The Express. — London, England, 1847-07-08 00:00:00

1 MIDEInt, JVNE 19.—The D art arrived at Ports mouth yesterday afternoon from this island, bringing news to the above date, at which time the island was still under the control of the junta. The Thetis was away from the island. TAHITI, &e. The following are papers relating to Tahiti, and to the Leeward or Society Islands, in the Pacific (just pre sented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her majesty) . Este in dupli ca t e M London, the nineteenth day of June , the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred end (L.S.) PALMERSTON. (LS.) JALNAC. letters received from Bavaria, it appears that the anieusiti" excited at the beginning of this year against Lola Moots: am far from having subsided. On passing through Nurembe.9l she has been coldly received, but with decency. At Bam berg, however, it was quite different. On arriving at the station she was not only hissed and hooted, but stones were thrown at her carriage, and at one moment she presented her pistols, and threatened to punish her assailants. On arriving at the hotel where she alighted it became necessary to shut the gates to prevent the populace from entering and iandtiog her. These demonstration* assumed • character ineelseideelly hostile, that although she had intended to pias allba night at Bamberg, she resolved upon cootinuiog her i me sey. The higher classes of the town were ashamed of these excesses, sad yet they in • measure will have to pay the penalty; for, it is said, an order has been received by the chief magistrate of the town. insisting upon his appoint. lag a deputation to wait upon Lola Monks, and apologise (or the treztment she had received at Bamberg." TURKEY.— CONSMANTINOPLE, JUNE 22. —Our correspondent, in • letter of the above date, informs us that important news had been received at the Porte from Kurdistan. It is believed that the Sultan's troops have suffered its some engagement with the rebels, and this is confirmed by the unwillingness of the Turkish officials to give any details. The French Lave asked permission to send a consul to Mecca ! They say try must have an agent there, to protect their Algerian subsets, also make pilgrimage to the Holy City. A letter has been received from Col. Williams, who was employed as English commissioner at Erzeroum, on the Persian frontier question, in which he announces his arrival at Constanti nople for the '27th of June. In a few days a grand mass will be performed at Pere for the repose of the soul of O'Connell. The celebrated pianoforte player, Liszt, is to be asked to play on the occasion. CINDIA, fuss B.—A Turkish brig from Alex andria, bound so Tunis, with 175 pilgrims (Hadjis) from Mecca, has been totally lost on the small island of Cufoseni, sad only GS persons saved. The pilgrims were all natives of Airier+. ----- - - - - - - ALGIERS, JVNE 30.—The MoniteurOien of the 30th publishes en account of the last operations of the column under the orders of General Bedeau, from which it appears that on the 20th about 250 men of the tribe of the Ouled-Aidounes. fell upon a small portion of the 19th and 31st regiments of light infantry, and a severe conflict ensued, which ended in the defeat of the Kabyles, who had 20 men killed and a great number wounded. The loss of the French in this affair was rather severe. Three officers were killed, and several non-commissioned officers and privates were killed or wounded. The Kabyles made another attack on the 21st, in which they were defeated with considerable loss to themselves and none to the French. On the 22nd, Colonel de Barra! pursued the fugitives, and surrounding them in the ravines, killed 27 and wounded a great number. This affair was followed by the submission of several tribes, who hail shown a hostile disposition. The Seyhotue of Oran, of the 21th ult., has the following:—" At the moment of going to press we learn that the expeditionary column of Bona has, in execution of orders received by Col. de Senilhes, just in flicted a -evens chastisement on the tribe of the Mahatlas, a Offering body ofmen, whose predatory habits impeded the free circulation of the caravans in the country. Col. de Senilhes pretended a movement towards Soukaras, so if he intended entering Bona with hie troops; and then, by a night march in two columns, he surrounded the fractions of the tribe which were pointed out as most culpable; and, without meeting with any resistance, in consequence of the excellent execution of his orders, he became master of 20,000 sheep, 490 camels, 150 horses. and 1.100 oxen. No act of violence on the part of our soldiers has tarnished the success of this expedition." NIOROCCO.—Further and more detailed accounts have been received of the encounter of Abd-eh Keeler with the troops of the Emperor of Morocco, which we men tioned on a former day. The Echo d' Oran confirms the ac count of the defeat of the troope of the Emperor. The camp of the troops of Morocco consisted of 2,000 men, who were nearly all killed by the Kabyle tribes as they fled from the Emir. The tents, arms, baggage, dc., fell into the hands of Abchel-Kader, who, it is mid, cut off the head of the com mander, El Hamar. A letter from Tangiers of the 20th ult. in the Corrco of Madrid of the' 9th, gives the following dif ferent version of the affair :—" The infirm health of Heched-el-Estaunned. Ben-Abba. B en-Abd- el- Malek , Bey of the province of Riff, obliged him to retire to Tangiers, and thence, on the 19th ult., go ever to Gibraltar, in the English steamer Virago. He was replaced by El-Hash Mohammed-el-Jager, late governor of Mequinez and the Gan. Charged with reducing the revolted inhabit ants to subjection, and to watch the Emir Abd-el-Kader, he presented himself in the Riff with only 250 horsemen, and attempted to use the muse tactics with which be had been so successful against the preceding governments; but the in. habitants of the Riff revolted, and so completely defeated him that he was obliged to take refuge in a mosque, held inviolable by the people of the country. lie afterwards went to Prince Said-Mohammed, the Sultan's eldest son, who was at Fez, and asked him for a reinforcement to restrain the in habitants of the Riff, and drive Abd-el-K eider out of Morocco. Said-Mohammed assembled 1800 men, infantry and cavalry, and placed them under the command of Janer, who west here with enabled to leave his asylum without fear of the inhabi tants of the Riff, and even take up • position at Jeferlit, four leagues from the Dein of Abd.el-Kader, and summon him to depart from the territories of the Sultan, his master. The Emir, with the design, no doubt of deceiving his adversaries, feigned to comply; but, during the same night, made an attack with all his forces on the Morocco camp, effected an entire ravage, and carried off the horse*, arms, tents, and baggage. It is said that Janer fell in the battle, that 200 ef the Bujares and the men of the Gan went over to the Emir, and the rest took to flight. In consequence of this disaster, the old Pacha of the Riff, Ben-Abd-elEader wss ordered to return to the post with 400 horse, while a considerable body of troops was formed at Fez, with eleven pieces of artillery, under the orders of Prince Said, and which will march against Abel-el-Rader." - VISCOUNT P ILMERSTON TO COUNT STE. AULAIRE. Foreign Ottice, January 20.-31. l'Ambaseadeur,—With reference to the verbal communicatiotu which I have had with your excellency upon the affairs of Tahiti. I have the honour to state to your excellency that I have received from almost every part of Great Britain the most numerous and earnest representations, requesting her majesty's government to obtain from that of France permission that such of the people of Tahiti as may v ish to withdraw from the island, and t remove and settle elsewhere, may do so without molesta tion ; carrying with them, of course, any moveable property which they may possess, or being allowed to dispose of that or any other property which they may have in the island, if they wish to do so. Her majesty's government cannot imagine that the government of France can have any objection to consent to this request, a compliance with which will afford very great satisfaction to a large portion of the British nation, while, at the same time, it would probably put an end to local dif ferences and contest++ which must be more or lea embarrass ing to the government of France. It will afford her majesty's government great pleasure if your excellency can enable me to state to the memorialists that the above-mentioned permission will he granted by the French government to the people of Tahiti. I am, &e., (Signed) PALMERSTON. COUNT STE. AULAIRE TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. (Translation.)—London, February I.—The undersigned, has received the note which his excellency Viscount ?drams:en addressed to him on the 20th of January WV, and in which he expressed a desire to learn whether such of the inhabitants of Tahiti as might wish to quit that island in order to establish themselves elsewhere, would be allowed to depart therefrom without opposition on the part of the kcal authorities. The undersigned is enabled to announce to his excellency Viscount Palmerston, that as long ago u the 2nd of Decem ber last, the minister of the marine and colonies wrote to the governor of the French establishments of Oceania, in. r.ructing him to offer no obstacle to the emigration to the blands of the north-west of such of the natives of Tahiti as might desire to depart from that island, with the view of withdrawing from the authority of the protectorate. The undersigned, therefore, congratulates himself on having to communicate to his excellency Lord Palmerston a decision which will be satisfactory to him, and in which his excellency will see a new proof of the moderation and of the spirit of conciliation which the government of the king will always manifest in its relations with then atives of Tahiti. He avails, &e., (Signed) STE. AULAIRE. DECLARATION OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE INDE. EVIDENCE OF TEE ISLANDS OP RUAEINE, RAIATEA, RORABORA, AND OF THE SHALL ISLANDS ADJACENT THERETO. Her majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his majesty the King of the French, being desirous of removing a cause of discussion between them respective governments, relative to the islands in the l'adhe Ocean which are hereinafter designated, have thought Proper reciprocally to engage . I. Formally to acknowledge the independence of the Islands of Huahine, Renate*, and Bonbons (to the leeward of Tahiti), and of the small islands adjacent to and dependent neon those islands. 2. Never to take possession of the said islands, nor of any one or more of them, eitheir absolutely, or under the title of Protectorate, or in any other form whatever. 3. Never to acknowledge that a chief or prince reigning in Tahiti can, at the same time, reign in any one or more of the other islands abovementioncd; nor, on the other hand, that 'thief or prince reigning in any one or more of those other Wends can reign at the same time in Tahiti ; the reciprocal independence of the islands abovementioncd, and of the thud of Tahiti and its dependencies, being established as a Principle. The undersigned, her Britannic majesty's principal secre t-I%S of state for foreign affairs, and the minister plenipo lia.ry of his majesty the King of the French at the court of London, being furnished with the necessary powers, tetchy declare, in consequence, that their said majesties take reciprocally that engagement. In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the pre "declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal, of their . 1 frbt etourt. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland and the Countess of Desert, arrived .! Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes past live o'clock eat.eday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted bi:te pi6 -ty of Lancers, from the Tottenham station of the wunties Railway. The Hereu. ; tax7 Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar ar morning, from Cambridge. Ilia Royal Highness rived in town ye:n.l4'7 pro ,:•eded to Bushy House, Busby Park, the residence of her May ,` , l lb. Queen Dowager. CABINET DINNER.—The Right Hon. M. Labou there entertained th e following t otabers of the cabinet at dinner last evening: -Lord J.ltneea; '. the Marquis of Lans downe, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Ci.larkarde;t h e i 4 rd, Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, Lord L'em/beh, the Ban of Auckland, the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, the Right Hon. Sir J. C. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. T. B. ;.!•eseleT, the Earl of Minto, the Right H o n. Sir C. W oo d, ants Vievent ' Morpeth. His Excellency Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, and Mr. Franke, Conedller d'Etat de Copen hae, had on interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Bishop of Cape Town had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dr. Nioolion had also en interview with his lordship yesterday. Lieut.- General Bir Howard Douglas had an interview with the Right lion. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George.street. Sir George Grey returned to town on Tuesday, front Cambridge. The Marquis of Lanadowne returned to town yes terday, from Cambridge. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial aloe from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land and the Mauritius. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office (or the Governors of Hong. Kong and Ceylon. Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of Belgium, is shortly expected to arrive in tins country, on leave of absence from his poet. DESTRUCTIVE THUNDER STORM. Yesterday morning, during the raging of a terrific storm which passed over the metropolis between one and two o'clock, many accidents occurred, but no report of actual loss of life has reached us; but the fol lowing casualties occurred:—About half-past one o'clock, as police constable S 6 L was on duty the New-rut, Lam beth, during the storm, be wu struck by the lightning on to the side of his head, and felled the earth. He wasin stantly picked up by 121 L, who was on duty on the opposite side of the road, and conveyed to the station-house in a state of insensibility, when it was ascertained that the left side of his head and several parts of his body were much injured,— so much so that he will not be able to return to his duty for several days. At nearly the same hour a poor women named Flynn, residing in Broad-street, Golden-square, was return ing home, accompanied by her husband, when the electric fluid struck her to the ground. As soon as possible Mrs. Flynn was conveyed to the Cock public-house close at hand, but in a lifeless state, and on medical assistance being procured her recovery was deemed hopeless. Strange to say Mr. Ilya did not receive the slightest injury, although his wife was holding his arm at the moment she received the shock. BURSTING OF THE VAUXHALL BALLOON DURING THE STORM.-MIRACULOUS AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OP THE AERONAUTS.-Mr. H. Coxwell, editor of the A erostat:e Magazine, has furnished the lessee of the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, with the following particulars relative to the accident which occurred to Mr. Gypeon's, the " Albert Bal. loon," which ascended with fireworks from Vauxhall on Tuesday night, taking up Mr. Albert Smith, Mr. Pridmore, Mr. Coxwell, and Mr. Gypeon. "After rising from the gardens with an ascending power calculated to ensure • clear start, and to give full effect to the fireworks which were suspended by means of a line from the hoop, the bal loon took a course at first across the river, in the direction of the new Houses of Parliament. A few seconds had scarcely elapsed, before the first whir and flash indicated the combustion of the pyrotechnics. In a moment they burst forth with great precision and brilliancy. Fires of every hue lit up the balloon, while from the frame shot forth myriads of gerbs and jets, gold and silver rain, —in fact, ever, artifice known in pyro techny. The concluding display was a bouquet of flowers in coloured fires, which elicited from the spectators the most rapturous applause. Our attention was then directed to the balloon, which was ascending rapidly. Mr. Gypeon acceded to my wish to stand upon the hoop above the ear, in order to closely observe the state and action of the balloon, while he attended to the fireworks. I particularly specified the various degrees of rarefaction which marked our ascension. For an hour and a half before we started the lightning was incessant, which elicited from our friends and several of the spectators apprehensions for our safety, and no sooner had the fireworks been discharged than a vivid flash occurred, and for the moment it appeared as if the heavens were on fire, and that our destruction was cer tain. The appearance of the regions above was awfully grand. The expansion that succeeded was immense, and we all were convinced that the gas was escaping from the neck. Mr. Oypeon immediately took the valve line, with a view of relieving the upper part of the balloon. That operation was, unfortunately, delayed a few seconds too late, for notwithstanding that the lower valve was fully open, the silk sustained a fracture which occasioned us to drop and hang • considerable distance under the balloon. In an instant the ballast was discharged, and the line con necting the lower valve to the hoop immediately cut. I The silk then formed as it were into • spacious and perfect parachute, and we descended with gyrations indicative of rapidity and also danger. Presently myriads of the gas lights which shone so brilliantly but a moment before appeared to be rising to us, and instantly the car and the ground came into fearful collision. The spot where we descended was cluee to some unfinished houses and building materials in the Belgraveroad, Pimlico, about a mile from the gardens, our course having been semi-circular. Provi dentially we all escaped without injury, and the balloon is but slightly damaged. I have no hesitation in stating that the accident was entirely attributable to the state of the atmosphere, influenced by the lightning. The immediate cause of the accident was the bursting of the I alloon in the upper hemisphere, in consequence of the expansion of the gas having been greeter than the means of escape." THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY gave yesterday , their third ani last exhibition for the season, at their gardens in the Regent's-park. The weather, though threatening, did not prevent the assemblage of a large company of distin. Ruislip(' people; amongst whom the Duke of Cambridge, Hapartero, and the Archbishop of . Canterbury, were cozier ' cuoue. The show was characterised by the large quantity and excellent quality of the fruit, and by the abundance and beauty of the collection of roses. The calceolarias, heaths, and pelargoniums were likewise in strong array ; whilst the specimen plants included many rare and charming products of the stove and greenhouse. By the award of the jud ge , Prises were given for crolketlons of thirty specimens to Mr. Truer and Mr. Arne; for smaller collection. to Messrs. Green, Catleuolt, Malyen, Barnes, Hunt, Taylor, and Bruce. Is the class for "Ninon ' plants there were many cetubitors.—lst prize, to Mr. Green, for Lisianthus rumellianue, and to Mears. Veltch and Son for cowrie niiniata ; 2nd, to Mr. Barnes for echites splendesss. For tall growing cactl.:l et prim, Mr. Green. In the class for alpine plants, Mr. Smith took Brat prize; 2nd, to Mr. Wood of Norwood. For collections of SO species of British ferns: let prize, Mr. Smith; 2nd, to . Mr. Taylor. For 25 cut specimens of British exorense : let prize, to Mr. Smith; 2nd, to Mr. M`lvor ; and 3rd, to Mr. Spare. For single specimens of orchids: let Wee, Mr. Williams; 2nd, Mr. Hunt; 3rd, Mr. Green. For sew or care orchids let prize, Messrs. Veitch and Son; 2nd and led, Masers. Bullion and Som. For new or rare plants in bloom: Ist neisq Meows. Lacombe and Co.; 2nd, Mears. Velteh and Son; Sr 4 Mr. Green. Far new or rare plants not in bloom 2ud and fed prim, Messrs. Vetch and Son ; and en estca prize to Mews. Lacombe, Hear, and Co. For collection. of 6 pelargoniums: Tod prize, Mr. Stanley. For collections of 15 cape heaths let prise, Mr. Ayres Ind, Mr. Hunt; 3rd, Mr. May For collections of cape heaths , prizes were given to Messrs. Falibairn, ' Epps, Veitch, Green, Barnes, Jack, and Bruce. For 10 gemeramoas plants 2nd prize, Mr. Wilshire. For 4 clerodendrons Ist prim, Mr. Freest; 2nd, Mr. Ayres. For *rebid. prizes to M mere. Roll ison and Wil liams. For collection of pelargoniums: amateurs' prizes, to Mesas. Cock, Staines, Robinson, esh, and Bennett; nurserymen's prism, to Messrs Dobson, Oatieugh, Gaines, Beek, Ivory, and Veneto. For collections of 6 calceolariez: amateurs' class, 2nd prize to Mr. Ben nett; 3rd prize to Mr. Stanley; nurserymen's elms, let prize to Messrs. Henderson and Co. For collection, of fuchsias, prima to Messrs. Kendall, Robinson, Wilshire, and Gill. For collections of rotes, prizes to Messrs. LaDe and Son, Dobson, Francis, Paul and Soa, Pampa, Teas, Williams, and Betteridge. For collections of fruit, consisting of 4 dishes let prise to Mr. Ingram, Royal-gardens, Frogmore, and Sad to Mr. Fleming, gr. to the Duke of Sutherland : pine apples, collections of 6 fruit, Ist prize to Mr. Elphinetone, gr. to the Speaker of the House of Commons; Snd to Mr. T. Bray. Prince were also given to Memos. Spencer, Fleming, Ingram, Spencer, Brewirt, and Bray for melons, to Mews. Fleming, Munro, Davy, Tillyard, Busby, and Boyce : for grapes, to Megan. TUlyazd, Drewett, Barnes, Davy, end Forgo. STATIONERS' AND PAPER MANUFACTURERS' PROVI DENT doeterv.—The eighth annual dinner of this society took place at the London Tavern on Tuesday last, when Mr. H. Teape presided, supported by nearly all the principal paper manufacturers and stationers, amounting to 90 in number. From the report it appeared that, since the last anniversary the funds of the society, after deducting all expenses, h a d been increased by 6511. 24 3d., making the total funds of the society amount to 6,825/. 7s. Id., of which 6,754!. 13e. 9d. was invested with the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt. A letter wu read from Mr. Spalding, recommending the plan adopted by his own firm of rewarding the faithful services of their assistants by making them members also. The suggestion was accom panied by a contribution of 20 guineas from himself, with further donations from his friends amounting altogethe: to 72/. ss. This was soon followed by a list of donations from the several stewards, making a total of 6201. And no little enthusiasm was created, when Mr. Joynsun, one of the vice presidents, who had contributed 50 guineas for himself, and 25 guineas for his son, in order to increase the funds to 8,0001., at once offered to the meeting to double his contri butions, provided the other contributors would follow his example, and the challenge was accepted by the majority pruent, though ultimately it was thought more prudent to defer the further donations until the next anniversary, at which Mr. Joynson was requested, and agreed, to take the chair ; and most of those present pledged themselves to sup port him on the occasion, and there seemed to be enter tained but little doubt that the permanent fund of 10,000!. would then be completed. INCREASE OF FEVER. Mr. Curtis, one of the district parish surgeons for St. Pancras, and registrar for Camden-town, has died of fever. It is said that the in cipient symptoms of his disease were precisely similar to those that characterised the fatal illness which carried off Dr. Lynch. Mr. Curtis is the third parish medical officer that within a few days fell a victim to fever in the metro polis. He hu only jest performed a pest modem examine , tion on the body of a supposed murdered child, and, had he lived, would have had to give evidence concerning the death in ahw days ►efore a coroner's jury. We find by the report of the registrar•general of births, marriage., and deaths, that during the week which ended last Saturday, the number of deaths from typhus fever was double that of the weekly average of the hut five summers. INQUEST, YESTERDAY.—ALLEGED MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS MUTREIL—Before Mr. W. Payne, In the boardroom of St. Olave's Union Workhotue, South wark, relative to the death of Albert Wicklow., 14 weeks old, child of Anne Blackmore, who, on the previous day, was under examination at Southwark police-court, charged with being accessary to the death of her child, for which she was remanded. Several witnesses were examined, whose evi dence did not implicate the accused with the death of the deceased ; and it appeared from the evidence of a widow woman, named Donovan, residing at No. 4, Bull-court, Tooley-street, that the accused, who lived with her, was so severe a sufferer from fits, that she went to the union to ask the relieving officer to take the child in, whin she was told that, so she had taken her an a lodger, she must get rid of her as she could. On Monday night, about 10 o'clock, she was in the court, under the influence of liquor, where she fell with the child under her, and who gave a !aint moan. About haltput 12 o'clock, she was led home front the Queen's Arms, Dockhead, by a man, who, on enter ing the court, took the deceased from her; the child then showed no signs of life, when she was given into custody. A post-mortem examination since showed that there was an extravaaation of blood on the right side of the head, and that the skull was extensively fractured. Death was the efftct of the fracture and of concussion of the brain, which was occa- ' aioned by the fall. Verdict—" Accidental death." THE INSTALLATION AT CAMBRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, JULY 7.—The great interest which this ceremony, combined with her Majesty's ride, had ex cited, may be said to have subsided with the events of yes terday, for although there still remained some ceremonies to be performed, yet these being for the most part of a formal nature, were objects of attraction only to th ose who were to take part in them. The tows this morning presented • marked contrast to the scene of bustle which had existed during the three previous days. The ordinary business of the place, which had since Saturday last been all but sus pended —most of the shops having been closed both on Monday and Tuesday—was to day resumed. The streets were comparatively clear. Special constables were sent back to their homes—the troop of Life Guards which had been doing duty as the guard of honour since Mon day morning, were mustered early in the day, and marched off to Royston, en route to town, leaving the Whittleses Yeomanry to escort her Majesty to the station. The tem porary galleries which had been erected in various parts of the town, for the accommodation of those who were willing to pay for a sight of the sovereign and her consort, remained; but instead of being, as on the two previous days, ere sded with well dressed people, their only occupants to-day were a few children, who of course were non-paying tenants. The Nags and banners still waved from the triumphal arches and the windows of the houses ; but the assem bled thousands, the loud hums, and the enthusiasm, without which liege and banners are but so many pieces of coloured drapery, were wanting. The business of the vaca tion bad in fact commenced, and, except for the passing to and fro of those members of the university who remained to attend the Chancellor'. levee, which took place at 9 o'clock, and the presence of the yeomanry and the armed pensioners, who formed the guard at Trinity, Cambridge presented the dull appearance it usually assumes out of term. PUBLIC BUISAKFAST.—But, though comparative elands reigned in the town, the colleges of Trinity and St. John's were still the scene of festivity and pleasure, for, in the beautiful grounds of these colleges, in order to bring the proceedings consequent upon Queen Victoria's installation visit to an appropriate termination, a public breakfast was given upon a scale of unusual costliness, the cost, however, being more than compensated by the more than liberal, the profuse manner in which the guests were entertained. Upwards of 4,000 tickets, at one guinea each, were issued for this ,f'te, and the circumstance of its being within the reach of the visitors' purees, occasioned many per sons to doubt whether Queen Vittoria and her consort would attend it. However, all doubts on this score were set at rest by the apparition, at 1 o'clock, of the royal couple and their suite in Trinity-gardens, where the festivities were arranged to take place. It would scarcely be possible accurately to describe the varied features of the scene that presented itself in the walks and grounds which environ and bound the royal college, without affording cause for an accusation of hyperbole. The breakfast was laid out under the two sides of the inner quadrangle and the piazza under the library. On the two sides of the court, tables, extending from the hall to the library, were spread with viands and wines, and under the library (where there is a spa cious area) three rows of tables similarly provided, and decked with great taste, were ranged, the whole affording accommodation for upwards of 800 persons. In the centre of the second court of Trinity, a marquee was pitched, wherein the band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards was stationed; and in the grounds beyond the library a second pavilion was erected for the reception of the Queen and Prince-Chancellor, of a much more elaborate and extensive description than that provided for her Majesty at the horticultural fie. In this pavilion the royal d,jeeiner was spread, covers being laid for about 40 persons, who formed the elite of the assemblage, though it would require considerable skill and judgment to have selected these favoured few (out of the privileged circle of royalty) from amongst the multitudes of distinguished personages who were present at the fate. But the most pleasing feature of the scene consisted not so much in the preparations for gratify. log the palate as in the comhination of rural with courtly and artificial life, which the grounds presented. The royal pavilion and its immediate precincts were bounded by the River Cam, whiA flows sluggishly past the college lawn; and beyond the river nothing but a woodland avlvan pros. pet presented itself, the foreground being filled in with two military bands, and the richly-habited promenaders, who were strolling about the walks, enjoying the music and the festal scene that lay before them. On her entrance into this part of the grounds, Queen Victoria and the Prince, at tended by a numerous suite, took a turn over the bridge, and thence proceeded round the gravel walks, returning the same I way. The procession thus incidentally formed was a very striking object, and the company were sufficiently acquainted with the etiquette observed on each occasions as to abstain from that inconvenient pressure on her Majesty which, on a pre- sinus day, caused so much embarrassment. It is, however, due to Mr. Shackell, the gentleman in charge of this part of the arrangement, to state that it was partly owing to his timely injunctions that so much decorum was observed. After making this petite promenade, the Queen and Prince entered the pavilion, end were lost for the moment to the admiring spectators, who repaired to the full spread boards in order to refect exhausted nature, and to gather new strength for a final gaze at the royal couple. At half. past two the Queen and Prince retired to their apartments at the Master's Lodge, and at a quarter to three the carriages con veyed them to the railway station. JOURNEY TO TOTTENIIAM.—At three o'clock precisely the Queen, the Prince, and their respective attendants, en tered the carriages on the railway, Mr. Hudson and several of the directors, together with Mr. Roney, the secretary, being in attendance, and accompanying her Majesty to town. Mr. Honey gave the sigaal for departure, and the royal train started easily and swiftly, being wafted to Tottenham station in the space of one hour, twenty-three minutes, without the shadow of an obstacle, or evea of an incident having presented itself. On their arrival at Tottenham station the same formalities were observed in the reception of the royal travellers that have already been described as incidental to the journey downwards, and on leaving the carriage, the Prince, by the express commands of Queen Victoria, coa veyed to Mr. Hudson her Majesty's gracious acknowledg ments of her entire satisfaction at the transit to and from Cambridge, and at the arrangements for her accommodation. The force of this royal compliment was duly felt by his rail- ' way majesty, who bowed in silent gratification, and Queen Victoria then stepped into the carriage at the door of the pavilion, and, accompanied by the Prince, the Duchess of !Sutherland, and the Countess of Desert, d rove quickly off to I Buckingham Palace, escorted by a guard of Lancers. The Chancellor's levee this morning, as well as the recep tion last night, was very fully attended. In closing our account of the ceremonies of this installation, we feel bound to say a word in favour of the admirable arrangements made by the authorities both of the university and the town, the consequence of which was the avoidance of that confusion which is the general accompaniment of ceremonies of state when carried on in populems towns. The Eastern Counties I Railway Company are also deserving of great praise, for the leallities they afforded to those whom beanies& or pleasure led to attend the proceedings. ON THE VARIATIONS IN THE SUPPLY OF SILVER COIN IN IRELAND DURING THE OPERATIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS IN 1846-47. [Professor Hancock's paper, read at the last meeting of the British Association, on the above subject being of general interest we have obtained a copy of it. The variations in the supply of silver coin in Ire land were detailed in the correspondence on the measures adopted for the relief of distress which had been presented to parliament. During the greater part of the autumn, and especially in the poorest districts, the Board of Works found it extremely difficult, and in some places impossible, to get silver coin for the weekly payments even in places where they bad previously sent large quantities of coin. This scarcity did not abate till December, and, notwith standing its general abatement, it continued excessive in the poorest districts until after that period. In February the scarcity had entirely disappeared, and the banks had not room for all the coin which was poured in upon them. This scarcity had been by some attributed to " board ing ;" but a scarcity from such a cause would have been gradual Instead of sudden—would have been ac companied by a corresponding scarcity in gold and notes, and would not have been gre►test in the poorest dis tricts. Others had attributed the scarcity to the mercenary motives of she keepers and merchants. But this was only • form of the old prejudice against merchants, founded on the fallacy of supposing that it is their conduct which de termines the value of goods, instead of the value of goods determining their conduct. The writer accounts for the scarcity of silver coin in Ireland by the stoppage of barter, consequent on the failure of the potato crop. This failure stopped the conacre system, and rendered the pay ment of rent and other debts in labour instead of money no longer practicable, and thus put an end to the chief source of time extensive system of barter prevalent in the agricul ' tura] districts of Ireland. A demand was thus suddenly created fora large quantity of silver coin to be used as cur rency in the small transactions previously carried on by barter. Such being the muse of the scarcity, it remained to consider the measure', which were and those which ought to have been adopted to obviate its consequences. The government imported a large quantity of coin direct from the Mint, and also employed the Bank of Ireland to import large quantities from the Bank of England, and THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AMY 8, 1847. ' appointed an officer to superinttal t h edistribution._ of the coin in Ireland. This interfereno.' with the usual results predicted by economists-1. -""•""" w•• Th badly done at a great co s t. is', after the gcrs -e 7 ••• 1 . 1 . 1 ad been importing for several months, there was in • ''''"••'" • total went of coin at Bkibbereen, and in Februu the branch banks were filled with coin in conseijus.‘" of excessive importation. Instead of interferinit with trade, the government shouti have offered for the coin its market pries in the localities where it was wanted. In consequence of the demand for it incident on the destruction of barter, its price had risen in those places; hence the impossibility of getting change, that is, twenty shillings for a pound, as the twenty shillings had become more valuable than the one pound. By offering the muket price the local banks and other parties would have been induced to import silver coin, and to economise its use as much as possible, so that it would have been distributed exactly in the proportions in which it was wanted, a n d nu excessive importation would have taken . place ; or had any mistakes been made by the banks or private partite, they, and not the public, would have been the losers. The ignorance of economic science displayed by public officers in the manage m e n t o f th e su p p l y o f silver coin ought to make every one tolerant of the greater ignorance shown by some parties in Ireland in the prejudices against English grain merchants, as having caused the high prices of food, and against the government, as having favoured the sup posed interests of the merchants. It should lead every one , to look with pity rather than anger at the distrust and want of gratitude with which, in some instances, the munificent I bounty for the relief of Irish distress has been received, and to endeavour, by promoting the knowledge of economic science, to remove the ignorant prejudices which have led to I the motives of the English merchants and the English people , being so misunderstood. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ATHLONX.—There can be but little doubt that Mr. Collett will be again returned, though opposed by Mr. William Keogh. AtT ST. Enxtrtria'B.—The preliminary business of an election contest has commenced in this borough, and pro ceeds steadily and quietly, unmarked by any very exciting circumstances. Lord Jermyn and Mr. Twiss commented a conjoint canna' on Thursday, and Mr. Bunbury followed on the next evening. This junction of the interests of Lord Jermyn and Mr. Twin has given satisfaction to the Conser vatives. Mr. Banbury comes forward as a supporter of the present ministry, and of civil and religious liberty. Bowen:v.—Mr. Ainsworth, the present conservative mem ber, has formally retired; and, though Mr. Bolling has accepted a requisition from the voters in the same interest, it is thought that he will not g• to the poll, and that Mr. J. Brooke and Dr. Bowring will " walk the course." Cm:seiner (NollT11).--It was announced in this paper that ill-health would prevent Mr. E. D. Davenport, one of the gentlemen on whom the hopes of the liberal party were fixed, from coming forward, and that it was not unlikely Mr. Astley, of Dukinfield, would stand in his place. Since that time nothing has been done publicly on behalf of Mr. Astley, and it is uncertain whether he will be brought forward, though the question is by no means given up. In the mean time Mr. Davenport has formally declined the contest in an address, which, along with some bitterness at the pusillanimity of the leaden of the party, there is reason to tear contains a good deal of the truth. Remy: It Ls but a few months dam a decided majority on the registration transferred to the one. liberal the two ream for North Cheshire, to which yen hod only to maiati In order to secure the intends of free trade. TM moservatne weedidate was no longer in year war ; his constituent' emelliabsed that be bed betrayed Ina engagements, and their intim= ley vet= Ise Ma rep= of the corn-laws (es be admitted) against hi =ls gemiellons ; end be repeatedly =bred kis intention to retire ban_ pelimant from II brow. as well as other meson. TM gig was all yew eerk end yon bed candidate. In whose yen erefided, yaw nounced their determinates or a lbstain non ell kimei Meanwhile coottdases lined sety and theenamneglns metand or ganised a coalition la to= or Mr. Eitertenotteey, vim amyl= taxed with Lindsey, an Mr. stallds,. a wldg, whom they bed hitherto opposed mil =bd. Double requialtkms wereadiremse to both, and a wealthy end laluential family in Itsetinbeld =wised their votes (ems= bendneds I. number) to the whig end easy, this: jointly has=se your majority Ink attain to the nab of menopoly, and one of those seats which, under Caidn's advice, you had might have held, but for a most selfish apes tacy of some of your hln brethren. The object of the apostaey Son to be the searing • sod gar Mr. Stanley, by means of a conservative majority in lieu of a defection from the free traders. It was at nest given out that Mr. Stanley was to be brought in for the ho. rough of Macclesfield, and this report had the effect desired of keeping that pocket borough in quiet poseesion of Messrs. Brockle burnt, the anti-free-traders, whose defection to the tories may render the county as closely under their arbitration as the town, unless a feeling of independence rescue it from Its apparent apathy. The pro bable result will be that Messrs. Breeklehurst will take a seat from the government, and give It back to the tinier, in order to Seilitate Mr. Manley's election, who Is already in office, which is an odd way of serving the government at the expense of a violation of ordinary principle., and without any explanation on their part, or that of the candidate, miss the price of higher office is to be paid the latter for the compromise. Cuilee.—This county is likely to be contested. Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart, brother of Mr. Smith O'Brien, has just issued his address to the electors. The hon. baronet, however, states that it is not his intention to involve himself is a con test, if the tests by which on a former occasion he lost his seat are still insisted on. His political opinions and principles he declares to be liberal in the highest degree, and that it is his sincere desire to maintain and enlarge the civil and religious rights and privileges of every class of his fellow-countrymen. CARLOW BOROUOH.—Major Layard is not likely to have a walk over. A Mr. Sadleir has addressed the electors, and undertakes to de everything except pledge the repeal, which, however, he is prepared to do, "if he fail in procuring , thoso measures which the exigencies of the country demand? DURHAM, NORTH.—A meeting of the conservative late-' . rat was appointed to meet Mr. Liddell, M.P., at Dur ham, on Tuesday evening; but, instead of the honour able gentleman, the electors were met by his son, Mr. Henry Liddell, who intimated that his father was unwilling, under all the circumstances of the approach ing election, to undertake the responsibilities of an arduous contest, nor was he very desirous of being again elected, but, pending the uncertainty which prevailed respecting the Navigation Laws, he would be ready to serve his constituents again, provided the influential members of his party would guarantee him against the expenses of the I contest beyond the regular legal charges. Several gentlemen expressed their sentiments, and it was unanimously agreed that the required guarantee could not be given, but that a deputation should immediately wait on Mr. Liddell, in Lon don, and ascertain his final intentions, pledging the united support of the party to him in the event of his proceeding further in the contest; but should be decline doing so, it was also unanimously agreed on that Lord Seaham, in refrain- I ing from dividing the conservative interest at the present time by declaring himself a candidate, was entitled to the warm respect and cordial confidence of the conservatives, and that he be invited to come forward in the place of the Hon. H. T. Liddle, the meeting pledging the conservative interest to his energetic support. DUMPRIEHRHIRE.—A Scotch paper gives the following list of candidates for counties and burghs : The conservative county candidates are—lion. Admiral Gordon, for Aberdeen; the Dean of Faculty, for Argyle ; Mr. A. Oswald, for Ayr Lord Reidhaven, for Banff; lion. Francis Scott, for Ber wick; Mr. J. Stuart Wortley, for Bute; Mr. Mackenzie, of Applecrom, for Cromarty and Rees; Mr. Smollett for Dumbarton • Mr. Hope Johnstone. for Dumfries ; Sir John Hope, for Edinburgh; Major Cumming Bruce, for Elgin and Nairn; Sir Coutts Lindsay, for Fife; Honourable Mr. Charteris, for Haddington ; Mr. H. T. Baillie, for Inverness ; General Arbuthnot, for Kincardine ; Mr. Lockhart, for Lanark ; Mr. Baillie, jun., of Polkemmet, for Linlithgow; Mr. W. F. M'Kenzie, for Peebles; Mr. Home Drummond, for Perth; Colonel Mure, for Renfrew; Mr. A. Lockhart, for Selkirk ; Mr. Forbes, of Calendar, for Stirling; and Colonel Blair, for Wigton. The liberal county candidates are: Mr. James Duff, for Banff; Mr. Traill, for Caithness; General Morison, for Clackmannan and Kinross; Mr. Matheson, of Achany, for Ross and Cromarty; Captain Welnyu, for Fife ; the on. Douala* Gordon Halleburton, for Forfar; Sr David Baird, for Haddington ; the Solicitor- Generol, tor Kircudbright ; Mr. F. Dundee and Mr. Al-- demon, for Orkney and Shetland; the Hon. J. E. Elliot, for Roxburgh ; Sir David Dundee, for Sutherland : and Cap tain Dalrymple, for Wigton ;—Banff, Cromarty, Fife, Had dington, Orkney, and Wigton, are therefore the contested counties. In Aberdeen, Argyle, Ayr, Berwick, Bute, Caith ness, Clackmannan, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, El. gin, Forfar, Inverness, Kincardine, Kircudbright, Lanark, Linithgow, Peebles, Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Stirling, and Sutherland, no contest is as yet apparent. The liberal burgh candidates are—Mr. Bannerman, for Aberdeen ; Lord James Stuart, for Ayr District ; Mr. Ewart, for Dumfries; Mr. Duncan, for Dundee; Mr. Macaulay, and Mr. Gibson Craig, for Edinburgh (who, by tie by, are certain of being opposed) ; we have heard the names of Lord Ashley, Lord John Manners, dtc., mentioned as likely to be put forward) ; Sir Andrew Leith Hay and Mr. Duff, for Elgin; Mr. Wilson, of Dundyvan, for Falkirk district; Mr. Denistonn, the Lord Provost, Mr. Macgregor, and Mr. Dints, for Glasgow; Mr. Dunlop sad Lord Melgund, for Greenock; Colonel Henry Fer guson Davie, for Haddington district; the lion. P. Bouverie, for Kilmarnock district ; Colonel Ferguson, for Kirkaldy ; the Lord Advocate, for Leith district an opposition is re solved upon, and it is thought Mr. W , of Kelly, may be prevailed upon to stand); Mr. Hume, for the Montrose dis trict; Mr. Heine, for Paisley ; Mr. Fox Maule, for Perth ; Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., for St. Andrew's district; Mr. Allison, Mr. J. B. Smith, and Mr. A. C. Maitland Gibson, for Stirling district; Mr. Loch, for Wick district; and Sir John M'Tag gart for Wigton district. The two burgh conservative can didate. are Lord Lincoln in Falkirk district, and Sir J. W. Drummond, of Hawthorndea, in Haddington dis trict. Edinburgh, and we may say Leith, Elgin, Falkirk district, Glasgow, Greenock, Haddington district, and Stir ling are, therefore. to be the scenes of election contests. Aberdeen, Ayr district, Dumfries, Dundee, Kilmarnock district (perhaps), Kirkcaldy, Montrose district, Paisley, Perth, St. Andrew's district, Wick district, and Wigton district, exhibit no symptoms of a contest. It is said, how ever, that Mr. Loch iv to be opposed in the Wick district ; and the starting of Sir Coutts Lindsay, Colonel Blair, of Blair, and Lord Reidhaven for the counties of Fife, Wigton, and Banff has, in the meantime, no better foundation than rumour. EDINBUROII.—The Excise-Reform Association are under- Mood to be rather anxious to start an opponent to Mr. Mac aulay. They are not pleased with his reply to their com munications, nor indeed with those of Mr. Rutherford or Mr. Gibson Craig. A gentleman wu named last week as their candidate, and were he to stand, as its not likely be will, he would have had the votes of the dissenting party, and of a clue of the electors who do not think ell the mem bers should be government men, which, with the easociation support, weuld be respectable backing. Bat the organisation of the ministerial body is very complete, and the prestige of Macaulay's name great, so that his defeat is so improbable as not to be rashly attempted. Essle.—This borough promises to be hotly contested by Mr. O'Gorman Mahon and Mr. Francis Macnamara, son of Major Macaunara, M.P. --, I._EviaMAM.—AllO Ol4, I:l2l4iidata is talked of for this borough making the fourth, not one of whom, how'e,ar, btu 1 yet addressed the eleeters. FIFES/WM.—Mr. Wilford, who retirs'd ftiom East LotitiA6, is tpoken of for Fife. KING'S COWITY.—The present mambas do Zot seem at all likely to be disturbed. Kittssau.—ldr.Wasson ie *gain to stand for the represen tation of this town, having declined being put in nnuunation for an English borough. , 1 LYNN.—There is no foundation for the report that Lord J oc elyn is about to solicit the votes of the electors of Dun dalk a! the approaching election. Lord Jocelyn intends agate to solicit the support of the constituency with which he is now connected. LIITRIM.—Mr. K. Tennyson and Mr. Godley are canvass ing the electors for this county. Mr. Tennyson is a resident landlord and ocuntry gentleman, and in that capacity his conduct has been estimable. Mr. Godley is a young gentle. man of good capacity and pretensions. MARYLELONE.—Lord Dudley Stuart, being " extremely anxious to avoid the danger of a tory representing the borough," has proposed a sort of preliminary ballot for the liberal candidates, the result of which will be to determine which of them shall go to the poll. The plan is ingenious, and will be found fully detailed in the paragraph advertise ment on our last page. OLDRAM.—Mr. W. J. Fox addressed the electors and other inhabitants of this borough on Tuesday night. He was to have met them in the Town-hall, but the place was so crowded, that an adjournment to the open air was called for, and he ultimately spoke from the window of the King'.Arms Inn to about 5,000 persons, who listened to his eloquent ex position of his sentiments with almut breathless attention, except when their admiration of the sentiment he expressed in language the most felicitous and attractive, drew forth a cheer, which was very frequently the case.—A motion was afterward. put " that he was a fit and proper person," to which, so an amendment, an elector proposed Messrs. Fielden and Cobbett. Another amendment pr - posed that "every tub should stand on its own bottom," and that each of the candidates should be put separately. The latter proposition was adopted, and Mr. Fielden was decided to be " fit" by a large majority ,• but the numbers for Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Fox were nearly equal, so far as could be seen in the then pre vailing " shades of evening." However, the chairman (Mr. Wilde) declared the majority for Mr. Fielden and Mr. Fox, and the announcement was received with much cheering. Srateronn.—The position of this borough is peculiar. The Marquis of Exeter owns a great many houses in the town, and he expect all his tenants to vote for whomsoever he sends. There are besides, many tradesmen who are patronised by the neighbouring gentry ; and as it is an understood thing that whatever Lord Exeter desires, the neighbouring gentry favour, the tradesmen (although their opinions may be adverse) to conciliate their customers, vote for Burghley (as Lord Exeter's interest is called). This state of things has general)/ kept down an opposition; but, in consequence of Lord Loeter having succetsfully opposed in the present session the deviation to Stamford of the Great Northern Railway, matters have entirely changed, and the Burghley nominees have this time met with a very cool if not a rough reception. The Marquis of Granby and the right hon. J. C. Herrin came down last week with au intro duction from Lord Exeter's agent, and shortly after eta:roil upon their canvass; they were almost everywhere told that the town would this time have a candidate of its own ; and, at the conclusion of the canvass, Mr. 'ferries left under most disheartening circumstances. It is understood that the screw will be moat extensively applied, but the independent party feel confident that it will be applied in vain, and that Mr. Rolt, whose canvass in the independent interest was very flattering, is certain of success. TOI:OHAL.—The Hon. Mr. Cavendish takes his farewell of his old constituents. and the Hon. Mr. Ponsonhy, member for Poole, steps in, and asks their suffrage. which, no doubt, will be iiecorded. The Duke of Devotabire will support Mr. Ponsonby. WORCRIITER.--On Tuesday evening Mr. Osman Ricardo, of Bromesberrow, issued an address soliciting election in the room of Sir Denis Le Merchant, who has announced his in tention of retiring from the representation for reasons which he promises hereafter to explain. Mr. Ricardo Rays :—" In offering myself to your notice, I think it right to state that I concur in the general line of policy of her Majesty's present government.'. WOLVERHAMPTON. Mr. Thorneley has issued an address, announcing his intention to offer himself for re election. la the course of his address, the hon. gentleman says : For my part, I look back with great satisfaciion on the support which I hare given to the great free-trade measures which hare barn adopted by this parliament, which have already mused material re ductions in the Import duties on British manufacture. in some foreign countries, and which, if properly carried oat by us, will probably make freedom of trade the great rule of the nationa of the world. In a private letter, Mr. Villiers says that he shall certainly solicit the suffrages of the electors as soon aa a dissolution takes places in compliance with a pledge be gave kat year. WIGTONSHIRIL—Sir James Graham and Cal. Blair are both named as opponents to the present member, but neither with muck probability. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JOLT 6. By a circular of the relief commissioners it appears that, instead of money payments by the finance com mittees for food supplied from the government depots, the commissary-general will order the direct issue of provisions to relief committees in districts near the depiits, in lien of so much money as may be required. The supply is to be temporary, merely to clear off the stores that have been collected at the solicitation of the respective committees to meet the demand for provisions. The quantity for each electoral division will be issued on a requisition, signed by the govern ment inspector, founded on the fortnightly estimate sent up to the commissioners, the value of which will be paid for in Dublin instead of sending to the local treasurer the whole amount of the estimate for each division. This system is now in operation ; and the committees are requested to make the most economical arrange ments for transport from the depOts. The object of the government in thus reducing their stores at the depots is for the purpose of leaving the trade of the country to take its ordinary course. An order has been issued from the Board of Works to discontinue all persons—assistant engineers, over seers, check clerks, and others acting under the in spectors—from the 10th instant. In the interval they may be employed in storing implements, arranging all outstanding demands, &c. No claims are to be allowed for works after the 3rd instant. Thus will the whole enormous machinery of the last ten months be reduced to its original elements. It is stated that-in one of the counties of Connaught 40,0001. of the relief money had been unaccounted for. Absenteeism is a principle quite as unpopular as the private gain of the corn trader, but on much stronger grounds. However, if all absentee pro prietors were as munificent in dealing with their tenantry as Lord Palmerston, the evil would have been converted into a positive good. His lordship's rental in Sligo is 8,0001.: of this sum a district called Mullaghmore supplies a very large portion, and of its rental his lordship has not received ene shilling for the last ten years, the whole having been expended in planting bent, erecting quays, piers, &c. This is to act the part of a good man and generous landlord. Colonel Jones had arrived on Friday last in Gal way, from Limerick, on his fishery inspection. He proceeds to examine the harbour of Galway and the Lough Corrib improvement works, and thence along the coast towards the north-west ORANGE Paocasstons.— Notwithstanding the remon strances of some of their leaders, it is feared that the Orange men will walk in great numbers on the 12th inst. (Monday next). The masters of Orange lodges in the district of Newry hate toned the following resolution :—" At a meet ing of the masters comprising the District Orange Ledge of Newry, held at their lodge.rooms on the 22nd ult., the de puty district master presiding, it was unanimously resolved : —' That, owing to the present awful visitation of divine Providence on our beloved country, we deem it our duty n thee to humble ourselves than express those feelings of re- 1 joicing usual on the approaching anniversary of our deliver ance from Popish tyranny, by any public demonstration; and we earnestly entreat all eu!porters of our glorious insti -1 tution to faithfully consider their responsibility, should they indulge in any other feeling but that now expressed.' " RCENR IN AN IRISH SESBIONS COVRT.—The Clore Journal contains the following : " An unpleasant occurrence took place at the quarter sessions court in Kilrush on I Friday. We have been informed that while Mr. O'Connell, who was engaged in defending the persons charged with the late outrage upon Mr. Hill, the government inspector, was addressing the court, Mr. Hill, who was on the bench, was observed to laugh more th an once at I the observation, made. Mr. O'Connell, addressing Mr. Hill, asked if he was laughing at him. The reply was, that indeed he was laughing at his foolish observations. Mr. O'Connell observed in reply that that was language that he would not suffer to pass with impunity elsewhere, and that he should notice it cut of court. The barrister, after some observations, called upon both gentlemen to enter into securities to keep the peace. Mr. Hill said he did not intend that the matter should proceed further, and pledged himself to that effect. Mr. O'Connell did the same, but the barrister insisted that he (Mr. O'Connell) should enter into recognizance', himself in 2001., and two sureties in MI. each, to keep the peen. This Mr. O'Connell peremptorily refused, when Mr. Major desired the sheriff to take Mr. O'Connell into custody, end the sheriff requiring a committal, it was drawn up, and Mr. O'Connell was sent to liridewell, where he spent the night. The excitement in the town during the night was remark able. A tar barrel was lighted opposite the Bridewell, and the people paraded the streets, headed by an amateur band; end it was a late hour before the multitude retired to their homes. The attorneys, in a body, visited their incarcerated' brother, and spent the evening very pleasantly. In the morning Mr O'Connell was brought into court, escorted by two policemen." SCOTLAND• EDINBUROH, JOLT 6. Fever boa not thrown its " sickly glare " on Glas gow altogether in vain. A sanitary societT has been formed in the suburb of And,eraton, the objects being to " collect statistical facts, and to diffuse information by lectures and hand-bills as to the evils that read from badly constructed houses, defective drainage, in sufficient supply of water, air, and light ; to urge on the working classes the vital importance of sanitary ,form; to assist the poor in cleaning out their rooms, slant: sea, and closes; and to co-operate with the pub lic out h or L•es, cler , gymen, and medical men, in every e ff ort to preven t - 1 .,,,r5t3 evils which charity may pal liate but cannot cure." , _ A more pleasing topic in ,!oneexion with the same city is the distribution of prizes :n the school of de sign on Saturday. These amounted to 33, of which 14 were awarded to female pupils. s is computed that the Glasgow manufacturers pay about 5,000/. per annum for French designs, so that there is amplo scope for native talent. Flower drawing from nature is to be added to the branches taught. By the enterprise of a Glasgow news-room pro prietor, the Daily News will be placed before hie readers at half-past 10 of the evening of the day of publication. The time necessary for the completion of the Ord nance Survey was formerly referred to—the time already occupied being the data of calculation. At a meeting of the Highland Society, the sum voted was assumed as anew element of computation, and it was shown that, if the amount continues to be 10,0001. per annum, sixty years will be required for the comple tion of the survey. As an instance of the growing interest in agricultural matters, the musesm of thw Highland Society, not an over-picturesque exhibition was visited last year by upwards of nine thousand persons. WIOTOwN A BONDING PORT.—The Lords of the TlVA airy having been pleased by their order, just Wined, to con stitute Wigtown, in the port of Dumfries, a separate pan in the supernumerary class, the commissioners of the CUStO3I2I have directed that the privilege granted by their lordships shall take effect at Wigtown as an independent port from the 6th inst. PROPINCIAL. Tx. GRAND Druz CON;TAP:7INR Or ACADIA on Tuesday arrive/ from Worsley Hall, the seat of the Earl of Ellesmere, at Knowsley Hall, the residence of the Earl of Derby. Yes terday be visited Liverpool, and after inspecting the various objects of interest in that town was received by the mayor and council at the Town-hall, and afterwards embarked with his suite on burg the government mail tender, and inspected the line of docks. FALL OP A CORN WARLHOUBE.—Tuesday night a large bonded warehouse, No. 829, in Suffolk -street, Liverpool, one of a lofty range commonly known as Poole's ware houses fell down. It was in the occupation of Mr. R. Giteos, and was heavily stored with grain in the three first com partments. NEW MAOISTRATER.—At the adjourned quarter sessions for the west•riding of Yorkshire, Held at Rotherham during the present week, G. W. Chambers, Esq.. of Clough House, Rotherham; and IL C. Lister, Esq., of Grove House Goole, qualified as justius of the peace for the west-riding of Yorkshire. , - THE MERFIELD MURDIRS.—A government reward of 1001. bas now been offered to any person who should give such information and evidence as wiU lead to the conviction of the murderer or murderers of the late Mr. Wraith, his wife and servant, at blirtield, and also stating that the Secre tary of State would advise the grant of her Majesty's graci ous pardon to any accomplice not being the actual perpetra tor of the deed. On Monday lest, says the Ha4far Guardian, Mr. Watts, solicitor, appeared before the situng magistrates at Dewsbury, to request that his client, M'Cabe, might have the full benefit offered by that advertisement, and stated that M'Cabe was ready to tender his evidence through him. The magistrates retired to their private room with Mr. Watts, but what transpired has not been made public. The general opinion seems to be, that M'Cabe will not be put upon his I trial, having, through his attorney, communicated most important information, and that the story told by him to the constables wiU in the main be true, but that his own way of telling it, and what he is prepared to add, will bear evident marks of truth, and leave no doubt on the mind of any one as to the party that committed the horrid deed. There are many rumours afloat respecting this murder, but to which we attach very little credit. It 34 generally reported that the statement of M'Cabe implicates one or more women in the atrocious affair, and that he was the fellow who watched at the door of the house whilst the unfortunate inmates were being murdered by Rrid. ••••••••••••6.1.1.17 Mont POISONINO.—The quiet village of Barnetby le Wold, near Caistor, has been thrown into • state of great excitement by a charge of murder being brought against sn inhabitant of that place, a woman named Milner. It appears that some time ago, an elderly female, a relative of Milner, died very auddenly ; subsequently, a child named Jickills, a daughter of the prisoner's sister-in-law, died under extra ordinary circumstances; and last week, Mrs. Jetkills, the mother of the child, and the wife of a labourer in the village, also died. Suspicion being at length excited, a postmortem examination on the body of Mn. Jeckills was ordered, and the result proved that she had been poisoned by arsenic: the body of the child was then exhumed and examine -I, and poison was also found in her stomach. Circumstances led to the suspicion that Milner had mixed up the deadly drug in the deceased's food, and after a minute investigation by a co roner's jury, a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against Mauer, who has been committed to Lincoln Castle. CONVICTION Or rue LADY RAILWAY THIVTB9,—The two "lady thieves," Lofts and Smith, who were appre hended at Bristol about three weeks since on a charge of robbing a lady, named Barnard, of a purse containing 251., while waiting at the Bristol station of the Great Western Railway, were brought to trial yesterday before the Re corder, at the Quarter Sessions for that city. It would seen from the evidence of a witness named Potter, traveller for a large metropolitan brewery, who was called by Lofts to speak to her character, that she is the wife of an innkeeper of Lou don,who formerly kept the Swan at Stratford-on-Avon. The witness stated that he believe/ her to be an honest and re spectable woman. The other prisoner, Smith, war also de scribed by a mauler tailor, of London, named Turner, as being respectably connected. The fact of the robbery was clearly brought home to them by several witnesses, and the jury found them both Guilty. The learned Recorder sen tenced them each to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Armin to POISON :C/':iiht.—A correspondent says: " The inhabitants of Stoke-ferry were much alarmed by the report that the family of Mr. J. Mayes, butcher, had been poisoned last Monday by arsenic having been put into the kettle, containing the water used for breakfast. On investi gation this was found to be true ; for, immediately after the family had finished breakfast, the whole were taken suddenly and alarmingly ill. Of these, perhaps, Mr. Mayes was the worst. Medical advice being close at hand, no time was lost in administering . remedies. The surgeon took care to secure the tea-kettle, in which the presence of arsenic was readily detected. The effects of this criminal attempt were not confined to its intended victims. Mrs. Tindale, of the Crown Inn, unconsciously took a small quantity of the water from the kettle, whilst calling on Mrs. Mayes, and has ever since been in a suffering state. In all eight persons have been more or less affected by the poison. Active mea sures are in progress; and there is every reason to hope that the delinquent will soon be discovered' ESSEX. . _ Txx New Rsti.wav7--Ihe works of the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway, are now assuming a very business-like aspect. All the most difficult parts et the line have been commenced, and there are upwards of 1,000 men employed. The earthworks in the Braintree direction are for some distance completed, and a considerable length of the permanent rails laid down. The bridges are now in a forward state on this portion of the line, and the but tresses are run up ready to receive the girders at the junction, where the railway pares under the Colchester turnpike road. The extensive pile driving at Wickham Milk, where the line passes over the various streams there, is also nearly completed. At Maldon the situation originally assigned for the terminus has been altered, and the terminus, with wharfs, is now to be at the northern instead of the southern corner of Pottle Marsh. The passenger station at the en trance of Maldon from Heybridge will forthwith be com menced, and is to be a brick one. The contractors confi dently assert that the line will be completed by the stipu lated time, October, 1817; and this event is very anxiously looked forward to, we believe, by all parties resident in the localities through which the railway passes. gine STIS. TFIE QUEEN'S VISIT TO JERSEY.—Mr. Hogarth, of the Haymarket, has opened another of his very interesting exhibition., but this, unfortunately, for a short time only, for the exhibition commenced yesterday, and must neces sarily dope this afternoon. The exhibition consists of a series of twenty-six water-colour drawings, in commemoration of her Majesty's visit to Jersey en the 3rd of September, 1846, painted, by order of the States, by Mr. John Le Capelain, for presentation to her Majesty. Truly, the present is both ap propriate and regal, for six of the views are specially dedi cated to the royal visit, the remaining twenty to the beauti ful scenery of the island, and the whole are deposited in a splendid case of morocco, inlaid, and gilt, with the royal arms on one aide, and the arms of Jersey on the other. lhe case alone is said to have cost something like 1001. But it is of the drawings, as works of art, that we have here princi pally to speak ; they are effective, though somewhat slight, with occasional touches in feeling rather than execution, which remind one of something - between Turner and Cres wick. The drawings are already engraved, and the rich portfolio, with its artistic treasures, will be presented by the States to her majesty this afternoon. Foitwfti, Laohlairtca, %,---- The Moselle/ter Courier dates that it is sot the intention of the new deer, the tier. O. H. Bowen, to give - the • • ~.. St. Paul's, Coveat-gerdeo, which is smelt. SM. per ~ - • ; it ie hie intention to bold It with Me &snow& Owed r ' , , r PREFERMENT. —Rev. J. Tripp, D.D., . 4 jP, •: , A . J Overblow, to Spo::::ba a T ra orksit, dia. nips • . . ,' .• 4 residence; pit, OW. w ; rwear tri Übe ' 1. •. -" Hertert Dews of • -- NAVAL. 7 • 4 ..: • r, Xi PORTSWOrTII, i CIA' 7.—The inquiries , . , , , , 71 respecting the late 000rts-rosrtlal on 0 lieutenant '' • . 1"f... i.ii terminated, as the ship is ordered to be •• . n ., "t: r :13 forthwith, no ,ar Maps wi ll he takes. The I. :A Lueldestoo, wee reterder ordered to be piked • • ""• .6.7.- f . )