The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1851. and then rendered it formidable by his presumptuous hope and the great boast of the century to have set undervaluing of the enemy. at rest. It is for the people and parliament of this country ' This is but too often the fate of religious questions to urge the adoption of such measures as are Wen- when once raised. They elude all the power of lated to put an end to the war in the shortest pea- moderate statesmen to seize and manage them, Bible time, and at the least possible expense. For, becoming in the hands of extreme parties the if it become serious, and prove of any lengthened instruments for lashing each other, as well as not a duration, we may rest assured that we will have to kw indifferent men between, into idle rage. For pay the piper. If the expense is gnat, the colonists this we have had to thank WISEMAN and CULLEN, cannot puv it ; and in any case they will refuse to and no doubt shall have to thank STANLEY and do so, and that on, to say the lesat,plausible grounds. Notts. Religious controversy is • hot iron that Tliequestion isnot merely,though of itaelf °sufficiently none but maniacs can forge. difficult one, whether a colony, denied the right of self-government, is liable for the expenses of any war in which irresponsible rulers, imposed by the home government, may involve it. The war has originated in a newly conquered country, entirely outside of the colonial front kr. The policy pursued in that country has originated with the home government, or with its. officials there. The colonists have had no interest! in, nor euntr o l over, what has been done in British I Kaffraria. The war is not, in the first instance at! least, between the colonists and the Kaffirs, but be- I twee n the Kaffirs and the British government and its officials amongst them. The colony is exposed to the hazard of a predatory and devastating invasion, because the British authorities in Kalfraria have pro voked a war in an adjoining territory. The duty at this moment incumbent on consti tuencies and their representatives is to urge upon government, in the first place, the adoption of mea sures fur the immediate termination of the war; in the second place, the immediate conferring on the colonists of a local responsible govern ment ; and in the third place, the relin quishment to that government of full power to adopt such a frontier policy as shall seem to them best calculated to ward off or repel Kaffir aggression, with the knowledge that this must be dune in future at their own cost. Thanks to the absurdity and presumption of the British authorities in Kaf &aria, and to the negligence of the Colonial-office, we are in for another Kaffir war. We say the negli gence of the Colonial-office, for Earl GREY was fore warned of what has now happened so long ago as December last, by one of the best informed and most influential colonists, in a letter that now reads like prophecy. This, however, is matter for after-consi deration ; our business at present is to take measures for getting as soon anti cheaply as passible out of the scrape we have got into. FRANCE. PARIS, FILMAT ETWITING. I have to-day a most important piece of news to communicate to you. You arc aware that a bill on the organisation of the national guard was brought in some months ago by the govern ment. One of the objects of this bill was to apply to the elections of the national guard the electoral law of May 31. But as the general dec- 1 tions for all the national guards of the republic take place on the 2:411 March, and the organic law cannot be ready so soon, it seems to have been understood between the committee and the govern ment that the latter should bring in a provisional bill, adjourning the elections until the organic law was past. But General Lauriston announced to the committee that M. Waisse, on being asked by him when the government intended to present the transitory law, answered, that after senouslv con sidering the subject, the government intended to let the elections take place according to the old law of universal suffrage. M. Waisse, on being sum moned yesterday before the committee, confirmed this statement. Great clamours were raised against thin, but M. Waisse said that the question had been settled in a cabinet council. The committee then declared to the minister that they would give a certain term to the government to retract this reso lution, and if it did not before the expiration of that term do so, the committee itself would take the ini tiative in bringing in this bill for adjourning the elections. This determination of I.ouis Napoleon to let the general elections of the national guard take place ae , cording to the old law of universal suffrage, must be hailed us a bold stroke to regain the popu larity which he lust by , consenting to be the instrument of M. Thiers in bringing forward the electoral law of May. The great outcry of the democratic party being invariably directed against the latter enactment, which they regard as the sub version of the Constitution, any concession on the part of the government affecting the electoral question tells with immense force, and assumes a vital importance. But when it is considered that the measure will apply to the universal elections of the national guard throughout the republic, it will be seen that the President is no peddling politi cian, but gathers his whole force into a mingle blow. The rage of Thiers and his compeers at this daring counterstroke is indescribable. A motion will be, as soon as poxsible, perhaps to-morrow, sub mitted to the Assembly for adjourning the elections until the passing of the organic law on the national guard, and urgency will be demanded. The discontent of the legitimists with the law of May, renders the question to them a matter of comparative indifference ; but tho govern ment must reckon upon losing in this struggle the support of its usual adherents in the club of the Rue des - Pyramides. On the other hand it will gain the whole Left, who, with the Bonapartists, may, if the legitimists abstain, carry the day. The bureaux completed yesterday their nomina tions of the committee on the budget: Ist bureau, MM. Germonicre and Wolowski ; 2nd, MM. Sau 'aim-Barthelemy and Gouin ; 3rd, MM. de Lusteyrie and de Slouchy ; 4th, MM. Beaumont and Lagarde; sth, MM. E. Leroux and Buffet; lith, MM. Gasc (Jean) and Fremy ; 7th, MM. de Montalembert and Lagrenee ; Bth, MM. Lopes-Duhee and Nlimerel ; 9th, MM. Berryer and Bixto ; 10th, MM. Pussy and Hennessy; 11th, MM. Vitet and Cunin-Gridaine; 12th, MM. Duces and de Panat ; 13th, MM. Leiwl letter d'Aulnay and Nfortimer•Ternaux; 11th, MM., Goulard and Gaslonde ; and 15th, MM. Creton, and Delebeeque. The government, yielding to the instances of Gen. l d'llautpoul, has indulged the warlike humour of the Governor-General of Algeria, by authorising an expedition against the Kabyles. Therm is no legislation on the subject of religion that can be considered permanent and unalterable. Whatever may be man's desire to build his creed. and that which appertains to it, upon a rock, still it must be clear to everyone that all state regulations and preferences and prohibitions must rest upon the floating surface of public opinion. In a country organised, and constituted, and free, m is this empire, it is plain that there is no religion that may not hope for ascendancy ,-- at least that ascendancy which a majority of numbers must give. It is said of each French soldier, that he carries a marshal's boters in his havresack. The humblest religion in a country like England may have the same aspiration, though not with more solid foundation for the hope. In a country which gives such full and unrestricted scope to reason and argumentative influence, it therefore, unpardonable for any religion to assume a rank or authority which circumstances do not give it. The legitimate means of advancement are in its power; it mod not gasp at those of violence or arrogance. But the Roman catholic religion, and the states connected with it, have far other rules of conduct, other ways of claiming ascendancy and maintaining it. When that religion, such as it now exists, was forming, it was a spiritual authority, competing with the despotic prince, the irresponsible judge, the rude soldier. To vie with them it naturally armed itself with dignities and immunities, with means of defence and weapons of offence. And not the least effec tual portion of its weapons was the assumption of dignity and rank. The POPE was the king of kings. The crowned heads of feudal empires kissed his foot or held his stirrup. The legate took precedents , of the proudest noble of a court. Thew were no empty pretensions. for they had solid results ; and although absurd in the earliest times, the struggle, being that of intellect ove r ignorance, and of religious dignity over that of force, was one which claims many sym pathies ha' the sacerdotal side. We need not say, however, what an anachronism it is to transfer that mode of warfare with which the church attained its ascendancy in the 12th century to our century of freedom and tolerance, of equality and courtesy. If Dr. WISEMAN or Jo lIANNE't v the desire, the funds, and the resolution to set snout the conversion of the English people to their several views of catholicism; and if, having a certain number of proselytes they wish to add to them by culling together congregations, building churches for them, preaching, writing they are perfectly free to do so. But neither are at liberty to assume titles, which of themselves imply authority over the land. and which being allowed and recognised by the state, actually give authority and dignity. It may be that to-morrow or next year, it will seem good and wise to the government and to parlia ment to take into consideration that the Roman catholies form one-third of the population of the empire. and, moreover, that they form an over whelming majority of the Irish people. To a religious body so important and so formidable parliament may think fit to cede, especially in Ireland, the right to assume titles and to wear territorial titles. We think that this is a concession that ought to be made in Ireland. But it is a con esswiiin for the (lutes, and the parliament, and the government to make, from the height of their supremacy. And it is not for any pontiff, much less fur any pried, who by misrepre sentationn and false promises may have crept into authority and filched dignity at ftonie—it is not for him to lie allowed to conic and endanger, with rude and unwarranted hand, that order of rank and pre mlenee which has been established by the legisla ture or by law, and which the legislature alone has the right to meddle with. Whatever, therefore, is to be the rank of the Roman catholic bishops in Ireland. we hold that even for that country it is right that the present proliihi five law should pass. It is the only answer that the (411E.Y.M of this n-alm can make to Rome—the only warning that can be given to its pontifical court, to warn them against future usurpation. and to assert. what has been asserted in England both in catholic and in protestant times, that the laws or the usages of England must not be overridden or disturbed at the ph asure of any foreign potentate. But this should not prevent the British legislature, in the plenitude of its power, from reconsidering largely and liberally the entire question of ecele identical establishments in Ireland. We are not for degrading the Irish Roman catholic prelates, or fur going to war with the prevalent religion in that country. Far from it. But we would first restore and strengthen the old constitutional barrier against the l'orr, in order to deal with native catholicity, independent of foreign influence or dictation. It is to be regretted that the doubts and intricacies of that law rendered it impossible to forbid the use of those ecclesiastical titles in trusts and in be quests. But to interfere with, or forbid, any such disposition of property under new re gulations, could not be contemplated or main tained. The Roman catholic, have once been deprived of their church property. They are com pelled to contribute a portion of what landed pro perty they still possess to a church they disown. To add to this by prohibiting their men of wealth from contributing to the payment and endowment of their church, would be a hardship that has but to be contemplated or described in order to be condemned by every just and generous mind. But unfortunately this emasculation of the bill deprives it of one of its virtues. that of satisfying the national and widely-awakened feelings of protes tant resentment. Many conscientious men will consider themselves tricked and sold, and will ease to put faith in a government that cannot vindicate what they consider justice and right. Party will not fail to take advantage of the defeat. The protestant cry, which, in the mouths of the whigs, might have served to deter Rome without persecuting Roman catholics, may, in its appropria tion by the tones, be converted into an interested and crient fund of fanaticism, and the old religious bc thus resuscitated which it was the great GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette of yesterday contains the following telegraphic despatch BERLIN, MAacn 6, (ErzwiNo.) This morning an Austrian dispatch arrived which contains a refusal to comply with the Prussian de mands. The government is determined not to re cede from these demands, and will, if they are not fully acceded to, prefer a re-organisation of the old diet. Prince Metternich has been called upon by the Emperor fur his counsel respecting the reorganisa tion of the confederation. Ilis counsel is, not to centralise Austria too rigorously, not to push Prussia to extremities, lest she should be forced to throw her self into " the arms of revolution ;" and, he adds, that it must not be forgotten that the prutestantism of Prussia, if stirred up, may add dangerous religious complications to present difficulties. The (Moyne Gazelle of yesterday positively repeats the assertion it made about ten days ago, that, on Prima Schwarxenberg's propositions being first made known, the order for the recall to arms of the reserve was really given, and that the Minister of War, in eying out this order, added the assurance that it had no connexion with the transaction of the Dresden conferences. It is said that Prince Sehwarzenberg will nor return to Dresden after the expiration of the fortnight's delay. The Swiss government have addressed a note to the cabinet of Vienna, pro mising to appoint some other place of refuge fur the political fugitives who give so much umbrage to Austria, and in other ways to comply as much as possible with the wishes of that power. The Ring of Prussia has received from the Emperor of %mia the present of the chain of the Order of St. Andrew, which has hitherto never been conferred on any one out of the imperial family. The chain is said to be worth more than a million of dollars. This present is thought by some to denote the ap probation of the Court of St. Petersburg of the Prussian policy. Our correspondent writes : BERLIN, MARC* 3. I perceive that the statements of the rrussiin ' ministerial press have found their way into the English journals, and I fear that the English public may be led to believe the story, -that the Prussian government intend to, or has already, demanded the return to the old German Diet as the only method of peaceably settling the dispute between the great powers, and at the same time restoring to Germany a central executive and legislative organ. Those who put forth these statements are either deceived hyothcrs, or deceive themselves into believing, that because the course of events has brought the German question into a position in which an opportunity is offered to Prussia to regain much of that influence in Germany which, since the convention of Olmutr, has been gradually vanishing into thin air. The return to the old Diet would destroy the ambition and far spreading plans of the Austrian premier; but men capable of perceiving this fact, and possessed of sufficient energy and honesty to take advantage of it, are wanting at this moment in the councils of the King of Prussia. I have the best possible reasons for knowing that his Majesty has been advised to take this! course by many persons whose opinions and position in the country ought to have weight and influence; but it has been in vain. The cabinet have derided at present not to entertain the plan of simply deputing a Prussian plenipo. tentiary to Frankfurt, where the Diet is still sitting, though' it is a proceeding which neither Austria nor the friends of Austria in other countries could venture to approve• De spatches have been forwarded to Vienna, in which this go vernment renews its consent to the eleven votes' project, provided the opposition of the minor states can be subdued without forcible and inequitable measures; the admission of all the provinces of Austria is again conceded, and the only concession claimed in return is the phantom purity which Mauteuffcl declares was promised in Warsaw and °hunts. This would have been conceded by the ultramon tane party behind the throne, had not 3lanteuffel shown more energy than usual in insisting upon it. The King himself is decidedly Austrian inclined, and would not hesitate to undertake the journey to Frankfurt t, do homage to the Austrian monarch as Emperor of Germany. He wishes the empire to b, restored, and the Prussian monarchs to be the of the empire. It is not without disbelief, therefore, that your readers will learn that it was his Majesty's opposition alone which thwarted Prince Schwarzenberg's plans for compelling the minor states to adopt whatever Austria and Prussia might choose to offer them. lie sttsche. , , however, the utmost religious importance to all sovereign rights; privileges possessed by God's grace are to him in reality objects of idolatry almost, and from this consideration only has it been impossible to prevail upon him to consent to the employment of compulsory measures against the small states. _ . A plenary sitting of the conference took place at Dresden on the 2,ith alt., at which the protocol of the 23rd was drawn up and agreed to. The plenipotentiaries of Lim ber; and Luxemburg and Holstein have not yet declared their sentiments on tho eleven vote project. The 1 protocol has accordingly been left open. All the minor German states, with the exception of Is:maw' and Bruns wick, have voted against Austria. These two were Prussia's most faithful allies during the late attempt to carry out a Prussian policy in Germany ; but they have turned cora lpletely round in anger and annoyance at having been so long deceived. PORTUGAL [By 111Cyctele Telegvaph.) The Madrid arrived at Southampton this morning, with the Peninsula mails. She left Gibraltar on Feb. 27, and Lisbon on March 2. EGYPT. We find the following in the Journal des Debats : —" The various letters which we receive from the Levant agree in sayingthat the differences whichhad arisen between the Sultan and the Viceroy of Egypt appear as far removed Meyer from being amicably set tled. The Divan of Constantinople will give up none of its pretensions; it still clamis the reduction of the Egyptian army, the repeal of the measures for providing for fresh armaments, and the introduction Into the Egyptian government of some of the liberal reforms which have distinguished the administration of lteschid Pasha. On the other hand, the Viceroy, Abbas Paella, resists, and latterly he has called to him the charges d'affaires of the powers which gua ranteed the treaties of 1840, to solicit the interven tion of their governments in his favour, and in the in terest of the treaties on which lie pretends to found his right of resistance even by force of arms. Inde pendently of his quarrel with the divan of Constanti nople,Abbas Pacha appears tobe entering on one also with the Consul-General of France, in consequence of the rigour with which he dismisses all the Frenchmen who were formerly employed in the public service, and that, frequently in the face of positive contracts and engagements. They whose term of ser vice had finished, have no complaint to make,' but those who had entered into contracts with the 'Egyptian government have applied to! the French consul, and demand at least an indem- 1 nity, which the ministers of Abbas Pasha refuse to grant. Such is the state of affairs; it has lately been becoming much worse, but we cannot believe but that it will be settled by amicable means." V* Court. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Bucking Aron Palace yesterday afternoon. At half-past two o'clock a deputation from the Corporation of the City of Dublin arrived at the palace to present an address to her Majesty, and were conducted to the Green Drawing Room by Sir William Martins and Mr. Arthur Blackwood, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting. The Queen was con ducted to the throne by the Lord Chamberlain, his Royal Highness Prince Albert being by her Aide. The Duchess of Norfolk and the Countess of Mount Edgeumbc, Ladies in Waiting, the Great Officers of State, and a number of Officers of the Royal Household, were in attendance. Her Majesty was also attended by the following Ministers, viz., Lord John Russell, the !slarquis of Lansdowne, Sir deorge Grey, Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle,. and the Marquis of Clanricurde. The deputation from Dublin consisted of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Andrews senior alderman of Dublin ; Alderman Kinahtut, high sheriff of Dublin; Alderman Iloyte Alderman Campbell, Alderman Gresluim, Alder num deorge Rae, J.l'., D.L. ; Alderman Hudson, Alder man Moyian • Town Councilor Leland Crosthwait, D.L. ; Town-Councillor Joseph Casson, Town-Councillor Classon, Town-Councillor William Harvey l'im, Town-Councillor Joshua Watson, Mr. Thomas Vance, T.C. ; Town-Coun cillor Arthur Baker, Town-Councillor William Fry, Town- Councillor John D'Arey, Town-Councillor Thomas Hutton, J.P., D.L. •. Town- Councillor Francis Cixld, Town-Coun- Iltichard Kelly; Town-Councillor John Jameson, Town-Councillor John Chambers, Sir T. O'Brien Bart., M.P. ; Sir Lucius O'Brien, Mr. Reynolds, M .P . ; Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Snagg, and Mr. James Lambert, town commissioner. The following officers of the corporation of Dublin were in attendance on the deputation, viz., Mr. Thomas Reynolds, Marshal of Lublin; Mr. William Ford, Town Clerk; Mr. Francis Dowling, Iligh Constable; Mr. Thomas Arkins, Sword Bearer; and Mr. James Curran, Mace Bearer. Mr. Frederick Sutton, Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, was in attendance on his lordship. lier Majesty's Honourable C. rps of Gentlemen at Arms lined the Throne-room. Iler Majesty being seated on the throne, the deputation were admitted, and were received by the Lard Chamberlain, 1 who conducted them to the Queen. The Lord Mayor read an address from the Corporation of the City of Dublin on the subject of the abolition of the office of Viceroy of Ire land, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. The Lord Mayor had then the honour of being presented to kiss hands. Sir Timothy O'Brien the mover of the address, and Town Councillor Leland Crre;thwait, D.L., the seconder, hail also the honour of being presented to the Queen to kiss hands. The deputation then retired. Alter the reception of the address her Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by Prince Albert, the Lord Presideut, the First Lord of the treasury, the Secre taries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Depart ments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Post- . • muter-General, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamber lain, the blaster of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince. Mr. C. Greville was the clerk of the council in waiting. The Queen gave audiences to Sir George Grey, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Earl Grey. The Marquis and Marchine*. of Normanby, Viscount Canning, Lord Broughton, Lord Marcus Hill, and Colonel lion. Charles Grey had the honour of dining with her Majesty last evening. A deputation ofladies, condoling of the Misses Lawrence, Marshall, Cubitt, Witten, Simpson and Fuller, had an audience of the Queen on Thursday l at Buckingham Palace, to deliver an address on the occasion of presenting a carpet, executed in needlework by one hundred and fitly ladies of Great Britain, to her Majesty. The ladies were accompanied by Mr. Francis Fuller. The address was read by Miss Lawrence, and was most graciously received by her Majesty. liis Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the studio of, Mr. Thornycrott on Thursday afternoon, to inspect the equestrian statue of her Majesty the Queen. A deputation of the Local Marine Board of London, con gating of Mr. Duncan Dunbar (chairman), Mr. Anthony' Ridley (deputy chairman), and Capt. William Drew, had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday at the Board of Trade. Despatches were sent off yesterday front the Colonial office to the Governor of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong-Kong. The Earl of Carlisle had a dinner party on Thursday, at his residence in Grosvenor-p:aee. The company consented of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Marquis of Lansdowne, laird Wodehouse, Lady Dover and the lion. 3lisses Ellis, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir Thomas lieditaltotts and the Hon. C. and Lady Mary Howard. The Dowager Duchies of Cleveland had a dinner party on Wednesday at her residence in Seymour-place. The company included the Earl and Countess of Camperdown and Lady Elizabeth Duncan, the Earl of Mulgrave, Sir Henry Lushington, Dr. Lushington, Mrs. Russell, Mr. E. Phipps, Col. and Mrs. Des Vocux, Lady Grey, Mr. Henry Milbank, and Mr. W. Lowther. (From law Dishes Gareite.) FOREIGN-GMCE, M ain 6.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Louglanels Cowell as Con sul at Gibraltar for His Majesty the Emperor of Austria ; also of Mr. N. Christian Mathiasen as Consul at Gibraltar for His Majesty the King of Denmark; of Mr. William Henry Tilstone as Consul in Canada for Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal and the Algarv,s ; and of Mr. Joseph Jesse as Consul at Montreal for His Majesty the King of the Belgian.. CRowN-orrice, I.litett 7.—Member returned to ',erre in this present Parliament for the Borough of Har wich: Henry Thoby Prinsep, of Little Holland-hou.se, licwington, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hohhouse, Bart., who has accepted the ottice of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAT. _ Two o'CLocc Little business has been done in the Stock Ex change to-day, except in railway shares, and the market for home funded securities has worn a flat appearance. The further postponement for a fort night of the Chancellor of the Exchetjuer's financial explanations, though perhaps indis pensably necessary to the minister himself, seems to excite a large amount of dissatisfaction in the City, the paralysing effect which a state of un certainty exercises on trade operations having been keenly felt for some time past. Opera tions in many branches of the colonial produce market have been partially suspended, and the dealers in the Stock Exchange seem decidedly indis posed to operate till they have some certain ground beneath them. The settlement of the monthly ac count in Consols is fixed for Tuesday, and may also tend to restrict business. Consols opened at yesterday's quotation, 961 to but are now flatter, at 96; to 1 both for money and the 11th. Tho prices of business arc :--Three per Cent. Consols, 961, .1 ; ditto for account, 961. Three per Cent. ReduCC4,97l, I. New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents., 991, 99. Long Annuities, 1860, 7 11-16, 1. India Stock, 264. There is rather more inquiry for Exchequerßilbs, and the price is steady, at 495. to 525. prem. India Bonds, under 1,0001., mark 525. end 575. prem. In the foreign stockmarket almost the only change is an upward movement in Spanish Active Bonds, consequent upon the receipt of what is interpreted as rather more favourable accounts from Madrid. The price of this stock showed an improvement after ( business hours yesterday, and to-day it has I reached 20;. Neither in this nor any other description, however, have the transactions I been important. Mexican Bonds are lower The following are the rates of business : Chilian Three per Cent. Bonds, (AI. Danish Five per Cents., 101 cx div.; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 581, 1. Grenada Deferred, 4. Mexican Bonds , 311, 1. Peruvian Deferred, 38, 1. Rns sian Five per Cents., 1111 cx div.; Ditto Four and-a-Half per Cents., 971, 7.. Spanish Active Five per Ceuta., 201, 20; ditto for the account, 201, ' ; the Passive Bonds, 41. Venezuela Deferred, 121, 4. INGLII3II VUNDIL—Tuts Div. mom stoat. no 13 par ct.lae. sea. 961 _.i..,49r. to Rs. t p:ke l o t : L Ott. u , I 131 yar sit.tt FOURION ft:s os. • -•- • --•--• $ par CI. RuPertea Bowie . - 1 per et. arl.la 13.14.. 17e 1 35 44 per Ct. 11*. bond 31 3 (Rawls Refer ra l R.I. .4 4 1 per Cost. 5 per Ct Mos. 844. 344 i Ipa Ct. Itrolltee 9,1, .92 4 Peruvian 151. 834 44 DIM Far. 91 3 Per:4s4w Cuurert 4 per Ct. Hutu. Ain.. 53 5 5 p.f Ct. K.... $15....110 12 Iper Ct. Chtlian Me.. 114 7 l'lttn Slobleb 114... Ditto Colulolt. Ref. RR., —. 3 per CI. Spanish Ws.. 374 84 ColuunNeas Equelor Ilde . .. 143. Referred 1514.. 3 roc Ct. 1/futleh las.. II 84 1/Itto P 41•• ft 4.44 9 5 per I'4. Put" Me. 104 1 11 v2r IR. Venesuele Ikle.. 10 I 41w Ct. lha ,, . ,^-.. . .„......./. .......- = • luet.te, 114 114 LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. PAIR. Ilital 7. e" Money. Opining , 3 per Chats. 3 per Cents. 4 per Cents. 3 do. New Loan ... ... .. 3 per Ceuta. Exchangers Lopatin: at slab; 2.3; 90 days, 34 Sit. Belgian, 5. 1840 D , 1142 77 .. Do. o. 3 1 8 Do. 26 Pledmnat 3 p.Ct 1819 83 ... Bank Shares Bovass.—St. Germain, 415; Versailles (right bank), 18738; ditto Deft bast), 183; Palls and Orleans. 83,; Paris and Bonen, C 47 SO. Marseilles and Avignon, ISO; Strasbourg wad Kale, 137 361 Ce ntre (*maw). 416 33; Orleans and Bordeaux, 393; Northern. 476 23; and aril Strasbourg, 366 15; Tours EMI Nantes, 236 33; 91Gatereau and Tr,yer, 95; Bourdeaux and Test', 33 60. for Mcournt. 1 1141 1 II Oa • Imre* LI 96 U 96 Bzut.m, MARCH 6.—Voluntary Loan, 10%; New Loan Four-and-a-llalf per Cents., 1001 ; National Debt, Commercial Marino Society's l'reiniuna, 1271 ; Bank Shares, 961. VIINNA, Ntsticit s.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 961 ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 8 ; Bank Shares, 1,258; Exchange on London, 12.43. THIS DAY. Two o'CLocc. There is a decided reaction in the share market to-day, and quotations generally have taken a lower range. Shares are little inquired for, and sales for the realisation of profits forming the bulk of the business, a downward tendency is natu rally imparted. Fast Lancashire shares have declined to 171; London and North Western stock, to 130 k ; Great Westerns, to 00i ; South Easterns, to 27; • York and North Midlands, to 261„ The following are this day's sales : 011.11INAItt SHAUL AND STOOLS. Aberdeen, 151 16 151 Ambergatc, Nottingham, and Boston, 4 5 ex div. ; Bristol and Exeter, 86 ex div.; Caledonian, 131 1 ; East Anglian, 251. L. and E. and L. , 4 1 ; Eastern Counties, 71 1 ; Eastem Union, Clam A, late E. 1.7, shams, af ; ditto 13. and C.,51 ; East Lancu., 171 ; Edinh ., Perth, &:llundee, 8f ; Great Northern, 18 ; ditto llalees, 11, 6 iwr Cent., 121 ; Great Western, 90 f ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, col ; ditto Fifths, 41 t ; Leeds and Think, 17: ; London and Blackwall, 81 ex div.; London and North Western, 1311 1301 cx die.; ditto Quarters, 23; London and South Western, 901 ; Man., Bum., and Mat., 11 4 ; Manchester, Shelf., and Lincoln shire, 361 51; Midland, Gll 1 ea div.; ditto 501. 21f 1; Newmarket, 7 cx new ; Newport, Abergavettny, and Ifere ford, 111 ; North British, Of ; North Staffordshire, 1111; Oxford,Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 19; Scottish Cen tral, 18 ; Scottish Midland, 101 ; Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, Class A, 41 1 die.; ditto B, 3j 1 ; Shropshire Union, 3: ; South-Eastern, 271 1 ; South Wales, 341 ; Taw Vale Extension, 4 3, ; Yale of Neath, 10:1; York, New castle, and Berwick, 21 1 ; ditto Extension, 171 17 ; York and North Midland, 20i :. LINES LEASED AT FINED RENTALS, Berta and Hants Extensions, o p•r cent., 61; Birming ham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, without a gua rantee, 27i ; East Lincolmhire, guaranteed 6 per cent., 32j ; Leeds and Bradford, 97 ; South Staffordshire, 6j. . - PREFERENCE snattEs. Aberdeen, I j ; Caledonitm, 101., 61 ; East Anglian, (31. 10s.) 8 per cent., 24 11; Great Northern, 5 per cent., 13j; North British, sj; Shrevrobnry and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) per cent., 10f ; York, Newcastle, and Bernick, 4j ; York and North . Midland . ll :. and S. Purch., 81. . - FOREIGN SHARE... Boulogne and Amiens, 10 91; Central of France cOrleans Vivri.on), 101 • Great Indian Peninsula, 21; Northern of Prance, 1.11; Orleans and Bordeaux, 1; Paris and Rouen, 2.51 ; Rouen and Havre, 111 ; Sambre and Meuse, 31; Tours and Nantes, sg. TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. In the tallow market to-day there is no demand for con sumption, but only for speculation. Prices arc quoted as follows :—Towu tallow, 375. nett cash ; l'etersburg Y. C. on the spot, 38s. to 38s. Gd.; March and April, 38s. 34. to 38s. 84. ; last three months, 38s. 9d. MARKET Astitscr.s.—Town Tallow, 39.. 6d. ; fat by ditto, 2r. Id.; Yellow Russian, 395. 60.; melted stult, 295.; rough ditto, 18s. ; Tallow graves, 95.; good dregs, Gs. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. ?dews. Cooper and Davis report short a supply at the following quotations : Prime Meadow Hay, 765. to 80s. ; inferior ditto, 60s. to 70s. ; Rowen, 60s. to 6.14. ; Clover, ,70 to 601. ; second eut, 63a to 70M. ; Straw, 235. to 265. LORD CAMPBELL'S BILL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE.— Lord Campbell's bill to improve the administration of criminal justice, now in the House of Lords, has been printed. It contains 31 clauses. The object of this bill, as expressed in the preamble, is to prevent offenders escaping conviction by technical strictness in the proceedings. A criminal court may amend any variance not material to the merits of a case. In indictments for murder and man slaughter, the manner and means in and bv which the crime was committed need not he specified. in trials for felony, if the offence he not completed, the parties may be found guilty of an attempt to commit the same, and in that case ate to be liable to the same consequences as if they had been indicted and convicted of the attempt to commit the felony only. Among various alterations contemplated, is one of a novel character on the arraignment of a defendant either for felony or misdemeanour. Ile is not to be called upon to plead • guilty " or " not guilty," but shall be asked " whether he wishes to plead guilty-, or any other plea, or to he tried." If he *IA say he wishes to he tried, I then the officer shall enter a plea of " nut guilty," and when a refusal to plead is apparent, then a plea of " not guilty " is to be reeeneled._ - - - ADVLTERATION or COFFEE.—The subject of the adulteration of coffee by chicory has for some time past occupied public attention. It will be seen by the following table the effects which it has upon the consumption of coffee, and that that con s umption is every ear decreasing, in the face of an increase of population. Ihe figures arc as follows: Consumption of coffee for fuur years, ending the sth of J.inua7 each year. 1818 .... 37,441,3,31b5. Decrease• 1849 37,077,1461 hr. .... 383,8271b5. 1850 34,359,3741b5. 2,678,1721h5. 1851 31,228,8401 b.. 3,172,•5341ba. THE EVIL EVE.—This superstition is still preva lent in this neighbourhood (Launceston). I have very re cently been informed of the case of a young woman, in the village of Litton, who is lying hopelessly ill of consump tion, which her neighbours attribute to her having been Total decrease in three years., 6,214,5331 W. • "overlooked " (this is the local phrase by which they de- The direct loss to the revenue from decrease of coasumt.- signate the baleful spell of the evil eye). An old woman Lion is at least 190,000(. The result of this adulteration is In this town is supposed to have the power of " ill wishing," i that nothing but low finalities of coifs,' are in demand. Or bewitching her neighours and their cattle, a n d is look e d I Fine Jamaica, which was in demand eight or ten years ago, on with much awe incontequence.—From "Notes and when the price was 30s. to 40s. per cwt. dearer than at Queries." present, is now scarcely saleable. Se 0 94 73 MARINE ACT. THE DODI)INGHURST MURDER. STRIKE OF THE LONDON SEAMEN. Last evening a meeting of seamen belonging to the port of London was held in the Temperance Hall, Prince's square, Ratcliffe-highway, to receive an answer from the President of the Board of Trade to a memorial presented on Wednesday last on the subject of the new Mercantile Ma rino Act. The hall id a spacious building, and it was crowded by seamen, the greater part of whom were stated to be connected with the coal and coasting trade. The walls were hung round with placards bearing such inscriptions r these, " We protest against the Mercantile Marine Act of ,1850," " We ask but our rights," " We seek but justice," "Use us as men," &c., &c. The meeting was convened for seven o'clock, but business was not begun for nearly an hour in consequence of the non-arrival of the promised answer from the Board of Trade. Atter some manifestation of impatience, Mr. G. RIDDLE, a seaman, and one of the members of the deputation to the Board of Trade, was called to the chair. Ile said he was sorry he was unable to fulfill the promise of the placard, by laying lwfsre them the ex-1 pected answer to their demands from the Board of Trade. On that day week he wrote to the President of that Board requesting an interview, which was granted, and on Wed nesday lay, Mr. Labouchere received him and his col- leagues, he was bound to say, with great kindness and I courtesy. It took place in presence of the members of the I marine department of the Board, who promised that they would return an answer to the memorial before this meet ing commenced. They had waited patiently up to seven o'clock,but no answer came, and he could not describe this I in any other way than as a downright insult to the seamen of the port of London. (Loud expresdons of assent.) Mr. Riddle then read the memorial, a very long document, but the following arc the principa' points of objection stated. In the outset, the memorialists . . . . . . Yesterday, at the As. ize-court, Chelmsford, before Lord Chief justice Campbell, Thomas Drury, 23, described as a fanner, was indicted for the wilful murder of Jed Denny, by strangling her with a rope. This case appeared to excite very great interest, and long before the doors of the court were opened they were literally j besieged by anxious applicants for admission. When the court was opened the crowding was terrific, and it was with greet difficulty that the jurymen could get into the jury-box. The prisoner is rather a good-looking young man, and his countenance did not present the least indication of ferocity. Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. ltodwell conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Treasury. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Hawkins. Frederick Chanceller examined by Mr. Rodwell.-1 am a surveyor, and I produce certain plans made by me of the neighbourhood of Brentwood, the spot where the body of the deceased was found, and the prisoner's premises. Thomas Last said : lam the father•in-law of the de ceased girl Jacl Denny. In October last, I was living at Doddinghurst, in this county, with my wife and the de ceased. We had been there just a fortnight. Previously to that we had been living at Mr. Drory's off-hand farm. I know the prisoner very well. He was living at this farm and managed it for his father. On the afternoon of the 12th of October I saw my daughter in the cottage about five or six o'clock. She was having her tea between six and seven with me and my wife. During tea she got up and said something and then went out. This was about half-rut six o'clock IV I near as I can tell. lam sure of the hour from something that occurred. I never saw my daughter again alive. We sat up that night until half-past ten for ker. When she went out she had on a pink frock, a blue shawl, her mother's cloak and her mother's old bonnet, and round her throat there was a piece of check. In conse quence of her nut returning, on the following morning be tween 5 and 6 o'clock I 'sent to search for her. I first went Ito the well and then to the bottom of the mead, milled she Home Mead. After that I went along the side of the fitness ° as far as it went, and at last I got to Mr. Cumber's mead, is the gravel-pit mead, and there I saw the body of my daughter lying upon the ground. I went up to it. The body was lying with the lace upon the ground, and I sew a cord round her neck. I did not touch her, and could not see how many times the rope was wound round her neck, but I observed that the end of it was loose between the thumb and fingers of the left hand. The deceased was right-handed. She had her cloak and bonnet on, and her clothes were straight down and orderly. After making the discovery, I returned towards my own house, and as I was going along I met a man, named Hammond, and we returned to the body and turned it over. I then saw that her nose was pressed down tight, and that blood was flowing front the mouth, nose, and eyes. The ground on the spot from whence I had moved the face had blood upon it. Alter this the body was removed to my own house iu the same state in which it was found. expressed their sense of the importance of encouraging the 1 1 merchant seamen in moral and professional improvements, but they submitted that this could never be effected by fines and penalties imposed on thorn against their will ; neither ran it be obtained by increasing the power and irresponsi bility of masters and officers on board ship. They remarked that the working seamen were more interested in the moral than the professional qualifications of their officers; and that as every public board must, from its nature and consti tution, be unfit and incapable of ascertaining or improving the moral condition of ships' officers, any such functions were entirely valueless. Nothing short of a public tribunal, they continued — such as the local police c 'tarts, capable of holding up to public censure or execration the oppression and injustice of officers—could ever effect their moral im provement. It was a most unconstitutional regulation, not to be borne by the English sailor, that his master should have and exercise the power of irrevocably declaring the character and future position of the crew after the con clusion of caah voyage, such power, as the memorialists re marked, requiring more extensive virtue than human nature was ever supposed to possess." (Laughter.) The memorial then referred to the insufficient com pensation allowed by the Merchant Seameas' Act to sailors fur short provisions during a voyage, as also to the want of compensation fur assaults committed at sea, the want of an adequate supply of lime juice for the prevention of scurvy, &e. They asked for some provision with respect to the log book, whereby all entries affecting the character and con duct of the 'Kew should be read aloud at the time of the entry, with liberty to the persons so interested to enter any denial or explanation with respect to the charge made. The memorial next touched on the evils alleged eagainst the shipping offices. They regarded as a hardship that any office should be established at any sailor's home, or other trading establishment, as most unfair to seamen not connected therewith, and they urged the transfer of the offices on Tower-hill to the various decks for the convenience of the seamen. The menio rialista next referred to the 22 rules contemplated with respect to seamen in foreign-going ship's. The multiplied fines, penalties, and forfeitures proposed, would, they said, reduce the seamen to the condition of slaves. Va rious objections were urged against the institution of ship ping matters with a view to settling and adjusting disputes as to wages between masters and crews. The memorial concluded by praying the Board of Trade to take into con sideration the various complaints set forth. Mr. Riddle then proceeded at great length to comment on the leading points above mentioned. lie had for a period of 15 years discharged every function of a seaman except that of shipmaster in the royal navy, as well as in the merchant service, and he required no school now to give him a medal. Doubtlets many of the points could not be obtained without a repeal of the act, but there were other. which they could obtain through the influence of the Board of Trade. For example, they might have the shipping offices removed to the immediate neighbourhood of the docks, and thus ease a seaman the necessity of travelling all the way from the East India Docks to the Minuries. Gain this stage and they might get rid of them altogether. Ile told Mr. Lahouehere that he had been 15 years at sea, and haul never required the service of a shipping office, and why should he now? Mr. Lahouchere answered that he was not compelled, for he could sign articles on board ship. True, but he was compelled to pay the shilling for the office. (Hear, hear.) Ile believed, from his heart, that if the first measure submitted by Mr. La bouchere to parliament had been carried, it would have been a great benefit to the seamen. But the shipowners had what the seamen had not, an influence in the matter, and the bill was withdrawn. At length the present bill was passed, to the satisfaction of the shipowner. If they would read the time hills together, as he had done, they would not blame Mr. Lahouehere, but the shipping interest in parliament . At the interview on Wed nesday Mr. Labouchere remarked that he was glad they all seemed so quiet in London. Ile (Mr. Riddle) re plied that smooth water runs deep, and he had a good mind to add that the devil would be found at the bottom. By Mr. Clarkson—l have been married some years to the mother of the deceased. Before I lived with the prisoner at the offhand farm, I lived at South Weald, iu this county. The deceased had lived with us at that place. She had been promised marriage by a man named John Byat while we were living at Mr. Drory's. I think deceased left llyat's company, and that he did not desert her. After this j she was acquainted with a man earned litlbbard, sad it was said that he woo going to marry her. I don't know whether he left her or not. .1 don't know how long they kept company together. The deceased used to go sometimes to Brentwood fair, but I don't know that she ever danced at any of the booths there. Thu prisoner managed his father's farm, and used to send fowls and calves to market. I don't know that he used to kill the fowls or bleed the calves. I have seen him kill pigs some times, and when they were nursing calves it was WS duty to suckle them. The prisoner was engaged in reaping last harvest, and I remember his cutting himself, but I don't know what trousers he had on at the time. lie cut MC of his nails right off, and ho went home directly. Re-examined—lt was wheat harvest when this occurred. I never saw the prisoner bleed a calf. The prisoner was living at the farm at the time my daughter was there, and they were intimate together. Mr. W. Hammond—l live at Doddinghurst. I recol lect seeing the last witness on the morning of the 13th of October, about eight o'clock, in the meadow adjoining his cottage. I heard him making a noise, and I went up to him, and he took me into Gravel l'it Mead, where 1 saw the body of the deceased in the position he lam described. She WWI lying a little upon her left side anal quite dead. I observed a fur tippet lying upon the ground near her. I felt her arms and legs anal found they were quite cold and stiff, anal then I assisted Last to turn her over, and I then observed the end of a cord, about an inch land a half long, hanging loosely on her left hand. I observed that her face was black and very much 'molten, and there was blood bubbling from her mouth and nose. I next noticed a cord round her neck. It was twisted threat times round it. I took one tun of the rope off the neck—that turn was a little louse. I then put my linger to the throat and found that the knot of the cord was on a part of the neck, and the remainder of the cord was very tight round the neck and embedded in it, and the flesh was swelling over it inconsequence of the excessive tightness of the coral. I did not cut the cord but left it in the state I have described. After I had left Last in the charge of the body, I went to the prisoner's house. It was about half-past eight o'clock Ile was not at home, and, in consequence of something had heard, I gave directions to my . brother, and went my self to Mr. Colson, the police superintendent, and I 11(.01111- paniol him to the house of Mr. Moore, at Slienlield. 'Chia was in a contrary direction to the spot where the body was found. Mr. Colson found the prisoner at Mr. Moore's, and we all went towards the spot where the body was lying.' As we were going along the prisoner asked me what made mo out sowing so late in my field on the previous night. I told him I was not sowing anything, but 1 had drawn on a couple of sacks of soot. A person go ing from the place where the body was found to Brentwood would have to pass this field. I was on the field about eight o'clock on the night before, anal that was the time the prisoner referred to. I was about in different parts of the field for twenty minutes. I knew the prisoner anal the deeetuied very well, and I had frequently seen them together during the last two years, and they appeared very familiar. Of late they had not appeared to be quite so familiar. The last time I had seen them together before her death was about three weeks before it occurred. Upon that occasion I saw them in the prisoner's father's mom!. Louisa Last—l am the mother of the deceased. She was 21 years old on the 13th of lest June. I knew the prisoner anal bad fur some time lived at the Brick-house Farm, which he occupied. I knew that he was intimate with my daughter for shout a year and-a-half before last October. Oa the 12th October the deceased was busy at our cottage. We had moved from the farm on the:lth Septeinher. I had acted as housekeeper to the prisoner, and my husband worked on the land. I remember the evening of the 12th (Mather. My daughter went out for a short time on that evening between four and five o'clock. She returned home soon afterwards, and came to me in the garden, and in consequence of something she said I preparasl the tea. It was about our usual time for that meal. I and my husband and the decemed sat down to tea, and while site was having her tea my daughter looked at the watch and got up und drank her tea and laid her bread anal butter down and went out. She put on any old bonact anal cloak, anal a piece of cheek folded as a hand , kerchief was placed round her head and neck. She dressed herself very hurriedly, and dial not tie her bonnet. More she went out she said something to me about un appointment, and on the following morning, when I asked the prisoner where my child' was, he said he did not know, he had not seen her, I had him it was not true, for , he did see her the day before, between four and five o'clock, and talked to her, and appointed to meet her at lialf-past 6, at the stile nearest to my Mouse ' and she had gone to meet a him. I then asked him where he left her, anal he said he hail not seen her after five o'clock, and that he had been to Brentwood afterwards. My daughter was in good health when she went out, and she appeared cheerful and in good spirits. I never saw her again alive. 1 expected from her leaving her bread and butter in the way I have deSeribllt k that she would have returned almost isnmediate)y. I first , saw the dead body at my own house. I observes'that her bonnet was crushed both before and behind, in the state it now appears, and I observed stains of blood . upon both the corners of the piece of check. I likewise , noticed some of the hair of the deceased upon the cape of , the cloak she has worn, and likewise a rent which was not thereon the previous evening. On the 3rd of September before this, I remember a youth, named Gilding, being at the prisoner's house. At this time I knew my daughter was in the family way. I odd to the prisoner in Gibling's in of th mam at of i m ng y da m uzh o tt i raha ig t , h w e h m en ust an b; da aPrtv e r g i.i h na te cine ; r a' a id s th s a e il Fe k n months gone in the family way by . him. I had heard he was going to get married. The prisoner made no answer when I said this to him. I spoke to him (Laughter.) l'erhaps this might turn out to he so in the present case. Mr. Labouchere asked him whether the with drawal of the twenty-two clauses in the ships' articles, with respect to flays, from:the printed form .would satisfy them, provided they were hung up in the shipping office, so that master and men could mutually adopt as many of them as they might think fit? lie (Mr. Riddle) said no; nothing but the complete withdrawal would satisfy them. Mr. Labouchero objected that it could not be done without the repeal of the act ; and that the most lenient form of fines had been selected from no less than 300 articles before the board. The speaker proceeded at great length to point out the objection entertained by the seamen to this portion of the measure. He particularly dwelt on the fart that the best conducted seamen might in a moment of forgetfulnoss give an answer which would subject him, without the chance of explanation with the view to redress, to the lossof his wages. It was a power which ought not to be imposed in any ship's officer. (Loud cheers.) It was probably the consideration of this point which had prevented them hear ing the answer of the Board of Trade that evening. As fur as a moral force was concerned, he was prepared to use it, and to recommend that it should be unflinchingly used by his fellow-seamen. (Hear, hear.) But they must do nothing in violation of the law. (Cheers.) If they could nut obtain what they desired by moral force, they would certainly never get it by physical force. (Ilear,hear.) A public demonstration had been suggested, but he did not think that would be advisable. (Hear, hear.) The only proper course, in his opinion, would be, to insist on their rights, by refraining to go near the ships, until they ob tained an answer from the Board of Trade. (Cheers.) A strike would probably begin to-morrow, and he had only to enforce on his fellow-seamen the necessity of being true to themselves. (Hear, hear.) If a strike should take place, he trusted every seaman from the north would find his way home the best way he could, and nut go underselling others. (Cheers.) He knew meet in which men who were standing out for 21. 10s. and 21. is. were replaced by others who at once consented to go out for 2/. (Cries of " Shame !" and "It is true.") He trusted there would he nothing of this kind, so long as they found it necessary to hold out. If any one asked them to go on beard, let them say. " I won't go." (Loud cries, " Let nobody go.") They had a goo l example before them in the conduct of the seamen of Liverpool, who sent the men 36 miles into the country, so that it was impossible that they could take ship. That was an example for a strike. Th e port of Liverpool deserved more applause than any other port in Great Britain for the staunchness of their strike. They had expended 500/., and had 600 men located at Manchester. Mr. KAVANAGH, a seaman, moved a resolution pledge ing the seamen present to abstain from going near any ship ur shipping-office until the Board of Trade return an answer to the memorial. (Loud cheers.) They must not have tuo many irons in the fire, but must get one point thoroughly abolished before they proceeded to another. Mr. BIDDELL, having vacated the chair, seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. After some discussion, the meeting adjourned till Monday evening next, to afford the Board of Trade an opportunity of returning an answer to their memorial. two or three times afterwards upon the subject of my daughter's condition, and we used to disagree. SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE SUFFERERS BY CHOLERA Gilding was the brother of the girl to whom I h ai l IN THE lONIAN loLAsns .— A correspondent says :—" The heard the prisoner Was going to be married. On the 29th evil genius of the lonian government has availed, it would of September, 1 and my husband went to the prisoner's , seem, to overshadow even this benevolent attempt ; for we house to remove some fruit trees we had left b e hi n d. M y learn ' that the subscription was suspended, in consequence daughter was at home at the cottage alone. I suddenly 'of unfounded rumours of another outbreak in Cephalonia, missed the prisoner from the garden, and upon my returai but is now resumed, and will remain open unt il the 31st ing home I tound him under my bed in my bedroom. My 'of March. From the lonian papers, we learn that the daughter was down stairs in the keeping-room, and she , ravages of the cholera produced an amount of evil and appeared hot and Hurried. The prisoner, upon seeing me, suffering which it was beyond the means of . the lonian go- came out from under the bed and handed m e a paper, whi c h vernmcnt either to restrain or remedy. Nor . was at until I read, and he said to me, . here, are you going to sign after a loan of 6,0001., as we learn from Sir H. Ward's this ?" I saw it was my daughter's scribbling. I tuld thu i speech to the Assembly, had been raised from the lonian prisoner I knew nothing about it, and I was not going to Bank, as a great favour, at 5 per cent. : that the British set my hand to any paper whatever. The paper appeared ' administration in those islands could assist or succour the to have been just written. terrified and starving peasants' families who thronged It was then rut in and read. It was dated the 29th of around the cities in crowds, while their fathers and September, 1843, and went un as follows : ! husbands were carried off at the rate of nearly 200 " This is to prove that this trouble that lamin is not a week. The cholera has gone, but has left a long by Thomas Drury, although I suppose it has been reported series of aggravated misery behind it. To relieve this it is, and therefore I wish to satisfy the minds of those who a mibseription was opened, and all the other islands 1 may read this note that I wish them to trouble themselves veva:l4lyd to a man ; but, as has been said, their means 1 about theirown business." It was addressed to the prisoner. are too small, not merely to remedy, but even to allevi- 1 Examination continued—l cannot say whose writing is ate so universal a misery. Hence this appeal to British hu- upon the envelope of the letter. The prisoner did not pro manity. lier Majesty and Prince Albert, as we learn from duce the envelope, but merely showed me the paper. This private sources, spontaneously, and at the instant, for- j occurred in the L. 411,0111, and I immediately seat down to warded a subscription on their part to the islands, in aid of my daughter and spoke to her, nod then went out, leaving the sufferers. It is tote regretted that Sir H.Ward did not her and the prisoner in the house. I did not know my make it a part of his duty to announce publicly this fact, as daughter was in the family way until the 3rd of September, so illustrious an example would undoubtedly have been ful- and in the ordinary course she would have been lowed by a better result than we fear seems likely to Ulm- delivered at the end of October, and linen had taste British benevolence in the present subscription for the been prepared for the baby, and every requisite had benefit of the poor Cephalonians. However, it is not yet been provided. Before my daughter came to live with too Late." us she had occasionally been in service, and she used fre