The Express. — London, England, 1848-03-09 00:00:00

of continental tuft-hunters, pays due homage to their rank, and chronicles their obituary and births after crowned-head fashion. There do not exist in any country finer elements to constitute a house of peers, and the red hats ought to think them selves lucky in getting a single bench to themselves, in conjunction with se really powerful and prepon derating a landed aristocracy. The committee of distinguished statesmen to whom the Pope has confided the task of drawing up the pro ject ot constitutional govet nment, having made their first report on Saturday, were erdered by his holiness to meet from day to day, and to make no pause in their labours. A dog has been arrested in Modena for wearing collar exhibiting the Italian tricolor. At Milan they consume quantities of maccaruni, that being the only method ot testifying their sympathy with the glorious doings in the south. Hats of Calabrian fashion (pointed) are the objects of severe interdiction and penalty. On Thursday took place the grand sterple-chase which annually astonishes the children of Romulus. The newspapers, not having a word of equiponderant meaning in their vocabulary, call the affair, very ap propriately, La Corsa a Romaicalh. The ground se lected was a tract two miles beyond the Milvian bridge, known to the students of Itoman eld as the freehold of farmer Cincinnatus. The undulations of the soil along the 'Titter offer every variety of land scape, and in this neighbourhood Claude Lorraine and Pousain worked out their happiest inspirations. Tents of every gay colour were thronged with beauty and life, carriages of all kinds, horses of every grade, and half the native population of Home, with all its casual residents, were gathered here. Cieeroacchio, who combines every trade in his versatile genius, timber merchant, wine seller, corn factor, charcoal dealer, coach owner, had the contract for erecting the grand stand, marking out the course, and superintending the whole affair. Prince Odesclutkhea horse was the winner. Carnival began on Saturday. There was no new feature, except the fact of Cardinal Altieri (President of Rome and the Comarca) volunteering to open in person the annual diversion of the people: he went to the capital in state, escorted by the flower of the national guard, and gave the signal to commence pro ceedings. That such a dignitary should become master of the revels recall the days of Queen Bess and her Chancellor Hatton, when strange antics took place, and " the seal and maces danced before him"; but we are all here in such good humour that there is even in the soberest quarter an exuberant redundance of animal spirits quite excusable. MONTE VIDEO.—By the Syiphide, which has arrived at Ryde, advices have been received from Monte Video to the 31st, and Buenos Ayres to the 22nd Dec. The news, however, is unimportant. A vessel called the lade pendencia Americana had been captured by the French, in endeavouring to break through the blockade of Buenos Ayres. She was condemned and sold at Monte Video. The Custom house receipts of Uruguay amount to about 300,000 deli., on which a dividend of 10 per cent. had been declared. The HER MANN. —This ocean steamer will leave New York, for Southampton, on the 20:h inst. New Yuan.—The packet ship Richard Alsop ar rived at Liverpool yesterday, from New York, with 14,0001. in specie on freight. Her dates were anticipated in the Express of Monday. Vbe Court. - The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carritge and four yesterday. The equerries in waiting, Colonel the Hon. C. li. Phipps and Colonel Bon- Tule, were in attendance on horseback. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yebterday, and visited the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge-house. The Duchess of Gloucester took an airing yester day in a carriage. Sir Edmund Head had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. Hume, M.P., bad also an interview with the noble earl, at the Colonial-office. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation from Liverpool, on the Health of Towns Bill, accompanied by Mr. Cardwell, and consisting of the following gentlemen—viz., Mr. Lace, Mr. Tinne, Mr, Shuttleworth, and Mr. Newlands, bad an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the o ffi ce of her Majesty's Commissioners of M oods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Mauritius. General Bell had an interview yesterday with Secretary Sir G. Grey. ASSISTANT CLERK OF PARLIAMENT.—II is said that Mr. Benjamin Currey is appoint...l to the office of assistant clerk to the parliament, vacated by Mr. Birch. EAST MIA HOUSE. Yesterday a special general meeting of the proprie tors of East India Stock took place at the company's house, in order to consider the case of the late ex-Rajah of Satan. The chair was taken by Mr. H. St. George Tucker. The Court was thinly attended. The CHAIRMAN stated that since the last court certain papers had been presented to parliament, the titles of which would be read.— The clerk read the titles of the papers.— The Chairman stated that this court was made amnial for the reconsideration of the case of the late ex-Rajah of Sattara. Mr. J. Hoax, 4.1'., complained that the ballot had not been taken on the last meeting. The court was asked only to retrace its steps, and re-open the inquiry, as to the innocence of the ex-Rajah of Slitters. The son. proprietor then re viewed the proceedings of the court of directors, which have already been fully reported. His (Mr. Hume's) object was to obtain a ballot. lie wished each proprietor to give his vote upo:: the came. lie would persevere until justice was done to the late ex• Rajah. Mr. Hume concluded by tendering an addition to the advertised resolutions. March 8, IB4B.—We, the undersigned proprietors of FAA India stoe.h, duly qualified by law and present in court, do request that the soon of directors will appoint a tiallot, accorillog to chap:er 8, section I of the by-Lois, to determine the quastimt this day brought before the general court, relative to the es.e of the Lite Itinth of Sattara. (Signed) Joke,, Hews, J. Sewesa, Jona hattio% S. lissatsr, THECKET, Jonsaros, IL STEPHEN, ALONE H J. LITAa, TH,PE NEWNHAM. The CHAIRMAN would not receive any addition at the present moment. He intended to move an amendment, that of adjournment.—Mr. Serjeant GAZELEE protested against this course. He said, it these questions of adjourn ment were to be moved the fate of the court of directors was sealed. Ile had the utmo.t respect for the directors, hut they had got into had company. (Laughter.) The by-law upon the question of adjournment was illegal, and the pro prietors would subscribe their money and fight the directors upon the point. Mr. Lewis contended that the by-law by which the court was attempted to be coerced was illegal. It was LA follows : Ily-law, elup. 8, see. I.—ltem : It is ordained that if at an. some rid court nine of the members present, duly qualified to vot e . shall demand a ballot foe determining any question, eacept for adjourn ment, or the preriotis question, or an amendment, such question shall be put by the und not otherwise. After some discussion upon the subject, Mr. TitostesoN, M.P., said the ballot was given to the proprietors for their protection, and not to overpower those who were the friends of justice and truth. Sir J. W. 11000 defended the legality of the by-law, and said that the right to ballot was not given by common law or by any statute, but only by tke by-law of the company. The ballot could not be demanded until after it was known what amendment would be proposed to the original motion, which ceased to be the question before the court the moment that a motion for an adjournment was made, and which took pre cedence of every other question. It was the duty of the court to uphold the by-laws, which had been framed by themselves. (No, no.) He approved of the course pursued by the chairman in stating at once his intention to move an adjournment instead of delaying making such inten tion known until a late period of the debate. The whole question of the case of the Rajah had been discussed over and over again in that court, and a dozen times at least decided on its merits. Why was not a ballot demanded on any one of those occasions ? Why was that course now adopted as a last resource ? He next alluded to the proceedings of the last court, and to the few votes given on that occasion, notwithstanding the efforts made by Mr. Hume, by sending a circular letter to every individual proprietor, imploring his personal attendance. (Hear.) But yet, out of 2,000 proprietors, he obtained the votes of 22, only. (Hear.) The adjournment was moved out of respect to the proprietors, whs had declined to inter fere in the case of the Rajah. They had decided on the ease twenty or thirty times at least, and it had also been de cided in the Houle of Commons. Were the directors t treat all those decisions as nothing—(hear)—and treat with contempt the decisions repeatedly Riven by vast majorities of the court ? It was for the benefit of India that the further agitation of this question should be put down. (Hear.) Muter proposed that the original motion should now be put.—The Chairman desired the clerk to read the motion, but previous to that being done, said he considered the ques tion was long ago finally disposed of by that court. No radical good cou'd result front leaving it to be decided by ballot by 2,000 proprietors, very few of whom took any inte rest in it, or knew anything at all about the question, which was too complicated for the majority of them to understand. Mr. HINE said the proprietors generally took more in terest in this question than the bon. chairman supposed, and he wished them to have an opportunity of expressing their opinion. He should place his protest before the chairman, and then leave the court. The hon. proprietor then with drew. Mr. SULIVAN called for &written opinion of the standing counsel of the company relative to the proper construction of the by-k w . The CH maseAN said he had no doubt the learned gentle man would furnish one. The question of adjournment was then put and carried. The court then adjourned. METROPOLITAN EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION. The sixth annual meeting was held last evening, to Exeter Hall. The Lord Mayor presided, and having made a few observations, The Simarreav read the report, of which the following is an abstract: In prusenting their report, the central board congratulated the feint& of the exiety on the steady progreas which, notwithstanding many obstacles, the muse has made sitar the last annual meeting of the association. Within the small space of time referred to, raven public meetings have been held, addresses bad been drawn up ter, and as far as the funds of the society would admit, had been circu lated amongst, both employers and assistants, and this in addition to the other ordinary and arduous Matinees' of the arsociadon. The more immediate object of these meetings had been to submit to the arwistanta situated in the caritas, part+ of Loodon a natt me, the leading Intone of which were to provide that a copy of an addrese, which is in the posses sion of the Central Board, shall be forwarded to every heave, excepting those of the poorer cloaca, in and around the metro polis. That, as soon as convenient atter the distribution of throe ad &noes, there shall be public meetings held throughout the various diatticts of the metropolis. That in addition to thee ordinary public meetings there shall alto be holden special ones of the working chosen That, following up the holdingof the various ineetinge, every householder to whom the siddreaes have been sent shall be woke.] upon requesting their signamres. ar.d that each of their respective inmate pledge themselves that they will ever after both deuvatinue and discountenance thecustom of ehoppifig after Us o'clock in the evening. That after the lame of a few months subsequently to there. eeiptot the aforementioned pledgee it is intended to tot ite a general meeting of employers tor the final settlement of the question. It is pooh:led in the scheme that m addition to the ordinary quarterly subscription of Is., there *Mill be a gearral collection of at least ed. from each eminent in all trades. That there shall be a entree of at. tractive lecture* held by the association, 10 waich there shall be ad mission by moderate price ticketss. That all clergymen, and minis ters of the gospel generally, shall be solicited to give lectures on the moral and other evils of the late-hour system, and to allots collections to be afterwards made U the doors on behalf of the amociatitio. The sufferers from over-toil teem at length to be awaking to Mow grievous privations which they have to long and so needlerely endured. Nor arc these awakened feelings confined to ono or two department.. of buenesa On the contrary, in addition to those engaged in shops, saddlers, bakers, railway clerks, bankers' clerks. all are found moving, slowly it might be, bit most steno llp and effectually, in the same di rection. Nor I. the movement confined to the metropolis; it may he perceived in nearly all the provincial towns: it found its way into the various factories of England; and within a few days it exhi bited dull by rising above the disturbed elements of agitated Paris. The receipb,uul expenditure of the 3,906/. fund, including a balance brought to received account of 1941., amounted to 5941. I Is. The re ceipts for the year amounted to 4951. 195., out of which a balance re mainedof 121. 16s. Letters having been read from Lord John Manners, the Hon. and Rev. M. Villiers, and the lt , r. J. Sherman, ex cusing themselves for non-attendance, arid expressing their cordial sympathy with the objects of the meeting, Mr. THWAI 7ES, a master draper, moved the first resolu tion, which was for the adoption of the report. He thought ' that the general apathy of the employed themselves did more to atop the progress of the movement than any other circumstance, and hoped speedily ta see among them a far different feeling, by which alone their object could be obtained. The Bishop of OXFORD sec miled the resolution. It seemed to him clear that they were met together to reline.' a great practical evil. He believed the practice of late hours of business was generally admitted to be :in evil ; neverthe less, he thought its discussion should not be abandoned, be cause, to overturn the present system, it was necessary to have the hearty, and, in some casts, the self sacrificing, sympathy of a large hotly of men; and it was rather by detail. than by the simple enuncia tion of the conclusions arrived at, that those sym pathies were to be obtained. In the first place, bodily health mutt necessarily fall a sacrifice to the system. The nature of the labour of the assi,tant was not like the labour of the intellect, which at the same time that it wearies stores the mind and body, and might be said to bring, refreshment with it; nor was their labour such as it would be if the shops were constructed as they should be—with a view to the health of those employed in them, instead of being merely for the display of the goods which they bad to sell. It was well known that but few comparatively of those young men ever set up in business for themselves • for the majority were worn out at middle age by labour which the Gad who made their frames never intended those frames to endure. Then there was the uecessary intellectual injury inseparable from the system. He asked what right bad the public to doom any class of yeutio men to a dura tion of employment which rendered it morally im possible that they could obtain any intellectual im provement ? Nor was the system less disadvantageous to that social improvement and social intercourse which was the rest and the purifier of the heart of man. 'llls led him to what was perhaps the most import.nt part of the question. tlt was said that if young men were re- leased at an early hour it would be only for mischief ; but he asked what was it that led to debauchery but neglect- ing the higher parts of a man, and stitualating the lower ones. If they were liable to go into mischief if liberated at seven o'clock at night, what would they do at nine, ten, and eleven ? He did not see the moral good contained in the last few hours. The success of their object depended ou three parties—the employers, the employed, and the public—but, he believed that the power rested mainly on the latter, and he hoped that they would use their best exertions to exer cise if. The report was adopted unanimously. The Earl of Ileuttowne then moved the second reso lution : This meeting record. its conviction that the custom which still too generally prevails of keeping shops open until a late hour at night, is detrimental to the best interns of their proprietors, and wholly at variance with the religious, moral, and mental diocipline, the social comfort, and physical well-being of the many thousands of young per sona who are engaged therein. If the public wore to give up late hours of put chase, a large poi tion of them must be furnished with the means, and must look to the general employers of labour to pay their wages at an earlier hour. It was thus that all the great questions hung together, and resolved themselves into one general evil, which he hoped it was left for the pre aent generation to remedy. He asked where they would find in any other country the same amount of labour im posed on any man ? Is parts of Germany the shops were closed t h al t l n t ir h ie re o e 'cloc an k d , tohg,:inatign.uined till six . t il e v e ild wire t recommend that system to be exactly followed out in this country, but he certainly recommended an approach to it. In the manufacturing districts, all that had been done for limiting the hours of labour had resulted in unmixed im provement ; the men, the mothers, the wives, and the chil dren, were all improved in condition, and demoralization was certainly not the result. On the contrary, the mechanics' institutions, the schools, and all places of the kind, were never so much frequented as at present. Mr. D. W. WINE seconded the resolution. The Rev. R. Buitosss supported the resolution. Ile noticed with considerable pleasure the fact that since the last meeting the operations of the association had not been confined to one class, but included every trade in the me tropolis. The resolution was adopted, and was followed by another of a similar character, which was supported by Mr. Ilindley, M.P., Mr. Charles Knight, and the Rev. Dr. Cumming. The usual complimentary vote to the chairman concluded the proceedings. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH, A public meeting to promote the abolition of the punishment of death was held yesterday evening at the London Tavern, John bright, M.P., in the chairs The room was crowded to excess. The CHAIRMAN . opened the proceedings by a long speech, in which he denounced the punishment of death as at once most inhuman, most unchristianiike, and most inadequate to the alleged purpose of repressing crime. On the one hand, the example of capital punishment manifestly had no effect in deterring the very persons who witnessed it from the commission of crime ; and on the other hand it prevented jurors who had conscientious objections to passing the sen tence of death upon a feliow-being, or from subjecting even to just punishment the offenders brought before them. He re ferred in illustration to the two young women who, some years ago, poisoned the it father and moth, r in Somerset. shire, but were, on their trial, acquitted by the jury, though their guilt was well established, solely because the jurors could not bring themselves to put two fellow-creatures to death. A letter was read from Mr. Pattison, M.P., excusing him self from attendance, but expressing his hearty coucurrence in the object of the meetii.g. Dr. MOKTIMEY, in moving the first resolution, said he objected to the punishment of death as wholly opposed to the do:trines of Christianity. He observed, with retard to the individual case of Annette Meyers, it was ene which combined in itself all the arguments against punishment of death. If, instead of taking with her own hands revenge for the atro cious injury she had received and the monstrous insult to which she was subjected, by the man upon whom she bad centred all her youthful affections—if, instead of hi rs..lf, a brother had called the base seducer into the field, and there made him expiate the mortal wrong lie had done, no jury would hove pronounced the doom of the avenger. (Hear, hear.) In a Christian point of view, he contended that tat, induration of spirit by which this poor girl bail worked her self up into that phrenzied absence of all fear of death, which the very act she had committed mani fested, showed that she was not in a fit state to die. I He had only that morning seen Annette Meyer's late mis- I tress, who had herselt prepared a memorial to the Queen, and who spoke to him in the very highest terms of all she had observed of the unfortunate girl's character and conduct up to the commission of the offence for which she was con demned. He then moved as a first resolution the adoption of the following memorial to Sir George Grey To Sir 6. Grey, Bart., M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Depart. meat.—The humble anal earnest memorial of the inhabitants of the City of London, in public meeting amembled, showcth 'I hat your memo- rialists are deeply interested in the ease of the wretched Annette Meyers, now lying under sentence of death in her Majesty's gaol of Newgate. Your memorialists would earnestly call your attention to the mitigating cireunettances attending the communes of the crime for which the convict is sentenoed; the atrocity of the conduct of the deceased towards her, as appeared on her trial ; the cool villany of which she became the victim; the heartless coldness with which she was thrown off after the dece.e.ed had ruined her ; and your memo rialists would humbly submit that while three circumstances cannot justify her Qui act, they warrant the conclusion 1 that her mind win unsettled when she committed the a awful deed. dad she, in the parosysm of her grief and despair, committed suicide, what coroner's jury would have hestated to pronounce a verdict of temporary insanity, While therefo i re, your memorialists do not plead for the pardon of Annette Aleyers,they do most earnestly beg you wiu take these circumstances into your consideration, and they do not doubt the result wall be that you win recommend our gracious Queen to exercise her royal prerogative, and to preserve the unhappy prisoner. Your memorialiga would also call your attention to the fact of the strong recommendation to mercy given by the jury, and to express their sincere desire that you will carry that reoommendation into eke!. The Rev, THOMAS BINNEY, us seconding the resolution, emphatically paralleled the case of the high-souled Annette Meyers with that of Mary Aims Hunt, who, after basely murdering her benefactress, was saved from punishment solely by the popular feeling in her &vow, on account o the circumstance of her being pregnant. It would be said,f perhaps, that if Annette Meyers were spared, it would be an encouragement to the women to shoot the men ; but no, it would not 11111091krade 1,11. 'MOM IQ shot the an, THE EXPRESS. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1848. but it would warn the men not to trifle with the tenderest feelings of the women. Hs had seen Annette Meyers, and what was her grief ? Her grief was not that she was to die—all earthly weaknesses, as all earthly passions, had departed from her breast. The only grief that agonised her mind was thus expressed, " Oh, sir, what has become of hie immortal soul?" (Hear.) Mr. BEIHNTH, one of the jurors in the case, said that if there had been any possibility of acquitting the poor girl, it would have been adopted by the jury. As it was, could they have r, commended her to mercy with still more emphatic language, they would have used it. The memorial was then unanimously adopted. Mr. C. Gusty moved the second resolution, embodying a petition to the Mime of Commons, to be presented by Mr. ()verge Thompson, for the abolition of the punishment of death. He stated that, although Annette Meyers did not know who were her parents, there were those on the plitform who knew her to be the daughter of a gentle man of high standing, and that of right she ought now to be occupying, beloved and respected, an honourable position in society. He then entered at length into his views of the iniquity of capital punishments, contending that only lie should esterase the omnipotence of the sword who was endowed with omniscience. Mr. O. THOMPSON, M.l'., seconded the resolution, which was unanimoirly adopted. Mr. Sconcta. next inovul the cordial thanks of the meet ing to the Provisional Government of France, for their de cree abolishing the punishment of death for political offences, and expresed the hope that a similar decree would be passed applicable to all offences whatever. Mr. JOLLY ROHEHTS seconded the resolution, which was adopted. The meeting then separated after the accustomed compli ment to the chairman. by that body as the original invention of th►t body.—Mr. liarrison agreed with Mr. Lawrence in all that had been said with regard to the conduct of the press, but supposed the newspapers considered that the notice of the tittle-tattle of one commission at a time of such excitement was quite ALDERMAN GIBBS AND ST. STEPIIEN'B,WALBROOK. —A meeting of the parishioners of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, was held on Tuesday in the vestry-room, for the purpose, if possible, of uterine a final adjustment of the differences which have so long existed between the churchwardens and other officers of this parish and Mr. Alderman Gibbs. After much discussion, Mr. Harrison moved "That the sug gestion of Mr. Justice Erle be acceded to, in as far as the parish agree to pay 550/. to Messrs. Flight and Rock, and the like sum to Mr. Alderman Gibbs towards his costs, upon his assigning the parish trust property to 14 new trustees to be appointed by the parish."—The proposition wee carried, and a committee was formed to carry out the spirit of the resolution, the result to be reported to a future vestry.—The meeting was accordingly adjourned. ROYAL LITERARY FUND.—The annual general meeting was held yesterday—Sir Henry Ellis, K. 11., in the chair—supported by Mr. Tooke, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Newman, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Milner, M.P., Mr. Mike, Mr. Wentworth Mike, Rev. Dr. Russell, Rev. Dr. limey, Mr. Britton, Dr. Fraser, Dr. Forbes, Mr. Rain bow, Mr. Lovell, Mr. Auldjo ' and other gentlemen. The report stated that 1,230/. had been expended in the relief of distressed authors, their widows, and orphans, during the put year, making the total sum of 35,0601. applied to this benevolent purpose since the institution of the society in 1790. The Marquis of Lansdowne was re-elected pre sident. The following were re-elected vice.presidents:—His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, the Marquis of Nor manby, the Marquis of Northampton, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, the Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Ellesmere, Lnrd Brougham, Lord Stanley Lord John Russell, Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hob bouse, Bart., Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart. Sr Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., Sir William Chatterton, ion., John Thomas Hope, Esq., Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., Andrew Spottiswoode ' Esq , Henry Hallam, Esq., Benjamin Bond Cubbell, Esq. The council, general committee, and auditors, were also elected. Some alterations in the bye-laws were proposed and ap• proved, preparatory to their being submitted to another general meeting. It was also announced that the anniver tory dinner is to take place on the 10. h of May, and that the Duke of Northumberland will preside. ROMANCE OF limo:lnv.—Who would have thought that the " coming man" would have been Louis Philippe ? —Punels. THE TRAFALGAR-SQUARE Mol3.—Sir,—l wits quite astonished to-day to see the violent conduct of the police in Trafalgarequare, which struck me as being more calculated to create a disturbance than to suppress one. I witnessed several quiet gentlemanlj-Moking persons grossly insulted, and when they remonstrated, three or four of the police force rushed on them like so many ruffians, which, you may sup pose, caused great excitement. lam perfectly aware of the arduous duty the police have to perfam, but think that duty might be done with more discrimination, Gao. LANS, 18, South-parade St. James's Park, March B.—[" Quiet, gentlemanly-looking persons " have no right to congregate when and where a riot is apprehended. These were pre cisely the sort of spectators who formed the Trafalgaraquare mob yesterday and Tuesday. If they do not choose to walk on and mind their own business, they must take all conse quences ; rough handling by the police included.—En. E.] CLOSING OF TILE MENDICITT SOCIETY PROM THE FATAL. EFFECTS OF TYPHUS FEVElL—Yesterday the MUM gets of the Mendieity Society, in Reel Lion-square were obliged to close their offices in Bed Lion.square, together with their corn-mills and stone-breaking yards for the employment of the destitute poor, in consequence of the prevalence of typhus fever, which had been caught some days since from some of the wretched applicants who have lately besieged the office for relief. All the officers connected with the esta blishment have been more or less severely attacked, and Mr. W. Knyvett, who for many years has been the manager of the institution, has fallen a victim, having died from the fever on Tuesday afternoon. To prevent further loss of life and the spread of infection, by the advice of the medical at,. tendants, the establishment has been closed until it eon con sistently with public sakty be re-opened. This temporary closing will in itself be deeply felt by the destitute poor, as between 500 and 600 men, women, and children have been daily fed and work found for many more at the mills and stone-yards. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—AN UNBURIED CHILL) FOUND IN A CHURCIIVARIL—Before Mr. Bedford, by ad journment, in the Board room of St. James's Workhouse, Poland-street, on the body of a newly born female child.— Margaret Wyatt, res'r)-keeper of St. James's Church, stated that about a quarter past six o'clock on the morning of the 21st ult. she was going to her daily duties, when, in passing through the churchyard, she observed a brown paper parcel carefully tied up lying beneath one of the vestry windows ; she went and picked it up, but finding it was unusually heavy, she replaced it until the arrival of Holland, the gravedigger, when it was opened, and found to contain the body of a full-grown child, the body being carefully wrapped in a piece of white calico and • sheet of wadding, and in the former was pinned a note, end.mtly written by a female, bearing the following address : To the finder, and pray do as directed in this paper." On opening it a half sovereign fell out. Its contents were as foil 'we :—" Dear christian,—Whose ever you are that may find this dear little innocent, will also find 10s. with it. Please to get a box and bury it. It has no fault, and knew no sin."—Mr. French, surgeon, said that the child had breathed, but it was possible it might have died in the birth from protracted labour.—The inquiry was ad journed in order to trace the guilty parties.—Yesterday, on the reassembling of the jury,lnspector Squires, who has had the case in hand, informed the coroner that he had been unable to procure any further information in the case, and at the suggestion of the coroner, the jury returned • verdict of "Found Dead."—EXTRAORDINAHY DEATH OF A MER CHANT.—The adjourned inquiry was resumed few the fourth time before Mr. W. Baker, at the Fountain public-house, City-road, as to the death of Mr. James Lyle, aged 45 years., who died from starvation. The deceased was a whisky merchant, and had resided at No. 3, Upper Fountain-place, St. Luke's, for the last 14 years. Within she last 18 months I.e became acquainted with Thompson, a letter-carries in the Post-office. About six months since Thompson lost his si•uation, and deceased permitted him to live in his house. Thompson immediately accepted the otter, and brought hi. nephew and niece with him. Several weeks afterwards the deceased called upon a friend named Hall, and complained that Thompson and his relatives had ill-used him, and he could not say hie house was his own. Subsequently the deceased was seen with two black eyes and other - bruises noon his face. Screams of murder were frequently heard by the neighbours in Mr. Lyle's house, and deceased often appeared to be afraid of Thompson, who bad some powerful influence ever him. For several weeks previous to the death of the deceased van loads of furniture were seen to leave the house, and when any of deceased's friends called to see him Thompson and his relatives generally made some excuse, and never permitted them to enter the house. On Wednesday, the lfith of February, application was made to the registrar of deaths, by Thompson and another person, for a certificate for the burial of the deceased. They appeared very anxious to obtain one, and the registrar refused until some inquiries had been made. On the same day the police effected an en trance at the deceased's residence, and found the house divested of every article of furniture with the exception of an old bedstead in the back parlour. The deceased was lying upon it dead, and his body presented a fright ful appearance.—Thompson, in explanation of hls con duct to the jury, said the deceased was in great distress, and had authorised hint to sell his furniture for his support.— Mr. W. Herriest stated that he knew the deceased, and had transacted business with him respecting the lease of his house. He called at the residence of Mr. Lyle several times during three weeks previous to the death of tee deceased, and always saw Thompson, who appeared to be acting for the deceased. Witness heard of Mr. Lyle's death on Mon day, the 14th of Feb. last, and on the fallowing day he saw Thompson, and asked him if the den seed was dead. Thomp son replied he was not, but was very bad.—Mary Ann Burke deposed that on the 25th of October last she !sassed Mr. Lyle's house, and heard screams of murder. She stopped, and saw the deceased struck by a thin man, who knocked him down and jumped upon him several times. The deceased endeavoured to escape, but the thin man again jumped upon him, and he became insensible. There was a female standing in the room keep ing the door closed, and when they saw witness they imme diately pulled the blind down. Witness heard the deceased dragged into the back parlour, and cries of distress were heard for some time afterwards —A Juror : Would you know the man thst ill-used the deceased ?—Witaiess said yes, and immediately pointed out Thompson, who was standing in the room—After some further evidence the coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against David Thompson and his relations, John Spottiswood and Bees). Spottiswoucl." The jury also added that they could not conclude their labours without expressing their approbation of the conuuct of Gower the beadle and the police-officers.—The Coroner said he was un prepared for such a verdict, and must adjourn the inquiry for the production of the necessary documents. He then issued his wan ant for their apprehension and committal to Newgate. The jury were bound over to appear on Friday. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 7. Archbishop Nl'Hale issues an annual pastoral letter to his people on the threshold of Lent, in w hich he admonishes them of their obligations and duties in that sacred season. Sometimes profane have been mixed up with sacred matters, and passing events filled up a large portion of his grace's long admoni tion. This year the pastoral letter has begirt looked for with more than ordinary anxiety. It was ex pected to embrace a wider range of events, and to touch vividly on those topics which now agitate the public mind of Europe. In this his grace has fallen short of the general hope. His present address is more strictly pastoral than any of its predecessors. There are, of course, some strong allusions to the plots of the infidels who are seeking to sap the pontifical power, and convert the catholic clergy into " salaried slavea ;" but not a word of the French revolution. The archbishop, it is clear, has some mis givings as to the influence of that movement on reli gion, hence his studied silence. The pastoral fitly closes with an invocation of " all good c" on the good people of all countries, includ i ng land and Sootland, who have listened to the cries o the dis tressed peasantry of Ireland. The language of the catholic clergy ie pezticalarly worthy of attention in these disjointed times. They I are the regulators of opinion, and though sometimes forced to follow its course they more frequently shape and direct it. At present they do not appear very favourable to the revolution. One only has pro nounced in facie ecclesia, while the vast majority are reserved or silent. In the letters read yesterday at the Repeal Association two were from the pens of parish priests, and in them no allusion whatever is made to the recent movement in France. In this there is some significance. Judge Perrin has pronounced a decision of some importance at Ennis, as to the construction of the Labour rate Act. The Board of Works forwarded a certificate to the Clare grand jury, ordering them to present for 15,0001. The certificate did tot set forth the works—where executed, Ac.--on foot of which the respective districts were liable. It merely ap propriated the sums to which each was liable. Ttie grand jury took the opinion of Judge Perrin on the validity of the certificate, who declared it to be in formal and not in pursuance of the Labour-rate Act and amended act. It is likely the same form of cer tificate has been issued to the other grand juries. M. Ledru Rollin has replied to the letter of Mr. John O'Connell. He is short, simple, but rather sig nificant. The Minister of the Interior speculates on the time, when Ireland may be a " glorious nation." Many will interpret the letter as affording glimpses of invasion. . Emigration in the south has received a cheek from the sudden rise of freights. Shipowners and agents have raised the passenger money to dl. f.r each adult, in consequence of the Emigrant Bill being likely to pass into a law. The charge last year was about 3/. per heal. SCOTLAND. RIOTS IN GLASGOW.-LOSS OF LIFE. The turbulent mob renewed their hostilities on Tuesday afternoon, although all &peered quiet when our last despatches were published, The riots were recom menced in Bridgeton, by an attempt to stop a mill which was at work. E ghteen armed out-pensioners wen• on the spot, and having been ordered to tire by Superintendent Smart, of the Calton police, an old man was shot through the head, at the corner of Muslin-street. A younger m.. 0 was also stet, and three young boys, who chanced to be near the place whin the people were assembled, were shot, but were still alive. The excitement amongst the working population from the mills, who by this time were collected in crowds, was very great. The out-pensioners quitted the scene amidst the shouts and inspree itions of the people, and made their way into Glasgow at double-quick ' time, followed by Dr. Campbell, who had examined the bodies. Soon afterwards a troop of cavalry, with Captain Fearce at their head, entered Bridgeton at a canter, and were received by the populace with great cheering. In the midst of the display, one of the dead bodies of the men who had been shot was carried down Alain-street on a deal board, supported on the shoulders of six or eight men, and followed by a concourse of mourners, who ever and ' anon shouted " A military murder!" The dragoons at once made way for the passage of the mournful I tort, - ge, by taking the other side of the read, so that the body and its followers passed without interruption. The cause of the disaster was, that a number of boys had, in the first instance, commenced throwing clods and atones at the out-pensioners, that one boy was made prisoner for in doing, that the crowd effected Ms rescue, and that police captain Smart gave orders to fire, when five individuals fell after the first discharge. Some of the out-pensioners, we believe, tired their pieces into the air, but others fired among the people, when this melancholy casualty oc curred. What renders the circumstance more painful is, the fact that one of the persons shot (dames Alex ander, provision dealer) was, until one o'clock in the morning, employed as a constable for preserving the peace, and that on this occasion he had just come out of his own shop to dissuade the people from standing in the streets. At the time we left, the factory workers in that locality, with horror and trepidation were pointing out to each other the place where the old man's blood was spilled ; and a truly lamentable sight it was to look upon ! By the evening the excitement increased to such a degree that the shops and warehouses were closed. Large bodies of military parade the leading localities in all parts. The banks and principal public offices were guarded with military. The police odices of the city were, towards night, crowded with prisoners to the number of 100. Upwards of 60 guns and other weapons irere taken from the rioters, and on the per sons of the prisoners were found quantities of cheese, butter, ham, barley, as well as powder ti usks and powder. Luge quantities of these articles, as they were brought in, were ranged along the floors and walls of the lieutenant's room at each office.! The conduct of the 3rd Dragoons, under the command of Cart. Dyson, and that of the Ist Royals, and 71st Foot, was characterised by the greatest discretion and forbearance. By their presence, and the energy of t'.e magistrates, who read the riot act on Tuesday, comparative quiet was restored. We learn by electric telegraph that during the greater par: of Tuesday night the mob remained in the stree:s, but they were quiet. Previously orders were issued to the cavalry to clear the streets, and the men were seriously injured by being accidentally ridden over. A large number of special constables and pensioners patrolled the streets during the whole night. The Lord-Advocate lass left town for Elitaurgh. :By Elcetne TelvgrA; h.: GLASGOW, MAKCII 8, 6.30 P.M. The authorities are actively and energetically ergaged in preventing a repetition of last Bight's disturbance, to which end a proclamation has been issued this afternoon. All is quiet at this hour. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—Four LIVES LOST.—An acci dent, attended with loss of life, took pare on Monday morn ing at the Malleable Iron-works of the Monkland Iron Com pany, near Holytown. The river Ca'der passes there through a deep ravine ; on the right bank, a rolling mill was erected about five years ago, and to meet the increased dt mantle of railways, another was trectvl and put in ope• ration during last summer. it is understood to be the strangest in Scotland, and of a very powerful de scription. Both mills were in 101 l operation, and all hands were at work in them at wan o'clock yes terday morning, when suddenly a fearful explosion was heard. It proved to he the great boiler of one of the steam engincs, about 80 horse power, of the new rolling mill. The boiler was blown into the air, and, fining across the river, it descended through the roof of the older mill, spreading de vastation all around. Mr. Buttery, one of the proprietors, was instantly at the spot, and sent for medical aid, giving prompt directions for everything useful for the relief of the sure iving sufferers. The sheriff sod procurator-fiscal of the Airdrie district were also sent for to investigate the causes of the accident. Four dead bodies were found much mangled, and severul other men received severe injuries. The man in charge of the boiler is unhurt. DISTURBANCES IN THE METROPOLIS. Some hundreds again congregated in Trafalgar square yesterday. They were composed chiefly of the coster monger class, and boys from 16 to 18 yearn of age. No police being out, that there might be nu unnecessary exhibition of the force which was in reserve in Scotland-yard and the vicinity,the mob first amused themselves by the access given to the Nel son Monument, from no boarding being now round it, to play all sorts of tricks on the steps ; but this only led to the throwing of stones into the square, and the police were again called to act, under the direction of Superintendent May, and the square was cleared, but not before a boy had been taken to the station. house, and another to the Charing-cross Hospital, having been run over by a hone in his endeavours to escape the police. As the idlers had probably profited by the experience of yesterday, they gradually went away, and by 12 o'clock the smite of Monday's uproar and riot was in nearly its usual Mate, and all appearance of disorder had passed away. But in the afternoon several idle persons of the betty r class attracted the most active and mischievous into the square aira'n, by congregating on the terrace and around it, patiently awaiting a riot, which they appeared to have great curiosity to see. The pranks of the morning were renewed. and a few more idlers taken into custody. While this was going on a hand of juveniles and pick pockets showed themselves in Fleet-street; some of whom, turning late Fetter-lane broke a few windows. The rest proceeded along Cheapsida and caused the shopkeepers to close up their windows, which however they opened again when the mob had passed. The more mischievous of this scum of London were attracted to Stepney-green, a meetine having been advertised to take place there, under pretence of denouncing the income tax. There they found a couple of vans with a few persons in them mid to be orators. One of them, the Mr. Reynolds who figured in Trafalgar square on Monday, in default of Mr. Cochrane, made is rambling disjointed harangue, not about the profes sed object art the meeting, but respecting republics, chartism, universal suffrage, liberty, equality, &c. This, however, was soon found to be tiresome, and the audience, about nine o'clock, and to the number of two or three hundred, announced their determination of proceeding en moose through Whitechapel. Aldgate, and the principal streets of the City to destroy windows, and supplied themselves with stoma for the purpose. This mob was shortly joined by a large concourse of idlers and others from motives of curio• city only, to the extent, as they pm/erased as far as White chapel, of several thousand person.. As they pared through Whitechapel the work of destruction commenced. Stones were sent flying in all directions, but in so systematic a manner that no individual hand could be recognised from whom the stone was thrown. The windows of the chemists and deuegi.t-, bakers, and all those who had not, on the advance of the rioters, taken the precaution to close their shops, were speedily destroyed. The police on duty and many gentlemen sad well disposed persons preceded the rabble, and by their timely information of their destruc tive conduct enabled the shopkeepers to close their shops, and thereby saved a large amount of property. The disap pointment of the mob was evident from the savage yell they uttered when they approach. d and found no opportunity of carrying on their work of destruction. The windows of the upper floors of house. were destroyed, as also the lamps, but on their arrival at Muses and San's their joy was evinced; the large squares of glass in the upper part of this building were destroyed, the lower part being closed, Oa they went through Leadenhall-street, Bishopsgate street. and Threadneedle-street to the Bank, committing similar destruction. On their arrival at the Bank an attempt at a dernin.stration was mat'.e, the crowd collecting in front of the Royal Exchange, shouting and yelling ; but here it was evident that their leaders understood theirpoeition and the precautions that had been taken by the City autho rities to double at every point the police force. as also that the military guard at the Bask bad been doubled. Cries in a low voice were heard, " No, boys, no, not here ; do not atop. On ! on ! " and away they went, without breaking a single lamp in front of the Bonk: the windows of the Royal Exchange suffered but little. At the Mansion house the rabble stopped, and repeated their yelling shout, and stones were thrown. The police here captured several with out much opposition ; and at Bow Church, Police-constable Burgess, 28 of the detective force, captured two of the ring leaders, who were inciting the me's, and succeeded in con veying them to the Bow-lane station. By this time various sections of the mob had dispersed themselves and pursued their course to the West end by different routes, as is evi dent, from the windows on both aides of St. Paul's, the large show windows of Messrs. Allan and Co., having been de stroyed, as also those of many persons in Newgate-street, Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill, Holborn, the Strand, and other places. In the latter places the work of destruction was carried on by small isolated bands of young ruffians ; but fortunately, from the active pr, cautions that were taken by doubly strengthening the police force, a great number of the , most act.ve were secured and conveyed to the several station-houses, with scarcely in any instance any determined opposition. The most effectual stop to the career of the mob took place near the ad Bailey, when a large body of the City Police attacked them with so much determination that they fled in all directions. The most active determina tion meats to put a stop to the lawless procce lingo that are now being carried on, the whole of the police force having been kept thrmahout in constant readiness to act. The mob generally were composed of the veriest scum of pick pockets, thieves, and costermoagers. DISTURBANCE AT MANCHESTER. :By Electric Telegraph.; Some disturbances yesterday occurred at Man chester, and would seem to have some connexion with a revival of the anti-poor-law agitation. Last evening a mob of several hundred men and women assembled in front of the workhouse in Tib-street, and after much yelling, demanded that all the inmates should be discharged ; or, as they termed it, liberated. Of course this demand was not complied with; and a strong bxly of police being immediately on the spot, persuasive means were re sorted to for the removal of the crowds, and eventually by physical demonstration the rioters were compelled to retire and dipper se. Mennwh ile the mayor and magis trates assembled at the Town-hall, where, at 10 P.M., they were deliberating on the best means for prevent ing or repelling further outrage. This morning (Thursday) there is to be a meeting of the unemployed to arrange a procession through the town. The disturbances in front of the Tib-street work house commenced as early as three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not until after seven that the people were driven from the neighbourhood. The entire police force are to assemble at their office at nine o'clock this morning, and will be prepared to act with promptitude in the repression of outrage. The Oldham operatives arc said to be on the move. LONDON COMMISSION 01 , SEWERS.—The commie sioners assembled numerously on Tuesday, Deputy Peacock in the chair.—Mr. Haywood, the surveyor to the commis 'loners, presented his report.—Mr. Lawrence, in moving that the surveyor's rep,rt be agreed to, said he had remarked with surprise the spirit of injustice and partiality which operated up m journals usually termed liberal, and abound ing with maxims about fair play. In those journals there appeared long minute accounts of the proceedings of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, however destitute of interest they might be, while the barking system was ex tended to the City commission, although it wis well known that the doors of the latter were open to the whole of the press. Nothing could, he had no doubt, be more convenient than for a set of gentlemen to meet at No. 21 Committee-room, in the House of Commons, and decide upon the subject of the cholera, which they found, after looking about for some time, was to rise out of the wet clayey soil in the neighbour hood of the metropolis. The sanitary commission could not be got up without some new view of the nature and progress of the disease; and, accordingly, people were exceedingly anxious to dig ditches all round London, to let out the cholera. Having raised tEc phantom upon the sanitary com mission, it became necessary to apply to the Sewers Commis sion to lay it, and accordingly a board was constituted, com pounded of lawyers, geologists, and doctors, and without one man acquainted with sewers. By that board, in which there was not a single engineer or man of practical experience, it was declared that there was not a good sewer in the City of London ; and although, within the last twenty years, twenty five miles of sewerage—the most complete and durable that could be imagined—hal been constructed, the labours of those who had carried the great plan into execution were slandered and reviled by indinduals not possessing the slightest in formation upon the subject. It would, however, be soon acknowledged that the City Commissioners of Sewers had been indefatigable in their endeavours to serve their fellow chinas, and had used smart other neap' th ine at moot 999194 by the lbw:Tolima Coilaisbners, sad 91 PROVINCIAL. REQUISITION TO Sii.E.JARI/WELL TO RESIGN.—At a meting of the National Confederstion, Liverpool, held yesterday, the following requisition to Mr. Cardwell, calling upon him to resign his seat as of e of the representativi a of that town, in consequence of hie vote against Mr. Horseman's moti in for a more equitable adjustment of the income tax, was unanimously adopted : To Edward Cardwell, Esq., X.P.—Sir,—We, the undersigned elm ! tor. of Liverpool, learn with regret and surprise, that you have voted with the government for a continuance of the unjust principle of taxation, which fixes the same per rentage on incomes from trades and professions, and from other equ My precarious sources, as on income• d-rived from land and other realised property; not aithstanding the expression of our revue 011 that robjcet, co n. Typed through you to the House of Commune by petitioo4, mid of which, therefore, you were vcrx,fly caeinsant ; and nutwith. standing communications made to you h.• the National Con. federation, on b half of the people of I.;verpool, to the same elect. Under such eiretunstances we einnot content to repose any further confidence in your our representative, nor can we permit the interests of the people of Liverpool longer to remain under your charge. We therefore tespeettully call on you to resign your scat as a member for this burn, that we may have it in our power to make ouch prudent selection of a representative as our interests require; and as the necessity is urgent, we trust you will feel it your day to comply with our request, and at the earliest moment the forms of the flour of Common. may permit. An address to the electors of Liverpool wan also adopted. After referring to recent events, and to the vote of Mr. Card well, it proceeds thus: Notwithstanding your petition to the legislature, which Mr. Curd. well himself brought before the bore—notwithstanding the various communications he had received from those aeung on your behalf, ailcising him of the injurious operation of the income tax on the in h.bitanta of Liverpool, from 46 11/lited principle cf usesement on in comes derived from trade and other equally precarious sources, be ha. thought fit to disregard the wishes and interests of his constito. eats, and to rote with the government fora continuance of the tax on the present unjust principle, although he had an opportunity, when • motion for fl mom eqtutable princip e of aaraxoment wan under the consideration of the house, to give effect to the views of his comb rents. Mr. Cardwell', conduct Os that oeevclon outrusts strongly with that of Messrs. Brown and Iknry. via Maoris Arilnith Lanca shire, and of Sir Thomas Birch, his oullusgue, who communed, by their votes, the conduct of the government in attempting to maintain the tax au proposed by them. Mr. Cardwell bring thos neglected hi. duty to his constituents, and having thus treated with indifference their sentiments, so repeatedly expressed, and so constituuonally declared ; and having also wilfully sacrificed their interests by voting foe a con tinuance of the income tax oa its present most =jut (sour, has for. feited all briber claim to the confidence of the people of Liverpool. It is neoowary that the people of Liverpool should be really sod not no minally represented in the I louse of Commons ; and as Yr. Cardwell no longer ;asserts their confidence, Wei:lector owe it to themselves at once to relieve that gentleman from the responsibility which he has undertaken, that they may have the opportunity of selecting another party whose views are more in canson!nce with their own, and who will make it his deity, as well so his study, to respect the wishes of his constituents, and to protest their interests. It is only through the culpable neglect of cou.tituencies to their own interests, that their representatives in puladm ht so frequently fail in the performance of their duty; and the great grievance of inequality of taxation, of which the country now so loudly complains, and under which it suffers so much, sprung from the same ears But of thi- system there must be an end ; and the conduct of the electors of Liverpool on the present occasion will be a fitting example for inntabon by every town in the empire. LANCASTER ELECTION.—There is every probability of a hard struggle for the seat vacated by Mr. Oregson. Yesterday the nomination took place. Mr. Armstrong was proposed by Mr. John Greg, of the firm of Greg and Co., of Manchester and Lancaster, and seconded by Mr. W. B. Bolden, a gentleman of independent fortune, and one of the magistrates for the county. Mr. Stanley was put in nomina tion by Mr. Godson, M.P. for Kidderminster. Mr. Alder man Bond, a county magistrate, seconded Mr. Stanley. Both the candidates then addressed the electors at considerable loogth.—Att. Anartroag dodotool i>L tom? of as ballot, five trade, extension of the suffrage, unitary reform, na tional and unsecterian education, an equitable adjustment of the property and income tax peace, and ecclesiastical reform.—Mr. Stanley taunted the whigs with their financial blunders, told his auditors to recollect that it was a liberal government —a government liberal with other people 's money that proposed the in crease of the income tax ; maintained the necessity of pre serving intact the union of church and state; held the au thorities ou free trade and protection to be pretty nearly balanced; cited Mr. Huskisson's opinion, chit tree-trade was preferable, in the abstract, but impossible of rational application so long as we were burdened with a debt of eight hundred millions; and finally avowed that he (Mr. Stanley) was for protecting native industry.—The Mayor iNfri Howitt) then called for a show of hands, which being more than three to one in Mr. Armstrong's favour, he declared that gentleman to be duly elect. d.—Mr. Godso n, on behalf of Mr. Stanley, immedistely . demanded a poll, which wu fixed to commence next morning, at ten o'clock. Me. Arm strong possesses an undoubted major.ty in the borough. Mr. Stanley pounds his hopes of succe,s on the influence of the neighbouring landowners, who have taken him by the hand, and with their tenantry, most of whom are fret,- men, and accustomed to vote according to instruction, from " the Hall." THE WAREHOUSE PORTERS OF LIVERPOOL have struck work in opposition to the master porters recently licensed by the dock committee of that town. It.ey desire to procure work direct, and not through second hands. They have • since Monday thrungsd the area of the Exchange buildings, imitating the merchants in gathering into groups', and chatting on peace, commerce, politics, and war. FALL OF RAILWAY ARCHES AT MANCHESTER Yesterday morning seven out of thirteen brick arches, form ing part of a viaduct erecting on the north-eastern side of Manchester, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, to connect the lines of that company with the London and North Western line at Ardwick, gave way and fell about ten o'clock. Eight of the thirteen arches had been erected before the commencement of the winter, and had stood till now, with the centres in them ; the centres, how ever, being required for a continuous portion of the viaduct, of which the abutment* had been run up, a number of men had been set to work during the last few weeks to build in the spandrils at the top, between the arches, and to throw on the hallast for the purpose of consolidating the work. They bad proc:eded with the work up to you rday morning, and had taken out the centres from six arches, commencing at a heavy stone abutment (intended for a bridge over Ashton old road) and running eastwards towerds Ardwiek, without any reason to doubt the solidity and firmness of the work. They then, about ten o'clock, removed the centres from the seventh, or central arch, and had not com peted doing so m 're than a few momenta before the arch sprung upwards from the centre and fell. Ihe wr o:e of the six arches northward, from which the centres had been taken, also fell immediately afterwards, leaving only the atone abut ment of the intended bridge over the road standing, and the six arches at the other end, from under which the centres had not been taken. The contractors are Messrs. Naell, • Hemingway, and Co., and the less to them, supposing they are responsible for the whole, will be about 1,0001. It was a fortunate circumstance that the whole of the workmen at the time were standing on the other arches, from which the eentreings had not been removed. They all escaped. The strength of the masonry was within half • brick of that usually adopted fur arches of the same kind, and it is thought was quite equal to the purposes for which the line was con structing, and the accident is attributed to want of sci, ntifie knowledge or judgment in the ballasting at the tup of the asonry. ..... "GETTING Up" BRI BERY CABEt3.—A's the pollee office, Derby, on Saturday week, a curious charge of smelt was preferred by a man named Milner, a pork-butchi r, re siding in that town, against Mr. 0. Wallis, late landlord of the King's Head ; Mr. G. Bagnall, landlord of the Black Swan, ; Mr. W. Tarr, ten., landlord of the Noah's Ark ; and Mr. Tare, jun., pig-jobber. The following is a brief summary of the facts of the case :—A petition against the members fur the borough of Derby, Mesas. Strutt and Gower, is now being got up, on the alleged ground of bribery ; and the professional agents of Mr. Haiku, the defeated candidate, had been informed that Milner, who is an elector, obtained a very heavy bribe for hi; Note, it baring been asserted that he obtained 101. for a couple of hams, On the 27th of Nov. the agent of the petitioners and some other parties called on him, to ask if ke would tell all he knew, and give evidence against the sitting members. They invited him on that day to have s ime drink, and he went with them to the White Hart, Bridge Gate, where he was cff.red a bill for a certain amount if he would tell all he knew; hut Milner refused to say any thing sinless he had the money in bard cash. Things went on till lad Monday week, when Milner was again waited GA by the same parties, and after a good deal of talk, he agreed to tell the truth for 201. On Tuesday wi ek, therefore, he met the parties at Mr. Derrell'', Siddalh's-lane, and re ceived from a certain penmen hands two five pound notes, Miss Bagnall, the landlord's daughter, holding the other 101. until he had told his tale. Milner then said, " Mr. Strutt came to me and asked me for my vote like an honourable gentleman, and I gave it him like an honourable man." Considerable uproar ensued, end Milner was threat ned with a lodging in' the lock-up if he did not return the money. Milner refused to do so, saying they had given him the money to tell the truth, and he had dote so. On the evening of the same day (Tuesday), the four defendants went to his shop about half.past seven o'clock for the pur pose of getting the 10/. bask, or else tome further evidence, ~nd endeavoured to entice Milner to go with them to home some drink, but he ri fused. Angry words ensued, and it terminated in Milner turning them out of hie shop by force. He then applied for summonses for them, and the case was heard on the day above aimed. The case occupied the ma gistrates nearly three bourn, and at the termination they were of opinion that there was no case against Mr. G. Walla and Tarr, jun., but that it was proved against 'lair, sea., and Sagnae, and they were accordingly fined V. each and costs. It was stated that the present investigation was only a foundation for further proceeding,. STAI'FORDBIiIRE VALVE OF PROPM.RrY IN --- --------------- The increasing worth of property io this town wae strikingly illustrated on Thursday last. cn the occasion of the sale by auction of the Three Tuns Inn, Queen-strer t. A very large company was in attendance to compete for the property, which was offered for sale in at en lots, and the buildings on which, it must bo observed, me of very inconsiderable Tutus. The biddings for the lint lot, containing eighty-six square yards, with a frontage of nine yards, fioallireaching 5501., at which sum it was knocked down, being at the rate of Cl. is. per square yard. The remaining lets realised similar prises ; the bidding for the whole amounted to 3,1,001., somewhat over 61. per yard. One lot, containing only fifty. two square yards, sold for 3301. GtOUCESTERSHLLE. MURDER OF A - WIFE --- 81 11ER MU:?BAND.—The vi.lage of Twigworth, near Gloucester, was, on Friday last, the scene ot a murder. A milkman residing there, named William Hall, in a fit of drunken fury, murdered his wife. An alarm being given, a crowd of persons snoa hutened to the spct, when those who first arrived found the wretched man, himself in a state of st unified horror, gazing at the body of his murdered wise, which lay on the tb,or of the cottage. His four children were screaming at the spectacle of brutal violence, the consequences of which they scarcely understood. From inquiries then and since made, it appears that Hall had left home early that morning, es wu usual, to sell his milk in Gloucester, and that after he did so he spent the whole of the day in various public-houses, returning to hie home late in the afternoon in an intoxicated state. His un fortunate wife began to upbraid him when be entered the house for his unfeeling conduct in wasting the money required for the support of his family. High words ensued, and then blows. Screams were heard by the neighbours, and hence the alarm which brought to many to the spot. The children stated thst their falser kicked their mother in the stomach while she was on the ground, and that she made no noise after wards. An inquest was held on the body yesterday, by the district e , roner, when the above facts appeared in evidence, and a verdict of " Wilful murder" against William Hall was returned. Ile was fully committed for trial at the en suing ,ssiacs. An uhfirtiviate acc.dent, which may have a fatal termination, resultod from this deplorable affair. A young man, named Hobbs, wlxi rode into Gloucester for a me dint: man, was thrown from tile florae he rode, and frac , cured his skull in the fall. He is now lying dangerously ill. ISLE OF MAN. Mr`RDRH BY A SOLDIER AT CASTLETOWN.—The Isle of Man Times, of Saturday, states that on the previous Wednesday, about six o'clock in the evening, a soldier, named Bridgeman, shot a comrade, named l'atrick Connor. The murderer had:some diffaence with one of the sergeants and a corporal of the company, named O'Reilly, about the stoppage of his pay. The parties came to high words. The soldier soon went away with a comrade to a public-house, where they took refrrahments, and played at haggle lle to gethei. The murderer there said to his comrade, " this i• the last time we shall drink together." He soon went away into the bamck-room, and lucking himself therein, loaded no less than three guns with ball cartridge. A soldier entered the room and wrenched a gun out of his hands, but it missed fire, the cap being bad. He seized another gun, and as it is said, without designing its contents for his comrade, discharged It, and the ball went through the regim of the bowels, and his comrade who had been with him for refresh ments, expired in five mitutet afterwards. The hall had passed completely througo the body, and was extracted trona the lining of his coat on the opposite side. A general alarm was now spread. The lieutenant ordered out the guar.), and all ran towards the room where the culprit was ; but the door being fastened, they were obliged to break it open by force. In the =mei= the murderer fired severel shots through the partition, upan a but!y of soldiers in an ad joining room, and one of them was wounded in the leg by the splinters from the door. On the guard rushing in, the murderer seized a sword, threw it out of the window, made a desperate leap of thirteen feet, and seized a metallic spout which came down from the eaves to a wall. In passing down the spout, its foot , niugs gave way, and the culprit fell across the wall, and became senseless,. In this state he was taken into custody, and lodged in the guardhouse, with his ribs broken by the fall, and otherwise wounded. An inquest was called on the body of the deceased, and a verdict of wilful murder was returned. The deceased, John Connor, was a native of county Water ford, and had been one year in the service. The prisoner, John Bridgeman, is a native of Liverpool, only 18 years old. Another account mays, that one of the three muskets was double-loaded, and that Bridgeman tried to commit suicide with it by drawing the trigger with his feet, but it did not explode. SHIPWRECKS OFF THE IBLE OP MAN.—This chan nel was visited by a tremendous storm, commencing at four o'clock on Sunday morning, and increasing until twelve, and continuing until the evening, No fewer than three 'eras were wrecked in Douglas bay. The brigantine , D eli g ht " bound to Dublin, fared the wont. She struck on St. Mary s tuck, and sprang a leek. Tke crow Wok to a best that I 1 141 41 ,/ Ji I uyr