The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

1 The marriage of I,tr, llegh Horatio Seymour, only Seymour son of the , E-Col. 11. 11. Lad Charlotte , sla ;T o Licu of the Marquis and y of Chnlmondeley with Miss daughter . ..if Lieut.-Gen. Roht. Ellice, wu p~a~d El ee , 11 dnuslay last in the presence of a numerous t .:. o ; 1 . Hon. and Rev J. Grey officiated at the ceremony. •• - ri A ONAL ANTi-POOlt LAW PROVIDENT --- II AND BENEVOLENT UNION. yesterdav a public meeting was held at the London r coed by pubic advertisement), "of gentlemen ToesiaTe:ssiTf'n'—elcttering the eindition of the well-disposed mein. bare o f t he working-caws;" in other words, to take into ogaid-eration the proposition suggested by Mr. Benjamin -- -a C tbbell t P i: his constituents at'St. Albans, with "7ence to the improvemen . t of the more', social, and e r onl coudAt the hour of the induatrial portaon of the coiity.appointed the la ge hall was well an'gle'd, and . the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor too k the chair amidst general plaudits.—His lordship was ended by by Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P.; Mr. Ewurt, M.P. ; Mr. I • Mr Charles Cochrane, the chairman of the ePojOrillaalualu3r's( buardian Society ; Mr. 1). W. Wire; the g " Mr. Harris ; the Rev. Mr. Kemble ; Mr. Alexander 6";gbeil ; with Mr. Stevens aud Mr. Northhouse, the hone tary secretaries. The LORI/MAYOR commenced the proceedings of the day. lordship . observed that the meeting had ta r n convened a most important matter—that of the condition of the poor of this great kingdom; and not, as the leading nf the bills which had been put forth announced, to establish au An ii.poor Law Union. Ile took the chair (end was proud to d o so) with a view t • the object he hat at first stated ; engird he fur t had he obiastitution jected to ththeye titlwere e whimet ch had been ro as to promote, .and it would be found front the resolutions about to be pro posed n, ant thawit th the the titlobject in would view,not be nd consequently uld be altered by t he resolutions to be a proposed by the speakers who would follow him. (Cheers.) The advertisement by w hich the meeting had been convened having been read by Mr Wire. Mr. B. B. CARRSLL, M.P., was called upon by the Lord Mayor to state to the fleeting the propuition upon which an exprcasHou of public opinion in the metropolis was sought en this occasion to lie obtained. The hon. member fur St. Albans was most cordially tool enthusiastically greeted by the stumble. Ile commenced by stating that they were to day met t o gether for the purpose of considering the best male of encouraging the industrial claws of the commu nity in habits of temperance, frugality, and economy, with a view to elevate their condition and the better to enable then to administer to the wants and necessities of their fami lies. At a meeting held a short time since in St. Albans, the plan he proposed hail met with the unqualified approba li tint of his co n s titueata t is hum he had stated, as he now repeated, that he woul d only consent to go to parliament on the one principle of laing unfettered and unpledged. On that principle he loud been returned, but still lie had felt it to be his date to make known to his constituents his views on the particular subject which had congregated the present meet ing, because he W. 14 of opinion that it was conducive to the put& interest fair a representative to hold conference or communication with his constituent+, inasmuch as by their support on a given sae jest, its success would be rendered more complete and certain. (Hear, hear.) The plan which be had pr pounded on the occasion to which he referred, and whit lead recaived unqualified and unanimous sanction, had since been much misrepresented, and it was dialcuit to sliaentangle the cause from that misrepre sentation. It arose from the title " Anti-Poor Law Union." Ile had no wish to adhere to that name, but would ee happy to adopt any other in which the meeting would acquiesce. lie missed his proposition to be considered as entirely and wholly separate from the existing poor laws, except so for as that the adoption of his plan would tend to keep the poorer classes from that condition which made them claim ants fur relief under thi se laws. Objection to his proposition had been taken as to the time at which it had been brought forward. His answer to that °hi action was afffirded by facts. Her Majesty, in the speech front the throne with which the late session of parliament commenced, declared, " It is my most contest prayer, that with the blessing of Divine Provi dence on your councils you may be enabled to promote friendly feelings between different classes of my subjects, provide additional security far the continuance of peace and to maintain contentment and happiness at home, by incrcoa• ing the comforts and bettering the condition of the great body of my people." Parliament bad met and separated without doing anything on this particular point (hear, hear), and he (Mr. Calibtill) could not but congratulate the Lord Mayor upon having conic forward, with the sanction of his high position and authority . , to take a step in the direction pointed out by his sovereign. (Applause.) But not only had the Lord Motor the sancti - n of his monarch for position to-day, but also that of the church. He (Mr. Cabbell) held in his It sod the conclusion of a prayer pre pared in obedience to the recent orders in council by the head et that church. It was in these words, "We pray thee to open our hearts to the influence of thy good spirit to show compassion and mercy each man to his neighbour, and by beating the burdens one of another, oe may obtain thy favour." (Applause.) He, therefore, repeated that the Lord Mayor by the sanction of his presence this day was fully carryinir out the intentions of his sovereign and the church. Ileiond this lie could adduce the support to the proposition of the Bishop of Norwich, who in his letter, " hailed with satisfaction the attempt thus made to ameliorate the condition of the poorer classes," and stated his readiness fully to support the views of the institution, " provide:l he could persuade himself it would not be made the medium of clamour attainst existing laws, but that it would he bonrsfide in the hands of judicious men, who would have no other object than that of promot ing the welfare of the people." (Loud applause.) The bon. member now read letters expri ssing adhesion to the cause from the Rev. J. C. Proby, rector of St. Mary, Win chester, the Rev. Dr. Stevens, the Rev. Christopher Abbot, of Castle Ileditigham, Essex, the Rev. Cecil Wray, Incumbent of St. Martin's, Liverpool, and from Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor. Out of the letters which bad been received from the clergy of all denominations, only 28 negatived the proposal he (Mr. Cabbell) had put forth ; and of these 2-3 had done so under the erroneous impression, and mistaken notion, that it was intended to abolish all poor laws. He begged, however, to reply that the object of the insti titution was altogether to keep clear of the Poor-laws. (Applause.) The object was to afford an opportunity to the poor, who were disposed to assist themselves, and without the aid of any eleemosynary gift, to enable them to do so and become happy in the bosom of their families and respectable members of society. (Applause.) It could not but be cause of deep lamentation that in a country where wealth abounded and increased in its abundance, poverty and pauperism also increased in the same ratio. This had been eloquently pointed out in one of his recent addresses to the el ray of his diocese, by the Bishop of Salis bury, whose adherence to the cause he confidently antici pated. In former times bolts and bars were unnecessary fur the protection of a man's property and per. on, but in these days incendi a rism and chartism had arisen from increased wealth on the one hand, and corresponding depression on the other. (Hear, hear.) In former days the farmer or em ployer associated with the labourers, and set an example in his own person of en industrious and honest life. To restore this happy state of things, was the object of the proposed union. It was sought through its instrumentality to bring the Kit and the poor together, and by the aid of the one to ameliorate the condition of the other class. It was admitted that poverty in this country had increased with increase of wealth, and hence we contended that a remedy must be applied to such an evil. The objects of this institution were to afford the industrious classes the threefold advantage of nenefit societies, of building societies, and of life insurance ssociations. It was proposed that to all these they should have access at a small scale of contribution, while the ex reuses of working the scheme should be defrayed out of the contributions of the opulent and wealthy of their fellow-sub j acts. (Hear, hear.) With this view the title of the insti lotion would be changed from that of the " National Anti- Porn Law Union " into the " National Provident and Be- L'volent Union." (Hear, hear.) It was not his wish to make any observation, upon the existing Poor-laws, but he could not help pointing out theantagoeusm of principlewhich opened the prison doers to the fraudulent debtor and clued teem upon the unfortunate but unblamable pauper. Such an atagenistie principle was not creditable to the character, h. [lour, or dignity of this country. (Hear, hear.) Agair., at the same moment that palaces were being erected for criminals, prisons in the shape of union workhouses were the only receptacles open fur those reduced to distress by poverty, but untainted by crime. (Applause.) He contended that, be the law as affecting the poor what it might, an union like that now proposeu would have the effect of inducing a more lenient, kind, charitable, and christian administration of it. Such an union would take out of the operation of the Poor-law the deserving, well meaning, and industrious of the community, and would only leave under its operation the dissolute and degraded section, which perhaps merited some degree of severity of treatment. Therefore, instead of an impediment, the Plan Propounded would, he submitted, work well for the ad. ministration of a poor-law, which must still remain upon the statute book in one shape or another, He wished to avoid any allusion to the existing law, but be must remark that it exhibited a great want of sagacity on the part of the statesmen by whom it was enacted, when, by its operation, they threw contempt upon the domestic circle, and the cradle in which the child learned filial devotion. Was it, he asked, either wise or prudent to throw discredit upon the domestic hearth,—to sever the ties between man and wife, and by the separation of them in the unions, to set at nought the sacred declaration pronounced at the marriage altar, " those whom God has joined together, let not man put asunder." (Hear, hear.) Human laws had, however, done so, and had destroyed that happy state of things described by one of the nation's poets : The seanona lbws As ceaselera round a jarring world they roll, Milli find them happy, and consenting Spring rihell,4 her own nay garland on their heads ; Till evening comes at last serene and mild ; Whnn after the long vernal day of life, Enamoured more as more remembrance swells With many a proof of remanded bye, Together down they sink in said sleep, Together freed, them gentle mediate fly To scenes where love and bliss Immortal reign. ( Cheers). The object of the institution was to embody three classes of heads. As to the friendly societies, it was sought to unite them and put them on a more secure basis ; the building society would improve the condition of the working man who contributed, and would eventually give him a house of his own ; and lastly, the insurance branch would present an inducement to the industrious artisan to provide fur those he might leave behind him. (Rear, hear.) The cast of working the whole three branches, he repeated, was proposed to be defrayed out of the benevolent fund to be contributed by the wealthier classes, and the manage ment of the whole system, when completed, would be left in the hands of the working classes, under prescribed rules and regulatiobs. The hon. member concluded a lengthy address by e :pressing his thanks to the Lord Mayor for presidine on r the occasion, and to the meeting for the patience with which be had been heard. Mr. LEER J. HANSARD advocated at considerable length the objects of the institution, to the principles of which the meeting was called upon to give its sanction, by the adoption of the resolution which he moved, to the effect that the meeting conaiders the plan for aiding and encou raging the working classes to make themselves independent to he eminentiv useful and highly praiseworthy. Mr. 1). W. WIRE, in an able end eloquent speech, se conded the motion, but reserved to himself the pnvilege of qualifying the details of the plan when organised. Mr. KOREIITS here wished to call attention to a point, not knossing whether it was provided for in the resolutions to ho submitted to the meeting. The union proposed was declared to be for the benefit of every class of persons without dis tinction ; but he now found that there was a test, and a reli gious test, in the society. This was shown in the resolution lately passed at St. Albans, which rendered those only eli gible to be received as members " who can produce certifi cates from the clergyman, churchwarden, or uny other officer of the Established Church, or minister or other officer of any other religious body, not in connexion with the Established Church, at whose place of worship they attend, that the applicant has been known, fur three months at the least, to be of religious, moral, and temperate habits." The CHAIRMAN said that such a principle as Mr. Roberts referred to was wit contained in the resolutions of that day, and would form no part of the principle of the society. (Applause.) Mr. CANDEN made some observations relative to a similar institution proposed three years ago, which were deemed inelevemt to the question heti:re the meeting. The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. The Rev. Hearty KEMBLC then moved— That the plan proposal by B. B. Cabbell, Fail., M.P., appears to promi•e to the members of the working climes, who may join it when they are sick, out of work, aged, or infirm, tv give them the best security for their deposi.s; to improve their dwellings anil t health ; to benefit their families; and to raise them morally, socially, and politica ly. Ile did not come forward either as the opponent or advocate of the existing pone-law ; he was young and inexperienced, and knew nothing of the working of that institution; hut he believed no system could be made so stringent as not to turn to evil if worked by bad men, and, if good men worked it, whose evil could not heameliorated. He could, however, speak of his own palish of Lambeth, where he had always found the utmost attention and kindness shown towards the poor by the poor•law authorities. He spoke of the large and appalling amount of distress existing on the Surety side of the Thames, the greater part of which he ascribed to the number of provident societies founded on bad principles, and giving too huge an interest, and through the mismanagement of which the poor man lost his money. The only way to check this crying evil was to establish large institutions, on sound and broad principles, whose meetings should be held in schools, chapels, or vestry-rooms,—anywhere but in public houses,—a system which was a prominent cause of the ill effects which the in stitutions generated. With regard to the question of a religious test, ho was certain that as far asthe population of his district was concerned, the system would not answer ; tor out of 1,523 poor in one division of the parish to which he belonged, there were only 78 who attended a place of worship. After urging the stringent necessity for some improvement in the condi tion of the poor, ascribing the chief evils to the want of reli gious instruction, he concluded by heartily recommending the formation of the society, as calculated greatly to benefit the ends in view. The Rev. W. II twins seconded the resolution. Coincid ing as he did in the opinions of the last speaker, he had the advantage of him in more extended experience as to the state of the poor in the metropolis. The district of Mile-end New. town, over which he presided, contained 9,030 persons, of whom 8,000 were in a state of pauperism. He was con sequently brought daily into scenes of destitution which no person could imagine rind few would believe. He detailed some particulars of the wretchedness to which he referred, and which lie maintained was aggravated by the present state of the l'oor-law ; mentioning one Case in particular of a poor woman in a consumption, who lett the parish work house, after staying for a week, because °Milk dto drink a kind of soup which was injurious to her. lie was convinced that an institution like the one proposed was the best means to check such abuses. Mr. Ksioneros, who spoke from the body of the room, deprecated the ooserrat . ons made by Mr. Ilarris on the sub ject of provident societies, which he though , . were a means of effecting great good to the community. The workin; men of the present day were not the working men of fifty years back; there were among them many persons of shrewd sense and intellect, who be-towed the greatest attention to the task of ameliorating the condition of their fellow-men. He admitted that it would be better not to meet in public houses, but begged them to remember the high price of any hall or large rosin elsewhere. Mr. CAMPBELL here wished to make a suggestion. He considered that the amount of distress being so great it was necessary to take broad and decisive measures fir its remedy. What was wanted was to give the poor profitable and pro ductive employment, and he hoped that this feature would not he lost sight of in the plan pursued. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN said he was so far pleased with the sugges. tion that he would do his best to promote its accomplishment by all means in his power. (Hear.) Ilia Lordship then put the second resolution, which was unanimously passed. Mr. COCHRANE moved the third resolution : That subscriptions be entered into to promote the establishment and carrying on of the ' National Provident and Benevolent Union,' nerd that the bankers of London, :aid various bankers in the provinces, be requested to allow subacriptioa-lints to lay open ou their counters." He was glad to see himself associated with the worthy chair man on this occasion, whose conduct during his mayoralty in the promotion of charitable objects he eulogised in strong terms. He observed briefly upon the subjects before the meeting. The laws for the poor were harsh enough, but he had no hesitation in saying that the administration of the law—the guardians—converted the word into a mockery, and made the law still worse by their mode of working it. Mr. DIMES seconded the resolution in terms briefly ex pressive of cordial coincidence in the plan proposed. Mr. TIIditNIiORHUCHI moved and Mr. Cux seconded the next resolution, which was : Theta committee be formed to carry out the details of the 'Na tion:ll Vrovidcht and Benevolent Union,' with power to mid to their . _ number." The resolution was agreed to, together with the following names of gentlemen composing the committee :—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor (chairman on the present occasion); B. Cabbell, Es , M.P. ; R. Etwall, Esq., M.P.; S. Cochrane, Esq., Luke Hansard, Esq. (from whom a con tribution of 501. was acknowledged), the Itev. Mr. Harris. the Rev. Mr. Kemble, Mr. Wire, and Mr. Alexander Campbell. Mr. NORTHHOESE here made a proposition, that all those ministers, nearly 1000 in number, who had offered their sup port to the union, should be elected members, to forward its objects in their various parishes.—The proposal was, how ever, by many persons deemed premature, and was eventu ally withdrawn. Mr. Joserit BENTLEY proposed the fifth resolution,which offered the thanks of the meeting to the clergymen of vari ous denominations who had offered their assistance in pro- moting the union. Mr. KNIGHTON objected because the Catholim were not included ; but it was explained that theireo.operation would d-,ubtless be obtained, but had not yet been applied for.— Mr. NORTHHOUSE seconded the resolution, which was also carried. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, and another to Mr. Cabbell, terminated the proceedings. GRAND BALL AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—Last uight the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a splen did ball. About 9 o'clock the company began to arrive, and were received in the Egyptian Hall. The arrangements were upon the most magnificent scale. Quadrilles com menced at half-past nine in the Egyptian Hall and the Saloon, and were kept up in a melt spirited manner. The drawing room and the Venetian parlour were laid out as card-rooms. To the exertions of the committee, Deputy Brown, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Anderton, Colonel Campbell, the Rev. Charles Farebrother (the Lord Mayor's chaplain), Mr. White, and Mr. Henry Sewell, every credit is due. The dancing was kept up until morning. There were between 900 and 1,000 guests to the hospitable entertainers. THE LORD MAYOR'S .PROCESSION.—The time honoured practise of " taking water" at Blacktriarabridge, is, it seems, to be abandoned this year. The route of the procession has been altered as follows From Guildhall through Gresham-street, Princes-street, King William street, and London-bridge, whence the new Lord Mayor will embark for Westminster. TAE SMALL DEBTS' ACT.—In the list of districts published yesterday, an omission, indicated by asterisks, occurred from Number 39 to 46. These include the metro politan districts. BRITISH ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSOCIATION.—A public meeting of the members of this association was held last evening, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The large room was densely crowded, and amongst the audience was a considerable number of ladies. The chair was occupied by Dr. Thomas Price, the treasurer of the association, who said that the council proposed to send out deputations to various parts of the country, whereby they hoped greatly to increase the support afforded to the society. This society was not in antagonism to the church of any wan ; it was no more opposed to the church of the Episcopalian than to that of the Congregationalist, or the Methodist. Their opposition was simply directed against the con nexion of church and state ; their fundamental prin. ciple being that all governmental interference with a church, whether directing or supporting, was wrong, and at variance with the word of God. The society was unsecta rian and national, in the widest sense of the word, having no theological basis.—The Rev. D. R. Stephen, of Manches ter, moved the first resolution, affirming that the union of church and state was opposed to the progress of civil liberty and the besk interests of the Christian religion. He denied that it was the duty of the government to establish and pro pagate religious truth. After the course lately pursued by parliament, and the indications thrown out by leading poli ticians, it was evident that they meant soon to establish popery in Ireland ; and why not establish it there as well as in Malta or in Canada ? Where then would be the prin. ciple, that it was the duty of the State to support and propa gate religious truth ? (Hear.) At such a juncture the society was especially called on to assert and diffuse its prin ciples.—The Rev. J. Burnet, of Camberwell, seconded the resolution in a humorous speech. It was said that the Dis senters enjoyed civil and religious liberty, but what would a gentleman think if Lord John Russell sent him a gardener, with the intimation that he might either employ him or not, but that be was bound to pay him ? (Hear.) The Rev. Dr. Cox briefly supported the resolution. He earnestly exhorted the audience not to flag in their efforts, notwithstanding the signs of the times were discouraging. The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted, as was each of the suc ce eding ones.—bir. R. Norris moved a resolution, calling on the executive committee to pursue the object the association had in view, not only without inter mission, but with, increased ardour and determination. lie THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1846, recommended electors to bring forward the Anti-State Church qu. stion at the next eketion.—The Rev. J. P. Murrell seconded the resolution.—The Rev. C. Stove' moved— That thb meeting rejoices to hear of th• committees intention to arrange for the delivery of a eerie' of ketone in the metronolia during the ensuing winter, and expenses its contest hope that the friends of the assiatiation will lend all practicab'e aid to facilitate the object of the committee, by prompt, active, an] friendly co operation." - - - The Rev. John Waddington, of Stockport, seconded the resolution.—At the close, thanks were voted to the chair man, and subscriptions were solicited in aid of the funds of the association. YOUNG MEN'S CIIRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—The second annual meetine of this association was held last night at the Freemasons' Tavern, Lord It. Grosvenor, M.P., in the chair. The meeting, which was very numerously attended, was opened with a prayer by the Rev. Mr. Sewell, of India. Letters of apology were read from the Bishop of Norwich and the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel. The Chair man, in his address, congratulated the emaciation on its progress. The idea embodied by the association was a good one, and it augured well for its success that it originated with the promotes of the early closing movement. The inquiries which he was led to make into the state of the young men in the metropolis tilled him with surprise and consternation. But that association was c dculated to afford those young men who were brought to London from various motives, an opportunity of meeting with others from whom they would fled fellowship and sympathy. It , also afforded a guarantee to the parents of those young men that they would meet in this metropolis with others who would be a support and strengthening te them. But the benefit of the society was not confined merely to the associated young men, but was spread amongst various houses in London, where there were per sons who were always ready to whisper a kind word in season, and to console those who laboured under misfortune. (Hear.) Such were some of the benefits which the associa tion was calculated to afford, and he could assure them he never attended any meeting e Melt gave him more sincere gratification. (IL ar.) The seerceary read the report, which stated that the lectures which the committee decided upon giving last year, were very numerously attended, and sad been productive of so much good, that they completed plata for another course of lectures in the ensuing season. District societies were formed in Islington, Pimlico, and the Borough, and meetings were held in the provxmcs ter the purpose of forming provincial societies. With respect to the financial condition of the association, the receipts from donations, subscriptions, and sale of lectures, amounted to 3311. 12s. 0 Id. ; the disbursements to 3711. Ile 101 d., leaving a balance in the treasurer's hands of 871. 2s, 10d. The report went on to comment on the inadequacy of the opportunities for religious education afforded to your g men engaged in busi ness in this country, and the necessity of providing a remedy, and went on to detail the efforts and success of the associa tion. The report was received with loud cheers. The Rev. R. Dibdin moved that the report be ielopted and circulated. Mr. It. Berme seconded, and the Rev. S. Martin, in an eloquent address, supported the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Hitchcock and others addressed the meeting, and bore testimony to the value of the association. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the noble chair man, who expressed his interest in the welfare of the asso ciation, after which the mee.ing, separated. POST OFFICE.—NEW SCALE OF SALARY TO THE GEN L:ItAL PUbVIEN.—The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury having forwarded to the Postmaster-General their approval of the proposed scale of salary fur the general•pestmen, the following extract is from a notice posted yesterday in the Letter-carriers' office of the department: " fhe Lords of her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to authorise the fol lowing as the future scale of wages for the General Post letter-meekest—GO men (seniors) at 30s. per week; 110 at 255.; 130 at 235." According to the new scale the cost of the general-delivery force wi.l amuuut to 10,504/. anuually, the force being 300 men. A GOLD COLLATION.—A dead dinner lying in state.—Dombey and Son. BIDING FOR THE. MlLLlON.—Yesterday, in consc- Erfof the great success attending the running of omni buses the Strand to Paddington for 2d., the directors of the London Conveyance Company and Association started a large r.urnber of their vehicles from Paddington to Totten ham-court-road (Oxford-street end) at a charge of 3d. each passenger, and from Tottenham-court-road to the Bank fur the Lune sum. The number of omnibuses now running from Hungerford-market to Paddington cane Is 50, and it is stated that although one-third less than the old fare for each passenger, a much greater sum of money is realised than formerly, as the vehicles perform four times the number of journeys in the same time it took them to do one when going through the City to the Bank, in consequence of the blocking up of Fleet-street, Clicapade, tfac. rte. DANGER OF GUY FAUX EXIIII3ITIONS.—Yesterday, in Providence-row, Finsbury, a number of men, with a boy on their shoulders dressed up as a Guy, was about to cross the carriage way hurriedly, in consequence of tee approach of an omnibus, when one slipped, causing the whole to fall down, and before they could recover themselves, one, named Watkins, was run over by the omnibus, thereby sustaining such injuries as to endanger his life.—On the river near London-bridge, a lad dressed in the usual ludicrous style, was placed on an elevated position is n boat, for the purpose of begging money of the steam-boat passengers, when, while attempting to catch a coin thrown towards them, a youth fell overboard,and would unquestionably have been drowned but for the prompt assistance rendered from the shore. lie was taken to a public-house in an insensible state, where by the means of the usually applied restoratives, he in about a couple of hours was enabled to leave, although in a very week and dangerous state.—ln the neighbourhood of White chapel end Poplar numerous accidents occurred, one particu larly in which a lad ignited a squib, sad threw it towards a horse attached to a cab. The animal immediately took fright and started off at a furious rate, and in its progress knocking clown, and very seriously injuring, several foot passengers. It was ultimately stopped by coming, with a frightful collision, against a heavily laden dust cart. The boy who had so wantonly caused such mischief, after a sharp chase, was safely lodged in the hands of the police.—A child named Fowler, was run over by a cab in the Gray's-inn road, whilst attempting to cross the carriage way to follow a number of lads carrying the supposed representation of the notorious Guy Faux. The poor little fellow, who is scarcely six years of age, was immediately picked up and taken to a nciahbouring surgeon, in a deplorable condition. THE ASTEROIDS OF NOVEMBER.—These singular meteors, which have now for about fifteen years past excited so much notice on the continent of Europe as well as in this country, may be expected soon to appear, their recurrence since they were first noticed having taken place with much regularity from about the nights of Bth to 11th November inclusive. The weather in England has during the last six or eight years been very unfavourable for noticing them, but in many parts of the continent, particularly in the south of France and Italy, they have presented themselves under the most favourable conditions for observation, which has been extensively made on their phenomena and appearances. The phenomena which they present are a succession of shooting stars resembling celestial fireworks, varying from 150 to 200 in number, generally observable on two or three of the nights between the period in question. FlltEwOeies.—Last evening an explosion of com bustible material, used in the manufacture of fireworks, occur red in Thomas-street, Commercial-road. The engines were quick in their attendance at the house, but the damage done was very trifling, and they were sent back to their stations. About half-past 8 o'clock on Wednesday night a very alarm ing explosion of fireworks happened at No. 10, Ship-alley, Wellclosc-square, belonging to Mr. John Daniel, a dealer in fireworks. It was occasioned by a squib or cracker becoming ignited and falling amongst a quantity of other fireworks in the shop window, the w hole exploded blowing out the glass and injuring the building. Owing to the exertions of the ueighboursand firemen from the station in the square, the fire was soon extiniuished. /dr. Daniel was uninsured. ACCIDENT.—KILLED BY A —Yesterday afternoon• female servant, in the employ of .Mr. Terry, linen draper, in Chiswell-street, met with her death in a moat ex traordinary manner. She was carrying a pie -dish in the street, when, by some accident, she tripped and fell, and her throat was literally cut by contact with the sharp edge of the broken dish. In a moment there was a frightful effusion of blood, and Dr. Jeffs, of Finsbury-square, who happened to be near at the moment, rendered what assistance he could, which, however, proved unavailing, for the carotid artery and jugular vein had been completely severed, and the poor woman, after breathing perceptibly, expired in his presence. Dr. Jeffs, who was at the Worship-street police-court shortly afterwards, related the circumstances to Mr. Bingham, the sitting magistrate, and remarked upon it as one of the most remarkable accidents that had come under his notice. INQUESTS. DESTITUTION. —By Mr. Bedford, coroner, at the Barley Mow, Mount-street, Grosvenor square. on the body of a man, name unknown, apparently about 50 years of age, a groom. The deceased, whose body presented a most emaciated appearance, had been for a long time out of employment, and, about four months ago, Mr. Francis. livery-stable keeper, of Oxford-street, took him, out of com passion, to assist in his stables, in which he allowed him to sleep, but the privations he bad undergone had rendered him so weak that he had been unable to do any work for the last month, and, continuing to get worse, he was pressed to go into the workhouse, to which step he evinced the greatest repugnance. On Sunday last he went into the Three Home Shoes public-house, Gilbert-street, Oxford-street, and the landlord, noticing his weak condition, gave him something to eat ; afterwa rd s he was leaving the house, when he was seen to stagger and sink to the round. He was picked up insensible and conveyed to St. George's workhouse, where he expired in five minutes after his admission, from congestion of the brain arising from natural causes. Verdict, " Natural Death. " DELcsioNS PBOM DRUNKENNESS. —By Mr. Carter, at the Prince of Brunswick, Brunswick-street, Blackfriars-road, respect ing the death of John Anderson Gibbs, aged thirty four years, a master-baker, who lost his life under the moot extraordinary circumstances. John Andrews, one of the workmen in the employ of the deceased, stated that for some time past the deceased had been given to drinking, and while labouring under the influence of liquor, would wander about in the night. On Monday night the deceased called witness, as usual, to attend to the bread in the bakehouse. Witness went down stairs, leaving the deceased in the act of going to bed. Shortly afterwards witness was suddenly alarmed by seeing the deceased walk into the bakehouse in his night-dress, but he ultimately got into bed, and witness heard no more until seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, when a young man, named Durston, went to call the dr, ceased, but, on entering the bed-room, he missed him, axed, fearing something had occurred, witness raised an ala rm , and atter a few minutes the deceased was found on the, r o of of a shed at the rear of the dwelling-house. A ladder was procured, and after some difficulty he was taken in '.hrough the window. He was undressed, with the except son of his shirt and drawers, and appeared quite dead. Blood was issuing from his nose and mouth, and he was much bruised about the head.—Coroner: Can you account for the deceased being found in that situation ?—Witne9 ; Les, sir; I am of opini on th a t th e daseastal must, whilst labouring undersome delusion of the mind, have gone in pursuit of the devil, and by some means walked nn to a leaden fiat on the first , floor, from which place he fell on to the roof of the ►bed.— Mr. Yeldham, of Stamford-street, surgeon, said that he had attended the deceased for some weeks. Ile was suffering from delirium tremens, arising from his intemperate habits. Witness bad frequently seen him in an excited state, fancying that be saw a quantity of phantoms and fairies dancing before him. The deceased had been dead some hours when found, and had probably died tram injury to the brain.—The Caroller remarked on the extraordinary nature of the ease, after which the jury recorded a verdict, " That the deceaisildied from concussion of the brain, by acciden tally falling nit a Laden flat, in a fit of delirium, resulting from iutemperauce."—The deceased was just on the point of marriage, and was possessed of considerable property. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Noe. 4. LABOUR RATE ACT. FRESH INSTItUcTIONs TO. PRESENTMENT SESSIONS.— New instructions (whi c h we abridge below) to presentment sessions were issued yesterday by the Board of Works, in consequence of the proceedings at many of the sessions heretofore held having been found irregular, calculated to defeat the objects of the applicants, and ti prevent the Com missioners from recommending useful works, for which pre sentments have been made.; The sewions should decide by n resolution whether they will proceed strictly under the act, 9 and lo Vie. e. 107, or under Mr. Lahouchere's letter. I. Under the act, the cast of every work to be executed will be asse ss ed upon the whole ol the rate-payers in the entire barony. 2. Under the letter, the barony, both for toe purpose of wort. an d assessment, Is to be subdiaded into the existing electoral divisions. 3. As the letter alone provides for the execution of works of a repro. iodine class (not strictly of a public nature), such as drainage and subsoiling, if any one such work is intended to be presented for. the sessions should proceed accordieg to the letter. 1. The pro ceedings cannot be taken partly under the act and partly under the letter (see 1 and 2 above). 5. Under the letter, any work mar be exe cuted, even though it extends through two or more electoral divisions, by observing to maser separate presentment for so much of the work as shall be comprised in each electoral division. G. The sub-division for works and assessment does not involve a like sub-division of the destitute foe employment. The destitute pro * of the whole barony, or (in case it be divided into districts foe Relief Committees) of each relief district, being entitled to employ ment on any work sanctioned within the whole barony, or the relief district, as the ease may be, on rewiring tickets from the Inspecting Officer of the Heard of Works. 7. If the sessions resolve to proceed under Mr. Labouchere's letter, the secretary of the grandljury be prepared with a statement obtained from the clerks of the pair law union, or parts of unions in which the Imola is situate, showing —l. The total poor-law valuation of the whole Framer. 2. A list of the several electoral dirt-ion,,, or portion. of electoral divisions within the barony, and the total posse-taw valuation of each. The seasions should determine the sum of money v hick may be deemed necessary to employ the destitute people of the whole barony fur the next three or lour months, or such other period as to the St agoits shall seem tit. The session should apportion the total sum thus required foe the botany 11.111t1 the several electoral divisios, or routs of electoral disi• mons, which it may emtain, according to the poor-law valuation. The sessions will proceed to receive applications fur works to be exe cuted within each electoral division, in the order of the list thereat, and make presentments for such as shall be approved, to an amount nut exceeding or less than the amount so apportioned on the electoral division. The chairman of the betliiollll is requested to furnish, a ith the schedule. a minute of the proceedings (in the ansexed form', showing whether or not Nos. 1., 11., 111., and IV, have been complied with, and an at stract of the poor-law valuation upon a hich the ses sions acted, together with a statement of the proportion which the gross sum presented for bears to the poor-law valuation Abstracts of the form of minutes, &c., follow these instruc tions. PUBLIC WORES.—NON-PAYMENT OF Llllot*REltS.—We regret extremely, says the Kerry Eximiner, that for the last nine or ten days the unfortunate labourers employed on works in this town have not received a farthing of their wages ! and that where rally a hundred men are now mo ployed there might have been five hundred ! The Relief Committee should really look to this—discussion may he all very good,lnid as it is when there is too much of it—but things out of doors should engross a little of the practical attention of the committee. It is painful to have to record such cruel negligence, whoever the parties may be who are to blame. BETTEIt N eWB.—The letter of a clergyman in Tipperary gives a brighter picture of the condition of his particular district:—The Rev. J. Bermingham, P.l'., Borrisokane, says; " The Board of Works have exhibited unusual activity in this district for the last ten or twelve days. The conse quence is, that our apprehen•ions of food-riots are diminish ing, and the spirit of sullen discontent is beginning to sub. side. This state of things must be attributed, in a great measure, to that excellent officer, Mr. Iltilmes, whose untiring exertions to advance the public works, and employ the pour, arc beyond all prase." Fatoirreet. MUADEILS IN LIMEttICK.—The Limerick Reporter, received to-day, contains the following narrative of the murder, by a gentleman of that county, of his wife and servant: On Sunday morning Mr. Jolla O'Otady, of Martinstown, near Minnow', took away the life of his wise, elttughtaT of Mr. It. Quinlan, of Ballyneal, near itinerary, to whom he had keen married about Ida month., he subsequently slaughtered the servant-maid. The eireutu etances are blietly• these t —The Kamm was attracted hr some none to the lad-room of her master and miatresa, when, to lice horror, she nimoverel the latter weltering in her sore from a fatal stab in the neck. She screamed, and ran down stains when she ass pursue - al by Mr. O'Grady into the stable, where, sizing a pitchfork, he stabbed her in several parts of the laxly until he killed her. fie then left the house, and was not seen till yesterday, when he Ma. taken into ens testy by theconstabuhry. It is elated that he was concealed in an out-house. There were 49 police on the spat to prevent u breather the peace, owing to the expectation of a faction frmn Tipperary, In reference to the property. Asa proof of the determined deliberation with which the deed was committed, it appears that he previously locked on the outride the bed-room of his sister ' doubtless to prevent , her giving any aasistanee or raising any elem. This horrible tragedy uppers to be shrouded In a great deal of mystery, and whet adds to it is, that a short time since the whole fermi). were nearly poisoned by taking arsenic in bread instead of mkt. We my it appears myntarloaa, for Mr. O'Grady was comfurtuble, and 'bad MO manner of embarrassment, and was very much attached to his wife, living on most affectionate terms with her. Ile woe I of a very quiet Ili/position, while she was one of the gentlest of her sex, young, beautiful, and econnteisheal, and of most engaging manners. Ile lately built a fine new imam, tool purchased an errant car fur her, and everything maned adapted and calculatel to render them happy. Yet, there was one source of unhappiness, and the only nne to which the dreadful oceurrenceran be traced. It is of &family nature. Before his marriage, himself and his three brothers had lived together most happily and attached to each other. When the marriage settlements were being negotiated, some members of has wife's family, it is nail, inaisted upon a breaking up of the old arrangement, and that the brothers should nu longer live in the same hotter with him. Ile would not eonsut to this as he said, for the 'finest woman that ever stepped,' and the marriage was delayed some time, principally, we believe, on this very amount. Vending, however, that he was firm to his purpse, Miss Quinlan's friends conceded the point, and the lll.lrriage took place after Easter la t. Since that period, however, innate core was used by tome of the lady's family, which resulted in his brothers leaving the home; and we have reason to know that this preyed deeply on hie mind, and, it is meet probable, ended in the temporary insanity under whose influence he committed the rash acts we have related. Mrs. O'Grady's mother had been staying at the house for the previous week, and lett on Saturday. Neat morning one of this yuung mettle, in the pride and bloom of exister.ec, surrounded by every comport, and liming even• prospect of happiness before them, is suddenly cut off from the land of the living by the hand of the other, owing, no doubt, to one of them strange aberrations of reason to which humanity is liable. It is stated, we believe with truth, that a family reconciliat ion was in contemplation; that he invited his brothers to come to his house for Gut purpose on Saturday evening, end they were actually on their way, when Mrs. O'Grady, it is said, offered such oppeethon that he sent them wad not hi come. In consequence of this he betrayed many symptoms of mental derangement in the course of the day. An inquest was held on Monday, but Ike jury not agreeing, the result has not reached us. SENDING BACK CORN.—The Tipperary Vindicator says that quantities of corn proceeding to Limerick on loridav night, for Saturday's market, were turned back by crowds of people, who assembled from both sides of the Shannon at Birdhill, and succeeded, without much difficulty, in effecting the object for which they had met. Mr. Going, of Travers ton, was determined that his corn should go to Limerick ; hut the people determined otherwise ; and the former having obtained the assistance of soldiery and police sought to reach the market, but the overwhelming numbers, and an %MlDlS takeahle desperate determination of the vast crowds which congregated, many of those who composed them being fully armed, forced back the wheat on Saturday, and aiother attempt, it was said, was made on Monday, to the same effect. CORK.—ATTACK ON A CLERGYMAN. A correspondent of the Mail writes that : (In Sundae evening, between seven and right o'clock, an armed party attacked the bowie of the Rev. Wm. Bunbury, within half a mile of the town of Charles idle. A knock was heard at the hall door, and a-hen the servant asked "who was them?" a man replied " he came with a message from Mr. Bunbary's nephew," who realtiess in the neighbourhood. The servant, suspecting nothing, opened the door, when the fellow presented a gun at him ; he caught at the gun, and struggled with the ruffian, who not being able to chaise hint off, drew a Methl from bits breast and snapped at hint, but it missed fire.— In the meantime, a second ruffian came to the assistance of his comrade, and kept the hall door open, notwithstanding the efforts of the servant to shut it, and of one of Mr. thatbury's eon., who had been in the drawing-room, and hearing the etrutude, ran to the as sistance of theeervant Mr. Bunbury, his son, two nephews, Wm. San ders, Laq., of Sanders'-park, an esteemed magistrate, and Mr. Magrath, of Charleville, were in the dining-room, and hearing the noise and the screams of Mrs. Sunbury and children, noshed into the hat. A fel low who was opposite the hall door, presented his gun at Mr. Ran ders, and mapped it at him. It was a that gun, and missed fire. Ile then ran off, followed by Mr. Sanders, who, regardless of his own danger, pursued the ruffian several yards, until one of two fel lowa, who were concealed among the shrubs, fired at Mr. Sanders, who providentially was not killed, and regained the house in islet), when the fellows went off battled in their attack. Soon after Mr. Sanders and Mr. Magrath went off to Caarleville for the police, who soon came to the protection of the house, bit could not find the ruf fians. lathe morning a new cloth cap v. as thsoavered near the horse. This attack has caused much surprise and indignation in the country, and certainly could not be made on the house el a gentleman more respected than Mr. Sunbury, for his untiring and humane efforts , to relieve the victims of the prevalent distress. Mr. Sunbury is chairman, and Mr. Sanders is secretary to a peer relief aociety, and both had been using the most disinterested and prudent exertions for some time to procure food and employment for the poor. Indeed, it was on business connected with the relief society that Mt. Sanders and Mr. Magrath had on this day come to Mr. Bun, bury's house, and had remained at dinner. The wetness of the night, under providence, prevented the hors of life, as the firearms of the ruffians were wet, and missed fire. KING'S Cottarrv.—The King's County Correspondent of the Evening Packet says t—upwards of fifty prisoners were o e:f t : a rt: e t to co th nn e ec jai te l d of w T it ull h e bi nt on d dit est y it e u v ti e o ni n ng, m fo r r Browne, R.M. who had command of the military party a t m he wr ;rev o al n which made the capture, got a severe cut in the face from a stone, and when ho threatened to shoot the fellow who threw it, several of the rioters called out to him, " Do so, and you will be next." The state of this county is getting very alarming. The tenantry of the county, the corre spondent adds, are determined not to pay more than half rent—some will not pay any rent ; auctioneers are afraid to sell, and the public will not bay goods distrained for rent. YOUNG IRELAND'S FIRST GREAT MEETING. At the first meeting of the Young Ireland party, which I wee held last night in the Rotunda, Dublin , the following address was agreed to ; " Address of the Re1:11011g111.11t. Repeaters of Dublin to the Repeaters of Ireland, especially to those of the Working end Trading Classes Brethren and Friends: The question of Irish provincialism or nation ality is eaentislly your question and oars. By Prividenee destined to inhabit this island, and in the sweat of our brows to labour in its streets and fields, It vitally concerns us whether it shall be free and prosperous, or beggared and enslaved. To so other class do the 1,,r -rors of provincialism come so home as to ours. The church reje,coan its freedom, and the clergy do not complain. The landed pr- J prietors fence themselves round with luxuries, or absent themsehes at will. Disease and Rig ition have not disappeared, neither do lawyer. and phy sicians toil in vain for independence ; hilt to our well-;icing the pre sense of a protect* hinialature willeindlep.ww•hte lia ' a head ' to the weifbre ofa family. Y itb:ng deeply this con ° legato we lost 'melt wl a...A a respectful resoironvnee to the act*. body or the Loyal N 4. dna: &peal Amodation, Mr . ..eying_ , as we ono "rely did, that that town °belong dirties. Th a t r e foon 4 runee, an i nfluent ,. il memb er o f t h e body, ote,isiting from the pods it ha d first chi sok .ear °writ :K .l ' l ' l ff the body (Mr. J. O'Connell) °this own mere mottos witllo. l e x a mitla...thw or explanation, =tout olCondhation-ball, peremptorily mn oi ,_____l- to sulomit it either to the ineeling,tb* committee, Or the wax 'uon• To you.thetefine, as the main support End stay of thriertasociatios, we now appeal, standing lure lo face, and arming with the toe of any into f nroliuni. It is right you *timid know distinctly whit we are sad ,t hat we mean. We are traders and workmen of various graded Inhubita.'R Dublin ; we are the successors ofd population that Rag PR, ',emperors. • and high.pirited—a population which, is the penal eigloeen• II Orlatief7, bemire the retuned I rieli nationality. There Molyneux blond it Wombs defended the woollen trade; thence Swift rescued it to live in hi/Dram's Letters as long mirror own name. In the midst of a population, Charts Lucas, an apothecary, grew and agitated, and gave shape and existent* to the septennial bill and money bilk to the first reforms in our polree and municipal lass, and our first free urea, the Freetown's Journal. That imputation offered the firmest resistance to the Union, the most effective aid to the struggle for emancipation, awl the first earnest im pulse to the revived Repeal agitation in 1840, pail, and lOU. Grattan and O'Connell have contented Ireland's indebtedness to this popula tion and also to ourselves, in the meet trying time of Deland since the period of the unhappy union with England. Our business with you is briefly this : You have before you our remonstrance —you know bow it WAS received, 01 rather rejected, at Conciliation Hall, —we now ask you to pro. nonce between us and the parties directing the proceed inns in that Lill. We submit that we have contributed our hart-earned pounds and shillings to that body for tears past. We submit that itof our members have been officers of Ste organ/oaten as volunteers and wardens. We submit that our remonstrance was net wanting In respect to the body, or to any member or members of it. We submit, finally, that we have been deeply wrenged, our services disregarded, and our feelings outraged. To such of you no consider youraelves still connected with the aprociation, we look for decision against this particular act of Mr. John O'Connell—to such of you as are 'virtually excluded,' or otherwise cut off from it, we look only for sympathy end agreement We refer you to the report of our eouimittee, to our rem lutions, and the transactions of the meeting, (or further informer_ tines as to our disinterested designs in this affair, our proper and lawful advancement of it, and the mode of opposition with which we have been encountered. The gentlemen who have 'acceded' from the Amociatlon have rightly received public approval —the paws, attacked in the instance of its foremost lamp and ornament, has been vindicated and sustained—and although we were not the aristocracy of the association, we have our feelings, which no man MU outrage with impunity, and our darn* to consideration, which we will not have slighted or aoornelL The treat ment we have received from the honourable member for kilkomy and his obettora and agents, is an indignity to the entire people ; it deeply affects and concerns ourselves, but we pledge ourselves solemnly to you, brethren and friends, that it shall not drive int horn the enure of nationality ; whether preached in hall or hustings, we will abide by it unto death; whoever leads to its issue most honoura bly will have us for follower. Between Young and Old Ireland we countenance no linen of reparation; oo dubious theory shall create quarrels betwixt us and well-tried friends, or distract our councils; but, embracing all men as brethren who act by our country us they ought, and standing star from all place-beggars, intriguing patriots, and foreign and domestic Whigs, we will continue to dennind the restoration of our notional constitution, to labour for the attain ment and savoring a free, local legislature to represent all Ireland, to endure for evermore. We have the honour to remain, brethren and friends, your obedient fellow-counts men, "Tod Roman Kant Wen:strum no Dentin. "Signed, P. 3. Bantry, Secretary. "The New Itcoms, Rotunda, Tuestry, Nov. 31d, 184 i." IRISH FISHERIES, The Times of yesterday brings its usual charges against the Irish for lack of industry in their fisheries, and for let ting themselves starve whilst the seas around them abound in last, demanding but to be caught. It is but fair to allow the Irish papers to speak fur themselves. The following is from the Freeman's Journal: " lu 1819 the Irish Government Fishery Loan Fund was established under the Fishery Board, which was composed of Irish noblemen and gentlemen. Toe feed placed at their disposal was small—about :10,000/.—end was judi ciously and economically distributed through those districts where fishery officers were s:etioned. Limited loans were made to the fishing population on the security of promissory notes, to be repaid iu twelve months, at five per cent. interest. The previous stagnation was soon converted under this trifling stimulant, into the most extraordinary in dustry. Boat-builders were in immense requisition—so were rope and sail-makers—boys and girls were busy in preparing fishing-gear —every succeeding season produced a greater abundance of fish, which in turn increased the amount of employment and the prosperity of the employed. Nur were the advantages confined to the fishing class. The small traders prospered as well as the community at large, from the moderate price at which fish was obtained in conse quence of the plenty of the supply. For ten years the Irish haherics flourished. They attained a height of prosperity greater than was ever before known. But the tide soon be gan to ebb, and the fortunes of the happy fishermen were at length stranded. Scotland, which before this sli!,tht enema ragemeut, hod the command of our markets, saw her exports I decline with the advance of our fisheries. She set herself to work to recover her lost trade. lier economists took the field with an imposing array of principles fetched from Adam Smith's storehouse. Bounties and premiums were among the false doctrines of commerce, which no government should recognise, and under which no trade could prosper. An impression was made on the Tory govennuent of the day—Lord L. Gower was then Chief Secretary ter Ireland, and he introduced a bill into parliament, professedly abro• gatieg the privileges of the Scotch and Irieh fisheries, and placing both on an equal footing. The practice, however, was very different from the profession. The Scotch Fishery Board was maintained, and the Irish anuihilated. The bounty was preserved to Scotland—it was withdrawn from Ireland. The pretence of a substitute was all we had for the solid advantages extended to Scotland. To render the delusion more glaring, the Commissioners of l'ublic Works were constituted into an Irish fishery department, and low they imitated the fostering example of the Scotch board, we shall presently see. The passing of this fatal act destroyed the fisheries of Ireland. They declined in the' inverse ratio of their former prosperity. Scarcely had the commissioners been invested with their new powers before they put them into pernicious execution. Or ders were immediately issued to withdraw the miser able fishery loans. lnevad of leaving them as a small capital to the poor fishermen, to combat with his Scotch rivals, they were extorted from him with an oppressive cruelty which accelerated his ruin. One well acquainted with the circumstances, thus describes the unrelenting pro cess The officers who served under the late Futhery Board were the collectors, in connection with the village attorneys, both receiving, in a!dition to costs, 5 per ccut. on the sums recovered ; and the name of 11. R. Payne, Secre tary to the Beard of Works, became well known in the assistant-barristers' courts. Decrees were obtained, and the property, in many cases all the hardly-treated creatures pos sealed, was sold, and the hitherto prosperous fisherman forced to look for that employment in soother country which he was deprived of in his own, or from deetitution sunk into an early grave.' The rigorous withdrawal of the little capital en which they had to depend for subsistence ' involved the coast population in the direst distress. Their boats and fishing-tackle were sold or pawned, and the • surrounding sea,' which before was a field of plenty, became for the fish erman a waste and a solitude." .alusu. Trig CECILI ‘N SICIETY.—Among the numerous amateur associations in the city of London, which owe their origin purely and solely to the love of music, the Cecilian Society, though not equal in magnitude to the "Choral Harmonists" and perhaps some others, is of longer standing than any of them, hating, we understand, existed above six', years, and pursued the even tenor of its way through all the changes of taste and fashion during this long period. It holds its meetings in the Albion Hall i❑ Idoorgate, a room of moderate size and well adapted to such a purpose. We visited it for the first time last evening, and heard a per formance of the oratorio of "Judas Maccalieus:" a per fnrmance on a small ecale, and which it would be unjust to treat and criticise as a public exhibition. The performers were altogether unknown to us ; all, or nearly all of them, were apparently amateurs; and they were nearly fifty in number. The chorus singing wan the best, the orchestra play ing the worst part of the performance. The choristers were all efficient; and, notwithstanding the paucity of voices (not above eight or nine to a part), their harmony was fuller and more satisfactory than we could have expected. In the grand chorus, " 0, Father, whose almighty power," we were struck with the firmness and vigour with which the fugal points were taken up. The instrumental band had two or three good performers, but most of them were very poor hinds, and, in accompanying the songs and recitatives, they made sad work. There was a violoncellist, however, who, if he is an amateur, is a remarkable one. He played the obligate accompaniment to " 0, Liberty," with a tone and taste that would have done credit to a professor. Among the solo-singers was a lady, Miss Thornton, who showed great talent. She has a fine voice, and her declamation in the recitatives, as well as her pure style of singing, showed native intelligence and feeling, cultivated by good musical education. The other soliates seemed good amateurs, but were too feeble to sing before an audience. The ball was filled by a very attentive and seemingly much gratified audience. Upon the whole, this performance gave us much pleasure, as being one of the many indications we daily meet with of the spirit and success with which the highest branches of music are culti vated in London among thole classes who are most deeply engaged in the pursuits of business. Such persons find that music is truly a " laborum duke knimen"—a delightful and salutary relaxation from the toils and cares of the work-a-day world. lllntbersttp atilt Clerked litbs. C.ANIMIDOE, Ocr. 3.—The following students have been elected scholars of St. John's College :—Freshmen: Anvtice, (lowlier, W. Howse, Kemp, Morley, Powell. Rod Year: W. J. Earle, J. Edwards, S. F. Williams, Wrench. 3rd Year: Burn, Carr. Hernantan, Stephen. 4th Year : Charlesworth, Charlton, U. Davies, Fearriley, Goldie, Hawkins, Hole, Millard, J. Newton, Pieter's, Scott, %Inter, Ward, W. P. Wilson. The following students have been elected Proper Slurs of the same college :—P. Day, Glover, Kingsford, Pell, Rogerson, Selby, Whale. Paitersiumera.—Rev. J.W. Burrough to be a surrogate, dio. Exeter ; Rev. W. H. Oakley to Wyfordby K, Leicestershire ; Rev. G. Picker ing to be chaplain of Llvenstone Union ; Rev. R. S. Redfern to Christ Church, P.C., Accrington. WAN Bvancer Coma' new CRORCIL—(From a . Correspondent.) —Some months since it was announced la the public journale that Mice A. Burdett Coutts had handed to the Lord Bishop of London a blank cheque upon the fir Coutts and Company, at the name time authorising the Bight Rev. Prelate to fill it up with such amount an be might consider necessary for the erection and endowment of • church, the purchase of a site, the building of schools and parsonage home, In a densely-populated portion of Westminster, which city her father, Sir Francis Burdett, represented PO many yearn in Parliammt. Estimates for the building were made, and calculations entered intis for the necessary endowment, when it was found that ;Lawn little less than 300001. would be required, respect being had to the most amp:a gra tuitous accommodation for the poor. The announcement of 'ads news drew down upon the bishop severe animadversions from those who were ignorant of the basis on which the estimates had been made, the consequence of which was that the bishop felt some delicacy in pro ceeding with the matter; and, until a few days shwa, the subject re mained in abeyance. The munificent donor, ho sever, determined not to be thwarted et her pious punnets, has b-en In personal com munication with an architect, and, with tile Bishop's consent, the new church will be forthwith commene , :;‘, the designs h a ring been approved of, and an eligible site obtained. The church will be erected in Itecheetet-row, and lorangements will be made ' in virtue of which Miss Burdett Omn i w ilt have ..he first nominati on to the air incumbelleY the Pettanage ever afterward, being 'anted In the Lord Bishop (Attie coal,io ea.nd6.-ToSpbehyinnzw, estte er 2 i in by ti Ve ' en ii g n :ltsti a t m e4 , o l` when the despatches arrive. Rertantere, troop-ship, • NAVAL. this Pl) ine rs rn m in ° g uT lii i i: and was inspected by the COM. into harbour this mernt, department. Scourge, attain-sloop, is quite ready for sea mender in-Chief Adm iral Sir C. Ogle, and by the ship wright department she has beta in commission five }pars and will be p a id o ff . Sh e is to be docked, re-ouppered and repaireelfer re-commission. Curler*, 10, bri g , fi tt i ng for bonne vessel, will be ready about the end of the next month. Respecting the plan of mortar with whi c h s h e i s b eing f i sted, the invention of Licutßoberts, R.M.A., all who have seen it are convinced of its advantages, Ordinary Commander C s ouch is appointed to this station. (,:UNNtitY PRACTICE IN THE BIMINI NAVY.—It is wow well known to every person connected with the navy, that our scanted excel all other nations in gunnery practice ele Rauch as they have hitherto excelled them in seamanship. The pet faction that has been thus attaiind is owing to the system pursued en board Ii.M.S. Ereelkaf, at Portsmouth, where both offieros and seamen are daily instructed in the practice as 'well as the theory of naval gannery. When these seamen and officers ere sufficiently skilled in this art, they are drafted on beard the newly-commissioned ships as gunnery officers and seamen gunners, where- they become the instructors of their shipmates; and honer the crew of a British man-of-war, can fire a broadside or a single gun with greater precision than any foreigner. The accuracy in firing on board the E.reelkue has Seen ao fre quently and satisfactorily tested, that no one who has ever witnessed it Can be otherwise than surprised and gratified at its remarkable preci-ion. The utility of thir establish ment has been so perfectly established that the Lord. of the Admiralty are holding out inducements to both seamen and officers to join it, in lacier that the navy may be supplied with experienced gunners skilled in the theoretical*, well as the practical knowledge of naval gunnery. THE COAsT GUARD.—The Commis-ioners of the Customs have heen authorised to gran' leave of absence to chief 1 officers of the coast guard, without loss of pay, for a. period not exceeding twenty-eight days in cuch year. Aret. sTerßes, Nov. 4.—Liontenant M. Harrows, to the Excellent; Payrnueter and Pulver W. It. natennes, to the tivyreT (acne*); Nur goon It. Douglas, to the vanguard ; Aeuetant..sui gnaw J. T. Hoes, to the Geyser (acting) Nasal Cadet T. J. B u ll oc k, to the (ails.; Mar ter's Assistant 11. Bo nd, to the Caledoni a; Clerk wee:urge, JolanJ ones, to the Helvitkro. FRENCH NATAL APPOINTMENTS.—We read la the Courtier Francois :—" It is said that the question of appointing a successor to Admiral Duperre was yesterday discussed in the Council of Minigers, and that it was resolved to raise the Prince de Juitiville to the grade of Admiral of France." By a royal urelonnence, dated Tues day, and made upon a report of the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, founded upon recommendations from M. Bruat, Commandant of Tahiti, the King has promoted Capt. Malnuinche and Lieut. Buyer, of the navy, and Captains Massey and Perrault, of the Marines, to the rank of officers in the Legion of Honour, and created forty-one other per- Sons connected with the army in Tahiti, Chevaliers of the same order, in acknowledgment of their services. Admiral Legoarant de Tromelin will, it is said, replace hi. Laine in the command of the Brazil station. MILITARY. CONCENTUATIoN OP THOOI4E—We have heard, on what we consider to be good authority, *'though we cannot under take positively to vouch for the correctness of the statement, that it is in contemplation of the Commander-in Chief to effect very considerable changes in the distribution of our military force. According to the information which has reached us, the whole of the troops stationed in England will be concentrated at three points, front which, by the aid of the numerous railways the; are rapidly cover ing with their network the whole surface of the island, the metropo lis—the manufacturing districts—and our southern coast, which would be moat exposed in the event of war—could receive speedy and effectual protection. The piece* that we have heard named as likely to be selected fur this purpose are Woolwich, Birmingham, and Newhaven.—Brighlon Unzette. SPORTING. TATTERSALLM.—Thmoonev. A•kw of the smell number of subanibers now in town dropped iu " in the course oi the afteinwoo, more, we imagine, w ith the des perate hoope of niecting with some of the alt•enhr., and cloning their Newmarket amounts, than with any Wen of 1111/4110.4 on future event:, Vas hop• was not reothisd—thine who writ absent on Monday were nun rut yesterday, and we are not aware that twenty pounds was rubbed off the heavy !Walla so due in many quodiers. The Derby Letting, as may be well imagined, was v e .lams; still, us several unusual/. acre backed, etnelly its small amouutoi, we are enabled to pre sent 41 IllUdenaely gun' list el jprier.._ DERBY. In to 3 apt Sentt's lot (t.) 40 to 1 agst Bro. to Joincill,,(t. 10 3 John Day's lot and alt. off.) 7 I Van *lmmo 43 1 Cltrininpher (take 1000 30 Allertorrian (t.) 30 to I) 1000 —23 Citentilt (4) 1000 20 Red Ilart 11010 23 Tantivy (v) 100 20 Projectile (l) 1004 —25 MArpresst colt (1.) WOO -13 - Wrst India Planter 40— I Lunctlate (I.) 1000 13 kryz (t undatt off.) Offers to back 11w tick) act Eleven. TAIIPORLEY lIUNT RACKS rARPOILLT ItUNT ISTALN al .1 rocs racb , well 20 added. Twice round. (17 subs.) Mr. T. T. Parker's OW Port Mr. W. W. Wynn's 'hobo... .(1141:) 1 2 - . - Won by a length. Foam STAk),q, of ouch. I OHM Sir W. W. W 3 on', Tippo (CAA. France.) 1 Mr. T. Parker's Lucy Mr. (Armes Phnom - (Capt. White) 3 . _ A floe race. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARK 1.:1' Finn SPRING MEETING, ISH. WOW,. i,DAY.-MATI . II, 2014 b-ft, T. Duke or &Alford's Lally ConAtance, M t 71b, apt 'r J. Hawley's l'avinino, ;lb. MArea, pIINI, h.ft, T. i.C. —Mr. Gres,llcb Alum , t 3,4 agrt Mr. O'llrit The Truvener, 7,4 :lb. - - FlltsT (xrrw.:Eu, mErnsa, iq tr. Tri,ost.—Tsik lbc•trui. Seirbcof 40 SIAM ccelb—Last bairn( Ab. M. -Count Itattliyany's Sister to Cireassian Maid; Duke of Bedford's Duplicity ; Mr. Cooper's Slug; Mr. Et wall's c by Venison, out of Art.'s dam ; Lord Ezeter's tippet, Dote, and Ticiphone; Sir J. Ge rard's Lucy Ashton; Mr. Grebes Ilse Earl of Richmond; Mr. P. Good win's The F0M.4•14.41 (tuck; Sir .1. Hawley's Lovelace; Mr. J. aloore's Blase; Ste J. B. Mills's f by Venison, un of Timehrosa; Mr_ Mostyn's f by Touchstone, out of Ohre and Daughter of 'Bomar • Mr. Payne's f by Buzzurd, outoll.ayls; Col. Pi el'a Teetuttini ; Mr. rbillienure's Lady Furs; tlaptatn Pitt's I ; Duke of Richmond's I by Mos, out of Prism ; Mr. Itisberts'c Practice; Mr. Rolt's SOII4OOM and Egyptian (Imam: Lord John lieutt's Rundisforil; Lord stratlinsores :ascot :40000 ; Mr. Vcruon's Glyccna; Mr. It. WattriK fby lam smut, out of Cara, and f by Touchstone, out of Ohio; Mr. Worley's; Grit. Tuts.lat.—Tam It; roasts :41.41.1,4 of 30 lows each, 20 R: from the turn of the 1:10414 In.•-Cogint Itutillyanyal Ptolenieus; Duke of Bedford's Duplicity ; !mkt of lkaltbrd's e by Sir Frantic, out 11l Coo. dip; Lord Kamer a Sword Player, Fencer, mad 'biome ; Sir .1. Gerard's; The Merry Wife; sir J. 11.1al,sy's Lovelace; Mr. Lowther's Chapelsorie ; Mr. Moenunbi f by sir Ilereults, out of l'avrnbrolur's ;Lint • sir J. It. Millses fby Venison, out of lentld ; and Lard Stratitmore's ((West Saner. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1817. braKe. of :el sous rods, 20 R. T.V.C.— Lord Albemerle's The Lemnos; Col. Anson'; Crusade ; Mr. lkileon'a c by Punipe, out of Iteolry ; Count Batthyany'e Egremout; Mr. Brook's (by Lanereost, out of Idolatry; Mr. Cooper 'e Protection ; Mr. J. Day's Conveyancer; land Ir:shalom's Aetna mad rioter to Sir henry; Lord Exeter's Sword Meyer, Nat:thus, Vulcan, and Dore; Sir J. Gerard); Donna Ilerrorea and Itockley ; Mr. Greville's Rossiya; Gen. Graevenor's Sir Rowland de Bois ; Sir J. C roatina; Sir J. IL Mills' f by Veuison, out of Jingle ; Mr. J. Moore's Blanc; Mr. Mody sn' Loadstone and Propeller ; Lord Orford'. cby Grand Duke, out of Adelgund ; Mr. Payne's Glendower and Panic; Cul. Peel's The Architect, um! f by Slane, out of 'leader; Mr. l'hillimore's Flino/one; Sir It. rigot's c by Elk,, out of Manto ; Duke of Bich inonres fby 21us, out of Diem; Mr. ROWS Se,roo4ll and Imperial; Mr. It. Watt's I by Lanereost, out of CW.I, and f by Touchstone, out of Ohio. Wriemerrov.—BSlonroD Smarr+ of 50 POTS each—to start from the Aneester post, and finish at the Duke'. wand. Sir J. Hawley'3. Love lace; Duke of Bedford's 3lotacilla (31b.), and sable (111).); Lord Cluroterfield's e. by Charles XII, out of Dean Swift's dam; Mr. Payne s f. by Buzzard, out of Leyte (Mb.); Lord Orford's c. by The Colonel, out of Bay Dorothy (Mb.); lord Eglinton's e. by St. Martin, out of Deuce; Mr. Barn', e. by Plenipo, out of Liberia (3113.); Mr. Lowther's Chapelgorie ; Cal. Peel's Franciscan (Mb.); Lord Exeter's f. by Gladiator, out of Toga; Lord Spencer's Lanista (31b.); Mr. lloucerie's Prairie flint; Mr. Neville's The (hussar; Lord Strath more's Sincerity ; General Grosvenor's Sir Rowland de Bois • Lord Athemarle'e The Empress;. F/UDAT.—FiIESIIMUILsT EMACES of 50 ROTS each. T.Y.C.—Lord Al bemarle''; Kangaroo' Cu!. Aaeoe's Crusade ; Mr. Brook's I. by Lanereast, out of Idolatry; Lord F:glinton'e Mtrrea, and sister to Sir. Henry; Lord Exeter's Veneer, Dove, Vulcan, and Tisiphone ; Sir J. Gerard's Matadore ; Mr. Greeille's Roselyn; Gen. Greece/toes Sir Oliver; sir J. Ilawley's Lovelace; Mr. :Maroon's Pius IX.; Sir J. B. Mill's Deerstalker; Mr. J. Mayen Blaze; Mr. Muslin's la Red stone and f. by Touchstone, out of Olive ; Lord Orford'e Lby To ueb stone, out of Firefly; Mr. Payne's Glendower and Panic; Col. 1 *eel's The Architect and f. by Touchstone, out of Malibran ; Mr. Role s Sca re= and Egyptian Queen ; Lord Strathmore's Sincerity; r.ir S. Spry's c. by blase, not of Hostile: and Mr. H. T. Worley'eCevershrun. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1817. Tift*RSDAT.--RWSErSTAISIDI of 50 soy;. each. Ab.lll.—D. of P ?Ilford's *Oscine; Lord Exeter's tile. to Perguleria; Mr. Groville's toslyn sir. Cavatine; Lord Lased:de% c. by itamatche r, out of Souvenir; Sir J. B. Mill's Deer Stalker; Mr. J. Moore's lie ATP ; Mr. Moetyn's Fallow Deer ; Lord Orford's c. by Grand Duke, 01 t of Adel gond ; Mr. Phillimore's Flintatone ; Lord Strathmore. Sin eerily, and Mr. H. T. Worley's Barra. GOODWOOD, 1847. nave DAY.—LTTART !STARR.. of so rove. each, 30 ft. lialf.a. mile.—Lnrd G. Bentlnek as. f. by Touchstone, out o f Olive; Mr. Cooper's Slug, and Protection; Lord Exeter's Tippet:, Lord Eglin toun's De Witt, and Glen Seddell Mr. Ford us. 11 tadingley and Brampton; Mr. Gully's Edie Orhi ltree (late Lost le y Mama); Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone, and Daughter of Tower ; Mr. Pa Doe's f. by Buz nerd, out of Leyte; 1). of Bedford's f. by Venison, oat of Sherbet; Mr. 11. T. Worley's Caversham. Mome 055 ETAKIA of 50 sass each, h. R. I'.T.C.—Lord G. Beatinck no. Daughter of Tower; Mr. Cooper's r ; bees Eglin. noun's De Witt, and Glen Saddell ; Lord Exeter's T ,ppre ; Mr. say's Edic Ochiltree (late Lost my Mama) ; Sir J. Rawley's Vexation; Mr. Mostyn's Fallow Deer; Mr. Payne'; Glendower , and f. by Buzzard, out of Leyte; Duke of Medford's f. by Venison, out of sherbet, aid llelter Skelter ; and Mr. IL T. Warley's Cavort am NEWMARKET COURTING MI sTING. DIEIBT.—FIRST TlLT.—Victory beat Eireawe y; Ajax beat Farmer's Boy Mentor beat Dutchman ; Ithalopeare b eat Meteor. CoIo.—FIRST Tn.:S.—Dunkirk beat Farmer spinster beat Figaro ; Maze beat Michael; Knight Marshal boat) , ; OARA—lmarr Trow—Vrota beat Gipsy Ge 1; Dolly beat Goody ; Fait Maid beat Wildair ; Fancy ran a bve. FORT STARK.—FIier TlM—Marshall beat Rosetta; Mac beat Steamer; Feriae beat Apha; Penman r as a bye. EXSINO STAMM for Aired Dogs.—Mr D o b e 4 e 3 a D e w., beat Mr. Anetratber's Conjurer; Lord Stradbro • cc's Maiden beat Mr. Gillett's (hos. Ninviealutcr Brisfulb for Puddle" .—Mr. Anstrutber's Clementina beat Lord Stradbroke's Maria; Mr. Arabia's Ashdown beat Mr. An- Wruther's Cream; Mr. Vipan's Vre a Tromp beat Mr. Dobede's Doubt hd ; Mr. Gilled'; Ginger beat Mr , gjae„ Revoke. Tea ROYAL STAG HOORDA— The Earl Granville, the Marquis of Worcester, and a not very nun MMUS field, were at the meet on Wed nesdahilloyh,eamt N ui t e lL , Lor ibe . .Lad .te y r G a ra t r iVlLk and n a .tx , part vere y o fro so m pr k e, 'l3;;; to witness the unearting of the deer High:dyer, which took place in Winkrield-park. ""-. • thorn-hill, to ey&sd, dlay, take over laighfrer taking the near Old r bows ov PSd" r. Till*: e 1,1..,U,dm• 1 id-park. The deer s. after gnaw away scow to the right ro.n ta d to lfra n y o .cona lypor zec,.. d ov t. ec rw to t k h b e i Blackbird-hill ‘l'll' orwi wdc.u m her m bi:d ing it atrota . tho 11.7 e re ; tla M e 4i n de w.ad e f jo b ; M an‘i • la . " . l • lA . ': doublir,g back to llorney d h o lS ezlree w rl: v.. le 4 lnd.... ::::T d .on d st..b .d s : fra de rage....,xmars ra n :bl ing e ti .1 17 .6. : , ev 0r 0 • :4. .. . to n . 'h t tu ng h t?t i 'otq Ind w" taken in g . . skeet 5 a: 1;016 yi e nry . , ' ^