The Express. — London, England, 1847-05-14 00:00:00

mac mime =touched, propose? to give t o t h e the value of that capital which, when Quitting, he mast necessarily leave on the land. f a t r uth, it seems as obvious that the outgoing-tenant d a rum should be paid for his manures, his til lages, and his other improvements, of which his l an dlord or the in-coming tenant will reap the benefit, sa that the tenant of a house should be paid for the fixtures and ornaments he has put up. Nevertheless, the difficulties in the way of doing common justice to tenant farmers are many and formidibl o p p osit i o n result from a very determined landlord which nothing but the support of public opinion will enable the farmers to over come. This bill was to have been considered at committee on Tuesday, when we find two no tices intended to go to the utter destruction of the bill; the one was by Mr. James to go " into committee that day six months ;" the other, by Mr. Cflatirroeuee, is Vipresent a petition from l an downers in Lincolnshire; against the bill. The committeee was postponed to make way for a govern ment measure on Irish affairs, and we do not observe that any other day has been fixed. Possibly there is little chance of any portion of the bill becoming law during the present session, but it is a subject that the public must not lose sight of. The farmers will not forget it, we know; but they want the aid of other and less dependent climes. There was also another notice by Mr. ROBERT PALMER (Berkshire), strongly marking the spirit in which the landowners receive a proposal to give the tenants a l eg al right to unexhausted improvements. That gentleman had a clause to the effect that the valuers "shall estimate the amount of injury or dilapidation the outgoing tenant may have caused or suffered on any of the lands in his occupation by means of bad or foul husbandry or otherwise;" and that the amount of such valuation shall be recovered by the landlord as rent ; and that where the tenant makes no claim for improvements, the landlord may put the machinery of the act in operation to obtain compensation for bad husbandry. Now when it is recollected that the bad husbandry which prevails so extensively in this country is the usual system, necessitated in a great measure by yearly tenancies, the absurdity, not to say injustice, of giving the landlords increased power against the tenants most be manifest. The present system enables the landowner at his pleasure to confiscate the capital ofa good farmer. Mr. PALMER'S clause would give him the power to mulct a bad farmer—made a bad farmer by the landlord's restrictions—because he does not farm well. It may be asked, do the landlords then deliberately seek to retain the power of confiscating their tenants' capital with any rapacious design ? To which it mast be said that their object is more political than pecuniary. To cite a case in point. There is to be a contest for the representation of North Northum berland, between a liberal statesman and a school-boy hurdling, the nominee of the Duke of NORT t! HER LAN D. The contest will be decided by the farmers, and it tarns upon the preponderance of the independent or dependent tenants—the farmers with leases or with out—whether the elected member shall represent the industry, the capital, and the intelligence of the dis trict, or whether he shall be the mere voting machine of the local landed oligarchy. This is an important public question; and when, in addition, it involves the advance or stand still of British agriculture, the more or less of human food, we are convinced that the active liberal politicians will see that this is not a mere farmer's question, and that the agricultural capi talists must not be left unaided to fight the battle of the common weal. THE intelligence from New Zealand which we pub lish this day is the most satisfactory that has been re ceived from these islands since the appointment of Governor HOBSON. The strategetiml arrangements of Governor GREY afford u perfect security for the preservation of peace and order in the Southern Go vernment as any mere human arrangements can give. And the facts mentioned in the letters of our cone ondents, and the newspaper published at Wellington, show that under these arrangements, and the reliance of the settlers in the personal character of Governor GREY, public confidence has revived, and with it the spirit of honeful industry, Such intelligence is calculated to inspire contagions hopefulness in the meeting of the New Zealand Com pany, which is this day to deliberate on the offer of government, which we re-print in another column. That Earl GREY'S proposals will be closed with by that body we cannot entertain a doubt. Looking to I the past history of the New Zealand Company, we have no hesitation in affirming that even more liberal terms would have been no more than their due ; but looking to the entangled and complicated state into which the affairs of New Zealand had been brought by Lord STANLEY, his collaborateurs and predeceasing, and by them bequeathed to Earl GREY, we do not well see what other arrangement our present colonial minister could have proposed. To the New Zealand Company this country owes that the islands of the group so named are not now, lice Tahiti, a French dependency. While the govern ment of the day, after repudiating the undoubted claim of Great Britain to these islands arising from discovery and formal occupation, hesitated to re acquire them by actual settlement, the New Zealand Company, aware of the preparations making in France to establish' a penal settlement in the group, braved the consequences of such an irregularity, and by laying the foundation of • permanent intelligent moral English community there, preserved it to the empire. A glance at the map of the Pacific will suffice to show the importance of this acquisition. The New Zealand group is of about the same extent as the British islands. From its position it is admirably adapted to engross the trade of the whole southern Pacific, from Torres Straits to Tahiti, and, as • naval station, to command the whole archipelago cluster ing between these points. It is situated mid * ay between these isles of ocean and our Australian colonies an outwork covering the metropolitan harbour of Sydney, or an outpost by which the empire, of which that emporium is a part, keeps hold of Oceania. Nor is the importance of New Zealand solely owing to its position ; the climate is genial; the soil, with moderate labour, fruitful; the produce of its agriculture, mines, and fisheries, valuable. The rood services of the New Zealand Company have not been limited to the mere occupation of this important country. Their colonising operations ex torted from the committee of the Commons in 1844 —a committee composed in great part of members who were either supporters of a minister hostile to the company, or who had previously expressed themselves unfriendly to it—this owed of approbation : " Re solved, that the principles on which the New Zealand Company have acted in making the reserves for the natives, with a view to their ultimate as well as present welfare, and in making snitable provision for spiritual and educational purposes, are sound and judicious, tending to the benefit of all clamed." In the spirit of this resolution, Earl Gaav, who was chairman of the committee, has resolved, as will appear from the proposals above-mentioned, to ven ture the experiment of employing the company as his agent for carrying on the colonisation they began so humanely and judiciously. The experiment is limited to a term of three years. In justice to the company, whose finances have been paralysed by the vexatious delays and chicanery of former governments, ministers place at their temporary disposal a sum of money, and entrust to them the entire and exclusive disposal of crown lands, and the exercise of the crown's right of pre-emption in the Southern Government during the term of the agreement. At the same time, security is taken on behalf of the British public, at whose expense the money is advanced, and at the risk of whose interests the trial of the company's competency is made, by prescribing restrictions on their opera tions, and appointing a commissioner, to be paid by them, to watch and control their proceedings on the part of government. We repeat our conviction that the company will this day declare their acceptance of these terms. They have only to read the last New Zealand to learn that the settlers—not makjag Spectator for the impediments placed in their way by former ministers—are beginning tO attribute their insecurity to them. It Is of vital importance to the company to be placed in a condition to recommence Immediately their colonising operations. The terms offered are ' , tamadvantageous than were guaranteed by , former ministers, but they will enable them to go on with a fair prospect of remunerative returns—a secondary object we sincerely believe with the founders and leaders of the company, but of conee- Time to many shareholders. Already the tide of adversity has turned in the existing settlements, and the Scotch colonists for Otago wait only the omit may's re-commencement of operations to start fur the scene of their labours. After two years' struggle between life and death, New Zealand, the future England of the southern hemisphere, is about to commence the first chapter of its history. We have received our Paris express of Tuesday. The chamber continues to snub the ministers. On M. Odillon Barrot's demanding an explanation of the recent ministerial changes, M. Guizot wished to defer those explanations for a day or two. Other minis terialists proposed to defer thent till next week. But the chamber took M. Guizot at his word, and fixed on Friday for these explanations. M. buchitel was absent from the chamber. L' Union Monarchique affirms that after this the British ambassador and his lady intend visitim, Eng land on a conge, from whence, it says, they will pro- bably not return. Advices from Madrid to the 7th inst. announce the arrival of the Queen and her suite at Aranjuez the preceding night. The separation of her Majesty from the King Consort is said to have caused great pain to the well-disposed and loyal citizens of Madrid. Gen. Roe de Olano has the command of the troops forming the body-guard at the palace of Aranjuez. The prin cipal ministers accompanied her Majesty, who was also visited at Aranjuez by the French ambassador. The subject of the two detonations which we men tioned yesterday is reproduced in the Madrid journals. Although at first the circumstance was regarded as the accidental result of the play of some idle children, a more serious origin was ascribed to it at a later hour. Reports were in circulation on the 7th, that two pistols were really disc at the Queen. An examination into the affair " T e d been commenced by the police. It was even said that a ball had grazed the hat of the Queen. M. Angel de la Rive, a person employed as short-band writer, or reporter, for El Clamor Public°, and by profession an advocate, had been arrested and examined. He dented the charge. El Espanol says that those who know the life, character, and family of this individual consider the charge as unfounded. THE EXPRIs'BB, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1847. mowed the price, but the government interfered and put a Mop to it. MITTLENE. —At the moment (on the 23rd ult.) that the Creek population came out of their church, they were assailed by twelve drunken Turks armed with pistols. One Greek was killed and two others wounded. Whey the governor was informed of this fact, he sent troop( and arrested six of them—the others tied. EGYPT.— ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 30.—The Austrian steamer from Trieste brought some members of a commission ecru here to study the plan fur the construction of • canal to Suss, and proceed on to Cairo. There is much talk here of a diminution in the quarantine by France, on ai rivals from hence, and that it wi,l take place the begi nning tt June. MEXICO.—MUNICIPAL AND HARBOUR Duns AT TAWPICo.—The following general order, issued by General Patterson, commanding o ffi cer lathe United States forces In i I Tampico, s important to all merchants who hare commercial connexions with that port. The " wharfage and sown dues" ' appear to he abolished only in so far as the trade *and from the United States in United States vessels is concerned ; hut the seduction of "port charges and harbour dues" to one. half, the reduction of "pilotage," outwards mid inwards, ' from 9 to 7 dollars per foot, and the abolition of market dues, are benefits in which all will participate : 'lead-gumtree, lied Division, Army of Occupation... Tampico, Feb. 5, 1447. [Orden No. OSA 1. It Is hereby directed that all resolutions, ordinance., sod lamb whirl may bereater be pored by the mann-igen( eoetesnifeee of Tampico, shall be submitted OD the commanding officer of tbeTU. 8. aw hut consideration seed approval, without which they shall Set be carried into cite. , e‘ I. !'art charges nod harbour dome are hereby reduced to olisehndf of tho several soma heretofore established by the munkipal miller, and the armor collected from this source edible pod weekly to the senior surgeon of the army at Tampico for the benefit of the hospital. • ; 3. The charges heretofore exacted on prcaloce or merehasodise of any kind, ander the noise of wharfage and leas dues, brim en indirect tax on Americus citizens and American trade, will rear from this date to he made on any produce or merchandise main front or going ta the United States In U.S. vessels. 4. The recut ,eons authorising the charges heretofore made under of wine:et data, so far as it relates to noo.nritidenta, hereby &bundled. Persons not residing in the town will be permitted to mute to mar'.et, anal occupy stands on any street or plaza, where thee mar sell butchers' meat of all kinds. poultry. game, milk, .1(11.% frith and vegetables, and other produce, free from soy tax or charge. This privilege will not be extended to persona living in the town who purchase from those arriving to eel! again. They are forbidden to monopolise any article brought to market, and they shall be subjen to such taxes and charges r the municipal committee ray think peeper to ,loess. . . S. The pnewnt rate of pilotage, Oz., 5 dollars per foot for venal, arching, and 4 dollars per foot for those clearing. is considered exor bitant under the purest increase of trade, eopeclailly as U. S. steamers frequently render their asolotance. It to, therefore, ordered that the pilotage be reduced to 7 dollars per foot in full for pilotage inward sad outward. The payment of this sum *bail be certified by the col lector betore a clearance In glee.—By order of Milor-General Pollnow. (Mooed) Goo. A. McCau, A.A.O. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS_ BRUSSELS, MAY 12. The Queen of the Belgians had a providential escape yesterday (the 11th inst.), whilst travelling on the Belgian National Railway. Her Majesty, who had accompanied her royal husband as far as Verniers on his way to Cologne and Wiesbaden, was returning home to this capital when, about half-put two o'clock yes terday afternoon, and in the vicinity of the Ans station, the royal train came into violent collision with the Brussels down one, which left at eleven a.m. The royal train at the time was going at a very rapid pace in order to make up fur some delay which had taken place at Verviers. The shock was, consequently, very violent. Fortunately her Majesty herself escaped uninjured; two officers of her nate, however, were seriously injured, viz., General Mural, who had one of his ribs broken, and Gen. d'Hane, who received • violent blow on the head ; the former was unable to continue the journey further than Liege, where he was placed under medical treatment. One of the servants had his arm brskeo. Immediately after the accident a locomotive was dispatched with • museager bearing • letter for the king. It was calculated that the in telligence would reach his Majesty about seven p.m, The queen cha2layed great presence of mind and ex deep concern for the injuries received by the above-named gallant generals. One of the carriages of the royal train was almost smashed to pieces. The two trains came into collision at •junction line, • circumstance which win explain the reason why the pilot engine was not previously struck, and did not give the usual signal of danger The locomotive of the Brussels down-train struck the royal carriage, and the former was broken by the violence of the shock. The queen's escape was altogether providential, for even the chair in which her Majesty was seated was injured. Gen. Chasal was conveyed on a bed to Liege. Notwith standing the persuasions of some of the royal suite, her Majesty declined returning to Brunets by the high road, and after some delay resumed her seat in the royal train, which did not arrive near Lacken until 10 P.m. The royal carriages had been waiting since d Psi. A strict inquiry has been instituted into the causes of the accident. ATHENS, APRIL 30. It appears that by the treaty of 1832, it was stipu lated, in the sweat of Greece not paying the interest of the loan, that Great Britain was empowered to take possession of all the custom-houses in the kingdom, and retain it until the demand was liquidated. The ships of war are going to Salamis ; one will be left in the Pincus, and another small one will be sent to Patna. The dissolution of the chambers has created great alarm in the minds of all, aid may be come the prelude of great misfortunes. The majority of a single vote, that of M. Coletti, on • question of finance, dis cussed la the Chamber of Deputies, has served as • pretext for the adoption of this extreme measure. In any other country, the minister, when abandoned by a parliamentary majority, would have resigned, and left the crown to choose another administration: but M. Coletti, encouraged by his patrons, prefers to violate the charter, and interrupt the most essential labour of the parliament— the puling of the budget. The difference with Turkey has taken an alarming appearance. The Greek charge grajfairee proposed to the Ports to admit a M. Manaki to act as con sider agent for Greece when he left Constantinople: this was refused. The Porte, seeing the tardiness of the cabinet of Athi as to make the reparation demanded, was on the point of retiring its exeguatur tram all the consuls, of ex pelling all Greek subjects, and refusing to acknowledge the flag. Happily, the representatives of the great powers in terfered, and the Ottoman cabinet decided to adjourn these riprous measures until the return of the French steamer, which had been sent to the Palms. In dissolving the chambers, the crown bas exercised a right conferred on it by the 30th article of the constitution, but those who counselled this measure must reflect upon its consequences: the minister has ao budget ; he ha., therefore, consequently, no legal mesas of raising • revenue, for the 52nd article declares, No taxes can be imposed or duties raised, until they have been voted by the chamber of depu ties and the senate, and sanctioned by the king." The con. duct of Coletti wee disgraceful in the extreme—immediately he found himself in a majority of one only (55 against 54), upon • question of taxation, he arose from his seat. quitted the chamber, and made • signal to all the ministerial mem bers to do the same. So precipitate was his flight, that he left his spectacle., and notes he had takes of the sitting, upon his seat. A ft er the dissolution, Coletti issued the following Proelamatioa to the peo_p_le: " COUNCIL or MINIATNIAS TO Till GRIER NATION. --Serious motives relative to the interests of the people, and to public order, have occasioned the dissolution of the chamber, and the eonvocatioa of another for the 22nd of July next, by a royal ordonnanee of this day, conformably to the 30th article of the constitution. We hasten, by the present, to bring to your knowledge these motives, that you may understand the facts exactly, and to counteract the in sinuations of hose who will endeavour to lead you into error. The intent of the government of his majesty during these three years has been the consolidation of the oonsutution, the enforcing of laws, and the development of the national good. The government is occupied with these objects, and carrying its particular attention apse the confirmation of internal security, and public order. A new system of contribution, that of a direct taxation upon property, has replaced that of farming, of which the most de plorable results yet weigh on many families, W delivered the people from hard oppression, considerably reduced many taxes, and hid the first foundations of a better system of taxation. It is notorious that every new political system is, at the commencement, harassed with ditHcaltim, and therefore the government, by • prudent conduct, has pared through the two previous scosione, overcoming every continued attempt to smooth the great difficulties, and to surmount many ob stades, which them who ill understood the intentions of the government every day placed in its way. The opening of the third session took place under the most happy auspices, and the government, full of hope that this semen would be quickly passed over, submitted to the Chamber, in the month of Demober, the budget for the current year, and after that, at the proper time, the laws of taxation, the voting of which was the m eat essential and the most pressing on the legislative bodies, the more so, as the eking of the ant legislature was approaching, and the go vilaflant was obliged to ennounc• the new elections, and to mew itself Ia effecting theca. It is already five months sines the opening of the third saseicia, and by mason of fre quent otaisetes which the opposition has sever ceased to eremeo. Mem easuiag an interposition of nonsensical Cr, the Wirt has not been . voted to this day. usegiesume ell this delay in leg i slative labours has newieserily been, thee a certain Imi to do hes come over the elerels of the eimielleative working ,and carried with it most porn hien s rem* teethe interests of the people and the govern meat. It mei ander these is circumstances that the .i n boy tats eensgletsd, ing to the views expressed by the nadooal reenteeleithea The ministry was not ignorant et the difficulties ithket aelerled it, yet it did not hesitate Immediately after Mine emnphled, to present itself to the amber, and to sememem thee it considered, as a minis terial question, the thee jet irlieg ri z its project of law emeerning the oaaNISINS of tax, having decided pmeeionaly, in can et being be a , having but • utslioriVehte:spi _elks, or boo recourse to the of the eforthea thew by the leth article of the eemelltntlem, of the peritaseet end appealing to to The todelay, brine only in a majority of one, pothered the leek tweak end have retired, if it had net pseemind the firmiksan of the Kies, wed If it bad net the eandeths el euthiths the eeelhethe d Ow people, and bather the twesithewe be bed urthweeei lateeems of ' the weetty, srassi othith ma y be area de eiliseetea the pethertythz, athaltheed by it, avast the eperewiTe system des M. In this dale ef Obey 4 7 41 . 1 i = of the scandakins con duct memeety held by the la the chamber, with the Jainism*, awn men eletewt elthethe to the promise of the goveremeat, we line smislarel that we owe It to the throne sad to the nation to emit he pewee at a critical period, when the interests ef the sedan end the legislative duties have boon, to a wish' point, mis undentood. Independently of these considerations,: the Ministry has not hesitated to adopt the measure of a diesels ' don for the resions that, according to the constitution and the electoral law, the duration of the present period finished in the current year, and that the electoral operations .ill commence to-morrow in such a manner that, in consequence of the dissolution, they will not be exposed in any extra" - dinary manner to an electoral strife. Them are the most important motives which have placed us under the disagreeable necessity to order the dissolution of the chamber; and we are convinced that the Greek people, the friends of the law, will fully appreciate their weight. In taking this measure for the reasons which we have ex posed, we want that we are only guided in our acts by the con►titution and the existing laws; inasmuch a. more paid ' cutely concerns the expenses which will take place in this interval, we shall have for • support the ►udgets voted ' during the last two sessions, and diet which we have sub mitted in the third, to account of which the Chambers have already granted a credit for three months: as regards that which relates to the taxes, which was the object of the pro ject of the law in question, the government, without in fringing upon the laws in force, will take tu:h precautionary measures as the interests of the country requir e .—The Council of Ministers: J. Courrn, President.—Athens, Aprfl After the retirement of M. Poeiroupolo, the Minister of Finance, en ordinance appeared, in which the King expressed bin satisfaction for this manner in which be had tulfilled the functions which had been confided to him. Numerous MALTA, MAT 4. continue to arrive here, loaded with wheat for France and England. A great num ber have also arrived from England and Ireland in ballast. Many of them have been chartered to load at Alexandria, Varna, Odessa, and Tsganrok ; others litre gone on in ballast for thou porta, thinking to get higher freights. The Bull from the Pope, ordaining Bishop Sant as coad jutor of Bishop Cunene, with a promise of the bishopric at his death, arrived here a few days ago. It appears that the sudden departure of the ex-chief secretary to government Sir Hector °rein, for England, in the Erin, was occasioned by a something that has transpired in connexion with this said appointment, which is now well known to have taken place through the iiPrigues of the J. suits and the Camarillo party in the government offices. The Jesuits applied to Cardinal Aeton to intercede with the court of Rome, and induce it to request the court of St. James' to sanc tion the appointment of Bishop Sant. The British government wrote to the Malta government for information respecting the qualifications of Bishop Sant, and the Malta government rep riled that it had no reason to disapprove of Bishop Sant as coadjutor and successor to Bishop Cunene, adding that it had made no promise to any other ecclesiastic. Now it is asserted that the bishopric was long ago proinised to another, and for these reasons: Bishop Sant was made Bishop of Laredo in spite of the British government and ' Sir Thomas Maitland ; this occasioned a despatch from Eno. land to the Malta government, ordering that Bishop Sant should never, under any circumstances, become Bishop of Malta, Not long ago another despatch was received by the Malta government upon the same subject, adding to the above, that Bishop Sant can never be bishop on account of his excessive weakness of mind and being a Jesuit. It is to explain this matter that Sir Hector Oreig, it is said, is gene to England. The Canon Dedomenico, who cut his throat, is dead.— The governor, Sir Patrick Stu►rt, has been indisposed of late.—The English brig Star, Captain lit'Donold. from Galata, bound to Cork, picked up, 100 miles east of Malta, a boat containing twelve persons, the crew of the Ottoman brig Dervish, from Marseilles to Constantinople. An hour afterwards the brig was observed to sink. FRANCE—PARIS, MAT 11.—UFN. CTJBIERES.— The interrogation of Gee. Cubiires terminated on Tuesday, after a sitting which lasted three hours. A summons was then issued for M. Paraseutier to appear, on Wednesday, before the committee. It Li presumed, from the number of persons whose names appear in the correspondence, that these preliminary proceedings will extend to a great length. TIIE Ittor Acr IY FatNcE.—During the recent disturbances in different parts of France to prevent the removal of grain, the military authorities have not ventured to employ force to establish order, when net unaccompanied by one of the civil authorities. The Minister of War, how ever, has just issued directions setting forth that, by the law of August 3, 1791, the commandants of the military have not need of the co-operation of a civil magistrate to repress acts of aggression and pillage, and to ensure the absolute free circulation of grain and provisions. The Marquis d'Aligre, peer of France, has just died, leaving a fortune the income of which is estimated lit 2,000,000 f. - - - - GERMANY.—PRCSSIA.—BERLIN, MAY 10.—The report of the proceedings in the chamber of the three repre sentative Estates, is concluded in the official journal of this day. Two interesting episodes occurred after the termina tion of the debate which arose on the motion of the depu ties from Posen. The first arose from a representation of M. Von Beckerrath, on the part of the committee, to which all motions for a revision of the tariff of the Zollverein, have been referred. M. Von Beckerrath stated that the committee had judged it necessary to apply for copies of the minutes of the last conferences of the Zoliverein, held at Karlsruhe and Berlin; and that a promise made by ministers to communicate them, had been subsequently re tracted. The commissary of the Diet complained that this representation was premature. He had, indeed, pro mised that the minutes should be communicated to the com. _ . matte, and had afterwards found that there were difficulties in the way ; but the letter in which he had intimated the existence of these difficulties was confidential: no official refusal had been given. M. Von Bcckerreth denied that the letter was confidential ; and the commissary called upon him to produce it. The obstacle to the production of the minutes arises from en impression that, being the common property of the Union, they cannot be subjected to the dis cussion of the estates of any one government composing it. The second episode was a renewal of the discussion upon the declaration of the 137 liberal deputies. In replying to a remark of Count Bencken, the commissary declared that the declara tion was a protest, not a petition, and therefore not capable of tieing received. Several members-some of them who had nut signed the document—rose to protest against the irregu larity of giving an invidious description of a paper, the sub stance of which had not yet been regularly communicated to the Diet. The commissary maintained that it bed been read to the chamber ; but, from his own statement, it appeared that only the motion referring to the declaration, not the de claration itself, had been read. M. Von Vincke protested against the attempts of ministers to inveigle him into 'debate ou a document that was not yet before them. This discussion gave rise to considerable excitement and noise. The marshal's hand-bell (by which he calls tie assembly to order in extreme eases), was more than once put in requi sition. The commissary commenced one of his speeches by expressing a wish that the meeting would become less ex cited, which exposed him to the retort from M. Von Vineke, that he was himself the first who lost his temper. At the close of this conversation, the scrutiny, paragraph by para graph, of the report on the law for excluding improper characters from the Diet was resumed, and some further progress made. Foote DISTURBANCES.—Accoants, of the Bth inst., from Herrenberg, Urach, Ludwigsburg, and Goppingen, in Wiirtemberg, state that great anxiety was felt. at those towns, for fear of outbreaks. Precautionary measures had been taken by the citizens. In the night between the sth and 6th, Herrenberg was up in arms, as it was rumoured that an attack was projected there, as well as at Odlstein, on the store-houses. Some arrests took place, patrols pa raded the streets, and the night passed by quietly. Similar measures were taken in the other towns. Disturbances, but not of a serioue nature, had also broken out at Riedlingen. The King of Wirtemberg has given, from his own privy purse, a rum of 2,0005. to the town of Ludwigsburg, in order that the inhabitants may be furnished with bread at • cheaper rate. Disturbances broke out, on the 3rd inst., at Ratisbon, but we have no particulars. BELOIUM.—DISTURBANCES IN BRUSSELS.—On the 10th inst., general hundreds of evil-disposed persons, belonging to the lower orders, perambulated various streets of Brussels, uttering seditious cries. Not having been immediately checked, they proceeded to attack ahaker's shop in the Rue des Tanneurs, broke the windows, sad forced the proprietor to make a distribution of bread. They were commit other excesses, when a detachment of fir luta! to fire brigade arrived and succeeded in dispersing the rioters, after arresting a few of the ringleaders. The mob, however, soon reassembled in another quarter, and commenced en attack upon the premises of en extensive corn-merchant in the Rue des Secure Noires. A large body of police and military arrived just in time to save the pre mises from being plundered. A large quantity ot sent and rye had been brought to the stores only oa the preseding night, and the publicity of that event hul= the de) created considerable stir in the neig All day, on the 11th, the police and military men on the qui env. Large crowds had assembled near the Hotel de Ville and in the two streets above name/ On the night of the 11th, the disturbances were renewed. During the entire day a great number of pesos were sta tioned in the Grande Place, and in the Rue de PArnigo (be hind the HOW de Vile), when the city prison is situated, and where about a dosen rioters were detained in custody. Towards nightfall the crowds increased to such numbers that it was deemed advisable to draw out the military in front of the Hotel de Ville, and to clear the Rue de l'Aaigo of the concourse of persons assembled there. Pram :mutest Mae till half-past eleven p.m., there were samseens ekb mishear (so to write) between the weep sod the pismire, who Mooed and hooted, and uttered thesis of ea elseudne nature. Towards midnight, die base geadarmes, Ida sas particularly obnoxious to the people, made frequent use of the flat part of their sabres, charged the multitude several times, and ill-treated way persons. The arrival of power ful reinforcements anomie prevented any abroad lei* 11111 Ce on the part of the exasperated populace- A renewal of the disturbances is apprehended for this night and tar row, which being the fed of the Ascension, is a grand bakbay. Extraordinary military and civic precautiose bare been taken to secure the peace. There were, is all, six beers attacked and partly plundered during the outbreak ea Maw day night and early on Tuesday morning. There eseht net have been less than 8,000 persons assembled on the Mt el Tuesday in the immediate vicinity a the Hotel do HOLLAND.—The Rotterdatrache Corrado: dna 12th contains a cheering account of the prospects of the bar vest in the vicinity of Bois-le-due. SPAIN.—The Pomento of &redoes, el tra 3rd, Oates that the Mexican privateer it ism, yea Chas, car rying one gun, and a crew of 3 3 ma, had in the waters of Ivies, and brought into Esmag.., N r ea Mmeriosz ship Carmelite, 188 tens, Capt. Edwin imosidkoorog from Ponce, on the Neapolitan coast, to Trieste, with albs. TURK EY . —BAODAD.—The continued eeriOt has occasioned fears of a deficiency in the Wain larv,r- Speculators and possessors of torn have onerequently COLONIAL. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—The following extract of a letter from Hobart Town, dated 21st Jan., 1847, re quires Do comment : Its t w o be hoped tint owe an governor. thee Is dolly looked kr Ws thlt le properly ansep the alleles of etae. M i rth thief psrtle• of othey penes ~:d air to Film it edle thee pea treedy en the ithers. If le= = 4 wer, w whit IT tome* girths le ern as the theneurat mod the sp. peletheth wit be top Ode, het • bad of gene tether. 'the gems. three dells bewee n z4verehel their arthelet the Deemetber leth =el la Mit MIS the huhemith vie hare little ai teller paid preeml, es the therm rime le empty, end thine thee new fIOVIIMIII COM bftp ewe wr Odin to draw, there is little theme of Its being repledied. anthem poreally is steady, the estates are reeekkeg very gar pine tee ask woo' even io the tam Odle unfavourable weave WHIM width be rgrou. Bank and Treasury Mlle hare Yawed, sat an new Ninth et 2 to I premium. Our attest berme Is wow In, sad teem tl asestrots It is most abort dart ; the price ia ea per bushel, bat I anticipate It will be lower. irbt Court. We have authority to state that her Majesty's ball, this evening, is to be in full dress. The Queen held a court at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Count de Jarnac had an audience of tne Queen to deliver his credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of the French, in the absence of the ambassador. His excellency was in troduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State foe Foreign Affairs, and con ducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Gordon, G.C.8., was presented to her Maje , ty by Viscount Palmerston on his return from hM embassy to the court of Vienna. Lord Howard de Walden, G.C.8., had an audience of the Queen, and was presented to her Majesty by Viscount Pal merston on his appointment as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Belgium.—Sir E. Disbrowe, 0.C.H., was presented to her Majesty at an audience by Viscount Pa/menton, on his return, on leave of absence from the court of the Netherlands.—Sir A. Malet, Bart., was presented ay Viscount Palmerston to the Queen, on retumi.g from a mission, and on going abroad again.-- Her Majesty gave audience to Viscount Palmerston.—The Queen was attended by Lord Waterpark, lord in waiting ; and Sir E. Codrington, G.C.8., groom in waiting. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday.—H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent also visited her Majesty and his Royal Highness yesterday. Lord J. Rummell had an audience of the Queen yell.. tender. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, honoured Her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening, and also the amateur per formances at the St. James's Theatre. The royal suite in cluded the Countess of Charlewont, Hon. Miss Stanley, Lord Wtterpark, Lieut-Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Capt. the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St.*James's. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Sir G. Couper, and Lord J. Murray, honoured the amateur dramatic performances in the St. James's Theatre with her presence, last evening. A deputation front Sheffield, headed by Earl Fitsyrilliam and Lord Wharncliffe, had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation on railways, headed by Mr. Hudson, M.P., and Mr. Edward Ellice, Jun., M.P., had an interview with Lord J. Russell Yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. His lordship was accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exche quer and the Right Hots. E. Strutt, First Commissioner of Railways. Mr. J. Fielden, M.P. had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial•offloe. Mr. Banner man had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Hunts-offlce. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday in Whitehall-place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, Lord Colborne, the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. J. C. Berries, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir C. Lemon, and Mr. H. T. Hope. SIR CHARLES NAPIER AND THE BOROUGH OF Matrottionst.—Sir Charles Napier has published an ad dress to his constituents, giving them the option of continuing him or not u their representative, in consequence of Her Majesty's government having ordered him to " hoist bin Hag" es commander of the Experimental Squadron. Sir William Parker will continue to command in the Mediterranean. NATIONAL PIOVINCUL BANK or ENGLAND.—Yee terday the annual general sooting of this company wu held at the offices in Biemsternest, Mr. Jahn Melville in the chair. The report stated *et, " Shortly after the Ire annual meeting, the business,' the Stockton end Durham County Bank, carried on at Stesitten and Guisherengh, was ineorporated with that of this ttempany at those }Less. This arrangement has been attended with a valuable Imam s r connemon from amongst the serieshnral tateessee of tine district. In the coons of hapset the di:seises one le the determination of withdrawing the inenehes etesalithed nt Northwich and Croyland, where the Indases, always brow eiderable had become less remunerative in omsequenos of the restriction of the country circulation by the Banking Lot of 1844. The statement of asseellSlS whi h the directors have now to submit to the ~tee is made up, as usual, at the close of do ea Ilse Stet December last, a date which it sell ie esalMai Is antecedent to the great Maness wet/ashes hie gime in the value of money. Bat although the Welt had nest the benefit of high rates during the period Ahab embeesiall the account, yet steady and settee =at wee hod for the company's funds, and the are bappr state that the result which they have now In eakibit ealliede that of any former year's operations. The vsnal wasiassiy as Isiknes : UN. A a d. Aser - ciref =dided meta 06,4401 I 1 Net Fail at 10 vi 14 Aar making ellowence Ix bed W dodial kW. Ind lore peop:etlon of pre lhalaery swam 13,10 7 8 99,615 9 10 Delimit dirkked et 3 pre cent. Ice 1816 mcan lose93l091 l L444116n1 . 1 ft at Mg Dee., 1646 79,073 19 10 And to Ike norm foal of 12,6031. IT.. ed. Is Ka selfehriesey state of the woman, the report was th4as %inanition* ash& essidst genus] plaadita, and the re tLuriisa~g4l,loll.• MOM& I. Melville, Horace Twin, end W. ilentiash, wore newiested without a diesentleet voice. A MACa hr en ohms in the salaries of the general mana 22Leiseles ef the company, wee withdraws co the un thst the matter deaold be taken into the end the board. The Maine= them defamed the origins' we to be dissolved, semi teemed the preendlogs of an entwersibury plural meths eureeeoll Or the par pais el taking ire emelderogen the peeprisay of *huh( the deed of seitherat in seek a ossaser so Urn the umber of threshes shed* news bless 6101 twelve, ma sew m ewl Idgbloes. leeelotins ONITI this vsessissoletion bee abet were edepeed, melded to the orilrordss of a irellegt te be hell ke dot pupae, end Oahe bowies been teed le thrashers and the bawd es Wu to ihegmerel wwasigre (Mr. lebeelesa) end the ether odious Kt he eompsay, them-teellog bobs op. BRITISH BKDOSIATIOIf llogthww.—An annual ineeting of this seelety wee Uhl yethodsge et Willis's Rooms, Bt. James's. Kr. Hine predi The mini report wee reed by the secretory. The seodttee *seek regretted the great imams et Remoden Los roan, as evired by the =rof Men awhile it ga te s, cherubs, dui iss amber et soweerts fib fala. Deali:7l l l4 l 6, sad the }seam of Mg bed elped, lbe day bez is t =ell ha may imperhiet erre dsos. The aostoi smog Oho Ileum ids at Bridgewater end_ Teem is 1646 bed Woad the committee to seed a depuesties to then towns. The outings then held bad.been wry crowded, and it wu hoped had effected considerabk good. Meetings had also been held in Oman every part of the country by which the perverse of popery had been considerably checked ; and of which the report contained various details. The committee also entered into some particulars of • rives race discussion which had taken place at Wigton, between the Rev. C. J. Kelly, catholic priest, and the Rev. R. P. Blakeney, which had resulted in the withdrawal of the former gentlemen from the contest, by which stop they considered the cause of popery at Wigton to be completely lost. Tle agents of the society had also been at work in the metropolis, and, as a proof of the success of their exertions the committee instanced the tact that in the district of St. Giles's alone upwards of 800 Roman catholic families had been visited, and among whom the scriptures had been read and distributed. The follow- ing publications were at present on sale, at very ' reduced prices, at the office, at • great lose to the society. 20,624 tracts, 20 volumes of tracts, and 120 I controversial works; there had else been granted to clergy. men and others, for distribution and lending libraries, 18,811 tracts, 5 volumes of tracts, and 44 Cf ntroversial works. The total receipt* of the society, fur tt e past year amounted to 1,6261. lbs. aa. ; and the expenditure to 1,3901 Ifts. 5d., which left a Wane, of 2351. 14s. 6d. The liabilities amounted to about 2001. The adoption of the report was moved at some length by the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, who spoke generally of the dangers to whin h be considered pro testantism was at present subjected from the various modes in which catholidsm was gaining sacendancy ; condemning also what he maintained to be a popular error with regard to the character of the new head of the catholic church—a " liberal " pope being in his opinion an impossibility, inas much as the present one was as great an enemy to the scriptures as the most bigoted who had occupied his place. The Rev. J. Ralph seconded the resolution, which was further supported by the Rev. P. Hall, and unanimously adopted. Two other resolutions, approving of the objects of the society, were then spoken to by Dr. Cumming, the Rev. AV. Hatchard, and other gentlemen, is addresses of a similar character, which concluded the price dings. DRESS-MAKERS' AND MIL! INERS' SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the esiocUtion for the aid of dr en-makers and milliners was held yesterday at the rooms of the Statis tical Society, in St. James'asquare. Lord Ashley tack the chair, and congratulated the meeting on the prospects of the society. He considered that no class stood so in need of pro tection and support as that of the milliners and dressmakers, because no class were so incapable of helping or protecting themselves. The report opened be expressing the wish of the committee that now, when much was being done broth by private endeavour and by the legislature towards reducing the hours of labour of various classes, especially of young persons and females, something might be done for the limi tation of the time which milliners and dress-makers were obliged to work—which in some, though hthpily not the majority of cases, we, as many as sixteen and eighteen hours. During the past year 467 young persons had been provided with situations. After alluding to the benefits conferred by the plan of registration, the report stated that, due inquiries having been made, 1,217 persons bed been registered ; 601.6.. had been expended daring the year in pacuniary assistance; and although this was less than in s' me former years, the committee could confidently state that no deserving applicant had been refused assistance. The com mittee strongly recommended to heeds of establishments the ventilation of the working-rooms, and deprecated the custom observed in some houses of using the working-rooms for sleeping apartments. The report ended by suggesting what the committee were of opinion would tend to shorten the hours of labour—aunely, that all young persons should be strongly urged to employ their mornings well, and get as much work done as possible, and that ladies should allow a proper time for the execution of their orders, • point which at present many were too forgetful of. By the balaneeeheet It appeared that the receipts of the put year had been 1.8891. 3s. 84d., and the expenditure 1,8171. 15e. Sid., leaving a balance of 711. Bs. 3d. The invested capital now amounted to 1,2361. 18s. Dr. Guy moved, and Mr. Dal rymple seconded, the motion for the adoption of the report, which was agreed to; after which the ladies' committee and the committee of management were re-elected, and some coot ;alimentary votes dosed the meeting, which was attended by several distinguished persons, among whom were Countess Only and the Earl of Arundel. ENTERTAINMENT TO THE BISHOPS AT LAMBETH PALACE.—The Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual entertainment to the members of the episcopal bench yester day (Holy Thursday), at Lambeth Palace. The right rev. prelates present were the Archbishops of Armagh and Dub lin, the Bishops of London, Durham, Winchester, Li icoln, Bangor, Rochester, Llandaff, Chester, Gloucester, Exeter, Ripon, Salisbury, Hereford, Worcester, Lichfield, Ely, Ox ford, St. Asaph, Peterborough, St. David's, Cashel, Tas mania, Bishop Coleridge, and the Bishops designate of Adelaide, N.S.W. (Rev. A. Short), of Newcastle, N.S.W. (Rev. W. Tyrrell), and of Melbourne, N d.W. (Ray. C. Perry). At half-put six o'clock prayers were read in the archbishop's private chapel, the whole of the above prelates attending, and the Venerable Archdeacon Harrison, one of his grace's private chaplains, officiating. The chapel was opened for divine tervice for the first time on this occasion, having undergone extensive restoration and repair during the peat twelve months. At seven o'clock • superb enter tainment we, served In the banquetting-room of the palace. The venerable archbishop presided, and was supported upon his right by the Archbishop of Armagh, and upon his left by the Archbishop of Dublin. The enerable Archdeacon Harrison and the Rev. Dr. Mill (chaplains to the arch bishop) had the honour of joining the circle at dinner. THE BROKERAGE QUZSTION.—Thia question has again attracted attention in mercantile quarters. It was die• cussed at the last meeting of the Court of Aldermen, and was again postponed until Tumidity the 18th inst., when it is expected that, as far as the aldermen are concerned, it will be decided. It is evident that several of the aldermen are not conversant with the system of business as conducted by brokers generally in the City, as it was stated by some of them that it was not customary in the colonial trade to charge the buyer any brokerage. It appears that the corporation derives as annual rental from the brokers of between five and six thousand a year, and the brokers would seem entitled, therefore, to expect protection in the exercise of their calling. For the last century this respectable class of the commercial commu nity have carried on their business according to customary rules without question in any quarter. If therefore, there be any breach, rigidly construed, of mere ancient municipal regulations, those regulations should be altered in confor mity with a more advanced state of mercantile practice, in day of the large interests created and established for so long a period. Should the brokers not succeed in obtaining what is deemed the justice due to them, it is understood that re course will be had to the courts of law, and eventually, per haps, to the House of Lords, in which case the legality of the city dues levied upon the broker. may be called in question, and abolished. ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —The 'sere.. train from Liverpool, which was due at Euston-square at eleven o'clock last night, did not Mice till five minutes past ate this morning. The delay arose from the train running into • good. train, on • curve in the line, a little below Wolvert on, by which the guard', break-waggon was broken to pieces. Happdy no lives were lost, but the guard and several of the passengers were slightly injured. Whether the accident occurred through the signals not having been properly at tended to, or whether the goods train carried no "tail lights," we could not ascertain in the confusion which pre. railed on the arrival of the train. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—DETERMINED SUICIDE OP • Brontizo MAN.—By Mr. Bedford, et the Plumbers' Arms, Lower Ebury-street, Pimlico. on the body of William Kendrick, aged 48. The deceased, who resided at No. t, Upper Itanelagh-ateset, wee well known in the sporting world, end for the last three weeks had laboured under great mental anxiety, from his having lost large some of money at Newmarket, and be was unable to meetsome of his engage ments. On Tuesday last deceased passed a very restless night, and between eight and nine o'clock on Wednesday morning his wife heard a heavy fall in the bedroom, and ou going up, she saw the deceased lying on the carpet weltering in blood, be having inflicted a deep wound on the left side of his neck with a razor, which was found by his side. It was evident he had committed the deed whilst standing before the look ing-glass, as the glue and dreasing.table were covered with blood. Mr. Griffith, of No. 31, Lower Ebury-street, cur gems, was called in immediately, end found all the principal bloodvtasels divided, and lift extinct. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 12. The hopes of his Excellency's recovery giow fainter and fainter. This morning a bulletin was lamed, stating that The Lord Lisuteasut has had a quiet night, but his strength has not improved. At four o'clock to-day the answer to inquiries at the Castle was—no change—his excellency continues in the same way. All through the county of Limerick great excite ment, with a strong tendency to overt acts of violence, prevails. On Monday evening two policemen arrived in a state of great exhaustion, one with his ramrod bent doable. Their station at Ardnacrusha, two miles from the city, on the Clare side of the Shannon, was attacked by • band of 600 men, after having first demolished the parish soup kitchen, broken the boilers and utensils, and torn the books con taining the mews d the destitute applicants. Having next smashed the windows of the barracks, the station was sheet to be regularly invested, when the polies fired mmy khots to terrify, but in vain, and a iaw, with mew dial retinae, took effect Two men were NM* worded. The mob withdrew, but Iselseeil would return soon, and raze the ba rrack I. the ion This threat was the cause of the pass appem-Mg in the city with a demand for re intbresesseda Major-General N*o. despatched at ones two 4l Itry, a troop of the elk Mem ruins of Hans Artillery, with three gees. W they reseird all was quiet. Further dews the Shannon the peasantry were also meth Imbed, and a company of the 55th was deepened on Marley by the Swallow steamer to Bildyent, and late It the same evening the Pluto, with fifty sae troops kr the same destination. At Mealick, within two miles of the city, 10,000 men, all " armed with knives.' are Mated to have assembled also oa Monday. The elegy was seeking to cause their digersim, Wilsey !spieled, and threat ened the ihinelion e/ all cat tle, sullenl with a firm deter mination ad to see* wt-door relief. In Cork, the same feeling of discontent prevails. On Monday a body of 400 unemployed labourers marched in procession into the city, and having drawn up be fore the Board of Works office, sent a deputation to confer with Capt. Broughton, government inspector. They stated the deep distress which afflicted them since their dismissal. The inspector recommended them to be placed on the relief lists. After remaining a short time they retired quietly, their demeanour being quite respectful during the interview. At Cm tlemartyr, the residence of the Earl of Shannon, who has faithfully discharged his duties as a man and a landlord, the peace has been violated by the inroad of labourers from the surrounding districts. Having inflicted various severe blows on the police, they set about sapping the bridge, when a company of at ' fantry issued from the Earl's gate, having passed through the demesne from Middleton, the military station. They fled before the troops, were pursued, and several taken prisoners. Cloyne, a neighbouring town, was the scene of riot on Monday also. The military arrived there too, and repressed any attempt at mischief. In Kerry, one of the most peaceable counties in Ireland, the peasantry have been assembling in imposing masses, demanding employment or bread. The police are very active in preserving the peace. A committee fprmed in Cork for the distribution of the American relief, and calhd the New England Committee, has been caused some little embarrass ment in connexion with the cargo of the Jumettown. Accepting the statements of the ship's manifest as correct, they made a partition of the cargo, and called upon the several district committees to remove their shares. It appears, however, that upon comparing the manifest with the Custom-house list, there was a very manifest dtficiency, and the committee find that they will have 30 or 40 tons less of food to give away than they calculated upon. " Every item," says one of the members of the com mittee, was " exaggerated." Could this have been a little bit of Yankeeism played off at the " Boating" side of the Atlantic? Farea.—Orricial. Ctucexia.—The following circular has been issued from the Relief Commission Office to the inspecting Soar of each union : tier,—The Relief Commitionete desire to draw your attention to the 13th section of the Fever Art, 10 Viet, cap. 32. This section directs that the neceerary expenses incurred by any relief committee la carrying into egret an order whit h may, in certain cases, be brood on the certificate of the central Loud of health, for the purpose, stated in section 3—or in the payment of 'tholes to the tried eel officers op. pointed by the Lord Lieutenant for such purposes—and in the exe cution of the other provisions of the act—are to be defrayed in such manner as the Invite Commiseioners of the treasury may diner, out of the funds which shall be placed at the disposal of the Relief Com. missionere, for the use of such union, purithnt to the temporary relief act, 10 Vic., cap. 7, provided such expenses and salaries shall be in conformity with any regulations which may, from time to lime, be noted from the Treasury. When, therefore, the relief cumnissioners may inert an order in respect to any elect at division or relief dis trict of your union, pertain to sector 3, It will be normary fee the relief commluce of such division or district immediately to coo eider the expense that may hare to be incurred for each of the purposes in section 3, and lemma an estimate accordingly), through the finance committee, subject to its revision and approval. It will also be noxesary, before incurring export in the executi et of any of the ether provirtans of the act, that the reilvi tOrnlllittCe f a. any dirt. eke or district in which it may be actually neeenetry to carry any of these prortaions into effect, should, in like manner, frame an estimate of the expenses to be incurred for thit object, and submit it to the finance committee for approvaL Every each estimate is to he distinct from the estimate for reli4 under the set 10 Vic., c. 7—it being im object to preserm a Wrsee cant of .11 expenditure incurred under the fever wt. a e relief committee may consider addelonal hospital or Mapes. eery relief regulate, mailer section 3, it toil be necessary, in the first instance, to forward from the committee to the (eland board of health (Poor-law Commisthis.offloe, Dubin), a report, showing the necessity for such additional means of encoding medical relict—By order of the Relief Commirsioner& W. STANIAY, Seentary. STATE OF TILE COVNTILY.—The mortality which is de , creasing in the workhouse of Cork appears to be augment ing to a frightful extent in that of lieueximmon, and in the gaol alas. A local journal states that, in the fever hospital of the gaol, where there are 70 patients on an average, the daily average mortality is nine. With regard to the condi tion of the county, it to most afflicting. Offenders confined for larceny crowd the gaol, and amongst the inmates of that institution are sixty convicts sentenced within the last two months for of against the laws of property. Potatoes are planted in great breadths by the prudent farmers of the county of Down, and the young shoots look very promising. In Mayo less potatoes than was even anti cipated have been sown, and the harvest will inevitably be more scanty in corn than the last. The local paper states that not more than two-thirds the breadth of lend usually tilled is this year under produce. The crops are coming up well in that county. The two men who, yesterday, effected the robbery at the Royal Bank, were taken to-day in Drogheda. They were recognised as members of the swell-mob from London. SCOTLAND. GLASGOW, MAT 12. A requisition to John M'Gregor, Esq., of the Board of 'trade, is in the oouree of signature. It has been launched under the auspices of some of our leading liberals. A meeting of Dissenters was held a few evenings ago in the lower Trades'-hall to receive the report of the Rev. Drs. King and Taylor, who have been in communication with the conference of English Dis senters. The room (which may hold about 150) was well filled. The chair was taken by the Lord Provost. A large committee was appointed to report on the course that ought to be pursued by the Glasgow Dis senters at the impending election. A pretty decided determination to have one member of their own choice was expressed, and it was mentioned that a gentleman, "not a violent politician," whose views would meet their requirements, could be got to stand. EDINBURGH, MAY 12. The statements advanced by Dr. Taylor of Glasgow in the anti-state church conference, with reference to the absurdity of exacting pledges against church and state union and education grants, from candidates at the ensuing election, are substantially the views of the great body of Scotch dissenters, who will not allow themselves to be led away by the chimeras of the Baines school of politicians. The northern volun taries are satisfied that to insist on impracticable con ditions would be to sacrifice their electioneering influ ence at the shrine of folly. Besides, the free church party still hold the principle of an established ahurch, and co-operation with them is requisite to give Scotch dissenters political strength. The junction between the two great voluntary denominations (the relief and secession) of Scotland takes place to morrow, and as none of the ordinary public buildings are lar enough for the ceremony, it is to take place in the Wl at 'fanfield, where the free church met for the first time after the disruption. A carious literary discovery connected with Burns has just been announced. It is stated that there is manuscript evidence to show that much of the good poetry in the Scotch hymns and paraphrases owes its existence to the emendations of the Ayrshire bard. Hitherto the corrections on those compositions have been ascribed to Logan, a minister of South Leith, and author of " Runnymede," a tragedy, and of the posthumous " Sermons" which bear his name. In collections of poetry he is named as the author of the " Ode to the Cuckoo," but even of this honour his memory is about to be deprived, for that ode, as well u other pieces of which he obtained the redit, is uow said to have been written by Michael Bruce, well known as the author of the verses entitled " Spring." It is a singular circumstance (if true) that the section of his countrymen who have the least veneration for the memory of the Ayrshire peasant, should for half a century have been giving expression to their devotional fervour in his words. ORINIT AND BRITLAND ELECTION.-Mr. Anderson. of London, has published a letter in the John-o'-Croat JOUrDOI, contradicting a report, that, in consequence of hav ing received an invitation from an English constituency, be intended to relinquish the contest for Orkney and Shetland. Mr. Anderson says, he has not " the slightest intention " of abandoning the field, and enters into some analytical details to show that his success is certain. PROVINCIAL. On. OF Till HOST Bifocals° la 1:B011111 aver Orattalitted in the West Riding we perpetrated at tim_geint eller et Xi:field, near Dewsbury, at mid-day on Webeseday bat The victims are Mr. James Wraith, his wile, ea servant. The unfortunate gentleman wax formerly and few wane years bookkeeper to Joshua Ingham, EN , the rehmesiee aoal owner, of Mirfield, but hes for sonic time mat bees Ides in independent circumstances at that plea It that about twelve o'clock on Wedaseday, Mr. WIaML wee amen near his even house. /hest eige Vella a bey, who WM employed to work he the desemed yeathmea, west to the hems mad hem& en the deem belened. Blood wee tmeieg des maw the is The bey gave an shent, sad ea salmon wee Waist The most horrible geese was prestatal. In the Medusa the Ne vem, a yeses woman, betimes 19 and 99 ymes, was laid with her &set_n_ i her Imam hasten eat, mei her hes ia a emadWea Oa bevies dm Mita the hair e n gt " Zi wee head la dm pimp leeleg the 11.-Mlna. 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