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mi t m i n t, io prejudge the question, by entering into worse d • , .ils that have been reported to us. Enough b an bee• .aid to show that Mr. Duscomne was fully warrant ! in his desire for a parliamentary com mittee. 'raked the only alternative for its appoint ment w. be a speedy reform, which may render the iteratioi .f the demand useless. The t h:ie and the press were exclusively occupied in Pari• Thursday with the diplomatic documents laid bet , the British parliament, and which were publish. 1. in extensa in all the principal journals. The imi scion produced by this mass of evict( nee on public o ion will no doubt be profound and general. How M. Guizot can ever clear himself before the F renc h ',Mille of the grave charges brought against him um , . Pot by the British cabinet or by the British De ets, b , t by the most widely circulating and moat h i gaenti .1 journals of his own country, which must i n ( a im, bo assumed to be the exponents of the opinion the majority, is difficult to conceive. On •uhject of the Spanish marriages, Le Om stitotion..l says: Th e y low he viewed in d;fferent ways, and their conse ounces , .f,rently appreciated ; but those who de not believe that the.ore intimate ur.iou of the two families which re ign in ir ince and Spain has been too dearly purchased at the pr i ce .0 the fall of Cracow, of the danger attending li berty in Europe and of the isolation of France, as well as those wtt think that the po,tpoi.ement of this union would have b e , etenacil with gr e at uileitntages for France and for liberty. are at bast Unatlialol.l4 on one point—the desire, for the honour of our country, that the government may no t be ju , ty convicted of a breach of sincerity and goal tr i m. France is great enough to allow her government to attain its n ils without recourse to duplicity. Now, let any One read the d euments that we have this day put under the eves More r,.adero, and let them tben judge if the good name of our orwiitry ho. not reeek eil in the course of this negotia tion amt.( k ruel blow. M. 6 ilizot has never ceased to repeat in writine as well as in the Chamber that the Whig minis try had in this question followed a policy different from that of the T. ries. - CoNtitestionnel then 'proceeds to show from the documents that this charge must have been wilfully Until the 29th of August (continues the ('onstilationnel), the Engli-h cabinet gave, at London, Madrid, and Paris, terry proof of its desire to cooperate with France in favour of Don Ent que. M. Guizot and M. Bresson were nut igno rant of this; and M. Guir.t promised Lord Normanby, on the 2Sth ..f August, that he would write to that effect to W. Brew n : vet three days after M. Guizot announced to Lord Norinonfiy that the two marrows were decided on, but that t tey roultinot take place at the sane that., without, however, engaging to wait till the queen should have issue. We now know that the two marriages were solemnised at th e mote moment. Wzett Lord Normanby was informed of this he returned to 14. Guizot and renunded him of his promise th it the marriages should not take place at the same utne ; and do you know how M. Guizot &MU reed ? " I meant to say," said hr. " that the queen would be mar ried first;" to which Lord Normanby replied that he took M. Guizot's words in their natural signification, and that he could not have imagined that N. Guizot merely meant that the queen should walk before the Infanta in the cere mony. Soeh are some of the facts that this correspondence brings to light. Le .Sheds, after citing the most important of these documents, and commenting upon them, concludes thus : - - We do fy any man with honourable sentiments, to what ever party he may belong, to read the recital contained in the despatch of Lord Normanby to Lord Palmerston, of the 25th of September last, without feeling his face reddened with shame. Either Lord Normanhy is an impostor un worthy of representing the government of a great country (and we know not that such a charge has ever been raised against him), or the conduct of M. Guizot has been su premely despicable. We know not if there exist in France, men, a system or a patty, who would be fiily repre.ented by him, but we are convinced that the nation will never avow ministers who, instead of supporting proudly her rights and her interests, are capable only of cheating, tricking, and lying (ne sarent gas ruses, !rcher, et maniac). Le Nati.mal says : Let all those who have under their eye the documents deposited by M. Guizot examine and compare them u we have don and for the honour of the name that they hear they will blush that France should be convicted of bringing into her foreign negotiations this wretched spirit of false hood, trickery, and base intrigue. We trust that no one in Europe will confound our country, proud of its good faith and generosity, with this government, whose acts, marked at once by cupidity and pusillanimity, must surround it is the face of Europe with universal discredit. It may, perhaas, be thought strange that we should thus condemn it before recounting the circumstance.; but we yield to a lively and involuntary impulse of indignation ; we are not masters of ourselves when we behold the government, calling itself the government of France, incessantly shifting, lying, and, in fine, resorting to the most despicable subterfuges to diaarow their own words. After commenting on the despatches, and espe cially that of Lord Normanby of the las Sept. , Le National thus concludes : There is only one excuse f,r M. Guizot, that which has been urged in turn by M. Lafitte, M. Thiers, M. Moli, and by M. Guizot himself, in ene of his notes to Lord Pal merston; it is, that he, M. Guizot, was really kept in igno rance of what was going on. But if M. (iuizot were thus kept in ignorance, why is he minister? If through ignorance he denied the circumstances, with what contempt must he not be covered in his own eyes! The Chamber may be edified now as to the way in which this negotiation has been conducted. We have only disclosed two striking features of it, but the remainder of the physiognomy will not belie them. We will prove this by producing the whole. Le C'ommerce, alter devoting several columns to an analysis of the documents, concludes as follows: While the ministry heaped upon France such embarrass ments, the three Northern courts were preparing to con fiscate Cracow. The rupture of the English alliance was the signal for this odious project. Francs protested against that violation of the treaty of Vienna, but what weight could such a protestation have, proceeding from a cabinet' which bad itself just violated the conditions of good faith. You reproach Russia, Austria, and Prussia, with having plotted in the dark against the liberty of a people, and we share your indignation; but did not you also, while you' still pretended to negotiate with the ambassador of your ally, plan in the dark the rupture of your alliance with that friendly power ? Your power and your moral force have received a rude cheek. Those who act like you have but one resource left, which is an appeal to brute force. But for you, you are only rhetoricians, and yet have destroyed the sole arm you are capable of wielding,—the arm of logic and of reason. The project of law for the encouragement of the importation of grain was adopted in the Chamber of Peers on B'ednesday, and presented to the King the same evening. We are assured that the answer of M. Guizot to the last note of Lord Palmerston has been sent to London without being previously communicated to Lord Normanby. The ambassador has not dissembled his resentment at this slight. It is stated that this answer is of considerable length, but contains little more than a repetition of the former arguments. M. Guizot persists in throwing on Lord Palmerston the blame of the present coolness, and pretends that France has acted independently of England only when it was discovered that England had already adopted a separate proceeding. He affirms his con viction that Mr. Bnlwer had secret instructions not yet produced before the public. The quarrel begins to be very seriously r eg arded by the Chamber. It is mid that the opposition will attack the ministry on this question with a resolution of want of confidence. The Mole party will maintain that the cabinet is not in a situation to re-establish the foreign relations of the country. A slight fall took place in the Paris Bourse on Thursday. The Three per Cents. fell 30c., and the Five per Cents., lOc. The same decline was manifest in railway shares. The Nord fell 6f. 25e.; the Versailles, M. ; Lyons and Basle, 3f. 75c. ; the Orleans fell 2f. 50c. The Madrid mail of the 22nd arrived late at Paris on Thursday. El Clamor rubliro states that the Queen had accepted the resignation of all the ministers, and appointed M. Castro y Orozco to form a new Cabinet. M. Seijas Lozano has been appointed Vice-President of the Congress, having obtained 102 votes. The ministerial candidate had only 76. M. de Casa Irujo, appointed by the Queen to form has offe red the Ministry of Finances to M. A Millitit Mon, and that of Justice to Bravo - Murillo. M. Mon declined it. The ministry was said to be composed as follows : Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Casa Irujo ; Arteta ; of Grace and Justice, Bravo Mu rillo ; of Marine, M. Sotelo ; the Ministry of Finances has been given per interim to M. Sierra y :►soya, in the hopes that M. Mon will be ultimately prevailed on to accept it. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1847. intention of visiting the various districts of the colony in' person. Tine LtOIRLITIVE COUNCIL.—The council was called to meet " for despatch of business on Tuesday, SeptemberBth." A leader, which appeared in the Sydney Mamma Herald of the 2nd of that month, has all the appearance of emanating front the more judicious leaden of public opinion, and indi cates ► course which we have no doubt will be followed, not withstanding the half apprehended opposition of "two or three choice spirits on the opposition benches." Before the council was so abruptly prorogued by the late governor, after having sat for exactly one calendar month, it had been resolved on the 13th of June, by a majority of 18, to adjourn to the 21st of July, and arrangements were in progress for carrying on the business of the ceveral committees during the recess. On the 12th of June, the proclamation, pro roguing the council to the 25:h of August, was issued, and all these arrangements fell to the ground. There were then on the paper twelve orders of the day and five notices of motions. The orders of the day were:—The second reading of the Appropriation Bill, the second reading of the Bill fur Preventing the Election of Government Officers; the con sideration of the Governor's financial message; the conside ration of his message respecting the Coal Act Amendment Bill; and eight bills to be forwarded different stages. The notices of motions were Mr. Grants, on the sub ject of the coal monopoly, and some others relating to business of local interest. Six select committees were sit ting:—on the supreme court ; on Mr. Hope's bill for amend ing the Crown Loads Act; on the colonial department, &c. The article in the Herald advocates tit, post ponement, till 1817, of all the measures named, except of the Appropriation Act, which must be gone on with as a matter of course. In the Sydney 31orniny Herald for the 2nd and 3rd of September, the estimates for 1817 ere pub lished in part. The totals are:—civil and legislative esta blishments, 33,3.581. 15s. 4d. ; coroners' establishments, 1,8131. 17s. 6d. ; police establishments, :79,7541. 15s, 3d.; gaol establishments, 9,1621. 15, 10d.; medical establish ments, 5,332/. 15.. Tue LAW.—Mr. Brewster, a barrister, had made appli cation to the supreme court to have himself dim-barred, and allowed to practise as an attorney. The Chief Justice oh served, that by the llth section of the Charter of Justice, still in force in the colony, Mr. Brewster woo entitled to act as counsel, attorney, and proctor. But as rules of court, authorising the division of the profes-ion., have been acted on some years without challenge, his Honour was of opinion they ought to be upheld. Public opinion at Sydney appeara to have inclined to the combining of the professiona, or rather grades of the professsion ; and when one considers the greater economy of such an arrangement in a young colony, and the distinguished men, bred under a similar arrange ment in New England and Virginia, who gave independ ence to the United States, we cannot wonder at the prefer ence. A public meeting had been held at Sydney to agitate for the reform, or failing that, the abolition of the admiralty courts, well known to be a nuisance by all the shipping in terests of the empire. NiISCELLANEOUS.—Mr. M.l.eay had been dangerously ill; but, under the skilful management of Dr. Nicholson and another Sydney physician, although upwards of 80, he was understood to he recovering. Mr. Latrobe, superintend lent at Port Phillip, had arrived in Sydney to pay his re.pceto Ito the new governor. There arc to be three Australian bishops. Tne bishop of Australia (par excellence) is to have ' his salary reduced from 2,0001. to 1,500/. The bitihops at Port Philip and Moreton Bay are to have 8661. each; of which .5001. from the colonial fund, and 3661. from the colo nial bishops' committee. NORFOLK ISLAND.—Twenty-two of the mutineer. at this penal settlement had been tried, two of whom, John Gardiner and John Jackson, had received sentence of death. Sentence of death had also been recorded against William Dunstan, Abraham Ferrer, and John Booth. The remainder were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. On the 19th of August twenty-s;x remained to be tried—sixteen on the charge of wilful murdar, and ten for aiding and abetting them. vice Brev. LieuL-Col. Macgregor, dee.; Lieut. G. B. Marna, to be rapt., by par., vice Mow, who ret.; Bre. Lieut. 11. ?donna to be first lieut., by par. ; J. W. Madden to b.. ,'e. limit., by par. 9th F.- Fan. C. P. Catty to be lieut., without par., vice Blaekburn, whore prom. by not taken place ; A. J. Down to be elm 9th F.—F.. It. Berry to be en,. without par., vice Turner, whose app. has been cane. 12nd F.—Lieut. F. P. Harding to be capL, without par., vice G. Mainwaring, who ret. on 1.-p.; Ens. A. G. W.dch to be lieut.; Eno. J. A. &ad, from TOth F., to he coo. 32nd F.—Capt. A. C. Williamo, from h.-p. RI. Staff Corp.. to he rapt. vice!. E. M. Kyrie, who exch.; Lieut. W. Bellingham to be rapt., by par., vice tt taws, who ret.; EMS. M. Turner to be lieut., by pur.•, li. Sullivan to be vim, by par. Oth F.—To be Lieut.., without par.: Env. W. Dawson, vice Gor don, app. edit. ; Ens. G. R. Coxon, vice /Werra, app. edit. To be F.nsign., without pur.: G. L. llobto, vice Damon; J. A. Mizell, flee Ckixori. sst t V.—Capt. J. likkkthwalt, from Coat. to be rapt., vice It. C. Hamilton, who exch. ' • Lieut. C. F. Henry to be opt., , by par., vier Micklethwart, who ret.; Ens. V. Wow to be lieut., by pur.: O. N. Latham to be ran, by pur. sSth F.- -Awiat.-`iurg. 11. C. For, from 3lst F., to be aaiiiit..aurg., vice Smith, app. to Staff. 60th F.—Lieut. A. H. 11. Mercer. from 3rd F., to be lieut., rice Warburton, who rich.; Amin. ..Sung E. E. 11. O'Brien, M.D., from the Ceylon Bilk Regiment, to be aasiat..aurg., vim Docker, app. to 2nd F. - • 67th F.—Ens. F. W. Ercedon to be lieut., without pur , vice Gra !‘am, app. odic 66th 1 , • —Lieut. J. 11. Edgar to be mot., without pm., rice Beer. ligor K. W. Hooper, who ret. on f.-p.; Lkut C. E. Law, from 4.-p. 31st F., to be heut. 70th F.—O. J. Travers to be em., without pur., vke Feud, app. to _2nd F. -- 94thI.—Asecist.-Fkinr. W. Wrgta 5f.D., from Staff, to be ameist.- PPM., viee Turnbull, dee. Cevk,n Rifle Meat. —Fro. R. M. /Wawa, from 73rd F., to be first lieut., without pur., vim lawyer, whose prom. has been cane.; Assist.- Surg. J. Newton, from Staff, to be surd. ; Amiat.-Surg. F. M. Tweddell, from titaff, to be maist...turg.; .1. liarobaut to be avast.- aura., vieeintrien, upp. to foth F. Cape Mounted Riflemen--J. V. W. 11. Webb to be em., without par., vie, Smith, whoto app. has been cane. Beaver. --CAM. J. Miekletlewait, of 49th F., to be major in the array ; (.sept. G. F. ]tore, of sth F., to be major In the army ; Capt. A. C. Williams, of 3and F., to be major in the army. HOPFITAL Srsam.—Amist.-surg. J. S. Smith, M.D., from 55th F., to be amist.-surd. to the forms, vice Weston, app. to 94th F. ADIfIBSTON OF MISSIONARIES INTO THE RrSRAC TORY WARDS OF WORKHOVSP.A.—Yesterday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Board of Directors and Guardians, a long and stormy discussion ensued on the subject of the confirma tion of a minute passed at the previous board, to allow the missionaries of the London City Mission to attend the re fractory and casual wards of the workhouse for the purpose of exhortation and instruction to the inmates. Mr. Low moved, and Mr. Arland seconded the noreconfirmation of this minute, and on the suggestion of Mr. Bushill, the Rev. P. Moody, the chaplain of the workhouse, was called in and examined as to the necessity for ouch s proceeding. The rev. gentleman stated that he eo.laitlered the introduction of missionaries into the refractory wards as wholly unnecessary and entirely useless. He had himself tried to reclaim the inmates, and had found their minds so depraved as to be entirely unfit to receive moral and religious instruction. His two exhortations had been turned into ridicule, and religious book,. placed in the ward had been torn to pieces. Ile thought it was no use to force religion and morality on such a clam of persons, and he therefore had given up visiting the wards.—The Rev. E. Scobell, Mr. P. Laurie, and several other gentlemen, contended that the statements of the chap lain had entirely made out a case, rather than otherwise, for the introduction of these missionaries, who were not merely dissenters, but who acted under a public board jointly under the control of dissenters and members of the established church. In St. Pancras and St. James's, Clerkenwell, a great deal of practical good had resulted from such intro duction. Mem*. Beal:till and Putter, both of whom had been previously opposed to the introduction of the mission aries, had, consequent on the chaplain's statement, become convinced of the advantages °rising from their admission, and said they should support the confirmation. Ultimately the motion for non-confirmation was negatived, and the • " - minute was confirmed by a majority of 15 tO . 5. CLERICAL AND MEDICAL LIFE ASSURANCE So t:nat.—Yesterday a general meeting of the usurers in this society was held at their offices, Great Rivaell.street, con vened to confirm the proceedings of a meeting held on the 7th instant, Dr. Moore in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Mr. Pincus!, the secretary, by which it appeared that a bonus of 51. 3e. per share was divided to the proprietors, and to the assured a suns of 111,0311.; being equivalent, in reversion, to 77,2501.; and leaving 51,500!. to be laid by and accumulate so a reserved fund. Thcss minutes were unanimously confirmed, and their Ming no other business to transact, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. TILE NEW BUILDING Acr.—On Thursday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Deptford and Green wich was convened at the Swan Inn, Deptford, for the pur pose of petitioning parliament to repeal the above-named act, or the obnoxious and oppressive clauses contained in the same; W. J. Evelyn,Esq.. in the chair; when the follow ing resolutions were adopted: That the existing Buildings Act dors not secure either safety or health in a simple and ..itii,tictore manner." —"That the interference of dist, let surveyor. in small matters, their fora, the lee of the official referee, are burdensome to the class of small builders and ought to be abolished or modithil."— "That it is desirable to ho ve an appeal frau the judgment of the official refer. e."—" That the act, as a whole, is unintelligible, and needs in every clause to be wised by peartkal men, to remove from it all objectionable and oppicianve reAtrictions." A petition to the House of Commons was read, founded on the foregoing resolutions, and also a memorial to the Lords Commissioners of Woods and Forests, which were also unanimously adopted. HOLBORN COMMISSION OF SEW ERS.—The commis sioners of this division have decided on making the following extension of sewer:—ln John-street and Rodney-street, Pentonville, 980 feet long; in Penton-street, tie., 1,020 feet long; in Castle-street, Finsbury, 230 feet long; in Compton street, Clerkenwell, 790 feet; in Turnmill-street, Clerken well, 230 feet long ; and an outlet sewer at the north end of the Linens) +road (a reasonable proportion of the expense being contributed by the owners of the property adjoining); in Little Guildford-street, towards which the governon of the Foundling Hospital have agreed to advance 2.501.; in Henry. street, Hampstead-road, a length of 1,400 feet, at the expense of the commissioners.—lt appeared from Mr. Roe's (the surveyor's) annual report, that 34,038 feet of sewers had been formed last year, and that above 100 miles had been practically flushed. In consequence of the application of the flushing apparatus, with the various improvements adopted by the court, there had been a saving last year of 7,2601., and of 30,6161. since the flve years preceding, during which time the principles had been in practice. IRELAND. DUBLIN 39. 28 The Mail, asthe interpreter of landlord feeling, has not yet spoken freely respecting Lord John Russell's statement; but, in its slight allusion to the state ment last night, there was a tendency to cavil. The general opinion is, however, that the country will regard the scheme with hope and satisfaction. A commission, ordered by the Woods and Forests, is sitting in Dublin to hear and report on the modest claims of the Dublin corporation to concentrate in themselves all the various governing boards of the city—such as the ballast, paving, police, &c. The inquiry is likely to be protracted, as all the boards, whose rights are sought tobe invaded, are represented by counsel, and will go into evidence. I may confirm the intelligence relative to the Galway election in my letter of Monday, that the Solicitor-General will be returned, though, perhaps, not without a contest. The division between the Old and Young Icelanders will have produced this result. Emigration, for the present year, has already com menced. The quays of Dublin are crowded with parties preparing to start for the New World. The Limeriek:Chroniele states that emigrant vessels are to sail from that port so early as the 13th of Febniary. The markets there are advancing, notwithstanding the government announcements. Ills may be so as respects Limerick, but it is certain that the general effect of the measures developed by Lord J. Rowell has been to depress the markets; and this effect will be inevitably augmented as soon as the able state ment of his lordship on Monday night shall have been made known throughout the country. At the same time it is right to state that the opinion of the best informed people in Ireland is, that we shall have no material reduction in the rates of breadstuffs be fore April, and that it is quite probable they may rise higher than at present before the spring arrivals reach us. _ _ There have been 6,549 quarters of Indian corn imported into Limerick within the past week. Some flour, biscuit, and meal have been also brought in, but the quantity was trifling. Still the exports of corn are not inconsiderable, one vessel alone carrying from the port of Limerick over 1,000 barrels of oats. The export of bacon, batter, and corned pork con tinues very large. Whisky has receded in price since the announcement that sager would be admitted into consumption in breweries and distilleries the reduc tion is fully Gd. per gallon. I have the best reason to believe. that oar Irish distillers never had such a stock on hand as they hold at the present moment. The reason is, that they anticipated the prohibition of distillation from gram, in consequence of which, they were stimulated to over consumption of corn. Thus, the misdirected efforts of the prohibitionists effected the very . object it was intended to pre vent; for this increased consumption tended, of course, to raise the price of corn to the general con sumer. potation of corn gave rise, yesterday, to several remarks in the Chamber of Representatives. One member, M. Dela haye, observed that th ose measures would have a prejudicial eff'ect on Belgium, and urged ministers to take off the duty on cattle imported into this country. The Minister of the Interior remarked, in reply, that Belgium was the first country to open the ports to corn and to prohibit the expor tation of certain articles of food. With respect to cattle, he begged to observe that the abolition of the import duty would not be of any advantage to the poor, who, even in times of prosperity, could seldom afford to purchase meat, and that such a measure would prove injurious to the in ternts of the graziers of this country. He added that there was no intertion on the part of the government to take off the duty referred to. A now Congress of Deputies from the liberals throughout the country will be heel in Brussels, in the end of March next. It is proposed to elect a deputy for every ten thousand persons. The principal topic of debate will be the reform of the law of elections and the diminution of the influence of the clergy. The government has refined to accede to the request of the town council of Liege to sus pend pros ision ally the duty on foreign cattle entering Belgium by the frontiers. The irontuasters of this country have resolved to maintain their present prices. Their next meet ing is fixed fur the 4th of next March. SPAIN.—EI 77o -inn° of the 20th inst. states that on the evening of the 12th the courier of the French em bassy was stopped and plundered at two leagues from Miranda, on the Ehro. His carriage was stopped by three men, who took from him his watch and 750 francs in silver. GERMANY.—VIENNA.—The Emperor has ordered a general mourning, during three months, on the occasion of the death of the Archduke Palatine of Hungary. THE PRUSSIAN CoNsTrrurros.—lf we are to credit the Augsburg Gazette, the new Prussian constitution was to have been proclaimed on the 21th lust., the anniversary of the birth-day of Frederick the Great. A few day, will show if this long-announced and never-forthcoming constitution hoe at length made its appearance. We read in a Frankfort journal of the 24th : " The new proclamation of the Duke of Brunswick, dated London, the lit inst., has been forwarded to the Germanic diet, which resumed its sittings on the 14th. This proclama tion, which is against the existing on'er of things under the reigning duke, and against the sale of several public domains in the duchy, is drawn up in a style which would spoil even the best canto." The Grrnsan journal of F•ankfort states, from Vienna. that the Archduke Stephen, who by a decree of the Emperor has been appointed as the RUCCeII , OI . , ad interims, of the late Palatine of Hungary, will be elected Palatine by the diet, most of the Hungarian nobles being favourable to his nomination. K(ENIGSBERO, J.%N. 17.—The civic authorities of this place (writes a correspondent of the S ,, e.ion Garelte) have addressed a petition to the king respecting the incorpo ration of the kingdom of Poland with ltus•ia, an event which they contend would prove injurious to their mercan• , tile interests, inasmuch 1111 it would be followed by the aboli tion of the Code Napoleon, the commercial portion of which l i is in force in the duchy of Warsaw. SAXON'i.—The states of Saxony were opened on the 21st inst. by a speech of the Minister of State Konneritz. The lower chamber was to hold its first sitting on the 22nd. CRACOW.—ne Crarnir Ga:elle of the 21st inst. published the following notification :—" On the 29th January the territory of Cracow will be incorporated in the imperial customs line, in such manner that the frontier on the Prus sian and Polish side will form the customs line." GALICIA.—The accounts from Galicia give an alarming report of the state of that province. Misery and famine prevail to a fearful extent, and bands of hungry men attack the travellers on the high-way. Anarchy reigns among the people as well as in the government. The pea sants feel somewhst ashamed of the excesses of last spring, and the hands which committed the greatest devastation' are now said to have consisted chiefly of soldiers on leave, under employt4 and other, who wire joined by all the lowest rabble of the towns and c wary. The government does no. thing, prevents nothing, and the orders from the different heads of the districts contradict each other. The one com pels the peasants to pay the comer, whilst another deludes them with false promises, and leaves their execsees unre strained. Great insubordination is manifest in the army ; the soldiers loudly proclaim that the lands of Galicia ought to he distributed amceig them. The complaints addressed to Vienna on the subject temain unanswered, the same non conformity seems to rei•rn among the high as among the lower authorities, and the orders of Prince Metternich often clash with these of M Kellourot, and, at times,neither agree with Count Stadion. Unhappily, the proprietors of Galicia are the sufferers on every tide. BET OF TuNts.—The Bey arrived at Tunis on the morning of , he 30th ult., by the steam frigate Labrador, placed at his service by the French go vernment. The Bey and all who accompanied him hare re turned in good health. Tit , re is some jealousy expressed, at the Sublime Porte, with rezard to the compliments paid to the Bey in Paris, which are considered a little beyond the bounds of diplomatic etiquette. There have been various conjectures on the failure of the Bey's intended visit to Eng- Portajoglio Maltese, Jan. 14. HAVANNAH.—EXTRACT FROM A LETTER, 15TH Dec., 1816.—" Nothing neu from Mexico. A report was current a few days ago that about 1,000 men, belonging to Taylor's army, composed of Irishmen, Germans, and of nearly every other nation under the sun, had passed over to the Mexicans; but I cannot give it any belief. The Ohio is fitting out for the Gulf of M, :leo ; and the Albany, at pre sent here, is to sail for the ~ ,me destination, carrying a num ber of officers for the squadron and Tampico. I dined with the captain and several other of the officers of the Albany the other day; and it is the opinion of the former that no attack will be made en the Castle d'Ulloa, but that Vera Cruz will be taken, and the garrison of San Juan starved out. lam of opinion they are afraid of the fort ; as, in case of a repulse, it would Itu such a disgrace to their arms, that whatever they may do on land, they will not be able to blot it out. It is ridiculous to see a nation that talks of giving John Bull a thrashing, unable to take a fort like San Juan d'Ulloa, with a gaff son of Mexican engineers, &c. A schooner has just returned from the Gulf, after discharging her cargo at Tobssco. Another is about to sail for Vera Crux, with wines, brandy, &c." AMERICA, LtvEarooL, JAN:iI.-fiiTEpaminondas, Capt. Lambert, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, has brought one day's later news from Charleston. The commer cial news only possesses interest. A brisk de mand for cotton took place the day before the Epa minondas sailed. In rice also a good demand had prevailed. A few days later news had been received from Savanna. On Dec. 31, a good sale of rice had taken place. In sugar nothing material had been done, as very little had been received ; the demand, however, for new molasses had kept pace with the supply. BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.—H.M. packet Express has arrived at Falmouth, and brings news from Rio de Janeiro to the 16th December. - Freight, 15,0001. in gold from the mines. Passengers : Mr. Buchwold, Mr. Proudfoot, Mr. Pollard, Mr. Cowl (late master of the Arethusa, lost totally Sept. 18, at Patagonia), and Mr. Tonnehen. The American flag affair is temporarily settled, by the commodore's sailing for the River Plate. The affairs at Monte Video in slalu quo, waiting com mands from England. From an authentic source it is learnt that no fur ther official transactions will take place between the United States minister and the Brazilian govern ment, until advices have been received from the Wash ington cabinet ; the United States commodore would return to Rio by that time. The United States go vernment intended to have a naval depot at St. Francisco; whether recent affairs will cause a change of purpose or not, remains to be seen. Else, nothing of moment had taken place, or is known by this arrival. The crop of coffee is large, but of inferior quality. The Express is freighted with 15,0001. in gold from the mines. Commercial transactions have been small, with the exception of coffee. The sales of that article during the week, from the Ist to the 11th of December, amounted to 50,000 bags, at an advance of GO rein. The exports are 4,307 bags to Antwerp, 4,850 to Baltimore, 5,674 to Hamburg, 2,663 to Has - re, 1,886 to Lisbon, 4,460 to Marseilles, 11,510 to New Orleans, 1,700 to Philadelphia, and two bags to Liverpool. COLONIAL. NEW SOUTH WALES. From Sydney we have newspapers to the 4th of September. IN ft GOVERNOIL-Sir Charles Fitzroy's debut appears to have given universal satisfaction. On Monday, the 3rd of August, the principal civil officers of the government went on board the Carysfort and escorted him to the landing place. On Monday, the 10th of August, a deputation (con sisting of the Speaker, the Mayor of Sydney, and some leading colonists), appointed at a public meeting, waited on the Governer, to ascertain to what extent he was disposed to assist in introducing railways into the colony. His excellency professed himself favourable to their object, and suggested that the provisional committee should communicate their views to him in writing, along with the statistics they had collected. In the course of the interview Sir Charles observed that " be wished it to be understood that he had come to the colony with his mind perfectly unprejudiced and unbiassed on all questions, and was deter mined to judge for himself." He added that "he did not feel bound to follow the course pursued by Sir G. Gipps, either on the railway or any other question." On the 28th of August, an intimation appeared in the government ga zette, that the Governor would receive public officers or other persons wishing to arc him on public business on Mon days and Thursdays in each week, between 11, A.K., and 2, p.m. It is added, 'At the same time his excellency wishes it to be clearly understood, that gentlemen from the country, or any other persons wishing to communicate with i ll b on business which will admit of no delay, will be received on any day or at any hour that he may happen to be at home." sir Charles had expressed an point nary fugal, of 0.- Palconer, . 4th Drag. Bowdoitt, Richanixon journals of to-do I 4'. FRANCE.—The ladies of Lim have have g ot up Sir Charles observed that "he wished it to be understo od Private theatricals in aid of the poor. The first rePmenta" that he had come to the colony with his mind perfec tl y bon brought in a sum of not less than 2,000 f., and the unprejudiced and unbiassed on all Woad at least as much. The lady of the prefect was mined to judge for himself." He added that d One of the performs". The town has voted 3,000 f. to buy feel bound to follow the course pursued by bread for the indigent. p • Ti PIE NEW . LANET.—The bureau of longitudes o f of ins bar come to an agreem t with the principal astro- tette, either on the railway or any other question." il "tica'' and he did not • was deter- (Prom last night's Gazette.) DOWNING-STREET, Majesty' JAN. 28.—The Queen has ap- E .o Ex rd . d Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Sir 0. oirm pointed Sir G. H. Seymour, her s ni y On the 28th °827 an intimation appe ared in the government ga. August, an — would receive nblic omen) or that the Governor .p . m Por i : tugal, to be • Knight Grand Cross of the Most lion. Order of the Bath. MerriNo tic COWL—The Cork journals oft o-day arc was reported in the no the o d biecti . on . ns to the publication of th • - - -.., ---- --- um tesumony or u itnesssa, ana tney were au new, ne saw Daily Nell* at ihe iiine. The gentle - occupied with a report of a meeting held on men who bad been parties to convening that meeting were a matter by railway . : what they did want was, that &'neaday, at which the High Sheriff presided , and which was not (he said) at all deeirous of doing away with the convey- called fur the purpose of onranisi " a tenant union," for ance of goods their depositions. It war for the discretion of the court to order • • now o the purpose o compelling the lanlorde to . grant oompensa- every t facili should be given for the conveyance of goods by t h e p e u th ee b t i en don for tenant improvements. The condition of the north- otherwise ; the public might then choose between east of Ireland happily by no means approaches the afflict- the two modes of transit. At present, he believed, great to mew, without reference to the use that might be made of publication in another court. There was no objection to , except that nom of Lord Redeadalc upon the supposed authority of " Crowe v. Dal Rio." But th at came was found not to bear out the dictum in the note. The condition of the other rovinces, more esneeiall the Mustice had been done al, whom the tradesmen end merchants of Birmingham were is p , .......—y 1 to the carriers, a body to him on public business on on- WARAFFIGE. Joe. 29. cause in this court had by the death of the witnesses arrived t ot io ur n t to th o r rd rr e f r orr pu b b o lica uhotumed tion of . th w e ith ir ros dep t :si . tions. The motion town of Europe, sail M. Ga e na n r , Backe Struts •, and Her • other persons wishing to we P .._ lot Life Gds.—Porp -Wrjor W. Rime to be quartAnaq., rs* R. south and west. I have before me now a Belfast journ at that point in which the point in court usually exercised its disare- which does not contain a single record of a death by dertitu- particularly indebted for the great consideration they had ever 1 ll • t° Five the name of \e t une to the sew planet din- days and Thursdays in each week, between 11, A.M., and 2, h. . thwl. ref • rku h. t... P. F R. Pomo* to be win, by pd.. dee ti p . , and th e relief committees in that town and in the ad- shown tot heir wants, wishes, and convenience. The speaker "red under the iudi ti of M. Leverrier. The planet p.m. It is added, 'At the same time his excellen fro cy will h, denoted . ea OTIS , wishes fal t ooner th jaunt diatricti are in full and beneticial operation. There concluded by moving a resolution, which was unanimously are 1,537 paupers in the Belfast workhouse, amongst whom carried, to the effect that " a monopoly in the carriage of _ trident. persons wishing to communicate ~,,,,,,,,e e, e5h „,,,,,,, e ,. h ., . °tett on the astronomical chart by the sign of • it to be clearly understood, that gentlemen m . e country, or any other Rowdoin, who ret.; Garnet T. M. Clarke to be hear, by pur.; H. T. Mai will admit 0 no 3 ,, i F. __ L i e ,. G. wa ,...„. , ~Before the Master of the Rolle. MUSSELSJAN. . etr..h that he who b our hit,p,w. ,,, . ham 60th F to be hest., v ee in the past week nineteen deaths occurred ; 769 persona goods by railway companies ought, if possible, to be averted." Rot•ta v. ITERSTER.—DIIineToWI or JOINT-STOCK COW. Sreß ee LG Peet it ed l4.—B ' 2B Th. Sunday . widelthayhttrmillpe:oren:lilryrdonoobuoodyness 5h F --Capt. 0. P. Row, horn *-p. 9th L. Grape., to be rapt., were sheltered during the week in the night asylum, to return to Brumele on next The , to be at home." Sir Charles had ex pr an t .Mr. W. R. Lloyd said the interests of the merchants, ma°u• PANtEs ttE9TRAINED PROM PuBLIAIRINO Tin tiesx* In ♦ 4".. M, at minis • tend measures in England relating to the ire- may happenday w or at any f—-' Pm. 0 • 4P ' • VAN DIEMF.N'S LAND. From Hobart Town our arrivals are to the 14th of August. Sir Hardley Wilmot ha& conceded the objection able points in the municipal bills. The Attorney-General had given notice of his intention to introduce a clause appro priatang the sum of 800/. for commissioners' dinners. It is not said whether this was considered an objectionable clause. There are Launceston papers in town to the Gth of Septem. her. The vain markets both there and at Hobart Town were adcancinc. The estimstta had nut yet been laid be fore the Council. _ . NEW ZEALAND. We have journals from Wellington to the 15th of August. They fully corroborate the accounts of the opera tions against Rangihaeata to the name date, previously re ceived via Auckland, but add nothing to them. They con tain a brief notice of an inter( sting expedition of discovery in the middle island, and some statistical details. Mr. Charles Ileaphy, with a party, were engaged on an excursion to the southward, along the west coast of the middle island. The latest accounts from them were dated the second week of May, at Totara, a point 10 miles to the I south of Cape Foul•weather. They had reached Knwatiri, at the mouth of the Buller river (their original destination), on the first of the month, and were on their way to Amur*, a native settlement, 50 miles further to the southward, where the land was reported to be excellent. The mouth of the Buller river is seven miles north of the" Three Steeples." There is sheltered anchorage under Cape Foul.weather in smooth water. The river is large at the mouth; the land level, of first-rate quality, hut heavily timbered. At Kara men, due west of Nelson, lx hind the snowy mountain Motueka, there is a fine large river, with a fine district of woodland : northward of that again is a fine valley, the Wakapoi, corn munieating with the Hauriri of Massacre Bay. The party expected to reach Araura in a week. It was their intention to remain 10 days there, then cross the island to Port Cooper, which was said to be a journey of a week, and reach Nelson in July. The rivers between Araura and Port Cooper were sail to be impwsabie in the winter time. The coast road had proved steep, rocky, and intersected with jungle. The following table has been published in the go vernment Gazette. The New Zealand :•;perfator points out several inaccuracies. At Port Nicholson the deaths in 1845, it says, were 21, the marricres 13—inverting the arrange ment of the table. The deaths et Banks's peninsula have also the appearance of exaggeration. We give, however, the official account as the official gave it: Return of the population and of the marriages, births, and deaths in 1846. Aboriginal TotsL .. Populaloo. Mau. Yam. Makin Fero. Males. Fern. County of Filen, Pariah of Walteraate NM 1547 138 96 2220 1643 Rowel —.. U In 35 22 KUPou 62 27 620 400 672 427 Hamm Mad . 4l 34 41 34 °rest Barrier Island County of Bedford, Bay of Islands District of Port Nichol:on 2208 1866 612 108 2820 2274 District of Nclaan ....... 1546 1361 314 26.1 1890 1629 Dialect of Near Plymouth 612 401 400 300 1012 781 1444 . 1c4 of Wanganui ll5 75 327 269 112 344 Bank. • PeTlinStlia Births. Marriages Deaths. County of Eden, perish o(Weitemste 147 12 31. Wendarel 1 Kaipars 5 .......... .... ....• —...... District dPort Nictolson 171 21 13 District of Nelron lOO 22 14 District of Nen . Plynunath 6l 10 6 District of Wanganui . ..... 2B 13 11 4 Banks' Prninsulit 9l 52 • Of thin number linnet sere soldiers, who died of 'rounds re ceived by them in the supprension of the rebellion in the north. Zile court. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. Their RR. MI. the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise this morning in the grounds around the Castle. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. H.R.H. was accom panied by Count Alexander Mensdorff, and was attended by Lord Camoys, General Bowles, and Colonel Seymour. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. 11.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge left town yester day_for his residence at Kcw. RETURN OF THE COURT TO TOWN FOR THE SEA sox.—Her Majesty will celebrate the seventh anniversary of her union with 11.11.11. Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, on the 10th of next month. The court, according to present arrangement.. will take its departure from Windsor Castle for town, either on Saturday, the 6th, or on Tues day, the 9th Feb., and the royal family will proceed to Os borne House at the end of the month. A deputation for the repeal of the window duties, consisting of Lord Duncan, M.P. ; Sir B. Hall, M.P.; Sir Do Lacy Evans, M.P., Mr. G. Daniell, Mr. Langham, Mr. Smith, Mr. Crouch, Mr. Walker, Mr. Roebuck, M.P. ; Sir C. Na pier, M.P. ; Mr. Ma.terman, M P. ; Mr. Pattison, Mr. D. Fitzgerald, M.D.; Mr. Morrie, Mr. W. Thom., Mr, Walker, Mr. Hooken, Mr. W. Geesin, Mr. G. Keith, Mr. Tyrrell, and Mr. Nichols, had an interview with Lord J. Russell yesterda, at his official residence in Downing street. The Right lion. H. Ellis had an Interview with the Earl of Cla rendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Hon. E. Curzon had also an interview with the noble earl yesterday. The C,ommiasioners of Railways, the Right Hon. E. Strutt, Earl Granville, Sir E. Ryan, and Major Bran dreth, went yesterday to the London-bridge railway ter• minus, and inspected the carriages of the Soutb-EuaternCont pany. The commissioners afterward. paid a visit of in spection to the terminus of the South-Western Railway at Nine Elms. Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colo nial-other, from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia, Van Diemen 's Land, Hong Kong, Ceylon, and the Cape of Good Hope, and also from the Lord l(igh Com missioner of the lonian Islands, and tho Govzrnor of Malta. SCOTLAND. COMMISSION IT THE LORD LIEUTENANT 07 AYE- S/HElL—lion. G. F. Boyle to be Comet, vice G. M. Coning 'lame, of Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry. APPREHENDED Riores—Aberdeen and the adjoining counties seem in an inflammable state. At Fraserburgh the symptoms of approaching disturbance were so obvious, that a detachment of soldiers were sent from Aberdeen, who were, however, countermanded when within lire miles of their destination. _ . REFRACTORY PRlNTEns.—Disagreement bat for enure time subsisted between the muter and journeymen printers of Edinburgh, and affair. have come to such a cri,s, that the leading houses have announced that if certain resolutions published by the workmen are not withdrawn in ten ilv}s, the whole partier adhering will be dismissed from the various offices. TURNIP BREAD, composed of equal parts of turnips and wheaten flour, has been made in Ayr, and is said to be highly palatable. PROVINCIAL. L INCASHIRE. ACCIDENT ON THE iILE -7- CHESTER ANn LEEDS RAlL WAY.—Yesterday morning, a collision teok place on this line, at the junction of the Oldham branch, between an Oldham and a Yorkshire luggage train. The Yorkshire train ran into the carriages at the rear of the Oldham train, immediately on its getting upon the main line, and broke two carriage. to pieces. The engine and the tender of the Yorkshire train were much damaged, hut the engineer and stoker escaped, the former receiving, however, several severe bruises. The etrzineer of the Oldham train had given the proper signals, but they had not been at'ended to by the driver of the other train. . A SHOCKING •CCIDENT took place at Kensley, in this county, during the night of Tuesday, by which four men were suffocated. The trustees of the late Mr. Fletcher are sinking a coal mine at Kersley, and two sets of men were emp"oycd—the sinkers by d iy, and the Krick-Betters by night. The four brick-setters were at work on the night in ques'inn, when about ten o'clock a volume of flame buret from the mouth of the pit. It was two o'clock on Wednes day morning before any men could eafilT descend into the mine, and then the bodies of the four brick-setters, J. Cow sill, W. Cowed], I'. Harrison, and W. Johnson, were found dreadfully burnt, and they were all quite dead. it is sup poeed that a quantity of gas had collected in the mine from a slight fl-sure in the side of the pit, and had caught fire from the candles of the workmen. An inquest was held on the bodies on Wednesday, and a verdict of "Died from suffoca tion " was returned. NOTTINGILtMBIIIRE. GENERAL DISTREAS IN NOTEINGRAIN.—Owing to the long-continued depression in trade, and the high price of provisions the working dames in Nottingham are suffering much privation. The Union workhouse, originally built to accommodate nee thousaed indisiduols, now numbers within its walls 1,014 souls. Out-door relief is given to 3,148 p:r eons, but there is besides these a very numerous class of honest, industrious, and well-deserving persona, who have large families, and little work to do, whose anxiety to keep from the parish renders them subject to much deprivation and misery, fur whom a spirit of commiseration has sprung up, and is manifesting itself among the wealthier classes. I A requisition havit.g teen halide': to the !slayer, a preliminary meeting wan held at the police-office, on Friday afternoon last, to devise means, if possible, to meet the exigencies of the case, but a difficulty was naturally felt an to whether, on a subscript i m being entered into, the benefit be confined to the house only, as in Radford and other parishes adjoining the town, multitudes are in • state of extreme want and destitution. The 'Ledford work house contains 109 persons, and the guardians are obliged to offer the house to a great number of applicants for relief, as it is found impossible to raise money in the parish to ply the out poor on the scale hitherto adopted. At the last meet log • call of 20 per cent was made for the relief of the poor. At Mssford there are 321 in the workhouse, and 2,845 per sons receiving out-door relief. A committee was formed, who sat the same evening at the police-office, with a deter mination to adopt some course forthwith for the relief of the general distress with which they are surrounded. Loc VL DIATEESB.—PERLIC 114 carry:G.—On Friday last, a requisition couched in the following terms was received by W. Cripps, Esq., Mayor " We, the undersigned inhabitant householders of the town of Nottingham, sym pathising with the great number of unemployed operatives, most respectfully end earnestly request that you would be I pleased to convene • public meeting, at your earliest cense mence, for the purpose of considering the distressed situation in I which hundreds of them are placed, and also to raise a public auhseription fur their relief." In consequence of this requi sition, it was ultimately decided that the meeting should be held at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon.—The Mayor, in opening the proceedings, said he should not occupy much of their time, because he thought that any general remarks as Ito the necessity of assisting their fellow-creatures in distress, would be impertinent. After various statements of destitution bad been made by a. eeral speakers with regard to Nottingham t.nd its neighbourhood, a lace manufacturer rose and said lie felt it his duty to state his opinion that the lace trade was not in that depressed state in which it had been on several former occasions. It was true that the " happy vale of Lenten," as it had been designated, was not in that flourishing condi tion in which it appeared some time ago; but it was only fair to state that New Leiden was an exception. Within the last three years, from 255. to 105. a week had been ob tained by the workmen. —Mr. Hurst (busier), begged leave, as far us hie knowledge went, to bear testimony to the hosiery trade, as Mr. Felkin had drne with regard to the lace trade, not being in that dis tressed state which had been represented. He did think they would not be forwarding the commercial interests of the town by entering into a subscription for the relief of the poor. Mr. Armtield (turning to Mr. Hurst) . Why did you not come sooner, and prevent us making fools of ourselves? (Laughter, and " hear, hear.") Mr. Hurst then remarked, that the reports which appeared week after week in the newspapers were anything tut conducive to the interests of the town trade. Ile maintained that in moat cares they were exaggerated statements. lie went on to say that seeing so few manufacturers present, and PO few individuals who were regularly in contact with the poor, he thought this movemeLt would be pre judicial to the trade of Nottingham. He begged they would not do the manufacturers an injustice by let ting it go forth to their customers and to the public that Nottingham was in such a distressed state that people might come to buy goods at almost any price.—Not inghoinshtre Guardian. AN INSATIABLE BOG.—The railway between Shipley and Keighley is progressing rapidly, with the exception of that part near Bingley Church called the Bingley Bog. Sixty tons of earth and stones are cast into this bog every hour of the day. The earth and stones on the east end are conveyed by steam from the Nobwood, and from the west by horses. Notwithstanding this immense quantity being dropped into the gulf at bolt ends by three lines of rails, all is swallowed up every morning; the heavy matter sinking thus, forces the lighter up, and makes a black spongy embankment on both sides. It is a question at what time it will be compactly filled up. When the line shall be finished from Shipley to Skipton, it will be one of the finest rides in the West Riding. On the north side, between Shipley and Bingley, stands the old Meek Romilies' Moor, extending almost to Stipton ; and on the south is the St. Ives estate. with its fields and:woods, with here and there a villa half hid among the trees, North-west of Castle Fields, at the distance of a few hundred yards, the lines cross tho river Aire. The river at this plate presents a fine appear ance, being as broad and as deep as it is at Leeds. The line then runs forward through the small villages called Marley and Thwaites, near lieinhley. Lt N;COl2inifiltE. THE HIGH -STREET, LINCOLN, NOT A PUBLIC ROAD.— However startling this may sound to the ears of the citizens, says a correspondent of the Lincoln Mercury, yet will it Pprove to be not far from the fact when the London and York oop and the Lincoln and Rosen railways are opened; then the High-street will cease to be a public thoroughfare, and will become a pt./rote rind, to be opened to the public only when it is not required by either of the companies. That they will want it pretty often a reference to the time-table of any important line will show: upon a moderate calculation, thirty to forty trains will cross the street every day: give ' five minutes so the average time the genii will be closed for each train, and the result will be that the Queen's highway, Lincoln High-street, will be closed against carriages or cattle for three or (our boon every day. It may be denied that so long a time as five minutes will he taken ; but let it be remembered that the gate. close at the time the trains ought to arrive and depart, in order to prevent the possi bility of accident; and the great irregularity of trains, every ono who has travelled by rail knows from experience. No produce of any description, no person, however urgent his business, however important every minute may be to him, can by any possibility pa-s whilst this homer is across the street, cutting off completely all communication with the important districts south of the city. Let any one count the number of vehicles and sheep and cattle which enter Lincoln on a market.day, and then fancy their waiting outside the gate—carts, waggons, gigs, horsemen, beast*, and sheep, all crowded together in one mass—and on the other side, carriage. and horsemen wanting to leave the city—and let him say whether he can submit long to so intolerable a nuisance. The street ought to be bridged over; and, if it be made long enough, it will not be so steep as to be much of an annoyance ; but if it prove a little inconvenient, that would be as nothing compared with what will come upon the cite if it be not built over. As to the great cost of such a briar, the citizens have nothing to do with it—they have to look to the enormous loss in their local trade, and to the decrease in the value of their property, which will assuredly follow if Lincoln High-stmt cease to be a thoroughfare." WARWICKSHIRE. ...--.--- THE RAILWAY COMP/MIMI AND Till CARRY'S° TRADE. —MEETINO AT BIUMINOHAM.—Yesterday ameetin of the manufacturers and others interested in the trade of Birming ham, took place at the Public-office in that town, the pur pose being to consider whether any, and what, measures should be adopted for averting a monopoly in the carriage of rods by railway companies, and for preserving and 'mg mg the means of canal communication. J. Bourne, ~ the chairman, remarked, that the present meeting was dis tinct from one of a somewhat similar character which had been held in that place a few months previously, and which - ",11 reported in the Daily Nr who 1 - - fiteturers, and traders of the whole town were involved is this question. They would all admit how much the railways had extended the traffic and trade of the town, and were anxious enough that the system should be still further devel oped; hut he was also an advocate for competition. Itcould not be denied that very many of the trades of the town had been fostered, if not altogether created, by low rates of freightage; raw materials were brought into the town, there manufactured, and afterwards again shipped from their sea ports. Merchants would bear him out in the assertion that a little addition to the rates of freightage would completely throw them out of the foreign market (or certain descriptions of goods ; already the cost of couveyance of heavy goods to the coast was actually greater than the cost of carriage across the Atlantic The speaker next adverted to the probabi lity of on amicable arrangement taking place between the London and North Western and (heat Western oompanies, consequent on which those two powerful interests would divide the plunder between them, to the great injury of the carrying, trailing, and manufacturing community. With a prospect of such a monopoly, it bshoved the public to interfsre ; and, after mature consideration, it had been considered that the best plan would be, for the canal proprietors to keep their canals open ; and that appli cation for assistance should he made to government which would undoubtedly assist them They were anxious onlyto cornet railway abuses; and to erect this, they must have their hands strengthened by a combined movement on the part of the trading and manufacturing interest. Many g• ntlemeu, like himself, were anxious that the efficiency of railways should nut be injured ; but unless the directors of tho-e esta blishments weremade fully sensiblethat the public possessed other means for the transmission of their merchandise than by raihrne, they would be ton apt to contult private interest instead eithe public gond. Mr. Lloyd concluded by mos ing so a resolution" that the serious attention of the government should be directedto thefuet of the enormous amalgamation of [ railway companies with each other, which are, in the opi nion of this meeting, matters of grass importance, not only to merchant., traders, and manufactur• rs, but to the public at large, inasmuch as such amalgamations tend to creme an absolute monopoly, by placing under the absolute control of the tow individual; composing the directorsof a railway com pany, the only existing means of transport, both of passen gers and goo&, and without the possibility of competition." This resolution was unanimously caroled, as was also one moved by W. Blewea, Esq., and seconded by S. Irillock, Esq., to the r fleet that it was expedient that strenuous exer tions should be made to maintain the canals of the United Kingdom, and to prevent canal companies amalgamating with railway companies, in all cases where the particular canal forms a link in the eh sin of canal communication. Subsequent resolutions were carried, condemnatory of the inequality of the tolls levied by canal etmpanies, any recom mending an uniform and reduced rate of tolls; further re commending to the attention of the canal proprietor. the consideration of the hest means by which the traffic and transit on their linos might he improved. The last resolution, moved by F. Clarke, EA., was, " That great dis appointment as regards want of punctuality, low, and da mage of goods carried on railways, having been experienced; this meeting considers it essentially import:cut to the inte rests of the merchants, traders, and manufacturers of the kingdom, that canal communication for the carriage of heavy goods should be maintained," and the meeting further pfettgeil its. If to encourage the employment of water in pre ference to railway carriage for such purpose. A petition to parliament was adopted, embodying the spirit of the reso lutions. KF.XT. ........ HYTHE Etre-now —The electors of this borough have been surprised by the issuing of an address from F. D. Brockman, Esq., announcing his intention to offer him self as a candidate for the representation of Ilythe and Folkstone nt the ensuing gcnnral election, when klr. histjori banks will re:ire. RePRESENTATIoN OF CA NTERBORY.—There are rumoun of an election speedily taking place in this city. In such an event we believe we may Dtato that T. T. Hodges, Esq., will offer himself as a candidate.—Kent Herald. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. CAMBRIDGE, ho. 29.-7'ha two annual prime of 23/. each, left by the Rev. It. tstmth, D. 11., brmarly master of Trinity College, to two commencing Ilachelore of Arts, the best proficient& In math/. moles and natural philosophy, Irmo yesterday awamed to-1. W. P. Wilson, senior wrangler, ht. John's ; 2. It. Walker, second wrangler, Trinity. The Professor of Moral Philosophy will begin his course of lecture cc Morley, February 22, at one o'clock, at the lecture-mom to Trinity College, and will continue them every Monday, Wedneaday, and Friday following, at the amine hour. The subject of the lecture. in the present year will be the Dietary of Mural Philosophy, according to the following order : Lecture I, division of the subject; 2,3, 4, Plato ; 3,6, Aristotle : afterwards, the succeeding portions of the sante. JAN. 2h.—The Queen ba.n• prevented the Rey. E. W. hitched, ck,k. La, for of ci'il law, to t!te yieocum• of Mirky cum Ye:angry, in the county of Derby ;m1 diocerc of Lubeck', the mune being void by the promotion of W. A. Shirhy, li D., to the nee of Salm and Man.—Gazette. PMErrli.X.T.—lter. W. Villiers, V. of Bromtgrutc, to be a surro gate for the dio. of Woreester. A PrOIN TWINTS.—The Her. F. J. (:rumen, Pell. of St. John's, has been appointed third tutor In St. Ber. College, Cumberland.—R. Thwart., 8.A., of Christ's, has been appoint< d Profestor of Mathema tics sal Natural Philosophy at Hooglity College, India.—W. Weston, 8.A., of queen's, has been appointed aadstant-nmater of Leamington College. , . . io 7 A< . lltl . llll.—llanwell It, 132/. with residence; pat. the It.hop of Landon; and LW. V.:UM, Foster-Line, io St. 3hch..cl-I,Querne London ; 300/. ; pats. the Abp. of Canterbury and the I). and C. of St. P'aul'., all N the co. of Middlesex and dim of London, ard both resent by the death of the Rev. T. T. Wahnsley, DAL Kirkbride N, Cumberland; dio. of Duthie; 23M. with residence, pot. Rev. J. I ; and All saints' Pavement K, York; arch. dm. York; 100 L; pat. the Lord Chalicelks, both we tot by the death of the Rev. W. Flower. Lianerynsch P., Broom ; dio. St- David's; value No/. with residence; pd. C. K. Tynte, Esq.; by death of Rev. C. Clifton. Stambridfte, tJRM, R, Fin; dl.. Rochester; 177 f.; pat. the Lord Chancellor; by the death of the Rev. J. T. Hewlett. Piton-Newel It, IL-as; dm. Oxford; 426/. with residence; pat. Oriel DAL, Oxford ; by the death of the Ker. W. Biedmp. NAVAL. Prier. Mover.—Tmit night'. Gavle.. announces to the officers and company of ll.M.'s sloop Wasp, who are entitled to share for the Brazilian brigantine Echo, captured March 2, OM, that a diotributMa of prize money will be made at 22, Norfolkotreet, on the lath of l'eb. next Amount of share.: Comm., 2271. 2s. 2d.; ,teat CilbAN OW. IGo. 34d.; wooed class, 41/. 17.. 10 ;rl. ; third claw, 20/. I ca. ltd.; fourth class, 13/. Its pi.; filth class, 0/. 19a. oixtb clam, 4/. 13.. 11d. ; oeventh clans, 2/. 60. 64d. Rio oa JAMMU,. Dm. 16.-11. M. Mips at Rio at this date were the Curacao, Crescent and Griffin. The Salamander arrived at Rio, Dec. 8, and left ontbe 10th for England. ;;iii;oitnieisca.—Anicinatry, Jan. R. Ilu n oti, o lle . ; ji m a r .l .g kinsoce, Heat., Excellent; H. A. A. 'Thorne, ditto; J. W. 11. Harvey, seccairmaater, Aenifh ' i u ont r. W. TealLutt, acting gunner, Excellent. lu Eittelltacntc. SPRING CIRCUITS OP TIIE JUDGES, 1547. Ox ,. .is.n. —Berkshire, Saturday, Feb. 27. at Reading; Oxfordshire, Saturday, March 6, at Oxford; Wormstenshlre, Thursday, March 11, at Worcester; City of Worcest• r, the same day, at the Guildhall; Staffordshire, Tuesday, March It, at Stafford; Shropshire, Tuesday, March 23, at Shrewsbury; Herefordshire, Tuesday, March 30, at Hereford ; Monmouthshire, Thwyday, April 1, at Monmouth ,• Glou cestershire, Monday, April 5, at Gloucester; City of Gloucester, the max day, at the Guildhall. EQUITY COURTS. Before the Lord Ctaneellor. MORRIS V. MORRIS.—PUBLICATION or DEPOSITIONS.— This was a motion to discharge an order of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce for passing publication of evidence taken in thiamine. The suit was instituted in 1823 for the purpose of perpetuating testimony in respect to the right of sweet. sion to lands in Ireland. A snit was previously instituted in Ireland for the same purpose. The witnesses who were examined in the suit in this country were all dead, and pub- lication haring passed in the Irish suit, the Vice-Chancellor ordered publication of the depositions in the English suit. Mr. Roger. (on Thursday) in support of the motion ba discharge that order, after stating the focus, and that the object of passing publication was to aid a defence to a bill lately filed in the Irish Court of Chancery, contended that it wu contrary to the principles of this court to aid an inferior or foreign court. The Irish courts came un , ler both these descriptions. The Court of Chancery in Ireland had itself power to compel discovery and to obtain the testimony of witnesses in this country by commission, without the aid of this court. He cited several cues, relying on that of " Bent v. Young" (9 Simons, 80), in which the Vice-Chancellor allowed a demurrer to a bill of discovery in std of a defence to a suit in the courts of Surinam. There was no case or dictum to the cm/teary, ex cept a note to " Mitford's 'fr..atise on Pleading" (p. 186), in which the author said, "A discovery his been compelled to aid the jurisdiction of a foreign court," and referred to an ' unreported cue of " Crowe v. De Rio" ; but that ease wee found, upon investigation of the pleadings in it, to be no au authority for the position so laid down (9 Simons, 185). When an order is made by this court to pass publication of de positions, which are to be used in another court, the form of the order, which is added to the report of the " Attorney General v. Ray," (2 Hare, 619) is that "the depositions be published and the proper officer attending such court will produce the record of the whole proceedings, and that the portico may make such use of the same as by law they can." How are these depositions to be furnished to the Irish court ? This court will not send its officer with them, nor allow copies of the depositions to be used in any suit ex cept in that in which they are taken. The order, therefore, to pass publication, besides being contrary to the authorities on the subject, is useless.—Mr. Ed. Y. Smith opposed the motion, and said the Vice-Chancellor did not make the order until be had proof that publication had passed in the Irish suit. It was usual for this court to Rive effect to s proceedings and orders in the Irish Court of Chancery, as ' Hoolditeh v. the Marquis of Donegal" (8 Bligh). He referred to other cues, as " Morrison v. Arnold " (19 Vesey), to show that where witnesses, whoa., evidence was taken to perpetuate testi mony, died, no objection could be taken to the publication of their depositions, and said that the form of the order in 2 Hare was corrected in 3 Hare, p. 335, and that the inter rtories and depositions only were sent, and not the record. The Lord Chancellor observed that the point was one of importance, and he would look into the cases before de ciding it. His lordship now (Friday) gsoe his judgment, and said that as the suit was instituted for the purpose of perpetuating the testimony of witnessed, and they were all dead, he saw .• ~~ .t • 1 t • 14 . 0. • ; , y : • • . i