The Express. — London, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

the substance of the articles of capitulation. this )(module, it is said that General Concha has written M a drid, tie demand the recall of Senor Ayllon, ten to • a wi ng the resignatioa of his command if this requi sition IS not complied with. Senor Pacheco, in his may, contents himself with approving the conduct of o me ral Concha, and blaming that of the Spanish ambassador atLisbon. The Correo explains the protocol th y; " The news of the surrender of Oporto, with a gay o'- fthe convention, reached Lisbon on the let. Un setanately the details of the negotiation did not arrive et the same time. Thus the causes were left unex ,kinest which prevented any representative of France 6 0 , taking a part in the convention, while the voluntary renur.ciation of the Duke of Saldanha to i figure as one of the negotiators remained unknown. tics the capitulation failed to find favour in the eyes of the plenipotentiaries; who immediately assembled to frame a protocol, in which they declared them selves not responsible for the convention : and added that the amnesty granted by the Queen would con tinue to be the base for the pacification of Portugal. Noteat they protested against too act concluded b e for Oporto, or entertained the Ln of annulling it; but simply they washed their hands of a busi me which seemed to them to involve serious defects. This (adds the ministerial paper) is a lamentable fact ; and the plenipotentiaries of the three powers are evi dently in the wrong. If they had only waited for the due explanations, they would have corrected their first opinion, and have understood the immense ser vice which General Concha had done to the same sae in which they were embarked. 'This, we know, i s t h e way in which the Spanish government looks at the affair. We understand that, having seen the pro tocol of Lisbon, and the considerations upon which it was framed, and having read the lettere addressed to them by General Concha upon this subject, the minis ters 'hive not hesitated entirely to approve of the conduct of the general, and to forward instructions in the same sense to Senor Ayllon." Yesterday there took place in the theatre of the Maxim a meeting of the electoral junta of the pro gresista party, to provide a committee to superin tend the elections of the provincial deputies. Upon the motion of Don Francisco de Paula, the Labrador or worker of the junta, Mendizabel, took the chair. It was voted that the junta should continue their labours, and associate some 8 or 10 new members. Mendizibal proposed 12 names out of which the committee should be appointed. General Linage 's return to the capital was hailed with congratulation, and his name was proposed and carried nets. con. as a member of the committee. The moderados have also held meetings, for the purpose of organising a com mittee to superintend the same provincial elections in their interest. The Bank of San Fernando has just received an importation of French dollars, amounting, it is said, to eight millions of reals -a timely relief to the siege which they endured from the holders of their notes, who placed themselves, en queue, from an early hour in the morning, outside the bank door. Meanwhile, the bank adopted the ingenious shift of cashing against time: that is, paying in the minute coin of half pesetas—Spanish sixpences; so that it took the cashiers some hours to count a small sum. The arrival of the silver will doubtless diminish the Towne. Catalonia seems in a worse state of disturbance than ever. The mail due on Saturday from Barcelona did not arrive. And the " Peninsular diligence " which came in brought news that, when passing through Cutel-follit, between Igaolada and Castelloli, they saw the me/le poeie which ft Lerida on Th u rsday for Barcelona, i n flames ;it had been set fire to by the cellists. The camellia Vilella had sent notice to the Lerida poet-office that he would shoot any conducteur he met with carrying official correspondence. The object of Messrs. Carriquiri and Buschental in going to London is, according to the Faro, to or ganise a fresh loan for Senor Salamanca, who, it says, has found it impracticable, in the face of such a . decided expression of public opinion, to carry out his scheme of issuing the Exchequer Bills for 100 millions of reals. Therefore the Mon-Pidal organ predicts that the auction named by the Minister of Finance for the 16th will not come off. We shall see. The same paper says that the government has prevented the meeting of capitalists that was to have taken place yesterday at the Bank of San Fernando to make a representation to the Queen concerning the distressed state of the money market. Despatches from the captain-general of Estee readura, dated the 6th, announce his arrival with the Spanish forces under his command at Riza. His progress through Portugal had been effected in the most perfect quiet. Telegraphic despatches from Burgos of the 11th say that the band of "The Student" had been overtaken on the 10th, near Sedono, and had suffered a fresh defeat from the regular troops. The adjutant of "The Student" had been taken prisoner, four horses and some arms taken, a captain killed, and "The Student" himself wounded in the heath SWITZERLAND.—BERNE, JULY 15.—1 t appears that M. Bois le Comte, unable to conquer the resistance of the president of the diet, who refuses to communicate to the states the note which had not been addressed directly to him, has come to the determination of reading it himself to several can'onal deputations individually, declaring that this letter of M. Ouizrt being intended for a friendly people, he desird that people to be mode acquainted with its content. ; it was remarked to M. Bois le Comte that this proceeding was rather radical on the part of a foreign ambassador, endea r souring in this manner to exert his influence over the peo ple, alleging that the French government would not he little surprised should the Swiss envoy in his turn publish addresses to the French people ! The French ambassador, it must be owned, pozseraes one virtue, that of frankness. "Botk Austria and France have at last recognised (said he) that the radical party in Switzerland had ruined our influence, and that we were playing the part of dupes, in allowing our• selves to be thus excluded from the affairs of Switzerland ; we have concerted together and now follow the same system." GERMAN Y.—On the 6th of July, says the Gazette of Cologne, the largest stenm.engine in Germany was set in motion on the mining works near Essen. The cylinder of this machine is 91 inches thick, 12 feet 71 inches high, and weighs 32 0001bs. The two arms of the balance have a length of 33 f+et ; this enormous piece weighs 60,0001b5. The engine gives eight strokes of the piston, and brings up 143 cubic feet of water per minute, and although worked from the begin,.ing to the maximum of density, it has operated with the greatest precision. The machine is said to have more power than that employed in discharging the lake of Esertem, and may be considered as the largest now in sti•tence. COLONIAL. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Our dates from this ogee) by the Hindostan are : Cape Town, May 29; Gra ham's Town, May 22 ; Natal, April 30. The principal subject engaging attention at CAPE TORN when the Hindostan sailed was, a proposal to form a com pany for supplying Cape Town and Green Point with water. The shipownem and sailors frequenting Table Bay, know well that this is a matter of more than mere Meal importance. It is, there( re, stratifying to learn from the South African COIIIIMICI4I Advertiser that, from two springs in the vici nity of Newlands, 400,000 gallons of water per diem can be delivered at comparatively little cost; and from the Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal Shipping and Mercantile Gazette that, 1,300 shares out of .5,000 had already been subscribed fur. The South African Mining Com pany were to meet on the 29th of May, to confirm sr reject the arram2ements made by the directors with a body of minces to proceed to Orange river. The Advertiser mentions that on the 28th of May there were (according to public advertisements) 16,200 sheep and 860 slaughter oxen for sale in the vicinity of Cape Town. Siam our previous arrivals nothing of moment had w arred in the EASTERIY PROVINCES. Sir Andries Stocken strom had returned to his farm, not having succeeded in inducing the Burghers to join him. The governor was still busy remodelling the Burgher guards. The troops beyond the frontier were about to be sent into winter quarters. The Baffles were for the time quiet. The Graham's Town Journal of May 15 announces the discovery of an ex cellent landing-place at the mouth of the Kleinmontjes. Ater it had been examined by the Mears. Cawood, the cceeer, Lady Leith, was ordered to proceed thither. Bhe dropped anchor about a mile from the beach, in eight feet water, with a fine holding ground of firm Mt A surf-boat wag landed, warps laid down, and ▪ considorable quantity of goods landed without any widen or more than ordinary difficulty. The landing Place is on the west of the river in the centre of a small semicircular indentation, which has been named Port Jamie, C awoo d' s Bay. There are capital roads from the beach, either to Bathurst, or Graham's Town. Port Jessie is said to be more safe and commodious than Waterloo Bay, Ind is certainly more advantageously situated for the trade dam district. The lieutenant-governor has sanctioned the MPloyment of friendly Kaffir' as servants by the colonists, who will provide for them on their premises. A detailed registry_ of the Ruffin is to be kept; colonists, who feel .wlowsed to employ them are to communicate their wishes to ~_ W cwswunt, who is to intimate them to the Rev. Mr . Calderwood, or Captain M'Lean, the agent for the T'Siam bde tribes; and immediate notice is to be given to those two Mermen of misconduct or disappearance of any Kaffir servants. No indentures or apprenticeship are to be allowed. The Kaffir servant is to be treated in every way as a free aim, end to receive., a reasonable market value for work really done. The lieutenant-governor hopes that by this lams and the immigration of Hottentots the deficient supply of labour in the frontier districts may be alleviated. Speci- Wan of fossil coal have beta found a few miles from the mouth of the Kowie river. The Grattan Town JOINII4i thus daddhes the loesliq is which it is found : At pesamit It will Iseenaddate smart, that Se eliaardases esammtee with this desevery dal albs condelda that them will , he amt aa eateadve ispedL lie Orals Grand are silks mr- Imellereaselems willeamerpsd of aid are hod la the heaps eller& dskby Ike ride rade. en Am' la the sonowitllag kell wl vars Dame egaelmees of shed Woe dee den brought .% rag wilds we harm Y levally met with r the enter crust deed aped& In seam 'Mate de Isla angel the forms of pima's/the tern Mod, addled same Ikawicas, also band ea the spot, may hedkottardriad held dads emleand. The Fairy Queen had arrived in Alva Bay, will 10,0001. specie for the Eastern Provinces Bank. At NATAL • second cotton company had been an nounced. The projectors of the first placed their main re liance for an adequate supply of labour upon German emigrants; the second propose' to employ the Zulus. The ('ape and Natal Shipping Gazette very sensibly remarks, that the trial of both plans will show which answers best. The Zulus certainly are an industrious race. The maize exported from Natal is exclusively raised be them. Two vessels which arrived at the Cape from Natal on the 13th and 16th of May brought between them 2,483 bags of maize, and left se much as would amply supply the place and afford two more cargoes for export. A hope was enter tained that a more direct intercourse might be opened through these Zulus with the Basu es, who inhabit • fertile country, and have made considerable progress in the cultiva tion of wheat. At present the intercourse with this people is kept up from Algea Bay across the Orange River, a dis tance of 700 miles a pass through the Ilaloui Mountains from Natal would bring them within 100 miles of the coast. MAURITIUS.—By the Hindostan we have papers from this island to the Bth of May. The merchants had received by the Ilindoetan, from Calcutta, the welcome im portation of 230,000 Company's rupees and some doubloons. This, it was hoped, would keep down the rates of ex change as the crop approached. During the month of April prices of sugar had net ranged so low as ship pers and purchasers had expected. The calculations ss to the coming crop were still vague ; the dryness in the pro ductive districts (North and South Pamplemousses and Ri viirre du Rempart) bad somewhat checked vegetation ; and the heat of summer being past, rains that might still fall would not do so much good. The reports from the other dis tricts promised well. Sir William Gomm estimated it at 140 to 130 millions; less sanguine calculators, at 130—about equal to the last. The grain -market had been iuflueni.ed by the unusual demand for rice and shipping it, India ; and a considerable quantity of the former had been exported in the course of April. From the polemics of the Watchman, the Cernien, and Mauricien, we regret to see that the go vcruor and planters were still at loggerheads. THE HINDO4TAN " STEAM-SHIP.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's st 4 emu. lfindo•tea, Capt. S. Lewis, arrived yesterday at Southampton. The Hiudostan sailed from Mauritius on the Bth, and Cape Town on the 29th of May, and brings the latest dates both from that colony and M uritiva, for the contents of which se- "Colonial." The Hindostan has been employ( d in the mail service between Calcutta and Suez upwards of three years. Che Court. The Rev. Mr. Protheroe had the honwir of joining the royal dinner circle at Osborne on Sunday. The Duchess of Gloucester entertained the Duke and Duchene of Cambridge and a select party at dinner yes terday evening at Gloucester•house. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Royal Hospital at Chelsea yesterday. Viscount Duncan, M.P., bed an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downino-street. Captain Fit/Maurice had an interview with the Rieht Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor. General of Canada ; and also for the Governors of the other North American provinces. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to give judgment on an appeal from the High Court of Admiralty, " Shersby v. Hibbert," relative to the " Duke of Manchester." The Lords present were the Lord President, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, and Lord Camp bell.—Judgment was given by Lord Campbell. The court then rose. The Baron Langen and suite left London on Satur day by the General Steam Navigation Company's mail steam-ship Princess Royal for Hamburg. LONDON CUTANEOUS INSTITUTION.—The cemmon council of the City of London have voted 1001. in aid of this institution. , ROYAL ILOYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The usual quarterly court of governors was held yesterday at the Thatched-house, St. Jamea's-street : Lord ftadstock pre- sided. The financial condition of the company was re ported to be as follows : Receipts during the last quarter,, 1,2171. 10s. 7d., out of which a balance remained of 0591. 9s. 4d. The chairman called attention to the fact, that a committee hail been appointed to prepare a report of the progress which had been made by the society from its com mencement, and its present state and prospect.. The report was read, and adoired. After some other routine business, the case of Miss Hoare, who claimed relit( from the society as the daughter of a naval officer, was again brought for ward. It was stated that the lady in question had entered an action against Captain Dickenson for certain expressions which he had used at the lard meeting, calculated to do her general injury, and especially to preclude her from receiving the relief which she claimed from the society. A discussion ensued as to the propriety of the defence of Capt. Dickenson being undertaken by the society, which ended in a resolution being carried in the affirmative, and that 1501. should immediately be advanced for preliminary expenses. Mr. Marsh gave notice, that at the next meeting, he would move, " That in the event of a re-marriage of a subscriber, or the marriage of a female orphan of a subscriher, both those marriage' shall close their claims to grants from the society, and they shall he considered as having married civilians unless the marriage should be with a subscriber." The pr oceedings closed with the voting of 4301., to be din. tributail between eighty•eight applicants for relief. THE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—The ninth annual meeting was held yesterday, at the offices in Old Broad-street; Mr. Cummins in the chair. The report stated that the affairs of the bank were in a highly satisfactory posi tion, the Wi.,%/1 colonial branches indicating a steady and general improvement in trade, despite a loss in wool. The particular attention of the directors had been paid to the doubtful and bad debts; all those that might be looked upon en hopeless had been s'ruck off the accounts. No loss of any importance had arisen during the past year ,• and many debts previously considered doubtful or bad had been recovered. Two directors now retired by rotation, but were eligible, and offered themselves for re-election. A dividend of 6 per cent. on the entire paid-up capital was declared. The following was the general statement of the accounts : Li amnia, Bite payable, 44,743 J. 1, led.: sundry balances, 4,6371.0 a. lid.; rose-ve fund (10 per cent.), 30,0063.11.. 3d.; profit and los, 37,6771. 10s. 11d.; pald-up capital, 520,0001, total, 537,066/. Id.—Psorns : Matlee of undivided profit at June, 1816, 44,622!. 7,6, ; profits 1,,r the year ending, et the branches, Dee. 31, 1546, and at the nocelon office, June 30, 1847, 37,0371.1 a 3d., which, deducting 10,3091. IP, lid., the amount transferred 4s toter total amertained loss on bad debts to above date, and 4,6721. IS, Ild., being one tenth for reserve fund, leaves 42,0531. 3a. 5d., making • total of 56,877/. 10, I id., whkh, Ims 34,600/ , being the dividend paid at Midsummer, 1846, end 21,6001. paid at Christmas in the same year, leaves a balance of undivided profit at this date of 37,6771. les. I Id. AMR. Branch aerosols (balance), 392,3311. 3a. 3d.; bills receivable, 32,8321. Os. 3d. ; investment, government stock, and loans on secu rity, 321,2081.45. 10d.; insurance, open policies, he„ 3,7311. Se. 4d.; cash, 6,7434. Be. 3d. total, 037,0641/. 5, 111.—The reserve fund at June, 1846, was 43,3331. 135 gal., to which add that of June, 1847, as above, 4,672/. 13, 11d. t present total, 50,003/. I 3d. One or two questions were satisfactorily answered by the chairman, who, in reply to Mr. Wilson, said that the amount of investments, government stock, &c., as above given in the list of meets, was not the present market value of that pro perty, but the value of it when purchased, it being deemed unnecessary to alter the accounts as often as the funds fluc tuated. Mr. Levy thought it would be better to divide the sum, stating how much of it was in the Three-and-s-Half per Cents., how much Reduced, and how much Consols. The report, which appeared to give general satisfaction, was unanimously adopted, and after the re-election of directors a vote of thanks closed the meeting. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Yesterday a general meeting and fortieth half-yearly election took pine at the London Tavern, when 7 children were elected from a list of 28 candidates—The Lord Mayor in the chair. At the con clusion of the election several of the children who had been educated in the asylum attended, with testimonials of good character from their employers, and received pecuniary re wards, varying in amount according to the number of years they had remained in the situations in which they had been placed. There are now (irrespective of yesterday's election) 47 boys and 37 girls in the establishment at Clapham-rise, where they are boarded, clothed, and educated until they are qualified by education to fill useful stations in life. During the past year a legacy of 9001. had been bequeathed by the late George Bangley, Esq., of St. John's-wood. THE LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIA TION.—The half-yearly meeting was held last evening, at And, rton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to receive the report of the committee, and to elect two pensioners on the funds of the society ; Mr. J. Conneybeer, the preeidentof the emaciation, in the chair. The report of the committee rated the insti tution to be in a most satisfactory state, the funds being each as to justify the election of two additional pensioners. The amount of the funded capital of the association was 1,9161. 31. Bd., the annual income from which was 701. 19s. 10d., and the balance in the hands of the treasurer, and sums since received, make the total fund of the associa tion 1,9161. Bs. 4d. Since the last meeting, the committi e had succeeded in adding thirty new subscribers At the last annual dinner the subscriptions amounted to 761., and the committee felt that, with renewed exertions on the part of the subscribers, the intentions of the association will be car ried out to the fullest extent. A ballot for the election of two pensioners recommended by the committee had taken elder. and the result was that a kin. Mary Callender and L. W. Williams were declared pensioners of 131 annually. The report having been received and adopted, and the officers for the year ensuing duly elected, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting then separated. BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTIITTION.—A public meeting in aid of this charity, which was established only last month. but which already nowhere amongst its supporters most of the principal building firms of the metropolis, was held yesterday, at the Freemasons Tavern. The chair was filled by Mr. Hugh Bien; and, besides a large attendance of persor.s connected with the various branches of the building trade, there were present, Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P., Col. T. Wood, M.P., Sir B. Hall, M.P., Mr. D. Sulomons, and Mr. Cochrane. The Chairman, in opening the business of the meeting, observed, that although almost every other trade in London had some charitable institution for its members to fall back on in the hour ordistrese, the builders—beyond those local societies connected with the corporation of the city— bad nose, although the number of families dependent upon the earnings of thou connected with that branch of industry could not be lees than 30,000 in the district included within the limits of the new building act. The present institutien was principally intended for the relief of aged and decayed master builders and their widows, and in this respect it was Proposed, as far as the subecriptions would allow, to extend its operations to all parts of Gnat Britain, and that non subscriben u well as subscribers should be eligible to be recipients of its funds; but by one of the rules any work man rendered incapable by any of those numerous accidents to which this class of artisans were liable from following his employment, and recommended by a subscriber, might be allowed • weekly sum for the support of himself and family until he should be enabled to resume his labour. It was also proposed to establish a building fund, apart from the relief fund, for the erection of a number of almshouses, for the reception of persons who from their misfortunes, previous character, and connexion with the trade should be eligible. The pension in no case to commence until the applicant should have attained his sixtieth year ; and the annual amount to be 201. from 60 to 68 years of age ; 251. from 68 to 73 ; and 301. from 73 up ward,; widows to receive two-thirds of that rate. It was intended that 4,0001. should be raised before any relief should be given. At present the list of subscribers num bered upwards of 200, though the fact of the existence of the institution had only been circulated in private. One object of the meeting was to make it publicly known, and to elitist the public aid in ito favour. The rules of the society having been read and confirmed, Lord R. Grosvenor, who moved the first resolution, that such a charity was expedient and necessary, and merited support, having urged the obli gation of those who were above want to assist in their misfortunes those who, while in health and full employment could do no more than barely support themselves and their families, expressed his astonishment that the builders had not established such an institution long be fore, especially as being engaged in erecting so many cha ritable asylums, they could not have been ignorant of what was doing by other trades.—Sir B. Hall, Col. T. Wood, Mr. D. Salomon, Mr. Cochrane, and others, spoke to this or to the several other resolutions that were passed in favour of the institution, and pledging the meeting to support it, and a liberal addition having been made in the room to the list of subscriber., both to the building and relief fund, the pro endings terminated, ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EIeiTER.N COUNTIES RAlLWAY.—Yesterday afternoon as William Colewcll, a porter in the service of the company, wan pro ceeding down the line, he was overtaken, when about 200 yards from the Shorediteh terminus, by an engine that ins going out for a train. The driver used every precaution to awaken the unfortunate man toe sense of hi, danger, but he took no notice. He was knocked down by the buffer, and the engine passed over him, severing his head in twain. When picked up the lower jaw was attached to the neck, the other portion of the head being crushed to atoms by the engine wheels. Deceased had frequently been warned of his reckleuness by the station muter ' Mr. Grinishaw, who, only five minutes previously, cautioned him against crossing the line upon the approach of the trains. ACCIDENT AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS.— A man named Michael Hogan was killed here yesterday. He fell a ' height of sixty feet front one of the towers, striking against several rafters as he fell, and trying in vain to catch hold of them. iNiarEST, YESTERDAT.—DEATH WHILE BATHING. —ALLEGED NEGLECT OP THE POLlCL.—Before Mr. Carter, at the Mitre Tavern, Broadwell, Blackfriars, :on the body of E. P. Gibbons, aged 16.—Mr. West, of Southamptin street, Strand, stated that on Friday night, at half-past 11, he went with the deceased, who was hit apprentice, to bathe in the baths in Oakley-street, but found them cl:sed Deceased wanted to go into the water at Watt rloo bridge, and asked witness to go in, which he dtd, and swam beyond him, and then showed him how to wrike out, while witness held up his chin. He got up to his full depth near the bridge, and asked witness to leave him. As they were simultaneously striking out, the witness left hold of deceased, who was cari ied down. Witness made for the spot where he thought he had fallen, but could see nothing of him. Help was called for, and the Thames police and an other boat camo up. Witness got into the letter, and asked if the boy was found, and they replied "All right." Witness supposed he was in the other boat, or he would not have left. Having changed his clothes at home, he went to the pi lice-ship, and was told the boy had not been found, and the superintendent expressed his surprise he should have left, He replied he should not, had not the men called out " all right." He pointed out to them the spot where he sank.—The jury re turned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned. —The Coroner hoped there was some mistake as to the Thames polict, for they were generally most ready to afford assistance. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1847. BL teXHURN.—Three candidates are in the field:—Mr. W. Hargreaves and Mr. J. Pilkington, free traders, and Mr. Hornby, conservative. CAMNRIDO6.—A correspondent says "We have now four candidates in the field, Mr. Sutton, very much to the surprise of the electors, having ' reconsideted' his recent de termination, and come forward (Weill." CORNWALL, (EAST).—The Falmouth Packet says Mr. T. J. A. Roberts', a moderate whig, will succeed Mr. Rashleigh as the representative of Ram Cornwall. CHRISTCHURCH.—Lieut.-Col. D. Campbell is in the field on the liberal interest to contest the seat for this birough with Capt. Harris, the present tory representative : but the influence of those who held the representation in their hands is, we believe, too powerful to warrant the expression of any positive opinion that the tory nominee will be unseated.. DUMBARTONSUIRE.—Mr. J. C. Campbell, of the India civil service, is to contest this county with lklr. Smellett. DUNDALK.—The moral force theorists of Conciliation-hall do not carry out their principle in action. At Dundalk,where the immediate staff of the hall went round soliciting for Mr. ' 11I`Tavish, and found no obstrueti-n from his acknowledged opponents, the friends of Mr. M'CuUagh, as well as himself, have been scandalously treated by the " brute violence " of the independent men of the frontier. Even the presence of the Roman catholic dean was unable to restrain the " Old Irelanders " from sa:tificing their own theory. The dean has written a very manly and able letter " to * the really in dependent electors of all political denominations," in which be denounces the barbarism of " an hired mob, primed for the purpose—led on by ferocious ruffians, who absolutely took possession of the town—adopted a Lynch-like priusiple of action, outraged civilisation, and roweled to physical force menace." The dean says, that "if there be spirit—if there be religion—if there be morality—if there be civilisation in Dundalk," Mr. M'Cullagh will be triumphantly returned. DUNGAILVAN.-Mr. Sheil is likely to be troubled is the ion of his scat. A requisition signed by 110 electors possession issued for summoning a meeting on Sunday to look alter a repeal candidate. - DEvoNromr.—Assurance of a conservative opposition was afforded to the inhabitants of this borough on Saturday evening, by the haus of an address, signed "J. Sanders, jun." Mr. Sanders is understood to be the son of an influ ential Liverpool merchant. lie professes to be "decidedly a supporter of a conservative policy." The liberal candi dates, Mr. Tufnell and Mr. Romilly, having been considered safe up to this time, no canvass of the electors has been made on their behalf ; but now, in all probability, active steps will be at once commenced. It is confidently stated that another conservative candidate will be brought for ward. The names of Mr. Gurney and Mr. Child, a son of Admiral Child, have been mentioned. DUNCIANNON.-It is rumoured that Lord Northland, being satisfied that he would not succeed should he contest this borough with Mr. Shaw, will not again sddress the electors. Duittur, Crrr.—Great efforts are making to induce the conservatives to give their support to Capt. Wood, and since the announcement of Lord Seaham as a candidate for the county many have given in their adhesion to Capt. Wood's party ; but a number of the influential electors, it is said up wards of fifty, are resolved not to vote for him. Mr. Granger's seat is safe, and the contest, under present cumstances, will be between Mr. Spearman and Capt. Wood, but the majority will be small. HUNTINGDON. --.A deputation from this town has waited on Mr. Prendergast, the barrister and a common councilman of London, requesting him to allow himself to be put in nomination for that borough on the liberal interest. It is his intention to stand. liott.—A voter writes:—" Col. Thompson seems secure for Bradford. Mr. Clay is arranging for a contest. It is now all but arranged that Mr. R. Montgomery Martin is to be brought forward as the conservative candidate, and it is said another is also coming. So there is a prospect of brisk work." ISLE or Wionr.—There will be a sharp contest for the county seat, between Mr. Simeon, son of Sir Richard Simeon, a former representative of the county, and Mr. T. W.Fleming, a son of the late member for South Hants. Public opinion gives the seat to the first-named candidate.—For the borough of Newport Mews. Blake yid Crompton are the liberal can didates; on the tory interest, Mr. Plowden, an East India director, has offered himself, but who is to be his colleague is not yet stated, there being a great split in the tory ranks, caused by the votes of the present members on the Maynooth, corn, and other questions. K ttesai.s.—Tne constituency are requested net to pledge themselves, as a conservative will be shortly in the field. If so, he has not much time to lose. LifutNovorr.—Col. Keppel contests this borough with the sitting members, J. Stewart and W. A. Mackinnon, Esse,. LEITH Bu It(lllS.—The Lord Advocate solichs re-election. Rumour has it that his lordship's " mussel " legislation has given offence to his Newhaven constituents, but the Leith NI at Lour Bill will float him over " mussel rocks," and tome thing more. LivearooL.—Yesterday afternoon Sir Thomas Birch, the liberal candidate, addressed the electors in the Exchange area. His speech was, as may be expected, in accordance with his address—ultra liberal. A large concourse had as. ambled, who, throughout the worthy baronet's address, gave him unquivoad proofs of their approbation. CITY or LONDON.—A very numenus meeting of the liberal electors of the ward of Farringdon without was held last evening at Farringdon Hall, King's Arms-yard, to con sider the claims of Lord J. Russell, Mr. J. Pattison, Baron Rothschild, and Sir G. Larpent, to represent the City in the next parliament, the three latter-named candidates were in attendance. Mr. W. Walker, who was voted to the chair, in Introducing the names of the several candidatte, ex pressed a hope that the City of London would ret en example to the rest of the kingdom in being the first to break down those disgraceful and dishonourable barriers which denied to our Jewish fellow subjects the enjoyment of equal civil rights with ourselves. The Baron Rothschild, as one of the fint commercial men in the world, was inner, way fitted to ' represent the City of London. Sir G. Larpent had been already in parliament, and had performed his duties there I in a miniver to elicit the approbation of the liberal party. Of Mr. Pattison, their old and tried representatire, he need not say a word in favour. Then, as to Toed J. Retell—though he, as a dissenter, could ant approve of all he had done, he should feel he would be doing the noble lord a great injus tice, if he refused him Isis Tote because he differed with him on one point. For a long series of years Lord J. Russell had been the true and consistent friend of all that was valuable and liberal is our institutions; and until he should evince a dispeaition to endow the Romish priesthood, he could not believe that he would be the advocate of any measure that was dangerous to the well-being of society or to religious and civil liberty. He was opposed to the connexion between church and state, which he believed to be a clog to the usefulness and efficiency of the church, and ere long he hoped to me that connexion severed.—Mr. Pennon, M.P., who was loudly cheered, commenced by reminding the meeting of the votes he had given in parliament in favour of the ballot, triennial parliaments, household suffrage, the aboli tion of the punishment of death, the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill (a bill for which would, he said, have been brought in this session by Lord J. Russell and carried had there been time, and which would, no doubt, be an early measure of the next parliament), and for free trade. The same principles be should continue to advocate if re-elected. With reference to his noble' colleague (Lord John Russell), they must remember all the good he had done—an honester man he believed did not breathe, and they must not discard him because he dif f-red front them on one point. If Lord J. Russell were re jected, who else could carry en the government at this time ? It was true Sir R. Peel had done much good, but his party was now as nothing, and he was altogether power ' less to form an administration. Then, would they have Lord G. Bantinck ? Yet he was the head of the only other party. He hoped those liberal electors who had been his Mends since 1835 would remember the put ursine of Lord John, and return him together with himself (Mr. Pattison) and the other two liberal candidates. By returning Baron Rothschild, they would take the best means for remov ing the last clog (except church-rates, which he had always voted against) which remained in this coun• I try on civil and religious freedom Baron Roths child claimed the votes of the citizens of London l on the ground of civil and religious freedom. He was the advocate of free trade to the fullest extent. Of the beneficial I results of the operation of free-trade principles they had the high authority of Sir R. Peel, in his letter to the electors of Tamworth. It depended upon the electors whether those principles should be carried Cut to their legitimate extent, or whether the country should return to the former system of restriction. With regard to religious questions, he was de cidedly opposed to church endowment, and should object to any grant from the public purse for that purpose. With regard to education, it would be his endea vour, if elected, to promote its extension as far as possible, apart from all religious interference. He should Ilse devote his time and attention to the subject of the extension of the franchise. He concluded by appealing to the meeting in favour of Lord J. Russell.—Sir G. Larpeat, in addition to expressing Lis full concurrence with the views stated by the two previous speakers, declared himself op posed to the excise laws, the window tax, and the income tax, but favourable to a property tax.—A statement subse quently made by Mr. Pattison, that he intended to vote against the Manchester Bishopric bill that night, was re. ceived with general applause.—Both Sir G. Laurent and Mr. Pattison (Baron Rothschild haring left the meeting), in reply to an appeal from Mr. Boyle, declared them selves favourable to the Health of Towns bill, and opposed to the practice 01 intermural burials, and Mr. Paulson ad vised the citizens of London next session to petition to be included within the provisions of that bill. A resolution pledging the meeting to support the four liberal candidates, was then put and seconded, amidst much confusion, occa sioned by some twenty of the friends of Mr. Payne who were present, and an amendment was moved substituting the name of Mr. Payne fin that of Lord J. Russell, but after a very noisy and lengthened discussion, the original motion was carried by an immense majority, and the meeting broke up. DISTRICT OF FARRINODON WITHOUT (SOOTH).—Yet terday evening a general meeting of the electors of the dis trict of Fasringdon Without (South), was held et the Lon • don Coffee House, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of supporting the four conservative candilates, Messrs. Masterman, John son, R. C. L. Bevan, and J. W. Freshfield.—The chair was taken at 7 o'clock, by Mr. Andrew Spottiswoode.—Mr. Mass termsn said,—He felt considerable pleasure in appearing before the electors present in that room, in which he was first presented as a candidate for the city of London. He had already appeared before the electors in so many places that it was impossible for hint to find new words or ideas to convey to them those opinions which he had already declared to them. With reference to the question of religious endowment, he could assure them that any grant towarns the support of the Romish church should nut with his deter mined opposition. It was his opinion that a very great mo dification of the poor-law was required, and he for one should always endeavour to enforce it. It should also be his care to support such a system of legislation as would prevent a recurrence of the great pressure whicli had lately been felt in the money market. It was upon these leading points that he woe most anxious to assure them of his principles, and he could also assure them that upon all other minor paints he should have the interest of the electors of the city of London at heart. Having assured them of this, it would not be necessary for him to detain them any turtle rat that time by stating those grounds upon which he asked their suppert.—Mr. Bevan briefly expressed his concurrence with the opinions of Mr. Masterman upon the subject of the en dowment of catholicity, and stated that he believed that the union of the protestant establishment with the see of Rome under the head of equal endowment would remove the blessing of God from this country. He thought also no thing could be more opposed to the law of God than the removal of man and wife in their old age from each other's society, and that provision of the Poor-law Act should always meet with his opposition. With regard to taxation he also held the opinions which Mr. Maatermau had upon a former oxasion expressed to them, and especially with re ference to the incognita:. A considerable alteration was required in that law, and he should support such a modifica tion as would throw the burden of it upon those who ob tained their money without working. If chosen by them, these were the principles upon which he should mainly rest; as regarded any other point he should be most happy to an swer any question which might be asked. (Hear, hear.) —Alderman Johnson, after expressing the pleasure which it afforded him to appear before them as a candidate, pro- ceeded to state that his opinions were strongly against the mode of education lately brought forward by the govern ment, as being but little calculated to do any permanent good. The window-tax and the poor-law, he thought, should be omitted from the statute-books of this country—the first as being unjust and injurious, and the second as being utterly inefficient, except for mischief, after the tinkering and hammering which it had undergone in various parlia ments. He particularly opposed the separation of man and wife, and should he be chosen as their representative, he should support a general revision and modification of this law. These opinions he had already declared at length, and, therefore, he should not trespass now upon their tame. —Mr. Freshfield said, that the gentlemen who had gone before him had anted so mach that but little was left fee him to say. He could only express his concurrence in the principles which they had avowed, especially as regarded the firm upholding .of the protestant establishment. With re gard to the navigation-laws, he thought that they ought to be relaxed with great caution. Whatever might be neces airy for the support of their commerce should be done, but it should be remembered that their prosperity had been prin cipally supported by their navy and their commercial ma rine. He did not feel it necessary to trespass upon their time in repeating what had been said ; and he should con clude by assuring them that these principles he felt himself strongly bound to uphold in parliament. He had been mis underettexl as stating upon a former occasion that his pro fessional engagements were such as would enable him to devote much of his time to their service. He had had no professional engagements for some years, for when he before entered parliament he had severed all engagements which could occupy the time he owed to his constituents. His time was all his own, and it was their fault if they did not make it theirs. (Cheers.) A resolution wu then proposed, end carried unanimously, expressing the confidence of the meeting in the candidates presented to them, and pledging themselves to support them. Thanks having been rendered by the several candidates, and the thanks of the meeting having been given to the chairman, the meeting separated. MARYLEBONE.—The ballot for the second reform can didate took place yesterday : The polling was commenced at nine o'clock in the morning, and closed at eight in the evening. The result was not declared until after eleven. It was as follows:--For Mr. Berjeant Shee, 410; Lord Dudley Stuart, 1250: and for Mr. D. W. Hervey, 1,962. The declaration was received with great cheeriest. Mr. Williams was then called to the chair, after which the successful candidate presented himself to the meet ing, and, in a short miens, expressing his grateful sense of the honour which had been confi reed on him ' inti mated his intention of resigning the situation which he at present holds, of chief commissioner of police, in order more completely to devote himself to their interests. Lord Dud ley followed4thanking those electors who had given him their support. 11r. Servant Shee was leudly called for, but did not appear. Sr B. Hall then came forward and attempted to address the electors, but after a quarter of en hour's up roarious opposition was obliged to desist from the endeavour. NORTHAMPTON.—Dr. Epps who has announced himself as a candidate, in a long address dated from the Free-trade Club, state* that he is an advocate for complete suffrage, the ballot,. au equalisation of electoral districts , shortening the duration of parliaments, the abolition of the property quali fication far serving in parliament, the payment of members elected to sieve in the House of Commons, and civil and re ligious liberty, and that he is opposed to governmental edu cation. A correspondent says, "He is introduced under the auspices of the Anti-Church Association, but they have wisely resolved not to pledge themselves to his support until they have heard his personal explanation of his views and opinions." PONTEFRACT.—A third candidate has at length appeared in the field, In the person of T. H. Preston, a retired officer in the army, and a son of Mr. H. Preston, of Moreby-park, near York. Capt. Preston declares his " attachment to the protestant religion, and to the national institutions of the country." PLYMOUTII.—An active cannel is being made on behalf of Mr. Calmady, and an equally active one by Mr. Crowder on his own behalf. Mr. Crowder is accompanied by gentlemen who are known as members of Lord Ebrington's committee, and the plain inference drawn is that his lordship and Mr. Crowder will coalesce to prevent the return of Mr. Calmady. The conservatives still promise that a candidate or candi dates on their side shall be forthcoming. Dr. Yongo and Mr. W. H. Hawker, two gentlemen of the town, have been repeatedly named. The division of the liberal party is pre sumed to give the conservatives a good chance of sweetie. PsremsetiLD.—We have heard of no preparation for the election in this borough, and Sir W. Jolla& will apparently resume his post as the tory member. SHRZWeBURT.—A stranger to this borough, in the person of Mr. E. H. Baldock, has been brought forward by the caries to stand is conjunction with Mr. Towline. TOWIR HANLETS.—bIr. George Thompson. eminent for his antislavery exertions, and who is a candidate for the re presentation of the Tower Hamlets. addressed a very crowded meeting of the electors resident in Stepney and Itateliff, as sembled yesterday eve sing in the large hall of the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road. There was a very large mu ter of gentlemen on the platform, composed of the members of Mr. Thompson's committee ' and others of his supporters. Mr. Isaac Sewell occupied the chair. Mr. Thompson, on pre senting himself to the audience, was most enthusiastically cheered by them. In a speech of great length, and charac terised by his peculiar eloquence, he recounted to the meet ing his past personal exertions to bring about the abolition of negro slavery in the West Indies, and the service he bad rendered to the Anti-corn-law Lesge. He then stated his political principles. His creed, he said, was soon summed up —he was a free-trader op posed to protection, monopoly, and all restrictions on trade and commerce. lie was a friend to civil and religious free dom. When he said that, he meant that he was a friend to absolute religious equality. There was not a sect in the world which, if he had the wealth of Golconda, he would endow. He believed endowments, as a general rule, were pernicious. Even to endow one's children, and so to with draw from them the healthy motives of self-exertion, was mischievous. But he had no doubt as to the pernicious tendency of all ecclesiastical endowments. They invariably contained within themselves the seeds of degeneracy. They were fruitful of slothfulness and of laxity of doctrine among the clergy, and of carelessness as it regarded reputation in the church. In ',allies he was a radical—a good name that was too much abused. He was for personal liberty ; who was not? He would break the bonds that were upon the limbs of every hu man being, and he deserved not liberty who would nut give it to another. He freely avowed his desire to give the franchise to every man who contributed to the national exchequer. Those to whom the franchise was denied in this country were the best portion, in many respect., of the community. He wax also in favour of the vote by ballot as a means of protection to the voter, for shortening the duration of parliaments, and for • better adjustment of the electoral system, be equalising the electoral body more than at present. Mr. Thompson went on at great length to develops his political principle., and was frequently and ge.ierally applauded. At the c inclusion of his address he answered questions put to him by persona in the meeting on points not adverted to in his address, in the curse of which he said, among other things, that he was favourable to a poor-law, but not such a one as the present. TYNE/101)111.—MT. Grey, private secretary to Lord John Russell, has addressed the electors of this borough, and at present is the only candidate, but the shipowners are meet anxious to induce the Hon. H. T. Liddell to become a can didate, though it is doubtful whether he will secede to their wishes. Mr. Liddell is very popular in Tynemouth, and would certainly carry his election ; but no one seems to ex pect that he will return to the House of Commons after re tiring voluntarily from North Durham. The question of the navigation laws is the only point on which the election will turn in the event of a contest, and Mr. Grey has de clared himself against their total repeal, but th'nks it pro bable some modification may be made with advantage. Mr. Grey has considerable local influence -from the long con nexion his family has had with the borough, and unless Mr. Liddell opposes him no other candidate has • chance of success. _ . . WEST SOMERSET.-Sir Alexander Wood has issued en address, in which he declares that "regarding the reforma tion as the sheet anchor of protestantism, he would not consent to place weapon. in the hands of the antagonists of our church, by sanctioning grants or endowments for the maintenance of the Roman Catholic priesthood." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. A.,rrittx (Courm).—The Northern Whig says: " We understand that Sir H. Seymour retires from the representa. tion of Antrim, and that Edmund Charles Macnaughten is to come forward in his stead.:'. IRELAND. DI.7IILiN, JOLT 17. I noticed in my communication of Wednesday a meeting of the guardians of the Fermoy Union, to cot alder the circulars of the Poor-law Commission and Mr. Rediugton. Since then another meeting has been held which is likely to have extensive influence over the country. A number of the local gentry attended, including the Earl of Mountcashel and Mr. Burke Roche, M.P., and a resolution was unanimously adopted to postpone a rate for the levy of the first instalment under the Temporary Relief Act. A petition was also adopted with the same unanimity, praying that the debt should be discharged out of the consolidated fund, or by general instead of local taxation. To enforce this view a recurrence to a formidable agita tion was threatened. Mr. Roche, remarking that " all the bloody revolutions which had arisen in Europe originated in financial difficulties"—a senti ment in which Lord Mountcashel concurred, for, said be, " England must see the folly of looking for what there was not in the country, and trusted they would not put the whole country against them, and occasion not only great loss of treasure but great loss of blood." The abuses of the relief system, which will soon be matter for history, have been taken up on circuit by some of the judges, and brought forcibly before the grand juries. In Roscommon Baron Richards dilated on the waste of the public money, and though of course he did not point the shalt exclusively at Roscommon, still any person felt the local force and application of the judicial lecture. To show how grossly the system has been perverted, I take a case which has just been made public on a representation to the relief commissioners of abuses in Donegal. Capt. Fishbarne was sent down to inveleigate the state of the lists. The result was that in the single union of Glenties 2,000 names were struck off. . . The medical practitioners in the provinces are very dissatisfied with the low scale of remuneration allowed by the Board of Health. In consequence a monster address has been presented to the Lord-Lieu tenant, signed by nearly 600 names, including some of the most distinguished medical men in Ireland, and complaining of the general insufficiency of the fees. Mr. Redington, in reply, simply states that, by the 10th Viet., c. 22, the salaries of medical officers are subjected to regulations made by the Treasury, to whom the huge memorial has been transmitted. Public opinion is not at all with the remonatranta. The Macedonian has arrived in Cork, after& voyage of 29 days. Addresses were presented to-day to his excellency from the Itsyal Hibernian Academy and Royal Hor ticultural Society. The Tamworth manifesto which appeared in the Evening Post of last night, supplied, of course, per slips through the Chronicle, is the subject of very general discussion to-day, and most particularly in clerical circles. To give any decided opinion on a I question of so much public importance would be pre mature indeed; but, I may say, that many who here tofore repudiated the idea of state connexion as the herald of Roman Catholic dependence, are now in favour of a change. It is said the catholic hierarchy will soon assemble to deliberate on the delizate pos ture of church affairs. Limerick Is growing in commercial importance, though from the activity of its trade in the past half year we should expect a larger return, aa compared with the corresponding half-year of 1846. The gross customs receipts for the half-year ending let of July, 1846, were 100,2881., and for the half-year ending Ist of July last, 104,2561., showing an increase on the half-year of 3,9681. The increase on inward and out ward shipping was very great, which is very easily accounted for. On ships entered inwards for the half-year ending Ist of July, there was an increase of 256, and on outward bound of 139. The tenant farmers are beginning to think more of their own, and less about the interests of party. The Meath men, dissatisfied with the conduct of their re presentatives on the question of tenant rights, have summoned a meeting of their order for the 21st, to return members pledged to support the " right" The conduct of the Castlebar and Ballina guardians promises to become infectious. The hilmallock board have also refused to levy a rate, and, in conse quence, they are threatened with dismissal. To keep up the spirits of the refractory and the grumbling, the Limerick Chronicle announces, without condition or contingency, that the government will remit a mil lion of the 2,300,0001. levied under the temporary Relief Act! SCOTLAND. EDINBUROR, JULY 17. The object of the recent deputation from the Scot tish board of dissenters to the education committee of the privy council, was to urge, 1. That " no grants should be made to schools belonging to any single denomination of christians in their denominational character, whether established or dissenting ; " and, 2. That " no increase of emoluments be made to the parochial schoolmasters of Scotland, until tests for ad mission to that office be abolished, and the general management of the schools freed from the interference of the established church." The lord-advocate has agreed to introduce at nest session a bill for relieving the proprietors of entailed estates in Scotland of incumbrances imposed by sta tutes, public or private, similar to the bill introduced during this session for Ireland. To-day unfolds more instances of tampering with the " lungs " of towns. Mr. Baillie, of Jerviswood, wi'hes to interdict the magistrates of Lanark from " riding the marches " of that town—all the more singular that the Duke of Buceleuch failed in the attempt to deprive the town of Hawick of a similar privilege. In the north a complaint is made of a professor of King's College, Aberdeen, having closed op one of the accesses to Powis burn. PROVINCIAL. THE WHITS BAVAOII;jI 7 CIVIMPOOL.—The Albion of yesterday says: "There were a number of dreadful assault caws heard at the police.court on Saturday. In one of them a prisoner had made a furious assault upon a pullet-officer with an unusually large-sized carving knife; and, in an other, a prisoner had sworn that be would eat a man who had in some wry or other incurred his hostility, and had absolutely attempted to put his threat into execution by biting a piece out of the m.th's thigh. The number of cases is which females had torn the cape, bonnets, and clothes aad the very hair out of each other's heads were, sa usual, many and serious. Mr. Rushton made a remark applicoble to nearly the whole of these assaults. He said be had read much about savage life abroad, but none of the hooks he had perused gave anything like so terrific an account as might be written of the occurrences amongst the lower classes in Liverpool. The worst of it was, too, ho observed, that some of those who figured before him in these dreadful onslaughts upon each other pretended to be religious people l" YORKSHIRE. . EPIDEMIC AMONOST iiTTI:E.The disease called pleuro pneumonia is prevailing amongst the cattle in many parts of the country. In the neighbourhood of Bawtry it has shown itself ; and on one farm 1G head of fine cattle have fallen a sacrifice to it. We know of nothing satisfactory to account for the cause of pleuro pneumonia, but a peculiar condition of the atmosphere is supposed to itroduca it, and me great authority on matte,. of this kind (Professor &moods, of the Royal Veterinary College) inclines to this opinion, tend be lieves also that rabies in the dog originate' from the same cause. Some particular breeds of cattle are said to be less subject to pleuro pneumonia than others. The short-horns are amongst this number; but none are altogether exempt, and when once it makes its appearance in a stock, most become alike affected, although some resist its influ' nee for a longer period than others. If agriculturists attended to their cattle, seeing them late and early, some little derangement would readily be detected, by which the treatment might he modified, and the cure made much 1. es difficult. But as it is, the disease being insidious in its nature, the con stitutions of the animals are so shaken by it before any very marked symptoms are noticed, that it is rendered in- I curable. The early stages are characterised by a spasmndic breathing, followed by, in some instiences, loss of appetite. and a law grunting at even expiration. 'io these succeed pain on pressure to the sides, cough or " Imam," coldness of legs and ears, rigors, constipation of the bowels, and sometimes the reverse of this, deirrham. No particular plan of treatment can he laid down as adrisable to be pur sued; hut we would strongly recommend our agricultural readers a reek for the best a dvice, and this as esr;y as pos sible, remel.bering the established maxim, that to delay is dangerous."—Sheffidef Times. WARWICKSHIRE. THE BRITISH AUCHAKOLOGICAL SOCIETY yesterday opened in the town-hall, Warwick, the proceedings of their annual meeting. Lord Brooke, M.P., ofd-iated as chair man. Mr. Pettigrew gave a general history of the associa tion. In primeval antiquities many additions had been made, by discoveries of Roman and Saxon remains in New castle, in Yorkshire, Kent, and other places. As yet the association bad not received any such specimens from War wickshire, but there existed little doubt as to the success which would be met with in their contemplated excursions. He alluded to the paucity of members, the num ber not exceeding five hundred, and trusted the society would rapidly increase. He particularly referred to that enemy of the antiquary, " whitewash ;" and lamented the loss of many curios, and valuable frescoes through its means. He instanced a case which recently occur., el in the Isle of Wight, where a specimen of ancient art had been de stroyed, even during the time when associates of the so ciety were engaged in making drawings of it. Sir W. Betltara informed the congress that he had brought 41 drawings of antiquities, found in Ireland, to lay before them. The meeting was not so numerously attended as was expected. LITERATURE. The Consei!idiom ofthe the Future; n Practi cal Explanation of the Correspondence with the Right llonourobk William Gladstone, on the German Church, Episcopacy, and Jerusalem, with a !'reface, Notes, and the compkle Correspondence. By CHRISTIAN CH ARIAS JOSIAS llvmsrv, D. Ph., D.C.L. Translated front the German, under the superintendence of, and with additions by, the Author. London. 1847. The original work, of which we propose to notice the English version, was published at Hamburg in 1845, and excited a good deal of attention in Germany. It originally, however, arose from an attempt to meet some English difficulties, arisin from the institution of the Jerusalem bishopric. When the King of Prussia and the English bishops agreed on the insti tion of a bishopric fur both nations, a good deal of confusion naturally arose in the minds of ecclesiastical theorists and connoisseurs. Was the Anglican succes sion to becommunicated to Lutherans and Calvinists — and if so, were they to sacrifice their schismatical, or we our orthodox,sonsiateney ? To English ob jectors it was, of course, answered, that those who might be ordained at Jerusalem would belong to the church from which they derived the true succession ; while, for the satisfaction of dissatisfied German Pro testants, Abeken published an authorised account of the arrangements connected with the foundation of the bishopric, from which it appeared that the minis ters to be ordained in the new diocese would be in communion with the united church of Prussia. Mr. Gladstone, es an earnest suppoi ter of Anglican principles, naturally communicated to the Chevalier Bunsen his impression that Abeken's view was " not only quite at variance with the real character of the project itself, but also utterly fatal to whatever life or realities, whatever of hope for any other, or for oar select., there may be in our episcopal constitution." M. Bunsen's elaborate reply meets the objection by the not very satisfactory explanation that Abeken's book was addressed, not to the English, but to the Germans; that if the Prussian church recognised the validity of Anglican orders, the English church could not be aggrieved by any relation into which ministers so ordained might enter with ecclesiastical bodies of their own country. He does not notice the exclusive character which we believe belongs to every chris tian church—certainly to that of England. Even the laity, and, much more, the clergy, who acknowledge their communion with a non-episcopal church, cease to be in communion with one professedly founded on the succession traced through bishops. The Chevalier Bunsen, however, due not content himself with answerinu or uotanswering the difficulty originally proposed to him. He farther declares that while he considers episcopacy of a certain kind as useful, and even necessary, to a christiau church, and while he wishes to introduce it as an additional ele ment into the presbyterian system of church govern. ment, he neveithelees utterly repudiates and abhors the high church and catholic claims which are set up in its behalf. " If," he says in a theological tone, which is unpleasantly frequent in his work, " if an angel from heaven should manifest to me that by in troducing or asserting, or favouring only, the intro duction of such an episcopacy into any part of Ger many I should not only make the German nation glorious and powerful over all the nations of the world, nay, combat successfully the unbelief, pan theism, and atheism of the day, I should not do it, so help me God. Amen." From this correspondence the work before us arose. M. Bunsen naturally found himself led on to develop his views of a model church ; and his scheme derives much importance from the position which he is be lieved to hold of chief counsellor and confidant of the King of Pruitt in ecclesiastical matters. He pru dently, and no doubt truly, declares that he has no official sanction for his plans ; but it is difficult to suppose that his work was not more or less intended to feel the way for future legislation. The King of Prussia is well known as a dilettante religioniet. His intimacy with Mrs. Fry, and his frequent exhibitions of pietistic tendencies, have won for him some secta rian applause, and much ridicule from the not very reverent section of society which determines the public opinion of Berlin. Indeed, the weak point both of his position and that of his minister in England as religious reformers, is the very limited amount of popularity which religious views enjoy in Northern Germany. In England we are all more or less religious, theoretically or prac tically. In Berlin, from various causes, an entirely different state of feeling prevails. The king however forms, as we have said, an exception, and we have no doubt that he contemplates ecclesiastical changes as a complement to those which he has set on foot in the working of the constitution. It is remarkable that the form of church govern ment which the Chevalier Bunsen proposes, is essen tial, popular, and free from state control. The only check which the government is to possess on the church, is that which it will derive from the power of withholding the supplies ; but Mr. Bunsen does not seem to consider that any control will be wets nary. We cannot but think that he is wrong. A free state may, though with difficulty, keep a free church in order ; but a free presbyterian church under a quasi-absolute government would attract to itself all the opposition and discontent which is not I allowed a political vent. It would supply a workshop for pamphlets which the censorship could not reach— a club which would elude the police. Nothing is easier than to clothe politics in the Isognage of reli gion. Heine and Bruno Bauer would soon become orthodox communicants if the synods and assemblies of the church allowed of free discussion and of popular elections.