The Express. — London, England, 1847-01-08 00:00:00

eta the other it was contended that the experiment was dangerous, and in the present proaperous cendition of the pedepany quite unnecessary. It was maintained by one gentleman that the abolition of the clause could not be good, because in the event of every person taking sheers without gaming policies, there would be a dividend of 21 per cent., and the company would be defunct. In the end, the alga mints of the abolition party prevailed ; the resolution was married unanimously, and the proceedings terminated. THE OVERLAND MAIL—We have to express our thanks to the spirited proprietors of the Daily News, for their'attrotion in fornanling to us expresseopies of their paper Of Saturday morning, containing exclusively the news bythe overland mail, expressed to them by Licut. Waghora rid Trieste.—Glasgote Constilalianal, NATIONAL EDUCATION.—Sir,-1 have read with pleasure your arguments for a fair and complete system of madam' education, and horn observed with greater pleasure that such arguments a-e making their way in the country. After all the objections urged against a national system, I find they resolve themselves into two—one political, the other religious. With the first objection you have roccessfully contended, and I see not on what principle it can be denied that the education of the people is a duty of government. Coneerniug the second or religious objection, I have heard much at various meetings in the country, and, perhaps, you will allow me to say a few plain words in reply to it. It amounts simply to this: that a fair plan of education for all, without regard to religious distinctions, is not sufficient for the people, or, in other words, that a syetean of education must be founded on the doctrinal min of some particular church. To this I reply, that national education is not offered to supersede the efforts of any religious bodies, but to supply the waats of a people who have no education. The objection, therefore, is based un the principle that, if w.. cannot give to a poor man a large fortune, we must withhold from him a supply of his present urgent neces,itiea. The ease may be thus Illustrated —Here is one main road, which branches off into three roads, all supposed to lead to one town. The main road may represent a general plan of education, while the three roads may represent the parti cular plans of any three parties. Now, because we differ on the merits of these particular routes, shall we refuse to travel together on the main road which we all admit to he safe and goo d? To drop the figure, Homisnists, Anglicans, Dis senters, and all parties, must allow that some general moral and intellectual eultivatiou is necessary, whatever may be the religious system to be developed. I trust this simple view of the Question will be unfolded in a better style than mine, and that, as a people, we shall soon correct the mistake which hes misrepresented our common religion. be attaching to it objections against general educa tion.—M. CULTIVATION or WASTE LANDS.—Mr. R. Wti6On has addrinseal a letter to Lord J. 'lessen, recommending the plan adopted at Corwar to be empl eyed upon the waste lands of Ireland. Mr. Wasnn prefaces his plan by much that is true, metro that is duhious, anal much which it is id.e to complain of, and impossible to remedy. We should assign many other causes than " small farms " fur periodical dis tress. Large farms may he very good, but they imply a large introduction of capital and wide and new modes opened for employing and locating the labouring po aulation, which exists and which cannot be swept away from the surface of the earth. Mr. Wason, and other writers, who simply propose to remodel Ireland anal make it a second England, must be told that a country which exports agri cultural produce, and nothing else, cannot be organised in the same manner as a country in which the manufacturing interests and classes form two-thirds of the population, and which imports food. Ireland is not England, anal Ireland must he treated as feriae& The following are Mr. Waesn's plans for dealing with the reclamatim of waste lands : The first step would be to lay down certain general ram, upon compliance with which government awdstance would be given. The second, to divide the wad- land in Ire , and, capable of being profit ably reclaimed, Into two claws. I. Thar belonging to proprietors who are willing to take the reclamation upon themselves if amisted by government. 2. Those which belong. to proprietont who arc un- Mikan, or to ineapacited n• who are unable to undertake the work, end their lambs would have to be purchased by government at their present value, under authority of an act of parliament, and re. : solder tel to persona willing to embark in the rectanottio . The most important engagements into which the proprietors would have to enter, as a condition of receiving government assistance, would be—l. That the Land should be mortgaged to the state for re payment of advances, with fair Interest. 2. That the land should be divided into forms of such .ire. and let upon such terms as would In duce men of enterprise and skill to take leases, which ought to be of 30 years' duration. The plan would work in the following manner: After the nreemory act of parliament had been obtained, there would be two closes, of memorials, one from poetics In the neighbourhood of waste lands, whose proprietnry were unwilling or incapable of entering into the usidertakieg, and these would simply Mate the het, and pray that the lands might be purchase I for the pur pose of re-selling or letting; these memorials would assuredly be pre sented, because parties in the neighbourhood of such waste land would be benefited by the reclamation employing the destitute population around them. The other clam of memorials would be from those proprietors who might be ales:rouri of reclaiming the waste land themselves upon receivinr the assistance of governme. t; such memo- rials would be accompanied with a plan of the property, and roust set forth, Ist, The number of scree, and the value in its present state ; 2nd, The prohable value per acre when re- Maimed; 3rd, The cost of reclamation per acre during the trot some; tth, The probable value of the crops per acre during the first course; sth, The emit of the farm.house and cottages proem. al to be erected ; 6th, the removed dm of the farms ; 7th, the amount of assistance required. Immediately upon !moralists such memorial, government 1•01111. lend dawn a oommimioner to inspect the Lod and to report thereon. If that report arm in every respect rabbi...tory to the Board of Works, it would be forwarded to Govern ment for its fi nal decision, when if favourable, the work might be Immediately commenced. METROPOLITAN IMP ROVEM P.NTS. —The Commis sioners of Woods and Furors have given notice that early In the ensuing session they will apply for an act of parlia ment to alter, amend, and enlarge, an art peeled in 4th Vic. intituled " an art to make a street from Piccadilly to Long-acre, Eg0..," and to authorise and empower them to form and make, in continuation of the street from Coventry street, Piccadilly, to Long-acre, mentioned in that act, a new street from or near the west end of Long-acre, into King-street, Covent-garden, which street is intended to com mence near the junction of Long-acre, with the north end of St. Martin's-lane, and to run from thence towards the south-east to Rose-street, then crossing the latter and running from thence to the west end of King-stmt, oppo site, or nearly so, to Bedfordstrect, Covent-garden. Also to continue Hart-street, Covent-garden, from its west end, in a direct line westward into the said new street ; and to divert, alter, widen, nod improve, the west end of Long acre on the south side thereof, and such parts of the present streets, courts, alleys, and ways, es will form entrances into the intended new street, which, with the continuation of Har'-street, and other imnrovements proposed to be made, lie in the perishes of Si. Martin-in-the-Fields, and St. Paul, Covent-garden. TILE SMITHFIELD NUlSANCE.—Yesterday, the fol lowing notice, by order of the market committee, was posted at all the principal entrances to Smithfield:—" Carts, car riages, and other vehicles, are not permitted to pass through Smithfield on Mondays, market days, before the hour of twelve o'clock. Signed, Thomas Saunders, comptroller." So that in addition to the lives and limbs of her Majesty's subjects being constantly jeopardised by this unsightly nui mace, the public will be compelled to make a detour of a mile or upwards, if proceeding to the north or north-east dis tricts of the metropolis, or rice rersa, Smithfield being the ady direct thoroughfare rid Blackfriars-bridge. OMNIBUSES AT ONE HALFPENNY A MlLE.—Yes terday, a number of omnibuses commenced intoning between Shoreditch Church, the Bricklayer's Arms, and the Elephant and Castle, conveying passengers the entire distance, up wards of five miles, for threepence. ARTESIAN WELLS.—The wells in Orange-street, Leicester-square, from which the fountains in Trafalgar square, with the Houses of Parliament and government oes in the vicinity have been supplied, are about to pass into the hands of a private company, just established for supplying he metropolis with water from this source. Another well will, for this purpose, shortly be trunk in connexion with the present establishment, from which, during the last two sea eons, the supply for watering the etreeta in St. Martin's parish and the Whitehall district has been obtained. SIGNS OF DISTRESS.—The number of recruits from different parts of the country, brought up to Westminster during the few days of the present year, has been much greater than for many years peat ; whilst experienced recruit ing serjeants state that the men are in a far greater state of destitution than usual, even at this season. - - - DEATII OP A LADY BT FlRE.—Yesterday Mrs. Lucy Legge, aged 4.5, a lady residing ►t 31, Sidmouth-street, Regent-wrote, was burnt to death. The unfortunate lady was standing in her drawing-room looking in a pier-glass wtich stood over the mantel-piece, in the act of arranging her hair, when she was suddenly seized with a fit and fell forward on to the fire. One of the servants of the house hearing the noise occasioned by the fall, rushed into the apartment and discovered Mrs. Legge lying near the lire enveloped in flames, which with great difficulty she sue seeded in extinguishing. She was frightfully burnt about the upper portions of the body, but continued to linger in great agony until death put a period to her sufferings. . - - THE. HOLBORN UNION.—LNCREASE OF PAUPERISM. —Yesterday afternoon a numerous meeting of rate-payers wu held in the hoard-room of the Holborn Union, to make ante for the relief of the poor. Mr. Home said that in the next quarter a very heavy sum would be demanded by the guardians. The money expended for out-door relief amounted near to 201. a week, and for the in-door poor to 1001. a week in the Upper Liberty. There were 494 in the house, the number having been at this period last year 395. This addition has taken place within the past month. He knew, owing to the enhanced price of provisions, that great dirtress prevailed. From that cause they may expect the ap plications for relief to be more numerous. The vestry clerk remarked that the board of guardians were now pay ing more than double the amount in relief than they did twelve months ago. A nlnepenny rate for the quarter was agreed to. SUICIDE. FROM LONDON-BRIDGE.—About one o'clock yesterday morning, a man about forty-five years of age was observed to be going backwards and forwards on London bridge, when he suddenly went into the middle arch on the south side, deliherately ascended the parapet, and sprung into the river, and although an alarm was given, and boats pat out immediately, he wu unfortunately drowned. He left a black hat in the recess, with no maker a or other name inside, which is now at the station-house, Fenchurch-street, for identification. 114(11:ESra, YESTERDAY.—ALLEGED MURDER. — Before Mr. W. Carter, at the Jolly Gardeners, Princes-street, Lambeth, respecting the death of Wm. Rowe, aged 47 years. The inquiry bad been instituted in consequent/. of • letter having been sent to Mr. T. Dunn, the summoning officer, which contained a most serious charge against the wife of the deceased. The communication was forwarded from a benefit society in Hatton-garden, and was to the effect that a man named Rowe had died suddenly, and as he was the fourth hatband, and there being so short a time between his marriage and the death of the last husband, it was thought necessary to hold an inquest. Mary Hunt deposed that she was secretary to a Birmingham benefit society for married females; the members numbered about 150, and the funds were to aid the sick, to pay at the death of a husband, and 61. at the decease of • member. The wife of the deceased man, witneu had been informed, had had four husbands, the whole of whom had died very suddru . .y. Mr.. Rowe had been paid for one husband's death some time since, and she had applied for the money for a second death. The members had a meeting on the subject, and found that Mrs. Rowe had boen paid for two deaths at another club, which would make four husbands in the whole. Two females had been appointed to visit the deceased during his illness, and at the death there appeared some reluctance to allow the body to he opened to ascertain the precise cause of death. Mr. Smyth, a surgeon, of Vauxhall-walk, had been the medical attendant, but he did not give any opinion us to the cause of death. It was shown in evidence, however, that there was not the slightest cause for any suspicion against the wife, and the coroner, in strong terms, animadverted on the conduct of the persons connected with the soeietr, which is called " The Friendly Sisters;" trusting that the caee would be a warning to them for the future, for no one could possibly tell what such vague rumours might lead to. lie then left the case in the hands of the jury, who unanimously returned a verdict of " Death from natural causes."-- Res acre.—By Mr. Payne, at Guy's hospital, on the body of Um Mary Bateman, aged 72 years, lately residing in Mor gan's-lane, Tooley-street, Southwark. The deceased, on the 14th of Dec. last, was passing along the Blackfriars-road, towards the bridee, and in the act of crossing to the opposite paving, when • four-wheel cab, numbered " 269-3," came up, and before she had time to recover the footpath, she was knocked down, thus sustaining a broken thigh. The unfor tunate creature was at once taken to a neiehbourind sur geon's, and from thence to the above teepiral, wherein she lingered urtil Tuesday last, when she expired from the effects of the injury. It further appeared that the accident was wholly unavoidable, and, in tact, attributable to the deceased's deafness, the driver havinu cried out several yards before he reached her. The deceased had formerly been a gentleman's housekeeper, but had been Heine, during the :ant ten years, in independent eireurnstanees.—Verdict, "Ac cidental death." THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS. Abridoted from Ow Lotto' ofs omit troolent to the pates,. Le t the country read what the Ecclesnuno.,.. mission has done. The wants of the land, with respect to religious instruction, were those chiefly springing from • vast increase of population. There was a cry, an irresistible cc 7, for more churches, more ministers, with manses, in the midst of a new race " perishieg for lack of knowledge,"— more labourers in the vines aid. Philosophers and states men justify and approve the union of Church and State; but in this joint concern, each partner has a right to examine the power, the disposition, the solvency of the other. What did the bishops then do. on the occurrence of this run for instruction on the house in which they were the chief propri etors and directors ? Their first measure was to secure their own revenues from the impious touch or those who had claims upon the firm from the demands of the country That was their union of Church and State. The bishoprics were uneguil ; therefore, the more rich were to give some thing to the poorer. To this end, and "in order to provide for the augmentation of the incomes of the smaller bishoprics, such flied annual coma shall be paid to the commissioners out of the revenues of the larger sees respectively as shall leave an annual average income," &c. 16th and 7th William IV., e. 7). But on no account should any portion of the sum total of the revenue of the two archbishuprics, together with that of all the bishoprics, pass out of the epi•copal body or descend or he applied to the extension of the church, or relieve the religious wants of the community. A more heartless measure was never offered to parleenent, much less sanctioned and passed into a law. Who called for this pretended equalisation of the bishoprics? For it was in truth no more, as will soon be shown It might. it faithfully execut d, have been useful; hut that was not the most ur gent want of the church or of the country. The bishops, therefore, by this act, preserving their own revenues exclu sively to themselves, broke themselves off from the great body of the church; they had no more anything to do with it or its distresses. It might be argued on a demurrer, and if we had such judges as Hale on the bench would be ruled, that they were no longer a part or portion of the established church of the realm. they are not the youngest, but the eldest, prodigal sons, who, ha, lug clamoured fur the portion of goods belonging ti them arum a too indulgent father, have started away with it to a far country, and are no longer in the domestic circle. This act of supposed self-security being perpetrated, how do they proceed, the want of Christian instruction also re maining wholly unmitigated? There are in all the cathe• drab; a number of small or minor canonries or prebends— each some 401., 501., 601., or 701. a year—itenerally given (if not of sufHcient magnitude to tempt the cupidity of the bishops themselves fir their off Spring or connexions)—gene rally given, I say, to meritorious and studious clergymen of small inoome. The gift was " • feather in the cap, though no clothing to the person." It conferred a certain degree of respect, rebutted offensive familiarity, and repelled scorn in the vulgar, for — Nil habet lafclix paupertas durius Moe Quasi quad ruheulos homincs twit. I haroly dare write the words, the act ',erne so improbable. These same prelates, who had so secured their own thou sands per annum, clap their hands upon, confiscate, seise ; and, with the exception of some four to each cathedral, consign to the improvement and increase of small livings all these petty endowments,On the demise of the existng pos sessors! Nor is even this all. Those minor canonries had each the patronage, not the income, of some small living with cure of souls attached. The whole of that patronage was also seised by the bishops for themselves and their successors. It may be sold, that the original presenta tion to the minor canuuties appertained to the bishops ; true; the administration of each see belongs generally to the bishop; but the bishops did not establish or found those canonries in which the patronage was inherent. And, observe the fact, that those minor canonries, even thus shamefully denuded of both income and patronage, are still courted hy exemplary and honourable men as objects of ambition. Why should they not, at least, obtain the patronage with the name, though deprived of the several incomes ? And now, weigh fur a moment the pretences for all these acts—the equalisation of bishoprics, the abolition of corn mendams. Have they had these effects, or was it really intended that they should have them? Let facts Answer these questions. I find Blomfield, bcsidcs being Bishop of London, with 11,7001. per annum, is also Provincial Dean of Canterbury, and Dean of the Chapels Royal. Maltby, as Bishop of Durham, has put down himself as receiving ' 8,0001. per annum. Will he assert he receives no more, or that the see produces no more ? The two Sumner have each more offices than their bishoprics. Bird Sumner, of Chester, Is also a canon of Durham. I fully agree in the principle that whatever is taken from the church is an act of spoliation committed on tho people— on the poor chiefly • let the present Bishop of Bath and Wells declare in what state he found the leases and other property of that see on his acceptance of it. It appertains to the legislature, not, indeed, to appropriate or wrest its property from the Church, but it is its duty to see that the Church has her dues for the good of the nation. Copleston, Bishop of Lien &Of, remains also Dean of St. Paul's, and all this while there is an excess in the general bishops' rued. But perhaps I have reserved the two most offensive cases for the last. Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter, who has really created something approaching to an insurrection in the counties over which his see extends—and who dares not suffer a cause in which he is engaged to be tried by the gentry and magis tracy of the county, assembled as • special jury, on account of the odium excited against him, or attached to his name and character—still retains his rich stall in Durham Cathe dral with the see of Exeter—and Monk, now the bishop of two sees, Gloucester and Bristol—the man who excited the derisive scorn, and suffered under the biting lash of the im mortal Sidney—besides those two sees, I believe, still retains a lining—• benefice with cure or neglect of souls—in the heart of the city of Peterborough, and a stall in Westminster Abbey ! ! I recollect his also having been charged with giv ing a son of his • situation, a lucrative one, in the see of Gloucester, while he was yet • boy at school. But do not mistake me. "He means to plunder the church," it may be said. Heaven forefend I should gain nothing by the plunder of the church. I again say that every pound which is or shall be wrested from the church is an act of sacrilege committed on the people of this realm. The church and state too are united. The overthrow of the one would be the downfall of the other. But does it not then become the more secular pact of the union to see that the funds possessed by its copartner are employed and applied in the most beneficial way to the service of religion, and there fore of the public good ? Nay, I allow that another element ought to enter into the consideration of the question—the will of founders: but bow had that will been violated be fore ! This, however, leads me into too wide a discussion at present. But the immediate question is, how are the wants of the people, their claims, their just demands for more religious instruction, to be supplied ? Allow me to suggest a hint or two on this head belore I close the present letter. The bishops have already separated themselves and their revenues by the act above cited from the rest of the church : increase their numbers out of their hoarded funds : make them preaching bishops as well as ruling bishops: fill up the breach which they have now made so wide between them selves and the subordinate grades of tho clergy, not with " the dead bodies of the saints, but with living members of Christ's body—members acting by advice also, by counsel, and even by restraint, if necessary—as necessary it has been —on those above them " All ye, as brethren," are the words of our Mewed Saviour. A vast increase of population requires additional means of instruction and control, moral and religious, as well as legal. The want has obtained its supply in the latter department. It is within the recollection of the present race, when twelve judges, divided into three courts, disposed of all the common law business of England. To these have recently been added twenty-two judges of superior courts, and 123 of inferior courts, all exercising great power over the property and even the liberty of the subject. Take this as your model—there ought to be at least four bishops of London. Was anything so preposterous ever heard of as assuming Essex and Hert fordshire to the see of Rochester ? Undo that most absurd doing! —SYNCILIAM IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jjic. 6. The long neglect of the Irish fisheries is at length about to be effaced. You announced the formation of a Joint Stock Company to push the enterprise, but beyond the announcement we have heard nothing since, except the sensible remarks of an " Old Fisher man," tendering me some information. The govern ment, as you are aware, selected three curing stations on the western and north-western coasts, rather to enable the people to receive a cheap and wholesome food in their present destitution, than for permanent purposes. Instruction, however, will be combined with maintenance, and as the proper means of curing .. - THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1847. fish were among the chief wants of the fishing popu lation, so with the knowledge of the process will they be enabled to lay the basis of a more extended traffic. The Board of Works hare been in communication with the Scotch Fishery Board, and one of their inspectors has drawn up a brief code of curing instructions which will be widely circulated through the coast - gu ardj among the fishermen. This course, so far from interfering with, will greatly enhance , the chances of success to private enterprise. In connexion with the relief of distress, I may add that the government have directed the coast-guard service to facilitate by every means the introduction of food into districts requiring relief. The revenue cruisers will be at the service of the central committee, who, by the Screw steamer, have already despatched 330 tons of food to the dis tressed districts in Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Galway, and Donegal. It is also ordered when the main cargo arrives at any port that lighter vessels should be in readiness to convey portions inland. This judicious application of the revenue erviee will accomplish im mense good. With 100,0001. at the disposal of the committee, and the revenue fleet to execute their orders, famine would be kept under, and we might look with hope nit the future. As the session approaches, the landlords grow more apprehensive. They have difficulties without number to wrestle with, and when to these are added the threats of ruin which have lately been held forth, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children through many future generations, it is impossible not to pity their fate. In the mean time, they dis play a strong vitality, and will not fall without a severe struggle. They will jest endeavour to act faithfully by the country, and then rely on the eountry to support them. There was a numerous meeting of the committee yesterday, to prepare fur the wants of the ensuing week. Among the number was Smith O'Brien. A long correspond ence was read from various parts of the country, in reply to the circulars already issued, of which the country gentlemen wholly approved. Tho com mittee then considered the labours of the sub-commit tees, and, after long deliberation, adjourned over to this day. The general meeting of landed proprietors, as I informed you, will take place on the 12th. On the following day there will be a private meeting of Irish peers and members of parliament, to receive the reports of the committee, and determine on. some de fined system of policy on questions of temporary and permanent relief. It was, I understand, at first de signed to have all the meetings private, but a distin guished public character expressed his strong dissent t.) the exclusion of the press. A sort of compromise 'has been effected—the general meeting will be open, and that of the peers and members a close one. The meeting which was to have taken place to-day, at the Music Hall, to form a central committee for all Ireland, has not been convened. The revival of the general committee of 1831, at present in active and really beneficial operation, has dispensed with the necessity for any similar body. Curious enough that the " Land of Potatoes " should be the importer of potatoes. Some of our merchants have imported from Portugal and France, but in no very large quantities. Yesterday there was a sale at the Custom-house of two small cargoes of French potatoes. The sales amounted to about 30 tons, which brought from 101.55. to 141.105. per ton. This averages 12s. per cwt., the native produce fetching from 7s. to 9s. The French sorts, of which samples had been distributed some days before, were reported to have been excellent. The Labour Rate Act still continues to be put in fresh operation. Last night's Oazette contains pro clamations for holding sessions in twelve baronies ; of these fire arc to be held north, in Fermanagh. The landed proprietors of Kilkenny, including such names as the Martinis of Ormonde, Lords Desart and Duncannon, Sir J. Power, Villiers Steuart, D.L., F. Tighe, lib., &c., some time since memo rialised the Lord-Lieutenant, suggesting difficulties in availing themselves of the Drainage Acts, and offering improvements in the Labour Rate Act. I Among other legislative remedies, they commended every possible facility fo re y His Excel lency's reply is short, sensible, and suggestive. I must, however, remind you that the alterations which you propose in the relief act could not be made without the sanction of parliament ; and that where an assessment has been made for re-productive works under the relief act, it would be impossible entirely to relieve those who had taken the works upon them selves, if the assessment should not be found sufficient for the support of the destitute and unemployed poor. The subject of emigration is one of great importance, and will no doubt be brought before parliament in the course of the ensuing session. The Mayo Constitution publishes a letter from Lord John Russell, in which he refuses to contribute to the local fund of Castlebar, but expresses a hope that a general subscription will soon be opened in England for the relief of Irish distress. It is also pleasing to record that your countrymen and countrywomen have not forgotten their characteristic liberality. The country journals announce the receipt of numerous ' contributions to the local committees. Mayo and Skibberren appear to be the especial objects of British sympathy. We think, however, the Central Society would dispense the relief with greater know ledge of the necessities of the districts, as well as a due regard to economy. BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOUSE, DUBLIN. On Tuesday evening, the Lord Mayor gave his first ban quet at the Mansion-house, which was attended by the Lord Lieutenant, the chief and under secretaries, several members of the household, the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, Sir Edward Blakeney, Mr. O'Connell, with a large number of the cilium—After the usual loyal toasts, the Lori Mayor proposed the health of his excellency, with some apposite observations, in which be eulogised him as one of a race long venerated by Irishmen—a resident proprietor— a libe ral employer—a munificent friend of the poor—and one of the very best landlords in Ireland. His excellency replied: I thank you most sincerely for the honour you have done me in the manner in which you received me this evening. I have heard that it is a considerable time since the representative of the sovereign has appeared here. (Hear.) I will not inquire into the circumstances why that hasoecured, but I will content myself with saying that it is the greatest gratification that I can hare, to be enabled on this occasion to pay this mark of respect to the chief magistrate of the chief city of Ireland. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the Lord Mayor has been kind enough to speak of me personally in most flattering terms. (Cheers.) He has told you that I am here as an Irish proprietor assuming the government of Ireland. (Cheers.) I can only assure you that as an Irish proprietor it has given me an opportunity of acquiring a knowledge which may be conducive to the welfare and interests of my country. (Cheers.) And be assured, also, that no exertion shall be wanting on my part to make that knowledge avail ' able in the situation in which I am placed. (Loud cheers.) His lordship has told you that I have accepted the govern meat of this country, which her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon me in a time of unexampled difficulty. I am perfectly aware of this deep responsibility—l was aware of it when I accepted the office ' • Dia I did so with a firm reliance, that if I, to the best of my en deavours, sought to perform the duties which devolved upon me, I should receive the support of all classes of my fellow-countrymen. (Loud cheers.) I must say, since I came into this country that I have not been disappointed in that expectation. (Great cheers.) I will only then, gentle men,sgain thank you for the honour you have just done me, and express to you the real satisfaction I feel in meeting my countrymen here this evening. (Great chunink) His excellency, in pursuance of the usual routine, having proposed the health of the Lord Mayor, and the latter having replied, proposed Her Majesty's Ministers." In his ob servations he thus spoke of Mr. Labouchere : You all have heard much of Mr. lubouchere's talents as a minister, and I think you have heard still more of his exalted character as a man. (Cheers.) I may safely say that he is a labourer in his high department of anxiety for the public service, and application to his duties, never surpassed. During his stay in thu country he has won golden opinions from all classes of the people, and there are not a few who believe him to be destined for the distinction of being at least as Irish as the Irish themselves. (Loud cheering.) Mr. LABOVCRERI, who on rising was received with loud and reiterated bursts of applause, said—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, I can assure you that I am not giving utterance to mere words if course, when I say I feel exceedingly gratified by the kind manner in which my health has been proposed by your lordship, and drank by the gentlemen here assembled. I have great pleasure in attending here to-night M pay my humble tribute of respect to the high private character and distinguished public sta tion of the chief magistrate of the second city in the British empire. The Lord Mayor has truly said that we are met here on neutral ground ; and I can assure you that the plea sure I feel upon this occasion is not at all lessened by that circumstance. I think there ought to be occasions when persons of all creeds and politics should meet together, forgetful of past differences, for the promotion of com mon objects ; and I don't know what would be a more suitable period for such a meeting than an occasion like this, when we meet together to do honour to the chief magistrate of this country. (Loud applause.) The Lord Mayor has had the kindness to say that he believes that in the situation in which I am placed I have done my best to perform my duties ; and I trust I may consider the flatter ing manner in which you have received my health as an assurance that, in your belief, I have disc:urged those duties satisfactorily. (Cheers.) In the situation which I have the honour to hold, as the Minister of the Crown who is most immediately connected with the affairs of Ireland, I have endeavoured so to shape my conduct as to meet the approval of all climes in tl4s country._ (Cheers.) We have fallen upon times of no ordinary di/Beatty and danger. It is not for me to my in what manner we have been enabled to meet the extreme difficulties, the heavy responsibilities, that have been thrown upon us but it may nut, perhaps, he improper for me, as en individual, to state, on the present occasion. that my anxiety and toils of office have been very much lightened by the great kindness and co operation which I have received, without any distinction of party, in the intercourse of private society, and in the die. charge of my public duty from all classes in Ireland. (Ap plause.) The Lord Mayor has reminded you that my ea. cial connexion with Ireland has been very short. It is trim, indeed, that it has been very limited; but it has lasted long enough to leave on my mind a warm appreciation of Irish kinelnees, and to create in my heart a sincere devotion to' frishinterests. And I think I may venture to promise that during the rest of my public life, whether my official con nexion with Ireland may last or not, you shall always find me an anxious to promote every intervat of Ireland—every just claim of Irishmen, es I would be to promote the into. rests and claims of every other portion of her Majesty's subjects. (Cheers.) The Lord Mayor has also truly eon minded you that I am here, an Englishman, amongst • company almost exclusively composed of Irishmen. If I thought that that were • misfortune I should have passed my time very unpleasantly since I came to this country, he I nave been alm.at entirely surrounded by Irishmen during' my residence here. (L lughter.) I hod is his Excellency, under whom I serve, a resident Irish nobleman. (Cheers.) I look on my right hand and I see my learned friend, an Irish Lord Chancellor 01l Ire , and—(cheers)—to whom I have to refer on every question connected with the laws of the country. In the ordinary transactions of business connected with my office, I have denved great assistance from my friend and colleague, the Under Secretary for Ireland—(cheers) — an excellent Irishman, and on excellent Irish landlord. I think I am hound to evince my gratitude and regard to wards him on the present occasion, by saying that it would be Impossible for me to discharge the duties of my office, in the present circumstan of the country, if I had not his assistance. (Hear, hear.) I, therefore, can ea ger, you, that It is neither strange nor unpleasant to me to find myself almost *lone so an Englishman amon gst en assembly of Irish gentlemen. So far from that being the case—so far from having any dread at the anticipation of such • state of things coming to pass—l ensure you that nothing would have induced me to come to this count a 7 in the situation of Chief Secretary of Ireland, knowing so little as I do of the country, if I had not known that I ghoul& have been acting under an Irish Lord Lieutenant, and co operating with Irish gentlemen intimately acquainted with Use feelings, habits, and character of the people, and the minim of Irish local institutions. (Cheers.) I have heat induced to trespass on you at greater length than I had at drat intended, and I will now conclude by thanking yes moat sincerely for the kind manner in which you have re ceived my health on the present occasion. (Loud cheering.) After the " Army and Navy." the " Lori Chancellor," " The Bar," and " Press," the . Lord Mayor gave the " Irish Representatives," to which Mr. O'Connell responded.—T thought it was said by the Lord Mayor that we were tonight upon neutral ground. (Hear). Why, I have been so much my life in the habit of standing upon debateable laud. that I hardly know how to act upon neutral ground. (Laughter.) 'However, I am not a little anxious to stand upon that ground which, I verily believe is the only ground of salvation for this country. (Cheers.) I am happy to say that many who differ from me on other sub jects—l may say upon almost every subject —agree with me heartily in the conviction that neutrahty as to our former feud and differences is absolutely no. emery upon the present occasion. (Cheers.) That is a ground upon which we can all meet on common objects of benevolence and charity—in an effort to redeem from the effects of a present existing, and an impending famine this entire nation. (Cheers.) This ground is spreading wide before us ; it is occupied by the first and noblest In the land. (Cheers.) In that pro:epee' we all heartily rejoice. Whatever has divided us heretofore, these are topics that bind our hearts together ; and I true that many days shall not pass over, when we shall sae =eh a combination of the gentry of Ireland, that all that tan be done shall be done to mitigate the present distress, and that at all events they will give a pledge to each other—a pledge in integrity and kindness—in the absence of all feud, and the abhorrence of by-gone diffirenees —to forget all in one grand exertion to save a nation, and act together wi' h one mind and with one determination. (Cheers.) My Lord such ' Mayor, for letting me stand upon - neutral grimed, I am must thankful—indeed, I am so delighted that I shall not forsake that ground fur some time. (Loud and long continued cheering.) Ills Excellency retired at eleven o'clock, shortly after which the meeting separated. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Conx.—EXOLISH BINEVOLENCE.—The Southern Re ,esanpdroomfLotf te th n e d un to m r i: i t .e akeli n bl a e C r o t e e i r s;le of ne Y e e t t rE la n Y :lisli ' m ru en . high degree, indeed, the national character of England amongst the people of this country:— 34, Abehurcii.lane, Loindon, Sod Jan., I/W.—Dear air, Mile un bounded fads! ration in being able to enure you of the (donnas fact, that nine names alone in London have tMs day vsilwribed for the truly noble annsint of 3,01111. Surely her merchant. are wince; and bee traders the honourable of the earth. The names are as follows, and the fund is to the relief of the remote districts of Ireland and Scotland !taring ll,OOO Lord Jolla !tassel Rcthaehilda l,OOO I Roberts and Co. . . Smith I 1,000 Overends l,OOO 0,000 Truman, Hanhury, andCo l,OOO Smaller sums 2,000 Duke of Devonshire l,OOO Jones, Loyd, and Co. Bruce, Buxton. and C 0.... SOO This sum has been retard solely amongst the originators, without any appeal to the public. I state the facts of my own knowledge, and pledge myself for their socursey.—Yours, &a., N. H. Cliarrium. SUPPLIES or FllOD.—The following vessel., laden with Indian corn, have arrived at Cove within the last few days: Edmund, Leine, Bordeaux (maize); Villa Nova, Oporto (ditto); Alphonsmo Estello, Periot, Nanti (ditto) ; Othello, Young, Leghorn (wheat); Sirius steamer; Fear Not, Cox, St. Michael's (matte): Wanderer, Ward, Bristol (grain); Favourite, Ware, Liverpool (ditto); Boacoppa, Mann, Lisbon (maize); Tamar, Dover, Viana (ditto); Hiram, Fox, Bordeaux (ditto); Rhine, Arnot, Lefhorn (wisest); Vitoria, Avery, Bayonne (maize); Floe de Lama, Siva, Viana (ditto); Soldorado, Maria (ditto); John Palmier, Gore, Bordeaux (ditto); Gem, Hogan, Terceira (ditto); Queen, Predgen, Smyrna (wheat). Indian corn has, in consequence fallen to 161. a ton. __ .. .. DESTITUTION. —Notwithstanding every assistance the government can extend to the poor the state of West Cu bury is thus described by the Cork Reporter, which thus eummarises a communication froma special evader. Speak- ins of tbe Relief Fund he says : There are ellimants every where ; the number of the destitute depending on charity, for they cannot labour—they arc past it—reaches at a meds rate estimate, three thousand two hundred and fifty-five in the town. Some of that multitude do not appear abroad ; " fever is raging to an awful extent " in the houses, and there the sick remain, contending with its violence on damp floors—on wet straw —in dilapidated habitations, and without covering, drink, or food. Recently, indeed, the donations forwarded to the place have effected some allevia tion. But there are two contiguous parishes a which but little, if any, improvement is discernible. In the parish of Affadown there are one thousand persons dependent on the liberality and exertions of " one or two resident gentlemen." Where are the other proprietors? Is it surprising that funerals are frequent ? On his way throogh Ahbeyatrewry our reporter met one funeral, and saw four coffins to pater an course of interment in the churchyard. In the leek k Bridgetown eighty-five human beings are in fte-doer, or in !dropsy, out of a population of 260. ne common reply to the physician when he calls oa Ids rounds, is, "some arc sick, some are sore, and some at the point of death." In one of the houses our reporter saw a child lying dead—it had lain so for some days because a coffin could not be had—and on the Boor were seven more of the family without a covering and too weak to rise. They were in famine-fever. Consider to what a pitch debility must reach when such events as this occur; consider what must have been the agony of this most wretched parent: One of the poor awn who was at work on the roads was laid up iron linnea, tot his &lid m an opposite corner of the house. His nib lobe pee em to endeavour to procure him a drink, a pig tram sem e'er nichhenetae home. walked in, attacked the child nod ale in hied elk before any assistance arrived, the poor man him tee vs* M pt sf hie wretched pallet, so that in fact hie off sob* vow aestMatel lehrolle bee. The hying nee maimi by hates: the dead are mutilated by vermin. Bpi taiproptpb The poor warn and Yr slid who were found dead near Skull were mutilated by mist they bed died on Sunday, and were not dis covered until wedaisley weir. In feet, the hours of the poor people are at went MOM/ with that ravenous vermin, being driven in from the Mk Am want of food, for there are no corn stacks in whisk they en nantielter. We have tone hesitation in giving the concluding para graph of our reporter's letter, lest men who are an honour to humanity sad an exception to the fame of landlordism should be sullied by suspicion. But even to them justice requires the introduction of this statement : sure rt - pre;c7it - fs the sue lie Unfortunate coast district, and at , : nt a: told that wale of the landlords in this end the neighbouring I are endearaaring not only to get the leet September gale, but also that which will be due next March. STATI Or THE PCBLIC ROADS.—The public roads are in such a dreadful state, and so cut up by the late frost and the operation of eo-called " public works," that the communication between the various towns is almost wholly impeded. Some idea may be formed of their condition from the fact that the mail coach from Cork to Skibbereen is often three hours late in its arrival. Part of the road is more like a ploughed field than • public highway, and the horses are obliged in many instances to walk, while the wheels sink Irma inches in the mud. DUBLIN IRWIN° Or LANDLonne.—The following is Mr. R. Osheree's reply to Mr. 0. A. Hamilton'. letter : ' My dear WM— Tem pail _mote of it. a bast, to getbr Ira 110 masses laggraid palleallse la leamrew's 11.4 readed rM ilds mamba Mamt ay Sabi far the paw alagebia at mar aws, wllk reftegme to you paged elarellitil “Erhote asides et pages sea members a mamesate be ladle Dada previous la etlaa."l lave no objection to IF•pIINSIVISIirIii la thelleamemestemii se ob ject; thoodywltligrestaihresse be yawners miteral=t, I sin stilt of isa astlbe bead atrial sass copied maw pill" lielled aremeelgimellemeesaisallasin their owe soma amelles, Or as peep= at agate mm. begs of Metr Maya allerien geneeple mead la le em- )clerics web tapas re imam at pedemea. h mss are, gesb a mega( seal metal Mame palls essAimara as the W eals et Ems weal be WS _regeseeftil. Itesems le meat map alasebt ea peals' ereasif agis as lady la be mati- Ma at 'peas ea a pit emarames; prebably mon as. dam rasa* mania a wheeler boner at re e• ed ne wawa et get my egin st age, I ma reedy se aria welt years, . mere Image, and P alate ply ealemedm et as meant.— me es be, very tai yews. Imre Omostra.--Plowtown Maur, aliamet, Jan. 3, 1547. The f minute upon the subject of the landlords' meeting is puMehed in this night's Mail: RIPRODUCTITS RMPLOTILINT CoNNITTER.—This body met yesterday, foe the purjsom of resuming the labours be gan by the issue of the circulars and suggestions we pub lished a few days since. Among thole present were Sir Montagu Chapman, Sir William Coo., Sir Erupts Bur rowea, William Hassell, John Robert °alley, George Alexander Hamilton, M.P., William Smith O'Brien, M.P., Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Major Blacken, .1. W. Middleton Berry, R. N. Fox, Lieutenant-Colonel Duane, Lewis Upton, H. Leckey, Edward Pennefather, John Bolton Massy, T. W. Chamberlain*, C. Doyiye, D. J. Wilson, Captain Musters, Charles Stanley Mooch, &c. &c.— Several new members were admitted, and letters read from all parts of the country approving of the objects and circu lars of the committee. The strong feeling which has arisen throughout the country, within a short time past, in favour of a meeting of landed proprietors in Dublin, to adopt and give weight to the sugaestions of the committee,waa brought under the notice of those assembled—and it was resolvail that such a meeting should be forthwith convened. In order to prevent the intruduction of extraneous t pies, a sub-com mittee was appointed to draw up the resolutions to be Sub mitted to the meeting, and a copy of those resolutions will be appended to each of the circulars convening the meeting. KCILIiY.-4011111S0 Us THE RELIEF COSIMITTEER. —.teeu salient of jobbing mud Itvouritism on the part of relief com mittees have frequently been made, but the following, which appears in the last publication of the Kerry Exa miner, would seem to furniah evidence irrefragable, that so far as regards that district, the charges arc unhappily true. Possibly, however, the error may arise from incaution rather than corruption Names have been furnished to the com mittee of persons, as de-titute labourers, who puerss corn and potatoes, and cows and !tortes, and, in some instances, 20 acres of land. The consequence is, that these people have procured employment on the public works, to the exclusion o others who have not on earth one particle of property be yond the limit , of their wretched mud hovels. At a late meeting of the relief committee of this town, a poor labourer told a most piteous tale of destitution, and tom p/ained of the injustice, as above mentiontdl, which was done himself, and the vet) destitute class to which he belonged. He said he had nothing to support himself. his wife, and seven children but his labour, and yet he could not get em ployment, whilst comfortable fa.mers were employed loeforo his face, "He would be considered the worst in the world if he took a sheep, or even a goose, from these men to feed his children, but uo blame was attached to them, who, by taking the employment to which he hada right, were taking the food out of his children's mouths." Pules or Foou.—Ost. shipped at Tribe' are sold in the Liverpool market at a lower figure than their present price at the place of shipment ; and wheat is purchased in Liver pool to be re-shipped and ground at Tralee. This seems anom &tux ; but the explanation appears to be, that a trade having formed for itself • channel during long years, will not be diverted from its course by even adverse circumstance* which are only of temporary continuance. Foot) RIOT IN TILALISZ.—The Kerry Esansiner of Tu x day relates that on the previous morning there was an out. break of the labouring population. Th-y proceeded first to the house of the Rev. Dr. Ifl'Enery, P.l'., to request that he ould procure them employ ment, but either fr.t finding that gentleman at home, or he being unable to afford them any relief, they rushed thence through the town. In this state they encountered Mr. O'Sullivan, an officer employed under the Board of Works, and it was, we understand, with con siderable difficulty, and after imminent danger, he escaped being assaulted by them. The labourers neat proceeded to Mr. J. Lynch's house, and again demanded emplo) ment. Mr. Lynch expostulated with and calmed them in some degree, by advising them to wait upon the relief committee, who would, he assured them, do everything in their power to give em ploytnent and to mitigate the distress. Several persona in the etowd gave a most melancholy detail of their sufferings, stating that several men had died within the last few days of stsrvation, one of whom was then lying fourdays without in terment, because his family had not a single penny to buy a coffin. The attention of the crowd was next attracted by the appearance of Mr. Stokes, the county surveyor's gig, as he was preparing to go and open a new road. A tumultuous rush was the consequence, and the gig was instantly sur rounded. Mr. W. Denny then addressed the labourers, but could scarcely procure a hearing amidst the vociferous clamour for employment, and threats of plunder and de struction of property if it should be refused. Finally, how ever, Mr. Denny prevailed upon the crowd to allow Mr. Stokes to proceed without further obstruction. The wretched labourers then dispersed till the hour of meeting of the re lief committee. Inarnur.—Foop RIOTS.—The populace of Kil kenny and its circumjacent district+ continue yet unquiet. The Journal published there, and which has come to hand this morning, states that on Monday last dinner was not provided at the poor-house for more than one-half of the externs who hold tickets, and upwards of 500 remained an ted. Great dissatisfaction and murmuring arose, inasmuch n that the with Mr. Winslow and so to.. ... mayor, together wi ..—._ a party of police, were obliged to go over there to preserve order. On leaving the poor-house the crowd threatened violence, but were followed through John-street and into the city by the police, and prevented from committing any depredation in the first instance, with the exception of taking a basket of bread, value 12.. Cd., from a m in of Mr. Wigan's, whom they met on John's-bridge, and depriving a poor woman, in King's-street, of • few shillings' worth of bread and butter. Hostile demonstrations were, however, made at several of the shops in High-street, but resisted. A party of the mob had meantime moved down through Irishtown, and assailed some shops in Vicar-greet. The police exerted themselves, and the mob was dispersed, but not before damage bad been done to several hucksters' shops. The Nenagh Guardian arrived to-day, contains records of several other outrages—such as killing cheep and taking money by force and violence. The following appear to be the most serious of them. On Friday night two sheep were stolen out of an out-house, the property of Michael Leehane, of Kilienaule. Leehane immediately went to the house of a man named Patrick Kelly, when he heard a noise inside as if chopping. He then went fur the Armagh police, when Constable Parr and his party proceeded with him, and just arrived as the sheep were killed, but not in time to catch Kelly in the fact, but in his garden they dug up the eight quarters of mutton, which were buried in a bag. Kelly was committed by J. W. Walsh, Esq., to Nenagh. Kelly and his w were employed on the public works, and earned Is. 10d. per day. As Capt. Battley, of the Bth Hussars, stationed at Caber tiarra.ks, was engaged at family prayer, about one o'clock on Sunday the 3rd instant, at hie house in Garryrona, within three miles of Caher , six armed men rushed in, two of whom presented blunderbusses at his bead, and swore that if he p..t his hands into his pockets, " he might look on himself as a dead man." Capt. Battley therefore submitted (a.,d what better could the bravest man, taken by surprise and unarmed, have done), to have his pockets searched and rifled of some bank notes and silver. They took his watch, but returned it. Mrs. Battley on attempting to remonstrate, was struck with a gun on the back part of the head, by one of the ruf fians, and prostrated on the floor. The gang then proceedel to search the house, and carried off a rifle, a double-barrelled ens, and a pair of pistols, together with some wearing ap parel and bed-clothes. The Marquis of Ormonde has given 251. to the soup fund of Kilkenny, and 51. to the ladies' benevolent association. The Dowager Marchioness of Ormonde has distributed 601. worth of seed wheat amongst her tenantry. Several persons, found guilty of the plunder of food, and who had been tried at the late sessions for Kilkenny, have been sentenced to periods of front six months' to twelve months' imprisonment. Where a conviction for riot was had against the same parties, the time of imprisonment imposed was ten months additional. Mayo.—The high sheriff of thiseounty has called a meet ing for Saturday next, Jan. 9, to " bring under the conside ration of the government the awful state of the country." Such are the terms of the requisition of the landed proprie tors and others on whose call the high sheriff has acted. At an adjourned meeting of the extraordinary presentment sessions. held at Castlebar, on the 4th day of January, 1847, the following resolution was proused by Andrew Crean Lynch, Esq., and seconded by Sir Robt. Lynch Blare, Bart.: Resolved.-That we cannot too strongly express our regret at being Ulan compelled to present for useless and an table works. The doped state of our rivers, lakes, sad preventing the possi bility of our at present seeking far employment for the people by the general drainage of the want.), which most take prong:knee of the thorough drainage system. DEATHS YMOM STaRVATION.—Thar4foyo Constitution contains records of three coroners' nests held on as many bodies, the verdict in each case being—" Death by starvation." _ _ . The local subscription, in aid of the poor of Mayo, raised in Castlebar, amount to 4321. 191.44.--a most extraordinary exertion of benevolence, if we reflect that Castlebar is • very poor and • very small town also. LOAD JOnN Ruessti..—The Secretaries to the Castlebar Relief Fund, having applied to Lord John Russell for a con tribution towards the fund for relief of the destitute people of that town, his lordship returned the following answer, which seems to predicate the raising of a general relief fund throughout England Woburn Abbey, Dee.: 31.—Geridernen—I had the homier tote. oeire the copy of the revolutions of the meeting at Cartletar, Una. mined in your letter of the 17th Detain. I tore thought a boot, however, to send my contribution to • general hod at Dahlia. and I am reedy again to auteerite far the sure purpose. It is out of my power to discriminate between the claims of 'districts where misery and want unfortunately prevail. I trod there will won be a sobemip - don commenced in Inds for the purpose of misting the eharitable in Ireland.-1 am, Ike., J. Remain. PROVINCIAL. RUNCORN NADI AN INDRIPENDENT PORT.-06 W•th1011- day • Treasury order was received, eating that—on memo rials from the merchants of Runcorn anirthe Northwich salt proprietors—their lordships have constituted Runcorn an independent port, as an experimental measure for three years; and creating new offices of coffector and oontroller, each of which officers will also till subordinate offices. It is " approved " also as a bonding port, and the collector of Manchester is directed by the commissioners to repair thither and report as to the suitability of premises offered by the memorialists for a customhouse, • watch-house, and bonded warehouses; and to aseeetain what should be the uteril limit of each port as between Runcarn and Liverpool.— Express. A NRIURVIIIILL TO RR LET.-0n Taesday the magi strates, at the Towa-hall, Prestos , had th e satisfaction o leaving the bench without !unseating any business. There was not acme for investigation of any description, neither was there • • prisoner in Bridowell during any part of the pre ceding evening. LITURPOOL MICRANICIe INSTITUTION.--011 Wednesday evening, a grand some of the members and friends of the Idechanicie Institute was held in the spacious theatre of the establishment, and was very numerously attended. William Brown, Esq., M.P. for South Lancashire, President of the Institute, occupied the chair, and am ongst the literary guests present were the Rev. J. Aspinatl, of Althorpe ; William Hewitt, Ru., 0. Dawson, Ru., of Birmingham; and Mr. J. B. Rogerson. Several ex cell ent addresses were delivered. ........, Ittriorastierr o► Towns, itc.—The first notices under the act of last session of parliament for making preliminary inquiries in certain cases of application to parliament for local acts were pablished at Leeds yesterday. Mr. 13. B. (limning, hamster-►t-law, and Mr. W. C. Mylas, C.E., give notice that they have been appointed surveyisig ex& miners under the act by the Board of Woods and Forests, and that they will attend at the Court-house, in Leeds, on Wednesday, the 20th, to inspect plans and to examine wit nesses for and against the scheme- , lur bringing an additional sup)ly of water to Leeds, for which notices of new bills have been given by the Leeds and Think Railway Company, and the Leeds Waterworlui Company. ALAIMINO ACCIDIMT.—At West-end, near Otley, some days since, at the mills of Whittey, Brown, and Whittey, a considerable number of people were assembled on the occa sion of • sale, when part of the floor sank beneath its burden, and the crowd were precipitated into the room be neath. The shrieks of those who were frightened, and the groans of the injured, were truly heartrending. Some of the unfortunate party were taken out in a state of insensi bility, and others crushed and bruised. ..... ..---....- ...... - A FATAL Sewn—Yesterday, one of the men employed in excavating for the tunnel on the Oxfonl, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, near to the town of Dudley, aeci di nt My slipped into the skaft and was killed This makes, we believe, the sixth man who has been killed in the forma tion of this tunnel. RETURNE HAPR BEEN HAD[,llp ORDER OP GOTP.RP MREIT, from this and other counties, containing very full and detailed information ' relative to the 101. householder.. From this fact it is, _we (Brighlon Gazelle) suppose, that a report ho. originate d of certain schemes which ministers are mid to have in contemplation respectinghousehold suffrage. LORD EDWARD EDWARD has, it is mid, been solicited by certain of the Whig party to become a candidate for the representation of West Sussex, but his lordship has de clined the invitation. East Suunox.—We (Briyhrort Gereffe regret to learn that our respected representative, Mr. Ful ler, is detained In I Wales by serious indisposition. A BECOND WYNDHAM.-0110 day last week a visitor ar rived at the Sea-house Hotel, the principal inn in Worthing, He was young, fashionably attired, and ha 1 the aim and graces of a t11:111 of fors. A horse and gig, which he brought with him he duly put up in the 'noble, nail with apparent previous knowledge of the house, he, sons incytiry, walked into the spacious coffee-room, switching an elegant whip, and installed himself as a Runt. la course of a little time the visitor ordered a dinner fur himself, to consist of a fried sole, a boiled chicken, and a mutton cutlet. Diener time was named, and having to call at sundry shops for small articliw, and not having any money-change, the stranger inquired of a confiding and attentive waiter if be had a pound's-worth of silver in his pocket—he should be repaid presently. An obliging ready answer in the affirmative met this conde scending application, and a pound's worth of silver was ac cordingly torthwith transferred from the p anession of the waiter to thy guest. The traveller went on ! Dinner-time arrived, but he had not returned ; hour succeeded hour, and still he was absent. At length sumi iuu dawned on the mind of the worthy innkeeper; and this suspicion was strengtk ened by the incident of thy loan. Yet the horse and gig were in the stable; nevertheless, the visitor was no more seen. Meanwhile, however (as if ternpirarily to avert suspi cion), a p reel containing silk pocket handkerchiefs from a neighbouring mercer's was delivered at the Noel far him— but they were not paid for! The errant gentleman went away in the direction of Chichester. The horse and gig, it was bond, belonged to Mr. Egerton, of the New Ship, Brighton, of whom they had been hired. It appears that from Worthing our hero went to Andover, where, on the even ing of the 6th, he made his appearance before the magistrates at Andover, charged by Mr. H. P. Drover, pro- prietor of the George Hotel of that borough, with obtaining good. from him under false pretences. It appears the accused has assumed various names in addition to that of Selby.—Emily Wilkins, barmaid, stated that the prisoner came to her master's house on Sunday evening, the3rd Jan., and asked if he could have a bed. She requested him to walk into the bar; inquired if lie had a horse outside, when be stated he hail left it behind, as the weather was bad. In formed him he could have a bed. Ile then went into the smoking parlour—then into a private mum. Ile remained until Tuesday. Between one and two o'clock he left without saying anything, not even asking for his bill. When he came he had nothing with hint but a riding-whip; no carpet bag or other luggage.—P. Drover stated he was ostler at the George Inn ; that on Monday last he had a home and gig, in which the prisoner drove him to Iluestbourne Tarrant, five miles, so that he might look at his horse he had left there. The prisoner pretended to go to a Mr. Kent's there, from whence he quickly returned to the George Inn, when he stated that Kent had sent back his horse to New bury, to the inn he brought him from, telling witness he should want some one to fetch his horse and hunting equipments from thence the next day. Witness told prisoner lie would go. Witness was to bring his hunting things in the gig. A letter was written to the landlord to let the witness have the thing.. He took the lad with him as fur as Ilurstboume —there found on inquiry at Mr. Kent's that no horse had ;leen left there by the accused, returned to Andover, found him gone, gave the letter into the bands of Mr. Charles Van Sauter, superintendent of police, went with the superintendent in pursuit the same afternoon, hut did not find him till this morning.—Charles Van Santee, superintendent of the An dover police, said that haring received instructions about three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon from Mr. H. P. Drover to search and apprehend a person who had been staying at his house, he succeeded in arresting the amused about ten o'clock in the morning at Vernhams Deane, just preparing to get up from his bed. The Prisoner was then remanded until Monday the 11th inst. DEVONSHIRE. FLY1101;1H.-At a meeting of gentlemen favourable to the freedom of the preen, a suhscription was opened in aid of the proprietors of the Plymouth Journal, who, after virtually gaining a verdict in the ca,e of Iluldsworth, have yet to pey an enormous bill of cow, for boldly doing their duty as public journalists. LITERATURE. A Canoe Voyage up the Mitenay Saar ; with en Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin ; of the Cold Region int/se CAeroitee Canary, and Metches of Popular Manners, frc. By 0. W. FEATHERSTOXII•UOH, F .R. 8., F.U.S. If this work contained no more than is premised by the title-page, it would scarcely afford a meal sub stantial enough for the readers of the Erpress. Of comparatively little interest to the people of Eng land can be the state of the country on the banks of the " Minnay Sotor" (StPeter's Itiver),which is all but un known even to the Americans themselves ; or " the lead and copper deposits of Wisconsin ;" or " the gold region in the Cherokee country." These are subjects which may have interest for the local reader, or rather for the individuals who have purchased estates en riched by such mineral wealth, but they cannot pos sibly have very general importance. Like many other writers, however, Mr. Featherstonkaugh inct dentally adverts to matters which are of far higher moment to us, than those which form the staple of his book. No writer, indeed, could easily traverse the vast space between Washington and the north-western districts of Wisconsm ; thence through Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee into Georgia : and from the latter state through the Carolinas back to Washington, without perceiving something worth communication; cer tainly not such an observer as our author, who is already advantageously known to the English public by his "Excursion through the Slave States." But, as we have just intimated, whatever there- may be of general interest in these volumes is merely incidental; k is moreover small in quantity ; and what little there is, not fully developed. This, indeed, was to be expected from their special character (which is geological), and, therefore, we mast deal with them as little more than suggestive of higher, or we could rather say, of mere extended consideratioa& There can be no doubt that the mineral wealth of the United States is a subject that deserves in some degree the attention of England. When we are told that the coal fields cover an area larger than Greet Britain, — that the lead district extends at least eight hundred miles,—that the gold regions are almost as vast,—that the treasures of iron and copper are probably inexhaustible, we cannot shut our eyes to such facts, especially when we take into account the immense extent of country teeming with corn, with animal food, and with all the necessaries of life,—necassaries that may be augmented to any extent,—even to the sup- Ire lyin e g iem o en f the is of en po tire wer po th pu ro la wn tion to oL th E c uro r w p 7th . allperere fusion unexampled in any former age of the world, — that maid, influence the condition of the great human family,—England probably more than any other branch of it. We should certainly mate, is our own colonies, something like an equipollence to such stupendous advantages, and lbetunately in these, we, too, have abundant mineral treasures—if not of gold, certainly of what may be found infinitely more useful,—of coal, and iron, and copper, which emigration could easily Iring to light, and which the general government might easily render available to the general benefit. It is also our obvious and more immediate policy to obtain a share of the many advantages enjoyed by our rivals; and this share commerce would at once put into our hands We allude more particularly to agricultural produce, and to its transit by our own steam-boats and ships from the borders of Lake Erie to the English Por It is is impossible even for the most careless traveller to pass through the states of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, lowa, and Wisconsin. or any considerable portion of them, without feeling the justice of the considerations—first, that here is to extent of °Santry fertile enough to meet the physited wants of half the world; and next, that the may be easily transported to almost any patio',' certainly to any maritime part. The supply • C increase with the demand ad snAultuns. The serious question is that of transit, f 17, 0 - presents no great difficulties in tWo w ; 4 l)rtiap. • itai: Huron, Erie, and Ontario are as • they ere A merican; we might, if ... - • ‘S ;4. a dia ••••010•01Mili 1