The Express. — London, England, 1847-06-07 00:00:00

t ie per cent., mud take place. In England the daring the first year was 120 per cent, and sbe ehanoss of an increase, are, perhaps, greater in p o em than they were iu England. The local on of r vernment allows the English to personally an amount of business which olo gi a nion obliges the French to do by means of owespondence. Weide., though the wealth of less considerable. as it is divided amongst ra ter number of persons, the middling class, that o f the small proprietary, represents a number of ' , o wns, moat of whom write, and will communicate each other by poet, as soon as the postage of w e ns becomes cheap. We find, from an account • finance, to the chamber bthe former minister that in a radius at s m all distances, out of ee ry ten letters, nine are written by persons of the p re and labouri n g classes. Whilst the inverse pro pose exists for greater distances, from whence it nay be concluded that the poor will write more few no ntly from long distances, when the postage to be • will be placed within the reach of their means. MDamon then says that the expenses of t h e post - office will increase, whilst the re nege will decrease ; this is a manifest ex- The post-office in Franco is so regu laed as to be able easily to carry and distribute a mow nu mber of letters. There is an immense num lora people employed in. it. By law the transfer of yeAns . b . v railway is acquired almost free of expense, rd there are none of those expenses which the Eng la post-office is obliged to support. Not only will postal reform not destroy the re melt, bat it is from henceforth the only means of reserving it in France. Smuggling of totters is at relent considerably extended. It deprives the post age of at least 30 or 40 millions of letters per an neal. The may advantage it possesses over the regu kr service is its cheapness; itis slower and more irro raw ; bat as soon as all the great lines of railwa b*ll y have been contracted, it will combine all ad vantsgee. Letters will then go as fast as by poet, and with the same regularity. If the present tariff is kept up, if the French, when they enjoy a circula tion by railway, have the same interest in carry ing themselves the letters for which the post-office woad make them pay too dearly, smuggling of let tere will then gain an immense extension. A mer chant, for instance, going from Paris to Lyons, will take with him, say SO letters, which he will throw into the post on his arrival. The revenue will thus fell off in proportion. If the post-office wishes, there kee, to keep this revenue, it must reform its tariff; in this matter the interest of the treasury and that of the public is the same. The councils-general will, in their sittings of August next, renew their demonstration in favour of Old Warm, and a movement may be expected on the part of public opinion, which will become as irre sistible as that of which Mr. Rowland Hill gave the signal in England. n. FRANCE.—TorLoN, JUNE I.—The steamer Ana l:Mall, coma by Lieut. Cornulier , which had received eden to be ready for sea as soon as despatches arrived, has jut taken her departure. We learn that she is bound direct kr Lisbon, with despatees for the Commander of the French squadron in tLe Tagus, and our ambassador at the roan of Portugal. The Anacreon carries nut instructions commending with the results of the conference held at Leaden on May 21, between the plenipotentiaries of Spain, hence, England, and Portugal. The corvette. Solon, Capt. Jeans, has also received orders to prepare to go to Portugal, sad will leave in two or three days with despatches expected from Paris. The steam corvette, Velem, Capt. Berard, is atom ee out of harbour, and will, it is said, replace the In k/sal on the western tout of Algeria. She takes out urgent dispatches for the Prince de Joinsille, who is in command tithe Mediterranean squadron, and will be probably found at Algiers. It is rumoured here that the squadron under the enders of the Prince will be sent to Lisbon. HAVE.E.—The Cuurrier du Havre states that con siderable disappointment and vexation has been experienced in consequence of the Transatlantic Steam Navigation Com pany not having . despatched its first boat, for New York, on the 31st ult., as it had announced would be done. It ap pears that the passengers who had arrived at Havre were forwarded to Cherbourg, the steamer not having arrived from that port, as expected, at the expense of the company, but whin they arrived there, they found , to their surprise and mortification, that, by a delay in the formalities or the Ministry of Marine, the boats had not yet been placed at the dispnainon of the company. All the passengers acquit the company of blame in this matter, but many of them have, as they bad a right to do, in their just anger, withdrawn t h e i r e ngagement., reerit.dert to proceed to New York by • mina Ws veyaUCC.. SWITZERLAND.—GENEVA, JUNE I.—The conn ed if state, elected under the new constitution, is as follows : WC James Fazy, Itilliet-Constant, hfoulinie, stns, Baltha sar Decrey, Francois Janie, Frederic Dordier, A. L. Puns. All these were members of the provisional government atablished after the revolution of the 7th October, and, of coarse, belong to the liberal party. The conservatives say that they have generally abstained from voting. OERMANY.—AUSTRIA. — The diet of Prague Ira by a majority of 80 to 7, reaolved to and an address to the Emperor of Austria, intreatiog him to modify the cen mashie on the public press. The Doke and Duchess of Bordeaux arrived at Venice on the 24th ult. PRUSSlA.—Baniust, JCNE I.—We have before gated that the Israelites of Konigsberg intend to celebrate their sabbath on Sundays instead of Saturdays. The Inselites of Offenbach, in Hesse, intend to follow their example. ITALY.—The treaty of commerce and navigation between Naples and Prussia, acting in the name of the Zell wain, which was concluded the 27th January lit, has just been ratified. It establishes perfect reciprocity, and caeca, int, that merchandise and products coming from Prussia alike states of the Zollverein, shall pay 10 per cent. le as au the merchandise and products coming from other states now pay according to the Neapolitan tariff ; and next, that Prussia engages itself to obtain the consent of the Zolleerein to the importation of oil in casks to the Mates of the Ullman at 20 per cent. less than it pays at prement. VRNEZUELA.—We learn from the Journal de la Ham that estimates (Me ',sorra de (a Hacienda) of 1847 have been published by order of the executive. They eon hin a review of the financial and commercial position of the . The public revenue amounted in 1845 to &lira, 60posas (dollars); in 1846, to 2,465,040 . 76 ; being la increase of 214,721'16. The expenditure in 1845 was 2,782,821'17 posos ; in 1846, it was 2,172,106'78 Lbeing a reduction of 610,214.89. The national debt has been diminished to the extent of 200,009 pours ; and the debt due to foreigners does not now exceed 20,962,217'87. The total vane ofimpers in 1846, was 5,536,259 paws; of exports 7,120,297. The vs as of the articles admitted free of daty . ia 921,999.14 (724,03115 in gold, in silver, the rest books, printing, paper, Am); the value of articles subjected to an ad valorem duty 258,231.12; and the value of articles subject to specific duties 4,256,008.56. On the 4,514,239'68 pours worth of dutiable goods the sum of 1,646,48116 was levied, or Moat 30 per ant. overhead. The Journal de la Raye sarcastically remarks—" Under such a system the smuggler's chancel ought to be good." More than half of the imports and exports pass through Guiana. The har bours next in importance are Angostura (new Ciudad Bolivar) sad Maracaibo. The last-named port has a transit trade with New Grenada, which emanated in 1846 to 104,187 dollars. The comparative tables tithe trade of 1846 and the 14 years preceding it, show a tossidarable falling off in the export of cotton and indigo. For the two last years there is an increase in the export of sugar, but it has not yet regained its former amount. Coons has inert/wed a little, and coffee s great deal. The quantity of tobacco exported has varied much from year to year, but, on the whole, it has been increasing. The total value of exports varies little from year to year, though the values of particular items do. Inc 1842 it was 7,602,99612., and in 1846 it was 7,120,297.23. gbc goal. The Queen held a court on Saturday at Rucking ham Palace. H.R.H. Prince Oscar of Sweden Ina pre 'meted to her Majesty, at en audience, by Viact. Pahaeraton, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Col. the Hon. Sir E. Curt, K.C.H., her Majesty's Mader of the Cererconies. H.R.H. was attended by Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Col. B. Drummond, Groom in Waiting to the Queen, and also by Capt. Haffner of the Swedish Royal Navy. The Queen was attended by Lord Camp, Lord in Wai Waiting, and Major the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in ti. H.R. ng H. the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday. Visa Palmerston had an audience of her Majesty on Saturday. H.R.H. Prince Albert, attended by Capt. the Hon. A. H. Gordon, visited H.R.H. Prince Oscar of Sweden on Saturday afternoon, at the residence of the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires in Halkin-street West. The Royal dinner party on Saturday, at Bucking ham Palace, included If.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, H.H.H. Prince Omar of Sweden, H S.H. the Prince of Leiningen, Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, the Duchess of Sutherland, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Spencer, Lord G. Lennox, Capt. Haffner (Aide-de•Camp to Prince Oscar), and Col. B. Drummond. The band of the Coldstream Gunk attended during dinner. Shortly before S o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, and their illustrious visitors, kft the Palace, in five carriages, for Her Majesty's Theatre, to honour the performance with their presence The august party consisted of her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, tl.llll. the Duchess of Kent, H.R.H. Prince Oscar of Sweden, 14.8.11. the Prince of Leiningen, Baron de ftehausen, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Viacom:arse Joce ljn, Earl Spencer, Lady A. Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lady C. Cocks, Ron. Mies Paget, Lord Camoys, Lord O . Lennox, Capt. Haffner, Major the Hon. A. N. Hood, Col. B. Drum mond, Lord A. Paget, and Capt. the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Yesterday morning Her Majesty and her Royal °Swig ladaillair natal early walk. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1847. Their RR.HH. the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princeu Alice, and the Princess Helens, took their accustomed airings. The Queea and Prince Albert, the Duchess of hest, the Prime of Leiningen, the Ladies and Gentlemen et the Court and the DJI2IC•6O Household, attended Divine &Mei yesterday in the private dispel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Coertenay officiated. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Con stantine of Russia, attended by Vice Admiral de Lutks, dined with tier Majesty the Queen *Dowager on Saturday, at Marl borough Howe. At eight o'clock the illustrious party left Marlborough House for the Royal Italian Opera House, to honor the performance with their or. seism The royal party consisted of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, their Int.llll. the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Countess Browolow ' the Counte,s of Awenhurg, Rut Howe, Vice Admiral Linke, Count de &oat, and Baron de Ziegesan. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constan tine and suite dined with their RR.IIH. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge-house. Prince Oscar of Sweden visited H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent on Saturday at Clarence-Noose, Bt. James's. --Yesterday, the prince, attended by Bum is Rehausen, Col. B. Drummond, and Capt. Haffner, peldl silts to her bl.jesty the Queen Dowager at ilkihissokilbisme • the Duchess of Gloucester at Glonsastswhenes; psis and Prince of Leiningen. ; and also to the A cabinet council was held at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The ministers li present were Lord J. Russell, the Lord Chasmllor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Chanel llor of the Exchequer, the Hurl of Auckland, Sir John Hobbouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The council sat two hours. Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., and Mr. H. Tennant, of Glasgow, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strati on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways.—A deputation from the London Missionary Society bad an interview with Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign-office, on Saturday.—Mr. E.B. Roche had an in terview with Sir George Grey at the Home-office, on Sante day.—A deputation respecting the Metropolitan Buildings Bill, heeded by Colonel Wood, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth, on Saturday, at the office of her Majesty's Com missioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place.—Mr. T. Greene, M.P., and Mr. E. Rice, M.P., had interviews, on Seturday, with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt.—Mr. H. Tennant and Mr. H. Moncrieff, of Glasgow, had an inter view with Sir George Grey at the Horne-effice, on Saturday. —Mr. Cunard had an interview with Earl Grey, on Satur day, at the Colonial Office. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMEND MENT OF THE LAW. The second anniversary meeting of this society was held on Saturday, at their rooms, Regentstreet. Lord BROUGHAM, president of the society, on taking the chair, expressed his satisfaction at the successful results of their last meeting, and at the great benefits which they had conferred on the profession as well as the two houses of par liament, and the country at large, respecting the important measures which were then pending, and some of which had since been completed, for the amendment of the law. It was then stated, and he now re witted, that nothing could be more entirely without foundation, than the charge which hal been made by persons ignorant of their proceedings, viz., that they were rash and headlong innovators ofthe established system. Their desire and intention was on the contrary to proceed most cautiously by way of trial, with much previous consideration, and after that with much deliberation, to amend, bat above all, safely to amend the instituti ens of the country, and thereby relieve those who suffered from their defects. The noble lord then commented on the great expense attending the transfer of property, the greatest evil in that respect being, that a transfer of lend of the value of 1001. would cost as much, excepting the stamp, aan estate worth 100,0001. That was a great evil, but it was incident to the present state of the law of real property. Another evil was, the long and prolix nature of legal proceedings ; and they all knew that the longer and more prolix they were, the greater the slimes of blunder and error. The case of " Banks v Langres!'" presented a remarkable instance of that fact, for, owing M the prolixity of the deed, a line was omitted, whereby th iamin+. who was to have been the heir, was shut out from tabseftans• al•ogether. (A laugh.) On the other hand, a few words ' were sometimes inserted, which became matter of dispute in the courts of law and equity, until the use at length found its way to the court of last resort. Upon this subject a commis sion bad been issued by the government, and he should look with anxiety to their report, hoping to find that neither solicitors nor conveyancers would evince therein an objection to the simplifying and curta il ing of such proosedinp. The abolition of imprisonment for debt he had aleave regarded as a meet important improvement. It was a great change in the law and in the commerce of the country. It was also a great and grievous hardship upon the creditor. But the previous state of the law operated still more grievously upon the debtor. An important petition bad been presented this session by Lord Amhburton against the existing law, from merchants sad traders of the city of London. He was in favour of the existing law ; but still, he would meet respectfully consider the objections of those petitioners, and bring to his aid the results of their experience of it. It might be that the legis latnre mitt"' eertain guards to the creditor, in giving this ' relief to the Isle e. If so, the present, after a sufficient ex perience of theepeserkin of the law, was the proper time for remedying the thigh** ; and a resolution to that effuse would he - 111111.18511111. the swung. Thus, that society had a mcetinsenlanltendenny le amlit the legislature; and their great ohled roil be shah+ V. as they suggested to Sir ti. Peel aye+ awl a h elf ego, they meld succeed in obtain+, thatc amins kqememeet in the legislation of the omen= he at a board of skilful men to sets ondhellest. (Hear, hear.) If this weer= M real same the country &rabid those diefiummi +ilk* pet together measures, about 800 of which puma the WieWe annually, and which gave rise tamale= eon , teed, end to the greatest delay and embarrassment in the courts of law. He hoped to see such a department ado. Misled, for without it they could not have a good or uni form system of legislation. He hoped also to see our lam reduced to a code—(hear, hear)--end, what he retarde d u the greatest of all improvements, a separation of e re r r i rl rate and local from the public business of parliament, by the appointment of a judicial body or board, which might be made to answer for both homes, and before which the pri vate business of both might be carried, not with a view to I exclude their authority, but to assist them. The noble lord concluded by observing on the benefits likely to aurae from the society, and with as assurance that no idea whatever existed of interfering in the slightest degree with the pip vileges of either house of parliament. The Earl of Devon, in moving the following resolution. said he bad for years been looking forward to that change in our system of jurisprudence which the lapse of time had rendered necessary, and rejoiced that the preenteseiety was likely to ant it. That lids imesthe hay speredites the oleseinges Ash to erre fon. m eapriellsel NM eseiroard hmsdgellm et dr ader la onr laws red bpi theft e, sad ot the Mt mein at reessdr thill'htheelkerl et RAosos Irving +waded the resolution ie was anenhology edepled, as were also the following, w hisk were wed aol esseeisiyy Visors+ Mieim awl Mr. J. Stewart, Mr. Moe eel Yr. Ewalt. Lord arina sad Mr. a/12111. the Doke of Blamed and Mr. Iledaant 121132 m Mr. Bethell said Mr. Csmadsdonsc Fans, who ' Who+ the webs worm mei dip lesseseelike law the pm+ melbeil et hweleleffhe heti+ le had sodas yew+ hems et esnewease, Vender alb++ ew% giedh eseembes +en, l e i r e epereeese • mai evil. WM areffed Ihmeekno abeweed. with pima+ int Mr Illadres premerst appielel sem velokeres le lartie Se b V is rld‘ Mesa resehe the umeekiste Intiend les Imoselasee heerwa.— The this Main ha mei *rem the rem+ allemees le +pew Ihe male et eeeineleh the vete+ +I lad tram et padlerml. sed teem mer peewee+ In enlit a Orram* hs the sods se bag emeldeel et be eMdael bteerwedades et the themea essedriM hefts et the ally etlasike. Who eprellee etas tenet Imeseimellei priermot Add, en dreereme et sarsedd allsedsa ; ms. *Meet reermdm try eeldee ream IS Is rerldettlat me Or esderleme of theitedlig ethos Importemtailmellens Y es helm owls+ arm Aire end ememera meedee. Mae re be me IMMO whet sang he etas nester hie helm areldwellea etrthe ems et the emedeser—lhat dr Meer et Or aresleM sepdatel by the Mere at losis se blebs Me dr lesh bawl hem et geed *de it. are le derileg Mem thole Me geodes shear dr deer et des law droll , le the midemeles et srl ad le seMead lelbeadreht I edare.—TlM team Is settee an etas as dsordrede MirkMew Lai filardhr.le le Wm — lea r dere Hemet lade It le es Me rust *Mike are esersert. Owe et Omer, le a traria Mime impllea some respre ; ewer re=lisse; his Immedle eel leibel OM ,*sass mimeo re ; re ere et MEM et as menet naturalises= see is ; MR TM mind le as sweihr Melo the ben et Or i s en dem" AM *is mere ressorts esered hop lid V i se** will verde the unity alliellea et the I.l = those the Duke of Cleveland, Mr all . li Vg gi llS . Mr. Mr. Same= (late sheriff ), Mr. • Ceetaelokear *Aka% ,ae Mr. C. Philips, and several other gentleman of the le gal prolusion. --- THE FMB AT MAUDSLAY'S WORKS. The fire which broke oat on Messrs. Mandalay's =in the Westminster-road, at one o'clock on s y morning, and reported in OUT paper of that day, although oft very 'miens nature, has turned out to be lens calamitous than at first there seemed reason to expect. The following is • copy of the official report of damage : " Pattern-shops destroyed, cartsenters' shops consumed, boiler makers' work-Mope burned down, about one-half of pattern-lofts burned, foundry destro yed. one vice-shop ex tensively injured by fire, the punching-ehop similarly damaged, the roof of smith's shop and new building severely burned. Cause of fire unknown. Insured in the Royal Ex change and other fire offices." It has been generally remarked that on no former occasion did any great metropolitan fire cast so bright a glare on the sky u that of Saturday morning. As far as the eye could reach, the firmament presented as vivid an appearance as if the whole metropolis had been on fire. So strong was the reflection in Lincoln's Inn-fields, a spot from which the fire itself could not be seen, that any one could, with the greatest ease, have read a book. The whole of London was illumin ated, and the various metropolitan church steeples were dis tinctly visible (loin the bridges. Aninquiry has been made with a view of tracing out how the fire began, but without success. There is, however, every reason to believe that it was purely accidental. The whole of the workmen had left work before half-put ten o'clock on Friday night, and when they departed from the factories, a person, whine duty it was, went round the shops and turned off the gas, and left all safe. The police-con stable en the Watniinsterzostl, said that, whilst he wee rasing along his beat, he noticed a dense body of smoke issuing from the centre of the buildings, which he at filet imaginel mole from one of the furnaces, but whilst he was looking in the quarter it came from, he perceived s sheet of flame rtes several feet in the air. He immediately ran to the front of the manufactories in the Westminster-road, and knocked up the members of the firm, and sent for the en gines. But in less than two minutes the officer states that the fire, from the period he first noticed the smoke, was to be seen curling up in sheets as large as houses. The same could be distinctly seen, we understand as far tiff as Wind sor, and en Essex farmer, who arrived in London on Satur day afternoon, informed the reporter that he, and several of his astonished countrymen, were for upwards of an hour I looking at the light in the horizon. The following letter gives an authorised account of the amount of d►mage: 1417,-W request of Messrs. M.udslay and Field, I bane Ole day surveyed their premise., Westminster-mad. I am happy to be able to state that, though the damage by Are has been very great, it in by no mans so extensive as was reported—decidedly not one-fifth por tion of the buildings are destroyed, and the whole of the most valuable of their extensive machinery is uninjured. and In working order. The damage has been conked, with little exception, to the carpen ters' shops, pattern store, eke lofts, he. Their low Is very heavy, and, of course, at the moment, their establishment is in confusion ; but there la no doubt that early neat week their works will resume full activity.—Wu.oali ROOM, Architect. Tun REGlsraartorr.—On Saturday notices were issued in the city of Lordon and the venous metropolitan parishes, that no person will be entitled to have his name placed on the list of voters now about to be mode, in respect of the occupation of premises of the clear yearly value of la, unless he shall pay, on or before the 20th of July, all the poor 's rates and assessed taxes which have become due from him in respect of such premises during the twelve calendar months next before the oth of April but put ; and all per sons who omit to make such payment will not be placed upon the next register of voters. SOCIETY OF ARTS.—DISTRTBUTION OF PRIZES.— H.R.H. Prince Albert, the president of the Society for En couragement of Arts and Manufactures, has fined Thursday next for conferring the honours of the society on those who have contributed recently to the advancement of the arts or manufactures of the country. We believe that on no former recent occasion have the improvements and inventions brought forward by eminent manufacturers and ingenious inventors and students of design been so numerous and me ritorious. Mr. Davidson's process for seasoning timber and preserving and drying vegetable and animal substances by the hot air blast ; Mr. Drayton's preens of depositing pure metallic silver on glass, whereby a healthful pronw is sub. I stituted for the present one, so destructive to the health the workmen ; Mr. Jordan's mechanical carvings mil carving machinery ; Mr. Minton's applications of decorative art in the unnuficture of china ; Messrs. Richardson% works in enamel colours on glass ; Mr. Austin's improved specimens of stained glass; inventions also for promoting health by improved mechanism of sewerage and ventilation, and many other subjects of public usefulness, are among the subjects which his royal highness has been actively engaged in promoting, and which the society has successfully encou raged. The only parties privileged to be present on the occasion are the members of the society who have made early application for tickets, the noble vice-presidents who' assist his royal highness, and the gentlemen on whom the honours of the society are to be conferred. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND SUPPOSED LOSS OF LIFE.— Between 12 and 1 o'clock last night, a most destructive fire, and which it is supposed has been attended with loss of life, broke out in the residence of a person named Adams, No. 61, Theobald'sroad, Red Lion-square, and before it was extin guished the interior of the house was reduced to a complete ruin, while, from the rumours, it would appear that some one of the inmates bad fallen a prey to the devouring element. ROBBERY AT ASCOT, AND SINGULAR RECOVERY OP THE PROPEETT.-011 Saturday, immediately after the principal race, • part proprietor in a refreshment booth, named Foulkes, at the races, was about to return to town with a box containing 751. in gold, 111. in silver, and 30s. ix copper, when he found that the box, together with a beg, had been removed. About two hours after, a man was sew pected of robbing a gentleman near the railway terminus, and was subsequently pursued to • small chaise cart, where he was found in company with two men and a woman ; the man was there given into custody, and the suspicions of the officers being excited, the cart was searched, when the pro. party above-named was found within it, with a variety of other articles. The party had been seen in the neighbour hood of Mr. Foulkes' booth, hawking sticks, and they said the box had been given them by • man to take in their met to the railway, and that they were ignorant of its contents. INQUEST, SATURDAY. FATAL ACCIDENT 0111 THE BIBMINOHEX RAILWAT.—Before Mr. Wakley, M.P., in the University College Hospital, on Michael Dogheery, aged 57, a railway labourer. ?dr. Parkes, house Burgos, awed that deceased was brought to the _haegitel about ems o'clock last Thursday, but only survived belt on Moo. The surprise was that he survived his dread/el bowies se brag. Witness understood that a railway engine had in error him. Railway constable 246 L. N. W., deposed the* between 12 and 1 o'clock on Thursday he taw the dammed cross the down line near the Camden Town station so the mount that a pilot engine, with a tender, was peeeni&g the station. He cried out, and ran to deontW, who was in randy struck In the back by the tender, which forced him onwards a few yards, when he fell across the line, and the wheels of the tender and engine went over him. The wee going at the rate of seven miles an hour. No ear deceased was to blame for the accident. If the engineer had seen deceased he would have mounded the whistle.—Mr. Barker, superintendent of the railway police, said that de ceased had no right to awe the railway, bat that he and his fellow-workmen did se tir a short cut when they went to dinner. Since deossisers death positive orders were issued prohibiting the am kin doing a.—Verdict, " Accidental Death." SEVEN LIVES LOST ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. On Saturday night a fatal accident took place on the London and North Western Railway, within a short distance of tke Wolverton station, involving not only serious damage to property, but the loss of seven lives, and injury to other passeegers. The down mail train for Liverpool, consisting of 19 carriages, started at its appointed time, a quarter before 9 o'clock on Saturday evening, front the Euston-square terminus, and was due at Wolverton at 15 minutes before 11. The train was heard approaching the Wolverton station at the proper time, and the signal, indi cating that all was right for the train to enter die station was hoisted, but, to the astonishment of the officers at the station, the train turned off into a riding, instead of *Geeing down the main line, and in an instant after a fearful crash ' was heard. On the superintendent of the Wolverton station retching the spot a shocking scene presented itself. The mail tram had entered the siding commencing near the bridge, usually appropriated to coed and merchandise wag gons, and had come into collision with 5 or 6 waggons laden with coal. The fifth and sixth carriages of the mail train were literally smashed to pieces, and were strewed about the line, together with the passengers, whilst, singular to relate. the engine and tender, and all the carriages in front of them, which consisted of the Liverpool and Manchester parcels vans, and two second class carriages, were almost uninjured. As soon as the consternation created by the first shock had somewhat subsided, all the energies of the company's officers, and the more fortunate of the pas sengers, were directed to the assistance of the sufferers, and body after body was removed from the line to one of the ante-rooms of the Wolverton station. where they were at once seen by Mr. Rogers, surgeon, of Wolverton, in the employ of the company, and by two other medical gen tlemen, who happened to be in the train at the time of the collision. Seven moms who were in the sixth second-class carriage were foamed rider dead or dying, scarcely half an hour having_ elves& boa the time of the occurrence beta* they had all ceased to lair. The most singular circuit stars, however, elareated with the deaths of these unfor tunate ponces is doe appeaser of their bodies, so unusual in cases °trawl, wilidies. With the exception of a hw slight reetairared lerbie, noun of the bodies (which are those of sera lade of lesions ages) exhibit crush ing of boar end etYr arks of visitor. Scarcely say bleed is to he sees sleet *mord *ay an all believed to Iwo died bra the seer erre, air rly, concussion of the brain, reeltiag firer the seediseser and violeuse :of the Ammer the peo_ _injured is • gentleman aired Tarr, resiirgiardshire, who received several severe sole ahoatthobeadeadfase, but who was yesterday reported to he Berg a fewsurehly. Another gentleman had one or two of kin dim fractured ; and six or seven others are stated to be are sr ises Injured, but were enabled to proceed to their derharisas, as soon as the train =ready to forward than, after having _received attention. As soca as possible a ft er r er atillmers had been attended 'to, and the broken anima reamed from the main line, ea investigatioa wee reds into the circumstances which W led to t e eaddre. At the Wolverton station the points are away@ kept straight with the main line, end they require to be altered to allow •train to =tar the siding. It appears that the constable (Feeley), after having given the signal for the arrival of the ma train, ran from the bridge where he was stationed to the points of the siding, about 40 or 50 yards, and held them beck, so that the mail train passed onto the siding instead of pamingonward down the main line. This was not discovered by the engine driver until he had pared the points a considerable diatom's. Upon seein the danger, he instantly applied the breaks, turned off his steam, and reversed his engine, and then both he and the fireman jumped off on to the embankment, and thus in all probability saved their lives. The train was at this moment going it is stated at • rate not exceeding, ten miles an hour. On the constable Furey being interrogated as to the causes which had led him, after signalling the snivel of the mail train, to run down the line for the purpose of turn ing it on to the siding, the only explanation which he afforded was, that he afterwards thought it was not the mall train hut a luggage train, and he did so for the purism., of securing its safety. This statement, however, being very much doubted, the sup rintendent of the Wolverton station felt it his duty immediately to give him into custody. Immediately after the mail train, which was detained nearly two hours by the unfortunate occurrence, had bra dispatched on its j rn ourney,a special engine was s t a rted eff to London with the mei. holy news to the directors sad other high officials connected with the railway, sad Captain Huish, the general manager of the line, Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent, and Mr. Creed, thssecretary, and some of the directors, arrived at Wolverton jesterday by the mail train, for the purpose of pursuing an investiga tion and ascertaining who were the sufferers. This was found extremely difficult, but from cards and other evidence , discovered on the persons of the deceased parties their names are supposed to be as follows: J. B. Ratteray, belonging to an iron foundry at Dundee ; Miller, secretary of a London ragged school; James Clifton, supposed to be from Co t ventry ; T. Mackinnon , a collegian of Cambridge ; T. Sker- ratt and Cooper not known where belonging te. The seventh is th, body of a reepestably-attired young man, but who had nothing upon him to lead to identity. The bodies were remlved to an outhouse at the Wolver ton station, where they now lie awaiting a coroner's in quest, which, in consequence of the distance to send information to the coroner for Northamptonshire, cannot possibly be held before to-morrow (Tuesday). ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. AYLEBRUNT.—Serjeant Byles has just issued an address, in which he states that having been informed that he cannot expect the una•limous and cordial support of the whole con servative body, by whore he supposed he had been invited ; and finding, under these circumstances. recces* to he doubt ful, and also fearing that" be might become the innocent occasion of disunion and weakness to the common cause," be considers it the most advisable to withdraw. It is not at ----....— present known who will offer himself to the electors to fill the vacancy which will be occasioned by the retirement of Mr. C. J. B. Hamilton, who is now at Florenc,, and who has written to state that it is his intention to retire from par liament at the close of the present session. Mr. Rice Clay. ton has just addressed the electors, soliciting a renewal of their support ; stating that his opinions are unchanged, and that he has no new professions to make. ABINCIDON.—Judging from the state of parties in this town, and the strenuous exertions which, even at this early period, are being made by the friends of the two candidates, I Sir F. Tbesiger, the sitting member, and General Caulfield), a more than usually severe and close contest at the ensuing election is generally anticipated. Both candidates were en gaged during the past week in canvassing the constituency, and both are equally confident of success. BILIIMINOHLY —A very large meeting of the liberal electors wee held, on Friday eve ning, for the purpose of con sidering the proper steps to he taken in anticipation of the approaching general election. Mr. Ald. Phillips presided ; and there were present many of those who, at the election on the occasion of the demise of the late Mr. SAI supported Mr. Sturge. Avery long discussion took place— the necessity for a complete union amongst all grades of liberals was enjoined and heartily responded to, and a very strong feeling evinced that a gentleman entertaining liberal opinions shout Ibe brought forward in opposition to Mr. Spooner. The chances of sucrose (says our correspondent) are abundant, with good management, because a very con sidenble majority of the constituency are known to entertain liberal opinions, as has been amply evidenced by the fact that, until the last election, when unfortu nate differences split up the party, no tory ever walked into the Ranee of Commons es member for Birmingham. But that there are grounds for apprehension on this occasion can sot be concealed ; and these arise solely out of the somewhat extraordinary resolve of Mr. Munn (as declared a few days ago) not to coalesce with any liberal candidate, the pier meaning of which is believed to be, a desire to obtain and to split votes with Mr. Spooner. The liberal party are, how ever, not at all disposed to exert themselves in Mr. Mantes behalf under such circumstances. The subject was snack canvassed at the meeting, and much dissatisfaction maal. fated. The result was the adoption of resolutions to the effect that the meeting considered it desirable that the borough, which had been so distinguished for its exer tions in promoting the cause of civil and religi• us liberty, should be represented in parliament by two members of liberal and independent principles; and, further that Wm. Scholefield, Esq.,. be respectfully invited to become a candi date at the ensuing general election, the meeting pledging itself to use every exertion to secure his return. A deputation was appointed to wait upon Mr. Munn, is order to ascertain whether it is his desire to unite with Mr. Seholefield in soliciting the votes of the electors at, the forthcoming election, with the distinct undentandiog that if be declined to do so, the exertions of the committee should be directed solely to the labour of securing Mr. Scholefield's return. A committee of one huadred and fifty gentlemen was appointed to carry out the resolution of the meeting. This movement has been made most s*itedly, it has been ascertained that Mr. Scholefield will allow himself to be put in nomination, and warns Mr. Hunts conforms to what appears to be the general wish, there is little doubt but that the former will be at the head of the poll. lie is highly esteemed in the borough, and, to adopt the phraseology of one of the speakers at this meeting, "is the son of a man I who will be remembered in Birmingham so long as honesty is regarded within its walls." s Batourosr. Mr. Cunningham issued an address on Saturday offering himself as a candidate for this borough, in compliance with a requisition that has been presented to him end which emanated from the liberal association. In his address he states himself to be in favour of an extension of the franchise, of the ballet, of carrying out the principles of civil, religious ' and commercial freedom, of *minty measures, of a poor law for Ireland, and of the vice-regal court in Ireland being abolished. Botrox.—Mr. Cockburn, the barrister, who was RlM timed as a liberal candidate for this boroaft e r sair ing declined to come forward, Mr. John Brooks, el has been invited, and it was confidently ruseeireit on ildee: day that he had consented to take the field whet Mr. Ainsworth. Circe or LONDON.-11r. W. Payne, the Coroner, be MI. mated his intention of soliciting the honour of berg ens of tlio four representatives of the City of Lembo at Ilbe lima l general election. In his address he preibmes es I le s = trader. He peomises to Miming, a WI is exoneration et dissenters fres the geymmet et= Ms; will adman the adoption of seek memo inipsilleg land as will place it on " • footing mere esemeshil relative position to this country, and kiss bee *jeep ter nually to visit that portion of her derkiries, end eigemere parliament to Dublin, for the treametlen of sash affairs as relate to that part of the United Wisdom." He pledges himself never to be absent from his dry. CUMBERLAND, EAST.—Mr. Jame, M.P., has issued an address to toe electron, in which he Mires from the repro. Natation of this county. He kw served la three parliaments. CAILIDUDGE.-011 Friday a swan was convened to hear the Han. W. F. Campbell griper d his opinions. He avowed heart( a supporter e/ the " liberal administration, in the tweeter it sow seances, and in the policy it now ln , ro aL atroat.—The liberal electors of thie law& insa ne Thursday evening, when they were add:mai* yr. Jens . Rensilly, in whose favour as a candidate a tae soh after some dissension, eventually passed. Lad 11111111111 else said to be in the field. LREDO.-0a Thursday evening, Mr. Joseph SWIM of Birmingham, addressed a meeting of the liberal iron of Leeds, in the music hall in that town. The parties roust were invited by circulate from the committee appointed on the 18th May to select anti.edneation candidates. Several hundred persons were present. Mr. J. Richardson, the clerk of the pasote_was called to the chair, and after he hadb introduced Mr. &urge, that gentleman roes and addressed the amesblage. He began by referring to his put labours for ameliaratbg the condition of the African race, and far abolishing arm in all its forme, India all places when it might exit. Mrs adverted 18 less travels in the Western Indies for the preredag of der object • sad, ranneeting this topic with kle abeam If the petits et fineereds, he explained the undue emir to the introduction of &verses eggs t ungelilisa wish that produced by free labour, a sessenee ellak wee gear rally supposed to be ineompatitie elk the sbellikm of slavery. He expressed Ids attaalsamt t lbe pseend pdr espies of civil and religions )army; dethesi fee seligiens adablisbments in ouserden wide the sere were serdpest to his feelings; and avowed that, *seek be mew a ideas advocate for the edumihn of the pesple ? whir belied for many years laboured bled to premete, in eesseidem with the voluntary eider II friends; be was weed le all schemes he the oberdes el the peek by tkederemmmillet except in the are of eliminate ist paupers , rim he thought the state wee benne to grids what we seersery ha that regent Nevedbelem, slawilik he mer silissi to a emerdery levy for Ors purer 111 weeld shay eon- Whale his due preperhn eekninelly, vebaaseee the solont, might be. Mr. Norge than =phial his view ea the suffrag e else gore laws, Ids law el 11110•11, bat they are eas 111.. "" a 1 =Me need urge'' es bee. In enewer to grelbse lbet were pet le Me by der= reset he rid Oat he andireil dm remberent c if • Ifirrffil de Welt ant lda mere to he wry kir -mire ma Fr al soltaii ‘lilla "W it qt=t ~ sea be " coo ordain. Ifs WI Gas isalisl r a because be lit dribs gird met y administer to a mitres lease blur es rib wilek be birealf olgesisi to take. He won met atdl le 'vele by bellet busses It would exthigatit te n ted reperraillt albs err ; end la what mantles be the Here of Ceme mess voted by lair/ &Wiese else re wireelthe albs& No 0•1411.1111111•11 Taft died, Yr. J. Irma Nee owl rend a reedrils bike*, dist Ike ineedeg M Merl Yr. Sorge, ad legleibell Ike ward el hie as is ha eseseigmedeme wide de reehel electors OR lie salt, and iseskillsg in lie and tried drarag: deemed bia it ram to the beset* peel tmen and eiedging then =dif he aril serer to be pat in semi. ilat to an every suedes to secure his return. lrldwded Baer jun.. dreaded the ereindon. \On sewedeerier be bad dinned teem Yr. &forge t end on scrawl points be differed kerbint new ; bat he Mt bad too meek esperienee as a publiemast a te a p a. that he Amid ever gut a man to w ith him ea Bat when be got man of Mr. 's ohareMer primelphekbe deseLlle willing to vote de as hie repressietrivi. Re bed hasern Mr. Shur for several rem se the frail ieltt= ; sad there wee set • ass et a mere =or seen Sherd sdnd, be=in ."— Gibehe e[ ton He was a maaof noel and rellir ea babirt and en re idd esoints on which he (Kr. Horse) her_ kir, my of him that eves la hie idling; be hissed to virtue's aide. Mr. Sorge was a liberal and self denying friend of edesstion ; but it was of free location, and not of government edema's. ; be was oleo the friend of religion, but not of a state sad emagnisory re ligion. (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. Saha segyered the motion. He had heard Mr. Sturge called en impraeticabla men; but in truth he thought they would went meg smelt There were too many who were practically treed rend is do what they ought not; but they BOGY glad Kr. sandy as the oak if they entrusted tisk isteemes M iii. lie. 1:trook, a chartist, declared his deerminedis to vete he Mr. Sturge. The chartists had in time per her ended tory tools ;" but it would be es OM Goy were still desirous to see reina pthedgir apreisil out. The motion was then speed te smut bed plaudit& It is stated on authority that Mr. Wm. Beekett will again solicit the suffrages of the dieters. The whig Meads of ministerial education axe in mike, hut it is not lowa whether they will call forth Mr. Wm. Aldam, their present representative, or Mr. J. G. Marshall. LANCASHIRE (Sours).—The friends of Mr. Villiers ere pushing their operation. vigorously. They published a list of names on his committee on Friday numbering upwards of 160 influential freeholders ; on Saturday the published lot bed hireling le Ant 200 ; sad Saturday asslaShel port, ear reporter slits, brought his Monde lateen Mal upwards of 100 gentlemen in swiss parts of the king authority for the use of their names on the = tee, and massy of them promising to take an &casemate the canvas. In the meantime, the gentlemen who me. said to hare formed the nucleus of the committee hawa issued an address on behalf of the hon. Fentlemia ; the Msetion baaners are in roars 'of preparation, and every =bespeaks activity and determination. But little is of Lord Brickley. One or two of the influential newspapers have shown a disposition to favour he lordship's cause, but with a lukewarmness which induces a belief that they are waiting to see how the wind blows. LANCASTER. —On Thursday, Mr. Gemini; the liberal candidate, addressed the electors. He said he was far from desiring to pull down the church, as had been alleged against him, though he thought the church required renovating and amending. He was favourable to the educational measure, yet he did not see why the catholic,, who paid taxes, should not be allowed to participate in the benefit of it. He did not see the justice or propriety of allowing seven millions of catbolics in Ireland to remain in ignorance, entirely ex cluded from all benefit in the educational measure, on se count of their religious principles ; and, whilst speaking of Ireland, he would also say that he deemed it requisite that some alteration and amendments should take place in the Irish church. In regard to free-trade, he was desirous that reductions in the duty should take place in other arti cles than corn and sugar, and particularly in ten, the present duty on which was meet unreasonable. Though opposed to the system of centralisation, he wee favourable to the seem. tary measure, which he valued chiefly for the benefit of the working classes, in cleansing and improving their habitations. In order to render the sanitary measure more effective, he would repeal the tax on windows. Mr. Origami was loudly applauded. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NORTH).—Sir,--I have only this moment seen the Ezpreu, in which it is stated that I have announced my intention to retire from the representa tion of the northern division of Northamptonshire. I have to request that you will contradict this statement, as I have no intention whatever to do so.—l am, &c., T. P. Mavis sms..—House of Commons, June 4. Powremorrit.—The two sitting members, Messrs. Baring lead Staunton, have issued addresses, again offering them 'elves for the borough. Rocnnate.—lt is understood that Mr. Sharman Criss/- ford will be returned for this borough main without °mo nition. Sraorti.—We stated that a conservative would be brought forward for this borough in opposition to the present liberal representatives. A requisition has since been presented to Mr. Samuel Baker, whe has consented to come forward, and has issued on address to that effect. The hon. gentleman will maks no p!edgeS. WIN DOOR.—Oa Saturday evening Col. Reid issued his address to the electors, pledging himself again to become a candidate for the representation of the borough " on conser vative principles, perfectly independent, unconnected with any existing party, and desiring to be free and unshackled in the discharge of his parliamentary duties." The address of Mr. Neville, the other sitting member, is expected to appear early in the week. Waxertgui.—On Wednesday last Mr. G. W. Alexander issued an address, declaring himself a candidate for the borough, and on Thursday evening he addressed the elec tors and non-electors in the Corn Exchange buildings. Although the meeting was composed of both the above classes, the large room was not more than half filled ; Mr . 0. W. Harrison occupied the chair, and Mr. Alexander explained himself more fully on arena points on which he had been questioned at the previous meeting, and upon which at that time be appeared not to have formed decided opinions. He was closely questioned at the close of his ad dreu as to what length he was prepared to ge in extending the franchise, and on other matters. A correspondent says— " Mr. Alexander scarcely goes far enough for the radicals, I and rather too far for the middle clam liberals. As matters stand at present Mr. Sanders is the favourite candidate." WOLTERHAMPTON.—A private letter says—" We are so well satisfied with Mr. Villiers, that we do not wish to part with him, and I believe the feeling is mutual, the hon. gen tleman hiving invariably left it for his constituents when ever be has been invited elsewhere. A deputation from Leneashire came here a few days ago for the purpose of con verging with his principal supporters on the subject, and they at once expressed a strong disinclination to parting with him." WORCESTER.—The Conservatives have resolved on bring ing forward Mr. Serjeant Glover in the stead of Mr. Bailey, who retires. The learned gentleman addressed the electors on Thursday evening, and subsequently a very curious and novel point was raised—it was the exaction of a pledge to support a particular " gauge" in parliament, but whether the broad or the narrow wee not then fixed upon. A cone. spondent says, " The eit:tens have had the credit of being brand-gauge folk ; certainly ever since the month of March, 1844, when their ears were first tickled with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, they have been ' run. ning amuck' at one gauge or other." SCOTLAND. BLotg.—Matters aresillldont:Wl4 between Sir A. L. Hay and Mr. Doff. The former has had a long lease (ever since the Reform Bill) of the government patronage, and has worked it judiciously; but the latter has the election " sinews" in large abundance. On the whole, the knight's chance is the best. FALKIRK Bustoes.—The impression here is that Lord Lincoln will not again stand, but that he will be a candidate for the county of Lanark. Mr. Wilson will again contest the burghs, whoever may be his opponent, but with what success is very uncertain. Free.—lt is currently reported that Capt. Wampe will retire, and that he will be succeeded by Mr. Fergus. GLASOOW.—Mx. M'Gregor's friends are urging kis claims en Glasgow on account of his exertions for the abolition of the sulphur monopoly, and, unable to resist the force of this argument directly, his opponents ate returning the caustic by calling him a " clerk. Guasrrocx.—The withdrawal of Lord John Hay is mow taken off the shoulders of the ministry collectively, and Is individually laid on Mr. Fox Maule, who is being well abused by Mr. Dunlop's opponents. HADDIKOTON.—SO stymy reports We afloat that it Is dllll - even on the spot to come to any conclusion. It is ems fidently supposed by a great number that Mr. Charted' is some of the oounty almost tea walk over. Within tide kat half-hour (June 3) " the drum " has gone through the teem requesting the burgh electors to meet this evemog to Ana a requisition to invite Sir D. Baird to stand for the bans. Mr. Balfour, the present member, seems to be making very little stir in the matter, as far as is publicly known. Wurowx.—No rumour stirring of change either in town OT county. IRELAND. Louts.—The vacancy about to be created by the with &awe! of Mr. Dawson will be filled sp, very likely, by Mr. Foresee of Ravenadale, a fair +ld v e al exoelladiandlord. This was strong repeal ground, and were ems sour- I tamed of securing the two members. abeldit done& The M'Clintook's fooneertativeLha bon wingswddb defeat, wisely withdrew their Moraormr.—The Ron. , lease Louth to drive one of the Conservatives ban lfanaghait. And he is likely to succeed, through the strong wagon of his Inaba, Lord Crentorne. The repeal party, in a body, will support Mr. Dawson. Tirrinanr.—Mr. Nicholas Maker, it is mid, will retire from the representation, and already rumour puts into the field Mr. Bernal Osborne, whom the Neresigh Grandiose transfers from Waterford. The member for High Wycombe has not signified his intentions as to either county. Perhaps be bides his time until some unpopular Conservative bas taken the field, and Repeal is without a mressabdve. That event seems not far distant, for Mr. Bagwell Parsley, a Cesserrative, and a man of lora fo rt une, w il l dispute the Beaty. Other contests are threatened. Mr. Bagwell, of will contest Clonmel with the Hon. Cecil Lawless. That father eat in parliament for the sway years, until he lost his seat by the reform irll s ..S b suit ma snow* is " to hand" to meet Alderman O'Mara la Quid, Who is talked of foe Dublin city—both very imposbabb stelosessos. The general result of the Tipperary dailless may be thus stated—" Not a Conserva tive km a cissos." Wiccuow.,—These is now a certainty that Lord Milian Yrt Rand far the representation of this county. It is net improlabis Yoe Mr. James Grattan may ale again address wastltraor, and in this event it would mess little au , pie SO tea whigs should represent it in the nett pedialrest. IRELAND, —____ DUBLIN, Juin 6. 1 A meeting of the Agricultural Society took place on Thursday, to consider the potato question. Some reports were read detailing the existence of the disease in the neighbouring counties, and specimens I were sabsaitted to the council containing nneqqivocal symptoms enact years' epidemic. Pro fess or Allman, and several scientific and practical gentlemen were satisfied with the identity of the blight. The counties from which the reports were derived, were Carlow, Kildare, and the Queen's. Without further informa tics the council refused to take any decided course as to the recommendation of a substitute ; and to obtain information, circulars were directed to the 'secretaries of the local societies. The tone of the meet ing was hopeful. The infested counties were few, and even in these the blight was but very partial, while the accounts from the great potato districts in the south and along the sea border were meet cheering. The Cork Reporter keeps up the spirit of the " Southern," in declaring that disease has not appeared in that extensive county. It had taken considerable pains to obtain accuracy on a subject of so much im portance, and the result was, the absence of all the old phenomena. In the north discoloration have ap peared in a few districts. The Tyrone eonslitution says, the old spots are spreading on the stems and leaves; while another respectable Ulster paper (the Anglo Celt) declares that the crop never looked more beautiful and healthy. The government inspectors are collecting authentic facts on this very serious question. The guardians of the Bailieborough union, Cavan, have applied to the poor-law commissioners to instruct them as to the stri ki ng of a rate to promote emi gration from the district. This, I believe, is the first time the discretionary power vested in the guardians by the Poor-law Act has been called into effect for 1 promoting emigration at the charge of the union. Though it be desirable, while the season continues, to facilitate the movement by all practicable means, still the outflow has been enormous, and, after a brief repose, begins again, with renewed activity. Within the last month thirty-one vessels railed from the port of Dublin, carrying nearly 7,000 passengers; of these only ten were for the United States, with about 1,600 passengers; the rest were for the British North American provinces. It is right to add, that the emigration agents in this city have proved in valuable in their activity and information. The Museum of Economic Geology, founded in the late administration, and placed under the direction of Sir Robert Kane, has assumed another title, and em- I braces a wider range of objects than the original inten tion. The Museum of Irish Industry is the new and 'more appropriate name. In a circul ar lately issued by Sir Robert, inviting donations to the museum, the departments and objects of the institution are st atedl to consist in—Complete collections of native rocks, minerals, and ores—the latter in all stages of metal lurgic process—of the characteristic Irish soils, with the manures employed or occurring in the same dis trict, with the nature and return of the agricultural produce; of the constituents of Luckey to elucidate the geological history of the island; of animals and plants; of the raw materials used in manufacturing processes; models of mining, manufacturing, and agricultural machinery ; models °f uts. boats, and fishing implements ; a chemical department for analysis of soils, and a department of documents and records of an economic or descriptive character, to which easy access can be had at all times for informa tion or inquiry. A furious onslaught has been made on the judges for having postponed mixes not yet undisturbed in their usual periodic course. They have been consider ing, but not determined until Monday next. Personal convenience is not the motive of the judges, though perhaps a few are nervous ; such as Baron It —, who converted the upper-gallery of the Cork Courthouse into a dock at the last asi izes. The danger of bring ing together large masses of men, from great dis tances, in the depth of summer, and on insufficient maintenance, is only balanced by the other serious evil of keeping prisoners crammed together in gaols for three additional months. It is rather a question for the Commissioners of Public Health than of public justice. I may state, in ruiticiption of the result, that the assizes will be held according to the usual course. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The quantity of potatoes sown this year and the import ance of the question of their earner or failure as o atop, is of so much importance, both in a national and economic point of view, that every particle of evidence respecting it must be regarded with intense interest. The Irish Farmers' Gazette, an agricultural publication of considerable merit, when the intelligence that disease had appeared first startled the country, can,ed circulars to be sent into various districts to parties of known agricultural information, prac tical and in theory. The result of a considerable number of these inquiries is given in the Gazette of this morning. There are replies or returns from seventeen several districts in Ulster, and iocluding almost the counties. From thirteen of those the replies are most cheering, and these from the other four scarcely amount to more than the hesitation of a doubt, that disease is apparent, the disease in ono instance only having assumed the aspect of last year. The doubtful answers are from Dungannon, Letterkenny, Saintfleld, in Armagh, and Strabane. From Leinster, thirteen replies are made üblic ; two only speak of disease, one that it had ap pearedin hot-bed plants, another that it had manifested itself to some small extent in Carlow. From the south there is only one reply—Castlecounell, near Limerick, the locality, and the accounts most favourable. From the west, one reply—locality Ballinsaloe—accounts most cheerirg. In addition to them communications, which must be held of great weight, there are accounts in the journals today from Kildare, King'. County, Queen's County, Monaghan, Louth, Down, and Limerick. They are all f a vourable. The intel ligence in the Cork paper which has come to hand while I write, is equally flattering, and thus we find that, notwith standing the gloomy anticipations of the Agricultural So ciety, we may be all but convinced that Providence is not about to e ffi let us with the potato disease again this year. The police-force of the North Riding of Tipperary has been strengthened by an addition of 24 men. The South Riding would seem emulous of the ill fame of the north, for in a re cent Clonmel paper we find recorded a murder of a shocking description as having occurred at Mondial, near the town of Tipperary. The name of the murdered man was Crotty, and the object of the murderers was plunder.—A poor man, named Magmas, who was arrested • few days since in the county of Longford, under • civil bill decree, died of exhaus tion in Longford town, ere he could be placed within the prison. His death was caused be denituvon, and the debt he owed was for provisions—ln Nenagh the relief committee have come to the determination of refusing relief to parties, who, being destitute, are guilty of the immorality of her. ;,,,,,eoper females, or men of bad character and repute. SCOTLAND; EDINBURGH, JUNE 4. The cause of Dr. Chalmers's death was generally understood to be apoplexy, but the autopsy has shown it to have been disease of the heart, that organ having, to a considerable extent, been converted into fatty matter, and so becoming incapable of mus cular action. The other parts of the body were decidedly healthy. Phrenology is rather at fault regarding Dr. Chal- I mere. From the largeness of his head externally and ' the peculiarity of his mental temperament, the lead ing craniologists have long spoken of him as of neces sity poisoning a large brain ; but the post-mortem inspection of the eneephalm has disabused this idea. Thus, the weight of brain in Dupaytren was 64 oz., in Cuvier 63, in Abercrombie 63, in Chalmers 53 the average weight in persons from 50 to 60 years of age being 60 oz. 2 drachms. O'Connell was also spoken of as possessing a brain of extraordinary dimensions, and it would be interesting to know if dissection threw any light upon this. The removal of his heart necessarily involved the use of the scalpel, and, doubtless, it would have been used in the cranial as well as in the thoracic regions. The funeral takes place to-day, and a new and enlarged programme has been issued this morning. The magistrates and council are to attend in their robes, and also the rectors and teachers of the high school, but it is matter for regret that the university, of which Chalmers was once so distinguished a mem ber, has made no movement. The " navies " employed in the Edinburgh and. Northern Railway amount to 8,632; and the peace of the county of Fife is ever and anon disturbed by strikes and brawls between the Irish and Highlanders, on which latter ocecasiou lethal weapons are largely displayed, and sometime* dangerously used. On Saturday last a serious outrage was attempted near Kirkaldy, but the timely interference of the sheriffs and other authorities kept down the uproar. Loss OF THE EXISOCTR.—The report of Lieut. Ramsay, the government emigration agent at Londonderry, relative to the condition of the Exmouth, wrecked, with great loss of life, on the coast of Islay, contains the following additional particulars:—Th. Exmouth (although an old vessel, built at Sunderland in 1818), was In a perfeet state of repair, and underwent a thorough survey by Lieut. Ramsey and an ex perienoed ship-builder. She was properly fitted out for emigrants, the aggregate number of superficial feet in the several compartments set apart for steerage and intermediate passengers being 1,675, She was well provisioned, and was supplied with three suitable boats, with every requisite for their use, and two Illb-buoys. It gives the names of the passengers (moot of whom were ' middle-class farmers, their wives, andfamilies, and pones** property). The numbers wan: minis entigrantsat female emigrants, 62; male (*Alma wider 14,29 ; ! children under 14, 31; iamb, 9 1 odds pmee= o ll4 , master (Capt. Booth), 1 ; mew, B—Telal wasaber 220. The spot when dm eh. _we weird INNS north.west part of Maiden& et 'dew A ! nye :—Tbe vessel woe mmsbet It was on a point at a emeow past, &up, dark, end awning. Nothing but iron bound rocks 80 to 180 feet Leh. The fragments of the wreck (and ' fragments they truly might be called) were driven into the chasm, where, mixed with dead bodies, they were tossed and kept in wild commotion by the violence of the wind and waves for days. A. more harrowing eight wee never witnessed. By the last accounts received from the island, it appears no fewer than 108 bodies bad been recovered; they were hooked up out of the gullet by men who were lowered by ropes from the summit of the rocks. Most of them were women and children, who were entirely naked; they were dreadfully mutilated, some without fiioes, others without heads or limbs. They were wrapped in sheets by two gentlemen named Campbell, who saw to their decent interment in a beautiful spot near the point where the mournful event oc curred. We (Margate Argue) understand government have notified to those gentlemen their sense of such meritorious example and exertion, and to add a gratuity to the men who have been engaged in recovering the bodies. BURNS RAD THE Panama...sea. —A meal has been ed held in Edinburgh by • few gentlemen posse s s the means of throwing light en the supposed discovery of MS. altera tions by Burns on the 43d and other paraphrase,, for the purpose of coming, if possible, to some conclusive opinion on the subject. The gentlemen who conducted this investi gation were the Very Rev. Principal Lee, Mr. Robert Chambers, and Mr. W. F. Watson. The Rev. Mr. Jaffrey, agent for the schemes of the Free Church, produced a volume which was found to contain the MSS. in dispute ; there were in it traces of the ealigraphy of Blair, well known to Prin. 011 Lee and Mr. Watson. Principal Lee produced portions of Logan's ordinary MS. ; Mr. Watson produced specimens of Burns's and Logan's, along . with an alphabetical key which he had prepared, its far simile of the disputed MS., of Logan's MS., and of that of Burns. Upon a Minute com a pension of the three MSS., which was by means of the mate , nosh thus collected together, the conclusion arrived at was, ' that the disputed MS. was the MS. of Logan, and not that • of Beras.—North British Mail. -4 A I' 1 i i j ,' it