The Express. — London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

LONDON DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION. The annual meeting of this society was held pester :sat the offices in Pall mall. The Bishop of London pro. The CHAIRMAN. in opening the proceedings, described the present as a great educational crisis, the remelt of which was dependent upon the friends of the &suit —whether they would conduce to the interests of the church and the country, or whether they would take a backwera step is their efforts to pi...serve the connexiam between religion. and secular education and the matt tanance of that intimate union between the two, vadat he might better call a fusion, for lie maintained that the only education which might be called Christian was that formed of an union of the religious and the secular. A great event had taken place during the last year in the publication and adoption of the minutes of the council upon education. What would be its ultimate results it was impossible to foresee, but still they might predict, with a certain degree of confidence, that if the church was true to herself, end put forth bee energies, the result would be beneficial to the church herself, through her to the interests at Christianity in this country, and therefore to the welfare of the country herself. But it was obvious that, in order to realise such results, increased exertions mast be made by the church, to feeder the present system as perfect as was necessary, in order to secure the co-opera tion of the government of the country. In fact, he thought that one of the most striking features of the government Isn was the Christian prudence which marked it, and that it rendered a certain degree of efficiency in existing schools seceware to secure any assistance from public resources. Thee coidd scarcely imagine a stronger stimulus than that prennon was calculated to give to the exertions in the cause. Be looked with some degree of satisfaction to one of the soot important features of the scheme, which, before the yak~aeon of the minutes, marked the operations of the London diocesan board ; he meant that of pupil teachers ; for though they {the board) would not arrogate to them eless* the origin of that branch of the measure, still it could not be denied that they had practised the system before it was proposed by the government; and it gays him great pleasure to see it adopted by them. They (the board) had every reason, as far as their operations had es yet Weeded, to be satisfied with their pupil teacher', spit to conceived that they should do everything in their power Murry out the system. The peculiar wants of the diocese he had so often described on other oecasions,as to resider any pement allusion to the subject unnecessary. In the course that year, the committee had put forward proposals for the erection of schools it/ order to meet that want. The appeal Ili& they had made to the public in furtherance of these =had not, however, been respended to in that degree be hoped would be the case when the whole plan came tube unidered. It was tot merely a question of whether sislant funds would be raised by the friends of Ws bard in the metropolis, but on the forma. Ihn at that fund depended the posaibility of their Wise ajast measure of government aid. There was one ban tithe measure proposteiby the board which he coe dited% be particularly deterring of support. After all the didemeen which had been made to place within the pale l idi om in education, the almost countless number of poor in the metropolis ' - after all the exertions of the Ba llad Society, and in other quarters, there were still thru m's at that 'auforturiate dame, not only in a state of igno reue,but leading a life of depravity, caused by the example aftkir parents, who purposely withheld from them those ahrlngla of which they stood in so much need. It was in neswieeme of those considerations that the board keel pm. pipi_a remedy for the evil. At the same time, he edimme- Wipe the great assistance afforded to the eau* by the tend rebook, which he considered metemmtelle reneithill he aappatt,although he could have wielmeleat this win he more immediate connexion with the idetred illim . li t illW that the friends of the cause would not las inskusak , le Mewing the example which had been theses" fer that ' thendment of their exertions was one of tie mast tespsrtent .et the same time that it was the mot dlllienbt of any. Ws lordship concluded by expressing his acknowledgments la the government (or the important aid which they offered letbsesuse, and by an earnest appeal to the clergy and WV( the country , to tend it their support. Bosoms, the bon. secretary, then read the report. ski was of considerable length, entering fully into tienatare of the society's past exertions and their p rosp ects teribe &tare. Its principal topics were the propos . gse setemmit measure, and the application of the p 111 Ihe board in furtherance of the system Trig 1 It pespowd. Among other matters it suggested, with 1 1 NIMBI to pupil teacher, that as it would be bad dilkalt to retain childr en in the schools unless Mae- ! Wig ass done to retain parents, that it would be adven Seems if twelve children should be selected and paid; as lied issaiton, at 51. per annum, so that they would lot kept Vein cgs when they would be ready for the operation of 11..umaesat plan. The attention of the board had been stewed to the establishment of schools for the very t dam; and ft had been ascertained, that with to the Meek ed Ragland wheels, their number was altogether espeepartimata to the number of children who ought to Mitef drily instruction. The report then proceeded to plea which the society had forded for the extension el einteese in the metropolis, which was to build fifty new ifide Sid tans bring 15,000 children under daily untrue smoke ism to be defrayed by local subscriptions, assistance ha en Mama Society, and grants from the Committee of Osnalla Idaaation. This they proposed to effect by the idnstas JIM= :-1. To promote and aid in the building gilliwZ, le those parts of the metropolis which are included at the disesse of London ; and wherever it is practicable, to Alums last the residence of the teachers. 2. To aid in Wade* sad improving tamale which already exist in theuillus districts, until they are in, a coudition to avail Ilimmniess of the government assistance. 3. To trent in led fitting up h ued rooms for national and paro so well as to contribute towards maintaining 6 .4 a 'shoots fur destitute and neglected children = sat," (elselem/y ragged schools), with a view to preparing Raddes— kr the more regular and permanent institutions. r=eaccluded by an earnest appeal to the charitable el the metropolitan public. ROC W. °LADS/0148, in moving the adoption . 1 ete swat expressed his entire concurrence in its winti- Plees, and his approt al tof the government scheme, describ selesessisct of the church as a wise and dignified con senha. With respect to the education of the peer, he di rtied Aso attention to the fact that the clergy had hitheew 1 4 1 t, fir greeter concessions in proportion than the laity. 7,,,,f,ripm to tho ragged schools, he urged the necessity of a-- °fled kept strictly under church superintendence, and • "exasibility being established on the part of the teachers a ll° thoif luangesient. 1 •4 Rm. Sir H . DUX INFILLD seconded the motion, 'flea was emded ertenhnously. The P&L A. X Campeau. then moved: Thug. h mik . reit Mole of the e 'l:teatime' queellee he th is country , tad terthe meet streenaes exertions of the enteetkesd /r obe . "WINO with a vim ef eneesesiss Ida sod Melee el the 844 seeletease ores by Ole gsreemant. thug 07:Vellsaggiemmetrassiaa awardtag le the wind. simm g , , a "IM *web, slam wee ma imam el essaihr by gm sommigee et emand4 mike- Mir lope= ma Imam lit /nisi, Inas able egesab, seconded the resole * mid& was she adopted' end was followed by two pa il t . l eePolbilleg the committee and auditors teethe ensuing g e wi ra o ttnfi_ thanks to t w ci si th a e nn r o th n t . r d e rev. president, t p h r e es c i t d s ent, our offr the om infti diaff—The meeting then separated. °MINYA", BANK.—A ngs V a7 of the proprietors girth* Oriental Bank was br ed at their Am in Weibel:lok, when the new fie; the covens/neat of the hank, which were skied at the mensal Dwwwbir Wt. were tenfirmed ea the C:ll "l4 their tense Ithectissa Parr OFFICS NOtions.—The following notices were inued yesterday atone boners! Pooteefilee, St. Martia's le-Grend:—" All lettere and nes intended to be forwarded by the . packets between States and Bremen, and which It is understood will touch at South ampton, must be specially addmesed to be sent by the American packets. Letters Gowned by thew packets between Great Britain and the limited States will be liable to the usual British packet portage of Is. for a letter not exceeding half an ounce, and 2e. per ounce, and so wit in proportion . Newspapers will be charge able with a postage of 2d. each. These rates mist be paid la advance, whether the letter are addressed to the United States or to any part of British North America, se to countries via the United States."—" All letters and newspaper, for South Australia will hereafter be *awarded by private ships sailing direct to Port Adelaide, unless specially addressed to go by the month] y packets sail ing from Gravesend. The postage chargeable upon such correspondence will consequently be the usual ship-letter rate of Yd. for each letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, &c., and Id. for newspapers, unless such letters or newspapers are specially addressed to be forwarded by packet, when the packet rate of Is postage will be chergable upon the letter, and newspapers will be forwarded free. JOURNEYMEN DURRIERs' BENEVOLENT INSTITU MON.—The first annual meeting of the members of this institution, which was established for the relief of aged and iaarm journeyman currier,, and ultimately to provide an asylum for their reception, was held last evening at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings. Mr. E. Grant presided. The committee is their report con , gratulated the society on the support which they had met with during the year, which they considered would prove of sonsiderable benefit to the class in question. They had Ur iodated addresses to all the employers in the trade in London —having previously received support only from jour neymen—and felt gratified in being able to state that a response had been made to their call, sad that every encouragement had been given them to go forward. The committee regretted that the pre sent depression of trade, combined with the high price of provisions, had prevented a great number of the members frompaying up their subscriptions, which they (the com mitter) recommended should be collected weekly where practicable. The report was adopted, and was followed by the transaction of some routine business. The receipts dur ing the year amounted to 1311., which was increased by • donation of 101. from the chairman, and some contributions from other sources. It was stated that there would be no eharitable disbursements until the fund amounted to 5001. THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY held its annual aiteeting at the offices in Sackville street, Dr. Pritchard, the president, in the chair. The report stated that the loss of three members by death, and four others who had resigned, was much to be regretted, the more so because the diminu tion thus caused in the number of members rendered it im probable that the council should be able, as proposed, to meet fortnightly, instead of monthly, as at present. There was, however, yet time, before November, when the session commenced, for a sufficient increase of members. The so ciety now consisted of 69 members. The society's journal was progressing slowly but most satisfactorily. The augmen tation of the library was an object highly desirable ; and as the council had no funds at their disposal for that purpose, they renewed their invitation to the members to make volun tary contributions. The balance sheet showed that the total receipts had been 3071. lie. 7d, and the expenditure 2751. 4s. 5d., leaving a balance of 321. 10s. 2d. The presi dent read his usual annual address, which he opeted by saying that he thought, from the little interest taken in it, the nature of the science of ethnology was not properly un derstood. He then gave a long account of what had been done by recent writers towards the advancement of the science, and bow the late discoveries in Egyptian hiero glyphics and other ancient inscriptions bore upon that ad vancement. After the address, which, together with the report of the council, was unanimously ordered to be printed, eight new councillors were elected in place of the like num ber going out by rotation. MEETING OF IRISH BOROUGH MEMBERS.—The re presentatives of the Irish boroughs were invited to attend a meeting on Monday, at the Insh offices, for the purpose of considering the provisions of a bill for shortening the dura tion of borough elections in Ireland. drawn by the solicitor general for that country, Mr. J. H. Monahan. The meeting took place, sad was fully attended.—Mr. Labouchere stated that his reason for ceiling the gentlemen together was, that , they might hear an explanation from the solicitor-general as to the character and objects of the bill.—Mr. Monahan then, at considerable length, explained the principles, and went through all the details of the bill, of which only • few MS. copies were circulated. The great object was to diminish the extravagant expenses incurred at borough elections, to prevent tumultuous and violent assemblages of people, and especially of those who did not enjoy the right of voting, and the other evil consequences necessarily attendant upon col lecting multitudes or people in an exestedstate. The propo sition was, that there should be one nomination day and one polling day—five polling places to be erected in each borough. —Sr Ito Ferguson, on being appealed to, expressed himself unrifled with the measure ; and so did a majority of the gentlemen present.—Mr. Cecil Lawless expressed some distrust as to the effect of this measure upon the popular party in Ireland, bat would not oppose it Roche (Cork county, who, by the way, was irregularly present ) objected to the bill, on the grounds that it would reduce the influence in elections of the non-electors, and that the measure &hive thee was hasty and immature.—lmmediate notice is to be given of the introduction of the bill.—Mr. Monahan, in the course of conversation, declared that he bad never enter tained the notion of standing for the borough of Sligo, and that the laments circulated in some newspapers as to his in tention of so doing were " all moonshine." THE DAGENHAM MURDER.—Yesterday large pla cards were exhibited at all the station-houses of the metro polis, and also posted in other piney., offering a reward of 501. for the apprehension of William Persons, police ser jeant, and Isaac Hickton, police-constable, lately in the K division, charged with conspiracy and perjury at the inquest held at Dagenham, in the county of Easel, upon the body of George Clark, a police-constable, who was brutally mur dered on the 29th of June, 1846. The placard states that " Her Majesty's government will give the above reward to any person who shall give such information as will lead to the apprehension of these men, or a proportion of it for the apprehension of either of them." Parsons is described as being thirty years of age, sft. 7lin. high, fresh complexion, small grey eyes, sandy hair and whiskers, much freckled, welts upright, and is well proportioned; by trade a miller, and born in St. Peter's, Norwich. Hidden is described as being thirty-three years of age, Mt. 911 n. high, fair cora plemon, grey eyes, light brown hair, email sandy whiskers, round-shouldered, draws his mouth on one side when talk ing, especially when excited ; by trade a currier, and was employed at • tanner's at Halscowen, neer Birmingham, about three months since, and born in Warbus, Derby. SHARPERS OUTDONE.—OR Wednesday last, about noon, as Mr. John Harris, a respectable Suffolk farmer, was standing on the north side of St. Plllll'. and silently con templating the beauty and grandeur of that splendid edifice, his attention was somewhat arrested by a person of re spectable appearance, who stood close to him, and who, evidently addressing him, exclaimed, " Eh, Loord, beast it be a loin building." Mr. Harris replied in the affirmative, and the fellow at once asked him if he had not come out of Suffolk ? This question was also answered in the affirma tive, and the man instantly said that he was a native of that county, and talked about different parts of it with much apparent freedom. He then proposed a walk as far as Hyde Park-corner, to view the statue of the Duke of Wellington, which, he said, he understood from some of his friends in town, was well worth seeing, and Mr. Harris having no particular engagement, and not having previously seen the statue, said he had no objection to accompany him that far. They accordingly walked toge ther to Hyde Park-corner, and having spent some time in gazing at the statue, they bent their course along Constitution-hill : they neat viewed Buckingham Palace, the Horse Guards, Westminster Abbey, and the Houses of Lords and Commons, and ultimately crossed Westminster Bridge, to go to the Borough.. In the London-road Mr. Harns's acquaintance recommended some refreshments, and took Mr. Harris into the Duke of York public-house, close by ; there they had some ale, and were joined by a third person. The subject of the danger of carrying large sums of money about the person in London, from the great number of thieves who congregated in the streets, was started, and by great ingenuity and tact the sharpen, for such they were, succeeded in learning from Mr. Harris that he had upon his person thirty-five sovereigns and five 51. notes. One of the fellows, the person whom he had met in St. Paul's, then offered to put • similar amount of money in a bag provided Mr. Harris agreed to do the mate, and leave all in ha care. The proposition appeared so fair and so di-interested on the port of a stranger, that Mr. Mania at once consented to comply with it, and • canvass bag was produced. The stranger counted out what appeared to be real sove reigns, and five notes, which seemed to be for U. each, and, having put all into a green silk purse, deposited the latter in the canvas bag. Mr. Harris in his turn did the same, but the instant he placed his purse in the bag he was seized with a strong misgiving that ha was about to be done, and fortunately seized fast hold of the beg itself. The par ties made a great effort to get it away from him, but he kept fast hold, and one of them exhibited • second bag, and exclaimed that it was the one that contained the money. The object of having the second bag was clearly to ring the changes as soon as ?dr. Harris placed hie money in one, and instead of the bag with the money, they would carefully place in his pocket one containing a few pence, or farthings, perhaps, and pieces of paper. Mr. Barns was fortunately not thrown of his guard by the production of the *woad bag. He carefully grasped. and held the first, and having disengaged himsel f from his new asuelates, he rushed into the strata to look out for a policeman to give the parties in charge. They, however. were out of the place nearly as quirt as himself, and scampered off in different directions. On seeing . a policeman, Mr. Harris made him acquainted with the circumstances, and the officer having ascertained that the thieves had started, took him to the station-house, where he gave a most accurate description of them ; they en the parties who succeeded a few days before in the City in tricking acme a countryman out of a large sum of money. to the present instance. however, they were not only disappointed in their object, but obliged to submit to a loss; for in the green purse in which the thirty-five counterfeit sovereigns and the five " Bank of Elegance" notes were placed, there were also eleven good shillings; so that instud of Isaias his 501. , which, by the way, he was within an see of doing, he was a coiner by the attempt of eleven shillings and sun dry treats in the course of the day. INQUEST YESTERDAY.—JUMPING INTO A BOILER, —Before Mr. William Payne, at Bethlehem Hospital, rela tive to the death of Sarah Forded, aged 45 years, lath an Ricluird Heaketh, of Brighton, examined—l have been in the service of the Brighton and South Coast Railway about two years, as an engine driver, and am now foreman over the engine-men. My duty is to see the engines as they go out, and I examined the engine No. 40, before she pro meded on her journey that day. She was in as sound a state so the 'day she came out of the foundry, as re gards any accident. I was an engine driver about 14 years on the Manchester and Liverpool, Bolton and Leeds, the Belgium, and several other railways, and I should net, in my experience as a driver, have been afraid to have driven No. 40. I have driven her often—for a twriod of five months together with passenger and luggage trains. I have never bad any accident with her. I have never said to any one, that I would not drive her. I thought she jumped about more than others, but I was never afraid of this or the three other engines of the same make. They are called Stephen son's. The other engines are numbered 41, 42, and 39. Those engines jumped, and found out the bad road before the other engines. No. 40 shook about more than the other three since I came to Brighton ; but I never thought her unsafe, or I should have refused to ride on her. I have heard persons on the line remark that she was unsafe. I have been foreman about six or seven woks. If any wit , sea will state that I said I would not drive that engine, he will state that which is untrue. I know a man named John aloe he left the service of the company about a fortnight I hire this accident happened, because he would not take the :CNo. 40 if the two Peels went on it, as he had not room Y week, he having been ordered to take them with him Is slaw Asa the road. lam certain this is the cause of his WNW, and not through being afraid to go on the engine.— Bytbajnry The engine did not require any greater care in the ennewsement than any other. The engine ran on the3Oth.— Ily the Coroner . The more as engine jumps the more unsafe It Is. I believe she was taken in to be repaired a few weeks before. She did not have new wheels put on, but a fresh Pair. I consider she would go 35 miles an hour without accident. On further examination the witness added, I do not con di.r that engine so safe as others running at a great speed. illke was employed in her turn to drag luggage trains. She bedlam in the habitof drawing passenger trains several days previous to the accident, and ran on the line between London and Brighton about six months ago, but I do not know why she was taken off the London line. A great many engine drivers have left the service of the company during the last three months. Not 100 or 50; not 20. I don't know the cause of their leaving. The engine-driven receive is. 6d. per day at the present time. Tney received less before Mr. Kirtly came. When I fint came they bad only 6s. 8.1 For Sundays they receive a day and a half pay ; and if they make any over time, they are paid extra. I know nothing about Gregory's ability as an engine-driver Mr. Kirtly en gaged him as an engine-man, and I supposed he was com petent. Mr. Kirtly gives orders what men should go with engines—By Mr. Powell, coroner for Chichester Her fore wheels were in good safe order, and did not require anything done to them when the hind wheels were repaired. When I saw her in the morning she appeared perfectly safe to take the journey from Brighton te Havant. The engine was pro vided with safeguards when I saw her go out. I hove driven engines of all sorts, and I think the other engines are better and safer than Stephenson'' engines with outside cylinders. They are not so safe as the others to go at a greater speed. One of these enginesewent to Hastings last week. No. 40 has gone on that line with a passenger train. Two of them are now working between Brighton and Havant. I do not know anything of an accident occurring on the line yesterday, but the engines Nos. 41 and 42 I know were so the line—By Mr. Faithful : I do not know of any line where engine-drivers are better paid than on the Brighton. They do not work harder than upon other lines, end are better paid. Mr. J. Canning, of Finch Dean, a passenger, was next called. His opinion was that the accident was caused by tho coupling iron of the engine breaking. W. Wise, examined: I am a brewer and innkeeper, and formerly kept the Railway Tavern et Haysnt. I know Hesketh by lodging in my house, and have heard him talk with other engine-driven about the engines on the South- Coast line. I have heard him say that No. 40 was a bad engine. That was before the accident. I never heard him say anything about steeple-chasing with the engine, or that he would play them a trick some day. He never gave any reason fir saying it was a bad engine, but all the men dis liked the " long-basked engines," as they called Stephen son's. Capt. Coddington said : I am chief inspector of railways, and on Monday last, accompanied by Mr. Murray, engineer of the Admiralty, saw the engine No. 40 at the Brighten ter minus. The parts were all good, and there was no wearing apperent. It was in good working condition. One of the wheels was hooped. It was one of Stephenson's patent, Jones and Potts being the makers. The construction of that particular engine makes it more elastic on the road. That is caused by there being more overhanging weight at both extremities. They are used in the north of England, on the Dover line and the Eastern Counties. I have not examined the road to state what caused the engine to go off, as it is a perfectly levet and straight line. I never saw the line until to-day. I think an engine with double flange wheels could Mused, but you must make a line for it.—By Jury Ido not think the eonstruction of the engine alone would have caused the accident. I think there must have been some other cause ; but I have not yet had time to examine. I am not prepared to say that the inexperience of engine-drivers would cause the accident. — Examination continued : A defect in the road might have caused the accident. If the engine dropped upon an un packed sleeper, there would be a tendency to its turning over, and especially with an engine of this description. This, however, should not be taken as evidence, as it is mctely conjecture. It was impossible for the accident to have hap pened by the breaking of the coupling iron. The quantity of water in the boiler world have no effect whatever in making the engine jump. The oscillation of those maims is only found to any extent when going at high speed. I de not otmedder those engines dangerous =leis going at van di* wl. I do not think 36 miles an hour at all dswgennes speed for than engines. When the accident happened the engine could not have been goirg at that speed, as the train stopped at Sahara, which is only one mile and a half from the spot.—By Mr. Powell My atten tion has been drawn to this clam of engines, and I have drawn the conclusion I have stated with regard to them. I am not aware that any greater advantages are derived from there engines than other, but rather disadvantages Up to a certain degree of speed these engines are safe. If the used these engines at a speed of 50 miles an hour, they would do so at greet risk. I think the accident was not caused by any defect in the engine. Mr. Kirtly, in answer to the coroner, said Johnson cam into the service of the company in February last, and left ft on the 15th of May. The cause of his leaving was as staled by Hesketh. He never refused to go on that engine. la fact, he had only been on that engine two days By Mr. Sherwood: Johnson received 7s. or 7s. 64. per day, I believe. The sum of 201. was not made a present to him, or any sum beyond his wages. The room was here cleared of strangers, and after some discussion the inquest was again adjourned until the 3rd of August, Mr. Miller, the surgeon, being of opinion that the stoker may be in a condition by that time to attend and give widow*. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ABERDIIN.--The chartists have resolved to bring forward candidate. The ceremony will not probably go farther than the hustings, or if to the poll it will muster some fifty totes, as before. CITY or LONDON.—Lut evening, a meeting of the City electors was held in the large room of the Georgelnn, tical Ald er manbury„ . for the purism's of hearing the . peli opinions of William Payee, Esq., one of the candidates. — Mr. Smith, the deputy of the ward of Cnpplegate, took the chair.—Mr. W. Payne stated that the meeting well knew that for many years he was engaged in an office in the City of London tt at prevented him from entering intoparliament, but as soon as he left that office he felt that he had been an idle man, and that it was quite time for him to rise from his lethargy, and see what be could do for his coon try's good. He would state the principles on which he sought their suffrages. First, free-trade. He wee prepared to go to the fullest extent on that point. The second was tke relief of the agricultural interest. He thought they ought to do all they could to promote the growth of corn in England, and not he dependent upon what came from other parts. The next point was the ex emption of that body of men the non-oonformiets from the payment of church-rates. The fourt h principle he would speak on was the improvement of the state . of Ireland. He also wished a kinder end more humane rev ision of tho poor laws. Of late they had been placed in the bands of men who knew not, end, therefore, could not feel, the wants of the poor. No one would, he thought, deny that a better administration of justice to all cheeses of the community was wanting, and for such he should, if returned, vote. From his knowledge of the criminal law, he thought he might, The weather, so singularly propitious, inspires all with hope that Ireland has seen the last of her calamitous years. Inquiry has ascertained that green crops have been laid down to a far greater extent than the most sanguine could have expected, and the pro sees still continues with unabated zeal. A favourite pursuit of the more active of the humbler class of farmers, is to go along the potato furrows with a small stick and a pocket full of turnip seeds ; and, where the stalks show thin, to dibble in a few seeds. This precaution is owing to the alarm which had been propagated of an early failure. It might have been for selfish objects, but unquestionably the result has been to stimulate the indolent, and by prudent alter natives to guard against the consequences of another blight in the potato. With another month of the pre sent weather, and the infection away, the early crop of potatoes will be perfectly safe. This in itself would be as immense gain. There is to be a private meeting of the Irish council to-day, to receive and agree upon the report relative to the encouragement of Irish manufactures. One of the most practicable suggestions in this re spect has emanated from the Dotty News—that the local bodies and gentry should encourage the manu facture of such coarse goods as might defy English competition—such as friezes, druggete, infenor cloths, I from six shillings a yard downwards, &c. The scheme in the hands of capital and energy would, without doubt, succeed. The public meeting of the council takes place to-morrow. We hear nothing now of famine, and not quite so much of fever; but the traces of both are painfully visible in those districts over which they have swept. In South Been, a large village and farm in the west of the county of Cork, a correspondent of the Southern Reporter says, that there are now only 8 hovels and 50 inhabitants out of 62 houses and 320 inhabitants which composed the village and population before the famine. The deserted houses were pulled down for firing• - • QUEISN'S BENCH.—Consuirraule interest was in the Queen's Bench here to-day by a cue of libel in " The Rev. Denim L. Brasbie c. the Very Rev. Dr. Renehan." The plaintiff was a Roman Catholic priest, officiating in Kerry some years since. He subsequently became a member of the established church, and proceeded to England to enter on the mission in the diocese of Worcester. The bishop of that diocese, before giving him any mission, applied by letter to the president of Maynooth College, the defendant in the action, to know if Mr. Brasbie bad taken orders. The president replied he had, but be added that he understood Mr. Bresbie bad been suspended for immorality. That letter formed the libel complained of. The defendant pleaded that the letter was a privileged communication, and also the general issue and the bona fides of the communication im puted as libel. The first plea was overruled, and in support of the other some Roman catholic clergymen were examined, who darned that they had heard and believed the plaintiff bad been suspended as a Roman catholic priest on the ground of immorality, which they had communicated to the defen dant. Numbers of the two religious persuasions take great interest in the case. The jury, up to post hour, had not agreed to a verdict. Ten RIPEAL AINOCIATION.—Tbe usual meeting of this body teak place to-day at Conciliation-hall. The chair wan taken by Mr. Kelly, a member of the corporation. Several addresses from various parts of the country were read, con veying the condolence of the writers and the several districts on behalf of which they spoke to the family of Mr. O'Con. nell, professing in every cue to adhere to his policy and maintain the emaciation. Mr. John O'Connell responded te those several addresses. A letter was read from the Right Rev. Dr. Cantwell conveying a subscription of 51. to the funds of the emaciation. He states that, "at no former period could the association hope to enlist such warm co-operation from every true friend of Ireland." He induces the " treatment Ireland has received during the present season" as a reason for atrengtuniag " the determi nation to repeal the union." And in respect to the policy of Conciliation-hall, he says :—" While the proceedings of the ' Conciliation-hall aro conducted on the loyal, cbristian, and peaceful prieciples on which it was founded by the illustrious and aver-to.be-lamented liberator, you may calculate on ,the steady support of the faithful clergy and people of this diocese." In addition to all this, he pronounces that an English legislature is incapable, from want of knowledge, of legislating for Ireland ; and he thus con cludes : " I cannot better convey to you my feelings and wishes than by assuring yen that I echo every sentiment expremed, and most cordia ll y concur in the practical sugges tions con tained in the admirable letter of my ,venerated friend the Bishop of Ardagh,"—meaning the letter read on this day week from the Rev. Dr. O'Higg. Jas. Mr. John O'Con nell, in speaking to this document, took occasion to refer in very severe ten:sato the commenters , of the Times upon that letter, and amongst other remarks against it, he contended that each language u was used by the Times in that corn amatory was well calculated to foster hatred of England in the minds of the Irish Roman Catholic clergy, so well so in those of the people. A letter was next read fro-n Mr. Cecil Lawless, in which he states, as if in answer to a general com plaint made is the Irish press that no reference should have been made in the legislature to the death of so prominent a member thereof as O'Connell, that be would himself have done so, but from a feeling of his incompet, nee to do the subject justice: be thinks the some feeling .may hare deterred others. Mr. Lawless inclosed a sum of 101. to the amociation, as he thinks this a time" when every one who approved of hie peaceful policy, and who means to continue by the same means to strive for independence, should declare it by more than words ; and so, acting upon this opinion, I send you 101., my extra subscription towards the maintenance o f his Mr. Dillon Browns, M.P., was present, and in an address avenged him self for ealtain attacks made upon him in the journals of the Young Ireland party, more especially the Notions—The rent for the week was over 301.—The secretary of the associa tion, Mr. T. M. Ray, is alarmingly ill. His malady is of a very painful nature. His place today was filled by a clerk in the association. COMMITTAL OP Two " FAeItIONILALE " RAILWAY Tielevr.e.—The maristratea at Bristol yesterday were en gaged in bearing a charge of felony preferred by the officers of the Great Western Railway Company, against two females of elegant appearance and manor re, giving their names Anne Loft and Sarah Smith. It was stated that the prisoners had been for some time part• engaged in pocket picking in railway carriages, from which they earned a handsome livelihood. It appeared that a lady named Bar nard, front Cheltenham, was in the Bristol and Exeter Rail. way booking-office, waiting for a down train, by which she purposed proceeding to Weston-super-mare. She had arrived too late for one train, aced was waiting for another, when, as she was amusing herself by entering memoranda in her pocket-book. she felt some one push against her. Upon looking round she saw the priaoners, but they appeared to he toe respectable for her to euepect anything wrong, and she accordingly went on with her writing. In a few minutes afterwards she was again puttied &garnet by the prisonno, who. upon her again looking up, immediately left the office. Their precipitate departure induced her to suspect some thing was wrong, and Mrs. Barnard immediately put her hand into her peket and missed a small bag, in which were five 61. notes. She gave an alarm, and the railway police went in search of the prisoners, who were found in the London booking-office of the Great Western station, waiting to take their departure for town. They were at once cap Lured, and while they were In custody one of them was seen to throw away from her the bag containing the stolen notes. Mrs. Barnard at once identified them as her property, and the "ladies,' who denied the theft and appealed to their "high respectability," were conveyed before the magis trate, who, upon hearing the facts, committed them to take their trial for the felony. ine Otis. EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF ART AT WEST MINSTER HALL—The public exhibition of the oil paintings and other works of art intended for the decoration of the New Palace at Westminster, is appointed to commence on Monday next. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CAIdBRIDOE, JUNIL 21.—MintBsu'S PRlZlS6.—Bachelon of Arts.—hrst Wiseman, J. J. S. Femme, Corp. (hr. ; secoad, C. J. Mona L Tria. Unlergradustes.—lFire, B. F. Westoott, Trim. ; mond, Lisr NlCilet'S Gazette contains two new orders in council, rstifying whew" or the eookeivatical conarnierionera. The first authorises a loan of 1669/., far improving the episcopal home of reed dente of the See of Oxford; the second amigos • district, to be called " The Ckspelry Markt of Nutley" to the consecrated church of St Dunes, in the parish of Marcedeid, Sumer.. The Gazette of last night confirms the statement contained to the Expren of Saturday Law, by announcing the appointment of the Rev. 0. H. Bower., 8.D., to the Deanery of Manchester. The same Gazette contains, the Domination of Rev. J. Banks to the district church of Christ Church, Forest of Dean. A CERTIFICATE of good conduct, after two years' Sus pension, wits granted on Monday, by Sir H. J. Fuet, to the Rev. Mr. Jones. TEE FOUNDATION.STONE OF A NEW CRVIICR for the district of Two-Mlle-111U, St. George's, Gloucestershire, was t he laat work by the tier. C. B. Johnson, the newly-appointed Incumbent of the mane. It Is to CO , l Slat of chancel, nave, and north Mae, with • tower end spite 124 feet high. Tar EXTERIOR or Tux NOW CREECH, Tewkesbury, dedicated to St. Mark, is now complete. The 11tting up of the interior tarapidy proceeding. The consecration will take place in August Tug BISHOP OF CRICHZSTER has ftxtd his next ordina tion fir Sunday, September 19. NAVAL. DEVONPORT, Iv NE 21. Bolleisle, 72. trp. ship, Capt. John Lingorne, . this (tom Portsmouth on Saturday, the 1 9 th, and emu isto harbour this morning to refit. MILITARY. WAR-01 , 1 , 1M JUNE 12.—M itatowrot: er majesty has ed of the Mat MIMI* ot hat bouts" on ite colours cud a, in addltios to ma odor Wipe or devices which msy eat meal le tho word In althe arra of the 2nd tatalka drat agiatent at to tala d Ult —Gazer& WAd-orned, Arad 11L—Mmtemasimtat.—tier bridranart era siarel mamas arionarattnnad, vide= pet ilia bras apple Is Or rims Oft ausgsiga drab drr Iladry In ISO art ISA Isidogiadsok misers =I trada ria re mar at tla rata ~ dry anes dada; to arda. steak& a Ila b rdent I .w erdiM a Daiwa pnaint - at realm tad Ifttlinadak i t e 2Sth Udat =protest at Allard; dr la PM% 11111111.4 1010.111111 111 d halt ; the 29th Peek prisobt a Pairsdirds; Mr Slat part at Modals, Feranalik orals Ma Ptak liradkaa, nresasbalt. Myst; the NW ask assuat at Yawl ; the UM Fut, Iniat a Priraatria; awl as Ur Foot, rasa at Ilaire ad ntidalt. taw radars, toratber as air Wit DTIOIOOII and the lath Foot, van pant at Porremotrra, JUNIE 22 —The Ord bat. GMMAW Oaarde ',in non ten Whohorter to Chiebarber ea the bin int, end the 2nd tat Nth Win nil ism no inn day nen Chliener to Whedinew. Three einundus el the Sin Inn Ydt Chlebonr this loaning it Net Combeilmon where um procied la • few days to Ineohnior to Wm Imadienbia. Ile detainment of the tH Qtraee. et was rinend noturdia by the UM light .h la QUMM Wt the 70th leatann MR at indomen. vitae ft la the 4..tron=t d o ernbut Ise retuning with the flit Inninnotry to s from Vitrobater. SPORTING. NEWCASTLE RACES. MIOICAITIA MONDAY Niorrr.—The following homes tare arrived since our last —Eryx, Van Tromp, De Wttt, Plaudit, Sheraton, 'Dm Whiffler, P. lane, Alderman's Daughter, LOWMAN, Daring, Bellenden, The Spaniard, Baraton, Meux, Le Comte, Vermicelli, Maid of Mother well, Tim Pilgrim. Nine more from Dairemie stain. expected. • LATEST BETTLNO ON THE PLATE. 5 tot apt Conjuror (t; 6to 1 apt Conspiracy (t), 6 to 1 apt Bluebird (VI, 7 to 1 spit Orinutob (t), 10 to I age[ Executor (t, 15 to 1 apt Mennen (t), 15 to 1 apt Mildew, 16 to 1 apt Eryx (t), Alm I apt Tom Tough (t), 20 to 1 apt Otago Hurilsoll, 20 tot aga Red Robin ; 190 to 7 lip; Inheritrep. , Nothing done on the cup. Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Brom QILLAN v. MOHRISON.—BNITISII SEGOVIA COMPANT.— CONTRIBUTION.—The arguments were resumed in this caw, of which the following are the material facts January, 1841, a meeting was held with a view to the formation of a settlement in central America, in a district called Blue Fields, or Segovia, within the dominions of the king of the Mosquito nation, from whom ore of the projectors, Mr. Bell, produced to the meeting a grant, dated May 31, 1821, of all the lands, erections, and mines within the following ',mite, viz., all the sea coast from the southern part of Blue-fields legiun to the southern entrance of the pearl key lagoon, and making the Spanish territory the western boundary. This grant was made to one Peter le Lachent, who had conveyed one moiety of the lands, comprised in the grant to Mr. Bell, and agreed to convey the other moiety to his co-adventurers. Certain resolutions were named at the meeting, and were signed by the chairman. Appended t,, them were two memoranda of agreement ; one signed by Mr. Bell, whereby be declared that he would, when called upon by the. u ustecs of the British Segovia Company, named in the 10th rennin lion, execute articles in conformity with the tad resolution; the other, !signed by the plaintiff and some of the defendants, who thereby agreed to b,come provisional proprietors in the joint stock of the British Segovia Cern peny, according to the number of shares affixed to their respective names. By the second teeclution the company agreed to purchase conditionally 300,000 acres of land cum pried In the above mentioned grant, and to pay to Mr. Bell, by way of deposit, 6,0001. within four months after the arrival in England of so expedition to Segovia, to be fitted out, at the expense of the company, to explore the territory, and report upon the soil, climate, and productions thereof. The fourth resolution provided that for the purpose of the proposed expedition of discovery 240 shares of 2-5/. each should be alletted, on each of which two calls of 21. 10s. should be paid in two instalments, one payable on the signature of the resolutions, and the other four months after wards. By the fifth resolution it was agreed that the expense of the expedition should not exceed 1,2001., except under the circumstances mentioned ie the nextresolution, and that the persons subscribing the resolutions were net to be liable beyond the amount of the two instalments; but the sixth resolution provided that, if the trustees found 1,2C01. insuf ficient for the purposes of the expedition, they might allot 60 additional shares, on which 21.10 i. per share should be paid by way of deposit. The tenth resolution nominated the trustees, one of whom was the plaintiff. In pursuance of chow resolu tionsthe directers, for the purposes of the expedition, chartered • ship which left London in March 1841, and touched at Cape Grades a Dim where Mr. Bell, who was one of those who sailed on the expedition, obtained from the King of the Mosquito Nation • confirmation of the grant made to Le Lacheur. On arriving at the intended settlement, the mem bers of the expedition were seined and thrown into prison at Acoyapa by the government of New Granada, and Mr. Befl died in prison there. The result was, that the rap: ditlon failed, and the expenses incurred in it considerably exceeded the amount of the deposits on the shares, and the present bill was filed against such of the shareholders as had not contributed to defray the extra expense, to enforce a contri Mellon from them.—Mr. Russell, "tdr. Wigram, and Mr. Tabor appeared fur the plaintiffs, and Mr. Bacon, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Levet, and Mr. Blunt, for the various defendants. The Vice-Chancellor said that it was impossible in this case to forget that the *de plaintiff was one of the acting trustee', who, in their characters of trustees, had the conduct of the undertakng, without any interference on the part of the other shareholders. His Ho nour was of opinion that, according to the true construction of the contract, the trustees had no claim on the general body of shareholders beyond the 1,500/. authorised to be raised by the resolutions. It bad been argued that the lose here had been occasioned, not by any fault of the trustees, but by unforeseen disasters and misfortunes, and that therefore it could not have been intended to fail upon the trustees, as pert of the reasonable expeosee of the expedition. His Honour was sorry to be unable to accede to that argument, it appearing to him that as between them selves and the shareholders the trustees had undertaken to pay all expense% exceeding the I,sool.—The bill was ordered to be dismissed. Before rice-Chancelke 'tgn m. BELSHAM V. PERCEVAL.—BILL TO NET ASIDE A CONVEY ANCE ON THE GROUND or FRAUD.-1r" July, 1841, the plaintiffs, in the character of executor" of a deceased party, recovered judgment spinet Mr. W. J. Peretval, one of the defendants, for 1991., to respect of a debt doe from him to the estate of their testator. The costs of the action were afterward. taxed at 601,, and on the Gllti of August following, final judgment was entered up for the amount of the debt and costs. In the interval, however, between the verdict and signing judgment, the debtor conveyed a freehold estate in Essex, called Oyster-lane, of which he was the owner, to hi. attorney, Mr. Lawrence, by whom it was afterwazdA sold by auction to ether parties. The bill was filed 'spinet Pereeval, Lawrence, the subsequent purchasers, and certain incumbrancers upon judgments posterior in date to that of the plaiatilfs, to set aside the conveyance to Lawrence, on the ground that it was made without consi deration, and in fraud of the plaintiff.' judgment. The bill also sought to set aside the subsequent purchase from Law rence, as having been made with notice on the part of the purchasers cf the plaintiff.' rights. Mr. Cooper bad only par , Gully opened the cue at the rising of the court. Mr. Rogers appeared with Mr. Cooper for the plaintiffs; and Messrs. Romilly, Wood, Nicholl, Gordon, fitebbeare, Lewis, and Babington for the different defendants. COUNT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Trial at bar before toed Denman, and legatees Potation, Coleridge and Wisbtman. HILTON e. LORD Outtrett.t.a.—Currox TO WORE M"Ea WitHOVI rEYINQ COMPBN3ATION rog WAR-OFFICR, Jens if *gm. Oda-Liaat. A. X. Knight, from IL-p. 16th Lt. Drage., m ew., ea GM. Mom 'Leg. F. Cee- yell . ft Lieu t. J. Mame to be adj., en. peal. O a . s F. B. gidgoodto r belied. p , by par., vice Rattce, prom. 1 1; p gag; Bulkei, to be en. 1 .....gau F. 11. ihmaling, from 41t yur h F., to be ens., vice Or a r_ e git F. W. Breedeo, from 67th P., to be lieut., vice woe me. ewee. Met F. Renee' to be capt by par., vim Schreiber, who j, Wesson to hameu by mu. ; J. Feel to be eau by ' pur. fig F.-Res. C. C. Gra to be lieut., without pur., vice Abe ; seri...Maj. J. Drysiale to be ena. i ▪ r i p_o. ILL 'Leghorn to be ens by per., vice Suckling, app. ag• T - fit 11. W. J. A. Brahan, from 9th F., to be lieut., offiNooeil. app. to 6.519 F. ▪ F-lArei. W. Orearell to be apt by per., vice Everard, who ma leut 1... C. Travers to be let lieut., by per. ; T. Nichoiece :tie. bf rm. Wet, F. ]. Harrison, from the Royal NW. CoL, lobe kit w hom( pat., vim Tony, whom app. has been erne ▪ t-Bree. lie. 0. Mem, from h.-p., anat., to be mot, vice the• ~ Liebt.C. Gordon, to be eapt., vice tittaoon, w h o it; I lice. W. Charteris, lobe ile?t. by par. ; J. W. Mader o* be ere, Of ter ▪ g_gas. W. Tischer to be lieut., by per., vice Wade, who ret.; Omey to be eau, by pu L r. ▪ gn.-.oapt. J. Nixon, froze b.-p. 60th F., to be mpg., 3 1 1, mg* who exch. ; Lieut. V. La T. lianas, from lat. F., ' yaps, ey par., rice Nixon. who re. CIASTACIIMP-Leat J. IL Gray, from 7th Drag. Grh., to be cape., eithetrair a.m.-Brent Mai. G. Gibson. 92nd F., to be lieut.-col. in the ▪ port Li_ Niue, let W. I. Neg., to he mei. in the army, itomasset e-Tbe Christian names of Ensign Mostyn, of the ye y, are Menu William. -The ecentaicelon of Staff. Surf. of See. (tea lichooodson hes been altered bons Tod July, 1841, to 20th Dower, tit& • OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. Jinx 19. Oareawe YLDICAL V.Airrht.r. -W. P. Ward robe meet:avg. SEDCCTION.- PETITION TO VIE QUEEN.—Yeder fay Lord R. Grosvenor and Mr. Spooner attended at the Semiegice, nen Sir 0. Grey, to present a memorial to the Q o m bons the women of England, signed by 100,000, wskigdtat the bill for preventing trading in seduction may le a law. The following is • copy of the fetid= : orQasea's most excellent Majesty.-we, the (Wrest Britain and Ireland, plead by Divhie va A= ESN NW retie MR* souls% while Cled her emnined le apley'a Wade use bubbly leg nine le Mal imam to ewe WlN** hourly 'advert sernanethst owes alms Ere bra pepallem of the maim A miss .ades by l s eels . hehti , t r en t . templ reps r i l i r e a bolition% the ha d% le unwary young female and mere ehiMri; we &s -and sold Into the he of prolleate libsellaea ef=t lo the towns and Tillages af the United iamplea, eweigie MOM is to engage yens( gbh kr deeds nuke aat yr impleretiat, , but whose teal dodge Lse agues eliMathes. Posh agents are she neployed hi Inds and mood ow Imp Mm e to wahi the Fide 11•1•111)11•11111. oat Heavy anylardlesquelerel twe'lasens at none paid= end seer, Isd ehe=srary peasalbe i = and . seer assr• Is ab ase:D i h irthitlL=l.6.4thesea ter` alma Dells Or 4WD of ma rd or besordant anderime as toyinee by mar of the triodes bar, this vile trade =is tomathoemada of i l e hg i sra : os he y lpr i i ofourzaim u ly:: sompir t tais, you to co al . the shield gut arni Woe me prelude' erseed the hergleers of the pane, IpploglnE aleß dour laws es he whim of your Mapery's eunbes see pee to ernisesed therehyddiver you Majesty's r i 4a=em a mime or preillesep es elloastre to mighty Gcd, to ear asthma virtue we is htal to the c=itoe hoped. re spirited welkiselng of the worn of ywr Whey% loyal sagest., will ever roadady nonseher and ileiverente ereet me for wor wometryworsea, = limie the t ins he teumeatellty of oar Wooed Qum. THE EXPRESS, WIMNIESDiaIRVENING, JUNE 23, 1847. lomat., who committed solids wider the mast dromdfol Aro oanistasoes. Alice CriOhs heed •e they she had known the deceased shoat moo as an inmate of the above imitation, end ad the wimhhe wpm. On Meadily Le 4 ablilllViellrilt rig: o'clock, immi ad the senora wmborloomeo Manly mimed the deism& Witness ram lots the malicious, end caw the ilesomeistauding on the top Ka Ilaqraeopper ' which was the filled with boiling water. Wilms aslisd to her but boffin she could reach her the lemma parapet bad the bsillog liquid. Witness °helloed the ssektreee of mother (mete, but they were unable to got her oat, m diero doted awl eresched bench down in the isiller. lieverai sea wershaseediately called in, and the dammed was token out in about two minutes in a meat Milked condition and removed to the infirmly. 111101/1111 Hunter, the matron, deposed to dm deessosd sees after the niskuseholy affair Mika= and ape gam ti ring her eke admitted that die hod in, as she bed NAL a wish to die. Witness had Ito! Ow under bar owe since the 20tli of January last. The doomed was cesidered :==on to pat in4 r t= . 7 air wu he z z a tion mi tg comma highly ampamary, sod vamommeaded by the medical officers. The doissimed saver bstraged any symptoms of violence. She ant have 111100.01 ilia lid of the copper, as it was perfectly safe a kw =lotto braise. The jury re d turned a verdict of " Temporary Isramitg." eeilhelgdelenabeg toe limb, be able to bring tried a anamre that weld remedy the evg. The last past be Witaliodur teduree r that be was adm egseu era* Pre- Nordellineeelbeent. He lied hem it be wield wis sat the esperetiom of thereto awl tree AB he 'mat any is thetsamdemsme-Q4. If his steaks depsimied waren that toe wadi et saes threw it sp. He was eambsed that Ida *ado of was the meet Liberia, the rtninnt eb the that coif be had ; sad todpset Us shmeht BRIM pallith il t I la Waft ore as sem a with trsg the erase with them as to what was bust to bo as der We Nreedo. Mr. Payne havin Dna closely ques tioned. sad Ids =ewers beteg ea , the meths atVeasked, basis previously pared a resolution to imp- Oor i n boormy.-11 le more than probable that this day will masses la Cork the issue of the address of Mr. G. S. Wary. It le tradembod that he will be supported by all the tellama, Which the goverameat can command, and very =mein the support of the repealer. also. He is a liberal ; he fe a Roman easholb gentleman of station end chanter ; he Mimi ce.a kw, earsown, to enable Mr. O'Connell to go to pesdameat aerepormed. ELGIN Biatona.—Sir A. L. Hay wee sae of the few mem bers who voted against the education mime, and he has been defending his conduct by the plea, d k Baines, that his vote was an instance of the " warmth " of his attachment to _ _ education. The supervision of the Elgin academy would be a touchstone for the sincerity of this opinion. 0 totreneren.—lt is reported that Mr. John Phillpotts, liberal, will resign, and that Mr. W. P. Price, of Tibberton Court, has been requested to come forward. Kwaneenoaorom.—Mr. Lawson has addressed the elec tors of this borough, to contradict the report which had been enalated, that he had abandoned the intention of con king the seat at the forthcoming election. He adds, that the support which he has received makes him rely with essidesse on the remit of a poll. IsaßDS.—Yesterday, a public meeting of electors, favour able Mae re-ideetion of Wm. Beckett, Esq., was held in the lifenteha. N. Hall, Esq. presided ; and after a brief pre lim's's., Aim J. Gott, Esq., proposed a resolution, de claring, that li die absence of great constitutional questions, and in the swenel err tion of party feeling, the meeting, eoneiderias did are el the fleet duties of conservatives is to mew the diseensh and genuine education of the people, =the aid el die state, not necessarily as the rival or d the voluntary principle, willingly makes this rrathe min principle of the forthcoming electim. Mr. . esseedied the mo ti on, and it prod nasidamiy. The Rev. W. flizolair th:r : That w. led:i l isq, bads wile 1 1 %= „ibe tam& did Yds& mdmig. sid 42 ar en ell writer end end mildly I . al orNeme 1111- tired dpmd, dalibi Is am usedo. b lo Wd le dlimMildr M be smoblei dolled ler Id M mis ZE do siodm dz. Ms ids tide mod pealed 'anniensenenisnittee was UM to further the ding ileiteing. Cirr.-11r. John Olklia will net Mire from the repneentation of this city. ROXIIVROESHIRE.—Contrary to all expectation there is a likelihood that Mr. Elliott, the liberal member, will walk the erne. It is dangerous tampering with stereotype opinnee—the tory party having seen protection discarded from the creed of their leaders have got soured, and will rather, apparently, let a thorough liberal get in than coquette with hermaphrodite Peelism. STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH.—It is rumoured that the Hon. Frederick Gough, brother of Lord Calthorpe, is to le brought forward in opposition to Mr. Buller, but nothing certain is known en the subject. SLloo.—The Sligo Champion states that Mr. Ormsby Gore will have to contest his seat for the county. The can didates suggested are Sir Ralph Cox e Booth, on whose benevolent exertions Mr. Ltbouchere heaped each deserved panegyrics, and Mr. J. Wynne. of Hanlewood. Both are conservatives ; but as the constituency affords no hope of a more liberal selection, the two named are among the least objectionable to be chosen. Vnettow.—The tonics have persuaded Col. Acton to contest this county. WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH.—Our correspondent at Bir mingham says—" It would be useless to disguise the fact that the liberal interest is net set strong enough to return two members, or certainly the will is good to turn out Mr. Newdegate, whose conduct has disgusted some of his best friends." IRELAND. DUBLIN. Jews 21 SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, Jvxa 21. A Currency Reform Association has been formed in Paisley. The members allege that their 001111Bla nity has peculiarly suffered from the "pernicious workings of the present system," which is, perhaps, true to some extent: but surely something deeper than currency is at work when the Reformer tells us that the state of trade in Paisley is such as to throw large numbers of the weavers out of employment, and that the frequency of such an occurrence of late, and the great dearth of provisions, has reduced them to a condition which utterly unfits them to provide for themselves or their families without public support. In the present state of the law, and the mode of as sessment, the burden is more than can be borne by the landlords of house property, a majority of whom do not realise 50 per cent. of their nominal rental, from which they have to pay all public burdens, having little more than 30 per cent, of rental out of what they have to pay interest on mortgagee (unfor tunatelyvery numerous), and keep np their property. In these circumstances to fasten the maintenance of the unemployed on the proprietors of houses, how ever well meant, would be little else than a confisca tion of the property of the whole of the smaller, and many of the larger, proprietors. LORD DUNDONALD A SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVE PEER: We understand that at the approaching general election there is every probability that the Earl of Diundonald will be proposed as one of the sixteen representative peers. Apart from all political considerations, we should earnestly hope that the brilliant, though, alas! chequered history of this hero, combined with the recent and emphatic tribute to his merit received at the hands of his sovereign, will influence our Scottish peerage to follow it up by placing his honoured name on their illustrious roll to the imperial parliament. Sure we are that such an act will he duly appreciated by the nation, and more especially by the fellow-countrymen of the renowned Cochrane.—Ccaedonion Mercury. Hertatno TRADE. Wica, Jcsß 17. During the past week 376 barrels of herrings have been landed here from Stornoway, Lochbroom, and Scalloway. A boat from Scarlet trade another attempt, with hooks, on Friday laat, and was successful, having brought ashore eight score of splendid herrings, all of which, however, ware used for bait. Every night new, until the arrival of the proper season, which is close upon us, a number of boats will be out with the hooks. Banff.—During the past week, the fishermen in our neighbourhood have been pesuliarly successful. Large takes of skate and turbot have been effected by those of Macduff and Whitehilla. A beat's crew, belonging to the former place, obtained in one night as many white tish as allowed of nearly 19 dozen being distributed to each man. —Caledonian Mercury. MELANCHOLY PIT ACCIDENT.—On Monday morn ing last three men, named Brown, Merry, and Nelson, de scended No. 4 pit Drumpallar, for the purpose of commencing the operations of the day. Merry had charge of the Davy lamp and of the pit workings, and on reaching the bottom of the pit Merry ordered Nelson to proceed in one direction of the pit, w h:ch he considered clear and safe, while he explored a different line. Nelson had net proceeded far from where Brown was seated when a tremendous explosion took place, bringing down the roof and sides of a portion of the pit in its ravages. Brown was killed, while Merry and Nelson escaped with several contusions and burning*. Merry's ordering Nelson to advance in a doubtful direction, before being tested by the Davy lamp, was the cause of the accident. —Airdrie Luminary. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. Yesterdayempanelled to in quire • the jury empanue into the circumstances attending the death of John Gregory, an engine driver, late in the service of the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, re-saseasbled at Nutboarne. The inves tigation excited considerable interest. Captain Coddington, the Inspector-General of Railways, weepresent to watch the case on behalf of the government; the company being re presented by Mr. Faithful, solicitor, Mr. P. Clarke, the manager of the line, and Mr. Kirtly, the chief of the locomo tive department.—Kr. Miller, surgeon, in answer to the coroner said, that Peel, the stoker, was not in a fit state to be examined. . _ . PROVINCIAL. ALLEGED FORGERY OF NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY Twain Seatr.—A quantity of forged railway scrip of this company has just been found to be in circulation at Leeds, a portion having been taken up at one of the banks in that town for a person who gave a name (although it is perhaps fictitious), and is said to reside in Think. The matter is under investigation. COMMISSION BY THE MILD LIEUTENANT. —C. C. Clifford, Ext., to be deputy-lieutenant. 'I MB AVINOTON ESTATE, the hereditary property of the Chandos family, is, it is said, about to be sold. It is much to be regretted, says the Hants Advertiser, that such a fine domain should have so long remained without a resident master, and it is generally hoped in Winchester that a par chaser may be found fur it, whose residence there would restore to the inhabitants of the city the advantages which the contiguity of wealthy establishments generally produces to the trade of a town. The remains of the late Duchess of Buckinvham will, it is rumoured, be immediately removed to Stowe, from the family vault in Arington church. SUSSEX. AN INQUEST was held yesterday on the man who was killed on the Chichester and Portsmouth line, on Friday last. Verdict," Accidental death." CRICKET. Tint Onft or Kota It. rns On? or 210111AM — Thls mink was mewed youteeday monslakbai d lo promos of a tame ssismliage at visitors Ent heated arca Oa Int innings by two runs, their total bog 1003. went In for • mond hang., and when thew was ,od IMO JO oa, with two *Mob to go devil- —__ _ Han. B. Otiose" e C. Ha7ssie, — -. b Nyws l9 A. Ilpta syssetbth , Esq., bA. Harem 57 Ca Luanne, b Wynn W. ?Rehabs; Esq ,1 b b Wynn 29 PeU, 0. C. Esq., e Wll sr, lluss, b Hamm 24 EwL ita E. T. King, ~ bA. Hance ... R. Kybastan, .. b A Hawse 0 11. V. . Fellowes, ~ not out Br F. When; b rut 0 T. Townley, Esq., 1 b w, b Myna 0 O. Yaw, Fp., b Wynn 4 Byes, 5; wSde, 3 e Palk b wpm -. $3 ost b L. imam 2l b L limas 4 e sad to b Myna b Ftedericks l5 ru out b Bayley IBra, ; 14;r balls, 5 141 1 IN A. Bryon, EN., b Bathurst St C. Hamar, ER., b Tru l B 4 2B W. Myun, Bp., e Nicholsou„ Astable - 10, E-q.. b Bathorat 4 b litatborst 3 F. Proleaioka, E q., b Bath & Banks, Esq., run out N. Felix, Eaq., b 'imp.— ... 0 A. It. Harem, EAq., b Bath- L. H. Bayley, Esq., hit mkt., ars! 2 b Tonga 4l Bra, 28; wide, 4 E. Edwards, Esq., a King, b Bathurst 6 183 C. G. Whittaker, Esq., not out 13 nab) Enteiligcntr. HOUSE OF LORDS. Dr COMMITTEE POE PRIVILEOBB—THE CRAWYURD AND LINDSAY PRERAGE.—The committee, consisting of Lord Shaftesbury (chairman), the Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, and other peers, met for the purpose of receiving further evidence in support of the claim of the Earl of Balcarres to this peerage, the origin and descent of which were stated in this journal in the reports of the proceeding% before the committees, which sat upon it on the 2d and 16th of March, and 18th of May, 1846. On the reception of the evidence on the peewit occasion, a question arose whether a witness, who made himself acquainted, within the last two days, with the handwriting of a person long since deceased, by the perusal of documents having the signatures of that person, and admitted to be genuine, could be admitted to prove another document, alleged to have beea in the handwriting of the same person. After considerable dPeussion Lord Lyndhurst at last agreed with Lord Brougham, that they would hare the question argued before they would admit the evidence. Other documentary evidence, unob jyeted to, hoeing been taken, the case was adjourned to Thunda_y_week. THE BRA/tHIJIS OP TWEEDDALE V. MURRAY.—QUESTION AS TO THB PEILIOD OF THE EXPIRATION OP A TENANT'S POSSESSION UNDER A EXAM—The Lord Chancellor, after their lordships had made ahouse, move d the judgment in this appeal, the facts of which were stated in the report of Mon day's proceedings in this paper. His lordship did not think that the cases which were cited in the argument had any application to the question, but the terms of the lease appeared to him plain enough in their construction, ant). not requiring the assistance of cues. There were two rules of construction applicable here : one was that word" in an in strument clear and unambiguous in their meaning were not to be defeated by words in a subsequent part of the instrument of doubtful meaning. The second stale was, that a construction which made all the parts of the instrument consistent, was to be preferred to that which made some parts inconsistent. The first part of this lease was a letting for 3 nineteen years and the life of J. Murray, and in nee of his death before the expiration of the years, then for the life of his heir, who should be in possession at the expiration of the 3 niceteen years. The heir of Murray, who was in possession at the expiration of the 3 nineteen years, died on the Bth of March last. The question was, whether the lease did not terminate on that very day, and there could be no doubt that it del, were it not for the subsequent clause by which the tenant bound himself and his heirs—the land lord wee no patty to this clause—but the tenant alone bound himself sod his heirs "to remove themselves, their cotton, servants, &c., the Whit Sunday next, after the expiration of the lease, without any warning." This was clearly meant to give the tenants an opportunity of removing without incon venience, and not an extension of their possession. It was hardly to be suppesed the death of the truant in possesaion would happen on the Whitsunday ; but although the right of possession expired on the day of the death, the Blb March, the tenant's representatives had the indulgence of further time to remove. The righter possession for the two months that intervened between the Bth of March and Whit Sunday, 1845, was practically of great value, because the crops would be sown in that time, and, therefore, the tenant's represen tatives would reap the benefit. But the idea of continuing the right of possession of the farm beyond the expiration of the lease, which happened on the Bth of March, was inconsistent Both parties to the lease contemplated that some time would lee required for removal after the expiration of the lease, and for that purpose only the tenant's representatives got till the Whitsunday next following. Under these cir cumstances his lordship was of opinion that the interlocutor of the Court of Session should be reversed, and that of the Lord Ordinary restored. Interlocutor reversed. ,11 liimma. \- 1 +lll