The Express. — London, England, 1847-03-20 00:00:00

I Ow of a fall have been manifested. We give else where a general report of the present state of sub- iistence. All the cabinet ministers, except Marshal &atilt, President of the Council, have paid their respects to Queen Christina, at her hotel. M. Guizot, and the other cabinet ministers, were entertained at dinner by Lord and Lady Normanby en Tuesday. The funeral of M. Martin (du Nord) was solemn ised with the greatest pomp on Thursday. The Madrid mail, with the letters and journals of that city to the 13th, was received in Paris on Thursday. A meeting of the Progressist party in congress ' was held to decide what course of opposition it might be advisable for them to pursue. El Herald° advises the ministerial party to adopt a like course. The same journal says that Don Jose de la Concha has refused to accept the captain-generalship of Valencia. El Clamor Public(' says that a Carlist conspiracy has been detected at Pampcluna, the object of which was to seize the citadel and produce an insurrection in Navarre in favour of Count Moatemolin. Much agitation prevails in the northern states of Italy owing partly to the dearness of grain, but pro duced also, as is supposed, by the secret agency of Austria. The bourgeoisie are every where prominent in their endeavours to preserve order. A vessel freighted with corn was pillaged on the canal at Ravenna. Several of the citizens armed themselves, attacked the pillagers, and recovered the rain. The zeal displayed by the inhabitants in ge- Ew a o f B o l o gna, Faenza, Ravenna, Forli, Ferrara, Sinimi, and other cities of the states of the church, s o = the attempts to excite disturbances made by • and unknown persons, emissaries of Austria, are appreciated by the authorities. It is said that the Pope will speedily cause to be organised a civic guard throughout his states. More than 100 persons have been arrested in Tus cany. Conferences have been held at Florence be tween the Grand Duke and the Archdukes Maximi lian and Ferdinand d'Este, uncles of the Duke of Modena. It was feared that the object of these inter views was an Austrian intervention in Tuscany. FRANCE.—STEAM TO TUNTS.—An agreement has been 'ivied between the administration of war and the French company Basin, Perier, and Co ,to last from 1847 to 1853, inclusive, for the establishment of a regular line of sleamen for carrying on the correspondence between Store std Tunis, in junction with the Marseilles and Store line. Two departures are to take place monthly from Store to Teak, and two from Tanis to Store ; the !steamers are to Meth at Bona, and, weather permitting, at La Cale and Tabarque, THE BUDGET OF 1843.—The bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies have examined the bill on the de endive settlement of the budget of 1845. The receipts of that year are fixed at 1,323,312,174 fr, and the expenses of the ordinary service et 1,287,888,117 fr., making en excels of sessipts of 4,3.35.329 fr., which will be carried to the credit of the budget of 1846. The advances made by the treasury for the great lines of railway, and other extraordinary services provided for by the law of 1842, are definitively fixed for 181.5 at the min of 100,480,587 fr. ; and the government pro. poses to carry the sum to a separate account, which will re main at the charge of the floating debt until its resources can be applied to it. ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.—In the sitting of the Royal Academy of Medicine at Paris on Wednesday, it was decided that a committee should be appointed to examine the particulars of alimentation in France, and the circumstances attending tha high price and scarcity of grain. STATISTICS OF PARIS.—The number of inhabitants awarding to the last census, is 1,0.53,697, divided iss follows: Fixed population 945,721; floating population, 88.475; garrison 19,701. There are in Paris 29,52.5 inhabited houses, 341 uninhabited, and 355 in the course of construction; total 30,221. Of the popu lation of 1,053,897, there are unmarried, including children of all ages, 315,176 males and 240,251 females. Total 555,427. The quantity of meat consumed in Paris during the month of February consisted of 7007 oxen, 1694 cows, 1694 calves, 38,420 sheep, and 198 bulls, making in all • weight of 4,003, 740 kilos. Comparing this consumption with the corresponding month of 1846, it appe►rs that there has been an increase during the month of February of the present year of 401 oxen, 44 calves, and 172 sheep, whilst there is a diminution of four met . . STATISTICS OF ALGERIA.—The Moniteur AlgErien publishes the following statistics of the European population of the French ions in Algeria, at the end of the last year : The to of the population in the provinces on the coast is 107,168 souls ; of whom 47,274 are French ; 31,628 Spaniards; 9,440 Anglo-Maltese and English; 8,175 Italians; and 6,386 Germans. Of the 107,168 colonists, 40,675 are men. 2.5,089 women, and 41,404 children. Of the 40,576 men, the mach greater proportion are in the towns, es not more than between 4,000 and 5,000 are employed in culti vating the land. In the army there has been an increase during the year of 14,079 souls, of whom 3,858 were added within the last quarter of the year. Of this portion of the population, on the coast, 102,818 are under the civil govern ment, and 4,352 under the military authorities. The total amount of the population in the lance provinces, is 18,925; of whom 12,589 are French; 11,022 are under the civil, and 7,903 under the mliitery, government . It comprises 10,872 men, 4,071 women, and 3,982 childrea. The sum total, therefore, of the European inhabitants of Algeria, at the beginning of the present year, was 12.5,083; of whom about 12,000 only are employed in agriculture. A SWINDLER.—The Court of Assizes was occupied on Wednesday with the trial of a young brother of the Eccles Chretiennes, named Antiot, aged only 20, for rob bery, swindling, and false assumption of the clerical cha racter. Whin about fifteen years of age, he was sent to Paris, to pass some time with the brothers of the Ecoles Chretiennes. After remaining with them for two years, he was sent to Yvetot, to art as teacher in a school. He re mained there some short time, and then one fine morning disappeared. He proceeded to Etaimpuis, and put up at the house of an old unmarried lady. named Gaillardon, who had lift him at Yvetot, and had invited him to visit her. He there gave out that his mother was an Italian princess, living near Rome, and powered of upwards of a million. When the cure applied to him to contribute a trifle towards mpairin4the church, he declared that the best thing to be dens was to pull it down altogether, and that he should WNW bear the expense of the rebuilding. To obtain teem* he wrote to his noble mother, the is due time received a letter address ed to ere " Ideeseigneur," and which was of coarse of his ewe manufacture. He bad been all this time stopping at Mlle. Gaillardoner, and being now of opinion that change of air would be advisable, he disappeared, taking with bin all the money he could find in the poor-bones of the church, • gold watch belonging to his credulous harken, and a small Wm of money which the *errant girl had saved. Ho was WO bean! of at Rouen, where he was arrested ; and after being interrogated, was forwarded under escort to Paris. He there contrived to escape, and proceeded to Switzerland, where he officiated for some time as a priest, having forged %complete set of ordination papers. lie next was seen at Rome, under the title of Count Dauvernay where he swin dled an innkeeper out of 300 fr., with which 'he proceeded to Naples, and assumed the name of Count de Kirren. Some fatality then urged h-m to reviait Paris, where he was again arrested fur a fresh case of swindling, and condemned to three months' imprisonment only. It was whilst under going this punishment that the circumstances of his former life came to light, and it was to answer for them that he appeared on Wednesday before the Court of /mien. He made no attempt at defence. The court, taking his youth into consideration, condemned him to onlythree years imprison went. IT ALY.—A letter from the Italian frontier, of the Bth instant, says that notwithstanding the repressive mea sures taken by the Austrian government, great agitation still prevails amongst the peasants of Lombardy, owing to the high price of corn. Great anxiety was felt by the more opu lent dame Two regiments of Croats have arrived at Milan, and others are on their march towards that city. All the hope, of the Lombards are turned towards Piedmont. A number of arrests have taken place at Florence, and throughout the Tuscan states. At Florence a number of seditious pamphlets have been published, and distributed et the theatre, and other public places. GERMANY.—AUSTRIAN RAILWAY:4.—A Vienna letter states that the vault of the tunnel of the railroad from Prague, near Tubes', has sunk so much a, to cause great alarm. The new section from 13runn to the Bohemian fron tier would also have sustained cowsiderable damage, if the frost had not stopped the increase of water in the Switawa. The same letter states that the exclusive privilege granted to the Vienna and Gloggnits Itailroad Company contains, in seven teen paragraphs, all the conditions stipulated between the government and the company, as well as a convention, whereby the state, upon very equitable terms, renounces the right reserved in the concession to Baron de Sins, of 2nd January, 1838, binding the company to give up the railroad even before the expiration of the privilege. The term is fixed at fifty yearn, and the tariff is settled generally to the advantage of the company. GALlClA.—Accounts have been received at Vienna of aro:Haim in Galicia, between the peasantry and the Jews, and number, of the latter have fallen victims to the fury of the Peasants. If it had net been for the prompt and energetic interference of the troops, much blood would have been shed, tad the situation of the Jews is 'till most precarious. POLAND.— Amounts from Warsaw state that mmterons persons had been arrested at that city, suspected of being hostile to the government. A regiment of Rumania troops of the line, and a detachment of comas, have been stationed on the frontier of Cracow. The mi. itary =nem tees which were to take place in Poland in the summer have been Postponed till October next, owing to the Emperor's in- %ration to accompany the Empress to the Crimea. From the Crimea the Emperor intends proceeding to the Caucasus, to inspire more energy to the troops by Ids presence, and take a genera! surrey of the country. It is in vain that many of the forests have been cleared ; the men quartered near the sea still suffer from various diseases.—A letter from Warsaw, Mach 7, gives a report that a person had been taken into mstody for saying merely, " I am a Pole." It is added that the police informed their prisoner that there were now as sore Poles in Warsaw, but only subjects of the Cur. Ibbe dourt. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. H.H.H. Prince Albert, presided yesterday after noon at a meeting of the commission for promoting and encouraging the fine arts in the rebuilding the palace of Westminster. The meeting was held in the rew palace. The Prince arrived at half-past two o'clock. The commis 'loners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Mahon, Lord Ashburton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr, Roger,, Mr. Wyse, and Mr. Vivian. Mr. Eastlake, the secretary, was in attendance. Mr. Barry, the architect, conducted the commissioners through several parts of the building. The meeting broke up at five o'clock. The Royal Family took their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the garden. of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took au airing yesterday 'm a carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Ducheun of Rent honoured the performance of the French Plays with her presence yesterday evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited St. Bartholomew's Hospital yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Lord John Ruvell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A deputation from the Tower Hamlets of the willow trade had an tutu-view with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gib. son yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Campbell hod an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at hie official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Turner hid an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George-street. Despatches for the governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon, and for the Lord High Commissioner of the - lonian Islands, were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office. --- The venerable Earl of Harrowby has been again slightly indisposed during the last few days, at his lordship's mansion in Grosvenor-square. The Rev. Lord Charles and Lady Harriet Hervey have been passing the season at Malta, for the improvement of the noble lord's health. Earl and Countess Cowper have left Great Stan hope-street, for Pansanger, Herta, and are expected to return to town on Monday next. Viscount and Lady Fanny Jocelyn came to town to-day for the season, from Anglesey, near Gosport. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor come to South Audley-street to-day, from fitackpole-court. The Vene rable Dowager Lady Cawdor is passing the season at her villa, at Twickenham. The Countess of Lincoln, who has been indisposed, in Whitehall-place, is slowly improving in health. (From list night's Gazette.] ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 16.—The Queen lees appointed R. E. Davies, Esq., one of Her Mejesty'a lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Mee Neil. retired; also approved of Mr. S. M. Latham, as Vice Consul at Dover, and of Mr. W. Curling, as Vice Consul at Ramsgate, for His Majesty the King of Hanover. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 18.—MEMBER RETURNED TO 88888 IN PARLIAMENT.—R. Perfect, of the Marine. parade, Brighton, Esq. in the room of Sir H. Elphinstone, Bart., who las accepted the office of Steward of Her Majes ty's Chiltern Hundreds, for the borough of Lewes. WAR-0111CM, Mamie 19. 3rd Drag. Gde.—W. H. 81 de to be nor., without par., vice Fe ther eto, dee. t Drag. Gds.—Lieut. J. R. J. Coles to be apt., by par., vim Ark. weig 4''h ht, who mt.; Coe. M. M.Creagh to be lieut., by par.; FL. 8. Wallis to be c by par. 7th Drag. Ode, -thpt. W. Jacks, from h.-p. 20th L. Drags., to be met-, vim Knigkt, den.; Lieut. A. S. Butler to be rapt.. by pur., vice Jacks, who rot. ; CM. C. J. B. Pleetaw to be lieut., by pm. ; W. Middleton to be am., by par. 13th L. Dap.—Lieut. H. Holden to be rapt., by pin., Moe Thom ' son, who rm.; Oar. R. H. Borrowes to be lieut., by pur.; L. White to be car., by par. 26th F.--Ens. C. E. Preston to be lieut., by pur., via Cromwell, who ret. ; W. E. Thomas to be ens., by pur. 30th P.—Fria. T. H. Pakertham, from 59th F., to be Bout, by par., vice 39t ( ..1: G P T .I d flettL E. Coker to be apt., by per., vice Brev. Major Toting, who ret. ; Ens. J. Sears to he heat., by per. 41st P.—heat O. G. Wells to be card., by pur., vice Lawrence, who mt.; Eas. R. H. Rawlins to be lieut , by per. ; R. C. Barnard to be ens., by pw. 44th F.—Liewt. O. E. Hillier, from lith L. Drags. .co be apt-, with out pur.; Lieut. 0. N. Mieklethwait, from 33rd 12.;t0 be lieut., with out pur.•. tierjt.rbiejor J. Colpoys to be am., without par.; A. E Brown to be ma., without par. 49th F.—C. L. °elan to be ens., without par., vies Nilsen, app. to 33rd F. 53rd p.—To be Liens., without par. Era. W. 0. fipiller, vice Only, des.; Pas. H. F. 11. Parker, vice Micklethwait, app. to 44th F. To be Ens, without pur. Ens. J. A. Helsel', from 45th P., vim Spiller ; E. Moore, vice Parker. 36th P.—T. E. Pedder to be ens., by per., vice Smudges, app. to 64th F. 37th P.—W. P. Jones to be ms., without par., vim Heaton, who res. 71st F.—Brevet Lieut.-ON. B. Jackson, from h.-p. RI. Staff Corp., to be major, vice W. J. Myers, who each.; Capt. Sir H. Dslumpla, li Bart., to be major, by per.. vice Jarboe, who ret. ; Lieut. G. A. C. Dmbwood to be apt., by Pm. C. P. Smith to be lieut., by per. • R. C. Browne to be ena, by pur. 721;c1P.—Lieut. R. P. Sharp to be met., by par., vice Bantle, prom.; Ens. D. Robinson to be lien'., by pur.; Ham H. W. Pita Maurice to be ens., by pur. 63rd P.—Lieut. E. Steele to be apt., by per., vice Brown, who ret. ; Ens. T. Adams to be lieut, by par. ; it S. Cooper to be ens., by Ma pur. Brigade—A. 31. Drummond to be see. lieut., by pur., vice Lowther, morn. in 6th Boner.—Copt. W. 1 3.1 of 7th Drag. Oda, to be major la the army. UNAITACIIIA—Brevet Major IL /Willie, from 72nd F., to be major, by par., vice Brevet Lust-Cols 8.. Fraser, who net. 0•111.10 M—Major J. Fraser. h.-p. Cut., to be fort major and adjt. Jersey, vice Brevet lieut.-Cot It. Priem, woo res. taaarrn in the Genet', of March 31, HIM 60th E—For Lieut. A. W. Riley to be apt., without par., vice Beet, killed In action; Lieut. A. Ormsby to be apt, without pur., vice &belief - mei, killed in action— Read Lieut. S. Pram. to be mot, without par., vice BM, killed I. senile; Lkot. A. W. Riley to be cam., without par., vice Schebernet, laded in action; Lieut. A. Ormsby to be emit. without par., vice Frs. an, died of his wounds. DEPUTATION FROM THE LEEDS MEETING. The deputation appointed by the meeting of persons favourable to the government measure of education, held at the Court-house, Leeds, on Monday, the 9th March. consist ing of the Rev. Dr. Hook, the Rev. W. Sinclair, the Rev. C. Wicksteed, James G. Marshall, Esq., John Gott, Esq., end Hamer Stansfeld, Esq., had ass interview yesterday with the President of the Council, at the Privy Conneil.office. They were introduced by Lord Morpeth and Wm. Aldan, Esq., member for Leeds. His lordship received them very courteously, and entered at once upon the subject. The de putation gave the reason of their soliciting en interview, and read the resolutions passed at the meeting. They then stated what were the popular objections to the measure : 1. The unconstitutional manner in which it was alleged that the measure was brought forward by a single vote in the House of Commons. To this his lordship replied, that this as the resolution just read to bins showed, brought the question annually before the consideration of Parliament; but be remarked, that, in addition to the vote of the House of Com mons, both in proposing the grant, and bringing up the report, it could only have the force of law by the appropria. tion act, which went through all the terms of the house, and when carried to the House of Lords might there be objected to, and thrown out in any stage, on the ground 01 its containing this very vote. 2. It was mentioned that objections were raised to the prospects held out to pupils in normal schools who might not show qnslities fitting them for the office of teacher, but they should be provided for by situations in the revenue department. To this his lord ship replied, that instead of increasing, this rather put • check upon the patronage at the disposal of the government. These situations were now in their gift, and were conferred without any control, but, under the proposed regulation. instead of being even to any one whom the minister might please to appoint, they would be bestowed on deserving young men trained in nor mal schools, but not thought qualified for teaching. 3. An objection was stated that a large amount of patronage would by their minutes be plated at the disposal of gvernment by the appointment of pupil teachers and stipendiary monitors. To this his lordship replied, that the patronage would really be vested in the hands of the local managers, and not in those of the government, and he could not see how a patronage subjected to so .many checks and to full publicity could possibly be abused. 4. On its being mentioned to his lordship that a great clamor had been raised against the minutes, as designing to increase the influence of the church, he remarked,—that it was very unfounded, for the minutes were framed, in the moat anxious spirit of fairness, and were intended to improve edu- I cation, not to interfere with the religious opinions of the people. 5. On its being stated that fears were entertained lest, if several schools were applying at the same time for grants, and the funds at the disposal of government were limited, an unjust preference might be given to one school over another, his lordship replied, that the principles to be adopted would be, that the first applications should be the first attended to. 6. It was urged that many entertained ap prehensions lest inspectors might be appointed to visit schools who might be obnoxious to the religious denomina tinn to which those schools belonged. His lordshipezpressly declared, that all bodies of Dissenter, should enjoy the earns safeguard as the Church, and that no inspector should be appointed, unacceptable to the religious communities with which the schools were connected. 7. On its being remarked that much opposition would probably cease, if it were dis tinctly shown that any school, not built with the mid of public money, but which, on asking for aid, had received annual grants for its support, might fern itself from fol. @Notion by ceasing to receive the annual grant, his lord ship, after some discussion and consultation with the other members of the education committee then present, declared: That he should accede to this proposal, and he authorised the deputation to make known his determination to those interested in the matter.—The deputation left his lordship with the full conviction that the measure is proposed and j intended to be carried out with perfect fairness to all parties. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. A weekly council was held at the society's hone in Hanover-eguare, on Wedneaday.last. Mr. Pusey, M.P., in the chair, INDIAN TUDIIRO9P. Room.—Dr. A. Gesner, of Corn wallis, Bing N County, Nova Scotia, having been engaged for Nome time in making a g eolo g ical surve y of fgrainect Elwarel Island, and in obtaining, at the suggestion of the Royal Agricultural Society established at Charlotte-town in that colony, a correct analysis of its different soils, had hie attention particularly drawn to those vegetable productions of the district allied in their character to the common potato, with a view to their trial and substitution for that tuber, which had been there attacked by a disease that threatened its entire destruction. Having been successful in this search and met with two varieti:e of tuber which he considered worthy of trial, he adAressed, in the autumn of last year, two communications on the subject to the Royal Agricultural Secietyof England. The ro.rs in question having reached the society's rooms a few days p, ions to the present meeting, they were submitted to the inspection of the council, and the communications of Dr. Griner read in explanation of their history and character. 1. Saa.gaa-ban. This is the wild farinaceous root of a hardy plant found on the islands of Richmond Bay, its favourite situation helms along the basis of the higher sand-hills which form the lagoons of the coast. The blossom and leaves resemble those of the potato. The tubers become ripe towards the end of September ; and those that remain in the ground during the winter, send up green shoots in the succeeding spring, the decayed roots being found with the ripe vegetable. Dr. Cleaner thinks it a favourable fact, that wherever the Indians had moved the earth by digging, the Saa-gas.ban had increased in size and flavour: he bad himself eaten se veral dishes of it cooked, and always found it very dry, mealy, and palatable. It yielded a high per centage of starch, and he considered it very wholesome. It had alwa been highly valued by the Indians, who, by employing it f or food, were enabled to continue their wars against the early settlers of North America. 2. Idus-qua-sete.—This root was found in a very shady, but warm and dry situation, on a assail island of Richmond Bay, in a wild forest of beech, birch, and maple. The tubers have the extensal appearance as well as the smell and taste of the common potato ; but although some were found of tolerable dimensions, the aver age size was only that of large cherries. The skin of the tuber is of a rutty brown colour, its internal substance white. The Indians state that this vegetable may be p served in a dry or moist condition for a long period. It re is highly esteemed by them as a very farinaceous and ex cellent food; but though Dr. Cleaner has little doubt that by proper cultivation it might be rendered prolific, it is very rare in the island, and he has much lees confidence in its success than in that of the Scups-ban. Dr. Helmer has found both plants in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ; and thinks it probable that they are widely, but thinly, rcat tered over that part of North America. He recommends their being planted early in the spring in a sandy or loamy soil.—The thanks of the council were unanimously voted to Dr. Grauer for the favour of these communications and specimens. Sir Craton Lariats remarked that the two plants re ferred to by Dr. Gainer have been well known in this country for more than a century ; and although constantly grown in English gardens during that period, he believed they were considered to be totally unfit for field cultivation. He doubted whether any good result would be obtained in cultivating thee., Indi►n roots at a substitute for potatoes; at the mine time he thought it right to state, that the Horticultural Society had adopted the suggestion made to it of try ing some experi menta with the Olycine Apios; and that the account of thous experiments, with their result, would ap pear in the next " Journal of the Horticultural Society." He added, that the Glycine Apia is now better known as the Apios tuberose.—Dr. LINDLEY favoured the Council with •reference to the Apios tuberose. It was a small trail ing plant, and had been often mentioned. Elliott, in treating of the plants of Carolina, bad merely said of it, "the tubers formed an article of food to the aborigines." The Chairman remarked, that he feared the cultivation of these plants in our flower-gardens for so long • period, with so little improve ment in their tuberous roots, dfd not holdout much hope of • different result on transferring them to the open culture of the field ; but the society gave, of course, no opinion on the subject. THE APHIS Qtfurtox.—Mr. Browne exhibited the various parts of a diseased potato, in which it bus been alleged that insects were to be discovered, under the magni fying power of • fine achromatic microscope but no such insects could be detected, only the ordinary fungi present in the diseased parts. Observations had been made by a Berk. shire gentleman on the natural history and habits of insects affecting the potato, and experiments in field culture. under the full presumption of their injurious attacks. Imagining that the aphides are produced or sustained by an east wind, he had protected, u he believed, his potato crop, by the screen of a bean crop on the east of it. Whatever might be the cause, Mr. Browne had certainly found that potatoes planted early, sod with beans or cabbages between the rows, had succeeded, while other crops in the neighbourhood had failed. Dr. Calvert had made inquiry on the subject of the attacks of insect* en the potato crops, and he was far from satisfied that the prevailing disease had itsorigin in such cause. He had satisfied him self—l. That no animalcule are to be found feeding on the diseased potato bulbs, at least so far as microscopic investiga time have hitherto been carried. 2. That as to the aphis being concerned in its production, he had not been able to' discover that any demonstrable facts can be brought forward to establish such a supposition. 3. That there appears to be three or four specifically different diseases to which the popu lar appellation of " potato disease" is applied. DIECTESIONS ENTERED ON.—SUpElphOephlte of lime, Spanish phosphorite, crustaceous matter, and Canadian Gypsum, as artificial manures, and the council adjourned to their weekly meeting, to be held on Wednesday, April 14. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD.—The annual festival of the friends of this institution took place last evening at the London Tavern. The right hon. the Lord Mayor presided over a numerous assembly. The com mittee, in their report, stated that the asylum, which was instituted in the year 1827, for the hoard, clothing, and edu cation of orphan children under eight years of age, contains at present only 235 children, although built for the accommo dation of 400, the income of the charity having hitherto fet tered its utility. The increasing support, however, which they were receiving had caused them to come to a determi nation to admit 100 additional children during the present year, vie. fifty at each half-yearly election—in April and No vember—and they hoped that the public support would enable them to carry out their plane to their fullest extent. The Chairman, in proposing the toast of the evening— " Prosperity to the Infant Orphan A.ylum," remarked generally upon its claims to public favour, which were de monstrated by the patronage which it had received from persons in high stations, including Prince Albert, the King of the Belgians, and the Duke of Cambridge. The sub scriptions during the evening amounted to 2,4561. 45., being 6001. more than fin any previous occasion. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. The president and council of the above institute gave a soirée last evening, at the rooms of the institute, in George-street, Hanover-square. At about half-past nine o'clock the hand. some suite of rooms was amply filled by a select and elegant company, including the Conde de Montemolin. Mr. Buck ingham was, as usual, unremitting in his attentions to his guests, and the provisions he had made for their amusement, certainly entitled him to their beat thanks. The piece, which called forth the greatest amount of applause, was an exquisite performance on French horns, in addition to which there was, during the evening, some remarkably pleasant singing; a solo on the violin, by a gentleman of first-rate Went; and another on the harp. The tables were spread hese with many new and highly interesting works of art. T soirées present one of the most pleasant ways of spending an evening that we know of. GROCERS' AND TEA-DEALERS' BENEVOLENT PRO- Tscrnox SOCIITY.—Sir,—In your report of the proceedings at the annual meeting of this institution, which appeared on the 17th inst., it is stated that a motion was carried to the effect that the total number of votes polled at any election on behalf of an unsuccessful candidate should be carried to the credit of such candidate at the succeeding election. As this may tend to mislead many of the mem bers not present, I beg tc inform you that after some dis cussion the above motion was withdrawn, consequently the original system of voting at elections of pensioners remains unaltered.—GLOßG2 GARKAWAT, &C. THE JENNY LIND CONTROVERST.—We yesterday published a letter and memorandum from Mr. Bunn, in which it was stated that he had refused the peace offering of 2,0001., made in behalf or the " Swedish nightingale." We are now handed tons for publication the following letter from Mr. Jennings, Mdlle. Lind's solicitor, asserting . that no answer has been sent by Mr. Bunn to the proposeion (Copy.) —9, Chancery-lane, 19th March, 1817.-91r.—1 am still waiting Inc the answer to my communication which you promised should be immediate. On my part all the forms and courtesy of bur ner have been observed. On my first addreseing you, I bad the honour of averring that the letter of Mdlle. Lind was open to your Inspectlon and that of your legal advisers. On your cap maing a wish to have this letter In your hands, to satisfy yourself, I called upon you, and whilst I stated that this note forested an mential part of my Manse lions, and I mold not therefore part with it, I placed It in your hands to peruse. On returning It you stated you were perfectly satisfied m to its authenticity, and would give me a reply In the course of that day. This answer 1, therefore, beg leave to demand directly at your hands ; and I trust that If you are now held by • bond to other partite, which prevents your acceptance of • gift of peace, of which you, of course, could not foresee the generous offer, and still less the extraor dinary liberality, I trust you will consider It due to yourself and to Millie. lend, In all reinsert, to Mete the circumstances—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient merman, E. Immure—To A. Bunn, Esq., Re., lee., Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. ELECTRO-TELEGRAPHIC PRINTINCL—By a modifi cation of the electric telegraph, patented by Mr. Bain, in which punches are made at once to cut the letters of • word oat of thin paper, a speed of correspondence is attainable " that bids defiance to the most adroit telegraphists." And moreover a series of stamp., correspondent at one terminus to the punching process at the other, and productive of it, may be set to any series of letters, and correspondence thereby kept up by telegraph without the possibility of any one being able to interpret the meaning without the key. Wonderful as all this is, however, the very beau ideal et electro-telegraphic correspondence seems to be that whereby types may be set up simultaneously in different towns, through the operation of composing machines, such as th it of Delcambre, in connexion with the telegraphic wire.. This is gravely proposed by Mr. Hyde Clark, who himself invented a composing machine—The Builder. THE LATE GEORGE ROBINS.—The valuation of the personal property of the great valuer of estates, the lamented George Henry Robins, Esq., has been taken at 140,0001., ex clusive of landed property.—Standard. INCENDIARY FIRE. AT ACTON.—Yesterday, a fire broke out at Acton ; three stacks of hay standing in a yard known as Way Farm, the property of Mr. B. Tubb', having been set first*. The flames were first discovered by a policeman of the T division on duty, and were then coming from the seat end of the middle stack, but a strong wind blowing at the time from the S.S.E., they quickly extended over the entire stack. An alarm was instantly raised and a messenger despatched to the head police station at Hammersmith. An express was with all speed sent to the engine stations in town with information sr the fire. In the mean time the police and the inhabitants of the neighbourhood were not inactive. The fire was not effectually extinguished until noon. In the afternoon, an investigation into the origin of the fire was made by the police authorities, but the author of the fire is as yet undiscovered. FIRE IN REGENT-STREET, IVENTMINSTER. —This morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire was discovered upon the premises occupied by Mr. Willie, a carpenter and budder, and Mr. Mills and Mr. Wood, 102, Regent-street, Westminster. Owing te the exertions of the Bremen, the flames were confined to the premises in which they originated, but THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1847. they were not entirely extinguished until the building was gutted, and the whole of the furniture and wearing-apparel of the occupants were destroyed. The origin of the tire could not be ascertained. Linfa.-tuttately, the sufferers were all uninsured. __ INtitlEsTs, YFATERDAT.—SIR W. —By Mr. Waklev, at the ri,g's Head, New Cavendish-street, on the late 6ir W. Curtis. George Leigh, butler to doceased, said he was present when Sir William died, about halt past seven on Tuesday evening. He had been absent in the morning, and arrived home at a quarter past six. About • quarter past seven, witness went up-stain with Mr. Free man, surgeon, of Spring.gardens, and found Sir William sitting on the sofa, with his feet in warm water. He then appeared insensible, and he (Mr. Freeman) bled him. He died in about a quarter of an hour after ; he understood that Si, William was attacked with apoplexy. He had had one or two similar attacks previoualy, the last being about three months ego, at Ramsgate. Witness bad been intormed by a medical man, that the next attack Sir William bad would be fatal. Mr. Wakley said such unpleasant predictions were sure to get talked about, and did a great deal of harm.— he came home. Us t he n Wm. Legg, under-butler, said he let Sir Wi ual appeared in his health,us and be had intended to have gone to the opera ; but subsequently countermanded the order. Shortly after Sir William came, the bell rang, and on entering the drawing-room he found his master on the sofa ill, and Lady Curtis near him. He at once sent for Mr. Freeman.—The Coroner. Why, Mr. Freeman lives at Spring-gardens; why did you not go for some medical man on the spot ?—Witness I did as I was ordered.—The Coroner: How absurd ! There are dozens of doctors within 300 yards, and yet you go to Spring gardens. It ought to be known that in such cases life or death hangs upon the prompt relief afforded by bleeding. Mr. Freeman could not have arrived in less than half-an-hour. Indeed, scarcely more than 60 minutes elapsed from the time Sir William entered the house to his death. Mr. Joseph Freeman, of Spring-gardens, surgeon, said he arrived at Sir William's house shortly after seven o'clock, lie found him breathing hard, and his pupils dilated. He bled him, and took about ten ounces of blood, but without effect ' • he did not use cu p ping as there was no eupper to be found. coroner The exp. d 'his astonishment that the surgeon did not cup the deceased himself, and said, had earlier aid been procured, life might have been saved. Mr. Freeman said death in his opinion had resulted from sanguineous apoplexy • and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. IRELAND. DUBLIN, )(saes 18. Deaths from destitution are recorded in everypaper received to-day from all the provinces. Fever is also committing ravages in Trak* ; and in Armagh, at Lurgan Workhouse, the mortality from the same cause is alarming ; and a private letter from Bailin robe, Mayo, which I have seen to day, announces the death by fever of the master of the workhouse there, and the clerk of the union; and the dangerous illness from the same cause of the Roman Catholic chaplain, the matron, the medical superintendent, and his assistant. Mr. Burke, Assistant Poor-law Commis sioner, is lying ill of fever in Cork. Dr. Phelan is specially devatched by government to report upon the progress of disease. 'abstained from noticing a rumour of an alarming nature, prevalent here for the last few days—that the young wheat plants had manifested symptoms of disease. In truth, I thought the apparent unhealthi ness might have bees caused by the severity of the I weather. That conclusion is confirmed by a state ment in the Limerick paper of yesterday, which states that since rain had fallen the young plants had assumed a perfectly healthy appearance. Field cultivation is in operation wherever the land lords encourage it; in other circumstances very little is being done. Among the landlords who are thus doing their duty I may mention Lord Aahtown, Mr. Johnson, Colonel lloyd, Mr. Guy Atkinson, Mr. Trench, and other proprietors in the midland coun ties. To these I should add, Sir John Power and Mr. J. H. Talbot, of Wexford. _ . Nine vessels, capable of aooommodating 2,444 adult passengers, are advertised to sail from Limerick this spring. Four of them, with 494 passengers, are for New York, and five, with 1,950, for Que be c. Such is the avidity for emigration, that erery berth is already engaged in each ; besides which, 400 persons have proceeded from Limerick, ria Liverpool, daring the last fortnight. A large meeting of the citizens of Cork was held on Tuesday, over which the Mayor presided, to die cuss the proposed amended poor-law for Ireland. The resolutions express the regret of the meeting at the "concession" to the " Irish party " made by Lord John Russell in his proposed augmentation of the ex-officio guardians, and the proposed electoral rating. They state that the landlords have " uniformly and remorselessly " used their present powers to throw the burthen of the paupers on the towns, and that they would use their increased powers to the same end. They therefore loudly protested against these amendments. The relief committees everywhere through the country are looking to the circular of the 12th. The Killarney committee, one of the beet organised in Ireland, in directing the attention of the landed pro prietors of the distnct to the order of dismissal, state that no time should be lost in cultivating the soil; that the small occupiers being unable to purchase seed, must look to the landlords alone, in which they will receive the co-operation of the committee. The Kerry grand jury have also adopted a set of resolutions, but of a more mild and practical character than the general run of such documents. They regard the still greater contraction of the unit of taxation as the only prospect of absorbing labour by private en terprise—recommend tenants compensation for per manent improvements—adopt Lord J. Russell's prin ciple of imposing the surplus rate above 2a. 6d. in the pound on the union at large, sad that such inter ests as jointures, annuities, &e., should be rated. Out door relief, however, is regarded with grave suspicion, and for the usual reasons, while some legislation is de manded to " induce " the residence of Irish pro prietors in Ireland. A very strong resolution con veys the grateful feelings of the county to the people of England. LORD CLANCABTY AND SIDED COltr.—Sir,—The inclosed paragraph, extracted from your paper of the 13th instant, under the head of Ireland, has just been brought under my notice The Part of Clancarty is mid to be supplying his tenantry with 05b, but the principle on which the loan Ia made seems to be eornewtird wanting in burners. The Gehrviy Vindicator states that the Earl of Clancarty "u to be repaid according to the goodoesa of Vie crop therefrom" By this means the noble earl to likely to be safe ; and. if Tim Sullivan has a bad crop, Paddy Blake, wbow crop hi good, will pay for it. This ginermity seem. characterised b 7 great Bulk I am painfully aware that, at the present time, the position of a landlord in Ireland is one of peculiar respon ability , and that, with many difficulties to contend with, I may be want ing in due judgment ; and I do not complain of any coin- meets upou my acts ; but I do complain that you should, upon so palpably erroneous a statement as that of the paper from which you have quoted, found an argument calm. lated to exhibit me as trading, and with great thrift too, upon the distress of nay country. I have no objection to the closest scrutiny into the management of my property, so far as it bas any bearing upon u the well-being of my tenantry or the good of the country in which my lot is coat, and, sum moned to the bar of public opinion, I neither desire nor ex pert favour ; but, as the public act in tee threefold capacity of accuser, judge, and jury, they should be careful to found their judgment upon truth. As you have considered my dealing with my tenants of sufficient importance to comment upon, I beg of you, by the publication of this letter, to correct, as far as circumstlnces admit, the unfair impres sion your paper may have left upon the minds of your readers. The following circumstance probably gave rise to the report erroneously set forth, upon which your comment was made. Sir Randolph Routh having, on the 16th of October, lathed a letter to the several relief committees, apprising them that it was the intention of her Majesty's government to supply rye, barley, and bean seed at cost price, and requiring return. of the extent of land to be sown with such crepe. I felt it my duty to aid in making the necessary inquiries. Expectations were hereby necessarilli raised among the farmers, but as the weds were never supplied, I, in consequence, for the p of in some degree meeting the disappointment, disposedlf what rye and oat seed I could to some of the small holders of land upon my property, to be repaid after the next harvest —not upon the absurd principle of payment being in pro portion to the crop, which would an fact be offering a premium for had cropping, but at the tharket price of the day when the seed was issued. Having thus noticed this transaction, I would add that it appears to me that any I general supply of seeds by the landlord would be objection able, as its tendency would be rather to beget improvidence in the farmer, than to produce those habits of self-reliance which are essential to his themes. A new system of hus bandry has been long needed in this country, and having now become indispensable, to that I wish rather to direct the attention of the small farmers upon my property, as you will see by the accompanying paper recently issued, which I send for your information.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, CLANCAnTit.—Gorbally, Mauch 17, 1847. SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, MARCH 18. The Scotch peers met in Holyrood Palace yester day, for the purpose of electing a representative peer in room of the late Lord Rollo. The peers present were the Earls of Haddington, Lauderdale, Leven, Selkirk, Viscount Stormont, Lords Rollo, Colville, Gray, and Polwarth. They unanimously elected Lord Gray, of Gray, Forfar, and of Kinfauns Castle, Perth. At Wick, on Friday week, all was quiet, and the town supplied with provisions from the country as usual, under the influence of somc seventy bayonets. The spirit and state of feeling of the people, however, was as unsatisfactory ►s possible. The leading man is a Chartist enthusiast, a carpenter, utterly unin structed, but gifted with a great memo:-y and fl.iw of words. Ile can call out or ,Aend home, at a word, the whole Istouriag-class populati . on of the town. lie ha ter counsellor a clever writer, esoployed by the Tory party to do their work from 1;33 to 1837, ulti mately cast-off with his accounts unpaid; and on this account (the bulk of the landowners being Tories) owing a deep grudge to every one - who owns an itcre of land. The lower classes have been thrown into the hands of these men by the short-s4"hted self ishness of the fish-curers, who, after encours t •ing the unthrifty babits of the fishermen for rears, to serve their own ends, tried to throw the burden of sup,oort ing them off their own shoulders on the failure of the fishing and the potato crop. The ten-pounders, to 0 , ander the influence of panic, though they hate ant. fear the Chartists, tampered with them to obstruct all exports of food and keep down prices. Notwith standing the statements in the Times, there are larger stores of meal and grain in Wick at this time than were ever before seen there. Meal, up to the 15th instant, was retailed there at 2s. 6d. and 2s. Bd. a stone—at least 23 per cent. under the price elsewhere. Work is abundant in the neighbourhood. In the county 60,0001. has been borrowed under the drainage act for the express purpose of providing work, and the parties who haveundertaken the drainage,unable to tie native labourers, will be forced to bring in Irish. let on a Friday (the market-day) at Wick, sti ung, healthy looking fellows may be seen loitering at corners, utterly idle, or dogging for hours an obnoxious corn dealer. Before the soldiers and the sheriff came in, the country-people who brought eggs, pork, and other supplies to Wick, were obliged to carry them home unsold; glad to be permitted to do so, for some of the more daring obstructives would take out their knives, and ask if they would take two inches of steel for a pound of pork or a dozen of eggs. The indiscrimina tion of the Destitution Committee in Edinburgh is contributing its quota to the sources of mischief in 1 Wick. The free passages to the south, in search of labour, which ought to be afforded and urged upon the acceptance of the destitute Ilighlanders, are thrown away upon the labourers of Caithness, who can all have fair employ ment and fair wages if they will work. In Wick (on Friday the 12th inst.) free orders were given to men who had 21. to 41. in hand from the employers who were rendered incapable of prosecuting the drainage they had begun by the desertion of these labourers. One man, who had lately got 601. or 701. by his wife received one of these orders. It is lament able to see the funds so much required in the destitute districts thrown away in a district which has escaped the visitation ; thus seconding the tendency of cause less panic, fostered by designing men, to transform the improvident into lawless rioters. The Lord Advocate's Registration Bill, like the minutes of the Council of Education, bids fair to be opposed by those who either have not read it at all, or who, having read it, have failed to do so intel ligently. The conservative papers are opposed to it, and not one Scotch paper, even on the ministerial side, has said a word in its favour. Yet the subject deserves to be placed fairly before the Scottish com munity. Objections are urged to the system of regis tration, the mode of defraying its expense, and the exclusion of parish schoolmasters from the office of registrars-local. The first two are advanced by theo rists; that which relates to the schoolmasters has the more substantial character of an " interest" opposition. The "schoolmaster interest" cannot be yielded to in this. Contemporaneously with registration reform, the state seeks to accomplish educational elevation ; and, as the two objects are reconcileable, why should they be made antagonistic? Is the Privy Council to hold out golden baits to keep the schoolmaster within doors? and is the Lord Advocate to hold out similar inducements for him to leave his school, and betake himself to alien avocations? Already the school master, in the capacity of poor-law inspector, which he so frequently fills, has to visit the poor, send medicine to the dying, and coffins to the dead. If, in addition, he is to register the baptised, the married, and the buried, what time will be left him for teach ing? " Your Scotch schoolmaster is poorly paid." Granted. But here you have the Privy Council will ing to augment his income, provided he shows himself apt to teach ; and how is the proposal received ? Why his friends wish him to grasp at offices which must render him incapable of exerting himself in his own legitimate sphere. Tn• BEAD Ativz.—Our readers, say. the Glasgow Chronicle, will recollect that, about eight weeks ago, we gave an account of a suicide committed by a female in the water above Hutcheson-town-bridge, and of the recovery of the body a few days afterwards somewhere near Govan. The wife of a dyer, residing i• Hutcheson-town, but who was separated from her husband some years ago, on account of her intemperate habits, disappeared about the same time, and the body, when discovered, answered the description of the dyer's wife so well, that he immediately applied to a friendly society, of which be is a member, and obtained the society's 31101/111011 (41.) to bury his supposed wife, which he did with every due solemnity. Although a staunch teetotal ler, he was so overjoyed at getting rid of one who was a thorn in his side for so long a time, that be even broke his pledge, and has be. n in the habit of taking his drops occasionally since. Bat, alas, on Monday last, while sitting comfortably at his dinner, who bounced in but his own identical spouse, whom he buried, as he supposed, eight weeks ago ! The consterna tion which so unwelcome a guest caused is more easily ima gined than described. The housekeeper fainted, and it was with some difficulty she was brought to, and the husband's eyes almost jumpe d out of their sockets ; however, in a short time, order was restored, and, after a little explanation from this visitant from the invisible world, they recovered from their panic. It appeared that, instead of throwing herself into the Clyde as was supposed, she repaired to a neighbour ing town, where she bed remained until the date of her re appearance. The unfortunate husband sorely laments his loss, es he must new refund the 41. which he obtained to bury her. PROVINCIAL. NEARLY TIER THOUSAND POUNDS HAS' EERY ALREADY SUBSCRIBED for the establishment of en Atheneum at Bolton. The building is to be commenced forthwith. AN ACCOUNT OF THE FACTORIES NOW STANDING IDLE IN MANCHESTER is given in the Lirerpool Standard of Tuesday. The list includes the establishments of Moan. Good, W , od, Wood, Throlfall, Rigg, Pooley, Stirling (em ploying 1,090 hands), Burton, Burton, Guest, Bullock and Gray, Beatson, Poolev, Thompson, Fernley, Parnell, Brown, H. Maryland, Morris, Higginsoa, Westin, Massey. The bulk of the above are spinners of coarse or middle num bers, and many of them carry on power-loom weaving. The number of hands thrown out of employment, including spinners, plectra, weavers, and scavengers, is estimated at about eleven thouand. Averaging their wages at 10s. a week, we have bore 6,5001. weekly spent amongst the shopkeepers, totally drawn out of circulation. The &Bowing is a statement of the number of factories working short time, and the hour. of working—vis. —Birley's, 4 days per week ; Oxford Twist Coaleany, 4 days; G. Clark, 4 days; J. Clarke, 10 hours a day, with repairs; Woolley, 4 days; Hodgson, 4 days; Parnell, 3 days; Jones, 3 days; Can, 3 days ; Beaver, 4 days ; Wet kins, 3 days; Binn, 2 days; Barton, 4 days; Kennedy, 4 days; Patten, 4 days ; Albion Mills, 4 days; J. Wilson and Co., 4 days; Ogden, 4 days; Waterhouse, 4 days ; Allen, 4 days • darstang, 4 days; Chappell, 3 days ; Simpson and Co , 2 working with 3 days wages. The bulk of these are extensive establishments, employing a large number of hands ; and the amount of money drawn out of circulation from their partial stoppage mast be very heavy. Add to these the number of calico printers, dyers, finishers, fustian cutters, pokers, designers, engravers, and, in fact, of parties whose means of living must be diminished by the decreased manufacture of cotton fabrics, and we shall find no difficulty in believing that the suffering in Manchester must be intense. Of the five Tinning mills, all are work ing full time to supply the demand of face yarns for Notting ham and the continent. A very few only of the coarse mills are similarly working. We have not at present correct statistics of the amount of standing or partially employed mschinary in the other manufacturing towns throughout the district. As in the majority of these, however, low num bers are spun, it is certain that the number stopped or work ing short time must be very extensive. A Senses OF TRIAL . EXPRRIMINTA to test the strength I , of gun cotton in blasting 's compared with the known powers of gunpowder, took place on Wednesday, in the Standedge tunnel on the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway. A correspondent thus describes the proceedings and their results. The place selected for the experiments is in the midst of the great Yorkshire chain of hills, between Huddersfield and 'Manchester, where a tunnel is now con, tructing through huge masses of Mi'stone grit, and which, when complete.% will be the longest tunnel in England. Tke rocks which are situate at a depth of one hundred and fifty-five yards below the surface of the mountain, consists entirely of close grained quarts, of which some idea may be formed by the fact that in one hundred and ten yards of the tunnel sow completed, not one fissure or joint is tible. Holes were drilled of 2 inches, 11 inches, and 11 inehes to diameter in the millstone grit, and the charges of gun -cotton varied from 1-6th to 1-3rd of the weight of powder ordi narily made we of in blasting. Cartridges containing the gun-cotton were dropped into the hole with the patent fuse attached, and the quantities varied front 10 ounces in the larger, to 6 ounces in the smaller tubes; the quantity of gunpowder employed for similar blast-drill, varying from 1 to 311 n. The shots in the tunnel were 12 in number, 10 being charged with gun-cotton, and No. 4 and 11 with gunpowder. The shots numbered 2 and 7 in the south heading, and 12 in the north heading. were declared by Mr. Nicholson, the contractor, previous to their being fired, to be thote on which the test the strength of glut-cotton, compared with that of gunpowder, would oe unwt certain, both as to charges and post - tins. Ni. 2 was charged with 10 ounces of gun-cotton, sod chi wonder'ul ex. cation, ete.weling in everythinz the ' e xpec•atetes of both the engineers and miners. No. 7 was extr4t - ol a i.b 14 eunce of gone dton, end performed the same work as 6 ounces of gunpowder. The crowning expoiments were Ni. 11 and 12 in the north heading. No. 12 was charged with 16 ounces of gun-cotton a;ainst 31bs. 4ez. of gunpowder in No. 11, the shots exceeding anything the en gineers or miners had before tested. The gun-cotton ex ploded first, and threw against the isde of the heading, and broke into nine pieces 2'o cubic feet of rock, or about 15 tons weight. This shot, from its connexion with No. 11, was supposed to have assisted it materially. No. 11 removed to the distance of about one yard t.li feet of roek, or about 161 tons weight, but was broken into six pieces only. Thus showirg the strength of one over the other. The following properties were established in these experiments:—That the gun-cotton may be considered of three or four times the strength of gunpowder ; that it is entirely free from smoke, a qualifica tion of great importance in mining operations, as the miners can recommence work immediately after the blasts have been a'red, which is not the cue with gunpowder that in keeping nttton on the works, and its being handled by the m en , ' then e is not so much risk from explosion or loss from waste • h gunpowder that it ignites with more certaintythan Renews vder, and, from the decreased siva of the charge, the d ept h at the drill-hole mar be diminished, and the power more c o n s entrated it also possesses all the q ua li t i es o f th e best guar, - .der, and may be kept und e r w a t er i ns t ea d o f i n a maga z ine it does not beat by keeping, and will explode at not lees than 4. 16 0. Tue ARDSL.7 3 COAL-PIT ACCIDRNT.—After several ad journments the s nquest on the unfortunate sufferers by the late coal-pit acrid, 'nt at Arelslev, to ar Barnsley, was con cluded late on Thu. - sday night last, when the jury returned the following verdict, :—" Accidental death, and the jury are of opinion that efficie, it regulations are not enforced in this district to prevent the use of naked lights in those parts of coal-mines where ineuttmable gas is known to exist, and are further of opinion that d e recurrence of accidents involving so large a loss of human life demands the immediate atten tion 01 her Majesty's goner nment, and would justify parlia ment in framing such a cm le of regulations as would give greater security to persons es oploved in mining operations." The fury requested the ecotone r to forward their sentiments to the Secretary of State for the lime Department. LINCOLNt +ERRE. DEATH By INHALATION 73P NrAPOtH OP ETHEL—A coroner's inquest was commence e on Saturday last and con cluded on Monday evening, at tiranthans, on the body of Ann Parkinson, a married woman. aged 21, who died two days after an operation performed under the influence of ether. A tumour had formed on the leg of the deceased, and by her own renting it was removed whilst she was under the influence of the new antidote to pain. At firstthe ether took but slight effect, when the inhalation was repeated, and the operation was proceeded with. She said she felt the pain of the ineiAons, and after the operation she re mained very weak, continuing in a low state fur two days, when she died. A post mortem examination was made, and two surgeons gave an opinion that the operation had been skilfully performed, and there was every evidence that death had resulted from the vapour of ether, the deceased having inhaled more than her system would bear. A verdict to this effect was returned, the surgeon who performed the operation (and who used the ether with reluctance) being exonerated by the jury. The post martens examination demonstrated that the anterior lobes of the brain were con gested. This fatal symptom was presumed to have arisen from the use of ether. ELECTION FOR EAST fimaIUISITINIIIIL—The liMnl com mittee organized at the Bath meeting hare taken the most prompt measures for securing Mr. Pinney's return, and this morning his address was extensively circulated throughout the county. Up to this time no oppmidon has been com menced, although threats are freely indulged iu, and the names of Sir Alexander Hood, Mr. Blathwaite, Mr. Knatch bull, and others, continue to be freely used. Should an op position arise, no lean are entertained by those members of the liberal party moat likely to be well informed of the return of Mr. Pinney. ILTSHIRP. Taa RINIESINTATION OF WEITIIVIY. The seat which is about to be ',seated by Sir R. Lopes is likely to be contested by two freetraders. Mr. Wilson some time sites announced himself I. be a candidate. A second has now taken the field. The opponent of Mr. Wil , en is Mr. John Lewis Phipps, a Liverpool merchant, related to a family residing in the neighbourhood, who have always professed liberal politics: the cand.date himself, too, has invariably supported liberal and free trade principles in the elections in Lutcashin. BEDFORDSHIRE. DZSTRUCTIVII FIKII AT HOWSUICY-HALL.-011 Wednes day afternoon a fire broke out at Howbury-hall, the mano rial residence of F. I'olhill, Esq., M.P. at Benitold, three miles north-east of Bedford. A bricklayer, named Field, who has worked on the premises about girl yearn , was re pairing the roof of the building, when he discovered a neat of bees. With a view of destroying them, and finding some honey, he procureda quantity of den cow dung, and, placing it under the tiles, applied some limiter matches to suffocate the insects, and then stopped up the place and left it, unsp prehensive of the consequences. The Litho caught fire, and the mischief extended along the roof until more than half the mansion was comumcd. The wind blew from the south west : had it been full west, the whole of this ancient build ing must have been destroyed. Unfortunately for Mr. Pol hill, we hear that his property is not insured. The mansion was of ancient date, the original building having been erected two centuries ago. NORFOLK. RLILWAY Anarroia.--At Trowse station, an abattoir, consisting of two sets of slaughter-houses, hue been built and fitted up with every convenience for slaughtering 100 beasts l i and 300 sheep daily. The buildings and yards are enclosed within high brick walls, end the yard has been divided into compartments or pens fir the beasts and sheep. Adjoining the slaughterhouse there is a large tank to supply water. Chili.) to the open end of the houses there is a aiding from and to the railway, on which the trucks run to be loaded with earcuta. Saul or ♦ictors House.—Last week a baker at Brigkton lost his life by a kick from a vicious horse. The deceased, accompanied by a horse-dealer named Proctor, went into his stable, and in passing the stall when the horse was, the animal kicked at lum with both his hind legs. It was afterwards ascertained that deceased had received such injury in the stomach that he could not live long. He lin gered for several hours and then expired. Verdict, " Ac cidental death." A subscription was subsequently entered into by persons frequenting the Britannia Inn, for the pur pose of purchasing the horse and shooting it. This was done; but the animal had, in the interim, kicked another person, though not severely. ffillustt. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Halldel'a "Be!. shamar" was performed, for the first time, at Exeter-hall, last evening. This oratorio was first performed in 1744. The poem is believed to have been written by Charles Jen pens, Eq., of Oopsall-hall, in Leicester, the ancestor of the present Earl Howe, a gentleman of large fortune, and dis tinguished for his taste and acquirements in literature. He was the intimate friend of Handel, and assisted him in the compilation of scriptural texts which form the words of " The Messiah." The poem of " Belshazzar" has con ' amebic literary merit its dramatic structure is simple mid coherent, end, in its diction, there is none of the mean and vulgar dotterel which deforms several of Handel's ora tories, particularly " S 1111.011" and " Solomon." As • asasical work, however, it seems to here been among the bast successful of Handel's sacred compositions. It does ant appear, from contemporary records, to have produced any owe impression in its novelty ; and it has slept for a century it almost total oblivion. Not only has it never been per 'firmed entire for at least onebalf of this period (and pro : bably much more), but none of its airs or choruses, taken aenarately, have become stock pieces at concerts, festivals, and music meetings. The Sacred Harmonic Society have done well to attempt its revival : it belongs to them to bring Alward the forgotten works of great masters, in order that die present generation may have an opportunity to form a lodgment of their merits. If this judgment is unfavourable, ** society at least have done their duty. It is impossible to lerrethat a work of such magnitude, composed by Handel very meridian of, hie powers, san be unworthy of his genhin; but the experiment of last night is sufficient to account for the oblivion into which it has fallen ; for cer tainly the performance was one of the heaviest we have ever listened to. The strings of recitatives, many of them con sisting of twenty or thirty lines of blank verse, seemed to be interminable. Their length, indeed, was increased by the slow and drawling manner in which recitative is almost always delivered by our English singers; but nothing could have divested them of the dreary monotony caused by an incessant repetition of the WWI sing-song passages. The airs, without exception, are destitute of interest. They are in Handel's worst stvle—stiff, formal, and loaded with antiquated divisions. it is in the choruses that we discern the genius of the mighty muter; though none of them will bear a comparison with the choruses in the " Messiah," " Israel in Egypt," " Samson," or " Joshua." "All empires upon Out depend," however, is a nobly wrought fugue ; end the chorus of the people watching the receding waters of the Euphrates, is picturesque and dramatic. The oratorio was carefully and well performed. The principal singers—Miss Birch, Miss Hawes, and !dieters. Hansen, Phillips, and Bodda—exerted themselves to the utmost, and the choruses were excellently sung. Little effect, however, was produced on the audience, who showed a coldness not usual at the concerts in Exeter-hall. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. Csweethos Moths I9.—At the etatutable non holden this day, for the schniabion of inceptors in erns, the following degrees were cceferred : 11.11—G. H. Mush, St. John's—M.A.—W. B. Hopkins, Cain, J. Bluebell, jun., J. Hall. J. W. Loader, Corpue ; G. 1. Bourier, King** (created M.A. this day) • E. Randolph, Jesus; W. It. Girdieston, J. Parches, E. W. Wil kinson, A. H. Wrangel., Christ'. ; 0. W. Hemming, R. R. Tutitho, St. John's ; T. P. Broad. mead, W. G. Clark, J. Holmes, U. Kerry, G. Rol trick, J. Richards, Trinity ,• J. W. Nicholson, Emmanuel ; W. M. Maw, Mary (created this day).—M.A. (ad nottten).—L. Pager Trin. Coll., Dublin. The ranee imaged in Wednesday's Daily New passed the senate. It arm nee.placerell in the White liood,honne, the munchers being pinny II ; rsoos-plavt 7. Henry Owning, P.n., the senior enquire Bedel, ls still suflbring severely from hie late aocident. The Res E. It Luken, rector of Buttes, near Lincoln, ta a condi. date for the profersorehippf polltial coommay at Oxford. The election is Seed for the Sard inst. Vaesincma—lissltngbeid V. Camb,4lo. Ely; 5501.: pat. C. Mitchell, Eaq.; and Lynn Regis , St. Margaret r. St. Nicholas, P. C., Norfolk. dl o. Norwich; l 5&.: pats. the and C. of Nornbch—both vthant by the death of the Rev. S. Allen. Berwick ; St. James V.; 541..• pat. Lord Athibur• on and Wine...bourne Stoke V.; 172 7 . with residence : pat. I.ord Anhbarion ; bothin the co. of Wil and Mo. of Salisbury, and vacant by the death of the Rev. 8. Settle. Peessmanorr.—Rev. J. Hemmen, lA., to Clifton P.C., din. Moue. ; value 7821. ; vacant by dentin of v. J. Throe ; w hie (Mr, Henernan's) petition as patron for this. o.#