The Express. — London, England, 1852-01-06 00:00:00

AMERICA. The following is from our New York corm patient : NEW YORK, Dzc.23, ISM. When Kossuth reaches Washington we may ex pect to hear of very interesting events. In my last I informed you of a rumour that the representative. a t h e European monarchical powers near this go emmout have threatened to withdraw from the country if Kossuth is received with public honours at the e.,pital. 'Mt he will he, to a certain extent, I cannot doubt. That these ministers, however, should be so imprudent as to make threats of with drawal at the moment, of all others, when their presence and their sagacity would most benefit their e on nutsters, appears singular enough. The Presi dent and his cabinet will take great pains to avoid anv :apt that tin implicate us with foreign powers. vjrc possibly Mr. Webster may in some way attempt 1,1 the torrent now threatening to break over t h e 'bounds of our long-established policy. And y e t, at this moment, he hardly dare e sp.we himself to the danger which would mead such • course. President Fillmore, who evidently would like a re-election, is in the podiessoent. On the other hand, three of the democratic candidates for the presidency have come c ut boldly and decidedly iu favour of the new doc trine of intervention as promulgated by Kossuth, vu.. Mr. Walker. lieneral Cuss, and, within a few Bass past. tiocernor Marcy, the best thinker and %hi. most isinscreathe of the three. All this looks strangely even to us. I think it very probable that some attempt will he made by c ingress to instruct the Presid. at to propose the policy of this interven tion to England and France —powsibly to remonstrate with Russia against its assistance of Austria. At this moment the news of the romp tri'tat of LaliA rev. teed by the Europa at Bahia:, IMO tome upon us with the most astounding force. It is a very curious circumstance that such a man as Kossuth should have arisen at this moment, when t i m e is such a reimukable agitation throughout the weird on the subjects of polities and religion. It would scent Out in the opinions of many reformers, Christianity had bee,rne effete and obsolete; and that governments were about to dissolve at the touch of the social philanthropists. Rut here comes a re fcus r of a different stamp, a protestant by convic tion. who bows down his head before the Almighty power which governs the world and brings order out of confusion. Hite is a reformer who knows the true condition of humanity, its 14 CakIICSSCS, its wants, and its cares. Such a man aiipearing among us Vial a resistless eloquence shames all the pitiful par ries who grope in their own corners only for the light. Zbe Court. W N DSOR, JAN. 5. Tla Queen and Prince Albert walked in the llonae para the morning. Th.. Prince or Walks, the Princess 'loyal, and the royal thddrrn. took thrir a.ual walkinv and pony exercise. The Count,sa de Nruilly and the Duchess of Orleans risikd her ALkiesty to-day. Lora John Ituseell left his re , iilence, Penshroke-lodse, R. ton... Jul-park, yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. The lti,,ht Ron. 11..nry Labouchtre has arrived at Liver y 01. likvpatehes were received at the Colonial-office yesterday !pm the governor Cansda and the governors of the o:tier North America• ravine lkspatehes were also re ftived from the governor of Gibraltar. it,RD PALMEKATON.—The "forming Herald, after alluding to "the retirement dismissal" of Lord Pal m. nton, says retirement have poseeseion, from undoubted authority, of all the facts in connection with the recent cant, and we *lull proceed to detail them without any current rite or c o mm e nt, adhering elueely to the narrative of the event* as they °mond. We shall thus afford to our readers the best possible means of deducing their own con clusions. Before the cabinet differences respecting the Finsbury-Kossuth affair had been arranged with his col leagues, situ in higher goluters by Lord Palmerston, Count Walewski called on the noble ea-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and communicated to him the fact of the ernv if fiat which had been accomplished by the Prince Presi dent, together with the reasons by which Louis Nape- Iten cousidend himself compelled to take the steps which he had adopted. Lord Palmerston on that occa sion, as the result of the interview, approved of the course adopted by the French Preeident, considering that the reaeons, assigned for it by Count Walewski were sufficient to justify it. These facts having been made known to Lord John Russell, the premier rent a written remota strauee to Lord Palmerston, complaining that the Foreign Faeretary hail taken a step so important as that of as Sp proval of the coup if. tat of Louis Napoleon, without cow salting his colleagues, whom he had thus committed to it. She reply of Lord Palmentou to this written re monstrance was, that his interview with Count alewski had been a private conversation, and' that neither its terms nor the rveult committed the govenuni nt to any particular course of action, and that the British Eleciitive might, if it pleased, go to war with France even then without violating any official pledge given by him—that Count Walewaki had proved to him, by unipiestionableelecoments, that Louis Napoleon would have been arr.ted in a few days by the opposite party in the Aweinbly (who had prepared their coup it. tat), and would have been shut up in Vincennes, had he not struck the blow—which he had thus been compelled to strike. 'thus far Lord Palmerston approved of the course &opted by the President; but, he urged, ho hail not then been made acquainted with the arrests, the lighting, and the °tin r CITCYIII4,IIICI,9 which had immediately billowed the new .ate of affairs, and, therefore, he did not think it se r...ary to consult formally his colleagues as to triremes stauces which had only been initiated. Moreover, he did 12 , 4 omsid.T st necessary for a Secretary of State—the acknowledged head of a departosent to consult his colleagues as to every transaction which came properly and positively ender his administration. This reply to the Premier Lord Pimenton considered would be thoroughly matislaetory, and he rather cipeckd the ainende honorable; but to his anissement he received a demand for the transaiis non of his wale of office to the First Minister of the Crown. On Monday, the 2nd ult., the cabinet met. The members of the administration wen up to that time per --- heti; I. /normal of the aboviernentiooed sad it was then they were Ant informed of the MG Lewd Pal merston was no longer in office. As his demised taw &fait 6. lo•pia, then, of roarer, was not sayuppowt ualllperwawase con, or t.r an attempt at reconciliations Meer that mM. Pr Mier proceeded to Windsor Polk sal immindrdad the (act of the noble lord's dillininds We Imo Ihe gob* lie to judge with what feeling, tlrammemol received. lour letters were ssilmesilik Rikinoll 10 Lord Palmerston by four of Mat alligglia Inv e of dale were from parties who be• lege IMF sidere I to be Inimical to the general policy a ammo ; therefore, wh. they or not thc7 wave midi aim of ourtegy , the more called for hefts's* 'VW .11111 Ida lass tr- etpsated on onlinaty grounds, wa WNW Is plias opium. All the facto are now before oar emmiess." REPRESENTATION OP MUNNOUTUSIONIB BOROUOILL —(I em our Cormsgamisat.)—Newpost, Naas y..41k. 'sum whirh is librz e mehortly to NNW dle untei , in of thesere* eelt by the throat, in tonalseniss usdlertunale assaidias with the Monmouthshire andORNIIIIIIMaItire Li a likely to be sharply eamOMOsioa ssermil appeared a tha field. • alliddis Maim bass to Mr. Crawahay BalM7. the east keasawdar dkidia trice. calling apes bin to aim limn to be pat is mud awm.a, that peadsorsV asupsed the Miriade., cad ea address which he bra treed to the elation hes Men pat teeth to-day in Newport. The hea. inses. that 8 = ing of th e r quietism , says he shall r peewit le piece • If at the disposal of the electors, whose laterals, be ro e:Arlo. are identical with his own, his whelp lib having la m passed among Owns. The other eandidsto is Mr. Loolaay, a reformer, of London, who has More dawn ea the prhwiple, of Nit Benjamin Hall, M.P. fee blerylebese, who has also great influence here, and the contest will doubt:eve be a atom( one. THE. RoTA L OBSERVATORY AND ELECTRIC Tett , sisrit.—Arrannerninsts an now being made. with the consent of the South Eastern Railway Company and at the request of the Astronomer-itoyal, for placing the Royal Observatory at Cimenwich in connexion with the Vine of the Electric Telegraph Company, which will give facilities for instantaneous astronomical obaerration at ono and the same time in all parts of the kingdom, and by means of the submarine telegraph with nearly all parts of the enatiavut. Two other advantage. will also be obtained, v.z., those of ascertaining the difference in the longitude of PlaC (. ., and of regulating the national time by thu uniform standard of Greenwich. BALL OF TICE NUN COMaIssIONED OFFICERS OF THE 2NII Ltrs.tl tianua:Thaioe Atalwart sons of Mars, the non•eirnamiationed officers of the 2nd Life-Hoards, ogres their usual anneal b.ll yesterday evening, at the Commer ted flail , Kintrieroad, Chrbica. The room, which is bole fully decorated, and admirably adapted to entertainments of this de , wription, was com fortably thronged with the military heroes and their fair friends, and both parties seemed determined, by their hearty enjoyment of the scene, to make the most of the short time that is to elapse, before the coati mplatol migration from Knightsbridge. The %What! ArTAIIRVIIIuIItS were curried out under the auspices of Mr. Grattan (*.poke, with an order and regularity that would have dorw honour to Almack's, and the music, which was also arranged by that gentlemen, wu both tasteful in selection and brilliant in esectition. The " Schottische, Polka. and Quirdrile" were danced with much vigour and enioyment, and although, looking at the stature of the gentlemen, they could hardly be said to " trip it on the light fantastic toe," they did their spiriting very gently, and no doubt much to their own and their partnere satis faction. The dancing finished at a late hour with the old k:nglish country dance of " Sir Roger de Coverley." 12.613,M2[ „ The INCOMB sal CHARCiIIi at lIM CONSOLIDATE I) Total 10 AP moons. Exam rt. 4 (Town lamb impesit mg rrtr Moix-rs helm of Ile Irk .1 old leires Itepsymeills et Athunce• To each brought to thii Account. bring &sing. as arrant of Mandato an l'. wno, •alarnw and Allowarma, and Diplomatic Senate, has July J. It3l, toJaa. 3, 1030 1.,7711.11 411,3%4 4,107,341 61.410,7010 11,727,034 1,4'09.721 10.13,0 3 443,730 132.0110 00.0001 20,391 31,077 9%189 IAII6 :00,164 .50.*11,314! 14,373,217 3,24 ,342 1,427,483 1,1&1,9171 387,1128 *MAO 88,3/4 88,341 78,7.4 378,371 11,979,3)2 70,03 Ll4,blSAIld 4;001 25,C;11 14317,101 124,230 161.2.13 :keep' um' 643.1016-012.91 602,943 ),0131 ; 0,037 pat 373,723 627,017 U7.24:1 841,4381 Ded. bores brerrapo 0. Quarter. TILE ENGINEERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS. We learn that many of the employers of operative engineers and machinists iu LAUCUIIIIIV, who did not at tir.t join the Manchester masters in their opposition to the demands ut the Amalgamated Society of Operatives, have given in their adhesion, and have resolved to act upon the resolution agreed to at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, on Friday evening last. The notice then agreed to be giver, to the workmen on Saturday was served accordingly'. Messrs. Ilibbert, Platt and Sous' workmen, Oldham, disavowed their intention to leave their work, and some of them ea• pressed their disapproval of the terms demanded by the society, but the waive notice was served upon them as upon the baud* at other establishments. The following notice was also ;anted up at the Clatf.lllo. , to their works : " Central Association of Employers of Operative Engi neerc—Notice,—The Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, &c., not having availed themselves of the op portunity afforded them of disavowing and withdrawing the demands made upon their employers, and the same demand having been in ei veral instances enforced, the committee of the Central Association of Employers of Operative Engi neers, give notice that the workshops of its members will be entirely closed on the 10th January. lii conformity with the above resolution, these works will be closed on Saturday nest, Jan. 10, until further lI.JUVO. " (Signed) Ilimaracr, PLATT, and SONS. " Jan. 3, 18:12." A communication from the council of the Amalga mated Society of Engineers, was yesterday forwarded to the Central Alsociation of the Master Engineers. In this letter the council stata that they arc disposed, should the employen desire it, to meet the executive committee of the Central Association a izh a view to considering, and, if possible, arranging the present dispute. The Amalgamated Society has been induced to take this course in consequence of large bodies of the men having represented that the em• plural' could not regard the proffer of arbitration made ut the public meeting as genuine, unless it were conveyed in an official shape trom the one to the other society. Mr. S. Smith hua written to say that he has received the com munication, and that it will bu laid before the executive committee of employirs, at an employer's meeting which is to take place to-day. Last night a crowded meeting of the men was held at their central club in Stepney. An ENUINEEIL having been called to the chair, briefly stated that they had met fur the purpose of ascertaining the position of affairs iu the different localities of London, so far as they had yet conic to their knowledge. Ho would call, therefore, on their sealous and indefatigable friend, Newton, to give them a sketch of the present aspect of matters. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NewroN, who was warmly cheered, proceeded to detail the progress of the movement, many particulars of which have already been detailed in these columns. He stated that on Sunday afternoon there had been • meeting of the executive council, at which many excel. lent and practical suggestions had been thrown out, and lee was happy to inform them that after much anxious con sideration, the council, feeling the necessity of not re trenching upon the funds of the society, had devised means whereby employment would be secured to them. (Cheers.) On Saturday night he had attended a meeting at Orecuwich, which had been called in consequence of Mr. Penn, the great employer there, having stated that the executive committee of the Employers' Aa-ociation, were desirous to receive a deputation from the executive of the Amalgamated Society. He was lira/ to tell them that at as dam meeting Mr. fens w col as cum of the most liberal of their employers—(hear, ear)—and it was out of deference to him, cud out of the respect which they enter- Seined for him, that the men hail taken tho earliest oppor- Wof eallis4 • meeting, in order to cementer how fur they pie miegdag the suggestions which that gentleman imilmodatodoen. The feeliog of the meeting was unanimous, *MN the employers resolved to receive • deputation, • ilsgedMlles should attend them, but that the men ought not to take the Initiative. (Cheers.) At that meeting there deo bad occurred what be anticipated would be general • nwsber of persous who were not connected with the dnalipmahlg Society, and who had matioued to work over fill% alandled, and enquired If they meld nut, as non-mem -11111110,1111 losisty, co-opuses Ia the movement. If their atom ovoid be secepteal they odd thenceforward rellrtlskkorse at tho tormiaatios of the 10 hours. This an their part was read mewled to ; and the Cr e l la that the detenideatimaof the mosters to close their washy on the 10th, wrA to throw sat alike both society am and non.soeiety met greatly add to their sismoth and numben. ) He was not ambled to give them any very detailed information, but hosolobt gists that smseept the London employers who hod weed the notice Mabee on the 10th, or who had given notices to their nes were—Maudslay and Field, Penn Miller eel Bavenbill, Swains and Bevil, Bohm sad A;1106. Seaweed. Myth, sad a good many of the semi Memo. lbehlasea sad Russell had wit yet =al=ob:tieb°..r:i'd they world 'wed Information d° this day. doe Inadmit posted the , but no doubt there were odium nose three wee Mews. Parr, Curtis, and Benhosse, esti Wren. Be wit hapoy to say thee every report they moslood tem of the most eomediWing _some, and that these woe every prehalogity of the - gasa which the eras& bud servo to Maw to "If= kind bilesday *nisi ki• east Ad bad to, ea esegased torlsomtles in pageoa,_somil *WM aad Wilma meassree bed hem Mies to mai. them to amble a Imp mount of week. la ms. Glades, he mad es them to ,member that tisk robin wee a prim weer seektiog the strike of the end that the/ bad mil Wm alba Yee smivitTrhe se e[ maks pespeastiose he their (Chasm) Ms. 1., emu sold be was glad to hear that preparations were being mods Motet the crisis. He wee sure that the mos IMO gaits yews& to eater into the system of esifes pigment. members of the lair had mat may a great many tools, bat a very tonsideroble asnanot of money at their dhpeeel which they wadi mealy lead to the council. (Hear, hem.) Ile believ ed that the move ment would not only aid the working ova, bat that it would be of the utmost advantage to tie small employers, because • number of the repairs that the man would be enabled to get would be Mhos he these fooleries where the employees had identified themeetwee with the men. Several other speeches hilewed which protracted the minting till a late Men Their tenor was in approval of the proceedings of the eceresil, and expressions of sympathy with the labourers whose dieshasge would be consequent upon the closing of the fooleries. It was intimated that means would be taken to afford pecuniary assistance to any who should be so situated. THE STEAMER MONTROSE, it seems, broke her main shaft close to the starboard aide on the 24th ult. off Cape St. Vincent on her outward passage. The starboard wheel having been secured she proceeded on her voyage at one cm. on the 24th, and arrived at Cadie at 3.40 cm. on that day. A consultation having been held, it was deemed unsafe at this scums of the year to proceed to Gibraltar, and the Pen insular and Oriental Company's agent at Oldie applied to the Spanish Captain-General for the loan of a government steam easel to convey her Majesty's mails on to Gibraltar. STOKE ATIIENVEUM CON VERSAZIONE.—OR Tuesday last, the members of the Stoke Atheneum held their fifth annual oonversaxione. The exterior of the Town hall was brilliantly illuminated with devices is gas, and over the entrance were the arms of the noble patron of the Institu tion. Long before 'the opening of the doors, crowds of good-place-seekers gad assembled, and by half-past six there were nearly 500 persons in the room. Punctually at the hour appointed, the bells of the parish church rang out a merry peal to welcome the lady patmnee—the Duchess of Sutherland. She was aoconspiusied by the Marchioness of Stafford, the Lady Constance Gower, Earl Grosvenor, Italph Sneyd, Esq., Mr. Norman Wllonald, and the lion. Frederick Loveautt Gower. Upon the arrival of the distin guished guests from Trentham, they were conducted to • private boa, which had been tastefully prepared for their reception, and the busiftese of the evening commenced. Addresses of • very interesting and appropriate nature were delivered by Mr. Smith Child, the Hon. F. L. Gower, and the Earl of Ilarrowby, motion the conclusion of the meeting, a concert was given, on which Mr. Sims Reeves, and seve ral other professional !aegis's, performed. The gross re ceipts of the evening arc stated to have exceeded 13W. Ova Mos tails .. Mumps . 1 - . . ii i... - I?..re Wide Told warry mon hoped sad Obit limeys Espana a/ Adman - - Wei laawor . TM Asmara MOW leas. Plink saaluive 01 Advsmesa. Ditto opplied as Abrams De. appl+.l as width@ wayekusiai ;idiom: THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1852. 460.16,21//, 691,447 7W.641 X 1,016,314 1 50,I141!, 41444.1117 rAKVAIRT 6. 1861, sad 18-S2. 7,840,140 4, In 914. :12,0u0.05s 269,108 4.15%915 - 4.41V.1.171 - 4,2"440 AN ABSTRACT OF IN TIM Ti MIID QUAZIDIS /Minn JANUAILY 5, 1851, MID 1862. July fo, 1b41). Vet. 10. 11134). Jaa. 3, Issi. eT — a — r esetral Jan. :i. 101. April 5, 1551. Jul! 6 . ISM. Oct. 10,y 15,1. Jan. 3, loft. Isar ended Jan. J. WO. NET PRODUCE OF THE REVENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN, 4,133,70 k 1,115,2!! 1,51X1,;67 2,1.073,:511 1.0 Al,Bl .1 2!.., N!, 5.211.1153 4,163,143 168,61.4 1,11670461 237.041 2,4,72:1 14,11144 17 1 ns,sl3 W,t147,1 2101741 10,61..018' $11.76) 141.206 11,071, I ie:Liil 11,410,411 1 miiiu,33.sl 94,3261 3;3,;25 1,434,9.5 ma N 1, 43 113,347 - i0,04. t 11.471 ,Shat; 111.,2 , 19 13.01/5,444 142,4!.! '' 4.112,11144, i37,11C 11i,i...7e 7,11.18,1114 ISIVO4 1,71%314 Aray . , i ii ma HLT•: l;7 iisi2iiiil 1 - 10700i,i1N1 301.739 91,40 i 10:40.140 7,7 NAOS' IN 7N II), in 4,314214 44190.10 1,523,492 1,145,231 97.1,N81 4.09411 1,427,1 V Z67,/st. 214.040 16,701.969 16093.119 6,933,519 6,663,9111 6,361.9 U 1,064,060 170,1401 11/,111 CIIA&G. - 12 . 91;021 13,81.;,( QUAIiTIRS ended Drffeme a the Int. Pen:unmet Dealt ----- .. TenuUmble /Wadden Intenxt on Exchequer Eft had le me* Mery as Onsoladaarl *lad dinkinit Fund The Civil Ltet Other Chartres co the Coholkberd nod ..... Yor Advances Total (Urn The SantluA The enntlus revenue, at 10th October, MI, Air providing for the diorite of that Queter, vas To ',bleb is to be stifled Pie eur k bas of the Omoolidated Fund, strove stated, in the present Queries The amount Imo& ln the( tuarter 3, 935. In part of the eume granted by Pat thaw:molt of the Conedidated lend for Supply dernees The asrplua revenue, after providing for the charge. = the Conseil. dated Fusel, and for the payment of Supply &Mom falai eat Brltoln to the 4u trite ended Jan. 3, 1852 MIL MECHI AND HIS BALANCE-SHEET. TO Till IDtTON. OP TUB tummy'. - --•-- 8111,—Fearing that the good cause of agricultutal progression might suffer from the gross misrepresentation of my balance-sheet by certain wrong-headed protectionists, I am induced to trouble you with a few explanatory re marks, rendered necessary by the peculiar circumstance of my having purchased au large and unusual an amount of cattle food as a means for producing manure. I believe most farmers are agreed that, by feeding stock, the cheapest and best manure is obtained; but those who have criticised my apparent deficiency have not been capable or honest enough to admit that there is an average loss of 33 per cent. on all food purchased for cattle feeding, and that that lota repre ' Bente the value of the manure. In the 33 per cent. I in elude of course the charges for attendance and casualties. The principle applies alike to oil cake, bay, or turnips, bought and brought home for consumption. Let me illus trate it—the value of a ton of hay, fur sale, is 31. to 31. 101. For consumption, it would only be valued at V. Turnips hereabout are selling at 10s. to Lis. per ton. Every fanner ' will readily admit ho cannot sell them to his stock at more than Oa. per ton. A proper understanding of this question is necessary to the verification of my balance.ahcet. My interested opponents assume (falsely assume) that tn.' outlay for fool was as great in previous years, and that it will be so fur future years. The fact is that in no former year did my purchases amount to more than half the sum expended in 18.11. These were induced by the very low pnee. My rail being accomplished, and my land fertilised and producing abundance of stuck food, my outlay fur the future will *idiom exceed 1501. annually. Many find it convenient to forget that whilst other lands base declined in value, mine has been trebled in its rental, and for why ? because of my various improvements in cul tivation, drainage, buildings, and manure. This valuation took place on the 30th October, 1850. Certain people have endeavoured to excuse the apparent deficiency on the ground of mismanagement ; but, this is incorrect, fur whilst I admit that Essex is not a first-rate breeding county, except fur pigs, I am quite satisfied, and so are my immediate neighbours, that few people make more meat, with the same quantity of food, than your hum ble servant. Nor do I admit that my management is in soy way costly, barring the commission of 21 per cent. to a competent judge of stock who purchases and sells for me. .% hen I engage in a sound cause, no clamour or misre presentations will divert me from my progress, which 1 be lieve to hi ono of profit. The days fur agricultural neglect are gone. Nothing hut progressive improvement and business principles can with staud the test of competition—the very soul of business. I am, sir, your obedient servant, J. J. MECHI. Tiptree Hall, lielvedon, Essex, Jan. 3. SHOCKING MURDER LEI GLASGOW. We regret to say that ono of the most brutal eases of murder that has fur many years past occurred in the city, was perpetrated on the evening of New Year's-day. The victim in the case is a young woman named Margaret Lyle, who, for the last ten or twelve mouths, hod been, more or less, cohabiting with a carter named Neil Strachun, the supposed murderer. The circumstances, so far u known, appear to be, that Strachan and deceased were drinking together most part of the day, and were both somewhat intoxicated about six o'clock in the afternoon, which was the last time that the woman was seen alive. Straehan's daughter, a grown-up girl, displeased with the conduct of her parent, left the house, taking with her two younger members of the family to an aunt's, who re sided at no great distance. No other communication was had with their father till about twelve o'clock at night, when he himself came over to the aunt's, and told them that Lyle was dying. lle also, u it seems, went to Mr. Smith, druggist, at Kinning-place, and representing the woman as very ill, induced the latter to accompany him to his house. Mr. Smith saw at a glance that the woman was quite dead, and, observing enough to arouse his suspicions that she had met her death unfairly, he communicated them to the police, by whom &Nathan's premises were immediately visited. The body of the young woman pre sented a most appalling sight. The whole surface of her person—back, legs, and every part of the body— was one mass of livid-colonred bruises, the head and face swelled to almost twice the natural sine, from the blows that had been inflicted ; and;medical skill was not neetled,to how that murder had been committed. The body, when first seen, was lying on areossa bed; but from the marks of blood that stained the floor of the only apartment in the house, as well as the indentation' in another pallet that occupied the opposite aide of the recess, the struggle must have commenced in this apartment, the act finally completed in the pallet referred to, and the body afterwards dragged to the place where it was latterly found. Strachan, when taken onto custody by the police, manifested a considerable amount of coolness; but professed to be unable to give any other account of the dreadful event, further than he fell asleep early in the evening, and that when he awoke deceased was lying beside him, covered with blood, but not dead. He endeavoured to raise her up and pour some whisky down her throat, but, finding her insensible, ran out and gave the alarm in the manner described. The authorities of Renfrewshire, in which county the murder was committed, made the necessary examination of the premises in the course of yesterday, and labelled everything that was likely to have been the instrument by which the unfortunate woman met her death. From the appearances left on the wall it is likely that the ppooker was the weapon that had been used with such nurdaroaa effect —North British Mail. SUPPOSED SUICIDE BY A YOUNG LADY.—R. Up hill, Esq., coroner for the eastern division of the county of Somerset, held an inquest on Saturday afternoon at the Dolphin inn, Weston, near Bath, on the body of a young lady, named Johanna Timme, under the following distress. iag circumstances. The deceased, who was about 30 years at age, and very respectably connected, has for some time past resided in the family of Mr. A. Duncan, of Hatfield House, Widcombe, Bath, as governess, and, on the morn ing of Christmas day, she accompanied Mies Duncan to church. During the service, however, she complained of illness, and quitted her seat. The pew opener, noticing her strange and excited manner, invited her into the vestry to take • glass of water, but this she de clined, and quitted the church. Alter this time no trace I of her could be found by her friends, excepting that it was ascertained that on Christmas-day, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the landlord of the Dolphin lan mw • young lady, answering the description of Mr. Duncan's governess, walk ing hurriedly along the towing-path on the bank of the river Avon, about two miles from the city; and that won after he had lost sight of her another person saw a female struggling in the water. He hastened to procure the assistance of • person living near; but on his return, no trace of the drowning person could be found. The river was dragged unsu cces sfully for several days ; and as there was no absolute certainty that the person seen in tho water was Mims Timme, her friends were kept in a state of great uncertainty as well u painful anxiety as to her fate. On Friday afternoon, however, Mr. Weston, of the !Loyal-crescent, whilst out in a boat disco vered the body of the unfortunate lady, which was at once conveyed to the inn, where the inquest wu held. The un fortunate deceased, whose death has caused much painful excitement to her relations and the family with whom she resided, was, we understand, for some time previous to her disappearance, suffering from depression of spirits to which she was constitutionally disposed, but beyond this there was no known cause which could lead to the comminion of so deplorable an act as that to which there is too much rea son to fear her death is to bo attributed. The jury returned an open verdict of " Found drowned." GALE AT LIVERPOoI..—LITERPOOL, JAN. 5.--On Saturday night, and during the greater part of yesterday, we were visited with a violent gale, which commenced at the Y.W. point, but afterwards veered to N.N.W., at which it blew very hard till late in the afternoon. The accounts from the adjacent coasts report many casualties, hut happily we have not heard of eny serious wrecks. The following vessels put back, with more or leas of damage: St. (ieorge, fur New Orleans ; Diarnant, fur Alexandria; John Hamil lton, for Lumbep ; Countess of Fglinton, fur llahia ; and Bertha, for Smyrna. The schooner :Sinus, of and for Cork, was riding at anchor off the Horse Bank, with loss of fore mast, end has been towed back to this port by the Victoria tug. THE OMNIBUS SERVANTS OF THE METROPOLIS. Yesterday evening a crowded and influential meet ing of belies and gentlemen interested in ameliorating the condition of this large class of the public servants was hold at the Infant School, Peddington-green ; the Rev. M. A. CAMPBELL, vicar of the parish, in the chair. In opening the proceedings, the rev. gentleman observed that they haa met for two übjects, the first being to express tho anxious wish they all must feel that the labourers connected with omnibuses should have an opportunity of intending to their religious duties on the Sabbath; and secondly, that they should co-operate in the formation of such institutions as might tend to support them in sickness. Of these objects, of course, the former was the paramount and all-important one ; and it was one that involved a much greater queetion, namely, the better observance of the Lord's-day : Un doubtedly there had been much improvement in this respect; and the public dinners and entertain ments that used commonly to be held some years ago on Sundays were in great measure abolished. AU this was owing to a better state of the public mind, and It was in fact only by acting upon public opinion that they asst hope to succeed with respect to the Sunday labour of annalbas servant/. He was happy to state that two very easpectable proprietors had called upon him, previous to the meeting, to express their great anxiety to co-operate with the movement ; and ho felt sure there were man/ who would gladly follow their example. (Hear, hear. His great argument, however, hod always been, both in the pulpit and elsewhere, that they could never succeed in inducing persons who now grossly violated the Sabbath to to course, unless those who wished to keep the set them a much better example than they did at goeneat. (Cheers.) The Hon. ARTHUR KINNAI RD stated that he was in the constant habit of using omnibuses, and thought that they were exceedingly well conducted. He could also Mar testimony to the good behaviour of tho omnibus soretwella s *em whom he had never received any thing but civility and attention. (Hear, hear.) These men, not to state the case at all extravagantly, were con atiustly employed for thirteen or I I hours a-day, with only • pause of some half hour for their meals, a respite, too, which depended in great measure upon their keeping their time, for if they were behind (and delays in over-crowded streets must often be unavoidable), even that short meal time was still further diminished. Attendance on divine worship was utterly out of the question, except at the sacrifice of some portion of their wages. It might perhaps be thought that their occupation was a healthy one, but that was far from being the case, in proof of which the hon. read a letter from a medical practitioner, who (dart:7 lhat they were extremely liable to rheumatism, severe bronchial affections, and consumption; besides which the preternatural tax upon their constitution, involved in their heavy labour, irregular meal-times, and fre quent protracted fast, rendered the premature break up of their system an event of common occurrence. Persons sometimes accused omnibus servants of dishonesty. Now nothing could ever justify a man for being dishonest; but,whcn it was considered that they had never any time to think of their responsibilities, .and that they had been deprived of every means of religious and moral instruction, surely they could not wonder that men so circumstanced should not be able to resist temptation ? (Cheers.) Ile (the hon. gentleman) thought that the omnibus proprietors would find that occasional relaxation to their servants and to their cattle would not interfere with the convenience of the public, while it would be of incalculable advantage to the spiritual and temporal welfare of their fellow men. (Cheers.) Mr. Kinnaird concluded by stating that. since a meeting which had been held at Islington upon the subject about 20 omnibuses had been taken uff the Holloway and Islington route, end by moving a resolution denouncing over-work generally. (Cheers.) Mr. EDWARDS, an omnibus proprietor, denied the statement as to the reduction of Sunday truffle, and said that the proprietors felt personally aggrieved by the manner in which the movement had been got up. He believed that the usual working time was not more than twelve hours, instead of being from 8 a.m. to midnight, as had been stated; and with respect to Sunday labour, he should be very glad if some means could be de vised for affording the men relief. (Cheers.) The masters had shown themselves favourable to the benevolent society when it was first started, and had subscribed 951. of the 1,000. at present in the bankers* hands; but he regretted to say that a misunderstanding had arisen as to the manner in which the agitation had been conducted; and they had not lately a ff orded it so much support as at the minunesee tent. Amongst other misrepresentations it had been stated that their servants had to pay out of their wages of 365. a week lls. to the stable men; but ho repudiated anything beyond a pint of beer, and a notice to that effect had loss been' stuck up in his yard. (Hear, hear.) lie did not think that many of the men would like to be deprived of their Sunday work, for he had men who had been with him 11 or 12 years, and who had never lost a journey. (Hear, hear.) Mr. OREY, another proprietor, also objected to the vituperation which had been cast on the proprietors. He denied that their men were ill-used or ill-paid, though he must admit that they were hard worked. (Hear, hear.) Nor did he hesitate to make this avowal, for the men received additional remuneration for their labours ; and if they were religiously disposed they could well afford to pay for substi tutes. Of course they could not all leave on Sunday, but there were plenty of places of worship open on other days. Mr. SCULLY, the secretary, stated that 22 or 23 omni buses Wowing to Mr. Wilson, had discontinued some of their Sunday Journeys, as might be proved by the Rev. Mr. Wilma and the Rev. Kr. )'genie, whose churches some of the moo atissied. Mr. EDMUNDS, amidst some confusion, again denied that there had been any alteration in Wil son's omnibuses. The resolution was carried unanimously. A second resolution, asserting that the omnibus servants were overworked, was then moved by Sir Mamie tiontno, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Mos.raitua, of tho Lock Chapel, and carried unanimously. Avote of thanks was then, on the motion of Capt. Dunn, given to the chairman and tho clergymen who had attended, and the meeting broke up. NEW YEAR'S-EVE IN TUE LUNATIC ASYLUM AT COLNET lIATCII.—On the evening of the last day of 1851 the Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch was the scene of a mast interesting spectacle, which took place under the auspices, and by direction of, the visiting justices of that important and magnificent institution of the county of Middlesex. The patients, to the number of nearly 400— females 230, males 166—were assembled, at six o'clock, in the large exercising hall of the asylum, which had been most tastefully decorated for the ameba, by the patients themselves with evergreens and Hags, "applied for the par pees by order of the visiting justices; and, after tea hail been partaken of by the whole party, music and dancing commenced, and was continued for more than an hour, several of the officers and visitors joining in the amuse ment, cheerfully endeavouring to promote the happiness which it was evident the poor patients experienced. Other amusements succeeded, parties were formed, and paraded the hall in the utmost order and regularity ; and, although • similar entertainment is given periodically to the patients at Ilanwell, this was the first time the patients of both sexes were associated in ono en tertainment, and it is most gratifying to record that no entertainment yet given to lunatics since the introduction of the new system of treatment into the county has been marked with greater propriety than the one under notice. At nine o'clock cake, oranges, and mulled beer were supplied plentifully, and after the national anthem hail been sung with hearty good will by the whole 400 pa tients, they returned tot heir respective wards, expressing themselves much delighted with the evening's entertain ment. Groat praise ts due to the medical officers of the establishment, Drs. Hood and Davis. for the very admissible arrangements made by them for this °cession; also to the matron, steward, and other officers for the seal with which they rendered their services to promote the mem of the patients. There was a large number of and visitors present, including IL Esq., the chairman of the bench ; B. Botch, the chairman of the committee of visiting justices ; A. Smith, Env, Mr. Alderman Law rence, C. 11. Cottrell, Esq., J. IVilson ' Esq., C. S. Butler, Esq., W. 11. Bodkin, Esq., 11. Stock, Esq., U. Crawshay, Esq., Capt. Sinclair, ific. &e. KOSSUTII 811AKSPEARE FUND. The sum of 3‘. &I. has been subscribed by 39 compositors in the employ of Messrs. Spottiswoode and Shaw. IRELAND. DUBLIN. JAN. 6. The electors of the borough of Wexford have been addressed by Mr. Frederick Hughes, of Ely-house,' who claims their support "as the friend of civil and religious liberty in its widest sense." He promises' to advocate general and financial reform, an equit able arrangement of the landlord and tenant laws, al re-adjustment of the septennial valuation for levy ing the tithe rent charge, &c. &c. It is atated that the lion. Robert Dale, brother of Lord Dunsandle, . and son-in-law of Viscount Heytesbury, has coin menced canvassing the constituency of the county of Galway, preparatory to offering himself at the next election ; and the Limerick Clictmicle asserts that John O'Brien, Esq., M.P., is to offer himself on tenant right principles for the representation of the county Clare at the next vacancy ; adding that " the Itight Rev. Dr. Vaughan, Roman Catholic bishop of Killaloe, has promised that he and his clergy will return the hon. gentleman free ofexpense ; and that Mr.O'lirien purposes to bring forward the question of tenant right at the several union board rooms of Clare, of which he is a guardian, and also as a grand juror before his fellow grand jurors at the next assizes for that county." The following from the Galway 17iitlicator is re markable, if trne We have been hearing a rumour, for some time past, that Dr. Miele had withdrawn all further opposition to the national schools, and that he no longer entertains any ob jection to his clergy placing their school% under the Board of Education. We find this rumour confirmed by the fol lowing statement of Mr. Marshall, the Catholic Inspector of Schools in England:—.. I was told a few days ago by the Archbishop of Tuam—l hope I am not betraying con fidence in repeating the remark—that be thought he could sow see his wiz in placing the schools in his diocese, or %erne of them, in connexion with the national fumed, upon conditions satisfactory to his religious scruples as chief pas tor of tim part of Ireland." According to the latest accounts from Dundalk, Mr. Eastwood still lingered, although scarcely any hopes of his recovery were entertained. rhe electric telegraph between Dublin and Cork has, it is understood, been contracted for at the rate of 2001. per mile. The magistrates of Tuam have met, and memo rialled the Lord Lieutenant to withdraw the addi tional force of constables recently sent to that town. It is said that prosecutions are about being insti tuted against the 'prentice boys of Derry for riotous proceedings in celebrating the recent anniversary of the closing of the gates. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL CAMBRIDGE, JAN. u. —TILE MAITLAND PRIZE.— The sum of 1,000!. having been accepted by the University for the purpose of instituting a prize, to be called " Sir Peregrine Maitland's Prize," for an English essay on sonic subject connected with the propagation of the gospel, through missionary exertions, in India and other parts of the heathen world, the prize to be given onto in every three years, and to consist of the accruing interest of the principa; sum during the preceding three years ; the Vice-Chancel lor has given notice that the prise will this year be given fur the best esaay on tho following antiject:—. The Duty, an well as Policy of Christian States to encourage Missions for the Conversion of the Heathen." Candidates tor the prize mast be, at the time when the sab,l•ect is given out, bache lors of arts under the standing of M.A., or students in civil law or medicine, of not less than four or more than seven years standing, not being graduates in either faculty, who shall be required, before they are admitted to become ean• didates, to produce, (coin their respective professors, certifi cates that they have performed the exercises necessary fur the degree of bachelor of law or medicine. The exercises must be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor before the division of the Easter Term 1854 each bearing some motto, and ac companied by a sealed paper, hearing the same motto, sad enclosing the name of the candidate and that of his college. PUBLIC 'WORSHIP AT ST. MARTIN'S, BIRMINGHAM. —The rector of St. Martin's, Birmingham, the Rev. J. C. Miller, had announced to his parishioners that he has obtained the consent of his diocesan, the Bishop of Wor cester, to alter the arrangements for Sunday services in his parish church. lie states that the ordinary morning ser vice consists of a combination of services which were not originally used together, and that many of the clergy and laity had wished the service to be divided according to the original designs of the framers of the l'rayer-book. He also states that a large portion of the present worshippers consists of servants and others who can only attend alter• noon er evening service, and are thus, from one end of the year to the other, shut out from the most important parts of the Liturgy, via., the Litany and the whole of the Com munion office, including God's Ten Commandments. To remedy this evil he proposes to have lour services, and to commence the new arrangement un Sunday, January 4, 1852, with the quarter-past nine morning service. The anticipated advantages are thus ' , owned up :-1. The shortening of the morning service—a great comfort to invalids, the aged, and especially to children, as Sunday school teachers well know. 2. fhe securing of au additional service and sermon where the church accommo dation is utterly inadequate for the population. 3. The bringing of all the services within the reach of all classes. Thus servants and the working classes, who have the little Sunday dinner to attend to, and who are now shut out from the " To Deem," the "Litany," and the " Commu nion Office," will enjoy our whole incomparable liturgy, of much of which they have been practically deprived. 4. Facilitating of the attendance of servants and the poorer classes at the Lord's Supper by an afternoon administration of it monthly, as many of the experienced clergy believe that the scanty attendance of these classes at the commu nion arises from the communion never being administered in the morning. The Rev. Mr. Miller says that this movement has nothing to do with any particular party in the church ; that it is nut proposed from a love of innovation, but from an earnest desire to render the rich provision given by God's providence in the Prayer-book as accessible as possi ble to the masses of the people.— &mercer. THE FORGERIES ON THE YORKSHIRE BANK,— In reference to the recent forgeries on the Yorkshire Bank, there is every season to believe that the parties implicated form pert of a numerous gang who have made Sheffield their head quarters. Indeed, when the forgery was first detected in Leeds it was suspected that it had emanated from Sheffield, to which town several members of the de tective force were despatched in quest of information. On inquiry there these suspicions were confirmed by the Sher' field police, who recognised in the description of the utterer. given by the Leeds detectives two noted characters, named Ellis and Marshall, the former of whom was in cus tody a short time since on suspicion of being concerned in an extensive burglary at Worksop, and the latter was re cently stopped in Manchester uttering a forged note on the Bank of England, but by swallowing the note he destroyed the only proof of his guilt. That these were the parties there was no doubt, and the only question that remeirit to be solved was how to catch them. Elva Ibis difficulty was soon overcome by White, one of the Sheffield force, who learnt that the parties in question had arranged to meet in the evening with some friends, at a low beer house in the town, and have a gone fur supper. Accord. bay a strong body of police invested the house whilst the 'mg individuals were enjoying theirChristmastare ; wwi whic h they had scarcely terminated when the festive =was broken into by the police, who not only cep- Ills and Marshall, but also a man named Greta, who was proved to have offered some of the forged notes is ERtefßeld. The gang appears to have been exceedingly well organised and distributed over the West Riding, as coeusterfeit notes were uttered in most of the large towns in the BM* simultaneously. Neither do they appear to hs ISMINd their attention to the Yorkshire Bank alone, bat a lIIIIIIber of counterfeit Bank of England notes were aiwpaleeed by them on the unsuspecting. Loos OF A STEAMElL—lntelligeneo was received yesterday, at Lloyd's, of the lees of the Town of Wexford steam-ship, off the Skerriee, near Holyhead, during the violent north-westerly galeon Sunday morning. She left Wexford for Liverpool in the course of Saturday, with several passengers and a general live and dead cargo. Dur• ing the night she laboured severely in consequence of the tempestuous state of the weather, and on the following morning she was observed off the Skerries, under canvass, her machinery apparently having broken down or in some way disabled. After beating off for about two hour', she dropped her anchor and brought too in the hope of the weather moderating and being able to clear the lee shore. However, the gale continued with but little intermission, and about two o'clock in the afternoon sho parted from her anchor, and was driven 'shore near Trefadog, some three or four miles to the out : ward of the bay. lier perilous position having been before noticed, the life-boats put off to the rescue of the passengers and crew, and, with the aid of their own boats, every one of them were preserved. Little, however, was waved of the cargo, as many dead cattle and pigs were seen Boating about the bay. The lust accounts from the wreck announce her to be bilged, and in the event of the weather continuing violent there is little doubt as to her proving a total hr,s. FALL OF Two HOUSES IN CLERKENWELL.—Yes terday afternoon considerable alarm prevailed in the neigh bourhood of Coldbath-square, Clerkenwell, in conseque nce of the fall of two houses, situated In Bath-row, adj • • g, as it was known at the time that several men were engaged 'in their demolition. It appeared that the houses, which • were three stories in height, had been condemned in con ! sequence of their dilapidated state, and the tenants had left. Scaffolding was erected, and the men had taken dews the fronts of each, with the roof of one of them, the taw and a portion of the bricks having been placed on the roof of the other house. Between four and five o'clock in the afternoon there were seven men at work under the ground-floor of one, when a bricklayer in the other huddler thought ho observed symptoms of colinpsing of the party wall. Ho went and informed Woodward, who instantly directed his men to make their escape. This was promptly done, and while making their exit a quantity of ',mks and mortar came down. They were scarcely clear of the seatfiding when both shells of the houses fell down with a tremendous crash, the report of which brought the inha bitants from the vicinity promptly to the spot. The whole mass, fortunately, fell perpendicularly. No personalin jury was received by any one. 4,117,1114 ♦,507,151 g12,04.1.1)16 LA PLATA. (Pan® the Daily b - ms.s.) Since the affairs of the ltiver Plate btcome month by month of more general interest, let as examine tho Instorical sequence of events which produced the last collision and struggle in tliut part of the world. The affairs of that i;%er have for many years engaged the attention of the public; and of the English, French, and Brazilian cahinets, yet such have been the contradictions in their conduct, such the passions and interests they brave excited, that great as arc our relations with tlh; Plate, then, aro few in Europe who really comprehend what is now in progress there • and none, wo venture to think, can properly understand the resent ques tion, without casting, at least, a glance back to past The Spanish colonies at the mouth of the Plate and its confluent rivers formed, it will be recollected, a Vice Royalty of the old Spanish Monarchy, the capital of which was Buenos Ayres, then—that is in MO— the largest, most important, and richt st city of South America. The sanguinary war of their liberation from Spain was followed by a no less cruel civil war; and it terminated ill the breaking up of the provinces of the Vice Royalty. Paraguay sought peace and safety and material comfort in the strictest isolation and the severest despotism under Doctor Fitaseie ; to keep out from its own troublesome countrymen it for a while renounced the Society of the whole human race. Upper Peru split off into the republic of Bolivia; and, to protect itself front the brigandage, the disorders, asul the demagogism of the Gaucho chief ARIICAS, the Portuguese government of Rio occupied the Banda Oriental. The other provinces, however, fell into a state of anarchy and confusion, which for a few years defied and prevented the establishment of any form of government ; and the effects of which they still feet. On the independence of Brazil, Uruguay volun tarily became part of that empire, sent deputies to its Constituent Assembly, and was incorporated in it as its Cis-Platian province. The antipathies of the Spanish and Portuguese races, with other causes, however, soon produced discontent in this new ac quisition of Brazil; and, nisisted by Buenos Ayres, it rebelled. Hence the war of 1826; the object of which was whether Brazil or BUCIIOS Ayres should have the Oriental state. As in other CAA'S, danger produced union ; fur during this war a Congress met and adopted a con stitution for the Argentine states. The federal form of government was condemned; a unitarian frame work was preferred ; and a President of the Repul lie, one and undivided, was appointed in the person of lion BERNARDINE VADAVIA, then recently returned from public service at this court; and whom ability and virtues have yet to be rivalled iu Spanish South America. The provinces of Cordova. Santa Fe, Tuonman, and Rioja unfortunately repudiated this constitution and pronounced in favour of federalism. Meanwhile, both unitarians and federalists fought against Brazil; but such was the predominating con fusion, that, whilst General Paz was triumphing over the federalists of Cordova and Santa Fe, the uni tarian government under which he served had fallen at Buenos Ayres. In the midst of this anarchy, Mr. CANNlNG,—care ful of the new world he had called into existence to adjust the balance of the old,—insisted on peace between Brazil and Buenos Ayres; and it was at last concluded by Lord PoNsuxnv in 1529, on the basis of Uruguay becoming a republic independent alike of both. This war over, Don JUAN MANUEL DE 'IIOSAS began to rise into importance as a federalist ender. Those who preferred the unitarian form of government were, generally speaking, the large proprietors, the mercantile classes, the wealthy and educated; whilst the adherents of federalism were the gauchos, or graziers, the country people and the ignorant ; all of whom regarded with aversion the inhabitants of the maritime towns and foreigners. After the unitarians had been expelled from Buenos Ayres, a provisional arrangement was entered into with the other provinces, confiding to the government of Buenos Ayres the direction fur all their foreign affairs. They now considered them selves a federal state, each having its separate go vcrnment ; and a Congress of all the provinces was to assemble at Buenos Ayres for the purpose of forming a definitive federal constitution. This is the provisional state of things that Ito' s, for his own purposes, has prolonged. Our present limits do not permit us to trace the consummate skill with which Ilos.►s for a while yielded the reins of government, to acquire military reputation in au expedition against the Indians of the Colorado river; how he subsequently rehtsed the government because congress did not give it die ! tatorial powers ; and how ultimately he acquired all he wanted by means of a military inburrectiou against Governor Don JUAN lIALC Rusts has since exercised a sway in Buenos .lyres that will be best understood by a few traits of his rule. Imitating monarchs of old, he kept a dwarf, a mulatto jester called Crispin. On thelokes of this wretched deformity frequently depended life and death ; and dressed up as Governor, to hint were often paid all the honours of the state. A club of assassins, called the Mas-lloreas,--or literally More hanging —was established, who carried cudgelling real death into every quarter; and when, the other day, General 1/11441.: '4.1 declared war against such frenzied atrocities, twenty-one political prisoners were taken to Palermo, his country residence, and there shot in presence of the Hierophant of Tyranny. Internally, the reign of Rosss has, therefore, been one of terror. Externally it has been one of con stant quarrels with foreign powers. French, Eng lish and Brazilian squadrons have rarely been out of the Plate since he acquired domination at Buenos Ayres, and each country in turn has been engaged in a little war with him. Situate at the mouth of the Plate he has appropriated to himself the whole customs revenue (collected there) of the Confedera tion : he has endeavoured to divert all its trade to his own, which is not the most convenient port of the Plate ; he has left nothing undone to arrest the material progress of the Upper States ; and, in viola tion of the peace of 182-3, he has tried to extend his authority over the oriental side of the river. Elected for federal purposes, he has never promoted the for mation of a federal constitution ; and by keepino. public rights undefined by laws and rules, ho' s has been able to conduct the elections of his own province in such a manner, that those persons only that he nominates can be chosen ; and that usually by a unanimity of votes. Thus, confident in the servility of the legislative corps of the province of Buenos Ayres, he has re peated to it the annual farce of resi,gnation • ' and as often re-assumed the despotism which, in reality, ho never laid down. In such a state of things there can be no principle of stability, and the upper provinces have at last be come weary of it. Starting from the point of 1829 at which Rusts arrested their progress, they desire to frame the federal constitution that was then decided on; and, accordingly, this year the Governors of the provinces of Entre Rios and Corri entes, Unoutz t and Vftissuito, have announced their acceptance of Itosss's resignation, so far as the direc tion of the foreign affairs of the Argentine Confede ration aro concerned. Thereupon Bets is has re tracted his resignation ; and they have appealed to the sword. In this strange whirligig of South American poli ties, the realities of the question at issue have, it will by this time have been seen, changed. The government of Ros is, who still calls hint , self a federalist, and who denounces all his oppo , nents as Savage Unitarians whom it is meritorious to rid the world of has become the strongest and most inexorable centralisation, the most stringent example of unitarian despotism ever seen, whilst the men held up by him to murder as unitarians have for their first object the completion of that federal constitution which ltosss has never attempted to prepare. The unitarianism which once existed in the Plate has long since disappeared, and there is now but one desire on the part of those who dare to speak, and think, and act ; and it is to estab !Wl a moderato federal republic, composed of those provinces which have now one bond of union, and that is—hatred of Rosss. That in such a constitution there would be better guarantees for peace and order than there have been in the twenty years of the existing tyranny, can hardly Ise denied. 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