The Express. — London, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

we ive Übe iis Is iaa itis lip OF Ms the I!' or all it. at, t ri; !Yd. 1k; xok lid- ) ond rko, MP of.) on I BANIRIMI.—(Warm.) Fast prise, the Bev. 0. F. Hodson; second prize, Mr. Joseph Dutton. BANTAM/.—(I3I.ACR) F ir st prise, Mr. J. Fairlie :second prize, Mr. J. H. Foi. BAN T.111‘.-4131.11( It 1) asp First prise, Mr. W. . Forrest, Greenhithe. U . . (Ginnin OR lit Fr.) Fast prise, Mr. Dutton. l'ItOTOSEI) LITEItAIIY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION IN BIRMINGHAM. 1311011NOH•11. MONDAY. A public meetin g of the inhabitants of this town an d district was held in the theatre of the OW Philoso phical Inatitutioo this morning, for the purpose of consider ne.; the desirab leness of establishing in Birmingham a L•terary and fizitnur.c Society, upon an extensive and mprehressive scale, for the promotion and advancement of ,cunt', lit , ratan', and the arts iu this important comma p;ly. It may appear strange thatin Birmingham, aseo ceded with the names of Priestley, Boislion, and Watt, awl many eminent professors of the fine arts ire the present and in which town two meetings of the British Asso e..;.cin have been held, such an institution does not at . M pr ,,,nt (A. The l'hilosophical Institution has re cently died a natural deish, the Mechanics' In shoetree is extinct, the Polytechnic is barely sup ported, and even the public newsroom appears to be in the list throes of its existence. The meeting of to-day was twinned by a number of most influential gentlemen. The M-co: oecupicil the ch air ; and amongst these present were Lied Lytte Iron, the e 'en. Archdeacon Sandford, the Hon. ai ,d Rev. Griothatu G. Yorke, the 11ev. Chancellor Law, the Bev. Jge, the Rev. J. A. James, the Rev. S. Rube, 11. Liiecock, EA, W. Matthews, Esti, J. &use", 11..1 G. Datt-on , &e. Communications were read tom Lord Dartmouth and other geutlemen, apologising for their 'banner; and one letter in particular, from Mr. Charlet Dickens, in which that gentleman proposed next fhostinis to read his " Christmas Carole" in the Town HAIL the proceeds to be appropri teed in aid of the Mai totem. The Macon having shortly opened the proceedings, Mr. IIAIIKV•ON, the secretary, read the report of a com mittee funned in June last, giving a sketch of the na ture of the proposed institution. From this docu ment it appeare d at it is intended that the Ca ekty shall organise. measures for the erection of a ' parlous building, and should subscriptions fail in raising the proposed sum for ground, erection, and furniture— i!.—that application should be made to the corporation (whom, it is proposed to make trustees) under the Public Libraries Act, .for ambiance to complete the under taking. In this builduif it is proposed to provide a lecture theatre. The plan will cikewise embrace three museums ; the best of which will be devoted to the raw materials of the industry of this district, geological and mineralogical specimens, &c. ; the second to articles illustrative of menu fscturing processes, &c., as well as to furnish specimens of different dates and countries; and the third to machinery and models. The other features of the scheme compnse a chemical laboratory for lectures and classes ; class rooms, a reading room with a scientific and general library of re ference; and, as an entrance to all the depart ments, a large hall, adapted for the reception of sculpture, or other works of art, of which it is hoped that in a neighbourhood so richly stored with them, donations would Le made sufficiently numerous to form hereafter a nucleus (or spublic gallery. Another department will be devoted to mining teconts, showing the dimensions and position of strata in the different mineral workings of the district. It may be mentioned, also, that the education fur the working claws or artisans of tho town, appears to be one of the main features of the institution. The committee proposed to confer no exclusive privileges upon donors ; and, in eoncluai'n, recommended the plan proposed to the support of the meeting. Lord Let - Tel:roe, in proposing the establishment of the society &Meiling to the beheu.e laid down in the report, admitted its magnitude and comprehensiveness, but con tended that there was no doubt of its expediency and fea sibility. The whole cost would not amount to more than 20,0001.; mil when they looked at the position of Birming ham and the neighbourhood that bunt ought to be considered as nothing. Mr. Luecoex seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Several speakers ai!dresacel the meeting in supporting re solutions, appointing a committee, &c., among whom were Archdeacon Sandford, the Rev. S. Gedge, the Rev. J. A. James, Mr. W. Matthews, and Mr. Arthur Ryland ; the latter gentleman expre-sing a belief that the greater portion of the money required would be raised by the ironmasters of Sauth Staffordshire. The meeting broke up shortly after two o'clock. A NEW IMPLENIENT OF DESTRUCTION. Mr. James Nasmyth, of the Patricroft foundry, the celebrated engineer, and inventor of the all-powerlul steam-hammer that bears his name, has communicated a sketch of a new implement of destruction which he has just devised, and which he asserts is capable at one blow of de stroying in an instant the largest ship of an invading enemy. The title he proposes to give to this new instrn meat of destruction is " James Numyth's Floating Mortar, or Short Range," and he demands !rum the authorities a fair trial of its efficiency. The following is the rough sketch which he communicates to the public : DUCKIPTIWI of JAMES 'MAWS nos FLOLTINO stOILTAIt, Ua 51101tT 'LANGE. The chief features in this proposed destructive agent are these . . 1. A shell of great axe, so constructed as to explode, per so the instant it is brought in contact with the side of the enemy's ship. 2. The means by this great shell is brought in con tact with the enemy's Ylapcowists in placing it in the cham ber of a great Bray's mortar, which, as it were, forms the prow of our destructive vessel, the chamber of the mortar Ming us feet below water line, and the mortar being insde •isr part end parcel of the vessel, which would weigh 11111111 U 600 tons ; the entire mass of our destructive vessel UMW into play as a most effective means for absorbing all &enaction consequent on the discharge of the monster touch-and-go off *hell, so that the three or four men, who would be all that are required to attend to the navigation of our floating mortar, would not experience any sensible effint from the discharge of the shell. 3. By reason of the peculiar barrel-like construction of the vessel, on the prow of which the great mortar is deed, and the thickness of the timber on all sides, being from nine to ten feet, and that of poplar wood, not only would the interior, where the steam engine and crew are placed, be perfectly inaccessible to the effect of either red hot or cold shot, but by reason of the barrel-like form of the vessel it would present in most positions no sur face favourable to shot taking effect; and as the means of propulsion would consist of a suitable compact steam engine, of the most simple construction, and • screw propeller sub merged some ten or twelve feet below water, both the crew and machinery would be quite out of harm's way. 4. As respects the construction of the shell, it would be of the meet simple chancier, being somewhat in the brat of a huge thimble, or somewhat similar to the Minie rifle ball, containing a suitable charge of powder, and having • selfiesploding cap at the breech end, and the shell so arranged in the chamber of the mortar as that the meshing action resulting on the protruding end of the shell being brought in contact with the hull of the enemy, the selfiesploding cap is thereby forced is contact with the breech of the mortar, and the shell instantly explodes in contact with the side of the enemy, into which it tears its way, leaving a hole as wide as a church door. The result to the enemy 1 leave to imagination to picture. The instant before contact it would be well to reverse the engine, so as to Week off and leave the enemy to his well aimed fate. The Abell would be encased in a copper water-tight ease, so that it might be placed in the chamber of the mor- MT. and remain there tie feet under water-line for years without injury of any kind, ready fur action whenever it was wanted. Were our harbours provided with two or throe of these Elating mortars, which could be brought into action at any time with half-an-hour's notice, I am confident that no in vading enemy would dare to insult our shores, as any attempt on h s part to take up nosition and proceed to dis charge troops would be followed with certain destruction from the first tap of the prow of the floating mortar. A very few thousand pounds wouhl test, in the most Complete and satisfeiltory manner, the correctness and ste ms of tbis proposed simple means of defending our coast from all invading enemies, and I trust some suitable means will be &Herded, by a must full and complete demonstration of the efficiency of what I have proposed, for the protection sail service of my country. I am, yours most respectfully, JAMBS Bridgewater Foundry Patricroft, near Manchester, Jan. 4. EITRAORDINAItY MARRIAGE.-1 eaterdny morning a most 'unordinary MAO was presented at the church of St. Peter's, Walwortk. In King's-row, Walworth, a small building ordinarily used as a cooper's shop, is °melon- Illy occupied as a sort of chapel by a congregation akin to the followers of the late Johanna Southeote. The leader of this band, an elderly female named Vaughan, deemed it advisable to become betrothed to a young man named Pea sock, said to be one of the priesthood of the above sect. Accordingly, yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, a proces sion was formed and se t in motion towards St. Peter 's Church, some of the males wore jackets of light material, others a species of coronet, and several singular-looking while around the waist and across the shoulders of most were polished leather and other bands and belts, in scribed with, apparently, cabalistic and zodiacal characters.' the females, about 12 in number, were attired in white, with various singular decorationi, and from the head of each depended lung showy veils. la this singular procession were borne 16 various bannera,comprising the stand .rd of England, the union jack, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel, one of the sun, and one of the moon and stars. In the ! midst of theye was a sort of shepherd's crook, and the bride- ! groom, who, together with his venerable companioo, headed the procession, bore on his shuulder species of mace, surmounted by a crimson velvet cap with gold fringe. On reaching the church porch the bridal oarty were compelled, by order of the minister, to deposit their flags, &c. The 4 ( 9 % F P. Statham, the incumbent, performed the mar rta,ze ceremony, ard the entry in the register at the vestry was John Clearlight Peacock Peacock, aged thirty years, married to Elisabeth Fairlight Vaughan, aged airy years. At the eonclusion the bride conversed very freely with the Rev. Minister, whom she urgently endeavoured to convert, declaring that it had been resealed to her that she was to introduce Shiloh to the world. The procession then de part, din the same order as it arrived, amidst the hooting, hughter, and jeering of the assembled crowd. REPRESENTATION OF YARMOUTH. (Abridged from the Norwich Mercury of Saturday.) On Tuesday evening a large meeting of liberal electors was held at Great Yarmouth, to hear a statement from Ur. W. T. bt'Cullagh, one of the candidates fur the representation at the general election in July last, relative to the rejeeioa on let hoical grounds of the petition which he had presented against the return of tae sitting members for the borough. G. D. PALMIR, Esq., J.P., was called to the chair. Mr. DITIILL•GIe after giving an account of the way in which the election petition had gone off through a decision of the Examiner of liecognisances, that there was an S too little in that document (as already explained in the parliamentary reports), went on to give a free criti cises of the proceedings of the past session of parliament He said the experience of the last election must satisfy them that there can be no effectual guarantee against attacks on free trade and against any increase of taxation, but • thorough and comprehensive reform of the present' electoral system. (Cheers.) Now he should be disguising the truth from them if he hesitated to say that they were not all agreed as reformers about the mea sures of reform wanted. No such thing. Some of them went faster and further than o.hers ; but, after the experi ence of the last election, he thought all were of this opinion —that the present spurn is rotten to the core, and that they could never be safe against imposition in the shape of taxes till a larger shale of the representatiun is made perfectly amenable to public opinion. They had a largo number of boroughs for which men are retuned who render no account, except through their pens .1, to their constituents; and even in this town, with 1,264) electors, it was possible, by unjust means, to obtain a numerical majority for men who do not express the real sent/iv:its of the people. (Hear, hear.) The present government had notified its intention to bring in "• " new henna Bill; but "a " is an indefinite article. Twelve mouths ago a proposition was made to change the present 101. franchise into a 61. franchise, tested by the rates ; that is, that every man who is rated at 61 should have a vote. That looked at first sight as if it wou:d double the suffrage ; but when they came to examine it, they would find that • 6?. rating qualification would do very much less than double the present electoral body. The 51. rating might be taken as some thing equivalent to a 71. 10e. rent ; and one of his friends thought that in that town the 51. rating franchise would add between 300 and 400 only to the constituency. Others think it would add more ; but he was not prepared to lay before them any calculations at the pre sent moment, though probably they would only confirm him in his opinion on the subjeet. No addition of mere numbers to the constituency would, in his opinion, emanci pate the town completely, hnally, and for ever from undue practices, unless they had the same determination which they showed six months ago to resist that system of com pulsion and overbearing influences which would fall power- Wes to the dust if they were only unanimous in setting their loess against it. They would disheartcu their opponents mere effectually by one unanimous stand—such as the 526 met who voted fur the liberal cause at the last election made—and enable the legislature, by so doing, more speedily to pass a reform bill, which would emancipate them for the rest of their natural lives from the thraldom which they now endured than by adopting any other course. But their position now was this, that without any expres sion of feeling on the sentiments professed by their present members, without their having ventured on a reply to the charges made against them, without their having ventured upon a public meeting, or tried their strength by any con ceivable means known by the law and by the constitution, they have carried the election, and become their represen tatives—one cypher against another cypher. (Cheers.) This is au old town, a town of historic recollections, and a town whose namo is known in the annals of the country. This is a town capable of great improve ment, and possessing among its inhabitants great energy and great wealth. This is a town con taining more inhabitants than the great majority of town* in the eastern counties, and possessing men as capable and as willing to do great things. Then why was it that while Providence had blessed them with precious openings for their industry, the town was so slow in recovering from the depression which change of times had inflicted upon it? Why was it that their politi cal improvement seemed to be retarded ? Why was it that they should forget that their neighbours were combining together, and expending money in other and better ways than in endeavouring to cajole their poorer brethren into doing what their consciences did not approve, and in seek ing to trip up inquiries instituted in consequeace ; and then when men are seeking an investigation, saying, " You n meant anything by this inquiry ; if you did, why do you not go on ?" The next election mightcome sooner than any body here could predict. (Cheers) If they thought:this parliament w. s going to last its natural term—if they thought that their present members are whatYarmouth wants to represent her properly, then, of course, let them do nothing; but if, on the contrary, they thought they had made some mistake, if they thought that their seats were not so very secure after all, then let them bid their silent members to go and vote, and agree to the exposure which should be made good against them, and then they should see who had the victory. He would not give six months' purchase fur either of those expensive seats for Yarmouth. Ile meant those expensive seats which the opponents of the liberals bought for Mr. Rumbold and SW RA. mund Lacers. The parliament elected under such mega as the last was doomed. What did Sir James Graham sap upon the hustings the other day at Carlisle ? A fellow asked him its the crowd, "Are you in favour of triennial parliaments ?" Sir James replied, "Yes, and oftener if need be. You have elected me before in the course of the present year, and before it is out, you will very likely have to elect me again, so that will be three times in twelve months." This was a pleasant way of putting it, and it may come sooner than their leaders could calculate. As far as he was coneerged, he should leave no stone un turned. From the last and ultimate decision against the petition he should persevere, as long as he bad health, to recover those forfeited rights out of which he had been conned ; and if it should happen that he ultimately met with success in that endeavour—if it should happen that he succeeded in seeing their petition gained—then he told them that if they were not tired of him he was not tired of them. If they wanted him they knew where to find him. But let them emancipate the town, and free R from the stigma which had been cast upon it, and which had made the name of Yarmouth a bye-word and a reproach. Resolutions were adopted expressing the approval of the meeting of the steps taken by Mr. IPCullagb, denouncing any extension of the house tax to these classes who already attribute more than their fair share to the public revenue, taelaring the impolicy of postponing the reform of our re poseatative system, and in favour of the ballot. RAILWAYS TO THE NORTH OF DEVON. According to the bill deposited on the 31st of De cember fur the Plymouth, Tavistock, Okehampton, North Devon, and Exeter Railway Company, of which Mr. Thomas Gill is the chairman, and according to the subscrip tion contract with which it is accompanied, it appears that after all the company are in the present session only going for a line from Plymouth to Tavistock. The acme of the more extended line is retained on the act, and therefore it may be presumed to be intended to seek the extension to the north of Devon at some future time. The capital, in stead of being as advertised 600,0001., is reduced to 260,0001., and the directors are Thomas Gill, Esq., S. C. Ramlyn, Esq., M. Lopes, Esq., A. B. Saville, isq., J. Crotch, Esq., and E. Pearse. Five directors, whose names were on the prospectus, gentlemen and met eianu of Plymouth, are omitted. The subscription con• Diet is for 162,4401. This change, the reasons for which mre at present only with the directors, is much regretted by very many persons who gave the preference to the exten sion scheme over the one, merely for a line to Tavistock, supported by the South Devon directors, because they de sired railway communication between Plymouth and the north of Devon ; and still more, because they were satisfied that it was of importance to have another line of rail- way between Plymouth and Exeter, and thereby with the north and the metropolis, than the South Devon, which they regard, from the peculiar character of its construction, as unequal to the traffic which ought to pass over it. This view, the effects of the late plea upon the South Devon Railway had very much strengthened. As it is, we have now two companies with schemes for lines to Tavistock— one, the South Devon and Tavistock Company, the interest of whose promoters it will be to stop at Tavistock, or seek the north of Devon in a westerly direction, so as to prevent com petition with the South Devon ; and the other an indepen dent local company, the Plymouth, Tavistock, Okehampton. North Devon and Exeter Railway Company, three out of the directors of which, S. Calmody Egg., Ableony Bouchier ,Saville, Esq., and James Crotch, Esq., are residents, and exclusively interested in seeing the line extended to the north of Devon and Exeter by way of Okehampton. There can, therefore, be no doubt as to which company is likely in the long run to furnish the great desideratum of railway communication between the English and the Bristol Channels at Plymouth and Bide ford, and at the same time with the means of getting on from Plymouth to London without being at the mercy of the elements on the South Devon. It is to be hoped that mem hers of parliament will make themselves fully acquainted with the merits, present and prospective, of the respective schemes before sanctioning either. SrDDIN DEATH AT DERBT.—We regret to have to record the sudden death of W. Eaton' Mousley, Esq. It appears that gentleman bad been on business to Notting ham, and on bia return, about three o'clock, he walked from the railway station home, Galling on Mr. Oisborne, his medical attendant, who was out. On reaching hit own residence, he complained to his butler of pain in his sheet, and difficulty of breathing, and desiretk some hot tea to be sent him. The servant noticing Mr. Mousley's indisposi tion, had sent for Mr. Oiemrne and Mr. Fearn, bat though they arrived is leas than five minutes, life was extinct.— ' Derby Courier. A WILD BOAR.—A person named Henry, deputy mayor of Mittelwihr, was returning last week from Munt set.heim in a cabriolet, when he observed a wild boar break cover, followed by a dog. Immediately unharnessing his horse from the vehicle, and snatching up a pickole belong ing to a man employed in repairing the road, he set off on his horse in pursuit of the animal. Coming up with it after a time, he alighted and gave it a powerful blow nn the head. The boar, however, continued its way, and Henry was obliged to again get cn horseback and pursue it. Again overtaking it, ho renewed his attack with the pickaxe, and was this time aided by a sportsman 6ont Muntembeim, who at last killed the animal by shooting it in the ear.— Otelignacti. 1 . 1 E EXPRESS, TUES!)A Y EVENING. JANUARY 11, 1853 THE POOR-LAW BOARD'S PROHIBITORY OItDER. A general meeting of eeputations of boards of guardians and others was held yesterday afternoon, at the Albion Hotel, Manehs-ster, with a view to taking further proceedings " to obtain the passing of some law preventing the Poor-law Board hereafter issuing orders on point. con nected with poor law administration which practically make new law, and greatly intethre with the discretion and in dependence of the boards of guardians." Mr. Jco. Hour, of Stubbylee, near Bacup, chairman of the committee ap pointed at a meeting un the 25th October last, at the same place, presided. Amunest the gentlemen present was Mr. Cobbett, M.P. for Oldham. The CHMEWAS, in opening the proceedings, stated that he had received letters from Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., Mr. Townley Parker, M.P., Mr. Jas. Heywood, M.P., and Mr. Miall, M.P., expre.sing their regret at being unable to be present. Mr. Cheeth4m, M.P., had promised to attend before the proceedings ter minated, if it should be in his power to do so; and Mr. Cobbett, M.P., was already there. Mr. Brown, in hie letter, suggested that there was greater probability of the success of their movement, now that Mr. Baines had suc ceeded Sir John Trullope in the chair of the Poor-law Board. Mr. ROI:1E1M, attorney, Rochdale, secretary, read the following report of the committee appointed at the general meeting of deputations from boards of guardians, rate payers, and others, held at the Albion Hotel, Manchester, the 25th day of October, 18.52, to obtain the revocation of the order of the Poor-law Board dated 25th August, 1552. " The committee proceeded, shortly after their appoint ment, to discharge the first and principal duty which was entrustal to them, namely, the selection of a deputation to wait upon the Poor-law Board, when they fixed upon the following gentlemen:—Mr. John Holt, Rico?, chairman; Mr. Samuel Fielden, Todmorden ; Mr. Benj. Hawkridge, Nottingham; Mr. W. I'. Phillips, Chorlton ; Mr. J. Mid dleton, Kingston-upon-Hull ; Mr. Charles Tee, Barnsley; Mr. Henry Brown, Bradford, Yorkshire; Mr. A. B. \Vim penny, Ashton-under.Lyne ; Mr. Matthew Syket, Rudders field; Mr. Oswald Dickin, Oldham; Rey. Joshua Fawcett, ' North Bierley, near Bradford ; Rev. Wm. Badnall, West Derby, Liverpool. The deputation assembled at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, Westminster, on the evening of Mon day, the 22nd of November last, in order to discuss and arrange the preliminaries of an interview with the Poor-law Board, which Sir John Trollope, the president, had ap pointed for the Wednesday following. " On the 23rd, the deputation held a conference, at which they were favoured with the attendance of several members of parliament, and were also joined by deputations from the Norwich, Gateshead, and Strand Unions. On the following day, the 24tb, the interview with the Poor-law Board took place at Owydyr-house, Whitehall, and the committee con sider that they cannot better report this interview than in the following extract from the Time newspaper of the 25th of November lot:—' A large deputation, emanat'ng Dem a meeting held in Manchester on the 25th of October last, bad an interview by appointment with Sir John Trollope at the Poor-law Office yesterday, the 24th of November, 1852, fur the purpose 01 requesting the total and immediate revocation of the prohibitory order issued by the Poor-law Board on the 25th of August last, on the ground ' that it can only bear cried out through the sacrifice of all discre tion and humanity by boards of guardians, and the sur render of all right of control or opinion by the ratepayers.' " The deputation was introduced by Mr. Heywood. M.P., and was accompanied by Mr. Townley Parker, Mr. John Walter, M.P. Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Hindley, M.P., Mr. Ilia, M.P., Viscount Goderich, M.P., Mr. Cbeetham, M.P., Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. Cobbett, M.P., Mr. llutt, Mr Warner, M.P., Mr. Crawshay M.P., Mr. Crowley, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Brown, M.P. Mr. Clay, M.P. Sir George Goodman, M.P., Mr. West:head, M.P., Mr. 'H. G. Liddell, M.P., Mr. Milligan, M.P. The deputation consisted of the fullowipg gentle men :—Mr. John Holt, of Stubbylee, ex officio member of Rochdale Board of Guardians; the Rev. Joshua Fawcett, of the North Bierley Board of Guardians • Mr. Dickin and Mr. Little, Oldham ; Mr. Hawkridge, N ottingham; Mr. Middleton, Hull; Mr. C. Tee, Barni ley ; Mr. Brown, Bradford; Mr.Wimpenny , Ashton-under-Lyne ; Mr. Sykes, Huddersfield; Mr. Lewis, Mr. George, and Mr. Fitcher, Strand Union; Mr. Wicks and Mr. Bailey, Norwich; Mr. Garbutt and Mr. Wilkinson, Gateshead ; also of Mr. Fiel den, Mr. Burdett, Mr. Kay Clegg, and Mr. Roberts. The deputation represented unions containing upwards of 2,000,000 of population. " The several gentlemen who addressed Sir John Trol lope called his attention to the strong and decided objec tions that are felt to the order in various unions with which they are connected. They also went into consider. able detail to show the nature of the objections, and the unsatisfactory and harsh manner in which the various arti cles in the order are expected to operate. They complained greatly of the order interfering so largely with the discre tion of boards of gg uardians, and assured Sir John Trollope that, if the order is attempted to be enforced, the feeling against it is so strong that, after the year of office of the present elected guardians expires, gentlemen will lot be found who are willing to accept the duty. Different mem bers of the deputation also pointed out how liable to abuse and how unsatisfactory relief in kind must ever be in large and populous unions. The deputation also strongly urged the mischief of, and directed the attention of the Poor-law Board to the unjust and unnecessary severity of article 5, which prohibits relief being given to any able-bodied male person while he is employed for wages or other hire or remuneration. The deputation also stated the objections of the boards of guardians to Article 10, which requires the slightest deviation from any of the preceding articles to be reported to the Poop-law Board within 15 days, and which, the deputation submitted, was an in,ult ing interference with the powers of guardians, and tended to add to the degrading position in which the other parts of the order placed them. But the great mid leading objection urged upon the Poor-law Board was that the whole order interferes with, and, in short, so totally annihilates the dis cretion and independence of guardians, that no intelligent and independent gentleman will accept the office of guar dian if it is entorced. "Sir John Trollope replied at considerable length to the observations of the deputation, and commenced by thank ing them for the courteous and candid manner in which they had stated their objections, and asked the deputa tion to give the Poor-law Board the same credit as to the motives by which they were actuated as the members of the deputation claimed for themselves. Ile called the attention of the deputation to the fact that there are up wards of 600 unions in England and Wales under their superintendence, and that this order is already in operation in 500 of them; and that, therefore, this order was not anything new, and that in these 000 unions the order was found to work beneficially' both to the rate payer and rate receiver: that one great object of the order was to teach the poor habits of self-dependence, and that they might lease to join benefit clubs, and lay up small sums of money in savior' banks, in order to provide against temporary de pression and other unforeseen casualties. That Article 1 the Poor-law Board would not be unwilling to relax in cases of hardships; and, as to Article 5, Sir John Trollops spoke at some length, and referred to the abuses existing, prior to the Poor-law Amendment Act, of giving relief is aid of wages ; that it was • subject that had frequently been discussed in parliament ; and that it was very hard to make a man very little better off than the person relieved pay towards the support of the latter. Sir John Trellope, in answer to observations as to Article 6 being im practicable, stated that the Poor-law Board did not intend the setting up of pauper labour against independent labour, or that the former should in any way be brought into competition with the latter; and that their opinion was that it would be more satisfactory to the poor man, as well as to the ratepayer, that the former should be employed and not eat the bread of idleness ; and that the most suitable employment would be the sweeping of streets and the preparing of materiels fur repairs of roads. Sir Jobn Trollope also further explained that Article 10 was intended to bring the Poor-law Board and boards of guar dians into more harmonious working, and to provide for particular hardships that might arise under the other arti cles. That the Poor-law Beard were always ready to hear and consider applications of all kinds, and that they al ways listened and attended to all complaints. That the complaint of the lowest pauper would not be unattended to, and that their door was always open. "In answer toe question from Mr. Cobbett, Sir John Trollops assured the deputation that boards of guar dians should be held harmless to the present time, and that instructions should be given to the auditors accordingly. And at the conclusion Sit John Trollops promised that • writ•en reply should be forwarded to the deputation in the course of a few days. " The deputation were not favoured with the promised reply until the 17th day of December last, and when re ceived by their chairmen, it consisted of the substituted order of the Poor-law Board of the 14th day of December last, and of the instructional letter accompanying the same, together with an official letter from Lord Courtenay, their secretary, to the chairman of the deputation. As both the substituted order and the instructional letter have been officially transmitted to each board of guardians, to which the order relates, the committee consider it 'mammary to set out the details of these papers in this report. " The Poor-law Board, however, notwithstanding the representations made by the deputation, have not repealed their order of the 25th of August last. This meeting is therefore called by the committee to proceed to carry set the resolution of the meeting of the 25th of October last, which pledged the gentlemen then present, in ease the de putation should not succeed in obtaining a total and imme diate repeal of that order, in their respective localities, forth with to get up petitions to parliament, to pass an act to pre vent the Poor-law Board from hereafter issuing orders, which are new laws, and which take away the discretion and independence of boards of guardians. " The committee cannot conclude without directing atten tion to the mischievous a• .d unconstitutional nature of this legislation by boards--What was legal yesterday, becomes il:egal to-morrow; and that which was deemed right by 411 fair reasoning men becomes, by the issue of • sheet of paper with a red seal, without public discussion or public control, a proscribed proceeding. In matters of infinitely less tin portance, in order for instance to protect from cruelty or unnecessary suffering the brute creation, whenever it is accessary to interfere, the House of Commons proceeds to consider the question ; a bill is read a first time, and • sscond time, and fully debated; a committee sits upon its provisions, and it is read again after numerous ament.inents, and passed. the wisdom of the House of Peers is after wards called fully to scrutinise the measure, and the bill undergoes again • similar ordeal; and, Last of a.l, the Queen has to give her sanction before it becomes law. And all this, extending perhaps over the space of a six months session, has to be done before the general law can be altered in the el ghttst particular. But in reference to cases of thousands of our fellow creatures who require relief, and to six hundred poor law unions, e ich containing for its guard , fans men of station and experience, three officials ite Lon don can tit down, and frame an order, sign their names to *I a. ...-.. .- -..-- it, dB: their seal and send I. forth possessing all the power, and backed by all the paina and penalut sof an act of par liament. Such tyranny, in the minion of your committee, i► intolerable, and requires the immediate al:erAtinn of the legislature, as was decided at the meeting on the 2.5 th Octo ber last. " The committee have to report that they have received the following subscriptiona :—From the Rochdale uaion, 101.; Oldham, WI.; Huddersfield, 101.; Burnley, 101. ; Salford, 101.; Ashton-ender-Lyne union. 101.; Bradf.ed union, 101. ; Bury, 101.; North Bitrly, 101. ; Todmorden, 101.; Blackburn, Sl. 75.; Barnsley, of. ; Dewsbury, 51.; Wigan, 51.; Hull Incorporation, 10/.; Samuel Fichien, Esq., 101.; Chorley, 61.; Nottingham, 10/.; Pernstoue, 31. The committee will forward an account of their spec diture to the unions which have subscribed. Of course they rely on receiving subscriptions from the several other unions that attended the meeting on the 25th of October last, but which have not yet been remitted. " Ica conclusion, the committee beg to express their con fident expectation, that the vigorous prosecution of this movement will result in mating the law fixed and certain, until altered by an enactment of parliament itself; so that the guardians, who have the confidence of the ratepayers, and who have been appointed by them and intrusted with the spending of their money in relieving toe poor, may possess and exercise that discretion and independence necessary for the satisfactory discharge of their important duties, unfettered by the disturbing interference of an absent, and therefore necessarily a circumstantially unin formed, board in Louden, or their similarly situated sub ordinates in tie country.—Signed on behalf of the com mittee. " Joust HOLT, Chairman. " 10th January, 1653." The CHAIRMAN said the order issued by the Poor-law Board on the 14th of December, as a substitute for the one which they bad so much complained of, contained silt, ra tions only in article.: 1,3, and 10. The variation was cull sidtrable in article 1, sligb t in article 3, and, in his opinion, of no moment whatever in article 10. A few of the unions which had joined this movement, which was originated on the 25th of October, professed to be satisfied with the amended order, but he confessed they had a much finer vision for a difference than any he could lay claim to ; and, if it was only fur these attentions tiiat they had made so much exertion, it was an exemplification of the old saying, " great cry and little wool." (Hear, hear.) The poor were in much the same position as they were before the alteration; and that graver matter, by which the guardians themselves were insulted, the undue interference of the central authority, was left undetermined. Ali in dependence and discretion was denied them, and the utmost they were able to do, even when circum stances, and humanity, and kind feeling required that they should act in violation of any of the a,tieles of this order, was that they were allowed to do so for 21 ells, on condition of reporting what they had done, and ceasing to do it if desired by the Poor-law Baud. lie was glad to cor rect what he had said at a former meeting, as to the proba bility of the late members of the Poor-law Board having found the obnoxious orders prepared by their predecessors in office, for he had Mr. Beines's private assurance that it was not so, and that they would never have been issued if ho had remained at the head of the board. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. BUTLER moved the adoption and circula tion of the report. Mr. CROSSLY, of Todmorden, seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. J. CORBETT moved the next resolution, which was as follows :—" That the commit:cc to be this day appointed are directed to select a deputation to obtain ea iuterview with T. Baines, Esq., M.P., who has recently been re- , appointed Presiocat of the Poor-law Board, on the resigna tion of Sir John Trullope, in order to urge the total and immediate repeal of the order of the 14th December last, and, in accordance with the resolution passed at the meet ing held at this hotel, on the 26th of October lust, to apply to parliament in the present session for an act to prevent the Poor-law Board frum Leming orders which are new laws, and take away the discretion and independence of boards of guardiane." The Rev. JosatiA FAwerri seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. LIVESET proposed the next resolution: " That the several districts and unions represented at this meeting, as well as the country generally, be requested to petition par liament immediately to withdraw from the Poor-law Board the unconstitutional power now exercised by it of making laws, which power only belongs to parliament itself—and this power parliament has no right to delegate." Mr. HAWKILIDOE, of Nottingham, seconded the motion, and it was agreed to. Mr. MIDDLETON, of Hull, moved—" That a committee, to consist of the following gentlemen, and also of one gentleman to be nominated by each board of guardians taking an interest iu this movement, be and is terehy ap pointed to carry out and promote the decision of this meet ing, with power to add to their numbers; three to bo a quorum; and with full authority to exercise their discre tion as to the means to be adopted in the accomplishment of this object, and ,with power at any time to con vene another meeting of deputations from boards of guardians, ratepayers, and others, at such time and place aa the committee shall think desirable." He thought the present poor-law system not only took from the guardians of the poor a proper discretionary power as to relief, but did their work at an immense cost in an inferior manner. _ _ ..... Mr. Joitte SHACKLETON, of Penis'one, seconded the 'no tion, which seas carried unanimously. Mr. Bwoww, of Bradford, moved the fifth resolution : "'that the thanks of this meeting be given to the members of parliament who honoured the deputation with their attendance at Gwydyr-house, and for the support and attention which they gave to the deputation when in town, and that those honourable gentlemen be respectfully re quested to favour the movement with their continued sup port, and that the especial thanks of the meeting be given to John Margan Cubbet", Esq., M.P., for his attendance here this day, and for the services that he has rendered to the objects of this movement." Mr. PARUIe seconded the resolution, and it was adopted with applause. A vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and this concluded the proceedings. GREAT COURT OF WARDMOTE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor and aldermen, and principal City officers, assembled at Guildhall for the pur pose of holding the annual Great Court of War!mote, for the reception of the presentments of the inquests of the dif ferent wards of the City. Inquests of several wards made presentments to the effece that proceedings should not be adopted against small tradesmen until those pending against tradesmen in exten sive business should be decided upon. Several obstructions were also presented, and complaints were made against persons for having refused to serve the office of inquest men. In all instances the Lord Mayor informed the fore men that the Court of Wardmote would make the neces sary returns to the Court of Aldermen, who would doubt less pay due attention to them. The foreman of the ward of Coleman-street, in handing in the presentment of that ward, said that his brethren complained of being called upon to examine upon their oaths the weights and measures of the tradespeople at the same time that they were told of the appointment of officers for the performance of that duty. They considered the oath te be inconsistent with the duties absolutely required of them. The Lord Mayor said the extended condition of trade re quired that new officers should be appointed to assist in the performance of the very necessary duties, but that appoint ment did not render the obligation on the activity of the inquests less necessary. Alderman HUNTER said the city authorities bad appointed efficient paid officers to prevent the impositions which bad been so extensively practised upon their fellow citizens by means of false weights and measures, but the inquests mutt not therefore suppose that their functions were superseded. The FOREMAN said that in all probability the paid officers would be better able to check the evil effectively, but the existence of the power in two differently constituted authorities, by neither of which any control over the other could be exercised, appeared to be quite inconsistent. The LORD MAYOR—YOU may depend upon it that it is duty which cannot be dispensed with. You have just as much to do with the business as if no paid inspectors had been appointed. The k OILZMAN of Cornhill Word, in making the present men, from that office, put in a protest against the annual call upon the citizens of London as inquestmea, upon the obvious ground that the institution had become wholly un necessary. (A laugh.) The FORMAN of \Valbrook Ward called the attention of the great court of wardmoto to three betting-houses within the ward, and was assured by his lordship that the most resolute and active means should be adopted for the suppression of such nuisances. The court then adjourned. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN FRANnE.—On Saturday last MM. Recordon and llugand, protestant ministers, sen tenced to 16f. fine and costs, by the tribunal of Troyes, for having made part, as chiefs and directors, of an association of upwards of 20 persons, who assembled on stated days, at Estimac, for religious purposes, appealed against that decision to the Imperial Court of Pieria On Saturday their case came before the court, when their advocate, M. Rerthelin, stated that the persons who somposed the meeting were bona fide protestant', that the two ministers had been invested by the General Consistory of Meaux with the necessary powers, and that the com munity had been actually installed by the authorities in the hall of one of the municipal buildings. When the new mayor was appointed, in 1152, they had been de prived of the use of that hall, and obliged to remove to the house of a carpenter, named &day, where they continued to meet until the 13th June, wh. n the prefect of the de partment ordered their meeting place to be closed. M. Ber thelin argued that since the various consiittit:ol3ll which had succeeded each other in France since 17:9 had established the principle of liberty of worship, the special permission of the governmeut was not requisite in a car• like this. M. Genial, the Attorney-General, ile'ethled the deciCon of the Court of Troyes, contending that those protestant.; were socialists, who assumed the mask of religion to disguise their subversive designs, and that the priucipl of freedom of conscience had nothing to do iu the case. The Imperial Court rejected the appeal, and c)nlirmed the decision of the first judges. IMPORTATION OF OPIUSL—There has been an in crease in the importatiuu of opium both in tee alunthly and yearly periuds,as appears (rum the nttieial ;Lea:aunts just printed. Ia the month endi d the sth December, 1850, there were 4,432ib5. imported ; in the like period of 1831, 19,1881b5. ; and in the same period of but year 55,274115. In the eleven months of the three years the importations were respectively 99,28611 w., L 0,7271135., and 196,416145. IRELAND DUBLIN. JAN. 10. In a letter addressed to the TownCe7nLissiorers of Galway, Mr. Keogh, the new Solicitur-Gen , ml, returns thanks for the congratulations of that body upon his acceptance of office, adding that they (the commis sioners) are perfectly correct in anticipating an on ward policy from the present government, notwith standing that it is the interest of a few factious men to prophecy to the contrary. The Lord Lieutenant has appointed the Rev. W. J. H. Lefanu, Rector of St. Paul's, one of his Ex cellency's Chaplains, and Assistant-Chaplain to the Very Rev. the Dean of the Chapel Royal. The weekly organs of the Tenant League are stilt so much engrossed with their indignation and resent ment against the luckless Irish members who have taken office, that they can devote little or no atten tion to any other subject; and hence the Tablet, Nation, and Freeman are filled this week, as they were last week, with attacks upon Messrs. Keogh and Sadleir, Mr. O'Flaherty coming in fur his share of the abuse, on the supposition that if not ac'ually in office he was seeking to bo so. The Collector-General has declared the rate for 1853 to be 7s. fid. in the pound upon the yearly rated value of the city of Dublin. The Tablet says it has authority to deny the state ment that Lougheooter Castle had been resold by the nuns. The sale may not have been vet completed, but that it was understood to have taken place a few days since, and that, too, at the instance of Arch bishop Cullen, is quite certain. A ►ocal conservative journal states that the peti tion against Mr. Keogh's return for Athlone has been withdrawn, to remove the obstsele to his ap pearing again before the constituents tor re-election, but threatens him with a determined opposition, both on the part of the tories and of a section of the liberals. The Limerick _Reporter, referring to Mr. Monsell's re-election, says : There is not the slightest symptom of opposition to the return of Mr. Monsen on the part of any section or patty in the county of Limerick. The general esteem in ss Inch the hon. gentleman is personally held by those who dillsr from him politically and religiously, press-uts anything in the shape of a factious display by MS opponents ; whilst by the catholic clergy his advent to place is generally regarded us a favourable omen, and by the people he is goo:rally ad mired for integrity of purpose. Wednesday nes: is fixed for the nomination. Mr. Hughes, Q.C., the Solicitor-General for Ire land under the Earl of Clarendon's Government, has addressed the following letter to the .Erening Poe, in answer to some unfounded statements about him self, made in the current controversy about office taking : Lower Fitewilliam-street, Ath January, 1853. Sir,—My attention has been directed to an art:ele in the Evening of last night, in which the following para graph occurs:—" Mr. Hughes took the office (the So:Witor- Gtnerabliip), as it iv well understood, on the express con dition that, should any violation of the law then contem plated against Papal aggression he attempted by the members of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, he would not shrink from his duty as a public prosecutor." 1 beg leave to sav, the the statement that 1 accepted 0118 •c on the o ditiou above mentioned, or on any other condition, is alto gether unfounded and untrue. I believe that, at the time of my appointment as Solicitor-General, no law on the subject referred to was contemplated ; and I can state, as a matter within my own knowledge, that no stipulation on that or any other subject was proposed or suggested to me, and that I accepted office untrammeled by any c nulition or terms whatever.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, HENRY GEOROR HLOHES. A reward of 1001. has been offered by government for the detection of the murderer of Hugh Cowley, steward to Miss Crawford of Fortwilliatn, in the county of Tipperary. The Limerick Chronicle has the following satisfac tory statistics on tho progressive improvement of the port of Limerick: Net Cuatoure Revenue fur the year 1852, viz Quarter ended April 5 Ditto July 5 38,143 8 4 Ditto October 10 38 ,660 V' 6 Ditto Joao:try 3, 18.53 Total L 153,088 9 4 On goods cx warehouse direct, princi pally sugar, there is an increase of.. £1,82) 11 8 And on tobacco, ex warehouse removed 3,161 11 3 Total Against which there is a decrease on imports, consisting chiefly of " bread stuff's," amounting to £6.097 19 5 But this latter feature is also an indication of the return ing prosperity of the country, from the revival of the na tural productions of cur own soil, There are now four powerful screw steamers, viz. Holyruod, European, Secret, and Rose—belonging to the Limerick, London, and Scam Ship Company, which will open up the trade be tween these two ports, calling at the intermediate ports in the Channel. Both the European and the Rose cocoon• tered the storms on their passage from London, with the wind a-head, of the 25th and 27th ult. The Rose, the smallest of the four, gallantly weathered the Blaskets in the very height of the hurricane of the 27th, proving toe superiority of the Shannon as a Transatlantic packet sta tion in the worst of weather. _ _ The following statement has reference to the trade of Dublin for the past week : The customs' duties for the week are 13,000/. against 1.5,7001. last year, showing an improvement of 2,3001. The amounts respectively are —tea, 7,800'.; sugar, raw, 2,3001., refined, 4001.; wine, tobacco, 4,5001. The total revenue for the year shows again a slight increase on the previous year. The amounts are as follow :-1852, 923,000/.; 1351, 904,0001. ; 18.50, 883,0001. The increase is chiefly under the head of tea and refined sugar. THE CONVICT KIRWAN. The Dublin Express publishes a statement, com piled from the depositions already sworn in the new charge against the convict Kirwan. The police are still making active inquiries into the particulars of the crime, or rather series of crimes, with which Kirwan stands accused, but it is understood that fur ther legal steps are still necessary before the entire of the facts can be brought before the public. The present charge is one of a conspiracy to murder, and the following statement from the Express discloses some very singular passages in the career of the con vict : The new informations have been taken in the case of Mrs. Downes Bayer against William Burke Kirwan and others, for conspiring to rob and murder William Downes Bayer, a miniature painter. It appears that in the commencement of the year 1636 Mr. William Downes Boyer resided with his wife in the house No. 4, Middle Mountjoy-street, and that up to that period, having been married for upwards of 20 years, they lived on terms of the most perfect mutual affection. Mr. Boyer was a miniature painter, and had a collection of va luable pictures and other works of art. He became ac quainted with Kirwan in the month of May, 1836, and fre quently invited him to his house ; and at this period Kir wan resided in Parnell-place, and also occupied two top ' rooms in the house of Mr. Walsh, the dyer, in South King street, where he carried on the profession of anatomical draughtsman, but was principally occupied in colouring the Ordnance survey maps for the Dublin government agents. About October, 1836, be induced Mr. B iyer to pay • visit to his house, and his father and himself, together with two sisters, one of whom has since died, it is alleged entered into a conspiracy to destroy the life of the old artist, who was then upwards of 60 years of age and to get possession of his preperty, which was considerable. When Mr. Boyer had been about three weeks residing with Kirwan (who during this period endeavoured, with too much success, by every means to alienate him from his wife, by concocting unjust and unfounded accusations against her), the latter persuaded the old man to consent to hand all his property, including his bank book, containing receipts for lodgments to the amount of 2,5001., over to him; and these were transferred to Kirwan's house in Parnell-place, from whence they were subsequently removed to Fleet-street, and from thence to D'Olier-street. The manner in which the pictures, furniture, aad other property were removed from Mouatjoy-strcet, where Mr. Boyer's wife resided, is net the least remarkable feature in the cue. Kirwan and seven or tight of his companions proceeded, between the hours of one and two o'clock in the morning, to the resi dence of Mrs. Boyer, to which they gained admission on the plea that they had been sent by her husband ; the lady and her servant girl were locked up by them in one of the apartments, bud Cie house was completely (camel of every article arsine. For this burglarious offence Kirwan was prosecutol and trial before the recorder, and was ac• quitted on a technical point of law. At this time Kirwan had in his employment several young men, some of whom he took out of the Royal Dublin Society's Schools, and en gaged at mere tzitling salaries to colour maps; and it is well known that, when unable or unwilling to liquidate 'he lawful demands that:these assistants made against hint for payment, he used to plead his poverty, and state that he wished to act honourably. hut that his means did not permit tum. Li the year 1837 fresh pruceee.hars were threatened by the friends of Mrs. Boyer, which, however, were compromised, a deed of separation execute], and an annui , y settled up in hoe, which has been regularly paid by Mr. \ incent, the solicitor; but from this petits', and in fact fur several months antecedent to it, Mrs. Boyer had never been able to we her husband, or to hear where lie was residinr. The amcuht yearly received by the lady was 401 . In the same year k 1837) Kirwan seduced a female con needed with a highly respectable family, a Miss Jones, and after living with her for some short period, be abandoned her, and left her in a very destitute condition in Holyhead. On Kirwan's return to Dublin, Mr. Joao, a brother to the female in question, waind on him, and demanded an en- I Planation of his conduct, with which demand Kirw.,n re fused to comply, neither would h. consent to u L+stile meeting. Mr. Jones, lindine that he could obudii sinister lion iu no other manner, had a large bundler of placards printed and posted thruugh Dublin, in which he gave • contlemed sketch of Kirwait'a life, and denounced hail u a coward, a poltroon, and a hypocrite, and made use of other language of a violent nature. K imployed several parties, his father end sisters amongst the number, to tear down these utteusive publications, thiuking by this simple moans destroy the esidence of his termer conduct. Mr. Joins, however, was not contentiil with tints publishing as accuuut of his wrongs, bat watched Kirwan, and severely horsewhipped him. Fur this offence Kirwan prosecuted his assailant to conviction ' but suet' was the impreaston on the court that it considered tie law wan fully satisfied by the verdict, and wet, ly sentetetil the de fendant to be imprisoned until the riang of Cie court. flit u well to remark th it the window were adjourned he fore half-an-hour hail expired. About thin time M.a. Boyer made frequent applications at Kirwan's residence for information about her husband, but was told on each occasion by t'!e convict that he did not know where DJ, r was residing. lit the commence . ment of Mitt she be came more solteiteue about h:at, and insisted upo., ascertaining where he was living, ter if I:-: had left the country, and she was charged for annoyance by Kirwan's lather ; but when the cast canse Utter: the magistrate., and the peculiar nature of the trans.:ill= was exolained, the enarge was dismissed. This o,•eutred on ' several' occasions, and the cars were heard ty different 1 magistrates; but when they 'viten i'neol that the anuoy• ante arose from the natural fact of a wile making inquiries concerning her husband, the complaints were ilitnisse d. In the year l&ill Mts. Boyer obtained an intervie w with the Rev. Mr. Nixon, anal that gentleman called upon Kir wan, out he reftco dto give way e sphinatioe, ..nd denied that Mr. Boyer had ever resided wilts hint, and a'... linow ' ledge of him, although, previous t ) that date, so d ever since, the annuity has lievu regularly paid to M ' s. Buyer, by Mr. Vincent, who has never yet asserted that Mr. D. Boyer was dead. During this year (Lilt), Kirwan's sister (wL', has ow. died) appeared much confused when asked shout Mr. Boyer, and stated, after some searching question' , kod been put to her, that she had never seen him or known any • thing about him. When further questioned, however, she said she remembered Mr. Boyer, her father, and he r bro ther, leaving the house on one evening together, taut the convict and her father returned alone, and that she had never seen Mr. Boyer since. The girl, however, lias -ins died, but it is believed that her sister, who in If .:'y cogni sant of all the partitu',drt of this extraordinary es. , A still living in Dublin, nod it is to be presumed .!:, wiii be brought forward. In this brief s ketch of the life, from 1537, of the convict, no allusion has been made to his connexion end warri..gi with the unfortunate lady whose remains were touhd on Ireland's Eye, or the still more unfortunate but criminal connexion between the wretched uv.n and Misr Kenny, as the particulars of these eases were Lai:) , entered intu et the recent trial at Green-street. We mis mertion that the houses in Parnell-place, Fleet-street, and D'Olier-street have been carefully examined by the officers of the 0 division ; and it is generally believed that the kitchens and garden of the former place will he dug up on this day, as a strong su•nicion prevails that Boyer has met with an [in firmly end, and that his remakes are buried in su•ue portion of the premises. An appeal having, in point of fact, been made to public opinion from the verdict of the jury and sen tence of the court in the Ireland's Eye tragedy, the jury who tried the case have adopted the very un usual course of appearing to answer the charge against themselves before the Lew tribunal. A lengthy statement from the foreman and ten others of the jury appears this morning in Sattuders's News Letter, in which they not only endeavour to defend their verdict against Kirwan of " guiity of wilful murder," but make fierce onslaughts upon all those who have proclaimed their dissent from that verdict, and roundly proclaim their disbelief of all the evi dence gleaned since the " trial" for the purpose of showing that the death of the unfortunate iady may have arisen from causes over which her hasband had no control. THE CASE OF KIRWAN. Yesterday a number of gentlemen who are dis satisfied with the verdict in the case of the convict Kirwan met at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. to consider the pro priety of adopting certain resolutions having reference to the subject. The chair was taken by Mr. It. A. Boyle of the Chancery bar, and Mr. J. J. Hardy, who acted as honorary secretary, read a number of the drieumenta already pualiehed, by which the movement in London was originated. In addition to these Mr. Hardy also laid Le fore the meeting a very long report which had Dion re ceived through the Dublin Committee from Dr. A. Taylor, the eelebratel authority in medical jarisprn.lence, and in which Dr. Taylor stated that the appearancis deeerilied did not justify them in attributing the death of Mrs. Kir wan to drowning, but that she died from an attaci: of apo plexy or epilepsy. Tho bon. secretary likewise read a statement which had been made to him by Mr. M'Grei sr, of the Temple, son of Mr. Frunean M`Gregor, of the Irish constabulary. Mr. M'Gregor, jun., said that he wa, him self on the nay in question close to the place where the al leged murder had taken place. At that time there acre several fishir.g boats lying becalmed 112 . .. r the spa., oud, from the peculiar nature of the localities any of the fishermen might have landed in their punts and hays offered violence to the unturtunate lady without being observed. At the very time there were a number of baskets put down ter tha purpose of taking crabs, so that the buy might have been injured by that species of shell-Leh • and there was in the neighbaurhoed a rock frequented by cormorants, the cries of which greatly resembled those of a human being. There was, alse, dose by ft rock, Li) feet high, from which Mr. Kirwan, had he really wished to murder his wife, might have pushed i.er in the sea; and in that case her body would ► aye heen car ried away by the tide. Mr. Madder said it had been stated by Mr. Sitayley, the crown barrister, that the prisoner's coon x:• a. w.tn lus wife I , llli unknown to the woman Kenny, as l that that with Kenny was equally unknown to his wife. NOW he (Mr. Madder) had attended Kenny in her first eouilneuii at about II years ago, and she then told him that she had been engaged to Mr. Kirwan, but that becoming ae.quaii.ted with the deceased lady, who was a pro sou of property, ho deserted her • and that afterwards .isiug unimi.pily with Lis wife, he !tad preferred her society to that of Mrs. Kir wan. . . Several gentlemen then expreaied their °phallus strongly against the transportation of the prisoner ; for if he was really guilty of the offence he ought to be hanged, and if he was innocent of it, be ought to be at once set Ist liberty. A GENTLRMAN said that a new charge bed recently been brought against the prisoner ; and it showed strikingly the truth of Dean Swift's remark, namely, that if you put an Irishman 04 a spit you would easily find another Irishman to twin him. (Laughter.) The charge via, a ridiculous one ; no doubt Mts. Bayer had been induced to came tir ward by persons who the:null% that us Mr. Kirwan had b. en convicted on one charge, it was a goad time to bring another against him. Dr. Kiser moved the following resolution: " Thatstbis meeting is of opinion (in which it is coinirmed by the high authority of Dr. Alfred Taylor and other eminent me .ii ail men) that according to the medical test:twiny no uturiler was committed." (Hear, hear.) Ile (the learned doctor) thought that if there had only been a proper medical in vestigatiou previously to the trial, Mr. Kirwan WOPM4 not now be in prison, and would not have had any slur cast upon his moral character. (Oh.) In his own opaiim the medical testimony was not only ineufficient to prove, tut was the strongest possib l e testimony to disprove, the c harge of murder. Mr. It. R. R. Mooaa seconded the ululation in a speech of considerable length. It had long been a rule of law that no one could he convicted of murder unless th^_ body of the supposed victim had been found ; but, in this case, though there certainly was a body, there was no proof Vitt. it had been murdered at all. On the contrary, all the cir cumstances want to show that, according to tie nest malt cal authorities in the world, it was a ease of natural death. lie hoped, therefore, that there would be such a manifestation of popular opinion as would rased: in placing the prisoner in as nearly the same position es p isai . ble as that in which he would have stood had this evidence been placed before the jury at the trial. Unfortunately they could only now appeal to the mercy of the crown ; but if there were, as there ought to be, a Court of criminal Review, he telt certain that the verdict would be entirely quashed. Mr. TEETH thought the meeting was putting itself in a false position. The circumstances were quite consietiint with the hypothesis of the pritentr's guilt, hut they wi ra equally so with that of his innocence. All that tbny ought to do, therefore, would be to express their diasatistac tion with the verdict. Serjeant ALLEN was etrongly of the same opinion, sod moved an amendment, but it was not persisted in. . _ Mr. JAMES' M'Mattox dwelt on the point that 110 c. jets cialieli had been proved in the case. Mr. Moons, iu reply, only regretted that the nsolut:en was not couched in stroug,r terms. It nem. ton. A E•ezond resolution was next proposed, and carried una nimously, to the effect, " That this meeting is 01 opia:. Oa', according to the general evidence given at the .1, there was no satisfactory or legal pivot of the ferit.....9 . 11 guilt." A vote of thanks having finally been given to the dm:, man, the meeting broke up. 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