ticularly le see Mr. Fisaroc." A t the penes de den he again expreeled a with to gash privately milk Kr. 11= but that gentlanes iodine& and charged Ida with the bottle ken he ship, upon which the pima took the article ter hi end giving it up aid, a Then it is ; and TB pgy Mr. anything in the wail he wants for it, if he WM ma pane charge." The pdeassr's sedeltor, in addrodug the bendy said he was kelneeted that Mr. Bushmen had taken ewe wine than weal flee dinner on S= ea and she had drunk some Freak beady recently i which Arid his intellect ; la het that the pn f loner was intoideeleit, end dreppsel the bleb lasmedonaly into he pocket. The atheneet, however, &del that the primer was laarieded at dr dm the oseramaad the megbantse semoltled Ka fir of taking bell, zi:di in 300 L -, red two metes In INK ash. Upon the pelsowir belay seethed at the pollee-elation, 4i sovereigns and sane silver ware bad upon him, belch. a gold watch and chain. A FACT FOR THE SANITARY COMMISSION.—It la • remarkable fact, that whilst the influenza has proved so fatal in the metropolis, not excluding the west-end, Brighton has been exempt from the epidemic. LITERATURE. Mir!viva Unpublished Letters of Oliver Cromwell. Com municated %THOMAS CADJALI. (Fraser's Magazine, December, 1 7.) It is not often that a magazine is the medium for giving to the world such a treasure as these thirty five letters, if they be genuine, or such an ingenious sample of literary imposture, if they be forgeries,. We acknowledge ourselves at a loss in the matter.. On the one hand , Thomas Carlyle is pre-eminently an honest man. He is, moreover, familiar with Crom well's genuine letters. He vouches for the " indu bitable authenticity" of the batch. On the other hand, the letters have been communicated to him under suspicious circumstances. He has never seen the alleged original& The motives for keeping these originals from him are quite unintelli gible in his account of the matter. The letters fill up a gap in Cromwell's personal history which Carlyle himself lamented over in his first volume of the " Letters and Speeches." Moreover, they supply in formation of atlesst one fact (the death of young Oliver, the Protector's second son, at Marston Moor) which was wanting to complete oar information as to the fate of his children, and to ripply an explanation of an allusion made by Cromwell in his letter to his brollies-in-law, Colonel Valentine Walton, announcing the diath of that gentleman's son, his nephew, from W wadi received in Marston fight, and alluding to "ay own trials this way." All these circumstances taloa together (the strongest of them by far being the ' history which Thomas Carlyle gives of the letters in introducing them to the reader) tend to throw a perplexing doubt over the authenticity of the collec tion. There is a summary account of the way in which these mysterious papers came to Carlyle's knowledge and, ultimately, q copies only, into his hands Some eight or ten months ago came letters from an unknown correspondent to " T. C." " setting forth, in simple, ragged, and trustworthy, though rather pecu liar dialect " that the writer had in his hands a stock l of strange, old, damp, and moth-eaten papers, relating Ito Oliver Cromwell. Vaguely described, these papers consisted of a journal of proceedings of the regiment of Ironsides, from their " first mount," in 1642 till the latter end of 1645, by one Samuel Squire, cornet l and afterwards auditor to the corps, interspe rs ed with I letters from Oliver himself and others. On the subject of these papers the correspondent was painfully par sled. Part of his kindred, in those old times, had been roundhead, part royalist, "of both which sort plentiful representatives yet remained; at present all united in kindly oblivion of those old sorrows and animosities, but capable yet of blazing up into one knew not what fierce contradictions, should the ques tions be renewed." This puzzled "T. C.," as it may well puzzle our readers. The notion of the old roundhead and royalist ashes still smouldering in such life in the nineteenth century, that any flinging on them of old moth-eaten papers should waken the ashes into flame ! The corre spondent promised a speedy visit to town and to Car lyle. A friend was meanwhile directed to visit this " re markable possessor of old manuscripts." The friend did not just then visit the correspondent's localities. The affair was pretty well forgotten, when in Jane last came a packet by poet directed • to T. C. In it lay the thirty-five letters of Oliver Cromwell, now given to the world in Fraser for December, with some explanatory extracts from the above-mentioned journal. The reading of these letters induced in T. C. " an earnest, almost passionate, recrest for a sight of that old journal, by Samuel Squire, corset and auditor of the regiment of Irons:des." By return of post came a decisive answer to these earnest prayers. The journal, letters and all, was reduced to ashes. The wonderful unknown correspondent had rushed up to town, transcribed the 3.5 letters, gathered all the papers together, and sternly con sumed them with fire. . . The friend has since visited the mysterious corre spondent, and assures " T. C." that he is "a gentle man of honourable, &ink aspect and manners, still in hie best years, and of robust, manful qualities." As Dome abatement of wonder, the friend suggests that ""he bas lived, he and his, 300 years under the shadow of a cathedral city : you know not what kind of Sleepy Hollow' that is, and how Oliver Crom well is related to it, in the minds of all men and night birds who inhabit there." Such, in brief, is the history of these letters. A thousand questions rush thronging on the heels of it. How does the correspondent escape all the appre hended consequences of publicity by supplying copies, instead of originals. Surely, as far as the letters go, they are as explosive, if set ap from the correspondent's transcript or Mr. Carlyle's, as if printed from the original " fist " of Auditor Squire. And if the journal must perish, for peace' sake, the MSS. of the letters at least, might have been preserved for the purpose of much-required verification. And all this, without dwelling upon that monstrous fear of reviving a quarrel, dead at least a century and a half, if we go back only to the act of settlement. Never, certainly, did interesting papers come be fore the world with such a suspicious parentage. Even now, it requires all our faith in Carlyle's re markable veracity, to believe that his' tale has any more truth in it than dfartinus Seribkrus. And if he be ever so truthful,is he beyond being taken in? An other momentous question suggested by such a story. Bat there the letters are. If true, of great though minute interest, for the light they throw on Oliver and his doings in that dark gap between 1641 and 1643. If false, carious for their skilful imitation of the familiar style of the 17th century, and their clever adaptation to Carlyle's cherished ideal of Cromwell, as the last embodiment of faith and justice the world has seen in a heroic form. We confess our selves at a loss to decide the question " genuine or forged ?" even to our own satisfaction. And on this wt of the subject we shall say no more, but introduce our readers to the letters. The first of them is dated March, 1641. Puritan Oliver St. John, Cromwell's cousin, was made solid tor-general that year, in January. Negotiations had been going on between the King and the puritan leaders. There was a move towards an impossible coalition. The March letter must have been written in the midst of this to the Committee Association, at Huntingdon. It exhorts to pmN• • London, March, 1641.—Dear is not Improbable that Ole king may go through Huntingdon oa his way to Stamford. Prey keep all steady, and let no peace be broken. Beg a all to be silent, or it may mar our peaceable settling this sad badata Such as are oa the cowry array bid go; all of you protect, at coot of life, the king from harm, or foul usage by word or deed, asps' low the saw.— From yours' falthfally, Our= Carnegau. In !Kay, Strafford is tried, sentenced, and executed; in November, came the Irish rebellion and massacre. Twelve bishops are committed to the tower in De cember that year, and the apprentices are clamorous in palace-yard, with sword and pistol parade. Their " petition and remonstrance " imitation of the Commons. In 1642, the King has sent off the Queen with the crown jewels to pawn in Holland, and get arms with the money. The parliament and he are treating. Both are taking measures to raise men and money. Well may Oliver write in May that year : ass la yeez Moods that we bare made op ear demos& to tho restrei el the say, sod traintanda of the counties' militia, also all Sorel Mt Wall I mad, with Ood's aid, we wth base them U be (Lao kistAllbs r diftis. For he to more shifty every day. We must do mere elm earls h e. e does that which Ss right In the eight of Ood ad Era to bleptepl The parliament militia is fast enlisting--arms are wanting and bullets. Oliver is at head quarters to send the one, and suggest a profane and puritanic ammo @Reapply of the other, with good exhortation textr a ce, in letter No. 4, "to the committee of at Cambridge." Labs. Sum id 1042.—Cimerra, I hare NM rats Bebbafe Ma Wm yea Mew ed. Ma Err get red al pen SW; Ole *mho Me ewe* ma tr epee ea Mr I We MR ere dr Lard. Heel wed year ram them cerd Fir r dra am , dad; Oa ills* eft at lir% rem ;be re ream remet, self we sec ge erthateM set tom le ear W- ~ Idea be ie. lac leres Ni.yea set ears hem this Padre; (I) r Illerdird. Let Orr Mg mil MOON, ere shoat, ar they Mt, Ma abeam Ore dry wrests wr err prey. V. aye Wet mos am id to err tree Isedkr mem Far brod well Wear lees of am err I mere yea Yew we Mare malt re Sri resirla mile le ream TM Lied helps& dm woe Mel lie orrerheerie ; dreg Me re pet morel la mil inter aft whist amot mem Mee drellere BMW OW IS tt w be let Millet sri Nets I Pry ter up re doss der I awl le ever, if it Mar God, mu reesse e e Welmilar. Ima VS thee, yaw rem sea ven wer co. se n. There is appended to this Whir a curious note relative to the raising of the Ironsides. On the Stepe lands was Oliver's grazing-farm et St. Ive's. resimat of horse. CM Meld as Mud Meted ; temptier.ol. Crumrl's troop ed Ohm ireserm Weser W to 40 =lndy pm ma or v/ o melileihersir ; the Memel dim ,• I rem re Mug el baridrailed Mem who tlI se he ter Om mil se millera erism hrepit• ell Set Me Maeda Me Tram, mad Ibillseivie bens& elen lam Sr erkteated Trish% or Mark& TM wore SY berm tratires seer Mims NM erie erwelayfreeheidare; eat so de wow, se yea es me may me soy= cheer bed nee WO hot also mild by him, who did e rr The battle of Edge-hill was the first " clear burst ing into flame of all those long-smouldering ele ments." It was fought on Sunday, October 23, 1642. In the letters from this date, Oliver shows himself the prompt practical cavalry officer, neglect ing no detail, seeing to everything, arms, horses, and movements; overlooking no breach of discipline, tolerating no paltering or chilly-slially in suspected royalist, or puritan soldier, or committee-man. For example ! exurb, the day, 11 Norertser, 1642.—Deer Pried,—LM the raw see to the Hoesidgeer. I Ism Mee me, rimy ere ebramtd. If area hes sot gad empers, hoar red berm hele se I prey yea orbs Wie :—eal lebeirreagh IMU els T i t mar •ft rof bet de sot mem the Mi.—Wm year hieri. O.C. Ted WA wr arit Mr ids rea est blit's Per wirer me mss tire. U ret pen as ay Drag' hew ere ree Lies : ay hoses to atm rya; mats me emir ; de used Mem et Made, or I MU le erm—lf yoa piers ride cow to rd order the mrstrim al chose rtim) Soar Troop,—l beer tbey b ow lee no More Orb &Sep he. Bid P Mee my who earl; ray tie ea order, sad Mr Me Ma Em SS dersary, 1642.—ida—diree leo ems is, rid I went yea tl my Ilea le Mum Ws res le re, es I mat te see himu Ted Whir zed Mama sin I mat them M sere rie ems de set May. I hoe m ante d Ike ma marry but: tea he ter we I met re bre tt. Agaii I Dor litioni.-1 hoe as root Wadi to tali Ifoottopo`a yard abort that Tozoo. I lora. Wog therms to the pass they MY data [tho mos] ; to midi wall, and Wm "tat Oho ataa Isom t—aad bang dr Moir oat of Intl [oahaina.] oaf lan your awn- far be abet a Boy at Miltonases by the Spinney, the .1111, her only Inman ao God and man moat wake at ti pantomime. Send me by Allele: a het of the Troop, and the condition of min and hones ; deo imarlitka of the acme. Side over to St. Neot's, and ere Monaca hie Troop. And cad on your way beck at and see to Howell ' s (I beer hie men are ill provided in Hun bords ti r bid them heed a euMm call I expect a long ride. The loose cavaliers are troublesome in those parts; " the Carndeners," so called from Noel Viscount Cam den, the principal royalist adherents, show no mercy for such. But even in searching for arms in houses of royalists, a manly respect is shown for family relics : Tell Berry to ride in, alto Montagne; and cut home, as no mercy ought to be shown them rovers, who are only robbers and not hos nountble soldiers—Call at Casey (T) : I be has got a case of arms down ; fetch them eff ; also hie hareem—it lies in thawed by hie badhead: fetch It off; but move not Ms old weapons of his Father's. or hie family trophies. Be tender of this, as you respect my wiahai of one Oentkman to another. Here is a summary theory of coercion, worth pon dering just now : el is playing foe: I bold a letter of We he sent to certain am. which I got of one who carried it If you tight on him, pray take care of him, and bring him on to me. I cannot let such nape; life and property is low by such villain.. If resistance is given, pistol him. ho nonsense ma be held with such : be is as dwerons mad bull, and must be gqaleted by lose means. 'lbis got our aien into a strife near Yskesiam, some three weeks since; and two got shot down, and nine wounded; and the ethers lost some twenty or thirty on their side ; and all for his mischief. If a thing is wanted it must be had. Pram me four mews smiths es you acme on : I moat have them, yea or nay my I will pay them fee, and let go after shoeing, —home and no hindrances. In any case no trifling eitler with foes or friends: Bring me the late of the Foot now lying in prrison. I fee/ those men from Suffolk are Ming tried moray by money from certain parties —whom I will hang. if I catch pitying their bleb in my quarters; by law of arms I will were them. Order Islam to keep the bridge (it is needful), and Moot any one paseieg who bee not a pass. The ser vice Is one that we most not be aloe upon, to pin our ends. So show him my words for it. Tell Captain Russell my mind on hie men's drinking the poor men's ale and not paying. I will not allow any plunder; pay the roan, and stop their pay to make it up. I will cashier Akers and men, if each Is awe in (Mum An eye to everything : (No date, 1642.—Dier Friend,-1 learn from Barton (112) that one Laded at the quay from Ilolland, who was let go, and is smw gone on by way of Lynn. I beer be baa a peaked beard, of• blue black colour - of worm twenty-firs sears old I think from my lettere, • Sofiniud: Bee to him. Ile needs cross th• Wash ; stop him, and bring him to ma. IMO lie at Bury, if not at Newmarket so be off quickly.— Pram your fried, 0. esouvrata- Here la round dealing with a lazy committee-man, who has work to do and playa with it: Lincoln, 23 July, 1613 .— Sir,—If no more be , done than you and yonm have done, it is well you give over such pciwrs se you bare to those who will. I say to you now my mind thereto : If I have not that aid which is my doe, I say to you I will take it. And PO heed me: for I and your word• are mere wind. I 'hall do as I my, if and no aid come to me by Tuesday.--Sit, I rest sa you will, Oimm Czosocur. Here is news of Cavendish (whom Oliver killed at Gainsborongh, July 28, 1643) in &letter from his son, Henry Cromwell, then only 16, bat already, as lade were in those days, a stout young soldier : ear news says, Candid' has sworn to sweep the Fens clear of us. How he beadles his broom, we will see when we meet he may find else than dirt to try hia hands on, I think. The last batch of eleven letters takes us from the serious skirmish at Gainsborough, over the fight of Winceby, where Oliver narrowly escaped with his life, being knocked down by Sir Ingram Hopton, and on to the great action of Marston Moor, which Oliver entered a Western Association captain, from which he emerged a famous general. The letters continue abundant in similar traits to those we have already extracted. A rough refusal to the home sick Suffolk yeomanry —and no imposition !• I learn from Jai:taxi that sore den Suffolk troop requires panes to return home to barren. Now, that Is hardly to be given= we are after Lynn Lesguer, and require all aid 'needle" to s them tin e rn Lynn Malignant ) i—tiay I cannot grant their requesting. Have not had great manifesting of God's bounty and Irma, m short a e lam filled with surprise at this fresh requiring of these selfish men. Let them write home, and hire others to work. I will grant no fresh parse: the Lord-Geneva' is spinet It; and so am I, fixed in my mind. Do you ride over to Rwaffbam, and buy Oats for 2,000 bore : we shall require r many, to come on to Gay lord (7), by order, as eeeded. Also see to the Hay : —and let your serranta see well that no imprwitionb practised. I m ust insist on due weight and measure for man and horse ; ar let the chsproen look to their locks and pouches ! I stand 'no rogue's sets hen, if they an tolerated in London. I will have my pennyworth for my penny. . • - - Mercy to women : Peterbormagh, this day, 2 December, 1643.—Dear Priend,—l think I have heard yen iay that you had a relstim In the Nunnery at Loughborough. Pray, if you lore her, remove her speedily; and I send you a pose, —as we bare orders to dernolkh It, and I must not dispute order: ;no !' —There is one of the Andrews' in it: take her away. Nay give - their heed to go, if they value themselves. I bad rather they did. nitre no warm women. Pray prevail en 101 to go, yen ean. tome hideous church desecration is in hand, direo. Lions for which show miserably small respect for symbolism : Christmas Eve, 1613.—Sir,—Itts to no use any =ell saying he win not do tbis or that What !a to be dem is ao °holm of mine. Let It be sz/Belesit It is the partlament's ceders, and we to obey them. I am surprised at Maateiroe tow so. Mien, him this: If the men are not of a mind to obey this order, I will cashier them, the whole troop. I heed God's house as much as any man; but vanities and trumpery give no honour God, nor idols serve him; neither do painted windows make them more pious. Lot them do as parliament bid them, or else go home,—and then others will be less careful to do what we had done [might have done! with judgment. Here is a practical speedy settlement of a question of likes and dislikes. - - [No date et en' 1644.—5tr,—1 Isere your troop refuse the new cost, gay this: wear them, or go home. I stand no noneenee from any oten It is &needful thing we be se one in colour; much ill having been from diversity of clothe., to slaying "of friends by friends."- 84, Icy you hoed this. Ours. Caoarweu- We should be sorry to find these lettere a forgery. They show us Oliver so near, in such a life-like, active, watchful movement of common duties, so "practical" a]together, that we should be loth to relinquish an authority for our picture, when once it has been fixed. We recommend this curious collec tion to all of our readers who wish to exercise their power in cracking a literary nut, or are willing to lay it up nncracked, with all faith, among their store of " Cromwelliana." It is long since we have met with any thing of the kind, forgery or genuine, which has given us an hour's more agreeable and suggestive employment. JEttirlt Lutn.—A c Tes rodent (says the 06. server) has communicated the ToVowing piece of informa tion respecting Jen Lind and her '• sayings and doings" in her native city. hall be time therein narrated, wonder is excited more at the idea albumen absurdity than at that of artistic excellence. It Is hoped, however, that there is some exaggeration in the 'errant furnished on this occasion, and that, though high priors may have been paid to hear that lady sing, the antemeliat " mob riot" is, to a great ex tent, matter of pure imagination. toorEgotat,. Inrl 3.-0 o ke 106 ailed math Wilk. Jenny Una goad sa supientet with the Rani Opere at Itioekholn, stlyulating thert she theele owe a week to Dereaskor .....a. Jemmy, sad tn" In mean at belt et Se ehele et her gpreengeb belegglen le her, est Wall rati ." 2l9l l re ei• nine et the pima. 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'Poe ouelehel 19 drag fit sew Wawa geellea" wee eneined o bar, Wham thet right& Lek hes reeireed le home, the Idyl ge—th• lying etrigeoes ha the beim CLERICAL _ _ORDINATION. Drnwax.—The Bishop of fotAaret held an ordination on giusday last, when the follo*ng were admitted :—Parnos : Rev. H. B. Bong*, Wsdharo, Oxon; Be.. J. A. Dolan, Trinity, Dubl. ; Rev. C. IL Ford, Univ.,Doris.: Raw. C. E. 'Haley, Univ., Oxon ; Rm. W. Palliate, Trinity, Debt.; Rev. J. 1.. lone., St. Mary's, Oxon Rev. T. W. Shaw, Exeter, Oxon ; Rev. R. A. Thompson, St. Catlin rine Hall, (lamb. ; Rev. J. A. L. Alm, Pembrote, Camb. ; Be.. E. Taylor, Univ., Durham ; Be.. T. Thaaeray, Queen's, Carob.— Drapoite ; W. K. R. Cow ln V 01.., Durham ; W. H. Nen* St ?et&., Casab. ; J. Burton, Ude., Darts. ; R J. Simpson, Ovlo, Oxon ; J. Pedder, Univ., Dust.; U. Walford, Wadhm, Oxon; S. 1. Herbert, Trinity, Dahl. ; C. E. Kirwan, It lime Used. Hill, own; M B. Wingaeld, Trinity, Comb. ; P. Rudd, Cniv., Darla.; W. 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