The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

and has set all the would-be politicians on the qui rive, to •ver what has eccanoued it, and to what tt can tend. & D .:type reported apparition of the line-of-battle ships off pole, maoy alarmists hare spread a report that the French woad to take Malta by a coup de luaus. Some of them rbe other day sew a steamer coming it, with a man in oak of the main chain', heaving the lead ! The French are sounding within the very harbour, was the sty from a my quarter even an English journal here, which appears goo its own coofessiou to have suffered from a contact with of of the canine species, was rabid enough to publish some keg leading diatribes against the French cunning, duplicity, Ae., tc., that a stranger would either imagine we were &c --osily at war with France, or that Franca was the moot molly country under the sun. The fact is, the French have hen a very clever consul, half English by his mother's aide, sad he has directed the attention of the French govern meat to the fact, that as a central position for di:e -sti:lln to all parts of the Mediterranean, Malta is un maalled. And the French government have availed them who of it. That the French have some intrigue on foot in Barbary is no doubt true; and that they have very einfluence there, is also true. Witness the late sets of ey in the augmentation of the export duties, and the establishment of a paper cutrency. All the councillors of she Bey of Tunis are Frenchmen; all the instructors of his army are Frenchmen : naturally, then, the Bey's ideas are French too. In Malta, Pope Pius IX. has been abundantly fnd. On Sanday, the 29th ultimo, the feats of the decolatson of John the Baptist, the whole of the Pieta, containing a row of houses nearly a mile in length, running parallel with the Quarantine Harbour, was brilliantly illuminated. Some of the terrace had the words " Viva Pio IX." in immense letters of variegated lamps. Others had, of the alone de scription, " Viva l'ltalia," and other devices. Many had the likeness of his holiness in a transparency. Continued *outs of " Kevin a Pio IX. !" " Alla Oran Brettana!" " All' " " A Malta!" rent the air. Some went opposite the house of the Austrian Consul, and shouted out, " Death to the Austrians!" The band of the Malta Fencible Regiment playing select opera tunes, enlivened the sane; fireworks were in abundance, and all was joy, harmony, and hilarity, until an unexpected shower, about ten o'clock, dispersed the multitude to their homes with a complete drenching. On Thursday there was an extra representation at the theatre, when the celebrated " Juno" to. Pius was sung by the whole house, and moat rapturously encored. Thu Neapolitan steamer arrived on the lit as usual we had plenty of reports and rumours. A few letters only were received, and those were as silent as the grave as to the passing events in Calabria. ()eel report was that the King of Naples had been shot at, and wounded in the arm. Another, that Naples had called upon Austria to send some troops to exist in keeping the c ountry quiet, and that both Rome and Tuscany had refused to permit a single Austrian to pass through thetr territories. The Volcano steamer, which arrived on the 29th ult., brought us the news of the decease of Colonel Warrington, at Penis, on the ISth, when he ws• en a visit to his daughter, the wife of Mr. \Vood, the Lr..glish consul there. Colonel Warrington was, for the period of thirty-four years, moot and consul-general at Tripoli, in Barbary. Ile re- I tired about a year ago. At his funeral the pall was borne by Freaeh, Austrian, Russian, and Dutch consuls. The English consul and vice-consul followed as chief-mourners ; the coffin was carried by marines. The French brig of war sent a guard of honour, and the ahipe fired minute guns. The French sea ner Ceri: e ateamel off from hence' . to Tripoli'on the tat; she carried a mail. The Penquoin, mew strainer, left also, with despatches for the French Beet at Naples. The French steamer Rhamses arrived on the 2nd from Athens : and the Longsor from Alexandria on the 24th, at 6 A.M. She started again at 2 P.M. for Mar. seilles direct. Admiral Parker and the squadron have been looked for these three days, as strong north-welters have been blowing, and continue to blow. Many suppose that if the Tagus fell in with him, he may have gone on direct to Athens, but it is more probable that he went to Barcelona, and has called thence at Tunis, in his way here. BELGIUNI.—BRUSSELS. SEPT. 9.—TnE TRIPLE Notput.—No traces whatever have yet been discovered of the murthrer. The indignation o f the public , which has all along been very great, is considerably augmented by the fact that each day seems to render the discovery and consequent': apprehension lest probable. The police, however, continue to be very active ; besides the quantity of jewellery which has been stolen, it is now ascertained that 950 florins of the Netherlands, 95 pieces of gold of 10 florins each, and about 1,700 fresco in different kinds of money have been taken by the murderer or murderers.-1 he Journal du Commerce stases that the project of the convention of the provincial councils or Flanders has been abandoned.—The committee of the public exhibition of Brussels has just proposed to the Minister of the Interior definitely to fix the 30th September for the close of the exhibition. ITALY.—NArLes.—A letter from Naples of the 25th ult., in the Gazette des Tribunauz, says : " Within the last few days suicides have iscreased in a frightful manner among the Swiss troops. In the single night of Saturday three Swiss sentinels, placed in the vicinity of the Bourbon Museum, committed suicide in the space of a quarter of an hour, by dise'arging their muskets in their mouths. From the inverti,:ations which were made into the matter there is every mason to believe that the three soldiers had agreed to deprive themselves of life at the same time. This year five other Swiss soldiers were condemned to be shot, and all underwent execution with sang-froid, and even ex pressing their pleasure to die. Others have committed acts of insubordination expressly to incur the capital penalty ; but this being known, they were condemned to the galleys far life. They complained bitterly of this, and said that they had failed in their object. 'She disgust of life which seems to exist among the Swiss troops of our garrison is attributed to the animadversion to which they are subjected by the people of Naples, which has taken hatred ag►inst all foreigners, and especially the Austrians, under which deno• mination it comprises all Germane, without any exception." bt Court. ARDVERIKIE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. B.—The Marquis and Ilarchioness of Abereorn arrived on a visit to her Ma jesty. There was no other iuldition to the royal dinner p Arty. The Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half-mat one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, fmm Frogmore Home, Windsor. Her Royal 11;gliness left town at twenty minutes before three o'clock on her return to Frogmore Home. Despatches for the Governor of New South Wales were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office. DOVER, Sery.l2.—H.lll. packet Onyx arrived this afternoon from Ostend, and brought the Dune of Cambridge, aetempanied hy the Baron Knesebeck. HAIL will sleep this eight at Birmingham's Ship Hotel, and start to-morrow by train at eight for London. The Duke of Nassau and suite embarked on Satur day morning at Blackwall pier, on board the General Steam Navigation Company's mail steam ship Giraffe, Cu route to his palace at Biebe•rich. OPENING HER MAJESTY'S LETTEILS.—One of the persons employed by the Southampton postmaster to take the Isle of Wight mails from the steamer to the office has been suspended. He says he found a letter addressed to her Majesty, from Osborne, open on board the steamer. How the mail bag, the pouch in it, and the letter, all came open, the lad must, it is thought, know. Of the four letters re ported to have been received in Scotland which had been opened and re-sealed nothing is known at present. Tile SANITARY COMMISSION.—Mr. Henry Austin, C. 8., has been appointed secretary to the commission for inquiring into the sanitary state of the metropolis. Mr. Austin has for some years specially devoted his attention mientiflcallv to the remedies required, and has for some time Pest acted * as honorary secretary of the Health of Towns' Association. DIFFIcULTIF.B OF A NOBLE DUKE.—Within the last few days a great sensation has been caused in ens of our English counties by • series of legal proceedings, of the most rigorous nature, taken against a noble duke. His grace hoe himself, with a portion of his family, hurried off to the con tinent, and is not expected to visit England again for several years. The princely establishment of the noble duke is com pletely broken up. An attachment bas been laid on his per sonal effects, wherever they could be come at. His peels of hounds, and even the poultry in his yard have been attached by the creditors. The liabilities for which these proceedings are taken are said to have been chiefly contracted doing his grace's marquisate. The parties at whose suit the pro ceedings are taken are a wealthy Jewish firm in the metro polis, remarkable for the magnitude of their monetary trans lations. It is confidently stated in private circles that a noble earl, who recently received the aid of the duke's in fiance in a memorable electioneering contest, is the holder of hoods for loans to his grace to the large amount of 50,0001. —Olserrer. JENNY LIND AND SHANSPEARE'S HOUSE.--We are informed that Jenny Lind has expressed her willingness to nag for the benefit of the fund now raising for the purchase and appropriation of Shalupeare's house, provided that the uningemint for her performance be made in some town abets she his not yet been heartl.—Atheruettos. REPORTED FORGERY UPON A DISCOUNT HOUSE.— It has been rumoured in the City, during the last day or two, that the name of an eminent discount firm has been forged %certain bills, but as yet the amount is imperfectly known. —o 6scrver. COSTS IN COUNTY COURTS.—Sir,—Observing an ankle in your newspaper of the 9th inst., headed " Charges the County Court.," I am anxious to correct any erro neous impression which might be oecesioned by the insertion lithe letter there mentioned, and will endeavour to explain the amount of the fees in the case referred to. It will be seas by the Small Debts Act that on the issuing of the sum monses the following charges are made : Yee fund being 1-Nith portal the debt 6s. 10d. Judge's tee for snmmons ls. td. Clerk's fee on entering n:sint and issuing summons 2s. MI. Bailiff's fee for service el. 10d. The mount charged ou issuing summons lla ed. The mania of fees charged on the hearing are : Julge—llearing without a Jury 7s. 6d. Order 25. Clerk— Mu* le. Gd. Order .._ la CAL Turf COES . . ......... •.......... ..... tandf—Calling CRAM OL 6d. &twice of order Oa Lai .. Fees on t w in s out or d er I la. 10d. +Lectors it appears c:ear that the charges of Ilc Bd. for awamone and 11a. 19d. for order are correct so far as they I% end the only doubt upon my mind is whether the officers nrthe county court alluded to have charged enough, as in 'cols courta the judge has 2s. as well for order as the judg meat, and the clerk the tame ; but the only motive I had in writing wee to prevent any impression conveyed by the letter inserted from working any injurious effects, not that I wish to advocate the county courts, being in some degree a loser by them amongst others. The insertion of this letter you ran make if you think proper, if It I. sufficiently explana tory,—Joux Neaten Cum:ll , 4lex, King's Lyynnn, Sept. 10. EAST SURREY HEGIBTRATION.—On Saturday, Samuel Cross Fish, Req. and John Deedes, Esq.,_the bar risten appointed to nein the voters in the election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire for the eastern division of the county of Surrey, appointed to hold courts for that pur pm* on the 20th Mat., at the Town•hall, Reigate ; 21st but-, Court-house, Croydon; 23rd inst., Court-house, Kingston ; 24th inst., rench Horn and Half Moon Inn, Wandsworth; 27th Met., Horns Tavern, Kennington; 28th inst., Vestry. hall, Camberwell ; and 30th inst., at the Workhouse com mittee-room, Great Rumen-street, Bermondsey : at each of which the lista for the parishes, precincts, and townships next contiguous will be taken. The overseers are required to attend with the original notices of claims and objections ' served on them, and to remain in court during the revision of their respective lists. APPOINTMENT OP TWO HOUSE-SURGEONS AT ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—Two house-surgeons have been ap pointed at St. Thomas's Hospital, reader the new arrange meat/ which were made at a general meeting of the various I officials. It seems that the house-surgeons will be selected annually. They will be provided with rooms and commons in the hospital, free of expense. The appoiantents will Nis awarded to gentlemen who have most distinguished them selves as dressers. They must be members of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons ' and either licentiates of the Society of Apothecaries or graduates in medicine. The selection for this year has fallen on Mr. H. T. Hartnoll and Mr. J. W, Hubbard. In future, therefore, a qualified surgeon will al ways beim attendance whensudden necessity requires his aid. Cuator's HOSPITAL.—Sir,---My poverty alone hinders me from becoming a governor of Christ's Hospital, for the express purpose of instituting a searching and appa rently necessary inquiry into the prevent state of that noble charity : but, amongst the list of upwards of 500, some one will surely be found who possesses a sufficient interest in its good government to inquire into the truth of the various re ports in circulation concerning its maladministration, to the great injury of the pupils and distress of their parents, chiefly widows in a state of poverty. I can procure no authentic account of the rues and regulatious, and a mere list of the governors costs half-a-crown. The cemplaiata are as follow : I. Insufficiency of food, producing scrofula, spasmodic asthma, itch, sore or scald head, ophthalmia, and other diseases of the eyes, in hundreds of cases; 2. Insufficiency of clothing, unsuited to the various seasons of the year, pro ducing innumerable distressing diseases, many terminating in death. 3. Insufficiency of recreation, an equally fertile cause of bodily and mental incapacity. 4. Insufficiency of discipline at table, while at play, and while in their dormi tories; so that sm all boys are left entirely at the mercy of their elders. 800111 children are blessed with constitutions so' strong as to thrive under the smallest quantity of the coarsest fare ; while others sicken, pine, and sink under any unfavourable change or diminution of diet. Surely, then, the scale should be liberally adapted to the general, and not parsimoniously to the several. If the funds cannot afford better and more plentiful food, it can be proved, and then a reduction of the scholars must take place. I hear that there are only 18 masters to 900 children, or Ito 60! If this be true, I have no hesitation in saying that their strength must be that of stram.engines,or else their discipline quite a farce, and the innumerable anecdotes related by the children, when mot horn* for cure of many contagious diseases, fully warrant my supposition. I hear much of the high qualities of the officials, and if the encomiums be true, let them come forward and disclose the real Mate of the affairs of the insti tution and their system of discipline with the pupils, for the information of their parents and the public, who are deeply interested in their welfare. I beg, therefore, to suggest that a statistical account for the year 1816 be speedily published, containing the most minute information under toe heads of each separate complaint ; and should those in power refuse to comply with this request, I shall then make it my business to proceed in a different manner. The age of corporate abases is rapidly pasting away.—BUZGANDAZ. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.—The vessel Kilmotus, ar rived in the docks from Port Philip, has brought, with a general cargo of Australian productions, 1,030 bags of wheat. The vessel Malcolm, arrived from Adelaide, has brought 6,090 bags of the same description of grain. THE CRICKET STEAM-BOAT.—The engineers ap pointed by government to inspect the machinery and engines of the Cricket having completed their investigation, the Thames police, who were appointed to take charge of them, have been relieved from this duty, and the wreck, his been handed over to the steam-boat company. FAIR IN WIIIrECIIAPEL, AND INTERRUPTION OF THE CHURCH SHlLVlCS.—Yesterday ra large body of police, under the command of Inspector Scott, were ordered on duty to the Tenter-ground, Goldman's-fields, in consequence of extensive preparations having been made fur holding a fair on that spot, which, although intended to commence on Monday, and to continue till the subsequent Thursday, would, but for the active exertions of the police, have vir tually begun on the Sunday. The police arrived at an early hour in the morning ; but even then a large number of shows and extraordinary animals arrived, and the service was in terrupted by the noise of preparation. The Rev. J. Lyons, the officiating minister, sent out during the sermon to re• quest that there might be some cessation of operations, at least during the time of service ; but these remonstrances were unheeded, and in the afternoon the ordinary service was suspended, but was resumed in the evening. Many thousands of persons were present during the day ; and it is expected that this day (Monday) the place will be visited by large numbers of persons from the eastern parts of the metropolis. Notice of the intention to hold the fair was publicly given on Thursday, and, although the inhabitants greatly object to it, they have been unable to prevent it, on account of the necessity of giving fourteen days notice of their intention to suppress it b 7 the magistrates, and the notice will not take effect until at least a week after the holding of the fair. Owing to the exertions of Inspector Scott, and the police force under his control, no depredations were committed, nor were there any flagrant breaches of the peace, further than the interruption and discontinuance of the church service. ---- FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RlCER.—Yesterday morning a young man and two or three females were out in a small skiff on the river: when off Mr. Chandler's steam boat pier, owing to the strong breeze, and, it is alleged, want of skill in the parties is the boat, the vessel suddenly turned overboard, and the whole of them were immersed. The cries of the people id the water brought several persons to their assistance, but, notwithstanding that every exertion was made, the young man who had charge of the skiff was carried along with the tide, and disappeared. The females were saved, and refused to tell the name or address of the young man whose life has been lost. FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. TWO LIVES Lost.—On Saturday night, between the hours of eight and nine, an accident occurred, by which the live, of Wilson Emery, her Majesty's swan-keeper, and Drill-sergeant Paton, of the Scots Fusileers, were sacrificed, occurred on the river about midway between the Nine Elms and Pim lico piers. A party of non-commissioned officers belonging to the Grenadier Guard., and another of the Scots Furileers of the same rank, had made a rowing match for a sum of money. The wager was to come off on Thursday next, and during the put week or two the men have been out upon the river training. On the day in question the Scots Fusileer crew, eonsiouse of Drill-sergeant Paton, Cor po ral John Smith, Corporal Hatton, and Corporal Boy, had been training up the neer, and on their return home were joined by Wilson Emery, who acted as cockswain. On arriving nearly opposite Messrs. Cuban's new pier they were alarmed at finaing a steam-boat close upon them. They immediately commenced pulling with all their force , hoping to get in front of the vessel, but unfortunately they had miscalculated the speed of the steamer, which wucrossing the river to get to her moorings. The consequence was, that the steamer struck one of the oars of the smaller beat, and in en instant she turned bottom upwards, and all in her were precipitated into the river... Cermet' Smith, Haeton, and Boys were enabled to save their lives by holding on to the chain in front of the steam vessel, until they were taken off by a water man, bat Emery and Drill-sergeant Paton were carried along with the tide, and, although the spot where the acci dent happened had been dragged throughout the whole of yesterday, neither of the two bodies, had been recovered up to six o'clock last evening. The steamer was one of the iron boats, named the Matrimony. The parties who were saved attribute no blame whatever to the persons who were navi gating her. It is note little remarkable, that about two o'clock the same afternoon, Emery and the Grenadier crew had a very narrow escape of being drowned. Shortly after puling Hungerford-bridge, their boat turned over, and on that occasion Emery was saved by Charles Campbell, the ex champion of the river. The other parties were picked up by the watermen who put off from the shore. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday fore noon an accident of a fatal character took place on the line of the London and North-Western Railway, about half • mile on the London side of the Bushey station, by which • young man named William Anstey, employed in the erec tion of the electric telegraph, lost his life. The deceased had been engaged in passing the electric wires through the poets, and was crossing the up line with his face to London as the quarter to eight train from Birmingham was approach ing. The deceased bad not gone many yards before the train, which was proceeding at a rate of not less than forty miles an hour, came upon him with • velocity which hurled the body of the unfortunate man forty or fifty yards in ad vance. It fell in the centre of the rail, and the entire train passed over the deceased without even touching him. The chief of the locomotive department was on the engine at the time, and gave immediate orders to stop the train. This being done, the body was discovered about a mile in the rear, and it was immediately examined by Dr. Reding, of Euston-square, who was • passenger. Pulsatioa had not ceased, but the doctor pronounced life extinct. Blood was streaming from the nose and mouth, Lut there were no ap parent marks of external injury. The body was removed to the Bushey station, where it awaits a coroner's inquest. ACCIDENT FROM FALLING FROM AN OMNIBUS. Yesterday afteinoon, between four and five o'clock, two men who were riding on the roof of one of the cheap omnibuses running from Hungerford-market to Cam den-town, being in a state of intoxication, as the vehicle was passing St. Martin's-church, rolled off. One, named J. Bennet, a smith, living in Hart street, Long-acre, pitched on his head, the hind wheel going over him. He was carried to Charing-cross Hospital, and on being examined by the house surgeon, it was found that ho had sustained such severe injuries that kis recovery is considered extremely doubtful. The other person escaped with some slight injuries. - - EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP PLATE.—On Saturday Mr. Burns, an auctioneer, of Stratton•street, May-fair, came to town early, and requiring breakfast, the butler was in the act of preparing it, when to his astonishment he dis covered that the various bags in whick the spoons, tea: LA, and ether articles had been deposit..d, wero missing, and wooden models left in their stead. As might be expected, an inquiry was set oa foot, but the under-hutler, who haa charge of the property, was not to be found. Messengers were sent to Vine-street station, and on Inspector Wall, of the C division, arriving at Mr. Burns's house, some of the duplicates of the stolen property (in amount about 2001. ) were discovered. Subsequent information proved that the under-butler had decamped, and the electric telegraph on the Birmingham line was immediately pat in requisition. FIRE NEAR FITZROT-BQUARP--OR Saturday Morn ing, shortly before five o'clock, the private residence of Mr. T. Burke, situate at 25, Oralton-street, liizroy-square, was dis covered to be on lire. An Llama was raised, and after some trouble the inmates were aroused, but not before the sta;r case was wrapped in flames, so that it was with great diffi culty the residents effected a safe retreet. The escapes be longing to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, as well se the parish engine, and five of the London Brigade, and one of the West of England Company, soon reached the scene of conflagration. No time being lost in setting the engines to work, the firemen succeeded in getting the flames extinguished before they had time to extend to the adjoining property. The damage done is very consider able, but fortunately the building and the furniture were in sured in the Phoenix and County offices. A spark from • lighted candle is understood to have been the cause of the disaster. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OP A BROTHER OF THE CHARTIK-1101:86.—It is the custom of the Charter-house to close the kitchen for a month every year, and to oblige some of the brothers to leave the establishment during that period, on an allowance of about 10s. per week, to find food and lodging for themselves until the re-opening of the kitchen. A few days ago, Francis Albany James Hargraves, aged 69, in compliance with this custom, left the establishment. lie took a "msll lodging at a bookseller's in Maiden-lane, Covent garden ; and last Tuesday he was found to be in a dying state, and quite speechless, by the servant of the house. An immediate communication of the fact was made to the Charter-house authorities; and one of the brothers visited him, fle died on Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock, having remained speechless up to the last minute. On Thursday last he was conveyed to the Charter-house in a coffin, already screwed down; and on Saturday morning buried. No coroner's inquest was held, and the affair was evidently hushed up as south as possible. It is known that he took deeply to heart his temporary ejectment from the Charter house ; and it is to be feared that he took poison. At all events, the manner of his death was of • nature demanding an investigation by the coroner. The deceased was • bar. riater ; he had once held a situation in the House of Lords, arid was nominated to the Charter-hale by Lord Lynd hunt. He was the son of the celebrated Hargraves, who was Recorder of Liverpool many years ago, and who edited the " State Trials." The deceased was, moreover, Dr. Parr'a favourite pupil, and was an elegant classical scholar. —Sunday Paper. INQUESTS, SATURDAY. THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD ?fir CRICIEPT.—Before Mr. W. Payne, at the Veil try-hall of St. John's, Horselydown, on the body of a woman unknown, but supposed to be one of the sufferers by the Cricket steam-boat explosion. Thomas Ferguson, a Water man, deposed to finding the body. The dress consisted of • black bombazine gown, chocolate coloured apron with white spots, dark jean stays, which were torn up the right side, and the front bone of which was broken in half, stockings, Ade laide boots, and a cap, but no bonnet. There were no initials or marks whatever on any of her clothes. The pocket of her gown was turned inside-out, and in her bosom was found a cotton purse, containing three penny pieces.— Mr. William Mirkin, surgeon, said that he saw the body on Friday evening. On examination he found • very severe bruise on the right side from the lower part of the abdomen, extending down the thigh and the upper part of the right leg. This bruise was the result of a violent concussion or blow from some very large body. It must have been from one blow, not a succession of blows. The brui-ea were ie tlieted before death, though the injury was not sufficient to have caused death. He had no doubt that the immediate cause of death was immersion in the water.—The coroner suggested that the deceased might be one of the bodies, and the surgeon announced that, from the nature of the injuries, he thought they had been caused by an explosion, such as that •f L.° Cricket steamer. The inquest was then adjourned.— DEJTITUTION.—Before Mr. W. Payne, at the West London union workhouse, West-street, Smithfield, on the body of Stephen Waekett, aged &i, • labourer.—W. Pym, 276, City police, said that on Tuesday evening last he was called by one I of the porters of St. Bartholomew's Hospital to a man then in the waiting room, brought in by two strangers, who had picked him up in the street. He had been seem by the sur geon, who said he required no medicine; all he wanted was food and rest. The deceased was removed to the workhouse. He was quite unable to walk or stand without assistance. He shook like a person suffering from the ague. He said he had had nothing to eat during that day but a email piece of dry bread, and he had just come out of the country from trying to get employment at haymaking. G. Farrow, the night porter at the workhouse, said that he admitted the deceased about eight o'clock on Tuesday night, and seeing him very weak he asked him if he wished to see the doctor. The deceased replied, " No, he only wanted rest, and he should be better in the morning.' On being pressed he drank a little tea, but ate nothing. The witness took him into the refuge, and gave him two woollen rugs, which he wrapped around him. He visited the weed al times during the night without observing anything particular ; but on visiting it about half.past 6 on Wednesday morning, he found the deceased tensely's, and breathing very hard. Mr. Hutchinson, the surgeon to the union, was sent fur im mediately, who had the deceased removed to the infirmary, where mustard poultices were applied to his chest, but he never recovered his sense., and died at 10 o'clock the same morning.—Mr. F. Hutchinson, surgeon, said that he found the deceased was labouring under all the symptoms of emus apoplexy, the power of swallowing was goce, and he was fast sinking. la his op'nion he died of apoplexy, produced, in this case, by low living and exposure to the cold. Verdict : " Natur al death."— FATAL ACCIDENT.—Before Mr. Bedford, in the board-room of the Charing-crow Hospital, es to the death of James Wil loughby, aged 32, who met with a dreadful accident at the United Service Club House, Pall-mall. Oa Saturday week the deceased, a carpenter, was engaged on a scaffolding erected over the hall of the club-house. He was going up the !adder in order to reach this when the man whose duty it was to hol , l the ladder left it for • short time, when it twisted over, and threw the deceased with great force on the stone steps. In his fall a spike caught him in the thigh, and tore it to the exteut of eight or nine inches. He was as soon as possible conveyed to the Charing-cross appital, where he was promptly attended by Mr. Moore, 1. house-surgeon, but mortification ensued on Wednesday, and he died the fallowing day, A verdict of " Accidental death " was re turned. SANITARY IM P ROVE NI ENTS.—DRAINAGE. Sir,—The public safety requires that there should be an extension of house drainage, that cesspools be pro hibited, and that all refuse be washed away from the metro polis. The adoption of these excellent arrangements is im. peded by an insufficient fall in our main sewers, which empty themselves into the Thames at low water mark, and are therefore closed by the rising tide ; thus affording time for deposit to be formed to such vast extent as would have required 1,600 openings for the removal of the foul and ob noxious deposit in one year in Finsbury and Holborn district alone, bad it not been washed out by flushing ap ro ra g t ire . additional fall, many of the outlets of our 'sewers have been lowered since the removal of old London-bridge; but the improvement is rendered of no avail so soon asthe tide rises. To alter all the existing sewers in Finsbury and Holborn district, accordingly, would require the rebuilding of more than 300,000 feet of sewer, costing 200,000/. exclu sive of the house drains, &c., which would swell the cost to 250,0001. in that one district alone. Levels were taken to ascertain whether such fall could be given to the sewers if rebuilt at the lowest level, as would secure the passing of the foul matter with the common run of water; but it was found that the utmost that could be obtained would be the cleansing of one-half the sewers." This extract from an offi cial report of Mr. John Roe, quite establishes the fact that no proposal which involves an alteration of our present sewers, can be adopted, even supposing the cost and the breaking up of all our thoroughfares did not preclude it. The following are the other proposals, which have been made for improving the drainage Secondly,—That a sewer should be built on each side of the Thames in the bed of the river, all the mouths of the present sewers to be brought into close connexion with this new sewer, and thus the Thames to be preserved from pollution. This plan would require the new sewer to be sufficiently large to receive all the immense floods which occasionally pass into the Thames through the existing sewers, the diameter of the Fleet-ditch being alone twelve feet. It is difficult to conceive how a sewer could be secured in the loose bed of a river, much lean one of thirty feet diameter. In addition to this, there is not fall enough between London bridge and Woolwich to allow of the arrangement. Thirdly,—lt has been proposed to take the liquid refuse from the sewer before it reaches the Thames ; to pump it over handpipe columns, 200 feet high, for the purpose of forcing it into the country for distribution over the land. This plan, without any increased drainage, would require every acre of land to take 100 tons of liquid annually to the extent of 1,000,000 acres, lying contiguously in the different localities, and, according to Mr. Hawkesby's evi dence, there would be involved (at a distance of 12 miles) an expense of 2,500,0001. a year. Should extension of drainage double the quantity of refuse, then double that sum would have to be annually paid. Within seven miles of the metropo lis , little demand for liquid refuse could be expected, bec ause, according to the evidence of the con tractor, Mr. W. Thorn, the solid manure which leaves the metropolis cannot be half consumed within seven miles. The liquid refuse which is now wasted in all the surround ing villages, could be conveyed on to the land at an expense of Id. or 2d. per ten, whereas, if taken from a London sewer, the expense would be fel. for the twelve miles per ton. The works which would be required in town would also lie very objectionable, the area within a mile of the Thames being already so crowded that the working classes arc almost unable to obtain any tenement near their work at the dock., &c. Fourthly,—The latter objection equally applies to another proposal ti relieve the 'Thames, viz., to have reservoirs in the metropolis for converting the fertilising portions con tained in the refuse water into manure. To accomplish this it is necessary to dry it with a very moderate heat, or else the valuable qualities are destroyed, and the sites which would be required would have to occupy many acres. An experiment was not even allowed to be made in a remote past of Westminster. The expense of the necessary sites and works in town would far exceed the expenses of the works r.eceseary to remove all the refuse into marshes down the river, there to be used as a liquid, or to be precipitated and made into a dry manure. Fifthly,—The proposal to relieve the Thames from all im purities at present flowing into it, which deserves more con sideration than the foregoing, is one emanating from Mr. T. Cubitt, c.c., to construct one or more sewers under the pre- THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1847. sent mien and thus to intercept and convey all the refuse to • distan ce from the metropolis, " not into the upper part of the river, but to terry it further, before the discharge mixes with the river." He fixes on the same locality which Mr. Cuthbert Jdluison has pointed out in his prize essay on liquid manure. Mr. Dean also proposed to carry the liquid impurities into the game marshes by means of a lower sewer, " so as to command the sewerage of Whitechapel-road, Cornhill, New gate-street, Holborn, and Oxford-street." The first question as, of course, whether the respective localities would admit of sufficient flow for the contents of the new sewer. Mr. Dean states that the fall " for the sewerage from the General Postothoe to low water-mark at Woolwich is 54 feet," as if " sufficient for conveying the soil and water of the sewers to a point where the contamination of the Thames would be much less felt than at present." But without speaking of Holborn and Oxford-street, the contemplated arrangement does not even allow of execution, in so far as the Fleet.sewer is concerned, the bojtom of which is only six feet and two thirds above low A/ler-mark at Woolwich, at spring low waters. At neap low waters, the Fleet sewer is already lower than low water-mark at Woolwich by two feet and oae-third. The smallest size of such a new sewer, as pro posed by Mr. Dean, would be eight feet in diameter, and the fall must be at least a foot a mile, or seven feet, and conse quently:its ontfall at Woolwich would be many feet lower than low water-Mark. An outfall even at low watermark would completely prevent the plan from being practicable, and much more an outfall which is five feet above it. The cleaning of the Augean stable required a Hercules. This country is famous for its division of labour, and every credit is due to those who have done their part, devoting themselves to the work of improving oar sanitary condition and the fertility of the soil. 'fogether with the names of Mr. Thomas Cubitt, Mr. Cuthbert Johnson, and Mr. Dean, must also be ever honourably remembered the names of Dr. Granville, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. John Martin, Mr. James Smith (ot Deanston), and many others, who have all assisted in the Herculean work to be accomplished. It may bo said that we have not yet derived the advantage which should hare resulted from the knowledge that water will find its own level ; nor yet have oar crowded towns re ceived any aid in their drainage from the introduction of steam power. In 1841,• commission *assent to this country, to inquire into our arrangements of drainage chie fl y in refe. rence to a city which is somewhat similarly situated to the metropolis ; and the plan then proposed was highly approved of, its rag simplicity commending it to every one so soon as he becomes acquainted with it, viz.: the construction of a deep receptacle for the purpose of giving additional fall to the sewer which would convey the liquid refuse into this receptacle; and, in the next place, to preserve this low outran by continually pumping up the contents. The suggestion may be termed a very simple one ; but no one appears ever to have made it before. Sixthly, —As far as the plan for the metropolis is concerned it claims to be perfect, for improving the drainage by giving a lower outfal, and a constant con tinuous flow to the contents of existing sewers. It claims to be adapted for the removal of more than twice the present extent of drainage, allowing the contents of the existing sewers to pass through shafts into the lower channel sewers. It claims to meet the difficulty arising from floods; for when the lower sewer shall have been filled by the heavy matter and waters first carried down, the surplus drainage water would run into the Thames through the old sewer,. It claims to have fixed on a locality specially adapted for the application of the refuse es a liquid, by raising the whole into reservoirs II feet high, thus giving tall enough to carry the sewer water a very considerable distance, and facilitating the irrigation of the meadows which extend down the river. It claims to be equally adapted for forming and shipping a moist precipitate, by vessels passing in ballast the surplus water flowing into the Thames, and also for preparing this pre cipitate into a dry manure !Ric guano. Camels engines are now being constructed to drain the Lake of Haarlem ; and cannot pumping engines placed in the locality, ' , recommended by all who hive thought on the subject, raise the drainage of London, if it were conveyed into a receptacle 10 feet deep? Will a sewer with sufficient fall take all the drainage from the Fleet sewer and Strat ford into the marcher, although its size be only eight feet; end will a twelve feet sewer for this distance, and an eight feet sewer from Farringdon-street to Chelsea, be adapted, to include the drainage of the whole of Pimlico, and thus pre vent the immense injury that is inflicted by the want of such drainage ; and cannot an eight or a twelve feet sewer be safely made-in the London clay under street and roads by tunnelling, so as not to interfere with the traffic, and at an expense of about 500,0001. for double the drainage from the Fleet sewer eastward, and for less than 1,000,0001. if the whole of the Strand, Westminster, and Pimlico, be included ? It is worth • million to prevent the destruction of pro rty at present going 00, several of our best squares suff ering from dampness. It is worth a million to secure purity of river water. It is worth a million to improve our sanitary condition ; and it is worth a million, merely looking at the annual preservation of fertilisingsubstance—and yet, although so valuable as a public measure, two years' examination into tie subject assures me that it may be effected without any ex• pense to the government or to the rate payers. I will cooclude with the words of a worthy alderman— " Whether you use it or not, this I am sore of, that you must convey all down the river, and there pump it up ;" and with the words of the select committee—" It is only through the agency of a company that all can be combined and ap plied to the important purposes of cleansing our towns, puri- Oying our rivers, and enriching our soil."—l em, sir, your bedient servant, J. J. Moustwoon. IRELAND. DeBLIN, SEPT. 11. There are two specks, one of which already lowers above our horizon, and the other of which is just rising, which promise to complicate the affairs of this country in the coming winter to an extent which the most sagacious cannot penetrate. The first is the general disinclination to pay rates; the second is a disinclination becoming manifest in various districts to the payment of rents. With regard to the first, the case seems to be this—the landlords, if they could by any means avoid it, would not pay a single penny of the advances for labour-rate or temporary relief. Of course there are landlords who would pay, but they are in " a glorious minority." The tenantry the landlords easily imbue with their prejudice against repayments—not but if they were left to themselves they would not object to whatever went to relieve their brethren : for be it remembered it was this tenant class who have always hitherto main tained the poor. Of course this class would also be gladly relieved from payment of their share if they could help it, and hence they are more prepared to listen to the reasoning of those who ought to afford them wholesome advice. The tenant class, besides, are heavily indebted to the landlords, either on account of arrears of rent accruing in the previous years or the past year. The landlords seem deter mined that these arrears, so far as practicable, shall be paid this year, and they are already "in the field" for that end throughout the country. The rent owing, together with the rates, will, in most of the anions, swallow up the whole produce, (and the farmers, seeing nothing for themselves but ruin, cannot but be prepared to adopt the recommendation of withholding as much as they can. The public are thus suffering in two ways from what can be hardly judged of as other than a mistaken easiness on the part of the government towards the landed proprietors. The landlords now composing or com- ' mending a majority of all boards of guardians, post pone the collection of the rate, and will probably suc ceed in doing so until the rents are paid. Meantime the government, which has put them into this strong position, will be unable to have the advances repaid, or placed in course of repayment, until the produce is all swept away. The rate could be collected and the public pocket protected, if the rate were in the first instance collected from the landlords. The interests of the poor and of the country will necessarily be neglected while this state of things continues. With regard to the non-payment of rents, I find by the papers come to hand this morning that in Louth the whole produce of a farm owing rent was swept off in one day. In Cork they have gone farther, and resisted payment. The facts of this case are, however, special. The father of a poor family in the vicinity of Cork died during the present year in England, whither he had gone to seek work. This man held 13 acres of not over-productive land, at a rent of 51. per annum. His family, consisting of a widow and eight children, remained, of course, in possession. They set the crops, but this harvest the widow and three of the children were struck with fever, under which they now his. The landlord distrained; a bodyof men assembled and drove away the bailiffs. Police and military were then applied for, and not until a force was on the farm would the peasantry allow the corn to be removed. The name of the landlord in this in stance was Bleazby, that of the tenant Barrett. We hear of opposition of a more decided character to rent payments in King's County and Tipperary, and I be lieve we are only in the commencement. A step has been taken by the Mayo landlords which would seem to indicate suspicion of some such arising there. I am assured by a cor respondent from that county that the law passed, last year which prevented the seizure of the growing crops is ingeniously avoided, by the landlords sending in their own men to reap, and immediately seizing the crop when it is no longer standing. But the land lords are teaching the people a bad lesson when they join with them to oppose a public impost, and the people are beginning to think that rent means " sur plus "—that is, that they ought to help themselves first. Lord Moanteashel has made an inglorious retreat. It is announced in the Cork papers that his lordship, together with his countess and family, have left Moore Park, his seat at the foot of the Kilwoth moun tains, for France. The Express has, I believe, not a little contributed to this abandonment of a task to which the noble lord appeared to have devoted himself—the propagation of the principle of repu diation. The total sum applied for, under the Land Improve ment (Ireland) Act, is 1,062,9161. 1 Is. 6d., although the stun gazetted is only 404,0101. 3s. 2d. PROPOWED MEETING OP ALL Till IRISH MEMBERS TN I DUBLIN.—In accordance with the sumeons of Mr. John O'Connell, there was a meeting of the " Conciliation-hall" repeal members yesterday at ltadley's Hotel. There were only seven members present. The business done at this meeting, which was only a preliminary one. may be Teri briefly stated. A form of circular to the whole body of Irish members was agreed to, informing them that at that meeting • a resolution bad been adopted that it was expedient an as tiembly of all the Irish members should be held, and solicit- ' ing their signatures to a requisition for that end forwarded with the circular, and which is in these terms : We, the undersigned, ocasidaring the distremerletateof thecountry, end the gloomy peospects of the coming winter, are of (mini. that it desirable the Irian members stasuld meet together in Dublin at an early period in November, to madder the alarming state of public alTAirs, and take counsel together 44 to the remedial measures which it may be our duty to press upon the attention of the government. Mr. John O'Connell acted as secretary ; no other member of his family was present. STATE OP Till COONTRT.—Leitrim appears to be sorely afflicted with fever; " multitudes," a local paper states, are sick of that disease in the poor but highly-populated district of Fearnath. There is a horrible tale told of a poor man burned to death in a fever shed, he being left alone by his nurse-tender, and unable to escape, though he crawled to the door.—ln the union of Nenagh, the advances for tem porary relief are nearly 25,0001. The guardians, who uy :hey have not as much money in - hands as would purchase a hun dredweight of oatmeal, anti who are heavily in deist, have struck a rate of 18,0001., which would include about one half the relief advances ; and even this, they say, " cannot and will not be paid." Under these circumstances, anl not withstanding some protests from the more humane against abandoning the poor to starvation, the vast majority has de cided that the Relief Commissioners should be applied to, is remit prompt payment, the union consenting to pay interest. In Carrickmacross the guardians have preferred giving out-door relief in money instead of food, and they have arranged that eel, per week be given to adults, and persons over nine years of age, anal 4d. per week to persons tinder I that. The workhouse of this union is full. In Limerick they have room for 600 inmates over the present number. The Dublin Gloss Company, one of those attempts at enter prise which sprung up during the mania of the joint-stock companies two years since, was yesterday dissolved by unanimous consent of the proprietary. There has been a food riot at [Lentz', the persona struck off the relief lists at the final stoppage, presenting themselves en masse at the workhouse, were refused. They attempted to tear up some potatoes planted near the bowie, but were prevented by the military, and retired without further violence. His. O'Coreatzta.'a GILIDIHON.—On Thursday the sale of the furniture of the late Mr. O'Connell was c...enmenced at his house in Merrion-square, Dublin. The pictures and books were not included in the sale. The auctioneer opened the sale in the kitchen, and the first article put up was a gridiron, which sold for 3s. 6d. The broker who bought it valued it at a shilling, but said he held an order to secure it at any reasonable price, as a " relic." It was supposed that the sale would not be concluded before Saturday evening. Deem.—A meeting took place on Thursday last at Long ford, between Mr. Jessop, high sheriff of the county, and Mr. Boynton, cornet in the luniskillen Dragoons, in none. queues of a misunderstanding at a ball given by Captain Hill on the previous evening. Mr. Jesup having, in the course of the evening , addressed himself to Mr. Boynton in terms expressive of his opinion that the latter gentleman had been too marked in his attentions to Mrs. Jessop, high words ensued. The consequence was a demand for satisfac tion on the part of Mr. Boynton, and ultimately the meeting that we have already referred to. The conclusion of the affair was an exchange of shots, by one of which Mr. Boyn ton was bit in the left shoulder, while the other passed through the hat of Mr. Jessop. Mr. Boynton's wound is not, as we understand, likely to involve any serious consequences. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, SEPT. 10. A " mensuration " meeting of manufacturers was held in Glasgow yesterday. The first resolution will explain its object. In the opiaiu t of this meeeting the Attempt at present making by cri min partsee in Loudon to compel numtdacturers and wholesak wsrehourmen to give I inches to the yard in the sale of their goods., ought to be resisted. The fictitious vote system has received a sore blow and heavy discouragement in Peeblesshire,loo mush room votes having been cut off at last registration court. The Caledonian Mercury says that the whole of these were supporters of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, the present member—an ominous announcement, if true, as the honourable gentleman's majority was only 77. In other parts of the provinces the gains of parties are various. Thus at Falkirk the liberal gain is 9, and at Peterhead the conservative success is 2. In the county of Banff the register has received a gross addition of 13, and the burgh 9, but the statists in that quarter duly appreciating what is called " the fusion of parties," have not troubled themselves with the classification of the new voters. It has more than once been announced in the Ex press that the minutes of education applicable to Scotland would not be satisfactory to the parish schoolmasters, and a letter in their organ, the Elin burgh Advertiser, not only confirms our anticipation, but strikingly shows in what aspect educational re form is viewed by these gentlemen. The explanatory letter ioitied by the secretary of the Committee of Privy Council on Education, affecting so deeply the educational inte rests of Sormand, seems jot the brOurring of he end—a preparing of the way for a eepanition of wheel from church. The tantalising offer of government to the Scottish echoolmanters amounts to nothing. The eon:ldiom upon which the grant in to be afforded, and the re strictions by which it in to be accompanied, form an actual prohibition to its acceptance. 11 the Education Committee be since& in its pro fessroas lc...meliorate the 000dition of the parochial teacher'', by not take into account the full salary presently required by I.w in fulfilment of the grant. in augmentation of their income, and be equally liberal towards the preceptors of Scotland and England ! The idea of the beritors voluntarily contributing twice the rum to be glees by go vernment la altogether preposterous. f t might all do very well prorated that the increase was made comprmory, but a free-will offer.g to the amount required would not be ;talked ; indeed, it could not be expected in one parish out of • hundred. But even allowing that the &theirs would be as generous as the government contemplate, when 111 the guarantee that the augmentation would be continued! True; the addition must be guaranteed for at team lire ' years; but does that constitute a permanency' Far from it; and, brides, before a an years' lease could te. obtained, the parish school- muter suet relign all adjunct offices, eecept that of semion clerk; ! °llion that are permanent, and in many Instances more valuable than the increased allowance that would otherwier be granted, and which are not at all incompatible with the right deeharge of the duties of the school. This would undoubtedly be rscrificing certainty to hope; but rather than do re, 1 would nay to the intelligent whooleaseters of Scotland, preserve your present Independence. Your claims shall yet be houourably acknowledged. Be eery guarded as to how and when you stoop to conquer.' Resolvent your approaching general meeting in Edinburgh, boldly to lay your chums before the legislature. 'MI Aare nothing to do ran gom rumen( insyergors. The Presbyteries are your inspectors, you Asa no right to submit toes second examina tion. You have already been legally 'walnut, and found qualified for conducting the education of the youth of your respective parisbea, and a presbyterial certificate ought certainly to have as much 'weight m any other, and to entitle you to an attrilielitalkoll of eatery, as well as a certificate from an inepeetor. Sock threatened inju•tice shows a lamentable ignorance of the tune of the educational Institutions of the retrain., an & d the poaitloo. which, through there, ricotlnnd has been enabled to occupy for centuries. The parish echo* should form • separate parlianientery measure. To act fairly towards them, they cannot be dealt with a subscription schools are; and the SCiaool be, mg the rht arm of tae church, it the elergy reaffirm the inte rests of the eatabfishment, they will unit the &Maim/etas lo obtain. Ing a remedial immure. Under the new scheme, schools may be planted and endowed even where the pariah schools are sufficient for the population r—liherahty with a vengeance, but not unlike the liberalinm of a certain Hen. Free " Secretary at War—whieh, how ever, should just operate as an incentive to siemens, efforts and deem` mined resistance against such unconstitutional innovations.—lkt, 1 Jen irrs.—fitratheden, Sept. 8, 1847. It is expected that the partial opening of the Caledonian Railway, will accelerate the London mail to Edinburgh and Glasgow by three hours, should the Yost-of co take advantage of the op portunity. This, with the diminution of time occupied in travelling through Fife by the Nor thern line, also about to be opened, will be a ma terial improvement in postal communication to Dun dee and places north of the Tay. But all expectants seem to think that the Postrotlice will require to be dunned, as that de partment is now no longer the em blem of despatch in this age of locomotion. Gaisi IN GLASOOR.—On 'Thursday Madame Grisi gave a concert in Glasgow, assisted by Mario and Tamburini; but, says the Herald, " the hall was not so well filled as might have been expected." JENNY LIND AMONG THE LION4.—The directors of the Edinburgh Zoological Gardens announce that Mdlle. Lind is to attend their promenade on Monday, and that if tickets are not secured before the day, big with the fate of their adroit speculation, they will be doubled in price. As Jenny will likely excite more attention than the reel lions and nightingales of the garden, her attempted snatch of private enjoyment will prove troublesome. DETERMINED SI:ICU/E.—A person named Teale, lately in the employ of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, but dismissed a few weeks ago, threw himself on the rails be tween Drybridge and Gatehead stations, at the moment the down train from Kilmarnock came in eight. The engine man, perceiving him, reversed the engine, and sounded the whistle, whilst the guard put on the drag, and both shouted to him to get off the line. In vain, however, fur the un happy man kept his position, and the train, before it could be sopped, went over him at a slow pace, mangling him so shockingly that he died next day. Before the train came down, he inquired at Gatehead station it the up.train from Ayr was past, and, on being told that it was, he replied, " Oh, it makes no odds, I'll wait for the next," and went off to meet it. No one suspected his purpose. He was an Englishman, and ha left a wife and five children. WALES. ALLEGED MERDEII EV A MOTHER.—A very pain ful sensation has been created in the neighbourhood of Dow lais, by the circulation of a report that a young woman had destroyed the life of her illegitimate child, under very revolt ing circumstance,. From the evidence taken before the coroner of the district, it appeared that the deceased, who was two yenta old, was the illegitimate offspring of Margaret Danis, belonging to Pater, in Pembrokeshire. On Tuesday last the mother of the child went to lodge at a person's house of the name of Morgan. The child at that time appeared to I enjoy most excellent heal h, and was playing about the house . At lb o'clock that morni the deceased partook of break fast, and during the temporary absence of Mrs. Morgan the ieeeased wu taken out by its mother ; after being out about twenty coieutes the mother returned with the build in her arms, and said he had gone to sleep. Thedeeeased was pot to bed, and shortly afterwards, on the owner of the house entering the room, she found that the child was dead ; froth had issued from the nose, and there were all appearances of the child having had its head held under water, and by that means been suffocated; independent of which,the upper por tion of the child's dress, with the exception of the elotve of the frock, was saturated with water. The mother was im mediately taken into custody, and, from the fact of the pri soner being the same party who some short time sines suf fered imprisonment for leaving the deceased in the streets, it is life o w f h t i h e e h c w h a ild b tz guhnolond ihesiet, ton andi has o under e t t at adjourned h a e te d es . t r o Theyf o e the qpou Hon examination. PROVINCIAL. SEVERAL EXTENSIVE FIRES have occurred in dif ferent parts of the country during the past week. The destruction of 16 Louses and other property in C.ontaidge shire is spoken of at length in our report front that vouoty. Late on Wednesday night, 12 dwelling-houses, tenanted by labouring families at Sidmouth, at a place called Mill-cross, were burned down. It was caused by the driver of the nor therm mail cart going into a stable with a naked candle to bed-up his horses for the night, when a spark fall on some straw, which speedily ignited. One man, named Dull, lost his life in the flames. Ilia body was dug out the follbwine,. morniny, a blackened mar.—On the same day, at Muretoa hampstead, Devonshire, a large tire destroyed several houses in the centre of the town, near the shambles.—Two other fires took place the folios ing day, at Haddenham, Oxford shire, and at Broodelist. At these 14 houses were burned down.—On Thursday a fire broke out at Cwm Avon, near Cardiff, which destroyed the greater portion of the factories of the Cwm Avon works. The loss is variously calculated at from 6,0001. to 7,000!. Another fire occurred on Fri day night, which consumed a homestead and .evcral stacks, at Swaffliam. It was believed to have been the work of an incendiary.—Other fires are reported to have broken out at Burlington, Newport, and at Bury. At the former no fewer than 28 stacks of corn were burnt, and that at Bury occasioned the partial destruction of the paper-mills of Messrs. Wrighleys and Co., at Heap-bridge.—The total amount of property destroyed is stated to be little ikon of 80,0001. BIRTH-PLACE.—A public meeting is to be held in Manchester on Wednesday, in aid of the sub scription to purchase Shakapeere's house. A preliminary meeting wu held at the Athenteum on Friday night. which, with the exception of James Heywood, laq., M.P., for North Lancashire, who took the chair, was very uninflues tially attended, but letters were read from the Earl of Elles mere, offering a subscription of 1001. ; Mark Philip., Esq„ offering 501. ; and Lord Morpeth 25/. ; towards the of jest of the meeting. A deputation from Stratford-on-Avon, rim slating of Dr. Thompson, Mr. Braccbridge, and Mr. Flower, attended the meeting, as representatives of the Royal Shah epearo Club of that place, and explained the steps proposed to be taken. It was stated that the sale would le in London, on the 16th inst. ; that 8091. had been already raised and spent in securing a part of the dwelling; that the club would fix a fair commercial value on the building, beyond which they would not bid ; and that if they did not succeed in the purchase, the money raised would be spent in some other way in doing honour to the great dramatist. Inc ItOCIIIIALE IRISH FEVER PATIENT.—Mr. tin, the assistant poor-law commissioner, is to meet the board of guardians at Rochdale this day, to inquire into the alleged improper treatment of en Irish fever patient, a boy named Michael Duignan, who died on board the Duchess of Kent steamer, while on her garage to Dublin on the morn ing of the 2nd inst. It will be recollected that the verdict of a coroner's jury at Dublin wax, " We find that al:ehael Duignan won removed in a cart at seven o'clock in the morn ing of Wednesday hut from a fever hospital in the town of Rochdale, in England, to the railway station there, and thence transmitted ly railway a distance of 47 miles. to Li verpool, and there put on board the steamer the same day, as a deck passenger, in a very weak and exhausted rate— in a state quite unfit to undertake a voyage hire, the channel ; and we find that his death was caused by the exposure of his weak and exhausted frame to the cold of a tempestuous night on the deck of the steam, r. We cannot too sthonglv condemn the treatment of the said Michael Duinan, by the pariah authorities of Rochdale; and we attribute his death to their inhuman conduct in send ing him in such a state of weakness to Ireland." Without anticipating the result of the proposed investigation, says oar correspondent, I may state that in a conversation with the chairman of the Rochdale board of guardians, he learnt that they expected to show that the verdict the Irish jury came to upon evidence altogether Cr parte was unmerited so far as it reflects upon them, and that they will prove by medical certificates that the boy was sufficiently recovered to be in a lit state for an ordinary voyage across the channel. The fact of his having to lie conveyed to the railway station in a cart, which is made a feature in the verdict, is explained on the ground that the boy was a cripple and usable to walk teen in health, from a malformation of his feet, which were turned inwards." PRA/POSED FREEtTII.ADE CONGRESS OF ALL NATIONS, AT MANCIIPATER.—In an article noticing the forthcoming free-trade congress at Brussels, the Man chester Times says : A free-trade congress of nations was thought worthy of /dam :betties% It has been reserved for Brussel, to realise the nest Step 111 this novel attempt "to bind the nations in a golden chain." Manchester, how. ever, has perhaps more wisely suffered such a proposition to s 4rAnate, in the first place, from a fort ego land. It is a gr antful rerogniCcn of the great work ofeornnwreitil emancipation, which Manchester under took pernmeringly, and aocomplishtsi triumphantly,—that MK nhoaid now be invited to mend deputies to witness 4 contention of fnettraders commence, for theconttnent, what has been already atliieted by Greet Britain. Manchester, however, will neither forget her position, nor its duties. The world is her debtor—but her tank was tnlr half accomplished when England became a convert to her creel. Sym. pathy cud co-operatics are needed for the nations that are just cosi. meming the struggle we have ended. May their efforts mute we glorious and suctos.ful ! Manchester, we understand, will nes: year revive her tmestinguished ardour in furtherance in free tr:Ale, by summoning a canaries of nations to hold their *liberations on the spot that lus been the platform of her own power. The Free Trade. hall will then become a shrine towards which pilgrims from al! coun tries will congregate. May the spirit that has no often animated enthusiastic thomands within its walls impart again the needed energy and earnestness, to arm the continental apostle. of the same faith with • similar sussairanee of the justice of their caw, and the certainty of its ultimate triumph A "PLANET RCLER. —SI,"PERSTITION IN Isl 7. Last week, a child of Edmund Mitchell's, a bobbin-maker, resident two miles from Todmorden, got severely burnt by falling against the oven door. A neighbouring woman hap pened to go into the house soon after the accident, and assured Mitchell's wife that an old planet-ruler and fortune teller, resident at a secluded and solitary place called Frield Hurst, near Todmorden, could cure the child instantly by cabalistic art, for, continued the woman, he can atop bleed ing, kill witches and wizards, by means of ruling the planets. Tne mother of the child went to the fortune-teller, whose name is said to be Holgut alias Holgate, and after she had told her story about the accident and paid him the usual fee. he told her that she might go home, for the child was completely cured. The woman returned, but (wand the child crying and much worse. On Sunday Mr. Hardman surgeon, of Todmorden, was called to see it, and under his care the child is now in a fair way of recovery. It is stated that the planet ruler of Frield Hunt obtains an excellent living by his bad fortune telling, chiefly by young women. YORKSIIIRF. THE SHEFFIELD Fit - EE 7 TItADS ASSOCIATION have sent an address to Col. Thompson, M.P., whom they have appointed one of their represerstatis es at the Free-trade Con gress at Brussels, in which they say we are much oblved by your hind am to represent our opinions at the Free-trade Coninea to be held at &week on the 16M of this present month, and gladly avail oureelves of so favourable an op portunity to convey our sentiments through the medium of one who hap to long, ee ably, and so successfully advocated the rent cause of Free Trade. We beg, air, that you will emote our as sembled brethren of the unfeigned plea/are we feel ut the rapid progress which liberal opinions hare recently made amnngst mercantile men throughout the world, and elm of the great benefits which we anticipate well arise from the assembling of so many en lightened individuals, who, casting aside all jealousy and party feel ing, will form as it were one great family nailing together to conks on the ben mode of promotiag conunerelal freedom amongst the na dans of th• earth; the unrestricted interchange of the • ari,..l produc tion. of eagle being, we are coneinced, the best guarantor for 14% using the peace. pr.perity, and happiness of all. Tits FREE-TRADERS AT LEEDS have agreed to a reso lution appointing P. Fairborn, Beg., to be thur repro sentativo at the Brussels congress. REPRESENTATION OF bTOCKPOßT.—Anticipating that Mr. Cobden will elect to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire. the electors of Stockport have presented a requi sition to Mr. Alderman Kershaw, the defeated candidate is the late contest, to offer himself again, The requisition was presented to Mr. Kershaw, at his residence in Vic:nria Park, Manchester, on Friday night ; and having • much greater number of signaturesaftised to it than th►t presented before, and upon which Mr. Kershaw was induced to be put in no ssinauon. he is understood to be willing to accept the invita tion. The number of eignaturea attached was upwards of 600. . WAR A MCRDER was committed in Birmingham early on Saturday morning. The unfortunate deceased was a man named William Brown, residing at Smethwick. Ile left his home about eight days ago, in order to procure employment at harvest work, and was not heard of again until k ridgy evening, when he went to a boat on the canal to cake inquiries as to the hour it was leaving ; whilst there a man (name unknown) took his stick from him. Brown ' , lied hint to return it, upon which the other struck him on tho nose, and he died shortly afterwards. The murderer hos absconded. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. THE GREAT FIIIEATTO — rfE;IIAM was mentioned in this paper of Saturday. The &Hoeing additional par ticulars will be read with interest : The premises where the fire began were situated at the entrance of Cottenhats, on the right hand vile, atproached from Cambridge ; and ire it bad done its were, the ravages extended nearly a furlong ; in fact, destroying the wknle side of the street, with the ex ception of two cottages. The wind was south-west, so that the opposite side of the village escaped altogether : by excel lent precaution, the thatch of the opposite houses was frequently will warred by the engines. The premises of J. Cole, basket-maker, were to the right of the lodge from where the fire commenced, and his house, furniture, stock-in-trade for a whole year, were destroyed, as well as his workshops and outbuildings. From these premises, contrary to the current of the wind, Mr. J. traits premises caught, known as the Old Farmyard , and a stable, sinned ; the barn was large, and full of barley, but, tom. nately, on this side of the village, tbe no revageen . w etir us co:: plated. To the let, however, the fire bega n w tch the flames ran Its ungovernable fury—from thatch to . • fiercely on, and the utmost consternation prevailed. Men barn, and lodgis were con hurrying to and fro, endeyrourang to save whatever they could from the flames; children c li nging to their mothers, and shrieking for help. reniered it a OINK distressing scene. But the women, finding lamentation wishes, at once set themselves to work, and, to their honour be it said, acted