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

i s the =inner in which this inquiry may be made i ss s peedy issue, I respectfully recommend to your ble bodies, the appointment of agents to proceed ** *, sg ten to attend to this and any other unfinished which may be of interest to the Cherokee nation. g es Board of Commissioner, has been organised, i s n ow holding its sessions in Washington--engaged , examination and settlement of claims under the „„ g " et 1535. Believing that the ends of justice re. j '17:1 that this hosed should hold its sessions in this pod delegation protested against their remain. irasktingtou. and urged that they should be sent they has, snore or j eanised and proceeded to buai. Th e council should take some action with the view of y,, 0u n).4 yet to obtain their transfer to this country. ...we received during your sessions one or more corn. from those lately dischargieg the duties of the ghee, and who are more int.mately acquainted ak r.-- die h r . CiPt state of aff.e:es within our borders than my. ot k it to be hardly incumbent on me to make any sug • la reference t i mere local legislation. There n one „ i ss ee ts,hovreeer, which! will not pass over without a 1,04 ,o 4 to them. I mean the condition of the schools. Although ion rot seen the re port of the superintendent, it having s aw submitted to you, yet I deem it important Peci git should devise some plan to secure the more I lble disbursement of the orphan and general school i s o The advancement made by many of the pupils in Y psbiie schools, must be such as to qualify them to Mir the study of higher branches of education than om now taught them; I would, therefore, urge upon you di is cc of making immediate arrangements for g eakilishnient of two academies, one for the iostrue pi of females, the other males. Institutions of this i s d are much needed. We have the means of sustain ,* them, and it should be done — especially should there seething done to provide ample means for improv ssand elevating the females of our country. They have M oo long neglected. And any improvement in their sg sgios will exercise a salutary influence upon the whole os g. Owing to the peculiar difficulties by which we have serrouaded for several years, we now find our finances in seg yemberruseelcondition , snd requiring legislation atyour lob for the public relief. Wh d that legislation shall be it ld is your own wisdom to determine. The expenses of the na t., however, should be retrenched tes far as consistent with the kohl administration of the laws and the general security of * s pecie. la conclusion, I would again express the gratifies *" I fed, in common with many others, in witnessing the reset assemblage; and would repeat my earnest desire to et the stipulations of the new treaty scrupulously regarded, s one dwelling together of the whole Cherokee people in tkr bonds of peace and felliwship.—Jxo. Ross.--Executive comment, Tahlequah, Nor. 12, 1846. 111. - TAL Meatiest —A fiend in human form, named bead Chase, who comes from Patriot, Indiana, started ' MO on a trading expedition, sccomranied by his wife and eeyoung men. Mrs. Chase was about 19 years of age, had 4. married two years, and was the only ;laughter a Mr. /Oaten Boyer, who resides in Indiana, about two miles pee Flint Island, on the Ohio • . Chase, after leaving coa, treated his wife very hank' ly, and a short distance be similes Point, where he landed, he whipped her so un. • with a cowhide as to leave marks of blood in her bleeps. Mrs . C. succe eded in escaping to Mill's Point. Bee then emplsyed two persons to persuade his wife to re p, which she did, and sent one of the young men to her Mar's on an errand. What followed is thus related by our Mad: Chine then started down the river, accompanied by his viand the boy,and thencommeneed murdering her by inches. hrpenon wascut and mangled in a most honid manner with knswhide an 1 bowie knife, both of which were found in kg bed covered with blood. Many wounds had the eloarance of having been mused by holding her genet a hot cooking-stove. She was literally cut to pas from her neck to her feet, both lengthwise and across M body. Her neck had the appearance of his having held kr by the throat. He was about four days in accomplishing ilko murder. Her clothes were found in the boat, which he Id taken off from time to time, covered with blood and cut MI tam to pieces. On the arrival of the boat at James's kqes, the young man who had been sent to her father's Mined. and came on board the boat on the morning of the BB of November. He sew Mrs. Chase in bed in this situa- Ilk and immediately gave the alarm. The neishboun came Ind Awed Mrs. C. alive, but speechless. She died in a ire time after. Chase was secured, and after an examine lalbea 1 court of inquiry, was taken with the corpse on WI the boat to New Madrid, Mo., 2d miles below, and hied in gaol, heavily iroued. Chase offered no excuse for Ite batman set, and wine can be c njectured, unless it was aniesodentanding that had occurred between him and her pmale in some business transactions. The inhabitants of the Ilaw Madrid were so enraged that it was with difficulty they HIM be kept from executing him instantly ; but law and leder prevailed, sad they sent on a petition fur a special meet to be held immediately for his trial. The remains d Mrs. Chase were brought to her father's residence by the Meer George Washington.—Louisville Letter, Dec. 5, MEXICO. The following letter from Santa Anna, published, ris think, rather unfairly by the state department of Wash igtoe, is a full revelation of the plans of that general lest V*: 111.4•1011021 Of a IXITRA now @ANTA ANNA. -March S. -lb Ss It—. esteemed tilted-As the &nation of the mult i b dailyraleala Min entice, and environs& as it b by serious ttei mo after ft be maid be as yet established atiffiers meet irbki Is b els gram the Wok he i - eaWft • stew Sert. by emit a lTig . ft rad 7esheift beeftelftliftrat of lft epftm‘ageembly be the whim aral the loft of the mama The has of provialki Mbetafte Wee weld fa the wadi et al, aft the afteentis W MUg a yfteihmilley ineryftwe, =Meg am be rWYM is a milt amass, W the teuetty, Isiah is. aft etemlem with it lialeaciee ; ear without them es we sada either , sespistablitty ware brain stns 7h a. ea= r is the ate" and that to glee inky of Mitts Its republic, se at sae ifte sommiafted bast, le =Mager Sib; my, are, say It im dftbaraft it is ca tray Is tits object elde 1 pefteed it myself bee etherapnea, Marro we he* aim afteiree to the espmeafts et Ow sachem *pert -2014 Mlle we the aria demesne ke freedom at inummi atkal ileafte, babe mama what leameid to be malt wiefteftmes be hi milift lbw* twit* milftfted stela which, if they bow not Y ftiveftemble crony base blew the °Bryan of sincerity avelpaad Feete bese eminirat o rely following ikon balear• tabs seal beeli sad the of the ple maid sot aftet, la ke. eft be *am* am the tenth* Imam with *ft mete Ilmeihrl bin tbe mirth ; best, net ittnami team elac r = g *yaw ft Ina team 11 - ..pee let rftres Yi =oribe D eems* ft Yt eleeftwi l" the OW. of akin sad eatswise * the hack *OM atilt we bare aft diet piefti bra iftftes. la enter to sew the tee palariples O bil " .. thn ft ib ibairl lig eft be mow aide mg tint coda ftilmenfts Y I Waft peesmaid Oft wawa' less. liberty Om mania be aft mama la the =NW k beet, sad wassakthey b fte Yee at the see, =be Ilia mg the Insane at we adideldrallse Monad be EOM saes eta* passe te e ler ism* we rimer* am arrld Wafts ken the rabillawe glebe t er meth whisk fta ft* Is rmandamt ftlaelyft *ft thmehes lave ft loan VI vlth Or begirt faftlin k Inv I wasdkamfte ay elleft whew the waft of Ihmem. 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Oft im edam ft Ihe Irked vs Omit Ift girt tined* faaggitazl is t; eft waft wig he, to elle rift by eispies ap i l i =V ed umebe = W e ' lrepase, waletisliese Isai as be wpm& .4 Itai oft. ft ton me lat timm la I MST eft fty wft of Imes, me Orr Or the illalmeft et lag fter llarionamfkike _fteg iftgawitinftga way MU maw= t• ft TSUI& lif/Wele._lo - the efts* et • emwemaftft =al al &gnaw nem. b Y ihs nibs. erith grafted Ihm ftpieftetam of ;teill•Olield me r ia lloir yid& Om wafts may weber, My the meaudded bees which ft daiss. COLONIAL BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. CANADA. PLEASANT PROSPECTS FOR LORD ZLOIN.—The Montreal Tines informs us that the new Stnernor-general will have the Mowing "intricate impeach" le parties to deal with in the Canadian !sedation :—" At En present moment we have some seven or eight of what is Wed parties in our legislative Assembly ; but what the •biette, aims, or differences—apart from private and nosiderations—of the said parties may be, it is difficult," personal al not bepoesible, to say. In Upper Canada, we haw, Snit, the smaiaterial party; secondly, the ex-ministerial party' thIITUY the independent party ; and, fourthly, the WA =kick has sprung into life since the het Malin of t In Lower Canada there is the minlitegial and Innziaisterial parties; and a new party has also lately ammo late existence, consisting of the district of Quebec, the pee* of which refuse to be longer an adjunct to Mr. leilontaines US, and have chosen Mr. Caron for their chief, though they are desirous of masociating the Hon. Henry Black and Mr. Caron asjoiot leaders." THE CLOS or THE SEASON.—The last vessel to sail from Quebec, this fall, the brig Marquis of Normanbg, a t iz ot wider way on the evening of the 26th November. the sawn of navigation which has thus closed, there arm i t Quebec, from sea. 1.439 vessels, forming an aggregate of 43.208 tons. the crews of onese VOODOO average about is men each, making 21,586 seamen. Of these — includ ing new ?male-1,382 cleared at Quebec, 90 of which were from Montreal, having partly loaded there, and in to have the remainder of their cargoes brought down in lighters owing to the sha ll owness of Lake St. Peter, and conse quently to re-clear here; thus leaving 1,272 that have loided at Quebec. This makes 592,577 of shipping that have loaded in the porta of Quebec and Montreal, this year. The number of arrivals at this port from sea, is 36 lets this year than last—but the tonnage this year exceeds that of last by 13,496 tons. There were 30 vessels built at Quebec, during the year ended let ultimo, forming an aggregate of 19,757 tons; of these 24 were square rigged, forming 19,369 tons, which added to the tounage of arrivals this year, 573,208. COLONIAL INDVATRT. --A meeting of the Montreal Min ing Company was held in that city on Monday. It was nu merously attended, and the reports of the trustees and geo logist employed by the company on the lake, were consi dered most satisfactory. In connexion with this subject, it may be observed, that it was reported Sir Allan M'Nab had successfully completed his arrangements with respect to the Great Western (of Canada) Railroad, and that it west* be commenced forthwith. Improved water communication was also advancing. The canal which surmounts the Gallops rapids was opened to the trade on the 25th of November, on which day the mail steamer Gildersleeve, passed through on her passage to Kingston. The short canal at Farren's Point will be opened inthespring,atthecommencementofthenavi tion, and the remaining two canals, Rapides Platt and Point Iroquois, will be completed and thrown open very . soon after. wards, thus completinglhe entire line of canal navigation from Lachine to Kingston, so that propellers and barges can return to Kingston by the direct route, instead of, ay here- I tofore, by the circuitous one of the Ottawa River and Rideau I Canal. The entrance lock from the river at Montreal to the Lachine Canal is in such a state of forwardness as to ensure its completion early next summer. AU the new locks from that point upwards are finished, with the exception of hang ing some of the gates, which are all completed. The basin from the entrance lock at Lachine to the first coffer dam is finished, and the upper and east coffer dam is completed, so that the whole basin can be draiued, and the work corn• menced early enough in the spring, it is hoped, to admit of a month or six weeks being devoted to the work before the usual time of opening the canal arrives. On the Ame rican aide, strentems exertions are made to discover the beet route fur bringing their copper region into communication with the sea-board. " An exploring party," says the Galena Gazette " passed down the Mississippi last week. They ' measured the distance from Fond du Lac to the mouth of Snake River, and found it to be only forty-three miles. Snake River falls into the St. Croix about thirty miles above the falls of the latter, which would make the distance only about seventy miles above the head of the steamboat nevi gation on the St. Croix to one of the best harbours on Lake Superior. The character of the country is said to be such that a good road may easily be constructed between the two points. This will, at no very distant day, be a great tho roughfare between the Mississippi valley and that of Lake IZABILTH AND SANAR.—Our readers cannot pos sibly have forgotten the deplorable sufferings of the emi grants from Killala on board this vessel. The following letter from the Civil Secretary for Canada, published in the Montreal rs, shows that the Home Gover nmen t h ave not ns their duty in regard to this case; Clem Oemce, Movraeat, Nov. 20, Inge -filr,-1 have the haeon, _by antesand of use Goveram-Gaseral, to inform yea that his imseserq having communicausl to Use Secretary of Stan the reports einaind to Inn of the result of the *Wain run la this .ins seilive le the violatioo of the Pexisayeesi AA daring tee pins la the case of the barque gad Omsk has Ina biliensd the subject has Seem snored he tbe ego sidgeedin et the Leib Conimissioacre of bar MOM^ Trausry, with the Vow of 'Maiming from the Ossigulteese diem In Inked, the lakemation which It may bi t ac h e v i e to remota with respect to tne WADI able\ tbe vessel quitted the ingetery, and that ill? Secre.ary of State bee directed the *NY "linden of their lordaloys to Use impureness ef taking dtnaessr lbe a same effectual entormment of the Pangegare Act dung the alit season, in those minor ports where it le In ear Utile the sluices of nutar enuaratuoi .seer. The Men thus adopted by her Midesty • government for the invest/Ipda gins dr commuting( the owe his Excelleucy i.e been disused beessimeai eate te yea lee the information of the Quebee Benda( Trade, with rehrime lane letter addressed by you to the Secretary of State on thlesiggset. I have the honour to be, ,ter, your mum obedient bumble germ% To OsMMwy of the Quebec Board of Tiede, he. ac. . Wrens. Matta Or orritekL.—The last election of Mayor has given rim te a lawsuit. The (colonial) Court of Queett's Bench have decided that Mr. Hills was not legally elected, a councillor who voted for him having since been displaced as an alien. Mr. Ferrier, the old mayor, claims to be still in office; but a disposition has been evinced by the opposing party to contest his title. NOVA SCOTIA.—TiIe LEGMATURE.—The legis lature is to meet for despatch of business oa the 21st of January. Coin.—The General Mining Association are about to open • new coal mine is Cumberland county. This establishment will supply New Brunswick and the Nova Scotian ports in the Bay of Fundy, and will shorten the dietauce tor the coal mans from the United States. The coal is said to be of Messilent quality. NEW BRUNSWICK.—EsuGuAricee.— A letter has been received from Earl Grey, approving of the conduct of the New Brunswick emigrant agent, for having carried oat the provisions of the Passengers' Act. Last year, several convictions were obtained against captains of vessels for noa compLance with tho law, which, in conformity with existing were reporte d to the colonial secretary. " We," ems the Sr. John's Coerier, "arc glad to perceive that the imperial government have turned their attention to this important subject." DOUTIDAYIr DISPUTE WITH CANADA.-90[110 remarks have lately appeared in the St. John's Courier, io allusion ha Ike timber licenses granted by the crown land commis sioner of Canada within the disputed territory. They are penned in anything but an amicable spirit. A late official Gazette contains a notice obviously directed to those who have obtained licenses, " forbidding such trespasses, and warning parties, that all timber so cut shall be seized and con fiscated.' Daring let autumn, the authorities at St. John's seised some timber which had been cut by the authority of the Canada Commissioner, and the Supreme Court amerced the owners for nonpayment of the clUty imposed by New Brunswick. An appeal has been made against this decision ; and an application was forwarded to Montreal for the neces sary document* to establish the right of cutting timber, which the appellant had exercised. The request has been complied with. The papers sent consist of a certificate from Lord Cathcart, as Governor-General, that Mr. Papineau is Com missioner of Crown Lands ; and that gentleman has given a list of the parties to whom licenses have been granted during 184641. This will, for the present, place it out of the power of the New Brunswick authorities to interfere with the license-holders, the commission of the governor-general naming him " Governor-General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick," &e. HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY.—Fua TRADE.— The following table ehows don by the Hudson's Comp 1846 : _ . 1848. 1843. QOM Isms Jab 1 . 017 -- l * bw Ram Pat Whir 1,291 85V Wei= 3,923 2,649 Fos 1/2114 Fax SW comparative exports to Lon from York Fort io 1846 and aura 1646. 160. 14,103 3,977 83,011 63,461 Mink Moequaab 201,915 164,260 Otter Kaai Mean 1,909 8,345 Wdt Ww.ain 603 034 •rbt effilit WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. THURSDAY EYININO.—From the INlVere frost du ring the pad forty-eight hours, the de en the take was considered to be of sufficient thickness tojuilty the Prince and his attendants, with the distinguished visitor. of her Majesty, to venture On the ice. The Qoaen, with the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marthksiese of Douro, end the Hon. Min Paget, in the meanwhila, promenading et the banks of the lake, while the excreta if sbatiza wmas es being enjoyed by the remainder of the Royal yeti. r a L i a t, C " Hockey " en the lake was prepe b nd *Prim: which was participated in by the whale of the get dense present. Sides were chosen ; and, atter ea =Dollen; vial of skill, which yen lasted upwards of half an hour, Prince Alton, sad * an die elle .Ma Royal Hhness, erne elf the tie debar. Her Mtge" of sneered to be ig exceed ingiremei narks. the progress of tie gine. Ibissiirakey the Chevalier Bonny his Serene Mem= Men Lowenstein and Lord Edward Howard left Their = Highnesses the Duke and Michele of Cambridge, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary and his Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Hesse, left their residence at Law yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Bishop of Newfoundland had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Coined@Wham. Mr. A. Anderson had ea iaterview with the Right I Hon. Thomism Milner Gibess yeshieday, at the Board of Trade, relative to the fisheries of the Orkney and Shetland Ishuida. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American Provinces. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonia7-01km for the °ovation of New South Wales and New Zealand. Lord John Rtumell arrived at his residence, Char- leywood, yesterday, from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. Lord Stanley has issued cards to a distinguished circle of Protectionist Peers, inviting their presence at a grand banquet, to b., given by his lordship oa the evening of the 18th proximo, the day before the opening of Parliamen4 —Mornitig Poa. DESTRUCTION OF IRONOATE WHARF BY h Ili.. Between three and four yesterday afternoon, a file was disc std at the !tongue wharf, an extensive range it waretwassas between die Tower of London and St. Kadmw *We dean To Ira so extra did the fire rage within a dow alautos lbw Mo int apperempe, that a general /epee► ion Moat tie deli weep ea ire. From He mar meet the Yr low to throw thole' topless Wear of water as the se= it was evident that all albeit to awe*** be twaave/lagb although the aglae ll = l titouthwark-hridgo, *rows up j e l s o lt r lgne of weer a minute, was imaadielely an be week. It is a dagelle, bet very usforeetata eheastelosee, that b y te assr the Thames, the empty of watts obtaitted by the wallatemo eueinate luelititate and at erred periods thufaLt hs e e tt g inan i r k. wo. elapsed without sap , water being dearer& are at imst 600 feet be With. and sterin li not is depth. The THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1847. warehouses IMO filled with articles of merchandise of every I description, principally from Scotland and the northern parts of England. The wharf was well known as one of the great depOta on the Thames for the transmission of heavy goods by water. The limes, notwithstanding every effort to prevent them raged for many hours with unabated fury,and from the combustible nature of the materials which were burning, the outward walls became red hot. Several barrels of whisky and other spirits exploded during the progress of the fire, and numerous sacks of flour which were in the upper stories of the warehouse having sent forth their contents, the flames were for a moment smothered, only to break forth again, however, with redoubled fury. It was soon ascertained that, unless precautionary mea sures were adopted, the flames would reach St. Katharine's Docks, the walls of which were charring. As much water as could be supplied was cut upon them, and the docks almost miraculously escaped destruction. Some vessels moored alongside the wharf, and which were immovable on account of the lowness of the tide, were destroyed ; but it is said that they did not contain much valuable property, and that their owners were uninjured. As the fire increased the immense assemblage of persons who congregated pressed on towards the scene of destruc tion, and serious fears were entertained that, by the falling of the wall., which wan momentarily expected, some awful calamity might ensue. The police in vain att em pt e d t o k ee p back the crowds, and it was consequently found neces sary to call out a detachment of the battalion of Foot Guards from the Tower. A large body of men were also employed in the docks removing tho.e articles which, from their inflammable nature, were in dangeron. proximity to the burning wharf. None of them, it is asserted, sustained any greet injury. Shortly before 8 o'clock the front walls fell with a frightful crash, and from that time all serious apprehension with re spect to the extension of the fire was allayed, although it cannot by any probability be extinguished fur several hours. The premises belonged to Mr. John Coleman, formerly of Downe'a Wharf, where a fire occurred about two years ago. It would, of course, be impossible to estimate the lose which will accrue from the calamity. It is, however, confidently stated that it will amount to between 80,000/. and 100,0001., several vessels having within the last few days arrived from Bridport, Newcastle, Ipswich, Berwick, and several other places, whose cargoes were deposited in the warehouses. Mr. Coleman is understood to be insured in the Phecnix or Imperial. Not the slightest information could be gleaned as to the origin of the fire. Item discovered by a man engaged at the wharf. 11 o'CLoca.—A considerable body of fire still remains amidst the ruins, and the firemen are exposed to the greatest danger, by the continued falling of the walls. The building from end to end was exactly 212 feet, and nearly 70 feet wide. At the time of the outbreak the several floors were well stocked with goods of nearly every dtsciiption. In the lower rooms were casks of tallow, saltpetre, sulphur, oil, turpentine, and naphtha. Upon the flames reaching the latter articles, the fire extended along the stores with the swiftness of lightning, and communicating with the salt petre, sundry fearful explosions occurred, which caused many portions of the outer walls to topple over amongst the crowd of people who were assisting in getting the fire sub dued. The stock in trade belonged to sundry parties, a great number of whom held what are termed floating policies in the London and country fire offices; but it is to be feared that a vast quantity of the goods destroyed was not insured. The greatest excitement for two or three hours prevailed among the poor watermen of Irongateatairs, lest their boats should be consumed, and at one period the destruction of the eastern portion of the Tower stores appeared quite certain. Mr. Braidwood, however, had twe or three of the engines so stationed, that the water could be scattered over the walls, and by that means the fire was cut off in that quarter. The only portion of the immense range of premises left standing is the gable end nearest the Tower, and even that is expected momentarily to fall. The massive wall adjoin ing it has just fallen into the road with a crash resembling a clap of thunder. For some few minutes it was believed that three of the firemen had perished, but on calling over the roll they were found uninjured. It appears that they had entered the ruins to cool the further end but a minute or so before the wall fell, and by that means escaped a horrible death. A body of the military, with the Tower engines, and several of the brigade and St. Katherine's dock, with the powerful floats, and the West of England one, are still en gaged, and it is expected that the fire cannot be extinguished until late this day. An immense heap of goods, which were saved from the building, have been placed within St. Kathe rine's dock-yard for safety. Mr. Braidwood. the Superin tendent of the London Establishment, with Mr. Fogo, the chief officer of the district, and Mr. Connorton, the head of the West of England fire-office, are all engaged in endeavour ing to ascertain the exact amount of the lases, and what office, are interested, but some hour, must elapse before they will be enabled to learn. CANADA COMPANT.—LAND IN THE COLONIES.— The half yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday in St. Helen's-place. Mr. C. Franks was in the chair, and after the minutes of the last court had been read, the chair man remarked that the principal object was to consider a recommendation from this court of directors, that the divi dend should be continued at the rate of 6 per cent- for the half-year ending 10th January next. Although this was the only business before the meeting, he (the chairman) would state some facts relative to the operations of the com pany in Canada. Accounts could only be laid before the meeting up to 23rd November last. There had been sold this year, of Crown reserves, 7,797 acres, at an average of about 15s. per acre ; there had been also leased 15,M acres. In the Huron tract there het Men sold, in the same period, 7,179 acres, and leased 13,982. The total operations for the year were 44,207 acres. It was very satisfactory to state that the value of all property was rapidly increasing in Canada, and though the sales of land by the company in the year was rather smaller than in previous seasons, still consi derably advanced prices had been obtained. The amount of money received for previous sales of land, with interest, showed a large increase. The number of emigrants arrived at Quebec this year was 32,166, ad the remittances sent home by the company's agents end relations and friends of settlers on the lands we. 7,1421. The chairman concluded by recommending the declaration of a dividend. A proprietor asked if the majority of the number of emigrants stated u having arrived at Quebec had settled on the company's estates, to which Mr. Franks replied in the , nagative. They spread themselves over all parts of Canada, and some went to the United States. In reply to questions, the chairman replied that upon the average of prices much higher rates bad been obtained than last year for land sold. The company had still 1,500,000 acres, and it was not con sidered politic to sell too fast. At the same time it should be understood that all legitimate demands for land would be rapidly supplied. In all parts of Canada the crops this year, excepting potatoes, had been very good. The railway pro- posed to be made from Huron to Ontario was not in pro gress yet, but would no doubt be carried out an early es pas sable. After a dividend, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, bad been declared, the meeting was adjourned. WARD OP FARRINGDON WITHOUT.—It may be remembered that, at the conclusion of the election of common councillors on the 23rd ult., Mr. See demanded a scrutiny on the part of Mr. Hodgson. Yester day • special adjourned wardmote was held to snake known the result of the scru tiny. It turns out that an error was made in casting up the poll, the discovery of which places Mr. Hodgson in the Common Council, depriving Mr. Harding of that distine lion. Sir J. Duke stated that the poll clerk of the Whitefriars district, in making up his total for the third day, had incorporated with it the polls for the first and second days, by which those days got into the gross return twice over. lie (the alderman) was quite aware that it was the duty of himself and the ward-clerk to have detected this error • but he Orneted that the very extraordi nary manner in w inch it bed OCAMi would be a sencient excuse for the oversight ea theft path The valises pieties who were affected by the aver bed *aid an agnemeat by which they satheally bound theneives to he readopted by the accuracy or (accuracy of the mein up of the and the bringing forward thereof, and le lobe me o th er c ations s wheener. Alter the aidsmna bed k* the eh Mr. Hserdhg, the dieted the war d- clerk, mid be aboaki Mho Ids ses essi t id ne alk Othe la t i. J 011110111 Coon- ell la "he et the deelien whit bad bow ems te ea the eeb.ei. Xt. Pothihz thiened, that It se, he &NM be ceder the disagreeable neemiltet Sethiebth the desitheent /geed by himself, with the ether thathillethe IMOD ward. as evidence melon bha. PARISH OF PllalarfOß AND THE POOR-LAW Coattheitos.—%= of the ratepayers of this pub Wm bald first in the wiry room, est afterwards, is the adjacent sibs& hoes*, he the the tenure et Os maim protho/gated brie& sec sraldag a .nie he the relief of the poor of the paddy sad he lie SOW ends and pess m : fts the late siste et Parliament In Tamen thethet, the first rate he year 1847." Mr. Clara wordier wan te'lh• chair. It may be wail to Meth that be OM deli pith a hid has existed la nth rens to the prepased ethillea et a new workhouse, between the beard of grardithe and the ratepayers, the latter et whom 'writhe' • east eamthittee of their own body to yeti the preletithee 1111WERg behrela the former and the Peer-Law Camthlethemea. V have been the state ments awl emenenetateneele mad circulated by both parties mewl the win were further Invited by paths advertisement, *Red by the chair ma of the seas* emeadttee, to attend the vestry, " to =h i onreedve madam et the Poor-Law Com. and of the guardians or the parish, in burdening the ratepayers with the uncalled-for and extravagant expanses or a new workhouse." The usual pre liminake having been gone through, Mr. Churchwarden Bellworthy moved, and Mr. Perkin seconded the motion, " That the vestry do now proceed to make the rate agreed to at a previous meeting, of one shilling in the pound." Lygens, • member of the select committee, moved the following resolution as an amendment, " That while this meeting is desirous to uphold the credit of the parish, and most anxious to provide for the relief and support of the poor, the rate-payers have not sufficient confiders* in the present board of gsardians to justify the pladat In their hands the funds of the parish, until they are ate twiny restrained from proceeding with their measures he building • new workhouse; and do hereby reamers& that • memorial be presented in basil of the parfait to the board of works' loan coramiesimears, praying them not to grant the Men applied In by the beard of guar dians for the ptheilethig the ha, and cresting a new workhouse, and that - until *sir imisisa thereon be ob tained, the making the p e eper Me be asetheaeL" Mr. Limos, i• • speech •f - Viat kat" tisk awide review of parish events for some time peat, bon d the state ments and estimates put forth by th e bouth or guardians to be fallacious and inaccurate, and contended that nine teen-twentieths of the parish would, if polled, declare the sew workhouse to be uncalled for and anameleary, The Select Committee were willing to leave the question te be solved by the test of a poll of the pariah • but this Wes resisted, and hence the necemity for thi s energetie step ea the part of the rate-payers. The amendment was seconded by Dir. Richard Morris, and supported by Mr. Hawke', Captain Hood, R.N. Mr. John Percales Mr. Muir noels, and Mr. Ma cfarlane, all of whom joined in denounciag the proposed erection as a job, sought to to edict, d by the Poor-law Commissioners atd the Board of Guardians. Note solitary speaker came to the defence of the Board of Guardians, and, on a show of hands being taken, the amendment was carried by a large meeting in which only one hand was held up against it. A memo rial, in conformity with the terms of the amendment, was adopted and numerously signed on the instant, and it was also resolved that copies of the amendment should be for warded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to the Poor-law Commissioners, to the Public Works Loan COMEHEtiOIItEI, and badly to the Board of Guardians them. selves. The meeting, which lasted upwards of three hours, broke up at half-put nine o'clook. DISTRF-sn IN THE METROPOLIS.—MEETING OP THE CLERGY.—The alarming progress which distress is making in the metropolis, and the apprehensions entertained that it la likely to become more general and appalling, have attracted the attention of the clergy of all denornivat;ons • and • committee of their number hie been formed for the purpose of making arrangements for holding a general con ference of ministers in order to deliberate on the measures which ought to be adopted for relieving the existing distress. The c inference is to take place at Exeter-hall, and will be attended by a very large number of reverend gentlemen of various sects. Among those who are taking an active inte rest in getting up the contemplated meeting, are the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. W. Champneys, the Rev. Mr. Osborne, the Rev. Dr. Leifchild, and the Rev. Dr. F. A. Cox. It is calculated that the attendance of metropolitan ministers will not be less than 100.—Sun. FESTIVAL AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. —Yesterday, the directors of this company, actuated by a desire to extend some of the enjoyments of the festive season to their numerous employes, gave a magnificent entertain• meat to the clerks, engineers, porters, and other workmen employed upon their line and its tributaries. The scene of the fe-tivity was the carriage repairing-shop at Stratford, a building 270 feet by 70, which was tastefully fitted out sa a dining-room fur the occasion. At the upper end a pavilion, hung with drapery, was erected for the accommodation of the Chairman, the directors, and their immediate friends; and at the lower end was a gallery for the ladies. The whole of the building waa decorated with evergreens, and illuminated with numerous appropriate devices in gas and oil. The Chairman of the company (Mr. Hudson, M.P.) could not attend, and in his absence Mr. Waddington, vice-chairman, presided. The number of persons who sat down to dinner was 100114 1,600. The usual loyal and constitutional toots having been disposed of, the chairman proposed " The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of York, G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., and long life to him." Mk friend Mr. Hudson considered, and his col leagues agreed with him, that the great merit of directing a railway was to employ good men to work it, and to keep them. (Hear, hear.) That was the course the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway adopted. They engaged those who were best qualified for the duty, and by liberality and kindness they endeavoured to keep them, being con vinced that tho more the public were convenienced the greater would be the profit to the shareholders. (Hear, hear.) The secretaries, the engineers, and other officers of the Eastern Counties Railway and the lines in connexion with it, together with other toasts adapted to the occasion, were given and duly responded to. At about nine o'clock, the number of visitors having been augmented to some 2,500 or 3,000, by the introduction of the wives and daughters of the railway servants, dancing was commenced, which was kept up until a late hour. The dinner, though cold, was in all other respects unexceptionable, and the arrangements reflected great credit on the managers. ADVICE TO SILATERS.—Sir,—I see by your paper of this day that there is danger on the ice in the parks. Will you inform your skating readers that on Hackney Marshes there are six seers of ice only a few inches deep —L. Le P.— Homerton, Dec. 31, 1846. . . . Roanzitir.—Yesterday, information was received by the city and metropolitan police, that on Wednesday evening, about half-past six o'clock, Mr. J. Elliott, collector of poor rate., Putney, was robbed, in Broad-court, Ludgate-hill, of a yellow canvas leg, containing five 201 notes, three 101. notes, and two 61. notes, all of the Bank of England, but numbers and dates unknown; also 161. in gold. The robbery was 'Meted by a female about the middle height, 25 years of age, fair complexion, and teeth somewhat discoloured. She is vleseribed as respectably dressed. THE LATE ROBBERY AT THE UNIVERSITY INSUR ANCB-OPPICEL —The young Glenna' , William Francis Schultze, who was apprehended at Lee ds on Monday last, is to be remitted far examination to London, and is expected to arrive to-day. INQUERTS.—YESTERDAY.—DEATH BY JUMPING TliStll7oll ICE.—By Mr. Bedford, at the Malpas Arms, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Sarah White, aged 45. Henry White, deceased's husband, said the last time he saw her alive was on Saturday evening. From Knightsbridge they went towards home together. On getting to the bottom of Grosvenor-place he suddenly missed her, and never ar.w her again until he saw her in the dead house, that (last) evening. Ten years ago she attempted to cut her throat whilst intoxicated. When in that state she was a perfect mad woman. Mr. Wm. Middleton, of lianelagh road, m.altster, deposed to seeing the body of the deceased on Sunday morning, lying beneath the ice in the Belgravie dek of the Grosvenor-canal. The body could not have floated into the dock so it was frozen over, and the deceased must have jumped from tho wharf-wall through the ice, which was about an inch thick. Verdict, " Found drowned there beteg no evidence to prove how she came into the water."—DEATH BY FALLING OF A WALL—By Mr. Baker, at the Shoulder of Mutton and Pig, Blackwell, on the body of Richard Webber, whose death was mentioned in our journal yesterday. The evidence confirmed the statement made yesterday, and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."—DEATH CT SUFFOCATION.—By Mr. W. Carter, at the New Crown and Cushion, Mount street, Lambeth, relative to the death of George Drink. water, aged two months, the illegitimate offspring of Catherine Drinkwater, rending nt No. 6, Carlisle-square, Carlisle-lane. The parents of the child were in great dis tress, and had only one small bed with very insufficient covering for themselves and two children. On Saturday night they had crept altogether for warmth, and in the morn ing the deceased, who had been placed between its parents, was found dead. Verdict, " Accidentally suffocated."— Dean! FROM THE OVIIIITURNING OF A CART.—AIso by Mr. W. Carter, at the Artichoke, Richmond on the body of Mrs. Martha Lyne, mired 53. On Nov. 12, deceased and some friends were returning in a chaise cart from Kingston fair. As they were going down George-street, Richmond, the cart overturned, and deemed was dreadfully injured. She was put to bed at the Artichoke Tavern, where she re mained till her death. The jury returned • verdict of " Accidental Death." REPORT ON THE DRAINAGE ACT. The folloiiia n is a copy of the report by the direc tors of the d and Agricultural Society, on the Act 9th and latit ictoria, cap. 101, called the Drainage Act. The direetene. k will be eels, are decided in their approba -1 ties of We mnseure : As dds set is a ammo directly bearing on the ,ot all the ousisilistal classes in the United hem the pacgsksger to the labourer: and as it iil l. "" fiat the name at its provisions, as well al the haematite.' whisk it will probably receive from IM commierioners, are es yet but imperfectly known, the directors of the . aighland and Agrisultural Society have emeidered it to be adr daty to pre the amour their best amilnation, so at he *ebb diem le sorer ho the Nasty ea episien is tepid to the adventram whisk it awn The Means wadi a pp cu p s w ith& thee were this uteasere et premed OM thousihre man te die eassisa as e ipa of , they would bold them selves potholed by the ila moiety from entertaining It ;; but wing that it is el.emestu the law of the land, =thr in tissimed the promotiaa o sun they esnathr Ord I ligildasitrif 611 s with in the asp of irk Is mad she the ma -1111111 Ma lON. Sr ft te, fella' the wpm re Zit h n s er es t oodia mesa wind, ma ma= the Mie of nitith might Z:e v t=radr Y antape addir , •no *sots a set, as est forth is the pre. 1 stie Se terume• at the sad mine et V sat es to=tural lab*" of *mem • • amity. ata a li teild and imputtimt 8 0e r purposes, the all • . th e hum by the Tsar airy, from the Fund, et the maims tor Great Brink Aft Indemt. The Limns Commimiameells shwerethminetwithe Oar admionese Mt Or s et isle enemas In %ea iteYiat jai all thus ileathnl. fa edema a k a thillet Se is adthonnithllith, The eppllso, dam are ' in the fithille. anil in • load wow =Ma ere allestal ap S ima lleps, sad if in that is stead ballade meditate the authority of Weil. the t mast atlas the authority of the Clem et Ikerima, whisk will be a math eked warrant to the essuminieseas t o enternin the eppli _ __ ration. Whoa se *Meth= h eleisi, the at am direst an inethellim al the had reposed to be babied, to be me 6 by as smithat eteniniwiesur or Levi; and if they sue Wide& with bie_refemt, they mto the as sip s halt antiliseM, thelarteg that a loan shall be finned wine the pewees& wefts have m been 00.. seentdieg le the p.m - mei imeeihmlime lodged. The eismmthismses ow eseramil - hageethme thring the pipe. el the teselm. Oaths metliens• elthe mesa. timer r vemeyee diet the weeks hive hem eempieeek mad Nat the amen. stadia in the pethisienal ethihnis lm bees impeded. a thereat war be belied by the berm he payment. The loan bears interest at 61 per east he the period of It= p tte d r aw yment at width extinguish. the debt. As of the week are complethl, as edammr to the skib d liehlithie of the vales of the drain's" ementell, may be mole thegeennt of the even the provisional eurtilkete ; bat if the atheist farms er town ships to be drabs" shall have bees eqprubly egesified im the schedule of eggilestlea, then the wiled abll expense of anspeced eptheisia etheallg emigheetl will be paid. Th e e first emetics whisk seeneely knelt to a party &shone to avail libmisifef the of a measure is hew fir will move ethemlegmes I' The di recterhavenohelmtiesdaeomaming their opinion, that the terms ea which rimmes sre elbeedeeekeenreble to the bor rower. These INN Ilialthetiesslptere them the party obtain leg the advance dish pay per eent. thereon. And if 4 par mart be taken as the ordinary rata at which he can bonow., the market, which is the least that he would pay at prem.. it is believed that colculation will show him to be a Ore; for, at the end of the period of twenty-two years, the wt.im sum borrowed will not have been repaid by him. It is nat e however, in this point of view only that the pecuniary Muth is to be madder. ; for there is the manliest advantage of accumulation, and con se quent extinction of debt w ithin • limited period, and this in a manner which country gentle men cannot, under ordinary eimuniatencee, command, while they are not exposed to the unavoidable expense attending the occasional transfer of securities and termly payment of interest. It may be objected that the landowner must, to the first place, make the entire advance ; but this unavoid ably difficulty may possibly be obviated by lodging the pro visiona loertaicate at a bank, as a security for an interim ad vance. The next question which presents itself is—how far these advantages are counteracted by the expense of the machinery devised to secure them? The directors are aware that many may be deterred from availing them selves of the boon offered, by the fear of involving them selves in • heavy expenditure in the first instance; and they are therefore happy to have it in their power to state that, in their opinion, such apprehensions are un founded. Not only is the procedure indicated by the act simple and economical ; but the commissioners are disposed to give effect to it in such a manner as to subject applicants to the least -- The directors -- ' in Least possible expense. are supisirteci i. this statement by the terms of a printed letter. addressed proprietors in the distressed distrieW in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, by Mr. Blamire, one of the commis sioners. The directors refer to that document with much satiebetios ; for though it cannot be regarded as the official 0NN.11.11.16a et Oil whole commissioners as a board, it may safely be read as an exposition of the views entertained by Mr. Blamire, and of the interpretation which he believes his colleagues are disposed to give to the Act. The directors have no hesitation in expressing their high opinion of the soundness and liberality of these views ,which are in consonance with the spirit of the Act. The only preliminary proceedings creative of expense (assuming the non-existence of objectors to the application) are the advertisements and the inspection of the laud. Tue first step it as intimation by any landowner of his wish to avail himself of the provisions of the act, addressed to," The Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales ;" on receipt of which - -forward for his execution - rtrcirl- Nor, „„_.... they L. a simple form, specify ing, when filled up, the particulars of his application. Nodes is then sent by the commissioners to the Gazette and local newspapers of the application, andan inspection of the ground is directed. The expense of this preliminary report, and also the subsequent investigation, is borne by the applicant; but Mr. Blainire states, that ” the commissioners are most sincerely desirous of subjecting landowners to as small en amount of expense for the superintendence of the works as may be compatible with a proper discharge of their duty; and, with the view of doing so, they are disposed to select as their assistanta parties resident in the immediate localities of such works, assumin g that parties competent and trustworthy can there be found. The directors have no doubt that com petent and trustworthy inspectors can be found in every dis trict, and they would suggest with the view of diminishing the expense of the y, that proprietors in the same locality and district of country who intend to make application, should do so simultaneously, sou to allow the commissioners to nominate one surveyor, and enable him to conclude the different inspections at one and the same time.—Mr. Bia min's letter cattalos the following satisfactory announee ment With the view of to ..rasa their works at anon end without in=r ai L licamb esplestion af the tiro lama pre scribed by the 18th meths, the esamidems have desided that 41 works done after aphelia= havelies mode ler Moen it. white dose under the provisions ef W eh ad tire the met thereof ' be beluded in the shush 01 to be hemmed. se senabst the works to be dens , and that the ma tempisted drainer is sot hopped by twat obisedem When thereto by penis' leaving cheerio ea the Inds to maks. WM Weston believe rest the amement era tam Ind male =rs to emense at enda peeler el the sourane thhe appleiMese teen to In imalles ooh fee the nahngisych ef shinadiect perms In ibe d = eat it Is mem aft every reneller who ma to haw ad'dily d Ihe Yaw Men abate kr Wee It make waylernat to We mitts( aloany Moll be sestet hamp mines soma Nall embers kr the sem el =While wane the amen pariore to be ehren toe weal baba. serais Or elremelma the to no nee of It ere nele Man eseept hr the epees of yediesiamy Immtigatiert, sash 1p esnriaiseisnem think it name; odd We where bonds he week aq llosiened to be exempted tart am Pty. Proprieten ought ant le be Miner h i, Leaa .i finfl for raw sme, hy any apprehension Oh key way be In emote, ihs dense of their Mho by kiagesepaa tookerre any precise Ms. er to new say an eilet. Oa this pin the hews expressed In r. Bishleslo Mae ewer themehdiotlnst art veil nature : With ramose le Weida el MM. to be~4Arlte the mas er of effecting nem; theeminesieserokastlealmeed ton. picttoanyOhefaiderhe PallialinelniklllollMßlrttien me petty wouM henna's.= d bonsamikalisowasearr, commlng also, that It was net malady on imasaase mod judicious one. The object of the iheisconen and of the ehmiesioners must be identical that dills the greatest meat of improvement tot the least enst—cies eel reemenehe regard bob* ad to the perms nary el the weeks. The ematlesteners are well sere est no one Mee el Warn YapgrrbY to every cue ; os waltery, they brim art mem shwille diet with as ite prelko deemernes Ikellitiwerypiet wt. Mathis hod I willonly Portlier add, NMI earehe the semmiames mq fatly be expected to be pet In ph. ash" Main a siert Na, at Na iniormation as to rse meet ea. aired sod larapeoure Mk& eldreno" every variety of 1011, miry pert of Great se he be capable of affording attics to thesengeking ftnehMeise and elletitanoe they would, of mune, wir reedy to Abed. Rd . I semeein, withoh tweeseng to = i x its adeggem. Wilk re ranee to Wawa of is I will wily meek that th e Mr the drain ra their alma asmalar, not M thumb koodean of the sokon en et here= am aka homer fa wa e man annew wen by ester prod el the ra i d esepenaire merman at the me mil; no rime sr Mk es I beim being eon so deleos reme the rah,e resakeleel dWibra wee unaided by pealles capornest. The Wink% toe et On mere' to be eel kw the we., met ear will - none ono the facilities for olarklet Na ortertitle, oat thek 'Mho prises to awls locality. In sendiar ort knortant men Ws kleprestles dip set la Tepee be the Mahe of uncultivated hods, the Wham mint awn WNW 111d1 meinieden to Mr.Bilialen Mier. Sat peletwa shase—.lllllk Moms to the desires et wiesklestei beds yr Wit WI Is male of suture), it Mk Ma be kord Wet Ihe in nom Na be the et wen out of the Ind. be * eerie den all elm we perm a took. by Na bade me it ywholly; se psi Mt the purpose of the materials he dminsge, es et terkekg the Me opal et ploughed in the aelnary roan. arr. In mad pem nal be the voting toe desks. sad flee that sad the die wdrained. , Now, as Ile the Na et Na. Na. that I sin only say (In the alleme d ka same' ea indivi deadly d'plies the seek lesselleg as some wow I teeny brides& Is Om ric sr Iss% sod OWN* obey I yeti& the wain or And Ike et; sail Na I Na se ditike ballot the Owl vie es ails As le Os Na OA Os • Os ewes bees we is ley sag MilsassM ki! i a ast p.l WS& mow b is• ft pees ks hate hes at No ania Ow I ow widen. I Na, to stele et le% test I km wog weft b. lese ere to ex pect QM toe ancumnial to net lanith Ode sow tics to Ole easekseths r~ saf e Na *mks being earsime epos the et Or ORA ink Mown to the Men et r eon en Na, I di WOO Na keeaseire. ramem Na awns the would he to Ike purposes of Omsk as that se Ink& b a be require la sash was. dad , weak ewer to min by the drain age ef = ieth" par my of your • me lwasemon beet la the Vof th e Mahe is the heave at fillenflik directon aged with Yr. Blaraire t the& Meg is a neemsarp accompaniment to the draining of ananitivated lands to be rendered arable; and they have much paha faction in thinking, that the provisions of the act are to cover the expense of such an operation, which will be of rem ad vantage in districts occupied by cottager', as enabling them toluenes' the extent of their lots. The directors are not aware whether the commissioners may consider themselves entitled . . to soecition expenditure on (miring; but it is hoped that the isesenre will be so far extended should a supplementary bill be beinght forward. The directon, while expressing their appro val of the objects of the act, of the manner in which it u to be executed, and of the libera l views entanered by the row Irishmen, wank' take the opperesaity of frayestil s zt Ley few saggestkas he th e& eneklasaisa. Mr. star du the ererideare rime* pert adhering the sera*. es wadeable e ) syylisaile fbr alum ie the mph* (Ur elating in their syylleatim roe'aired he** drainer ef of each fans we "wet of land the seyesy in order that, so emir se the drainage of each farm er Lana of land is completed, the whole mount reigned wace works by the presidium' certified* Ws 17) be pewit silisswise, whoa the syylierlea reds to the of law farms du au sad the eeevieleasi 'ras ameepte sun the drawee of dim Imre the eeds& peewee ea armee es enema* he works dose, moo lira two-thirds peels of the sure Men `The Mindere would tire the Beard of show sibeekl, filer er sysibellea to cover t h e eel asufery for the able w fellatee centenipiated • er aloft or hoseey, eYd kr* ti motions' ear& lieo do s u p pl er theneher , letteive, la the Ewe at a deekleellea, tbs Erode •et the etteohliter• to be .de •ea emit aim at tewseldp, la war is hrilitate the mart of the tub reemat so 7:ll:sad espeaged ea ear myeere pier of work. 1 would be ea eildadtael bra Is hadownen, end give then beereeeei Lebl4 isavellhes theseebree of the Wield of the Alklf 2s dr Mame' ea aeleela Mindtl to ma seetteas 17 sad VIM eareled bees treddrde o the whale Oda eata emend by poetised eteellhile ; t eat the directors wain otrealy arse them earls fler the ere* dad= of the osstadsdiseer Ie th . e . reat of erehashok It wield be ditheible that perreinimiddies#ith to all pro *Om to die the ass?, proper phases the alms it ash ewes Set pro of■upper lesk has elgla through .01Seisisp lad lower nth ge Ath wish • • thed the Ithesilsitl Dedin os of a wouldase Ihr e lair h gtheathisee foe the pitheeties of th ithewithr when payee od b to be red, renew oftelpilthi width now puma thethishis to the devisees of aaet parte of the = diethatie weak, k threw their that th e Lief ashes a great boos cis 16=1 Immo wad away especially espepriehee Masi thole ahem slier seedethante of awhA who, at preeest, ems bony kr each uspesesisithe osly at a greater isetlithe ; whfb by the preeeth ammo they oth, with the aid of their limn& el the with, is meth now will readily agree to pey s share istinet), raise stesey at the =whet ate It it she to be- observed, thee the halsigestedlea whirl' the esmaiwithen will, it is amisted, pet ea he pro. thliss,ei will se OS maim to wid th they are reedy to glee With to them, seatthiallp ahem the advantage, it sin& The sdiesteges tea Mt seeded le may se wed= of the T h e tisk 1111111•11 to the Idris body ; to the eel to th e twat. bg hails With In the theism al ether .ease. • TWAY aide at inm o4l 4 their Lade the ktorther, by pee, 'ma with and wipe ; sal to the thustry, by the at ear cadre the. The lot tilegidtel if • tanaat to blooste a party to aa eggikeths, a the esentry, lashg theta Wks sweat hews am. no diner ihr initege, math be Ise ekes* ki w '4 i& this the kagethmeses- of stalks theethel of tie inesthni a stketlea with their hake& I s ay cease whew ilisethe ser =do NNW may not be segthred, bat is ethos, fan the peaslise alreenstaates to ell* abash. wig he glued, it wry be ueneidable. The sheet an etheet be hake Illustrated Ikea by Se fallsetag fleigentk tthudins. More ef whisk itte beam et ow if the air with s statement N thew they will aisle fhb is them few days, a fera was let, sake moi7es thee the repthetor should expend • amnia ear to est*. dense, the terra piped, sea. After the bowie wee the teems thst the prepisMot sheath eve= at the prothithe el the Drainage Am, awl only Ire deaths ' - *•14% rte, TraV4f= on iii—lStatill abm. T .. Yu" 1616 st idles( Emilie, ow alms. arlig is MAO. mph* ave it ix that the &Aimed 4 . _ ___ his iiii tier. w ail insle.= the mum to be so expended, on which he offered to pay in terest at the rate of four per cent. To this proposal the p ro prietorat once agreed, and the effect of it is, that the proprie tor gets double the sum he propowzd expending upon. be permanent improvement of his estate, for payment merely of an annuity of 2{ per cent. for twenty-two Team at the aid or which the whole sum expended is extinguished. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DECIMBIR 30. The provincial journals received to-day attest a terri ble amount of distress. Exaggeration is one of the strange phenomena attending such a social condition as ours ; but there can be little doubt that misery is intense—almost universal—and threatens to assume a still more alarming shape as we advance into the year. There is not a barony in three provinces where food is not either scarce or unattainable by the majority of the population. Indisposed to turbulence, notwithstanding the " arming ;" and with instinctive respect for property notwithstanding the occasions. accounts of an abducted heifer or sheep, the poor suf fer on, consuming their small stock, and descending for the support of life to the most loathsome and sickening subsistence. The accounts from Mayo are very dishearte e t a t The Maya nstitation, a Conservative paper, r six deaths fur the last, in addition to the nine of the preceding, week, all from starvation, if reliance is to be placed on coroners' returns. In the same wretched county the people are driven to the last resources to which humanity in its pursuit of existence could be exposed. Dead asses, it appears, afford pabulum fur something more than sentimental tears. When even a single family in a community is reduced to the hor rible necessity of slaughtering and feeding on their ass, we may be assured the general state of the district is scarcely less indigent and harrowing. The manager of the National Bank writes to Lord John Russell from Willa. His letter reveals a fearful story Whilst at business in the course of yesterday, a gentleman, who casually entered the room where I was engaged, after expressing his deep coarorn at the awful state of the poor in this neighbourhood, instanced the case of a man who was reported to have killed his ass and salted the Hesh to eat, to live upon. I at once determined to investigate this, and pro ceeded accordingly to Carrackerbly, parish of Attymass, ba rony of Gallen, within four miles or this town, aad there, i n a mud cabin, divided into two apartments, I fused two Leaches residing—both presented all the ordinary characteristics of poverty and wretchedness; but one of them was so dire a picture of horror—a spectacle so revolting to the human mind, that it really haunt. mine like • terrible dream. Pat Hughes, an old man of extremely withered appear ance, • woman of about fifty yearn of age, with the aspect of a corpse, and a bay who was deaf and dumb, sat round a small turf tire, that glimmered at one end of the miaerable dwelling. Near the fire, and beside • nest of straw, which served these vor beings for their bed, stood an old barrel, emitting a noisome Rod almost overpowering stench, and is this barrel I saw the greater part of an aas half salted and half rotten. The incredible narrative suggested to his mind the possibility of deceit. He naked to see the skin of the poor ass which in death as well as in life was the mainstay of the family, and was informed that the hide had been sold to a dealer in Balling for Bd. He ascertained the fact to be quite correct, and, further, that many ass-skins had been offered for sale during the last fortnight! In corroboration of the general destitution of the west, a letter appears in this day's Freeman from a gentleman of large fortune, Mr. Gilder, contradicting a statement made by a Roman Catholic clergyman relative to the state of his tenantry. "I must," he says, "admit the very awful destitution of many districts, which the present employment under the board, or the exertions of the landlords, are far insufficient to meet." The General Central Relief Committee, as I in formed you, held their first meeting yesterday, and the proceedings of the day were very gratifying, nearly 1,3001. having been subscribed. Mr. Labon chere and the Attorney-General, 3001. each ; the Lord Chancellor, 200/. ; and Archbishop Whateley, 1001. Nine subs criptions of 301. each, with various smaller sums. Resolutions were passed appointing the Bank of Ireland trea , urer, and requesting the other banks to open accounts for subscriptions. The secretary was also instructed to communicate with the London banks for the same benevolent purpose. The com mittee then adjourned to Thursday next. In last night's Gazelle appear proclamations for holding additional presentment sessions in eighteen baronies. The epistolary controversy between the leaders of the "forces" is at length about to close. Mr. O'Brien replies to the Rev. Mr. Miley's last letter very brit fly, but somewhat satirically, observing that it' the rev. gentleman had been more accurate in taking down the conversation at Cahirmoyle, he would have found no essential difference between his (Mr. alt.'s) "exoteric" and "esoteric" doctrines. Mr. O'Brien then declares the letter contest to be at an end. Invention is very naturally on the strain to dis cover cheaper modes of obtaining bread. Companies have been formed in some of the southern towns to simply bread to subscribers at prime cost, and the plan has been eminently successful. In the Cork workhouse the saving to the citizens in the mane facture of bread is over 70/. per week, though the capital required was within 100/. A company is about to be formed for the city with one guinea shares, in four instalments of ss. 3d. each, which it is calculated will effect a saving to the subscribers of 3d. per day. One hundred shares were applied for at the meeting. The Cork landlords are agitated by the prospects of the future not less than the sufferings of the pre sent A county meeting has been called by the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Bandon, for the 6th of Jan., to take such steps as may be requisite to aid in pro moting such legislation at the approaching session of parliament as may best guard our social institutions and existence against those dangers which now threaten all classes of the Irish nation. Tat LATE THEASURT MINCTE.—Mr. More O'Ferrall's letter to Col. Jones, alluded to in the Treasury Minute of Dec. 1, has been published. It states that the chief premi► tors and retepayers of the barony of Carbery, county Ha dare, agreed ut public meeting to proceed under the 9 Viet. c. 4, in preference to Mr. Labouchere's letter, because the act was admirably framed t••• supply speedy and rentuaeratims employment; to afford better protection to property, better seenrity for the public loans, and greater facilities for repay ment that either Mr. Labouchere's letter or the 9 and 10 Vict, c. 19, were calculated to afford. Twenty-one applications under the 9th Victoria, c. 4, were consequently Wrode for a =t at t mainhlls of the hammy by the rivers The slaking et *re sulfas, which :reeewp, She esspl* labia el the bwoway it eix months, is en), fe ea Mewl* *sew* eraiwage, which will elheolempierme fir mei yew to era& Mr. °Ter ra. evils twee the valbesded spoweheaskas which kaki pladialoot entertain relative to the charges of the Boma elf Wake, under the Drainage Act., of which be had expertaire how the erwallea• an the Blaawater. OLV =seirompreses of • well-ermhste4 system of th ose mil the stem el Milk preirelehiry islertail • r obeeme— .r If Is areekd fie slerfessworato ea east ego* the drip de 1 ,,.. ....., ..• nal debt. 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