The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-23 00:00:00

es te system in the United States may be attributed Ms dames. In the first place many sulightmerel mem ha" vs• that the state of ftismylvimis, in essinatlag its penitentiary, began at the mai 11114ettliegeorl leader ; that the separate system elute imglied, is to those pr isons with which penal begins, bare bsdng ap plied to those in which It timbales. Did the various counties of the different dates paled prisons similar to the yew 1114i40•3 d'arret in Feuds, te the bosses of detention in Holland, and to those recommended, in the Livingston code, then the early corruption of the primer might be avoided, did the opportunity for his reform, presented by the separate discipline of the penitentiaries , be rendered profitable; meanw hile, the attempt at refers:saes Y useless. Such is the argument of some ; and it is to be hoped that they may soon be met by the fact of the continued construction of separate prisons for those waiting trial. This, however, depends very much upon the resolution of county magistrates, w ee of whom, neither from taste nor from early habit, nor previous study,are much disposed to examine seriously the great questions of penal reform. Attention is, however, awakening to this subject, and the county magistrates of the United States, like those of England, are bring ng to it a spirit 0 ( investigation and of inquiry which angers well for the eeture. When on the point of embarking two days since for Ostend, the chairman of the sessions of Surrey informed Col. Jebh, our vice-president, by whose side I then stood, that that important county had just determined to build a prison on the separate system, thus adding one more to the number already announced for England. The difficulties which have been surmounted there will not, I believe, prove strong . enough to resist the action of philanthropic men in America ; and we may fairly hope that the next year will show an augmentation or the number of .eparate prisons for houses of detention. Another cause of the slow progress of the separate system in the United States is, that the cat of construction is greater than for the Auburn prisons • and while the question of comparative merit remains unde cided, the tendency of all gond taxpayers was to support the cheapest. Another cause may also be found in the habitual oppoeition made to the Philadelphia prison, during a long series of years, by the Prison Discipline Society of Baton. The reports of this society have exercised a strong influence upon public opinion, due, in a great measure, to the imposing array of nausea which it has presented as its presidents, vice presidents, and managers. Any one who paid a subscription of ten francs could become a member ; but recent discussions hove shown that the number of those, both among its vice presidents and its members who have occupied themselves seriously with the study of the penal law and re form, and who have penonaliy examined the practical ap plication of various systems of imprisonment, was very small —that the control of theseciety—as is so often the case with public charities—had remained for many years in the bands of a few persons, and that the preparation of its reports had been left almost entirely to its secretary. The seal which this gentleman displayed in defence of what he believed to be the truth, led him, perhaps, sometimes to hazardous at tacks upon others, and to a willing blindness to the defects of the Auburn system ; but I take this public occasion to repel, most explicitly, the opinion expressed by many conscientious perrons, some of wham are now present, and who have ex amined his reports with care, that there is in them a dispoei ton to wilfully misrepresent and falsify facts. Several years ago the Boston Prison Society declared that the Auburn prison was a model for Europe and for America. That de claration has never been retracted, and the members of that. society stand at present linked to a system, the d. structive in fluence of which upon the self-respect of the convict, stronger sometimes even than religion, as the basis of reform in his ohs racier, and the cruel puni shment of which, have been so justly . censured by their sister society of New York, and by the civilised world. I depose these various documents on the table, and, in conclusion, beg to observe that I cannot regard the fad of the building one or more separate pd. am in this or that state, as being one of paramount import ance. With the Hon. M. De Beaumont, I must consider the awakening of public attention to this subject, and the attrecting to it the labour of enlightened minds, as the im portant and cheerier fact for us. May the labours of this congress be fruitful in good, and may they tend net merely ! to determine questions of architectural construction, but to stimulate the conviction in all minds that it is not alone the punishment but the reformation also of the pi Leaner which uto be cared for ! Public opinion in Almeria is awakened to this. The conviction of the infallibility of the Auburn system is destroyed. Humanity must gain. (The speaker sat down amidst loud and long continued cheers.) SECOND DAY. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 21.—The minutes of the preceding meet ing having been read, 14. Dread-mu x (secretary) dated that there were alto. gather 252 members ache congress, and that amongst the ' arrivals on the previous day were Mr. Stewart, M.P., and Sir James Serling. The secretary also announced that numerous *mks, &c., had been received from various gentlemen. Mr. /lore's, magistrate of Middlesex, read a report from a society in New York, calling a congress of prissy reformers at that city, and inviting the Congress of Brussels to attend. Dr. Je tics, of Berlin, dated that the people of America, the country in which the penitentiary system was first esta blished, had followed soh x let at Frankfurt, and had convened congress, which was to take place on the 27th inst. at New York, and where questions similar to these now under discussion would be examined. (Cheers.) M. SERINGAR entered into some details to show the per versity of many . young delinquents. There were two large establishments in Holland where - prisoners lived in com mon, and he regretted to say, that during two or three years, the number of young female prisoners in one of them had increased fourfold, and the number of boys double. Ito was quite in favour of houses of refuge, such as he had seen in London ; of placing children out in the country ; and the establishment of societies of patrons. A. German gentleman had drawn genealogical tables of 100 persons of ill fame. He had also made up a table of that kind, copies of which he would give to the meeting. Such statistical details were, he thought, useful, inasmuch as means might be taken for redeeming certain bad families, and to lay the foundation of better ones. (Cheers.) Dr. CRABBINAT, • medical gentleman attested to office of the minister of the interior in Paris, did that he was a partisan of cellular imprisonment for men, for women, and even for political prisoners, but not for children. He objected to that plan (so far as children were concerned) not only as a medical man, but as a friend of humanity. The speaker entered into several statistical details, in order to show that there was a far greater mortality, and a far greater amount of illness, in establishments where children were subjected to solitary imprisonment , than in prisons conducted on other systems. At La Roquette, which was founded in 1837, imprisonment in common formerly elided, but in 1839 the cellular system was established—a system which exists till the present day. What were the results ? He was sorry to say, that with respect to the number of deaths, and the amount of llama, the statistical details he would give'! were quite unfavourable to the adoption of the cellular sys tem. Be referred to the tables drawn up by M. Montfer rand. In the free population of France, the number of deaths amongst youths of 14 years of age was 1 in 200. During three years at La Rowlett., the average number of deaths was 12.50 per cent. It might be objected that the elms of young prisoners at La Roquette was generally com posed of boys from large cities, who tad not Om robusticon etitutions which the youth of the agricultural districts pos sessed. Bat allowing that the average number of deaths amongst the free youths was 1 in 100, still the immense differ ent! between 1 and 12.50 per cent., must strike everyone. He should now compare the average number of deaths at La Roquette with the +noisome centraks of France. Before the introduction of the silent system into the latter establish ments, the average number was 4.10 per cent. ; after the in troduction of that system, 5.72 per cent. Taking even the higher number, it was clear that the La Roquette system was a more fatal one. The bagnes, those receptacles of the most depraved of mankind, showed only an average morta lity of 3 per 100. The average age in the bagnes was rather more than 17. Now, the population of the bagnes was con siderably worse treated than that 01 the establishment at La Roquette, but, on the other hand, it had the enjoyment of the light and of the air and good exercise. The speaker next entered into a variety of details in order to show that chronic diseases were far more more prevalent in La Roquette than in other prisons. Now, what must be done with children Should they be placed to agricultural colonies ? He could slat* that in the one at Mettrai, the average number of deaths was 20 in 1,000. Since 1643, agricultural colonies had been attached to the ',miaow centraks at Clairvaux Fontevrault, Loos, and Chinon, colonies in which the hardest labour was endured by the prisoners. The orator contended, in conclusion, that merely accused children should not be plated in cells ; and that condemned criminate should only be confined in them during six months, or, at most, twelve. HORACE SLY observed that, to form a right judgment of the value of the statistical details given by the preceding er ib ker, it was necessary to inquire into the mortality at La th uette before e cellular system was introduced into that este lishment. In the year 1838, not less than forty children' were sent out of the prison, in order to be taken care of, as their health war delicate ; in 1546, after the introduction of the cellular system, only thirteen left the establishment on that account, and only one during the first eight months of the current ear. The average rate of mortality, so far from increasing since the introduction of the cellular system, had been constantly diminishing; in the year 1839, the deaths were thirteen per cent , and in 1846 only four per cent. (Cheers.) At Mettrai, there were establishments where youths bel ong ing to towns could be taught various trades. He esntended that the beet plan was to confine youths in the cells till they showed signs of amelioration, and then to send them to agricultural colonies. Dr. FOURCAVET of Paris, expressed his conviction that the mortality at La Roquette, which was so much greater than that of the free population was not caused by constitu tional defects, but by the bad air of that prison. M.O ear IlLea observed, that prisoners might be divided into two classes ; the very bad, and those who had yet within them some germs of virtue. He was in favour of the all but total exclusion of the former. Now, in agricultural colonies, the work was done in common; and the great danger that existed there was, the impossibility of effecting a perfect sur veillance of those who took part in it. The French law en couraged the double system of solitary confinement and of ecempatisa in agricultural colonies, or in apprendesehip in . Neer we Africa. Patronising societies which mold look . Air the minima, on the expiration of their pedal of el.- . talks were also very Rood, but he ConMerser Meg eellast was the basis of every goo s inteme Maims remarked, that Mal colonise amid be eleees of reward for Improve behaviour and not PUNS ripailmeat. He eesdiaded by making the follow ing eseMeal-- That speehiateellieseelsel eareetheel elheariere be cesietree i.4 for Twee wpm eweioned te tweetelemert t rles diane bream the imams ef Nosh retsidelteerea m a tt sub beard eeleheef tie reeserme el iallviead te ay sm. demons dame. al Oak et the woe shade he elee ant te eali Wear. or ta wasept swam ar team% vtattee amperetion of retradebr eaddlea Mr. Tamer awl eassaial the mime, lad is the CM. of a been spar% fate peed with Preach phrases, vuloghal the altliertiele of the French penal code, which' drat a dhlinetion between elilldren acting with dbeammr:enf and them who did sot, and provided different peideramoda. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1847. By that system approved of by the Yeesidirt crepes children indeelly innocent would be puniMMIMOMMi albeit et r iirr Pry", It her de had ath, had l d Ud lise her with respect to solitary confinement. New he „,„.7E. possession a letter written by her * short time beim that melancholy event, and in that letter she declared maga the system, allowing however of solitary confinement in OM of relapse. He slimmed his intention to lay six modem an the table to-morrow, in order to be discussed at the nest penitential, congress, whether held at Paris or Roma MEISEL EUILINAR and MOLLIE contested the accuracy of the statement, that Mrs. Fry had changed her opinion em the subject alluded to, the latter gemtlentan stating that be had been on • visit with that lansonisil lady. and had heard bar speak in favour of a meddled epees of cellular impel. Me " Chevalier PIAUZZT, of lfrima, mid he agre ed whit lb. Poems, and moved, as es minimal to modes made Vbeeestde Melon : Ihst vibe me &Mod is* mime' rermelles be e a % i i euret b re i rM i ZMirgiveae = plased fa ef ream* emissannell se Two or three motions were bandit up to the *tams, end • very confused discussion ememil,wluch was temaimated by the chairman requiting the members of the congress to pass into the ante-room, in order to partake of some re freshments. When business was resumed, M. DVCMICTILUX, the secretary, read a very interesting letter from M. de Wichern, the director of the Ranh. Hans, a species of agricultural and industrial colony at Horn, near Hamburg. It was stated in it that the parents of the chil dren detained in that colony bad an opportunity of seeing tkem, and that those interviews not infrequently exer cised a kindly influence on parents, and made them more attentive to the moral education of their remaining offapring. When the children left the Ranh, lime, they were placed during a certain time under the inspection of M. Wichern, and few of them relapsed into their former transgressions. The establishment was supported by voluntary contributions, and the sexes were not separated during the hours of em ployment. The secretary next read a letter from Count d'Almeda, formerly prefect of Lisbon, who stated that in 1839 his government adopted the penitentiary system, but that no great progress had beea made in it. After a confused and somewhat stormy discussion, the motion of Viscount de Melon was carried. The next subject of debate was the mode of construc tion of cellular prisons. The following articles were voted nem. can.: Ist. It is indispensable that the ground chorea for • cellular prison should be dry, in an airy situation, pro vided with Bond water, and as much as possible in an isolated position. If for • penal prison its situation should be central, so as to facilitate the transportation of prisoners from the divers points of the country. It should also be situated in the country, but in the proximity of a town likely to furnish the elements necessary for the formation of a com mission of surveillance, and a committee of visitors and patrons. If for a house of arrest, it should be situate near the tribunal, but separated from the surrounding buildings. The buildings and exercise ground should be disposed so es to receive the rays of the sun, and be sheltered from rain and the north wind. tad. The destination of • prima must in some sort determine its internal arrangement. If it is to be a penal prison, none but convicts of one sex should be placed in each, and the number should never surpass the maximum of 500, although the congress are of opinion that a lees number would be better. If it is to ben preventive establishment, different wings and sections should be parted off for the different categories of prisoners. The two sexes at any rate most be kept distinct. la fine, whatever may his the destination of the prison, the number of cells should be grater than the number of prisoners, in case of any sud den emergency ABBE LABACIVE raid be was a friend of working men, and wished that prisoners should have labour imposed on them as expiation and not as punishment. Many said, "If we bad remained at our daily occupation we should not have been here." He looked on prisons as great moral infirmaries. Now, in hospitals, a physician cannot apply a general re medy ; be must know his patients individually. Has the director of a prison the opportunity of knowing all his pri soners, if too great • number ? He was in favour of 400 instead of 500, but he objected that the work of the pri soners should be turned to the profits of others r grau g ai i thrqugh me, and which pledge, I eat Odip permed* be le able to mites. m a ibi s at ,.lernent in favour of the rajah, especially b ear i ng i n r a i d than it had been written by one of the com pany's officers, after diN' investigation ? TLe treatment par vu towar d s the rajah hastening his death, sines, an cor di ng to th e report offjejor Carpenter, the former had borne his troubles with f0n:444 but was becoming de pressed inspirits and uneasy cciajj : ovr_i4 to the death of his wife his overwhelming renniary Ries, had the as fear that 'Major Carpenl e r=hres " erne of ill-health air kw ,in whit& sew ,would be resigned to the ears a ranger unacquainted wio l hid =Ors in their pruned de= The major itrotha cis=the Mr wads ritt= o listeess the Clardrar reismereet ler the 'lPper I =1.14611111.1 be; I wfUM Elea esaglig=Mined rend eetlk = ade sessett as aro ars by UN= Ids trnedisesdliner Wen la alleristsl. Ilas wawa" Oho no =errands at sr gene Arra lasi era , Oho nip= are rind ear It I thwart his Gess la Mgr* would ears he bright Is a insamils ream beam amps: Isd ete Atbs sanest of sall agar wag was= any molts; be ana ageded to Ids pseriary dins= and repramsed sprarseens thie Were any taint was dor tie Ws Its weld fall • =la tit Ods ribests. ahie Basses had great/ dean The only way that would satisfy the Muds of far rajah or the public in general was a fall and simple irrigation into all the circumstances of his ease. He regretted that the motion for such an inquiry had been unsuceastal in the House of Common'. He concluded with a motion to the following effect : " That certain letters (naming them), but more particularly a letter from the rajah to the Governor- General of India, dated the 12th December, 1841, be printed for the use of the proprietors." The motion was seconded by Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. FIELDIR hoped that the constant agitation of the question might be checked. AllklOTT tnisted that tbe proprietors would hear no more of it, and 'that it would be settled in parliament. Mr. Groans THOMPSON would give his support to the motion i and went over some of his former arguments, besides reiterating, in strong terms, tbe charges against COL OVUM Mr. FIELDER said, such attacks upon an honourable officer ought not to per unnoticed. The CHAIRMAN intimated that Mr. Thompson's own feelings must guide him in the matter, fur, much as he (the chairman) disapproved of such reflections, he could not pre vent them. A lengthened discussion, presenting no new features, then took piece, but which resulted in an alteration of Mr. Lewis's motion, which was put and carried, after the chairman engaging to produce all the papers in the possession of the court of directors.—The court then adjourned. EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAMER (Continued from yesterday's Express.) THOMAS Cutiur being asked, said he wished to give.evi dense as far as be could. He said : I am a smith and machinist. I first took charge of the Cricket on the 4th April last. Edwards was then there as stoker. I took the first opoortunitrefezamining the boilers after I had been there 'Leant a week; and I found one of the plates at the hack was blistered a little. I communicated this to Mr. Joyce; but it turned out to be of no importance. On the 25th of April I had an altercation with Skinner, in which Edwards took the part of the latter. I discharged him on the Monday following ; but he refused to go out of the boat till ordered to do so by the superintendent. Until eleven o'clock that morning I never heard of the valves being tied down. The superintendent and Mr. Smith then mentioned it to me. Mr. Smith told me of thecharge made by Edwards; he said he hoped I would be very careful, and see that nothing of the kind was ever done. The valves never were tied down while I was in the boat. I was then about five weeks there, and frequently afterwards at short intervals. I was there for a fortnight—up to a fortnight before the explo sion. I last acted as engineer in the Cricket from the Bth to the 15th August. I never saw the valves tied d ,wn ; never saw anybody do it. The boat went very fairly • like other boats she wanted overhauling now and then. I used to do a good deal in a night with assistance. We used to take out the high pressure pistons at times. If the boat took a " list"—that is to lean on one side—it might cause the steam to generate more quickly ; and I have frequently us ticed, when this happened, that the safety-valvd on the boiler, which bad the most water in it , would not blow a as it lied been doing before, while steam would blow rapidly out of the other one. I accounted for this from there tieing less water in:one boiler than the other. This was caused by the boat going on one side, and the water pairing from one boiler to the other. The valves worked well. I have known them to stick so that I could not lift them when I lifted up the lever. This has happened twice while I ham been them We used a slick or a piece of iron to lift up the lever, there being no pulley. I know Knight; he was a stoker. I have sometimes ordered him to shake the valves with a string. I never saw him tie the string ; be used is take it a turn round a nail, after nalag it, to keep it off the boiler. I never told him to tie it round the lever and fasten the other mid; it was feat to the lever at one end. By Mr. CHAMBERD: Before going into the company's service, I bad worked four years for Mr. Joyce. At one time I was next to the foreman. I was sent by Mr. Joyce to superintend the erection of two engines on Mr. Smith's 1 premises. This was about half-a year before I went into the company's service. This required some engineering know ledge; a great deal had so bo dons on Mr. Smith's premises. After leaving Mr. Joyce's employ, I went to the General Steam Navigation Company, as a turner in the factory ; thence I went to drive the engine of the Cricket. I am scquainted with the construction of engines, and have worked a great deal at their repairs during my apprenticeship with Mr. Davison in Black. fnars-road, and afterwards in various other situations. I took charge of the Cricket soon after Kent left. There were etrings on the levers then. All was ready for starting. Be lieving I had a good stoker, Edwards, I did not pay much attention at first, but left him to manage the tires. I don't recollect being spoken to on a Sunday about the valves being tied down: I think it was on the Monday that Mr. Potent and Mr. Smith came down. The valves were not then tied. Mr. Poletti came down before Mr. Smith ; he came in the morning The valves were not then tied. Mr. Poletti said EAST INDIA HOUSE. Edwards had told him that the valves were tied down In our last evening's impression we gave an outline on the Sunday. I asked hint if he thought I of the proceedings of a Quarterly General Court of Proprie. was mad. We had . a good many words, and he said tors held yesterday at the company's house. Mr. H. St. he should tell Mr. Smith. He gave me orders about not George Tucker, the chairman, presided. tying them dotes He said he must tell Mr. Smith ;he be. ANNIJITT TO Slit GEORGE POLLOCK.—The chairman in- hued there had been a great deal of fuss made about it. thalami that the board of conunimioners had agreed to the When, he was there the strings were put round the rails, not so tied as to prevent the valves from lifting, but merely to resolutions of the blurt of directors and proprietors, grant- . • • ins a pension to Sir George Pollack of 1,0001. per annum. get . em out of . the .. way . . Mr. Smith came down into the A correspondence was read, from which it appeared that the e . optic-MORI, I believe the same day. The strings were th em India board approved of the pension. Sir George, in sc.place. He said he had hardsuch thing bad tn the same knowledging the munificence of the directors, said : been done, and asked if I had done it. I said no. He meld After • servue of more than for dour years in a foreign country, I he hoped I would always be very careful, not run any rbk, moot h e lp h er e expressing b e g , h 1 ). , tu e } u gly I soles th e tm - and not do any thing to injure other people, or risk their nimouss good opinion not only of the court a uirectors and court of ves. Mr. Smith frequently travelled by the boats ;he did lubPrieluTui but slat about her bialuutra ruiuminrs, mho nool7rian so after this injunction was given me. Had the valves been the beard of oornmlseionere for the affairs of India. tied he would tare come down into the engine-room and Mr. George Thompson said, that since he had given seen them. I think he was twice afterwards in the engine notice of his motion, his hon. and learned friend beside him room. 'He would sometimes stay there the whole length of (Mr. Lewis) had also given notice of his intention to bring the journey, observing that be did not li ke to call my 'wit the use of the Rajah of Sattam before the mien ; an d, don from the engine. If there had been any danger, he if the chairman allowed, he (Mr. G eor g e Thompson ) would have been sure to incur it. When I first went to the would wish to defer any remarks he should wish Cricket the front plates of the boiler were both a little convex, to make until his hon. friend had proceeded with his obser- about Iths or lof an inch, I believe they had been made inthat rations. He was also empowered by Mr. Lewis to say that shape. I had no idea that there was any danger from that. The he would be glad to waive his right of precedence in favour engine and boilers had been to Mr. Joyce's to be examined of their venerable friend, Mr. Poynter, who wished to and repaired front the 3rd to the Bth of August, and:the ac. bring the subject of pecuniary assistance to the temple of eldest occurred on the 27th. This was the first time this Juggernaut before this court. had been done while I was there. I saw the boat on the It.:OOERNAUT.—Mr. Poynter, having received permission morning of the accident. I was working the paddle-wheel to bring his question on first, proceeded to address the pro- with HaIIIMIUL We moved the wheel to where we wanted prietors in favour of a further consideration of continuing the it, and then repaired it. That was about half. put seven or pecuniary assistance to the Temple of Juggernaut, which he a quarter before eight. The first trip was at eight o'clock. held to be inconsistent with their character as christian rulers, and to be founded on a misapprehension of the treaty sub . There were one or two broken arms in the p addle-wheel, of Cat tack. on the conquest tack. The hon. proprietor and one or two floats off. I did n o t then g o into the en gine-room. After lighting the fires in the morning, it takes propoeed his motion accordingly, which was seconded by Mr. about an hour and • quarter to get up the steam. We Lewis. The Chairman defended the pecuniary grant, on the used to loge about five or seven pounds in getting ground that the aid was inferred, if not positively stated, in from one pier to the other ,• and it would take the treaty made by Sir Arthur Wellesley (now Duke of Wel- five or six minutes to get that up again. This lington), after the conquest of Cuttaek by Colonel Harper. was ow i ng to the steam being used faster than it was He hoped the hon. member would withdraw his motion.— generated. I left the boat that morning at a quarter- Mr. Poynter could not think of doing so; and afteg some pest eight. She had not then moved. I went on board the observations from Mr. Sullivan, the Chairman, Mr. Poynter, Ant. I was repairing her. I was not near when the seri- Mr. Prinesp, Mr. Thompson, and Sir James Law Lulling - dent happened. When I was in the Cricket the ordinary ton, the smut divided, when there appeared for the motion 4 ; wart it, 40. , working pressure was 24 lbs. or 26 lbs. by the mercury gauge. I used to work more by the valves than by the The hllewing notice was than handed in for the Decem ber general wort: gan gs, I kept the weight at the end if the lever. I was not some at the time that that was equivalent to a pressure of That the lees airraWeal". Wilma the Ithe- "'zit et eke". 4b3 lbs. The gauge would then be about 25 ; it never rose and the Booed wsossmosol, maelve er, so, Mane his ism ert. Mull, glens bribe assabssa estie the Ism* of than 27 at the meet; but I suspected it was out of ern the If disteist el rett, In tbe merless Orbs% e s " . The steam blew off when the gauge was at 24 or 25. tsta ea ths Massie& here, be mimed Ise Omens of ma I saw that the valves were working three or four times a ssoßYb es may revise* MOO in intim their wish ba any, mum b. By Mr. JANIS : At 24 by the mercu r y gouge the valve Taw FASAI or SAvrana.—Hr. Lewis's motion , after owed, and the steam blew off , wit h the wei g ht at the end calling die Wm rvauction of• Wain Moro !tinted by the al the laver. I have put the weight further from the end, Hound Cheemena, was us foams: so Nat the steam would blow off eta less measure —I sup ..ll.l24,,the,...ftsilth et Istials ... . ..._.. ll • ll •l‘....assa=: . 1 h . ..,is ....,..,thrmeLP_,.._kin - pcoa at about 19 or 20. Ido not say it is quite a mistake to ''''' . "l,..6" . P an5i7.1..i ..... ibj a m . 1 .... k a .. "7:"hara lOW that the lever was weighted so that the steam would not amort ter Is atoglalea k drasadiapronlartrio - - t a -- a l e - p l issioaTh WM seat less than 66. The string was three-yarn and flut e' NOM, lifetime' moral. to ; acs that the hasene, spun-yarn. It was pat round the nail to Mat. saa tem lolorama dam, govermeneg, no Meth= the it out of the way. I will swear I have never given am ord is loan Oates or the slam of Ind* 071 ,1101 that II Male Lt orders to fasten them when the order was given to be antood. by. We used to pull the ropes to shake the valves Mr. Lawn withal to call the attention of the proprietors sometimes three or four times while the boat lay at the pier. to tom pro toad letters which were recently printed by The steam was generally blowing off when we started, just orate oldie Seen ol Commons. It was to before that so as to lift the valves. When the orders were given to time bed sot been produced Mr. Hume stand by, we generally shook the valves; and then the on Ida isotioo, in which case the testimony of Major strings were loosed, so as to allow the valve to Uft as fa as it aawaf . era in favour of t he innocence of the mirth, would. We userrto aha k e.:the valves every voyage — they C : a rol l t ye Ira to a different resolution on the part of the stack so. I don't - believe that Mr. Jgce made Om mercury HOMO of 00111=0118. The papers, however, had been, de- gauge, though his name was on it. From the way in whien spite el ell attempts, submitted to the judgment of the public. the rope was tied, I don't think any one could make a mis- It ass maintained in • late debate that there was nothing in take uto its being tight It was not so fight as te comg Meter agitator's sontanniestions to vindicate the ex-rajah. straight down • I generally left a space. I don't know len He (Hz. Lewis) would Ism cola court to decide how far this put in the rash. I found it there. I recollect Buttress stetasematt=tifiablediand would teed a few extraets. In taking charge of the Cricket, but I don't recollect saying— s soma • from e Court of Directors to the Gover "It's ell right, Joe ; take her away." I will "wear the spun novoeneral of India, dated March, 1846, information was veins were not then tied tight, unless he had done it himself. requatedconeerning the reported propositions made by Major If I thought proper, I kept the yarns featened sometimes the Carrter to the ex-rajah, whole voyage. I was w ept the in the same humour. It was c director) said that in the House of Corn- never occrred to me to look to see the cause of the valve re mom be was act in a fOIdUOD 10 Mato anything concerning quiring s o much shaking. Sometimes I went on deck to the seeteate a Motet antsy' letter or its bearing spun lift up the levers. The valves might act freely although the rajah sane. Deceased of his oath, which restrained him they required so much shaking. The levers have been three from iessaitalag the contents of papers that were forwarded or four days without a rope, and then I put another on. to the smog esaelittes. When they were without a rope I would go on deck and lift Mr. Laws this proceeded, and read extracts from Major the levers, or put something through to thrust them up. I Wis. In this eagamunication the major states did not hear Edwards make any "oration " on the deck, on Al a the had meted that his friends in England r am na before the passengers. He might leave the engine the object of his (the rajah's) letters, after ro • dozen times. I drunk ale and that day, but not width Cumnter pressed' to saLtt when lbw niak gin. I heard nothing of what had occurred with Edwards vie, ia hen MO, °missed to hiss he essasavearsa until the Monday. A few days before Heiman came, I to fake fallygluted with ellesader mad tried to clean out the sediment of the mereurs gauge, and it essibet To this and, Carpals snits, . rose to 40. I don't believe the gauge indicated the exact • Itheethk.. thethei e th at th e sorties ththethath low pressure . It had not done so for about a fortnight befom naligellim" se le m * I "" 11 ''''. • ''''''' la 16 14.11 . 0 .. F the Cricket went to Mr. Joyce's. The valve would rot astaimbild tie asaltatea been* a Mil tsy limat town if bl ow t n ~,,, off so sTOg, in consequence of the vessel " lietkng;" al " . " 4 o.l ,bi s i s e ur illi r sir envy at tU typi li kj=l::, ism, but the other blew off more strongly. I don't hugs that Qrourt. The Qaeen and Prince Albert, aooompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four, at a quarter past ten o'clock yesterday morning, for Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Mar chioness of Douro, Miss Halyard, Major• Gen. Bowles, and Col. Bouverie, followed in two carriages and four. A party of Lancers formed the escort from Buckingham Pelee. to the Nine Elms terminus of the London and South-Western Railway. The august party left town by a special train for Gosport. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Her Maest arrived here at 12 o'clock, from London, by the S ou th-Western Railway. The Lightning steamer had been prepared to receive her Majesty, but at the last moment the Fire Queen received orders to convey her Majesty to Osborne, and a few minutes before 1 o'clock that steamer left the har bour with her Majesty on board. The steamer returned to harbour at 3 p.m. lhe ships in port end at Spithead were decorated with flags, their yards manned, and salutes fired. The garrison also paid all the customary honours due to her Majesty. The admission of visitors with orders to view the private apartments in Windsor Castle will be discontinued after this day. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town on Tuesday nigit; e:gp fr:m Ardverikie. tches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the governors of the West India colonies. Des patches were sent off, on Tuesday evening, for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. was gassed by that. I never saw the gauge at rrabove 40. I never heard of the people ea desk wine All hot ;" the mew have said so. I don't knew riot Ma engines were then hot. I heard it only about awe ee twke. I have heard it more in the last three or ibis, weeks, by people talking of it. I have heard the crew may "All dot" when I have had charge. I think the oar& were at on the Monday that Mr. Smith and Mr. Poletti ea= down. They might see them or not. The ropes might he tight, Of they might not ; they always had a " swag " upon diem. Mr. Jamul: Upon your solemn oath, would it not take six inches of rope to allow the valve to act / WITNESS : I t :,1121 think it would. I don't think I ever knew it want so mu sh. If the valve roes an inch and • Valf, it would be hat?' way above the escape pipe. I don't Wok the ropes bad a:E inches play ; sometimes they had more, sometimes less , an, sometimes they were not f ast at all. I think the least was a ;ought of inches. I will swear I have never seen Knight fasten it dem down, nor have I ordered him or Ede ' , Yds to do so. When the vessel listed, one valve won id not set, but the steam would escape with much noise fr,, , a the other. There could be no mistake about hearing it; Ow who stood at the sponson must have heard it. If the steam did not blow off at all I should say there was not enough :o lift tho valves. The strings would not prevent the valves acting ; if they were fast, the " Salter's " balance valves would act. They might be screwed down, but I don't believe any one would do that. A little piece of wood above the lever might effectually stop it, but I don't believe it was dons. That could be done from the deck. The cards to the levers were tied at any time when we had shaken the valves. Some ' times this was dine on the voyage ; sometimes as the vessel started ; sometimes not at all. I never heard the subject mentioned at the Fox-under-the-Hill either by Skinner or any oae else. If there was • fight it was all on Skinner's side. It is false to say that it was mentioned in my presence by any -one except Mr. Smith and Mr. Poleti. Edwards was discharged on the Monday, bet four hours before Mr. Poletti told me of the complaint he had made. I discharged him for caning me names while Skinner and I were quarrelling. When I drat went en board all worked very well, except that I was scalded once or twice by the hot water coming out of the ! hot-well SOON the engine-room. By Mr. M'lurves : I recollect the stoker Peter. I some times left him in charge. The mercury gauge at that tie would blow off at 24 or 22. If he stated that it blew off at 40, it must have been after I had cleaned it out. When I lightened the weights of the valves I also altered the screw of the balance valves. They would then blow off at about 35. I Joyce's, when they were screwed down to about 29. Pater could work the engines when I first took him. When Skinner accused me of tying down the valves I will swear he did not say, " Well, ask your stoker." I never heard Ed wards say, " Yon know you do, Tom." I have heard that the weights at the end of the lever would be equal to a pres sure of 55. I generally worked at that pressure. I kept the weights at the ends of the levers. By the JURY : The Cricket used always te " list" whilst WY there, especially while the passengers were getting is and out. I don't know that she took fire about the end of July, or the beginning of August, end that the passengers had to scramble oa ashore at the Adelphi. Don't know that she " listed" ever after that. I never put an iron bar across the two levers. I could push one up from below to the lever. I am now westing as • machinist in the employ of the Ant and Bee Company. My wages are the same. I don't think I have seen Mr. Dukes, the solicitor, above twice, and have only been examined by him once. Reisman was present at the time. I have taken no other advice as to my evidence to day. Mr. Dukes only asked me as to the Cricket since I had been there. He asked my opinion as to how the aces:, dent had occurred, and I imputed it to the " listiog," sa I have done to-day. I suppose it was a preparation for this examination to-day, hut I don't know that it was. We ge nerally took the cords off the nails at night ; and it is by this fact I know that Buttress must have fastened them on this occasion. By Mr. La BRETON: I have seen weighted valves in the Locomotive Richmond beat. I think the valves of high pressure engines are more subject to stick than others. I have tried if the valves would work after the Tones were tied, and they have done so. If there had been no ropes to the levers, I must have gone on deck every time to ascertain whether the valves were at liberty or not. Knight was not stoker two months, but only about dues weeks. Had any damage been done the boilers by these cords, I presume it would be repaired when the boat was at Greenwich for the purpose. The valves were certainly not tied down when I left the boat before Buttress took charge of her. Either he or Edwards might have done it if they had a spite to me.. , By Mr. JAMES : I have driven other boats having valves of the same description se those of the Cricket. By the JURY When I left the boat on the morning of the explosion the steam was blowing off strongly. I don't know whether the cords were then tied. I did not go into the engine-room, as they wanted to get the boat off. The steam world blow off like thunder if the levers rose only an inch. I mean that if the valved rose half an Inch it would do so. This would require the rope to be left slack about eighteen inches; but I don't think the valves ever lifted more than an eighth of an inch. The rope was never tied morq than being twisted round the nails. When I re turned to the Cricket, after Buttress had been in charge, and Mr. Meacham had been down, I did not find the strings cut off from the levers. At half-past five o'clock the inquiry was adjourned until THE REGISTRATIONS. OTT OF LONDONe—THE CASE OF LODGERS: 11l the parish of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, a number of persona occupying apartments, the rent of which was upwards of 101. a year, claimed to have their names inserted on the register, in accordance with the decision of the Court of Common Pleas, by which persons occupying apartments over which they have exclusive control an entitled to be considered as occupying separate tenements. Several of the names were on the register hut year, the parties having claimed to be rated, though in point of fact the rates were paid by the landlord. It had beta decided by Mr. Arnold that lodgers seeking to acquire a vote by claiming to be rated must renew *air claim every quarter, or at least every time a rate should be made, failing which, they could not be in serted in the list of rate-payers. In the present case all As parties claimed, on the 7th of January, to be rated for the October rate, no subsequent one having then been struck ; but, in reply to the application, the overseen stated that the books were closed, and that they wen not at liberty to re-open them for the purpose of inserting any additional names. This refusal was condemned by the court. The clerk of the Liberal Association informed the court that at a vestry meeting, held subsequently to the 7th of January, with a view of determining what should be done with the above claims, it was agreed that all the names should be inserted on the list of rate-payers ; and in the case of all the claimants, except two, wholes names appeared to have been unintentionally omitted, this agreement was car. vied into effect. Under the arrangement entered Into, the notices for the three subsequent quarters were dis . peered with. The revising barrister said he should allow all the claims, except those of the two persons whose names bad, in fact, been omitted from the list. A discussion took place as to the impesitkin of a fine, in consequence of the refusal of the overseers es inser t names on their list in January ; Mr. Smith urging that the fine must be imposed in each case of neglect, and Mr. Brown, the conservative agent, contending that only one fine could be levied, and that it must have reference to a genera neglect of duty. The question of the principle and amount of the floe was reserved. Mr. Hayward, who did not appear in permit claimed in respect of apartments.—Mr. Gee stated, on his behalf, that he paid 6s. 6d. a week for his occupancy. The question arose whether this kind of evidence was sufficient there being no proof of the actual payment of rent —Mr. Smith ' contended that it was not necessary to @haw the payment of rent; it was quite sufficient to show that the rooms occupied were worth 101. a year.—Mr. Gee having stated that he him self would give 61. a week for the premises, the vote was allowed. The result of the revision yesterday was es liberal claims, allowed, 16 . , disallowed, 24. Conservative, disallowed,oilseed 1 ; l. Liberal objections, sustained, 9 ; iffisk 7. Conservative nelleined, 9 ; failed, 16. Objee lion bp lethpeaties, emMited, 6 ; failed, nese. The meet via - pressed testa y with the parishes of St. Andrew Usdembeit, St Atwitter Hubbard, wed St. Botolph, Billingsgate. Soora Fseimi—Temberday, the 'whist or *I Ilea of voters he the anthers divides K the aoatMs et Ism was ememenemil at the Teensiell, =waived. rhe trit an of the e ga Z e lLit:d ite th s e a relax ssifta' Sir E. N. Baxley ensiled esamliamine W. Rawlins appeared en behalf of the Pihmeh, and Mom W. H. China =IT. Bourne for the memervaties. There were no new eiallos, and the objeseloas he the Mirka were anaerrative, VP ; Its majority of which were The folio were revised is the course of lie day t—Avely, , Brentwood, Obibleediteh, Ombra, Dagenham , Ha Bower, Memehurch, North Gionden, South Oekeedes, Bainhare, Itested, Boa* Wield, Belford, Grays, llpmlaster, Great Woolly, Little Wiley, and Kennington. He MI worthy of uremia notise sane before the court during the day. ANDOVEIL--13. N. Ozoninten, Esq., held him court at the Tows-hall on Monday, hr the revision of lists of voters la the division of Andover, fbr this part Mae county et limpidas ; boa time was nee a V ist elitelie% Iter 515 the preesedhp wow la molls pub li c labiate. TassietrOa ho Nobles sif b=adlist ODZI. essemad, 11r. Leib sourig he its estrawitkv" mod Me. Waling Besteray faiths Miele. This Wee Mine then sixty objections to a small actsolbawiq et Ws then 260. Daring ui of the day the of is • many to heat Was taped of &ski deist the bee eipelha he the belies% both-yeeiss • ng load la their sonls as 10 . 2 a sea" in dame, he., hating beam sit to vise at din tie. =4/Uwe/I, Bet., ha late he the bans" W. Fog., the most M.P. OR the beemagb, Awl Wise isimatial persons, were In 5d."... asset the day Ina an objecting me* by Ms& to Ms J aw J. Ha r ms, =setae et the lei prows sited et tbh bemetigh, ilia ohs eselpsdai distasion den el rest babe br Amos bemheletemeeme a es Amass et the esti. imali al to-olayAlfef le be es hilowst—ltipernmed—Comateatheel 1 5 ; Baawas 11 ; stigertity he ybawh, 4 ; elt lese4tto, don 6 ; one stains thwilestl. TM seservativos, on the other hand, elan a Seherity. BANN OF BM:ILAN:L.—A 11=1COOrt Of IVORTWOVII was held yesterday to decide by upon _as addition of 1 per cent. to the halt yearly dividend de clar ed at the meeting last week. The Oallot continued till fast ciOleck, when the euyutineers examined the votes, and reported that the resolu time wee confinsed. 'WE POOR IN sr. PerteltaB.—Yesterclity, pursuant to a dj ot :entisent from the Bth inst., a meeting of the vestry of St. p a eans took place, at the verery-rooms, Gordon-square. Mr. Church warden Howarth presided. Sir. Mann called the attention Of the vestry to the charges respecting the treatment of the troor in the workhouse, more especially the case of the blindb.` 4o Whitfield. He considered the course pursued by the diree:ors of the poor in that Matter mon unfair and unsatisfactory, in refusing to hear the witnesses which the poor man Whitfield was prepared to call.—Mr. Hetherington was prepared to prove that the report of the master of the workhouse, which had been received as satis factory by the board of directors, wait based upon eelsehood. He was prepared to prove, by fifty poor persons !It the workhouse, a decided negative to that document. Fe? his awn part, he should he ashamed to belong to a beard w!`o one week pronounce a matter es satisfactory, and the next go into what they were plowed to call an investigation. After charging the new =Wm with cruelty, in refusing to allow the aged paupers to go est at the Sunday, unlem they wore the workhouse d= a r k. ... Hetherington concluded by moving the following I That the report of Ye NNW to answer to fie charges alleged aplnetbis by the Imam Mae wortfficese Is me saillstsctoryto the mazy, Immesh es It meats dr *lob deli' et se person moll mot, Wiwi eta reel et the ergo *Towline, elicited from an Impartial Imestleeise Whale. by die Aragon of the poor: and It mews le MY refry set the ambled mode et aseertsinuig the MO or bYsieslet aegedeme preleree se fay thee against the pule idiom he massondost cad mould be, to examice theeses epee wake they rest , of the denial of the Greenwood seconded the resolution--Mr. Howell ex pressed his want of confidence in the present board of direc toz was negatived;and, ae by a majority o raeery longand t storm i r 6 toll, thediscuuion, themo tiformer being nearly all directors of the poor. The vestry then separated. ROBBING A Cuußcll.—During the past week two robberies have been committed in the parish churches of Haswell and Hayes, on the Uxbridge-road, apparently by the same person—a middle-aged man, who, under pretence of examining the interior beauties of the edifices, borrowed the keys, and contrived to carry off a large number of bibles and prayer-books belonging to members of the congregation. A reward of 10 guineas is offered for the apprehension of the offender. Tile ART-UNION PRINTS.—We understand that the great value of the prints distributed to the subscribers of the Art-Unioa will ultimately consist in the antiquity of the pictures from which the engravings are taken. By the time the print is ready the picture is forgotten, and thus the former has all the interest of an antique, without the trouble of putting it by and taking care of it till old age gives it au excessive value. Considerable curiosity exists as to whether the prints will be claimable by the next of kin or the execu tor of the party originally entitled. We think there ought to be an act of parliament exempting the engravings from legacy duty, supposing them to descend to no more distant relative than thereat -grandchild of the subscriber.- Punch. UNCLAIMED VALUABLES IN THE POST-OFFICE.— An official return has just been printed, showing the num ber of letters now lying( in the General Poet-office, contain ing coin, bank-notes, bills of exchange, or other property. Thu return shows that 4,201 such le t ters are lying in the Dead Letter-office, containing property valued at the almost incredible sum of 40,4101. 7d. ; this too has accrued during the last three years. For the system pursued in such cases is that when all inquiry after the destination of the misdirected letters is found unavailing the letters are kept three yearn to give time for application for them, after which period so muck of the property as consists of money is paid into the ',venue, and this has been done up to the beginning of 1844. Any other description of property is periodically sold, end the proceeds also paid into the revenue. The articles now lying for claimants are of the most varied character, some of them of a bulk and description little cal culated for transmission per pest. There are trinkets Mall kinds, silver spoons by the dozen, mi nudes, watches, waist coats, shirts, soda.powders,artificiL flowers,books,seuff-boxes, fiddle-strings, dish-mats, petticoats, old clothes, firkins/4We, razors, pictures, night-gowns, a clarinet, brass wedgkW, buttons, window curtains, a whistle, Prayer and other books, bunches of keys, brad-awls, scissors, and a panorama. The more portable articles consist chiefly of lace and Berlin work in the form of collars, cuffs, " dolls' things," and purses. Of documents and papers there are wills, railway and other shares, one Greek manuscript, subpeenas, a vast number et pawn tickets, and portage stamps innumerable. Vse number of money-orders undelivered is 346, for ma to the amount of 407/. 12s. Bd. The return from Scotland is quite characteristic of our more careful neighbours. The valuables undelivered and remaining in the General Pon-office in Edinburgh on sth January lag consist chiefly of coin and bank notes, V. 16s. Id. of the first, 131. 10s. of the latter, and only 10s. worth of other pro perty, all contained in 89 letters Only five epistles contain. ing money orders are among the " dead," for sums amount ing to 31. 1711. 9d. In the Irish General Post-office are 457 undelivered letters, containing property valued at 4621. 9s. 11d. Several of these missives contain " a free passage to New York." Thenumber of unclaimed money orders is 64, for 381. 141. 9d. THE DRAPERY TRADE.—An important movement has recently arisen amongst several branches of trade, more particularly that of drapery, in the course of which facts of a startling character have been elicitedaffectiog the honesty of home traders, and tending to operate injuriously upon our religions with foreign markets The question first arose from • idly of slew of the retail dealers to obtain from the whole- I elhe houses 37 inches to the yard. without, however, intending seinen the public more than the regular 36 inches. In the Mehl' dispute certain extensive frauds have been de = Amsetialtfoe investigating some of the allegations made Mthe seale houses has taken place within the lam i t e is the presence of several exporters end others in des speestaon. At this meeting sealed packets genie hese wiry of the wholeaale houses were i embed, awl the result showed that there was much reams ihr emplant. Among other instances, twin of cotton throng meshed " warranted 100 yards" ware Mil to measure rupssetssly Kt, 89, 861, and tit soar erred 25 per amt. less thew the quantity iediceted by the stamp, while lasedesie Weals did the measurement remit the full stamiegi. In tapes the deficiency was found W still more esraidtembhe. It is metal to make white tapes is lengths ef 9 yards, one dome of these length, being packed in a parcel, and than issued from the wholesale house with the vender's mark upon it as " warranted." On measuring the " nine yard lengths" it wee found that in 'eery instance they fell short, sometimes to the extent of two and three ards. One sample of tape had been stamped at t h e end is indelible iuk as nine yards, and was found to be but 51. Other goods were submitted to the same ordeal with like result'. It appeared from inquiries that for some time the manatee turers have been accused of being the guilty in these transactions; but their account of the •=l 6 l that the are compelled to follow the instructions of the wholesale houses in making up the parcels, or to run the risk of the transference of the custom to some less scrupulous trader. The wholesale house, , in their turn, extenuate their sonduct by reference to the competition which exists, and which compels them to adopt this questionable system. But by this system, it is contended, they not only bring unde served utopia/in on the retail dealer, but ruin also on the small shepkeeper (frequently females), who, ignorant of the custom alluded to, measure out small portions of the vari ous articles at what they calculate • fair price, and thus in the long run find themselves serious losers. In the foreign markets loud complaints have for years been made against these practices, more especially at Leipsic. In reformation of this system, meetings are in course of organisation throughout the country, and the principals of some of the wholesale houses have intimated their desire to lend their influence towards the establishment of a sounder system of IRELAND. DUBLIN, Barr. 21. The gentlemen of Kerry seem to go the right way to work in their attempts to meet the pressure of cir cumstances upon them. The Castle-island Re lief Committee, their functions having closed, have re solved themselves into a committee of safety, and have commenced with energy the duty of providing employment for the labouring population, that they may not be a perpetual burthen upon the land. The committee have called upon the landholders of Kerry to avail themselves of the resources the law permits, and to take from the Treasury, on the security of their estates, that money which it ie proposed to lend for their improvement. The gentry have pledged hthemselves they . will do this, and while they will as relieve their properties of the burthen of the maintenance of paupers m idleness,they will at the same time add ly to the value of their property. An act of generous indulgence was announced at this meeting on the part of Mr. Herbert, M.P. for the county. This gentleman pledged himself that he would not only pay for all hie tenants the present poor-rate, but the whole of the relief advances to which the property he holds may be liable. It was not earlier than needful that Mr. John O'Connell issued on the part of the association a recommendation to pay rents, for, from all parts of the country, we receive accounts of tenant repudia tion. This has been no doubt encouraged by the manifest support which the spirit of repudiation of rates received from many of the gentry ; and mask of it springs also from the circumstance that all the root and arrears due are claimed at once from the tenantry, who, finding themselves unequal to the demand, determine in many instances t o pay nothing. In Cavan it is said the landlords are taking a propor tion of the rent and arrears due, and giving receipts in full. The tenants on these terms pay freely. Mr. John O'Connell's severity of language to the landlords has been objected to. M. 1)e Mussy, the French physician, sent here to observe and report upon Irish fever, and who had been attacked by typhus, is now pronounced out of danger. His companion, M. Alexandre Rodier, has proceeded home. SCOTLAND. EDlNBrzion, SEPT. 21. ma D n : s tt the put week fever appears to have become le in Glasgow ; its intensity being in the inverse ratio of the number of houses cleaned. reftsence to the contemplated municipal and sKaitary bills for Edinburgh a police commissioner the . city has expended about gc ßernment stood pledged w w i aa thin rath tb er 9 pertinently calla atten g tip:ill:wet? and tnthd it i l ast l3,ooo si t te ir obTir t ..i ars nin cogently reasoned that as to bring in a sanitary measure applicable to all large towns in England, they could not 0 , 1318 w :1 11 V refuse to dos similar servioe to Scotland, and be waiting for the latter they would save 2,5001. or 3,000/, thil general sum expended in procuring municipal bills. Unfortunately, however, for the soundness of this con clusion, Edinburgh incongruities arc so special that a general measure would - leave many grievances un touched ; and it is better, if reform is to be accomplished at all, that a searching local act should be procured rather than a supplementary statute en grafted on a general and indefinite bill. At the same iime the expense of local acts should make improving spirits tolerant of burgh stagnancy ; and should also lead to the institution of a board by which towns should be encouraged instead of being discoun tenanced in their attempts to establish an efficient order of things. Another monastic educational institution is to be founded in Glasgow. One of the "merchant princes," Mr. Alexander, of Hermitage, has left nearly 60,0001. to endow an hospital for the " educatimi, clothing, and, if necessary, the support of poor children of both sexes" in the city. By all means let really poor children have tuition, clothes, and food for nothing, but let there be no more estrangement from the parental roof--especially let there be no more taking of children from homes already comfortable, in order that competent but penurious parents may shift a natural burden from their own proper shoulders, and so, at the sacrifice of independence and of their children's affection, bring about the eleemosynary up bringing of their ewn flesh and blood. An important factory case was decided in Glasgow last week. A workman got his finger injured while cleaning the machinery at which he was working. Compensation having been refused, the workman raised an action against his employers, concluding fur damages of 81.8 s. Bd., on the ground that the ma chinery was not enclosed in terms of the act. 'I he sheriff held that the prosecutor was entitled to relief, not only by statute, but by common law, and awarded 71. 45., with costs. The Glasgow testimonial to Sir Harry Smith took the form of an epergne, valued at 4501., which having been presented, Sir Harry returned a very handsome letter of thanks. A curious scene took place at the Inverary circuit last week. When the clerk called the roll of the jury, only a very few answered to their names. It appeared that they were composed of some eight or nine from Bute, and all the rest, about thirty-five, from the-town of Campbelton and its neighbourhood. The Bute jury were those who an swered to their names, but none from Campbelton were present. It had been reported that the Camp belton gentlemen had hired a steamer to take them to Inverary, but, in consequence of the morning being stormy, she was late in arriving. AU were most anxious to learn what had became of them, and by half-past ten o'clock the steamer hove in sight. Mr. Sheriff Bruce mentioned this to the judge (Lord Justice-Clerk Hope) in court, but he, instead of waiting, fined the whole of the absent jury men 100 merks Scots for non-appearance, and left the court. His lordship appeared very angry, and reflected very much on the sheriff for bringing the jury all from one quarter. He said they ought to have been selected from different die ' tricts. A memorial was prepared by the Campbelton gentlemen when they arrived, to be presented through Lord James Stuart, the member for the Ayr burghs, to the Lords of the Treasury, craving that the penalty imposed on them be remitted. In the afternoon the lord-justice gave all the officials a dinner in the Argyll Hotel, but the sheriff having the rebuke still full on his mind, it is not likely that he would be able to do full justice to his lord ship's hospitality. STEERING OF CLYDE STEAMEUZ.—A number of these steamers have the helm-wheel placed on en elevated platform between the paddle-boxes, in front of the funnel. This appears to be en improvement, as the pilots will be better able to steer clear of the numerous small craft continually cruising about the ricer. BOAT Losses.—lt is supposed that the value of nets, masts, sails, &c., lost during the last two months by herring boats, between Orkney and Aberdeen, am iunts to 10,0001. PROVINCIAL ...i................ THE YARD MEASURE.—A meeting of the cotton trade to deride upon some course of procedure with regard to this question was held on Tuesday, at the Clarence Hotel, Liverpool. M.r. John Whitaker took the chair. Several gentlemen sMciusd the meeting, • and it was unanimously atti in eplion et this imiatlng, it al on many accounts da unt la Me hiseener the whine trade, to hare a tined and r_e he way desertelon of manufactured raids;_ end aw: inesuramanost the pliant day, to catabluth a cuntentisnal of et Maga OM meths remromends the legal atidsdani of FWYilesateg demand me try the Mane. t abli taped to appoint a committee to take measures is entordenee will the terms of the resolution ; and a de claration embodying the opinion which had been expressed was signed by every gentleman present, we believe, with out objection. THE IRISH CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY.-00, Monday evening the annual meeting of tha members and friends of this society was held in the Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool. The Rev. Chance ll or Raikes took the chair . ' —The Rev. Hamilton Vernhoyle moved the first resolution, to the effect " that the Church of E n g land School S ociety in Ireland being established to offer the blessings of Scriptural education to the children of the Irish poor, appeared to the meeting to be eminently calculated to promote the best interests of Ireland." The rev. gentleman urged many arguments and related some anecdotes in favour of Scriptural education of the people, and exposed many of the fallacies inculcated by the Romish priesthood, who did all they could to tevent the people from reading the sacred volume. He adverted in strong terms of reprobation to the government system if education in the national schools . He stated that the society had to rapport about 2,000 schools which educated about 100,000 children, of whom about 30,000 were Roman catholic.. If the society's schopls ware not upheld, they would all become useless for the Roman catholic children. About 30,000 i. had been collected annually for their support by the truth clergy, but in consequence of the famine welch had in some parts raised the poor-rates to 40s. in the pound, and the difficulty which landlords bad to obtain their rents, and the small livings of the clergy, the burthen had become great upon them, and they now appealed to England. Roman catholic children were pressing for admission to the schools, and they had not in some parts the same opposition as formerly from Ue priests, the protestants having assisted the poor during the famine. • He read extracts front letters and other documents in proof of what he had advanced. — The Reverend David Stewart seconded the resolu tion, adducing the great success he had experienced in his own school in proof of the permanent advantages of Scriptural education. The resolution was unanimously carried.—The Rev. W. M'llwaine, of St. George's Church, Belfast, moved the emend resolution, to the effect " the meeting cordially responded to the appeal made that from the Irish pre lates sad clergy to the protestant. in England, and honoured them fee the maintenance of the great principles for which they were contending."—The Rev. Frederick Barker se conded the resolution.—The Rev. Dr. Singer moved the next resolution. The rev. gentleman referred to a speech of Sir Robert Peel, in which the right hon. baronet pledged himself to church education for the children of members of the church. Ile appealed from Sr R. Peel then to Sir R. Peel now—from Philip drunk to Philip sober—and asked which was the moat consistent and valuable testi mony. The rev. gentleman gave a similar expression of opinion, very strongly hostile to the education hoard, from • speech of the Duke of Wellington. Ile gave also the opinion of Sir James Graham, that there should be no sys tem of education mild by the state, except a system cos ducted by, and based upon, the tenets of the clergy of the established church. After alluding to the three thousand Romish priests who by our grants and government money were riding over the consent/see of the people of Ireland, he illustrated, geographically, the difference between the law of God and the law of man, and maid it would be worse than tyranny to compel them, by seespang government bounty as a bribe, to give up as au equivalent the Scriptures of God. He consinded by moving the second resolution, which was as folimes: That the eneneeve apprepriaden et the parlisocentary aura In the pingeseededminsaln WPM Wotan salt the church In that la dfe~altio et Its asenelemed olds s mo te Ms instruction re the dihken et e ge Rh the limmisa hely et Esettsh churchmen to la the nag ans mantes, and to support the Isiah aid Ode yes mat Wins to extend the Marine et ilmeallen Info pen body of people. . De. lllPMelinthen appemed amidst prolonged apt pious. Me elladdldqed the object of the meeting, and erCoold his =of the course that had been to by his present. The collection had emanated to only SA, and is urged the necessity of con tributions at the door to beta the expenses of the home. Alter giving a clear and dYtreWa view of the actual idheit of the astisiislit for WA education, and lucidly I d amnify its benthog on the English Ise e e of ea spies' to her Maj w lall lainhaten, migreoldest et dm. the to. and essasidiessesioliss,"26 Via lataal4 to, A vs* d thanks Ilse then amps' So dm ll' eramiri 'llis . co_ an T li d he it . f meethw esti OL l. AG NPUstid E in important event are in progress at Knowals , ; l i . male of unusual magnifieence. Visitors hems the hood, and all the tided and other connexions of Mu . oorelebni.rationa Iloofle.thisigiLlsersly have arrived at this seat of the Earl of Derby. The ile; roue tenants on Out Lancashire property have amemble_ enjoy themselves with all the heartiness which sta r expected from the general estimation in th e _ leys are hold in landlords. The sum of 2,4000/., it is gated,