The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-23 00:00:00

...eta, that, until after the trial at the sessions, the girl be • sot allowed to communicate with any strangers, except in 1 **presence of the muter or matron. This was also es trade d and adopted , and the board separated. A WORD IN TITIE.—Sir,—Do me the favour to w arn the inhabitants of Cadogan-place, Hans-place, Sloane- I s treet, Lewnclestquare, Belcreee•squara, and of that quiet noonrhood amerallv, that certain foreigners are in I t y for the house rail grounds of Sir F. Shuckburgh, I oidi they propose to open u a plasm of public entertain- I mo t, after the faahion of Vauxhall, Cremorne-gardens, Ac., • a settle of unwind attractions, which means, when plainly I a jallated, more than ordin ar y noise and nuisance. In a few I bye it will be too late for parties in the neighbourhood to bunt themselves. —Your obedient servant, L. J. FIRES. —AT THE WHITTINGTON CLUD.—Yesterday about half-past four, the extensive range of pre misa known se the Whittington Club, in Gresham-street, war discovered to be on tire. The fire-escapes belonging to ' the oyal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, with I R numerous engines belonging to the Brigade, the Corporation, ' s ad West of England Company, retched the scene. Not a ' moment was lost in setting the machines to work, and, there being an abundant supply of water, it was poured into the midst of the frames, which, however, in the interim, had worked their way up the well-hole, and also fired several of the rooms in the building. This caused the firemen much usable; for whilst they were working at one place their attention would be called to another. They continued to work, without intermission, until past 6, when the flee was extinguished. The official account of the cause of the disaster Is said to have been the overheating of the hot water cooking apparatus The back rooms on ground floor, used as a , kitchen, burned out and the contents destroyed. All the ' centre windows of the first and second floors destroyed, and the rooms very considerably burne d a nd dama g ed b y water. ' Insured for contents in the Phceaix, and Legal and Cons- ' dial, and for the building in the L ondon and Union Fire Mow No. 7, Oresham-street, Messrs. Saunderson and Reed's, silk manufacturers. Skylights on ground floor de- , , and contents io ditto considerably damaged. The = d in trade and fixtures in the basement also seriously damaged by water, &e. Insured in the Phoenix Fire Office. ••--AT THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY yeeterda'e morning, about a quarter past eight o'clock, greet confusion wee treated in the vieiniq of ti tricalayere Met terminus br the breakitg out of a fire in a temporary range of shops, Vied with pitch, tar, and other inflammable articles. A copious stream of water was scattered over the flames, which were extinguished by heltpast nine o'clock, but not until the entire range of shedding and the stock deposited therein were consumed. The or igin of the disaster is un known, but it is generally supposed to have been caused by the boiling our of n copper of oil and pitch.— AT SPIT LTlELDS. — Yesterday morning the premises be - ' losing to Messrs. Johnetone and Co., oil and eolourmen, in lambstreet, were discovered to be in flames. After some trouble they were extinguished, when it was found that im mediately over that portion of the premiers were the fire commenced was an illicit soap factory, and it was quite clear that the heat from the flue leading to the coppers had canted the mischief. Search wee immediately made for the parties who had thus been carrying on their illicit calling, but with out access, as they had managed to effect their escape. The odium of the excise were immediately apprised of the disco very, and having repaired to the premises they took posses sion of the plant, which is said to be of some considerable yalue,—Ae Srartetne.—This morning, about half-past one, in the timber-yard of Messrs. Johnson and Co., timber merchants, Gurney-mews, Exmouth.street, Spatields. Several engines and men were quickly on the spot, when the piled timbers of the yard were found to have been set on fire in more places than one. By the exertions of those present the fire was quickly extinguished. When the workmen left last night everything appeared perfectly safe. Is:Queers, YESTERDAT.—DEATH IN THE STREET. —At the Three Nuns Hotel, High-street, Aldgate, relative to the death of Sophia Agnes Fithall, aged five weeks, the illegiti-vate offspring of Ann Maria Fithall, inmate of St. George's workhouse, Commercial-road East.—Ann Dean deposed that she was a nurse in St. George's workhouse, Old Gravel-lane, St. George's-in-the-East. The deceased wu born on Sunday five weeks, and was illegitimate. The mother was very kind to the deceased. Oa Wednesday morning the mother begged permission to go out of the house, as she was desirous of seeking some assistance from the father, a man named Bourne. When the child was taken out by the mother it was quite well, but when she returned in the afternoon she stated the child had died suddenly, after she had been standing two hours waiting in the Street for the father of her child. — Edward Bailey, of High.street, Ahlgate, chemist, stated that the deceased was brought into his shop by the mother. Wit ness examined the child, but upon finding there was still life existing, he advised her to go with all speed to Mr. Bar ron, a surgeon.—Mr. Barron, surgeon, amid that when be saw the chilitlife was quite extinct. The mother stated that she had been carrying the deceased at her breast suckling, when she felt it move very violently, and upon looking at it she thought it was dead. The child might have died from suffocation caused by pressure, or from its appearance death probably may have resulted from an attack of convulsions. The mother and her infant were both greatly emaciated.— Ann Maria Fitliall, the mother of the deceased, who was in s very week condition, reiterated the above statement.—The Coroner His the child's father ever allowed you any pe cuniary assistance ?—Witaess : No, sir ; I have never re ceived a farthing from him.—Coroner: Hu Tour child been christened I—Witness : No, sir.—Coroner : How is that ? Witness: The rector will not baptise the children of single women.—A Juryman; What, the rector will not baptise illegitimate children! Mr. Coroner, do you hear that?— The Coroner, to the master of the workhouse: Mr. Stokes, is that correct?—Mr. Stokes: Yes, sir, it is perfectly true ; our rector (Mr. Bryan King) positively refuses to christen illegitimate children, and will not church the mothers.— Several of the jury here expressed their astonishment at such a system, and trusted that some alteration would be made by the board of guardians to alter the present determination of the rector. The jury re turned a verdict of " Death from natural causes."-- ACCIDENT IN TILE REGENT'S CANAL.—AT the White Hirt, Queen-street, Ratcliff, on the body of William Ford, aged 30, mate of the Anne and Eliza barque of South Shields. On Tuesday last, deceased was in a boat in the Regent's Canal, Rateliff, and in which was also the captain of the vessel, when his skull touched a barge, which caused it to dip out of the rultock, by the effect of which he fell overboard, and immediately sunk. The drags were procured, by which he was got out in a few minutes. The usual means to restore animation were resorted to, but without effect. Verdict— " Found drowned." DINNER TO MESSRS. NEWDEGATE AND SPOONER AT BIRMINGHAM. The conservatives of North Warwickshire eel.* breed the return to parliament of Messrs. Newdegate sad Sner f or that division of the county by a dinner, at the Tow poo n.hall, at Birmingham, on Thursday evening. Some seven hundred persons sat down to dinner ; Lord John Sent presided. In addition to his lordship, there were presort Major Beresford, M I'., Mr. Frewen, M.P., and Mr. In- I land, M.P. ; and the county aristocracy WINO ITISSIRRIa by Sir Edmund Ilartopp, Bart., and Mr. James aylor, of Moseley Hall. Dinner haring been deepatehed, the noble CHAIRMAN commenced the business with the customary toasts. Sir E. HARTOPP next gave " Oar Glorious Constitution in Church and State;" and, in the course of a brief speech sults gistie of the constitution, spoke with some bitterness of the defection of Sir R. Peel to the opposite party. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health" of Messrs. Newdegate and Spooner, which were received with the "Kentish fire." Mr. NERDEGATE prefaced his speech by some apologies for his inability to do justice adequately to the compliment paid to him. Thereafter, having in some half dozen sentences thanked his auditory, the hon. gentleman proceeded to say that he felt the force of the words of his noble friend, that they, the electors of North Warwickshire, were determined to judge of their repreeentatives for themselves, but (be said) he was one of them, having the same feelings, and the same principles, and • determination to promote them by every means in his power. He was proud, too, to represent such a constituency, and he felt that he owed them a debt all gratitude not to be repaid by words, for those he had net, but by faithful service. He felt, too , that he wad but ens selected from many others who were their fellow-labourne in endeavouring to preserve inviolate the constitution k church and state. (Applause.) But it was to him a sown of hearty rejoicing th at they had been ready to vindicate their confidence against so many adverse influences of no ordinary character, it was a proof that the heart of England was sound, and they had therefore so much the more cause to triumph in the success of their labours. (Hear.) But in the midst of their triumph and their rejoicing, it must never be forgotten how many bad cause to weep even at that mo ment ; within a very short period of time they had witnessed no fewer than fifty failures, crowned by that of one of the most important of the banks in the second commercial city of the empire. (Hear.) Could they forget that because this country, with that feeling of nationality and philanthropy which was one of the noblest of its characteristics, would not suffer the Irish to starve, that an unjust law was permitted to take its course upon the merchants who had imported the food required to save :our starving countrymen . (Hear.) Each was the fact, however ; it was a fact, too, that the ministry turned a cold ear to all the representations made to them; they declared their determination to shod by the theory of their predecessors, and to all the mischief and the misery to go unchecked. (Apykeeiti.) Was it not, then, the duty of conservatives to remenshats against the continued pressure, which was unnessomy, as he was prepared to prove, and calamitous, as th ey mw? (Hear.) In their service he had (he said) remonstrated against the bill of 184 t, and found himself in a aka mi nority; what the result would be when the question was again brought before parliament it was not for him to pre dict, but it was quite clear now that the bill against which he protested was fettering the energies of thin reat country. Was it consistent that a country which opened its ports to the world should be subject to a monetary system which crippled its own industry and mined its merchants? (Hear.) Was it possible that they could go on with a system of free trade in imports and a fettered currency ? With two such antagonistic principles in existence, it WU utterly impossible the prosperity of the nation could be maintained. (Hear.) By the bill of 1844 they were obliged to paean themselves of double the amount of bullion t ha t was required in 1839 ; inch, in short, was the effect of the present system, that sol vent men were failing daily in order that the Peel- Lloyd currency scheme might be carried out. (Ap plause.) And would the country submit to that rigid rile, or must that rule be made to bend to its exigencies? " Let the nation suffer (said Lord John Russell), the present system shall be adhered to. I will give you no hope of redress." Was that paternal govern ment ? And that, too, after a year of unexampled distress, Produced by natural causes. (Hear.) Could they hope to maintain the national institution s inviolate in such circuit- MUM ? And with such a drawback upon our national in &retry was it to be hoped that peace and good order would i be maintained ? (Hear.) He hoped the voice of that eon. I stituency would be heard in the next parliament, and that I it would give expreleitn to its opinion against the fetters ins poled upon the nation for the benefit of the capitalists. i (Hear.) 84 Robert Peal, the author of this wreck—for i such it was—had been down to Liverpool and might, in this time of unexampled distress, see the effect of his own ill- I advised theory. At the foot of the statue of Hinkle- i son he might look upon the More of his own measures i —measures which that statesman never would have I sanctioned; for 'it should be borne in mind that he i had never &headlined the corn laws. (Applause.) Having adverted to the principles and doctrines of Adam Smith I and other economists with reference to free trade, the I hon. gentleman went on to observe, that when the pro per time arrived he should declare that silver, which formed the currency of the world, should be admitted to form a part of the currency of this country, He contended, too, that free- I trade was falling (*stint° disrepute; that its ill consequences, in • country like ours, had not only now been seen, but shun dandy lilt. At that time it was crushing honest industry ; good and honest men were daily being reduced to the most i pitiable condition ; going home to their female*, and declar ing that by legislation they had been reduced from affluence to misery. (Hear.) What, in such circumstances, must be the feelings of the unhappy wife and mother, who found her . condition suddenly changed from that of comfort and afflu- I ence to misery and pauperism, by a cold, hard, stern system ,• • and that, ton, to maintain a theory at once impracticable and unjust! (Hear.) Let them look at the effects produced ' upon the condition of one colonies by the free-trade system: I the value of the produce of Jamaica was reduced 50 per cent. • Hew, then, could it be maintained without endangering 1 our condition, not only internally, but our maritime con dition as a nation? (Hear.) He congratulated them on the fact that in the present parliament would be I found some 200 good men and true, sworn to the maintenance of our existing institutions. (Applause.) The hon. gentle- , man next adverted to the fact of Baron Rotluchild's election I I by the City of London, and his purpose to ion to the House of Camt.••oas ; he aid not dispute the I • wealth, the the integrity, or the private worth of I that _, but s he thought it would be a departure i .on the principles of the constitution of the country to ad mit such a man to the councils of the nation ; or to remove • the oath which constituted parliament a Christian assembly. He had determined to vote against the admission of Baron I Rothschild to the House of Commons without the slightest feeling of animosity to the individual, but for the sake of the character of the House of Commons, composed as it had • hitherto been of a body of Christian gentlemen. (Applause) He was of opinion, too, that it would have been far more consistent with his high position if Lord John Russell had I sought the removal of the Jewish disabilities before he aided in securing his return to parliament. In conclusion, he assured his auditory that be prized highly the confidence they had reposed in him ; that he should ever feel it his • duty to uphold the principle of protection to native induery, that he should also feel it his duty to maintain the Christian character of the House of Commons, and to preserve invio late our glorious constitution. (Applause.) Mr. SPOONER next rose, and having acknowledged the compliment paid to him, he said, Nothing in the world was to be compared with that duty which a pub lic man owed to his country. Individuals must vanish, but the cause would remain the same ; and for himself he could say that what he could ha would do to serve his con stituents honestly and faithfully. He had ever proclaimed that principle must predominate over expediency ; and it was a happy hour for him, after all the defeats he had ex perienced in Birmingham, to meet such an amemblage within those wells. Some remarks on maintaining in violable the British Constitution followed, and the hon. gentleman proceeded to declare that on that question hie honourable colleague and himself would be firm and true : no expediency would induce them to depart from that principle. And with reference to the question which had been mooted by his hon. friend—the admission of a Jew to parliament—he (Mr. Spooner) would ray, away with the consideration that he is the colleagne of the Prime Minister—he refuses to be guided by Christian principles, and is, therefore, unfit to govern a * Christiin people. (Applause.) He asked them whether they wished to hand down to their children the constitution as they received it from their ancestors ? (A cry of " Yes.") Then (continued tho hon. gentleman) the standard is in our hands. My hon. colleague will bring youth, and real, and vigour to your council those I canuot bring ; but I'll bring consistency and the fervency of con viction, not to be abandoned (Ur the smiles of any minister whatever. (Applause.) Ile admitted, be said, that these were great declarations • but he hoped theywould be, to some extent at least, realise d. Mr. Spooner next alluded to the circumstances in connexion with his being brought forward for the county—to his anxiety that Lord John Scott should have taken the place, and his purpose to retire into • private life at the close of the present parliament also to his anxiety that the noble lord should succeed him in the repreamtation ; after which the ' hon. gentleman went on to observe that both himself and his hon. colleague had opposed everythiog in the shape of free ' trade, because this country wan burthened with eight hut,- dred millioos of debt, and that cornequently the foreigner ' ought not to be allowed to come into ear markets and enjoy our privileges—those privileges for which we had fought ' and paid—unless he bare his share in our taxation. (Hear.) 'that was the principle of free-trade which he only would I sanction. The people of England did not want protection, • they wanted justice they wanted the foreigner who brought ' his manufactures into the English market to pay the same ' tax as we paid ; and so to prevent their being, as they were • at that very time, bearded in their own town by the manu factures of the Continent. (Hear.) Such were the prin.- ; ciples be had advocated when he bad the honour to repro ; sent the town in which they then were, despite the warnings ' of his fellow-townsmen, who said that if he did en he would lose his seat. The result proved that they were correct ' • but ' there he was, surrounded by his Birmingham friends wh o ap provedthe course he had taken. He did net despise those who • hod aided in rejecting him, but he would hare despised him ' self if he had received their favour, and had abandoned his • principles. (Applause.) He felt that the vast assemblage he • taw before him was a splendid proof of the confidence re ' posed in him; nothing (he Raid) should separate him from • such friends on this side the grave ; by deeds he would • exhibit to them his gratitude ; and, in the fulness of a grate ful heart, he dedicated himself to their service, and united himself to their interests. (Applause.) The next toasts were " Protection to native industry," and " The Established Church of England and Ireland , " ' seve - rally proposed by Mr. Spooner and Lord John Scott ; after which Mr. Newdegate, in very complimentary terms, gave the health of the Chairman. . . . . Lord dons Scow acknowledged the compliment in a humourous speech, replete with sarcastic allusion to Sir Ro bert Peel. In conclusion, he declared his satisfaction that he had made the acquaintance of the " hardware village," inas much as the "dark beauty" had proved a "pure beauty," and one which he had no desire to lone. The noble lord was very warmly greeted. The remaining toasts included " The Conservative Mem bers of the new House of Commons;" "The Conservatives of South Staffordshire, Shropshire," tie., and various others having local reference : in all there were twenty-live on the list, hut as to those omitted from a fuller notice there was not a sentiment uttered worth reporting, and long before the business set down had terminated, many of the guests had quitted the hall manifestly disappointed with this sorry affair, it having beta very much inferior to a similar gather ing which took place at Celestial last year when Lord George Bentinek and others of more importan ce, connected with the party, were present. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1847. considered a free grant from the state, and the remsinder beeosnee a charge to be repaid by the unions, distributed over each electoral division by a per tentage on the rateable property, in no case, as we would propose, exceeding 3s. in the pound. It is gratifying to believe that the nation gene rally appreciates the efficacy of the measure, and the value of the effort that has just been made in its favour. We have before us strings of retain:imam from many hundreds of the committees, praising the conduct of the inspect ing officers, and frankly and honourably expreesing their gratitude to government and the legislature for the effective means afforded them for carrying out this bene volent operation. This testimony is the more honourable from many of the parties, who avow the little confidence they felt in the measure on its introduction, and from others, who admit that they are habitually opposed to the existing government. In recording, however, these proofs of the benefits derived front the act, we are far from desiring to express an opinion that it is one for ordinary application ; on the contrary, we are fully aware of its many dangers and evils, and that it could only be justified by such an extreme occasion, includ ing a combination of circumstances that can hardly be ex pected to occur 'again. On reference, we find that the Central Board of Health do not as yet consider themselves able to draw up a satisfactory report on the working of the Fever Act. We, however, annex a tabular statement of ,tho result for the month of September, by which it will be seen that the amount of patients under treatment in the month has been 26,378; the proportion of deaths being about t in 26 only. The entire expenditure under the Fever Act amounts to about 120,0001., which includes the erection and furnishing of the fever sheds. In coasideration of the additional afflic tion of the epidemic falling upon the country in unequal de grees, your lordships have authorised that the en•ire outlay should be defrayed by the state—a measure of considerate liberality, which we have every reason to believe is highly appreciated. The final adjustment of the accounts in detail with each electoral division, which will be proposed for your lordships' sand • t.fitin delayed by continued ootet:iin• ing (amuse, and some dilatory proceedings on the part of committee clerks ; but they are iu a very forward state, and may furnish a future supplementary document for the appen dix of this report. We have now only to repeat to your lordships our entire satisfaction ea to the conduct of all branches of the de partment which have been labouring with us. In our fifth report we adverted to the able manner in which the inspecting officers had performed their very arduous duties. We have' now the testimony, almost universally, of the several committers, Shot while meeting the views of the commissioners by requiring strict regard to every regulation, their courtesy and attention to those local authorities gained fur them general respect. The course of the proceedings has repeatedly brought forward the value of the arrangements and services of Mr. Bromley in the account department, and he has recently received flat tering proofs of the satisfaction and assistance he has given to the inspecting officers and to the committees. We bee now to add our deep sense of the zeal and ability of Mr. R. T. Hamilton, who succeeded Mr. Stanley in the office of secre tary, and who hes performed every part of his service en tirety to our satisfaction, and greatly to the advantage of the public.—We have the honour to be, your lorthhips' most obedient humble servants, J. F. Benocese, T. N. REDING TON, E. T. B. TWISLETOSI ' It. J. lucent, HALLEY D. JONES, D. ISl'Gsteooa.—To the Right Hon. the Lords Commis sioners of her 'Majesty's Treasury, &c. ARCHBISHOP MURRAY.—With reaped to the retirement of this respected pr.:late from the natiunal board, of which I sent you an account yesterday, the following authorised statement appears in the Post of this evening :—" We can state, in terms the most decided and unqualified, Nast there is not a shadow of foundation for the report propagated." Tun MORDER OF MR. Lvela, which occurred on Mon day night last, in the village of Broma, King's County, and within a few perches of his own house, and fewer still of a police-station, has caused great excitement. Mr. Lucas was shot on the public road, about 10 o'clock at night, as he passed from his herd's house to his own. There was a policeman by his side at the time, as in consequence of some threats, he had had the protection Of two policemen for the last six months. Mr. Lucas boil recently ejected some tenants, who, it is alleged, owed him several years' rent, but refused to pay. The unhappy gentLiman appears to have been shot from a blunderbuss, as two slugs passed through his left temple and brain, and others through his neck. The assassin escaped, and the policeman, instead of instantly pur suing him, ran to his barracks to turn out his comrades. RIOT AT RATHREALE WORKHOUSS, COUNTY LIMERICK. —The Limerick paper of to-day contains a long detail of the circumstances of an attack upon the workhouse of Rathkeale, on Monday last, while the Board of Guardians were silting. Upwards of 3,000 male peasantry from Glen Shansgolden, Pallaskenuy, and Askeaton, surrounded the workhouse, and their violent and outrageous proceedings, as well as the mea sures taken to repress them, are thus detailed : Auticipating violence, the master immediately sent for the police and military—but, before theirarriral, some of the mob broke int,' the workhouse through one of the front windows, shouting and yelling for the guardians and master, upon whom it was evident they in tended to lay violent Minds The excited crowd demolished the stair case oldie board-room, filing MUM into the apartment, and maltreated the guardians, whoescaped, with much difficulty, the fury of the rab ble. A party of ten men of the hat Royal Dragams, under Captain Bartelott, heated by the magistrates, Maury, Brown, and Geoid, haring arrived at the workhouse, Immediately repulsed the , rioters from before the building, clearing the space in front, amidst shouts and execrations from the mob, the majority of whom fled over the boundary wall, and being out of view M the military, who were completely hemmed in, they COMMelleed pelting the dragoaes with Maack with such force that Capt. Bartelott's helmet was broken, and be received three severe wounds its the head, which it was thought fractured his skull ; and Serrant Weaver's bead was laid open by the blow of a terve stone; while privates Starkey and Carr were also &idly injured in the melee, which was the work of an instant, and consequently the mounted dragoons, taken by surprise in a narrow incloeure, and at the mercy of their assailants, were unable, owing to the position they occupied, to defend them selves from such unexpected assaults. At this period fifty of the rilth Rest., under Capt Norris, came up in double quick time, with a strong partv of police, under Mr. Smyth, when the constabulary charged, obliging the rioters to give way before their bayonets, but without indicting serious Injury. The mob baring loitered about the premises, and again congregated in groups, evincing symptoms of fur ther disturbance, then became exceedingly clamorous, in consequence of which the riot act had to be read, and the military were metered to loaiL Notwithstanding, the rioters refu ed to retire, and would hive persevered in their obsti,e• cy, but for the zealous solici tations of the Rev. Messrs. O'Shea and Saran, R. C. curates, who successfully remonstrated with the peasantry, until they gradually dispersed. Those engaged in this shameful and wanton attack should not be allowed to escape unpunished, when it is • well known fact that the majority of tho peasantry were farm labourers, evidently above want, and who could not have been induced by neces sity to join in the diagraceful outrage. Mr. Smyth apprehended a man named O'Keeffe, while in the act of throwing a stone at the military, and a person named Clecson, from Asbestos, was badly wounded in the afly. The men of the let Royal Dragoons, as badly injured, were removed to the military station at Rathimale. A strong pollee force remained at the workhouse during the night, and the military patrolled the locality. An attack was also made on the workhouse of Tipperary, but the party were repulsed by the resident officers and guardians. It was anticipated that an attack would be made on the Limerick workhouse on Wednesday. ARREST OF A Munnenen.—While on duty in the locality of the recent murder of Peter Nash, near Limerick, Sub- Inspector Heard wars providentially prompted to visit the house of a farmer named William Frewen, accompanied by Head Constable Phillips, Constable Hunden, and two sub constables of the station, who were in the act of searching the dwelling, when the head constable ascended the roof of a bed where a quantity of tow was stored, and to his sur prise and astonishment he found concealed in the heap the outlawed Ryan, " Puck," who was armed with a large blunderbuss, loaded with twelve small balls, capped, and ready for immediate use. Sub-Inspec tor Heard, nothing daunted, mounted the bed, with • loaded pistol, which he presented at the ruffian, whom he called upon to surrender, but the malefactor, undaunted, swore he would blow his brains out. The police were then ordered to prepare for action. Sub-inspector Heard main taining the same perilous position before Ryan, who cried out to Frewen several times " will I fire 1" Head-con stable Phillips was only armed with a drawn sword, which he told Ryan he would drive through his body if he did not surrender. Constable Hendon having ascended the roof, the party were placed in jeopardy, Ryan vociferating he would not harm the head-constable, for whom he had a respect. Sub.lnspecter Heard had his pistel presented at Ryan's head, while the fellow held his blunderbuss to the gentleman's breast, and was about to pull the trigger when the head-constable turned off the muzzle, and Ryan was compelled to yield after • tierce struggle with the police. Ryan was immediately removed to Castleoennell station , with William, John, and Thomas Frewen who are suspected' of the conspiracy to shoot Nash , by this a trocious miscreant, who had been concealed in their house since the murder was perpetrated. The blunderbuss found with Ryan contained a charge of six inches, including eleven slugs, and a like number were discovered in his pocket. The four prisoners were brought in yesterday by the police, and lodged in the county gaol. Ryan is charged with two murders, within three weeks, the victims being John Kelly and Peter Nash ; also Whiteboy outrages during the last seven years that he has been " on the run." SCOTLAND. EDINBI7I,OB, Ocr. 21. The appointment of a free churchman to the vacant chair of Hebrew, in the Edinburgh University, has led to a collision between the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. At the time of the election a church ma gistrate protested against its validity, and has since lodged with the council a formal dissent. But, in addition to this, the presbytery met yesterday, and after excluding reporters, resolved on applying for en interdict or injunction against the appointment of Mr. Mcl)ouall, and authorised their law agent to proceed to the bill chamber and obtain the necessary docu ment from the lord ordinary. Bat the town coun cil were beforehand, having previously lodged a caveat. All, therefore, that Lord Robertson could do was to " recommend" delay to the council. Tee question as to an Jdin burgh provost has been decided by the agreement of Mr. Black to remain in office for another year. Having been elected a mem ber of parliament, the chief magistrate of Glasgow announced his willingness to give up his local dignity if required, but as the community do not appear to have taken the hint, it is probable that his lordship will also continue in office. _ Mr. Dickens is announced to preside at the opening of the Glasgow Athenaeum in December next. The Homo Secretary has authorised the county and town authorities to call out, in cases of emergency, the pensioner force, for any term not exceeding twelve days. FEVER AND Dcsrrrrnon IN Entsnuaox.—Public feel ing is becoming more and more exasperated at the refusal of the Highland Relief gaud to apply even a fractional put of IRELAND. DUBLIN. Ocr. 21. The country is in a frightful state of disorder. Crime progresses with undiminished rapidity. Murder succeeds murder, and the horrors at tending the death of Mr. Roe have been re placed by the fresher horrors accompanying the assassination of Mr. Lucas. It is painful to contem plate the social aspect of the country before we have reached the gloom of winter, when disorder plays its most bloody and daring feats. This was wont to be the season of repose—turbulence now reigns over a large portion of two provinces. A marked charac teristic of the marauding bands which march about in the open day is their determined spirit of re sistance. They attack poor-houses and enter demesnes to carry off flocks in the very pre sence of the military and police. Sometimes they engage with them as in the case of the desperate riot at Rathkeale. Another feature peculiar to these displays, is, that the mass consists, not of paupers and famine-stricken wretches, but of strong hale young fellows, who,having no employment, cultivate wicked. ness. The object is to deter from rents and rates. To suppress the furious spirit which works more strongly from day to day, and is soon likely to over these provinces, will require all the powers of Irieexecutive. SEVENTH REPORT OF THE RELIEF COMMIS SIONERS. _ _ ._ RELIEF COMMISSION oI;;CE,BDILIN CAsmLl, Ocr. 12. —May it please your Lordships: We have the honour to submit our seventh and last monthly report as commissioners for relief under the Act 10 Vic. eap. 7. By the 22nd clause no advances could be made, either by loan or pant, after the 30th Sept. The cessation of issues to entire unions com menced on the 15th August, and continued every_fortnight till the 12th Sept.: it was enly to the fever hospitals that the advances from the Treasury were extended till the latest possible date. The department is now engaged in finally closing its aeconnta, and the operations of the commission are virtually at an end. in tints ter:lL:l;4 reiCrt!. decisive measure, we have the satisfaction of believing that it was thoroughly successful in its primary object. By provid ing a sufficiency of food for all, it improved the hitherto hag• gard appearance el the people, and diffused a degree of comparative content over the general mass of the com munity. We do not consider that the expenditure has been excessive, in proportion to its object. By the salons and honourable exertions of the great body of local relief committees, under the superintendence and control of the efficient finance committees, and our inspecting officers, the actual numbers relieved did not exceed those contemplated in nearly so great a degree as might have been expected, from the distribution of relief being entrusted by advances of public money to small local societies. The cost of food for each individual did not exceed an avenge of 2d. daily. The entire outlay that has been defrayed by the commission from the date oldie act during these seven months of ex treme exigency, including the fever expenses, amounts to 1,676,2881. 11s. 7d. (this sum may be altered in the final settlement In a trilling degree), of which a portion will ,be their enormous surplus to alleviate the misery of our fever stricken poor At this moment medical men, poor-law offi cers, and teachers of charity schools in this city, are engaged in a service more perilous than that of the forlorn hope at sieges. We speak from a knowledge of the facts, without any exaggeration whatever. As for the patients themselyee, they often squat in closes and on stairs ; any observant person may easily distinguish feeble convalescents roving about. We know ol one poor wretch, half dead with disease and hunger, falling senseless in one of the moat public streets in the southern districts ; and we sew on George the Fourth bridge, a few days ago, a man in the height of typhus, led along with the utmost difficulty, and inch by inch, between two policemen, holding the tips of his fingers at the full length of his and their arms, doubtless front a natural fear ibr themselves and families!. Indeed the contagion has out run all ordinary modes of relief, and the inhabitants must prepare for additional rates, possibly upwards of 1,0001. addi tional on the city parish alone, even pinching to the utter most. Now, let it be remembered that the present excessive disease is emphatically the famine fever ; literally it is the consequence of the rot. Undoubtedly. a luge number of our pauper patients are Highlanders, debilitated by it, and driven hither for refuge. In such circumstances as these the High land Relief Board refuse us a sixpence of our own subecrip tions, subscribed to mitigate this very famine, of which this fever is a direct consequence.— IVerSty Register. TWENTY PERSONS SUPPORED TO BE the commencement of harvest, a considerable party of themes*, principally women, have been employed on the farm of Cuichoich, Grantown, Inverness-shire, who, with the regular servants, amount to twenty in number, and are victualled and lodged in the house. On Tuesday, at two o'clock, the party dined on sowens and milk and bread— their wonted fare—some in the house, and some in the field, where they were at work ; and in the course of a couple of hours thereafter, every one of them was seized with illness, severe pains in the stomach and intestines, accompanied by retching and purging, and a burning heat—in fact, by ail the usual symptoms attending poison. By night fall their condition became worse, and medical assistance was obtained, but by this time many of the women were in a deplorable state—some of them delirious. Towards morning they gradually recovered, and are now out of danger. The Procurator-Fiscal was promptly on the spot, and investigated the circumstances, but as yet no clue has been discovered to the origin of this serious affair. SCOTCH TRADE IN FOREIGN SPIRIT6.—To 'how the I operation of the act, Vic. 10, 23, as interpreted by the autho• cities, it may be stated that an order for brandy was received the other day from s distinguished member of the late cabi net, by a house in Edinburgh, but it could not be executed lin consequence of the terms of the act of parliament. WALES. DENBIGHSHIRE AND PLINTSIIIRE AGRICULTURAL Socterr.—The annual meeting of this society was held at Wrexham, on Thursday last. The show of stock was not very numerous, but the quality of some of the animals de noted a marked improvement in the breeding and rearing of cattle. The list of competitors, as entered on the society's books, was rather extensive ; but, owing to rumours of the prevalence of the epidemic in that neighbourhood, many of the candidates declined sending their stock. Of bulls the show was very good, and upwards of a dozen competed for the medals and premiums awarded by the society. There were upwards of thirty horses of all classes entered ; but there was no competition for the society's premium for the best pair of draught horses. The entire horses were all of the cart breed, and were likely, well-formed animals. The show of pigs was fairly sustained as to quality, but fell short as to number. There were only three lots of cheese pitched for the premium in competition. The judges of stock, Messrs. John Hanson and Alexander Macgregor, reported that the show was not large of different sorts shown ; but the bulls, cows, and heifers were many of them superior animals, and the sheep generally very good. The dinner took place in the afternoon. Sir Welkin W. Wynn, in the absence e Sir John Reamer, occupied the chair, and Mr. Humphreys Jones, in the absence of Mr. Wynne Eyton, officiated as vice-chairman. Mr. 11. R. Sandbach, of this town, obtained the society's si.vcr medal for the best cro > of Swedish turnips.—The Chairman, in proposing the health of Mr. Sandbach, described him as a first-rate farmer, who bad furnished them with an example of what might be done on land under unfavourable circumstances; and who also well deserved their thanks for his introduction of a better breed of sheep into the principality. PROVINCIAL. _LANCASHIRE. _ THE PROPOSED TURN-OUT Or OPERATITES.—The number of mills at Ashton of which the hands turned out against the reduction of wages was thirteen. Three more were expected to cease running, on the same ground, last night, and nine others so soon as the hands could leave their work in a finished state. A meeting of silk operatives was held at Stockport on Thursday night, to consider the expe diency o fj ohm ng the Ashton turu-outs, and about 600 were pm sent. Though no reduction has been made there, the meeting determined upon a cessation of labour on Saturday (this day), when a meeting is to be held in the open air to consi der a project for going en masse on Monday to meet the operative who have turned out at Ashton. At Hyde, where it is proposed that a meeting shall be held at ton in the morning, the operatives of Dukinfield are to join the parties, sad an ►ttempt is to be made to induce or compel the ope ratives of Hyde to join the strike. The operatives of Stall.- brklge, near Ashton, have positively refused to join in the proleet, and all the other towns are quiet. 11URSTING Or A STEAM-LOILER.—About half-past drat o'clock on Thursday morning a boiler belonging to a mall woollen mill at Milnrow, near Rochdale, the property of Mr. Samuel Bury, burst under the following circum stances. A young man, about eighteen years of age, had poured some cold water into it, and had scarcely crossed the yard on leaving it before one end of the boiler burst, driv ing the brickwork to the distance of a hundred yards and upwards. The boiler itself was lifted by the explosion from its bed, and fell at a distance of fifty yards. Eight persons were badly hurt, and one man named Leach, nearly sixty years of age, was so badly scalded that he died in the course of the day. THE AND THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. —The Liverpool Mercury of yesterday says : " The tide of fortune is again setting in towards Birkenhead. The docks, and the important work% connected therewith, which were almost spurned by the Liverpool Dock Committee, the other day, are about to be completed at government expense. Yes terday a proposal was received from government. The dock commissioners were summoned at three hours' notice, and thirteen of them attended a meeting at three o'clock. At that meeting the proposal of government was laid before them. It is to this effect. The government is to resume possession of the piece of made land on the north side of the entrance to the great float, and on con dition of that land being recovered to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, they engage to pay the expense of com pleting the sea wall, reserving to themselves the right of making any use they think fit of the land, and to make as many slips and sluices as they may require. It is supposed that this stipulation is made with the view of converting a portion of the land into an arsenal. The amount already expended on the sea-wall is 21,0001., and it is estimated that, to complete it, 44,0004 more will be necessary. This amount government offers to give, on the conditions above-named, end, in addition, to advance 160,0001. for the purpose of finishing the great float and embankments, so as to bring the dock into condition for business : not to do all that was planned by Mr. Randall. The government are to receive, in part, as collateral security, township bonds to the amount of 65,0001. It is farther proposed to remodel the trust by an act of next session. ImUnd of the present board, the dock trust will be placed under the direction of thirteen Commi ssioners, ax te be elected by the rate-payers of Birken bead, three by the ratepayen of Wallasey, three by the dock bondholders, end the government to have the right to nominate one, who all be chairman of the board. We understand that these proposals met with general concurrence, and that a favourable answer, signed by ten of the commissioners, was despatched to London last night. The repludte n government is expected in a few days, and then the • may be said to be complete. This will, indeed, be g lorious news for the landowners and others in terested in property in the splendid, but at present almost deserted town of Birkenhead. We may expect now to find the township every day improving, and we hope the day is for abaci when any further check will be given to the 61111101114 of the trade and commerce on either aide of the Meng." UNEMPLOYED oYritarivr6.—On Tuesday after aitaa a meeting of the unemployed operatives of Stockport INSAia wed. the Marketplace, on the subject of the present et trade, and the sufferings now endured by the dimes for want of employment—between 3,000 and 4,1106 Mr. William Brown presid, and called mia My. Tales, who alluded to the fate of th e e d fund raised a kw walk beck for the relief of the operatives. The Mayor heeded the list with his name for 1001. ; and the sum an spanced d w W as about 6001. The object of the oon &Mato" ed, it ha _beimopenly state to them that the Meier was h ng Wily asalm op ed to the Irish, Mad that the Nagliels portion at the population was not la absoluteireameiteas alantariteasse. For this reason littely h 4 Tea etaedamd. • deputation had waited vm Mr. Debora ea Me mills* of the present state of the operatives of Me berm% and, babe cue of our mambas of parliament, had polished le intemibe liberally if a eimmallise were formed, maditlag pertly of the nnem =end partly of the imamate' ma - tittle town. Mr. thee lead a letter erkkh led %ea received from the hog. rattlera l a Or the r.'.'',;:tt: ; 19 NM VIC TOUA•PLII/1. Oor. 18, 1117..—Oemismim,-1 will give a saitti knot to a general hoe he tile mitt et the mumetiyed ad ag leam.] wedgesstia et gear ; bet I beg= thet tie nets winds yea two is me the bat whisk unite be = Eicsuo at wl a uti.....t rm 4414._ Comes—Es the pollens et Me He Hui mewed, the a ammittee be appointed and sub scriptions Mired late lameediately to alleviate the distress now mistily ben the bersegh." —Mr. G. Cooper, on temPaittff um PrePaillea alluded to the pededkal Palma that MINIM manuhmedag -MeMe*• and stated that they were now of more frapeet tesur ream than formerly; and, mores or, whim they did owes, they mak the mem of the pagie npu ttr a eotaltoratY sad aim? lima they had unielly Mis ant Liii eat m e at atm praline& the Weigh at ptent eind agreed lii emelt to be dew trireade ftlisviag the stank. = 4 . 14. 1* would not brew l ir eir e r , fisitmis by mamba late dseariptive details K that as 'airy am weeM be turdliar with what Moms wale his ems OmmraMea. Ia diem, there were hundreds el Imam amen, Naming to death. They were tea to to th e Wails for relief ; but there was a feeling in the of Englishmen' that could not brook to put on the chamber of a suppliant pauper. They would rather dis with a than go into places where, because a man had the aims of being poor, his wife and cbildrea were tom from him. It was an alarming state of things whore men were able and willing to work, and yet wien. - 'I there was no work for them. His (*truly must starve and be remain idle. Mr. Cobden had promised to subscribe liber ally towards their relief. He ought to come forward endplate his name at the lead of the subscription list. —Mr. R. Hon field next addressed the meeting, and asked where were the high wages and pleoty that were promised them ? He was opposed to a people willing to work sulnistirg upon charity, because it proved no permanent relief. Some radical changes were required in the affairs of the nation. The foreign trade was nothing to depend upon ; and something should be done by parliament to make the most of the home market.—The resolution having been put and carried, a number of tradesmen and operatives were appointed a com mittee. THE GENERAL CESSATION OP WORK which hu been talked of, and should take place this day, is not gene rally approved ; and moat certainly not by the operatives of Manchester—moat of whom wish to remain at work, so long as work can be found them ; but the reduction of wages is a measure disliked by all, and the one which, if persevered in, is most likely to lead to an outbreak. It is reported that Mr. Cobden's mission to foreign manufacturing' countries has been to ascertain the rate of wages amongst them, in order to an equalisation.—tileckport Adeertiser of yesterday. DURHAM. REPRESENTATION OP SUNDERLAND.—Vnrions spe culations have been afloat during the past week regarding the probability of a new election for this borough. in conse quence of a recent failure. The Swtderland Herold of yester day says, " We believe we have good authority for stating that these suppositions are unfounded : Mr. Barclay will retain his seat. ' _ Tne 0.04E-Laws.—ln our county wagons calen dar this week (says the A'cittinghant Review) there are the nomes of ten prisoners for trial at the next assizes—nine of them for offences under the game-laws! WORCESTERSHIRE. Tan GLOVE TRADE.—On Friday last a meeting of the master glove manufacturers and the joint committees of the chamber ol commerce, the town council, and the board of guar dians, took place at the Guildhall, Worcester, for the purpose of further considering the means to be adopted for restoring the occupation of glove-sewing to the females of this city and neighbourhood. The scheme proposed was for the establish ment of achoola,with the appointment of salaried mistreeess, to give instruction in the various branches of sewing, and that these salaries, together with the rent of rooms and the premiums to bo bestowed, should be paid from funds to be railed for that purpose, and to which the chamber of com merce had offered its liberal assistance. One of the manufac turers present said that he had tried the plan before, but it would not answer, for no soon as the girl. had learned their trade they looked out for another shop, and so it would be in the new schools, unless they tied down the girls in a similar manner to apprentices. To this it was answered that the objection did not apply to a general school open to all the manufacturers, but might he valid as applied to a single in dividual. The propositions before mentioned were then affirmed, and a sub-committee appointed to carry out the details, subject to the approbation of the united com mittees. Mr. H. Pugh was appointed to hire a room for the accommodation of females who wish to receive instruc- tion in the various branches of the trade, and premiums are to be awarded for the producers of the best work. Four mistresses will be appointed to superintend the establishment. LiNcoLvsinaE. APPREHENSION OP A LINCOLN TRADESMAN FOR ' RECEIVING srocEN PROPERTY.-At the Doncaster police office, on Monday last, Samuel Cohen, jeweller, of Silver street, Lincoln, was charged with having received from a man named Wm. Woodhesd, in Jan. last, a gold brooch, set with diamonds, of the estimated value of 101. or 151., the property of Miss Hildyard, of Doncaster. It appeared that Woodhead, who stands committed for the robbery, broke into Miss Hildyard's house on Sunday evening, the 10th Jan. last, during the time that lady was dining out and her three servants were at church. He Mole a quantity of wearing apparel and jewellery, part of which he pledged at Sheffield, and proceeded with the remainder to Lin coln. lie sold a brooch to Mr. Cohen, and the next day went to Grantham, where he disposed of a ring. He afterwards went to Stamford, and sold the remainder of the articles, and thence to Heckington. At the last named place he stole some drapery goods, for which he was apprehended and tried at Slenford sessions in April, and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. While in prison he wrote to Doncaster and acknowledged the robbery, and mated where he disposed of the goods. His evidence against Mr. Cohen was as follows :—When I arrived at Lincoln, I went to Cohen', shop and offered the brooch for sale : it was a gold oval brooch, with brilliants round the edge, and hair in the centre, and was in a small black case lined with vel vet. I told Cohen I had found it about two miles on the Newark road. I asked him to be kind enough to tell me the value of it, to see whether it would be worth advertising for an owner. I told him I was a printer out of employ ment. He sail, " How long do you intend to stop an Lincoln ? " I told him I had no means of stopping more than one day, as I wholly depended on my trade for subsistence. Cohen said the brooch was of very little value it was an old•fuhinned one, and very likely the owner would not take the trouble to look after it. I then asked what the vain was: he said it might probably be worth os., and if I liked he would give me that for it. During the time I au talking about it a policeman came into the shop, who handed a paper to Cohen. When the policeman entered the defendant had the brooch out of the box, but as soon as he saw the policeman be put it in the box and covered it with his hand on the counter till the policeman was gone. I then asked him if he could give me Ss. for it: he told mo he had made me a very fair offer, and I had better take it, considering m circumstances. I then took the ss. and gave him the brooc h . When I got to the door, the defendant called me back and said, " Now if you have got anything more about you you will not have a better opportunity of disposing of it." (Cohen here made a violent gesture, and exclaimed, " You deserve to go to the gallows.") The brooch which Mr. Etches produces is cot the same brooch, nor at all like it. In cross-examination he said, there was a bey in Cohen's shop when I went in, and he remained there all the time I did. Cohen did not offer to advertise it for me. [The de fendant hero made another gesture, implying that the pri soner was not speaking the truth.] Mr. Cohen did not tell me he would much rather not buy it at all.—Wm. Lilburn de posed--I am a police-officer at Lincoln ; I remember going an the month of January last to Mr. Cohen's shop ; I went to ask him if he bad had a silver watch-casa offered for sale. I found there Mr. Cohen, his son, and Wen. Woodhead.—ln cross-examination the witness said, I did not observe that defendant was hiding anything under his hand. I neverhave heard a word satinet Mr. Cohen's character in any way what ever, and I believe he has been several times the means of detecting parties guilty of felony.—Edward Machin, of the Lincoln police force, deposed—l received some printed bills respecting the robbery at Mils Itildyard's, and about the 15th January I took a copy to all the watchm akers' and jew ellers' shop* in Lincoln, and amongst the others to the Blie• fendant's. I saw Mr. Cohen he took thepaper and romitt.— Thomas Ashton deposed I ant superintendent of past at Lincoln. On the 21st of February I went with Mr. lifealaes, the superintendent of the Doncaster police, to Mr. Cokes% to make, some inquiries respecting one of the brooches steles Mr. Etches said he had come to inquire whether Mr. Cohen bad bought a brooch an or about the 14th of January. Mr. Etches did not describe the brooch at first. The defendant said he had, and he handed over a small silver brooch, for which he said he had given the man ss. Mr. Cohen stated the man said he had found the brooch near Lincoln, and that a policeman came into the shop at the time the man was selling it. Mr. Etches aid he doubted the brooch, but he would take it. I went again with Mr. Etches, on the 24th, to the de fendant's shop. Mr. Etches told Cohen the brooch was not the one the prisoner Woodhead had sold him in January, but he said it wan—ln cross-examination he said, I have known the . . defendant complimented by the mnyistritea and the grand jury of the city of Lincoln for the dl sent and careful manner in which he Ins conducted his busmen. As many as eight times he has given information to the police respecting stolen property, and I now hold some property in my posse don obtained through Mr. Cohen. When I first wasted on Mr. Cohen, he very soon produced the brooch, and I saw nothing particular in his manner ; but when became out he appeared agitated.—W. Etches, superintendent of police, after cor roborating the above evidence, said I went to Falkingham, and showed the brooch w lth i ressivod from the defendant to the prisoner WoodheeL In mmesqnsnoe of what he said to me I returned to Lincoln, and, in eimpeay with Mr. hah. tar.j a gain called on the definer*, sod told him due Wood head denied that that was the brooch he sold. The dehndant still persisted it was the brooch he bought. I went to Oran tham and to Stamford, and found the whole of the missing articles and jewellery, except the *mg and brooch contained in the two black cases. I howl ;wen in the place de scribed by Woodbead.-11. Z. Brows, jeweller, of Don coatee, mid The stones in the Irma which Mr. Etches now shows me are not brilliants. They are paste. The value of it is about Is. • it has a silver book, and the stones are set in ether. Ni pr a ctised jeweller wo od give 31. for it, it is not worth sawn than le., sad mareely that.—Mr. Andrew then silroseed the besets flsr Cohen. After which the magistrates chided be emll tales Mr. Cohen to Five bail for his appear sass at the Doncaster sendons—himself in 1001., and two stmetles in 501. each. _ _ _ WINTERING or Brom—At the monthly mselinrz of the Deoping Fen and Spalding Farmers' Club as bat, after an interesting discussion, the following meliedea was unanimously agreed to :—" That, with rept 111 boggl ing sheep. it is highly desirable to give them admire sillecod, whisk will keep them in a more healthy state then unining them to one sort ^ _r keeping ;—with raPrd to beak I not ka inr .t n uo ded wtozmgrazing, if atte th nu e o e n ns - i i.Z l 1 : 1111 . 11 4 020 timputitir to lee. Pir rwMrr maagel venta w a en tio e l V cak and e, tha and t a el ira44l7 over, 'raid hei6 befeitad ." :77 besets Intended for grazing should not be housed or kept too GREAT OAKLEY FARMER'S CLUB.—At the monthly meeting of this club the subject of &intuition, " On the dif ferent varieties of wheat," was introduced by Mr. R. Swig_ bane, who, after commenting upon its vital importance, reed some extracts from the recorded opinions of experienced practical men and writers, having reference he the growth of the " :Cite." At the conclusion, theleOperieg resolus dons erne adopted : Set plat enseataa shoold i beSto a vezledea growing vAdte ee red ellirdos eell , memory stalest seltivation, and ems ef mune eel obi the at as{ tbe fttit the mil Ispease.—ese put shwa be medal hi se. =l , es nieetntlho ink eggeried 164 emi doe le Is tonna a diem mama from a Mont maker s=..healret. he the adelieeelleol. Is Ile odemletylmeme me • Ciseezer babe rThat ef lobbe Tamil lerash CislV—m boya . a.m.. are el weleire era be sem in this aftlet. net dense et end dal to light siel from geer be risk ilk hoe beet hand eivimlepeue. Arafte the papers read were the following :—" At :tweet * et the AiMeoltoral Society in March int, Profit- Kt !We'll said he feerei *Who flu quality of the Australian I wheat would render it , u in the case of the Talavera wheat. suitable only to our finest summers, such as 1846, and to light dry sods, and that it would ill accord with the ordinary coldness and humidity of our comparatively ungenial climate." Mr. Roberts, in his prize essay on wheat , says, " The variety of wheat should be suited t o the so il and climate—the knowledge of the varieties best suited to a par ticular soil can only be obtained front experience. The best kinds deteriorate in course of time." A COMPULSORY CHURCII-RATE.—:siotiees have been affixed to the doors of the churches of St. Nicholas and St. Peter's, citieg the churchwardens of Brighton to appear be fore the bishop's commissary at St. Michael's Church, Lewes, on Tuesday tl,e 26th inst., there to show cause why a moni tion should not be issued against them to take the necessary steps towards putting the psriah church and the church of St. Peter hi repair, and providing necessaries for the observance of public worship ; and to call a vestry meeting upon a cer tain day for the purpose of making a church rate. The notice then proceeds to state that should the churchwardens so cited fail to appear, or on appearing fail to show good cause why this monition should not be issued, the commissary will proceed to issue the said monition rendering it compul sory upon them to pert wm the ab)ve duties. The citation is signed John Hoper." The parish is therefore likely to be in the midst of a red hot church-rate strife,—Brighton Guardian. 81 - FFOI.K. SANITARY CONDITION OF corre spondent of tho Bury Peg publishes the result of an inves tigation into the sanitary condition of Ipswich. The average annual number of deaths in Suffolk is 1 in 51 ; in Yarmouth, 1 in 51 ; in Charlton and Wonley, 1 in 50; in Kidder minster, leas than 1 in 49 ; in England, 1 in 46; and in Ips wich, 1 in 42. During the last eight years, from 1838-47, the average annual number of deaths en Ipswich has been 603. I may assume, continues the writer, the population during that period . to be 25,600. Had the mortality been the same as at Huddersfield, Beverley, and Yarmouth, the number would have been 512 instead of 603. Thus, in eight years, we have had 728 deaths above the average of mortality of better drained and ventilated towns. In the year 1842, the total deaths in Ipswich were 594 ; the deaths from consumption were 137; from pneumonia, 52; and the mortality of infanta under tire years of age, 236. In Eng land the deaths from consumption the same year were 16 out of every 100; of the total deaths in Ipswich, they were 22 out of every 100. Had the deaths from this dis ease in Ipswich been uniform with those in England, we should have had 96 instead of 137. The deaths front pneumonia in Ipswich were more than 8 out of every 100 total deaths, while in Suffolk they were less than 4 out of the 100. An uniformity of deaths from this disease in Ipswich with those of Suffolk would have produced 24 instead of 52. Can anything more forcibly show the necessity of immediately adopting remedial measures to prevent this enormous waste of life, and the wretchedness and pauperism which must inevitably flow fmm it? Perhaps the most important test that can be applied for the sanitary condition of a town, is the infantine mortality. bemuse it is well known that we are, in the earliciit stages of our existence, more susceptible of atmospheric influences, and that the noxious gases which arise from the decom position of animal and vegetable substances, affect infan tine more than any other stage of our existence. In Whitby, 2G per cent ; in Lancaster, 29 ; in York, 31 per cent. die under 5 yeas of age, while in Ipswich 39 per cent. die under that age. Here, then, in the midst of an agri cultural population, we have an infantine mortality nearly equal to that of manufacturing Leicester! Again, had the number of deaths in this town under 1 year been iu the same proportion so those Li Suffolk, it would have been 104 in stead of 159. A saving of 55 lives would have been effected. The want of an efficient system of drainage generates a large class of diseases, muses a heavy tax to be laid upon the ratepayers, and is the great bane of the poorer classes. In Ipswich there are 103 streets and lanes, 15 of which are without any drainage, and 19 have surface drains on one aide only, and these sometimes extending but partly through them. In some parts of the town there are portions of sewers, but only 6 streets and roads have them for any considerable distance. Some of them here circular and others elliptic bottom, but in consequence of their not being flushed with water, they are little better than extended cesspools ; and the stench which some times issues from their gully boles is most offensive and inju rious. There are upwards of 100 courts in the town, the drainage from which is very bad. In several cases all dirty water has to be carried to a dead well, situated either in the middle or at the end of the yard, there being no gutter leading thereto ; the distance in one case being at 1 otst 20 yards. In some instances the gutters arc very badly paved, and the water stagnant. In one case parcels of rubbish and dung, collected from the streets by the occupants of the court, lay in various parts of the yard, yielding their offensive effluvia. dogs were also kept and slaughtered, and the place in sum mer must be unfit (or persons to live in. In another case the fluid (rum an adjoining privy had broken through the wall, and the exuding filth lay within five feet of the dears of some of the dwellings. Tnerc are 42 streets and lanes not paved, and several only partially payed. Where there is no pave ment and no drainage, as in the New Cut and Handford road, the chief of the rain water settles into the soil, destroy ing the foandations of the houses and making them quite stamp. The answers received from many of the oecupants of tbis New Cut were—" Very damp," " Paper rota on the wall," " Water rises in the cellar," "Things get mouldy in the cupboard," &c. The drainage of houses also in this district is very inefficient. Upwards of 250 houses in St. Matthew's parish are drained by dead wells, a number quite sufficient to poison all the springs of the town, and 77 houses are re ported as having no drainage whatever, the occupants having to throw their water into the street or dust hole, or get rid of it as they can. Some of thew dead wells are nuisances to the houses to which they are contiguous. In one case it was stated that the well sometimes overflowed after a heavy rain, flooding the whole yard. In other cases "only a sugar hogshead to carry off the waste water of 5 houses"—" Dead well not been emptied fora long time ; so full of water that the stench from it is exceedingly offensive." Very few of the houses that are drained by pipes into sewers have traps to prevent the foul air from entering the dwelling, this at times makes the kitchen or backhouse unfit to enter. The cleansing of the lanes and streets by sweeping is, in many of these occupied by the poorer classes, seldom done either by the parochial or municipal authorities. Where the scavengers are most required there they are seldom seen. The cause of this is the increased expense which such a practice would entail upon the ratepayers, the expensesof sweeping and carting at the present time amount ing annually to a very considerable sum. A proper system of sewerage would remove all these minium*. It would waver all sorts of matter, whether liquid or solid, whether proceeding from the rain at the exterior of our dwellings, how the waste in operations of cleanliness, or from the swim of articles brought into our abodes for food and other I mliMe. The sweepings of the streets might then be carried away in water instead of lying in heaps, to the annoyance of shopkeepers and the inhabitants generally, and its value would by that means be mach increased. By a proper system of sewerage there could not be in the town any refuse matter in a state of decomposition more then twenty four hours old. A CecritoN.—At the Romney sondem on Thursday, the 21st inst., Job Fideld, Esq., wu charged by the South- Western Railway Company, with leaving a gate of one of his fields open adjoining the railway, by lifting it off the hinges and leaving it iu that state. The offence had been several times pre% iously committed, and a man had been set to watch. The defendant wu fined 40s. and costs. *Lion to erect two new di s t r i c t CL,NRICAL. ch. ELEx i. .— th l c t ps is rL a h ce or n w tem eet p i l L ‘,. we m or rootoroo. to amt. ford hf arab, the other at Forest Gate. 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