The Express. — London, England, 1848-11-03 00:00:00

Wekker and Made, spoke only of the re-establishment et order and tranquillity, whereas "the left" de manded that the central power sho uld be instructed by the parliament to bestow upon the liberty tad uni t of Ger man some of that atten tion whaeh thez e ap &passel to concentrate exclusively on t and tranquillity menaced by the civil war in Monte. A considerable section of public opinion in this country amuses the centre! power . of being merely the policeman of Germany, and the ministers of the Vicar of the Empire would do well to give themselves the trouble to show the world that they are supporters of order and liberty com bined. The enemies of the central power will not be 'kW to Arm that ell it does to maintain order is di luted against liberty, and in times 6o agitated as those Itt which we live it is not sufficient to be strong and tint in support of order unless this order is made conducive to the liberty and independence of the patriotic citizen. But tho majority in the Franke fort parliament is always dreaming that " the left" ie setting some were for it. Ever sines minister* were compelled to resign after the vote suspending the treaty of Malmoe, the majority has fancied every question a cabinet question, and has deemed it news eary, before any other coosideratioa, to look to strengthening the hands of ministers, lest the period of anarchy produced by the first ministerial crisis should recur. Hence has arisen a kind of minis terialisme quqnd nkluse: which is the more to be de plored, that ministers have availed themselves of it to evince a puerile fear of the revolution, and a danger ous tendency to the Gedizotisin of 1831 and 1832. This disposition might carry us fir astray if our new Guizots hail one spark of the genius which enabled M. Guizot, of Ghent, to lead Louis Philippe to London. A similar consummation would be all the more inevitable that at the bottom the majority of our Frankfort par liament does not accord in opinion with its dearly beloved Schmerling micistry. To prove this it is only requisite to direct attention to the essential dif ference which exists between the majority's vote on the question relating to the actual state of Austria, and its vote on the question of the relations between Austria and Germany. The majority has decided to leave the hands of the ministers, who have declared unconditionally for the maintenance of order and tranquillity, quite free ; this is its vote with respect to the actual condition of Austria. Logically followed oat, this ewe ought to have led to another for the re-establishment of the Austrian. empire as it existed before the revolution. But the vote of the parliament or, the relations between Austria and Germany cute the Aus trian empire in two ; takes German-Austria and incorporates it into the German empire ; and haves the other provinces of Austria to organise themselves as they please—recognising no union between Ger man Austria and the Austria of the Selavonians, Mmyers, and Italians, save the loose bond constituted by the perused identity of their sovereign. This view was affirmed in the parliament by a majority of 318 to 90 : it was curious to observe how still and quietly ministers, after pushing forward M. Wurthe, one of their under secretaries, to feel their way, con templated the untoward effect produced on the Assembly by hie black and yellow (Aus trian) theories. Ministers did not venture openly to avow their own wishes and opinions, op posed as they are to the sense of the majority—that Geran Austria is part and parcel of the German empire, and that the other provisoes subject to the Holum of Hapsburg must remain connected with it only by the slender bond of the sovereign's person ality, unauthorised to affect its nationality in any way by their influences. This decision is bold, but it is right. It remains to be seen whether it can be en forced without calling in artillery to the aid of words. We believe that it will be necessary to invoke the aid of artillery, and also that German Austria will soon be compelled to invoke the aid of all Germany to emancipate it from the chains about to I.e imposed upon it be t mein sabres and Sclarocie carom. Ministers displayed little courage when this ques tion was under discussion, for they silently gave way to the majority. M. von Gegern showed more firmness; sad we are sorry that on this occasion at least he did mot follow the example of ministers. He proposed to leave German Austria united to the other parts of the Austrian empire as formerly, and to esteblith separate leder.; compact with the Austriandominions sa a whole. This would be in effect a partition of Germany ; it would be to surrender Gennen Austria to the domination of the Sclavonians ; it would be to empower • Selavonisn majority to decide what ties are to unite German Austria to Germany. Gagern confessed himself that such would be the result of his scheme. And if this result is really brought about, Germany will richly deserve the humilia tion, for its clear and paramount duty is to resist any partition. It is lamentable to am Gegen desert his place by th e side of those who would rather die than give up five millions of Ger mans whom Germany ought not and will not give up. I fear he has seriously injured himself by the inju dicious course be took yesterday ; I fear it, for Gsgern has always appeared to be the man upon whom it would devolve to ac re the reins of government in the hour of peril. I doubt whether he will, after this, be called upon to do so. I doubt and hope that I deceive myself ; for G is one of the purest and highest minded men wit* has appeared on the scene of public business for many a day. NAPLES, Ocr. 22. On the 13th of November forty-two now deputies are to be sleeted. The governmeat ha* published • table showing the districts which hitherto have not returned mem- I bees. By this lamas Bezmilt, the prime minister, =poets to I get a meitaity. At the present moment, or rather on the I last wed= mooted in the etiesehess, he hand the ministry in a =amity of M. Bat this s are so arranged hare that the government dictates to the asd sot the chambers to the goverment. Under ay eireamstasees the coming Nell- Coo will be a way important emirs the essay. The stein of Bieny naturally ooeupy mesh attention at the pram= saonseat Fresh troops and ammunition are eon. tinselly leaving Naples foe Sicily. The difficulty between the two a this. The Ring of Naples will not epee to the Skills= having ea army of their owe, and the pediment of Palermo ham too little faith in Ferdinand to trust him. Admirals Parker and Backs are very =popsies with the Neapolitan cabinet, which, at the present meant, is employed in soliciting the sympathy of other countries for %M of the Nea politan crown. One of the means of obtaining their object sby publishing the cdasial corresvoideuee relative to the affairs of Sicily in foreign papers. This "doing the victim," however, will scars* tell at the inteseat moment, with sick sews as we have from Austria, nor will the melees bombard meat of Menke& add to the popularity of his Sicilian Ma jesty. In Naples. strange as it may appear,. Sicilian into. penoence is looked on by a large party as identified with cow.titutiocal liberty has. The fortilleatleas es the sag are, at the present moment, being surveyed, and la some Instances mounted with cannon. The army is still reersiting, and a treat lean has been a= tracterl by Rothschild, which movements appear to antici pate war. The events of Europe, however, will icfluence Naples perhaps more than any other MOH power. The trial has taken Oren for tie wader of an English gentleman, Mr. Whitlock Nishall, sad the embUng of another English gesclassaa, who has dace recovered from the wooed (es already . reported a the Express). The 'twain whose him wee ktal is senteaesa to solitary lame eminent for life, sad three oilieste six men at the galleys. The attorney. genera =dressed the judger in a most power ful sad element charge, dessmiling the Mac= penalty of the law. ft appears the eases= was a released gallepalave who had essamitted other murders. The Preach steamer Pantile= bas brought me letters from P.teeme sad Magna, dated the 184 sad 19th. Hostilities are evidently eatisipated. At Paktum the activity means. A Colossi Forbes mid ether Is and French Miens buns surveyed the Mead, and me new =wising the Sidlha army. Otter odes= sod fostrass no tre. fire ex peeled ben Frame. A lima hes bees of 600,000 maw Irma private iadivithale, sad the gold sad diver utilise oldie church have Men selleined saapereatea The eaments has llisleina ere of soli ga rrir taw f a tabli_ the Nespeilera governsesse is ""'""'"' mamma sad ream essidemse; hat a a sky with is miles of ruined Mean, lisle sea be satisigefed. The Mame haw Ire= ef sem= imehusimm and deem =amiss as the part ef the te min sad RIM kw every lash of Swat. P.S. The sews been Asekia sad Runway Ms had some effect hen The pack were laded has slobs in every quarter of Naples. I males this fest es IS IDmtrstma ft tilt Welded OWN el dap. We are to have a dotage of ministry. Tram the liberal minister of April, has come in. I have einereed fee some time the significant manner in whisk VISMIIi kimono Naples. Austria is oor political haremeter. Tim ii - v . • per Coate kayo &Ilea down to 84—they were 87 a hw Bsys elm. DEN MARK.--CoPisliawiN, OCT. 211.—His Ma jesty the Kiss/ opened the Diet in the 23rd, with the iol lowlag speech from the thyme: —"Min et Dramark, it is a peat joy and eemtert to nos for the Ant time to he surrounsia by the fleeted verematatives of my faithful Denial people. The love and asamMity with which they upheld the maw, sacred to me sad the country, is .hone perpleuing days dam I have emended my tether's titles... are to me a pledge that a better time will soon dawn upon our itufferiote county'', which bmbem " "vasty visited by violence and diosenaion. With a deeply felt re- mow tr— outs lel= g the le 111- rood/ !stied 11 ea 'MI ea Bra p their 11arra6 ned the ,nd dear m plus persolli itpcs tau. r —Wen, of the is 30th, quarter, Vienna. the Lit to Or to leave which 1 not goon Tamen plenary tO form him riot tbe and saw &ration of the effect, W Vienna, anything Emperor Vienna to de of the d thereby the Cana.- al. that pm awed by trio: into the event OCT. 29 . and Wis" e Austrian deemed it will Mow day. M. waft re di -7 sdopuef think the ich M. ran ro, memobreace of New pest days, I now prawn te disease with Ike electors of my people that no odled.a whisk by ray free royal rosin I promise then ; by which it is say desire, my ken, mid ay pride to amok dale Ile snidest glory all kispplisto etbramest. 'abaft 10 yes by my mioistme—te whom I mom she bee mosses to the Ausably, , and the right of biking the bad thirsts if you dad it —the draught of this lower the eametitnuon, and I rely temp kitty on your faithful sad 'periods wagers dos in ceder that a conclusive arranpmmat N this able tiny be accomplished by the pressot Dis t, here assembled for that purpose. Should tldr, however, set be the ease, it is nevertheless not my intends to iet that institution come into operation until I bays grit submitted it to a new Diet. Hoy the biessit4 of tied rest upon you and your endrovoun, se that is. loaned esnatry may obtain honour, hoppintos, mid peen" At the lialtekisivn of this ranch the whole use may gave a keg and shout of Live Konen !'' The King returned thanks, and quitted the hall amidst continued doers. etc Court. WINDSOR, TnuaaDAT. —The Earl of Auckland is expected to arrive at the Cud* this evening on a visit to her Mejeety. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will heeled* the Ducesse of Kent, the Dube and Duchess of Cambrilge and the Primer Mary, the Prise's' of Holieslohe Langenhearg 'Ai the Prices." Blies, Lady A. M. Dawson, Samos de - Bose, Baroness de Bpsth. the Berl of Auckland, Mr. G. E. Anson, Unit •Col. the Bon. C. B. Phipps, Sir G. Cooper, and Mr. B. Mildmay. 'lhe Lord Mayor elect and the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, aetvospeoied by the if-membrane-sr sod other City c Seers, paid visits yesterday to several of the cabiciet =Waters. CHURCH MISSIONARY JUBILIM. m. 1 Yee y, jollies of meeting nro denary Society was held at Exeter-hall. The wasting was vary well attended, the entire hall being Ailed with a respect. able audience, a large properties of whom were ladies. The Earl of Chic hester was in the chair, sad beside him op the platform ware, the Lied Bishop of Oilord. Iced Olenelg, Lord Teignmenth, the Hon. Henry Cholmeadislay. the lion. Capt. F. Mande, the Hon. S. IL Corms, Sir R. H. Inglis, IL P. Arctidomon Mutiny, of Calcutta,:H. S. Thornton, Esq., sad Admiral H. Hope. The proceedings having been cons- Resent by prayer and singing, Ihe CHAIRIIkI( said that seeing so many of the fathers of the society amend him, he naturally felt diffident in address ing them at that period of the proceedings ; but this was a , happy jubilee to these who bad formed this society, as well as to all who rejoiced when the work of the Lcrd prospered, although the world knew nothing of the sweet music al prayer and praise in which they had been engaged, and which, he molt nut doubt, had ascended to the can of the Lord of Sabsoth. Fur 1800 years had the heralds of Christ beea proclaiming his Gospel, and yet the world would not hear them ; it was a sod and oppressive thought, and one which was enough to crush their hopes and energies, did they not remembi r the name of Him who was called Won d.rful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prit,oe of Peace. and that the rcovernment of this app.- rosily hopelen chaos was comnutted to his should, n. He concluded by saying that the founders of the Church Missionary Society had left a bright ex ample ; and its friends should not be east dews by trials 01 troubled, hut go on trusting to God's providence and God's spirit ler SICCela, and praying that the mission. Tile may he more patient, and more bold in their work, and that their numbers and the 'There of their labours may be multiplied a hundred-fold. The lIIKILTPAZT then read a very lengthy man contain ing a history of the society's past operations. It commenced by a thaokfel mention of the names of mute of the princi,eal pavanes/es who had conferred groat benefits on the cause. It spoke of the gradual iecrease in the funds of the society, as well as in opportunities of usefulness, since its establiehment in 1790. Toe income received since its establishment, a period of 49 yews, has amounted to 2,000,109(., and, during the whole time, the supply of missionaries had not tailed. The report then gave a very satisfactory accuunt of the progress made at the different miniensry stations. Westera Africa was the earliest missior, the standard of Gospel troth was first ral.ed there in 1804 ; the missionaries establithed themselves at Sierra Leone, where there were now 2,044 communitants, and nearly 7,000 attendants at the church services. Mis sionary laoours have alto been commenced on the eastern coast of Africa. In the year 181 u, missionaries proceeded to New Zealand •, there were now on that station 6,000 com municants. In India, which was neat visite it Akers were 30,000 natives under religious instruction, above 18,000 children attend the schools, end the communicant,. are 6.000. From Ceylon, from North America, from the West Indio, and from the Meditereasean, the amounts were allemandes:tory. China was the last sissies andertaken, and was a most ha- parent one. On the whole the society had musk Is be thankful for in it 102 stations, its 13,000 communicents, td 9 native minders, and its 11,000 teachers. Sir R. H. brows el P., in rising to move the first new lotion, said that it called upon the meeting to ressegalse tare great principles—thanisfulneso and humiliation; thenkfith ens that they had been permitted sad to tau se much—humiliation that with all their mew they bad done so little. That Ood had don. much by the instrumentality of this society bed just been shown in the report, bat that they had not done what they ought with their abundant means he was prepared to show. He spoke of the small beginning of this society, which, like the grain of miuderd-seed, had now bonne moat tree, so that the birds of the air lodge in its brassies, If they compared the small number of determined men who had first formed that society with the multitude he was sew addressinf-, be would ask no other monument to those mew than the word sf Cieconespiee." But while they were all attached to their own beloved church, they must not over look the good done by other societies—by the Laois& hie. cheery Society, the Baptist !Anions, the Wesleyan; htierear, tie Massless, the Society for the Props/ Laths of the Gospel, and the Christian Knowledge Society. Mill be eirdied for this society the credit of beteg the e enZa inte allis incitation constituted for the tingle perms of th n :r i zt England, he amid show, peresool the glorious work more then any Is= en earth, yet not one thousandth port of bus reseetese were devoted to this good object. The reseketies be Ma to mum was: That 'Ws we ethessrlefge the mem sal ereines rt the lied whisk Imo biessed di assure dose k abaci mese, and also the mole( persprie lesreme eel me fulasss, w N. essedebed to bibis eeredeae beim Gel kw our bedegile loggioneet el the whole obeelips eogepel by this oaths ler illadne the gibe tgreegheet the wasi L TIIII ressiellee was eseenasa by 3. M. filisaataw, Esq. efferket. Me Dale of Oseorte tins moved Test di natio, delves le gelid bilis Ned bitty thanks to Ged be pain ft into the hears of the leis at We obey to set hewed be wadi se =Wen ebb mi, ebbs, ame shnSty, se* the esisits bemildisas wry std doily, sod is leas gelded them so salasselse sae* et the wet et WO. the Mow et tom, end the palms si bee. His Web* esid be w-uld have gladly declined the honour of moving this heegution, but the society were anxious to have with these ses who inherited the mate, gad certainly the tease et one of it, first toenails Wilberforce. (Cheers.) He spoke of the small horgisalase of the society, which was blinded at a time whew the dumb was in a frightful state of apathy, and when it awed its semi vitality, or rather its anti-vitality, by the raft out of the great and good man, John Wesley. The Rev. J. W. CLT /11111WOHAll serosasil lb. reeebstirs, which wee canted seanheopaly, as were else the tdaristaii. Moved by Arialeisagen DIALTILY, seeseaul by the Sec. G. Perm: yeasurer ease* as esereloa to ewer le ear abbe eor r ear seidais oar Intherty look opmenney, sod yoy met Own lathe Lord, a tatter be addressed to Own Who mesas of the Mira deably. Nosed by the in. E. BICIMSTIMI, eeeeeriett by the Rev. G. ROWS ; Ilatieldle the needag pledge theembes to roused mations In dr *Oe of iY seen% they &dm to sewed their retire epee the esegeerlogeof tie Esti SO" whew usetlfs. leg Womb lIMM ekes guile admit ie wet id o r ef nem aideped bp ther ms mid/ Webs aim le= or the sehiseelee algid elt the Wen slam tem edeer webers Mowed, ona Aar die reel= inset es the ebefrusea, sad elnitog a bye's, the bathe up. PARISH EMIGRATION. A numerously attended meeting of the inhabitants sad ratepayers of the pariah of Hackney, manned by re quisition, Lock place last evening at the Mansien.holuss, for dm purpose of considtring whacker money shall be raised or borrowed as a fond for defraying the expenses of the saliva tam of poor persons haviag artilemenu In the parish, and of giving &actions for raisiag or borrowing such sum to be pad , out dot charged upon the poor-rates, and to be applied amording to such regulations as the commiraioners for adman naked*, the laws for the relief of the poor in England shall direst The @hair was taken by the Rev. T. 0. GOODCIILLIN the mesa. The skean= having explained the 'biers of the mordsg, Mr. Timm the depute lord of the manor. and the @t@lera Otis booed of garadires, moved the following reeshi MO In saa: de 'deism et MY melba extenevay seated ea mesas sa Idler he So inseadopre mom 01 egreelailjnik sat• Ilager fist he Sea ininstral =see • mar rails Sem to •bestra madden Om wlO ewer to ladend. to Sr ems* s neepal sees et Ms sessay, sad dale pew ea end M limen On threneh rib le add pegehlak amil l h Kai are ashable that Wake be Imo die see diepemi to matesele. Me sided that the gesidies had bona Wined te move is Otis meter, bevies Ina Mamma by the peer law eon midsesee that it wen is the parer of the names to do so under the est of psalmists, either by the mesa: of a loan, or at case ma oldie "des. It was to raise 3,0001 on the weedy ef the webs, to be in firs years ; this would carrion or oddities le the raps if stoat one teething In the penal sash quieter to deer of both principal end kaineed. The dem of puma when ft ea+ proposed to sad est see see poomirs, but resew with small fisdilen, who mew Musa to by the seat of imploymed, ar edge mavoldeble aifbetans, together with the shaken of asedrmed papa, heck male and female, betimes Use Ness of thirteen sod meaty. It ems his =that this coarse Todd not only benefit who were assisted eat is the eolosses, where feed and employment wove abundant, bet also by dimbdadeg the conmetitiea at labour ham be the means of esablieg them who remehted behind to obtain remustera lave Moor. Thom medullas was seconded by Mr. J. Wllaos, a county Isaghtrale. Is cemplisace with • dam red made by several realigns ter inhumation as to the colony of South Australis, to which it was proposed tine @mirages should be sent, Dr. Lase, THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1848. who said he bad Tinkled a gleaner of a century in that colony, assured the meeting that nothOg would tend more to the benefit of the emigrants, the colony, and the mother country, than the emigration of hwourers to South Australia. it appeared to be • wise prevision of Providence that whilst that was a deficissay el feed, or at least a great diffi culty In obtalalag it, at see extremity of the there was a nduedseey of food at the other. It had calculated that in the present year a number of skims wad/ be boiled down for allow in New South Wain emislst is feed half a sidles ef. pie for alts meads. The lIROMBIONI of Australia wen sullsotent to give food and prollalia em ployment to any conceivable number of the eadmit pope lation of this country. It had been calculated by • samaittes of the legislative council last year that the Wray mild is, Oak. 30,000 Showers darn. Ohs pngeot 7.814d111610 MR& ditlnal sapitai watt oat 'nisi gum ; sad if missfagwaiwito iatluoed to go out, by gsystwasat affording Am the was tory facilities, he knew Wm his owns varkasstbal= colony of New South Wales aseld main owl lad employment for 100,ISS et the popsiAta d Ihis NUMey oval year. 'ilts smut whisk ewY be sabstrilisd by the parish nadir the govwwwwit arrisgsmint, whisk it was proposed to adopt, wee leas than two-Meet the cost of send ing out the emigranta; ths ether time-fifths would be pro vided by the sale of the colonial lands, and the supply of fonds from this snore, was almost inexhaustible. Under a judicious system 20,000,0001. might be thus realised in a few years for this great national object. To show how rapidly persons might attain to a pantile of independence in Aus. trails, he mentioned the case of a man, who, with hie wife and to children, bad been as,isted out from the highlaads of Scotland at a period of great distress, who now pomeesed a term of 42 acres, 400 head o. tattle, and was worth at least 10001., accumulated in little more than five years. A Mr. Sawati. and Mr. Arri.rron, a surgeon, both of whom had lived in Australia, also bore testimony to the ad vantages of Australia as au outlet for our redundant popular tioa—the latter gentleman stating that he bad been com pelled to leave the colony solely because there was no demand for doctors in so healthy a climate. A long and somewhat noisy discussion followed, In the course of which an amendment to add the words " by voluntary subscription " to the end of the resolution, was moved by a Mr. O. TAYLOR, and supported by several rate payne. One gentleman, a Mr. Low, dealsriag that, if the Talentsy principle were substituted for the asermannnt, he would he reedy at ones to put down 20 guineas. Several others spoke against emigration generally on the ground that, under a proper system of taxation and security of tenure in the raral districts, there would be ample mein. for the support of the whole population at home , and one rate-payer, in reference to the emigration of paupers under the poordaw, stated that he undentood they were sent out rather as white slaves than as free men. it e had head of a man who was sent out by the parish of Clerkeowell, who, with his wife and children, were bond to the government for three years after their arrival in tiro colony, and weo obliged to wear • distinctive dress, marked with the words, "Sent out by the parish of Clencenwell " Ultimately the resolution was adopted with the amendment, the proposition for raising the funds by means of a rate being thus negatived. After • vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. Thla & Id. property yea sold to lard Holland, In 1820, far IT Sold, in 1810, to John William, Eaq., for 3,0001. Sold to vationspurchaaata, ao. ISIS to ISA far 59,1021. 18.. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. The Dublin Unirersity Magazine for November has an interesting biography of this general, with original letters, and entracte from his diary, which explain somewhat the rudeness of the ►era's phraseology. It is evident that Sir Charles is in the habit of soliloquising with his pen, and in this mood cares little what expressions may drop from it. In some of these extracts he apostrophises All Konrad, much as he aid Sir James Hogs. Sir Charles wee the eldesteon of hie father, Col. Napier (we spore his genealogy), and was born in 1782, in Whitehall. When a child he was removed to Ireland, wheroCol. Napier was employed. And his first service as a soldier was in the rebellion of 1798, and the more brief one of 1803. He com manded the 60th eegioseut in the retreat to Comma. Here, says the narrator — It wee e matter of extreme importance to silence an ad vanced gun which was making great havoc in the English linen, and a shot from which very gun eventually struck down Sir John Moore. Napier, as one of Moore's majois., par excelling*. advanced upon it. The ground was much broken, caseating of walled gardens and byroads, with deep cuttina. In the heat el the combat, Napier had seized a musket, and gained a position, on which be stood tiring and rallying his man, urging them to form for a rush upon the gun. Four oldie his gallant bOth were able to reach him, so deadly was the fin to which they were exposed. Finding further attempt vain, and observing that he wan cut off from his regiment by a party of the enemy who had eonceakd themselves In the village, whilst he j?assod, he called upon his little band to endeasour, with him, to cut their way through. Three were instantly cut down : the fourth was wounded, and called on Napier to help him. Napier, whilst assisting him, was wounded in the leg, having the fibula fractured by a musket ball. He now relinquished his musket, and, using hie sword as a support, endeavoured to regain his regiment. At this moment he felt a wooed in flicted in his hack by a soldier who had emerged from one of the houses. Turning rapidly round, he seised the musket of his sasailant, which having struck upon his spine, fortunately uid not penetrate deeply. Whilst struggling, seve ra l other sohlien closed in upon him ; but, with a degree of activity almost supernatural, he managed to keep his close antagonist between hint and his assailants, never losing hold of the musket. At length the unequal combat was terminated by a French soldier coming up with • short sabre, and felling him to the earth with a blow on the skull, which was sup pored to have cleft it in twain. As he lay in this state, he was rifled by the soldiers with such ferocity, that they tone away a portion or his diets with his watch • and one, eon camas,' that he perceived some vitality remaining, was about to extinguish it, when he was rescued b the humanity of a French drummer, whose admiration had been excited by hie bravery. While the French were aiming Napier le the ran, he in some degree recovered consciousness, and saw Hennessy, an Irishman of the 50th, one of the stragglers wile had survived the murderous conflict, deep in the French position, cemir.g all alone, with his musket at this . tiweids Napier's escort, with the full intention of his commander, or being himself killed. N apier once ordered him to lay down his arms and Ear render. ' And for fish it shou,d I sarrindher ? • was the reply. However, the habit of obedience wee toe strong, and Henneeeey merely vented his displeasure by letting the butt of his musket drop heavily on the dram. mar's legs, and pushing him away from beside Napier. determined, if he could not rescue, at lea.t to may hie es mender. Soule, with the chivalric spirit of a great warrior. rewarded Napier's preserver, and treated himself with the greatest possible kindness. He avoided even sending Wm to France, to exempt him from the operation of Napolootee human system of refusing cartels, and recommended his te the consideration of his successor, Ney, who also dealt with him rather as a friend than a prisoner, permitted him to re turn to England on paro l e, and eventually procured kis liberation by an exchange." His subsequent services in the Peninsula and in Amnia are enumerated. He then figured as Governor of Cephalonia, where he showed himself an active reformer ; but of muse he quarrelled with his superior. Beininiseences of Ireland mingling with his military dreams, Sir Charles Napier pub lished his " Thoughts on Colonisation and Small Farms, " an old idea, often destined to be reproduced. He also nce' against flogging In 1841 Sir Charles Napier took the sew mend of the troops in the Bombay presidency . The gm paten in Sands, which fo llo wed, Is well known a= beat widely diseased. The follog are original IMO'S by the general during that period: " Hale, Feb.l6, 1813,—My dear —, I have net wellies to you toe Bose time, because I could tell you agthhmgthat you'eould make head or tell of, melees I gave yea a whical had no time to do. But sake it, that after tram &adapt that I could make to prevent war, the Amiss have at taiga brought it about by their folly ; and to-eneerow I samgk to Matouee, a village about ten mike from Mesas% where they at. encamped with, as report sale, 30,000 lath. The Arleen have not the pluck to pat themeelese at the head ; but these tribes of Beloochee Robbie. imegimM by a of enthusiasm against us and oar of the lAsiasfi people (the Beloochein an all Greek Arwwls, oar old Meads), have all sworn on the Mann to draw the En ollek genseal and his array. I, being ready he the trial, i ▪ ae midnight. sod shall be width tha =three them by els Is the arrales. Perhaps I say male • tweed lamb, l ead bola the IMO man lbw they sepia esaises Er Pees me dodge this Wawa sew sad mew fag. I ems bgeg into adios 9,800 nee, eel theirs gam They, I believe, have about en egad wessabee ef gttsr s list their cavalry 20,000 sail la a thetas( bard, emery sand. I have Wes meth lag me moth Ithesently, arid, wept es pt ethidth la the I Mee tat bad ea worth et ix imam is a nee. The while et @dab is a bOthaithida. M emir, le these 810. These me long odds, ha WM& Hem, tether row, or the deg Aar, we will he.. ark ether% w ine. I have one Mink ailment, the I th eitheat Tipp ! my ! I mesa not eve the evetemene ter a good dee jest now ; all reed) to eat the Belooehees without Mile Wall, in this state I have no time to writ* to any hat E beloved Mead. To-morrow, and ere may breeze, fa • like this (it these chaps have the plash they iseth)rag tar-writing they, with my luck, be altogether athateerapith. —Yours, C. J. liarlal." " Hyderabad, Feb. 20.—We beat them at Meanie; the Was wee terrible. I rode over the horrid field, and gem Weed my 11017116101311. My dear this blood is on the Ammo not on me. The papers will tell you what I have no time for; bow I H eaven knews , for I do not; we WWI threiand-e- hears one yard apart I Man to man-2,300 spina 22,000 I—fearful odds, and they fought like hearse. Covered with their shields, they ran in upon us, sword In hand, with desperate fury, when down they went under the musket and bayonet. We gained the top of the bank, or rather edge, and then we knight hand to hand. Neither myself nor ay horse were touched. Hyderabad has surrendered • six Armors r t enalls* 9 Aeothas written 1846, issacdades thus :—" I feu we shall have a Fanjets war; the thenight oaken& me, for I suppose they will send me to Heenan.' It is to be wished that he had bees sent to Meehan, which would have been thus conquered and settled, initiator being passed over, and the firs of Sikh animosity allowed to slumber in it till it Las brake forth into it, present flame. However we may object to Sir Charles Napier in civil life, forgetting, deceiving, and lasting India directors as if they were there Beitheltereore are hot blind to his military merits, and wish eieheewAy that he was this moment in Sande ; be would there be playing a hr lame sneak and honourable pert then at home q hr rise mosey, insulting all who oppose sad • himself ell the time as a poor, week. indigent" babe in the wood." The followi n letter has been addrened to a con -134,—1 do not know whether you can maw te have a plan in •your ooluans, bat if you tea, it as. If not, I have Other Reuss et recording the annisest of Sir Janus Hogg against myself and tics Selma may, and I shall asks are of those mans in due tan. I thak Sir Janos Home@ attar answers itself and swim @Mae. It admits that he did rent that ' I had sosahed 711.411101 whisk I had not remind, and never can naive, sad d which Sir James Hogg was trying to pre vent guy receiving non seas-hall! Now, kw what was thb anemias put forth 1 Why to make the public believe that I bed roneind this sum ef 70,0001., to reward as for ay servals. In short, le de Wary to an absent man, perilously skated, as I *ea was, end amble to deleted myself against wok sinister Masks. I ask any boas* man whetbar this gas or was not ' naligant ?' It was so ; and this .as the saunas' In which the @mar tian was made. n.. 4 is, perhaps, aweigh • Irat, with coat permission I will cake a few =ore olowystio". lat. Sir James Hogg trias "a maks it appear how eager valued at 6081. fie. 114. yearly, at a rent of 101. 13e. 4d. per the court, of which he was chairman, was to de the areas wan, to be redid to SOL miter the Duchess of Marl- justice. Mark, reader ! Ths ono is, that when booty is hiseetWe death, hewing paid a fine of 4201. for the lease it taken the e ono apply to the crown for leave to distribute Lord °miter, a mansion and Aloes., worth 5001. per annum, the same to the captors. It the crown gives the booty to at a mat of SIL 13s. 44., with • flue of 1701. ; Frederick, the septets the dishibution hikes place ; but, on the am Earl of Carliele, Lanercost Priory, with diver menuages don of the conquest of Scinde, the court of directors and hags, edge 213 1 . 7s. yearly , at 401. per annum. and declined' to apple for it on behalf of the army, (I bare 3001. flue' Rev. Joh. Fullerton, demises land in the Forest' reason to believe this never occurred before, except in the of Gillingham, value 402/. 10s. for 321. 10a. and a fine of case of I'lml-end at last, in 1845, the army applied on lb 3201. ; Lord Villiers, the manor of West Ashford, value own behalf. and the crown immediately gave the booty. Se 1221., for 111. lee. 114. pee annum and no fine ; Rev. Jae. far the soldiers are not indebted to the court of &Mon for Wilkinson, in trust the manor and demesnes of Eckington, their prize money ; but the reverse. 21. Sir James ff value 7131. 13e. 104., for 461. le. Bd. and a fine of 1,2501. ; § tries to show that, though the court did not succeed In pee- George Duke of Marlborough, Marlborough House and venting the troops getting the prise money, it acted Mel) lends adloining, value 6001. per manna for 761 . rent, and a when made trustees. It did not. The following shows that fine of 301 . it fled decided 'pied me, and then was forced to go to the In Alert, the large resources provided by our Saxon snore- Trearurp-' At &court ofdirectors, 10th Feb., 1847, the court tors to defray the expenses of government, have been squan- adverting to the report of the political and military cote dared, plundered, and nearly diadpated, aad their place sup- mates, dated and read in court on the 3d inst., and ordered plied by most oppressive and unequal taxes upon the Indus. to lie for consideration,'eubmitting the committee's opinions try cf the pearls. William the Conqueror's income from on the following points connected with the Scinde booty, this source was estimated at 1,0611. 10s. 14d. per day, now which the government of India, in their letter of Oct. 23, varinusly competed to be worth, in our preeset money (en- 1848, No. 111., have referred for the court's decision, namely tirely exclusive of the incseased value of the property), from -Ist. The portion or share of the booty to be assigned to five to eight or ten Editions per annum. Last year's (1847) Ma j. Gen. (now Lieut.-Gen.) Sir C. Napier, G.C.B. ; and, net payment int* the Excheeuer from the woods, forests, 2nd. The amount of interest to be allowed on the said and crown lands, was 77,0001. booty ; and the committee's [report being again read, it area In concluding this branch of the subject, the association resolved, that Sir C. Napier, not being a commander-M -are reluctantly compelled to avow, that unless a tense of the chief, will, according to the usage of the army in India, dishonour of Maiming property, ()Valued by such flagitious share in the Seinde booty as a major general commanding means, shout , lead any of the present wrongful holders of the troops in Seinde, and that, as such, according to the pre the people's inheritance and estate to restore it voluntarily, Talent mime, he should receive 1 18th (one sixteenth) of the they Me no hope of ever recovering any part thereof. That booty. That this di eision, adopted by the court, promos would be so beset with difficulties, so complicated by as trustees appointed by the crown, to notified to a variety of opposing considerations at every step, as to be the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Tres all but politically impossible. The facts detailed in this sec. eery, according to the terms of the = royal warrant, which however, will not be without their weight in deter- forced she must to such notification . So much for the the proper rate of a land and property tax; and court's justice, and I beg the reader to bear in mind that they teach impressively the practical lesson, that no govern- this resolution, giving me 27,0001., was pissed by a court meat should ever be trusted by the people, without coestant whose chairman, Sir James Hogg, had asserted publicly and vigilant inspection. Tnis paper is merely introductory. that ' I had received 70,0001. Now for the truth of the The present condition and management of the crown pro- statement in this resolution. Wasmy receiving one-sixteenth party will be brought under review at an early day. ' according to the prevailing usage of the army in India,' and ' according to the prevalent usage ?' No ! After full examina tion of the facts by the Lords of the Tel:usury, they decid?d that this was not scarfing to usage ! The usage was to give the commander of the troops one eighth ; and, which is yet more strong, it appeared that the rules of the Court of Directors were distinct on that particular case ; and the " usage" had been conformably to the " rules "-viz., that where there is but one general officer, that general should have one-eighth. -I have the honour to be, sir, Ifee., C. NAPIER, Lieut.- General.-Oheitenham, Oct. 24.-F.S. The italics is the resolution of the court are mine.-C.N." The above letter is en enigma, of which the following Is the solution :-From the Overland Bombay Timer, Sept. 15.-Lord Gough is said to have been reappointed commander-in-chief of India, and his lordship intends re maining at his poet for a couple of years longer. The refusal of the Court of Directors to accept of Sir Charles Napier as a summer to Lord Gough, is alleged as the reason of theax -1 tension of command to the latter, as the Duke et Wellington is said to be determined on ultimately appointing the former to the Indian commander-in-chiciship. A second letter has also been published, as follows " To the Editor of the Tanta. -Sir,-Mr. &init . . letter of the 21. t instant is so weak, that a few remarks are enough. Ist. The facts in my letter are accurately stated, and have been admitted by Sir James Hogg and Mr. Beillie them selves, although-tad. Mr. B. says, never stated to Sir C. N., as he stye in his letter, that Sir James Hogg had di rected me to make the statement to the house.' Bee fing Mr. Blnifies pardon, this is a mere evasion. n the first plus, my memory I believe to be as good as Mr. Badge's memory, and I maintain Cod be said to me what I stated. However, I will concede to Mr. B. that his memory is the best of the two. What then ? Whe ther Sir James Hogg said to Mr. Bantle while the latter was speaking, " tell them he has received 70,0001." or said to Mr. 8., " Sir Charles Napier has received 70,0004 ," makes not an iota of diffrenco. The words uttered were for Mr. Baillie's use and to injure me ; Mr. Billie slid use them and did inj ure me in mossy ways. Ido not mean as to rewards for set vices, for I have always been perfectly satisfied with the approbation of those under whom 1 served, and of the country. I have received both.- 3rd. Mr. Bsillie gee on to say that my letter would lead the public to infer that I was an " ill-used man, whom the Court of Director (who had nothing to do with the mutter) had attempted to defraud of his just rights." Exactly so, Mr. Beagle ! except your parenthesis ! only let me se , your parenthesis right, by recommending au English dictionary to you, and there you will find that " trustees " for the die trihution of other men's property have something " to do with the matter." Having thus, Ihope, added to Mr.siltie'sstoek of knowlcdg I will conclude with the observation made by a very clever person when hearing that the interested court of directors were made trustees for the Seinde prize money. "It Is like making the wicked uncle the trustee for the babes in the wood." Just so! But I preferred an appeal to the Lords of the Treasury to eating blackbsrries, and so I take my leave, for the present, of Sir James Weir Hogg an/ Mr. Baillie.-I remain, Sir, Ate., C. J. Semite, Lieutenant- General.-Cheltenham, Oat. 24,1848. IRELAND. CONVICTION OF MR. O'DOHERTY. lltrems, Nov. 2 . As announced by me yesterday Mr. O'Doherty has been convicted of felony. Much remark has been made upon the circumstance of the pri soner having been a third time put upon his trial, but it was net Mr. O'Doherty and the crown that were at issue, but the jurors of Dublin and the law. It was necessary to find whether or not the Treason Felony Act must be a dead letter or a fact. It is stated, and I believe with truth, that Mr. O'Dobevtv was offered, since his second trial, to be • " permitted ' to expatriate himself, bat relying on two disagreements he refused. The crown will probably not forget this in finally disposing of the convict. Another bailiff has been murdered in the south. The scene of this atrocity was O'Brien's Bridge, in the county of Clare, but Quite adjacent to the city of Limerick. The unhappy man bad been put in pos session of a farm from which a tenant was recently evicted. The evicted tenant is in custody on suspl cion. What horrible perseverance in cruelty is cis closed in these atrocities! THE CHOLERA. THE BOAIID or HEALTH yesterday received reports of the fol:owing new cases of cholera : Lambeth 6, 4 fetal ; Southwark 2, 1 fatal; Woolwich 3, fatal; South Lambeth 1, fatal; Borough 3, fatal—total London eases, 15; 12 deaths ; Hartlepool 1, fetal. The Edinburgh return gives 21 now cues, U deaths. THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN.; OF LONDON have issued a manifesto, in which they refer to the fact of their having appointed a cholera committee to consider what measures it . a expedient to adoM with a view of preventing the spread of the disease aid of otherwise mitigating its toile.' This committee have drawn up some remarks and instruction. for the information of the public. They say : that in a distect where cholera prevails ao appreciable increase of danger iv incurred by ministering to persons effected with it, and no safety afforded to the community by the isolation of the sick. The disease has 'knout invariably Men most destructive in the dampest and filthiest pats of the towns it has visited. A state of debility or exhaustion, however produced, increases the liability to cholera. The committee therefore recommend all persons during its pre. valence to lire in the manner they have hitherto found most eon lucive to their health; avoiding intemperance of all kinds. A sufficiency of nourishing food, warm clothing, and speedy chance of damp gume:its, regular and sufficient sleep, and avoidance of execisiva fatigue, of long fasting, end of exposure to wet and cold, more muscularly at night, are important mesas of promoting or maintaining good health, and thereby afford protection against the cholera. The committee do not recommend that the public should abstain from the moderate use of well cooked green vegetable., end of ripe or preserved fruits. A certain proportion of these articles of diet, is, with most pet sons, necessary for the main tenance of health. The committee likewise think it not advisable to prohibit the use of pork, or loom ; or of salted, dried, or smoked meat or Ash ; which have not been proved to exert any die. at influence in cumin= disease. No promote the snread of epidem'e its MI siet u i wilt nourament ; sad the pool will nee - seedy suffer this want, if they are led to abstain from those articles of fond on which, from their comparative cheapness, they mainly depend for subsistence. The committeo also recommend the establishment of die pensaries in arms parts of the town which are re mote from the existing medical institutions; and die tinct cholera hospitals, which it will require seem time to organise, and which they believe sill be found to be abso lutely necessary, should the epidemic prevail in this metro polis with a wive y at all approaching that which it mani fested on its Ant appearance in England. In conclusion, they urge an the rich, who have commustively li ttle to fear for themselves, the great duty of generously and actively ministering . to the relief of the poor, while the epidemic pre vails; bearing in mind that fuel, rend warm clothing, and sufficient nourishment, are powerful safeguards against the &mac" THE WOODS, FORESTS, AND ESTATES OF Ting CROWN. The Liverpool Financial Reformers have issued another paper, ta which they say :—" Before censideeine the prone management of the woods, forests, and estate* of the crown, it appears desirable to lay before the public a short sketch of the history of this national property. The estates of the crown, enumerated in " omeedly Book" are r0ya11,422 manors, 68 El forests, 13 chases, and 781 parks in different parts of the country er of which, while a assail part was, no doubt, regarded r the private estate of the sove reign, and a further portion consisted of confiscated Saxon property, over which he would naturally exercise a conque ror's right, the great bulk °assisted of what was, Bader the Saxon king", denominated " Folkland" (land of the people), end, as such, strictly inalienable under any circumstances. neta says, and is confirmed by Desoto', that "it is an lawful for the crown to alienate ancient mason or rights, and that every king is bound to resume the alienated property of the crown ;" and he adds, "nor will prescription of length of time avail the wroniefel holder of this property : for length of time in this ore only aggra vates, rather than lessens the injm;" and though this fun damental law was violated by ney . every sovereign in see cession, we And frequent resumption of all snob illegal grants down to (the reign of Henry VIII., with impeach ments of ministers for pertain; grants; and similar mea sures were proposed under James 1., and even as late as Charles II.; but these fell( through, the IrtOSIVIITS of the stolen property being by this time too powertul ; and by 21st James 1., c. 6 (amended and made more effectual by 9th Geo. 111., c. 16), it was enacted for their security, "teat a quiet and uninterrupted enjoyment, for sixty year before the paining of that act, of any estate originally derived from the crown, sheuld bar the crown from any righter suit to mover such Mato, under pretence of any flaw en the grantor other de fact of title." Queen Elisabeth had alienated crown lands to a large eztemet to ere imposing taus on the people • it would be well U her suceessors raid assign any reason half as ere ditable for their dilapidation'. James I. granted away the =real property in foolish prodigality ; Charles 1., in order to avoid riling a parliament, - and to rake war upon hie people. Cromwell sold nearly the whole of the crown property, but toe sales were declared void, and the lands n aiad immediately on the restoration, by Charles 11., who forthwit s made away with a large portion in his tarn, to pro vide hinds tor his de baucheries. and estates for his leiltrreell and their children ; and William 111. to est. Irish and reward his Dutch followers and the promoters of the revolu tion, so impoverished the crown (the estates being sham all granted away), that an act was puled (1 Anne, e. 7), restricting all future grants and leases from the rows to three lives or thirty-one years . • the fact being, that the ministry of the day coneetsted to the measure brans" there wen no estates of any consequence remaining for them to Capon of. There is, however, strong rear le to believe that this law, like all others made for the same purpose, availed very little, and that the remnant of the national "states continued to be regarded by each successive king and' ministry os a convenient fund, to be =peed of at their absolate discretion in jobbing and political corrup , lion, or simple pecteation, as might appear most expedient ; and that effectual means were generally taken to prevent detention, or even inquiry, will appear from the voluminous reports to parliament (L.°. 1787 to 1792) of the commis sioners of inquiry appointed under George 111, i.e. 1786. It is therein set forth, with due official lamentation, among other matters, that then were " no maps, surrys, or other accounts ;" not one plan of any forest which proved accu rate;' the then late Burveyoraineral, Mr. John Pitt, stating that none had ever come into his pimples, and that he had endeavoured to supply the deficiency as tar as possible from " old books purchased at sales -" else, that "he believed many grants bad been of which no record sedated in his office ;" the erninissiouers Pifer also to " abase," which they hare discovered in the suargemant of the forests; so that, os the whole, it can scarcely =ate surprise to find that the Mom from all the crown property, which in 1060 was stated to be 217,9001., exclusive of 45,6981. then already lost, la 1787, dwindled down to 10.6631. He. Id., with a pro. setive rensesitation of 6,2211. Os. 21d. more; god trench the real annual value, aceordine to en latest survey' and valuations, many of which the mew miselossers are careful to inform us were by on Iserle recent, and gave bat a very imperfect ariasof *sir setaal worth, was 102,8261. 14s. lid. I la Wads( over the list of mown teaser, It is painful lm Ira se many et the nobility and gentry of the land enable*: to de - (Tend the public. " Baron, and squire, and knight of the shire," clergyman and layman appear emulously scrambling for a share of the nation's spoil ' s. A few ' may he worth insertion here, as ewesities :—TheDuke of Bedford held the men's and estate of Ampthill and Millbrooke, • " Nero bead to the value of toe fifth part et Ida Ohs copeerer's) realer, above the estates or the church:* rays Mel Jo tice lartescue. PROVINCIAL. TUE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS have been boxy in all puts of the country electing town councillors in place of those who retire by rotation.—At larazrool. the strutiny into Mr. Shand's election has ended in his rival, 11r. Langedalc, being declared duly elected, end thus no anti•rater has been retuned. —At . _ SOUTHAMPTON the election excited but little interest. In one word, the return was made by a single vote. There was a gain of four seats on the liberal side.—At HASTINGS the contest terminated in the return of three liberals and three caries. There was no gain on either aide.—At CHESTER six coneerratives have been returned to four liberals—At GLOUCIIITIL Mr. T. Mason and Mr. O. 8. Wintle were re elected for east ward; Mr. Pearce and Mr. Clifie for west ward; Mr. C. Washbourne and Mr. R. Leader were re elected fee month ward.—At NV ante the election urmsated in the return al four conservativw—At Witecearria three conservative, and three liberals wen returned.—At SALO SUET a Tall severe °outset took place. ID St. Thomas's ward two conservatives and two liberals were returned ; in St. Martin's ward, two ocowerratives and one liberal ; in St. Edmund's ward, two consenrativei and one libsral.—At LICHTUILD the contest terminated in the return of three conservatives for the north ward, and throe liberals for the south ward. —At WARWICK the liberals have succeeded in returning the whole six town councillors of their party.—At HEWDLEY a very warm contest took place. The conserva tives returned • majority of their party in the proportioss of three to one liberal.—At KING'S LYNN also the conserva tives have triumphed, five conservatives being returned to one liberal.—At HUNTINGDON the three conservatives and one liberal who went out by rotation were reuleeted with out a mutat. —At CARLISLE also the election passed off without a conteet.—At KOORISTRI the election was 00R *Mad with more than ousel vigour. Five conservatives and ens liberal west out, and the return was in the mane propor dm, but with diminished majorities in favour of the con senstive candidates, eepthially is St. Margaret's ward, where their strength is greatest.—At CANTRIBURY the re sult leaves the po ioal parties is mach the same pathos as for the put year. KENT. ALLEGED DEPALC.ATIONB BY THE CHIEF CLERK or a Bwixoe Baxx.—At Margate, on Tuesday, Mr. J. C. Bennett, late chief clerk of the Margate Savings-bank, wu examined on several charges of baring appropriated the funds of the bank to kis own use. It is stated that the ex tent of his defakations amount to near 1,5001. After they had been detected, it was found that the accused had fled to Amerka • he, however, recently returned to England, and was apprehended. An adjournment of the investigation wee granted, in order to collect the necessary evidence in support of new charges which are intended to be preferred against the accused. Bail was accepted. Mtrapaa.—ln the case - of JohniVhitefurd, charged with the murder of his wife under the circumstances detailed in the Express of Tuesday bit, the verdict of the coro ner's inquest, which sat.. on Baturday, was wilful murder, and the prisoner, who appeared in a very low and ds pressed I state, was convoyed to the county gaol. A LADY PoniOXlM—Considerable excitement has existed in Ramp and its neighbourhood since Tuesday last, in cousquense of the death of a lady of rank, the wife of Sergio= Smith, Ent., of Jersayn's-hoase near Ronny, and granddaughter of the first Lord Duane., by poison. It appears that Mrs. Smith, for some slight illness, obtained a prescription from her Southampton phydoisa, and sent to a Ramsey ellen= to have it made up. • porn= of the pre. soription as it was ordered was 3 grams of maltase, which is the enemas of the willow bark. It was that the dismiss was la the habit of keeping his saliciae and strychnine side by side in saws particular part of his shop. The latter medicine is well known se a dearly poison, being the active principle of nun tali= When and as a medicine than is never more than the aixtee.ith part of a grain given In a don. The prescription wu made za i o n:e dusk of the evening, and moot =fortunately the from the l"k sairin Mw e ho gru ttlr c=un from 112. "Ilaia. tasace was iuumd frightinl 4 . The unfortunate lady expired on Tuesday in about twenty minutes alter taking the prescription, and endiutd the must intolerable agonies. The description given by . Mrs. Smith's lady's maid of the eircular effect of the p.,ison on the frame, and the sufferings of her mitoreee, was of the most terrble descriptien. The on fur: undo lady was a very beautiful woman about 35 years of age, and was the mother of five children. A coroner'• inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, and was adjourned till today (Friday), in order to give Mr. Randall, an eminent Snathr anipton analytic chemist, an opportunity of analysing tina coated' of the stomach. It appears that the chemist, when he accidentally saw from the position of the salicine and strychnine bottles that he mast have us d the lath r, wet horror-stricken, and immediately pronounced that Mrs. Smith most have been poisoned. LITERATURE. The Observance of Sunday considered sea respect to Public Health and Morals and to the Relations of the Panay and the City. By P. J. PROUDHON. The atheists of the last century confined their phi losophy to the investigation of physical causes and effects, and left the explanation of moral and spiritual ' phenomena unattempted. Baron d'Holnach, the sailor of that really remarkable treatise t falsely ascribed to :11irabeato, the " Systeme de la Nature," ousted a creative God from the place assigned to him in the doctrines of every religion on the earth, and establishing a something called Nature in His place, fancied he had sufficiently accounted for ti e present constitution of the material world. People were alarmed at first, but when it was found that the book and the atheistical system might be made to approxi mate very closely to orthodoxy, by simply writing the word 004 instead of the word Nature, in the same manner as loyal subjects are • ac customed in their prayer-books to erase the name of the defunct king, and substitute that of this successor, the alar . m sabsided. In the meantime, . . the great moral and spititnal world was left un touched, as affording no proper field for the philooo - investigatiocs ; it was looked upon as an un manageable jumble of incidents, no one or aeries of which oould, by any possibility, ever aspire to the dignity of a cause. There was evidently a screw loose in its constitution. It performed vagaries quite unworthy of an orderly explainable world, and was Hooked upon, therefore, with a great deal of distrust and no little contempt. The whole mass of religious, and political, and moral repletion', and customs, and traditions, was considered so thoroughly heteroge neous, it bore upon its face such evident marks of a chaos, that it was not considered worthy to bo inves tigated in the scientific laboratories. Its antecedents were as unintelligible as its future was unimagin able. It bore the same relation to the material world, where everytbirg seemed so orderly and intelligible, as comets, in the Astronomy of the day, to the well-conducted planets of the solar system; while the latter bodies kept their time, and displayed their phenomena, with a puootnality and a regularity which were the admiration of all calculators. the latter went whirring about space subject apparently to no law, but that of their own caprice. But comets, it is found, are explainable. 'Very great steps have been made in these latter times to wards including the motions of these erratic bodies under one general law. And there arose a screwing conviction that Mind and Soul are underthe dominion of laws no less potent than those which regulate ina nimate nature. " Here is a purr of fortune, sir, or of fortune's cat," was shrewdly suspected to be a very unphiloeophical formula. The wind of atheism shifted. It was conceded that there was an immense deal of philosophy in religion, only religious moo had never been able to find it oat. It was reserved for the modern school of at%eista to discover the divinity latent in all the divine symbols which religionists blindly worshipped. It was reserved for those who had no God at all to in struct the believers in a God—in the true meaning of the object of their woreip—and to point out the foot steps of the Godhead where none else lied presumed to look for them. The last school of philosophy in Germany—the Hegelians der Linken—have come forward with their formula: Ilomn homini dew ("Man is the god to man," or, "It is man who makes his own god"), and, subjecting all the divice ordinances to their omnipotent 'menses of analysis and syn thesis, have proved the divinity of these ordinances, by showing how nearly they approximate in prin ciple to what they—the Hegeliane of " the left"— should have established themselves. Proudhon is not an Hegelian " of the left ; " nor can he be said to belong to any school of philosophers under the sun, except the Proudhonions. Most truly may he say of himself: Nullins addierns jurare in verbs rregietri Quo me minion molt tempest," deferor heves. True it is that he shows indubitable signs in his writings of having visited as "hospee" the very large and fertile shores of German philosophy. We might point as a proof of this to the essay which forms the subject of our remarks, which is an amplification of certain texts from the " Sendung Mosta" of Schiller, which latter tractate, by the way, scams to have in spired Mr. Carlyle with many of the ideas in his sketch of Mehemet, and Miss Martineau with the ideas, and remarks into the bargain, for her notices of Moses and the children of Israel in her last work. Bat SI. Proudhon makes every subject his own by an originality and a vigour of treatment which have no pa rallel in the writings of any of his brother philosophers. We beg our readers not to belt ve that there is nothing in his writings more striking or more worthy of a philosophical antagonist than the few sophisms which were disposed of in M. Thiere's brilliant orato- rical display. To thew who are engaged in the inves tigation of the causes which are now shaking the con tinent of Europe to its centre, and who coosder that the study of the works of men whose writings have influenced the makers of revolutions, is a ne e part of their labours, the deep earnestness with e a l a NI. Proudhon sets himself to work to establish or to demolish a theory, the masculine eneruy of his style, the triumphant march of his logic when he has met with an enemy whom he can conquer, are ohjt chi of an admiration at once painful and intense. The man whose reckless atheism has disgusted Victor Cousin and allreligious men, whose levelling doctrines on property have roused the indignation of M. Thief' and all the respecters of the right of property, is the most terrible opponent that has yet appeared of materialism and communism. It is not, however, in these labours that we have now to regard him. Many indeed of his peculiar doctrines are occa sionally brought forward, but the intent of the arga meat, which is very well kept in view through the whole of the treatise before ns, is to vindicate the in stitution of the Sabbath. The attempt coming from M. Proudhon, the vio knee of whose atheism occasionally in his other tree ' tises exceeds all bounds, will appear remarkable to most of our readers. They will be surprised ia addi tion to this to hear that M. Proadton exhausts all the powers of his eloquence in praising the decalogue, and the prophet its promulgator : " What a magnificent symbol!" he exclaims, "what philosopher, what legislator, except this, ht.' ever established such categories, has been able to fill them up ?" " Show me a single precept, a single obligation, not reducible to this standard, and without examination I am entitled to declare by anticipadon that this obligation, this precept, is out of the conscience, and therefore arbitrary, unjust, iminoral." They will be surprised to hear that the author lament. the degradation of the Sabbath which fol lowed the return of the Jews from Cheldea, that he speaks as a priest an I a poet a -ruld speak of the pro fanation of the Christian Sunday ; tat he mentions in terms of fervent gratitude the good deeds of tie Christian councils which promulgated inch inflexible decrees on the observation of the Sunday; that he looks forward with prophetical hope to the future identity of p litics and religion—the wish of our own Arnold ; sad finally that he declares : F.r myself, I plate my confidence in nothing now under the sun. My faith is fixed on ideas as old as the human race. All the elements of order and happiness exist still, preserved in imperishable traditions; the task that re,t,ains is to discover their synthesis, their mettle: of application, and development. All this is remarkable enough, and is explainable only by bearing in mind the substance of our pre ceding remarks on the method of the modern atheisti cal philosopher.. Religion and religions phenomena are not now dismissed with sneers, as unwerhy of in vestigation; on the contrary, large sequences of reli gious causes and effect. are treated as if they were as worthy of attention as similar sequences of mat. rial causes and effects. Their presence is a great fact, and a law moat be found to explain it. Bacon (M. PromOhon observe') has been called tie restorer of the sciences, because he substituted (pt....ovation and expo , rience for syllogism in physieal researches. Maier ohile• gopher', following his example, smut that philosophy should be a collection, subject to a matood, of observance and d ern " f T . lh ei n:t.Yl there t h How thoughtmia a lso there which eextizistul is a a e ' in tai r u s h t i ui o c alt is 4 f tarul th e dthe hollowing anr discourse. ' He then casts a rapid glance at modern French so ; ciety, and finds that ail political right is founded on the principle of property bleed upon the Roman law Th. lot be =age MOW 1 who Realty Ilia art in ~: t z d iee In the Blamer ay not le, but or the llv n or the r more I from on the at pont no day. °dance postai )1110Ter, Lell was ed near esti by stow a ar artil erPlied trf Hie