The Express. — London, England, 1848-07-13 00:00:00

pees upon Livadia. Whilst on his road to Thebes, he net the 20,000 drachmas which the receiver of Livadie wee eat& ing to Athens per order of the minister, and thinking be was about " being done " with a piece of waste paper, he abed upon the 20,000 drachmas, and gave the guard the minister's order. He then went to Thebes wed took the other 20,000, which were about to be sent to Athena, declaring that he was not to he done is that way. Thew acts have caused a disturbance in the IMMO of ministers, but they can do nothing. By a royal orileanasee the conscription for 1813 is fixed at 1,000 men, MO ion than for 1847. The ministers have decided that to give ses Nadir, the man who fired at M. Monona, to the Male of the Turks, would be contrary to the laws of Greece. If they persevere, it will be the first rime that ever the laws of Greece were adhered to. M. Da Soutzi, the consul-general of the Brazils, is about to go on leave. lie was universally liked, and his departure much regretted. M. Tricoupi, who went:on an extraordinary minion to Munich, has arrived at Athens from Trieste, in an American vessel, in consequence of the blockade of Trieste, which detains Austrian Lloyd's steamers at that port. We fel tho want of them h•re very much indeed. The Athens journa's aro filled with nothing hut Sir Stratford Canning, his mission to Greece, and the results of it. At present they are all in nubibut. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 2G. The damage done b 7 tho late fire antoucts to two millions sterling. The buitan has abolished the custom Which woul.: not permit • Turk to let a house to a Chris tian, and given pirintssion for all the Europeans deprived of homes by the fire to be received into Tuttush houses. Other changes in the ministry have taken place_ Iteschid Pacha, ex-grand vizier, has been appointed a minister without a portfolio, and Ali Pacha appointed preaideat of the Supreme Council of Justice, vice Halil Pubis. The English ambassador, S r Stratford Canning, arrived on the 2 Itn, on board her Majesty's steamer Antelope. The first interpreter of the divan, Emin Effendi, waited on him, to congratulate him on the part of tho Porte on his happy return. The cholera still exists at Constantinople, at Browne, Ismi, Ghemlek, Gallipoli, and has also appeared at Tchesme, a place about 40 miles from Smyrna. The Italians resident in Pere had a flare-up amongst themselves, upon Italian poli tics. They wire not separated without the interference of an armed force. Trade is still dull; a little doing in corn. Freights slightly increased. DECORATIONS OF TUE LEGION OF HONOUR have, according to the Paris journals, been distributed in large number: among the Garde Mobile, as a reward for the he roism divlayed by the young soldiers during the late insur rection. . _ lifice LATE Issue au-no:v.—On the 20th of June, two days before the insurrection in Paris, Maurice Arndt, a deputy in the Prussian National Aasembly, uked for an ad journment of the decree u to the form of executive power, which the left wished to vote immediately. Opposing irony to the republicaa a7.lour of the left, friendly to the French republic, he allowed the following worth to escape him : " A little patience, gentlemen ; in two days at furthest your French republic will have found its master."—Le Peuple Con stituant. COLONIAL. CANADA.—Oar dates from this province are to the 2lth ult. The intelligence is nut of great moment. The Ilievernor.General left Montreal for Quebec on the 22nd of June. The appointment of M. Bedard as a Puiene Judge of the Court of Queen's Br Oct with precedence of the two puisnes previously on the bench had given rise tt some cavil ling on the part of the opposition. It appears that M. Bedard, in his capacity of provincial judge, had uniformly taken precedence of these gent!, metrwhear ver they acted together, on the ground of seniority. There is also some crowing in the opposition papers because ministers had caused M. De Sales La Teniera to he gazetted as Deputy Judge Advocate before they were artain that he would accept the appoint ment. Two casualties are mentioned iu our Montreal tiles ; the wreck of the steamer Down at the Lachine Rapids (ap parently without any loss of life), and a fire in Montreal. The crops throughout Canada promise to be abundant ant good ; teid the season in the upper province is unwontedly forward. The pasoengets by the America reached Montreal ' in twelve days from Liverpool ! The ship fever has re-ap peared among the emigrants at Grosse Isle ; and the Rev. William Thompson, an exempt wry clergyman who had de voted himself to their service, has fallen a vic!im to it. AUSTRALIA.—NEW SOT:Tit WALES.—From this 1 colony we have papers to the 20th of March. The burden of their columns is as usual, the want of labour. Tha Sidney Morning Berald of tilt) 18th of March states: " The peti tion praying for protection from the oppressive jurisdiction of the Vice.Admirelty Court has been signed by up wards of P!I hundred persons, including, we be lieve, every mercantile firm in the colony, several members of the It gislature, and a large number of the most respectable colonists. It has been entrusted to the care of Mr. C. D. Loins, the secretary of the committee, who is about to proceed to England." The same journal published on the Sth of Much some extracts from a letter from Dr. Leichhardt, Cat. 1 Canning Downs, February 26. That distinguished traveler was then on the eve of starting on his arduous journe y . lie had received the news of Mr. Kennedy's discoveries. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—We !lave been favoured with the following interesting extract of a privato letter re ceived at Southampton from Adelaide, and dated January 14, 1848 : It is astanshlng hoc quickly people make money here. In my lost I m: aborted the profit a man made on the Pale of a piece of land. I will now ir.ve you another instance. We prepared a conveyance, about a couple of mouths alp, for the sale of an acre of land in a village near Adelaide, in which the consideration was not.: another solicitor in the town hvg just prepared another cm:reprice of the same piece of land for 3001. This will be en amazingly rich colony ultimately—copper of the richest quality is being dis covered in all parts of the country; and in places where there was not the slightest idea that any would be founeL There is also an iminease quantity of building stone here. Marble also has been fount. A gold and a slicer mine have been dm covered; the latter has patd for working, but the former hats not yet proved profitable. Money is very valuable here; a perm can easily obtain 20 and 30 per cent. on ample freehold security - for hie money. You will be able to conjecture what wrists South Anathalians are. I wish I had a few lotheireas to depase of in this way ; I could Mauro myself extremely profitable return. What astonishes me the moot L to see how :he labourers get on. Many by employ log themselves and others in carrying ore from the mines to the part, in bul lock drays, rear 141. and IS. per month. In fact, many clerks Lava left their situations to join the less respect able proteriens of bullock-driven., hutkeepers, shepherds, Etc. Things, however, cannot long remain in this state; the enormoua prise el labour will decrease; for it is to he hoped that thousands of wretched creatures who are dragging out a miserable exietence in the old country will emigrate to South Australia. What a pity it is that the maps of individuals that now fill the unions of Great Britain cannot come out here' It to as tonishing to sec bow quickly females get married in Adelaide. When people obtain good servants they are afraid to let them go to church or chapel, for fear of their getting engaged. Weddings are a daily occurrence. There is mike • rush to every emigrant refer that arrives, in order to secure servant. So independent are the latter, both male :mu female, that the Legislative Council have intruders-el an °rein:once by means of which • servant gets severely punished for neglecting to perform duties he or she earthed to discharge. It in right to state, luarever, that i y the same ordinance • servant can have a master punished for in treatment, or a refusal to pay wages. This ordinance has the effect of pirserv.ng a good understanding between morel s and servants. aline's make a great deal of money here. All of them earn from 21. to 31. • week; and in many MEM, where they have taken a portion of a mine On tribute, one person has cleared • lee,/. in a couple of months or so. All keep their harem; few of them are, however, awing character. They ;V.?, 4rceoplornothiPt%otr".-2..' you may PMrw th eettllt a reapeetabe ',creel left all under-seeretarythip worth Y: l34:ll. a year to keep a tavern. Iles predecessor in the tavern came out heretic° years ago as a common emigrant, and has now made his fortune. The burrs-burrs, e r monster mine, has made the for tunes of several. I suppose it has Call 441 a deal of talk in England. A man named Graham, ales was one ol the earliest settlers here, and who was a grocer's shopman, invested all his earninge in this mine the shares of which originally were M. each ; the mine has only been discovered two years, and Graham le already enurniouely ricls. The land of the company formed to work this mine rivers a square mile, and which entirely abounds with copper of surpassing relines. One way of making money here, and which is mach in vogue, is by getting conaignwents d articles that are required by the colonists; for matance, a consignineat of stationery would pay exceedingly wig: a t.ersen might realise full • hundred per cent. after payment of freight and other expenses. Life and property are exceedingly safe here, although we border on Van I eiemen's Land. Three months elapse between each session, and the calendar is in general very light. alto have had ono es ecution since my arrival here. The culprit was an Englishman, and his crone was ,hat of murdering a native. The government affords the utmost protection to the nhorigines; so much so, that it is thought by many to be too partial to them. Oar bishop bus just arrived In the Derwent ; the Adetadlans arc already pr. pewees - sr in his favour. Ills lellow-passengers speak highly of him. From what we have Wen of him, a better mien could not have been selected. Ile arrived in town on 27th Dec, and it hap pened to be the very day of the anniversary of the formation of the province. An entertainment was given in the evening at Government Donee, at which the bishop, of course, was present. Ile preached at Trinity Church, which is now called the cathedral church of Trinity, last Sunday foe the [Pettier. Ills text was, "The knowledge of the Lord shall carer the earth as the waters cover the Kea." in glancing ut the native children, most of whom are able to join in the responses as well an the charity children in England, he remarked that "it was not merely . civilisation that tendod to the rellatoun ad vancement of people; emir Aeon might refine vice, but it could not eradicate it." The bishop has brought out hie wife and are young daughters; also there clergymen, the archdeacon of the {wo re°. his lordship's ehaphan, did another. It was amusing to hear a passenger in the lierwent describe with what glee, during the voyage, the bishop, and clergymen who accompanied him, booked and hauled tip an immense shark. They were practising, doubtless, In Order to be "fishers of men." We expect our new governor shortly. It is quite clear we arc thought something of, now, in Downingsstroet, time we are to have a titled governor, and oar spiritual wants amply provided fur. We have disagreeable. to put op with in Adelaide, such as hot winds,. The heat is sometimes very oppressive, and ie quite equal to that of India; we hove it now (14th January) uncommonly hot, and have bad many tremendous hot days this season. The thermometer for the lest two days has varied from 105 to log in the shade; this i 3 reckoned the hottest weather ever known here. Rome screams have been laid up, and one or two hove died frorn the effects of the heat, tripled, perhaps, with that of drink. You may guess, therefore, that we hare some regular scorches at times. The heat has knocked up the bishop, and must, I think, asteeish him and the rest of the new comer,. We scarcely aver ex. Weis:nee, however, more than one or two very hot dap at a time; and they are invariably succeeded by cool, refreshing 'bower. sod • beautitid change in the atmosphere. When I left Engird the weather, I recollect, was very hot; several people were hid up; the paper, were teeming with complaint. The thermometer however. did not rimed 06 in the abed,. What was this con with the weather here, which is 90 after the sun has gone down f a But there is nomethir about the purity of the atmosphere in Adelaide that render" the brat is some degree supportable; but what we have DOW la • great deal too much for us, and, fortunately for South Artralia, a rarity. 27 .ow I think of it, I must tell you that the letters you sent me, no noutirematon," did not reach me so quickly r those cent by a pn rale vessel. It appears that they first reached Singapore, where try remained some lure, to wait until a vessel sailed to the colonies; try were then despatched to Sydney, where they remained until a Tenet sailed from thence to Adelaide. The best plan is to watch the r*Noll sailing direct for this place, for until there Ere regularity established, rho orerland route as far ns Both Australia ismoc k ery,i Pt be generally believed Ilia; we ll a and a awe. cern established between this . and India ; s h or tly l ve a s team that It be that I Ley enjoy the sweet consolation of hearing from h omey I Asp soll olaft I boos Wed ig e. :Ksisotlissily dot ths Zsoloisft solOolsolol Comm ell boailsi ai by dr bons orsessosot Is oslehliii Sat fol. nitwit& stOollos tbs MINN somis as Oft Is mil out of ' am= sum* at das 11•1=0111 NM . !pi web kr osz. ryfaif sad Ifs orsOls thoy A" grosoosmok bind of rool=ths sm. ore usspoi Ikon USW *sir mOsspriss Is A biro any oporld admloiso is dos% sod &t a my s=o2t2rommorsaisa to whet they ow nosh% trbe Court. The Queen took a drive to Kew yesterday after noon, in. an open baronets and four. Her Majesty was ac companied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Aber corn, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps ? and Lieut.-Col. Seymour, left Buckingham Palace, at 20 minutes before 9 o'clock yes terday morning, for the Euston-square terminus of the Lon donland North Western Railway, and proceeded to York, to attend the agricultural meeting. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday evening, at Buckingham Palace : Prince George, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenhans, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Abercorn, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, and Mr. George Edward Anson. _ _ _ The Duchess of Kent left town yesterday morning for her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor. Her Royal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, iu the afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge returned to town on Thee day night from York. The Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party yes- terday, at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Kent and a select party were present. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured Viscount and Viscountess Combermere with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Belgrave square. Mr. E. Wodehouse, M.P., and Mr. Bagge had an interview with the Right Ron. li. Labonchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. J. S. Brickwood, Public Works Loan-office, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. A deputation, including Sir William Roes, Mr. Warren, Mr. Ward, Mr. Midge, and Mr. Lushington, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the Right Ron. H. Labou chere, at the Board of Trade, to present a memorial from a general meeting of artists, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, praying that the Lords Committee of the Privy Council for' Trade will not persist in interfering with the right of setts , tion by the prizrholders themselves of the prizes allotted to them by the Art-Union of London. The memorial was signed by 26 members of the Academy and 280 other artiste. Mr. A. McEwan, of Glasgow, hsd an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday. The Queen has presented 10/. to the London com mittee, to be added to the fund for the orphans of the late William Thom, the Inverury poet. SIR ROBERT AND LADY PEEL'S REUNION.— Yesterday afternoon, Sir Robert and Lady red gave recep tion to a brilliant circle of distinguished foreigners, the grin• cipal members of the diplomatic corps, and of the leafing aristocracy, at the family residence, in Whitehall-gardens. The invitations expressed that it was "to view the pic tures," and the hours appointed for the reception were from 3to 6 o'clock. It is well known that the private collection of Dutch cabinet paintings, formed by Sir Robert Peel in the town mansion, are all of the first rank as work, of art. It includes masterpieces by Wouvermane, Teniers, Cuyp, Jan Steen, Ruysdael, W. and Faults Mieris, Vender Velde, G. Douw, Bschhuysen, Wynants, Hobhima, Paul Potter, Du Jardin, Metzu, A. and J. Ostade, Slinaelandt, Netsclier, Terburg, P. de Ilooghe, Vander Hayden, Berghem, &c. The illustrious visitors, on their arrival, were at once conducted to the gallery, where Sir Robert and Lady Peel welcomed the numerous guests, assisted in the honours of the reception by their youthful daughter and Mr. Arthur Peel, fifth son of the right hon. baronet. In the dining room, on the ground-floor, a table was provided with a display of the choicest fruit. The majority of the company retired at 7 o'clock. THE CHISWICK FLOWER-SHOW. The third and last exhibition for this reason of the Horticultural Society took place yesterday, at their gardens at Chiswick. The weather was extremely fine, and enticed quite as gnats concourse of visitors as on any former occasini. We heard it stated that nearly 14,000 tickets had been dis posed of, and that 12,000 persons were at one period of the day present in the gardens. Besides the usual attractions of music and flowers, and that presented by the society's beau tiful grounds, the Duke of Devonshire allowed access—u on the Lot day of exhibition in former years—to the domain surrounding Chiswick House. At about three o'clock, two of the four military bands in attendance marched into these grounds, and stationed themselves on the lawn, where they continued to perform Tho scene here was extremely picturesque and animated. Groups of elegantly attired ladies and male visitors, either seated or pro menteled among the trees and in the shrubberies; while souse of the juveniles were afforded the enjoyment of swinging in the hammock and other swings fixed on the lawn. Leaving these necessities of the fete for the main occasion of it, tile exhibition of fruits and flawere, we may with safety say that, although the specimens were not very numerous, it was an excellent show. The orchids were numerous, and so of course were the heaths. There were brilliant groups of pelargoniums, roses, and geraniums; and among the cut flowers, carnations, pinks, and picotees, attracted the largest groups of admiring spectators. Of fruits, the finest, the most numerous were the pines, some of which were unusually large and well shaped; the collection of other fruits was neither so extensive or varied as at former exhibitions. The awards of the judges, however, which we print below, point out the choicest specimens both of fruits and flowers more correctly than they can be indicated in a cursory notice. LIST OP PRIZES. CLASS I.—kloarcan, for which Nurserymen and Private Growers exhibit independently of each other.—Pelargoniums, in 'collections 9, 12 new and first-rate varieties with perfectly distinct colours, culti vated with superior &ill, in 8-inch pots, Messrs. Cock, Staines, Dob son, and Gaines, Pelargoniuma in collections of six varieties, In 11-inch pain, Messrs. Parker, Simms, and Gaines. Roses in pots in collections of 12 distinct varieties, Messrs. Terry, Rowland, Paul, Francis, and Lane. Cape heaths, in collections of IS entirely diatinct varieties, Moors. Mylam, Slay, Rollimon, Epps, and Veitch. Cape heaths, in collections of 9 entirely diatinct varieties, Messrs. Green, Tayler, Ayres, and Pamplin. Cape heaths, 'lngle specimens display ing very superior cultivation, Messrs. Riddell, Bruce, Gerrie, Hall, Ayres, Jackson, and Pamplin. Calecolariaa, in sixes, In 11-inch pole, Mr. Gainer. Carnations, in pans of 21 distinct varieties, Moors. Ed wards„ Newhall, Ellis, Turner, Norman, and Ward. Piootevs, in pans of 24 distinct varieties, Messrs. Edward., Newhall, Ellis, Nor. man, T urn er, and Ward. Single specimens of very superior cultiva tion, excluding everything which can be shown singly in other letters, and plants not in Sower : Tabernernerntana corenaria, Mr. Donald; allanumila cathartica, Mr. Carson; roellia ciliate, Mr. May • curcuma Itnacocana, Mr. Iseson ; sollya itne-arts, Mr. Frazer ; ele'rodendron While Messrs. FNMA:ton ; fuchsia serratifolia, Messrs. Veitch. CLAsS IL—Prowess, for which all persona are admitted to equal competition.—Stove or greenhouse plants, in collections of 30 plants, Messrs. Fraser and Mr. Cole. Store or greenhouse plants, in collec tions of 15 plants, Merears Green, Donald, and Malyon. Stove or greenhouse plants, in collections of 10 plants Meagre. Jack, Taylor, Carson, Bruce, Pawlew, Stanly. Collections of 6 new hardy ever. greens grown in pot., coniiers excluded, Means. Veitch and Son of Exeter. Exotic orchid., in collections of 24 species of superior culti vation, Mr. Rae. Exotic ercliii2a, in collections of 10 species of rune riorenitivatiem, Messrs. Williams, C ism,Plant. Exotic orchids, in colic 'bonito( 6 species, Mews. Ge ary, Green, Dobson. Exotic orchida, single specimens displaying very superior cultivation: Stanhopea Sig: inn, Mr. Ingram; oncidium pulverulentun, Mr. Elliott; onet dium guttatum, Mr. lemon. Scarlet pelargoniums, Mr. Miller. Pe.. largoniums, in six diatinct epecim, exhibiting superior cultivation, Messrs. Mums, Manly. honey peargoniuma, Messrs. Gaines, Staines. Achimenes, in collections of not fewer than 6 species, exhibiting supe rior cultivation. Memo!. lemon, Knott, Kemp. Six distinct varieties of tall cacti in flower, Mr. Green. Roma of So varieties In loose hunches, each comiatlng of three trusses as they are gathered, no as to exhibit, as far as pawl ble, the habit of the variety, Messrs. Paul, Lane, and Francis. Roam, exhibited as in the letters FP, and in 25 varieties, Mes.srs. Row. land and Terry. Stances, in coileetions of ,in species, Mr. Glendin. Mug. Hardy ferns, in collections of to species of very superior ealti. nation, Messrs. Tayler, Williams, and Wood. Hardy dwarf herb, emu plants of very superior cultivation, in collections of 20, Mr. Wood, of Norwood. New hardy hybrid shrubs, Mears. Veitch. Newly introduced or extremely rare ornamental plant. in flower Pleromn elegem, Melva& Veitch ; Echites (species), Mearrs. Veitch ; Mara odoratiesima, Messrs. Rollirason alloplectus epociosm, 51. t.in. den ; maranta albo-lineata, 51. Linden ; mpparis (species), Messrs. Rollimon ; ehertygmtra strigosa, Messrs Veitch. Miecebancom sub- jects: Six fuchsias, Mr. Bray; botboinie ferns, Messrs. Delon and ; erica nabilis, Mr. Story. Seedling hybrid peLirgoniums, of entirely new come., Mr. Gaines. CLAN` 111.—Yew, for which market gardeners, or growers, not fruiterer:, in the habit of supplying the market, and private gar- &nen, exhibit independently of each other Pine apples, in single specimens: Queens, Mows. Brewin, Jones, and Hewitt; Emilia, Cayenne., sugarlonfs or Trini ads, Re., Wirers.Dryden, Jackson, and Elphiatono ; Providences, Messrs. Mitchell, Christie, stamp, and Garaway. Grapes, in pots, Mr. Cole; grapes, the heaviest tingl e bunch of any kind, 31t s. 12o: , Mr. Ogle. Grape., in three bunches for private , growers, addax bunches for marketirsrdener.: Black ham. burg and back prince, are., Messrs. Lusby, Hyde, Jackson, Chapman. White maatodines, sweetwaters, he., Mr. Riddell and Mr. Tayler. alteicate, Menace. Coe, Rust, Kemp. Frontignans, Menus. Hewitt and Gatid. Other sorts of grapes, ltstirct from the foregoing, Mr. Butcher, a seedling from the black Hamburg; Mr. Elphinstone, Victoria grapes Peaches, in sixes, Meters. Wright, Snow, Fleming. Nectarines, in vitro, Messrs. Wright, Graham, Foggy. Figs, in sixes, Messrs. WEwen, brown Turkey; Mr. loggia, white Marseilles. Cherries, in dishes of 11b. each, black eagle, Mr. Busby; white Florence, Mr. Snow. Strawberries, one dish each, British Queen, Mr. Lydiard, of Bath. Melons, one specimen each, the heaviest, 81b. 14 oz., Mr. M'Ewen; Mr. Gadd, Ciuttaloup, Stec.; the best flavoured, Messrs. Jones, M'Elven and Topics. The minor details of the fete were admirably managed. The tents were crowded during . the greater part of the day, yet there was no confusion or inconvenience; and although the demand for refreshments sometimes exceeded the power of immediate supply, the exercise of a little patience on the part of the applicants was all that was found requisite. Al together this proved one of the most brilliant horticultural fetes that has been riven for some years. Several distin guished persona, English and foreign, were seen among the company, including the society's noble and liberal neigh bour, the Duke of Devonshire. UNION BANK OF LONDON. A brief notice of the following appeared in yester day's Express. An annual meeting of proprietors was held yester day, at the Bank, in Princesatreet. Sir Peter Laurie presided. The SECRETARY read the directors' report, which stated that : After making provision for all bad and doubtful debts, and defray ing all current expenses of management, it will be seen that the vet profits of the year amount to 39,2,3 t. 3s. Of this sum, after payment of 25,3741., being the amount of the dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, clear of income tat, and appropriating $6Ol. as usual in reduction of the preliminary expense., there will remain a surplus profit of 13,7091.9 5., out of which the directors have added 9.100 f. to the reserve fund, leaving an unappropriated surplus profit of 4,3091.35. The directors have the satisldcuun of stating that the reaerve fund now amounts to the sum of 90,600/. 'sterling. They beg to remind the proprietors that this fund has been accumulated entirely out of trading profits, and has not yet been augmented by any addition arising from the appropriation of the reserved shares. Notwithatanding theunparareled pressure which during the past year hex weighed upon the commercial interests of this country and its de pendencire, and proved no disastrous in its consequences, even where great prudence and discretion were exhibited, the directors have to congratulate the proprietors that this bank has had tho good fortune to avoid any material loss arising from the numerous faJurca which occurred daring that period. But while more than ordinary caution has been observed in the conduct of the Masi/sere, the directors have the pleasure to state that the valuable and extending consexiona of the bank evince its solid and steady progress. 30,24.3. 10s led. was paid lest year to customers for interest on their current and Acposit accounts; and it may not be undeserving of re melt, that since the commencement of the business nearly I 70,090 f. has been ro returned to cuistomers as interest on their balancer. The directors have had to mgret the 10111 by death of Maier-General Robertson, and the retirement of William Marley, Eaq., and A. Cock burn, Psq., from the direction. In pureuatice of the provisions of the deed of settlement, the directors proceeded to supply those vacancie s, bs E.q and )) e n c l e n c t l t tlo o n f el l ;l n a r t . ien n i u n l , q f uTliked pthiprie , torn. In conformity also with the , provisions of the deed of settle ' ment, the three following directors now retire he rotation—viz., John Connell, Pig., Sir Peter Laurie, Andrew Spoitiswemle, Esq. And Jolla Connell, Esq., and Sir Peter Laurie. being eligabte, offer them ' 'elver., and are recommended by the court of directors, for reelection; and the directors also intimate that John Scott, Esq., of No. 1, Hyde park-street, a duly qualified proprietor, has given the requisite noti ce that it is his intention to become a ca ndidate fora scat in the direction at this general meeting. Paid-up Ca. itg, 101. per Share on 42,290 Shares £422,900 0 0 Due iy the Bank on Current Accounts, Deposit Re ceipts (including Interim. accrued), Circular Notes, &c. It• served Food invested In Bank Stock, as per contra 40,000 0 0 Surphis Profit 32,283 3 0 £3,147,811 13 8 AS.VI.9. Cash to the Bank, in the Bnnk of England, Lams, Exchequer Bills, and other Government ticcuritiesi, ilmounted, ac. 20,4054. Lis. 24. Bank Stock (Itesereed Fund) Bank Peen LICA, consist ng of Freehold Buildings in Princes-strict, Manion bowie, and 11-placs; and Purchase of Lease and Futures of 4, Pall-mull Ewa 57,741 11 0 Preliminary Expenses Mill-year's Dividend to Slat Member, 1547, Amount carried forward. 12,687 0 0 63,141,011 15 b The CHAIRMAN hail much pleasure in declaring a dividend of six per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Mr. ANDERTON here said he had some objections to snake to the report. The directors had stated that the losses of the company had been inconsiderable. Now he considered that the amount of those losses should be stated, in order that the proprietors might judge of their :importauce. He objected also to that provision of the deed of settlement which gave the directors power to fill up vacancies in the board without consulting the proprietors. He also considered that the present qualification of a director (20 shares upon which 2001. had been paid) was insufficient; and he would give notice of a motion which he intended to make to increase that qualification, and further to compel the director, before he was elected, to make • de claration that he was worth 5,0001. lie had also a question to ask relative to the assets. The whole amount had been put down -.a "cash in the Bank of Eng land, loans, exchequer-bills, and other government secu rities, bills discounted, &c." He considered that the amount which they had in the Bank of England should be stated. The CHAIRMAN was glad that the questions had been asked, because he felt he could answer them satisfactorily. The losses of the bank during the year had not amounted to 3,0001. (Hear, hear.) The amount in the Bank of Eng land was 400,0601. With regard to what had been said about filling up v teancies in the direction, it was a question for their lawyer. It was impossible for them to alter the deed of settlement. On the subject of the qualification of the directors, the board was prepared to fix it at any amount that might be desired, for he himself Mlieved that the present qualification was too small. In short, the directors were anxious to act in every respect agreeably to the wishes of the proprietors. Mr. ANDERTON expressed himself satisfied with the ex. planation' given, but considered that steps should be taken to procure au alteration in that part of the deed of settlement which gave power to tho directors to fill up vacancies in the board. Mr. YATES did not consider the questions which had arisen of any great importance. For unless the proprietors had confidence iu the directors, it was of little use to have a high qualification. lie had every reason to be satis fied with the mode of management pursued by the directors, which, if earth d out, bade lair to place them at the head of the joint-stock companies of London. The report was then adopted unanimously. With regard to Mr. Anderton's, notice of motion, the chairman stated that as it involved an alteration in the deed of settlement, it would be necessary that a requisition should be signed by several proprietors, to call a special meeting to consider it. Mr. ANDERTON then handed in his notice as a recom• mendation to the directors. In accordance with the general opinian of the proprietors the amount of qualification was recommended to be 103 slimes and the possession of 10,0001. The retiring directors having been re.. elected thanks were voted to the chairman and manager, and the proceedings terminated. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. —Yesterday , 1 Prince Albert arrived by special train at the York station about half past 2 o'clock. He was received by the Lord Mayor and corporation in their official robes, the members of the council of the society, and other officials. From the station to the judges' house a procession was formed, his Royal Highness being received enthusiastically by the citi sena, amidst the discharges of cannon and the ringing of the cathedral peal. A guard of honour of the 52nd Regiment of Foot was drawn up at the railway station, and a similar guard of the Ist Royal Dragoons at the judges' house. The high sheriff of the county (Y. Oream2,. Esq.), attended by his retinue, received the prince at the judges' house, where the Lord Mayor and corporation had the honour to present an address to their royal visitor, to which his Royal High ness replied: I have to thank you for yo,r dutiful address, and to assure you of the pleasure which I feel in visiting the ancient and important city of York, with which so mar y historical associat inn!, are connected, and of the gratification which I have experienced from the reception I have met with. - - The Lard Mayor and corporation then bowed and retired. Our carrespondent, writing ycatorilay, says: " The council dinner of the., society takes place this evening at the Guild hall, on which occasion the award of prizes for the cattle will be announced, after which a discussion will take place on the rearing and feeding of stock. - - • • THE REGISTRATION.—Persons who claim to vote for cities and boroughs in respect of the occupation of pre- Milt! of the yearly value of 101., must pay on or before Thursday next, the 20th inst., all poor's rates:and :assessed taxes that may have become due in respect of such premises for the year ending the 6th of April last, or they will njt be placed upon the register. To vote for the county, possession of freehold property for six calendar months previous to the last day of July is required. A change of residence in the City of London does not disqualify, providing the occupation has been continuous for a year. The 25th of August is the last day for serving notices of claims or objections. SEATS IN THE PARES.—By order of the Woods and Forests upwards of 200 chute have been placed in Hyde-park, and a proportionate number in St. James's park, for the pablic accommodation, THE SPITALFIELDS BALL.—On Tuesday the com mittee appointed to superintend the arrangement of the Spitalfields ball, which was held en Friday last, for the pur pose of raising a fund to promote the objects for which the Spitalfielde School of Design was established, made up their accounts, from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to 2,9001., and the expenditure to about 1,6001., leaving a balance of 1,300/. for the school, which will be paid into the hands of the treasurer of the school. SUDDEN DEATH OF EICHD. JONES, ESQ., CLFSIN Or THE Movie or COIDIONB.—This venerable gentleman, who was, we believe, the oldest eraployf in • subordinate capacity of the hon. house, expired auddenly at his residence in Parliament-Meet, on Monday, at the advanced age of 80. Mr. Jones also enjoyed a lucrative practice as parliamentary agent, and the appointment which has thus became vacant is in the gift of the noble new Serjeant.at-Arms, Lord Chas. Russell. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN IN WORKIIOUSES.—By parliamentary document just published it is shown that there were, in March, 1847, u many as 15,230 illegitimate children in workhouses ; of which number the mothers of 10,001 were likewise in workhouses. EARLY SHOP-41UTTINO.—The following notice, issued under the auspices of the Lord Mayor, indicates that the early closing movement has extended to the small traders of the metropolis : " The retail traders of London residing south of Ch,apside, St. Paul's, and Ludgate-etreet, west of King William-street, and east of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, hereby give notice that it is their intention to close their shops ' at nine o'clock on and after Monday next, July 3, and respect fully request the cordial co-operation of their customers to enable them to accompli:h so desirable en object.e LEGAL OPINIONS ON THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT —ln a case heard the other day in the Bankraptcy Court, Mr. Cooke observed that no class of men were more really unprotected than landlords; for, notwitkstsnling the extensive remedies which the law prof a ned to give them, a dishonest tenant might sweep everything off, and leave the landlord no remedy but to bring him to the Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Commissioner Fane expressed the opinion that the law delights in wronging both landlord and tenant! PRICE OF ADMISSION TO THE OLD BAILEY.— Sir,—l always thought it was one of our national boasts that justice was administered in open court. On presenting myself at the door of the Central Criminal Court, two days ago, I was told that no one except witnesses and persons ic terested in the trial could be admitted, and at the entrance to the gallery a fee of 2s. was demanded for pi rmission to enter. Is this exclusion of the public sanctioned by legal authority, or is it merely the result of unchecked official im pertinence and cupidity ? The gallery door-keeper, on my demurring to the required payment, toll me that " Serjeant Wilkins was addressing the jury." Truly the learned see east must feel gratified by this tribute to his eloquence. —J. W. W., July 12. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1848. \T10) PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION OF GREAT BRITAIN. TABLE,-Showing the Aggregate Rental of Lands, Tithes, Manors, etc. in the several Countiea of England, '.. andthe total for ell Ragland ; the Dreamt Number of Coonty Member', and the Prop4Mom of Member. for eac h c h anty, la the ratio of the medal ; also the Kaaba of ail other kind. of Real Property, apart ham bad, fire., to each omit', aad for al] Ragland ; the Proportions of IV mogh Members for ash Conn% In the ratio of that rental ; end the Einem or Debaimmy of Representation, kg 'II 7. • 83 's • • 11114/ is l ei i, 4 fil 4 I li ! 1 1 I l s ts I , s 1 ::1 ti Total Rental of - ..1 Total Metal of ii lf, el I 1 030222. U e daanors, II ,3 . Hom, MUM, 0!, 3 Aiiii if gs z; CI N 8 Quarrie, AA ts it 2 2131 gg - g If og .182.-Ilmeal one OE4 AU i x a Member. 1,1..10,299.-Rantial one Member. .... 17719. 4 1, .64 9 LI I .28 1.74 .01 ....... 639,125 14 6 3 ..." .72 ne,349 8 i 3.48 1.16 C 74 1 Reim ......... 614,661 3 3 3 2.1 .131 213,208 18 1.64 6.36 2.96 5.2 132 Calablifea ......, 1133,142 210 3 2.97 .3 20,1273 6 2-6 . .6 .86 1.14 1.20 Chat*, ... ..... 231,776 11 0 4 3.63 .47 896,170 16 6. . 1.93 4.7 C 97 Com _ .._snlli ...... 866.335 lel 4 4 3.6 .96 436,925 11 1 1 261 6.19 1.45 8. 139 tomaimbeg .... 721,384 1 1 4 2..+ 1.40 180.90.1 18 5.36 3.61 .97 4.3 .421 Derby .......... 844.362 13 6 4 3.8 .42 611,512 19 3.96 1 .95 .5 3.011 Dona 2. 6.6 0 843.840 4 12 6.93 11.7 4•35 13.85 2.681 D ona 3 6 3 .60 244,177 19 II 1.87 9.13 1.26 9.74 .61 J Durham 9 5 1,61215. 1 2 1 1 1 1 11 61 9 7 1 4 . .3 . 1. 7 2: •41 21 3 1 1 5.78. Deoat .- . ... Gloucester I lereford Uertforl Ilunta .... Kent 1,456,725 18 10 4 6 1.20 1,447,879 1,5 14 11.11 2140 4-76 It' 636 Lolotetir Laaarler 1,685,151 16 6 4 6.1 2.1 6,071,076 13 23 46. ' 24. 29.36 7.36 17.24 Llnoole 2364,962 12 84 &• soy 473,356 6 4 183 4 637 1.30 7. - + 1.93 Middlesex. 461,353 14 3 2 1.81 .39 10,104.497 4 12 8.161 71.61 67.62 65.82 15.79 Monmouth.,.~, Norfolk Northumpto...„ 985,315 1 3 4 3.51 .49 1 I 2.18,566 0 414 1.96 .19 3.21 1.26 Norlhumbalod. 43,967 16 1 1 3.1 .81 647,365 17 6 4.97 . 1.3 3.0 2. • 1.86 Nott" , 722,2'21 10 2 4 261 1.43 420.145 10 1 8 3. 2 3 277 3.75 2. 12 Oxon ...... Sal koUood ..:...... 17,10 16 I 2.7 5.93 .93 dommumt ..... - • 1,803,635 2 5 4 6.43 2.43 1,103,110 17 9 9.1 .10 3.73 5.27 527 Stafford " • 1,144,9114 1 7 4 4.8 .8 1,2 4 6415 31 13 9.96 3.5 4.61 8.9 64 = 1,22.5.91.0 14 2 4 4.3 .37 1,9 2 1...:1 1 1 I 14 3. 6. 7 6 7 , 1 4 .L . 3 1.32 5..• 2.45 956961 7 3 4 3. .60516 8. .49 611,663 13 1 4 1.7 2.25 2,447,593 19 1 8 1679 10.71 14.10 6.10 4.6+ ... 900,503 010 4 3.21 .79 760,943 19 14 684 8.16 4. 10. 1.84 eirealik .., 4 2 776 17 8 4.41 3.56 2.46 5.51 1.95 Weamssalead Mamba 938,613 3 2 1 3. .41 1,426946 11 0 10 4. • . 7.53+ 1.69 3.5 d Wilts _.... lrorkadre 4,093,841 0 6 6 14. 8.58 3.401,987 12 31 SS.II 4. 16.34 15, 10.77 Total-Euebeil, 40,123,311 18 4 143 143.1 24.34 2,C63 42,213,701 18 324 323.79'111/83 119.61 203.60 161.* 70.97 U 7.54 3.31 Wale , 2,591,676 111 16 8.13 6.87 605,042 11 114 6.951 7.6 - - Boothia Total-flt.Britalo 48.271,433 7 8 188 171.131 47,013,077 9 361 Wed Rental 1'95,284,497 17 3 AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. At this period of the year the agricultural prospects of the country are matters of great importance to the con. suming public as well as to the growers of farm produce and as we do not remember any recent season of such marked peculiarity as the present, the topic is one of especial interest at this moment. A dry autumn and mild winter were fol lowed by an extremely wet spring, so that the wheat plant which had been very strong and healthy at the beginning of February. became by the end of April almost universally sickly and discoloured. On the strong and retentive soils, even where drained, considerable injury was occasioned, and where such soils are undrained, much of the wheat seemed likely to prove a complete failure. Even on the light soils the wet weather had men ton much for the wheat. At the end of April hot and dry weather commenced, which con tinued through'.ut the south of England for about six weeks, and the result was, that upon the lighter soils the wheat plant began to grow rapidly, but weakly, and it was early predicted that the ears would be short. On the retentive soils the sodden ground, under the influence of the sun, be came so hard that the hoe could scarcely be used with effect, and consequently the weeds in many places have obtained considerable mastery over the corn. Upon the good loamy lands, however, and upon other soils in very high state of cultivation, not being strong clays, the wheat wonderfully recovered during the dry weather; and now that we have since had an ample supply of rain the wheat crops on such lands look very flourishing. But there is this striking pecu liarity in the wheat crops of this season, viz., that while on some farms and in some districts they are good, on other farms or in other districts they are altogether as bad. And as the wheat crops approach maturity it becomes more and more obvious that over a wide extent of land, varying much in ehmacter, the produce must be below an average. Thus we learn that in Hampshire, " on the damp poor land, the straw is weak and the ear small, from which not half the usual average can be expected." The general opinion amongst the farmers of that county is, that this year's crop will not be nearly so good as that of last year. And very ' similar opinions are reported from most of the chief grain growing districts of England. At the same time we hear everywhere of a certain extent of very good crops. We sus pect that though the season has had much to do with the various aspects of the crops, yet there is a growing difference in the systems pursued by different classes of farmers; that the more intelligent and wealthy farmers are everywhere go- ing ahead of the ordinary farmers ; and that this circum stance will produce an effect upon the average productiveness of the year, whica at present it is difficult to estimate. The consequence will be, that, though there may be a sufficient average produce of wheat to keep prices moderate, we shall hear much complaint amongst many farmers of deficient crops. Many of our growers will suffer at once from bad crops and low prices : nor will they obtain any relief from their other crops, for barley and oats are not good anywhere, though both have much improved since the commencement of the summer rains. Beans too, aro gererally indifferent. These remarks are chiefly applicable to the districts south of Trent, tor northward the crops are much better than in the tooth, the spell of wet weather, as well as the subsequent drought, having been lees continuous in the north. There can be no doubt that the coming year will be a try ing one to a large number of farmers ; for, as a rule, those who have the worst crops are men least able to hear low I prices, and taking the diminished consumption from depres sion of trade into account, as well as the probable displace ment of wheat by potatoes in the food of large numbers of the people, there can scarcely be a doubt that prices will be low. At this time the condition of the potato crop is one of engrossing interest, for that is the point upon which com parative abundance or the reverse to large mama of the population turns. As yet, though some reports of the disease occur, the prospect is, on the whole, favourable; for, though it has undoubtedly reappeared, it seems to have lost some of its virulence, a..d dais not make much progress. The fact, however, that potatoes have been largely planted in England, and perhaps more extensively than ever in Ireland, will render the progress of the potato crop for some weeks to come an object of paramount importance. Low prices, when the result of general abundance, are anything rather than injarious to the farmer, especially if he is sufficiently pro- Tided with capital, and has such a certain end secure tenure of his farm as to be able to cultivate it to the best advantage. Instead of lowering his system of culture he feels that he must grow large crops, and the moderate prices of the in'e rior grains, pulse, and artificial food in abundant seasons, enable him to feed with profit more stock, and thereby to enure a better supply of manure. This will mire him futcre prosperity. Amongst the better farmers, therefore, we do not apprehend there will be any serious cause of com plaint. They will perhaps receive a lesson from this trying season—trying from the alternations of extremely wet and excessively dry weather, that in good farming alone is safety to be found ; and that good farming requires the security of certain tenure. But the inferior farmers, the men who have submitted to onerous conditions, either in the form of rent, or restrictive stipulations, game reservations, and the like, will cry out, and not without reason. They will complain of distress and low prices; and it is more than likely that the protecticnists, who have succeeded in extending protec tion on sugar, may try the same game, under cover of agri cultural distress, upon corn. Let it therefore be distinctly understood that the agrieul total distress of the forthcoming season, if such there shall i be, will arise from the peculiarity of the reason and tape ! chilly from the prevalence of inferior farming, caused by the mode in which so many ,of our landowners joust upon letting their land. Free trade in corn, so far as it operates on hus bandry, will alleviate the difficulties of farmers, by enabling them to provide provender for their working cattle and their feeding stock at a cheap rate, notwithstanding the compara tive failure of that kind of produce likely to occur in this country. The Irish famine, with the consequent use of maise or Indian corn in Ireland, has hitherto prevented its price falling low enough to induee farmers to use it for feed ing stock ; but when once its value for that purpose 'hall become fully recognised, important advantages will accrue to the English farmers from the almost unlimited abundance in which this article may be imported. Meat can scarcely fail to bear remunerating prices, for the stocks of cattle, sheep, and swine, are confessedly low, and thus all farmers whose means or whose landlords permit them to bras reasonably well, will be able to lay the foundation of future success though their profits this year may not be :great. The complaints we shall hear must be deemed the complaints of the landlords, for front their mismanageme.ni will the muses of complaint mainly originate. Another article of farm produce, wool, teams at present very mutt depressed; so much so, indeed, that all fanners wh3 can afford to bold it ought not at present to sell their wool. The low price is owing to the badness of the woollen trade, which is sure to revive ere long. At all events wool can be stored with as little risk of loss or depreciation as any description of farm produce, and the wealthy farmers are everywhere storing In an articl I on the " British Long Wool Trade," in a recent number of the Leicester Mercury, it is stated that the unusual and unprecedented low price of long wool at present does not indicate a larg e permanent suf. plus beyond consumption , but arises from t h e general depres sion of trade; and the writer add,: Long wool Is not in scows beyond the usual average, except from muss of • temporary character, and it is because we think it a raw material which, next to land, is the most eligible and eafeet possible in vestment, that we now more prominently draw attention to the subs ject. In 1837, which was • year of panic and &premien, when every thing was depreciating, and it was thought certain long wool wou:d decline and be equally unsafe with manufactured articles, we drew attention to the distinction existing between a raw material, which is supplied by nature but once a year, and the products of the jenny end the boom; and we showed the immense advantage, as an investment, I in favour of loss wool over manufactures, front Its small annual amount, and the immense number of persons of capital who were in terested in and capable of bolding 14 From 1838 to 1847 the priori give an average of about 290. per tod for long wool, which is now gelling for about 265. a tod ; and it may, therefore, be fairly calculated that a large profit must accrue to the farmers who can hold their wool. The showery weather of the put month has been highly favourable to the growth of turnips, which is another advan tage to the stock keeping farmer, and will aid him in advanc • t ing towards that system of high cultivation from which &lone profit in agriculture is henceforth to be derived. IRELAND. Drums, ictx 11. The city is perfectly tranquil. Never, perhaps, be fore did so many political arrests create so little excitement. Of course, the " old dash " was in the mouths of a few, and these not the most courageous or self-sacrificing ; but it never assumed a more sub stantial shape than that of a passionate sentiment. The sympathy for the arrested was very alight, and wholly confined to their own party. The Old Ire landers—the really strong power in the state--could not but remember the bitterness with which the same men once assailed their " Liberator "—and regarded their present situation in the light of retribu tive justice. You might hear this feeling developed in every knot at every street corner. I have heard that instructions have been issued to the police throughout Ireland to make returns of the number of clubs in their districts—the members they contain -- the officers —place and time of meeting, and all other particulars connected with this dangerous organisation. This is consistent with a rumour cir culated to day, that government is resolved on their suppression before the close of the session. The Dublin clubs assembled last night in their re spective rooms. The police took note of the members as they entered and returned. With respect to the seizure of.the Felon, the police • ' have issued the following notice to- lof police having been inforned that In one in- Mame a copy or the A'rlon newipapir was veinal is the hands of a gentleman who was reading it, hereby caution the police against such Inter fercuec with individuals. The coders given respecting this news paper were, to seize it in the places where it was sold, or in the hands 01 hawkers, as a seditious print, Out not otherwise. This order is understood to have arisen in conse quence of a policeman seizing a copy of the Felon from the hands of a gentleman while reading it at a railway station. The league meeting to take place this evening is to be another phase of the confederation. Not une of the true moral force party will be present save through curiosity. Remonstrance has been tried in vain to save the proceedings from derision, but the hot-heads are alike imprudent and impracticable. The announcement that her Majesty had changed her intention respecting her •isit to Ireland this autumn has filled our shop and lodging-house keepers with dismay. They calculated on an interval of great prosperity, which no doubt would have been realised, but the threatened postponement has suddenly dashed their hopes. They have good reason to curse disorder. The . . of public works have issued a notification, that all piers and harbours in Ireland, built or repaired at the public charge within the last 45 years, should henceforward be vested in the com missioners, unless cause shown." Parties claiming a full or modified ownership are invited to come in and establish their rights. The number of piers and harbours claimed by the Board of Works, under the Act for Improving the Irish Fisheries, and the Piers and Harbours Act, amounts to 52. The following bill has been extensively circulated to-day, through all the channels open to the con federation—that is, through the clubs and the other branches of the organisation. It does not bear any printer's name, but there is little doubt it comes through this source : IOW! MAD: M.—To rus prni:F4 . 3 or 1:n LLlN.—Fellow Citir„ens: An infamous outrage has been this day perpetrated upon a fellow eitnell by the inmate of the English government. Without a colour cr law, they broke into hie house—seized and carried off t force his private property. Ln his person the law has been set at defines, and the most sacred rights of the citizen have been insolently trampled under foot. Before their trial, citizens are treated Is convicted felons —their homes violated —their property seized and confiscated. 'neh men l—this must not last. We must not be tame—we must nut be idle—whilst an Austrian despotism is being planted in our country. The day of reckoning is at hand!—the hour for the death-grapple with this tyranny approaches I Till it comes, no shrinking, no rash ness—but prepare! prepare!! prepare ! ! STATE OF IRELAND.—REPLY OP THE SECRETARY OP STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT to the address of seventy.one noblemen and members of the House of Corn. mons on the present state of:lreland :—" Whitehall, July 11, 1848.—My lord,—ln compliance with the wish expreued by the dr potation of noblemen and gentlemen whom I had the honour to receive on the 7th instant that I should give a written answer to the memorial which on that occasion your lordship placed in my hands, I beg to inform you, that I have brought the memorial under the consideration of my colleagues, and that I have transmitted a copy of it, and o: the signatures attached to it, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ire land. Her Majesty's government are fully aware of the dangerous character of the clubs which have been lately organised in Ireland. They trust that by a firm exercise of th:., powers which the law afford., aided by the support and co-operation of the loyal subjects of her Majesty in Ireland, the authority of law and order will be vindicated, and the peace and security of that portion of the United Kingdom he preserved. The important subject, however, to which the memorial relates, emstantly occupies the earnest attention of her Majesty's government. I have the honour to be, m 7 re lord, your iortiship'e obedient servant, (Sig n ed ) G. GREY. THE BPFPRESSED JOCHNALB.—Mese. M eany and Bren nan were again brought up to-day at College-streetwiffioe, and l'olice-Sergeant Allen and Constable RA:lowed stood forward as witnesses in the case. The evidence went toshow that on the previous day the policasergeant, acting on spe cial orders, moved a party of police up Trinity-street to re- move the crowds which had collectci r.rouna th. Tribune and Felon offices, and to prevent the sac of those joureala by the new-venders. The sergeant and his men had nearly accomplished this when Mr. Meaty appeared at the Tribune office, and Mr. Brennan at that of the Felon, and called out that the people were not obliged to remove for the police, and calling them to come on the raised flagway before the doors of both offices. Mr. Meany invited same to enter the Tri bune office. The pclice-sergeant said h,: wooll not interfere with any persons not interrupting the thoroughfare. Mr. Meany and Mr. Brennan next cnteredthe offices respective:3,, and each brought out a bundle of the respective journals descending into the streets, and calling out that they would sell them for a penny each. The police again interfered, hut a greet crowd rushed on and they were hustled.. Mg. Meany demanded the policeman's authority for interfering, and was told he was acting in discharge of his duty and was responsible. The facts were admitted, with the exception of the assault, which Mr. Brennan denied. The magistrates were urged, for the accused, either, to dismiss the case or to send it for trial to a higher court, where the question of right involved could he decided, and the authority on which the relict acted could be tested. It was contended on their part that there was no law to wsrrant the seizure of those papers. The magistrates, considering that Mr. Messy bad merely collected a crowd, bound him to the peace in his own recognisances, and Mr. Brennan's cuss they returned to the sessions. In the latter case two sureties of 101. each, toge ther with that of Mr. Brennan in 201., were required. They were at once put in, and both the accused were discharged. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, JULY 11. Thursday has been fixed on by the town council for the election of a professor of the institutes of medi cine in the University of Edinburgh. It is almost certain that Dr. Hughes Bennett will be appointed, his most formidable competitor having withdrawn. Speaking of university chairs, Professor Syme now occupies that of clinical surgery by virtue of a new commission, and not, a . was reported, by being al lowed to withdraw his resignation. In the more humble institution of the Elgin academy a vacancy is about to take place by summary ejectment. The presbytery and town council of the burgh having ,1 quarrelled about the examination, the mathematical teacher took his stand in behalf of the " altar," and that the " sword" has descended on him with no lenient stroke the following magisterial deliverance will show: Resoieed—That the Rev. Peter Merson be forthwith dismiseed from office, in oolsequence of the many and repeated instance, of dimbechem, refractory, and insulting condurt of which be Las been guilty towards the patrons, and which he has pereisWa in, nrtwithstandMg hi solemn pledge to the contrary, and that he be forthwith debarred from teaching in future in the mid elms; and that this act of dismiseal be intimated to him accordingly. A sensation has been caused in the railway world by the sudden and sweeping reduction by the Cale donian Company of the fares between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Company's tariff was, for Ist, 2nd, and 3rd classes, Bs., 84., and 3a. 10d. The Caledonian has come d own t o 46., and 2s. 6d. The greater length of route ost the part of the latter has been compen. sated for by the running of special trains tween the two cities, with no stoppages, so that the journey is accomplished in two hours, somewhere abou the average time taken by its older rival. In anticipa tion of an expensive opposition, no dividend was paid by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company last half year, but it is not probable that they contemplated such a reduction as fifty per cent. There is every prospect of operations being immediately commenced on the Aberdeen line, and it is expected that it will be completed to Stonebaven in August, and the whole length to Aberdeen by the end of 1848. On the subject of this line, Iferapath has the following announcement : A change of directors has just taken place in the Aberdeen Railway Company. Lord James Liay, a nobleman of high character and great istlacnce in the church of Scotland, his accepted the office of chair. man. Several other gentlemen of high standing in the country have alsojo ned the direction. What " influence" Lord James has with the " church of Scotland" is one mystery, and what con nexion the latter has with the railway is another and greater matter for surprise. Peel's bank act has led to a junction between the City of Glasgow Bank and the Isle of Man Commercial Bank. Of ail kinds of fraternisation that of the amalgamation of Manx and St. Mango's banks would, under the old system, have been regarded as the most wonderful, but with an average circulation of 127,0651., and an authorised one of only 72,9211., the city of Glasgow will be benefited by the alliance. The Scotch financiers will be astonished if tho bank committee find that the act has, as is the alleged case of England, floated Scotland over any crisis. With out denying that the potato failure and railway speculation were primary causes of distress, we are all of opinion here that the bill aggravated the difficulty. The secretary of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, who is a good statist, has gone to London to give evidence before the committee, and it were well if more men of his stamp were summoned, as bank officials are apt to favour Sir R. Peel's system of legislation on account of its having established a monopoly in favour of the existing money-changers. A bold application of Sir R. Peel's Customs Act has been attempted by a distiller in this vicinity. He resisted payment of tolls, on the plea that his class of goods were declared free of duties, but the road trustees proved to the satisfaction of the Court of Session, outer and inner, that the dues were levied on the carts containing the goods, and not on the goods themselves. TIIE BISUOP OF EijiElils7D TIM REV. JAMES SHOILIL—A public meeting was held at the Town-hall, Manchester. on Tuesday evening, the Mayor presiding, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Rsv. James Shore under the persccutioas to which he has been subjected be- the Bishop of Exeter. There were present, in a very crowded meeting, besides the Mayor, the Rev. Dr.Vangtutn, principal of the Lancashire Independent College ; Mr. Ald. Mayson ; the Rev. James Currie, clergyman; and a number of dissenting ministers from the free church of Scotland and the independent and Wesleyan denominations.—The Rev. James Shore, after an introduction by the Mayor, entered into a detail of his case, and alluded to the conduct of the bishop in the Rev. Mr. Bulteel's and other cues.— The meeting expressed a feeling of great indignation, which WWI not lessened by the readtng of an anonymous placard distributed at the door, to the effect that if Mr. Shore was willing to be reposed from his office as a prioit he could be so, and would then be at liberty to preach without the fear of a gaol before hint. The fellowing resolutions were pa , sed: Mr. Ald. Mayson moved the first resolution, which was as follows: PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. That, in the judgment of this meeting, it is the right of every man, as man, to enjoy full liberty of conscience in matters of religion ; and that all laws which operate as a bounty on insist. rity, by subjecting the peaceful citizen to penally or inconvenience, as the coasequerox ot endeavouring to acquit himself oonselentiomly towards God, are on. just in thenwelsre, und must be deeply demoralleing in their influence, and should, on these grounds, be rescinded. —The Rev. J. Currie, of Trinity Church, Rush°lme, seconded the resolution.—The Rev. F. A. V. eat, NVesleyr.n minister, supported the resolution, which was cs•ti.d unani. mously.-317. T. Greig moved the next resoluti,n : That laws tending to perpetuate religions hypocrisy, by attaching penalties to relmiuuseonseientiousnem, ere especially obi:orient ta our feelings as Ecglishmen, the great :tint of our gentrous moisture during the last three centuries, having been to reolise and Peet:re for their descendants the immunity in this respect suppo,ed to have been transmitted to to In the Act of Toleration and it is acverdnagly with much surprim and regn•t that we now learn that the provisions of that act, in the care of any clergyman smelling from the eatattlislied church, may be contravened by a law still recognised in our ecclesias tical and evil worm, which, if enforeed,:as in tho case of Me. Shore, may misled every clergyman so seceding to heavy penaltles, thould he presume to preach the gospel even as a nononnformi4t minister, contrary to the orders of the said courts, or should be give himself to any employment canonically inconsistent with the presumed itadoithi lity a tho ateetcal character. —ln answer to a question, put amidst much noise and con fusion by Mr. J. G. Carter. the Rev. Mr Shore stated that if he had known the bishop had the power o. preventing him from preaching the Gospel he certainly saver should have entered the church.—The Rev. Dr. Vaughan seconded the resolution, and in commenting on the conduct pursued towards Mr. Shore, guarded himself from being supper.t dto have taken this opportunity to attack the church of Ear land, and s►id if the spirit which had institund these prose cutions was allowed to exert its influence unmarked by pub lic indignation it might be manifested towards tibsenters in turn. For his part he had thought the Toleration Act settled the question, but finding th• it mistake it could not he set tled too coon. The resolution was carried unanimously.— The Rev. R. Cows moved the next resolution - - - That, in the view of this meeting, this asavrtalned Matt of the law does not by art v means justify the Biehop of Elstir in the mums which he bas token in this case; but, wing the puma - es to which this remnant of barbarism from a bygone age may be applied by pro. latss who moe be unmindful of the dignity becoming their station s of the credit dour common Chrivtianity, and of the liberty proper to British subjects this meeting earnestly desiree that all persibiiity of such future application of this taw way be prevented by its immediate abolition. —The Rev. P. J. Jobson seconded the resolution.—Curried unanimously. By the next resolution itwas ordered that peti ti•ms, embodying the resolution. be presented to both bosses of parliament, signed by the chairman, on behalf of the meeting. A collection was made on behalf of the payment of Mr. Shore's expenses. EMIGRATION OF THE POOR.—At Lariellnkr on Thursday last, a meeting was held in the too n-hall, to take into consideration the aubject of emigration. The mayor presided, and a report was read fr-m the board of guardians which stated that of late there bad been a great increase of applications for relief, chiefly from able-bodied labourers, who were not able to obtain employment, and who were ready and willing, if they could obtain assistance from the union, to emigrate to any of the colonies where they might obtain labour, and be no longer burdens to the rate-payers at borne. The great increase in the rat-, oensequent on this state cf mauve, had induced the guardians to take the subiect of emigration into their consideration, and it did appear to them that the population had b , nome greater than the means el empl , ,Lient. It appeared that by law the varier, towarliips of the union were authorised to raise funds by rate, for the purpcse of aiding the emigra tion of paupers, and it was proposed by the guardians that this should be done. The following resolutions' were agreed to : That under the present circumstances of the country it in ikvirable to encourage emigration, and that the report of the eusnlians be received and adopted by the ineeting.—That the necessary funds be rained to enable poor persons who may be diiipnned to ernigr ee.— That the Board of Guardians be neural"d to reeche applications from persons desirous to em ale.—That the names of the two etinnes of persons, OA Is, eligible for a free passage aria ineligible be kept distinct: and that a imbeeriptinn list be opened in each town ship in the union for the NOTTlNGllAllRl contributions of charitably diApOX .d person' towards easingg the ratem-ers in tido !urn lIRP mstab:s undert4Oug. FIRE AT NoTTlNGllAM.—Yeeter:ifty one of the most serious mnflagrations that has occurred in Nottingham since the destruction of the Exchange broke out in an exten sive factory situated in • dense range of buildings, between the hlaiket-elece and Parliament street . The mill wee fitted up with machinery (worked by -team) f r pr. psing wort, cotton, end silk for manufactures, and was in the cc copation of ?derma Hollins and Son, who only porchased it a few months ago from John Mills, Esq. The fire originated in the " tearing room." A youth named Steele woe en ema( d in carding and mixing cotton, when a quanti , v of the yarn became entangled round a portion of the ma chinery, the rapid Evolutions of which cawed the material to ignite, and before assistance could be rrndered the whole frame wee in a blaze. The flames speedily spread to other parts of the machinery, and at length reached the roof, which fell in piecemeal, greatly to the danger of those rendering insistence. It was now evident that :hat portion of the premis-s in which the fire commenced could not be saved, and therefore the efforts of the firemen were mainly directed to the adjacent ranges on tither side, and happily for the most part their exertions were successful. It is im possible to estimate the amount of damage done at present, but it must he upwards of a thousand pounds. It is under stood that the premises were insured. A correspoudent says: "Messrs. Hollins have been singularly unfortunate, having had several manufactories destroyed within the last three years—two in the neighbourhood if Manaticld, at Pleasley, and now one at Nottingham." *ENT. . THIN BowlNo.—At the meeting of the Weald of Kent Farmer's Club, at Cranbrook, last week, the euNeet for the evening's considtrati - n was thin and thick sowing. The discussion had been adjourned from the previous meet ing, and led to an interesting and useful debate. The following resolution was ultimately adopted : That thin rowing, as usually understood, is not generally sultan'e for the lands in too district, but l" the - -`- - following are the rates of seed we light dry highly-cultivated sot' dtum soil, two bushels ; also for oata, three bushels an _ soils. That although in puticular hove been grown firm a seat mann base aziacii trans peculiar CIIIMEMUM safe to draw any gamed oandsioss. THE Cheltenham. SUPPOSED for Me lands in tins district, but that, in the opinion of the club, the following are the rates of seed which may be benencully adopted. On drum dry highly-cultivated soils, a buillel and a half :ilsiiled; • on vain. urn soils, two bushels ; m wet stiff clays, two bushels also for oats, three bushels oo the best mils, four Mine R. soils. That although in particular instances Lam! ;• . a, hum been grown from a small quantity of seed, . . 73 have arisen tram peculiar circumstances, from 10116 .:. 'Av .<•:, 4 safe to draw any general conclusion. OLOCCEs•TERSHIRE, ~ -- .4, • •• - A CASE OF SUPPOSED DEATH FRO isz . '...49z THE RECENT ELECTION it in COWIE Ot t ill ", • • Cheltenham. A cabman named binbtock As 1 , • ......") : 1 1 a brook near Pitvillo. The water being ,•• • deep it is suppcsed that deceased was , " j ai • • •• 71 s. 411 death. A post merles examination has • , N. t/ ~1 d%., I , . . -.4 ( aiiils I. so. 31111 V was D bad ey , tt the .11.1